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The Canyon WeeklyOctober 5, 2011 Volume 2, Issue 40

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

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Theater Outreach, a new non-profit or-ganization dedicated to bringing quality theater to smaller communities in the Sa-lem area, presents its debut show - The 39 Steps at Santiam Auditorium in Mill City next Wednesday, October 12. This comic adaptation of Alfred Hitch-cock’s 1935 classic film is brought to the stage by actor and director David Berrier - the same man who wowed us last year with Sarah Plain and Tall. “I am a lover of old movies, especially those glorious film noir suspense thrillers where everything wrong was ultimate-ly made right,” writes Berrier. “Alfred Hitchcock excelled in telling such stories where an everyday Joe, thrust into an un-fair, dangerous predicament overcame the odds and evils aligned against him, racing to great lengths to find & reveal the truth.” In Berrier’s variation, a talented cast of just four actors play dozens of characters, creating a fast paced quick change show.

The ingenious prop design remains inten-tionally minimal, allowing the flow of the dialogue and music to set the scene. Noted as an “uproariously funny and a satisfying homage to vaudeville and Hitchcock,” the play is aimed at fun the whole family can enjoy. Showtime: Wednesday, October 12 at 7pm at Santiam Auditorium, 265 SW Ev-ergreen St. in Mill City. Doors open at 6:30pm. Ticket sales at the door or in ad-vance from Caroline Gillaspy at SHS 503-897-2311. Special Pricing only for the Mill City show: $6 for adults and kids are free if accompanied by an adult. Proceeds help to keep productions such as this avail-able locally. Brownie Sundae desserts will be available to purchase at intermission as a fundraiser for the Annual Class.Theater Outreach is dedicated to present-ing positive, thoughtful and family friend-ly shows composed entirely of local talent and crew.

If you have a desire to perform on stage or to build a better production, we encourage you to join us.

Tony Award winning play to come to Santiam AuditoriumOrganizer of last year’s Sarah Plain and Tall performance returns with The 39 Steps

Local snowmobile club holds season kick-off dinner Group recently expanded parking lot at McCoy Creek Snowmobile/ATV recreation site

By Michelle Gates For some Detroit residents, the local snowmobile club goes beyond a mere ride in the woods. “Our club is just more than a club,” said Keith Munn. “It’s the people of the club that make it what it is.” In fact, the Detroit-based North Santiam Snowmobile Club has more members without snowmobiles than members with the winter recreation machines. More often the club is known for its well attended social events, like last month’s progressive dinner - where 53 locals went from house to house for different parts of the meal. They had appetizers with the Franz and O’Donnell families, a “rabbit’s haven”

salad bar at Jim and Melba Davidson’s place, and prime rib served by two local Marion County Sheriff’s deputies: Tom Crofts and Jim Buchholz and hosted by Darleen Mann and Bob Smith. 46 locals made it to dessert at Keith and Anita Munn’s house. Social events aside, there’s only 12 actual snowmobile machines in the club. But that didn’t stop the group from improving their home field at McCoy Motorized Recreation Area over the past year. Numerous volunteers helped move and spread over 1700 yards of gravel, which expanded the McCoy Creek lower parking lot by over 40%. They chopped up fallen trees for firewood which they’ll use to

stock the McCoy Creek Snow Shelter. And they repaired grooming equipment which they’ll use this winter to keep the trails open. They’ve partnered with local agencies, like the US Forest Service, who owns the land. The forest service will be adding their own touches to the lower parking lot with additions like window kiosks, a port-a-potty, a loading ramp, garbage cans, a fire pit and picnic table with awning. “This is a dedicated group of businesses and individuals that have made this project a great success. We and our families will enjoy this project for many years to come,” said Keith Munn. Info: www.santiamsnowmobileclub.org.

