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Garrett Downen works in Old Town, a few blocks from a food cart pod in downtown Portland. At lunchtime, he likes to grab his food in a hurry and bring it back to his offi ce. But he hates hav- ing to throw away the dispos- able containers. That’s why six months ago he subscribed to GO Box — to cut back on Portland’s waste. “If it was GO Box, going to founded by Laura Weiss, work allows custom- anywhere, ers to pay for it’d work in reusable con- tainers that Portland.” can be fi lled at — Laura Weiss, select food GO Box founder carts and ca- Reiley, a drug-sniffi ng German boxer, has been deployed along with several new security guards to deter crime at the “Lottery Row” strip mall on Hayden Island. fes. Six months in, the business is showing remarkable growth. Customers sign up at the par- ticipating businesses for $12 a year and immediately receive LOTTERY ROW their fi rst GO Box. Once they fi nish eating, they drop off their box to be cleaned at one of fi ve downtown drop sites. In ex- change, they get a token that can be swapped for another re- GAMBLES ON usable container. “I’ve always loved the food carts, but I’ve always hated the waste,” Weiss says. Weiss was a regular food cart customer who tried to SECURITY bring in her own reusable con- tainers only to find county health regulations don’t allow amblers at the parking lot and posted that. “Lottery Row” Story by Steve Law signs warning patrons The idea for GO Box came to on Hayden Is- Photos by Christopher Onstott against prostitution, urinat- her in 2010 when Weiss learned Gland are en- ing in the parking lot and more about food containers countering a new cast of other unsavory acts. while at Aramark, a food-ser- characters this month at “We’ve put a lot of re- vice company. the complex of 12 lottery bars: a fl eet of sources to sort of fl ush out these bad apples,” GO Box containers are made armed security guards and Reiley the drug- says Julie Ramseth, Sondland’s property of No. 5 polypropylene and bi- sniffi ng German boxer. manager. sphenol A (BPA)-free plastic. Under pressure from Portland police and Owners of the lucrative lottery delis and They’re dishwasher and micro- state liquor inspectors, landlord Gordon bars also chipped in, in consultation with wavable, but Weiss still advises Sondland recently ordered a 20-day blitzkrieg Mike Leloff, Portland Police Bureau’s North people to avoid microwaving to reduce drug dealing and other crimes at Precinct commander. food in plastic containers. The Dotty’s at “Lottery Row” earned nearly $1.3 million in 2012 from the strip retail center opposite Jantzen Beach Dan Fischer, who owns the Dotty’s chain Costing about $4 each, the six state-owned electronic slot machines, with $244,160 going to the Center. Sondland deployed four nighttime se- containers are manufactured in retailer. It’s one of 12 lottery retailers at the strip center. curity guards, installed bright lights in the See LOTTERY / Page 2 Houston and used by other companies and colleges around the nation. Weiss has masters degrees in public health and business administration. GO Box is the fi rst business she’s created. “I felt I was at the right place at the right time,” Weiss says. Drug therapy for drug addiction? “If it was going to work any- where, it’d work in Portland.” ing from depression and anxiety Wider medication were given medication. Conven- Getting rid of waste use could be the tional talk therapy was consid- When Weiss launched GO ered the most viable option for Boxes in July, five food cart future of treatment the most common psychiatric owners participated in the ven- problems. ture. Now there are about 1,200 By PETER KORN Today, a variety of pharma- individual subscribers and 13 The Tribune ceuticals are often prescribed as corporations that pay monthly a fi rst response. fees to have GO Box drop sites Tim Hartnett, the executive The driver of a new age of ad- in their offices. In addition, director of the oldest metha- diction therapy, Hartnett says, more than 50 food carts and ca- done clinic in Multnomah will be changing attitudes to- fes use GO Boxes. County, believes we are on ward medications such as meth- Weiss estimates that GO Box the cusp of a new age of re- adone. Increasingly, the goal of use has kept 15,000 disposable covery treatment addiction therapy containers out of landfi lls. The that will increas- SECOND OF will no longer be to city of Portland honored Weiss’ ingly rely on med- replace an opiate GO Boxes last year with an ications to help TWO STORIES such as heroin with award for sustainable business people deal with a drug such as practices. their addictions and stabilize methadone and then to wean Weiss is carrying the sus- their lives. the patient off, the experts say. tainability about as far as she That’s precisely what most “What will happen in the next can. She and a half-time em- worries Leonard Arnold. few years is that idea will with- ployee pick up locally made “We are where mental health er,” Hartnett says. “People will bags of GO Box containers in was 30 years ago,” says Hart- approach substance use disor- shipping boxes made locally nett, who heads CODA Inc., a ders like (they do) diabetes and from bamboo. The drop sites nonprofi t that specializes in ad- other chronic health condi- are inside businesses of GO diction recovery. tions.” TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT Box partners, such as the West Thirty years ago, before Pro- Patients pick up their doses from the methadone dispensary at CODA, a nonprofi t that specializes in zac, relatively few people suffer- See ADDICTION / Page 9 addiction recovery. See GO BOX / Page 7

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Come Friday and Saturday nights, when the place is jump- ing with Washington residents lured by Oregon video lottery games, nine security guards should be on duty. “So far we’re pleased,” says Leloff, who launched a target- ed crime enforcement cam- paign at Lottery Row a couple months ago in tandem with the Oregon Liquor Control Com- mission. “I think the security guards are fi nding some of the criminal activity that we’ve been talking about,” Leloff says. In the first two days of stepped-up private security, two drug busts were made. In the fi rst couple weeks, 60 peo- ple have been cited for tres- passing and ordered not to re- turn to the premises, says Dustin O’Brin, head of the secu- rity company hired by Fischer. Fischer says most of the TRIBUNE PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT problems observed so far are Customers at Cafe Del Toro play state video lottery games. The former white-tablecloth restaurant is one of six lottery retailers at “Lottery Row” owned by Oregon Restaurant caused by non-customers, in- Services Inc. cluding transients and others in McDonald’s sprawling near- by parking lot, which is largely “Even if you make the secu- Cash cow empty during late nights. rity top-notch, it is a blight on Leloff says he’s still con- our community,” Schmidt says. 2012 earnings from state’s 72 electronic slot machines at cerned that Sondland commit- “And when that security goes Hayden Island’s “Lottery Row” ted to only a 20-day effort, away, the problem’s going to NET REVENUE* RETAILER SHARE which is winding down soon, come right back.” and didn’t agree to all the secu- Schmidt says the security Anchor Bar $886,631 $183,608 rity fi xes he recommended. blitz appears to be largely a Bradley’s Bar & Grill $1,066,320 $217,067 Sondland will keep the public relations effort in re- Cafe Del Toro $1,201,467 $234,911 stepped-up secu- sponse to in- CJ’s Deli $1,121,640 $223,105 rity “as long as creased heat from Dede’s Deli $863,368 $178,132 it’s necessary,” “Even if you police, liquor in- Ramseth insists. spectors and poli- Dotty’s $1,252,335 $244,160 “We’re not going make the ticians. “They’re Galley Sports Pub $794,280 $164,661 to do all of this security top- doing everything Huddy’s Place $959,243 $197,833 work and then to protect a cash Island Pizza & Deli $710,882 $151,851 have to repeat it notch, it is a cow,” he says. JB’s Deli $864,312 $177,615 at some time in blight on our Last week, May- Paddy’s Old Irish Cafe $747,943 $157,986 Chris Huskey and his drug-sniffi ng dog Reiley walk up and down the the future.” or Charlie Hales Rachel’s Kitchen $846,821 $175,210 Still, she con- community.” told the Tribune parking lot of the “Lottery Row” strip mall on Hayden Island looking TOTAL $11,315,242 $2,306,139 cedes the terms of — Ron Schmidt, he hopes that Lot- for suspicious activity. the security con- Hayden Island tery Row is con- *Money left after prizes are paid. The state uses that to pay for lottery administration, tract are very neighborhood demned soon, as is she was unaware of a drug or and new steps to avoid over- funds for state programs and payments to retailers. “fl uid.” association projected to occur crime problem at Lottery Row, serving alcohol to customers. Source: Oregon State Lottery Hayden Island after funding is despite an average of three po- Then, after a Jan. 8 meeting neighbors also offered mixed approved for the Columbia Riv- lice calls a day to the immedi- between Sondland and tenants “At this point, it’s got to be owned electronic slot ma- reviews. er Crossing, improvements to ate vicinity. Ramseth also in- at his strip center, the retailers until the problems are fixed, chines. “We certainly welcome it,” Interstate 5 and construction of sisted there was ample securi- moved decisively. until the outside agencies are The ball’s in the lottery’s says Ron Schmidt, chairman of a possible light-rail line on the ty provided by the landlord, “We walked out of the meet- happy,” Hare says. court, Hare says, noting the the Hayden Island neighbor- new bridge. primarily a guard who drives ing with an aggressive plan,” If the lottery retailers sur- state is making a boatload of hood association. “We are Until recently, Sondland has through unannounced every Fischer says. vive this standoff with police money at Lottery Row, mostly grateful to see that they are largely been silent about the half-hour or hour. Charles Hare, a managing and the OLCC, they face an- from Washington residents. getting beyond denial that Lottery Row issue, avoiding But after police and OLCC partner at CJs Eateries, which other hurdle in 2015. By then, “Nine million dollars a year there is a crime problem here.” media interviews and prepared inspectors began making drug owns three of the 12 lottery the Oregon Lottery Commis- in revenue this parking lot Neighbors worry that the at- statements, despite mounting arrests and issuing warning bars and delis, estimates the sion vows to trim the number makes for the state of Oregon,” tractors that caused the crime public attention on the strip letters to Lottery Row retailers stepped-up security is costing of lottery retailers there in Hare says, pointing to the and vice problem — gambling, center, which is owned by an a couple months ago, the pro- more than $30,000 a month. He half. That would mean six of small cluster of retail outlets. cheap cigarettes and booze — investment group he controls. prietors announced earlier says it could last indefi nitely if the 12 businesses lose their lu- “That’s over $9 million a year will still be there, he says. Last month, Ramseth said closing hours starting Dec. 17 needed. crative rights to host six state- in tourism dollars.”

