By Jo Garcia-Cobb There are bird book collections, and there’s the Mary and Martin Buchholz Bird Book Collection, a portion of which is on exhibit until the end of August at the Mount Angel Abbey Library. Consisting of hundreds of avian books published in the last 200 years, the collection has something to offer birders of all temperaments and disciplines. […]
By Jo Garcia-Cobb On feast days at the Mount Angel Abbey Church, one can hear the sound of a “mystery” wind instrument once silenced for nearly 500 years. “What was that?” churchgoers have asked, wondering what produced the beautiful other-worldly sound described as a cross between an English horn and a clarinet. It’s called a douçaine, and it’s a replica […]
By Jo Garcia-Cobb Getting everyone home safely has been Victor Hoffer’s passion and a life work that earned him this year’s Meritorious Service Award from the State of Oregon Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Systems Division of the Oregon Health Authority. Presented Oct. 5 in Bend, the award recognized Hoffer, a Mount Angel lawyer, paramedic, and fire volunteer, for his […]
After turning 90 years old and receiving the Librarian Emeritus Award from Mount Angel Abbey Library this spring, Mount Angel resident Josef Sprug still doesn’t plan to retire.
The last several months have been like Christmas day for Helen Kasch and Janice Newlands. Newlands and Kasch were responsible for studying, organizing and cataloging a world-class collection of dolls, amassed by Elaine Annen.
As Christmas lights began to dim in most homes, the Russian Orthodox and Old Believer communities in the area began their celebration of the Feast of the Nativity on its eve – Jan. 6.
This Christmas, St. Mary Catholic Church’s nearly century-old crèche (nativity scene) will be displayed for the first time in its original glory, after major repairs and refurbishing by its original maker, the Stuflesser Studio in Ortisei, Italy.
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 successful online business catering to customers worldwide.
Where can you find organic strawberries growing in the fall, 50 different kinds of tomatoes, 26 varieties of cherries, and a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables grown without the use of herbicides and pesticides?
Who says a tiny town would be hard pressed to organize a fun-filled summer festival?
It’s a little known fact the 11th annual Silverton Fine Arts Festival actually began 39 years ago, when a small band of artists held the first arts festival in a small area of the Coolidge-McLaine Park on July 16, 1972
If you’re a fan of old stuff, American spirit or Elizabethan sport July is your month for fun.
In spite of the tough economy, Mount Angel is enjoying a springtime as far as city administration goes. After a difficult period of conflict and controversy that embroiled past city administrations, there’s popular consensus City Administrator Susan Muir has given Mount Angel the lift it needed.
Tom Duker is a man on a mission and he’s not letting up until Mount Angel’s fledgling Citizens Emergency Response Team or CERT has at least 40 volunteers.
For more than 15 years, the Koffee Konnection in downtown Mount Angel was many things to many people. Then the early morning fire on Feb. 10 closed one of the city’s favorite gathering places with smoke and water damage. Owner Prentice Boyd is now left contemplating his next move rather than fixing culinary delights for his customers.
