http://www.estacadanews.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329906833950700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329906833950700 en-us When Book Nook Manager Linda Arnett learned the building that has housed thousands of donated books for the last 18 years and has helped raise money for the Estacada Public Library Foundation would be sold, with changes in the lease imminent, she knew it was time to relocate. So she went to work ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329811481029000 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329811481029000 en-us The Estacada Public Library Board of Trustees rejected a request from a parent and library patron last week to provide parents with the ability to restrict Internet access to their children on an individual basis. When Eagle Creek resident Lynne Kamerman presented her request to the library board ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329980709849300 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329980709849300 en-us ECC hosting field trip today Estacada Community Center events: Today, Sept. 1, join us after breakfast for a bus ride; we’ll see the falls at Oregon City and then stop for ice cream. Bus cost, $3, must sign up. No dinner and music on Labor Day weekend. Center is closed on Labor Day, Sept. 6. ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329933457618700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329933457618700 en-us The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and the Estacada Rural Fire District responded to the following calls from Aug. 19 through Aug. 24, 2010: SHERIFF Alarms 4 Animal Complaint 1 Assault 2 Assist Fire Dept 1 Assist Outside Agcy 1 Assist Person 3 Civil ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329769299473400 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329769299473400 en-us As Oregon Department of Transportation contractors finish the final elements of the multi-million-dollar Highway 224 Beautification Project, changes to the traffic striping at Highway 224 and Main Street has frustrated some local residents. In the original plan, ODOT would have closed access to ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128277012236631200 2010-08-25 14:02:02 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128277012236631200 en-us A handful of Estacada residents were unable to access Highway 224 east of Estacada yesterday when dozens of law enforcement officials launched a manhunt for an armed felon on the run. Around 3 p.m., the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the SWAT Team to help locate ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276355081376300 2010-08-25 12:12:30 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276355081376300 en-us The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and the Estacada Rural Fire District responded to the following calls from Aug. 11 through Aug. 18, 2010: SHERIFF Alarms 5 Assist Person 1 Civil Service 1 Criminal Mischief 1 Disturbance 4 Domestic 2 Hit/Run Injury 1 Home Visit 2 Juvenile ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276189941267600 2010-08-25 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276189941267600 en-us Eighty-seven-year-old Leroy Boyle, a resident of Estacada for more than 40 years, took a ride with a friend last week for a bite to eat at Harmony Baking Co. in Estacada. He was admittedly a bit hungry for an afternoon snack, but he wasn’t expecting the welcome he received when he walked ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276064565321000 2010-08-25 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276064565321000 en-us City of Estacada voters will weigh during a major local election in November, when incumbent Mayor Becky Arnold is challenged by former Estacada School Board candidate Dora Morgan. Arnold and Morgan both formally announced their plans to run for mayor last week. Arnold’s first two-year term ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276282899431300 2010-08-25 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276282899431300 en-us Five years ago, Boring resident Mike Brennan went to see his doctor. At 300 pounds and largely inactive, he listened closely when his doctor repeated the lecture millions of Americans have already heard. “You know you’re borderline diabetic, and you already have high blood ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276305545717700 2010-08-25 12:04:15 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128276305545717700 en-us TriMet’s fare increase and service changes begin in early September, when the transit agency tries to close a $27 million budget gap. The service cuts impact about 50 bus lines and all MAX lines. Beginning Sept. 1, most TriMet fares will increase 5 cents to cover the increasing cost of ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128209070367126700 2010-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128209070367126700 en-us Longtime horse trainer Meghan Tilford took her horse “Cajun,” a copper-brown-colored half-Arab, half-saddlebred national show horse, on a ride July 30 in the Port Blakely forest on the south end of Estacada with a few friends and stopped for a swim in Clear Creek. “I waded in up ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208741347939900 2010-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208741347939900 en-us The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol hired a contractor last week to remove a deteriorating piece of machinery in the Clackamas River east of Barton Park in an area known as the Pump Hole Rapid. Using heavy construction equipment, Bill Erickson Heavy Construction successfully removed ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128209131172637600 2010-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128209131172637600 en-us Ted Wesley Marlatt Aug. 18, 1927-Aug. 8, 2010 Former Gresham resident Ted Wesley Marlatt died Sunday, Aug. 8, in Estacada. He was 83. