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(Elje JJnrtlanb ®b»eruer Page A2 n rtln n ii Wbwrutr A pril 24, 2002 P olice / V ancouver 8005 N.E. Parkway Drive. Authorities said a male wear ing only a shirt or jacket had somehow entered locked doors of the main lobby around 2 a.m. and assaulted a young female. The assailant fled the scene and was last seen running south through the center of the com plex. The suspect was de scribed as a young white male Residence Inn R ape Suspect W anted Vancouver Police are look ing for the suspect in a March 13 rape at the Residence Inn at adult, approximately 6 feet tall with a stocky build, broad shoul ders, and short brown hair. A canvas of the area has yielded no suspects. Anyone with information re garding this crime is asked to contact Lead Detective Jane Scott at 360-696-8119, Detec- tive Jane Easter at 360-735- 8822 or Detective Sergeant Lou Braafladt at 360-696-8226. Study Finds Police Earn Better Liquor Sold Complaint Record to Minors For the third straight year, complaints against Portland police officers have fallen. In general, complaints of officer conduct are lower during the winter and higher during the summer and fall. The number of complaints received during the first quarter of this year was 134. That compares to 160 complaints during the same period last year and 215 complaints in 2000. There is a general misconception that the majority of complaints involve the use of force. However, communica tion issues generate the vast majority of complaints, accord ing to figures released by the Police Bureau. For example, last year, Portland police officers made about 433,000 contacts with citizens. O f those contacts, less than 2 tenths of one percent (.2%) generated a complaint of any kind, police said. Senior leaders of the bureau say they realize that citizen complaints are one of several yardsticks that can be used to evaluate community members’ trust in our ability to serve the City of Portland. A police spokesman said Portland Police Chief Mark Kroeker believes that declining complaints are an excellent indication that Portland police officers are continuing to carry out their responsibilities in a professional and produc tive manner. More than one in four liquor licens ees sold alcohol to a minor during 211 compliance visits conducted by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission this year. The agency has finished a quarter of its planned 788 compliance checks for 2002 at restaurants, stores, bars and other licensed businesses around the state. Underage volunteers, also known as minor decoys, attempt to buy alco hol at licensed businesses to deter mine if employees are properly check ing ID or selling to minors. The volun teers are supervised by OLCC in spectors or other law officers. They use their own ID and are instructed not to lie about their age. Advertise with diversity in u ^Lìnrthutò (P h 5 cruer call 503.288.0033 or em ail: ads@portlandobserver.com Terrorism War Puts Limits on Rose Festival Fleet (A P ) - Guided tours o f Rose Festival fleet will be sharply curtailed this year because of the country’s ongoing war. Only small, controlled groups - such as Scouts - will be able to board the nine-ship fleet that arrives June 5 and 6, and they have to sign up through the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Cen ter on Swan Island. “This is obviously the re sult o f the attacks o f 9/11,” said Lt. Cmdr. C harles Flynn, executive officer o f the U.S. AMERICAN HEALTH COALITION 2800 N. Vancouver Avenue, Suite 100, 97227; 503 413-1850 tor o f the Rose Festival A sso ciation. The list o f ships is still ten tative, but it’s likely to be the sm allest since the V ietnam W ar. Capt. Paul A nderson, com m ander o f the Swan Is land reserve unit, recalls that during one year o f the war, only tw o ships arrived. And one year during W orld W ar II, there was no fleet at all. A 14-ship fle e t at T om M cCall W aterfront Park drew 22,500 visitors last year. C r im e S t o p p e r s C am era S h ow s Store R ob b ery S u sp ect Portland Police Bureau Rob bery Detectives, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, are asking for your help in identifying a rob bery suspect in a surveillance camera photo. On Friday, April 5, at about 1 a.m., a man simulating a weapon, attem pted to rob the Seven- Eleven store at 30S.W. Arthur St. After failing to obtain cash, he fled on foot. The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, 5 foot 10 inches tall, 150 pounds with A store surveillance camera shows a robbery suspect. brown curly hair, a mustache, and possibly hair under his lower lip. He was wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans, and brown shoes at the time o f the robbery. