Community Columnist Sharon Parker shares what’s happened since the launch of what’s now known as the Gales Creek Community Club.
Sharon Parker
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Veteran’s Day
Students at Visitation school in Verboort recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Photo Sharon Hundley The American Legion was first chartered by Congress in 1919, as a patriotic organization focusing on service to veterans and service members ,giving them a voice in American policy making and laws. From a war-weary[Read More…]
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Lily Festival, National Night Out, and more
GARDEN CLUB POTLUCK With a threat of a sprinkle which held off until the business meeting, The Gales Creek Garden Club met at the home and gardens of Sharon Hundley for the annual summer picnic potluck. With a little surprise birthday celebration tucked in for KenErskine, and a tour of the gardens,[Read More…]
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Preparedness and Preschool Pumpkin Planters
PRESCHOOL PUMPKIN PLANTERS A sixteen year tradition began with a simple field trip to Anne and Rene Berblinger’s Organic Farm. The Portland Tillamook Preschool was the ‘alma mater’ of Anne’s niece 16 years ago whose new alma mater is UBC. But a new generation of pre-schoolers has come out every year since,[Read More…]
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Balm Grove and CPO 13
The Balm Grove Tavern. Photo: Chas Hundley COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ORGANIZATION – 13 The first ever CPO 13 Potluck meeting was attended by about a dozen community members. At an event with food and Balm Grove slated to be the hot topic, this was a meager attendance. Per usual, we[Read More…]
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Chick day, Garden Club, and Strawberry Festival
Sharon Hundley CHICK DAY!!! You’ve undoubtedly seen calendars with certain holidays printed in red. As a child, I would sit down with the newly acquired calendar, and after perusing the beautiful pictures, I would take note of all the “Red Letter Days”. Nowhere did I ever see Chick Day marked in red. It[Read More…]
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Gardening, church, and food
Sharon Hundley SEED TO SUPPER Planning and planting your garden, soil sampling and amending, container gardening, mulching, watering and weeding, gardening for health, cooking from your garden, and others are class topics in this 6 week course happening at Gales Creek Church which began February 22. Seed to Supper is a free[Read More…]
Column | Gales Creek Gatherings: Sharon Boge, Book Review
Sharon Hundley SHE SHOWED UP! Reporting happenings in Gales Creek or involving someone affiliated with our town is one of my greatest pleasures. And although it is no pleasure to write a memorial for a friend, it is indeed my honor to try to pen my impressions and thoughts of the[Read More…]