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Splashing Around in Irving Park
Neighborhood
Should the U.S. send a timetable
for withdrawing troops from Iraq?
We should have had them out a long time
ago, and shouldn't have gone in the first
place. We went over there not knowing
it’s George’s Bush’ private agenda.
-R a y Monge
Children enjoy a test run o f the new water play area at Irving Park.
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P hoto by L ee P erlman / T he P ortland O bsever
Water structure awaits July 4th crowds
The w ater feature was proposed
six years ago by Susan H athaw ay-
by L ee P erlman
ated m anually by a technician rather M arx, a m em ber o f the association
T he P ortland O bserver
than by autom atic sw itch.
board, and M ary A nne Cassin. The
It w as a sight this northeast Port­
But the fountain prom ises to be city had ju st closed all park w ading
land com m unity had w aited six in com plete w orking o rder and co n ­ pools, including the one in Irving
years for: children playing in gentle struction will be finished on som e Park, due to liability concerns. The
je ts o f w ater com ing at them from a additional concrete paths and re­ shallow pools had to be supervised
m ultitude o f directions.
taining w alls by the this w eekend’s at all tim es and the Portland Parks
Significantly, it w as ju st a sneak July 4'h holiday.
Bureau lacked the m oney to pay for
preview . T he Irving Park w aterfea-
T he fountain w as m ade possible lifeguards.
ture was late for its June 18 grand by donations.
C assin and H athaw ay-M arxer
opening. T he plum bing and hollow
“E very co n trib u to r large and thought the w ater feature would
sc u lp tu re s th a t sp ray w ate r in sm all helped m ake this a reality,” serve the sam e function, only bet­
changing patterns like a sm all ver­ said Stephen D oubleday, president ter.
sion o f W aterfront P ark 's Salm on o f Irvington C om m unity A ssocia­
T he p ro jec t rec eiv ed $1 0 ,0 0 0
Springs Fountain had to be oper­ tion.
from the n eig h b o rh o o d g ro u p ’s
trea su ry , a g ran t from the Parks
B u reau , and co n trib u tio n s from
Pacific Pow er, Safew ay, N ew S ea­
sons and W ild O ats, an d w ell as
o th e r g ro u p s and in d iv id u als.
T h o s e in v o lv e d m e t th e ir
fu n d ra isin g g o als th re e tim es,
o nly to receiv e new e stim ates that
p u sh e d th e cost£ h ig h er. A t a
They should take the troops out now.
We don’t have any business over there.
It’s all over oil. It’s not our war to fight.
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critica l m om ent ICA b o ard m em ­
b er J e ff Jo n es step p ed in and re ­
cru ited a local resid e n t and c o n ­
tractor, Patrick F lynn, w ho agreed
to d o th e jo b . T he co m m u n ity
asso ciatio n dug deep in to its tre a ­
sury to e n su re the c o sts w ould be
co v ered .
There needs to be time limit. I
would like to see an exit plan
within the next five years.
—Karissa Marquix
We don’t need to be there at all.
War is bad, I don't like it.
Jefferson Design Committee Announced
S uperintendent o f Portland Pub­
The Committee members are Sam
lic Schools V icki Phillips has an­ Brooks, president o f S. Brooks &
nounced the nam es o f a com m ittee A sso c ia te s; O reg o n S tate Sen.
to study future options for Jefferson M argaret C arter; Jennifer D oncan,
H igh School and tw o o f its feeder Jefferso n H igh S chool teacher;
m iddle schools.
Sandra Dvergsdal, T ubm an Middle
T he school board requested that School teacher; Rey España, high
Phillips put the com m ittee together school program m anager for Nati ve
after m any parents and students A m erican Y outh A ssociation Fam ­
co m p lain ed o f p la n s to m erge ily C enter; Kevin Fuller, Bridge
J e f f e r s o n w ith T u b m a n an d Builders; V anessa G aston, presi­
W hitaker M iddle Schools.
