Concepts create controversy: Mayor aplogizes to staff

June 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Brenna Wiegand Silverton Urban Renewal meeting downtown discussion Monday, June 20, 7 p.m. Silverton City Council Chambers, 421 S. Water St. Meeting is open to the public. All city reports, meeting recordings and contact information for the Silverton City Council are available at www.silverton.or.us No wonder they’re cracking and ...

A hospital legacy: Bill Winter retires, Rick Cagen promoted

June 2011 Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

By Kristine Thomas To have an understanding of William Winter’s dedication to the Silverton Hospital Network for 20 years, start at the beginning. Under Winter’s leadership, the once struggling community hospital has grown into a successful independent network with nine clinics in ...

Invaluable life lessons: Teen moms prove determination pays off

June 2011 Posted in People, School | Comments Off

By Kristine Thomas Silverton High School seniors Nicole Hodson, Alma Garcia, Samantha Scott, Alicia Osnaya, Enim Fierro and Jordan Harris were determined not to become another statistic – a high school dropout. All six teenage girls became pregnant and had a child ...

Appreciating the gift: Juan Ahuatl made the choice to change

June 2011 Posted in People, School | Comments Off

By Kristine Thomas Juan Ahuatl will never forget his father’s advice on that hot summer day he worked in the strawberry fields when he was in middle school. Picking berries was a life lesson his parents wanted him to experience. They had ...

Men of Troy: Kennedy’s valedictorians excel beyond the classroom

June 2011 Posted in People, School | Comments Off

Editor’s Note: Hunter Hill, Angel Cardenas and Steve Duda are Kennedy High School Class of 2011 valedictorians. By Vince Teresi Hunter Hill The “Men of Troy” fell in a brutal battle during the 2010 Kennedy High football season, but the scenario on ...

JFK Baseball celebrates banner year

June 2011 Posted in School, Sports | Comments Off

By Steve Ritchie At the start of the spring sports season, Kennedy athletic director and baseball coach Kevin Moffatt was upbeat about his team's prospects, but, with only four seniors, he was still somewhat cautious. He knew that, to be successful, ...

Adventure awaits: Ziplines, paintball part of outdoor attraction

June 2011 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Jay Shenai It’s an offer that’s difficult to refuse: guaranteed gold in every pan. But for prospectors who make their way to Camp Dakota’s Lucky Strike Mine, anyone willing to stake a $5 “claim” can score treasures of all sorts, including ...

The Old Curmudgeon: Celebrating 90 years – Thankful for good friends and great memories

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Vern HolmquistIt has occurred to me lately that nothing has occurred to me lately. Well, there was this one thing that did happen when my friends Mary Grant and Ruth Warring hosted a very nice birthday party at The Glockenspiel ...

The Man About Town: Soapbox – Don’t get me started

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Jim Kinghorn Whoo boy, you’ve done it now. Silverton has lost its city manager to our “almost Portland” neighbor to the north. Now, Bryan Cosgrove is way too classy to list the reasons why he threw his hat into another ...

The Forum: Process matters – Discussion of ideas should be positive, all inclusive

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Randall Thomas I am personally disappointed at the shameful level of discourse that continues to take place regarding “concepts” to enhance downtown Silverton. Representations both verbal and in print continue to contain gross distortions of truth, hyperbole and inaccuracies. I want to ...

People Out Loud: My dad’s legacy

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Dixon Bledsoe As a 12-year-old in San Antonio, the guitar came first with smoking a close second. Self-taught on the guitar, he quickly became good. Hours alone gave him time to practice, experiment with different musical styles, and do what young ...

Welcome, neighbor: Mount Angel Fire District holds open house

June 2011 Posted in Community | Comments Off

By Don Murtha If success can be measured in hot dogs, then the Mount Angel Fire District can perhaps count its first open house a success with 180 hot dogs given to its guests. “We didn’t know what to expect,” said Karl ...

A life of service: Community members call Young ‘true leader’

June 2011 Posted in People, School | Comments Off

By Don Murtha Everyone has plans for when they retire. Bob Young, superintendent of the Mount Angel School District is no exception. Bob and his wife, Pat, will travel to England, Ireland and Scotland this summer. “Then, I have a long list of ...

Moving on: Silverton City Manager Bryan Cosgrove accepts Wilsonville post

June 2011 Posted in News, People | Comments Off

By Brenna WiegandCity Manager Bryan Cosgrove has resigned his Silverton post to assume the city manager’s role for the City of Wilsonville in mid-June. When he hit town in 2002, Cosgrove saw some quick ways to save the community money ...

Letters of hope: Robert Frost students express compassion for Japan

June 2011 Posted in People, School | Comments Off

By Dixon Bledsoe Kathy Valdez has some great kids in her class. She also has a special friendship with Setsuko, to whom she has been a pen pal for more than 52 years. When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in March, ...

Barbara Bassett: Venturing out into the ‘Zone’ through painting

June 2011 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, People | Comments Off

By Brenna WiegandAlla Prima: A style of painting where, instead of building colors up with layers, the painting is done in one session while the paint is still wet. From the Italian word which literally means “at once.”Are you ever ...

Competitive edge: Morgan Anderson’s drive a record breaker

June 2011 Posted in People, Sports | Comments Off

By Steve Ritchie Silverton High School junior Morgan Anderson seems like a sweet, gentle young lady who may be a little excitable at times but doesn’t have an aggressive bone in her body. Don’t let her fool you. This girl is ...

Woodcraft: Ancient art shapes livelihood for Silverton man

June 2011 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, Business | Comments Off

By Brenna Wiegand The phrase “Everything old is new again” is truly apropos of Jason Wood. Casting about for a new profession, Wood stumbled upon a niche market where he could apply his existing skills, talents and passions in a new way. Until ...

Books, books and more books: Suggestions for summer reading

June 2011 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, People | Comments Off

By Kathy Cook Hunter In novelist Elizabeth Berg’s Home Safe the main character, Helen, muses about book clubs, “Thank heaven for the popularity of book clubs; sometimes [she] thinks they’re the main reason publishers – and authors – are still in ...

The Forum: Streets for people – Current trends point to a return to a pre-auto focus

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Gus Frederick Being raised in the relatively prosperous period of post-war America, many of us were lulled into a false sense of stability. But it was a stability of limited choices. Society as a whole seemed to take on a bland veneer. This ...

Something for the Soul: What is your EQ? – Exploring intelligence

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Winnie BoltonA few years ago, I read a book called Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Coleman which redefined the word “smart.’The book addressed our society’s emotional health. Since then I’ve been discovering how important emotional intelligence is in our lives.Emotional ...

A Grin at the End: Hopefully, it’s a fair trade

June 2011 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson I approached the lunch counter. “May I help you?” “Yes, I’d like to order two hotdogs, please.” “What would you like on them?” “Nothing. In fact, I don’t need the buns. And don’t cook them, either.” This is my life these days. It is ...