Ho-ho-holidays: Events offer many opportunities to get into the spirit

December 2011 Posted in Photo Gallery | Comments Off

Photographs by Jim Kinghorn and Joanna Traeger Clear skies helped Silverton light up in style at the annual tree lighting ceremony during December’s First Friday festivities; Seven Brides gave men an opportunity to shop for their significant others at the second annual ...

A priceless gift: St. Mary’s century-old crèche restored

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By Jo Garcia-Cobb This Christmas, St. Mary Catholic Church’s nearly century-old crèche (nativity scene) will be displayed for the first time in its original glory, after major repairs and refurbishing by its original maker, the Stuflesser Studio in Ortisei, Italy. “There are ...

A stressful time: Holidays can take their toll on personal well being

December 2011 Posted in Your Health | Comments Off

By Kristine Thomas At an athletic event in late November, several women lamented the upcoming holiday season. “All I am looking forward to is the week after Christmas when everything is done and I can relax,” one woman said, adding she dreaded ...

Virtue Pack: Kick-off a success

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By Cirra Halter, JFK Student On Dec. 1, Kennedy High School students enjoyed a delicious chicken dinner and participated in dodgeball, interactive video games and an academic relay. The evening was conducted by the school’s Virtue Pack leaders and founder Randy Traeger. Head ...

Wise words: Seniors advise teens

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By Heather Ferdinand, Ian Gerig, Holly Farris, Lindsey Elmore, SHS students How do senior citizens view today’s youth? To answer that question, four reporters from Silverton High School’s Fox’s Howl newspaper visited with members of the Silverton Senior Center in late November. The students enjoyed ...

A festive fundraiser: Silverton residents share holiday settings

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By Kathy Cook Hunter The Holiday Tour of Homes is the star of this year’s holiday season in Silverton. The Silverton Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring the tour from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 as a fundraiser for its annual ...

Man About Town: Little bad, lot of good …and always entertaining

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By Jim Kinghorn Ground control to Major Don… Silverton’s own hero/astronaut Don Pettit will soon be floating in his tin can far above the Earth for the third time. His out-of-this-world adventure on a Russian commuter spacecraft will launch on Dec. ...

The Old Curmudgeon: Plastics and politics

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By Vern Holmquist While many people think the neutron bomb will be the way we meet our maker, it is being pointed out that we are far more likely to suffocate ourselves in plastic packaging. Who hasn’t bought an item only to ...

People Out Loud: My favorite things…

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By Dixon Bledsoe Oregon and Silverton through every season. Marion Berries and hugs for no reason. Indian summers, the first day of spring. These are a few of my favorite things. I like my dark beer she’s called Oatmeal Ellie and my ...

Ready for new director: Policies and procedures in place

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By Kristine Thomas As the Silverton Senior Center’s Board of Directors prepares to hire its third director since opening in July of 2010, board member Ruth Cock said there’s a reason why two directors have quit. “We weren’t ready to open,” Cock ...

Taking the helm: Bob Willoughby named Silverton manager

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By Brenna Wiegand It’s unanimous. The Silverton City Council selected Bob Willoughby of Florence as Silverton’s new Silverton City Manager. He accepted and begins work in January. That the vote was unanimous was not lost on council members, city staff or on Willoughby ...

Pursuing a passion: Janay Mulligan starts pet-sitting business

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By Brenna Wiegand When Silverton resident Karen Werner and her husband Hal set out on a three-week trip to Norway, she went without worries about her two beloved dachshunds, as well as her cat, llama and two lambs – thanks to ...

No excuses: Men’s Night Out helps gift-impaired with presents, wrapping

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By Dixon Bledsoe This article is for intended for a male audience, only. OK, men. If you think “Coach” is that great show with Craig T. Nelson and Jerry Van Dyke as his sidekick, that “Hermes” is that guy who yelled “Da Plane” ...

Feeding many needs: Shared supper brings community together

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By Don Murtha Every Wednesday evening is like a Christmas family gathering at dinner for a cross-section of the people of Silverton when they come to eat at the Silverton First Christian Church. There is no preaching and no appeals to join ...

Silverton angel arrives: Children’s memories honored at vigil

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Genie and Denny Stoll, Greg and Shannon Gossack, Bill and Judy Schmidt, and Jeri and Mike Block invite community members to attend Silverton’s Angel of Hope Candle Lighting event Sunday, Dec. 11, 6 to 8 p.m.  at 880 Main St., ...

A play with a purpose: Snow White production a benefit for OHSU research

December 2011 Posted in Arts, Culture & History, School | Comments Off

By Holly Farris and Lindsay Elmore Silverton High Sschool students Get Your Act Together For the Cure Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 - 11 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day Silverton High School Theater 1456 Pine St., Silverton Tickets are ...

Filling the gaps: Art association teaching classes in public schools

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By Steve Ritchie Sixty-five kindergarten students at Eugene Field School spent part of a recent Monday morning experimenting with art genres and techniques like pointillism, pop art and self portraits. Some of them even tried drawing while laying on their ...

Searching for an answer: Two years and still no diagnosis

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By Kristine Thomas Silverton High School freshman Tim Cain is a medical mystery. Although he’s been to several doctors in the past two years, none can determine why he has a low white blood count and abnormality in his bone marrow. An active ...

Something for the Soul: Discernment – Search for wisdom

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By Winnie Bolton I hear the word discernment on the theological formation level at Mount Angel Seminary often. Some of my volunteer time is spent at the seminary so my exposure to that continual awareness is insightful growth for me. Discernment gives rise ...

Sharing a gift: Michael Young follows his instinct to find his life’s work

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By Brenna Wiegand Among the many impressions in Michael Young’s mind growing up, the overarching refrain was that he was a little too different and should keep quiet. “When I was a little kid I would feel and know things about people,” ...

The Forum: Flipping the bird not civil

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In Silver town, there has been much controversy recently about bird flipping and the alleged giving of birds and it’s not about Thanksgiving Day, although many birds will be flipped and given on that day. Because the reference alluded to ...

A Grin at the End: Novel finished – Need readers

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By Carl Sampson I cannot get over the kindness and encouragement of strangers. Three years ago, I let slip in a column that I was writing a novel. You know that old joke — a journalist is a novelist who can’t write. To ...