Tigard 224 Community Advantage Magazine April 2023

The World’s Happiest Music School

By Angie Helvey, Contributing Writer

Photos by Malaina Kinne

Music lessons provide children with many beneficial opportunities beyond learning music, like improved academic performance, heightened self-confidence, enhanced social skills, and expanded creativity. David and Tiffani Martin, the owners of Arts Academy, are wildly passionate about providing the best music education for students. “It has always been essential to us that we make the experience for the student absolutely amazing,” shares David. “We are constantly innovating and coming up with ways to make things as exciting and fun as possible.”

“It’s important to make the whole experience enjoyable,” Tiffani chimes in. “Things like their teacher being fun, the office staff having a smile on their face. We want to welcome them into a warm environment, so they want to return each week, and they want to keep with music.”

David and Tiffani have both loved music from a young age. “I was brought up in a very musical home,” shares David. “My dad was a music history professor and inspired me to take piano lessons as a young boy.” Tiffani’s passion for music began with playing and singing for her church. The couple originally began teaching music in their home but saw the need to expand as they gained more students and expanded their family. Hence, they opened a studio in Happy Valley and now have locations in Tigard and Wilsonville. Kids as young as 5 can learn to play piano, guitar, drums, violin, ukulele, and take voice lessons. Arts Academy is Oregon’s largest private music school with more than 800 students and over 40 teachers, featuring state-ofthe-art studios with dazzling pianos, comfortable seating areas for parents, and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

Arts Academy boasts a staff of experienced and professional music teachers who focus on creating fun and engaging lessons tailored to the student’s individual needs. “Our teachers are the best in Oregon,” says David. “Having the right teacher in your music lesson is such an important piece because it

makes or breaks the experience.” Teachers are trained in various innovative teaching styles, allowing them to personalize lessons and work with kids of all ages and abilities. Children can choose the instrument they want to use and what songs they learn to play. Instructors guide the lesson based on the student’s personality, goals, and preferred learning style. Adult lessons are also available. The Martins believe the joy of making music should be available to everyone!

Arts Academy provides a student-centered experience that makes it easy for every student to succeed. “We are unique in that we focus a lot on recognition for the kids,” explains David. There are opportunities to win prizes and awards every month, and free music recitals are held every six months. Lesson times are flexible to accommodate all schedules, including homeschoolers and working professionals. Tuition is month-tomonth with no long-term contracts.

Book a trial at Arts Academy and bring your child the joy and excitement of music. There’s a reason why it’s known as “The World’s Happiest Music School.” The number one goal is always to have fun.

Arts Academy has locations in Happy Valley (14654 SE Sunnyside Road), Tigard (15605 SW 116th Avenue in King City), and Wilsonville (8261 SW Wilsonville Road). Visit their website, artsacademy.com, for more information or to book a trial.

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Licensed Oregon Broker / Owner

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25 Years Of Family Business

By Dennis McNabb, Contributing Writer

Afamily business committed to exceeding your every expectation by delivering high-quality building solutions on time and within budget every time!

Owner, Yuriy Paliyev, has been running Paliy Construction (pronounced “paylee”) for over 25 years now. His business was one of the first in the area to focus predominantly on remodeling. As a result, he has not only been confronted with and mastered every potential complication that might arise on the job, but he has built a reputation over the years that is second to none. The business has expanded to include commercial remodeling, new construction builds, Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs), and tiny homes, but his primary focus remains on kitchen and bathroom remodels.

The reason is simple–these are the areas of your home which typically become outdated, and having them remodeled adds the most relative value when selling. Particularly now as the real estate market shifts away from a seller’s market and buyers become more demanding, committing to a high-quality remodel of a kitchen or bathroom could make all the difference. Of course, when it comes to working with contractors, no two are created equal. That’s why it’s so important to find one you can trust; someone like Paliy Construction.

Paliy Construction is the first choice for homeowners, realtors, designers, and businesses in the area. They’ve earned that distinction by carefully considering every aspect of the job and making sure to check off every box: competitive pricing, high-quality labor, professional installation, superior communication, and a proven track record. They are known for their attention to detail, commitment to customer satisfaction, and the use of all of the latest technology/techniques available in the industry to get the job done right the first time.

This is a locally-owned and -operated family business. Yuriy, his two sons, Ben and Art, and Nazar, a long-time close friend, make up the core of the organization, but even their subcontractors (plumbers and electricians) are people they have known and worked with for many years. They are all considered part of the “family”; a tight-knit group of licensed experts and professionals who work together to ensure that every customer gets the very best service possible.

