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Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon Section Wednesday, March 1,1989 ocaJ Region; 2C. Almanac; 2C. Classified; 4-8C. Oregon Legislature Din hostage Qiicodeot unman) lives llTniirTlij- commotion, and then she went to the other teachers, and the children were evacuated, and the police were called," he said. Police surrounded the school and took up positions on the roof while Linderman negotiated with the gunman.

On Jan. 2, Neil Pake was accused of holding his wife and three children at gunpoint for two hours at her house. Mary's, a private Catholic school on the western edge of The Dalles. The city is in the Columbia Gorge about 90 miles east of Portland. The Rev.

Joe Kelbel of St. Peter's Parish across the street said he was told that the gunman entered the secretary's office near the school entrance and grabbed the woman, forcing her into the health room. "A teacher nearby heard the No one was injured in the incident. Neil Douglas Pake, 36, surrendered about 4:30 p.m. after negotiations with police, Cmdr.

Jack Linderman said. District Attorney Bernie Smith of Wasco County said Tuesday night that Pake remained in jail and would likely be charged with kidnapping. He described Pake's motive as a Oregon agency sponsors bash domestic dispute. Pake's wife, Linda, who is a secretary and nurse at St. Mary's Academy, was calm throughout the incident, Linderman said.

All of the schoolchildren and other staff members were evacuated safely about 15 minutes after the man armed with a rifle entered St. Mary's Academy about 2 p.m., police said. About 150 students attend St. A AM I i 14 i (W ri A. No one hurt at Dalles school The Associated Press THE DALLES A man with a rifle entered an elementary school Tuesday afternoon and held his estranged wife hostage for 2'2 hours before surrendering, police said.

Pharmacy director gets fine Board keeps chief in job From staff and wire reports PORTLAND Derogatory remarks about a legislator will cost the State Pharmacy Board director 10 percent of her pay for the next three months. The seven-member board also voted 6-1 Tuesday to reprimand director Ruth Vandever and review her performance. Vandever, who is paid $45,000 a year, has been the subject of controversy since early February when a memo she wrote to board members in the summer was made public. In the memo, Vandever described Sen. Mae Yih, D-Albany, as "not overly bright" and "inclined to abuse her exalted position." Yih fended off questions about whether she thought that the board's action against Vandever was sufficient punishment.

"This is not an issue for me. I don't deal with personalities," she said. "It's an issue for the board to deal with." Yih, a former three-term state representative, is in her second four-year term in the Senate. The revelation prompted Sen. Turn to Vandever, Page 3C.

ft -J I' II 14'Ji in 7 Statesman Journal photo by Gary Miller Kevin Concannon, the director of the De- the swing of the department's Car Bash, dows cost $5. All the money went to the partment of Human Resources, gets into For $2, participants got two swings. Win- Oregon Food Bank. ulance rates oise DAY 50 Speaker rejects cuts in programs The speaker of the state House of Representatives has rejected a proposed batch of program cuts aimed at balancing the Human Resources Department budget. Rep.

Vera Katz, D-Port-land, called the budget-cutting plan horrendous and said, "We won't tolerate it." She said budget officials are working on alternatives that would spread the burden of the cuts across more Oregonians. The current plan would cut services to about 7,500 people, including some of Oregon's poorest citizens. The cuts seek to close an expected $25 million gap in the department's $2.76 billion budget for the two years ending June 30. About $17 million of the deficit is state money; the rest involves federal matching dollars. In the Human Resources Department plan, more than half of the people to suffer cuts are poor adults who have medical or mental conditions that prevent them from working.

They stand to lose cash subsidies and state-paid medical care. Katz said she planned to scour the state budget for unspent money that could be used to plug at least part of the gap. That could be done without breaking the state spending limit. But another pot of money, the budget's ending balance, could be tapped only if legislators breach the limit. Katz said that probably would be done to handle at least part of the need about $8 million for the FairviewTraining Wayne Wolfe, a human resources assistant director, said department officials had little flexibility in deciding where to make the cuts.

Some of the agency's divisions, such as health and employment, are largely or entirely federally financed and offer few opportunities to save state dollars, he said. Highlights Here are the highlights of Tuesday's session of the Oregon Legislature: The state Pharmacy Board reprimanded executive director Ruth Vandever, whose derogatory comments about state Sen. Mae Yih led to calls for her dismissal. The board also cut Vandever's salary. State Sen.

Dick Springer, D-Port-land, said he's introducing a bill to forbid use of polystyrene foam food containers in Oregon. The measure also would mandate several other solid waste steps including extending the required beer and soda pop container deposits to include wine coolers. From staff and wire reports Stories inside Today's hearings Page 2C Foam ban studied Page 3C Wildlife fees rising Page 1 ilnsidei Today More are homeless in Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties, a new study indicates. Page 2C Mount Angel honors its first citizens. Page 2C Tomorrow One of six finalists will be chosen soon to lead the state's police training organization.

New sewer rates take effect today Cost will increase 33 percent starting today tients transported within the city of Woodburn. In other action, the council agreed to draft an ordinance asking voters to approve a 1 cent-a-gallon local gasoline tax. City Administrator Mike Quinn said the tax would be used for street repair. "If we had to raise property tax to make the same repairs, it would cost property owners three times as much," Quinn said. "If we get the gas tax passed, we could start the work on the streets as early as this summer." Quinn said he hoped to have the ordinance ready for the April 10 council meeting.

