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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 -
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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
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T uesday.
Shooting suspect James Todd
Sapp from a 2005 arrest.