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A A A Local I I A Page 23 April 14,1935 Salem, Oregon Courts Sri Si Salem 4 teens arrested after several tire slashings Four teen-agers were arrested early Thursday in connection with the tire slashings of at least five vehicles, the Marion County Sheriffs Office reported. Shortly after 5 a.m., deputies were called to 45th Place NE after a resident reported that several young men had slashed some tires. Deputies captured four people who were running away from the area and found four other vehicles that had been damaged. The three juveniles two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old were taken to juvenile detention and released. Nathan R.

Ropkins, 19, of Salem was taken to the Marion County jail on charges of criminal mischief. Police Reported to area police agencies in the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. Thursday: SALEM Residential burglariefk 2900 block Fredrick Street NE; 3100 Marda Drive NE. Business burglaries: 500 block Ewald Avenue 1900 block State Street Stolen vehicles: 1700 block Evergreen Avenue NE. Traffic accidents: Wednesday, 9:40 p.m..

Market Street and Hawthorne Avenue NE; Thursday, 12:59 p.m., 5700 block Commercial Street SE; 1 p.m., Summer and Hood streets NE. KEtZER Traffic accidents: Wednesday, 9:18 p.m., 1200 block Ctearview Avenue NE; Thursday, 2:17 p.m., River Road and Lockhaven Drive N. 3:10 p.m.: house fire, 1835 20th St NE, investigated. KEEER Thursday 10:35 medical, 544 Juedes Ave. N.

1:23 medical, 798 James St NE. DALLAS Thursday 4:27 p.m.: medical, S.E. Godsey Road and Monmouth Cutoff. MARION COUNTY DISTRICT 1 Wednesday 5:13 p.m.: medical, 7693 Wheatland RoadN. 6:28 pm: medical, 461 47th Ave.

SE. 7:57 p.m.: meoical, 338 Lancaster Drive NE. 7:58 p.m.: medical, 4514 47th Ave. NE. 10:11 pm: 4960 Brooklake Road NE.

SOUTHWEST POLK Thursday 1 :06 medical, 9725 Pageant St 8:36 medical, 41 85 Bamhart Road. DALLAS Traffic accidents: Thursday, 4:30 p.m., E. Godsey Road SE and Monmouth Cutoff. INDEPENDENCE Traffic accidents: Thursday, 2:25 p.m., 1600 block Monmouth Street MARION COUNTY SHERIFF Residential burglaries: 1400 block S. Water Street Business burglaries: 200 block Lancaster Drive SE.

Traffic accidents: Thursday, 12:43 p.m., Carolina Avenue and Brown Road NE; 4:43 p.m., 4000 block Cascade Highway SE; 4:50 p.m., 2800 block Winter Creek Road. POLK COUNTY SHERIFF Business burglaries: 4900 block S. Kings Valley Highway. Traffic accidents: Wednesday, 3:57 p.m., Highways 18 and 22. Fire The following emergency calls and medical transports were made by area fire departments in the period ending at 6 p.m.

Thursday: SALEM Wednesday 6:30 p.m.: medical, 2200 Lancaster Drive NE. 9:40 p.m.: medical, Market Street and Hawthorne Avenue NE. Thursday 6:05 medical, 1955 Salem-Dallas Highway NW. 9:40 am: medical, 1010 Hawthorne Ave. SE.

11:08 am: medical, 2250 Strong Road SE. 12:26 p.m.: medical, Commercial and State streets. 2:06 p.m.: medical, 1803 Park Ave. NE. 2:18 p.m.: medical, 4376 Alderbrook Ave.

SE Marion County RECENT CIRCUIT COURT ACTIONS DIVORCES GRANTED Twila Lynn Bridges and Christopher Alan Bridges; Dawn E. Allison and Ken- neth Allison Heidi Lee Bailey and Jeffrey Bailey (petitioner's former name Hollingsworth restored). NEW COMPLAINTS Glenda F. Lytle vs. Kenneth G.

Fetter- man: Charges assault and battery and false imprisonment, seeks $150,000 gen- era! and unspecified economic damages i for alleged injuries from incident Aug. 29, 1993. i William Irish vs. Laurie Marie Meaut Charges negligence in traffic accident on i Highway 22 Dec. 5, 1993, seeks $98,000 noneconomic and $10,500 economic dam- ages for alleged injuries.

1 Jeffery A. Zeeb, trustee for Burnelda Jane Zeeb Irrevocable Trust, vs. In- Shape International Inc. and Steve Knight Charges failure to vacate premises; i upon expiration of lease, seeks $84,437 damages. Asset Recovery Group Inc.

vs. Gerald and Julie M. Thorman: Seeks $7,072 at- i legedtyowed. i Elayne T. Wall vs.

