Reader Views
Published: 3/12/2013 3:45:00 PM
With income tax returns due next month, nearly all Oregonians will utilize credits and deductions to reduce tax bills and pay for essential food, medical, and housing costs.
Published: 3/20/2013 9:11:50 AM
Despite a few recent headlines hinting at the beginning of a housing recovery, the reality is that thousands of home owners in Clackamas County continue to struggle with their mortgage payments, have fallen behind, or are already facing foreclosure.
Published: 3/26/2013 8:35:15 PM
For the past six years, Grace Chapel has hosted a rummage sale by gathering donations from our members and the community.
We’ve welcomed thousands of people through our doors because of this rummage sale, and raised thousands of dollars for community organizations.
Our View
Published: 3/12/2013 3:48:14 PM
While it might seem like it’s too early to be thinking about Wilsonville’s Relay for Life event, scheduled to occur later this summer, helping the cause of curing cancer should always be on our minds and in our hearts.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:14:16 PM
The Wilsonville Spokesman is on the move again. This time, however, moving our office location is less for financial reasons than because we’re moving forward.
Letters
Published: 3/5/2013 2:18:28 PM
Measure will benefit taxpayersIt’s a win-win for Wilsonville. We urge voters to vote in favor of Measure 3-421. It will not increase taxes for taxpayers.
Published: 3/20/2013 8:32:40 AM
Newspaper changes a welcome sightI am so happy Pamplin bought the Wilsonville Spokesman. I love the return to regular newspaper format, the font is very readable and the news is presented in the correct order.
Published: 3/26/2013 8:31:36 PM
Anderson deserving of honor
It has come to my attention that city employee Jerry Anderson is the recipient of Water Operator of the Year award from the Oregon Association of Water Utilities.
Columns
Published: 3/20/2013 8:39:52 AM
At the Wilsonville Community Center, our staff translates the department’s mission statement into action in a variety of different ways. While our fitness and art classes have been growing in popularity, the center also offers a variety of ‘drop in’ options Monday through Friday to support the needs and interests of our adult 55+ participants.
Published: 3/12/2013 3:36:43 PM
Spring is behaving very coyly this month, with all the promise of sunny weather and blue skies. But beware, if you leave your jacket behind in the morning, you’ll surely regret it by eventide.
Published: 3/20/2013 9:20:23 AM
It’s 2013 and the Wilsonville Library Foundation is on board for another great year. We want to help your library thrive.
When our board of directors met in January, the regular meeting brought along some changes.
Obituaries
Published: 3/13/2013 10:42:14 AM
William G. Dady
William G. Dady of Sun City West, Ariz., died on Feb. 24, 2013, with his wife and family by his side. He was 91 years old.
He was born on Sept.
Milestones
Published: 3/26/2013 8:24:33 PM
Benjamin Michael Evenhus
Benjamin Michael Evenhus, son of Grant Evenhus and Kylie Blacken Evenhus of Tigard, was born on Feb. 6, 2013, in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Portland.
Big-to-do!
Published: 3/25/2013 2:27:05 PM
COMMUNITY
The Wilsonville Public Library hosts the weekly meeting of the “Get to Work!” job search support group from 10-11 a.
Published: 3/19/2013 1:02:35 PM
COMMUNITY
The Wilsonville Public Library hosts the weekly meeting of the “Get to Work!” job search support group from 10-11 a.
Published: 3/11/2013 1:46:41 PM
COMMUNITY
The Wilsonville Public Library hosts its inaugural meeting of its writers group at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Rose Room at the library, 8200 S.
Published: 3/5/2013 1:30:26 PM
COMMUNITY
Irish Culture in Tualatin is ongoing at Historic Winona Grange #271, located at 8340 S.W. Seneca Street, Tualatin. There are Irish dance classes (Céilí) for those 13 and up from 7-9 p.
Top stories
Published: 3/19/2013 1:23:33 PM
When Wood Middle School parent and volunteer Bonnie Sawyer found out she had cancer, at least one sizable group of people immediately stepped in to help.
Published: 3/11/2013 2:12:16 PM
The paint is fading and the south side of the roof is draped with a blue plastic tarp to keep out the rain.
But the modest bungalow that fronts S.
Published: 3/8/2013 2:33:50 PM
The server problem affecting web access and phone transactions used to conduct firearms-related background checks last Friday were resolved by Saturday morning, according to Oregon State Police.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:28:32 PM
The Clackamas County Clerk’s Office was apologizing again last week over a misprint on the voters pamphlet for Wilsonville voters regarding the special election for Ballot Measure 3-421.
