Forest Grove Police Station Bond is too close to call
Forest Grove voters were split in their choice of funding a new station for the city's police force Tuesday night, but the nays held a slim early lead in the first results posted at 8 p.m.
10 p.m. update: The 'no' votes edged closer to a victory in the second batch of results posted by the county elections division at 10 p.m., but with 51.08% voting no and 48.92% voting yes, just a 56 vote difference, Measure 34-343 remained too close to call.
Original story:
Forest Grove voters were split in their choice of funding a new station for the city's police force Tuesday night, but the nays held a slim early lead in the first results posted at 8 p.m.
The vote stood at 50.85% voting no to 49.15% voting yes.
The city crafted a bond measure asking voters to approve funds to build a new station at a different location on the same block as the existing station to address a laundry list of issues, including a lack of seismic resilience, a building that doesn't meet accessibility standards, lack of storage space for evidence and records and more.
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.
Master Sergeant Tom Baker turned 100 on Monday, and the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veteran was honored by Forest Grove American Legion Post 2 with a ceremony in front of friends, family, fellow residents, and staff of the Marquis Assisted Living Center.
A Forest Grove businessmen was doing so well in 1875 he simply scrawled his signature on an ad space and bragged about how many customers he had. Then his horse killed himself.
The Oregon Department of Forestry closed the North Fork Wolf Creek Shooting Lanes in the Tillamook State Forest this week to tackle maintenance and fire prevention work at the site.
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.
Master Sergeant Tom Baker turned 100 on Monday, and the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veteran was honored by Forest Grove American Legion Post 2 with a ceremony in front of friends, family, fellow residents, and staff of the Marquis Assisted Living Center.
Chas Hundley
