July 2015 - NW Examiner

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***** SERVING PORTLAND’S NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE 1986
Code of the West
Ethics complaint says stakeholders
who approved West Quadrant Plan
had conflicts of interest
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
C
onflicts of interest
permeated the citizen body that advised
the city on land-use policy in the inner Westside.
This charge was levied in
a 60-page complaint filed
with the Portland Auditor
last month.
Property owners, builders, 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 development restrictions had real or
potential conflicts of interest, 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 associated with real estate development.”
Where committee members stood on the proposed
plan had a lot to do with
their affiliations. Only one
of the eight committee
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Parking meters coming in
stages
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
ESCO wants flexibility to consider options other than heavy industry
for its main plant and headquarters north of Northwest Vaughn Street.
ESCO ‘end run’ nixed
Bid to piggyback on
update of citywide
plan thwarted
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
ESCO Corp., the 102-yearold 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, categories that would allow
offices, retail and perhaps
housing.
ESCO President and CEO
Calvin Collins wrote to
Hales asking for the rezoning 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 involving an independent transportation 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 Association Planning Committee, called it “an attempted
end run by ESCO [that]
was thwarted” through the
attentiveness of activists
who reacted to the comContinued on page 6
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arking 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. Residents and employees purchasing 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 commercial corridors until after
Labor Day.
“Chris Armes contacted us advising us [meters]
could begin to be installed
at the end of July,” said Pat
Fiedler, president of the Nob
Hill Business Association.
The areas with turquoise cross hatching will receive parking meters
beginning this month. Twenty-first and 23rd avenues will be metered
after Labor Day.
“Since this was much later
than originally planned, she
asked if we would prefer
early September.
mittee questioned the unilateral staff decision on a matter that should have come
before the committee.
“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.” 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 communitywide goals.
Some members of the
Northwest Parking Plan
Stakeholders Advisory Com-
Armes said she emailed
committee members before
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Tortured Process
BY ALLAN CLASSEN | EDITOR & PUBLISHER
I
’ve read that torture of prisoners
of war is almost inevitable if
instructions to the captors and
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.
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
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
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
"We need more height!
Drop some ballast."
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Deadline third Saturday of the month.
Trains here first
and crossings that are not quiet zone
crossings across the river.
Engineer explains
I
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.
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.
Lynn Christensen sought information
in her letter about train noise. I am a
former locomotive engineer; maybe I
can help.
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.
Most engines have a triple horn that
is either loud or silent: there is no “inbetween.” 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.
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
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.
Raymond Becich
NW Lovejoy St.
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.
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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 Obituaries
Joanne M. Gulla
Carolyn Vanderslice
Berkeley ‘Kelly’ Snow II
Joanne Marie Gulla, a
longtime Northwest Portland 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 Massachusetts 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 volunteered 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 Vanderslice, a
Northwest Savier Street resident 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 preschools in Hawaii. She also produced educational 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.
Berkeley ‘Kelly’ Hubbell Snow II, a graduate 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.
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Death Notices
Frederick 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.
Joseph M. Burton
Joseph 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 University 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.
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, volunteered for Boys and Girls Aid Society.
Dorothy P. Williams
Dorothy 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 Portland. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Bill;
and son, Craig. She is survived by her daughter, Janine Luce; three grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
The Northwest Examiner publishes obituaries of people
who lived, worked or had other substantial connections
to our readership area, which includes Northwest
Portland, Goose Hollow, Sauvie Island and areas north
of Highway 26. If you have information about a death in
our area, please contact us at allan@nwexaminer.com.
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Adult communication
to several nonprofits in Northwest Portland.
It looks like you believe in old fashioned
communication between adults who have learned
they are about to move forward, and three when they a few lessons about humility, power, isolation and
are about to back up. An engineer may respond to a integrity. friendly wave with two toots. When there are workers I believe most everyone I have ever met is on the
on the track, an engineer must give two toots, and same page about the above until sometimes our
repeat that every few seconds as he passes them. This perceived self interest causes us to abandon authentic
is for safety -- track workers often use loud equipment communication and we start acting like scared kids. and may not hear the engine approaching, or they may The gridlock in Congress seems to me to be these
simply be focused on their jobs. This was the case on local personal tempests writ large.
the Steel Bridge for many months in 2013 and 2014.
So good on you, and I shall continue to read and
enjoy your words and the NW Examiner.
If you have a complaint, note the date, time,
number of the lead engine and its color and call
Robert Rogers
NW 21st Ave.
Portland’s Noise Control Office at 503-8237350. 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. It was great news for our neighborhood when it was
announced on June 16 that Cana Flug and C.E. John
You may think that the Pearl District, which used had reached a settlement in the Besaw’s dispute.
"Letters" continued from page 3
Besaw’s settlement
to be a railroad yard, has it bad, but residents of the Besaw’s is a local institution. Three cheers that the
Central Eastside have 15 crossings in a row, and the new building will carry on its name. As a patron
of the restaurant and an admirer of what C.E. John
city hasn’t applied for a quiet zone.
has contributed to our neighborhood, I am glad
Bruce Silverman this dispute is over and that the money Flug will be
NW Irving St. paying as a settlement to C.E. John is being donated
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Radon danger
The 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.
telephone: 503-224-5077
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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.
