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Invasive Asian gypsy moths were discovered in traps in St. Johns and Forest Park last

fall in spite of efforts to remove them from foreign vessels visiting the Port of Portland, according to Clint Burfitt of the Oregon Depart-ment of Agriculture (ODA). Burf-itt said a closely related species, the European gypsy moth, was also discovered. It is likely there are more than just those trapped. This is an alarming find since both invasive species feed on na-tive evergreen and hardwood trees and can defoliate them leaving bar-ren, dead snags in their wake. The danger of an infestation is fright-ening since the two species of gyp-sy moths can interbreed, reproduce exponentially and adjust their diet to new plants, traits which have

spurred huge, destructive infes-tations in the eastern US. The in-vasive moths also have the ability to push out native species of but-terflies and moths. If the pests get out of control and an infestation occurs, a quarantine of nursery plants would become necessary. Such an action would harm local businesses such as plant nurseries and Christmas tree farms. According to Mark Hitchcox, a St. Johns neighbor and insect sci-entist, gypsy moths have a popu-lation explosion about every 10 years in their native lands, particu-larly Russia. During such an event, it becomes very challenging to find and remove all the egg masses on vessels and goods arriving in the US, though the ODA says they get about 99% of them arriving in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Agri-culture has successfully addressed gypsy moth invasions with swift action to eradicate the caterpil-

that is considered safe for organic gardens. According to Clint Burfitt, the ODA feels the threat is real and the time to act is now. “We want to get the treatment effort started ear-ly and effectively,” he said. To be effective, they would like to focus on three overhead sprayings one week apart starting in April. The focus area will be St. Johns north of the bridge, northern Forest Park and part of Vancouver, Washing-ton where the moths were found. A large number of new pheromone traps that attract males will then be set out within the focus area and several miles around the perimeter

to track the effect. Unfortunately, spraying will af-fect other butterflies and moths that have the same life cycle tim-ing as the gypsy moth. Xerxes has said that no endangered species will be affected, however. Accord-ing to studies done at Oregon State University, loss of non-target but-terfly and moth species will usual-

ly be made up within two years as populations recolonize. Spraying doesn’t affect honeybees, dragon-flies, flies or other insects. When the caterpillars consume Btk on foliage it works by changing the PH of their system so they cannot feed. A study of more detailed ef-fects of spraying on other butterfly and moth species will be conduct-ed in the focus area by ODA insect scientist, Dianne Kerns and OSU professor, Jeff Miller, an expert on butterflies. The Oregon Invasive Species Council can provide advanced notification to let residents know when spraying will occur if they sign up to receive notifications at the following link: www.oregon-invasivespeciescouncil.org/agm. There is also information on the website about what you should do during a spray. Oregon Health Authority website says that on the application dates, people in the spray zones will

Gypsy Moths discovered in St. Johns & Forest Park; Eradication plan being formed

Facts about Btk• Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (Btk) is a bacteria found in soil • It was certified as organic by OMRI• It has been shown to be safe for humans• Although there is low risk to those with severely depressed immune systems. • Btk affects kills caterpillars by altering the PH of their stomach• It doesn’t affect other insects.

lars by overhead sp ray ing of Btk, a naturally occurring bacter ia l p r o t e i n

see and hear (loud) aircraft flying above. P o t e n t i a l l y they may fly very low. They suggest that if you or some-one in your home is con-cerned about the application due to a medi-cal condition, to consult with a health care provider. Currently, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is open for 30-days of pub-lic feedback on the plan to eradicate gyp-sy moth larva. Besides the open houses that were held on February 17 and 20,

those interested can get involved in the effort through training in up-coming workshops at the St. Johns Community Center sponsored by the Oregon Forest Pest Detectors program (OFPD). Visit the OFPD site to regis-ter, and take the online training: http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f6320af8fb0948468e-fa9f291&id=7fb157b8f8#AGM. Then join one of the upcoming workshops to reinforce and test your knowledge:February 26,10:00am - 12:00pm at St. Johns Community CenterFebruary 27, 10:00am - 12:00pm at St. Johns Community CenterMarch 4, 10:00am - 12:00pm at St. Johns Community Center

