Arts & Entertainment January 2026

the planets

• The Planets and Beyond!
• Paint Watercolor Trees With Confidence
• Oak Hills Squares Dance Lessons
• Village Gallery of Arts January 2026
• The Reser Presents 2025–26 Season

Garden & Nature News January 2026

Brenneis leads students in an environmental center survey

• Skyline Grange Mostly Tree Seedling Sale
• Treekeepers of Washington County programs and events
• Cedar Mill Garden Club
• Master Gardeners: What’s Your Garden Future? Growing Resilience in a Changing Climate
• PCC Rock Creek educator recognized for connecting community and nature
• WMSWCD hiring two conservation interns

Parks News January 2026

jenkins estate

• Winter registration is open now
• Task force votes to replace 2008 bond measure
• THPRD Equity Inclusion, and Belonging
• Celebrate MLK Day with service project and Human Library event
• All Levels Painting
• New adult pickleball classes
• Volunteer at Community Garden Work Party
• Butterfly Project remembers Holocaust victims
• Jenkins Estate Main House & Stable Historical Tour
• Therapeutic Recreation Bingo Party Night
• Preschool Open House
• Plan ahead for Spring Native Plant Sale
• Spanish speaking families find roots at Nature Center
• Metro opens Nature in Neighborhoods grants programs

Library News January 2026

yoga storytime

• Library Board of Directors now accepting applications
• 2025 Winter Reading Challenge: Read and win! 
• Opera at the Library
Kids
• Snowman Sewing
• Storytimes
Teens & Tweens
• High School Hangout: Teen Study Break
• Chaotic Crusaders Club: Dungeons & Dragons for Teens
• Teen DIY Crafternoon: Altoid Wallets
• Teen Game Night: Super Smash Bros. Tourney
Adults
• Long-Term Care Roadmap
• Sound Bath
• What Matters at Life’s End? Exploring Your End-of-life Wishes—An Oregon Humanities Conversation
• Avid Adventurers Alliance: Dungeons & Dragons for Adults
• Is that AI?
• Technology Open Lab
• Medicare 101
• Writers’ Mill looks at Middle Grade and SciFi
• Owl Book Group
• Digital Navigator: One-on-One Tech Help
• Second Edition Resale

WashCo News December 2025

flock license reader

• Flock license reader cameras use brings concerns
• Recycle your old mattress for free!
• Disaster Services Network seeks partners
• Get Home: a guaranteed ride home program

Winter Weather Reminders and Resources December 2025

lut plow

• Roads and travel
• Power outages
• Water
• General preparation

Teens continue “Smashing Barriers” to introduce tennis and support mental health

smashing barriers program

In 2023, we introduced you to Rohan Shah and Jiya Mehta who had founded a non-profit to redistribute new and gently used tennis equipment and host free tennis instruction in underserved areas. Now what began locally has evolved into an international mission.

CPO 1 News December 2025

washington county housing

• No December CPO 1 meeting
• Cornell Road Recovery Open House
• County CPO program will be revised or eliminated

Meet Your Neighbor: The Designer Who Locks You In… For Fun

neighbor

Kimberly Abel never planned to own an escape room business. For years she worked as an industrial engineer and, as a kid, built mini haunted houses in her room just for fun. The idea for Escapism Portland didn’t arrive until a vacation to Europe. In 2014, she tried her first escape room and was hooked. At the time there were hardly any in the U.S., and none in Portland.

Obituaries December 2025

cedar mill lumber truck

• Jon Lyle Kingsley: December 1932-April 2025
• Kenneth Lee Anderson: September 1929-November 2025

Business News December 2025

blueberry waffle

• Second Edition Resale
• Dinihanian Holiday Store
• KGW Toy Drive at Cornell Dental
• Batter Up! Waffles moving to Oak Hills
• Walker Garbage holiday schedule
• Lighten Your Holiday Load with a Take-Out Holiday Meal from Market of Choice
• State Farm agent moves to Oak Hills
• Cedar Mill Farmers Market – 2025 Season Recap
• A Blueprint To Make 2026 Your Best Financial Year Ever

Arts & Entertainment News December 2025

mosaic wreath

• Cedar Mill Winterfaire
• ISing Choir Winter Concert
• Oregon Chorale: Comfort & Joy
• Beaverton Community Band Winter Festival Concert
• Annual Fundraiser Dance at Leedy Grange Hall
• Catlin Gabel Community Arts
• Village Gallery of Arts