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City’s annual fee e all know that tion plan approved by the City The New York Council to the ballot. It will ap- among the most Times is in love pear as Measure 26-152 on the Northwest Portland Wwith everything May 21 special election ballot. expensive in U.S. residents and shop Portland, but is our karaoke employees will need scene really good enough to Mr. Dotty By PETER KORN to start buying $60 qualify as art? That’s the regretfully declines The Tribune permits in March if premise of a story in the Jan. they want to park 20 issue of the newspaper’s At the Jan. 10 board meeting In Phoenix, they’re 10 on the street. Sunday Magazine. It was writ- for the Hayden Island neighbor- bucks. In Seattle, $32.50. In Offi cials are hoping ten by Dan Kois, senior editor hood association, known as Hi- Denver, they’re free. that frees up street at Slate and a contributing Noon, someone threw out a pro- Residential parking permits parking for writer at the magazine. vocative idea. Why not in- are about to hit a large swath of shoppers. Much of the article fo- vite the neighborhood’s Northwest Portland as a result of cuses on John Bro- nemesis, the owner of TRIBUNE PHOTO: the Northwest Parking Plan ad- CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT phy, a local musi- six video lottery opted by City Council in Decem- cian who builds bars at the is- ber. over,” Geffner says. which should split the revenue. karaoke tracks land’s “Lottery Last-minute changes to the Ron Walters, president of the Annual residential According to Dan Anderson, of non-main- Row,” to join plan still have neighborhood ad- Northwest Portland neighbor- spokesman for the Portland Bu- stream songs. the board? The vocates on both sides of the is- hood association board, says he’s parking permits: reau of Transportation, the mon- He also visits a num- idea was to help sue scrambling to figure out more concerned about the Atlanta $20 ey from the parking permits is ber of karaoke bars. In mend fences. what it all means. phased-in approach of the new Berkeley $34.50 needed to fund administration the article, Kois specu- Told of the idea on One thing is certain. Some- plan. Walters says the board Boston free and enforcement of the parking lates that Portland’s karaoke Tuesday, the man in question time around early March, resi- never had a chance to review the program. There is no money left scene could be as revolutionary eagerly agreed. “I would love Chicago $25 dents between Northwest Burn- last-minute changes, which in- over to send back to Northwest as grunge and hip-hop. to,” said Dan Fischer, president Denver free side and Lovejoy Streets will clude a step-by-step implemen- Portland, Anderson says. But Kois blows it when he of Oregon Restaurant Services have to start paying $60 per car tation. In theory, phase one will Kansas City $10 Shoup calls that short-sighted. writes, “Is it possible that one of Inc., which owns the lucrative to park on the street in front of have the permits south of Love- Los Angeles $34 “The city should show every- the most exciting music scenes Dotty’s chain. their homes. joy, and phases two and three Oakland $35 one the benefits of the meter in America is happening right There is one problem, Toss out San Francisco, which will put them in north of Lovejoy PORTLAND $60 revenue right away,” he says. now in Portland, and it doesn’t though. He lives in Nevada, requires residents to pony up $104 and place parking meters on Phoenix $10 “All parking is political, and feature a single person playing which could disqualify him for each permit, and Portland ap- 21st and 23rd avenues. Sacramento free spending the meter revenue for an actual instrument?” from serving on the neighbor- parently has the highest-priced But the resolution passed by San Francisco $104 new public investments right What about Karaoke From hood association board. annual permits in the country. In City Council calls for a new advi- Seattle $32.50 away can help with the politics.” Hell, the live karaoke backup Los Angeles, residential parking sory body to be formed to include Should phases two and three band that celebrated its 20th an- Schrader avoids congres- permits cost $34. In Atlanta, $20; residents, business owners and of the parking plan be instituted, niversary last year? Talk about sional labels Chicago, $25. advocates for a number of other parking on all city streets. Dis- neighborhood residents might revolutionary. Among the hardest hit will be issues. Every six months, the ability permits also allow free be hearing a few extra howls Democratic Oregon Con- employers along Northwest 21st new Transportation Manage- parking everywhere. from DoveLewis Emergency What’s in a name? Maybe gressman Kurt Schrader is and 23rd avenues, who will have ment Association will look at Still, Walters says he’s mostly Animal Hospital on Northwest an election making it diffi cult for Republi- to buy $60 permits so their driv- how the plan is going, and decide happy the plan was approved by Pettygrove Street. DoveLewis cans to label him as a typical ing employees have places to whether to continue with the City Council. has about 110 employees and What do you want, healthy tax-and-spend liberal. The Fifth park when they come to work. next phases. Or, it could decide to “Some people get irate,” he most park on the street because kids or clean water? That’s the District lawmaker has joined Phil Geffner, who owns Es- scratch the plan altogether. says. “It’s a fairness issue, and the agency’s small parking lot choice offered by the names of No Labels, a new nonpartisan cape From New York Pizza on “It raises a question,” Walters they’ll focus on the people trying needs to be reserved for clients the two political action commit- centrist organization. He was Northwest 23rd Avenue, says he says. “Every six months are we to get away with that. I’m the op- bringing in pets. tees fi ghting over fl uoridating one of four U.S. House members employs 20 people and he’ll buy going to have a new debate on if posite of that. Guys, we’ve got a DoveLewis Chief Executive the city’s water supply. The who participated in the organi- the permits for all who request this is working or not?” parking problem and let’s get Officer Ron Morgan says the committee in favor of fl uorida- zation Jan. 14 meeting in New them. That could set him back Walters says he’s heard talk the big picture taken care of.” agency has decided it will pay tion is called Healthy Kids, York. $1,200 a year. Geffner says it already of ways people might for all its employees who request Healthy Portland. The commit- On Tuesday, the National Re- won’t put him out of business, scam the program. Much of the Still driving around parking permits. That could run tee opposing it is called Clean publican Congressional Com- but he hates the new plan. impetus for the plan came about Donald Shoup, a UCLA urban the nonprofi t more than $6,000 a Water Portland. mittee sent an email demand- “It’s going to be wasteful and because of neighborhood con- planning professor who has con- year — if the new advisory The campaign manager for ing to know where Schrader not help,” he says. cerns that downtown workers sulted for Portland, among other board doesn’t put a halt to the Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland stands on the No Budget, No were parking their cars on resi- cities, about parking policy, parking plan’s second phase. is Evyn Mitchell. She previous- Pay bill supported by No Labels The big picture dential streets all day, making it doesn’t take issue with the $60 Morgan isn’t happy with what ly worked on Charlie Hale’s suc- and House Republicans. It says Since the first phase of the hard for shoppers to fi nd spaces. price tag for a parking spot, but he sees as a parking tax that cessful campaign for Portland Congress won’t get paid if it plan will start the permitting The new parking plan calls for has questions about how the doesn’t yield benefit for mayor, Dwight Holton’s unsuc- doesn’t pass a budget on time. south of Lovejoy and leave free residents to have the option of money from those permits is be- DoveLewis. He was hoping to cessful campaign for Oregon at- The next day, No Labels parking on the streets north of buying books with $1 one-day ing spent. see more parking capacity as torney general, and for the Sen- named Schrader as one of fi ve Lovejoy, Geffner expects resi- guest passes. It’s possible, Wal- “Sixty dollars a year is only 16 part of the city’s solution. ate Democratic Leadership House members who support dents to the north to suffer fi rst, ters says, that some residents cents a day. Isn’t a parking space “Now we have an additional Fund, which supports Demo- the bill and are willing to talk as visitors to the neighborhood will buy the books and sell them in Northwest Portland worth $6,000 cost just to be doing busi- cratic candidates for the Ore- to the press about it. In an search for free on-the-street to commuters. that much?” Shoup asks. ness in Northwest Portland,” gon Senate. email, No Labels said inter- spots there. Walters says some have sug- Shoup believes that neighbor- Morgan says. “I believe we’re go- Clean Water Portland is affi li- views with Schrader and the “First, it’s going to make it a gested that a black market could hoods where residents are re- ing to pay $6,000 to have the plea- ated with the Clean Water Port- other could be lined up through mess north of Lovejoy, and then develop for city shared carpool quired to pay to park should be sure of still driving around try- land Initiative Committee, the the organization’s press secre- it’s going to make a mess all permits, which allow free all-day shown good faith by the city, ing to fi nd a parking spot.” group that referred the fl uorida- tary.

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408744.012413 A4 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 24, 2013 Film spotlights Roosevelt-SouthLake bond West Linn volunteers part of a growing ‘UnDivided’ movement

By JENNIFER ANDERSON volunteers coming in regularly The Tribune to work on various projects. First was a giant clothes closet It all started with a simple for students, which also opens cleanup day at a school. to St. Johns residents the sec- Kevin Palau, president of the ond Tuesday of each month. Luis Palau Association in Bea- About 350 people come through verton, called leaders at West each month. Linn’s SouthLake Church in the Volunteers help sort the col- summer of 2007 to ask if they’d lection at least three times per like to participate in a one-day year, and will soon reorganize service event involving 10 local it again since someone just do- churches and schools. nated $20,000 worth of clothing SouthLake leaders immedi- racks. ately said yes, but requested SouthLake volunteers also they take on Roosevelt High created a fully stocked food School exclusively. pantry at Roosevelt, started a “We’ll be much more suc- student mentoring program, cessful at this if we own it,” gave away Thanksgiving and Kristine Sommers, SouthLake’s Christmas meals, and food bas- outreach director at the time, kets and holiday gifts. And they recalls thinking. rallied their community to pack Based on the the gym and stadi- size of the congre- um for massive gation and their “This was a showings of sup- past service proj- port at Rough Rid- ects, she figured different er basketball and about 800 volun- football games. concept, look in COURTESY OF BE UNDIVIDED teers would turn your backyard “A lot of people Roosevelt High School students and SouthLake Church volunteers formed an unlikely partnership over the past fi ve years, which is the subject out. Some say think you have to of a new documentary called “UnDivided.” SouthLake volunteer Laurie Fowlkes hugs two students here. 1,500 showed up, at a local go overseas to do a but Sommers, school.” mission trip, to who took a care- make a huge dif- three navy Roosevelt hoodies Martin thought it would make Many have questioned the role ful headcount, — Heather Huggitt, ference,” says sold at SouthLake, one would Undivided an amazing feature fi lm. of a church in a public school, SouthLake Church says it was just Heather Huggitt, be donated to Roosevelt. ■ The “UnDivided” screening is set So he and his partner at Light- and Sommers says it’s been well about 1,000. in West Linn SouthLake’s out- They ended up outfi tting all for Feb. 17 at the Bagdad Theater, ning Strikes Entertainment, Dan vetted and declared constitution- Still, the re- reach coordinator, 850 Roosevelt students and 100 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. Merchant, wrote a script for a ally sound, as long as clear lines sponse was bigger and more who took over for Sommers and staff members. ■ Doors open at noon on Feb. 17; fi lm. The pair had made the hu- are drawn. heartfelt than anyone expected has been based full-time at Roo- Huggitt says the partnership the show begins at 1 p.m. Tickets morous documentary “Lord, According to Vanderbilt Uni- — and it was the start of what sevelt for the past two and a has been more than gratifying are $7 in advance and on the day Save Us from Your Followers,” in versity’s First Amendment Cen- turned into a fi ve-year partner- half years. “This was a different for SouthLake volunteers. of the show. 2008. ter, schools must not be biased in ship between SouthLake and concept, look in your backyard “These kids totally changed ■ For a sneak peek, visit: vimeo. Martin tapped his son, Sam their choice of partnering with Roosevelt that is the subject of at a local school.” my life,” she says. com/53092827, or check out the Martin — a songwriter for Ma- one church or another; there SouthLake Rough Riders Facebook a new documentary fi lm, “Un- All of the attention helped Despite being different races, page: facebook.com/pages/ roon 5 in Hollywood — to direct must be equal opportunity. There Divided.” The fi lm has its fi rst spur Nike to donate football different ages, from different Southlake-Rough- the documentary. can be no proselytizing. And screening at the Bagdad The- uniforms and sponsor the $3 walks of life, Huggitt says she Riders/123733151013616. The film “UnDivided” was there cannot be any program re- ater next month. million Theodore Roosevelt and other volunteers have be- born, and is just the start of what quiring students to attend the “Something happened that Athletic Complex project, come friends with the students, Sommers hopes will be a nation- church. fi rst day,” Sommers says. “So which SouthLake helped by giving each other nicknames ‘Loving through service’ al movement. “We think there is good news many people came up to me raising funds. The project, and helping shift their perspec- About 2 1/2 years into the In the weeks after the Feb. 17 in being there, in loving through saying we can’t stop here, we which has been completed, in- tives about life. partnership, just around the time screening at the Bagdad Theater, our service and keeping our need to do more. It was very cludes a new turf fi eld, track “I haven’t had to worry about Sommers moved to Los Angeles, the fi lm will show in church com- mouths closed,” Sommers says. catalytic for SouthLake because and stadium built with the com- food being on the table or wear- the documentary fi lm effort be- munities in Seattle, Los Angeles, “That’s a key part of our curricu- we’d never had that kind of on- munity in mind. ing shoes with holes in them ... gan. Washington, D.C., and Orlando. lum.” going local outreach... . Now it During the TRAC project, a but they don’t let it break their Jeff Martin, a longtime Sommers and Martin are Adds Huggitt: “We’re not is what defi nes us, to a great SouthLake couple who own an spirit,” Huggitt says. “It’s just a SouthLake member, was at a ser- working on an initiative they call there to sing Christian songs or extent.” apparel company called Righ- good reminder: life is truly vice and heard Roosevelt assis- “Be UnDivided,” which they say ‘Jesus loves you.’ “ In the years since, SouthLake teous Clothing found their own about love and relationships, tant football coach Neil Lomax eventually want to turn into a In fact, she’s had to stop volun- has kept a daily presence at way to pitch in. They started a and all the other stuff is just ex- talk about his own transforma- nonprofi t. teers who might innocently start Roosevelt, with about 75 core sweatshirt project: for every tra.” tion at Roosevelt. 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418928.012313 A6 INSIGHT { INSIGHT } The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 24, 2013 Don’t rush to judgment on gun laws

