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A10 NEWS Lake Oswego Review, Lake Oswego, OR April 4, 2013 “Actively promoting business success in partnership with the Lake Oswego community” 2013 Lake Oswego Chamber Awards THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! To all the businesses and organizations who generously donated items to our auction, and helped make this evening such an enormous success – THANK YOU! TITLE SPONSOR Honoring those who have made a positive impact in our community Presenting the awards this year were Chuck O’Leary, Lake Oswego Chamber CEO and Charlie Forsyth, event title sponsor and Lake Oswego’s Columbia State Bank branch manager. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TABLE SPONSORS AKT, LLP Columbia State Bank Gubanc‘s & Babica Hen Café Ivey Jacobson & Company / Marcia Kies, The Hasson Company Kamind Kassab Jewelers Lake Oswego Review Lake Oswego School District Lakewood Center for the Arts Republic Services The Bank of Oswego COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD Debbie Freepons Craig Pictured: Mary Puskas – Lake Oswego Schools Foundation Director, Chamber President Mark Birge – AKT LLP, Debbie Freepons Craig, Chuck O’Leary BIGELOW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Peter Jurney Pictured: Chuck O’Leary, Peter Jurney and Dr. Bill Korach – Lake Oswego School Superintendent RAFFLE PRIZES 1st – Trios Studio 2nd – Mark Birge, AKT 3rd – Chamber Ambassadors WINE Bank of the West Bankers Investment Jordan Ramis, PC Providence Foundation SET DECORATIONS R Blooms of Lake Oswego GRAPHIC DESIGN John Hanan II, JH2 Design DENTON EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS AWARD Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe Pictured: James Ewing - Moonstruck Chocolate and Chamber President Mark Birge – AKT LLP PRESIDENT’S AWARD Jim Franceus Pictured: Jim Franceus – Summit Financial Advisors and Chamber President Mark Birge – AKT LLP PHOTOGRAPHY Melody Saunders Photography MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION John Hanan II, JH2 Design ENTERTAINMENT “The LO Lifes” Mark Tipperreiter – 1st Tenor John Hanan II – 2nd Tenor Bill Eaton – Baritone Keith Dickerson – Bass OSWEGO HERITAGE HOUSE AWARD Stephen Dow Beckham Pictured: Jude Graham – Executive Director Oswego Heritage House, Stephen Dow Beckham – Professor Emeritus of History Lewis & Clark College, Chuck O’Leary KAY VEGA ARTS CHAMPION AWARD Kay Vega Pictured: Andrew Edwards – Lakewood Center for the Arts Executive Director, Kay Vega - Lakewood Center for the Arts Executive Producer, Chuck O’Leary THIS AD PROUDLY SPONSORED BY YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER Boomers & Beyond The Portland Wheelmen: ‘Take life by the handlebars’ — See BOOM! inside THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 • ONLINE AT LAKEOSWEGOREVIEW.COM • VOLUME 100, NO. 13 • 75 CENTS Metro’s drive-less campaign fuels up on new ideas Agencies seek the public’s help with Opt In survey on ways to reduce vehicles on the road Young fundraiser Claire Sarnowski helps raise money for MS causes — See EDUCATION, Page A17 ARTS COUNCIL FORTUNA AWARD Donald Caldwell Pictured: Chuck O’Leary, Ruth Caldwell, Donald Caldwell of Delap, Nancy Nye – Lake Oswego Arts Council Chamber Champion Award Lynn Brokaw – Hasson Company Realtors Photos courtesy of Melody Saunders Photography. OTHER AWARD WINNERS Chamber Rookie of the Year Award Lora Helmer – The Oregonian HEADLEE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD Babica Hen Café Pictured: Chuck O’Leary, Mike Buck and Joe Buck – Babica Hen Café, J. Brian Monihan – Lake Oswego Review Publisher Chamber Networker of the Year Award Tom Krueger – Ameriprise Financial Colleen Bennett Award for Library Supporter of the Year Fred Baldwin- World Class Wines Anyone who commutes along Highway 43 in Lake Oswego knows how congested the road can be. Metro, the regional government, is looking for ways to reduce the number of vehicles on the road. INDEX By JIM REDDEN Opinion ...............A7 Police ...............A14 Obituaries .........A15 Pamplin Media Group The state wants you to drive less, and Metro has to make that happen. The state’s goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that As Metro’s Climate Smart contribute to climate change. Communities project looks Metro, the regional government for ways to encourage people to use alternative forms that includes Lake Oswego and West Linn, is required to present of transportation, Lake Oswego has already imple- its plan to the 2015 Legislature. The cities and counties within mented some initiatives Metro are then expected to with similar aims. adopt it. The second round for one As part of the planning process, Metro is considering many kick off. Lake Oswego’s such program is about to ideas to encourage you to reduce your driving. They include begins Monday. 