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Welcome, Arts and Culture Commission of Corvallis. Now what?
Last Thursday, August 26th, the newly formed Arts and Culture Commission met for its second monthly meeting. In attendance, were 6 of the 8 appointed members of the commission. The 9th position is currently vacant after Tim Flowerday, former Director of the Majestic Theatre, stepped down. Besides the commission, there were no other members of the community present other than this writer and his girlfriend. This is likely the effect of a selfproclaimed lack of publicity for the commission. No information about the meeting was available online or in print. The commission was put together by Mayor Charlie Tomlinson after he determined that the Corvallis community, valuing culture and artistic expression, would benefit from a group that could help push that agenda forward. If this is the first you’ve heard about the ACC, here’s what Ordinance 2010-02, Municipal Code Section 1.16.336 says about it. 1) An Arts and Culture Commission is hereby created for the city. 2) The commission shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the mayor. Appointments to the commission should be selected to represent the diverse nature of the community. One member shall serve on the Public Arts Selection Committee. Membership will be selected from the following fourteen categories, recognizing that members may represent multiple categories: •Literary arts •Visual arts •Performing arts •Patrons of the arts •Venues •Cultural heritage •Art education •General cultural interests •General citizens-at-large •Fairs and festivals •Emerging artists •Oregon State University •Cultural expression of diversity •Business/economic vitality 3) The commission shall advise the council in all matters pertaining to arts and culture, ensuring that arts and culture are a civic priority. Such matters shall include, but not be limited to, the following: •Recommend policies and advise and propose strategies regarding arts and culture for approval by the city council. •Promote outreach to and solicit involvement of the community to advocate, to inform and engage citizenry, and to demonstrate the economic impact of arts and culture. •Collaborate with other governmental agencies, volunteer organizations, non-profit, for-profit and city-related organizations in the advancement of arts and culture planning and programming to build capacity, enhance educational opportunities and ensure comprehensive communications. They are currently in the process of determining their stakeholders. A stakeholder is any person or organization, who can be positively or negatively impacted by, or cause an impact on the actions of a company, government, or organization. During the meeting they listed such groups as The Arts Center, the Downtown Corvallis Association, local gallery owners, subsets of OSU involving arts, the Benton County Cultural Coalition, daVinci Days, LBCC, etc. A few questions for the Readers/Stakeholders: Who else do you think will be impacted by the work of the Arts and Culture Commission? What would you like to see the Arts and Culture Commission achieve? It seems the greatest question yet to be answered is: Why does Corvallis even need an Arts and Culture Commission? Finally, how will the members’ personal definitions of what is art and culture affect the focus of the group? For the purpose of full disclosure—I have applied to fill the 9th spot on the Arts and Culture Commission. -Noah Stroup think@thealchemistweekly.com
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(gazettetimes.com - “Scio schools begin mandatory drug testing”) The rural community of Scio will be the only public school district in the Mid-Valley with such a program when it starts drug-testing students this fall. A member of the football team is OK with the program but says, “I think they should have to test everyone...I just kind of think it’s unfair, almost like we’re getting punished.” The kid proposes that if he gets punished, everyone should be punished. Way to take one for the team. Maybe don’t go out for the team, or: How about punish nobody? According to the superintendent, Gary Tempel, Scio’s policy will apply to students “in all grade levels where substance abuse is perceived to be a problem,” currently meaning grades 7-12 (approximately 350 students). “We know kids are starting to use drugs and alcohol as soon as fifth grade,” he said. “If we find out that there’s an overwhelming problem in fifth grade, we could start testing there.” So you know, 5th graders are using. Is the evidence conjectural, anecdotal or real, and if real, when does it become an “overwhelming” problem? Tempel should watch the Red Rocket episode of South Park. Contact me if you need it explained. Tempel’s daughter will be in the testing pool with the rest of the volleyball team and said she’s looking forward to being selected. “It isn’t fair,” she said, “for athletes who work hard to take care of themselves and the team to share playing time with people who don’t do the same.” “Looking forward” to being tested? Take the movie Logan’s Run as a warning. Jessica, 6, had a friend that went on Carousel. But, I can empathize. I hated busting my ass in sports just so I could reside on the bench or sidelines so I could share playing time with someone having more natural ability who would glide right into a starting position. Students will not be allowed to sign up for sports or physically-active clubs or electives— including driver’s education—unless they agree to be in the drug-testing pool. Tempel expects around 150 students to be in a pool for an estimated 300 tests to be performed this year, and says, “We don’t look at this as a way to catch people. This is an opportunity for our students to stand in the gap, to say this is not what they’re about. This is a tool for them to use, for them to be able to say no.” Do you think even one kid might consider the testing and say, ‘No, this is not what I’m about,’ and not participate because of it? About 10 years ago, Scio participated in a two-year drug-testing study sponsored by Oregon Health & Science University through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Student Athlete Testing Using Random Notification, was meant to measure whether drug tests help prevent student drug use. Researchers noted that students at the schools with drug tests began showing higher risk factors for future drug use than their untested peers. They did not report as many negative beliefs about drug use, felt worse about themselves and their schools, and indicated they felt both their peers and their administrations were actually more tolerant of drug use—not less—than the control schools (those not drug testing). Tramel feels that SATURN didn’t work because there weren’t immediate consequences; and, an automatic two-week suspension will get the violator’s attention. “We also had information from staff that had conversations with students who confided in them about having changed their behavior already,” Tramel says. Just increase the voltage! High School Principal Bryan Starr cites disciplinary referrals and at-risk youth surveys indicating more than 10 percent of the high school’s 240 students experiment with drugs and alcohol as his motivation for the testing. So kids, go ahead and continue to randomly fill in the surveys while the teachers say nothing will become of this. Think about this. How will the educational limitations placed on students declining to be available for drug testing affect future educational status and opportunity? You KNOW Tempel and Starr have thought of this. What does Dr. Linn Goldberg, the Portland Physician who developed and administered the SATURN program think? “Schools should do what they do best, and that’s teach. Drug testing doesn’t work,” he said.
