Students help spruce up old city hall building

Statesman Journal – Salem, Or.
Justin Much
6/10/09

WEST SALEM — It was a perfect setting for youth helping the old, only in this case the latter was the old West Salem City Hall on Edgewater Street.

On May 29, before the day heated up, Marvin Sannes welcomed the arrival of a half dozen Chemeketa Community College students, members of Peter Starr’s Community Service and Leadership class. The students made short work of the creeping ivy in front of the building, then helped out with the spreading of bark dust, landscaping and a variety of other chores.

Sannes, the building’s owner, was not the only beneficiary. The primary intention was to give Community Action Head Start a helping hand. Head Start has a facility and playground for 3- and 4-year-olds at the site, which it has occupied for almost two years. [...]