Our Town North: Sept. 15, 2020

Looking Back

Civics 101

Saalfeld House gets a little TLC in Mount Angel – Page 12

Key dates and facts for voters for the Nov. 3 election – Page 5

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Serving up a little assistance.........4 Civics 101

Ins and outs of voting..................5 Mt. Angel puts new rig to work......6 Economic development plan unveiled in Mt. Angel...................7 Dining Out...........................6

Something to Think About

Winds whip up wildfires ...............8 Marketplace....................11 Looking Back

Saalfeld House gets some TLC.......12 Sports & Recreation

Catching up with Maddie.............13 People Out Loud.............14

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Helping Hands

Food where it’s needed

By Melissa Wagoner

Weekly Meals for Those in Need

Things were tough this spring for Joel Autry, owner of Silverton Wine Bar and Bistro. Even when restaurants began to reopen for takeout service, that only meant opening three days a week. That proved to be a big problem, not just for staffing but for inventory as well.

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“What happens is, you buy food and if there’s something left you really can’t hold it for four days,” Autry said.

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That’s when, looking around at a kitchen full of perfectly good food with no one to eat it, inspiration hit.

Arbuckle Hoffman – who helped found the Wednesday Night Dinners in 2008 – relating a grass-roots plan that would utilize the Silverton Wine Bar’s extra food by making dinners for those who needed them.

“I got to thinking about the First Christian Church because I used to volunteer there for Wednesday Dinners,” Autry said, recalling the number of community members dependent on those meals and who, because of current regulations against gathering, might be in need of some assistance.

And so, he placed a call to Cherry

Chef, restaurant owner starts new venture thereafter until, one recent Saturday saw Hoffman delivering 27 frozen, ready-toserve meals, complete with a high-quality protein, a starch and a vegetable.

“I want to make sure the food we put together is quality, not just in terms of ingredients, but something that tastes good,” Autry said. “I want it to be something where the effort matches the spirit behind it.”

And Autry loves it too, which is why he has no intention of dismantling this new venture any time soon. In fact, he wants to grow it.

“I said – I’m in,” she remembered.

“The kitchen here is really small,” Autry said. “So, probably what I would do next is find a place in town, a church or something, and we’d take a day a week and a volunteer and go in there and [cook] and then get the food distributed.”

And the two have been working together ever since. Starting with seven meals that first week and increasing each week

Once this new location is established, Autry – who is currently doing the bulk of the cooking himself – plans to hand

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“Joel has told me, even if things get back to some kind of normalcy, he doesn’t want to stop,” Hoffman said. adding that, in her opinion, normalcy may be a long way off.

“It’s going to get worse,” she cautioned.

“And what Joel is doing, we think it’s going to grow. But Joel is just this little part. We kind of nestle in with all the other food projects. This town is amazing at taking care of its own.”

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Civics 101

Ins and outs

By Melissa Wagoner “We know in Oregon that vote by mail is one of the most secure ways to cast a ballot,” Jennifer Hofmann remarked. She is founder of Americans of Conscience Checklist, a website dedicated to empowering positive actions in support of democracy, voting rights and equality for Americans and aspiring Americans.

“It’s fool-proof. In fact, our Republican Secretary of State is quite proud of our vote by mail record.”

Standard operating procedure since 2000, voting by mail is actually a given in Oregon – the first state to conduct a presidential election that way – and a helping hand to voter turnout, which is higher here than in many other states.

“For the most part we are really well covered because we’ve done this for a long time,” Marion County Clerk Bill Burgess, said. “We’ve developed this as clerks along with the Secretary of State.”

That development includes both annual and monthly meetings with the United States Postal Service (USPS) to streamline the vote by mail system and to work out any kinks ahead of time.

“We’ve been working with the Post Office for so long,” Burgess said. “And they are so committed to making this work.”

Over the years, the development of intelligent barcodes and special markings on ballot envelopes has assisted the sorting machines, ensuring fewer ballots are returned to sender. But none of these methods are foolproof, which is why Burgess recommends all voters fill out and return their ballots promptly upon receipt – at least a week prior to Election Day Nov. 3.

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That mail-in date is crucial, according to Burgess who said, “Anyone who is voting after the 27th, they’re taking a big chance.

But we sometimes get 30 percent of the ballots in the days before election day.”

That doesn’t leave much of a margin for error, Postal Service or otherwise. But there is a new method voters can utilize to make sure their ballots were not only received by the polling center on time but was also counted – Track Your Ballot, a new service created solely for Marion County residents.

“All they need to do is sign up,” Burgess urged. “We can send them a voicemail, email or text, whatever they want.”

