Fortiani» (Obstruer Page 2 Northeast School Boundaries Changed THE LAW OFFICES OF Patrick John Sweeney, P.C. Patrick John Sweeney Attorney at Law 1549 SE Ladd Portland, Oregon Portland: Hillsoboro: Facsimile: Email: (503) 244-2080 (503) 244-2081 (503) 244-2084 Sweeney @ PDXLawyer.com Advertise with diversity in Thc Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 ads@ portlandobsei ver.com Take the W aaMHHRaBMMBaMaMEMRHaMEMERMHEBMEE^NfiaNNiiiW GPS Tracking Unlawful The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can ’ t put a GPS device on a suspect's car to track his move ments without a warrant, a test case that upholds basic privacy rights in the face of new surveillance tech nology. 5:30 - 7:15 p m Tabe fu ti walk in Northeast Health Center 5329 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. 2nd Floor X ing changes include: A boundary change from the w estern edge o f the Alam eda/ B eaum ont a tten d an ce area to Irvington and Sabin K-8 schools. .(This is intended to ease crow d ing at Alameda Elementary School and to stabilize enrollm ent at Irvington and Sabin.) Converting Rigler K-8 School to a K-5 school, with middle-grade stu dents assigned to Beaumont Middle School. (This is intended to ease overcrowding at Rigler and provide Beaumont with a second feeder Follow ing m onths o f public discussion regarding enrollm ent balancing, the Portland School Board voted unanim ously M on day to shift enrollm ent at north east Portland schools and to end special transfers for Sabin and Skyline K-8 school families. The approved changes take ef fect in September and respond to overcrowding and under-enroll ment of schools - at times - just blocks away. School district officials said the key points of the enrollment balanc- Every Tuesday ? Januaiy 25, 2012 Bring or mention this ad to get a FREE A ANONYMOUS or CONFIDENTIAL test for HIV! Public Health Week in The Review school, providing greater enrollment stability to both schools.) Keeping Sabin a K-8 school and providing Vernon with support for its middle-grade program. (Vernon now hosts Rigler seventh- and eighth-graders. Starting this fall, R ig ler’s m iddle-grade students would attend Beaumont. Current seventh-graders at Vernon would have the right to remain there.) The school board also unani m ously approved ending m iddle school guarantees to students at Skyline and Sabin K-8 schools. age to her brain left the extent of her recovery in question. Romney Taxes In an effort to rem ove attention from his wealth, which has be come a central focus during the Grant High Hazing After allegations of hazing among Republican presidential nom inat Grant High School male athletes, ing cam paign, Mitt Rom ney on the M ultnom ah County Youth T uesday released hundreds o f Services Division began an in pages o f tax docum ents, which vestigation last week in coopera offered details for last year’s tax tion with faculty and staff to en filing, show ing that he earned sure students will be em otionally more than $42.6 m illion over that and physically safe. Police say period and paid more than $3 m il there is no reason to believe any lion dollars in taxes. children are at risk. No arrests PDX Travelers Rise have been made. According to a recent Port o f Port land report, 13 7 m illion passen Rep. Giffords Resigns Rep. G abrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., gers traveled through the Port a n n o u n c e d S u n d a y th a t she land International Airport in 2011, would resign from Congress as a 3.7 increase from 2010, which is she continues to recover from the attributed to the PDX air service gunshot wounds she suffered in a option expansion for travelers, in shooting ram page on Jan. 8,2011 cluding two daily nonstop flights to Las Vegas. during a constitu ent m eeting. She Hit and Run Arrest nearly died from the One week after a Ford M ustang gunshot v^ound to recklessly crashed into Franklin her head, and the High School in a hit and run inci severity of the dam- dent, police arrested the 36-year- old Joseph Schm eer who was taken into custody at his residence on Friday, Jan. 20. Water Supply Shift I love you I love you I love you I love you After heavy rains and stream flows over the weekend, the unfiltered Bull Run water supply experienced an increase in turbidity, which cata lyzed the Portland W ater Bureau to shift Portland’s water source to the Colombia South Shore well field, which is 100 percent groundwater, to ensure residents access to clean and quality water. L egal N otices WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES Lie We a r e WOMEN S HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES. w w w .w hallc.com Need to publish a cou rt document or notice? Need an affidavit of publication quickly and efficiently? Please fax or e- mail your notice for a free price quote! Fax: 5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 1 5 e-mail: RECOMMENDED BY BABIES ALL OVER THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. classlfleds@portlandobserver.com The Portland Observer t i t I I