Published: 3/5/2013 1:41:21 PM
You’re riding your bicycle along a city street, when out of nowhere you feel a disorienting and uncomfortable surge of electricity.
Surprised, you look around for the source and see nothing.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:03:56 PM
A proposal to run a new Soaring Eagle zip line during all-night parties at Wilsonville’s Family Fun Center is getting a second review next week after concern from city management.
Published: 3/6/2013 5:14:12 PM
A burning trashcan filled the cafeteria with smoke at Wood Middle School today, causing concern among students.Principal Barb Soisson said that after some paper plates caught fire in a microwave, students pulled the smoking plates out of the oven and threw then in a plastic garbage can.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:12:46 PM
Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System, or PERS, is the proverbial elephant in the room when it comes to the state legislature’s efforts to craft a budget for the 2013-15 biennium.
Published: 3/13/2013 12:15:50 PM
Wilsonville voters, all 29.1 percent of them, overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure last Tuesday that will allow the city to offer property tax rebates to companies that invest in six select commercial properties within city limits.
Published: 3/18/2013 12:11:33 PM
Three Oregon City men were arrested early Saturday morning in connection with the theft of numerous street signs, including several allegedly stolen in Wilsonville.
Published: 3/20/2013 9:06:44 AM
Despite strong words from the owners of a nearby apartment complex, Wilsonville’s Family Fun Center should get the temporary use permit it’s after.
However, it comes at a cost.
Published: 3/25/2013 2:35:51 PM
If there’s such a thing as an amicable divorce, this may well qualify.
The Wilsonville City Council on Monday voted to “negotiate a mutual termination” of tenancy with the Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce at the Wilsonville Visitor’s Center, thereby signaling the imminent end of an operating agreement between the city and Chamber that has been in place for well over a decade.
Published: 3/25/2013 4:36:08 PM
The state wants you to drive less, and Metro has to make that happen.
The state’s goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are believed to contribute to climate change.
Published: 3/25/2013 4:41:07 PM
U.S. Navy veteran Edward Everett Hale spent three years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during the Second World War.
He managed to survive the experience and lived to be 77 years old before passing away in 1996.
Published: 3/26/2013 9:12:08 PM
Wilsonville scored an economic coup Tuesday, with the announcement that Stream Global Services will be relocating its Beaverton service center to Wilsonville starting sometime mid-summer.
Published: 3/27/2013 9:59:25 PM
A labor and delivery nurse who’s accustomed to using the most modern technology to save newborns in jeopardy relied on just her own skills early Wednesday morning to try and save a man’s life.
Sports
Published: 3/29/2013 6:03:48 PM
Although he’ll be graduating from Wilsonville
High School this spring, Mat
Merrick will still be able to play for the Wildcats.
The Linfield College
Wildcats.
Published: 3/1/2013 9:47:35 PM
The Wilsonville boys basketball team isn’t done yet.
It advanced to the state quarterfinals for the fifth year in a row, engineering a 59-47 win over Redmond on the road Friday night in the Class 5A round of 16.
Published: 3/20/2013 4:48:46 PM
The era of counting sets or games to break a tie in a
Northwest Oregon Conference boys tennis dual meet is over.
The league’s coaches voted last year to include a fifth
doubles match, meaning there are now nine points up for grabs — not eight — in
each conference competition.
Published: 3/27/2013 4:25:03 PM
The
Wilsonville wrestling team is in its mat room for a practice early in the
season, and Bug Lydy isn’t consciously thinking about her gender.
Then she feels
the hesitation.
Published: 3/22/2013 2:33:15 PM
My cellphone buzzed with a text message from Wilsonville boys basketball coach Chris Roche.
“Were you at our game today?”
It was a Saturday evening earlier this month, and the Wildcats had defeated West Albany that morning to earn fourth place at the Class 5A state tournament in Eugene.
Published: 3/24/2013 3:16:13 PM
Five games into the season, the Wilsonville girls lacrosse team has climbed to the top of the state rankings.
The surging Wildcats grasped the No. 1 spot with a landmark 12-11 win over third-ranked Oregon City on the road March 21.
Published: 3/24/2013 3:27:42 PM
The Wilsonville track and field team won two boys events and one girls race March 20 at the Sherwood Coed Relays, a non-scoring meet featuring eight teams.
