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TRIBUNE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ Quy Pham of Southeast Portland pushes a cart of groceries to his car at the new Hong Phat store on 82nd Avenue near Burnside Street. It’s one of two large Asian- oriented groceries on 82nd Avenue. 82nd Ave. shoppers CHEATER! get fl avor TRIBUNE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ Southwest Sixth Avenue’s left lane entrance to northbound Interstate 405 regularly backs up while the middle lane is left to vehicles such as this Audi, whose driver tries to of Asia squeeze into the line and avoid the wait. Studies show drivers of expensive vehicles are often more likely to cheat in traffi c situations. Ethnic groceries early every day, Northwest afternoon count revealed that about fi ll vacuum in Story by Peter Korn Portland resident Anne W. “Having half the cars at the intersection could tries to cross Northwest be classifi ed as high-end vehicles. outer eastside N 25th Avenue at Lovejoy more There’s a word to describe drivers Street with her 19-month-old daughter makes you who don’t wait their turn at a four-way By STEVE LAW in a baby carriage. And nearly every stop: cheaters. A lot of people cheat in The Tribune day Anne W. fi nds that most of the feel more life, maybe more than once did. Stu- Study drives cars arriving at the intersection are entitled.” dents cheat to improve their grades, It’s hard to miss the dis- willing to wait their turn at the four- taxpayers cheat on their IRS forms to tinctive aromas of Asian way stop and patiently let them cross. — Paul Piff, keep more of their money. Some foods even from the parking But a few cars don’t wait their turn University of wealthy people fl out the rules so they lot of Hong Phat, a new gro- home point: at the stop signs, and there’s some- California- can stay on top, and poor people cut cery store at the recently va- thing particular Anne W. and her hus- Berkeley social corners trying to get ahead. cated Safeway on Southeast band have noticed about them: The psychologist But University of California-Berke- 82nd Avenue cars that don’t come to a full stop to let ley social psychologist Paul Piff recent- near Burn- them cross are generally the most ex- ly published a study purporting to side Street. pensive ones. prove that when it comes to compari- “There Inside, the “It’s been my experience, whether sons, the rich cheat more. Much of has been a produce aisle The rich are walking or riding in the car, that the Piff’s data comes from observing four- change from is stocked Mercedes, the BMWs, the Audis are way stops and who takes proper turns with jack- more likely to go out of turn,” she says. and who doesn’t. Also, his observa- the standard fruit, yam Granted, that particular intersection tions look at which cars stop (and grocery leaf, baby has a high percentage of luxury cars, which ones don’t) to allow pedestrians bok choy, different because Lovejoy turns into a rush hour to cross in crosswalks. model to Thai egg- gateway to Northwest Cornell Road address plant and heading into the West Hills. A recent See CHEATERS / Page 2 the different other foods popular ethnic among the groups in growing Asian immi- the grant popula- neighbor- tion in Port- Saltzman land’s east Streetcar fi rm on busy track hood.” side. — Lou Elliott, Hong Phat land in the area east of I-205, plans new real estate agent joins Fubonn Oregon Iron Works and worked with state trans- Supermar- portation offi cials on the track ket, another snags new orders as design. push for full-service Asian-oriented industry rebuilds “It’s going to be tricky coor- grocery 1.3 miles south on dinating the manufacturing 82nd near Woodward Street, By JIM REDDEN and testing with all the con- sprinklers plus some smaller ones in the The Tribune struction going on,” Clarke area. says. “But we knew the free- And a third large grocer is Oregon Iron Works over- way was coming when we built Nightclub owners negotiating to fi ll the site re- came many challenges to the track, so we designed it to could object to high cently abandoned by Food 4 create the fi rst American fi t under the overpass.” Less at 82nd and Powell Boule- streetcar manufacturing Other challenges were not cost of proposed rules vard, about six blocks south of company in six decades. Now as easy to foresee when Ore- Fubonn. One rumored suitor is United Streetcar has more gon Iron Works decided to By PETER KORN 99 Ranch Market, an Asian gro- than 100 people a day work- build streetcars seven years The Tribune cery chain based in Southern ing on new vehicles for Port- ago, however. Simply copying California. land, Tucson and Washing- the streetcars already in use in In April, a bartender at up- Lou Elliott, whose real estate ton, D.C., at the company’s TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE Portland wasn’t a viable op- scale Pearl District restau- company manages the Powell huge Clackamas-area assem- United Streetcar technician Alvaro Sanchez wires a new car at the tion. They were built by Skoda, rant Bluehour dropped a li- Street Station retail center bly plant near Interstate 205. company’s assembly plant in Clackamas. a company in the Czech Repub- quor bottle that was ignited once anchored by Food 4 Less, About 300 companies across lic, where manufacturing stan- by a candle and spread to a says he can’t confi rm or deny the country also are providing dards are different. Building a dispensing machine. Within that 99 Ranch is the entity. But parts, including about 140 in ues, the Clackamas County dump trucks already are goug- prototype based on the Czech minutes, the restaurant’s au- Elliott’s company is negotiating Oregon. company is facing another ing out the path for the ramp. design exposed its flaws. So tomated sprinkler system ex- with a full-service grocer that “We’re not only creating jobs challenge. Construction has Clarke is confident disrup- United Streetcar had to design tinguished the fi re, which he expects to lease the site, and here, but supporting jobs in the just started on a new freeway tions will be minimal, however. and engineer its own version. could have spread to the 50 he says it defi nitely will cater rest of the state and the coun- next to the assembly plant. The He says the company strongly Streetcars may sound like or 60 customers nearby. to the growing Asian clientele try,” says United Streetcar Sunrise Corridor will be elevat- supports the $130 million proj- simple vehicles. They are driv- “We’re very fortunate that President Kevin Clarke. ed over the track where street- ect to relieve congestion and See GROCERS / Page 7 Even as production contin- cars are tested. Bulldozers and open up access to industrial See STREETCAR / Page 8 See SPRINKLERS / Page 9

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They jumped he’s most frequently stopping their turns at intersections at the events, but it wouldn’t about 30 percent of the time, matter because crosswalk run- compared to 8 percent for driv- ning, he says, isn’t about driv- ers of the least valuable cars ers who feel entitled. It’s about and 13 percent for cars rated in drivers who are distracted, the middle. They zoomed past Voepel insists. pedestrian decoys stepping into But Voepel can see why not the crosswalk 45 percent of the taking turns at a stop sign inter- time, compared to 26 percent for section could be a matter of at- drivers of the least expensive titude. “A stop sign scenario, cars. that might have to do with so- Yes, these were California cial status or wealth,” he says. drivers. But in 50 “You’re competing followup studies us- for time with some- ing hundreds of “Students one equally. ... I’m men and women in more important psych labs, Piff say, ‘The than you, so I have found that wealthy system to be in front.” people (he calls An even better in- them upper-class encourages dicator of “me fi rst” individuals) are us to do behavior, according more willing to to Voepel, are solo cheat and cut cor- whatever it drivers who cheat by ners to gain a prize takes to get using the freeway than people of less- ahead at carpool lanes. When er means. One sce- he catches one, he nario, for example, whatever says, he makes fans. TRIBUNE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ asked participants “Everybody gives cost.’ ” Nine of 10 students at affl uent high schools will cheat, according to Lewis & Clark College researcher Mollie Galloway (above). High school how likely they you thumbs-up students tell Galloway they feel compelled to cheat because of a system at top schools that demands achievement. would be to return — Mollie Galloway, when you stop some- money if a coffee Lewis & Clark College one in the HOV shop barista gave researcher (high-occupancy ve- Those in the middle more candy. But, Piff says, when them too much hicle) lane,” he says. Mollie Galloway has no idea if he convinced poorer people that change. Voepel says he never really rich kids cheat more than poor they were among the wealthiest “I kept fi nding these amazing notices the style of car when he kids. But she suspects they among the subjects in the room patterns of results,” says Piff, pulls someone over for a traffi c might because she knows rich that day, they started to take who attended Reed College 10 violation. Lt. Chris Davis of the kids cheat in school — a lot. And more candy. years ago. “Having more makes traffi c division says the same. the reasons they cheat have to “The more you think you you feel more entitled.” “You don’t remember them do with their family wealth and have, the more self-focused you The title of Piff’s paper, pub- except the exceptional ones,” social status. become,” Piff says. “You think of lished in the Proceedings of the Davis says. Galloway, an education re- yourself as slightly larger than National Academy of Sciences, The one he remembers best searcher at Lewis & Clark Col- other people. You feel more en- is “Higher social class predicts was from 10 years ago when a lege, started studying school titled to things.” increased unethical behavior.” woman was driving a new Suba- cheats in the Bay Area and has “Cheating Culture” author ru station wagon north on continued in Portland high Callahan says all this spells ‘Entitled’ drivers McLoughlin Boulevard where it schools. Better than nine in 10 trouble for a country in which You shouldn’t be surprised, turns into Grand Avenue in students at affl uent high schools the upper classes already are says David Callahan, author of Southeast Portland. He stopped tell her confi dentially they have accumulating an ever-greater “The Cheating Culture: Why the woman for driving 20 miles cheated at least once. percentage of the nation’s More Americans Are Doing faster than the posted speed “Across the board, students wealth. If they are the ones Wrong to Do Well.” Callahan limit just where it drops, and it tell me cheating is the norm in DREAMSTIME PHOTO most willing to cheat, it will be says everybody cheats more was her “entitled reaction” that these high schools,” Galloway harder to narrow the income now than their counterparts did sticks with Davis. says. “It’s rampant. It’s part of What’s left are upper- and up- income high schools, but not gap between the wealthy and 50 years ago, whether on tax “A brand-new Subaru and she the everyday culture.” per-middle-class students seek- enough, she says, to draw any the rest. forms or in school. Looking at went berserk,” Davis recalls. The most common form of ing to follow in their parents’ conclusions yet. Callahan’s take is that there Piff’s work, he says there are a “She was yelling, screaming, cheating is copying homework, footsteps — but not exactly. But Berkeley’s Piff has some are actually two classes most couple of variables to consider. ‘This isn’t fair, you can’t do this.’ followed by test cheating. About “What’s interesting in talking thoughts along those lines. In willing to cheat, the wealthy Maybe, he says, wealthy drivers She’s so mad she reaches up one in fi ve students at affl uent to these students is it’s not just some of his experiments he has and the very poor. who don’t wait their turn at in- and pulls her own rear-view high schools admits to major about maintaining their par- started out with subjects in the “If you’re at the bottom of tersections may not be feeling mirror off the windshield, and cheating, as in turning in a pa- ents’ material status,” Galloway lab who were neither greedy the system and feel the system entitled but may simply be in I’m just dumbstruck. Why per that was copied from anoth- says. “It’s about maintaining nor inclined to cheat, and is stacked against you, you more of a hurry. Studies show would you do that to your own er source, and cheating more their identity, my identity as a turned them into cheaters. may feel cheating is the only the wealthy feel more rushed, car?” than once. student. I’m expected to be an A Sometimes he convinces them way to survive and it’s justifi ed he says. Davis, a police offi cer in the Galloway has confi dentially student, I have to maintain that that greed in a particular ex- because the system is unfair,” “The people at the top are a Phoenix area before moving to interviewed hundreds of stu- identity, their identity as a fu- periment was justifi ed. Simply he says. “If you’re at the top of lot busier and work harder,” Portland, says Portland drivers dents at affl uent high schools ture member of the professional having honest, lower-income the system you may feel you Callahan says. “So the guy are generally more law abiding and heard repeatedly the same class. In some ways there’s this subjects spend time writing are above the rules and that driving a Lexus may be an and less likely to cheat than theme. “Students say, ‘The sys- sense of entitlement, that I about the benefits of greed you’re not going to be held overscheduled lawyer or doc- those he’s seen elsewhere. Sta- tem encourages us to do what- should have that status. That changes their attitude, accord- accountable.” tor, and the guy driving a 2004 tistics bear him out on that. The ever it takes to get ahead at status is mine.” ing to Piff. The great majority of people Camry may be a professor on National Motorists Association whatever cost.’ “ Unfortunately, Galloway “Then they start to act like are in the middle and they are sabbatical.” ranks Oregon as the 41st state Students tell Galloway that hasn’t yet spent time in eco- rich people,” he says. the ones most likely to be hon- Sgt. Robert Voepel with the for the likelihood of a driver get- schools send a message by put- nomically disadvantaged In one experiment, Piff left a est, Callahan says, whether fi ll- Portland Police Bureau’s Traffi c ting a traffi c ticket. Montana is ting little effort into catching schools to see if the students jar of candy in a room and told ing out tax forms or waiting Division isn’t quite sold on at the state where drivers are least cheaters, and not severely pun- there are cheating as frequent- subjects the candy was for chil- their turn at an intersection least half of Piff’s traffi c study. likely to get a ticket. Florida is ishing those they catch. Parents ly as the wealthy kids. She’s dren who were coming in later stop sign. They are the ones, he Voepel has participated in a the state where a driver is most emphasize getting top grades in conducted interviews with low- for another experiment. Wealth- says, who are “getting whacked number of the city’s crosswalk likely to get ticketed. order to get into top colleges. income students at the upper- ier people consistently took by the system.”