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Photo and story by Shanna Hall This year, the Lyons Fire Department had their 7th Annual Chili/Salsa Cook off and it was a great success. There were 69 registered classic cars, more cars than the previous years. A big thanks to Russ Strohmeyer for coming to MC this event and bringing your S’Cool’ Bus. This year we had 5 en-tries for salsa, 10 entries for chili (two of them included the Lyons Fire Department and Aumsville Fire Department) and 15 vendor booths. Children were excited to get to ride the fire truck with a two cans of

food (non perishable) dona-tion for the Lyons Fire Toy and Food Drive. Special appearances were made by Break The Chain’s Monster Truck, REACH, and Life Flight air medics. We were thankful that they took the time out of their busy day for the public to witness them landing, tak-ing off, and sit inside them. This year’s winners of the Chili/Salsa Cook off were:

• Department Challenge: Aumsville Fire Department

• Judges Choice Salsa: Linda Dunn• People’s Choice Salsa: Jacob Hueller• Judges Choice Chili: Michele Hall• People’s Choice Chili: North Santiam School District (Mary Richards)

• 1st People’s Choice Car: Ron Gleason• 2nd People’s Choice Car: Claudia Shores

• 3rd People’s Choice Car: Joy Wil-liams

All in all it was a great success thanks to the many volunteers who support the Lyons Fire Department. They are excited for next year’s event, mark your calen-dars for the 1st Saturday in October!

Lyons Fire Department holds 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off69 classic cars, 15 vendors and a plethora of homemade salsa caps off the fundraising event

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Gates Elementary students raise $2800 for school programs with entertainment books

Local youth fundraisers get rewarded with $286 “cash machine” grab

Budget cuts can’t keep these kids down: Gates Elementary students, grade K-4th, were out in force the first two weeks of the school year selling entertainment coupon books to family, friends, and neighbors with the goal of helping the school improve their undercover play area. So far, the kids made around $2,800. As a reward, 23 of the kids got a ten second grab in the “Cash Machine”, a whirlwind of air and dollars. They caught a to-tal of $286 for themselves. A win-win situation, the coupon books can help you save a lot of money, and

the kids earn not just dollars for their school, but also a sense of ownership of the school itself.

There are many more opportunities right now to help our schools help our kids. Both Mari-Linn and Gates El-ementary are saving “Box Tops for Education”, the pink coupons found on many items from cold cereals to diapers. Turn them in at either school where they can be redeemed for cash. Gates elementary is also saving juice pouches again, like Capri Sun, and sell-ing them to Terracycle, where they be-come trendy wallets and bags, and our school get 3 cents for each pouch. Mari-linn is collecting Campbell soup labels, with the same coupon redemp-tion process as the Box Tops. Any school of your choice can ben-efit from your online shopping. When you’re looking to buy, first type in “HelpSchools.net”, then type in your school’s name. Any purchase you make helps earn the school of your choice

points, which become dollars. “As the superintendent of the Santiam Canyon School District, I fully support the HelpSchools program...schools sur-vive on fundraisers to provide many of our programs...”said Brad Yates on the HelpSchools.net website. “(This) pro-gram was very easy to adopt and pro-vided us an opportunity to raise funds from items that families would normally purchase online. The link to order can be easily placed on your website and allows out of town friends and family members to contribute from a distance.” “We started the program this year and have gotten checks each month. We are hoping to really push the idea around the holidays and hope it will do even bet-ter. If you want an easy way to increase your annual fundraiser dollars, I would encourage you to give them a call. It does work!”

More ways to help raise funds for local schoolsBox Tops, Capri Sun and online shopping all help

Cole Cottrell, a 3rd grader, shows off his cash reward for selling Entertainment Books for Gates Elementary.

