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TIMES FACT BOOK
November 22, 2012
PMG FILE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE
One of Beaverton City Council’s
most passionate, inquisitive and
loquacious members for 19 years,
Cathy Stanton will retire her seat
and productive tenure at the end of
the year.
Tommy Thayer
grew up in
Beaverton, but he’s
been playing guitar
for Kiss since 2003.
He’s also been a
member of Pacific
University’s Board of
Trustees. since late
2005.
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tralized focal points are often
hard to pinpoint, Ava provides a
24-hour meeting place just
about everyone can agree on.
Drip coffee, lattes, mochas,
sandwiches and salads abound,
and the fountain-oriented patio
is nigh irresistible on warm,
sunny spring and summer days.
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EVELYN M. SCHIFFLER MEMO-
RIAL PARK
(accessed via South-
west Bonnie Brae Street and
Erickson Avenue) —An attrac-
tive central-city destination for
years, this 9.22-acre Tualatin
Hills Park and Recreation Dis-
trict expanse just south of
downtown is undergoing a $3
million renovation that will like-
ly draw an even wider array of
visitors. By the end of the year,
a state-of-the-art contoured
skate park, a 20-plot community
garden area and a 250-foot
boardwalk winding through a
2.4-acre wetland area will beck-
on lovers of nature and the out-
doors.
N
otable Beaverton resi-
dents, past and pres-
ent:
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MARIEL ZAGUNIS
— Born in Beaverton in 1985,
this world-class sabre fencer
won gold medals at the 2004
and 2008 Summer Olympics.
While she didn’t reach those
heights in last summer’s Lon-
don Games, she was elected by
her fellow American athletes to
bear the U.S. flag for the Open-
ing Ceremonies.
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FORREST SOTH —
A “Mr.
Beaverton” if there ever was
one, the 90-something Soth re-
mains active and engaged in
city affairs and activities even
years after concluding 24 years
of service on the City Council
in 2004. The consummate local
historian and memory bank,
his impact was such that the
council chambers were
named after him even
before
he left the body in 1999. Re-
ducing his community involve-
ment only slightly in recent
years, the older and even wiser
local icon stays active with —
among other organizations —
the Joint Water Commission
and the city’s Board of Design
Review.
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TOMMY THAYER —
Although
not among the original four
makeup-clad heroes of rock,
Thayer,
who grew up in Beaverton,
has been deliverin’ the lead
licks for Kiss since 2003. Want-
ing to give something back to
the area that nurtured him,
Thayer was elected to Forest
Grove-based Pacific Universi-
ty’s Board of Trustees in Sep-
tember 2005.
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ERNIE CONWAY
— If it’s en-
ergetic community involve-
ment with an amiable spirit
you want, Ernie is your man.
Whether calmly presiding over
the Raleigh Hills Neighborhood
Action Committee and Beaver-
ton Traffic Commission meet-
ings — he is chairman of both
— or coming up with dynamic
community activities like the
late-summer Beaverton Fun
Run, Conway is always even-
keeled, often smiling and think-
ing of how to move Beaverton
ever forward.
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TODD SNIDER
—Never
meant for conventional pop
stardom, the laconic 1985 Bea-
verton High School grad and
Nashville-based singer/song-
writer has nonetheless ac-
quired a large and loyal follow-
ing based on his unforgettably
casual concerts and 10-plus al-
bums of Snider’s wicked obser-
vations, rascally tall tales and
masterfully witty wordplay.
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BEV ECKER
— Few resi-
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