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Helping Hands

Camp LEAD empowers..................4 Something to Think About

Nonviolent communication course offered at Grange.......................6 Civics 101

Teachers, district negotiate............7

The Forum.........................11 Sports & Recreation

Silverton’s QB advantage............12 Marketplace....................13 People Out Loud.............14 Above

Business

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Ratchet Brewery now open............9 A Slice of the Pie

The Jar of Awesome....................10

Miss Oregon 2019, Shivali Kadam, will be the Special Guest at the Monte Carlo Dinner & Auction on Nov. 2, 2019.

This will be a very family friendly community event with a Happy Hour of gaming & drinks at no host bar and a Prime Rib Dinner with a Live Auction following. Miss Oregon 2019 has graciously offered to Auction a Dinner for Two with her and her escort for the event. Other family friendly auction items available. See complete list at: www.silvertonseniorcenter.org The annual community fundraising event will be held at the Silverton Elks Lodge #2210 at 300 High St. Proceeds to benefit the Silverton Senior Center. Tickets are on sale now at Silverton Senior Center 115 Westfield St, Silverton Elks Lodge #2210, Silverton Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center and The Pillbox.

HUGE THANKS to the Travel Representatives who participated in the annual Travel Fair at the Silverton Senior Center: Pastor Steve Knox, Vacations with Reba, AAA of Oregon, Roads Scholar, The Oregon Garden Resort, and everyone who attended and won door prizes!

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Helping Hands

Into the forest

By Melissa Wagoner The importance of getting kids out of the classroom and involved in the natural world is something Special Education teacher Mike Johnson viewed as essential.

“He started doing outdoor programs like Outward Bound stuff,” Mike’s daughter, Amy, remembered. “And he quickly realized how important it was for them – how many other skills were part of that.”

Those initial experiences had a profound effect on Mike. He couldn’t get them out of his head, even after he retired from teaching. And so, when he met Sam Vanderbeek – a ranger at Silver Falls State Park with a background in inclusive and adaptive outdoor education and recreation programming – he jumped at the chance to collaborate on a new, innovative program that would take leadership education to the next level – and Camp LEAD was born.

“My dad saw this need and Sam had the experience running outdoor programs,” Amy said. “It sort of became a passion.”

Camp LEAD – an out of classroom learning experience

Camp LEAD – which stands for leadership, empowerment, advocacy and development – got its start in 2015 as a partnership between the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, the Oregon Department of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Youth Transition Program. But in more recent years, Heart of Oregon Corps – a nonprofit that provides vocational training and continuing education opportunities to 16 to 22-yearolds – has taken administrative lead. “[T]hey had the infrastructure to handle the grant funding, youth and staff employment, and insurance to cover it all,” Vanderbeek – currently working for Heart of Oregon Corps as a Project Coordinator – said, noting that what was originally a trial program has quickly become a resounding success. “It was originally a three-year pilot grant from Vocational Rehabilitation, and we did something right because we are just completing year five.”

One of the reasons the program has worked so well is perhaps the almost

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“For a lot of kids this is the first time they’ve camped and the first time they’ve been on their own,” Amy said. “I’ve camped all my life – but you forget that it can be a really big deal.”

Worries about sleeping in a tent, using an outhouse and eating outside are all common phobias for first-time campers.

And they are also the first step to developing new skills outside of the comfort zone.

“Usually if we can get them through the first night we can do it,” Amy said.

“We’re like a 99 percent success rate. And once they stay, no one is like, ‘I wish I hadn’t done it.’ They’re at least proud they got through.”

By the end of four days of working as a team to complete park-assigned projects, setting nightly goals and developing a host of new skills most campers walk away with much more than that – a new

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are still striving towards.”

Witnessing transformations, such as Boeaneal’s, is one of the reasons Camp LEAD is a rewarding experience for everyone – staff included.

Although still in its infancy, the Camp LEAD program has already made a remarkable impact on the lives of hundreds of participants and the hope is to continue serving more for years to come.