By Melaney Moisan For the Statesman Journal WOODBURN The cost of ambulance service here will go up 33 percent today. The increase was approved Monday night by the City Council. Randy Garner, the owner of Woodburn Ambulance, said the increase was needed to pay for additional personnel costs. "We have operated in the past with two ambulances on weekdays and just one ambulance running evenings and weekends," he said. "There is a need now to have two ambulances manned and running 24 hours a day, seven days a week." Garner said this required adding 11 part-time employees and upgrading two part-time employees to full time.

The council renewed Garner's franchise to operate the ambulance service for six years. His franchise fee to the city was raised from one-tenth of 1 percent to 1 percent of the company's gross receipts from pa The council also scheduled public hearings on the renewal of liquor licenses for three businesses. Police Chief Ken Wright said he requested the public hearings because of complaints regarding noise and other disturbances. Public hearings will be conducted at the March 13 council meeting on liquor license renewals for LaLin-da's Tortillaria, Pub 99 Tavern and Don Juan's Mexican Cuisine. Jefferson council members face recall vote By Leah Lorber Of the Statesman Journal Did your water pipes break during the cold snap in early February? If so, it might be worth a trip to Salem's City Hall to see if the unwanted water increased your rew charges for sewer use.

Beginning today, each household's sewer bill will be based on the amount of water used during the past two months. That's a switch from earlier plans to base the personalized, bimonthly sewer bills on water usage in January and February 1988. That change won't affect the outcome of most homeowners' sewer bills even if they left their water trickling to avoid frozen pipes, Everett Kendoll, the city's chief service representative, said. However, a local plumber said people whose pipes broke would see a jump in their water usage, one that probably would be reflected on their sewer bill. "We went through a period about three or four weeks ago where we were getting 1,500 calls a day" to fix broken water pipes, Richard Ackerman.said.

He's a plumbing foreman with Judson's Plumbing, Heating Electric Inc. at 1390 13th St. lOregoni Morning salute The family of Michael House sends bear hugs and warm fuzzies to Jim White of Woodburn Senior Estates Golf Club for helping make a'wish come true. Michael received a call from pro golfer Curtis Strange and was motivated to keep trying. You touched the hearts of all of us, Jim thank you.

Elsie Burgess Woodburn SE. "If they're going to use- that for setting sewer rates, it's not real good," he said. People who had broken water pipes during January and February can appeal to city workers. So can others who think that their water usage during those months was unusually high. If the water usage is found to have been unusually high during the past two months, the city will base the customer's sewer rate on last year's usage, Kendoll said.

"We look at them and give them the fairest shake possible," he said. "We realize it's a whole new ball game for folks, and it's kind of scary." The way rates are structured was changed so that the city could use the most up-to-date water usage information, City Manager Gary Eide said. City workers incorrectly thought that they would not be able to feed such up-to-date information into their computer system in time for the first sewer bills to be issued in May, he said. The change was approved at Monday's City Council meeting. Victim's father files suit in death on Mount Hood PORTLAND The father of a 16-year-old boy who died in the worst climbing tragedy on Mount Hood filed a lawsuit Tuesday contending that his son's school was negligent, a television station reported.

Richard Haeder contended that the Oregon Episcopal School failed to make adequate preparations in the climb that resulted in the deaths of nine people, including his son, also named Richard. Two students survived nearly four days trapped in a snow cave on the mountain in May 1986. The group's guide and another By Jillyn McCullough For the Statesman Journal JEFFERSON A recall election for council members Laura Lucas and Marion Towery will be conducted March 28. Lucas and Towery said Tuesday that they wouldn't resign and were confident that they wouldn't be voted out of office. "There's no reason to be intimidated," Lucas said.

The election was set after opponents filed enough valid petition signatures Tuesday to force the student safely hiked down to seek help after a sudden snowstorm trapped the group. The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, did not specify monetary damages. Lawyers said it was not expected to go to trial for at least a year. Backyard burn season begins today in valley The spring backyard burning season opens today for Salem and other areas of the Mid-Willamette Valley that are covered by seasonal restrictions. During the season, which runs through June 15, dry residential yard debris can be burned during daylight when weather conditions recall vote, City Recorder LaQuita Stec said.

The recall petitions for Lucas and Towery were filed by the Jefferson Citizens Committee, formerly the Save Cardwell Committee. Marion County elections officials verified the petition signatures Tuesday afternoon and determined that each petition had more than the 80 required to force a recall election. Towery's petition carried 152 signatures, 131 of which were de are favorable for smoke dispersal. Burn days are determined by the state Department of Environmental Quality. The daily burning advisory is available from local fire departments and some local radio stations.

The burning restrictions apply to both Salem and Keizer, extending for six miles beyond their city limits. The following Mid-Valley communities are restricted for three miles beyond their city limits: Marion County Aumsville, Hubbard, Gervais, Jefferson, Mill City, Mount Angel, Silverton, Stayton, Sublimity, Turner, Woodburn. Polk County Dallas, Independence, Monmouth. Benton County Corvallis, Philomath. termined to be those of registered voters.

Lucas' petition had 121 signatures, 109 of which were valid. Stec said that, according to the city charter, Lucas and Towery have until 5 p.m. Monday to resign or face recall. That's also the deadline for filing a statement for the ballot, although one isn't required. The recall effort stems from the controversy surrounding the sus- Turn to Recall, Page 3C.

Linn County Albany, Brownsville, Har-risburg, Lebanon, Mill City, Sweet Home. Yamhill County Amity, Carlton, Dayton, Dundee, Lafayette, McMinnville, New-berg, Sheridan, Willamina. Religious views keep traffic violator in jail EUGENE A Glenwood man chose to remain in jail Tuesday rather than pay five traffic tickets against his religious beliefs. James Bane, 27, who is being held in the Lane County Jail, was taken into custody Friday after he appeared for a hearing in Eugene Municipal Court. From staff and wire reports.