And now a break from the pandemic
The historic Oak Grove Church in west Salem at sunset recently. The church was built in 1882. Throughout Salem, churches will be unusually quiet on Easter Sunday, April 12, as congregations obey the state’s order to avoid large gatherings and stay home. Some churches planned to provide “virtual” services by going online. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.
