A Few of my Favorite Things
BY LOYCE MARTINAZZI
As we proceed into the new year, with our usual winter weather; snow, ice, rain and more rain, I like to hunker down and reflect on the past. The cold of...
TuHS Music Program Seeks Public’s Help in Purchasing New Piano
BY JENNIFER BOSKET, TuHS CHOIR BOOSTER PRESIDENT
Besides a dedicated choir director, can you guess what a high school music program needs in order to be successful each day? Yes, a piano! The Tualatin...
A Shout-Out for Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
BY WENDY JANE HENSON
We all have seen the ad. A woman sprawled on a floor moans, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” Never again will I chuckle at that cornball ad. Not...
B-17 co-pilot Bradley Summers’ Memoirs provide details about his 22 month captivity as a...
My previous two columns covered Army Air Corps Major Bradley Summers’ two B-17 crashes in WWII; the second being shot down over Germany, resulting in him becoming a POW with 22 months of captivity,...
Give the gift of preparedness this year, and shop locally while you’re at it!
BY CATHY HOLLAND, COMMERCIAL CIO PRESIDENT
Your Tualatin Citizen Involvement Organization (CIO) volunteers want you to be aware that the Holiday season is a great time to “Rock the Sock” with handy emergency preparation...
December 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 are monitored. To submit an item, email larry.mcclure@gmail.com.
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Bob’s Auto Cafe: So Much More than just Auto Repair
BY REID IFORD, TUALATIN LIFE
Bob’s Auto Café might not be what you would expect from the name. There’s no one named Bob, and it’s not a café, but it’s very much about automobiles....
Longtime Tualatin Gaming Shop Closes Abruptly
BY REID IFORD, TUALATIN LIFE
When one door closes, another opens… hopefully. Longtime Tualatin fixture Ancient Wonders, a board game and comics shop which for 21 years occupied a small building near Clark Lumber,...
Aging in Place
BY SUSAN NOACK, CHAIR, TUALATIN AREA AGING TASK FORCE
The holiday season has begun and social isolation becomes magnified to those less fortunate, in need or alone. As a community, let us not forget...
Tualatin’s Mobile Makerspace Hitting the Streets in January!
It takes a village…or a whole community to get these wheels in motion! The Tualatin “America’s Best Communities” (ABC) Team is excited to launch the Mobile Makerspace (MMS) next month thanks to the work...