£*!c'jjortlanh © bseruvr Page A6 A p ril 28. 2004 TURF WAR ~TJJW*I continued » B . Ä 'W ' » . < ■' - -Àtri1? » "'> ; / / & ' •*&» •» 4 r I photo by M ark J Y . . '” : ..„• W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Sgt. Harry Jackson discusses increasing gang violence in the neighborhood surrounding Peninsula Park at North Albina Avenue between Portland Boulevard and Ainsworth Street with student Anuj Ezekiel, as part of a ride-along activity for Environmental Middle School. Shooting Inquest to Air on TV, Radio The public inquest into the police shooting death of James Jahar Perez, an unarmed black motorist killed in a traffic stop in north Portland, begins Wednesday, April 28 at9:30a.m. Less than 30 scats are available to the public at the Multnomah County Court house, available on a first come-first serve basis. Officials from the district attorney ’ s office are looking into reserving an overflow courtnxan. accommodating 100 people to view the inquest on closed-circuit television. The inquest can also be seen on Northwest Cable channel 49 and KBOO radio station 90.7 FM. O r egon Live is carrying a continuous s tre a m o f th e in q u e s t at w w w .o re g o n liv e .c o m /s p e c ia l/ policeshooting/. A rrangem ents also were being BETTER DEALS m ade Tuesday for Portland C om Inquest proceedings will continue munity Media to air a delayed tape Thursday, beginning at 8:30a.m. with o f the inquest in its entirely. a video demonstrating police training “ Between the internet, radio and techniques. Witnesses will testily for cable television, every citizen w ish the rest o f the day and continue into ing to follow the proceeding will Friday, beginning at 9 a.m. and possi have access to it. 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W e’re not there to exclude anyone from the park, but w e’re trying to keep it safe." "W e're w orking very closely with the Police Bureau,” Park Bureau public safety m anager M ark W arrington told the Portland Observer. "W e're meeting with them on a w eekly basis, and w e’re m atching their resources with ours. There have been threats, intim idation, the use o f weapons, and th a t's a great concern to us.” Last week the police pulled back their presence in the park. “W e’ve seen im provem ents, and w e’ve received lots of good com m ents," Northeast Precinct Lieutenant Robert Heim bach told the Portland O bserver. The gangs are “not there right now. If we leave, they may com e back.” In that event, Jackson says, anyone who w itnesses such gang activity should call 911. W arrington said his bureau was “m onitoring" the situ ation. He was reluctant to concede that Peninsula had becom e a magnet for gangs. “All parks are vulnerable to m isuse," he says. "There have been two shootings in that neighborhood recently, and we harbor no illusions that w e’re som ehow exem pt from w hat’s going on there.” He conceded, "Y oung people are mobile. This is not a localized phenom enon.” In response to questions at the Piedm ont meeting. Jack- son said neighbors should not abandon the park, but to rie wary o f what is happening there. T o em phasize the serious ness o f the problem he told one nearby resident, “Do you know how far a bullet can travel if it m isses? It can go through the w alls o f your house.” Boy Killed in Dog Attack (AP) — T w o dogs attacked and H um ane S ociety for southw est killed an 8-year-old Vancouver area W ashington, w here the anim als boy on Saturday. were being held. John Streeter w as found dead in O ne dog. Precious, w eighs 135 the back yard o f a neighbor's home p o u n d s. T h e o th e r. D iam o n d , in Sifton, a small com m unity east of w eighs 98 pounds, D ulem ba said. Vancouver. Sgt. John H orch o f the sh e riffs Sgt. Steve Shea o f the Clark office estim ated Streeter w eighed County S h e riffs Office said the less than 100 pounds. do g s’ ow ner w as away from home Authorities identified the dogs’ on vacation at the time. owner as Edward Miller, who lives Police and anim al control au next door to the home where Streeter thorities had no record o f any co m lived with his mother and two sisters. plaints about either dog, both a mix O nce detectives com plete their o f bull m astiff and G erm an shep investigation, inform ation will be herd. sent to the p ro secu to r’s office, Both dogs are fem ales estim ated which will decide whether any crimi to be 3 or 4 years old, said Kate nal charges are w arranted. Shea Dulem ba, a spokesw om an for the said. Multicultural Health Administrator Hired Jam es M ason has been hired as ad m in istra to r o f the O ffice o f M ulticultural H ealth in the Oregon D epartm ent o f H uman Services. S in c e 2 0 0 2 , | ~ M ason has been m ulticultural d e v e lo p m e n t o f f ic e r at Chem eketa Com munity College in Salem. He is also a s e n io r p r o je c t consultant at the N ational C enter o f Cultural C om p e te n c e at Georgetown Uni James Mason versity. “The G overnor’s Racial and Eth nic Task Force has identified per sistent, significant health problem s unique to O regon’s racial and eth nic com m unities,” said Barry Kast, assistant DHS director for Health Services. “M ason is w ell prepared to organize our efforts and work with our public health program s to c o n f r o n t th e s e problem s.” Kast said that k ey f a c to rs in M a s o n ’s s e le c tion w ere his abil ity to relate cul tu ra l is s u e s to h e a lth p o lic y , along with his ex perience in behav io ral h ea lth , an ability to engage co m m u n itie s o f color and organi zational and m an agem ent skills in bringing people together to produce change. During the past 20 years. M ason has been a lecturer and instructor at PSU. Hiring for Summer Youth Litter Patrols to Begin S I DOWN S1D0W N Ak. BE ITER LIN XNCING • T h e O re g o n D ep a rtm en t o f gin as early as M ay. Y o u th L itter T ran sp o rtatio n has jo b s fo r youth P atrols m ay w o rk up to 12 w eeks w ish in g to w ork o u td o o rs and this sum m er. help keep O reg o n clean. L itter Patrol W orkers are te m T h is sum m er, O D O T ex p ects p o rary e m p lo y e e s p aid o n an to hire ab o u t 245 y outh statew ide hourly basis starting at $ 7 .4 9 for to clean up litter along state h ig h cre w m e m b e rs and $ 8 .0 8 fo r w ay s as part o f the Y outh L itter crew leaders. C rew leaders m ust Patrol program . W hile the crew s be at least 18 years o ld w ith a p rim a rily p ick u p litter, o th e r valid d riv er license and good d riv d u ties m ay also include graffiti ing record. T h ere is no m ax i rem oval and g eneral landscape m um age for a crew leader. C rew m aintenance. A typical crew in m em b ers m ust be 16 to 20 years clu d es a crew lead er and tw o or old. m ore m em bers. T he Y outh L itter Patrol p ro T o be co n sid ered for the jo b , gram w as founded in 1971 to reg ister w ith y o u r local E m p lo y h elp in c le a n in g up h ig h w a y m ent D ep artm en t office. A list o f r ig h ts - o f - w a y an d is fu n d e d th e s e o f f ic e s is a v a ila b le at through the sale o f cu sto m li w w w .w o rk in g in o re g o n .o rg . D e cen se p lates av ailab le th ro u g h pen d in g on the area, interview s D river and M o to r V ehicle S er for selected ap p lican ts m ay be- v ices.