Montgomery Ward' Co. Charges negligence in mainte-i nance of floor, seeks $10,000 noneco-ji nomic and $2,000 economic damages for, alleged injuries from fall April 13,1 993. i JUDGMENTS Nadine Zalutka vs. Nina Rodrtquez: Dismissed with prejudice. 1 Estate of Tim Polston vs.

Mehrassa Enterprises: Dismissed with prejudice. i i I i I lailTeam growth LEARNING ABOUT OREGON places increasing pressure on space ana otrters: property appropriated tor puD-j lie purposes, compensation set at $28,000. i Shannon R. Olive vs. Gates General Store Inc.

and others: Dismissed with prejudice as to defendant Gates General Store. CRIMINAL CASES I 1 Richard Dave Ness: Found innocent fay jury of possession of controlled substance. Teresa Ann Hisgen: Pleads guilty on charge of possession of controlled substance, given suspended 30-day jail sentence by Judge West and placed on 18 months probation. Pedro Echeverria-LopeE Pleads guilty on charges of failure to appear and possession of controlled substance, sentenced to 15 days in jail and placed on two years probation by Judge West Barbara Dale Lester Pleads guilty on charge of possession of controlled substance, sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on 18 months probation by Judge Timeline What: A community task force that will study Salem's current and future needs for ball fields and recreation facilities, and develop a plan to meet them. When: It will be formed by May 1, and meet once every two weeks.

The target date to complete its study is Sept. 15. Who: It will be made up of a cross section of representatives from youth and adult baseball, cer, softball, Ultimate Frisbee and other recreational activities. The goal: To report its findings to the Salem Park and Recreation Advisory Board at its Sept. 21 meeting, and then forward them to the city manager and the city -y Continued from Page 1 While the Little Leagues are struggling to find enough fields, other groups are finding it even more difficult, including youth fastpitch soft-ball and men's senior baseball.

"We're kind of afraid to add any more teams in our league because we don't have anywhere to play," said Joe Johnson, president of the Oregon men's senior baseball league. "We're not out to say we need to play our games ahead of the kids. We just want to play and don't have the fields to do that." The men's senior baseball league, which started with four teams in 1989, now has 16. The growth is even more significant in the local Amateur Softball Association. The Salem area, which had two teams five years ago and 12 last year, will have 26 this year.

"We presently have one field, and it's a private field," said John Gander, who spoke on behalf of ASA. "We scramble for fields. If it wasn't for (Wallace Marine Park), I don't know where we'd be playing games." Wallace is a five-field com- West. OTHER SENTENCE I Frederick Lessenden, 30, of 2330 1 7th, I St NE, Salem, sentenced to 60 days in jai 1 and placed on three years probation byl Judge West after pleading guilty to bur-. glary.

He is accused of taking gardening- equipment Dec. 4 from a residential garage in the 4000 block of 32nd Place NE. GUILTY PLEAS Keith Dwayne Bond, 38, of 270 Chasa Ave. SE, Salem, who faces four charges oT theft, two each of driving uninsured, drivincfi 1 while license revoked and possession oTij controlled substance and one each being a felon in possession of a firearm! i JzJ failure to appear, attempting to elude a po- i lies nffinAr and rnhherv Thn rnhhoni I Stephanie BasalygaStatesman Journal While on vacation in Oregon, Ellen Momson (left) and her son, Sean, take some time to learn about Salem's history from the information on the floor plaques on the Capitol Mall. The Morrisons live in Los Angeles.

charge involves a Feb. 17 incident at the ji Wal-Mart store, 3025 Lancaster Drive NEo lj He is accused of kicking and struggling:) with employees who tried to stop him frons shoplifting merchandise from the store, small amount of methamphetamine legedly was found in his wallet. The other i cnarges involve an Aug. 31 incident at i Kmart store, 2470 Mission St SE. He was arrested by police responding to a report of a shoplifter.

He is accused of taking a pis tol, cassette player and bow and arrow earv Military retiree proves he's alive, gets benefits her in the day from a car parked in the 600 block of Lancaster Drive NE. A smalf'' amount of methamphetamine also was aU I legedly found on him when he was booked into jail. He is accused of failing to appear in court on the charges. i In the region Dallas: Donations sought for grad event Organizers of Dallas High School's drug- and alcohol-free graduation party in June are seeking donations for the event. They are looking for cash donations as well as prizes to give graduating seniors, such as gift certificates, merchandise and coupons.

