It is with hope – and caution – that all concerned attempt to join forces to keep Homer Davenport Days alive and well on its traditional weekend this year.
How do you envision downtown Silverton streets and sidewalks? There is still time for you to have your say in the future look and function of downtown Silverton. Much discussion about downtown streets and sidewalks followed a presentation by Silverton Community Development Director Steve Kay at a community meeting Jan. 27.
The first thing Teresa Bryant, Marilyn Hall and Bev Fleckenstein say about receiving this year’s Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce’s Helping Hands Award is “Nann should be in here with us!” Their theory is that Nann Fleck figures she got her due when she and husband Don received the First Citizens Award in 2003 and nominated her dedicated cohorts for this award.
They’re always there in the bleachers at the various school events of their children and grandkids — mostly basketball games. Carolyn and Jerry Roth will not miss a game if they can help it. And that’s a bigger undertaking than it sounds.
Silverton Chamber of Commerce has chosen Douglas and Antonia Jenkins to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at Silverton’s First Citizen Banquet Feb. 19.
Suzie Couraud was sitting in her shop when she received probably one of the most surreal surprises of her life.
“I’d just gotten back from a couple weeks in London and was experiencing jet lag,” Couraud said. “I was sitting in the shop and in came this group of people carrying a bunch of balloons. It was kind of like Publishers Clearing House.”
David Beeson of Silverton embarks on his second term as president of the Oregon School Boards Association this month. Having filled the office in 2005-2006, Beeson is the first person to serve twice in this capacity in OSBA’s 64-year history.
Forget New Year’s resolutions about working out every day or never eating sugar or fat again. We all know they end up abandoned because they prove next to impossible in our unpredictable everyday lives.
Many people think of art as expensive and dismiss the idea that they could own some of their own. Lunaria Gallery is out to disprove that – right in the middle of the holiday gift-buying season.
“Enough is enough, Mr. Mayor,” was the message delivered en masse by the Silverton City Council Dec. 6 in its 6-1 vote to censure Mayor Stu Rasmussen. Rasmussen later called the move “an ambush” … “cooked up in private” by a “kangaroo court.”
It’s rehearsal time at Silverton High School for A Christmas Carol. A large line of students are being taught a Victorian dance at center stage; in the wing off stage right, professional costumer Karyl Carlson is rounding up students for their measurements.
A dedicated band of people who enjoy the old-fashioned ways of socializing are dedicated to keeping the Waldo Hills Community Club alive and its wood-heated hall open.
Almost everyone knows pets are good for you, but when they become part of a special needs class, their impact is seen in a more tangible way. Mary Rankin, who teaches basic life skills to students with special needs at Silverton High School, is quite pleased with this next step in the class’ “We Let the Dogs Out” program started in 2007.
Many working poor people are unable to go to their local food bank during business hours. Though these agencies often meet after-hours requests, for the one asking it means one more stressor, one more favor, one more potentially embarrassing moment.
Stu Rasmussen retains the gavel as Silverton’s mayor for the next two years. Rasmussen received 1,364 of 3,382 votes cast, 40 percent of the mayoral vote.
At one time or another, most Silverton residents have had ideas about how to create more local jobs. Or they have wished it wasn’t necessary to drive to Salem or Portland for the goods and services they need. Now’s your chance to be heard – and it only takes 10 minutes.
When autumn arrives in the peaceful hamlet of Pratum, a curious cast of characters shows up around town, to the surprise and amusement of residents and passersby.
The three Silverton mayoral candidates actually have much in common. Kyle Palmer, Stu Rasmussen and Judy Schmidt all grew up in Silverton and graduated from Silverton High. Each possesses a long track record of community service; a term often taken for granted, but as a way of life, it is rare indeed.
In recent years, Kyle Palmer has set out in some new directions that have made his life richer and more satisfying. Longtime manager of Silver Creek Animal Clinic, last year he earned certification as a veterinary technician and now spends part of the day performing dental procedures on cats and dogs.0
Stu Rasmussen was the kid taking the toaster apart to see how it worked – and putting it together again, his family none the wiser. His volunteerism started quite early and was fostered by a number of patient mentors.
Too many times in the past 18 months, Dixon Bledsoe has seen the desperation of people in dire straits and felt the frustration of having to turn some away.
Last spring, Jeff Roth of G & C Farms was thinking about the need for hope. He was also thinking about the farm’s second annual harvest celebration; namely, a design for this year’s corn maze.
In keeping with motherland tradition, the German settlers of Mount Angel have held harvest festivals since the late 1800s. So when the first official Mount Angel Oktoberfest hit the streets 45 years ago, it had all the necessary components: a biergarten and a dozen food booths. And, as a farmer sharpens his plow, Mount Angel has been honing its Oktoberfest ever since.
Stu Rasmussen’s main goal as he seeks a second consecutive mayoral term as is to “Keep Silverton Silverton.” Rather than work at remaking the community (especially the downtown area) “to conform to some pie-in-the-sky ideal of what a modern city should look like … indistinguishable in its cookie-cutter blandness,” he is adamant that the only major change he’d consider is a return to all two-way streets downtown.
By Brenna Wiegand Fr. Bernard Youth Center 980 S. Main St.; P.O. Box 790 Mount Angel, OR 97362 503-845-4097; www.fbyc.info Ways to Support FBYC Encourage group bookings Volunteer time and skills Join board of directors Donate funds Sponsor an event They came; they saw; they got to work. As a summer service project and retreat, 50 high school students from […]
