TCW Jan. 9, 2015

The Canyon Weekly

January 9, 2015

Volume 6, Issue 2

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Santiam Canyon School District to host Oregon Connections Academy Online School $27,000,000 per anum charter school soon to call Mill City “Home”

The Santiam Canyon School District (SCSD) board voted unanimously in a special session Thursday night to accept a five year contract with online charter school Oregon Connection Academy (ORCA). However, the contract has not yet been finalized as they await minor changes in verbiage for clarification.

ORCA is a public charter school with their own teaching staff,career counselors, academic advisors, support staff, administration and school board. It is publicly funded K through 12th grade school and is completely free for students to attend.

Children from all over the state attend via their computers, most often from their homes as full time students. Many other students are part time, attending from other schools, taking adjunct classes that their home school doesn’t offer. Currently there are already several Santiam Canyon SD students taking classes with ORCA. “This program gives opportunities for our students to learn subjects that they would otherwise have no opportunity to do so,” said Todd Miller, Superintendent of SCSD.“They have classes from basic English, to Advance Math and Mandarin Chinese.”

Plus: “They have a strong comprehensive curriculum,” said Miller.

Miller is the former executive director of ORCA, and understands first hand benefits it can offer many students. A graduate of Santiam High with deep roots in the community, he left his position there less than 2 years ago to accept his current role as Superintendent of SCSD. “Many of our students come to us, in the midst of their high school career, deficient in credits,” said Jeff Kropf, ORCA board Chair.

“We have programs and councillors specific for their needs. We want the kids to be successful in our program. The sooner we get them help, the more they stay in school.”

Kids are not encouraged to stay home, however. Over 200 field trips across the state

were offered to ORCA students last year.

ORCA’s current enrollment is around 3,760 with projections to provide for up to 4,000 for the 2015-16 school year.

The students may not live in the area, and maybe neither do Above: Todd Miller, SCSD Superintendent, Rich Moore SCSD Board the teachers, Chair and Jeff Kropf ORCA Board Chair. both work from their homes. funding annually for the first 2 years of partEvery charter school in Oregon must be nership. After that the fee will vary slightly, located in the authorizing school district’s depending on enrollment numbers. In addiarea. ORCA’s central administrative offices tion the SCSD will also be receiving 0.5%. will be located in Mill City. They are work- In the state of Oregon each full time pubing on the purchase of the property that cur- lic school student is allotted approximately rently houses Ark Animal Care at the west $7,000 annually for their education. Varying end of town. increases in allotments are figured in for stuThere they plan expand the property includ- dents with special needs, English as a second ing a new building specifically for records language learners and teen parents. storage.

With the current base rate of students, and “We have 36 fire proof cabinets weighing percentages listed above the SCSD looks to 700 pounds each that be there,” said Jeff gain, before expenses, of around $1,052,800 Kropf. per school year. The current SCSD annual The Santiam Canyon School District will budget is about 5,000,000. be responsible for oversight and all state re- “Everything I have heard has been comporting for the charter school. This will lead pletely positive. They took a chance to come to some increased costs for the district in- here. We responded to a proposal and Concluding hiring a full time business manager nections Academy accepted ours. I think we and possibly adding clerical and administra- made the right decision for the community tive positions. “And we are aware the ORCA and the students.” said Rich Moore, SCSD administrative office will be hiring also,” Board Chair. said Miller.

Oregon Connections Academy plans to beORCA has agreed to pay the SCSD a man- gin in Mill City in July, 2015. agement fee of 3.5% of their total allotted 1

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Goal Setting focus of Donkey Basketball returns as Grad Young Professionals Night fundraiser meet-up

The next Young Professionals Meet-Up is Thursday, Jan 15 from 8 – 9:45 am at Trexler Farm, with Tyler Lulay of Lulay Financial as the Young Pro Spotlight speaker. Our featured speaker is Allison McKenzie of GROW-EDC. In honor of the new year and the upcoming national championship football game, the topic is “Turning first downs into touchdowns: goal setting that wins in business and life.”

Any entrepreneur, key employee or civic leader under 40 who lives or works in our area is welcome to join this energetic, funloving group!

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From the Mill City Messenger For the second year in a row, Donkey Basketball is back! The Santiam Jr./Sr. High School Class of 2015 GradNight Committee is sponsoring Donkey Basketball as a fundraiser for their drug and alcohol free grad night.

Donkey Basketball is scheduled for Thursday, January 29, 2015 beginning at 7pm in the Santiam Jr./Sr. High School gymnasium. Admission Prices: Advance/Gate Adult $8/$9 Student (7-12) $6/$7 Child (K-6) $4/$5, 5 & Under FREE!!!!

Become a Sponsor! $50 Sponsorship - 2 free passes & VIP seating. $100 Sponsorship Family pass (4 passes) & VIP seating. $150 Sponsorship - Family pass, 2 concession credits per pass & VIP seating. All sponsors will be recognized at the event and in local newspapers and social media!

Book features N. Santiam area Advance tickets are available NOW! Canyon Readers Book Club meets the 2nd Info: Stacie Cook 503-930-7230 or Angie Thursday evening every month at Trexler Fencl 503-302-6722.

