Gazette-Times Requests Stories from the Community
CORVALLIS -- Leading up to this year's
Tcha Tee Man Wi Storytelling Festival, the
Gazette-Times invites the community to share its unique stories. We ask you to share your original and true stories.
Written stories must be 200 words or fewer. Include your full name, street address, phone number and e-mail address and send to
news@gtconnect.com. For more information, contact managing editor
Rob Priewe at
rob.priewe@lee.net or 758-9525.
Selected stories also may be posted on the storytelling festival Web site and read aloud during some of the festival events.
In submitting stories to the Gazette-Times, readers are asked to write on one of two themes:
Theme 1: How We Came TogetherTell how you became part of the local community. Whether your ancestors were rooted here for over 150 years, or you arrived just last month, tell a bit of what brought you to this area/ first experiences or impressions/ the stories you’ve inherited about coming here.
Theme 2: 150 Years Ago – Where We WereIn 1857, some people were beginning the city of Corvallis. What were your ancestors doing in that same year? Dig up and tell us true tales about your family members, wherever they were.
The newspaper also will record some people telling their stories, and will post those podcasts at www.gazette-times.com. Call reporter
Theresa Hogue at 758-9526 to schedule a recording time. Recordings will be made Feb. 2-3 at the library, and reservations must be made in advance.
Oral stories can be on either of the same two themes, and can be told by one or two people at a time. Stories should be five to eight minutes long, and must be appropriate to be heard by all ages.
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Submitted via email by Jana Zvibleman