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The Canyon WeeklyMarch 20, 2013 Volume 4, Issue 12

News and Life - For Our Side of the Mountain!Serving the communities of Lyons, Mehama, Elkhorn, Mill City, Gates,

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Press release - A 23-year old man in a stolen truck lead law enforcement officers on a 25-mile chase early March 15 before being taken into custody near Monument Peak, 2 miles west of Detroit Lake. The case started when a Stayton resident reported that his dark-blue 1999 Ford F150 truck had been stolen from a parking lot in Stayton. The owner had left his keys in the unattended truck for five minutes and it was gone when he returned. He reported the theft to Officer Corbin Lantz of Stayton Police Department. At 12:53pm, Lantz issued an alert to Marion County Deputies to be watching out for the stolen truck. Minutes later, the brother of the victim spotted the truck on Old Mehama Road near Highway 22 and called 911. Minutes later, Sr. Deputy Chris Bangs encountered the truck coming at him from the opposite direction on Old Mehama, but as he turned to stop him, the suspect accelerated and drove at speeds that were very unsafe for the con-ditions. Bangs made the decision not to endanger other by chasing him. He reported the sighting to other deputies. Deputies converged on the area and continued searching. Approx-imately an hour later, Sr. Deputy Kevin Ely spotted the truck on Gates Hill Road. He began a chase that took officers and depu-ties through Gates toward Monu-

ment Peak. The truck reached speeds of 65-70 mph in the small rural cit-ies. Stayton Police, Oregon State Troopers, Linn Coun-ty Deputies and Forest Ser-vice Officers assisted in the 40-45 mph chase that traveled many unmarked, snow-lined gravel fire roads before coming to a landing near the top of the 5000' mountain. While the truck was still moving, the driver jumped from it and quickly ran into some nearby woods. The truck continued off the roadway and struck a tree. Deputies and Officers estab-lished a perimeter and called for a canine unit. Deputy Jason Ber-nards and Rolo arrived and initi-ated a search. After tracking the suspect for about a 1/2 mile, Rolo found him hiding, face down, in a small cave near a creek. He re-fused commands to surrender and was seized by the dog. Robert James Atkinson, 23, was arrested and turned over to Of-ficer Lantz. Atkinson was trans-ported to the Salem Hospital for treatment of a dog bite on his neck. He will be booked into the Marion County Jail on charges of Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle, Felony and Misdemeanor Elude, Possession of stolen property and an outstanding Parole Violation warrant from

Unmarked forest roads didn’t hide thief after crime spree leads to

high speed chase ending at Monument Peak

Fire Chief Bob Johnston was awarded a bronze axe for his 25 years of service. Photo by Shanna Hall.

Detroit group starts foundation, focuses

on area tourism Members of the Detroit Lake Recreation Area Business Asso-ciation (DLRABA) have been working hard these past few months to revitalize the area’s economy. “The only sustainable way for Detroit to survive is through tourism,” said business owner Doug DeGeorge, citing a past economic feasibility study. They’re doing it by planning tourism driven events and es-tablishing a designated bicycle

road to the town. They’re also forming the 501c3 non-profit Detroit Lake Foun-dation, created to support eco-nomic growth in the greater De-troit Lake area so they can seek grants not available to the mem-ber-based DLRABA business organization, as many grant providers only award funds to groups with a 501c3 status. At their meeting on March 16 at Detroit City Hall, the group indicated that

By Michelle Gates

Seven recognized at Lyons Fire Dept Awards

The Lyons Rural Fire Protec-tion District recognized seven outstanding individuals for their

service to the community at last weekend’s annual awards banquet. Kaylx Patter-

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the foundation is just months away from becoming an official organization. They’ve assigned temporary officers and are wait-ing for legal approval, part of which depends on the wordage of their mission statement. Facilitator Yvonne Messmer thinks their mission is broad enough for everyone to get behind. “It suits both primary and secondary residents, and many area projects fall under it’s definition - from city streets to pergolas, to maybe even local events,” said Messmer. The foundation’s mission is “To foster, enhance

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Congratulations to Jared Hills and Jessica Smith on their

engagement! Jared works at Frank Lumber and Jessica is going to

school to become a medical office assistant. The two are planning their

wedding for July 12, 2014.

They’re Engaged!

Snowmobile club celebrates St. Patty’s Day The North Santiam Snowmobile Club showed their Irish spirit at last weekend’s potluck dinner, organized by Vickie Lar-son and Elaine Lafonte. About 27 locals enjoyed the delicious food and heard about club updates, like a recent trail grooming trip with Dwayne Schultz - and first time grooming assis-tant Betty Eli. “It was very nice,” said Eli.

“The snow was so pretty.” The club main-tains snowmobile trails near the McCoy Creek Sno Shelter out of Idanha & reports about 5 feet of snow there. The next club meeting is April 21, 6:30pm at Detroit City Hall meeting room. Potluck dinner will be hosted by Bonnette & Taylor. Info: www.santiams-nowmobileclub.org

and maintain the liability, vitality and multi-seasonal use fo the greater Detroit Lake area.” The group also named a few specific goals to work toward, like a city sewer system, getting high speed internet into the area, a museum, parks and perhaps a travel kiosk. The Detroit Lake Foundation project is an off-shoot of the business association DL-RABA, a group that’s been busy working on increasing tourism through events like the Detroit Lake Fishing Derby, scheduled for May 17-19, 2013. Last year, the event raised $20,000, which pays for the annual Fireworks Over the Lake (July 6, 2013). “If we didn’t have the Fishing Derby, we wouldn’t be shooting off the fireworks next year,” said business owner Dean O’Donnell, who said they focus the event on kids, be-cause, “If we keep the kids happy, mom and dad are happy, too.” While DLRABA is keeping their tradition-al events thriving, they’re also bringing in new reasons for visitors to make the trip to Detroit Lake. The second annual Mud Run, which sends visiting runners around the empty and muddy lake bed, raised $4,000 last year, and is scheduled for October 12 this year. In addition to giving visitors a reason to come to the area, they’re also giving them different ways to get there. The Detroit Bikeway Project is getting closer to com-pletion, which would designate the highway

Bikeway project nears completion, planning

for annual fishing derby highlights Detroit’s

tourism goals

between Estacada and Detroit as a bi-cycle tour route and allow the ride to be featured on national maps. The project is waiting for Marion County Commissioner approval, said Yvonne Messmer. Every other agency has approved but them. “It’s one of our obvious hurdles,” said Messmer. Despite challenges, the town recog-nizes that tourism is the future of the Detroit area economy. “My facilities are already booked full during our events like the Fishing Der-by,” said Doug DeGeorge, owner of the Detroit Lake Lodge. “People want to come here. We just need to work to create a longer tourism season and give them more reasons to come.”

