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Parking meters are at last coming to the Northwest District

this month, but the city gave retailers a reprieve by delaying meter installation on Northwest 21st and 23rd avenues until September.

Solar-powered “smart meters” will be installed on east-west streets between Northwest 18th/20th, 24th, Burnside and Pettygrove streets from July 21 until the end of August. Resi-dents and employees pur-chasing permits may park in metered residential blocks without paying, but others will be subject to a $1.60 an hour charge.

Chris Armes, who manages the project for the Portland Bureau of Transportation, decided to cut businesses some slack and hold off on metering the main com-mercial corridors until after Labor Day.

“Chris Armes contact-ed us advising us [meters] could begin to be installed at the end of July,” said Pat Fiedler, president of the Nob Hill Business Association.

“Since this was much later than originally planned, she asked if we would prefer early September.

“Because summer is so busy for our businesses, and there are so many folks on the street, our board voted for September to lessen the impact of meter installation. We opted for September because it is a quieter time for all of us.”

Some members of the Northwest Parking Plan Stakeholders Advisory Com-

mittee questioned the unilat-eral staff decision on a mat-ter that should have come before the committee.

SAC member Phil Selinger said residents have been waiting a long time for the program to be implemented, and merchants should not be favored over community-wide goals.

Armes said she emailed committee members before acting and got only one response. n

The areas with turquoise cross hatching will receive parking meters beginning this month. Twenty-first and 23rd avenues will be metered after Labor Day.

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Conflicts of interest permeated the citi-zen body that advised

the city on land-use poli-cy in the inner Westside. This charge was levied in a 60-page complaint filed with the Portland Auditor last month.

Property owners, build-ers, developers, architects and others with a financial stake in development filled 24 of the 33 seats on the West Quadrant Stakeholders Advisory Committee, and they voted their interests.

All but one of the 17 mem-

bers who voted to approve a plan increasing height limits and relaxing develop-ment restrictions had real or potential conflicts of inter-est, the complaint asserted. The authors say enactment of the West Quadrant Plan “will dramatically increase property values and create significantly more work for the related professions asso-ciated with real estate devel-opment.”

Where committee mem-bers stood on the proposed plan had a lot to do with their affiliations. Only one of the eight committee

Ethics complaint says stakeholders who approved West Quadrant Plan had conflicts of interest

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ESCO ‘end run’ nixedBid to piggyback on update of citywide plan thwartedBY ALLAN CLASSEN

ESCO Corp., the 102-year-old foundry and heavy manufacturing company on Northwest Vaughn Street, wants out of the industrial sanctuary.

ESCO approached Mayor Charlie Hales in May with a proposal to rezone the company’s main plant from industrial to mixed-use or general employment, cat-egories that would allow offices, retail and perhaps housing.

ESCO President and CEO Calvin Collins wrote to Hales asking for the rezon-ing as part of the city’s

2035 Comprehensive Plan update. By seeking to slip the changes into the later stages of the citywide plan rewrite, the company could have avoided a costly zone change application involv-ing an independent trans-portation study.

But Portland Planning & Sustainability Director Susan Anderson told the NW Examiner the request will not be considered in the current update process due to lack of sufficient neighborhood involvement.

John Bradley, chair of the Northwest District Asso-ciation Planning Commit-tee, called it “an attempted end run by ESCO [that] was thwarted” through the attentiveness of activists who reacted to the com-

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Trains here firstI am responding to Lynn Christensen’s letter [June 2015] about train “conductors” who blow their horns in “quiet zones.” First of all, train conductors do not blow train horns. They collect tickets on passenger trains. Railroad engineers sound train horns.Many in Northwest Portland are under the illusion that when the quiet zones were created they would never hear train horns again. The quiet zones only pertain to a few crossings, such as Northwest Ninth Avenue, where the city has built traffic islands to prevent motorists from driving around gates. There are still unprotected, unsignaled crossings in the Northwest

and crossings that are not quiet zone crossings across the river.Trains have been coming into Northwest Portland for more than 100 years. Portland is a busy railroad town. How long has Ms. Christensen been in Northwest Portland? Did she investigate sounds in her neighborhood before she moved here? It’s like somebody who builds their house next to a runway and then complains that the airplanes make too much noise.I, for one, bought property close to Union Station so I can hear the train horns. I’d much rather hear a train horn at 3 a.m. than the skateboarders I hear on the wooden sidewalk outside my building at 3 a.m.

Raymond BecichNW Lovejoy St.

Engineer explainsLynn Christensen sought information in her letter about train noise. I am a former locomotive engineer; maybe I can help.Safety is of first importance on the railroad. Engineers sound the horn because some motorists and pedestrians don’t look despite ample and redundant warnings. Most engines have a triple horn that is either loud or silent: there is no “in-between.” You can’t “bend” a note. Amtrak engines have a quintuple horn, but an engineer still can’t put his personal musical signature on it.

A federally mandated formula dictates how far before the crossing the whistling must start, and a sign is posted at that location. The positioning accounts for the maximum permissible speed at that location. If a train is going at a slower speed, the engineer is still required to start whistling at that spot, and then to prolong and/or repeat until the front of the engine is completely across the road. So at a crossing like Naito Parkway, which is four lanes wide and crossed at an angle, and where the pedestrian path on the east side must also be whistled, the whistling lasts longer. Engineers give two short toots when

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lines of authority become blurred. Soldiers holding absolute power over enemy combatants must thoroughly understand the rules governing their conduct and the certainty of serious sanctions should they cross the line.

I apply this logic to a matter of far less magnitude because I think it helps explain how city of Portland’s stakeholder advisory committees can morph into special interest pipelines.

This month’s story about the stakeholder advisory committee to the West Quadrant Plan tracks the natural descent from disinterested civic engagement to the feeding trough.

Portland’s code of ethics, adopted by ordinance in 1970, applies to elected officials as well as volunteers serving on advisory committees. It sets out reasonable and clear guidelines for individuals having real or potential conflicts of interest and what to do in such cases. The minimum expectation is always disclosure of the conflict, and when it’s direct, speaking or voting on the topic is not acceptable.

This principle was never presented in print or verbally at the 16 meetings

of the WQP SAC. When participants raised points that would seem to have touched their private interests, they were not required to explain how their business or financial interests might intersect with their views.

Early on, Greg Goodman sent staff an email filled with detailed requests about certain properties and blocks, parcels owned by his family business that would rise in value should the requested height limits be granted. That even such a memo raised no flags apparently set a tone of

casual acceptance of conflicts as the process moved on.

Melvin Mark companies had two of their people on the SAC, Dan Petrusich and John Peterson, and they advocated for greater height limits on properties they or their company own.

Anne Naito-Campbell, whose family has substantial holdings in Old Town/Chinatown, attended only two SAC meetings, but got right to the point: She advocated for city-owned parking

structures on either side of West Burnside to aid

private redevelopment in the area.

In recent years, the city has taken to calling citizen advisors stakeholders. It’s accurate in the sense that participants may be affected by a public action, but it also seems to open

the door to those

with a financial stake. In the worst corruption scandals in our history, after all, the money bags were carried off by those with a stake in the affair.

Certainly, business people bring valuable expertise, but their role should be in offering general guidance and not stumping for personal gain. Because that can be a fuzzy line, full disclosure at the outset of proceedings and regular reminders of the importance of that line makes a difference. In that context, an untoward plea might lead to embarrassment and loss of public esteem.

Social disapproval can be a powerful tool. I know. It’s the reason so few of the people who spoke freely at Stakeholder Advisory Committee meetings wanted to talk to me about this story.

If Portland’s 1970 ethics ordinance is truly outdated, impractical or a hindrance to good governance, it should be amended or repealed. Claiming to operate by a code when you don’t—a dirty little secret known only to insiders—breeds cynicism and undermines trust in government. And then, how will the City that Works work? n

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Joanne M. GullaJoanne Marie Gulla, a longtime Northwest Port-land resident, died June 19 at age 79 after a year of health problems. Joanne Marie Luttmann was born Dec. 12, 1935, in Willmar, Minn. She received her nursing certificate from

Augsburg College in Minneapolis and worked as a registered nurse at Massachu-setts General Hospital and Valley General Hospital in Renton, Wash., where she was head nurse of the intensive care unit. She moved to Portland in 1970, where she received a bachelor’s degree at Linfield College and a graduate degree from the University of Portland. She worked as director of health services for Concordia College and retired from the state of Oregon as a surveyor of healthcare facilities. She led tours of Old Town for third-graders through Urban Tour Group and volun-teered at Friendly House and several other agencies. She is survived by her daughter, Julie; sisters, Rose, Lois, Gloria and Liz; brothers, Jim, Eugene, John and Charles; and two grandchildren.

Carolyn VandersliceCarolyn Vanderslice, a Northwest Savier Street resi-dent the past 16 years, died June 22 at age 85. Carolyn Babcock Gage was born May 8, 1930, in Brighton, Mich., and grew up on a family farm homesteaded in 1835. She taught elementary

school in Michigan, New Jersey, California and New York. She was principal of two pre-schools in Hawaii. She also produced educa-tional videos in use in schools and libraries around the world. She married Ralph L. Vanderslice Jr. in 1951; he died in 2008. She is survived by her daughter, Ellen; sons, Brian and Nathan; sisters, Barbara Zander and Roberta Warren; brother, Philip Gage; and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 19, 2 p.m., in the Eliot Chapel at First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave.

Joseph M. BurtonJoseph Michael Burton, a graduate of Lincoln High School and member of the Multnomah Athletic Club, died May 31 at age 76. He was born Dec. 25, 1938, in Portland and grew up in the West Hills. He attended St. Thomas More and Columbia Prep schools. He served as a medic for the U.S. Army during the war in Vietnam. He graduated from the Univer-sity of Portland with a degree in business. He worked as a laboratory technician at the American Red Cross for more than 30 years. He married Margaret Bauer; they divorced. He married Kathleen Petersen. He is survived by his wife; daughter, Juliet LaBarbera; brother, John; and sister, Candy Monroe.

