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Hit-and-Run Worries Road
Construction Workers
• The recent death of a member
of a highway construction crew
on I S is a reminder of the danger
Inherent in the Job
WANTED SUBJECT
The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation w ith t'rim e Stoppers, is asking
for your help in locating and apprehending Avery Lydell Holloway
A rrest w arrants are on file charging H ollow ay w ith F elo n y Possession
o f a Firearm , P arole V iolation, and A ttem pt E lude »o Police H ollow ay is
k n o w n to frequent N orth and N ortheast Portland. He should be considered
B i P < y 4 T ims of T u t O kf <. u \ k ' s n n
T U A L A T IN — T h e h it-a n d -ru n
arm ed an d dangerous.
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A very Lydell H ollow ay is a 30-year-old black m ale, w ith a date o fb irth
o f July 24 1968. He is describ ed as a 6 ’4 tall, w eighing 195 pounds, w ith
b ro w n eyes and black hair. H ollow ay has a scar on his back, right finger
traffic d eath o f a freew ay c o n s tru c
tio n w o rk er late W e d n e sd a y h a s p o
lice se a rc h in g fo r a su s p e c t, an d
o th er crew m e m b e rs w o n d e rin g if
an d ch in , a pierced left ear, and a tattoo on his right arm .
C rim e Stoppers is offering a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for inform ation,
reported to C n m e Stoppers, w hich leads to an arrest in this case or any
unsolved felony cn m e and you can rem ain anonym ous. C all C n m e Stoppers
they m ay be next.
S tate p olice ask ed for th e p u b lic 's
help in finding the d riv e r o f a car
described by w itn esses as a late ’70s
w hite F ord B ro n co w ith large tires
at (503) 823-HELP.
Man Held in Serial Killings
Continued
CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
force m em b ers h ad kept a 2 4 -h o u r
su rv eillan ce on R eed, w h o lived w ith
a g irlfrien d in a g ray , sin g le-fam ily
h o m e in the 3400 b lo ck o f N orth
“ H e w as the quietest one on the
block," said Elijah C ochran, w ho lives
next door. "Y ou know , he didn t bother
C o m m ercial A venue.
A bout 7:30 p.m . Sunday, after he
you, and you didn t bother him.
R achel T o m lin said she alw ay s
th o u g h t o f him as a fam ily m an. " I t’s
had gone to w ork , p o lice carried ou t a
search w arrant at the hom e and tow ed
aw ay his black M itsubishi E clipse
p arked in front o f the house. The
search w arrant records w ere sealed.
Thursday, his parole officer noted that
Reed appeared tired, and theofficeragain
instructed Reed to get a polygraph.
P o lice said th ey re c eiv ed ab o ut
6 0 0 tips as th ey in v estig ated th e k ill
ings — so m e from p ro stitu tes, the
eerie. I ju s t d o n ’t u n d erstan d how no
one h ere co u ld have noticed.
R eed got divorced in N ovem ber
1997 after a nine-year marriage ; his ex-
H e w as arrested as he w as about to
unlock his bicycle and leave w ork in
the m iddle o f his night shift at R inella
P roduce on S outheast A lder Street.
* ‘H e got a call from his girlfriend, and
v ic tim s’ friends an d o th ers.
Worries on dangerous s treets
The arrest brought slight relief at
Rose H aven, a center for hom eless
w om en in O ld Town. H om eless advo
w ife has custody o f their tw o sons, ages
8 and 11, but they visited him regularly.
H e w as behind bars from N ovember
1992 until N ovember 1995 for first-
degree attempted rape and violating the
conditions o f a pnor first-degree bur
glary conviction from Gresham, accord
all o f a sudden he w ent over to his bike to
leave, and the police got him ," owner
Dave Rinella said, pointing out the black
bicycle still chained to the fence.
A t Rinella, w here he worked five
nightsaw eekloadm gproduce.his bosses
described him as punctual and reliable.
