A drone camera captures fields of a yellow seed crop adjacent to orchards and fields of the Spring Valley area in west Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
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Uncategorized PHOTO: ‘Naturally, in Salem’ features outdoor scenes from around the area
With April showers, Salem gardens are starting to put on their finest. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) When April showers come your way, don’t retreat to the living room and curl up with a good book. Reach for your camera, (or phone), and head out into the garden. While it may be counter[Read More…]
Uncategorized Not quite a century old, original Leslie Junior High School disappears
A view from a drone shows construction crews making progress to take down the old Leslie Junior High School, adjacent to South Salem High School. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The brick school house that was Leslie Junior High School opened in 1927, serving south Salem for 70 years. When the new[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Old Leslie Junior High School building demolished
A sign reminds spectators of COVID-19 prevention measures, as sidewalk superintendents gather to watch the demolition of the old Leslie Junior High School Wednesday, April 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Demolition began this week on the old Leslie Junior High School building, a brick building that opened in 1927 and has[Read More…]
Uncategorized PHOTOS: In Salem, find refuge from the pandemic at Bush’s Pasture Park
A pollen-laden bee hovers near a camas root flower in Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) It happens every year in mid April, even during the coronavirus shutdown, the annual eye-popping burst of spring color in Bush’s Pasture Park in south Salem. Well planned and maintained, the park,[Read More…]
Uncategorized And now for a break from the pandemic
The popular statue of former Gov. Tom McCall, in Salem’s Riverfront Park, has become a photo destination after getting a pandemic update. The statue of McCall, with a fly rod in one hand, and a steelhead in the other, has attracted throngs of photographers after someone placed a personal protective[Read More…]
Uncategorized PHOTOS: This was a stay-in-your-car Easter service at west Salem church
Unable to conduct the usual Easter morning service in the chapel because of coronovirus restrictions, Pastor Seth Morley of the West Salem Christian Church delivered his sermon from a makeshift pulpit on a flatbed trailer parked in the church’s parking lot. Church members were asked to keep their windows rolled[Read More…]
Uncategorized And now a break from the pandemic
The historic Oak Grove Church in west Salem at sunset recently. The church was built in 1882. Throughout Salem, churches will be unusually quiet on Easter Sunday, April 12, as congregations obey the state’s order to avoid large gatherings and stay home. Some churches planned to provide “virtual” services by[Read More…]
Uncategorized PHOTOS: Crews from local construction company don protective gear to clean out first responder vehicles
Clad in full hazmat suits, employees of 3R’s Construction spray an antiviral disinfectant into the interior of a car from the Aumsville Police Department on Thursday. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The COVID-19 outbreak has kept first responders in Salem very busy. It’s also meant their vehicles need to be disinfected to[Read More…]
Uncategorized And now a break from the pandemic….
A tractor operator has no worries about social distancing as he tackles spring chores in a field on Kuebler Boulevard in south Salem. The temperature crept above 70 on Thursday, April 9, and will be in the 60s in the next few days, according to the National Weather Service. (Ron[Read More…]