Farm Restaurant. 6pm for a home cooked dinner and 7pm to discuss the current book.

On February 12, Don Crabtree will be guest writer describing his novel Pure Evil written under the name John Lawe with the setting in the Santiam Canyon, Salem, Huge kudos to Gabe Smith, lockout speetc.. Don is retired and still does volun- cialist and Kelly Lumber employee saved teer cold case criminal investigations in the day when car keys and office keys were Salem. Con- locked in The Canyon Weekly office. A tact Herb quick call to Gabe and he drove up and got B a s t u s - us in our office. check. 503- Paper is not delayed!

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This mural, in the back of the Lyon’s Library in the children’s section is by Lyons artist Denise Sanders. It has been on display at the Library since 2009. An Acrylic on wood, it depicts the history of Children’s literature set in the city of Lyons, Oregon.

Library board vacancy in Lyons

The Lyons Library Board is seeking a volunteer to fill a vacant Board position. The Library Board’s purpose is to make decisions pertaining to all aspects of the library. The Library Board meets the second Monday of every month at 7:00pm at the Library.

The term is through June 30, 2017.

Please provide a little information about yourself, and what you feel you

can bring to the community by being on the Board. Letters of interest will be taken at the Lyons Library at 279 8th St. until February 7, 2014. If you have any questions, please call the library at 503-859-2366 during open hours. The library is opened Tuesday – Thursday from 1:00 – 6:30 and Saturdays 10:00 – 3:30, and is closed Sundays, Mondays and Fridays.

It’s not too late to sign up for DJ classes Local radio station seeks volunteers to fill the airwaves with music and more - on KYAC 94.9 FM radio

KYAC 94.9 FM Community Radio is looking for new DJ's to host programs on the air. If you, or someone you know is interested in volunteering and learning to be a DJ, sports announcer, music or talk show host, please contact us at 503-897-6397 or go to our web page at www.kyacfm.org. Our next class for training is starting Saturday, January 10, 12pm at 415 N.E. Santiam Blvd, Mill City. You will need to signup soon in order to be eligible.

The training is for an on air show at KYAC only. There is no charge for this class. Email Ken Cartwright at kenc@wvi.com to RSVP a spot. Please bring a set of headphones, pencil/pen and paper and either CD’s that you will play on your show or a laptop, Thumbdrive, IPad or Ipod. Be prepared to audition at least three songs. Come prepared to discuss your concept of a show. After the

class training you will go on the air with a brief training of the equipment and what to say.

Join the fun and exciting side of community radio and come in to learn how to get your show on the air. Must be willing to volunteer a couple hours a week, and you must get along with others... That's it... That's all there is to it..

The station also is continuing to accepts donations of new or used factory CD’s of new country, R&B, reggae, contemporary rock and adult contemporary music. “Because of our licensing it has to be an original CD, not downloads and home burned CD’s,” said Ken Cartwright.

Call us today at 503-897-6391... KYAC 94.9 FM Community Radio....We play the best music in the world. Will you join us?

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Words of Advice from Grandma Hagan What is Tact?

The dictionary describes tact

as “Skill in avoiding giving offense or in winning goodwill by saying or doing the right thing.”

(Oxford American Dictionary.)

Well, fine. But how do we say or do the right thing? How do we avoid giving offense? Why do we sometimes hurt the very people we care for the most? Why do we sometimes unknowingly offend a client, make a friend angry, or make a child feel inadequate?

It’s because we haven’t mastered the fine art of putting ourselves in other people’s skins.

Wisdom has been handed down through the ages through many different cultures, religions and lineages in the form of adages.

How about these: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (The Golden Rule, the Bible); don’t judge a man until you walk in his moccasins for one moon. (Native American proverb).

These words are paraphrased in many different cultures by reli-

gious leaders, by moral teachers or parents, but always meaning the same thing: you must think of others, put yourself in their shoes, consider their feelings, remember always that everyone deserves kindness and dignity.

This is the main theme of Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Tact is just the consideration of other people, their hopes, dreams and longings. Every situation calls for tact. Never take for granted that someone else has none of the finer sensibilities. Sometimes the most stoic and noncommittal are the most sensitive. Someone once said, “Imagine that the person you are talking to has a sign on his chest that says, ‘I want to be important, too.’” Doing that, it is easy to be thoughtful of that person’s feelings. In a word, it is easy to be tactful.

Tact is simply consideration and appreciation of others.

Teamwork In your place of work, do employee disputes take much of the energy of the work force and does it make the work place a place you dread? Are you making headway, or are you just putting out fires which constantly arise?

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by Louise Hagan

Could conflict resolution help?

Employee motivation helps both personal and company goals.

The answer is communications skills, team building, leadership development on the part of the management, and team spirit on the part of the employees. The question is how do we build those qualities into our group?

First, we recognize that each person’s contribution is valuable to the whole. Recognition of a person’s worth is a great morale builder, as well as a powerful motivational tool. Every worker will strive for greater results once his or her contribution is acknowledged.

