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Older Americans Month
By Regina Ford From 83-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg to 84-year-old actress Rita Moreno to 69-year-old NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr., older Americans exemplify what people...
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Food for Thought: Random Acts of Kindness
By Celia Lambert, PhD A random act of kindness is a selfless act performed by a person or a group wishing to either assist or to cheer up another person. It is to be kind, thoughtful, use your manners,...
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(Dis)abilities + Work + Beaverton = No Problem! Alex Brame: Employed!
By the Dirkse Team Score – Perseverance: 1; Fear: 0 Taking the first step to try something new is difficult for many people, but for those with traumatic brain injury and difficulty with anxiety, it...
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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue: Making house calls
Mobile integrated health care enhances patient care and cuts down hospital readmission rates By TVFR Staff Mobile integrated health care continues to be a priority and focus for Tualatin Valley Fire...
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Local History: Our Town – Our Story: The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918
by Ann Koppy Its medical name is influenza A (H1N1), but is better known as the Spanish flu. Ninety-eight years after its appearance, the 1918-19 pandemic is identified as the baseline against which...
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Beaverton Education Foundation Helps Get FutureBus on the Road
By BEF Staff Could we scale out the excitement of hands-on making experiences to ALL of our Beaverton students? We transformed an old school bus into a time machine that will lead us to the better...
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The Book Corner Celebrates 20 years
By Paula Gunning and Sharon Van Buren Beaverton readers will find the best prices in town for the latest books by popular authors and children’s books. Five rooms and two hallways are filled with books...
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Local Students Took A Break From The Books To Learn Some Life-Saving Techniques.
By KPTV Staff The American Heart Association, Beaverton School District and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue partnered to teach Five Oaks Middle School students CPR. The seventh and eighth grade...
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Aloha Community Farmers Market Opens Thursday May 5 New Farmers Market, to...
At the lot at SW Kinnaman Rd and SW Farmington Rd, near Bales Thriftway in Aloha. Opening is May 5th 2:00pm-7:30– This new market will be on Thursdays from 3:00-7:30pm, Opening May 5th and closing...
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Beaverton’s Super Kids: Meet Super Kids Nadia and Naseem Highlighting Local...
Congratulations to Nadia and Naseem for being super kids. Keep up the good work! About Nadia Nadia is five years old and is currently going to preschool. She enjoys doing acrobats and ballet and is...
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Older Americans Act is Finally Reauthorized
By Regina Ford President Obama signed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2016 on April 19th. The Act, originating more than fifty years ago, reaffirms our nation’s commitment to the health and...
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Beaverton Bakery Honored at White House
By Fox 12 Staff The president of Beaverton Bakery was one of 10 people honored at the White House for giving people with criminal records a second chance. Carrie Ann Schubert was part of a ceremony...
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(Dis)abilities + Work + Beaverton = No Problem! John Finau: Employed!
By the Dirkse Team People are not all the same, and not all jobs should be the same. Killer Burger owner TJ Southard was in the process of opening new locations when Marta Bunse, an Employment...
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History of Popular Wedding Jewelry
By Kaaren Bedi Wedding season is upon us! We thought it would be fun to look back in history at popular wedding jewelry over the last 200 years. Let’s jump into the time machine and take a look: First...
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Local History: Our Town – Our Story: The Stories Behind the Photo
by Ann Koppy, BHSoc Historian Every photo tells many stories that remind us of a time, a place, an event. We don’t know the names of the men in this image, but it’s likely they were Beaverton...
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Travel: Beaverton & Beyond: Little French Key Island, Honduras
The ambiance on Little French Key is one of blissful calmness and comfort that will leave you rejuvenated physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The next time you visit the Caribbean, you...
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Catalyst – The Newsletter: Listen, Some Rules Are Just Dumb!
By Spencer “The Catalyst“ Rubin Rules and polices exist for a reason, but you know, it’s okay to break them…when you really should break them! I love rules…and I hate rules. They serve a great...
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Literary Corner: Brain Health for Life
Beyond Pills, Politics and Popular Diets Karen V. Unger, author of Brain Health for Life, Beyond Pills, Politics and Popular Diets appeared at the Beaverton Library’s first local authors fair, Author!...
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Vendor Spotlights
Dovetail Coffee Many among us have humble beginnings. Great products start with simple ideas and big dreams. Dovetail Coffee Roasters humble beginnings can be traced to a community coffee house in...
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Beaverton’s Super Kids: Meet Super Kid Dabin So
Highlighting Local Kids Who Excel at School Dabin So is a very bright and a joyful kid who has a very big open heart. He is a second grader at Sexton Mountain. When Dabin began school he was diagnosed...
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