Looking back Strong Before he died, John Peterson start shared his history in a letter Pacer boys — See A11 on a roll as league play approaches — See SPORTS, A21 THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 • ONLINE AT LAKEOSWEGOREVIEW.COM • VOLUME 100, NO. 2 • 75 CENTS LO offers Seventh annual Lake Oswego West Linn $5 million Reads program kicks off for pipeline route WL residents question timing Jessica Lee, a student at and amount of agreement Lake Oswego High School, By LORI HALL helped For the Review distribute copies of Lake Oswego made a $5 million offer to “Running the West Linn that could sweeten the pot in get- Rift” at the ting its water treatment plant project and kickoff event pipeline approved. Monday. On Monday, the West Linn City Council ap- Below, Lake proved pursuing an agreement with the Lake Owego-Tigard Water Partnership (LOT) for a $5 Oswego million lump-sum payment for the use of city teamaker right-of-way for a proposed water pipeline that is Steven Smith in conjunction with the proposed LOT water treat- brewed ment plant expansion. Rwandan tea However, at the fi rst session of the new Lake as a special Oswego City Council Tuesday evening, new May- treat for or Kent Studebaker said that neither the previous those in council or the current council had authorized this attendance. See OFFER / Page A3 REVIEW PHOTOS: VERN UYETAKE ■ Copies of ‘Running the Rift’ distributed Monday night he Lake Oswego Reads 2013 baskets and jewelry, courtesy of the Hutu-Tutsi confl ict in Rwanda. Despite New trolley program got off to a tremen- Itafari Foundation, founded by Lake Os- the troubles the characters experience, dous start Monday with the wego resident Victoria Trabosh. More the novel celebrates love and unity as T distribution of free copies of than 600 people attended the event. powerful forces of hope. will run on “Running the Rift.” “People in our community love to During February, the library, local Attendees sampled mondazi, (tradi- read,” said Lake Oswego Reads coordi- schools, businesses and organizations tional East African donuts), chapatti nator Cyndie Glazer. “And they really will offer special programs and festivi- (fl atbread) and sambosa (pastry fi lled want to learn about Rwanda ... and it ties connected with “Running the shorter route with spiced potatoes, onions, peas, len- was fun to see the people who have tak- Rift.” The food, music and history of tils, ground lamb or chicken) prepared en part in LO Reads every year reunite. Rwanda will be celebrated and ex- By KARA HANSEN MURPHEY by members of the Pacifi c Northwest This has become a nice tradition for plored. Most events are free. For a The Review Rwandan Association and drank Rwan- Lake Oswego.” complete list of events, visit lakeoswe- dan tea prepared by Lake Oswego tea- “Running the Rift” tells the story of goreads.org. The book is available at A new trolley is coming to town. maker Steven Smith. Smith led a dis- Jean Patrick Nkuba, a boy with Olympic the Lake Oswego Public Library and The city of Lake Oswego has agreed to lease cussion on Rwandan tea and people dreams in the 800 meter race, and his for purchase at Graham’s Book and two working replicas of Portland’s old Council had an opportunity to view Rwandan family as they struggle to survive the Stationery. Crest streetcars from Vintage Trolley Inc. to run along the Willamette River shoreline. Lake Oswego retired its old trolley car last spring. At that point, the No. 813, built in 1932, hadn’t run for a couple of years because of me- chanical problems. In addition, construction work Pamplin Media on the Sellwood Bridge, at the north end of the New mayor, trolley’s six-mile run, had created additional prob- acquires 6 Oregon lems. With two new trolley cars, the city will be able to revive the service — although on a shorter councilors newspapers route. The trolley line will initially offer a “pretty Review’s newspaper family short trip,” Assistant City Manager Brant Wil- grows substantially liams told the city council last month. The trip will take seats begin in Lake Oswego and travel to a trestle about Pamplin Media Group, Oregon’s largest a half-mile north of the Elk Rock Tunnel. By KARA HANSEN MURPHEY community news organization and a subsid- The Review iary of R.B. Pamplin Corp., has expanded its See TROLLEY / Page A4 reach with the acquisition of six weekly