When considering contractors, make sure to shop around, collect at least two or three estimates for comparison, and read online testimonials. Just make sure to include Paliy Construction in your line-up and give them a call. See how attentive and professional they are, and how quickly they respond. As members of the community they serve, you can trust that they will bend over backwards to ensure your complete satisfaction on every job.

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Celebrating 28 years in business, locally-owned and -operated Mattress World Northwest (MWNW) carries the largest selection that will fit your needs best, and the only store with the 4 major sleeping technologies: GelFlex Grid, TEMPUR® foam, Air, and Natural Latex. They carry major brands like: Tempur-Pedic®, Purple™, The Number Bed by Instant Comfort®, and Posh+Lavish™ Natural Latex. They’re all in-store, side-by-side, for your convenience! And they guarantee the lowest price and have a 90-night comfort guarantee, so you can take home a better night’s sleep with confidence. Their employees love working here and will always greet you with a smile, listen to your needs and concerns, and give you a great buying experience. On average, team members have worked here for 5+ years, and their management team 10+ years, so you know they are committed to this company and making their customers happy.

In April, all locations will be accepting donations in support of the MakeA-Wish Foundation whose goal is to fulfill life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, such as Seth, a passionate golfer, whose story you will read below. Studies have proven that the creation and realization of those wishes can engender strength, hope, and transformation in not only the children receiving the gifts, but also their communities. MWNW is gladly donating to this incredible cause while raising awareness by taking donations on their behalf. Please help raise funds by donating online or visiting a local store.

When he was just a few months old, Seth received his first set of golf clubs from his grandfather. He pulled them around the house everywhere as he crawled. He took his first golf lesson at age 4 and became a competitive golfer by age 13. During his senior year in high school, Seth finished the golf season as the top player for his school. But then, a devastating diagnosis threatened to take him off the greens.

“When my doctor told me I had leukemia, at first I thought it was a joke,” Seth said. “When I knew it was real, I instantly thought I was going to die and felt very sad and afraid.” Doctors told Seth the sooner

he could start treatment the better, so he was back the next morning to get going. During this challenging time, Seth found renewed hope through Make-AWish® Oregon.

“I was super excited when I learned I qualified for a wish and was really intrigued by it all,” Seth said. “It took my mind off of what was going on at home or at the hospital and gave me a reason to believe, gave me something to look forward to and hopefully achieve.” When Seth centered on what his wish should be, it was back to the game he loved. He wished to go to The Masters. It wasn’t just about golf–it was about experiencing the unparalleled beauty of the world-renowned grounds firsthand.

In April of 2022, Seth and his family arrived at Augusta National for the 86th edition of the Masters Tournament to watch his childhood heroes tee off. “I had one of the best experiences of my life,” said Seth. “It gave me so many memories that I will cherish for a lifetime and gave me valuable time and memories with my family that I may not get when I get older.”

Months after an unforgettable experience with golf’s most elite, Seth started at UNLV’s PGA Golf Management program. He says there is no doubt his wish journey transformed his life. “It showed me how to live in the moment,” said Seth. “The connections and love I have received from Make-A-Wish® have been incredible and lifechanging. Even after my wish was completed, I still received so much love and appreciation from Make-A-Wish® that is not comparable to anything out there.”

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Seth and his family at The Masters

Seth, age 7, with the Campbell Cup trophy

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BILL BIXBY The INCREDIBLE HULK & MORE

By David Grove, Contributing Writer

Although actor Bill Bixby certainly played many different types of characters throughout his nearly 32-year television acting career, the essential Bill Bixby television persona is that of an everyman who makes the fantastical seem plausible.

Bill’s career breakthrough in Hollywood came in 1962 when he landed a starring role in the science-fiction television sitcom “My Favorite Martian,” which aired on CBS between 1963 and 1966 over three seasons. In “My Favorite Martian,” Bill plays Tim O’Hara, an eager young newspaper reporter who, in the show’s pilot episode, discovers a crashed spaceship and its Martian pilot, a Mars-based anthropologist played by Ray Walston. “Growing up in the 1960s, I was a big fan of “My Favorite Martian,” and a lot of the show’s appeal, for me, had to do with the impact that Bill made as an everyman,” says magician David Copperfield. “We dreamed, and experienced a sense of awe and wonder, through Bill’s eyes. As an actor, Bill was the man who experienced, and observed, crazy and impossible things. He was relatable. Bill played us.”

In the NBC television series “The Magician,” which aired between 1973 and 1974 for one season, Bill plays Anthony (Tony) Blake, a famous jet-setting stage illusionist who uses his performing skills to solve crimes. Bill himself

was a competent amateur magician. “I think that Bill was underrated as a performer, both as an actor and as a magician,” says Copperfield, who appeared alongside Bill in Copperfield’s 1979 CBS television special, “The Magic of David Copperfield II,” which Bill hosted. “I think that Bill was better than most, if not all, actors who performed magic on television. Bill was cool. He very much acted like, and certainly looked like, a real magician. Again, I found Bill to be so believable and relatable. With “The Magician,” I believed that Bill, playing a magician, knew what he was doing.”

