Move over, CPO 14: the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort-area Community Participation Organization (enumerated as CPO 13) is also in the process of launching, just weeks after CPO 14 officially launched.
Those looking to cast a vote must either drop their signed ballot in one of numerous ballot drop boxes scattered across the county or mail it, as long as it is postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday night.
A cleanup at the Gales Creek Church, Live music at the Smokehouse and a Mother's Day concert at Carpenter Creek are all on tap for this weekend in the Gales Creek area.
Over the last few days, a series of coronal mass ejections (CME) have erupted from the Sun, and are likely to merge and reach Earth starting Friday or Saturday, said the Space Weather Prediction Center. The aurora could be visible as far south as northern California.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office said that construction equipment stolen from North Plains was tracked down to a Gales Creek-area home and arrested Shaun Billman, 40 on May 2 over the theft.
A cleanup day at the Gales Creek Church originally planned for Saturday, May 4 has been postponed to May 11 due to expected adverse weather, the Gales Creek Garden Club said.
