A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2020 season on Wednesday, March 4, according to the center’s website. The facility will receive a final winter cleaning from a volunteer crew on Saturday, February[Read More…]
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January events at the Banks Public Library
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – A Banks Public Library approach to garnering new readers continues with many interesting programs on the January 2020 calendar, many that occur monthly. The library will close at 5 p.m. on December 31, and will be closed all day on January[Read More…]
Banks Inaugural Christmas parade begins 6 p.m. today
Photo: Banks Fire District BANKS – Move over, Banks BBQ. There’s a new parade in town. Starting at 6 p.m. today (Saturday, Dec. 21) and going along the same route as the popular summertime parade, the inaugural Banks Christmas Parade, with about 20 floats as of publishing time, is the[Read More…]
December events at the Banks Public Library
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – A Banks Public Library approach to garnering new readers continues with many interesting programs on the December calendar, many that occur monthly. Read to the Dog! Returns on the first and third Tuesday of each month (December 3 and 17) from[Read More…]
November events at the Banks Public Library
BANKS – A Banks Public Library approach to garnering new readers continues with many interesting programs on the November calendar, many that occur monthly. For instance, Friday, November 8 at 1:30 p.m. the 2019 Reading Challenge book group, which meets at the library the second Friday of each month presenting[Read More…]
Book sale, Yoga, dogs and more coming to Banks Public Library
The 2018 Banks Public Library book sale. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – Much is happening at the Banks Public Library in October, stretching from yoga lessons to building confidence by reading to a nonjudgmental audience, Marlena the dog. Coming up immediately is the Friends of the Banks Library fall book[Read More…]
Irish Ceili event planned for Hahn farm in Banks September 28
The Hahn barn. BANKS – Two local Irish heritage groups are combining efforts to put on an authentic Irish Ceili (pronounced Kay-lee), a community dance event similar to square dancing, at Shirley Hahn’s barn, located on her family’s fourth-generation homestead in Banks, on September 28 from 7 p.m. to 10[Read More…]
‘Great Grains’ event returns to Forest Grove-area farm
Grain at the Spiesschaert farm. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE – On Saturday, September 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Spiesschaert Farms, located at 3150 NW Thatcher Road on the outskirts of Forest Grove, is hosting a free, family-friendly event exploring the reintroduction of locally-raised whole grains, and introducing[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust will host ‘Routebeer’ event to recognize supporters
The Tillamook Forest Center is home to a replica fire lookout tower. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust, an Oregon nonprofit organization that has spearheaded projects and initiatives in the Tillamook State Forest such as the Tillamook Forest Center, the Salmonberry Trail, and the[Read More…]
River cleanup comes to the Wilson River on September 21
The Wilson River near the Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook-based nonprofit Wilson River Cleanup Group (WRCG) is holding its annual river cleanup September 21, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The group wants to make sure the river may be enjoyed by[Read More…]