By Jim Kinghorn
Hey, all of you duffers, former central Oregon golf pro Dick Mason has opened a small pro shop inside of Mayberry’s on North Water Street. He has a nice selection of clothing, accessories, balls and I bet he would be glad to set you up with a new or re-conditioned club for your wife to chase you down the driveway with.
Bill Wilkson, marketing maven at the Statesman Journal/Appeal Tribune, is feeling a little under the weather – Join The Man in wishing Bill a speedy recovery.
Way back in 1990, when the streets were still dirt and the mighty buffalo still roamed the countryside, Tim Yount opened an Edward Jones investment office. Now, 20 years later, many of his clients have to drive an armored truck to the bank just to feel secure with all of that money. Join The Man in wishing Tim and his staff a Happy 20th Anniversary.
Silverton’s Garden Restaurant has opened in the former Countryman’s Public House location on Mill Street. Owner Lynn Musga has a background in floral design, so look for the outside courtyard seating to be a great place to enjoy a frosty beverage or casual meal.
Willamette Valley Bank has announced plans to move operations to the building at McClaine and Westfield that also houses Papa Murphy’s. The move will give them more room, better parking and will allow them the option of running the ever-popular “take out a home loan, get a free calzone” promotion.
The Gordon House was recently converted to a movie set for an independent film called Population 2. The “post-apocalyptic romance” is the story of a young woman who discovers there is one other survivor on Earth that is luckily enough for her, a handsome young man (no, it wasn’t The Man). Molly Murphy says that the director liked the 50-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house because it looked “futuristic.”
The ever-growing Seven Brides Brewing will have the opening extravaganza of their Tap Room over Memorial Day weekend. Be sure to hop on over to their First Street location just north of Roth’s and sample the latest in libations from the bride boys and Vitis Ridge winery.
Did ya hear the one about the ballot measure that proposes to add an additional two county commissioners to the three we already have? Now? In this economy? Let’s see, double digit unemployment, cutbacks in public services, all of us regular taxpayers forced to do more with less and their solution is to add bureaucrats?!? Oh sure, that’ll fix it… but either way, you only have a few days left to make sure your voice is heard.
Scotts Millians Dave and Betty Lowman report that a convoy of vintage Fords recently paid a visit to the Scotts Mills Historical Museum and treated the residents to an impromptu parade. A local resident was heard to comment, “it looked like the Mob was coming to town!” The Man also heard unconfirmed reports of someone yelling “Eat lead, you coppers” as they roared off toward Mount Angel … probably to hold up the local savings and loan….
See you on the street………
