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TIMES FACT BOOK
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FOR THE NEWCOMER
This book was made to be used
Y
ou hold in your hand the 2012-13 Fact Book, a
40-page collection of names, dates, places and
events of interest covered by the Beaverton Valley
Times and The Times serving Tigard, Tualatin
and Sherwood..
What’s inside
For the newcomer ............................................................................3
Beaverton fun facts..........................................................................4
Beaverton schools ..........................................................................11
Tigard fun facts ..............................................................................13
Tigard-Tualatin / Sherwood schools.........................................16
Sherwood fun facts ........................................................................18
June Reynolds writes Sherwood history .................................18
Tualatin fun facts ...........................................................................24
Government / public service .......................................................28
Business groups .............................................................................28
King City fun facts .........................................................................29
For the visitor..................................................................................30
Tigard community profile............................................................30
Beaverton community profile .....................................................32
Tualatin community profile ........................................................33
Sherwood community profile......................................................36
Golf courses .....................................................................................36
King City community profile.......................................................38
Durham community profile.........................................................38
On the cover
S
ome scenes from our local communities. Photos are
from the Pamplin Media Group files, as well as some
from photographers Jaime Valdez and Jonathan
House specifically for this publication. The cover was
designed by Dan Adams, and the interior was done by Mikel
Kelly.
fact
book
2012-2013
A S P E C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E B E A V E R T O N V A L L E Y T I M E S & T H E T I M E S S E R V I N G T I G A R D , T U A L A T I N & S H E R W O O D
E V E RY T H I N G YO U N E E D TO K N OW TO L I V E , WO R K AN D HAV E F U N I N T H E C OMMU N I T I E S O F
B E AV E RTO N , T I GA R D , T UA L AT I N & S H E RWO O D
ARTS AND
RECREATION
BEAVERTON VALLEY ICE ARENA
—
9250 S.W. Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway, Beaverton 97005. 503-
297-2521.
BROADWAY ROSE THEATER —
Summer productions presented
at Tigard High School’s Deb
Fennell Auditorium, 9000 S.W.
Durham Road, Tigard. Winter
productions presented at 12850
S.W. Grant Ave., Tigard. 503-
620-5262.
GALLERY INTERNATIONAL —
10024 S.W. Canyon Road, Port-
land 97225. 503-644-9766.
MALIBU RACEWAY —
9405 S.W.
Cascade Ave., Beaverton 97008.
503-641-8122. www.maliburace-
way.com.
OREGON COLLEGE OF ART &
CRAFT —
8245 S.W. Barnes Road,
Portland 97225. 503-297-5544.
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
AND INDUSTRY (OMSI) —
1945 S.E.
Water Ave., Portland 97214. 503-
797-4000.
OREGON ZOO —
4001 S.W. Can-
yon Road, Portland. 503-226-
1561. www.oregonzoo.org.
PACIFIC PEAKS BALLOON CO. —
16065 S.W. Barrington Place, Ti-
gard. 503-590-5250. www.pacific-
peaksballoons.com.
SHERWOOD FAMILY YMCA —
23000 S.W. Pacific Highway,
Sherwood 97140. 503-625-9622.
www.ymca-sherwood.org.
SHERWOOD ICE ARENA —
20407
S.W. Borchers Drive, Sherwood.
503-625-5757.
WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR COM-
PLEX —
873 N.E. 34th Ave., Hills-
boro. 503-648-1416.
PARKS
BEAVERTON —
Most of the
parks in the Beaverton area (in-
cluding unincorporated areas of
Washington County in the Bea-
verton School District) are over-
seen by the Tualatin Hills Park
and Recreation District (503-645-
6433). THPRD serves residents
by providing more than 200
parks, more than 1,800 acres of
park land and 40 miles of trails.
www.thprd.org
DURHAM —
503-639-6851
SHERWOOD —
503-625-5522
TIGARD —
503-639-4171
TUALATIN PARKS OFFICE —
8515
S.W. Tualatin Road. 503-691-
3061.
WASHINGTON COUNTY —
503-846-
8685.
TUALATIN HILLS TERPENNING
RECREATION COMPLEX —
15707
S.W. Walker Road, Beaverton.
Tualatin Hills Park and Recre-
ation District administration of-
fice, 503-645-6433; general infor-
mation, 503-645-6433; athletic
center and skate and roller
hockey park, 503-629-6330; ten-
nis center, 503-629-6331; aquatic
center, 503-629-6310; East Annex,
5500 S.W. Arctic Drive, Beaver-
ton 97005, 503-629-6305, mainte-
nance operations and natural
resource department. Athletic
fields, tennis courts, playground
equipment, skate park, basket-
ball courts, wetlands, open
space and natural area on more
than 90 acres. www.thprd.org.
TUALATIN HILLS NATURE PARK
AND INTERPRETIVE CENTER —
15655 S.W. Millikan Blvd., Bea-
verton. 503-629-6350. A natural
area and wetlands with a 5-mile
multi-use trail on more than 200
acres. Also has limited picnic
areas, restrooms, and parking.
LIBRARIES
BEAVERTON CITY LIBRARY —
12375 S.W. Fifth St., Beaverton.
503-644-2197.
CEDAR MILL COMMUNITY LI-
BRARY —
12505 N.W. Cornell
Road, Portland. 503-644-0043.
GARDEN HOME COMMUNITY LI-
BRARY —
7475 S.W. Oleson Road,
Portland. 503-245-9932.
WASHINGTON COUNTY LAW LI-
BRARY —
111 N.E. Lincoln St, No.
250-L, Hillsboro. 503-846-8880.
SHERWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY —
22560 S.W. Pine St., Sherwood.
503-625-6688.
TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY —
13500
S.W. Hall Blvd., Tigard. 503-684-
6537.
TUALATIN PUBLIC LIBRARY —
18878 S.W. Martinazzi Ave. 503-
691-3074.
WASHINGTON COUNTY COOPERA-
TIVE LIBRARY SERVICES —
111 N.E.
Lincoln St. No. 230-L, Hillsboro.
503-846-3222.
WEST SLOPE LIBRARY (WASHING-
TON COUNTY) —
3678 S.W. 78th
Ave., Portland. 503-292-6416.