So close Glencoe High School softball team falls 2-1 in championship game — See Sports, Page A18 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013 • THE HILLSBORO LEADER IN NEWS • WWW.HILLSBOROTRIBUNE.COM • VOL. 02, NO. 17 • FREE ‘Non-partisan’ races going political? tions, change is coming to the and who lost, however, ques- portion of the Lindsay served two years in Party politics fi lters seven-member board. tions are being raised about an community sees the Oregon Legislature, but his When the final election re- increasing undercurrent of par- that as per se bid for a second two-year term down to school sults were tallied, Erik Selig- tisan politics in what are billed negative. And proved unsuccessful as he lost board races in man had ousted longtime in- as “non-partisan” races. that portion of to the Democratic Party candi- cumbent Rebecca Lantz, while Rich Vial, who came up short the community date, Joe Gallegos, in 2012. Hillsboro and Glenn Miller moved into the in his bid to unseat school board mobilized.” Realizing he wanted to stay seat being vacated by Carolyn Chairwoman Janeen Sollman, One of the involved politically, Lindsay de- elsewhere Ortman. said he is troubled by partisan “behind-the- cided to help push other candi- Once Seligman and Miller are maneuvering in races that are LINDSAY VIAL MILLER scenes” players dates to victory. So after his loss By DOUG BURKHARDT sworn in during the July school supposed to be non-partisan. in this year’s to Gallegos, Lindsay launched The Hillsboro Tribune board meeting, two new voices “I was perceived as a wolf in idea why — I didn’t take any po- school board elections was for- the Oregon Leadership Initia- will help to chart the course of sheep’s clothing by folks skepti- sitions that would cause people mer state Rep. Shawn Lindsay, a tive (OLI). In the wake of the May 21 the Hillsboro School District. cal of, quote, ‘the right wing,’ alarm. I am a registered Repub- Republican who lives in Hills- Hillsboro School Board elec- Beyond the basics of who won unquote,” Vial said. “I have no lican, and my sense is that some boro. See POLITICS / Page A3 Airport wants to drive the animals off Fear of aircraft hitting wildlife on runway fuels new ordinance By VICTORIA HART The Hillsboro Tribune The Port of Portland, which owns and op- erates the Hillsboro Airport, is not interest- ed in killing animals, said Hillsboro Public Affairs Manager Patrick Preston. The goal is to disperse them. Port representatives have proposed an amend- ment to the city of Hillsboro’s municipal code to allow “the discharge of weapons to address wild- life hazards at the Hillsboro Airport,” reads an excerpt of the ordinance. “It’s a change in language that would change the code to apply to wildlife,” Preston said. The Hillsboro City Council voted 5-1 June 4 to approve changing the wording, which now refers specifically to mi- gratory birds, to include any “It’s a interference from wildlife. Steve Johnson, manager of change in the Port of Portland, said coy- HILLSBORO TRIBUNE PHOTOS: DOUG BURKHARDT language otes are increasingly prevalent While standing in front of his impressive display case that houses pieces from meteorites from all over the globe, Hillsboro’s Rob Wesel shows off a 50-pound at the airfi eld and pose a poten- meteorite he obtained in a trip to Argentina several years ago. The rock, made of iron and nickel, weighs about 50 pounds. Below, Wesel holds a slice of a meteorite that would tial threat to aviation safety. found by a farmer in Argentina in 1951. The meteorite, which weighed over 1,600 pounds, was sliced, and Wesel purchased this slice in 2008. Its composition is a change the Staff at the Hillsboro Airport mixture of iron and olivine crystals. These meteorites, called pallasites, are coveted because of their stained glass appearance. code to have reported sighting coyotes at least twice a week at the air- apply to fi eld, and fresh paw prints re- wildlife.” main a common occurrence. METEORITES LAND AT COLLECTOR’S HOME The airport has never record- — Patrick Preston, ed a coyote-aircraft strike, but Hillsboro public takes “an aggressive pose” in affairs manager reporting bird strikes. Johnson ■ said two bird strikes have been Tuality nurse returns from Russia after hunt for pieces of fi reball reported this year without By DOUG BURKHARDT reported anywhere around the caused an estimated $33 million in as souvenirs,” Wesel said. damage or injury, but large animal strikes tend The Hillsboro Tribune globe, Wesel is eager to head there damage. Windows were shattered A registered nurse at Tuality to have more serious impact, so the potential of to try