The Canyon Weekly February 27, 2013
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Volume 4, Issue 9
News and Life - For Our Side of the Mountain! Serving the communities of Lyons, Mehama, Elkhorn, Mill City, Gates, Niagra, Detroit, Breitenbush, Idanha and Marion Forks
Trial begins for accused City Hall arsonist
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Historical Society brings Canyon history to life Group of locals strive to maintain museum depicting how we lived over a century ago; remembers forgotten area communities like Berry, Halstead and Gooch
By Karen Widmer
The trial of Joy Marie Cronin, the former city finance officer of Mill City, is underway this week at the Linn County Courthouse in Albany. Cronin is accused of setting fire to City Hall in September 2010 in an effort to cover up evidence of theft. In her opening statements the Linn County prosecuting attorney, Ani Yardumian, contended that City Hall at that time had a less than adequate check and balance system within the finance department with unsecured access to large amounts of cash and no offsite back up to the computer system. A preliminary audit had already been done earlier in the year with an undisclosed amount of funds unaccounted for, and Cronin was under pressure to find missing receipts as the audit was to resume in 3 weeks. Yardumian said she would produce evidence that Cronin’s personal bank account for that year reflected a net gain of over $20,000 from the previous years, all unaccounted for and deposited as cash. Also that Cronin had been spending large amounts of money helping out her son, paying off thousands of dollars of debt and buying high priced ticket items despite her husband being out of work
Above: Camp 6 at Mill City. These tiny buildings were the original mobile homes. When the logging finished in the area, the workers would simply pick them up, put them on the train and move on to the next spot.
The Historical Society will begin to hold their regular meetings again on the first Thursday of each month starting on March 7. At the next meeting, Sheala Alfensen, the Vice President of the Geological Society, and an instructor at Chemeketa Community College, will be presenting “Geology and Landscapes of Western Oregon” - specifically targeting the
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North Santiam Canyon. Meanwhile, the busy team from Benjamin Construction continues clean up work on the new section of the Canyon Life museum on Wall St. in Mill City. Currently, the museum depicts life in the Canyon area from 1886 through 1935, and binders of photos such as these shown here are available to peruse through. The new (cont’d on page 3)
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