http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034300153422700 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034300153422700 en-us With their season barely over, West Linn youth baseball fans have found themselves in a new match-up. It’s the city of West Linn vs. West Linn Baseball Association. Youth sports supporters pummeled the city council with letters over the past week after learning of complaints about ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034247456610600 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034247456610600 en-us Joe Chan didn’t mean to let crews chop down two protected Douglas fir trees in his backyard, his attorney said last week. Chan didn’t comment at his arraignment in West Linn Municipal Court on Thursday. But his attorney, Erick Haynie, said Chan essentially pleaded not guilty, though a ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034317302965900 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034317302965900 en-us Evelyn Leisman Longtime West Linn teacher Evelyn Elizabeth Leisman died July 21, 2010 of natural causes. She was 90. Mrs. Leisman was born Dec. 10, 1919 in Oregon City to Albert Runyan and Anna E. Larson Runyan. She retired from the West Linn School District and was a lifetime member of ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034311481433400 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034311481433400 en-us Information for the public safety column comes from public records of the West Linn Police Department. Authorities recently filed reports on the following incidents. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 7/19 2:52 p.m.; A non-injury two-car accident occurred on the left shoulder of I-205. One driver feared the ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034230776185300 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034230776185300 en-us "No, no, no,” was Linda Neace’s answer when she was asked to start a chapter of the Soroptimist international club for West Linn and Lake Oswego. “I was wanting to join the Portland Soroptimists Club,” the West Linn business owner said. “But they wanted me to ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034196626460800 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128034196626460800 en-us If you ask me, it’s going to be the event of the summer in Portland. It’s a two-day benefit for Parkinson’s disease research, and to say the event will be star-studded doesn’t do it justice. Muhammad Ali. Michael J. Fox. Pat Riley. They’re coming to Portland because ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128033844874779700 2010-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=128033844874779700 en-us THURSDAY, JULY 29 · NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF BOOK PUBLISHERS – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fairfield Inn, 6100 S.W. Meadows Rd., Lake Oswego. If you have a book or are thinking of writing one come visit NWABP. Contact Cleon Cox III at 503-684-3581. · WATERLILY FESTIVAL AND INVITATIONAL ART SHOW ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973632308234200 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973632308234200 en-us In addition to being one of the best places to live or home to one of the finest school districts, West Linn is also the home of one of Oregon’s best newspapers: the West Linn Tidings. The staff of the Tidings took home nine awards over the weekend in the Oregon Newspaper Publisher’s ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973905732473900 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973905732473900 en-us After a couple of trial runs, the city of West Linn is ready to launch a new service that allows anyone to watch city council and planning commission meetings live online. Kirsten Wyatt, assistant to the city manager, said the new service increases government transparency and will help the public ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973655202863900 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973655202863900 en-us Troy and Gina Bundy’s neighbors think the couple should be able to keep their swimming pool and patio, even though they were built without permits and near a protected wetland. The West Linn City Council, however, isn’t convinced. A handful of neighbors who live near the Bundys on ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973892534604000 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973892534604000 en-us West Linn police following up on a traffic complaint from Lake Oswego arrested a man on drug-dealing charges on Friday. The case began with a complaint about a driver traveling erratically through downtown Lake Oswego and then heading south on Highway 43 toward West Linn. Officer Tony Poitras ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973872598206500 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973872598206500 en-us West Linn police arrested a Seattle woman Friday for allegedly driving drunk with her two young daughters in the car. Police responded at 8:47 p.m. Friday to a crash on Interstate 205’s south off-ramp at Highway 43. When Officer Mike Francis arrived, the driver was at a nearby gas station ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973865631754500 2010-07-21 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973865631754500 en-us On Friday, Hanna Hilton, 14, was crowned queen at the West Linn Old Time Fair. After hearing the news - delivered to her via a skydiving team before a captive audience - Hilton hugged her mom, Cynthia. Hilton and three other princesses - Ashley Jane Johnson, Tori Velasquez and Michaela Laughlin - ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973864993032700 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973864993032700 en-us Information for the public safety column comes from public records of the West Linn Police Department. Authorities recently filed reports on the following incidents. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 7/14 6:03 p.m.; A vehicle slid off the road and hit a house on Parkview Court. 7/16 6:07 p.m.; An ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973754465896200 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973754465896200 en-us The West Linn Tidings is welcoming two new writers to our team as well as adjusting our staffing to best serve West Linn. West Linn Tidings editor, Shasta Kearns-Moore, gave birth earlier this month to twin sons. Mother and family are doing well but, as can be expected, Kearns-Moore will be off on ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973623695789800 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973623695789800 en-us The cities of Tualatin and West Linn are again joining forces to fight the regional government’s move to expand urban growth into Stafford, but Lake Oswego is sitting out this battle. The fight will determine whether Stafford, a buffer of rolling hills and woodlands between the three cities, ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973603038088800 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127973603038088800 en-us While attending the West Linn Old Time Fair over the weekend – West Linn’s signature summer event filled with a parade, rides, music and plenty of games – attendees were caught saying some pretty funny things when they thought no one was listening. Overheard at the fair * ... http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127966571276511300 2010-07-22 00:00:00 http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=127966571276511300 en-us THURSDAY, JULY 22 · MARYLHURST TOASTMASTERS – 6:00 to 7:45 p.m. Baxter Hall, Marylhurst University. Learn how to improve your speaking and leadership skills. Open to all. Visit www.marylhursttoastmasters.org/ · IMPROV WITH IL TEATRO CALAMARI – 6:30 to 8:15 p.m., West Linn Library. ...