Dorothy P. WilliamsDorothy P. Williams, who grew up in Linnton, died May 19 at age 84. She was born in Marcola Feb. 14, 1931. She graduated from Roosevelt High School and spent her adult life in Port-land. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill;

and son, Craig. She is survived by her daugh-ter, Janine Luce; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Berkeley ‘Kelly’ Snow IIBerkeley ‘Kelly’ Hubbell Snow II, a gradu-ate of Lincoln High School, died May 21 at age 92. He was born in Portland and lived in Santa Rosa, Calif. He attended Ainsworth Grade School, the University of Oregon and Lewis & Clark College. He was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife, Earla; daughters, Leila and Emily; brothers, Jim and Spencer; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Berk III.

Death NoticesFrederick C. Batchelor, 81, graduated in 1952 from Lincoln High School, where he starred in baseball.

David G. Coward, 79, a 1954 Lincoln High School graduate.

Leo A. Garrow, 88, worked at Bingham Pump.

Helen Lee (Caldwell) Harriss, 86, member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.

David J. Kasch, 90, tugboat captain for Shaver Transportation in Linnton.

Udo Lindikoff, 75, worked for NW Natural Gas.

Malcolm S. McNeil, 78, worked for Bales Thriftway in Cedar Mill.

Rod Moore, 84, member of the Multnomah Athletic Club.

Catherine P. (Prickett) Nevin, 104, worked at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Maxine G. (Zumwalt) Olson, 90, worked at Boys and Girls Aid Society.

Linda Kay (Anderson) Weaver, 74, volun-teered for Boys and Girls Aid Society.

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they are about to move forward, and three when they are about to back up. An engineer may respond to a friendly wave with two toots. When there are workers on the track, an engineer must give two toots, and repeat that every few seconds as he passes them. This is for safety -- track workers often use loud equipment and may not hear the engine approaching, or they may simply be focused on their jobs. This was the case on the Steel Bridge for many months in 2013 and 2014. If you have a complaint, note the date, time, number of the lead engine and its color and call Portland’s Noise Control Office at 503-823-7350. The city spent quite a bit of money on the “quiet zone” application. In fact, governments and railroad companies spend tens of thousands of dollars to install safety equipment at each crossing. You may think that the Pearl District, which used to be a railroad yard, has it bad, but residents of the Central Eastside have 15 crossings in a row, and the city hasn’t applied for a quiet zone.

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Besaw’s settlementIt was great news for our neighborhood when it was announced on June 16 that Cana Flug and C.E. John had reached a settlement in the Besaw’s dispute.Besaw’s is a local institution. Three cheers that the new building will carry on its name. As a patron of the restaurant and an admirer of what C.E. John has contributed to our neighborhood, I am glad this dispute is over and that the money Flug will be paying as a settlement to C.E. John is being donated

to several nonprofits in Northwest Portland.Development of our neighborhood is inevitable; that’s life in a city as popular as ours. We are fortunate to have a respected developer working here.

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Radon dangerThe open drinking water reservoirs at Washington Park have provided safe and healthy drinking water for more than 100 years without public health incident. With the planned demolition and destruction of the Washington Park reservoirs by Portland City Council, our drinking water and public health will be substantially degraded and unsafe. Portland is currently using radioactive radon water from the Columbia Shore Well Field blended with the Bull Run water. EPA is clear that “there is no safe level” of radon and acknowledges “cancer risk from radon in water is higher than the cancer risk from any other drinking water contaminant.” Radon is seven times heavier than air, allowing it to settle at lower levels in rooms where your children breathe at home, school or daycare. Open reservoirs efficiently and effectively allow radon and other gases to harmlessly enter atmosphere. Covered reservoirs cannot provide efficient radon removal. Washington Park demolition will also include 30,000 truck trips through Southwest Portland neighborhoods, in addition to pile driving and other activities near Reservoir 3. Please save Washington Park open reservoirs for our health and our children. For more information, visit bullrunwaiver.org.

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ESCO was tentatively scheduled to appear before Bradley’s committee July 2.

Collins’ letter to the mayor said the requested rezoning “would allow the main plant to continue its operations as an allowed industrial use for the foreseeable future. At the same time, if conditions ultimately change, it will also allow the evolution of the site for a variety of other appropriate uses.”

Collins said the action was taken because the buffer between industrial and residential uses “has not held,” and “a mosaic of office, restaurant, retail and housing” exists south of Vaughn Street.

More closely matching the zoning on either side of Vaughn will “create a new effective buffer” ben-efiting both industrial and residential activities, he said.

That’s a major reversal from ESCO’s position in the 1990s, when it reached an agreement with four adjacent residential neighborhoods to recog-nize Vaughn Street as an inviolable “steel curtain” around the industrial district.

“Within NINA [Northwest Industrial Neighbor-hood Association], we’ve often referred to this as land for peace,” said NINA President Warren Rosenfeld in 1998. “It’s about getting real indus-trial zoning out of the Pearl, NWDA and Linnton and into the industrial sanctuary.”

“The issue for me is weakening the North-west industrial sanctuary,” said Michael Harrison, the former chief planner for the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability. “The industrial sanctuary policy was created to hold the industrial areas … in part since urban land uses are very expensive to buy and redevelop for industrial uses,” said Harrison.

Preserving industrial zoning near urban areas is

difficult, he said, often resulting in “warehouses, distribution centers, strip malls, fast food and outlet stores” rather than industry. The resulting addition of auto trips may cause more air pollu-tion than the industries displaced, he speculated.

Harrison also faulted the company for trying to “piggyback” on a legislative process to get specific accommodation.

“Going to the City Hall to include ‘zoning fixes’

for individual owners has been going on through-out my 40-plus years as a planner in Portland,” he said. “It’s an easy process for the owner, but the wrong process for the public. Changing the zoning on ESCO’s property should be a big issue reviewed through a Comprehensive Plan amend-ment and zone map change.”

Jeanne Harrison, co-chair of the NWDA Trans-portation Committee, said the normal process to amend the Comprehensive Plan is difficult, for good reason.

“ESCO will have a big burden to show that traffic will not overwhelm the adjacent intersec-tions,” she said. “Rezoning the whole site would definitely be a major traffic impact if they devel-oped to allowed intensity.

“By asking for a Comp Plan amendment through the current legislative process, they would be able to circumvent the requirement for a 20-year traffic study,” she said.

Although Collins’ letter included the possi-bility of mixed-use zoning, which would allow housing, ESCO Public Affairs Manager Shannon Huggins followed up with a statement denying that housing was being “contemplated.”

Big box retail, however, is permissible in a gen-eral employment zone.

A 2003 BPS study of the Central Eastside sum-marizes the market forces that undermine indus-try when more flexible zoning is introduced.

“Although industrial uses are allowed, it is expected that, over time, they could be displaced by commercial and housing development that pays higher rents per square foot of land. Such a transformation is evident in the River District [Pearl and Old Town Chinatown], where indus-trial land was rezoned to EX [mixed use] in the 1990s.” n

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The Army Corps of Engineers sent public notice to a small group of Sauvie Island residents about a plan to dump sediment

dredged from the Swan Island Lagoon off Sauvie Island beaches on May 26. By late June, a growing number of Sauvie Island residents had organized letter-writing campaigns and meetings at the local grange hall expressing their concerns.

Corps official Michelle Helms said the mate-rial to be dredged from the berth of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell was properly evaluated and is suitable for “in-water placement.” But she declined to share the test results from the sedi-ment other than to say they were carried out by a cross-agency group called the Portland Sediment Evaluation Team.

An email from an EPA official with knowledge of the testing of the Bluebell sediment said tests found several highly toxic materials: PCBs, arse-nic and PAHs or “polycyclic aromatic hydrocar-bons.”

It’s the last thing one would associate with Sau-vie Island, an idyllic tourist attraction that receives 1.8 million annual visitors, some of whom swim on beaches downriver from the proposed dumping area.

That email, from Kristine Koch, an environmen-tal cleanup project manager for the EPA, to Travis Williams, executive director of the Willamette Riverkeeper, appears to confirm fears of Sauvie Island residents who have already brought three local TV stations to the island and are busy writ-ing every government agency and politician they can think of.

While relatively small, the 1,000-cubic-yard dredge job reveals some of the uncertainties underlying Portland Harbor Superfund cleanup planning. The EPA’s draft feasibility study will “lay out different cleanup options” this summer, Williams said.

The Corps’ comment period closed June 25 for the Bluebell dredge proposal, but island residents say they’re concerned about the Corps’ refusal to share information and limited notification about the plan. Only about eight residents whose homes face the placement area received the public notice, according to Julie and Richard Holmason and Marion Skoro, founder of Marion’s Carpets.

“Nobody has said why here [off Sauvie Island],” said Julie Holmason. “The Corps said, ‘I can’t answer that.’ It’s because it’s cheap. What’s more important, it’s going to cost more money, or you’re jeopardizing the health of many hundreds of people that are playing on these beaches?”

“Our membership is very concerned about the health and safety of our community and the wild-life in and around the Columbia River,” says Pam Vetsch, master of the island’s Grange #840.

“I think we need some verifiable proof that it is, or it isn’t [toxic],” said John Houle, head of the Sauvie Island Community Association. “It’s incumbent on the Corps to prove that point.”

Despite listing the contaminants, Koch of the EPA said the material “may be suitable for in-water placement at Morgan Bar.” But she also notes that two samples taken were collected near the surface of the sediment to be dredged, because “coarse sediments were encountered. … so we need to assume they are representative of the whole dredge prism.”

Deeper layers of sediment could be more toxic than those nearer the surface, said Willamette Riverkeeper’s Williams. Some of the most toxic contaminants in the harbor were released decades ago, before modern environmental laws like the Clean Water Act.

“If we don’t even have a full characterization of that 5-foot depth, then how can they provide the reassurance to those homeowners that you don’t have more toxic materials below that surface sam-ple, assuming they’re dredging 5 feet in depth?”

Williams asked.

The Corps notice says “grab samples” will be taken, and if “exceedances of screening levels are detected, then a clean sand cover would be placed over the dredged footprint.”

1980s dumping recalled

This isn’t Sauvie Island residents’ first dustup with the Corps. Back in the 1980s, Richard Hol-

Sauvie Islanders fight toxic dumpingCorps of Engineers says dredging sediment is ‘suitable for in-water placement’

mason said, Corps barges would come at night, dumping in the same Morgan Bar area under the glare of floodlights. Local residents “raised hooey” after the dumps impacted beach qual-ity and fishing, and debris started washing up onshore, he said.

