Sherwood News

Jessica Romero Chavez ,21, was arrested by Sherwood Police Friday and charged with two counts of identity theft and one count of possession of a forged instrument.

The arrest was made in connection with the use of a forged social security card.

Police were alerted after a Salem resident reported he had lost government benefits when social security earning records indicated he was employed at a Sherwood business. The investigation revealed that Chavez, a Tigard resident, had used a forged social security card containing the victim's social security number.

Chavez was taken into custody without incident and lodged in Washington County Jail. Each offense is a Class C felony with a bail of $20,000 each.

The Cat Adoption Team’s Cat Food Bank will be open to distribute cat food and litter to cat owners who are struggling in this poor economy. More than 2,100 pounds were given out in January.

When: Feb. 7, from 12–2 p.m.

Where: Cat Adoption Team shelter (14175 SW Galbreath Dr., Sherwood)

For: Cat owners who are having trouble making ends meet.

Donate: The Cat Adoption Team’s monthly Cat Food Bank has provided 26,659 pounds of kitten and cat food to local cat owners since its inception in June 2008.

Cat food and scoopable litter or cash donations to the food bank fund are needed to stock the Cat Food Bank shelves.

Sherwood High School will host a blood drive Feb. 9. 

If you know of a student who goes to Sherwood High School, they can sign up at the school's main office or with a leadership student. If the student is under 16 years old, they must get a parent consent packet from the main office and the packet must be turned in before blood can be given. 

If you own a fertile cat, make sure to have it spayed or neutered before you have unwanted kittens this spring.

Thanks to the Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood, the cost of surgery should not be a hindrance during CAT’s Feline Fix-a-Thon held in February 2010.

The Cat Adoption Team is hosting its Feline Fix-a-Thon this January and February, and offering subsidized spay/neuter surgeries. Qualified families or individual cat owners can have their female cat or kitten spayed for $20 and male cat or kitten neutered for $10. 

More than 22,000 cats were euthanized in shelters across Oregon in 2008 (11,404 in Portland area alone) – spaying/neutering cats is the most effective way to reduce the number of unwanted cats.

Feline Fix-a-Thon details:

• Call 503-925-8903 to schedule a Fix-a-Thon appointment; call now as available appointment times may fill up quickly 
• Appointments available through Feb.