It is a well known fact that a fair, impartial environment results in greater productivity in any work setting. We must set fairness as a goal in dealing with each other.

Cronyism and favoritism have no place on the job.

Good work habits and methods and more efficient ways of accomplishing tasks must be demonstrated. Team effort means that if one team member is not efficient in some way, another will demonstrate the easier way to accomplish the goal, and conversely, to adopt the methods of the other in another task.

It is only by working together than even monumental tasks can be accomplished. It took hundreds of people to put two men on the moon, which was considered impossible at that time.

Working together, they did it.

Your goals, too, can be accomplished with team work, motivation and enthusiasm.

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Flowers of winter make a statement in the garden

By Kym Pokorny, CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Just as the worst of the weather makes an appearance, the flowers of winter arrive, blooming as cheerfully as the showoffs of spring.

“One of the coolest things about gardening in the Pacific Northwest is winter gardens,” said Neil Bell, a horticulturist with Oregon State University’s Extension Service . “We have the opportunity to plant things that people who are not aware of or even interested in gardening will look at it and be amazed. The way to do that is with flowers and scents.”

One of the most showy of the cold-weather shrubs, Bell said, is Mahonia ‘Charity,’ a relative of native Oregon grape with boun-

tiful spikes of yellow blooms as big as baseball bats. The large evergreen leaves give the plant a tropical look and make it a

that feed birds when they especially need the nutrients.

“Spring is overwhelming with flowers,” Bell said, “but in winter it’s surprising. It’s nice to see something that’s so unexpected. And then there’s the scent; such an enjoyable thing.”

For those who are only familiar with camellias that bloom in spring, Camellia sasanqua will come as a pleasant surprise, Bell Flowers of Camellia sasanqua appear as said.

Blooming right smack early as December. Photo by Neil Bell. in the middle of winter, this standout in the shady perspec- 8-foot camellia doesn’t get the tive it thrives in. Snow is no de- mushy, brown flowers some hyterrent for this easy-care, 10-foot brids display. White-blooming shrub that will take temperatures ‘Setsugekka’ is easily found, as down to minus 5. A bonus is the is ‘Yuletide,’ the most popular of multitude of dark purple berries the Camellia sasanqua with its Santa Claus-red flowers decorated with prominent puffs of yellow stamens that provide sustenance for overwintering Anna hummingbirds.

In the darkest part of the year, sometimes before Christmas, the vanilla perfume of sweetbox hovers on the air. The small white flowers aren’t a big deal, but the scent more than makes up for that. The shiny, dark green foliage is similar to its relative the boxwood and useful as a hedge or backdrop for colorful perennials and annuals in other seasons. Several species are on the market, most commonly Sarcococca ruscifolia and S. confusa, both topping out at 5 feet.

They’ll take temperatures down to around 5 degrees and grow happily in shady, dry areas of the garden, where most other plants turn up their toes.

Blooming October through March, two months earlier than the Oregon native flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), is the chaparral currant (R. malvaceum) of the California coastal ranges. The 5-foot shrub attracts hummingbirds that will sip the nectar and forage for bugs among the foliage and sweetly fragrant, downward-facing pink flowers. Other birds will snatch the fruit for their meals, usually before humans get to it. Many gardeners will be happy to know that deer will typically leave chaparral currant alone.

Bell, who is gearing up to create a winter garden at Extension’s new Master Gardener demonstration garden in Independence, can’t finish his list without mentioning native silk tassel (Garrya elliptica). There’s no missing the waterfall of creamy, bell-shaped catkins dangling in long chains of 8 inches or more. The large shrub can grow up to 12 feet tall and wide, has glossy green leaves with white undersides and is drought tolerant.

These five shrubs, all of which are hardy down to about 5 degrees, are on Bell’s short list.

Others worth researching, he said, are witch hazel (Hamamelis), winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum), manzanita (Arctostaphylos), ‘Dawn’ viburnum, wintersweet (Chimonanthus) and Harry Lauder’s walking stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’).

“Gardening in winter is not that hard to do,” Bell said. “You just have to adopt it as a concept.”

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Santiam Wrestling hosts home meet

A home varsity match for the Santiam Jr/Sr High Wrestling team is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, at Santiam High School.

Teams from Jefferson, Mohawk and King’s Way Christian (Vancouver, WA) will be participating in the one mat competitions.

Mehama Ball-Park Board Positions available

Mehama Ball Park is looking for enthusiastic, dedicated adults to fill the Vice President and Secretary position. If you are interested in supporting baseball/softball/t-ball in our local community of Lyons/Mehama by joining the Board please contact Shannon Stinnett at Mari-Linn or at foothillswood@wvi.com.

(503) 779-7728 Ball sign-ups will be held in February for local area children.

Pie Sale Success!

Students at Santiam Elementary took their winter fundraising seriously this year. A total of 75 students participated in selling fruit and pies.

This effort gained $3,800 to go directly towards student field trips and rewards for good behaviors. The top sellers were rewarded by entertaining the school assembly with the old Pie in the Face joke. Below: Superintendent Todd Miller and “Cookie” Stephanie Grenbemer crack up seeing kindergartner Ace Aernie give his teacher, Connie Brown, a little taste of dessert.

