Editor’s note: Our Town is presenting a school-by-school review of the facility challenges at buildings covered by the Silver Falls School District bond proposal on the Nov. 7 ballot. By Stephen Floyd A number of schools in the Silver Falls School District (SFSD) are relics of the baby boom, including Silver Crest, Evergreen and Victor Point schools all constructed in […]
By Steve Ritchie When you walk into the Silver Falls Country Store, it feels like you are stepping back a few decades. If you linger, that feeling grows. The scuffed wood floors, rustic beer coolers, eclectic merchandise and friendly faces are like a living history roadside stop. First impression: this small store at 172 Silver Falls Drive – about five […]
Barbara Elizabeth (Walker) Muller was born to Earl and Mary Loughead Walker on Feb. 2, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pa. She died April 17, 2015 at Drakes Crossing, Ore. due to an auto accident. She was 68. When she was a child, her family moved to East Pittsburg, Pa. where Earl was the pastor of the Lutheran church. She played the […]
Drake’s Crossing Rural Fire Protection District Chief Larry Bartels was honored recently as Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Life Time Achievement Award winner. Bartels has served the Drake’s Crossing district for more than 40 years, starting in April 1969.
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 […]
