UPDATED SATURDAY AUGUST 17 ) 
I penned a history book about West Linn called, Images of America: WEST LINN.
It was published four years ago. Now, the city I wrote about and call home is having its 100th Birthday party this week, and I wrote about that 3-day party for The Oregonian, published online August 13, 2013, in print August 14, 2013.
Here’s that Oregonian story, with the link to oregonlive at the end. In addition, there is info on the 3-day West Linn Centennial Celebration:
WEST LINN — When Al Lewis, who has lived with his family in West Linn since 1965, was asked what makes West Linn special, he recalled hearing Mike Gates, a former West Linn City Councilor, answer that same question 25 years ago.
“Mike Gates was known as ‘Mr. West Linn,’ and when someone asked him what he liked about West Linn, he said, ‘When I get off the freeway and turn right onto Highway 43, I’m home,'” recalled Lewis. “I say the same thing. It’s just home.”
West Linn, home to more than 25,000 people, celebrates its 100th birthday this week, with a kickoff Centennial Concert from 6:30 8:30 p.m. Thursday, the anniversary of the city’s incorporation on Aug. 15, 1913.
The Centennial Concert features Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts, known for classic oldies. 
Birthday cake will be served and the evening concludes with 
fireworks.
The Centennial Committee, which includes Lewis, has been planning the three-day party for two years and has offered other events throughout the year.
“They have done a fabulous job with both large and small programs throughout the year celebrating our city turning 100,” said Ken Warner, the city’s liaison to the Centennial Committee. “We are trying to do a wide variety of events for all demographics and ages, to grab people’s attention, so they can see the significance of this.”
Friday’s concert from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hammerle Park, celebrating 100 Years of Music, will grab people’s attention for sure. Moon Vine Music will feature musical styles from 1913 to 2013, including ragtime, Dixieland, the blues, American songbook standards, doo-wop, rock-n-roll and pop. Bring a chair or blanket and a picnic dinner, or purchase a Lion Burger or other food on site.
Roger Shepherd, co-chairman of the West Linn Centennial Committee, created a 20-by-40-foot traveling Centennial Museum,
which will be displayed at Saturday’s daylong culmination of the Centennial Celebration in Mary S. Young Park.
“People are beginning to realize that we have a lot a history here,” said Shepherd, who has lived in West Linn since 1994.
Centennial Committee member Sally McLarty, who moved to West Linn in 1937, the year she was born, said that she looks forward to celebrating what makes West Linn so special.
McLarty said her West Linn class of 1955 still gets together every other month. “People who were raised here come back to raise their children because they had a wonderful childhood here.”
Indeed, it’s home.
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