2010 Santiam Marketplace & Outdoor Show

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

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This year’s Santiam Marketplace & Outdoor Show was held yesterday at the Stayton Middle School. I went and took several random photos, and even managed to take photos of actual people this time, so that’s a plus. There were plenty of free food samples (the dutch oven cooking samples [...]

Santiam Senior Center Grand Opening

Friday, January 15th, 2010

(Click here to see my Flickr photoset of the grand opening!)
Yesterday I attended the grand opening of the Santiam Senior Center, at the invitation of Greg McWayne, president of the center’s non-profit organization. The new center is housed in a space provided by the Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company (SCTC), for a whopping $1 a year. [...]

Alex Hargreaves & Jake Jolliff Concert

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

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Jake Jolliff (mandolin) and Alex Hargreaves (fiddle) performed last night at Cartwright’s Music Event Center. Jake and Alex are two extremely talented young musicians, and it was a pleasure to see them perform.
They were also briefly joined on stage by Alex’s younger sister, Tatiana (also on fiddle), and Ken [...]

2009 Holiday Craft Bazaar

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

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Saturday was this year’s Holiday Craft Bazaar, held at Stayton Middle School. There were a lot of booths, a lot of people, and I have a small amount of photos to show for it. Check ‘em out at my Flickr photoset from the bazaar.
Thanks to those who allowed me [...]

2009 Santa Cruise Part II

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

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Today is the second part of my photos from the 2009 Santa Cruise classic car show and toy drive held at the Stayton Fire Department on Saturday. Yesterday I posted photos of the toys, so today I’m focusing on the cars.
It was quite cold during the car show, so [...]

2009 Santa Cruise

Monday, December 7th, 2009

The 19th Annual Santa Cruise, a fundraiser for the Stayton Fire Department’s Toys For Joy program, was held on Saturday morning. I did my best to take photos, but it was extremely cold (sub-freezing), so I didn’t get as many as I would have liked. I heard there were well over 200 hundred cars. Not [...]

‘Zat You, Santa Claus?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Yesterday morning was the 19th Annual Santa Cruise at the Stayton Fire Department, a car show and breakfast benefiting Toys For Joy. I took several photos of cars and such, but haven’t gone through them yet. So instead I decided to post a celebrity — Santa Claus. It doesn’t get much bigger than that. He [...]

2009 Oregon State Fair

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

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As promised yesterday, here are some photos from the Oregon State Fair, taken on Sunday. These were rushed shots, as I didn’t have much time. Check out my Flickr photoset to see more photos.

Peter Cetera At The Oregon State Fair

Monday, September 7th, 2009

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Last night I went to the Oregon State Fair in Salem, and attended the Peter Cetera (with the Oregon Symphony) concert. I’ve created a Flickr photoset from the concert with a bunch of photos, if you’re interested.
I would like to thank the powers that be for the non-rain during [...]

Corn Festival Car Show

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Today’s photos are more from Guest photographer Debbie D. Dodd, taken at the Boy Scout sponsored car show at the Aumsville Corn Festival, held over the weekend (see also: yesterday’s photo from the Corn Festival parade). Below are more photos from the car show. Click on each thumbnail to see a larger version.
Note: tomorrow I’ll [...]

Corn Festival Parade

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Guest photographer Debbie D. Dodd has sent along several photos, most of which are from the Aumsville Corn Festival, which is being held this weekend. I’ll be posting Debbie’s photos as the week goes on.
Today’s photo is from the parade. Debbie added a nifty art effect to the photo. Pretty cool.
For those outside the [...]

Tracy Reynolds In Concert

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

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Last night was the final concert in the summer concert series put on by Ken Cartwright of KENC Community Radio and Cartwright’s Music Repair Shop, and sponsored by Monte’s Coins & More and the Stayton Parks and Recreation department.
Singer Tracy Reynolds performed several of her songs of her CD [...]

Joe Stoddard & JR & The Farm

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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Last night was another free outdoor concert at Pioneer Park, sponsored by KENC Community Radio, Ken Cartwright’s music repair shop, and Monte’s Coins. Performing were Joe Stoddard and JR & The Farm, as a trio. It was fun with lots of good music, laughs, and only a few drops [...]

Outdoor Concert At Pioneer Park

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

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As promised yesterday, here are the photos from the free outdoor concert held at Pioneer Park on August 4th. Performing were the local chapter of the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association with Dale Emery. Ken Cartwright (shown above, left, with Dale Emery), who put together the show, also performed [...]

26th Annual National Night Out

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Note: today’s photos are from the National Night Out. Tomorrow’s post will be for the free concert held at Pioneer Park. I need more time to process those photos.
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Last night was this year’s National Night Out, which is a crime and drug prevention event, plus it’s chance for [...]