Tualatin Life

2011 Tualatin High School grad Matt Derhalli has accepted a position with the New York Mets as their Marketing and Communications Intern and will be heading to Queens, NYC in February.  He will be assisting with game...

When children are young, they are full of confidence.  They believe they can do anything, be anyone. They are fearless and they have unlimited potential. If I were to ask a group of Kindergarteners, “How many of you think you can be a great doctor, an important scientist,...

Restaurants on wheels—better known as food carts—line downtown Portland’s streets and draw thousands of tourists and natives alike rain or shine. But even before our home was dubbed nationally as catering to hungry people via wheels, Tualatin had already...

      So how did our lovely little community get the name Tualatin? From the hunting and gathering natives who occupied the valley for thousands of years and called the meandering river Atfalati? Close, but no cigar. Not yet...

Many crewmembers killed by sharks while waiting to be rescued  The delayed recovery of surviving crewmembers from the torpedoed USS Indianapolis in shark infested waters near the end of World War II was one of...

We are really excited to announce that the Softball Leagues in Tualatin have come together to create a stronger cooperative organization for the benefit of the community. Starting with the 2015 season Tualatin Youth Softball Association (TYSA) and Tualatin City...

Tualatin BSA Troop 530, along with local cub scout packs and scout troops will be going door to door, collecting non-perishables for this year’s annual Scouting for Food drive being held on Saturday, December 6, 2014. This the largest...

There are two old friends that I always visit when in our nation’s capital, Washington, DC. Think I’ve had more trips to DC over the years than most people; with an annual conference at IRS national headquarters while...

With the busy holiday season upon us, it seems I’m bombarded with wonderful opportunities to participate in cookie exchanges, gift exchanges, canned food drives, jewelry parties and candle parties. I have ample opportunity to volunteer on community committees, in work...

It has been said that the key to the survival of the beleaguered honey bee lies in the many backyard beekeepers and its surroundings. Our agricultural food supply depends on the existence of these tiny pollinators.