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T H U R S D A Y, O C T O B E R 1 0 , 2 0 1 9 Mark your calendars BILL LIOIO: SPRINGFIEL D CI T Y COUNCIL Dark skies loom over Patrician residents SATURDAY, OCT. 12 Eugene/Springfi eld Tip a Cop, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Texas Roadhouse, 1060 Valley River Way, Eugene. Hosted by Oregon Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and Springfi eld Police Department. Please Bother Me Class: Facebook Messenger, 2 p.m., Springfi eld Public Library, 225 Fifth St., Springfi eld. Council leans toward rezoning BY VICTORIA STEPHENS THE CHRONICLE SUNDAY, OCT. 13 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Alton Baker Park, 100 Day Island Road, Eugene. Registration at noon, Ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Walk at 2 p.m. MONDAY, OCT. 14 The Springfi eld City Council will meet for its regularly scheduled work session at 5:30 p.m. in the Jesse Maine Room, Springfi eld City Hall, 225 Fifth St., Springfield. HUD Consolidated Planning Process, Abatement Warrants will be discussed. The Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA) will meet for its regularly scheduled meet- ing at approximately 7 p.m. in the Jesse Maine Room, Springfi eld City Hall, 225 Fifth St., Springfi eld for a public hearing and Supplemental Budget 1. A Springfield School Board Business meeting will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. in the boardroom of the Springfield Public Schools Administration Building, 640 A Street, Springfi eld. TUESDAY, OCT. 15 Dorris Ranch Ribbon Cutting, 4:30 p.m. 205 Dorris St., Springfi eld. The Springfi eld Planning Commission will meet for its regularly scheduled work session at 6 p.m. in the Jesse Maine Room, Springfi eld City Hall, 225 Fifth St., Springfi eld. The S p r i n g f i e l d Pl a n n i n g Commission will hold a Public Hearing during the regular meeting starting at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Springfield City Hall, 225 Fifth St., Springfi eld. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 Open Climb, 6 p.m., Bob Reefer Center, 250 S. 32nd St., Springfi eld. “Thelma and Louise,” 1 p.m., Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C St., Springfi eld (R, 1991, 129 minutes). Weekly free movie. Popcorn 50¢. Papier mâché Alebrijes (colorful Mexican folk art sculptures). Grades 1/2/3, 3:45 p.m., Springfield Public Library, 225 Fifth St., Springfi eld. The Springfield Governance Committee will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Jesse Maine Room, Springfi eld City Hall, 225 Fifth St., Springfi eld, to discuss the Springfi eld Development Code Update Project. The community is welcome to attend. Mossbacks short walk and club meeting, 6 p.m., Willamalane Adult Activities Center, 215 West C Street in Springfi eld. http://www.mossbacks.org THURSDAY, OCT. 17 Springfi lm, 6:30 p.m. Free showing of Jordan Peele’s horror fi lm, “Get Out” (R, 2017, 104 minutes). Watch the fi lm and stay for a short post-fi lm discussion. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfi eld. Additional Information: Kristen Curé, 541-726-2232, kcure@springfi eld-or.gov Springfi eld Kiwanis meets each Thursday at noon at Sparrow Café, 2080 19th St., Springfi eld. Bill Lioio is a private investigator from Springfi eld. Lioio was a former Eugene Police officer, and now investigates criminal cases and miscellaneous civil cases. ALIYA HALL/ THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE Springfi eld’s own Magnum P.I. BY ALIYA HALL THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – For the Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators (OALI) meeting happening on Nov. 2, Springfi eld P.I. Bill Lioio has been asked to give a talk; the title of his presentation: “The Skeptical, Humble Investigator.” “Skepticism is important,” he said. “You need to know you weren’t there and you’re relying on what the person is telling you.” A former offi cer for the Eugene Police from 1973 to ’77, Lioio has worked as a private investigator in the area since the mid-’80s. He is one of 208 investigators in the state registered with OALI. Although he has experience working for juvenile court, most of his focus now is on criminal defense cases and miscellaneous civil cases. Over the years, he has helped locate people who have an inheritance and has been involved in investigating wrong- ful death cases. “I don’t try to import motives to people; I can’t read minds,” he said. “So I don’t understand why people do certain things, but I can suspect.” Lioio added that his background as a police offi cer has been helpful in his private investigations work – especially in recognizing the quality, or lack thereof, of police reports. He said that often the reports are low-quality, which speaks to the quality of the training offi cers receive. “From a defense perspective, it’s not bad because the more holes in the police report, the more holes you can poke in their case,” he said, adding that as an investigator he sees this as a potential benefi t, but as a taxpayer, he sees it another way. Generally, Lioio is called in by attorneys if there’s a case they want to involve him in. There will be an initial meeting, where he fi nds out what the case is about, and then they establish a plan for what they want to do. They’ll work together to evaluate the strength of the State’s case, and look for the problems and weaknesses. They’ll go through the charging documents, which Lioio said commonly “overcharge” the client, and that’s where most plea deals comes from. “Sometimes it’s a ‘didindoit,’ where the person says they didn’t do it, and that’s a different angle,” he said. “The client will tell us who we need to talk to to show it wasn’t them, and I track them down. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not.” He added that frequently the contact information given on the police reports will be outdated by the time it gets to him, which makes tracking people down more of a challenge. He said that he has SPRINGFIELD – Springfi eld City Council’s meeting room was packed for the third reading of a controver- sial proposed rezoning ordinance of the Patrician Mobile Home Park Monday night. In March, park owner Richard Boyles of Urban Transitions LLC requested the 13.6 acres be rezoned from a low density residential area to a mixed use commercial area. The fi nal decision will be rendered at the Oct. 21 city council meeting, though council deliberation Monday night leaned in favor of rezoning. Public comment has been closed since Sept. 18, but Patrician residents fi lled the chambers to get a glimpse of what their future may hold. If the park is rezoned, the 130 primarily elderly and disabled residents of the park are concerned that they will be displaced without reasonable compensation for their homes and left with no place to go. What it ultimately boils down to, despite the emotional nature of this decision, councilor Sean VanGordon said, is whether or not Boyles meets the criteria to have the park property rezoned, not necessarily what the long term use of the park is. “I have to sit down and look at it from an objective point of view – as much as it tears my heart out,” Councilor Marilee Woodrow said. “I totally understand and empa- thize with everything that is going on. But in the position I’m in I have to look at, not only the impact of a decision See DARK – 15 ‘Everything is a design decision’ Design awareness colors her world BY VICTORIA STEPHENS THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – With many irons in the fire, Springfi eld architect Jenna Fribley goes beyond the stan- dard defi nition of what an architect is and does. She and Kelsey Buzzell are co-owners of Campfi re Collaborative Architecture & Design, the company responsible for about one third of the renovations in the revitalized 300 block of Main Street in Springfi eld. “We have a lot of projects,” Fribley said. “We do a little bit of everything.” Working from old photographs, Fribley restored rows of transom windows along Main Street storefronts, adding authenticity by recovering elements of the original designs. Design is something that Fribley delights in. One build- ing’s original porcelain tile was uncovered during the remodeling process and was used as a design element throughout the building, adding unity to that theme. RESEARCHING AND FINDING THE SOUL Campfi re Collaborative is located in a humble store- front at 341 Main St. Fribley has researched its history as Vern’s Lunch, a diner from the 1940s, to its conversion to See BILL – 14 OPEN: Tuesday to Saturday licious De Weekly Specials & Craft Cocktails 11 am - 9 pm 338 Main St. Springfield See DESIGN – 15
