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Life Sentences for Bell Killers
Victim’s father
regrets dog­
fighting ring
Two men convicted of killing
A sia Bell, the north Portland
m other o f four gunned down six
years ago on her porch on North
M ississippi Avenue, received life
sentences last week with the pos­
sibility o f parole after 35 years.
The case had gone cold for
several years. Police investiga­
tors had trouble finding connec­
tions to the drive-by shooters of
22 bul lets- that killed Bell, 24, and
blinded her husband as they sat
on the family porch as their ch il­
dren w atched a movie inside.
The victim 's father, Steve Bell,
Asia Bell
regretted involvem ent in a dog­
fighting ring that authorities say
led to retaliation for a previous
murder. Considering how vehe­
mently his daughter condem ned
Columbia River
gangs and violence, how ever,
S te v e B ell a d m o n is h e d the
k illers for shooting innocent
people.
The m onth-long trial this w in­
ter becam e heated. A sia’s friends
and family members wore T-shirts
calling for the guilt o f Deprince
Hale and A lexander Klein, while
the suspects had a contingent of
th e ir ow n to co n trib u te to a
packed courtroom.*
Courthouse deputies had been
alerted o f the rivalries and gang
connections of certain members
of the audience.
Hale and Klein had spent much
of their adult lives com m itting
crirrtes or in prison, according to
the prosecution.
The Bell family has been strug­
gling to overcome the grief inten­
sified by the ordeal.
« C R O S S IN G
The Columbia River Crossing project is a bridge, transit, highway
and pedestrian / bicycle improvement project for 1-5 between
Vancouver and Portland.
Oregon Action’sCommunity
Campaign to End Racial Profil­
ing presented petitions signed
by over 600 concerned commu­
nity members to the office of
Mayor Tom Potter Monday.
The action marked the two-
year anniversary since a series
of racial profiling listening ses­
sion between the community and
police. Since that time, the com­
mittee has produced an outline
of steps to be taken, but Oregon
Action charges that substantive
actions have lagged without a
definite timeline.
It mostly blames the Portland
Police Association, the union
representing police officers for
refuting the reality of police ra­
cial profiling.
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Portland, Oregon 97217
On May 2, 2008, the project’s Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) was released for public review and comment.
We are seeking input on the findings in the Draft EIS,
including the performance of the alternatives, transportation
effects, community and environmental effects, and proposed
findings of de minimis impacts* to public parks.
what specific type is determined by
further testing. Average survival
can range from less than a year for
very advanced and aggressive
types or to about five years for
different types that are slower grow­
ing.
Kennedy, 76, the second-long­
est serving member of the Senate
and a dominant figure in national
Democratic Party politics, was
elected in 1962, filling out the term
won by his brother, John F.
Kennedy.
Kennedy eldest brother, Joseph,
was killed in a World War 11 airplane
crash. President John Kennedy was
assassinated in 1963 and his brother
Robert was assassinated in 1968.
Protest Filed on Racial Profiling
Thursday, May 29
We need your input.
Kennedy Has Brain Idmor
(AP) — A cancerous brain tumor
caused the seizure Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy suffered over the week­
end. doctors said Tuesday in a grim
diagnosis foroneof American poli­
tics’ most enduring figures.
Doctors for the Massachusetts
Democrat say tests show a tumor in
his left parietal lobe.
"He has had no further seizures,
remains in good overall condition,
and is up and walking around the
hospital," said a joint statement
issued by Dr. Lee Schwamm of
Massachusetts General Hospital
and Dr. Larry Ronan, Kennedy's
primary care physician.
How well patients fare with a
cancerous brain tumor depends on Edward K ennedy
Wednesday, May 28
The Draft EIS public
comment period closes
July 1,2008.
Learn more or comment online:
www.ColumbiaRiverCrossing.org
Questions? Call 1-866-396-2726
*ln addition to input on the Draft EIS, we are seeking public review and comment on the draft
Section 4(f) Evaluation that includes proposed findings of de minimis impacts to several public parks
in Vancouver, tri compliance with Title 23U.S.C., 138. Title 49 U.S.C., 303. and 23 C.F.R 774 .
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