PaseA2___________________________________________ (Clje Jìortlauò (ßbserüer lune25.2003 P olice Calls for Healing Follow Michigan Riots ¿STOPPERS Help Sought in Murder Portland Police Bureau Homi­ cide Investigators, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, are asking for your help in solving a murder. On Tuesday, June 10, at about 4:20 a.m., a security guard found the body o f 43-year-old Christine "Chris” lone Lawson on the side­ walk o f Northwest Second Av­ enue b etw een B u rn sid e and Couch. An autopsy determined she died from strangulation. Authorities said Lawson lived a transient lifestyle and frequented the downtown area. At the time o f her death, she was wearing a black leather waist- length jacket, purple sweater and Christine lone Lawson blue jeans. She may have also been carrying a black purse, black wallet and miscellaneous identifi­ cation that were not found at the crime scene. Crime Stoppers is offering u cash rewurd o f up to SI.000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to un arrestili this ease, or any unsolved felony crime, and you need not give your name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357. Loved Ones Help Transition to Freedom The Multnomah County Depart­ ment o f Community Justice and Citizens United for Rehabilitation o f Errants are sponsoring a series oforientations for fami ly and friends o f inmates who will be released within six months to post-prison supervision in Multnomah County. The sessions cover conditions for release and supervision, success­ ful transition and how friends and family can help someone recently released from prison. They are de­ signed to help friends and family members understand the goals and requirements o f post-prison super­ vision so that their loved ones will have a better chance o f succeeding after they are released. “We know that having positive social relationships can help re­ duce the risk that an offender will commit new crimes, said Joanne Fuller, director for the Department ofCommunity Justice "The Friends and Family group gives inmates a firm footing back home and the chance to get support as they start their lives over." The orientations will be held on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 26, July 24, Aug. 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 13, and Dec. 11 at 5 0 1 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. For more in­ formation, call 503-988-3081. exten­ sion 22103. Tim Buels (left), Patrice Allen, Patrick Drake, Kirk Ward, and Brian McKinney talk about the mood o f the community in Benton Harbor, Mich., Thursday, after two nights o f rioting. The death o f a black motorcyclist during a police chase ignited the violence in this city that for years has struggled with poverty, high unemployment and racial tensions. (AP photo) stance. Those w ho are torching the buildings, they, too, need help.” Jack so n 's visit cam e after the second relatively peaceful night in this southw estern M ichigan city o f 12,000, follow ing two nights o f riots and high tensions. (A P) — The Rev. Jesse Jack- He spoke later at a Benton H ar­ son said resid en ts o f B enton bor com m unity center, telling H arbor, M ich. - even those re­ about 200 people that they should sponsible for nighttim e rioting “turn tragedy into trium ph.” last week - need to com e together “W e’ll turn this crisis into an for a period o f healing. opportunity,” Jackson said. “ People need healing. They A pparent arson fires burned need hope, and they need faith,” five buildings Friday m orning the civil rights activist said F ri­ near the site o f the riots that day m orning after a closed-door erupted earlier this week after a m eeting with police and com m u­ m otorcyclist was killed in a crash nity officials. "F aith has sub­ w hile fleeing police. On T hursday, the city began Fata, police chase touched off racial unrest dem olishing 40 vacant buildings, including som e that w ere burned during the riots, s h e r iff s spokes­ man Deputy Chris C orteville said. Several hundred officers p a­ trolled streets for the third night in a row. Some local officers were given a break after officials de­ cided it w ould be safe and state tr o o p e r s s ta y e d on d u ty , C orteville said. Benton Harbor, a city o f 12,000 people about 100 miles northeast o f Chicago, is 92 percent black. Since the rioting, many residents have said they distrust police officers, particularly white officers. The m otorcyclist w ho died, T errance Shurn, 28, w as black. The police officers from n eigh­ boring B enton T ow nship w ho pursued him into B enton H ar­ bor, w here he lost control o f his bike and crashed, are white. The subsequent rioting in­ v o lv e d h u n d re d s o f p eo p le roam ing a six-to eight-block area, setting fires and attacking passers-by, police officers and firefighters. At least 11 people w ere hurt, and nine people were arrested. On Thursday afternoon, Gov. Jennifer G ranholm had what she called pow erful, frank meetings w ith com m unity leaders, and also m et separately w ith police and S h u m ’s fam ily. She called for reconciliation and healing. “The state must w rap its arm s around this com ­ m unity,” she said. Burlingame Grocer Guilty of Arson (AP) — A grocery store owner has been convicted on one count o f arson and faces seven years in prison for torching his southwest Portland business almost two years ago. The jury deadlocked on a sec­ ond arson charge against Thomas Calkins, owner o f Burl ingame Gro­ cery. A fuzzy store surveillance tape was recorded shortly before the fire broke out. Prosecutors said the vid­ eotape showed Calkins in the store. But defense lawyers maintained the identity o f the person was less than certain. Prosecutors contend C alkins was facing financial problems and intentionally set the blaze to collect a $ l million insurance policy. Fires Destroy Montavilla Businesses ( A P)— Investigators are search­ ing through the debris o f two com ­ mercial fires in the Montavilla neigh­ borhood o f east Portland that hap­ pened one day apart from each other, within blocks from each other — and at about the same time o f day earlier, a four-alarm fire gut­ day. ted a toy and gift shop about six A three-alarm fire gutted a fur­ blocks away. niture store, an adult video store Both fires occurred about 5 a.m. and a night club housed on 79th and both had engulfed the build­ and G lisan streets June 18. The ings when firefighters arrived. Teacher Charged with Sexual Misconduct (AP)— A Skyview High tech­ nology teacher in Vancouver is accused o f having a sexual rela­ tionship with a !6-orl7-year-old female student. One count o f sexual misconduct with a minor has been filed against 2 4 -y e a r-o ld Jam es H arris o f Vancouver. He is scheduled to appear in Clark County Superior Court July 24th. Harris was placed on administra­ tive leave from the Vancouver School District in March when the accusation first surfaced. Rodney King pleads innocent in PCP case (AP) — Rodney King, whose influenceofPCP. videotaped beating by police offic­ Police said King raced through a ers sparked the Los Angeles riots R ialto i ntersection at more than 100 o f 1992, has pleaded innocent to mph on April 13 before losing con­ charges stemming from an Apri I car trol, striking a utility pole, careen­ crash. ing into a fence and hitting a house. King pleaded innocent to one King suffered a fractured pelvis misdemeanor count each o f reck­ and cracked ribs. less driving, driving under the in- Authorities said tests revealed fl uence o f PC P and being under the he had PCP in his system. He was ordered to return to court July 9 for a pretrial hearing. Outside court. King acknowl­ edged he “may have been speed­ ing a bit” but denied being under the influence o f drugs or alcohol. He said he lost control o f the car when he hit potholes on a poorly maintained street in Rialto, where he now lives. Police Review Board Seeks Volunteers The Independent Police Review pating in orientation and training D ivision o f the P ortland C ity about policing, advising on com ­ Auditor's Office is seeking volun­ plaint handling, working with IPR teers to serve on theCitizen Review staff to conduct in-depth policy Committee. reviews related to the Police Bu­ The principal duties will include reau and gathering community con­ making objective decisions when cerns about police policies and pro­ citizens appeal the results o f police cedures. misconduct investigations, partici­ Applications are available at www.ci.portland.or.us/auditor/ipr. Call IPR Deputy Director Michael Hess with questions at 503-823- 4126. Officials in the auditor's office said every attempt would be made to select qualified persons repre­ senting the demographic and eth­ nic diversity o f Portland.