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News and life ~for our side of the mountain!

Feels Like We’re Living In A Winter Wonderland

Locals and visitors agree, the North Santiam Canyon is the winter place to be! By Karen Widmer

Right: Jack Schwarte (shown) and Laurie

Garrett of Salem enjoy snow shoeing at Max-well Butte and warm-ing up with a cup of

coffee at Rosie’s. They snow shoe or ski at least twice a month,.

“It is good for the soul to hike amongst the

trees and through the snow,” said Jack.

Above: The North Santiam’s creeks and rivers are the year

round kayaking destination for Gerry Orr, of Gates, Cliff Prid-dy of Turner and Chris Watson of Milwaukee. “I’d say I’m here 70 times a year, but I’d like to make it more,” said Chris. All

report Giovanni’s as one of their favorite haunts, and yes

ladies, they’re all single!

Left: Gates residents Josh and Alycia Weathers and son, Ben, can be found

out exploring the nearby hills on any given day. The New Year inspired

them to create a new friend. Here they are on

Monument Peak welcom-ing “Fred’ to the family.

Photo courtesy of Laurie Garrett

Photo courtesy of Josh Weathers

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Below: A winter stroll around John Neal Park

finds Bert and Shirley Krock from Lyons, who moved to the area twelve years ago

from Salem and never looked back. “We walk year round,

every day if we can,” said Bert. “We dress for the weath-er.” So does their furry friend, Pepper, who luckily lives just a block away with her people.

Above: Rick Green-man, of Salem, found here casting for steel-head at Fisherman’s

Bend in the sub-freezing tempera-

tures. When asked if he got cold, his re-

sponse? “Oh yeah!”

Above: Benjamin and Gavin Rash reenact the civil

war at their family cabin in Detroit.

“The forest is ther-apeutic for us and our wild boys,”

said mom Renee.

New Midwife Comes

To The Canyon

By Jill Cohen

Elise Erickson

comes to our

area with a

strong vision of

helping women

throughout the life span, offer-

ing care from adolescence

through menopause.

Midwives offer more than just

birth care. They focus on pre-

vention, support, listening and

attending to medical and emo-

tional issues.

Elise Erickson is specialized in

natural birthing options such as

the use of aromatherapy, water

birthing, massage, and the one-

on-one care that is unique to

midwifery care. She is also sup-

portive of conventional pain

management such as epidurals

when desired and offers breast-

feeding support and consultation

as needed.

Like every midwife I have

known, Elise knits and crochets

as she waits for births. There is

an old adage that if you keep

your hands busy the baby will

come. She has worked exten-

sively with the Hispanic com-

munity and speaks Spanish.

Backed by Santiam Memorial

Hospital, Elise has the vision

and the passion to be there for

her women. She is currently at

the Santiam Medical Clinic in

Mill City every Tuesday for

woman’s and prenatal care. For

more information or to schedule

an appointment: 503-897-4100.

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ions are not representative of the views of The Canyon Weekly.

Did you make a New Year’s Resolu-tion last year, and

how did it go?

“I failed. I tried to quit smoking. This year, I’m go-ing to read the US Constitu-tion once a month.”

Noal Hardman, Lyons

“...to be more involved in my children’s lives. Now I go on field trips, volunteer in their classes, and I’m their girl scout leader.” Jessica Stewart, Mill City

“...to loose weight...and I did! I go to Curves in Stay-ton 3 times a week.” Lois Bryant, Idanha

“...to quit smoking...did it work? No.”

Kelly Hastings, Idanha

“I never make them. I fig-ure, live life for what it is each day.” Melinda Flatman, Mill City

“May all your troubles be as short lived as your New Year’s resolutions!”

Brian Beyers, Mill City

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at the stars in the sky and I

thought to myself, where the heck

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Freres Lumber Co in Lyons is

accepting Christmas trees for

recycling at their 14th St loca-

tion. The program, started in

2007, recycles about 50 trees a

year. The trees will be chopped

up and used for fuel to gener-

ate power for the plant.

“We started it as a service for

our employees,” said Kyle

Freres. “We also do it as a

community service...otherwise,

many of these trees would end

up in burn piles.”

Mill City Fire Dept Picks Up Trees

For three cans of food, The

Mill City Volunteer Fire De-

partment will pick up district

resident’s Christmas trees this

coming Jan.8.

The event serves as a way to

help support the Community

Assistance Center (Food

Bank). Last year, they picked

up 30 trees, which are taken to

Frank Lumber Mill and recy-

cled as bark dust.

This year, the volunteers will

be serving residents within the-

se boundaries: Dogwood St

(towards Gates) Freres Plant 4

on Hwy 226 and Phillips Hill

on Hwy 22. For pick-up, call

503-897-2390 by Jan 7th.

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Mill City Seeks Proposals For New City Hall The request for bid proposals to build the

new City Hall facility has been officially

opened.

