Our Town North: April 15, 2021

Something to Think About

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Looking back at one year inside the pandemic era – Page 5

Charles Baldwin – Engaged in many causes to benefit Silverton – Page 4

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In February of 2021, there were 11 residential home sales under ½ acre in Silverton, Mt. Angel, & Scotts Mills that had a median price of $365,000. The sold price per square foot of those 11 homes was $236 which is a 34% increase from February 2020!

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Charles Baldwin honored for Civic Engagement.......................4 Something to Talk About

Silverton Road bridge may be delayed.....................................6 Football game canceled by COVID...6

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Looking back at a year of COVID....10

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‘Fall’ season comes to an end........13 People Out Loud.............14 On the Cover

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By Brenna Wiegand California’s loss became Silverton’s gain when Charles Baldwin retired here in 2007.

Silverton Mayor Kyle Palmer recently bestowed on Baldwin the Silverton Mayor’s Award for Civic Engagement.

“Every year I look for a citizen who’s made a really impactful contribution toward things the city is working on,” Palmer said. “He has a history as an advisor at the highest levels of California state government and the minute he moved into town he started becoming a really loud voice for city related matters.”

Baldwin’s career centered on research, economics, public policy development and government organization. His many accomplishments include preparing the first comprehensive study of geothermal energy in California and serving on a task force to organize the first United Nations Conference on Geothermal Resources.

Baldwin, an Army vet, was Chief Consultant to the California Senate for

many years and was on the ground floor of the sustainability movement in the late ‘70s when he served as an aide to Jerry Brown in the areas of citizen engagement and volunteerism during Brown’s first term as governor.

When the Baldwins hit Silverton, his wife Jeanne founded a knitting group and some of the husbands started meeting for coffee. The retired men of diverse backgrounds were soon discussing how each could bring his background to bear in contributing to Silverton’s well-being.

“We were surprised that there wasn’t more dialogue around sustainability and self-sufficiency,” Baldwin said. “We started meeting in small groups and finally decided to focus on bike and pedestrian safety.”

Silverton’s City Council appreciated their involvement and supported the creation of a volunteer bike committee to develop bike and pedestrian safety for Silverton.

When the committee issued its final report in 2014, City Council adopted the

recommendations that are now part of the city’s goal setting.

Baldwin became an integral part in developing the Silverton’s recently completed Transportation Plan, especially advocating for bike and pedestrian connectivity in the city. Work with the city resulted in Silverton receiving a national award as a bike-friendly town.

While his proposal to convert the 23-mile abandoned railroad line from Woodburn to Stayton to a bike and walking path met with roadblocks from farming interests, Baldwin still has hopes of claiming at least part of the line for that purpose.

There is now a bicycle station in front of City Hall where riders can stop to work on their bikes and Baldwin is largely responsible for the downtown bike stands embellished with local art.

Baldwin possesses endless ideas around issues at the heart of any city’s betterment – housing, food, water, kids, environment – and the know-how to get things done.

After participating in the “Envision Silverton” meetings in 2016, Baldwin formed a committee to address concerns about climate change and sustainability.

He and the committee self-funded The Silverton Energy Plan that City Council adopted in 2019 concurrent with climate action policies recommended by the University of Oregon Sustainable Cities project. The U of O strongly recommended that the newly formed Silverton Sustainability Coalition work with the city to implement its suggestions.

Baldwin helped find funding to renovate the school garden at Robert Frost School around food sustainability. The school garden has been restored by volunteers led

by Karen Garst, Chairperson of Silverton Sustainability Coalition, the group Baldwin helped to organize. The school is developing a garden curriculum and fostered a gardening partnership between students and the Silverton Senior Center.

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at Jefferson Street and Highway 214.

The answer is a crossing that includes a flashing yellow light, center island, crosswalk, turnouts for cars and sidewalk improvements on both sides of the highway.

“I went to the police chief one year because students did not have a safe way to get from the Mill District in town to the middle school or the high schoolers going out for lunch because they had to cross Highway 214.”

Baldwin is now working with a group of volunteers on a recycling and waste management booth to the Saturday Farmers Market. He is also working with the Public Works Director on the installation of high-output car-charging stations around the city. And, Baldwin is also interested in water security.

The school district was running a bus to transport these kids, many of them within easy walking distance of the school.

He started talking about crosswalks and blinking lights at the Jefferson Street crossing, where most students traverse the highway.

