Photo Gallery: Occupy Silverton

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Occupy Silverton participants gathered in Town Square Park on Saturday, Nov. 5. The assembly took to the streets in a march toward Chase Bank on the north side of town. Photographs by Joan Lockwood [gallery=25]

A year later: Mannion family thankful for Silverton’s support on and off field

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By Steve Ritchie Silverton High School Head Football Coach John Mannion is feeling pretty good these days about the decision - his family’s decision, he said - to pack up and move to Oregon from their home in Pleasanton, Calif., in ...

Keeping up in a digital age: Palace plans high tech upgrades

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By Omie Drawhorn When the Palace Theater opened in downtown Silverton in 1936, it was designed as a state of the art facility, offering the ultimate in entertainment quality. Over the years, the downtown fixture has undergone a variety of improvements to ...

Flour expert: Cynthia Unger learns valuable baking skills

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By Don Murtha Cynthia Unger went through blizzards and tornadoes to prepare herself for opening Mount Angel’s St. Nicholas Bake Shop. To get a solid schooling in bakery skills she traveled to Kansas to attend the prestigious American Institute of Baking (AIB) ...

Holiday tradition: Nursery ships out thousands of poinsettia

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By Don Murtha By the time Ken Fessler is finished with them, they are ready for a warm, sunny place. Fessler is the owner of Fessler Nursery, 12666 Monitor McKee Road, N.E., where he grows annuals and perennials for springtime gardens and ...

Strong finish: JFK third at State

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By Daniel Hammer, Kennedy High student Kennedy High School varsity cross country coach Steve Ritchie thought his girls team would finish eighth to tenth place at the 2011 3A/2A/1A state meet at Lane Community College on Nov. 5. But the team ...

Senior success: Anderson places sixth

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By Ian Gerig, Silverton High student Silverton High School senior Morgan Anderson’s name will be in the school’s record book for girls cross country. This season, she took sixth place at the 2011 5A state cross country meet at Lane Community College ...

Turkey dance: Multiple benefits from Thanksgiving exercise

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By Dixon Bledsoe For the 22nd year, Andi Morgan plans for Thanksgiving morning have little to do with getting a turkey ready to cook and more to do with giving people an excuse to eat that extra slice of pecan pie. Morgan ...

Man About Town: Wanna buy a bridge?… over troubled waters

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By Jim Kinghorn The leaves are falling, the days are shorter and Christmas will be here before you know it – time for The Man’s incredibly brief business briefs… Towne House owners Kelly Miller and Rick Rolie are happy to announce ...

People Out Loud: A thankful thank you

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By Dixon Bledsoe Fall is winding down with Thanksgiving just around the corner. Traditionally columnists share what they are thankful for, and while it pains me to be cliché, simply saying “thanks” has merit. Plus, originality can be overrated. I am thankful ...

The urge to Occupy: Participants explain what’s driving their actions

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By Kristine Thomas Aaron Embree believes there is a misconception by the media and others that the Occupy movements belong to one political party. “This is not a left or a right movement,” said Embree, who has participated in Occupy Salem. “I ...

The Old Curmudgeon: ‘Occupy’ rallies hope

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I attend my first Occupy Wall Street assembly on Nov. 5 in Silverton. I found it to be an interesting affair. My big question is why has it taken so long? We should have seen years ago what the 1 ...

Investing in downtown: Jason Freilinger brings Radio Shack to Silverton

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By Omie Drawhorn Many people are surprised to hear that a Radio Shack is opening in Silverton. They don’t think Silverton is a big enough town, Jason Freilinger said. But Freilinger, who is opening up the electronics chain store in the Odd ...

Finding a global market: Jenkins follow their passions to success

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By Jo Garcia-Cobb When Scotts Mills residents Ed and Wanda Jenkins started selling their wooden, handcrafted weaving shuttles, crochet and knitting needles on eBay in 2002, they didn’t foresee that they could one day quit their day jobs and run a ...

A pattern for life: Kayla Kennington opens Silverton studio

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By Brenna Wiegand Colorful, ornate, intricate, original, theatrical, otherworldly… Kayla Kennington’s clothing tends to enthrall. For more than 30 years, Kennington has been creating one-of-a-kind silk clothing and showpieces for galleries, individual clients, competitions and shows. In her 35-year career, she has ...

Hooked on spinning: Scotts Mills woman perfects her craft

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By Don Murtha Conney Beaudry of Scotts Mills gets her kicks out of spinning. “I’m an addict,” she said. When she is not at her part-time job at the Mount Angel Library, she sits at her spinning wheel hour-after-hour spinning yards and ...

Field narrows: Four invited to visit Silverton

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By Don Murtha In a special executive session Oct. 24 the Silverton City Council reduced the number of candidates for the position of city manager from 11 to four, Mayor Stu Rasmussen said. “The session was intended for preliminary evaluation of the ...

Takin’ it to the streets: Silverton’s Walking Man remembered

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By Brenna Wiegand Silverton’s getting a new mural with a distinctly familiar face. In his later years, Keith Dwayne Kaser didn’t say much to many people passing by on the Silverton sidewalks he owned, but those who had the time were treated ...

Seeking adventure: Shirley Boehmer proud to have been a WAC

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By Dixon Bledsoe As Veteran’s Day approaches, Shirley Boehmer, 81, ponders where the U.S. has been, where it is and where it is headed. To say she is a patriot would be an understatement. A Silverton resident since 1999, Boehmer, is a ...

Academic stars: SHS, JFK sports teams honored

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By Ian Gerig Not only are Kennedy and Silverton High School student-athletes succeeding in their fall sports, but they are also achieving in the classroom. The Oregon School Activities Association has released its fall academic rankings for the 2011 Dairy Farmers of ...

Oz in Silverton: Musical opens Nov. 11

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Silverton High School students Hollyann Farris and Lindsay Elmore interviewed some of the more that 50 cast members for the SHS musical The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz Silverton High Theater 1456 Pine St. 7:30 Nov. 11; 7 p.m. Nov. 12, 17, ...

Still swinging: Arnold Koch plays golf on 100th birthday

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By Don Murtha Scotts Mills resident Arthur Koch played a round of golf with his sons Arthur, Jr., Arnold and Allen on his birthday, Oct. 17. That might not seem unusual, but it was Arthur’s 100th birthday. He was born in 1911. Arthur ...