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Top photos Tourney winner Vern Uyetake shares his Lakers top Jesuit to win favorite images of the year Les Schwab Invitational — See NEIGHBORS, B1 and B2 — See SPORTS, A15 THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013 • ONLINE AT LAKEOSWEGOREVIEW.COM • VOLUME 100, NO. 1 • 75 CENTS The top 10 stories of 2012 — revisited LO man s a community, year in and Mayor Jack Hoffman, year out, Lake Oswego gen- supported the project. erates more than its fair Numerous citizens, voic- dies while A share of news. Sometimes ing their concerns, fi lled this can be a heartbreaking crime sto- the opinion pages of the ry, other times a momentous political Review with thoughts decision and occasionally a decision about the price tag, the by voters that shakes up the land- necessity and whether climbing in scape. the streetcar would Such was the case again in 2012 change the dynamics of when a variety of stories generated in- the city. terest and captured the attention of But just about a year Argentina readers of the Lake Oswego Review. ago — on Jan. 10 — the We are taking a look back at 10 of the city’s involvement in the A Lake Oswego man died while at- most important stories that affected project came to a tempting to climb the tallest moun- Lake Oswego during 2012. screeching halt when tain in the Americas last weekend. — Martin Forbes, editor Councilor Bill Tierney KOIN Local 6 reported that relatives and REVIEW FILE PHOTOS withdrew his previous friends of 42-year-old David Reinhart of NO. 1: PORTLAND TO LAKE OSWEGO Left: The Portland to Lake Oswego Streetcar hit a snag one year ago when the Lake Oswego City support for the streetcar Lake Oswego said he died during a climb STREETCAR DECISION Council’s involvement was shot down after Councilor Bill Tierney changed his mind and withdrew coming into Lake Oswe- on 22,841-foot Mount Aconcagua in Argen- For years, the streetcar concept had his support of the project. At right, Kent Studebaker was elected the city’s new mayor. See more go. tina. played out to a divided constituency in on the new mayor and new council on page A3. “Someday, I can see a Reinhart was a managing director of Lake Oswego. Some citizens relished streetcar connecting us Portland-based Felton Properties, a com- the idea of connecting the existing winced over the project’s anticipated jected to open. Lake Oswego was one with the services and jobs in OHSU mercial property company. streetcar system in Portland with a costs that were initially estimated to of several partners lined up to pay for and downtown Portland,” he said. According to news reports, Reinhart suf- line coming down along Highway 43 cost $347 million in 2010 dollars or $458 the project. fered altitude sickness during the expedi- into Lake Oswego. Others verbally million in 2017, when the line was pro- A majority on the council, led by See BEST OF 2012 / Page A2 tion. His two climbing part- ners both sought help, and one died in the process. Eric Nourse, 41, Gree- ley, Colo., also died on the mountain. They were climbing with Nourse’s Former mayor Hoffman looks twin brother, Greg Nourse, Portland. The trio, who were fra- REINHART ternity brothers at Oregon State University, traveled the world together since college, sharing back at his time in city hall adventures ranging from mountain climb- ing to riding motorcycles in Mexico and By KARA HANSEN MURPHEY neighboring countries. The Review Jack Hoffman According to various news reports, the stands at three men decided to take one of the riski- e championed the creation Sundeleaf est routes up Aconcagua via a glacier and of two new urban renewal Plaza, the city’s ran into trouble. Preliminary indications districts, helped overhaul newest park, in are both Reinhart and Eric Nourse died Hlongstanding natural re- December, as from complications of altitude sickness source protections and, for awhile, his term as that led to pulmonary edema or fl uid in the was known as Lake Oswego’s “bik- mayor drew to lungs. ing mayor.” a close. According to reports, Reinhart was As Lake Oswego Mayor Jack Hoff- Hoffman is stricken fi rst prior to reaching the summit. man leaves offi ce at the start of the proud of Seeking help, Eric Nourse fi rst headed to year, he can point to a list of accom- achievements the summit in hopes of fi nding an easier plishments that could reshape Lake associated with way down, then headed down on his own Oswego in the coming years. But it urban renewal after not fi nding a preferred route. Greg wasn’t an easy term for the mayor, and downtown Nourse