Viggo, the West Linn Police dog, visits Boy Scout Troop 149, which helped raise money for him

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...

West Linn’s Charlie Mac studio recital set for Friday June 3

To celebrate the first year of the Charlie Mac Music Studio in West Linn, Charlie McGeehan has scheduled a recital for current students at 6 p.m. Friday, June 3 at Willamette Christian Church, located at 3153 South Brandywine Drive, in West Linn. This is the first...

This week my Oregonian Sports Spotlight is on Tyler Rome, a Sherwood baseball standout

  By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The OregonianPublished originally in print edition of SW Weekly Oregonian May 28, 2011 Name: Tyler Rome Age: 18 Hometown: Sherwood Grade/school: Senior, Sherwood High School Team: Varsity baseball Recent accomplishments:...

How a young girl, undeterred, transformed $ 50 into $ 5600 – Oregonian Living Cover Story May 31

  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,...

West Linn violist mom organizes benefit concert for Portland arts nonprofit PHAME Friday May 27

West Linn viola player Michelle Mathewson is organizing a Kairos Ensemble Benefit Concert for  PHAME Academy of Art at The Old Church tonight, Friday, May 27.   Starting at 7:30 p.m., Mathewson’s ensemble will highlight a variety of local professional musicians,...

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