Sara Perry
NW Northrup St.
Please save Washington Park open reservoirs for
our health and our children. For more information,
visit bullrunwaiver.org.
Scott Fernandez
SE Portland
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ESCO, continued from page 1
for individual owners has been going on throughout 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 amendment and zone map change.”
pany’s ploy.
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.”
Jeanne Harrison, co-chair of the NWDA Transportation Committee, said the normal process to
amend the Comprehensive Plan is difficult, for
good reason.
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.
“ESCO will have a big burden to show that
traffic will not overwhelm the adjacent intersections,” she said. “Rezoning the whole site would
definitely be a major traffic impact if they developed to allowed intensity.
More closely matching the zoning on either side
of Vaughn will “create a new effective buffer” benefiting both industrial and residential activities,
he said.
“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.
That’s a major reversal from ESCO’s position
in the 1990s, when it reached an agreement with
four adjacent residential neighborhoods to recognize Vaughn Street as an inviolable “steel curtain”
around the industrial district.
Although Collins’ letter included the possibility 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.”
“Within NINA [Northwest Industrial Neighborhood Association], we’ve often referred to this
as land for peace,” said NINA President Warren
Rosenfeld in 1998. “It’s about getting real industrial zoning out of the Pearl, NWDA and Linnton
and into the industrial sanctuary.”
Big box retail, however, is permissible in a general employment zone.
“The issue for me is weakening the Northwest 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
“The Flogger” statue at ESCO headquarters on Northwest 25th Avenue has probably never worried about zoning or making too much noise for residential neighbors.
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 pollution than the industries displaced, he speculated.
Harrison also faulted the company for trying to
“piggyback” on a legislative process to get specific
accommodation.
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Sauvie Islanders fight toxic dumping
Corps 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 quality and fishing, and debris started washing up
onshore, he said.
BY THACHER SCHMID
Williams asked.
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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.”
he 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.
1980s dumping recalled
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 channel dredging, not Portland Harbor Superfund
sites.
This isn’t Sauvie Island residents’ first dustup
with the Corps. Back in the 1980s, Richard Hol-
Corps official Michelle Helms said the material 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 sediment 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, arsenic and PAHs or “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.”
It’s the last thing one would associate with Sauvie 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 environmental 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 writing 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
Sauvie Island neighbors Julie Holmason, left, and Marion Skoro fear toxic chemicals will be a danger to many people
say they’re concerned about the Corps’ refusal
Photo by Thacher Schmid
using the island’s beaches.
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 wildlife 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 inwater 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
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Inclusive scouting thriving in the wild
New 22nd Wildwood troop stresses
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BY KC COWAN
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 wearing neckerchiefs and have badges on
their shirts, but this group is unique.
First, a little history: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
started the Boy Scouts organization
in Great Britain in
1908. Boy Scouts of
America was founded 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 scouting club—the outdoors—has taken a
backseat to STEM (science,
technology, engineering and
mathematics) programs. In
1970, United Kingdom members split off from the Boy
Scouts and formed the BadenPowell Scouts Association
to stress outdoor activities
related to the skills of explorers and backwoodsmen. It
migrated to the United States
in 2002, and in 2006, split
off yet again into the BadenPowell 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 Timberwolves (ages
8 – 10), then
Pathfinders
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and Rovers (18
years and up).
Each den is inclusive,
meaning boys and girls
are not separated, and
there are no restrictions
if a scout is gay or
transgender
Members of the Otter dens hoist the flag on their first campout.
Photo credit: Elizabeth Buckwalter
Managing a band of easily distracted 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.
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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.”
der relative, so when it came to
finding a scouting organization for her son, Sam, she sought
a group that was non-discriminatory.
“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 younger 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 breakfast over a camp stove.”
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.”
The 22nd Wildwood recently held
its inaugural overnight campout,
which Kiniry said was a great chance
to learn new skills.
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.
“At our campout, the scouts
cooked all the meals and did all the
“Because Otters have a low attention 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
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Linnton’s stubborn dream
Industrial interests keep lid on hopes
for a “complete community”
BY THACHER SCHMID
I
f 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 & Sustainability Commission is expected to
add its stamp to the 2035 Comprehensive 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 Neighborhood Association agenda.
“Everyone on the neighborhood
association and board is in agreement 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 Planning & 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.
Above: A highway sign
near Linnton creates
the impression that the
community is separated from Portland by
many miles.
Right: Northwest Front
Avenue has seen better
days.
Heavy industrial lands, the theory
goes, reduce gentrification by providing scarce family wage jobs.
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 suggest heavy industry’s not the only
thing the neighborhood is capable of
supporting.
Linnton’s core is changing, zoning codes notwithstanding. Restor-
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.”
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A sparse scattering of businesses and aging homes
at the corner of Northwest 19th and Front
avenues.
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 petroleum 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.”
"Linnton" Continued from page 11
of industrial land,” said Leslie Lum,
a city planner who has met with
Linnton residents. “We don’t have
enough land. That’s why the conversation is going the way it is.”
