http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126808491515034600 2010-03-08 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126808491515034600 en-us It seemed like a classic political gotcha moment: navigate to a Web site affiliated with a politician and, lo and behold, there’s a site promoting a strip club in the online alternate reality realm known as Second Life. Except the politician, Hillsboro Democrat Chuck Riley, 70, has no idea ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126774593986326300 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126774593986326300 en-us Administrators will pitch a multi-million-dollar bond levy proposal to the Forest Grove School Board March 15, a week later than anticipated. The special meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Joseph Gale Elementary School, 3130 18th Ave. in Forest Grove. Board members were expected to hear the ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773601852058800 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773601852058800 en-us Heading into the 2010 primaries, Republicans around the country are crowing and Democrats are cowering. It’s tough to be the party in power with unemployment topping 10 percent, U.S. troops mired in an intractable war and voters in a throw-the-bums-out mood. But a close look at Oregon ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773629052465600 2010-03-04 12:58:10 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773629052465600 en-us Tabitha Krut, 11, and her sister, Bethany, 10, of Forest Grove, don’t mind long trips to eastern Oregon. In fact, one of their favorite destinations is Glass Butte, about an hour southeast of Bend. It’s a favorite of rock hounds, and the best place in all of Oregon to find obsidian, a ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773619681945400 2010-03-04 12:56:36 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773619681945400 en-us It’s hard to imagine now, but at one point early in her career, Katharine Hepburn was known as “box office poison” after several flops. In an effort to get her career moving again, her friend Phillip Barry wrote “The Philadelphia Story,” a stage play based in part on ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773565070690400 2010-03-04 12:47:30 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773565070690400 en-us Car Seat Safety Clinics are held the last Wednesday of each month at the Forest Grove fire station from 3 to 5 p.m. Call 503-992-3240 for more information or e-mail gmcfarland@forestgrove-or.gov with questions. Firefighter Ivan Bratchuk continues to offer CPR classes to the public free of charge. ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773560057107900 2010-03-04 12:46:40 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773560057107900 en-us The Forest Grove Police Department has established a reserve officer program. Reserve officers can provide volunteer support for police agencies in patrol, investigations, prisoner transport, community relations, traffic control and other police services. To qualify, a reserve applicant must be ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773554089445700 2010-03-04 12:45:40 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126773554089445700 en-us Memories of a stay at an older man’s house came back to haunt a 24-year-old Washington County man and the 47-year-old man he stayed with. Police say that man, Keith Duyck, sexually abused and sodomized the young man who stayed with him in 2000 after he fled his family’s home. The man ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772812143806100 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772812143806100 en-us It was the first beauty pageant Kari Herinckx ever entered and she wasn’t sure what to expect. She just knew she’d do her best in every facet of the Miss Black Oregon contest held in Portland Saturday night. And did she ever. The 2004 Forest Grove High School graduate and homecoming ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772785956362600 2010-03-04 10:37:39 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772785956362600 en-us Now Cornelius residents can pay their utility bills in their pajamas. The city debuted a new system on its website that allows utility customers to pay their bills online using a credit card (or VISA bank card). The link is on the front page of the city website, located at www.ci.cornelius.or.us. ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772770693405900 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772770693405900 en-us Giving up a city job in today’s economic climate is no small gamble, especially when you’re putting it on the line for David Wu’s congressional seat. Wu, a formidable campaigner who’s held his spot as a U.S. congressman from Oregon since 1998, has so far proven every pundit ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772754920873700 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772754920873700 en-us A preliminary proposal to place a multi-million-dollar capital construction bond levy on the November ballot will go to the Forest Grove School Board Monday night. District officials met with seven community groups during February to gauge the level of support for a possible levy to pay for a ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772745018401200 2010-03-04 10:30:50 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772745018401200 en-us As Tektronix begat Merix, so Clean Water Services begat the Clean Water Institute. Washington County Commis­sion­ers approved a plan Tuesday to spin off the research and development arm of the county’s sewer agency into a new nonprofit think tank. The idea is to house the most ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772733151844200 2010-03-04 10:28:51 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772733151844200 en-us In a move that could shape development in the Portland area for a half-century, the