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JAN. 13, 1999 Page A2 I h r {Jartbmò <Ob*ctwr P O L IC E N E W S Local Chem-Dry Franchisees Lend Community A Helping Hand Pat Heffron and his wife Sandy are two local entrepreneurs in the Vancouver area who have found a way to successfully run their com pany while supporting their com munity. Pat and Sandy have been the fran chisees for Chem-Dry, the w orld’s largest carpet and upholstery clean ing company, for over eight years. Hie two have learned that it takes practice to get the art o f cleaning down to a science, so when the chance arose to not only train their technicians but also help the com munity, Pat and Sandy jum ped at the opportunity. It all started when on a particular job one o f their technicians returned with a customer’s unwanted couch. It was still in good shape and a waste to throw out. “I immediately looked at the stained furniture and saw a great way to train my technicians on the upholstery cleaning process without having to learn on our own furniture,” said Pat, who pointed out that several practice sessions later his technicians were not only more knowledgeable on the process, “but we ended up with a clean yet un needed couch.” Pat decided to put his new train ing method to good use and donate the recycled couch to a local shelter for battered women. His generous gesture marked the beginning o f the "Safechoice Shelter Furniture Do nation Program,” a charity founded by the H effron’s that finds new homes for cleaned-up furniture at local women’s and homeless shel ters. “We have cleaned and donated about 45 items in the last several years,” said Pat, who started out as a technician and due to the strong field support o f the Chem-Dry franchise system, has moved his way up to become the owner o f two franchises. “We guess the unexpected result is the feeling that you get for making a difference in a few lives.” What Pat realized was this pro gram was a win-win situation for e v e ry o n e . N o t o n ly w ere the Heffron’s running a successful op eration with w ell-trained techni cians, they were actively involved in supporting their community. A lth o u g h C h e m -D ry of Vancouver has never tracked pro gram results, they do know it has definitely brightened spirits for ev eryone involved, leaving a positive impact within the community. “It’s amazing to see these women’s faces when Pat and his technicians show up with a van or two full o f clean furniture,” said Sherri Bennett for the Vancouver Safechoice Shelter, who has been a part o f the program for five years. “It’s such a good feel ing to know there are people out there who care so much.” Chem-Dry o f Vancouver is a full service Chem-Dry franchise offer ing carpet and upholstery cleaning, protestants, deodorizing and carpet repair. For more information on this program call 360-573-5390 or 503- 221-9739. Chem-Dry, headquartered in Lo gan, Utah, is the world’s largest car pet cleaning company with the over 3900 franchises in 51 countries of fering a revolutionary carbonating cleaning process that is non-toxic, dries quickly and cleans thoroughly. The system holds multiple patents. USAF To Gun Fighter Talk Pearson Air Museum will host published author and former Top Gun pilot, J.D. Wetterling, for a noon time talk on his new book, “Son o f Thunder” On Tuesday 19 January. Gathering time and book signing opportunity from 11:30 to noon with presentation from noon to 1 PM. J.D. W etterling flew 268 com bat missions in the F-100 in V iet nam in 1968-69 and went back in 1972 for 75 more missions in the F-4. He was awarded the Distin guished Flying Cross with Oak leaf Cluster and the Vietnamese Cross o f Gallantry. He was "Top Gun” in every fighter squadron in which he served. Over 100 o f his short stories, columns and essays have been pub lished in The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Die St. Pe tersburg Times and many other maga zines. W etterling’s book, Son o f Thun der, is a character-driven military thriller about the Vietnam War. His attention to detail and accurate his torical settings resulted in non-fic tion excerpts o f his book appearing inmanymajornewspapers. BGTom W ittman calls Son o f Thunder,” ...great fiction, based on actual ex perience, told with insight and feel ing that is as exciting as it is accu rate.” Admission to the museum will be free for the event (donations are always welcome) and J.D .’s book will be available for sale in the mu seum gift shop. Heroin Trafficking Targeted By Portland Police Precincts For the past two m onths street officers from all o f Portland’s five patrol precincts have been con ducting an undercover investiga tion o f street level heroin dealers who have been plaguing downtown and lower southeast Portland. As a result, on W ednesday m orning