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M arch 22, 20(H) Page A2 (Clje ^lortlanù (Ohs eruer P o rtia nb (Dbatruer Pope Arrives in Israel TEL AVIV, Israel - Pope John Paul II becam e the first p o n tiff to visit Israel, and said C hristians and Jew s m ust m ake “co u rag eo u s efforts” to bring about peace. The pope has said his visit isn ’t a political one, but said relations between the V atican and Israel have grown over the years and that he would 1 ike to see them grow further. The frail, 79-year-old pope says h e ’s fu lfillin g a “ strong personal desire” to visit the Holy Land, and that his visit is both a personal pilgrim age and a spiritual journey. Court Rejects ‘Racial Balancing9 W A SH IN G TO N - T he Suprem e C ourt let stand a ruling that bars race as a factor when public school s tu d e n ts se e k to tr a n s f e r to another school. T he court rejected the appeal o f a M aryland school district that refused to let a w hite boy transfer to a m ostly w hite m agnet school from his m inority- dom inated neighborhood school. T oday’s court action set no legal p rec ed en t, b u t le ft in ta c t the appeals co u rt’s ruling that said s u c h “ r a c ia l b a l a n c in g ’ is unconstitutional w hen not needed to rem edy past discrim ination. U gandan Death Toll Could Be 500 K A M PA LA , U ganda - O fficials say the death toll from a church fire in U ganda believed to be a mass s u ic id e o f p a r is h io n e r s h a s reached at least 500. Police said all five leaders o f the C hristian sect M ovem ent for the Restoration o f the Ten Com m andm ents o f God, fourofthem former RomanCatholic priests or lay w orkers, had died in a m orn in g b la ze ju s t o u tsid e Kanungu trading center, 220 miles southw est o f K am pala. Syncretic C h ris tia n re lig io u s s e c ts are m ushroom ing across A frica as m any people becom e disillusioned w ith the inability o f politicians to im prove their lives. Several Hurt in Amtrak Derailm ent C A R B O N D A L E , Kan. - Sixteen cars o f A m trak ’s Southw est C h ief derailed and injured at least 31 people, one o f them critically, authorities said. T he Chicago-t’o - L os A ngeles train carrying about 160 passengers w ent o ff the track shortly after 2 a m. C ST in a field near C arbondale, about 15 m iles south ofT opeka in eastern Kansas. T he cause w as not im m ediately know n. A n A m trak spokesm an said the cars derailed as the train w as rounding a “gentle curve” in an area o f flat terrain. He said it was going about 60 m ph, well within the speed lim it for that area. Police News/Vancouver C ity ’s safe walkways program to include two applications cycles per year Each year the safe walkways program, for the C ity o f V ancouver has a total o f $80,000 to im prove pedestrian safety along any arterial or local street. Pedestrian im provem ent projects can include repair o f an existing sidewalk, construction o f new sidew alks, and/ o r cro ssw a lk im p ro v em en ts. A n A dditio n al $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 p er year is av a ila b le to im p ro v e cu rb ram p ac ce ssib ility at in tersectio n s and other possible locations, consistent w ith the A m erican w ith Disabilities Act (A D A ). P ro je c t p r o p o s a ls fo r th e sa fe w alk w ay s p ro g ram w ill now be accepted tw ice peryear. F o rth e2 0 0 0 calendar year, the first funding cycle dead lin e is A pril 1. T h e second funding cycle closes A ugust 1. Any projects that exceed the am ount to be funded by safe w alkw ays program will be folded into the Transportation Im provem ent Program (TIP) process the follow ing year. By accepting applications tw ice per year, the program will better m eet the primary goal ofconstructing a majority o f projects w ithin six m onths o f prioritization. Projects requiring right- o f-w a y a c q u is itio n o r n o ta b le environm ental impacts may exceed six months. Follow ing the application deadline, each project will be evaluated under a set o f uniform criteria. A rterial and local streets will each have their own set o f criteria to address the different issues related to their classification and use. Projects are assigned points based on these criteria. T hey are then ranked according to total scores. Each project will go through two levels o f evaluation. First, project will be evaluated based on consistency with otherC ity programs such as th eC ity ’s C o m p r e h e n s iv e P la n an d environm ental impact. T he second ev alu atio n req u ires site visits to properly assign points. T he num ber o f accidents, traffic speeds, traffic volum e and proxim ity to trip origin or destination points are also considered under the second level o f evaluation. T he follow ing projects have been recently com pleted or m ore currently scheduled for construction through the safe w alkw ays program : ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Get your business seen advertise in the City ofV ancouver Transportation services, visit the w eb site at h ttp ://w w w .c i.V a n c o u v e r.w a .u s / vanpw /vantrans.index.html. ®fje JJortlanb (ßhscmcr ________________/ New sidew alks and curb ram ps in the vicinity o f St. Jam es St. and 54th St A new sidew alk in the V an Mall N eighborhood connecting Thurston W ay and the W estfield Shopping Tow n entrance. sidew alks and curb ramps on E. 18th/ 20th.St. from Grand BI vd. To Norris St a c c e s s ib i lity im p r o v e m e n ts to O akbrook Park. To propose projects for the April 1 d e a d lin e , re sid e n t are a sk ed to c o m p le te a s im p le a p p lic a tio n d e ta ilin g th e p ro p o s e d p ro je c t benefits. A pplication are available at T ran sp o rtatio n S ervices, 601 W. Evergreen Blvd. To request a copy by mail, phone Jennifer Cam pos, T ransportation Service, at (360) 696- 8290, ext. 8409. To learn m ore about Community notification o f a sex offender 200 Block O f N M organ ST T he Portland Police Bureau is notifying the com m unity o f a R egistered Sex O ffender living in the Portland area. ORS. 181.588 allow s law enforcem ent agencies to release such inform ation to the public regarding convicted offenders, w ho are required to register, w hen such inform ation will increase public aw areness and prom ote com m unity safety. T he Sex O ffender has been convicted o f a sex offense that requires he register w ith a law enforcem ent agency in Oregon. His crim inal history places him in a category w hich indicates he m ay reoffend. T his subject is not w anted by the police at this time. T his O ffender has served his sentence and is no longer being supervised by the O regon D epartm ent o f Corrections. The purpose o f this com m unity notification is to reduce the chances o f further victim ization by this offender as w ell as to prom ote com m unity aw areness and child safety. Intim idating, harassing, or threatening o f this registered offender will not be tolerated and m ay be a crim e. If you have any inform ation about this offender com m itting additional crimes, please contact the D etectives o f the Sexual A ssault D etail at 823-4636. S ubject’s nam e is Leslie H. G ederos. G ederos has been convicted o f Sodomy II, num erous counts o f Sex A buse 1 W e know how valuable your time is. Don’t be surprised when we’re on time. OPEC Official Sets Target Oil Prices Showing up when we say we will is so important, w e've included it in our Customer Service Guarantees. If we set an appointment with you on a specific day, we'll keep it. 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