THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 7
February 2020
Third Fireside Chat focuses on
Annex/Restaurant Building
By STEVE SWITZER, COMMUNICATIONS
COMMITTEE CHAIR
Chat brings community
up-to-date on the Village
Center Development
Task Force
M
ore than 130 Charbon-
neau residents attended
a presentation Jan. 3.
Moderated by CCC
Board Director Steve Switzer, the
events are a part of the board’s con-
tinuing outreach designed to both
present information and provide
Charbonneau residents with a fo-
rum to express their questions and
views about CCC activities and fu-
ture plans.
CCC Board Director Anne Shevlin,
who chairs the Village Center Devel-
opment Task Force, introduced for-
mer Director Jim Greene to discuss
the history of the old restaurant build-
ing and the process that the board fol-
lowed from 2013 to 2018 in the pur-
chase process. The building was built
in 1973 and at one time housed the golf
Pro Shop, sauna and locker rooms on
the ground floor, as well as McCor-
mick & Schmick’s restaurant.
Greene pointed out McCormick &
Schmick’s was the longest lasting of
the 13 different restaurants in the
building and they survived because
their rent was subsidized by the origi-
nal developers.
A PowerPoint slideshow was used
to illustrate the process that the board
went through when deciding to pur-
chase the building. The bank fore-
closed on the building in 2013 and it
was purchased by an outside party for
$360,000. The board was part of the
bidding process but their offer was de-
clined. The new owners did some mi-
nor repair work and leased it out to
two different entities, Oregon Wine
Garden in 2015 and “On the Green” in
2016. Both restaurants closed and the
building became vacant again.
In 2018 the board purchased the
building under the asking price, for
$620,000 in May 2018. Immediately the
board contracted with a consultant to
determine the relative costs between
remodel and rebuild. It was decided
that a tear down and rebuild with a
“clean sheet” was the preferable path.
The board in September 2018 voted
8-1 to proceed with the tear down and
start plans on a new building better
suited to Charbonneau’s current and
future needs. In July 2019, the CCC
Board reaffirmed the decision and vot-
ed to move forward. The deconstruc-
tion process began in early December
and is almost complete.
Anne Shevlin discussed the history
of the community’s interest in expand-
ing the current facilities. In 1991 there
was a proposal for a health and exer-
cise facility. In 1994, Charbonneau de-
veloped an analysis of the village. At
that time, some 26 years ago, it was
determined that again, there was
strong support for a health and fitness
facility, a golf learning center, confer-
ence and corporate retreat center, a
deli/food mart and expanded parking.
From 2003 and culminating it the
See FIRESIDE CHAT / Page 8
Jane Carol King
March 18, 1931 – January 14, 2020
Jane Carol King passed away peace-
fully on January 14, 2020, in Kingwood,
Texas. Jane was born on March 18, 1931 in
Pacific Grove, Calif. to Edwin and Marjorie
Moose. She graduated from Pacific Grove
High School and went on to get her nurs-
ing degree from O’Connor School of Nurs-
ing in San Jose, Calif. Jane met her future
husband and love of her life, Bill King, on
a blind date while both were attending col-
lege. After graduation Jane worked as a reg-
istered nurse in labor and delivery until the
couple married on Jan. 23, 1955, and moved
to Ft. Worth, Texas where Bill was posted as
a flight engineer with the Air Force at a Stra-
tegic Air Command base. Jane continued her
career in Texas and joined St. John’s Hospital
doing what she loved most, pediatric nurs-
ing. Once Bill left the Air Force, the couple
moved to San Mateo, Calif., where Bill took
up his career as a CPA and Jane worked as a
nurse in a pediatrician’s office. After retire-
ment, the couple moved to Wilsonville, Ore.,
where they lived for almost 30 years until
their move to Kingwood, Texas, to be closer
to their daughter and son-in-law.
Jane was a tireless volunteer her entire
life. At various times throughout the years
she not only worked for organizations de-
voted to youth such as the Girl Scouts, but
also for several civic groups including the
Red Cross, a Well Baby Clinic and as presi-
dent of the Florence Crittenton Organization.
She volunteered for the San Francisco Art
Museum where she organized field trips and
helped with fund raising and promotion for
the museum. She was a member of Opera Ac-
tion which encouraged ticket sales to the San
Francisco Opera. Jane belonged to the San
Mateo Auxiliary for the Children’s Hospital
at Stanford.
After Jane and Bill moved to Charbon-
neau in Wilsonville, Jane once again became
a valued volunteer with several organiza-
tions. Jane took over the responsibility of run-
ning the blood pressure clinic at the Charbon-
neau Club House. She then went on to be a
highly successful president for the Charbon-
neau Ladies Association and continued to be
an important member of the governing board
for many years. She also was very active as
a member of the Boys and Girls Aid Society
Auxiliary up until the move to Texas. After
taking up golf, which was her husband’s pas-
sion, Jane joined the 9-Holers group where
she became president and held various chair-
manships. Jane was an enthusiastic painter
and member of the Charbonneau Arts Asso-
ciation, and dedicated volunteer for the Char-
bonneau annual Pink Ball Golf Tournament,
raising tens of thousands of dollars to benefit
cancer research.
Jane is survived
by her daughter,
Karen Emery, and
son-in-law
Paul
Emery. She is pre-
deceased by her
beloved husband of
64 years, William
Howard King, who
passed away less
than seven weeks
ago; brother John Moose and sister Margaret
Bradley.
Her friendship, volunteerism and com-
passion for helping those in need will be
deeply missed.
The family would welcome any dona-
tions to Boys and Girls Aid of Portland, Or-
egon found at https://www.boysandgirlsaid.
org/donate.