“I asked the police chief, ‘How do we get a barrier at the intersection of Jefferson and 214?’” Baldwin said. “He told me they spent 25 years trying to do something and had about stopped trying.”

Baldwin found an official at ODOT who was receptive and concerned about safe crossings for students. She managed to identify $400,000 as money that could be used to improve the crossing.

“Rick Lewis, longtime Silverton Police Chief, was a freshman representative,” Baldwin said. “He spoke up about the crosswalk project and cajoled $750,000 out of the governor’s office.

“I am very grateful for the life I’ve lived and want to give back,” Baldwin said.

“I’m 88 this year and my goal at this point in my life is to make Silverton a more enjoyable place to be and a good family town with more recreation spaces, reliable water sources, a strong Parks and Rec program, protection from climate degradation and a resilient and sustainable economy.”

“We were wondering how we were going to get that money spent,” Baldwin said.

As the mayor says, “He’s really got his hands in a lot of jars; he’s quite a guy.”

Charles Baldwin received the Mayor’s Award for Civic Engagement from Kyle Palmer.

“Just at that time the Democrats in the State Legislature and the governor wanted to pass this massive transportation plan,” Baldwin recalled. “They ended up having to go to the Republican Caucus where they offered to fund projects in their districts in return for their vote.

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COVID-19 cancels Silverton game

Silverton Road bridge work might be delayed

By James Day

A small COVID-19 outbreak within the Silverton High School football team forced the Foxes to cancel a game and miss a week’s worth of practice.

The Marion County work on the bridge over the Little Pudding River between Silverton and Salem has been delayed slightly.

Two football players tested positive, according to school officials, but there was no spread to the general campus population or to the freshman and junior varsity football players.

County officials originally hoped that the detours required for the lengthy project would be in place by May 1.

But a shortage of poles for the project’s temporary signal lights is making that date more of a moving target, said Steve Preszler, project manager with the county.

The Foxes were able to return to practice April 6 and honor their seniors before April 10’s season finale against Sherwood.

The problem is simple, Preszler said: February’s ice storm has led to a shortage of poles.

The scheduled game for March 26 vs. West Albany could not be rescheduled.

“At this point we can’t commit to a closure any earlier than May, but we are hoping to beat that date if suppliers can come through with the poles earlier,” Preszler told Our Town.

In recent weeks crews have been felling trees at the site between 64th and 60th streets to allow Portland General Electric to prep for their utility line relocation work, Preszler said.

Marion County is replacing the “structurally deficient and functionally obsolete” bridge over the Little Pudding River in a $6.1 million project that will force the closure of Silverton Road road 24 hours per day, seven days a week for approximately seven months.

The bridge is set to be complete and the road opened by Thanksgiving, Preszler said, with final paving and wall work to be completed in the spring of 2022 after any initial roadway settlement might occur. The final paving and wall work will not require closing the road.

Once work begins Silverton Road will

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be closed to through traffic at Howell Prairie Road on the east side and Cordon Road on the west. Key detour routes that motorists will use are Sunnyview Road and Hazelgreen.

The county also is adding temporary traffic signals at some locations and tweaking existing ones.

The new lights will be installed at Hazelgreen and Cordon Road and at Howell Prairie and Silverton Road.

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The county also will adjust the timing of existing signals at the Cordon Road intersections with Sunnyview Road and Silverton Road. In addition, a right turn lane has been added to make it easier for motorists to turn from Hazelgreen onto Howell Prairie.

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“Working in concert with Marion County Health and Human Services, district nursing staff are monitoring this case and will continue to work through all necessary health and safety protocols and policies,” Derek McElfresh, who handles communications and community relations for the Silver Falls School District, told Our Town.

“Contact tracing protocols were in place and followed, and aided in streamlining our coordination with the health department.”

SHS athletes, as well as those elsewhere in the state, moved into the OSAA’s Season 3 on April 5, opening up practices for baseball, softball, tennis, golf and track and field.

“This case did not impact the season start for any other sports or activities,” McElfresh said.

Freshman, JV and varsity players enter the practice facility through different gates and they do not share practice space, Foxes head coach Josh Craig explained. The athletes also are subject to daily health surveys and thermometer checks when they arrive for practice.

The impact of COVID on sports programs in the Mid-Willamette Conference, which includes Silverton, grew as the season went on. In the final two weeks of the season COVID outbreaks led to seven of the eight football programs to cancel or reschedule games.

