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Caring for Mount Angel’s Oktoberfest Joy – Page 12

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Contents

Something Fun A virtual Oktoberfest for 2020...............4

SILVERTON SENIOR CENTER

Something to Talk About Crosswalk pot bust...............................5

September Activities

Something to Think About Former rural carrier defends USPS ........6

“Virtual Senior Center”

Sustainable Silverton’s recycling..........8

Since you can’t come to us, we are coming to you. Use your computer, tablet, or smartphone to join us. Need the link? Call or email Dodie at dodie@silvertonseniorcenter.org.

Helping HAnds Scotts Mills to honor Gersch................10 Oktoberfest Joy keeps flowing............11

Datebook................................12 Your Health Naturopathic practice opens ..............13

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Business Simply Knead It starts small................14 Food Coop looks for investors...............15

Passages.................................21

Slice of the Pie.....................16

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Briefs.........................................18 Sports & Recreation

You will be able to enjoy 2020 Oktoberfest entertainment on your computer or TV screen – depending on your technical setup.

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Fun ways to get kids outdoors.............19 Celebrating 30 years of dance..............20

Marketplace.......................21 A Grin At The End...........23

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Something Fun

Willkommen to Zuhaus

By Melissa Wagoner Each year, on the second Thursday after Labor Day, just after the hop farms’ harvest comes in, the entire city of Mount Angel puts on a celebration like no other.

It’s four days of singing, dancing, food and all-around merry-making that links nearly 7,500 volunteers, a number nearly double the population of the town, in a common goal – raising funds for local non-profits.

“We normally give away $100,000 each year,” Oktoberfest Board President Bill Bischoff said. “And for some this is their big fundraiser.”

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themed items – German beers, wine, sausages, steins and even commemorative swag – is available for preorder then in-vehicle pick-up Sept. 17 through 19 at the Mount Angel Festhalle.

Livestream entertainment: Sept. 19, 4 to 10 p.m. Tickets: $10 Order: oktoberfest.org Zuhaus packages can include food, beverages and souvenirs.

It’s everything needed to throw a smaller version of the main festival. And, best of all, O’fest enthusiasts will still get to see favorite performers via Livestream for the price of a $10 ticket.

Pick up: Sept. 17 after 4 p.m., Sept. 18, 1-9 p.m. and Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Festhalle, 500 Wilco Highway, Mount Angel

“It’s a good, well-rounded group,” Bochsler said of the seven acts currently on the roster.

Until this year that is.

“We probably could have gotten a pass for this year,” Bischoff said of the difficult decision he and the rest of the board faced upon review of the current government regulations around public gatherings. “We could have just said – we’re going to put our efforts into next year. But our main goal was to support the non-profits.”

With that in mind, the board created

Oktoberfest goes virtual

the first ever, Zuhaus Edition – to put it plainly, in-house Oktoberfest.

“We’re going to be putting packages together – what to do to have your Oktoberfest at home,” Bischoff explained.

“And people are already ordering.”

Located on the current Oktoberfest website (oktoberfest.org) a host of O’fest

Featured are: Z-Musikmakers, Molly B and the Squeezebox Band, Festival Brass and Klabberheads to name just a few – some will even be streaming live from the Festhalle stage in Mount Angel.

“What I really hope happens is, people kind of keep Oktoberfest on their calendar,” O’festboard member Monica Bochsler said.

“Get your family together, make your sausages, watch the show, do the Chicken

Dance at least once, then go big next year.”

The Oktoberfest board is also hoping O’fest supporters will donate to the more than 50 non-profits the festival generally supports.

“The money collected by Mount Angel Oktoberfest will be pooled and shared with all the groups that would normally benefit from the festival,” the board announced.

To that end, the website makes it easy to donate in increments from $10 to $200 or – for those who wish to gift more and would like to receive a tax deduction – larger donations are accepted on the Mt. Angel Community Foundation page (mtangelcommfnd.org).

In the meantime, getting the word out about the change in venue from downtown Mount Angel to Zuhaus is the Oktoberfest Board’s biggest challenge.

“We all love it, and that’s why we decided to not do nothing,” Bischoff said. “We all have great hopes that this succeeds.”

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The sting was made possible through an Oregon Department of Transportation grant, enabling the police department to put several officers on the project that day. ODOT personnel happened to be on the scene shooting an educational public service announcement. ODOT provides various grants throughout the state that enable such campaigns, including DUI enforcement, speed enforcement, car seat use and cell phone violations.

Silverton Police got more than they bargained for during a crosswalk enforcement project the afternoon of Aug. 20.

Police were monitoring motorist compliance at pedestrian crossings when a U-Haul truck failed to yield. During the traffic stop the officer discovered that the truck was carrying approximately 1,200 pounds of freshly cut marijuana.

Silverton has not had this large a marijuana bust in recent history.

The adult driver had no identification or driver’s license and was taken into custody. His companion in the vehicle was a 17-year-old juvenile who was taken into protective custody and released to Marion County Juvenile Department.

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If dried, the marijuana seized during the investigation would yield approximately 285 pounds of product with a street value of $285,000.

remain stopped for a pedestrian, operating a vehicle without driving privileges and open container. Additional drug charges are pending.

The adult driver was identified as Rufino Bautista-Gonzalez, 26, from California.

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“This is probably the first one in several years,” Anglemier said. “They don’t come around too often but fortunately this was a traffic stop that turned into something a little bit bigger.”

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there was no one else to cover it. Every single route is delivered every single day no matter what.”

Lately, there is a lot of negative press surrounding the United States Postal Service (USPS), something April Newton – a rural mail carrier for the last 15 years – simply does not understand.

But the rumors don’t stop there. Even before DeJoy’s appointment, online shopping was touted as a major source of the USPS’s financial issues. Another theory Newton discredits, stating that rather than hindering the USPS’s finances, online shopping sites like Amazon are actually a source of much needed income.

“Personally, I don’t have much experience with anyone bad-mouthing the postal service, they are a stable and consistent part of most communities providing a service to everyone,” Newton said. “That can be especially important in our more rural communities.”

But the USPS has been getting a lot of bad press, much of it initiating with rumors about funding and debt, misconceptions Newton wants to set straight.

“USPS is not funded by any taxpayer dollars, but by sale of stamps and packages,” she wrote in a recent Facebook post addressing this subject. “They are in debt due to a mandate created by Congress to prefund their retirement for 75 years. Something not asked of any other government entity.”

That mandate is the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, passed by Congress in 2006. Not only did it dictate that the USPS fund its employees’ health and retirement benefits but it also required postal delivery to be increased to six days a week, all while capping postage costs.

