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I was just not ready to turn in my book this week, so I asked for an extension. I had to. . . now, I have to keep on it. . .writing those captions, which means connecting with people. I did reach the Corps of Engineers about the Locks photos- they were great about IDing photos. The Paper Mill got right back with me as well, and I will finalize those captions on Monday. . ....
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If you have been following me at all you probably know that I am an Mac fan. I have met Steve Wozniak in person before and actually shook his hand. I think The Woz is an incredible person and a great educator. I ran across this video where the BBC actually sat The Woz down in front...
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Joe Bernert sent me a photo of the Spruce Goose being moved via his family's Tugboat service along the Willamette River and around the Falls in a historic event. This is fantastic to be able to share this story!...
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Here's a video that was made to feature youth working with kids at Sports Camp. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, July 2nd
Internet Strategy Forum Summit West is just around the corner and you sure don't want to miss it. You don't want to be left out as we learn smart enterprise Internet strategy at the 5th annual Internet Strategy Forum Summit on July 17 & 18, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a great place to be especially...
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I have a photo of the first cousin once removed of the darling girl wearing the hat who is on the Willamette meteorite. Her name is Vicki Oldenstadt Greenwood and her great aunt [what she calls her] was the little girl in the hat whose name is Ruth Leavens. Vicki grew up in the Willamette area of West Linn and has been fascinated by the Willamette Meteorite ever since seeing that picture which her...
Thanks to Nate Hanson for this report from Bible Fellowship Church, in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The Hanson family traveled through and stopped by. Here is what Nate says: It was very neat to see the church and hear from Pastor Don. Bible Fellowship is having a big impact in this area and, as his wife said, "Bible Fellowship is known as the church that helps." The people and prayers from New...filed under: nate
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Tuesday, July 1st
My wonderful, amazing neighbor HJ Belton Hamilton deserves his own book -but for now he will go in one [notable citizens] if not two or three [his daughter was the first female student body president at West Linn High). Belton was the first black graduate of Stanford in 1949 and the first black assistant attorney general. I met him over the years while walking in my neighborhood. He had a...
There are over 400 pictures from Mega Sports Camp 2008 on the Ignite Youth Ministries Gallery. Click here to check them out.filed under: sports camp
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Monday, June 30th
Analytics What Use Are They? There is so much information to be gleaned and analyzed from site analytics you could easily eat up a 60 hour a week job just for one site. An expert will know what information is of the best value and what information is just fun to know. The expert can cut...
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I keep thinking I want to make sure to include pictures when I post, but if I wait till I get the gumption to process pictures, we could all be waiting a while, so here's a recap of the week sans pictures. Birthday girl That was me last Saturday, and it was a great party. In an unusual turn of events, everyone who said they would show up actually did and a person or two who hadn't said they...
Sunday, June 29th
What google Wants vs. What the Searcher Wants (no horse involved)
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What a week we had at Sports Camp! By the end of the week over 110 children passed through the doors of New Life Church! Though this large of a group made for some tired volunteers, it was well worth the effort. Listen to some of the feedback we got from parents: Camp was fantastic and a joy to be a part of. So blessed to have such a wonderful program for young children. My kids only came two...filed under: sports camp
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Friday, June 27th
Just when I think I am close to gathering enough photos. . .today, was able to meet Carol Geldaker who helped get the bicycle lanes in West Linn as well as the CedarOak Park Tennis Courts - I heard about her through her daughter Gretchen, whom I met last week at the Lutheran Church. . . Carol is a go-getter, loves the outdoors and recreation. As a bicycle rider myself, I appreciate what she has...
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Thursday, June 26th
Wednesday I left at 10 am to go scanning at Alma Costan's house for Maddax Woods information, had lunch with my friend Kristi at FiveSpice, then went to Willamette United Methodist Church then to see Esther Gross Betts in Canby then to the Bagley family on Pete's Mountain, one of the first out there. That view of Mount Hood. Such a nice family. . . .So many fun photos and families I am getting to...
