By Jim Kinghorn
Soooo, did you win? Did you win any portion of the $448 million Powerball Jackpot? Well, somebody did, but odds are it wasn’t you…. in fact, you had a better chance to be struck by lightning… twice… You had a better chance of becoming president or an astronaut (astronaut sounds cool but I think I’ll pass on the president gig)… You were more likely to be killed by a vending machine, or my favorite, you were more likely to meet your demise in an asteroid apocalypse…. Hey, it could happen….
If you are wanting to get a little exercise and advice on your health and well being, Silverton Health is offering a monthly “Walk with a Doc.” The first of the 30-minute walks will be hosted by Dr. Michael Grady on Aug. 17 and comes with a free T-shirt, pedometer and blood pressure check. Call 971-983-5319 for the details, lace up your shoes and get walking….
If those 30 minute walks get too easy, you might want to start training for the Nov. 2 Silver Falls Marathon…. but with “a full loop around the 9000+ acre state park with significant elevation gain covering very scenic and challenging terrain,” The Man sez you’ll be needing a doctor along on this workout too….
The monks up on the mound are brewing up an idea to combine hymns with hops. The Benedictine Brewery will carry on the long standing monastic art of making beer and be run out of the Abbey’s “old fort” building. The brewery will include a tasting room and on-site sales but don’t work up a good thirst just yet, as the first kegs are still likely a year away.
Here’s an actual headline you never want to see: “Testicle biting fish found in Sweden”…. Think about that the next time you take a dip in Silverton Reservoir….
With plans to bring back parking enforcement to the Silverton streets (part-time only but you won’t know when…) and Officer Bricker back out on the recently fixed (or hopefully not…) police motorcycle, The Man will soon have many new opportunities to find himself on the short end of the long arm of the law….
The Peter and Bertha Soderberg House (aka The Inn on Pine B&B) recently received designation to the National Register of Historic Places. The 1921 bungalow is a great example of the craftsman style that was very popular in this era. Owner/Innkeeper Ginny Merriman says getting on the registry was a long, two-year process…. It must take bureaucrats a long time to decide if something is old….
As the Silverton City Council wrestles with how to pay for replacement of the city’s aging sewer network, The Man sez to take comfort in the fact that things could always be worse…. Workers in London recently discovered a “lump of fat the size of a double decker bus” clogging a sewer. The “fatberg” contained an estimated 15 tons of festering food waste, wet wipes, and “a host of other disgusting ephemera.” The supervisor in charge reckons “it has to be the biggest such ‘berg’ in British history”…. So they’ve got that going for them…. The Man sez that if we find something cool like that in our sewers, we should stick a sign in it, name it after Gerald Fisher, and declare it a tourist attraction. Just think of all the extra business at the local restaurants that would bring….
The Man About Town is a collection of rumor, hearsay, misinformation and … well, you get the drift. If you have a tip, contact The Man, either on the street or at [email protected]. If you have a gripe… beware, he just might pick on you next.
See you on the street…
