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City Council Packet - 10/30/2007 Agenda Item No. Council Meeting of AL ~1_ FIFTH TUESDAY MEETING - October 30, 2007 Tigard Water Building " Council: Mayor Craig Dirksen Councilor Gretchen Buehner Councilor Sydney Sherwood Councilor Nick Wilson Councilor Tom Woodruff Facilitator: Stacie Yost Staff: Carol Krager Citizens: Thanh Duong Bill Gerkin Charles Schneider John Frewing Marci Taylor Mark Schleyer Dylan Taylor Gino Valenzias Dave Noles Dan Hunter The meeting started at 7:05 p.m. Citizen Facilitator Yost welcomed everyone to the meeting and described the Fifth Tuesday meeting process and the role of the facilitator. She said the agenda would be built from the items listed on the sign-in sheet. STREETS- Charles Schneider, 11195 SW Tigard Street, Tigard, OR, attended a previous Fifth Tuesday meeting and requested a traffic light on Main at Tigard Street. He said he did not get any response from the City and requested a response. Mayor Dirksen said traffic engineers direct where a signal can be located, depending on traffic flow and other criteria and it is much more than a political decision. Mr. Schneider suggested that in the meantime, parking not be allowed in front of the Chamber of Commerce building. Mr. Schneider discussed the poor condition of Burnham Street and said the condition of Main Street is a disgrace to City Management. He asked why City crews aren't filling in the ruts they made on Main Street in between the tracks and Commercial Street. Mr. Schneider said that it took 10 months for PGE to fix a street light downtown after he had mentioned it at a Fifth Tuesday meeting. Councilor Buehner said it had been reported to PGE immediately. Mayor Dirksen said City Manager Prosser would contact Mr. Schneider regarding his concerns. October 30, 2007 Fifth Tuesday Meeting STREETS CONTINUED - Bill Gerkin, 15885 SW Alderbrook Circle, Tigard, OR, said his neighborhood has experienced problems ever since the traffic light was installed on 98`h and Durham Road. He said traffic from 98`h Street cuts through Summerfield Drive and Alderbrook Drive to Durham because they can't make a left-hand turn onto Durham Road at 98`h due to cars stuck in the T-intersection. Because there is very little westbound traffic at Durham and Alderbrook drivers cross over into the center lane on Durham and then squeeze into the right lane, heading east. He said between eight and 28 cars do this in a five-minute period when he walks his dog in the morning and 60% of the cars are speeding. Mayor Dirksen said this was an enforcement issue not only for the speeding, but for illegal center lane use. Mr. Gerkin presented a map showing the route these drivers are taking and requested more speed bumps or a reader board to encourage them to slow down. He said last year a Tigard High School student driver almost hit a Summerfield woman. Mr. Gerkin also noted that the left-hand turn lane on SW Hall and Commercial needs some dots in the paint or strips to better mark that lane and keep drivers waiting to make a left-hand turn out of the way of oncoming traffic. PICKING UP AFTER DOGS - Mr. Gerkin said someone was not cleaning up after their dog on a grassy strip at the north end of the Summerfield Golf Course where there are no houses. He acknowledged that the City is putting emphasis on this issue but he asked if the City could put up some signs. Councilor Sherwood suggested taking a camera and filming the offender but he said he never sees the dog, just the evidence. Marci Taylor, 9330 SW Julia Place, Tigard, OR, suggested that the City put up a bag dispenser as well. STREETS/SIDEWALKS - John Frewing, 7110 SW Lola Lane, Tigard, OR, expressed his appreciation to Community Development Director Coffee and Long Range Associate Planner Roberts for sending correspondence to Washington County regarding the vacation of Birch Street. Mr. Frewing said this right of way is very suitable for a path. He asked what Tigard's policy on private streets is. He said he felt there is a proliferation of them and they create problems with fire and police access. He would like to hear from someone on this. He said he would like to see private streets discouraged. Councilor Wilson said he would like to see public streets at Washington Square. Mr. Schneider said he also had concerns about emergency vehicles having access on narrow private streets. Mayor Dirksen pointed