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9 Exploring Careers After High School Summer jobs put local students on career path Œlje See story, Metro section, inside Ä ÍSurtíanh (Dhseinwr www.portlandobserver.com www.portlandobser R tahlkheH in Established In 1970 1970 r itv of n f Roses Qncpc’ ‘City Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXII • Number 34 Wednesday • August 28, 2002 Not In My Neighborhood Embattled Mediation Center Draws Support A bout 100 people representing a dozen com m unity organiza tions rallied Saturday at the King N eighborhood Facility in north east Portland in support o f the em battled N eighborhood M e diation C enter. S e e s t o r y o n p a g e A 6, i n s id e . World Summit Leaders Pledge Action JO H A N N E SB U R G , South A f rica — W orld Sum m it on Sus tainable D evelopm ent partici pants prom ise that the m eetings will be about real action to save the environm ent and com bat poverty. T he 10-day sum m it started M onday. Scholarships Often Help Students Who Don’t Need It B O STO N — M erit-based state scholarships tend to go to co l lege students w ho are least likely to need them , and in som e cases are w idening enrollm ent gaps betw een w hite and m inority stu dents, according to a study o f program s in four states. Home Sales Jump In July T he n atio n 's housing m arket continued to hum sw eetly in July, lubricated by the low est m ortgage interest rates in 35 years. N ew hom es last m onth sold at an annualized rate o f 1.017 m illion, the governm ent reported. T h at’s up 6.7% from a revised June rate, and a record m onthly high. Farmers’ Almanac: Rough Winter Predicted LEW ISTON, M aine— The new Farm ers’ Almanac recom m ends snow shoes and a shovel for much o f the USA this winter. W hile last y ear’s prediction o f a rough winter failed to material ize, the 186-year-old publication is issing the same forecast for2003. More Rain Predicted for Flood-Soaked China Y U EY A N G , C hina — Surging floodw aters pushed the giant Y angtze River to dangerous lev els, putting a strain on dikes sh ie ld in g the m e tro p o lis o f W uhan as storm s dum ped m ore rain on sodden central China. H erb J e n k in s g o e s u n a r m e d o n h is p riva te s e c u r ity g u a rd p a tro ls In th e vicinity o f N orth K illingsw orth a n d Albina. “The o n ly th in g yo u c a n d o with a g u n is s h o o t s o m e b o d y . I h a v e n o in te n tio n s o f t h a t . " h e sa id . Security officer fights crime with presence and patience S ean P. N elson and D avid P lechl TK e P ortland O bserver Security O fficer H erb Jenkins shakes his head on a recent Tuesday night as he watches a man openly sm oke crack cocaine in a parking lot near the Falcon A partm ents and the com er o f K illingsw orth and Albina. “ I told him if he d id n ’t leave, I w as going to call the police,” Jenkins said. Sure enough, w ithin m om ents, an officer arrives and arrests the man. "I do that routinely,” explains Jenkins. “On average, I w ould say 10 tim es a w eek.” Jenkins, 57, isaform er construction worker w ho is certified in security by the O regon Dept. o f Safety S tandards and Training, the by sam e group that trains Portland police o ffic ers. H e w as hired last M ay by Falcon A p art m ent o w n er Brian W annam aker and lives in the com plex that lies central to w hat is c o n sidered to.be a problem area for drug use, crim e and street drinking. “T hat co m er has been neglected forever and it’s the w orst co m er in the neighbor hood,” said W annam aker. “ I was having problem s w ith druggies hanging out in the building and hassling m y tenants.” He sees Jenkins as a m ore dependable option to infrequent police patrols. “A t the end o f the day, I felt a responsi bility to m ake sure m y tenants had secure housing,” W annam aker said. “ Herb has gone beyond his jo b description.” C arl Flipper o f the H um bolt Target Area Project is an ardent supporter o f Jenkins. “A ny crim e is too m uch crim e, and we try and focus on elim inating all o f it,” Flipper said. Flipper sees a handful o f factors that have contributed to a crim inal atm osphere in the area. T opping his list are vacant proper ties, the loss o f a drug free zone designation, and the loss o f the com m unity contact sta tion run by Portland police. Jenkins says he d o e sn 't need to intim i date on his patrols. He ju st needs to be present. “A security guard does tw o things, and tw o things only,” Jenkins explains, “ob serve and report. The only thing you can do with a gun is shoot som ebody. I have no intentions o f that.” Jenkins said he has had