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This is in the story category of “one person can make a difference.”
Reporter Abbey McDonald’s account of plans to restore portions of Mill Creek drew a lot of attention in recent days.
She featured the efforts of Sue Geniesse to round up resources for a stretch of the creek running through Salem.
“The quality of the creek is just so important to our environment in so many ways,” said Frankie Bell, who lives in the area.
Among comments from readers about the story:
•”This is so inspiring. Thank you, Sue. You’re being a good, caring neighbor.”
•“I love Mill Creek! The first time my husband and I went for a walk by the creek we saw a family of beavers!”
•“This is good. They need to do it with the whole length of the creek.”
At Salem Reporter, we are determined watchdogs, keeping a close eye on public officials and government actions. But we also are determined to share success stories like this. Have suggestions you want to share for more such stories?
If you’re looking for a good way to while away time today, head for Bush’s Pasture Park.
Photographer Laura Tesler spent hours there the past couple of days chronicling the Salem Art Fair. Look at her photo gallery and then putting on your walking shoes.
The city’s historian traced the history of the art fair, which now has been going 75 years.
In city government news, the Salem City Council is pushing ahead to see what Salemites think about services and taxes. Reporter Joe Siess has the latest. And we have the latest roundup of news from Salem’s neighborhood associations.
At the Salem-Keizer School District, the school board has decided to amp up its conversations with Oregon legislators. As Managing Editor Rachel Alexander reports, board members have on the agenda limiting new mandates from the state on what schools do. Superintendent Andrea Castañeda used an appearance before the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce to challenge high school graduation standards. She is becoming a voice at a state level on education matters.
Reporter Madeleine Moore tells what has happened since a new drug treatment provider opened in Salem last fall. “We picked Salem because Oregon is one of the most underserved states for treatment,” a spokesman said.
Abbey McDonald shares plans of Grace House to add beds to help women in transition in their lives.
In development of another kind, photographer Ron Cooper captured some of the moments as the decades-old sky bridge at the now-closed Truitt Bros. cannery came down recently.
The final event in a long-running criminal saga involving stolen watches and heirlooms happened in a Polk County courtroom. A Salem jeweler learned his sentence for his thievery.
And in a special investigative report, learn how a Republican state legislator appears to have rigged a big pay raise from an outside public employer.
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