With a very strong group of juniors that played a massive role in team successes last year as sophomores and a solid corps of senior leadership, it is anticipated that the Sandy High School girls’ soccer team will improve upon last year’s 4-9-2 record this season.  Amongst a group of talented juniors, the team is defensively anchored by junior goalkeeper Hannah Winans. Winans became the team’s regular goalie during her freshman season on varsity. She has been a standout playe

The Oregon Trail School District (OTSD) board of directors unanimously approved a resolution at the Monday, Aug. 11 meeting to put a school improvement bond on the ballot for the upcoming November election. The bond would address needed repairs and improvements at elementary and middle schools throughout the district. “This bond is the culmination of more than two years of planning with the help of our constituents,” said Aaron Bayer, OTSD Superintendent. “Parents, staff, com

Place of Birth?  Portland, OR. How long on the Mountain?  79 years. If you were not brought here as a child, what brought you to the Mountain? Grandfather built a cabin on the Salmon River in 1927. We visited every year. Profession? Happily retired . Other Professions? Manager of a Garden Center. Owner of Hoodland Fuel (Oil Distributor) and Merit Properties (Real Estate Brokerage). Worked several positions at Bowman’s Resort 1961-67. Favorite movie and/or musical?   Shawshank

Even those who never officially met Susan “Phoenix” Lane likely saw her somewhere on the mountain, whether she was riding her Harley in one of her flowy skirts, tending the counter at the Hoodland Bazaar, driving through town with her dogs in her old truck, or painting faces at the Hoodland Farmers Market.  Christen Prudence met Lane at the market eight years ago. It was the start of a spiritual friendship, during which Lane recently invited Prudence to participate in the sou

Let’s take a minute and give a rousing round of applause to the Hoodland Library, currently celebrating its tenth anniversary at their Welches location! In the digital age, a segment of society believes that local libraries have outlived their usefulness. That couldn’t be further from the truth, especially for the people who live and work in the Mt. Hood area. Over the past decade at its Welches location (and in the decades prior), the Hoodland Library has proven an indispens