Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with salem www.salem-news.com 2010 There was a special emphasis at a recent motorcycle gathering in Salem, on helping a young boy who is very sick but has a shot at life, if enough support can be raised to offset the tremendous costs of healthcare. Money isn't the only thing four-year old Daniel needs, as his mom, Roxanne VanDyke, explains. http://salem-news.com/articles/may242012/help-daniel-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may242012/help-daniel-tk.php Thu, 24 May 2012 03:39:00 PDT Wage theft is inherently challenging to quantify. Wage theft occurs when employers pay workers less than the minimum wage, don’t pay time-and-a-half for overtime hours, cheat on the number of hours worked, steal tips or don’t pay workers at all. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/wage-theft.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/wage-theft.php Tue, 22 May 2012 16:36:00 PDT Look closely at Seattle artist Randy Hayes’ painting and you wont find a typical canvas. What you will find is an assemblage of photographs that intriguingly float just below the surface. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/randy-hayes.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/randy-hayes.php Fri, 18 May 2012 02:07:00 PDT Despite my being happily married and in the senior citizen bracket of life, I haven't quite given up my keen admiration of a pretty female face. However, that doesn't qualify for the "dirty old man" stereotype. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/men-women-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/men-women-blc.php Fri, 18 May 2012 01:38:00 PDT Occupy Salem will present a forum featuring activist Rosalie Pedroza sharing her views on single payer health care. The forum will take place at 7 pm on Monday, May 24th at the office of Oregon PeaceWorks, 104 Commercial St. NE, in downtown Salem. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/occupy-salem.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/occupy-salem.php Fri, 18 May 2012 00:50:00 PDT Salem has been a Tree City USA for 36 consecutive years. In 2011, the City went above and beyond the annual Tree City USA requirements and received a Tree City USA Growth Award. The Arbor Day Foundation recognized the City for significant achievements in the Planning and Management category. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/salem-trees.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/salem-trees.php Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:00 PDT I am so sick of American youth being abused by a mismanaged mean and corrupt justice system in this state! If the kids in Woodburn who allegedly set a school fire a few days ago are charged as adults, we will report the abuse relentlessly. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/kids-adults-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/kids-adults-tk.php Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:00 PDT Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, cosponsor of the Merkley-Levin provision in Dodd-Frank that put into law the Volcker Rule, issued the following statement after news that J.P. Morgan lost at least $2 billion in portfolio hedging trades made by their risk management division. “What yesterday’s announcement makes abundantly clear is that even J.P. Morgan, supposedly the best risk manager on Wall Street, can make bets that go spectacularly wrong. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/volcker-rule.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/volcker-rule.php Fri, 11 May 2012 14:03:00 PDT We are opening up our advertising sales program on a worldwide scale. You sell the ad, you make 25%. There is no other agency we know of that offers that high of a commission. All you have to do is agree to our honest standards, download the rate card, find a client, and then send the information to us after the client agrees to buy. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/snc-team-building-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/snc-team-building-tk.php Thu, 10 May 2012 04:33:00 PDT Washington D.C.-based ALEC—the American Legislative Exchange Council, has just been charged in a Whistleblower complaint to the IRS by the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause. ALEC is suspected of, “misuse of charity laws, massive under reporting of lobbying, and obtaining improper tax breaks for corporate funders at taxpayer expense.” http://salem-news.com/articles/april262012/alec-politicans-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april262012/alec-politicans-mm.php Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:21:00 PDT Cheryl Roberts, president of Chemeketa Community College, has officially withdrawn her candidacy for president of Bellevue College. Roberts cites Bellevue's extensive search process interfering with her current commitments at Chemeketa as the reason for her withdrawal. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/chemeketa-roberts.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/chemeketa-roberts.php Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT During the evening of Friday, April 13th, an officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife spotted a vehicle parked in a prohibited area in Baskett Slough. Officer Rachel York determined Michael Montgomery, 49 years of age, a teacher at Sprague High School, was in the vehicle along with a minor female who is a student. http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/teacher_arrest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/teacher_arrest.php Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:35:00 PDT 39-year old Turner resident Michael, an employee with the Oregon Dept of Corrections, was arrested early Sunday morning following a three and one half hour standoff with law enforcement officers. http://salem-news.com/articles/april152012/turner-doc-arrest-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april152012/turner-doc-arrest-jf.php Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:09:00 PDT David Cobb, a fiery, humorous Texas orator, lawyer and former Green Party Presidential candidate, will be in Salem the evening of April 17th. He will address our declining democracy and the importance of amending our Constitution to end corporate control of our society and government. The event is free to the public. http://salem-news.com/articles/april142012/david-cobb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april142012/david-cobb.php Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:47:00 PDT What is your idea of a Saturday morning in spring time? In Salem, Oregon, Spring means coming outdoors, breathing in the fresh air, and maybe even turning over some soil in your own backyard. Friends and neighbors are seen mowing their yards, planning for events under sunny skies and looking for new, intriguing products to make spring really sing. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/salemsaturdaymarket-2012_bk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/salemsaturdaymarket-2012_bk.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:31:00 PDT A 36-year old employee at Oregon State Hospital who worked in security, was found dead on the hospital grounds Wednesday. In response to information requests for information about the employee who passed away Wednesday, officials have provided background information about the employee, Matthew Barron, of Salem. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/osh-death.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/osh-death.