by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 28, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Culture, Faith and Culture, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
At 91-years-old, Nora Martin Janik – then known as Nora Lou — seems to have barely slowed down from her fast paced Hollywood life in the 1940s. Janik, then known as Nora Lou, sang for the future king of Norway (Prince Olav), made movies with Roy Rogers and Gene...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 19, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(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...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 3, 2011 | Culture, Gratitude, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, School Days, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
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...
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 | 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 21, 2011 | Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
Saturday July 9 marks the Fourth Annual Street Dance in the Historic Willamette area of West Linn. The annual event revives a tradition begun in the early 1900’s when West Linn was a new city. The festivities begin at 5 p.m. with food booths and vendors. At...
