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Insurance Proof required
for DMV Drive Test
Beginning July 1, 1999, people
scheduled tor behind-the-wheel drive
testing with the Oregon DMV will be
required to show evidence o f insurance
before they will be taken on a dnve test.
"It's a move to encourage people to
comply with existing insurance laws, to
protect the economic interests ot other
motorists, and to provide our testers
with a safer environment,” said Jim
Hunter, head o f DMV Field Services.
There are several types o f docu­
m entation that will m eet D M V ’s
Requirements. "The best docu­
ments they can show us would be a
valid insurance card or an insurance
policy or binder,” Hunter said. “At the
very least we need the insurance infor­
mation for the vehicle being used on
the test. That would include the insur­
ance company name, the policy num­
ber and the policy’s expiration date."
Another option would be a $60,000
security deposit or surety bond with
the state in lieu o f insurance. Drivers
use this option would still need to
show the receipt for the deposit or
bond before going on a dnve test.
“I f a person doesn’t have the nec­
essary insurance, the drive test will
be rescheduled,” H unter said.
Since 1979, Oregon State law has
required dnvers to carry automobile
liability insurance. The minimum in-
surance a driv er must have for bodily
injury and property damage liability is
$25.000 per person, with $50,000 per
crash for bodily injury to others, and
$ 10,000 per crashes for property dam­
age to the property o f others. In addi­
tion, personal injury protection o f at
least $10,000 per person is required,
with uninsured motorist coverage o f at
least $25,000 per person and $50,000
per crash for bodily injury.
The actual num ber o f uninsured
drivers is difficult to accurately d e­
termine. Past studies indicate that
approxim ately 12 percent ofO reg o n
drivers are uninsured, a rate com pa­
rable with that o f other states.
Albina Branch Library Celebrates July 10
M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty ’s A lb in a
Branch Library will celebrate its newly
remodeled and updated facility with
an open house on Saturday, July 10.
A lbina patrons and their friends
Harpist Kara TSE will strum a selec­
tion o f classical music from 10 a.m.
to noon. At 2 p.m ., the Oregon Pup­
pet Theatre will present "The Elves
and the Shoem aker." Throughout the
day, volunteers will offer help with
Albina Branch Library is located at
3605 N.E. 14th Ave. next to the new
Natures store. The branch library is
open every Sunday from 1-5 p . m .¡Tues­
day-Thursday from 10 a . m .-9 p . m .; Fri­
day and Saturday from 10 a . m .-6 p . m .
they explore the ir renovated horary.
Bbs c r u in g
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Vancouver City Councilmember To Serve
V ancouverC ityC ouncilm em ber
Jim M oeller w as recently elected to
serve on the A ssociation o f W ash­
ington Cities B oard o f D irectors
w here he w ill represent cities in
Southw est W ashington. T he state­
w ide association provides prim ary
representation
W ashington
ashington
representation for
for 274
274 W
cities in m atters before the State
L egislature and Congress.
Moeller says, "M y primary con­
cern will be to help cities around the
region face the challenges ot the day,
which include unfunded regulations
from the state and federal government.
1 will
use my
leadership position
iw
uiusem
yieaucisiuP
^ . u v . . v on
. . the
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board to try to turn back this tide."
M o eller’s p o sitio n on the 24-
m em ber board provides an opportu­
nity to advance the interests o f the
C ity o f V ancou ver and cities around
the region. M oeller w as elected to
his first term on the V ancouver City
Council
...... - in 1996
Groundbreaking Set For Neighborhood Park
V ancouver-C lark Parks and Rec­
reation Services invites local resi­
dents to attend the groundbreaking
cerem ony Thursday, July 8, at 4 p.m.
for Fir G arden N eighborhood Park,
o n 4 3 rd Street NE o ff 155lh Avenue. It
will be the third o f 19 parks to be
designed and built as part o f the
Parks Legacy Project.
The five-acre park will feature play
structures, swings, balance beam, spring
riders, bench, drinking fountain, ball
field backstop and new lawn. In addi­
tion, a total o f 1400 linear feet o f trail
will be paved during the second phase
o f park construction. C ompletion o f the
park is anticipated for November.