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Arbor Lodge Neighborhood AssN: Meet on the 3rd Thursday each month, 6:30-8pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. SchofieldAmericAN LegioN, st. JohNs post #98 Meets 4th Tuesday, 11:00 AM, St Johns Community Ctr. 8427 N. Central. Contact Gerald 503-289-0855boy scout troop 52: Meets Tuesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond. We welcome boys ages 11-17. For membership info, contact Anthony at 503-913-7085.bridgetoN Neighborhood AssociAtioN: General Meeting: 3rd Mondays at 7pm, Port. Yacht Club, 1241 NE Marine Dr. cub scout pAck 52: Meets Mondays at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond.eAst coLumbiA Neighborhood AssN: Meets the second Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30pm at the Columbia Rvr RV Park Comm. Rm, 10649 NE 13th.FrieNds oF cAthedrAL pArk Neighborhood AssN: General Meeting: odd months at BES Water Lab; 7pm. Board Meetings on even months at St Johns McMenamins, 7:30. All meetings on 2nd Tuesdays of the month. FrieNds oF bALtimore Woods: General meeting: 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm at the BES Water Lab, 6543 N. Burlington.FrieNds oF pier pArk: meetiNg: Third Monday, 6:30pm at St. Johns Community Ctr., 8427 N CentralhAydeN isLANd Neighborhood NetWork: Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7pm, at the Oxford Suites, 1226 N. Jantzen Beach Dr., Hayden Island.keNtoN busiNess AssN: 1st Thursday of the month, 9am at Kenton Firehouse 2nd fl. 2209 N. SchofieldkeNtoN Neighborhood AssN: Board Meetings: 2nd Wed., 7pm, Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. BrandonLiNNtoN Neighborhood AssN: Meetings: 1st Wed. of odd mos; 7-9 at Linnton Comm. Ctr., 10614 NW St. Helens. North portLANd LANd use group: Meets 4th Thursday of the month at Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N Brandon. 7pmNorth portLANd soroptimist cLub meets the 2nd Wed at 6PM at the Lung Fung Restaurant, 2025 N Lombard Street. Public welcome to attend meetings to learn more about the club.occupy st JohNs: Meets Weds. 7:00pm at Anna Bannanas, 8716 N LombardoverLook Neighborhood AssN.: General Meetings: 3rd Tues of each month except Aug & Dec at Kaiser Town Hall, 7-9pm. Board Meetings: 1st Tues. each month at Overlook Hse, 3839 N. Melrose Dr.peNiNsuLA optimist cLub: Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays (except holidays) at noon at Christie’s Restaurant, 5507 N. Lombard. General public is welcome to attend meetings to learn about the club. There will be a guest speaker at most meetings. Questions—contact Sharon at 503-490-2889.portLANd hArbor commuNity Advisory group Offers a gathering of thoughts on the Superfund. Concerns about the contamination in the Portland Harbor Superfund? Join the community to meet with the agencies in charge. Meetings include Informational presentations; Opportunity to render your opinion. Meet agency leaders in charge of clean up. 2nd Wednesday-Monthly at BES: 6543 N Burlington, beneath the St Johns Bridge 6:00 PM. www.portland-harborcag.infoportsmouth Neighborhood AssN: Board Meeting: 3rd Tues of ea mo, 6pm, Bridge Meadows, Bridge Communi-ty Room, 8502 N. WaylandpubLic sAFety ActioN committee: Meets 4th Wed. ea. mo., 7-9pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. Schofield. sAFety ANd LivAbiLity teAm (sALt) meetiNgs are the 1st Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Johns Main Street Office, 8250 N. Lombard. st. JohNs boosters: Gen Meetings 3rd Tues at Central Hotel, 7:30-8:30. Meal provided. Board meetings:1st Tues at 7pm at Central Hotel. st. JohNs LioNs cLub: Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month at Patti’s Deli, downtown St. Johnsst. JohNs mAiN street: Meets at 8250 N. Lombard. Fore more info go to: stjohnsmainstreet.orgst. JohNs Neighborhood AssociAtioN: General Meeting is 2nd Mon. at the St. Johns Community Ctr, 8427 N. Central.uNiversity pArk busiNess AssociAtioN: Meets in 2014: 2/25; 4/22; 6/24; 9/23; 11/18 at 7pm at Darcy’s at the corner of Fiske/Lombard from 6-7:30pm. uNiversity pArk Neighborhood AssociAtioN: Meets: Jan., Apr., July & Oct on 4th Monday 7pm at the Chiles Center at the UP, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd.

