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  • A horse of a different color

    Patrick Farrell, Local Contributor|Updated Jan 17, 2024

    It was horses that inspired Ashley Tolton to open Painted Hills Pastry, a French pastry shop on Main Street in the tiny Eastern Oregon town of Mitchell. Sitting cross-legged on the floor of her art studio, paint brush in hand, Ashley admits that French pastry isn't her first love, but it comes close. "Horses are everything to me. If I could be training horses the rest of my life, I'd be the happiest person on the planet." she admits. Raised in the San Francisco bay area, Ashle...