“Raleigh brings a wealth of experience working with youth and adults, both in recreation and school settings,” Lincoln City Parks & Recreation Director Jeanne Sprague said. “With his fantastic energy, he’s jumped right into his new job duties.”
Popular local resident John Dennis celebrated his 90th birthday today at the Lincoln City Safeway surrounded by friends, family, banners, balloons and chocolate cake.
On the surface, Taft High’s Sam Cortes has been a fixture in local swimming circles for nearly a decade now. Dive deeper and you’ll learn much more about the personable teenager who is earning the distinction of being among the school’s most dominating freshmen athletes ever.
At 6-foot-9, Taft High senior Ray Darrington has stared down child neglect, school struggles, bullying -- even racism – but overcoming adversity has rewarded the 18-year-old prep basketball standout with promise for the future, where the sky’s the limit . . .
School days for Taft High students Kadence James and Autumn Barela don’t end with a bus ride home or a gathering of friends. Rather, find them confined to a tightly quartered cushioned room filled with grunting boys who reek of sweat.
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.
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.
