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Newspaper Page Text3n?r July 2, 2014 IN S ID E TheWeek Review , ✓ c*pyc* ewKr*? O sportiani» (Observer This page Sponsored by: FredJWever Page 2 i Page 3 What's on your list today?. , ’ - USinFoR/dklfox, Í . HoTAR,<?tiWkTe eiwtee oeh U l pinion Leadership Search pages 6-7 METRO» Urban League executive plans to retire no b etter place to spend the final contributing years o f m y w ork life. This has been a w onderful ex p eri ence fo rm e," said A lexander. "I w ill turn 65 this N o v em b er and have long believed that this w ould be an T he U rban League o f Portland and M ichael A lex an d er jo in tly an n o u n ced his plans for retirem ent at the g ro u p 's annual m eetin g last week. appropriate tim e to end m y profes sional career." A lex an d er has led w ork over the past tw o years that has positioned the organization back on the sam e solid financial, program m atic and m anagem ent footing that it has oc cu p ied for m any o f the 68 years it has served this com m unity. "On b e h alf o f the board and staff at the U rban League, w e are grateful for M ichael's service to the League. His leadership has been transfor- A lexander's targeted retirem ent date is A pril 30. H e w ill rem ain as president and participate in the p ro cess w hile the U rban League B oard searches for his replacem ent, o ffi cials said. H e has given the board this ex ten d ed notice to ensure a M ic h a e l A le x a n d e r th o u g h tfu l and th o ro u g h sea rc h m ad e possible by the guidance I p ro c e ss. "M y early professional path w as receiv ed from the U rban L eague in N ew Y ork C ity and I could think o f continued on page 12 Deadly Drive-by Shooting B ullets show ered a north P o rt land neighborhood M onday after noon, leaving one young m an dead. A uthorities identified the victim as 24-year-old A ndrew L eon C oggins Jr. o f southeast Portland. T he shooting took place ju s t w est o f N orth Fiske A venue in the N ew C o lu m b ia area and the vicinity o f M cC oy Park, w here children played nearby. C oggins w as found co llap sed on the curb shortly after police recei ved w ord on the gunfire at 2:46 p.m. N eighborhood residents described it as a drive-by shooting. Police are calling the death gang related. M ayor C harlie H ales, w ho serves as the c ity ’s police com m issioner, C lassifieds page 14 R eligion page 15 « A n d re w L e o n C o g g in s Jr. said follow ing the shooting, that too m any people in the com m unity are victim s o f gun violence. “G un violence is a public health crisis and w e as a society need to address this co m p lex ep id em ic,” H ales said. C rim e Stoppers is offerin g a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 fo r in fo rm a tion, reported to C rim e Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony, and tipsters can rem ain anonym ous. T o le av e a C rim e S to p p e rs tip o n lin e at c rim e s to p p e r s o f o r e g o n .c o m / s u b m it_ o n lin e _ tip .p h p te x t C R IM E S (2 7 4 6 3 7 ) a n d in the s u b je c t lin e p u t 8 2 3 H E L P , fo llo w e d b y th e tip , o r call 5 0 3 -8 2 3 -H E L P (4 3 5 7 ) an d leav e th e tip in fo rm a tio n . Officer Shot in Critical Condition A 3 2 -y e a r-o ld V a n c o u v e r p o lic e o ffic e r on a m o to rc y c le w as sh o t sev en tim e s M o n d ay m o rn in g w h en h e trie d to p u ll o v e r a d riv e r in a sto le n v eh icle at N o rth e a st 16 2 n d an d 34th S treet, V a n c o u v e r p o lice X X said . T h e o ffic e r, D u stin G o u d sc h a a l w as u p g ra d e d to c ritic a l b u t sta b le c o n d itio n T u e sd ay . W itn e sse s ru sh e d to h e lp th e o ffic e r an d c a lle d fo r p o lic e b a ck u p . G o id sc h a a l has b een w ith th e V a n c o u v e r p o lic e fo rc e sin c e 2008. T w o su sp e c ts w ere a rre ste d in c o n n e c tio n w ith th e s h o o tin g a fte r an h o u rs -lo n g m a n h u n t. T h e m an a c c u s e d o f p u llin g th e trig g e r, 4 7 - F o o d y e a r-o ld Ja m e s T o d d S a p p , a p p e a re d in C la rk C o u n ty S u p e rio r C o u rt page 16 T uesday. Shooting suspect James Todd Sapp from a 2005 arrest.