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Tigard students combine robotics with sports in a special challenge
TIGARD — Four Tigard High School students spent Friday, Dec. 12, shooting T-shirts 120 feet in the air at 2,000 screaming fans in the Rose Garden Arena using a robotic launcher they constructed from scratch.Not your average Friday night.The event was part of the Intel/Trail Blazers ...
The Portland Tribune  –  7 hours, 32 minutes ago  –  comment?
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Sioux Lehner, former owner of local dance academy, dies at 50
“There was no one like her, there was something magical about her.”Justin Lehner, 19, has just started mourning the death of his mother Sioux Lehner who died at the age of 50 on Saturday — leaving behind her 16-year-old son Jake, 24-year-old daughter Rachele and a community of . ... more »
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Attorney: Sex offender impregnated Wash. girl who drowned baby in toilet
The attorney for a Port Angeles teen suspected of drowning an infant boy in a toilet says the murder charges against her client are inappropriate. Suzanne Hayden says 16-year-old Lauryn Louise Last was impregnated by a sex offender in Colorado in his 30s.
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Roy May Return Saturday From Injury
Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy could return from his hamstring injury as early as Saturday, when Portland hosts the Golden State Warriors.
KPTV.com  –  8 hours, 9 minutes ago  –  comment?
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Glass Buttes
There are two ways to approach the desert.You can blaze through it on your way to Burns, Ontario, Boise and points east, noticing little but a whole lot of empty and the staccato yellow lines blurring into one never-ending strip from here to Idaho.Or you can take a more leisurely, thoughtful approac ... more »
The Bulletin  –  10 hours, 27 minutes ago  –  comment?
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New year ... new works; Fertile Ground Festival sprouts in Portland
Although spring is still many months away, Portland is busy cultivating its cultural gardens.Sprouting up this month is the Fertile Ground Festival, featuring more than 36 world-premiere theater projects at various locations in Portland. The citywide festival runs Jan. 23-Feb. 1 and includes worksho ... more »
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WILD EXPOSURE; Photographer finds beauty and meaning in animals in new exhibit
Diane Reed’s photos are cold, wintry and austere. She shot her collection of wildlife photos in the polar regions and a snow-covered Yellowstone National Park. The photos capture wildlife — from polar bears and walruses to bison and wolves — living in their tough habitats.The ph ... more »
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The Original DAREDEVILS
If your heart stops every time you see a kid hurling herself off the living room furniture, you haven’t seen anything yet. The Peking Acrobats, coming soon to a theater near you, perform moves that would send the less adroit directly to the ER and the average parent into panic mode.We’ ... more »
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Music for little ears; New classes in tune with education, fun
Parents interested in exposing their young children to music have several options to consider in the new year.Youngsters who are exposed to music early on receive all sorts of neurological benefits, according to Dillon Schneider, the executive director of Cascade Community School of Music.“A ... more »
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Sweet and sour eaters
“Clean your plate.”It’s a phrase that’s gone the way of the Formica kitchen table and a plate of liver and onions — still around, just not nearly as popular as it once was. Thirty or 40 years ago, the notion that kids needed to finish what they were served was pret ... more »
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