http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132841885595610500 2012-02-04 21:14:15 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132841885595610500 en-us Beaverton police are looking for a 21-year-old man with Down syndrome who wandered away from his Southwest Hall Boulevard apartment Saturday afternoon and has not been seen for several hours. Police said Jose Juan Diaz-Gutierrez, known as Johnny, disappeared at about 3 p.m. from the apartment at ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132838555430416700 2012-02-04 11:59:14 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132838555430416700 en-us A 53-year-old man turned himself into police Thursday in connection with the Jan. 28 hit-and-run death of a 26-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man at Southeast 70th Avenue and Foster Road. Police said Jim Dean Patterson was charged with two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver in the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813610919988600 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813610919988600 en-us The city of Portland announced Wednesday that Clackamas’ Oregon Iron Works has won a competitive contract to built two new fireboats for Portland Fire & Rescue. “As a local small business manufacturer that employs hundreds of skilled Oregonians, we are delighted to build these ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132831962929253100 2012-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132831962929253100 en-us Despite a recent rash of high-profile assaults involving MAX riders, bus drivers and passengers, crime reported on TriMet’s MAX lines is down dramatically – even with a growing transit system – according to statistics provided by the region’s mass transit agency. Back in ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132829195241883700 2012-02-03 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132829195241883700 en-us Clackamas County asked for more time to “carefully consider” a purchase offer before dashing Oregon City’s dream to construct a new library on county land at the intersection of Library Court and Beavercreek Road. County officials “support and welcome” Oregon ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812202873995200 2012-02-03 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812202873995200 en-us Reynolds High School Principal Jeff Gilbert was placed on unpaid leave following the lapse of his administrator’s license Tuesday, Jan. 31. Gilbert, who has been principal at Reynolds since 2008, received an extra five months in July 2011 to get his license in order through the Teachers ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132831776231422200 2012-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132831776231422200 en-us Mt. Hood Community College and Development Partners, sponsors of the proposed natural gas-fired power plant in Troutdale, are collaborating on a new program to train future energy plant operators. Mt. Hood and Development Partners will work with Power Plant Management Services and NAES Corp. on ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132831063325553700 2012-02-03 15:10:33 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132831063325553700 en-us One of the public’s most common associations with hazing might be the classic scene from “Animal House.” But in real life, there’s nothing funny about hazing. So says Sue Lipkins, a New York psychologist, hazing expert and author of the book, “Preventing Hazing: How ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132829521805811400 2012-02-03 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132829521805811400 en-us An overnight car vandalism spree hit neighborhoods in Lake Oswego, Mountain Park and Southwest Portland early Friday, damaging dozens of vehicles. In Lake Oswego, windows in 46 vehicles were shot with a BB gun or a pellet gun in Mountain Park, Bryant Woods and Westlake neighborhoods. Portland ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132829796860830800 2012-02-03 11:39:28 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132829796860830800 en-us A new procedure to help people in the crucial first hours after they have suffered strokes may soon be the standard of care, according to an Oregon Health & Science researcher who contributed to a study released Friday. Traditionally, victims of strokes – which involves clots blocking ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814162196657800 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814162196657800 en-us His fans have known for years that Justin Hopkins has the voice of a superstar. But next week he will have to prove it to America. Hopkins, a Tigard-native turned-LA singer/songwriter, is one of dozens of performers who will appear on the NBC singing competition “The Voice” in its ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132816533464481400 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132816533464481400 en-us A 51-year-old woman has died after being struck by a pickup Wednesday night as she was crossing Southwest Scholls Ferry Road just east of 125th Avenue in South Beaverton. Beaverton police said Debra Compton of Beaverton died Thursday afternoon. According to police, the accident happened at about ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132821000521086300 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132821000521086300 en-us A Gladstone police sergeant was fired for potentially criminal misconduct that had nothing to do with the 2011 killing of Higbee Benton, according to a document released Thursday by the city at the advice of the Clackamas County district attorney’s office. In a Dec. 12 memorandum, Police ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814308297625000 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814308297625000 en-us TIGARD – It’s no secret that downtown Tigard has struggled to draw in customers during the hard economic times. But special events like street fairs and community get-togethers could be the answer to bringing people back to Southwest Main Street and the surrounding commercial ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132820662523267300 2012-02-02 10:17:05 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132820662523267300 en-us Portland-area home sale prices in December were 2.4 percent lower than a year earlier, and they were 3.4 percent lower in November than the prior November, according to CoreLogic, a Santa Ana, Calif., real estate information company. Sales of foreclosed homes and other distressed property helped ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814284329589200 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814284329589200 en-us Lake Oswego resident Greg Macpherson has made it official: He will run for mayor in the 2012 election. “I am undertaking this new public service because I see a city council that is too divided,” Macpherson said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. “Disagreement over public ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814291497805300 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814291497805300 en-us TIGARD — When students at Deer Creek Elementary School were challenged to raise $15,000 in their annual jog-a-thon, they were told they’d receive a special