The Portland area’s guide to green living YOUR ONLINE LOCAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM CoyotesC ramble GoodGood-bye, Mr. Chip Bob Sallinger, conservation director of the Portland Audubon Society, tracked this coyote around Oregon’s winning coachc takes Portland’s DAILY NEWS Alameda neighborhood one Sunday morning. tthroughh city COURTESY OF BOB SALLINGER his fast show to the NFL Ex-smoker recycling www.portlandtribune.comrtlandtribune.com cigarette Q They’re here. They’re not that queer. Get used to them. — see SUSTAINABLE LIFE section — See SPORTS, B6 butts TerraCycle fi nds new ways to reuse COYOTES in the city tobacco, packaging ike hawks, coyotes are near-mythical “Coyotes are literally impossible By RAYMOND RENDLEMAN creatures for city dwellers because they Pamplin Media Group represent a chance meeting with raw na- to get rid of.” ture. This is real wildlife, loping down — Bob Sallinger, Jasmine Stoner, a server at L the road in broad daylight. The coyote brings up conservation director, Portland Audubon Society The Hutch tavern on Glisan associations with wolves, jackals and hyenas. A Street in Northeast Portland, fox-like creature with a bouncing gait, the coyote sees fi rsthand how many cig- has proved far more cunning and resilient than arette butts get tossed in the other urban mammals. te: Coyotes have a compensatory breeding ra streets. Whatever your friends only the alpha male and female of the pack breed. Stoner quit smoking in De- STORY BY might tell you, they’re not cember of on the increase in Portland But if you kill them, all the other pairs start breed- 2011, and all JOSEPH — the city is pretty much ing and the population explodes. ated to the trash real- Sallinger heard that coyotes were habitu GALLIVAN saturated. COURTESY OF BOB SALLINGER ly gets to her. “Coyotes are literally being fed by humans in Portland’s Alameda Toxic stuff impossible to get rid of,” Most people went about their normal routines as this neighborhood, so he spent an hour following a ending up in coyote strolled through the Alameda neighborhood. coyote one Sunday morning. “The coyote walked landfi lls — or says Bob Sallinger, conservation director at the right past people out strolling, people gardening, down the gul- Portland Audubon Society, who fell into the role of and the vast majority didn’t notice him. A few ts iPortland International Airport, lets of unsus- coyote expert in 1992. “People have been asking Case in poin would do a double-take and go back to talking on me since the early 1990s, ‘How do I get rid of where staff tried in vain to clear coyotes from the pecting birds See COYOTES / Page 2 — includes them?’ ” Sallinger says. “But even ll backif you in manage almost runways. Sallinger’s consistent advice was that “It’s spit-soaked to kill the entire pack, they will fi improved fencing works better than traps. cigarette fi l- immediately.” disgusting ters, partially and smoked ciga- Portlandfi d Tribune THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPER • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED THURSTHURSDAY Pregnant ■ Drug therapy injects change into wary recovery community addicts face new choices Methadone quiets ‘monster of cravings’ as birth looms By PETER KORN The Tribune

What Mary Hansen calls Oxford House her million-dollar question is resident just fi ve months away. A longtime heroin addict, the Elizabeth 37-year-old Hansen began Smith says if taking methadone when she her house is discovered she was pregnant forced to in early November. Her high- accept an stakes question concerns addict taking what happens after she deliv- methadone her ers the baby. own recovery When the recovery commu- would be nity talks threatened. “Sometimes about Government long-term offi cials say they cannot metha- done treat- she may not cope with life ment re- have a choice. without a sulting in harm re- certain duction, dosage of they are opiates to just referring to a model lizabeth Smith is two years into recov- der pressure from the federal government, are feel normal.” which ma- ery from a 15-year heroin addiction. telling Oxford Houses throughout the country — Chris Farentinos, ny addicts There are many things in her future that people taking methadone are protected un- DePaul Treatment say could Methadone Eabout which she is uncertain. One thing der the Americans With Disabilities Act and can- Centers just as she knows for sure, however, is that her Oxford not be discriminated against when they apply for easily be House, where she lives with four other women housing. called a in recovery, has become the But for heroin addicts such lesser of two evils choice. foundation stone of her so- as Smith, methadone patients Nowhere is this more obvi- fi nds its briety. Story by Peter Korn have simply traded one high ous than at local nonprofi t De- Any of the women in Photos by Christopher Onstott for another, and being around Paul Treatment Centers, where Smith’s house can, without them is like being around an innovative program has a explanation, insist that one other users — the last thing handful of pregnant heroin ad- of the others immediately take a drug test. One someone in recovery should do. dicts, including Hansen, using way into failed test means the housemate must leave. “If we voted someone in here who was on methadone through the course That’s how committed the women in Smith’s methadone I would not be safe,” says Smith, who of their pregnancies. house — all previous hard-core addicts — are to years ago tried methadone treatment herself. These women are living in a sobriety. “Just seeing the person under the infl uence of it, DePaul residential facility with Smith is also certain that she doesn’t like the not necessarily even nodding out, just the fl ush, as many as 30 other women clean, sober idea that her Oxford House, and the 45 other Ox- the sweats, seeing those things would make me who are practicing sobriety. ford Houses in the Portland area, will now no think about it and how much I like that feeling. Chris Farentinos, chief operat- longer be able to insist on a completely clean and Knowing it is in the house, whether it’s in a $5 ing officer for DePaul, says sober environment. At least not according to her lock box or not, I wouldn’t be safe.” some of the other residents defi nition. Oxford Houses are the most popular recovery have voiced concerns about housing Whether Smith likes it or not, addicts who housing in the Portland area. They are univer- having to live with the women have opted for methadone treatment, and who sally hailed by addiction counselors, who often wish to live at an Oxford House, can no longer be See BIRTHS / Page 3 kept out. State health and housing offi cials, un- See DRUGS / Page 2 Smith takes a ‘purposeful pause’ TriMet’s union ■ After By STEVE LAW The Tribune defeat, plans a PR blitz mayoral Charismatic. Whip smart. Jefferson Smith candidate Visionary. is doing a lot of seeks new Flaky. Prone to putting foot in self-refl ection mouth. before he in contract fi ght challenges, Portland voters gleaned those con- decides what to opportunities fl icting images of Jefferson Smith in do next in his the 2012 mayor’s race, when he rock- career, after a ATU 757 strategy Neil McFarlane has repeated- eted from underdog to solid contend- painful loss in ly argued that benefi ts re- er before fl aming out in the closing the mayor’s includes a pile of ceived by the members of weeks of the campaign. race. Amalgamated Transit Union Smith, once a rising star in Oregon 757 are too generous. TRIBUNE PHOTO: proposed budget cuts politics, is now trying to pick up the CHRISTOPHER TriMet is pushing hard for its pieces of his personal life and career ONSTOTT By JIM REDDEN employees to pay more for the and re-evaluate his future. The Tribune benefits they receive to help “Losing the race, and losing the and doing extensive soul-searching want to do now is not rush.” balance the regional transit way I lost, something you spent 14 and fence-mending before jumping Smith, 39, made his name a decade It’s contract negotiation agency’s budget. months at, anybody who doesn’t ac- into something new. ago as cofounder of The Bus Project, time for TriMet, and manage- Where does the union stand knowledge that it’s painful is not be- “What I’m trying to do is take a which made it cool for young adults ment has been clear about on the budget? Does it believe ing candid,” Smith says, in his fi rst purposeful pause,” he says. “I’ve to get active in politics. Then he the health benefi ts that most cuts are needed and, if so, from extensive media interview since los- been doing (50- to 60-hour weeks) for moved to East Portland, where he of its employees receive. In a where? ing to Charlie Hales two months ago. 11 years with very little taking stock, series of speeches and media Smith is undergoing counseling very little looking around. What I See SMITH / Page 9 releases, General Manager See TRIMET / Page 8

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328131.011713 A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2013 Drugs: Harm reduction is key to solution ■ failed to help the majority of ad- From page 1 dicts become clean and sober long-term. turn to the houses when their But others say methadone for patients need a supportive place the vast majority who receive it to live after months of inpatient is not a treatment because few treatment. But the changes they use it to escape addiction. In- are undergoing are part of a stead, they say, most are kept on widespread evolution in Port- a maintenance dose that can land’s addiction recovery scene. last many years or even entire Recovery centers are begin- lifetimes. They are not in recov- ning to confront a new wave of ery, according to this view, but addicts, as detailed in a Tribune victims of a policy known as series last May. Initially hooked harm reduction, driven by data on prescription painkillers, that shows that on methadone, many young and middle-class addicts no longer burden soci- addicts have turned to cheaper ety by committing crimes, street heroin to feed their addic- spreading infections through tions. These younger addicts are needle-sharing and overwhelm- getting arrested and sentenced ing emergency departments. to probation or parole that in- The controversy surrounding cludes mandatory treatment. where to place addicts being But they are not treated with meth- responding to the adone is a micro- traditional treat- “It’s going to cosm of the larger ments that have controversy about been effective give some people which treatments with older, long- a reason to say, should be available time addicts. for whom. Criminal justice ‘Hey, if this guy For Kathleen officials and the Trebb, the impera- can get loaded it TRIBUNE PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT people who run tive has become to Leonard Arnold, a resident counselor at the Volunteers of America men’s residential center, says it’s a mistake for the recovery center to accept addiction pro- gives me an do something dif- methadone patients. grams have been excuse to say ferent, even on a searching for dif- trial basis. Trebb, ferent ways of I can use too.’ ” deputy director of “I’m not getting medicine for other residents wouldn’t see dealing with — Greg Stone, community justice my addiction, why are they get- that resident high. That type of younger opiate Volunteers of America for Multnomah ting medication?” says Kelly. segregation isn’t possible with addicts. For an in- County, was being “And it’s particularly hard when residents feeling the effects of creasing number, told by the non- they see people nodding off in a methadone 24/7. the answer is turning out to be profi ts who treat the county’s group.” Still, the beds at the VOA cen- one of the most controversial probationers and parolees that Greg Stone, director of the ter are reserved for probation- pieces of the recovery puzzle, their treatment models weren’t men’s residential center, says ers who are considered at high- what is called medication-assist- working. Their clients were when alumni and some staff at est risk to re-offend. If some of ed therapy. Prescription metha- leaving treatment in unprece- his center learned patients those men and women can be done, available to addicts for dented numbers, even knowing would be living with methadone stabilized and turned away from decades, may be on the cusp of a they would be violating the clients, they were outraged. lives of crime, Kelly says, the major resurgence. terms of their probation. “They thought it was the benefi t to society would be enor- A pilot project was hatched to worst thing that could happen to mous. ‘Any excuse they can’ try methadone on some of those our program,” he says. Kelly says she’ll consider the A few years ago, addicts being patients, who would have to live So far, the men’s center has pilot program a success if the treated with methadone were with the other clients because had only two residents on meth- methadone clients stay in treat- simply not allowed at local re- the county had no other options. adone. One lasted only two days ment longer than those practic- covery centers. “When I was younger I said — “he clearly wanted to use ing abstinence. But she says not Today, at the two 36-bed resi- there’s no way that I would sup- methadone only to get loaded,” everybody will be using the dential centers run by nonprofi t port methadone,” Trebb says. according to Stone. The second same barometer. The real data Volunteers of America as recov- “Now after reading the litera- has been living at the center for may come a year or more after ery housing for men and women ture and doing so much re- six weeks and appears sincere clients have left inpatient treat- on probation and parole, up to 15 search on it and talking to cli- in his approach to recovery. ment, and that may be a refl ec- beds are dedicated for residents ents who have been successful The stakes are high. tion of whether they continue to taking methadone. and knowing people are dying “It’s going to give some people receive methadone once back At a downtown DePaul Treat- on heroin, I’m willing to try any- a reason to say, ‘Hey, if this guy living on their own. ment Centers facility, a new pro- thing.” can get loaded it gives me an ex- “What the county wants to re- gram has pregnant women on Pam Kelly, director of reha- cuse to say I can use too,’ ” ally know,” Kelly says, “is if methadone living side by side bilitation services for Volun- Stone says. “And one thing those getting methadone don’t with recovering women practic- teers of America, says that last about addicts is, they’ll use any commit crimes at the same ing abstinence (see sidebar). year more than one in three of excuse they can.” rate.” At Hooper Detox in North the probationers and parolees Stone, who has worked at the Portland, 12 indigent heroin ad- admitted to the men’s residen- center for nearly 20 years, says Dirty little secrets dicts have received injections of tial center were addicted to ei- that once a heroin addict relaps- A mixed population is even Vivitrol, a $1,000-a-shot medica- ther heroin or painkillers. Five es, several other addicts in a fa- more risky at Oxford Houses tion that is supposed to elimi- years ago, Kelly says, that would cility tend to follow. “It’s a huge and other similar models for nate their ability to get high have been about one in eight. contamination, more so than those who are in later stages of from opiates. Many of the residents are A lockbox holds the methadone for new residents in an experimental with other drugs,” he says. recovery. In an inpatient facility Medication advocates say the younger and not as genuinely program at the Volunteers of America recovery center for men. Before accepting methadone residents live amongst staff who changes represent long overdue interested in a clean and sober patients, the residency centers are ready to intervene should a progress, and that it’s about life. tions that heighten the high well-known sign that a metha- maintained a rule that anybody resident feel tempted. At Oxford time people in the recovery com- Staff has had to receive spe- from methadone. The Volun- done patient’s morning dose is using narcotics had to be sepa- Houses, it’s just fi ve to 10 men or munity begin to embrace metha- cial training to deal with a meth- teers of America staff is learn- wearing off, though methadone rated from the rest of the resi- women living and recovering in done and newer options as treat- adone population. For instance, ing how to spot signs that clients proponents say careful dosing dents. That meant a resident their own shared home. ment for addicts. Methadone, addicts treated with methadone are chipping, or augmenting can limit that side effect. But who had a tooth pulled by a den- Mike Hermens, state chair- they say, saves lives, keeping are known for chipping — shar- their methadone with street Kelly says the effect has led to tist and was prescribed Vicodin man of Oxford Houses of Ore- heroin addicts from overdosing. ing doses or secretly using illicit heroin. some complaints by other resi- for the pain was confi ned to his And abstinence therapy has drugs and psychiatric medica- Afternoon sleepiness is a dents in the women’s center. or her room for 24 hours so the See ADDICTS / Page 9

