By Stephen Floyd When The Silverton Appeal was established in 1880, the city was barely older than the paper’s founder, 25-year-old Henry Guild. The Appeal outlasted numerous competitors during its early decades and survived two world wars, the Great Depression, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and the advent of the internet. But Silverton’s first and longest-running newspaper […]
By Paula Mabry After a final mediation session that lasted well into the evening Jan. 27, Silver Falls Education Association and the Silver Falls School District came to an accord on wages and contract language. Now the proposed settlement must go to the school board and SFEA membership for ratification. The school board meets Feb. 3. As of Our Town […]
By Paula Mabry Planning code changes that would make limited, tiny-unit transitional housing for the homeless possible on church property in Silverton will have their fourth public hearing Aug. 6. The Silverton Planning Commission held two hearings prior to sending its recommendation for approval to the council. After an hour of public testimony July 2 the council added the topic […]
By Paula Mabry In July, Silverton will have been home to a hospital for 100 years. In an effort to create “a legacy of health for the next 100 years” the Silverton Health Foundation launched a $1 million fundraising campaign May 17 to support medical center expansion plans. The goal, foundation director Randy Stockdale explained to the audience of business […]
By Paula Mabry and James Day The Silverton City Council has directed staff to proceed with plans for the demolition of the former Eugene Field School, which was built in 1923. The 6-0 council vote on April 2 will pave the way for a new police station and eventually a civic center. Former Mayor Stu Rasmussen asked the council to […]
By Paula Mabry The Oregon Garden Foundation and the City of Silverton have been offered a fiscal bouquet of debt forgiveness by Marion County. Think of it as a retroactive $6.1 million tourism grant out of Oregon Lottery funds. The proposal, if accepted by all parties, would free the foundation of indebtedness to the county, advance the city’s recovery of […]
By Paula Mabry It’s a common axiom in the United States that everyone has a right to their own opinion. It’s even a given one has the right to express their opinion. But where, and how, there’s the rub. For Silver Falls School District Board Member Todd White the where has been through social media channels. It’s the how that […]
By Paula Mabry History was an important element in July in the public’s positive response to the plan for the City of Silverton to purchase the Eugene Field School site from the Silver Falls School District for $1 million. Generations of schoolchildren attended the 96-year-old North Water Street facility, and despite wear and tear and the changes that come with […]
By Paula Mabry The “ayes” have it — and on a 6 – 0 vote July 17 the Silverton City Council agreed to move forward with a $1 million offer on the former Eugene Field School site. Now the city has 60 days to determine if the North Water Street property will work for a new police department and potential […]
By Paula Mabry As we head to press today here is the news from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office: GUNMAN DIES FOLLOWING SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE IN SILVERTON RV PARK At approximately 1:49 p.m. Feb. 25, the Willamette Valley Dispatch Center began receiving 911 calls from the residents at the Silver Spur RV Park. Callers reported a man carrying several firearms […]
You know the old saying, the one that goes “Nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room…” Well, in this issue, let us introduce you to The Elephant at Eugene Field School.
There were no pitchforks at the Jan. 3 Silverton City Council meeting, despite the fliers displayed in downtown businesses in the days prior urging residents to “Grab your pitchfork and rally to support our mayor.”
About 120 years ago I was a poor student living in a mill-town hovel outside of Springfield, working full time, going to school full time, and trudging head down past the U of O Fishbowl daily. There was no point to going in. I had no money to buy coffee or anything else.
Matt Ogle’s speech class at Silverton High is one of my favorite things. I’ve had two kids go through the program, and while the weekend tournaments can make scheduling family time a challenge, it’s been wonderfully worthwhile.
I heard recently that “the end is near” and the speaker sounded quite delighted. The end, in this case, being the end of the recession. It struck me as kind of funny. “The end is near.” Usually those words roll out in somber tones. Instead, a chipper TV business reporter was rattling off a list of positive indicators, despite the impending backruptcy of GM. She was right. Overall there was good news.
