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“Young Life’s mission is to introduce teens to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith,” Ellis said.

Son of retired longtime Taft High teachers Jack and Kristin Wilkinson, the 27-year-old “Johnny Wilk,” as he is best known by his friends, was born in Lincoln City on Sept. 25, 1991, and lived here his entire life until he left to spend four years in the Navy.

Thirty-four years ago this month -- with Halloween looming -- local mortician Dale Patrick Omsberg became the subject of the most expansive criminal investigation in Lincoln County history.

Things move fast in the circles the spirited character with the colorful name of Boone Marker travels.

Lincoln City Community Center Director Gail Kimberling has reached the finish line on her longtime career with the Lincoln City Parks & Recreation Department, announcing her retirement effective Sept. 14.

Bradley and Zachery Ehrenfelt were born two minutes apart in Lincoln City on June 14, 1993.

The trio's journey, called Onyx's Great Adventure, will be live streamed and documented on their Facebook page and website.

When Margery Price takes the podium Saturday as valedictorian, she’ll lead a charge of nearly 100 fellow Taft High graduates into the future.

Like brothers who have shared life’s pleasures and pitfalls; like sons to the men they have played for and aspire to emulate; to the people they have touched and who have moved them, Taft High baseball stars Caleb King, Josh Salsbery and Jack Stempel are like family.

The No.-1 ranked Taft High baseball team posted some gaudy numbers this season – the most important, of course, being 12-0, the team’s perfect record in winning the West Valley League regular-season championship.