surprise if they made that goal: They’d get to cover their principal in gooey, green slime. That kind of incentive got kids ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814323045637900 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814323045637900 en-us TIGARD – After more than 20 years of putting on the Tigard Area Farmers Market, Stan Baumhofer and Marland Henderson are calling it quits. “We (are leaving) because we’re getting old,” joked Henderson, who also serves on the City Council. “I have enjoyed it and I am ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814256274871000 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814256274871000 en-us Cats may have nine lives, but there’s a certain group of dogs in Tualatin that have their own new lease on life. After operating out of a pet store for more than four years, Oregon Dog Rescue now has its own, permanent home at 6700 S.W. Nyberg St. in Tualatin, where the founders are busy ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814340737180700 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814340737180700 en-us It’s often said an unjust, metaphorical “glass ceiling” prevents women from advancing upward beyond a certain point in the historically male-dominated workplace. On Saturday morning, however, a female gang of Habitat for Humanity volunteers were too busy raising a wood-framed ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814332308307100 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814332308307100 en-us Results of a survey on the Tigard-Tualatin School District website show that most people are opposed to allowing the district’s on-campus health center disperse birth control to students and staff. For weeks the School Based Health Center’s advisory board has been seeking public input ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814297393191100 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814297393191100 en-us Lake Oswego School Superintendent Bill Korach suggested planning for a K-5 Spanish immersion program to begin in the fall while keeping an expansion of the school district’s Mandarin immersion program on deck for now. “We are not positioned right now to do two languages,” Korach ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812641466900700 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812641466900700 en-us When the final bell rings at Rosemont Ridge Middle School on a Friday afternoon, a throng of students migrate from the school, across the street and to the Cascade Station shopping mall. There, the kids hang out, buy snacks, grab a sample at the frozen yogurt store or maybe get a slice of ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812716092242100 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812716092242100 en-us The West Linn Rotary Club recently honored Brian Grant with its 2012 Service Above Self Award. A West Linn resident and a former Portland Trail Blazer, Grant is known for his commitment to the community, to kids and to his foundation. Each year, the Rotary Club selects a member from the community ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806400514804900 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806400514804900 en-us Federal investigators are looking for two suspects in an Internet fraud case by posting their images on a new digital billboard stationed along Highway 26 near Southwest 185th Avenue. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Rick Devan ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805399161238700 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805399161238700 en-us Catch-22, controversial dilemma, zero-sum game, between a rock and a hard place – there are many phrases that could be used to describe the state-mandated decision on opening enrollment boundaries that faces school districts in Clackamas County, which have already suffered a recent painful ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806385087621300 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806385087621300 en-us More than 100 people packed the Forest Grove Community Center on Saturday morning for a crash course on municipal finance, which included reports from the police and fire chiefs, a slew of slides and even a peek at the mayor’s tax bill. This year's annual town meeting was titled “Show ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812673740407400 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812673740407400 en-us After a successful “invasion” of St. Helens last year, the Portland Pirate Festival will return to the city’s historic waterfront in September. Although they plan to retain the Portland Pirate Festival moniker, organizers of the annual event say they have no interest in ever ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814372476310600 2012-02-01 16:48:44 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814372476310600 en-us As a federal government employee for 20 years, Wendy Castineira is no stranger to processing differing viewpoints regarding financial decisions that affect a range of constituents. “I have a passion about how money is spent and where it goes,” she told the Beaverton School ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814288146574100 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814288146574100 en-us Ryan Lee Johnson’s father looked out into a sea of faces lit by flickering candles Saturday and knew his family was not alone in its grief. “He was deeply loved, and it shows,” a tearful Tim Davis told members of the community who gathered in the Aloha High School football ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814171336324400 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132814171336324400 en-us A memorial service will be held Saturday for 22-year-old Ryan Lee Johnson, who was fatally shot Jan. 26 outside the Bales Thriftway in Aloha. The service will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Life Church, 5585 S.W. 209th Ave. in Aloha. It will be followed by a reception. The community is invited ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813970112658900 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813970112658900 en-us Opposition is growing to a proposed independent board that would set Portland utility rates for water, sewer and stormwater management services. The city’s Charter Review Commission may ask Portland voters to approve an Independent Utility Commission in the November election. The idea is a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813944190644600 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813944190644600 en-us Suzanne Bonamici’s resounding defeat of Rob Cornilles Tuesday night is good news for national Democratic Party leaders, but might be bad news for local voters, according to Jim Moore, director of the Tom McCall Center for Policy Innovation at Pacific University in Forest Grove. As Moore sees ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813916087532100 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813916087532100 en-us Who says sports announcing can’t be a contact sport? Not Bill Schonely, longtime Portland Trail Blazers announcer, now a team ambassador and the man who gave us the basketball sayings “Rip City” and “Bingo Bango Bongo.” Portland Tribune: The most exciting event ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813852542119100 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813852542119100 en-us Portland housing officials took note last week of a new study from Seattle appearing to show that controversial Housing First policies, such as those implemented this year at the Bud Clark Commons in Old Town, can help residents decrease their addictions. The $47 million commons project, which ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813755975557900 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813755975557900 en-us “Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” The old bedtime saying has taken on new meaning for thousands of Portlanders in recent years, ever since the local bedbug population mushroomed. Infestations at homeless shelters, hotels, apartments, hospitals and college ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813698798944900 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813698798944900 en-us The luckiest person at the 2012 Portland International Auto Show was Tualatin resident Mark Edstrom. He won a new Honda Accord at the New Car Giveaway on Sunday, the final day of the show. “I’m just so happy. This is the first new car I’ve ever owned. I’ve only had a used ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812315291362600 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812315291362600 en-us Although Portland has agreed to pay Aaron Campbell’s family $1.2 million for his death, the city is not admitting wrongdoing or accepting liability for it, according to Campbell family attorney Tom Steenson. Speaking at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Steenson said the family was ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812703065908500 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812703065908500 en-us Former West Linn animal control officer Alexis Warwick has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the West Linn Police Department fired her for complaining about sexual harassment and discrimination. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, contends the department terminated Warwick’s ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812906594834900 2012-02-01 12:44:25 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812906594834900 en-us The Port of St. Helens green-lighted plans from two coal export companies to ship millions of tons of coal through the county during a packed public hearing Jan. 25. Following testimony from proponents touting the need for increased economic vitality in the region to opponents who proclaim coal to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812806166498100 2012-02-01 12:27:41 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132812806166498100 en-us Oregon is joining in a multistate legal action against five major financial institutions for their home lending practices, which could bring $30 million to the state, plus $100 million to $200 million to Oregon homeowners facing foreclosure or who are “under water” on their mortgages. ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805379274652600 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805379274652600 en-us A summit of five local mayors in Happy Valley last week highlighted the struggles and successes shared by cities in Clackamas County. The North Clackamas County Chamber-sponsored event hosted by the Aerie at Eagle Landing golf club veered wildly between the serious and silly. Former State ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806436002337000 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806436002337000 en-us From the street, Wanda Bailie’s Cornelius home doesn't look much different from her neighbors on Cherry Street. But as soon as visitors enter the ranch-style home, they’re greeted by Maddie, a three-year-old Boston Terrier, snorting and sounding the alarm behind a small baby-proof ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806345280808000 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806345280808000 en-us Two Cornelius men face charges relating to a New Year celebration gone wrong. Police say Jaime Eli Moya, 33, of Cornelius, was celebrating the New Year by firing a handgun in the direction of nearby homes on Yew Court in Forest Grove shortly after midnight on Jan. 1. Moya told police he thought ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805574624014600 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805574624014600 en-us Stevenson L. Roy was buried on the northern edge of Clackamas County at Willamette National Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon with help from a program that provides military honors to homeless veterans. Roy was a U.S. Navy 2nd class naval petty officer who served during the Vietnam War and became ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806464485289900 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806464485289900 en-us Sydney Maller isn’t very tall, but that doesn’t bother the self-assured seven-year-old too much. She simply came up with a design for a “Great Booster Stool” to help her reach whatever she needs from the cupboards and high shelves at her family home in ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805608505446100 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805608505446100 en-us In the hands of Jim Marvin, a chunk of wood is magically transformed into a mother chickadee and her babies or a hermit thrush sitting on some rocks. All it takes is a piece of tupelo gum tree wood, a tray of woodcarving bits, some hand tools, painting and soldering skills and about 200 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806385094570900 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806385094570900 en-us For the second time in as many months, a local elementary school has reported that a parent-teacher club treasurer is suspected of embezzling thousands of dollars raised by students and parents. Kristen Soprito of Gresham, the former treasurer of the Kelly Creek Elementary School Parent-Teacher ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806618464967700 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806618464967700 en-us Portland Community College and Portland State University have renewed a streamlined co-admission agreement that makes it easier for students to take classes at both institutions, live in PSU residence halls and complete their degrees, officials say. The two institutions started co-admitting ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806362925330000 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806362925330000 en-us A TriMet task force is recommending the transit agency adopt a new fare system in order to raise $9 million in revenue in the next fiscal year. That proposal will be in a report to TriMet general manager Neil McFarlane this week as part of a plan that could close the $17 million budget gap the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805415763672300 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=132805415763672300 en-us René Ormae-Jarmer has been playing music for as long as she can remember, and she’s just opened up a studio that corners the market on women who give drum lessons in the Portland area. She was exceptional even as a toddler, when she would bang out original songs at the piano while her ...