Holiday Farm victims receive ongoing help

EUGENE – The Holiday Farm Fire tore through the McKenzie River valley five years ago. For some area residents, the trauma remains fresh in their memories.

Kelly Shaw, a licensed professional counselor at PeaceHealth, is based at the McKenzie River Community School in Finn Rock, which sits amid the broad swath of forest that was torched in the blaze.

Shaw has been working with many of the families, particularly children, who were impacted by the…