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Caseworker Killed
During Visit
(AP) — A St. Helens man
who pleaded guilty to attempted
m urder five years ago is sus
pected o f stabbing his mental
health casew orker to death
during a home visit.
Brent Redd, 30, was under
supervision by the nonprofit
Colum bia Com m unity Mental
Health.
St. Helens Police C hief Steve
Salle said M onday that dis
patchers received a call at about
8 a.m. Sunday, directing them
to Redd's hom e on a report of
a disturbance.
Salle said Redd answered the
door and ran. He was detained
after a short chase. Inside his
house, Salle said police and med
ics found the body of the case
worker, Jennifer Warren.
"Our thoughts and prayers
are with the family and friends
after this terrible incident," C o
lumbia County M ental Health
said in a statem ent M onday.
"We are working closely with
the proper authorities and have
initiated an independent review
to ensure the safety o f our
m ental health workers."
May 23, 2012
Remembering the Flood
Memorial Day
event to tour
site of Vanport
Local organizations will hold
an e v e n t to r e m e m b e r th e
V anport Flood, when the C o
lum bia R iver spilled onto w hat
was then O reg o n ’s second larg
est city on M em orial Day 1948,
killing at least 15 people and
leaving 18,000 people h o m e
less. M any o f the victim s w ere
black resid en ts w ho cam e to
Portland to w ork in the sh ip
yards o f W orld W ar II.
Made possible by the C olum
bia Slough W atershed Council and
the Black United Fund, everyone
is invited to the one hour anniver
sary event, which will lead resi
dents on a tour of the flood site,
now part o f north Portland.
Participants will meet at Delta
Park / Vanport Park & Ride at
1940 N. Victory Blvd. on W ednes
day, May 30 at 4 p.m. For more
in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t M elissa A survivor is carried to safety during the Vanport Food o f 1948. The destruction happened on
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A local organ izatio n is calling
fo r the c o m m u n ity ’s h elp to
keep b lack h isto ry alive.
T he O regon Black P ioneers
is lo o k in g fo r vintage artifacts
and p h o to g rap h s d ep ictin g the
ex p erien ce o f P o rtla n d ’s A fri
can A m ericans and th eir fam i
lies w ho w orked for the ra il
roads from 1800s to the m id-
1900s.
The m em o rab ilia w ill be fe a
tured at the O regon H istorical
S ociety M useum this year.
T o share y o u r o b jects, a rti
facts and im ages, co n tact Jackie
P eterso n -L o o m is, ex h ib it re g
istrar at Jack ie lp @ c o m ca st.n et.
For additional inform ation about
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