http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827673726047900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827673726047900 en-us “Pain, a lot of pain,” Lori Davis says when asked what drew her to her career as an Alexander Technique instructor. “I was in a lot of chronic pain: my jaw, my back, my knee, everything. I tried all the normal things that people do — chiropractor, massage, physical therapy. ... http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827662680046900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827662680046900 en-us From now through March 28, Lumiere Players are presenting the comedy “Southern Hospitality,” by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten at the Tualatin Heritage Center. In a hilarious plot that displays the best, worst and most endearing of small-town and southern characteristics, ... http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827643492337200 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827643492337200 en-us Faustin Riley has lost approximately 255 pounds during the past 26 months. But, like the day he began his weight-loss journey, he takes each day one at a time. Riley has a second chance at life. The once-500-plus-pounds Beaverton High School coach and educator now weighs between 240 and 245 ... http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827622900098900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827622900098900 en-us Obituaries for March 11: Susan Lynn McCormick March 19, 1957-March 6, 2010 Susan Lynn McCormick, 52, died Saturday at the Portland Hopewell House Hospice after a long battle with lung, pancreatic and liver cancer. The daughter of Mike and Carolyn McCormick and the eldest of four siblings, ... http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827586229912500 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827586229912500 en-us Nereus, an integrated marketing communications agency, won an industry accolade presented by the Oregon Chapter of the American Marketing Association at a reception late last month. The Oregon AMA Chapter recognized the Beaverton-based agency with its Marketing Award of Excellence for ... http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827576919508700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.tigardtimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=126827576919508700 en-us I recently enjoyed a book called “The Travelers Gift” by Andy Andrews. I was struck by a line in it toward the end where he says, “I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice.” That is an amazing statement and one I wish to talk about ...