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Statewide 5A baseball coaches poll: May 6
The fourth regular-season edition of OSAAToday’s statewide 5A baseball coaches poll was released on Monday, May 6, with Wilsonville maintaining a spot inside the top ten. For a complete look at the poll, see below: (First-place votes in parentheses, pre-season ranking in brackets, record listed is what’s posted on www.osaa.org as of Saturday, May 4) ...
Salem budget committee votes to save city's Movies at the Park, splash pads in proposed city budget
The Salem Citizen Budget Committee convened Wednesday evening with hope of saving from the chopping block the city's Movies at the Park, First Friday concerts, Kids Relays, and park splash pads, drinking fountains and bathrooms. The committee ultimately opted to save the splash pads, drinking fountains and bathrooms at parks...
OPINION: Fix city term limits, vote yes on Measures 3-608 and 3-609
As a conscientious voter, it can be difficult to vote for change. I often think, if it’s not broke why fix it? We need to fix our term limits in Wilsonville by voting yes for measures 3-608 and 3-609. These measures fix our city’s term limits and allow our city councilors and mayor to effectively serve and lead our strong city. First, Measure 3-608 clearly corrects bad math. One day...
BACK IN TIME - 1914: ‘Bad check man’ takes advantage of local business owner
110 years ago May 14, 1914 The note of warning sounded by the Journal a couple of weeks ago to be on the lookout for the bad check man was not taken seriously. Since that time, one of our merchants got stung for $50 by a man calling himself Fred V. Ross. Ross was apparently...
Stacey & Mike's 5 Reasons We Chose Oregon Humane Society for Helping Hands
For more than 150 years Oregon Humane Society has been serving the pets and people of our state. OHS is committed to making Oregon the safest place for pets, fighting animal cruelty and neglect, and making veterinary care accessible. 5 Reasons we chose Oregon Humane Society for Stacey & Mike's...
Salem-area teams place at national high school culinary, restaurant management competition
McNary High School and Salem's Career Technical Education Center had teams place in the top 10 at the National ProStart Invitational in Baltimore in late April, a competition of the country's best student culinary and restaurant management teams. McNary's team placed sixth out of 48 teams in the culinary competition,...
OPINION: Some laws need clarification
Even widely supported measures can need clarification or correction after passage — just as Measure 110 was recently revised. The majority of voters supported drug decriminalization in 2020, but now polls prove that the majority of voters agree with the Legislature’s recent revision of the original flawed measure. On the very same 2020 ballot that included Measure 110 was Wilsonville’s measure to enact term limits for council members. It included an oversight that most reasonable voters would view as a flaw with unintended consequences. ...
Fallen Nyssa Officer Joseph Johnson honored during Oregon law enforcement memorial ceremony
SALEM – (Release from the State of Oregon) A ceremony held Tuesday, May 7 in Salem commemorated law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty in Oregon. Hundreds gathered for the Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony to honor the state’s fallen officers and those they left behind.
Willamette University student protesters 'pause' occupation, leave Mark O. Hatfield Library
Willamette University student protesters voluntarily left the Mark O. Hatfield Library building Tuesday evening, saying they planned to re-organize in the fall. About 50 Willamette students first occupied the third floor of the Putnam University Center on May 3 before moving to the library Saturday morning, demanding the private university disclose and divest its investments in Israel "and the American war machine as a whole."
Woodburn girls tennis continue growth under second-year head coach
It only took most of their lives, but Tonalli and Quetzalli Carlos are finally gracing the court together. The sisters have been a part of the girls tennis program at Woodburn all throughout high school, growing their respective love for the sport side-by-side. Well, maybe not always necessarily ‘side-by-side.’ Until this year, that is, as the duo have linked together for the first time in competition as doubles partners for...
New community garden in Keizer will help feed low-income Oregonians of color
There was a sense of connection even before Black Joy Oregon broke ground in March on a community garden in Keizer to provide fresh produce to people of color in need. “I pulled up and there were just women of color embracing each other and kids running around, and it was like, OK, we don't have anything in the ground yet and this is already here, this component,” said Juli Ray Joy, founder of Black Joy Oregon.
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