100-mile Challenge for 2013 increasing the cost of driving, The challenge aims to cut making transit more convenient, building more bike and cially for trips within two back on local car use, espe- walking paths and encouraging miles of your home. Participants who leave their cars you to live closer to where you work and shop. behind and instead walk, “It’s sti l rea ly hard to explain cycle or ride the bus can log to people,” Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette said during a more than 100 miles’ worth their miles and, if they count March 11 discussion of the program. Collette represents Metro prizes. All car-free trips to, of car-free trips, qualify for District 2, which includes Lake from and within the city Oswego, Rivergrove, West Linn, count. That means you can Gladstone, Johnson City, Milwaukie, Oregon City, a portion of farmers market, take mass log miles if you bike to the Southwest Portland and unincorporated parts of Clackamas airport or paddle a kayak transit on your way to the County. across Oswego Lake to a Metro is calling its new project Climate Smart Communities. During last year’s event, restaurant. Some of the proposals reflect which ran from July to December, 214 people logged Metro’s existing policies. A local example of something envisioned by the project is a bicycle out cars, resulting in an esti- more than 60,000 miles with- path between Lake Oswego and mated reduction in carbon Portland. dioxide emissions of just “There are a number of plans under 40,000 pounds and in that currently call for connections like that, but . no money is For details, visit www. 2,000 gallons of gasoline. being used to do it right now,” c i . o s w e g o . o r . u s / said Denny Egner, assistant sustainability/100-mile-challenge. planning director in Lake Oswego. Metro’s project could help identify ways to raise money to make those types of investments, he said. “That’s what a ommendations to the sevenportation. They will make rec- lot of this will do. member elected Metro Council, “Anything you can do regionally to help people walk to the the research. which will decide where to focus centers for services or jobs or “We need to step up our planning and actually implement bike to centers and services, reduces vehicle trips and reduces some of these changes,” Collette emissions.” said. Climate Smart Communities Metro wants to hear from you could also eventually mean before that decision is made. It more regular bus service wi l be conducting an online survey on the issues and ideas un- throughout town, he said. “Again, providing more and der discussion in the first week more convenient opportunities of April. The results will be presented at the advisory commit- to access local destinations by foot or on bike, encourages tees and council. Metro has used walking and biking and cuts such Opt In surveys in the past down on vehicle trips that contribute to greenhouse gas emissues ranging from neighbor- to measure public opinion on issions,” Pelz said. hood satisfaction to maintaining Metro is planning to publicly its parks and natura lands. discuss the current Climate “The No. 1 reason to do this is Smart Communities research in it’s good for business. It’s good May. The discussions will take for our way of life in this region. place at two standing advisory And oh, by the way, it cuts down committees that include elected greenhouse gas emissions,” Collette said. officials from throughout the region, the Metro Policy Advisory You can register and take the Committee and the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Trans- Sports ...............A19 Neighbors .......... B1 Entertainment .... B6 LO’s 100-mile Challenge to begin Monday See METRO / Page A4 REVIEW PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE CONTACT US By mail: P. O. Box 548, Lake Oswego, 97034 By telephone: 503-636-1281 By fax: 503-635-8817 Gage Geist, of Milwaukie, on the right, and Itamar Reuven, who lives in California but used to live in Lake Oswego, stand in a vintage tro ley that arrived in Lake Oswego on Tuesday. The two 18-year-olds are among about 20 volunteers who help operate the Wi lamette Shore Tro ley. New trolley almost ready to roll in Lake Oswego Service could begin as soon as this summer By KARA HANSEN MURPHEY The Review Several years after the old Willamette Shore Line trolley sputtered to its final stop, a new car is nearly ready to roll down the line between Lake Oswego and Portland. The vintage trolley, a replica of the Council Crest streetcars that ran in Portland a century ago, arrived Tuesday in Lake Oswego. Two replica cars are actually coming to Lake Oswego on a free lease, through 2018, from Vintage Trolley Inc. in Portland, although only the one has arrived so far. They’re among four historical reproductions built in Iowa in the