Monmouth hosts AAPI Vendor Market on May 11
The Western Oregon University Hawaiian Student Club is holding an annual AAPI Vendor Market from noon to 5 p.m. on May 11 at the Main Street Park Amphitheater in Monmouth.
The event is in celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander month.
Vendors are selling Hawaiian desserts, clothes and accessories.
The event will include a free tasting of food from local Asian American owned restaurants.
–Bill Poehler
Salem Philharmonia Orchestra presents 'Brahms' 1st Symphony'
Salem Philharmonia Orchestra is bringing "Brahms' 1st Symphony" to Salem on April 20 and April 21.
Directed by SPO Artistic Director Jonathan DeBruyn, the performance will also feature guest cello soloist Jason Duckles.
The concerts begin with George Butterworth’s “Two English Idylls” followed by Antonín Dvořák's “Cello Concerto in B Minor” featuring Duckles.
The concert finale is Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1.
The Saturday, April 20, concert begins at 7 p.m., and the Sunday, April 21, concert begins at 3 p.m.
DeBruyn’s pre-concert talks begin 45 minutes before each concert.
Salem Philharmonia's venue is the East Salem Community Center at 1850 45th Ave. NE.
Admission is $20 for adults ages 18 to 64, $18 for seniors 65 and up and students ages 18 to 64, and free for kids through age 17.
Tickets may be purchased online at salemphil.org/buy-tickets/ or at the door on concert day. Those with questions can email information@salemphil.org.
--Whitney Woodworth
Marion County fire receives new engine from state
Marion County Fire District No. 1 has received a fire engine from the Oregon State Fire Marshal as part of the state’s “Ready Oregon” initiative.
The district received the engine on April 2.
The district says the new “type 3” engine will help it increase capacity and modernize its equipment.
The engine will be housed in the district’s Four Corners station at 300 Cordon Road NE in east Salem.
Marion County Fire District No. 1 says it responded to a record 11,041 emergency calls in 2023, including 135 fires.
“Today is a very exciting day for Marion County Fire District No. 1 and we are grateful to the Oregon State Fire Marshal for selecting our organization to receive this brand new fire engine which will serve to protect thousands of at risk properties and vulnerable populations,” Marion County fire chief Kyle McMann said.
The State Fire Marshal has purchased 76 fire apparatus for departments throughout the state as part of a $25 million program set up through a wildfire law from 2021.
–Bill Poehler
Turner couple given community service award by Oregon Dairy Farmers Association
Marshall and Nancy Christiansen of Turner were presented the Community Service Award by the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association at its March 25 annual convention.
The Christansen’s have been married for 55 years and moved to Oregon in 1986 and purchased what they developed into Meadowood Dairy as bare land.
They operate the farm with sons Erik and Brian, daughter-in-law Megan and grandchildren.
The Christiansen’s have hosted farm tours and youth calf sales, and support 4H and FFA by judging contests. Nancy has served as secretary of the Holstein Association. Marshall has been the president of the Holstein Association and has served on the Marion County Farm Bureau.
–Bill Poehler
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