Sherwood News

You might want to purchase your tickets now for the annual "The Spirit of Christmas" concert that will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 at Sherwood High School.

The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.

Tickets are available at the Sherwood Chamber of Commerce office, Let's Make Music, & www.tix.com 

Additional performances will be held at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 5.

These concerts are a fundraiser for the Voices for the Performing Arts Foundation, whose mission is to provide grants for performing arts projects in Sherwood schools and college scholarships for Sherwood performing arts students.

The Sherwood High School girls soccer team will play for the state title on Saturday for the fourth time in school history.

The Bowmen scored a 4-0 win against Crescent Valley on Nov. 17 in the semifinals. Sherwood has an 18-0 record this season and has been nearly perfect on defense. In its 18 games, the Bowmen have allowed just a single goal this season. On offense, Sherwood has amassed 82 goals against opponents.

Sherwood will play Bend in the state finals in a 1 p.m. game on Nov. 21 at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. Here's all the information you'll need about the state championship.

The Bowmen won the 2007 state title with a perfect 19-0 record. Sherwood made it to the finals in 2003 and lost 2-1 to Catlin Gabel.

Sister Ina Marie Nosack of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon has traveled as far as the Amazon jungle to help people in need.

A native Oregonian, Ina Marie says that she was called to do her work from a young age, joining with the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon after finishing High School. Sixty three years later, she has been asked by the Washington County Museum to share some of her decades of stories with the public at this month's Crossroads Lecture — occurring at the museum at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 18.

Her lecture, "Stories of Migrant Worker Families in Washington County," will draw on her many years of experience helping migrant workers and their families. A teacher, social worker, and community organizer, Nosack has seen the plurality of issues that families face—from immigration, to finding adequate housing, and through it all keeping the family together.

This is a press release courtesy of the Portland Rose Festival

After successfully unveiling its expanded Court program in 2009, the Portland Rose Festival has begun recruiting applicants for the 2010 Rose Festival Court presented by Pacific Power. Applications are now available on the Rose Festival Web site, with a deadline of December 18, 2009.