But in order to track a ballot, voters must first receive one, which is why Burgess urges anyone who is unsure about their voter status to look it up – right away.

“Go to www.oregonvotes.gov and see if you’re registered in the right place and under the right name,” he advised. “You can also change your party if you want to. If something’s changed, we can get you a new ballot. We kill the old ballot and send you a new ballot with the new information. We package the ballots about 35 days before the election. After that they have to use a drop-site.”

is the Stayton City Library, Burgess noted that, “For Stayton there’s also the Scio City Hall.”

And for those voters for whom a disability makes voting at home a struggle, Marion County offers several means of assistance by appointment or special ballot request at 503-588-5041. “[W]e offer large print ballots for those who let us know ahead of time,” Burgess began. “We offer audio vote pamphlets.

We offer tactile ballots. We have voter assistance teams of two, each of a different political party, that can help the voter by appointment. We have a vote marking device that is helpful for some voters. We offer a service for voters that have text to voice translation on their home computer and a printer.”

For voters whose ballots were misplaced, destroyed or eaten by a pet or for whom in-person voting is the only option due to time constraints, there is only one in-person Polling Center available in Marion County – the County Clerk’s Office at 555 Court St. NE in Salem.

“On Monday, just before Election Day, and Tuesday, Election Day, we will have the Senator Hearing Room open and set up like a polling place where a voter will be issued a ballot, can vote at a voting booth, and deposit it in an official ballot box,” Burgess described.

But keep in mind, those drop-sites are going to be much harder to find this year, with the pandemic having closed many City Halls to the public.

But unless a citizen is registered ahead of time, even this last-minute voting will be impossible. Luckily, unless you are under 18 or have never been issued a driver’s license, you should be registered to vote.

“We’ve got one in Silverton, Mount Angel and Woodburn,” Burgess said. And while the official drop-site for Stayton residents

“You actually have to opt out of registering rather than opt in,” Hofmann explained.

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Because voting is an important right, Hofmann said. “A ballot is sacred. Many people in our nation’s history have died for the right to vote. And casting a ballot in an election in a representative democracy is how you get to use your voice.”

To those who are feeling indecisive or ambivalent Hofmann offered these words of advice, “Some people say that voting for elected officials is like riding a bus. You want to choose someone who gets you as close to your destination as possible. So, I strongly encourage people to vote even if they don’t love every single option. You have the power to impact the direction of our nation.”

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Civics 101

Plans for change

By James Day New Mount Angel City Manager Kevin Cronin has unveiled some ambitious plans for the town.

Cronin, who took the helm of the city administration July 1, presented an economic development program to the City Council at its Aug. 18 meeting.

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• Look to improve the Railroad Avenue area with a “placemaking” pilot program that would be a mixture of new investment, street upgrades, renovations and code enforcement.

• Secure funds from the state to develop inventories of buildable land as well as commercial and industrial assets.

• Promote tourism with a “homestay” lodging program.

Cronin told Our Town that each strategy will have its own budget and timeline and that generally the program will be paid for by grants and city funds.

• Work the grant and state and federal aid corridors to give the town more funds to work with.

Cronin emphasized that the program depends on the city building partnerships with other groups.

The plan has four strategies:

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“The first month I was here all I did was reach out to partners,” he said, citing Marion County economic development officials and nonprofits. “You name it and I met with them and talked with them. And when we get to specifics we’ll have to roll up our sleeves and see what we can do.”

through Sunday, but could be expanded, said Cronin.

Cronin said that he will essentially serve as his own economic development manager, with assistance from city finance and planning staff.

He also said that virtually all of the concepts remain open for discussion.

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equipment and do it without asking for a bond measure and more money from the taxpayers,” Dallas said.

A single dollar bill was all it took and the Mt. Angel Fire District (MAFD) became the proud owner of a Dodge Brush Rig – a B457 Original.

The brush rig was taken out in August by three MAFD volunteers – John Rossi, Jason Sucich and Emch – for two weeks with wildland firefighters from the Silverton, Woodburn, Keizer and Marion County fire districts to aid in fighting the LNU Lightning Complex Fires burning across Wine Country in Northern California.

“It’s an engine designed especially for wildland,” MAFD volunteer and captain Craig Emch, described. “The type six is designed for mobility and designed to go off-road.”

