Making a New Home for the Holidays
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PortlandTribuneTRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPER • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED THURSDAY ‘Adrenaline junkie’ uses stolen weapon in mall shooting THE VICTIMS support she provided for pa- tients and families at times of impending loss and need,” said Dave Northfi eld, Kaiser media rela- tions manager. “Our hearts “Jake are with Cin- dy’s husband wasn’t a and family as bad person. they absorb YUILLE FORSYTH this tragedy He must and grieve.” have had The Tribune Kristina some heart Shevchenko, acob Tyler Roberts, the 15, of Portland strings 22-year-old Lents man also was pulled identifi ed as the Clack- wounded. She pretty bad J amas Town Center was in serious shooter who killed two people condition at for this to and wounded another person, Oregon Health liked shooting, & Science Uni- have sushi, “Good- versity Hospi- happened. fellas” and The tal. He truly Beatles. The mall So says his has been was a Facebook page, closed since loving, which on Tuesday eve- Wednesday ning as law en- caring morning gave forcement in- person.” a glimpse into vestigated the SHEVCHENKO — Ashley Meyer, his life as a TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT shooting. The friend of Jacob typical — or Sheriff’s offi ce spokesman Sgt. Adam Phillips named Jacob Tyler Roberts as the suspected gunman in Tuesday’s mall shooting. Cindy mall’s owners, Roberts, the not-so-typical — young adult. Yuille and Steve Forysth died at the scene; 15-year-old Kristina Shevchenko was wounded and in serious condition Wednesday morning. General suspected shooter Roberts posted photos of Growth Prop- somebody at the shooting erties of Chica- range, as well as another of a choo choo train.” gunned down three people in from a self-infl icted wound. 16 years. Her go, said the shopping center cigarette burning his earlobe. On Wednesday morning, the the shopping center’s food Victims in the shooting were More Inside husband is would remain closed during “I’m the kind of person that Clackamas County Sheriff’s Of- court. 45-year-old Steve Forsyth of ■ Additional also a hos- the investigation. is going to do what I want,” fice said Roberts apparently Roberts then turned the West Linn, a father of two, and photos and stories, pice nurse. At the same time, TriMet Roberts wrote in his Facebook stole an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon on himself minutes af- 54-year-old Cindy Ann Yuille of page 10, and at “Cindy was had rerouted 10 bus lines serv- bio. “There is no reason for an- rifle from a friend and used ter law enforcement officers Northeast Portland, a Kaiser portlandtribune.com. a beloved ing the mall, and stopped MAX other person to tell you what to that weapon Tuesday at about converged on the shopping Permanente hospice nurse who caregiver for do, I’m the conductor of my 3:27 p.m. during a rampage that center, dying in a mall stairwell has been with the hospital for the kind and compassionate See SHOOTING / Page 10 Making a new home for the holidays Nike Recovering addicts looks for rebuild their lives at local Oxford houses county By PETER KORN The Tribune tax help The women of Oxford House have already planned out their Christmas dinner. Incentives quietly Monnie Burniston will cook turkey, or ham, if Brandi Ste- Roseanne Carter sought as state tax phens gets her way. Either is wrapping gifts issue gets attention way, Monnie insists she’s for the children making homemade cranberry at Oxford House, sauce, not the canned stuff By JIM REDDEN a home for Brandi prefers. The Tribune recovering Elizabeth Smith will bake cheesecake and a ton of cookies, addicts. Making Nike is seeking fi nancial nothing unusual there since she the Portland incentives from Washington bakes cookies most nights. house festive is a County to expand its world The Christmas tree went up gift for the headquarters near Beaver- last week, with lights and orna- women who live ton. ments purchased at a neighbor- there while The incentives are in addi- hood dollar store. It sits in front rebuilding their tion to the state tax certainty of the living room window, but lives. that will be considered Friday the fi ve women who live in the TRIBUNE PHOTO: during a special session of the Southeast 165th Avenue house CHRISTOPHER Legislature that Gov. John don’t expect the neighbors to ONSTOTT Kitzhaber proposed on Mon- drop by and admire their decora- can muster, is much more impor- munity college students, one ing-on feel of a halfway house, all own. Old friends and old haunts day. tions. tant than the day on which it oc- soon to be a student and one full- are in the next step, the most trigger neurological pathways Kitzhaber says Nike could