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DAYS OF Oregon Days of Culture Beating the best Week focuses on arts, heritage, humanities Hilhi knocks off state — See special section, inside champion Woodburn, 2-0 — See Sports, Page A16 PORTLAND TRIBUNE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS SEPTEMBER 24 - 27, 2013 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 • THE HILLSBORO LEADER IN NEWS • WWW.HILLSBOROTRIBUNE.COM • VOL. 02, NO. 33 • FREE Armed man Bonamici tackles hot topics near schools boro Civic Center. in limbo because Congress may be September. Many political observers Congresswoman meets Bonamici, a “Governing called back into session before then. believe there won’t be a last-minute did not Democrat who rep- The uncertainty over when Con- compromise this time around. with constituents at resents Oregon’s by crisis is gress may be called back to Wash- “No one wants the federal govern- Hillsboro Civic Center 1st District in Con- not good for ington, D.C., may lead to cancella- ment to shut down,” Bonamici said. violate law gress, said her Hill- tion of town hall events planned for “Well, I should say, most people By DOUG BURKHARDT sboro event was us in the Sept. 28 in Banks and Sept. 29 in Bea- don’t want it to shut down. It’s not a The Hillsboro Tribune her fourth town long term.” verton. good thing for the economy or our Offi cers respond as hall meeting of the — U.S. Rep. “I’m supposed to be in the district country. Governing by crisis is not U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici weekend. She had Suzanne Bonamici next week, but instead I may have to good for us in the long-term. There Hillsboro School fi elded a variety of questions — several more return to Washington, D.C., to vote,” are a lot of issues facing us, and the from national topics to local ones planned for next Bonamici explained. top of the list is to make sure we District goes on alert — from about 70 constituents who weekend as well — including two in Congress is again in “crisis mode” don’t shut down the government.” gathered for a Sunday afternoon Washington County. However, Bon- as funding to operate the federal STAFF REPORT town hall meeting at the Hills- amici’s staffers said those events are government runs out at the end of See BONAMICI / Page A2 Pamplin Media Group Catherine Weiss, a Hillsboro resi- dent and parent, wants to know why a man was walking near her kids’ schools with a shotgun slung over his back last week — and why police didn’t doing anything about it. The scare started near Century High School when a man went walking with a shotgun on Tuesday and Thursday, apparently just to prove a point. Hill- sboro police said that while it may be alarming to see a weapon near a school, what the man was doing was perfectly legal. Hillsboro police spokesman Lt. Mike ROUCHES Rouches said police offi - cers responded to the scene and talked with the man, who did not identify him- self. Rouches said the man explained he was taking a stand in support of the Second Amendment. The man was seen walking on public sidewalks with a rifle slung over his shoulder near Century High School, R.A. Brown Middle School, Ladd Acres Ele- mentary School and Imlay Elementary School. According to Rouches, carrying a vis- ible firearm is legal under Oregon’s open-carry law. Rouches said that even though the man was carrying a firearm near a school, police offi cers had no legal right to fi nd out the man’s identity. Ironically, according to Rouches, if someone is stopped for not using a turn signal, for example, he or she is required to produce identifi cation. “Any man But in the case of an with a gun armed man who is not walking violating any laws, the HILLSBORO TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHASE ALLGOOD police do not have the around Michael Schrader, who wears No. 44 as a linebacker for Linfi eld College, hopes to go into law enforcement after graduating from the McMinnville school. He is a member right to do so. schools, of the Hillsboro Police Cadet Program, and his father, Ted Schrader, is a sergeant with the Hillsboro Police Department. “I know it seems off, but in the case of a traf- period — is fi c violation we have terrifying.” the right to ask that — Catherine you identify yourself,” Weiss POLICE Rouches explained. “In this case, it’s no differ- ent than anyone walking down the street in violation of no laws or infrac- tions. We can ask, but in those cases with no cause for a violation or crime, everyone has the right to refuse to be COURTESY PHOTO identifi ed. We asked him; he refused.” Members of the Hillsboro Police Cadet Program pose after competing in a series of However, Rouches pointed out that Law Enforcement Challenge activities at Camp Rilea in Warrenton in August. police offi cers will respond if they are called about him again. “We will continue to respond to calls IMPACT the 20 years I’ve been here, we’ve program provides a good example of when he is out and monitor his activity, ■ probably had a couple hundred ca- how to serve, and what’s important.” but we have no legal right to detain Hillsboro trainees study dets, and Hillsboro PD has probably Hillsboro resident Michael him,” said Rouches. hired four or fi ve of them.” Schrader, now a freshman at Lin- The idea of a man wielding a shotgun More than simply being a pipeline fi eld College, is one of the current near a school disturbs some Hillsboro more than law enforcement to bring in new police offi cers, the group of cadets. Schrader has ac- parents, however. program teaches citizenship and re- tively participated in the cadet pro- “Any man with a gun walking around By DOUG BURKHARDT fi cers. In fact, according to Lt. Mike sponsibility, and Rouches said he gram since June 2011, and he is one schools, period — especially in my area The Hillsboro Tribune Rouches, spokesman for the Hills- believes that is the correct ap- of the relative few who intends to go — is terrifying,” said Weiss. boro Police Department, only a proach. on to serve as a police offi cer. When the armed man was spotted last he program is called the small portion of those who enter “The program is not indoctrina- “My dad is a police offi cer with Thursday, Sept. 19, the Hillsboro School Hillsboro Police Cadet Pro- the program end up doing so. tion, ‘You must be a cop,’” Rouches the Hillsboro Police Department,” District went on alert. Schools were put gram, but despite the name “Most of our cadets don’t become explained. “Some cadets do become Schrader said. “I have aspirations of on lockout, and telephone voice-mail it’s not necessarily about police offi cers with the Hillsboro Po- cops, but the object is not to grow T See CADETS / Page A9 training people to become police of- lice Department,” Rouches said. “In cops but to grow good citizens. The See ARMED / Page A8 Vertigo hops to brewing success ceived a gift certifi cate from his Hillsboro beer wife, Barb, for a do-it-yourself brewing store many years ago Beer bash set Vertigo Brewing purveyors celebrate — a place where he could brew co-owners Mike fi ve-year anniversary and bottle his own beer right in ■ Online: vertigobrew. and 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Haines (left) and the store. com; also on Facebook and ■ Party: Vertigo’s fi fth Michael Kinion By KATHY FULLER The store is long gone, but Twitter @vertigobrew anniversary bash will hap- are ready to The Hillsboro Tribune Hillsboro’s Vertigo Brewing is ■ Taproom and brewery: pen Saturday, Sept. 28, from celebrate fi ve going strong and about to cele- Located at 21420 N.W. Nich- 2 to 9 p.m. in the taproom. years in the It all began with a gift cer- brate its fi ve-year anniversary. olas Court, Suite D6, Hills- Music begins at 4 p.m. 808 brewery tifi cate. Haines and co-owner Michael boro. Regular taproom Grinds, a food truck serving business. Vertigo Brewing co-owner hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Hawaiian food, will be on HILLSBORO TRIBUNE and brewer Mike Haines re- See VERTIGO / Page A7 Wednesday through Friday hand. PHOTO: CHASE ALLGOOD “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to deliver balanced Calendar ................................. A4 Commentary ........................... 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