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Call us at 503 535 7004 or visit us at epicimaging.com The Portland Tribune Thursday, August 29, 2013 NEWS A5 Reason to retire in Portland? It West Linn offi cials admit ethics violation would be boring anywhere else Because the council was act- Council settlement ing on advice from City Attorney Tim Ramis when it held the ex- By MARK MASON and Multnomah County. Metro kind of smell? ■■■ says it violated ecutive session in question, the and DAVE ANDERSON and Multnomah County don’t ■■■ The Trail Blazers will re- public meeting law ethics commission will not im- For The Tribune agree on the merits of a new Minority report: At county ceive $4 million a year for nam- pose any civil fi nes. Each council hotel. Hughes thinks it would parks, Clackamas County sher- ing rights to the Rose Garden member will receive a “letter of ortland makes it on be good for the economy. Mult- iff’s deputies can search your — about the same as it would By PATRICK MALEE education” from the commission more lists than any nomah County Chairman Jeff cooler without cause — part of cost a family of four to attend Pamplin Media Group as part of the settlement. other city in the world. Cogen thinks it will be more the effort to cut down on drunk- every game and enjoy a soda The decision comes as a re- PNow we’re on the list convenient than fl ying to Atlan- enness by enthusiastic Clacka- and hot dog for a year at the West Linn Mayor John sponse to an ethics complaint, of top 10 best cities to retire ta twice a year. mas River fl oaters. But jurisdic- new Moda Center. Kovash and City Councilors filed March 11 by West Linn without a car — which makes ■■■ tion is suspended once you’re ■■■ Jenni Tan, Jody Carson and resident Karie Oakes and for- sense since it’s our top 10 city It’s back-to-school time. We past the high-water mark on The fi reworks show at the Mike Jones admitted to vio- mer City Councilor Teri Cum- in which it’s nearly impossible know because shore or if you 63rd Tualatin Crawfi sh Festi- lating Oregon public meeting mings, that named Kovash and to drive a car. For starters, we retailers have already are on val had surrounding neighbor- laws during an executive ses- City Manager Chris Jordan as have more potholes than Star- been pushing Mark&Dave the river. So, hoods feeling shock and awe. sion back in March 2012, ac- well as Jones, Carson and Tan. bucks. (Message to Mayor lined paper and how long Too few were aware of the cording to a settlement Oakes and Cummings alleged Charlie Hales: Is “fog-sealing” pencils since UP IN THE AIR will it be be- event and the opening salvo reached last week with the that the city council had mis- really paving?) the Fourth of fore drink- echoing down the Tualatin Oregon Government Ethics used a March 12, 2012, execu- Other reasons to retire in July. So, kids ers fi gure River canyon sent neighbors Commission. tive session to hire an in-house Portland: No plastic grocery will be back in class in a week out to put in a little upriver? bolting outside thinking a di- The settlement papers, attorney, which violated public bags; you never worry where to or so. You know what that Have a safe weekend. saster had taken place. “Did a which were signed by the four meeting laws. store them. Mental stimulation: means? Time put up the Christ- ■■■ train derail?” shouted one council members in July and Though Jordan’s name was Stay sharp calculating alterna- mas decorations. For the fi rst time in history, neighbor. Sadly, Tualatin’s approved Aug. 23 by Ethics removed shortly after the com- tive routes around our crum- ■■■ Portlanders will name the new Dave Nicoli isn’t optimistic Commission Chairman Ian plaint was fi led — he was not bling bridges. PDX: It looks dif- Turns out the National Secu- Willamette River transit bridge about the Crawfi sh Festival’s Whitlock, acknowledged that present at the executive session ferent every time you visit — rity Agency did listen in on the under construction near OMSI future. As The Times (Tigard, they “violated executive ses- — the ethics commission de- except for the “Pardon our private phone conversations and South Waterfront. We’d Tualatin, Sherwood) noted, sion provisions of Oregon pub- cided in March to move forward dust” signs. among Americans. Everyone suggest the name “Squander.” this bash was to be the last led lic meetings law by participat- with its preliminary investiga- ■■■ deserves privacy, except that Note to Gov. John Kitzhaber: by the Tualatin Chamber of ing in an executive session tion. The ethics commission’s CNN/Money Magazine guy with a Bluetooth and a squander is not a Native Ameri- Commerce. The chamber when topics prohibited by ORS preliminary review document, named Sherwood as the No. 5 booming voice at the supermar- can name, it’s bad public policy. gauged Nicoli’s interest in sav- 192.660(8) were discussed” and dated June 27, stated there was “Best Place to Live” in the Unit- ket, on the elevator, in line for But since the new bridge is not ing it, as he did for the Tigard that they “wished to conclude reason to believe that the coun- ed States. Couldn’t help think- fast food, and, the worst, the meant for cars, we’ll also sug- Festival of Balloons some this matter by agreeing to the cilors had indeed violated state ing about it while stuck in mo- guy using the bathroom. Hard gest the name “Sellwood.” years ago. His assessment: “... terms and conditions in this or- law governing executive (closed lar-grinding gridlock on the way to scream about privacy when ■■■ there isn’t enough money to der without completing the in- to the public) sessions on em- from Portland to ... Sherwood. everyone can hear you now. Mayor Hales wants to re- make any money.” Shame if it vestigation phase.” ployee evaluations. Nice place, if you can get there. ■■■ place City Hall’s homeless went away, that fi reworks Amazing what Mark remem- camp with — wait for it — food show alone was better than ■■■ bers: “In my formative years, carts. Yeah, that’s how you most Fourth of July shows. Stop us if you’ve heard this an ex-boss once told me how to make Portland food carts even Could be why there’s not one: Metro President Tom get things done. ‘You throw more appetizing ... put them on enough money. Hughes really wants to build a enough (blank) against the the soured grounds of former 600-room hotel near the Oregon wall, some of it will stick.’ ” homeless camps. That stretch Convention Center. But he Why does Portland’s new idea of real estate could probably needs support from Portland of a carbon tax have that same qualify as a Superfund site. L’Shanah Tovah Join Beit Haverim for High Holy Days 5774 Community Services led by Rabbi Alan Berg and Cantorial Soloist Ann Brown Beginning with Erev Rosh Hashanah Sauvie school talks charter renewal Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 7:00 PM By MARK MILLER from the district, expires at the sures to a child not showing Portland For a full High Holy Day schedule, childcare availability, and Pamplin Media Group end of next June. 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ightclubs — with their loud owners and their landlords time to music, occasional pyrotech- OUROPINION comply. For venues that hold more nics, late-night operations than 200 people, the sprinklers would Nand throngs of potentially The requirement for sprinkler sys- or the Santa Maria fi re in Brazil, have to be installed by Dec. 31, 2014. inebriated patrons — are particularly tems ought not be viewed as an oner- which killed 241 people this year. For nightclubs with occupancies be- vulnerable to catastrophic fi res. ous expense for nightclub owners, Portland has nightclubs in Old tween 100 and 200, the deadline would The Portland City Council will take but as an investment to make their Town and elsewhere that, due to be six to 12 months later. an important step next week toward businesses safer and therefore more their age and lack of sprinklers, are The Fire Bureau has done substan- making this city’s hotspots less vul- appealing to customers. We recog- particularly susceptible to a tragic tial research on the potential danger nerable when it holds a Sept. 4 public nize it’s not easy for every business fi re. These concerns were highlighted of nightclub fi res, quantifying 2,500 hearing on an ordinance requiring in- to come up with the $20,000 to $40,000 in a Portland Tribune investigation needless deaths in other states and stallation of sprinkler systems in required for installation of a sprin- earlier this summer, which in turn countries over a period of decades. larger nightclubs. kler system. As city offi cials point prompted Saltzman to act. Janssens and Takara also point to Considering that protecting the out, however, in nightclubs that at- Saltzman, who became the city’s convincing evidence that sprinkler public’s safety really is the most basic tract 100 or more patrons several fi re commissioner this year, has systems can virtually eliminate the responsibility for a local government, nights a week, a $1 surcharge per ad- worked with Fire Chief Erin Janssens risk in individual nightclubs. city commissioners should support mission could easily pay for a sprin- and Fire Marshal Nate Takara to No one in Portland wants to con- the ordinance offered by Commis- kler system within months. model an ordinance after a similar template the prospect of a tragic fi re sioner Dan Saltzman. The council al- Plus, patrons would have peace of law in Washington state. The ordi- on the scale of what occurred in Bra- so should commit to work with night- mind in knowing they won’t get nance would require sprinklers in zil earlier this year. The best way to club owners and operators to make trapped in a horrifi c inferno like The nightclubs with capacities greater reduce the chances of that happening sure they can comply with the new Station nightclub fi re in Rhode Is- than 100. is to move forward with the ordi- rules in a timely fashion. land, which killed 100 people in 2003, The proposed law allows nightclub nance proposed by Saltzman.

Portland Tribune MYVIEW ● Every Duck, Beaver game has become exciting

FOUNDER Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.