“From everything I was told or can find, USPS would be financially self-sufficient with what they profit from sales and services to pay all of its operating costs without the requirement to prefund,” Newton said. “The Postal Service has asked Congress to change this expectation

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But those requests have largely fallen upon deaf ears, while the USPS has sunk further into debt, opening it up to rumors about where that debt is coming from.

And now, with the appointment of new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, those rumors have gained new footing.

“In the years I worked there we never had a postmaster that did not come from within the postal service,” Newton began – a nod to DeJoy’s credentials as a businessman and investor. “We always had supervisors, district managers, regional managers and everyone all the way to the top that had been carriers and understood the job.”

That lack of experience – or something more politically-based, depending on what media speculations are believed – has resulted in an array of cost-cutting measures that Newton believes are largely unfounded. “[T]hat looks like it could be a good thing if everyone believes USPS is poorly run and hemorrhaging money,” Newton said.

“But what most people don’t realize is why there is so much overtime. In my office almost all the overtime I ever saw was because there weren’t enough carriers on a day so someone is working longer hours to help with other routes, or there is no one to cover a carrier’s regularly scheduled day off so the carrier is working their day off. I worked my day off countless times because

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“I definitely saw the rise of Amazon,” Newton began. Adding, “When I started 15 years ago, I had more letters and a lot less packages than I had on average when I ended my career there. We definitely had to adjust to getting out a lot more often to take things to people’s doors. But the contract with Amazon came at a time when letter mail was slowing down and was financially beneficial to the postal service. As a carrier I knew it was helping with our job security and I think we just adjusted to delivering more packages.”

That ability to recalibrate according to changes in volume is something USPS has done well for years, according to Newton who is incensed by reports alleging this year’s election hangs in the balance due to the USPS’s inability to safely deliver mailin ballots on time.

“USPS delivers to over 160 million homes and businesses a day and about 150 billion pieces of mail a year,” Newton wrote in her post. “Regarding mail-in voting, it is absurd to say that USPS cannot handle the ‘additional’ volume of mail…

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As for USPS security – another item that has been called into question, Newton is quick to point out that postal workers are held to an extremely high standard of service.

“One must pass drug tests, physical exams, have a clean criminal record (including traffic citations), background checks, FBI clearances and pass several postal exams and undergo regular daily oversight from multiple supervisors,” Newton wrote.

“We answered every day for what we were doing, the time we took and were always required to make sure everything was delivered, even taking multiple trips.”

And as for interfering in politics? Postal workers don’t do that, Newton said.

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swearing to protect the Constitution, the mail they deliver and to make no political statements,” she wrote.

But that doesn’t mean that Newton isn’t worried about the upcoming election or that she isn’t taking extra precautions to make sure her vote counts.

“I would always have said I am 100 percent confident in vote by mail,” Newton stated. “I delivered ballots for every election over the last 15 years and I am confident in the process. We were careful to make sure all ballots were picked up and treated with care. In my own experience, in my office… I never saw anything but the utmost respect for the process, and careful consideration to get every ballot possible turned in in time to be counted.

“That being said, I lack confidence with everything we are hearing now… I will definitely be dropping ours in the drop box. I am just hearing too many rumors leading me to believe that interference is possible, that delays will be created

to keep votes from being counted and I consider this election too important to take the chance with my ballot. I recommend using the local drop boxes this year and bypassing the postal service and it’s sad to have to say that.”

Because, while Newton is no longer a member of the USPS team – she recently left her position to attend graduate school – she has no shortage of pride in that agency and is loath to see it torn down.

“Since, I am a former [employee], I am in a rare position to say that we need to protect the USPS and support the incredible people who do that work,” she wrote.

“USPS always has been one of the main examples of what makes the United States great. USPS is the standard that other countries’ postal services look to in admiration. It is something we often take for granted, but now we need to acknowledge and support. It has been a critical part of growing a nation into what it is.”

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Sustainable Silverton aims to make recycling easier

By Melissa Wagoner Last November Kelley Morehouse put an ad in the newspaper calling for help.

“I said, ‘What do you already know about recycling?

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And so, with those similarities in mind, Hues invited Morehouse to join Sustainable Silverton.

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“I didn’t even know they were doing this work,” Morehouse laughed. “But I talked more with Elyce and Charles [Baldwin] and Karen [Garst] and other members and I’ve gone to some meetings and planned to be a part of the action because it correlates with my own interests.”

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“Kelly just dove in with all her initiative and energy,” Elyce Hues said. Hues, a member of the group Sustainable Silverton, a volunteer organization begun in 2017 to address climate change, recalled that initial assembly. “I feel like Kelley’s ‘you can make a difference meeting’ was really similar to Sustainable Silverton’s first kick-off meeting.”

“We really couldn’t meet again because of COVID,” Morehouse recalled. “And so, just to do something, I asked the Farmer’s Market if they would let us have a table and collect [recyclables], because I knew that the Food Co-op had been collecting Styrofoam last year.

And they said yes.”

So she began sending out an email to those who had attended her initial meeting, asking for volunteers, brainstorming with community members about what items could readily be recycled and how to go about recycling them.

“This whole thing’s been such a networking thing, just word of mouth,” she said.

With community interest running high, the effort grew quickly, with friends and neighbors providing information, resources and offers of assistance – taking over shifts at the Farmer’s Market booth and driving collections to the processing plant in Tigard.

“It just really showed how much interest there is in this town,” Morehouse pointed out. “The interest is there, the energy is there, we just need to figure out to make things happen.”

Currently, Morehouse and her team of six volunteers are accepting clean plastic yogurt tubs (stamped with the number five), as well as meat trays, plastic utensils, block Styrofoam and egg cartons. But the group hopes these items are only the beginning.

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Volunteer: sign up at the booth, sustainablesilverton.org, or sustainablesilverton@gmail.com “Today I was talking with Kelley at the booth and she’s found this place in Tigard that has been partnering now with several towns in their region to have the waste haulers for those towns actually start picking up this material and delivering it directly to their facility,” Hues said. “This is the kind of a step that might be a step on that path. Just by getting things going we can show there’s an interest and start those systems. So, as we take something on like that – make the connections, build it into its own sustainable system – then we can take other things on.”

In the meantime, Morehouse is continuing to learn all she can about recycling, organizing it into a notebook which she shares with those who stop by the booth looking for answers to their own recycling questions.

“Two months ago, I knew pretty little about recycling myself,” Morehouse admitted. “Now I know there’s a Marion County website – just look up Marion County recycle and type in your item and it tells you where to take it. Now I have a two-page list of where you can take things.”

With the project gaining in popularity, Sustainable Silverton is looking for more volunteers to help with efforts.

“Kelley’s boundless energy is apparent but we could use some other energy, too,” Hues noted.

Morehouse agreed. “My goal is that it’s a community effort, not a Kelley effort,” she laughed.

