West Linn Boy Scouts log 102 hours of community service at White Oak Savanna

(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...

Sports Spotlight for The Oregonian is on Victoria Kalina, a Sherwood cross country stand out

Originally published in SW Weekly Oregonian, Saturday, September 17, 2011 By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian (photo courtesy Katie Thalhofer) Name: Victoria Kalina Age: 17 Hometown: Sherwood Grade/school: Senior, Sherwood High School Team: Varsity cross...

Popular band instructor returns to West Linn to lead top music program and secures grant for Euphonium

It’s like he’s returning home to family. After leaving Rosemont Ridge Middle School in 2004 for teaching positions in Beaverton, then Banks, band instructor and director Ronald LaGrone returns to the West Linn school to lead sixth- through eighth-grade...

Wilsonville inmates reflect on life during weekly Labyrinth outreach – Oregonian story

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...

Schools, police, church, civic and community leaders join forces to impact Tualatin-Together – Oregonian story

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...

Paul and Peggy Osborn’s litter patrol outreach impacts the community

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...

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