Initially owned by the Oregon Department of Forestry, the truck – which had definitely seen better days – was passed down three times before ending up at MAFD, where it was stripped it down and rebuilt part by part. “[W]ith the support of the [brush rig] committee and help of my employees we installed the suspension lift, front bumper, bed, boxes, tools and water tank,” Bill Dallas, owner of Mt. Angel Autobody and a MAFD volunteer recounted to MAFD Office Secretary Samantha Barth. “[I]t was

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But, while volunteer work went a long way in getting the truck running again, the parts needed didn’t come cheap. Fortunately, the MAFD Board of Directors and the Brush Rig Committee were able to fund the entire $100,000 rebuild – an estimated

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But with MAFD’s volunteer base running lower than normal – there are currently only 30 volunteers on a roster that usually boasts around 40 – that rotation is significantly smaller. But Emch has hopes for the future.

“We’ve got a decent recruit class,” he said., adding that anyone interested in volunteering is encouraged to contact the MAFD office at 503-845-2438.

“It’s a difficult job,” he admitted. “But it’s also a different kind of reward that money can’t buy.”

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Something to Think About

Once in a century

By Melissa Wagoner In the midst of a global pandemic, with civil unrest in the streets, a new catastrophe has come knocking. On Sept.

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Wind-whipped fires devastate some, threaten others

Sept. 8 and 9 saw the height of an oppressive smoke cloud fill the Willamette Valley, blocking out the sun. While the area near Silver Falls State Park and Scotts Mills were evacuated, Silverton and Mount Angel were in “Level 2: Be Set” evacuation standby.

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“We are currently facing a statewide fire emergency,” Gov. Kate Brown, said during a press conference on Sept.

9. “Over the last 24 hours Oregon has experienced unprecedented fire damage.”

With 35 large fires burning and numerous small fires continuing to erupt, Brown warned Oregonians that the worst is yet to come.

“I want to be up front in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss, both in structures and in human lives,” Brown said. “This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property in our state’s history.”

As of Our Town press time the combination of two fires – the Beachie Creek Fire, which started near Opal Creek in late August, and the Lionshead Fire in Clackamas County – became the newly coined Santiam Fire. It has already caused the evacuation of thousands, including residents of Scotts Mills and areas near Silver Falls State Park, and put the cities of Mount Angel and Silverton on alert for possible evacuation orders.

“I was tired and trying to be calm but knew I was forgetting things,” Edie Sperling said. She evacuated from her home near Silver Falls State Park in the early morning hours of Sept. 8. “We had gone to bed knowing Highway 22 was closing, which is about 30 minutes from our house, but I still didn’t think (despite all the warnings) that the fire would move that fast.”

That wind-whipped speed, the very reason the fires have been so dangerous, is why emergency response personnel like Mariana Ruiz-Temple, Oregon’s Deputy Chief Fire Marshal, urged all Oregon residents to take the state’s fire precautions seriously.

“I ask that everybody understand the levels: One, Two and Three,” RuizTemple stressed. “They need to know what they would take with them, be ready to go and stay tuned to all emergency management.”

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and an evacuation is scary but there is comfort in knowing everyone is in the same circumstance.”

Those without access to transportation – like many of Silverton’s unhoused population – are unable to evacuate even if they receive the notice.

the identified area to be ready – packing valuables and important documents and monitoring reputable emergency networks.

“Know where you’re going to go and what you’re going to bring with you,” Andrew Phelps, Director of the Office of Emergency Management, said. “But if you’re in a safe place, stay home. Reduce the impact of being out on the road.”

Level 2, which has included the majority Mount Angel, Silverton, Stayton and Sublimity over recent days, is commonly referred to as “Be Set” – prepared to evacuate immediately on short notice.

Level 3 is “Go now!”

Warnings, can be confusing, especially when attached to various emergency platforms, each taking a different stance.

“There is a rapidly moving fire occurring in your area,” the citizen alert, METCOM 9-1-1, sent to area residents at 10:14 a.m. on Sept. 7. “Residents should either voluntarily relocate outside of the affected area, or if choosing

to remain, be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Residents may have time to gather necessary items, but doing so is at their own risk. This may be the only notice you receive – emergency services cannot guarantee that they will be able to notify you if conditions rapidly deteriorate.”

Thus, although the area’s evacuation level has remained unchanged at Level 2 for several days, many residents chose to preemptively leave.

“We left Silverton about noon, we’re staying in our RV,” Lynn Williams said after relocating to the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Sept. 8 along with an estimated 600 other evacuees.

“This morning we went into the pavilion where the Red Cross was set up. I couldn’t believe the supplies. Snacks, energy bars, fruit, bread, cereal boxes, pet food, water. It looks like a 7-11. There are cots set up for sleeping and tables for people to sit...

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“Many were unaware that we had hit Level 2 evacuation protocols,” Sarah White, Director of Sheltering Silverton, said of those living without a typical residence in and around the city. “Our biggest concern was for our unhoused or marginally housed neighbors who lack transportation. Our worry was that they wouldn’t be able to get out in time if things shifted rapidly.”

