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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
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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
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re a c ts a fte r a v e rd ic t
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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.
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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 .