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l>J& e4 _____________________ il,e jpnrtlanò (Dbaeruer APril l4-2010 Huge Spring Planting 300 trees added to four neighborhoods C alling trees ju st as im portant as big sew er pipes, P ortland C ity C o m m issio n er Dan S altzm an helped Friends o f T rees k ic k o ff its largest N eighborhood Trees planting o f the seaso n . Thanks to m ore than 200 volunteers w ho participated in the first-day-of-spring p lan t ing last m onth, 300 large street and yard trees w ere planted in the neighborhoods o f C'ully, M a d is o n S o u th , R o se C ity P a rk an d R osew ay— an over 100 percent increase from the num ber planted last year. “ It’s im portant to have trees that capture storm w ater and keep it from getting in o ur sew er system to beautify neighborhoods, enhance property values, and to provide cooling in the sum m er tim e,” said Saltzm an, w ho oversees the B ureau o f Environm ental Services, a Friends o f T rees project partner via the G rey to G reen Initiative. Included in the volunteers figure w ere about a dozen em ployees from the Port o f Portland, the sponsor o f the com m unity plant ing. “ W e decided we need to dig-in and kind Nuclear Security Accord In ful 1 accord on a g lo bal threat, w orld lead ers T uesday endorsed P r e s id e n t B a ra c k O bam a's call for secur ing all nuclear m ateri als around the globe w ithin four years to keep them out o f the grasp o f terrorists. O bam a declared "the A m erican people will be safer and the w orld w ill be m ore secure" as a result. Roy Could Miss Playoffs P o rtla n d g u ard B ra n don R oy c o u ld m iss th e p o s tse a so n c a m p a ig n a fte r s u ffe rin g a knee injury. R oy w as injured in a Trail Blazer w in o v e r the L os A n g e le s L ak ers on S u n day and w as fo u n d to I Chief Calls for Improved Interactions c o n tin u e d ^ k f r o m F ron t Friends of Trees Executive Director Scott Fogart (far left) and Portland Commis sioner Dan Saltzman (fifth from left) join Stephen Noble (far right) and his two sons, Stanley Lambert and Rasheed Lambert and their two friends, Deonnie Hines and Deshawn Nichols for a spring planting. o f get our hands d irty ,” said D irector o f A viation Steve Schreiber, w ho also m en- tioned he grew up in the neighborhood, and Week The Review h a v e a p a i u a n y 10111 m e n i s c u s , i \ u y , the te a m ’s le ad in g sco rer, m issed P o rtla n d 's w in o v e r O k la h o m a C ity on M o n d ay and w ill sit ou t th e sea so n fin a le on W e d n e s day. Woods’ Return Scores Big T ig e r W o o d s ' lo s in g b a ttle to w in th e M as te rs g o lf to u rn a m e n t on S u n d a y in h is co m eb ack a fte r m o n th s o f sex scan d a l g a v e b r o a d c a s te r C B S its h ig h e st ratin g s fo r th e e v e n t in n in e y e ars, th e n e tw o rk said on M o n d ay . Lexus GX460 Warning T o y o ta M o to r C o rp , is te m p o ra rily h a ltin g sa le s o f the 2 0 1 0 L ex u s G X 4 6 0 a fte r C o n su m e r R ep o rts issu e d a rare "D o n 't B uy" that his fath eran d grandfather actually helped build the church that staged the N ortheast Portland planting. w a rn in g am id c o n c e rn s th e larg e S U V has h a n d lin g p ro b le m s th at c o u ld c a u se it to roll o v e r d u rin g sh arp tu rn s. Boy Scouts Held Liable P la in tif f K erry L ew is re a c ts a fte r a v e rd ic t a g a in s t th e B oy S couts o f A m erica w as a n n o u n c e d in P o r t land T u e sd a y . A ju ry fo u n d th e o rg a n iz a tio n n e g lig e n t fo r re p e a te d sex u a l a b u se by a ss is ta n t S c o u t m a ste r T im u r D y k es in th e 1980s. Ju ro rs a w a rd e d L ew is $ 1.4 m illio n in d a m ag e s. Cell Phone Crackdown M illio n s o f c e llu la r te le p h o n e u sers a cro ss M ex ic o face th e th re a t th a t th e ir se rv ic e w ill be cu t o f f as so o n as W e d n e sd a y fo r fa ilin g to re g is te r th e ir te le p h o n e n u m b e rs w ith th e g o v e rn m e n t — a re q u ire m e n t aim ed at cu rb in g a rash o f te le p h o n e e x to r tio n a tte m p ts. Always use crosswalks and obey signals. TriMet and MAX Operator Phil E. want you to travel safely. FSB ¡0T* S iz e r a lso a n n o u n c e d th at P o rtla n d has b een se le c te d as o n e o f fiv e c itie s for a n a tio n a l p ilo t p ro je c t la u n c h e d by the B azelo n C e n te r for M ental H ealth Law to d e v e lo p b e st p ra c tic e s fo r w h en p o lic e in te ra c t w ith th e m e n ta lly frag ile . F ritz - w h o h e a d s th e c ity ’s o ffic e o f E m e rg e n c y C o m m u n ic a tio n s , w h ic h h a n d le s 91 1 c a lls — said th a t i t ’s c u r re n tly s ta n d a rd p ra c tic e to d is p a tc h an o ffic e r to a s itu a tio n in v o lv in g a m e n ta lly ill p e rso n . S he sa id th a t sh e w o u ld be lo o k in g in to b e tte r in te g ra tin g m en tal h e a lth s e rv ic e s in to th e sy stem . T h e c ity a lso p la n s to la u n ch a p ilo t p ro g ra m th a t w ill p a ir a m e n ta l h e alth w o rk e r w ith a p o lic e o ffic e r, in h o p e s o f p ro d u c in g b e tte r re c o m m e n d a tio n s on h o w to e n h a n c e c o o rd in a tio n b etw ee n th e p o lic e an d m e n tal h e a lth p ro fe s s io n als. D on M o o re , o f the lo cal c h a p te r o f the N a tio n a l A llia n c e on M en tal Illn e ss, c a lle d th e p ro p o s a ls p o s itiv e ste p s. B ut he said th ey d o n ’t g e t to th e ro o t o f a fray e d m e n ta l h e alth se rv ic e s sy ste m w h e re p e o p le d o n ’t g et th e h e lp they n eed an d p o lic e b e c o m e the first re sp o n d ers. “ C le a r ly w h a t w e ’re d o in g n o w d o e sn ’t w o rk fo r a n y b o d y ,” M o o re said. T h e p ro p o s a ls d re w fire fro m a n o th e r g ro u p o f m e n ta l h e a lth a d v o c a te s, the M en ta l H e a lth A ss o c ia tio n o f P o rtla n d , w h ic h has b een h ig h ly c ritic a l o f the p o lic e a n d S a ltz m a n ’s s u p e rv isio n o f the b u re a u . T h e a ss o c ia tio n re le a s e d a sta te m e n t on its w e b site , in d ic a tin g th a t th e g ro u p w as u p se t at n o t b e in g c o n su lte d on the p ro p o s a ls an d c la im in g th a t th e re c o m m e n d a tio n s m a d e no s u b s ta n tia l c h a n g e s , b u t in ste a d a sk e d fo r a d d i tio n a l s e rv ic e s fro m an u n d e rfu n d e d m e n ta l h e a lth sy ste m . “ T h e c lo s e d -d o o r d e c is io n -m a k in g sh o w s th e m e ek p o litic a l s o ftn e ss o f th o se w h o are m a k in g the p ro p o s a l,” the s ta te m e n t said .