By Peggy Savage Local nurses on the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) bargaining team at Silverton Medical Center and administrators with Legacy Health have made significant progress towards reaching a new contract agreement for the hospital nurses during collaborative contract negotiation meetings last week, according to ONA Communications Director Kevin Mealy. “To ensure Silverton remains able to recruit and retain skilled […]
By Peggy Savage Activism – and particularly student activism – has been in the news a lot recently. Pro-life student Marcos Sanchez, 17, took action to put his cause in the spotlight April 11. He stood alone in front of John F. Kennedy High School in Mount Angel after walking out of school to protest abortion. He didn’t stand alone […]
By Peggy Savage Officially incorporated on April 3, 1893, the city of Mount Angel will open this year’s celebration of its 125th anniversary with a time capsule ceremony on April 3 at the Festhalle. City Manager Amber Mathiesen is coordinating the event with Mayor Andy Otte. “We welcome everyone to the ceremony,” Mathiesen said. “We are inviting community members to […]
By Peggy Savage This year a Mount Angel father and daughter have been named first citizens for 2017 by the Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce. First Citizen is Tommy Riedman, owner of Riedman Construction. His daughter, Tressa Riedman, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School, is the 2017 Junior First Citizen. Tommy Riedman, First Citizen Tressa Riedman says she […]
By Peggy Savage Back in 1974, John Lombardi and his wife Mavis pioneered the home waterproofing industry in the Pacific Northwest armed with a bucket, a brush, a chisel and a product called Xypex. “Our first job was a leaking basement in Seattle,” Lombardi said. “We went out and filled the cracks.” The couple named the business John’s Waterproofing Company, […]
By Peggy Savage In the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, a group of Silverton High School students are organizing a walkout to protest gun violence in schools and the lack of change that has occurred to stop the violence. Sophomore Orion White and senior Elijah Rakha-Sheketoff are coordinating the event as part […]
By Peggy Savage For years, homeless advocate Karolle Hughes has set aside Jan. 31 as a day to count homeless residents in the rural areas around Silverton. It’s called a one-day point-in-time count, part of a nationwide effort to find out how many people in the area are experiencing homelessness. “When you get into the rural communities, the homeless are […]
