Tualatin Life

City Council has now answered “when” SW Seneca Street will be extended, assuring the demolition of our existing City Hall. On January 27 City Council with a...

Kindness and Firmness are two words that are rarely used at the same time, however they absolutely work best when used together! Some parents are kind, but...

Gerald Avery was 18 years old when he came to Tualatin with his family in 1922. The Averys purchased a 15 acre farm on...

For four months, the glamour of show business, followed by international coverage of the first manned lunar shot recovery and transit of module around...

Since the beginning of the discussions regarding the ambitious Nyberg Rivers Shopping Center, most people seem to believe that this project would transform the ugly, dilapidated K-Mart Shopping Center into an upscale...

Happy New Year! When I started thinking about what to write this month with a new year abound, it came to me instantly. Many of us have...

Herb Lafky passed away at age 94 December 5. He is about the last of the old gang that grew up in Tualatin and...

My sweet husband, Ed, and I were  celebrating a wonderful New Year’s Eve at the beach when he gamely suggested that the Doodles should make some...

While under constant pressure of danger from Communist Chinese soldiers, Tualatin resident Joe Lipscomb served with the Marine Corps in front lines of the...

While under constant pressure of danger from Communist Chinese soldiers, Tualatin resident Joe Lipscomb served with the Marine Corps in front lines of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)....

Those who have read my wife Nancy’s “Dog Talk” missives will understand when I say that I have just about reached the end of my leash. But...

Everyone has a picture of what the holidays should look like or how they should go. When the reality doesn’t match the expectation you...

The journey began three years ago. I went into the heart of Ethiopia. Then Ethiopia made its way into my heart. I fell in love with the...

Tualatin firemen became Santa’s elves in 1946 when they began collecting and refurbishing used toys and distributing them to less fortunate children in the...

When Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Communist Party leader of China, ordered the annihilation of all allied troops (primarily American forces) in North Korea in the...

While unloading critical war supplies for Pilipino guerillas on August 27, 1944, the American Submarine, USS Stingray, was trapped in a Philippine bay by...

The new 18 ft. high sculpture of seven life-size bronze geese and monument sign on Tualatin-Sherwood Road won the First Place Award in the Daily Journal of Commerce’s 2013...

When Tualatin’s first City manager, Yvonne Saarinen Addington was looking to start an Urban Renewal district to help fund the downtown area, she was told “first,...

Picture perfect day for Pumpkin Regatta at the Commons.   Read full article "CLICK HERE"

Smallpools is an Indie/Pop band that formed in 2013. Their debut single, “Dreaming” skyrocketed up the charts, reaching #1 earlier this year, followed by the...