December 5, 2007
S evere W eath er B atters N o rth w est
O regon National G uard troops
ev a cu a te d resid en ts in flooded
V ernonia, 35 m iles northw est of
Portland T uesday. and tens o f thou
sands of residents rem ained w ith
o u t p o w e r a fte r b a c k -to -b a c k
storm s this week pounded the Pa
cific Northwest.
The storm that hit M onday
sm acked the Oregon and W ash
ington coasts with hurricane-force
w inds and several inches o f rain. In
P o rtland, Johnson C reek o v e r
flowed its banks and flooded streets
around Poster Road and Southeast
102nd Avenue.
Roads to the coast and 1-5 to
Seattle were closed by flooding,
d o w n ed trees and m ud slides.
M udslides also halted A m trak pas
senger train service between Port
land and V ancouver. British C o
lumbia.
The back-to-back storm fronts
Sunday and M onday were am ong
the w orst in recent memory. But
Tuesday cam e the calm after the
storm. Scattered show ers and mild
tem peratures were in the forecast
with drier w eather expected in the
next few days.
D ecember
O regon Soldiers
Prepare for Duty
Tigard unit
called up to be
sent to Iraq
Firefighters carry Leona Donei from her Seattle apartment after water backed up into her neighbor
hood during a downpour on Monday. The storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days
eased Tuesday, leaving behind at least five dead, fallen trees and washed-out roads. (AP photo)
Officers Sentenced for Beating
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(A P )— A 3,500-m em berO r-
egon Army National Guard unit
has been put on alert for duty in
Iraq, protecting U.S. bases and
special convoys.
The soldiers from the Tigard-
based 41 st Brigade Combat Tearn
would not be sent until 2009,
when the U.S. will have a new
president and the situation in the
Middle East could Itxik very dif
ferent than it does today.
M ilitary experts say it takes
about a year to equip, train and
certify a unit for combat. The
early notification allows the bri
gade to bring more people on
full-tim e status to handle logis-
tics and set up supply and train
ing schedules.
M ore than 4 ,0 0 0 O regon
G uard soldiers have served in
the wars o f the M iddle East,
and som e have done more than
o n e to u r, sa id M aj. M ike
B raibish, the O regon G uard
spokesm an.
Col. Dan Hokanson, deputy
com m ander o f the 41st B ri
gade, said the alert could cause
some G uard m em bers anxiety,
given that many have already
had a tour. But G uard forces
are being stretched thin nation
wide, he said.
“W hat’s happened is the mili
tary has basically run the table,”
he said. “W hen you have such
a large com m itm ent o f forces
overseas, you just begin recy
cling through. Now it's our
turn again.”
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(AP) — Three w hite form er po
lice officers were sentenced to long
prison term s Thursday for the off-
duty beating o f a biracial man, an
attack that outraged the city of
M ilaukee, Wise, and sent protest
ers into the streets.
A ju d g e sentenced Jon Bartlett
to 17 years and four months. Daniel
M asarik was sentenced to 15 years
and eight m onths, and A ndrew outside a housew arm ing party in
Spengler received the same sen 'October2004.
Bartlett apologized to Jude in
tence. Each o f the three also was
sentenced to three years supervi court T hursday, but he stood by
sion and ordered to pay $ 16,365 in his claim that he had to deal with an
unruly suspect.
restitution.
A federal jury determ ined in July
Bartlett. 36, M asarik. 27. and
Spengler, 28, were convicted with that the three violated Jude's civil
another form er officer for taking rights and conspired to assault him
part in the beating o f Frank Jude Jr. w hile acting as officers.
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