out that the fire department gets a October 30, 2007 Fifth Tuesday Meeting chance to review all developments and they sign off on them. Mr. Frewing said police aren't enforcing parking rules on private streets. Mr. Frewing asked where $200,000 that was originally in the 2007-08 budget for sidewalks went. Mayor Dirksen said it was used for Burnham Street and was changed in the Budget Committee meetings before the final budget document was adopted. Mr. Frewing asked if the City could possibly squeeze some money out for sidewalks in the current budget. Councilor Sherwood said that the Capital Investment Program information is available on-line. Councilor Woodruff said Mr. Frewing had a good point and sidewalks were needed, especially near Fowler Middle School, as one example. EMERGENCY ROUTES - Mr. Frewing said Eugene's public works department published an ice and snow route map in their newspaper. He asked what Tigard's priority streets were and whether the City has a plan for clearing roads in weather emergencies. He said it would be helpful with emergency preparedness. He encouraged Tigard to make this information available to the public by publishing it in the Tigard Times. NEW FESTIVAL - Mr. Frewing said that the City of Bandon is planning a "Bounty of Bandon" festival to feature food harvested in or near their city and he thought Tigard could do this too. Councilor Woodruff brought up the Tigard Public Market but Mr. Frewing said some of those products are brought in from far away. He said it would be a nice idea for Tigard to recognize food grown in or around Tigard, and thereby encourage gardening and sustainability. Councilor Woodruff suggested combining this with Family Fest. CITIZEN LAND USE TRAINING - Mr. Frewing said the City of Portland is planning department is having a public meeting for neighborhoods to learn how to interact with the City on development issues. He said they would learn where the flexibility is on the part of city staff and how to get Council and staff to hear neighborhood concerns. He said it was Tigard's responsibility to encourage neighborhoods to get their views expressed effectively. He said coming to a meeting at the later stages is not effective and that is sometimes the time when people get involved. Councilor Wilson thought "Land Use 101" would be a good chapter for a citizen academy. Councilor Buehner noted that in the 1980's Portland had a full day of a cable access television that included 2 1/2-3 hours showing how to work through the land use process. It was done by citizens who made sure appropriate city staff and planners were available to answer questions. She said this might be something for the new neighborhood program to put together. October 30, 2007 Fifth Tuesday Meeting II Councilor Wilson suggested a Fifth Tuesday type meeting for citizens and neighborhood organizations to ask City planners questions about zoning and development. Mr. Frewing suggested that staff would need their electronic databases available so this should be held somewhere like Town Hall so staff could access their computers. CODE ENFORCEMENT - David Noles, 10630 SW Park Street, Tigard, OR, asked when the City will start enforcing the setback code for structures in yards. He asked Council, "What is the plan?" Councilor Sherwood said they requested there be an education plan put in place first and that has been ongoing. Mr. Noles said the education part of this issue may not have been that effective because he has noticed new structures going up since the City began their education efforts. Mr. Noles suggested having a City inspection when every property is sold and require that all code issues are taken care of at that time. Mayor Dirksen said Council had asked Community Development staff and legal counsel for input on that suggestion when Mr. Noles first brought it up at a prior meeting. It was determined not to be feasible. Mr. Schneider said he didn't like the system of requiring people reporting code violations to include their name and address on the City's form. Councilor Buchner noted that Tigard has only one Code Enforcement Officer. She said if citizens want more code enforcement they need to write letters and testify at budget time. saying they want this and are willing to spend more money on it. Mr. Noles said he is also concerned about dangerous intersections. He said the code regarding vegetation in the public right of way is not