“It’s a great experience being a person here doing the work,” Brenda Maynard, a Transition Specialist for both the Alsea and Monroe School Districts, said. “We always try to rope in another transition specialist for a day or a week. It gives them a chance to see. And we’re required to do summer hours. So it’s a good enrichment for that, too.”

A Camp LEAD group working at Silver Falls State Park.

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chance to develop them elsewhere.

the growth is really huge.”

“A lot of them come from really difficult homes,” Amy said sadly. “The whole idea of the camp is that in summer a lot of them don’t do anything. They are inside and they don’t socialize. They’re not given as many opportunities as they should.

Getting them out of their environment –

Amy noted that many campers, like Soren Boeaneal, a 17-year-old camper from Portland, came into camp filled with trepidation, but had quickly been won over.

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“We can always use donations for the operations of camp,” Tyler McRae, Summer Program Manager for Heart of Oregon Corps, said, noting that the program is currently fully dependent on Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation Services (OVRS) funding.

Once the week is over, Camp LEAD’s goal is to continue working with the graduated campers.

But Vanderbeek is confident that the important work that Camp LEAD does will guarantee its continued existence far into the future.

“We have successfully transitioned many young people into Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps’ summer programs and have gotten some employed with seasonal positions within the United States Forest Service,” Vanderbeek said. “Ideally I would like to see more transition into seasonal park staff positions, something we

“Oregon of all the States has continuously been at the forefront of inclusion and integration for young people with disabilities,” Vanderbeek said. “Camp LEAD could only exist because of partnerships between state agencies, nonprofits, and committed people willing to invest their time and efforts.”

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Something to Think About

Being present

Silverton Grange hosts Nonviolent workshop

By Brenna Wiegand A general stress pervades our society – something nobody talks about.

People consider so many subjects “out of bounds” and the fear of conflict or stress or awkwardness is preventing them from sharing their opinions.

Nonviolent Communication (NVC), an upcoming course at Silverton Grange, is a tool to build confidence about the possible good outcome, says instructor Tim Buckley.

Based on Marshall Rosenberg’s book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, the course entails 12 weekly sessions aimed at taking the scare out of authentic give and take.

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Dr. Kim is utilizing this program in an effort to help educate the youth of the community and the drawbacks of eating candy containing high amounts of refined sugars.

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“In speaking to people with diametrically different opinions, going in with a loving heart, an open mind and curiosity greatly increases the odds of a good outcome,” Buckley said. “We all have judgmental thinking; self-talk about all kinds of things that leads us to act in ways that take those assumptions for true. NVC helps you qualify those judgments by turning them into observations.

“Being present to what’s going on helps prevent saying something we later regret, and NVC helps to build that emotional intelligence; having the compassion and empathy for others that allows you to protect yourself,” he said. “You can know your own boundaries and how to not get triggered by other people’s stuff and thus be a little more resilient to what’s going on.”

Constricted throat; rapid heartbeat; queasy stomach – the body often reacts to a situation before the brain can make a thought. By tuning in to these cues – “I feel hurt”; “I’m afraid”; “I’m angry” – they become a new compass in building self-awareness.

“When it comes to human relationships, if we never went any further than building self-awareness, peace in this world would be much easier to attain,” Buckley said.

“If I’m all keyed up I can sometimes run off at the mouth and say things I did not intend to say. Doing some centering slows that down and gives me a chance to get my mind, body and mouth all in play.”

The class examines the vocabulary of

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“If my wife asks me how I’m doing every day and I say ‘fine,’ she stops asking after a while,” Buckley said. “By being able to say ‘I’m feeling really disappointed today because my need for inclusion wasn’t met and here’s what happened...’ she has a much better opportunity to really understand and appreciate that rather than just ‘I had a crappy day; don’t ask.’”

In addition to reading ourselves, being able to read other people quickly enables us to act from a place of empathy.

