Tualatin Life

05/04/2024

Congratulations, Officer Grimmett!

Hats off to Officer Taylor Grimmett for graduating the police academy this past week! Your hard work, perseverance, and achievements are truly inspiring. Wishing you all the success in your career as a Tualatin law enforcement officer. We’re happy to have you!

04/04/2024

After a three-year break, Hazelbrook Middle School's Famous and Fabulous "Dessert Night" is back and better than ever! This year's event, scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, features a Silent Auction and performances by the school's Choir, Band, and Orchestra - details in the comments below.

02/04/2024

Our friends at Gile Group Inc. are hosting a Free Community Shred Day on Saturday, April 20. A great opportunity to shred those no-longer-needed tax forms! If you've never attended (this is their 9th year offering this free community resource), you're in for a festive atmosphere, complete with Hot Dogs and Sodas, giveaways, and Live Music by the Tualatin High School Band!

31/03/2024

Easter is a time for renewal and growth. We're grateful for our readers and partnerships with local Tualatin businesses and community groups. Happy Easter to All!

31/03/2024

Here's a cool story from our sister-newspaper, Tigard Life:

30/03/2024

Know anyone that needs a job? Our friends at Integrity Staffing are paying $100 cash for referrals!

Big shoutout to Georgio Salas for an amazing referral! 🎉

Don't miss out on our referral bonus program: earn $100 cash for each person who completes 80 hours on the job! 🤑

There's no limit to how many people you can refer, and this program is here to stay! 🚀

24/03/2024

Tualatin Pride Stride is back for a second year! This year's event, a one-mile walk that starts and begins at the Tualatin Commons, is scheduled for June 22 at 10 a.m.

Last year’s inaugural Pride Stride was so successful we’re back for another year! Pride Stride 2024 remains committed to centering the needs and voices of the LGBTQIA+ (Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Q***r and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and allies) community in Tualatin. Pride Stride 2024 aims to build upon the inaugural event’s success and see the event grow in our preparation, publicity, community engagement, and event scope. Pride Stride 2024 will be a success when members of our community feel safe to participate in all aspects of this celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community in Tualatin.

21/03/2024

The Tualatin Lions Club is getting ready to host its 51st Annual Easter Egg Hunt and photos with the Easter Bunny at the Tualatin Community Park on Saturday, March 30th. There will be separate hunts for different age groups, and a very special hunt with beeping eggs for the visually impaired. The hunt is FREE, but the Lions Club will be accepting donations of non-perishable foods and cash for the Tualatin Food Pantry and will be selling fresh popcorn, sodas, and water (Just $1 ea.!) with all proceeds going to support the Lions' charitable projects throughout the community!

Details are in the comments below.

14/03/2024

Calling All Poets!

The deadline for entries into the Tualatin Historical Society's Arbor Month Poetry Contest is this Sunday, March 17. Get your entries in now!

With April comes the beginning of Spring and National Poetry Month, but more is in store! Tualatin Historical Society is hosting its 3rd Annual Arbor Day Poetry Contest. This is a unique opportunity to submit your poetry and be recognized by your fellow writers.  These are the requirements. All poe...

09/03/2024

Prepare for better weather! Pre-order your hanging baskets now.

https://www.thegardencorner.com/hanging-baskets/pre-orders/

05/03/2024

We'd like to give a shout-out to Charlie Rollins, Tualatin's 2023 Employee of the Year – Be sure to congratulate him if you see him out and about in Tualatin!

Charlie Rollins was the man of the hour at the Feb. 12 Tualatin City Council meeting when City Manager Sherilyn Lombos announced that he was the 2023 Employee of the Year. She said that the designation was designed to recognize the work and actions of city employees who bring credit to the city and....

04/03/2024

TUALATIN POLICE SEEKING PUBLIC'S HELP IDENTIFYING TUALATIN BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT:

On Friday, March 1, 2024, at approximately 4:56 PM, the suspect, shown in the photos, entered Unitus Community Credit Union, located at 7495 SW Bridgeport Rd, in Tualatin. The suspect presented a note to the teller demanding large bills of cash. The teller gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash and the suspect exited the bank before police arrived.

The suspect was described as a white male adult, approximately 5’9” tall, average build, wearing a tan dress shirt with a black striped necktie, tan pants and a tan baseball cap. He was also wearing skin-colored prosthetic gloves, an orange curly-haired wig underneath his baseball cap and sunglasses. And, the suspect was possibly wearing a skin-colored prosthetic nose with prosthetic cheeks.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is asked to contact Tualatin Police Detective Brent Powell at 503-691-4800 and reference case #24-004148.

No further information at this time.

04/03/2024

Nice interview with Tualatin Mayor Frank Bubenik from our friends at KOIN 6:

Tualatin Mayor Frank Bubenik discussed the city’s new Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Advisory (IDEA) committee, the Tualatin Moving Forward project, and curbside composting with KOI…

03/03/2024

Tualatin played a role in the sounds of the '60s, and this Wednesday, Don Rogers will present “When the ‘Sunn’ Shined in Tualatin” at the Tualatin Heritage Center. All are invited.