PRESIDENT Oregon football far from bad ol’ days J. Mark Garber When I fi rst started going to game every year. MANAGING EDITOR/ By Drew Mahalic games at Autzen and Parker Both teams kick off their WEB EDITOR stadiums, the stands weren’t 2013 seasons this Saturday at Kevin Harden ’ve been watching college full at all. The fans had low ex- home — the Ducks host Nich- VICE PRESIDENT football in Oregon since I pectations for their teams. olls State and the Beavers face Brian Monihan moved here in 1977 with Most were attending out of loy- Eastern Washington. I my wife, Joan, a Portland alty or just for something to do. It’s a very healthy develop- CIRCULATION native. I’d played at Notre At the end of a game, you ment that we’ve seen in the MANAGER Dame and for four seasons in would see little disappointment state’s sports community. The Kim Stephens the National Football League, if the home team lost. There success of both programs has and so I knew very little about were no aspirations for nation- inspired high school athletes, CREATIVE college football in the state. al or conference champion- and the media has picked up on SERVICES MANAGER The fi rst Heisman Trophy ships. The bar was set quite it. There is a great deal of pride Cheryl DuVal winner I recognized as a kid low. and interest in both the Ducks was Terry Baker, the quarter- One thing I do remember: and Beavers. Both teams have PUBLISHING SYSTEMS back from Oregon State. His Regardless of how the teams the capability of being ranked MANAGER/WEBMASTER Alvaro Fontán coach there was Tommy Pro- had done during the season, among the nation’s top 10. thro, my coach when I played the Civil War was one of the The national reputation of with the San Diego Chargers. most entertaining games imag- TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT college football in our state has NEWS WRITERS Oregon running back Kenjon Barner eludes Oregon State tacklers during Jennifer Anderson, My quarterback with the Char- inable. It didn’t matter who had never been better. There’s no Peter Korn, Steve Law, gers was Dan Fouts, the former the better record going in, it the 2012 Civil War game at Reser Stadium. The Ducks, Beavers and the reason to think that can’t con- Jim Redden Oregon great. was going to be a battle, and of- PSU Vikings are expected to be better this year, something that has tinue. For those of us who re- But football at Notre Dame ten the underdog won. Maybe changed for local sports fans who suffered through terrible seasons. member the bad ol’ days, that’s FEATURES WRITERS was of a different ilk than the that provided a spark, that peo- pretty cool. Jason Vondersmith, Beavers and Ducks in those ple believed the teams could be started getting that from every With the recent success and Anne Marie DiStefano years. We were national cham- good down the road. game. Suddenly, every game run of bowl victories, expecta- Drew Mahalic of Portland, in his pions my junior year and By the early 1990s, things was meaningful and every tions for both programs are 18th year as CEO of the Oregon SPORTS EDITOR Sports Authority, was a three-year Steve Brandon ranked No. 4 my senior year. had begun to change — fi rst at game was winnable. through the roof. Oregon is a Oregon and Oregon State were Oregon, then later in the de- By the late ’90s, the coaches national contender every year. starting linebacker at Notre Dame who played for four seasons in the SPORTSWRITERS not on the radar when thinking cade, at Oregon State. That and players on both teams felt Oregon State expects to have a Kerry Eggers, of the nationally recognized feeling that you got from those it — and that feeling was conta- winning season, be among the NFL for San Diego and Philadel- Jason Vondersmith, programs. Civil War games, well, you gious with the fans. Pac-12 elite and get to a bowl phia during the late 1970s. Stephen Alexander

SUSTAINABLE LIFE EDITOR Steve Law READERS’LETTERS

COPY EDITOR Mikel Kelly

ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN Feds, not state, should regulate chemicals Pete Vogel our recent guest edi- urge U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and The fi ve character traits gov- Ten years of schooling is Make-A-Wish needs VISUAL JOURNALISTS torial on the use of Jeff Merkley to support a com- ern the air these students plenty for someone who wants Jonathan House chemicals in chil- prehensive federal approach breathe, and when administra- to work with his hands, a call- frequent-fl ier miles Jaime Valdez Ydren’s products (State like CSIA that would reassure tors, teachers and even new ing that he/she has a right to — laws must keep kids safe from consumers in Oregon and students try to alter the cul- and a need to in order to fulfi ll Millions of frequent-fl ier INSIGHT toxins, Aug. 1) left out the most across the country. ture at MLC, they are lovingly himself/herself. It’s high time miles are wasted each year by PAGE EDITOR Keith Klippstein obvious — and workable — so- Betsy Earls held to task. that we provide vocational travelers who let their miles ex- lution: A modernized federal Vice President and Counsel That is what is happening schooling on an equal footing pire. Those airline miles can be PRODUCTION law that would better reassure Associated Oregon now. This is not race, this is a with academics. used to help grant local chil- Michael Beaird, Valerie consumers that children’s prod- Industries cultural value difference. The Rita Traut Kabeto dren’s wishes through Make-A- Clarke, Chris Fowler, ucts are safe. Salem board and the public should North Portland Wish Oregon’s Wishes in Flight Oregon state legislators, like stand off, and let those at MLC program. CONTRIBUTOR those in many state capitals figure it out. Every traveler holds the ticket Rob Cullivan across the country, continue to Outsiders are You do not change what Cruel circus shouldn’t to a child’s wish — a wish like El- struggle with the complexity of works. Period. come to town len’s, whose adventure to Hawaii WEB SITE creating state programs that list mostly misinformed Angela Goldsmith was fi lled with pleasant surpris- portlandtribune.com chemicals and establish a sci- about MLC North Portland I am shocked and saddened es, including an up-close encoun- CIRCULATION ence-based approach to review- to learn that Ringling Bros. and ter with a sea turtle while snor- 503-546-9810 ing their safe use. Many of these This is a little late after the Barnum & Bailey Circus is keling. For an active young lady efforts are being driven by in- initial news coverage by the Back to the drawing planning to come to Portland battling cancer, this trip gave her 6605 S.E. Lake Road complete and, in some cases, in- Tribune (School leadership (in September). a chance to have fun and relax Portland, OR 97222 board to name arena 503-226-6397 (NEWS) accurate information. stumbles over race, July 18), Can this be true? With their with her family. Instead of saddling states with but I have read all the com- In regard to the Moda Center, well-documented, sickening About 75 percent of the wishes the burden of costly regulatory ments, and there is a huge the name choices should have abuses of the animals they granted by Make-A-Wish in Ore- The Portland Tribune programs and creating a maze misconception about who the included “none of the above.” I force to perform (some of gon and Southwest Washington is Portland’s independent of state laws that regulate chem- families are at the Metropoli- don’t like naming an arena for which are endangered species), involve traveling — whether it’s newspaper that is trusted icals and products, we need a tan Learning Center. a business, and I thought Rose I can’t imagine who in our ani- to meet a celebrity, go to their fa- to deliver a compelling, federal law that modernizes our We are not all rich, nor do Garden was stupid. Besides, mal-loving city would go watch vorite theme park, or reconnect forward-thinking and national chemical laws. we all have mainstream kids there already was a rose gar- their show. with a close friend who moved accurate living chronicle For the fi rst time in nearly without individual education den in the West Hills. Far more humane, far more away. You can be part of a life-af- about how our citizens, four decades, senators in Con- plans. In fact, MLC has a long Barbara Bankes entertaining, and far more fun fi rming wish of a child with a government and gress from both parties have history and advanced effort in Southwest Portland are human circuses (acrobat- life-threatening medical condi- businesses live, work come together to support legis- the fairly large population of ics, aerial dance) that don’t use tion by helping Make-A-Wish Or- and play. The Portland lation that would establish a IEP kids at the school. animals at all. I’d much rather egon raise 8 million miles during Tribune is dedicated strong and comprehensive pro- My third and last child is Vocational training support nonprofi ts that help the month of August. to providing vital gram to regulate chemicals in now going to second grade just as important these incredible, beautiful ani- Donating airline miles communication and commerce. The bill is called the there. My first graduated in mals to survive in the wild through Make-A-Wish Ore- leadership throughout Chemical Safety Improvement 2008. I was a single mother Do we fi nally realize that (World Wildlife Fund, Interna- gon’s Wishes in Flight is easy our community. Act (CSIA) and provides Con- making $18,000 when she skilled labor is equal in value to tional Fund for Animal Wel- — and the miles never expire gress with a historic opportunity filled out her portfolio applica- academics? (Unsinkable Skills, fare, International Humane So- once they’re in the organiza- to enhance consumer safety and tion to enter MLC for fourth Aug. 15). What person of non- ciety, etc.) than go see the un- tion’s account. Help fulfi ll a promote American innovation. grade. academic interests has any use fortunate, captive ones who are child’s dream. To make a dona- Rather than a state-by-state The culture of MLC is not for knowing the technical con- mistreated and forced to be- tion, visit oregon.wish.org. approach, the best way to give gentrifi ed, nor do the “privi- struction of a Shakespearean have unnaturally. Tracey Lam families greater confi dence in leged” students act as if they sonnet? It will only turn him/ Marna Herrington Make-A-Wish Oregon the safety of chemicals is to were born with silver spoons. her off on learning. Northwest Portland Portland

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The Portland Tribune Thursday, August 29, 2013 NEWS A7 Grocers: Outer eastside gets more organic than a 7-Eleven,” Elliott agrees. ■ From page 1 International offerings However, it’s not so easy for a There were no apples in stock developer to build a new gro- in the area. last Friday in Hong Phat’s pro- cery in the 20,000- to “There has been a change duce section, but there were 50,000-square-foot range in the from the standard grocery m plenty of other staples found in city of Portland, he says. It’s odel to address the different regular groceries. There were A full-service costly to remodel stores, Elliott ethnic groups in the neighbor- several varieties of Franz grocer is says, and the city keeps adding hood,” Elliott says. bread, for example, located negotiating to requirements such as land- The new grocery stores right above the Bin-bin rice lease the empty scaped drainage areas in park- should solidify crackers. Food 4 Less ing lots. “Half a dozen depart- and expand the Hong Phat also store on ments have to approve plans,” pan-Asian “Jade “Without the includes the H&L Southeast 82nd he says. District” along college Cafe, a deli offering Avenue and The Portland Development 82nd that the $3 Vietnamese Powell Commission has offered incen- Portland Develop- attainment sandwiches, salt Boulevard. tives for grocers to establish ment Commission and pepper squid, new stores in the outer eastside rates that the TRIBUNE PHOTO: and business fried talapia and JAIME VALDEZ and other areas lacking good leaders are pro- bankers are other ready-to-eat access to fresh food. While moting. And both foods. There’s also for the Asian community, Nguy- titutes and drug dealers. college attainment rates that some discussions are ongoing, new stores could looking for, an organic food en says. Both men emigrated the bankers are looking for, there have been no direct re- address resi- we’re effectively section and sec- from Vietnam to Portland. Food deserts? we’re effectively red-lined out sults yet from that initiative, dents’ concerns red-lined out of tions for Korean Some Portlanders have taken In recent years, several East of new development,” he says. says Shawn Uhlman, PDC about a dearth of and Hispanic foods, to calling 82nd Avenue the Portland residents have com- “Meanwhile, people will pay $4 spokesman. fresh and healthy new says Kevin Nguyen, city’s New Chinatown, an ac- plained that traditional gro- for a gallon of milk at 7-Eleven The PDC is aiding the forma- food vendors in development.” an inventory spe- knowledgment that it has be- cers are neglecting the outer because that’s their grocery tion of the Latino-themed Port- Portland’s outer cialist at the new come a far more vibrant center east side beyond 82nd Avenue, store.” land Mercado on Southeast Fos- east side. — Nick Christensen, store. for Chinese residents and mer- creating what some call “food Even the Fred Meyer on 82nd ter Road and 72nd Avenue, Nga Vu, who Lents Neighborhood Nguyen esti- chants than Portland’s historic deserts.” and Foster, which boasts a large which plans to open next year. lives near Hong Association mates that more Chinatown. However, there also One of those critics is Nick organic produce section, has in- And Walmart, the nation’s larg- Phat’s first store than half the cus- are many residents and busi- Christensen, Lents Neighbor- ferior produce, Christensen est purveyor of organic pro- in outer Northeast Portland, tomers so far are Asians, about ness owners hailing from Viet- hood Association chairman. maintains. Instead, he shops at duce, added a grocery last year shifted to the much-larger 20 to 25 percent are white, and nam, Thailand, Korea, Laos and Grocery stores like New Sea- the Fred Meyer on 82nd and to its store on Southeast 82nd Southeast store when it opened another 15 percent are other elsewhere, which is partly why sons won’t locate stores there Johnson Creek, almost two and Holgate Boulevard. There’s in late June. “I always go here,” people of color. the pan-Asian Jade District because it doesn’t have enough miles to the south. “It’s night- also the Mt. Scott Market, a says the immigrant from Viet- The owner, Brendon Wang, moniker was adopted to re- college-educated residents that and-day different,” he says. small market that is selling or- nam, while carrying a bag of dreamed of opening a larger brand an area formerly known are the core of its clientele, “There are pockets where it’s ganic food at Southeast 101st groceries to her car. store and providing more jobs more for its used-car lots, pros- Christensen says. “Without the diffi cult to fi nd something other Avenue and Foster Road. Group seeks frequent, affordable transit TriMet urged to gue that transfer times are now revenue losses. spare, they should use it to re- 112 million to nearly 99 million buses, WES trains and the LIFT so restricted, many riders are OPAL repre- store service cuts the board after the changes took effect. service provided to handicapped revamp transfers, required to buy two or more sentatives made when it restructured the But the reductions were not riders. tickets just to complete their working on the fares and eliminated free rail spread evenly across all modes TriMet attributes the revenue restore bus line cuts daily trips, however. organization’s service to balance the budget. of transportation. MAX light- increases to fare increases and “The burden falls most heavi- Campaign for a TriMet Public Information Of- rail trips fell 7.4 percent, to just the crackdown on fare evaders. By JIM REDDEN ly on low-income and minority Fair Transfer fi cer Roberta Altstadt says the more than 39 million rides. But But this does not mean Tri- The Tribune riders who cannot afford to buy are scheduled agency has been talking to bus ridership remained con- Met suddenly has $10 million monthly passes,” says Jon Os- to present their OPAL about its proposal, but stant at just under 60 million more to play with. The revenue How long should a single- ter, executive director of the ad- request to the OSTER that other options also are on rides. And the WES commuter increase was projected and in- purchase TriMet ticket last? vocacy group. TriMet board the table. rail saw a nearly 5.5 percent cluded in the budget approved The regional transit agency’s Oster’s organization is push- at its Sept. 11 “Running on a parallel track jump in ridership, increasing to by the board. It helped allow the board of directors decided that ing TriMet to extend the length briefi ng meeting. They hope the and based on community feed- 418,090 rides. board to keep fares and service tickets would be good for two of time a ticket can be used. The board will make the change at back, we are looking at all avail- TriMet says several factors largely unchanged in the bud- hours when they restructured group suggests that before 7 its Sept. 25 public briefi ng. able resources to restore service contributed to the drop in MAX get that took effect on July 1. It the fares last year. It was part of p.m. a ticket would be good for TriMet originally said such a that will greatly benefi t transit- rides, including the elimination also includes funds for an accel- a series of changes the board three hours; after 7 p.m. a ticket change could cost the agency dependent riders. Our consider- of free rail service and an ag- erated bus purchasing program made to balance the budget. could be used the rest of the ser- between $2 million and $4 mil- ation of OPAL’s proposal will be gressive fare enforcement cam- to replace the agency’s aging Other changes included a re- vice day. That will allow more lion a year, however. That was made in the context of restoring paign to prevent fare evasion. fl eet. structuring that increased fares people who rely on TriMet for the range in an analysis pre- service,” Alstadt says. Despite the drop in ridership, TriMet still does not know for most riders. The board also work and shopping to complete pared by ECONorthwest, an eco- The issue is coming to a head revenue from tickets and passes the details of the next contract approved a number of service their trips using only one ticket, nomic consulting fi rm. The fi g- as TriMet learns how the chang- actually increased, however. It with the union that represents cuts, including the elimination saving money they desperately ures are being revised after dis- es played out last fi scal year. grew to around $112.5 million most of its workers. Negotia- of free rail service in downtown need. cussions with OPAL, however. Recently released figures last year from just over $102 mil- tions with Amalgamated Tran- Portland. Oster also says such a policy TriMet also has heard from show overall ridership dropped lion the year before. All trans- sit Union 757 are not sched- Representatives of OPAL En- change will increase TriMet rid- some riders who say that if Tri- nearly 3 percent last year. Total portation modes produced in- uled to start until later this vironmental Justice Oregon ar- ership, largely offsetting any Met has that kind of money to rides fell from approximately creases, including MAX trains, month. PortlandTribune Puzzles