Published: 3/24/2013 3:35:15 PM
The Wilsonville softball team earned its second win over a Class 6A opponent with a 7-5 decision over Tigard at home March 20.
It was the third victory in four games for the Wildcats, who had lost 5-0 to Tualatin on the road two days earlier.
Published: 3/19/2013 2:46:56 PM
The Wilsonville softball team defeated Centennial 6-1 on the road Friday in nonleague play.
The visiting Wildcats began to pull away in the third inning when Rebecca Ollison looped an RBI-single into shallow right field, followed two batters later by Stephanie Stamnes’ RBI-bouncer through the middle for a 4-0 lead.
Published: 3/19/2013 4:44:52 PM
Megan Stites shot an eagle on the par-5 fifth hole, providing a highlight for the Wilsonville girls golf team March 18 at St. Helens Golf Course.
Unfortunately for the Wildcats, there weren’t enough highlights to go around.
Published: 3/13/2013 3:28:51 PM
The Wilsonville girls golf team probably won’t be able to
replace Juhee Lee with one player.
But it might be able to fill her void by committee, rolling
forward without the graduated senior who led them to a fourth-place trophy at
last year’s state tournament.
Published: 3/2/2013 7:03:14 PM
The season didn’t end exactly the way the Wilsonville wrestling team wanted it to.
There were no district titles. No first-round victories at the state meet for any of its five representatives.
Published: 3/8/2013 11:48:18 AM
The parade of Wilsonville football players to the college ranks continued Thursday as senior Nick Highberger signed a letter of intent to play at Bucknell University.
Published: 3/9/2013 12:06:59 PM
EUGENE — Wilsonville senior Dylan Livesay patiently held the ball as seconds vanished from the clock. With the game tied at 47-47, the Wildcats did not want to give West Albany another shot.
Published: 3/6/2013 3:12:54 PM
EUGENE — Mountain View shrugged off a sluggish first half to race past the Wilsonville boys basketball team, 49-39, in Wednesday’s state quarterfinal matchup.
Published: 3/7/2013 9:26:26 AM
EUGENE — The Wilsonville boys basketball team kept its season alive by knocking off Sandy, 52-36, in the Class 5A consolation bracket Thursday at Matthew Knight Arena.
Published: 3/7/2013 5:55:56 PM
In a 34-second YouTube video, Emily Hooper shows why she’s ready for collegiate soccer.
It’s late September, and the Wilsonville girls soccer team is deadlocked at 2-2 in a preseason game against Crescent Valley.
Published: 3/7/2013 7:37:15 PM
Even near her own goal, Elyse Laurin would catch opponents off guard.
After controlling the ball in the Wilsonville girls soccer team’s own territory, the standout senior would occasionally dribble up the line on her own to create offensive chances for her teammates.
Published: 3/6/2013 10:54:37 AM
The college level didn’t seem to stifle Kevin Marshall.
In his first season at Regis, the Wilsonville alumnus was
named to the all-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference third team, as recently
announced by the league office.
Published: 3/6/2013 11:46:27 AM
Two members of the Wilsonville girls basketball team earned
all-league honors this season, with senior Brynn Lio and freshman Caitlin
Malvar both receiving spots on the Northwest Oregon Conference second team.
Published: 3/6/2013 12:47:50 PM
Dakota “Kody” Rhodes didn’t show any
rust in the Western Oregon track and field team’s first
outdoor meet of the season.
The Wilsonville alumnus was honored as an athlete of the week in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference after winning two events March
2 at the Willamette Opener in Salem.
Published: 3/12/2013 11:41:20 PM
Toward the end of a promotional video to preview its upcoming season, the Wilsonville baseball team makes a proclamation in writing: “We are ready.”
Well, are they?
“We have a really talented group of kids,” said Matt Kosderka, who enters his 10th year at the helm.
Published: 3/14/2013 2:31:12 PM
The Wilsonville girls lacrosse team has come a long way in four years.
In 2009, the high school squad was floundering. Interest was waning. Numbers were dropping at an alarming rate.
Published: 3/15/2013 12:48:12 PM
Joe English
didn’t hesitate when he found out about the opening.
Although he knew
little about the Wilsonville boys lacrosse team, he had heard plenty about the
school — and the city in general.
