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Something Fun

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Something Fun Pet Parade goes virtual.........................4

A Slice of the Pie............ 15

Fine Arts Festival still hopeful...............4

Academic all-stars announced............ 16

Civics 101 Silver Falls School District names superintendent finalists.......................6 Something to Think About Community shows its support...............8

Your Garden....................... 10 Datebook...............................12 Helping Hands Rotary sets up small business fund...... 13

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Sports & Recreation Passages................................. 17 Marketplace....................... 17 A Grin At The End...........18 On the cover & Above Cover: Jessica Daniels, RN of Legacy Silverton Medical Center dons a Powered Air Purifying Respirator, crucial in situations requiring extra protection against airborne illness.

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WE MISS SEEING YOUR FACES! The Silverton Senior Center will continue to remain closed until further notice, with ALL programs, classes, groups and events on hold until then.

Check our Facebook page and website for current updates and information. Check out our new website section: “What to Do When There’s No Place to Go.” www.silvertonseniorcenter.org The Meals on Wheels program is needing donations of pet food, especially for cats and dogs of those folks who are home-bound and receive meal deliveries.

An empty box for pet food donation is located outside the kitchen door at the Silverton Senior Center.

Meals on Wheels hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Something Fun

Invitation to smile Pet Parade goes virtual

By Melissa Wagoner Silverton’s annual Pet Parade was founded in 1932 for two reasons: to honor the memory of Bobbie the Wonder Dog and to bring pleasure to the town’s citizens during the Great Depression. And so, for the past 88 years it has done just that, celebrating all of the town’s animals – and the people who love them – through a joy-filled parade.

But this year, with the COVID-19 virus rampant and physical distancing guidelines putting a stop to all community celebrations, the Pet Parade – and the happiness it brings – was very nearly canceled.

Thankfully, the Kiwanis Club of Silverton – which is in charge of the parade’s organization – decided to keep the tradition alive by moving the parade online.

“In this time of social distancing, being able to connect with others online can help us maintain our sense of community and feel a little normal,” Kiwanis board member and Social Media Chair Sarah Walling said.

“Plus, who doesn’t want to see photos of cute animals?!

We could all use something to make us smile these days, and I think the virtual Pet Parade is just the ticket.”

The parade will take place over the course of two weeks – May 2 to May 16 – via a Facebook event at www.facebook.com/silvertonkiwanis under the event listing, “Silverton’s Virtual Pet Parade.” But to kick

SFAF displays cautious optimism To “fest” or not to fest… that is the 2020 question.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it social distancing and the cancellation of festivals near and far. But with the flattening of the new infections “curve” and the promise of state Stay Home orders being modified and potentially lifted, there is also a glimmer of possibility.

Silverton’s Virtual Pet Parade www.facebook.com/silvertonkiwanis May 2 –16, 2020 things off, Walling has already begun posting photos from past parades, funny pet memes and animal trivia on the site.

“Community members are encouraged to join the event, post photos and videos of their own pets, and like others’ contributions,” Walling said of the event page.

“You can participate even if you are not a pet owner.

Typical parade participants also include students, local organizations, and more, so their contributions are welcome too.”

“We want to assure you that we take the health and well-being of our community, artists, and visitors very seriously. Like everyone, we’re closely monitoring the quickly developing effects of the Coronavirus pandemic,” the Silverton Arts Association and festival board recently told members and past Silverton Fine Arts Fair vendors.

This year will be the 20th anniversary of the event, if organizers get the green light. The SAA checked in with its stakeholders by sending out a survey.

Because the parade is really for everyone – young and old, two-footed and four.

“Every year, we look forward to presenting this timehonored event and deeply appreciate the participation of and contributions from our city and community,” Randal Thomas, Pet Parade Chair, said. “This year it’ll look a little different, but the spirit is still the same.”

“With the survey results in mind we have decided to extend the artist application to May 15,” SAA announced. “This will give us more time to explore all options as well as get an idea of when Oregon will allow large gatherings. We are being cautiously optimistic and feel that waiting will provide more information than is currently available.”