pplications for concealed voices that rise above the emotion handgun licenses are spik- OUROPINION surrounding this issue. ing. Local gun and ammuni- One example is Scott Gilbreth, co- A tion sales are soaring. Sher- the amount of ammo they would sell tional and legal obligations. owner of C&S Discount Firearms in iffs in Multnomah and Washington to any one customer so they could en- This time around, gun enthusiasts’ Gresham, who told the Gresham Out- counties are fi elding so many gun-re- sure enough supply for all customers. reactions are perhaps more under- look newspaper that he could support lated questions from constituents that In other instances, the stores fl at ran standable, because there are actual commonsense proposals such as they feel compelled to write letters out of ammo. state and federal gun-control propos- stronger background checks, a great- explaining their positions on gun-con- In 2008 and early 2009, the run on als being circulated in the wake of the er emphasis on locking up weapons to trol laws that haven’t even been ad- guns and ammunition was based on Sandy Hook Elementary School and prevent theft and even consideration opted yet. the belief that a Democratic president Clackamas Town Center shootings. of a ban on high-capacity magazines. Are these rational responses to talk would propose stricter gun regula- But even those proposals — expanded As Gilbreth puts it, he is willing to at the federal and state level about tions. As it turned out, nothing hap- background checks, a reinstated ban give on the issue, in part because he stricter gun laws? Or, is the public go- pened along those lines. Now, in 2013, on assault-style weapons and a limit has a 12-year-old son in middle school. ing on a gun-buying spree based on we are seeing the same rush to buy on the capacity of ammunition maga- “I just want the right changes to be an unfounded belief that their consti- weapons. zines — would have little or no effect made so it does make a difference.” tutional rights are about to be rolled Gun stores in the metro area are re- on hunters, collectors or people who Passing laws that make a difference back? porting increased demand for fi re- lawfully carry concealed weapons. seems to us to be an eminently rea- The answer, in part, can be found by arms in the past two months. Similar- No one is proposing any change that sonable approach, and we would en- looking back just four years, when ly, the Multnomah County’s sheriff’s would stand in the way of the average, courage local residents to focus their Barack Obama was elected president. offi ce saw applications for concealed- law-abiding, sane American from attention on practical solutions to gun If you are a gun owner, you remember weapons permits jump from 194 in the owning a rifl e, shotgun or handgun. violence. They also should keep in the mad rush for ammunition and fi rst half of December to 444 in the This will become more clear when the mind that, regardless of the outcome weapons (handguns, shotguns and ri- fi rst half of January. All this concern uproar subsides and the gun rush of of the current gun debate, people will fl es) that began the day after Obama’s about guns also prompted Washing- 2013 comes to an end. still have the right to buy weapons or election. ton County Sheriff Pat Garrett and In the meantime, what’s needed is a obtain gun permits in February, By December of that year, you were Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Sta- measured conversation about guns March, April or May — or any other lucky if you could fi nd shells for your ton to write open letters to their con- and their place in public safety. We’re month they might choose. bird gun. Some stores began to limit stituents on the topic of their constitu- encouraged when we hear reasonable There’s absolutely no need to rush.

Portland MYVIEW ● Council vote could help working families overcome block to prosperity Tribune

FOUNDER Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. City paid sick leave is good for all of us PRESIDENT job) they can’t get by without. The result is increased conta- J. Mark Garber on the front lines, but most them. Sick kids are often ex- By Tia Henderson Thinking back to the H1N1 don’t earn paid sick time. cluded from school and child gion and higher rates of infection MANAGING EDITOR/ and Noelle Dobson epidemic in 2009, the Institute Workers without paid sick care to prevent contagion and for all. When parents earn paid WEB EDITOR for Women’s Policy Research days are overwhelmingly con- encourage recovery — requiring sick time at work, they can take Kevin Harden calculated that nearly eight mil- centrated in service-sector jobs a parent to miss work. But more their children to well-child visits he fl u is hitting hard lion Americans went to work that require a high level of inter- than half of working parents where they receive timely immu- VICE PRESIDENT and fast this year, and while infected that year, spread- action with the public. In fact, lack paid sick time now, pre- nizations that may prevent seri- Brian Monihan expert advice on how to ing the virus to another seven four out of every fi ve food ser- senting a very real fi nancial ous illnesses and certainly con- Tavoid and manage it are million of their co-workers. Sev- vice employees in the Portland challenge for them to responsi- tributes positively to our collec- CIRCULATION everywhere. One consistent rec- en million people who couldn’t area lack paid sick time. Re- bly manage their children’s rou- tive health. Timely and preven- MANAGER ommendation — a plea, really stay healthy because contagious member: these are the people tine illnesses and recommended tive care also costs less. Kim Stephens — is for sick people to stay away co-workers — who should have preparing, cooking and serving doctor visits. We are very pleased that the from others to prevent conta- been home — infected them. our food. According to the National Portland City Council is seriously CREATIVE gion. In other words, don’t go to That kind of contagion — and Just last month, 90 people at a Partnership for Women and Fam- considering a solution to this sig- SERVICES MANAGER Cheryl DuVal work or school sick. associated productivity losses private event in Portland got ilies, parents without paid sick nifi cant community health prob- Yet, more than a quarter of a — can be greatly reduced when Norovirus (a highly contagious days are more than twice as like- lem. After all, almost half the PUBLISHING SYSTEMS million people working in the people stay home from work stomach virus accompanied by ly as parents with paid sick days state’s workers without paid sick MANAGER/WEBMASTER Portland area (41 percent of all and school, as public health offi - intense vomiting and diarrhea), to send a sick child to school or days work in the Portland area. Alvaro Fontán private-sector workers) don’t cials recommend. But they often likely from a sick food service day care. And they are fi ve times We urge the council to quick- earn a single day of paid sick don’t because without access to worker. Given the news about more likely to report taking their ly ensure that all workers in NEWS WRITERS time while they work. paid sick days many employees this year’s intense fl u season, child or a family member to an Portland earn a reasonable Jennifer Anderson, Nationally, eight in 10 low- fear losing pay or even their job. the lack of paid sick time is a big emergency room because they amount of paid sick time. Put Peter Korn, Steve Law, wage workers — those least Lack of paid sick days is a barri- — but preventable — health risk were unable to take off work dur- simply: the whole community Jim Redden able to afford lost pay — lack er to good personal and public for everyone. ing normal work hours. When benefi ts when we all earn paid paid sick days. This forces too health, and it’s one that we can ■ Children suffer the conse- parents have no choice but to sick days while we work. FEATURES WRITERS many of our friends and neigh- and should remove. quences when parents don’t send a sick child to school or Jason Vondersmith, Anne Marie DiStefano bors to make an impossible Two aspects of this problem earn paid sick time. child care, the child’s health is Tia Henderson, Ph.D., is research choice that affects all of us: are particularly important to Children notoriously get sick put at risk — as is the health of manager for Upstream Public Health. SPORTS EDITOR work sick and spread illness or highlight: — and they also get better faster other children, teachers and Noelle Dobson is associate director Steve Brandon stay home and lose income (or a ■ Food service workers are when their parents care for child care providers. for Oregon Public Health Institute.

SPORTSWRITERS Kerry Eggers, Jason Vondersmith, READERS’LETTERS Stephen Alexander

SUSTAINABLE LIFE EDITOR Steve Law Find a way to collect B&B rental taxes COPY EDITOR Mikel Kelly hanks for the article by this is indeed an issue that reduction whatsoever, is treated ART DIRECTION Peter Korn about the should have been addressed like her opinion is the fi nal word AND DESIGN loss of rental house tax long ago. on methadone maintenance pro- Pete Vogel Trevenue (House rentals It isn’t just east of 82nd folks grams. hide in shadows, Jan. 3). The who pay more relative to places The falsehoods this article VISUAL JOURNALIST article states the city could like North and Northeast Port- serves to promote are ultimately AND PHOTO EDITOR Christopher Onstott have $1 million more if the city land. My home is well west of destructive and counterproduc- ordinance were enforced. 82nd, in the Southeast South tive. While many people on INSIGHT The city also gets about 20 Tabor neighborhood, and has methadone do continue to use, PAGE EDITOR percent of Multnomah County property taxes that are two or there are also many patients Keith Klippstein property tax revenue collected three times higher than many who are able to use these pro- from properties located in the homes in North and Northeast grams to become stable and bet- PRODUCTION city. Currently, there are $1.2 bil- with comparable or higher ter their lives. Michael Beaird, Valerie lion in delinquent property taxes market values. Some of those Tell both sides of the story. Clarke, Chris Fowler, in Multnomah County. Current taxes are equal to what I was Shame. state law will require six to eight paying on my same house 25 Ross Robbins CONTRIBUTOR Northeast Portland CHRIS ONSTOTT PHOTO Rob Cullivan years to collect delinquent years ago. amounts. It seems to me any compre- Reader Gordon Hillesland says tax collections for short-term rentals would help government. Picture shows licenses from a Portland B & B. WEB SITE Perhaps we should change the hensive tax reform needs to not portlandtribune.com law to allow collection from as- only raise those low taxes, but Treatment argument sets, other than the property lower my high taxes, which settled long ago CIRCULATION from which the tax is due, and themselves are about equal to a vided). employees. 503-546-9810 allow collection immediately up- mortgage payment. And how You talk about medication-as- Please, as a public health is- I am a CEO of a small busi- Methadone 6605 S.E. Lake Road on assessment of the tax instead about doing it now, rather than sisted treatment ( sue, if not a matter of basic sci- ness in Portland. Capitalism is Portland, OR 97222 of six to eight years later. waiting for someone to sell Finds Its Way into Clean, Sober ence, it is high time we welcome what makes our world and small 503-226-6397 (NEWS) Of course, if we want more their house? Housing, Jan. 17) as if the jury is our brothers and sisters in MAT business creates jobs. Most money for schools, we could ask Steve Reinemer still out among the scientifi c into recovery community with- small businesses do give vaca- Southeast Portland The Portland Tribune the governor to collect the $1 bil- community regarding the effi ca- out prejudice. tions. is Portland’s independent lion due, and unpaid, to the Ore- cy and utility of this philosophy. Ian McLoone When are our elected repre- Minneapolis newspaper that is trusted gon Department of Revenue. Unfortunately, given the vast sentatives going to get it that Gordon Hillesland Story’s falsehoods are quantity of data supporting and they are driving small busi- to deliver a compelling, Southeast Portland the utter failure of past treat- ness out of Multnomah County forward-thinking and destructive ment modalities — so-called “ab- Sick pay issue drives and Portland, and need to stay accurate living chronicle Your recent article on metha- stinence-based treatment” — away business out of business decisions that about how our citizens, Don’t wait for done maintenance and Oxford the jury went home a long time owners should make, especial- government and tax reform Houses (Methadone Finds Its ago. Paid sick leave for the city of ly since most of them have businesses live, work Way into Clean, Sober Housing, Past models boast a 10 per- Portland. Are you kidding? You never cut a payroll? They sit at and play. The Portland Regarding the inequities of Jan. 17) was biased and poorly cent likelihood of success, will have every small business the government trough and Tribune is dedicated property taxes within Mult- written. Elizabeth Smith, a wom- whereas MAT has been shown in Portland leaving. PERS. to providing vital nomah County (Similar Proper- an who apparently has no cre- to help 40 to 50 percent in study Sick leave is covered by FLMA Zeta Rennie communication and ties, Unequal Taxes, Jan. 10), dentials or expertise on harm after study (citations gladly pro- and Oregon Family leave for 50 Southwest Portland leadership throughout our community.

