Exploring medical options: Doctor films documentary in Detroit

February 2012 Posted in Your Health | Comments Off

By Sheldon Traver More than an hour away from a commercial airport and 50 miles from a major city, little Detroit, Ore., with about 250 full-time residents, may seem an unlikely place for a medical convention. However, on Jan. 21 and 22, ...

What is your lifestyle score?: Wellness class explores choices

February 2012 Posted in Your Health | Comments Off

By Brenna Wiegand Forget New Year’s resolutions about working out every day or never eating sugar or fat again. We all know they end up abandoned because they prove next to impossible in our unpredictable lives. The desire behind most of those ...

Nothing goes to waste: Canyon City Gleaners help stretch budgets

February 2012 Posted in Community | Comments Off

By P. Milliren Peggy Nickich was a “bored housewife” looking for something to do to benefit her community. When she started Canyon City Gleaners on her back porch almost 25 years ago, she never imagined how it would blossom. “I saw the ...

Car-hop to manager: New owner a familiar face at the Stayton A&W

February 2012 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Jodi Kerr For Brenda Lederer, the Stayton A&W has been a big part of her life since she was 17 years old. Now, 23 years later, she has worked her way up from car-hop to manager to owner. Brenda and ...

A Grin at the End: A Muppet to be…

February 2012 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson When I grow up I want to be — drum roll, please —  a Muppet! That’s right, I want to be a fuzzy-faced, freaky-looking, fun-loving force of unnature. I have seen hundreds of Muppets on television and in the movies, ...