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 community. Despite all Linnton’s history,
it does not merit the tiniest of four
sizes of circles used to identify neighborhoods, 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 households within a half-mile walking
distance.”
“I don’t think they should circle
out the oldest community,” said LNA
board member Sarah Taylor. “Somebody’s making a lot of money by not
putting that circle there. ... At this
point, if they don’t create a neighborhood 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 Portland land greets Highway 30 motorists
headed downtown with “Portland 10
[miles].”
The implication? You’re not in Portland. 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: industrial sanctuary. Priorities expressed
by industrial stakeholders in the
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 really exciting plan,” Taylor said. “Our
hope is that the area above the wetland 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 website 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 Berglund, 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 Portland as WWC members. “There have
been major concerns about [rezoning
the Front Avenue area] in the past,
and I imagine there will be major concerns 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 Sustainability 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.
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Commissioner Chris Smith, “we had
the discussion about whether Linnton
should be a neighborhood center or
not.
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[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 parameters. We hashed that one out, and
sadly ...” Smith trailed off.
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come.” n
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NEWS
Food Front board sees magic
in number 7, mum on all else
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
ANALYSIS
As the beleaguered Food Front
Cooperative Grocery prepares to
elect a new board of directors, not
much is known about the contenders 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 wondering 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 candidacies. At last month’s meeting,
this reporter asked whether an election 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 judgment when it interviews candidates
or reviews their references.
The only clue of the board’s
thought process last month came
from Jauron-Mills in explaining
why the board should keep its roster at seven.
By some process, the board
appointed two candidates to fill
vacancies this spring, while rejecting other applicants who also sought
to serve.
“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 “special perspective.”
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.
The motion passed unanimously
without discussion.
Coonfield was the founding president of the Hillsdale Farmers Market; chaired the board of Neighborhood 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 members fear the direction he might
lead? Good questions, but in the
form of governance practiced by
Food Front, there are no explanations and no way to watch the decision- makers. Almost all issues of
substance are decided in closed ses-
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CAN FOOD FRONT
SURVIVE?
This is a question many in our
Food Front community are asking 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.
sions or through consent agendas,
in which an open vote is taken on
coded motions.
Some might see peril on the
horizon in that disgruntled workers voted overwhelmingly in May
to unionize. Meanwhile, the co-op
faces the most direct competition in
its history in the form of a New Seasons 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).
Creating the community we
need to save Food Front.
PLEASE CONNECT WITH US:
Planning Meeting
Thursday, July 23, 7-8:30 pm,
Friendly House,
1737 NW 26th Ave.
For more information:
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and
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But as long as the board is confident seven board members is
the right number, no need to look
deeper. n
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The Pearl
North Park Block paved—temporarily—for parking
Neighbors say they were promised
a park, interim arrangement isn’t
working
the park,” said Mark Ross, spokesperson for
Portland Parks & Recreation.
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
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veryone 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-numbered spaces that do not have city parking vouchers,” 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 disappointment 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.”
A recently paved parking lot adjoins the main entrance of Pacific Northwest College of Art … until a
Photo by Wes Mahan
park can be built. 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
“PNCA will pay us to lease 29 spaces,” he
said. “The other portion of the site will be available 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 construction, 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.
“I’m not in business to pave paradise,” he said. n
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 Going Out
Hot July Food News
BY MICHAEL C. ZUSMAN
Fifth Annual
LifeWise Oregon
Berry Festival
Rows of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries as
far as the eye can see will greet guests at the Fifth Annual LifeWise
Oregon Berry Festival.
Photo by Shawn Linehan courtesy of the Oregon Berry Festival
Never mind that its
title sponsor is an insurance company that will
be serving up dietitians and health advice
(as though you don’t
get enough of that elsewhere). The latest edition of the Oregon Berry
Festival is one Northwest
Portland neighbors and
out-of-town guests will
surely want to visit …
and leave with a trunkful
of the Willamette Valley’s
peak season bounty. The
event, with dozens of
vendors, sets down roots
on Friday, July 17, noon6pm, and Saturday, July
18, 11am-5pm
Produce grows well in
our seasonal climate, and
combined with the valley’s rich volcanic soil
and 100 years of hybridization, tender loving
care and maybe a few
mystical incantations by
USDA and Oregon State
University plant scientists, 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 loganberries, boysenberries,
marionberries, huckleberries, black caps (aka
black raspberries) and—
best of all—the Triple
Crown Blackberry, a relatively recent cross that’s
huge, sweet and succulent.
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you never know which
varieties will actually be
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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
year—until you come see for
yourself. Then it’s decision
time: eat them out of hand,
make pie, jam, ice cream or
wine, or freeze them until
inspiration strikes.
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 foolishly consented. I promise to
behave … maybe.
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T Project
Teri Gelber, whom I came
to know years ago as a fellow
Portland food writer, holstered her pen awhile back
in favor of parenthood—
until
entrepreneurship
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opened a small storefront on
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Continued from page 17
ing in small-batch organic tea blends. Had she
been open when I wrote
my roundup of favorite
Northwest Portland tea
and coffee shops recently, the T Project would
have been included.
