Tag SALEM PEOPLE
Salem teenager ranks sixth in the nation in Olympic weightlifting
Emma Dalke, 14, does a clean-and-jerk in the garage of her Salem home on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) On December 4, Emma Dalke put on a tunic, picked up her weights, and stepped in front of a camera in her Salem garage. The…
Doctor from Salem makes waves with paper on racial bias in common medical device
Dr. Michael Sjoding (Courtesy photo) As Michael Sjoding began caring for more Covid patients in the spring of 2020, he noticed something concerning. Sjoding, who was born and raised in Salem, is now a doctor specializing in critical care pulmonology at the University of Michigan…
Salem volunteer turns experience with cancer into award-winning action
Kathy Ottele of Salem recently received the top award for excellence as the State Lead Ambassador of the Year from the American Cancer Society-Cancer Action Network in a virtual presentation ceremony held in Washington, D.C. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Twenty-two years ago, those working at Blue…
Injured vet gets keys to new Salem home, designed to make his life easier
Frank Wasson III, his wife Brooke, daughter Brielle and sons Jackson and Drayson listen to presentations during the ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 22, turning over to them keys to a new home in West Salem. Homes For Our Troops raised the money and organized construction.…
South Salem student journalist becomes daily chronicler of protests
Eddy Binford-Ross, a junior at South Salem High School, photographs the March for Floyd on Saturday, June 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As editor in chief of South Salem High School’s news operation, Eddy Binford-Ross believes that it’s her calling and her responsibility to report on…
North Salem senior wins laptop to help on her quest for higher education
Myrka Morales Romero poses with mentor Amanda Stubblefield Jan. 31, 2020 in the North Salem High School library after winning a Chromebook from Google and Best Buy (Courtesy/Amanda Stubblefield) When Myrka Morales Romero was called to the North Salem High School library in the middle…
From schools to Star Wars, meet the Salem educators who spend weekends as Chewbacca
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…
Her landlord kept her deposit. She beat them in court — and still awaits her money
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,…