By Kathy Cook Hunter Most of us don’t realize the time that goes into making good hand soap and if we do, we don’t want to bother with it. After seven years in the soap making business, Paula Darland knows what it takes to make a good bar of soap and still likes it. “I retired from my career […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter Ethan Hupp, 18, wants to help people and thinks he has found the perfect way to do it. After volunteering as a cadet with Drake’s Crossing Fire Department since he was 13, he’s decided to make firefighting his career. “My dad (Jan Hupp) actually was a volunteer around there for eons,” said Hupp, remembering his […]
The Silver Falls Library presents a bright ’n’ shiny image these days in its exterior paint in a soft shade of gray accented with dark blue. Gone is the monochromatic beige and darker beige trim of the synthetic stucco siding that greeted library patrons since the building was finished nearly 12 years ago. And more change is ahead.
Still ecstatic following her big win on TV’s The Price is Right earlier in October, Cathy Whitney of Silverton watched the first broadcast of the show at a gathering in the Towne House Restaurant on Oct. 21.
You Can’t Take It with You A Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman comedy Silverton High School Theater 802 Schlador St. 7 p.m. Nov. 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 and 2 p.m. Nov. 9 Tickets: Students and senior citizens $3 and adults $5, available at the door. By Kathy Cook Hunter You Can’t Take It with You, a madcap […]
There’s excitement in the faces of the nine children participating in stimulating after-school activities. In a safe environment with adult supervision, they are enjoying learning experiences and getting a little tutoring, if needed.
By Kathy Cook Hunter A 2008 graduate of Silverton High School, Katie Doerfler has traded attending class and doing homework for the grass seed fields of her parents’ farm near Sublimity. A daughter of Kent and Leah Doerfler, Katie, 18, has worked on the farm five years driving a combine. This summer, she’s a crew boss supervising five other combine […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter Harold and Kristen Sweeney of Silverton are proud of their carpet-cleaning business and all it offers. That’s why they named it Magic Carpet Cleaning & More. In addition to the usual rug cleaning and removal of odors, pet stains, wax, oil and paint, his Water Claw device extracts water or urine from carpet as well as […]
Let’s say you have an appointment with Dr. Peters – will you be visiting Dr. Sarah Peters or Dr. Tim Peters? Or Dr. North – it is Dr. Senna North or Dr. Eric North?
The Peterses and the Norths are two of several “doctor couples,” medical teams working together in a single medical practice.
Six doctor couples shared what life is like for them. Some have young children, one couple’s children are nearly grown, and one couple plans to begin a family soon.
I don’t know about you, but chicken salad is one of my favorite summer foods. Try these chicken salads from my recipe box for a family meal, or several meals for a single person – or for a potluck.
For more flavor, I like to use a combination of dark and light chicken meat.
-Kathy Cook Hunter
Recently my husband, Ray, and I took a long train ride through Canada. Starting at Vancouver, B.C., we traversed Canada’s Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, lush green-and-yellow agricultural quilts and urban cities.
We call it our “rock n’ roll ride” because sleeping on a VIA Rail Canada train leaves something to be desired when you’re used to quiet nights on a large, soft bed. We chose berth accommodations, less expensive than a compartment and kind of interesting, though nothing like the hilarious berth scenes in the movie, Some Like It Hot.
Hang on to your baseball cap, here comes Homer Davenport – as in Homer Davenport Days – Silverton’s three-day celebration of the famous newspaper cartoonist and native son.
Lennez Hitzemann, president of the festival board, is busy during the final hours before the event, but able now to reveal who will be leader of the hometown parade on Saturday, Aug. 2. The grand marshal will be Marcella Gentzkow, who originally suggested the name for the nearly 30-year-old festival honoring Davenport. Gentzkow, formerly of Silverton, now lives in Mt. Angel.
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 neighborly closeness and fun with a succession of events.
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