The Man About Town: Are those your legs… or are you riding a chicken?

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | No Comments »

By Jim Kinghorn Now that the spectacular fields of tulips out at Wooden Shoe have faded it’s time for a visit to the Oregon Garden, Silver Falls or to take the short drive to Schreiner’s for irises and Adelman’s for peonies. ...

The Forum: Letters to the Editor

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | No Comments »

Bond will not raise taxes  The Silver Falls School Bond measure boils down to: 1. Move the little children out of the 92-year-old Eugene Field which has been declared unsafe in an earthquake. 2. Funding much needed maintenance, upgrades and safety measures for ...

People Out Loud: Priceless moments

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | No Comments »

By Dixon Bledsoe For the first time in years, somebody surprised and rendered my daughter, Briana, speechless. Briana became engaged to Ethan Hupp on May 4. The proposal was priceless. The clever firefighter/paramedic, who works in the Lincoln County area, told ...

The Forum: Four letters regarding the school bond

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

A civic responsibility to our future Every generation is faced with its own unique challenges. On May 21st we meet one of those challenges, the decision to support or not support the school bond measures in Silver Falls School District. In today’s fiscally ...

A recipe of love: Fond memories of tias and tortillas

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion, People | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_3433" align="alignright" width="234"] Wyatt Rodriguez[/caption] By Wyatt Rodriguez My older brother Austin and I each had our own dough roller to use when we made tortillas with our “tias.” First, we put the flour, water, lard and other authentic Mexican tortilla ...

The Old Curmudgeon: Musings, mutterings

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Vern Holmquist Well, it looks like I have missed writing a column for an issue or two. I apologize. One reason for this is my frustrating battle with high technology. At this time, I have again cut off my Internet ...

Something for the Soul: A history worth remembering

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Winnie Bolton A busy mind! That’s what I have got. It’s going all the time and it won’t stop. Also I talk to myself  a lot  but the latter comes from my Irish roots. All the women in my family talked to themselves. When ...

A Grin at the End: It’s what you do in a small town

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_41" align="alignright" width="300"] Carl Sampson[/caption] By Carl Sampson I don’t know how many rock music fans are among the readers of this column, but I’d bet there are one or two. Or ten thousand. I was thinking the other day about John ...

Something for the Soul: Footprints – Trails others can follow

April 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Winnie Bolton When we go looking for heroes, for bravery, for courage, we often look in all the wrong places. Take for instance the story of Mrs. Dubose who is dying of cancer in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Young Jem ...

The Man About Town: Guaranteed not to change… until it does

April 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Jim Kinghorn The city council in Kerry, Ireland recently decided to issue a limited number of DUI permits that would allow some drivers to legally drive drunk. The law is targeted toward lonely seniors that need the camaraderie of the ...

People Out Loud: Pondering why it’s the way it is

April 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Dixon Bledsoe Sometimes I wonder: Why people throw trash carelessly in our beautiful state? My wife, daughter and I took a pre-dawn walk on a gorgeous Lincoln City beach during spring break and lost our natural “high” looking for fishing floats ...

A Grin at the End: Cool, dude. ‘Free’ iPhone

April 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson I’ve never been accused of being hip. Or trendy. Or cool — or anything else associated with modern society. Even my mother claimed that when I was a teenager I was “17 going on 70.” Well, that was before. I ...

The Man About Town: If ifs ‘n’ buts were Spam ‘n’ nuts… We’d all have a wonderful life

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Jim Kinghorn I have just four words for you... Jerry Lauzon for Pope... Hey, why not? He has a big personality, proven leadership qualities, is bi-lingual, already spends a lot of time at St. Mary’s and likes wearing hats. Of ...

The Old Curmudgeon: Rediscovery – Old stuff new again

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Vern Holmquist A friend of mine always ended his email with “Life should not be a journey to the grave expecting to arrive in a good looking, well-preserved body, instead you should slide in sideways, used up, totally worn out ...

People Out Loud: The end of volume one

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Dixon Bledsoe Ever get the feeling of both satisfaction and despair as you come to the end of a really good book? It was a great read, but what now? What will the author have in store for us next? My ...

From the Editor: “Bang”

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Paula Mabry As we head to press today here is the news from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office: GUNMAN DIES FOLLOWING SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE IN SILVERTON RV PARK At approximately 1:49 p.m. Feb. 25, the Willamette Valley Dispatch Center began receiving 911 ...

The role of friends: Support, honesty, sharing and caring can provide a lifesaver

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_3167" align="alignright" width="300"] Friends Karen Martin, Julie Tourtellotte, Mindy Myers and Brenna Wiegand have supported one another for a dozen years, and call their close-knit group “the Lifesavers.”[/caption] By Brenna Wiegand We call ourselves the Lifesavers. We’ve laughed, cried, prayed and taken ...

Something for the Soul: The creative impulse

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Winnie Bolton Creativity is not an eight-hour job.  It’s around us day and night in daily life all the time.  It consists of making quick connections about things we know and things we’ve seen. The more we’ve seen, the more we’ve ...

The Old Curmudgeon: News ‘n’ notes …

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Vern Holmquist As I write this on Jan. 21, 2013, there are tears in my eyes as there were much of today – Inauguration Day. I am so proud to witness a man overcome obstacles that I would have considered ...

A Grin at the End: Breaking the law to flap my jaw

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson I’m pretty sure I broke the law today. Yep, I and thousands of other drivers who picked up their cell phones broke a state law against yacking while driving. Don’t get me wrong. I fully understand the dangers of driving while ...

People Out Loud: Hope springs eternal

February 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Dixon Bledsoe Spring brings with it an optimism that can be contagious, at least for those of us who not only see the glass as half-full but are darn glad to have a glass. These are the things that are ...

Something for the Soul: Gratitude – A gift you give yourself

February 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Winnie Bolton Years ago our children having completed college and out working, some married and starting families of their own, I envisioned writing each one a letter thanking them for their unaware contributions to my growth as a human being ...

A Grin at the End: Time to admit… She’s always right

February 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson By and large, I think mothers are under appreciated. I can just see approximately half of the readers of this column nodding in agreement. Though I’ve never personally been a mother, I do know that good mothers are in ...

Man About Town: Some day… Things just don’t work out like you planned

January 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Jim Kinghorn Join The Man in wishing Jerry Lauzon Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag (no I don’t have a hairball) for his 75 years on the planet. Und alles Gute, Herr Lauzon!... and forgive me if I just wished you “Happy ...

The Old Curmudgeon: Here’s to 2013

January 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Vern Holmquist Well, it looks like 2013 is off to a good start. The stock market is holding up; we didn’t fall off the cliff; we have a president who has shown great compassion for humanity as well has a positive ...
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