Eagle Creek News

Today's Veterans Day celebration is a daylong event that includes breakfast, parade, honorary ceremony and luncheon to honor military veterans.

Juan Martinez of Portland loads a Noble fir Christmas tree onto a truck Thursday to be shipped to Mexico from Cory Miller's Deep Creek Tree Farms in Eagle Creek.

Matthew Daniel Ingle checked himself into psychiatric wards three times in the 28 days before his fatal encounter with a Eagle Creek mother and daughter.

Overeaters Anonymous every Saturday, St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 297 N.W. Broadway, Annex Building, 8 a.m to 9 a.m. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome.

Estacada News is sponsoring a contest open to students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Good Morning Estacada this Thursday, Oct. 22, 8 a.m., ESTACADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE office, is hosted by Barbara Clare, financial advisor for Edward Jones.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that it is extending the coho season on the Clackamas and Sandy rivers and Eagle Creek through the remainder of the year.

Estacada Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a cleanup day at Wade Creek Park, 747 N.W. Wade St., to make the park look as nice as possible before the rains set in.

The city of Estacada, in partnership with Clackamas County, has drafted a natural hazards mitigation plan and is seeking public comment on the planning document.

CLACKAMAS - A near-record run of coho salmon has prompted officials with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to increase the daily bag limit to three fish on several Portland area streams.

A construction project on Oregon 224 in downtown Estacada will begin Tuesday. Phase 1, expected to be completed by January, includes converting the striped median into a raised planted median and installing a bike lane and landscape strips with trees, as well as new street lights and sidewalks upgraded for disability access.

Sandy Public Library, 38980 Proctor Blvd ., presents a two-day authors forum from 7 to 8 p.m. today and Friday, introducing a diverse group of local authors who will discuss their works and the journey to becoming published.

Estacada resident and registered sex offender Daniel W. Findley, 41, was arrested last week at Bonnie Lure State Park near Eagle Creek where children were playing and swimming.

Sandy Public Library, 38980 Proctor Blvd ., presents a two-day authors forum from 7 to 8 p.m. today and Friday, introducing a diverse group of local authors who will discuss their works and the journey to becoming published.

The Estacada School Board recently accepted a recommendation to preserve the Eagle Creek Annex and offer matching funds to maintain the building only if proponents can obtain grant funding to keep the 1900s-era structure from costing the district any more money.

When the Estacada Fourth of July parade begins at noon on Saturday, longtime Eagle Creek resident Joanne Broadhurst and her brother Tom Burnett will lead the way, marching down Main Street and Broadway waving to the hundreds of candy-hungry kids lining the streets.

ESTACADA RESIDENT BRANDY BATES will open Eagle Creek Daycare at Eagle Creek Elementary School this fall.

At 4:30 a.m. Thursday, June 4, this four-story house off Wildcat Mountain Road was fully involved in flames, challenging firefighters from four agencies to prevent fire from spreading to the nearby forest.

As barns, stables, and hobbyists across the globe feel the financial pinch of recession, horses are becoming more and more at risk for abandonment and neglect.

In the May 19 special election, four area residents are seeking three positions on the board of directors of the Boring Fire and Rescue District.