Sports Briefs
Published: 5/13/2013 11:44:40 AM
North Marion brothers Austin and
Ethan Berkey both qualified for the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A boys tennis state
championships in the singles bracket.
Austin, a junior, defeated his freshman brother in three
sets in the Special District 2 semifinals May 8 at Portland
Tennis Center,
7-6, 4-6, 6-3.
Published: 5/13/2013 1:03:07 PM
The Canby girls rugby team advanced to the state title match
for the seventh year in a row with a 51-12 win over North Clackamas
in the May 11 semifinals at Delta Park
in Portland.
Published: 5/13/2013 1:50:33 PM
The Canby Junior Baseball program’s Midget Federal team took
second place at a May 3-5 tournament in Sherwood.
The squad, led by head coach
Eric Pottratz and assistant coach Ed Netter, won one game on Friday evening,
two on Saturday and another on Sunday before coming up short in the
championship game.
Births
Published: 5/15/2013 11:00:57 AM
Olivia Rose Lemos
Olivia Rose Lemos was born April 20, 2013, at Silverton
Hospital to Fionia and Antonio
Lemos, of Salem.
She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20 inches at her 3:04 a.
Viewpoints
Published: 5/15/2013 9:48:53 AM
It's getting so I fall asleep all the time. Everywhere. I am getting a bad reputation for being unable to stay awake through movies, TV shows, ballgames, concerts, plays, dental appointments and even conversations between the other person who lives at our house and myself involving things I ought to be doing to make our lives better.
Published: 5/15/2013 9:52:56 AM
Spring and summer bring traveling con artists and scammers from all over the United States. These con artists will often contact citizens at their private home, often driving pickup trucks or small dump trucks, and portray themselves as contractors.
Letters to the Editor
Published: 5/15/2013 9:44:02 AM
Voters urged to tab Thoroughman for board To the editor: As a current member of the Canby Fire board of directors, I urge you to vote for Steve Thoroughman on the upcoming election, May 21.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:27:09 AM
Drivers need to pay better attention to pedestrians To the editor: I have been living in Canby for just less than one year. One of the joys of living here is the ability to walk all over town and enjoy the parks and businesses.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:31:05 PM
Aurora voters needs to help support volunteers
To the editor:
The heart and
soul of the Aurora Fire Protection District are 35 men and women that volunteer
to serve the district.
Sports
Published: 5/8/2013 10:13:35 AM
As Coby Cates waited for his third turn on the runway in the javelin competition, his mother vacated her seat in the bleachers.
The senior had posted underwhelming results on his first two attempts during the Canby track and field team’s league finale May 7, and Brooke Cates had noticed something wasn’t quite right with his technique.
Published: 5/1/2013 3:22:51 PM
The Canby boys golf team wasn’t outstanding, but it was consistent.
Although the Cougars tied their season-worst league score with 318 points April 29 at Oswego Lake Country Club, they posted another second-place finish behind conference frontrunner Lake Oswego (287) in the final match of the regular season.
Published: 5/2/2013 12:19:52 PM
At the site of this year’s state championships, the Canby boys golf team showed why it is excited for the postseason.
The Cougars tied their season-best score with a 302, taking second place at an elite 24-team invitational May 1 at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis.
Published: 5/2/2013 1:36:45 PM
PORTLAND — Canby girls tennis coach Caitlin Henden was realistic about her team’s chances.
As she watched a doubles match from the bleachers on the first day of the district championships at Portland Tennis Center, she was asked if any of her players had a shot at qualifying for the state tournament.
Published: 5/2/2013 5:02:04 PM
Brian Benson and Tyler Landis had won their first two doubles matches of the district tournament and were one win away from qualifying for the state tournament.
Published: 5/3/2013 1:26:07 PM
Christian Parr and Shane Whitehead gave the North
Marion track and field team a pair of wins in the distance events May
1 at home against league opponents Gladstone and Estacada.
Published: 5/5/2013 1:03:58 PM
If you’re in the Canby area Saturday morning and wonder why the bicyclists on the road look like they’ve just stepped out of a pool, well, it’s because they have.
Published: 5/6/2013 11:03:20 AM
Canby High alumnus Nick Widmer and the Oregon
State men’s lacrosse team defeated Oregon
to win a league championship May 5 at Wilsonville
High School.
Widmer, a 5-foot-11, 170-pound goalkeeper who graduated from
Canby in 2011, was named the most valuable player of the Pacific Northwest
Collegiate Lacrosse League’s championship tournament.