“ H e w as o n e o f the b etter o n es,"
said F red P ittm an , a m an ag er. “ Y ou
n ev er w o u ld hav e know n. H e lo oked
very harm less. H e lo o k ed k in d o f
like a n erd y gu y , w ith th ick g lasses
an d strin g y b ro w n h air."
R eed liked to read science fiction
and fantasy books and w ould talk about
them with co-w orkers. The only un
usual thing co-workers noticed was when
cates expressed gratitude for tenacious
police work, renew ed sadness for the
deaths o f the w om en, cautious opti
m ism that the right m an had been caught
and extrem e frustration that Portland s
ing to the Department o f Corrections.
Eight years of supervision
After his release, he was ordered to
serve eight years o f post-prison supervi
sion, including sex-offender treatment
for the attempted rape, w hich involved a
knife used against a 24-year-old woman,
said M aggie Miller, spokeswom an for
M ultnom ahCountyCommunity Justice.
F or the m ost part, his supervision
w as routine, and during the past sev
eral years he had m ade required con
tact w ith his parole officer m ore than
200 times. B ut he w as kicked out o f
sex-offender treatm ent tw o w eeks ago
for failing to attend. M iller said. A t that
point, parole officials knew he w as a
he w ent into a panic about a m onth ago
because he feared he had lost his wallet.
O n his N orth Portland block, neigh
bors reacted w ith surprise and disbe
suspect in the Forest Park case.
“Hewasalwaysnoncompliantin treat
m e n t and (his parole officer) was always
trying to keep him in treatm ent" Miller
lie f M onday. R eed m ostly kept to
him self, they said, b u t they som etim es
saw him barbecuing on his frontporch,
riding his 10-speed bicy cle or sp en d
said. He also had repeatedly failed to get
a polygraph test that was required rou
tinely as part o f his sex-offender treat
ment. During his most recent hom e visit
and hig h -b ack seats.
T ith M ao, 29, o f O lym pia, d ied o f
injuries suffered w hen the northbound
car struck him at approxim ately 11:45
p.m. ju st south o f the N y b erg S treet
overpass on Interstate 5.
M ao 's death brings to six the n u m
ber o f construction crew m em bers and
m otorists killed in w ork zones this
year. The m ost recent incident prior to
W ednesday ’ s occurred tw o w eeks ago,
m o st d angerous o ccupation in the
U n ite d S ta te s , a c c o rd in g to th e
L ab o rer's H ealth an d Safety Fund o f
N orth A m erica. Since 1994, accord
ing to the fund, the risk o f death is seven
tim es higher for highw ay w orkers than
forav erag e w orkers. T he risk of injury
is 66 percent greater, the fund reported.
O reg o n ’s O ccupational Safety and
H ealth D i vision’s num bers indicate that
the occupation ranks at least am ong the
10 m ost dangerous in the state, said
Steve C orson, a division spokesm an.
L arry C h ristian so n , w ho c o o rd i
n a te s
th e
T ra n s p o r ta tio n
D e p a rtm e n t’s w o rk -zo n e safety e f
fort, said m ost o f th ese crashes can
be a ttrib u te d to d riv ers m ak in g the
w ro n g ch o ices, w h eth er it is d riving
w h ile im paired, d riv in g aggressively
o r failing to pay atten tio n .
“W e d o n ’t regard this latest occur
rence as an accident,” Christianson said.
for w hile flag g in g traffic, sh e said.
“ E veryone is alw ays late, an d it’s
alw ays our fault," said C hris M artinez,
33, a crew m em b er em p lo y ed by
B ergeson B oese & A ssociates Inc. of
W ilsonville. “ Itse e m s like it’s getting
w orse alm ost by the d ay .”
M artinez said he w as alm ost struck
on the last jo b by a speeding car driven
by a laughing motorist. The teen-age
driver, later apprehended by police, said
he j ust felt like m ow ing dow n the traffic-
slow ing cones M artinez had set out.
