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It seems that Ubuntu 11.10 server defaults to NFSv4, which probably makes sense.
But I'm having problems with ownership on the clients. Both my server and clients run 11.10 and authentication is done with OpenLDAP (so UID/GID's are consistent).
On the server, I do see the correct persmissions on my home directory: UID/GID 2000.
But on the client, this gets mapped to some none-existing uid:
drwxr-xr-x 13 4294967294 4294967294 4096 2012-01-15 01:18 .
I guess the answer will have something to do with idmapd (which is running on the server), but any pointers are welcome!
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1. Tell as much as you’re willing about your “real life” like name, age, gender, location, family, religion, profession, education, hobbies, etc.
Ok, I’m Mike Donald, I’m 51 yearsw old and I live in Manchester, UK
2. When and how did you become interested in computers? in Linux? in Ubuntu?
My introduction to computers came in 1989 when I was working in a Magistrates Court in Manchester. It was a ICL ME29 mainframe computer system. I had never seen a computer close up before this time 
let alone owned one.
I took an interest in its workings (hardware and software) and within a year I was writing small search programs to cut down on the amount of time it took to search the system for an account with a given set of conditions. I ended up running that mainframe for about 2 years. I still didn’t own a computer of my own.
I left the Courts service in 1991 and as a complete change took my HGV class 1 licence as I had always wanted to drive articulated lorries! Strange I know, but whatever. I did that for 12 years and left about 2 years ago, to rest and play golf
I bought my first computer (a Packard Bell Easynote F7305) in 2004 and fudged my way around for a while. Over the next few years I bought a Philips desktop computer, which is still going strong and a top-of-the-range Sony Vaio. This Vaio is what I now use every day.
I was thoroughly disillusioned with Windows due to what I saw as ridiculous shortfalls in a system that had been around for years (XP). Its failings were legion, in my book, so I tried Ubuntu in 2007. Sadly I didn’t know enough to get the wireless working and I had one or two video problems, so I then experimented with Mac OSX86. I managed to get that up and working on my desktop and my Vaio, in various states of success.
Last year I tried Ubuntu 10.04 and was extremely impressed with how much worked “out of the box” and stayed with that until 10.10 arrived and upgraded before it was released. I have participated in testing new releases since.
3. When did you become involved in the forums (or the Ubuntu community)? What’s your role there?
In my Ubuntu travels the Ubuntuforums have been invaluable as a problem-solving source. I decided early on that I would like to help others in the way that I was helped by people on UF.
4. Are you an Ubuntu member? If so, how do you contribute? If not, do you plan on becoming one?
I have very recently become an Ubuntu Member, and I’m very pleased about that
5. What distros do you regularly use? What software? What’s your favorite application? Your least favorite?
I use Ubuntu, BodhiLinux and PCLinuxOS on a regular basis.
6. What’s your fondest memory from the forums, or from Ubuntu overall? What’s your worst?
My most satisfying day (and night) on UF was when I spent 8 hours helping someone through a particularly convoluted set of circumstances to a fully successful outcome. I stayed up all night to do it. Both myself and the user were very happy with the outcome.
7. What luck have you had introducing new computer users to Ubuntu?
No answer given.
8. What would you like to see happen with Linux in the future? with Ubuntu?
I would genuinely love to see Linux take a much larger share of the market place. I believe this is going to be very difficult though, due to both economic pressures and literally getting the word out to people that there is an alternative to Windows.
9. If there was one thing you could tell all new Ubuntu users, what would it be?
If I could tell prospective Ubuntu users one thing it would be to read, read and read before jumping in, and to make sure you can go back to what you have, before you start.
Originally Posted here on 2012-01-14
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We had a few issues this week, that needed a bit of work by some of the members. The main issue was with Libreoffice, parts of it were in the repositories and available for update, before all the packages had finished building. There was a solution offered:
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/
Then run:
sudo apt-get -f install
The rest of us waited until all the packages had been built before updating.
The other major event, was the release of Unity 5 to a ppa for testing. Many of us ran the checkbox application, in oder to test Unity properly, and report any problems to the developers
There is an ongoing thread concerning the ability to customize Unity, and what applications will be installed by default to allows us to set things up the way we like.
1. Tell as much as you’re willing about your “real life” like name, age, gender, location, family, religion, profession, education, hobbies, etc.
