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S T O P P E R S
Wanted Subject
The FBI, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your
Splash offers good food and
good fun at the w ater center
help in locating and apprehending Sergey G eorge Spirko A
V A N C O U V E R , W a sh .-F o o d ,
drink and jazz “on tap" for SPLASH !
99, an evening celebration o f the
W a te r R e s o u rc e s
E d u c a tio n
C enter’s third birthday. D ive into
this event W ednesday M arch 10,
from 5 to 8 p.m. on V ancouver's
waterfront. The SPLASH tradition
combines mouth- w atering food from
local waterfront resturants, jazz and
the C enter’s slant on w ater and fun.
The C enter will show case two
new exhibits about salmon: "M ap o f
successes” and “Create a Stream .”
Felony Arrest W arrant is on File.
Sergey Spirko w as indicted by a Federal Grand Jury, in the District
o f Oregon, for Bank Fraud. The indictment stem m ed from a large
quantity o f fraudulent checks that w ere negotiated at Portland-
area banks.
Sergey George Spirko is a thirty-five year old white male, o f
Russian descent, with a date o f birth o f Decem ber 18,1963. He is
5 ’ 11 ” tall and weighs approxim ately 190 pounds, with brown hair
and brown eyes.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for
information, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an arrest
Explore the Exhibit Hall, W ater Sci
ences Laboratory, and Art Gallery
and win prizes. Look or stroll out
side for a night view o f the Colum
bia River.
A dm ission to the W ater Center is
FREE. Everyone is welcome. No
host food beverages are priced at
$2. The W ater Resources Educa
tion Center is at 400 SW Columbia
Way. Take Exit 1 "C olum bia House
Blvd" o ff SR 14, go south under the
railroad overpass and drive to the
East EndofC olum bia Way. C-TRAN
bus route »11 runs every half-hour
from dow ntow n V ancouver to the
Center. Riding the bus is encour
aged.
SPLASH is sponsored by the City
o f Vancouver, The Colum bia, C-
l'RAN, Beaches M cM enamins, W ho
Song & L arry’s The Chart House,
Pacific G rill & C how der H ouse,
B oyd's Barista, and Corw in Bever
age Company.
Call the W ater Resources Educa
tion Center at (360) 696-8478 for
more information.
in this case or any unsolved felony crim e, and you need not give
Paintings enliven wails at Water
Aggressive Driving.. .Road Rage Resources Education Center
your name. Call Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP.
A New N am e...A n O ld Problem
The National H ighway Traffic
Safety A d m inistration (N H ST A )
estimates 66% o f all traffic fatalities
each year are caused by aggressive
driving behavior such as red light
running, speeding, following to close
and illegal passing.
A ggressive driving, also known
to m any as "road rage” has been
a ro u n d sin c e it w as n o te d in
E nglem an's A utocraft that "som e
autom obilists abuse their rights and
heedlessly run over the rights o f
others." The year, 1915.
From an unknow n magazine in 1954,
chastising the driver “who cannot
tolerate being held up by long line o f
traffic... He pulls out o f line and tries
passing on the right or on the wrong
side o f the road. H e runs through red
lights or jum ps the gun before the
light has turned g ree n .. .cuts in and
o u t, ra c e s, an d g ets a h e a d o f
everybody else.”
N ot much has changed in the
1990’s. Aggressive driving, according
to NHSTA and the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety, continues to be a
growing and dangerous problem, more
com mon than that o f “road rage.”
W h ile m a n y u se th e te rm s
interchangeably, “road rage" has
historically, been applied when a
motorist commits or perpetrates an act
o f violence. Experts say road rage is
much more extreme than aggressive
driving and use the term to refer to the
physical altercations that arise from
traffic disputes. The individual, for
example, becom es angry over the
driving incident, over-reacts and
responds with some act o f violence.
The violence m ay range anywhere
from a physical confrontation to the
use o f a firearm. Road rage is said to be
aggressive driving gone "hayw ire."
