By Kristine Thomas Mt. Angel City Administrator Jim Hunt knows his job is on the line. Less than a year ago he was the city council’s unanimous selection for city administrator. On Aug. 25 the Mt. Angel City Council called a special meeting centered on a motion to terminate his contract. It was defeated 4-3. Councilors Mike Donohue, Ray Eder […]
By Linda Whitmore Three men are competing in Silverton’s 2008 mayoral election – City Councilor Stu Rasmussen, small business owner Jim Squires and incumbent Ken Hector, who is running for a ninth term. Each candidate was sent questions regarding their thoughts on Silverton’s governance. Their responses are in their own words. JIM SQUIRES Jim Squires is a general contractor involved […]
And the hits just keep on coming … The Silverton Hospital Auxiliary was recently selected as winner of the 2008 Oregon Governor’s Volunteer Award … The Man wonders if there are any awards left that these guys haven’t won??? The Oregon Garden Resort will be open for business soon. To celebrate, the Resort is offering the “Escape Plan” which gets […]
Our Town wants to expand our readers’ familiarity with the views of candidates on the November ballot for District 18 representative in the state legistlature. In this edition we publish the response to the second of three questions. Responses from challenger Jim Gilbert and incumbent Vic Gilliam are in the candidates’ own words. The question was: Aging schools across the […]
By Linda Whitmore For a family to have maintained ownership of their farm since Oregon was a territory is exceptional. Then consider that this family has included such notables as an early governor, a nationally famous political cartoonist and a 19th century woman who stepped beyond restrictions of her time to attain success, and you know there is historical significance […]
chool starts this week, and that occurrence brings to mind something of a breakthrough at our house. For the first time since, oh, about 1842, we aren’t homeschooling any kids.
This, in turn, brings to mind another thought: YAHOO!
By Mary Owen
Sister Joeine Darrington credits a good attitude and strong genes for her living to be 93 years old.
“And our regular life I have at the convent, with time to pray, time to relax and time to enjoy one another,” said Darrington, the self-professed “convent hugger” at the Benedictine Queen of Angels Monastery in Mt. Angel.
By Linda Whitmore
The opening of the Oregon Garden Resort this month is foreseen by many to be a positive addition to the Silverton area – an economic boon that will ripple through retail businesses and create jobs for local residents.
Moonstone Properties’ newest resort has 102 guest rooms and a luxury suite, and a restaurant with cocktail lounge, large and small banquet and conference facilities and a full-scale spa. The resort has marketing outreach to draw visitors from throughout the world as well as from the region.
By Kristine Thomas
No student bags, purses or backpacks.
No bringing in outside beverage containers.
No leaving the football stadium and returning.
Those are the new rules, beginning this fall, for students attending Silverton High School football games.
Dr. Linda Brown has sat with parents, watching patiently as they called one mental health service provider after another. Sometimes, the parents would find an agency to help their child. Often, they would be placed on a waiting list. And many times, they would give up in frustration at the difficulty of finding assistance.
Brown, director of special services for the Silver Falls School District, said the challenges facing parents seeking mental health services for their children also include what insurance is accepted by the provider and where the provider is located – often in Woodburn or Salem.
Brown is thrilled Easter Seals Oregon Children’s Therapy Center of Salem has agreed to have a therapist visit Silverton to work with children and families in need.
Stacks of documents with hundreds of pages describing the conditions of the buildings in the Silver Falls School District have been whittled down to two documents – one by the district’s Facilities Master Plan Committee with four pages and the other by Randal Saunders, an architect from Woodburn, with eight pages.
Both documents will serve as guidelines for Silver Falls School Board members to make decisions in the future for its facilities, such as the fate of Eugene Field School, what’s to be done with Schlador Street high school campus after the completion of the Pine Street campus and where the district office should be located.
Our Town wants to expand our readers’ familiarity with the views of candidates on the November ballot for District 18 representative in the state legislature. In this edition we publish the response to the first of three questions. Responses are in the candidates’ own words.
The first question asked was:
What investments should be made or actions taken during the next legislative session to have a positive impact on the Oregon economy? What are you prepared to do to move those investments or actions forward?
