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WINNERS 1. When police last week accused George Castagnola of murdering Starry Night employee Tim Moreau, who disappeared in 1990, it took a lot of Portlanders by surprise. Perhaps it shouldn't have. In his 1990 WW cover story about the disappearance of Moreau, former WW reporter Jim Redden disclosed that Castagnola--a Starry Night employee who had a previous run-in with police--was with Larry Hurwitz, the owner of the nightclub, when he talked with Moreau the night Moreau disappeared. "Hurwitz insists that Castagnola did not harm or otherwise interfere with Moreau on the night he disappeared," Redden wrote. "'Foul play is not a part of his character,' Hurwitz says of his friend and former employee." 2. Now we know why Jack Bierwirth left Portland with a smile on his face. When Bierwirth took the job as Rose City's public schools chief in 1992, he bought his house at 1975 SW Montgomery St. for $715,000. County records show that after taking the top post at Outward Bound in New York, Bierwirth sold his Portland home this summer for a cool $1.06 million. 3. After two years of gouging frequent flyers, the Port of Portland last week announced that it was slashing prices in the Portland International Airport short-term parking garage from $48 to $16 per day and trimming daily rates in the long-term surface lot from $22 to $12.
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LOSERS 1. Something's wacky in the "land of the free." Joe Van Eeten, who was born in Indonesia, dropped out of Hillsboro High in 1967 to join the Marines, in part to gain U.S. citizenship. He served a hellish tour in Vietnam (including the 77-day siege at Khe Sanh), returned suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and vowed to help other screwed-up vets on his rural Yamhill County property ("Base Camp Bravo," WW, Aug. 23, 1995). After getting busted for pot, he now faces deportation because the feds have no evidence that he is an American citizen. 2. Everyone knew that organizers of the Nike World Masters Games lost money on the event. Last week we learned how much. The sports fest for aging jocks went in the hole roughly $500,000, so creditors are being asked to accept 50 to 75 cents on the dollar. 3. Oregon Senate wild card Thomas Wilde made the mistake of speaking in public again. At a Columbia Corridor Business Association meeting on transportation issues last week, Wilde said he didn't waste time working with Democrats because they weren't in power. Democratic state Sen. Randy Leonard, who was moderating the meeting, verbally quashed his former party member, telling North Portland business owners they should be embarrassed to be represented by a self-proclaimed independent who will work only with Republicans.
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Willamette Week | originally
published November 4,
1998