Estacada News

A local woman with serious safety concerns about Toyota and Lexus cars said: "I had a fleeting thought that this may be the day I die," she told KATU news.

Hazy the dog keeps pace with Julie Stapleton, whose tireless devotion to her work shows in her meticulous home and showroom/barn -- not to mention her painting studio, where students have come for weekly classes since she set up shop.

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.

An ODOT employee suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning after the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 224 in Carver and came to a rest partially submerged in the Clackamas River.

An estimated 8 to 10 percent of students in the Estacada School District are currently out sick, ESD Administrative Assistant Terri Lloyd said.

When the Estacada City Council approved a plan to establish a 3-cent gas tax to take care of city streets beginning in April 2010, the move prompted at least 195 people to take action and sign a referendum to let voters decide.

Estacada resident, Barbara Haggerty, died at her home Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. She was 80.

An Oregon City High School guidance counselor who shot himself Thursday was suffering from health problems that had kept him out of school since the summer.

Last year, the Estacada News issued an invitation for readers to share their tales of fact, fiction or folklore about local hauntings, UFO sightings, Sasquatch encounters and other unexplained mysteries, but no one responded.

Oregon City High School's counseling director killed himself at a campground near Estacada today, the Clackamas County sheriff's office reports.

Jason Guthu and his family lost their home, vehicle and possessions in an Oct. 27 fire.

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

Grace House is hosting "Haunted Trick or Treat," and turning Grace House into a Haunted House.

Firefighters were unable to save a home of Squaw Mountain Road. The residents were at work when the fire broke out, and no one was injured.

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.

On Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m., the Milwaukie Authors' Quarterly will introduce three authors, Ron Cogdill and Elena Ives, from Estacada, and Stanley Baldwin, from Milwaukie, at The Pond House, 2215 S.E. Harrison in Milwaukie, next to the Ledding Library.

Becky Ginsbach is a volunteer member of the Estacada Support Our Troops Foundation and chair of the Veterans Day event.

Estacada School District Board of Directors meeting tonight, 7:30 p.m., Estacada High School Music Wing, 355 N. 6th Ave.

Joseph L. O'Meara was awarded $3,125 as part of the Boeing Scholar program. The program requirements are a 3.2 grade point average and a business major.

The Nov. 11 Estacada Veterans Day celebration will include a motorcycle ride beginning in Gladstone, fighter jet flyover, parade, breakfast and luncheon and ceremony to honor veterans and active military personnel.