“ W h en y o u ’re o u t h ere, th ere is
alw ay s o n e th in g to keep in m in d ,”
M artin ez said. “ N ev er tak e y o u r eyes
o f f th e traffic. N e v e r.”
B eforeW ednesdaynight’saccident,
num erous w itnesses reported that the
vehicle w as w eaving across lanes on
Interstate 205 and then Interstate 5. It
veered from the freew ay’s right lane
into the closed-offcenter lane as crew s
applied striping to freshly
‘‘T his w as a preventable
applied asphalt ju s t be
incident that could have
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fore m idnight.
been avoided.”
Highway co nstru ction w ork is
T h e d riv er, d e scrib ed
O n Thursday, traffic risky business.
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in 1 9 9 7 :2 1 : in 1 9 9 8 :1 4 ; so far
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know from wit
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ness
reports
that the car w as
m oves into full swing.
traveling m uch faster on I-
P enny N icholas,41,
205 than the posted65 m ph speed limit,”
a flagger for J . P. C onstruction ofB end,
said state police L t G regg Hastings,
helped shepherd cars past a W est Linn
spokesman for the O regon State Police.
intersection w here a new fight pole is
‘ ‘ It was apparently having di fficultv main
going in.
taining a lane o f travel on 1-5, too.
O nly a few hours earlier, she said, a
M em bers o f the public had p honed
w om an driving a van loaded w ith chil
in
ab
o u t 30 tips as o f T h u rsd ay a fte r
dren knocked dow n all eight bright-
noon,
H astin g s said.
orange traffic cones — and blithely
“W
hether from intoxication or fa
kept going as if nothing had happened.
tigue,
there
appears to be som e type o f
“ W e understand the frustration of
im pairm ent involved," H astings said.
waiting, because w e all want to get home
" W e ’ve got a lot o f w ork ahead o f us."
toourow n families tonight,'' said Nicho
w hen D ebra A nn C ousins, 44. w as
struck and killed w hile flagging traffic
on O regon 730 about five m iles east o f
B oardm an in Eastern O regon.
Safety in construction zones is be
coming a prim e concern for state Trans
portation Department officials, as well as
for the workers w ho m ust stand only
inches from long fines o f frustrated driv
en; winding their w ay through the height
streets still are dangerous.
o f the sum m er road construction season.
A m a th a S a e n z , 18, w h o w as
“T here’s not a person out here w ho
friends w ith Iso n , has n o t b een lo
isn
’t scared m ost o f the tim e,” said
cated sin ce she w as rep o rted m issing
Shaw n C urtis, 21, w ho has flagged
n early th ree w eek s ago.
R elatives o f the v ictim s said they traffic for five m onths for K .M . Ser
w ere p leased w ith th e arrest and vices o f V ancouver, W ash. "E v en on
p led g ed to follow R e e d ’s case as it the best days, w e get a lot o fsw earin g ."
O fficials had hoped a law passed by
w in d s th ro u g h court.
the
1995 L egislature doubling fines for
“ I’m relievedthatthey finally caught
las, a seven-year veteranofthejob. ‘ ‘W hat
w e don’t understand is the rudeness."
H er com pany w as alarm ed enough
someone, ’saidSusan Ison, Alexandna s traffic violations in construction zones
mother. Police called Ison about 6 a.m. w ould be enough. B ut, they said, m o
M onday to tell her. "T h ere’s no justifi torists consistently ignore the penalties
cation for what happened, but I w ant to and seem to drive faster each year.
“ Everyone is on edge today,” said
know how it happened. A nd. I w ant to
b y the tw o re cen t co n stru ctio n zone
d e a th s to call an areaw id e safety
m e etin g o f all flag g ers, she said. T he
m eetin g , sched u led to b e held in P o rt
lan d in three w eek s, w ill cover acci-
d en t p rev en tio n an d w h at to look o u t
see this guy, face to face. 1 w ant to see R on Scheele, a spokesm an for the O r
this to the end, and 1 w ant to m ake sure egon D epartm ent o f Transportation.
