Smiths at 11th Airborne reunion in 2005.

Tualatin Purple Heart recipient shot down on an Army Birddog flight in Vietnam while...

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Army Chemical Staff Specialist, Sargent Herbert Smith, and his wife Beverley just loved military life. He initially joined the Coast Guard in 1952, serving three years.  He was a civilian for nine months before...
The young men felt invincible when standing on a glider, with a rifle in one hand and the other holding on to a helicopter strut.. As the Huey hovers between four and eight feet above the ground, Rangers throw their ruck packs (each weighing over 100 lbs.) and excess gear away from drop area, and then jump.

Tualatin man believed events in his first Army Ranger Vietnam Long Range Reconnaissance Mission...

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You just never know! Bill Manderfeld moved down the street from me in 1978. His oldest daughter, Keri, quickly became best friends with my oldest daughter Janet. I found that he also worked for...
Jessi, November 2015

Jessi’s Story

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I will try to make this short and sweet. For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Jessi Thorne. I’m a 25-year-old mother who needs a lifesaving brain surgery that my...
Nat Botsford

Tualatin Resident Finalist in National Songwriting Competition

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Tualatin resident Nate Botsford was selected as one of top two finalists in a national songwriting competition and traveled to NYC last week for a mentoring session with recording artist Ingrid Michaelson. Nate is...
Jonathan Crane

November 2015 Blog

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I receive a lot of submissions each month of stories that ask for help in one way or another. I feel that I must be very selective as to which ones I run because...
Tualatin History, November 2015

1851 Tualatin Oregon Trail Pioneers

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John and Catherine Hedges arrived in Oregon in 1851, after a harrowing trek across the mountains and plains. After two years’ employment as on-site managers of an Oregon City boarding house, they filed a...
Pumpkin Regatta 2015

Regatta Doubles in Size

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The Pumpkin Regatta has always been popular, with a sort of cult following, but this year it just exploded. We estimated the crowd to have been between 15,000 -18,000. That would be about double...
Veterans Corner

Veteran’s Corner

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You just never know! Bill Manderfeld moved down the street from me in 1978. His oldest daughter, Keri, quickly became best friends with my oldest daughter Janet. I found that he also worked for IRS. Bill had served...
homework time

Take the Hassles out of Homework!

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Now that we are into the swing of the new school year, it’s back to Homework Time for the kids. But homework can be as much work for parents as it is for children! Full Article

I-5 Connection Chorus Christmas Concert

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The I-5 Connection Community Chorus is holding a holiday concert at 3 pm on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at the Meridian United Church of Christ (Frog Pond), 6750 Boeckman Road in Wilsonville. Director Jocelyn Higgins...