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DOGtober Fall-Fun! Social Graces Dog Training is offering a 6-week “Obedience & Rally” combination class for dogs and owners at the Mill City Scout Cabin on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm. Begins October 19th! Suitable for all friendly dogs with var-ied ability levels. $75 for 6 weeks or $15 per session. (No class on Nov. 23, Thanksgiving week). Pre-Registration and veterinary vaccines required.Lim-ited enrollment. Contact Linda Grace at 503.859.3647 or socialgracesdogtrain-ing@gmail.com

Mill City Garden Club meeting minutes

On Wednesday, Sept 21, the Mill City Garden Club held their first monthly meeting of the year. This was held at the home of Diane Miller, with Alice Bond as co-hostess. Hors d’oeuvres, pumpkin pie and coffee were served, followed by a short meeting. President Betty Heald opened the meeting with the flag salute. The min-utes of the last meeting were read and approved. The treasurers report given. A list was passed around for members to sign up to host one of the meetings. Minnie Hollinger thanked everyone for their cards/phone calls during the times she was unable to attend meetings. Karin Brown read a note from the family of June Whitney, thanking the garden club for the pink hydrangea sent to June’s funeral service. Whende Thomas asked what she should do with the items that didn’t sell at the “dog daze” sale. She offered to put them up for sale at her own garage sale, the left overs to be donated.

A gardening questionnaire was then passed around to everyone to try and name different shrubs and flowers. Di-ane Miller got the most correct. This was followed by a lively discussion. Everyone was encouraged to help themselves to plants and plant starts donated by Alice Bond. Those mem-bers present were: Alice Bond, Karin Brown, Betty Heald, Minnie Hollinger, Diane Miller, Toni Thomas, Whende Thomas, Barbara and Ralph Thompson, Betty Trevins and Alice Wilson, plus guest and new member Jerri Snyder.

Eagles Lodge starts holiday food drive

The Mill City Eagles Lodge is col-lecting food for the local Community Assistance Center which serves low income residents in Mill City & Gates by providing holiday food baskets and other assistance. Please bring your non-perishable items to 640 SW Broadway, Mill City. Are you a member? Donate to the program and get a discount at the bar (see Lodge for details). Monetary donations are also accepted. Please make checks payable to North Santiam Eagles Lodge and make note it is for the Community Assistance Center. Info: 503-897-3100. New members/guests al-ways welcome!

Update on Mill City Arson Case

The pretrial hearing for Joy Cronin, the Gates woman accused of arson of the Mill City City Hall has been changed from October 3rd to November 14th. The hearing will take place in Albany at the Linn County Court House. Cronin remains free on bail.

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Local high school students and their teachers are invited to participate in the Bill of Rights Institute’s sixth an-nual Being an American Essay Contest. “This contest is unique in that it gives students the opportunity to think about the important Founding principles com-municated in our Constitution,” said Dr. Jason Ross, Bill of Rights Institute Vice President of Education Programs. Specifically, students are asked to share their thoughts on the Constitu-tion by answering the following ques-tion: “How does the Constitution estab-lish and maintain a culture of liberty?” The top three student winners from the Western region will be awarded cash prizes of $1,000 (First Place), $500 (Second Place), and $250 (Third Place). Students must be legal US resi-dents in grades 9-12. Essays are limited to 1000 words and will be judged by high school teachers. Deadline for sub-missions is Dec 15, 2011. Submission criteria and lesson plans are available at www.BillofRightsInsti-tute.org/Contest.

Local veterans group offers one-on-one

support Volunteers with the The American Le-gion Post 159 will be modifying their veterans assistance from a monthly out-reach center to individual support for local service personnel. Starting Octo-ber 1, the Legion will be helping with appointment scheduling and transpor-tation to ODVA, Salem Vets Center or the VA Hospital in Portland. They can also help with emergency food baskets, homelessness or crisis situations. The monthly Veterans Outreach Center was formerly held at the Canyon Senior Center in Mill City and is being restruc-tured due to scheduling conflicts. The American Legion thanks Giovanni’s Mountain Pizza for the support they gave during this phase of the program. The American Legion is a group of vet-erans providing services to veterans. If you’re a veteran in need of help, please contact one of the following local vol-unteers: Tom White 503-897-2139, Jan Jones 503-559-3352, Jim Gulliford 503-897-2872 or Barb Thomas 503-897-2594.

