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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, which celebrates its 100th birthday in 2022, is offering its annual discount off the yearly parking permit during December. ....
For the love of history By Sue Stafford David Banks, right, at a Civil War reenactment in Camp Sherman with âAbe Lincoln.â photo provided Long-time Sisters resident David Banks remembers a day long ago when he rode down Cascade Avenue on the back of a Triumph motorcycle on his way to the B Bar B tavern. He was familiar with Sisters because his parents had a place at Black Butte Ranch where he visited often. When things changed for him in Palo Alto, California, where he was living, he made the decision to “matriculate north,” to Sisters. He had a best friend in Tumalo and Banks decided to settle in Tollgate, where he and his wife Adrienne raised their children, John and McKenzie, who attended Black Butte School, graduating from Sisters High School. ....
Grant s Getaways: Washington County s Land of the Giants There are more than a hundred giant sequoias across Forest Grove, and many are at least 140 years old. One of them is the largest tree in the state. Author: Grant McComie Updated: 7:41 PM PST December 11, 2020 WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. If you think your Christmas tree is a real beauty this season, Grant McOmie says this week’s getaway may find you feeling, or wanting, a bigger tree! He takes us to the Land of the Giants: giant sequoias that seem to touch the sky and are more than a century old. The trees are known for their age, their size and the stories that link them with the roots of Oregon history. ....