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District 18 candidates: Oregon agriculture

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 last of three questions. Responses from challenger Jim Gilbert and incumbent Vic Gilliam are in the candidates’ own words. The prompt was:

What should the legislature do to retain and develop Oregon agriculture? How should we balance environmental and economic interests?

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Peer Court: Youth invited to join

Thirty two youth from the four local Peer Courts, including Silverton, will experience the highs and lows of achievement by taking part in the Salem Ropes Course.

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The Forum: Mt. Angel

Dear Mt. Angel Chamber of Commerce: My family and I have visited Mt. Angel Oktoberfest for the past couple of years and thoroughly enjoyed it. We enjoyed it so much that we were making plans to move our family business there… This past holiday weekend we came again because we thought it would be easier to get around when Oktoberfest […]

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The Old Curmudgeon: This job may be dangerous

By Vern Holmquist Recently, I have heard rumors of trouble and read accounts of some ridiculous things happening in Mt. Angel. I am not one of the town’s founding fathers – having only lived here for the past 11 years with very little happening during the first eight years.  While Oktoberfest is a bright event, Mt. Angel was more like […]

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Speaking out: Councilors’ wives decry lack of civility in public discourse

By Kristine Thomas Three women say they remained silent for several months while many Mt. Angel residents attacked their husbands – City Councilors Mike Donohue, Ray Eder and Rick Schiedler. Jan Donohue, Patti Eder and Cindy Schiedler understand criticism comes with the territory. The tipping point leading them to request an interview with Our Town came when the attacks were […]

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Biking to work

By Linda Whitmore Bicycling is a sport, entertainment and mode of transportation. In September there is a month-long program promoting bicycle commuting throughout the nation. Two Salem cyclists devoted to two-wheeled transportation were asked about the trend of more people riding bikes to work. Eric Lundgren, who calls himself a “utility cyclist,” doesn’t own a car. Robert Fox is a […]

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Stress fractures: Differing views of city councilor’s role

By Kristine Thomas “The council is under stress,” wrote Mt. Angel Mayor Tom Bauman in an email to city attorney Paul Elsner on April 4. “The sooner they recognize the role of policy maker and what are administrative roles the better.” “Staff is placed in very difficult situations with the recent request for information,” he wrote. “Isn’t the contract with […]

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Something for the Soul: Hospital auxiliary has many ways to help

By Winnie Bolton July 1990 Tom and I moved from Paradise Valley, Ariz., into another “here after” called Mt. Angel, Ore., through the prompting and encouragement of Fr. Bernard, a monk of the Mt. Angel Abbey, who now has recently passed. We settled in, met town folk and within six months I joined the Silverton Hospital Auxiliary, much to my […]

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Shelter from the storm: St. Joseph Shelter marks 20 years of giving

By Kristine Thomas Sister Terry Hall remembers – at first there were five to eight migrant farm workers seeking a meal from the Benedictine Sisters at the Queen of Angels Monastery in Mt. Angel in the winter months of 1988. Then, the number grew to 28 to 35 people, jumped to 49 to 65 people, and by May, there were […]

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Job on the line: Mt. Angel administrator says he wants to stay

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 […]

News

Mayor’s contest: Two challenge incumbent

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 […]

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Man About Town: Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies…

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 […]

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District 18 Candidates: School funding

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 […]

Arts, Culture & History

GeerCrest Foundation: Preserving the past for the future

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 […]

People

A life of commitment: Sister Joeine focuses on the sisters, the church, education

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.

Business

Oregon Garden Resort expected to bring economic bounce

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.

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New rules stress safety: Football game attendees face changes

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.

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Help for families: Easter Seals provides children’s therapist in Silverton

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.

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School facilities plan: A warning against investing in old schools

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.

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Vic Gilliam: Incumbant seeks to control government expenditure

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?

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Mt. Angel Oktoberfest schedule

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 […]

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Jim Gilbert: Challenger aims to develop farm, business employment base

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?

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Customs and costumes: Families prepare for Oktoberfest traditions

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.

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Quikrete dustup: Planners approve application – with conditions

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.

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