Happy Birthday, Lucretia Benolken! Lucrectia Benolken of Gates turned 7 on October 3rd, and had a riotous time dancing in celebration with a few of her friends. Lucrectia also wanted to “give back” in someway, so with a little help from her mom Jill Cohen, she contacted www.outreachuganda.org, an organization that helps village women from Uganda earn a decent living, mostly by making and selling unique beaded jewelry made from recycled scraps of paper. Lucretia and her mom bought bracelets to give as party favors, and enjoyed sharing the gift of giving with their guests.

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Local choir students get ready for London

In December, members of Stayton High School Choir (including Stayton and Re-gis High School students) will be travel-ing to England to perform in the London International Chorale Festival. Last fall, the choir was personally invited by a del-egation from London. The students will get a chance to sing at prestigious locations - and will also be carrying our nations’ flags for the 2012 Olympics at London’s New Year’s Day Parade. It’s the first official event of the Olympiad year and raises money for the cities charities. The trip will provide the students with an opportunity of a lifetime. They will learn about the culture of a city believed to be one of the most historic in the world and

will perform in prestigious venues such as Westminster Cathedral and Cadogan Hall. To prepare students for their Lon-don performances, Sir Thomas Wilson, a world renowned conductor from Austra-lia, will be visiting in early Fall. Fundraising efforts began in July 2010 and have netted over $12,000.00 to date. In addition, students and their parents have contributed an additional $30,000.00 toward the $95,000 trip. The students are working extremely hard to earn their way to London. Our fundraising efforts will be continuing throughout the fall to help them reach their goal. Donations appreciated: Stay-ton High School Choir 757 W. Locust St. Stayton, OR 97383.

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Free light bulbs for

October is National Crime Prevention Month and the Linn County Sheriff’s Of-fice will be offering a limited number of free compact florescent light bulbs to se-nior citizens and low income residents of Linn County. Area law enforcement agencies re-ceived $700 in grants from Walmart and Consumer’s Power Charitable Trust to promote their crime prevention program, “From Dusk ‘Til Dawn-Leave It On”. This campaign is designed to remind resi-dents of one of crime prevention’s basic tenets - lighting up the inside and outside of your home reduces crime. In addition to the free light bulbs, Pacific Power customers can also get free energy saving kits from the Energy Trust. Home safety audits are available from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, call 541-258-6940 or 541-259-6126. The National Crime Prevention Council lists these tips to protect your property: • Keep your property clean to lessen

temptation to potential unwanted visi-tors.

• Set timers on lights when you’re away from home or your business is closed, so they appear to be occupied.

• Illuminate or eliminate places an in-truder might hide: the spaces between trees or shrubs, stairwells, alleys, hallways, and entry ways.

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The City of Mill City has a vacancy on the Mill City Planning Commission. In-terested residents should submit a letter of interest by October 31, 2011. Basic eligibility requirement is residence within two (2) miles of city limits. The Planning Commission meets once per month on the 2nd Friday of the month at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall. Addition al work sessions are scheduled as needed. The Planning Commission reviews

all land use applications and considers amendments and updates to the city’s zon-ing ordinance and comprehensive plan. Applicants are encouraged to explain why they are interested in serving on the Plan-ning Commission describe their involve-ment in the community. Letters of appli-cation should be addressed to: Mayor Tim Kirsch City of Mill City P. O. Box 256 Mill City, OR 97360. Questions may be directed to City Hall at 503-897-2302.

North Santiam Chamber of Commere to hold Education Summit October 19

The North Santiam Chamber of Com-merce is welcoming all canyon residents to their first annual Education Summit on Oct 19, 6pm-8pm at the Gates Fire Hall, 140 E Sorbin St, Gates. The Chamber has invited area schools,

from the local public school systems to our private and charter schools, to address the future of education in the canyon. Free, open to everyone. Info: 503-897-5000 or director@nschamber.org or www.NSChamber.org.