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 categories: 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
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
seemed a fair assessment
of this light and delicate
brew.
We chatted about mutual 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, peppermint, 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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723 NW 18th Avenue
503-327-3110
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Apart from Ataula, there’s Patria
Unless you’ve been living 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 relative solitude dazzled by
dish after eye-popping
Barcelona-meets-Portland dish that emerged
from Chesa’s kitchen.
Now, those nights are
as rare as a polite dissent from Justice Antonin 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 tending 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 heritage 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 positively beams as she talks
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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 patriotic reference to Puerto 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 proteins. With her skill and
training, Baez manages
to bring the cuisine forward a bit, lightening
and brightening it to suit
Portland palates. It was
impressive when I was
lucky enough to score
a seat in June. Reservations can be made online.
The next two dinners are
scheduled for July 19 and
Aug. 16.
Patria at Ataula
1818 NW 23rd Place,
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Sorta Ataula
Again
Portland Food Adventures czar Chris Angelus and Ataula chef José
Chesa are taking a group
of hungry Portlanders
to Barcelona in September. Learn from experts,
eat great meals, including dinner at the Adrià
brothers’ (of ElBulli fame)
wacky and wonderful
Tickets Bar, and see firsthand 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.
Information at portlandfoodadventures.com/
portland-food-adventures-international/
or directly from Chris
Angelus, 503-208-4290
or chris@portlandfooadventures.com
a variation on the Chicago 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.
Bow Wow Wow!
(Part 1)
Bao Wow Wow!
(Part 2)
Micah Camden, Katie
Poppe and Matt Lynch
have already brought Portland 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,
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 cocoaflavored (and colored)
bun filled with a thick,
rich and utterly fabulous chocolate-hazelnut
ganache and sided by a
dollop of soft-serve coconut ice cream. It’s hard
to say how long it will
available at our local Boke
Bowl outlet, though coowner Brannon Riceci
mumbled vague promises about July availability
after much begging and
cajoling by a certain area
food writer.
Boke Bowl (Westside),
1200 NW 18th Avenue
503-719-5698
bokebowl.com
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Saturday and Sunday,
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Little sandwiches like this are appetizers at Patria.
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Community Events
Co-op members organize
Concerts In The Park
Yoga for preschoolers
Two 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.
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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.
You 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.
All concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages
are available for purchase.
Sundown Concerts
July 9: SELCO Community Credit Union presents
Jon Koonce & the Vermadons (original rock and
Memphis funk)
Rotary topics
Portland 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 503-2289858. 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.
July 16: SELCO Community Credit Union presents
Karen Lovely (contemporary blues)
July 23: OnPoint Community Credit Union
presents Malcolm Noble’s Cool Breeze (R&B funk
classics)
July 30: New Seasons Market, Slabtown store,
presents Lil’ Queenie (roots rock and good ol’
blues)
The 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 day
West 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 Defenders
Northwest 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.
Malcom Noble’s Cool Breeze, a classic R&B funk band, plays
at Wallace Park July 23 as par t of the Concer ts in the Park
series.
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spreadsheets will be held Sunday,
July 12, 12:30-2:30 p.m., at
Northwest Library, 2300 NW
Thurman St. Participants must
be comfortable using a keyboard
and mouse.
Community Events
Legal workshop
Trivia Challenge
A 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 503-2411215 to reserve a seat.
Northwest 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.
Nikkei benefit
Concerts at Hostel
Northwest Portland International
Hostel, 415 NW 18th Ave.,
presents free Tuesday night
concerts through Aug. 25, 6:309:30 pm, in its secret garden.
Traditional German barbecue
items, with vegetarian options
and beverages, are available for
sale.
July 7: Kelly and the Bells
July 14: Amanda West
July 21: The Better Halves
July 28: Matt Meighan
Oregon 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 503224-1458.
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.
Cafe Nell contributes
Cafe Nell, 1987 NW Kearney St.,
will donate a percentage of sales
in support of the SAGE program
at Friendly House and the *eRa*
program at Q Center between
5 and 8 p.m. every Sunday in
July. Both programs provide
services, advocacy and support
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Miniature train had short heyday
The miniature train at City (Washington)
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scenic railway. Amused city officials, 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 ceremony could be performed. The
attraction operated all day on
weekends and every afternoon
on summer weekdays.
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n Sunday, July 12, 1903,
thousands of people filled
City Park, now know as
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visited the zoo animals east of
today’s Arlington Heights. It was
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No place for elephants
Saltzman saw no conflict regarding
his West Quadrant properties
The complaint was filed anonymously. The city ombudsman,
a division of the auditor’s office,
is obligated to honor the confidentiality of complainants
and witnesses. Persons bringing complaints are protected
from retaliation related to their
employment or civil rights
under city ordinance.
no committee members recused
cope with
the topics
cascading
disorthemselves
when
touched
ders.