“You can then ask them an empathic question rather than getting overly sensitive or curling up into the fetal position on the pavement,” Buckley said.

From there the class looks at requests vs. demands.

“If we ask somebody to do something, like ask a teenage child to clean her room, and she says no, instead of going ballistic or pulling the punishment card you can do a number of other things and one of them is to find out what’s going on for her and whether she’d be willing to do it at a better time,” Buckley said.

Course members tackle their decades-old beliefs – “I’ll never be good enough,” etc. – that also hinder effective communication.

“People are starving to be in deeper relationship with one another and coming into a group like this it’s amazing how quickly trust is established,” Buckley said.

“It’s a relief and a release to share at this level when you’re getting support and compassion.”

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By Brenna Wiegand Contract negotiations between Silver Falls School District and the Silver Falls Education Association resumed Sept. 24 after the union, frustrated, walked out of the Aug. 5 bargaining session.

More than 100 educators and community members turned out in red to support the teachers’ union Sept. 24.

Negotiations officially began May 15; the last contract expired in July. Negotiations can go on long as both sides feel progress is being made. After 150 days, either side can request mediation.

Another meeting was scheduled for Oct. 9, after press deadline for this edition of Our Town.

Sept. 24’s session centered around contract verbiage and compensation, the two most important issues for the union – as well as this year’s key sticking points.

“Most of our proposals have to do with language changes that stem from the actions taken against the teachers which led to the recent arbitration cases,” SFEA President Michelle Stadeli said. “Two of the biggest issues are surrounding Evaluation and Grading Practices. The current language is too generic and needs to be strengthened to offer more protections for teachers.”

This, she said, is where they’ve seen the least movement from administration.

“The volume of language changes has been the most difficult aspect,” Silver Falls School District Assistant Superintendent Dan Busch said later.

“I do not think there is any one issue, but there are a lot.”

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Negotiations continue The public is welcome to attend the next open bargaining session between Silver Falls School District and the Silver Falls Education Association, 4-6 p.m. Oct. 28 in the SHS choir room.

Progress was made on, among other things, parts of the contract having to do with the handling of in-service, snow days and parts of teacher evaluation proceedings. Later in the evening the union turned to salaries.

The union presentation compared Silverton’s teacher salaries with those of others and ultimately found SFSD’s rate of pay at least eight percent below average of “most other school districts of comparable size and within reasonable driving distance.”

Ten of the educators in attendance gave personal testimony as to what their salary would be at other given districts.

Stadeli said their request is to be brought up to average.

“It is always a balance of trying to pay teachers what they deserve, be competitive with other districts, and make sure we can pay for all the other costs associated with running a school district,” Busch said subsequent to the meeting.

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By Melissa Wagoner Dan Miletta can’t wait to get back to doing what he loves, brewing beer, a pastime he has mostly put aside for the last six months while he and business partner William Mary refurbished the space that previously housed Seven Brides Brewing.

“We’re slowly getting back to where we can just focus on brewing,” Miletta said, looking around the space that now houses Ratchet Brewery. “Then we can just focus on making and selling beer.”

Making beer is something that Miletta knows a bit about, having been a home brewer for 15 years prior to the opening of the Ratchet Brewery taproom in Salem in 2017.

“I enjoy beer,” Miletta said simply. “I enjoy making beer. It’s a lot of fun.”

And fun is the name of the game at Ratchet Brewery’s new Silverton location, which opened on Sept. 1.

“Darts, shuffleboard, foosball, pinball,

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Making sure there is something for just about everyone is one of the biggest aims of both the layout and the menu at Ratchet, which serves up root beer on draft and a line of sodas for kids as well as 20 taps of locally brewed beer for adults – much of it made by Ratchet Brewery itself.

“We really go for nice, clean, easydrinking beer,” Miletta described. “But we’ve done quite a few experimental things. We play that fine line of both.

Customers enjoy the outdoor firepit at Ratchet Brewery in Silverton.

