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Crime Stoppers
NASA Gives Up on Mars
Polar Lander
Pasadena, C a lif (A P) A fter m ore than a m onth o f
searching fora signal from N A SA ’s Mars Polar Lander,
m ission controllers gave up hope o f saving the $165
m illion m ission to the Red Planet. T he last effort to
com m unicate with the three-legged landerended at 11
a m. Polar Lander was to have touched down Dec. 3 for
a 90-day m ission near M ars’ south pole to study the
atm osphere and dig for ice. It was last heard from
m inutes before beginning its descent. Space agency
officials have a m yriad o f explanations for w hat could
have happened to the craft, including an explosion or
a failed radio system.
Martin Luther King Hon­
ored
Atlanta (A P ) V ice President A1 G ore and several
elected officials attended cerem onies to honor slain
civil rights leader. M artin Luther King Jr. on M onday.
Gore spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church, K ing’s church.
South A frican President Thabo M beki, Gov. Roy
Barnes and A tlanta M ayor Bill C am pbell led a m arch
in K ing’s honor. King w ould have turned 71 on
S aturday. A round the country, se v eral serv ice
a c tiv itie s took p la ce , in c lu d in g b lo o d d riv es,
neighborhood cleanups and Habitat for H um anity
house-building projects.
The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation w ith Crim e
Stoppers, is asking for your help in identifying and
apprehending the individual responsible for a burglary.
On Thursday, January 6,2000, at approxim ately 5:45 in the
m orning, a subject parked his car in front o f the A ir Link
C ellular T elephone store located at 3626 N ortheast Sandy
Boulevard. A fter getting out o f the car, he took tim e to peer
through the w indow s before returning to the car to retrieve
a large rock, w hich was then used to break the glass out o f
the front door. The subject entered through the opening
and took a large num ber o f cellular telephones.
The suspect is described as a w hite m ale in his 2 0 ’s,
approxim ately 5 ’ 10” to 6 ’0” tall, m edium build, short dark
colored hair, clean shaven, wearing a light color w aist
length jacket w ith a dark collar, and jeans.
Crim e Stoppers is offering a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000
for inform ation, reported to C rim e Stoppers, which leads to
an arrest in this case or any unsolved felony crim e, and you
can rem ain anonym ous. Call Crim e Stoppers at (503) 823-
HELP.
Internal Affairs finds
no misconduct from
Vancouver police
Glaxo Buying SmithKline
Beecham
London (A P) British pharm aceutical giant G laxo
W elcom e plans to buy rival Sm ithK line B eecham for
about $76 billion in stock in a deal that w ould
create the w o rld ’s largest drugm aker. T he deal would
create a com pany to be called G laxo Sm ithK line that
w ould ho ld a 7.3 percen t share o f the global
pharm aceutical m arket and have a com bined m arket
value in excess o f $ 182 billion. The com panies say jo b
cuts are expected, but no num bers w ere given.
T h e n ew c o m p a n y w o u ld h a v e its c o rp o ra te
h e a d q u a r te r s
in L o n d o n , a n d
its n ew
operational base in the U nited States.
Alabama Allowed
Segregate AIDS Cons
To
W A SH IN G TO N - T h e Suprem e Court let a few states
continue, at least for now , segregating inm ates who
have the A ID S virus from m ost activities available to
their general prison populations. T he court rejected
an appeal in w hich A labam a inm ates w ho are H IV ­
positive argued that the sta te’s policy violates federal
laws banning discrim ination against the disabled.
T o day’s action does not set a legal precedent. The
denial o f review leaves intact a federal appeals court
ruling that said A labam a’s policy does not run afoul
o f the federal anti-bias laws.
Court Orders Restudy
Equal Pay
W A SH IN G T O N - T he Suprem e C ourt surprisingly
ordered low er courts to restudy rulings that said
states and their agencies m ust abide by a 1963 federal
law requiring em ployers to give men and w om en equal
pay for equal work. T he court said those rulings
should be reconsidered in light o f its decision last
w eek that said state em ployees are not protected by
a federal law banning age bias. The issue involves a
case at Illinois S tate U niversity, w here fem ale
professors alleged in a 1995 class-action suit that the
school pays them less than their m ale colleagues.
Consumers Paying Debt
More Quickly
W A SH IN G T O N - A consum er group says credit-
card users are paying o ff their credit card debts m ore
quickly and resisting taking new cards. T heC onsum er
Federation o f America said the more cautious borrowing
led to 112,000 few er people filing for and receiving
bankruptcy court protection last year than in 1998,
w hich it term ed the largest one-year decline on record.