Published: 5/6/2013 1:06:04 PM
The tables have turned.
Two years ago, the North Marion
baseball team lost all three of its games against conference champion La Salle
Prep. Last season, the Huskies took one game in the series but couldn’t catch
the Falcons in the race for the league crown.
Published: 5/15/2013 10:12:17 AM
Ben Crumley finished in the top half of the individual leaderboard in his first appearance at the boys golf state championships.
The North Marion junior shot a 95-88 (183) to tie Baker junior Riley Carter for 31st place out of 81 players during the Class 4A tournament May 13-14 at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell.
Published: 5/14/2013 3:13:09 PM
Three years ago, then-Canby boys golf coach Darek Franklin was approached during the Class 6A state championships by colleagues who were impressed with his team’s first-year players.
Published: 5/14/2013 10:54:29 PM
HILLSBORO — The Canby baseball team won a game for the first time in more than a month, shut out an opponent for the first time all season and scored more runs in a game than it had since March.
Published: 5/13/2013 12:02:30 PM
A year after placing fifth in the conference and getting bounced in the
play-in round of the state playoffs, the North Marion baseball team claimed its
first Tri-Valley Conference title with a 10-2 win over the Gladstone Gladiators
on May 6.
Published: 5/13/2013 12:54:51 PM
The male and female course records were both broken at the
ninth-annual Gator Grinder triathlon, which was held May 11 in Canby.
Scott Gifford, 31, finished in 58 minutes 6 seconds to best
the mark of 58:19 set by Roman Schultz in 2006.
Published: 5/9/2013 3:55:39 PM
OREGON CITY
— The Canby girls golf team learned about its league’s tiebreaker rules the
hard way — the very hard way.
All season long, the Cougars had fought Lake
Oswego for the conference’s second state bid as West
Linn cruised to the frontrunner position in the Three Rivers
League.
Published: 5/10/2013 2:36:37 PM
OREGON CITY — Heading into the district tournament, Canby boys golf coach Ryan Swearingen had one important message for his players.
“I told them, ‘Guys, sign your cards correctly,’” he said.
Published: 5/11/2013 8:15:40 AM
With less than 30 seconds remaining in the Canby boys lacrosse team’s season finale, Cody Sibel harnessed a pass from Konnen Bell, turned toward the goal and fired a fadeaway shot into the back of the net.
Published: 5/15/2013 1:34:37 PM
The Canby softball team has earned a spot in the playoffs for the 20th season in a row, clinching its berth with a dominant 10-0 play-in victory over Hillsboro in five innings at home May 14.
Published: 5/16/2013 10:23:16 PM
Krissy Peterson wrapped up her standout high school career with a sixth-place finish at the Class 6A girls golf state championships May 13-14 at Quail Valley Golf Course in Banks.
Published: 5/18/2013 11:10:05 PM
OREGON CITY — Devon Fortier just needed to hear the gun. He took care of the rest.
The speedy sophomore zoomed his way to a sweep of the two boys sprints May 17, highlighting the Canby boys track and field team’s outing at the Three Rivers League championships at Pioneer Memorial Stadium.
Published: 5/19/2013 2:19:30 AM
OREGON CITY — Having already clinched a state bid in the girls javelin entering her final attempt at the Three Rivers League championships, Liliya Benz was feeling adventurous.
Published: 5/20/2013 1:33:26 AM
Two members of the North Marion track and field team qualified for the Class 4A state championships during the Tri-Valley Conference district meet May 16-17 at La Salle Prep in Milwaukie.
Published: 5/20/2013 2:33:38 AM
Austin Berkey ended his tennis season as a consolation finalist at the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A state singles championships May 17-18 at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Published: 5/20/2013 1:41:12 PM
It took two days to get the job done, but the North Marion
softball team stormed its way into the state playoffs with a 13-1 victory over
No. 9 Madras on Saturday.
Published: 5/21/2013 2:36:16 PM
Ernie Espinoza could see the disappointment on his players’ faces.
They had kept alive the Canby girls rugby team’s tradition by securing the program’s seventh-straight appearance in the state title match, but they couldn’t call themselves champions when the referee blew the final whistle May 18 at Canby High School.
Police/Fire Log
Published: 5/21/2013 12:11:30 PM
AURORA FIRE
Monday, May 13
1:54 p.m., alarm,
15000-block of Browndale Farm Road.
