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CHAMBER
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As you make your
plans and start your shop-
ping lists, remember to
look local this holiday
season. There are so many
little small business gems
in the Grande Ronde
Valley — the treasures
you fi nd here are unlike
what you’ll fi nd anywhere
else. Plus. the hunt, the
exploration is half the fun.
Explore the valley
for unique fi nds — grab
a coff ee and treat from
Brother Bear Cafe, Le
Bebe Cakes or the Lib-
erty Cafe (or, something
from all three — I’m not
judging), then head to
the Union Merc for some
one-of-a-kind fi nds before
traveling to the north end
of the valley to All 4 You
Salon & More in Elgin.
Defi nitely grab lunch at
the Summerville Tavern
before stopping by Kauff -
man’s Market in Island
City for delicate and
charming home decor. Or,
look for a fun Sasquatch
knickknack or world-fa-
mous sausage from the
Imbler Market, or browse
the plethora of goodies
from disc golf and birder
supplies to craft beer at
the Bobolink. You could
fi ll many days discovering
what we have locally.
One of the Cham-
ber’s Ambassadors said
it best: Why wait for two
days (or more) for it to
be delivered when you
can have it now? Explore
new local businesses or
revisit the familiar places
you shopped at when you
were a kid — that doesn’t
mean their displays aren’t
a treasure trove of new
adventures this season.
So, get out there, stir
up some childhood nos-
talgia (even if it’s just
for the dopamine) and
hang a few strands of
twinkly lights. Who
knows, maybe you’ll end
up a winner of the cham-
ber’s annual county-wide
Holiday Decorating
Competition.
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Suzannah
Moore-
Hemann is the execu-
tive director of the Union
County Chamber of Com-
merce & Visitors Informa-
tion Center.
GAME
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bones in a big pan. The water
in it is then boiled steadily
until all the fat and fl esh
comes away.
The process of cleaning
bones with dermestid bee-
tles is known as skeletoniza-
tion. Larvae of the beetles is
placed on the bones and they
clean the bones of fl esh.
“Beetles give bones a
museum quality fi nish.
People with trophy animals
want that,” she said.
The beetle cleaning option
will not be available until
after January.
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workers,” Gail Krumenauer,
state employment economist
and author of the report,
told the Business Tribune.
“We’re already in a situ-
ation, with an unemploy-
ment rate at 4.4%, that is
really low by historical stan-
dards. Employers are cur-
rently having widespread
“We will be easing into
it. We need time to build a
beetle colony,” Steevens said.
Steevens is operating her
new business with the help
of her daughter, Christine
Benitez, who will be the store
manager.
People who want to visit
Catherine Creek Hides now
by appointment can make
arrangements to do so by con-
tacting Steevens or Benitez
by phone at 541-910-3683,
via email at catherinecreekh-
ides@gmail.com or through
Facebook or Instagram.
Catherine Creek Hides
will conduct its grand
opening in January at a date
that will be announced later.
Michelle Steevens displays a cow skull and goat hide on Saturday,
Nov. 27, 2021, at Catherine Creek Hides, her new business in Union.
diffi culty fi nding all the
workers that they’d like to
hire or need to hire.”
Many of these aging
workers do plan to retire
within the next decade —
retiring their skill sets and
knowledge, as well — and
business owners will need
to replace them somehow.
“Even though we should
see some of that current
(hiring) diffi culty get allevi-
ated in the coming months,
in the longer term with
more workers hoping to
retire in the coming years,
that’s going to create a dif-
ferent but ongoing source
of diffi culty for them to
have enough available
workforce,” Krumenauer
said.
The report said the aging
workforce trend can be
expected to accelerate in the
near future. It also found
the pace of retirements will
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have higher shares of aged
workers. In Oregon, the
health care industry has
the most aged workers, the
report found — and rural
counties have even more
aged workers.
However, employers in
Portland metro counties will
fi nd larger groups of young
workers to recruit from
when replacing retirees in
general, the report said.
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YOUR BIRTHDAY by Stella Wilder
Born today, you know that it’s not enough
to start something, but it’s everything to finish
-- and that’s what you are likely to dedicate
your entire life to: Finishing anything that you
start, so long as it does not exceed the
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