From the Hazelnut Festival in Mount Angel to Santa’s Workshop at The Oregon Garden, from the Christmas tree lighting in downtown Silverton to the Celebration of Families and the Angel of Hope gathering, December is a time of year when what it means to be a community comes forth. Photos by Kristine Thomas and Jim Kinghorn
Genie and Denny Stoll, Greg and Shannon Gossack, Bill and Judy Schmidt, and Jeri and Mike Block invite community members to attend Silverton’s Angel of Hope Candle Lighting event Sunday, Dec. 11, 6 to 8 p.m. at 880 Main St., next to the Gordon House by The Oregon Garden.
Shannon Gossack and Genie Stoll have a new appreciation for blisters. Both women earned a few in September, while working on the Silverton Angel of Hope memorial public garden near the Gordon House at The Oregon Garden.
Silverton residents Genie Stoll, Judy Schmidt and Shannon Gossack didn’t ask to be invited to the “club” that has no official name.
