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On the evening of May 9, 2016, activists including several may-oral candidates and others inter-ested in issues around houseless-ness gathered at Kennedy School gym to participate in a presenta-tion called “96 Neighborhoods,” a reference to the creation of an-other neighborhood besides the 95 already existing in the City of Portland. The general consensus of the activists was that there is an opportunity to build a peer-run community at the Wapato Jail site which has been unused for a number of years after vot-ers approved a $58 million bond measure to build it but no funds were ever allocated to actually make it the functioning mini-mum security prison envisioned. It is currently costing Mult-nomah County $300,000 a year just to maintain the property.The event consisted of short pre-sentations by advocates for the houseless followed by a slide show about the Wapato Jail site.Advocates for the Houseless Of-fer Their Viewpoint The presentations were moving as some homeless advocates out-lined their own lived experience on the street. They were living proof of hope. Many if not all credited relationships with other people, often peers, as the heal-ing force that helped them move away from the street. Particular-ly moving was Rochelle Ross, a peer support specialist. “Seven years ago I was a homeless junk-ie on the streets of Portland. I had a meth addiction. I lost two daughters, and then got more ad-

dicted.” Rochelle was sentenced to 31 months in prison but once there she met amazing people who told her she could be more than a junkie. And she had mentors when she got out. She is current-ly a mentor herself, and said, “If I’d had someone like me, maybe I wouldn’t have gone to prison. I’m grateful for peer support.” Several presenters leveled crit-icism at the City of Portland and agencies for not rising to the chal-lenge of the housing emergency declared in the fall of 2015. Is-rael Bayer, Executive Director of Street Roots newspaper, for instance, gave a history of house-lessness leading to the current crisis and pointed to the various failed 5 and 10 year plans to end homelessness. The plans don’t ad-dress the problem he said. “Port-land makes little investment in housing. It must be a priority like schools.” Jessie Sponberg, speaking as an activist rather than a mayoral can-didate, said he likes groups that use a problem to solve another. He noted that the city is short 630,000 housing units, yet 700 “zombie homes” are abandoned and sitting empty. They could be used for transitional housing and houseless people could pitch tents to guard the property to keep them from becoming drug houses. Vahid Brown who works as an advocate in Clackamas County said, “Many things disempow-er the houseless.” But peer-run solutions like Dignity Village, the Right to Survive camp and others are examples of empowerment. “It’s a community problem and needs a community solution.”Dan Sword a former marine and houseless veteran once did his best to hide the fact of his home-lessness. He noted how exhausting it was to get to and from appoint-ments and job interviews. “It could take an entire day to figure out the bus schedule, find the bus stop and time the trip. Stashing gear on job

interviews is tricky too.” He also credited relationships with others for helping to change his life. He told the audience, “It’s important to talk to people out there.”Chad Bliss works on food is-sues and believes urban farming and employment of individuals could go together. He noted that, “All [agency] systems are failing us—they are not integrated. We need to change the outcomes of all those ‘stuck’ systems.” He be-lieves solutions start at the grass roots level and food needs to be integrated into it. “That’s what the 96 neighborhood project is all about. Forming a new ‘neigh-borhood,’ a peer-run community shelter.” Kevin Fitts specializes in ad-vocating for those with mental health issues. “I have experience in mental illness, prison systems, addiction services and houseless-ness,” he said. He feels that peo-ple who have experiences of houselessness should dic-tate the system that helps oth-ers. Instead he has found that the “non-prof-it industrial complex uses l ived-exper i -ence people as tokens,” rather than integrat-ing them into decisions. He wonders who is talking to the 25% of Ore-gon’s popula-tion on Medic-aid. Why can’t

Wapato Jail in Rivergate that has sat empty since it was com-pleted about 13 years ago. The city spends approxi-mately$300,000+ a year to maintain the grounds of it.

such a large group advocate for themselves within the system? He believes in the concept of housing first, the idea that the homeless should be housed before tackling any emotional or addiction prob-lems that they are experiencing.Wapato Jail Presented as an Op-portunity Site In spite of the Multnomah Coun-ty Commissioners’ reluctance to consider the Wapato Jail in north Portland as a shelter for houseless people, the advocates were con-vinced it could be an exciting op-portunity to not only get houseless people inside but to start another peer-run community like Right to Survive, Dignity Village or Hazel-nut Grove. The abandoned 18-acre site near Kelley Point Park has a great deal to offer according to Sean Davis, the organizer of the event, who also happens to be running for mayor. It is large enough acreage