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Ken Cartwright grew up around music, and started learning the art of fiddle re-pair in his Grandpa Holly’s shop when he was just ten years old. By 1973 he had worked his way though an appren-ticeship and onto becoming a full time repairman in Grants Pass. Moving around Oregon a bit he finally parked himself in downtown Stayton, in a his-toric creek-side building, where for the past 13 years he’s ran Cartwright’s Mu-sic and established himself as a local icon in the canyon music world, even-tually marrying the love of his life, Jan Dedicated to community, music, and especially bluegrass, Ken has brought to us an unmatchable energy and enthu-siasm, most recently providing a public radio station for listeners throughout the canyon, fiddle lessons for our kids, and giving back to one lucky young man. “Recently I have been mentoring a 13 year old boy from Stayton who wants to be a repairman. I’ve taught him to play all the string instruments that he will repair, plus teaching him customer ser-vice skills, like counting change, look-ing people in the eye when he talks and being genuine. He is the next genera-tion and will be a good repairman,” said Ken. He’s been one busy guy, and now it’s time to move on.

Ken and Jan are packing up, selling most of their wares, and relocating to Salem where Ken will continue to do re-pair and restoration work, and teach fid-dle, mandolin, guitar and bass. “But no more retail shop,” said Ken, citing the need to cut back and take some breaks. “I am taking a strong volunteer posi-tion with the new community FM radio station, KMUZ 88.5 which should be on the air by Halloween and will continue my adventures in videography,” he says, immediately debunking the idea of “cut-ting back.” Ken says these past 13 years in Stayton,“has been a blessing” and now plans to give back.Starting right now all remaining stock at his shop will be sold at 30 to 50% off. Plenty of parts, accessories, books, CD’s Videos, cords, straps, cases and gig bags, multitrack recorders, adaptors, amps, pedals, and fixtures will be for sale, in addition to instruments . Doors open at noon Tuesday thru Friday and close at 6. Last day of retail is October 29. Cartwright’s is located at 429 N. 3rd. Ave, Stayton OR 97383. Cash, debit or credit cards only please.You can reach Ken at (503)507-2941.

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This time of year, Detroit Lake is being low-ered so that there will be room to store rain-water as it starts to build up. The rains usually start mildly in October and continue for many months, sometimes intermittently. The forecasts for the Lake level, and there-fore the river level below Detroit, are made by a coordinated effort by the Army Engineer Corps and the National Atmospheric and Oce-anic Administration. Many agencies have input to both the Lake level and the river level. The forecasts are published by the Army Engineer Corps at www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/river. The three day forecast is much more accurate than the ten day forecast, so river plans need to consider the forecast and realize that updates are part of the planning process. Last week, North Santiam River flow below Detroit was around 3,000 cubic feet per second flow at Packsaddle and around 3,320 cfs at Me-hama. The forecast shows that the flow is ex-pected to drop down to 1,475 cfs for October 4, 5, 6, and rise back up to 3,000 cfs again on October 7. Summer steelhead are hanging around differ-ent places between Packsaddle and Mehama, and they move around some with temperature changes. This year, some of the fish went up-stream from Packsaddle and are available a quarter mile below Big Cliff and also below Ni-agara. Because of construction work, navigation is not allowed upstream from Packsaddle and below Big Cliff. Bank angling is productive. So far, 21,358 summer steelhead have come into the Willamette River system. It is true that some premium quality fishing is available in coastal rivers. The North Santiam has some fish available and some of the most interesting whitewater in the area. Anglers and river runners have many good choices this time of year, and successful trips involve last minute updates on river and weather variables.