Santiam Basketball Jan 9-20 Day Date Game JV Girls Var Girls JV Boys Friday Jan 9 *Kennedy @ Santiam 5pm 6:30pm 3:30pm Saturday Jan 10 Regis @ Santiam (JV2) 11am (JV2) Tuesday Jan 13 *Santiam @ Central Linn 3:30pm 5:45pm 4:15pm Friday Jan 16 *Regis @ Santiam 5pm 6:30pm 3:30pm Tuesday Jan 20 *Santiam @ Perrydale 4pm 5:30pm 2:30pm

Var Boys 8pm 7:15pm 8pm 7pm

Tips for Families to Get Healthy this New Year

(StatePoint) New Year’s resolutions often focus on personal improvement. This year experts are encouraging entire families to consider making a pledge to adopt a healthier and more active lifestyle.

Parents have more potential than anybody else to influence their children’s behavior -- including their eating habits -- according to a study by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In fact, parents outrank sports celebrities as the people most children would most like to be, according to the survey.

“You are the most influential role model in your child’s life,” says Kim Larson, registered dietitian nutritionist and Academy spokesperson. “Modeling healthy eating behaviors encourages children to adopt and choose healthy behaviors that will benefit them for a lifetime.”

Setting Realistic Goals Small steps add up, and Larson recommends making healthy lifestyle changes that are realistic and easy to stick with for the longhaul. Try adopting healthy changes for the entire family, such as: • Make sure your kids know they are part of the team and that health and fitness are a family affair.

• Encourage children to help plan meals -- from developing the menu to shopping to preparing and serving the meal.

• Serve regular, balanced meals and snacks with a variety of nutrient-rich foods.

• Eat breakfast daily.

• Enjoy family dinner together each night or as often as possible.

• At each meal, fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables.

• Make at least half of the grains you eat whole grains.

• Get active. Incorporate physical activity where you can in your day, whether taking a family walk after dinner or hitting the gym.

Remember, children and teens should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day, and adults should get two and a half hours per week.

• Focus on Overall Health, Not Weight Alone • According to the experts, good nutrition, health, and fitness fun should be the focus of your family’s goals, not calorie counting, food restriction or working out.

“You don’t want your kids to think that a healthy lifestyle is only about how much they weigh,” Larson says. “Concentrate on delicious nutrition and fun physical activities,” says Larson.

For a personalized plan tailored to your lifestyle, food preferences and the unique needs of your family, consider consulting a registered dietitian nutritionist. You can find one in your area at www.

EatRight.org.

This New Year, you can get the whole family together by committing to a healthier lifestyle as a team.

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Highway 22 (503) 897-2614 Mill City, OR

2015 Santiam Grad Night Committee presents:

DONKEY BASKETBALL!!

Thursday, January 29, 2015, 7:00p.m.

Santiam High School Gym; 2nd & Evergreen, Mill City Event includes concessions.

All proceeds benefit the 2015 Graduating Seniors Grad Night Party.

Admission Prices: Adult Student (7-12) Child (K-6) 5 and Under

Advance $8 $6 $4 FREE!!!!

Gate $9 $7 $5

Become a Sponsor…… $50 Sponsorship—Two Free Passes to Event & VIP seating $100 Sponsorship—Family Pass (4 passes) & VIP seating $150 Sponsorship—Family Pass, 2 concession credits per pass & VIP seating All sponsors will be recognized at event as well as in local newspapers and social media.

Thank you, Class of 2015 & Grad Night Committee

For additional information Contact: Stacie Cook or Angie Fencl 503-930-7230 / 503-302-6722 7

North Santiam Canyon Events Event submissions are printed FREE! The Canyon Weekly cannot guarantee placement; however, priority is given to emailed submissions, and events occurring in the North Santiam Canyon (Lyons/Mehama to Marion Forks). Submit your event to: Editor@TheCanyonWeekly.com.

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Crafts, collectibles, & treasures galore.

Lunch available including: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, potato salad, desserts, coffee, punch. Free admission and parking. vendor space available, for info call 503-859-2161.

Yoga practice at the Gates Fire Hall at the new studio each Tuesday and Thursday at 9am. The classes consist of Vinyasa and Yin styles. It is a 90 minute class. On Wednesday evening “Hot Yoga” Sunday, January 18 class. This class is a 1hr Vinyasa and Yin 7pm Night of Worship at Mill City but at a more engaged and vigorous pace. Christian Church. All welcome. $10/class. Call Julie at. 503-510-5519 for more information.

Events this week Friday, January 9

3:30pm HS Basketball vs. Kennedy at the Santiam Jr/Sr High School Gym

Saturday, January 10

11am Santiam HS JV2 Basketball vs.

Regis.at the Santiam Jr/Sr High School Gym.

Weekly Events

The Canyon Senior Center is open from 10am-2pm (Mon-Thurs) and 10am-4pm (Friday). 844 South 1st Ave, Mill City.