January 6, 1999, officers executed eight search w a rra n ts o f r e s i dences in the Portland m etropoli tan area and sought consent to search eight other hom es and busi nesses. A dditionally, tw entynine (29) people have been taken into custody for D elivery o f a C on trolled Substance (DCS) and Pos session o f a C ontrolled Substance (PCS). O fficers are currently seek ing another 12 to 15 individuals for drug related charges. W hen lo cated they w ill be arrested and charged for their participation into the infusion o f tar heroin into Port land in recent months. In early N ovem ber, 1998, C en tral Precinct officers began an in vestigation into street level heroin dealing in the Burnside area o f re sta u ra n ts. E ffo rts have been made to link the known street level heroin dealers to their suppliers. On January 6, 1999, W ednes day, Portland officers, w ith the a s s is ta n c e o f th e M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty S h e r if f ’s O f f ic e , the Clackamas County S h e riffs O f fice, the Oregon State Police, the Gresham Police D epartm ent, the W ashington County Interagency N arcotics Task Force (W IN), the Oregon Liquor Control C om m is sion (OLCC) and the Im m igration and N aturalization Service (INS) sim u lta n e o u s sea rc h e d se v e ra l residences for tar heroin and co caine and in the process took tw enty-nine (29) people into cus tody for Delivery and Possession o f tar heroin and cocaine. O fficers are seeking 12 to 15 additional suspects who are know n to be in volved in the distribution o f drugs in Portland. U nknow n q u a n titie s o f su s pected heroin, cocaine and cash were seized from several o f the searched locations. dow ntow n Portland after officers noticed an influx o f new drug sup pliers. Through a series o f arrests, street contacts and inform ation re ceived from inform ants, officers found m any o f the new suppliers were Honduran who were selling tar heroin around the Burnside area on both the W est and East sides o f the W illam ette River. Further, of ficers found that m any o f the deal ers they w ere surveilling were found to frequent two restaurants on East Burnside which were iden tified as the La C asita, 436 E. Burnside St, and Tequila Pepper’s, 830 E. Burnside St. It was found that officers from Southeast Precinct had sim ulta neously begun an investigation into drug dealing em anating from La C asita and Tequila Pepper’s. O f ficers from Central and Southeast Precincts formally com bined their investigations and initiated a se ries o f surveillances and under cover hand to hand drug buys on the streets o f Portland and in the La Casita and Teguilla Pepper’s Multnomah County Sheriff s Office T h e M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty S h e r if f ’s o f f ic e R iv e r P a tr o l, P o rtla n d F ire B u re a u , C la r k C o u n ty 7 6 S h e r i f f ’s O f f ic e r s a n d th e C o a s t G u a r d c o n t i n u e d th e s e a r c h f o r th e o c c u p a n ts an d p a rts o f a p la n e t h a t c r a s h e d in th e C o lu m b i a R i v e r J a n u a r y 0 8 , 1999. T he se a rc h g ro u p c o n s is ts o f 9 b o a ts th a t a re s e a r c h in g f ro m th e 1-5 b r id g e to th e 1 -2 0 5 b r i d g e . N o b o d ie s o r s i g n i f i c a n t p a r t s to th e p la n e h a v e b e e n f o u n d a s o f th is tim e o t h e r th a n w h a t w a s f o u n d d u r i n g th e s e a r c h F r i d a y n ig h t. T h e o c c u p a n ts o f th e p la n e h a v e b e e n id e n tif ie d as: K im b e r le y A . K e lle y d .o .b 0 5 / 1 2 / 7 8 p a s s e n g e r R e s id e n t: S .W . P o r tla n d H a n s O esch d .o .b . 1 1 /0 3 /5 9 P i l o t - c o m m e rc ia l lic e n s e d R e s id e n t: B e n d , O R N a t i o n a l i t y : S w is s F A A i n v e s t i g a t o r s a r e on s c e n e a n d c o n d u c t i n g an i n v e s t i g a t i o n in to th e c a u s e o f th e a c c i d e n t . T h e p la n e w a s m a k in g a r o u t i n e la n d in g a p p r o a c h a t P D X o n to r u n w a y 10 le f t at a p p r o x im a te ly 6 :0 0 p .m . It w a s a p p r o a c h in g f o r a la n d in g f r o m th e w e s t a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5 0 0 f e e t a n d at 100 - 110 m p h . W h e n it w a s a m ile a n d a h a l f o u t, th e p la n e s u d d e n ly w e n t in to a N .E . tu rn to w a r d W a s h in g to n S ta te a n d th e C o lu m b ia R iv e r. T h e p la n e w e n t o f f o f th e c o n t r o l to w e r r a d a r a n d w a s n o t s e e n a g a in . A ny in f o r m a t i o n f r o m L t. B r ia n M a r t i n e k 2 5 1 -2 5 15; p a g e r 2 7 1 -1 2 1 7 Captain Vancouver Goes On Display A t City Hall T h e C ity o f V a n c o u v e r an d SW IFT (S o u th w e st W a sh in g to n In d e p e n d e n t F o rw a rd T h ru st) a re p a rtn e rin g to p ro m o te c o m m u n ity su p p o rt fo r th e C a p ta in V a n c o u v e r M o n u m e n t P ro je c t A m in ia tu re o f th e p ro p o se d C a p ta in V a n c o u v e r s ta tu e g oes on d isp la y F rid a y , Jan . 