Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, May 28, 2014, Page 2, Image 2

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TheWeek Review
Water Boil Alert Over
land Police-led raid. Seven adults were detained,
o fficials said.
College Drive-By Kills 6
99-Year-0ld Receives Degree
Higher Water and Sewer Rates
Portland City Council is set to approve higher water and
sewer rates, with the increases kicking in a little over a
month from now. The city of Portland expects the
average residential customer will see water-sewer com­
bined bills reaching $ 119 a month in the next five years.
Portland Student Killed by Trailer
A Mt. Tabor Middle School student was crushed to
death by a trailer loaded with camping gear on Monday
after slipping from the vehicle and being run over by its
tires. The victim, Cruz Miller, was 14. The accident
happened at Camp Westwind near Lincoln City. Port­
land Public Schools offered grief counseling for stu­
dents at the school on Tuesday.
Drugs Seized in Southeast Gang Raid
Police raided hom es near 82nd Avenue and East
B urnside F riday targ etin g m em bers o f the G ypsy
Jo k ers biker club and the w hite su p rem acist gang
R ude K rude B rood. A u th o rities say they seized 9
handguns, tw o rifles, $ 1,500 in cash, m etham phet­
am ine, cocaine, ecstasy , and o ver 75 m arijuana
p lants in the jo in t M ultnom ah C ounty and P o rt­
MUSIC
Jessie White, 99, finally received her degree from Beal
College after a $5 fee from 1939 was covered. At the
time, White said she could not afford the fee. Current
Beal president Allen Stehle covered the debt himself,
officially making the woman a successful under­
graduate of the college. She received her degree in
stenography and bookkeeping on Friday.
Oldest American Turns 1151
Jeralean Talley of the Detroit-area born celebrated
her 115th birthday on Friday; she is the oldest-
living Am erican
and the second-
oldest person in
th e w o rld , a c ­
cording to a list
m aintained by the
Gerontology Re­
se a rc h G ro u p ,
which tracks the
w orld's longest-
liv in g p e o p le .
Talley was born May 23, 1899; her husband died
in 1988, and she is currently cared for by a 76-year-
old daughter who lives with her.
ATHLETICS
BO AR D IN G
SMALL CLASSES
MIND OPENING SINCE 1869
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May 28.2014
A 22-year-old man who ranted
in web postings that he was a
lonely and frustrated virgin,
killed six college students and
himself during a Friday rampage
near the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Elliot Rodger stabbed three men in his apartment
residence to death before driving to the Alpha Phi
sorority house and opening fire on three young
women walking by the house, officials said.
The Portland Water Bureau
began cleaning its Mt. Tabor
reservoirs with chlorine Mon­
day after a boil water notice
was issued by the Oregon
Health Authority’s Drinking
Water Program. The boil wa­
ter order was made Friday af­
ter coliform and E. coli bacteria
were found in routine drinking
water samples, but the notice
was lifted the following day.
ART
(Obstruer
PRE-K through 12
Oregon Episcopal School
Street Fee Proposed
P o rtlan d city le a d e rs a n ­
nounced plans Thursday for a new
fee to fund street maintenance and
traffic safety improvements. The
proposal is scheduled to come
before the full City Council for a
vote this week.
The so-called "transportation
user fee" would earmark about half
the generated revenue for safety
projects such as sidewalks and
crosswalks; the other batch of
funds would go to street mainte­
nance.
U nder the p ro p o sal, m ost
hom eow ners can expect to pay
$11.56 per m onth (about $140 an­
nually), while businesses will pay
more, officials said. The am ount
would be added to water and sewer
bills with higher costs for proper­
ties that generate more transpor­
tation trips, according to Portland
M ayor Charlie Hales. Churches,
schools, and non-profits would
also pay the fee.
Commissioner Steve Novick es­
timates the fee, which would go into
effect in July next year, will bring the
city up to $50 million annually.
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AUG. 29/2014-SEPT. 1/2014
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Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick discusses a proposed
Transportation User Fee on Thursday that could charge $1 40 a
year for people living in single family homes, and about half
that for people in multi-family structures.
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