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January 5, 2011 Volume 2, Issue 1
News and life ~for our side of the mountain!
Feels Like We’re Living In A Winter Wonderland
Locals and visitors agree, the North Santiam Canyon is the winter place to be! By Karen Widmer
Right: Jack Schwarte (shown) and Laurie
Garrett of Salem enjoy snow shoeing at Max-well Butte and warm-ing up with a cup of
coffee at Rosie’s. They snow shoe or ski at least twice a month,.
“It is good for the soul to hike amongst the
trees and through the snow,” said Jack.
Above: The North Santiam’s creeks and rivers are the year
round kayaking destination for Gerry Orr, of Gates, Cliff Prid-dy of Turner and Chris Watson of Milwaukee. “I’d say I’m here 70 times a year, but I’d like to make it more,” said Chris. All
report Giovanni’s as one of their favorite haunts, and yes
ladies, they’re all single!
Left: Gates residents Josh and Alycia Weathers and son, Ben, can be found
out exploring the nearby hills on any given day. The New Year inspired
them to create a new friend. Here they are on
Monument Peak welcom-ing “Fred’ to the family.
Photo courtesy of Laurie Garrett
Photo courtesy of Josh Weathers
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Below: A winter stroll around John Neal Park
finds Bert and Shirley Krock from Lyons, who moved to the area twelve years ago
from Salem and never looked back. “We walk year round,
every day if we can,” said Bert. “We dress for the weath-er.” So does their furry friend, Pepper, who luckily lives just a block away with her people.
Above: Rick Green-man, of Salem, found here casting for steel-head at Fisherman’s
Bend in the sub-freezing tempera-
tures. When asked if he got cold, his re-
sponse? “Oh yeah!”
Above: Benjamin and Gavin Rash reenact the civil
war at their family cabin in Detroit.
“The forest is ther-apeutic for us and our wild boys,”
said mom Renee.
New Midwife Comes
To The Canyon
By Jill Cohen
Elise Erickson
comes to our
area with a
strong vision of
helping women
throughout the life span, offer-
ing care from adolescence
through menopause.
Midwives offer more than just
birth care. They focus on pre-
vention, support, listening and
attending to medical and emo-
tional issues.
Elise Erickson is specialized in
natural birthing options such as
the use of aromatherapy, water
birthing, massage, and the one-
on-one care that is unique to
midwifery care. She is also sup-
portive of conventional pain
management such as epidurals
when desired and offers breast-
feeding support and consultation
as needed.
Like every midwife I have
known, Elise knits and crochets
as she waits for births. There is
an old adage that if you keep
your hands busy the baby will
come. She has worked exten-
sively with the Hispanic com-
munity and speaks Spanish.
Backed by Santiam Memorial
Hospital, Elise has the vision
and the passion to be there for
her women. She is currently at
the Santiam Medical Clinic in
Mill City every Tuesday for
woman’s and prenatal care. For
more information or to schedule
an appointment: 503-897-4100.
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Local Speak In this segment, we ask local residents their opinion on a topic subject. Opin-
ions are not representative of the views of The Canyon Weekly.
Did you make a New Year’s Resolu-tion last year, and
how did it go?
“I failed. I tried to quit smoking. This year, I’m go-ing to read the US Constitu-tion once a month.”
Noal Hardman, Lyons
“...to be more involved in my children’s lives. Now I go on field trips, volunteer in their classes, and I’m their girl scout leader.” Jessica Stewart, Mill City
“...to loose weight...and I did! I go to Curves in Stay-ton 3 times a week.” Lois Bryant, Idanha
“...to quit smoking...did it work? No.”
Kelly Hastings, Idanha
“I never make them. I fig-ure, live life for what it is each day.” Melinda Flatman, Mill City
“May all your troubles be as short lived as your New Year’s resolutions!”
Brian Beyers, Mill City
Last night I lay in bed looking up
at the stars in the sky and I
thought to myself, where the heck
is the ceiling? Unknown
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Freres Lumber Tree Recycling
Freres Lumber Co in Lyons is
accepting Christmas trees for
recycling at their 14th St loca-
tion. The program, started in
2007, recycles about 50 trees a
year. The trees will be chopped
up and used for fuel to gener-
ate power for the plant.
“We started it as a service for
our employees,” said Kyle
Freres. “We also do it as a
community service...otherwise,
many of these trees would end
up in burn piles.”
Mill City Fire Dept Picks Up Trees
For three cans of food, The
Mill City Volunteer Fire De-
partment will pick up district
resident’s Christmas trees this
coming Jan.8.
The event serves as a way to
help support the Community
Assistance Center (Food
Bank). Last year, they picked
up 30 trees, which are taken to
Frank Lumber Mill and recy-
cled as bark dust.
This year, the volunteers will
be serving residents within the-
se boundaries: Dogwood St
(towards Gates) Freres Plant 4
on Hwy 226 and Phillips Hill
on Hwy 22. For pick-up, call
503-897-2390 by Jan 7th.
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cleaning
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Weatherization
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Water damage
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Mill City Seeks Proposals For New City Hall The request for bid proposals to build the
new City Hall facility has been officially
opened.
The facility will be located next to the
Mill City Fire Hall (S 1st Ave & SE Fair-
view St) and will contain a courtroom,
public restrooms, storage and a special
meeting area.
The city will hold a pre-bid meeting on
Jan 14, 2011 at 1pm at 228 SW Broadway
St, Mill City. Proposals must be received
by 4pm on Jan 28, 2011.
Construction is scheduled for this coming
summer, 2011. Funding for the project will
come from insurance funding, city re-
serves, and outside sources. Proposal in-
structions are available at the current city
hall. Info: 503-897-2302.
