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What to know before you open Lake Oswego Reads novel
Editor's note: This story appears in the March issue of LO Monthly. The Lake Oswego Reads’ 2024 book selection “Honor” by Thrity Umrigar is an engrossing page-turner that is at times heart-wrenching, library special events coordinator Nancy Niland said. Still, she recommends readers persist — because hope is just around the corner. “I think people...
Go play: Fashion show, housing discussion and more!
Women’s Day Lunch and Fashion Show Nicoletta’s Table and Marketplace in Lake Oswego is hosting an International Women’s Day Luncheon and fashion show at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 8. The fashion show will feature Grapevine and Pigments, which will present spring fashion. The event costs $40. Housing discussion The Willamette Women Democrats will bring in...
Want to try gardening? Lake Oswego library has free seeds to get you started
The Lake Oswego Public Library provides library cardholders with the ingredients needed to cultivate a bountiful garden. Staffers at the community hub instituted a seed library — where residents can collect open-pollinated and heirloom seeds for things like vegetables, herbs and flowers — in 2023 and the program continues this year. The program was the brainchild of library staffer Rachel Hyde, and colleagues Alicia Yokoyama and Shannon Sedell said that...
Will Lake Oswego utilize growth boundary expansion opportunity? Officials say no
Though currently formulating a strategy for addressing housing needs in the next 20 years, the city of Lake Oswego does not plan to utilize a tool made easier this week by the Oregon Legislature — urban growth boundary expansion. The Legislature passed a housing package that would in part provide a more streamlined opportunity for cities within the Metro regional government to apply to extend their boundaries to make way for development. The bill, SB 1537, could result in as many as 300 more acres...
'You all just relax,' commissioner tells citizens concerned about Wichita Center
Dozens of people recently showed up to protest Clackamas County commissioners’ decision to terminate an agreement to provide food pantry, clothing closet, toiletry essentials and access to a variety of partner agencies serving homeless youth and families. North Clackamas school officials say that the commissioners’ decision to end the agreement early could impact the school district’s ability to provide community services out of the Wichita Center location starting June 30. ...
Lake Oswego Ladies Golf Club kicking off 2024 season
The Lake Oswego Ladies Golf Club (LOLGC) is welcoming new members to join them at the Charbonneau Golf Club (CGC) on Wednesday mornings starting April 3 for golf play. Since the Lake Oswego Municipal Golf Course is still closed due to renovations, LOLGC will continue to play in Charbonneau, a district of Wilsonville, this season. LOLGC’s season runs April through October with morning tee times for nine holes of play on one of CGC’s three executive-style courses. Throughout their seven-month season, the club has social...
Our TV picks for Wednesday, March 6: The Masked Singer, My 600-Lb. Life, Animal Control
The Masked Singer KPTV 8 p.m. The eleventh season of this curious and colorful singing competition kicks off, introducing a new panelist (Rita Ora, temporarily replacing Nicole Scherzinger) and sixteen new singers, including Goldfish, Book, Lizard, Ugly Sweater, Gumball and more. My 600-Lb. Life ...
OPINION: How we can reconsider our transportation priorities
The purpose of a transportation system is to safely facilitate the movement of people, goods and services from one location to another. It plays a crucial role in connecting different regions, enabling economic activities and promoting social interactions. But the way we prioritize transportation funding priorities is upside down. There are currently five big Oregon Department of Transportation projects underway in the Portland metro area in addition to numerous projects...
Lake Oswego representative’s AI bill is approved by legislature
This story was updated from its original version A bill related to artificial intelligence proposed by Rep. Daniel Nguyen, D-Lake Oswego, has been approved by the Oregon Legislature and awaits signature from Gov. Tina Kotek. In February, Nguyen introduced a bill that would create a 14-member task force to determine common language around artificial intelligence to help inform future lawmaking. ...
Lake Oswego representative’s AI bill is approved by legislature
This story was updated from its original version A bill related to artificial intelligence proposed by Rep. Daniel Nguyen, D-Lake Oswego, has been approved by the Oregon Legislature and awaits signature from Gov. Tina Kotek. In February, Nguyen introduced a bill that would create a 14-member task force to determine common language around artificial intelligence to help inform future lawmaking. ...
Bill will require school boards to post recordings of meetings
School boards would have to post recordings of their meetings within seven days of their occurrence under a bill headed to Gov. Tina Kotek. Senate Bill 1502 cleared the House on a 55-1 vote on Monday, March 4. The Senate approved it Feb. 21 on a 29-1 vote. Its chief sponsor was Senate President Rob Wagner, a Democrat from Lake Oswego who sat on the Lake Oswego School Board from...
