Tualatin Life

By 75% Tualatin residents recognized the fairness in requiring a public vote before Light Rail is brought to our beautiful city.  As was detailed here in Tualatin Life last month tualatinlife.com/full-article/tualatinspecial- election-september-16th-lightrail- measure-34-20/0 this effort was about letting the voters...

Yvonne Addington addresses crowd at the unveiling of the bronze Mastodon sculpture and water feature at Nyberg Rivers.

In this era of “every kid gets a trophy, star, r certificate”, how do praise and rewards impact children’s motivation and self esteem, and what is the end result? Let’s start with the definitions of both praise and encouragement, because there are very subtle...

I have always loved The West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta. One of my favorite things about it is the amazing poster designed and painted each year by local artist Brenna White. This is her fifth year bringing a...

In March 1950 Clide Adams, Tualatin postmaster, identified Orba Elmer Jackson as the handyman who had previously worked for Mrs. Harding at the Sweek house. Adams had been looking through a pile of wanted posters when he spotted a face that looked familiar....

This past summer the Wheatcroft family traveled to England to visit family and tour the sites. Being that Paul is British, the family tries to travel back every few years to share his homeland with...

Among the many exotic ports most American Sailors visit when doing a WESTPAC – Western Pacific - deployment is Hong Kong.  Sailors usually also enjoy memorable port visits to Singapore, Japan and the Philippines...

With optimism for our wonderful community, I announce my candidacy for Tualatin Mayor. Our current mayor is running for his 6th term-unprecedented in our town. Mayor Ogden has run unopposed for the last 16 years, but this year there will...

If you could be Tualatin’s Mayor for a day, what’s the first change you’d make?

You may have heard there’s an election in September. To be clear and avoid any voter confusion, Measure 34-220 is not a vote for or against Light Rail. The September 16th measure is a vote to Require a Public...