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Turn Trash (phones) Into Cash By Karen Widmer For books for the Gates Ele-mentary Library, that is. Gary Plotts’ 4th grade class decided they wanted to do something different as a fundraiser this year. “Another class was selling licorice, then we found a compa-ny who refurbishes junk electron-ics,” said Mr. Plotts. Old cell phones, laptops, vide-ogames, video game consoles, digital cameras, PDAs, Palm Pilots, MP3 players, ink cartridg-es, and laser cartridges, working or not, are all accepted. “They’ll take the old phones, for instance, get them working, then give them to victims of do-mestic abuse,” he said. Drop your items off at the Gates School Office, Monday through Thursday 8am-3pm, call 897-2191 for more information.
Diamondback Cloverleaf 4-H Can Drive The local livestock club braved freezing temperatures this past Jan 2 to raise funds for their annual trip to the Linn County Fair. The group has 26 members from all over the canyon and focuses on family involvement, as well as teach-es kids about the benefits of community service. This fundraiser was held next to the Mill City Fire Hall and brought just enough funds to cover one of the ten animals that they will purchase, raise and sell at the fair. They also organize “work days” to help local residents with chores like stacking wood and clearing brush. “We do community service so that the kids know its not always about the money,” said group leader Aniese Mitchell. Email [email protected] or donate thru Chase Bank, Stayton.
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See you in 2011!!
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We are having a slow snow
melt this week, and it’s pre-
dicted to be dry with little rain
and cold air temperatures.
Detroit Lake is back down to
low elevation, which means
we have maximum flood pro-
tection. There was so much
recent snow that has yet to
melt that Detroit Lake will get
deep fast when it warms up.
The Engineers would like to
have Detroit stay at the low
level (110 feet below summer
level) all of January and Feb-
ruary, and then the Lake
should rise slowly up to the
summer full level the first
week of May. While the Lake
is filling up, the river flow be-
low it will be low.
Fish passage has been slow
for the last month because of
the natural timing of all
Willamette system fish. Steel-
head always start coming in
the river in slow numbers in
January and February and in-
creased numbers start in
March. There are chances to
catch some very fine steelhead
in the North Santiam in
the winter, and it is challeng-
ing.
River Report January 5, 2011
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Celebrating
Our Future
By Karen Widmer
Literacy Night, January 13,
at Mari-Linn School. Pizza
dinner starts at 5:30-6:30,
followed by Jugglemania.
World renowned juggler
Rhys Thomas is featured,
integrating comedy with
skills to bring attention to
the importance of literacy.
This event is FREE , all are
welcome, and all children
who attend will receive a
free book too!
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Mobile Slaughtering
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Mehama, OR 97384
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm ~ Sat 9am-5pm ~ Closed Sunday
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Local Events Jan 6, 6:30 pm Santiam
Canyon School Dist. Board
meeting. 150 SW Evergreen,
Mill City 503 897-2321
Jan 11 8am, Chamber
Greeters, hosted by Peo-
ple’s Telephone Company &
WVI.Trexler Farm, Mehama.
Jan 11 Home Game: San-
tiam Wolverines Basketball
vs Central Linn. JV games
start at 3:30, Varsity 6:30.
Jan 13, 1pm, Mill City Mid-
dle School Writing Festival
featuring guest writer David
Greenburg, author of Slugs.
Jan 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm Lit-
eracy Night at Mari-Linn
Elementary School 503-859
-2157
Jan 13, 6:30pm Free Zumba
Demo “exercise in disguise”
SHS Commons, Evergreen
St., Mill City. Info: Nicole
Miller 503-949-7621
Jan 15, 6pm “Little Opry in
the Valley-Tornado Victims
Relief Fund Concert”.
Aumsville Community
Center, 595 Main St. Call
Ken at 503-769-5362.
Jan 17, 7:30-8:30pm Com-
munity Chorus Rehearsals
at Mill City Christian Church
each Monday evening. All
ages and abilities are invited
to attend our rehearsals where
vocal techniques and music
reading skills are devel-
oped. But most of all, we
sing for FUN! Come give it
a try. Jo Ann Hebing 503-
859-3426
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Thursdays, 7pm Teen movie
Night at First Christian
Church, Mill City. Free. Call
503-602-8742
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12
noon: Senior Meals. Fellow-
ship Hall of the Mill City
Presbyterian Church. Call
Ruth Higgs, 503 897-2204
for more information.
Fridays, 1pm Open Pinochle,
The Canyon Senior Center in
Mill City.
Fridays 10am–12pm: Kid
Zone for 1st thru 6th grade.
Fun, crafts and a free sack
lunch. Mill City Baptist
Church. 503-536-5414
Mon & Thurs 4pm-8pm:
Youth Center for 7th thru
12th grades. Air hockey, Ping
-Pong, foosball and more.
Free. Mill City Baptist-
Church. 503-536-5414
Wednesdays 7pm. Alcoholics
Anonymous Santiam Chapel,
Lyons.
Wednesdays & Fridays 7:30-
8:30pm Idanha Alcoholics
Anonymous Idanha City
Hall.
Lyons Library Book Drive,
new & gently used books
needed. Lyons Public Library
279 8th St Lyons, 503-859-
2366
Do you know a preschooler
in the Lyons/Mehama
School district who would
like to receive a tote full of
books and goodies? Jeri
Harbison, 503-859-2154
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Back to School at Mari-Linn
Pictured: Principal Jeri Harbi-
son welcomes student Eli Locke
back from winter vacation.
Welcome Katy Burke,
our new 2nd grade teacher
to Mari-Linn Elementary!
Happy
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