Stephen B robeck, executive director o f C onsum er
Federation, said consum ers with credit card debts
have realized the im portance o f paying m ore than the
m inim um paym ent on their m onthly bills and are
sending heftier paym ents.
Frigid Cold Continues in
Northeast
N EW Y O R K - T em peratures dropped into the
b a s e m e n t a g a in in th e N o rth e a st. V o lu n te e r
cooperative observers reported lows in northern
Verm ont of38 below zero at Enosburg Falls, and minus
33 at Sutton, the National W eather Service said. It was
so cold that the O lym pic Regional D evelopm ent
Authority at Lake Placid, N.Y., couldn't even m ake ice
for its new m ile-long luge track. T em peratures below
zero also w ere com mon across the rest o f the N ortheast:
Saranac la k e . N. Y , reported 29below zero; the northern
N ew H am pshire tow n o f Berlin dropped to 28 below
zero.
A prelim inary Internal A ffairs investigation has revealed
no m isconduct on the part o f V ancouver Police Services
officers w ho m ade a m arijuana seizure on N ovem ber 13,
1999.
O n N ovem ber 13, 1999, at 1:58 a.m ., V ancouver Police
O fficers responded to the residence o f Mr. Steven Pogue
after his w ife called and reported a dom estic disturbance.
W hen V ancouver Police arrived on scene to investigate
the dom estic disturbance, they observed 28 m arijuana
plants and m arijuana paraphernalia inside the P o g u e s'*
residence.
Police learned that Mr. Pogue told the police he had a
m edical prescription to use marijuana. Police consulted
with Mr. P o g u e’s treating physician and attorneys from the
Clark C ounty Prosecutor’s Office. A fter consulting with
the P rosecuting A tto rn ey ’s O ffice and Mr. P o g u e’s
physician, police confiscated Mr. P ogue’s m arijuana plants
and grow op eratio n paraphernalia. T h e P rosecuting
A ttorney’s O ffice advised police that the quantity and
method w as a felony and the doctor confirm ed to police
that the quantity was clearly beyond the scope o f the
prescription. Police left a sufficient am ount o f processed
m arijuana, satisfying the doctor’s prescription.
V ancou ver pol ice officers arrested and booked Mr. Pogue
for allegedly assaulting his wife.
A V ancouver Police Services Internal Affairs investigation
w as conducted as a result o f a claim filed against the City.
That investigation has not been com pleted.
Vancouver with C-Tran to develop
traffic plan to ease traffic volume
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The City ofV ancouver is expecting
traffic volum es to increase on
M acA rthur Blvd. betw een Mill
Plain Blvd. and Lieser Rd. and
A ndresen Rd. south o f Mill Plain
on Friday, Jan. 21 from 7 a.m. to 1
p.m. due to an event hosted by St.
Jo sep h C atholic C hurch, 6600
H ighland Dr. (at the com er o f
H ighland and Andresen).
T h e C ity o f V a n c o u v e r ’s
transportation, police, operations,
and n eig h b o rh o o d se rv ic es in
p a r tn e r s h ip w ith C -T R A N ,
W ashington State D epartm ent o f
Transportation, and the Vancouver
S c h o o l D is tric t an d w ith
cooperation from representatives
o f St. Joseph Catholic Church hi. ve
developed a traffic m anagem ent
plan.
T he plan was developed to assist
in traffic m ovem ent to and around
the event and to m inim ize, to the
extent possible, traffic and parking
im p a c ts o n th e fo llo w in g
n e ig h b o rh o o d s :
N o rth e r n s ,,
N o rth w o o d , N o rth G a r ris o n
H e ig h ts, V a n c o u v e r H e ig h ts,
Dubois Park, Evergreen Highlands,
and Father B lanchet Park.
T he plan calls for the follow ing
traffic revisions in and around the
neighborhoods for the duration o f
the event:
A n d resen w ill b e lim ited to
southbound event traffic only
b e tw e e n
M a c A rth u r an d
E vergreen Blvd. A ndresen will
b e clo sed to all n o rth b o u n d
traffic at Evergreen Blvd. W ith
th e e x c e p tio n o f C -T R A N ,
V a n c o u v e r P u b lic S c h o o l
D istrict buses, and em ergency
services vehicles. C -T R A N and
V a n c o u v e r S c h o o l D is tr ic t
buses will continue the normal
routes how ever, traffic volum es
m ay cause slight delays.
