Tualatin Future Business Leaders of America is on a Five Year Roll
Tualatin Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) did it again. Tualatin High School’s FBLA chapter won the 6A State title of Chapter of the Year for the fifth year in a row at their State Business Leadership Competition. Not only that, but together, the club took home 54 individual and team awards.
Although largest Navy base in the world during WWII, Ulithi Atoll in South Pacific Ocean was kept a “top secret” Incredible construction job was completed in one month
As the Second World War military battle in the Pacific moved westward, the United States needed a forward base to wage both Navy and
Air operations. Ulithi, an atoll composed of 40 small islands in the Westernmost Caroline Islands, uniquely met that need. This base
allowed the Navy to move forward in a huge leap, rather than moving slowly by capturing a series of islands to build a string of costly land
bases. Although the largest island in the atoll is only a half square mile, Ulithi has a reef 20 miles long and ten miles wide, with an anchorage depth ranging from 80 to 100 feet. Visitors still find it to be a typical volcanic atoll, with a coral reef, white sand beaches and palm trees.
Farmer’s Market Moves to Saturday Mornings in Front of Library
When I was a little girl, my family planted a garden every spring. We lived in Eastern Montana where the summers are long and hot, and everything we ever planted grew. I remember going with my parents and choosing, with my sisters, the seeds we would grow each year. The smell of tomato vines, the sweetness of peas eaten straight from the plant, the deep, pollen yellow of squash blossoms – these are some of my earliest memories of food; food that I chose and food that I loved.
Do You Think Tualatin Has Too Many Chain Restaurants?
Last month I posted this graphic and text on Tualatin Life’s Facebook page on March 5th. It generated more response than any other post our Facebook site has ever had. It was surprising to see how many strong opinions were expressed and how consistent they were. One reader even suggested a “No Red Robin petition”
Tualatin City Council Confronts Marijuana Issue
Last Monday night, the Tualatin City Council deliberated and resolved the controversial issue of establishing time, place and manner regulations on the operation of local marijuana facilities. The story of the regulation of marijuana facilities begins in July 2013 when the Legislature passed, and then-Governor Kitzhaber signed, HB 3460, which provided for the registration and operation of retail outlets for medical marijuana card holders under Oregon’s Medical Marijuana Program, which was approved by voters in 1998.
Growing laundry in the garden
I’ve often found that in modern daily life, obstacles can have unexpected benefits. For instance, it’s a part of my morning routine, believe it or not, to fold the clean clothes and start a new cycle of washing and or drying of anything in my house made of cloth. There are six of us under one roof; several who are competitive swimmers (read lots of big towels) so it’s an ongoing, non-stop effort.
Tualatin High’s new School-Based Health Center opens May 1
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held May 1 to celebrate the opening of the new School-Based Health Center (SBHC) at Tualatin High School. It will be the second SBHC in the Tigard- Tualatin School District. The first one opened at Tigard High School in 2008.
The Willamette Cattle Company: The story of Ewing Young
Born in Tennessee in 1799, Ewing Young was trapping and trading fur pelts at an early age. He traveled the Santa Fe Trail all the
way to California. In 1834 he settled in Oregon Territory near the mouth of the Chehalem Creek opposite Champoeg. His house
was the first to be built by European Americans on that side of the Willamette River.
USS Arizona Memorial is a Visible Reminder of Japanese Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor
The USS Arizona Memorial is probably our most visible reminder of the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Now a
National Shrine and also designated a National Historic Landmark, the USS Arizona is still located at its mooring spot on Battleship
Row near Ford Island in Pearl Harbor.
Parenting with the End in Mind
Fast forward in time and picture your front door. You hear a knock on the door. Knock, knock! Who’s there? It’s your child all grown
up standing right before you. Imagine your child comes back for a visit at 18, 25, 34 years old. Who do you want to be standing there? What characteristics do you want your child to have as an adult?