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By Melissa Wagoner When the North Willamette Valley division of Habitat for Humanity asked Dixon Bledsoe to join their board, he had one stipulation.

“The only way I would do it is if they agreed to build more than one house a year,” Bledsoe, a long-standing supporter of the organization, said.

They agreed. During a recent strategic planning retreat, the board actually increased that original goal from one house annually to five.

“It’s a lot,” Bledsoe admitted. Adding that 18 of those homes are slated to be built on the west end of Pine Street in Silverton, where Bledsoe is both a resident and real estate agent.

“We’ve already broken ground on the first one,” Bledsoe said proudly.

In fact, Bledsoe has recently taken the project one step further by undertaking the procurement of a construction trailer that will house the tools needed to build those future homes.

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The brand new, 16 feet by seven feet, $8,500 trailer will be a game changer for Construction Manager Ben Wilt and his team of volunteer builders who will not only be working on the Silverton project but one in Woodburn as well.

Resolved to obtain that initial trailer – and possibly a second, slightly less expensive version as well – by June 2021, Bledsoe said their well on their way, having already raised over $5,000 through a successful social media campaign.

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Starting this spring, Sparks will begin sharing her joy for growing things with the community around her through a newly developed Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

“I’m excited to do a real CSA this year,” Sparks – who did a soft-opening last summer by providing food for 12 to 20 people with no pre-order requirements – said. “I’m hoping to do 25 families max.”

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“If they do a full-share, $200 comes from the Coalition to help pay for their share,” Sparks described. “And if they do a partial share, it’s $100. I’m pretty excited about it. I also got my own reader so I can take EBT and SNAP, so they don’t even have to go through the Coalition.”

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A quick guide to CSA participation have space – there’s never enough space.

So, I stick with what’s popular and what I want to eat. But my number one priority is what my children will eat.”

Because Sparks has found that getting them to try new things is much easier when they have watched it grow, a benefit Sparks hopes to pass on to her CSA clients as well.

“I love growing food that nourishes my family as well as other families,” she said.

“The best feeling is when I hear from a member that their child loves our green beans so much that they have been hiding them in their room to have a secret delicious snack to themselves.”

As for adults who might also need some

encouragement to eat their vegetables?

Sparks is offering a recipe subscription called, “Cook with What You Have.”

“There are thousands of recipes on what to do with vegetables,” she said of the website, which also offers pantry tips and seasonal inspiration.

Shares are currently available via the farm’s website, www.farm-zilla.com, with the first deliveries – free to those who live in the Silverton area – available in midMay. “You’ll be supporting a small farm,” Sparks said when asked why supporting a CSA is important. “You’ll be helping us continue to grow.”

What is a CSA?

How do you sign up for a CSA?

CSA stands for community supported agriculture that allows farmers to sell shares of the farm’s future produce to consumers.

CSAs typically begin selling shares in early spring, many through the farm’s website. Many offer payment plans or sell half-shares and some even work with government-funded food assistance programs.

How do CSAs support small farms?

By selling shares prior to the beginning of the farming season, farmers can not only gauge interest in future produce but also receive the funds needed to grow that produce prior to the planting season.

How do CSAs help the community?

CSAs keep dollars in the community and lessen food distribution costs.

They provide a healthy, local food source that shortens the supply chain, keeping it sustainable.

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Most deliver shares on a weekly basis to a centralized drop-site. However, some require shareholders to pick up produce on the farm as a way of building community.

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The Good, the bad, the lessons

By Melissa Wagoner One year ago, April Newton and her husband Tom were at a medical conference in Hawaii when he received some sobering news – Oregon had its first confirmed positive case of the new coronavirus disease.

“We spent a blissful week on Kuai… but we were there with a big group of doctors and lots of discussions about what was about to happen took place,” Newton wrote in a Facebook post commemorating the one-year anniversary of that trip. “I clearly remember Tom telling me one night to prepare myself because this was going to be a big deal and last more than a few weeks.”

That warning was one that echoed across the nation and the world during March of 2020 causing disbelief and panic almost in equal numbers. Toilet paper, dried beans and hand sanitizers flew from the shelves, and Personal Protective Equipment became something only found on the black market.

Now, 12 months later, Newton has been joined by people across the globe who are looking back, taking stock of a year that

was at once terrifying, heartbreaking and nerve-wracking at its worst and beautiful, questioning and hopeful at its best. “[T]hinking about everything that happened the past year, we never could have guessed how life would go and that this is where we would be a year later,” Newton surmised.