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son was recognized as the Rookie of the Year, Bryon Brown received the Chief’s Award & Outstanding Firefighter recognition, Josh Liddell was recognized for 5 years of service, Shanna Hall received the Support Team member of the Year award,

Matt Bentz was awarded the Lyons Firefighter of the Year and Ron Richter was named the Officer of the Year. Additionally, Chief Bob Johnston was honor-ably recognized with a brass axe for 25 years

service as active fire chief. Johnston became chief of the department in 1987 after serving over a decade as a fire-fighter. He started with the department be-cause the active chief at the time (Kenny Lewis) “asked him to,” said his daughter Shanna Hall. “He always tells new people who join that family comes first, then your job, then the fire department.” The Lyons Fire De-partment is happy to have these outstanding members on their team. “Congratulations to all

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A stormy afternoon last Saturday led to the closure of Lyons-Mill City Drive for about an hour as emergency crews from the

Mehama Station of the Stayton Fire District worked to keep drivers safe from a live power line, which had been knocked down by a limb, said Jay Alley, the Assistant Fire Chief for Stayton Fire. Three trucks responded to the incident at 6:30pm, and waited for the power company to remove the line from the road. Stayton Fire

District was covering for Lyons Fire District’s annual awards banquet, said Alley.

Pictured front: Kaylx Patterson - Rookie of the Year, Bryon Brown - Chief’s Award & Outstanding Firefighter.

Back: Josh Liddell - 5 years of service, Shanna Hall - Support Team member of the Year, Matt Bentz - Lyons Firefighter of the Year, Ron

Richter - Officer of the Year, Bob Johnston - 25 years service as active fire chief. Photo courtesy of the Lyons Rural Fire Department.

Volunteer firefighter Byron Brown spoke about Chief Bob Johnston’s

service. Photo by Shanna Hall.

GET “IN THE KNOW”Updated and complete drafts of both the

Mill City City Council and the Detroit City Council Meetings are available to read at

www.thecanyonweekly.com Just click on the “Communities” link.Chief Bob Johnston

awarded bronze axe for 25 years as fire chief

and thank you for your service to your community,” said district officials. To volunteer, contact the department at 503-859-2140 or www.lyonsrfd.org.

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Dozens of canyon businesses and hundreds of visitors were at the Dis-cover Local Business Expo last Friday. The event, hosted by the Stayton/Sublimity Chamber of Commerce was a way for business owners and their potential clients to get a chance to meet up. We caught up with Jason Burns, owner of Focus Heating and Construction. He was very excited to tell us about the new tax incentives available for installing a new energy efficient ductless mini-split heating and cooling system, one of Focus Heating’s specialties. “Now is definitely the right time if you are looking to install a new system,” said Burns. The State of Oregon offers up to $1390 in rebate and Energy Trust Fund offers $800 (restrictions apply). There is also a Federal Tax Credit of $350, and customers at Consumer Power also have an additional credit available. That’s over $2,540 in potential rebates, virtually cutting the cost of these state of the art heating units in half. Focus Heating also in-stalls heat pumps, fur-naces, air conditioners and duct work, in addi-tion to new construction, repairs and replacements and gas piping and places customer service at the top of their priorities. For more information on how you can save a potential $2,540 on a heating sys-tem that is quiet, clean and energy efficient give Ja-son a call at 503-769-7519 or visit www.focusheatin-gandcooling.com

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The Spring 2013 Citrus Fundraiser for Santiam High’s foot-ball program is now in full swing! “In order for us to become a top-tier program, we’re a fundraising, so we can purchase the equipment and apparel necessary for success,” said event officials. The group is selling boxes of oranges and grape-fruits for $22 a box or $40 for two boxes. Each 20 pound box contains 30 oranges or 18 Texas Star grapefruits. The oranges are #1 Grade Naval Oranges, direct from the Sunkist growers in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The grapefruits are #1 Grade Rio Star Grapefruits from Texas. Pre-payment is required, and the football team will deliver boxes of fruit to your doorstep in mid-April. “Customers will receive their fruit within 10 days of being picked.” Proceeds will be used to purchase uniforms (completion of Varsity home/away sets) as well as other football equip-ment like new shoulder pads, helmets, girdles. The money will also be used to assist in travel costs and reimbursements for assistant coaches, plus to purchase sideline headsets, for communication to reach maximum team potential. The goal for the team is 300 cases, and they’re on their way to getting there. The sale will run until April 1 and all orders must be submitted by March 25. Contact a Santiam High School Football player (including incoming 9th graders) or call Brad Emmert at (503) 507-3955 to order. Deliveries will go out the week of April 9th. “We recognize the tradition of excellence that the Santiam Football program has. We are renewing that tradition with a hard working, high character brand of football that the San-tiam Canyon can be proud of.”

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Elias Breen signed to OSP Congratulations to Elias Breen of Mill City. Eli Breen was sworn into the Ore-gon State Police (OSP) in a badge pinning ceremony at the Oregon Public Safety Academy Sunday afternoon. Breen and his 22 fellow recruits were

chosen out of 800 applicants, and repre-sent the end of a yearlong hiring freeze for OSP. His wife Holly, and their three children were there to share in the momentous oc-casion, and they couldn’t be prouder.

