March 2016

April 3, 2016

I’ve been working this story of Chris and his mom for a couple of months now. The story, photos and video were published by the Statesman Journal today. Here it is.

Julie Miller helps her son, Chris Barrilleaux, 27, get dressed for his weekly sabre lesson at their home in Aurora, Ore., on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Barrilleaux lives with cerebral palsy and is dependent on a wheelchair.

Tyler Yates, a seventh grader at Crossler Middle School, takes a break from dressing as Geo, the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation mascot, during the Salem-Keizer School District Spelling Contest at Crossler Middle School in Salem on Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

Freshman Jessica Deely spins a fire staff during a Poi Club meeting at Willamette University on Thursday, March 10, 2016. Poi is the Polynesian art of fire spinning and dancing.

Lincoln Catrone, 4, rides his scooter near his home in Salem on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Skies were sunny and temperatures reached 72 degrees on Thursday.

The Statesman Journal’s Zach Urness kayaks in a lake created by heavy rain at the West Salem Park on Rosemont Avenue on Monday, March 14, 2016.