Oak Grove Community Advantage Magazine August 2023

Paving to Perfection

Portland’s premier paving company since 1984

So, Keith answered the call by hiring a professional to come in and reorganize their entire operating system, and he couldn’t be happier! They now have a very clear organizational structure with set goals, a list of core values, and a five star review process which includes customers to keep themselves on track. In the past when important decisions needed to be made, particularly when it came to spending large amounts of money on new equipment, they often floundered, caught up in a vicious circular pattern of second guessing themselves. Now, it’s simply a matter of considering how the decision fits into their core values. If it’s in line, then the decision is made, period. There’s no longer that lingering doubt or that emotional component. It’s cut and dry, and it has streamlined their operations in ways he never thought possible!

Keith has always prided himself and K & L Industries on the fact that once they have been hired to do a job, they do it right every time, and the first time! Their reputation has been built on that guarantee, and they’ve never had to work exceptionally hard at selling the business because it sells itself. Check out any job they’ve done around town and you will be an instant believer. They are just shy of 40 years now leading the industry, and there is almost nothing that they can’t accomplish.

By Dennis McNabb, Staff Writer

Photos by Andrew Sambuceto

For those of you who regularly read our magazine, you may recall an article we ran back in 2020 about K & L Industries and their captivating owner/founder Keith Callaway. Nearly 3 years later here we are again, and if we presented Keith as a man who embodied all of the finest characteristics of a business owner — someone with honesty, integrity, and empathy — then the intervening years have only made him more so. Returning to our pages with his business restructured, reorganized and revitalized, Keith has positioned K & L Industries to be the Portland Metro Area’s premier paving company through 2084 and beyond!

Since then, Keith and his son/partner, Keith Jr., have hired a consultant to come in and evaluate their operations. The problem was that they had been growing exponentially — certainly not a bad problem to have — but they had reached a point where they were struggling to keep up. Since Keith has always been such a conscientious man who holds himself and his business accountable to such a high standard, he refused to allow their customer service to suffer simply because they were finally getting the business they’d worked so hard to achieve. Intuitively, he also understood that the influx of new business would soon fade away if they couldn’t continue to earn it.

They do all aspects of commercial and residential paving: new paving, maintenance, repair, sealcoating, and milling (asphalt grinding). They do it with the best equipment run by a terrific team focused on providing customers with the best value for their money. All this and they’re still a locally-owned family business. Keith’s wife (known affectionately as the “company mom”) and his eldest son also work there but the whole team is considered family. And this is not Keith “posturing” for this article. He means it! Check out for yourself on their Facebook page and listen to the testimonials. They’re amazing!

Working with contractors can be challenging, but Keith Callaway and K & L Industries are the real deal. With a sterling reputation and a “new” corporate structure which has improved an organization that was already at the top of their game, there is no one who does it better. In 2022, for the second year in a row, they won a coveted spot on forconstructionpros.com’s list of best construction contractors to work for in the country! They are in the Top 75 in the country for Residential and Commercial Paving, and Top 75 for Pavement Maintenance. They are also a “2nd Chance” employer, “Best Contractor to Work For” the last 2 years, and someone who appreciates and supports their local community!

Contact K & L Industries at 503-563-2034 or check them out online at kandlindustries.com. Experience for yourself how they are “transforming lives one shovel at a time.”

Driving Away Hunger

Car donations = 580 meals to neighbors in need

while providing a wonderful opportunity for men and women to receive vocational training while in our New Life Program. Then, when the vehicle is sold, 100% of the proceeds go back to providing shelter, meals, and life-restoring programs available free of charge to those in need.

Last year Portland Rescue Mission provided 261,358 nutritious meals and 47,045 nights of safe shelter, as well as serving 295 men, women, and children in short and long-term programs. Our Drive Away Hunger program was a major contributor to this effort.

The best way to raise awareness about Portland Rescue Mission’s Drive Away Hunger program is to highlight the fact that donating is quick, easy, and towing is available. We offer the maximum tax-deduction possible, and the vehicle will

Since 1949, the goal of Portland Rescue Mission has always been to give hope and restore the lives of people who struggle with hunger, homelessness and addiction. Our Drive Away Hunger vehicle donation program plays a huge role in doing just that, as each car donated provides an average of about 580 meals to neighbors in need. More often than not a hot meal at our Burnside Shelter is our first opportunity to meet someone, learn their name, hear their story, and explore what additional support and services we can offer to help them become healthy and self-sufficient.