“I think he stood out because he be-lieves in what OSP stands for and he is hardworking and smart. He has a great work ethic and just portrays a police officer. He will be great at this job! He was also voted on from his fellow re-cruits and other officers to be the squad leader,” said Eli’s wife, Holly (Ohrt) Breen. Prior to this endeavor, Eli Breen worked for 13 years as a helicopter me-chanic for Columbia Helicopter, work-ing in Oregon, New Mexico, Montana, Alaska, California, Colorado, Wash-ington, Idaho, Canada and the last two

Experience the Joy of New Day at the Com-munity Sunrise Easter Service on Sunday, March 31, 7am at Fairview Cemetery on Kingwood Avenue. The message will be presented by Pas-tor John Hurst and sponsored by the Mill City/ Gates Ministerial Association. Then, experience the “Hope that the Easter Story brings” at Gates Community Church of Christ (across the street from the Gates Easter Egg Hunt). “Celebrate with us during our Easter Worship Service and join for refreshments. Af-terwards, it will be time for the Easter Egg Hunt at the Gates Elementary School grounds. Pastor Mike Stair will be presenting a special Easter message for children at the service.” Gates Community Church of Christ is located at 40070 Gates School Rd. Sunday School starts at 9:45am, Worship service at 11am. Nursery care will be provided for under three.

years in Afghanistan. Prior to that he served as a MP in the Marines. According to Holly he decided to change careers, “Because I was tired of raising our kids alone and he was missing out on so much family time!” Eli Bree will be stationed out of Salem after he finishes his 26 weeks of patrol officer training, keeping the Breen family home in Mill City for now.

Easter celebrations planned for Mill City/Gates area churches

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The Mill City Volunteer Fire Department has established a college scholarship fund to en-courage further education in the fire and medi-cal field.The fund was established in memory of Clyde E. Golden, a Mill City Volunteer who died in the line of duty on June 27, 1982.Clyde was a Charter Member who joined the department in 1939 and served 43 years as a firefighter. Positions held during his 43-year membership were chief, assistant chief, cap-tain, volunteer president, vice-president, trea-surer,secretary, public information officer and was a noted drillmaster that devoted much of his time working with young volunteers. The annual $600.00 scholarship will be sup-plied through the Mill City Volunteer Fire De-partment. The scholarship will be available to Santiam High School Seniors and alumni at-tending college. Selection of scholarship win-ners will be based on scholarship, leadership,

participation in school activities, service to the community, attitude towards education, an in-terview, essay, resourcefulness, financial need and fire department cadet status. Anyone interested in applying for this schol-arship may pick up an application at Santiam High School or the Mill City Fire Hall. The Mill City Fire Hall office hours are 9am until noon, Monday through Thursday. All applica-tions should be placed in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Mill City Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship Committee. All ap-plications must be completed and turned in by April 15. The Clyde E. Golden Scholarship winner will be notified by mail and an award certificate will be presented at the Senior Graduation cer-emonies. Any questions should be directed to the Mill City Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship CommitteeChairman by calling the Mill City Fire Hall at 503-897-2390.

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Come join Joe Stoddard and Tom Cole for an evening of music and belly laughs while helping some local furry friends find their forever homes! The dynamic comedy duo has been cracking up audi-ances since the 80’s and shows no signs of slowing down. Joe and Tom, both pet lovers, jumped at the chance to help raise funds for GoodFellas Pet Rescue, a Mill city non-profit set on placing hard to place “bully breed” dogs in good homes. “We really want to find pet owners who want to make training a priority,” said Danielle Black, President of Goodfellas, who currently has two 4 month old pups, Cookie (pictured below) and Kong, her brother, ready to begin the adoption process “But our main focus is the Snip-Pit program. We will be able to offer free spaying and nuetering for bully breed dogs from low income families,” said Black, noting that the costs of feeding and caring for pets often is miscalcu-lated when some people take on the responsiblity of pet ownership. Danielle and her staff will be on hand Saturday night with infor-mational and edu-cational materials.See the ad to the left here for all the details!

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Marion County. He will be in court on Monday, the 18th at 3:00pm.Property inside the truck indicates the sus-pect had been involved in area thefts. Dep-uty Tom Barber conducted a investigation into the property discovered in the bed of the stolen truck Atkinson was driving. Barber found what appeared to be property tags indicating some stereo equipment and computer hardware found belonged to the Cascade School District. During his investigation, Barber contacted personnel at the District Office in Turner and learned that the District’s maintenance yard was broken into during the early morn-ing hours of March 15th. Many of the dis-trict vehicles had been entered and searched for valuables. One information technol-ogy vehicle contained a number of computers, parts and cables. These items were the same as those recovered from the stolen Ford F150 Atkinson was driving.

The car stereo and amplifier from the District car was also stolen. District person-nel noted that a 1980’s Ford F360 maintenance truck was stolen from the yard. Barber deter-mined that Atkin-son hot-wired the ignition and stole this truck. He loaded it with stolen property from the first district

vehicle and left the yard. Atkinson then drove to the Stayton Bi-Mart, where he stole bags of dog food, pot-ting soil, and planter boxes that were displayed outside the front of the store. It ap-pears that on Friday after-noon, Atikinson parked the District truck, loaded with stolen property, behind the Chevron Service Station on Shaff Road. The 1999 Ford F150 truck driven in the chase later that

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day was stolen less that 1000’ from where the Dis-trict truck was left. Atkinson had transferred some of the stolen property from the District’s truck to the stolen F150 he used in the chase. Both vehicles were eventually returned to their owners, but it appears that Atkinson disposed of or sold some of the district’s property before the chase started Friday afternoon. Deputy Barber contacted Atkinson at the Marion County Jail, but he refused to be interviewed, say-ing only that bought the computer parts from an unknown man. Atkinson admitted that he had just been released from prison after serving 16 months for a burglary charge in Jefferson. Barber charged Atkinson with another count of Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle, Unlawful Entry into a Motor Vehicle, and two counts of theft II. He remains in the jail’s custody.