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Dear Editor, I enjoy the Review very much. I have suggestions to bike riders: Please paint your bikes florescent colors so they can be seen at night, and also wear bright yellow jack-ets. Walkers - wear the same kind of jacket so you can be seen easily. Claudia Hinkle========================Dear Editor, Thank you for alerting me (Jan. 29, Opportunities & Events) to the Aszemar Glenn music program at St. Johns Christian Church, free, Tuesday noon. It was wonderful!!Thank you,Anita Malady========================Dear Editor, I appreciate you reminding me that my subscription renewal was due. I don’t want to miss any is-

sues of our wonderful local news-paper. Thank you for putting in a cross-word puzzle. It’s hard to find them since everything has gone to the interest. I enjoy having a real newspaper to hold in my hands and read with a cup of coffee. I do not read any other publications any more because they’ve gone online, or they’re just full of old news and ads. Guess I’m old fashioned. M. J. Greel========================Dear Editor, I’ve been reading about the Ivy Island issue in the Review. I’m confused whether this is a good thing for the community, or a bad thing. I’ve always thought Ivy Is-land was somewhat of an eye sore and wonder if it was so important to people, why wasn’t it main-

tained with flowers, lovely shrubs and other pretty items. I can see where it could be made unique, but since the city obviously had no interest in keeping it maintained, perhaps it does need to go. As for the new development, I also have mixed feelings about that too. I’m glad a couple of the old buildings and businesses are gone, but have concerns about the large brick buildings coming in their place. I’m just not sure they’re going to fit in well with the rest of the neighborhood. They appear to be so modern, not like our rustic one or two story older building. But there again, maybe that’s a good thing. I think the point I’m making is, we won’t know whether remov-ing Ivy Island and the new devel-

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The holidays are over and my work with the Peninsula Optimist tree lot is over. I wish to take this opportunity to personally thank each of you for supporting the Roosevelt men’s soccer team this past season. Your generous dona-tions helped this year’s group of young men accomplished some-thing that has never been done in the history of The Roosevelt High School men’s soccer program as we entered the play offs as the 26th seed in the tournament. In our first game we pulled out a 2-1 win over Sherwood @ Roo-sevelt. Our second game of the tourna-ment was against the # 8 ranked Forest Grove Vikings on their home field. This was a very well-played match that could have gone either way. In the closing min-utes of the match Austin Schulz made a cross from the right side of the field from about mid field and found freshman Michal Un-derwood open on the left corner of the 18 yard box, as the Forest Grove goalie coming out to defend the play. Underwood placed a nice solid shot with his left foot around the goalie and found the back right corner of the net to seal the victory for Roosevelt. Next up for the Rough Riders was Beaverton H.S. This team that was making a playoff run with a couple of upset wins of their own. This was a game of two evenly matched teams. The game was a battle during regulation play with both teams putting one score on the board. Next came two hard played over time periods which ended with the score still tied. The Rough Riders came running off the field looking like they were just warming up. The Beaverton players came walking off the field. We could tell they were finished. Now it would come down to pen-alty kicks. (Earlier this summer during the Mt. Hood Challenge Club soccer tournament we missed making the championship game losing in penalty kicks to Lake Oswego. We incorporated this our practice in case it happened again). Each team was given 5 minutes to set their players and order. Both teams were even after 4 rounds. Roosevelt goal keeper Jordan Ash-er came up with the greatest save of his career. Next up was senior Anthony Sylvester sealing the win on the next PK. WOW! In my 12 years of coaching soccer at Roos-evelt it is the first time I witnessed a Roosevelt crowd storm the field after a win! It is the greatest mo-ment I have experienced during my time as a soccer coach at Roo-sevelt. The boys’ will remember this moment for the rest of their lives. I have watched the video of all those penalty kick’s more time’s that I can count. Tahat win-ning kick is forever etched in my memory.Next up.The Rough Rider are in the OSSA quarter finals (Elite 8). We have earned the right to play the #1 ranked team in Oregon (McMinn-ville) at Grizzly, stadium. I had no idea how the team would respond after a very emotional victory against Beaverton a few nights earlier.

