Sustainable Silverton is hosting a Repair Fair and Share from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the Silver Falls Library, 410 S. Water St. Free services to be offered at the event include small appliance repair, simple jewelry repair, sewing and textile repair, house plant consulting, simple bike repairs and tech assistance with computers/phones/tablets/electronics and tool […]
By Melissa Wagoner Growing up, Craig Bazzi’s grandparents – immigrants from Northern Italy – spoke mostly Italian, as did their neighbors. “But it wasn’t spoken in our home,” Bazzi recalled. And so, the language wasn’t something he ever learned. Then, as an adult, he took a trip to Italy with his wife, to reconnect with distant relatives and to see […]
By James Day Sustainable Silverton is putting on an event on how communities such as Silverton can thrive in changing times. The free event runs 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb., 8 at the Silver Falls Library, 410 S. Water St. Presenters in the “community conversation” will look at the examples of the 2020 wildfires and the 2021 ice […]
By James Day The Silverton Senior Center was heavily damaged during the recent ice storm and is currently closed until repairs can be made. Board President Jenny Ohren told Our Town that when officials returned to the Center on Jan. 18, after being closed during the ice event, “broken pipes in the attic” led to the collapse of a ceiling because […]
By James Day The new Silverton Civic Center continues to take shape in the former Eugene Field School block. Less than half a mile away lies the Silverton Community Center, a multi-use, multi-tenanted facility owned by the Oregon Military Department with the city holding the lease. So what happens to the community center when the city moves north and its […]
By Melissa Wagoner Summer is a great time to visit the many museums, gardens and educational venues located within a two-hour drive of Silverton. But, if expenses ae running high, the price of admission can be a barrier. That’s where the Silver Falls Library’s Cultural Passes can help. Offering free admission to places like the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, the […]
By Melissa Wagoner The Fischer Flouring Mill was once one of the most eye-catching pieces of architecture in Silverton. Located along Silver Creek – where Silver Falls Library and Old Mill Park are situated today – the mill utilized state of the art turbine-powered electricity to process various grains for farmers in the Silverton area for over 30 years before […]
By James Day The Silverton Arts Association is launching a new family-friendly community arts space at the group’s Arts Center at 300 Coolidge St. The new arts option, which will include a resident artists program, workshops and classes for adults and youth, will debut at 6:30 p.m. on April 7 during First Friday. The association will use the Borland Gallery […]
Silverton will host its second repair fair and share on Saturday, March 11. The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Silver Falls Library, 410 S. Water St., is a collaboration of the library, Sustainable Silverton and Marion County Environmental Services. All work will be carried out inside the library except bicycle repairs, which will take […]
By Melissa Wagoner There’s a special section in the Silver Falls Library that not many people know about. It’s called the Guest Author section and it’s full of serious writers who, despite their age, are given a chance at having their books displayed on the shelf for any and all to check out. Partially inspired by the story of Dillon […]
By Melissa Wagoner This summer, thanks to a Youth Wage Grant from the Willamette Workforce Partnership, three teenaged interns joined the Silver Falls Library team, reshelving books, compiling packets for the Summer Reading Program and helping on the library floor. “We really loved it and the kids really loved it,” Dena Chaffin, a Youth Services Librarian said. While all three […]
By Melissa Wagoner Gus Frederick has always been interested in the art of cartooning. But in 1972, he’d never heard of the famous political cartoonist Homer Davenport, let alone seen any of his art. It wasn’t until a shift at the local cannery, where he met several other cartoon fanatics, that he learned a famous cartoonist once lived in the […]
By Melissa Wagoner When the Silver Falls Library District held a strategic planning session in the fall of 2021 Director Christy Davis discovered a need that had very little to do with books. “Quite a few people have reached out to me from the community – leaders and everyday citizens – expressing concern about the polarization that they are feeling, […]
By Melissa Wagoner The smiles are as numerous as the books on the shelves at the Silver Falls Library – which opened its doors to the public for the first time in 15 months on June 8. “We’ve been open now for a half hour and so many happy people are coming in to see us…” Director Christy Davis wrote […]
By Melissa Wagoner When library fines add up many people stop using the library – according to Christy Davis, Director of the Silver Falls Library District. Now, for a limited time, those patrons have the chance to pay off their fines and support the local foodbank as well. The program is called Food for Fines and will take place Sept. […]
Kristy Kemper Hodge is researching the interests of families in Silverton. She has been the youth services librarian for Silver Falls Public Library for just over a year. “Part of our role is meeting community needs,” Kemper Hodge said. This summer, the library has scheduled a full array of family activities to do just that. The annual summer reading program […]
Silver Falls Library 410 South Water St. 503-873-5173 Visit www.silverfalls.plinkit.org to see the libary’s events, hours and offerings. By Don Murtha From meager beginnings in 1913 in a private home in Silverton, the Silver Falls Library has grown to a 17,172 square-foot building housing 75,800 volumes and serving 19,500 people within the 186 square miles the district encompasses. This year the library […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter Mark Twain Middle School eighth-grader Breeanna Drew, 13, created the winning poster for Silver Falls Library’s centennial. Assigning the poster to her advanced art students, Mark Twain teacher Shana Chandler told them to pitch or sell their ideas in sketchbooks. Sharing their ideas brought feedback from her and other students. “Getting feedback is really helpful,” she […]
Mary Jean Loftis never saw herself as a writer, but when the Silverton resident decided she wanted to turn her journal of experiences in Africa into a literary work, she sought out the advice of members of the newly formed Silverton Scribes.
By Kathy Cook Hunter Ever wondered where your ancestors came from, what they looked like and what they did for a living? Tracing your genealogy may be a way to solve the mystery. A year ago, the Silver Falls Library in Silverton offered a class called “Genealogy 101,” and from it sprang a club, “Ancestry Detectives.” Lynn Williams of Silverton, […]
The internment camp experiences of a Japanese-American family from Hood River will be the topic Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m. at Silver Falls Library. Joan Yasui Emerson will share her family’s stories that are featured in the 2009 Oregon Reads selection Stubborn Twig, by Lauren Kessler.
The Silver Falls Library presents a bright ’n’ shiny image these days in its exterior paint in a soft shade of gray accented with dark blue. Gone is the monochromatic beige and darker beige trim of the synthetic stucco siding that greeted library patrons since the building was finished nearly 12 years ago. And more change is ahead.