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The starting gun is off for the 2013 Santiam Track Team. The first meet was hosted at Nestucca High School last week. Santiam squared off against Neah-Kah-Nie, Nestucca and Willamina. San-tiam has been training hard through the late winter weather with the intention to make the best possible scores at the dis-trict meets, with less concern on the over-all meet placing. However, still the smallest team on the track that day, with only 18 athletes participating the Santiam boys took sec-ond place overall and many first place wins were accomplished including: boys

4x100 relay team consisting of Dakota Livolsi, Joey Walzack, Carlos Delacruz and Chris Smith anchoring. Chris Smith (Jr) also won the 100m, Jordan Saari (Jr) won the 400m, Payton Dupuis (Jr) won the 3000m, and Matt Schroeder (Sr) took first in both the Pole Vault and Triple Jump. Second pale finished include: Chris Smith, 200m; Braeden Cook, 3000m and Tim Hagen, high jump. Santiam girls also took home several high scores. Britney Thompson took first in the 300 M hurdles and 4th in the 100 hurdles, and Kara Conner took first in the long jump and second in javelin.

The Santiam Canyon Parent Teacher Organization and Santiam Hearts to Arts are joining forces to raise awareness and money for the playground at Santiam El-ementary School in Mill City. In February, students at Santiam El-ementary were invited to draw a picture depicting why they love living in the can-yon with the plan that the winning draw-ing would be made into a large outdoor mural to help bring awareness of the need to raise funds for the playground. The mural is to be designed by H2A art-ist, Denise Sanders. The winner(s) of the

contest have not yet been announced, but have been chosen. Unveiling of the new mural is planned to coincide with the Canyon Arts Festival on May 25. Currently the PTO/H2A team is actively seeking donations to ensure our children will have a safe and fun place to play for many years to come. Checks can be made out to Santiam El-ementary School with “playground” in the memo line and sent to: SCSD District Office PO Box 197, Mill City, Oregon 97360. For more information, contact Nancyh at 503-904-7217.

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Last Tuesday marked the 100th day of school this year the Santiam School District, and students were asked to make a 100 day project at home as a special homework assignment. Each project was to contain 100 items of some type, and there were no limits set. So Paige Pennick-Evenson, a second grader in Mrs. Kent’s class, decided to gather 100 cans of food and donate them to the local food bank. She told her mom, Melissa, her idea and set to calling friends and family and managed to get even a bit more than 100 items, totalling 96 pounds all together. Way to go Paige!

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By Roseanna Juhola Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Hugenberger’s Kinder-garten students had an unexpected visit after lunch Thursday afternoon. The children had been watching the movie “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” during class time, and got a homework assignment to build a Leprechaun trap. They brought their traps in last Thursday for show-and-tell, but didn’t know they would be put to such good use right away. While they were at lunch a mischievous Leprechaun got loose in their classrooms, and in their own words “trashed the place!” Sadly not one of the traps were able to

catch this little guy, but signs of him were every-where with little green footprints up the walls and chairs turned over. The St. Patrick’s Leprechaun has been visiting the local kindergarten class for 14 years now. Last year he sneaked in and raised havoc at Gates Elementary, and the staff was hopeful that maybe he wouldn’t find his way to the new Mill City campus...but he did. “It’s all part of the magic of kindergarten,” says teacher Judy Hugenberger.Pictured: (right) Ava Ochoa looks on in the background as Alondra Vasquez-Martinez explains her trap. (Left)

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Blackbeard the Pirate with Missoula Children’s Theatre: cost is $10 per child or $20 per household. Audition on Monday, March 25, 10 am in the SHS Auditorium. Children need to bring a lunch and close toed shoes, and wear clothes that are comfortable. Practices are from 10-12/12-12:30 is lunch-12:30-2:30. M-Th and Friday noon-8pm (students need to bring a sack lunch for dinner,) and Saturday noon-3pm. Performances are Friday at 7pm and Sat. at 1pm. Cost for performances are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students and se-nior citizens! We will be selling flowers for the shows.

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Colonel Thurman SmithMarch 5, 1918 – March 2, 2013

Thurman “T” Smith, 94, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on March 2, 2013. Thurman was laid to rest in Crossroads Cemetery, Pittsburg, TX., Fri-day, March 8, 2013, where his beloved wife, Olene, was bur-ied in 2007. Several genera-tions of Smiths including Civil War veterans are buried there. A memorial service will be Sat-urday, March 23, 2013 at 3:00 pm at Canyon Bible Fellow-ship, 446 Cedar St. Lyons. Thurman was born March 5, 1918 in the community of Crossroads, Camp County, Texas to William Thomas and Leona Talley Smith. Thurman was raised in a Christian home, trusted Je-sus as his Savior at an early age, and was baptized at Crossroads Baptist Church. He attended Crossroads School and graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1936. Thur-man graduated from East Texas State Teach-ers College in 1940 with a B.S. in education. Following his graduation, Thurman taught at Greenwood, Pittsburg High School and Atlanta High School. In August 1942, while Thurman was serving as assistant football coach (line coach) as Pittsburg High School, Atlanta High School’s Head Coach was called into military service. Atlanta hired Thurman to step in on short notice as Atlan-ta’s head football coach. Thurman coached the opening game of the season (a 0-0 tie against McLeod) when Thurman was called to report to Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet training. With a smile on his face, Thurman spent the rest of his life telling friends that he was the only “undefeated” head coach in the history of Atlanta High School football. Thurman entered Army Air Corps Avia-tion Cadet training in September 1942 and retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel in April 1966. While command pilot qualified in many USAF aircraft, most of his hours were in the A-20, A-26, KC-97 and KC-135. His permanent duty station assignments included Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, England, Washington D.C., Japan, South Korea, Colorado, Alabama, Florida, California and Michigan.