Of course Bill is best remembered–largely due to the proliferation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe–for the Marvel Comics-based television series “The Incredible Hulk,” which aired on CBS between 1977 and 1982 over five seasons.

In “The Incredible Hulk,” Bill plays Dr. David Banner, a brilliant scientist who becomes a fugitive after a cell-altering process causes him to transform into the show’s titular monstrous green being, played by Lou Ferrigno, whenever Banner experiences great anger or stress. “[Bill] was my first, and only, choice for David Banner,” said Kenneth Johnson, the show’s creator and executive producer. “The network [was] very happy that I convinced Bill to come aboard. He was just terrific as David Banner.”

Following the end of the series, Bill and Ferrigno reprised their roles from the series in the 1988 NBC made-fortelevision film “The Incredible Hulk Returns,” followed by the films “The Trial of the Incredible Hulk” (1989) and “The Death of the Incredible Hulk,” both of which were directed by Bill. “Bill took me under his wing and taught me a lot,” said Ferrigno. “He was the first star [whom] I ever met. Bill was very genuine, quick, witty. I remember being so proud when Bill said to me: ‘Your character has connected with the public.’”

Born and raised in the bustling city of San Francisco, California, actor Bill Bixby, best remembered for the television series “The Incredible Hulk,” nonetheless discovered and fell in love with the outdoor lifestyle at an early age.

Throughout his childhood and teenage years, Bill spent many summers vacationing with his parents in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, specifically within the range’s Cisco Grove region, where Bill’s mother’s family owned an acreage

compound. Between 1955 and 1957, Bill spent much of his summers working as a bellhop and fledgling entertainment organizer at the Jackson Lake Lodge in remote northwestern Wyoming.

In July 1971, as a wedding present to his first wife, actress Brenda Benet, Bill purchased 110 acres of land alongside the beautiful McKenzie River in Lane County, Oregon. Bill’s ranch, which was known as the Hidden Valley Ranch, served as his primary vacation home and sanctuary throughout the rest of his career and life.

Whenever Bill visited Oregon, he stayed at the property’s main house, which could accommodate four people and offered a clear view of the surrounding McKenzie River Valley. Off to the west, there was Finn Creek, which ran behind the property’s barn and slaughter house.

To manage the property, the land and ranch, Bill selected his beloved maternal aunt, Ellen Hayes, who lived in Oregon until her death in 1997, and her husband, Ernest Hayes, who died in Oregon in 1986. “They [Ellen and Ernest] did a fair job of buying and registering cattle and maintaining the buildings and land,” said Ellen’s son, John Schubert, who died in June 2022. “Financially, the ranch wasn’t profitable, self-sufficient, nor would I say that it was a money pit. Bill loved the ranch. He needed someone to manage the ranch, and he was very happy with how [Ernest] and Mom took care of the property while Bill was in California.”

Diagnosed with cancer, Bill made his last visit to the beautiful Hidden Valley Ranch in Oregon, where he celebrated Christmas with family, including his Aunt Ellen and mother Jane. Bill died on November 21, 1993, in California, at the age of 59.

Lou Ferrigno & Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk November 4, 1977 –May 12, 1982

Bill Bixby & Ray Walston in My Favorite Martian September 29, 1963 – May 1, 1966

Bill Bixby as Tony Blake in The Magician March 17, 1973 – April 15, 1974

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Bob found working for a large corporation provided him with the opportunity to learn and refine his own value system, and when the opportunity came along to become the owner of a Grocery Outlet store in Scappoose, he took it. Then in 2021, he sold that store and purchased the King City location.

Grocery Outlet has a unique business model. A 400-store chain with every store independently-owned and set up like a mini-Costco, it allows owners to buy directly from the main warehouse, thus bringing customers fresh, quality products much faster at a 40-70% savings. These advantages allow Bob

By Olive Gallagher, Contributing Writer

Photos by Malaina Kinne

With countless choices to purchase groceries and supplies available to consumers today, it takes a very special place and philosophy to command and retain a loyal clientele. King City Grocery Outlet, owned and operated by Bob Barnard, does that every day. Building a business that makes its customers feel appreciated and taken care of requires special abilities and intention. When shopping at King City Grocery Outlet, customers direct any questions, requests or issues they have directly to Bob. He’s there every day, personally responsible for choosing the best products available that day at the best possible price.

