Love May Make the World Go Round, but Commerce Greased Old Time Tualatin’s Wheel
Over the many decades that have elapsed since Tualatin’s beginning in 1887, many entrepreneurs made their living selling goods and services in the Tualatin...
December 2015
I’ve challenged this community many times, and in each instance it rises to the occasion. Last month when I shared Jessi Thorne’s story about...
Philippine School Receives Books from Byrom Elementary
It took three months in transit, but Camp Lapu-lapu Elementary school is happy to report that books from Byrom Elementary School are now in...
Meet aHs!
My name is Michal Parcher and in all likelihood you and I don’t know one another, but chances are we touch each other’s lives...
Tualatin Purple Heart recipient shot down on an Army Birddog flight in Vietnam while...
Army Chemical Staff Specialist, Sargent Herbert Smith, and his wife Beverley just loved military life. He initially joined the Coast Guard in 1952, serving...
A Story of Inspiration
Evelyn still lay awake in bed that damp, chilly fall night. She stared at the ceiling, not satisfied with our simple, routine prayer, a...
Tualatin Purple Heart recipient shot down on an Army Birddog flight in Vietnam while...
Army Chemical Staff Specialist, Sargent Herbert Smith, and his wife Beverley just loved military life. He initially joined the Coast Guard in 1952, serving...
Tualatin man believed events in his first Army Ranger Vietnam Long Range Reconnaissance Mission...
You just never know! Bill Manderfeld moved down the street from me in 1978. His oldest daughter, Keri, quickly became best friends with my...
Jessi’s Story
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...
Tualatin Resident Finalist in National Songwriting Competition
Tualatin resident Nate Botsford was selected as one of top two finalists in a national songwriting competition and traveled to NYC last week for...




















