Move over, CPO 14: the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort-area Community Participation Organization (enumerated as CPO 13) is also in the process of launching, just weeks after CPO 14 officially launched.
A cleanup at the Gales Creek Church, Live music at the Smokehouse and a Mother's Day concert at Carpenter Creek are all on tap for this weekend in the Gales Creek area.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office said that construction equipment stolen from North Plains was tracked down to a Gales Creek-area home and arrested Shaun Billman, 40 on May 2 over the theft.
A cleanup day at the Gales Creek Church originally planned for Saturday, May 4 has been postponed to May 11 due to expected adverse weather, the Gales Creek Garden Club said.
The Forest Grove School District said that the Oak Grove Academy campus at the Gales Creek School closed early for the day due to a water main break in the area. It wasn't immediately clear if other customers were without water in Gales Creek.
After causing a crash in Cornelius and near Verboort, a fleeing driver was tackled and arrested after a PIT maneuver was used to force her off Gales Creek Road west of Stringtown Road.
