Canby’s field trip was filled with experiential learning related to the theme of pollinators. Students rotated through 10 stations including the water station, 4-H program, tractors and insect stages. They planted basil, nasturtiums and marigolds to take home.
Canby’s beloved Casey the Cougar has gotten a makeover. Canby High School unveiled a fresh, new redesign for its Cougars logo during a brief event at the Applied Technology Center in April
Canby High School’s track and field athletes impressed on the sport’s biggest stage at the OSAA state championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, winning two individual and team events and claiming a fifth-place finish for the 5A boys.
Canby High School junior Patricia Campbell proved herself such a hero recently when she swooped into action to help a person choking and unable to breathe at the Bridgeport Village mall in Tualatin.
The Canby High School band program capped an unprecedentedly successful spring campaign with some shiny new hardware this year, bringing home second place at the OSAA Band/Orchestra State Championships and placing fourth at the Oregon Music Education Association State Jazz Championships.
Nikki Griesenauer and Robyn Flynn met about seven years ago, cutting hair at a barbershop chain in Oregon City. They grew tired of working for somebody else; then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and they had a lot of time to think about their future.
Fundraising continues for a larger facility. With the community’s support, the nonprofit also plans to greatly expand and enhance its programs and services in Canby, strengthen partnerships with other local organizations and nonprofits serving those in need, and work to share its model with neighboring communities who have expressed interest in replicating it.
August and September is Dahlia Festival
Long Bros. is so much more than building supplies.
“Over the years, we’ve expanded into blueberries, raspberries, marionberries, but we still specialize in strawberries. They’re a little bit harder to grow, but people love them and they’ve done well for us.”
They came. They sang. They conquered. That was the story as the Canby High School concert choir claimed their first state championship with a pitch-perfect performance in the OSAA Choir State Championships at Oregon State University on May 5.
Almost every story about success a Canby High School team or athlete has experienced at the state level is also a story about Canby Kids. Canby Kids Inc., is the local, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to providing youth recreational and competitive team sports opportunities for children in and around the Canby area on a year-round basis.
There are countless names and families who stand out in the annals of local history, and who helped found Canby and built it into the community it has become over the past nearly 200 years. Framed with its iconic twin rows of black walnut trees
planted in 1859, the Barlow House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 15, 1977, and remains a prominent landmark of Canby to this day.
One day in 2005, after moving into his first home in Molalla, he drove by the fire department and noticed a sign recruiting volunteers. Propelled by a strong post-9/11 desire to give back to his community, he signed on to this blended band of professional staff and volunteers. Looking back, he realizes how much that decision directed everything that came next in his life.
Chris started chatting with the owner, Brian Haines, and asked in a sort of offhand way if Brian thought that he could teach him the guitar. He’ll never forget the response: “No hesitation, no pause, just ‘Of course I can,’” Chris recalls. Thus began a friendship that has spanned a decade or more, involving multiple generations of both the O’Neil and Haines families. Three generations of the O’Neil family take lessons at Canby Music, covering a wide array of instruments — including guitar, ukulele, flute, violin, drums and saxophone. Every Wednesday night, the family comes together at Canby Music for a group lesson and jam session.