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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 2002)
(Ebe ÿortlanô (Pbseruer October 02. 2002 Drug-Free Zones Approved continued from Front The procedural changes were the subject o f extensive testimony at a public hearing T h u rs d a y . T h e C o u n c il adopted one change proposed by c o m m is s io n e r D an S a ltz m a n , e x te n d in g th e tim eline for presenting legal challenges to the zone from the current 5 days to 10. The Community Law Center had proposed extending the time limit to 45 days. The C ouncil rejected an amendm ent by com m issioner Erik Sten that would allow the police to exclude people only after their second arrest. Sten was concerned that the ex clusion could be applied to someone stopped just once by police in their own neighbor hood. “It’s not close to being a chronic problem if th at’s all they’ve done,” Sten said. Police Capt. Rosie Sizer, com m ander o f Central Pre cinct, said that frequently it takes law enforcem ent a long time to make a charge stick on someone known to be a chronic offender. Doreen Binder, director of Transition Projects, noted that (in the field of dom estic vio lence treatm ent, it’s under sto o d that the first arrest is seldom the first offense. Deputy district attorney Jim Hayden said that Sten’s pro posal could create the basis of a legal challenge, since it could be interpreted to mean the exclusion is part of a pun ishment. Critics of the, zones, such as Paul Levy of the M etro politan Public Defenders O f fice, said many people ar rested and excluded in the past were never charged with a crime. He said the police have and will exclude people when there is no probable cause to charge them with a crime. Both Sizer and M ultnom ah have it applied only to people previously charged w ith a crim e. In contrast, Binder said the new law made getting vari ances too easy. “We work with people who are trying to make their lives over and take responsibility for them ,” she said. “We place our services outside our resi- We work with people who are trying to make their lives over and take responsibility fo r them...Social service agencies are there to help people move on, not covering fo r them. Free Community Forum Reducing Heart Surgery Risks Providence St, Vincent Medical Center for Diabetic Patients Souther Auditorium 9155 SW Barnes Road Thursday, Sept. 19*7 p.m. Forum Speakers Tony Furnary, M.D. Cardiothoracic surgeon Wellness Village at Blazer Club T h e lo ca tio n o f the A fri c a n A m e r i c a n H e a l th C o a litio n ’s 2002 W elln ess V illage scheduled for S atur d ay, O ct. 19 w as listed in correctly in last w e e k ’s e d i tion. T h e e v e n t w ill be held at the B lazer B oys and G irls C lu b on N o rth e a st M artin L u th er K ing Jr. B o u lev ard , from 9 a.m . to 4 p.m . P a rtic ip a n ts can tak e a d v a n ta g e o f f r e e h e a lth screenings, free w orkshops and free health exhibits. The W ellness Village will include dental screen in g and w ork; blood level testin g ; an em ia testin g ; fo o t m assag e; te s t ing fo r glucose; blood p res sure and urine p ro te in ; flu and tetanus shots; stroke as sessm ent; glaucom a screen ing; a b lo o d m o b ile ; d o o r prizes and m usic. Advertise with diversity in Tl" Portland < Hiscrvcr t.iii sm 2XX oo.y, Join us at (his free coin in unity fornin Not only do one-third ol all open-heail surgerv patients have dialn les. h i l l (lies also fate giealt i liskslrom heari surgery. Now. Providence Heart Institute experts have made dramatic breakthroughs in reducing those risks. O ur fornin will leatitre: ■ Stephen Bookin, M.D. Endocrinologist l it«' I'm ll/im l / ‘r n / w o / . m t l how this procedure is sating lives ■ I he el fee I of diabetes on the heart ■ Answers to coin questions Free on-site parking. Free shuttle from Sunset Transit ('.enter. w w w .providence.org/heart Reservations requested, but not required. Please call 503-216-6595. It Providence St. Vincent Medical Center A c a rin g d iffe re n c e y o u can fe e l —Doreen Binder, director of Transition Projects County Deputy D istrict A t torney Jim Hayden insisted that few exclusions are made that do not also meet the cri teria for sufficient evidence to charge a crime. H o w e v er, S iz e r sa id a shortage o f resources in the D .A .’s office puts “the bar for accepting cases for pros ecution higher and higher.” Binder and Sisters of the Road Cafe Director Gennie Nelson, two of the city ’ s most resp e c te d h om eless a d v o cates and providers, found them selves on opposite sides on the issue of how variances should be applied. Nelson conceded that be fore a drug free ordinance in Old Town, the district was an “open drug m arket.” H ow ever, she called for allow ing social serv ices to issue v ariances, to have the e x c lu s io n re v o k e d if no ch a rg e s are filed , and to d e n tia l fa c ilitie s b ecau se (traveling to them) is one of the small steps we ask them to take; we d o n ’t want to make it too easy. Social ser vice agencies are there to help people move on, not covering for them .” R e p re s e n ta tiv e s o f the Kerns Neighborhood Asso ciatio n , C entral N ortheast Neighbors Coalition, Parkrose Neighborhood and Business A s s o c ia tio n an d S u m n e r N eighborhood A ssociation were among the groups sup porting the zones. Several people said that w hen e n fo rc e m e n t o f the zones was suspended follow ing a court challenge, they had seen a drastic increase in drug activity. There was testim ony that crim inal activity in com m er cial districts often spills over into adjacent residential ar eas. Stroke Risk Forum Planned A free public forum will be Sheld to educate people inter ested in learning about stroke prevention and risk factors on W ednesday, O ct. 19 in the Southern Auditorium at Provi dence at St. V incent M edical C enter, 9205 S.W . B arnes Rd. S tro k e risk a s se s s m e n t Page A5 screenings will run from 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m . 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