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harlie Hales will be- Monday. come the fi rst Port- A la Michelle Obama, land mayor in a Nancy Hales isn’t shy Clong time to about recycling her fa- address the vorite dresses. monthly break- She’ll sport her fast meeting of blue election Heroin addict the Westside night Pendle- Mary Hansen Economic Alli- ton dress again, downs one of ance on Jan. 25. The as well as a collec- two daily doses public-private mem- tion of local brands in- of methadone bership group is primari- cluding outerwear by Co- that are keeping ly made of governments and lumbia Sportswear, an Eliza- her stable and business in Washington and beth Rohloff black cloche hat, a heroin-free western Clackamas counties. Pendleton scarf, two gowns by through her Many of them have tradi- Lena Medoyeff, and a pregnancy. tionally been wary of combination of jewelry TRIBUNE PHOTO: Portland’s dominance by David Margulis, CHRISTOPHER of regional issues, Moss earrings by lo- ONSTOTT something Hales cal artist Diana Sch- wants to overcome. reiber, and a couple “The mayor of of vintage pieces of Portland ought to her grandmother’s. Births: Mothers motivated to get clean have a regional role Mayor Hales says that’s constructive, built HALES he’s glad Nancy has fall- ■ Medical research supports tively smaller doses of the drug positive. on good relationships,” en head over heels into From page 1 the DePaul program and others for the fi rst two weeks of life “I was scared. I felt desperate Hales recently told the Portland her First Lady role: “Maybe this like it, says Leonardo Pereira, until weaned off its addiction. and I knew I did not want to use Tribune. “If you don’t have good whole thing is just an elaborate taking methadone, but overall assistant profes- Pereira says a while I was pregnant,” she says. relationships, when the tough scheme to buy more clothes,” there have been no noticeable sor of maternal- few studies have Her fi rst four or fi ve days at issues come up, you don’t have he joked to Sources say this confl icts. fetal medicine at “With shown that such the DePaul residential center, anything to draw on except the week. “It’s working.” The program is not intended Oregon Health & children are at an Hansen was kept segregated tough politics of the moment.” to treat the pregnant women Science Universi- methadone, increased risk for from the other women because Hales also said he met Hills- Don’t touch with methadone in the sense ty. you daily have becoming adult ad- the side effects, including nod- boro Mayor Jerry Willey and that authority please that eventually doses will be Pereira trained dicts themselves, ding off in the afternoon, might Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle lowered and the women can es- at a methadone to take your but that the asso- trigger other patients. on the campaign trail, and re- The most controversial prior- cape drug dependency. In fact, treatment center dose, otherwise ciation might sim- Today she takes low-dose cently spoke with Tualatin ities in Portland’s agenda for lowering doses during the preg- in Philadelphia, ply be a result of methadone twice a day and says Mayor Lou Ogden. Hales plans the 2013 Legislature are likely nancy is discouraged. taking care of you start to having been born the right dose has been found so to attend the informal monthly to draw the most media atten- “Our objective while they are pregnant women get sick into families that that she is completely functional meeting of regional mayors that tion. They include support for here is not to reduce the metha- on methadone. He model addictive and displaying no side effects. Odgen started last year — allowing voters to increase done,” Farentinos says. “It’s ac- says most of his (withdrawal). behavior. And She has no desire to take heroin. something former Mayor Sam property taxes above the cur- tually to get them the skills they patients became So you’re pregnant women “It quiets that monster of Adams did not do. rent limits and several gun con- need in order to do a safe deliv- pregnant while on methadone, he cravings,” Hansen says. And as far as Portland goes, trol measures, including ban- ery and be in the community hooked on heroin constantly says, are more like- Hansen says she’d like to ta- Hales plans to invite City Coun- ning so called assault weapons. after that.” and that asking chained to your ly to follow per her methadone dose after cil members and their spouses But buried in the agenda re- After the women deliver their them to embrace through on doctor her child is born, and try to be- to his house to have dinner with viewed the City Council on babies, most are referred to abstinence during medication.” visits and other come drug free. But she knows him and his wife, Nancy. The in- Wednesday are several priori- outpatient drug therapy, Faren- their pregnancy — Mary Hansen forms of pre-natal that choice is risky, for her and vitations are for one council ties that suggest Portland offi - tinos says. And many, she says, would simply not care. her child. On methadone she’s member at a time, however, to cials are expecting efforts to re- will continue to take metha- have worked. stable; off methadone she might avoid a quorum, which could strict their authority in policy done long after they have given Staying on street heroin risks Constantly chained not be. open the dinners to media cov- and fi nancial fi elds. Under the birth. overdose, which could result in Most of the pregnant women She takes other medications erage. heading Preemptions of Local Farentinos says that some of a death sentence for both moth- on methadone therapy that — one for anxiety, another to Government Authority, the the women they see have been er and fetus, Pereira says. Also, Pereira has treated are in their treat a blood clotting disorder. A scheme to buy agenda identifi es several issues taking heroin for so long that if a woman continues to use teens or early 20s, and he’s seen She isn’t thinking of halting more clothes? where attacks are expected. permanent structural changes heroin while pregnant and runs some of them change their lives those therapies. But there is a They include the city’s authori- have taken place in their brains. out of cash, the horrifi c with- after getting through pregnan- strong part of Hansen that Charlie and Nancy Hales ty to fl uoridate its water, regu- They will never be able to func- drawal associated with the cy and delivering a basically wants to be methadone-free as a were trotting off to Washington, late taxis, impose taxes on wire- tion normally without drug as- drug could cause her to lose the healthy baby. mother. D.C., during the Martin Luther less companies and other busi- sistance, she says, and lifelong child she is carrying. “Pregnancy is often a moti- “With methadone, you daily King Jr. weekend to attend the nesses, and encourage green methadone is much preferable Pereira says methadone has vating factor for them to come have to take your dose, other- U.S. Conference of Mayors as building practices through the to street heroin. not been associated with birth clean,” he says. wise you start to get sick well as a fl urry of gala events: local building codes. “Sometimes they cannot defects. Actually, neither has Hansen, who graduated from (withdrawal). So you’re con- the British Ambassador’s presi- Perhaps signifi cantly, the al- cope with life without a certain heroin. Both drugs cross the the University of Washington stantly chained to your medi- dential inauguration reception, so opposes restrictions on two it dosage of opiates to just feel placenta and force the child, and was divorced seven years cation,” Hansen says. “Some- the USCM mayors’ only event, is not doing. They are establish- normal, and sometimes it’s not once born, to go through with- ago, knew immediately that she times I just want to wake up the Oregon State Society inau- ing a city vehicle registration going to change,” Farentinos drawal. With methadone moms, would have to change after a and go about my day and not guration event, and the inaugu- fee and taxing alcohol and to- says. the newborn is given consecu- home pregnancy test came up take anything.” ration swearing-in ceremony on bacco products

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TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT ‘Lottery Row’ should go Hanna Hofford holds on tight to her sleeping bag as she, and other University of Portland students, get a tour of the Northeast Portland homeless camp Dignity Village. The school’s urban poverty immersion experience puts students in the shoes of Portland’s homeless. By STEVE LAW nance, Hales said he’d like to re- However, Hales said the high- The Tribune store public confi dence that the er fi gure is still a hold-the-line city is wisely spending transpor- budget that won’t restore lost New Portland Mayor Charlie tation funds. teacher positions. Hales, who took offi ce just two “We have to show people right Hales expects crucial funding College project offers weeks ago, is working well out of the gate that we’re serious approval within six months for with Police Chief Mike Reese about prioritizing maintenance,” the Columbia River Crossing and will soon name an interim he said. project, which includes a new director of the embattled city That means getting road re- bridge and light-rail service to transportation bureau. pairs back on a regular cycle so Vancouver plus improvements a close look at poverty Hales is in no hurry to resume they don’t deteriorate enough to to I-5 on the Oregon side of the talks on annexing west Hayden require more costly replace- bridge. But he said the project Island, a natural area where the ment. will need design ■ University of Portland students use winter break to lend a hand Port of Portland wants to devel- The city eventu- and budget chang- op marine terminals. And he’d ally needs new “We have to es to win approval. just as soon see a Hayden Island revenue to pave Eventually, By JENNIFER ANDERSON Thursday, Jan. 11, the students the rest.) gambling mecca known as Lot- some 60 miles of show people Hales said he’d like The Tribune helped serve breakfast in the The urban poverty immer- tery Row get condemned — dirt roads in right out of the to rethink how the morning: biscuits and gravy, sion weekend stirs deep con- quickly — to make way for a new neighborhoods, Portland Develop- Tara Benavente felt like pastries and chocolate milk, nections for many students, Interstate 5 bridge to Vancouver, Hales said, but he gate that we’re ment Commission she lived in a bubble, and stick-to-the-ribs stuff. says Ell, in his fourth year of Wash. won’t propose any- serious about functions for the wanted to change that. They also visited the Com- leading the program after go- Hales made his remarks in a thing until regain- next quarter-cen- So the 21-year-old University munity Transition School in ing through it himself as an wide-ranging interview Monday ing the public’s prioritizing tury. With 14.6 per- of Portland student signed up Northeast Portland (for chil- undergraduate. He received with the Portland Tribune edito- trust. maintenance.” cent of the city’s for a crash course in “urban dren experiencing homeless- his theology degree from Uni- rial board. Hales vowed to steer He is skeptical — Mayor Charlie Hales land base tied up in poverty,” and ended up sleep- ness), handed out food at the versity of Portland in 1989. clear of making “political ap- that Adams’ new urban renewal dis- ing on a cold, bare tile fl oor in Oregon Food Bank and toured “A lot of people overcome pointments” as bureau heads, “Out of the Mud” tricts, Hales said a downtown shelter three Dignity Village, the encamp- their fear of people different promising to hire managers program, which lowered the he’d like to put more of that back times in the course of one frig- ment at Sunderland Yard in from them and understand based on expertise and after na- standards for road and sidewalk on the regular tax rolls. But he id weekend in January. North Portland. more of the factors that affect tional searches. He’s already construction, will make much of noted it will take several years It’s not the cold that she re- people who experience home- ousted Tom Miller as head of the a dent in the city’s embarrassing for the 11 districts to pay off ex- members, but the interactions ‘Still some hope out there’ lessness: bad luck; health prob- Portland Bureau of Transporta- inventory of dirt roads needing isting debts. she had with the men and The immersion experience lems; mental illness; addiction; tion, a former aide to then-May- paving. Down the road, Hales sees a women around her as she is a natural one for University diffi culty of a living wage; and or Sam Adams who was often need for more urban renewal in helped prepare “hospitality of Portland students, says Pat affordable housing, health care panned as unqualifi ed. Goodbye Lottery Row? the Lloyd District, the area kits” for them, consisting of Ell, assistant director of the and childcare,” he says. Hales said he’s not yet sure Hales asked city planners last around Southeast 122nd Avenue toothpaste, socks, underwear University’s Moreau Center for “We hope students will inte- about retaining David Shaff, the week to propose new restric- and Division Street, and 82nd and other necessities. Service and Leadership, which grate their academic with their Portland Water Bureau director tions on apartment develop- Avenue south of Madison High Before one man walked has offered dozens of similar personal beliefs; look at home- who faced similar criticism as an ments that have been permitted School. away with his kit, Tara recalls, programs since lessness as a soci- appointee of then-Commissioner without tenant parking. On Hales has been paying atten- “He stopped and put his hand 1987. ety problem, not Randy Leonard. Monday, the mayor said he also tion to Lottery Row, a strip mall on me and said, ‘I’m going to While service “We hope just an academic But he sounds likely to retain asked the transportation bureau with a dozen small outlets that pray for you,’ that God would isn’t required by problem.” Chief Reese, another high-pro- to devise a system of residential all have video lottery terminals bless me and keep me safe. the university, it students will Ell knows of fi le Adams hire. parking permits in affected ar- and sell alcohol. Then he walked off. It brought is one of three integrate their many students “I’m very happy about Mike eas, such as a seven-block “It’s a big 9-1-1 call generator me to tears.” “mission points,” who have returned Reese,” Hales said. “My sense is stretch of Southeast Division and it’s a big nuisance to the The junior social work ma- and is integrated academic with to volunteer at one that he and I are working well Street east of 32nd Avenue. That people who live on the island,” jor, originally from Guam, is into the school. their personal of the sites they’ve together.” would make it easier for nearby he said. one of 17 University of Port- “Students ac- visited. This week- One of Hales’ highest priori- residents to park in front of their Hales faulted the state lottery land students who took part in cept it — that’s beliefs; look at end’s group also ties is steering the police bureau homes. and the Oregon Liquor Control the urban poverty immersion part of what you homelessness ran into a former back into more of a community Hales plans to lobby the Legis- Commission for allowing the experience this month, on should do,” he student who took policing mode, and he wants Re- lature to boost school funding to Lottery Row situation to fester, their last weekend before says. as a society the urban poverty ese to carry that out. $6.4 billion, saying the $6.1 billion saying both have a “a confused wrapping up winter break. 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A6 INSIGHT { INSIGHT } The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2013 New year, new council, new challenges t Portland City Hall, Mayor lion shortfall for the 2013-14 fi scal tablish a rational policy for ratepayer place. Find a suitable spot for a stadi- Charlie Hales and Commis- year. To prevent that shortfall from spending before the judge imposes um and then develop it in a Rose Gar- sioner Steve Novick have of- becoming an ongoing fi nancial bur- one. den-style public-private project. Afi cially moved into the den, Hales and city commissioners ■ Coming to a new agreement with ■ Dedicating all City Hall staffers chairs once occupied by Sam Adams must make real and permanent Multnomah County on which of the and elected offi cials to bringing high- and Randy Leonard. Many Portland- spending reductions in bureaus un- two local governments is responsible paying jobs to Portland. The city has ers suffering from Adams-Leonard fa- der their authority. for specifi c services. Thirty years af- lagged too long behind Seattle and tigue might be relieved to see fresh Beyond those immediate fi nancial ter the city and the county reached other West Coast cities on salary and faces, but they also must realize that, concerns, Hales and the council have an agreement — Resolution A — to annual income. It won’t be done over- while key players have changed, the no shortage of meaty matters to con- eliminate government duplication, night, but we can make it happen underlying tend with. Some that rise to the top of there still remains too much overlap, with a plan and dedication to the issues have our list include: especially in social services and pub- cause. OUROPINION not. ■ Quickly deciding whether to fi ght lic safety. ■ Making our streets and schools Adams the EPA mandate on covering or re- ■ Changing the atmosphere at City safer by encouraging everyone in this went out of offi ce in furious fashion placing open reservoirs, so the city in Hall from one of confrontation to co- city to consider safety a part of his or — trying to wrap up as many projects turn can decide whether to keep operation. The council’s decision on her civic duties. No parent should as humanly possible in his fi nal few funding replacement projects. water fl uoridation is a good example worry about sending his or her child months as mayor. One of Hales’ fi rst ■ Putting a halt as soon as possible of how the city muffed a chance to en- to school each day. Only through a challenges will be to decide whether to multifamily projects allowed with- gage the public in a process without community effort can we change the to complete the initiatives remaining out parking. Surveys show tenants in antagonizing large segments of the climate of fear and intimidation that on Adams’ agenda, including renova- those buildings still have cars and population. comes from crime and poorly secured tion of Veterans Memorial Coliseum they leave them parked for days on ■ Following through on plans rec- schools. and buying the Post Offi ce building in end in nearby neighborhoods. ommended by citizen committees. ■ Working with surrounding com- Old Town. Hales’ decisions and sense ■ Resolving the confl ict between Too often during the past four years, munities to enhance public transit of urgency about these unresolved citizen oversight of police and the po- citizens selected for committees and and public safety needs. The suburbs matters will send a strong signal to lice union. Last week brought anoth- commissions worked hard on issues are tired of being dragged along be- the rest of the City Council about his er example: the Portland Police Re- only to have their ideas tossed aside hind Portland’s Big Dawg attitude. ability to focus as he moves forward. view Board recommended fi ring at the last minute. Ending that pat- This fi nal point may be the most vi- Weighty issues confronting Port- Capt. Todd Wyatt after fi nding he tern will create more trust among tal. Even though regional cooperation land will quickly become overwhelm- didn’t tell the truth about serious those who dedicate their time to help- isn’t an offi cial part of the job for a ing if Hales and the council are un- breaches of conduct. Yet, Police Chief ing the city on projects and pro- mayor or city commissioner, Portland able to set priorities and address is- Mike Reese simply demoted him to a grams. can only be successful if it recognizes sues in a sequential manner. Hales is desk job. ■ Bringing baseball back to the its role as a key player among many correct in concentrating initially on ■ Settling the water/sewer ratepay- Rose City. For heaven’s sake, we working toward a more prosperous the city budget, which faces a $25 mil- er lawsuit to allow the city to re-es- should never have lost it in the fi rst region.

