Lyons News

As the summer season is gearing up for area U-pick farms, owners say they are breaking even or seeing an uptick in sales despite the downturn that has left many small businesses hurting.

If last week's budget committee debate is any indication, this week's legislative debate about the latest proposed curtailment of field burning in the Willamette Valley is likely to be lively.

A proposed phaseout of field burning by Willamette Valley grass seed growers has advanced to a vote of the Oregon Senate - but attached were important exemptions affecting Marion County.

A meeting of the Stayton downtown urban renewal agency will take place at 6:15 p.m. today at the Stayton Community Center, 400 W. Virginia St.

Supporters say it offers a way to break the decades-old deadlock over which of Oregon's rural lands should be open to development or saved for farming and forestry.

The Santiam Heritage Foundation is sponsoring its ninth annual garden tour, "Gardens of Delight" from noon to 5 p.m. June 28.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski will sign a bill closing the Oregon School for the Blind on Sept.

A special relay deserves a special baton, not one of those run-of-the-mill aluminum ones you see at track and field meets.

Despite the ominous black clouds and thunder that rolled in about 4 p.m. Thursday, most of the canyon escaped the brunt of the evening's severe storm.

Significant weather advisory for Central Marion County and North Central Linn County and for the following areas: Sublimity, Lyons, Mehema and Silver Falls.

We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. A tornado warning was in effect for central Marion County and north-central Linn County until 4 p.m. At 3:35 p.m., National Weather Service radar showed a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Lyons, 17 miles west of Detroit, moving northwest at 20 mph.

The June 10 meeting of the Lyons Garden Club will be a potluck picnic hosted by Dianne Lindback and Opal Carson at Lindback's home on Norblad Lane at noon.

Hueller Construction Inc. of Lyons has received an Outstanding Remodeling Achievement award in an annual statewide competition held by the Oregon Remodelers Association.

Brian Huber, a 17-year-old from Lyons, placed an ad on Craigslist looking for yard work in the Lyons/Mehama area for the summer.

The proposed closure of the Oregon School for the Blind in Salem will advance to a vote of the House - the first time in decades that closure has reached this step.

Nicole Smiley and Caleb Wright said the class "Make Parenting a Pleasure," offered free through Friends of the Family, has helped them become calmer parents.

Trinity and Noelle Saunders rushed out of the inflatable planetarium in the Mari-Linn School gym Thursday night, their faces glowing.

A confluence of recent science and newly analyzed data linking field burning to dangerous air pollution now presents lawmakers in Salem with the best opportunity in decades to put an end to this antiquated practice.

Even during lunch, I'm always going for breakfast at Busick Court. Specifically it's the garden eggs - a scrambled mix of veggies and gooey cheese, with home fries and toasted sourdough .

Regis High School students got their first look Friday at their winning design in a national project started by a local company that helps students create 'clothing with a voice.' Trista Fery's award-winning design about underage drinking was revealed at Friday's assembly and fashion show at Regis High School in Stayton.