Page A6 (Tl¡e Jlortlanò (©bseruer November 05, 2003 Teen Killed Near Irving Park 111 Recreational use of the land around the Mt. Tabor Reservoir would continue under a plan to bury the water supply and cover it with park space. ■ PHOTO BY M A R K W ashington ZT he P ortland O bserver City Moves to Protect Water continued from Front New regulations from the Envi ronmental Protection Agency will require changes to the open reser voirs; and vulnerability assess ments from nationally recognized experts following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks identified Portland's open reservoirs as vul nerabilities to public safety. The City Council determined that burial of the reservoirs was the most costeffective long-term investment to protect the water without losing valued park spaces. Whi le the city has five open stor age reservoirs, burying water stor age at Mt. Tabor is the first priority. Washington Park already has some restricted access in place and the Water Bureau is in the process of installing temporary floating cov ers over these reservoirs. The city plans to install under ground storage at Washington Park in about 10 years. Portland is am ong many cities resolving open storage issues. A W ater Bureau survey o f the re m aining 42 open reservoirs in comparable cities across the coun try show s w ater agencies en gaged in program s to cover, re strict access, or in some cases, take the open reservoirs out of service. “We will have to cover our res ervoirs sooner or later, with later costing ratepayers m ore,” said Saltzman. “Security, however, is an issue we simply cannot ignore. Long before 9-11, independent studies identified our open reservoirs as an unacceptable risk. It's true that we’ve not had a serious incident, but depending on luck is not a sound strategy.” As a regional park, Mt. Tabor Park is a place for everyone. To determine park use options for the 22 acresof land made avai lable once the water storage is buried. City Council asked for broad citizen involvement. Portland Parks and Recreation worked closely with the Water Bureau to ensure the park designs would maintain the historic, scenic and natural set tings of the park. “We held an international de sign competition with some of the best and brightest design profes sionals in the world grappling with the ch allen g es posed by this project," said City Commissioner Dan S altzm an. “C o u n cil has) stepped forward and made the beauty o f Mt. Tabor Park of para mount importance.” The City expects to start con struction of the reservoir project in the fall of 2(X)4 and have the new tanks and park improvements com pleted four years later. Tim Hall is a public involve- \ men! coordinator fo r the Port land Water Bureau. 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"T his means that huge num bers of people are going to get heart disease, heart attacks and strokes years, som etim es even decades, before they should," says Dr. Teresa Hillier. the lead author o f the study. "Young adults are increasingly likely to be overweight and diabetic. Our study is the first to look at the h ealth o u tc o m e s o f young adults who get diabetes, and the greatly increased risks of heart attack and stroke are very alarming." R e s e a r c h e r s fo u n d th a t people with early-onset type 2 diabetes were 80 percent more likely to need insulin therapy within two years than people with usual-onset type 2 diabe tes. T hose patients were signifi cantly more obese on average than people with usual-onset diabetes. Younger adults with diabe tes were also more than twice as likely as older adults with diabetes to develop heart d is ease com pared to the people without diabetes. "W e are clearly facing a very serious public health problem ,” said Dr. Hillier. "The CDC is predicting that at least one out o f every three Am ericans born after 2000 are going to develop diabetes, and the trend w e’ve seen of diabetes affecting young adults — and even teenagers — is going to continue. Young women with diabetes who have a heart attack are more likely to die from it in the hospital than men, so our finding that young women with diabetes are 14 times more likely to have a heart attack is especially alarming.” Improving Lives and Housing Home Buying Fair Saturday A home buying fairon Saturday will give area residents tools to tackle the real estate market. O rganizers with the African American Alliance for H om eow nership expect those who attend the free event will make progress tow ards buying a home, reversing a Portland trend where hom eow nership rates for African A m eri cans lag behind national averages. To aid in this effort, A AAH created the H om ebuyer Coaching Project that pairs volunteer hom eow ners with A frican-A m erican hom ebuyer hopefuls to provide peer m entoring and support. Portland Police C hief Derrick Foxw orth is the fair's featured guest speaker. He will present a short program to promote hom eow nership as a way to stabilize neighborhoods. The fair is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Legacy Emanuel Hospital Atrium, 501 N. Graham. Parking is free. Sharpton to Host‘Saturday Night Live’ (A P ) — D e m o c r a t A1 Sharpton, w hose o n e-lin ers and p o in te d rh e to ric have ad d ed laughs to the p resid e n tia l c a m paign, will host "S aturday Night L iv e” next m onth. Sharpton will host the Dec. 6 show, which also will feature Pink as the musical guest. 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