Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 17

KwrrrrTTfrTn-iTi 4 'r -c mm A LOCAL-6 Editorial: East Bay needs to help cheer the Oakland Raiders toward a winning season. (The (Daklanb (Tribune www.newschofce.com SUNDAY September 6. 1998 El Nino causes in 'tTiT ByBanChamy STAFF WHITER jf. Privately owned homes and busi- j.Thcclty also spent hundreds of', ened, during the winter storms, said eria said the city expects all but 6 per- nesses suffered $4 million in damage thousands 'of dollars, to make. more', the report's author.

Henry R. Renteria. cent to 10 percent of the costs nAirr inn TV according to the report than 115.80Q sandbags and 1.16 mil- manager of the Office. ofEmergencyrelmbursed. ii ii7 i 0 caused The roadwlth the worst damage was lion square, feet of plastic sheeting Services.

cant remember augure El Nino also caused moire than than 010 million in damage to public. 'Drury Road, which slipped downward available to Oaklandresidents and that in damages to privately-owned andprlrate property, according to a about six Inches during the stormsbusinesses. according to the report I'Wlth the estimates now the' city land and homes tn Oakland. Portions of Skyline Boufcvard. Snake, tyllne Boulevard, Snake, 77; TmillimwiinMitiin has begun negotiating with both.

A dozen homes had to be demo- Tunnel roads also drove 'n fn Federal Emergency Management lished.sUhad to be evacuated, and 32 aisasieraeciaramms. up the damage costs. tnd state offldals bn others are still, being monitored for to the dtys Removing the downed mud- Just who is going to pay for halt FEMA: safety 7 -V Tv from an overflowing reservoir to a road slides and pools of rainwater from city anumc, uic repori already given Oakland 81.23 mil- More than 50 people were evacuated 'I'fi-- k. fti i -one point' during, the re than 100 homes were figure Is expeet to climb Rent- 'according to the V' r- V'V -'7 vV -7 -'Ti -'VV'V HbRlE SUVSET FIREHOUSE By Jonathan Schoir STAFFWWTHi; 1 vPierhaj your, ilrsf reaction oh learning that Oakland'sSAT-scores arc put is not unmiUgated M') joy and fascination. In.

-Ctekland 'pnfS could be excused. if theycomplajiiedi of a bit test, overload over the last few 4i First there th CTAR hon--' t. English- Those results were so you learned, the governor was' talking about had touted widely as ua oWn yardstick; But on teet' tlie'raeiiltd'fenenFfeH iwi liifidf etaMfa'pil '1 LMMA OOA 8ttffphokv' Geoffrey end Karen WIeell (above) Uve On the eeeond floor of the Old Firehouee on Alice Street In Oakland (pictured below). v. v.t -V vv-' Cu retirement theVstaridards 'of a hationaT Cbmparisoh A- ft; A some; wejre 7 Oakland Has 4 loirl .7 scores.

(Tfiat's the-- 7: thBWB Step i j---7 Aptitude test ibr cbiiegc dm. very well; i -h tf- jl' 'if Landmarks CROSS THE street from (he Engine 12 Arc station 7V 7 bn Alice Street In Oakland stands its historic predc- cessor a gray-stucco, two-story edifice with monumental 7 arched doorway, trimmed in rasp- berry, teal, black and gold leaf-v'KVv Mounted plaques identify the. landmark as the former fire station built In 1909, The reinforced struc- 7 ture now serves as a residence stairs with a printing company occupying the ground Current owner Tom Aswad quired the building In 1984 from his'. grandfather Jess Waller's My grandfather bought the old'-, station from the city In the 1960s at the tfme the modem one went up across the street When I was young I spent quite a bit of time with my grandparents; they made the station into their home, says 7 :7,. LongtimeOaklanders 'member Jess Waller --an East Bay 7 original, claim the Tribune flies who produced countless free enter- 7 talnment shows li the 19508608 -Got liviv.yuwiy Cklaiid'tiie 7..

arflieve, 'the: biic' .7 -7-; not. yet seen. Alma Wflllam virtually no at; all, 7 On 'SOO-point' Oak7; '-'resewrt land went up V'- im points on 7- 'section' and -XV down two jMtnls on the hiath. i 7 As 7usa, Oaklan(i'i5, SAT numbers were well. below State and ivatioUaf averages.On the VCTbal i 4i6cbini)arW tg.497 for Cali': Ibrnid and SOS -fQr; the eoudlry.

