Stu Rasmussen: Silverton mayor-elect shares his goals
It’s going to take more than the current economic hard times to dampen Mayor-elect Stu Rasmussen’s enthusiasm to help lead Silverton residents further toward a vibrant and livable community.
New leader: Silverton Together manager passionate about helping families
Brenda Sturdevant hasn’t been manager at Silverton Together long, but her knowledge of family support, experience in community work and her enthusiastic way of looking at things brightens the organization’s future. Sturdevant, a proponent of Silverton Together, its staff and the community, is looking forward to her tenure as manager.
Take it slow: Crock pots are answer to grandma’s wood-burning range
If money is getting tight or time is running short, reach for a wonderful 1970’s-era electrical kitchen appliance that cooks your meal for you while you are off at work, sleeping or otherwise engaged – a slow cooker.
Ann Snelling: Toastmaster District 7 governor knows what it’s all about
It was a burning passion to speak before Christian women’s groups that led Ann Snelling to seek out and join a local Toastmaster club even though the closest club met a 6:15 in the morning, 60-round-trip miles from her Silverton home. Now, nearly 10 years later, Snelling has become Toastmaster International’s District 7 Governor in charge of 161 clubs in Oregon, southern Washington and Northern California.
“I just like the organization and what it does for individual people,” Snelling said of Toastmasters. “I still belong to my Salem Toastmasters club and I’m also a member of Silverton Silvertongues which I joined as a mentor a few years later. By helping me increase my communication, listening and thinking skills, those clubs have helped me make significant personal growth. I’m not aware of any organization that does what they do.”
Rooting for favorites: Ugly vegetables deserve more respect
By Jan Jackson A steaming plate of lightly boiled turnips that have been sliced, sautéed in butter and sprinkled with a little sugar is a tasty thing to behold – as are big pots of winter stews and soups laced with rutabagas, parsnips, carrots, potatoes (and more turnips) and other ugly root vegetables that get a bum rap because of […]
Fall Line owner constructs BMX track at state fairgrounds
By Jan Jackson The Beijing Summer Olympics and the Oregon State Fair have fast action BMX racing (bicycle motocross) in common this summer and Jason Franz of Fall Line Bike, Skate and Snow in Silverton is right in the middle of it. Franz and his crew are responsible for building the BMX track at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, 2330 17th […]
Grow it yourself: raising food in small spaces
By Jan Jackson The luxury of walking outside the door and plucking something fresh and vine ripened is not just a treat for the palette but the pocket book. All you need is a little space in which to tuck a tomato or cucumber plant, a container that would grow a lettuce bowl or a space to build a little […]
Fewer acres planted in strawberries this year, but outlook is good
By Jan Jackson Slow to ripen but sweet and juicy as ever, Oregon strawberries are the best and the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Strawberry Commission have stepped up efforts to market them to processors and fresh market consumers. Strawberries have been in the Willamette Valley since 1846 when Henderson Luelling loaded up two extra wagonloads of fruit […]
Cook fresh: favored foods from farmers market
By Jan Jackson The cooking-fresh season has started and to prove it, shoppers carried empty produce bags and baskets into the Silverton Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 14, and left with them full. While returning shoppers made straight for their favorite vendors, new shoppers took more time looking to see who and what was there. New market manager Courtney Basile, a […]
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