being enforced. He suggested that Code Enforcement Officer Darnell do a presentation to the police reminding them what the law is because they are out driving in the neighborhoods all the time and could note violations. Councilor Buchner said it would solve a lot of these problems if people would keep their shrubs and bushes trimmed. She mentioned that flyers on this are available in the Planning Department and suggested these be provided to neighborhood groups to hand out as needed. She suggested Mr. Noles get a few of these brochures to use in his neighborhood. Mr. Noles asked if City meter readers or public works people could be on the lookout for vegetation obscuring intersections and make reports to Code Enforcement. Councilor Sherwood said once the neighborhood websites are all set up these would be good places to put out this information. October 30, 2007 Fifth Tuesday Meeting Councilor Sherwood mentioned the former CAP walk teams which walked through each neighborhood in Tigard looking for things that were violations or needed to be fixed. She said it might be a good idea to bring them back. Mr. Frewing said last week in his neighborhood there were four City of Tigard employees, two City trucks and a chipper clearing brush along a walkway and in some cases on private property. He said this should be the responsibility of the property owners. He asked how many City crews are doing this and how much is it costing? Council said they would check on this. GARAGE SALE SIGNS - Bill Gerkin said he complained to Code Enforcement about garage sale signs and was encouraged to volunteer to remove them himself, which he has been doing. He had a few suggestions to further discourage their use: Require a permit for a garage sale sign Require that a phone number be printed on the sign Get some tape printed with, "THIS SIGN IS ILLEGAL" to post on the sign Mayor Dirksen said he appreciated Mr. Gerkin's volunteer work to get rid of these signs but he said he didn't think there needed to be new laws or requirements because the signs are illegal already. TEEN COMMENTS - Some teenagers were in attendance for a high school Senior Seminar assignment. Facilitator Yost asked if they had anything they wished to discuss. Councilor Buehner asked what their perception was about the Summerfield traffic problem discussed earlier. A high school student in the audience said he takes back roads through Summerfield in order to avoid delays on 99W and Durham on the way to school in the morning. He said he always observes the speed limit and thought that teenage drivers shouldn't be generalized because not all of them are bad drivers. Councilor Buehner asked the students what they thought of having the school resource officer do a presentation at the high school on being a safe and courteous driver in a residential area. They said it might help. A student said there should be no bikes in the Skate Park because he thought it was dangerous to skateboarders. Mayor Dirksen said the park was designed for three types of wheels: skateboards, bikes and in-line skates. He said the situation is similar to how skiers and snowboarders need to learn to coexist. He noted that the Grand Opening of the Skate Park is at 4:30 on November 8, 2007. Facilitator Yost and the Council thanked everyone for coming. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. 1/AJmin/Q-1/FikhT-slay/ 071030 October 30, 2007 Fifth Tuesday Meeting A. ~ FIFTH TUESDAY SIGN-IN SHEET Meeting Date: Tuesday October 30, 2007 7:00 PM Facilitator: Place: Tigard Water Building Auditorium Stacie Yost _ PRINT NAME ADDRESS TOPIC i T-NANIA ICUoNG C/ t7iTQ~• ~i9fT/~Gf~~ ~~C QS' ~s i /G ~}~'p S T, 330 u 5W a n;a. -rw, a c _ 1_ _ ~s 4 r_ _ ` C. .1 . . . . . . . . . . 13s3sS L... . ..f~.. . z.+C M Sv _±t~ _..._._5...__.._.... . . C~ i I ! .w SS - ll \ J U . k . . . . . . . i N o :1._0.63 0 .,~.~1.._ ._P_'._t.. .._.........1,56 .___3...... e zd.. -...Zs~-S_ i f _..T_.__..i_........_ _ I i : ! 