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As artist Pete Helzer's long and distinguished career wraps up, he reflects on his life in art and one final project close to his heart — a statue of Oregon pioneer Louis Southworth.
Materials from the vats of the Rogue brewery in Newport are on the verge of becoming the latest honey hole for salmon restoration.
At the southern end of the Willamette Valley is a trail less traveled, one that offers up stunning spring views of wildflowers, forests and waterfalls.
The celebration was lively: in the small town of Waldport, Oregon, a few hundred finally gathered to see the statue’s unveiling. We heard a Gulf Coast guy, Truman Price, a violinist, play music on his fiddle reminiscent of the tunes of 1880s which would have been played by the historical person cast in bronze. A
Louis Southworth came to Oregon a slave, died a respected fixture in his community and is now memorialized in Waldport.