1940s Hollywood star Nora Lou has raised $4000 for scholarships while sharing her story at local venues-Oregonian Living story

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...

Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth documentary Oct. 7 highlights sex trafficking and those trying to stop it

I will be screening the documentary, Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth, for Christianity Today’s women’s blog.  scheduled for  6 p.m. Friday Oct. 7 at Portland State University at Hoffman Hall.  The film shares highlights of interviews that five young...

September’s Writers Connection group travels to the State Pen for Annual Essay outreach event

For this month’s Writers Connection Thursday Sept. 22, we make our annual trek to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a Writing Outreach. We will present essays on the topics of 1) Re-entry into Society 2) Does rehabilitation work? 3) Second Chance – What do you...

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...

July Writers Connection set for Thursday July 21 at 7 pm –

The July Writers Connection is set for  Thursday, July 21  at 7 p.m. at the East Atrium at Rolling Hills Community Church,  3550 SW Borland Road, Tualatin Oregon. Writers of all genres are welcome to this informal networking session. We share work, inspiration, ideas,...

Theodore Bennett’s Waving Ministry

Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian, SW Weekly, July 2, 2011 Theodore Bennett celebrated his 88th birthday doing what he does twice a day, morning and evening — waving to passers-by outside his West Linn house, wearing his trademark red hat....

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