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Consistency and quality; they’re the key to expanding.”

of the things that drew us to the space.

Having this will help us expand.”

Expanding was exactly what Ratchet Brewery had in mind when they opened the Silverton venue, gaining the ability to brew beer onsite for the first time.

Although the taproom is up and running, the game room nearly full and a brand new projector screen installed for televised sporting events, there is still the matter of food.

“Now we won’t have to contract brew anymore,” Miletta said. “That was one

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Hanson introduces Poets’ Lament It’s not just what’s inside the bottle that makes this wine special. Hanson Vineyards has commissioned a poem for its inaugural edition of Poets’ Lament, an orange wine made from Pinot Blanc.

Award-winning Oregon playwright E.M. Lewis was commissioned to write a poem for the 2018 vintage, and each new vintage of this wine will have a new poem written by an Oregon writer.

When winemaker Jason Hanson decided last fall to make an orange wine, “I was reminded of the old saying that ‘nothing rhymes with orange.’”

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admitted. “We are doing BBQ out of our kitchen with a guest chef in the interim until we get our kitchen going. It should be up and running before the end of the year now.”

But even without a permanent food menu, Ratchet Brewery is already bringing people in to enjoy the cozy

seating, play in the game room and take

advantage of the dry fall days around the outdoor fire pit, but most of all to taste Ratchet Brewery’s line of beers.

“People just want to come in and

relax,” Miletta pointed out. “So far it’s been good.”

That led to him thinking about poets, and from there the idea for a poem on the label. Jason turned to the only professional writer he knew... his sister.

Lewis is a well-known Oregon playwright and opera librettist, currently working on an opera commission for American Lyric Theater, and a new political play called The Great Divide – an Oregon Shakespeare Festival American Revolutions United

States History Cycle Commission that she’s working on with Artists Repertory Theater, where she is a resident artist.

Her poem for the inaugural Poets’ Lament wine is a lighthearted piece on the dilemmas poets face.

Sited on a fourth-generation family farm, Hanson Vineyards is a 100 percent estate winery near Mount Angel. Clark and Jason Hanson (father and son) established the winery in 2005. The new orange wine in concept is cousin to a rosé, starting with white grapes rather than red.

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A Slice of the Pie

Jar of Awesome

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“Enjoy this time because it’ll be over before you know it,” is possibly the single most cruel sentence one can utter to a new parent, yet the compulsion to say it is hard to resist.

I’ve said it – many times – and even as it leaves my mouth I wish I could take it back. Because, what could be more unkind than telling someone who is struggling to make it on very little sleep while doing the hardest job with the highest stakes, “I hope you are really taking all that in because those sweet little snuggles you get between bouts crying that never seems to end and diapers that always need to be changed – those snuggles will soon be long gone, replaced by a sulky teenager who wants nothing to do with you – in what feels like five minutes?”

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down. It can feel just a little bit overwhelming.

There’s a reason why most of us have hundreds of photos on our phones that never see the light of day. We obsessively record every moment so that they can live on into the future. We have visions of watching videos of our thengrown babies learning to walk, talk and take their first bath – at least I do and I don’t think I’m alone.

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It’s just a jar kept in a conspicuous place with a stack of notecards or small pieces of paper and a pen nearby. I have discovered if you do not provide paper the kids will use whatever they can find, usually harvested from the nearby recycling bin – useful, but not attractive and sometimes hard to read.

Now comes my favorite part: I do nothing.

The kids take over, cataloguing their own moments throughout the year and stashing them in the jar. Sometimes it’s big things – concerts (we keep the ticket stubs), races won, trips taken – and sometimes it’s small things – teeth lost, games played, hikes taken. But the beauty is that it’s up to each one to decide what goes in the jar – no judgment.

At the end of the year the jar gets emptied with family members take turns reading the notes. It’s always a surprise because it’s amazing how much gets forgotten, especially the little moments that fly past

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the parenting radar but mean so much to a kid.

