Line break drains water tower
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Tank empties more than half a million gallons onto Witham Hill
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expert will speak Mid Valley Adoptive Families and the Benton County Family Support Group are playing host to speaker Jackie Tasker, a clinical family therapist, at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Grace Lutheran Church, 435 N.W. 21st St., Corvallis. Tasker has therapeutic expertise and experience in attachment, bonding, trauma, grief and loss. She works with families and with adoptees of all ages as well as children who are not adopted, and with children who have behavior issues. Recently she returned from the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center in Evergreen, Colo., where she received training in attachment therapies from Dr. Terry Levy.
Master Gardener program offered
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Gazette-Times Gardeners of all skill levels are invited to become Master Gardeners. Applications are being accepted for the 2009 training program, which begins on Jan. 7, 2009. The 11-week course meets Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. through March 18 at Grace Lutheran Church in Corvallis.
Ideas, free expression and book burning
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The decision of a Halsey woman to confiscate a book from her son’s school library and threaten to burn it because she considered it offensive has been widely publicized and commented upon. Last Sunday’s opinion pages were filled with letters and editorials about the situation. Most people condemned the woman’s action; some downplayed the actual impact on children of violent written content. But all missed the most important point. Censorship, or the restriction of information to the public is among the most egregious and dangerous of all crimes.
Dentist pays for candy
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If Corvallis dentist Dr. Kurt S. Black gives her money for her Halloween candy, 9-year-old Dru Eschleman said she will donate it to cancer research.
Seven vie for six positions on Philomath council
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Gazette-Times reporter Seven candidates are vying for six positions on the Philomath City Council in the Nov. 4 general election.
4-H going beyond barnyard, crafts
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Technology coming to forefront of traditional program
G-T’s parent company stops paying dividends
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NEW YORK Lee Enterprises Inc., struggling like all other newspaper publishers from plunging revenue in a weakening economy, said Thursday it was suspending dividend payments and paying higher interest rates to gain more flexibility with lenders.
Corvallis skate park goes green . . . for a while
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The Corvallis Police Department calls it criminal mischief. The Parks and Recreation Department calls it graffiti.
OSU prof checks the buzz on a chunk of 1700s beeswax
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Everyone loves a good mystery, which is why “History Detectives” is such a popular show. This week, the PBS sleuths descended on Oregon State University to help solve the puzzle of a 25-pound chunk of elaborately carved beeswax that somehow ended up on the Oregon Coast.