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11 Entertainment Noon ’til Midnight Festival Happenings 8:30 am Russian Museum open ’til 6 pm 10:00 am Queen of Angels Monastery tours ‘til 5 pm 11:00 am Booths open ’til 10 pm 1, 3, 5, 7:30 C’est LeCabaret, Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center 5:15 pm Vespers at the Abbey Church 6:00 pm Softball Tournaments at Ebner Park The […]
Our Town wants to expand our readers’ familiarity with the views of candidates on the November ballot for District 18 representative in the state legistlature. In this edition we publish the response to the first of three questions. Responses are in the candidates’ own words.
The first question asked was: What investments should be made or actions taken during the next legislative session to have a positive impact on the Oregon economy? What are you prepared to do to move those investments or actions forward?
By Dixon Bledsoe
As both a mother of four and an educator, Audrey Nieswandt of Silverton knows traditions are important to families.
Even when the thought of one more Chicken Dance at Mt. Angel’s Oktoberfest can step on her last nerve, she knows that with the last name of Nieswandt, and with her children Lauzons, the festival is in the family’s blood.
By Jan Jackson
About 80 Silverton residents attended the City of Silverton Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19, where commissioners approved a conditional-use application to allow Quikrete to establish a packaged concrete manufacturing facility at 1204 Mill St. The site is the former Champion Homes manufacturing facility adjacent to Mark Twain Junior High School athletic fields.
Some of the residents had come to protest the siting, demonstrating with signs outside the Community Center before the meeting began. Among them was Michael Sharrar who said, “This garden city doesn’t need silica dust pumped over our school .”
During the meeting’s PowerPoint presentation it was explained that the company will not perform silica dust-producing activities like cutting, breaking, crushing, drilling, grinding or any abrasive blasting.
By Kristine Thomas If a physical education teacher places the high-jump bar at 2 feet, it’s likely the majority of his high school students will clear it. As the teacher raises the bar higher, the number of students able to clear it is likely to decrease. The recent release of the 2007-08 preliminary federal ratings under No Child Left Behind […]
Silverton Hospital Foundation development director Don Russo recently accepted a similar position with Chemeketa Community College. During his nine years at the hospital, Don was responsible for bringing in millions of dollars that have helped make the facility the asset that it is today. Join The Man in wishing Don good luck in his new position. Congratulations are in order […]
By Linda Whitmore Bees – whether commercially raised honeybees or native bumblebees – are vital for pollination of agricultural crops and backyard gardens. Today, bees’ existence is threatened across the country – but perhaps not so much in the Willamette Valley. According to the Xerces Society, which keeps tabs on native bumblebees, a radical decline in wild bee population was […]
In the past, the Silver Falls School District had three teacher in-service days where students in kindergarten through eighth grade didn’t attend school so their teachers could have a professional planning day. At Silverton High School, students had late start days so their teachers could have time for professional development. This year, students at all grade levels will have 12 […]
By Jan Jackson The Beijing Summer Olympics and the Oregon State Fair have fast action BMX racing (bicycle motocross) in common this summer and Jason Franz of Fall Line Bike, Skate and Snow in Silverton is right in the middle of it. Franz and his crew are responsible for building the BMX track at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, 2330 17th […]
By Dixon Bledsoe Walking around Scotts Mills during the 25th annual SummerFest, visitors felt like they were living Americana. In a summer filled with festivals celebrating harvests, tractors, cartoonists, and freedom, Scotts Mills SummerFest has the obligatory corn dogs, barbecue, face painting and craft booths. But there was a feeling about SummerFest that made it unique. Like the horseshoe contest, […]
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By Kathy Cook Hunter Harold and Kristen Sweeney of Silverton are proud of their carpet-cleaning business and all it offers. That’s why they named it Magic Carpet Cleaning & More. In addition to the usual rug cleaning and removal of odors, pet stains, wax, oil and paint, his Water Claw device extracts water or urine from carpet as well as […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter A 2008 graduate of Silverton High School, Katie Doerfler has traded attending class and doing homework for the grass seed fields of her parents’ farm near Sublimity. A daughter of Kent and Leah Doerfler, Katie, 18, has worked on the farm five years driving a combine. This summer, she’s a crew boss supervising five other combine […]
