Winter/Spring

GAMMONS: ALWAYS A GIRL SCOUT  Girrl Scouts may grow up, but they don't really ever have to leave the fold. Virgina Gammons of Payette is living proof of this. 

JOHN DAY
Boy Scouts seek Merit Badge counselor  The Boy Scouts are in need of a Merit Badge counselor.  For a small investment of time, volunteers can help a scout earn a Merit Badge. Contact Assistant Scoutmaster Galen Hayes at 542-2323 to find out what openings are available and what is required.

OMED: We noticed this story in the Blue Mouintain Eagle  and thought it's a good reminder for those who live in other parts of Oregon. 

Coast History Truck

The Coast History Museum is looking
for someone interested in auto restoration.
This 1931 Model A Ford flatbed has the
original 4-Cyl engine.  It needs the touch
of a classic buff or two to bring it up to 
snuff.  The photo is a hotlink to more info.

Jefferson roads crumble as repair dollars shrink Mike McHaney's truck bounced over the field east of "J" Street where pink-tipped surveyor's sticks lay out the path of a new road. 

Who wants to raise a million?  Tillamook High School students do, that’s who ... for Kids Making Miracles
for Kids Charity Drive

Waitress finds $460 in wallet
When she found the wallet lying in the booth at the Koffee Kup last month, Jessica Anderson didn't hesitate.  Not even when she found $460 in cash stuffed inside. 

Athena man young at heart, but growing older  Dick Pittman will have to leave his hometown when his mother can no longer provide care

A Town Reborn:
Talent lifts the lid  Four short chimes pealed from the bell tower atop the Talent Community Hall shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, signifying the end of an
era and a new beginning for this small hamlet north of Ashland.

Spoonire tells parole board voices in head told him to
killHe hid in the brush and shot a Bend jogger in the head just to see what it would look like. OMED: Good news, just before press time, Spoonire was denied release.)

From the Great Depression to the New Milennium: Russell Palmer recalls early days on the North Coast

Would-be hospital chief bows out following Sentinel’s nvestigationOMED: A beautiful piece of detective work by a fine small town Oregon newspaper.  Janet Richardson should use the nom de plume of Spade, as in Sam.

Jean Wolf: HalfwayResident Shares Her
Language   If all goes well, 83-year-old Jean Wolf of Halfway will be busy this fall teaching a Cherokee language class in Baker City. 
 

Around Oregon Archives  2001
(External links may be gone.)

Suspect Arrested in Tomato Patch Murder   Fifty-two year old Chuck Sollish surrendered to police after a Lane County grand jury indicted him in the murder of a neighbor.  Headline links to story Below, the piece about this we carried in the fall. Few clues in man's murder

Exchange student enjoying her time at SHS  If there is one thing that Kai Uthaiphetra will take back to Thailand from her stay in Oregon, it is a new-found obsession with clam digging. 

Astronaut sums it up: this isn't a rehearsal  Cat Mauldin of the Cannon Beach Gazette writes about visiting artist, moonwalker, Alan Bean

From the Mckenzie River Reflections
Mailman carved mountain route    Pioneer mailman John Templeton Craig's monument and grave will soon lie beneath winter snows atop the Old McKenzie Pass.

Oregon's Largest Ranch?
Imnaha ranch deal under close scrutiny as officials probe Children's Foundation

Gunmen phone in surrender: Foiled bank robbery attempt leads to U.S. 101 chase, surrender

Mystery unraveling after human bones found in Marcola
Maynard's last stand 
Oregon Judge rejects term limits!
Following his aviation dreams
Keeping an Eye on the Neighborhood