Robinson brick store

Love May Make the World Go Round, but Commerce Greased Old Time Tualatin’s Wheel

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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...
Jonathan Crane

December 2015

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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

Philippine School Receives Books from Byrom Elementary

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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...
aHs

Meet aHs!

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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...
Purple Heart

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...
Evelyn

A Story of Inspiration

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Evelyn still lay awake in bed that damp, chilly fall night. She stared at the ceiling, not satisfied with our simple, routine prayer, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...