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Helping Hands

Scotts Mills mural

Community plan underway to honor Margaret Gersch mural’s final design, which will feature many of Gersch’s favorite things, including the Holy Rosary Chapel, the Scotts Mills Historical Society and Scotts Mills Elementary School.

By Melissa Wagoner

Not long after Margaret Splonski Gersch passed away in July of 2019 at the age of 94, the Scotts Mills Community – of which she had been an active member for over 70 years – began to search for a way to honor her.

“She worked at the school for 43 years,” Potter Pike explained. “She was pretty much the person who did everything that needed to be done. She touched a lot of lives.”

“At a city council meeting after [she passed] it was brought up,” Gersch’s daughter Patty Potter Pike, said.

While representations of each of the aforementioned entities will – alongside a portrait of Gersch herself – be the focal point of the upcoming mural, the painting will also feature roses and quilt squares.

“They wanted to do something special and they wanted to know what I thought that might be.”

Inspiration was not long in coming as, passing through Silverton one day, Potter Pike came across the “Silverton’s Sweetheart” mural – a dedication to Norma Jean Branstetter.

“I said, a mural! We need to do a mural,” she recalled. “I just thought that would be so cool.”

With that goal in mind, Silverton artist Kali Dirks was brought on board and

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asked to create several proposals.

“There wasn’t anything my mom wasn’t involved in,” Potter Pike said of the

“She made many, many quilts for all of the kids and grandkids and great grandkids,” Potter Pike noted. “So, it’s going to have a border of two different quilt patterns Mom has done. Then Mom will be on the left side and she will have roses beside her.”

Although construction of the roof-

covered structure on which the mural will be painted is already well underway on the grounds of the Scotts Mills Historical Society, Potter Pike said there is no firm date as of yet for when the mural painting will begin.

“There’s no rush,” she said. Adding that, if community members are looking to contribute, she will continue accepting donations for the monument’s final construction and care.

“We still have people asking is there something we can do?” she said. “But it’s not really the historical society doing it.”

That said, she requests all contributions be addressed to: Patty Potter Pike, 3258 Cascade Highway Northeast, Silverton, OR 97381. “[Mom] wasn’t one to be ostentatious,” Potter Pike said when asked to speculate what her mother’s reaction to the mural would have been.

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Ode to Joy

By Melissa Wagoner Right from the start, maintenance of Mount Angel’s Oktoberfest Joy Fountain has been a challenge. But, as a prominent attraction, it has been a burden the city’s Chamber of Commerce has willingly shouldered.

“The chamber has always paid for and maintained it,” President Sarah Bauman, said. “Every so often pumps were put in.”

Well aware of its daily requirements – cleaning and chemical maintenance – Bauman was unprepared for the amount of repair and restoration the fountain also needed when she took on the job of overseeing it two years ago.

“I’m really good at stepping forward and being like, ‘I can do this project,’ and then it turns out to be a nightmare,” she laughed.

“All the concrete work needed to be cleaned and patched and resealed.”

That work alone cost the chamber an estimated $5,000, already a monumental bill – and then the pump went out.

Chamber shoulders responsibility to keep fountain flowing “We started shopping for new pumps,” Bauman recalled. “But we were kind of a side project for the company that we were using. It was a lot of phone calls for me – ‘please come fix my fountain.’ Then it took most of last year to get it up and running.

As soon as we turned on it was still not working properly.”

problems, Bauman is optimistic that the fountain will run for years to come.

“I think we’ve reached a point where maintenance should be minimal,” she speculated. “But it’s been 18 months of a lot of physical labor – of me with a scrub brush down there scrubbing the fountain.”

Bauman, who admitted the project has had its rewards, does have one request.

Frustrated, Bauman asked the community for recommendations of a more local company. The response: Stadeli Water Systems in Silverton.

“They were the answer to our fountain problem,” Bauman said. But that didn’t mean the solution was easy. “The downside is that 20 years of not having the correct system led us to $13,000 or $14,000 to get us up and running again.”

Now equipped with a timer, debris screens, automated shut-off and an overflow system, the fountain should run well for many years to come as long as it is not vandalized.

“Somebody dumped bubbles in there,” Bauman said of a late spring prank, which could have had catastrophic consequences

“We would really appreciate it if people would not damage our fountain,” she implored. Noting that for every incident, the fountain must be emptied and water and chemicals literally flow down the drain - representing real dollars.

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to the new system, if left unchecked. “When somebody tells you, you have bubbles running in a $13,000 system it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ We had to take it apart and clean it.”

Now, barring any more unforeseen

“We’re actually looking pretty seriously at getting a security camera,” Bauman said. “It’s 3,000 gallons of water and I don’t know how much money’s worth of chemicals.”

In the meantime, Bauman urges everyone to take pride in the fountain and landscaping.

“But please don’t throw money in there,” she added.

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Weekly Events Monday

SACA Food Pantry, 9 a.m. - noon, 421 S Water St. Repeats Thursday. 503-8733446, silvertonareacommunity.org

Mt. Angel Community & Senior Center Store, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., 195 E Charles St.

Repeats Tuesday - Thursday, Saturday.

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Delivery only. $3 donation suggested.

Repeats Thursdays. For delivery, call Ginger, 503-845-9464.

Silverton Senior Meals, 11:30 a.m.

Delivery only. $3 donation suggested.

Monday - Friday. Carol, 503-873-6906.

Tuesday

Silver Angels Foot Care, Silverton Senior

Center, 115 Westfield. 50 & older. Repeats Wednesdays. Appt: 503-201-6461 Scotts Mills Food Pantry, 9 - 11 a.m., Community Center, 298 Fourth St. SACA Food Pantry, 4 - 7 p.m., SACA, 421 S Water St., Silverton. 503-873-3446, silvertonareacommunityaid.org Serenity Al-Anon Meeting, 5:30 p.m.

Virtual Zoom meeting. Repeats 10 a.m.

Saturdays. For Zoom link, call Barbara K, 503-269-0952.

Wednesday

Mission Benedict Food Pantry, 1 - 4 p.m., St. Joseph Shelter, 925 S Main St., Mt. Angel. Repeats Friday. 503-845-2468 Mission of Hope Food Pantry, 2 - 4 p.m., Silver Creek Fellowship, 822 Industry Way. Repeats 9-11 a.m.

Saturday. 503-873-7353

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Silver Creek Fellowship Church, 822 NE Industrial Way. In-person or online at scf.tv/daniel.plan.