My friend Lisa, who originally introduced me to the idea, makes the opening of the jar a part of her family’s New Year’s Eve celebration, then she scrapbooks the moments. I – decidedly not a “scrapbooker” – have taken a different approach: the Wall of Awesome.

It’s a year-long journey, complete with photo illustrations – yes, I took the time to print out pictures and get them off my phone! It lives next to my desk as a daily reminder that it’s all going to be OK. Because even though time feels like it’s going at warp speed – weren’t my kids babies yesterday?! It’s also made up of a million small moments – written in those same kids’ shaky, elementary school handwriting. And even more than that, it’s proof that, although there are times when I feel like I’m doing everything wrong, there are other times when I’m doing it all right.

It’s right there in that little Jar of Awesome.

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Bridging the Opportunity Gap At its best, America is a nation where every individual has opportunities to get an education, find work, support oneself and their family, and be a contributing member of this great democratic society.

By many measures, Oregon’s economy is booming. The unemployment rate in Oregon is low, more Oregonians are working, wages are up and so are household incomes.

But these gains are not spread equitably in this growing economy. The neighborhood where a person is born, their family’s economic circumstances, and their race or ethnicity are the most reliable indicators of future success or failure.

Today, half of Oregon’s kids are born into low-income families. Most will stay poor throughout their lives. In most Oregon counties, less than half of kids born into lowincome families will reach middle class.

Too many kids are coming up against what the Oregon Community Foundation calls the “Opportunity Gap” – lack of access to stable housing, quality education, support systems and connections to people from different

socioeconomic backgrounds. These are the things that provide a foundation for kids to learn more, gain new skills, achieve optimal health and get needed experiences to succeed.

When kids fall behind in school, they are more likely to drop out. When dropout rates remain high, Oregon companies struggle to find skilled workers to fill jobs.

When businesses can’t grow tax revenues decline, reducing our ability to invest in schools and quality education. The result is a self-reinforcing downward spiral that affects the well-being of our cities, towns, rural areas and ultimately, the state.

The good news: In some places, strategic investment mixed with the input of innovative local community members is bridging Oregon’s opportunity gap. Closing the gap is not a spectator sport, leaving it for others to do. We all need to be aware of the opportunity gap in our communities and neighborhoods, and look for ways we can help close it. Community engagement is key to success.

Oregon Community Foundation is focused on creating more opportunity for communities across our state by: • Supporting affordable housing • Providing parents with support and education to help raise healthy kids • Fostering small businesses in rural areas • Getting more kids into early childhood education.

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I would like to say thank you and well done to the city maintenance crew who tackled the thicket of blackberry vines along the public path south of the swimming pool to Salamander Island. I have been walking my dog along this stretch for three years, and for the first time I can SEE Silver Creek as well as hear it. It is a very nice view. There is an added historical dimension to the work. The old earthworks that conducted creek water to Fisher’s mill has also been revealed. You should add it to the city’s webpage and brag on yourselves a little.

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New playmaker

McCarty starring for Foxes at QB

Silverton had a huge hole to fill at quarterback this season. Levi Nielsen had started four years in the position, leading the squad to the playoffs all four seasons.

But as the Foxes, 5-0, headed into a critical Special District 3 game against 4-1 Dallas that took place after Our Town’s presstime the QB slot is in good hands.

Sophomore Jordan McCarty, who split time with junior Aaron Rieskamp in week one, started in week two against South Albany and has caused all sorts of problems for defenses with his speed and his ability to throw on the run.

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“McCarty has done a great job at QB this year,” Foxes coach Josh Craig said. “He has been poised when we needed him to be, has made some key plays, and has shown a lot of toughness. For being only a sophomore he’s demonstrated a calmness and control that I’m impressed by.”

