The INDEPENDENT, June 16, 2005
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Special drug courts are discussion topic New schools chief is family man
The W ashington County
Commission on Children and
Families will host a discussion
panel June 16, from 7:00 to
8:30 p.m., on the Washington
County youth and adult drug
court programs. The panel of
Washington County leaders in
criminal justice and drug treat
ment, will discuss the drug
court process for both adult and
juvenile offenders, the effec
tiveness of the intervention for
defendants, the impact on chil
dren and families, and the fu
ture of drug courts in our com
munity.
Drug courts were first devel
oped in Florida in 1989 as a
specialized court to manage
cases involving drug-addicted
offenders through an extensive
supervision and treatment pro
gram. Because the problem of
drugs and crime is much too
broad for any single agency to
tackle alone, drug courts rely
upon the cooperation of judges,
court personnel, law enforce
ment, probation, and treatment
providers. The drug court mod
el has paved the way for the
latest criminal justice innova
tion-therapeutic jurisprudence.
There are currently over 1,200
drug courts operating in all 50
states.
Discussion panel includes
the following:
John Hartner, Director, Com
munity Corrections
Robert Hermann, District At
torney, District Attorney's Office
Tom Kohl, Judge, C ircuit
Court
Lisa M onteblanco, Drug
Court Coordinator, Community
Corrections
Rich Musser, Deputy, Wash
ington County Sheriff’s Office
Volunteers wanted to serve on
area transportation commission
Washington County is seek
ing applicants for two new vol
unteers to serve on the North
w est Area Com m ission on
Transportation (ACT).
Northwest ACT is an adviso
ry body chartered by the Ore
gon Transportation Com m is
sion, which addresses all as
pects of transportation (sur
face, marine, air, and trans
portation safety) with primary
focus on the state transporta
tion system . The N orthwest
ACT considers regional and lo
cal transportation issues in
northwest Oregon that affect
the state system.
ACTs play a key advisory
role in the development of the
Statewide Transportation Im
provem ent Program (STIP),
Oak Village
Laundromat
4 Jumbo
Washers
Air-conditioned
Easy Access with
Ample Parking
located next to
Jim's Market
at the junction of
Hwy 47 & Hwy 6
Main Street, Banks
which schedules funded trans
portation projects. ACTs estab
lish a public process to priori
tize transportation problem s
and solutions and make recom
mendations for projects to be
included in the STIP.
The application deadline is
July 18, or when the vacancies
are filled. Applications are
available on the website or by
calling (503) 846-8685. De
scriptions of all county boards
are available on the website:
h ttp ://w w w .c o . W a s h in g to n ,
or.us/cgi/boards/commis.pl
Jeff Peters, Sr. Program Co
ordinator, Health and Human
Services
Keith Raines, Judge, Circuit
Court
Laurie Rice, Program Coor
dinator, Juvenile Services
The meeting will be held at
the Tualatin Valley Fire and
Rescue Administration Build
ing, 20665 SW Blanton St. in
Aloha
(Directions: From TV High
way: Turn South onto SW
209th. Turn left on SW Blanton.
Turn left into second driveway.
Do not park inside the gated
area.)
Bring your lunch
to enjoy nature
presentation
Bring a sack lunch and en
joy a short nature presentation
each week under the shady
trees of Rogers Park in Forest
Grove. The Oregon Depart
ment of Forestry is offering free
lunch hour programs that are
entertaining for all ages. All
programs run from 11:00 to
11:45 a.m.:
June 22 - Beavers
June 29 - Wheel of Forest
July 6 - Woodpeckers
July 13 - Bears
July 20 - Elk
July 27 - Nature Bingo
August 3 - Insects
August 10 - Coyote
You can “Brown Bag Na
ture” by enjoying this summer
lunch series.
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Superintendent Mel Ott
New Banks School District
Superintendent Marv Ott im
mediately strikes one as a nice
guy, with his good humor, quick
laughter and ready smile. He is
also capable of juggling a great
many tasks, which would usu
ally be assigned to others, by
himself. Ott was chosen to re
place retiring superintendent
Marilyn McGlasson.
The district has been run
ning well under McGlasson’s
stewardship, Ott told The IN
DEPENDENT, and he has no
desire to make any drastic
changes. He plans to spend
time to get to know the culture
of the school and community.
“ If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” , he
said laughingly.
Ott comes to Banks from
Port Orford, a small district of
380 students. During his term
in Port Orford, Ott served as
superintendent of the district
and as principal for the elemen
tary, middle and high schools.
He said he is looking forward to
working with a team of adminis
trators.
Ott received his bachelor’s
degree from Oregon College of
Education and a Masters in Ed
ucation from W estern Oregon
College, now called Western
Oregon University. His adm in
istrative work was completed at
the University of Oregon.
He and his wife, Donna, are
buying a home in Forest Grove.
They have been married for 19
years and have five children
and nine grandchildren who
live in the upper Willamette Val
ley.
Enjoy a safe and sane
Fourth of July
Please don't drink and drivel