dent & CEO , Urban League o f Port-
land; Dr. Rev. W. G. Hardy Jr. pas­ P f e n n in g , T u b m a n s tu d e n t;
tor, H ighland C hurch o f God in L olenzo Poe, M ultnom ah County
C hrist; Joyce H arris, N orthw est C om m unity Partnership director
Regional E ducation Laboratory d i­ and past school board m em ber;
re c to r at E q u ity C e n te r; T ony S te p h a n ie P rin g le , J e ff e r s o n
H opson, president & CEO , Self- teacher; April Roberts, local par­
E n h a n c e m e n t, I n c .; B e v e rly ent; Shereen Sherm an, Jefferson
Johnson, retired principal; Nate stu d en t body p resid en t; N ancy
Jones, retired principal; Toye Jones, Sm ith, com m unity activist; and
lo c a l p a r e n t; J o a n n L o g a n , G le n d a W a lk e r, p a r e n t a n d /
W hitaker teacher; Damone Lowery, Jefferson High School PTA presi­
W h ita k e r s tu d e n t; A n a s ta s ia dent.
—Sally Howe
—Dan Moe
1 think that Bush is a hypocrite and the
war is all about the oil. He’s doing
Americans bad by sending people to die
and to kill. It’s white people trying to take
over a foreign country. They need to
leave as soon as possible.
—Eddie Leon
Auditor Releases Police Review
police service.
In 2004, IPR received 781 new
com plaints, an increase from com ­
plaints received in 2003. Officer rude­
ness was the most com m on com ­
plaint received, followed by exces­
A report on Portland’s Indepen­ sive force, and unjustified behavior.
dent Police Review D ivision was
A new section o f the IPR Annual
recently released by Portland City Report discusses the num ber o f
A uditorG ary B lackm erand the D i­ com plaints per officer in order to
rector o f the Independent Police evaluate w hether the actions o f a
R e v ie w
D iv is io n
R ic h a rd small num ber o f officers are respon­
R osenthal.
sible for a significant portion o f
T he IPR acce p ts co m p lain ts citizen com plaints.
against police officers and ov er­
The analysis show s that 10 of­
sees investigation and resolution, ficers w ere responsible for 15 per­
m akes policy and training recom ­ cent o f all com plaints during a three
m endations, and is involved in a y ea r perio d . T h ese c o m p lain ts
variety o f other efforts to im prove should have been flagged by the
Officer rudeness
common report
com plaint
B ureau’s Early Intervention S ys­
tem , yet the m ajority w ere not,
Blackm ersaid.
The IPR is working with the Port­
land Police and todevelop and imple­
m ent a new system.
T he IPR has also entered into a
five-year contract with the Police
A ssessm ent R esource C enter to
review officer-involved shooting
investigations, training, and poli­
cies on an annual basis.
Blackm er said a new process for
handling tort claim s alleging police
m isconduct has already been im ple­
mented.
M ore inform ation can be found
at w w w .portlandonline.com /audi-
tor/ipr.
TriMet to Raise Fares Again
Covers fuel,
added service
Riding around tow n on the bus
or Max line w ill m ean digging a
little further for pocket change
soon, w ith fare increases across
the board for the second tim e in a
year.
B eginning Sept. 1, T riM et w ill
hike its fa res, p a rtly in o rd e r to
keep up w ith h igh fuel p rice s,
w hich have risen to m ore than $3
m illio n o f the a g e n c y ’s c o sts th is $38 monthly.
y ear.
The budget for 2006 will include
M ost cash fares will increase by adding 39 new low-floor buses and
10 cents and m onthly passes will 26accessible transportation vehicles,
increase by $4.
increasing MAX transport capacity
Buying a 2-Zone ticket will mean between the Beaverton Transport
forking over $1.50 daily, or $55 for Center and Portland International
a m onthly pass. A ll-Z one tickets Airport; and working on the 1-205
w i 11 mean $ 1.80 dai ly, $66 mon t h I y. and Portland Mall Light Rail Project.
Youth and students are looking at
“This budget keeps us m oving
$ 1.20 daily, whi le honored citizens forw ard on our regional rail system
go for 70 cents. Both o f the latter and helps us better respond to the
groups will pay $19 for a m onthly swings in diesel prices,” said TriM et
pass. LIFT tickets wil I be $ 1.45 dai ly, G eneral M anager Fred Hansen.
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