Wednesday, May 15
2:12 a.m., first
aid, 500-block of Whiskey Hill Road.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:03:44 AM
AURORA
Monday, April 29
4:03 a.m., first
aid, 21000-block of Camellia Court.
Monday, May 6
8 a.m., mutual aid,
12000-block of Carl Road,
Woodburn.
Tuesday, May 7
1:42 p.
Published: 5/7/2013 4:50:01 PM
AURORA FIRE
Monday, April 22
10:47 a.m., first
aid, 11000-block of Main St.,
Donald.
3:24 p.m., mutual
aid, 19000-block of Highway 99E, Hubbard.
8:42 p.
Opinion Pieces
Published: 5/8/2013 2:28:33 PM
I’m so “P’d” off.
Well, there goes
the old cloak of invincibility. Right out the window — one “P” short, I
suppose, of the perfection that seems to be not only the goal of the newspaper
world but the bane of those who work in the industry.
Obituaries
Published: 5/15/2013 10:58:22 AM
Ruby E. Clemens
Ruby E. Clemens, 96, died May 2, 2013, in Milwaukie.
She was born March 19, 1917,
in Jamestown, N.D.,
to Inga and Seymour Arneson.
She married Irvin Harold Clemens.
Published: 5/7/2013 4:45:25 PM
Kenneth Rodger Triplett
Kenneth Rodger Triplett, 60, died April 22, 2013, in Aurora.
He was born May 31, 1952, in
Silverton to Rosabelle and Jake Triplett.
Published: 5/21/2013 12:05:18 PM
Carol Walsh Hubert
Carol Walsh Hubert, 84, died Monday, May 13,
2013.
She was born April 27, 1929,
in Portland to Michael and Mary
Walsh,
She attended St.
Local News
Published: 5/21/2013 12:28:43 PM
Where are anglers most likely to find salmon, trout and
steelhead? Molalla River Watch will hold a community presentation of the
results of the snorkel surveys in the Molalla
River, Milk Creek and their
tributaries at 6:30 p.
Published: 5/21/2013 12:32:16 PM
The Canby Public Library will offer basic introductory
classes are for beginners with no prior computer knowledge.
Class time is one hour.
-- Create a free Email account – Tuesday, May 28, at noon
-- Navigating the LINCC Library catalog – Tuesday, June 4, at
noon.
Published: 5/21/2013 1:24:11 PM
A variety of rainbow-colored merchandise helped cheer a
rainy, gray morning at the Canby Saturday Market next to Cinema 8. Shoppers
braved the cool rainy weather to peruse the plants, vegetables and other wares
offered by market vendors.
Published: 5/21/2013 1:29:24 PM
Feet tread slowly over the bricks as eyes glance from right
to left and, for some, shed tears at the memories. Canby’s Vietnam Era Veterans
Memorial was created as a place of healing and remembrance for all veterans and
their families, something that’s on display at one time or another most every
day.
Published: 5/15/2013 12:52:08 PM
A Friday night crash on Highway 170 just south of the city
claimed the life of a 19-year-old Canby man and injured two others.
Daniel Gonzalez was the front-seat passenger in an auto that
struck and snapped a power pole in the 25100-block of Highway 170 near Aldercreek
Lane about 11 p.
Published: 5/15/2013 12:53:31 PM
Don Morgan has been generous with his time for public
service.
The Macksburg area resident has served 12 years on the board
of directors for the Canby Area Parks & Recreation District and filed early
as a candidate for re-election to Position 5 in the May 21 special district
elections.
Published: 5/21/2013 12:01:46 PM
By?JEFF MCDONALDFor the Herald The blueprints for development at the Aurora State Airport have been accepted, but moving toward actual construction will take time, aviation and local leaders say.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:29:05 AM
A former Clackamas County Elections employee was sentenced today to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to official misconduct and unlawfully altering a cast ballot.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:30:55 AM
A Canby School Board candidate forum, sponsored by the Canby Educational Foundation, will take place Wednesday, May 8, at 7 p.m. in the OMNI Room at Canby High School.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:06:35 AM
Novelist Jane Kirkpatrick will headline this year’s “Remembering Emma” program. On Saturday, May 11, visitors can experience an exciting new living history walk based on the life and times of true life pioneer Emma Wagner Giesy, heroine of the “Change and Cherish” historical novel series by writer Jane Kirkpatrick.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:11:53 AM
Canby City Administrator Greg Ellis talked about Canby urban renewal and gave pointers to the Molalla City Council on how to get urban renewal projects up and running in Molalla.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:14:55 AM
The Canby Utility Board proposes to increase water revenue by 9.95 percent as of June 1 this year and up to that percentage next June after review. The revenue increase will come only from an increase to the flat base charge that has not increased since 2007.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:20:39 AM
The Canby Public Library has recently been awarded two national grants that will support exploration of cultural diversity, peacemaking and community bridge-building later this year.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:24:41 AM
The Canby Public Library’s next Music in the Stacks will be Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m. This month’s featured artist will the Mariachi Calavera playing authentic music from Mexico.
