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...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 11, 2011 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Authors, Children, Christianity, Extraordinary Ordinary, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Justice, Kids, Life, Moms, Outreach, Parenting, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary, Transitions, Writing
I am excited to finally announce on my blog the publication of my SECOND BOOK, WriterMom Tales: Corralling the Commotion while Savoring the Chaos, Spilled Cheerios and Prayers of Real-Life Motherhood, which is the culmination of a long time dream come true- (Ask my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 2, 2011 | Christianity, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith and Culture, Gratitude, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community
Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian, SW Weekly, July 2, 2011 Theodore Bennett celebrated his 88th birthday doing what he does twice a day, morning and evening — waving to passers-by outside his West Linn house, wearing his trademark red hat....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 2, 2011 | Church, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Kids, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Sports Spotlight-Oregonian, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community
Originally published in SW Weekly Oregonian, Saturday, July 2, 2011 Name: Maria Green Age: 16 Hometown: West Linn, Oregon Grade/School: Junior at West Linn High School Team Name: West Linn High School Track and Field Team Recent accomplishments: “This...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Parenting, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news, Youth
Karlene Norby remembers her son Clifford, now 21 and an Eagle Scout, and West Linn Boy Scout Troop 149 raising money for a police dog several years ago. “The boys sold candy bars and raised over $1,000,” she said. The Scouts’ efforts, along with...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2011 | Community Service, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian At Christmas Earlene Beko decided to do something different for her seven grandchildren — give them each 50 dollars and a challenge: use the money to help someone else. They had till Easter. “I thought,...