With that in mind, White and her husband, Dmitry, helped several people relocate to a safer property on the west side of town.

“We are using that as a staging area, in case we need to further evacuate,” she explained. “Our house manager at the farm is working hard to feed and welcome the few extra folks who are there right now. We also know several people who live outside who are elderly or have serious lung illness. We’ve encouraged them to seek shelter indoors to escape the hazardous air conditions.

“For now, everyone we work with is safe and has a plan for evacuation, if they haven’t already gotten out.”

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An “all-hands-on-deck” moment is how Gov. Brown described the current situation. Which is why people like White, and others within the community who have stepped forward to help their neighbors, have such an important role.

brings out the best in all of us,” Mayor Kyle Palmer wrote in a Facebook post.

“I’ve had numerous messages from people asking how they can help... I know that city staff put the Silver Trolley to work helping some of their vulnerable riders mobilize. I know that strangers are roaming the Willamette Valley helping move livestock and pets without any need for pay or recognition. I know that people were helping their neighbors everywhere. I know that our city staff has been fully mobilized to help manage the vital systems and infrastructure in our community.

“We cooked on Monday,” Holly Kintz said. She and partner Gabbi Smith own Nourished Beginnings, a meal delivery service in Silverton that helped to donate an entire week’s worth of dinners to frontline workers.

“We called and texted and many of our customers told us to donate to local first responders,” Kintz said. “We were able to donate about 150 dinners between the Mt. Angel Fire Department, Silverton Police and Silverton Fire Department.

This was not our generosity; it was absolutely our customers paying it forward and taking care of their community.”

They’re not the only ones. EZ Orchards Farm Market delivered apples and fresh donuts to the Oregon State Fairgrounds.

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Some Silverton residents took the precaution to leave at the “Level 2: Be Set” alarm with pets and belongings. ANNABETH NELSON

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“Many of our customers are from the Silverton area, and we hope and pray that

they are all safe.”

“Most of all... thank you deeply to our first responders, and their families who are living with the knowledge that their partners are voluntarily in danger for us.”

Gov. Brown also took time to give special thanks to the first responders, calling on all those in affected areas to take prompt and decisive action when asked to evacuate an area.

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“Please stay away,” he urged. “We are dealing with people coming up ‘just to see the fire.’”

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Looking Back

Historical Society’s new-old home

By Brenna Wiegand

Mt. Angel Historical Society

For years, history buff Bill Predeek collected and cataloged photos, information and other artifacts from Mount Angel’s days gone by. He shared his findings as exhibits at town events and was asked repeatedly why Mount Angel, with so rich and unique a history, had no historical society.

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In 2010 they took the plunge. Predeek and other founders started meeting, developed a mission statement, wrote bylaws and elected officers. The Mt. Angel Historical Society was born.

“We are fortunate to have an energetic group of volunteers who are excited about collecting, organizing, and preserving our history,” Predeek said, adding that they are now 100 members strong. “We are committed to creating a historical society that will be a true asset to our community.”

For the first five years the group met at Agatha Hall at Queen of Angels Monastery.

“They let us meet there out of kindness,” Predeek said.

“Sister Alberta was one of our founding members and was an absolutely fantastic person.”

However, it couldn’t provide the group a place to spread out, set up computers and provide a suitable home for doing their work and storing precious photos, documents, and other artifacts.

Meanwhile, the 1891 Saalfeld House, which Henrietta Saalfeld had deeded to the City five years before, had been vacant ever since and when the historical society approached the city about using the home, it was all too happy to oblige.

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the climate-controlled environment necessary. Plus, due to freezing pipes the City turned off the water every year – no toilet.

“Our collection has remained spread out among different members’ homes,” Predeek said. “A few years ago, we started talking with the City about the possibility of doing some upgrades to the house.”

Undaunted by the City’s inability to contribute to the effort, the society took it on and over the span of about two years raised the $140,000 needed.

“Society members, community members, the Chamber and several family foundations donated,” Predeek said.

“Our operating costs are typically covered by dues and our annual calendar featuring historical photos from Mount Angel’s past.”

It was a happy day when the project got under way the end of July.

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“The unique architectural features of the house will be maintained but it will be much more usable for the society,” Predeek said. “They installed a new heating and cooling system, replaced the knoband-tube wiring, all the windows and added insulation.”

They shored up the original hardwood floors, replaced the siding, painted, and added a ramp. Since the grounds serve as the Prostgarten during Oktoberfest, two outside circuits were added around the back of the house.