Further Scrutiny
The U.S. 9th District Court of Appeals has determined that law enforcement officers can put a GPS device on a person’s car without a warrant. As the case involved police coming onto someone’s property, the court ruled that homeowners are not entitled to an expectation of privacy for their driveways if they are publicly accessible, and acknowledged those with fenced and gated yards are safe in their kingdoms. For us peons, there is already the argument of putting “No Trespassing” signs on one’s property and if those signs must be posted on the boundaries and not just hung in a window of the home in order to protect the entire property. This comes on the heels of the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals ruling otherwise. –TCJ dirtstirreply@gmail.com
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CORVALLIS – You already know. The Corvallis GazetteTimes reported it. ESPN talked about it. Your best friend reenacted it that evening. Early in the morning on August 23rd, Montana native Tyler Patrick Thomas, 19, was discovered naked in a stranger’s home. Upon the arrival of the police, the clearly intoxicated Thomas refused to cooperate with attempts to get him on the floor. Having just gotten out of training camp, he did what any severely inebriated defensive lineman would do. He got set. The police officers had the snap count set at two. “BLUE 52! BLUE 52! HOT ROUTE! HIKE!” He didn’t jump early. He was asleep, but came to just in time to hear the second, “HIKE!” Launching from his set position, Thomas was hit with 1,200 volts of justice. What we may never know is how close Thomas actually got to hitting his target. Was he face down before he even took his first step? In Tyler’s defense, someone had to have set this up. There are too many factors that seem fantastical for it to be an organic drunk escapade. First, why was he naked? Rumor has it that they didn’t find his clothes, which implies he was naked before he got in the house. Second, how did he get into the house and upstairs without being detected? Not many guys that big are known for their stealth.
LEBANON - According the August 25th edition of the Lebanon Express, the Lebanon Police Department is now offering an opportunity for community members to dispose of their unused prescription medications. Rather than dump them into the toilet, which can contaminate the wastewater system, the police are willing to transport the drugs to a medical waste incinerator in Brooks, Ore. Citizens must count the pills, which are then counted again by the evidence custodian. The police have instituted a policy to have two people go to the incinerator to prevent any efforts to skim drugs and sell them on the black market. There isn’t really anything too funny about this. It seems like a reasonable idea. Good work, LPD.
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No more spills on aisle three Richey’s Market will soon close its doors.
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first store in Corvallis. At its height, Richey’s Market had 6 locations, but oneby-one they closed as larger grocery chains forced them out of business. In 1980, only one Richey’s Market remained—the Circle Nine Shopping Center location. However, in September, the last Richey’s Market will be closing its doors—probably forever. In 2006, the owner of Circle Nine Shopping Center passed away and ownerodi egner ship of the property leased by Richey’s Market fell to his heirs. They sold the property to Dickerhoof Properties, owned by Darren Dickerhoof. He planned to redevelop Circle Nine Shopping Center and re-brand it as Corvallis Crossing. Dickerhoof planned to move the Rite Aid at Circle Nine Shopping Center into the corner and move a grocery store into its place to anchor Corvallis Crossing. He originally offered the location to Richey’s Market—a move that would have doubled the size of Richey’s Market from 20,000 square feet to 40,000 square feet. Moving to the new location would be a serious investment for Jack Richey, who would be expected to make improvements to the interior. The increased size would also come with increased lease payments. Richey did not feel that the investment would benefit him and declined Dickerhoof ’s offer. Dickerhoof moved on with his plans—eventually offering the location to Market of Choice, a Eugene based grocery outlet with locations from Ashland to Portland. The new store at Corvallis Crossing would make it the first store in the city of Corvallis. Dickerhoof decided not to renew the lease for Richey’s Market when it was due to expire at the end of July. Through negotiations, however, Richey was able to get the lease extended until November 1st. Richey looked for alternate locations for his store, such as the CCC Plaza on Spruce St—right across from his current location. Financial difficulties with the deal prevented it from happening. Richey also considered building a new store in southtown, at the site of the old Corvallis Auction Yard. However he felt that it would take too long to build the new building and so rejected that idea. Since an alternate location could not be found, Richey decided to close his last store in Corvallis. Regular
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general fund that the city is anticipating. A week ago it was reported lay-offs might be eminent to make up the difference, however, layoffs weren’t on the proposed list ourtney lenney of reductions made by City Manager, John Hitt at the work session. At the top of the list was to reduce the General Fund Contingency from $889,186 to $667,846. Hitt stated it has been a goal of his to increase the reserves to “well over a million dollars,” and this would not be going in that direction. Admittedly, he is not very happy about the decrease to the reserves, but said, “[I] believe at this point in time it’s the lesser of two evils.” The remainder of the fund would still be around 10 percent of the entire general fund—the first goal of the council regarding the reserve.
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Other items on the list of note include choosing not to fill a vacant patrol officer position, an estimated savings of $77,000, and a finance position, an estimated savings of $30,000. Councilor Ray Weldon, had specific concerns about this item. “I hate to see a police officer go though, when we’re here for safety and health,” he said. Councilor, Margaret Campbell, sided with Weldon and suggested the filling of the position simply be postponed until the second part of the year. Hitt speculated the patrol officer position has been vacant since around June and noted there were two positions added in the last fiscal year. Not filling this position would only reduce that increase of officers, making only one new patrol officer on the streets, instead of two. The finance position, to help with the auditing process, is brand new and has never been filled. Hitt cautioned that while layoffs are not included in this list of reductions, they might still happen depending on property tax checks received around October or November this year. It may be necessary to reduce staff by one to three
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individuals if sales seem more “dubious” than anticipated. Another item the council will just have to wait and see about is the sale of city property. In the proposed budget cuts, it was listed that $160,000 could be made up through the sale of some city property. However, Hitt stressed this number is based on preliminary inquiries about the property and preliminary inquiries can differ from the actual sale of the property. Among these big money saving suggestions were also some smaller ones including $20,000 by not replacing a couple of patrol cars the city had planned on doing this year, eliminating the Partners for Progress Grant ($25K), reducing library materials and services ($3K), not doing municipal court improvements ($4K), foregoing what was set aside for the Senior Center improvements ($15K), reducing the Information Services general fund transfers ($11K), reducing administration materials and services ($14K), and reducing police materials and services ($16K). Mayor Ken Toomb noted that the various “department heads have said they can live with these cuts.”
