Star striker YOUR ONLINE LOCAL The good fi ght Thorns’ Sinclair quiet, but DAILY NEWS Arlene Schnitzer committed deadly on pitch to diabetes cause www.portlandtribune.com Portland— See SPORTS, B8 Tribune— See LIFE, B1 THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPER • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED THURSDAY Study: Jobs heading to the ’burbs Free time ■ Planning By JIM REDDEN downtown Portland declined by two offi ce buildings on or near its does good work. They say some jobs leads to The Tribune 19,474 jobs between 2000 and 2010. World Headquarters campus on the have been created in downtown dur- efforts could Jobs within three to 10 miles of edge of Beaverton. ing the past few years, however, cit- reverse trend A new Brookings Institution downtown fell by 5,119. Before Nike’s decision was an- ing a list of 17 software and apparel play time or allow study confi rms what Washington But overall employment 10 to 35 nounced, a high-ranking company companies that have opened offi ces suburbs to County offi cials have been saying miles away from downtown in- offi cial praised Beaverton and Wash- or expanded in Portland in recent for years: most new jobs are be- creased by nearly 2,963 jobs. That ington County offi cials for creating years. in schools sustain ing created outside of downtown includes Hillsboro and Beaverton, conditions that encourage business The Portland Business Alliance employment Portland. where several large employers have investment. also says jobs have increased down- In fact, according to the study that either moved or announced major Portland economic development town in recent years. Its 2011 Busi- Parents demand growth was released in mid-April, overall expansions in recent years. They in- officials do not dispute the study, changes that give kids employment within three miles of clude Nike, which said it would build saying the Brookings Institution See EMPLOY / Page 4 more time in class By JENNIFER ANDERSON ■ With solid foundation and fi nances in the black, WHL team soars The Tribune Last Thursday morning, a group of Cleveland High School sophomores soaked up the sun at the park across from their school, playing a round of cards and listening to music like it was a lazy mid-summer day. Another group of students played Dungeons & Dragons in a WINTERHAWKS REBORN booth at Burgerville. Other students went home or to a friend’s house, or hung out at Plaid Pantry with friends. It wasn’t a no-school day. It was just a typical day for Portland School Dis- trict high “While we school stu- dents, who won’t be have for the able to past two provide all years had one to fi ve freshmen “free peri- and ods” during their school sophomores day per week a full day, we in the form of will be able early dis- missals, late to provide all arrivals and students study halls, some of with seven which come classes right before or after lunch across the for a double- school.” Five years after hitting rock bottom, the Portland Winterhawks have climbed back into the elite in major junior hockey, with large crowds cheering their winning block of free — Vivien Orlen, ways at both Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Garden. time. Grant principal The sched- t was November 2008, and the Winterhawks are the standard by ule has been Winterhawks were ready to which other WHL franchises are com- a headache for administrators, start the long climb from rock pared. Portland, which won the Scotty who’ve addressed the issue dif- I bottom. Munro Trophy for the best record in ferently at each of their build- Ownership of Portland’s Western the league during the regular season, ings. Hockey League major junior franchise is in the midst of its third straight Brendan Leipsic, Some of the study halls are had just changed WHL fi nals. who shared the mandatory (attendance is tak- hands, from the If the Hawks de- Western Hockey en), while others are deemed bumbling triumvi- Story by Kerry Eggers feat Eastern Con- League scoring optional because there aren’t rate of Jim Gold- Photos by Christopher Onstott ference champion title with enough staff to supervise them. smith, Jack Dono- Edmonton in their teammate The free period issue has been van and John Bry- best-of-seven- Nicolas Petan, the biggest controversy in the ant to Calgary oilman Bill Gallacher. game series, they will advance to the fi res a shot on PPS budget process so far, lead- President Doug Piper and general Memorial Cup — emblematic of major goal for the ing a parents’ coalition to lodge a manager/coach Mike Johnston had junior hockey supremacy in North Winterhawks. complaint with district offi cials