“It’s pretty exciting; a perfect location to display more of our pictures and items we’ve collected,” Predeek said.

Naturally, these changes pave the way for a possible museum in the Saalfeld home.

“It is definitely something we’ve been thinking about down the road and I think it’s a good goal for us,” Predeek said, “but we need to start collecting artifacts first. Without environmental controls, we haven’t really been in a good position to start taking them in.”

At 129 years, it is one of the oldest houses in town.

“Henrietta took very good care of it,” Predeek said.

“Structurally it’s in very good shape.”

The restoration project is expected to be completed by the end of September, providing Mt. Angel Historical Society members the home they have longed for since forming a decade ago.

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What’s new with Maddie Ex-Foxes runner deals with virus, injuries Maddie Fuhrman tells you that she is having trouble figuring out what to do with her life. And then, over the course of a 45-minute Our Town interview at a Corvallis coffee shop, she winds up sounding like someone who has battled adversity a bit, but in general is heading in a very positive direction.

The 2016 Silverton High graduate and standout runner for the Foxes’ cross country team originally went to school at the University of Hawaii, where she only ran one year because of stress fractures in her foot.

Then, she transferred stateside to Oregon State University, where she dealt with a stress fracture in her femur. This past winter she got over the injury bug and on Feb. 28 turned in a personal best 10:00.85 in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships.

She seemed primed for a strong outdoor season.

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Then the coronavirus hit. All sports for spring were canceled, including a dream opportunity for Fuhrman and the Beavers to run at remodeled Hayward Field in Eugene in the Pac-12 track and field championships.

All through the summer Fuhrman trained with her roommates, who are also teammates, hoping for a fall cross country campaign.

“For awhile we thought cross country was going to happen,” she said. “Then it was off... then it was back on... then canceled officially. It’s really hard to train so hard for so long and not get the opportunity.”

School changed, too. Instead of strolling to class from her rental house just blocks from campus, Fuhrman and her roommates stayed home, taking all of their classes on their laptops.

“It was a hard adjustment,” she said. “We had to learn different time management.

And motivation was a challenge. It didn’t

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really feel like school.”

It helped that her roommates were teammates and their schedules were in sync.

“We got up at the same time, studied and took classes at the same time and trained together,” she said.

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“And it made us get a lot more creative about how we used our free time.

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“But you adapt. That’s our motto for the year. We’re kind of making it up as we go.”

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That’s enough, 2020

So much material, so little time

Wow. There is so much happening right now it is difficult to keep up.

And since the word, “verbosity” is not in my editor’s dictionary, let me be brief with my snippets.

Betty Jean and Lynn Wallace were married 69 years. They had four children. They were remarkable, benevolent, and so communityminded it was hard to keep up with them. And in what is becoming more common than rare, we lost them just two months apart this summer.

The service was wonderful at Valley View Cemetery out in Evans Valley, and the get-together at the Wallace home on Madrona Heights Drive afterwards was both poignant and joyous. Live music with an awesome crooner singing every 1930s and ‘40s classic one could think of, great barbecue, a pastoral setting, and touching shared memories.

These two were just kind, genuine,

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and loving people. What struck me most was in the thoughts shared by the minister at graveside. He said we are all born, we all die, and when our obituary reads, 1930-2020, it matters not how much time we spent on this earth, but what we did “between the dash.” He said it does not matter how much money we had, but what we did with our time, our energy, and our love, “between the dashes.” Betty Jean and Lynn made remarkable use of their time, energy, and love.

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Let us say good riddance quickly.

COVID-19, politics, protests, more politics, and now fires. As if we needed ANY of these things prior to fires breaking out all over the Willamette Valley in what meteorologists called a once or twice in a century event – high winds, high temperatures, no humidity, and tinder-dry fuel in our fields and forests. These were the winds Gordon Lightfoot talked about in his classic, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

“That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the gales of November came early.”

But kudos to the kind, and daggers for the dastardly. Daggers to the Dastardly – How could human beings

dress up like first responders or safety personnel pretending to want to help those in the midst of fiery chaos, when their intent was to burglarize the homes of those who evacuated?

Pond scum.

Kudos to the kind? So many people pitched in. “I can help haul your horses out if the fires get near Drake’s Crossing.” “Can I get you some groceries, or water down your roof.” Bless these kind souls who do not have a “D” or an “R” after their names. Just a “Big” before “Heart”.

And may God Bless the firefighters and law enforcement, battling blazes to protect lives, homes, animals, and property, and knocking on doors, warning people to either pack a bag and be ready to go on a moment’s notice, or “Level 3, Go NOW!”.

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