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Coming Soon...Jeff Silbernagel Memorial 3K & 5KFun Run & Walk October 15 at JohnNeal Park, Lyons. Early registrationat 8am, race starts at 9am. Entry Fee:$10.00. All proceeds go to help pay formedical costs for an 18 year old girlnamed Jamee Allen. She was recentlydiagnosed with bone cancer. Info: CristaMiller 503-580-4907Canned food drive October 15 Girl Scout Troop #10102 will be having a can food drive on October 15, from 1 pm to 3 pm in the local Dentist parking lot. The can food will be donated to the local food bank.32nd Annual Regis Auction Oct. 15.To donate gift items please call TamiBrentano 503 769-6961. If you wouldlike to be invited call Ron or Sue Berntat 503 749-1935. For more informationcall 503 769-6243 or visit www.regishighschool.net.Marketing Roundtable with GROW North Santiam (formerly Economic De-velopment Corp) Oct 18, 8am at Trexler Farm. Open to anyone who wants to discuss sales and marketing issues, get ideas from peers, and generally wake up to great marketing fun with GROW at Trexler Farm! Info: Allison 503.871.5188 or www.growSantiam.org.North Santiam Chamber of Commerce 1st Annual Education Summit at Gates Fire Hall with area school representatives speaking about the future of education. Oct 19, 6pm-8pm at 140 Sorbin St, Gates. Info: 503-897-5000 or director@nscham-ber.org. www.NSChamber.orgFederal Lakes Recreation Committee Detroit Lake meets Oct. 19, 6:30pm at Detroit Ranger Station. Info: www.detroitlakeoregonrecreation.comSantiam Memorial Hospital Auxiliary

meets Oct 20, 1pm in the Freres Auditori-um with sandwich/fruit luncheon free for all Auxiliary members and guests/visitors. We will review the Harvest Breakfast and discuss plans for the December Poinsettia Sale. Info: Char Bartosz 503-749-2910.11th annual Santiam Canyon Scholar-ship Banquet and Auction with the San-tiam Canyon Scholarship Committee. Oct 22, 3:30pm “Attitude” Adjustment Time, 5pm dinner at Salem Elks LodgeNo. 336 at 2336 Turner Rd. SE Salem. Tickets $30 and include “Oktoberfest” Buffet and entry into the gift basket raffle.Ivy removal at Niagara County ParkOct. 22, 9am-12pm in celebration ofMake a Difference Day. Organized byNorth Santiam Watershed Council. Pleasewear weather-appropriate clothing and bring gloves, clippers if you have them. Other tools will be provided. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Niagara County Park is located on the south (right) side of Hwy 22 approx. 5 miles east of Gates. Info: www.nsantiam-watershed. org, council@nsantiamwater-shed.org or 503-930-8202.Bob’s Burgers Benefit Dinner and “Doomsday Survivor Party” Oct 22 at Mill City Eagles Lodge. Proceeds benefit the Golden family. Hollie Golden was injured in a vehicle accident and we are raising funds to help with medical ex-penses. Come buy some burgers and fries and stick around for the night’s events! New members welcome. 503-897-3100Community Halloween Party October 31, 6pm-8pm at Mill City Eagles Lodge. New members, guests welcome.897-3100Snowmobile Safety Class with the North Santiam Snowmobile Club on Nov. 5th, 8am at Mill City Scout Cabin. 49003 Remine Rd. Info:503-897-2915North Santiam School District Com-munity Engagement Forum at Mari-

Linn on Nov 8, 6:30-8pm. Dinner from 6-6:30 pm. Info: 503-859-2157Canyon Readers at Trexler Farm in Mehama. Nov. 10: The Innocent Man by John Grisham. Herb Bastus-check 503-859-2668.9th Annual Santiam Canyon School District Hall of Fame Banquet Nov 12, 7pm at the high school commons. The Hall of Fame committee is looking for individual sponsors ($150) or all recipient spon-

sors ($600). Info: David Plotts, Caroline Gillaspy 503-897-2311.Canyon Crafters Holiday Bazaar Nov 19, 9am-3pm at Mari-Linn School. Proceeds benefit school programs. 8x10 space avail for $35. Info: 503-859-2154Mill City Eagles Lodge Holiday Bazaar Nov 19 with bake sale and craft table at Santiam High School. Info: New mem-bers, guests welcome. 503-897-3100Civil War: Annual Oregon State and University of Oregon football game on November 26.

Local Events This WeekWednesday, October 5

4pm MCMS Volleyball at Jefferson.Thursday, October 6

4:45 - 8pm Santiam HS volleyball vs Central Linn at Central Linn.4pm MCMS football game at Blanchet.

