Regular routes make bus service attractive as CARTS ridership increases

July 2008 Posted in Community | Comments Off

By Mary Owen With gas topping $4 a gallon, the area bus system known as CARTS is greeting new riders. “We have been picking up regularly,” said Frank Brown, interim road supervisor for Chemeketa Area Regional Transportation System. CARTS For information on CARTS' services, fares ...

Saving money

July 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

By Kristine Thomas Marilyn Brenden knows gas prices are soaring higher than ever. She has watched the cost of basic food supplies such as bread, milk and eggs continue to increase each week. Brenden, 59, who lives with her mother, Lillian Brenden, ...

The Oregon Garden keeps growing

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By Linda Whitmore The Oregon Garden, which celebrated its seventh anniversary June 29, is blooming like an established landscape. Now solidly rooted, Silverton’s botanical garden is flourishing. Not only have the individual garden spots been expanded and plants within them matured, the ...

Reflections on the Fourth

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Celebrating the Fourth of July, we learned at an early age, meant observance of our independence from another nation – our freedom from domination. Now celebrating 232 years of freedom, let’s truly echo the celebration of life that has the side ...

Community mourns loss of one who modeled the way

July 2008 Posted in Community, People | Comments Off

By Mary Owen Mentoring families and pioneering lay spirituality were a few of his passions, but perhaps his most intense was guiding youth. Father Bernard Sanders, a well-loved Benedictine monk at Mt. Angel Abbey, died June 3. More than 400 people came ...

Church commemorates patron’s 2,000th anniversary

July 2008 Posted in Community | Comments Off

By Mary Owen Parishioners at St. Paul Catholic Church in Silverton are looking forward to a year of celebration for their patron saint and martyr, the Apostle Paul. "We are hoping to have some fun things, like a play, a talent show and ...

Peeking into the parlors of Silverton’s past

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By Linda Whitmore Owners of old houses often wonder about the lives of the people who tread the stairs before them. Passers-by might be curious about how current residents live in a vintage home. On Saturday, July 19, Silverton Country Historical Society’s ...

Juvenile crime an issue of attitude

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By Matt Day In her 10th year of work with Silverton Youth Peer Court, Cynthia Schaeffer is noticing a trend she’s never seen before. Theft is up from last year. Between January and May of 2008, 33 percent of peer court ...

Artful recycling: everything old is new again

July 2008 Posted in Community | Comments Off

By Samantha Wiegand Joy Bayer wonders “Why do we keep buying more when what we already have is durable and usable?” Old Stuff on Main Street An American Antique Fair July 4, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Main Street between Water and First 503-910-5106 A stroll through ...

Silverton, Mt Angel celebrate the Fourth in style

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By Kathy Cook Hunter Celebrating Independence Day, is an American tradition, and for many folks that means picnics, parades, concerts and, in the case of Silverton and Mt. Angel, two evenings of fireworks. The towns observe in the spirit of ...

Silver Falls celebrates 75th anniversary

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By Kristine Thomas A visit to Silver Falls State Park is like traveling back in time for Louie Hubbard of Salem. The Douglas fir, hemlock and cedar trees may be taller and rounder, but each season the temperate rainforest redecorates itself ...

Fewer acres planted in strawberries this year, but outlook is good

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By Jan Jackson Slow to ripen but sweet and juicy as ever, Oregon strawberries are the best and the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Strawberry Commission have stepped up efforts to market them to processors and fresh market consumers. Strawberries ...

Grow it yourself: raising food in small spaces

July 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

By Jan Jackson The luxury of walking outside the door and plucking something fresh and vine ripened is not just a treat for the palette but the pocket book. All you need is a little space in which to tuck a ...

Mt. Angel author publishes book after years of planning

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By Matt Day While taking a creative writing class in college in the early 1970s, Don Dunn wrote a short story. Part sci-fi, part historical fiction, the tale centered on a man coming of age in trying times. Dunn went ...

A Grin at the End: Oh, what a tangled Web we’ve woven

July 2008 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson When Al Gore invented the Internet, he undoubtedly had a vision of an information highway that would wend its way around the world, placing all sorts of important and enlightening information at our fingertips. Instead, the Internet is destroying ...

Creekside Grill plans call for a good steak, family atmosphere and a view

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By Dixon Bledsoe So how exactly does a construction manager end up owning a beautiful restaurant on Silver Creek in historic Silverton? Manny Rodrigues paints a great story. The North Salem High graduate lives in Beaverton, spent eight years in Hawaii and ...

Cook fresh: favored foods from farmers market

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By Jan Jackson The cooking-fresh season has started and to prove it, shoppers carried empty produce bags and baskets into the Silverton Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 14, and left with them full. While returning shoppers made straight for their favorite vendors, ...

Community support appreciated

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June 14th was the Spaghetti Dinner / Auction Fundraiser for Randy Geck. Randy was there to enjoy all the friends, family and community who came together to celebrate and honor him with their love and support. The fundraiser was a ...

Chemeketa offers summer credit, non-credit classes in Sublimity, Salem and online

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With gas prices on a seemingly endless climb, Chemeketa Community College officials are reminding area residents that learning opportunities are closer than they might think. “At the Chemeketa Santiam Center, we have a wide assortment of classes offered on site ...

Welcome to Our Town online!

July 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

We hope this will complement the work we already do in print and provide a forum for feedback and interaction. All of the stories that are delivered to your mailbox in the print edition were posted online at noon today. ...

Silverton police shooting turn of events

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Responding to the report of a burglary June 30, Silverton Police Office Tony Gonzalez, 35, shot and killed Andrew James Hanlon, 20. The incident occurred after 11 p.m. near the intersection of Oak and Mill streets. Hanlon, “AJ” to his ...

Homer Days seeks volunteers

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By Dixon Bledsoe The celebration of Homer Davenport, the local boy who made good as an internationally renowned political cartoonist, returns for its 28th year Aug.1- 3. But to ensure the festival runs smoothly, volunteers are needed. How to get involved To ...

Silverton job market about to undergo another change

July 2008 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Linda Whitmore There’s a book of June Drake photographs published in the 1920s from which one can get an insight into how Silverton’s economy functioned in the past. There are pictures of several lumber mills, a flour mill, a bottling ...

Helping Olympic hopefuls: DeShaw’s love of sports medicine leads to Olympic Trials

July 2008 Posted in People, Sports | Comments Off

By Steve Ritchie What does it take to be an Olympian? For most athletes who reach that elite level, it takes years of dedication, the ability to maintain focus, tremendous determination and countless sacrifices. Not to mention natural ability and talent. There is ...

Department procedures, officer training, determine when deadly force is justified

July 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

By Matt Day Whenever there is a police officer-involved shooting in Oregon, a predetermined series of events is put into motion. That was the case when Silverton Police Officer Tony Gonzalez shot and killed Andrew James Hanlon the night of June 30. According ...
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