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On the Record A2 ALBANY (OR.) DEMOCRAT-HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1996 Calendar Police seek man accused of kidnapping ex-wife, son The AccuWeather forecast for noon, Thursday, Nov; 14. 30s Bands separate high temperature zones for the" day. f5TW7V r-A 20S FX lV IK 3QsMvVA fV A r. nS II I 4 ix AAA I tUO ml AV IX JtX I N-r- 1 Ia.

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Jn Yy Albany police have asked for the public's help in locating a 34-year- old man wanted on felony warrants connected with an alleged kidnapping and assault last week. Billy Ray- i II1UI1U OlbSUll is accused of kidnapping his es tranged wife Billy and 2-year-old Sisson son at gunpoint in Albany on Nov. 6. He held the two for several hours and assaulted his wife before letting the two go. Police said he has a history of violent crimes.

A Linn County judge issued warrants last week for two counts of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, being a felon in possession of a firearm, violating parole and violation of a restraining order. Bail has been set at $500,000. Police believe Sisson was last seen near Veneta west of Eugene late last week. Sisson is 6-foot-3, weighs 195, has brown hair, blue eyes and a mustache. Anyone who sees him or knows where he is should contact their local police agency or the Albany Police Department at (541) 917-7876.

i Another pedestrian injured FRONTS, COLD WARM STATIONARY 1996 AccuWeather, Pressure HL EE3E3HI1 0 IdQ SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE Nov. 14 forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN Via Associated Press Weather 7 OSU Hyslop Station 24 hours to 8 a.m. today High yesterday 52 Low this morning 41 8 a.m. today 44 Precipitation 0.29 Precipitation log Jan.

1 to date 46.79 inches Last year to date 39.67 inches Average to date .30.90 inches Thursday, AccuWeather' I Eugene I WASH, 0-2 Pendleton 1 Portland 3 12 Newport 5T IDAHO Bend 46 Ontario 1 46 i r1 1 52 North Bend "itF Medford CALIF. NEV. Almanac River levels this morning Willamette at Albany 5.9 ft. Santiam at Jefferson 56.0 ft. The sun Sunset tonight 4:47 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow 7:08 a.m. Newport tides, Thursday Highs Lows 2:34 a.m. 7.8 ft. 7:43 a.m. 3.1 ft.

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West wind 10 to 20 mph. Thursday: Showers. Snow level 4000 feet. Afternoon pass temperatures 35 to 40. Events TONIGHT Concert by soprano 7:30 p.m., LaSells Stewart Center.

875 S.W. 26th, Corvallis, $13; $5 students and their spouses. With Julianne Baird. THURSDAY Library story tima a.m., Albany Downtown Branch, 302 Ferry St. S.W.

"Noisea off" 8:15 p.m., OSU Withy-combe Theater, 30th and Campus Way, Corvallis. A very funny British farce. West Albany Play 7:30 p.m., "The at the high school theater: $4.50 adults; $3 students. Reservations 9674545. Public Meetings TONIGHT Albany City Council 7:15 p.m., City Hall, 333 Broadalbin S.W.

Harrisburg City Council 6 p.m.. City Hall, 354 Smith St. Lebanon City Council 7:30 p.m., School offices boardroom, 485 S. Fifth St. Tangent Fire Board 7:30 p.m., Fire Hall.

THURSDAY Character summit 5:30 p.m., St. Mary's Catholic Church, on character education and social responsibility. Halsey City Council 6:30 p.m., UPIU building, 1125 W. First St. Jefferson City Council 7:30 p.m., Conser House, 128 N.

Main St. Juvenile justice 3:30 p.m. committee meeting, Linn County Jail, 1115 Jackson S.E. Linn parks 7:30 p.m., Lebanon City Hall, 925 S. Main (use Maple entrancel.

Mari-Linn School Board 8 p.m., 741 Fifth Lyons. Organizations TONIGHT Albany Altrusa 5:30 p.m. service club meeting. Spring Hill Country Club. Albany Jaycees 7:30 p.m., Timber-Linn Park administration building.

Valley Viewfinders 7:30 p.m., Albany Main Library, 1390 Waverly Drive. S.W. Willamette Sams 7 p.m., American Legion Hall, 1215 Pacific Blvd. S.E. Info: Campbell, 928-7901 or Swander, 928-9675.

THURSDAY Albany Kiwanis Club noon, Pop's Branding Iron, 901 Pacific Blvd. S.E. Albany Women's Golf Club 9 a.m., Golf Club of Oregon, Spring Hill Drive. Chess Club 6:30 p.m., Berean Fundamental Church, 510 Fifth Ave. S.W.

Duplicate Bridge Club 11 a.m., American Legion Hall, 1215 Pacific Blvd. S.E.; public welcome. Lunch available, $3. Info: 926-4863. Good Shepherd Women 8 p.m., at the church.