During the game introduction’s I could not believe the turnout of support for both teams. The stadi-um was packed for a soccer game. The game was even being broad-cast live on the radio. The game started out very close and even for the first 22 minutes of the game. Roosevelt actually was getting a lot of great shots on goal, but not putting any in the back of the net. Around the 22 minute mark McMinnville’s senior lead-ership took over and put 4 goals in the net by half time. During half time I talked to the players about playing their game in the second half. Forget about the score and play as hard as you can and leave everything you have on the field and when the game is over walk off the field with your heads held high. The boys gave the Grizzly’s everything they could handle in the second half. The final score was McMinnville 4 – Roosevelt 0. After the game the coaches took the team to Izzy’s restaurant for all you could eat dinner. It was a great opportunity for the coaches and players to hang out. If there is a bright spot after the greatest play-off run in school history it’s the fact that we only had 4 seniors on the team. The ‘youngest team in the play offs’. Next season we should have 11 returning players back from this season’s team. In addition, our JV team went 10-5. There should be some strong play-

ers moving up and filling our Var-sity squad. Our team goal will be to try and win a PIL title and make another deep run during the OSAA play-offs. The following players and coach-es received PIL & All state honors this season.• Oscar Garcia: 1st team PIL & 2nd team all-state. Only the sec-ond player in RHS school history to make the all state in team.• Anthony Sylvester: 2nd all PIL• Jose Hernandez: Honorable mention PIL• Chikuru Baleke: Honorable mention PIL• Jordon Asher: Honorable men-tion PIL• John Teuscher: PIL coach of the year & OSAA 6A coach of the

year.Your donations helped with the following support this season.• Hoodies & T shirts for the play-ers. The players designed the art-work.• Our first annual hit the beach trip. We took the players to the aquar-ium in Newport and went to “D” River state park in Lincoln City to play soccer in the sand.• Team dinner @ Izzy’s.• Game tickets to attend a Univer-sity of Portland soccer game.• End of season party for JV & Varsity players @ Bullwinkles in Wilsonville.

• 20 Soccer balls for team practic-es. • Pay for our meals on our trip to Newport and our preseason road trip games to Hermiston, Central & Lebanon. Once again I want to thank ev-eryone for helping make this a season to remember for the boys. I was fired as the men’s coach on Tuesday, February 9 by the AD & VP. I know I’ll land somewhere coaching. Sincerely,John TeuscherHead Men’s Soccer Coach Roos-evelt H.S.