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I’m just going to come right out and say this—it’s a confusing time for me. This year is a little mixed up. The seasons just don’t feel right. Here it is only August and my mind is already wandering toward cider season, normally an autumn mind-set for me. Earlier this week I stepped outside one morning and totally expected to see frost. The air had that particular thickness to it, cold and lush with end of summer decay. Then again, perhaps my feelings are all related to the availability of a limited release of a hard cider by the 3 Fools. Don’t rush on out to the local grocery store, though. You’ll only be able to catch a pint of it at Block 15 Brewery, where it is an exclusive treat. The 3 Fools selfishly only made 50 gallons of it, which will only last patrons of the local watering hole about 6 weeks. The fermentation of cider is a fun and interesting project that can be easily accomplished with very little equipment, some basic fermentation skills and of course, apples. In a few weeks I’ll dedicate a column to the theories and practices of making this delicious... er, heavenly-elixir derived from the evil fruit of the Garden of Eden. For this week, I’m going to focus my cider chi on my confusion so that by the time autumn does roll around I’ll be emotionally stable and ready to make more cider! The juice for the 3 Fool’s cider came from my pals Bruce and Margaret’s orchard out in the mystical Kings Valley. Bruce and his family manage the tight little orchard located on his property and because his career is with the USDA and apple research he just happens to know a few things about raising apples. Their orchard is neatly rowed and lined with deer fence. When approaching it from the road, the block of trees reminds me of a smartly wrapped present. It was cold the day I drove out to the pick up the fruit all those months ago. Very cold. With temperatures in the lower teens and pipes at my house that would need replacing from bursting under the strain of expanding, frozen water. Next to me on the truck seat lay my Border Collie of 17 years, passively gazing out the window and at times dozing off. She was a very tired and old soul ready to move on to the next world. And, a few days after getting the apples, Sheba did move her spirit to it. The day after Sheba passed was December 7th and the cold, arctic air that arrived earlier had set in and refused to budge out of the region. Pipes at our house began to burst and spill freezing water under our house. Ignoring what should have been done to fix the pipes, I instead set up the apple grinder and press to began making sweet cider. My fingers were frigid on the freezing metal frame of the press and my bones ached from 12 hours of processing the fruit outside on the hard cement of my drive. As the winter sun arced lowly across the horizon the shadows grew long and forced me to move my set up; it’s amazing just how important that sun can be for staying warm. The methodical ratcheting of the press and the slow elimination of boxes of apples marked only by the increased volume of cider juice was a wonderful grieving process for me. I’ll always have a fond memory of my old gal every time I press an apple or sit down at Block 15 enjoying mug #13 full of cider. Here it is, already mid-August and after yesterday’s heat I look forward to quaffing a pint of cider down at Block 15 to wash away the summer’s grit. A true juxtaposition from the freezing days of pressing the apples! In my #13 Mug Club, the pale yellow cider catches light and splashes it back onto the wooden bar with dazzling effect. It is such a cider that it is a difficult one to sip as it has an allure like jumping off a rock cliff for
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www.SouthtownStreetParty.com a summer swim; you can only plunge right on in. Sweet apple flavors and aromas splash up, around, and then submersing; enticing another jump off the rim of the glass. I’m remembering the thermometer reading the day I pressed the apples was in the teens as was the number of varietals in the cider cuvee. Apples with crazy-fun names like Spigold, Criterion, Spitz, Elstar, Janagold and Matza. A good portion of the boxes contained the all to common and poorly abused Golden Delicious. Golden Delicious like you would never believe. Crisp to the core with every bite dribbling down sweet juices from both corners of my mouth and so unlike the sterile-flavored orbs of cardboard found in grocery stores. The heavily-laden boxes of different varietals, united as one intoxicating juice, rounded with fruit flavors with a mild complexity and fermented through the spring, has created a 3 Fools cider that is a crowd pleaser,. It really went down well with a turkey sandwich and fresh garden greens. I’ll have to experiment some more, but my imagination leads me to believe that the smoked hazel nuts and pulled pork would also make for a suitable lunch! Here are a few more favorite hard ciders that are commonly found around Corvallis.
J.K.'s Scrumpy
Farmhouse cider from Michigan that is produced with organic apples. Big fruit flavor and a rather aggressive alcoholic buzz.
Aspall
An English cider dating back to the early 1700’s and it is available in Dry, Medium and Organic. The Organic is drier than the other two offerings.
Isastegi
A Basque cider that has a tenacity to rip your lips off with its intense dryness and sharp acids
Carlton Cyderworks
Just up the road in Carlton, Oregon and they currently offer two ciders. Citizen has full apple flavors with a nice balance of acids and tannins while their Duke is a blended with blueberries which gives the cider an intriguing rosey cast and a hint of the berries.