to locate fragments. His ex- across a wide area, some buildings Community Hospi- such a collision is cause for concern. t’s already a collection that peditions have taken him to ob- were severely damaged and 1,100 tal in Hillsboro, “Animals on the airfi eld can cause serious air- would put many science mu- scure regions of China and Argen- people suffered injuries, mostly Wesel feels fortu- “It would craft damage or the loss of human life, resulting seums to shame, yet lifelong tina, for example, and most recent- from being hit by broken nate his employer be a hard from an aircraft-wildlife strike,” Johnson said. IHillsboro resident Rob Wesel ly he visited Chelyabinsk, Russia, glass. understands his sale for “The wildlife hazard management program at is constantly looking for ways to site of a tremendous Wesel wanted intense interest in Hillsboro Airport is designed to enhance aviation expand the number of meteorites fireball in to head to Rus- collecting meteor- John Q. safety.” in his immaculate display case. February. sia and hunt for ites. Public to He said the program focuses mainly on efforts Wesel is a “meteorite broker,” “The me- pieces from the “My supervisors to scare animals off the airfi eld using methods which he described as “someone teor was the fi reball, but be- are lenient, and of- pony up such as vehicle horns and lights, a loud propane who buys, sells or trades meteor- size of a six- cause the ten I can break off $1,000 for a cannon or shooting noise-making cracker shells ites.” story build- ground was and go,” he said. from a gun. While managers favor a non-lethal He’s much more than just a bro- ing,” Weser covered in Wesel’s passion rock that approach, Johnson said some extreme cases may ker, however. Wesel’s home-based said. “It broke snow, he bid- for meteors took isn’t a require further measures to protect aviators and business, called Nakhla Dog Mete- the sound bar- ed his time off in 1993 at an Or- diamond.” aircraft from wildlife hazards. orites — a name that harkens back rier across six and made egon Museum of “A fi rearm could be used to dispatch an animal to a legendary meteor fall in Egypt cities and was his way to Science and Indus- — Rob Wesel, that repeatedly returns to the airfi eld and does in 1911 — reveals an enthusiast the largest mete- Russia in early try exhibit in Port- meteorite broker not respond to efforts to scare it away from the who has meticulously built his own orite event in the May once it had thawed. He land. He was airfi eld,” Johnson said. collection while selling countless last 105 years. Nothing found a few pieces of the meteorite shocked to see a Although residential areas border two sides of pieces to other collectors. has laid down that kind of damage on his own, and bought more from display of meteorite pieces for sale. the airfi eld, Johnson added that airport offi cials Wesel’s search for meteorites in a long time.” local residents. “For $200, I could buy one of 1,000 have yet to receive a noise complaint from neigh- has become a worldwide endeavor. The Chelyabinsk meteorite “After the blast, they went out in bors. Whenever a major meteor strike is spawned a massive explosion that the snow and gathered pieces just See BROKER / Page A2 Golf carts go up in fl ames overnight business was bad, but could ments, fairs, and dog and horse Cause of fi re at North have been much worse. shows — will survive. It had “We arrived to the sound of The cause of the fire that de- around 400 golf carts before the Plains rental business stroyed the carts at J&S Golf Cart fi re, and most were inside the facil- explosions and the sight of Rental in North Plains has not yet ity at 10885 N.W. Main St. rows of parked golf carts on yet to be determined been determined. It is now under “We’re going to be fi ne. We were By JIM REDDEN investigation by the business’ in- hurt, but we’re still in business,” fi re.” The Hillsboro Tribune surance company. The loss is esti- said Lilly, adding that the business — Lt. Trevor Herb, Washington County mated at $100,000. is named after her husband, Jeff, Fire District No. 2 HILLSBORO TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHASE ALLGOOD Shannon Lilly said the fi re But, Lilly explained, the busi- and his father, Steve. J&S Golf Cart Rentals lost 24 of their carts to fi re, that destroyed 24 of the golf ness — which rents golf carts to but, fortunately, still has hundreds more. carts owned by her family’s large events, such as golf tourna- See GOLF / Page A14 A&E A4 Education A7 Classifi eds A11-13 “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to deliver balanced ........................................