Portland TWOVIEWS ● Neighbors, composting fi rm look for way out of smelly problem Tribune

FOUNDER Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Recology says changes coming soon PRESIDENT J. Mark Garber ment. Our leading-edge com- chooses to bike to work instead By Paul Yamamoto posting program is taking tons of drive, we’re all doing our MANAGING EDITOR/ of solid waste out of area land- part to build a more sustain- WEB EDITOR ow can we build a fi lls each and every year. able future. Kevin Harden more sustainable fu- Composting is also key to a I think that is why several ture together? more sustainable future because groups involved in environ- VICE PRESIDENT It’s a question that’s it greatly reduces methane mental protection and recy- Brian Monihan H driving a lot of important work emissions — a major source of cling have written to the Coun- CIRCULATION all across our region right now. the greenhouse gases that con- ty to support the extension of MANAGER Local families are recycling — tribute to climate change. our permit ... and why scores of Kim Stephens and composting — more than The organic compost prod- people from Washington Coun- ever. Renewable energy is be- ucts produced by Nature’s ty have gone on record saying CREATIVE coming a more important part Needs are used as soil amend- that we should be given seven SERVICES MANAGER of our lives. And Oregonians of ments in landscape yards, or- more months of operation to Cheryl DuVal all ages are increasingly aware chards and vineyards all over demonstrate that this impor- that the choices we make today Oregon. So while we’re building tant composting facility can op- PUBLISHING SYSTEMS TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRIS ONSTOTT affect the world we’ll live in to- a more sustainable future, we’re Composting food waste and yard debris has caused problems in North erate in a responsible manner. MANAGER/WEBMASTER morrow. also making signifi cant contri- Because, in the end, that’s Alvaro Fontán Plains. That’s why it’s such an impor- butions to the local economy what it’s all about. tant time to be part of building and to the positive quality of life Everybody at Nature’s Needs NEWS WRITERS Jennifer Anderson, one of America’s most innova- to families throughout our re- out all commercial food waste. This new approach is designed realizes that in our own work, Peter Korn, Steve Law, tive composting programs. gion. This brings our demonstration to guarantee timely identifi ca- there have been times when Jim Redden Nature’s Needs is a 100 per- The road to a sustainable fu- project to an end and eliminates tion and response to all odor we’ve missed the mark. But cent employee-owned green and ture hasn’t always been a the largest source of odors — re- problems. we’re learning more and more FEATURES WRITERS sustainable composting opera- smooth one and everybody at ducing our food waste process- It’s important to note that every day how best to build the Jason Vondersmith, tion that’s been serving North Nature’s Needs realizes that ing by nearly 90 percent. from here on out, we’ll be work- environmental legacy that we all Anne Marie DiStefano Plains and neighboring commu- we’ve had an impact on the Nature’s Needs will also be ad- ing very closely with Washing- want to leave to future genera- nities for more than a decade. North Plains community. Where justing our operations to shift ton County and the local com- tions. SPORTS EDITOR Steve Brandon We process about 35,000 tons of we’ve made mistakes, we’ve more odorous activities to times munity to make sure that odors We believe that community yard trimming and land clear- apologized and taken steps to do of the day, including evening are minimized as much as possi- feedback, close cooperation SPORTSWRITERS ing materials each year. better. Conversations with local hours, when we will have the ble. Our three-step action plan with Washington County and Kerry Eggers, Our work is one part of the residents and Washington Coun- least impact to our neighbors. means that the odor issues of the city of North Plains and our Jason Vondersmith, sustainability movement that’s ty offi cials have helped us devel- This is in direct response to the past will not continue into aggressive action plan will all Stephen Alexander striving to make sure Oregon is op an aggressive plan to address feedback from local small busi- the future. help us be both a better neigh- a place where future genera- your concerns. nesses and families about odor As we implement these inno- bor and a better contributor to a SUSTAINABLE LIFE tions can count on a healthy en- The No. 1 concern we’ve issues during daytime hours and vative changes we are commit- world that’s moving toward the EDITOR vironment and a great quality of heard voiced by local residents mirrors steps taken by other lo- ted to helping the communities sustainability that’s crucial to Steve Law life. has to do with odors caused by cal companies to shift their in which we operate to get it all our futures. COPY EDITOR To get there, Nature’s Needs food waste. That’s why in the hours of operations. right. Every time a local family Mikel Kelly — just like families and small coming weeks — under the di- In addition, we’ve worked composts instead of throwing Paul Yamamoto is the vice presi- businesses across the region — rection of Washington County — closely with Washington County away, whenever schoolchildren dent and general manager of Recol- ART DIRECTION has taken steps necessary to re- we’ll make a fundamental to create an objective, third-par- learn a little more about recy- ogy Environmental Solutions Inc. AND DESIGN duce our impact on the environ- change at our facility by phasing ty odor monitoring program. cling, and every day someone in North Plains. Pete Vogel