Wandering Aengus Ciderworks
Located near Bethel Heights and they currently make Bloom - an heirloom blended cider, Wanderlust - an English style and an Oaked Dry Cider crafted from French and English bittersweet apples. Coming soon! Two Towns Ciderhouse! –Joel Rea (Corvallis Brewing Supply owner) joel@lickspigot.com
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e hears it before he sees it. Walking down Fifth Street in Lebanon, Ore., 12-year-old Mike “Merlin” Groff turns to see a vision of America growling down the street on four wide slick tires. Blue on the bottom, white on
the top with a red stripe, and “Class of 1967” printed on its side, a brand new Chevrolet Camaro. It’s the stuff of boys’ dreams; a high school graduation gift for a local student and Groff is not even old enough to drive, but is still young enough to dream. That car becomes nostalgic for Lebanon, a reminder of days gone by, growing up alongside the town and its residents. Roughly 40 years later Groff becomes her fourth and last local owner. Previous abuse from the third owner’s ex-wife results in black paint splotches on the car’s, once iconic, paint job. But, to Groff, she’s still “one of the prettiest cars in town,” and hopes of restoring her to former glory root deep in his mind. However, even Groff can’t save her from her fate. She is a casualty of business, a pawn for the American dream. Merlin’s Bar and Grill is a place where people with names ourtney lenney like Midnight or Hutch come. It’s the bar full of smoke so thick that every word or out of tune note from the nightly karaoke would hang in the air, should smoking in bars still be legal, that is. The whole place has a brown glow from the wooden bar, dance floor, ceiling fans operated by a pulley system suggesting them to be from another time and place, and wooden stairs leading to a wood balcony. Dim lights, Nascar memorabilia, neon signs and a corner of state run slot machines attempt to break up the brown monotony but they pale in comparison. The wooden sign hanging above the bar with “Cash Only” branded on it lets customers know their plastic is no good here, save for the ATM machine in the corner. This won’t be the bar where you spend tomorrow’s grocery money unintentionally. “I run a business prone to alcoholism and gambling…I want them to be aware of what they’re spending,” Groff says. Groff is a dead ringer for Jeff Bridges, alá Crazy Heart, adding a pair of rounded rectangle glasses. Maybe, it’s not so much his looks, though he does have the shoulder length hair and beard, as much as it is his attitude and demeanor. Or maybe I just feel a little like Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character in the movie. I don’t think Groff remembers my name all the time, but sweetheart and beautiful suit me just fine. He’s a fine looking gentleman that could charm the pants right off a lady. “If I lived up to my reputation, I’d be a pretty happy man,” Groff says. With a twinge of sadness, he raises his arm pointing to a place somewhere in the distance and admits he’s not ready to commit. “I still love that one over there. Or at least that’s my excuse,” Groff says. Her name is Terry* and she is the woman capable of taming his crazy heart. Their love story, entwining with guilt, jealousy, and business begins a decade ago. She sits at the end of the bar in Clementine’s, an establishment Groff frequents to carouse as a newly single man. He catches Terry’s eye more than she catches his. “I wasn’t captured instantly, it wasn’t love at first sight,” Groff says. Only after a friend of Terry’s follows him out of the bar on her behalf does Groff come back in to make acquaintance with Terry. A humble beginning for what would turn into a romance for the ages. Newly divorced after a 20-year marriage, Groff isn’t looking to settle down. And for the most part, Terry isn’t either. She too is recently divorced. In turn, she provides exactly what Groff desires, but admits it is “against my better judgment.” The pair begin as an open couple seeking freedom and liberalism in sexuality with each other. Like two high school kids hiding a relationship from their parents, their rendezvous happen in large part on the computer through Yahoo! Messenger, building their love affair through hours of instant messages. Theirs is a relationship budding on the excitement and mischievousness of swinging clubs and the Internet. Before long, the not-wanting-to-be-tied-down Groff is in a full-blown relationship with “the love of my life,” he says. For two years the pair live open and in tandem. With each other they balance the freedom they so desire while still maintaining their lives as a couple, complete with dinners together, coffee shop dates, conversations about the future, and perhaps what they would do with
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Clementine’s, should they ever own it. Before long, they get their chance. Groff, at that time, a building contractor, and Terry, a gas station manager, catch wind that Clementine’s is up for sale as the owner is about to be in foreclosure. Liquidating his business property and with encouragement from Terry, Groff buys the place for $225,000. Terry invests roughly $1600 for necessities like coffee pots. Clementine’s, with its reputation for fighting and bad behavior, needs some work. Renaming the bar Merlin’s, after a bird, a cockatoo of Terry’s, the two set out to turn the place around. However, when “temptation walked in the front door,” as Terry says, it would be too much for her to handle. Terry comes in at 6 am to do the books and get the place set up for the day before she heads upstairs to nap for a bit. Groff tends bar and everyday around 2 p.m. a lady working across the street comes in to have a drink. One day, keeping their voices low as not to awake Terry, Groff perches on the back bar with his foot up and on the sink and converses with the regular customer. Terry remembers waking up and hearing voices when she didn’t think she should be. To her, it appears Groff is showing the lady “his package.” In efforts to avoid more jealous bouts, Groff recedes to a corner and keeps to himself during working hours at the bar, leaving Terry free to carry on, and in Groff ’s eyes, flirt as she sees fit. Jealousy, as it does, only ensues more jealousy as Groff finds himself reciprocating the emotion. The bar begins to tear them apart and they can’t get away from it. After all, “the bar business is 24/7,” Groff says. As things continue to go south, Terry makes sure Groff does not forget about her original investment in the business. In an attempt to diffuse a point of argument, Groff sets out to pay her back. Groff owns the 1967 Camaro two years and drives her one time. Life keeps him from restoring her to the original beauty and happenstance takes the car away from her hometown. The Camaro goes up for sale on eBay. Ten days later a man from Salem, Ore., with plans of p a i n t ing the car green, hands over three grand to Groff and takes her away. “Just the sacrifices you make to keep a business going,” he says. Unknowingly to Terry, Groff deposits the money in her bank account. “There, you’re paid back with interest,” he says while handing Terry a receipt from the transaction. Unwittingly cutting his own throat in the relationship, “She was hurt, I’m sure she was,” he says. Terry is curious though and to her the money, since it is more than her original investment, is an attempt of Groff to make amends for wrongdoing in the relationship. A series of irreparable damages cause the two to part ways after six years together. “We both lost a lot opening the bar, that bar cost me my best friend,” Terry says. Groff attempts a last ditch effort to sell the bar in order to save his relationship. It is a near impossible feat in the middle of the worst recession since the Depression and he has no avail. For the first year or so after the separation, Groff finds himself loathing the bar, but still it consumes his every day—and night. He averages only five hours of sleep. Groff is just now beginning to trust his employees enough to feel that he can leave from time to time. A camera security system gives him a little piece of mind. Over four years pass since Groff and Terry split, he doesn’t see her much, even though she lives only a couple blocks from the bar. According to Groff, Terry’s found a new man and stays pretty close to the nest, “she’s kind of the bird in the gilded cage,” he says. Likewise, on any given night Groff will be sipping Miller Genuine Draft perched on a bar stool amidst his own cage, Merlin’s Bar and Grill.
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“We both lost a lot opening the bar, that bar cost me my best friend,” Terry says.
