Dozens of Gales Creek residents past and present dropped by an open house to commemorate 50 years of firefighting in Gales Creek Saturday, filling the station with memories and learning as visitors flipped through documents, viewed photographs, and reminisced.
An open house to commemorate the 50+ years volunteer firefighters have served Gales Creek will be held Saturday at the Gales Creek Fire Station from 1 to 4 p.m.
A work party is expected to take place this morning, Saturday May 6 at 10 a.m. at the Gales Creek Fire Station to prepare the grounds for the building's 50th anniversary in June. Event organizers asked that volunteers bring gloves and gardening tools.
The Gales Creek Neighborhood Watch will host a community meeting Wednesday, November 16 at the Gales Creek Church to discuss fire prevention, preparing for emergencies, and other public safety topics.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dan Bieltz, a Beaverton resident, was looking for ways to fill time after being furloughed at his job. With an interest in history, Bieltz, 41, started
Operating since 2011with a two-year pause for Covid reasonsthe public library housed inside the Gales Creek School (9125 NW Sargent Rd) is now open Thursdays from 6 to
The Gales Creek School. Photo: Chas Hundley
The Gales Creek School Library will open on Thursday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. following a nearly two year closure.
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The Jennie Ranes Building. Photo: Chas Hundley
Members of Friends of Historic Forest Grove, Gales Creek community members, and school administration met on the grounds of the former Gales Creek
The Gales Creek Tavern on July 15, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley
The Gales Creek Tavern reopened on May 20, after extensiveand ongoingwork to renovate the building and update
The newly renovated shed at the cemetery in June 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley
Sandi Evans is theoretically retired, but her position as president of the Gales Creek Cemetery Association has