http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126859301988373900 2010-03-14 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126859301988373900 en-us Portland police arrested a 24-year-old Portland man in connection with a stabbing early Sunday morning that left a woman in serious condition. Exie C. Phillips is charged with attempted murder and first-degree assault. He was booked into the Multnomah County Jail pending arraignment. According to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126859368412078700 2010-03-14 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126859368412078700 en-us The body of a Portland hiker missing for nine days was found at the base of an 800-foot cliff in the Columbia River Gorge on Saturday. Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox said a father and son found the body of 24-year-old Kathrine Huether, 24, below the southern slope of Table Mountain. The ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126852319609235700 2010-03-13 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126852319609235700 en-us Did you remember to spring forward? Daylight saving time began at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, March 14, when we were supposed to turn our clocks ahead one hour. It ends Sunday, Nov. 7. Daylight saving time began as a way to add light to the evening hours of spring and summer. It’s also ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835407675618100 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835407675618100 en-us Raleigh Hills spelling bee champ Connor Aberle is on his way back to the nation’s capital after he won Saturday’s eighth annual Portland Tribune/Comcast Regional Spelling Bee. Aberle successfully spelled “viscidity” to win the local contest. He beat 44 other third- through ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126852150939499800 2010-03-13 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126852150939499800 en-us Lakeridge High School junior Brynn Tran took the top prize in Saturday’s 2010 Oregon Poetry Out Loud competition in Salem. Tran, 16, wins $200 and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., for herself and a chaperone. Her Lake Oswego high school will get a $500 stipend for the purchase ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126844621988722900 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126844621988722900 en-us Zuri Herrejon, 11, succinctly summed up what she owes Mother Earth. “I just like helping the Earth. It made me live,” said the fifth-grader at Lynch View Elementary School in the Centennial School District. That, in a nutshell, is what drove scores of students and adults from across ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126844704747622500 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126844704747622500 en-us ON Semiconductor plans to hire approximately 25 technicians and engineers this year to facilitate expansion of its Gresham manufacturing operations at 23400 N.E. Glisan St., according to Anne Spitza, ON spokeswoman. The positions would augment approximately 500 employees at the 83-acre Gresham ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126844680154663100 2010-03-13 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126844680154663100 en-us Like its neighboring cities, Fairview’s economic growth and quality of life is largely dependent on the quality of its roads and transportation corridors. After reviewing a five-year Multnomah County capital improvement plan, city leaders are concerned that the county’s funding ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126843913328570500 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126843913328570500 en-us A ring of 11 teens and young men, including four Centennial High School students, face charges of theft and organized retail theft for allegedly stealing up to $20,000 worth of designer jeans from high end department stores. Portland police made the arrests Wednesday, March 10, after a nearly ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126845821343784500 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126845821343784500 en-us Portland’s Typhoon! Thai restaurants got snagged in a whale of a mistaken identity Friday when they were mistaken for a Santa Monica, Calif., chain that served whale meat. The mix-up was a giant-sized fluke that led to an in-box full of nasty e-mails, angry phone calls and very unhappy ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842501103762400 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842501103762400 en-us Police arrested a woman on a warrant after a bullet was fired through the floor of her apartment and into the unit below. Officers responded to a noon report of a bullet fired through a wall at an apartment in the 2600 block of Southeast 174th Avenue, one block south of Division Street, said ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842889770759600 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842889770759600 en-us Members of the committee advising on the Columbia River Crossing promised on Friday to meet soon in a final effort to resolve conflicts that threaten the future of the project. Governors of Oregon and Washington appointed the Project Sponsors Council to offer advice on the estimated $3.8 billion ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842933953329900 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842933953329900 en-us Mayor Sam Adams does not have a deadline for bringing the future of the Memorial Coliseum to the City Council, but says questions concerning its operating agreement need to be addressed first. "Now is the time to resolve the questions about which kinds of events can be held in the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826824011394100 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826824011394100 en-us EUGENE — University of Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended for the 2010 football season Friday afternoon after he entered a guilty plea in Lane County Circuit Court in a deal for a misdemeanor charge of second-degree burglary. The decision by UO coach Chip Kelly means Masoli can ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842039385965900 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126842039385965900 en-us About 10 homes in Milwaukie’s Linwood neighborhood were evacuated Thursday afternoon while an explosives unit investigated items found in a home in the area. Two men in the home were arrested on charges unrelated to the items. A Clackamas County Civil Deputy saw the items when he was in a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835348570824300 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835348570824300 en-us Multnomah County commission candidate Enrique Arias dropped out of the race Thursday to replace Commissioner Jeff Cogen’s position. In a brief game of political musical chairs Tuesday, the filing deadline for the May 18 primary, Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler backed out of his ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126837753391361400 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126837753391361400 en-us A 40-year-old former Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office employee was arrested Thursday as part of a seven-month investigation of accounting irregularities in the county’s concealed handgun licensing unit. Annette M. Smith of Estacada surrendered at the Clackamas County Jail at about 3 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826380514582900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826380514582900 en-us As the Portland City Council moves closer to deciding the fate of Memorial Coliseum, two larger questions are starting to loom — what to do with the rest of the Rose Quarter and how to pay for all the improvements that the city and other interests would like to see. The council had been ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835876261948100 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835876261948100 en-us Zeppo Italian Restaurant in Lake View Village sustained extensive damage from a fire that occurred just before midnight on Wednesday night, March 10. Firefighters from the Lake Oswego Fire Department arrived at the popular eatery at 345 First St. to find it filled with smoke. Additional personnel ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835319676914100 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126835319676914100 en-us Former Oregon Treasurer Jim Hill of Salem withdrew Thursday from the state treasurer's race, setting up a two-man Democratic primary between departing Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler and state Sen. Rick Metsger, D-Welches. The winner will face Republican state Sen. Chris Telfer, R-Bend on the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827936072322200 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827936072322200 en-us Ricardo Serrano is headed to Oregon’s Death Row for the November 2006 murders of a Bethany mother and her two young sons. Jurors unanimously decided Thursday morning that Serrano should die for the three murders. He will be formally sentenced in Washington County Circuit Court Tuesday, March ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827791900635600 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827791900635600 en-us The proposal to continue Tualatin’s Central Urban Renewal District by another 25 years leapt at least one major hurdle last week: the Tigard-Tualatin School Board voted 4-1 to approve the plan last Thursday. The decision came on the heels of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue’s vote ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827770468671200 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827770468671200 en-us Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center’s ongoing effort to secure a zoning change — and make expansion easier in the future — hit a wave of neighborhood resentment this week. Dozens of residents stormed the council meeting to protest the idea of building a large office complex on ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827848626508200 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827848626508200 en-us Give me a T, give me a U, give me an H, give me an S. What’s that spell? The heart of Tualatin. The Tualatin High School cheerleaders have long been an important part of the school’s success, qualifying for OSAA state competition every year under the guidance of Head Coach Tracy ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827832095185000 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827832095185000 en-us Have you ever wanted to know what the inside of a colon looks like? No? Good thinking. It’s not exactly pretty. But last Thursday, visitors in the main lobby of Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center got that view up close and personal, when the giant, inflatable Super Colon came to town as ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827797772500600 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827797772500600 en-us After an explosion of public outcry against the proposed bridge that would extend Tualatin Road over the river at Community Park last week, city officials voted early Tuesday morning to remove the project from the urban renewal plan. The vote came just before 2 a.m. Councilors had been meeting ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827890084262400 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827890084262400 en-us Korean families and individuals hoping to brush up on their Korean language skills are in for a treat. Beaverton’s sister city of Cheonan, South Korea, last month contributed more than 1,000 Korean language books to the Beaverton City Library’s world languages collection. The new ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827867708761000 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827867708761000 en-us A former teacher at M.I.T.C.H. Charter School says that she was sexually discriminated against and fired after she learned that she would not receive paid maternity leave. The teacher, Gracia H. Merrill, is suing the charter school — and its founder Debi Lorence — in federal court ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827950029997500 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827950029997500 en-us Grant Heizenrader is hooked on racing karts 1½ inches above a track as fast as 85 mph. “I just have a need for speed,” the Mountain View Middle School seventh-grader said. “I’ve never really understood football, basketball or any other sport like that. “I’ve ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827965962556700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827965962556700 en-us Aanen Trelstad is coming clean about the laundry business. “I’m a huge consumer of resources,” he says matter-of-factly about the water and natural gas his washing and drying business uses each day. But he’s doing something about it. The Northeast Portland family man is ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826765769693900 2010-03-10 16:34:17 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826765769693900 en-us Former state Sen. Margaret Carter withdrew from the race for Multnomah County chair Wednesday afternoon, leaving County Commissioner Jeff Cogen in strong position to replace Ted Wheeler as the county’s chief executive. Carter told reporters that she decided to remain as deputy director of ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826259245670600 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826259245670600 en-us A hero must be in town in West Linn. That is because 11th Street is festooned with yellow ribbons, American flags and signs, and over Willamette Falls Drive hangs a banner that says “Welcome Home Ross.” Lt. Col. Ross Scott returned home last week after a year of service with the U.S. ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826315412077600 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826315412077600 en-us West Linn’s mayor is poised to quit sending e-mails out of frustration with a state law that allows the public to view copies of correspondence related to city business. “From here on out, I will not be using email to communicate as I am regularly charged with turning over my emails to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826305467605100 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826305467605100 en-us Diane Satchwell said February’s Library Lovers’ Month was an appropriate title. For the new director of the West Linn Public Library, every day in March also holds a reason to visit the facility — even if it’s just to stop and say ‘hi.’ “So many people ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825991259568300 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825991259568300 en-us Almost everyone in Lake Oswego and West Linn has a coyote sighting story, but an incident happened last Friday afternoon that was scarier than most. Two 10-year-old girls, Juliana Sahni and Sarah May-Varas, were playing in the backyard of the Sahni family’s home in the Westlake neighborhood ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825983133631300 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825983133631300 en-us The luck of the Irish will bless Lake Oswego during the first-ever Maher’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival Friday through Sunday and again on St. Patrick’s Day itself, Wednesday, March 17. The festival begins at 11 a.m. at 464 First St., the site of the former Lakeside Gifts at the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825903400036900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825903400036900 en-us As executive director of the Oswego Heritage House, some odd jobs are required of Jude Graham. But none has been more unusual than her seeking to move a grave from a front yard to a cemetery. Especially when she was not receiving any cooperation. “For a body or a tombstone to be moved ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826396880487900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826396880487900 en-us It may not seem like it, but approving a framework for the Portland Public Schools high school redesign this week was the easy part. The hard work is still ahead for Superintendent Carole Smith, the School Board and the community – all of whom will no doubt suffer headaches and heartache as ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826386642140700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826386642140700 en-us Allen Alley can only hope his strong showing at the Dorchester Conference translates into more financial support for his Republican campaign for Oregon governor. Alley easily outpolled the other major candidates at the party’s annual seaside gathering, collecting 225 votes compared with 165 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826394777633400 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826394777633400 en-us Koychoy Saepharn and George Balaesh have never met each other, though they have a great deal in common. Both are first-generation immigrants. Both came to Portland about 20 years ago, Saepharn from Laos, and Balaesh, with his wife and two children, from Romania. Both arrived in Portland with ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826390655265300 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826390655265300 en-us “Remarkable.” “Monumental.” “Historic.” It’s rare for local governments in the Portland area to garner such accolades, but that’s what occurred when Metro and the three area counties reached a grand compromise Feb. 25 on what rural lands in the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826378313231400 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826378313231400 en-us You’d like to watch yourself around Greg Hermann’s lab. You see, Lewis & Clark biology professor Hermann loves worms. But the worms Hermann loves are tiny. Microscopic. So if he’s up to something, well, sneaky, it’s hard to know. Portland Tribune: How did you get ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826388681445700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826388681445700 en-us Springtime is prime time for school fundraisers of all stripes. North Portland’s Peninsula K-8 School will hold its first-ever “Black and white ball and silent auction” April 3 to raise funds for field trips, sports equipment, classroom activities and other Parent-Teacher ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826116578603300 2010-03-10 14:46:05 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826116578603300 en-us Jerry Buxbaum likes playing with matchbox cars. The Scappoose resident does it not because he refuses to grow up – though that’s certainly true – but in order to plan vehicular stunts for the film industry. The puckish 53-year-old makes a full-time freelance living by ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825593215143800 2010-03-10 13:18:52 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126825593215143800 en-us State workers take their next unpaid furlough on Friday, March 19, closing nearly all state agencies for the day. About 26,500 state employees will take the mandatory day off as the third of 10 furlough days scheduled during the two-year budget cycle. Each furlough day saves an estimated $2 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818942380772500 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818942380772500 en-us The City Council delayed approving Mayor Sam Adams plan to spend $20 million in city sewer funds to kickstart the new bicyle master plan Wednesday morning. The council appears poised to approve the request next week, however, after Adams argued that sewer rates would not have to be increased to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819719244223900 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819719244223900 en-us TriMet says its ridership went up in February for the first time in a year. The transit agency said that 7.9 million trips were taken in February up 1.4 percent from February 2009. MAX ridership showed the most gains, in part due to the new Green Line and the shift to free rides only on rail in ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126820190353641300 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126820190353641300 en-us Damascus voters failed to pass four measures on the March 9 ballot. The initiatives proposed prohibiting light rail in Damascus without a vote, limiting the city’s use of emergency clauses to put ordinances into effect faster, limiting city spending increases to no more than 2.5 percent a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819768048563100 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819768048563100 en-us City staff members have proposed expanding elements of a package of small-business incentives unveiled last month by Mayor Shane Bemis during his state of the city address. Gresham city councilors considered the proposal – designed to get home-based business owners into vacant storefronts ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819724920789500 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819724920789500 en-us To speed or not to speed — that was the question facing Nicholas Morrell, 17, a junior at Centennial High School, as he took the field at Mt. Hood Community College the morning of March 6. Nicholas had just earned his driver’s license the day before and was one of 37 teenagers, as well ...