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Page 4 ^Jortlaub (Observer O ctober 19, 2011 Do You Remember the Columbus Day Storm? Submissions needed for 50th anniversary The Oregon H istorical Society is plan ning an exhibit com m em orating the 50th anniversary of the Colum bus Day Storm, which is regarded as the most powerful w eather event in m odern Oregon history. The exhibit will open on Oct. 8,2012,50 years after the Oct. 8, 1962 event. The Oregon H istorical Society will be displaying photographs and artifacts from its collections to tell the story of an event that changed the lives of many O rego nians. To tell the com plete story, however, OHS needs the help o f all O regonians who rem em ber the storm. The Oregon H istori cal Society is looking for subm issions of photographs, film footage, diary entries, artifacts, or personal memories of the storm 50 years ago. Anyone who is interested in A p h o to from the c ity o f P o rtla n d 's A u d ito r’s o f f i c ' ^ h ^ d ^ ^ f t ^ t h ^ 9 6 2 contributing to this exhibit should em ail C olum bus Day Storm . Police Openings Draw Crowd Elmore said, have already been trained in the police department and major cities like Los Angeles, where have received police certification. police say, a larger minority popula Laterals or police officers that have tion resides, and often in areas where already been active are also more officer lay-offs are high, such as likely to be considered. Lexington, Kentucky and Ohio. When asked what the bureau is Many individuals that apply, doing to find potential officers from continued from page 3 the local community, police said they are doing outreach to get area residents competitive for the jobs. At Portland Community College, the bureau has officers on the Cas cade campus in north Portland, three days a week during the semester terms, “talking to folks there” to demonstrate positive reasons to be a police officer. T his type o f ou treach allo w s o fficers to find out who m ay be in terested in becom ing a Port- land police o fficer and encour- ages those, who m ay nev er have tho u g h t about such a caree r to becom e aw are o f the req u ire- m ents and recru itm en t process. FREE YOUR HOME. Whether you're living in a farmhouse, a bungalow or an apartment, your path to reducing your energy costs is easier than ever at energytrust.org/free. Get started with an Energy Saver Kit, a Home Energy Review or Fridge Recycling. (AJekome This is new. This is now. This is free. Log onto energytrust.org/free or call 1.866.368.7878. Serving custom ers of Portland General Electric, \r<. I- EnergyTrust of Oregon Pacific Power, N W N atural and Cascade N atural Gas. o rh ist@ ohs.org. The Storm brought w idespread devas tation to Oregon and the Pacific N orth west. W ind gusts in Portland reached 116 miles per hour, 127 miles per hour in Corvallis, and gusts in excess o f 145 miles per hour were registered at Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast. Nearly 50 fatalities were attributed to the storm, more than any other Pacific Northwest w eather event in history. The storm also blew down over 11 billion board feet o f tim ber in northern C alifornia, O r egon, and W ashington combined. The Columbus Day Storm damaged count less buildings across Oregon, with the State Capitol grounds in Salem, and the state's college campuses, being hit especially hard. Economic damage caused by The Storm has been estimated at $6 billion in today’s dollars. The Storm also forced portions of Oregon to rebuild their power systems from the ground up, with some locations going without power for several weeks. This is a new approach for the bureau, Elmore said. “We should have been doing it some time ago; it could open some doors for us.” A new process to register on recruiting days has been imple- mented city-wide. Applicants must set up a p ro file a c c o u n t on govemmentjobs.com. Applicants must have or be able to obtain a valid driver’s license and have no excessive traffic vio lations, no felonies, no history o f dom estic violence or dishonor able discharge from the m ilitary, and no offensive forms o f body art while on duty. Minimum qualifications at the time of testing include being at least 21 years of age, having a high school diploma or GED, and being a U.S. citizen within one year of employ ment. A pplicants must also possess a minimum of one of the following: an associate degree or equivalent from an accredited college or uni versity; two years o f active m ili tary service or four years o f re serve m ilitary service; two years o f continuous service working in a law enforcem ent agency in O r egon; two years o f service as a reserve police officer; two years service as a police cadet; two years o f continuous service working for a law enforcem ent agency exer cising police powers; or two years o f continuous service in another police agency as a sworn police officer. If applicants are lucky enough to get applications in within the 10 minutes span it often takes for 200 spots to fill up, then they will be considered for the job through a series of evaluation phases. The steps include a written exami nation, physical agility test, oral In terview, background Investigation, physiological evaluation, and finally, a medical evaluation.