Endless
research
on
on their property interests. more
forgiving surfaces, including
John Bradley, chair of the
one at the Oregon Zoo testNorthwest District Association
By Allan Classen
ing rubber, has been conducted
Planning Committee, found that
without finding the magic forCity Commissioner
Dan 1Saltzman voted for the
Continued from page
omission “shocking.”
mula.
West Quadrant Plan in March even though he
out
his
logic
in
a
letter
to
Metro
How
do 25 people talk all
owns or has a stake in many af fected properties,
The answer is more exercise,
and Interim
Zoo Director
Teri
around the subject of their propwhich
may increase
in value
due to more generthe thing that keeps wild eleDresler.
ous
height allowances in the proposed plan.
interests without even occaPortland Ombudsman Margie erty phants’
feet in form. Elephants
sionally
mentioning them? Were
Oregonwith
Zoo’sthe
elephants
That“The
contrasts
stance he took in 2012
Sollinger has opened an investiin the wild may walk 10 or 20
all so focused on the general
have long been
plagued with
regarding
the proposed
Education Urban
gation of the complaint.
miles a day as they forage, typigood that they somehow forgot
Renewal
Area.
chronic arthritis and infecfor shrubs, grass, leaves
The code of ethics, adopted theycally
had a dog in the fight?
tion of their
feet, which
has
“Because
my family
owns property
in the potenand twigs. While an elephant
as a city ordinance in 1970,
often
led toheeuthanasia.
... “I
Inwill not be particiHardly.
tial
district,”
said in 2012,
in captivity could theoretically
declares that “the city’s powers
his chapter
foot disorders
pating
in this on
Wednesday’s
council session and
around its enclosure
nonand resources are used for the
Aspace
the complaint
states, “SAC
must
abstain
from
the vote.”
in ‘The
Biology,
Medicine,
and
stop
to
track
up
mileage,
they
benefit
of
the
public
rather
than
member
[Greg]
Goodman
advoDan Saltzman said his multiple cenSurgery
of Elephants,’
Mur- in the two situaWhen
asked
for the difDr.
ference
to move
a purtral city properties created a poten- any official’s personal benefit.”
catedtend
fornot
and
votedwithout
in favor
of
ray E. Saltzman’s
Fowler, the world
tions,
Chiefauthorof Staf f, Brendan Finn,
tial conflict of interest regarding
pose,
and
in
the
wild
that
purincreased
allowed
height
and
The code applies to electurban renewal but not with the West
ity on
zoo and
wildlife
medisaid
Saltzman
acted
in both
cases on the advice
pose
is finding
to West
eat.
changes
onenough
his own
ed
officials, city employees, zoning
Quadrant
Plan.
that Kathryn
a study of
379
ofcine,
Citynoted
At torney
Beaumont.
properties;
co-chair
appointees to boards and com- Quadrant
Oregon Zoo head elephant
zoo would
elephants
that 50
Why
the found
two cases
be handled dif fer"Code of the West" cont'd from page 1
[Karen]
Williams
for
missions, and city volunteers.
keeper
Bob Leeadvocated
told the Exampercent were affected with foot
ently?
and iner
votedthat
in space
favor of
increased
isn’t a prob“To function effectively,” the
members without known condisorders.
height
limits
on a parking
strucFinn gave the NW Examiner this explanation:
lem
for
captive
elephants,
and
code
continues,
“the
city
needs
flicts voted for the plan. Five
“To address this problem,
ture
on
Southwest
10th
that
her
even
when
they
have
broader
the
public’s
respect
and
con“There was only a potential conflict of interest
condemned the adoption of prothe Oregon
Zoo hosted
thedistrict
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employer
[had
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toplanned]
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to
with
the urban
renewal
height policies without consid- fidence that its power will be velop;
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American
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on
members
[John]
Peterson
was the possibility of direct investment in one
hang
around
in
one
spot.
used
on
behalf
of
the
commueration of countervailing eviFoot Care
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ofElephant
the properties,
whereas
that was not the case
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improper acts are doubly wrong:
food
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SAC’s
conclusions.
Samubra,
left
to
mingle
with
the
female
herd
during
the
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photo
shoot
last
month
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one
edited for
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a selfish
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notdetermine
only changes and increased height
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further
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of them, raising a question about unrestricted sexual access and
potentialdecision
inbreeding.
on many West
Quadrant
proceedings
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Elephant’s
the natural
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ethics
violations
were
wrong
in
itself,
but
also
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reporter to Beaumont, who said
only,
“I the
am animals together to promote social interactions. Regular access is not intended to limits Recreating
when
to put
by them
or by
Foot,” Iowa
University
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environment
involves
so egregious,”
stated
com-keeper,
because
it violates the public’s properties
imply
unrestricted
said the zoo’s
head the
elephant
Bob Lee.
confirming
thatState
I spoke
to Brendan
Finn
as he access,"
theirnot
employer
(MelvinorMark),
Press), Dr. Fowler wrote:
only hundreds
thouplaint, “that several property trust in government.”
indicated.”
including
their
proposed
Public
sands
of
acres
but
vast,
replenowners
or
professionals
with
“It is the
author’s
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from
standing
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stateare
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ties that leads
to infections
foot problems.”
the Stakeholders
Advisory
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to-Campbell advocated for propincreased height
limits orand
more
low
LLC,”
“12th & Pearl LLC,” “First
sonsTownhomes
for euthanizing
elephants.
is a challenge,
for that
pur- and
addition
to overgrown
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drafted
the minor-nails these prerequisites. Expanding
erties her company owns.”
