Articles from the May 28, 2020 edition


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  • Gary Purpura runs the Eastern Oregon Half-Marathon for 46th time

    Stephen Allen|Updated Jan 17, 2024

    Gary Purpura first came to Spray when he was 19 years old in the early 1970s. "In the summers I would take a drive and look for work," says Mr. Purpura who now owns the brokerage firm Liberty Capital in Portland. On one drive, Gary saw a "help wanted" sign for farm workers. It paid $20 a day with room and board. Gary went to work for Bud and Cecilia Reed, bucking bales outside of Spray. That year, he learned of the Eastern Oregon Half Marathon and Spray Rodeo and ran the...

  • Fossil Artist Daniel Robinson to exhibit in Portland, viewable online

    Updated Nov 29, 2023

    Charles A. Hartman Fine Art is excited to present Under the Sun, the newest body of work by Oregon-based artist Daniel Robinson. In this stunning new suite of paintings, Robinson illuminates the modern American landscape with stillness and strength. Combining the influence of classic American social realists with a contemporary use of light and color, Robinson's paintings are imbued with a fundamental, essential beauty. Lacking in artifice and full of integrity, Robinson's...