Portland Tribune editorial board Submissions ■ J. Mark Garber – president, Portland Tribune The Portland Tribune welcomes essays on topics of public interest. Submissions should be no longer than and Community Newspapers Inc. 600 words and may be edited. Letters should be no longer than 250 words. Both submissions should include your 503-546-0714; [email protected] name, home address and telephone number for verifi cation purposes. Please send submissions via e-mail: ■ Kevin Harden – managing editor, Portland Tribune [email protected]. You may fax them to 503-546-0727 or send them to “Letters to the Editor,” 503-546-5167; [email protected] Portland Tribune, 6605 S.E. Lake Road, Portland, OR 97222. The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 24, 2013 NEWS A7 Composter gets county permit, will divert food waste North Plains residents say changes won’t remove stench

By JIM REDDEN waste. The improvements The Tribune should be more than adequate to handle the residential mate- Washington County Com- rial,” said Recology Vice Presi- missioner Roy Rogers pre- dent Paul Yamamoto. dicted it would end this way. When the commission first Neighbors reject food began reconsidering the permit waste option for the Nature’s Need’s com- Many North Plain residents posting facility several months disagreed, arguing that the com- ago, Rogers said he feared the posting process itself produces fi nal meeting would end with a offensive options, regardless of room full of angry people. whether commercial food waste It did. is included. After listening to dozens of Part of their anger was also North Plains residents com- fueled by the last-minute nature plain about offensive odors em- of the agreement approved by anating from the facility just the commission. It was devel- out their city limits Tuesday oped during a work session held night, the commission unani- just a few hours before the hear- TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT mously voted to extend its per- ing. Until then, the only two op- Founder and owner of GO Box Laura Weiss passes clean containers to Matthew Johnson at the Korean Twist food cart on Southwest Fifth Avenue. mit with modifi ca- tions under discus- tions. sion was allowing The changes — “This was an the permit to ex- which include di- experiment that pire immediately GO Box: verting commer- after the hearing Business in other cities cial food waste to failed. It’s time or extending it on a another site — did test basis for only not satisfy the you stopped another seven critics. In public experimenting months. testimony and pri- on us.” Before the final interested in sustainable idea vate conversa- vote, commission- tions outside the — David Hatcher, ers tried to reas- ■ take out food from GO box through and through.” ing the waters with changes hearing, they ac- North Plains mayor sure the critics From page 1 carts, knowing they can leave and ideas. She plans to raise cused the com- they could cancel their container at the offi ce. Expansion and technology prices again for subscriptions mission of destroying the liva- Recology’s franchise at any time Side Athletic Club. “We’re always interested in Weiss’ business has come a in the future, but doesn’t want bility North Plains until at least if the odors did not subside. The Used containers are dropped doing whatever we can to fur- long way since she came up to overcharge customers. the end of 2015, when the fran- promise did not seem to satisfy off at one of the multiple res- ther any sustain- with the GO Box “It’s not like a restaurant chise expires. them, however. taurants and commercial kitch- ability initiative,” idea. Originally, where you can see what people “This was an experiment that Yamamoto had some support- ens that wash the boxes for a says Hugh Don- she planned to charge for the same thing,” failed. It’s time you stopped ex- ers in the standing room-only fee. After they’re cleaned, they nelly, director of “We try to have a machine Weiss says. “I had no model to perimenting on us,” said North crowd. They included David are returned to the food cart administrations think of every that could take go on.” Plains Mayor David Hatcher. White of the Oregon Refuse and owners to repeat the process. and facilities at different way to used containers Weiss plans to expand the The city has so far received Recycling Association, who said Weiss does this all on her bike Mercy Corps, one and give custom- business and has been contact- more 1,500 odor complaints Recology was part of a respon- with a cart attached to the back of the organiza- be a part of this ers tokens in re- ed by businesses in other cities, from more than 600 people. sible, industry-wide effort to re- that can hold the boxes. tions signed up sustainability turn. But develop- including Seattle, San Francis- Offi cials with Recology, the duce garbage going to landfi lls. Missi Clements, a manager with GO Box. ing the dispenser co, New York City and Vancou- company that owns Nature’s It will take at least five at The Original restaurant Mercy Corps revolution.” was too expensive. ver, B.C. She is pursuing a li- Needs, disagreed. They testifi ed months to know if the change downtown, for instance, wash- decided to pay for — Hugh Donnelly, Instead, the fi ve censing model, which will allow that the commercial food waste will make a difference. The es 30 to 40 containers a day. Cle- a drop box after Mercy Corps downtown drop people in other cities to launch was generating most of the of- commission authorized Recolo- ments also is a GO Box sub- Weiss made a box sites are GO Box through a license fensive odors. Eliminating it gy to continue accepting com- scriber. presentation maintained by agreement with her. will solve the problem, they mercial food waste until April 1 “They get rid of a ton of there. About 30 of the nonprof- businesses that voluntarily “This model can work in any said, insisting that the small while it searches for another waste,” she says. it’s 200 employees have so far have front-offi ce staff hand to- big, dense city,” Weiss says. amount of residential food site to take it. After that, it will Weiss also is creating part- signed up for the service. kens to people who have “The denser the better.” waste mixed with Portland’s take another two months for all nerships with her new corpo- “We try to think of every dif- dropped off dirty containers. She also is in the process of yard debris will not be a prob- the commercial waste at Na- rate program, which allows ferent way, without spending Starting GO Box has been a creating a smartphone app that lem. ture’s Needs to be processed companies or buildings to pay too much money, to be a part of learning process, Weiss says. would eliminate the need for “We’ve invested around $5 into compost and sold. Only for drop boxes at their sites. this sustainability revolution,” Because she had no business tokens by tracking the contain- million at Nature’s Needs to ac- then will the commission learn This encourages employees to Donnelly said. “It’s sustainable model to follow, she’s been test- ers electronically. commodate commercial food if the odor is reduced. PortlandTribune Puzzles

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Behavior and New drug look at health care costs for In the view of Hartnett and harm reduction matter, he says. clients while they are free many others in the recovery in- “Why does anybody care if gives addicts from heroin and painkillers. dustry, soon those who are on a somebody’s on methadone if Those support groups, long-term, even a lifetime dose CODA dispenses they’re clean and sober and one shot along with individual counsel- of methadone will be viewed no measured doses functioning?” Wurscher says. ing that can lead to working differently than diabetics who of methadone But Arnold is among those at recovery with Central City Concern take insulin. from a who look at the Prozac revolu- housing specialists, could be Arnold, a 62-year-old resident computerized tion, apply its 30-year-trajectory Dr. Jessica Gregg was critical. The freedom from counselor at the Volunteers of system at its to medication for addiction, and wondering how many of her drugs such as heroin will be America men’s inpatient addic- dispensary. see a cautionary tale. He says he latest patients would come temporary, Gregg acknowl- tion center, lived a heroin ad- Other addiction could see health insurers, drug back for a second shot. edges. Most addicts are taught dict’s life from the time he was drugs such as companies and a public enam- One shot of Vivitrol costs in counseling that if they re- 23 until he turned 49. He tried ored with quick fi xes eventually about $1,000. It lasts for a turn to their old settings with Suboxone are abstinence therapy many times driving policy. month. During that month, familiar friends and familiar less tightly and methadone once before em- “As a society, we’re capital- addicts, no matter how much habits, they will likely return bracing sobriety 12 years ago. regulated. ists,” Arnold says. “If it’s easier, heroin or how many prescrip- to their familiar drugs. His view of methadone is shared TRIBUNE PHOTO: they do it. Get them out of our tion painkillers they ingest, CHRISTOPHER New therapies by many heroin addicts who ONSTOTT hair. We don’t really want to ex- get no effect. And Vivitrol have turned to a drug-free life. plain or understand what’s go- isn’t addictive. But Gregg cautions that a Arnold can’t quite say why afternoon, he doesn’t sweat un- comes with increasing age. He ing on.” Central City Concern’s drug-free life might not be the drug counseling worked for him controllably and he’s never felt estimates his chances of becom- According to McCarty, less Hooper Detox center received only way the measure the pro- 12 years ago, when it had failed high on methadone. ing drug-free are 50-50 as he than 1 percent of the money funding this year for a pilot gram’s success. If the clients so many times before. Typically, Which explains why he hasn’t steadily lowers his dose of meth- spent on addiction treatment in project using Vivitrol, which remain drug free for the two counseling would help him be- wanted to stop taking his main- adone this year. this country is spent on medica- is a time-release version of or three months they are on come clean and sober for a tenance dose for the past 16 “I have enough tools in my tion. Insurers, he says, are even- the drug Naltrexone. Starting Vivitrol, and require signifi - while, and then he would re- years, but makes curious a re- bag that if I know it’s not work- tually going to see the benefi ts last November, 30 opiate ad- cantly less health care than lapse. He says the VOA inpatient cent decision — David has be- ing, I will stay on the metha- of paying for methadone and dicts could volunteer to get they normally would, maybe, program was part of the solu- gun tapering his dose in hopes done,” David says. “I will never other pharmaceuticals. free Vivitrol shots. she says, the $1,000-a-month tion, but he also says luck played of getting off methadone. go back to using pain pills. That “These medications can save When the trial was an- shot might still be worth it. If a role. David’s reasoning? He’s life is done for me.” the health plans money in the nounced, 24 men and women those extra months on Vivit- “There’s some kind of a magic thought of moving out of Port- long run,” he says. signed up to take Vivitrol im- rol help clients do the work to that happens,” Arnold says. land, but on methadone that is Changed brains Last year, McCarty visited mediately after they went change their lives permanent- Arnold is worried that the difficult. Methadone, a con- Addiction medications have Amsterdam to study a program through the week- to 10-day ly, so much the better. price of putting more addicts on trolled substance, is only dis- been slow to gain wide accep- that takes the idea of harm re- process of removing other Some private health insur- medication will be that magic. If pensed through state-accredited tance, mostly because people in duction one giant step further. drugs from their systems. ers cover Naltrexone, which he had stayed on long-term clinics (David’s is CODA). If he the addiction community tend to There, the government is pre- Eleven of the 24 made it to can be taken as a $500-a- methadone therapy, he suspects moved to another city, the pro- form opinions based on personal scribing heroin to patients for their fi rst shots, about par for month daily tablet. Hooper he would have never been cess of starting a relationship experience and observation. Ar- whom methadone treatment the course for opiate addicts, clients are being tested with pushed to try the hard work of with a new metha- nold has known ad- isn’t working — they are still says Gregg, the Hooper Detox the more expensive time-re- clean and sober recovery time done clinic would dicts on metha- committing crimes to feed their medical director. Usually, af- lease Vivitrol because of sus- after time. be arduous. “People will done who contin- heroin habits. ter a day or two of sobering picion that many might not Applying for ued stealing to sup- “They’re healthier and less up, at least half change their take their daily dose while out Army of zombies? new jobs in the approach port opiate habits. involved in criminality,” McCar- mind about any addiction on the street, or might even Multnomah County health of- Portland area is substance use David isn’t one of ty says of the addicts who are therapy, and most of Hooper’s sell it. ficials have been talking for diffi cult for David them. supplied heroin. “From the clients are homeless. Methadone is the best more than a year about an epi- because he takes disorders like The two men see Dutch perspective, the total cost Five of the 11 Hooper cli- known and researched medi- demic of heroin and prescription methadone. Know- (they do) methadone through is less.” ents started the fi rst round of cation for addiction, but new- painkillers in the Portland area. ing he will fail any different lenses. Ten years ago, CODA had 450 Vivitrol shots in early Novem- er drugs such as Naltrexone County recovery programs have drug test, he ex- diabetes and Dennis McCarty, clients on methadone. Today, ber, and all came back for a and Suboxone are among the begun experimenting with more plains his metha- other chronic an Oregon Health there are about 670. And a quan- second month’s shot. Four new therapies. drug therapy for a new wave of done maintenance & Science Univer- tum leap may take place when returned for a third shot in OHSU researcher Dennis younger opiate addicts who are during the job in- health sity researcher insurance companies embrace January. Linda Hudson, Vivi- McCarty says there is little resisting traditional treatments. terview, and he conditions.” who specializes in the cost effectiveness of putting trol program manager for long-term data on Naltrexone, Arnold’s take? “It makes you says he’s lost jobs — Tim Hartnett, addiction treat- a patient on $5-a-day metha- Hooper, says a few have asked which was only approved for lazy. We’re going to create an that he had been executive director of ment, says a grow- done. about a fourth shot, but use in the United States two army of zombies,” he says. “In told were his. ing number of stud- Federal guidelines require a there’s not enough supply. years ago. Short-term studies CODA my heart, I truly believe that.” Nearly every- ies show that ad- patient to try addiction counsel- Of the fi rst 11 who started show it may be as useful for David, a 43-year-old single fa- one who learns he dicts kept longer ing before methadone can be on Vivitrol, a few have report- alcoholics as for opiate addicts. ther of two, says he is anything takes daily methadone assumes on addiction medications do bet- prescribed. Making addiction ed trouble sleeping. A few say Suboxone is less regulated but a zombie. The Vancouver, David is a heroin addict, though ter. Addicts stay off heroin, and medications more available, they miss the pleasure high than methadone, so it is more Wash., resident, who has fash- he’s never tried the drug. He alcoholics stay away from drink. Hartnett says, will take more from heroin. But they are easily dispensed, and easily ioned a career in marketing, was says he’s been kicked out of They stay out of jail. They re- than simply changing attitudes. coming back. abused. put on methadone 16 years ago 12-step support groups for ad- quire less inpatient health care. Doctors and nurses, he says, are “They like the life they’re The fi rst large-scale study because he become addicted to dicts because he takes metha- The principle known as harm just beginning to get training in living, and they want some on the use of Suboxone for prescription painkillers after done, seen by many addicts as a reduction works. addiction and the possibilities of insurance,” Hudson says. people addicted to prescrip- breaking his wrist. He has kept substitute addictive drug. When But there is scarce data show- long-term medication as treat- Hudson and other Hooper tion painkillers was conduct- to a maintenance dose since. he had teeth pulled, the dentist, ing the medications increase the ment. staff will be asking questions ed two years ago. It showed David (who asked that his last aware of David’s history and odds that addicts will someday “Walking through this clinic and keeping data on those about half of the study’s 600 name not be used) says before methadone use, refused to pre- become drug-free, according to 10 years ago, you saw people who receive Vivitrol. As ad- participants reduced their use starting methadone he had be- scribe painkillers that David McCarty. with gray hair. Now you see dicts, will they miss the high of prescription painkillers come suicidal. On methadone, says he needed. “There are people who have people with skateboards,” Hart- they get from heroin? Will while they received Suboxone. he has no desire for painkillers, Mostly, David says he is ready gotten off methadone and lived nett says. “We’ve in effect cre- they suffer depression? Will Once the Suboxone was and his lifelong obsessive/com- to try quitting methadone be- drug-free, but they are rare,” he ated a generation of people who they continue to attend addic- stopped after three months, 92 pulsive tendencies have abated. cause during the 16 years he’s says. will have changed brains be- tion support groups? percent went back to their ad- He’s up at 5:30 every morning gone to enough support groups Hartnett says that increas- cause of prescription drug use, Along with Oregon Health diction levels. and asleep by around 10 each and received enough counseling ingly, the question no longer and they will become our cli- & Science University re- — Peter Korn night, he doesn’t get tired in the and gained the confi dence that matters. Jay Wurscher, coordi- ents.”