Metro Council voted 5-2 Thursday to designate several tracts of land for urbanization between now and 2060, while putting a much broader swath of land off-limits to development during that time period. The ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772707680459500 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772707680459500 en-us February 6 was a red-letter day for a dozen third and fourth graders at Forest Grove’s Fern Hill Elementary School. That afternoon the City Stars soccer team, sponsored by the Boys Girls Club, nabbed the Portland metropolitan area’s youth soccer championship. The final game was played ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772694829639600 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772694829639600 en-us As the deadline for its first contract renewal with the Forest Grove School District approaches, leaders of the district’s only public charter school have decided to pare back programming for the 2010-11 academic year. The 230-student Forest Grove Community School will drop its existing 11th ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772675157832000 2010-03-04 10:19:11 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126772675157832000 en-us How do you say “no” to a proper pig’s pink pucker? Banks Elementary School Principal Bob Huston couldn’t – not after promising his 597 students he would do the deed if they fulfilled their end of a two-way bargain. They did, by bringing in more than 2,000 pounds of ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126729875991598900 2010-02-27 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126729875991598900 en-us A tsunami advisory issued Saturday morning was lifted shortly before 5 p.m. after high seas, but no large waves, washed north. The National Weather Service reported, however, that there could still be a danger from high seas in some low-lying areas along the coast. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712521838146300 2010-02-25 11:13:38 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712521838146300 en-us Gaston resident Laurie Hoodenpyl knows how to cook spaghetti for more than 300 people, and tire store owner Howard Long is a whiz on the microphone. Their talents as head chef and auctioneer, respectively, will be in demand Saturday night, Feb. 27 as they do the honors at the community’s ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712512861852200 2010-02-25 11:12:08 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712512861852200 en-us Don’t go alone to see Theatre in the Grove’s production of “Doubt, A Parable.” Take at least one friend – or a group is even better. It’s been said the one-act play’s second act is the conversations that take place after the people leave the theater. Set ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712492405925200 2010-02-25 11:08:44 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712492405925200 en-us It’s been nearly eight months since Yvonne Curtis took over the reins of the Forest Grove School District. As the school board prepared to conduct Curtis’ first formal evaluation March 1, the News-Times caught up with her in a question-and-answer e-mail exchange: Q: What’s ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712484352916000 2010-02-25 11:07:23 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712484352916000 en-us When members of the Forest Grove School Board hunker down to evaluate fairly-newly-minted Superintendent Yvonne Curtis next week, they’ll be using a six-page form that looks at everything from student achievement on her watch to how she’s doing overseeing the district’s ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712465219811600 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712465219811600 en-us At 5-feet-7, with black, close-cropped hair and sporting a hip pair of glasses, Jeremiah Stephens looks much older than his 12 years. Officially, he’s merely a boy. But when he speaks, Jeremiah seems to age even more. His command of facts, figures and assorted minutiae — especially ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712442744702700 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712442744702700 en-us Gov. Ted Kulongoski appointed public defender Eric Butterfield to replace outgoing Washington County Circuit Court Judge Mark Gardner last week. “Eric Butterfield’s commitment to public service, life experience and extensive legal knowledge will be a tremendous value to the Washington ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712431260821400 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712431260821400 en-us Thought your mailbox was going to get a breather from the gluttonous gorging of electioneering? Think again. While January’s special election is barely a month past, there’s plenty on the election calendar in March (Cornelius’ gas tax) and May (prime primary season) — and ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712409759470500 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712409759470500 en-us On Monday, the Oregon Legislature pulled the plug on a bill that would have changed the way counties and Metro can use urban and rural reserves. That’s good news for David Bragdon, president of the regional planning agency Metro. Bragdon was frustrated Monday that the House was even ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712392812590000 2010-02-25 10:52:08 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126712392812590000 en-us What do you do when your dog disappears from your car under suspicious circumstances? Call the police. And lo and behold, it works. Within hours of Hillsboro Police putting out a press release about a missing 14-month-old puppy, they had a call from a Vernonia woman who found the ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126662694804230200 2010-02-19 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126662694804230200 en-us Hillsboro Police relocated Bella this weekend, a 