Lyons Library is located at 279 8th St. Hours: Tue/Thu 1pm-6:30pm, Fridays 15 pm, and Sat: 10am-3:30pm, Sun-Mon-: Closed. Info: 503-859-2366

Mill City Library is located at 250 SW 2nd Ave. Hours: 10-12/1:307pm Lyons Fire District Board Meeting, 3:30pm on Tues-Fri. Sat 101114 Main Street, Lyons. Meetings are 12. Closed Sun & Mon. Info: open to the public.

503-897-4143.

Monday, January 12

Tuesday, January 13

6:30 pm Mill City City Council meets at Mill City City Hall

Wed, January 14

1:00 pm The Lyons Garden Club will hold their first meeting of the New Year on January 14, 2015. at the Lyons Fire Department Conference Room Hosts will be the club’s new president for 2015, John Hollensteiner and Jamie Brown.

New members and guests are always welcome. For more information contact John Hollensteiner at 503-769-3667 or email at FUZWUZ1@msn.com or Jean Evett at 503-859-2563..

North Santiam Watershed Council meetings are held at the Stayton Community Center at 400 West Virginia Street on the 2nd Thursday of every month except July/ August at 7pm. 503930-8202 or www. northsantiam.org.

Join the Canyon Gleaners. Learn more about how low-income families can participate in a local food sharing/ 6:30pm.Santiam Canyon School District gathering program. For regular board meeting at the District more info call 503Office 150 SW Evergreen in Mill City.

897-4031.

6:30pm Lions Club meets at the Mountain Edge Café in Mill City

Friday, January 16

3:30 pm-8:00 pm Regis at Santiam basketball Santiam Jr/Sr High School Gym

Saturday, January 17

9am-3pm Santiam Valley Grange Flea Market, January 17, on 5th Street, Lyons.

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Mill City/Gates American Legion Auxiliary Unit 159 Meetings are held the 2nd Thur. of each month at 7pm at the Senior Center in Mill City.

For more information contact Brenda Harris

at 503-859-3152 or Sandra Rupert at 503897-2966. Mill City Eagles Salutes Armed Forces Members and Veterans.

Mondays

7pm Santiam Canyon Community Chorus rehearses at the Canyon Arts Center on Hwy 22. Contact Herb Bastuscheck, 503-859-2668 for info.

Tuesdays

10am-2pm Quilting Club Canyon Bible Fellowship, Lyons 910-4918 12pm Meals on Wheels, Senior Meals Fellowship Hall, MC Presbyterian. Meals on Wheels. Ruth:503-897-2204. $3.50 donation recommended.

7:30pm Santiam Al-Anon, Mt. View Church, Aumsville. Newcomers welcome.

Wednesdays

7pm AA Meeting at Gates Community Church of Christ 7pm Youth Bible Study 9th grade-age 25 at Baptist Home Fellowship. Bible study and snacks. 1095 SW 1st Ave., Mill City.

7:30pm AA Meeting at Idanha City Hall.

Thursdays

10am or 6:30pm Women’s Bible Study at Mill City Baptist. Offered at two

Mill City

Presbyterian

Church Sunday Worship Ted Buck, Pastor 360-904-3055

236 SW Broadway

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church Mass on Saturdays -5pm-

Mill City

503-897-2716 251 SW 3rd St, Mill City

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convenient times. Contact Brenda Cole for info 503-536-5414. Childcare available with advance notice.

10am-3pm North Santiam Quilters, Gates Church, all levels! 503-897-2102.

12pm Meals on Wheels, Senior Meals.

MC Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.

Ruth: 503-897-2204 12-4:30pm Food Distribution Day at Canyon Gleaners in Mill City.

5:30-8pm Youth Night Ages 10-18 Mill City Christian Church. Kids MUST be picked up by 8:15. Free.

12pm Meals on Wheels, Senior Meals.

MC Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.

Ruth: 503-897-2204 12-4:30pm Food Distribution Day at Canyon Gleaners in Mill City.

Mill City

Gates Community Church of Christ

Christian Church www. millcity

5:30-8pm Youth Night Ages 10-18 “..reaching the canyon Mill City Christian Church. Kids for Christ.” christianchurch.org MUST be picked up by 8:15. Free.

Mike Stair, Minister Worship Service 11 AM 6pm Bible Study at Living Water Sunday Worship 40070 Gates School Rd Church of God, Sorbin St. Gates.

10 am (503)897-3210 7-9pm Bingo with the Idanha takes the Bible, puts it in Detroit Fire Dept, every other chronological order, and reads like a novel.

Thursday at the Detroit City Hall meeting Info: 503-897-3210. room.

4-6pm Youth Group at Mehama Fridays 1pm Canyon Senior Center Pinochle 844 Community Church 11336 Morris St. Grades 6-12; games, music and bible S First St. Mill City 503 897-4176. studies. Info: 503-859-2849 or Facebook.