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Wednesday, June 25th
Sanctity of Human Life Baby Bottle Giving Results: 39 Contributing Churches $42,195.45 Raised! Dear New Life Church, Without your willingness to be involved in the Baby Bottle Campaign this much money wouldn't have been possible. We really appreciate all your hard work! Thank you so much for your time and love of this ministry. Your church families have contributed $1,735.99 to PRC Through the...I met with David Banash at the West Linn Public Library today. He has been collecting photosgraphs and the stories of early West Linn for a while and is a member of the West Linn's Historic Resources Advisory Board. He was so organized with his box of items he brought. Postcards, newspaper articles, old West Linn High basketball programs. Some of his info was passed along from Mike Gates, who has...
Monday, June 23rd
Our Sports Camp/VBS began today at New Life Church. We had 77 kids show up (59 is the most we have ever had before)! A great time was had by all as David Nizic (camp director/general manager), Matt Vorhees (youth pastor), The Utah Mission Team, and other volunteers taught the children about basketball. Brianne Cochrane is the Rally Coach for the camp. She taught the kids the story of Nehemiah...filed under: basketball, sports camp
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Sunday, June 22nd
This is the video I showed in church today. In addition to being a great reminder that God loves us, it is also a good way to think about making the gospel personal like I wrote last week. Think in simple before/after terms. If you can put it on a sheet of cardboard it is simple enough. Enjoy!...posted on Treasure Chest in West Linn - 9:11 PM
I am looking for Boni-Lynn Restaurant info-old photos actually - it was open for 30 years before selling to Burgerville in 1989- we moved here the year they had torn down Boni-Lynn and had heard about the home-grown popular burger eatery in the Robinwood neighborhood. Burgerville says they bought the property from Pat Moore who owned Boni-Lynn at the time - Boyd and Lynn Moore were the original...
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Saturday, June 21st
Today I celebrate 50 years. Funny it doesn't feel like 50 years (except I have to wear cheaters to read, and color the obnoxious gray hairS...) It occurred to me just now that this will be the first birthday since I was 20 that I'll spend in the company of my mom. Now THAT's a great gift! And it's a great excuse for a party, and I invited a lot of dear friends. We'll have a house full of...posted on Fiberly One in West Linn - 9:44 AM
Betty Lind, a long time Robinwood resident, invited me over yesterday to see her photos/information. What a dear. Her husband Ed Lind was a West Linn Lion [still looking for more photos from the Lions]- Ed's dad was also part of building the West Linn-Oregon City Bridge... Today, I was supposed to have draft text to my editor - but I am not quite there. I did send in one introduction to chapter 2...
Friday, June 20th
We use the simplest gospel presentation I've ever seen. It is easy to remember and use. I made this video during the first "Don't Waste Your Summer" training meeting, the low production costs will be obvious. But, if you are wondering how you might share the gospel wherever you have a pen and paper, I've found no better way than this. The One Verse...
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Thursday, June 19th
The last two days have been filled with scanning the Matille family collection of photos and meeting the nice folks at West Linn Lutheran Church and meeting Marge Logsdon from the River View Lions and visiting Lisa Lawer who called me to ask me to come over to look at her photos. Her grandma started the West Linn Old Fashioned Fair. We found out our daughters knew each other! So many connections....
Tuesday, June 17th
There is no better way to present the gospel, to make it interesting and memorable than to weave your own story into it. How has the gospel changed you? If someone is interested in what a difference Jesus has made in your life, what would you say? Answering those questions can give you a ton of confidence sharing your faith. A typical pattern for your story is a before and after outline....
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Met George Matille, a long-time Willamette area resident. He was the basketball coach at West Linn High School many years and has so many photos. He had his boxes of photos and photo albums and his brother's boxes and photos out for me on the dining room table, and he told stories as he shared them with me. These are absolutely wonderful. Old baseball teams, the police station before it was a...
Monday, June 16th
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Saturday, June 14th
Oh no! Not another report from SMX Advanced in Seattle, June '08. Everyone else reported on the sessions and Amplify-Interactive has a very good detailed one! I have decided to report on the Expo Hall. As I walked through the paths in the expo hall during the rush of the lunch break I couldn't help but...
posted on Gary Pool's Blog in West Linn - 6:17 AM
It is one thing to talk to people about, well, nothing. . . to make small talk. It is another thing all together to talk about important things. How do you go about finding out what other people really think? How do you go about surfacing opportunities where the Good News might not only be heard, but be appreciated? Again, there may be countless ways, but I am going to share only the...
