04/02 & 04/23/2003 Report Monthly Report
April 2003
For
Skate Park Task Force
1. Meetings were held on(list dates during month)
April 2 and April 23
2. Current activities (summarize): Now that a site has been found, fundraising will be the
primary task.
3. Status of long-term projects:
The major long-term project is fundraising. Rich has set two fundraising meetings a
month on the I"and 3`d Tuesdays for the next year.
4. Number of volunteer hours contributed this month (noted number of volunteers and total
hours). N/A
5. Attachments (include notifications, sign-in sheets, minutes, reports,press releases,
proposals, etc.)
Oregonian—April 17
Tigard Times—April 17
6. Any items to be scheduled for on the Council tentative agenda (list item and date):
n/a
7. Status of members—are there any members scheduled to have their terms expire in the
next four months? Are any members indicating that they plan to retire, move or resign
soon? Please give details. N/A
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The area near the intersection of numcntuon. For months, city oD' Wilson said Tuesday hepreferred force member,stood nearby. other locations around the City
Southwest Hall Boulevard and cialx,parents and teens had unSUC- the Fowler site. Bosaid the school "It feels good mhave xsite,"the Hall complex ~^ might| dbbebeuo �
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because of its visibility and its site. not in use. He also raised safety uny�vhcrc/hcyptitioDnebme.' ~~~`~ ^~^ ~ ~~~� '~~ ��id that r|ocubn- 'ns ernilytsao@ /m»'
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.av— a„u auuut Jauuam, tiimasrawi said. "line ble.' TIGARD—A Tigard woman
.. p p morning, she went to a shopping center "They showed tier a picture of Saddam who claimed last week to have
in which Saddam was holding a meeting in After Almasrawi's mother recovered and disappeared. At 10 that night, she and made her kiss it and say something Y g been kidnapped at gunpoint and
1980 at the start of the Iraq-Iran War. from the accident, she sold her house in knocked on the front door and fell down. good about him,so she did. But she didn't
When one of the men did not volunteer to Baghdad and bought another in a different She said that Baath Pa kidWhen to drive 30 miles northeast
support the action, "Saddam pulled out a area. rh men na pped stop talking about him" of Seattle before being released
her and told her to stop talking about ■See 1RA0h,42 admitted two days later that her
^4 story was a hoax.
7P� "Police teamed on Wednesday
Tigard skate ark fi evening that the kidnapping report
nds a home at the made to the Snohomish Countp ivic Center Y
Sheriff's Office on April 7 did not
TIGARD — A group of Tigard "This has been going on a long time," proved to have fatal flaws. this, but we would allow it on city occur," said Jim Wolf, Tigard
was ectactic Tuesday evening Skatepark Task Force Chairman Rich The parking lot was the only one that Police public information officer.
P g y ty without paying out-of-pocket expenses. "During an interview, the vic-
after the City Council decided that a Carlson told the council."It's been hard to met such criteria as being close to public I would support it"
skatepark could be located on city proper- keep the interest level up. We need a site transportation, highly visible, centrally City Manager Bill Monahan estimated a disclosed this development to
ty. On the other side of the room, several before we can proceed.The best alternative located and buildable,with zoning compat- that in 1%to two ears, construction could i group of investigators, which
people who live in the vicinity of Fowler is the parking lot.That's what we're here to ibility, public restrooms, a drinking foun- start on the skatepark. included a Tigard Police detec-
tive, an FBI investigator and
Middle School felt relief that it would not ask you. This starts with the decision you fain and parking nearby. "It's definitel a big step forward,"said
be located in their neighborhood. make. Y g p another local police officer."
Once the new library opens across Hall Greg Nicholson, 19. The 46-year-old woman told
The exact site is yet to be determined, "I don't think the task force can go Boulevard in about I/z years,different city Evan Thompson, 13, added,"It's great. police in Washington that she had
but the 15,000-square-foot skatepark will much further until we have a site.Then we departments will be shifted around,and the I think Fowler or Summerlake were a lot been abducted by force from her
be placed either in the northeast corner of can reorganize and hope people will come parking crunch will lessen at the Civic better, because there was more expansion Tigard home and forced to drive
the Civic Center parking lot or just north of back and support fund-raising efforts" Center.
space. But this is more centrally located.„ the abductor to the Seattle area,
that area in the parking lot of what is For about 1'/2 years, the task force has Council President Craig Prosser said, Carlson said Wednesday that he thinks where she was later released. She
referred to as "the niche” at the corner of been working on the project. "This council has made a commitment to the group will have to raise close to contacted local authorities in the
Hull Boulevard and Burnham Street. Many sites looked good initially,but all the citizens that we won't commit funds to $400,000. area where she said that she had
s _ been released.
Wiricks
• She also gave a detailed
description of the man whom she
flatteire^d to r said abducted her finall ecelve chamber y let her
e volunteer award
go after forcing her to get money
from an ATM and abandoned her
The Wirieks make signs for the Systems, which has been on Durham Road car in a school parking lot a mile
chamber at their Classic Sign for almost three years after being located on away.
Upper Boones Ferry Road in Durham since "Wednesday evening's inter-
Systems business and also chair
1991. John has been in the sign business view was the first opportunity for
the Bowl-a-Rama since 1978,and Sue joined the company six Tigard and other local investiga-
years ago after retiring from the insurance tors to meet with the victim,"Wolf
By BARBARA SHERMAN business. said. "During the interview, the
Of the Times "We are a full-service commercial sign victim recanted the ordeal that she
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shop," John said. "As the business has had (given) to police in
TIGARD—John and Sue Wirick, long- grown, by necessity, it has become more Washington
time members of the Tigard Area Chamber automated. For example, we used to cut "Because of the circumstances
. of Commerce,have been happy to volunteer everything by hand, and now we use an that led the victim to report the
their time and talent to the organization automated CNC router. It's the way the alleged incident, both Snohomish
without expecting any reward. indust is going.
Chamber members, however, decided industry County law enforcement and
"We're able to do things we weren't able Tigard Police will not be pursuing
that the couple deserves to be recognized to do before. We do a higher-end type of any criminal charges for initiatin
for their efforts and have named them work that other shops can't or won't do.We a false police report" g
Outstanding Chamber Volunteer for 2003, work with decorators,architects and proper-
an award established in 1975 in honor of ty managers. We do a lot with business
_ Bert Tousey. parks and work with property developers I
JAIME VALDEz/rhe Times The couple will be honored along with because they want all their tenants to get
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