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Wheel base: 38.7 feet streetcar is scheduled to be de- weighs 30 tons and requires Numerous companies built Weight empty: 70,989 pounds livered at the end of September. three different braking sys- streetcars that ran through Maximum weight: 94,292 The sixth one is set for the end tems to slow and stop it, in- American cities, including pounds of October. cluding large disc brakes, a Portland. The companies also Capacity: 157 passengers Gustafson says some non- magnetic brake that drops onto sold vehicles overseas. But the Motors: 4 X 90kW safety related problems with rails, and a device for dissipat- industry fi zzled out when auto- Power supply: 750VDC the streetcars have subsequent- ing excess heat. mobiles replaced streetcars as Maximum speed: 44 miles ly been identifi ed and fi xed. And, even though 60 percent the preferred mode of day-to- per hour Some members of Portland’s of the parts had to be made in day transportation. City Council have complained America to meet federal re- Those who planned the fi rst about the delays and called for quirements, there were no do- stages of the Portland Streetcar the city to recover additional mestic suppliers specializing in system in the 1990s were not additional streetcars. That’s costs it incurred. The extra parts. So United Streetcar had thinking about reviving the when U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio costs potentially involve paying to recruit the supply chain be- American streetcar manufac- (D-Springfi eld) stepped in, Gus- more than expected for inspec- fore production could begin in turing industry. They were tafson says. He secured a $4 tors who are always assigned earnest. Even then, the compa- more interested in offering million earmark for TriMet to to the manufacturing plants on nies’ production schedules had Portlanders a new form of al- order a prototype streetcar. Or- such projects. Most of those to be coordinated to meet Unit- ternative transportation that egon Iron Works won the bid in funds came from the federal ed Streetcar’s needs. encouraged economic develop- 2006, then partnered with Port- government. Gustafson says Largely as a result of such is- ment in the neighborhoods. But land Streetcar’s existing sup- such negotiations are typical at sues, the company repeatedly they were surprised to learn plier to replicate its vehicle. the end of many large con- missed its Portland Streetcar that the smallest American- “We learned a lot about tracts, especially when the deadlines. But four cars have made light-rail vehicles were streetcars trying to follow their terms were changed after they now been delivered. The sixth the same size as MAX trains. plans,” Clarke says. “Mostly we were approved. and fi nal one is expected to ar- Modern streetcars were only learned that so much of them But Gustafson does not ques- rive in late October, about one being made in Europe and Asia, are handcrafted that they tion the original decision to year late. They cost around $3.5 where streetcar systems never aren’t economically feasible to contract with United Streetcar. million each. disappeared. build in America.” He says governments need to “I think we were a little na- “We thought The prototype make such commitments to re- ive,” says Clarke, an electrical the American also was revised vive American’s manufactur- engineer who was hired to ones were too big “We need to with a $2.4 million ing base. head the company in January. for moving grant from the “We need to have a partner- Some members of the Port- through the ur- have a Federal Transit ship-oriented approach to man- land City Council have repeat- ban environment. partnership- Administration. It ufacturing, not a regulatory edly fumed because of the de- When it came went for a con- one,” Gustafson says. lays. But Portland Streetcar time to buy the oriented tract with Rock- It looks like the bet is paying Director of Operations Rick fi rst streetcars for approach to well Automation, TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE off. Tucson signed a $26 million Gustafson says they were ex- Portland, we end- an American United Streetcar President Kevin Clarke stands inside a streetcar being contract with United Streetcar pected. All of the original ed up buying manufacturing, company, to build assembled from parts supplied by around 300 vendors, including about in June 2010 for seven street- Czech-made streetcars arrived them from not a regulatory the propulsion 140 in Oregon. cars on the Sun Link streetcar between four and eight months Skoda,” says Gus- system that runs line scheduled to open later late, he says. tafson, a principal one.” the electric mo- this year. City officials there “It’s not a surprise to us. We with the Shiels — Rick Gustafson, tors. The goal was facturing plant. Two assembly brackets and light steel parts. drove the fi rst one around the certainly had to plan on it,” Obletz Johnsen Portland Streetcar Inc. to have as much lines were created, and an out- As this was happening, Port- test track in July. It was then Gustafson says. “It’s a compli- consulting firm. of the prototype side track was built to test com- land Streetcar requested that loaded onto a large flatbed cated piece of equipment to put He has worked for and future street- pleted streetcars. It has a trian- the company use a different truck and driven to Tucson ear- together.” Portland Streetcar Inc., the cars made in this country as gular shape to allow for the propulsion system. The non- lier this week. Gustafson also says some de- nonprofi t organization that op- possible. footings of ODOT’s Sunrise profi t specifi ed one from Elin The District of Columbia’s lays were caused by changes erates the Portland streetcar The prototype streetcar de- Corridor overpass. EBG Traction, even though the Department of Transportation requested by Portland Street- system, from the start. buted in South Waterfront on United Streetcar officials change required more engi- ordered two streetcars in car to United Streetcar’s origi- News of the lack of Ameri- July 1, 2009, at an event attend- knew they could not simply du- neering. Because of the cost, April 2012. The order was ex- nal design. can-made streetcars caught the ed by local, state and federal plicate the prototype streetcar. Portland Streetcar cut its order panded to three in August. But, with all of the challeng- attention of offi cials at Oregon offi cials. It was the fi rst modern So the company set about de- from six to five additional They will be used on the DC es to building streetcars for Iron Works, a Clackamas-area streetcar built in America since signing its own version — one streetcars. An option was cre- Streetcar’s H Street/Benning Portland fi nally met, the com- fabrication and manufacturing one was completed for the San that meets a variety of safety ated to buy another streetcar at Road line, which is nearing pany is cranking up production fi rm. Founded in 1994, it spe- Francisco Municipal Railway in standards from multiple feder- a discount in the future. completion. for other cities. The fi rst street- cializes in designing and build- 1952. A few months earlier, al agencies. And United Streetcar also car for Tucson’s new system ing complex parts and ma- Portland awarded United “They’re the same standards Following Portland’s lead has snagged an order for four was trucked south last week. chines for the marine, aero- Streetcar a $19.5 million con- applied to heavy-rail trains,” United Streetcar’s contract modern cable cars. The cars Streetcars for Washington, space, nuclear and renewable tract to build six more street- Clarke says. called for the company to deliv- use the same basic body but D.C., are beginning to move energy industries in steel, cars for the planned eastside A supply chain also had to be er its fi rst streetcar to Portland are pulled along by cables un- down the assembly lines. And stainless, aluminum, titanium extension of the streetcar sys- created. Some of the local com- by July 2012. That did not hap- der the roadway, like San Fran- four cable-driven cars are in or other exotic materials. tem. The Oregon Legislature panies recruited by United pen, however, largely because cisco cable cars. production that will connect “Streetcars were a logical approved funding from the Streetcar include: Mills Innova- of unexpected complications. The company also is being the Oakland Airport to the Bay product because they involve a state lottery. tion, which builds lightweight The opening of the eastside ex- considered by some of the Area Rapid Transit System. lot of specialized work,” Gus- United Streetcar spent interior parts; Columbia Body tension was pushed back to about 50 other American cities These other contracts fulfi ll tafson says. around $20 million acquiring, Manufacturing, which paints September. At that time, only planning or building streetcar the larger vision of local, state But Portland Streetcar didn’t converting and equipping a the streetcars; and Advanced the prototype had joined the systems, most following Port- and federal elected officials have the money to order any warehouse for its fi rst manu- Metal and Wire, which makes Portland Streetcar ranks. land’s lead. PUBLIC NOTICES

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COURTESY OF BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA John O’Hurley plays the role of Billy Flynn in “Chicago,” Sept. 3-8 at Keller Auditorium. You might recognize his face from “Seinfeld” and “Family Feud” and scores of other TV shows. Bits&Pieces ■ By JASON VONDERSMITH MusicFestNW gives a big kiss to local rockers, stalwarts The Tribune