Julie Holmason has old digital photos of what looked like a pan full of gooey brownies, sludge she said washed up after a Corps dump. Those dumps, however, were from normal Corps chan-nel dredging, not Portland Harbor Superfund sites.

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Sauvie Island neighbors Julie Holmason, left, and Marion Skoro fear toxic chemicals will be a danger to many people using the island’s beaches. Photo by Thacher Schmid

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E ight boy and girl scouts, ages 5 through 7, are noisily making thank you cards. It’s a project

to help them earn their handicrafts badge, but as their leader, Elizabeth Buckwalter, points out, there’s more to it.

“It’s practicing fine motor skills and learning how to put thought into thanking someone,” she said.

At first glance, these may look like typical scouts. They are wear-ing neckerchiefs and have badges on their shirts, but this group is unique.

First, a little history: Robert Ste-phenson Smyth Baden-Powell started the Boy Scouts organization in Great Britain in 1908. Boy Scouts of America was found-ed in 1910, and has grown over the decades to become the largest youth organization in the country.

However, many feel that the true “roots” of the scout-ing club—the out-doors—has taken a

backseat to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs. In 1970, United Kingdom mem-bers split off from the Boy Scouts and formed the Baden-Powell Scouts Association to stress outdoor activities related to the skills of explor-ers and backwoodsmen. It migrated to the United States in 2002, and in 2006, split off yet again into the Baden-Powell Service Association.

The youngsters making cards at this monthly meeting are part of the 22nd Wildwood troop in the BPSA. They are the youngest group (ages 5 – 7), and are called Otters. Next come the Tim-

berwolves (ages 8 – 10), then P a t h f i n d e r s (ages 11 – 17) and Rovers (18 years and up).

The 22nd W i l d w o o d Otters has more than 20 young-sters, divided into three dens of about seven or eight members.

Managing a band of easily distract-ed youths may seem daunting, but Buckwalter has no problems with it.

“To me, this is easy,” she laughs. “The chaos is easy, the interruptions are easy, focusing them is easy. And people say: ‘You’re crazy to do this,’ and they’re probably right. But I do it anyway.”

Each den is inclusive, meaning boys and girls are not separated, and there are no restrictions if a scout is gay or transgender.

BPSA Group Scoutmaster Joe Kiniry is a former Boy Scout who became disenchanted with the dis-crimination he saw in the BSA.

When his daughter was old enough to join a group, he did some research. In July 2014, he founded the 22nd Wildwood Troop, with a goal of being “open to all.”

“We do have young scouts whom we think may be not straight,” he said, “but it isn’t until you reach the level of teenagers that you tend to have scouts who self-identify. But it’s never a topic of discussion; it doesn’t come up.”

Buckwalter agrees. “As long as you want to help other people, bet-ter yourself, learn some skills, or share the skills you’ve learned, you are welcome.”

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Members of the Otter dens hoist the flag on their first campout. Photo credit: Elizabeth Buckwalter

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“We can’t join an organization that thinks [his transgender relative’s] very identity is wrong.”

But she also loved the fact that PBSA scouts emphasize leadership through outdoor skills.

“It’s not that Baden-Powell ignores STEM; it’s that it acknowledges that kids have it everywhere already. They’re surrounded by technology. Baden-Powell gets away from that.”

Britta Diettrich got her 5-year-old daughter Maja involved because she knows the Den Leader, Sky Colley. She likes the fact that BPSA is co-ed and multi-age.

“So the older kids teach the young-er kids and help them,” she says. “My daughter has already learned so many things, from the 10 essentials to bring on a hike, to cooking break-fast over a camp stove.”

The 22nd Wildwood recently held its inaugural overnight campout, which Kiniry said was a great chance to learn new skills.

“At our campout, the scouts cooked all the meals and did all the

prep work,” he said. “Mostly it was our Timberwolves [ages 8-10] were supervising the 5 to 8 year olds. And they did all the work. The leaders just made sure they were safe.”

Knife safety is one of the skills the Otters had to learn to earn their safety badge. They also had to know their parents’ phone numbers, how to safely start a fire and when to call 911. BPSA doesn’t have as many badges as the Boy Scouts, and it can take an entire year to earn just one.

“Because Otters have a low atten-tion span when it comes to things

like that, we implemented a bead system to help them gauge where they are,” said Buckwalter.

For each skill, they earn a bead, and when they reach 10 beads, they get the highly coveted cloth badge to sew onto their shirts. It keeps them motivated.

If there is a downside to being an independent scouting group, it’s that BPSA troops do not have a large organization subsidizing them, so their fees are slightly higher. But it hasn’t dissuaded people from join-ing. In fact, Kiniry says there’s a

waiting list. The problem is, each den requires a male and female lead-er, and it is hard to find adults to fill those spots.

“Organizations like this are great resources for kids today, but we need more adult involvement,” he said. “So a call to arms is: If you enjoyed scouting as a kid—even if you don’t have children—there’s a place for you. You can get involved.”

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Upper left: Maja Diettrich and Sage Colley work on their thank you cards to earn their handicrafts badge.Upper right: “The chaos is easy,” said Elizabeth Buckwalter, who is not rattled by a group of impatient youths.Right: Den Leaders Elizabeth Buckwalter and Sky Colley lead Otters in the scouts’ oath, which includes promising to do a “good deed daily.”

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If the Linnton neighborhood is to get its “village”, its “complete community,” as envisioned by

its leaders for decades, it will need some help from City Hall.

The Portland Planning & Sustain-ability Commission is expected to add its stamp to the 2035 Compre-hensive Plan draft July 14, and then it will be up to the City Council to consider or reconsider assumptions that the need to preserve “heavy industrial” lands trumps local hopes for revitalizing the neighborhood’s Northwest Front Avenue center, now a sparse scattering of businesses and aging homes.

Linntonites have long coexisted peacefully with heavy industry. But Portland’s annex of the area and 1960 widening of U.S. Highway 30 brought the demolition of half of Linnton’s downtown. Ever since, locals have fought for the city to make good on promises to rebuild Linnton’s core.

Now, despite an uphill battle every bit as steep as the Linnton hillside, and City Council’s nay vote on the Linnton Village Plan in 2006, the

issue is again on the Linnton Neigh-borhood Association agenda.

“Everyone on the neighborhood association and board is in agree-ment that Linnton wants that to be rezoned,” said LNA President Shawn Looney.

She meant the area bounded by the railroad tracks, the Willamette Greenway corridor, and Northwest 107th and 112th avenues. The strip of stores, restaurants and gas stations between the tracks and Highway 30 is zoned mixed commercial.

City planners are prioritizing “more stringent retention” of prime harbor industrial land, according to Steve Kountz at the Bureau of Plan-ning & Sustainability.

“The intent is partly to retain the unique infrastructure advantages of these areas as Oregon’s freight infrastructure hub and partly to meet 20-year land needs for forecast industrial job growth,” Kountz wrote in an email.

Heavy industrial lands, the theory goes, reduce gentrification by pro-viding scarce family wage jobs.

Linnton’s core is changing, zon-ing codes notwithstanding. Restor-

Cap’s plans to turn the shuttered Linnton Plywood Mill into restored habitat on the south end and a plan to put a community garden in Kingsley Park on the north end sug-gest heavy industry’s not the only thing the neighborhood is capable of supporting.

Linntonites say the river is too shallow and Front Avenue property

too minuscule to interest new heavy industrial companies.

“That property is never going to be industrially developed,” said Edward Jones, past LNA president. “It’s been sitting there for years and nothing’s happened.”

“The reason why the city’s holding so tight to this is there’s a shortage

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Linnton’s stubborn dream

Above: A highway sign near Linnton creates the impression that the community is sepa-rated from Portland by many miles.Right: Northwest Front Avenue has seen better days.

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That might come as news to Linntonites, considering much of the splinter-shaped neighborhood is almost the exclusive province of heavy industry.

Linnton residents could be forgiven for thinking local leaders don’t much care about this scrappy little com-munity. Despite all Linnton’s history, it does not merit the tiniest of four sizes of circles used to identify neigh-borhoods, towns, regional and city centers on comprehensive plan maps. Kountz explained that Linnton’s small population disqualifies it for a circle because there are not “3,500 house-holds within a half-mile walking distance.”

“I don’t think they should circle out the oldest community,” said LNA board member Sarah Taylor. “Some-body’s making a lot of money by not putting that circle there. ... At this point, if they don’t create a neighbor-hood hub in Linnton, they’re going to end up with a strip mall from here to St. Helens.”

There are other signs of how regional planners see Linnton. Just past Sauvie Island, a roadside sign sitting on Port-land land greets Highway 30 motorists headed downtown with “Portland 10 [miles].”

The implication? You’re not in Port-land. You’re 10 miles away in some “drive-through neighborhood,” said Looney.

The iPhone app she uses to look up hazmat signs on tanker cars along the railroad lines in Linnton suggests another apt phrase for Linnton: indus-trial sanctuary. Priorities expressed by industrial stakeholders in the

Working Waterfront Coalition, which helped defeat the Linnton Village Plan in 2005-2006, center on things like “multimodal freight, rail and harbor access” and the safety of local petro-leum tank farms.

Diane Niemeyer at Harmer Steel Products Co., an anchor Front Avenue business, and said safety is a reason not to rezone.

“There’s only two ways in and out of here,” Niemeyer said. “If you have a doctor’s appointment and the train’s blocking, you’re stuck, if there are emergency vehicles you’re stuck. You have to wait for 20 to 30 minutes to get out.”

But the city’s comprehensive plan contains language about “equity” and “history,” and it shows a green line for “trails: existing and proposed” down to the river from where Front Avenue and 107th come together by the old mill. River access is a related fight that Linnton leaders have been waging for decades.

“There’s a big vision that we have, and we’re trying to put together a real-ly exciting plan,” Taylor said. “Our hope is that the area above the wet-land where the office is could maybe be an environmental education center that could take kids into Forest Park.”

A heavyweight mix of business and government, the Working Waterfront Coalition, appears ready to fight any “exciting plans” for Linnton. Its web-site doesn’t list its members but links with a Facebook page called “Portland Harbor: Behind the Scenes Tour and Lecture Series.” A phone number on the Facebook page rings Brooke Ber-glund, community affairs manager for Port of Portland.

The WWC website’s only listed con-

tact is Executive Director Ellen Wax, a former senior planner with the city. A reporter’s email to Wax brought a call from Phil Grillo, a local land-use attorney.