D etour routes for northbound
A ndresen from Evergreen will
be either east on Evergreen Blvd.,
to Sleret, to Middle W ay to Lieser
to M a c A rth u r; o r w e st on
Evergreen, to B landford Dr. to
M acA rthur.
H ighland Blvd. W ill be a right
turn only onto A ndresen.
Lousiana, G ulf, C orregidor, and
B uena V ista will be closed at
A ndresen.
A ll n e ig h b o rh o o d s tr e e ts
in te r s e c tin g
M a c A rth u r,
betw een Devine Rd. and Lieser.,
w ill b e right turn o nly onto
M acA rthur.
T he traveling public is encouraged
to carpool or use mass transit to reduce
traffic congestion in the area. Transit
users can tak e C -T ran R oute 32
Evergreen from the V ancouver Mall
or the 7th St. transit mall directly to
St. Jo se p h C h u rch . R o u te 38
Mac A rthur/C ascade Park stops on
M a c A rth u r
at
A n d re s e n .
M otorists traveling form 1-205
should take Hwy. 14 w est to the
L ieser exit and proceed north to
M a c A rth u r th e n
w e s t to
A ndresen. From 1-5 m o to rists
should take the Mill Plan Blvd. Exit
east to M acA rthur and east to
A ndresen.
Event parking is available onsite.
O ff site parking will be available on
M acA rthur between Mill Plain and
L ieser on the shoulders and bike
lanes.
V ehicles parked in restricted areas
or blocking driveway may be towed
at th e o w n e rs ’ ex p e n se . T he
p a r k in g la n e s o n A n d re s e n
betw een M acA rthur and Highland
will be reserved for group buses
and vanpools.
St Joseph Church has hired six
off-duty police officers and one
o ff duty police supervisor to assist
in providing traffic control in the
s u rro u n d in g area. V a n c o u v er
police traffic unit officers will be
w orking in the area. C om m ander
Tony B raunstein will be at St.
Joseph C hurch throughout the
event.
V ancouver fire services have also
been notified in the event o f a
medical em ergency.
Picture yourself in the
career o f your dreams at the
Northwest
Career Fair
PJob Expo
Saturday, Ja n u a ry 29th
New deputy supervisor
nam ed
fo r
G iffo rd
Pinchot National Forest
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A W illam ette N ational Forest ranger has been named the
new D eputy Forest Supervisor for the G ifford Pinchot
National Forest, effective February 27. Lynn Burditt has
served as the D istrict Ranger for the Blue River Ranger
District o f the W illam ette National Forest since May o f
1989. She also recently served as Acting D eputy Forest
Supervisor o f the W illam ette National Forest.
“I’m pleased to announce Lynn’s appointm ent,” said Claire
Lavendel, G ifford Pinchot Forest Supervisor. “Lynnbrings
a w ealth o f know ledge and skills to a dem anding job and a
deep com m itm ent to com m unity service. W e are very lucky
to have her jo in our team. The people and surrounding
com m unities w ho depend upon and enjoy the Forest wil 1 be
w ell served by her.”
Ms. Burditt spent tim e at the M ount St. Helens Ranger
D istrict in 1981 w ith the V olcano Recovery Project.
“ I ’m thrilled to be returning to the G ifford Pinchot” Ms.
Burditt said “I am looking forward to working with everyone
on the Forest during these exciting tim es.”
Before com ing to the Pacific Northwest Region, Ms. Burditt
served as the District R anger for the Tally Lake and Hungry
H orse R anger D istricts in northern Montana.
Raised in O akridge, T ennessee, Ms. Burditt joined the
Forest Service in 1974 as a Y outh Conservation Corp Crew
Leader A fter receiving a Bachelor o f Science degree in
O utdoor R ecreation Resource M anagem ent from Iowa
State U niversity in 1976, her first assignm ent was as a
forester on the Palouse Ranger District in eastern Idaho.
She received a M asters o f Forestry from Oregon State
U niversity in 1982. Ms. Burditt served on the Flathead
National Fores, in Kalispell, Montana from 1981 until 1989.
Ms. Burditt, 44, enjoys photography, outdoor activities
(hiking, canoeing), reading, w orking w ith human rights/
conflict resolution issues and com m unity youth programs.
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