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Civics 101

Finalists SFSD superintendent candidates announced After completing a multi-state search, the Silver Falls School District Board of Directors has announced three finalists to be considered for the position of superintendent of the district, with a term beginning July 1. The finalists were selected from a field of 28 applicants. The board and screening committee reviewed the applications and the board conducted initial interviews with several candidates.

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Christopher Bonn Bonn is the Superintendent of Public Instruction at Fort Sage Unified School District in Herlong, California. He has 14 years of administrative experience in education including six years as a superintendent in Elgin, Arizona and Herlong, California. Bonn has a doctorate degree in Education Leadership and a master’s degree in Education from Northern Arizona University.

Scott Drue Drue is the Aloha-Huber Park K-8 School Principal in the Beaverton School District in Beaverton, Oregon. He has 22 years of experience in education

including 14 years in administration. Drue has a master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Oregon. He completed his licensure program at Lewis and Clark College.

Randy Trani Trani is the Superintendent of Corbett School District in Corbett, Oregon. He has 16 years of administrative experience in education including 11 as superintendent of the Corbett School District. Trani has a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Administration and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from George Fox University, where he also completed his administrative licensure program.

The board now begins background checks and telephone reference checks for the finalists.

A virtual “meet and greet” with each finalist is scheduled for Monday, May 4, starting at 6 p.m.

At that time school district staff and members of the community will have an opportunity to see the candidates and submit written questions to be asked during the virtual forum. The district plans to send out additional details as they become available.

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Something to Think About

Community health

By Brenna Wiegand The faithful support of their community feels like letters from home to those in the heat of battle at Legacy Silverton Medical Center. Silverton’s medical community has never felt so loved.

“It has been just a tremendous outpouring of love to us from our community,” said Karen Brady, Legacy Silverton Medical Center Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. “This town never ceases to amaze me in what they will do to support us, but through this time it has just been incredible, and we would just love to give them a shout out and thank them for thinking of us and supporting us during this time.”

The steady stream of community support includes cards and letters, personal protective equipment (PPE), monetary donations, flowers and signs placed outside hospital doors to thank workers as they arrive for their shifts.

If nothing says thank you better than food, there’s no mistaking Silverton’s message.

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“Feeding Silverton’s Essential Workers,” a grassroots Facebook organization formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised money and developed connections with local food businesses to provide food and vouchers employees can redeem for meals at the hospital cafeteria.

“We were able to hand out vouchers to 50 different employees,” Brady said. “They wanted us to concentrate on those groups that don’t necessarily get the glory or recognition, so we were able to highlight several different groups, including those in our labs, who have been working incredibly hard during this time, and that’s been really good for them.”

When approached early on by someone wanting to place a small, handmade sign thanking the doctors near the front door, Brady welcomed the idea.

“I said absolutely; we’ll take anything that gives us a little boost of encouragement.”

Through it all, hospital staff is feeling the absence of its large volunteer force.

“We asked them to take care of themselves and not come in during this time and they took it upon themselves to write us thank you letters and tell us how much they miss us,” Brady said. “Their work here – greeting visitors, making our espresso, manning the gift shop and surgical waiting area and driving our care vans – is just essential to what we do.”

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm brought in 100 bouquets, sent another 100 to sister hospital Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, and yet more to Legacy’s Woodburn Health Center.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used across a broad spectrum of industries. Silver Falls School District’s nurses scoured their schools for any gear they could find. Wilco Farm Store, K & E Excavation, Cascade Wine Services and City of Woodburn’s Aquatic Center – all donated PPE to the hospital.

Silverton’s Kyle Kirsch delivered a load of the face shields he has been cranking out by the hundreds on his 3-D printers, and private parties frequently stop by to

donate their own PPE. “We’ve also had $16,000 donated by community members specifically for the purchase of PPEs,” Brady said, adding that they find uses for all caliber of face masks, freeing up the types most needed by those on the front lines.

The Legacy Health system has partnered with A-dec, a Newberg-based dental equipment manufacturer, to replenish critically needed supplies of replacement shield coverings for the hospital’s Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR), helmets that provide protection against airborne illnesses. The familyowned company only charges Legacy Health for materials.

