![Students in the National Art Honor Society work on the Mount Hood mural on the window of SouthLake Church. The students brought a variety of paints and mixed their own custom colors. “Instead of brushstrokes, we’re doing more dabbing, because it gives [a] better impression of tree foliage, rather than looking like actual brush strokes, because if we’re painting trees, we need it to look like trees,” Crawford said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_2397-1200x900.jpg)
![Main Street said farewell to summer on Aug. 30 through the second annual Chalk Walk Art Festival. Ruth Offer, Chalk Walk organizer, brought this tradition from Wyoming in an attempt to make use of the renovated sidewalks of Willamette Falls Dr. “[This is] a community event for the kids,” Offer said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-12-1200x803.png)
Race for the Oval Office
An update on the 2020 Presidential Election
Ballot drop boxes in Oregon closed at 8 pm on Nov. 3.
Podcast and blogs editor Audrey Lippert and web editor Karina Rower give an update on local and national races amidst the 2020 Election. They will be discussing the Democrats chance to overturn the senate as well as ballot measures passed in Oregon and the effect of a faulty envelope opener on elections in Clackamas County. Share your opinion on the election with them by sending a DM to their Instagram account @westlinnweeklywakeup. Listen using the Spotify link below.
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Audrey Lippert is a senior at West Linn High School. This is her fourth year taking journalism, and Lippert most enjoys writing current events articles,...
When she's not writing for wlhsNOW.com and the Amplifier, Karina Rower, senior, enjoys working to promote diversity with Affinity Club and volunteering...
