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February 23, 2000 Varttani) (ftti«ru»r Business B la c k H o lly w o o d /S a n d y and G atew ay residents will have over a haif-million dollars to their neighborhood visions into reality under a proposal by M ayor V era Katz. Katz wil 1 send a resolution to C ity Council today to appropriate $521,648 for the neighborhoods to im plem ent parts o f the vision plans th e y ’ve w orked on over the past couple years. “For tw o years, the citizen o f Gateway and H ollyw ood/Sandy have been w orking diligently on telling us w hat they w ant their neighborhood to look like, said Katz. “T hey’re excited about their ideas, and I’m excited about th e ir s te p p in g up an d g e ttin g involved. This money will m ean they can now start taking their ideas o ff paper and turning them into real com m unity pro jects they can be w eapons. John Fowler, the director o f cam pus safety, who supervises the 15 security officers, said that P SU ’s low crim e rate w as a p ro d u ct o f effec tiv e policing. He said the security fo rce’s visibility has meant that criminals stay aw ay from campus. B em stine said he w o u ld n ’t even co n sid er requesting any changes w ithout consulting the students and faculty. Id e a tu r n e d dow n b efo re T he idea o f arm ing cam pus security has been rebuffed in the past by the h ig h e r e d u c a tio n b o a rd , w h ich o v erse es th e s t a t e ’s s e v e n I S heila H olden, g eneral b u sin ess m anager o f Pacific Power, to form a broad-based com m ittee to negotiate an agreem ent. “If the com m unity supported you, how soon w ould you rem o d el?” Holden asked. “T here’s give and take here.” Safew ay officials indicated they w ould w ork with such a process. B oard m e m b ers sa id th e le tte r reflected traditional coalition support Lonth P io n eero fS cien ce-E rn est Just graduated magna cum laudefrom Dartmouth College. He taught at Howard University s zoology and p h y sio lo g y d ep a rtm e n t a nd conducted research at the Marine B io lo g ic a l L a b o r a to r y on M artha's Vineyard, where he a d v a n c e d the s tu d y o f parthenogenesis (grow th o f an organism from an unfertilized egg) p io n e e re d by German physiologist Jacques Loeb. In his prolific career, Just received many aw ards a n d g rants - including thefirst-ever Springarn M edal, in 1915, f o r his groundbreaking research in biology’ and embryology. But d esp ite his o u ts ta n d in g contributions to this field, he was never granted an appointment to a major institution or elected to the National Academy ofSciences. F ru stra te d by th is la ck o f recognition in the scientific community, he eventually moved to Europe. universities. Slightly m ore than a year ago, P S U ’s security officers m ade an appeal that they be allow ed to carry w eapons. They argued that their safety w as put in jeopardy regularly because they are prohibited from being armed. If the proposal were approved, the change w ould becom e effective on all the public university cam puses. T he board last w eek received a b rief report on the issue explaining that PSU has unique circum stances: “As an open, urban cam pus, the cam pus com m unity is at risk from potentially dangerous unaffiliated individuals w ith access to the cam pus.” Blue Book now available online Safeway from page 1 • recently given to stores on N ortheast Broadw ay and Jantzen Beach. D iG regorio said he had requested a m ajor m akeover in the past and that the license issue “clouds the w hole th in g .” Flanigan said Safeway had installed new coolers, check stands and deli. “W e haven’t been m ilking it,” she said. T he board later passed a motion by K ing’s Sybil Kelley, and am ended by ¡story Black History Month proud o f ’ During the 1999-2000 fiscal year, City C ouncil ap p ro p riated m oney for projects that meet the c ity ’s Region 2040 grow th goals and plans. U nder th e p la n s , G a te w a y h a s b e e n d e s ig n a te d a R e g io n a l C e n te r, H ollyw ood has been designated a Tow n C enter and Sandy Boulevard has been designated a M ain Street. These places are transit-oriented, m ixed-use areas o f different scales. Weapons from page 1 PSU actually reported less cam pus crim e in several key categories than the U niversity o f O regon or Oregon S tate U niversity, according to The C hronicle o f H igher Education, an independent m onthly that com piles results o f cam pus surveys required by federal law. T he law is broad, h o w e v e r, an d c r im e - r e p o r tin g m ethods som etim es vary, making com parisons difficult. A ccording to the survey from 1996- 97, PSU had few er incidents o f burglary or car thefts than the other big university cam puses. The school also reported fewer arrests fo r liq u o r v io la tio n s, drugs and II M Ktna Katz proposes Gateway, Hollywood improvements CONTRIBUTED S IQRS Page A7 (Tfye ^Jlortùxxxò (Ohseruvr costribl for the store, and that the board had not taken a position on the current situation. Paulson later com m ented, “In view o f the effect on the neighborhoods involved, I think the letter should have been put before the board before it w ent out,” how ever, “ W illie has been a g reat p resid en t, and any dam age from this will be m inor and tem porary.” rtPsronY Secretary o f State Bill B radbury announced the release o f the new online version o f the O regon Blue Book at the state capital today in 21 “ century fashion: the press conference was broadcast live on the internet. “We are excited about the new look o f the online Blue Book, and w anted to publicize its ac ce ssib ility in the m anner in w hich it will be used - online,” Bradbury stated. “The new web site is much easier to navigate and gives the public more information in one place,” he added. The latest edition o f the Blue Book c o n ta in s se v e ra l n ew fe a tu re s, including a page designed ju st for kids. O nline users can now access co u n ty an d c o m m u n ity p ro file inform ation through a link to the Oregon Econom ic and C om m unity Development Department web page. The Secretary o f S tate’s office is also in the process o f providing links to inform ation about the w orking o f individual state agencies. Soon the history, adm inistrative rules, budget inform ation, audit reports and public records o f a particular agency will be availableonline. The online edition can be seen by v i s i t i n g : h t t p : / / w w w .bluebook.state.or.us. »
