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The Gresham-Ebetsu Sister City Association would like to keep everyone up to date on their most prize possession — Tsuru Island. Please follow the good work they do by reading the Tsuru Island quarterly newsletter.

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The Outlook Article on the Japanese Garden

by Sue Protz | Jul 31, 2015 | Japanese Garden

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In the early 1970’s, a group of local farmers and members of the Japanese-American Citizens League (JACL) Gresham-Troutdale chapter created a Japanese garden with peace, tranquility, and longevity as its theme. They named it Tsuru Island. Tsuru (Su Do) means “crane” in Japanese. Read more…

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