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2C STATESMAN JOURNAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998 LOCAL nrmr 1 Growth top concern, Swaim says The Salem mayor also focuses on youth guidance in his State of the City address. BY ANNE WILLIAMS Statesman Journal Salem city government has risen admirably to the challenge of recent property-tax cutting measures, an upbeat Mayor Mike Swaim said Tuesday. But he cautioned that soon the city must turn its attention to forging a long-range vision for its future. Swaim's remarks came in his annual State of the City address at Stuart Anderson's Black Angus Restaurant. His audience of about 200 included political allies and adversaries.

Swaim, who is running for a second term in the May primary election, returned to the issue on which he based his campaign two years ago: growth. He urged the formation of a citizen-based task force to launch a long-range "vi-sioning process" that takes the city through 2057, the year Salem will celebrate its focus on youth, noting the essential link between children and the health of a community. He urged a collective effort involving the Salem-Keizer School District, state and local governments, businesses and community groups to foster and expand mentoring, after-school and alternative education programs. Over and over, Swaim said, he hears complaints from local youth that there is "no place to hang out" in Salem. It is time, he said, "to find ways to fund local programs that will engage youth in positive activities" before they end up in trouble.

Swaim's speech also touched on the accomplishments of various city departments during the past year: completion of major land-use and urban development plans for the North Downtown and Edgewater Street NW areas; the success of the Bite of Salem at Riverfront Park; the police department's expansion of community policing; and creation of a partnership program that enlists volunteers to look after neighborhood parks. Editorial 4C "First of all, there has been and continues to be real concern about what this community is evolving into," he said. "The signs of change are all about us. But there is little understanding of where we are going as a community, and perhaps more importantly, where all this will end." Swaim acknowledged the work of the 18-member Chapter 66 Urban Growth Management Task Force, which is expected to soon make a recommendation to the council on wide-ranging changes to the city's policies. But Swaim believes the work of the group is too limited, and that its makeup is not sufficiently broad-based.

Councilor Glenn Wheeler, who also is running for re-election, said he thinks Swaim's proposal is premature. He wants to first see the results of the Chapter 66 group. "I think 59 years in the future is difficult to plan for," said Wheeler, part of a council majority that often clashes with Swaim on growth and development issues. "We don't know what the dynamics will be." Swaim also called for a greater and 1 month in prison by Judge Rhoades on four charges of unauthorized use of vehicle and one each of attempting to elude officer, criminal mischief and failure to appear. Justin Eugene Ladd: Pleads guilty on charge of unauthorized use of vehicle, given two years probation by Judge Rhoades.

Douglas Allen Paratore: Pleads ir nocent on charges of theft and unauthorized use of vehicle. Paul John Meuret Pleads innocent on charge of driving while license revoked. Glen Alan Langford Pleads ir nocent on charge of delivery of controlled substance. David Fernando Gonzalez Pleads innocent on charges of attempted murder, assault and unlawful use of OTHER SENTENCES Kevin Thomas Kirk, 19, of 1020 E. Main Siherton, given 45 days in jail and 18 months probation by Judge Rhoades after pleading guilty to charges of burglary and interference with a police animal, involving incidents about 1:30 a m.

Jan. 24 in the 100 block of McClaine Street, Silverton. Police responding to a report of a burglary in a dental office sent their dog, Kimo, into the building. The suspect is accused of hitting the dog with a crowbar. The dog had a cut on his scalp.

Tina Louise Currier, 27, of 731 25th St. SE, Salem, given three years probation by Judge Haas after pleading no contest to a charge of criminal mistreatment She failed to properly care for her 1 -year-old son. Police serving a search warrant at her home during a drug investigation said they found no food or clothing for the boy. Eldon Gibson, 21, of 1016 Cunningham Lane Salem, given three years probation by Judge Rhoades after pleading guilty on a charge of unlawful possession of a short-barreled rifle. Police responding to a noise complaint knocked on his apartment door Jan.

27. Officers said the man inside stuck a gun through the opening of the door. They drew their weapons and ordered him to drop it, and he complied. GUILTY PLEA Zacharlah Leonard Zech, 20, of 4395 Gary St. NE, Keizer, charged with sexual abuse and delivery of marijuana to a minor, involving incidents in February 1997 with a teen-age girt.

