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REVIEW Ç
Fewer Expelled for
Guns
Federal officials presented a new
set o f figures showing a decline in
the number o f students expelled for
having firearm s. The number o f stu
dents kicked out o f school for bring
ing weapons dropped by nearly a
third during the 1997-1998 school
year, the Education Department said.
It was reported that 3,930 students
were expelled for firearm violations
that year, down from 5,724 weap-
ons-related expulsions in 1996-97.
World Peace
The people o f Nagasaki marked
August 6 as the 54* anniversary o f
the atomic bomb that killed more
than 60,000 people and led to the
end o f W orld W ar II. The m ayor o f
Nagasaki said the bombing showed
the world that “nuclear weapons can
not be tolerated.” Many o f the sur
viving victims from the bombing still
suffer physically and emotionally.
o n stru c tio n is
moving forward
on the 5.5-mile
A irp o rt M AX
extension from the Gateway
Transit Center to the bag
gage claim area at the PDX
terminal. During construc
tion, no auto traffic is inter
rupted along 1-205. And
when it opens in full 2001,
it’ll take just 37 minutes to
travel from downtown Port
land to the aiiport.
Part o f the A irport MAX
project includes a 120-acre
tran sit-o rien ted d ev elop
ment that will bring hospi
tality, retail, entertainm ent
and office space located at
the entrance o f the airport.
Bechtel E nterprises is d e
veloping this site, w here
up to 10,800 new jobs will
be created over the next 15
y e a rs. T his site , c a lle d
C a sc a d e S ta tio n , w ill be
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Above: U.S. Department of
T ransportation
Deputy
Secretary, Mort Downey, lauds
Portland's financing creativity
in creating “National Model"
for building light rail.
New Prime Minister
For the fourth tim e in less than
tw o years, R ussian President Boris
Y eltsin again fired his Prim e M in
iste r and C a b in e t. Y e ltsin has
nam ed V ladim ir Putin, a form er
KGB agent, as his acting Prim e
M inister and hand-picked succes
sor. The R ussian m edia speculated
that Y eltsin m ade such radical d e
cisions to delay elections and ex
tend his term , set to end next July.
Left: Illustration shows what
the view will look like from
Airport Way.
served by tw o light rail stations.
The A irport Max extension is the result
o f an innovative public-private venture
involving the Port o f Portland, Portland
D evelopm ent C om m ission and Bechtel.
$3 billion Mortgage
Program
A S3 billion m ortgage program
for low -to-m oderate income bor
rowers will be funded by Bank o f
A merica and overseen by N eigh
b o rh o o d A s s is ta n c e C o rp , o f
A m erica. The plan prom ises no
down paym ent, no application fee
and no closing costs. An estim ated
100,000 borrow ers nationally may
be affected by this program
Computerized Postage
T h e PC P o s ta g e w as ju s t
launched by the Postal Service.
This new stam p could be easily
printed w ith an ordinary laser or
inkjet printer. A barcode w ould be
printed on each envelope to indi
cate mail processing inform ation
and postage paym ent. E-Stam p and
Stam ps.com ju st began to offer the
com puterized postage.
MAX M akes Safety
Changes
TriM et set to make operating
changes. The move comes after the
latest victim, forty-five year old George
Garrison, was struck and killed by a
MAX train. TriMet has installed pe
destrian stop signs at four stations on
the west MAX line, and train opera
tors are now required to give two long
horn bursts, and slow to 15-miles-an-
hour, when entering the stations.
Five
Shot at
L.A.
Jewish
Center
Help Shape Interstate
Max Light Rail
Participate in Interstate Avenue’s Future Look
Tri-M et is hosting tw o m ini-con
ferences to provide N orth Portland
residents an opportunity to shape the
future o f the Interstate Max proposal.
The tw o evening events w ill be on
W ed.,A ug. 18 an dT hurs., Aug. 1 9 ,at
O ckley Green M iddle School, 6031
N. M ontana (T n-M et line 5). The ses
sions are from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Engineers and architects are study
ing how Interstate Avenue would look
and function with MAX running down
the center o f the street from the Rose
Q uarter to Kenton. The Max line con
tinues to the Expo Center.
Participants can jo in discussion
groups on these topics:
Free childcare is available. All
m eetings are accessible. Language in
terpreters are available if notification
is given by Friday, A ugust 13 at (503)
247-3958. TDD (503) 797-1804.
A second round o f mini-conferences
is scheduled for late Septem ber
For further inform ation about the
Interstate M AX project, try the fol
low ing resources:
• Drop by the Interstate MAX field
office at 5101 N. Interstate A ve., be
tw een 11 a m and 7 p.m. M ondays
through T hursdays; or 11 a m. to 5
p.m. on Fridays.
■ Call the Interstate MAX com m u
nity line at (503) 247-3958.
• Visit our website at www tri -
m et.org/interstateM A X 1
• N eighborhood, business or other
organizations can arrange for their own
meetings by calling (503) 247-3958.
How to minimize traffic congestion?
W hat can be done about traffic and
parking on neighborhood »treats?
W hat should be done for bicyclists?
How could MAX stimulate economic activity In the area?
Should a new urban renewal district be created ?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man
sprayed the lobby o f a Jew ish com
munity center w ith gunfire T ues
day, wounding five people, includ
ing three little boys. A m anhunt
was under way.
As weeping parents gathered
o u ts id e , p o lic e s e a r c h e d the
grounds o f the N orth V alley Jew
ish Com m unity C enter and the sub
urban San Fernando V alley neigh
borhood o f G ranada H ills, police
Cmdr. Dave Kalish said.
“ He burst into the lobby o f the
com m unity center and began firing
20 to 30 shots from a 9 mm Uzi. He
then walked down a hallw ay, left
the building and left cam pus,” fire
spokesm an Steve Ruda said. He
said the shooter, described as a
w hite m ale dressed in black shirt
and gray pants, was in his teens.
The m otive for the shooting was
unknown. A uthorities said they had
no idea if it was a hate crim e.
Police helicopters crisscrossed
over several square blocks sur
rounding the campus.
Two hours after the shooting,
about two dozen m em bers o f a
SW AT team in flak jackets and
armed w ith rifles deployed outside
the gates o f the evacuated campus.
Tw enty-tw o other little children
w ere taken from the center to a
nearby tem ple after the 10:50 a.m.
shooting. “T hey’re all very calm
and very w ide-eyed as you can
im agine,” Ruda said The children
were attending a sum m er cam p at
the center. A view from a televi
sion helicopter show ed adults es
corting groups o f sm all children,
the youngsters lined up holding
hands.
Ruda said an 8-year-old boy was
in very critical condition. The older
woman, in her 50s or 60s, also was
in critical condition. Two other
boys, ages 8 and 6, were in stable
condition A 16-year-old girl was
in stable condition.
Paramedics and police descended
on the center in the initial confused
moments after the gunfire.
One w om an w as seen being
treated on a sidewalk adjacent to the
parking lot. A young boy was rushed
out o f a rear building on a stretcher
and put aboard a fire helicopter.
Groups o f little children were led
away by adults and officers.
W orried parents gathered b e
hind yellow police tape as officers
w orked to assure them that their
children were all right. Som e w ept
as they clutched each other, w ait
ing for word o f th eir children.
“ H e ’s O K ! H e ’s O K !” one
m other shouted w hen she heard
about the fate o f her son.
O ther parents spoke w ith school
officials who tried to arrange ren
dezvous point w ith th eir children
elsew here in the area.
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