Activists keep the idea of Wapato Jail as homeless shelter alive

to support an operation such as an urban farm. There are many neighbors in north Portland that could be tapped to use their tal-ents to help with such an opera-tion. The building, which looks like a community college, has an industrial kitchen, offices, den-tal and medical facilities, break and conference rooms, toilets and laundry. The 525 beds could a good number of the estimated few thousand homeless people in Portland. On the plus side, the site could be eligible for vocational training funds if there were a farm oper-ation. There are also funds avail-able to a third party such as a shel-ter, to pay for housing for veterans that could help support its opera-tion. When one considers that each person living on the street

A beautiful kitchen sits empty. Activists are promoting having a peer-run facility for the houseless population.

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68th Anniversary of the Vanport Flood: Pages 4 & 5

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Community Volunteers work hardDear Editor, “Strong cities, towns, and neigh-borhoods cannot happen without strong citizens (people who care)”. The people who dedicate their free time through volunteering with the St. Johns Neighborhood Association (SJNA), St. Johns Main Street (SJMS), and the plethora of other volunteer organi-zations, are part of what make St. Johns a strong neighborhood and North Portland a great communi-ty. These organizations provide a tremendous resource and are a defining element of this place we live together in. They help orga-nize or support events that clean-up the community or bring people together, like the St. Johns Parade or Winter Social. They contribute back to the community through projects like mural on the side of Grocery Outlet. They advocate to the City and raise awareness for things like getting trucks off of St. Louis/Fessenden. The list can go on and on because these volun-teers are proud of their community and have been since St. Johns was once its own city. Please, if you disagree with or don’t like what these organiza-tions are doing, then volunteer

your time or support someone who you agree with that can. But please don’t say these people “didn’t work hard enough”; that’s simply not true and highlights the misunderstanding of what these people actually do (or can’t do), the amount of time they have, and who has the final say when making decisions about new development. I would encourage anyone who says that to stop being divisive and spend at least a couple years volunteering with one of our vol-unteer organizations and getting to know a whole new part of their community. Hopefully they would learn that volunteer organizations don’t have an endless supply of time to dedicate to their communi-ty and have to make tough calls on how best to spend what time they are able to provide. After all, it’s the volunteers in these volunteer organizations who help make St Johns a strong neighborhood and North Portland a great community. Sincerely, Clinton “CJ” Doxsee========================DisheartenedDear Editor,I think that one of the more dis-heartening things I’m seeing in St. Johns is this feeling of impo-tence about how St Johns is treat-

ed by developers and the city of Portland. Specifically the Bolouri Development the “Union at St. Johns.” The developer told us last June that the Lombard Street closure would be for two weeks. The con-cern of the business community at that time was having the two week closure during the Christmas Season. The developer assured the business community that he would work with them as much as pos-sible to mitigate the impact. As it turns out we will have at least a 15 month closure and possibly this will include two FULL Christmas Seasons. The Developer and gov-ernment agencies have been plan-ning this since last October, and it’s something they kept from us until after they won Ivy Island. We have also been told that Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)and the Oregon Depart-ment of Transportation(ODOT) are responsible for the scheduling. The Business Boosters Associa-tion representatives have called ODOT and have not gotten anyone to talk to them about this important issue, let alone having their calls returned. To schedule one closure instead of several is easy (or lazy) for ODOT and much more cost efficient for the developer. He’ll make more money. Everyone wins except St. Johns. There are other construction possibilities. For example what if the slip lane was left open and the street at N. Lombard and N. St Louis was developed into a two way intersection, as it will be even-tually. Then the slip lane could be closed and the new street opened.

We wouldn’t have to lose our east-west access. It’s been about a month since the slip lane has been closed, why is that? There is no excavation being done and a per-fectly good slip lane is left unused as our business district suffers. I think we should be angry over how we’re being treated. And there IS something we can do, we can fight. Portland Planning, ODOT, and PBOT, all these agen-cies have people they answer to. Bolouri has to work with all these government agencies. Has anyone called the Gover-nor? The Governor, U.S. Senator, House and State Representatives as well as Commissioners Fritz and Novak (who voted to bring this into our community) all are running for re-election. I would suggest we agree on something reasonable for our community and start a vigorous letter writ-ing, phone calling, and petition gathering campaign directed at those people who want our vote. Somebody out there can help us, but they aren’t going to do it if we don’t ask. The bigger and more public we ask, the better the chances of a response. This is an emergency situation. The St. Johns Main Street and the St Johns Neighborhood Associa-