Sundays 7pm Youth Group 7th grade-age 25 at 11am Gates Community Church of Baptist Home Fellowship. Bible study and Christ 32 week series The Story at snacks. 1095 SW 1st Ave., Mill City 40070 Gates School Road. The Story

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Linn County Sheriff’s Office Police Log: Dec 28 - Jan 3 12/28/14 Time: 11:05 THEFTRPT FAIRVIEW ST Linn County caller reports that his craftsman tool box, and contents,has been taken from his barn. neighbors told caller that they saw a male subj walking 12/28/14 Time: 13:32 FRAUD MAIN ST Lyons CORNER MARKET Counterfeit money.

Person still at the store.

12/28/14 Time: 15:39 JUVCOMPLAINT 3RD AV Mill City mother would like to speak to a deputy because her son took off again and he is according to her, on house arrest until his court date of 01152015.

12/28/14 Time: 17:08 ASSAULT REPORT 4TH AV Mill City caller advises that her son said he was beat up by occupants of two black vehicles that are driving around with their headlights off 12/29/14 Time: 2:01 DISTBDOMESTIC 5TH AV Mill PR says that her dad just punched her and she is pregnant.

PR was punched in the chest No weapons 12/29/14 Time: 2:58 JUVCOMPLAINT 3RD AV Mill City son is home and caller is holding him until deputy gets there. jvnl says he will not be taken alive.

12/29/14 Time: 6:32 OVERDOSE GATES BRIDGE EAST Linn County 32 yo male found with several empty medication bottles around him. Unknown further. Medics staging.

12/29/14 Time: 11:05 THEFTRPTSANTIAM BV Mill City SANTIAM COTTAGES Caller called for victim to report

theft. Unknown what 12/29/14 Time: 14:18 ASSTOUTSIDE AGENCY Block HWY 22 Linn County MP61 HWY 22 730 out with a crash. Will need 2 medics.

4 patients.

12/29/14 Time: 15:56 FIRE ARMS COMPL KINGWOOD AV Mill City KINGWOOD COURT APTS Neighbor that lives in apartment is shooting an airsoft gun out the window at the caller’s son.

12/30/14 Time: 10:37 CIV DISP RPT 13TH ST Lyons Caller reporting $120 coffee pot taken from her house, unsure if anything else was taken. Caller reporting items have been gone through.

12/30/14 Time: 13:02 NARCOTICS OFF MAIN ST Lyons SANTIAM TOWING & RECOVERY Listed vehicle was towed by OSP back in November, STR has liened the vehicle.

Now that they own the vehicle they entered it and have found all kinds of drugs in the back 12/30/14 Time: 14:32 DISTBDOMESTIC 4TH AV Mill City male v female verbal and physical argument male pushed female 12/30/14 Time: 18:13WELF CHECK IVY ST Mill City Caller reporting that her employee was scheduled to work at 1400 hrs today and she has not showed up. Caller is concerned because the employee is very punctual 12/30/14 Time: 23:59 VEHREPO 8TH AV Mill City Owner is not aware vehicle was taken. Vehicle entered into Leds

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12/31/14 Time: 8:30 WELF CHECK Block LYONS MILL CITY DR Linn County FIR VIEW APARTMENTS patient has missed two dialysis appointments caller has attempted phone calls but patient is not answering them 12/31/14 Time: 13:56 BURGLARY *IN PROGRESS* BROADWAY ST Mill City vacant house, Listed veh is in the driveway. 2 white males 01/01/15 Time: 11:36 DISTB-DOMESTIC OAK ST Linn County callers 23 yo son just left her residence and is walking towards LMC. son is having “mental issues” this morning 01/01/15 Time: 16:03 DISTBNOISE RIVER RD Mill City caller reports fireworks are being set off in the area or some other obnoxious booming noise caller would like the area checked 01/01/15 Time: 17:51 THEFTRPT Block SUNSET WY Linn County reporting ex gf stole his dog. weiner dog, make phone contact 01/01/15 Time: 19:28 DISTBDOMESTIC MOWITCH RD Linn County male vs female, has been physical. Female has left Female left in the listed vehicle.

01/02/15 Time: 10:29 WELF CHECK KINGWOOD AV Mill City KINGWOOD COURT APTS Caller would like a deputy to check on his daughter, He has not spoken with her for about a month. He has been trying to call her and keeps get-

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ting a message 01/02/15 Time: 12:34 THEFTRPT MOWITCH RD Linn County Caller states that she was in a domestic with her husband yesterday. Deputies responded to the location and spoke with both parties. The husband left for the night. Caller 01/02/15 Time: 12:42 DISTBNOISE PARKSIDE DR Mill City Caller states that there is 2 vehicle, a tan honda and a teal colored honda, that are very loud and they go to location quite a bit late at night and sit and rev their 01/02/15 Time: 16:56 JUV-COMPLAINT KINGWOOD AV Mill City KINGWOOD COURT APTS Caller wants to speak to a deputy regarding the 10 yo who is being disrespectful to caller by talking back to him.

01/02/15 Time: 20:06 CHILD ABUSE REPORT 5TH ST Lyons Caller states concern for child (6), 1/04/15 LINN COUNTY 01/03/15 Time: 0:19 DISTB-NOISE 4TH AV Mill City Neighbor is running his generator and it is keeping her kids awake. He is on the corner of 4th and Cedar.