Harrison Company,” “VLF LLC” (referring to Vilfavorable zoning
for
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with
direction,
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only
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out disclosing
their
conflicts
or
lines for recusal were given to memo about sites needing greatstanding on hard substrates the anatomy of an elephant compress and expand to create
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recusing themselves.” the committee. Consequently, er height
limits. really don’t ▶
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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 respectful of the all the surrounding properties,”
he wrote.
Goodman went into similar detail
about three other sites, offering suggestions for specific heights, even suggesting 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 particular building. In a way, he was. He
owns the properties identified in his
memo or parcels adjacent to them,
said Pinger, who connected the locations mentioned in Goodman’s memo
to a map on the website of Downtown
Development Group, of which Goodman is co-president.
Developers/Builders
Architects/Engineers/Planners
Other Business Interests
All Others
(7)
(9)
(7)
(9)
Citizens, Other NGOs,
Other (9)
Totals by category:
Developer - Architect - Engineer Planner - Other Bus. Interest
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2
Government Employee
Non-business NGO (3 Homeless, 1 Opera
1 Audubon)
5
Other (incl. resident and NA rep)
2
Combined Non-Developer/Arch/Planner/
Business Interest
9
Total33
Economic Interests (24)
SAC Members and their interests
Name and affiliation from official SAC roster; remaining columns compiled by complainants.
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 Charlie Hales, Portland Director of Planning
and Sustainability Susan Anderson and
BPS Chief Planner Joe Zehnder also did
not respond to invitations to comment.
AEC consultant
Williams, who identified her affiliation as Carroll Investments for the SAC
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10 Stakeholders named
"Code of the West" cont'd from page 25
roster, was the only one of
the 10 individuals singled
out in the complaint who
explained her situation to
the NW Examiner. The others 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 @carrollinvestments.com, she replied:
“I continued to use Carroll email for convenience
because I had used it for
several years, and I’m concerned 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 InfraStructure Oregon.
When asked to identify
Anne Naito-Campbell
Blake Beanblossom
Catherine Ciarlo
Dan Petrusich
Greg Goodman
John Peterson
Karen Williams
Katherine Schultz
Nolan Lienhart
Patrick Gortmaker
errors in the ethics complaint, she said, “I think the
most important error is what
appears to be a firmly held
belief that people who simply 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 affiliations 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 responsibility or financial reason to be
there.”
The complaint contends
that the SAC “was heavily
skewed to a particular sector
and economic interest, specifically that of real estate development and the professions
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that directly benefit financially from its activities.”
For this reason alone it
“failed to meet Oregon’s
Statewide Planning Goal 1,
which mandates that landuse actions must occur
through a citizen involvement program that ‘shall
involve a cross-section of
affected citizens in all phases of the planning process...
[which] shall include an officially recognized Committee for Citizen Involvement
broadly representative of
geographic areas and interests 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
QUOTES
“In Portland, we hold ourselves up as a model of participatory 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 director
Sustasis 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
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“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, President
City 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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BUSINESS
Led by a
passion
for people,
Portland, and
real estate.
Real Besaws await new Besaw’s
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The Besaw clan: Shayla Fowler (L-R), Chris Besaw, Gordon Besaw, Steve Besaw,
Shelby Besaw, Skylar Besaw and David Besaw.
W
hen C.E. John Co. named the
Benevento Building at Northwest 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 project 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 restaurant 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 family 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 growing 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 attachments 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.”
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 historic name for a redevelopment project.
Besaw’s operator Cana Flug and
C.E. John Co. Inc. both filed trademark 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 Northwest 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-
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“I don’t like the way the developer
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“He hasn’t earned it,” said Besaw,
who owns 52nd Avenue Hardware &
Building Supply in Southeast Portland.
By contrast, he believes Flug carries
on the spirit of independence and
connection with everyday people that
characterized Clyde Besaw. n
Besaw’s settlement
extends name’s reach
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since 2000, I am dedicated to assist both
sellers and buyers – and
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if you want to list your
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tion until a lease is signed, but she
described it as “larger and more efficient … 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 goodwill 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 community.”
C.E. John President Jim John said
he intends to retain the historic restaurant building as part of the new
development, a multistory mixed-
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 New Businesses
Lovejoy Studio
2308 NW Lovejoy St., Unit B
503- 622-9128 • lovejoy.chuise.com
Mark 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.”
The Feisty Lamb
2174 W. Burnside St.
503-206-4253
thefeistylamb.com
329 NW Couch St
503-703-6867
“This time, I think we’re raising
more hooey,” said Richard Holmason.
“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 dredging in the Portland Harbor area,
Helms contends the Corps is merely
regulating the applicant, the U.S.
Coast Guard.
