Scott Swanson
Melissa Cheek has always appreciated public art and when she took over ownership of the Holley Market four years ago, she inherited a piece – a severely weathered carving of a miner that stood outside the store.
Once she got things running smoothly at the store, Cheek started thinking about two similar carvings she’d seen lying in the pavilion next to East Linn Museum, a restoration project that had never come to fruition.