Ok, I’m Mike Donald, I’m 51 yearsw old and I live in Manchester, UK
2. When and how did you become interested in computers? in Linux? in Ubuntu?
My introduction to computers came in 1989 when I was working in a Magistrates Court in Manchester. It was a ICL ME29 mainframe computer system. I had never seen a computer close up before this time let alone owned one.
I took an interest in its workings (hardware and software) and within a year I was writing small search programs to cut down on the amount of time it took to search the system for an account with a given set of conditions. I ended up running that mainframe for about 2 years. I still didn’t own a computer of my own.
I left the Courts service in 1991 and as a complete change took my HGV class 1 licence as I had always wanted to drive articulated lorries! Strange I know, but whatever. I did that for 12 years and left about 2 years ago, to rest and play golf
I bought my first computer (a Packard Bell Easynote F7305) in 2004 and fudged my way around for a while. Over the next few years I bought a Philips desktop computer, which is still going strong and a top-of-the-range Sony Vaio. This Vaio is what I now use every day.
I was thoroughly disillusioned with Windows due to what I saw as ridiculous shortfalls in a system that had been around for years (XP). Its failings were legion, in my book, so I tried Ubuntu in 2007. Sadly I didn’t know enough to get the wireless working and I had one or two video problems, so I then experimented with Mac OSX86. I managed to get that up and working on my desktop and my Vaio, in various states of success.
Last year I tried Ubuntu 10.04 and was extremely impressed with how much worked “out of the box” and stayed with that until 10.10 arrived and upgraded before it was released. I have participated in testing new releases since.
3. When did you become involved in the forums (or the Ubuntu community)? What’s your role there?
In my Ubuntu travels the Ubuntuforums have been invaluable as a problem-solving source. I decided early on that I would like to help others in the way that I was helped by people on UF.
4. Are you an Ubuntu member? If so, how do you contribute? If not, do you plan on becoming one?
I have very recently become an Ubuntu Member, and I’m very pleased about that
5. What distros do you regularly use? What software? What’s your favorite application? Your least favorite?
I use Ubuntu, BodhiLinux and PCLinuxOS on a regular basis.
6. What’s your fondest memory from the forums, or from Ubuntu overall? What’s your worst?
My most satisfying day (and night) on UF was when I spent 8 hours helping someone through a particularly convoluted set of circumstances to a fully successful outcome. I stayed up all night to do it. Both myself and the user were very happy with the outcome.
7. What luck have you had introducing new computer users to Ubuntu?
No answer given.
8. What would you like to see happen with Linux in the future? with Ubuntu?
I would genuinely love to see Linux take a much larger share of the market place. I believe this is going to be very difficult though, due to both economic pressures and literally getting the word out to people that there is an alternative to Windows.
9. If there was one thing you could tell all new Ubuntu users, what would it be?
If I could tell prospective Ubuntu users one thing it would be to read, read and read before jumping in, and to make sure you can go back to what you have, before you start.
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I hope that Matt Smith carries on playing the Doctor for a long time, I really enjoy his portrayal. But when he moves on, as he eventually will, I’d like to make my suggestion as to who should replace him in the role. I think Vicky McClure would make a great Doctor. You may well have seen her brilliant performances in “This is England” where she demonstrated a huge emotional depth. She’d do a great job of delivering the range required by the character of the Doctor and looked powerful striding around in a big coat and boots in “This is England 86″. 
I’ve even created a Facebook group to that effect which you can join if you think that I’m not totally talking out of my hat. http://www.facebook.com/groups/188805587884093/
Photo by National Media Museum on Flickr under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0.
