Make the McKenzie Connection!

Articles from the August 8, 2012 edition


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  • Living Design

    Aug 8, 2012

    Wheelbarrow plant container From Natural Home & Garden By Jenny Andrews If you’re looking for home décor that is beautiful, affordable, suited to any taste and actually improves the health and wellness of your home, look no further than your neighborhood garden center. With their wide array of colors, shapes and textures, houseplants are a perfect way to enliven your home’s interior landscape. They’re a fun outlet for gardening in winter and a perfect way to connect with nature in urban homes without much outdoor space. Living with...

  • Long-gone dance hall at Cottonwoods hosted Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, maybe even Elvis

    Aug 8, 2012

    Dancers at Cottonwoods Ballroom By Finn J.D. John Halfway between Albany and Lebanon on Highway 20, not far from the bottomlands of the South Santiam River, there’s a little store called the Cottonwoods Market. If you should find yourself driving by with a few minutes to spare, you may be tempted to stop for a snack. If you do, pause for a moment on the porch of that market and look across the street at the dusty, overgrown vacant lot on the other side. That’s the former site of the Cottonwoods Ballroom. A legendary dance hall The Cot...

  • Best road ride

    Aug 8, 2012

  • Leaburg station ready for rebuild

    Aug 8, 2012

    McKenzie Fire's proposed Leaburg Station" src="http://mckenzieriverreflectionsnewspaper.com/sites/default/files/medium_Color%20Leaburg%20Station.png" style="width: 250px; height: 143px; margin: 5px; float: left;" LEABURG: Since forming over 50 years ago as the Thurston-Walterville Rural Fire Protection District, McKenzie Fire & Rescue has increased its area of coverage. The original fire station was constructed at the junction of Millican Road and the McKenzie Highway with volunteer labor and donated materials in 1959. Two years later the...

  • Hot enough?

    Aug 8, 2012

    McKenzie River Reflections...