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City of Tigard ) I, being first duly sworn (or affirmed), by oath (or affirmation), depose and say: That I notified the following people/organizations by fax : Newsroom, The Oregonian (Fax No. 503-968-6061) and the following people/organizations by e-mail: Barbara Sherman, Newsroom, Tigard Times (bsherman@commnewspapers.com) Editor, The Regal Courier (Editor@RegalCourier.com) A copy of said Notice being hereto attached and by reference made a part hereof, on the day of 20 16:2. &egg A vz~ - Signature of Person who Performed No cation Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) before me this day of OCAODCe , 20o7 OFFICIAL SEAL ` JILL M BYARS Signature of Notary ublic for Oregon NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON COMMISSION NO. 381793 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 14, 2008 j°"" .F it CITY OF TIGARD TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ATTENDANCE AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING: 5TH TUESDAY MEETING OCTOBER 30,2007; 7-9 P.M. AT THE TIGARD WATER BUILDING AUDITORIUM 8777 SW BURNHAM STREET., TIGARD, OR Please forward to: Barbara Sherman, Newsroom, Tigard Times (Fax No. 503-546-0724) ❑ Newsroom, The Oregonian (Fax No. 503-968-6061) Editor, The Regal Courier (Fax No. 503-968-7397) Members of the Tigard City Council will be available for the 5t' Tuesday meeting of October 30, 2007, in the Tigard Water Building Auditorium, 8777 SW Burnham Street., Tigard OR, to hear and discuss citizen concerns, issues, or input on City-related matters. Proposed discussion topics will be limited to City of Tigard issues. A trained facilitator will be present to encourage open dialogue and equal participation. Those citizens who attend will be asked to sign in. The Council might set time limits for suggested topics based on the number of topics introduced and the number of citizens who attend. Council may determine that discussion of a topic requires additional resources such as staff support, documents, or other materials to help respond to an inquiry. In such a case, Council might decide to accept the issue for further discussion or correspondence at a later time. The meeting is a public meeting and topical minutes will be kept. A quorum of Council will not be needed to conduct the meeting; in fact, lack of a quorum is likely. Fifth Tuesday meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude promptly at 9 p.m. or earlier if the discussions are concluded before 9 p.m. Council encourages citizens to attend the Fifth Tuesday Meeting to take advantage of the opportunity to meet the Council members and interact in relaxed setting. For further information, please contact Deputy City Recorder Carol Krager by calling 503-639-4171, Ext 2419. ,~a5Y Deputy City Recorder Oct. 15, 2007 Post: Tigard City Hall Tigard Permit Center Tigard Public Library is\ndm\cnthy\muncil\meeting notico \21X17\fifh waday public notice - 070529.doc • • Page 1 of 1 Carol Krager - Meeting Notice for Tigard City Council Fifth Tuesday on October 30, 2007 From: Carol Krager To: bsherman@commnewspapers.com; Editor@TheRegalCourier.com; johnfoyston@news.oregonian.com Date: 10/15/2007 11:36 AM Subject: Meeting Notice for Tigard City Council Fifth Tuesday on October 30, 2007 CC: Cathy Wheatley Attached is a meeting notice for Tigard City Council's next Fifth Tuesday meeting to be held from 7-9 p.m. on October 30th in the Tigard Water Building. Call or e-mail me if you have any questions. Carol Krager, Deputy City Recorder, (503) 718-2419. file://C:\Documents and Settings\carolk\Local Settings\Temp\GW}00001.HTM 10/15/2007 10/15/2007 10:36 FAX 503 639 1471 CITY OF TIGARD IM001 ~c TX REPORT ~a TRANSMISSION OK TX/RX NO 4569 CONNECTION TEL 5039686061 SUBADDRESS CONNECTION ID ST. TIME 10/15 10:35 USAGE T 00'29 PGS. SENT 1 RESULT OK i~ rr CITY OF TIGARD TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ATTENDANCE AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING: 5TH TUESDAY MEETING OCTOBER 30,2007; 7-9 P.M. AT THE TIGARD WATER BUILDING AUDITORIUM 8777 SW BURNHAM STREET., TIGARD, OR Please forward to: ❑ Barbara Sherman, Newsroom, Tigard Times (Fax No. 503-546-0724) ❑ Newsroom, The Oregonian (Fax No. 503-968-6061) ❑ Editor, The Re&al Courier (Fax No. 503-968-7397) Members of the Tigard City Council will be available for the 5th Tuesday meeting of October 30, 2007, in the Tigard Water Building Auditorium, 8777 SW Burnham Street., Tigard OR, to hear and discuss citizen concerns, issues, or input on City-related matters. Proposed discussion topics will be limited to City of Tigard issues. A trained facilitator will be present to encourage open dialogue and equal participation. Those citizens who attend will be asked to sign in. The Council might set time limits for suggested topics based on the number of topics introduced and