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Engagement
Gray-Kent Laura Gray of Boring and Charles Kent of Keizer are engaged to be married July 6, 2013. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Doug and Carolyn Gray of Boring. She graduated from Sandy High...
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Bob Jones University Kaleb Kittrell, a sophomore biblical counseling major from Gresham, was named to the spring 2013 deans list at Bob Jones University. To qualify for the deans list, students must...
View ArticlePGE pulls plug on Troutdale energy project
Developers say they will still build power plant despite PGEs alternate plan An energy company with plans to build a gas-fired power plant in Troutdale has lost a competitive bid to sell power to...
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Birth
Brown Sloan Eloise Brown was born at 1:54 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham to Marisa and Eric Brown. She was 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 21 inches long. Sloan is the...
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Hands-on anatomy class
MedCure opens its cadaver lab to high school science students After scrubbing up, 30 high school students stepped into the MedCure lab. In the bright green room, knees, lungs, brains, a liver and a...
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Bringing the Rose Fest to sailors
The Navy had to cancel its annual appearance at Portland Rose Festivals Fleet Week, but that didnt stop volunteers from bringing the Rose Fest to sailors. An intergenerational group of volunteers...
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June 7 obituaries
Theodore Roosevelt Fetters Sr. Oct. 4, 1921-June 2, 2013 Canby resident Theodore Roosevelt Fetters Sr., who had East County ties, died Sunday, June 2. He was 91. A graveside service with military...
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Four indicted in Portland child porn video case
Four men were indicted by a grand jury following an investigation into the production and distribution of a graphic child pornography video in Portland. A Multnomah County grand jury recently indicted...
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Fickle Mother Nature (finally) smiles on local strawberry farms
After an early start, followed by record rainfall, local strawberries are ripe and ready to eat It was 2:30 a.m. when Rod Liepold called to make sure the helicopter was coming from Troutdale. That...
View ArticleVictim in fatal shooting identified
Police have identified a man who was fatally shot Sunday night at a Gresham apartment complex as Andreas Prince Jones, 21, of Portland, said Lt. Claudio Grandjean, Gresham police spokesman. Just before...
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All-neighborhood garage sale celebrates 15th year
Fifteen years ago, a group of 40 Troutdale households in the citys Sandee Palisades neighborhood joined forces to hold a collective garage sale. Since then, the sale has tripled in size, with 130...
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Budget cuts closing doors on coaches
Barlow High coach lands at Warner Pacific after having his on-campus teaching job sliced in the latest set of budget cuts Barlow Highs Dave Kilian bleeds blue and gold, so he was thrilled five years...
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Rep. Gorseks bill calls for audit of TriMet State Rep. Chris Gorsek (D-Troutdale) has amended House Bill 3316, the TriMet governance bill, to ask the secretary of state to conduct a performance audit...
View ArticleGresham police to hold pedestrian-safety mission
The Gresham Police Department will conduct a pedestrian-safety mission from 7-11 a.m.Thursday, June 13, near Centennial High School in the 3500 block of Southeast 182nd Avenue, to raise safety...
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A full ride, and then some
Gresham High valedictorian Eric Johnsen earns more than $61,000 for college By Eric Johnsens calculations, he has earned $1,356 per hour for his freshman year of college. Johnsen, who graduates...
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Tuesday, June 11 Gresham City Council Policy Development 3 p.m., City Hall, Council Chambers, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Gresham Coalition of Neighborhood Associations 7 p.m., City Hall,...
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Kids imaginations run wild at Park Cleone
Students bring ideas to council for new play equipment at local park When asked what kind of playground they would like to see at Fairviews Park Cleone in Old Town, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders...
View ArticleFairview debates who should pay for sidewalk repairs, trees
Citizen complaints prompt council to reconsider city code Fairview business people and property owners have written letters and complained to the Fairview City Council about the citys requirement that...
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Pets at heart of Girl Scouts pursuit
Reynolds student takes on plight of household pets Marissa Hagglund, a Girl Scout Ambassador and Reynolds High School junior, is planning a community project to earn her highest honor in Girl Scouting...
View ArticleGresham police chief: Alarmed after 2 gang shootings
Detectives are looking for a shooter after at least a dozen of rounds were fired at a Gresham apartment complex Monday night, police said. One person was transported to a local hospital after they...
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