Raised within a large family on a self-sustaining farm in Stayton, Oregon, in a home built by his family’s own hands, Bob learned to value thoughtfulness and integrity as well as the gifts from the land and environment, especially when it came to food purchased and consumed. Bob was an avid trumpet player in a jazz band, but he decided after high school to go directly to work instead of college because he found making a living more interesting. While he eventually earned a BS in Business Finance, he worked full-time for a large grocery chain for more than 36 years, serving as Store Director for 20 years.

He also spent a lot of time during those years serving his community on various boards, including the Columbia Pacific

to independently create exciting and special promotions such as select wine tastings or fine cheeses and crackers, and that flexibility and autonomy provides customers the very best quality foods available quickly on any given day.

When asked what is the biggest challenge for King City Grocery Outlet, Bob has a ready answer: staffing. Like most businesses post-COVID, recruiting workers is a challenge. However, one special benefit to joining Bob’s organization is unique: those who work there go directly to Bob with any issue. There’s no dealing with a supervisor who passes those comments along to a manager who passes them along to HR. Bob is there, every day, greeting customers, filling orders, and handling anything else that comes up for his customers and staff.

Along with working hard every day to bring his customers the very best at the very best price, Bob Barnard believes in giving back to his community by supporting local events as well as donations to charity groups. With those kinds of values, it sounds to me like a great place to work or shop!

King City Grocery Outlet is located at 15705 SW 116th Ave in the King City Plaza. Stop in or visit their website at groceryoutlet. com/store-locator and choose King City for local coupons.

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By Dennis McNabb, Contributing Writer

For anyone interested in getting into the real estate market right now, you’ve probably noticed that things have adjusted, and fairly substantially, from this same time last year. Most noticeably, interest rates have increased, but there is also more inventory (as a result of higher rates), and the market has shifted from favoring sellers to being far more neutral. If you are currently looking to sell, you not only have to address deferred maintenance issues, but you also have to be realistic about the value of your home and price accordingly. If you are looking to buy, you have a lot more leverage than you did a year ago, but you need to keep a cool head and not allow the fluctuations in the market to encourage rash decisions.

Jaimy Beltran, of Beltran Properties at eXp Realty, stated that a lot of people are feeling insecure right now about getting into the market. With interest rates rising, affordability has subsequently declined. Add to that the recent banking collapse

(Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were both closed in March of this year), and talk of another possible recession, and it’s easy to understand why. Many of us are still reeling from the housing collapse and resulting global recession which hit in 2008. That said, it’s of the utmost importance to understand that this most recent bank failure

was not, in any way, tied to the real estate market. So, while we may be naturally apprehensive after hearing such news, we should not—this time—let it affect our outlook on the market.

Jaimy stated above: Date your interest rate. Marry your home. But what does that mean? It means that rates fluctuate! For those who have only been active in the market over the past 3 years, you may not be familiar, or you may not recall, but in a “normally functioning market” there is an inherent ebb and flow. Rates naturally go up and down with fluctuations in the economy, and it’s nothing to be overly concerned about. When we are interested in buying, we enlist the help of a seasoned professional like Jaimy Beltran, and we acquire the best house at the best price with the best rates available at the time. But we only “date” the interest rates at the time of signing because, when those rates naturally drop at some point over the cycle of our loan, we have the opportunity to refinance. We are married to the long-term investment—to our home—not to the rates!

And speaking of those interest rates, while they are higher now than they have been over the last few years, they are still very reasonable! Looking back at mortgage rates over time, the average since 1971 is 7.75% (according to the mortgagereports. com). In the 1980s, they were in the high teens! So,

over the last 50 years, we are still below average. Also, here in the Northwest, inventory has fallen again below 2 months, indicating that the market is still very healthy in our region. For buyers, you just need to remain calm in the face of the market’s variations. Have a clear goal in mind and don’t be afraid to request concessions. For sellers, you simply need to price appropriately and prepare for the sale–fix deferred maintenance issues, paint, declutter, and stage the home. Also, don’t be afraid to reduce the price if you’re not getting enough interest. Price reductions equate to a motivated seller, not to a house with inherent problems.

There is no time like the present to get into the market. Waiting around for better rates or better conditions means you could be waiting a long time, maybe indefinitely. At the very least, you’ll certainly be passing up on a lot of potentially amazing opportunities. You need only to partner with someone like Jaimy Beltran who has a proven track record, an impeccable reputation, and a nationwide network of affiliated professionals who can assist you along the way. When it comes to navigating the market with intelligence and aplomb, whether you’re a buyer or a seller, there is no better team to work with than Beltran Properties at eXp Realty. Call Jaimy today at 503-502-3330!