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Walk to benefit challenged kids
The fourth annual Hydrocephalus Walk is scheduled for Saturday, June 15 in Fairview. The event is a fundraiser to support a local boy, Grant Miller, 7, who attends first grade at East Orient Grade...
View ArticleDamascus volunteers resign en mass
Half of those serving on four citizen advisory committees throw in the towel in protest of city manager's forced resignation In a show of dismay and disgust over the forced resignation of former City...
View ArticleIn the military
Army National Guard King Pvt. Tyler King has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. King is the son of Suzanne Fink of Troutdale. He is a 2011 graduate of Centennial...
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Engagement
Adcock-Cooper Alison Gail Adcock and Brady Franklin Cooper are engaged to be married Oct. 12, 2013, at Hotel Vintage Plaza in Portland. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Richard and Jean Adcock of...
View ArticleBusiness briefs
Chamber Calendar Connect with Success AM Meeting, 7-9 a.m. Friday, June 7, hosted by ServiceMaster of Portland and La-Z-Boy Furniture at La-Z-Boy Furniture, 407 N.W. Burnside Road, Gresham. Connect...
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Veterinary care with a beam of light
- Local animal hospital uses laser technology for surgical and therapeutic treatment Dr. Paul Haughom uses state-of -the-art technology to treat patients with a multitude of medical conditions. He...
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June 4 obituaries
Kevin Charles Hamann June 30, 1961-May 25, 2013 Former East County resident Kevin Charles Hamann died suddenly Saturday, May 25. He was 51. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8,...
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Gresham Rotary awards 2013 scholarships to local seniors
Gresham Rotary celebrated its annual scholarship recipients Wednesday, May 22, with many of the students family members in attendance. The students were introduced by their respective counselors and...
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A win on the stock market
This spring, Reynolds High School students had the opportunity to risk big with fake money. Ted Batts financial math class at Reynolds competed in The Stock Market Game, a virtual simulation of...
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Wedding
Stephenson-Griffiths Lindsay Stephenson and Christopher Griffiths were married Saturday, May 26, at Oregon Golf Club in West Linn. The bride is the daughter of Kenn and Karla Stephenson of Vancouver,...
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Saying goodbye to old stomping grounds
Two mainstays of Centennial School District, Doug Cook and Dave Qualheim, retire after 36 and 41 years Together, they've sat in dunk tanks, orchestrated community projects with up to 200 people and...
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Troutdale flight school is international cockpit for pilots
Pacific Northwest hosts ideal training conditions for professional airline, helicopter pilots Exile Wu is sitting in the cockpit of a flight simulator. A control panel of dials and blinking red numbers...
View ArticleDrug-overdose deaths drop in state, county
Drug-overdose deaths in Oregon dropped 7 percent last year compared to 2011, when Oregon saw its highest level since 2000. Last year, 223 people in Oregon died from the use of heroin, cocaine,...
View ArticleLocal man arrested for Gresham bank robbery
A Gresham man who used to work for the Transportation Security Administration is behind bars accused of a March bank robbery. Gresham police detectives arrested Trevor Lee Schindler, 30, at his home in...
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Two arrested in connection to Gresham shooting
A Gresham man and his nephew have been arrested in connection with last weekend's shooting. U.S. Marshal's arrested Pavel A. Kolesik, 44, of Gresham at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, in the 1000 block of...
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Damascus volunteers abandon ship in protest
Councilor calls the move grandstanding, while mayor says their work was already done In the wake of Monday night's mass resignation of 15 citizen volunteers from three Damascus committees, one city...
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Gresham Grade Class of 1948 holds reunion Members of the Gresham Grade School Class of 1948 have put together a 65th reunion for this summer. A potluck celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug....
View ArticleA queen and princesses among us
Corbett High Schools Key Club is seeking nominations for the 2013 Corbett Fun Festival Generational Queens Court. Last years royalty will join the Key Club committee to review nominations and select...
View ArticleLocal meetings
Monday, June 10 East Multnomah County Transportation Committee 3 p.m., Gresham City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Gresham Planning Commission 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Springwater Trail Room, 1333...
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Pursuit of wrong way driver ends in tazing, arrest
Police tazed and then arrested, a 25-year-old driver who tried to flee after he was reportedly speeding more than 100 mph the wrong way on Interstate 84. At 12:37 p.m. Monday, June 3, Multnomah County...
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