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Sculptor Rip Caswell (left) works on the clay aspect of the larger-than-life Admiral Nimitz statue, which will be placed in Pearl Harbor this summer. Caswell uses photos (above) to fi ne-tune details of the Nimitz sculpture. SCULPTING a place IN HISTORY ■ Troutdale artist digs deep to create a statue of WWII leader Admiral Nimitz for Pearl Harbor

leet Admiral Chester W. in the Portland area since the Nimitz was larger than life 1980s. “He was always putting oth- in the history of the United ers out there. FStates, having led the U.S. “(The Navy) considers him to be Navy in the Pacifi c Theater to vic- the greatest admiral leader ... he tory during World War II. had such an instinct for leadership, So, artist Rip Caswell considers fi nding the right person, putting it a great honor to cast Admiral them in the right position. My re- Nimitz in a stoic, literally larger- spect for him has grown as I than-life pose. learned more and more about who Caswell, a noted bronze sculptor this man was, from his upbringing in Oregon for two decades, has to the things he overcame.” been working on an eight-foot Admiral Nimitz died in 1966. bronze statue of Admiral Nimitz Caswell tirelessly read and that will be placed watched docu- next to the berthed mentaries about USS Missouri on Story by the man, spent Ford Island in Jason Vondersmith time at the Admi- Pearl Harbor, Ha- Photos by ral Nimitz Muse- waii, later this um in Freder- year. Christopher Onstott icksburg, Texas, Caswell, admits and visited with that he didn’t know the entire his- his family members and with Sam- tory of Nimitz before being award- uel Sorenson, a photographer who ed the commission job by the Naval followed the admiral during his Order of the United States. But, time in the Pacifi c. through exhaustive research “I asked (Sorenson), ‘Did you meant to acquire the “feel” of the ever see him lose his cool, did he person, Caswell knows all about ever seem rattled at any point?’ ” him now. With that knowledge, he Caswell says. “He said, ‘Never.’ He has worked on the likeness in the was just a rock.” back room at his Caswell Gallery A rock that will soon be bronze. in Troutdale, where the statue al- Learning about a subject helps ready radiates greatness. inspire Caswell as he meticulously “I’ve come to realize that he goes about the process of sculpt- wasn’t that fl amboyant of a person. ing, from carved foam to clay, to He wasn’t always trying to get the wax casting to ceramic mold, to attention or the limelight,” says the “rock shell” to bronzing at the 50-year-old Caswell, a native of Montesano, Wash., who has lived See SCULPTOR / Page 2 THE SHORT LIST

can wild dogs. Also known as Blvd., hollywoodtheatre.org, $5 painted dogs, the pack-hunting ca- STAGE Buckman Art Show & Sell nines are effi cient predators, but their African habitats have been The 23rd annual juried festival “The Snowman And The Oregon Zoo is disturbed by farmers and domestic of art features more than 140 art- The Red Thread” holding a comedy- animals. The Zoo is home to four ists and craftspersons and design- Musician/songwriter Michael Al- night fundraiser to African dogs: Wally, Widdle, ers, benefitting Buckman Arts len Harrison and Polaris Dance The- support African Wooster and Topaz. Focus Elementary PTA. There’ll atre Artistic Director Robert Guit- wild dogs 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, Oregon be a lively musical lineup, includ- ron team up for a premiere of the- conservation, Jan. Zoo Cascade Ballroom, 4001 S.W. ing all-female saxophone quartet ater, dance and live music. Harrison 26. The Zoo is Canyon Road, oregonzoo.org, $50 the Quadrophonnes, and artful says the story is infl uenced by the home to four food. Chinese proverb of the “red thread” African dogs. “Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders” 5-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-5 connecting people, and it’s about a Charles A. Hartman Fine Art’s p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, Buckman COURTESY OF young child who embarks on a fan- OREGON ZOO newest exhibition features more Arts Focus Elementary School, 320 tastical journey through a series of than 30 photographs by Lyon, one of S.E. 16th Ave., buckmanartshow. magical lands and returns home to N. Shaver St., nwdanceproject.org, soprano Kara Shay Thomson in the the most important documentary weebly.com, $5 Friday, suggested see the world through new eyes. $15, $20 at door title role and Canadian tenor Rog- photographers and fi lmmakers to donation Saturday 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, er Honeywell as Cavaradossi. 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Dance fi lms by Carla Mann and Zoo comedy at Hollywood Theatre with “Don,” Plunging into frigid water is a Christopher Peddecord and Kara “Tosca” Local comedians Todd Arm- the fi rst of a series of “Bollywood Scandinavian tradition Girod Shuster are featured. Portland Opera’s “Larger Than strong and Scoot Herring headline at the Hollywood” events. DJ An- 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, Brough- 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Jan. 25- Life” season continues with its per- the Oregon Zoo’s first comedy jali will perform. ton Beach, Northeast Portland, 27, Feb. 1-3, Northwest Dance Project formance of Puccini’s classic, with night, a fundraiser to support the 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, Holly- plungeoregon.ocom (for registra- Studio and Performance Center, 833 the company debut of American conservation of endangered Afri- wood Theatre, 4122 N.E. Sandy tion), soor.org (for info) B2 LIFE Portland!Life The Portland Tribune Thursday, January 24, 2013 Sculptor: Family tie guides bronze project ■ tion process that included a sion through his own family From page 1 visit from Naval Order of the background. He was close with United States luminaries. his grandfather, Seaman First foundry, to welding, texturing, The work of Caswell im- Class William Shirley Schooley, coloring and oxidizing. pressed Rear Admiral Douglas who served on the USS Suisun, “The essence of that person Moore, commander general of a seaplane tender that was the comes more and more to life,” the Navy Order of the United seventh ship to enter Tokyo Bay says Caswell, who owns Fire- States, who marveled at Cas- near the end of World War II. bird Bronze in Boring. “I’ve well’s ability to capture the “It’s really brought that his- learned to immerse myself in it, “true spirit of an individual,” tory more to life,” he says. “I’ve whatever the subject is, learn particularly through work on been fascinated — my grandfa- as much as I can.” facial features and eyes. ther was such a great man. He If eyes are the window to the took me fi shing as a young boy. ‘All he thinks about’ soul, Caswell makes some pret- I have great, fond memories of Caswell has produced more ty attractive windows. him, but he never really talked than 200 bronze sculptures “When you look in the eyes, COURTESY OF RIP CASWELL about his service very much. It throughout his career, many of you feel a personality,” Caswell Rip Caswell’s grandfather, William wasn’t until after he died, I got them for private and corporate says. Schooley (above), served in the his diaries and different things entities, but also including no- He recounts the story of U.S. Navy. from the military, and I started table statues of late Gov. Tom when former Oregon Secretary trying to understand what he McCall on the Willamette River of State Norma Paulus fi rst saw “It’s more excitement than did. When I got this job, I told waterfront in Salem, a portrait Caswell’s likeness of McCall stress,” he says. “He’s honored them there was a connection.” of former Oregon Symphony — she wept, “and she’s a very to do this. He puts all his effort Caswell has done sculptures Conductor James DePreist at stoic person,” he says. into it. It’s all he talks about, all for more money, but producing Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, “If I can capture that (sensa- he thinks about.” a statue of the World War II an Oregon Iraq War memorial tion), I’ve achieved some- commander of the U.S. Pacifi c in Madras and a 9/11 memorial thing,” says Caswell, who Vision of history Fleet has been rewarding. Ad- called “Strength of America” at wants to depict Nimitz as Rip Caswell immerses him- miral Nimitz lives on in lore, the Pentagon in Washington, strong and determined. He self in the subject. He spent and he’ll live on in an eight-foot D.C. anxiously awaits a reaction hours at the Mount Angel Ab- effi gy at Pearl Harbor. Kathy Toynbee, general man- from the Nimitz family. bey while working on a statue “I’m extremely humbled and ager of Caswell Sculptures Inc., Caswell has been working on of Mary and Joseph and the honored,” Caswell says, “and submitted a proposal for the the Nimitz statue with his son, crucifi x for the Cathedral of Im- with it comes great responsibil- Admiral Nimitz sculpture in 20-year-old Chad Caswell, an maculate Conception in Wichi- ity in capturing the nature of spring 2011, and Caswell earned aspiring sculptor. Chad Caswell ta, Kan. this great leader and to fulfi ll COURTESY OF RIP CASWELL the commission after a national says his father doesn’t feel any Caswell also drew inspiration the vision of this historic monu- Making a bronze sculpture takes several steps, and Rip Caswell has his search and 18-month applica- pressure. for the Admiral Nimitz commis- ment.” work (above) completed at Firebird Bronze in Boring.

