A step ahead Take it Students hit the books in summer to prepare for the school year outside — See EDUCATION, A25 New outdoor sculptures are ready to view — See ENTERTAINMENT, B6 THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013 • THE LAKE OSWEGO LEADER IN NEWS FOR 93 YEARS • LAKEOSWEGOREVIEW.COM • VOLUME 100, NO. 34 • 75 CENTS Former LO offi cers could lose police careers State board to Trish Watson and Jack the consider alleged cat cuddle in a corner sexual misconduct while the curious By KARA HANSEN MURPHEY Remington The Review treads lightly on a window Two former Lake Oswego sill. police offi cers who resigned while under investigation REVIEW PHOTOS: VERN UYETAKE for allegedly having sex on the job could lose their cer- tifi cations to be police offi - By CLIFF NEWELL cers anywhere in the state. The Review The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and rish Watson loved Jack Training’s Police Policy Com- the cat. mittee reviewed the charges She had originally want- against Martin E. Bradford and T ed a dog when she went pet Joshua P. Day on Aug. 15 hunting at an animal shelter, but and unanimously recommend- then she saw a cat whose looks she Now that Jack ed to decertify them. really liked. He looked like he had is no longer “These are positions of public started out all white but then had roaming trust,” said Erik Gabliks, the di- JACK around walked under some dripping gray rector of the public safety stan- paint. Portland, he dards department, “so this com- “I said, ‘I really want this cat,’” will have his mittee and the board takes pub- Watson said. “He jumped right up to very own lic safety me.” She named him Jack. refrigerator in profession- is Lake Oswego. Life was a bowl of cherries when alism to a Jack the cat moved into Watson’s very high “I have home on 22nd and Division in South- up lost cat posters all thought. standard.” already lost east Portland. They shared the over her neighborhood. “Jack was in a During the last week As fi rst re- my marriage, house with her roommate and her “My son was miss- of July, Watson got a ported in the two puppies, Lola and Chue. The cat ing,” Watson said. “Jack bathroom. He was phone call from Laura Review last home savings and dogs were the very best of was a really neat cat and curled up on a Williams at New Sea- week, Brad- and friends. It was stunning to see them I really missed him. My sons’ corporate offi ce ford and Day together. grandchildren (all seven shirt. I didn’t want and was asked, “Do you wrote let- reputation. “Jack thought he was a dog,” Wat- of them) loved him.” to scare him. I own a cat named Jack?” ters denying Please allow son said. “He started eating dog After several months quietly said, Watson exploded, “I any sexual me to keep BACK food. Jack was comfortably spoiled of searching, Watson re- do! Wow, I can’t believe misconduct and he loved the dogs.” alized she would have to ‘Jack? Jack?’” it!” and urging my ■ Unfortunately, this idyllic situa- face life without Jack. — Trish Watson Fate had brought the board to certifi cation Trish Watson tion ended after only a couple of She moved on, made a Watson and Jack back let them months when Jack went missing. new home in Lake Os- together. Fate and keep their so I can Watson does not know why this hap- wego around Christmas time, and smart thinking. Watson had the certifica- provide for has joyful reunion pened, but she guesses that some- set her sights on getting a job at presence of mind to have Jack tions. Both thing scared Jack and he jumped the New Seasons Market (she got the chipped by a veterinarian a couple resigned my children.” with long-lost cat fence. Watson took the loss of her job). Jack had been missing for a from their — Joshua Day, beloved cat hard and started putting year. Chapter closed. Or so she See JACK / Page A22 positions former LO police with the offi cer Lake Oswe- go Police De- partment in October 2012. “I know that while on duty I engaged in what some would An uncertain future on the Wizer block deem inappropriate talk but nothing that I have not heard Contention and confusion fellow offi cers, sergeants, lieu- tenants and even captains surround proposed speak,” Bradford wrote. In his letter, Day said, “I have redevelopment plan already lost my marriage, home, savings and reputation. By ZANE SPARLING Please allow me to keep my cer- The Review tifi cation so I can provide for my children.” The proposed redevelopment of Bradford has worked in law the Wizer’s shopping center has al- enforcement since June 2003. Be- ready sparked public interest, out- fore coming to Lake Oswego in cry and concern — especially Glass Butterfl y July 2007, he worked for Manza- among the store owners and em- owner Phil nita’s public safety department. ployees of the block’s other busi- Chizum says the Day began working in law en- nesses. To them, the future remains Wizer’s forcement in September 1998 as unclear. redevelopment is a civilian employee in the Mult- ZGF Architects and W&K Develop- still unfi nalized, nomah County Sheriff’s Offi ce. ment have set September 2014 as a pro- despite recent He then worked as a police offi - spective dig date, but the plans — which discussions cer for the Fairview Police De- call for the construction of multistory, between partment. The Lake Oswego mixed-used buildings with 200-plus Police Department hired him in developers, housing units — are neither fi nalized August 2006. property owner nor approved. Lake Oswego Police Chief Gene Wizer and In the meantime, no one in the Wizer’s Don Johnson previously said he mall has formally been given notice to the city. couldn’t comment on either vacate. At least, not yet. REVIEW PHOTO: case because they are person- Which leaves some, like Glass Butter- VERN UYETAKE nel matters. fl y owner Phil Chizum, optimistic. er Gene Wizer), the Glass Butterfl y has just don’t,” Squire said. hamson said. Of three women employees “It may sound like a done deal,” no reason to continue anything but busi- With two part-time employees, Squire Ollar agreed. “I fully expect this to mentioned in the cases against Chizum said, “but despite what you read ness as usual. said that if a move does come, he’d look happen,” he said. Bradford and Day, two still work in the newspaper, it may, or may not, “I haven’t given up hope yet, and I for a smaller space in the same area. Un- Ollar, of Ollar Photography, and Abra- for the city. The Review is not happen.” want my customers to know that,” til then, he’ll carry on. hamson, of Lake Oswego Chiropractic, naming the women because With 12 full- or part-time employees, Chizum said. But not everyone on the block shares are both self-employed professionals they weren’t the subject of the Chizum’s clothing boutique is the largest The Glass Butterfl y has been open for Chizum and Squire’s “wait and see” at- who operate modest, successful practic- state committee’s reviews. shop in the Wizer’s complex. business in Lake Oswego for 29 years. titude. es. The police policy committee’s According to Chizum, everything Fred Squire, who owns Squire An- To portrait photographer Derrik Ollar With limited overhead costs and rela- recommendation now goes to from zoning issues to public protest or tiques, said he operates his business and chiropractor Dr. Scott Abrahamson, tively smaller space requirements, both the full board, which will have a fi nancing diffi culties could sink the de- with the same outlook. relocating isn’t a matter of if — only say that moving, while difficult, isn’t hearing on the case in October. velopment project. And with a six-month “I’m not a worrier. Never have been. when. — KOIN 6 News contributed lease (and no notice from property own- Drives my wife nuts, but I don’t worry. I “It looks like the deal is done,” Abra- See WIZER / Page A22 to this story. “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to INDEX CONTACT US deliver balanced news that re ects the Opinion ...............A7 Sports ...............A27 By mail: P. O. 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Will Peeslee Mathwick cause it is funny and I like the motive was riding his bike to a Walmart sits in the behind it, not just because of the The Lake Oswego School Board this week Neighborhood Market.