I recently learned something rather astounding – if you ask for ghost stories, prepare for an onslaught. Houses, storefronts, restaurants, nursing homes – and apparently nearly every school in area – all come with a ghost story or two attached. And many of them took place in… bathrooms? Which prompts the question – why bathrooms? Because – and I don’t […]
By Melissa Wagoner Glen Damewood is a well-known, long-time restaurateur. The owner of Mac’s Place, which he opened with a partner in 1980, as well as two Wooden Nickel restaurants – one in Silverton and one in Sublimity – Damewood’s is a familiar face to many. On top of that, there’s his band, the Syco Billy’s String Band. Damewood initially […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter To some people, it’s a bummer. To others, it’s a benefit. “It” is the Oregon Indoor Clean-Air Act, known as the smoke-free workplace law. All indoor workplaces are now required to post a decal at doorways and employee entrances stating, “No smoking within 10 feet” and giving further explanation of the law, which also restricts […]