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J. Roddy Walston gives Vegas the Business by: Chris Harver
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Four hours into the drive, sweat is pouring down my back since the van doesn’t have working AC. The liquid inside the bottle of marked-up, filtered New Jersey bath water known as Dasani is near boiling—undrinkable. Intense dry heat beats across my face as opening the window is the only pathetic respite from the stale, hot air that roasts the inside of the van. My compatriots and I are on “The Road,” as the local rock radio station purports. Not the same road from Cormac McCarthy’s fictional post-apocalyptic wasteland, but it could be. Miles and miles of desert and deserted hills stretch seemingly forever around us. Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” is blasting through the speakers and Robert Plant eerily describes our current reality: “All I see turns to brown/As the sun burns the ground/And my eyes fill with sand/As I scan this wasted land.” If the van breaks down, we will surely die. We are on the road to nowhere, heading to a place where sin reigns as king. We are headed to Las Vegas. Out of a vast nothing, we approach a city of towering monstrosities, hideous beasts of modern civilization—casino hotels. They are glamorous in a fifty-year-old woman with too much bad plastic surgery kind of way. Palaces of excess and debauchery where fortunes are made and lost in hours. Driving down the strip, I take a moment to ponder its troubling awesomeness. It’s disgusting. It’s pointless. It’s congested. It’s hot as hell. It’s…beautiful, really. America. F*ck yeah. We pull into the Hard Rock Hotel. We are to play a gig that night to the drunken masses exiting either the Wolfmother show at the pool (of course) or the Meatloaf show at The Joint. Bitch tits, in the flesh, live in concert. He might even come to our show, we are told (he doesn’t). I’m sure someone is flying from Minneapolis right after work just to see Meatloaf at the HRH. It’s this person’s dream come true, no doubt. God bless, him. Bless him even more if he drinks a few $5 Bud Lights (formally $9—thank you, recession!) at our show afterwards. One can dream. A relatively unknown young band of long-haired, Baltimore-based southern rockers called J. Roddy Walston and the Business will be opening for Wolfmother. They sound like the love child of The Black Crowes and Jerry Lee Lewis. I’m looking forward to seeing them before our show. After setting up and sound checking, we head up to our hotel rooms to get ready for the evening. I lay down for a minute in my room. Sweet metallictasting refrigerated hotel air pours through the vent. I breathe it in deeply. It’s soothing, in a clinical way. Carefully placed packages of cookies, candies, bottled water, and headphones (?) are assembled on a pressure-sensitive tray on top of the desk under a giant wide-screen television, like a stack of cards. Later in the night, at their most inebriated, drunken hotel patrons (or their guests) will clumsily knock them all over at once and instantly incur hundreds of dollars of extra charges for M&Ms they didn’t even eat. Genius. Shower. Shave. Meet my comrades and we’re off to the “in-house dining”
provided by the HRH for all performers and hotel staff. I never dreamed (nightmared?) I’d be an employee of a Vegas hotel, but it’s happening. Apparently “in-house dining” means “free buffet open to any fool that wanders around the byzantine hotel offices long enough to stumble upon it.” The food is glorified middle school cafeteria fodder, but it’s free, therefore delicious. As my bandmates applaud the mac and cheese, I get anxious, eat hastily, and decide to head out early to the Wolfmother show in hopes of catching all of J. Roddy’s set. I head back down through the offices to the main floor, pass hundreds of flashing light boxes that steal people’s money, look at a map, and realize I’m on the wrong side of the hotel. While I’m staring at it, a boozed young lady comes up to me, slams her finger on the map, looks at me cross-eyed and slurs, “Thiss sez youu-re HERE! Youu seeit? HERE!” Ohhhhh, that’s what that giant red X means. She’s gone before I can say, “thank you.” Minutes later I’m at the entrance to the pool. Once inside, I see the “pool” is actually a series of connected rivers and lagoons, with ample sunbathing chairs and party huts lined along its edges. Somewhere in the middle is the stage. J. Roddy is ready to play, so I head to the front, easily as no one here knows who they are. They open with single “Don’t Break the Needle,” and all of a sudden I’m not in Vegas anymore. I’m in a tiny, over-packed, muggy saloon in the Dirty South. Pounding on his keys, J. Roddy (the person), with a strained, grainy voice older than his years, shouts “I’ve been pulling thread/Doin’ all kinds of evil/Now you hate me, baby/But don’t break the needle.” The snare aches and cracks with every whack from the drummer. Guitar crunches your head as the bass beats through your chest with every note. The band is an authentic, unified beast of all that is good and right about rock and roll. This isn’t Vegas. This is the antithesis of dopey Vegas glamour, a glossy sheen applied to hide a vapidity just beneath the surface. This is heart and soul. Blood, sweat, and tears. Something real. Over the next thirty minutes, I am reminded of what makes great live rock music—playing your heart out and outplaying your recordings. I’ve become accustomed over the past few years of finding a band online, downloading their album, getting excited about it, then going to their show only to find a hip, young band playing watered-down, timid, sloppy versions of their songs. Whether they make it is up to fate, but for that show, J. Roddy Walston and the Business proved to me that there are still great bands working the stage harder than the blogosphere. Keep at it, boys. I would later try to channel the energy of their show into ours, and it would go well, and I would have a blast and enjoy every minute of my time in this bizarre city in the desert. Wolfmother played. Yes, they played “Woman.” They were loud and several fights broke out. Good for them.
Take a trip to the Darkside: Get Low
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lifestyle takes him on a journey to reveal a dark secret. To throw his living funeral party, Felix employs the town’s funeral director Frank Quinn (Bill Murray) and his assistant Buddy (Lucas Black). Quinn’s smarm may rub Felix the wrong way, but he comes to trust Buddy, who concerns himself with the dynamics of right and wrong. But with the lack of deaths in the town affecting Quinn’s bottom line, he tends to Felix’s wishes down to the letter. As the pair of undertakers begin to promote the event—a party for the most feared and misunderstood man in town—Felix sweetens the pot by announcing on a radio interview he will raffle off his valuable, untouched land at the event. But the only person whose attendance he truly cares about is Mattie (Sissy Spacek) a woman who knows him better than most and with whom, he tells Quinn, he once “had a go.” Set in the 1930s, Get Low evokes a lighter tone early. Murray is delightful as Quinn, a comedic presence serving as a perfect foil to Felix’s impenetrable exterior. As the film grows more serious and secrets are slowly drawn to the surface, Duvall and Spacek shine. But by the third act the wheels come off and the film devolves into the sentimental staples of the drama genre. Quinn, who as much as Felix drives the film forward, nearly disappears and even with a strong dramatic performance by Duvall it’s evident that director Aaron Schneider opted for an archetypal story (albeit an engaging one) rather than striving for art. But for the right audience, this story focusing on love, loss, life and death may be just what the doctor ordered. And, with the brand of solid performances we’ve come to expect from the likes of Duvall, Murray, and Spacek, it’s hard to get too down on Get Low. Get Low is now playing at the Darkside Cinema. For shows and showtimes visit darksidecinema.com.
