by Jemelene | Oct 1, 2020 | Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
Note: Following the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon i write a piece that was published in the News Review. This is a follow-up to the original article. On the first day of October 2015 I was training for a new position at work. The...
by Jemelene | Sep 30, 2018 | Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
Author’s Note: On October 1, 2015 our town was shattered by the unthinkable. A shooter entered a classroom on our small community college campus and killed nine of our own as well as wounding nine others. My response that next day was a piece that reflected my...
by Jemelene | Jul 3, 2018 | Archived Jem, My News Review Columns
NOTE: This was published 5 years ago but still holds true. Folks all over Oregon and beyond love Graffiti weekend! Over thirty years ago a few local car clubs joined together to relive the 50’s by cruising classic cars through a main area of town. It was a one...
by Jemelene | May 17, 2018 | Archived Jem, Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
It was a Saturday and I was expecting guests the next afternoon to celebrate my 6-week old baby. I was staring at a tray of cake crumbs stuck together with blobs of icing. They were supposed to be Petit fours. I had followed Martha Stewart’s step-by-step...
by Jemelene | Oct 1, 2017 | My News Review Columns, Pastor Jem
Note: The day after the shooting at UCC on Oct. 1, 2015, I wrote a letter to the world that quickly went viral across the globe. Two years later, this is my sequel to the original commentary. This post was featured in the New Review and at nrtoday.com. ...
by Jemelene | Oct 3, 2015 | My News Review Columns, Pastor Jem
Dear World, Before yesterday most of you had never heard of the City of Roseburg. Now when you hear that name you will link us to the tragedy that happened on our small community college campus yesterday. That is not who we are. We are a logging community tucked into...