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Saturday

Silverton Farmer’s Market, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.,

Silverton UnitedMethodist Church, 203 W Main St. Fresh produce, plants, flowers. 503873-5615, silvertonfarmersmarket.com Oregon Crafters Market, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., 215 N Water St., Silverton. Outdoor market with locally handcrafted items, art, food, live music, entertainers, festivities. Sunday, noon - 5 p.m. oregoncraftersmarket.com Saturday Lunch, Noon - 1:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 500 N Second St., Silverton. Free. To-go lunch only.

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First Friday in Silverton 7 – 9 p.m. Explore the historic downtown, have dinner, shop, browse galleries, boutiques. 503-873-5615, silvertonchamber.org

Monday, Sept. 7 Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 8 Gardening Seminar

Tuesday, Sept. 1

10 a.m. via Zoom. Gardening with Dale Small. Can be viewed live; available on demand at silvertonseniorcenter. org. For Zoom info, call 503-873-3093

2 p.m. via Zoom. Today: Funeral planning with Unger’s Funeral Home. Sept. 8: Social isolation with Marie Jennings of Parkview Village. Sept. 15: Hospice not just for end of life with Scott Mills of Signature Hospice.

Sept. 22: Housing options with Melanie Berke of Davenport Place. Sept. 29: Support groups with Suzy Deeds of NWSDS. Series can be viewed live and available on demand at silvertonseniorcenter.org. For Zoom information, call 503-873-3093

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Benji Blair covers “Mythological Geanealogy: Telling Fact from Fiction.”

Blair explores how to tell good sources from bad when it comes to medieval genealogy.

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2 - 3:30 p.m. Virtual via Zoom or phone call meeting. This month’s topic is important caregiver resources and supports. Call Suzy Deeds at 503-304-3429 to register.

Noon - 5 p.m., Silverton Elks Lodge, 300 High St. Appointments encouraged by visiting redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins welcome and will be scheduled at door.

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Wednesday, Sept. 2 Scotts Mills City Council

7 p.m., Scotts Mills City Hall, 265 Fourth St. Agenda available. Open to public. 503-8735435, scottsmills.org

Friday, Sept. 4 Lunch with Dodie

Noon via Zoom. Today: Silver Creek Lanes. Sept. 11: Silver Angels Foot Care.

Sept. 18: Global Life with Anya Wise, licensed agent. 9/25: United Way Villages Program with Nicki Marazzani. Can be viewed live and available on demand at silvertonseniorcenter.org. For Zoom information, call 503-873-3093

Lunaria September Exhibit

Noon - 5 p.m., Lunaria Gallery, 113 N Water St., Silverton. “We Are Open,” featuring new artwork by Mary Goodson and Deborah Unger in the main gallery and Ginger Henkel in the loft. Exhibit is open to public noon - 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday through Sept. 27. lunariagallery.com, 503-873-7734

Hand-dipped Corndog Fundraiser

3 - 8 p.m., Oak Street Church, 502 Oak St., Silverton. To-go hand-dipped corndogs for $4. Repeats 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sept. 5.

503-873-5446

Red Cross Blood Drive

Free COVID-19 Tests

4 - 7 p.m., Woodburn Ambulance, 1040 N Boones Ferry Road. All are welcome.

Do not need to have symptoms.

Identification is not required. Preregistration is required and opens on Thursday and closes Saturday prior to event. Repeats Sept. 15. 503-910-4908

Mt. Angel City Council

7 p.m., Mount Angel Public Library, 290 Charles St. Open to public. Agenda available. 503-845-9291, ci.mt-angel.or.us

Silverton Planning Commission

7 p.m., Silverton Community Center, 421 S Water St. Open to public. Agenda available. 503-874-2207, silverton.us.or

Wednesday, Sept. 9 Caregiver Connection

1 - 2:30 p.m. Offered through conference call by contacting Julie Mendez at 503304-3432, julie.mendez@nwsds.org for instructions on how to participate. For caregivers 55 or older caring for an adult 18 years or older living with a disability.

Today’s topic is fall prevention.

Actors Improve

7 - 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. Improvisational games. Regulars, new members welcome. For login information, call Ron Drake, 503-873-8796.

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Thursday, Sept. 10 Lasagna Cooking Class

2 p.m. via Zoom. Making lasagna for one with Judy Marston. Can be viewed live and available on demand at silvertonseniorcenter.org. For Zoom information, call 503-873-3093

Friday, Sept. 11 Patriot Day Monday, Sept. 14 Mt. Angel School District

6:30 p.m., District Office, 730 E Marquam St., Mt. Angel. Agenda available. Open to public. 503-845-2345, masd91.org

Silver Falls School District

7 p.m., Silverton Community Center, 421 S Water St. Open to public. 503-873-5303, silverfallsschools.org

Silverton City Council

7 p.m., Silverton Community Center, 421 S Water St. Open to public. 503-873-5321, silverton.or.us

Tuesday, Sept, 15 Silver Falls Library Book Club

7 - 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. This month’s selection is The Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth A. Rush. visit silverfallslibrary.org or call 503-873-5173 for Zoom information..

Wednesday, Sept. 16 Bingo

2 - 4 p.m., Silver Creek Lanes, 500 W C St., Silverton. Hosted by Silverton Senior Center. $5 for two cards. Finger food, refreshments. 503-973-3093

Thursday, Sept. 17 Mt. Angel Oktoberfest

Eat, Drink, Polka! Zuhaus Edition with virtual entertainment, German and local craft beer available, souvenirs. Some food booths will be set up throughout town.

For a complete list of entertainment, food and drinks for sale, ways to donate, visit oktoberfest.org. Repeats Sept. 18 - 19.

Tuesday, Sept. 22 Autumnal Equinox Saturday, Sept. 26 Red Cross Blood Drive

9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 745 W Main St., Silverton. Appointments encouraged by visiting redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins welcome and will be scheduled at door.

Monday, Sept. 28 Vigil for Peace

2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Towne Square Park, Silverton. Silverton People for Peace gather to advocate for peace, social justice issues on all levels of societyn. Open to all.

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Your Health

Brain health

Functional neurologist opens practice in Silverton

By Melissa Wagoner

a class on fundamental neurology.

Kelly Prill – a Naturopathic Physician who specializes in functional neurology – is amongst a host of practitioners who are redefining healthcare today by treating the root cause of illnesses through education rather than simply treating the symptoms of the illness itself.

“I went to a course and thought, ‘Of course it’s the brain!’” she laughed.

“High stress, not healthy food… all of these aren’t good for us,” Prill stressed.

“And then you add a neurological issue.

Making the changes they need to make… it’s life-changing.”

Originally from Wyoming, Prill received her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland in 2011, where she would eventually open her own office. But from the beginning Prill noticed there was a missing link in patient care.

“After being in practice for several years I noticed that there were people who just never got better,” she recalled.

And so, in search of the answer, Prill took

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March 13. Although Prill essentially opened her office only to close it again due to COVID-19, she is remaining positive.