Roosevelt Soccer Coach fired after great seasonLetter sent to community from John TeuscherDear Roosevelt Soccer Supporters,

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opment will be good or bad until ten or twenty years have passed. B. Bollertz=========================Dear Editor, Thank you for updating the com-munity with letters and articles for and against the Ivy Island/Union at St. Johns development. I missed the meetings offered for the com-munity to learn more about it. It’s rather fun to watch such a commanding development come to small St. Johns and I’m curious what it will bring with it. New resi-dents? New businesses? More traf-fic? More money for the commu-nity? There will be pros and cons, I’m sure, but change is inevitable and not always bad. I’m curious why so much atten-tion (through letters to the edtior,) has been given to Ivy Island and not to the development itself. Per-haps that’s a positive sign.

From the Review EditorHi Readers,Join the Review on Twitter... A few years ago I made a Review FaceBook page and at one point had over 5,000 followers. I attempted to keep the community updated with police activity in the neighborhood, events, news-paper issue dates, etc., but it actually didn’t prove to be beneficial for several reasons. Each day I would receive at least 20 friends requests. At first I accepted all of them. After awhile posts started appearing that were completely unacceptable and many were from people with no ties to North Portland. They were often inflammatory, bellig-erent, and sometimes aggressive. Even some of my posts seem to bring responses from people who were just looking for an ar-gument. I didn’t see the point of keeping the Facebook page any longer and deleted it. Now I have decided to try Twitter. I think this might work better; we’ll see. If you would like to get up-to-the-minute news items, events, etc., become a Review follower: @stjohnsreview. Gayla

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Ivy Island is unique for our small community, but let’s be honest, it isn’t the most attractive entrance this community can have. Let’s hope it’s

replaced with something else unique and much more attractive. El Ward

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The dedicated and hard-working volunteers that pull off the historic St. Johns Parade are organizing this year’s effort by sending out notices about what is needed for our 54th Parade. The committee said the pa-rades are only possible to have be-cause of the generosity of the North Portland community. The Parade will be on May 14 this year. The all-volunteer event involves months of planning and coordina-tion. Some of the needed expenses include, city of Portland’s permit-ting fees, staging equipment, re-quired portable restrooms, award ribbons, and many other items pa-rade watchers might take for grant-ed. This year their goal is to raise $10,000 to pay for these expenses. Donators are given special rec-ognition. As well as monetary gifts, the group needs volunteers to help on Parade day, and refreshments for all the volunteers who arrive early and

always stay late. You can help by being a:Bronze Sponsor - $100 donation(2016 commemorative parade pin, name listed in the St. Johns Review, year-round recognition on parade website)Silver Sponsor - $300 donation(2016 commemorative parade pin, name listed in the St. Johns Re-view, year-round recognition on pa-rade website, engraved celebration plaque)Gold Sponsor - $500 donation(2016 commemorative parade pin, name listed in the St. Johns Re-view, year-round recognition on pa-rade website, engraved celebration plaque, two invitations to attend the parade luncheon, vehicle provided for 1-2 participants to ride in the pa-rade as an official sponsor)Platinum Sponsor - $750 donation (2016 commemorative parade pin, name listed in the St. Johns Re-view, year-round recognition on pa-rade website, engraved celebration

plaque, two invitations to attend the parade luncheon, vehicle provided for 1-2 participants to ride in the pa-rade as an official sponsor, 2 shirts with parade logo to wear on parade day). Contact Barbara Legge with questions, ideas, sponsorship info, or to volunteer at: information@stjohnsparade.org or call her at 503-515-1287. To send in a donation or to be a sponsor, make checks payable to:St. Johns Parade Committee and send to: St. Johns Parade Com-mittee, PO Box 83162, Portland, OR., 97283. The Parade Committee wants ev-eryone to know how much they ap-preciate any and all donations and volunteer efforts, as well as remind-ing them that all donations are tax deductible. Watch for monthly updates from the committee about this year’s pa-rade in The St. Johns Review news-paper.

