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The News Tribune Wednesday June 28 1995 B3 Further affirmative action study urged nornmiaraw uppnrta affirmative SC- turn The report was not new to Thomas Dixon director of the Tacoma Urban League known ril the time that white Americana have gotten more benefits from affirmative action than minor- ity he said no level has any part (America done enough for The report findings are consistent with other studies that have found the effect affirmative action is small and that the biggest beneficiaries are white women said Paul Burstein a University of Washington sociology and political science professor who reviewed the report for the commission who were hired or promoted last year scored below the top seven candidate Of those 103 were racial minorities Theanalysisof 1993 and 1994 hiring and promotions did not include Cabinet-level appointments or upper-management employee exempt from civil service rule The report said the commission doe not intend to imply white don't deserve to benefit from affirmative action programs It simply wants to present the facta in what has become an emotional debate focused on anecdotes on the evidence it foster reverse discrimination nor do blacks gain from it at the detriment of Kelly said adding the" than one protected group The report found affirmative action resulted in a relatively small percentage of hires And when it was uaed white -women and those men who are Vietnam or disabled veterans or physically disabled benefited moat often The state' main affirmative action tool allow consideration of candidate from -women racial minorities physically disabled persona airi Vietnam or disabled veterans -who are ranked below the top seven candidates That comes into play only when a protected group is under-represented in a particular job The report found 69 percent or 207 of the 3011 state employees By Debby Abe The Now Tribune The state African American AfGun Commission iuued report Tuesday refuting chargee that affirmative action allowi large ntunben of racial minorities to get state jobs at the expense of white At a Seattle preaa conference com-mission executive director James Kelly called for local governments to launch similar studies to find whether affirmative action has the same effects in cities and counties He alao encouraged public agenda to compile hiring statistics by separating gender race and disability categories instead of people who fall into more cardboard box found covering Robinson's body both of which contained trace evidence But they serve little purpose without a suspect or an owner to link them to Benaon said the longer time you go without i tying suspects it 1 Benson said we never give up Meanwhile Tiesday the families expressed sorrow over the deaths of their loved ones and hope that the case will be solved bringing closure to a year at pain have had a said Ken Johnston the father need to come forward The Robinsons have posted Aims throughout the neighborhood where their eldest daughter lived and died They plan to raise the flag to full staffs we find out who did was ready to go out and conquer the said Rochelle's mother gazing at a Christmas photo of the red-haired daughter who had planned to become a grade- tf nfjiFT she was doing Jerry Robinson added Family Continued from B1 taken from near the scene of the party he thinks Robinson and Johnston attended Wright asked anyone who discarded or had such furniture stolen last year to come forward The sheriff's office has interviewed more than 80 people and given four polygraph tests Benson said But with no murder weapon and no motive the six detectives originally assigned to the investigation have dwindled to one he said Like Wright detectives believe there ie a good Robinson and Johnston were killed by more than one person and might have known their attackers Benson aid Despite initial reports that the vio time might have had a romantic relationship the nature of their relationship remains unclear he said Both families deny the two were having an affair Beneon said the department has the picnic table as well as white Road Continued from B1 Tf you take the bridge out and the people aren't happy the remedy? Do you put it He asked But Fletcher said eventually traffic and the doctors who have signed the petitions will be better off net Council gives Wapato Hills group 2 years to buy ng East 11th Street Aa it is now trains frequently block the road and the drawbridge has to rise to allow large ships to pass through he said got to believe that the traffic ia not going to be anywhere near the problem everybody believes itis going to said Commissioner Jack Fab-ulich HUGE SAVINGS CALL NOW! COME VISIT OUR SHOWROOM AT 4023 SO ORCHARD Invast in Quality 565-4920 WEST COAaf VINVL INc 80-acre site majority of the Utility Board is not satisfied with the $4 million figure board Chairwoman Dawn Luden said Some developers have said even a portion of Wapato Hills could be worth up to $7 million Some City Council members were conceroedaboot! 1 1 twiuumigmnappen if enough money isnt raised at the end of the two years seems to me that two years might be Councilman Bw Evans said Utility officials said they are not expecting a Ifimp sum payment at the end of the period Youth Group Initiative Category: The Youth for Earth Service (YES!) Project won for its commitment to devrioping'akenae of community and responsibility among Thcoma youth Diving a five-day prqject on Puget Creek the group planted ferns trees and rhododendrons and worked mi other stream maintenance projects Youth leadership Category The United Way Young leaden won for a program involving Pierce County high school teens in community service The group worked in 1994 on numerous projects including a food and clothing drive and chaperoning field tripe to the zoo for daycare children "He fek it restrict fimdniaing Mia It now will be known as the Museum of Modem (Rase Allen said Donors might shy away from giving money to biiiild monument to a Allen said WINDOWSBFACTORY DIRECT Water Division should be allowed to ell a small portion to raise money Only a 10-acre portion in the northeastern comer of the property would be available for sale There is no agreement on how much the land ia worth though a study in May put the maximum value at million A group that will include locabde-velopen is expected to review the study and could come up with a different amount Utility director Mark Crisson said the group should have a report ready within two months Utility Board members believe the ultimate value will be higher Wison Quan hours of volunteer service to Sali- ban Alliance for Community Services Quan is a volunteer translator for the 1300 residents of Salishan assists with the community newslet-: ter and provides interpreter service at Salishan public meetings international sources Hut was one reason his group has changed the name of the museum which originally was called Chihuly Center for Glass named for Tacoma glass artist Dale Chihuly Chihuly was uneasy about the name ofthe Allen said leave the land south of 66th Street along Tacoma Mall Boulevard undeveloped except for a center and a 10-acre neighborhood park The group hopes to raise at least $4 milium to buy the land within two yean The Water Division initially planned to sell the land to a private devdoper who had offend about $8 milium When neighbors objected last year the city declared the area open space and set up the task force to find a way to save it As a backup task force members aid that if they cant raise sU the money needed to buy the land the DIk Fountahw man Elementary School library The home-schooled seventh-grader help student on a computerized reading comprehension evaluation program Youth Innovation Category: Hoan Quan has given more than 110 fore the council approves the con- tract Allen confirmed his nonprofit group has raised about $1 million so far much of which came as a donation from George and Jane Russell Russell is the chairman of Frank Russell Co The couple will lead the fund-raising campaign over the next two years Allen said he expects the rest of the money to oome from national and By Hector Castro The New Tribune Plans to preserve Wapato Hills as open space got a boost Tuesday from the Tacoma City Council Council members agreed to keep the land open and to give a task force two years to raise enough money to buy the land from the Tacoma Public Utility Water Division which own the 80-acre rite Mayor Harold Moss credited member of the Wapato Hill Land Use Evaluation Thu Force with coming up with the plan The group's recommendation ie to Awards Continued from B1 ee Group: The Sister City Council of TscomaPierce County won ties maintained with seven sister cities in Asia Europe and the Middle East Neighborhood Community or Employee Group: Guadalupe Garden located on Street next to St Catholic Church is a source of vegetables fruit herbe and flowers for residents oftheThcoma Catholic Weaker House and homeless neighbors Youth Sustained Service Category: Elisabeth Wilson volunteers at lout five hours a week at the Whit- Chihuly i Continued from B1 If the city had bought the land outright the city charter would have prohibited selling it skirting around the he said But Mayor Harold Moss said legal questions will be answered be 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