Silver Fall School District superintendent candidate Andy Bellando and his wife, Rhonda, have three children, Amanda, 21; Jaron, 19; Tyler, 17. His hobbies are farming, bicycling, running and skiing.
Either Andy Bellando or Linda Myers will be the next superintendent of the Silver Falls School District. School board members unanimously agreed at the Oct. 5 meeting to hire an internal candidate rather open the search to candidates outside the district. The board met in executive session on Oct. 12 and will review the candidates Oct. 26.
Silver Fall School District superintendent candidate Linda Myers and her husband, Paul, have three children, Cole, 10; Elise, 6; and Emerson, 3. This winter, Linda and Paul are traveling to China to adopt 1-year-old Jack. Her hobbies are scrapbooking, singing, playing with her children and “anything outside in the sun!”
Mt. Angel Police Chief Brent Earhart is grateful for the “investment” the Mt. Angel City Council and Mt. Angel School Board has made in the community by reinstating the position of the school resource officer. The position had been eliminated by the city council when it adopted its 2009-10 budget.
Was the city of Silverton too hasty in its handling of the stockpile of chemicals found on a property in town? Or did the chemicals themselves and the manner in which they were stored pose significant risk to surrounding properties – especially Silverton High School, a block away – to warrant the immediate closure and clean-up of the site?
Silverton High School seniors Sierra Druley and Hallie Day were two of 65 students selected from applicants from across the United States to attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2009 Summer Seminar in August. The Summer Seminar is a rigorous two-week program designed for students who have completed their junior year. Students stay on the campus at Southern Oregon University. They […]
The Kennedy High School football team and its supporters recently completed a series of fundraising projects to help fund a home for a family living in the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Together they raised $10,000 to assist a family currently living in a cardboard and scrap lumber hut build brick homes.
Seemingly undaunted by the need to raise $30,000 in less than 30 days, more than 75 optimistic supporters of the Silverton Area Senior Center showed up for its ground-breaking ceremony Aug. 18.
Mt. Angel Mayor Rick Schiedler paid a civil penalty of $200 to settle and conclude an ethics complaint filed against him with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
CNN, Fox News and media outlets across the nation have been talking about Silverton in the past two weeks, and it all started with an appearance by Mayor Stu Rassmussen before students in Silverton Together’s Apple Tree Drive.
By Jan Jackson Not long after his election results hit the national media, Silverton Mayor Stu Rasmussen, the nation’s first known transgender elected official, was approached by several production companies to possibly create a reality TV show based in Silverton. In early April, a crew from a large production company came to town and shot tape for a teaser/preview reel […]
Dixon Bledsoe needs to get juice, size 3-5 diapers, baby food in jars and sealable sandwich and quart-size bags. No, he’s not a new father with worries about meeting the needs of an infant. Instead, he is seeking those items for Silverton Area Community Aid because he wants to make sure the shelves are full with food and other supplies to meet the needs of its clients.
Mt. Angel Oktoberfest President John Gooley has received letters in support of constructing a new Oktoberfest Community Building from the Mt. Angel Fire District, St. Mary Catholic Church, Mt. Angel School District, Wilco, Mt. Angel Development Programs and the Mt. Angel Chamber of Commerce.
After years of discussion, planning and hoping, ground will soon be broken on a new Senior Center at the corner of Westfield and West Main, property purchased by the City of Silverton from the Silver Falls School District.
Craig Roessler, superintendent of Silver Falls School District, issued a statement following the June 23 arrest of Sue Alderson, a teacher at Robert Frost School. She is charged with one count each of Rape I and II, Sodomy I and II and Sex Abuse I and II.
By Kristine Thomas Lisa Samoilov and Stephanie Ayhan have three ideas on how to increase enrollment at Monitor Elementary School in order to keep the school open. To proceed with any one of them, they first need a commitment from Monitor parents and community members to help with the necessary work. “Everybody has to come together as a community if […]
By Kristine Thomas As a mother, Jodi Drescher knows there is no way to recapture a moment in her children’s life – once it’s gone, it’s gone. As the principal of Silverton High School she has frequently reminded her colleagues to put their families first. It’s time, she wrote in an email to colleagues, to listen to her own advice. […]
Mt. Angel’s Oktoberfest took six honors in The Statesman Journal’s 2009 search for the Best of the Mid-Valley contest. Sweeping all entertainment categories for which the festival was nominated, Oktoberfest was voted Best Annual Event, Best Family Attraction, Best Free Activity, Best Place to Dance, Best Live Music and Best Place to Take Out of Town Guests. Jerry Lauzon, director […]
The City of Silverton’s 2009-10 spending plan, proposed by the budget committee and scheduled for review by City Council June 15, will be approximately $33 million.
“Our new budget, which Council has to review and approve, is definitely a ‘hold-the-line’ one,” said Silverton City Manager Bryan Cosgrove. “We have no new expenses or personnel and are, in fact, leaving one position vacant in the sewer department.”
Budget Travel magazine recently conducted a contest to determine the coolest small towns in the America. Silverton placed in the top 10 – tying for eighth place. “We are the only town on the West Coast to get the honor so we like to think of ourselves as the Best of the West,” Chamber Executive Director Stacy Palmer said.
The magazine recently announced winners on the CBS Early Show and will publish a feature about Silverton in its October issue. This, Palmer acknowledges, will be too late for this year’s primary tourist season, but will be a boost for fall travel. The Chamber will use the designation in its promotions for the season’s advantages and activities.
The Silver Falls School District may have to eliminate 18 school days or as many as 32 teachers to balance its budget for 2009-10. How cuts are made will be determined by two factors, said Superintendent Craig Roessler.
By Kristine Thomas Kristen Beyer was hoping the Mt. Angel City Council would reduce the lease or at least keep it at $250 a month for the Littlest Angel Preschool in Mt. Angel. “I didn’t expect them to lower it to $50 a month,” said Beyer, who is the president of the preschool’s board of directors. On April 6, the […]
When Mt. Angel resident Marla Boen read a newspaper article in February that former Mt. Angel City Administrator Jim Hunt’s salary had increased from $68,278 to $74,487, she had to know why.
The Oregon Government Ethics Board of Commissioners voted March 13 to investigate whether Rick Schiedler may have violated ethics law while he served as a Mt. Angel city councilor between Feb. 5, 2007 and Jan. 1, 2009.
By Dixon Bledsoe 500 to 1 – those are the odds Silverton will become part of a reality show, said Stu Rasmussen who was elected as Silverton’s mayor in November. Rasmussen has received national press coverage, including a February article in People magazine, for being the nation’s first known transgender elected official. After the election, he said, “I was approached […]