“Not just with COVID, but so many crazy events this year. I have been trying to think about what I have learned or how I have grown, not sure I have the right words yet, but what a year.”

The Good “My grandson was in daycare but then that wasn’t safe so we got to watch him two days a week,” Casle Portner said. “It’s been a lovely opportunity to full on Grandma.” “[T]he unanticipated blessing has been working with my fourth-grade grandson, two days per week with his online learning and spending the other three days helping another daughter with my other two grandchildren and their online learning,” Laura Snodgrass said. Noting, “It isn’t so much the school time but it’s watching

them learn and watching them become the people they will be. Being a part of that is a priceless gift that I will cherish for my lifetime.” “[M]y husband and I were able to have an intimate family and close-friends only wedding in June 2020,” Madison Anelli said. “Our original plans of 200-plus guests were canceled in April and we’ve been calling it a blessing in disguise ever since.”

“My daughter’s a ‘firstie’ at Smith College in Massachusetts… 100 percent virtual all year,” Michelle Feller Wade said. But that unconventional experience has had some perks. “She got to live with her best friend in Oregon first semester. For the second semester she’s living in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico where she takes two to three surf lessons every week, in addition to her college classes.”

us, we have continued to get through each day, maybe differently than before, but also largely the same.”

“I knew before,” Marilyn Shadburne said, “but now I really know that climate change has reached out and touched us. We can’t count on the comfort we have enjoyed up until now. The pandemic, the fires, the storms aren’t once-in-a-lifetime.”

“I learned that I need human interaction to be emotionally healthy,” Dana Smith said. Adding, “And if I’m not emotionally healthy, I don’t take very good care of myself physically.”

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“We missed so much this year, our granddaughter’s wedding, having a service for my daughter, seeing friends,” Lynn Schlater-Williams said. Adding, “but we appreciated the little things that we might have been too busy to notice before. And we are so fortunate to be healthy and alive.”

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“I learned to appreciate my husband of 43 years,” Poppy Shell said, “So glad we can still think of things to talk about after all that time. He kept me from getting lonely during the long months we were in total lockdown…”

“I’ve learned that I am much happier with less to do,” Dawn Tacker admitted. “Quality time with my people is life-altering, and I never want to go back to the often too-busy life we used to lead.”

“Uncertain of what lay ahead, I jumped in offering to become a learning coach for my daughter, as well as three additional elementary students,” Connie DeYoung recalled. “I am not a teacher. I do not claim to be one… However, as I am consumed in navigating the daily challenges with these innocents, I am reminded of what adulting is really all about… Perseverance and patience folks… Straining to maintain

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Phyllis Irene Schneider, 89, passed away on April 2, 2021, at her residence in Mount Angel.

Timothy William Fennimore passed away at his home on March 30 in Scotts Mills. He was born May 3, 1937 to Bill and Mamie Fennimore, he was the third of eight children.

May 7, 1931 – April 2, 2021

May 3, 1937 – March 30, 2021

She was born on May 7, 1931, to John and Mary (Grazen) Dolinsky in Hopmere, Oregon; she was one of five children. Phyllis was raised in the Salem area and graduated from Columbia Academy in 1950.

He married Helen Groshong on Sept. 8, 1956 at the Holy Rosary Church and they lived in Scotts Mills and later bought the house on Crooked Finger where he was born. He resided there until his death.

The couple had six children.

Phyllis married Victor Henry Schneider on Feb. 29, 1952. They had three children. While they raised their children, Phyllis also worked on the family farm. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, family, travel (when time permitted), singing, piano, sewing and visiting friends.

Phyllis is preceded in death by her husband Victor, daughter Donadee, and brother Rudy.

13 great grandchildren, and her three sisters.

She is survived by her children: Victor (Irma) Schneider, David Schneider, six grandchildren, three step-grandchildren

A graveside service was held April 9, 2021, at Valley View Cemetery in Silverton.

In Memory Of …

Timothy was a logger from the age of 17 and worked for Clete Helvey, Floyd Stager, Dorgan Brothers and Schmitz logging. He went on many wildfires and had numerous stories to tell. He was also a fire chief for the volunteer fire department for a couple years. He logged and farmed throughout his life, he grew crops, Christmas trees and a variety of berries.

He sheared sheep on evenings and weekends; he raised cows, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Timothy loved fishing and hunting, especially elk hunting and he had a small pond for the kids to try their luck to catch something. He owned a small rock pit and enjoyed keeping track of his gravel piles.