tion are best positioned to act on it. It would also be only right since they worked so hard to bring this development into our community. Also, the volunteers who worked trying to save Ivy Island could also help on this. This is a project that certainly the whole St Johns Com-munity would support. It’s certain-ly better than standing by helpless-ly and watching our downtown businesses suffer. As Review editor Gayla Patton wrote in her editorial in the last issue, we have witnessed amazing construction feats so there should be a way to fix this. “… it may be costly and take extra planning, but it’s worth the price to keep the oth-er 99% of area merchants in busi-ness and thriving…”John Teply========================From Barbara Quinn in response to City Commissioner Nick Fish in his Letter to the Editor in the May 6, 2016 #9 St. Johns Review:What Community Advisors Want Political Leaders to Know about SuperfundCommissioner Fish recently sent a letter to the Review in response to an article I wrote for the April 22 edition, “City’s Dual Role in Superfund An-gers Community Representatives. My

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fellow Community Advisory members and myself would agree with him that the Superfund is the most important environmental, public health, and jobs issue facing the City of Portland. The cleanup of the lower 12 miles of the Willamette River is a once in a life-time chance to make the river safe for ALL users. I do give the Commissioner and the Bureau of Environmental Services credit for responding recently to sev-eral community groups’ requests for help with funds for public outreach. It is appreciated especially by the CAG since we are an unfunded, vol-unteer-based group as are some of the others. There remain areas of disagree-ment. The Commissioner describes the City’s participation in the mas-sive FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to EPA as “protect[ing] the City’s legal position by requesting documents from the EPA.” The ex-treme extent of the request requiring every single document, email, record-ing and technical report over a four year period related to the Proposed Plan, at the very time EPA is tasked with getting the Plan out, cannot help but delay it and cause the public com-ment period to become even more ab-breviated. This is simply unfair to the community, the largest stakeholder in the process.The request could have waited until af-ter the Plan roll out (due in late May). Instead, the timing suggests an intimi-dation attempt by industry, apparently supported by the City who joined in the request, since it is understood by EPA as intent to sue. It may even be an attempt to influence the Plan, and limit the effectiveness of the cleanup by cutting costs. How does the City have any business being involved in such a tactic? Commissioner Fish further states that “Some people wonder why the

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City is a PRP (Potentially Responsi-ble Party). The short answer is that the EPA can impose Superfund liability on the City simply because it owns some of the pipes that may have conveyed pollution to the river.”Then why not use our City attorneys to fight the ludicrous notion put forward by industry that ratepayers should be held liable for chemicals dumped by multi-million dollar companies sim-ply because they choose to dump them into City drains. We ratepayers had nothing to do with placing industrial chemicals on the river bottom and the City should fight this notion on behalf of residents. We also should not have been held liable for 50% of the cost of the Feasi-bility Study, 52 million, that the Com-missioner said in his letter was used to assure good science. In fact, EPA found the polluters’ and City’s science to be so inadequate that it would not

serve to protect either human health or that of wildlife. Consequently EPA had to redo the Study at great expense. The waste and subsequent duplication of effort was not a good use of 52 mil-lion in water ratepayer funds. What we residents hope for in this process are leaders that are willing to stand up for the interests of the wider community in the river cleanup. We want safety above all: clean, healthy fish to catch and safe access to the riv-er. That is our right. If it takes longer to get there and costs wealthy compa-nies some dollars, that’s still where we want to go and we need leaders who have the gumption to take us there. We would like all our political leaders to show a willingness to place liabili-ty where it belongs, on polluters who have profited from dumping waste rather than dealing with it responsibly. Where liability doesn’t belong is on residents.