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dream; 'Pearean Ego Chronicles of Detective Siempre
Part II by: T. Clarence
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The light breeze off the Willamette River blew across the line of attendees and Detective Candy Siempre had to grab onto his hat. He looked around at the costumed actors and actresses four deep to either side of him; an Epicurus’s Men cast rehearsal. He could see a figure laying on the bed centered on the near-empty stage; a woman facing away from them, towards a tall candelabra with flames unbent by the wind. Thudding footsteps shook the ground as the darkskinned actor Red ‘A,’ marched onto stage with voice booming, “It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars!� His eyes burned with determination and madness, and the delivery was so fine that Candy wanted to ignore the bright red letter ‘A’ sewn onto his shoulder. The detective couldn’t believe this was the same man he’d come to help. “Put out the light, and then put out the light,� Red ‘A’ waved a hand through the air and the flames of the candles blew out. Candy looked over at the other actors again, each of them totally enthralled with the perfect performance on stage. If Red ‘A’s ego was functioning right, this was probably how he imagined his own performance, and how the audience would react. But if things stood as Rusty, the other troupe member, had said, then Red ‘A’s ego was shattered, and this is probably how rehearsal actually went. “When I have pluck’d the rose, I cannot give it vital growth again. It must needs wither: I’ll smell it on the tree,� so saying, Red ‘A’ laid a hand on the bed and leaned low. For the first time Candy saw him hesitate, the first and only flaw in the performance. Recovering quickly, the actor reached with his lips to kiss the woman on the bed, then stood, trembling. “Ah balmy breath,� Red ‘A’s voice wavered. The detective checked the reaction of the others again. The startled looks on their faces did nothing to help him decide if this dream be more imagination or memory. Either way, he could already tell it would be more complicated than any ego-boosting dream he’d been in before. “This sorrow’s heavenly; it strikes where it doth love. She wakes.� “Who’s there?� the white-clad figure on the bed sat up. Candy recognized the voice of Jayne, Alice in the troupe’s Wonderland production - the current focus of Red ‘A’s egotistical failure, “Othello?� Tears flowed from the actor’s eyes and, for a second,
his voice became metallic. “Ayyy-� The detective hadn’t quite believed Rusty about Red ‘A’s auto-tuned Hamlet performance until now. “Desdemona,� Red ‘A’ continued, voice back to normal. He broke character and turned away with rage on his face. “Will you come to bed-� Jayne had to jump up and grab hold of Red ‘A’s sleeve to keep him from fleeing the stage, “Will you-� “Think on thy sins!� Red ‘A’ shouted and swung an angry arm for Jayne’s hand that held him. “What is wrong with you?� Jayne stepped clear of him. Hands on her hips, she shouted, “Breaking character, skipping lines, what next?� “Take heed of perjury.� Red ‘A’ pointed a shaking finger at her as the world fell silent. His last word echoed mechanically and Candy cringed. He rolled his eyes as Red ‘A’ took a deep breath and raised his arm to speak, a motion the detective recognized from the actors earlier soliloquy. “Thou dost stone my heart,� Red ‘A’ started again as Jayne stormed off the stage. “I’ve seen enough!� the detective interrupted. With fat tears running down his cheeks Red ‘A’ closed his mouth and surveyed his dismayed audience. At the sight of their astonished faces a look of horror grew upon his own face and he stammered, “My futurity is grief-shot by the oppugnancy of this skimble-skamble woman.� The unpopular Shakespearean terms and the unexpected auto-tuned words made a perfect counterpoint to Red ‘A’s fine performance moments before and it set Candy laughing uncontrollably. He knew it wouldn’t help the actor’s ego, but couldn’t help himself. The rest of the troupe quickly followed his lead and Red ‘A’ fled the stage in shambles. As the
world began to shake around them, the lights beside the stage went out and the dream went dark. “What?� Candy woke with a start, still cloaked in darkness until he pulled his hat up from over his eyes, “What!� The chair where Red ‘A’ had slept was empty, save for the large hat from his Hatter costume. Rusty, the troupe member who’d asked him to come, was out of his Rabbit costume and stood shaking the detective by the shoulder. “What happened?� “Othello rehearsal,� Candy grunted out as he tried to compose himself, “Where’s Red ‘A’?� “He got up and ran away,� Rusty pursed his lips and shook his head as he looked down at the detective, “He’s falling apart in his dreams now, too, huh?� “As soon as he had to share the stage,� the detective nodded, “This is going to be harder than I thought.�
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Corvallis Elks Lodge, 1400 NW 9th St. Beginner Line Dance, [DANCE] 7:00 pm Enoteca Wine Bar Girls Night Out!, Knit Night, [CRAFT] 4:00 pm OSU Women’s Building Rm 112 Salsa Dancing, [DANCE] 8:00 pm
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Albany Eagles Lodge, 127 Broadalbin St Albany Senior Dance, [DANCE] 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, $3
