My sister has become one of the most glamorous people I know. She has always been rather cutting edge in the hipness department, but since moving to New York City and landing an enviable position […]

What started as a friendly tractor pull 36 years ago has become a major sports event with monster trucks, ATVs, horses and tractors showing their strength at the Sublimity Harvest Festival.

With gas topping $4 a gallon, the local bus system is bursting with new riders.

“We have been picking up regularly,” said Frank Brown, interim road supervisor for Chemeketa Area Regional Transportation System, also known as CARTS.

Brown said April statistics showed ridership up throughout CARTS’ service area by 18 percent, an amount he expects to jump another 3 percent with the next count.

It was one of those low-cloud, sultry heat, meandering days and I’d been hustling at work since early hours. After going to the bank for change I pulled into the local burger-in-a-bun drive-through to grab my favorite frozen drink concoction.

Although it was early for lunch, I noticed with surprise that the line was already four cars deep. Then I observed that each vehicle was driving through very slowly and the passengers inside were bouncing up and down like fishing bobbers with a catch on the line.

By Mary Owen Hurray for the red, white and bursting-in-air blue that will light up skies over Stayton on the Fourth. “With everything going on in the world, we need to honor our veterans and […]