Friday, October 74pm-6pm, Soup Kitchen at Gene’s Meat Market in partnership with the Mehama Community Church. The soup kitchen will be held at Gene’s Meat Mar-ket (21991 Fern Ridge Rd, Mehama) with 5 types of beans and soups. Donations appreciated, first Friday of each month.

Monday, October 10Puppy Kindergarten/S.T.A.R. Puppy Class with Social Graces Dog Tr.aining at D’Tail Grooming in Stayton. Mondays for 8 weeks starting Sept 26. $60 (after 20% discount) Friendly, non-aggressive, vaccinated dogs only, please. Info: Linda Grace 503-859-3647, SocialGracesDog-Training@gmail.com.7pm Idanha City Council at city hall7-9pm Lyons Rural Fire Dist Board meeting at the fire hall7-9pm Lyons Library Board meeting at the library

Tuesday, October 116pm Mill City City Council meets at MC Middle School Library6:30pm Mari-Linn School PTA meeting at Mari-Linn Library6:30pm Detroit City Council meets at Detroit Fire Hall

Wednesday, October 121pm Lyons Garden Club meets at Lyons Fire Department meeting room. Hostesses will be Edwina Hawbecker and Jeannie Kellogg. New members invited. Dues for

Gates Commu-nity Church of Christ

“..reaching the canyon

for Christ.”

Mike Stair, MinisterSunday School 9:45am

Worship 11am

40070 Gates School Rd(503)897-3210

Pastor Brian Byers 503-897-2716

251 SW 3rd St, Mill City

Mill City

Christian Church

Sunday School 9am

Worship 10am

www.millcitychristianchurch.

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the coming year will be $5.00 per year which includes the new booklet. Info: Jean Evett 503-859-2563 or Diane Stock-mar 503-394-2197.2-4pm Marian Estates Auxiliary BINGO at Maurice’s Bistro at Marian Estates.390 SE Church St. Sublimity 503-932-4667 $5.00 to play 10 Game Packet (3-up) and dauber included Open To Everyone - Win CA$H Prizes7pm Theater Outreach presents “The 39 Steps” at the Santiam High School Auditorium. The Tony-award winning Broadway farce of the classic 1935 Hitch-cock film with a talented cast of just fouractors. $6 adults, youth accompanied by a parent are free. Info: Caroline Gillaspy 503-897-23117pm Lyons-Mehama Water District Rate Increase meeting at Mehama Fire Hall, 21475 Ferry Rd. The Board of Directors is seeking public input about a potential base rate increase.

Thursday, October 136:30pm Canyon Readers at Trexler Farm in Mehama: Islands in the Stream by Earnest Hemmingway. Dinner starts at 6:30pm, discussion starts at 7pm. Herb Bastuscheck 503-859-2668.6:30pm Mill City Gates Recreation As-soc meets. Scout Cabin 49003 Remine Rd7-9pm North Santiam Watershed Council Meeting at the Stayton Com-munity Center (400 W Virginia St). Free, public welcome. Info: www.nsantiamwa-tershed.org, council@nsantiamwatershed.org or 503-930-8202.

Friday, October 149am Mill City Planning Commission meets at MC Fire Hall. Vacancy open, contact city hall at 503-897-2302.6-9pm Parents Time Out - Kids Movie Night at Canyon Bible Fellowship, 46 Cedar St Lyons (formerly Canyon Baptist Church). Free, all ages. Movie, snacks,

games and bible stories. 2nd friday of each month. Info: 503-859-2627.

Ongoing Weekly Events

Monday4pm-8pm Youth Center for 7th-12 grades. Air Hockey, Ping Pong, ect. FREE. Mill City Baptist Church.5-7:30pm Eagles Lodge Taco Night New members welcome. 897-31006:30-8pm Zumba in the Canyon with Nicole Miller 1 hr. cardio, 30 mins. abs & glutes (bring your mat) $5/session. Santiam High School commons 265 SW Evergreen St. Mill City 503-949-76217-8:30pm Santiam Community Chorus resumes at Mill City Christian Church. Info: Jo Ann at 503 859-3426

Tuesday10am-2pm Quilting Club Canyon Bible Fellowship 446 Cedar, Lyons 910-491812pm Senior Meals Fellowship Hall, Mill City Presbyterian Church. Meals on Wheels avail. Ruth:503 897-22041pm Eagles Lodge Bingo Open to every-one. Mill City 897-31007:30pm Santiam Al-Anon for family and friends of alcoholics, open meeting, Mt. View Church, Aumsville

Wednesday10am-3pm Judy’s Art Class at Mill City Eagles Hall. Oil paint-ing, all levels welcome. Weekly on Wednesdays. Drop in, open to all.