“If there’s any new effort, the WWC would have to know about it, and then we’d have to consider it,” said Grillo, who cited Gunderson, Schnitzer Steel, Kinder Morgan and the Port of Port-land as WWC members. “There have been major concerns about [rezoning the Front Avenue area] in the past, and I imagine there will be major con-cerns about something like that in the future.”

Past LNA President Pat Wagner spoke at a June 23 hearing on the 2035 plan before the Planning and Sustain-ability Commission.

“If the dream of dreams can come true [in Linnton], and it can,” she said, zoning changes could allow for “maybe a tiny house community” near the restoration of the old plywood mill site.

“Several months ago,” responded Commissioner Chris Smith, “we had the discussion about whether Linnton should be a neighborhood center or not.

“Linnton did not get in any of the [PSC] investment quadrants, and I expressed deep regret because for decades my friends in Linnton [have been] trying to achieve their dream of a complete community, and the fact that it really doesn’t fit our param-eters. We hashed that one out, and sadly ...” Smith trailed off.

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BY ALLAN CLASSEN

ANALYSISAs the beleaguered Food Front Cooperative Grocery prepares to elect a new board of directors, not much is known about the contend-ers or the process.

The only thing clear from the board’s June meeting is that there will be seven seats.

The board and staff have for months refused to release the full list of candidates. Members wonder-ing if qualified candidates sharing their views are already signed up and whether throwing their own hat into the ring might merely divide the vote among similar contenders are left in the dark.

Vice President Joy Orevik, who chairs the election committee, knows who is running and may have used that knowledge when she decided whether she is seeking reelection. Even after nominations closed, she refused to announce her own plans.

Orevik and other board members have interviewed candidates as a prerequisite to accepting their can-didacies. At last month’s meeting, this reporter asked whether an elec-tion process conducted by current

board members/candidates allows them to determine who they run against and therefore represents a conflict of interest,. President Linda Jauron-Mills said no. She explained that the board exercises no judg-ment when it interviews candidates or reviews their references.

By some process, the board appointed two candidates to fill vacancies this spring, while reject-ing other applicants who also sought to serve.

The two chosen were David Hawkins and Jett Black-Maertz. Meanwhile, Ted Coonfield has been left in limbo six months after he applied, and he is still not certain his application has been accepted.

Coonfield was the founding presi-dent of the Hillsdale Farmers Mar-ket; chaired the board of Neighbor-hood House, a private social service agency in Multnomah Village; and served on the Food Front board for two years.

Was his past board service held against him? Do current board mem-bers fear the direction he might lead? Good questions, but in the form of governance practiced by Food Front, there are no explana-tions and no way to watch the deci-sion- makers. Almost all issues of substance are decided in closed ses-

sions or through consent agendas, in which an open vote is taken on coded motions.

The only clue of the board’s thought process last month came from Jauron-Mills in explaining why the board should keep its ros-ter at seven.

“Seven has worked very well for us in the past,” she said, noting that nothing on the horizon suggests a greater workload or need for a “spe-cial perspective.”

The motion passed unanimously without discussion.

Some might see peril on the horizon in that disgruntled work-ers voted overwhelmingly in May to unionize. Meanwhile, the co-op faces the most direct competition in its history in the form of a New Sea-sons store opening four blocks away next month. The head of National Co+op Grocers visited Portland in January and warned that sales will drop 20 percent at the Northwest store because of New Seasons. That comes atop six consecutive years of operating losses (and perhaps seven, but the board won’t reveal the latest numbers).

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This is a question many in our Food Front community are ask-ing ourselves.The New Seasons opens three blocks away this summer. “Eat Colorfully, Live Vibrantly” may no longer be enough to bring shoppers in. What would our neighborhood be like without Food Front?We, Rhea Shapiro and Elsa Henderson, are two concerned Food Front members who would like to join with other community members to save our co-op. Anyone interested in planning an early September community meeting to talk about:The election of board members happening later in September.

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Everyone agrees that the parking lot west of Pacific Northwest College of Art will eventually become one of the North Park

Blocks.

What happens until then is the question, and some neighbors aren’t pleased with interim plans.

Half of the block has been paved and striped for 29 parking stalls. The other half can be rented for events.

“This ‘other portion’ is full of cars in un-num-bered spaces that do not have city parking vouch-ers,” said Thom King, a board member of the Flanders Lofts HOA and Portland Clean & Safe.

“All of my neighbors, friends and colleagues in this area have expressed to me their disap-pointment that the city of Portland dedicated that area as an extension of the Park Blocks, but in the end it has become a parking lot for PNCA as well as free parking for whoever parks there,” King said. “We want the park that we were promised.”

The city acquired the block from the federal government in 2011 as an extension of the North Park Blocks.

“We are indeed repaving and restriping the parking lot to continue to be used as a parking lot until we have the funds to plan and develop

the park,” said Mark Ross, spokesperson for Portland Parks & Recreation.

“PNCA will pay us to lease 29 spaces,” he said. “The other portion of the site will be avail-able for public use as an event space, markets, etc. through our permit system. The revenues from both of these activities will be saved for future park design efforts.”

The Pearl District Neighborhood Association fears this temporary arrangement may drag on.

“We have to fight for this as a park,” said PDNA President Patricia Gardner.

Gardner noted that the Pearl and Old Town/Chinatown neighborhoods have a shortage of park space while generating “a huge amount” of system development charges on new construc-tion, revenues that are predominantly spent elsewhere.

Assuming $66,000 from parking (at $190 per stall per month) and generously estimating event rentals to reach a total income of $100,000 a year, there may never be enough to build the park, she said.

Allan Schmidt, a Parks Bureau planner, said it may cost $5 million-$10 million to design and construct the park. At best, he said, a design and master planning process for the park is three years away.

He envisions the block as not merely a copy of the adjacent Park Blocks, perhaps creating a hard-surfaced gathering place.

Schmidt confessed chagrin that his bureau has laid asphalt on park land.

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North Park Block paved—temporarily—for parking

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Produce grows well in our seasonal climate, and combined with the val-ley’s rich volcanic soil and 100 years of hybrid-ization, tender loving

care and maybe a few mystical incantations by USDA and Oregon State University plant scien-tists, this is the finest caneberry growing region in the United States and possibly the world.

One can, of course, go off and pick berries alone, wild along roadsides or in U-pick fields. But why not save the effort and splurge on a spectrum of species, some common, others more obscure? A basketful of best-of list

varieties include logan-berries, boysenberries, marionberries, huckle-berries, black caps (aka black raspberries) and—best of all—the Triple Crown Blackberry, a rela-tively recent cross that’s huge, sweet and succu-lent.

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Other festival events include onstage cooking demonstrations, music and children’s entertainment. A pie-baking contest with professional and amateur categories is the highlight

for me. I love blackberry pie so much, I begged to be one of the contest judges and the organizers foolish-ly consented. I promise to behave … maybe.

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T ProjectTeri Gelber, whom I came

to know years ago as a fellow Portland food writer, hol-stered her pen awhile back in favor of parenthood—until entrepreneurship beckoned. In June, Gelber opened a small storefront on a quiet block along North-west 18th Avenue specializ-

Berry lovers choose from a selection of fresh fruit picked at Willamette Valley farms. The two-day festival is held on the Ecotrust parking lot at Northwest 10th and Johnson Photo by Shawn Linehan courtesy of the Oregon Berry Festival

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I dropped into the shop shortly after it opened to chat with Gelber and check the place out. The space is spare, divided into the main shop area—in addition to her tea blends, Gelber is selling tea accessories, clothing and few other odds and ends —and a small room well-suited to tea tasting and quiet contemplation.

Though the compact tea list remains a work in progress, it manages to include multiple blends in several mainstay cat-egories: black, oolong, white and green and herbal. Each blend is named for one of Gelber’s favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s.

During my visit, she offered a taste of a black tea blend, I’ll Take You There, enhanced with vanilla, peppercorns and rare tea flowers. As I sipped, Gelber fussed, lamenting that the blend was a little short on pink peppercorns, which

seemed a fair assessment of this light and delicate brew.

We chatted about mutu-al friends neither of us had seen in a while as life’s rush sped along. As I prepared to leave, Gelber asked if I like green tea.

I gave her my honest answer: “No. Tastes like lawn clippings.”

She insisted that I try some anyway and pressed a small packet into my hand. It was a green tea

blend called Wild is the Wind that included cedar tips, star anise, pepper-mint, rose petals, vanilla and “spices.” I tried it at home and it destroyed my knee-jerk conception of green tea. This blend was powerfully pleasant: rich and complex in both taste and aroma, yet still fresh and vegetal at its foundation. Now I want to go back and see what else Gelber has up her sleeve. You might want to do the same.

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Apart from Atau-la, there’s PatriaUnless you’ve been liv-

ing in a cave or have become an air-atarian, you know how fortunate we are that José Chesa and Christina Maria Baez opened their ode to modern Spanish food

on Northwest 23rd Place. In Ataula’s early days, it was easy enough to walk in, park your caboose somewhere and spend the dinner hour in rela-tive solitude dazzled by dish after eye-popping Barcelona-meets-Port-land dish that emerged from Chesa’s kitchen. Now, those nights are as rare as a polite dis-sent from Justice Anto-nin Scalia. Neighbors and visitors from all over jam the joint every night except Monday, when it’s closed.

While Chesa has been collecting most of the accolades, Baez has devoted her time to back office chores and tend-ing to their son Ethan, who was born just before Ataula opened its doors in August 2013. Now, the proud Puerto Rican and Culinary Institute of America grad is pulling back the curtain on her own gastronomic heri-tage assisted by co-chef, Natty Rodriguez.

The big communal table in Ataula’s dining room becomes Patria one Sunday night a month, offering a multicourse feast that delves into the hearty cuisine of Baez’s native land. Baez posi-tively beams as she talks

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Chef Christina Maria Baez wants Patria diners to feel as passionately about the food of her Puerto Rico homeland as she does. Photo by Michael C. Zusman

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to diners about the foods of her childhood and explains that the word “Patria” has no precise definition but is a patri-otic reference to Puer-to Rico and its people. The cuisine is similar in style and ingredients to Cuban food, relying on native starches such as rice, plantain and yuca to complement the pro-teins. With her skill and training, Baez manages to bring the cuisine for-ward a bit, lightening and brightening it to suit Portland palates. It was impressive when I was lucky enough to score a seat in June. Reserva-tions can be made online. The next two dinners are scheduled for July 19 and Aug. 16.

