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-Continued from page 1flew from Fairbanks to Portland, rant to be served on Mrs. Ala-Oregon, then joined a sister residing in Vancouver on Jan. 2.Because of an inadvertent oversight by the 1955 Washington State Legislature, Mrs. Happy Rons, a public defender in Vancouver, says Mrs. Alayoubi would have to be remanded from Alaska juvenile court to Alaska adult court before she could be extradicted from Washington.She points out that the Uniform Extradition Act under which adults accused of crimes are routinely returned to demanding states does not apply to juveniles.Instead, she points out, juveniles are covered by the Interstate Compact on juveniles. The first 13 articles which were ratified by the 1955 Washington Legislature cover runaways and juveniles who already have been adjudicated offenders. However, Mrs. Rons says the 1955 Legislature never got around to endorsing the compact’s 17 other articles which provide for the return of juveniles who are only suspects or charged with a crime.She says Mrs. Alayoubi could return here voluntarily but shedoesn’t want to return.Jim Hamilton, another public defender in Vancouver, says “Alaska can’t get her back without remanding her, and it can’t remand her without getting her back.”But a Fairbanks assistant district attorney disagrees. He says that it is not only possible for a remand hearing to be held in absentia, but that a court can order a juvenile tried as an adult without holding any hearing at all.Last week Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Gerald Van Hoom-issen did issue such a remand order, but that order was stayed last Thursday by an order from Chief Justice Jay Rabinowitz. Now an appeal has been field with the Supreme Court challenging the power of Judge Van Hoomissen to proceed with a waiver hearing in absentia where the juvenile has been ordered but refuses to appear.Judge Van Hoomissen says his remand order was based on the juvenile’s unamenability to treatment because of her unavailability in the state and he now admits that he doesn’t think that order was sufficient.“We’re going to have to go beyond that,” Judge Van Hoomissen says.He said that briefs were being filed in the case and that it appeared that while the case would be settled that it might take several months.By the time the matter is settled, Mrs. Alayoubi will probably be an adult since sheturns 18 in May.Although Vancouver’s Superior Court Judge John Steama has allowed the governor’s war-youbi, he had delayed its implementation a week because of stay issued by the Alaska Supreme Court. He indicated he will reconsider the extraditiontoday, Friday, Feb. 23.Douglas Mertz, assistant attorney general here, is handling the Alayoubi case. In an interview with the All-Alaska Weekly, he gave this assessment:“The situation generally is the judge down in Vancouver, Washington has ruled in Alaska a juvenile can’t commit a crime and only an adult can commit a crime, and that we cannot use the Adult Extradition law to return her, that we have to waive her to adult status before she can be extradicted.‘The public defenders here say she has to be here before we can waive her, that she has a right to be present at a waiver hearing.“One thing we are trying to do is to get the judge’s order down there reversed and another thing is to try and go ahead with the waiver hearing here.“We’re investigating thosepossibilities. Right now it’s anybody’s guess whether we are going to succeed in any of these avenues.”Richard Monaghan, Clark County Juvenile Court AssistantProsecuting Attorney, said thecourt there has no interest in whether Mrs. Alayoubi is guiltyor innocent. “That’s Alaska’s problem,” he said.“She should be returned,”he added, “The thing we are missing is the mechanics to do so.”Judge Van Hoomissen said should it ultimately be decided that Mrs. Alayoubi could evade prosecution and find permanent refuge in Washington state, that it would set a dangerous precedent that could have tremendousfcnplications for Washingtonstate. He said that every young offender who found law enforcement officers breathing down their necks would no doubt take off for that state asi .1 V.. - ' » 9 -* .a haven, implying such couldmake Washington state’s juvenilecrime problem much bigger than it is now.5 Fire-Fiqhtinq PersonnTo Be Added In FairbanksThe State of Alaska has taken over fire protection responsibility on some 5.7 million acres of land in the Fairbanks area.One of the biggest changes in the district forester’s operations will be the additional personnel needed for both pre-suppression work and actual fire fighting and support.Persons interested in these types of employment should beinquiring now for this summer season’s work.There are two types of employment: hiring for both is done through the Alaska Job Service office in Fairbanks. The first type is the permanent-seasonal forest technician.Forest technicians will be hired for the entire fire season, from State Division of Personnel registers.Persons interested in employment as forest techniciansshould contact Job Service immediately to insure that they are considered in time for this season’s hire.Job Service will assist them in determining if they meetthe minimum requirements andif so, in getting on the register.During periods of high fire danger, emergency fire fighter personnel will be hired to supplement seasonal crews. EFFs perform not only actual fire righting, but fire support functions as well. As has been the case with BLM in the past, the state will hire EFF help through Job Service as well.Persons interested in fire control jobs with the state should contact Job Service at452-1893.* *Throughout the world thereare about 2,300 species of snakes.Eielson Improvements PlannedImprovements are planned for a communications installation near Eielson Air Force Base. The Corps of Engineers is inviting bids for a contract to construct a service road and erect power and communication lines for an Air Force special operations facility.The work is estimated to cost between $1 and $5 million, and the contractor will have 235 days to complete the job.The contract has been designated as a “labor surplusarea set-aside,” recogi the U.S. Departmenthas determined thatlocalitywith a labor surplus. The successful bidder must agree that a substantial portion of thecosts to the contractor, subcontractors, and suppliers will be incurred in the local area.Only small businesses may compete for this contract. Bids will be opened March 20 at the Corps’ Alaska District Office on Elmendorf Air Force Base.
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Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Fri, Feb 23, 1979
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