503 859-22137pm. AA Mtg Santiam Chapel, Lyons.7:30-8:30pm Idanha AA at City Hall7pm Wii Bowling Tournament at Mill City Eagles Lodge. Prizes for high scores awarded at the end of each month. New members/guests welcome. 897-3100

Thursday12pm Senior Meals. Fellowship Hall, Mill City Presbyterian Church. FREE503 897-2204.5:30-9:30pm Teen Movie Night Ages 10-18 Mill City Christian Church, Mill City. All kids MUST be picked up at 9:30pm. Free. 503-602-874210am-3pm North Santiam Quilters, Gates Church, all levels! 897-21024pm-8pm Youth Center for 7th-12 grades. Air Hockey, Ping Pong, Foos Ball. FREE. Mill City Baptist Church.6:30-8pm Zumba in the Canyon with Nicole Miller 1 hr. cardio, 30 mins. abs & glutes (bring your mat) $5/session. Santiam High School commons 265 SW Evergreen St. Mill City 503-949-7621

FridayFree Knife Sharpening Fridays at Gene’s Meat Market from 3pm-6pm (limit 5, please). Located at the flashing yellow light on Hwy 22 in Mehama. 503-859-2252.1pm Canyon Senior Center Open Pinochle 844 South First St, Mill City 503-897-4176

7:30-8:30pm Idanha AA Mtg at City Hall

Saturday8pm Saturday Night Movies at Mill City Eagles Lodge. Free. New mem-bers/guests welcome. 897-3100

Sunday12pm Pool Tournament at Mill City Moose Lodge. New members welcome.

Tue-16oz Flvrd Latte$2Thur-Double Punch

Hwy 22 & Gates Hill Rd 503.897.6031

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Deer hunting season is now open! Always wear blaze orange when in the woods. Safety for all is the number one goal this time of year, as the woods are teeming with hunters, hikers, horseback riders and mushroom pickers. Each year, preventable tragic accidents take place. A few reminders for hunters from the OR Dept. of Fish & Wildlife:

• Be sure of your target, and what is in front of it and beyond it.• Control the muzzle of your firearm at all times.• Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.• Treat every gun as if it were loaded. Wear blaze orange. Deer and elk won’t see the color but other people will.

While incidents involving non-hunters are rare, there are steps that hikers, bird-watchers, mushroom pickers and others in the outdoors can take to be safer.

• Wear blaze orange or other brightly colored clothing for visibil-ity. Avoid wearing earth-tones. Make noise and make your pres-ence known. Talk, sing, whistle or shout to other hunters that you are in the area. Be aware of hunting seasons and when hunters could be in the woods.

The peak of hunting season is October through January but hunting is open all year for some animals in some areas. Hunters could be in state and national forests, Bureau of Land Management land, wil-derness areas, state-managed wildlife areas, some federal refuges and on private lands. The ODFW Recreation Report is updated online every Wednesday and lists which general hunt-ing seasons are open in specific areas.

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The Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District is changing the Regular Board Meetings from the 2nd Wednesday of the month to the 3rd Monday of the month at 5:30pm. Info: Patricia Johnson, Office Ad-ministrator 503-854-3494

Idanha-Detroit Fire District meeting time change

Thanks to the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife, Kobe Dyer, at the age of 9 was able to harvest his first buck. He registered in the youth mentor pro-

gram. Kobe shot this deer opening morning with his Grandpa Randy Moberg.

It’s a Buck Paradise: Santiam Canyon hunting season opens