The Gales Creek Neighborhood Watch will host a community meeting Wednesday, November 16 at the Gales Creek Church to discuss fire prevention, preparing for emergencies, and other public safety topics.
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Youtube channel documents local cemeteries, history
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dan Bieltz, a Beaverton resident, was looking for ways to fill time after being furloughed at his job. With an interest in history, Bieltz, 41, started visiting Oregon’s pioneer cemeteries with a camera and began uploading videos to Youtube. “I knew I liked history, and I[Read More…]
Gales Creek Library shifts hours
Operating since 2011—with a two-year pause for Covid reasons—the public library housed inside the Gales Creek School (9125 NW Sargent Rd) is now open Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Previously, the library was open 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The library, the smallest in Washington County, is run by two[Read More…]
Column: The Gales Creek Library is open again
The Gales Creek School. Photo: Chas Hundley The Gales Creek School Library will open on Thursday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. following a nearly two year closure. Kate Grandusky and I have been in the library the past three Thursday nights, organizing and filing books for the reopening. There[Read More…]
Centennial of Gales Creek School’s Jennie Ranes building celebrated
The Jennie Ranes Building. Photo: Chas Hundley Members of Friends of Historic Forest Grove, Gales Creek community members, and school administration met on the grounds of the former Gales Creek Elementary School Saturday, August 21 to place a plaque commemorating the Jennie Ranes Building, which was built 100 years ago[Read More…]
Inside the Gales Creek Tavern
The Gales Creek Tavern on July 15, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley The Gales Creek Tavern reopened on May 20, after extensive—and ongoing—work to renovate the building and update the menu under new owners Brian Johnson and Seema Prasad-Bertschy. “The tavern holds a very special place in our hearts,” said Prasad-Bertschy. “It’s[Read More…]
Gales Creek Cemetery building gets facelift
The newly renovated shed at the cemetery in June 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Sandi Evans is theoretically retired, but her position as president of the Gales Creek Cemetery Association has kept her busy since her election to the position in May of 2020. Evans took over from past president JoAnne[Read More…]
Gales Creek residents on city water encouraged to reduce water use during chlorine shortage
A dam and other water intake infrastructure on Clear Creek in the Gales Creek area on August 28 2017 where Forest Grove draws much of their water. Photo: Chas Hundley A Longview, Wash. chemical facility suffered a power outage earlier this month and as a result, chlorine supplies to municipal[Read More…]
Former Cornelius mayor, F.G. School Board member Ralph Brown missing now for 30 days
Ralph Brown. Photo courtesy WCSO Ralph Brown was last seen on May 16, 2021 near his Cornelius home, where he reportedly left around 6:30 p.m. It’s been 30 days, and his whereabouts remain unknown. “Unfortunately, there are no new updates to report at this time,” wrote Washington County Sheriff’s Office[Read More…]
Search continues for Ralph Brown, missing from Cornelius since Sunday
Ralph Brown. Photo courtesy WCSO Ralph Brown was last seen leaving his Cornelius home on Sunday, May 16 in a 2014 Blue Nissan Sentra. Brown, 76, hasn’t been seen since, launching a search that has spanned at least two counties as deputies seek Brown, who, according to his family, has[Read More…]