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Janet Linhart, a woman with short, often tousled, reddish hair, kind eyes and a heart as big as all St. Johns passed away suddenly on January 26, shocking and sad-dening her family, as well as Safe-way coworkers and neighbors. Janet had deep roots in the St. Johns neighborhood having grown up here, graduated from Roosevelt in 1972 and lived here almost all her life. The Linhart family has lived in St. Johns since 1955 when Janet’s father, Walt re-turned home with the family from a stint at the Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane. Walt Linhart, grew up in the house in back of the house her mother now owns. A

large garden occupied an oversize lot adjacent to the family home where Walt, an avid gardener liked to work. All three daughters Anita, Janet and Cheryl, were born on the

Friend of strays & long-time neighbor passes away suddenlybase but raised in St. Johns. Janet had a big heart and cared for stray cats and dogs, particu-larly cats. She, fed and cared for eight strays at her sister’s house in St. Johns after her sister passed away a few years ago. There were an additional four stray cats she helped look after at her mom’s house along with regularly walk-ing their dog Prince, a smiling, freckle-faced, cattle dog mix. Jan-et also owned a rescue Chihuahua. It’s safe to say, it is a Linhart fami-ly tradition to care for strays. Janet and family members of-fered the cats and dogs shelter and food, had them fixed, and spent time gaining their trust and social-izing them. One formerly feral cat even lived in the basement of her

sister’s house in St. Johns. Margaret, 92, is having a partic-ularly hard time with the loss of Janet having lost another daughter, Cheryl, in 2012. Janet’s last words were of concern for her pets. Her memorial service was held on Feb-ruary 13 at Hustad Funeral Home in St. Johns. The eight stray cats Janet cared for at her sister’s place have gone to the Oregon Humane Society and will be put up for adoption to find new homes. It would be a nice gesture if the St. Johns stray cats could come back to the neighbor-hood so the family would have the comfort of knowing they are near-

by. The cats are various ages be-tween 6 and 14 and they are used to a quiet household without dogs or children. If you or anyone you know might be interested in learn-ing more, call or go to the Oregon Human Society at 503-285-7722 or 1067 NE Columbia Blvd. Donations in Janet’s name can also be sent to the cat adoption team in Sherwood, Oregon, or go to catadoptionteam.org. If you are caring for a feral cat and would like to have it fixed, you can call the Feral Cat Coali-tion of Oregon at feralcats.com or call 503-797-2606.

Happy 50th Wedding AnniversaryBeverly Ruth “Bev” Mayer and Wiliam

“Glen” Read celebrated 50 years of mar-

riage February 26, 2016. They met while

living across the street from each other in

North Portland and have lived in the area

ever since. Glen worked for USPS for 37

years retiring in 1987. Bev worked for

White Stag for almost nine years. Their

children are Roxanne Read Lanphear and

Brett Read. Grandchildren are Erika Read,

Becci Read, Ralee Lanphear, Victoria Read

and Jackson Read. Bev and Glen have en-

joyed leisure time with family for the last

10 years at Rockaway Beach.

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Carol Gail Nickachos10/11/1951 - 02/02/2016Carol Nickachos passed away on Tuesday, February 2 in Port-land from complications of a 5-month battle with cancer. She was a 1974 graduate of PSU, member of the Roosevelt HS class of 1969, a James John grade school alumnus and attended OSU in Corvallis as part of her participation in US Bank’s early Work Study program. Eventual-ly graduating from PSU with a BS in Finance, she spent many years at the Bank’s downtown Corporate HQ in the Trust De-partment, completing her lat-ter years at their Tigard leasing offices. Retiring early, Carol transferred most of her bound-less energy into service for oth-ers. An inveterate knitter, she focused her attention on hats, scarves, blankets, mufflers and dish cloths both for her many friends and family, but more sig-nificantly for Portland’s needy, elderly and homeless popula-tion. Years before she received a personal cancer diagnosis, Carol made hats and prayer shawls for people in crisis in the commu-nity. Hundreds of Hand knitted hats and scarves were donated to hospitals, shelters and ministries throughout the metro area in her effort to encourage and bright-en the lives and hopes of peo-ple she would never know nor meet. A childhood member of St. Johns’ Christian church, then youth member of Portland’s First Christian, she spent the last years of her life associated with Mosaic Church in both North-

