Visitors to the Oregon Jamboree this past weekend were greeted by some other newcomers to town: the Burger Family, stationed outside Sweet Home’s historic A&W drive-in on Main Street.
The Burgers’ presence outside the restaurant was the culmination of years of effort by owner Josh Hankins to procure the iconic figures that once graced A&Ws across the land.
Hankins, who has owned the local A&W with his wife Patty since 1999, said he first got…