“Through this I’ve decided to close my Portland office,” she said decisively. “I moved here and so I need to be here. I can’t be too far away.”

Although the course was primarily targeted toward chiropractic practitioners, Prill persisted, and in 2018 became a Diplomate of Functional Neurology.

Housed in what was previously the Believing in Birth Birthing Center on First Street, Prill has joined a team of healthcare practitioners who support each other as well as their patients.

“It’s like physical therapy for the brain,” Prill said of the practice. “Because when the brain is doing its job, things work much better.”

In her practice, Prill sees patients with a host of issues including mild traumatic brain injuries, migraines, chronic dizziness, ADHD and even Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention.

“We’ve got to get on top of brain health much earlier,” she said. “Now’s the time.”

But even without a diagnosed ailment, most people could probably benefit from functional neurology, according to Prill, whose methods work hand-in-hand with full-systems naturopathy.

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“Those are the people who need to come see me,” she said. “Because a lot of times they’ve been to several practitioners and I can guide them.”

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Prill is working toward building up her new practice and encourages everyone to take the time to reevaluate their own health goals, especially those who have had unsuccessful treatments in the past.

“There’s a major gap in healthcare,” Prill said, citing dramatic changes in neuroscience in recent years. “My passion is to educate people, teach them how to take care of themselves.”

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Business

Kneaded friends

By Melissa Wagoner

Home bakers make successful start at Farmers Market and general praise they receive are how they develop each week’s menu.

Simply Knead It

It started with pretzels – the soft kind.

Brianna Babb made a batch and shared them with Kirsten Slavin, a fellow Scotts Mills Elementary School mother and friend. Unbeknownst to her, that gift would change the trajectory of both their lives.

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“I come from a long line of bakers, chefs and cooks,” Slavin said. “My grandmother was a published cook and she raised me. It was one of those things that I always did and always loved.”

each other,” Slavin said, recalling the many times they have worked as a team to solve the issues that come with building a small business.

When Slavin tasted those pretzels, she knew she had found a kindred spirit, but even more than that, someone who could make her dream come true – opening a bakery.

“It was strictly one of those things – let’s see if the community wants us,” Slavin recalled of their initial sales at the Silverton Winter Market in 2019. “Then our goal got doubled and tripled.”

“I asked her if she wanted to make [pretzels],” Slavin laughed.

“We loved doing it,” Babb said of their excitement at being so well-received. “We feed off of the people.”

She did. And that is how Simply Knead It began.

Not only do they enjoy their customer interactions, but the comments, requests

“We work really well because we balance

“It’s soothing,” Babb said of the time she spends, alone in her kitchen. “I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for a few years now and it’s really hard.”

“Every week when we’re baking, we’re thinking about the people who’re going to eat it,” Slavin remarked.

With business at their marketstand booming, the duo has big dreams for the future.

“We’ll say, ‘So and so asked for this, let’s make sure we make it,” Babb added.

And those requests – including the ones for old family favorites – add up to a long list of baked goods that the two women produce, almost entirely by hand, in their kitchens each week.

“Assuming that things continue to open up in the next two years, we would love to open a small bakery/deli,” Babb said. “We don’t want to have a coffee shop; we don’t want to step on anybody’s toes.”

“We do everything by hand,” Babb confirmed. “I don’t even have a mixer. We really believe in those small batches.”

“We want to make sure we’re an option – not that we’re taking out somebody,” Slavin continued.

That often means 23 individual batches of croissants, pretzels, scones, coffee cake, gluten-free muffins and whatever else the community is craving, all freshly baked to sell at the Silverton Farmer’s Market every Saturday. But what’s more remarkable is that they do it all while each running their own small farm and raising their kids – Slavin has two and Babb has four.

But for now, they are enjoying what they have – a bustling home-based business with an assemblage of loyal customers.

“Even the Farmer’s Market is a family to us,” Slavin said happily.

“I love it,” Babb added. “It’s so wonderful.”

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Investment

By Melissa Wagoner There’s not a better time to be in a co-op,” Cayla Catino, vice president of the Silverton Food Co-op (SFC) Board of Directors, said referring to the current pandemic and the flaws it has revealed in the supply chain. “Co-ops help in hard times and create community resilience.”

That resilience is built into the foundation of each food co-op, by the active role the community at large takes in its ownership, management, staffing and, most importantly, the communitysourced food that fills its shelves.

“For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $68 will stay in the community,” Kelly Hilton, SFC board president estimated, a figure that is even more accurate when the money in question is spent on goods that are also locally sourced.

A volunteer since the first pop-up co-op event in 2015, Hilton has excitedly watched SFC grow from just a few members to 747 as of August.

Food Co-op takes financial steps toward brick-and-mortar store Now, as board president, Hilton is leading the charge toward completing the next requirements of a market study and pro forma drawn up several years ago to aid the organization in realizing its dream of one day opening a brick and mortar store.

“We hired a consultant through the Food Co-op Initiative because they have a plethora of resources,” Hilton said.

Adding that these step-by-step plans are tailored to the specifics of both the SFC goals and the communities they will serve. The plan has given the group not only a projection of the expenses and income they might one day expect, but an estimate of the square footage they will need to achieve those goals.

“We have a site selection committee of four people looking around town for availability,” Hilton said. “Then from there the projected [amount] we need is $1.5 million – and we’re looking to raise half of that from our owners.”

That capital campaign, as it is currently known, will give all of the nearly 750

Silverton Food Co-op www.silvertonfood.coop Become an owner: $150 or 10 monthly payments of $15 each Invest in the capital campaign: A minimum $2,000 investment paid back with interest over 15 years owners a chance to invest a minimum of $2,000 in the opening of the future store, while earning interest on their money.

“It’s an investment in a social enterprise,” Catino said. “You’re investing in a business, so it’s not a donation.”

That distinction is an important one because, while the SFC gladly accepts donations from anyone, only owners – or those who have paid the $150 membership fee – may invest in the capital campaign where they will earn a set return for the next 15 years, at which

time the loan will be paid back.

“If [all 747 owners] invest $2,000, we would have no bank debt,” Catino said.

While SFC’s minimum investment goal is only $800,000, a fully invested co-op of $1.5 million would eliminate the need for a bank-funded loan and mean a more stable infrastructure and a higher initial profit margin.

Running through the end of October, the campaign has, thus far, already raised $58,000 toward the goal. But they still have a long way to go, which is why they are urging anyone interested in one day shopping at Silverton’s first food co-op, to become a member and invest in that dream now.

“One of the things I think is most exciting about the co-ops in this day and age is, co-ops are owned by the owners,” Catino said. “We have a choice in what goes in the store and even how much people get paid.