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an arrest in this case, or any un solved felony crime, and you need not give your name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823- HELP. — -r More Women Die of Domestic Violence (AP) - A report from the Oregon Departm ent o f H u m an S e rv ic e s sa y s th a t women who are victim s of hom icide are more likely to die at the hands of their hus bands and partners or ex- husbands and ex-partners than from the acts of strang ers. State statistics from 1999 A PROGRAM OF THE AFRICAN N avy's reserve center on Swan Island, “It’s not ju st for these ships on this trip, it’s for military installations around the w orld.” Private boaters who like to see the ships up close from the W illamette River also will be re stricted by Coast G uard patrols. The popular H ost-A -Sailor program, in which the public can take care of a sailor for a day, will continue. “I think the city understands the situ a tio n ,” said M arilyn Clint, associate executive direç- and 2000, during which 46 women were hom icides in Oregon, show that 27 o f them or 59 percent, died at the hands of those partners or ex-partners. Mel Kohn, the state epide miologist, says more action is needed by health care pro viders to recognize the threats to women from their intimate partners. Kohn says women are 3.7 times more likely than men to die from partner violence, and most are killed with guns. Only seven o f the 126 male hom icides were partner-re lated, according to Kohn, and three of those came during attacks upon the wom en in volved. NOTICE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC HEARING The Proposed Program o f projects includes: Sponsored by the C e n te rs fo r D is e a s e C o n tro l a n d P re v e n tio n and made possible in part by Legacy Emanuel, PSU-RRI and CareOregon. Federal Fixed Route Service TRI-MET REACH WHAT? stands for Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. It is a community action plan to decrease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Oregon African American WHY? in Oregon an African American is twice as likely to die from a stroke and one and one-half times as likely to die from a heart attack. African Americans have a higher incidence Of premature death, diabetes, stroke, heart attack and high blood pressure. STAY TUNED... I $4,000,000 1,029,600 2,059,200 50% 994,800 1,989,600 50% Service to Employment Areas 807,600 1,615,200 50% Project Marketing Staff 252.000 504,000 50% Other Operating (Travel Training/Job Retention) 224,000 448,000 50% Bike Program 151,000 302,000 50% Non-Commute Trips 105,000 210,000 50% 36,000 72,000 50% $5,600,000 $11,200,000 Transportation and Services Customer Support & Information community. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing, i f so requested by any interested person, w ill he held by the Tri-C ounty Metropolitan Transportation D istrict o f Oregon (Tri-M et) in Conference Room B, 4012 SE 17th Avenue, Portland at 9 A M on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. The purpose o f the hear ing is to consider the Job Access Program for which federal FY02 and FY03 § 3037 funds from the Federal Transit Adm inistration is being sought for T ri-M e t’s on going capital program. Match $2,000,000 Regional Transportation Improvements PROPOSED HEARING JOB ACCESS PROGRAM 9 a.m., Wed., May 8 Room B, 4012 SE 17th Avenue, Portland Total Total Grant Application 50% This project has been selected through T ri-M et’s planning process, which incorporates public involvement, and is programmed in the Metropolitan and State Transportation Improvement Programs. No persons, families, or businesses w ill be displaced by the project. The project described above is in conformance w ith comprehensive land use and transportation planning in the area. Persons requesting that this hearing be convened should contact T ri-M et’s Finance Administrator at PH O N E: 503-962-5850, or FAX: 503-962-6463, or e-mail: langtona^’tr i- met.org or mail: Tri-M et, 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue, Portland, O R 97202 by Friday, April 26, 2002. In the event a hearing is held, Tri-M et w ill afford opportunity for interested persons or agencies to be heard w ith respect to the social, economic, and environmental aspects o f the projects. A person requesting a sign language interpreter shall give T ri-M e t at least 48 hours notice o f the request by contacting T ri-M e t at 503-962-4831 or T D D 503-962-5811, Monday through Friday, 8 A M to 5 PM. I f any interested person requires inform ation regarding the grant or T ri-M et’s transit development plan they may contact T ri-M et’s Finance Administrator as outlined above. For more information programs such as HOLLA (youth peer education) and Lookin' Tight Livin' Right (beauty and barber shop based education) to decrease the disparity of preventable chronic diseases. Bruce Harder Executive Director Finance dr Administration, Tri-Met 1