“Everybody is pretty shook upabout it.”
justice is served."
H ighw ay construction now is the
Stephanie R ussell’s father, Robert
O fficials at W estlin e C o n stru c
tion o f O ly m p ia said they d id n o t
know w hen em ployees w ould resum e
w ork at the 1-5 p a v in g site.
A spokeswom an, w ho declined to
give her name, said M ao had worked for
the com pany for 10 years. His death
marks the first time a W estline employee
has died in a construction zone, she said.
Russell, said he felt in his heart that
police had caught the real killer. “It
d oesn't bring Stephanie back, but it
gives m e peace that no one else will get
killed and that Stephanie can rest,” he
said. "T he police have been real heroes.
I salute them for w hat th ey 'v e done."
ing tim e w ith his tw o sons.
With FHA's new
higher loan limits,
City Announces Arts and
Heritage Grant Program
$30,000 for arts and hentage efforts
w ill be available for the rem ainder o f
1999 with the introductionoftheC ity o f
V ancouver’s Cultural Plan grants pro
gram. The funding is intended as an
incubator ofarts and heritage endeavors
that benefit citizens countyw ide It is
available to tax-exem pt nonprofit orga
nizations, public and tax-supported or
ganizations, private organizations and
individuals. G rants will be available in
am ounts from $ 1,000 to $ 10,000.
Cultural Services has scheduled two
inform ational w orkshops for prospec
tive grant applicants. T hey w ill b e held
program Cultural Commission m em
bers, w ho recently completed a Cultural
Plan with eight goals, see the grant pro
gram as a major accomplishment in sup
port for arts and heritage efforts that
contribute significantly to a vibrant cul
tural atmosphere. Applicants should
focus on one o r m ore Cultural Plan’s
goals, w hich are: public art, hentage
resources, arts facilities, diversity, edu
cation, development and redevelopment.
award cycle for 2000 will begin in Janu
ary, with applications due March 1.
For more info, call Pam Brokaw,
Cultural Services manager, a t696-8297.
Open Houses
C lark C ounty is proposing nine
changes to its Arterial Atlas, the m ap o f
T uesday, July 27, from 10A .M .-noon.
Providing funding for arts and heri
potential m ajor roadw ays that are part
o f its long-range transportation system.
The county is holding a series o f open
houses to give citizens a chance to find
out m ore about the proposals and to
offer com m ents about them. The open
Tuesday, July 2 7
Clark C ounty Em ergency Services
B uilding,707W. □ "’S treet V ancouver
Thursday, July 2 9
Clark C ounty Public W orks O pera
tions C enter, 1700 N E 78"’ Street,
ap p lican ts to fill three v acan cies on
th e V a n co u v er B o ard o f A d ju stm en t
T he B oard o f A djustm ent is a five-
m em b er citizen s group appo in ted by
C ity C ouncil to co n sid er variance re
q uests for re lie f to ow n ers o f indi
vidual parcels o f land from “unneces-
dream home.
house will take place on:
Thursday, July 22
Clark Public Utilities (Com m unity
R o o m ), 8 6 0 0 N E 117"’ A v e n u e ,
7:30 p . m .
M ost o f the proposed changes deal
with roadways that could be constructed
over the next tw enty years, either all at
V ancouver
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once o r in pieces.
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sary hardships or practical d ifficu l
ties” created b y strict ap p lication o f
p ro v isio n s o f the zo ning ordinance
T he b o ard also hears appeals o f the
Z o n in g A d m in istrato r’s d ecision re
lating to interpretation and ad m in is
tration o f the zoning ordinance.
M em b ers serv e fiv e-y ear term s.
H o w 's
th a t fo r a h o u s e w a r m in g
g ift?
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tage through a competitive grant process
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Comm ission, an advisory board tot he
City Council and to the C ity 's Cultural
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