Daughter of OHSU president killed by train

Submitted by Associated Press on Mon, 2010-02-08 17:54

THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) - A woman fatally struck by a train in Wasco County has been identified at Kathryn Robertson, the daughter of Oregon Health & Science University President Dr. Joseph Robertson.

The Dalles Chronicle newspaper reports the 25-year-old was hit late Sunday afternoon at a crossing in the community of Rowena. OHSU spokesman Jim Newman confirmed the fatality Monday.

A Wasco County sheriff's spokesman said Robertson was on foot when she was hit, but declined to provide additional details. Railroad officials are also participating in the investigation.
      
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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PSU bookstore basement fills with water - again

Submitted by Bill Roberson on Mon, 2010-02-08 11:25

PORTLAND, Ore. -  A broken water pipe flooded out the basement of PSU’s student bookstore Monday morning.

Crews estimate 10,000 gallons of water poured from the ceiling, damaging books, clothing and other merchandise.

It is the second time in as many years that similar incidents have taken place. The university paid for an expensive upgrade to make sure it didn't happen again.
  
The main part of the bookstore will be open Monday but crews will still be working to pump out the standing water from the basement.

As much as four feet of standing water was present when the flooding was discovered.

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Shooting at S.W. Ankeny St.

Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Sat, 2010-02-06 13:08

SOUTHWEST PORTLAND – Around 3 a.m. Jan. 6, Portland Police officers responded to a shooting at Southeast 4th Avenue and Ankeny Street.

According to a Portland Police Bureau press release, officers arrived and found a shooting victim, who was transported to the hospital.

Portland Police Gang Enforcement Team investigators responded to the scene and began an investigation.  This investigation is ongoing.

The victim, identified as 29-year-old Antonio Howard, suffered non-life-threatening wounds.

Where does all that zoo poop go?

Submitted by Shannon Cheesman on Fri, 2010-02-05 17:58

Ever thought about how much poop there is at the Oregon Zoo? Me neither, but I was surprised to learn that it amounts to 1 million pounds a year.

So what does the zoo do with all that poop? They say it's all composted on site, but they still end up with way more manure than they can use in the zoo's own gardens. So they're more than willing to share the wealth.

That's where local community gardens come in, as well as neighboring places like the Hoyt Arboretum and Washington Park. The zoo actually gives away their excess manure, dubbed 'ZooDoo.' Last year, they gave away about 48 dump truck loads of the stuff.

Huh... imagine that!

The ZooDoo isn't available to the general public but local municipalities or agencies that sponsor community gardens are encouraged to contact Zoo Horticulturist Rick Haynes if they're interested in getting in on the deal.

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Oregon Zoo orangutans make Super Bowl predictions

Submitted by Jeremy Doucette... on Fri, 2010-02-05 13:22

Portions of this story were taken from a press release courtesy of The Oregon Zoo.

Kutai, Inji, and Batik - three orangutans living at the Portland Zoo - have not reached a unanimous prediction of this year's Super Bowl winner. Kutai picked the Colts to win while Inji and Batik predict a Saints victory. The primates chose from either a Saints or Colts t-shirt in order to predict the winner.

Since 1996, when primate keepers first developed the system that allows the orangutans to predict the Super Bowl winner, the “orangs” - as they are called by zookeepers - have proven themselves to be the Portland area's foremost football prognosticators, or at least the foremost in the animal kingdom.

Inji's ability to predict the winner of football games was discovered by chance when a local sportscaster had seen the primates receive clothing items as enrichment and wondered what they might do with Beavers and Ducks T-shirts prior to the teams' 100th Civil War game.

Inji, the most dominant of the orangs at the time, put on an Oregon shirt, and the Ducks went on to win, 49-13.

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Third Graders Host Read-a-Thon to Raise $$ for Haiti

Submitted by Natali Marmion on Fri, 2010-02-05 10:20

It's happening today at the Catlin Gabel School.  The third grade class has organized a read-a-thon for the entire lower school to participate in.

The kids will read for 45 minutes this afternoon.

A pledge sheet went home last week.  Many families have agreed to match donations that come in.

Mercy Corps will receive the dollars raised.

Way to go kids!  Can't wait to see how long you read, how much money you raise... and how many people will benefit from the good work Mercy Corp can do with the dollars.

Go to Catlin.edu to make a pledge.

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Apply to be a 'ZooTeen' this summer

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Thu, 2010-02-04 08:00

The Oregon Zoo is recruiting teen volunteers to help animal keepers, interact with visitors and help manage the pygmy goat krall and family farm (both run solely by teens).

The deadline to apply for the summer gig is Feb. 22. Students entering the 9th through 12th grades this fall may apply.

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Get in free at the Japanese Garden

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Wed, 2010-02-03 15:41

Mark your calendar for Saturday, Feb. 27 because the Portland Japanese Garden will be free that day!

"This is our fifth year hosting Free Admission Days," Executive Director Steve Bloom said in a press release. "The response from the community is greater each year and we love sharing the garden with everyone on these special days."

The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The garden is located at 611 S.W. Kingston Drive.

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'My Little Waiting Room' opening at St. Vincent Medical Center

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Tue, 2010-02-02 11:11

PORTLAND, Ore. - Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is opening a new drop-in child care soon called 'My Little Waiting Room.'

Two moms came up with the idea after one of them, Amy Paterson, went through a battle with breast cancer. She went to 144 medical appointments in a year and had to arrange for child care each time.

"We believe that since retail stores, gyms and movie theaters offer drop-in child care, so should hospitals, where families are often in crisis and could use it the most," Paterson said in a press release sent out by the hospital.

Paterson co-founded the non-profit My Little Waiting Room with fellow mom Melissa Moore.

Licensed and trained child care professionals will staff the daycare center, which is slated to open in March. The services will be free of charge for patients, with a suggested donation to help defray some of the costs.

Money raised through the Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation and grants from charitable organizations are funding the program.

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Lewis & Clark student hits Jeopardy stage

Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Mon, 2010-02-01 13:05

A Lewis & Clark College student is one of 15 college students competing for this week's Jeopardy College Championship. Lyndsey Romick, originally from Grants Pass, Ore., is a sophomore studying International Affairs and English at the college. She has lived in Oregon all of her life, according to Lyndsey's Jeopardy blog posting.

"I graduated from Grants Pass High School where I was first introduced to signaling buzzers," she blogs. "Brain Bowl and a similar competition called Academic Challenge taught me that donuts and orange juice are the best brain food ... and that it’s okay to get excited over things like flashcards and good mnemonic devices."

Lyndsey says she has watched Jeopardy for years, and "every time there was an ad for trying out, my mom would tell me I needed to do it. I always said that I would and never actually did until this summer."

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