VISUAL JOURNALIST AND PHOTO EDITOR Christopher Onstott INSIGHT Demonstration’s over, time to end the stink PAGE EDITOR Keith Klippstein By Marilyn Schultz “Why build more houses down County offi cials attempting to composting operation. cern to the business owners in PRODUCTION there? Who would buy them”? fi gure this out, Recology has We have determined that North Plains, some with multi- Michael Beaird, Valerie Indeed. No one will buy the been very effective in using its Metro has alternative locations million dollar investments in the Clarke, Chris Fowler, he problem with the existing ones, either. well-connected consultants to for both the commercial food town and that are being dam- Nature’s Needs plant in For the goal of composting infl uence elected offi cials. At waste stream and the yard de- aged by the presence of this CONTRIBUTOR North Plains is not an food waste to be a success, it this point, the commissioners bris/residential food waste composting operation. We ask Rob Cullivan Targument about the will require real expertise and seem inclined to give Recology stream instead of the site at that the same concern be ex- merits of composting food unbiased research and plan- another extension, its third, of North Plains. So this is should tended to property owners and WEB SITE waste. We as citizens of North ning. That has not been the case the trial period. no longer be an obstacle to stop- residents who are losing value portlandtribune.com Plains understand that compost- up to this point. The whole oper- There will be modifi cations, ping food waste composting at in their homes and the livability ing instead of landfi lling food ation was rushed into place but the experts we have contact- the North Plains site. of their town. CIRCULATION waste it is a positive direction. without adequate research or ed have told us that it will still County commissioners seem We ask that Metro and the 503-546-9810 However, for this to be a suc- oversight. It needs comprehen- stink and very simply it should loath to decide that Recology state become involved in a com- 6605 S.E. Lake Road cess in the long run, it cannot be sive statewide planning. not have been located this close must stop composting food prehensive study of this issue so Portland, OR 97222 503-226-6397 (NEWS) mishandled and carelessly ad- The Washington County com- to a community. It will not work waste at this site. This is proba- that it can be a success in the fu- ministered. missioners have had this issue and should be moved. bly in part because of the im- ture. Residents of North Plains and thrust upon them by Metro and These same experts, some provements that Recology has We ask the county commis- The Portland Tribune the plant’s neighbors can’t fi nd themselves ill-equipped to with decades of experience, made. We think that some of the sioners to end this “demonstra- is Portland’s independent imagine that the goal of com- make decisions about it. They have told us that Recology has “loss” can probably be written tion project” and restore North newspaper that is trusted posting food waste can be con- have no expertise in this fi eld made about all of the improve- off Recology’s taxes, some of the Plains’ future. to deliver a compelling, sidered to be a success if a large and have relied on their waste ments that can be made on an improvements can be taken forward-thinking and and promising community is management staff and Recology open-air aerobic system. They with the company, and the rest Marilyn Schulz of North Plains is accurate living chronicle written off and sacrifi ced in the for their information. Neither of have informed us that there is is part of the risk of doing busi- part of Stop the Stink, a committee about how our citizens, process. As Washington County these sources has been without nothing wrong with the process ness. opposing the processing of food government and Commissioner Greg Malinowski their considerable biases. that Recology is using; it is just We ask the commissioners to waste at Recology Environmental businesses live, work said at a meeting in December: In the process of Washington that the site is not viable for a extend the same degree of con- Solutions’ plant. and play. The Portland Tribune is dedicated to providing vital communication and leadership throughout Portland Tribune editorial board Submissions our community. ■ J. Mark Garber – president, Portland Tribune The Portland Tribune welcomes essays on topics of public interest. Submissions should be no longer than and Community Newspapers Inc. 600 words and may be edited. Letters should be no longer than 250 words. Both submissions should include your 503-546-0714; [email protected] name, home address and telephone number for verifi cation purposes. Please send submissions via e-mail: ■ Kevin Harden – managing editor, Portland Tribune [email protected]. You may fax them to 503-546-0727 or send them to “Letters to the Editor,” 503-546-5167; [email protected] Portland Tribune, 6605 S.E. Lake Road, Portland, OR 97222. The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2013 NEWS A7 Auto dealers’ work boosts local economy Adams Renovations, new lands job dealerships good signs in rebounding industry as City By JIM REDDEN The Tribune Club exec After 56 years in business in Beaverton, the Herzog Meier The Tribune Auto Group is making one of its biggest investments in the Former Mayor Sam Ad- community: renovating its Vol- ams has landed a new job vo and Volkswagen dealerships as executive director of the at 4275 S.W. 139th Way. City Club of Portland. The multimillion-dollar ren- The new job was announced ovation includes the construc- Wednesday, a week after Ad- tion of a new building for the ams left offi ce. He begins the Volvo dealership and the exten- new job Jan. 22. sive remodeling of its existing “I also look forward to help- building into one just for Volk- ing City Club engage a broad- swagens. Construction has al- er, more diverse group of voic- ready begun on the new Volvo es from across the community building, with the remodeling as its research, advocacy and work scheduled to begin in programs evolve,” Adams April. says. Chris Meier, president of the The City Club’s choice fol- Herzog Meier Auto Group, says lowed a three-month search all of the contractors and sub- by a committee of club mem- contractors on the project are bers. The search attracted local. The overwhelming ma- more than 80 applicants from jority of the materials and fur- PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: JAIME VALDEZ across the nation. The club’s nishing will also be purchased Terry Tallerino, general manager of the new Mercedes-Benz of Beaverton, shows off the spacious showroom on Southwest Canyon Road. Board of Governors endorsed locally. the recommendation on Jan. “We’re doing as much as 14. possible locally,” says Meier. “2011 was up over the last The openings and expan- fi replace for?’ The answer was, “Sam is an ideal fi t for City Across the nation, motor ve- three years prior. If you look at sions are boosting the already 2013 Portland International we’ve had it for years and cus- Club as we approach our hicle sales are rebounding a graph, it’s defi nitely going in sizeable impact of new car and Auto Show tomers enjoy relaxing around 100-year anniversary,” says from the Great Recession. the right direction — straight truck dealers on the state econ- ■ When: Jan. 24 to 27 it with a cup of coffee while Pat McCormick, City Club Close to 15 million new vehicles up,” says Terry Tallerino, gen- omy. According to WorkSource ■ Where: Oregon Convention their cars are being serviced,” president. were sold in 2012, the highest eral manager of Mercedes- Oregon, the state’s employ- Center, 777 N.E. Martin Luther says Meier. Local civic organizations re- number since the economy fl at- Benz of Beaverton. ment department, more than King, Jr., Blvd. Meier declined to say how acted positively to the news. lined in 2008. That’s good news Gresham Ford is also in- 240 new-car dealerships in Or- ■ Show hours: Wed., Jan. 23, much his company is investing, “This is great news for the for manufacturers and dealers, volved in a series egon employed First Look Preview Party, 6:30 to but some recent construction City Club and Portland’s civic including those participating in of major projects. about 10,400 peo- 9:30 p.m.; Thur., Jan. 24 to Sat., and renovation projects in Bea- health,” says Midge Purcell, the 2013 Portland International It recently moved “We’re doing ple and paid more Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun., verton give an idea of the scope director of advocacy and pub- Auto Show that runs from Jan. across the street than $847 million Jan. 27, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. of such work. Bob Lanphere lic policy at Urban League of ■ Admission: 24 to 27 at the Oregon Conven- into the former as much as in wages in 2010, Adults (13 and Enterprises moved its Honda Portland. older) $12; Seniors (62 and tion Center. Gresham Mazda possible locally.” the most recent older) $10; Military (ID required) dealership to 10760 S.W. Can- “Sam can broaden the per- But the increasing sales are dealership at 1999 — Chris Meier, year for which an- $10; Children (7 to 12) $7; yon Road as part of a fi ve-year, spectives of the City Club to also encouraging dealers to E. Powell Blvd. As Herzog Meier Auto Group nual figures are Children (6 and younger) Free $12 million master plan that better refl ect Portland and Or- open new showrooms and ex- part of the reno- available. ■ Presenter: Metro Portland New included the opening of a new egon’s new diversity,” says pand existing ones. Four deal- vation, the com- That does not in- Car Dealers Association Infi niti dealership and the relo- Felisa Hagins, political direc- erships in Beaverton have re- pany added eight new light- clude associated businesses, cation of the company’s Kia tor of Service Employees In- cently either begun or complet- maintenance quick bays for like parts suppliers and truck- dealership. ternational Union Local 49. ed major construction projects. servicing all makes of cars. ing companies that deliver new buildings are essentially image Wills says the upcoming re- Prior to serving as Portland The others are the new Mer- According to Gresham Ford vehicles. upgrades. The new Volvo build- modeling project in Gresham mayor from 2009-12, Adams cedes-Benz of Beaverton deal- General Manager Bess Wills, Some of the recent construc- ing will comply with the manu- will meet Ford’s image upgrade was a city commissioner for ership at 9275 S.W. Canyon all of the work was done by lo- tion work is being done to meet facturer’s “Next Face” stan- standards, too. She estimates four years. He was chief of Road, the new Sunset Audi cal contractors and subcon- standards set by vehicle manu- dards, while the remodeled all the work will ultimately cost staff for Mayor Vera Katz from dealership at 4050 S.W. 139th tractors, including construc- facturers. Known within the Volkswagen building will meet more than $1 million, including 1993 to 2003, and served as a Way, and a major renovation at tion-related companies that are industry as “image upgrades,” the manufacturer’s “White city permit fees. policy assistant for U.S. Rep. Beaverton Toyota Scion, 4300 regular customers at the deal- they help ensure that each Face” standards. Meier says As for Gresham Ford’s for- Peter DeFazio. Murray Blvd. ership. dealership has the same look some minor changes can be ne- mer location at 1940 E. Powell As Portland mayor, Adams The Mercedes dealership “We insisted that as many of and feel across the country. gotiated to meet local needs. Blvd., it will remain an automo- held national and regional was constructed on the site of our customers as possible get The costs are all paid by the lo- For example, he persuaded tive dealership. The Seaport leadership positions and fo- the former Northwest Invest- the work,” says Wills. cal dealers, however, meaning Volvo offi cials to include a fi re- used car company based in the cused on education and quali- ment Cars Inc. building. It rep- But that is just the start. they must be confi dent of stay- place in the center of their new Gladstone area is opening a ty-of-life issues in the Rose resents a vote of confi dence in Wills says the company is also ing in business at that location showroom, a popular fi xture at second lot there. City. the region by Medford-based planning to completely remod- for years to come. the Beaverton dealership for The City Club of Portland is Lithia Motors, where sales be- el the building, beginning in Meier says the coming Volvo years. The Beaverton Valley Times con- a nonprofi t, nonpartisan civic gan climbing in 2011. February or March. and Volkswagen dealership “They said, ‘What do want a tributed to this story. affairs organization. PortlandTribune Puzzles

