By James Day Silverton native Ed Grambusch grew up wanting to be an air traffic controller. He tried work of a similar vein as a 9-1-1 emergency dispatcher. But once he hooked on as a volunteer with the Silverton Fire District, the career search was over. Grambusch continued his 9-1-1 work as he worked his way into a career as […]
Two members of the Think Robots Club will be moving on to international competition in Dallas, Texas, next month. An elementary school team of Derek Schaefer and Zane Davis named the Splitbotters qualified for the May 2-4 event. The Splitbotters qualified with their performance at an Oregon qualifying event that Think Robots Club hosted March 4 at Butte Creek Elementary […]
By Melissa Wagoner Arlene Harris is a Silvertonian through and through. Born at Silverton Hospital, Harris spent the majority of her life in her hometown, only leaving when it came time to attend the University of Washington, where she earned her degree as a Physical Therapist before returning home to get married and start her career. “My fiancé at that […]
By Melissa Wagoner When Kristen Storer received notice that her family’s primary care physician, Dr. Tim Peters, would be retiring early due to staffing shortages at his clinic, Northwest Family Medicine in Silverton, she was dismayed. “I kind of panicked because they didn’t give very much notice,” Storer said. Reliant on monthly prescriptions for her husband’s ADHD, Storer knew the […]
The Marion County 4-H ThinkRobots Club is seeking new members. The club, which features largely Silverton-area students, is open to those nine to 18. Club meetings are held in Molalla on Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:30 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Competitions begin in November and typically occur from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. […]
By Brenna Wiegand Nestled away up in the hills above Scotts Mills is the historic Maple Grove Schoolhouse, open from 1929-2010; from 1888 to 1928 it occupied another building up the hill. A going concern back when timber money stayed local, teachers and parents fought the school’s unification with Molalla River School District in 1993 and then its closure in […]
A year ago, Phil Kramer was working 16-hour days getting his newly purchased vineyard and winery remodeled and ready to re-open. Now, the new tasting room is done, the existing winery building is back in business after being taken down to the studs, rebuilt and re-clad in tin and concrete and visitors are enjoying glasses of wine while sitting at patio tables in a new outdoor garden-centered event area.
This is the fourth in a series about 150 years of history in the region including Molalla, Mt. Angel, Scotts Mills and Silverton. Language in the historical source material may be considered inappropriate today, but has been retained in direct quotes. By Linda Whitmore Relations were uneasy between natives and the first whites who settled the area from Molalla to […]
They came at the plodding pace of the oxen pulling their wagons thousands of miles over dusty prairies and forested mountain passes. Others made their way in creaking schooners on voyages down the Atlantic coast of two continents, around the treacherous tip of South America and up the lengthy Pacific coast before sailing into the Columbia River to their goal.
Brothers Phil and Tony Kramer, new owners of Marquam Hill Vineyard and Winery, are hoping to finish massive tasting room and grounds renovations in time for an early fall opening. Since May, the brothers have been restoring and refinishing the original siding and adding a new roof on the house, rebuilding its tasting room and landscaping multiple areas for future event space.
Let’s say you have an appointment with Dr. Peters – will you be visiting Dr. Sarah Peters or Dr. Tim Peters? Or Dr. North – it is Dr. Senna North or Dr. Eric North?
The Peterses and the Norths are two of several “doctor couples,” medical teams working together in a single medical practice.
Six doctor couples shared what life is like for them. Some have young children, one couple’s children are nearly grown, and one couple plans to begin a family soon.