som e people arrested 5 or 6 tim es. D espite being their relentless adversary, m any o f the regular troublem akers recognize him by nam e. He alw ays keeps his rapport friendly and re spectful. “N obody has ever hassled m e," he said, “ I ’ ve actually m ade a lot o f friends out here." Jenkins unique brand o f intervention oc- c o n tin u e d on p a g e AS Weaver Past Probed For More Victims Daughter of Profilers study case of two girls killed, other disappearances (A P )— P o liced o n ’tb eliev e there are any m ore bodies at the O regon C ity hom e w here the rem ains o f tw o m issing teenagers w ere found. But they say they w ill check to see if the m an w ho rented the house is linked to other disappearances. Beth A nne Steele, spokesw om an for the FBI, says profilers w ill look at the case o f the return o f the indictm ent and see w hat the charges are and proceed from there.” Investigators returned to the property on M onday w ith high-tech equipm ent and a backhoe to see if any additional evidence m ight have been hidden there. However, Police ChiefG ordon Huirassaid T uesday on N B C ’s “T oday” that investiga- dow n the road from W eav er’s hom e in this Portland suburb. Som e relatives said they w ere bothered that the bodies w ere found so close to the girls’ apartm ent com plex. “ I get angry because she w as right there the w hole tim e," said Terri Duffey, M iranda's aunt. President Could Attack Iraq Without Congress OK CR A W FO R D . Texas — W hite House lawyers have told Presi dent Bush he would not need congressional approval to attack Saddam H ussein’s Iraq, sources said. Two senior adm inistration officials, said W hite House coun sel Al G onzales advised Bush earl ier this month that the Consti tution gives the president au thority to w age w ar w ithout ex plicit authority from Congress. M iranda G a d d is a n d A s h le y P o n d J e s s ic a M ills (left), a n d A m b e r M ann, frien d s o f M iranda G addis, c o m fo r t e a c h o th e r a t a m a k e s h ift m e m o ria l o n a fe n c e a ro u n d W ard W e a v e r Ill's r e n te d h o m e in O regon City. (AP p h o to ) " ’ J W eaver and the tw o teen-agers killed egon City and com pare it w ith w hat know about other cases. /o bodies found in recent days at the i rented by W eaver w ere identified as o f 12-year-old A shley Pond and her 1,13-year-old M iranda G addis, eaver, w ho is 39, is in jail on an u nre rape charge. Prosecutors say they w ill in indictm ent from a grand ju ry in the pping and m urder case. /e expected this,” said Tim Lyons, 'e r’s attorney. "W e are going to aw ait a tors had concluded their search and “w e are satisfied there are no farth er rem ains on the property." H uiras also said police are looking into w hether W eaver m ight be connected to other disappearances. “T h a t'll certainly be som ething the in vestigators on the task force will continue to investigate," he said. H uiras did not elaborate. A sh ley ’s fam ily last saw her on Jan. 9, M iranda disappeared M arch 8 from the same apartm ent com plex, ju st a few hundred yards * A uthorities have said that they m oved as fast as they could to investigate W eaver, given constitutional lim its on searches. FBI spokesw om an Beth Anne Steele said search dogs w ere allow ed in W eaver’s back yard a few m onths ago. And FBI Special A gent in Charge Charles M ath ew s told A B C ’s “G ood M orning A m erica" on T uesday there w as evidence “the rem ains located in the shed had not been there at the tim e the dogs searched.” c o n tin u e d on pa g e Racist Ttirns to Diversity Local woman on mission to correct abuses of past by J oy R amos T he P ortland O bsers er Rai sed i n a North Carol ina to wn that ’ s nam ed after a “grand dragon" o f the Klu Klux Kian. N ancy D orr has led a life o f correcting the abuses o f her K lansm an father and her Southern w hite co m m u nity. D o rr said sh e w as a w itn e ss to kidnappings, lynchings and the terro riz ing o f African A m ericans throughout her youth. Now she is w orking to right the w rongs o f the past by helping ed u cate local youth on m ulticultural ap p re ciation and diversity. She established the non-profit H onor Thy C hildren Foundation in m em ory o f the victim s from the A tlanta C hild M ur ders, a high profile investigation o fb lac k child killings that occurred in th e late 1970s and early 1980s in Atlanta. Evidence gathered o ver the years has led D orr to believe that the m urders w ere part o f a cover-up involving governm ent officials and Klansm en. A fter interview ing the parents o f the c o n tin u e d on p a g e B 2 AS i
