{"id":192,"date":"2009-08-28T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=192"},"modified":"2009-08-28T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T01:21:00","slug":"wild-night-in-colton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=192","title":{"rendered":"Wild Night in Colton!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For anyone who is anyone in Clackamas county, the Colton Cafe is the place to be tonight! One of Colton&#8217;s local artists, Dennis Stafford, will be &#8216;unveiling&#8217; his most recent creation at 7pm tonight. For those familiar with the JBRanch blog, you may remember the custom artwork we commissioned a few months ago &#8211; with the John Deere tractor in the barn &#8211; that&#8217;s Dennis! Apparently, he has also notified the media and MULTIPLE reporters are expected to cover the event. Even while we&#8217;ve been sitting here one reporter called the cafe to say she was stuck in traffic and not to start without her&#8230; The Molalla Pioneer sends out a daily email update with 2-3 headline stories and he was included in today&#8217;s email:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#000066;\"><strong>Colton artist unveiling latest painting tonight<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Colton artist and self-proclaimed &#8220;redneck&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102685584885&amp;s=367&amp;e=001ivDNrRGi3xHW8o4BWjZqNrbOvCIGpisQmUsNup-ws6UOmoqg43dHUoDR7I1ZCrRiRgmhUxO-MVu9PfTir6xU2LdgbsuOEoq81PuH_cs-cau4y3n_PppU6A==\" target=\"_blank\" linktype=\"link\" track=\"on\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Dennis Stafford<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\"> will unveil his newest painting tonight at 7 at the Colton Caf\u00e9 on Highway 211.The public is invited to come and meet the artist. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:#000099;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Here&#8217;s the picture waiting to be unveiled (it&#8217;s wrapped in a blue t-shirt with a hand written sign that says, &#8220;unveiling at 7pm Friday&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 270px\" height=\"553\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_UBCax_ABHw8\/SpiCfymMBQI\/AAAAAAAAAiA\/5bMSI9GKUqY\/img_41.jpg\" width=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Right at 7pm, Dennis got the crowd pumped for the reveal and even received a drum roll&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375219102738503282\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_UBCax_ABHw8\/SpidS3ifVnI\/AAAAAAAAAiI\/7Z1ea3JT8iI\/s320\/Aug09_Dennis1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">But he tricked us all and had to go out to his truck to get the <em>REAL<\/em> painting!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375219108572845570\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_UBCax_ABHw8\/SpidTNRgVgI\/AAAAAAAAAiQ\/yP1jC23uxR4\/s320\/Aug09_Dennis2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375219112554127730\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_UBCax_ABHw8\/SpidTcGt4XI\/AAAAAAAAAiY\/XtqkbRVLmro\/s320\/Aug09_Dennis3.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/>It&#8217;s the Colton Cafe!!! For those of you who have visited, you&#8217;ll recognize the cute little yellow building. The crowed cheered and the Cafe owners were very proud of their new masterpiece!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375219121269767922\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_UBCax_ABHw8\/SpidT8kr_vI\/AAAAAAAAAig\/nn4WsMqjZ7o\/s320\/Aug09_Dennis4.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For anyone who is anyone in Clackamas county, the Colton Cafe is the place to be tonight! 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