As the Oswego Lake case resumes, both parties hope to have evidence excluded
Starting next month, representatives of plaintiffs Mark Kramer and Todd Prager and their opponents, the Lake Corporation and city of Lake Oswego, will make their cases to a trial jury regarding whether the city’s current strictures barring public access to Oswego Lake are valid. Prager and Kramer filed a petition challenging the city’s rules preventing lake access in 2012 and the case was heard at the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon Supreme Court before being remanded back to circuit court. A Clackamas County...
Countdown to sunshine: Spring is two weeks away
If the gloom and the cold are getting you down, a reminder that the spring equinox is exactly two weeks away, which usually means warmer, drier weather for the Pacific Northwest. KOIN 6 Meteorologist Kelley Bayern reports that the Portland metro area’s average daily high rises from 57 degrees in March to 69 degrees in May. The average monthly rainfall also drops from 3.97 inches to 2.51 inches. KOIN 6 News is a partner of the Pamplin Media Group. Find the original story here.
They came, they saw, they hiked: Oregon state parks see near-record visitations in 2023
You don’t have to tell Oregonians, or the tourists the state draws, to stop and smell the roses. Oregon State Parks continued to experience near record-breaking levels of both day use and camping in 2023. It was the second busiest year for day-use visits with an estimated at 52.2 million visits, just behind the historic record of 53 million in 2021, according to a release from the Oregon Parks and...
School notes: Changing the SySTEM, theater and more!
Lake Oswego If I Were Mayor contest submissions In partnership with the Oregon Mayors Association, Mayor Joe Buck is excited to announce the “If I Were Mayor...” contest for Lake Oswego students in grades 4-12. This contest encourages students to share their creative and inspiring ideas about what they would do as a mayor. The...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former co-producer visits Oregon to promote new Bucha film
A screenwriter who worked with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on comedies, before Zelenskyy became president of Ukraine, flew to Oregon on March 1 to explain how he’s turned to artistic and dramatic reenactments of recent history to aid in the Ukrainian war effort. When Oleksandr Shchur was asked at his film’s downtown Portland preview how a writer of comedy could get into drama, he said that he was inspired by Craig Mazin, the writer of “Chernobyl” who got his initial fame from writing the “Scary Movie” spoof...
Our TV picks for Tuesday, March 5: 57 Seconds, FBI, The Cleaning Lady
57 Seconds STARZ 4:50 p.m. When Franklin (Josh Hutcherson) stops an attack on tech guru Anton Burrell (Morgan Freeman), he finds a device that can rewind the previous 57 seconds. He decides to use the technology to alter the past and save his family — but to horrifying results. FBI ...
Legislature gives final approval to housing and homeless aid
Gov. Tina Kotek is the final stop for two of the major bills she requested to jump-start housing production and to continue state aid to local and regional efforts against homelessness. The House passed both bills by big margins on Monday, March 4, after the Senate acted last week. They propose only about half the $500 million that the Democratic chief executive proposed to move toward her annual production goal of 36,000 units — 80% greater than the previous five-year average when she took office...
Thomas (Tom) Mathias Schmit
October 13, 1929 – February 1, 2024 - Thomas (Tom) Mathias Schmit passed away peacefully at home on February 1, 2024. Tom was born on October 13, 1929, in Salem, South Dakota, to parents Mathias (Matt) and Margaret Schmit. When Tom was a teenager, the family relocated to Seattle, Washington, where Tom graduated from Garfield High School and the University of Washington, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting. Directly after college he served two years in the United States Army as a Corporal where he taught marksmanship. He then went on to begin his long financial career as...
Lake Oswego completes park picnic shelter
The city of Lake Oswego recently completed a new shelter at George Rogers Park. With money used from the 2019 Parks and Recreation bond, the city added a structure that covers 280 feet along with benches for picnicking as well as a path from a parking area to the shelter. The construction cost was $50,000. “It is one of the most popular community shelter rentals and is frequently used by City summer camps and events. Replacing park structures that are outdated, in disrepair, or otherwise not functioning well was identified as a high priority for investment during the public outreach process leading up to the Parks Bond that Lake Oswego voters passed in 2019. Given the high level of rot in the structural beams and its popularity as a rental, the lower George Rogers Park picnic shelter was included in the projects funded by the 2019 Parks Bond,” a city press release said.
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