Stayton News

Mid-Valley reliance on food assistance jumps 33% By Ruth Liao * Statesman Journal * November 15, 2009 A recession that has pushed unemployment rates into double-digit territory has created unprecedented levels of need in the Mid-Willamette Valley.More families than ever are receiving emergency food boxes - an average of 6,500 families per month, ...

A 90-year-old Stayton woman spoke out in court Wednesday, urging a Marion County judge not to shave 30 percent off the prison sentence of the man convicted of setting her house on fire.

A serial arsonist was in court today, pitching his case for early release under Oregon's possibly-short-lived state bill 3508 .

David Walters, Turner Police Department's newest hire, fills out the three-officer force, including Chief Gary Will and Officer Don Taylor, as well as six reserve officers.

An urban renewal district in Stayton will go forward without voter approval, Stayton City Council decided in a 3-2 vote Monday night.

There's something so satisfying about acoustic music. It's not about loudness, and it's not about amps.

A burning limb caused a blip of a power outage for 933 customers in Stayton this afternoon, Pacific Power spokesman Tom Gauntt said.

The nation is facing a substantial increase in the numbers of H1N1 patients this fall and Stayton is no exception.

Stayton voters passed a new city charter by a wide margin in the Nov. 3 election.

Most nights, Coffee House Cafe is just a coffeehouse. On First Fridays, it's the entrance to the most unusual art gallery in town: Emerge Oregon.

An Oregon family living at Fort Hood in Texas are OK after the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base.

Cascade School District's Annual Grandparent Thanksgiving Dinner is set for Friday, Nov.

Josh Behrens' grandfather farmed corn and grass seed all his life in the Stayton area.

Dick, 79, died Oct. 8 in Otis. He was born in Arvin, Calif., moving to Albany in 1943.

Stayton High School is featuring its first-ever Career Fair from 1:20 to 6 p.m. today and 1:20 to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

A Stayton man was arrested early this morning after he drove his truck into a bank.

Serena Frank of Aumsville took a step forward to look into the tearful eyes of a 14-year-old girl - her daughter's best friend - in a Marion County courtroom Thursday.

A six-week grief support group will begin meeting in November at Santiam Memorial Hospital in Stayton.

Ken Cartwright Program Director of AM 1620 Community Radio. "It's not how big your watts are, It's how you use them!" www.kencradio.com - On October 18, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. hundreds of listeners heard Ken Cartwright and Jan Castillo exchange vows and become husband and wife on local community radio station AM 1620 KENC.

Some years ago, I worked at the Stayton Mail as a jack-of-most-trades. I was a reporter, columnist, circulation manager - I would have swept the floor if asked.