the number of citizens who attend. Council may determine that discussion of a topic requires additional resources such as staff support, documents; or other materials to help respond to an inquiry. In such a case, Council might decide to accept the issue for further discussion or correspondence at a later time. The meeting is a public meeting and topical minutes will be kept. A quorum of Council will not be needed to conduct the meeting; in fact, lack of a quorum is likely. City of Tigard, Oregon Affidavit of Posting In the Matter of the Notification STATE OF OREGON ) County of Washington ) ss. City of Tigard ) fl)'O~ e4 being first duly sworn (or affirmed), by oath (or affirmation), depose and say: That I posted in ➢ Tigard City Hall, 13125 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon ➢ Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon ➢ Tigard Permit Center, 13125 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon a copy of Notice of Fifth Tuesday Meeting of the Tigard City Council on October 30, 2007, and a copy of said Notice being hereto attached and by reference made a part hereof, on the day of 200. Signature of Person who Performed Posting Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) before me this day of oc'+0bPlr , 20.01 OFFICIAL SEAL JILL M BYARS NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON Signature of Nota ublic for Oregon COMMISSION NO. 381793 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 14, 2008 postingaff CITY OF TIGARD TIGARD CITY COUNCIL ATTENDANCE AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING: 5TH TUESDAY MEETING OCTOBER 30,2007; 7-9 P.M. AT THE TIGARD WATER BUILDING AUDITORIUM 8777 SW BURNHAM STREET., TIGARD, OR Please forward to: ❑ Barbara Sherman, Newsroom, Tigard Times (Fax No. 503-546-0724) ❑ Newsroom, The Oregonian (Fax No. 503-968-6061) ❑ Editor, The Real Courier (Fax No. 503-968-7397) Members of the Tigard City Council will be available for the 5a' Tuesday meeting of October 30, 2007, in the Tigard Water Building Auditorium, 8777 SW Burnham Street., Tigard OR, to hear and discuss citizen concerns, issues, or input on City-related matters. Proposed discussion topics will be limited to City of Tigard issues. A trained facilitator will be present to encourage open dialogue and equal participation. Those citizens who attend will be asked to sign in. The Council might set time limits for suggested topics based on the number of topics introduced and the number of citizens who attend. Council may determine that discussion of a topic requires additional resources such as staff support, documents, or other materials to help respond to an inquiry. In such a case, Council might decide to accept the issue for further discussion or correspondence at a later time. The meeting is a public meeting and topical minutes will be kept. A quorum of Council will not be needed to conduct the meeting; in fact, lack of a quorum is likely. Fifth Tuesday meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude promptly at 9 p.m. or earlier if the discussions are concluded before 9 p.m. Council encourages citizens to attend the Fifth Tuesday Meeting to take advantage of the opportunity to meet the Council members and interact in relaxed setting. For further information, please contact Deputy City Recorder Carol Krager by calling 503-639-4171, Ext 2419. 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Greenburg Road. Food and beverages provid- 3 ~--°R`-~ ~ of the largest designers and man- Portland owns six radar , ed. 503-639-1656. ~ ; j ~ ufacturers oftraffic-calming signs, which are being deployed technology. The signs can be for about two weeks in neigh- Beaverton Chamber Of Commerce ~ mounted on utility poles, borhoods. Ribbon Cutting and Anniversary - 4:30 portable stands or other devices To augment the city's speed 'p.m. Cheerful Pit Stop, 10245 S.W. Canyon where they detect approaching reader board program, ~ .'~^°~4°'~'~° - vehicles and display to passing Information Display launched it Road. Sarah Crook 503-643-4758 or ~ ~ ~ ~sarahcrook2004@yahoo.com. - ' ~ - ,~8,. ~ _y ~ drivers their actual speed. FastTrack program, which loans, " A~° _ "Studies have shown that in radar speed signs to groups or ~~~;'+a ~ \ ° `v"~ ~ the overwhelming majority of organizations for 30 days. The WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 ~ a ~~:~ago^~o~~w<?,a ; ~•s;.