The Parks Legacy Program will
develop 19 neighborhood parks by
the end o f the year 2000, and three
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community
parks by 2002. Construc­
tion is made possible by funding from
the Real Estate Excise Tax (REET),
implemented in 1996 with support
from the greater V ancouver Chamber
o f Com merce, Clark County Board o f
Realtors and Clark County H ome
Builders Association. All funds from
this tax are designated for the devel­
opment o f parks.
Mediation Program Receives
Anonymous Donation
V ancouver’s Com m unity M edia­
tion Services received a $ 1,000 con­
tribution from an anonym ous donor
who requested that the funds be used
to support a pilot peer m ediation
program at Discovery Middle School.
The shootings at Columbine High
School in Colorado drew attention to the
escalating violence among America’s
youth. Teenagers are twice as likely to
become victims ot violence as adults
with hal fofall violence against teenagers
occuring in or near schools. Students
who are trained in conflict resolution are
better able to handle their own conflicts
both in and out o f school. Nationally,
scnools have reported a dramatic drop in
student violence, school suspensions and
other hurtful behaviors after implement­
ing conflict medication training.
Com m unity M ediation Services
(CM S), a program o f the City o f
V ancouver and C lark County, devel­
oped a conflict resolution program
Junior
Symphony of
Vancouver
A nnouncing the debut o f the new
Junior Sym phony o f Vancouver!
T his is a group designed for m u­
sic students to supplem ent their regu­
lar school m usic program s and pri­
vate lessons.
Participation is by application and
audition only, and will require a writ­
ten re c o m m e n d a tio n from the
applicant's school music instructor or
private teacher This ensemble will be
led by Aristic Director, TimoteusRacz,
with private coaching from the fine
professional musicians o f the OCP.
This ensem ble will be selective
and sm all, striving tow ards quality.
Rehearsals and concerts will be lo­
cated at St. A ndrew Lutheran Church
in Vancouver. A uditions will be
held S e p te m b e r 2 an d S ep te m b er
9 with our first concert being pre­
sented D ecem ber 4.
For applications and further in­
formation, please call the JS V at
(360) 696-4084, ext. 5.
for discovery M iddle School through
a collaboration with the discovery
M iddle School faculty and students,
V a n c o u v er S ch o o l D istric t and
SW IFT. The pilot program will con­
tinue in the 1999-2000 school year.
The $ 1,000 donation will be used to
send CMS peer mediation trainer to the
National Resource Center for Youth
Mediation in Albuquerque, N.M. to
study advanced school mediation strat­
egies, including Suspension Mediation.
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m e ro u s g u n sh o ts in to th e room .
W eb b er died w hen one o f the sh o ts
stru c k him in th e h ead . A n o th e r
o c c u p a n t w as w o u n d e d b y th e
T he P o rtlan d P o lice B u reau , in
co o p e ratio n w ith C rim e S to p p ers,
is asking fo r y o u r help in id e n tify ­
ing and ap p re h en d in g the su sp ect
in a h om icide.
A t ap p ro x im a te ly 4 :3 0 in the
m o rn in g o f Ju n e 17, 1998, se v ­
eral p e o p le , in c lu d in g 19-year-
old Jaso n W e b b er, w ere sta y in g
in a room at th e R o d e w ay Inn
lo cated at 3 8 0 0 N o rth e a st S an d y
B o u lev ard . A n u n k n o w n su sp e c t
b roke o u t a w in d o w and fire d n u ­
g u n fire.
C rim e S to p p ers is o ffe rin g a
cash rew ard o f up to $ 1 ,0 0 0 for
in fo rm a tio n , re p o rte d to C rim e
S to p p ers, w hich lead s to an a rre st
in th is case o r any u n so lv e d felo n y
crim e and you can rem ain a n o n y ­
m ous. C all C rim e S toppers at (503)
823-H E L P .
J as o n W e b b e r
Police Reassure Park Area Residents
Cmdr. Bob Kauffman tells
patrols are planned
them they are not likely targets for a serial killer, and
W ednesday’s meeting, organized by
the Linnton Neighborhood Association
as a way to share information, expand
orest Park residents are not con
Neighborhood Watch activities and al­
sidered to be the target o f a sus­
pected serial killer and should feel low residents to vent their fears.
The association’s boundaries take
com fortable using the popular rec­
in
roughly
h alf o f 5,000-acre Forest
reation area, a high-ranking P ort­
Park,
w
hich
is the largest urban park
land police official reassured resi­
in the United States and popular with
dents W ednesday.
hikers and joggers.