ARRAIGNMENTS Douglas A. Stubblefleld, 33, of Wood-bum, charged with assault. He is accused of repeatedly striking his 24-year-old girlfriend in the head with a rifle butt on Jan. 19 at their residence. She required hospital treatment for her injuries.

Leonel Andrade-Clsneros, 22, of SH- verton, charged with burglary. He is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home on N. Second Street Jan. 31 with the intent of taking their 6-week-old baby. A babysitter thwarted his efforts, police said.

Joshua David Jones, 20, of 2490 Northgate Ave. NE, Salem, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm-and unlawful possession of a short-barreled shotgun, involving a gun allegedly found during a traffic stop made Jan. 29 at Cordon and State streets, Salem. He was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle in Marion County last July. Flood: Homes were damaged twice CONTINUED FROM 1C home, and Anne Trimble stopped letting her sons play outside.

On Feb. 9 the couple decided to leave. "It was apparent to the Trimbles they were in danger," Martinis said. "Water had engulfed the house." When the family drove out through the deep water in a pickup truck, water splashed up over the hood of the vehicle. They stayed overnight at an in-law's home, and when they returned the next day, the situation had worsened.

"Their house was square in the middle of a river," Martinis said. It took about four months to repair the damage. Less than a year later, when floods hit again, Martinis also claims the city approved the Country Glen Estates subdivision where the three couples live without getting two analyses of the drainage basin, as required. The single analysis MultiTech submitted was "woefully deficient," Martinis said. The engineering firm should have known the area was in a 100-year flood plain, he said.

Hunter B. Emerick, a co-attorney for MultiTech, said if Parkersville Dam operators had monitored the level of water in the dam, it wouldn't have spilled over and flooded the homes. The trial, expected to last about two weeks, continues today in Marion County Courthouse. see raises ing session late last week led to a verbal agreement that union representatives were expecting to see in writing Wednesday. The next step will be a general membership meeting next week and then a secret ballot, possibly in the next two weeks.

The tentative settlement comes amid a key recruiting push by the university to fill 34 positions that are open because of retirement, resignations or program expansions. University spokesman Jim Adams said officials expected to have the positions filled by sprng commencement. "It was apparent to the Tumbles they were in danger. Water had the house.7' MICHAEL J. MARTINS SALEM ATTORNEY they faced nearly identical damage, estimated at $40,000.

Martinis blamed Epping for the flooding because he didn't tell the Trimbles until after they'd started building their home that the soil on the property was the kind you'd find in a bog and wasn't good for building. Epping's attorney said the peat soil was removed and replaced with fill dirt. would be small, he said, it would signal the beginning of a new commitment from the institution. Typical pay for part-time professors is about $1,600 per course per quarter. The pay anomalies and the lack of a salary schedule for part-time professors at WOU were key sticking points in negotiations that broke down Jan.

30. The Western Oregon University Federation of Teachers at that time planned to seek mediation from the Oregon Employment Relations Board. But before a mediator could be brought in, a marathon bargain WOU: Part-timers will Megabucks jackpot rises to $325 million -Nobody won the $3 million jackpot Wednesday in the Oregon Lottery Megabucks game, increasing Saturday's jackpot to $3.25 million. The winning numbers were 5-23-24-30-32-38. Spokeswoman Sandy Long said four tickets had five correct numbers, worth $493.10 each, and 468 tickets had four correct numbers, worth $28.10 each.

Wednesday's $41 million Powerball numbers were 1-21-28-29-33 with Powerball 15. Oregon had no jackpot winner. rmrrr Hebo: Independence trucker killed in crash A 43-year-old Independence mian died Tuesday after losing control of his truck about four miles east of Hebo. The single-vehicle crash occurred about 9 a.m. on Highway 22, said Sgt.

Terry Huntsman of Tillamook County Sheriffs Office. Richard A. McCarthy, operator of the tractor-trailer rig, died at the scene. As he drove around a curve, the rig tipped over and slid off the road, Huntsman said. The cab was crushed when it struck a large boulder.

