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Thank you for kindness beyond words

  • By Chelsea Marr, Columbia Gorge News owner/publisher

These days it seems we are craving the simple manners of being kind. Sometimes I am amazed by kindness beyond words. The kind that touches you…

Forgiveness tour planned
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Forgiveness tour planned

  • By Neita Cecil The Dalles Chronicle
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Dick LaFever of The Dalles is hitting the road again with his message of forgiveness. He is embarking on a six-month traveling ministry talking about how he forgave his daughter’s killer.

Local crocheter goes viral
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Local crocheter goes viral

  • By Neita Cecil The Dalles Chronicle
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After several years of knitting and scrapbooking, Katy Bowman was seeking a new crafting challenge. So she decided to teach herself how to make crochet dolls.

That decision would eventually result in a brief burst of internet fame for Bowman, a clamoring for the dolls that she modeled after her favorite singer, Beyoncé, and best of all, a letter from Beyoncé’s people.

Sure, it was a boilerplate cease and desist letter, but still.