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Page A2 January 12,2000 (Tlie ÿlortlanb (S)bseruer Portiani) (Phi Police News/Vancouver Police search for attempted abductor INS Won’t Force Cuban Boy Home MIAMI - The Immigration and Naturalization Service says it doesn’t plan to try to force 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez to go back to Cuba. The INS had ruled last week that the boy’s father in Cuba should have custody, but yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the boy should stay with relatives in the U.S. pending a custody hearing in March. The boy’s great uncle in South Florida is also seeking custody. Judge Upholds Decatur Expulsions DECATUR, 111. - A federal judge says the six students On January 7,2000, at 8:25 am, Officers from the Vancouver Police responded to Discovery Middle School on a report o f an attempted abduction of a student. A 12 year old boy reported he was walking to school on 39th street when a white pick up truck pulled up next to him at P St. the driver asked the boy if he wanted a ride and the boy declined. The driver followed the boy in his car another 10 feet before getting out o f the truck and grabbing the boy’s forearm. The boy pulled away and reported the incident to the school. The driver is described as mid 50’s, white male with full mustache and beard, glasses wearing a red and white flannel jacket. The suspect’s hair was reportedly short on top and longer down the back o f his neck. A seracn o f the area by police was negative. Crimestoppers Robbery The Beaverton Police Department, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your help in identifying and apprehending the individuals responsible fora robbery. On Wednesday, October 27, 1999, at approximately 3 o ’clock in the morning, two male suspects walked into a 7-Eleven store located at 8106 Southwest Hall Boulevard in Beaverton. Suspect #1 removed a knife from his right sock and demanded money from the clerk, while suspect #2 stood nearby holding a handgun. When the clerk told the suspects he was not able to remove money from the safe, the two took beer from the cooler and left the store without paying. Suspect # 1 is described as a white male 22 to 23 years ofage, 5’8” tall, weighing 165 pounds, with short brown hair, and a tattoo that wrapped around his upper left arm. At the time, he was wearing a baseball hat, short-sleeve button-down shirt, and dark colored pants. He was armed with a knife described as 12-inches long, with a black handle and jagged blade. Suspect #2 is described as white male 20 to 22 years of age, 6 ’0 tall, weighing 210 pounds, with short brown hair, a round face, and long sideburns. At the time, he was wearing a long-sleeve winter sweater with a snowflake design around the mid-section, a white T-shirt under the sweater, white shorts, and sandals with no socks. He was armed with a small black handgun, which he carried in the waistband o f his shorts. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $ 1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an arrest in this case or any unsolved felony crime, and you can remain anonymous. Cal 1 CrimeStoppers at (503 ) 823-HELP. Police Briefs in Decatur, 111., who were expelled for fighting at a football game should stay expelled. The judge said the students did not prove that their rights were violated. The ruling follows weeks o f protests led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who said his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition would appeal the decision. R ussian C om m unist Nominated to Run MOSCOW - The Communist Party named Gennady Zyuganov as its candidate for president, saying that voters should reject Boris Yeltsin’s hand-picked successor for the post. Zyuganov has the support o f many elderly and poor people whose savings and pensions were depleted by runaway inflation and are nostalgic for the Soviet Union. But most observers say the Communist leader w on’t be able to upset I popular acting President Vladimir Putin. The election was moved up three months to March 26 after Yeltsin abruptly resigned as president and Putin, his prime Murder suspect apprehended 8600 Block N.E. Brazee Street On January 5, 2000, at 2:42 p.m., 26 year-old Thearone Giles was taken into custody on a Multnomah County arrest warrant for Murder. Giles is the suspect in the Shooting death o f 32 y e a r-o ld Ronald A nthony Johnson. The shooting took place at 1:30 a.m., on August 26, 1999, at Cisco and Poncho’s Restaurant, located at 107 N.W. Fifth Avenue. Giles was taken into custody by East Precinct U niform O fficers, D etectives and Special Emergency Reaction Team Officers at a residence located in the 8600 block o f N.E. Brazee Street. P o rtla n d P o lice D e te c tiv e s have been periodically checking residence where Giles was believed to frequent. On January 4, 2000, Detectives thought they may have observed Giles at an apartment at S.E. 1 ^ /D iv is io n Street. Surveillance was maintained on the apartment and Giles was seen leaving the apartment complex in the back o f a U-Haul truck. The truck was followed to the Brazee residence where Giles entered. When