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 * ...that leaders in Oswego, Oregon, petitioned the United States Board on Geographic Names to change the name of the town's Sucker Lake to Oswego Lake (pictured)?
 * ...that the Hatfield Government Center light rail station in Hillsboro, Oregon, was the busiest on the Westside MAX extension within a year of opening?
 * ...that Luis Palau, an evangelical minister based in Portland, Oregon, collaborated with government leaders in Portland and neighboring cities, and 500 Christian pastors, to rally volunteers to address homelessness?
 * ... that an irrigation dam failed on Bully Creek in 1925, flooding the city of Vale, Oregon, with 3 ft of water and causing US$500,000 in damage?

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