Against Lebanon in week three McCarty led the Foxes 97 yards in 16 plays in six minutes and 38 seconds to the winning score in the 29-25 victory. McCarty converted four third-down plays on the drive, including a 7-yard run and a 19-yard pass to Grant Buchheit.

On Oct. 4 McCarty had a quiet night statistically against Corvallis with 128 yards passing and 25 rushing. But he

up big plays.”

accounted for four of the five Foxes’ touchdowns, rushing for two scores and hitting Buchheit and Nathan Kuenzi on scoring passes in the 34-21 victory.

For the season McCarty has rushed for 369 yards and five TDs and passed for 690 yards and seven more scores.

And the Foxes still have Rieskamp, who was 3-1 as a starter and 1-0 as a relief pitcher last season when Nielsen banged up his knee.

“Aaron is no doubt a solid QB,” Craig said. “If he were to have to take snaps, our offense would function well. He knows the plays and is ready to go at any point.”

I’d put it another way: No other team in the district has the one-two punch at QB that the Foxes offer.

Kennedy, meanwhile, is 3-0 in Special District 2 and ranked No. 4 in Class 2A. The Trojans’ lone loss was at defending Class 3A state champion Rainier.

“We have been doing a much better job of taking care of ball, and picking up first downs,” Kennedy coach Joe Panuke said.

“Our defense has been rock solid and are playing really physical and not giving

The Trojans are coming off a 42-14 nonleague win at Grant Union of John Day. Running back Bruce Beyer rushed for 156 yards and a pair of touchdowns and also caught a pair of TD passes from QB Dylan Kleinschmit, who threw for 164 yards and three scores. David Reyes added 82 yards rushing and a TD, while Brady Traeger hauled in three passes for 73 yards and a touchdown.

Soccer: The Foxes are 2-0 in the MidWillamette and 5-1-1- overall under first-year coach Marty Limbird. The loss came against Marist, No. 2 in Class 4A, and Silverton played to a 2-2 tie with Hillsboro, No. 2 in Class 5A. The Foxes are ranked sixth.

“I have been very impressed with the senior leadership and the tenacity of the younger players, Limbird said. “Their buyin has been huge and their willingness to work hard and to learn as a group has been a pleasure to coach.”

The Foxes started eight seniors a year ago on a squad that advanced to the quarterfinals. Cory Garlinghouse and Brian Leon are back to play key leadership roles, while junior forward Britton Ullan has scored 11 goals in seven games. Also making strong contributions, Limbird said, are sophomore midfielder Dominic Doyle and junior midfielder Brandon Rodriguez.

Senior Owen Cote, who returned to soccer after a couple of years off, is starting in goal, a position he has never played before.

Volleyball: The Kennedy volleyball squad continues to dominate the Tri-River Conference. The Trojans are 11-0 in league play and 22-1 overall and own the top ranking in Class 2A. Kennedy is two games ahead of Culver in league and has won 57 sets and lost just 5. The Trojans have not lost a set in league play and their lone overall loss was to Class 4A Sweet Home.

Kennedy already has taken a 3-0 win against Culver, with a second matchup set for Oct. 23 at Culver.

Silverton, meanwhile, remains in the thick of the playoff picture in the MidWillamette. The Foxes are 5-5 in league play, tied for fourth with Dallas. The top four teams in league play automatically qualify for the Class 5A playoffs.

Alumni watch: Former Foxes standout runner Jori Paradis is off to a strong start with the Concordia University of Irvine cross country squad. Paradis, a threesport standout at Silverton, has been twice named freshman of the week by the PacWest Conference.

First, she took 18th in the Sept. 21 Coyote Challenge in San Bernardino in 18:25.87 over 5,000 meters to help lead the Eagles to third place. Then, on Sept.

28 she finished 35th in the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento with a 6K time of 22:54.1. Again, the Eagles took third as a team in the event.

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Brush Creek Playhouse presents Dracula The Count is coming to Brush Creek Playhouse, just in time for Halloween.