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As we prepare to celebrate Me-morial Day this May 30, 2016, there is a small group of people re-membering a fateful day 68 years ago when their quiet sunny day quickly turned into a nightmare. On that day, the Columbia River was 15 feet above normal but the 18,500 people who lived in Van-port City were assured they were safe. They weren’t. Vanport City was approximate-ly where Blue Heron Golf Course and Portland International Race-way sits today. At its peak, during the war in 1944, it was 648-acres and 40,000 people lived there. It had been quickly built to be for families to live who worked at Henry Kaiser’s shipyards. It was the largest public housing project in the United States and Kaiser built the city because he was im-porting massive numbers of men and women from around the Unit-ed States to work in his shipyards. He literally created a city in which they could reside. When the US entered the war in 1941 Kaiser already had one ship-yard but when America’s involve-ment escalated and the demand for ships also escalated, he began canvassing the country for willing workers by offering high wages and free transportation to come to Portland and work for him. Portland was of little help to help Kaiser find housing for his workers so by using federal mon-ey, he bought land outside of the

city’s limits in a floodplain, using cheap materials. When completed it would be Oregon’s second larg-est city. Vanport was vulnerable to flood-ing being in a floodplain, but even more so in 1948. The previous winter’s snowpack was well above normal, perhaps as much as 135%. Added to above normal tempera-tures and two major rainstorms from May 19-23 and another one from May 26-29, created a swell-ing in the Columbia River from the many tributaries entering into it. Portland would see the high-est water levels they had seen since another major flood in 1894, which flooded the downtown area. This was not good news for Van-port City, which sat 15 feet below water level. The night before the flood there was a radio alert about high wa-ters. This led some residents to move their belongings to upper

floors, if they had them. But, no-body imaged the extent to which the water levels would rise, or the damage they would cause. For those who relied solely on pub-lic transportation, which many did, and the lack of an evacuation plan, most residents were caught completely off guard when the dike beside their homes gave way. On May 30, 1948, which also happened to be Memorial Day, just as it is this year 2016, the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP), issued the following state-ment: “Remember: Dikes are safe at present. You will be warned if necessary. You will have time to leave. Don’t get excited.” By today’s standards that statement would seem somewhat conde-scending.

At about 4:17 the Spokane, Port-land and Seattle Railway dike burst sending a 10-foot wall of water into Vanport City. Sirens be-gan to sound after the breach and as quickly as they could, residents

A look back: Vanport City 1942-1948: Oregon’s 2nd largest City destroyed by flood

ran to the higher Denver Avenue. It’s fortunate that many people were away from their homes be-cause of the holiday, but regard-less, 15 people lost their lives that day and the City of Vanport was a complete loss.

The rapid influx of thousands of new residents into the Portland region dilutes the number of peo-ple who are knowledgeable about the rich cultural heritage of Van-port, which was once the state’s second-largest city. Using poet-ry, theater, oral history, scholarly and social events, the 2016 Van-port Mosaic Festival will com-memorate the 68th anniversary of the Memorial Day flood that destroyed Vanport, a unique so-ciological experiment that forever altered the city’s racial dynamics. “We have to amplify the silent stories of the past, and listen in-tentionally so we can better un-derstand who we are, and why the city of Portland is how it is today,” says Damaris Webb, di-rector of the award-winning play about Vanport, “Cottonwood in the Flood. “If we don’t celebrate

Photos Left & Right:What

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people.

By Gayla Patton

Inaugural Festival honors 68th anniversary of the Vanport Flood This is the location (Portland Rd.) where the dike broke. Vanport City (in this

photo) was to the left of the tracks.

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and engage with these living sto-ries now, they’ll be gone forever. That’s why this festival is import-ant and happening now.” Webb, a longtime theater artist, is one of three artistic directors who conceived and are curating the in-augural festival, which is expected to become an annual community celebration. Story midwife Laura Lo Forti and former award-win-ning Oregonian columnist S. Renee Mitchell are also co-ar-tistic directors of the four-day, multi-disciplinary festival. Events will include: Film screenings: Lost City, Living Memories: Vanport Through the Voice of Its Residents (Various lo-cations) Reunion: Community celebration with former residents, now in their 80s and 90s. Theater: Cottonwood In the Flood (Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center) Photo Exhibit: Vanport: The Surge of Social Change (Interstate Fire-house Cultural Center) Lecture: Vanport: A Symposium on History, Memory, and Commu-nity (Concordia University) Self-guided Tours: Welcome Home to Vanport walk/bike tour (Portland International Race-way) “One of the exciting things about this festival – and there are many – is that we are including youth voices as part of the story-telling,” says Mitchell, founder of a youth voice nonprofit, called Spit/WRITE. “Young people will engage in multigenerational in-

termingling with some of the last surviving residents of Van-port.” “Vanport is more than the story of the flood, and people who lived there are more than the vic-tims of a natural disaster,” says Laura Lo Forti, who has been leading a community-based oral history project for the past 3 years. “The first-hand memories that we will share during the Festival cre-ate a rich and elaborate “mosaic” of the vibrant community that was formed there.” Other highlights include a reunion and celebration of former Vanport residents; live music, remarks from state Sen. Jackie Winters (a flood survi-vor); acknowledgements by City of Portland Commissioners Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz, Henry