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Friday, June 13th
After 15 years living in Sun City West, my Mom is now living in Oregon. For the next two weeks, she'll be staying with us and then she'll move to her apartment in Wilsonville, when all her things arrive. Tom and I flew out two weeks ago Wednesday to help her pack and clean up. We rented the smallest moving container from Door-to-Door which arrived on schedule on Thursday. Over the course of...
Thursday, June 12th
It is one thing to identify and to initiate, but how do you know your attempt at initiation won't be a complete disaster? The simplest, and the best, way to plan a conversation with people you don't know is this little acronym. Find out where they are F.R.O.M. by asking questions in the following areas: FAMILY: Are you married? Any kids? Do you live with parents? How did you...
Get children outside to nurture their insides -- Rather than overschedule your kids this summer, leave time for the outdoors Thursday, June 12, 2008 SW WEEKLY - The Oregonian newspaper CORNELIA SEIGNEUR REAL LIFE MOM Meet Phil Finch. Grandpa Phil, that is. My daughter, Rachel, and I were introduced to him while hobbling through the Newport Marathon last month. As he caught up to us at Mile...
One of the biggest barriers to sharing the love of Jesus is getting started. For a variety of reasons the first step is the hardest. The first step is really easy to take. It requires that you do two simple things: Identify: Find someone to love for Jesus' sake. Jesus found a woman at a well, somewhere she went every day. He found a tax collector in a tree while He was out for a walk. Where will...
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Wednesday, June 11th
On Monday I spent -- count them -- 6 hours at the West Linn Paper Company. Initially, I thought I would be there for a max of two hours as the lady who arranged my visit said there were mostly slides to look at. When I walked into the room she had set up for me, I saw 8 or so "history" boxes and began sorting through the first one. And, started scanning. I got through one box. Some amazing photos,...
So, a mom misses her shift at the Little League concession stand and the league benches her son, her 7-year-old son, who just wants to play baseball. I say, Let the kid play ball. The recent incident occurred in Massachusetts and brings up the question: Should children be punished for their parents’ shortcomings. In this case, I understand that parents are required to serve at...
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Tuesday, June 10th
Anyone can waste their summer! Someone who treasures Christ will look for ways to make an eternal difference with their summer. It's not that hard. We are having some training to take the fear/uncertainty out of investing in other people. It covers a few simple skills. Every God-Treasuring Christian should be able to: Get started building a relationship with another person.Talk to them.Talk to...
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Sunday, June 8th
In PrayerO Lord, in prayer I launch far out into the eternal world, and on that broad ocean my soul triumphs over all evils on the shores of mortality. Time, with its gay amusements and cruel disappointments never appears so inconsiderate as then. In prayer I see myself as nothing; I find my heart going after Thee with intensity, and long with vehement thirst to live to Thee. Blessed be the...
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Saturday, June 7th
On Thursday, Sally McLarty, long-time Bolton Neighborhood resident and president of the neighborhood association there for years, picked me up to drive to her niece's house. Niece Patty was working on archiving many of the family's historic photos - there are were original Bolton residents in Sally's family. I brought my laptop and scanned away while writing stories down. It was a late evening and...
Friday, June 6th
News about the Internet Strategy Forum Summit West. Thursday, July 17 - Main Program ...for Internet strategists, senior mgmt, marketers and IT Friday, July 18 - Option: Internet Strategist Symposium Governor Hotel, Portland, OR The first 250 people to register at will receive a copy of Forrester presenter Charlene Li's new book "Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by...
Thursday, June 5th
Last night I was invited to speak a the Historic Resources Advisory Board at West Linn's City Hall. Met Sandy CArter of the Willamette Falls Locks and others. Got to see Cassandra from the Fire Dept again and met other long time West Linn residents. They were all so supportive of the book and offered connections. People to contact and ideas for photos. It was great. . . and today, met again with...
Wednesday, June 4th
Today at SMX Advanced, Seattle I turned the camera around on Scott Willoughby (greatscott!) the producer of Whiteboard Friday for SEOmoz. Scott spoke candidly about greatscott!, Whiteboard Friday, the SEOmoz booth at SMX Advanced, Rand Fishkin, and SEOmoz. Great day at SMX Advanced Seattle. late, gary...