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Portland Food Adven-tures czar Chris Ange-lus and Ataula chef José Chesa are taking a group of hungry Portlanders to Barcelona in Septem-ber. Learn from experts, eat great meals, includ-ing dinner at the Adrià brothers’ (of ElBulli fame)

wacky and wonderful Tickets Bar, and see first-hand why Barcelona has come to rival Paris as the leading edge of Western gastronomy. If you have not yet visited Barcelona or simply enjoy great food and some company, this is the trip for you.

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Micah Camden, Katie Poppe and Matt Lynch have already brought Port-land fresh takes on the fast food burger, upscale donut and Memphis hot fried chicken. Coming in late July is their angle on America’s ubiquitous summer favorite, the hot dog.

Hop Dog will debut just south of Burnside near the corner of Southwest Stark Street and 12th Avenue. As at Little Big Burger, the menu will be short and sweet, limited to four red hot options: a New York street-style dog,

a variation on the Chi-cago pepper/relish/pickle/tomato specialty, a Coney dog (that is, with beanless chili ladled on top) and a fourth rotating selection. The tube steaks will come from Sabrett or Olympia Provisions, depending on the order, and buns will be specially made by Nuvrei. Expect prices to be in line with other higher-end hot dog joints in town, starting around $5.50. You want cheap? Go to Costco or buy some filler and dye-filled dogs at Safeway.

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Speaking of ubiquitous, the stuffed steamed buns called bao are a dim sum staple around the globe. But the boys at Boke Bowl, in collaboration with serial collaborator Salt & Straw have come up with a bao variation you’ve got to see (and eat) to believe.

Yes, neighbors, the object of your imminent desire would be a cocoa-flavored (and colored) bun filled with a thick, rich and utterly fabu-lous chocolate-hazelnut ganache and sided by a dollop of soft-serve coco-nut ice cream. It’s hard

to say how long it will available at our local Boke Bowl outlet, though co-owner Brannon Riceci mumbled vague promis-es about July availability after much begging and cajoling by a certain area food writer.

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Co-op members organizeTwo Food Front members are calling a public meeting Thursday, July 23, 7-8:30 pm, at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave., to address the question: Can Food Front survive? Rhea Shapiro and Elsa Henderson invite co-op members to attend and discuss preparations for the September election of Food Front board members and “creating the community we need to save Food Front. For information, contact rhea@igc.org or elsa.henderson.studio@gmail.com.

Rotary topicsPortland Pearl Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 7:25 a.m. in the Ecotrust Building, 721 NW Ninth Ave., second floor. The public is invited. A $10 charge includes breakfast. For information, contact Randy Vogt, vogt4me1@icloud.com or 503-228-9858. This month’s programs are:July 7: Gavel exchange, Tracy Vicario.July 14: “Simple Mindfulness at Work,” Shannon I. Wilson.July 21: “Cyprus Friendship Residency Program,” panel of Young Peace Builders.July 28: P:ear presentation, Beth Burns and Nathan Engkjer.Aug. 4: Rotary goal setting, Lori Beight.

Concerts In The ParkThe annual Northwest Portland Concerts in the Park returns this summer with four programs at Wallace Park in July and two in Couch Park in August. The free concerts are organized by Portland Parks & Recreation with donations from local businesses, institutions and individuals. All concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages are available for purchase. July 9: SELCO Community Credit Union presents Jon Koonce & the Vermadons (original rock and Memphis funk)

July 16: SELCO Community Credit Union presents Karen Lovely (contemporary blues)

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July 30: New Seasons Market, Slabtown store, presents Lil’ Queenie (roots rock and good ol’ blues)

Yoga for preschoolersYou and Me Yoga, a class for toddlers and preschoolers involving simple and fun yoga partner poses, will be held Thursday, July 9, 11:15-11:45 a.m., at Northwest Library, 2300 NW Thurman St. Instructor Leslie Wilda of Yoga Playgrounds will demonstrate movements and poses that can be done at home.

Sundown ConcertsThe sixth annual Sundown Concerts at Ecotrust Natural Capital Center the first Thursday of the month return this summer. The Portland Cello Project performs July 2 and Orchestra Pacifico Tropical & Mimicking Birds plays Aug. 6. The free concerts are at 721 NW Ninth Ave., 5:30-8 pm

Cleanup dayWest Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District invites volunteers to remove debris and invasive weeds around McCarthy Creek Saturday, July 25, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Meet in parking lot of NARA Northwest, 17645 NW St. Helens Rd. (U.S. 30). Register by contacting carolyn@wmswcd.org.

Deep Woods DefendersNorthwest Library hosts a program for children with storytelling musician Red Yarn Thursday, July 30, 2:2:45 p.m., as 2300 NW Thurman St. The Deep Woods is a magical forest where all the critters of American folk songs live together, and Red Yarn’s team of heroic critters must defend the Deep Woods from distracting forces.

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Concerts at HostelNorthwest Portland International Hostel, 415 NW 18th Ave., presents free Tuesday night concerts through Aug. 25, 6:30-9:30 pm, in its secret garden. Traditional German barbecue items, with vegetarian options and beverages, are available for sale.

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Legal workshopA Will is Not Enough, a workshop on safeguarding assets after death presented by the Law Offices of Richard B. Schneider LLC, is offered Tuesday, July 14, 2-3:30 pm, at Friendly House in the Pearl, 1542 NW 14th Ave. Coffee and cookies will be served. Call Laura at 503-241-1215 to reserve a seat.

Nikkei benefitOregon Nikkei Endowment celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Japanese American Historical Plaza and Bill of Rights Memorial at its annual benefit banquet. The event is scheduled Saturday, July 18, at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, 921 SW Sixth Ave. A cocktail reception begins at 5 pm and dinner is at 6 pm Gov. Kate Brown will speak, and there will be a musical production of “Nihonmachi: The Place to Be” by Grateful Crane Ensemble. Tickets are $125 per person. To register online, visit oregonnikkei.org or call 503-224-1458.

Trivia ChallengeNorthwest Library hosts Trivia Challenge Thursday, July 23, 6:30-8:30 pm, at 2300 NW Thurman St. Teams of up to four adults will compete. Categories include entertainment, music, sports and general knowledge. Snacks will be provided.

Something Old, Something New Willamette University Assistant Professor Leslie Dunlap discusses the history of marriage and related issues of love, justice, freedom and commitment at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave., 7-8:30 pm, Friday, July 23. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.

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On Sunday, July 12, 1903, thousands of people filled City Park, now know as

Washington Park. Music perme-ated the air, rising from musi-cians on the bandstand. Families visited the zoo animals east of today’s Arlington Heights. It was also the opening day of the Pacif-ic Railway Amusement Compa-ny’s miniature railroad.

The rail line ran above the western edge of Reservoirs 3 and 4. The 10-car train, which could carry four children and two adults per car, was powered by a steam locomotive.

Men, women and children clamored about, eagerly securing their places in line to ride on this

scenic railway. Amused city offi-cials, including Mayor George H. Williams and City Auditor Thomas Devlin, were unable to formally dedicate the railroad on opening day as the attraction started running before the cer-emony could be performed. The attraction operated all day on weekends and every afternoon on summer weekdays.

A Morning Oregonian reporter was moved to hyperbole and civic pride: “The round trip cov-ers about half a mile of the high reservoir scenic route, the view from which is not surpassed on the continent.”

The railroad operators had first requested permission from the park board commissioners a year earlier to operate in the park. The city would receive a

percentage of the profits. A March 18, 1903, letter to L.L. Hawkins of the Park Board from Frank Fen-wick, secretary of the Pacific Railway Amusement Company, touted the line’s drawing power at the center of venues such as Mt. Tabor, Elk’s Carnival, State Fair at Salem and the Spokane Fair.

According to a June 1903 Morning Oregonian, “A Nob Hill mother recently said, ‘I think a miniature railway to amuse the children would add to the attrac-tiveness of the City Park. I mean a miniature railway as we saw at the at the recent Elk’s Carnival on the Park Blocks. I feel sure many people having children in

their charge would gladly pay, say, 5 cents each.’”

About a month later, the train was running. Timewise, the rail-road was literally a short line. The miniature railroad ceased operations after the summer of 1904.

A modern comparable view, at the same location of the train photo of 1903, shows bicyclists following behind the Washington Park Free Shuttle, which trans-ports visitors from one Washing-ton Park venue to another. n

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“The Oregon Zoo’s elephants have long been plagued with chronic arthritis and infec-tion of their feet, which has often led to euthanasia. ... In his chapter on foot disorders in ‘The Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants,’ Dr. Mur-ray E. Fowler, the world author-ity on zoo and wildlife medi-cine, noted that a study of 379 zoo elephants found that 50 percent were affected with foot disorders.

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the anatomy of an elephant and the particular challenge

of pumping blood back to the heart of a 6-ton, 10-foot-tall beast. Pushing blood upwards is a challenge, and for that pur-pose elephants have thick pads above the soles of their feet that compress and expand to create a pumping action. A standing elephant or one that doesn’t

walk enough suffers from a fluid build-up in its extremi-ties that leads to infections in addition to overgrown nails and other serious maladies of the feet.

Elephants in zoos receive almost daily foot treatments to

cope with the cascading disor-ders. Endless research on more forgiving surfaces, including one at the Oregon Zoo test-ing rubber, has been conducted without finding the magic for-mula.

The answer is more exercise, the thing that keeps wild ele-phants’ feet in form. Elephants in the wild may walk 10 or 20 miles a day as they forage, typi-cally for shrubs, grass, leaves and twigs. While an elephant in captivity could theoretically pace around its enclosure non-stop to track up mileage, they tend not to move without a pur-pose, and in the wild that pur-pose is finding enough to eat.

Oregon Zoo head elephant keeper Bob Lee told the Exam-iner that space isn’t a prob-lem for captive elephants, and even when they have broader expanses to roam they tend to hang around in one spot.

(A spot near their source of food deliveries, no doubt.)

Recreating the natural ele-phant environment involves not only hundreds or thou-sands of acres but vast, replen-ishing plant life. Needless to say, no urban zoo can approach these prerequisites. Expanding the Oregon Zoo elephant facil-ity fourfold is a step in the right direction, but only a small one.