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Hi,
I’m looking for someone can mentoring me doing the packaging for Liferay. Btw, some intro about Liferay can be found here . I’ve found PPA package by Alberto Montero Asenjo but seem not up2date with the current stable version. I already try contact him and waiting for him to respond. While waiting for him, I’m asking other people who has knowledge of packaging Liferay come to make a team for liferay. I’ve try but gaining this error even i already specify ANT_OPTS in my .bashrc , here is the output :
$ debuild -S
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc -S
dpkg-buildpackage: export CFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export CPPFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor):
dpkg-buildpackage: export CXXFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export FFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export LDFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
dpkg-buildpackage: source package liferayportal6.0-tomcat6
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 6.0.6ppa1ubuntu1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman <fenris@ubuntu.com>
dpkg-source –before-build liferay-portal-src-6.0.6
fakeroot debian/rules clean
if [ ! -d "" ]; then \
JDK_DIRS=”/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm”;\
for jdir in $JDK_DIRS; do \
if [ -r "$jdir/bin/javac" -a -z "" ]; then \
echo “export JAVA_HOME=\”$jdir\”" > “/tmp/java-homeXXSKJJKJIOU”; \
fi;\
done;\
if [ ! -e "/tmp/java-homeXXSKJJKJIOU" ]; then \
echo “No JDK was found”;\
exit;\
fi;\
fi
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
. “/tmp/java-homeXXSKJJKJIOU” && ant clean
Buildfile: /home/fenris/workspace/packaging/liferay/PPA/liferay-portal-src-6.0.6/build.xmlBUILD FAILED
/home/fenris/workspace/packaging/liferay/PPA/liferay-portal-src-6.0.6/build.xml:6: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/home/fenris/workspace/packaging/liferay/PPA/liferay-portal-src-6.0.6/build-common.xml:245: .Please set the environment variable ANT_OPTS to the recommended value of
“-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m”.Total time: 1 second
make: *** [clean] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1348:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc -S failed
Im also looking at Liferay packaging status in debian (http://wiki.debian.org/Java/LiferayPackaging) looks like some job need to be completed. My goals for this liferay portal is it can be inside of Ubuntu Repo soon ……
News came this week that Portland’s Urban Airship was simplifying its service offering by incorporating SimpleGeo functionality into its high performance push offerings and shuttering the separate SimpleGeo service. In the interim, they were helping customers transition to new services using Factual as a stop gap.
Well now, another Portland company has stepped up to help in the interim. Geoloqi has released a service to allow folks to import SimpleGeo data into Geoloqi.
The offering allows developers to transfer data out of SimpleGeo into Geoloqi with one command.
This tool will allow you to transfer your SimpleGeo Storage data over to Geoloqi. It makes Geoloqi Layers for each SimpleGeo Layer, and converts Records to Geoloqi Places for each of the layers.
All you need to run the command is a Geoloqi Access Token, and the SimpleGEO OAuth Key and Secret. You can sign up for a Geoloqi account at The Geoloqi Web Site and retrieve your access token from the Geoloqi Developers site.
This script is provided as an executable via Rubygems, which means it runs on any Mac OSX computer out-of-the-box (and on any Windows/Linux machines with ruby available).
That said, it’s not the perfect solution. But that’s on its way.
This is a quick-fix solution. However we are planning on making a more stable, complete tool for importing data to Geoloqi from other sources (and for exporting your data out of Geoloqi). We feel it’s in your best interest to have total control of your data at all times, and we want to help you solve problems, including the problem of transferring data between your machine and cloud services.
For more information, visit the Geoloqi SimpleGeo import on Github.
(Hat tip @bradhe)
Explosive chemistry lesson learned at David Douglas High
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See what students discovered about elemental sodium – in an accident that sent 12 people to the hospital …
AMR medics gurney one of a dozen students – after being decontaminated and outfitted in a Tyvek suit – to a waiting ambulance near the chemistry laboratory at David Douglas High School.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
In the new science wing at David Douglas High School (DDHS), on the morning of Friday the 13th, students learned a hard lesson by accident – when a small explosion rocked the chemistry lab.
Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) crews raced to the school when they received a report of the incident.
PF&R firefighters and investigator wait for the chemical fumes to clear, before reentering the building …
… then they suit up to return to the science wing of the high school.
“At 10:14 a.m., firefighters from PF&R Station 7 in Mill Park discovered that the explosion had been caused by some type of sodium metal in the sink,” PF&R Public Information Officer Tommy Schroeder told East Portland News.
Metallic sodium, we learned, is potentially explosive – and generates flammable hydrogen and caustic sodium hydroxide upon contact with water. Somebody had put the sodium in the teacher’s sink: “When a student tried to use the drinking fountain, also in that sink, it reacted and the result was a small explosion,” Schroeder explained.
The PF&R HazMat truck and crew stands by, waiting to find out how much decontamination might be needed in the chemistry lab and in the surrounding hallways.
