Infrastructure woes: Tours give community look at schools’ condition

September 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Mary Owen Did you know that only 140 of Stayton High School’s 800 students can sit in the cafeteria at one time? So where do the others eat? “Check out the hallways, the auditorium foyer, outside along the wall, and ...

Big trucks, cool cars, cute critters: Lots of choices for fun

September 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

Sublimity Harvest Festival What started as a friendly tractor pull 36 years ago has become a major sports event with monster trucks, ATVs, horses and tractors showing their strength at the Sublimity Harvest Festival. Event President Steve Zuber said the Harvest Festival ...

North Santiam Canyon Economic Development Corp. recruits board

September 2008 Posted in Business | Comments Off

The North Santiam Canyon Economic Development Corporation recently hired a full-time enterprise facilitator – a professional who will conduct free, one-on-one confidential business assistance for the GROW North Santiam program. This position is a step to boosting the Canyon-area economy ...

Bison on the barbecue: Meat favored for being low fat, high flavor

September 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

By Mary Owen What could possibly be more all-American than a hot dog? A hot dog made from buffalo meat! Buffalo, also called bison – an integral part of American history, are great to eat – and even more fun to watch, ...

Jus’ ‘Rese: Taking care of visitors: Stayton has LOTS to offer

September 2008 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

I was minding my own business, I really was. Then a bespectacled, curly blue topped, (not unlike Hallmark’s Maxine) great-grandmother sort, walked up to the cashier that was ringing up my purchase. “Excuse me,” she said softly to the checker “do ...

Bluegrass roots: Saw Tooth Mountain Boys open series

September 2008 Posted in Arts, Culture & History | Comments Off

By Mary Owen The Saw Tooth Mountain Boys will be twanging their music in Stayton on Sept. 27. “This group played together for 35-plus years in Oregon, and broke up over three years ago, so this will be their first performance anywhere ...

Cutting costs: Canyon salon keeps stylist close to home

September 2008 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Mary Owen It’s all about the cut! Hair stylist and salon owner Jahn Hoover is so confident about this secret to good-looking hair, he offers his clients their first haircut free. “I also give them a 3-minute chair massage,” said Hoover, who ...

Taking a bite out of Big Apple

September 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

My sister has become one of the most glamorous people I know. She has always been rather cutting edge in the hipness department, but since moving to New York City and landing an enviable position at the Estee Lauder Corporation ...

Little red schoolhouse: Mt. Pleasant remembered

September 2008 Posted in Arts, Culture & History | Comments Off

By Dave Hopfer Mt. Pleasant School was built in 1854, southeast of Stayton. It has not been used as a school for many years. The new owner of the property has had a new roof put on the building as well as ...

The Saw Tooth Mountain Boys

September 2008 Posted in Other | Comments Off

Title: The Saw Tooth Mountain Boys Description: 6:30 p.m. doors open, 7:00 p.m. show starts, Art Gone Wild, 349 N. 3rd Ave. The first of the fall and winter concerts. Children under 13 free with paid adults. 503-769-2778Date: 2008-09-27
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