The Dallas High All Night Party Committee is asking for responses by May 10 to allow sufficient time to plan the event, scheduled for June 10 following the graduation ceremony. Checks should be made payable to Dallas High All Night Party and sent to Dallas High School, 901 SE Ash Dallas, Ore. 97338, or to Sherri Tallon, prizes and donations chairwoman, at 387 S.W. Court Dallas, Ore. 97338.

Call Tallon at 623-4672. Woodburn: Chamber sponsors casino night If Lady Luck is usually on your side, then you'll want to attend the Chamber of Commerce's casino night fund-raiser. The annual event, "Wood-burn's Palace," will take place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. April 21 at the fire department, 1776 New-berg Highway. For a $15 admission at the door, participants receive refreshments and $250 worth of gaming chips to use toward games.

Winnings can be used to purchase items donated by local area businesses, including a trip for two to Reno, which was donated by the chamber. Proceeds will be used to meet various needs in the community. Call 982-8221. Newport: Teen Court program hires leader NEWPORT Lincoln County has hired attorney Melinda Baxter-Jones as coordinator for its new Teen Court program, which is scheduled to start Monday. Baxter-Jones, will earn $28,200 annually.

Her responsibilities will include conferring with county Juvenile Department officials to determine which youths are eligible for program participation. Only first-time misdemeanor offenders aged 12 to 17 who have admitted to their infractions may take part. The Teen Court is a pilot program designed to divert less serious juvenile offenders from the traditional justice system. Participants will face a jury of their peers, recruited from high school government classes. Sentences could include driver's license suspensions and community service.

The program is funded through September 1996 largely by a $76,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation's Traffic Safety Division. Court sessions should begin in May. From staff reports Marriages i RECENT UCENSE APPUCATIONS Richard Edward Marsellls, 21, Salem, and Mlchele Leigh Meyer, 18, Salem. Ignaclo Nleves Frias, 28, Salem, and Danlela Anahl Real Real, 18, Salem. Ronald Edward Zlgler, 22, Kirkland, and Jessica Lynn Jones, 22, Kim-land, Wash.

Porflrio Ramirez Linares, 31, Salem, and Cells Agullar Valdes, 25, Salem. Joshua T. Clelo, 22, Salem, and Angela Marie Bennett, 20, Salem. Glenn Leroy Patten 27, Salem, and Jennifer Gretchen Jennlches, 21 Salem. James Stanford Smith, 55, Salem, and Jennifer Ann Remesnik, 23, Salem.

Jesse Ovledo Rodriguez, 26, Wood-bum, and Lulsa Castro, 31 Salem. Paul Shane Conner, 25, Aumsville, and Jessica Mae Griffith, 17, Aumsville. Dirths Salem Hospital plex in West Salem. Soccer's needs were addressed by officials from the Capitol City Soccer Club and Salem United Soccer. Eric Johansen, president of Salem United Soccer, came to the forum straight from practice, where a U-15 boys team that is preparing for the upcoming state championships had to share field space with a youth softball team.

That was the only testimony he needed to give. Salem native selected for scholarship The Statesman Journal CORVALLIS Clinton Jones, a Salem native, has been chosen to receive the first Terri Hagen Memorial Scholarship at Oregon State University. The university's Department of Entomology established the scholarship this year. Hagen, a senior in entomology who last attended OSU during the summer of 1993, was one of 14 U.S. Forest Service firefighters from a Prineville fire crew killed by a wildfire on Colorado's Storm King Mountain on July 6.

Jones, an OSU senior in entomology, will receive the $500 scholarship. Jones is a 1991 graduate of McNary High School. He plans to pursue an advanced degree in entomology following his undergraduate work at OSU. Three of the fallen firefighters attended OSU, and two survivors of the fire are Oregon State students. 4s ALOIS To Shanna and loanis Aldisti Monterey Plan could raise taxes Continued from Page 1 The city's expenditure of an estimated $683,000 would take about 28 years to recapture through additional city property taxes.

That doesn't include $270,000 that the city already has spent buying and demolishing the apartments. Still, the public would gain in several ways, Tokarski said. "It takes care of a longtime goal to create downtown housing," he said. "It takes an area that was totally underutilized and puts it into use." But Swaim said it didn't make sense for the city to participate in the project without the low-income housing. "To me, it was the subsidy issue; whether we should be using public money to help a private developer," he said.