Ch lhe7 vGakiand got 4447 against 516 forjilje slate and 7512 lialibnaily, 7 '77 7v good news was, that a htgher pro-7- "portion of.students llie test this year 47 .7. pcrcent pf tlie class compared, fo. 43 percent 7.7 'year. Usiiallyi tnore studrnts to; take the.test V-: V-7 So udiat; dqesjlf ail inTj? stu7' doing bctter? Are they stili fii a backwater wheri' compared to their counterparts across the. state aiid country? Wlial do alt the' numbers mean -7-7 dr do they mean anything at V-; The first Part of ihe answer, test experts' can- ls that different, tests measure different as- pects df a student's kiibwlcdge.

preW Kravln, an-. assessment specialist With. the', Alameda County Otflce of offers Hie comparison of the driver's, -tests one bn: hi the car, boih tmpprtani: So the SAT; whlcb''njrasiires' apiitude for col. lege, Is, different from the STAR. which, compares 'students; against.

basement iaijd horse barn were filled wlUi stuff of.alI bescrip-. tions, Aswad vehicle col-- lection alone was Impressive. What a .7 place for a boy to grow Jess Waller passed away lit 198.1: Agnes, 7-7 wifc.of HX years, died, in The Wallers had two daughters! VAswads molheri Beverly; and his. .7 aunt Joy. Joy.

suffered a bok 7 with encephalitis as'a youngster and meplally retarded ass think my grandparents devei- v. oped their strong sense communltyspirlt and generosity as 'result. :7 "...7 Aswad currently rehabs anddeW vclops historic properties' throughout California; Jikvy own 7 Are station remains a favorite: His current tenants, Geoffrey and Karen Wiswell. enjoy living airy upstairs former flrefliters' dor; mitory. The original brass pole Is; located behind our bed," says Karen Wiswell.

nated gifts of dolis and small toys to retired real estate broker vriio.7 7 ondhand Stores for usable, items 1 distribute to the children In hospl-; acquired helpful skills along the way recyclables. Please see Statioa LOCAL-8 7 Please see Soors, LOCAL-3 Investigators look into tycoons Hong Kong links in coffee scarh pensive One of those companies was and another business in that Norton hrld. inexpensive court records! .7 Kona coffee with the The businessmen, Bernard yij 7,, the Ueshlma Coffee Hong Kong named Shiny Held Nearly 82 million was sent OAKLAND Federal invesfl- Tn and Masaharo Horride. A who was a Norton customer be- International records from a Hawaiian bank account. torssusDwt a SdcySe have not been charged and may Awaiting trial Jsunmry 1995 and Sep- show, to banks in Hong Kong then to millionaire used businesses In have known they were He is awaiting trial on federal tember 1996.

Both companies are located Norton's bank accounts In Swit- Hong Kong to unwittingly pufl a taking part In any scam, charges of wire fraud, money uuki InHongKong. zerland between February 1995 Kona coffer con on according to the court's re- laundering, tax evasion and "aDa and September 1996, accordli cords. tiling false ax returns. Court records show the com- Transfer of funds to court records. Agents will be questioning Norton was accused two Between 1987 and 1996, pany bought tons of the alle- According to court records.

Prosecutors also allege that two businessmen about a pur- years ago of selling the relatively several hundred different gedty mislabeled Kona beans Norton told representatives Norton also used the money ported scheme by Michael Inexpensive Colombian and businesses Including Star from Norton. from Shiny Field and Interna- laundering scheme to evade fed- Norton. founder of Kona-KaT. Panamanian beans as the bucks and Peerless Coffee in Ueshema' employees -sent tlonal King Coffee to first takep eral lncofue taxes on the money Farms in Berkeley, to launder. inghw-plrtri yrma Prosecutors Oakland bought the bogus payments for Norton's beans to out money for themselves as a for the tax years 1995 and millions of dollars in illegal pro- allege he may have tripled his government prosecutors Harvest International King payment, then transfer the 1996.

according to the court tt- ceeds, according to newly filed profits by fllliftg ags labeled as allege. Coffee also known as King funds to a Swiss bank account cords. v-' I UAl Ldd.