His kind of town ennifer Clavin, rhythm guitar- Jessie, along with bassist Micayla Bleached (top) plays ist and vocalist for Los Angeles Grace and drummer Jonathan Safl ey, John O’Hurley, an actor catchy, danceable punk-pop rockers Bleached make their way to Dante’s, 350 W. who you would recognize songs, and The says some fans Burnside St., on Thurs- immediately when seeing Thermals (above) and J paid her lip service at a day, Sept. 5, to play an his face on television, says STORY BY Natasha Kmeto (right) recent show. 11 p.m. show as part of he likes the description of add dashes of local “Twenty kids, most of ROB CULLIVAN this year’s MusicFest- “renaissance man” — which fl avor to this year’s them girls, came on NW, which runs Sept. 3 he is. MusicFestNW, Sept. stage and tried kissing through 8. “I absolutely do,” he says, 3-8. me,” she says. “I ended up getting The festival will draw thousands of before adding jokingly, “but PHOTOS COURTESY OF kissed a bunch of times. People said fans and features 177 acts, ranging it gives renaissance a bad MUSICFESTNW afterward, ‘You should probably go to from alterna-country cat Justin name.” the doctor and get checked.’ ” Townes Earle to eclectic DJ Diplo at Television shows, includ- Despite this health scare, Clavin various venues downtown. ing sitcoms (“Seinfeld”), and her lead-guitar-playing sister, Older alterna-stalwarts like Super- soap operas (“All My Chil- chunk and Bob Mould will be on hand dren”) and game shows along with such Portland bands as (“Family Feud”), movies, Mean Jeans and The Thermals. Other voice-overs, commercials, acts include Ty Segall, Black Banan- “Dancing with the Stars” ROSE CITY’S as, CHVRCHES, Neko Case, Cody champ, musicals, books, al- Chesnutt and Queen Kwong. bums, charities, entrepre- You can learn more about all the neur, husband and father, fun at musicfestnw.com, and the single-handicap golfer, a Tribune will continue its coverage member of People maga- of MFNW in next’s week’s edition. zine’s “Sexiest Men Alive” — Clavin says Bleached is excited to you name it, the 58-year-old BUZZ FEST come to a town that has warmly em- New England native has braced her band, and says the done it. He comes to Port- group’s shows “have just gotten fun- land playing Billy Flynn in ner lately.” That’s probably because the Broadway production of Bleached plays one catchy, danceable “Chicago,” Sept. 3 through 8 single after another, including a at Keller Auditorium. number off their debut album “Ride It’s a role he has played Your Heart.” The singer says that about 1,000 times, a well- Queen Kwong while it’s no novelty anymore to see a meaning attorney represent- (upper left) and female-fronted rock ‘n’ roll band, ing the notorious performers Black Bananas “people still get excited. Velma and Roxie. And, it’s a (left) are two of “I still feel like it’s very inspiring to role he thoroughly enjoys, the nearly 180 acts young girls to see girls in a band play- although he sees the irony in set to play the ing,” she says. the law protecting celebri- many Portland ties — it happens all the time venues for ‘Round the clock in Hollywood, he says. MusicFestNW. Trevor Solomon directs MusicFest- “It’s a very engaging story about gray morality,” See FEST / Page 2 he says. “Not about right or wrong, but gray morality. People are much more for- giving of celebrities. If you can turn a criminal into a THE SHORT LIST celebrity, it doesn’t seem as bad. “So, it’s very contempo- that jazz. Sunday, Sept. 15; Moda Center, rose- Waiting.” rary. ‘You can do that, if MISC. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Sept. 3-6; quarter.com, $20-$50 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Aladdin you’re a celebrity, you’re for- 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7; 1 Theater, 3017 S.E. Milwaukie Ave., given.’ ” and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8; Keller aladdin-theater.com, $34, $37 at door Indeed, O’Hurley, the com- Oregon State Fair Auditorium, 222 S.W. Clay St., 503- mon man’s actor, says Holly- MUSIC ABBA — The Concert The big doings in Salem continue 241-1802, starting at $35.25 wood has become rife with through Labor Day weekend. The Oregon Symphony’s season the “cheapening” of celebri- 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29; Ringling Bros. and Taylor Swift kicks off, as resident conductor Paul ty. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Barnum & Bailey Circus One of America’s sweethearts Ghun Kim leads the symphony “There’s a bad boy men- Aug. 30-31; 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday- Plan now, as tickets for the “Fully comes to Portland on her “Red” tour. along with the world’s fi nest ABBA tality in Hollywood,” he says. Monday, Sept. 1-2; Oregon State Fair- Charged — Gold Edition” tour stop 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Moda Cen- tribute band, Waterloo, doing the “I try to play against that. I grounds, 2330 17th St. N.E., Salem, in Portland are on sale, and the fam- ter, rosequarter.com, $29.50-$84.50 hits from “Dancing Queen” to try to be elegant and well- oregonstatefair.org, $11 adults, $6 ily show promises new twists with “Mamma Mia.” spoken and live my life that children/seniors an international cast of elite per- Richard Marx 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, Arlene way. Now, (Hollywood) is formers that generate eye-popping The heartthrob from the 1980s Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. grungier and tattoo-ridden.” Art in the Pearl thrills. comes to Portland. He had seven hits Broadway, orsymphony.org, starting But, it’s been part of his The 17th annual Labor Day week- 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Sept. 12- in the late ‘80s, including “Don’t at $21 career, which extends back end gathering of artists — more than 13; 11:30 a.m, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Satur- Mean Nothing,” “Hold On to the 30 years. You’d know him 100 showing and selling work — in day, Sept. 14; 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Nights,” “Satisfi ed” and “Right Here Bonnie Raitt best from “Seinfeld,” on the Pearl District has been named by Tickets are on sale for the famed which he played J. Peterman Art Fair Source Book as one of the singer/songwriter’s October appear- — and then he bought into top 10 arts and crafts festivals in the ance in Portland, still basking in the the real J. Peterman’s cata- country. glow of her hit albums “Nick of Time” log business. He also hosted 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, and “Luck of the Draw.” Raitt has “Family Feud” for six years. Aug. 31-Sept. 1; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, won 10 Grammy awards, and entered His list of credits extends Sept. 2, Northwest Park Blocks the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She seemingly forever, as he (between West Burnside and North- toured throughout 2012 and into ‘13, calls the likes of Scott Baku- west Glisan Street at Northwest Eighth recharged with a batch of new songs la and Barry Bostwick Avenue), artinthepearl.com, free from her 19th album, “Slipstream,” among his “competition” for which earned her the 10th Grammy the male actors who have OWCA Showcase of her career. Marc Cohn joins her in endured and “developed im- The juried exhibition features Portland. ages of themselves.” 27 artists with the Oregon Women’s 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, Moda He enjoys the stage, also Caucus for Art from Oregon and Center, Arlene Schnitzer Concert starring in productions of Washington, working in many Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, tickets- “Spamalot” in the past. art forms from mixed media to west.com, $55-$112.50 “It’s extraordinarily re- photography. warding,” O’Hurley says. “I Sept. 1-Oct. 31 (5 p.m. First Thurs- Triple threat love the ambiance, the ele- day reception, Sept. 5), Portland Cen- Heads up: This concert’s a doozy gant way to work. TV and ter for the Performing Arts, 1111 S.W. — Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell fi lm are more editors’ medi- Broadway, oregonnwca.org, free and Richard Thompson, all on the ums, not actors’ mediums; same bill. it’s not gratifying, although ‘Chicago’ 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, Arlene fi nancially remunerative. One of Broadway’s biggest hits ev- COURTESY OF RINGLING BROS./BARNUM BAILEY Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. er comes to the Portland stage, a uni- The circus is coming to town! The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus puts on Broadway. $39.50 to $79.50. Info: pc- See BITS / Page 2 versal tale of fame, fortune and all “Fully Charged — Gold Edition,” Sept. 12-15 at Moda Center. pa.com. The Portland Tribune Thursday, August 29, 2013 VETERANS B2 LIFE Portland!Life STOP PAYING RENT! pull out the keys for “Cars.” LiveMusic! “The vocal is all over in the 0 Down/0 Closing fi rst minute,” he says, adding You can use your VA Loan benefit more than once! By ROB CULLIVAN with a laugh. “I’m not gonna 100% Cash-out Debt Consolidation refinance available Pamplin Media Group stand there and look vaguely • $417,000 - max. amt., non-jumbo Call Tom Fitkin VA Loan Specialist interesting for the next three • Jumbo financing available Office Mobile minutes.” up to $650,000 697-7214 703-5227 Sept. 1 Gary Numan, Cold Cave, NMLS Personal 263844 • Bankruptcies OK 342192.110812 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, Won- Chapter 7 - 2 years after discharge NMLS Business 233782 Father of electricity der Ballroom, 128 N.E. Russell Chapter 13 - Today ML-1018 St. $25 in advance, $28 at the www.oswegomortgage.com Once the pale-faced, British harbinger of icy electronica door. All ages. Info: 503-284- and in-your-face industrial 8686, wonderballroom.com. mer rock, Gary Numan is now a Sum happily married father who ‘Round town lives in sunny Los Angeles. So ■ Portland punk-ska-hard- the writer of such synthesizer- core-folk rockers Faithless heavy hits as “Cars” and “Are Saints actually wrote a song ‘Friends’ Electric?” now com- called “Negotiating the Con- poses warm paeans to familial tract for the Sale of My Soul to bliss, right? the Devil.” You can learn the “If anything, it’s given me a terms they won when they Enjoy all the fun of reason to be more paranoid,” play an all-ages rock ‘n’ roll Oaks Amusement he says of fatherhood. COURTESY OF BBGUN PRESS show with MDC, Dirty Kid Park for less with That’s right, although he’s Brit Gary Numan, of the electronica and industrial rock genre and hit Discount and Hammered weekday discounts quite happy now, Numan says “Cars,” now lives in sunny Los Angeles. He’ll play the Wonder Grunts at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. all summer long! he’s a little nervous about the Ballroom, Sept. 1. 30, at Slabtown, 1033 N.W. Visit dystopian world his music of- 16th Ave. $10. All ages. Info: www.oakspark.com ten refl ects because it’s one general public for his few hits, making, Numan’s never com- 971-229-1455, slabtownbar.net. for all the deals! his daughters will grow up to Numan has put out numerous pletely unplugged his cords, ■ NW Hip Hop Fest 3 fea- inhabit. albums since he broke big in and he’s promoting his next re- tures a slew of deejays, rap- 503-233-5777 “If I have a really good day 1979 and has infl uenced count- lease “Splinter (Songs from a pers, soul-stirrers and funk- I’m not going to write a song less artists. He’s best buds with Broken Mind).” meisters, and runs from 7805 about it,” he adds with a slight Trent Reznor from Nine Inch The man who fi rst decided to Thursday through Saturday, SE Oaks Park Way chuckle. “Whatever it is that Nails, with whom he’s collabo- run his keyboard through gui- Sept. 5-7, at Ash St. Saloon, 225 Portland, OR triggers my brain to write a rated, and he’s also promoted tar effects pedals, thus creating S.W. Ash St. Shows start at 8 97202 song, it generally seems to be UK electro rockers Offi cers in- a whole new sound, will pretty p.m. $10. Info: 503-226-0430, a dark thing.” tensely. In other words, despite much stick to singing on this ashstreetsaloon.com, face- Despite being known to the occasional breaks from music- tour, he says, although he will book.com/NwHipHopFest/. resented P by: Fest: Area bands ready to break out ■ From page 1 sales have been brisk (and who’ve already made a splash and the Wonder Ballroom. 425792.061213 that’s compared to last year, on Letterman and shared the ■ About one-third of the when 85 percent of the shows stage with The Decemberists shows are open to all ages, and NW and has been working sold out). “There’s been a lot of and The Shins. the festival generally draws Sofas by nonstop over the past few buzz about the festival.” folks from ages 18 to 45, with weeks getting ready for Port- Speaking of buzz, Solomon Fest Facts the core audience being fans Is Sustainable! land to turn into the nation’s expects such Portland acts as ■ Shows take place at these from 25 to 35, Solomon says. hipster central. Rolling Stone, the shimmering, dreamy re- venues: Aladdin Theater, Back- ■ MFNW’s “little sister” is Pitchfork, Spin, Filter and Fad- verb-happy duo Helio Se- space, Branx, Bunk Bar, Crystal TechFestNW, which runs Sept. er are among the music media quence, neo-soul act Shy Girls, Ballroom, Dante’s, Doug Fir, 6 through 8 at the Oregon Mu- that generally cover it, he says, and orchestral indie rockers Hawthorne Theatre, Holocene, seum of Science and Industry, adding this year NBC’s “Last Typhoon to draw some serious Mississippi Studios, Dr. Mar- 1945 S.E. Water Ave. The festi- Trapini Call with Carson Daily” will attention. tens Store (outside), Pioneer val focuses on “the technology, fi lm various bands performing. “I think they’re the next Courthouse Square, Roseland startups, and design culture “We’re doing better than last band to break nationally out of Theater, Star Theater, The Old that make Portland a digital year,” he says, noting ticket Oregon,” he adds of Typhoon, Church, White Owl Social Club hub.” Info: techfestnw.com.

