Stayton city candidate forum planned for Oct. 12

Loyola Marymount is a far cry from any school you could find in Oregon. Here the students drive better cars than the professors (we’re talking brand new Benzes, dude), the weather is nearly perfect year-round and the potential for a classmate to undergo a rather “adult” cosmetic surgery is as probable as seeing North Face sweaters on U of O’s campus.

The Stayton Booster Club is working hard to rebuild community trust in the wake of an investigation into missing funds from its treasury. “We have put some safeguards in place and shored up policies and procedures,” Booster Club President Jodi Hack said.

A local entrepreneur has just released a CD single that inspires a change in social issues. Tammi Burns is a domestic abuse survivor and owner/founder of Break the Chain® Apparel in Lyons. Burns wrote the lyrics to the song, “Chain,” about three years ago that her friend, Stephens Middle School teacher Jon Chinburg, and his nephew, Tony Stovin, and his Portland-based band, Intervision, put to music.