The facility will be located next to the

Mill City Fire Hall (S 1st Ave & SE Fair-

view St) and will contain a courtroom,

public restrooms, storage and a special

meeting area.

The city will hold a pre-bid meeting on

Jan 14, 2011 at 1pm at 228 SW Broadway

St, Mill City. Proposals must be received

by 4pm on Jan 28, 2011.

Construction is scheduled for this coming

summer, 2011. Funding for the project will

come from insurance funding, city re-

serves, and outside sources. Proposal in-

structions are available at the current city

hall. Info: 503-897-2302.

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Turn Trash (phones) Into Cash By Karen Widmer For books for the Gates Ele-mentary Library, that is. Gary Plotts’ 4th grade class decided they wanted to do something different as a fundraiser this year. “Another class was selling licorice, then we found a compa-ny who refurbishes junk electron-ics,” said Mr. Plotts. Old cell phones, laptops, vide-ogames, video game consoles, digital cameras, PDAs, Palm Pilots, MP3 players, ink cartridg-es, and laser cartridges, working or not, are all accepted. “They’ll take the old phones, for instance, get them working, then give them to victims of do-mestic abuse,” he said. Drop your items off at the Gates School Office, Monday through Thursday 8am-3pm, call 897-2191 for more information.

Diamondback Cloverleaf 4-H Can Drive The local livestock club braved freezing temperatures this past Jan 2 to raise funds for their annual trip to the Linn County Fair. The group has 26 members from all over the canyon and focuses on family involvement, as well as teach-es kids about the benefits of community service. This fundraiser was held next to the Mill City Fire Hall and brought just enough funds to cover one of the ten animals that they will purchase, raise and sell at the fair. They also organize “work days” to help local residents with chores like stacking wood and clearing brush. “We do community service so that the kids know its not always about the money,” said group leader Aniese Mitchell. Email jtinney@wvi.com or donate thru Chase Bank, Stayton.

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We are having a slow snow

melt this week, and it’s pre-

dicted to be dry with little rain

and cold air temperatures.

Detroit Lake is back down to

low elevation, which means

we have maximum flood pro-

tection. There was so much

recent snow that has yet to

melt that Detroit Lake will get

deep fast when it warms up.

The Engineers would like to

have Detroit stay at the low

level (110 feet below summer

level) all of January and Feb-

ruary, and then the Lake

should rise slowly up to the

summer full level the first

week of May. While the Lake

is filling up, the river flow be-

low it will be low.

Fish passage has been slow

for the last month because of

the natural timing of all

Willamette system fish. Steel-

head always start coming in

the river in slow numbers in

January and February and in-

creased numbers start in

March. There are chances to

catch some very fine steelhead

in the North Santiam in

the winter, and it is challeng-

ing.

River Report January 5, 2011

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Celebrating

Our Future

By Karen Widmer

Literacy Night, January 13,

at Mari-Linn School. Pizza

dinner starts at 5:30-6:30,

followed by Jugglemania.

World renowned juggler

Rhys Thomas is featured,

integrating comedy with

skills to bring attention to

the importance of literacy.

This event is FREE , all are

welcome, and all children

who attend will receive a

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Canyon School Dist. Board

meeting. 150 SW Evergreen,

Mill City 503 897-2321

Jan 11 8am, Chamber

Greeters, hosted by Peo-

ple’s Telephone Company &

WVI.Trexler Farm, Mehama.

Jan 11 Home Game: San-

tiam Wolverines Basketball

vs Central Linn. JV games

start at 3:30, Varsity 6:30.

Jan 13, 1pm, Mill City Mid-

dle School Writing Festival

featuring guest writer David

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Jan 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm Lit-

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Jan 13, 6:30pm Free Zumba

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Jan 15, 6pm “Little Opry in

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Jan 17, 7:30-8:30pm Com-

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at Mill City Christian Church

each Monday evening. All

ages and abilities are invited

to attend our rehearsals where

vocal techniques and music

reading skills are devel-

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Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12

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Ruth Higgs, 503 897-2204

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Fridays, 1pm Open Pinochle,

The Canyon Senior Center in

Mill City.

Fridays 10am–12pm: Kid

Zone for 1st thru 6th grade.

Fun, crafts and a free sack

lunch. Mill City Baptist

Church. 503-536-5414

Mon & Thurs 4pm-8pm:

Youth Center for 7th thru

12th grades. Air hockey, Ping

-Pong, foosball and more.

Free. Mill City Baptist-

Church. 503-536-5414

Wednesdays 7pm. Alcoholics

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Lyons.

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Lyons Library Book Drive,

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needed. Lyons Public Library

279 8th St Lyons, 503-859-

2366

Do you know a preschooler

in the Lyons/Mehama

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like to receive a tote full of

books and goodies? Jeri

Harbison, 503-859-2154

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Pictured: Principal Jeri Harbi-

son welcomes student Eli Locke

back from winter vacation.

Welcome Katy Burke,

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to Mari-Linn Elementary!

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