Estacada News

Larry Gyure, superintendent of the Estacada Cemetery District, set aside space in the shade of 150-foot Douglas firs for 16 graves at George Pioneer Cemetery.

Twenty-five miles east of downtown Estacada, near the Ripple Brook Ranger Station on Highway 224, a mentally disturbed Estacada man went on a rampage Nov.

Clackamas County Commissioner and former Estacada Mayor Bob Austin hosted a campaign kickoff on Nov.

A 1987 Toyota 4-Runner driven by Estacada resident Matthew Ingle collided with a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by Eagle Creek resident Pamela Benson on Highway 26 west of Sandy on April 25.

The Estacada High School Drama Department recreates the antics on a jazz-and-romance-filled ocean liner voyage in the Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes," Nov.

Former Estacada mayor Bob Austin, campaigning for re-election to position number two on the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners, will host a kickoff event at the Spiral Gallery, 341 S. Broadway, on Nov.

Estacada officials hope new sidewalks, lighting and center medians along Oregon 224 will draw more tourists into the downtown area.

Speaking to the Boring CPO last week, County Commissioner Lynn Peterson praised the new format of five commissioners instead of the three-person format that had them handcuffed for years.

Red Barn Cooperative Pre-School teacher Michele Pesznecker tells a group of students the story of "Stone Soup." The preschool opened in 1977 and holds morning classes Monday through Friday.

Estacada resident and Oregon Department of Transportation employee Richard L. Sain lost control of the Ford F-350 he was driving and crashed into the Clackamas River last week.

The Estacada Chamber of Commerce is hosting a lunch forum on Thursday, Nov. 19, at noon, at the Country Restaurant, 341 N.E. Main St.

Matthew Daniel Ingle checked himself into psychiatric wards three times in the 28 days before his fatal encounter with a Eagle Creek mother and daughter.

A local woman with serious safety concerns about Toyota and Lexus cars said: "I had a fleeting thought that this may be the day I die," she told KATU news.

Hazy the dog keeps pace with Julie Stapleton, whose tireless devotion to her work shows in her meticulous home and showroom/barn -- not to mention her painting studio, where students have come for weekly classes since she set up shop.

Overeaters Anonymous every Saturday, St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 297 N.W. Broadway, Annex Building, 8 a.m to 9 a.m. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome.

An ODOT employee suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning after the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 224 in Carver and came to a rest partially submerged in the Clackamas River.

An estimated 8 to 10 percent of students in the Estacada School District are currently out sick, ESD Administrative Assistant Terri Lloyd said.

When the Estacada City Council approved a plan to establish a 3-cent gas tax to take care of city streets beginning in April 2010, the move prompted at least 195 people to take action and sign a referendum to let voters decide.

Estacada resident, Barbara Haggerty, died at her home Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. She was 80.

An Oregon City High School guidance counselor who shot himself Thursday was suffering from health problems that had kept him out of school since the summer.