Alpaca Hub: Growing herd leads to retail center
It all started with a single alpaca. “Originally we had a place in Idaho with a lot of grass but also forest and rocky acres and we were talking about our options,” Deonna Frichtl – […]
Impacts of instability – Head Start, Family Building Blocks experience funding crisis amid federal confusion
Panic ensued in January when early federal budget drafts called for the end of Head Start – a national early childhood education program for low-income children and families launched by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 […]
Perfect arrangement – Providing party planners everything they need
From the outside, the building that houses the showroom of For the Love of Pete – a company providing wedding rentals, celebration decorations and photography props – looks like a typical warehouse. But the moment […]
Your Garden: Parsnips – From humble beginnings to world domination
Shopping at a produce market a couple of years ago, the clerk who was scanning my purchases suddenly stopped, holding a bag of vegetables aloft. “What is this?” he asked, puzzled. “Parsnips,” I answered, taken […]
Your Garden: Scotch Broom – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Shopping at a plant nursery a few years ago, my husband – a park ranger who struggles with invasive species control on a regular basis – was horrified to see Scotch broom, potted and tagged […]
She LEADS – Chamber-sponsored event empowers women in leadership
On May 9, the Stayton Sublimity Chamber of Commerce will hold the first She LEADS Conference, a one-day retreat for women in business leadership. “Women are often juggling the demands of both work and family, […]
Tipsy Wheels – Mobile bartending, party support, comes to Stayton
Before Magen Winters began working in law enforcement, she had a job as a cocktail waitress and bartender at the sports bar Magoos in Salem. “I absolutely loved that job and contemplated going back into […]
Reiki – Practitioner reopens in Sublimity to pass along positive energy
The first time Emily Heuberger came across a reiki practitioner she was 22, wandering through a farmer’s market and uninterested in experiencing what was referred to as “energy healing.” “But for some reason, the word […]
Your Garden: Planting in the Spring ensures blooms in the Fall
As a child, Joyce Heinke had little exposure to growing flowers. “The only one in my family who was interested in growing things was my mother,” Heinke recalled. “But we had a small well and there was […]
Your Garden: Growing Succulents
What’s not to love about the loveable succulent? Drought-resistant – thanks to their plump, fleshy leaves – there are 60 different varieties, each boasting its own unique leaf shape and color. “And there’s different categories […]