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Cloud 9 Beer and Blog, [LIBATIONS] 5:00 pm, FREE Infinite Improvabilities, [IMPROVE COMEDY], 9:00 pm infiniteimprov.org Corvallis Skate Park Juggling lessons, 6:30, FREE Enoteca Wine Bar Wine Tasting, [LIBATIONS] 6:30 pm, $10 Old World Deli, 341 SW 2nd St Belly Dance, [DANCE] 8:00 pm, FREE
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Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave SE Book Discussion: Naseem Rakha’s “The Crying Tree,” [LITERARY] 7:00 pm
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The Bounty of Benton County, September 4th and 5th $15 Passports available at Spindrift Cellars, Corvallis Saturday Farmers’ Market, the Benton County Historical Museum, Corvallis Tourism office More Info at ruralfamilies.org Friday, September 3rd Kick Off Event Tyee Wine Cellars, 26355 Greenberry Road Bon Ton Roulet, Zydeco, 6:00 pm
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Corvallis Senior Center, 2601 NW Taylor Ave Friday Night Dancers, [DANCE] 7:00 pm, $4 LaBamba Mix Night Club PRIDE La Bamba, [DANCE] 8:00 pm, $3
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WineStyles, 2333 NW Kings Blvd. Friday Night Wine Flight, [LIBATIONS] 5:00 pm
4 saturday Albany
City Hall Parking Lot, 4th and Ellsworth Albany Farmer’s Market, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Corvallis
Cloud 9 OSU Beavers vs TCU Tailgate Party, [LIBATIONS] 4:45 pm to Gametime First Street and Monroe Corvallis Artisans Market, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm corvallisartisansmarket.com Corvallis Farmers’ Market, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm locallygrown.org WineStyles, 2333 NW Kings Blvd Wine Tasting featuring New Arrivals [LIBATIONS] 5:30 pm
Lebanon
Willamette Speedway Airport Rd. Ben Eyerly Memorial Labor Day Classic: $4000.00 to win: Late Model-Super Sport-Sportsman-Classic plus 4 cyl Late Models
5 sunday Corvallis
Enoteca Wine Bar Book Group [LITERARY] 3:00 pm
Lebanon
Willamette Speedway Airport Rd. Ben Eyerly Memorial Labor Day Classic: $4000.00 to win: Late Model-Super Sport-Sportsman-Classic plus 4 cyl Late Models
AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
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music albany•corvallis•lebanon•philomath
31 tuesday
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Corvallis
Central Park 8th and Madison Corvallis Community Band: CCN Favorites 7:00 pm rehearsal, 8:00 pm performance Sunnyside Up Café Celtic Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE
1 wednesday Albany
Riley’s Billiards Bar and Grill Pure Country Night - Country Dancing with DJ, 9:00pm
Corvallis
Central Park Hilltop Big Band, 7:30 pm Corvallis Farmer’s Market, 2nd St. and B Ave. Mitch Hider, [UKELELE] 3:30 pm Peacock Bar and Grill Jonny Dark and the Wondertones, [BLUES] 9:00 pm, FREE Sunnyside Up Café Bluegrass Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE
Lebanon
Peaocock Bar and Grill East The Brand, [BLUES], 7:00 pm
Tangent Any serious fan of metal celebrates European Death Metal. Some of the greatest and fastest guitarists of all time have come from Scandinavia. Apparently, when entering school, students are asked to choose an instrument that they will continue to study for the duration of their youth. Many of these young virtuosos who grow up studying a very regimented and technical style of music end up seeking more freedom with the electric guitar. Combing the agility of an incredible violinist with the power of electric guitar has pushed the world of metal music forward. In the case of Judgement Day, they never saw the need to use a traditional 6-string metal music instrument and stuck to the four strings of their violin and cello. Following in the footsteps of classical metal contemporaries, Apocalyptica, Judgement Day has released 4 albums since their 2003 Acoustic EP to acclaimed success. Most recently they were featured on the cover of Performer magazine, a national publication promoting DIY bands. Luckily for Corvallis, Judgement Day has continued to make regular stops here when touring away from the Bay Area. Let’s hope they never stop. They play at 8:30 pm on Monday, September 6th at the Southtown Labor Day Party at Fireworks. -Noah Stroup
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Dixie Creek Saloon Battle of the Bands, 7:00 pm
2 thursday Albany
Calapooia Brewing Rusty Hinges, [STRINGBAND] 7:30 pm Riley’s Billiards Bar and Grill Ladies Night with DJ Unofficial, 9:00pm
Corvallis
Bombs Away Café Colin Woekel and Co., [ACOUSTIC], 7:30 pm, FREE Crowbar Rooftop Sam Holmes, [ACOUSTIC] 6:00 pm, FREE Fireworks Coin of the Realm Orchestra with International Fiddle Champion Zach Konowalchuk, [UKRAINIAN FOLK] 8:00 pm Harrison Bar and Grill Moebius K, [ROCK] 10:00 pm
Lebanon Peacock Bar and Grill East Blues Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE
Tangent
Dixie Creek Saloon Oregon Valley Boys, [SWING] 7:00 pm
3 friday
Albany Riley’s Billiards Bar and Grill Dance Party with DJ Unofficial, 9:00 pm
Corvallis The Beanery on 2nd Johanna Beekman, [ACOUSTIC] 8:00 pm Bombs Away Café Mudpuppy, [GARAGE BLUES] 9:00 pm
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Fireworks Restaurant and Bar Sound Semantics, [INDIE FOLK] 8:00 pm, FREE Tyee Wine Cellers, 26355 Greenberry Road Bon Ton Roulet, [ZYDECO] 6:00 pm
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Albany