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WANT TO PURCHASE PURCHASE TO WANT Cryptoquip solution: Cryptoquip A8 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2013 TriMet: Union pushes for talks open to public N/NE PDX ■ matters. When a TriMet driver From page 1 struck and killed a number of parents pedestrians in downtown Port- New ATU 757 President Bruce land in April 2010, public out- Hansen says union members rage put the union on the defen- deserve their benefi ts and be- sive as it stood by the driver, feel the lieves there are other places to even though that is a role it tra- cut the budget, including man- ditionally plays. Likewise, the agement positions and compen- voter revolt in Clackamas Coun- crunch sation. ty has raised questions about But Hansen, a bus driver who the status of the Milwaukie light- was elected the local’s president rail project, even though TriMet Public meetings last June, admits the union has says it is on track. not communicated its position Recent media revelations on focus on Jefferson clearly to the public, including driver fatigue have caused both cluster options frequent TriMet riders. TriMet management and ATU To counter that, Hansen, says 757 to scramble to propose solu- By JENNIFER ANDERSON the union is launching a public tions, even though scheduling The Tribune relations campaign to refute policies are traditionally ad- what he calls TriMet’s repeated dressed in contract negotia- Portland Public School “lies and distortions” about his tions. families in North and members. And he promises to Northeast Portland had a present alternative budget cuts Health care instead rough week. and strategies to reign in what of wage hikes First, after waiting two he calls the agency’s “unsus- Hansen admits that McFar- months, they learned the two tainable spending.” lane has convinced many people concrete options on the table Hansen argues that TriMet TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT that ATU 757 members have in the Jefferson cluster en- should withdraw from the Co- With six months on the job, Amalgamated Transit Union 757 president Bruce Hansen will eventually head up “Cadillac health coverage” that rollment bal- lumbia River Crossing project contract negotiations with TriMet. The union’s positions suggest cutting management compensation rather TriMet can no longer afford. For ancing pro- and put plans for future transit than employees paying more into their benefi ts. many years, union members did cess. “What we lines on hold until its current not pay any portion of the health The process budget problems are solved. As part of that effort, ATU 757 creased. MAX service has also thing that can be done under care premiums and received wraps up next know is if “We’ve dropped the ball in recently submitted 14 public re- been reduced. None of the cuts Oregon law. coverage for life after they re- month and we keep the past, there’s no doubt about cords requests to TriMet seek- can be restored until TriMet TriMet disagrees with that tired. Although the contract ap- the changes that. We need to tell our story so ing details on budget and oper- gets its budget under control. interpretation of the law and proved by the arbitrator re- will roll out in doing what the public understands what’s ational matters. Among other has fi led an ERB complaint to quired members to pay a small the fall. Fami- we’re going on,” Hansen says. things, the union is seeking de- Dueling complaints force the union to the bargain- portion of their premiums, they lies learned of doing, Residents in TriMet’s service tails on management compen- Following the budget delib- ing table. were not deducted from their the options in district — which includes Mult- sation, expenditures on the erations has been diffi cult, how- Both complaints were heard paychecks until recently. a letter sent we’re not nomah, Washington and Clack- Portland-to-Milwaukie light-rail ever. Negotiations by an administra- But Hansen argues that union home, and the getting the amas counties — can expect to project, operator health issues on the contract tive law judge in members are entitled to the ben- board took up results we hear more from the union. ATU and a pending move of most with ATU 757 that “We need Salem last week. It efi t package because their work the issue 757 members recently approved management personnel into ended in Novem- to tell our story could take 45 days is stressful and hazardous. Driv- Monday need.” higher dues to help pay for the new downtown Portland offi ces. ber stretched on or more for the ers have numerous health is- night. — Antonio Lopez, public relations campaign. It in- Hansen expects many of the for years. A state so the public board to issue its sues, including back and kidney Both op- Portland Public cludes a new website to expose documents obtained through arbitrator finally rulings. problems, while mechanics fre- tions are com- Schools what Hansen calls TriMet’s the requests to be posted on the ruled in manage- understands In the mean- quently have to work outside in plicated. For mismanagement and partner- website, transitvoice.org. ment’s favor late what’s going time, both TriMet the rain and snow. details, see ships with other unions and TriMet’s budget problems last year, approv- and ATU 757 have “People don’t understand pps.net. community groups, including have had a signifi cant impact ing a contract that on.” asked the Mult- what our members do in their The public can weigh in at the Service Employee Interna- throughout the tri-county area. reduced health — Bruce Hansen, nomah County Cir- jobs. That’s part of the story we two public meetings: tional Union Local 49, the In recent years, the agency has benefi ts. Amalgamated Transit cuit Court to re- have to get out,” Hansen says. ■ English-as-a-second-lan- union-backed Jobs With Jus- reduced service as part of its But ATU 757 ap- Union 757 president solve the question In addition, Hansen notes that guage parent feedback meet- tice advocacy organization, the strategy to eliminate revenue pealed the ruling on whether the ATU 757 members have chosen ing: 6 p.m., Jan. 23, at Ockley Independent Living Resources shortfalls. Fareless bus and rail to the state Employment Rela- bargaining sessions should be to forgo pay raises to preserve Green School, 6031 N. Mon- disability advocacy organiza- service have been eliminated tions Board. And the union has open to the public. A hearing on the benefi t package. Their hour- tana Ave. tion and Bus Riders United, an downtown and in the Lloyd Dis- declined to attend negotiating the issue has not been sched- ly wages have not increased in ■ Community feedback fo- affi liate of the nonprofi t OPAL trict. Some bus lines have been sessions on the next contract, uled. recent years, except for cost of rum: 1 p.m., Jan. 26, at Jeffer- Environmental Justice Oregon dropped and others have seen saying TriMet is refusing to And breaking news events living raises. son High School - Middle Col- community organizing group. the frequency of the stops de- open them to the public, some- sometimes overtake budgetary “We’ve prioritized the health lege for Advanced Studies, benefi ts over pay raises,” Han- 5210 N. Kerby Ave. sen says. There are also information- Hansen and other ATU 757 al meetings at individual Helen Dye (Galina Ivonova Lebedeva) board members believe that if schools, feedback forms in March 19, 1923 - November 17, 2012 TriMet needs to cut spending, it school offi ces, and an online can find other places to save survey at pps.net. Helen Dye was born as Galina their wedding night upstairs). They money. They are convinced the On Wednesday, about 4,000 Ivonova Lebedeva near Rzhev, bought a home in outer SE Portland agency has too many managers students at 10 of the district’s and that spending on large capi- most struggling schools — all Russia to Ivon Lebedev and Katerina three months before Gordon was tal construction projects, like the except two in North and (Yermolinski) Lebedeva. The family born in 1956, with Gary coming in Milwaukie rail project, is not Northeast Portland — stayed carefully monitored. home for a day-long teacher lived on a farm provided by Helen's 1958. Helen became a homemaker Hansen and the others are not training. maternal grandparents, whose Polish thereafter. prepared to recommend specifi c Those schools will have family had much land nearby. The Cold War caused Helen to be cuts, however. They say the pre- four more no-school days vious leadership had not done a through the end of the school Helen's paternal side worked as civil concerned with her Russian identity. good job collecting detailed year, one Wednesday per servants. Her father was a colonel, She thus decided to claim a German agency budget records. As a re- month. but was discharged due to typhus. identity. She changed her name to sult, Hansen and the others are The schools are designated unsure how many management as “Focus” and “Priority” Many relatives lived in the area, and "La Beda" in 1951 and told everyone positions are fi lled, how much schools, ranked in the bottom life was good. However, when she was German. Finally, she admit- they are paid or how much Tri- 5 percent and 15 percent by Helen was two, a house fire con- ted she lost touch with her Russian Met is contributing to the Port- the state. They include: King, land-to-Milwaukie light-rail Lane, Ockley Green, Rigler, sumed her younger sister. family in 1941. She tracked down project, which is also supported Rosa Parks, Scott, Sitton, Ver- When Helen was four, the gov- her mother's address and sent her a by federal, state, regional and lo- non, Woodlawn, Woodmere. ernment confiscated their home and letter (who fainted upon receiving it, cal governments. Parents at some schools That helps explain the sweep- have criticized the decision, property and forced her family into a over twenty years after concluding ing nature of some of their re- calling it unequitable and boxcar and sent to the Ural a letter sent by a friend who opined her daughter had died in the war). cent public records requests. poorly executed, since some Mountains to work in a gold mine. the Germans were losing the war -- Thousands of letters, boxes of food, For example, on Jan. 3, the union found out as late as Dec. 14, Helen was accused of siding with the requested the names, salaries just before winter break. Helen remembered the long trek and essentials were sent to her moth- and benefits of all union and Antonio Lopez, PPS region- through the snow to the labor camp. enemy and thrown into a concentra- er (her father died in 1952) and non-union employees hired al administrator, says it was a The family lived in a corner of a tion camp. (Her friend was never brother ever since. Helen heard her since 2005. On Jan. 7, the union tough call but the training is heard from again.) A German res- requested all documents on ex- sorely needed. warehouse, separated from others by mother's and brother's voices on the penditures on the Milwaukie rail “We had a hard time debat- a blanket. Helen's father appealed to cued Helen and sent her to work for telephone in 1975 for the first time in project. ing that, but what we know is have them sent where other relatives his family (Kalbfleisch) in over 30 years, to be followed by a That same day, the union re- if we keep doing what we’re Gelnhausen, where she lived and quested all documents related to doing, we’re not getting the were exiled, to no avail. The family trip to Russia in 1978 (having just the pending move of manage- results we need,” he says. went into hiding and escaped to worked alongside his family, forging renounced her Soviet citizenship). ment staff to Harrison Square in “We have to figure out how to Rzhev, only to find their heirlooms lifelong ties. The war finally The scene at Leningrad Airport upon downtown Portland, even better utilize what we have reached Gelnhausen, where Helen though much of the cost is be- and find ways to improve on had been sold to keep relatives from their first meeting in nearly 40 years ing paid as part of the the Port- it, look deeper, figure it out starving, and many others had per- experienced bombings and tanks cannot be described. land-to-Milwaukie work. by looking at the data. We ished in labor camps or had been rumbling by. Her mother died the next year. According to Hansen, the hope it will give us better re- After the war, Helen learned union plans to present its story sults.” executed. Helen's father bartered for Her brother visited her in 1982, and and raise issues during con- On the bright side, Jeffer- survival, many times thrown into English while working with marveled at her American life in tract negotiations — when talks son High School just got a Lubyanka Prison. Eventually, the American officials and GI's. This contrast to Soviet Russia. Her broth- fi nally begin. That is one reason big boost. Willamette and Pa- was important, as she could not why ATU 757 wants them open cific universities have joined family was re-absorbed into society, er died in 1988, but her nephew vis- to the public. the University of Oregon, Or- and settled in Klin. Helen eventual- return to Russia - Stalin declared ited America in 2001. Her son Gary “If they’re not open to the egon State University, Port- ly trained as a midwife. "traitors" anyone falling behind visited Russia in 1994 and 2002, public, no one will ever learn land State University and Western lines, who would be met what’s said there,” Hansen Warner Pacific College in of- In 1941, the Nazis overran Klin: acquainting himself with some of his says. “All that’ll ever be report- fering full-tuition scholar- Helen was working at the hospital with labor camps or execution upon Russian heritage. However, Helen ed is, the contract was approved ships to eligible Jefferson their return. Thus, in 1950, her or it wasn’t approved.” graduates. when many of the doctors and nurs- was vehement about being an Hansen and the other board Since Jefferson trans- es decided to hide in the woods, but employer's relatives (Schaltenbrand, American, and dismissive of her members argue that contract formed into a middle college Helen stayed behind. The Nazis in Sherwood) sponsored her immi- Russian identity, to the very end. negotiations involving public in fall 2011, enrollment is up gration to America; she crossed the agencies are open to the public from 413 to 443 (the target en- rounded up those who had hidden, Helen's interests started and under the state Public Meetings rollment is 450 to 600). accused them of being partisans, and ocean and registered at Ellis Island. ended with her family. She loved Law. TriMet management dis- More sophomores are on hanged them. Helen learned that her On the farm in Sherwood, she per- making jelly and pies from her fruit agrees. McFarlane has said Tri- track to graduate on time formed farm work, but eventually Met is willing to allow the press than were before. The four- 16-year-old cousin had been accused trees. She was a classic Little- to attend and report on the ses- year graduation rate is still at of stealing food, and his punishment moved to Portland, taking jobs with League mom; loved to take family sions, however. But that is not 55 percent, but the class of was to be mauled to death by hungry Leupold & Stevens and Jantzen. She trips to scenic places; and had many good enough for ATU 757, which 2015 will be the fi rst graduat- gained her US citizenship in 1956. says it will not begin negotiat- ing class to fully benefi t from dogs. Helen's older brother, Mikhail, friends that she had known for over ing until the open-talks ques- the increased rigor and sup- joined the Red Army (suffering a In 1955, Helen met Drew Dye, 50 years. And every so often she tion is resolved. port. bullet in the head at Stalingrad). who had also experienced much would coax her husband to take her Amid the chaos, Helen lost touch hardship in life - the tenth of ten sib- out dancing. 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Jefferson Smith, been set aside for people on methadone, she adds. to be concerned if we put an Ox- Smith joined the mayor’s an East Portland methadone therapy, but that all Karen Wheeler, addictions ford House near a bar,” Molloy race late but surprised many by advocate, served the houses have been told they program manger for the Oregon says. “The fact of the matter is, if edging out businesswoman Ei- two terms in cannot discriminate should Health Authority, says mixing you’re an alcoholic or drug addict leen Brady to earn a runoff the Oregon someone apply who is taking populations is not an ideal plan, you have to decide internally that with Hales. Smith fi nished with House of methadone. but discriminating on the basis of you’re not going to use.” the best momentum, attracting Representatives Hermens is concerned, de- a medical disability, in this case One of few residences with a 33 percent of the primary vote and is now spite attempts to ameliorate the medically treated addiction, is il- history of mixing recovery popu- to Hales’ 37 percent. rebuilding his situation. legal. Wheeler says addicts re- lations is the Gresham residen- But in a general election race career “brick “The suggestion we put out is if ceiving methadone tial treatment cen- marked by bruising media por- by brick.” you’re going to admit somebody probably don’t ter run by nonprofi t trayals of both candidates’ TRIBUNE PHOTO: on methadone to your house, think the new situ- “They would CODA, where at warts and past missteps, Smith CHRISTOPHER that person is required to be on ation is ideal, ei- any given time be- lost steam and his idealistic im- ONSTOTT some sort of program to wean ther. rather be tween eight and 15 age. He was pummeled by con- that he’s good at talking, but preparing a public stock offer- them off of it,” Hermens says. “I “They don’t like around people of the 75 beds are tinuing coverage of his driving not about himself. “I had a ing. And he’s a founding board know people who have been on to think they’re occupied by metha- record — which included re- lousy driving record and I had member of The Bus Federation, methadone for 10 years and triggering some- in recovery who done patients. Tim peated instances of driving an altercation while I was in a national version of The Bus they’re just addicted to metha- body or they’re an are also using Hartnett, CODA’s with a suspended license — college,” Smith says. “I did a Project that is incorporating as done.” outcast or they executive director, and a college-days incident lousy job talking about both of a newly independent entity. The suggestion doesn’t make don’t belong in the medication- says other patients when he injured a young wom- those.” Smith recently met with Gov. Oxford House resident Smith recovery commu- assisted have voiced con- an in an altercation at a party. Smith believes, with some John Kitzhaber in Salem, feel safe. Smith gave birth to one nity,” Wheeler cerns, but nobody “They came out in the worst justification, that he won the though he says no specifi c op- of her children while on metha- says. “They would treatment.” has left since the possible way, and at a pretty most important campaign de- portunities were sought or of- done and says withdrawing from rather be around — Karen Wheeler, mixing started bad point in the timing of the bates with Hales. And, in con- fered by either party. He’s also the methadone took longer and people in recovery addictions program three years ago. campaign,” Hales observed this trast to revela- exploring consult- was just as painful as the with- who are also using manager, Oregon Health “In some re- week when asked to refl ect on tions of fl aky per- ing contracts, and drawals she’s experienced from medication-assist- Authority spects, people are his opponent. sonal behavior in “I’ve been doing is checking with heroin. ed treatment.” expecting the worst Political offi ceholders “have his past, Smith the state ethics Smith says she’s also con- On the other hand, Paul Mol- and our experience doesn’t sup- to have the moral authority to reckons he per- (50- to 60-hour commission to un- cerned about some of the practi- loy, founder of Oxford Houses, port that at all,” Hartnett says. govern,” Hales says. “It would formed well at weeks) for 11 derstand limits im- cal safeguards involved in having doesn’t think segregating metha- Jay Wurscher, coordinator of be hard to have those things some 90 campaign posed on lawmak- methadone in the house. For in- done patients in separate houses alcohol and drug services for Or- come out on you as a candidate, forums and 221 years with very ers after they stance, she says, when a woman would represent a better solution egon’s Child Welfare Division, and still feel you have that.” house parties. little taking leave offi ce. in her house needs to take a drug because there would be less in- says the new policies are long Hales handily beat Smith 61 “I think I was Smith says he urinalysis, the inexpensive, quick centive for residents to eventual- overdue. percent to 31 percent, meaning embarrassingly stock, very little doesn’t know if test they use simply shows up ly transition away from metha- “Now we don’t have the luxury Smith got a lower share of the late to one,” he looking around.” he’d ever consider negative or positive. A metha- done. Methadone-free, clean and to ignore the needs of people tak- vote than he did in the crowded says. — Jefferson Smith, running again for done resident would naturally sober housemates might be a ing methadone,” Wurscher says. primary. Jim Moore, po- former mayoral candidate public offi ce. test positive, so the house would great infl uence, he says. “The dirty little secret is where litical science pro- “There’s a bunch have to use a more expensive, Studies have shown that about they’ve been living. We don’t Rebuilding a young life fessor at Pacific of questions I need mail-in test which specifi es what half of Oxford House residents know. We just sort of assume Since his defeat, Smith says University in Forest Grove, to answer, and that’s not the drugs are showing up. suffer from psychiatric illnesses they’re making it on their own.” he’s going “brick by brick to do says he was shocked that fi rst, second or third,” he says. 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Then Smith allowed the home, where some accused him bility for my own stupidities, my negative accounts to “dribble of moving as a “carpetbagger” own blunders, my own mis- out” when he wasn’t forthcom- to run for the House seat. 7th Annual Drum Major Ecumenical Service takes.” ing with the media, Moore “Katy and I would like to He’s also thanking his sup- says. have kids,” Smith says. “This porters, making about 300 “My sense is his campaign might be an opportunity to do phone calls and visiting with went downhill because of the that.” “Living the Dream” about 60 people. He’s in the mid- reaction to the accusations, In the closing days of the dle of hand-delivering about 80 rather than the accusations mayor’s race, several organiza- Sunday January 20, 2013 | 3pm – 5pm gifts of chocolates, wine and themselves,” he says. tions that endorsed Smith and other items. gave him money retracted their Presented by Smith recently went on a Forgiving voters endorsements. 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335956.011013 BREAD & BREW: BEAU BREEDLOVE’S VIE VENTURE — PAGE 2 Portland! SECTION B Life THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013

Five months after forming the SE Wine Collective, Thomas and Kate Monroe have moved to showcase local wines and meals from notable Portland chefs in a new supper club series.