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Kerry Eggers’ picks promises an air attack, but it’s prep for playoff bid hard to imagine a true freshman (predicted overall and league winning a lot of games. Time was ■ out of Vancouver’s Skyview record) Cal battled Oregon for players and From page 10 High who weighs in at a middle ■ NORTH DIVISION Pac-12 status. Not now. linebacker-like 242 pounds 1. OREGON (11-1, 8-1): FCS Beavers and Ducks is to and threw for 2,187 yards and Heisman Trophy candidate Marcus ■ SOUTH DIVISION play Thursday night games, 14 touchdowns and rushed for Mariota will steer Oregon through 1. UCLA (10-2, 7-2): as the FBS Vikings will do 406 yards and nine TDs in any muddy waters. Ducks will get Quarterback Brett Hundley could twice at home this season. the Viks’ pistol attack. revenge at Stanford but will lose rival Mariota as Pac-12’s best, They should do that every “I’m hoping we get even at home to UCLA. and Jim Mora has built one of the year. more production out of him 2. STANFORD (9-3, 7-2): Pac-12’s top teams, with a good Chisholm will bring in a this year,” Burton says. Sophomore QB Kevin Hogan — defense (with LB Anthony Barr). heavy hitter to help with mar- Running backs D.J. Adams who led Stanford to four straight Working in a new running back keting this season. David and Shaquille Richards com- wins over ranked teams and Rose will be paramount. Hersh, once bined for 1,491 yards rushing a Bowl victory over Wisconsin to end 2. SOUTHERN CAL (10-3, 6-3): the owner of year ago. They’ll run behind a last season — and veteran Why does everyone write off the the Pacifi c veteran offensive line with defense make Cardinal a title COURTESY OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY Trojans? USC still has great talent. Coast League three returning starters. The threat. But the loss of Stepfan Sophomore quarterback Kevin Hogan will lead Stanford’s bid to A new defensive coordinator will Portland Bea- receiver stable seems deeper Taylor will hurt their run game and challenge the Oregon Ducks in the Pac-12 North Division and in the help coach Lane Kiffi n, who has vers, relocated with the addition of 6-6, they won’t be a top-fi ve team. national rankings. offensive weapons (see: WR to Portland 210-pound transfer Victor 3. OREGON STATE (8-4, 5-4): Marquise Lee) to make young QBs last December Dean from Fresno State and Performance at quarterback and look pretty good. Depth could be and has Kasey Closs, a transfer from defensive tackle will go a long way starters gives Sun Devils a title ue to develop, and offense will be an issue, especially with 13 games formed C-Level Saddleback College in Mission to determining OSU’s season. contender. But they’ll lose at UCLA bolstered by an outstanding and not a full bye-week situation. CHISHOLM Sports Man- Viejo, Calif., who redshirted a Beavers will start 6-1 but struggle on Nov. 23 with a potential Pac- defense (led by linebackers 3. ARIZONA STATE (8-4, 6-3): agement. He’ll year ago. with a diffi cult second half of 12 title game berth on the line. Shayne Skov and Trent Murphy). The Sun Devils, who return QB create a partnership with the Three former Oregon State schedule. 3. ARIZONA (8-4, 5-4): Great lines are the foundation. Taylor Kelly and star defensive Vikings as does Learfi eld with players fi gure into the plans — 4. WASHINGTON (6-6, 4-5): Wildcats are wild-card team that And, David Shaw has quickly tackle Will Sutton, have the mak- Oregon State and IMG with tackle Joe Lopez and corner- Big year for fi fth-year coach Steve could be better than this due to become arguably the Pac-12’s ings of a Pac-12 contender. But, Oregon in terms of promotion- back Mishawn Cummings to Sarkisian, 7-6 in each of last three running game led by junior best coach. wow: The Sun Devils face al operations. It’s a positive start on the defense and Kyle seasons. Huskies return 20 start- Ka’Deem Carey (1,929 yards, 23 2. OREGON (9-3, 6-3): What Wisconsin, Stanford, USC and step, for sure. Loomis as punter. ers, most in Pac-12. Good sched- TDs last season), four returning are the chances superstar QB Notre Dame within their fi rst fi ve Portland State needs to in- Portland State ranked next- ule (eight games at refurbished starters on offensive line, and the Marcus Mariota and slash player games. vest more money in its football to-last in the Big Sky in pass Husky Stadium, including fi rst four return of all 11 defensive starters. De’Anthony Thomas both stay 4. ARIZONA (7-5, 4-5): Rich coaching staff. Burton has lost defense last season. Will that of season) will help. And they have Replacing QB Matt Scott is the healthy all season? Can new Rodriguez’s team made strides a dozen assistants in his three be a focus? perhaps top running back in con- biggest concern. coach Mark Helfrich and offensive last year, and could be a player in years, many of them to FBS ri- “It was a focus last year,” ference in Bishop Sankey (1,439 4. SOUTHERN CAL (6-7, 3-6): coordinator Scott Frost outwit their the Pac-12, if QB play (B.J. Denker, vals who offered a higher sala- Burton says. “We lost so many yards, 16 TDs last season). If Trojans will try to get the ball in counterparts? Pac-12 teams will Jesse Scroggins or Javelle Allen) ry. Burton has privately fund- guys to injury in the second- senior QB Keith Price returns to the hands of marquee receiver make games closer, if not beat the complements standout back raised in the city to help bring ary. We had a walk-on senior 2011 form while running new upt- Marqise Lee (118 receptions for four-time BCS team. Ka’Deem Carey and a loaded the Vikings up to speed in that playing corner because we ran empo offense, Dawgs will be bet- 1,721 yards and 14 TDs as soph- 3. OREGON STATE (8-4, 5-4): defense that has all 11 starters regard, a move that could reap out of players. This year, we ter than this. omore last season) as much as The Beavers should be solid, but back. dividends in the future. have a decent amount of guys 5. WASHINGTON STATE (3-9, possible. They’ll miss QB Matt can they close out the season 5. UTAH (5-7, 3-6): Then there is a matter of coming back and an infusion 2-7): Cougars must improve on Barkley, though, and will suffer strong? Quarterback is a good Quarterback Travis Wilson could creating a winning program. of talent. running game that was among from lack of depth brought on by place to have quality depth (Sean do some damage, and the Utes The Vikings went 7-4 in Bur- “But in the grand scheme worst in nation last season in coach NCAA sanctions. Mannion, Cody Vaz), and receiver could be competitive in each ton’s second season, 2011, and of things, it’s not always the Mike Leach’s fi rst season. Veteran 5. UTAH (5-7, 3-6): Utah has Brandin Cooks should be a star. game, but they still haven’t drew almost the same as they guys in the back who are the defense will be better, but it won’t fewest returning starters (12) in And, what a D-end tandem (Dylan matched talent with Pac-12 teams did going 3-8 last fall. issue. I feel pretty good about translate into more overall victories. Pac-12. New co-offensive coordi- Wynn, Scott Crichton) to feature. to reach the upper echelon. The They need to win big and our lines on both sides of the 6. CALIFORNIA (2-10, 1-8): nator Dennis Erickson will employ 4. WASHINGTON (7-5, 5-4): move to the Pac-12 hasn’t been a win consistently, though even ball. That’s going to be a big New coach Sonny Dykes’ spread the no-huddle offense he used Great parts on the UW offense to rosy one. that may not get them to the factor for us, especially on offense won’t reap immediate divi- during his fi nal two years at go with Justin Wilcox’s defense. 6. COLORADO (3-9, 1-8): The attendance levels they reached defense.” dends at Cal, which loses key Arizona State with 6-6, 240- Senior quarterback used to be a Buffs have several returning start- in the early 1990s, when the Burton is in the fourth year weapons Keenan Allen at receiver pound sophomore QB Travis one-way ticket to the top of the ers and will knock off somebody Ducks were just getting good of a fi ve-year contract. and Isi Sofele at running back Wilson at the helm. But Utes will Pac-12, but can Keith Price be the in Boulder, but it’ll take some time and the Beavers were lousy. “It’s an important year not from last year’s team. It will be end with same record as in 2012. man? A good running back for fi rst-year coach Mark MacIntyre A record in the 8-4 range for just him but the program,” another dismal campaign at 6. COLORADO (3-9, 1-8): New (Bishop Sankey), receiver (Kasen to build up depth and talent. The and a spot in the FBS playoffs Chisholm says. “We need to Berkeley. coach Mike MacIntyre — who went Williams) and tight end (Austin move to the Pac-12 hasn’t would at least put the Vikings show that his second year 10-2 at San Jose State last sea- Seferian-Jenkins) complement upgraded anything, yet. on the state sports fan’s radar wasn’t a fl uke. That has to be ■ SOUTH DIVISION son — will have his hands full in him. It’s coach Steve Sarkisian’s this season. the new norm for us. 1. UCLA (10-2, 8-1): resurrecting woebegone Colorado time to win, or else ... his days are Pac-12 title game “We can make a playoff run, “We have to make strides Sophomore QB Brett Hundley program. Buffaloes return 19 start- numbered? and then who knows where with the program, especially makes up for loss of RB ers, including nine on offense who 5. WASHINGTON STATE (5-7, Kerry Eggers says: that will go?” says quarter- since the state is becoming Johnathan Franklin and puts will use MacIntyre’s pistol system. 3-6): Connor Halliday and good Oregon 38, UCLA 21. Ducks get back Kieran McDonagh, a such an impressive sports Bruins in Pac-12 Championship They’ll be more competitive but young receivers fi gure to lead revenge for regular-season loss as sophomore who started as a marketplace, with the Blazers Game for third straight season. still have trouble posting victories. coach Mike Leach’s aerial attack. Portland-area products Thomas true freshman last year. “We and the success of Oregon and Biggest question mark is second- It’s a decent defense in Pullman; Tyner (Aloha) and Colt Lylerla want to win the Big Sky, and Oregon State football, the ary with departure of all four start- Jason Vondersmith’s picks one would guess the Cougs would (Hillsboro) enjoy big days. once we get into the playoffs, Timbers, the Thorns, the Win- ers from a year ago. be better (with less drama) in Jason Vondersmith says: just take it each game at a terhawks. It has become a 2. ARIZONA STATE (8-4, 7-2): ■ NORTH DIVISION Leach’s second year. One would UCLA 27, Stanford 24. The time.” place where they expect win- Junior QB Taylor Kelly, who threw 1. STANFORD (10-2, 7-2): If guess ... Hundley-led Bruins, after squeez- Burton seems to have some ners. It becomes our responsi- for 3,039 yards and 29 TDs in running back by committee works, 6. CALIFORNIA (2-10, 1-8): A ing past rival USC, return to good talent to work with. Start bility to deliver that with our coach Todd Graham’s fi rst season, the Cardinal should be formidable. true freshman (Jared Goff) starting Pasadena, winning a down-to-the- with McDonagh, a 6-2 bruiser program.” and eight returning defensive QB Kevin Hogan needs to contin- at quarterback? Sonny Dykes wire battle against the Cardinal. Learn about the history EXPLORE and culture of Cuba. December 1-8, 2013