Christmas falls on a Tuesday curs. time waitress — are hard-core critical step according to many associated with drink and drugs. eventually create 12,000 direct this year, but the gift exchange Elizabeth, Monnie, Brandi, heroin and methamphetamine addiction specialists, who say The Oxford House model — and indirect jobs by 2020, boost- will take place the Sunday be- Roseanne Carter and Lorri Er- addicts struggling with recovery. transitioning back into society is there are 46 in the Portland area ing Oregon’s economy by $2 bil- fore, because not all the resi- ickson are all in recovery. Their They have moved past inpa- where most addicts relapse. and about 150 in the state — of- lion a year. Nike Chief Financial dents’ children will be around nondescript ranch house looks tient and outpatient addiction Experts say that becoming fers an alternative that addiction Offi cer Don Blair has promised for the big day. And for these no different from the others on treatments, some of which took clean and sober through treat- specialists universally praise. the company will expand in Or- women, celebrating together, this quiet street in East Portland. place in prison and jail. In a ment can be easier than staying and with as much family as they But these women — three com- house that has none of the hang- clean and sober back out on your See OXFORD / Page 6 See NIKE / Page 8 “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to Portland Tribune Adams picks ■ Portland Mayor Sam Adams has named photographer Julie Keefe as the city’s fi rst deliver balanced news that refl ects the offi cial city arts creative laureate, a new post. Keefe will work with the Regional Arts and Culture Council to stories of our communities. Thank you for reading our newspapers.” Online advocate advocate for the arts, creative industries and arts education. Search: Keefe. — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. OWNER & NEIGHBOR A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, December 13, 2012 Oxford: Holidays often test addicts’ resolve the people around the recover- ■ From page 1 ing addict. During the holidays, for those in recovery that often Here come the holidays means visits to families, where Oxford Houses require virtu- others are drinking. ally no public subsidy. They op- Jason says the data show that erate democratically, with resi- it takes at least six months to ef- dents voting on how the house- fectively change the social net- hold will be run. work of people coming out of ad- They are self-supporting, with diction, but for those who stay, each resident contributing about relapse rates at Oxford Houses $400 a month for rent and utili- are about half the rates experi- ties. And there is one more invio- enced by addicts trying to stay late rule posted above the dining clean in traditional, larger recov- room table: any resident who ery settings. drinks alcohol or uses drugs is “People need role models,” Ja- immediately expelled. son says. “People need folks who And now the holidays have ar- are helping them take the next rived. step in recovery. You have suc- Most of the women at Oxford cessful role models and middle- House don’t have families they class lifestyle. You have people can visit for the who give you job holidays. Two will leads and give you be separated from “When I was in hope,” Jason says. their children. All “The Oxford House will have ample addiction, once system does not time during the Halloween hit it ghettoize those in next few weeks to recovery.” think about what was all downhill. Ed Smith, nine they have lost, the I’d lost my years clean and so- people they’ve ber and now an Es- pushed away, the family, I didn’t tacada city council- could-have-beens have anybody.” or, lived in a South- and I’m-sorries east Portland Ox- — Ed Smith, former that might have ford House for three TRIBUNE PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT Oxford House resident made a difference. years. Smith says A sobriety coin holds the house key to the garage at the women’s Oxford House on Southeast 165th Avenue. Elizabeth the holidays were serves as a chapter and state of- always a time he started ques- port system could be dangerous. fi cer for Oxford House. One of tioning his sobriety. Facts about But that one bedroom gets awful her jobs is to deliver 24-hour no- “When I was in addiction, Oxford House of Oregon crowded with her boys in there tices of eviction when an Oxford once Halloween hit it was all (they already stay on the week- House member fails a drug test. downhill,” Smith says. “I’d lost ■ Average age of residents: 38 ends). There are 11 houses encompass- my family, I didn’t have anybody, ■ Average months clean and “It is really hard, especially if ing 87 beds in her chapter, and all these feelings.