It was a beautiful day for a hike yesterday on David Hill, where I stopped long enough to snap this photo of David Hill Winery. David Hill is the name of one of the rolling hills that dot the west side of Forest Grove.  The neighborhood Forest Gale Heights is located on the hill, as well [...] No related posts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_PP3xFciw Yes, that’s Collections in the Attic, right here in Downtown Forest Grove,  in the background of this new Oregon Lottery Commercial. Portions of the clip were filmed on Main Street on Saturday, January 15.  The commercial starts the Lottery’s new raffle campaign leading up

My grocery bill has been steadily climbing. I shop once a week at Fred Meyer.  I pretty much buy the same things over and over.  And my grocery bill has still been climbing.  There’s no doubt about it, food prices are up, grocery stores are hurting, and there’s no end in sight. Grocery Stores are hurting?  A

When I first started posting on this blog – I had a little thing called “Screensaver Sunday”. Every Sunday I would pull out a cool picture from my Forest Grove photo album and share it with you to download.  Click on the photo and you’ll see the full size 1024×768 photo.  You can then Right Cl

Forest Grove Community School, a free public charter school, is accepting applications for enrollment for the 2011-12 school year from Jan. 15 to April 1, 2011 for grades 1-8. Forest Grove Community School engages students in scholarship, stewardship and citizenship with the goal of educating for sustainability. At FGCS

I love a good weight loss story. And this one is from our very own hometown of Forest Grove. Denise Giesbers made this month’s People Magazine by losing half her previous weight. That’s right – one half – as in from over 300 lbs to her current, sultry 150lbs.  And she did it in just over [...] No

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnuYv-baCs Goodbye 2010 So 2010 has come and gone, along with another batch of businesses.  Say goodbye to Grande Foods, Horton’s Office Supply, Forest Grove Computers, Basco’s Burgers, The UPS Store, Signmeisters, and just recently -- our Cherry processor -- Gray & Co.  Jim’

Lights of the Grove, Forest Grove, OR We’ve all seen those holiday specials on the Travel Channel – the ones with people who like to play Clark Griswold every year, stringing thousands and thousands of Christmas Lights in hopes of lighting up the entire neighborhood.  They are beautiful, there’s no doubt

Hello Forest Grove.  I want to take a moment to apologize for not posting in quite some time.  As you may have read in my last post – I had a family emergency to attend to earlier this year.  My wife was diagnosed with a Meningioma – a benign brain tumor – and had it [...] No related posts.

I’m a little late in posting anything new here – so please forgive me.  It has been a very busy month.  May is normally busy for us anyway – what with Spring yard chores, band practices, work, and birthdays.  But this last May – well it was just a tad bit busier than most. You see, [...] No rela

What a wild and stormy week! Last week I went to work to find an entire tree laying on its side in the parking lot, and came home that next morning to a dusting of snow in my driveway.  And we thought that spring had arrived early!  Maybe it did – but it looks like winter [...] No related posts.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski ordered flags at all public institutions to be flown at half-staff Thursday in memory of Pfc. Erin L. McLyman of Eugene. The 26-year-old died March 13 in Iraq from wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked her base with mortar fire. She was assigned to the 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Stryker B

May you always have Walls for the winds, A roof for the rain, Tea beside the fire, Laughter to cheer you, Those you love near you, And all your heart might desire! Share This No related posts. No related posts.

I just finished a long week of work today, and thought I’d splurge a little and go out into the Grove tonight for dinner.  But where to go?  Since I usually make a homeade pizza on my first night off of work, I thought of Papa Murphys.  But you still have to take it home [...] No related posts.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has ordered flags at all public institutions in Oregon to fly at half-staff beginning at sunrise Wednesday through sunset on Sunday in honor of state Treasurer Ben Westlund. Westlund died of cancer on Sunday. Share This No related posts. No related posts.

Not sure who this guy is, but I did have a need to recycle some fluorescent bulbs today.  Naturally, all 4 in the laundry room looked shot, so I zipped on over to Home Depot and picked up a few packs.  (sorry Ace/ BiMart – I had to go out that way anyway) A few hours [...] No related posts.

As I was coming home from grocery shopping today I saw a few new signs around town… FOR LEASE signs. Last month it was Basco’s Burgers in Cornelius.  Thirty years in the business and then gone, just like that. Today I saw Triple Point Biologics was empty.  They were the protein lab located between Dr Tidwell&#

I remember when I first moved to Forest Grove in ‘97.  There were at least 3 video stores.  Video USA was in the Safeway Shopping Center, Movie Madness was in my old strip mall next to Da Boys.  And I think there was a smaller video store next to Scotty’s that rented harder to find [...] No related posts.

Where do we go from here? That was the question posed at the Forest Grove Town Meeting last month.  Although I did not have a chance to attend, there has been a lot of discussion on the bulletin boards around town.  Suggestions like turning Forest Grove into a Wine gateway,  adding a Town Center, or bringing [...] No r

I remember the first time I heard them.  It must have been about 12 years ago, right after we moved here.  “What in the heck is that!?” I asked my wife.  She said it sounded like a baby was crying.  Sounded more like some poor woman was screaming at the top of her lungs to [...] No related posts.

Yes, it’s been awhile, but I’m baaaaaack. As you can see – I’ve got some minor adjusting to do before the site is up and ready. Stay tuned !  And Merry Christmas!