Toufik “Tom” Tanous. Photo courtesy of WCSO 79-year-old Toufik “Tom” Tanous walked away from the Hawthorne House Care Facility in Forest Grove Tuesday night. The Forest Grove Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office are searching for Tanous, who has Alzheimer’s. According to a Washington County Sheriff’s Office press[Read More…]
Community
County Board to host town hall; county installs new economic development director
Matt Craigie. Photo courtesy Washington County The Washington County Board of Commissioners is hosting a virtual town hall on March 6 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the county’s Zoom platform with commissioners participating. The county commissioners plan to discuss their 2021 priorities followed by a live Q&A with[Read More…]
Gales Creek Cemetery Association gains new president
The Lilly plot at the Gales Creek Cemetery. Photo: Chas Hundley The Gales Creek Cemetery Association’s annual meeting was held Friday, May 1 2020, outside at the home of Joyce Sauber. The purpose of this annual meeting is to elect officers, board members, and review any business relating to finances[Read More…]
Gales Creek School PTO scrambling to replace discarded holiday supplies
The Gales Creek School. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – While attempting to take an inventory of Halloween decorations used by the Gales Creek School PTO — an organization distinct from the current Oak Grove Academy housed at the Gales Creek School — volunteer Deb Sims discovered the items were[Read More…]
Gales Creek, Verboort, Roy CPO meetings resume for the season Wednesday, September 11
The Gales Creek Church of God. File photo taken Sept. 10, 2019 by Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – After a summer hiatus, the volunteer-led Community Participation Organization 13 — referred to as CPO 13 —will hold their first meeting of the season in Gales Creek on Wednesday, September 11 at[Read More…]
Gales Creek Elementary School classmates gather for reunion
Attendees of the Gales Creek Elementary School 2019 Reunion gather in the history room in the Jennie Raines building. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – On a warm August day, more than 50 people gathered in the heart of Gales Creek to reminisce over a bond that fewer and fewer[Read More…]
Banks American Legion Post renamed in honor of former Gales Creek resident
John Kalmbach BANKS – The Banks American Legion officially changed its name to John Kalmbach Post 90, Banks, in memory of the longtime member who passed away April 21, 2019 at his home at age 83. John Kalmbach American Legion Post 90 Second Vice Commander Jack Holland said Kalmbach forever[Read More…]
Hundreds pack Gales Creek for 53rd annual Strawberry Festival
Members of the Gales Creek Church of God prepare strawberry shortcake for visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – How do you count visitors to a free festival with no defined bounds? Just count the strawberry shortcake sold, and you’ll come up with a decent, if low, estimate. This year,[Read More…]
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