Several of the firefighters were deployed out of the Forest Grove District offices.
“This deployment was the best way we could say thank you,” said ODF Protection Division Chief Michael Curran. “Firefighters are so interconnected and being able to lean on each other when we need it is what makes us stronger.”
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Forest Grove's Rep. Susan McLain, a local resident, and the Joint Transportation Committee co-chair described the end of the 83rd Legislative Assembly as the “worst two weeks of my life,” after a bill she and colleagues had spent over three years developing collapsed.
For two days this week, part of Gales Creek's downtown was transformed into Indiana, and the Gales Creek Community Church of God converted to Catholicism.
That is, for a film being shot in the area.
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
Gales Creek Road will close near Thornburg Road starting Aug. 27 as county contractors begin work replacing one of two culverts carrying White Creek, a Gales Creek tributary.
Chas Hundley
