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The Canyon Weekly
October 9, 2014
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Santiam Canyon Young Professionals group brings energy and vision
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By Nicole Miller It’s 8 a.m. on a warm summer day in the scenic Santiam Canyon. Cars are pulling in to the parking lot of Trexler Farm Café in Stayton, Oregon. Twentyand thirty-somethings are hopping out and bustling into the quaint farm store café’s “boat room,” where they gather for the newly formed North Santiam (NS) Young Pros meet-up, coordinated
by GROW EDC, on the third Thursday of each month at 8 a.m. Young men and women greet each other with excitement in their voices and smiles upon their faces. While some have attended the NS Young Pros meetups before, there are always new faces. “YP Selfie”: NS Young Pros selfie with Grady Hardage, With a variety of professionals rang- Janai Hill, Emily Gooch, Eli Justman, Chad Seegmiller, ing from banking managers to race car guest speaker Paula Newman, Elaina Turpin, Nicole drivers, and non-profit (cont’d on page 4) Miller, Jennifer Sandberg, Julie Hilty and Jason Burns.
Mayoral hopefuls interviewed live on KYAC Upcoming events include a council candidate forum on October 15; Read the letters from both Mayoral candidates stating more about their political platforms on Page 2 of this issue
Mill City Mayoral candidates Tim Kirsch (left) and Thorin Thacker, (middle) held a pleasant forum of “on the air” questioning moderated by Ken Cartwright (right) and Tim Widmer (not pictured).
This past Wednesday night the two candidates for the position of Mayor of Mill City were interviewed live on the air by Ken Cartwright of KYAC FM during the Mill City Mayor Candidate Forum. It will be re-broadscast on the community funded radio station on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 1pm and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 8am. Next, on Wednesday, October 15 at 7pm, KYAC will host the Mill City candidates for city council, live on the air.
Ken Cartwright and Tim Widmer will moderate the forum by asking 6 questions to each candidate followed up by closing statements from each candidate. There are seven candidates in all running for three seats for the Mill City, city council. Two of those candidates are current city council members and wish retain their seats. “Time permitting, we will take calls from residents of Mill City if they have further questions for the candidates,”said Ken Cartwright. Listen live at 94.9 FM or online at www.kyacfm.org.
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