Serving the communities of Stayton, Sublimity, Aumsville, Lyons and Mehama
I still remember when I found out that my family had been part of Stayton since the very beginning of the town’s existence. One beautiful summer day I was having lunch with my friend, Olivia, at the Gardner House checking out some photos of A.D. Gardner and the early foundation of what would become Stayton, Ore.
Carl Sampson I like Thanksgiving a lot, because it coincides with the best holiday of the year. For want of a better name, I’ll call it Winotopia. The day after Thanksgiving, we rent a big […]
Since the age of 16, Kevin Crawford has been in love with the theater. “For my birthday, my grandparents took me to downtown St. Louis to a river boat for dinner and a melodrama,” he said. “One of the actors asked for a volunteer from the audience. At that age, I was pretty funny, and brought the house down. The actor told me if I were a little older, he’d hire me on the spot. I thought it was pretty cool!”