The Justice Conference to gather 3500 people from 20 countries Feb. 24-25

Ken Wytsma has been teaching classes on justice at Kilns College–School of Theology in Bend for years, and he has preached on the topic of justice at Antioch Church, where he is the founding lead pastor. But last year... Read more ...

Austin Arizala, a Tualatin High Swim Team member, is this week's Sports Spotlight

View full sizeDenyce WeilerAustin Arizala, Tualatin Timberwolves and Tigard Tualatin Swim Club Name: Austin Arizala Age: 17 Residence: Tualatin Grade/school: Senior, Tualatin High School Team: Varsity swimming Coach: Jeanine Serrano Highlights: Won the 200 freestyle and the 100 butterfly... Read more ...

Sports Spotlight this week is on Daniel Leonard, a Sherwood High wrestler

View full sizeJim ClarkeThe Sherwood Bowmen's Daniel Leonard competes against the Pendleton Buckaroos' Dylan Holcomb. Name: Daniel Leonard Age: 17 Residence: Sherwood Grade/school: Senior, Sherwood High School Team: Varsity wrestling Coach: William Taylor Highlights: "This year my biggest accomplishment... Read more ...

Community grieving the loss of Sierra Grill, a freshman at West Linn High, who took her own life

The entire community mourns the loss of Sierra Grill, a freshman from West Linn High School, who took her own life yesterday. West Linn High Principal Lou Bailey sent out an email to community members, noting that they are setting... Read more ...

Sports Spotlight: Lauren Robeznieks, Tualatin High swimming

View full sizePaul RobeznieksLauren Robeznieks, Tualatin Timberwolves Name: Lauren Robeznieks Age: 17 Residence: Tigard Grade/school: Senior at Tualatin High School Team: Varsity swimming Coach: Jeanine Serrano Highlights: "Highlights for this season would most definitely be the girls team being... Read more ...

Remembering--and reliving through my kids--Snow Days when school was canceled

So, my twins and I are up late watching the snow accumulate as God is blanketing the  street and the house and the yard in a blanket of soft white. And the twins who are 14 say, “Mom, it’s really... Read more ...

Sports Spotlight: Danny Rice, Sherwood High School wrestling standout

View full sizeTara RiceDanny Rice, Sherwood Bowmen Name: Danny Rice Age: 17 Residence: Sherwood Grade/school: Senior, Sherwood High School Team: Varsity wrestling Coaches: William Taylor, Jeff Wilson and Ryan Thomas Highlights: "First at Rose City Tournament at Westview High... Read more ...

Sports Spotlight on Mason Kurahara, a Sherwood High Basketball player

View full sizeDenise JacksonMason Kurahara (32) plays for Sherwood High School in a game against Sprague High School in Salem on Dec. 21. The Bowmen lost to the Olympians 61-55. Name: Mason Kurahara Age: 17 Hometown: Sherwood Grade/school: Senior... Read more ...

Bo Kwon's moving Korean taco food carts: A profusion of Koi Fusion

Living Cover Story, Published Saturday, November 05, 2011, 6:00 AM By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian  View full sizeBrent Wojahn/The OregonianBo Kwon at his Koi Fusion take out restaurant at Bridgeport Village. Kyle Sawyer followed Koi Fusion on Twitter... Read more ...

Sports Spotlight on Cassidy King of Lake Oswego who plays volleyball for Horizon Christian

Originally published in The Oregonian, SW Weekly print edition, SW Weekly, Oct. 29, 2011 By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian SPORTS SPOTLIGHT FOR OREGONIAN ON Cassidy King (Photo by  Theresa King) Cassidy King, Horizon Christian Hawks Name: Cassidy King... Read more ...

Two moms create Family Friendly Halloween Zombie Apocalpse Run

Get your Halloween costume out two days early for Saturday's Oct. 29 Zombie Apocalypse Run at LeeFarms in Tualatin.          The event is the brainchild of two West Linn moms, Heather Robbins and Debbie Parsons, who started a business,... Read more ...

Sports Spotlight: Nathan Anderson, Sherwood soccer

By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian Originally published in Oct. 22, 2011 print edition of SW Weekly Oregonian View full sizeDenise JacksonNathan Anderson, Sherwood BowmenName: Nathan Anderson Age: 17 Hometown: Sherwood Grade/school: Junior, Sherwood High School Team: Varsity... Read more ...

Serving the community, West Linn Boy Scouts and their dads log 102 hours at White Oak Savanna

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 requirement for... Read more ...

Labyrinth group helps Wilsonville inmates walk a path of peace

Labyrinth group helps Wilsonville inmates walk a path of peace By Cornelia SeigneurSpecial to The Oregonian August 27, 2011 SW Weekly  View full sizeJayme Fraser/The OregonianVolunteer Mary Andonian (left) leads Nakeea Wood, Michelle Therrell and other inmates along the... Read more ...

FACEBOOK ETIQUETTE and No, you should not ask to be friends with kids or students

So, my kids get asked by adults in their lives to be friends on Facebook and they have told me how awkward it is because they do not want to hurt the adults' feelings but they also feel it is... Read more ...

Community group works to make Tualatin better

View full sizeCornelia SeigneurJaquelin Delao (left) prepares food with the help of Betyelin Lopez, a student at Tualatin High School, at the Tualatin Together Community Picnic.Joelle Baker and her 9-year-old son Kurt serendipitously fell into a day of fun at... Read more ...