east and North Portland. The youngest of four children of George and Ann Nickachos who preceded her in death in addi-tion to her sisters, Pamela Hayes, Nancy Goodner, & companion Marc Albright, she is survived by her brother Paul Nickachos (Im), nephews Brian Hayes and Jona-than Goodner (Coleen), Cous-ins Joan Frazier, Philip Hanson, Kevin Hanson, Richard Hanson, James Hanson, Robert Hanson, Catherine Hanson Kaercher, Steve Clutter, and Mark Mar-kanson; grand nieces Jennifer & Rachael Hayes, and grand neph-ew Andrew Hayes, along with countless other nieces, nephews, cousins and close friends who considered Auntie Carol a crucial part of their own families. Services were held at the North-east Portland location of Mosaic Church, 1832 NE Cesar Chavez Blvd. (39th), on Thursday, Febru-ary 18.

Janet Linhart1954 - 2016 Janet Ann Linhart, 61 died January 26, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. She was born in Spo-kane (Fairchild AFB) Washing-ton on April 25, 1954 to Walt and Margaret Linhart. Janet graduated from Roos-evelt High school. She worked at NW INS for 30 years and St. Johns Safeway for 11 1/2 years. She was preceded in death by her father Walt (2008) and sis-ter Cheryl (2012). Janet is sur-vived by her mother Margaret Linhart, sister, Anita Tallman (Don); Two nieces: Randi & Rikki Tallman; nephew Cory Tallman (Kim), grandniece Kassidy Gilmore; grandneph-ews Tristian Tallman-Hill and Draven de la Garza. A Memorial service was held at Hustad Funeral Home, Sat-urday February 13. For online guest book please visit www.hustadfuneralhome.com donations can be made to cat adoption team in Sherwood, OR. Catadoptionteam.org

POLICE & FIRE REPORTSWOMAN LEAD POLICE ON TRAFFIC PURSUIT IN NORTH PORTLANDOn Saturday February 6, 2016, at 12:24 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to the area of Northeast 70th Avenue and Sandy Boulevard on the report of a reckless driver in a white SUV. As officers were re-sponding to the area, numerous calls were made to 9-1-1 by witnesses to the reckless driving in the area, heading into North Precinct. Offi-cers received information that a wit-ness heard someone in the vehicle saying something about a gun and that the driver seemed to be trying to run people off of the road. Another witness reported seeing a young per-son seated in the front seat crying. North Precinct officers spotted the vehicle near North Interstate Avenue and Lombard Street, where the sus-pect rammed a patrol car then sped out of the area. Officers pursued the suspect to the area of North Cece-lia Street and Portsmouth Avenue, where officers successfully utilized a Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) to spin the vehicle out and get the suspect stopped. Officers took the driver, Amanda Christine Shel-ton, a 28-year-old female, into cus-tody. Officer located three children in the vehicle, all of whom were unharmed. The children are approx-imately 3, 5 and 11 years old and are related to the driver. They will be turned over to family. The Traffic Division’s Major Crash Team has re-sponded to conduct an investigation into the suspect’s actions. No offi-cers or community members were injured as a result of the suspect’s actions today. Shelton was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Assault in the Second Degree, Attempt to Elude by Vehi-cle, Reckless Driving (four counts), and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII). She will be ar-raigned on Monday. Shelton may

