August 2008 Archives

By Antonia Giedwoyn, KGW.com producer/writer

Dear readers,

After nearly six years of bylines for kgw.com, it's time to write a bye-line.

I'm leaving KGW to attend graduate school at Pacific University, where I will pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology. I'm extremely excited to embark on this new endeavor. And yet......

I'll miss the frantic pace of breaking news...

I'll mis...

>> Continue reading: My final byline on KGW.com

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Yesterday I had the rare privilege to watch a baby elephant be born at the Oregon Zoo.
It was a hurry up and wait situation. Photographer Chris Rhodes and I arrived shortly after eight-thirty am. The mother elephant, Rose Tu, began to go into labor the morning prior. By 11 am yesterday, her water broke.
We were in the media area along with zoo staff and volunteers watching a live video monitor of Rose Tu and two other female ele...

>> Continue reading: Elephant Birth

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By: Amy Troy

When you're expecting, you'll hear this comparison. At seven months into your pregnancy your baby is, statistically, the size of a football.

Well, we've hit that mar...

>> Continue reading: Election Baby now the size of a football

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I have to admit, I am hooked on the Olympics. The main draw..watching Michael Phelps make Olympic history. For me, rooting for Phelps is like cheering on a neighborhood kid.

>> Continue reading: Phelps from my hometown

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I spent Thursday 8/07/08 covering Oregon National Guard soldiers in the desert south of Boise, Idaho.

Its amazing what those men and women are doing on a daily basis---without a single complaint---at least none that they shared with us.

First, they're drilling over and over in the hot sun. I know I'm a bit of a whimp, but I was soaked in sweat just standing there in 100 degree heat, with no shade, carrying my pen and note pad....

>> Continue reading: Oregon soldiers

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