8, at V a n c o u v e r C i t y H a ll. T h e s ta tu e w as c r e a te d b y lo c a l s c u lp to r Jim D e m e tro o f B a ttle G ro u n d . T h e m e d ia is in v ite d to th e o p e n in g o f the d isp la y at 3 p .m . in th e C ity H all lobby. R e p re se n ta tiv e s from SW IFT , an d m em b ers o f o th e r gro u p s in v o lv e d in the sta tu e p ro je c t, w ill ta lk a b o u t th e ir e ffo rts. In a d d itio n to a s s is tin g w ith th e d is p la y , S W IF T is w o rk in g w ith T he F rie n d s o f V an co u v er, a g ra s s ro o ts o rg a n iz a tio n th a t is r a is in g fu n d s to p la c e a la r g e r v e rs io n o f th e s ta tu e o f C a p ta in G e o rg e V a n c o u v e r in A m e r ic a ’s V a n c o u v e r fo r the y e a r 2 0 0 0 c e le b r a tio n . T h is s u p p o r t w ill c o m e d u r in g a “ F u n d - a n - I te m ” s e c tio n in the S W IF T A rt A u c tio n F e b . 5 at th e H e a lth m a n L o d g e . F u n d - a n - I te m a llo w s b id s to b e p o o le d an d g iv e n d ir e c tly to a p r o je c t. F o r m o re in f o r m a tio n c a ll (3 6 0 ) 6 9 4 -5 9 4 7 . T he a u c tio n w ill fe a tu re w o rk s from m ore th a n 50 N o rth w e st a rtis ts . City Seeks Citizens For Budget Advisory Committee The City o f V ancouver is seek ing applicants for the C itizen ’s Budget Review A dvisory Com m it tee. This committee will assist the City M anager in reviewing the rev enue and expenditures o f the C ity’s General Fund. Committee mem bers are appointed by the City Man ager. Meetings will be frequent over a nine-month period beginning in February. Application deadline is Jan. 15, 1999. Applicants must be City o f Vancouver residents. Please send a letter o f interest and qualifications to Vernon Stoner, City Manager, VancouverCity Hall, P.O. Box 1995, Vancouver, WA 98668-1995 or Fax 696-8049. For more details call 696-8121. New Partnership Helps New Moms The Southwest Washington Medi cal Center and Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation have merged their pre- and post-natal fitness programs. The Mommy and Me class is offered Tues day and Thursday mornings from9:30 to 10:15 at the Clark County Indoor Sports Center, 16311 NE 15 Street. Babies are a welcome part o f the class.' A physical therapist from the Medical Center will give a presentation on body mechanics and other issues of interest to pre- and post-natal women. The class fee is $23 per month for in-city residents and $29/ out-of-city. The fee includes access to any fitness class offered by City Fitness at three locations (Marshall, Bagley and Clark County Indoor Sports centers) and use o f the Bagley Center weight room. Scholarships available for qualified city residents. First class is free. Call 696-8075 for further information. City Invites Applications For Charter Review Committee Applications will be accepted by the Mayor’s Office Through Jan. 25, 1999 for fifteen positions on the Charter Review Committee, per Sect’on 11.17 o f the VancouverCity Charter. “No later than five years after the most recent charter review , the mayor shall appoint, subject to city council confirmation, a panel o f fif teen residents to review the city charter and to recommend to the city council in time to be consid ered for the year's election, any char ter changes or amendments which the panel believes should be put to a vote to the people, and the council shall thereafter place any such amendment on the ballot at the next municipal election if a majority o f the city council so determine; pro vided nothing herein shall interfere with the right o f citizens to, by peti tion, require an election to be held for any charter amendment or to cause a freeholder election to be held for a proposed new city char ter, nor shall it interfere with the right o f the city council to, at any time, propose and submit proposed charter amendments to the voters." For applications, or questions, contact Jan Bader, Mayor’s Office, 735-8870, Fax 696-8049. Or, stop by Vancouver City Hall at 210 E. 13th St. swer, It’s a fact. The more you get involved in the lives of children, the less likely they are to use alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. Positive, healthy activities help kids build skills, self- discipline, and confidence. Get into the act. Call 1.800.729.6686. Se habla espanol. YourTime.Their Future. Lets Keep Our Kids Drug Free. T D D 1.800.487.4889. h ttp ://w w w .h ea lth .o rg YourTime Their Future Z <5? U S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Prevention f