~~e, ~ cases, speeding drivers do not signs can then be purchased at a' Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce ° . , mean to break the law but rather discount. ABCs of Networking Seminar - 8 to 9:30 ~ ~ ~ rt ~ ` drive over the limit because they "In the past couple of years, , a.m. at Chamber buildin 12655 S.W. Center ; 9- _ ~ - are simply not paying attention traffic calming with radar speed St., Suite 530. New program to help build net- sueMiTTE~ PHOTO to either the posted limit or their signs has moved solidly into _ working skills. RSVP by July 6, Sue Hamlin NOTSO-FAST LANE - An Information Display Co. radar board in aTigard actual speed," said Gary O'Dell, broad stream acceptance 503-6440123 or sueh@beaverton.org. neighborhood shows drivers their speed. The boards could be a low-cost Information Display president. throughout the traffic safety ' Information,Tiffany Mapes at tiffany@beaver- alternative to speed bumps in some areas. "By displaying the car's actual industry," O'Dell said. ton.org. Tigard Chamber of Commerce Ribbon _ I `Cutting - 9 a.m. Paradise Bakery & Cafe, ~ ~ I 7211 S.W. Bridgeport Road (In Bridgeport ~ , Village across from Peet's Coffee). 503-639- h1656. Paradise Bakery set forTualatin Technology Inc. in Livermore, Calif. tivity and profitability are enhanced. Instructors Paradise Bakery and Cafe of Scottsdale, Ariz., Pixelworks makes video and pixel processing Marcos Miranda and Lester Line will explore the ;Aloha Business Association -Noon. plans to open a new shop this month at Bridgeport technology for manufacturers of digital projectors developments in the biology of cognition, the phi- ~Second Wednesday of the month. Peppermill Village. and flat-panel display products. losophy of language, and managerial practices that ;Restaurant, 17455 S.W. Farmington Road. Bill The new store will open July 16 at 7211 S. W. generate sustainable and powerful transformation- «Beam, 503-649-2021. Bridgeport Road, space F103, Tualatin. Garlic Jim's to open new shop al results. , It is one of several the Arizona company plans Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza will open The class is from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesdays, July 10 to ;Tualatin Chamber of Commerce Alive to open during an aggressive expansion in the next anew Beaverton location July 17. 31, in Room 1544 at the Washington County 18 months. Workforce Training Center, 18624 N.W. Walker After 5 - 5:30 p.m. Hollander Consultants, The new Garlic Jim's will be at 8410 S.W. Road. '18010 S.W. McEwan Road. 503-726-1810. Paradise Bakery was founded in Long Beach, Nimbus Ave., suite 500. The cost is $75. Calif., in 1976. Today, the company has 46 cafes It will be the 11th Garlic Jim's in Oregon. In another class, PCC will host a program to in 10 states. It plans to have 66 restaurants by the Franchise owner Patrick Mead and his son Cody help employers work more effectively with young THURSDAY, JULY 12 end of the year. are opening the store. people from "Generation Y." Tigard Chamber of Commerce Good Garlic Jim's has grown from two stores in 2004 Mornin Ti ard! - 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Instructor Ann Olson will discuss healthy nur- g g ~ Pixelworks names Moore CFO to 36 open stores and 93 franchises sold in 2006. taring and education so young people move-into MedicalTeams International, 1410 S.W. Tualatin's Pixelworks Inc. has named Steven L. the world emotionally resilient. Milton Court (off Bonita Road). 503-639-1656. Moore as its new vice president of finance, chief PCC classes look at work force The one-day class is from 1 to 3 p.m. July 25, financial officer and treasurer. Portland Community College will offer anon- in Room 1570 at the PCC Washington Workforce Beaverton Chamber Of Commerce Sales Moore, 53, will be based in San Jose, Calif. He credit class designed to help businesses strengthen Training Center, 18624 N.W. Walker Road. Tune Up - 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Beaverton takes over for Richard Brooks, who has been serv- communication and performance with their The cost is $19. Chamber Building, 12655 S.W. Center St., ing as interim chief financial officer. Hispanic employees. For more information, about both programs; ;.Suite 140. HamThorne, 503-645-7905. 