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No place for elephants

Samubra, left to mingle with the female herd during the Examiner photo shoot last month mounted one of them, raising a question about unrestricted sexual access and potential inbreeding. “We determine when to put the animals together to promote social interactions. Regular access is not intended to imply unrestricted access," said the zoo’s head elephant keeper, Bob Lee.

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members without known con-flicts voted for the plan. Five condemned the adoption of pro-height policies without consid-eration of countervailing evi-dence in a minority report to the SAC’s conclusions.

“The ethics violations were so egregious,” stated the com-plaint, “that several property owners or professionals with known West Quadrant property interests advocated openly for increased height limits or more favorable zoning for their prop-erties or developments with-out disclosing their conflicts or recusing themselves.”

The complaint was filed anon-ymously. The city ombudsman, a division of the auditor’s office, is obligated to honor the con-fidentiality of complainants and witnesses. Persons bring-ing complaints are protected from retaliation related to their employment or civil rights under city ordinance.

Portland Ombudsman Margie Sollinger has opened an investi-gation of the complaint.

The code of ethics, adopted as a city ordinance in 1970, declares that “the city’s powers and resources are used for the benefit of the public rather than any official’s personal benefit.”

The code applies to elect-ed officials, city employees, appointees to boards and com-missions, and city volunteers.

“To function effectively,” the code continues, “the city needs the public’s respect and con-fidence that its power will be used on behalf of the commu-nity as a whole. In this context, improper acts are doubly wrong: a selfish decision is not only wrong in itself, but also wrong because it violates the public’s trust in government.”

Steve Pinger, a Northwest Dis-trict resident who served on the Stakeholders Advisory Com-mittee and drafted the minor-ity report, said no instructions on conflict of interest or guide-lines for recusal were given to the committee. Consequently,

no committee members recused themselves when topics touched on their property interests.

John Bradley, chair of the Northwest District Association Planning Committee, found that omission “shocking.”

How do 25 people talk all around the subject of their prop-erty interests without even occa-sionally mentioning them? Were all so focused on the general good that they somehow forgot they had a dog in the fight?

Hardly.

As the complaint states, “SAC member [Greg] Goodman advo-cated for and voted in favor of increased allowed height and zoning changes on his own West Quadrant properties; co-chair [Karen] Williams advocated for and voted in favor of increased height limits on a parking struc-ture on Southwest 10th that her employer [had planned] to rede-velop; members [John] Peterson and [Dan] Petrusich advocated for and voted in favor of zoning changes and increased height limits on many West Quadrant properties owned by them or by their employer (Melvin Mark), including their proposed Public Market at the Morrison Bridge-head; and member [Anne] Nai-to-Campbell advocated for prop-erties her company owns.”

Goodman wrote a detailed memo about sites needing great-er height limits.

Saltzman saw no conflict regardinghis West Quadrant properties

By Allan Classen

City Commissioner Dan Saltzman voted for the West Quadrant Plan in March even though he owns or has a stake in many af fected properties, which may increase in value due to more gener-ous height allowances in the proposed plan.That contrasts with the stance he took in 2012 regarding the proposed Education Urban Renewal Area.“Because my family owns property in the poten-tial district,” he said in 2012, “I will not be partici-pating in this Wednesday’s council session and must abstain from the vote.”When asked for the dif ference in the two situa-tions, Saltzman’s Chief of Staf f, Brendan Finn, said Saltzman acted in both cases on the advice of City At torney Kathryn Beaumont.Why would the two cases be handled dif fer-ently?Finn gave the NW Examiner this explanation:“There was only a potential conflict of interest with the urban renewal district because there was the possibility of direct investment in one of the properties, whereas that was not the case with the West Quadrant Plan.”Asked for further clarification, Finn referred this reporter to Beaumont, who said only, “I am confirming that I spoke to Brendan Finn as he indicated.”Saltzman declared 18 real estate holdings on his 2015 Statement of Economic Interests filed with the state of Oregon, including “Goosehol-low Townhomes LLC,” “12th & Pearl LLC,” “First Harrison Company,” “VLF LLC” (referring to Vil-lage at Lovejoy Fountain), “Parkside Plaza” (301 SW Lincoln St.) and “OP Pearl LLC.”

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Dan Saltzman said his multiple cen-tral city properties created a poten-tial conflict of interest regarding urban renewal but not with the West Quadrant Plan.

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Citizens, Other NGOs, Other (9)

Economic Interests (24)

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“At the base of the Hawthorne Bridge, the suggested 325 feet only goes to Columbia Street. I believe it should go to Clay to pick up the second of two development sites in the area, located between First and Second, Columbia and Clay. … Ideally, I would suggest 375 feet be allowed, which would be respect-ful of the all the surrounding properties,” he wrote.

Goodman went into similar detail about three other sites, offering sug-gestions for specific heights, even sug-gesting 15-foot setbacks in one case to mute the impact of greater height—the kind of detail typically given when a developer seeks approval for a par-ticular building. In a way, he was. He owns the properties identified in his memo or parcels adjacent to them, said Pinger, who connected the loca-tions mentioned in Goodman’s memo to a map on the website of Downtown Development Group, of which Good-man is co-president.

Goodman, who is also president of City Center Parking, the largest owner of downtown parking lots, was not shy about advising the committee on how this type of property should be treated: “I actually do think we should take a position against the taxing or closing [of] parking lots,” said at SAC meeting No. 12.

Goodman did not respond to queries sent by phone and email. Mayor Char-lie Hales, Portland Director of Planning and Sustainability Susan Anderson and BPS Chief Planner Joe Zehnder also did not respond to invitations to comment.

Williams, who identified her affilia-tion as Carroll Investments for the SAC

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roster, was the only one of the 10 individuals singled out in the complaint who explained her situation to the NW Examiner. The oth-ers did not respond to phone messages or emails or, in one case, referred the query to the mayor’s office.

“Stakeholders are invited to participate in this kind of process because working on a specific activity or having strong experience with the technical issues gives them an informed opinion and the ability to meaningfully contribute,” said Williams. “I had no financial interest in any of the issues, though I do have a long commitment to Portland’s community development.”

When asked why her email address remains @carrollin-vestments.com, she replied: “I continued to use Car-roll email for convenience because I had used it for several years, and I’m con-cerned about losing touch with people that I have only occasional contact with.

“We [she and Carroll Investments LLC principal John Carroll] were business partners in a different LLC when the SAC started that did continue for part of the SAC time frame.”

She now works for Infra-Structure Oregon.

When asked to identify

errors in the ethics com-plaint, she said, “I think the most important error is what appears to be a firmly held belief that people who sim-ply disagree … must have some hidden agenda driven by a bad motive.

“People on the SAC gave a lot of time and effort to try to make downtown better,” she continued, listing the affili-ations of several members of the committee. “This is the appropriate makeup of a body like this.

“The members’ experience and affiliations give them acute insight necessary for an informed outcome. This isn’t misbehavior, either in

[the Bureau of] Planning’s choices of the roster or in the work they did . . . Portland doesn’t punish community service in this way, and if we start, we’ll end up with a lesser city.”

Williams then defended her motives in a manner that supported the central theme of the complaint: “I’m one of the few that didn’t have a professional responsibil-ity or financial reason to be there.”

The complaint contends that the SAC “was heavily skewed to a particular sector and economic interest, specif-ically that of real estate devel-opment and the professions

that directly benefit financial-ly from its activities.”

For this reason alone it “failed to meet Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goal 1, which mandates that land-use actions must occur through a citizen involve-ment program that ‘shall involve a cross-section of affected citizens in all phas-es of the planning process... [which] shall include an offi-cially recognized Commit-tee for Citizen Involvement broadly representative of geographic areas and inter-ests related to land use and land-use decisions.’”

The complaint reflects a grassroots perspective of

citizens believing special interest dollars dominate the process.

At least one voice in City Hall agrees the problem is real.

At the City Council’s public hearing on the West Quadrant Plan in March, Commissioner Amanda Fritz excoriated her colleagues regarding increased height limits along the Willamette River.

“I’m disgusted with this entire hearing,” said Fritz. “What we are doing is spot zoning to benefit particular developers … many allied with members of the council.” n

“In Portland, we hold ourselves up as a model of partici-patory planning, and the world sees us that way. The burden is on us to prove that we really mean it, and that this is not a charade.

“The idea that tall buildings are necessary to promote sustainable density is a fallacy that has been disproved by abundant research evidence. I’m sorry to say that my Portland colleagues are late to wake up to this marketing greenwash.”

Michael Mehaffy, executive directorSustasis Foundation, Portland

“Trying to discredit volunteers who spent hours and hours and brought this expertise, as a tactic against the outcome, is not appropriate in my opinion. Portland doesn’t punish community service in this way, and if we start, we’ll end up with a lesser city.”

Karen Williams InfraStructure Oregon

“The area to the south of the Skidmore boundary line between Naito and First would be included in the 325 feet shown as part of the Morrison Bridgehead height. The site I am referencing is the half block on the north side of Stark between Naito and First abutting the George Lawrence Building. The north half of the same block, which is in the historic district, would remain at 75 feet.”

Greg Goodman, PresidentCity Center Parking

“If an individual official’s financial or personal interests will be specifically affected by a decision, the official is to withdraw from participating in the decision.”

City of Portland Code of Ethics

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When C.E. John Co. named the Benevento Building at North-west 23rd and Raleigh in honor

of the old Portland Beavers’ beloved groundskeeper, Rocky Benevento’s descendants were deeply honored and joined the festivities.

If the company follows through on plans to name a redevelopment proj-ect at Northwest 23rd and Savier the “Besaw Building,” members of the Besaw family may take a rain check.

That’s because the Besaw family takes the side of Cana Flug, who has operated Besaw’s the past 10 years, over that of her landlords, who went to court over ownership of the name. The suit was settled last month, giving Flug the right to call her new restau-rant at Northwest 22nd and Quimby Besaw’s, while C.E. John can apply the name to the building where the business was putatively started in 1903.

Steve Besaw, 55, was one of 13 fam-ily members who celebrated Besaw’s last night in the old building with a “last supper,” as his father, Gordon, called it.

Besaw recounted memories of grow-ing up around the restaurant, which

was then operated by his uncle Clyde.