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School. Does that word send shivers down your spine? Make you tense up in a way it never did before? I’ve started to have that reaction as I am bombarded – on an almost minute-to-minute basis – by worries over what fall will bring for my family and my three school-aged children.

pandemic and state mandates regarding everything – from where you should wear a mask to how many people you can be in a room with – changes on an almost day-to-day basis. How then does one plan for a week, let alone a year, under these conditions?

Now, I feel I need to preface further discussion by saying, my husband and I are in a privileged position. We have a stable home, a stable income, the technology necessary to accommodate online schooling and I work part-time, almost entirely from home. And my kids don’t require any specialized help at school or state-funded transportation.

Then there’s summer. It’s glorious to have warm weather and to be able to go outside, unless you’re a teacher and trying to plan ahead, then the time for that is slowly trickling down the drain.

This means that things look vastly different for my family and my kids than it does for just about any other family. I see that. I acknowledge it. And still I worry.

While I was able to view the three months of haphazard education my children received in the spring as a sort of opportunity for doubling down on the practical life side of things – baking,

gardening and household chores – the thought of an entire year off from formal education worries me. And I am decidedly not alone.

Over the summer – since the school year finally, thankfully, ended – I have spent hours talking with other parents, meeting with educators and interviewing decisionmakers in order to answer the question: what now?

“Purposeful change is planned at least a year in advance because of budgeting and professional development implementation,” one educator told me.

Which makes sense, unless you’re in a

“One thing that I think is important for people to realize is that educators have very little paid time to innovate with colleagues,” that same educator said. “I often think of education in the US as a train that has to keep moving. There is no time to stop and make significant changes before the next day, week, month, or year is upon us.”

That seems difficult during a normal year, but what about a year when the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) releases a nearly 50-page document that portrays three radically different schooling possibilities –

onsite, hybrid and comprehensive distance learning – or what I like to call yes school, some school and no school?

“As we look toward the fall and schools hopefully reopening, there are many unknowns and questions that have made it difficult to unplug as I usually try to do in the summer break,” another educator admitted to me.

At one point, it appeared the fall return might mean a hybrid model of school, with students attending in person classes that are smaller and spaced out two days a week, and doing distance learning the other days.

“I am grappling with how best to structure my curriculum to support students who are learning at home, while maximizing the limited time I will get with them.” an educator told me then. “I also have concerns that if we have a case or two, everything will be shut down again, so I want to be able to seamlessly transition to 100 percent distance learning, if necessary, with no time lost.”

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administrators and parents scrambling to both concoct and implement a fully online curriculum this spring, with little to no preparation time, I am more than a little concerned about what that would look like.

How will teachers pivot if everything shut down suddenly again? And what will parents do? But honestly, the question that worries me the most is: how can children get any real, meaningful education if that education is an absolute rollercoaster of changing plans and stressful emotions?

Because for many, it didn’t go well last spring.

“Over the course of the closure there were many challenges, both professionally and personally for most teachers I know, myself included,” one teacher I spoke with acknowledged. “Professionally, we were asked to do many things we had never done before and there could be something of a moving target at times. This wasn’t anyone’s fault, just the nature of any institution responding to a rapidly developing public health crisis.”

Equity between students who were no longer in the same classroom instantly became a major hurdle.

anxiety was knowing that, despite all we did to be flexible, there were students we weren’t reaching,” this teacher added.

“Some of our students had no internet access, no or limited computer access (for example sharing one device among multiple siblings), and many had parents who were still working or also juggling other responsibilities,” she cited.

Three of those students, I am sorry to say, were my own. To varying degrees, they did not find meetings with their teacher and classmates via Zoom helpful or engaging, did not care for worksheets after many years of hands-on Montessori schooling, and were not motivated to self-direct while I was in my office working.

“To respond to these different situations, we provided an option of all print materials that could be picked up and returned weekly, Chromebook check outs, flexibility in attending live sessions, and multiple ways to show mastery of standards.”

Listening to this teacher as she listed the myriad ways, she and the other teachers tried to make the best of last spring’s supremely difficult situation only serves to increase my anxiety regarding the upcoming school year.

I fear many of these same issues will rear their ugly heads again.

“One of the major sources of stress and

“[I]t was very challenging to work 100 percent from home while caring for my own children and trying to be a good supporter for their distance learning as well,” one educator/mom confided.

“I know I am not alone among parents who were working from home at this period in getting up early to try to snag a couple of hours of uninterrupted work time, putting in a couple quality hours with my own kids and helping them with school, relying on screen time and devices to get some more work time, then high fiving our spouse or partner at some point and rushing back to

the laptop.”

Now, many parents – like this one – wore too many hats during the spring closure, burning the midnight oil and having little to no time for themselves, are faced with a set of very difficult decisions. Resume last spring’s manic schedule (if working from home is still even an option)? Pay what equates to an entire month’s salary each month toward hiring a tutor/caregiver? Quit and stay at home (possibly permanently)?

What a decision to make. And we still don’t know enough about this virus to be really sure how safe it is to open schools. And we won’t know until…I guess until it’s too late.

A concerned parent recently posted on Facebook. “Where should our focus be? On how to open ‘safely’ or how to not open and figure out an online solution?”

I for one do not have the answer. And I do not envy those whose job it is to figure it out. All I can say is that the clock is ticking and the days are slipping away. The school year starts – in whatever form – Sept. 14.

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By Melissa Wagoner The longest summer vacation on record should be drawing to a close – but it’s not. Instead, with Marion and Clackamas Counties boasting infection rates that mean in-person schooling is out of the question, most students will continue to spend their days at home. And while, come Sept. 14, distanced schooling will resume, that will only fill a portion of the day. What about the rest of those hours?

How can busy moms and dads make sure their kids stay entertained even after a whopping six months spent at home?

Here are a few ideas to break up the monotony, get kids away from screens and into the great outdoors and maybe even have a little fun in the process.

• Plant flowers – just because it’s fall doesn’t mean gardening time is over. On the contrary, many plants (garlic, shallots and fava beans as well as flowers like phlox, ranunculus and sweet peas) should be propagated in the fall.

• Decorate your garden – while you’re at it, paint some pots, rocks or garden signs so they’ll be ready to go when spring comes.

• Riding bikes – make it fun by exploring a new neighborhood.

• Pretend your camping – roast hotdogs and marshmallows over a backyard fire pit. The fire will keep you toasty even when fall temperatures dip.

• Hide and go seek – but do it outside.

• Paint pictures – big ones. Use pieces of butcher paper taped to the fence or laid on the patio to make an outdoor mural.

• Hike – explore a new trail. Many, especially ones that feature waterfalls, are actually more picturesque in the winter, when water levels are at their highest. Just don’t forget your mask!

