GHS open house and facility dedication

The Gladstone School District invites the community to the grand opening of the newly remodeled and expanded Gladstone High School. The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Community members can tour the facility at their leisure. Several short presentations will be available for those who are interested. Most presentations will be repeated at least once. Architects, contractors, teachers and administrative staff will be available throughout the building to answer questions and provide information about the design, construction and instructional benefits of the renovation.

KATU features Gladstone football

The Gladstone varsity football team surprised everyone but themselves last Friday when they defeated LaSalle on the Falcons' new home field. Overcoming a bad rash of injuries to nab the 20-17 victory is a big accomplishment for Coach Wolf and his charges, and it's probably something the kids will never forget.

An exciting byproduct of the win was that GHS got to host that evening's edition of "Friday Night Lights," the KATU high school football highlights show with sports reporter Craig Birnbach. The kids, including the band, put on a first-class show, with star turns by Taylor, Drew and the rally squad. Good stuff.

Rock and Roll!

Okay, so this is kind of nerdy and pathetic, but as a card-carrying member of the KGON Ear Force, I think it's pretty cool. On Twitter, I post a daily (when I remember) Classic Rock Quote of the Day, a lyrical snippet from a '70s — or earlier — rock song along with the artist name. Today's #classicrock QOTD was from "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" by the Alan Parsons Project. When I got home from work this evening, I found in my e-mail a message indicating I'm now being followed on Twitter by Alan Parsons. Dude!

Maybe the expansion at Reser Stadium was optimistic

Here's what we heard from Beaver Nation all week: So excited, can't wait to go down for the first game, going to be great to see Quizz, should be an awesome season, planning to do some tailgating, bought a new sweatshirt, joined the Mike Parker fan club, filled the Mercury with gasoline, ready to go, think I'll stop by Oak Lawn Memorial to pay my respects to Mr. Andros, been looking forward to this day for months!

Then Saturday morning came: Eh, it's damp, I don't think I'll go.

Photo: P. Buker, The Oregonian, Portland State at Oregon State, Sept. 5, 2009