He could be found in his family room reading western paperbacks everyday and also playing Pinochle with family and friends. Timothy fed numerous varieties of birds with the yellow finches and hummingbirds being his favorite. He always grew a garden big enough to feed the entire family and a few others too.

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The season of fall sports in the spring is over, and for the most part things turned out all right. Most of the games were played. Soccer and volleyball squads played legitimate league seasons. Small school cross country teams put on a state championship meet.

Good for them. The thing about a crisis like COVID is that it tests people and their resilience. I’d like to think we learned a thing or two along the way.

I saw five football games and one soccer match. In all six occasions the temperature was at 45 degrees or below when the event concluded. So much for spring. Almost no spectators. But still lots of excitement.

Kennedy taped the numbers of the football players to their personal water bottles. You wouldn’t have seen that in a non-COVID season. Silverton set up three entry gates for its football players, one for freshmen, one for junior varsity and one for varsity.

When Kennedy opened March 5 at Santiam Christian the fear factor might have been at its height. The Trojans forsook the cramped visiting locker room and dressed in the cafeteria for social distancing. Virtually everyone wore masks, although in those six weeks of events I saw more noses than I would have liked.

When the outbreaks came, even though they were minor, the football schedule was torpedoed. Silverton has an outbreak.

The West Albany game is canceled.

The Central-Corvallis game hit by an

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They came back from a 20-6 deficit to whip Class 3A Dayton, 41-20. They blanked Sheridan 42-0.

outbreak. Dallas, which was supposed to play Central, picks up Thurston.

Crescent Valley, which was supposed to play Corvallis in the city rivalry game, sends out its smallish roster against the West Linn JVs. Silverton wants an extra day of practice so it picks up a Saturday game against Class 6A Sherwood (and falls 36-13 to finish 3-2). Lebanon, which was supposed to play Silverton, schedules Estacada. They juggled, they played.

Silverton played five games, only two of them against Class 5A teams, Central and South Albany. They played two 6A teams, Sherwood and West Salem (combined record 11-1) and a 4A squad, Marist Catholic, which wound up losing to Mazama in the 4A title game. Kudos to 4A, led by Marshfield AD Greg Mulkey, for putting together championships.

But my highlight for “fall” was an easy choice, the Kennedy football team. Talk about resilience. They got boat raced 45-8 in their opener at Class 3A Santiam Christian and lost their senior quarterback, Dylan Kleinschmit, to a shoulder injury.

But they found a QB, Riley Cantu, and they just kept battling. They beat Regis.

They beat Salem Academy in overtime.

Kennedy took hold of the game in a 34-0 second-quarter explosion and cruised 47-14. Kleinschmit was on hand, left arm in a sling, but his right hand in constant use, patting his teammates on the back.

Kennedy finished No. 2 in the state behind undefeated Heppner. Salem Academy was third, Regis was sixth and Monroe was seventh. All three suffered their lone losses to Kennedy.

Hats off to coach Joe Panuke and the boys at Kennedy.

Cross Country: Kennedy claimed a district title in the girls competition April 1 at Cheadle Lake Park in Lebanon. The Trojans tied Central Linn with 75 points, but Kennedy’s Haley Kline placed higher than the No. 6 runner for Central Linn, giving the Trojans the tiebreaker.

Cassie Traeger was the top finisher for Kennedy, taking 10th place to earn a spot on the all-district team. Other scorers were Nora Brenden, 13th, Briar Hachenberg, 19th, Kylee Rodriguez, 26th, and Alyse Williams, 35th. At the April 10 state meet, also at Cheadle Lake, Kennedy took 11th in the 3A-2A-1A competition, with Traeger taking 38th in 22:48.16.

Silverton, meanwhile, finished second in the Mid-Willamette end of the season showdown girls competition and third in the boys April 10 at Cheadle Lake.

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Silverton’s Abigail Espinavarro was seventh for the girls in 21:16.27. Trevor Ortega (11th, 18:07.38) and Carter Gauvin (13th, 18:17.10), paced the boys.

Volleyball: Kennedy finished a perfect 16-0 and won the Tri-River Conference playoffs with a 3-1 win vs. Salem Academy. The Trojans are 102-10 in the past four seasons, including a state Class 2A title in 2019, a third-place finish in 2017 and a fifth in 2018. Kennedy held a 48-3 edge in sets against foes this season.