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of Alamo, Calif., however, Ro- For Rodrigues, learning the defensive game plan Jeff Lockie, Jake completed 234 drigues suf- Ducks’ offense “wasn’t too Rodrigues poised to passes for 3,278 fered a horrifi c hard, because I kind of ran the Beavers banking on nod at middle ‘backer. Each yards and 31 injury on a bro- same thing in high school. But will be making his fi rst career occupy starting post TDs as a prep ken play. He I’ve been learning the little start. senior, and ran darted out of things like reading the defense. mix of experience, “Everybody has said (replac- for 136 yards the pocket and Football is a lot more complex youth to make stops ing Masaniai, Seumalo and By STEPHEN ALEXANDER and seven TDs. tried to plant than I ever thought it was. I’m Unga) was a concern,” Banker The Tribune Lockie says his foot to make trying to be perfect and know By KERRY EGGERS says. “I’ve never said that. he has learned LOCKIE RODRIGUES a cut up the everything.” The Tribune We’ll do something within the EUGENE — It was only last a lot already field. A diving Rodrigues says he has “a big scheme (to offset it). Maybe it’s year that a battle raged be- from Oregon coach Mark Hel- defender’s helmet hit one of Ro- arm and can run (with) the ball. CORVALLIS — The loss of with movement. Joel has tween Marcus Mariota and frich and offensive coordinator drigues’ legs, breaking a bone. I can also bring the guys togeth- tackles Castro Masaniai and played well (in training camp). Bryan Bennett over who Scott Frost. Rodrigues was fl ipped into the er and drive them down the fi eld. Andrew Seumalo and middle The tackles we brought in (JC would be the Oregon Ducks’ “And not just about the game air. When he landed, he dislo- I’m a vocal leader, and I hope to linebacker Feti Unga from transfers Siale Hautau and Ed- starting quarterback. Mario- itself, but the whys: ‘Why do you cated the leg. gain the respect of the team. last year’s team fazes Mark win Delva) have really changed ta won the role and, after a do this? Why do you do that?’ ” It took Rodrigues all last That’s my goal. When you have Banker. But only a little. from the spring ‘til now, and sparkling season, enters Lockie says. year at Oregon and into spring respect as a quarterback, every- “College football nowadays the program guys (Rosa and the 2013 campaign with the As a quarterback, “I’m not go- ball this year before he felt 100 thing falls into place.” is a peripheral game,” says Braun) have been playing well. possibility of a run at the ing to be 6-5 and run a 4.2 percent. Both Lockie and Rodrigues Banker, who We’re good there.” Heisman Trophy. (40-yard dash),” Lockie says. “I wouldn’t say I was de- know that No. 2 can become No. will begin his Banker has another hole to But in football, everything can “My strength is making the right pressed, but I was damn near 1 in a hurry. 11th season as plug. Alexander is lost for at change on a dime. And if Mario- decision and putting the ball close,” he says. “In high school, you’re the Oregon State’s least the fi rst two games with a ta gets hurt, the Ducks will have where it needs to be — distribut- Rodrigues says he is mentally quarterback, you’re the man,” defensive co- knee injury. Jabral Johnson, a to go with one of two redshirt ing it to the guys you have.” stronger. Lockie says. “Coming here, you ordinator Sat- 6-1, 230-pound junior, will re- freshmen, Jeff Lockie or Jake Rodrigues, a 6-3, 215-pounder “Working hard to get that have to accept a different role. urday against place Alexander in his fi rst ca- Rodrigues. out of Rocklin Calif., threw for back has made football mean And that’s appropriate coming Eastern Wash- reer start. “God forbid, Marcus goes 2,036 yards and 26 touchdowns more to me. I wasn’t able to play to a big school. But you have to ington at Res- “I feel excellent about J.J.,” down,” Rodrigues says, “but as a high school senior, and football, and that’s all I wanted to be ready for your time, and er Stadium. Banker says. “He has changed football is a violent game.” rushed for 684 yards and 15 TDs. do. Now I’m playing again, and when you’re ready for your BANKER “There aren’t his body over the offseason. Lockie, a 6-2, 195-pounder out Toward the end of that season, I’m fi ne,” he says. time, it will come.” too many old- He’s really fi t and he has had fashioned teams that go four good practices.” yards and a cloud of dust. True freshman Darrell “You still have to have a sol- Songy and redshirt freshman id middle to your defense with Caleb Saulo are the backup the tackles, middle linebackers outside ‘backers Saturday. and safeties, but the playmak- Both should see some time be- ers are on the outside.” hind Doctor and Johnson The Beavers are stocked against Eastern Washington. there, with returning starters Banker says he regards 6-2, SAVE 40% ON A Scott Crichton and Dylan 240-pound redshirt freshman Wynn at end, D.J. Alexander middle ‘backer Rommel Mageo and Michael Doctor at outside as his “most improved player linebacker and Rashaad Reyn- on the defense” from this time olds at cornerback. a year ago. Mageo could see Banker considers that fi ve- some action behind Skotte on some, along with safeties Ryan Saturday. Murphy and Ty Zimmerman, D-line coach Joe Seumalo LABOR OF LOVE. Oregon State’s best defensive says he expects to use eight players in terms of ability and rotation players against the experience. Eagles. Rosa, Braun, Hautau The performance of those at and Delva will play at tackle the other four positions will go and senior Devon Kell and Celebrate Labor Day by treating yourself to a piece a long way toward determining sophomore Lavonte Barnett how strong OSU’s defense is will back up Crichton and of handcrafted Nichols & Stone furniture --- furniture this season. Wynn at end. “It’s the players within the Senior Sean Martin will unit that counts,” says Banker, start at the cornerback spot that works as hard as you do. in his 13th year on Mike Riley’s alongside Reynolds. Steven OSU staff. “You’re only as good Nelson, a JC transfer who as your weakest link. 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The Portland Winterhawks 6 Cu. Ft. Steel Split Cowhide Leather Wood Handled retooled in the offseason to Palm Gloves LHRP Shovel bolster their defense corps Wheelbarrow and experience, and they en- 95 95 95 tered training camp with the $45 $5 $12 expectation of being one of 100910187 100102678 100922305 the Western Hockey League’s top teams. TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT “We’re well-respected after Nic Petan is one of several returning forwards who will give the we won the league (last sea- Portland Winterhawks fi repower in their bid to repeat as Western son),” center Nic Petan says. Hockey League champions. “Everybody’s going to be gun- ning for us. We’ll accept the challenge.” terhawks picked Swede Anton ward to a good season.” The Winterhawks won 57 Cederholm, 18. He’s 6-2, 210 and Travis Green, who served as games, tallied a franchise-record a Vancouver Canucks prospect. interim head coach and general 117 points and claimed the WHL “He’s a lot like Wotherspoon, manager for most of last season title in 2012-13. They advanced to a two-way, really solid defense- with Johnston suspended by the the Memorial Cup championship man,” Johnston says. “A big, WHL, moved on to be head game before losing to Halifax. strong, physical player.” coach of the Utica Comets of the Fatmax Xtreme Steel Stanley Tools Power Lock Crescent Pass-Through All that came after the Hawks It’s likely that 16-year-old American Hockey League, the Rip Hammer, 28 Oz Ratchet and Sockets had won consecutive Western rookie D-man Keoni Texeira, Canucks’ top affi liate. Tape Measure 30’x1’’ Conference championships. who spent time with Portland Johnston hired Karl Taylor, a 95 95 95 Graduated from last season’s during the 2013 playoffs, will longtime acquaintance, as assis- $25 $13 $29 squad are defenseman Troy also be on the roster. tant coach and promoted long- Rutkowski, forward Taylor Pe- “He’s more of an offensive- time scout Matt Bardsley to as- 100752937 100512508 100949117 ters and goalie Mac Carruth, type guy,” Johnston says. sistant general manager. Also, and assuredly gone are forward Haar and McColgan are the Kyle Gustafson, a Gresham na- Ty Rattie and defensemen Tyler team’s current overage, 20-year- tive, will assume greater re- Wotherspoon and Seth Jones to old players. Joey Baker has left sponsibilities in his assistant the pros. the team to pursue educational coach role, and will be behind But the Hawks return several opportunities. the bench for all games. talented forwards — namely Cederholm and Bjorkstrand Johnston says he missed Petan, Brendan Leipsic, Chase are the team’s import players. practice time and being on the De Leo, Oliver Bjorkstrand and The team waived Russian defen- ice with players during his sus- Taylor Leier and promising sec- seman Kirill Vorobev. pension. ond-year guys — and added vet- Haar and Cederholm are “I really enjoy being on the eran Shane McColgan in a trade among the many players who ice,” he says. “The games are with Saskatoon. will be attending NHL camps. exciting, but I enjoy being on the Defensemen Derrick Pouliot The others: Petan (Winnepeg), ice, teaching and working with Gorilla Glue 2” x 36’ Gorilla Tape DAP KwikSeal and Josh Hanson return on the Leipsic (Nashville), Leier (Phila- guys through things. blue line, and Brendan Burke delphia), Bjorkstrand (Colum- “Training camp’s always an 95 95 95 takes over in goal after serving bus), Pouliot (Pittsburgh), Burke exciting time to evaluate the or- $3 $3 $2 two years as Carruth’s backup. (Phoenix) and Adam De Cham- ganization, a chance to lay the 100923870 100916910 100773179 The Hawks also added two de- plain (Vancouver). framework to how you’re going fensemen during the offseason. Leipsic and Petan tied for the to play.” expires 9/4/13 They traded with Medicine WHL scoring title last season Says Petan: “There’s not much Hat for the rights to Garrett and will surely team up again. of a difference, but it’s great for Haar, 20, who had played the two “I’m playing more of a leader- him to be back. He brings inten- previous seasons for Western ship role on the team,” Petan sity into it, and is very profes-

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The LPGA Portland at Reser Stadium to take on visit- last week’s United tackle Cleveland State, 1 p.m., at has been playing every year in State’s season begins at home ing Eastern Washington, 3 p.m. States Blind Golf Merlo Field. ... PSU’s women end Portland since 1972, and the event with the Northwest Challenge, a (Pac-12 Networks). Association national a two-game trip to Las Vegas with has raised more than $17 million two-day, four-team tournament. Thorns: The Portland Thorns FC a 10:30 a.m. tournament game championship at for local children’s charities (Golf The Vikings play Gonzaga at 4 plays the Western New York Flash against New Mexico State. Stone Creek Golf Channel, 3:30-5:30 p.m.). p.m., with Boise State taking on for the National Women’s Soccer Club in Oregon. College football: Portland State Washington at 6 p.m. ... At UP, League title. The Flash’s higher Monday, Sept. 2 plays Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m., Jeld- coach Joe Houck begins his sixth regular-season standing gives Stone, with coach Wen Field. season with four returning starters them home-fi eld advantage. The Regi Christensen Horse racing: Portland Hops: The resurgent Hillsboro and seven letter winners as the teams drew in both meetings (left) won one of the Meadows’ biggest race of the year Hops are challenging for the sec- Pilots play Kansas State, 4 p.m., before the two-round league play- division titles. — featuring the $35,000 Portland ond-half fl ag in the Class A at the UNLV Invitational. ... Lewis offs. Kickoff is 5 p.m. PT in See column by Mile — begins with the fi rst post at Northwest League South Division. & Clark’s season begins with a Rochester, N.Y., at the Kerry Eggers at 1:45 p.m. Less than a week remains in the match against Chapman (Orange, 13,768-capacity Sahlen’s portlandtribune. 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Lewis & Clark takes on Prep volleyball: Two of the Friday, Aug 30 Oregon and 3-2 at home to Hops: Hillsboro visits Boise for Concordia’s 11th-ranked NAIA La Verne in a road match at the state’s top programs open their Marquette) are at the Nevada-Las the fi nal series of the Northwest men are at No. 13 Hastings California school. ... Concordia seasons when Central Catholic Golf: It’s the second round of Vegas tournament, facing UNLV at League regular season. First pitch (Neb.), 3 p.m. PT. (2-2 through last weekend) has a travels to Clackamas for a 6:30 the LPGA Safeway Classic at 7 p.m. ... The Portland Pilots men against the Hawks is 5:45 p.m. College volleyball: PSU’s 7 p.m. home match with Lewis- p.m. match. Columbia Edgewater Country Club begin their season with a 7 p.m. College soccer: The University Northwest Challenge wraps up Clark State. 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By STEPHEN ALEXANDER The Tribune