• Use a compass – while you’re hiking, teach your kids this valuable skill.

There’s lots to see and do in the coming weeks outside.

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make mud sculptures. Just make sure you wear old clothes and boots.

• Race cars – use chalk to create an outdoor race track on the sidewalk or patio, then use matchbox cars to bring it to life.

• Take pictures – give your kids an old camera, then take them on a walk. You’ll be amazed at what the world looks like from their point of view.

• Fly a kite – just make sure there aren’t any powerlines nearby.

• Scavenger hunt – come up with a theme and hide items around the yard.

• Create an alphabet – additionally, use things in nature (rocks, sticks, seashells, leaves) to create each letter of the alphabet, then photograph them.

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• Hunt for eggs – but do it at night. Put glow sticks in plastic eggs and hide them

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• Play frisbee – or any other game that your kids have yet to explore.

• Walk and seek – fill a bucket with things you find in nature, then create a collage.

• Shaving cream battle – it’s just what it sounds like.

• Bike wash – give your kids a bucket of water and a sponge and let them wash all of the bikes.

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• Rain art – crush dried water colors and sprinkle on paper. Place in the yard on a rainy day and let the drops do the painting.

• Swinging in the rain – exactly that.

• Obstacle course – build it outside using whatever you can find.

Just because fall is on its way doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. It also doesn’t mean families have to spend the majority of their time inside. Instead, pull out the raingear, put on some boots and explore.

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30 years of dancing

Silverton Ballet finds way to celebrate despite virus

As 2020 dawned Paula Magee and her associates at the Silverton Ballet and Performing Arts Company were starting the planning for a 30th anniversary celebration.

“Then came COVID-19, and the world stopped,” Magee told Our Town. “My focus then became how do I keep my business alive and my staff employed.”

The staff regrouped, with a goal of succeeding and not surrendering. Online classes were developed. Zoom lessons were added. And the group found a way to have that celebration.

Using the story of The Wizard of Oz as the framework the company took over Magee’s home for four days in June and put on their 30th anniversary show.

three months of Zoom- only classes. Not the 30th anniversary I had imagined, but unforgettable nonetheless!”

Magee, who grew up in Southern California, began teaching dance in 1976 and moved to Silverton in 1989. She calls it the “best decision of my life.”

“At that time I could not imagine that Silverton Ballet would train thousands of dancers, many of whom would go on to receive their college degrees in dance, become “I knew in the very bottom of studio owners, dance teachers, Paula Magee SUBMITTED PHOTO the heart that there had to be a dance in companies and recital,” Magee said. “I wasn’t become accomplished fitness sure what it would look like. instructors,” she said.

I just knew it would happen. These kids The group started in the Wellman Building all had so much ripped out from under on Second Street, moving to its Oak Street them… our yearly celebration of all their location a few years later. Magee was the accomplishments would not be the next instructor then, offering ballet, pointe, lone casualty. June came and really left only one jazz, tap and lyrical.

Today, Magee shares viable option: an outdoor, socially distanced, the teaching load with Emily Sword, Alex videoed recital at our home.

Reese, Michele Lynn and Jena Hendrix.

“These dancers got to dance together for “The goal and mission has always been the first time in three months and their to provide the Silverton community with joy was palpable. They were able to have a technically superior dance training, bathed recital that deep down inside they believed in joy,” she said. “But there’s really so much would never happen. It was humbling for more to teaching dance. Often a student the teachers and audience to see their pride starts taking classes because of something and humbling to see what our amazing they have seen on TV or in a book. They dancers were able to accomplish with

Silverton Ballet and Performing Arts Co. 2020 seniors Samantha Zurcher, Corinne Berning, Sarah Littell and Lottie Hamilton. SUBMITTED PHOTO

How to Participate The Silverton Ballet and Performing Arts Company is at 209 Oak St., Silverton. For class schedules, tuition information and coronavirus protocols go to www.silvertonballet. com or call 503-873-7942. find out that they love coming to the studio and learning to dance, but the underlying benefits can be subtle yet just as important (if not more so) than the technique.

“Things like increased self-confidence, establishing an additional support system, making friends, improved fitness, balance and strength, stress reduction, persistence and teamwork.”

When asked about highlights of the company through the years Magee said “I Have a home Call us! am blessed to say thatto therent? biggest highlight

is truly ongoing.

Being able to draw a clear line from the three-year-old experiencing their first time on stage to the graduating senior presenting their final solo. Teaching the dancer that loves hip-hop and plays four different sports, and the dancer that knows dance is their art AND their sport.

What a gift it is to be there for that entire journey.”

And the journey continues. Silverton Ballet is reopening Sept. 14, with new protocols in place to keep everyone safe.

“Life’s challenges can also serve as a test of your support systems,” Magee said.

“Silverton Ballet’s are wide reaching and strong. From the families who continued paying tuition while we found our virtual footing and those that sent much-needed words of encouragement. To this amazing community who offered up grants, often unsolicited, and my faculty who dove in 100% to find a way to keep dance and a bit of normalcy in our students’ lives. I could not be more grateful for their support, their trust and their love.

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June 20, 1921 – Aug. 14, 2020

Pauline Middlemiss, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away Aug. 14, 2020 at 99 years of age.

Pauline was born in Salem, Oregon on June 20, 1921 to Calvin Otis Lightfoot and Ruth Alice Dawson, the first of five siblings: Thelma, Velma, Betty Lou and Rena Ann. Her parents moved to Silverton, Oregon when she was about three. She attended Silverton High School and graduated Valedictorian in 1939. She earned her B.A. degree in General Arts and Letters from the University of Oregon in 1943.

She worked for the Western Union following graduation, first in Portland and finally in Salem, where she remained until meeting Bob McBride, 2nd Lieutenant stationed at Camp Adair.

When he returned from the occupation army in Germany, they were married in 1947 in Salem, immediately moving to Olathe, Kansas, his home.

She worked for Hedrick Abstract Co. then as Deputy Register of Deeds for Johnson County, Kansas where she remained until they adopted their two children in 1954 and 1957. She and Bob were divorced in 1981.

In 1990 she got remarried to John Middlemiss, a former classmate, and

returned to Silverton. After John’s passing in 2004, Pauline stayed in Oregon as she had many great friends to enjoy. She moved back to Olathe in 2018.

Her passions in life were reading, dancing, travel and learning. After her remarriage her activities included concerts, plays, eating out and extensive traveling. She belonged to Kiwanis Club, Friends of the the Library, Silverton Hospital Auxiliary, the Silverton Mural Society, Silverton Library Book Club, AAUW Book Club, the Senior Centers in Silverton and Salem and enjoyed enrollment in Write Your Life Story and Silvertones and singing for a time in the Christian Church choir.

