Cedar Hills, OR News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/ Cedar Hills, OR News Nurserys failure sprouts worries among county plant growers http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/b5264e3b66b3b81a6207deb352c36956.html While the nations eyes were turned to the fiscal turmoil on Wall Street last month the recent bankruptcy of one of Oregons largest nurseries has sown the seeds of worry among Washington County growers Hines Nurseries filed under Chapter 11 with the US Bankruptcy Court in Spunky 85yearold woman takes on robber http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/e250d737a773578c568902098dc8f124.html An 85yearold woman living near Tigard warded off a suspect trying to break into her home by grabbing what she thought was a gun under the suspects shirt and refusing to let goThe resident who lives in the 11600 block of Royal Villa Drive in unincorporated Washington County was home Commuter rail line sidetracked by financial woes http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/68a4e824213a50455d77d20029b16c3c.html TriMet announced on Wednesday that the WES commuter rail will not begin operations until Feb 2 2009The Westside Express Service has been brought to a screeching delay because of a financially stressed railcar company and the need for safety testing to avoid an occurrence like the commuter rail Green moms to gather to chat about holistic parenting http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/eca21f7aeddefc3c1016a341bc0f5745.html Its not that easy being greenAnd for new moms who might have trouble just getting a shower during their day finding the time to research cloth diapers the ingredients in baby food or even the latest in elimination communicationtheory can be overwhelmingBut Beaverton A Good Citizen Indeed http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/1c3a34b1e82a45ee4ca5bd2dfb71ce6e.html When it comes to being involved with the League of Women Voters Colleen Bennett admits Im engrainedFor the past 30 years 26 of them as a resident of Lake Oswego Bennett has been working to register voters educate voters and promote legislation that will benefit the Contentious race for District 26 heats up http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/2cd3db79b7969404fe8de2908075c4cb.html The Oregon House seat representing Wilsonville Sherwood Aloha and Gaston ordinarily is safe territory for Republicans but not this yearThe duel between Republican Matt Wingard and Democrat Jessica Adamson is turning into a barnburner thanks to Wingards 2001 childabuse conviction and TriMet adds cameras officers to MAX security http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/c1f72df081dccdd0903f419d8b665ea3.html TriMet will use a 11 million federal grant to add more video cameras at six lightrail stations from Gresham to HillsboroThe regional transit agency also announced plans Monday morning to add 15 new officers to the transit police units in local departments along the lightrail lines TriMet 2 die in Ore dune buggy collision http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oregon/cedar-hills/content/614b6212d014f6a6d6d75b1250b15f2b.html A dune buggy collision north of Pacific City killed two Washington County residents and critically injured three other people Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson said The Friday night accident was in an area known as the flats