Silverton, meanwhile, closed strong, winning five of its final six to finish 4-2 in the Mid-Willamette and 8-5 overall.

Soccer: The Silverton boys finished 5-3 in Mid-Willamette play, good for fourth in the league. The Foxes then went 0-2 in crossover matches with Salem Class 6A schools, falling to McNary and West Salem to conclude 5-5.

The Foxes’ girls squad, was unbeaten in league play until the final week of the season when they fell to top powers Corvallis and Crescent Valley. Silverton split its two crossover games, losing to South Salem 1-0 and outscoring McKay 4-3. The Foxes finished 4-3-3 with a +11 goal differential.

Spring is here: Kind of. Practices for the OSAA’s Season 3 (baseball, softball, tennis, golf and track and field) began April 5. By the time you read this teams already will have played their first games.

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Against the clock

Silvertonians help each other get vaccine

Feb. 13, 2021, a “day that will live in infamy.” The ice storms.

Imagine being a pharmacist (we will call her “Amber”) in the midst of a pandemic, and you finally get some vaccines to combat COVID-19.

Suddenly the power goes out from all the ice-laden trees snapping like twigs.

You have vaccines but no arms to jab.

The vaccines are temperature sensitive.

Your first thought is emailing or texting or calling everyone you know. But wait.

All the lines are out.

Enter Bill and Sandy Carson, who had called the Silverton Pill Box after friend Rodney Kjos and his wife, Marge, mentioned he had gotten his shot there. Bill called to get both their names on the list for no-shows. Amber got through to Sandy, so they both raced down to get their shots. Amber said there was a four-hour window, and she was having a hard time getting

ago, for particularly good reasons).

They got ahold of Jeannie and Gary Jackson by calling son Colby, who found them. All three got shots. More success. In the meantime, Bill thought of neighbors, Deb and Bob, who were thrilled to get their shots. through to other potential candidates.

Bill went outside after receiving his shot while Sandy called and picked up brother Kerry Dick and rushed down to receive his COVID-shot.

Cousin Lynn DeGuire was walking by, surveying the damage by the Elks. Bill told him about the shots. He gets one.

Bill stayed outside and was flagging down other possible shot-takers. Here come more cousins – Linda and Randy Fisher. They get the shot. People were grabbing other people about the problem and availability of shots. (Amber with her wonderful staff were recognized as Silverton Business of the Year not long

Then they tried to spread the word down the Abiqua to their friends, Jean and Dick Denny and Jim and Kelly Miller. Since there was no phone service, the Carsons drove circuitous routes for 45 minutes but could not get through because of downed trees. A few shots were left, and time was running out. Amber and staff needed coffee, and pretty much every one of the 43 places serving coffee in town were closed.

Except Roth’s, as always. Bill and Sandy bought coffee and cookies and took them to a grateful Pill Box crew.

Bill asked, “Who else can we go get?”

Denny and Karen Taylor came to

mind. Mr. Taylor, who was perturbed to be roused from a mid-afternoon nap after being up much of the night due to the storm. “This better be good”, he laughed. The Taylors picked up their friend, Mrs. McColly enroute.

All three received shots, but only due to the graciousness of Colby Jackson’s three friends, who he had sent down to get their shots. With just three left, the three young people gave up their access to the vaccine so the Taylors and Mrs. McColly could get theirs. And then there were none left.

Says Sandy, “My husband was a miracle worker, recruiting people all day.

Amber and staff sent a gracious thankyou card for pulling everyone together.

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niently located just outside of downtown Silverton. Bright and open floor plan with large entry. Kitchen pantry and extra storage through-out. Office desk area off of kitchen. Large utility room. Great master upstairs. Slider opens up to back covered deck overlooking large fenced yard. Back lot with street entry. Quick access to Oregon Gardens, downtown, grocery stores, and parks. So many great features.

Call Becky at ext. 313 (WVMLS#771314)

#T2646 HWY 213 .30 Acres Molalla. Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $149,500 (WVMLS#773635) #T2651 SILVERTON WEBB LAKE FRONTAGE .23 Acres Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $129,900 (WVMLS#774739)

MOLALLA #T2646 HWY 213 .30 Acres Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $149,500 (WVMLS#773635)

OREGON CITY NEW! – #T2656 CLASSIC BUNGALOW 2 BR, 1 BA 1984 sqft Call Whitney at ext.

320 or Mike at ext. 312 $355,200 (WVMLS#775415)

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