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I’m afraid there’s been a serious mistake.

horseshoes before the next class. We each had a couple loops of wire and we used the plumbing vents as stakes.

A couple of kids saw us and reported it to a teacher, who dismissed the idea of upstanding students like us playing horseshoes on the roof.

The other day I got an invitation. It was for a 50th high school reunion.

Surely it was supposed to go to someone else. I’ve only been out of high school a few years. Ten, maybe. Twenty, possibly. But 50? I don’t think so.

Someone has surely hit the fast-forward button on the time machine.

I looked at the invitation, which came by way of a friend I had just talked with a few years ago.

Or so it seems.

Just to verify that it was in fact a mistake, I tracked down a Facebook page for Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. To my relief, it was a mistake. The only photos I saw were of old people. Lots of gray hair – and missing hair on the guys. Everyone I knew in high school had lots of hair.

And there were grandchildren in the pictures, too.

I’m way too young for grandkids, so what are my alleged classmates doing with them?

Again, it’s all a big, whopping mistake.

I suppose I ought to verify whether this class reunion is

for some other folks who are way older. As a check, there are a few facts only I and a select few witnesses would recall about my high school years.

For example, when I was in tenth grade I was proudly showing off my latest innovation. It involved splicing two huge speaker cabinets into a tiny portable record player.

When I turned it on, it worked great – until it caught fire. The lone witness probably would remember it – because she was laughing so hard.

Then there was the time I and another member of the school electronics club climbed onto the roof of the school. (Apparently, setting your record player on fire did not exclude you from the club.) Our goal wasn’t setting up any electronic gizmo. It was to get in a quick game of

Then there was the time a couple of us rode our bicycles 30 miles to Washington Crossing State Park by the Delaware River. The only shortcoming in our planning was: no food, no money to buy food, no sleeping bags and no campground to sleep in. We spent the night shivering in a cemetery.

There were plenty of other secret undertakings that took place in high school, like the kid – not me – who blew up his coat in chemistry class. I’m not sure what he planned to do with those chemicals, but they sure made a lot of smoke when they were mixed in his pocket.

I won’t get into the other ones, because, well, sometimes the past is best forgotten. But there was the time I was laughing so hard I fell out of a car. That was bad enough, but I was driving.

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(503) 873-3684 www.rrfwealth.com 201 S. Water St. Silverton, OR 97381

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Kirsten Barnes Broker 873-3545 ext. 326

Marcia Branstetter Broker, GRI 873-3545 ext. 318

Micha Christman Office Manager 873-1425

Becky Craig Principal Broker, GRI 873-3545 ext. 313

Sarah Graves Office Manager 873-3545 ext. 300

Michael Schmidt Principal Broker GRI 873-3545 ext. 314

#T2594 WONDERFUL NEW SUBDIVISION $159,500

Wonderful new subdivision, Craftsman character homes, classic style. Creek Frontage on Silver Creek, ready to be built on, build your dream home and live on Silver Creek, close to downtown. Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322. (WVMLS#762138)

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#T2611 11.68 ACRES $625,000 11.68 acres with manufactured home, well, septic, and timber.

Property has become overgrown and needs a buyer willing to role up their sleeves and do some work. Key in lockbox for gate lock to enter. Park vehicles at gate entrance and walk down driveway to MH. MH is of no value and unsafe to enter. Call listing broker for more information. Call Chuck at ext . 325 (WVMLS766171)

SILVERTON

Chuck White Broker 873-3545 ext. 325

Meredith Wertz Broker, GRI 873-3545 ext. 324

Ryan Wertz Broker, GRI 873-3545 ext. 322

Mason Branstetter Principal Broker, GRI 873-3545 ext. 303

#T2607 WELL MANICURED $528,500 Well built home off Breyonna Way, room for everyone, 4 bedroom, plus den, 2.5 bath, formal living and dining, family room, plus rec room. Many updates, open kitchen to the family room, large deck for entertaining with oversized yard.

Fully fenced, well manicured yard with privacy. 3 car garage...Come view this home today! Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322.

SILVERTON

COUNTRY

#T2607 WELL MANICURED 4 BR, 2.5 BA 3398 sqft Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $528,500 (WVMLS#765524)

#T2598 EAST HILL HOME 3 BR, 2 BA 1983 sqft Call Chuck at ext. 325 $349,900 (WVMLS#763308)

#T2608 CUSTOM HOME 4 BR, 2.5 BA 2463 sqft Call Whitney at ext. 320, Mike at ext. 312 $548,000 (WVMLS#765622)

#T2602 SILVERTON MOBILE ESTATES 2 BR, 2 BA 1440 sqft Call Kirsten at ext. 326 $50,000 (WVMLS#763942)

Mike Ulven Broker 503-873-3545 ext. 312

#T2609 INCREDIBLE VIEW $389,500 Incredible view property with privacy and space! Updated manufactured home surrounded by fenced pasture land. Updated deck, front porch, gutter, and roof on shed.

Sale of home is contingent upon seller’s locating replacement property. Call Whitney at ext. 320 or Mike at ext. 312. (WVMLS#765777)

(WVMLS#765524)

#T2590 CUSTOM BUILT 3 BR, 2.5 BA 1820 sqft 7.12 Acres Call Kirsten at ext. 326 $650,000 (WVMLS#760634)

#T2604 CUSTOM SINGLE LEVEL 3 BR, 2 BA 1493 sqft Call Chuck at ext. 325 $369,000 (WVMLS#760793)

Whitney Ulven Broker 503-873-3545 ext. 320

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SOLD! – #T2605 WONDERFUL SETTING 4 BR, 2.5 BA 2512 sqft 4.85 Acres Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $489,500 (WVMLS#765032) #T2609 INCREDIBLE VIEW 3 BR, 2 BA 1480 sqft 2.14 Acres Call Whitney at ext. 320, Mike at ext. 312 $389,500 (WVMLS#765777)

#T2590 CUSTOM BUILT 3 BR, 2.5 BA 1820 sqft 7.12 Acres Call Kirsten at ext. 326 $650,000 (WVMLS#760634)

NEW! – #T2611 11.68 ACRES 11.68 Acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 $625,000 (WVMLS#766171)

BARELAND/LOTS #T2594 WONDERFUL NEW SUBDIVISION .18 Acres Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $159,500 (WVMLS#762138)

#T2611 11.68 ACRES 11.68 Acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 $625,000 (WVMLS#766171)

SALEM/KEIZER #T2612 QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD 3 BR, 2 BA 1536 sqft. Keizer. Call Whitney at ext. 320, Mike at ext. 312 $329,850 (WVMLS#766386)

For rental properties call Micha or Sarah at 503-873-1425 or check our website

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