Meet the breadwinner

Meet the breadwinner

SnowCap's Kirsten Wageman is not only her family's breadwinner, she's helping to put food on...

Mt. Hood turning Japanese this weekend

Mt. Hood turning Japanese this weekend

Festival highlights haiku, dance, storytelling From haiku to handmade paper, bunka to bonsai,...

Nonprofit helps create opportunity, promotes college education

Nonprofit helps create opportunity, promotes college education

Her parents hadn’t attended college, and after watching her sister struggle with the...

Former police chief off and running in retirement

Former police chief off and running in retirement

- Carla Piluso fills calendar with athletic events, voice lessons, school board meetings and...

Gresham High stages Ludwig farce

Gresham High stages Ludwig farce

Audiences are in for a show filled with sword fighting, strangling and door slamming. The Gresham...

Unbreakable heart

Unbreakable heart

-  Creating glass art fills Rockwood-area woman with hope of survival After surviving breast...

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May 21, 2013

May 21 obituaries

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Roy Edwin Orton Aug. 21, 1952-May 15, 2013 Former East County resident Roy Edwin Orton died Wednesday, May 15. He was 60. Military honors will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at…
Clarence Erwin Mershon
May 17, 2013

May 17 obituaries

by Lisa K. Anderson
Wanda Nadine Pratt March 19, 1925-May 8, 2013 Gresham resident Wanda Nadine Pratt died peacefully at her home Wednesday, May 8. She was 88. No services are planned at this time. Wanda was born…
May 17, 2013

Birth

by Lisa K. Anderson
Porter — Julianne Porter was born Thursday, Jan. 10, at Doctors Hospital in Manteca, Calif., to Amanda and Jonathan Porter. Julianne joins a brother, Chase, 5, and a sister, Eloise, 2. She is…
May 17, 2013

Engagement

by Lisa K. Anderson
Strutz-Lane Mary Strutz of Billings, Mont., and Ryan Lane of Portland have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Steve and Janice Strutz of Billings. Mary graduated from…
May 17, 2013

College news

by Lisa K. Anderson
Bob Jones University Gresham resident Erica Johannes was among the more than 800 students who recently graduated from Bob Jones University. Johannes graduated with a master’s degree in music…
Melvin Thomas Doty
May 14, 2013

May 14 obituaries

by Lisa K. Anderson
Edmund J. “Ed” Rice I March 29, 1927-May 10, 2013 Gresham resident Edmund J. “Ed” Rice I died Friday, May 10. He was 86. A viewing will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, with a 7 p.m.…
May 14, 2013

Centennial Middle School honor roll

by Lisa K. Anderson
The following students were named to the Centennial Middle School honor roll for the third quarter: Eighth grade 4.0 — Alyssa Beckham, Julia Bezzubets, Devin Camat, Mykel Caruso, Jay Cha, Carina…
by: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO - Michael Henchman will be sharing his songs with listeners at Park Place Coffee May 18.
May 14, 2013

Former Alaska resident has logged miles in music

by Rob Cullivan
Hailing originally from central Alaska, singer-songwriter Michael Henchman knows what it’s like to get stuck on the road on a bitter cold night. One night his vehicle blew a heater hose between…
by: PHOTO COURTESY OF SALEM PIONEER CEMETERY - Salem Pioneer Cemetery, the largest historic cemetery in Salem, overlooks the capital city and Willamette Valley.
May 14, 2013

Bus to bones

by Cari Hachmann
This year, Troutdale Historical Society takes annual tour to historic Oregon cemeteries in Salem Ever wonder where the bones of some of Oregon’s earliest movers and shakers are buried? Or…
May 14, 2013

School briefs

by Lisa K. Anderson
Glover named Head Start Parent of Year Mt. Hood Community College announced this week that Landra Glover has been named the National Head Start Parent of the Year. The mother of a 5-year-old son…

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by: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO - Nathan Titchenall, Kyle Espenas, Tiffany Martell, Hannah Kim, Jessica Saray, Kamrin Sorensen, Shannon Ernst, Sarah Yates and Rachael Collmer were scholarship recipients at the 27th annual Gresham Breakfast Lions Club awards ceremony.
May 10, 2013

Gresham Breakfast Lions Club honors students

by Pamplin Media Group
Each year, the group presents scholarships to graduating seniors from Gresham, Sam Barlow and Springwater Trail high schools For the 27th year, the Gresham Breakfast Lions Club honored the…
Vaden Callister Young
May 10, 2013

May 10 obituaries

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Jerry Lee Miller March 19, 1943 -April 28, 2013 Longtime Gresham resident Jerry Lee Miller died Sunday, April 28. He was 70. A celebration of life will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, June…
May 10, 2013

In the military

by Lisa K. Anderson
SANDERS — Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Austin R. Sanders graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive,…
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May 07, 2013

May 7 obituaries

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Harley Warren Bergstrom July 28, 1920-April 30, 2013 East County resident Harley Warren Bergstrom died Tuesday, April 30. He was 92. No public services will be held. A reception was held…
May 07, 2013

Out and about

by Rob Cullivan
Community The Heart & Stroke Walk in Oregon — 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, downtown Portland. 5K walk; no fees. Participants are eligible for a Heart Walk T-shirt…
May 07, 2013

Steppin' out

by Rob Cullivan
Art exhibit Mt. Hood Community College's visual arts students will present their work in a juried exhibition May 13 to June 6 in the Visual Arts Gallery on the east side of the campus, 26000…
by: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO - Bassist Tim Gilson will be among those performing at the next Adventures in Jazz festival May 11 in downtown Gresham.
May 07, 2013

HED Bebop to downtown Gresham May 11 for jazz fest

by Rob Cullivan
Clubs, restaurants to host acts for musical evening The Gresham/Mt. Hood Jazz Association’s "Adventures in Jazz" series in Historic Downtown Gresham continues Saturday, May 11. These four bands…
by: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO: ERIN FITZPATRICK-BJORN - Damascus Middle School students were treated to an afternoon with Oregons Poet Laureate, Paulann Petersen, Thursday, May 2. Student Mary Girdan shared her poetry with Petersen during the workshop. For more information on the poet laureate program and history, visit oregonpoetlaureate.org.
May 07, 2013

Poetry with Paulann Petersen

by Lisa K. Anderson
by: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO - Mt. Hood Community College presents the student-directed 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Thursday through Saturday. The play is based on Ken Kesey's famous book about the treatment of mental patients.
May 07, 2013

MHCC presents One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

by Lisa K. Anderson
The Mt. Hood Community College Theatre department will perform “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” a play based on the novel by Ken Kesey, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 9–11, in the…
May 03, 2013

May 3 obituaries

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Jeffery Warner Hoard Dec. 15, 1960-April 22, 2013 Former Portland and Gresham resident Jeffery Warner Hoard died Monday, April 22, from stage 4 brain cancer. He was 52. A celebration of life was…


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