Sweet notes for veterans
Culver Elementary students make valentines for Oregon Veterans Home residents Thank you for keeping us safe, Thank you for your service, Happy Valentine s Day, the colorful greeting cards say.
The cheerful drawings with hearts, stars and flowers are sure to bring smiles to lonely military veterans.
Culver Elementary School students created these valentines for residents of the Oregon Veterans Homes in The Dalles and Lebanon. COVID-19 hit the Oregon Veterans Homes in The Dalles and Lebanon hard, said Jefferson County Veterans Service Officer Laura Moore.
She noted that COVID hit the Lebanon veterans home early in the pandemic, resulting in eight deaths, and The Dalles home had three deaths.
East Clackamas warming shelters open, but not in all areas
Sandy, Estacada homeless population will have to travel to seek warmth amid winter weather conditions
As temperatures are expected to drop this week, many without housing in the Sandy and Estacada areas are seeking shelter. At Estacada Food Bank, at least 32 of their regular customers are people who are homeless and have been camping in neighboring wooded areas for some semblance of shelter. Additionally, 20 customers live in vehicles and 28 customers categorized themselves as unhoused.
In Sandy, the city has seen an increase in people who are homeless coming in during the pandemic, but Kirsten Pitzer with the Sandy Community Action Center says because of a lack of warming shelters nearby, she suspects those folks bus out of town on the weekends to the Portland metro area where warming shelters are more plentiful.
Thanks to Tribune, still covering some big stories decades later February 10 2021
My View: Difficult decisions have repeatedly been made, especially during economic downturns, to keep the paper viable and relevant. Many newspapers across the country have not survived.
It has been an honor to work for the Portland Tribune on behalf of its readers for 20 years. As the first reporter hired in late 2000, I felt privileged to help launch the first new general interest newspaper in the city since the Oregon Journal folded 19 years earlier. I sincerely believe the city continues to benefit from its focus on local news, sports and events.
Twenty years, good friends, fond memories; all while hitting deadlines February 10 2021
My View: More than anything, the people have made the Tribune what it is. We had a lot of people in January 2001, and a few of us remain.
Outside the walls of the original downtown Portland office and our fledgling staff, cynics questioned why somebody would start a newspaper in the year 2001 and especially in a city that already had an established newspaper, The Oregonian.
A lot of people believed that the Portland Tribune wouldn t make it to 2002.
While readers and media members welcomed the new, colorful, informative and entertaining Portland Tribune, many of them predicted doom; believe me, I heard it all, including from staffers at The Oregonian, although their opinions meant nothing.