face additional charges at a later time. ========================SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER ARMED ROBBERY AT INTERSTATE FRED MEYER STORENews Release Portland Police BureauPosted February 17th, 2016 3:53 PMOn February 14, 2016, 24-year-old Eric Alan Van Nice was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Robbery in the First Degree and Robbery in the Second Degree. Van Nice’s arrest came as the re-sult of an investigation that started on February 13, after North Precinct officers were called to the Interstate Fred Meyer store, located at 7404 North Interstate Avenue, on the re-port that a shoplifter pulled a knife on the store’s loss prevention officers (LPOs). Van Nice fled the store that day but was known to the LPOs from previous contacts. On February 14, an LPO spotted Van Nice and called 9-1-1. Officers arrived in the area and searched along a greenspace next to I-5, where they located Van Nice in a tent. Robbery detectives searched Van Nice’s tent and seized the knife used in the robbery.========================STABBING AT HOLLYWOOD TRANSIT STATION News Release Portland Police BureauPosted February 16th, 2016 11:43 AMOn Monday February 15, 2016, at 5:27 p.m., North Precinct responded to the report of a stabbing at the Hol-lywood Transit Station, at 4110 NE Halsey. As officers were responding to the scene, they received additional information that there were approxi-mately 20 kids fighting and that one of the people involved was stabbed. Witnesses reported that several peo-ple involved ran away and got onto a westbound MAX train. Officers and medical personnel arrived at the tran-sit station and located the 17-year-old male victim suffering from traumat-

ic, life-threatening injuries. He was transported to a Portland hospital for treatment. Additional officers re-sponded to the Lloyd Center MAX Station and contacted a group of people possibly involved in the dis-turbance. The suspect is 16-year-old Geavony Amor Ferreira. He was lodged at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home on a charge of Assault in the First Degree. The victim continues to recover from his injuries at a Portland hospital. He is 17 years old. The vic-tim continues to recover at a Portland hospital. For investigative reasons, his name is not being released at this time. Anyone with information about this incident should call the Police Non-Emergency Line at 503-823-3333. ========================SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR COMMERCIAL ROBBERY News Release Portland Police BureauPosted February 18th, 2016 3:28 PMOn February 15, 2016, North Precinct officers responded to 7933 North Up-land Drive regarding a stolen tow truck. The business had been broken into over the weekend and a flatbed tow truck stolen. The victim told police that he followed the suspect to the area of 10303 North Oswego Avenue, which was a well-known problem address to patrol officers. Responding officers noticed several mini-excavators parked in the back of the residence. Officers contacted the Detective Coordination Team to dis-cuss the case and were able to iden-tify the likely suspect, who could not be located at that time. The stolen tow truck was recovered from the area. On February 17, North Precinct officers responded to United Rental, located in the 5400 block of Northeast 82nd Avenue, regarding their business be-ing broken into. Officers learned that a flatbed tow truck had been stolen and the suspect rammed through the gate to get away. Responding officers were aware of the tow truck theft two

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days earlier and believed this was a similar case so they drove to the area near the residence on North Oswe-go Avenue. Officers found the stolen United Rental truck and the previously identified suspect, 34-year-old Dustin Eugene Hall. Hall was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle (two counts), Unautho-rized Entry into a Motor Vehicle (two counts), Criminal Mischief in the Sec-ond Degree (two counts), and Crim-inal Trespass in the Second Degree (two counts). Detectives were able to determine that one of the excavators found at the North Oswego Avenue address was reported stolen out of Clackamas County. On February 18, detectives served a search warrant at the North Oswego Avenue residence, discovering that all of the construction equipment was reported stolen -- one case in Portland and two in Clackamas County. The suspect, Hall, had already been released from jail on the first set of charges and was home so detectives arrested him again on the new charges. This investigation started with great work by North Precinct officers. Of-ficer Miller did a great job of linking the two original calls together and identifying Dustin Hall as the suspect. 34-year-old Dustin Eugene Hall was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Aggravated Theft in the First Degree and Burglary in the First Degree. Portland Police Bu-reau detectives would like to thank the Construction Industry Crime Preven-tion Program of the Pacific Northwest (CICP) for their assistance in this in-vestigation. To learn more about CICP, please visit http://www.cicpp.com/

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