At the scene, David Douglas School District spokesman Dan McCue said that their staff had evacuated the classroom – as well as eleven other classrooms in the science wing – as a precaution.
“The school did an excellent job of isolating those classrooms,” Schroeder commented. “The affected students went to the school’s performing arts center, where they were triaged for the severity of their respiratory injuries. Those who are most affected were taken to the nurses’ station to be completely decontaminated, and then were put in ambulances for local hospitals.”
Both the classroom where the explosion occurred, and the clothing worn by the students who were transported to hospitals, tested positive for high concentrations of ph, Schroeder reported. “Firefighters used the school’s showers to decontaminate affected students, and outfit them with Tyvek suits prior to transport.”
The back door to the chemistry lab remains open, while the building continues to be ventilated.
Students from the surrounding classrooms were temporarily relocated, McCue said, and the high school continued to operate.
For several hours, PF&R HazMat crews took readings, and firefighters pressure-ventilated the wing using their portable fan systems.
“The school called all of the parents of the students from that particular classroom,” Schroeder continued. “And there’s an important message for the students that did not end up being transported: If they experience any respiratory issues later today or tomorrow, don’t hesitate to call 9-1-1, or make your way quickly to the nearest hospital.”
As we talked with McCue, we couldn’t recall a similar occurrence at the high school. “But, it is a chemistry lab; they do experiments,” McCue pointed out. “Sodium metal is not supposed to mix with water, in this case it accidentally happened.”
Another ambulance arrives at David Douglas High to transporte victims of the chemistry lab incident.
Learning about the praise firefighters gave the school’s staff, McCue responded, “Our staff responded very quickly. They perhaps evacuated more students in other classrooms than needed to be evacuated. But, we always err on the side of caution. Keeping our kids safe is our number one priority.”
PF&R’s chief spokesman, Paul Corah, later arrived on-scene and said that a total of 12 instructors and students had been transported to area hospitals for medical evaluation. “It looks like 25 students and one teacher were exposed,” Corah said.
Most were complaining of upper respiratory distress, Corah added. “All those transported have non-life threatening injuries.”
In his truck, PF&R Public Information Officer Paul Corah confers with Fire Bureau spokesman Tommy Schroeder, and David Douglas Schools spokesman Dan McCue.
© 2012 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News
Punching bus-riding pair arrested in Powellhurst-Gilbert
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With all the attention focused on a recent ‘MAX beat-down’ incident – here’s the story about a similar incident of outrageous public transit violence. See how little time it took cops to solve this one …
A TriMet bus pulls up to a stop on SE 122nd Avenue, about to take on another load of passengers.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
A shocking YouTube video showing four youths beating up a girl December 26, on MAX Light Rail north on the Green Line near the Foster Road station in the Lents Neighborhood, went viral on January 6. The widespread viewing helped Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers in the Transit Police and Youth Services Division to identify the suspects.
As has been widely reported, four youths have been arrested and charged – along with an adult, who was cited on two counts of Hindering Prosecution.
But, another outrageous case of mass-transit violence took place about 3:00 p.m. on January 12 –in the nearby Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood – and has received less attention.
Most TriMet bus rides are uneventful, agency officials say.
“Officers learned that the two suspects boarded the bus at SE 122nd Avenue and Market Street, and attempted to use invalid transfers,” revealed PPB Public Information Officer Peter Simpson. “The bus driver drove to the next stop and told the girls they needed to leave the bus, at which point the girls became verbally abusive to the driver.”
While that confrontation took place, the bus was parked at the curb. “A male passenger, 23-year-old Michael Cooke, asked the females to leave the bus so it could get moving,” Simpson continued. “Then, 19-year-old Markishia Duckett punched him in the face.”
Simpson continued, “A female passenger, 23-year-old Natasha Van Warmer, with a small child, asked the women to stop acting out in front of her child, and the women then attacked her. 36-year-old Tina Duckett held the victim by the hair while her daughter Markishia punched her.”
Officers arrived took the mother and daughter into custody.
“Markishia Duckett was charged with Assault in the Third Degree, Assault in the Fourth Degree, and Interfering with Public Transportation,” Simpson said.
“Tina Duckett was charged with Assault in the Third Degree, Assault in the Fourth Degree, Interfering with Public Transportation, and Theft of Services in the Third Degree,” the Bureau spokesman added.