On Christmas Day, December 1944, then Captain Smith led a flight of A-26 invad-ers to attack the communications center of Munstereifel, Germany, directly in the path of the U.S. Ninth Army. On the sec-

ond bombing run a burst of heavy flak ripped through the fuselage of his lead air-craft and struck him in the shoulder. Despite his de-bilitating injury and crip-pled aircraft, he remained in the target area twenty-five minutes to make four more runs over the heav-ily defended bomb target and blanket it with bomb bursts. For his actions on this day he was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s

third highest combat award for valor. Upon his retirement Colonel Smith had been pre-sented with twenty personal awards and decorations to include the Silver Star, Or-der of the Purple Heart and nine Air Medals with valor. After retiring from the Air Force, Thurman settled on his ranch near Lyons, where he raised cattle, sheep and horses. He initially planned to re-sume pursuing his dream of becoming a lawyer, which had been put on hold since 1942. But cir-cumstances steered him in another career direc-tion and he eventually be-came a real estate broker, establishing Smith and Jungwirth Realty, Inc. He was active in that busi-ness until the age of 90. Thurman was com-mitted to Canyon Bap-tist Church in Lyons, where he was a member for 47 years. He taught adult Sunday School and served numerous terms on the Board of Elders. His service to the Lord expanded to include the

Gideons International where he distributed Bibles, represented the Gideons as a speak-er in churches, and held several offices of leadership in the East Linn Camp. Colonel Smith was a member of The American Le-gion, Mill City-Gates Post, and added color to their meetings with some first hand ac-counts of combat in WWII. Another of Thurman’s spheres of influence was the Grange. He held the highest degree of membership, served as Master of Santi-am Valley Grange, held offices at the coun-ty level and represented the Oregon State Grange as a lobbyist to the Oregon State Legislature. Thurman’s expertise in the real estate industry was valuable to the Linn County Board of Commissioners so that they kept him on the Linn County Planning Commission as long as they could (over 20 years). He was a firm believer in continuing education and personal development. He was involved in Stayton Toastmasters Club where he honed his public speaking ability, held leadership positions and competed in speech contests into his 80’s. He was fond

of saying, “I’m not getting older, I’m getting better. But I’ll admit that I’ve been get-ting better for so long that I’m approaching magnifi-cent.” Thurman was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-four years Olene Arnold Smith, parents: Willie and Leona Smith, sister: Le-cie Smith, brothers: Od-dis Smith, Valton Smith and twin brother: Herman Smith. Those left to cherish Thurman’s memory are son: Colonel Randall Smith and daughter-in-law Donna of White Oak, TX.; daughter: Sharon McDowell of San Diego, CA.; son: Reverend Mark Smith and daughter-in-law Janice of Lyons; 9 – grandchildren; 4 – great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Serving the family, North Santiam Funeral Service, Stayton.

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Ruth, 87, died March 9 in Lyons. She was born in Goodrich, ID. Ruth’s fam-ily followed the crops when she was younger, and she lived in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. She settled in Detroit in 1945 and to Gates in 1950. Ruth was a farmer and had milk cows and chick-ens. She sold the cream from the cows to Mt Angel Creamery and either sold or gave away her chicken eggs. Ruth loved the outdoors, not ever wanting to be in-side. She was a member of North Santi-am Gleaners and also the Salem branch of Gleaners for over 10 years. Ruth married Ernest Schroeder on May 22, 1942 in Redding, CA., he pre-ceded her in death in 1999. She is sur-

vived by children: Larry Schroeder of Gates, Carl Schroeder of Mill City and Mary Lou Baldwin of Lyons; brothers: Edward, David, Joe, Donald, Ted and Jimmy; sisters: Lela, Wanda, Helen and Teresa; 19 – grandchildren; and many great and great-great grand-children. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3pm at the Gates Community Church. Contri-butions may be made to Wil-lamette Valley Hospice. Serv-ing the family, North Santiam Funeral Service, Stayton.

Ruth A SchroederMay 1, 1925 – March 9, 2013

Donnie, 53, died March 11 in Aums-ville. He was born in Albany and lived all of his life in the Aumsville, Turner and Salem area. Donnie graduated from Cascade High School in 1977. He was a member of the Catho-lic Church. Donnie worked at Truitt Brothers Cannery for the last 6 years. He enjoyed flying, especially in ultralights and gy-rocopters. Donnie was very de-voted to his family.He is survived by his daughter: Sandra (Joe) Barnard of Moore-

land, OK.; mother: Joyce Foltz of Lyons; brother: Kenneth (Denise) Foltz Sr. of Turner; sisters: Patty (Ron) Bilyeu of Lyons, Nancy (LeRoy) Albee of Aums-

ville and Barbara (Mark) Orr of Lyons. Donnie was preceded in death by his father: Richard “Dick” Foltz in 2006. A memorial service will be Sat-urday, March 16, 2013 from 1 – 5 pm at St. Patrick’s Hall in Lyons. Serving the family, North Santiam Fu-neral Service, Stayton.

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An Evening Of Wine Tasting April 6, 6pm at Santiam Golf Club, 8724 Golf Club Road, The Stayton Area Rotary invites you to an evening of socializing and fun! Join us for wine tasting, some delicious cuisine, raffles and door prizes. Tickets are $25 per person. Beneficiaries of Rotary support include: Polio Plus, local scholarships, area youth activi-ties and various community projects. Tickets online at www.staytonevents.com

State of the County with Marion County Commissioners April 11, 6pm at Mill City City Hall. Hosted by the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce. FREE. Info: 503-897-

5000 or www.nschamber.org.

Clean up Day at North Santiam State Park April 13, 9am with Steelheader’s Salem Chap-ter and North Santiam River Guides Associa-tion to clean up trails, picnicking and camping areas. Meet at the park. Info: Bill Sanderson, NS River Trips at 503-897-3301 or visit www.nsrtrips.com

Gates Fire Hall Spring Fundraising Concert “Music in Bloom” April 19-20 at the Gates Fire Hall, featuring music from popular Broad-way shows like Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Camelot and Chorus Line. Tickets: $18, reserve seats $22. Info: 503-897-3454.

Santiam Valley Grange Flea Market April 20, 9am-3pm at Santiam Valley Grange Hall in Lyons. Lunch available. Free admission & parking. 503-859-2708.

Canyon Life Museum in Mill City opens May 27, open Fri- Sat until Labor day (or by appt). Frances Thomas 503-897-2816.

