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McKenzie International Brings Track to community hit hard by wildfires In many ways, track is about birth and rebirth. You start each lap at 0 even if the race clock says otherwise. The Mckenzie area's recovery after the holiday farm fire is a marathon. But a track event this week signalled the start of a new lap that may lead to some steadier times ahead. Posted: Jun 25, 2021 5:56 PM Updated: Jun 25, 2021 10:45 PM Posted By: Andrew Haubner Blue River, Ore. -- Standing in the middle of the McKenzie Community Track, one could almost be forgiven for forgetting what happened here nine months a...

The spectators in Blue River even got to witness one become the second-fastest Australian ever. The McKenzie International, put on by Portland Track, was the first meet held at the track since the fire burned 173,000 acres and destroyed more than 400 homes last Labor Day weekend. Proceeds from the event and the online livestream will go toward the Oregon Community Foundation's Community Rebuilding Fund to help recovery in the McKenzie River Valley.  Athletes also did not take any prize money for the meet, giving it instead to the rebuilding fund. The McKenzie Track is special to the Blu...

Brutal thoughtlessness By Michael Bergmann An anonymous hero from Kazakhstan was sentenced to a suspended prison term of two-and-a-half years for an obvious misunderstanding. And what a misunderstanding! He simply didn't get what Korean police meant saying: "Without material evidence put on our counter, we can't do anything, however true your reports might be about criminal businesses in your neighborhood." He couldn't believe that what they really wanted him to do was to leave them in peace, and for himself to live happily in ignorance. So he made the mistake of promptly bringing them the...

Saving prosecution's face By Michael Bergmann Some say my judgment on the Korean justice system and the state of truth and human dignity in this country is too harsh. Others sent me even more outrageous examples in reaction to my previous article. And some advised me to just share their resignation. The Korean friends in my neighborhood have widely surrendered to the local power group which is ruling the area and intimidating its residents and business owners. Some have fought for years, only to realize that the authorities don't really care. Some tried to get media attention, only to hea...

Coronavirus keeps Olympic trials, NCAA championships up in the air at Hayward Field Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021 Facebook Share By Ken Goe | For The Oregonian/OregonLive The Hayward Field makeover has been complete for more than seven months, a period in which the University of Oregon’s gleaming new track stadium has sat empty except as a practice facility for UO athletes. Whether that changes in the coming months is about as clear as a foggy Willamette Valley evening. Hayward Field, reconstructed in a two-year project said to cost more than $200 million, is scheduled to sta...