Mead Kaiser of the Kaiser ship-building family, Portland historian Ted Kaye, and History Professor James S. Harrison, who teaches at PCC’s Cascade campus. The Vanport Mosaic Festival is made possible by generous sup-port from Oregon Heritage Com-mission, Oregon Humanities, The Oregon Historical Society, North Portland Neighborhood Services, and The Oregon Community Foundation. Sponsored by Port of Portland, Rooted Investing, Mult-nomah County Drainage Districts, and The Delta Park Center. Special thanks to our partners: Concordia University, Portland Community College, Portland Parks and Rec-reation, and KBOO community radio.

These photos show the de-struction and devastation the

water caused. Many people ran for Denver Blvd. and high-er ground. It is fortunate it

happened on a day when many people were out celebrating

Memorial Day, however they lost all their possessions and 15

people lost their lives. Photos Oregon Historical Society

By Gayla Patton

Inaugural Festival honors 68th anniversary of the Vanport Flood

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350PDX No. PortlaND team: 2nd Thurs ea mo. 7-8:30pm. Arbor Lodge Coffee Shop, 1507 N Rosa Parks Way.arbor loDge NeighborhooD assN: Meet on the 3rd Thursday each month, 6:30-8pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. SchofieldamericaN legioN, st. JohNs Post #98 Meets 4th Tuesday, 11:00 AM, St Johns Community Ctr. 8427 N. Central. Contact Gerald 503-289-0855boy scout trooP 52: Meets Tuesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond. We welcome boys ages 11-17. For membership info, contact Anthony at 503-913-7085.briDgetoN NeighborhooD associatioN: General Meeting: 3rd Mondays at 7pm, Port. Yacht Club, 1241 NE Marine Dr. cub scout Pack 52: Meets Mondays at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond. We welcome all families with boys in K-5. Contact Jeff at 971-226-6394 with any questions. east columbia NeighborhooD assN: Meets the second Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30pm at the Columbia Rvr RV Park Comm. Rm, 10649 NE 13th.FrieNDs oF catheDral Park NeighborhooD assN: General Meeting: odd months at BES Water Lab; 7pm. Board Meetings on even months at St Johns McMenamins, 7:30. All meetings on 2nd Tuesdays of the month. FrieNDs oF baltimore WooDs: General meeting: 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm at the BES Water Lab, 6543 N. Burlington.FrieNDs oF Pier Park: meetiNg: Third Monday, 6:30pm at St. Johns Community Ctr., 8427 N CentralgatheriNg, the: Meets 4 times a year. 5-7pm at various locations within the community. Upcoming in 2016: June 7, Sept. 6, Dec. 6. 2017: March 7, June 6, Sept. 5, Dec. 5.hayDeN islaND NeighborhooD NetWork: Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7pm, at the Oxford Suites, 1226 N. Jantzen Beach Dr., Hayden Island.keNtoN busiNess assN: 1st Thursday of the month, 9am at Kenton Firehouse 2nd fl. 2209 N. SchofieldkeNtoN NeighborhooD assN: Board Meetings: 2nd Wed., 7pm, Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. BrandonliNNtoN NeighborhooD assN: Meetings: 1st Wed. of odd mos; 7-9 at Linnton Comm. Ctr., 10614 NW St. Helens. North PortlaND laND use grouP: Meets 4th Thursday of the month at Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N Brandon. 7pmNorth PortlaND soroPtimist club meets the 2nd Wed at 6PM at the Lung Fung Restaurant, 2025 N Lombard Street. Public welcome to attend meetings to learn more about the club.occuPy st JohNs: Meets Weds. 7:00pm at Anna Bannanas, 8716 N Lombardoverlook NeighborhooD assN.: General Meetings: 3rd Tues of each month except Aug & Dec at Kaiser Town Hall, 7-9pm. Board Meetings: 1st Tues. each month at Overlook Hse, 3839 N. Melrose Dr.PeNiNsula oPtimist club: Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays (except holidays) at noon at Christie’s Restaurant, 5507 N. Lombard. General public is welcome to attend meetings to learn about the club. There will be a guest speaker at most meetings. Questions—contact Sharon at 503-490-2889.PortlaND harbor commuNity aDvisory grouP Offers a gathering of thoughts on the Superfund. Concerns about the contamination in the Portland Harbor Superfund? Join the community to meet with the agencies in charge. Meetings include Informational presentations; Opportunity to render your opinion. Meet agency leaders in charge of clean up. 2nd Wednesday-Monthly at BES: 6543 N Burlington, beneath the St Johns Bridge 6:00 PM. www.portland-harborcag.infoPortsmouth NeighborhooD assN: Board Meeting: 3rd Tues of ea mo, 6pm, Bridge Meadows, Bridge Communi-ty Room, 8502 N. WaylandPublic saFety actioN committee: Meets 4th Wed. ea. mo., 7-9pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. Schofield. saFety aND livability team (salt) meetiNgs are the 1st Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Johns Main Street Office, 8250 N. Lombard. st. JohNs boosters: No iNfo available. st. JohNs lioNs club: Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month at Patti’s Deli, downtown St. Johnsst. JohNs maiN street: Meets at 8250 N. Lombard. Fore more info go to: stjohnsmainstreet.orgst. JohNs NeighborhooD assN: General Meeting is 2nd Mon. at the St. Johns Community Ctr, 8427 N. Central.st. JohNs tree team meets the first Tues. of ea. month at 7-8:30pm, 8519 N Buchanan. Call Gloria at 503-285-4263. Check us out on Facebook for coming events.uNiversity Park busiNess associatioN: Meets in 2014: 2/25; 4/22; 6/24; 9/23; 11/18 at 7pm at Darcy’s at the corner of Fiske/Lombard from 6-7:30pm. uNiversity Park NeighborhooD associatioN: Meets: Jan., Apr., July & Oct on 4th Monday 7pm at the Chiles Center at the UP, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd.

