Forest Grove Live

Gov. Ted Kulongoski ordered flags at all public institutions to be flown at half-staff Thursday in memory of Pfc. Erin L. McLyman of Eugene.
The 26-year-old died March 13 in Iraq from wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked her base with mortar fire. She was assigned to the 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat [...]

May you always have
Walls for the winds,
A roof for the rain,
Tea beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you,
Those you love near you,
And all your heart might desire!
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I just finished a long week of work today, and thought I’d splurge a little and go out into the Grove tonight for dinner.  But where to go?  Since I usually make a homeade pizza on my first night off of work, I thought of Papa Murphys.  But you still have to take it home [...]

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has ordered flags at all public institutions in Oregon to fly at half-staff beginning at sunrise Wednesday through sunset on Sunday in honor of state Treasurer Ben Westlund.
Westlund died of cancer on Sunday.
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Not sure who this guy is, but I did have a need to recycle some fluorescent bulbs today.  Naturally, all 4 in the laundry room looked shot, so I zipped on over to Home Depot and picked up a few packs.  (sorry Ace/ BiMart – I had to go out that way anyway)
A few hours [...]

As I was coming home from grocery shopping today I saw a few new signs around town…
FOR LEASE signs.
Last month it was Basco’s Burgers in Cornelius.  Thirty years in the business and then gone, just like that.
Today I saw Triple Point Biologics was empty.  They were the protein lab located between Dr Tidwell’s Dental Office [...]

I remember when I first moved to Forest Grove in ‘97.  There were at least 3 video stores.  Video USA was in the Safeway Shopping Center, Movie Madness was in my old strip mall next to Da Boys.  And I think there was a smaller video store next to Scotty’s that rented harder to find [...]