It's one of several cleanup projects that have been held in the community this month, which has also seen work being done by volunteers at the Gales Creek Cemetery in advance of Memorial Day, and the repainting of the Gales Creek Fire Station and adjacent buildings.
Hear from Washington County District 4 County Commissioner Jerry Willey and the Tualatin Valley Irrigation District at a Wednesday, April 16 event for the Gales Creek, Verboort, and Roy CPO 13.
Spring has sprung, which means it's time to get those garden tools out and help clean up the Gales Creek Cemetery and the Gales Creek Community Church grounds.
Fires, floods, earthquakes, ice storms and other emergencies happen in all communities - learn how to prepare with Washington County Public Health at a Wednesday, March 19 event for the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