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United States The Sherwood resident is in since coming his second year of teaching mu- from Russia in sic at Linfi eld College in McMin- All 4 Days! 1993. nville, in a position he absolutely loves, while also enjoying a busy COURTESY OF ANTON BELOV Call for more info stretch of performing, including 503-658-1600 0% Financing in Portland Opera’s upcoming ous process is learning the mu- es private music classes and be- on machines over $3000 (oac) “Tosca.” sic, which isn’t unlike an actor tween Sherwood and Linfield As an assistant professor of learning a part in a movie. College, he has had three win- 14863 SE Oregon Trail Drive • Clackamas, OR 97015 music, Belov, an accomplished ners of the National Association baritone singer, teaches every- ‘Exciting but crazy’ of Teachers of Singing award. www.quiltingdelights.com 412195.012313 thing from voice to the history of Belov says during the years Next year he will take a group of music. he has found there is an appre- students to Italy where they’ll Having grown up in Moscow ciation for classical music and study Italian opera. at the end of the Cold War, Belov opera in both his native Russia When not singing or teaching, Sofas by was 16 when his family arrived and in America as well, some- you can often fi nd Belov enjoy- Build your in the United States. His father thing he discovers while teach- ing another craft he loves — was receiving medical treat- ing music appreciation classes. woodworking. It is a throwback ment for cancer in the U.S. and He fi nds that students are of- to his time as a professional own Sofa! died a short time later. ten surprised by the fact they woodworker, the fi rst real job he Choose “I got my visa on the day of like classical music, fi nding it had after arriving in America. the (Russian) coup (in 1993),” he both accessible and enjoyable “When I get a chance I make your Arms, says. “I got my visa in the morn- and not separate by any genera- most of the furniture in my Back, Legs, ing ... and by the evening there tional gap. That often ends the house,” he says. were tanks in the street. discussion of whether classical Belov is partial to working Cushioning Bella “It was so exciting I didn’t music is alive or dead. with cherry. In fact, it was dur- and Fabric! want to go anywhere.” “It’s alive,” he says. “It’s doing ing his woodworking days that Once in the United States he fi ne.” Belov had to make a choice of Genoa lived in a variety of states — Belov performed with the Lin- the type of music he would lis- Maine, Vermont, New York. His fi eld Chamber Orchestra and in ten to. The furniture-making love of music would eventually Portland Chamber Orchestra’s company he worked for was di- lead him to a master’s degree “Handel’s Messiah” in Decem- vided into two camps — those from Julliard and a doctorate ber, and he had a solo recital at who listened to heavy metal from Boston University, and Classic Pianos in early January. and those who listened to coun- since then he has sung in or- He’ll make his debut with try and Western. That’s where chestras and opera companies Portland Opera in “Tosca,” and he gained an appreciation of Parma throughout the United States to he’ll make an appearance at the Johnny Cash. critical acclaim. Willamette Master Chorus Win- His favorite song by the Man The New York Times de- ter Concert with a production of in Black? “Ring of Fire.” Milano scribed him as having a “rich, “Childhood of Christ” set for Feb. Belov has only returned to mellifl uous voice” and “soulful 23 and 24. He has a future date at his home country once more Is Sustainable! pathos.” Carnegie Hall. than 12 years ago, where he Using responsibly harvested NW woods, springs from recycled metals, and foam manufactured “That was great,” he says of In the spring he’ll perform found Russia to be a “totally dif- in Portland, Biltwell is locally manufactured and committed to reducing their carbon footprint! the review, adding that singers with the Oregon Symphony in ferent world” since he left. 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A Sherwood resident since it’s selective, demanding and It’s exciting but crazy.” August 2011, Belov said he has “very much a physical activity.” Despite his busy schedule, Be- found Portland similar cultural- Since he teaches singing tech- lov fi nds time to teach a voice ly to New England. nique, his voice is in better camp for four weeks in Maine. “I like Sherwood,” he says. “I “They are forthright, honest, intensely creative and shape because he exercises it “The students actually come love Oregon.” so easy to work with!” -Sue S when teaching his students. He from all over the world,” he says. For more on Belov, visit An- pointed out that the most labori- Meanwhile, Belov also teach- tonbelov.com.

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Just prior to that, Jeffries agents who fi gure to be available in the can use either hand inside, Grade: A-minus poor ballhandler, prone to came from New York along with three $5- to-$10 million range include shoot- improved passer turnovers million next summer. players who were waived and a sec- ing guards Manu Ginobili and Kevin Weaknesses: Not adept at BENCH Grade: D Olshey is between a rock and a hard ond-round pick in the deal that sent Martin and power forwards Paul Mill- driving to basket, struggles to ■ Victor Claver, F place with the Portland roster. The fi ve Raymond Felton and Kurt Thomas to sap and David West. hit shots in clutch ■ Meyers Leonard, C Averages: 2.4 points, 1.9 starters are young, have played well the Knicks. Or, Olshey may be moved to sign Grade: B-plus Averages: 4.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and — aside from Hickson — are part Second-round selections are assets, more inexpensive options such as ■ Nicolas Batum, SF rebounds Shooting percentages: .321 of the GM’s plan moving forward. Un- though minor ones, and Olshey loves point guards Jarrett Jack or Beno Averages: 16.7 points, 6.0 Shooting percentages: .560 FG, .240 on 3s, .385 FT less another team offers a deal Olshey the acquisition of assets. You never Udrih, shooting guards Randy Foye, rebounds, 4.5 assists FG, .861 FT Strengths: Can shoot with can’t refuse, he won’t move LaMarcus know when they might pay off in a fu- J.J. Redick, Nick Young or Anthony Shooting percentages: Strengths: Great athleticism range and run the court Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Damian Lil- ture deal. Morrow, small forwards Matt Barnes, .427 FG, .357 on 3s, .866 running court, showcase Weaknesses: Court savvy; lard and Wesley Matthews. Olshey needed to add a point guard Kyle Korver or Chase Budinger or FT dunker, good hands, terrifi c has shot poorly The bench has been dreadful. Port- to fi ll out the roster. He considered sev- power forwards Elton Brand or Carl Strengths: Can score in foul shooter Grade: D land’s reserves have scored by far the eral other players but decided Price Landry. transition, excellent dunker, Weaknesses: Court savvy, ■ Joel Freeland, C/F fewest points in the league (16.5 per was the best option when addressing Or, Portland’s GM might swing a solid 3-point threat, good decision-making, prone to Averages: 2.3 points, 2.2 game; next-worst, Memphis at 25.2) the three principles Olshey values deal involving draft picks. Portland’s creator for himself and bad fouls rebounds with a point differential of minus-21.0 most — character, chemistry and tal- fi rst-round pick is protected to No. 12 teammates, excellent off-ball Grade: Incomplete (missed Shooting percentages: (next-worst, Cleveland at minus-12.0). ent. Also, Price got to know Lillard (after that, it would go to Charlotte). Its shot-blocker. 11 games with injury) .368 FG, .714 FT Rookie center Meyers Leonard — while both were in Utah (Price with second-round pick is protected to No. Weaknesses: Loose with ■ Luke Babbitt, F Strengths: Good hands, who missed a recent 11-game, three- the Jazz, Lillard at Weber State), and 40 (after that, it would go to Denver). ball at times, can disappear Averages: 4.5 points, 2.4 can shoot to mid-range week stint due to a sprained ankle — is they had a relationship there. The Blazers get the second-round offensively for stretches rebounds Weaknesses: Slow and shooting .560 from the fi eld. None of Jeffries and Price are high-quality picks of Boston and Minnesota uncon- Grade: A-minus Shooting percentages: overpowered defensively at the other eight Blazer subs is shooting people who fi t in well with their team- ditionally. ■ J.J. Hickson, C .358 FG, .327 on 3s, .714 times, has shot poorly as high as 37 percent. mates in Portland and have served as Despite a season-high six-game los- Averages: 12.4 points, 10.9 FT Grade: D That’s extraordinary, and perhaps good role models for the Blazers’ fi ve ing streak, Portland entered Wednes- rebounds Strengths: Best pure ■ Sasha Pavlovic, F unprecedented, at least in modern rookies. On the other hand, their skills day’s home date with Indiana at 20-21. Shooting percentages: .547 3-point shooter on team Averages: 2.2 points, 1.4 NBA history. are marginal at best. “A .500 record after 40 games prob- FG, .652 FT Weaknesses: Streaky on rebounds Offense is only part of the game, as The plan this summer will be to ably puts us ahead of the curve,” Ol- Strengths: One of best dou- 3’s, improving but still medi- Shooting percentages: coach Terry Stotts is always quick to build around the Core Four — Al- shey says. “What a great job the coach- ble-double threats in NBA, ocre mid-range game, poor .351 FG, .289 on 3s, .000 point out, but the point differential is dridge, Batum, Lillard and Matthews. es and players have done in terms of relentless offensive rebound- defender and rebounder, FT indicative of a serious fl aw in produc- “By the end of July, we want to have competing every night. They’ve given er, good fi nisher around bas- rarely gets to the line Strengths: Court savvy, will- tion from the bench bunch. depth from 1 to 8 or 1 to 9, where we us a chance to win virtually every ket Weaknesses: Undersized Grade: C-minus ing shooter with range, Olshey is only partially responsible have no letdowns during the time the night.. at post defensively, poor ■ Ronnie Price, G takes charges for the train wreck. Holdovers Luke (rotation reserves) are playing,” Ol- “We still have work to do in terms of decision-maker at times, Averages: 2.9 points, 1.9 Weaknesses: Has shot Babbitt and Nolan Smith and former shey says. building the depth of the roster. We mediocre foul shooter assists poorly, is overmatched phys- draft picks Joel Freeland and Victor The biggest order of business will be have a lot of rookies who are still learn- Grade: B-plus Shooting percentages: .330 ically at times Claver are products of previous Blazer to add a center. Unrestricted free ing how to play in this league. It’s in- ■ Wesley Matthews, SG FG, .258 on 3s, .727 FT Grade: D regimes. agents Dwight Howard, Andrew By- cumbent upon them to continue to Averages: 15.4 points, 3.0 Strengths: Willing passer, ■ Jared Jeffries, C Lillard, Leonard and Barton came num, Al Jefferson and Chris Kaman work and develop and not be satisfi ed rebounds can penetrate, takes charges Averages: 1.1 points, 1.5 along in this year’s draft. Lillard has are unlikely to wind up in Portland. they’re getting minutes more out of Shooting percentages: .432 Weaknesses: Poor shooter, rebounds played so superbly, the rookie of the The best option is probably 6-11, circumstance right now than because FG, .395 on 3s, .780 FT overmatched defender at Shooting percentages: year award is his to lose. Leonard’s up- 28-year-old Georgian Zaza Pachulia, they’ve competed and earned them Strengths: Clutch 3-point times .293 FG, .471 FT side is large. And Barton, a second- now with the Atlanta Hawks — does over veteran players.” shooter, strong defender, Grade: D Strengths: Locker-room round pick, is a wild card who might that ring your chimes? Lillard and Leonard are safe, but improved at taking ball to ■ Will Barton, G leader, mentor, decent pay off down the road because of his So Olshey will scan the possibilities Freeland, Claver, perhaps Barton and basket Averages: 2.8 points, 1.4 defender, takes charges. athleticism. in the draft and via the trade route. If the rest of the Blazer reserves all Weaknesses: Mediocre rebounds Weaknesses: Poor shooter That leaves Pavlovic, Jared Jeffries Hickson — who carries a $7.98 million could be gone by the start of next sea- rebounder and passer for Shooting percentages: .360 and ball-handler and Ronnie Price, the three veteran salary-cap hold — is still with the club son. Olshey is a man on a mission. It 2-guard FG, .161 on 3s, .529 FT Grade: D offseason pickups after Olshey’s ar- at season’s end, he’ll likely be allowed will be survival of the fi ttest begin- Grade: B-plus Strengths: Electric legs, rival in June. to go into free agency. That doesn’t ning July 1. ■ Damian Lillard, PG streaks of offensive fi repower kerryeggers@portland Pavlovic was part of a three-team mean the Blazers can’t re-sign him Averages: 18.3 points, 6.6 Weaknesses: Court savvy, tribune.com trade in July that sent second-round later in the summer if other options for [email protected] assists prone to mistakes Twitter: @kerryeggers pick Jon Diebler to Houston and either side don’t pan out. Twitter: @kerryeggers