Police accuse both members of this smirking pugilistic pair – 36-year-old Tina Renee Duckett, and her daughter 19-year-old Markishia Welikea Duckett – with Class C Felony and Class A Misdemeanor charges. MCDC photos
Both were booked into the Multnomah County Jail with bail amounts totaling more than $7,500 each. However, MDCC records show both were released from custody that same day; Tina Duckett was “Released on Own Recognizance” – and both of the accused bail amounts indicate “Disposed: $0”.
“How crazy is that?” rhetorically asked Marcelle Greene as he waited for the bus to pull up at the stop on SE 122nd Avenue and SE Division Street. “Why do they let violent people like that – I heard they punched-out a mother with a little kid – why do let them free to hurt other people?”
Sorry. We don’t have the answer.
© 2012 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News
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Human Solutions reopens blaze-damaged building
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See why folks at this agency say the timing is good for them to be back in their main building, in the Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood …
Human Solutions has moved back into this building on SE Powell Boulevard, and is again serving those in need there.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Just after outer East Portland non-profit organization Human Solutions started its annual energy assistance program last fall, a fire at the agency’s main office at 12350 SE Powell Boulevard on October 16 threw the organization into temporary disarray.
But, the fire – suspected to have been set off by an errant roofer’s torch – didn’t stop their workers from rendering aid to very-low-income folks who live in East Portland – from the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood, eastward to Gresham – including giving them energy assistance vouchers to stay warm, as winter set in.
“Some of our workers moved temporarily to our homeless shelters,” said the organization’s director, Jean DeMaster. “Some to the new Rockwood building; five of our staff members moved into the building’s Community Room, and others at our annex across the street.”
Lyubov Tsinovkina, Lead Workforce Specialist, and Human Solutions Director Jean DeMaster together look at the newly-replaced ceiling, an area completely destroyed by the fire.
During their main office’s renovation, however, many of the people they help had to travel as many as five additional miles to receive services ranging from emergency shelter to energy assistance to employment counseling.
But, on January 9, a sense of normalcy started returning as staffers set up their offices, brought in their files and arranged their desks.
“It’s good to be back, together, in our building,” DeMaster said, as she pointed out the new ceilings, flooring and cleaned office interiors, who added that they serve more than 30,000 people each year are served from that office.
Looking around the nearly empty lobby – usually filled with those looking for help – DeMaster added, “The message were trying to get out to the people in East Portland, especially to those in the Brentwood-Darlington and Lents neighborhoods, is to come back to Human Solutions at SE 123rd and Powell Boulevard if you need services.”
Human Solutions Energy Coordinator Roxanne Beveridge makes photocopies in the main office area, now fully restored after being badly damaged by the fire.
While they typically run low on vouchers this time of year, DeMaster noted, “We have funds for energy assistance to those available to eligible households. And we’re also serving homeless families and giving them into housing as quickly as possible. It’s so cold outside, we want to make sure that people come in and get help if they need it.
Human Solutions’ Powell office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The building’s Community Room is again available, free of charge, seven days a week during the day and early evening. For more information, call (503) 548-0200 or visit their website: CLICK HERE to open their homepage.
© 2012 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News
‘Bank Bomber’ arrested, two hours and two blocks from Eastport Plaza crime scene
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Also, see how the police tracked down another outer East Portland suspected bank robber who hit a Gateway area bank on New Year’s Eve day. It’s two bank robbery stories in one …
Customers and shopkeepers at Eastport Plaza are cleared, as bomb squad team members investigate a backpack said to hold explosives used to rob a bank.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
The man didn’t have a car, but on January 10, about 9:20 a.m., he wandered up to the drive-in teller window at the U.S. Bank branch at Eastport Plaza on SE 82nd Avenue to make an unauthorized withdrawal – on foot: The 5-ft-8, 180 lb man demanded money from the teller.
This US Bank branch, and the surrounding area, is closed off…as police investigate the unusual bank robbery attempt.
“The suspect claimed to have a bomb in a backpack,” explained Portland Police Bureau Public Information Officer Sgt. Peter Simpson. “After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, the suspect left the backpack next to the drive-up window, and fled the area on foot.”