Published: 3/15/2013 3:44:45 PM
It speaks volumes about the Wilsonville boys golf team that
a seventh-place finish at the state tournament could be considered a down year.
Indeed, the Wildcats had placed in the top four in five of the
previous six seasons, so they’re hoping to start another string of
hardware-winning campaigns
“This year, we are looking to improve on our seventh-place
finish at state from last year,” coach Jeff Deeder said.
Published: 3/15/2013 11:42:29 PM
It seems the Wilsonville track and field team can always count on two things: losing standout athletes to graduation and returning with plenty more of the same.
Published: 3/16/2013 7:20:45 PM
Wilsonville softball coach Dan Kane was clear about the goal for his team this year.
Although the Wildcats finished last season with a sub-.500 record and an early playoff exit, they feel the pieces are in place for one of the best potential campaigns in program history.
Published: 3/24/2013 3:23:47 PM
The Wilsonville baseball team is hoping for a sunny ending to its preseason.
The Wildcats were slated to play four games in the Los Angeles area over spring break, starting their journey with a March 26 doubleheader against Anaheim-Servite and concluding their stay with a March 28 doubleheader against Westlake Village-Oaks Christian.
Published: 3/29/2013 2:33:47 PM
The
Wilsonville softball team spent March 27 relaxing in the sun, lounging by the
pool and enjoying its final day in Las Vegas.
As far as
coach Dan Kane was concerned, it was a well-deserved ending to the Wildcats’
spring-break trip.
Schools & Kids
Published: 3/26/2013 8:48:56 PM
A number of candidates both old and new declared their candidacies for three open seats on the West Linn-Wilsonville school board last week.
Board chair Keith Steele will run for re-election at his position, while vice chair Dale Hoogestraat plans to bow out after nine years on the board.
Published: 3/5/2013 1:43:40 PM
Laura Kosloff, an international exchange coordinator for the nonprofit EF Foundation for Foreign Study (EF Foundation), the leader in high school cultural exchanges, is currently accepting applications for host families for the 2013-2014 school year.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:01:57 PM
Portland robotics regional open to the public March 9
The Wilsonville High School Robotics Team 1425 Error Code Xero will be taking part in the U.S. First Portland robotics regional on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
Published: 3/12/2013 3:29:44 PM
Three West Linn schools will benefit this year from improvements funded through the 2008 voter-approved capital improvement bond.
West Linn-Wilsonville School District Director of Operations Tim Woodley provided an update on the upcoming projects at the school board’s most recent meeting.
Published: 3/20/2013 8:57:23 AM
West Linn-Wilsonville School Board members took a break from more serious budget and legislative discussions at its last meeting to celebrate the announcement of a National School Board Association grand prize in architectural design awarded to Trillium Creek Primary School, and by extension, Lowrie Primary School.
Police Fire Logs
Published: 3/26/2013 8:40:36 PM
Wilsonville Police reported the following incidents. The department is run under contract by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Published: 3/20/2013 9:25:24 AM
Wilsonville Police reported the following incidents. The department is run under contract by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Published: 3/12/2013 3:40:58 PM
Wilsonville Police reported the following incidents. The department is run under contract by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Community
Published: 3/19/2013 3:00:56 PM
Wilsonville Rotary members are calling their most recent fundraising dinner and auction one of the best they’ve ever had.It was “the best, not because of the funds we raised, but because of the overall enjoyable and entertaining atmosphere of the event,” said Heart of Gold co-chair Jake McMichael about the Feb.
Published: 3/14/2013 12:51:31 PM
Kelly Cianciotta of Scotch Plains, N.J., and Alec Jernstedt of Washington, D.C., are engaged to be married.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Joe and Jill Cianciotta of Scotch Plains, N.
Published: 3/14/2013 12:53:27 PM
Ariel Cochrun of Wilsonville and David Dobson of Poulsbo, Wash., are engaged to be married.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Keith and Susan Cochrun of Wilsonville.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:08:58 PM
By now, Grace Chapel members have become accustomed to the long lines.It’s more than just the lines of people waiting outside their doors on S.W. Boeckman Road for the start of their annual Community Rummage Sale, but it’s even the lines of those wanting to donate items.
Published: 3/5/2013 1:57:50 PM
When Walter Bauer came from Bethel, Missouri, to Aurora, Oregon, in 1863 he commented: “This country is not fit no how for our cabinet making trade. Nothing but fir wood.
