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Teen Killed Near Irving Park
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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.
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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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An argum ent over a girl at a
party may have led to the shoot­
ing death of a Portland teenager
early Sunday.
Isaiah Strickland. 17 was shot
multiple times on Northeast Sev­
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a half block from Irving Park
before 2 a.m. Sunday. He was
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Police said more than 20 people
were in the area at the time o f
the shooting and detectives are
asking anyone with information
to call 503-823-0255.
Police records show this was
the 25lh murder this year in Port­
land w ith 12 o f those cases re­
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Alarming Diabetes Trends Found
Young face
heart attack,
stroke risks
Y oung adults, age 18-44,
who get type 2 diabetes are 14
tim es more likely to suffer a
heart attack and up to 30 tim es
more likely to have a stroke
than people o f the same age
group w ithout diabetes, ac­
cording to a new study by
Kai ser Permanente' s Center for
Health Research.
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women with type 2 diabetes
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crease in heart attack risk, while
young men with type 2 d iab e­
tes are tw ice as likely to suffer
a stroke.
"T his means that huge num ­
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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’
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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. It could be
a natural fit for the preacher, who
often uses hum or to prom ote his
lo n g -s h o t c a n d id a c y an d is
known to crack up his rivals d u r­
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rushed to Legacy Emanual Hos­
pital, where he was pronounced
dead.
Police said they do not be­
lieve the shooting was gang-
related. but stem m ed from a
dispute over a girl at a party
earlier in the night.
No arrests have been made.
Al Sharpton.
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