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Senior Thoughts: November is National Gratitude Month!
By Rhonda Kay Leonard Who doesn’t like a great meal at Thanksgiving? We all appreciate a well-dressed table. But I have learned from working with seniors that the meal isn’t what they are most thankful...
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Community Submission: Open Enrollment begins November 1st
By Christopher Levesque Are you Ready? 2017 Open Enrollment will be from November 1st 2016 till January 31st 2017. If you purchased your plan directly from a carrier, you should have received renewal...
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Beaverton Real Estate: Buying a House in a HOA Community
By Ken Reetz Home Owner Associations are formed to preserve the value of a community. The intent is to keep all properties true to the original design concept and properly maintained on the exterior....
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(Dis)abilities + Work + Beaverton = No Problem! Meet Josh Maclay, Employed
By The Dirkse CC Team As an avid sports fan, 21 year old Josh Maclay’s goal was working around one of his favorite local teams, The Portland Trailblazers. Josh did not let his intellectual disability...
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KPTV Fox12 Oregon News: Home Depot Partnership to Clean up Graffiti
By Fox 12 Staff Police officers and volunteers from Home Depot worked together to clean up graffiti in Beaverton. Police cleared several homeless camps last year in a forested area along Tualatin...
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Food for Thought: Become a Happier Person
By Celia Lambert, PhD How do you/I become a happier person? One way is to choose gratitude. Choose and acknowledge something you are grateful for today. Choose to be happy about something, anything,...
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Beaverton Farmers Market Vendor Spotlight: The Original Shrub
What is a Shrub? Fruit and vinegar have been paired together as a refreshing drink in many cultures. In Colonial times, vinegar was used to preserve fruits during peak ripeness to sustain into the...
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Catalyst – The Newsletter: Light Bulbs and What They Say About You
By Spencer “The Catalyst“ Rubin DID YOU KNOW YOUR LIGHT BULBS TELL YOUR CUSTOMERS A LOT ABOUT YOU & YOUR BUSINESS? SURE DO! There is a business I frequent 2-3 times per week, and more often than...
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Literary Corner: Night in Alcatraz
About the Book What’s inside this book of short stories? A Monopoly player is transported to Alcatraz Prison. . . a woman has a family reunion at a mummy exhibit in Portland. Look for more stories of...
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Beaverton’s Super Kids: Super Kids Working Above Grade Level
On Monday, October 3, 2016 the Kumon Math and Reading Center of South Beaverton held their 18th Annual Awards Program. Students and families gathered to celebrate the 100 + students who are working one...
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Community Submission: Happy 100th Birthday Leona!
By Michael Baliton Born: November 29, 1916 in Northern Texas Leona was born during the Great Depression and experienced the Dustbowl! During high school she remembers looking to the west and somedays...
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Local History: Our Town – Our Story: A Woman’s Work Is Never Done: Part 5,...
by Ann Koppy, BHSoc Historian Pioneer women followed a regular routine for household chores: Wash on Monday. Iron on Tuesday. Mend on Wednesday. Churn on Thursday. Clean on Friday. Bake on Saturday....
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Beaverton Committee on Aging: Share Some Holiday Spirit
By Suzanne VanSlyke The holidays have officially arrived! And with the holidays comes the tradition of family and friends gathering together, planning special menus, buying presents, caroling and...
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Senior Thoughts: National Handwashing Awareness Week
By Rhonda Kay Leonard December 4-10 Cold and flu season is upon us. Perhaps that’s the reason healthcare professionals are reminding us to take handwashing seriously: handwashing is the best way to...
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(Dis)abilities + Work + Beaverton = No Problem! Meet Kevin Moran, Employed
By The Dirkse CC Team Kevin Moran is a hard-working, determined man from Beaverton; so determined that he did not let his disability stop him from his goal of obtaining his fork lift certification and...
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Community Submission: Beating the Winter Blues
By Jennifer Means, ND, LAc Winter is upon us. It’s barely sunrise when we leave for work and past sundown by the time we get home. And now the rains set in with day after day of gloomy gray skies....
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Food for Thought: Tips to Ensure Your Holidays Are Happy
By Celia Lambert, PhD By now we are well into the holiday season. Our thoughts of meal planning, parties, family gatherings, gift exchange, travel and extra financial burdens can become overwhelming....
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Literary Corner: Liars and Defilers
The Toxic Sphere Saga Continues! “Toxic Sphere, Volume 2: Liars and Defilers” is published. I was blessed to have two amazing events happened in parallel. My first book in the Toxic Sphere series, “Our...
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Beaverton’s Super Kids: Meet Aleena, Super Kid
Southridge High School junior Aleena K. is really good at math. So good in fact that she has recently completed the Kumon math program which ends with college level differential calculus. Aleena K, you...
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7 Sentence Scary Story: Contest Winner – Three Down, Two to Go
by Christopher Xanthos, Grade 6 Once, there was a little girl shopping with her mom to look for toys when the girl saw one doll that she really wanted. It had a pink dress and it held up two fingers on...
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