Don Rogers is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge about 1950s and ‘60s rock ‘n’ roll bands in the Pacific Northwest. But he’s not a dry-statistics kind of guy, he’s more of an “Entertainment Tonight”-style purveyor of that era with countless stories of personal encounters with the famo...

02/03/2024

Celebration of Creativity, one of the area's largest art exhibits and sales, is celebrating it's 45th year, and continues through this weekend.

The Celebration of Creativity Fine Art Exhibit and Sale is excited to be celebrating 45 years of showcasing emerging and established Pacific Northwest artists. Come join us in a beautiful array of creative talent displayed in a gallery setting. The work of over ninety artists will feature paintings,...

02/03/2024

We have a new artist featured at the Living Room Gallery in the Tualatin Public Library this month, and some of you may remember Jeannine from Tualatin High School, where she taught Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Multicultural Art classes to high school students for the last 21 years.

Beginning this month and extending through May, the Living Room Gallery in the Tualatin Library will have on display the artwork of a local legend – Jeannine Miller. You may know or remember Jeannine from Tualatin High School, where she taught Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Multicultural Art ...

01/03/2024

Tualatin's Logan Sunnell overcomes significant obstacles and brings home the School's FIRST State Wrestling title!

Where would Logan Sunnell be without wrestling? His drive for greatness on the wrestling mat has kept him going after multiple knee surgeries, and it was a wrestling technique – a mat return – that helped him take down his assailant after he was stabbed in the chest nearly two years ago.  The T...

20/02/2024

They've Done It Again!!

The Tualatin Varsity Coed Cheer team are the USA Spirit National Champions for the second year in a row! Bring your cameras, and let’s welcome the hometown 2024 USA Spirit National Cheer champs TONIGHT, Monday, February 19, 2024 at the Portland International Airport, Alaska Airlines: 1069, Arrival time: 11:27 PM PST

17/02/2024

Happy Saturday. Get up, get out, and get here for a Station Breakfast Burrito w/hashbrowns. Breakfast is now Thursdays thru Sunday 7am-1pm. Have a great weekend. Be safe Everyone.

15/02/2024

We're seeing hints of sunshine today, maybe your lucky day?

Share the Love Tualatin! Each week in February more hand blown glass hearts will be hidden in Tualatin's parks and trails. Keep an eye out for one of these special hearts. If you find one, keep for yourself or share the love by giving it to a friend or hiding for someone else to find. Take a picture, set your post to public, and tag us at https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/recreation/share-love

14/02/2024

Exciting news!

Veterans Plaza construction starts soon! Temporary fencing will be put up around Tualatin Lake at the Commons on Wednesday, February 21st.

To stay up to date along with what areas will be fenced off, please follow the link below.
https://pulse.ly/ti8yhnvbni

14/02/2024

Sandra Johnson Lafky (1956-2024)
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” Mother Theresa
https://www.tualatinhistory.org/innews/sandra-johnson-lafky

09/02/2024

We'd like to give a shout-out to local artist (and occasional Tualatin Life contributor) Angela Wrahtz, who received the City of Tualatin's prestigious Community Enhancement Award earlier this year.

Thanks for all you do in Tualatin, Angie!

Before the holidays swept in at the end of last year, Tualatin City Council met in November, and part of their agenda was to make a commendation of the Community Enhancement Award. This award was created by the Tualatin Arts Advisory Committee (TAAC) in 2009 as a way to better promote and recognize....

09/02/2024

With rising rents and rising interest rates (which have been dropping a bit lately), many people are wondering if it makes sense to purchase a home.

Maybe you're not sure if you have enough for a down payment or you have a few blemishes on your credit report.

Local mortgage broker Tim McBratney and Realtor® Marie Conser are hosting a complimentary homebuyers’ seminar at Symposium Coffee in Tigard on Saturday, February 17.

Having personally attended a previous seminar, I can attest that there's a wealth of information and Tim and Marie can help with just about any situation – and if they can't help, they can certainly put you on the path of homeownership by letting you know what you need to do to make it happen.

Are you dreaming of owning your own home, but the prospect of navigating the complex world of real estate seems daunting? Well, you’re in luck! On Saturday, Feb. 17, we invite you to a special Home Buyer’s Seminar that will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to make your homeownersh...

30/01/2024

Last year, we heard from so many people who were unsuccessful in finding a glass heart in Tualatin parks. This year, Share the Love is bigger and better than ever – and we wanted to make sure that local Tualatin residents were the first to know:

Tualatin is bringing the love back bigger and spreading it wider next month in an expanded fourth edition of the city’s popular annual handblown glass heart hunt. Stealthy city employees will stash at least 400 of the glass treasures over 300 acres of parks, trails, and natural areas for this year...