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There's a new chef in town up at Timberline Lodge, Jason Stoller Smith. He recently put together a great Northwest meal at the While House. Enjoy this news story on channel 12.
http://www.kptv.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks={videoid:4302506}
Music lovers on the mountain are disappointed to hear the news that the Timberline Mountain Music Series of free concerts has been cancelled this season.
Guess what! The forest service has received 4.25 million dollars of stimulus money. Some of this money will be used to work on the infrastructure of Timberline Lodge. Some of this work will be done this summer at Timberline therefore halting the concert series due to construction.
The new principle, Alex Leaver is from Patton Middle School in the McMinnville School
District! Details may be found at the Oregon Trail Welches Website:
http://www.oregontrailschools.com/welcheses/site/default.asp
Welcome to the Mountain Alex Leaver!
You know its summer on the mountain when the arty funky buses pull into the Hoodland shopping center filled with kids who swamp local stores. These kids are from all over who visit our area to attend ski and snowboarding camps.
Shawn White, who won Gold in the 2010 Canadian Olympics for half pipe, brought untold publicity to the Mt. Hood area with our year round summer skiing and boarding. This was one of the areas he trained at throughout his career and we garnered great advertising for the Palmer Glacier, Timberline, and all our surrounding burbs of Government Camp, Welches, Rhododendron and Brightwood. We have two re-known camps in our area, Windells, in Brightwood and High Cascade in Government Camp. Shawn attended Windells.
Here is an article in OregonLive that gives more details on our summer treasure. At nearly $1500-$1800 per week for campers to attend, this gives a major shot in the arm economically to local business owners who garner the spending of the kids and often their parents who vacation in our state while their kids are in camp.
Mt. Hood has seen its share of business closures due to tough economic times so this is a welcome reprieve and a shot of cash for many of our smaller businesses!
It's a big project and it's about to begin! There were several appeals recently for the new construction of the Sandy High School but they were all denied and contruction is slated to begin. The official groundbreaking will begin next Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Bell street. This will be a huge assett to the community.
The Sandy Planning Commission has approved the land use application for the new construction of the Sandy High School. Details can be found here from a recent Sandy Post article. Trees will start coming down soon. This quick approval will save thousands by getting started in the dry summer season vs. delays in the fall!
Most locals didn't even feel it but the short shake on May 14th just past noon was a 3.0 earthquake according to USGS. I was sitting down at the time and it did give a little movement. It felt as if a very large truck was driving by and shaking the windows.
Details can be found at the USGS website on this quake.
April 24, 2010
visit the local website for details
http://mthood-greenscene.net/default.aspx
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Recycling & Sustainability Fair Welches Middle School Welches, Oregon April 24, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
| The Mt. Hood Green Scene is a recycling event and sustainability fair sponsored by the Sustainable Hoodland Network, the Villages at Mt. Hood, and the Clackamas County Office of Sustainability. It was funded by a grant from Portland Recycling Team. In tandem with the Friends of the Hoodland Library's Used Book Sale Join us for: ☼ Music ☼ Food ☼ Student Displays ☼ Kids' Activities ☼ Local Green Businesses & Group Info ☼ Information for Living Green ☼ Blue Spruce tree giveaways |
According to the Oregon Department of Education, Sandy High School received an excellent rating for the school year 2008-2009! See the details here.
You can also visit the Sandy High School Web site.
For a snapshot of what the Oregon Trail School District is all about and what is going on with student achievement and the new high school, check out this resource: The 2009 Performance Report. It is excellent in explaining what is going on within the Oregon Trail School District.
This is a fun event called the ABC Auction "adults benefiting children" tonight at the Mt. Hood Village Resort in Welches (also locally called the RV Village).
There are weekend getaways, local artist's works, lift tickets, many local services and much more. February 20th
It's free with an optionsl $10 dinner-southern style menu by the New Blackberry Cafe. Featuring BBQ Ribs and Jambalays
Silent Auction 5-7 pm
Dinner 6-8 pm
Live Auction 7 pm
Here is the flyer with all details!
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