Parenting series start

October 2009 Posted in Community | Comments Off

Silverton Together presents “Parenting with Love & Logic” on Thursday evenings from Oct. 8 to Nov. 19. The course is for any parent who wants practical techniques for less stressful, more effective parenting, more ease in family life and the joy ...

Dreams have messages: Nightly gifts of insight into life’s truths

October 2009 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Winnie Bolton Did you ever have a loving dream that upon waking made you realize who you really are – like the goodness of which God made you? Dreams will have that knowledge steeped within your subconscious if only we take ...

Letter to the editor: We did it – together!

October 2009 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

To the Our Town editor: Back in September 2008 a few people said it could not be done. They said Silverton Senior Center could not raise $100,000 to match a Ford Family Foundation challenge grant. Well, look at us now. Not ...

A Grin at the End: And why are parks run by Department of the Interior?

October 2009 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson I love national parks. Some of my earliest memories are of a visit my family made to Yosemite in California. After that trip, 5-year-old Carl was convinced he wanted to be a park ranger. Of course, that aspiration was ...

The Graves family: Tracing the roots, looking for all the branches

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

By Linda Whitmore Only three families made up the Gibson Wagon Train of 1849. Gibson was the captain; the other families were Glovers and Graves. Thousands of emigrants crossed the Plains that year – so many, in fact, it was said one ...

Officer back to school

October 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Kristine Thomas Mt. Angel Police Chief Brent Earhart is grateful for the “investment” the Mt. Angel City Council and Mt. Angel School Board has made in the community by reinstating the position of the school resource officer. The position had ...

The Man About Town: Is that guy dancing or are his pants on fire? …

October 2009 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Jim Kinghorn So, I takes a few days off and go with the mini Man-ette for our annual father – daughter camping trip to Central Orygone.  When we were checking in, the camp host remarked they too were from Silverton ...

From Emeralds to Foxes: SHS soccer coach watches team mature

October 2009 Posted in Sports | Comments Off

By Cambria Roth In the spring of 2003, Fred George formed a team of 8-year-old girls called ‘The Emeralds’ for the Silver Falls Soccer Club. After training that spring, they decided to enter a tournament in Corvallis and went up against a ...

Sierra Druley, Hallie Day selected for OSF seminar

October 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Silverton High School seniors Sierra Druley and Hallie Day were two of 65 students selected from applicants from across the United States to attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2009 Summer Seminar in August.  The Summer Seminar is a rigorous two-week program ...

Gold medal friends: Janine Nelson grateful for coworker support

October 2009 Posted in People | Comments Off

By Brenna Wiegand Janine Nelson was nearing her job at Providence Benedictine Nursing Center – a little early, as usual – on Mt. Angel Highway the morning of July 21. She hadn’t been back to work all that long, but it ...
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