When a vehicle is donated to Portland Rescue Mission’s Drive Away Hunger program our staff will work alongside program participants to ensure that the car can pass a 70-point safety inspection. This increases the value of the car, providing the highest possible tax-deduction to the donor. It also ensures that whoever purchases the car gets a safe, reliable automobile all the

provide life-restoring care and vocational training to people who are working hard to transition out of homelessness and into self-sufficiency.

For nearly 75 years Portland Rescue Mission has been able to offer a wide range of highly relational, integrated services that transform the lives of people in need. While we receive no government funding at all, our services remain free of charge due to the support of the community.

Readers can learn more or donate a vehicle today online at www.DriveAwayHunger.org or call 503-647-7466.

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“National Lampoon’s Animal House” and its Oregon roots

After initial overtures to the University of Missouri were rejected, Universal Studios approached the University of Oregon, who agreed to permit filming on the campus for $20,000 and an agreement that the university not be identified in the movie. Universal also negotiated deals to use the houses of two fraternities located just off campus on the 700 block of East 11th Avenue. The Delta fraternity house was set in the Eugene Halfway House located between the two fraternities. The city of Cottage Grove, twenty miles south of Eugene, also got in on the fun. City officials agreed to close down Main Street for three days for the filming of the movie’s dramatic homecoming parade scene.

By Robert Matsumura, Contributing Writer

If you’ve ever wondered how the song “Shout” became a wildly popular tradition at University of Oregon football games, one need only watch “National Lampoon’s Animal House” to see the tie-in. But what does this outrageous comedic classic from the 1970s have to do with U of O? Unbeknownst to many people today, the movie starring Jim Belushi of “Saturday Night Live” fame was shot primarily on the U of O campus.

In the fall of 1977 the producers of “Animal House,” a movie that was to become one of the most successful American film comedies of all time — were searching for a college campus as the setting for their story about the scandalous Delta Tau Chi fraternity and the madcap chaos it wreaked on fictional Faber College.

In October of 1977 the cast and crew arrived in the area, settling at the Rodeway Inn in nearby Springfield. The movie was a showcase for Belushi, who had recently risen to fame due to “Saturday Night Live,” and featured Donald Sutherland as well, who played the role of an English professor on campus. “Animal House” was also the film debut for Kevin Bacon and Karen Allen, both of whom went on to enjoy major success in numerous hit movies. In addition to these famous Hollywood names, Tom Hulce (of “Amadeus” fame) and Tim Matheson (of the ’60s “Johnny Quest” series, and more recently, “The West Wing”) also played minor roles. Behind the scenes, “Animal House” was the first major Hollywood movie for director John Landis, who subsequently brought hit movies such as “Trading Places,” “The Blues Brothers,” “An American Werewolf in London,” and others to the big screen.

Auditions for extras were held on the U of O campus, and 150 men and 50 women were chosen to appear in the film. The students were paid $2.30 an hour, and the male extras were instructed to have their hair cut in the style of college students from 1962. Filming of the movie commenced on October 24 at the Sigma Nu house, where the majority of interior shots of the fictitious Delta house were taken. U of O President Boyd’s office was used for that of Dean Wormer, the enemy of the Deltas. The Dexter Lake Club, located 20 miles east of Eugene, served as the locale for the movie’s “road trip” scene, where the Deltas take their dates to hear their favorite R&B band called Otis Day and the Knights.

During his off hours Belushi befriended Portland blues legend Curtis Salgado, who helped fuel Belushi’s passion for the blues, which in turn led to the subsequent movie, “The Blues Brothers,” starring both Belushi and Dan Akroyd. While filming “Animal House,” Belushi and his wife, Judy, also had dinner with Oregon author Ken Kesey (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”) at his home in nearby Pleasant Hill.

