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PAGE A 6 Monday, April 8, 2002 The Spokesman Review Spokane Wash Coeur Alene Idaho Officers planning traffic crackdown i Afghan birthing tradition among obstacles to aid By Amy Cannata Slatf writer Patrols to target speeders, crosswalk violators Pregnant women sent to stables with animals, aid worker says By Marny Lombard Staff writer Every two months, Doug Beane departs Spokane for Pakistan and Afghanistan, leaving behind many things his wife, his safety, his Liz KishimotoThe Spokesman Review Doug Beane, coordinator of the Pakistan-Afghanlstan program for Church World Services, spoke at the Jefferson Street Christian Church on Sunday. Church One audience member asked if he is able to preach the gospel during his work among the Afghan refugees That would be Beane shook his head A big no-no It would be a fast way to get thrown out of the country. So when hes home he just sucks in opportunities to worship, said Beanes wife, Valane Compton, a retired CWS staffer Beane oversees two health education programs for refugees, one in Pakistan and one in Afghanistan. The level of knowledge about sanitation is low among Afghans, which contributes to one of the highest birth mortality rates the world. Out of every 1,000 births, 147 Beane also leaves behind his ability to worship safely, which could be a particular hardship for someone who has worked 35 years for Church World Service, an international Christian aid organization founded in 1946.

babies die, Beane said. One in four of the survivors will die before turning 5 years old. The Pashtun people have a number of very old traditions about birth, and one of them is that when it is Continued AldA8 Beane spoke about his work with Afghan refugees on Sunday afternoon at the Jefferson Street Christian Drivers and pedestrians be aware. Traffic Safety Week will be observed starting today in the city and county of Spokane This means stepped-up enforcement of crosswalk laws and neighborhood emphasis on speed limits. Promoting pedestrian safety is essential, said a group of law enforcement and neighborhood representatives at a Thursday press conference at City I lall So far this year, three pedestrians have been killed the Spokane area after being struck by vehicles two in the city ot Spokane and another in unincorporated Spokane County.

Of the eight people killed in traffic accidents in Spokane last year, seven were pedestrians, said Spokane Police Cpl. Brad Halloek Thats just an inexcusable number of fatalities for a city our size, said City Administrator Jack Lynch Those at the event said increasing drivers awareness of traffic laws and the vehicles and pedestrians around them is the focus of the one-week safety event Our goal is to reduce or eliminate any kind of fatality on our streets, said Lt. Jim Finke of the Spokane County Sheriffs Department County law enforcement will patrol to make sure vehicles are stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks on Thursday. City emphasis patrols will take place Tuesday. Neighborhoods are also taking part in the event, which got its start in 1998 in the Rockwood neighborhood on Spokanes South Hill.

Twenty Spokane neighborhoods will post temporary yellow and black signs with messages like, Heed the Speed 30 and Neighbors Drive 25. Individuals can purchase speed awareness signs for $10 apiece at Spokane Community Oriented Policing shops or at City Hall from the Department of Neighborhood Services. Blanket coverage PUBLIC PERISCOPE Liz KishimotoThe Spokesman Review Crab fans. Tara Richards, left, and Josie Youderian, both from Butte, stfey bundled up while they watch the Butte Crabs at the Fool's Fest International Rugby Tournament Sunday at the polo field in Airway Heights Although the morning was fairly cool and windy under cloudy skies, the weather warmed up in the afternoon Sandpoint worries condos may bury city history "iijfni at" i.mMdtmm-gu i uqi ii.uilhh Our flag was still there! Spokane Countys flag has been found. Parks Department workers uncovered the banner in a drawer last week, and county commissioners unfurled the wayward pennant at their Tuesday meeting It was not proudly hailed.

This is ugly, Commissioner Kate McCaslin said. The nylon streamer depicts the profile of a Native American against a primary green background bisected by a blue slash The Indians red head is inset in a yellow sphere The flag apparently was designed in the late 1980s commemoration of the Washington centennial. The courthouses copy of the banner was last sighted in 1995, before slipping into oblivion. A search was prompted recently when Avista asked for a replacement of the county flag that it flies over the Post Street generation facility. The power company wont get a new banner.

Appalled by its appearance and apprehensive that it may now offend Native Americans, commissioners have decided to decommission this version But fear not. The county wont go flagless Commissioners are devising a contest to solicit new designs Details should be announced before the county fair begins in September. Too far gone for saving? Washingtonians may be feeling slighted, now that American Rivers has released its annual list of what it considers the nation's most-threatened rivers. For the second year running, neither the Snake nor the Columbia made the list Thats quite a change from 1999 and 2000, when the environmental group listed the lower Snake as No 1. At the time, the organization was trumpeting the dam-breaching cause, which lost momentum with the inauguration of George W.