late 1980s. TriMet owns the other two, which still run on Portland’s MAX tracks a handful of days throughout the year. schedule and fare also remain undecided at ca line for the trolley to tap for power, and It’s unclear exactly when Willamette this point. so it instead is tethered to a generator — Shore service will return, but Rod Cox, the For now, workers will be testing whether and training volunteer motormen to run it. trolley’s general manager, said he hopes it the new car will work with their existing will come online in early summer. The power source — there’s no overhead electri- New program now making a difference in classes at LO Adult Community Center By CLIFF NEWELL The Review ne of the best measures of the success of the new music therapy program at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center is foot engagement. That means all of the tapping feet while therapist-musician Kelley St. Claire performs with a group of dementia patients and their caregivers, who also sing and clap their hands. Berta Derman, ACC human services supervisor, is excited about finally having a singing. One thing that stays with people, young stay with them. When they’ve lost music starts they brighten up and start The songs that people learn when they’re program that she has wanted for years. even when they have dementia, is their the ability to read, they can still sing Thanks to grant money left by the Lake ability to respond to music.” songs. It brings back emotions when they Oswego Adult Center Foundation, music “We know that music therapy works,” hear music they love. Tears flow when therapy began in February. Derman often said Caroline McMahon, ACC respite therapy coordinator. “We’ve seen a difference. A wide variety of music is offered: they sing.” sits in with the group to join in the singing and general fun. People even get up and dance when they hymns, big bands, patriotic songs, ’40s and “Sometimes someone is sitting around, can. We recognize the importance of this not engaged,” Derman said. “When the therapy. It brings out their personalities. O By email: email@lakeoswegoreview.com By website: lakeoswegoreview.com In person: 400 Second St., Lake Oswego “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to deliver balanced news that refl ects the stories of our communities. Thank you fo reading our newspapers.” — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. OWNER & NEIGHBOR REVIEW PHOTOS: VERN UYETAKE See TROLLEY / Page A3 Music therapy is a great help for patients with dementia See MUSIC / Page A2 Rod Cox, the Wi lamette Shore Tro ley’s general manager, stands next to the line’s new tro ley car by the old railroad depot at 311 N. State St. in Lake Oswego. He hopes to have the line back up and running this summer. Ke ley St. Claire of Earthtones Music Therapy Services gets everybody singing, clapping and foot tapping during a recent music therapy session at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center. REVIEW PHOTO: JOSH KULLA 341488.040413
Lake Oswego Review, Lake Oswego, OR April 4, 2013 Lake Oswego Arbor Week set to kick off on Sunday news/editorial A11 ‘No question which of us is the Tory here’ The Arbor Week kickoff festival in Lake Oswego will be held on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Millennium Plaza Park. There will be live music, a tree climbing demonstration, cake, prize wheel and booths hosted by local volunteers and community organizations to help promote urban forestry education and outreach. Additionally, prior to the kickoff, a Heritage Tree bike ride will depart from the lower level of Millennium Plaza Park at 11:30 a.m. The ride covers 13 miles over some hilly terrain. To register, contact Laura Weigel by emailing lweigel@ci.oswego.or.us or calling 503-675-3730. Other events planned during the week include: n Right Tree in the Right Place workshop, Monday, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at SURVEY — The city’s 2013 Community Attitudes Survey is under way. The survey, last conducted in 2010, aims to gauge public sentiment on the city, the services it provides and current issues. Input will be solicited via phone calls to citizens’ landlines and cellphones. Survey results are expected in May. PLANNING — The commission is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at city hall, 380 A Ave. The agenda includes findings related to resource conservation and protection designations on a Riverside Drive property and adjacent right of way, a public discussion of the proposed capital improvement plan for 2013-14 to 2017-18 and work sessions on city code streamlining and land-use policies and goals in the draft update of the comprehensive plan. COUNCIL — The city council is tentatively scheduled to hold a joint meeting with the Lake Oswego School Board next week. The meeting is set to begin at 