CREATING THE MEAL --
Charles Ashcroft gets the kitchen going before serving Thursday's meal at the Canby Center.
Take an old school bus, turn it into a rolling restaurant for the hungry and what do you have? “A blessing,” according to Ronell Warner, director of the Canby Center. Through a partnership with St. Vincent de Paul, the mobile kitchen rolls into Canby every Thursday at noon to serve free hot meals for two hours to those who can’t get one. It’s a hint of hope for many people who may not see much hope in their current circumstances.
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11/17/2009 4:00:16 PM
John Hackworth hiked through the woods behind an I-5 rest area recently to find a homeless family whose children attend Canby schools. He got the family help, including a place to live.
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11/18/2009 11:34:22 AM
Two Canby schools earned “outstanding” grades on the state’s latest batch of report cards, with the rest of the district’s schools getting satisfactory marks.
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11/17/2009 4:14:16 PM
TERREBONNE – The body of a missing Wilsonville man was found Monday in the Crooked River Gorge in Deschutes County, two days after his vehicle was discovered in the area.
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11/17/2009 2:34:04 PM
The Canby Middle School Production of “A Christmas Carol” will perform at the Richard R. Brown Fine Arts Center in Canby High School at 7:30 p.m. on Dec.
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11/16/2009 4:11:40 PM
Wednesday, Canby and the nation paused to say thanks to the men and women of the country’s armed forces. November 11 is the day set aside to honor those who wear or have worn their country’s uniform in times of war, in times of peace.
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11/13/2009 1:31:29 PM
Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Bret Smith is Canby’s new chief of police.Smith was tabbed for the post Friday morning. His selection is a hopeful first step in the recovery process from a nearly a year-long struggle that saw former chief Greg Kroeplin resign and later led in part to the firing of city administrator Mark Adcock.
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