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Mt. Angel picks city manager finalists
Pool narrowed to four
APPEAL TRIBUNE
The four finalists for the po-
sition of Mt. Angel City Man-
ager will come to the area July
15 and 16 to meet the City Coun-
cil, staff, and other community
leaders, as well as the general
public, to make their case why
they deserve to be the city’s
next manager.
The council narrowed the list
of candidates to five following
preliminary telephone inter-
views with eight candidates.
One of the finalists has since
withdrawn from consideration.
The list of finalists are as fol-
lows:
» Steve Dahl, most recently
city manager of Phoenix, Ore-
gon for three years, holds a
master’s degree in manage-
ment from Atkinson Graduate
School of Management at Wil-
lamette University;
» Steven Hasson, currently
the city administrator and trea-
surer for the city of North Bon-
neville, Washington for three
years, holds master’s degrees in
public administration from Boi-
se State University and in busi-
ness administration from Xavi-
er University;
» Zoe Monahan, currently a
management analyst for the
city of Tualatin for two years,
holds a master’s degree in pub-
lic administration with a spe-
cialization in local government
management from Portland
State University; and
» Richard Riggs, most re-
cently the assistant director
and legislative coordinator with
the state of Oregon Department
of Geology and Mineral Indus-
tries for one year, holds law de-
gree from Willamette Univer-
sity.
Candidates will be taken on a
tour of the city and meet staff on
Friday afternoon and will be
available at an informal, public
meet-and-greet reception from
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the
Mt. Angel Community Room,
290 E. Charles Street.
Citizens are encouraged to
attend to meet with the appli-
cants and ask them questions.
On July 16th the Mt. Angel
City Council will conduct inter-
views with each of the candi-
dates and hope to make a final
selection after the interviews.
CREEKSIDE CHAT
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL DAVIS/STATESMAN JOURNAL
From left: Patti Lindquist, Jim Thomas and Janet Thomas are hoping to interest volunteers to join them at the South Falls Nature Store. The gift shop supports improvements and amenities
at Silver Falls State Park.
HELP WANTED AT
SOUTH FALLS SHOP
MICHAEL DAVIS
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Nature calls (for volun-
teers) at state park gift shop
First up on a sun-splashed
Wednesday session of Creek-
side Chat were three ambassa-
dors from the Friends of Silver
Falls State Park.
The married duo of Jim and
Janet Thomas, along with
their friend Patti Lindquist,
appealed to us to post a notice
that help is needed to fill shifts
at the Pacific Northwest-cen-
tric gift shop at the park.
“We are desperate for vol-
unteers,” Jim said. “We can use
volunteers for as little as four
hours a day.”
Jim has been working at the
South Falls Nature Store
(that’s its official name) for
seven years. During that span
he has met visitors from Taz-
mania, Siberia, India and many
other countries that don’t end
in “ia.”
Each year, workers at the
shop place push pins on a glob-
Gus Frederick is already thumping the tub for the Homer Davenport
Community Festival, the hometown summer fun fest on Aug. 5-7.
Architect Victor Madge hopes to see up to 20 laser-engraved historical
markers placed on pedestals throughout Silverton.
See CHAT, Page 3A
Butch Stetson said he has enough money to run his auto repair program
for high school students but not enough to build it.
Local brewery launch party on Friday
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Friday, July 15, is D-
Day for Belgian Under-
ground Beers, as the 2-1/2-
year-old Silverton compa-
ny debuts its ale at a
launch party at Seven
Brides Brewing from 7 to
11 p.m.
Armée Secrète, named
for the Belgian Resis-
tance’s “secret army” dur-
ing World War II, is the
company’s
signature
golden ale. It will sell on
tap all evening – accompa-
nied by a Belgian dish,
probably Flemish stew, on
the menu – to celebrate
the company’s licensure
as a craft beer seller.
“It’s real now,” said co-
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owner Dale Coleman. “It’s
gone from being a big-
time hobby to a business.”
During the past year,
Coleman and his co-own-
er, son-in-law Sheldon Le-
sire, lost a partner and a
location but gained inves-
tors, support and licens-
ing to brew more beer
than they’d ever planned.
Instead of making one
barrel at a time, now
they make 15-18. On
their first batch for
sale, that worked out to
be 41 kegs.
Belgian
Under-
ground is part of a
growing community of
beer-makers benefit-
ing from Seven Brides’
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