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Treaty talk Swingin’ team Columbia River pact Liberty golfers undefeated generates renegotiation in conference play — See Sustainable Life section inside — See Page A15 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 • SERVING HILLSBORO • WWW.HILLSBOROTRIBUNE.COM • VOL. 02, NO. 10 • FREE Locals safe after Boston bombings watch her sister compete in three months and had to learn Woman’s sister the legendary footrace. “Yes, Toby fi nished, and to walk again,” said Langmann, “What if we had lost Toby? a fl ight instructor for the Hills- Jenny Langmann of nishes marathon We almost lost her 11 months I’m glad she’s OK ... but boro Airport. “After the explo- Hillsboro (left) ago,” Langmann said Wednes- it’s hard to celebrate sions, the sense of urgency I felt jumped onto the before attacks day morning as she waited in a at fi rst wasn’t the same as oth- Boston Marathon San Diego airport for a flight when there’s tragedy ers around me.” course to run a By NANCY TOWNSLEY back to Oregon. there.” But when she reconnected short distance with The Hillsboro Tribune As it turned out, 40-year-old — Hillsboro resident Jenny Langmann with Nishikawa after the race — her sister, Toby Toby Nishikawa of Utah — who less than an hour after hopping Nishikawa, who Monday’s dual explosions ran in Boston 11 months after a onto the course near Heart- fi nished the race at the fi nish line of the 117th horrific bicycle accident last fore the fi rst bomb went off in break Hill to run a symbolic before Monday’s Boston Marathon represent- May in which she broke nine Copley Square, creating chaos quarter-mile with her — the explosions ed a cruel fl ashback for Hills- bones — was one of the lucky at the packed finish line on horror hit Langmann hard. occurred. boro resident Jenny Lang- ones. She completed the Boylston Street. COURTESY PHOTO: mann, who was there to 26.2-mile course 16 minutes be- “She was in the hospital for See BOSTON / Page A5 JENNY LANGMANN Latino festival gets kicks on Sunday Main Street soccer tournament opens ninth annual Hillsboro event By DOUG BURKHARDT The Hillsboro Tribune This year’s Latino Cultural Festival kicks off this Sunday — literally — with a Main Street soccer tournament that will be under way from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival, which is in its ninth year, is geared to “celebrate the heritage and tra- ditions” of Hillsboro’s Latino community. It is a free public event held outdoors at the Hillsboro Civic Center plaza on Main HILLSBORO TRIBUNE PHOTO: DOUG BURKHARDT Street in the downtown business district. Holocaust survivor Alter Weiner (left) chats with history teacher Brian Buckner and student Hilaria de Jesus Hernandez at Liberty High School after Weiner’s Other than the soccer tournament, presentation on Holocaust Remembrance Day. most festival activities will take place be- tween noon and 5 p.m. The festival’s short parade starts at noon on the lawn of the Washington County Courthouse, rolls down Main Street, loops around the block and then back to the plaza. After the parade at noon, the main stage will feature a variety of entertain- A REASON TO HOPE ment, including the Huitzilin Cultural Group, which assists in the development of various traditional Aztec dance groups ■ Death camp survivor addresses Liberty High School throughout the Northwest. Another featured act is Una Voz (“One Voice”), a mariachi band created in 2010 students on April 8, Holocaust Remembrance Day by the Hillsboro School District’s Offi ce of Equity to promote cultural understand- ing, community unity and music educa- By DOUG BURKHARDT N.Y. — Weiner made his fi rst public freedom,’” Weiner York. The people in Hillsboro seem to tion. The Hillsboro Tribune presentation about being persecuted “I was sent recalled. be more relaxed and somewhat more Una Voz, which will be performing at by the Nazis. Weiner said he had Others said Wein- polite than the people in Queens, but the Latino Cultural Festival for the second ore than 60 years after rarely talked about his experiences to a line. I er had convinced there are many cultural institutions year in a row, is open to all students in the the war ended, Hillsboro before coming to Oregon. saw the them to stay in in New York City which I miss in Hill- Hillsboro School District at no charge. resident Alter Weiner “In Oregon, I was approached by school. sboro.” Currently, students from five different still has nightmares the Oregon Holocaust Resource Cen- chimney up “I’m gratified schools — Lincoln Street Elementary M Haunting story about his experiences in German ter and asked to share my story,” he ahead.” when people tell me School, Evergreen Middle School, South concentration camps during World explained. “I have always been