Lake Oswego native juggles Hollywood and Broadway with motherhood – Oregonian story

  (Originally published in 9-25-13 Kendra Mylechuk – Oregonian story) Lake Oswego native Kendra Mylnechuk received a call in July from casting director Billy Hopkins, whose film credits include “The Butler” and “Precious.”Hopkins...

Sports Spotlight on WL High runner Joanna Briscoe, who traveled to Rwanda with Africa New Life Ministries last summer

(Originally published in the print edition of The Oregonian, Sept. 18, 2013 SPORTS SPOTLIGHT – JOANNA BRISCOE)   JOANNA BRISCOE Age:  14 years old Where she lives:    West Linn School: West Linn High Year: Freshman Sport:             Cross Country...

Coach makes good on his mohawk promise – Oregonian story

When Chad McHenry  of West Linn coached the Under 10 boys soccer team with the Oregon Soccer Academy, they won the blue playoffs U10 Premier Division at the Mount Hood Challenge in 2011. He moved on to coach for the Lake Oswego Soccer Club that year. This year, he...

For 100 years, it’s “Just Home” – Celebrating what makes West Linn special on August 15-17- Oregonian story

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...

First Ghana and Italy then Virginia and West Linn, Rosetta Adzasu now plays professional basketball in Finland

When Rosetta Adzasu  moved with her family from Italy to Charlottesville, Virginia at the end of her seventh grade year, she lived in a three bedroom apartment with her family and members of extended family, totaling nine people. The Ghana-born 23-year-old had moved...

A Bloom in the Sidewalk features stories of six women healed by art

(Published in print edition June 26, 2013 of SW Weekly Oregonian June 26, 2013 and found on oregonlive.com OREGONLIVE STORY ON BLOOM IN THE SIDEWALK) When Kimber Dion and her sister Kristin Schultz, were growing up in the Portland  area, they were both sexually abused...

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