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Get fit this winter
— See Inside
By SHANNON O. WELLS
The Times
When he fled from war-
torn Lebanon to America as a
teenager, the first things that
struck Hadi Nouredine about
Oregon were its smooth road-
ways and green, open spaces.
“When the plane landed in
Oregon, I got into a car and saw
that the roads don’t have big
holes like in Lebanon,” he re-
calls of the bomb-scarred roads
in his home country. “And as a
soccer player, I said, ‘Oh my
God! I could play here and here
and here!
“The best thing that ever hap-
pened to our life is coming to the
U.S.,” he adds, referring to him
and his older brother. “We were
the fortunate ones. The ones
who won the lottery tickets.”
In the decades since his uncle
Simon encouraged him to come
to America, Nouredine, who
serves as president of the Arab
American Cultural Center of Or-
egon, based at Portland Commu-
nity College’s Sylvania campus,
has never lost sight of what he
considers an opportunity of a
lifetime.
“It’s the greatest country in
the world,” he says. “It’s given
me grants, loans, a job, made a
dentist out of me. It’s provided
my family a much better life
than we would have in the Mid-
east.”
That’s not to say any of it
came easy.
Pursuing the white ro
Before he became
hardest-working
around — with thre
aside from his Beave
on Southwest Hall
near Greenway— the
uate realized he ha
and work his way u
bottom.
“I came from a lo
family,” he says.
Lebanese man gives
back to communities
that nurtured him
It’s his home away from hom
Victims
sought
after
coach’s
TIMES PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE
Arab American Cultural Center of Oregon President Hadi Nouredine in
his Beaverton dental office on Southwest Hall Boulevard near
Greenway. Through hard work, the immigrant has seen much success.
See H
Drive for five
Jesuit’s boys chase a fifth
straight state title
— See SPORTS, A16
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Defense rules
Tigers take fourth place
at Interstate Shootout
— See SPORTS, A18
The right moves
Every want to give square
dancing a try?
— See LIVING HERE, A9
The
Times
TIGARD | TUALATIN | SHERWOOD
By RAY PITZ
The Times
The first arrival of 2013 at Legacy Meridi-
an Park Medical Center in Tualatin came in
the form of little Lincoln Wayne Nelson of
Sherwood. The first baby born at the hospi-
tal in the new year arrived on Tuesday at
7:16 a.m.
He weighed in at 8 pounds and 20.25 inches
long, Lincoln’s parents, Phil and Kasha Nelson,
were more than ready for the arrival of their
new son.
“We were actually scheduled for an induction
at 7 a.m.,” said Kasha, 22. “(Lincoln) had his own
plans.”
The first baby for the Nelsons, the couple said
they were exhausted but excited.
“He has really long arms, big feet and very
long fingers,” observed Kasha, a 2008 graduate
of Sherwood High School.
That’s something that doesn’t surprise her,
considering her husband, a McNary High School
graduate, played basketball at both the Univer-
sity of Washington and Portland State Univer-
sity.
“I’m very excited about having a boy,” said
Lincoln Nelson’s family
is from Sherwood
Meridian Park welcomes new year’s first baby
Mayor looks back on some
of the city’s biggest events,
forecasts the coming year
Tualatin’s
year in
review
By SAUNDRA SORENSON
The Times
Looking back on the 2012
calendar year, Mayor Lou
Ogden can quickly identify
several victories in Tuala-
tin, ranging from making
headway on major trans-
portation projects to job
growth.
Last month, the city reached
an agreement with Wilson-
v i l l e
a n d
Wa s h i n g t o n
County regard-
ing the east-
west a l i gn -
ment in the
Basalt Creek
area.
“I t was a
huge agree-
ment,” Ogden
Q
For homeless majority, shelter is hard
to come by in Washington County
Men on the
OGDEN
See BABY / Page A7
Phil and Kasha
Nelson get to
know their new
baby, Lincoln
Wayne Nelson,
who was born at
7:16 a.m. on New
Year’s Day.
TIMES PHOTO:
RAY PITZ
The gift of stitches
West Linn woman knits 260 slippers
for food pantry
— See NEIGHBORS, B1
En plein air
Jane Eyre Painters will exhibit at
West Linn Public Library in January
— See ENTERTAINMENT, B3
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SUBMITTED PHOTO: JOHN HIGGINS
West Linn Police Officer Jim Abeles is all smiles as
he shops with three girls during the event.