he left the residence to enter a vehicle he was arrested without incident. STOP! GET HELP! Fatal traffic accident S. E. 39"’ Avenue/Franklin Street On January 6,2000, at 7:58 p.m.. Traffic Officers responded to a fatal two-car collision at S.E. 39lh Avenue and Franklin Street. A male, driving a 1991 Jeep C h ero k ee w as p ro c e e d in g northbound on S.E. 39,h Avenue, possibly with his headlights out, according to witnesses. A female, driving westbound in a 1986 Toyota Tercel, stopped at the stop sign on S.E. Franklin Street at 39lh Avenue. She then pulled out onto S.E. 39,h Avenue and was struck by the northbound Jeep. The female was pronounced dead at the scene.. Both drivers were alone in their vehicles at the time o f the collision. The male was not injured. The deceased is 49 year-old Catherine Ann Waibel, a resident of S.E. Portland. Michael Theodore Young, 25 years old, who resides at 3630 S.E. 39,h Avenue, Apartment #23, was arrested and charged with Negligent Homicide and Driving Under the Influence o f Intoxicants. Bail has been set at $5,654. FREE COUNSELING! SAVE MONEY! BUY A HOME OR INVEST! Oregon • Washington » Africa_____________ A-ZEBRA Realty Inc. 5 0 3 -2 8 1 -9 9 0 0 317 NE Kilhngsworth St. Portland, Oregon 3 6 0 -6 9 0 -0 2 8 1 4225 NE St. James Rd Vancouver, Washington George Hendrix, Broker k J We Represent Buyers minister, took over as head o f state. Clinton Becomes Mideast Peace Broker SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va.-President Clinton will once again assume the arduous task o f brokering peace between longtime foes Israel and Syria. ‘This Public asked to help design East Vancouver Civic Campus (OSTRI BVTED5TORÍ is difficult stuff, this is very hard” he said of the nearly weeklong drive for a land-for-peace accord. Clinton returned to the site this morning and began a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa after consulting with Cabinet members and the negotiating team. Officials said they had no idea how long talks among the three leaders would last. Post Office Asks 1-Cent Rate Hike W ASHINGTON - Postal rates may be going up, but if they do, it won’t be until 2001. The Postal Service announced the new rates today - 34 cents for letters and 21 cents for post cards. The proposal now goes to the Postal Rate Commission, which will hold hearings before ruling on the request. In addition to the increase in the base rate for a first-class stamp, the charge for each additional ounce would rise from 22 cents to 23 cents. Priority mail would rise from $3.20 to $3.45 for the first pound, and the first half-pound ofExpress Mail would increase from $ 11.75 to$ 12.30. ‘S a tisfa c tio n ’ Rock’s Best Named NEW YORK -T h e Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” topped the list o f the 100 greatest rock songs in a V H 1 poll o f 700 people in the music industry. The 1965 song about rock’s favorite subject - sex - has one o f the most recognizable guitar riffs in music. Keith Richards said it came to him one night while he was sleeping. The Beatles had nine songs The City o f Vancouver invites the public to help develop a master plan for the East Vancouver Civic Campus, that will include a parks and recreation community center, a police precinct and a public works maintenance compound. The proposed location is at Haagen Park, on NE 136,h Avenue between 9lh and I5lh streets. Input will be sought at a series o f public forums to be held Thursday evenings at Cascade Junior High School, 13900 NE 18,h St. Meetings are scheduled for Jan. 27,7 to 9 p.m.; Feb. 24,6:30 to 9:30 p.m.; and March 30,7 to 9 p.m. those who may use the new facility, or have an interest in the development of civic facilities in our community are encouraged to participate. Childcare will be available at these forums. Annexation ofthe area east o f1-205 in 1997 brought 58,000 residents into the City o f Vancouver. By 2004, 105,000 residents are expected to live in the area. To meet the long term growth demands the VancouverCity Council approved funds in 1999 to support the design o f a master plan for a combined facility to bring city services and activities closer to our eastside residents. Representatives from neighborhoods, Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, East Police Precinct Advisory Commission, local businesses, Chamber of Commerce, the Evergreen School District, ADA, and youth were appointed as a citizen steering committee to work with city staff and consultants to develop the master plan. Ideas generated from this process will also be considered in a subsequent public engagement process to design Haagen Community Park. For more information, please call the East Vancouver CivicCam pusInfoLineat(360) 735-8767. Help us put your business in the public eye! Advertise in AMERICAN FAMIUf t = I AUTO HOME BUSINESS HEALTH LIFE * on the list, easily the most. But their best, “Hey Jude," ÍS sí Í re 'S came in at only No. 9 Aretha Franklin's “Respect ©2000 American Family Mutual Insurance Company and its Subsidiaries. Home Office - Madison. Wl 53783-0001 www.amfam.com came in second and Led Zeppelin's “Stairway to Heaven” was third. I (© bseruer I