American Legion provides down town Palo Cedro patriot esteem

Photo by Judy La Russa: This view in front of the Northgate Plaza Shopping Center, shows some of the flags that line Deschutes Road in downtown Palo Cedro on Flag Day, Monday, June 14.      Flag Day, June 14, commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on that date in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.   In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation...

ETWA Board holds elections, gives water project update

     Emotions ran high at the annual meeting of the Elk Trail Water Association on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Jones Valley Fire Hall.  The non-profit ETWA has been the moving force behind the Elk Trail Water Project and has often been the focus of those who oppose the project.       At least sixty residents of the two Elk Trail neighborhoods showed up to cast their votes for the four...

Three local contractors perform wetlands mitigation at park

Photo by Andy Main: Jake Meyer, of Meyers Earthworks, fills in the drainage ditch that used to run across the front of the Palo Cedro Park property. Photo by Andy Main: Corkey Harmon of SWA levels an old stock watering pond on the Palo Cedro Park property by pushing the sides down into the hole in the center.      On Saturday, June 5, 2010, Ray Toney of Ray Toney and Associates worked with Jake...