The script for Dracula is the classic play, written by John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane, and Bram Stoker (the author of the classic novel on which it is based).

Norman Gouveia will be directing.

In the story, Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanatorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is finally laid to rest in a striking

Winter Coat Drive on Silverton Together is seeking new or gently-used coats, hats, gloves, mittens and scarves for families in need. This annual drive benefits children up through high school.

Donations can be dropped off at participating businesses, churches and schools now through Oct. 23.

Contact Silverton Together at 503-873-0405 for locations.

The Silverton Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Community Clothing Closet will distribute coats on Thursday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. to noon.

and novel manner. The play is intended for all who love thrills in the theater, and is appropriate for all groups.

Dracula will be performed Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26 and Nov. 1 and 2, with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Oct. 20, 27, and Nov. 3. There will also be a Halloween show on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.

Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $8 for students under 12 or with Student ID and seniors over 60. Tickets can be purchased at Book-N-Time at 210 N. Water St., Silverton or Runaway Art & Craft Studio at 311 Commercial St. NE, Salem.

Brush Creek Playhouse is the former little red schoolhouse at 11535 Silverton Road.

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The public is invited Sunday , Oct. 20, 4 - 6 p.m. to Immanuel Lut heran Church, 303 N. Church St., Silv erton for Share the Harvest. At this event you can have a meal of soup and bread, listen to live music and take part in a silent auction featur ing hand-turned pottery – all to help local children fight food insecu rity.

There are no tickets required, but a donation at the door is reques ted.

All funds raised will be shared with ARK (At Risk Kids) and the Silv erton United Methodist Church’s SAC A Snack Sacks.

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FIRST FRIDAY – HISTORICAL MOVIES AT MUSEUM Relive

Silverton in the 1920s with special screenings of two Silvertonproduced movies at Silverton Country Museum on First Friday, Nov. 1 from 6-8 p.m. Plus guided tours and refreshments. 428 S. Water St, Silverton. 503-873-7070.

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AUTUMN MOVIE NIGHTS Free movies at Silver Falls Library. All shows start at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 17: animated fairy stories in Tales of the Night.

Wednesday, Oct. 23 a jazzy musical classic (stop by library for title). Wednesday, Oct. 30: a spooky double feature with The Most Dangerous Game and White Zombie. More in November.

Movies are not rated, but ‘PG’ equivalent. Refreshments for sale benefiting Friends of the Library.

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ATTENTION VETERANS If you’ve served anytime since Dec. 7, 1941, you’re now eligible for membership in the American Legion under the recently signed Legion Act. Mt. Angel American Legion Post #89 cordially invites you to join our Post. 503-845-6119.

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People Out Loud

Champion, advocate, mentor A few years ago, a man named Larry Platt auditioned for American Idol with an original hit (that later sold millions), “Pants on the Ground”, which made fun of young men and boys who wore their pants halfway down their bottoms with their underwear exposed. Many of us have done the same, shaking our heads.

Jason Franz likely said, “My people.” He liked everyone, but had a special affinity for those on the margins – disenfranchised youth who were scolded for riding their skateboards on the sidewalk or risked weaving in and out of traffic because there was nowhere else to ride.

I heard a great story the other night that invariably is true but, without the person’s permission, I will relay it without naming names. A couple of young boys were seen shoplifting in a local store, and the owner called Jason, who was advised that the two were “his kids.” He promptly told them about stealing being wrong, marched them down to the shop, made them apologize to the shopkeeper, and return the merchandise.

Art Brown would never be caught with his “pants on the ground.” At 81, it may be hard just getting them back up! He had a stroke and can no longer drive, and even walking very far was a chore. He could not use his recumbent bike because he only had use of one hand. The first physical therapist said, “No way.” So, Art and his occupational therapist went to Jason. Jason ordered parts, reconfigured the trike so that Art could ride and brake with just one hand. Since then (February 2015), Jason has adjusted the bike and even upgraded it so that Art could use it easier. He gave him a helmet that could be adjusted with one hand. Pay for labor? Jason adamantly wouldn’t allow it.