Within minutes, traffic on SE 82nd Avenue of Roses was shut down from SE Holgate Boulevard to SE Boise Street, and the south end of the shopping center was evacuated, as members of the Metropolitan Explosives Disposal Unit (MEDU) rolled up to investigate the backpack.
Members with the Metropolitan Explosives Disposal Unit create a strategy for investigating the backpack said to contain a bomb.
Meanwhile, officers were keeping a sharp lookout for the suspect – described as a thin white male in his 50s.
The backpack never got into the MEDU’s spherical containment unit; using their remote-control investigative unit, they determined that the backpack contained a hoax device, and rendered it safe, Simpson later reported.
An officer in one of Portland’s new police cruisers speeds to the north end of Eastport Plaza.
Two hours after the robbery, police take into custody the man they suspect of the crime.
Not long after the muffled bang of the MEDU’s “disruptor” charge, disabling the backpack left behind by the would-be robber, a half-dozen patrol cars raced to the north edge of Eastport Plaza on SE Francis Street.
“It looks like we’ve captured the suspect,” reported a sergeant, as officers drove the suspect back to the bank for positive identification.
50-year-old Tom L. Cloud remains in custody, pending charges of bank robbery, records show. MCDC photo
“Portland Police Bureau Robbery detectives have booked 50-year-old Tom Cloud into the Multnomah County Jail,” Simpson announced, “Cloud is on a Federal ‘hold,’ with Bank Robbery charges pending.”
New Year’s Eve Gateway bank robbery suspect nabbed
This Key Bank branch – in the Gateway Shopping Center, near the MAX Light Rail Station – was again robbed. This time, it happened on New Year’s Eve.
Also in the same week, police identified a suspect in the December 31 robbery of the Gateway area Key Bank branch in the Gateway Shopping Center on NE 102nd Avenue.
“During the investigation, officers from East Precinct spoke with Loss-Prevention staff at the Gateway Fred Meyer store, and reviewed surveillance video,” Simpson told East Portland News.
A Fred Meyer loss-prevention crew member at recognized the robbery suspect from prior encounters at Fred Meyer, Simpson added. “This information led directly to the identification of the robbery suspect, and subsequent charges.”
Police charge this man, 48-year-old Ronald Lee Johnson, with bank robbery, in connection with the New Year’s Eve Key Bank heist.
48-year-old Ronald Lee Johnson didn’t have to be captured, Simpson added; he was already in custody at the Multnomah County Jail at the time the charges were issued.
“This case highlights the positive working relationship the Portland Police Bureau maintains with the various Loss-Prevention officers and staff throughout the City of Portland,” commented PPB Robbery Detective Brett Hawkinson.
It appears Johnson was already in jail, MCDC records show, on drug-related charges. And he now remains in custody on a US Marshall hold.
2012 David F.Ashton ~ East Portland News
‘Action Plan’ continues to address community-identified issues in outer East Portland
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Read on, and learn what this unique program is doing to fulfill its mission to create a more livable East Portland …
The East Portland Action Plan general meetings each begin with dinner, for participants and guests.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
While looking for a way to address problems specific to outer East Portland, then-Mayor Tom Potter, then-State Representative Jeff Merkley, and then-Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler called for a gathering of representatives from neighborhoods, businesses, government services, and the faith community back in December of 2007.
While this trio of local civic leaders have gone on to other things, but the effort has continued – and the “East Portland Action Plan” (EPAP) emerged in February of 2009, after a lengthy series of meetings.
To read our prior article – with numerous links to others of our stories – which details how EPAP came about, CLICK HERE.
Participants gather in the David Douglas School District for the December meeting.
EPAP Co-Chair Katie Larsell brings the meeting to order, and reviews the “Four Principals Principles for Improved Livability”.
At the final meeting of the EPAP Co-Chair, Katie Larsell, started off by recapped “Four Principles for Improved Livability”. These include:
Powellhurst Gilbert Neighborhood’s Tom Barnes, representing the East Portland Graffiti Clean-up, and Mark White, neighborhood association president (and candidate for Portland City Council), listen as ROSE Community Development Executive Director Nick Sauvie makes a point.
Participating David Douglas High student Julie Braet listens, while MAXaction Committee Chair Mike Vander Veen points out a fact.
