Tualatin Life

BY STAN CARLBERG We all know the story of the lovable, big green ogre who, along with his chatty donkey friend, rescues Princess Fiona to break her spell with true love’s kiss. But if...

BY REID IFORD, TUALATIN LIFE Steve Weichold, Window Painter. In one respect, the name says it all. But if you look for deeper meaning, it barely scratches the surface. Yes, the Tualatin artist paints...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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. Full Article

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....

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,...