Events This WeekWednesday, March 20

Happy first day of Spring!5:30-7:30 Wyldlife Spaghetti Dinner and Bake Sale 100% of proceeds go directly to summer camp tuition. $5 per dinner. Santiam Auditorium Commons, Evergreen St. in Mill

City.7pm Stayton High School Booster Club Meeting 757 W Locust Street. Support-ing Eagle student athletes through athletic program support and college scholarship awards. Always welcoming new members.

Thursday, March 21Furlough Day - NO School in the San-tiam School District (Mill City schools). Enjoy your early start to Spring Break! Classes to resume on April 2.Afternoon Track Meet Co-ed Track Re-lays at Regis High School in Stayton.Deadline to file for candidacy for the Santiam Canyon School District Board. 5 seats remain open at this time. For more information call Nichole at 503-897-2321.

Friday, March 227pm North Santiam School Board meet-ing This Regular Session of the School Board will be held at Mari-Linn School, 641 Fifth Street, Lyons.7-9pm Gates City Council meets at Gates City Hall

Saturday, March 2310am Mt Jefferson Snowmobile Club Poker Run & BBQ at Ray Benson Sno Park. Poker Run with BBQ is at 10am-1pm. Snow or no snow, it is on! Potluck is 7pm at the Shelter. Info: Patty, MJSC Secretary, 503-881-4718.11am-1pm Joseph’s Storehouse of Hope Food Bank distribution at Mari-Linn School Gym. First come, first serve. Info: 503-859-2849, jsoh.food.bank@gmail.com.7pm Stoddard and Cole Benefit Concert for GoodFellas Pet Rescue at Santiam High School Auditorium in Mill City. Mu-sic and Comedy, a great show for a great cause! Tickets $10 pre-sale at Ark Animal Care and US Bank, Mill City; $12 at the door. Sponsored by Willamette Valley Ani-mal Hospital, Frank Lumber Co., Inc., The Canyon Weekly and Nature’s Pet Salem.

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Monday, March 258-10am Small Steps, Big Results Free business class with GROW EDC at Trexler Farm Cafe in Mehama. Monthly event; future dates undecided. 10am Auditions for Blackbeard the Pirate with Missoula Childrens Theatre at SJSHS Auditiorium. K-12th grades. Cost $10/student or $20 per household. Partici-pants MUST be available for all practices (Mon-Thurs 10am-3:30pm) and perfor-mances (Friday 7pm/Saturday 1pm - stu-dents must arrive at noon). Info: Caroline Gillaspy 503-897-2311 , ext.240

Friday, March 276pm North Santiam River Guides As-sociation meets at Neufeldt’s Diner in Aumsville. The series of “Learn the River” trips will be discussed, and the next trip is from Stayton to Green’s Bridge on April 6. Info: 503-897-3301 or www.nsrtrips.com.

Thursday, March 2810am-3pm Gleaners Easter Bake Sale Come get your pies and goodies for Easter Sunday at US Bank, Mill City. Delicious homemade treats that your family will de-vour and a memory they will have forever!

Friday, March 2910am-3pm Gleaners Easter Bake Sale Come get your pies and goodies for Easter Sunday at US Bank, Mill City. Delicious homemade treats that your family will de-vour and a memory they will have forever!

Saturday, March 3010am Easter Egg Hunt Marian Estates Campus in Sublimity. Children ages 0-10 are invited to hunt for over 4,000 plastic eggs. Rain or shine.11:30am-3pm Camp Taloali Easter Ac-tivities 15934 North Santiam Hwy. Lunch at 11:30am followed by arts and crafts activities, Easter egg coloring, climbing tower, face painting, cookie decorating and

games. Easter Egg Hunt starts at 1pm. Free, donations gladly accepted. RSVP camp-taloali@comcast.net or 971-239-8153.

Sunday, March 3110am Mill City Christian Easter Sun-day featuring guest speaker Dr. Bruce Russell from Turn-Around Oregon, a unique ministry focused on helping and equipping churches to grow and flourish. Everyone welcome!! Services start Sunday at 10am.

Ongoing Weekly Events6am-8am and 3pm-6pm Mill City Bap-tist Church before and after school Kids Zone. Transportation to and from school provided. 818 Santiam Blvd. 503-536-54146am-6pm Builders: Mill City Christian Church Before & After School Program Ages K-12yrs. 503-897-2716, 251 SW 3rd St. www.millcitychristianchurch.org.

Mondays4pm-8pm Youth Center for 7th-12th grades. Air Hockey, Ping Pong, Foos Ball. FREE. Mill City Baptist Church.7-8:30pm Santiam Community Chorus rehearses every Monday evening at Mill City Christian Church in Mill City. All are welcome. Jo Ann Hebing 503-859-3426

Tuesdays10am-2pm Quilting Club Canyon Bible Fellowship, Lyons 910-491812pm Meals on Wheels, Senior Meals Fellowship Hall, MC Presbyterian. Meals on Wheels. Ruth:503-897-2204. $3.50 donation recommended.4pm “Weight Watchers at Work” at Santiam High School Library.7:30pm Santiam Al-Anon, Mt. View Church, Aumsville

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10am-3pm Judy’s Art Class at Mill City Eagles Hall. Oil painting, all lev-els welcome. Weekly on Wednesdays. Drop in, open to all. 503-859-2213

4pm-8pm Youth Center for 7th-12 grades. Air Hockey, Ping Pong, Foos Ball. FREE. Mill City Baptist Church.7pm AA Meeting Santiam Chapel, Lyons.

Thursdays10am-3pm North Santiam Quilters, Gates Church, all levels! 897-210212pm Meals on Wheels, Senior Meals. Fellow-ship Hall, MC Presbyterian Church. Ruth:503 897-22043:30-5pm Good News Club at Mill City Baptist Church. Kids K-4 grade.

Bible stories, singing, games, snack. Free. 815 Santiam Blvd. change ad5:30-8pm Youth Movie Night Ages 10-18 Mill City Christian Church. Kids MUST be picked up by 8:15. Free. Not held on weeks with Friday school.6pm Bible Study at Living Water Church of God, Sorbin St. Gates.