01/03/15 Time: 11:16 Description: ANIMAL - DEER 5TH ST Lyons LYONS CITY HALL Caller received a call from a Lyons resident who said that on Cedar st, behind the church, there is an injured deer with a broken leg trying to jump the fence.

Local Business Directory Autobody & Paint

•Canyon Auto Rebody 21916 Ferry Rd. SE, Mehama 503-859-3247 www.canyonautorebody.com

Auto Repair

•Mike’s Auto Repair and Diesel: Small engines & motorcycles at 27860 N. Hwy 22, Mill City. 503 897-6061

Antiques/Resale

•Odds and Ends Antiques and Collectables at 11227 Grove St., S.E. Mehama 503-859-2688 •Lyons Timbertown Resale: Home accessories, gifts, more. 1313 Main St. Lyons. 503-859-4054; 503-983-5277 Facebook

Business Development

•GROW EDC: Free & confidential business & non-profit consulting. Info@ growsantiam.org 503-871-5188

Clothing Resale Boutique

•Santiam Treasures Resale Clothing Boutique 228 Broadway St, Mill City 301-904-7217

Computer Services

•WidmerWeb Design 503-569-1229

Construction

•Hueller Construction Inc. CCB #114169 www.huellerconstruction.com 503-859-3575 Facebook

Firewood

•Camp Firewood at Hardwood Components at 20573 Hwy 22 in Mehama 503-859-2144

Health and Wellness

•Chiropractic Physicians Clinic and Wellness Center 11247 Grove St., Mehama 503-859-2181 •Mill City Dental 548 First St., Mill City.

Evening appts every Wednesday. 503897-2353 •Mill City Pharmacy 218 S.W. Broadway, Mill City 503-897-2331 •Santiam Medical Clinic 280 S. 1st Ave. Mill City 503-897-4100

•Detroit Market and Supplies 100 Detroit Ave. N. 503-854-3767 Facebook •Mill City Market Place 829 1st Ave. Mill City www.millcitymarketplace.com 503-897-2006 Facebook

Restaurants: Mill City/Gates

Mini-Mart

Signs & Graphics

•Giovanni’s Mountain Pizza 146 N.W. Santiam Blvd., Mill City 503-897-2614 •J and S Deli & Pub 100 SE Juniper St., Mill City (503) 897-2997 Facebook Landscaping •Mountain Edge Cafe 320 N.W. Santiam •Siegmund Landscape, Excavation Blvd., Mill City 503-897-2741 and Supply Call today for all of your •Poppa Al’s Famous Hamburgers 198 landscaping supplies. 503-769-6291 N.E. Santiam Blvd. Mill City Lodging (503)897-2223 •Curt’s Place Rental Suite in Gates •Rosie’s Mountain Coffee House 647 www.curtsplace.net 503-897-6126 N.E. Santiam Blvd., Mill City 503-897•Oak Park Motel 112 E. Central St. Gates, 2378 www.rosiesscones.com Facebook Affordable pricing and clean rooms. 503- •Sierra Restaurant and Market 302 N. 897-3420 www.oak-park-motel.com Santiam Hwy, Gates 503-897-2210 •Elkhorn Valley Inn B&B 33016 North Restaurants: Lyons/Mehama Fork Road S.E., Lyons 503-897-3033 •Trexler Farms 20146 Ferry Rd. SE, www.elkhornvalleyinn.com Facebook Mehama 503-859-4488 •Lodge at Detroit Lake www.trexlerfarm.com Facebook 175 Detroit Ave, Detroit 503-854-3344 Restaurants: Detroit/Idanha www.lodgeatdetroitlake.com •Korner Post Restaurant 100 Detroit •All Seasons Motel 130 Breitenbush Avenue, Detroit 503-854-3735 Road, Detroit 503-854-3421 •The Cedars Restaurant and Lounge 200 www.allseasonsmotel.net N. Detroit Ave, Detroit 503-854-3636 Marinas •Sandy’s Lakeside Coffee 1487 N. •Detroit Lake Marina 115 Breitenbush Santiam Hwy, Idanha Road, Detroit 503-854-3423 •Idanha Grill and Store 183 Hwy 22, www.detroitlakemarina.com Idanha 503-854-3354 •Kane’s Marina 530 Clester Rd., Detroit www.idanhagrill.com Facebook 503-854-3362 Facebook RV Repair Meat Processing •Santiam RV Service Free propane •Gene’s Meat Market 21991 Fern Ridge systems and safety checks! 303 NE 4th Road SE, Mehama 503 859-2252 Ave. Scio, OR 503-394-2348 •River’s Run Deli~Fuel~Groceries 105 Breitenbush Rd, Detroit (503) 854-3039

Mole and Gopher Removal

•LandCare: Learn more at www.land-care.com 503-897-5200

Outdoor Excursions

•Hair Care: Licensed in home hair care for those house bound. Also foster homes, and assisted living care facilities.

