http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128355685220244900 2010-09-04 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128355685220244900 en-us Those yearning to cultivate a garden shouldn’t let a lack of land squash their motivation. They can pepper the smallest area with crops because nothing "beets" home-grown produce when you’re trying to eat healthier and save money. “All of us are really concerned about ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128355672524700300 2010-09-04 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128355672524700300 en-us Vote to help My Father’s House My Fathers House, a Gresham shelter for homeless families, is trying to win a grant for $250,000 from Pepsi. To vote by phone, text 102474 to Pepsi (73774); or visit refresheverything.com/myfathershouseacommunityshelterinc. For more information on My ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128355646674554600 2010-09-04 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128355646674554600 en-us Every Sept. 2, Daniel Scott gets a little wistful. It’s not just his birthday — it’s the day his late father used to take him salmon fishing every year. “That’s a good memory,” he says, noting his father died in the winter of 2006. Scott says he’s learned ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128330432780792400 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128330432780792400 en-us Lucas stadium dedication set for Sept. 4 The Jeff Lucas Memorial Veterans Stadium will be dedicated before the first Corbett football game at the high school, 35800 E. Historic Columbia River Highway, at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4. The dedication ceremony will feature the Patriot Guard and the U.S. ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128329966966127800 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128329966966127800 en-us For the sixth year, the Friends of the Boring Station Trailhead Park is hosting the Boring Celebration to raise money to help pay for improvements to the park they hope will become the focal point of the Boring community. The wide-reaching event gathers the resources of the greater Boring ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128329954284589000 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128329954284589000 en-us Chamber to hold meeting, ribbon cutting Sept. 3 The Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its weekly AM “Connect with Success” meeting from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at La-Z-Boy Furniture, 407 N.W. Burnside Road, at 223rd Avenue. A ribbon cutting for Harry’s Fresh Deli ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128329928012466500 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128329928012466500 en-us Some places and business locations cut such an unassuming profile, the phrase “if you blink, you’ll miss it” seems fitting. Tucked away in the midst of the light-industrial Clear Creek Business Park at 223rd Avenue and Glisan Street, Harvest Mill Breadmakers is hard to find even ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128328978648038900 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128328978648038900 en-us Live Entertainment Edgefield Live Music Series – McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale. All shows are for ages 21 and older unless noted otherwise. For more information, visit mcmenamins.com/edgefield or call 503-669-8610. Bands set to appear this week include: • Whiskey ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128328947539135300 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128328947539135300 en-us Sandy Oktoberfest WHAT: This 12th annual event includes an indoor/outdoor biergarten with an array of American and German bands, dancers and entertainers, a sauerkraut and sausage booth, a weingarten with selected Oregon wines, a kindergarten for children, a car show on Saturday, craft booths, and ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128328919834764700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=128328919834764700 en-us As Sept. 11 approaches, Rip Caswell, owner of the Rip Caswell Sculptures & Gallery of Northwest Art in Troutdale, wants to celebrate the America that was attacked that day in 2001. “There’s just so much beauty in this land,” he says. “We just have some amazing landscape ...