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Police News/Vancouver
Man found alive on Reed island
• Body o f Friend
Found in Columbia
R iver
M onday
Evening
On Tuesday April 25, at approximately
7:00 am, David Deathreage was
airlifted from Reed Island toTroutdale
airport. He was then transported by
ambulance to Mt. Hood Center. He
had spent the night on the island and
is a friend ofSteven Bruce Fuller who
was found dead in the Columbia River
in the afternoon. Both men were out
fishing and encountered some rough
water. Fuller stood up and the boat
capsized as a result. Deathreage was
able to swim to Reed Island where he
lost sight o f his friend. He tried to yell
for help from passing boaters but was
unsuccessful. When it began to get
dark Patrol boat, he did not leave the
shelter. Hedidattem pttocall for help
but could not be heard because o f the
wind.
The River Patrol learned yesterday
evening at about 8:30 that a second
person was involved in the boating
accident. A search, in coordination
with the Coast Guard, w as started at
10:00 p.m. and was called off at
approximately 1:00 a.m. The search
resumed early this morning when a
Coast Guard helicopter found him.
Yesterday afternoon, April 24, the
Multnomah County Sheriff s River
Patrol was cal led to investigate a report
o f a body found floating in the
Columbia River near Washougal,
WA. The body o f Steven Bruce
Fuller, which was floating face down
in the water, was recovered and turned
over to the medical examiner. Mr.
Fuller was wearing a lifejacket at the
time of death but it was not properly
fitted.
River Patrol also found a small,
capsized boat nearby. The stretch of
the Columbia River where the boat
was found is known for choppy water
and rapid change o f river conditions.
Extra water was being released from
Bonneville Dam the last few days to
a ssist young salm o n in th e ir
downstream migration. As a result,
the river levels w ere up which
m inimized beach access. River
temperatures were around 50 degrees
on Monday.
City awards $33,529 to neighborhood associations
The city o f Vancouver has approved
funding for five N eighborhood
A ctio n
P la n n in g
(N A P )
im plem entation projects totaling
$32,985 and tw o neighborhood
matching grant projects totaling $544.
NAP
fu n d s are
u sed
by
neighborhoods to manage their own
funding for projects and are made
available only to neighborhood
associations w ith neighborhood
action plans. Neighborhoods may
receive up to $7,500. The goal of the
n e ig h b o rh o o d m atch in g g ran t
p rogram is to in sp ire pro jects
e n h a n c in g n e ig h b o rh o o d s and
e n c o u ra g in g
c o m m u n ity
involvement. Neighborhoods must
provide 50 percent o f matching funds
up to $1000.
The following NAP grants have been
approved for funding during the
March 2000 cycle:
■ Airport Green Neighborhood - $7,500
to allow the neighborhood to hire an
engineer to design 14 safe pedestrian/
w h e e lc h a ir access ram ps and
sidewalks on Hearthwood Blvd.
■ Amada Neighborhood - $3,900 fora
rock barricade at the 25th St. and H St.
entrance to the park to prevent cars
from driving into the park and
damaging grass.
• Hough Neighborhood - $7,500 to
complete the process for preserving
and improving historic housing in
the Hough neighborhood that was
movedduetothe Mill Plain Extension
Project.
N o rth
G a rriso n
H eights
Neighborhood - $4,585 to clear
u n w an ted sh ru b s, trees and
blackberries from a portion o f Coop
Park. Some trees, bushes and plants
will be retained and others salvaged.
• Vancouver Heights Neighborhood
- $9,500 to fund the final phase of
u p g ra d in g
G u stafso n
Park
playground equipment. Sponsoring
18 sh e riff’s deputies to receive
intensive training in domestic violence
•Stop violence Against Women provides
grant so officers can attend
18 law enforcement deputies from
the Multnomah County Sheriff’s
Office will receive 40 hours of
intensive training in domestic
violence during the month o f May.
