March 26, 2025 • Volume 1, issue #2
Good afternoon, Gales Creek Journal readers!
I’m abandoning finishing some stories for inclusion in this week’s newsletter to instead get this out early with this important message:
Weird weather may be coming, including thunderstorms, huge hail, and even the possibility of tornadoes.
Here’s a graphic from the Portland office of the National Weather Service. Stay safe out there!
P.S. check out the events calendar at the bottom!
Have an event you’d like listed? Email the details and a link to more information or a calendar listing to [email protected].
-Chas Hundley, editor.
On to the news!
The Oregon Department of Forestry dispatched a crew of 26 Oregon firefighters and two agency representatives to North Carolina to aid the state’s battle against several wildfires.
A man living in rural Washington County was arrested on rape charges near Banks, and detectives say he allegedly assaulted victims in and near Banks, Forest Grove, and Beaverton.
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife will host a hunter safety course starting April 1 through April 24 in Banks.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: A double ‘Fir Creek’ edition graces the newspaper in this week’s dispatches from history.
EVENTS
Today, Wednesday | March 26, 2025
- Bingo – Gales Creek Tavern
- Possible Hagg Lake 2000 legal size trout stocking date March 24 – March 28 (ODF&W does not disclose actual dates) – Hagg Lake
Thursday | March 27, 2025
- Gales Creek Library – Thursdays 6 to 8 p.m. @ Gales Creek School
- Gales Creek Community Club meeting 6:30 p.m. @ Gales Creek School
Friday | March 28, 2025
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Saturday | March 29, 2025
- Big Country (live music) – Gales Creek Tavern
- Tea Time – Tonics of the Forest – Tillamook Forest Center
- Trees of the Tillamook Walk – Tillamook Forest Center
- Wilson River Trail Maintenance Party – Kings Mountain Trailhead
Sunday | March 30, 2025
- Tea Time – Tonics of the Forest – Tillamook Forest Center
- Trees of the Tillamook Walk – Tillamook Forest Center
Monday | March 31, 2025
- Possible Hagg Lake 4000 legal size trout stocking date March 31 – April 4 (ODF&W does not disclose actual dates) – Hagg Lake
That’s all for now; thanks for reading!
Chas Hundley is the editor of the Gales Creek Journal and sister news publications the Banks Post and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.