Officers
assigned
special duty:
Shopping
with kids
Q
West Linn Lutheran celebrates 50th anniversary
TIDINGS PHOTO: VERN UY
Stan Schwabauer and Julie Schwabauer, both 75, are charter members of West Linn Lutheran Church.
BUILDING GENERATIONS OF
FAITH, COMMUNITY
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‘Shark Tank’
Premise of popular TV show
comes alive at LOHS
— See EDUCATION, A16
Joyous Hanukkah
Beit Haverim Latke Making Mavens
create celebratory food
— See B1, B3
By Pamplin Media Group
Two people were shot and killed
and at least one other person was se-
riously wounded during a Tuesday
afternoon attack at Clackamas
Town Center’s food court area.
The gunman is also dead, according
to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Of-
fice.
One of the victims was a West Linn
resident who previously lived in Lake
Oswego, graduating from Lake Oswego
High School in 1985.
Killed in this attack
were Cindy Ann
Yuille, 54, a resident of
northeast Portland,
and Steven Mathew
Forsyth, 45, of West
Linn.
A 15-year-old girl,
Kristina Shevchenko,
was wounded in the
shooting and taken by Life Flight to Or-
egon Health and Science University
Hospital, where she was listed in seri-
ous condition.
Forsyth owned a marketing agency
in Portland and formerlyworked for En-
tercom Communications, which owns
radio stations in the city. At the time of
the shooting, he was at the mall where
he owns a store with his wife, Carla For-
syth, and two children. A fewdays prior,
he opened a kiosk, Coastoms, at the
mall, selling handmade wooden coast-
ers.
“Steven graduated the last year that
I was principal at Lake Oswego High
School,” said Bill Korach, Lake Oswego
School District superintendent. “He
was a good contributor, he was very ac-
tively involved, he played basketball, it
was just a huge loss.”
Besides basketball, he was active as
president of the school’s Fire Squad,
which carried out safety procedures
when school bells would ring.
The Forsyth family released a state-
ment Wednesday morning. It read:
“StevenMathewForsythwas a loving
husband, father of two children, son,
brother, uncle, youth sports coach and
friend to the many people who had the
privilege to meet him.
“Steve was one of the most passion-
ate people with a true entrepreneurial
spirit that drove him to start his busi-
ness, Coastoms. He had a great sense of
humor and a zest for life. He had vision
and a belief in others that brought great
joy and value to many lives.
“He will be sorely missed by all who
knew him.”
Dave Rogoway, of Lake Oswego,
knewForsyth fromworkingwith himat
Entercom. He called Forsyth a model
father and husband, adding that he was
“a really bright fellow” and involved
with his children.
Several people at KPAMradio station
also knew and worked with Forsyth. In
fact, Terry Boyd, of Terry Boyd’sWorld,
was visitingwith Forsyth at his kiosk in
the mall less than an hour before the
shooting occurred.
Boyd had worked with Forsyth for 10
years at Entercom and was currently
working on a new project with him.
“Steve is one of those people who
without any effort at all makes you a
better person,” Boyd said. “He’s just a
great guy. He lights up the room and he
always puts others before him.”
Boyd recalled his energy, spirit and
drive.
“I never ever heard that guy utter a
badword or a negative comment,” Boyd
said.
Boyd said Forsyth was active in his
Gunman opens fire at
Clackamas Town
Center, killing 2 before
shooting himself
LOHS grad among mall shooting victims
Sheldon upends Lake Oswego
FORSYTH
See SHOOTING / Page A3
Murder
suspect
will head
to state
h i l
Portland
Tribune
Goin’bowlin’
Beavers, Ducks match
up with tough opponents
— See SPORTS, B6-7
Hot tradition
Huber’s Spanish coffee lights
up Rose City’s history
— See LIFE, B2
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Overwhelmed by emotion, Angela Washington sings “He loves us,” in the Emmaus Church sanctuary at the end of a Sunday evening service in
July. The conservative Emmaus Church has attracted a younger, more diverse following than many other churches in Portland, partly due to its
founder’s hip-hop music background.
TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT
A drug dealer in his mid-20s, who goes by the name “Jimmy,” injects
heroin in the bathroom of a West Burnside Street tavern in late April.
There were 84 heroin overdose deaths in Multnomah County last year,
up from 57 in 2009.
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