FridaysFree Knife Sharpening Friday at Gene’s Meat Market in Mehama (limit 5 please). At the flashing yellow lightHwy 22.6am-6pm Friday Day Camp at Mill City Christian Church Come all day or part; learning-based; snacks, tutoring & home-work help, games, friends and God. Regis-tration forms at the church or call 503-897-2714. 503-897-2716 251 SW 3rd St, Mill City. www.millcitychristianchurch.org.6am-6pm All Day KidsZone Fun, crafts, games, food. Mill City Baptist Church. 815 NW Santiam Info: 503-536-5414 Brenda 1pm Canyon Senior Center Open Pinochle 844 South First St, Mill City 503897-4176

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6:30pm Youth Group at Mill City Baptist Church 7th grade to 24 years. 815 NW Santiam Blvd. Sunday.4-6pm Mehama-Lyons Community Youth Group at Mehama Community Church 11336 Morris St. Grades 6-12; games, music and bible studies. Info:503-859-2849 or facebook.

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Date: 03/10/13 Time: 15:17 BURGLARY REPORT Lyons reporting storage unit broken into. Date: 03/10/13 Time: 15:34 LITTERING Lyons caller reports that male subj are dump-ing debris on the church property, which is behind callers address. the subj have dumped several loads of limbs already Date: 03/10/13 Time: 16:32 DISTB-NOISE Mill City Neighbors across the street have their music booming so loud he can’t even think. Date: 03/10/13 Time: 18:25 PHONE-HARASSMENT Mill City caller’s cell phone inappropriate phone calls -using bad language in a call rec’d by caller’s daughter Date: 03/10/13 Time: 20:48 MVC-HIT & RUN Mill City Pr advising her car was backed into at the Circle K. Occ’d about 5-10 ago, unknown dir of travel. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 8:52 UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO MOTOR VEHICLE Mill City ve-hicle was entered and items taken about a week ago. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 10:06 WELF CHECK Mill City Caller states that he was speak-ing on the phone last Wednesday. He says she was talking about a domestic she was having with her boyfriend, Caller states that the Date: 03/11/13 Time: 11:41 ASST-OUTSIDE AGENCY LYONS MILL CITY DR Marion Co out with vehicle stuck in the snow near Detroit, they advise the keys are with the vehicle and the windows are down. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 12:16 DISTB-DOMESTIC Mill City Mother is being verbal abusive toward caller. Caller advises that she is being abusive in front of callers son. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 15:44 THEFT-RPT Mill City 2 juve-

niles took 2 shopping carts and were heading EB on Kingwood toward the woods. Caller believes they may be homeless. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 16:03 THEFT-RPT Mill City Caller reporting her husband took her passport. Caller left her husband a couple weeks ago and when she Date: 03/11/13 Time: 18:29 PHONE-HARASSMENT Mill City Caller states that she has been harassed by phone over the last couple days and her ex-husband has been threatening to come over to the home. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 22:04 TRESPASS Mill City Checking the barn on the property to make sure no one is sleeping there. 740-with the property manager. Date: 03/11/13 Time: 22:21 AS-SAULT REPORT Lyons Caller reporting that her stepmom held her down on her bed and choked her. Caller then stated when she tried to get away her stepmom scratched her legs. Date: 03/12/13 Time: 6:58 UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO MOTOR VEHICLE Lyons Vehicle broke into last night, guns stolen Caller is avail for contact Date: 03/12/13 Time: 9:13 PHONE-HARASSMENT HWY 226 Caller reporting male called in the middle of the night last night multiple times. Caller told him not to call, he continued. Date: 03/12/13 Time: 11:07 TRESPASS *IN PROGRESS* Mill City female on the line transferred from Norcom Female advised there was a female in the home refusing to Date: 03/12/13 Time: 15:29 SUSP-PERSON Mill City Caller states that there are 2 males and a girl sitting across Evergreen across from the school. Caller states that the kids are former students. Date: 03/13/13 Time: 3:29 SUSP-VEHICLE Lyons Caller

reporting a drk colored PU parked across the street from their house, near the park. Caller saw at least one male subj near the vehicle. Date: 03/13/13 Time: 11:10 PROP-FOUND THOMAS DR PR found an air compressor on his prop. PR did not take it to the house he left it where he found and will show a deputy where it is. Date: 03/13/13 Time: 14:54 DOG COMPLAINT LYONS MILL CITY DR PR says that East of his house there is a dog tied up in a shed and the dog is left there for days at a time. Date: 03/13/13 Time: 22:13 DISTB-DOMESTIC Mill City PR says that her 10 yo grandson just called her because his mom and her boyfriend are fighting. Caller could hear throwing and Date: 03/14/13 Time: 1:17 DOG COMPLAINT Mill City caller reporting 3 dogs barking loudly next door to listed address. Caller believes the owners are home. No need to contact caller Date: 03/15/13 Time: 1:21 SUICIDAL-SUBJECT Idanha caller’s daughter received a face-book message from female Date: 03/15/13 Time: 13:05 BURGLARY REPORT Lyons Caller states someone broke into her house that is for sale at the listed location. Caller thinks that they came through the back door. Date: 03/15/13 Time: 13:14 CUSTODIAL INTERF Mill City Caller states that he wants to see his child but someone at the loca-tion is not letting him see his child. Caller is trying to get custody of the child. Date: 03/15/13 Time: 14:06 ASST-OUTSIDE AGENCY MONUMENT PEAK RD Linn County Marion Co is in pursuit of stolen vehicle. Went up Monu-ment peak rd, past the 1030 E 21 rd, took left at 5 whi marker, went past a gravel pit.