The Portland Thorns FC were always the chosen side. From the moment the inau- gural National Women’s Soc- cer League season began, any- thing less than a championship has been looked at as a failure by many fans and players. In a semifi nal match at FC Kansas City last week, the Thorns came back from two goals down to win 3-2 in over- time. Now, the Thorns play the KerryEggers Western New York Flash in Rochester, Vikings keep building N.Y., at 5 p.m. PT Saturday for the NWSL title. Here are fi ve questions ON SPORTS for a new day in football the Thorns must answer if they are to HEATH meet the desti- ny the club ■ has always said awaited it: Thursday night games, addition of David Hersh get ball rolling 1. Striker Alex Morgan has not played since suffering s with horse racing, Champions going a rather amazing 31-4 at home (but are,” PSU athletic director Torre Chisholm a medial collateral ligament Tour golf and the International 11-20 on the road), average home atten- One way to says. “I’d like to see much more than that. If we sprain against the Boston Basketball League, Portland dance peaked at 8,612 his second season. eliminate can fi gure out how to consistently get 12,000, it Breakers on Aug. 7. The Asports fans have taken a less than Nigel Burton’s fi rst three seasons have changes dynamics of our program. If we aver- Thorns’ co-leading goal-scorer fervent approach to Portland State football. produced home attendance average fi gures competition age 12,000, there’s a lot more (eight) is expected to play The ho-hum factor has prevailed. of 4,895, 5,947 and 5,957. The fi rst year, we can do.” More online against the Flash. But how ef- There have been pockets of decent inter- games were played at Hillsboro Stadium from the The dilemma is how to get Read other fective could she be? est in the PSU program, especially during while Jeld-Wen Field was being renovated, FCS there, especially with more Kerry Eggers Portland coach Cindy Par- the Pokey Allen and Tim Walsh eras. From but the larger stadium hasn’t made much of Beavers than 100,000 of the state’s columns during low Cone: “She’ll be in training 1988-94, the Vikings averaged more than a difference. football fans watching games the week at portland all week. If there’s no swelling 10,000 per home game for seven straight As Burton begins his fourth season at the and Ducks in Corvallis and Eugene tribune.com in the knee, we’ll play her. That seasons. Only twice has that happened Portland State helm today in a 7 p.m. Jeld- is to play when Oregon State and Ore- will help us in terms of being since — in 1999 under Walsh and in 2007, Wen game against Eastern Oregon, can the gon are playing at home on able to get a victory.” the fi rst year of the ill-fated Jerry Glanville Vikings attract more interest? Could they Thursday the same Saturday. 2. Midfielder Tobin Heath regime. get their home attendance back up to 10,000 night One way to eliminate competition from the suffered a foot injury in the But even when Mouse Davis’ teams were again? games. win against Kansas City and lighting up the scoreboard from 1975-80 and “That should be a minimum of where we See EGGERS / Page 6 had to leave the match. Will she be healthy Saturday? Cone: “Tobin is all right. She’s going to be fi ne.” 3. Flash striker Abby Wam- bach has scored 11 goals this season, one off the league high JasonSays KerrySays set by Kansas City midfi elder OREGON DUCKS OREGON STATE BEAVERS Lauren Holiday, who edged her for league MVP honors. West- ern New York midfi elder Carli The theme of the 2013 Oregon This is an Oregon State team that Lloyd has 10 goals, including Ducks has been fi rmly established by could go 10-2 or 6-6. two in a 2-0 semifi nal victory fans and friendly media: No changes There is plenty of “good stuff,” as last week over Sky Blue FC. after Chip Kelly’s departure. Mark veteran coach Mike Riley puts it. And How can the Thorns stop them? Helfrich takes over the Good Ship Chip, there are question marks, and lack of Portland goalkeeper Karina the Ducks keep rolling behind QB depth at some positions, that provide the LeBlanc: “A lot of people know Marcus Mariota and playmaker possibility for a disappointing season. how lethal Abby is with her De’Anthony Thomas, and Oregon lands The offense seems well-stocked, with head. But she’s also got a in another BCS game, maybe the a solid running back in Storm Woods, a great strike (with her feet). national championship. nice stable of receivers led by all-Pac- We have to be aware of her at It has to happen, right? It’s a pro- 12-caliber Brandin Cooks, a terrifi c all times. And right behind gram that couldn’t take a turn for the COURTESY OF GREG WAHL-STEPHENS corps of tight ends and an interior line her you have Carli, who has a worse, could it? De’Anthony Thomas returns as Oregon’s with four returning starters, including COURTESY OF DENNIS WOLVERTON great strike. They’re smart Well, except Kelly’s gone and Helfrich leading potential playmaker. prize sophomore center Isaac Seumalo. Brandin Cooks heads a strong corps of players. We can’t let up even is next man in. Then there is the quarterback posi- receivers for Oregon State. once. That’s when they’ll Kelly had the “it” factor, going back to cache and won the Fiesta Bowl. Kelly tion. Junior Sean Mannion and senior probably capitalize.” his fi rst year as offensive coordinator in produced four consecutive BCS teams. Cody Vaz — who each led OSU to Pac- 4. The Thorns have a pletho- 2007. He was a different dude, and “They get a new head coach and the 12 victories a year ago — battled for Oregon State can’t afford injuries to ra of players with experience made his mark. He had a brilliant foot- program gets that much better every the spot through spring ball and train- the O-line, which is particularly thin at in high-pressure Olympic and ball mind — at least on the college level time,” Addison says. “Coach Helfrich is ing camp without separation. Riley is tackle, or at linebacker. The loss of World Cup matches: striker — and was a transcendent fi gure as going to take this program to the next looking for consistent performance, Cooks, Isaac Seumalo or safety Ryan Christine Sinclair and goal- head coach. He put a signifi cant stamp level that it’s ready for.” and each will get a shot during Murphy for an extended period would keeper Karina LeBlanc with on the program. I’m still struck, though, by the fact Saturday’s opener against Eastern be disastrous. Canada, and Morgan, Heath Helfrich? Kelly’s former offensive that Helfrich has done everything in his Washington at Reser Stadium, with Mannion or Vaz must step up to the and defender Rachel Buehler coordinator doesn’t strike me as a fel- power to downplay his role. Mannion starting. Production at the QB plate and provide veteran leadership. with the U.S. How much will low who has the “it” factor. Can the Ducks dictate games with spot will be essential to the Beavers’ They don’t have to be great, just good that experience help? Stamp on the program? the running game, as Kelly empha- hopes for a year-end national ranking enough to avoid critical mistakes and LeBlanc: “It gives you confi - “I do not own a stamp, don’t even sized? Does Mariota throw the ball and upper-crust bowl appearance. allow the talent around them to fl ourish. dence. You know that in big have a pen on me.” he says. “If I could more? The defense looks solid, although The defense has more holes. The schedule sets up well. If things games you can step up because be known as the guy who followed Chip the linebacking is raw, and one Starting tackles Castro Masaniai and progress, the Beavers could go into you’ve been there. From what Kelly and continued the winning, I’m assumes the turnovers forced will keep Andrew Seumalo will be diffi cult to each of the fi rst seven games as favor- happened last weekend, we’re good with that.” coming, but a lot of teams move the replace. The play of JC transfers Edwin ites. Then comes murderers’ row — feeling very positive and be- What difference does Helfrich make ball in college. Delva and Siale Hautau will be instru- Stanford, Southern Cal, at Arizona lieve in ourselves a lot. At the as head man? The biggest key: Most teams have mental in Oregon State’s ability to stop State, Washington and at Oregon, the same time, the Flash are a “I don’t know. Obviously, that’s what moved toward uptempo offensive pace the run, a strength a year ago. cream of the conference crop. great team, so it’s not just go- everybody will make a big deal out of, and are getting better defending against Linebacker is another concern. The Beavers could lose all fi ve, or ing to be about us.” and I have no idea,” he says. it, so is that still an advantage for the Outside ‘backers D.J. Alexander and win at least three and set themselves The title game could come “Our biggest strength is our players Ducks? Michael Doctor are two of the better up for a memorable campaign. down to the goalies. LeBlanc, believing in our system,” he adds. I think the Ducks will take a step players on the defense, but Alexander It all begins tonight against an 23, has seven shutouts and 92 “Going back to Coach (Rich) Brooks, back without Kelly. The Pac-12, outside will miss at least the fi rst two games Eastern Washington team that made saves in 21 games, with 1.095 (Mike) Bellotti and Chip, there’s such a of Colorado and probably Cal, has with a knee injury. There is little experi- the FCS semifi nals a year ago and is goals allowed per outing. great culture here of how to work, who improved. More teams are capable ence behind them, and middle ‘backer ranked No. 4 in the preseason. The WNY’s Adrianna Franch, 22, a to recruit, and all the things that go into of knocking off the Ducks. Games will Joel Skotte, a sophomore, will get his Eagles, who lost 30-27 at Washington U.S. U-23 player, had seven that.” be closer. I see two to four possible fi rst career start against the Eagles. in 2011 and 24-20 at Washington clean sheets and 98 saves in 22 Receiver Bralon Addison calls Helfrich Pac-12 losses (Washington, UCLA, The strength of the defense is at State a year ago, have enough talent games, with a 0.91 goals al- and new offensive coordinator Scott Stanford and Arizona or Oregon State). end, where fi rst-team all-Pac-12 selec- and moxie to make Riley and his lowed average. Frost “Batman and Robin” and “big-time And, while I would think the Ducks tion Scott Crichton and Dylan Wynn, coaching staff nervous. 5. Portland has the best road players’ coaches.” Addison says Frost will would get by Virginia on the road both juniors and third-year starters, This won’t be a repeat of the record in the NWSL (7-2-3), but “add another dimension to this offense and Tennessee at home, I wouldn’t should wreak some havoc with oppos- Sacramento State debacle two years the Flash have only one home — and it’s going to be that much better.” guarantee it. ing quarterbacks. And in the second- ago, but it will be enough of a challenge loss. Something has to give: Linebacker Boseko Lokombo says What anyone can guarantee: The ary, where three returning starters, plus to make Beaver Nation fret about what’s What will that be? Helfrich is “doing everything that Chip Ducks will whip Nicholls State in senior Sean Martin and JC transfer ahead this fall. Cone: “We’re excited to go has set up for us to do. He’s doing Saturday’s opener, but that indicates Steven Nelson, should give the Beavers there. They have a great facili- exactly what he should be doing. The nothing for the rest of the season. one of the better back ends in the GAME 1 PICK ty. They have great fans. So it transition has been fl awless.” conference. will be challenging for us to go Addison predicts big things for the GAME 1 PICK Special teams feature the Pac-12’s ■ Oregon State 30, to Rochester and get a win. But Ducks. Brooks helped them reach region- most accurate fi eld-goal kicker last Eastern Washington 17 we’re going to keep doing what al prominence and the Rose Bowl, ■ Oregon 52, Nicholls State 10 season in Trevor Romaine and a rising — [email protected] we’ve been doing. We’ve been Bellotti ushered in the era of national — Jason Vondersmith star in punter Keith Kostol, both juniors. Twitter: @kerryeggers doing a lot of things well.”