“We want to maintain the navigable 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 cutter Bluebell is a much-loved local
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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.
vessel known for helping Vanport
flood victims in 1948 and generations of service maintaining buoys
on the Columbia, Willamette and
Snake rivers. Responding to islanders’ 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 residents only.
While Helms said the Corps is following its normal testing and notification 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 navigation 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 commitment to clean up, or cease work if
‘indications of contamination’ are
observed,” said Gillihan Road residents Don Young and Martha Berndt.
“They’re gonna have hell if I find
junk in there,” said Skoro in his Croatian accent, still imposing at 76.
Jaguar Land Rover will launch an
incubator at 1420 NW 18th Ave. to
support start-up businesses working on automobile software innovations. It will receive funding
from the Portland Development
Commission and a $50,000 grant
from a nonprofit promoting electric vehicles.
Author Dana Micucci will lead a
workshop, “Embodying the Wisdom of the Heart,” at New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd
Ave., Thursday, July 9, 6:30 p.m.
For information, visit danamicucci.com. Fortune Bar
Sauvie Island, cont'd from page 7
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 measures are also underway against
Macbale’s Silver Dollar Pizza,
which is on the same corner.
Pacific Northwest College of Art
signed a 10-year lease for three
floors of the 321 NW Glisan building, two blocks from PNCA’s
headquarters. The Glisan Street
building is owned by Brian Wannamaker, who is donating $1 million
to the school.
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.
Photo by Dina Avila
Business
Briefs

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.
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.
Besaw's, continued from page 27
The Corps notice warns that “[t]
he described activity may affect an
endangered or threatened species or
its critical habitat.”
The company intends to find a
new restaurant operator to lease the
space, though substantial improvements and repairs will be made first.
He said the 110-plus-year-old structure is “a mess … not up to any code
… that needs a considerable amount
of work.”
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 affected. Some Sauvie Island residents
fear Sturgeon Lake habitat could be
impacted.
Beyond its character as a tourist 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 potentially powerful Mother Nature that
we just have this abiding shared life
with.” n
use project that will involve demolishing 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 million extra to build around it.
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 Weinstein of Weinstein PR. “The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington 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
September 2010
July 2015
National
Night Out
Events
Save the date for your local
NNO event. Visit our website
nwnw.org/calendar/ for more details later this month.
NWDA
Summer Mixer
newsletter@nwnw.org
Forest Heights Farmers Market
Date: the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month through October • Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm • Place: Mill Pond Park
At 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 entertainment. 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
Date: Tuesday, August 4th
Time and Place: TBA
Last Monday, the City of Portland’s
natural hazard mitigation planning effort started off strong. While kids hung
out at the Matt Dishman pool to cool
off, just down the hall city planners,
emergency managers, community leaders, business representatives, and even
a few of Portland’s youth gathered to
talk about how to plan for natural hazards 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 follow the plan update process or to get
involved, visit the website at portlandoregon.gov/pbem/naturalhazard.
Pearl
Party in the Park
Date: Tuesday, August 4th
Time: 5:00 - 7:30 PM
Place: The Fields Park
Linnton
Ice Cream Social
Date: Wednesday, August 5th
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Place: TBA
OTCTCA
Block Party
Date: Wednesday, August 5th
Time: 5:00 - 7:30 PM
Place: NW Davis St. between 3rd & 4th
National Night
Out Info Fair
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2015
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Place: 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.
Metro Central Enhancement Grants 2016
GRANT WORKSHOP
Date: Wednesday, July 29th
•
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
•
Place: Friendly House
Do you have ideas about how to make your neighborhood more beautiful or serve the people living in your community? 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 Neighborhood 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 potential 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 applications 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:
• Improve the safety, appearance or cleanliness of neighborhoods
• Improve the environmental quality of the area
• Preserve or enhance wildlife areas within the target area
• Improve or increase recreation opportunities
• Provide training or services that benefit youth, elderly and/or
low-income residents
• Increase recycling opportunities for residents of the area.
Friends of the Pearl “A Community Foot Patrol” Kick-Off Walk
Date:
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 Prevention Program. Come join us to learn about this program and how to get involved. Mark Wells Mark.Wells@PortlandOregon.gov / (503) 823-2781
Neighborhood columns are the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Neighbors West-Northwest
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Arlington Heights
Neighborhood Association
Linnton Neighborhood
Association
Northwest Heights
Pearl District
www.arlingtonheightspdx.org
www.linnton.com
Contact: Charlie Clark,
503 459-3610
www.pearldistrict.org
BOARD MEETING
Mon., July 13th & Aug. 10th, 6:00 pm
Sylvan Fire Station
115 SW Skyline Blvd
Forest Park
TOWN MEETING &
BOARD MEETING
Weds., Sept. 2nd
7:00 pm
Linnton Community
Center, 10614 NW St.
