Sammy’s Story
BY REID IFORD, TUALATIN LIFE
In many ways, Samantha “Sammy” Hatting is a typical little Tualatin second-grader. She just turned eight years old, and...
Feeling Stoppers and Feeling Encouragers
BY KIM DEMARCHI
Many adults as children were not allowed to express their feelings. You might have been told “Don’t cry, or I will...
A Royal Send-Off for Packy
For many people in Tualatin, it felt like losing a family member when Packy the Indian elephant passed away last month. Many of us...
Free Garden: Just Add Water!
BY CHAD DARBY, NEIGHBORS NOURISHING COMMUNITIES
Last year over one-third of students in Tualatin elementary schools qualified for free and reduced price lunches. Nearly...
Mayor’s Corner
Your 2017-18 City Council has hit the ground running. While nearly half of the council are newly elected, they certainly are not newly connected....
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre to Open Pulitzer Prize Winning “Crimes...
SUBMITTED BY: GARY ROMANS
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre will open their winter production – Beth Henley’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning “Crimes of the...
The Figurative and Abstract Art of Internationally Recognized Amalya Nane’ Tumanian...
BY ANGELA WRAHTZ
People living in the Portland area sometimes take for granted the rich artistic and cultural environment they live in. Sometimes they...
Regatta Run Presents Check to Timberwolf Support Organization
On Feb. 7, the Regatta Run Event Team presented the $16,780.70 proceeds check from the 2016 Run to the Timberwolf Support Organization(TSO). The TSO...
Linda’s Inspiration
BY JONN KARSSEBOOM
It’s funny I suppose that after selling so many varied hummingbird feeders and nectars for close to two decades that I’d...
Mayor Ogden Proclaims the Week of January 10th Future Business Leaders...
BY DANIEL SHELL, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, TuHS FBLA
Tualatin High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) attended the January City Council Meeting...
Retirees Turned Volunteers Extraordinaire
Some people wonder what to do when they retire, but not Steve and Brenda Fivecoat. These wonderful people devote time each week at Tualatin...
Tualatin CIO
BY CATHY HOLLAND, COMMERCIAL CIO PRESIDENT
As President of the Tualatin Commercial Citizen Involvement Organization (CCIO), I am pleased to give you an update...
March Events
Enjoy these upcoming events in our hometown, compiled by Tualatin Tomorrow, the citizen long-range vision committee where arts and culture-related goals identified by residents...
Tualatin Native Britta Hall Selected to Allstate WBCA Good Works Team
Utah Valley University Guard (and Tualatin native) Britta Hall was just named to the 2017 Allstate WBCA Good Works Team® – one of the...
Are We In Another Housing Bubble?
BY AMY SAVAGE, PRINCIPAL BROKER, A GROUP REAL ESTATE
One of the questions I get most often is “Are we in another housing bubble?”
It...
Aging in Place
BY SUSAN NOACK, CHAIR, TUALATIN AREA AGING TASK FORCE
The first two columns for 2017 spoke to the goals of the Aging Task Force...
STEM Education: Fun for Kids and Good for Tualatin
At Lam Research, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields are at the heart of the technologies we develop, so we know first-hand their...
Severely damaged, the B-17’s aircraft nose cone destroyed by direct hit...
No one could believe it was still flying as the B-17 Flying Fortress came down onto the runway. It was making unearthly screeching noises...
Tualatin Mobile Makerspace Makes Official Debut
The Tualatin Mobile Makerspace made its official debut on January 24 at the annual State of the City. The Mobile Makerspace trailer is a...
Wheelchair Magic… Child’s James Bond spy car takes shape in Tualatin
BY REID IFORD, TUALATIN LIFE
It is hard to imagine childhood spent confined to a wheelchair. Think of all the activities - big and small...