■ Local collective blending wines, food in Southeast Portland storefront WINEMAKERS dive into DINNER

oodies and vinophiles have an- Helioterra Wines and Division Wine- other reason to celebrate this Story by Jennifer Anderson making Company. month as a cozy “supper club” Photos by Christopher Onstott Each meal will also feature chefs from F series kicks off at Portland’s top local venues, including Boke Bowl, only urban winery. Imperial, Little Bird, Nostrana, Nuestra After starting just fi ve months ago in Cocina, Paley’s Place, Portland Penny the Richmond neighborhood, the SE lenge of pairing our wines with dishes Diner, Roe and St. Jack. Wine Collective has announced ongoing and types of cuisine we haven’t worked The collective sprung from the Divi- series of family-style food-and-wine with before. Our guests will be part of sion Winemaking Company, which the pairings beginning Jan. 20. the ride with us, experiencing how these Monroes began last summer after pur- “The chefs and restaurants will be two elements come together to create a chasing the 1920s space just off Division. challenged to leave their comfort zone unique social dining experience.” They’d been eyeballing places in Port- and create a multi-course dinner in a Each dinner will feature wines from land to set up shop for more than a year, new space,” says Thomas Monroe, who around the world, as well as the four without luck. This space was still too owns the collective with his wife, Kate. that make up the collective: Vincent “Our wineries then have the chal- Wine Company, Bow & Arrow Wines, See WINE / Page 3

“The chefs and restaurants will be challenged to leave their comfort zone and create a multi- course dinner in a new space.” — Thomas Monroe

What wine goes with what food? The SE Wine Collective establishments have branched out to include artisan food, as in fi g hor d’ouvres (far left) along with wine tasting (left). THE SHORT LIST

2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Fellows Exhibition, “We Tell Our- SubRosa Dance Sundays, Jan. 19-Feb. 17, Newmark selves Stories in Order to Live.” The STAGE Collective’s Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway, 503- inaugural exhibition showcases the 228-9571, $18-$30, $15-$26 children “Living The work of recipients of the nine Hallie Portland Story Theater Room” is part of Ford Fellowship in Visual Arts, The storytelling group’s Arm- Fertile Ground Fertile Ground from 2010-12 — Daniel Duford, Da- chair Adventurer Series will fea- The 10-day, fi fth annual Fertile Festival of New vid Eckard, Heidi Schwegler, Sang- ture the world premiere of Law- Ground Festival of New Works is Works, which ah Choi, Bruce Conkle, Stephen rence Howard’s telling of the his- coming up, presented by the Port- gets going full- Hayes, Ellen Lesperance, Akihiko torical tale of John “Babbacome” land Area Theatre Alliance and time Jan. 24 at Miyoshi and Michelle Ross. Lee, the famed “man they could not continuing to promote prolifi c play- venues around Thursday, Jan. 24 to April 27, 724 hang” after he had been convicted wrights, abundant actors, innova- the city. N.W. Davis St., museumofcontem- of murdering his master; the at- tive dancers, talented designers COURTESEY OF porarycraft.org, regular admission tempted execution failed three and adventuresome producers and DESIGN BY GOATS/ times. Howard, co-founder of Port- their new works. Many theatre and FERTILE GROUND International Cat Show land Story Theater, put on his dance companies are more are par- Fans of felines will surely want to “Shackleton’s Antarctic Night- ticipating — Artists Repertory The- Third Rail Repertory Theatre pro- “The Mountain Runners” gather for the eighth annual show, mare” at last year’s United Solo Fes- atre, CoHo Productions, Hand- duction by Susan Mach, about Northwest Film Center presents with more than 300 cats expected to tival in New York. 2Mouth Theatre, Portland Play- America’s public education system the documentary film by Todd be featured, among them: Savan- 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Jan. house, Third Rail Repertory The- (starts Jan. 17) Warger and Brian Young about the nah, Sphynx, Maine Coon, Pixie-bob, 18-19, Jan. 25-26, Hipbone Studio, atre are among the key producers. Thursday, Jan. 24 to Sunday, Northwestern Washington moun- Bengal and Kurilian Bobtail. Oregon 1847 E. Burnside St., portlandstory- Among the highlights: MilePost5’s Feb. 3, various locations, fertile- tain adventure race of 1911 to 1913 Food Bank will be a benefi ciary of theater.com, $15, $20 at door “Ripen,” Polaris Dance Theatre’s groundpdx.org (check for complete that consisted of miles of travel by the event. Several rescue groups “Groovin Greenhouse” and PDX listings and info), single tickets train, auto and by foot. The $100 will be there for adoptions. Judging “Alive and Dead in the USA” Playwrights’ 17 staged readings. through companies, $50 passes prize in gold coins attracted 14 con- takes place all three days, including The Brody Theater has some up- There’ll be nearly 90 acts in all. testants who clambered up and at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27 for the coming shows, including “Micetro” Other highlights: “Stories: From down Mount Baker. It’s narrated by “Best-of-the-Best” award. and “Fly-Ass Jokes,” and the new the Trenches of Middle School,” by MISC. Kevin Tighe (“Lost,” “What’s Eating 4 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 9 long form improv show “Alive and Lunacy Stageworks; “Lying in Gilbert Grape”), and includes hun- a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Jan. Dead in the USA,” scenes and sto- Judgment,” starring Margie Boule, dreds of vintage images, historic 26-27, Holiday Inn Portland Airport, ries examining the uncertainty of by playwright Gary Corbin; “7 Min- National Pigeon Association footage, graphics, digital effects and 8439 N.E. Columbia Blvd., tncc.org, life, and the proximity of death. utes,” a musical about a teen kiss- The group’s 2013 Grand National dramatizations, starring William B. $5/two cans food, $7 without food 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 19 to ing game that addresses stereo- Show and Convention will be held Davis (“The X-Files”). Young, the Feb. 16, Brody Theater, 16 N.W. types, gay bullying, peer pressure in Vancouver, Wash., with more director, will be in attendance. B.B. King Broadway, brodytheater.com, $8-$10 and akwardness, by Amber Kiara than 200 breeds and about 3,700 ex- 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, Whitsell Heads up music lovers: The leg- Mitchell, 15, the youngest play- hibition pigeons on display. Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave., endary blues singer and guitarist “The Lion, the Witch wright in the festival, as part of the 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, nwfi lm.org, $9, $8 students/seniors will share the stage with Oregon’s and the Wardrobe” “4x4=8” musicals; “Finding the Lost 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 8 a.m.- own harmonica-blowing singer soul The Oregon Children’s Theatre Spark,” a one-woman performance 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, Hilton Museum of Contemporary Craft man Curtis Salgado in March. presents C.S. Lewis’ classic about art piece by Sue Ellen Liss, who ex- Vancouver, 301 W. Sixth St., Van- In partnership with Pacific 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2, Rose- good vs. evil in a journey of fantasy, plores fi ve generations of women in couver, Wash., visitvancouverusa. Northwest College of Art, the mu- land Theater, 8 N.W. Sixth Ave., adventure and mystery. her family; and “A Noble Failure,” a com, free seum plays host to the Hallie Ford roselandpdx.com, $45-$75 B2 LIFE Portland!Life The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2013 Ah, Vie’s touch of France n’est pas bon

By ANNE MARIE DISTEFANO The room is warm and spar- rigid lacework of the Hawthorne The Tribune kling, white and gold, with an Bridge is silhouetted against the odd preponderance of religious sky, and boats with glowing win- The romance of France, or art on the walls. The soundtrack dows glide past on the black wa- at least of French restaurants, comes from a lost 1960s film, ter. has clearly captivated Beau something circa “What’s New, But eventually you have to ad- Breedlove, who owns and is Pussycat?” mit the truth about Vie: the food BREAD the chef at Vie. The best thing about the res- isn’t very good. The French (And, yes, he’s the same Beau taurant is the view. It is one of a theme is superficial, and the Breedlove who was involved very small group of Portland kitchen doesn’t delve deeply in- &BREW with former Mayor Sam Ad- restaurants from which you can to any of French cooking’s many ams). actually see the river, and, like incarnations. The candelabra A biweekly restaurant The courses on Vie’s petite most of that group, it’s on River- and white tablecloths might menu are listed “un, deux, trois” place, the broad pedestrian walk lead you to expect the indulgent or bar review and the house signature cocktail south of downtown. At night, a cream-and-truffles cooking of is the Belle Fleur: sparkling procession of lights sails the 1980s. The funky Portland wine flavored with “essence through the air as cars pass on setting might lead you to expect deal — $31 for three courses from the oldest roses in France.” the dark Marquam Bridge. The the market-driven bistro style (one of which is dessert). You that is in fashion. But the main can also get a $51, fi ve-course inspiration here appears to be dinner, but that would truly the prepared food stretch the limits of section at Trader the menu, which Joe’s. The main has only five en- In other words, trees, two of which it’s not terrible. inspiration here are entree-sized The soupe á appears to be salads. l’oignon is made Besides the beef, with sweet Span- the prepared the other main ish onions in a food section at courses are chick- rich, winey broth. en with lemon-ca- But on top is just a Trader Joe’s. per cream and dry sprinkle of gnudi, a ricotta- cheese — no bread, no bubbling based Italian dumpling. These Gruyére, which I think you’re were tender but dense, fl ecked justified in expecting when with spinach, and tossed in but- there’s a French flag hanging ter and lemon with lots of ca- outside. pers. Not bad, just underwhelm- A caprese salad was all chewy ing. dark green frisée, with a few Desserts were on par. The TRIBUNE PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT cherry tomatoes and some chocolate cake was light, Beau Breedlove’s French-inspired Vie serves up dishes such as boeuf cubes of fresh mozzarella that springy and mild, drizzled with bourguignon, which resembles Grandma’s pot roast, and is available on tasted grainy and cheap. Per- raspberry syrup. It’s a specialty the prix fi xe menu. haps the Caesar salad is better. of the house, but you have to It’s what we ordered, but not read the menu to know why: it’s If food is an afterthought, Overall, the result is an empty what we were served. made with pink Champagne, maybe it’s because the owner house on a Saturday night, The broth in the boeuf bour- which, of course, has disap- cares more about fostering a which dampens the mood of guignon was tasty, but the beef peared into the chocolate. charming ambiance, which he both customers and staff. was a bit dry. So were the big Another dessert is a plate of has done fairly successfully. You Oh well, c’est la vie. chunks of carrot and potato that macarons, arranged in a pretty can stop by at happy hour to ad- Vie, 4:30 p.m.-midnight surrounded it, making it look pattern around a coconut-fla- mire the view and sip a dis- Wednesday-Monday (closed like Grandma’s pot roast. It was vored pat of sugar. The cookies counted sparkling wine, per- Tuesday), 0315 S.W. Montgom- OK, but I would have been pret- are dry little things with choco- haps one spiked with raspberry, ery St., Suite 150, 503-222-1290, ty disappointed if I had paid $19 late frosting piped into their cassis, mint or vanilla. But you viepdx.com The quite newsworthy Beau Breedlove is giving the restaurant business for it. centers. The frosting hadn’t can’t pop in for cocktails — a go as owner and chef at Vie, which provides a great view of the Instead, I got it as part of a gelled, so the halves slid apart there’s beer and wine only, and [email protected] Willamette River. prix fi xe menu, which is a better as we bit into the cookies. the wine list is very succinct. and on Facebook at Bread & Brew

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the NAACP’s ACT-SO Youth for a decade; AND Ringo Starr LiveMusic! Advancement Program. The covered “Golden Blunders,” program encourages academic the hit he co-wrote with fellow By ROB CULLIVAN and cultural achievement Posie Jon Auer. Stringfellow is Pamplin Media Group among African-American high promoting his fourth solo al- school students. Performers in- bum “Danzig in the Moon- clude such Portland jazz and light,” the title track of which Jan. 17 R&B artists Gordon Lee, Reggie features his thoughtful lyrics Houston, Ural Thomas, Shirley and penchant for complex Puttin’ on the Fritz Nanette, LaRhonda Steele, chord changes, which nonethe- Portland’s first choice for quality fabric since 1918 Portland Cello Project’s Anna Lloyd Jones, Janice Scroggins less fl ow in an almost classical Fritz will release her solo al- and Carlton Jackson and Gary way. bum “The Gospel of Tree Bark,” Harris, among others. Younger Ken Stringfellow, 7 p.m. at this show, which will also fea- jazz/blues artists like Devin Wednesday, Jan. 23, Music Mil- ture a set from Timmy Straw Phillips, Joe McMurrian and pi- lennium, 3158 E. Burnside St. and a sing-a-long with The Sa- anist Steve Kerin will also per- COURTESY OF JEN AND CHRIS CREED Free. All ages. Info: 503-231-8943, loon Ensemble. You can watch form. And socially minded mu- Anna Fritz, of Portland Cello musicmillenium.com. a video of the title track at an- sicians such as Kory Quinn, Project, plays at Secret Society Ken Stringfellow, The Mal- WOOL SALE nafritz.com, which shows her Hunter Paye and hip hop artist Ballroom Jan. 17. dives, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. and two mysterious compatriots Mic Crenshaw will appear. Play- 23, Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. % masked as woodland animals ing washtub bass with the Tin- Bill Monroe. The band features Mississippi Ave. $13 in advance, dancing in urban Portland and Pan Alley Cats will be Christo- Michael Tevlin on guitar, Ga- $15 at the door. Info: 503-288- 20 off somewhere in the woods as pher Yarrow, whose father Pe- reth Tabor on guitar and dobro, 3895, mississippistudios.com. well. It’s very Celtic Wiccan ter Yarrow, sang “Blowin’ in the Rich Bayless on bass, Juliana All Wool & Wool Blends ‘Round town type stuff, and Fritz’s alto voice Wind” prior to King’s 1963 “I Trivers on fi ddle, Janet Tabor Thru Jan 27th knows how to throw down a Have a Dream” speech. on mandolin and Jim Clark on ■ One of the Northwest’s fi n- NAACP benefi t, 8 p.m. Fri- 346574.011713 good meaty introspective lyric banjo and ukulele. est harmonica players and a pil- OPEN DAILY . SPECIALOPEN DAILY ORDERS WELCOME against a classical-meets-folk- day, Jan. 18, Alberta Rose The- Back Alley String Band, 9 lar of the local blues scene, Bill ballad progression. atre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St. $20, p.m., Friday, Jan. 18, Mickey Rhoades and his band The Par- PORTLAND: 9701 SE McLoughlin . 503 / 786-1234 Anna Fritz, Timmy Straw, $10 students, Oregon Trail Card Finn’s, 4336 S.E. Woodstock ty Kings will be rockin’ the BEAVERTON: 5th & Western Ave . 503 / 646-3000 The Saloon Ensemble, 9 p.m. holders; $50 VIP. Info: 503-19- Blvd. Free. Info: 503-788-1587. stage at 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in Thursday, Jan. 17, Secret Soci- 6055, albertarosetheatre.com. Duff’s Garage, 1635 S.E. Seventh ety Ballroom, 116 N.E. Russell Jan. 23 Ave. $8. Info: 503-234-2337, duffs- St. $10. Info: 503-493-3600, secret- Back alley bluegrass garage.com. society.net. Portland’s Back Alley String Another realm of hip entirely ■ After more than a dozen Band plays bluegrass chestnuts Good heavens, is there any- years, San Francisco’s Balkan

Jan. 18 mixed with original songs and a one who defi nes hip indie hero Romani band Brass Menazeri is JAN. 19 few jazz standards. The group better than Ken Stringfellow? splitting up. You can catch them A King’s court has been gigging for seven The cat is: a founding member one more time with Opa Grou- FEB. 17 Portland’s best jazz, blues, years, playing mostly on the of power popsters The Posies pa at 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in gospel, funk, soul and roots mu- west side of town, but is ventur- (say that three times fast); the Secret Society Ballroom, 116 NEWMARK sicians will be turning out to ing across the river for this played with Big Star for about N.E. Russell St. $10. All ages. In- THEATRE perform for Martin Luther show, playing songs that should seven years (until Alex Chilton fo: 503-493-3600, secretsociety. King’s birthday, in a benefi t for please fans of Del McCoury and died); also played with R.E.M. net.