news- The Lake Oswego City Council is poised to papers from Eagle Newspapers Inc., a Salem- make some big changes following its fi rst based company. The Lake Oswego Review al- meeting of 2013. ready is a member of the Pamplin group. Four new council members, including the may- The transaction, which was effective immedi- or, took the oath of offi ce Tuesday night, marking ately, has expanded Pamplin Media Group’s pres- the start of their four-year terms. ence throughout the Portland area and in Central Mayor Kent Studebaker and councilors Karen Oregon. The newspapers included in the acquisi- Bowerman, Jon Gustafson and Skip O’Neill were tion are: Canby Herald, Madras Pioneer, Molalla sworn in by Lake Oswego Municipal Court Judge Pioneer, Newberg Graphic, Wilsonville Spokes- Bruce Shepley to cheers, whistles and applause man and Woodburn Independent. at city hall. They joined councilors Jeff Gudman, “We are excited to add these outlets to the fam- Donna Jordan and Mike Kehoe on the seven- ily of Pamplin community newspapers,” said Rob- member governing body, whose fi rst action at its ert B. Pamplin Jr., owner of Pamplin Media Group subsequent meeting was to unanimously elect and R.B. Pamplin Corp. “This acquisition Kehoe as council president for the year. strengthens our ability to share important com- REVIEW FILE PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE Studebaker then said he’d like to address news munity news with more residents in more plac- Rod Cox, general manager of the Willamette Trolley, that emerged earlier in the day about the Lake es.” stands outside of the antique Willamette Shore Oswego-Tigard Water Partnership reportedly of- The added papers translate into a large num- Trolley car in Lake Oswego’s trolley barn off State fering $5 million to the city of West Linn for “the ber of newspaper readers — be it of the individual Street last spring. While this 1932 streetcar was right to get conditional use permits,” or to com- REVIEW PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE papers or the papers’ websites. sent off for restoration work at the Oregon Electric pensate the city for building and operating a new Mayor Kent Studebaker addresses a crowded room “This puts us on equal footing, in terms of Railway Museum in Brooks, a new vintage replica at city hall on Tuesday at the start of his fi rst will soon be rolling on the tracks in Lake Oswego. See COUNCIL / Page A3 meeting in his new post leading the city council. See PAMPLIN / Page A4 “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to INDEX CONTACT US deliver balanced news that re ects the Opinion ...............A6 Neighbors .......... B1 By mail: P. O. Box 548, Lake Oswego, 97034 By email: [email protected] stories of our communities. Thank you ” Police ...............A16 Community ......... B2 By telephone: 503-636-1281 By website: lakeoswegoreview.com for reading our newspapers. 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The this city even better in a more afford- important to the community — citing project stems from plans to update and able way, and we want your input. ... sensitive lands, land use and debt — expand Lake Oswego’s water treat- Let’s create a viable future together.” and to communicate with the public. ment plant, which is located in West All of the new council members “Indeed, it is a new day,” she said. Linn’s Robinwood neighborhood. thanked community members and While there’s a fresh focus among “I’d like to tell you that neither the their families for supporting them dur- councilors, some familiar issues will outgoing council or the council you ing their political campaigns last sum- soon resurface in council chambers at have before you has authorized pay- mer and fall. city hall. ment of that kind of thing,” Studebak- “We’re a great community; we’re The tentative agenda for next week’s er said, adding: “This council will be well-educated, and I think that helps council meeting includes a discussion open and transparent.” In that vein, he us become better councilors when we about terminating the Foothills urban said, any authorization of such a pay- have people in the community who are renewal area, which was approved by ment will be discussed in public. willing to give their time and their the city council last year, and read- “You’ll know about it and there will be thoughts to us,” O’Neill said.