Bev Clarno. Photo: Governor’s Office SALEM – Governor Kate Brown appointed former Redmond state representative Bev Clarno to fill the rest of former Secretary of State Dennis Richardson’s term today, who died just over a month ago. She will take office “over the next several days,” according to a press[Read More…]
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In Gales Creek, voters have many options in May election
A ballot drop box in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – Voters in the Gales Creek area will be faced with a host of choices in the special districts election on Tuesday, May 21. For local residents, we’ll be covering the race for two seats on the Forest[Read More…]
Studded tire season ends March 31
A studded tire. Photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Drivers cruising along in an automobile or stopped in a busy parking lot often hear a clackety-clack from tires on nearby cars. It’s not difficult to hear when a car owner continues using studded tires, swerving around Oregon law, by continuing to[Read More…]
Column | On the Farm: Garden Starts, Oregon Legislature
Photo by Max LaMonte. Picture is taken from the tallest tree on our hillside. Garden Starts, aka Baby Plants Seeds need heat to germinate. Baby plants need less heat to grow, but they do need as much light as possible. Everything growing so far is hardy, meaning it can stand[Read More…]
Gales Creek couple to open cafe in Banks
John Parker stands in front of Cafe 47. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Trailhead Cafe closed abruptly in January, leaving a cafe-size hole in the dining scene in the city of Banks. Now, a new cafe in the same spot is being opened by restaurateur John Parker and his[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 | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: February 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…]
Opinion | Bring the Forest Home on March 16 and support Washington County Students
The Lone Fir Tree Farm, a Gales Creek member of the Washington County Small Woodlands Association. Photo: Chas Hundley It would be a rare person who didn’t appreciate the beauty of our woodlands and native plants. The Pacific Northwest is acclaimed as one of the best places in the world[Read More…]
Local Director’s Debut Film, Waldgeist, Premiers on Amazon
The Waldgeist poster, courtesy Brad Burke. GALES CREEK – A film by local director Brad Burke, partially shot in Gales Creek, debuted on Amazon’s video streaming service in February. Waldgeist is a supernatural horror film that Burke says avoids the trope of “jump-scares” while re-visioning—and sometimes breaking—other classic horror film[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center opens Friday, March 1
A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2019 season on Friday, March 1, kicking off the year with a presentation series showcasing forest management and an exhibit of the wood sculptures of Martin[Read More…]
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