Helens Rd
National Night Out Ice
Cream Social
Weds., Aug. 5th
6:00 pm
Location TBA
Northwest District
Association
www.forestparkneighbors.org
BOARD MEETING
Tues., Sept. 15th, 7:00 pm
Willis Community Center
360 NW Greenleaf
BOARD MEETING
Thurs., July 9th, 6:00 pm
PREM Group, 351 NW 12th Ave
BOARD MEETING
Tues., Sept. 8th, 12:30 pm
Forest Heights HOA Office
2033 NW Miller Rd
northwestdistrictassociation.org
Northwest Industrial
www.nwindustrial.org
Goose Hollow
Foothills League
BOARD MEETING
Mon., July 20th, 6:00 pm
(LGS) Northrup, 2282 NW Northrup
www.goosehollow.org
Planning & Zoning Committee
Tues., July 7th & Aug. 4th, 7:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
1838 SW Jefferson
Public Safety, Parking,
and Transportation Committee
Tues., July 21st, 6:30 pm
First United Methodist Church
1838 SW Jefferson
Planning Committee
Thurs., July 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th &
Aug. 6th, 8:00 am
CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh
Call to confirm, 503.823.4212
Public Safety & Livability Committee
Tues., July 14th & Aug. 11th
6:00 pm
LGS, Wilcox B, 2211 NW Marshall
Ad hoc Bylaws Committee
Tues., July 22nd, 7:00 pm
The Legends Condominiums
1132 SW 19th Ave
Ad hoc Duty of Loyalty Committee
7:00 pm
The Legends Condominiums
1132 SW 19th Ave
Hillside
www.hillsidena.org
Air Quality Committee
Mon., July 13th & Aug. 10th
7:00 pm
Silver Cloud Inn, Breakfast Rm
NW 24th Place & Vaughn St
3rd Saturday Clean-up
Sat., July 18th, 9:00 am
Elephants Deli, 115 NW 22nd
Summer Mixer
Tues., Aug. 4th
details to be announced
Neighbors West-Northwest
Coalition
www.nwnw.org
BOARD MEETING
Tues., Oct. 13th, 7:30 pm
Hillside Community Center
653 NW Culpepper Terr
Nob Hill
Business Association
info@nwpdxnobhill.com
GENERAL MEETING
Weds., July 15th, 8:30 am
Holiday Inn Express
2333 NW Vaughn
NINA MEETING
Tues., July 14th, 7:00 am
Holiday Inn Express
2333 NW Vaughn
Planning & Transportation Comm.
Tues., July 7th, 21st & Aug. 4th
6:00 pm
PREM Group, 351 NW 12th
Communications Committee
LRS Architects
720 NW Davis, Ste 300
Portland Downtown
www.portlanddowntownna.com
Old Town Chinatown
Community Association
www.oldtownchinatown.org
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tues., July 28th, 5:30 pm
Transportation Committee Meeting
Weds., Aug. 5th, 6:00 pm
LGS, Wilcox A, 2211 NW Marshall
2nd Saturday Clean-up
Sat., July 11th & Aug. 8th, 9:00 am
Food Front Co-op
2375 NW Thurman
Livability & Safety Committee
Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave
Emergency Prep Committee
Mon., July 13th & Aug. 10th
6:00 pm
Ecotrust Bldg, 2nd Floor
907 NW Irving
Executive Committee
Weds., July 7th & Aug. 5th, 8:00 am
NWNW Office, 2257 NW Raleigh
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon St
Executive Committee
Tues., Aug. 5th, 9:00 am
Urban Grind, 911 NW 14th
BOARD MEETING
Tues., July 28th, 7:00 pm
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MTG
Weds., Aug. 5th, 11:30 am
Central City Concern
232 NW 6th Ave
BOARD MEETING
Weds., July 8th, 11:30 am
University of Oregon, Room 150
70 NW Couch
Art History and Culture Committee
Weds., July 22nd, 11:30 am
Non Profit Center, 221 NW 2nd Ave
2nd floor front conf room
Business Committee
Thurs., June 25th, 10:00 am
Davis Street Tavern, 500 NW Davis
Both at: Meals on Wheels Elm Court
1032 SW Main St
Land Use & Transport. Comm.
1900 Building, Room 2500 B
1900 SW 4th
Public Safety Action Committee
Weds., July 8th, 12:00 pm
Portland Building, Room B
1120 SW 5th Ave
Sylvan-Highlands
www.sylvanhighlands.org
Land Use Design & Rvw Committee
Tues., July 21st, 11:30 am
University of Oregon, Room 152
70 NW Couch
BOARD MEETING
Weds., Sept. 9th
5:30 pm
LGS Northrup Building
2282 NW Northrup
Emergency Preparedness Work
Group
Weds. July 29th, 5:00 pm
LGS Northrup Building
2282 NW Northrup
Livability & Public Safety Committee
Tues., July 21st, 3:30 pm
Oregon College of Oriental
Medicine, 75 NW Couch St
Hospitality Subcommittee
Location TBA
National Night Out Block Party
NW Davis St. between 3rd & 4th
MEMBERSHIP & BOARD MEETING
7:00 pm
Sylvan Fire Station
1715 SW Skyline Blvd
Find calendar updates at: www.nwnw.org/Calendar
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
Snapshots
BUSINESS
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.
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.
Washington Park Reservoir 3 is empty as the city prepares to replace it with an underground 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.
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.
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.
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.
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