http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766177121730600 2010-03-03 16:16:11 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766177121730600 en-us Despite a strong turnout of 200 people, a huge number of donations and extra low prices on those items, the Sauvie Island school missed its goal to raise $50,000, the amount it brought in last year. But at nearly $40,000, said Kathy Stephenson, the parent teacher club’s fundraising chair, ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766159207030900 2010-03-03 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766159207030900 en-us Earlier this week, students in the St. Helens High School ceramics program had already made 100 bowls for the charity event, Empty Bowls, and teacher Pat Brame said the students would make and glaze another 100 “without any trouble.” Anthony Mabie said he gets a dual satisfaction from ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766147914364100 2010-03-03 16:11:19 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766147914364100 en-us Student singers, dancers and Columbia Chorale soloists come together for “Anything Goes,” celebrating Cole Porter’s music. Show dates are Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m at the Rainier High School Auditorium; Sunday, March 7 at 3 p.m. in Olmscheid Auditorium at St. Helens High ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766136102574200 2010-03-03 16:09:21 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766136102574200 en-us There’s good news for people interested in the history of Columbia County. After seven long years, the Columbia County Museum and research library on the third floor of the old St. Helens courthouse is open again for business. As momentum continues to build, the historical museum is ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766073005777100 2010-03-03 15:58:50 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766073005777100 en-us When Ederlinda Ortiz-Clawson and her husband Kent moved their family from Portland out to a tree farm in Rainier, it wasn’t just a geographical move; it was a seismic restructuring of their lives. “We came straight across from a two-bedroom 1918 bungalow off of Mt. Tabor to a 20-acre ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766053480818300 2010-03-03 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126766053480818300 en-us Cora Cimmiyotti Cora Bethel Bolton Cimmiyotti, a longtime resident of The Dalles, passed away Feb. 27, 2010, peacefully. She was 93. Cora Bethel Bolton was born Sept. 5, 1916, in Boyd to A. Grant and Cora Bolton. The family moved to The Dallas in 1928, about the time her brother was to ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126704600649454900 2010-02-24 13:13:26 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126704600649454900 en-us The ShoeString Community Players are holding auditions for this year’s summer musical, The Sound of Music, at the St. Helens High School Olmschied Auditorium in late March and early April. Auditions run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. from March 29 through April 1. • Monday, March 29: Kids • ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126704528117855900 2010-02-24 13:01:21 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126704528117855900 en-us In rehearsal Friday evening St. Helens High School junior Jared Larson is learning the finer points of stage blocking with a 15-foot-tall peacock puppet. “Not that way,” St. Helens High School Drama Director Ron Barnett says of the twisted-up bird’s head. “Otherwise you ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126644852488055400 2010-02-17 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/features/story.php?story_id=126644852488055400 en-us Taking in the sunshine by the skate park on Monday afternoon, Anna Penn just got some great news — she learned that plans are in the works to craft a one-of-a-kind fountain smack dab in Scappoose’s Heritage Park. Her 9-year-old foster son has been dying for some sort of fun kid-stuff ...