18-month-old pug-boston terrier mix that went missing the parking lot of a Target Friday morning. A Vernonia woman found Bella walking down Brookwood Avenue on Friday, after hearing media reports of the missing dog, she returned Bella to ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646515660738800 2010-02-17 19:52:36 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646515660738800 en-us Cold bodies are a hot topic these days. At least, they are to Larry Hurst. The 30-year veteran teacher at Washington County private school Catlin Gabel has spent the past year researching ways to dispose of the recently deceased, including a few methods that are earth-friendly. Inspired after the ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646507353806300 2010-02-17 19:51:13 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646507353806300 en-us A complex and thought-provoking plot line permeates “Doubt, A Parable,” Theatre in the Grove’s latest offering. The play, by John Patrick Shanley, opens Friday at 8 p.m. and continues through March 7. Directed by Devan McCoy, “Doubt” tackles themes of trust, power ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646502204159200 2010-02-17 19:50:22 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646502204159200 en-us An “UnGarden Art Show” sponsored by Cracked Pots of Portland is slated for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 6 in Forest Grove. Art made from 75 percent found or reclaimed materials – including jewelry, decor and wearable art – will be showcased at the event at McMenamins ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646497385764100 2010-02-17 19:49:33 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646497385764100 en-us The Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council is looking for a temporary public artwork for an existing, transitional outdoor space – all for $4,000 or less. The site, at Second and Washington streets, is a former fountain that is no longer used for its original purpose. City officials want to ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646492702346000 2010-02-17 19:48:47 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646492702346000 en-us The students of Tom McCall Upper Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Sara Logue kick-started a fundraiser for Haiti that has netted more than $1,000 since mid-January. According to Kate Kauffman, wife of Tom McCall special education teacher Josh Kauffman, students approached Logue about helping ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646485749464000 2010-02-17 19:47:37 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646485749464000 en-us Question: What features dozens of poodle skirts and leather jackets, a good bit of swagger and a dash of old-fashioned romance? Answer: The 55-member cast of “Grease,” Forest Grove High’s spring musical, which opens next month in Ellen Stevens Auditorium. In just a few short ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646461501601200 2010-02-17 19:43:35 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646461501601200 en-us An act of generosity in December paid off for a Washington County shelter in February. Earlier this month, Waste Management employees donated $1,500 to the Domestic Violence Resource Center, which provides shelter, education and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence. Instead of ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646451227368600 2010-02-17 19:41:52 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646451227368600 en-us Deputy Pat Chertude drove his cruiser past the baseball diamond at Banks High School when he noticed a couple of characters heading toward the dugout. They weren’t sporting uniforms. Then they took out lighters and fired up what looked like a pipe. Chertude got out and walked over just as ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646430375620000 2010-02-17 19:38:23 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646430375620000 en-us The Westside Economic Alliance breakfast forum Feb. 25 will feature Washington County Board of Commissioners Chairman Tom Brian who will deliver his annual state of Washington County address. The forum runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Tiger Woods Center Nike World Campus, One Bowerman Drive, ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646422499425900 2010-02-17 19:37:04 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646422499425900 en-us Should the legislature meet every year? That was the question state Sen. Bruce Starr (R, Hillsboro) asked his followers on Facebook Monday afternoon, and it’s a question that voters could be asking themselves this year if the legislature sends a constitutional amendment to approve annual ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646361652867900 2010-02-17 19:26:56 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646361652867900 en-us He said he was out, but they pulled him back in. Last Monday, supporters of Washington County Commissioner Andy Duyck turned in 700 signatures to county election officials putting Duyck’s name on the May ballot as a candidate for the top spot in the county. Duyck had told supporters last ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646354734798300 2010-02-17 19:25:47 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646354734798300 en-us Jose Luis Mata Jr. turned himself into Forest Grove Police last week in the latest turn in Western Washington County’s worst bout of gang violence in recent memory. Police suspect that Mata may have information relating to a series of violent spats in the cities of Forest Grove and Cornelius ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646346384282700 2010-02-17 19:24:23 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646346384282700 en-us Ballots will hit the mail this Friday asking voters whether or not drivers who gas up in Cornelius should pay another two cents at the