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at First Baptist Church of Gresham, 224 W. Powell Blvd., Gresham. Ted was born Aug. 18, 1927, in ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128209025062280400 2010-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128209025062280400 en-us Service stations across Oregon are flirting with $3-a-gallon gasoline. Some stations are still selling below the $3 mark, but the state average is currently $3.013. In Estacada and Eagle Creek, gas at the 76 stations was priced at $2.99 a gallon. Gas prices at the two Shell stations in Estacada ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208839553067000 2010-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208839553067000 en-us It was the year the popular German duo Milli Vanilli was outed for lip-synching to songs that blasted them to the top of the charts like “Girl You Know It’s True,” and “Blame It on the Rain.” That same year, “The Simpsons” cartoon debuted for the first ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208703659131100 2010-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208703659131100 en-us It’s been a few months since heavy construction equipment rolled away from Second Avenue in Estacada. And when the equipment and crews left, only half of Second Avenue got a facelift, while the other half remained in its deteriorating state. Last year, Second Avenue was paved from Highway ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128154991300141200 2010-08-11 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128154991300141200 en-us Just as the heavy construction equipment was about to roll out of town on Highway 224 near the completion of a 1.5-year project, local residents banded together to urge the Oregon Department of Transportation to keep two passing lanes in Estacada. In late July, Mayor Becky Arnold urged citizens ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128156156336200100 2010-08-11 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128156156336200100 en-us Placid and empty now, the pond – a tank, really – in the shade of Eagle Fern Park’s venerable Douglas firs, teemed with thousands of tiny chinook salmon smolts this past April, resting before the plunge into Eagle Creek, and then a journey on to the sea. The acclimation pond for ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128156182392278100 2010-08-11 14:23:43 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128156182392278100 en-us Anna Mae Geren July 29, 1918-July 29, 2010 Former Gresham resident Anna Mae Geren died Thursday, July 29, at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham. She was 92. A memorial service was held Aug. 8, at Estacada Community Center, 200 S.W. Club House Drive. Anna was born July 29, 1918, in Des ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128038526586957000 2010-08-09 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128038526586957000 en-us Last week the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office scaled back the search for a missing hiker in the Mount Hood National Forest east of Estacada after an extensive eight-day search for Portland resident Robert Bissell, 57, who went camping July 12 and never returned. Four weeks ago, Bissell ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128079392332046500 2010-08-04 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128079392332046500 en-us The clattering of water pumps and air cylinders shuttling thousands of small silvery fish through a series of holding tanks and machines is almost overwhelming, with the gurgling of water providing a constant blanket of noise. “Eighty to 85,000 in nine hours is a good day,” said Geoff ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128087324123246500 2010-08-04 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128087324123246500 en-us Mary K. (Tilden) Gindlesperger June 17, 1942-July 26, 2010 A celebration of life for Mary Gindlesperger, 68, was held July 31, 2010, at the Eagle Creek Grange, in Eagle Creek. Mary K. Tilden was the first child of Vernon Tilden and Bertha Brendal Tilden, eventually becoming a big sister to Mark, ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128087215613835700 2010-08-04 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128087215613835700 en-us The Country Restaurant & Lounge, 341 N.E. Main St., will feature a Jimmy Buffet party at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 6 and 7, with a $12 pre-party buffet in the lounge both nights from 5 to 7 p.m. and dinner specials in the restaurant. The evenings are a fundraiser for Shriners ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128087195448581100 2010-08-04 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128087195448581100 en-us The Estacada Public Library presents “Lorna Miller: Little Kids’ Jamboree Music,” part of the library’s Summer Reading Program, on Thursday, Aug. 5, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the library’s Flora Room, 825 N.E. Wade St. The weekly storytime will resume in fall. For more ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128079495598534400 2010-08-04 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128079495598534400 en-us Former Oregon City resident Matt Love grew up hearing tales about the biggest party in Estacada history, known as Vortex I, held at Milo McIver State Park in 1970. The politically funded free concert drew an estimated 100,000 people to Estacada for a weekend of rock music, drugs and lasting ... http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128079475883412300 2010-08-04 00:00:00 http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=128079475883412300 en-us In 1848, the first library was opened to the public in Boston. Since then, over 120,000 more have been built in the United States, including the Estacada Public Library. In the beginning, libraries almost exclusively served to loan books to patrons, but the role of the library and the services ...