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Seven Brides Brewing: Growth ‘snowballs’ in one year

March 2009 Posted in Other | Comments Off

By Linda Whitmore April has significance for Seven Brides Brewing Co. Exactly one year ago, the Silverton craft brewers debuted their product and this month they begin operations in their much larger facility. It’s been an exciting and surprising year for the ...

Celebrate cultures

March 2009 Posted in Arts, Culture & History | Comments Off

Neither a passport nor an airline ticket is required to experience the sounds, sights and flavors of many cultures. Silverton Celebration of Cultures Day In conjunction with First Friday April 3, 6 to 11 p.m. downtown Silverton Free. Silverton Together, 503-871-0405 Presented by Silverton Together, ...

Winnie Bolton: Wie Ghetes – You lucky leprechauns

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By Winnie Bolton What is it to be Irish, you may ask, since St. Patty’s day is almost upon us? Well… It is to have an angel in your mouth turning your prose to poetry. It is to have the gift of ...

Silver Falls goes under: Citizens Bank takes over operations

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By Linda Whitmore President Obama, in his Feb. 24 speech to Congress about the federal stimulus package and the road to economic recovery, noted that banks needed federal support so that they could issue credit, fund building projects and get the ...

Wanted: A few good men and women as volunteer firefighters

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By Dixon Bledsoe Mt. Angel Fire District is looking for a few good men and women to be volunteer firefighters. Applicants who are able to respond to emergency situations in the daytime are especially needed. Carol Ruef, fire district office administrator for ...

Bye-bye, biergarten: O’fest board seeks grants for new building

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By Kristine Thomas The Mt. Angel Oktoberfest Board of Directors voted unanimously at its Feb. 19 meeting to pursue grants on its own to build a new Biergarten/Community Building. The board also agreed to hire Jamie Johnk to write grants to different ...

Search begins: Wall seeks candidates

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By Kristine Thomas Beyond his duties of managing the city of Mt. Angel, Interim City Administrator Pete Wall has been given the responsibility for conducting the search for a new city administrator. The city council used the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments ...

Hunt officially fired

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Severance contract negotiations between the city of Mt. Angel and former city administrator Jim Hunt ended Feb. 18 when Hunt received a letter from Mayor Rick Schiedler terminating his contract. Hunt said the letter informed him he had been dismissed ...

Giving back: Corps member wears badge with honor

March 2009 Posted in Community | Comments Off

By Brenna Wiegand Gardening gives a person a lot of time to think. At least, that was what Emily Stieber, 22, was doing on a fair day in late February – thinking – and gardening. The recent college graduate from Wisconsin was enjoying ...

Marketing the resort: Sales director Kate Cutler drives results

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By Jan Jackson Twenty-five years in the hotel-sales business and a life-time love of gardening has made Kate Cutler’s corporate sales job with Moonstone’s hotel garden properties a good fit. In Silverton, Moonstone’s Oregon Garden Resort has hosted more than 14,000 ...

Father Tim: Dreams take wing

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By Carl Sampson There was a time when airplanes represented more than transportation. They embodied a new world of flight and, for both pilot and passengers, freedom. Airplanes were time machines, crossing continents and even oceans in a matter of a few ...

At the ready: Oregon State Defense Force gives Mathews another way to serve

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By Dixon Bledsoe Sleep well tonight, knowing that a barber is keeping Oregon safe. Barber? Darrel Mathews, the Silverton barber who with his wife, Marion, owns and operates Bangs and Burns Barber and Salon, is a retired Navy chief petty officer radioman. ...

Erin go bragh: Irish Potato Bake, stew top off St. Patty’s Day

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By Linda Whitmore When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish for a day. Families often celebrate with corned beef and cabbage for dinner but there are other Irish options. A traditional Irish stew, made with lamb, is sure ...

Grocery guidance: Budget-saving tips

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From the basketball bleachers to the post office to the grocery store, people are talking about money – how to stretch it, save it or earn more of it. The current recession has many worried about the future – from ...

Impact of prejudice: Family’s WWII experiences featured in book talk

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By Kathy Cook Hunter The internment camp experiences of a Japanese-American family from Hood River will be the topic Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m. at Silver Falls Library. Joan Yasui Emerson will share her family’s stories that are featured in the ...

Facing cuts: Tuition hike proposed

March 2009 Posted in News, School | Comments Off

By Mary Owen Doom and gloom over the state’s proposed 3 percent drop in funding to colleges and universities has spawned a few rumors about possible impacts on Chemeketa Community College. Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s recommended budget for the 2009-2011 biennium slashed $15 ...

Trip down Memory Lane: Second annual event honors Hall of Famers

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By Dixon Bledsoe Henk Schenk was a Silverton wrestler. Larry Bielenberg, Jack Berger and John Waldrup, too. Judy Lovre is a noted volleyball coach. They’re local kids who made good. Good enough to be called national champions, Olympic team members and ...

A Grin at the End: Sound solutions to a financial mess

March 2009 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson In previous columns, I have provided cures for both the Social Security and the U.S. health care systems. Today, I’ll take a few minutes to cure the current economic “crisis,” otherwise known as the screw-up hindering our kids’ future. There’s ...

The Old Curmudgeon: Didn’t learn much …

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By Vern Holmquist I went to the Mt. Angel City Council meeting on March 2. Yep, I sat through the whole thing. Didn’t learn much. Was warned I wouldn’t – of course, I can blame part of that on a hearing aid ...

SHS girls basketball starts new legacy

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By Cambria RothWith a first-year coach, Garron Lamoreau, this was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Silverton High School girls’ basketball team. Instead, the team proved it could succeed with determination, heart and unity.“These girls didn’t even worry ...

FFA: Students will compete at state

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The Silverton High School FFA took 17 students on March 2 to compete at the FFA Sectional Contests in Forest Grove. This sectional contest was held after a district competition at Cascade High School to determine who competed in sectionals. Carson ...

Huts to homes: JFK athletes help the homeless

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By Vince Teresi Rosanna and Geremias Rivera Durand and their three children live in a one-room cardboard/scrap lumber house with a dirt floor and corrugated tin roof in the shantytown of Flores de Villa in Peru. The minimum wage in Peru ...

The Man About Town: Make my day by having your say

March 2009 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Jim Kinghorn STOP READING THIS and back away from the Our Town … go immediately to your computer (it’s the box with the blinky lights) and do a Yagoogle search for Budget Travel magazine. Then, scroll down and click on ...

Oregon diploma: Graduation requirements get tougher

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By Kristine Thomas Attention parents – Do you know the requirements for your child to graduate from high school? Dandy Parsons, vice principal at Silverton High School, and Linda Myers, the elementary principal at Victor Point and Central Howell schools and the ...

Kelly Roach: Barista’s memory makes her a stand-out

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By Kathy Cook Hunter Kelly Roach, 18, is no stranger to the espresso business. A near lifelong resident of Silverton, she learned the trade at the Kick Start espresso stand when her mother, Rhona Roach, owned it. “That’s where I learned ...