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I Portland State is at Southern its third consecutive road game, know with the commitment Utah, 6 p.m. PT. meeting Tri-City at 7 p.m. needed for softball, no way I Women’s basketball: The Men’s basketball: The 16th- could have done more than one Pilots are at San Diego, 7 p.m. ranked Oregon Ducks have sport, kept up my grades and ... The Vikings (3-6 Big Sky, 9-9 another big test in their push for stayed healthy. It’s amazing.” overall) have a 7:30 p.m. home the Pac-12 title, playing host to Volleyball coach Jim Moore game with Southern Utah (3-4, Washington at 4 p.m. (Pac-12 has his theory. 9-8). Networks). ... Oregon State is at “It’s her makeup,” he says. home against Washington State, “She has it mentally and emo- Friday, Jan. 25 2 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks). ... tionally. I look at it as more Portland plays host to WCC con- emotional, because that’s how Winterhawks: Portland plays tender BYU (5-1, 15-5 after last people feel. Even though she is at Spokane for the second time weekend), 7:30 p.m. ... PSU vis- incredibly hard on herself, in three nights, facing off with its Eastern Washington, 6 p.m. that’s how she survives. the Chiefs at 7 p.m. EWU’s Venky Jois, a 6-7 fresh- “She has had so much suc- Men’s basketball: Lewis & man from Australia, leads the cess in her life, she fi gures out Clark visits George Fox at 8 p.m. Big Sky in rebounds (9.4 per how to make things happen. It’s L&C (5-3 Northwest Conference, game); PSU’s Aaron Moore is a mental thing that she’s able to 11-6 overall) is battling for sec- tied for fourth (6.6). overcome. That’s where she ond place in the league. George Lewis & Clark plays host to gets her strength.” COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Fox and Whitman also are 5-3. Linfi eld (2-7, 3-15). Brenner sees it as nothing Former Jesuit High standout Liz Brenner has been able to get up to speed quickly as a basketball player for Whitworth leads at 8-0. Warner Pacifi c treks to Oregon too complicated. the Oregon Ducks, joining the team late because of her duties with the UO volleyball team. In the Cascade Collegiate Tech to face the defending “When people ask me, ‘What Conference, Warner Pacifi c goes national champion Owls at 7:30 sport do you play?’ I kind of rat- ketball and I didn’t want to over- fused. Confusion is not in her “We’re all a pretty happy into a challenging road weekend p.m. ... Also at 7:30 p.m., tle them off and they say, ‘Are tax her. She agreed to come on vocabulary.” family, always smiling,” Mary with a 7:30 p.m. game at Concordia plays at Southern you serious?’ ” she says with a and help us out. Westhead coached one of the Claire says. “Elizabeth just loves Southern Oregon. WPC is ranked Oregon. laugh. “It just seems normal to “The thing about Liz is she’s a top female players in the world, competing and being in the sixth in NAIA Division II. Warner Women’s basketball: me, because I did it all through fi ve-tool player in softball. She Diana Taurasi, with the Phoenix games so much. No matter how Pacifi c is 9-1 in league, a half- Portland visits Santa Clara, 2 high school. I’ve played multi- hits with power and for average, Mercury of the WNBA. tired or out of it she feels, she’s game behind No. 1-ranked p.m. ple sports my whole life.” has a strong arm, runs well and “Liz is not as multi-faceted going to push through and do Eastern Oregon; Southern Warner Pacifi c is at OIT, and Indeed, she did it all at Jesuit. has a good glove.” and basketball-talented as Di- what’s best for the team. She Oregon is 7-4. The Knights of Concordia plays at Southern Brenner was a two-time Class Moore initially had misgiv- ana, but she plays and reacts at likes being involved and meet- Southeast Portland have won Oregon, both at 5:30 p.m. 6A volleyball player of the year, ings about Brenner playing that high level,” he says. “As a ing new people.” nine in a row — the longest Lewis & Clark is at home leading the Crusaders to a state even two sports. pure athlete, she ranks very The obvious question is how streak in the conference — and against Linfi eld, 6 p.m. title as sophomore and a run- “I was mostly concerned with high with all the females I’ve good Brenner could be if she are 18-4 overall. ... Concordia ner-up fi nish her last two sea- keeping her mental health,” he coached.” specialized in one sport. (4-6, 10-10) plays at Oregon Sunday, Jan. 27 sons. In basketball, she was 6A says. “As a freshman, she was As a freshman in volleyball, “If she’d stick with softball, Tech, 7:30 p.m. The Cavaliers’ player of year as she led them one of our best passers and Brenner hit .241 with 2.96 kills she’d be one of the elite play- Adam Herman leads the confer- Blazers: Portland and the L.A. to a state title in her senior sea- serve receivers. I didn’t let her per set. This season, she im- ers,” White says. “But I told her ence in points per game (24.0) Clippers head from the Rose son. In track, she won a state ti- play in the back row — where proved those numbers to .291 at the time she joined us last and is second in rebounding Garden to Staples Center for a tle in the shot put and was sec- you have to serve, receive serve and 3.94. year, I understood it was a one- (9.7) behind Warner Pacifi c’s 6:30 p.m. rematch (CSN). ond in javelin as a junior and and play defense — because she “Those are fi rst-team All- time shot. She’s getting pres- Stephen Harris (10.8). Women’s basketball: OSU was second at state in the shot is so hard on herself. America numbers,” Moore says. sure from three sports. Her No. Women’s basketball: Oregon visits WSU, 1 p.m., and UO is at as a senior. She played softball “I thought it would be too “That’s the defi nition of a great 1 love is volleyball. State plays at Washington, 6 UW, 2 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks). as a freshman and sophomore much for her. You can say she outside hitter. I don’t want to “I promised her I wouldn’t p.m., while Oregon is at before switching to track her proved me wrong. The reality say she surprised me, but she’s bother her anymore. If she Washington State, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 junior year. is, I don’t know if you could ever maybe better than even I wants to play again, the door is Lewis & Clark, ranked eighth Volleyball was her favorite, give her too much. She’s an thought she could be.” open.” in NCAA Division III, takes a 7-1 Blazers: Portland plays host and Brenner accepted a schol- amazing kid when it comes to Her coaches appreciate her Westhead says he under- Northwest Conference record to one of the teams also on the arship while letting Moore those things.” contributions as a team mem- stands Brenner is not going to and 16-1 overall mark into a 6 outside of the playoffs, if they know that she’d like to play oth- Does Brenner ever feel play- ber almost as much as her on- be a full-time basketball player p.m. showdown at 18th-ranked were to begin today — the Dallas er sports at Oregon. ing all the sports is too much? court performance. at Oregon. George Fox (7-1, 14-3). L&C Mavericks. The game starts at 7 “But every basketball coach “Some days it is,” she says. “She is such a great athlete, “If she played basketball 11 won the fi rst of two regular-sea- p.m. (CSN). told me, ‘There’s no way basket- “I’ll have practices in two sports she could have been a problem 1/2 months of a year like most of son meetings at home 80-68 Winterhawks: Portland’s ball would work. You’d miss too and classes sometimes, but my if she didn’t play,” White says. our kids, maybe she could be on Dec. 31. fourth consecutive road game is much with volleyball,’ ” she coaches are pretty understand- “Liz wasn’t. The players loved signifi cantly better, but not nec- Warner Pacifi c (7-3, 12-8) is 7 p.m. at Everett. says. “So I was thinking more of ing. They know I have a lot go- having her on the squad. Even essarily,” he says. “She is such a third in the Cascade Collegiate playing volleyball and softball, ing on.” though she didn’t know other good athlete, give her two Conference going into a 5:30 Wednesday, Jan. 30 or volleyball and track.” Physically, is it ever too tax- players as well, she contributed weeks and maybe she’s maxed p.m. game at Southern Oregon After a successful freshman ing? in the dugout and in the club- out to where she’s going to be.” (5-6, 15-7). ... Concordia (2-8, Winterhawks: Portland season in volleyball, she was “It’s not that bad,” she says. house. Moore says he is asked often 8-12) visits Oregon Tech (7-4, returns home and mets home for Christmas break for a “When I switch from season to “She’s a great person. a great by colleagues how good 14-7) at 5:30 p.m. Kamloops at 7 p.m. It will be week when she received a call season, I use different muscles. teammate. Always positive, a Brenner could be if she played the Hawks’ fourth game in six from Westhead. The Ducks had It gets me more excited for that smile on her face, working hard. only volleyball. Saturday, Jan. 26 days. lost two post players to injury. season, because I haven’t been She is a competitor. Even if she “But as coaches, we have to Men’s basketball: Oregon is “They needed some rein- doing it all year.” has a quiet demeanor, she’s go- be careful,” he says. “She enjoys Blazers: A two-day, two-game at Stanford, 8 p.m. forcements and knew I could And mentally, is it ever too ing to knock you out. She plays what she’s doing. Our strength play basketball,” Brenner says. much of a burden? to have fun and to win. She’s a and conditioning staff has to be “I showed up at practice the “Not really,” she says with a wonderful, interesting kid.” smart enough to not do crazy next morning at 9 a.m. I was smile. “I’m good to go.” Westhead’s description of her things to over-exert her. pretty excited about it. It was Basketball may be the most begins with “very intriguing.” “As long as we’re not killing cool. Basketball is a lot of fun.” diffi cult transition, particularly “Liz Brenner, no matter what the kid ... that’s what she loves After basketball ended, she when the Oregon volleyball sea- happens or what she’s doing, to do. She can do it all, and may- was home on spring break son extends to the NCAA cham- there’s always this smile on her be it makes her better at every- when she received a call from pionship game. She joined the face,” he says. “You pick up that thing.” softball coach Mike White, who, UO basketball program this sea- smile in about 12 seconds. Brenner smiles when posed wonders never cease, had lost a son on Dec. 26 — more than two “You would think she’s 14 the question. catcher to a knee injury. months after her teammates be- years old and just came from a Moore “wanted me to just Brenner plays catcher and fi rst gan preseason practice. In her Brownie or Girl Scout meeting play volleyball and see how base. third game back, she moved in- and had fun with her girl- good I could get played on that “They didn’t have anyone to the starting lineup and is ar- friends. She’s a delightful kid. for an entire year,” she says, else,” she says. “That was a re- guably the Ducks’ most consis- It’s not like there’s this aura of “but I don’t really have a plan to ally cool opportunity for me. I tent post player. greatness about her. She’s just do that any time soon.” played in the super regional and “She’s doing a terrifi c job,” happy she’s here.” Once she graduates, Brenner got to go to the World Series, Westhead says. “I mean, she Some of that is a family trait. envisions playing professional where we fi nished fourth. It was hadn’t picked up a basketball The Brenners’ other sibling, volleyball overseas, “and I’ll see a great experience.” since last March. Getting famil- Doug, is a Jesuit senior and a where that takes me,” she says. UPCOMING EVENTS White, it turns out, knew iar with the dribble/pass/shoot four-star offensive tackle who There are a lot of games to be Brenner from her time playing thing and the game’s up-and- has committed to Oregon. Fa- played and competitions to be for the Oregon Blazers ASA down movement takes awhile. ther Doug — who works for waged for the Ducks before team out of Beaverton. He re- It’s clearly a different movement Portland Parks & Recreation — then, of course. The Legend of cruited her as a sophomore. than you do in volleyball. and mother Jennifer were col- Liz, I’m betting, is just getting “I asked Jim if I could ap- “There’s an adjustment, but lege swimmers. The Brenner started. proach Liz,” White says. “Her the good news is, she’s quick to offspring were all club-level commitments were already adjust. 