Calapooia Brewing John Shipe, [ROCK] 8:00 pm Riley’s Billiards Bar and Grill Dance Party with DJ Unofficial, 9:00 pm
Corvallis
Beanery on 2nd Belly Dance Showcase & Benefit for Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, [DANCE] 8:00 pm Bombs Away Café audiophilia, [FUNK/ROCK/ REGGAE] 10:00 pm Crowbar Rooftop Mike McLaren, [ACOUSTIC] 6:00 pm, FREE Corvallis Farmer’s Market, 1st and Monroe David Rogers, [CLASSICAL GUITAR] 9:30 pm
Mudpuppy
Bomb’s Away Café • Friday 9:00 pm
Come celebrate the arts! at the 38th Annual
Corvallis Fall Festival Free admission! 170 Fabulous Artist Booths! Service animals ok. No pets allowed
For complete festival info: www.corvallisfallfestival.com
MaiN Stage MuSic LiNe-up SATURDAY • September 26th Matthew Price Volifonix Son Mela’o Rootdown
y N i g h t S t r ee Saturdathe Maharimbas t Dance the i-5 Nine
SUNDAY • September 27th
Gumbo Teen Idols - Taylor Weaver, Danika Faith, Cheyenne Patton Jacob Merlin Silent Comedy Ringo, Stuber, Ensor & Hadlock • Area Dental Professionals
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Fireworks Restaurant and Bar Gabriel Surley, [ATMOSPHERIC GUITAR & VOCALS] 8:00 pm
Lebanon
Lebanon Coffee House and Eatery, 661 Main Street Afternoon Free Movie, 2:00 pm Live Music, 6:30 pm
5 sunday Albany
Calapooia Brewing Blues Jam, 4:00 pm
Corvallis
Fireworks Restaurant and Bar Somewhere Swan w/ Amy Robin & Colby Stead, [ACOUSTIC] 8:00 pm
6 monday Corvallis
Fireworks Restaurant and Bar Labor Day Music Festival 12:00 pm–Cloud Mountain Ramblers 1:00 pm–Alexius Harris 2:00 pm–Tony Noble Blues 3:00 pm–The Devotionals 4:00 pm–Somewhere Swan 5:00 pm–Future Roots 6:00 pm–ZuhG Reggae Jam 7:30 pm–Gabriel Surley with Zach Konowalchuk 8:30 pm–Judgement Day
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Albany
Albany Civic Theater, 111 First Ave. SW 541.928.4603 Alleyoop Lounge, 901 Pacific Blvd 541.941.0977 Bogey’s Bar & Grill, 129 W 1st Ave. 541.929.8900 Calapooia Brewing, 140 Hill St. NE 541.928.1931 Cappie’s Brewhouse, 211 1st Ave W 541.926.1710 Cascade Grill, 110 Opal St. NW 541.926.3388 Chasers Bar & Grill, 435 SE 2nd Ave 541928.9634 Dixie Creek Saloon, 32994 Hwy 99E, Tangent, OR 541.926.2767 Favorite Mistake Sports Bar, 5420 Pacific Blvd. 541.903.0034 Front Street Bar, 2300 Northeast Front Ave. 541.926.2739 GameTime SportsBar & Grill, 2211 Waverly Dr. SE 541.981.2376 Humpty’s Dump Bar & Grill, 916 Old Salem Rd NE 541.926.3111 JP’s Restaurant and Lounge, 220 2nd Ave. 541.926.5546 Lariat Lounge, 901 Pacific Blvd SE 541.928.2606 Linger Longer Tavern, 145 SW Main St. 541.926.2174 Lucky Larrys Lounge, 1296 S Commercial Way SE 541.928.3654 Riley’s Billiards Bar and Grill, 124 Broadalbin St SW 541.926.2838 Wilhelm’s Spirits & Eatery, 1520 Pacific Blvd SE 541.926.7001
Corvallis
Aqua Seafood Restaurant & Bar, 151 NW Monroe Ave. 541.752.0262 The Beanery on 2nd, 500 SW 2nd St 541.753.7442 Big River Restaurant & Bar, 101 NW Jackson Ave. 541.757.0694 Block 15, 300 SW Jefferson Ave. 541.758.2077 Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe Ave. 541.757.7221 China Delight Restaurant, 325 NW 2nd St. 541.753.3753 Clodfelter’s, 1501 NW Monroe Ave. 541.758.4452 Cloud 9, 126 SW 1st St. 541.753.9900 Crowbar, 214 SW 2nd St. 541.753.7373 Darrell’s Restaurant and Lounge, 2200 NW 9th St. 541.752.6364 Downward Dog, 130 SW 1st St. 541.753.9900 Enoteca Wine Bar, 136 SW Washington Ave. 541.758.9095 Fireworks Restaurant and Bar, 1115 SE 3rd 541.754.6958 Flat Tail Pub, 202 SW 1st St. 541.758.2219 Greenberry Store & Tavern, 29974 HWY 99W 541.752.3796 Harrison Bar & Grill, 550 NW Harrison Blvd. 541.754.1017 Impulse, 1425 NW Monroe Ave. 541.230.1114 La Bamba Mix Night Club, 126 SW 4th St. 541.207.3593 Loca Luna, 136 SW Washington Ave, Ste. 102 541.753.2222 Murphy’s Tavern, 2740 SW 3rd St. 541.738. 7600 Papa’s Pizza, 1030 S.W. Third St. 541.757.2727 Peacock Bar & Grill, 125 SW 2nd St. 541.754.8522 Squirrel’s, 100 SW 2nd St. 541.753.8057 Sunnyside Up Café, 116 NW 3rd St 541.758.3353 Suds & Suds, 1045 NW Kings Blvd. 541.758.5200 Troubadour, 521 SW 2nd St. 541.752.7720 Tyee Wine Cellars, 26335 Greenberry Rd. 541.753.8754 Wanted Saloon, 140 NW 3rd St. WineStyles, 2333 N.W. Kings Blvd. 541.738.9463
Lebanon
Artisian’s Well Lounge, 2250 South Main Rd. 541.451.3900 Cornerstone Café & Pub, 180 S 5th St. 541.847.6262 Duffy’s Irish Pub, 679 South Main St. 541.259.2906 Fire Pit Lounge, 2230 South Santiam Hwy 541.451.2010 GameTime Sports Bar and Grill, 3130 South Santiam Hwy 541.570.1537 Merlin’s Bar and Grill 541.258.6205 Peacock Bar & Grill East, 76 E. Sherman St. 541.451.2027 Sports Shack and Deli, 1250 Grant St. 541.259.0800
Philomath
High 5 Sports Bar & Grill, 1644 Main St.-541.929.7529 Meet’n Place Tavern, 1150 Mian St. 541.929.3130 Wine Vault, 1301 Main St. 541.929.8496 Wing Sing Restaurant & Lounge, 658 Main St. 541.929.6255
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MISSING EWE On August 8th, Millie, a prize winning Hampshire ewe went missing. Millie’s owner, 13 year old Michael Lorain, would love nothing more than to see Millie back in his flock. On August 21st, the G-T reported that Michael’s grandparents have offered $5,000
reward for
information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator and the recovery of Millie. If you have any information that could help reunite Michael and Millie, contact the Benton
County Sheriff’s Office.
Note: This is not an actual photo of Millie.