ICYDK – Famous Hillsboro Dog, Fred Meyer Striking, & Costco Opening Date

A Great Dane in Hillsboro is up for an unusual award; it’s called the Hambone Award from Nationwide Insurance, and it’s for pets who got in medical trouble, and go through it.  For Skye, our local dog, he went toe-to-toe with a weasel, and got his tail whooped.  He’s up against a dog who ate a bunch of glue, and a dog who ate a bunch of puzzle pieces.  Go vote for him.

The 4500 employees that belong to the UFCW555 of Fred Meyer might just be striking soon.  And I say might, because you can sometimes tell if a strike is gonna happen or not, and this one doesn’t necessarily have that feel, but obviously they’ll need to come to an agreement.  If it does, expect Fred Meyer to run kinda rough for a while.

And if it does, at least the folks of Ridgefield are gonna have a new Costco to go to, and you’ll have it before Labor Day.  The newest Costco has passed its inspections, and an opening day of August 29th has been scheduled.  160,000 square feet, which makes it bigger than any Costco in Oregon.  Gather up the family and go get some samples.