self- — Alter Weiner, I changed their lives On April 8, to commemorate Holo- Meadows Middle School, Hillsboro High War II. But partly thanks to the re- conscious of my limited vocabulary, Holocaust for the better,” he caust Remembrance Day, Weiner ad- School and Century High School — are sponse he received from some Cen- my foreign accent, and my flawed survivor said. dressed students at Hillsboro’s Lib- members of the band, which is directed by tury High School students back in diction. However, I was coaxed to Weiner moved to erty High School. According to Wein- Lincoln Elementary music teacher Dan 2000, Weiner has made it his cause give it a try.” Oregon in April er, his appearance at Liberty repre- Bosshardt. to help ensure such a horror is nev- It was the response from students 2000, and he said he sented the 806th time he has shared “Each year we gain some new mem- er again visited on the world. at Century that encouraged him to is enjoying his new life here. his haunting and harrowing story of bers,” said Bosshardt. “We’re looking for At Century High School in Decem- continue sharing his story. “Oregon is beautiful and so is Hill- survival in a world gone mad. students who want to explore a culturally ber 2000 — just a few months after he “A student wrote to me and told sboro,” he said. “The climate in Hills- See FESTIVAL / Page A2 had moved to Hillsboro from Queens, me, ‘you made me appreciate my boro suits me better than in New See SURVIVOR / Page A2 Cyber learning takes fl ight even on the weekend. ed with lessons in reading, writ- an ad” in a local parenting mag- Virtual schools are And, for the Fratini children ing, math, social studies and azine. in Hillsboro, going to school is science. “Everything appealed to me. gaining popularity just a matter of walking down The children navigate The freedom to be at home and for their exibility, the hallway in their own home. through their lessons at their have the structure, too.” Kyle, Gia and Allie Fratini are own pace, with teachers avail- She has since enrolled both of range of options enrolled in the Oregon Connec- able fi ve days each week to help her daughters in ORCA. tions Academy (ORCA), a K-12 when needed, check their prog- By KATHY FULLER online public school chartered ress and even conduct “live” A school of choice The Hillsboro Tribune by the Scio School District. lessons via video conferencing. Online education is increas- Each child is set up with a Lisa Fratini found ORCA ingly the school of choice for Going to school in paja- computer work station in a bed- when Kyle, her oldest child, be- many families, and the reasons HILLSBORO TRIBUNE PHOTO: KATHY FULLER mas is an option. So is going room that’s been remade into a gan reading at a very early age. for that are varied. Gia and Kyle Fratini check a thermometer in ice during a science lesson to school early in the morn- classroom by their mom, Lisa She started looking into home- conducted at the kitchen counter. They attend Oregon Connections ing, late in the evening or Fratini. Each computer is load- schooling and “stumbled upon See ONLINE / Page A7 Academy, an online charter school. “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to deliver balanced Home & Garden ...................... A3 Education................................ A7 Calendar ............................... A12 news that re ects the stories of our communities. Business ................................. A4 Obituaries ............................... A8 A&E ....................................... A13 Thank you for reading our newspapers.” INSIDE Commentary ........................... A6 Classi eds .......................A10-11 Sports ..............................A16-14 — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. OWNER & NEIGHBOR A2 NEWS The Hillsboro Tribune Friday, April 19, 2013 Survivor: Everyone in his family died ■ From page A1 tion near the town, and of a pit where ployees worked in another part of a “I was sent to a line. I saw the chim- bodies had been left. The body of large building. The German employees ney up ahead. I could smell the strong Weiner’s father was located there. were told not to have any interaction odor of burning,” he said. “This has become his passion and “I was 13 years old. Imagine how with the Jewish prisoners, not to even But a German citizen came down his life,” explained history teacher traumatic it was for me,” Weiner said. make eye contact. the line, and he shouted at Weiner. Brian Buckner, who introduced Wein- “I didn’t understand it. Why? What One day, Weiner said, a German “Get out of that line! You can still er to the students packed in to Liber- had he done? I have nightmares to this woman looked at him as he was pass- work!” he told him.

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