Streaking Silverton outfoxes North Eugene for 9-0 Class 5A softball victory

Katie Mannion did something her brother couldn’t do: win in Eugene. The Silverton senior tossed a shutout and helped herself with three hits to lead the 13th-ranked Foxes to a 9-0 win over No. 3 North Eugene in the first round of the OSAA Class 5A softball playoffs Wednesday evening …
http://www.registerguard.com/web/sports/28120564-46/north-inning-run-mannion-game.html.csp

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 00:31:11 -0700

Your Saturday: Oregon Garden Brewfest continues, plus craft spirits, German and Polish fests and goodbye to the New ...

There are some great beers and great scenery at the Oregon Garden Brewfest today in Silverton plus, here in Po0rtland, the Toast Artisan Spirits Tasting, Germanfest 2012 at Bailey's Taproom, Crown the eagle fest at the White Eagle and farewell to the New Old Lompoc all day...
http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2012/04/your_saturday_oregon_garden_br.html

Published: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:02:11 -0700

Ore. astronaut to help dock Space X Dragon

PORTLAND -- Oregon astronaut Don Pettit will help the first commercial spacecraft dock at the International Space Station Thursday night. He will use the station's grappling arm to pull the unmanned Space X Dragon capsule into an airlock. The Dragon was launched Tuesday and Pettit told mission control he had spotted it for the first time early Thursday morning. More: Private rocket blasts off ...
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Oregon-astronaut--153724295.html

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:05:37 -0700

Portland chefs and artisans tout Oregon's bounty in New York at 'Oregon Food Assault'

The event, part tasting, part party, was designed to fete the East Coast food media while drawing attention to September's inaugural Feast Portland food festival, an ambitious three-day undertaking aiming to become the Northwest's flagship culinary event.
http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2012/05/portland_chefs_and_artisans_to.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 13:18:03 -0700

Bon Appetit Presents Feast Portland To Debut September 2012 As The Northwest's Flagship Food Event

NEW YORK, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The hub of the artisan food movement and the birthplace of industry legend James Beard, Portland, Oregon, is situated in the ingredient epicenter of the world with soil, vineyards, ocean, and pastures that produce one-of-a-kind food that makes this...
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bon-appetit-presents-feast-portland-to-debut-september-2012-as-the-northwests-flagship-food-event-152612645.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:27:32 -0700

Production for Season Two of "Grimm" Commences on May 30

Repeats of the series will air Mondays at 10:00/9:00c this summer as a build up to the show's return in August.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/05/25/production-for-season-two-of-grimm-commences-on-may-30-51313/20120525nbc01/

Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 15:34:52 -0700

Silverton boys win district title

Silverton High School senior Julian Canda broke the Mid-Willamette Conference district meet record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.19 and won the 300 hurdles in 39.81 on Thursday at McCulloch Stadium to help the Foxes boys team win the district meet
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120518/PREPSSPORTS/305180030/1018

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 04:37:58 -0700

Silverton's Jordan Martin signs to Chemeketa

Silverton senior Jordan Martin has signed to play softball at Chemeketa.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120427/UPDATE/120427017/1018

Published: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:32:26 -0700

Lions program offers free cataract surgeries, screenings for low-income people

The 18 pre-qualified people receiving free cataract surgeries today are benefiting from the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, which serves nearly 100,000 people a year with free mobile health screenings, surgeries to help sight and hearing, exams for visually impaired children, and refurbished hearing aids.
http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2012/04/lions_program_offers_free_cata.html

Published: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:07:44 -0700

Brewfest to get garden hoppin'

Hops, lots of hops and bubbles. The Oregon Garden will be bursting with bubbles as Silverton welcomes 6,000 visitors in search of suds. Oregon Garden Brewfest will run noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the garden's J. Frank Schmidt Jr.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120426/ENT/304170028/1059

Published: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:56:45 -0700