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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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la r g e r v e rs io n o f th e s ta tu e o f
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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
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th e H e a lth m a n L o d g e . F u n d -
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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.
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