by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 7, 2012 | Africa, Gratitude, Home, Justice, Kids, Life, Parenting, Refugees, Writing
He walks to the door with his supervisor to let us in the locked rusty metal door double bolted entrance, which leads us through a cement-to-ceiling wired fence that takes us into a courtyard where deflated basketballs and wet picnic tables are pushed to the side. He...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 19, 2012 | Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, SW Weekly, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(Originally published in print edition of 10-13-12 Oregonian, Southwest Community News Oregonian story link online) Get ready to put on your dancing shoes and learn some new Zumba moves while raising funds for music at the same time. The Mass Zumba Party begins at...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 22, 2012 | Art, Community, Culture, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, SW Weekly, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
UPDATE- 10-20-12 First Live Concert- Delta Blues Guitarist Joe McMurrian – 6:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 20- Robinwood Station, located at 3706 Cedaroak Drive in West Linn. Donation: $ 5 per person, $ 10 per family) (Originally featured as a Cover story in 9-22-12...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 21, 2012 | Art, Children, Culture, Kids, music, Oregonian Sports Spotlight, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, SW Weekly, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news, Youth
(Photo by Cornelia Becker Seigneur for The Oregonian) Staff members for one of Youth Music Project’s summer camps with the nonprofit’s portable classroom at Rosemont Ridge Middle School in West Linn. Included are (from left) John Lamb, Monica...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 2, 2012 | Children, Community Service, Fundraising, Gratitude, Kids, Outreach, West Linn, West Linn news
West Linn’s Dan Loriaux set out to break the world record for number three-point shots made in 24 hours, and reached the 2007 record of 7,007 shots 15 hours into the attempt. Nine hours later, Loriaux swished 10,273 (N.B.A. standard) 3-Point shots in 24 hours,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 29, 2012 | Children, Community, Community Service, Fundraising, Justice, Kids, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Sports Spotlight-Oregonian, SW Weekly, West Linn
Seven thousand and seven — actually, 7,008 — that’s the number of three-point basketball shots Dan Loriaux, 23, of West Linn, will attempt to make in a 24-hour period, as a fund-raiser for the non-profit Mentor Athletics MENTOR ATHLETICS. If...
