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David Douglas English teacher Jeremiah Franzen serves himself a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:32:04 -0700

David Douglas English teacher Jeremiah Franzen serves himself a cup of coffee from a thermos on the back of Cory Bigboy’s wheelchair. Cory and his twin brother Gary Bigboy, 17, behind, helped in the Sparrow Club effort to raise money for an 11-year-old boy who needed brain surgery. The brothers, who have cerebral palsy, sold raffle tickets and donated tips from their daily coffee rounds at the school. Photo by Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON-May 16, 2013—Brian Lacy, of Portland...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:26:43 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON-May 16, 2013—Brian Lacy, of Portland Honeybees, was called in to remove a swarm of honey bees that had settled in on the S.W. Main Street side of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Thursday afternoon. The swarm was too high off the ground to reach from below so Lacy lowered a “bee vacuum” from the roof and sucked them up for relocation. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON — May 14, 2013 — Simon Mottram,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:48:22 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON — May 14, 2013 — Simon Mottram, founder of Rapha Racing Ltd., an upscale bicycle apparel brand, has seen his creation rocket from T-shirt obscurity to trend setting success. Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian

Toma Villa, 35, a Native American artist from the Yakama tribe,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:53:17 -0700

Toma Villa, 35, a Native American artist from the Yakama tribe, paints a mural of Chief Joseph at Chief Joseph School in North Portland on Monday. Villa, who has traveled nationally and internationally teaching and creating art, started this spray paint mural last week and worked long days through the weekend to finish it. Principal Joe Galati hired Villa with money the school had received from a grant. Photo by Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON—MAY 11, 2013—Brysyn Davis, 5, of...

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:26:57 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON—MAY 11, 2013—Brysyn Davis, 5, of Kelso, Washington gets a close look at a replica of a Deinonychus, a creature that existed 70 to 76 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. The name means terrible claw. The replica Brysyn was looking at was among the non-animated dinosaur replicas kids could touch and interact with at the Discover the Dinosaurs exhibit at the Expo Center. Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON — May 11, 2013 — Governor John...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:33 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON — May 11, 2013 — Governor John Kitzhaber, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley along with their family and Maitripa College President Yangsi Rinpoche (in front of them) wait for the Dalai Lama’s arrival at Veterans Memorial Coliseum before His Holiness the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit on “Universal Responsibility and the Global Environment.” Photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON — May 09, 2013 — Children give...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:11:12 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON — May 09, 2013 — Children give flowers to the Dalai Lama during “His Holiness the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit” at the University of Portland Chiles Center. Photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian

The Tillamook Air Museum, the only World War II blimp hangar...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:52:56 -0700

The Tillamook Air Museum, the only World War II blimp hangar still open to the public, faces a bleak future. Port of Tillamook Bay commissioners grapple with the fate of the building touted as the largest wooden structure in the world, they are facing a repair bill of at least $15 million. It might as well be $1 trillion. “We don’t have that kind of money and we are never going to make that kind of money with the building,” said port commissioner Jim Young. Photo By Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian

OREGON CITY, OREGON - May 7, 2013 - Stacy and Matt Koon, center...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:42:18 -0700

OREGON CITY, OREGON - May 7, 2013 - Stacy and Matt Koon, center left and right, take 11-month-old daughter Kinley along to return their recyclables at the Bottle Drop Oregon Redemption Center in Oregon City. “It’s just convenient, an all-in-one spot,” Matt Koon says. Plans are in the works to open 45 to 50 more facilities over the next 10 years, with one soon opening in outer northeast Portland. The new facility will be nearly twice the size of the one in Oregon City.Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian

HILLSBORO, OREGON - MAY 2, 2013 - Children from the kindergarten...

