![Reaching out. Christopher Lesh, student at Central Catholic High School, serves ice cream during the event on March 2, 2025, at the Portland waterfront. Central Catholic was just one of the schools that sent student volunteers out to cook, prepare, dish, and serve food. Interact club’s co-president Rachel Gerber, junior, plated the food during the event. “I like how direct the contact is,” Gerber said. “You’re there [and] you’re just doing something good. It’s simple, it’s easy, you can feel good about it.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/interact-1-edited-1200x744.jpg)
It’s not often that West Linn has a bear scare, like the one we had on September 7, the first day of the year. Students had many different ideas about what the bear really was:
Brett Bushnell, freshman:
“I think it was a bear.”
Jessica Hodgen, sophomore:
“I’m not sure what it was, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a bear.”
Ronnie Howard, junior:
“Joey Joyce.”
Evric Jenkins, senior:
“I think the bear was someone who saw a shadow and they freaked out.”