Published: 5/7/2013 4:58:15 PM
By JEFF MCDONALD
For the Canby Herald
Four former volunteer firefighters in Donald stepped up their
criticism of the Aurora Fire District and its board of directors last week,
alleging ethics violations by one board member and saying the district has not
represented their needs.
Published: 5/7/2013 5:06:27 PM
Costs keep rising and City
Administrator Greg Ellis and his staff battle to hold the city’s budget in
check.
It’s a yearly game the city has to
play, one that seems to give costs the advantage.
Published: 5/7/2013 5:09:47 PM
A Saturday fire destroyed an unused
water well pump house owned by the city of Aurora
near Liberty and Fourth streets.
The fire was reported about 8:30 p.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:48:07 AM
Canby’s annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast will celebrate its ninth year with Mayor Brian Hodson and Rep. Bill Kennemer, along with local businessmen and pastors at 6:30 a.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:32:43 PM
The city of Canby
has just launched “Explore Canby,” a new app that makes finding the information
people need easily on their favorite mobile devices.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:34:45 PM
CTV Channel 5,
Canby’s public access channel, now has its own website at ctvchannel5.com.
The website
includes a schedule of each week’s programming on channel 5.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:39:00 AM
New to gardening or just trying to grow some produce at
home? The Canby Public Library will hold a free Master Gardener class at the
library.
The next class is:
n Tuesday, May 28, at 6:30
p.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:43:34 AM
The Canby Public Library will screen and discuss its second
featured film at Baker Prairie
Middle School Thursday at 6 p.m.
“Koran By Heart,” tells the story of how each year, 100 of
the smartest kids from across the Islamic world arrive in Cairo
for the world’s oldest Koran reciting contest.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:46:31 AM
The 15th Annual Little Miss Pioneer pageant will be held
Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Aurora
Presbyterian Church. Six young ladies, ages 9
to 12, will compete for the title this year.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:51:08 AM
The Canby Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a leadership
development seminar Friday from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Canby Police Department
community room.
Published: 5/15/2013 12:03:46 PM
North Marion
Intermediate School
held the district’s first Iron Chef competition, a program that produced
excitement, entertainment and information on nutrition.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:11:11 AM
Canby United
Methodist Church
will host a concert featuring the William Jessup University Choir and Orchestra
Tuesday, May 21, at 7 p.m.
Tom Ruscica directs the 87-voice choir from Rocklin,
Calif.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:14:01 AM
Cascade Nursery Trail specialty nursery members will open
their doors to the gardening public during the open house weekend events from 10 a.m. to 5
p.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:22:29 AM
Seventy-five years of anything is impressive. Seven-plus
decades of dedicating time and resources to community service takes it up a
notch, doesn’t it?
That’s what Canby Kiwanis Club has brought to the community
and why it will celebrate its 75th anniversary this summer with special
projects and a special lunch on Monday, July 15, in Cutsforth’s Town Hall.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:23:56 AM
Molalla River Watch will hold a community presentation of the
results of the snorkel surveys in the Molalla
River, Milk Creek and their
tributaries Wednesday, May 29, at 6:30 p.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:25:05 AM
Aurora Unit 110 American Legion Auxiliary will take on a new
project this month — feeding liver and
kidney transplant veterans awaiting surgery at the Portland VA Medical Center.
Published: 5/15/2013 11:29:10 AM
Christopher Jonathan Budd, 18, left, who received his Eagle
Scout award April 27, is congratulated by Troop 258 Scoutmaster Ed Holbrook.
Budd is the son of John and Teressa Budd, of Canby, and is a senior at Canby
High School.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:16:05 PM
The language
exchange group meets Mondays at 10:30 a.m.
at the Canby Public Library.