“Their brands aren’t owner- and drink scene. tion and modest alcohol. In- ship stakes but tenants of the The couple landed in Port- spired by the wineries of Loire, Wine: winemaking facility. We do land in 2010 after a cross-coun- Beaujolais and Burgundy re- that on a much smaller scale.” try road trip and a yearlong gions of France, they create The collective is also an incu- experience in France learning sustainably farmed pinot noir, French bator for home winemakers about winemaking. gamay, chardonnay and rosé. (assisting with expertise and They had met in the Bay Ar- Even in its infancy, the SE equipment) and artisan food ea five years earlier, where Wine Collective has earned ac- businesses. Tom admits to a “fascination colades. It was listed among experience In addition to wine and draft with the Oregon wine scene Eater National’s list of “11 Hot beer, the tasting bar offers an that snowballed.” Since Kate’s New Wine Bars Across Ameri- expanded menu of cheese, family is from England and ca: Where to Drink Right Now,” chutney, charcuterie and bread France, her father offered to let as well as in other local “best paying off from local makers including them stay in the family cottage of” ratings. Steve’s Cheese on Southeast in Loire, the largest wine re- The early acclaim was unex- ■ Belmont, Republic of Jam in gion in France, with similar pected, Monroe says, but “we’ll From page 1 Canby, and Little T American conditions to Oregon. take it.” BRAT Baker on Southeast Division. They worked for a small pro- He’s hopeful the supper club LE IN E G big, but then Tom says he “We knew we had this op- ducer and took winemaking series will take off and reach a C thought about teaming up with portunity to utilize our collec- and viticulture classes. Kate, diverse audience of food-lovers, other winemakers. Luckily, he tive base,” Tom says. “We try fl uent in French, translated for not just the usual crowd. knew of two other brands that to make this place a playground them. “One thing we’ve been very were also searching for space, for all things wine. That’s why Afterward, the Monroes felt conscious of is not to make any 2 5 ! and it became a collective of we located off Division, inte- the pull of Oregon, particularly appearance of any elitist food,” Y E A R S four. grated in the community and Portland. Landing on Division he says. “That’s a big reason we In industry terms, it’s a tap into the tapping and thriv- Street, Tom says their brand put the winery where we did — “commercial custom crush ing culture.” name came naturally: “It’s the to demystify the sort of pomp 341952.011013 wine production,” which French thing to do — name and circumstance of the win- means it provides services to French infl uence your business with the piece of ery, to be a place people with a others making their wine. “We Tom and Kate Monroe, both land you’re from.” even minor curiosity can take a Based on the story by C.S. Lewis. Dramatized by Joseph Robinette. lease by the ton to the winery in their early 30s, are relative They favor wines with high- look and see there’s no Oz be- Produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois. brands,” Monroe explains. newcomers to Portland’s food er acid structure, less extrac- hind the curtain.”

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1372.103112 Washington County Museum at the Hillsboro Civic Center 120 E Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 503.645.5353 | washingtoncountymuseum.org www.nasa.gov The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 17, 2013 SPORTS B7 Eggers: Everett relies on ‘stream of consciousness’ ■ From page 8 news director, ‘Neil’s going to Rey. do sports while I’m gone.’ The “She drove the bus on, ‘Let’s news director said, ‘Neil’s not make it a plan to start going to students at Astoria High. even in the sports depart- some Oregon games,’ “ he Neil’s father was nicknamed ment,’ but Russ was a diffi cult says. “Laddie,” after Laddie Gale, man for anybody to say no to.” Everett saw the Ducks play the late, great member of the Everett got the permanent four times this season — 1939 “Tall Firs” UO basketball job there and eventually land- against Arizona and Stanford team that won the fi rst NCAA ed an audition at ESPN head- in Eugene, against Southern championship. quarters at Bristol, Conn., “but Cal in L.A. and versus Kansas “That’s how impressed my I botched it horribly,” he says. State in the Fiesta Bowl. grandfather was with the Uni- “I returned to Hawaii with my “It’s magnifi cent the way the versity of Oregon,” Everett tail between my legs. For two program has turned around,” says. years, I could hardly watch ES- he says. “A lot of people expect While he didn’t play football PN. I felt like I had kicked my them to be a top team every TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT for the Ducks, Everett brought chance at playing at that lev- year. Rightfully so, but you Mac Carruth makes one of his 23 saves in a 3-0 home win last week that vaulted into the Portland some athletic talent to Eugene. el.” need to understand the history Winterhawks’ record book as the winningest goaltender in team history. The victory, his 106th, pushed him He was an all-city nose guard A year later, he got a second to appreciate how far the Ore- one ahead of former Hawk Darrell May Sr. and offensive guard at 5-10 and audition. gon program has come.” 150 pounds for Spokane’s Lew- “I was prepared that time (Everett, incidentally, also is & Clark High. and did a good job, but it was has an affi nity for Gonzaga PDXSports “I was full of piss and vine- another year before they basketball, having grown up in gar and very technically called and offered me a job,” Spokane. Two years ago, I sound,” he says. “I was the he says. spied him decked in Bulldog Thursday, Jan. 17 Putnam is at Parkrose, 7:15 p.m., is at Oregon State, 8:30 p.m. king of the cut-block back in That was 2000. He served as garb at a Gonzaga-Portland and North Marion visits La Salle, (Pac-12 Networks). the day.” an anchor for ESPN News for game in the Chiles Center.) Men’s basketball: Eighth- 7 p.m. Women’s basketball: Oregon During his second year at three years, then moved into a Everett brings irreverence ranked Gonzaga (16-1, 3-0 West Girls basketball: PIL 5A 7:30 (2-15, 0-5) is at Oregon State Oregon, Morfi tt was in the spot as a SportsCenter anchor. and humor to his ESPN broad- Coast Conference), battling BYU in p.m. games are Cleveland at (8-9, 2-3), 2 p.m. (Pac-12 stands at Autzen Stadium to Since 2009, he has been work- casts, getting just the right particular for the WCC title, makes Benson, Wilson at Franklin, and Networks), in the second of two watch the unforgettable 0-0 ing the network’s late-night dose without going overboard its annual visit to Chiles Center to Madison at Jefferson. ... Lincoln is Civil War games this season. The “Toilet Bowl” Civil War game Los Angeles edition Monday like some of his colleagues. play the Portland Pilots (8-10, at Grant in a 6A rivalry game. ... teams played Tuesday in Eugene, in 1983. through Friday. “Not to be cliche-ish, but I 1-2). Tipoff is 7 p.m. (ROOT) ... Gresham plays at Roosevelt, 6:30 with OSU beating the Ducks “I was permanently scarred During his SportsCenter call it as I see it,” he says. “A PSU (5-8, 3-3 Big Sky) begins a p.m. ... At 7:15 p.m., Westview is 65-53. The Beavers led nearly all from that game,” Everett spots, Everett slips in Duck lot of it is stream of conscious- road weekend with a 6 p.m. game at Jesuit, Reynolds is at Central the way and by as many as 24 jokes. “That was spectacular.” references whenever he can. ness. The highlight you’re at Northern Colorado (3-11, 1-5). Catholic, and David Douglas is at points, outshooting the Ducks As a UO student, he took a But when Oregon State does watching, I’ve never seen it ... No. 21 Oregon (14-2, 3-0 Pac- St. Mary’s Academy. ... Parkrose from the fi eld, 38 percent to 26 football coaching class from something noteworthy, he is until you’ve seen it. 12) takes a fi ve-game winning plays at Putnam, 7 p.m., and La percent. Liz Brenner led Oregon Rich Brooks and kept statistics quick to use his local knowl- “You’re trying to tell the sto- streak into an 8 p.m. game at Salle is at North Marion, 7 p.m. with 17 points and eight for radio play-by-play voice edge to pay homage to the ry of the game. You’re trying USC (7-10, 2-2). ... Oregon State Thorns: Portland’s entry in the rebounds, while Jamie Weisner Hal Ramey. Beavers, too. to entertain and inform. It’s (10-6, 0-3) tries to break a three- new, eight-team National Women’s scored 22 points for Oregon State. “I was the stats guy when OSU’s Jay Locey “is my sec- fi nding a balance there and game losing streak when it plays Soccer League takes part in a col- (Washington State’s) Rueben ond cousin, and Mike Cavana- knowing what’s acceptable at No. 24 UCLA (14-3, 3-0), 6 lege draft. Monday, Jan. 21 Mayes set an NCAA single- ugh (Beaver assistant coach, a and what’s not. I’m just trying p.m. game rushing record against former Hawaii aide and a Con- to have fun. If it’s a poignant Women’s basketball: Portland Saturday, Jan. 19 Blazers: Washington is at the the Ducks,” he says. necticut native) is a dear story, I want the hair to stand State (8-7, 2-4) is at home Rose Garden, 7 p.m. (CSN). Everett got a taste of the friend of mine,” Everett says. up on the back of the neck of against Northern Colorado (6-8, Blazers: The Milwaukee Bucks Winterhawks: Spokane battles electronic media working the “When I was at Bristol, I used the people watching. If it’s fun- 3-2), 7:30 p.m. take on Portland at 7 p.m. at the Portland at Memorial Coliseum, 3 midnight-to-6 a.m. shift at to go to his parents’ house in ny, I want them to laugh. I Rose Garden. It’s the second of p.m. KUGN radio. Connecticut when he’d be want to say something memo- Friday, Jan. 18 fi ve consecutive home games for Boys basketball: Holiday “All I did was change Larry home from break. I love Mike, rable. the Blazers. games include Benson vs. King tapes,” he says. (wife) Laurie and their two “It’s my own style. I really Winterhawks: Portland can tie Winterhawks: Portland treks to Kennedy (Wash.) in the King He lived at Beta Theta Pi boys.” enjoy the writing part of the the franchise record for consecu- Kent, Wash., for a 7 p.m. game Showcase at the ShoWare Center fraternity, where his little During his time in Hawaii, job. That’s my own voice. tive wins (15) by beating with Seattle at ShoWare Center. in Kent, 4 p.m., and Jefferson-Mt. brother was wrestler Jed Kes- Everett grew close with Ha- When I talk to young people Lethbridge, 7 p.m., Rose Garden. The Hawks lead the season series Rainier at Seattle Pacifi c ey, the youngest son of literary waii football head coaches who say this is what they Forward Nic Petan leads the 6-1, having won the last six meet- University. icon Ken Kesey. Jed Kesey Fred von Appen (an ex-UO as- want to do, the fi rst thing I Western Hockey League in scoring ings. died in an automobile accident sistant who played at Linfi eld) tell them is, ‘Develop your with 74 points in 43 games. Men’s basketball: Saint Mary’s Tuesday, Jan. 22 at age 19. and June Jones (the Portland own voice.’ ” Troy Rutkowski is second among (13-4, 2-1 going into Wednesday’s “My time at Oregon was native now head coach at Everett’s 13 years on the job WHL defensemen and fourth for game at BYU) visits Chiles Center Boys basketball: In the PIL 5A, special,” Everett says. “The ed- Southern Methodist). at ESPN don’t have him look- Portland with 43 points in as for a WCC game with UP, 7:30 Roosevelt goes to Franklin, Wilson ucation I got, the friendships I “I’m still in touch with ing for a change of scenery. many games. ... Rutkowski will tie p.m. (ROOT). ... PSU is at North is at Benson, and Cleveland visits made — and Eugene was a June,” he says. “I’ll stay as long as they’ll Kevin Haupt for the franchise Dakota (5-10, 2-4 going into the Jefferson, all 7:30 p.m. ... In Class great town.” The move from Connecticut have me,” he says. “Like any- career games played record (322) weekend), noon PT. ... Oregon is at 6A, Sheldon is at Grant, and Everett’s fi rst job upon grad- to Southern California has thing, there are better mo- with four more appearances. And UCLA, 1 p.m. (CBS), and OSU is Jesuit plays host to Aloha, both at uation was as news director of brought him back to following ments than others. But listen, if he plays in the next 10 games, at USC, 5 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks). 7:30 p.m. ... Parkrose treks to KGBU radio in Florence. the Oregon program. That and it’s a hell of a job. It’s a great Rutkowski will match Andrew ... Warner Pacifi c (17-4, 8-1 Wilsonville, 7:15 p.m., and La He then moved to Honolulu, girlfriend Stephanie Krohn, a gig to have. Ference’s club record for consecu- Cascade Collegiate Conference) is Salle journeys to Madras, 7 p.m. spending 15 years in athletic Madison High and UO grad “I’ve lived upside down for tive games (221). the No.8-ranked team in NAIA Girls basketball: League administration at Hawaii Pacif- whom he met at — small world so long in terms of the hours I Both goalies have played well Division II going into a 7:30 p.m. games in the PIL 5A have ic. — the Tiger Woods Center fi ve work, I’ve never thought for the Hawks, who lead the WHL league game at Concordia (9-9, Jefferson at Cleveland, Benson at During that time, he moon- years ago. about, ‘Could I do a 9-to-5 job?’ with a 37-5-1-0 record. Mac 4-5). WPC is tied for the league Wilson, and Franklin at Roosevelt, lighted at various TV stations “I was emcee of a fundraiser I hope they’ll keep keep me Carruth is 20-2-0-0, with 1.70 lead with No. 1-ranked Eastern all at 7:30 p.m. ... Sheldon tips there, eventually succeeding there, and she worked for (the around for a long time.” goals allowed per game and a Oregon. off at Grant at 5:45 p.m. ... former Duck and NFL great benefi tting) nonprofi t,” he Maybe it will work that way .939 save percentage. Brendan Women’s basketball: PSU Wilsonville visits Pakrose, 7:15 Russ Francis as sports direc- says. “My uncle, Bill Sporre, for his new gig with the Ore- Burke is 14-3-1-0, 2.71, .903. plays host to North Dakota (7-8, p.m., and Madras is at La Salle, 7 tor at the CBS affi liate. who had been a baseball star gon Sports Awards, too. Men’s basketball: Lewis & 2-4 Big Sky going into the week- p.m. “Russ had been hired to at Linfi eld, introduced us.” Clark (9-6, 3-3 Northwest end), 2 p.m. ... UP (5-12, 0-4) is work the X Games for ESPN,” Now Neil and Stephanie [email protected] Conference) welcomes Pacifi c at Loyola Marymount (7-10, 1-3) Wednesday, Jan. 23 Everett recalls. “He told the share a home in Marina del Twitter: @kerryeggers Lutheran (4-11, 2-4) to Pamplin before the weekend). ... Warner Sports Center. Pacifi c (10-8, 6-3) is at Concordia Blazers: Indiana takes on Women’s basketball: Eighth- (7-11, 2-7) in CCC play. Portland, 7 p.m. (CSN). General ranked Lewis & Clark (14-1, 5-1) Baseball banquet: Dale manager Kevin Pritchard and the meets PLU (6-7, 3-3) at 6 p.m. at Murphy and Pete Ward are fea- Pacers are in position to claim Palatine Hill. The Pioneers and No. tured speakers for the 79th annu- one of the top four playoff spots in 23 George Fox are tied for fi rst in al Portland Old Timbers and Active the Eastern Conference. the NWC. ... Warner Pacifi c has a Baseball Players Association fete Winterhawks: Portland is at nonconference game at home ver- is at Multnomah Athletic Club. Spokane, 7 p.m. The Hawks lead sus Walla Walla University, 2 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are the season series 3-0. Quad rugby: The Portland $50, which includes membership. Men’s basketball: Washington Pounders play host to a three-day Contact Ray Fagan at 503-880- State is at Oregon, 6:30 p.m. tournament at Reynolds Middle 7012, [email protected]. (Pac-12 Networks). Ken Bone’s School against other clubs from Roller derby: Season eight for Cougars were 9-7, 0-3 going into around the country. the Rose City Rollers begins with a a Wednesday, Jan. 16 home game Boys basketball: PIL 5A play doubleheader at Memorial versus Utah. ... Washington (11-5, continues with three 7:30 p.m. Coliseum. The Heartless Heathers 3-0 through Jan. 16) invades Gill games — Benson at Cleveland, play Guns n Rollers, and then the Coliseum to face the Beavers,