been handed the keys to the WHL’s America — for the fourth time in the (see related Web story). most sorry organization, which had franchise’s 37-year history. investors Goldsmith (New York), Don- laughingstock throughout the league. But what has the impact of the fi nished with a league-worst 11-58-2-1 The Winterhawks have fashioned ovan (Phoenix) and Bryant (Dallas). The club’s Memorial Coliseum of- free periods really meant for stu- record the previous season. good teams through much of their The fall in two years was fast and fi ce space was a mess. The staff had dents? One educator set out to The reclamation project was daunt- time in Portland, winning the Memo- furious. only 10 employees, including coaches. fi nd out just that. ing. rial Cup in 1997-98 and reaching the Gallacher’s purchase was complet- Nobody was working in ticket sales. Amanda Jordan, a Lewis & Piper, who had once worked for the WHL fi nals as recently as the 2000-01 ed just as the 2008-09 season was be- Nobody in game operations. Creditors Clark College student who just NBA Trail Blazers and had experience campaign. ginning. Average attendance for home were pounding the doors asking for fi nished her in the front offi ce with NHL teams Ed- They were still competitive enough games at the Coliseum and Rose Gar- payments of old bills. The WHL was master’s de- monton and Carolina, surveyed the to reach the second round of the play- den — as high as 8,500 a decade earlier investigating the Hawks’ failure to live gree in coun- situation and shook his head. offs in 2005-06, the season before long- — had fallen to 4,460 the previous sea- up to the team education fund prom- seling, “The most diffi cult situation I’d ever time coach and general manager Ken son. The Winterhawks were no longer ises. Billets for the players were worked as a walked into,” Piper says. Hodge and his ownership group sold a respected piece of the Portland counseling in- Little more than four years later, the their controlling interest to outside sports scene and were considered a See WINTERHAWKS / Page 2 tern at Grant High School this school year. More online She needed See related to complete story, “Parents an “action re- push PPS to Few bumps in shift to parking permits search proj- restore some high ect” as part of school positions” her program March, when the city instituted requirements, Zoning creates spots Zone M permit parking in her and became interested in the at- for NW residents, but part of Northwest Portland, Ho- tendance patterns she saw in lenstein has been able to fi nd students. some businesses gripe parking spots like never before. “Kids I talked to told me they Bureau of She still prays occasionally, she were missing class in order to Transportation By PETER KORN says, but not all the time. hang out with their friends dur- inspector John The Tribune “There are so many more ing free periods,” she says. Buechler places spaces, it’s like Christmas every Jordan saw students getting an $80 ticket on Andra Holenstein doesn’t day,” Holenstein says. poor grades in easy subjects be- a car parked too have to pray quite as often. Of course, only in Northwest cause they didn’t bother to show long in Holenstein lives in an apart- Portland would someone equate up for class if it was on the same Northwest ment on Northwest 22nd Ave- fi nding on-street parking with day as a free period. Portland’s Zone nue just south of Irving Street. Christmas, especially since Ho- So she decided to delve into M. Inspectors For the nine years she’s been lenstein grudgingly bought her the question: “Does a high selec- are handing out living there, fi nding parking for Christmas spirit with a $60 an- tion of free periods (three or up to 30 her 1976 Mercury Montego — nual permit she now considers more) impact school engage- citations a day yes, she knows it’s a big car for a worthwhile investment. But ment for juniors and seniors at in the newly some of those small spaces — that’s how it is in Northwest. Or, Grant High School?” created zone. has been so diffi cult that she got has been. Her semester-long study ex- On this sunny Wednesday af- TRIBUNE PHOTO: in the habit of saying a prayer amined the attendance, behav- CHRISTOPHER as she approached her street. ONSTOTT But since the beginning of See PARK / Page 10 See FREE TIME / Page 11 “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to Portland Tribune Kinder Morgan ■ Kinder Morgan, the company proposing to transport coal to a facility at Port Westward for Asian markets, deliver balanced news that refl ects the pulls port said Wednesday morning that it was no longer interested in the Port Westward site.