http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827936072322200 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827936072322200 en-us Ricardo Serrano is headed to Oregon’s Death Row for the November 2006 murders of a Bethany mother and her two young sons. Jurors unanimously decided Thursday morning that Serrano should die for the three murders. He will be formally sentenced in Washington County Circuit Court Tuesday, March ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827890084262400 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827890084262400 en-us Korean families and individuals hoping to brush up on their Korean language skills are in for a treat. Beaverton’s sister city of Cheonan, South Korea, last month contributed more than 1,000 Korean language books to the Beaverton City Library’s world languages collection. The new ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827950029997500 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827950029997500 en-us Grant Heizenrader is hooked on racing karts 1½ inches above a track as fast as 85 mph. “I just have a need for speed,” the Mountain View Middle School seventh-grader said. “I’ve never really understood football, basketball or any other sport like that. “I’ve ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827978229229500 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827978229229500 en-us The May City Council primaries just got a whole lot more interesting. The filing deadline for candidates looking to serve on the Beaverton City Council was Tuesday and in the final days, several new faces showed up. Every race now has multiple candidates. Here’s a break down of who’s ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827965962556700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827965962556700 en-us Aanen Trelstad is coming clean about the laundry business. “I’m a huge consumer of resources,” he says matter-of-factly about the water and natural gas his washing and drying business uses each day. But he’s doing something about it. The Northeast Portland family man is ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827913964326800 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827913964326800 en-us It was the case of the missing pizza. A room in Beaverton’s Oregon National Primate Research Center, intended to host a pizza party, had been raided. Greasy boxes lay sideways on the floor, slices of half-chewed pepperoni sticking upward. An unusual purple liquid pooled on the tiled ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827905875716700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126827905875716700 en-us One Valley Catholic High School teacher went back to school last weekend for an intense crash course about the Holocaust. Eric Berge was one of 20 educators selected to attend a three-day workshop at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. During the workshop, the religion teacher ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818958802338500 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818958802338500 en-us Convicted killer Ricardo Serrano will not take the witness stand in his defense as a jury decides whether to impose the death penalty for the November 2006 slayings of a Bethany mother and her two young sons. Speaking through a Spanish interpreter Tuesday afternoon in Washington County Circuit ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126747802533058300 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126747802533058300 en-us An Aloha couple is in Washington County Jail this week after reportedly sexually abusing two of the woman’s children, including a severely mentally and physically disabled teenager. Lisa Ann Ford, 34, and her husband Michael Joseph Marceau, 42, were arrested Feb. 19 and arraigned in ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767362743259400 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767362743259400 en-us Beorn Anderson’s milkshakes really hit the spot with cancer patients at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. It’s not uncommon for shake requests to be waiting for the certified nursing assistant when he begins his shifts at 2:30 p.m. in the 5West Oncology Unit. And those requests ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767335052072100 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767335052072100 en-us Families looking for a meaningful way to spend their Wednesday night should head to the Washington County Fair Complex for the Taste of Home Cooking School. The event features exhibits and cooking demonstrations while serving as a benefit for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon. The foundation ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767411608431300 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767411608431300 en-us Young people these days. To hear some people tell it, they’re all lazy bums who expect the world to be handed to them on a silver platter. But Robert Shanks and Adam Matar — two Beaverton-area friends who launched their snow-goggle company, Ra Optics, several months ago — think ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767351162240800 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767351162240800 en-us A fund has been established for the 1-year-old son of a woman who was struck and killed by a MAX train last week. A westbound train struck and killed Sydney Meryl Coleman, 24, of Aloha Friday morning, Feb. 26. Coleman, a 2003 graduate of Lincoln High School, was a single mother to her son, ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767318669393800 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767318669393800 en-us Need a place this summer to help your youngsters burn off some of that energy and curiosity? Send them to one or more of the diverse summer camps offered by the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District. The park district will soon mail its annual Summer Camp Guide and comprehensive Summer 2010 ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126749762958106700 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=126749762958106700 en-us A Beaverton man was arrested after allegedly striking a pedestrian with the vehicle he was driving near a Wood Village convenience store Saturday, Feb. 27. Casey Morehouse, 36, was jailed on allegations of second-degree assault, reckless driving and failure to perform the duties of a driver ...