Date: 03/15/13 Time: 22:07 DISTB-NOISE Mill City Caller advised that the neighbors are playing music very loud. Date: 03/16/13 Time: 7:30 SUSP-VEHICLE WEST MC-CULLY MOUNTAI Caller drove thru the area around 0645 this morning. Advised there was a dark colored hatchback parked on the side of the roadway with no flash-ers or lights on. Date: 03/16/13 Time: 10:41 DISTB-OTHER Mill City Caller is seperated from her father. She is in a safe place now. Date: 03/16/13 Time: 14:33 BURGLARY *IN PROGRESS* Mill City Caller said there is 2 male juveniles and a female that have gone in through a window at a house. They opened the window Date: 03/16/13 Time: 18:13 HAZ-TRAFFIC LYONS MILL CITY DR line down in the roadway,caller advi she is unsure what type of wire it is. Caller sent to santiam canyon also. Date: 03/16/13 Time: 19:49 DISTB-OTHER Mill City Caller advi female is yelling at callers fiance. No weapons verbal only. Female also grabbed his arm. Separated now. Date: 03/17/13 Time: 1:07 VEH-RECOVERED NEAL CREEK RD Caller is up camping with a friend and came across this vehicle on the main road heading into snow peak. vehicle looks like it has been taken apart. Date: 03/17/13 Time: 1:22 TRESPASS *IN PROGRESS* LYONS MILL CITY DR Linn County Caller can hear someone outside in her shop. Caller is in her back bedroom with her 4yo son.

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pants will have three 4’X4’ display panels provided per $10 entrance fee. For more information call Paul Mosby at 503-897-3918. Crafts booth are a 10’ x 10’ space, with a $10 entrance fee for more informa-tion call Joyce at 503-897-3116Garage Sale in Detroit! Large Barbecue, 2 swivel rockers, Wurlitzer Piano, 40 inch TV, many record albums, mini-refrigerator, 3 fold up beds, log couch, lots of miscel-laneous! Sale will run through all of March. 165 Detroit Ave.South, Detroit -- call any-time 503-507-8395.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013 at City Hall be-tween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. City Hall is accessible to persons with dis-abilities. Please call Stacie Cook or Trisha Ruby at 897-2302 before noon on the day prior to the Budget Committee meeting if you need an interpreter for the hearing im-paired or any other special accommodation. For more information call: Stacie Cook, MMC, City Recorder 897-2302 (City Hall) Trisha Ruby, Finance Clerk 897-2302 (City Hall).NOTICE OF VACANCY SUMMER 2013

OPEN: March 15, 2013. POSITION: Sum-mer Lunch Program Cook QUALIFICA-TIONS: Two years of cooking experience with desired experience in institutional cooking. Hold a valid food handler’s card. Prepare food planned for the proper nutri-tional needs of children and within Federal and District guidelines. Maintain positive and cooperative relationships with fel-low employees, school staff and students. KNOWLEDGE OF: 1. Methods of prepar-ing, cooking, serving foods and proper nu-trition. 2. Procedures involved in managing a school lunch program. 3. Federal and state forms and requirements for a school food service program. DEADLINE: April 30, 2013. EMPLOYMENT TO BEGIN: June 17th 2013; program to run through August 15th 2012. Monday - Thursday, serving times 11:30 - 12:30. APPLICATION PRO-CEDURES: Personal letter of intent which addresses specific qualifications. Finger-printing will be scheduled upon acceptance of position. Fees associated with the finger-printing process will be the responsibility of the employee. SEND TO: Santiam Canyon School District PO Box 197 Mill City, OR 97360 (503) 897-2321 Fax (503) 897-4004 **In-District applicants need to sub-mit a letter of application with qualifications to the District Office.**

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The transition from winter to spring is an on-again, off-again thing. We have some dry days, and we have some wet and/or cold days coming up next week. The good news is that we can time our river activities around the good weather when river levels permit. Actually, the river levels are very good for this time of year and they probably will continue for weeks. The weather is an im-portant variable even when we have predict-ably good river levels. North Santiam River volume is determined by the amount of water released from De-troit Lake. When the lake is low and should be higher, current rainfall will not increase the flow out of Detroit Lake. However, cur-rent rain will cause smaller increases in tributaries like Mad Creek, Rock Creek, the Little North Fork, and Stout Creek. That ad-ditional flow needs to be considered during rain events. However, the main flow is es-tablished coming out of Detroit Lake, and that flow can be looked at on internet sites on a real time basis. Technology is wonder-ful. Predictions of flow for the next several

days are also avail-able. The predic-tions are not completely foolproof, but they do allow for good planning. Both the Army Engineer Corps and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild-life have sites for monitoring. The fish and Wildlife site has the bonus of fish counts at various places in the river system. Because Detroit Lake is too low for this time of year (it needs to be full at summer level around the first week of May) additional rain will make the lake deeper and the extra rain will be held back in the reservoir. The river may be a little higher because of the tributary run-off, but will still be lower than a natural flow. That situation is very good for anglers and for river runners. March has a few good days for run-ning the river. April has a few more. May has at least half the month with good conditions. By June, all condi-tions usually stabilize and we can plan for trips ahead of time all summer and into

the Fall. The Willamette Sports-men’s Show in Jeffer-son last weekend was well attended by both exhibitors and sports-men. Plenty of angling activity was promoted, as well as rifle and shotgun sports. There is an excellent shoot-ing range in Albany, and they were well rep-resented in Jefferson. Archery supplies and activities were demon-strated. The Jefferson Baptist Church has a very active men’s fel-lowship and the entire show had a family feel-ing. Many of our best boating, hunting, and fishing suppliers were on hand to discuss their

products. The show next year will be in a larger location with more offerings. Steelheaders Salem Chapter has Hobie Manns for the program Tuesday March 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Keizer Community Cen-ter. Members and visitors are both wel-come. Hobie is perhaps the best collector of antique fishing tackle in the Northwest. He will bring many of his items for display and will explain the history of the lure and tack-le business. If members bring their unusual lures and tackle, he will appraise the items and identify them. There is a lot to learn about the development of lures and tackle, and Hobie is the best guy to learn from. North Santiam River Guides Association will meet on March 27, Wednesday, at 6:00 p.m. at Neufeldt’s Diner in Aumsville. Bill Sanderson will moderate an interactive dis-cussion about the North Santiam from Stay-ton to Green’s Bridge. Some mapping will be available to help people identify places along the river. Several people who have run the river recently have committed to be-ing at the meeting to help with the discus-sion. Bob Lusk is one of the boaters who will be there.

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