Remembering Jason Franz

Says Virginia Brown, Art’s wife, “My husband is 81, not 18, so it’s not just the young people that owe Jason so much – he cared about everyone and generously gave of his time and expertise. The trike has given Art independence and exercise that he never would have had without Jason. It is because of Jason that doctors are saying (this week) that Art will probably recover better from the heart attack he had just 11 days ago and open-heart surgery that he had last Thursday. It is because of Jason that my husband was able to regain his independence. Thank you, Jason. You’ll never know how many lives you have affected in our community.”

We all know by now that this special young man, who died of a heart attack last weekend while doing what he loved best – mountain bike riding up by the Falls, was a driving force (with Judy Schmidt) that got the skate park done up behind the Senior Center and the bike track at Rogers Wayside. But who knew how much of a price break he gave so that the Silverton Police trailer, used in part for bike rodeos

and safety towns, would be full of bikes for kids to learn about safety, even if they had no bike?

As Marcia Rowland, a big fan of Jason says, “My girls were in the second and third grade and I bought them one of those electric scooters. They both stopped working shortly after the warranty expired (go figure!). It took Jason a couple of hours on each one, and he wouldn’t let me pay him AT ALL. I always felt people, especially kids, were more important to him than anything else.”

Hundreds of testimonials about his compassion, service, and humanity have surfaced on social media, and hundreds of people came to an impromptu vigil last Monday night. One who spoke said, “I wish we would have honored him when he was with us.” He actually was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year a few years ago. The vigil crowd told Jason-stories, cried, laughed, and hugged. A few probably had their “Pants on the Ground.” I suspect Jason was smiling – “My people.”

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#T2557 EQUESTRIAN/HOBBY #T2568 BRING YOUR BUILDER PROPERTY 4 BR, 2 BA 2028 sqft Call 2.01 Acres Call Michael at ext. 314 $170,000 BR, 2 BA 978 sqft Call Becky at ext. 313 or IN 3TOWN NEWCOUNTRY HOME CONSTRUCTION Michael at ext. 314 $504,700COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL (WVMLS#752324) COM (WVMLS#754849) FOR Christina at ext. 315 $225,000 (WVMLS#754111) COUNTRY/ACREAGE #T2566 READY FOR YOUR HORSES FOR LEASE/COMMERCIAL #T2566 READY FOR YOUR HORSES F 3 BR, 2 BA 1740 sqft Call Becky at ext. 313 #T2549 GREAT LOCATION IN TOWN NEW 3 BR, 2 BA 1740 sqft Call Becky at ext. 313 BARELAND $498,700 (WVMLS#754179) 3 BR, 2.5 BA 2323 sqft Call Meredith at ext. $498,700 (WVMLS#754179)COUNTRY/ACREAGE BARELAND/LOTS BARELAN 324,STAYTON/SUBLIMITY Ryan at ext. 322 $327,000 (WVMLS#750591) NEW-#T2569 WONDERFUL MEADOWS #T2567 MANY UPDATES OTHER COMMUNI HOME-KEIZER- 3 BR, 2.5 BA 1840 sqft #T2557 EQUESTRIAN/HOBBY 3 BR, 2 BA 1420sqft 1.00 Acres Call MereSTAYTON/SUBLIMITY Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 PROPERTY 4 BR, 2 BA 2028 sqft Call dith ext. 324,NEW RyanHOME at ext. 322 $348,600 INatTOWN CONSTRUCTION IN TOWN NEW LAND/ACREAGE $389,900 (WVMLS#755455) Michael at ext. 314 $504,700 (WVMLS#752324)

#T2559 NEW TO THE MARKET (WVMLS#754640) COUNTRY/ACREAGE 3 BR, 2 BA 1412 sqft Call Michael at ext.

314 $328,900 (WVMLS#753124)

(WVMLS#754168)

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