“During the daytime in particular,
Barron said she was there in re­
there is no reason to believe you are
sponse
to rumors that the killer might be
going to be assaulted or otherw ise
in
the
area.
“I’m at home a lot, and I’m
harmed in Forest Park,” said Cmdr.
young,’
’
she
said, alluding to the fee t that
Bob K auffm an o f Central Precinct.
all o f the victims were in their teens or
A lthough K auffm an could pro­
20s. “We talk about it and wonder why
vide no new inform ation about a spe­
they haven’t solved it yet.”
cial task force’s investigation o f the
The victims, whose bodies were
killings, he announced the start o f
found
in the park within a month’s time,
regular m ounted patrols in Forest
were Lilia Faye Moler, 28; Stephanie
and W ashington parks.
LynnRussell, 26; and Alexandna Nicole
Plans for the patrols were under way
Ison, 17. All were strangled.
before the first victim’s body was found
Hikers discovered Ison’s body June
May 7, he said. Officers will cover the
2
in
a steep, w ooded ravine about one
area on horses and all-terrain vehicles.
m
ile
o ff N orthwest Saltzman Road,
K auffm an made his remarks in
about
a quarter o f a mile northwest o f
response to so m eresid en ts’ fears that
the killer thought to be responsible
for the deaths o f three w om en ap­
peared to be targeting w om en shar­
ing sim ilar physical characteristics.
All o f the victim s, w ho were o f
sim ilar stature and had dark hair,
The first person charged under
were know n heroin users and had ties
G
resham
’s so-called “road rage” or­
to street life in O ld Town.
dinance
has
pleaded guilty in an agree­
“I f I w ere to guess,” K auffm an
ment
with
prosecutors.
Twenty-year-
said, "I w ould say the biggest issue is
old
Ian
Anderson
o
f
Aloha
had been
the v ictim s’ life sty le .. . . They w ere
charged
with
aggressive
driving
and
very vulnerable to victim ization.
reckless
driving
in
M
arch
after
a
Daniette Barron, 23, was among
G resham police officer observed
ab o u t 4 0 p eo p le w h o atten d ed
B> R obin F ranzen
of
T he O regonian staff
F
w here M oler’s and R ussell’s bodies
w ere found M ay 7 and 8.
At the tim e o f discovery, M oler
had been dead in the park one to two
m onths; Russell, an acquaintance o f
M oler, about a week. Police think
Ison might have been killed at least a
w eek before her body was found.
T hey also think that none o f the
w om en w as using the park as a hiker
or jo g g er at the tim e o f death.
F o re st Park resid e n t B arb ara
M adsen accused the police o f failing
to interview a transient living in the
park w ho M adsen said fit the de­
scription o f a m an leaving the crim e
scene. K auffm an, w ho is not a m em ­
ber o f the Forest Park task force, said
he d id n ’t know anything about the
m an, but that investigators w ould
check it out along with hundreds o f
other leads if it seem ed warranted.
“Then you are saying we can rest in
peace and not to worry,” Madsen said.
“Y es, th at’s w hat I’d tell you,”
K auffm an said.
Man Pleads Guilty In
Rage Incident
Anderson harassing, tailgating and
m aking obscene gestures at another
motorist. In exchange for the guilty
plea, reckless driving charges were
dropped. Anderson now faces 18-
m onths probation and a 200-dollar
fine, w hich will be dropped ifhe com ­
pletes anger-management counseling.
Oregon Prosecutors Wait For Sentencing
N ow that a ju ry in C lark C ounty,
W ashington has convicted 3 7-year-
o ld M ichael G allatin on five counts
o f rape, p rosecutors in C lackam as
C o u n ty , O regon w ill begin p rep ar­
ing a m urder case against him. C los­
ing arg u m en ts in the V ancouver
trial w ere m ade y esterd ay after­
n o o n , w ith p ro se c u to rs d riv in g
hom e the D -N -A m atch betw een
G allatin and ev idence found at the
crim e scenes. T he d efense called
the genetic ev id en ce “ shaky sci­
en c e” . It’s b eliev ed sim ilar scien-
tific ev id en ce w ill be used in the
O reg o n case ag ain st G allatin in the
1997 m urder o f L inda K arlovich.
G allatin w ill be sentenced A ugust
12th on the rape co n v ictio n s, then
ex trad ited to O regon to face a p o s­
sib le death sentence.
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