Dallas Boge spent nearly 25 years as a volunteer firefighter in Gales Creek before he was elected to two termseight yearson the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board.
"Flooding is a normal part of our waterways," writes TSWCD Education & Outreach Specialist Adriana Lovell. "When houses and things that are meant to stay dry are built too close to these seasonally wet places, trouble abounds."
The Banks Hog and Dairy Show is prepared, the Gales Creek Road gets a fresh coat of paint, and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
This is the last weekend before the Tillamook Forest Center reduces hours for the fall and then closes in November. Should the center finish the season out this yearand, barring unforeseen catastrophe, there's no indication that it won'tit will mark the first full season the center has pulled off
Fire danger in this corner of the state has lowered enough that the Oregon Department of Forestry plans to reduce the fire danger level for public use restrictions to moderate (blue) Tuesday morning in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
A group of Gales Creek residents intending to bring back several community events that were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic will meet Thursday, August 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gales Creek School library.
Ninety years ago to the day, the first fire of what would become known as the Tillamook Burn started near Gales Creek. We've gathered oral histories, written diaries, and newspaper clippings detailing what happened.
A train crash near Buxton, a judge vacations in the Gales Creek-area neighborhood of Watts, and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 10, 1923.
A spate of hot weather looms in the forecast: At least five days of mid-to-upper 90s, with the possibility of triple digits starting Sunday in the Willamette Valley. Prepare now.