7 p.m. at city hall, 380 A Ave. IT — The city said goodbye to a longtime employee last week. Chris Davey, a “key player” in the information technology department, decided to leave her post, according to the city, where she worked for more than 26 years. CLEMATIS — The Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection received a $300 grant from Hardy Plant Society to pay for trellis work in the orchard garden, located at the city’s Luscher Farm. SKATE PARK — The public, supervised skate park, available for skateboarders and in-line CITYNOTES skaters, is now open for the 2013 season, according to the city. Hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The skate park is located at the corner of Willow Court and Pilkington Road. WATER PARTNERSHIP — An appeal of permits granted to Lake Oswego for an expansion of its water treatment plant in West Linn is moving ahead. According to the city of Lake Oswego, a 12,000-page record of the land-use decision being printed will fill 12 binders. The decision is headed to Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals. TRANSPORTATION — City staff members are working with the transportation advisory board and other agencies on updating Lake Oswego’s transportation system plan. Deficiencies in the network highlighted so far include traffic congestion on State Street, or Highway 43, along with Bryant Road between Boones Ferry Road and Lakeview Boulevard. the West End Building n A Heritage Tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., at 208 Surham St. n A Benefits of Tree Walk, Wednesday, noon, Lake Oswego City Hall n A Tree City USA celebration and a Heritage Tree dedication, Thursday, noon, Jean Road Fire Station n Tree planting event in Springbrook Park, Friday, 3 to 4 p.m. at Springbrook Park n Penny’s Puppet Productions, April 13, at 11 a.m., presents “Three Cheers for Trees,” a sing-along show at the Lake Oswego Public Library For a full slate of events, visit ci.oswego.or.us/planning/arborweek-events or contact Andrea Christenson at 503-675-3990. The city is offering a series of urban and community forestry workshops for the seventh consecutive year. All workshops are free and open to the public with preregistration and are held at the WEB. Topics include tree selection and planting, Monday; tree biology and structure, Thursday; landscapes to lower your energy bill, June 8; tree protection and removal permits, July 18; and invasive plants and trees, Aug. 10. The city of Lake Oswego and Frog Pond Toys are sponsoring an Arbor Day art contest for kids in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Official entries can be obtained at Frog Pond Toys (310 N. State St.), Lake Oswego City Hall (380 A Ave.), West End Building (4101 Kruse Way), or online at the Arbor Week site. Entries are due April 26 and the city council will award prizes on May 7. A committee including city staff and representatives of TriMet, the Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro and the state Department of Land Conservation and Development will decide whether specific projects will be included in the updated transportation plan to address anticipated problems, according to the city. An open house on the effort is tentatively planned for June. The city council is on track to adopt the new plan in about one year. VOLUNTEER BOARD OPENINGS — Positions are open on multiple city advisory boards. Citizens interested in serving on the Lake Oswego Planning Commission have until April 15 to apply. April 30 is the deadline to apply for a seat on the city Historic Resources Advisory Board or the Natural Resources Advisory Board. Information about the boards and applications are available online at www.ci.oswego.or.us/boc/boards-commissions-vacancies. Say goodbye to that false sense of equanimity, it’s time once again for “Liberal Facts vs. Conservative Fallacies” here on the citizen’s view. (Seriously Again) Last week Noel Wolfe introduced us to perplexing sentences and today’s topic: “Gun control — the hysterics of the Progressive political talking points.” Here is, in summary, Noel’s letter addressing CITIZEN’SVIEW Burl Ross the matter of gun control: “Burl Ross ... writes in his typical cryptic style ... denigrating citizen (Mike) Hall for expressing his opinion ... never offers facts ... only wishes to fact-check other’s opinions with his ‘pesky progressive’ slant. In bygone years, Burl would have been known as a Tory.” Firstly, kudos to Noel for acknowledging that gun control is all about me. Secondly, yes, I admit to a “cryptic” writing style, though I prefer “Faulknerian.” Thirdly, I appreciate the fact that Noel doesn’t believe in denigrating others for expressing their opinions, especially others like me who, in Noel’s denigrating opinion, never offer facts. Fourthly, Tory Noel, you do know that the Tories were the conservatives, right They fought the liberal Whig patriots and used old-timey phrases like “in bygone years.” There’s no question which of us is the Tory here. But enough name-calling, Benedict, let’s get to our real purpose — factchecking Noel’s opinions with a pesky progressive slant. 