By Lion, Milt Fox, For The Mountain Times Happy New Year to all of you from the Mt. Hood Lions Club. Let’s hope we have a great 2025. Christmas Toy Drive Dinner! Thanks to all of you for attending our Christmas Toy Drive Dinner the evening of Saturday December 7. We had a great turnout with just over 160 in attendance. There were lots of toys contributed for the local children. Our dining room has never looked more beautiful. The dinner was wonderful, prepared by Lion Chef Cr

By Hope Moreno I am trying to get a DV women’s only group going on the mountain. I have created a facebook page called Rising Phoenix (Mt Hood women only) and I plan to get a monthly meeting started at the beginning of 2025. It will be a private women’s only group where women can share stories and just help advocate and be there for women in our community who are in need. The group is dedicated to Phoenix and Kat Mullin who died last year in Welches after a DV altercation. Sh

Reprinted with permission from Hoodland Bazaar. Initials used for privacy. Phoenix, my friend,… I first met you at yoga. At Zig Zag Zen and Katrina’s classes. When I sprained my ankle really badly you were the first one to tell me I should use turmeric for the inflammation… I was about 24 and had no idea what turmeric was… I bought a lifetime supply from Fubonn in Portland and started making tea with the root. When I got Luther and he was a puppy I would bring him to the yoga

By Justin Andress, The Mountain Times As part of his position as Resilience Coordinator for Clackamas County’s Office of Disaster Response and Management, Jay Wilson researches, studies, and executes disaster preparedness plans. On December 17, the official took his message to the people as he addressed a crowded room at the Mt. Hood Lions Club. It was somehow fitting that the night was covered in torrential rains. However, the inclement weather didn’t deter the meeting’s att

By Lucas Holmgren, The Mountain Times Pacific Northwest veterans know that winter can be a beautiful season in Washington and Oregon. Yes, the rain can be torrential, or relentless, but the breaks in between are worth it. If you’ve got layers and appropriate rain gear that truly covers and protects, the winter season can be an outdoor paradise. For those who have been “hooked” by the almighty steelhead (an ocean-going rainbow trout), winter is when thousands of winter-run ste