“I got married there,” said Besaw, who grew up in a row house two doors west of the restaurant. “I have a lot of memories in that place.”

So wasn’t he torn between attach-ments for the building and Flug, who bought the business only 10 years ago?

Before the dispute for rights to the business name was settled, Besaw offered an opinion:

“The business should follow Cana,” he said. “She’s put her heart and soul in it and made us very proud as Besaws. We wish her well.”

It wasn’t a close call.

“I don’t like the way the developer is handling this,” he said, giving C.E. John no credit for building the busi-ness.

“He hasn’t earned it,” said Besaw, who owns 52nd Avenue Hardware & Building Supply in Southeast Port-land.

By contrast, he believes Flug carries on the spirit of independence and connection with everyday people that characterized Clyde Besaw. n

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Instead of fading with time, the Besaw’s name is still propagating in its second century in Northwest Portland, thanks to an out-of-court settlement between the operator of Besaw’s restaurant and her former landlords, who want to use the his-toric name for a redevelopment proj-ect.

Besaw’s operator Cana Flug and C.E. John Co. Inc. both filed trade-mark claims to the name earlier this year after efforts to extend her lease broke down.

As a result of the settlement, Flug has exclusive rights to the name and logo for restaurant services, and C.E. John may use the name for the building it plans to erect at North-west 23rd and Savier streets.

“I am thrilled that we came to a resolution,” said Flug, who plans to reopen in a new space three blocks away by Sept. 1.

She would not identify the loca-

tion until a lease is signed, but she described it as “larger and more effi-cient … with a beautiful improved outdoor area.”

Flug said a modern, more spacious kitchen will allow her to expand the menu and produce “even better American classic comfort food.”

All seven Besaw’s managers will make the move to the new location, she said, as will a number of other staff.

While stressful, the showdown allowed her to see the depth of good-will she had built in the 10 years she has operated the restaurant.

“I feel just overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and love,” said Flug. “It just totally warms my heart to be a part of such a commu-nity.”

C.E. John President Jim John said he intends to retain the historic res-taurant building as part of the new development, a multistory mixed-

Real Besaws await new Besaw’s

Besaw’s settlement extends name’s reach

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The Besaw clan: Shayla Fowler (L-R), Chris Besaw, Gordon Besaw, Steve Besaw, Shelby Besaw, Skylar Besaw and David Besaw.

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“This time, I think we’re raising more hooey,” said Richard Holma-son.

“We’ll see what happens,” Skoro said. “If I call family, it’s 115 of us here, and I’m sure more people will come and join us.”

Northwest Gillihan Road residents who received the notices have been the most active, but an island grange meeting in late June drew 35 people, including some from Hayden Island, Julie Holmason said. The Sauvie Island Community Association is opposing the Corps proposal as well.

Helms emphasized that “this is not a Corps of Engineers project; this is a project that we have a regulatory role in.” Though the work itself will almost certainly be carried out by the Corps, which does heavy dredg-ing in the Portland Harbor area, Helms contends the Corps is merely regulating the applicant, the U.S. Coast Guard.

“We want to maintain the naviga-ble capacity of the water resources. Part of our role is to maintain that, but we’re also looking to protect aquatic resources,” Helms said.

The Coast Guard’s 70-year-old cut-ter Bluebell is a much-loved local

vessel known for helping Vanport flood victims in 1948 and genera-tions of service maintaining buoys on the Columbia, Willamette and Snake rivers. Responding to island-ers’ concerns, the Coast Guard and Corps staff set up an informational meeting July 1 downtown, Helms said. Julie Holmason said islanders were told the meeting was limited to 10 and was for Sauvie Island resi-dents only.

While Helms said the Corps is fol-lowing its normal testing and noti-fication procedures, she admits this project is unique.

“This is not the kind of dredging project the Corps [usually] does,” Helms said. “This is very different than what we typically do for navi-gation maintenance.”

Islanders’ skepticism is partly based their history with the Corps.

“Based on past evidence, the Army Corps of Engineers has given me little faith in their ability to follow through with their stated commit-ment to clean up, or cease work if ‘indications of contamination’ are observed,” said Gillihan Road resi-dents Don Young and Martha Ber-ndt.

“They’re gonna have hell if I find junk in there,” said Skoro in his Croa-tian accent, still imposing at 76.

Sitting in his spacious riverfront mansion, Skoro showed a reporter photos of the sturgeon he’s caught—one of which he claims was 14 feet long. He said the river was at its lowest point in his quarter century of observation, echoing Holmason’s concerns that dumped sediment often does not wash downriver as the Corps plan describes.

The Corps notice warns that “[t]he described activity may affect an endangered or threatened species or its critical habitat.”

A state Fish and Wildlife official did not return a phone call about the reference by deadline, but Williams suggested that spring Chinook and winter steelhead could be affect-ed. Some Sauvie Island residents fear Sturgeon Lake habitat could be impacted.

Beyond its character as a tour-ist destination, or less-publicized culture of wealthy retirees, Sauvie Island residents’ love of the river is paramount.

“We live next to the river, we see its seasonal changes throughout the year, and we love it,” said Houle. “We realize that it’s a very poten-tially powerful Mother Nature that we just have this abiding shared life with.” n

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use project that will involve demol-ishing five 19th century houses west and north of the restaurant. John told the Examiner he was so committed to saving the historic restaurant that he is willing to spend about $1 mil-lion extra to build around it.

The company intends to find a new restaurant operator to lease the space, though substantial improve-ments and repairs will be made first. He said the 110-plus-year-old struc-ture is “a mess … not up to any code … that needs a considerable amount of work.”

Flug must pay an undisclosed amount to settle the case. All funds will be donated by C.E. John to neighborhood charities.

“We’re still evaluating which Northwest Portland nonprofits/schools will receive the funds,” said company spokesperson Lee Wein-stein of Weinstein PR. “The Commu-nity Foundation for Southwest Wash-ington will distribute the funds.”

So one day soon, people will be able to walk to the Besaw’s Building after eating at Besaw’s, all the while talking about the latest chapter of Besaw lore. n

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Lovejoy Studio2308 NW Lovejoy St., Unit B 503- 622-9128 • lovejoy.chuise.comMark McQuilling, who taught high school art for more than 10 years in Philadelphia, is teaching painting, drawing and printmaking for all levels at his new studio. Four-week courses cost $100 and six-week courses are $200. “I would like to share this space with local artists from the community who may be interested in continuing their studies in art or building their portfolio,” said McQuilling. “Our classes will remain small to help ensure students receive individual attention and assistance.”

New Businesses

Peter Reynolds Jr. has purchased the Underdog Sports Bar at 2100 NW Glisan St. from Sam Macbale. Reynolds plans to change the name, introduce a new menu and add weekend brunch. Eviction mea-sures are also underway against Macbale’s Silver Dollar Pizza, which is on the same corner.

Jaguar Land Rover will launch an incubator at 1420 NW 18th Ave. to support start-up businesses work-ing on automobile software inno-vations. It will receive funding from the Portland Development Commission and a $50,000 grant from a nonprofit promoting elec-tric vehicles.

Pacific Northwest College of Art signed a 10-year lease for three floors of the 321 NW Glisan build-ing, two blocks from PNCA’s headquarters. The Glisan Street building is owned by Brian Wanna-maker, who is donating $1 million to the school.

Author Dana Micucci will lead a workshop, “Embodying the Wis-dom of the Heart,” at New Renais-sance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave., Thursday, July 9, 6:30 p.m. For information, visit danamicuc-ci.com.

Major construction is underway at 2360 NW Quimby St., a former Van Duyn warehouse and store. The property is owned by Alexander Bodecker, who gives his address as the Nike headquarters.

A warehouse at 2330 NW Raleigh St. will be demolished to build a four-story, 40-unit apartment building, Portland Chronicle reported recently. The warehouse was occupied by A-1 Scale for many years.

Business Briefs

The Feisty Lamb2174 W. Burnside St.503-206-4253thefeistylamb.com

Micah Edelstein, the former owner and chef of neMesis Urban Bistro in Miami, will open the Feisty Lamb in the old Tributes site in mid-July. She will focus on brunch five days a week and emphasize lamb dishes, such as fried lamb chops with eggs and tomatoes and homemade lamb bacon. Bobotie, a curried meatloaf with an egg and custard on top, is a nod to her South African heritage. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

Fortune Bar329 NW Couch St503-703-6867

Tube Lounge owners Eric and Karen Bowler have opened Fortune Bar in the former Ping/Hung Far Low building. ChefStable Catering will provide an American-based menu, while the focus will be on music and cocktails. DJs will present music 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Eric was a DJ for 17 years and plans to present hip-hop and other genres.

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July 2015

National Night Out Info Fair

Date: Thursday, July 9, 2015 Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PMPlace: Laurelhurst Park, Picnic area north of the Pond, SE Cesar Chavez Blvd. & SE Ankeny St.

Still thinking about planning a NNO party? Join your neighbors from all across the City of Portland, Mayor Charlie Hales, and the Police & Fire Bureaus to learn about holding an event for National Night Out.

At the award ceremony, see how Portlanders are making a difference in their neighborhoods. Food, drinks and games for kids. For more information, portlandoregon.gov/oni/nno.

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Forest Heights Farmers MarketDate: the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month through October • Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm • Place: Mill Pond ParkAt the June 14th grand opening of the Forest Heights Farmers Market the Lincoln High School Jazz Trio set the mood as nearly 400 shoppers and their kids sampled and purchased local produce and products. Forest Heights Farmers Market Totes were given to the first 200 guests. Founding Vendors include Greenville Farms, Herbs Daughters Custom Soaps, Kati’s Cakes, Les Courleurs De Provence, Market Fruit/Packer Orchards, Sara’s Tamales, Souper Natural, The Hummus Shop, and Vitality Enterprises.This new market will feature local produce, artisan food products, and juried artisan crafts, along with live entertain-ment. Plans are underway to include children’s entertainment and education, wine tastings, and food demonstrations. Join the Forest Heights Homeowners Association to celebrate our local farmers and artisans, educate our children, and grow our community. If you are interested in becoming a vendor, find more information at managemymarket.com. For questions, contact Lynette Lazenby at lynette.lazenby@gmail.com. See you there!

Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan

Last Monday, the City of Portland’s natural hazard mitigation planning ef-fort started off strong. While kids hung out at the Matt Dishman pool to cool off, just down the hall city planners, emergency managers, community lead-ers, business representatives, and even a few of Portland’s youth gathered to talk about how to plan for natural haz-ards including extreme heat events. The plan update will look at Portland’s risk from earthquakes, floods, landslides, and other natural hazards and come up with strategies to make Portland better able to withstand those events. To fol-low the plan update process or to get involved, visit the website at portlan-doregon.gov/pbem/naturalhazard.

NWDA Summer Mixer

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National Night Out

EventsSave the date for your local NNO event. Visit our website nwnw.org/calendar/ for more de-tails later this month.

Metro Central Enhancement Grants 2016GRANT WORKSHOP Date: Wednesday, July 29th • Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm • Place: Friendly HouseDo you have ideas about how to make your neighborhood more beautiful or serve the people living in your commu-nity? A Metro Central Enhancement grant could help make your vision a reality. Metro created these grants more than 20 years ago to enhance neighborhoods affected by the Metro Central transfer facility. They are designed to support residents within an area that stretches along the west side of the Willamette River from the Northwest District Neigh-borhood Association to Linnton, as well as an area around the St. Johns Bridge within North Portland’s Cathedral Park neighborhood. A wide variety of projects can fit the bill.Visit oregonmetro.gov/grants for details or contact Heather Nelson Kent, HeatherNelson.Kent@oregonmetro.gov to discuss your idea, get advice on project planning, connect with poten-tial partners and hear lessons learned from successful projects.Attend the Grant Workshop for tips and technical assistance then apply by Sept. 15 for 2016 grants. The Committee will review the grant appli-cations and make a funding decision by the end of the year. Grant funds are available Jan. 1, 2016. Up to $285,000 will be available.Successful proposals strongly meeting at least one of the following community needs, and occuring within or serving residents from the target area will be eligible for funding:

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Linnton Ice Cream SocialDate: Wednesday, August 5th Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PMPlace: TBA

OTCTCA Block Party

Date: Wednesday, August 5th Time: 5:00 - 7:30 PMPlace: NW Davis St. between 3rd & 4th

PearlParty in the ParkDate: Tuesday, August 4th Time: 5:00 - 7:30 PMPlace: The Fields Park

Friends of the Pearl “A Community Foot Patrol” Kick-Off WalkDate: Wednesday July 8th • Time: 4:00 pm • Place: Jamison Square, 810 NW 11th Ave.Join us for the first of many walks around the Pearl to keep the community safe and clean. We will be walking to Tanner Springs, The Fields and by the Waterfront Pearl for approximately one hour. The Friends of the Pearl is a Community Foot Patrol working with The City of Portland Crime Pre-vention Program. Come join us to learn about this program and how to get involved. Mark Wells Mark.Wells@PortlandOregon.gov / (503) 823-2781

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www.pearldistrict.org

BOARD MEETINGThurs., July 9th, 6:00 pmPREM Group, 351 NW 12th AveExecutive CommitteeTues., Aug. 5th, 9:00 amUrban Grind, 911 NW 14th Livability & Safety CommitteeWeds., Aug. 5th, 5:30 pmPortland Center Stage 128 NW 11th AvePlanning & Transportation Comm.Tues., July 7th, 21st & Aug. 4th 6:00 pmPREM Group, 351 NW 12thCommunications CommitteeMon., July 28th, 6:00 pmLRS Architects 720 NW Davis, Ste 300Emergency Prep CommitteeMon., July 13th & Aug. 10th 6:00 pmEcotrust Bldg, 2nd Floor 907 NW Irving

Contact: Charlie Clark, 503 459-3610

BOARD MEETINGTues., Sept. 8th, 12:30 pm Forest Heights HOA Office 2033 NW Miller Rd

Neighbors West-Northwest Coalition

www.nwnw.org

www.linnton.com TOWN MEETING & BOARD MEETINGWeds., Sept. 2nd 7:00 pm Linnton Community Center, 10614 NW St. Helens Rd National Night Out Ice Cream SocialWeds., Aug. 5th 6:00 pm Location TBA

northwestdistrictassociation.org

BOARD MEETINGMon., July 20th, 6:00 pm (LGS) Northrup, 2282 NW NorthrupExecutive Committee Weds., July 7th & Aug. 5th, 8:00 amNWNW Office, 2257 NW Raleigh Air Quality CommitteeMon., July 13th & Aug. 10th 7:00 pmSilver Cloud Inn, Breakfast RmNW 24th Place & Vaughn StPlanning CommitteeThurs., July 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th & Aug. 6th, 8:00 amCoHo Theater, 2257 NW RaleighCall to confirm, 503.823.4212 Public Safety & Livability Committee Tues., July 14th & Aug. 11th6:00 pmLGS, Wilcox B, 2211 NW MarshallTransportation Committee MeetingWeds., Aug. 5th, 6:00 pmLGS, Wilcox A, 2211 NW Marshall2nd Saturday Clean-upSat., July 11th & Aug. 8th, 9:00 amFood Front Co-op 2375 NW Thurman3rd Saturday Clean-upSat., July 18th, 9:00 amElephants Deli, 115 NW 22ndSummer MixerTues., Aug. 4thdetails to be announced

HillsideNeighborhood Association

Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association

BOARD MEETING Weds., Sept. 9th 5:30 pmLGS Northrup Building 2282 NW NorthrupEmergency Preparedness Work GroupWeds. July 29th, 5:00 pmLGS Northrup Building2282 NW Northrup

www.hillsidena.org

BOARD MEETINGTues., Oct. 13th, 7:30 pm Hillside Community Center 653 NW Culpepper Terr

Goose Hollow Foothills League

Linnton NeighborhoodAssociation

www.arlingtonheightspdx.org

BOARD MEETINGMon., July 13th & Aug. 10th, 6:00 pmSylvan Fire Station115 SW Skyline Blvd

Northwest DistrictAssociation

www.portlanddowntownna.com

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGTues., July 28th, 5:30 pm BOARD MEETINGTues., July 28th, 7:00 pm Both at: Meals on Wheels Elm Court 1032 SW Main St Land Use & Transport. Comm. Mon., July 20th, 5:30 pm 1900 Building, Room 2500 B 1900 SW 4th Public Safety Action CommitteeWeds., July 8th, 12:00 pmPortland Building, Room B 1120 SW 5th Ave

Portland DowntownNeighborhood Association

Northwest Heights Neighborhood Association

Find calendar updates at: www.nwnw.org/Calendar

www.oldtownchinatown.org

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MTGWeds., Aug. 5th, 11:30 amCentral City Concern 232 NW 6th AveBOARD MEETING Weds., July 8th, 11:30 amUniversity of Oregon, Room 150 70 NW CouchArt History and Culture Committee Weds., July 22nd, 11:30 am Non Profit Center, 221 NW 2nd Ave 2nd floor front conf roomBusiness Committee Thurs., June 25th, 10:00 am Davis Street Tavern, 500 NW DavisLand Use Design & Rvw CommitteeTues., July 21st, 11:30 amUniversity of Oregon, Room 152 70 NW CouchLivability & Public Safety CommitteeTues., July 21st, 3:30 pmOregon College of Oriental Medicine, 75 NW Couch St Hospitality SubcommitteeThurs., July 16th, 6:00 pmLocation TBANational Night Out Block PartyWeds., Aug. 5th, 5:00 pmNW Davis St. between 3rd & 4th

Old Town ChinatownCommunity Association

www.sylvanhighlands.org

MEMBERSHIP & BOARD MEETINGTues., July 14th & Aug. 11th 7:00 pm Sylvan Fire Station 1715 SW Skyline Blvd

Sylvan-HighlandsNeighborhood Association

info@nwpdxnobhill.comGENERAL MEETINGWeds., July 15th, 8:30 amHoliday Inn Express 2333 NW Vaughn

Nob Hill Business Association

Pearl DistrictNeighborhood Association

www.nwindustrial.org

NINA MEETINGTues., July 14th, 7:00 amHoliday Inn Express2333 NW Vaughn

Northwest IndustrialNeighborhood Association

Forest ParkNeighborhood Association

www.forestparkneighbors.orgBOARD MEETINGTues., Sept. 15th, 7:00 pm Willis Community Center 360 NW Greenleaf

www.goosehollow.orgNEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGThurs., July 16th, 7:00 pmMultnomah Athletic Club1849 SW Salmon StPlanning & Zoning CommitteeTues., July 7th & Aug. 4th, 7:00 pmFirst United Methodist Church1838 SW JeffersonPublic Safety, Parking, and Transportation CommitteeTues., July 21st, 6:30 pmFirst United Methodist Church1838 SW JeffersonAd hoc Bylaws CommitteeTues., July 22nd, 7:00 pmThe Legends Condominiums1132 SW 19th AveAd hoc Duty of Loyalty CommitteeTues., July 14th & Aug. 11th 7:00 pmThe Legends Condominiums1132 SW 19th Ave

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BUSINESS

A team from Jack Howk / Rescue Rooter collected

a barrel of food for local individuals and families in need through the Sunshine

Division. The team included Joe Slom (L-R), Anthony Burgess, Kerry

Frederickson, Larry Peters and Stacey Juden.

A neighbor of Couch Park reported increased camping and litter in the park. “It has become a campground for a couple of dozen folks on a daily basis,” she said, with corresponding uptick in grocery carts, litter, drugs and alcohol.

City Commissioner Steve Novick

and Old Town business leaders

dedicated the first pair of “creative

crosswalks” last month, this

one with a giant umbrella and

pattern of raindrops at Northwest Third and Davis streets.

Volunteers from Windermere Stellar’s Northwest Portland office tended the landscaping at several nonprofits last month, including First Immanuel Lutheran Church, during the company’s Community Service Day.

Gustavo Cruz Jr. was appointed to one of five seats on the Portland Development Commission last month. Cruz, a senior counsel at Ater Wynne, is president of the Northwest District Association and serves on the board of the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.

Washington Park Reservoir 3 is empty as the city prepares to replace it with an under-ground tank. Open-reservoir advocate Scott Fernandez said final decisions will not be made for another year, and he urges citizens to contact members of City Council and Congress to halt the process.

Caleb Sohigian, a recent graduate of Lincoln High School who was named student of the month by Pearl Rotary, impressed Rotarians with his juggling skills last month. A second-generation magician, he plans to be a street performer in Australia for a year.

Snapshots

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