Tom Beckett, dressed as Chewbacca, greets a fan at a Star Wars Oregon event at Christmas Storybook Land in Albany on Dec. 15, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Most people have some way of unwinding after a stressful day at work. For Thomas Beckett, it’s dressing up as a Wookie. Beckett,[Read More…]

Vickie Rogers talks in her Salem apartment on an early November morning. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Vickie Rogers has lived with an intellectual disability all her life, slowing her thoughts and speech. But she’ll tell you it can’t slow the crusader in her. She avoids conflict, the 65-year-old said, but she’ll[Read More…]