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Providence Women's Health invites you
to enjoy the sixth annual
Room Started on Fire in Attack
A man described as a tran
sient is facing seven counts of
arson, accused of spraying a
room of people with flammable
liquid and lighting the room on
fire.
The victims were able to es
cape and didn’t get burned, al
though they did suffer some
irritation from the chemical,
police said.
In addition to the arson
charge, Bjame Alex Lewis, 32,
faces counts of assault, pos
session of a destructive device
and criminal mischief.
Police said the incident hap-
A program nurturing the needs o f w om en o f all ages and
in all stages o f life through humor, hope and health
Saturday, October 12
7:45 a.m .- 4:30 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
A D ay fo r You is an all-day conference for
women and about women. Providence Health
System physicians and experts w ill share the
Bjarne Alex Lewis
pened Sept. 25 at the “JOIN”
community outreach center in
southeast Portland.
Witnesses told police Lewis
was caught spraying a flam
m able liquid in a room at the
center, and then as they tried
to stop him, he sprayed them
and lit the room on fire. H e’s
also accused of trying to light
a hom em ade destructive de
vice.
The suspect fled on foot and
was stopped by another wit
ness, police said.
Damage to the community
center was placed at $2,000.
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Linda Dano
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Em m y A w a rd -W in n in g Actress
Join us for "A Morning w ith Linda
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w ill share her thoughts-on healthy
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It
(AP) — A man who stunned
V an co u v er in v e stig a to rs last
spring by confessing to the fatal
stabbing of a Clark College instruc
tor in 1996 has been sentenced to
life in prison without parole.
Richard J. Hampton, 49 was sen
tenced Thursday by Clark County
Superior Court Judge Edwin L.
Poyfair to 13*/2 years in prison for
manslaughter in the shooting death
of his wife, Donna, 45.
Wearing handcuffs, Hampton
read a prepared statement of apol
ogy to relatives of Vem Qualman,
who had been his instructor at
Clark College, but said nothing to
the two dozen people who wore
buttons bearing his w ife’s picture
in the courtroom.
Qualman vanished on May 28,
1996, and a camper found his body
two weeks later near Sunset Falls
Campground at the Clark-Skamania
county line in the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest.
Hampton was arrested after his
wife, a fifth-grade teacher, died of a
gunshot blast May 12 at their home.
He claimed the gun discharged
w hile he was cleaning it as the
couple w atched television, but
investigators said her w ounds
and the couple’s storm y m ar
riage made that account unlikely
and he was charged with first-
degree murder.
While in jail, Hampton said the
burden of keeping Qualman’s mur
der a secret was more than he could
bear and confessed, saying he was
enraged by what he believed were
pranks the instructor was playing
on him in a machine technology
class.
Providence Women's Health
Two Accused in Old Town Stabbing
A c a r in g d i f f e r e n c e y o u c a n f e e l
One man has been arrested for murder and another
is wanted on a murder charge in connection with a
downtown stabbing death.
Eric Tim Turner, 43, is being held in jail on one count
of murder in the Sept. 12 death of W alter Russ, 37.
A second suspect in the case, identified as Ray Shawn
Smith, 38, is charged with murder, robbery and assault.
Police believe Smith frequents the Old Town area
and may be hiding in the Portland area.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective
Stu Winn at 503-823-0768 or Detective Barry Renna at
Eric Tim Turner
503-823-0255.
Register online at www.providence.org/adayforyou
or call the Providence Resource Line at 503-216-6595.
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Ray Shawn Smith
L EG A L N O TICE
African Americans and other non-Caucasians White Powder Hoax Shuts Down Capital
could get benefits in a settlement about
Threatening letter was addressed to Gov. John Kitzhaber
Metropolitan life insurance policies
(AP) — A second round of Capitol closed until further test the mailroom to quarantine them,
tests done in Atlanta, Ga. found no ing could be com pleted at the but were given show ers and sent
sold before 1973.
smallpox or anthrax in the white Centers for D isease Control and hom e, said Dr. G rant H igginson,
settlement has been proposed in a class action
lawsuit about whether, before 1973. Metropolitan
chaiged more to insure African Americans and other
non-Caucasians than it charged to insure Caucasians.
People included in the settlement could get cash or
other valuable benefits, like increased insurance.
r\
If you're in the settlement,
you may send in a claim form
to get benefits, or you can
exclude yourself, or object.
The United Stales District
Court for the Southern
District of New York author
ized this notice. The Court
will have a hearing to decide
whether to approve the settle
ment. so that the benefits may
be paid.
W ho ’ s included ?
You could get benefits if
you or a relative fits the
description in the box to the
right. Still not sure? Get a
detailed notice at the website
or by calling for free. If this
settlement applies to one of
your family members who
died, you could get their set
tlement benefits. Many poli
cies were sold door-to-door,
perhaps in your old neighbor
hood. Do you know someone
who had ci policy? Let them
know about the settlement.
benefits. A detailed notice has more information about
the settlement benefits. You can gel one by calling or
going to the website.
H o w DO YOU GET THE BENEFITS?
If you're in the settlement, send in a claim form
to get benefits. The detailed
notice package has every
Are you in the settlem ent? thing you need. Just call or
visit the website below to get
one. Claim forms are due
For any Metropolitan life policy below,
by April 23, 2003. Yotl don’t
insuring an African American or other non-
have to have your policy
Caucasian:
number, but it will help
(0 Were you ever insured under one? OR
Metropolitan find the policy
to
see if it qualifies. If you're
<2- Did you ever own one? OR
not sure your policy is
CJ Were you paid a death benefit from
included, you can file a claim
one?
anyway. Filing a claim does
n't mean you'll get benefits.
