http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=122046282138343500 It’s time to reassess the value, safety of multivitamin use, says the Harvard Men's Health Watch. Although physician-scientists and supplement manufacturers are often at odds, they don’t spend much time sparring over multivitamins. In fact, half the physicians on the Harvard ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=122045988459246600 Thank you for front-paging the library district funding issue in the coming election ("Is the library tax district the answer?" Aug. 2, 2008, The Estacada News). Now that we are aware of the need for our "yes" vote on library funding, this community won't let our library ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=122045948602250400 The Estacada Area Arts Commission would like to recognize all the volunteers who helped at this year’s Estacada Summer Celebration. These volunteers worked in the many different booths, helped with parking, setting up, tearing down and cleaning up. Their help was invaluable and made this ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=122045836644643100 "If anyone ever puts a gun to your head and says, “Come with me or I’ll shoot you,” tell them to go ahead and shoot. It’s a difficult and scary thing to say, but you have to do it." My grandmother started droning grim scenarios like this into my brain around the ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=122045801543477100 At the next City Council meeting, City Council members will consider a plan to buy the vacant Y&E property next to the Estacada Public Library and Wade Creek Park to develop a future skate park. Right now the city only has approximately $108,000, but the selling price for the property is ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121986286303532200 It’s sometime after midnight early Saturday morning, and I’m running along a gravel back road somewhere between Timberline Lodge and Seaside. Wearing a headlamp, I have just enough light to keep on running, but beyond that all I can really see is the darkened shadows of heavy foliage ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121986243535848300 I would like to thank the editor for a story in the paper Aug. 20. I do believe in the 11 years I have worked at the Estacada Community Center, the article “The breakfast club,” is by far the most informative and positive one yet. All our events were listed too. And to the young man on ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121986223345676900 How nice it was to find no squabbling in my Estacada News last week, Aug. 20. I’d like to thank the editor for the break from the norm. Once in a while it’s nice to focus on the positive and let the negative find other outlets. I’m so inspired, I'm going to wait to write my ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121986167597349200 Envision 90 days from now. You the citizen and the voter have the power and ability on Nov. 4 to make it possible to have one of the best and advanced educational institutions in the state. You can be part of making that happen by voting yes on your libraries this fall. By supporting Clackamas ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121925767539982000 I read the Aug. 13 letter, “City needs skatepark, activities for youth,” with a great deal of interest. Residents who want to help construct the skate park can participate in ongoing relative community meetings surrounding this topic. Our Estacada Parks and Recreation Commission and ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121925742944848700 The Estacada Area Arts Commission would like to recognize all those who helped to make the 8th Estacada Summer Celebration such a wonderful success. The following planning members volunteered untold hours: Rose Baker, Jami Berry, Nina Bradford, Debra Bufton, Grier Cundill, Suzanne Dinsdale, Brent ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121925728285539500 Farewell to local customers The time has come to say goodbye. After over 14 years, we will be closing our doors at the Boots & Spurs restaurant, 519 Beech Road. We’ll cook our last meal on Sunday, Aug. 24, to say goodbye. It was a hard decision, but we have to move on. You never know ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121925659835510300 As the window closed on the 2008 Olympics for swimmer Michael Phelps this week, he emerged from the water carrying eight gold medals for the United States of America and seven new world records. Since the games debuted in Beijing, China, earlier this month, Estacada residents and millions of ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121864818846016500 Last week, under cover of darkness, someone vandalized the “Tales of the Trails” mural currently being completed outside the Trails Inn Café, 397 S. Broadway St. When the Artback artists working on the project arrived in the morning, the left corner of the mural was covered in profanity ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121864994571574100 Every one of us knows what the Pledge of Allegiance means and how important it is. Sometimes it helps fan the flames of our patriotism when we take a few moments to reflect on how blessed we are as a nation. Often we get so busy with being busy in our daily lives that we forget. We are so ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121864967616901500 To the Editor: I would like to offer my support for the members of the Estacada School Board. I know the accusations going around by the recall group, and I decided to do my own research. I go to school full-time and I have a 14-year-old and a 1-year-old, so taking the time out to make some ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121864928892053100 To the Editors: We fully support our Estacada School District board of directors and have full confidence in Superintendent Howard Fetz as the district’s educational leader. Being life-long residents, having careers in education, and having children and grandchildren attend Estacada public ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121864871717059500 To the Editor: I would like to bring to the attention of anyone who enjoys fishing in the Estacada area or who pays taxes to the state or federal government what I consider a wanton waste of salmon and funding for our local hatcheries. For the last three years the Clackamas Fish Hatchery, which ... http://www.estacadanews.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=121864849443459100 To the Editor: Over the summer I have seen yellow signs asking these questions: “Where’s the money? Where’s the education?” The solution that this concerned group proposes is to have a recall of the school board, and I believe this is because of issues this group has with ...