Ready for new director: Policies and procedures in place
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.
Fishing for protein
Dixon Bledsoe is trolling for protein – especially in the shape of peanut butter jars and tuna cans. He plans on donating whatever he “catches” to Silverton Area Community Aid, the nonprofit food bank that is assisting record numbers of visitors.
Chamber’s challenge: Helping existing business, recruiting new jobs continues in tough times
Acknowledging that “we have quite a few businesses that are struggling right now,” Stacy Palmer, Silverton Chamber of Commerce executive director, says the organization of merchants and other businesses aims to continue to serve and strengthen the local community.
School facilities plan: A warning against investing in old schools
Stacks of documents with hundreds of pages describing the conditions of the buildings in the Silver Falls School District have been whittled down to two documents – one by the district’s Facilities Master Plan Committee with four pages and the other by Randal Saunders, an architect from Woodburn, with eight pages.
Both documents will serve as guidelines for Silver Falls School Board members to make decisions in the future for its facilities, such as the fate of Eugene Field School, what’s to be done with Schlador Street high school campus after the completion of the Pine Street campus and where the district office should be located.
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