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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
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M a y o r C h a r lie H a le s a n an autopsy and toxicology report
n o u n c e d p la n s M o n d a y to will be conducted.
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