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see Mayor Lou out and about in town. For
example, you might catch him climbing in-
to a pumpkin boat at Tualatin’s yearly Re-
gatta, camera strapped to his head to film
footage for his “LouTube” channel on the
city’s website.
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Tualatin is photogenic and has a re-
spectable film resume. While Port-
land proper may be the backdrop
for two network TV shows (NBC’s
“Grimm” and TNT’s “Leverage”), Tuala-
tin has had a couple of notable roles in
critically-acclaimed independent films.
The 2005 coming-of-age film “Thumb-
sucker,” starring Vincent D’Onofrio and
Tilda Swinton, used Tualatin High School
as the setting for a young man’s struggles
with Attention Deficit Disorder. (Nearby
Sherwood and Wilsonville also had bit
parts in this sleeper hit.)
Corner Saloon (2509 S.W. Borland Road)
hosted actors Harrison Ford and Brendan
Fraser in an important scene from the 2010
drama “Extraordinary Measures.” Fraser,
who plays a biotechnology professional
racing to find a cure for the disease that
threatens the lives of his children, can be
seen having a beer with Ford, who por-
trays a respected research scientist, at the
longtime Tualatin establishment.
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Tualatin is the Blazers’ playground.
As one of Portland’s two major
league teams, the Trail Blazers
proudly represent Rose City. But off
the basketball court, they hone their plays
in a 34,000-square foot facility in the 7300
block of Childs Road in Tualatin. There,
players have all-hours access to two full-
sized courts and top-of-the-line weight-
training facilities to keep them in fighting
shape. After all, they represent Portland in
the NBA.
A few of the players even choose to
make a home in Tualatin. In 2009, then-
Blazer Brandon Roy paid $1.7 million for a
five-acre estate that boasted a 6,000-square
foot house, swimming pool and tennis
courts.
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The Beatles slept here. In 1965, the
Fab Four was on a breakneck tour
across the U.S. It was the summer
between the release of Help! and the
recording of Rubber Soul, and the Beatles
delivered two shows on Aug. 22 at Veterans
Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
During a tour that broke records in audi-
ence attendance and overall profits, Tuala-
tin provided a sleepy respite for the leg-
endary group: John, Paul, George and
Ringo spent a night at the hotel that has
been called the Ramada Inn, the Nyberg
Inn and finally the Sweetbrier Inn (now the
site of the Nyberg Woods shopping center)
and forever left their mark on the city.
TIMES FILE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ
No, that’s not the Trail Blazers’ practice facility in Tualatin where the Blazer mascot is running wild with a giant team flag. It is, of course, the
Rose Garden in Portland, where the team plays its home games. But what happens on this court, and all the other ones in the NBA, is a result of
lessons learned (or not) at the team’s real home, in Tualatin.
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