Because the vehicle crashed down an embankment, patients have to be brought up one at a time in a ‘stokes basket’ using a rope system. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue GALES CREEK – A single-vehicle fatal crash near the Gales Creek Shell station on Saturday morning has resulted in[Read More…]
Gales Creek
Obituary: Dale Rath
Dale Ray Rath, age 86, passed away at his farm in Gales Creek on December 25th surrounded by family. Dale was born in Magazine Arkansas in 1931 to Ray and Senora Rath. Later, Dale’s family moved to Lefors Texas where he graduated from High School in 1948. Dale went on[Read More…]
Suspect arrested in Gales Creek pursuit and crash
Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office PORTLAND – The alleged driver in Friday’s pursuit and crash into Gales Creek was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Portland by members of the North Plains Police Department with assistance from the Portland Police Bureau, according to a press release issued by the Washington County Sheriff’s[Read More…]
Police pursuit ends with vehicle crashing into Gales Creek near Gales Creek Shell station
The vehicle, with a passenger still inside, is pulled from Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – A police pursuit that started Friday morning near North Plains on Highway 26 ended when the driver struck a spike strip near the Gales Creek Shell station on Highway 6, lost control,[Read More…]
CPO 13 will host Washington Co. District 4 commissioner Jerry Willey at Feb. 13 meeting
Photo: Jerry Willey GALES CREEK – The monthly meeting of the Community Participation Organization 13 (CPO 13)—which represents Gales Creek, Verboort, Roy and surrounding communities—will host recently elected District 4 commissioner Jerry Willey on Wednesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. at the Gales Creek Church of God. CPO meetings are[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: January 1930
Esther Lilly Hundley Cast of characters Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. Ted and Thelma, Esther and Charles’ second-born and as of April 13, 1929, Ted’s[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…]
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