Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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Keith Dawe has been waiting for his refund from Expedia since 2020. But neither the online agency nor his airline can find the missing money. Where is it? I need help getting a refund from Expedia. I booked two roundtrip Air Transat tickets from Toronto to Paris through Expedia back in 2020. I had to cancel the flights. Under the refund rules during the pandemic, Expedia said I could get my money back. Expedia said it would process the refund in a matter of weeks. I waited a few months, but the...
When Grant Erwin tries to pay for parking at Seattle's waterfront, a website called ParkWhiz charges him $115 -- even though it claims his transaction didn't go through. Can he get a refund? A parking lot on Seattle's waterfront at the foot of Union Street ripped me off for over $115. When you park there, you have to go to a website called ParkWhiz and give them your credit card number. When I did that, the site told me very definitely the transaction did not go through. After repeated attempts,...
My sister is 45 and has had an affair with an old boyfriend from her youth. She says she loves him, he loves her, and they wish to pursue a life together. They are both married, though he is separated. My sister has a wonderful husband who is devoted to her even after discovering the affair. Our families are close, and we are in shock at this heartbreaking news. I believe my sister is going through a midlife crisis. Her husband is still willing to save the marriage, but he is tired of her...
ACROSS 1. "Odyssey" author 6. Time in NYC 9. Pay as you earn, acr. 13. Avoid paying taxes 14. Also 15. Rolled up, on a farm 16. From distant past 17. News channel acronym 18. Very angry 19. *____ Invasion 21. *Vostok I pilot 23. Spring water resort 24. Talcum powder ingredient 25. Muted order 28. Sports award 30. Doled out, as in soup 35. Future atty.'s exam 37. Engage for service 39. In all sincerity 40. *____ Preminger, director of "Exodus" 41. Petri dish jellies 43. DDS exam 44. Gordon...
I wrote you about four years ago when my eight-year marriage was ending in divorce. At that time you gave me some great advice about beginning again. After reading the recent letter from Linda and how she "settled" for the wrong man, I felt I had to write an update letter. I can look back now and realize in too many ways, I "settled" in my first marriage. I reaped the results eight years later with a broken heart. After that marriage ended, I chose to live my life to the fullest, to take every...
ACROSS 1. Bars 6. Escape or flee 9. Green gemstone or Heather Graham in "The Hangover" 13. Turning point 14. 34th U.S. Pres 15. Actress Sophia ____ 16. Each and all 17. Lake, in France 18. Roof overhangs 19. *Lovable mother of seven in "Harry Potter" Mrs. ____ 21. *Mother in "The Terminator," Sarah ____ 23. Not safe, in baseball 24. "Hold on!" 25. Uno ____, in Mexico 28. Iranian monarch 30. Be a go-between 35. Kind of cuckoos 37. Passing mention 39. Dwelled 40. TV show "____ 911!" 41. *"Beloved"...
Why did Valeska Wehr pay twice for her stay at a Marriott property in Boston? And why won't Booking.com, the site through which she made the reservation, help her? I recently reserved and paid for a room at the Marriott Vacation Club Pulse at Custom House, Boston, through Booking.com. I prepaid $1,191 for my accommodations. I received a confirmation that I had booked a room at the property and that I had paid for it. However, when we checked out, my husband paid for the room again -- not realizi...
After Isabel Barne returns two items to Amazon, the online retailer sends her a refund -- and then charges her for one of the items again. Can she get this fixed? I recently bought scuba equipment from Amazon. The items didn't fit properly, so I returned them a week later. Amazon instructed me to print return sheets and take both items to a UPS dropoff. UPS accepted the package and gave me a receipt. Amazon promptly issued refunds to my account for both items. A few weeks later, Amazon charged...
Numbers from the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire were bleak: 173,393 acres burned, 1,100 structures lost (including approximately 470 homes), and over $160 million in damages. However, the responses were impressive. Despite one fatality, some 5,000 people were safely evacuated along with 576 livestock and 100 domestic animals. Much of this could not have happened without the support of volunteers who themselves had also suffered losses. Recovery has come about in many forms in the months and years since the fire. Along the McKenzie River, there are...
The McKenzie River flows nearly sixty miles from its source high in the Cascade Mountains to the Willamette River, 200 miles from the Pacific Ocean. The source of the McKenzie is numerous ice fields, but many consider Clear Lake to be its beginning. Approximately 2,000 years ago a lava flow dammed Fish Lake Creek and Clear Lake was formed. Today still- standing submerged trees, preserved in the cold waters, can be seen in the depths of Clear Lake. See tinyurl.com/4ces4dse Just downstream of Clear Lake are two impressive waterfalls, Sahalie and...
WHY The Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project started in 2017 when Using U.S. Forest Service data from 5 years of information via seasonal Self-issue Wilderness Permits. The data included things like lots of trash, feces not buried, user trails being created, and camping on fragile alpine areas. A proposed wilderness-wide limited entry permit system went to the public in May 2019 and resulted in the final draft of the project. WHAT Actions include: * Limiting access to the Three Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson...
Make sure not to overlook “A Taste of the McKenzie River” on your next journey upriver. Honey Paddle Farm has captured the curiosity of those passing by and delighted the senses of visitors throughout the summer. Specializing in cut-flowers, floral pumpkins, and honey, Honey Paddle is a local farm owned by Amber and Brian Jackson, who are entering their fifth growing season. You can find honey varietals, such as McKenzie River Blossom and Bee’s Friend Phacelia Honey, at The Leaburg Store and McKenzie Feed & Tackle in Walterville, OR. Seaso...
Ever wonder if the McKenzie area shares the underpinnings that have made the Willamette, Umpqua, and Columbia valleys famous for wine making? You’re not alone in that thinking, and McKenzie Crest Wines has been making it a reality. In 2015 close friends, Dan Perkins and Chris Freytag decided to follow their dreams of grape production and quality wine making. They planted a small vineyard of Maréchal Foch - a hybrid French-American grape - along the McKenzie River. The result they say, was “an experiment that went very, very right.” The fledgl...
Leaburg Dam has provided a sense of security since it was built in 1928. With a road on top, it provides access to the south bank of the river for residential property owners, a commercial blueberry farm, the Leaburg Fish Hatchery, a boat launch, and Lloyd Knox Park. Homeowners say they always felt pretty secure, echoed by one who feels “living on Leaburg Lake is a dream come true.” In a report that dominated the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s December 6, 2022 meeting the utility’s general manager called for permanently discontinuing electri...
Last Friday night I was caught with another woman by my girlfriend. When my longtime girlfriend came to my house, I told her I was going to bed early. She suspected something and came back to find this woman in my house. We had been cheating for about a year. The other woman didn't know either. My girlfriend had a fit. She cursed me up and down and told me she wanted to hit me. After about 30 minutes of that, she left. On the way out she keyed my car. Then the other lady had her say. Mostly she...