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:40:35 -0700

HILLSBORO, OREGON - MAY 2, 2013 - Children from the kindergarten at Farmington View Elementary get a lesson in what it would be like to have eyes proportionately as big as some animals, while they toured at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

Portland, Oregon—April 14, 2013— Yangsi Rinpoche,...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:28:20 -0700

Portland, Oregon—April 14, 2013— Yangsi Rinpoche, president and professor of Buddhist studies at Maitripa College in Southeast Portland, leads a meditation class recently inside the Jokhang Meditation Hall at the college. Part of the meditation class includes a clockwise walk around the meditation room, sometimes walking very slowly. Maitripa College, the first and only Tibetan Buddhist college in the Pacific Northwest, will host the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, in Portland for an environmental summit May 9-11, 2013. Photo by Jamie Francis/The Oregonian

TILLAMOOK, OREGON-April 23, 2013—Greg Hublou, of...

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:08:51 -0700

TILLAMOOK, OREGON-April 23, 2013—Greg Hublou, of Tillamook, is one of the volunteers who, under state supervision, is chasing cormorants in Tillamook Bay and where the Tillamook, Trask and Wilson Rivers feed into the bay on the Oregon coast. This is to keep the cormorants (shown taking flight from Tillamook Bay) from eating hundreds of thousands of salmon and steelhead smolts being released from state hatcheries. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - May 1, 2013 - Atticus Lane-Dupre scored four...

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:15:53 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON - May 1, 2013 - Atticus Lane-Dupre scored four goals, including the game-winner with just seconds remaining, to power The Green Machine to a 10-9 win against the Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field. The game was the feature event of Lane-Dupre’s Make-A-Wish request after the 8-year-old kidney cancer survivor asked the Timbers to set up a game between his youth team and the MLS franchise. Photo by Bruce Ely/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON — April 26, 2013 — Portland...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:52:49 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON — April 26, 2013 — Portland Winterhawks’ Ty Rattie, #8, celebrates after he scored against the Kamloops Blazers during the third period at Rose Garden. The Winterhawks won 4-1 to secure the WHL Western Conference title in five games. Photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON -Apr. 10, 2013 - Long distance runner and...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:58:58 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON -Apr. 10, 2013 - Long distance runner and Olympic medalist Galen Rupp, with weighted pins, at the Portland Athletic Center of Excellence on NE Martin Luther King Blvd. Much of his training is runner specific and designed to build core strength and balance. Photo by Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

TIGARD, OREGON - April 22, 2013 - Caden Hall, (left), 4, and...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:47:04 -0700

TIGARD, OREGON - April 22, 2013 - Caden Hall, (left), 4, and Christopher Hayashi, 4, students at Touchstone School in Tigard, inspect ladybugs. They were in a group of students who released ladybugs as part of an Earth Day lesson. Students learned how ladybugs act in a garden. The ladybugs were kept in a bags that held 5,500 ladybugs. Photo by Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 20, 2013 - Portland Winterhawks right...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:04:22 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 20, 2013 - Portland Winterhawks right winger #8 Ty Rattie puts the puck past Kamloops Blazers goalie Cole Cheveldave for the Winterhawks’ second goal of the game. The Portland Winterhawks won game two of the Western Conference Finals by a score of 4-0 at the Memorial Coliseum. Photo by Doug Beghtel/ The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - April 19, 2013 - The University of Oregon plays...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:58:14 -0700

EUGENE, OREGON - April 19, 2013 - The University of Oregon plays host to the Oregon Relays, which bring together high school, college and pro athletes for a two-day meet at Hayward Field. Photo by Bruce Ely / The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - APRIL 9, 2013 - The chickens at Zenger Farm...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:33:37 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON - APRIL 9, 2013 - The chickens at Zenger Farm sometimes seemed to prefer the feed on the other side of the fence. Photo by Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - October 1, 2012 - Jared Jeffries’ pride...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:52:00 -0700

PORTLAND, OREGON - October 1, 2012 - Jared Jeffries’ pride and joy fills his back and has taken eight years and 21 hours of work to complete. Except it’s not compete yet. He had work done earlier this month and will continue to accentuate the striking display of art for years to come. “I think it’s just an expression,” Jeffries said. “I think it’s art. Just an expression in what you believe in. So most of mine have some kind of religious theme. Like Bible verses, a guardian angel on my wrist. And then I have Jesus on my back. That’s my favorite.” Photo by Bruce Ely/The Oregonian