When asked about the plan, EPAP Advocate Lore Wintergreen is quick to point out that all of the work is done, and progress is being monitored by community members who have arranged themselves into committees and subcommittees, based on individual and collective interests. These include Bike, Civic Engagement, Communications, Grants Review, and Housing committees.
This year, the EPAP developed “Action Plan priority guidance” for the City of Portland:
Guests are invited to attend the next EPAP meeting, scheduled for January 25.
If you’re interested in learning more about the EPAP, or even in joining with them, contact Wintergreen at (503) 823-4035; e-mail her at lore.wintergreen@portlandoregon.gov – or, to see their official website, CLICK HERE.
© 2012 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News
Suspected car thief arrested, after standoff with police, in Centennial neighborhood
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It wasn’t folks in the house shooting at police – find out why terrified residents say they’re glad to be alive – though their house was trashed …
-1 Police say they suspect the driver who wrecked this car sped away from them because he was driving a stolen car. KOIN Local 6 image.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
This story, which took pace in the southern edge of the Centennial Community Association on January 9, had as many twists and turns as Johnson Creek – where the story finally ended, with tear gas fired after a four-hour standoff.
It all started when a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Traffic Division officer was looking for speeders near SE136th Avenue and SE Foster Road about 2:15 p.m.
“The officer saw a 1992 Honda Accord – later determined to be a stolen car – traveling at a high rate of speed, eastbound on Foster Road,” reported PPB Public Information Officer Sgt. Pete Simpson. “The officer pulled onto the roadway with the intent of stopping the vehicle for speeding, but the it traveled quickly out of sight, eastbound on Foster Road.”
Minutes later, the officer came upon the Honda, now heavily damaged, stopped on the north side of Foster Road near SE 158th Avenue. “The driver got out of the car and ran northbound and out of sight, into a rural neighborhood,” Simpson said.
SE 158th Avenue remains closed, as police investigate the violent incident.
The area into which the speed demon headed is very rural – in fact, the rain-swollen Johnson Creek parallels the north side of SE Foster Road at that point. A bridge on SE 158th Avenue connects to SE Martins – a street with no outlet on either end.
Additional officers, aided by a K-9 unit, were called in to search the area. But then a phone call from a house on SE Martins Street revealed where the suspect had found shelter.
At about 2:33 p.m., a resident in the house which had five occupants called 9-1-1 saying that a man they didn’t know had barged into their house and wouldn’t leave. “The man was ‘muddy and bloody’ we learned,” Simpson added.
Although neighbors told police they through they heard gunshots from inside the house, those reports [in both senses of the word] couldn’t be confirmed.
The Portland Police Bureau’s Mobile Command Center remains on- scene long into the evening hours.
But later, at 3:11 p.m., officers on the perimeter themselves reported hearing gunshots from the house. Command staff told officers in the area to take cover below the rim of Johnson Creek. “At least one bullet was fired past the officers’ position,” related Simpson. “But no one was hit.”
Tension mounted when a man ran from the house with a gun in hand. Officers quickly took him down — but soon learned he was one of the victims, and details about what was transpiring in the home. Another man – with a youngster – exited the house. Police learned the father and child – who both required on-site medical care – were two more of the victims in the house.
The Portland Police Bureau’s Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) were both called to the scene, while officers continued to watch the house from all sides.
Three more folks made a break for it; officers learned from them that the suspect was now alone in the house, and that at least one firearm was present.
“After approximately two hours of attempting to get the suspect to answer the phone or leave the house, SERT deployed chemical munitions into the residence at approximately 7:15 p.m.,” commented Simpson.
Police say this man, 28-year-old Darwin Leroy Stauffer, was finally taken into custody after being tear-gassed.
Within five minutes of the house filling with tear gas, the suspect opened the front door and crawled out of the house. “28-year-old Darwin Leroy Stauffer was taken into custody, and was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.”
According to MCDC records, Stauffer racked up a number of serious charges – including three counts of Kidnap in the First Degree, two counts of Robbery in the First Degree, all Class-A Felonies, plus other charges – with combined bail amounts of more than $1,300,000. He remains in custody.
Meanwhile, the five housemates, most of them said to be students, are staying with family and friends, while the home undergoes repairs and deep cleaning – estimated to cost up to $15,000.
Want to help out? CLICK HERE to open a website set up to take donations to help clean up their house.
© 2012 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News
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