Published: 3/8/2013 11:36:49 AM
Wood Middle School will host a clothing drive sale in the school gymnasium from 3:45-9 p.m. Friday, March 8, and from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 9.
The clothing drive is intended to raise money for Jr.
Published: 3/20/2013 9:45:40 AM
Call this one a resounding success.
Grace Chapel’s Community Rummage Sale March 8 and 9 raised more than $18,000, with Friday night’s $12,500 totaling more than the church earned last year over two days.
Published: 3/29/2013 8:52:14 AM
Scientist. Plant lover. Ceramic artist. World War II underground resistance fighter.
These are just a few of the words to describe William “Bill” Brun, 87, of Wilsonville, a retired botany professor who now surrounds himself with his vivid watercolor paintings, beloved ceramic pieces and dear wife Margaret.
Published: 3/25/2013 4:31:17 PM
Wilsonville photographer Kathi Lamm recently was named the Professional Photographers of Oregon 2013 Portrait Photographer of the Year at the PPO’s Annual Convention in Portland.
Published: 3/13/2013 4:28:54 PM
The city of Wilsonville is offering $25,000 through its Community Services Opportunity Grant to assist organizations and individuals in producing programs, projects or services that further educational, art or community leadership; encourage and promote diversity; foster advances in education, art or community leadership; or involve young people or the elderly in community activities.
Published: 3/14/2013 12:49:12 PM
A $200 plaque just didn’t seem like enough. Certainly not enough to commemorate the former Dammasch State Hospital, which once overlooked Wilsonville’s west side.
Published: 3/21/2013 5:59:00 PM
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City/Region
Published: 3/13/2013 3:55:55 PM
As St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday, March 17 approaches, Oregon State Police and local law enforcement are urging revelers to designate a sober driver and pledge not to get behind the wheel if you’ve been drinking.
Published: 3/19/2013 1:08:15 PM
Not everyone is on the same page.
But there seems to be consensus that in the future Wilsonville should look to attract large corporations with tax increment financing and other narrowly targeted financial incentives.
Published: 3/11/2013 2:26:19 PM
Wilsonville and Sherwood may be fierce rivals on the prep gridiron.
But when it comes to municipal government they are anything but.
This is particularly evident when it comes to a partnership that calls for Wilsonville to supply Sherwood with up to 5 million gallons of treated water per day from the Willamette River Water Treatment Plant.
Published: 3/5/2013 2:12:40 PM
The city’s Development Review Board, Panel A will hear a proposal on Monday, March 11, for a new Carl’s Jr. restaurant and multi-tenant commercial building in Wilsonville.
Published: 3/25/2013 2:56:02 PM
Questions over the future home of Wilsonville’s Arts and Technology High School appear to have been resolved for the next four years at the very least
After months of negotiation, the Wilsonville City Council on Monday approved without discussion a new, three-year lease between the city and West Linn-Wilsonville School District that will allow ArtTech, as it is popularly known, to stay in its current location at the former Willamette Valley Wesleyan Church on Town Center Loop.
Published: 3/25/2013 4:26:04 PM
The city of Wilsonville will open an online open house at from March 25 through April 8 for residents to learn about and give feedback on the ongoing Memorial Park parking lot project.
Published: 3/20/2013 9:16:43 AM
Building a Carl’s Jr. on a small parcel of property in north Wilsonville may seem logical, but this land actually has remained vacant for at least three decades.
Published: 3/25/2013 2:47:05 PM
The use of deadly force on another human being is not something most people think about on a regular basis.
But if you carry a handgun or other deadly weapon in public, says Glenn Howard, you had better plan on doing exactly that.
Published: 3/25/2013 3:08:28 PM
The city of Wilsonville prides itself on its unique character.
This includes municipal government, where the city recently became the first in Oregon to join the “Healthy Eating, Active Living,” or HEAL Cities campaign.
Published: 3/11/2013 3:50:38 PM
Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System, or PERS, is the proverbial elephant in the room when it comes to the state legislature’s efforts to craft a budget for the 2013-15 biennium.
Published: 3/11/2013 2:18:34 PM
Not everyone is on the same page.
But there seems to be consensus that in the future Wilsonville should look to attract large corporations with tax increment financing and other narrowly targeted financial incentives.
Business
Published: 3/20/2013 8:34:54 AM
Buying and selling groceries is big business, even for the small guys.
Few know that better than Gale Lasko, one of three owners of Lamb’s Thriftway.
