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Page A3 July 03, 2002 Safety Urged as Summer Vacation Begins Deadline Set for School Custodians City Parks Cut Services, 31 Staff Portland’s neighborhood parks will look different this summer— longer grass, fuller garbage cans and restrooms that close earlier than usual. The changes are due to the Portland Parks and Recre ation decison to cut 31 staff positions and reduce services in order to cut $2.2 million from its budget. People who participate in some recreation and after-school pro grams will also feel the belt tighten as community schools close along with indoor swim pools at Buckman and Multnomah Learning Center schools. "These service cuts are required because of a shortfall in city funds. And, after years of taking on more responsibility, we are squeezed to the point where direct services will stop or be cut back severely,” said parks director Charles Jordan. A measure on the May ballot to reinstate the services and further restore and renovate the park system received 70 percent voter support, but failed to pass because the required 50 percent voter turn out was not met. Voters will have another opportunity to vote on this measure in November. D rivers w arned to bew are o f kids crossing streets and riding bikes With schools already out for sum m er break, transportation safety officials are reminding driv ers that children will be crossing streets and riding bikes in differ ent areas than they do during the school year. Those changing hab its have the potential to contrib ute to a tragedy. “You do not want to hit a child with your car. Imagine hearing the crash, feeling the impact and see ing a little kid on the pavement,” said Rick Waring, pedestrian and bicycle safety coordinator for the Oregon Department of Transpor tation. “That would be a horrible, wrenching experience you’d live with for years to come.” C h ild r e n ’s tr a v e l h a b its change when school is out. They will be going to and from parks, playgrounds, shopping centers, convenience stores, neighbor hood centers, sw im m ing pools and other places where m otor ists have not seen as m uch foot traffic for the last nine m onths. Som e schools are in session or host events during the sum m er, so drivers still must heed school c ro s s in g s and sc h o o l zo n e A timeline for reaching a labor agreement with custodians in the Portland School District is appar ently running out. "Absent an agreement with SEIU (Service Employees Inter national Union), the board is ex pected to vote on whether to sub contract for custodial services at th e ir Ju ly 8 m e e tin g ,” J|im Scherzinger, interim superinten dent for the district, said last week. The board has adopted a bud get for 2002-03 that includes $36 million in cuts. Scherzinger stated that a sav ings of $4.5 million in the first year and $5.3 million in the second year could be attained if the district significantly reduced the rate it pays for custodial services. W hat you need to know about prostate cancer. Laura Hill (right) o f Legacy Emanual Hospital distributes bicycle safety helmets to two mothers with young children. To promote safety, the health system recently sponsored a summer sale of helmets at discounted $5'prices. Kids could also bring their own helmets for correct fitting and adjustment during the event. Additional helmet sales at Legacy health centers are scheduled for July 27, Aug. 14 and Sept. 15 P hoto by D avid P i . echi TT he P ortland O bserver signs. Waring said it is up to the driver to “expect the unexpected from kids.” Drivers should anticipate kids rushing into the street to get a stray ball or to cross against the traffic signal. “Kids sometimes do unpredictable and unwise things,” he said. “As adults we must be aware of this and drive very cau tiously.” Tri-Met Adds Service for July 4th for busy events. For example, extra MAX trains and buses will run afterthe Water front Park fireworks, downtown. The Interstate Line 5 bus will connect to the 7th Street Transit Center in Vancouver with three T ri-M et is adding M A X and bus serv ice on the 4th o f July to get p eo p le aro u n d to area e v e n ts. 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