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McKenzie River Reflections...
Sister John Sister John Backenstos is well-known by people up and down the McKenzie River for her undying efforts to help those in need. Whether by providing food or other necessary items she lived out her call as a religious sister to help those who had no one else to help them. Well into her 90’s she finally realized that she had done all she could and accepted “retirement” and is now living at the Holy Names Sisters convent in Lake Oswego. In the process of moving Sister John from McKenzie Bridge her helpers came across a collection of po...
Erskine Wolf book Reminiscent of the magical collaborations between Thornton Burgess and Harrison Cady, author Martha Baxter Haake and illustrator Aline Fourier have brought to life the story of a small family of wolves who are unlike any others. In “Erskine Wolf,” readers experience a world where a youngster, like the book’s namesake hero, lives a life in many ways similar to their own. Erskine lives in a cozy cave overlooking the McKenzie River along with his parents and three siblings. And comfy it is – outfitted with a mudroom, orien...