Bush. The Columbia was No. 1 in 1997 and 1998, because environmentalists wanted then-President Bill Clinton to create Hanford Reach National Monument. They won that battle The Columbia was No. 8 1996, for overgrazing, pollution, dams and other concerns.

Omission this year doesnt mean environmentalists think everything hunky dory on the Northwests big rivers. The Washington, group says in a press release that it picks rivers where imminent harm can be avoided or where ongoing destruction can be stopped. In other words, no lost causes This year, American Rivers picked 11 rivers for its top 10, with the issoun at the top To see the list, go to www amencanrivers org From the say file Being a collector of incomprehensible government press releases, Periscope was delighted to receive this gem from the USDAs Wildlife Services department You are invited to provide information and comments towards the completion of an Environmental Assessment (FA) for Piscivorous Bird Damage Management for the Protection of Salmomds in the Mid Columbia River basin. The information analyzed in this EAwill help WS determine whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (LIS) or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONS1) Go, boss, go The fall elections are still a long way off, but Spokane Countys deputy prosecutors just couldnt contain themselves Thcv presented their boss, incumbent Republican Steve Tucker, with an endorsement letter recently Said Tucker It made me fed like I accomplished a major goal of the campaign, and that was to create a work environment in whkh deputy prosecutors would be allowtd to do their jobs Brace yourselves It's still seven months until the general election cates want the city to require that he allow the public to share the history and views the landing offers The 9-acre, 125-unit development will be built on top of Sandpomts original townsite. From 1880 to 1890, the town emerged on either side of the railroad here The homes and businesses were squeezed together, with their doors facing the tracks After the railroad elevated its tracks to protect them from flooding, and after several disastrous fnes exacerbated by the closely set homes, most of the townspeople moved across Sand Creek But some homes remained, until two years ago when they were razed to make way for the condominiums That's when the railroads long-term lease to Continued SandpointA? Community residents want assurances waterfront project wont hamper access By Susan Drumhellcr Staff writer SANDPOINT Hum bird Landing and Bum Jungle dont sound that inviting But those shoreline artas of Lake Pend Oreille have some of the best lake views in the Sandpoint area and harbor some of its nehest history Developers want to build a $30 million condominium proicct between Humbird Landing the site of Sandpomt's first and largest sawmill and City Beach Before Adrian Cox, CEO of Sand Ida Corp develops his Wateifiont Village condominium project there, recreation and community advo Tom DavenporVThe Spokesman Revew A locomotive rumbles past an abandoned house adjacent to the train depot in Sandpoint.

The waterfront strip of land Is planned for condominium development. Shootings had profound impact on school leaders principal or superintendent under normal circumstances, he said But how do you continue to lead after your school experiences a shooting, a death or any other traumatic event9 It was this question that Fein sought to answer when he pursued his doctorate at Gonzaga University in 1998 After interviewing more than 20 administrators and others involved in the aftermath of extreme school violence. Fun wrote a dissertation that detailed the impart of these shootings on leaders and how they coped with the tragedy Feins dissertation not only won a national award last professor finch violence in schools changes leaders' view of the world By Virginia de Leon Stdff writer Al Fun was in a principals meeting in Spokane when a 14 vear old sunned down three people in a Moses I ake school six vears ago ft was a moment he II never forget A shock wave ran through the room, recalled cm, who was Lincoln Heights Llementarv principal at the time I had this feeling that what happened there could happen to me As a school leader Fun was overwhelmed with svmp lthy for those in charge Its hard enough to be a month but it also earned him a contract with Scarecrow Publishing for a book based on his study Our culture is one that considers leaders to be superheroes, said the 55-year-old, whos now a professor at GU's School of Education But thats not necessarily true The media, for the most part, largely ignored the leaders in their coverage of school shootings and violence, he said While it's natural to focus on the victims and survivors, its also important to understand what it's like to be the one who has to make decisions in the aftermath of a crisis, he said Fun traveled to four school districts in North America where shootings occurred in recent years He promised his sources anonymity and doesn't disclose in his dis- ConlinuPd ShootingsA7 Contact the City Desk: (503) 459 5400, fax (509) 459 5482, mail newsdspokesman com Online regional news: www spokesmanreview com.