by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 28, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Culture, Faith and Culture, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
At 91-years-old, Nora Martin Janik – then known as Nora Lou — seems to have barely slowed down from her fast paced Hollywood life in the 1940s. Janik, then known as Nora Lou, sang for the future king of Norway (Prince Olav), made movies with Roy Rogers and Gene...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 19, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(Originally written for The Oregonian SW Weekly Oct. 15, 2011) Fourteen Boy Scouts from West Linn Boy Scout Troop 149, along with a few of their dads, logged more than 102 service hours at the White Oak Savanna natural park in West Linn to fulfill the final...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2011 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Christianity, Church, Communication, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Faith. Culture. The Arts Connection, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Outreach, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
For this month’s Writers Connection Thursday Sept. 22, we make our annual trek to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a Writing Outreach. We will present essays on the topics of 1) Re-entry into Society 2) Does rehabilitation work? 3) Second Chance – What do you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 10, 2011 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Faith and Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
By Cornelia Seigneur – Special to The Oregonian When Michelle Therrell reflects on the labyrinth walks offered at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility every other Monday, she gets teary-eyed. “A lot of people say when you come to prison you find...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 24, 2011 | Church, Community, Community Service, Justice, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Writing
Joelle Baker and her 9-year-old son Kurt serendipitously fell into a day of fun at Tualatin Community Park earlier this month. “I heard these people speaking Spanish, and kids were gathered for piñatas and there were snow cones. Then, a lady asked us to join...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 16, 2011 | Church, Community, Community Service, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
Originally published in The Oregonian, SW Weekly, Saturday, July 16, 2011 About eight or nine years ago, Paul and Peggy Osborn of West Linn decided to pick up litter on the sides of the highway near their home on Buck Street. “It gave us a chance to walk...
