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LOCALOREGON Page 5D Statesman Journal, Salem, Friday, September 4, 1992 COMPLETE YOUR Rare flower DSLLIOI PS AT Youth gangs terrorize Asian families in Portland ONE OF "AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES" U.S. News World Report Oct. 15, 1990 I Academic program for working adults with two or more years qualifying college credit I One evening class per week 15 month curriculum Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management of Human Resources Earn up to 30 semester hours for prior worklife learning I Classes in Portland, Salem, or Eugene I George Fox College is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges Classes forming now I Please call or write for complete information. The Associated Press PORTLAND Armed gangs are forcing their way into homes in northeast Portland, beating, robbing and sometimes raping the occupants, police say. The perpetrators and the victims are of Asian descent.

Six incidents have been reported, but police suspect the actual number is much higher, officer Stew Winn said this week at a meeting of the Portland Youth Gang Task Force. Most of the reported cases involved Vietnamese victims. Cambodian and Laotian families also have been victims. As many as 12 youths have invaded homes and bound residents, Winn said. Crimes such as the home invasions are difficult for police to investigate because the victims often are afraid to report the crime.

In many Southeast Asian communities, mis trust of the police and confusion about the justice system compound the situation. Police rely mostly on confidential community sources to learn when and where some crimes were committed, Winn said. "The intimidation factor is so powerful," he said, "that if they do come forward, these cases are rarely prosecuted because the victims are so terrified." To help gain trust, police are designing information brochures aimed at Portland's Asian community. The brochures explain the law enforcement and court systems. Portland police also plan seminars for leaders in the Southeast Asian communities.

"We're hoping this is a long-term fix for home-invasion robberies," Winn said. Police also want to recruit more Asian-Americans. Currently, three public-safety assistants of Southeast Asian descent work on the bureau's Gang Enforcement Team. George Fox College Continuing Studies Dept. Newberg, OR 97132 1-800-765-4369 1891 CVsinci- I A proven record of service to adult students.

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The Associated Press PORTLAND A-plot of an endangered wildflower was bulldozed by 'county road workers because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to protect it, the Oregon Natural Resources Council contended. The conservation group learned of the plant's destruction only after filing a federal lawsuit Aug. 10 seeking to force the agency to designate habitat and draw up a recovery plan, said Wendell Wood, the council's conservation coordinator. "This is just one more example of this plant being needlessly destroyed, even though it has formal endangered species status," Wood said Thursday.

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