A Village For One: Uniting The Community To End Child Sex...
A Christmas tree, an encouraging word, someone to help them with a homework assignment, a chance to even go to school to be assigned homework…all seemingly insignificant happenings...
Cpl. Matthew Lembke Memorial Scholarship Awarded to TuHS Students
Now in its fourth year, this scholarship was created to honor and remember Cpl. Matthew Lembke. The criteria for the scholarship are traits of honor, courage, commitment, dedication,...
Reconnect with Nature
It’s summer time! A great time for people of all ages to get out and reconnect with nature – there are birds and bugs waiting to be...
The 1950s: Poodle Skirts, Pony Tails,Elvis and I-5
As we move in this column from 1913, Tualatin’s year of incorporation, toward the current time, we have reached the 1950s, a time of great change.
The...
Passport to Parenting: Connection before Correction
One of my favorite quotes around the topic of parenting is “Where did we get the notion that in order to make children behave better, we must...
“Triple Joy” at Tualatin Library Exhibit
“Some people feel art is not logical. That it is more like…candy. But this is not true!” Hong Bai can break down the math down for...
Tualatin Experiences War, Growth & Change
Tualatin weathered the Great Depression of 1929, emerging bone thin and weary from the deprivation suffered during those difficult years. John Nyberg had been...
Dirt time at the Refuge
It is 6:00am, Wednesday, May 1. The eastern sky begins to glow red, orange, then white as the sun rises on another day. A very special day....
Tualatin’s Hayley Rousselle Stars in The Miracle Worker
Your last chance to see Beaverton Civic Theatre’s award winning production of William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker is coming June 9, when the cast...
Passport to Parenting
Limits are important for a variety of reasons. They are to keep our children safe. They show we care about them. They help children...
Helenius Family Home Celebrates 100 Years
In a newer subdivision, where there’s a garden nursery, an industrial park, a road with traffic concerns, an award winning park in one direction and a 22...
The Honor Flight Program
I do my fair share of volunteer work and I have to tell you this is the single most gratifying work I’ve been involved in. To...
Meyer Family Update
Last November, life changed in an instant for Tualatin resident and Portland Police Officer, Paul Meyer. While completing an ATV training course on Hayden Island on a...
“Clouds on a Boat”
As the calendar changes, so does the exhibition at the Living Room Gallery at the Tualatin Library where from April 1st through the end of May 2013 the...
In Tualatin the 20s Roared Then Came Crashing Down
Business was booming in Tualatin after the First World War, as gasoline filling stations replaced the old Blacksmith shops and farmers hauled wagon loads of onions, potatoes...
Rain Matters
During springtime in Tualatin, when all it seems to do is rain, there are many days we completely agree with the sentiment of this nursery rhyme....
Tualatin Navy Man Makes Eight War Patrols On Submarine USS Stingray...
American naval submarine forces had a largely unheralded but significant impact towards winning the war in the Pacific against Japan in World War II. ...
The Paul Meyer Story – An update
Last month we reported on the accident of Officer Paul Meyer that occurred last November when a tree snapped and smashed down on him as he...
Tualatin Police Hold Awards Banquet
On Saturday evening, February 9th the Tualatin Police Department held its annual awards banquet at the Tualatin Country Club. It was a special evening and many received recognition for...
St. Patrick’s Day Facts, Myths and Events
It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on...
