Wilsonville News

Mark Gibson, a city of Wilsonville public works analyst and member of the Oregon Air National Guard, left for Haiti Jan. 31 to assist with the earthquake recovery efforts. 

Gibson, a recent graduate of Officer Candidate School, is with the 123rd Weather Combat Operations Group. Gibson, a Second Lt., is one of four from the OCS unit spending 179 days in Haiti. Its mission is to provide minute to minute weather updates to assist commanders on the ground with aviation assets.

Gibson is the city’s Backflow Program Manager. His duties consist of notifying residents by a series of letters about having their backflow devices tested by a certified tester.

The City administers a Backflow Prevention Program to ensure that backflow prevention assemblies are installed where necessary and tested upon installation and annually thereafter by an Oregon Health Division certified tester. This program is required by Oregon law and City of Wilsonville code to ensure drinking water quality.

The Wilsonville Public Library is offering its users the opportunity to reduce or eliminate library overdue fines during the month of February by bringing in cans or boxes of food.

Each can or box will be worth a 50 cent credit on overdue fines, subject to the approval of library staff. All food will be donated to Wilsonville Community Sharing for the assistance of needy area families. Please check expiration dates carefully! The food bank cannot accept or use expired food.

Here's what the library can use: 

Unopened cans, jars, and boxes of non-perishable food, including:

*canned meat or fish

      *boxed and canned meals

      *cereal, both hot and cold (Wilsonville Community Sharing said they need this the most)

      *chili, soups or stews

      *pastas, beans, grains

Please, no ramen.

The library thanks the community for its generosity. If you have further questions, please call 503-682-2744.

There's a story in the Wilsonville Spokesman about a different kind of strike that occurred at Wilsonville Lanes last week.

On Jan. 30, a teen driver struck the wrong pedal on her sports utility vehicle and accidentally hit the building of Wilsonville Lanes.

Luckily no one was hurt.

A short presentation about the fitness screenings and personal training programs at the Wilsonville Community Center's Fitness Studio.

Check the video out.