One century ago: A Ku Klux Klan gathering just northwest of Forest Grove drew members "from Portland and many surrounding towns" and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 20, 1923.
U.S. Representative Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will host a series of town halls throughout District 1 in the coming weeks, with one well-suited for Washington County residents scheduled for Thursday, October 5 in Hillsboro.
A party thrown by the Gales Creek Parent Teacher Organization for local students who went to the Gales Creek Elementary School has morphed over the years into a gathering for local Gales Creek children who would attend the school if it remained an elementary school.
Fire danger was at moderate until Thursday, when high temperatures brought it back to "high." Tuesday morning, ODF officials brought it back down to moderate.
A Banks man and his vehicle are struck by a train, a logging camp is for sale and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
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
