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Social Media
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Gang, bragging about his love for
gang violence and his experience
as a juvenile on probation.
“I can’t see kids not using
social media at this age, and it is
probably going to get bigger,”
Livingston said. “We need to
intervene and try to get them to
use it in a positive light.”
Like anything, social mediacan
be used for good or evil, said
Simpson. “But good parenting in
the past was getting to know your
kids friends.”
“Today, it is getting to know
your kids friends and also then-
social media usage,” he said.
From Menace to Minister
Fugitive returns
to Oregon to
surrender after
13-years
R ather than facing a ju d g e to
hear a verdict on a crim inal case
in 1999, T im othy M cN air, now
52, fled P ortland and becam e a
fugitive o f the state.
M cN air said, how ever, he is
ready to do the right thing after
undergoing a life altering experi
ence, w hich has ch an g ed him
from being a m enace to a m in is
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ter o f society 13-years later.
M cN air, w ho has been living
in undisclosed locations through
out the country fo r o v er a d e
cade, kept hearing about a p ro
gram in Portland, O regon, that
helps people w ith past crim inal
p roblem s and traffic fines. T he
p ro g ra m P ro je c t C lean S late
m otivated M cN air to go online
and fin d fu rth er in fo rm atio n ,
w hich p ro m p ted him to get in
touch w ith R oy Jay, the fou n d er
and executive director.
“M r. Jay spoke w ith m e e x
ten siv ely o v er the past m onth
and a h a lf as I told him that I
A p ril 18, 2012
w anted to surrender. He never
asked m e w here I w as living; he
sim ply m ade m e feel very c o m
fortable about doing the right
thing. I knew I had an o u tstan d
ing w arrant for m y arrest and
several co n v ictio n s, traffic tic k
ets that are h au n tin g m e,” said
M cN air. “M y fo rm er friends,
sports ath letes, rap artists and
people living on the edge w ere
not the so lu tio n .”
A nd after various co n v ersa
tions M cN air d ecid ed to co m e to
P o rtlan d to surrender.
“ H e is ready to face the m u
sic, re g a rd le ss o f the c o n s e
q u en ces,” said Jay. “ H e told m e
h is life c h a n g in g e x p e rie n c e
w here he has elev ated h im self
th rough h ig h er spiritual e d u ca
tion and w ants to give his testi
m onial to both young and old that
m ay be living life on the ed g e.”
P roject C lean Slate, w hich is
the only program o f its kind in the
co u n try , op erates u n d er the au
thority o f the M ultnom ah C ounty
C irc u it C o u rt an d D is tric t
A tto rn ey ’s office.
M cN air p lans to travel th o u
sands o f m iles to P ortland w ith
an an ticip ated arrival betw een
A pril 11 and 15. T hrou g h a sp e
cial arran g em en t w ith P roject
C lean Slate, he is slated to m eet
w ith youth and a local church
m inistry to tell his story in hope
that it w ill help others change
th eir lives.
A fter his p resen tatio n he w ill
be taken into cu sto d y and e s
corted to M ultnom ah C ounty jail
fo r a prelim in ary hearing.
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