News for those who live, work and play in North Santiam Canyon
Attention car lovers!
Some of the area’s hottest vehicles will be on display Sept. 20 at the ’50s Cruz-In at the Lake in downtown Detroit Lake.
“This is a very positive event for the city of Detroit,” Mayor Pat Carty said. “It brings people together from the east side of the mountains to the Willamette Valley. And we always have a very good mix of new and different cars that have never been on display before.”
Parks got pruned, schools were painted and city offices got a little TLC recently when Christians in four cities took the biblical edict to “love one another” straight to their communities.
“iServe came about from the conviction that Christians should aspire to a servant heart,” said Tim Schabel, who initiated the neighbor-helping-neighbor outreach last year and saw it come to fruition with the help of Community Pastor Tod Schlomann and layman Tim Hophan, both of Foothills Church in Stayton.
“We’re trying to be good servants in our community, to say we’re the church and we’re here for you,” Schabel said.
Blacksmith artist Tom Dudkowsky of Stayton will give a metal work demonstrations at Fresh to You Produce & Garden Center from noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays in August.
Dudkowsky is the owner of Ironvision in Stayton. For 30 years, he has created custom pieces using metal and taught blacksmithing classes.
I don’t know about you, but chicken salad is one of my favorite summer foods. Try these chicken salads from my recipe box for a family meal, or several meals for a single person – or for a potluck.
For more flavor, I like to use a combination of dark and light chicken meat.
-Kathy Cook Hunter
As if the PRCCA purse that goes to some of the best rodeo professionals in the business isn’t enough, the 2008 Santiam Canyon Stampede will raise money to help Santiam Memorial Hospital in its fight against breast cancer, donate food to the Stayton Food Bank and contribute to other community projects. The rodeo events take place July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 in Sublimity on the Sublimity Harvest Festival Grounds. The festival grounds will be packed with families enjoying a variety of good down-home entertainment.
“The music this year is Alexis Ebert with Bump in the Road and we are doing a bike rodeo with the Stayton-Sublimity Police Department on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,” Corky Justis, Santiam Canyon Stampede director of promotions said.
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 Matt Day Sublimity may have one of the youngest fire chiefs in the state, but he is a veteran within the department. Brandon Hamilton, who officially took over as chief of the Sublimity Fire […]
One of the more bizarre and hilarious events of my recent past occurred right here in little ole’ Stayton, Ore. I should mention that this particular hilarity involves hospitals. Don’t be weirded out; it is […]
With gas prices on a seemingly endless climb, Chemeketa Community College officials are reminding canyon residents that learning opportunities are closer than they might think. Interested in a class? Visit santiam.chemeketa.edu or contact Anita Beyer, […]
A series of free summer evening concerts in Stayton Community Park begins July 24 and runs on Thursday evenings through August, with varied programs of easy-to-listen-to music. You’re invited to bring your lawn chair and […]