Lebanon IOOF 8 p.m., 20 E. Ash St. Medical Assistants 6:30 p.m., Linn-Benton Chapter, Chalet Restaurant, 2133 Santiam Highway S.E., Albany. Stamp collectors 7:30 p.m., Mid-Valley Philatelist Society, Albany Senior Center, 489 Water N.W., Albany. SH Lapidary Society 7 p.m.

society meeting, Fir Lawn Lutheran Church, Highway 228 and First Ave. All welcome. Superphonics Toastmasters noon-1 p.m., Wah Chang's engineering conference room. Info: Lynda Farmer, 926-5086. Women's Aglow 6 p.m.

no host dinner, North's Chuck Wagon, Corvallis. Info: Louise, 754-7260. education forum set for Thursday A second community character education forum will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Susan Massey, chairwoman of the state Board of Education, will speak at 5:30, followed by committee reports. Doug Jantzi, 21st Century Schools coordinator, will present an organizational plan at 6:50 p.m. Participants are seeking ways to support character education throughout the community. The four committees are focusing on agencies and organizations, community activities and projects, family and adult strategies and public relations. Lebanon City Council Agenda Preliminary agenda for Lebanon City Council meeting at 7:30 tonight, Nov.

13, Lebanon Community School District board room, 485 South Fifth St. Public hearing: Vacation of a drainage easement. Liquor license, greater privilege. nexation of Sinclair property. Legislative action: Lebanon Business Redevelopment District Board economic improvement district enabling ordinance.

Sweeper purchase. Declaring the old street sweeper surplus property. OMI contract amendment. Establishing a charge on water service provided to water users outside the city limits. Council mainbera: Floyd Fisher, Ron Miller, John Richard, Wayne Rieskamp, Ken Toombs.

Mayor Bob Smith. Questions? Call 451 7421. Lotteries OREGON Daily 4 Tuesday's winning numbers: 8-0-2-6. WASHINGTON Daily Game Tuesday's winning numbers: 6-2-8. NAMEPLATE PHOTO, Page A1: Fall scene at OSU Memorial Union Quad.

The Mid-valley forecast Tonight: Showers. A chance of evening thunderstorms. Lows near 40. Southwest wind to 15 mph. Thursday: Showers likely.

Highs in the lower 50s. 24 hours ended at 4 a.m. today: High Low Pep. Astoria 58 50 .57 Baker City 56 29 Bend 63 34 Brookings 57 53 .48 Burns 60 27 Eugene 66 44 .47 Lakeview 61 .02 Madras 63 42 .07 Medford 65 42 Newport 58 50 .76 North Bend 62 52 .35 Pendleton 56 38 Portland 67 51 .58 Prineville 56 36 .05 Redmond 64 41 .01 Roseburg 63 49 .23 Salem 62 48 .34 Across the U.S. Extended Forecast Western Oregon Friday: Areas of morning fog and low clouds then increasing clouds with a chance of rain near the coast late.

Lows 35 40. Highs in the 50s. Saturday and Sunday: A chance of rain north. Partly cloudy south with local morning fog. Lows in the upper 30s to mid-40s.

Highs in the 50s. Eastarn Oregon Friday: Partly cloudy northeast with slight chance of a shower. Fair elsewhere after patchy morning fog. Lows 20 35. Highs 45 55.

Saturday and Sunday: Partly cloudy with areas of valley fog. A slight chance of rain north. Lows 25 35 Highs 45 55 Temperatures ous day's high low to 5 35 a.m. indicate previ-and overnight today. Hi Lo PrcOtlk Atlanta Baltimore Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington.Vt.

Casper 56 45 42 23 43 29 81 58 33 25 32 20 60 24 Just before 5 p.m. Friday, Selma Johnson and Vicky Orton were in the crosswalk at Long Street and 15th Avenue when they were hit. Or-" ton remains in critical condition at Sacred Heart with head and abdom- fi inal injuries. That driver was also cited for failure to yield in a cross- walk. No citations were issued in the fatal accident, Police Chief Bob Burford said.

The accidents have few circum- stances in common: all the vehicles were pickups and all the pedestrians wore dark, non-reflectorized clothing. The later two accidents were in crosswalks at the same time of day a block apart. Jllbani) Democrat-Gerald Publication number USPS 01 2-280 Periodicals postage paid at Albany, OR 97321 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Albany Democrat-Herald, P.O. Bo 130, Albany, OR 97321-0041 Customer Information Published daily except Sunday by ABC, Inc. Office Address 600 Lyon St.

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Memberships Associated Press The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use tor republication ot all the local news printed in this newspaper. Audit Bureau of Circulations Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association Newspaper Association of America Copyright Entire contents Copyright 1996 by the Albany Democrat-Herald. 1 to order your ad today. SWEET HOME For the third time in less than a week, a pedestrian has been struck by a pickup while crossing a Sweet Home street. The latest accident happened at 5 p.m.

Tuesday. Police said Genia R. Thompson, 15, was in the crosswalk at 15th Avenue and Main Street when she was knocked down by a 1964 Ford pickup driven by Lee Jay Carroll, 24. Thompson was not injured. Carroll was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

The string of accidents began last Thursday night, when Merle A. Redden, 52, was struck while crossing Main Street in the 2400 block. He died about two hours later at Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene. Police and Fire Reports MAN LOST: Benton County sheriff's deputies and search-and-rescue volunteers were looking today for a mushroom picker who became separated from his picking companion near Woods Creek Road west of Philomath Tuesday afternoon. Benton Lt John Chilcote said Allen Sherman of Burnt Woods was hunting mushrooms with a friend about seven miles up Woods Creek Road when he disappeared about 5 p.m.

