By Naiya Brown Put it on your calendar: Saturday, May 20, is THE day for pets in Silverton. The city, longtime home of the annual Silverton Pet Parade inspired by Bobbie the Wonder Dog, is adding the inaugural Paws in the Park event, which is meant to work in conjunction with the parade. Paws in the Park, sponsored by the […]
By James Day Silverton’s best fact-filled teams will battle it out for a good cause Friday, March 10 at the First Christian Church. That night at 6 p.m. the Silverton Kiwanis’ fundraising Trivia Bee will be held, with the bulk of the funds raised going to the Silver Falls Library’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library program. The event also will benefit […]
By Melissa Wagoner “The Pet Parade is scheduled for May 15 at 10 a.m., as normal,” Randal Thomas – a member of the Kiwanis Club of Silverton and chairman of the parade – said, adding it will go on as long as Marion County is not in Oregon’s Extreme Risk level for COVID-19 on that date. Canceled in 2020 for […]
Every year, Silverton residents look forward to the 80-plus year tradition of the May Pet Parade. Pets – of all varieties – are encouraged to bring their owners to the Saturday, May 16 event. The Silverton High School State Champion boys basketball team has been named Grand Marshal for this year’s parade. “The Foxes Boys Basketball Grand Marshal offers an […]
Randal Thomas of Silverton Kiwanis Club reports that the club’s “pet project” – Silverton’s annual Pet Parade – will be bigger and better than ever when it takes to the streets on May 19.
What do you like to do? Golf? Run? Hike? Drink tea? Listen to Jazz? Chances are there’s more than one special event to put on your schedule for May.