"I couldn't support that this community subsidize market-rate housing." wrong Social Security number. That's all I can guess," he said. "But nobody wants to admit they did it." He said he had contacted both the Army and the VA to tell them he was still alive but got no response. So he took his story to the media. "I hate that I had to do that to the Army, but shoot, nobody would do anything to help me," Rogers said.

"It worked. It got everybody's attention real quick, and I finally got paid." He said he got sympathetic phone calls from as far away as New York and Massachusetts. As for the Army: "Nobody said anything. Nobody said anything about the inconvenience I'd been through." The Associated Press PORTLAND A retired sergeant whose pension and disability benefits were cut off when he mistakenly was declared dead fought the U.S. Army and won.

Norman Rogers said his disability check came in the mail Thursday, and the Army made a direct deposit in his checking account Wednesday. "I had to go down to the National Guard unit and prove that I was alive," Rogers said Thursday. Rogers, 43, served 20 years in the Army before retiring in May 1991 with 30 percent disability. His monthly benefits stopped coming when records kept by the Army and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs showed he had died Feb.

1. "Somebody typed in the Salem, a daughter, April 12. i BOWLES To Roseanne and JamesJ Bowles, Salem, a daughter, April 12. BUUJNGER-HERNANDEZ To La.1; quinta Bullinger and Celestino Hernandez; i Salem, a daughter, April 11. CARR To Sydney and Lester Carr, Salem, a daughter, April 11.

i DEMING To Jodi and Jon Deming, Salem, a son, April 11. FIELD To Jodell and Richard Field, Salem, a daughter, April 12. ft. HART To Toni Hart, Woodburn, "3 1 daughter, April 12. HENDRICKS To April and Richard Hendricks, Salem, a daughter, April 12.

LUCKEY-SMITH SMITH To Brigid Luckey-Smith and Michael Smith, Aums-; ville, ason, April 12. KANTHACK To Lorraine KanthacXv Salem, a son, April 11. f- LYTLE To Ericka kytle, Salem, a daughter, April 10. MENEYEV To Janel and George Me- neyev, Mount Angel, a daughter, April PROCTOR To Kathleen and Bradford 1 Proctor, Salem, a son, April 11. SPAZIANI To Rhonda and Marc Spa- ziani, Salem, a daughter, April 11.

THAYER To Adrienne Thayer, Salemi a daughter, April 12. TORRES-TORRES RODRIGUEZ T(J I Maria Torres and Richard Torres driguez, Woodburn, a daughter, April 1 2. VEGA To Betty Vega, Salem, a son, 1 1 April 11. WESTFALL-VALOPPI To Elaine" Westfall and Michael Valoppi, Salem, son, April 12. -j YERMOCHENKOVA To Feodosiya and Yuriy Yermochenkova, Salem, daughter, April 12.

Womack Hospital, Fort Bragg, N.C. BERRY-LOVEJOY To Marguerite-'; Berry and Riley Lovejoy, Fayetteville, N.C,. i Lotteries i Oregon Daily 4, Thursday: 5-1-5-3. Wash Ington Daily Game, Thursday: 564. oirringalute be for great fun, food and entertainment.

Thanks also to Rhonda and Linda for working harder than was expected would be necessary and the chef Carl for his expertise. So many people contributed to this wonderful event, and we hope to offer another chance to enjoy a fabulous evening that supports a good cause again next year. Huge Studcbaker, adviser Peer Helper and Conflict Resolution Students North Salem High School Thanks to the staff, families and friends who prepared the volunteer program and served the luncheon for all volunteers at the Salem Senior Center on April 1. Tom Fiscus, volunteer wood shop supervisor Salem Thank you, Jim and Becky Penfold, also Kathy Lillico for the country line dancing instructions given to parishioners at St. Vincent de Paul's church hall.

Also, we would like to thank Paul and Ruth Lae-nere for the wonderful music back up to parking lot No. 3 and used a city parks van cellular phone to call 911. Thanks to city parks and recreation for being there so I could use their phone. I was not patrolling at the time and did not have the cellular phone the patrol provides. Ed Meyers Salem A morning salute to Polynesian Moments performers and their coordinator, Ernie Kelii, who with Tim Bowman of Hogs Hawaiian Style made our fund-raising luau the place to they performed for us.

Marge Buchheit Salem A good morning salute to the Minto-Brown Island volunteer park patrol training program, including how to use a cellular phone and how to call an emergency. On March 21, I had come to the park to spend some time after a dental appointment: Before proceeding home, I went down to the river to look around. At that time I spotted the two teens floating downstream clinging to the wreckage of their boat. I ran.