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Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist to make Philomath appearance
The Sanctuary of Healing Arts near Philomath will host a Grammy Award-winning jazz singer on Friday, July 26, the organization announced. Sara Gazarek & Band will perform at 7 p.m. at SoHA’s wooded venue located at 23321 Alsea Highway, which is about 4 miles south from the Highway 20 and 34 intersection. The doors open at 6:30 p.m.
At food pod, that tent is gone for now
Since last winter there has been a pod of food trucks, “Charli’s on I-5,” near the freeway in Albany, just off southbound Exit 234 on Airport Road. Last month the owners asked the Albany City Council to let them keep in place a large tent they had put up to shelter diners, to no avail.
Volume 5, Number 147, July 20, 2024
Good afternoon. In the newsletter today: We have a preview of an upcoming concert that will feature Sara Gazarek, a jazz musician who just won a Grammy Award in February. Also, the OSP Log with the state’s most-recent highway fatalities includes an ambulance-related incident on I-84 and a head-on collision near Corvallis. Plus, the latest in the Mount Union Stories series, a preview of next week’s Inclusivity Committee meeting and the BCSO asking for help on a public indecency case.
Down to the river, an unexplained fence
There was still a section of concert fencing across a new path in Monteith Riverpark Friday. It didn’t necessarily keep people from getting to the riverbank, but why keep a fence there at all?. Like others before me, I walked around the fencing Friday because I wanted to see...
On the riverfront path, what you can see
Big important news happens elsewhere, but on Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path there are little things to notice and to see. For instance, on Friday I noticed that a broken rail on the path’s roughly 40-year-old boardwalk under the Ellsworth Street Bridge had been fixed. When I called...
Is Sugar Water Good for Plants? Experts Weigh In
Sugar, as humans know it, is an essential molecule for many living creatures on this planet. But the idea of using sugar, or a solution of sugar and water, to help plants grow is popular enough on social media to entice many to try it. Does it actually work? Ahead, we asked experts to address whether sugar water can be useful for plants and what to expect if you pour a sugary mix on your garden soil.
‘Intersections of Art and Activism’: King Youngblood’s Cameron Lavi-Jones on Bringing Rock to the New Generation, Corvallis Show
Cameron Lavi-Jones is the frontman of the modern era – genuine, approachable, genre-welcoming, and passionate about social change. The 25-year-old is the founder, vocalist, and guitarist of Seattle-based rock fourpiece King Youngblood, composed of himself, drummer Paul “Styx” Stoot, bassist Samy Garcia, and cellist Chet Peterson. Ahead of the group’s August 16 show at Common Fields in Corvallis, Oregon, Lavi-Jones sat down with the Commuter to talk about his band, their mission, and the power of a string section.
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