Jefferson at Madison and Franklin Break Neck Betties meet the High 8:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks). 342353.122712 at Wilson. ... In 6A, Grant travels to Rollers. Doors open at 5 p.m.; the Prep wrestling: PIL teams com- Lincoln for a 7:30 p.m. inner-city fi rst bout is at 5:45 p.m. pete in two places — Franklin, clash. ... Jesuit is at Westview, Jefferson, Lincoln at Roosevelt are 7:15 p.m., in the Metro League. ... Sunday, Jan. 20 at Cleveland in a fi ve-way compe- The Mt. Hood Conference has 7 tition, while Benson, Grant and p.m. games, including Central Men’s basketball: Washington Madison go to Wilson in a four- Catholic at Reynolds and (11-5, 3-0 going into a way meet. Both events start at 4 Centennial at David Douglas. ... Wednesday game with Colorado) p.m. DON’T MISS A SINGLE COPY! Purchase a one-year subscription TODAY for just

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Awards show will add to prep honors This is Neil Everett:

A host of new prep categories and new host Neil Everett from ESPN will spice the 61st annual Oregon Sports Awards. from Oregon to ESPN The stage show takes place Sunday night, Feb. 10 at Nike’s Tiger Woods ■ SportsCenter Center. Everett, a SportsCenter anchor anchor savors his and commentator, is a 1984 University of times in the state, Oregon graduate with extensive ties to the state. He’ll oversee the production, which also will feature various celebrity award presenters to be upcoming host role announced and is scheduled to run about 90 minutes. The OSA motto is “Make History. Be History.” at awards show And the stars of the show will be the many fi nal- ists and winners of 30-plus awards — athletes, y favorite anchor on ESPN’s coaches and contributors from the ranks of pro- SportsCenter — maybe yours, fessionals, collegians, other amateurs, high too — will serve as host for school and Oregon communities. M the fi rst time at the 61st annu- For the fi rst time, these expanded Oregon al Oregon Sports Awards Feb. 10 at the Sports Awards will honor high school athletes Tiger Woods Center on the Nike campus. from every sports sanctioned by the Oregon But guess what? The pleasure is all his. School Activities Association, with fi nalists from “I’m ecstatic,” Neil Everett says. “I’m the 6A through 1A classifi cations and around the very excited to represent Oregon. While state. I’m a Duck, I have a great The other award categories have been part of fondness for all things Or- the show before — some of them dating to the Kerry egon. I hope the folks in event’s inception in 1948 as the Hayward Banquet attendance and watching of Champions. Eggers online will enjoy what The OSA will give trophies to the Bill Hayward comes out of the show.” Amateur Athletes of the Year (male and female), That’s right. Everett — the Harry Glickman Pro Athletes of the Year UO class of 1984 — has (male and female), the Slats Gill Sportsperson of roots in our state. Born in the Year, the George Pasero Teams of the Year, Portland (at age 3, his the Ad Rutschman Small-College Athletes of the family moved to Spo- Year (male and female), the Johnny Carpenter kane), he attended Willa- Prep Athletes of the Year (male and female, 6A- mette University for two 5A and 4A-1A) and the Lou Burge Special Olym- O N years, then fi nished up pics Athlete of the Year. SPORTS college in Eugene, gradu- The new high school awards will go to the ating with a degree in state’s top competitors in football, boys and girls journalism. soccer, volleyball, boys and girls cross country, In those days, he was known as Neil boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys and Morfi tt. He changed the surname to Ever- girls swimming, baseball, softball, boys and girls ett — his middle name — during his time track and fi eld, boys and girls golf, and boys and working television in Hawaii in the late girls tennis. 1990s. A tribute, he says, to his mother. A statewide panel of experts votes on the “Whenever I was in trouble with my awards. And, for the fi rst time, fans also can have mom, she’d say, ‘Neil Everett, get your a say in who takes home the top honors — online butt in here,’ ” says voting will be from Jan. 25 through Feb. 8 at ore- More online Everett, 50. The name gonsportsawards.com. change “was my shout- Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a preshow reception Read other out to her.” Kerry Eggers with light hors d’oeuvres and beverages. The Oregon roots run The show starts at 7 p.m. columns during the week at portland much deeper. His grand- Coffee and desserts will be served after the tribune.com father, Neil Morfi tt Sr., production. was a member of Ore- Tickets are $50 each. To order or for more in- gon’s 1920 Rose Bowl formation, contact Chelsea Corrado at ccorrado@ team. “Lost to Harvard 7-6,” he says cor- gosportsone.com or 503-721-7477, ext. 24. rectly. Visit oregonsportsawards.com for extensive in- Both sets of grandparents were from formation on the show, its history and awards. Astoria. His parents, Neil Jr. (Neil has a Also, follow the event on Twitter (@ORSports different middle name than his paternal Awards) and Facebook (Oregon Sports Awards). grandpa and dad) and Jackie, met while TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT ESPN SportsCenter anchor Neil Everett’s state-of-Oregon roots run deep. He’ll return to the state See EGGERS / Page 7 next month to host the 61st annual Oregon Sports Awards Feb. 10 at Nike. Close wins giving Blazers a playoff shot

he NBA reaches the Lakers, Minnesota and Dallas halfway point of its reg- all fi gured to be playoff teams. ular season next week, All three teams have been crip- Tand there’s no debate pled by injuries and may not re- that one of the surprise teams cover. But the injury bug could has been the Trail Blazers. catch up with other teams — in- Before the campaign unfold- cluding Portland — the rest of ed, most pundits predicted be- the way and fi gure heavily into tween 30 and 35 wins for Port- which teams advance to the land, which was 20-18 going into postseason. Wednesday’s home date with Schedule will play a role, too. Cleveland. My forecast had the The Blazers have it good Blazers at 35-47 and fi nishing through the rest of the month. 12th in the Western Conference, Beginning with Wednesday’s ahead of only Phoenix, New Or- game with Cleveland, Portland leans and Sacramento. has six of seven games at home, This week, with only a visit to Staples Cen- the Blazers are ter to face the Clippers on the Kerry at No. 12 in slate. The Blazers have done a ESPN’s weekly terrifi c job protecting the home- Eggers NBA power court (13-5 going into Wednes- rankings, the day’s play), but they have been O N eighth team in so-so on the road (7-13). THE NBA the Western February and March could be Conference be- rough months, with Portland hind Oklaho- playing eight of 12 on the road ma City (1), L.A. Clippers (2), in February and nine of 16 away San Antonio (3), Denver (4), from home in March. There is a Memphis (6), Golden State (8) six-game trip in February and a and Houston (11). fi ve-game trek in March with It’s remarkable when you which to contend. consider many of the statistics April is more favorable, with that normally determine the dif- six of nine at the Garden, ference between the good NBA though all nine opponents are teams and the also-rans. playoff contenders. Portland ranks 25th among TRIBUNE PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT It will be interesting to see if the 30 teams in the NBA in fi eld- Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews deserves consideration for two Portland point guard Damian Lillard is the runaway leader for NBA fi rst-year general manager Neil goal percentage (.435) and 28th NBA awards at the midway point of the season: defensive player and rookie of the year in the eyes of many. Olshey chooses to stand pat in opponents’ fi eld-goal percent- most improved player of the year. with his roster or make a deal age (.463). The Blazers’ mi- before the Feb. 21 trade dead- nus-.028 differential ranks is line. Will he keep free agent-to- tied with that of Washington Admirably, Stotts always Where Portland has stood formed well in the clutch. health through the rest of the be J.J. Hickson or make a trade and ranks ahead of only Char- stands up for his reserves, but out is in winning the close ones. Three Portland starters — season. to get some value for him before lotte and Cleveland. it’s clear he is not playing with a The Blazers are 5-1 in overtime Nicolas Batum (39.0), Damian Were the playoffs to start to- summer? Portland’s average of 35.6 loaded deck there. Portland’s games and 11-5 in games decid- Lillard (38.4) and LaMarcus Al- day, the Blazers would serve as Portland’s record and playoff points in the paint ranks 28th. bench ranks last in the NBA by ed by four points or fewer, even dridge (37.9) — rank among the the eighth and fi nal team in the chances at the All-Star break And though Terry Stotts seems a large margin in both scoring after three close losses over the NBA’s top dozen in minutes West. Four teams have a chance will probably determine that, more determined to run than (16.8 points per game, with past week. played, and Wesley Matthews to catch them: Utah (21-19 but it could be a diffi cult deci- did his predecessor, Nate Mc- Memphis 29th at 26.0) and scor- That’s a credit both to Stotts’ (35.3) isn’t far behind. It will be through Tuesday), the Lakers sion either way. Millan, the Blazers average only ing differential (minus-21.4, astute coaching and the resolve interesting to see how the (17-21), Minnesota (16-19) and Herewith my offerings for the 9.5 fastbreak points a game, with Cleveland 29th at minus- of a strong starting unit that heavy work load affects both Dallas (16-23). 26th in the league. 12.0). has both competed and per- their performance and their When the season began, the See NBA / Page 6