We have received a grant for
$25,354 from STOP violence
Against Women to cover the cost
o f the training.
The training offered through the
c o u n ty ’s F am ily V io len ce
Intervention Steering Committee,
will be held every Wednesday in
May (May 3,10,17,24,31 )at Mt.
H ood C om m unity C o lle g e ’s
T routdale Facility, 1491 NW
Graham Road.
neighborhoods include: DuBois Park,
Father Blanchet Park, Evergreen
Highlands, Northwood and North
Garrison Heights.
T he fo llo w in g n eig h b o rh o o d
matching grants have been approved
for funding during the March 2000
cycle:
■ Image Neighborhood - $ 144 to fund
8 d o u ble-sided signs notifying
residents o f neighborhood meetings.
• Amada Neighborhood - $400 to
fund a ceramics workshop to be held
in Amada Park on three different dates
with the first beginning on National
Night Out.
The next deadlines for the 2000
funding cycles are May 1 and Sept. 1.
To receive a neighborhood funding
re q u e st p a c k e t, p le a se call
Neighborhood Services at (360) 696-
8222. The application packet can also
be dow nloaded online at http://
w w w .c i.v a n c o u v e r.w a .u s /
n e i g h b o r h o o d s /
consolidatedgrant.htm.
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The City o f V ancouver and the
VancouverNational Historic Reserve
Trust invite citizens to celebrate
Freedom-2000’s Marshall Lecture
featuring Tom Brokaw, NBC news
anchor and author of the best-selling
book. The Greatest Generation. The
speech will be held on Friday, June 2,
2000, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at
Hudson’s Bay High School, 1206 E.
Reservein Vancouver. Brokaw will
be joined by 28 o f the Greatest
Generation Americans featured in his
book.
R e sid e n ts th ro u g h o u t
Washington and Oregon who were
part o f the World War II efforts - in
the states and abroad - are especially
encouraged to attend and he honored
at this event.
The Marshall Lecture is part o f series
o f annual C e le b ra te Freedom
education and community events
which include the 4'h of July Fireworks,
and in the fall the Marshall Leadership
Awards, Veterans Day Parade, and
the Star Spangled Gala. The annual
lecture honors General George C.
M arsh all one o f the g re a te st
A m erican s w ho serv ed and
C om m an d er o f th e V an co u v er
barracks in the 1930’s, Secretary of
State, and Secretary o f Defense.
Marshall authored the Marshall Plan
for Peace for which he received the
Nobel Prize for Peace. In 1998,
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
delivered the lecture recognizing the
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Lecture 2000 featuring Tom Brokaw
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for The Portland Observer
It will include an Overview ofDomestic
Violence, Issues and Barriers for
Specific Populations, C hildren’s
Issues, and Working with Batterers,
Civil Laws and Court Procedures and
Police R esponse and E vidence
Gathering.
A ccording to U ndersheriff Mel
Hedgpeth, “victims need to have a
fuller response at the scene. We are
good at investigating the scene and
making an arrest when warranted.
But, we need to do more. We have to
assist the victim with temporary
housing resources, provide support
and give information and referral
w here appropriate. This is true
community policing at its best.”
The training will introduce officers to
local resource and direct providers. It
will also cover legal issues and
evidence recovery involved in
writing a domestic violence report.
The Multnomah County SherifFs
Office will be implementing a new
p o lic y
o f having
patrol
su p e rv iso rs
and
v ic tim s ’
a d v o c a te s review d e p u tie s ’
reports to insure that the reports
are thorough. We will also be
developing a simple satisfaction
survey to be adm inistered as
resp ectfu l and supportive in
domestic violence situations.
M ultnom ah C ounty S h e r if f s
Officers who receive this training
will become part ofa critical incident
team program.
They will be the first on their shift
to be called to the scene o f a
domestic violence incident. The
agency will be developing other
specialized training for its officers
in the area of mental health, elder
abuse, child abuse and alcohol
and drug abuse.
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