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Finalists are set in most Zac Brunson, Churchill ready to categories for the Oregon wrestling; Carson Kelly, West- Sports Awards. view baseball; Thomas Tyner, Winners will be announced Aloha football at the 61st annual event, Sun- ■ Johnny Carpenter Prep lead a la day night, Feb. 10 at Nike’s Ti- Athlete of the Year (6A-5A fe- ger Woods Center. male) Neil Everett, ESPN Haley Crouser, Gresham SportsCenter anchor and Uni- track and fi eld, volleyball; Mer- Kelly? versity of Oregon graduate, cedes Russell, Springfi eld bas- will host the 90-minute stage ketball; Gigi Stoll, Beaverton Hire makes sense, show. Various basketball, golf celebrity guests ■ Johnny but it’s not without will help hand Carpenter Prep out the honors to Athlete of the some unknowns athletes, coach- Year (4A-3A-2A- es, teams and 1A male) By JASON VONDERSMITH more from the Oshay Dun- The Tribune year 2012. more, Newport This year, the track and field, The perception, fair or un- Oregon Sports football; A.J. fair, was that Mark Helfrich Awards has add- Hedgecock, Day- was along for the ride, a pas- ed awards for ton basketball, senger on Good Ship Chip the outstanding prep athlete in track and fi eld; Tanner Omlid, GEOFF THURNER that sailed through defenses every Oregon School Activities Central basketball, track and Liz Brenner (middle) celebrates with teammates Alaina Bergsma (left) and Haley Jacob as the the past four years. Association sport. fi eld Oregon Ducks win a point en route to the NCAA volleyball championship match in 2012. Chip Kelly made a name for Voting is done statewide by ■ Johnny Carpenter Prep himself as Or- an expert panel — and for the Athlete of the Year (4A-3A- egon’s offen- first time fans may vote, as 2A-1A female) sive coordina- well, by going to oregonsport- Baily Bennett, Heppner soft- tor for two sawards.com. Fan voting is ball, volleyball, basketball; ‘SHE CAN DO years and Jan. 25 through Feb. 8. Haley Guest, Scio basketball, then, as head The show starts at 7 p.m., track and field; Ariel Viera, coach, led the and tickets are $50 each. Scappoose soccer, track and Ducks to even To order or for more infor- fi eld ANY OF THEM’ greater offen- ■ mation, contact Chelsea Cor- Prep football player of sive heights, HELFRICH rado at ccorrado@gosport- the year along with 46 sone.com or 503-869-7289. Jake LaCoste, West Albany; he state’s fi nest multi-sport college team All-American for the Kerry wins in 53 Doors open at 5:30 p.m., for a Conner Strahm, Sheldon; athlete in memory played her heart Oregon volleyball team that games and four BCS games be- preshow reception that in- Thomas Tyner, Aloha out Sunday at Gill Coliseum. made it to the NCAA cham- Eggers fore leaving for the NFL. cludes hors d’oeuvres and bev- ■ Prep volleyball player of T Yes, HER heart. pionship game. Last winter, But, clearly, it takes more erages. the year There have been a few good ones over the after joining the basketball than one guy to run an “opera- Coffee and desserts will be Vanessa Bentley, Roseburg; years — Anna Maria Lopez and Jordan Kent team late, she averaged 5.8 tion,” as Kelly often called his served after the show. Makayla Lindburg, Crook come to mind — but none as well-rounded points and 5.8 rebounds as a program. And, Kelly got the County; Tami Stephens, West or covering as many sports as Liz Brenner. part-time starter. This win- coaches to buy into his system Oregon Sports Awards Albany The 6-1 sophomore had nine points, seven ter, again coming on late, of “Win The Day,” hard-core fi nalists ■ Prep boys soccer player rebounds and a major fl oor burn from a she carries averages of 8.8 practices, fast-paced football, of the year hard tumble in Oregon’s 68-49 Civil War loss points and 6.7 rebounds in execution and speed. Especial- ■ Slats Gill Sportsperson Ben Field, Riverside; Mi- to Oregon State. seven games with the ly Helfrich, who Kelly brought of the Year chael Hobson, Woodburn; It has been a rough year for the UO wom- Ducks. O N in as coordinator for his Chip Kelly, Christo Michaelson, Jesuit en cagers, 2-16 overall and 0-6 in Pac-12 play. Last spring, joining the SPORTS spread-option. University of ■ Prep girls soccer player Imagine where the Ducks would be without softball team well into the Kelly called the plays, but Oregon foot- of the year Brenner. season, she Helfrich developed game plans ball; Danny Amber Jensen, Gladstone; It’s natural to wonder how drew three walks and scored and served as Kelly’s eye-in- Miles, Oregon Ashlee Schulz, Thurston; Ariel Brenner would fare if she fo- two runs in 10 plate appear- the-sky in the press box. Institute of Viera, Scappoose cused solely on basketball. ances with the UO softball Which brings us to today, as Technology ■ Prep boys cross country Or volleyball. Or softball. Or team that reached the Col- Helfrich enjoys his honeymoon men’s basket- runner of the year track and fi eld. lege World Series. After red- period as Kelly’s successor. ball; Erik Matthew Campbell, Siuslaw; The former Jesuit High shirting in track and fi eld Whereas the positives of pro- Spoelstra, Mi- Jackson Darland, Sheldon; standout has played the last spring, she will throw moting Oregon born-and-bred KELLY ami Heat Travis Neuman, Summit three former sports at Ore- the shot and javelin this Helfrich are obvious — consis- ■ Harry ■ Prep girls cross country gon and will try the latter for spring. tency in offense and program Glickman Pro runner of the year the fi rst time this spring. Is it any wonder Brenner and coaching staff — the ascen- Athlete of the Grace Brim, Hood River Val- I forgot to ask Brenner if — who somehow fi nds time sion of Kelly’s right-hand man Year (male) ley; Paige Rice, St. Mary’s there is any sport she can’t to maintain a 3.4 grade-point doesn’t come without risk and Ashton Ea- Academy; Sara Tsai, South Eu- do well, but basketball coach average — has been nomi- questions: ton, Oregon gene Paul Westhead answered for nated for the James E. Sulli- ■ Was somebody better out Track Club ■ Prep boys basketball her. van Award, which goes to the there? Elite and Team player of the year “She’s such a highly gifted nation’s top amateur athlete ■ How do longtime assistant USA track and Jake Ehlers, Corvallis; Cal- athlete,” Westhead said. “It’s based on athletic accomplish- coaches Steve Greatwood and fi eld; Kevin vin Hermanson, Lake Oswego; like, you want me to play ten- ments, leadership, character Nick Aliotti, who both wanted RUPP Love, Minneso- Tanner Omlid, Central nis, golf, racquetball? She and sportsmanship? the job and have long desired a ta Timber- ■ Prep girls basketball can do any of them.” “It’s pretty crazy,” says higher profi le, feel about being wolves and player of the year Brenner is too modest to older sister Mary Claire passed over? (This reporter Team USA Jaime Nared, Westview; Jor- comfortably answer the GEOFF THURNER Brenner, a four-year letter- has always thought that O-line basketball; Ga- dan Reynolds, Central Catho- question, anyway. She lets Liz Brenner has played three winner in softball at Oregon coach Greatwood — tough, de- len Rupp, Nike lic; Mercedes Russell, Spring- her performance speak for sports for the University of State who will try track and manding, even-tempered, Oregon Proj- fi eld itself. Oregon, and has her eyes on a knowledgeable of offense and ect and Team ■ Prep wrestler of the year This fall, she was a second- fourth one this spring. See EGGERS / Page 7 defense — would make a good USA track and Zac Brunson, Churchill; Joey head coach). How does their fi eld Delgado, Hermiston; Peter disappointment affect coach- ■ RAPINOE Harry Russo, Newberg ing chemistry? Glickman Pro ■ Prep boys swimmer of ■ Helfrich might have ab- Athlete of the the year sorbed a lot from his former Year (female) Tommy Brewer, Summit; Co- boss, but he ain’t Kelly, which Shalene Flanagan, Oregon lin Eaton, Corbett; Cameron can be a good thing in regard to Track Club Elite and Team Stitt, Sunset No quick fi x likely public relations. But Kelly was USA track and fi eld; Megan ■ Prep girls swimmer of a one-in-a-thousand coach — a Rapinoe, Team USA soccer; the year brilliant football mind, ultra- Christine Sinclair, Team Cana- Grace Carlson, Wilson; Sar- competitive, walkin’ and talkin’ da soccer ah Kaunitz, Lake Oswego; Bre- every day with an edge. Will ■ Bill Hayward Amateur anna Sapienza, Cascade Chris- to help Blazer depth “Helf” have the same, er, chip Athlete of the Year (male) tian on his shoulder? Kenjon Barner, UO football; ■ Prep baseball player of ■ Helfrich, 39, has to be a Peter Baum, Colgate Universi- the year Olshey’s goal to buck-stops-here fellow as head ty lacrosse; Jordan Poyer, Ore- Kevin Hamann, Summit; coach. He’s friendly and affable gon State University football Carson Kelly, Westview; An- give Core Four more — but it’ll be interesting to ■ Bill Hayward Amateur drew Moore, North Eugene support next season watch him assert command Athlete of the Year ■ Prep softball player of and control. Alaina Bergsma, UO volley- the year ■ Will Helfrich and Scott ball; Liz Brenner, UO basket- Maryssa Becker, North Med- By KERRY EGGERS Frost, expected to be the new ball, softball, volleyball; Bri- ford; Baily Bennett, Heppner; The Tribune offensive coordinator, have the anne Theisen, UO track and Hailey Decker, McNary same synergy and relationship fi eld Prep boys track and fi eld at There will be no quick-fi x as Kelly and Helfrich? As a ■ Ad Rutschman Small- ■ hlete of the year veteran free-agent signings to matter of record, Helfrich College Athlete of the Year Oshay Dunmore, Newport; help the Trail Blazers in a run played quarterback at South- (male) A.J. Hedgecock, Dayton; Shel- to the playoffs. Hard-working ern Oregon College, and Robbie Haynie, Eastern Or- don Prince, Aloha You’re not going to see the Trail Blazers coached at Boise State, Arizo- egon University University ■ Prep girls track and fi eld Blazers add a Josh Howard or center J.J. na State and Colorado; Frost track and fi eld; Brynnan Hy- athlete of the year Chris “Birdman” Andersen (ah, Hickson is more led Nebraska to the national land, Linfi eld College football; Haley Crouser, Gresham; already gone to Miami) or a Ken- likely to fi nish championship as a quarter- Mitch Lofstedt, Southern Ore- Kristan Holding, Damascus yon Martin — although under the season in back and spent six years in the gon University wrestling Christian; Paige Rice, St. different circumstances, general Portland if the NFL as a defensive back. ■ Ad Rutschman Small- Mary’s Academy manager Neil Olshey wouldn’t ■ With Helfrich taking on ■ Blazers look like College Athlete of the Year Prep boys golfer of the mind adding the latter, who a playoff the head coaching responsibili- (female) year helped toughen up the Los An- ties, he’ll have less time to contender at the Staci Doucette, Linfi eld Col- Ryan Melnychuk, North Val- geles Clippers down the stretch work with quarterbacks. NBA trading lege softball; Keisha Gordon, ley; Kevin Murphy, Rogue Riv- last season. Chances are Marcus Mariota George Fox University basket- er; Sulman Raza, South Eugene If Portland stays in the post- deadline. continues to ascend under ball; Junia Limage, Concordia ■ Prep girls golfer of the season picture, it’s also unlikely TRIBUNE PHOTO: Frost’s guidance, but who CHRISTOPHER University track and fi eld year the local professional quintet ONSTOTT knows? ■ George Pasero Teams of Caroline Inglis, Churchill; will deal its one tradeable veter- ■ Will Helfrich display the the Year Gigi Stoll, Beaverton; Monica an commodity, center J.J. Hick- with Portland last summer and add an extra year onto the po- same acumen in calling plays To be announced Vaughn, Reedsport son. becomes a free agent on July 1. tential length of his next con- as Kelly, who always seemed ■ Lou Burge Special Olym- ■ Prep boys tennis player If the Blazers falter and ap- Or perhaps to a team that would tract. one step ahead of the guys on pics Athlete of the Year of the year pear lottery-bound as the Feb. 21 consider the double-double ma- Under that scenario, Olshey the other sideline and coaching To be announced Wil Cochrane, Phoenix; Pax- trade deadline approaches, how- chine as a piece of its future and would be looking more for future box? ■ Game Changer Award ton Deuel, Summit; Goutham ever, all bets are off. would offer the security of a assets than immediate help. And The Ducks have had plenty (for lifetime dedication to Sundaram, Lincoln Olshey would then consider long-term deal. he wouldn’t take a player with of talent over the past four prep sports) ■ Prep girls tennis player sending Hickson to a playoff To make a trade, Hickson an extended contract that would years, and put themselves on To be announced of the year team angling for a short-term would have to approve the deal cut into Portland’s salary-cap the map. ■ Johnny Carpenter Prep Chelsea Clark, West Albany; rental of the high-energy but un- and waive his Larry Bird rights, room, which should exceed $12 Let’s see whether the system Athlete of the Year (6A-5A Kadie Hueffner, Lincoln; Erin dersized center, who signed a a loophole that would allow him and a protégé can produce the male) Larner, Jesuit one-year, $4-million contract to make a little more money and See BLAZERS / Page 6 same results.