1) “Current gun control mania (is) a Democrat Party platform agenda item.” False — There is no “Democrat Party” in America. There’s one in Thailand, however. 2) “The Obama presidency (is) the far left in American politics today.” False — I’m the far left in American politics today. Obama is only just now glancing across the center in my direction. 3) “The Congressional Progressive Caucus (is) an admittedly socialist faction ...” Oh for God’s sake — False. Stop parroting idiocies from Allen West. Sorry, I can slog no further through Noel’s first paragraph. Let’s skip ahead to where he goes completely off the rails: “Wouldn’t it be interesting to discover that the criminally insane that committed recent heinous acts of violence were liberals, nay Democrats, or even worked as staff members for (Obama’s) re-election campaign Please, say it isn’t so.” Um, OK, Noel — it isn’t so. Gabby Gifford was not the criminally insane shooter of herself. Newtown alleged killer Adam Lanza was not an Obama campaign staffer. Any other “interesting” delusions we can disabuse you of Nay Interestingly, Noel’s question was answered in the editor’s note following the letter preceding his, explaining that the League of Women Voters of Clackamas County opted not to sign their gun-safety letter as individual board members “because of concerns ... about writers of gun-safety pieces sometimes encountering issues as a result.” Are these feared “issues” coming from liberals Hint: Nay. So, should I post this letter anonymously Maybe so, especially considering this sole reason Noel offers for his passionate defense of unregulated gun rights: All “in-country Vietnam combat veterans” like himself, he says, belong to a Constitutional “well-regulated militia,” whether they “wish to accept this most noble moniker or not,” and “should the need arise” are prepared to nobly overthrow the government of these United States. “Just as assuredly as that loosely associated group of rural farmers stood on a green in Colonial America and defied ... the most powerful military of its day,” Noel vows, “so too will we.” No mention of guns for skeet shooting. Again, who’s the Tory Burl Ross is a resident of Lake Oswego. POWER STEERING LEAKS One of the first indications that a vehicle’s power steering pump is running dry is a howling noise created when turning the steering wheel. This sound and extra effort to turn the vehicle should prompt an immediate check of the fluid in the reservoir. Leaking hoses or seals in the pump or steering unit can all lead to fluid loss. Running a power steering dry can be very expensive. While stop-leak additives may stave off repair for awhile, replacement with a new or remanufactured unit provides a long lasting fix. Stop by Vic’s Auto Center and let us check your fluid if you develop any of these symptoms. Visit us today at 15880 Boones Ferry Rd., or call 503-636-7896 to make an appointment. HINT: Power steering fluid is just one of the important fluids in a vehicle that should be checked regularly to ensure your vehicle continues to operate unfailingly. Family Owned and Operated Since 1973 Auto Center “Educating for Leadership”... Words of Experience from a Four Star General. The Bank of Oswego welcomes retired General Merrill (Tony) McPeak for a special speaking engagement to benefit the Lake Oswego School Foundation. Join us as the distinguished military, business and civic leader discusses the role of education and its importance in the formation of leadership. FRIDAY, APRIL 12 th , 7:30 a.m. The Bank of Oswego 310 N. State Street, Suite 218 General McPeak served as the Air Force Chief of Staff during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Following his military career, he became a highly respected business consultant and executive, sitting on the boards of TWA, Tektronix, and other prominent companies. IMPORT & DOMESTIC 15880 Boones Ferry Road in Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035 503-636-7896 Monday-Friday 7:30-5:30 • Bosch Authorized Service Center • DEQ Certifi ed Repair Facility • ASE Certifi ed Technicians • Northwest Automotive Trade Association • Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce 438031.040413 www.vicsautoctr.com 437807.040413 As a true community bank, The Bank of Oswego is proud to bring local leaders together. Please plan to join us at this complimentary continental breakfast event. Seating is limited to 150 people. RSVP to bsmith@bankofoswego.com or call 503-635-1699 by April 10th. LAKE OSWEGO LAKE GROVE SHERWOOD
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