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Page 2 May 7, 2014 Governor Saves W oman’s Life Rushes to give aide on side of Portland street TheWeek Review School Girls Kidnapped (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber is being credited with helping save a woman s life after performing CPR on her, keeping her alive until para medics could arrive. Spokeswoman Nkenge Harmon Johnson said Kitzhaber was in a car driving through downtown Portland around 5 p.m. Monday when he saw “someone along the edge of the street who seemed to be attempting to resuscitate a woman" who was lying on the ground. The 67-year-old governor or dered his driver to pull over and call 911. K itzhaber determ ined the woman had no pulse and began performing CPR. Portland Fire and Rescue Lt. Rich C hatm an said the w om an was breathing by the time an ambulance arrived. The unidentified woman was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive, Chatman said. According to KGW-TV, authori ties suspect the woman may have overdosed. "The governor wishes her well and hopes that she seeks treatment in order to avoid the bad situation she was faced with today," Johnson said. Kitzhaber, a Democrat, is now in his third term as governor. He served two terms from 1995 to 2003, and W arning that “time is o f the e s s e n c e ,” the W hite H ouse pressed Nigeria on Tuesday to accept the help o f a specially formed U.S. team to rescue more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls before they are sold into sla very or killed. The girls were abducted last m onth by a group the United States considers a terrorist organization. Disruptive Climate Change A new governm ent report on global warming finds that c li mate change's assorted harms "are expected to becom e in creasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond," the National C li m ate A ssessm ent concluded Tuesday. Gov. John Kitzhaber is credited with saving a woman’s life by performing CPR as she was lying unconscious on a downtown Portland sidewalk Monday. was elected again in 2010. He's seek ing re-election for a fourth term in 2014. It's not the first time K itzhaber — a form er em ergency room doc tor — has adm inistered em er gency first aid. D uring a 2010 gu- b e rn a to ria l d e b ate, K itzh ab er cam e to the aid of an audience m em ber who had suffered an ap parent seizure. "I heard someone say, 'Is there a doctor in the house?"' Kitzhaber said after the debate. "I thought they were kidding, and then I looked up and there was someone obvi ously in distress. And so the old ER reflex kicked in." su b stan tiv ely a lter six urban re new al d istric ts in the city by p u ttin g 1.6 b illio n o f pro p erty back onto the tax rolls and, p ro viding $ 158 m illion to taxing j u r is d ic tio n s , in c lu d in g p u b lic schools, over 30 years. “To our know ledge, no one in P o rltan d h as e v e r d o n e th is b e f o r e ,” H ales said. Gresham Gangs Summit In preparation for the com ing end o f the sch o o l y ear, G resh am hosted a gang prevention and enforcem ent sum m it Thursday. S p eak ers d isc u sse d the latest gang trends and outlined their plans to address the issue with gang prevention and enforcement. Arson Spree Arrest Police on M onday arrested a man for six arson fires in north Port Acid Attack on Judge land Saturday m orning. Richard An ex-soldier accused o f throw David Simms Jr., 20, is accused of ing acid in the face o f an O lym setting fires at two houses, two pia, Wash, judge who issued a cars, a recycling bin and an aban restraining order against him doned chair in a parking lot. No pleaded not guilty to assault injuries were reported. and m alicious m ischief charges M o n d a y . P r o s e c u to rs say Naked Man Hit and Killed M ichael Edw ard M artin, 33, A Portland m an was hit and killed went to the home o f judge in by a passing car w hile doing Septem ber 2012 and threw sul pushups naked on North C olum furic acid in his face when he bia Boulevard early Sunday m orn ing. Police said they got the call at answered the door. 4:04 a.m. and the man was dead Urban Renewal Scale Back when they arrived. 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