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"Welch escorts us through the trivial to the transfigured."
     —Kenny Moore, Olympian and former Sports Illustrated writer
 
"Welch's work is outstanding for what it is not: sensational, wordy, one-sided; and for what it is: unpretentious, clear and honest."
     —Dorcas Smuch, author and former Registe-Guard columnist
 
"My Oregon III" is a collection of 99 of the best columns Welch wrote for The Register-Guard from 2009 to 2015. Among them: Mac Court's final night, Letting go of summer, Hiking the John Muir Trail, Sea to Summit, Oregon's prettiest drives, Big Stump, A sailor's lament, Kesey's mom, Barbara Bowerman, The old soldiers, The birth of jogging, Symphony's first note, A bartender-turned-hero, Officer down, Shy Garrison Keillor, The Spandex Nun,  The ocean taketh, The patron saint of cats, Katy Perry in Junction City, Losing Dave Frohnmayer, Letters to my grandchildren, The $1,000 Christmas giveaway, Beating .01 percent of the Eugene Marathon field and Goodbye, Register-Guard. (Soft cover.)
 

My Oregon III: Final Collection of RG columns, 2009-2015

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    Cathy Schaeffer's sixth-grade class at St. Mary Catholic School

    Taylorville, Ill.

     Henley Bliler  

     I would like to fly over the beginning of World War II because I would like to see exactly what happened. 

     

    Ruby Broux 

    I would like to fly over the Acropolis of Athens. I would fly over there because it is very cool how it is still standing up since the 5th century B.C.E 

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    Landyn Durbin 

    I would like to fly over Egypt whenever the pyramids were being built. I would like to fly over this because it is a mystery of how they were built. 

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    Bentley Friesland 

    American Revolution, to learn why Great Britain wanted war with the U.S. 

     

    Renee' Gunning 

    I would like to fly over Apollo 11 because I think it would be cool to see the moon landing. 

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    Drew Kietzman  

    I would fly over D-day because it is such an important part of World War II and it is a really cool event. I think it is a cool event because there were so many planes, boats, soldiers and tanks. 

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    Macie McDowell  

    One historical event I would fly over is World War II because I think it would be interesting to see all of the people who fought in the hard time. 

     

    Kate Shivers 

    I would fly over WW1 because it would be interesting to see what kind of equipment they used and how the countries lined up. 

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    Liam Stromberg 

    Rome to see and picture it all in the past and what it looked like in the past.

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    Roman Watson  

    I would like to fly over when they built the statue of liberty because i want to see the people who built it. 

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    Matthew Wayman 

    I would like to fly over when the Vikings went into battle because the vikings were very strong and powerful humans. 

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