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is estimated to cost up to $40,000 per year for various services and emergency medical help, it makes some sense to try to find a way to offset costs. The site could present problems too. It is 11 miles from downtown and there is fear of warehousing the most vulnerable far away from services they need. Trimet has said they would consider adding bus service and a shuttle bus would

likely have to be incorporated. Then there is the problem of those who behave badly. I asked one proponent about the small percent-age of houseless people who either engage in petty crime, heavy drugs or worse, but did not receive a very good answer. Successful peer-run camps have ways of regulating those who behave badly and some-thing would have to be in place to make sure that happened. The main message delivered by those presenting was: peer-support

is vitally important in address-ing houselessness. People need to reach out to people and allow compassion and non-judgment to be their guide, and then we will be-gin seeing solutions. Moving away from alienation moves us closer to healing. Jeff Woodward, an advocate for a Wapato shelter said the group plans to continue organizing, dis-cussing options with county lead-ers and advocating. The issue re-mains alive and well in the minds of many advocates, so stay tuned for more to come.========================Responses to this and other arti-cles & letters can be sent to: reviewnewspaper@gmail.com

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POLICE & FIRE REPORTS

LAND METRO AREANews Release Portland Police Bu-reauPosted on FlashAlert: May 2nd, 2016 8:30 AM The Portland Police Bureau wants community members to be aware of a variety of phone scams that are ac-tive in the Portland Metro area. Law enforcement has received reports from people who stated that callers would claim to be members of a police department or sheriff's de-partment and that the victim missed jury duty, had outstanding fines, or a warrant for their arrest that could be taken care of over the phone with a payment. Other victims have re-ported callers claiming to be public utilities, the IRS, charities and home repair companies. Callers typically instruct the vic-tims to purchase re-loadable cards and call them back with the numbers. The Portland Police Bureau reminds you to be aware that: * The Portland Police Bureau or any other legitimate law enforcement agency does not call community members seeking payment for out-standing traffic citations or warrants. * The Portland Police Bureau does not call individuals and demand money from community members under any circumstances. * Individuals claiming to collect debts may try to instill fear in poten-tial victims to persuade them to for-ward money. MoneyPak/Green Dot and Vanilla Reload have online tools to allow purchasers to request a refund if the scammer has not yet cashed the card. For more information, please visit https://www.moneypak.com/refun-drequest.aspx for MoneyPak/Green Dot and https://www.vanillareload.com/index.php/refund for Vanilla Reload.

SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER RUNNING FROM TRAFFIC CRASH - GUN FOUND IN SUSPECT'S CAR News Release Portland Police BureauPosted on FlashAlert: May 4th, 2016 11:13 AM On Wednesday May 4, 2016, at 9:23 a.m., North Precinct and Traf-fic Division officers responded to the report of a traffic crash involv-ing two drivers on southbound I-5 at the Going Street exit. As officers were responding to the scene, the 9-1-1 caller reported that one of the vehicles was on it's side and that the driver was running away from the scene. Officers contacted a person matching the driver's description on the MAX platform on North Inter-state Avenue, but he ran from po-lice into the neighborhood. Officers checking the neighborhood located the driver and took him into custody. Officers checking the flipped vehi-cle found a handgun inside the car. There were no injuries as a result of the crash and the driver who fled the scene will be booked into jail at a later time, charges to be determined.

News Release fRom PoRtlaNd fiRe & RescuePosted on Flashalert: May 7th, 2016 12:05 PMPF&R responded to a 2nd alarm commercial fire in N Portland fol-lowed, shortly after, with a SE Port-land house fire that extended to a neighboring home and involved a fire fatality. At 1:31am fire crews were dis-patched to a commercial fire at 12 N Blandena Ave. When crews arrived they found a large column of fire and smoke engulfing an unoccupied commercial building. Due to the size of fire and a rescue operation not being needed, crews went to a

defensive firefighting procedure. A second alarm was added for addi-tional ladder truck companies and water supply. With 9 units still at the scene of the earlier 2nd alarm commercial fire, crews in SE Portland were dis-patched to a house fire at 3318 SE Salmon St at 3:21am. Initial reports from 911 callers were that the house had heavy fire and that there was possibly someone still in the home. At 3:24 Portland Fire Engine 9 ar-rived to find a 2 story home heav-ily involved with fire and smoke. Ladder Truck 25 arrived shortly after and attempted to rescue an 84 yr old resident who was still inside the home. They successfully pulled her from the house within minutes of their arrival, unfortunately the 84 yr old female sustained serious in-juries and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second fire victim was found in the backyard after making it out safely but had suffered serious smoke inhalation injuries and was transported to Emanuel Hospital. Fire also extended to a neighboring home within very close proximity to 3318 Salmon - crews were able to limit this damage to just one side. In-terim Fire Chief Ken Burns has been closely monitoring the situation at both fires and had this to say after hearing the news of the SE Portland fire victim "All of us at Portland Fire&Rescue extend our deepest sympathy to the family, neighbors and friends of our fire victim this morning. I am proud of the quick and dangerous work done here by our firefighters I only wish we could report a better outcome. This is a sad reminder of how fast these tragedies can happen."

FRAUD ALERT: PHONE SCAMS ACTIVE IN PORT-

If you are a resident of Portland and fall victim to these scammers with financial loss, you are encour-aged to file a report by calling the Portland Police Bureau's Non-Emer-gency line at (503) 823-3333. Tips to help avoid becoming a vic-tim to this scam include: * Never give personal or financial information to an unsolicited caller or email. * Be suspicious of callers who de-mand immediate payment for any reason. * Utility companies and government agencies will never contact you for payment by GreenDot, MoneyPak or Vanilla Reload. * Remember that anyone who has the number on a prepaid card has ac-cess to the funds on your card. * Never wire money, provide debit or credit card numbers to a stranger. To learn more about IRS scams, please visit https://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Fraud-Alerts The Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) advises that courts may use an independent collection service to collect unpaid monetary judgments and fines. If someone believes they are being scammed regarding an al-leged unpaid traffic citation or other

court-imposed financial obligation they can: * Ask the collector (caller) for infor-mation specific to the alleged war-rant or unpaid traffic citation. The caller should have the court case number, date of ticket and vehicle license number. * Verify the debt or confirm other details by calling the OJD collec-tions hotline at 1-888-564-2828. * Use OJD Courts ePay to directly pay money owed to state courts for most traffic citations, civil fees or criminal fines (For more information go to http://www.courts.oregon.gov/OJD/OnlineServices/ePay/Pages/index.aspx. If you receive a similar call, discon-nect without providing any informa-tion or taking any instructions from the caller. Contact your local law en-forcement agency. You may also file a complaint with the Oregon Depart-ment of Justice Consumer Protection Office via the Consumer Hotline at 1-877-877-9392 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or complete an online Consumer Complaint Form anytime at http://www.doj.state.or.us/con-sumer/Pages/complaint.aspx-----------------------------------------