Tualatin Life

ArtSplash Art Show and Sale has been one of the most anticipated summer events in Tualatin for the past twenty years! From July 24 through 26 large white canopies will be set up next to the sparkling lake...

Gardening season is in full swing, and several churches in Tualatin now sponsor community gardens. Chad Darby’s Neighbors Nourishing Community grows produce for the needy at several business locations. The bounty from these gardens that utilize unused space is such a blessing, both for...

On April 27, John Bartholomew got the call he’d been waiting for anxiously for weeks – the local Frontier Communications office phoned to say his Tualatin team’s entry had been named as one of fifty quarter-finalists in the...

The letters began rolling in just a couple days after the May 11th City Council meeting. Many citizens were upset that an important ordinance was passed in what they felt was not a transparent process.  The use of the...

In a year when the Tualatin Timberwolves moved into what is arguably the deepest baseball conference in the state, the Wolves had six players honored by the Three Rivers Conference. Coached by Adam Strachan and his outstanding staff, including Eric...

With summer here, it’s time to get my children more involved in household chores.  During the school year, between homework, sports, and family dinners, there isn’t a lot of time for them to help around the house. They definitely do some, but summer...

Old timers used to advise to never cut your hay till after July 4th or it will surely get rained on and ruined. But the lush early summer grasses, whether alfalfa, timothy or oat hay, beg to be...

High levels of patriotism and enthusiasm were literally in the air throughout the 2015 Memorial Day Observation at Winona Cemetery here on May 25 and continued on through the festive picnic provided by the VFW Men’s Auxiliary 3452 at...

Mask & Mirror Community Theatre will be bringing song and dance to the City of Tualatin this summer by presenting the 1st Tualatin Community Musical: “Singin’ in the Rain” in the Auditorium at Tualatin High School. The musical is adapted...

After the Great Depression and the Second World War were over my dad decided we needed to build a new barn on our farm along Jurgens Road.  Dad had a grove of second growth fir trees along Hazelbrook...