Cannon to Cops: 'Come up Here and Kill
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Dance company troupes into town BodyVox brings contemporary mix of tap, gymnastics and ballet to Walters Cultural Arts Center — See Arts&Entertainment, Page A15 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013 • SERVING HILLSBORO • WWW.HILLSBOROTRIBUNE.COM • VOL. 02, NO. 03 • FREE Cannon to cops: ‘Come up here and kill me’ Records say heavily armed ex-Hillsboro cop surrendered with family after shootout By NANCY TOWNSLEY The Hillsboro Tribune Supporters In the past week, dozens team up to of details about the Jan. 20 police shootout in Forest repair home Grove have emerged, but Miller Education Center student Bryerly Kurk brings a plate of Lasagna and shares a joke with Hillsboro School Board member Janeen Sollman. none more chilling than a By NANCY TOWNSLEY reported exchange between The Hillsboro Tribune Hillsboro Offi cer Stephen Slade and his extremely agi- Former Hillsboro Po- ■ FEAST vocational program gives students a tated and heavily armed off- lice Offi cer Timothy duty colleague, Timothy Cannon does not remem- Cannon. ber much about the ‘positive experience’ while learning valuable skills Slade was yelling to Cannon, night he was arrested who was on the second fl oor of and is overwhelmed by his home, where his wife and what has happened to herese Rice had a student last young daughter, fearing for his family, according to a year who had some “intense their lives, had barricaded family friend who says anxiety issues,” she recalls. The themselves inside a bathroom. she has visited him in Tteen didn’t get along with teach- According to an affidavit, jail. ers, had vocal and physical outbursts in Slade was urging Cannon to “Tim and his family have class, and was fi nally told he’d have to surrender. been devastated by this. leave school. “You guys are going to have Their lives have been for- Rice took him under her wing, tried to to come up here and kill me,” ever changed by what hap- get to the root of his problems, and was Cannon shouted back. pened that night,” says Al- able to get back on track during summer After Slade told Cannon ana Ambrose, a former classes. they were not going to do that, emergency response man- “He is absolutely excelling this year,” ager at Intel Corp. and the Rice says. “We were able to talk every- See CANNON / Page A9 wife of Officer Vin Am- body into accepting him back. He’s one of brose, Tim’s former part- our shining stars.” ner at the Hillsboro Police Besides performing small miracles, Department. Rice teaches a program called FEAST at After the arrest, Am- the Miller Education brose stepped forward to Center, the Hillsboro help Lisa and her two chil- Story by School District’s alter- Liz Rodriguez dren. Among other things, Jennifer native school that of- and Irene she organized 10 teams of Anderson fers nine programs at Chhvoey prepare more than 130 volunteers five different sites. deserts for the who are purchasing food, Photos by There’s a middle school FEAST lunch. preparing frozen dinners, Chase site, a high school site, delivering meals and help- and two for adjudicated food preparation to the business side of gram relies on community support for ing to repair the Cannon’s Allgood youth in the juvenile food. about a third of its funds. home on 37th Avenue near justice system. Students start by learning about food Students shop for local ingredients, Forest Grove High School, Another site offers safety and nutrition, menu planning and prepare the food, decorate the tables, which was damaged by options for students in grade 9 to 12, ei- basic food prep. By the end of the year serve the food and clean up. The lunches bullets fired during the ther seeking high school credit, GED they earn food handler’s cards, to get a are always sold out. 80-minute standoff on Jan. preparation or workforce training leg up on a job in the catering or in the A couple of weeks ago, students made 20. through a variety of vocational programs. restaurant business. pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw, va- COURTESY OF ALANA AMBROSE Many are Forest Grove That’s where FEAST (Food Education In the second part of the school year, nilla bean creamer for the coffee, kaiser Former Hillsboro Police Offi cer police officers and fire- And Sustainability Training) is located. they host community lunches for staff rolls baked after a lesson with a profes- Timothy Cannon in an undated fi ghters. Twelve of the 70 Miller high school stu- members, family members, business peo- sional baker, and chocolate chip cookies. photo when he was still a member dents this year are enrolled in the elec- ple, police offi cers and others from the See HOME / Page A9 of the department. tive, in which they learn everything from community who pay $5 per plate. The pro- See FEAST / Page A8 Write-in Braze focuses on future Dam concerns lead caught up with Braze as she theran Church, and has also to search for water New council member was fi nishing her fi rst month served as a high school youth on the council, where she rep- leader and volunteer pre- growing demand is projected learns more about resents the Ward 1 Position B school Spanish instructor. Willamette an option to surpass that supply by city as she settles in seat and serves on the Trans- HILLSBORO TRIBUNE: No around 2030 or so. Earth- portation Committee. one can remember anyone be- as quake fears hold quake concerns have post- By JIM REDDEN Braze grew up in Hillsboro, ing elected to the Hillsboro poned plans to raise the dam The Hillsboro Tribune graduated from Hillsboro City Council as a write-in can- up Scoggins plans to supply the additional wa- High School and has a bache- didate before. When did you ter. So city officials are look- Last November, 26-year- lor of arts degree in political fi rst realize no one had fi led By JIM REDDEN ing for a secondary source. old Megan Braze won the science from Oregon State for the position and why did The Hillsboro Tribune The frontrunner is the Willa- fi rst write-in campaign for University. She works in in- you decide to run? mette River, where Wilson- the Hillsboro City Council side sales at Gaston Sales Inc., BRAZE: City records do Hillsboro has a dam ville and Sherwood already on record. She was elected a manufacturer’s representa- show this is the fi rst time we problem — the Scoggins get their water. with 346 votes after no one tive company serving the have had a write-in. I realized Dam that creates Henry “One of our top priorities is formally fi led to replace semiconductor, silicon and so- no one had fi led when I read a Hagg Lake, to be exact. always to be able to provide a outgoing Councilor Nenice lar industries. newspaper article in Septem- Hillsboro gets most of its COURTESY PHOTO See DAM / Page A11 Andrews. She is a member of the pre- Megan Braze is Hillsboro’s newest water from Hagg Lake. But The Hillsboro Tribune school board at Trinity Lu- See BRAZE / Page A8 City Council member. “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to deliver balanced Police log ................................ A5 Classi eds .......................A12-13 news that re ects the stories of our communities. Commentary ........................A6-7 Calendar ............................... 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