The Canby Library
wants to bring people together to practice English and Spanish through the
Vamos A Intercambiar — Let’s Talk
Together program.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:21:33 PM
Canby
United Methodist
Church will host a concert
featuring the William Jessup University Choir and Orchestra Tuesday, May 21, at
7 p.m.
Tom Ruscica
directs the 87-voice choir from Rocklin, Calif.
Published: 5/8/2013 3:12:12 PM
Canby
chiropractic physician David Dewar has been selected from hundreds to provide
chiropractic services at the World Games in Colombia
this summer.
Published: 5/15/2013 9:57:18 AM
It’s not unusual to find a rather tall man dealing with the small issues of his front yard along 16th Street in Canby. After all, Nate McMahon stands a shade over 6-foot, 5-inches tall.
Published: 5/15/2013 10:11:09 AM
When Ken Arrigotti and his wife, Lori, looked at Canby, they saw plenty of restaurant potential. Come the middle of June, the pair will open Backstop Bar & Grill in the old Canby Pub & Grill location at Second Avenue and Grant Street.
Free Access
Published: 5/9/2013 9:24:48 AM
The Canby Utility Board of Directors invites interested persons to comment on proposed new water base charges at a public hearing. This proposal will increase water revenues 9.
Published: 5/3/2013 12:10:02 PM
Pat O’Dell should be sleeping. It’s around midnight in early January of 1985, and he’s on a bus back
to North Marion after an evening of basketball in Sweet
Home.
Education
Published: 5/1/2013 10:36:11 AM
Sgt. David Lancaster traveled a long way to say thank you. His journey took him from Afghanistan to a fourth-grade classroom at Eccles Elementary School.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:43:19 AM
They may not stand education on its head, but they are flipping a few classrooms. Four Canby High School teachers are applying a new approach in their ninth grade math classes.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:39:02 PM
Soroptimist International of Lake Oswego
awarded Clackamas Community
College student and Canby resident Sarah Tedrick
a $500 scholarship during an awards ceremony earlier this month.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:41:12 PM
Each term, the University
of Oregon names its top students to
the dean's list in recognition of their academic achievements. During the 2013
winter term, 1,517 UO students qualified for this honor.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:42:05 PM
Baker
Prairie Middle School
will hold an open house from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. Students will
showcase their work and other talents.
The open house
will replace the spring conference, which was originally scheduled for May 8.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:43:42 PM
Emily Trapp will
hold a free fundraising recital Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. at Zion?Mennonite
Church.
Proceeds assist
Trapp in attending the Schlern International Music Festival in Völs am Schlern,
Italy, from July 9 to 29.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:47:47 PM
Canby
High School art students displayed
their creations during the annual Spring Art Show April 24-25 in the lobby of
the Richard R.
Brown Fine Arts
Center.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:50:21 PM
Canby
High School has named its April
students of the month. They are: Front Row: Peter Jordan, Sara Tro, Suzanne
Kahl, Emily Rumpca and Leo Gomez. Back Row: Darien
Coutu, Christian Blaskowsky, Adam Permetti, Austin Sumpter and Jairo Romero.
Published: 5/1/2013 10:53:06 AM
Baker Prairie Middle School geography teacher Tony Crawford has been elected vice president of the Oregon Education Association. Crawford was elected to a two-year term at the recent annual representative assembly of the 42,000-member teachers union held recently in Portland.
Published: 5/15/2013 12:40:48 PM
There was plenty to see and be amazed by as students, parents
and other visitors gathered May 2 at Ninety-One School.
The evening was a celebration of learning with a focus on
science and the arts, according to Jennifer Gingerich, Ninety-One PTA
art representative.
Published: 5/15/2013 12:45:55 PM
More than 70 visually impaired athletes from kindergarten to
teenagers competed in track events and other contests Friday at the Ackerman
Center athletic fields.
Community News
Published: 5/15/2013 11:32:36 AM
Flower basket fundraiser
for Thelma’s Place
Thelma’s Place is having its yearly hanging basket
fundraising sale.
Each basket has a variety of colors and types of
flowers.
Published: 5/8/2013 2:14:00 PM
Canby letter carriers food drive Saturday
Canby letter
carriers and other volunteers will hold the 20th National Association of Letter
Carriers food drive Saturday.
Published: 5/21/2013 3:14:32 PM
Wine tasting event is
Thursday evening
Oregon Wine Month grant tasting will be held Thursday, May
23, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at
Cutsforth’s Thriftway. The event includes appetizers and wines from six Oregon
wineries.