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:20:00 PDT At 8;41 P.M., officers of the Salem Police Department responded to Hwy 22W near the Rosemont Exit on a report of a male running in traffic attempting to get struck by passing motorists. Lieutenant Keith A. Blair with the Salem Police Department's Patrol Division, says additional reports indicated that citizens were attempting to subdue the male to prevent him from continuing his actions. http://salem-news.com/articles/april122012/vehicle-ped-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april122012/vehicle-ped-jf.php Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:49:00 PDT Salem-area residents have an opportunity to discuss Greek tragedies, philosophy, modern poetry and plays through a free humanities course taught at Willamette University from May to August. The class, Humanity in Perspective, will take place Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/humanities-class.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/humanities-class.php Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:49:00 PDT This writer was raised in suburban New York City and did not actually get a drivers license until I reached age 40. Thus I became a late bloomer behind the wheel. Looking back, there are many invisible lessons to be gleaned. When we drive a car, yes indeed, we are interacting with an assortment of very diverse human beings out there. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/life-roadmap-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/life-roadmap-blc.php Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:51:00 PDT ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls. These students are 15 to 18 years of age, and are coming to this area for the upcoming high school year or semester. These personable and academically selected exchange students are conversant in English, bright, curious and anxious to learn about this country through living as part of a family, attending high school and sharing their own culture and language with their newly adopted host family. http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/exchange-students.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/exchange-students.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:42:00 PDT It is a sad day in our newsroom today, as we regretfully announce the passing of our longtime writer, Henry Clay Ruark. He passed away early this morning in his sleep at the age of 94. From our humble beginning in 2004, Henry, or 'Hank' as we often called him, has been a dedicated member of our team, Salem-News.com's Op-Ed Writer. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/hank-passing-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/hank-passing-tk.php Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:52:00 PDT Sherry Fox, Director of the Wiener Laboratory at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, will discuss the study of human skeletal remains found at four Early Christian (4th Century A.D.) ecclesiastical sites in the country of Cyprus. By looking at the sex, age, diseases and trauma patterns of individuals on the island, Fox reveals an interesting picture of common burial customs. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/cyprus-remains.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/cyprus-remains.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:10:00 PDT As a two-term library board member, I need to alert all citizens that our Salem Public Library is facing serious budget cuts and we need your help to reach a viable compromise. We're told that city officials will seek a 6-hour week for the W. Salem Library this year, way down from the present 31 hours. If this happens, our main library can be next on the chopping-block. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/library-rally-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/library-rally-blc.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:27:00 PDT The city of Salem is no stranger to flooding, and residents particularly along the city's rivers, creeks and streams are taking precautionary measures to prevent damage from accumulated high waters. All Salem Urban streams remain remain below their action levels. Willamette River reached action level overnight but all roads remain open. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/salem-flooding.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/salem-flooding.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:27:00 PDT Last night at approximately 5:39 p.m., Marion County Deputies received a call of a possible body spotted in a canal near an apartment complex in Northeast Salem. Fire personnel were first to arrive at the scene in the 3900 block of Rockwood Park Drive NE. They found the body of a deceased male floating in a small canal. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/body-found-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/body-found-jf.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:37:00 PDT Many candidates for public office will spend the next several months trying to convince voters that they understand voters’ frustration over the state of the national economy. It may be easier than most for Oregon House District 12 candidate Sandra Mann, as she has faced some of those issues herself. http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/oregon-house-12-sj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/oregon-house-12-sj.php Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:40:00 PDT Following news earlier this week that Republican candidate Mitt Romney would not be attending the last scheduled presidential debate in Oregon, the Oregon Republican Party announced Thursday that the event has been canceled. The debate was scheduled for Monday evening, March 19, and was set to air on the Oregon Public Broadcasting network and affiliated public broadcasting networks nationwide. http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/debate-canceled.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/debate-canceled.php Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:22:00 PDT Forsooth, what is meant by truth? This was the focus of a lively discussion held recently by a group of armchair philosophers here at Salem's Ike Box Coffeehouse. It bears repetition to our general public. We determined that many people are inclined to blindly use the term "truth" in order to try to authenticate what merely are subjective opinions. http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/ego-truth-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/ego-truth-blc.php Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:06:00 PDT The Salem Multicultural Institute today announced that Samba Fogo of Salt Lake City will headline the 15th Anniversary World Beat Festival, which takes place June 30 – July 1. Samba Fogo Music and Dance Company draws on Afro-Brazilian traditions and mythology and fuses Brazilian dance and fire dance. http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/world-beat.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/world-beat.php Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:37:00 PST 56-year old Daniel Frank Bonham of Woodburn, died Friday night after apparently slipping and falling to his death while hiking in Silver Falls State Park. Oregon State Police (OSP), with the assistance of Marion County Sheriffs Office and the medical examiner, are continuing the investigation. Mr. Bonham's body was recovered Saturday morning. http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/dan-bonham.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/dan-bonham.php Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:09:00 PST