Ex-Hillsboro mayor seeks Metro president job
The Portland Business Journal (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Former Hillsboro Mayor Tom Hughes confirmed Wednesday he is a candidate for Metro Council president.
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Former Hillsboro Mayor Jumps into Metro Race
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
city of hillsboro He's from the suburbs! Crazy! The race between two lefty, pro-bike, anti-sprawl candidates for the Metro Council President seat has just gotten more interesting: Hillsboro Mayor Tom Hughes confirmed to the Hillsboro Argus this morning that he's jumping into the important race. The Oregonian ran a long profile of Hughes when he retired as Hillsboro's mayor...
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Tom Hughes announces run for Metro Prez on Facebook
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Former Hillsboro Mayor Tom Hughes announced last night that he's running for Metro President. I'd heard that Hughes was considering throwing his hat in. What's fascinating is that I didn't read the announcement in the O or the Argus. I saw it on Facebook: I really enjoy seeing candidates trying to make good use of social media. Hopefully Hughes won't turn out to be annoying with it--but will...
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Thanks, Claire.
Show Me Progress - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Claire was trying to calm the batshit crazies at the Hillsboro town hall last August, she insisted that she wouldn't support a plan that used government money to fund abortion coverage. Nevertheless, she was one of 54 Democrats who just voted down the Ben Nelson-sponsored Senate version of Stupak. She indicated on Monday her disapproval of any law which blocks abortion coverage even when...
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Ridenbaugh Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wilson’s logo The Oregon governor’s race now has six contenders officially filed, though one (Democrat Steve Shields) has dropped. There are also Democrats John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury, and Republicans Chris Dudley and Allen Alley. And there’s Jerry Wilson. Wilson, of Hillsboro, launched the Soloflex exercise business and evidently made a pile. Yesterday, he set up [...]...
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Media Advisory/Alert: Synopsys and Marines from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion to Hold a Toys for Tots Holiday Drop-Off Event
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
HILLSBORO, Ore., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, will hold a holiday toy drop-off event for the Toys for Tots Foundation at the Synopsys Hillsboro campus, which is centrally located at Cornelius Pass Road and Walbridge. Marines from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion...
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Fear of Talking: The Narcoleptic Dispatcher
Workers Comp Insider (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Kenya Madden was hired as a police dispatcher for the Village of Hillsboro, Illinois, in July 2007. During the 10 week training period, she informed the trainer that she had narcolepsy, a disorder which causes people to fall asleep at unplanned moments. Some weeks later, she also informed her supervisor of her condition. The supervisor reacted with alarm. He had...
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Waco news briefs for Mon., Dec. 7
The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Sherri Knight will discuss her new book, Vigilantes to Verdicts: Stories From a Texas District Court, at a meeting of the Hill County Genealogical Society at 6:30 tonight in the meeting room in the Hill County Courthouse Annex, 126 S. Covington St. in Hillsboro.
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Rundown of the Rest
St. Louis CofCC Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... trailer park outfits than strong shit from Mexican gangs, who will surely “settle” into Arnold and Hillsboro to “serve” their “customers.” (4) TSA accidentaly lets loose of a confidential how-to manual, so now the terroristial boogie woogies now know how to slip past the affirmative action wand-waving black women that the Yankee government likes to hire . Which makes the sticky floor Greyhound...
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John Minnis: "Inappropriate interactions" with a subordinate staff member
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | yesterday
... investigation by FuturePAC, John and Karen Minnis paid off a 17 year old girl who worked in their Hillsboro restaurant after John's brother Tuck consistently sexually harassed and abused her in the workplace. Worse, this payoff to settle her civil claim stemmed from an incident in Tuck's apartment where he engaged in unwanted touching of her in a sexual away. More as news breaks. (H/T: LT...
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MO Class 2 Boys Soccer All-State Honors – Bolivar Nets 3
Springfield MO Soccer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... F – Stefan Hoffman, SR – Smithville F – Pete Grindel, JR – Farmington F – Paul Kolmsee, SR – Hillsboro F – Connor Hunsicker, SR – Westminster F – Sean Hogan, JR – Duchesne F – Ross Payne, JR – Pembroke Hill F – Kyle Smith, SR – Smithville Second Team GK – Jake Becher, SR – Duchesne GK – James Hohenstein, JR – Lutheran South D – Will Grefrath, JR – Helias MF – Jack Farrell, SR – Duchesne...
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Go Ducks!
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH | Bryce Zabel (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
As a native Oregonian (born in Lincoln City, raised in Hillsboro) and a University of Oregon graduate (schooled in Eugene), I can barely find the words to describe how it felt last night when the Oregon Ducks defeated the Oregon State Beavers in the "Civil War" to earn a ticket to this year's Rose Bowl against Ohio State. All I can really do is show you...
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ClearEdge Power Management Systems Attain ISO Certifications for Quality and Environmental Impact
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ClearEdge Power, a leading manufacturer of MicroCHP (combined heat and power) fuel cells for homes and businesses, announced today that the company’s management systems have been certified to ISO 9001 and 14001 from the International Organization for Standardization, the world’s largest standard developing organization. Based on a survey conducted...
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Intel showcases 48-core 'single-chip cloud computer'
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... through the collaboration between Intel Labs in Bangalore (India), Braunschweig (Germany) and Hillsboro (US) research centers. In order to help out the development of apps for many-core processors, Intel will be making 100 or so more chips like the one presented today to give to industrial and academic research collaborators around the world. More details about the 48-core chip's architecture...
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SUPER-BOWL SMACK: University of Oregon DUCKS -vs- Ohio State University BUCKEYES
MOVIE SMACKDOWN! | Bryce Zabel | WG (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... coming to Pasadena on January 1, 2010. As a native Oregonian (born in Lincoln City, raised in Hillsboro) and a University of Oregon graduate (schooled in Eugene), I can barely find the words to describe how it felt last night when the Oregon Ducks defeated the Oregon State Beavers in the "Civil War" to earn a ticket to this year's Rose Bowl against Ohio State. All I can really do is show...