Obituary: 6C Lebanon: State readies to take Highway 34 bids Traffic tie-ups occur regularly on Highway 34, the main route between workers in Lebanon and jobs in Corvallis. And with the population surging in Linn and Benton counties, those snarls are expected to get worse. With that in mind, the Oregon Department of Transportation is about ready to accept bids to rebuild a seven-mile section of Highway 34 into Lebanon and improve many congested intersections. "This project is extremely important for the Lebanon community," said Tom Lauer, project delivery manager for the transportation department's Region 2, which includes Salem. The city and Linn County wdl pay almost $3 million of $15.9 million price tag, -and some of the remaining funds were diverted from other ODOT road projects in the region, Lauer said.

"Which project that would be we don't know yet," he said. "The important thing is we are ready to build this project." Statesman Journal Three men arrested in conspiracy Statesman Journal ALBANY Police arrested three men on federal conspiracy Wednesday after investigators uncovered a plot to help one of the men a federal prisoner escape. The plot included plans to supply the prisoner, Marshall Allen Stucky, 33, with a gun and a getaway car after a sentencing hearing at the Linn County Courthouse in Albany, police said. Stucky had been lodged in the Linn County Jail while awaiting sentencing on state charges involving a January 1997 standoff in which Stucky barricaded himself in a farmhouse near Leba- non and fired shots at police. He already had been sentenced to 20 years in prison on federal charges related to the standoff.

When police learned of the escape plot, they secretly planned to move the state sentencing hearing from Linn County Courthouse to avoid any potential risk to people at the courthouse. The judge and court staff instead came to the jail and handled Stucky's sentencing from within a secure area. Officers continued surveillance at the courthouse in case the suspected conspirators took action when they found that Stucky was not there. Marion County RECENT CIRCUIT COURT ACTIONS DIVORCES GRANTED Maria Guadalupe Lopez Mendez and Juan Manual Fregoso; Tonya R. Baisch and Greg Baisch (petitioner's former name Jeffries restored); Elizabeth Jane Hammack and Shaw Gregory Hammack; Joan Merlene Murphy and Edward Thomas Murphy Charles J.

Harding and Rhonda E. Harding (respondent's former name Brown restored). NEW COMPLAINTS Associates Commercial Corp. vs. Charley and Unda Jones: Seeks $22,447 allegedly owed.

Antonio Escoto-Ojeda vs. Farmer's Insurance Group of Companies: Seeks $22,500 noneconomic and $24,119 economic damages allegedly owed from traffic accident. Christine Neal vs. Unum Insurance Co. and Salem Hospital: Charges breach of insurance contract, seeks $70,000 allegedly owed and order declaring there is supplemental life coverage.

Alan and Clndi Cronemiller vs. Derek Brown and Associates and others: Charges timber trespass, seeks $243,049 and reforestation costs. Krisstine Jacobsen vs. Pitney Bowes and Raymond Kohen: Charges sexual harassment, seeks unspecified amount of pay, and $75,000 noneconomic and $25,000 economic damages for alleged injuries. WFS Financial Inc.

vs. Don E. Brubaken Seeks $1 1 ,1 71 allegedly owed and recovery of vehicle. CRIMINAL CASES Rock R. Marsland: Probation revoked on charge of driving while license suspended, given four months in jail by Judge Rhoades.

Blaine Jeffery Pleads guilty on two charges of theft, given 13 months in prison by Judge Rhoades. Chris Eugene James: Probation revoked on charge of possession of controlled substance, given six months in jail by Judge Rhoades. Diana Renae Bradley: Pleads guilty on charges of possession of controlled substance and attempting to elude police officer, given three days in jail and 18 months probation by Judge Haas; enters into diversion agreement on charge of driving under influence of intoxicants. Kane Evan Sherrod: Pleads guilty on charge of forgery, given two years probation by Judge Rhoades; probation revoked on charge of forgery, given six months in jail. Candlce J.

Mooneyham: Pleads guilty on charge of delivery of controlled substance, given two years in prison by Judge Rhoades; probation revoked on charges of unauthorized use of vehicle and failure to appear, given concurrent six-month sentence. Janice Marie Roberts: Pleads innocent on charges of possession of controlled substance and driving under influence. Joaquin Arizemendi-Albarran: Pleads innocent on three charges of possession of controlled substance and one each of delivery of controlled substance and giving false information to police. Steve Kenneth Cunningham: Pleads guilty on two charges of failure to appear and one of possession of controlled substance, given two years probation by Judge Rhoades. Tye Douglas Beisley: Given 3 years Salem Hospital Albios, A.J.

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