Sweet Home girl, who is autistic, wins instrument signed by stars

Scott Swanson

Of The New Era

When the phone rang at about 7:40 on the Monday morning following the Oregon Jamboree, Velma Canfield, of Sweet Home, answered.

It was a man.

“Is Brandi there?”

Brandi, Canfield’s 17-year-old daughter, is autistic.

“I thought, ‘Who the heck is this calling?'” Canfield said.

It was Scott Schuler from KRKT Radio’s Scott and Angie Show. That’s when things clicked for Canfield.

“Did Brandi win the guitar?” she asked.

Yes,…

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