http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=128044762135483500 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=128044762135483500 en-us A 22-year-old Sherwood man was arrested by police on Wednesday, charged with taking under-skirt photographs of unsuspecting women at Sherwood’s Target department store. Police were notified by store security last week that an unidentified man had been recorded previously on store ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=128036749511393100 2010-07-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=128036749511393100 en-us If all goes as planned, Sherwood residents could soon be using a coveted shortcut to take them from Tualatin-Sherwood Road to Old Town. On Monday, the Sherwood City Council approved amending a development agreement that would allow the city to complete extending Adams Avenue from Tualatin Sherwood ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=128024847517629100 2010-07-27 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=128024847517629100 en-us The body of Sherwood’s Terry Christopher Bagan was recovered Monday, July 26, from the Willamette River near a boat dock at Rogers Landing in Newberg. Bagan, 46, had been missing since Oct. 28, when his pickup and an empty gun box were found near the boat landing. Sherwood police and the ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984012861599700 2010-07-26 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984012861599700 en-us On June 11, a Sherwood Family YMCA employee called police to report a teen pointing a gun at people in the facility’s lower parking lot. Less than 10 minutes later, three Sherwood police officers, a Tualatin officer, two King City officers and a Washington County sheriff’s deputy headed ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984145316926700 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984145316926700 en-us Sherwood Police responded to a residence located near Southwest Second and Oak streets to investigate a report that a hand grenade had been discovered during preparation for an estate sale July 16. According to Capt. Jim Reed, a spokesman for the Sherwood Police Department, the grenade was found ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984327535050600 2010-07-23 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984327535050600 en-us Bill Ryan is so enamored with water that he takes advantage of every opportunity he can to get wet by surfing, scuba diving and snorkeling. But the Sherwood resident also realizes that in addition to the recreational attributes of H2O, it has a tremendous societal and environmental purpose. So ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984256389036200 2010-07-27 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127984256389036200 en-us Some people dream about getting their 15 minutes of fame on the world stage and never achieve it, but one Sherwood girl is getting at least 15 seconds of fame. Susannah Morgan, 11, was cast last spring for a scene in the TNT show, “Leverage,” which is filmed in Portland. The show ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127983300984192400 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127983300984192400 en-us Nittaya holds her hands up when she hears the worship songs at church. The 18-month-old girl gives “Eskimo” kisses to her daddy and smiles when her mommy holds her after she wakes up. That’s quite a different story than two months ago when Kevin and Amanda Bates, both pastors, ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127915049125184800 2010-07-14 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127915049125184800 en-us Compliments of the McMinnville News-Register CARLTON — William “Bill” Middleton, longtime chief of police in Sherwood, will take over as chief in Carlton on July 21. Councilors approved his hiring Monday night, putting an end to almost a year of discussion and debate about the ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127903998657008300 2010-07-13 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127903998657008300 en-us Oregon’s unemployment rate in June was 10.5 percent, nearly the same as May’s 10.6 percent. State employment officials said Tuesday that the rate has not changed significantly for the past eight months, when it has been between 10.5 percent and 10.7 percent. A year ago, Oregon’s ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127898116266525400 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127898116266525400 en-us Mayor, council seats up for grabs Nov. 2 Those who want to be mayor of Sherwood or are seeking a spot on the Sherwood City Council have until Aug. 13 to apply. The two-year term of Mayor Keith Mays will be up at the end of the year as well as those of the following city council members and their ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127776819451797800 2010-06-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127776819451797800 en-us Three kittens abandoned in front of Sherwood’s Cat Adoption Team early Saturday morning will soon be headed for foster care. Kathy Covey, a spokeswoman for the no-kill cat shelter, suspects the kittens were dumped at the shelter because of that day’s big event -- Kitten Palooza, which ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127793718310389000 2010-06-30 15:33:03 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127793718310389000 en-us While some school districts around the state were frantically looking for ways to slash their 2010-11 budgets, including cutting school days, before approving their budgets as state law requires by June 30, the Sherwood School District was not in such a desperate situation. Wayne Lowry, the ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741982193263800 2010-06-27 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741982193263800 en-us What a difference a couple of years make. Former Sherwood Middle School drama teacher Jennie Brown went from having her play about bullying, “Higher Ground,” banned from being performed at the school in the spring of 2008 to seeing it presented with pride at a Connecticut middle school ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741872320042800 2010-06-27 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741872320042800 en-us Even in pharmacy school, P.J. Pitts pondered aloud what if she simply ended up as a pharmacist at a retail store. A fellow student mulled the question before responding, “You couldn’t do it. You were meant for greater things.” Those greater things occurred this winter when Pitts ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741690772288600 2010-06-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741690772288600 en-us The Sherwood City Council has approved an $11.4 million 2010-11 general fund budget, an increase of approximately $1.1 million over the current fiscal budget. The council approved the new budget, which also includes a larger contingency fund than in prior years, on June 1. City Manager Jim ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741468289636400 2010-06-26 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127741468289636400 en-us One of Sherwood’s largest and most unique recreational facilities is about to celebrate a decade in the business. In July, the Sherwood Ice Arena, dubbed “the coolest place in town,” turns 10. While business at the 200-by-85-foot rink was fairly slow during its first five years, ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127725731957649400 2010-06-22 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=127725731957649400 en-us A Sherwood resident who spent much of his career working for The Boeing Co. has been named the newest member of the National Transportation Safety Board. On Tuesday, June 22, the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Dr. Earl Weener to the prestigious five-member board. The board ...