“National Lampoon’s Animal House” premiered in New York

City on July 24, 1978, and in Portland in August of the same year, with many of the movie’s extras in attendance. The movie was the second most popular film in 1978 and a remarkable financial success. Produced for under $3 million, “Animal House” grossed $140 million in the U.S. and Canada. So successful was “Animal House” that it spawned a whole genre of zany, overthe-top comedies focused on younger audiences. Aside from one’s cinematic preferences, “Animal House” ranked 36th on the

American Film Institute’s list of the hundred greatest film comedies of all time. In 2001, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Although “Delta House” was torn down in 1986 and replaced by another building, a bronze plaque still marks the site for posterity. The old Sigma Nu house still stands. The building is now home to the Northwest Christian University’s School of Professional Studies, but if you peer through the front door you can still see the stairwell where Belushi’s character, Bluto, bashed a hole in the wall with the guitar of a student playing folk music.

Despite the fact that the University of Oregon initially attempted to downplay its involvement

in the movie, “Animal House” has actually become a part of U of O’s popular culture and is even marketed as a feature of the school’s identity. Locations from the movie are pointed out on campus tours, and Otis Day and the Knight’s version of “Shout” is belted out by the audience at Duck football games. To this day, people in both Eugene, and Cottage Grove, take great pride in their town’s participation in this American comedy classic.

So, the next time you witness Duck fans singing “Shout” at a U of O football game, or happen to watch “Animal House” on television, know that this wild, raucous and influential movie was filmed close to home, right here in the state of Oregon in the southern Willamette Valley.

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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR MOVIES? NW MOVIE TRIVIA

By Robert Matsumura, Contributing Writer

What 1990 comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which featured the actor portraying a teacher, was filmed in Astoria, Oregon?

Name the movie starring an American bulldog, Himalayan cat, and a golden retriever that was set in Ontario, Canada, but actually filmed primarily in the forests near Bend, Oregon?

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Nicholas Cage starred in a drama set in Oregon about a truffle hunter and his foraging pig. What was the name of this movie?

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This movie saga about a teenage girl and her love for a vampire named Edward, was set in the town of Forks on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. What was the name of this saga?

Based upon Shakespeare’s “Taming of a Shrew,” this movie shot in the Seattle and Tacoma areas, featured Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger as high school students in a romantic romp set in the 1990s. What was the name of this movie?

Inspired by a real-life 17th century shipwreck off the Oregon coast, the 1985 movie “The Goonies” revolves around a group of kids who find a pirate map. What famous director filmed this movie?

Filmed in Astoria, Portland and Seaside, the 1993 movie “Free Willy” told the story of a troubled 12-year-old boy who helps free a captive Orca. What was the boy’s name?

In the movie “Animal House” starring John Belushi, filmed on and around the University of Oregon campus, what was the name of Belushi’s fictitious fraternity?

The fictitious town of Castle Rock was the setting for the 1986 film “Stand By Me,” based upon a novella by author Stephen King. What real-life Oregon town served as the setting for Castle Rock?

Fun Fact: Rob Reiner, the director of the movie, said that of all the movies he’s ever filmed, “Stand by Me” was his favorite.

10.) Answer: Brownsville

Fun Fact: The only reason Universal Studios greenlit the movie was because Donald Sutherland, a prominent star at the time, had agreed to play Professor Jennings.

9.) Answer: Delta Tau Chi.

Fun Fact: The movie “Free Willy” helped raise awareness of the captive killer whale, Keiko, who was in a tank that was too small, too warm and overly chlorinated. As a result of the movie, Keiko was moved to the Oregon Coast Aquarium where he lived a much healthier life.

8.) Answer: Jesse

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Fun Fact: Locations in the movie include Cannon Beach, Astoria, The Astoria Coffee Company, and Ecola State Park.

7.) Answer: Steven Spielberg

Fun Fact: The film features Stadium High School in Tacoma, and the Fremont Troll in Seattle.

6.) Answer: “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999)

Fun Fact: Author Stephanie Meyers’ first choice for the character of Edward wasn’t Robert Pattinson, but Henry Cavill. However, by the time the movies were filmed, Cavill was too old to play the part.

5) Answer: “The Twilight Saga” (2005-2012)

Fun Fact: The scene with Hanks and Victor Garber crying about the movie “The Dirty Dozen” was completely improvised.

4) Answer: “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993)

Fun Fact: The pig only had three days of training and bit Cage a number of times during the filming.

3) Answer: “Pig” (2021)

Fun Fact: Some of the voices featured in the film were Michael J. Fox and Sally Field.

2) Answer: “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey” (1993)

Fun Fact: The movie included great scenery from the Astoria area, including the John Jacob Astor Elementary School.

1) Answer: “Kindergarten Cop” (1990)

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