A g g re s s iv e d r iv in g u s u a lly
in v o lv e s a tr a f f ic o f f e n s e or
com bination ofoffenses. i.e running
red lights, speeding, follow ing to
close, failure to signal and other
m eans o f in c o n sid e ra te o r rude
driving behavior. It is estim ated by
the Insurance Institute for H ighw ay
Safety that aggressive drivers, in
the form o f red light runners, cause
som e 260 ,0 0 0 crash es and 850
fatalities each year.
On A ugust 21, 1998, the State o f
A riz o n a p a sse d a new law on
aggressive driving. The law, A.R.S.
28-695, defines an “aggressive driver”
violation having occurred if: 1) the
m otorist’s driving constitutes an
imm ediate hazard to another person
or vehicle; 2) the driver is speeding,
and 3) the drivercom m its two or more
o f the following violations arising
out o f the same series o f acts:
a) failure to obey traffic control
devices
b) b)overtakingandpassingavehicle
on the rig h t by d riving o f f the
pavem ent or main traveled portion o f
the road
c) unsafe lane changes
d) following a vehicle to close
e) failure to yield right-of-way
If found guilty, it is a class one
m isd em ean o r. A co n v ictio n for
ag g re ssiv e d riv in g req u ires the
individual to attend and com plete
successfully, an approved course
designed to improve safety driving
habits. The court may also suspend
a first time offender's driving rights
for 30 days. Additionally, a convicted
driver will be assessed driving points
by the m otor vehicle division and
may be fined up to $2,500 and/or
sentenced to six m onths in jail.
Currently, 19 states are said to be
c o n s id e r in g
la w s
to
m ak e
“aggressive" driving a crime. The
U.S. D epartment o f Transportation,
since M ay o f 1997, has provided
funds in excess o f $ 10 million dollars
to a num ber o f com munities seeking
to stem the tide o f aggressive driving.
W hether aggressive driving is an old
problem with a new name, many
com m unities are looking to reduce
the num berofcrashes resulting from
aggressive driving through increased
tra ffic p a tro ls , p u b lic s a fe ty
c a m p a ig n s ,
an d
enhanced
enforcem ent techniques such as red
light cameras.
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SE Portland
Shooting
Leaves One
Dead
On Monday, February 22,1999, at
11:40 P.M.. Police Bureau officers were
called to the area o f SE 136lhA ve.and
SE Division St. by area neighbors
who reportedly heard gunshots and
the sounds o f an autom obile leaving
the scene. Responding officers from
East Precinct found that a shooting
had, in fact occurred and the victim
had been transported to Portland
Adventist Hospital by several friends
who were present at the tim e o f the
shooting. The victim, Jerard Ramon
Nolan, age 18, died as the result o f a
gunshot wound to the chest when
efforts to save his life failed.
Portland Police Bureau hom icide
detectives learned that N olan and
several o f his friends w ere standing
neara telephone booth onSE Division
St. near SE 136th Ave. on Monday
evening at 11:40P.M. w henacarw ith
several occupants drove by and
shouted verbal taunts at them. When
the car stopped in the vicinity, Nolan
approached it on foot and was shot in
the chest by one o f the occupants.
A n y o n e w ith in fo rm a tio n
regarding this case should contact
Det. Sgt. Bob H eim bach or Det Sgt.
John Minnis at 823-0479.
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RON CHINN!
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State Rep Jo Ann Bowman
State Rep Mike Fahey
State Rep. D eborah Katoury
State Rep Randy Leonord
State R ep Jeff Merkley
State Rep Arktra Rasmussen
State R ep a n d Assistant
Minority Leader Dan Gardner
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Frank Dhron
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March 10, from 5 to 8 p.m., for
food, fun and to view the latest in
W illiam 's series about the plight o f
the Pacific N orthw est salmon.
The w ater Resources Education
Center is at 4600 SE C olum bia Way.
Friendly co m p e titio n set for
national neighborhood
conference
nobody knows what Mother Nature
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Multnomah Education Service District (MESD)
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