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RING case of distemper in dogs. This ' ' ' These new storybooks I I I `aused us to start thinking about ~i ~ ~ will capture the short by veterinarians vaccinate • attention spans of young- ogs for diseases that are no ~ ~ ~ ,4 ~ ~ ~ stern, and leave them with imagi- "Nicolas, Where Have You onger diagnosed native stories to retell. Been?" by Leo Lionni; ' If distemper has been eradi- Random House; 32 pages; $17. ated why should we spend our 7!~ ~ ~ * ' ~ Zfl06 News Sefvice/t~reltt~doltucam "Up" by Jim LaMarche; Lionni's delightful picture and earned money for vaccinat- Chronicle Books; 32 pages; books have thrilled youngsters ing our dog against it? SOLUTION IS ON PAGE B6. ~ $17. for years and won several , Answer: It is true that many LaMarche's paintings have Caldecott Honor awards. been called luminescent with a This story smoothly blends f the diseases that were regular- y seen in dogs in the past are no ( ~ ' ~ wealth of emotion. Mixing the an ethical, philosophical idea i onger commonly diagnosed by Shadowrun comb at is a blast magical with the everyday, Jim with a charming tale of adven- ~ LaMarche's new book is the tore and friendship. story of a boy tired of being While hunting for berries, { O' • _ called "Little Mouse." young mouse Nicolas is ~ ` but ame not a strai ht shooter Fantasizing about being snatched up and carried away byf F,' ~ : ; g g strong, Daniel mystically makes a big, ugly bird. After recounting; PE~ crackers lift off the table. He his story to his mice friends, , I ~ With the release of li . Densetsu" serves up ran- tries persistently to levitate other they all shout, "Down with the "Shadowrun" on the Xbox .1 ~ dom enemy encounters as objects, and slowly learns he has birds! War on the birds! 360 and PC amers from ~ ~ ~ la ers trek across each an amazing gift. But later, Nicolas Mouse is today's veterinarians. the two platforms have the O~ .a map to fight well-known Daniel's talent is put to the helped by a mother bird and her Many of the new veterinarians ability-to play an action ~ ~ characters from the series. test when he helps move a babies, who feed him and house shooter against each other. During these battles, beached whale off the sand, sav- him in their nest, and he realizes duating from our veterinary And since the debate € players must selectively. ing its life and leaving a seaside that "one bad bird doesn't make olleges have never seen cases of over console versus PC choose from their deck of community grateful and a young a flock." distemper or rabies in dogs. ~ •.,z-• ~ f bo ha to ain the res act of A subtle lesson in under- would be enough to fill this ~ s0;c36Q randomly dealt cards. Eight Y PPY g P However, the viruses causing whole publication, I'll focus _ ` ~ types of cards are available, his father. standing, kindness and the ° iseases such as rabies and din- on the game. and they can be used to attack The author's easy ability to importance of not jumping to temper are still in our environ- This version of the game the enemy, increase defense, weave a breathtaking tale for conclusions, Lionni's beautiful ment and are very serious threats is based on the popular ~ increase attack power, call for youngsters shows through in the tale is also sweetly entertaining to unvaccinated animals. "Shadowrun" role-playing help, use items and more. gloriously summery scenes and and pristinely illustrated. Fortunately both of these din- franchise that dominated PCs Powerful combinations in the empowering expressions ' ;eases are easily prevented in « years ago. t can be made by using two of young Daniel. A mighty tale Edwardo: The Horriblest dogs by vigilant, well-planned ~ ~ indeed. Bo m the Whole Wide ~ Apparently, the denizens or more cards with the same Y • , vaccination programs. of this culture are able to fuse attack power, defense or World" by John The threat of distemper is still advanced technology and ~ ~ action. "The Secret Life of Walter Burningham; Knopf; 32 eat throughout the United magic into combat, giving [ On the downside how- Kitt,'" by Barbara Jean Hicks; pages; $17. Mates, particularly in puppies players unparalleled abilities. ever, is the fact that every illustrated by Dan Santat; A succinct read, , between the ages of 3 and 6 In addition to firing Game: "Shadowrun" ~ card battle is rather simplis- Alfred A. Knopf; 40 pages; Burningham's lively tale of a ! tttonths. Publisher: Microsoft E $17. bo a ed as clums noisy ; weapons, combatants can tic. 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