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Tuesday, June 3rd
Several students took part in the WLHS Baccalaureate last Sunday. The only two boys who participated were both from New Life Church, Eric Koczian opened the event in prayer and Taylor Reavely led singing and gave the first student address. Here is his...Monday, June 2nd
New Life Church supports Pregnancy Resource Centers in a number of ways. One of the ways is through the annual Steps for Life Walkathon. While we did not have many people walk, we did come through as one of the top sponsoring churches. Thank you to those who walked and those who sponsored! Pregnancy Resource centers provide help and hope to women with crisis pregnancies....
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Shame on Aaron Wall and SEOBook.com In the SEOBook The Search Engine Marketing Glossary Aaron includes Jason Calacanis and there is no listing for Rand Fishkin. Now we would expect to find Danny Sullivan included in Aaron's SEM Glossary. The entry for Jason Calacanis: The entry for Rand Fishkin is nowhere to be found. Aaron get with the program...
Friday, May 30th
I have been unable to shake the knot in my throat for days now since I have heard about the tragic death of Maria Chapman, the youngest daughter of Steven Curtis Chapman. Last November my family sat in his concert and cried as he sang Cinderella, a song he wrote about her. He has been one of my favorite Christian artists since I received free cassettes of his in a sample package 20 years ago when...posted on Treasure Chest in West Linn - 9:56 PM
There's a lot going on in our world, including one more trip to Phoenix next Wednesday to get my Mom moved out of her house and up here to stay. She'll be moving into a nice senior community in Wilsonville, OR. She doesn't "believe it" but we think life will be easier without a house and yard and 100°F-plus to contend with. Off the needles In the meantime, I've been knitting away between...Today was amazing- George Perdue and Loretta from Willamette Christian came over to scan photos- took much longer than thought. Then Augustin, my 5 year old, and I drove over to Glen and Rosie Ek's house - and Glen had the photos laid out for me to see and he had a story for every photo. And I started scanning. His wife Rosie and their daughter arrived and we had more photos to look at from...
Wednesday, May 28th
The past week has been a whirlwind of searching through Tidings archives and looking for West Linn books and calling people and e-mailing folks and scanning photos and looking at school websites and leaving lots of messages and hearing back from people. Connections. It is all about connections. One person is giving me the name of another person and so on and so on. It is fun! yet, taking so much...
Tuesday, May 27th
The V7 Network Blog on site Sitemap doesn't. While visiting the V7 Network Blog this morning I saw a link to the Sitemap and I clicked on it. I got an empty page, well it had the usual left navigation and the right column ads as well as the site map with a (no title) link that...
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Sunday, May 25th
Thanks to the generosity of friends, TheHudsons surpassed the dollar amount raised last year for the Oregon Humane Society at Doggie Dash: $1290. It wasn't even close to being enough for the top three like last year, but we're pretty darned pleased. Jake and Mandy seemed to have a great time. We wandered around for an hour before the walkers took to Naito Parkway, and then walked the two miles....
Saturday, May 24th
At Webvisions 2008 Keynote Speaker Jeffrey Veen, ex-design manager and project lead for Google's Measure Map, the company's well-received web analytics tool, let us in on the real story behind the Google Analytics interface. One night Jeffery was watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when the airplane scene came up, the one with the...
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Thursday, May 22nd
Keynote Speaker Lynne d Johnson, FastCompany.com Lynne is the Senior Editor and Community Director for FastCompany.com, a leading website and community for people passionate about business ideas that also offers the complete content of Fast Company magazine. She also writes a technology blog following Web, media, and consumer trends for FastCompany.com, and guest blogs for techPresident and...
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Help support the 2009 Guatamala Team! Members of our team will help you with your "honey-do" list and you can make a donation to the short term mission. We will do yard work, general cleanup, painting projects or "you name it". Here's a snapshot of Dianne Froode, hard at work on a recent workday....posted on Treasure Chest in West Linn - 5:57 PM
Wednesday, May 21st
Last night, I got to make a presentation at the Willamette Centennial Committee with Jody Carson leading the meeting. They were really supportive and excited about my project. Got to meet Marsha Gross who was at the meeting (thanks to Kristine Tuor for connecting us). She loaned me two photos-one large one of the Baseball team. Spent about an hour at the meeting (even volunteered the Scouts for...