Chair Kathryn Harrington at her home office. Photo: Washington County
Kathryn Harrington, the chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners, will present the annual State of the County virtually on Monday, April 19 at 6 p.m.Harrington will be joined by Commissioners Nafisa Fai (district 1), Pam Treece (district 2), Roy Rogers (district 3) and Jerry Willey (district 4), who holds the responsibility of representing most of western Washington County, including Gales Creek, on the board. As Chair Harrington reflects on the challenges weve faced over the past year, future priorities and the work the county does to support the community, shell be joined by each district commissioner who will share their own priorities for 2021 and beyond, a statement from the county read. The tail end of the event will feature a question-and-answer session with Harrington and the rest of the board members. For the English language live stream of the event, visit youtube.com/WashingtonCntyOregon.For Spanish, visit tvctv.org.To pose a question to the board, email cao@co.washington.or.us before 6 p.m. on April 19.
The Tillamook Forest Center will close for the winter season December 2, after one last holiday event. Its not expected to reopen until March of 2024. The last day to visit the site is Dec. 1.
The Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will meet Wednesday night from 6 to 7 p.m. in Banks. On the agenda: A presentation on the American Legion by Dale Thaler.
Those following along with an attempt to hold a town hall in Hillsboro for Washington County constituents of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici have already seen the event postponed. It's now scheduled as a telephone and online town hall for November 6 at 6 p.m.
Gales Creek's Zephyr Farm will hold an open farm event Thursday, August 10, featuring free fresh veggies from the farm, shave ice, and tours of the organic farm in the Gales Creek Valley. Attendees were asked to RSVP.
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.
Ninety-two years ago on Aug. 14, 1933 a logging crew at the end of a railroad spur in the upper reaches of the Gales Creek Watershed sparked a wildfire.
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