pump. But don’t expect any banners, flyers or mailers telling people to vote against the hike. While members of the city council have formed a small ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646336821936900 2010-02-17 19:22:48 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126646336821936900 en-us Gaston residents gave in droves to the Hieter family last Friday, raising more than $3,000 for April Hieter and her three-year-old son, Wyatt. April and her son knew the community had set up a charity auction to help them recover from the loss of her husband, Josh Hieter, who died in a car crash ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587275803157100 2010-02-10 23:19:18 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587275803157100 en-us It’s not exactly what people wanted to hear. When the “Core 4,” a group of elected officials tasked with figuring out which lands in the region should be set aside for future urban development, met on Monday, it was supposed to be their big show. And in a way, it was, but ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587265086478800 2010-02-10 23:17:30 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587265086478800 en-us For foes and fans of three proposals to build liquefied natural gas terminals in Oregon, February’s short legislative session is starting to look a lot like last year’s session. That’s because three LNG-related bills have been introduced, and all of them are near clones of bills ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587249046970600 2010-02-10 23:14:50 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587249046970600 en-us Forest Grove Detective Matt Smith had just sent an alert to the police agencies in Washington County that he was looking for Eloy Salinas Jr. in connection with a shooting incident in Forest Grove when he got a call two weeks ago. Cornelius police had his man. “My first thought was that he ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587198088582500 2010-02-10 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587198088582500 en-us Adelante Mujeres is making a name for itself in the Northwest. After securing a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in late 2009, the Forest Grove nonprofit has caught the ear of philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Last month the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587191516152500 2010-02-10 23:05:15 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587191516152500 en-us The national unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent in January from 10 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The nation lost about 20,000 jobs last month, with employment falling in construction, transportation and warehousing. Temporary services and the retail ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587184349513300 2010-02-10 23:04:03 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587184349513300 en-us Ashland is not the only place in Oregon where Shakespeare thrives. Each year, Bag&Baggage Theatre Company in Hillsboro produces several of William Shakespeare’s better-known plays. Last season the company performed “A Comedy of Errors,” and summer of 2009 saw the debut of ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587174439251200 2010-02-10 23:02:24 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587174439251200 en-us Halcyon Trio Oregon, a Northwest musical trio, will present the world premiere of a work written for them during “Of Praise, Passion, Princes and Pancakes!” Friday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College in McMinnville. The ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587171242788100 2010-02-10 23:01:52 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587171242788100 en-us St. Bede’s Episcopal Church has set its 33rd Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Feb. 16 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Forest Grove United Methodist Church, 1726 Cedar St. Proceeds from the event will support the severe weather shelter at the Forest Grove United Church of Christ. For details, call ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587167000450000 2010-02-10 23:01:10 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587167000450000 en-us Pacific University’s Center for Gender Equity will present “The Laramie Project,” a play about the 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard, Thursday through Friday, Feb. 11 to 13 at the Tom Miles Theatre on the Forest Grove campus. All performances begin at 7 p.m. The ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587108411363700 2010-02-10 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587108411363700 en-us It seems there’s never a good time to ask for money, but the Forest Grove School District could soon be stretching a hand out to its patrons in the form of a capital construction bond levy. So far there’s no set price tag, but district leaders say the need is urgent. When it comes to ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587085074454900 2010-02-10 22:47:30 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587085074454900 en-us Veteran Services of Washington County is looking for two volunteers who are able to contribute five hours of time each week to help turn old paper files into electronic data. The agency is part of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services. Service coordinators who work there help ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587072751607700 2010-02-10 22:45:27 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126587072751607700 en-us To most longtime Cornelius residents, a Basco’s Burger is as identifiable as a Big Mac: one all-beef patty, cheese, lettuce, ketchup, mayo and real bacon. Grab a dollop of fry sauce (a tangy ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise hybrid) and a set of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets for the kids and ...