The friend said he had been in voice contact with Sherman, then couldn't hear him. He and other friends searched without success before calling the sheriff's office about 10 p.m. Searchers looked throughout the night, Chilcote said. Sherman is in his 40s and has picked wild mushrooms for the last 20 years, Chilcote said. Injury Accidents UNN COUNTY SHERIFF 7:42 p.m.

Tuesday Single-car accident Grand Prairie Road near Kennel Road east of Albany. Drive: Michelle Tyann Avila Sosa, 21, Albany. Taken to Albany General Hospital for treatment of minor bumps and bruises. Arrests, Referrals UNN COUNTY SHERIFF Scott Keith Vicent, 28, Bend, Tuesday. Charges: failure to appear, failure to comply with court order, Oklahoma warrant Lodged in Linn County Jail.

Joseph Ray Gilbert, 37, Lebanon, Tuesday. Charges: two counts of possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine, marijuana), failure to appear. Lodged in Linn County Jail. David Miller Hunter, 39, Albany, Tuesday. Charge: possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

Lodged in Linn County Jail. Shelly Kaye Hubbard. 29. Lebanon, Tuesday. Charge: delivery of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

Lodged in Linn County Jail. LEBANON POUCE Ronald Jon Copsey, 35, Albany, Tuesday. Charge: federal parole violation. Lodged in Linn County Jail. OREGON STATE POLICE Jeremy James Nehf, 19, Murphy, Tuesday.

Charges: two counts of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine, marijuana), driving under the influence of intoxicants. Cited to appear in Linn County District Court Dec. 22. UNN PAROLE ft PROBATION Gabriel Jade White, 19, Albany, Tuesday. Charge: parole violation.

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the case is Curtis' mental state. Healy said Curtis comes from a family with a long history of psychosis, including some members who have been hospitalized because of mental illness. Two medical experts agree that Curtis also is ill, Healy said. Curtis's alleged mental illness is the kind that could allow him to give a detailed, dispassionate account of the shooting, Healy said, while still showing some signs that he was ill. Curtis told 'his landlord, who lived next door, that he had "killed the Devil," and made other unusual statements, Healy said.

"He believed his apartment would explode in a ball of flame as Satan left her body," Healy said. "He also thought she would be resurrected by removing the bullets." The trial is expected to continue through next week. GAME TRAINS CARS PLANES The friendly place to go! Timberhill Shopping Or. Corvallis 753-7540 summarize theories trial of Sodaville man Oregon forecasts Central Coast Tonight: Showers. A chance of thunderstorms early.

Lows 40 to 45. Southwest wind to 15 mph. Thursday: Showers likely north with a chance south Highs near 55. Portland-Vancouvar Araa: Tonight: Showers. A chance of evening thunderstorms.

Lows 40 to 45. Southwest wind to 15 mph. Thursday: Showers likely Highs in the lower 50s. Northarn Catcadaa Tonight: Showers. A chance ol evening thunderstorms.

Snow level 3,500 feet. Minimum pass Attorneys in murder BY MARILYN MONTGOMERY Albany Democrat-Herald Attorneys in the murder trial of Daren Lee Curtis of Sodaville agree that Curtis shot his former girlfriend Teresa Bolen to death last year, but why he did it is a matter for the judge to decide. Curtis's trial opened Tuesday in Linn County Circuit Court. Judge Glen Baisinger is hearing the case without a jury. In her opening summary of the case, Linn County prosecutor Deann Ferrari described the shooting as a "cruel, deliberate murder." She said Curtis told Linn County sheriff's deputies afterward how he'd put a pillow over Bolen's head as she lay asleep in his bed, held his snub-nosed revolver against the pillow and fired four bullets into it, then unloaded the gun, put the spent shells in a dish, and left.

Curtis and Bolen had been' to- 4 wumiiiKuid Lumpui-r, Oregon measurable gether for six or seven years and had a 4-year-old son, though they'd never married. They had separated in November 1994 and had argued for months about custody of the hoy. Bolen died April 29, 1995. Three weeks before Bolen died on, she was granted custody of the boy with restricted visitation for Curtis. Ferrari said Curtis brooded about the court ruling, and developed a plan to change things.

"He likes having things his own way," she said. "He liked having control over his children." Ferrari said Curtis and Bolen spent the last two days of her life together with their son and her older daughter. The children said they have been getting along and that Curtis had been "extra nice." Curtis killed Bolen after they had argued in bed, Ferrari said. Defense attorney Griffith Steinke Healy said the main issue in Dot? Mitchell Homes lilEL! 1 926-6289 Cnmnuter "till tpiange Democrat-Herald want ads work! 461 sold my dinette set within 30 minutes of answering my phone. Thanks S.Q.Albany.