The Metropolitan life policies are:
Y our other options
>- “Industrial” policies sold door-to-
door from 1901 through 1964. (Less
than $1,000 coverage; premiums
collected door-to-door)
If you don't want settle
ment benefits, or to be legally
bound by the settlement, you
must exclude yourself by
December 30, 2002, or you
»■ “ Ordinary” policies sold from 1901
won't be able to sue. or con
through 1972. (If sold at higher than
tinue to sue. Metropolitan
standard rates)
about the legal claims in this
r* “Ordinary” policies sold from 1960
case. If you exclude yourself,
through 1972 with $4,500 to $5,000
you can't get any benefits
of coverage. (With an “M " in the
from this settlement. If you
policy number)
slay in the settlement, you
may object to it by December
Did you say yes to one of the questions?
30, 2002. The detailed notice
Or, do any questions apply to a family
explains how to exclude your
W hat can you get
member who died? If so. you could get
self or object The Court will
from the
hold a hearing in this case
benefits.
SETTLEMENT?
(Thompson v. Metropolitan
Did your neighbor have a policy? Tell them
Life. No. OO-CIV-5O71 HB)
Generally, people who
about the settlement.
on February 7, 2003, to con
still have their life insurance
sider whether to approve the
Settlement benefits include cash payments
coverage will get increased
settlement and the attorneys'
or other valuable benefits, if you qualify.
insurance benefits. If the
request for fees and expenses.
settlement is approved, these
Claim Forms are due by April 23, 2003.
The fees and expenses won’t
people can ask for cash
reduce the settlement benefits.
instead, but in a lower
You may ask to appear at the hearing, but you don't
amount than the increased insurance benefits. People
have to. Find out more with a free call to I -800-960-
whose policies already paid a death or maturity bene
2381, by visiting www.lifesettle.com. or by writing to
fit will get cash. Most people whose policies terminat
Settlement Administrator, Thompson v. Metropolitan
ed for other reasons will get five years of free death
Life, P.O. Box 61, Minneapolis. MN 55440-8511.
benefit coverage, and some of them will get cash. For
Please do not contact the Court.
some policies, the settlement provides other additional
«Î-X00-960-238I
www.lifesettk.com
»
powder that laced a threatening
letter addressed to Gov. John
Kitzhaber, the governor’s spokes
man said.
The state C apitol was evacu
ated W ednesday afternoon after
the su sp icio u s envelope was
found in a third-floor m ailroom .
Tests done at the site W ednes
day indicated the pow der was
not anthrax, but officials kept the
Prevention in Atlanta.
“They would not open the
building if it w asn’t safe. If there
was any doubt, they would not
be o p e n in g th e b u ild in g ,”
Tow slee said.
The letter also listed a Pakistani
return address, the FBI said.
A m ailroom w orker and three
state troopers who were called to
the scene were initially kept in
state public health officer.
Kitzhaber was not in the Capitol
when the envelope was discov
ered. He was giving a speech at a
forestry conference at Willamette
University. He later went to the
Capitol.
Higginson said there have been
many anthrax scares around O r
egon since Sept. 11, 2001, but all
were hoaxes.
Boyfriend Charged in Fake Abduction
(AP) — A Clackamas County
Grand Jury has returned charges
against a 19-year-old who alleg
edly helped a Lake Oswego teen
ager fake her abduction last July.
Tyler Wagner was charged with
theft, identity theft, unlawful use
of a weapon, criminal mischief and
disorderly conduct.
A plea of not guilty was entered
on his behalf by his lawyer. He is
free on his own recognizance pend-
ingaD ec,19trial.
Sixteen-year-old Sarah Roberts
facesjuvenile charges that include
initiating a false police report, theft,
identity theft and disorderly con
duct.
She allegedly faked her own
abduction on July, 21, triggering a
massive search in Tryon Creek
State Park. In fact, she later turned
up in Seattle with W agner and a
friend, Erika Park. Park also faces
juvenile charges.
Charges against W agner in
clude stealing a pistol, a jacket and
money from the Park home. He also
is acccused of stealing credit cards
from Roberts' aunt and running up
14-hundred dollars in charges on
the Seattle trip and of firing the
pistol at the Park family house.
Vancouver Targets Crosswalk Safety
The Vancouver Police Depart
ment Traffic Unit is prom oting
traffic safety through a series of
crossw alk safety enforcem ents.
Five mem bers o f the unit con
ducted e n fo rc e m en ts at c ro ss
w alks at 13th and C S treet and
at F ourth Plain and T S treet
last w eek. T he detail resu lted
in 17 verbal w arn in g s and 8
cro ssw a lk v io la tio n s by d riv
ers.
V ancouver officials say they
are using a “three E” approach to
im provem ent o f traffic safety for
the citizens o f the city: E nforce
ment, Engineering, and E duca
tion.
Money Troubles Stop Prison Construction
A decision was made Friday to
postpone the O ctober sale o f
bonds to build state prisons in
Lakeview , M adras and North
Bend.
Interim Corrections Department
Director Benjamin de Haan said
there are too many fiscal uncer
tainties to precede with the sale.
“Given the state’s financial situ
ation, it makes sense to wait for the
December revenue forecast and
the outcome of the January vote to
temporarily increase income taxes
before incurring additional long
term debt,” de Haan said.
The department is looking into
the ramifications of its decision.
“The prison construction sched
ule is tightly tied to the prison
population forecast,” explained de
Haan. “Prison beds are timed to
open precisely when they are
needed.”
De Haan said the state would
look “at every nook and cranny for
housing the anticipated inmate
population.
“ Because it takes two to three
years to build a prison, the effects
will be strongly felt toward the end
of 2004,” de Haan said. “We are
looking at all of the options."