Janc@wvi.com or 503-269-3022

•Kayak the Santiam 503-569-1229 www.kayakthesantiam.com www.enrgkayaking.com •North Santiam River Trips with Bill Sanderson 503-897-3301 www.nsrtrips.com •The Oregon Experience: Fishing, rafting drift-boating. 503-897-3291 www.oregon-experience.com

•Focus Heating and Construction, Inc. (503) 428-2591 focusheatingandcooling.com

•Ark Animal Care Veterinary Services arkanimalcare@wavecable.com 503-8976004 Find us on Facebook!

•Elkhorn Valley Golf Course 32295 North Fork Rd SE, Lyons (503) 897-3368 www.elkhorngolf.com

•Gregory J. Johanson, M .Div, Ph.D., NCC Director, Grace Counselling Center. 503897-4830 greg@gregjohanson.net

•Mountain High Grocery and Gifts 220 D St. Detroit 503-854-3696

•Green Mountain Real Estate 280 NE Santiam Blvd, Mill City www.

GreenMtRealEstate.com 503-897-4500

In-Home Hair Care

Heating and Cooling

To get your business seen in the directory, call Karen at 503-990-3037

Pets and Animal Care

Golf Courses

Psychotherapy

Groceries

Real Estate

•White Water Signs and Graphics Professional signs for your event or business. Located in Gates, OR. 503-8043613 www.whitewatersigns.com

Security

•Independent Security Solutions Business and Residential CCB#202956 503-580-3299 or Facebook

Sporting Goods/Liquor Store

•Santiam Sports Center 250 NW 9th Ave. Mill City (503) 897-2881

Supplies

•Kelly Lumber Company 757 Hwy 22 East, Mill City (503)897-2363 •Mehama True Value 11267 Grove St. Mehama 503-859-2257 ww3.truevalue. com/mehamatruevalue

Taverns/Bars

•Red Barn Bar and Grill 916 Main St., Lyons. 503-859-2826 Facebook •Trio Tavern and Food 815 SW Linn Blvd.

Mill City 503-897-3380 Facebook

Towing

•STR Santiam Towing and Recovery 1-877-859-5757 www.strtowing.com

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Gates Neighborhood Watch announces awards for Christmas light decorating contest

By Sandra Rupert for the Gates Neigborhood Watch.

Our.Christmas activities were again a success. The 12th year of our poinsettia sales received positive comments, and all were sold within a week. Folks say they love coming to the Gates Post Office to buy their poinsettias.

Our coloring contest is an exciting time for the Gate rural and Gates city children as they receive their bag of treasures donated by the Rupert’s/ Creekside Rentals.

Saturday, December 20th, Santa arrived to have photos taken with children and adults in the life size sleigh in the lobby of the Gates Post Office.

Photos were taken free and given to everyone the same day by Tiffany Lane of Lane’s Computer Medic and Electronics of Gates.

All the children also received a free book from SCYFA (Santiam Canyon Youth and Families Alliance) through first books, handed out by board member, Sandra Rupert.

Winners for the Outdoor Lighting Contest in rural and Gates city, are as followed. Santa’s Village - Courtney’s.

Ol’ Fashioned Christmas - Libra1nde’s.

A Child’s Dream - Anderson and Blaire.

Keeping Christ in Christmas - Boniface’s.

Whimsical Fantasy - ‘Emerson’s.

Lights, Colors, Fences - Bush’s.

Story Night Richards.

Merry Berry Christmas Brunstad’Winter Wonderland - Quarry’s.

A Christmas Rescue (Fire Truck) Barne’s.

Public Notice:

Gates City Council Notice of Vacancy

The City of Gates will have, upon Mayor-Elect Jerry Marr taking Oath of Office for the position of Mayor, a vacancy on the City Council.

Applicants must meet the basic requirements for office as listed in the Gates City Charter. These are: 1. Be a resident of Gates for the past twelve (12) months.

2. Be a registered voter in the City of Gates for the past nine (9) months.

Candidates should be able to serve the remainder of the 12

term through December 31, 2016.

The City Council is composed of 5 city councilors and the mayor. They serve as the governing body for the City of Gates. The City Council meets once a month on the 3rd Thursday at 7:00 pm at City Hall.

Any person interested in the position should submit a letter of interest to City Recorder Traci Archer at the Gates City Hall, 101 Sorbin Ave W, Gates OR, 97346,

by 4:00 pm Thursday, January 15, 2015. The letter of interest should verify the applicant meets the basic eligibility requirements for the office and is able to attend the regularly scheduled council meetings. Applicants are encouraged to state why they are inteested in serving on the City Council.

For more information contact City Hall at 503-8972669.

Businesses who generously donated prizes for the Gates Outdoor Lighting Contest: Mill City Pharmacy - Mickey’s. Caleb’s Wood Carving - Rusk’s.

Davidson Auto (NAPA) Don McCall.

Papa Al’s - Slye’s. The Canyon Weekly - Widmer’s. Lane Computer Medic and Electric - Lane’s. Gates Post Office Rupert’s Judges for the lighting contest again traveled from Salem and Lyons.

Brenda Harris and Stacey Groah.

Thanks to all from Gates Neighborhood Watch, Sandra Rupert Coordinator

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