remained with Reinhart, trying to even though he had nearly a decade redevelopment, keep him warm during the night. of council experience under his belt including the About 10 hours later, Greg Nourse left when he landed the top position in lakefront park, Reinhart strapped to the glacier and made 2008. from his time at his way back to high camp, reports indi- Hoffman acknowledged in a wide- the council’s cate. Eric Nourse arrived in camp a short ranging interview that he was helm. time later and Argentine EMTs found his caught off guard by a few issues blood oxygen content was dangerously low. emerging as he prepared to take of- He was advised to head down the mountain REVIEW PHOTO: fi ce: an uproar over updates to natu- VERN UYETAKE immediately. However, he opted to take a ral resource protections on private nap and essentially never woke up. Greg properties, the magnitude of the nomic collapse of 2008.” Demanding term begins rience with city issues. He served on Nourse used a satellite phone to alert offi - streetcar project, which was “com- The streetcar project and sensi- Meanwhile, Hoffman continued to the council from 1998 to 2006. He cials that the climbing party was in trouble. ing down the track quicker than an- tive lands discussions dominated feel the heat from decisions made grinned as he recalled deciding to According to the Felton Properties web- ticipated,” and the national econom- many city council and community while he was a city councilor — in- run for the city council back then. site, Reinhart earned the Portland SIOR ic collapse. meetings, with critics raising addi- cluding the purchase of the West “I was chairman of the parks and Offi ce Transaction of the Year in 2005 and “I think that affected a lot of what tional questions about whether the End Building, the former Safeco In- recreation advisory board,” Hoff- 2006, was a CoStar Power Broker, member we did in ‘09 and ‘10, in terms of peo- council was paying proper attention surance property that the city man said. “I just saw it as another of CresaPartners’ Strategic Leadership ple’s attitude toward government, to- to core services such as road main- bought for $20 million in 2006, short- community public service.” Council and one of the Portland Business ward taxes, toward fi nances and tenance and drinking water infra- ly before the building’s value plum- In 2009 he began a demanding Journal’s Forty Under Forty. public expenditures,” Hoffman said. structure, and whether offi cials meted. term as mayor. His full-time legal Eric Nourse owned a fl ooring business in “I don’t think Lake Oswego was im- were too friendly with real estate de- When Hoffman was elected to the Colorado. The bodies of both men were re- mune from the effects of the eco- velopers. mayor’s seat, he had plenty of expe- See HOFFMAN / Page A9 covered from the mountain. — KOIN Local 6 and local reports on. It shows how brainwashed their organs.” they are. I tell them, ‘I am an old This cause is so dear to lady standing in the cold. Why Teplitsky because she credits Harvest of evil would I try to deceive you? Peo- Falun Gong for changing her life. ple have been killed like this for “I was born in Russia,” 12 years and you don’t even want Teplitsky said. “I was a material- Nataly Teplitsky takes to street to talk about them?’” ist. I was an atheist. I spent half Teplitsky is especially con- of my life that way. I earned a to protest organ selling in China cerned with how this policy af- Ph.D. and did research. By CLIFF NEWELL organs to sell. Of course, fects the Falun Gong, a group “I looked into different philos- The Review Teplitsky has a lot of interesting that has been persecuted for the ophies and tried them all. I kept conversations with people she past 13 years. She says that thou- searching until I found Falun Nataly Teplitsky is a small encounters. sands of the sect’s members Gong, and I benefi ted from every woman but she carries a big “For some it is eye opening,” have been imprisoned by China, aspect of what they had to teach. sign. she said. “Some cry. Some want executed and had their organs I am healthy, I take no pills, my The Lake Oswego resident to give donations.” taken for sale on a thriving mar- perception of life changed. Falun takes her sign to Pioneer Square Other reactions are far from ket. Gong is a very benign and righ- in Portland to protest organ har- sympathetic. “Organ harvesting is a horrif- teous practice of the body and REVIEW PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE vesting — the practice of the “The worst are the Chinese ic crime,” Teplitsky said.