Champion wrestlers Local high schools dominate district wrestling tourney, head to state championship — See SPORTS, Page A18 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013 • SERVING HILLSBORO • WWW.HILLSBOROTRIBUNE.COM • VOL. 02, NO. 04 • FREE Budget cuts may YOUNG TOWN ground Angels USA Air show would go on, but without U.S. Navy performers By JIM REDDEN The Hillsboro Tribune The Blue Angels fl ying aerobatic team of the U.S. Navy may be forced to can- cel its appearance at the 2013 Oregon International Air Show because of the looming federal budget cuts known as “sequestra- tion.” Hillsboro Youth Air Show President Judy Advisory Council Willey says a Navy admiral members record discussed the military’s fi- a public service nancial situation with the announcement board of directors of the In- with Tualatin ternational Council of Air Valley Shows last week in Washing- Community TV. ton, D.C. Willey serves on the CONTRIBUTED PHOTO: board and attended the meet- CITY OF HILLSBORO ing. “He explained the situation the military is facing and it’s ■ pretty grim. We don’t want Hillsboro group tackles big projects, ideas with a fresh perspective the Blue Angels to cancel, but what could happen to the mil- he late afternoon meeting in she wanted to work on community proj- “I really want to learn more about how itary is a much bigger deal the second fl oor conference STORY BY ects with more people her own age. local governments work with the federal for the country that what room of the Hillsboro Civic “I knew students at my school, but I government,” says Kershaw. could happen to the air show,” Center was more casual than JIM REDDEN wanted to meet more high school stu- says Willey, wife of Hillsboro T Active members most. dents from the rest of the city,” she says. Mayor Jerry Willey. Almost all of the 19 participants wore teers for Global Youth Services Day, According to Kershaw, serving on YAC members attracted a lot of atten- The U.S. Navy may also be jeans and sneakers. The door was helping middle school students prepare YAC — as the group is commonly called tion during Mayor Jerry Willey’s State of forced to cancel its participa- propped open with a garbage can for for high school, and serving meals at — has exceeded her expectations. She is the City speech last month. Dressed in tion in the Portland Rose Fes- stragglers. And the group passed around Home Plate, a local nonprofi t that helps one of six members chosen to attend the matching T-shirts, they passed out pro- tival because of the pending a large box of cheese-fl avored Goldfi sh homeless youth. 2013 National League of Cities Confer- grams and helped seat the audience. cuts. crackers before the meeting began. Welcome to one of the twice-monthly ence in Washington, D.C., from March 8 Two members — Dorian and Jacob Pav- “We are aware of that, but But when the work started, everyone meetings of the Hillsboro Youth Adviso- to 13. Planned events include meetings lick — appeared in videos shown Fleet Week will go on wheth- got down to business. They approved the ry Council, a volunteer group of high with other high school students from throughout the speech. er the U.S. Navy can make it minutes from the last meeting, discussed school students dedicated to community around the country, a tour of 1st District Although YAC was first formed in or not,” says Jeff Curtis, Rose potential bylaw revisions and broke into service and communicating the con- Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici’s of- 2006, it’s likely that many who attended Festival chief executive offi- work groups to focus on future projects cerns of their peers to city leaders. fi ce, and a question-and-answer session the speech didn’t know it existed until cer. — including organizing an upcoming Co-President Dorian Kershaw, a Lib- with Oregon U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Several Navy ships are Youth Art Exhibit, rounding up volun- erty High School senior, joined because Jeff Merkley. See YAC / Page A7 scheduled to dock along sea- wall in downtown Portland from June 5 to 9. But that could change if Congress does not find a budget com- promise by March 1, which looks increasingly unlikely. Curtis agrees with Willey Ortman plans to leave school board that the federal budget situa- tion is much bigger than ei- munity, and Ortman sure to the district,” says Ortman, the Those areas include exploring how Member helped guide wanted to know more Zone 2 board member since 1992 who to better use technology as a teaching See ANGELS / Page A8 as well — especially just announced she won’t be running tool in schools, and helping in the long- changes for 20 years about what it meant for re-election in May. range facilities planning for the dis- for her kindergarten- “I’ve been doing this a long time,” trict. During her tenure, the district By JENNIFER ANDERSON er. says 55-year-old Ortman, whose passed all of the bond measures it The Hillsboro Tribune So she joined a par- daughters are now 23 and 30, both fl oated on the ballot, which isn’t a feat ent committee. Soon graduates of Hillsboro High School. “I many districts can boast. It all started for Carolyn Ortman there was an opening think you just know when it’s time to Ortman led the charge on some of when her eldest daughter was in on the Hillsboro ORTMAN be done.” the bond measures except the most re- kindergarten, 25 years ago. School Board. She ran Ortman says she still has a passion cent, in 2006, when her role as board CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The state had just mandated health and won. for many of the topics she’s worked on chair and her work with the National The popular Blue Angel fl ight team education to include HIV and commu- And she’s been involved with school over the years, and will continue to be School Boards Association kept her could be forced to pull out of the nicable diseases. district politics and policy ever since. involved in them after her term ex- See ORTMAN / Page A8 2013 Oregon International Air There was a lot of angst in the com- The committee “was excellent expo- pires June 30. Show. Economy gets box seats at new stadium ■ Analysis By JIM REDDEN within budget, Bonner says. shows Hops’ The Hillsboro Tribune “The stadium in Yakima met During last month’s State of the our needs, but this one will City speech, Mayor Jerry Willey summer Although Hillsboro’s new said the Single-A baseball team season could baseball stadium is still under be among the best in the would employ around 100 people construction, it is already country.” during the season. Some are al- bring in big boosting the city’s economy ready working out of leased offi c- bucks to and will continue to do so when — K.L. Wombacher, Hillsboro Hops’ es selling tickets and clothing with the Hillsboro Hops begin play- general manager the team’s logos. Hillsboro ing there in June. According to team President That’s according to city, team “A lot of these construction Mike McMurray, players will move and construction company offi- workers had been unemployed for to Hillsboro after most of them are cials who gave reporters a mid- a long time,” said Bonner, whose selected in the draft that will be February tour of the work site. company won the bid to build the held in March. McMurray says With heavy equipment moving city-owned stadium in the Gordon around 70 percent of Single-A past concrete walls and steel Faber Recreation Complex. It is players are new every year, draft- beams, Adam Bonner, superinten- being fi nanced with the issuance ed or recruited from high schools dent of Hoffman Construction, of $12 million in bonds at 2.74 per- and colleges. said 45 workers are employed full- cent and the sale of surplus city The tour was organized by Hill- time on the project and up to 400 property for an additional $3.2 mil- sboro Parks & Recreation, which PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP PHOTOS PHOTOZ: JAMIE VALDEZ people will eventually work on lion. Construction of a new ballpark is moving along at the Gordon Faber Recreation some part of it. Construction is on time and See STADIUM / Page A9 Complex. The ballpark will be home fi eld for the Hillsboro Hops. “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to deliver balanced Police log ................................ A5 Business ............................... A10 A&E ....................................... A15 news that re ects the stories of our communities. 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Metro President Tom Hughes Behind them and state Rep. Joe Gallegos, from left are who represents House District Washington 30.