The Canyon Weekly January 24, 2014
Volume 5, Issue 4
Your local news source for the North Santiam Canyon
Serving the communities of Lyons, Mehama, Elkhorn, Mill City, Gates, Niagara, Detroit, Breitenbush, Idanha and Marion Forks
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” opens next week Though considered a “good man” by his friends, Charlie Brown can’t seem to win the heart of the Little Red-Haired Girl, nor his friend Lucy, her crush, the piano-playing Schroeder. Meanwhile Snoopy and Linus daydream and the rest of the friends battle with kites, school, baseball and misunderstandings before finally coming to realize what makes them truly happy. What is happiness? Will Charlie every fly his kite? Will Lucy ever marry Schroeder? How will Linus carry his blanket through life? All of these questions and more will be answered in an evening of comedy, song and dance at Santiam Auditorium in Mill City. We tried to get some quotes from the di-
rector during their busy rehearsal schedule about what drives them to perform on the stage. Says Sally, “ This is my report on the past. The past has always interested people. I must admit, however, that I don’t know much about it. I wasn’t here when it happened.” To this Charlie brown replied, “Good Grief!” This group of highly talented Santiam Jr. High Students will be performing this well loved classic under the expertise directing of seasoned thespian, Amy Jensen. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” The Musical . Showtimes 7pm, doors open at
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6:30 on Tuesday, January 28, Wednesday, January 30 and Saturday, February 1, 2014. Admission $5.00. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to see yet another of SJSHS’s amazing theatrical productions!
Local recreation access roads under threat of closure Budget shortfall means little maintenance funding for Willamette Nation Forest, agency seeks input to decide which roads to keep open
By Michelle Gates If you like to get outdoors in these parts, there’s a good chance you used a forest service road to get there. From Opal Creek to Hoodoo, and many places in between, the USDA Forest Service is the one responsible for maintaining vehicle access through roads on the Willamette National Forest. But thanks to an everdecreasing budget, they’re under the wire to try to decide which ones they should keep open, and which ones they should close. The problem is that many of the 6,500 miles of roads were built by logging efforts between 1953-1998. At the time, the forest
service believed that the forest harvest revenues would continue to pay for long term road maintenance. But logging stagnated in the early 1990’s and that revenue stream dropped. Now their budget for road maintenance is less than 1/3 of the $5.9 million they really need every year. “If we don’t maintain the roads, they’ll start closing themselves,” said Matt Peterson, a Recreation Staff Officer for the Willamette National Forest. Nature is their big enemy when it comes to keeping roads open. Tree growth and water erosion are big problems - and 60,000 culverts are nearing the end of their useful life.
It would cost nearly $1 billion to fix them all. Peterson, along with other forest service staff, are trying to find out just which of the endangered roads should be kept open. It’s part of the multi-year Roads Investment Plan designed to guide the agency’s actions over the coming decade. Their decision strategy means they need to get up close and personal with various user groups and ask people which roads are the most important to them. They recently met with the Detroit Lake Recreation Area Business Association to do just that. (continued back page)
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