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In 2009, the state of Oregon celebrated its 150th birthday. To commemorate the ocasion the West Linn Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and Departmnent organized Take Care of West Linn Day.

Take Care of West Linn day was a great day of beautify city gateways and planters, build trails, and celebration for this exceptional community as volunteers from local organizations and businesses came out to work on the more than 10 projects thoroughout the City.

If your organization would like to propose a project please contact the West Linn Parks and Recreation Department at 503-557-4700.

Your organization can choose to organize your own project, partner with another organization, or send volunteers to another organization’s project.

Sample projects:

• Planting at park planters
• Invasive Plant removal
• Clean up City Gateways
• Help a local senior in the community
• Clean up a public area or park

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Police in Vancouver told residents of a neighborhood to stay in their homes early Friday morning while they searched for a burglary suspect they thought could be armed.

Officers got an initial call just before 3 a.m. from residents of a home who knew the suspect and were worried he could be armed, could hurt others or even himself.

After searching the area, the man was found and taken into custody. No charges have been announced.

Police and SWAT members initially surrounded a home and used bullhorns in an attempt to get the suspect to come outside, but the man did not appear.

He was later found nearby in the yard of a different home. Some of the residences close by are vacant but it was not immediately clear if he was found near one of the abandoned homes.

Police indicated the man was wanted for burglary and that the victims knew the suspect.

On video, the man could be seen arguing with police as they worked to get him into the back seat of a patrol car.

No identification or charges for the suspect have been announced.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A small market clerk and a holdup suspect tangled in Vancouver on Tuesday and police said the clerk got in a few shots with a stun weapon before the suspect grabbed the register’s contents and fled.

He was arrested a block from the market, according to police.

Investigators said the incident began at the Burton Market at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

In a press release, officers said suspect Nathan Walker, 29, walked into the Burton Market and pulled his shirt up over his face. He allegedly pulled clerk Gian Singh, 59, by the arm and clothing and told him to give him the contents of the register.

Police said Walker did not display a weapon.

But Singh had placed an electronic stun weapon that he personally owned next to the register and grabbed it when he got close to the register.

It's the latest bit of technology most drivers never leave home without:  a GPS device.

The small gadgets, which use the Global Positioning Satellite network, receive location information from a fleet of satellites orbiting the Earth and that information is correlated to a map inside the device, showing drivers their exact location.

But just how accurate is it?
     
An Oregon City man says drivers trying to get into a gated community behind him are being led astray by GPS devices from one popular brand in particular: Garmin.
     
Brad Preston says the map information Garmin has installed on their devices is incorrectly leading drivers down his driveway.

Preston says the map promises drivers a through road to the gated community, but the road they end up taking dead-ends on his property, near his home.