“Every person that works here is absolutely essential and they have all stepped up and done a tremendous job of preparing for that surge that we have been fortunate enough to not really experience yet,” Brady said.

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MAY 2020

VOL. 10, ISSUE 2

No space for a garden? Grow a salad in a pot or box!

Salad greens, green onions and radishes can be grown now for fresh salads in a month or so, through the summer. Use odd ends of paints in the garage to creatively paint up some old pots or build a small box, line them up in a sunny spring location and watch them grow fresh edibles. Or how about planting an old wheelbarrow?

Kids of all ages can have fun with this project. Placing salad and herb pots near the kitchen makes meal preparation more convenient.

Greens we can grow quickly now include lettuces (leaf, head, cos/romaine), spinach, Chinese greens (pak choi, Chinese cabbage and others), mustard (like cabbage only leafier and faster to grow), beet tops and chard. For crunch, radishes will be ready to harvest in three to four weeks. Small carrots will take longer but they can be grown in deeper containers. Peas can be grown in containers, and pea leaf shoots are refreshing in salads.

Plan for succession gardening… planting a few more every couple of weeks so the harvest continues longer. Add or rotate

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pots to continuously plant through the spring and summer. A packet of lettuce seeds, for example, contains hundreds but they don’t all have to planted at the same time. Each pot can be planted with a single crop, or large pots can be planted with interesting combinations of seeds.

What size container? There must be room

for healthy root systems. Green onions will grow in 2" of soil. Lettuce, parsley, Asian greens, radishes, peas and spinach will grown in as little as 6" or 8" of soil depth.

The “footprint” or mature top size of each plant should be considered when planning how many will fit in a pot. Try paper towel gardening: use white glue to arrange seeds on the paper at recommended spacing, allow to dry, then bury the paper towels.

When it gets watered the glue dissolves and feeds the seeds. This works especially well with tiny seeds that are difficult to drop individually into holes. No waste and no thinning required!

Locating the plants near a water source will make it easier to keep them productive.

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Research has proven that putting a layer of rocks or drainage materials in the bottom of the container actually raises the water saturation level in the soil instead of draining excess water away. Fill pots with clean soil that has several sizes of particles mixed together, then drainage will occur more naturally.

A loose soil mix will also provide oxygen to the roots. Pots dry out more quickly than ground gardens so watering is required more often, probably at least daily in warm weather. Watering occasionally with balanced fertilizer in a weak solution will promote growth but over-fertilizing should be avoided. Lower leaves turning yellowish may indicate a need for feeding.

Lanky weak growth could be the result of too much nitrogen. Keep unhealthy leaves picked off to reduce temptation for slugs.

Vegetable containers can be attractive too, with a variety of textures and shades of green color. Consider tomatoes, basil, peppers and cucumbers. A marigold or trailing nasturtiums will add color as companion plants. These and many other flowers are edible, too. Have fun with container gardens and reduce trips to the grocery store for healthy salads.

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OSU Gardener’s May Chores Leaf-rolling worms will affect apples and blueberries. Prune off affected leaves and place pheromone traps or spray with approved pesticides.

Trap moles and gophers as new mounds appear.

Control spittle bugs and aphids in strawberries and ornamentals, if present; wash off or use insecticidal soap as a contact spray. Follow label directions.

Fertilize rhododendrons and azaleas; remove spent blossoms Plant chrysanthemums for fall color.

Plant dahlias, gladioli, and tuberous begonias in mid-May.

blight, if necessary.

Control aphids with insecticidal soap, a hard spray of water or hand removal; by promoting natural predators; or by using approved insecticides labeled for the problem plant.

Tiny holes in foliage and shiny, black beetles on tomato, beets, radishes, and potato indicate flea beetle attack. Treat with Neem, rotenone, BT, or use nematodes for larvae.

Follow label directions.

Fertilize roses and control rose diseases such as mildew with a registered fungicide. When selecting new roses, choose plants labeled for resistance to diseases.

Control cabbage worms in cabbage and cauliflower, 12-spotted cucumber beetle in beans and lettuce, maggot in radishes. Control can involve hand removal, placing barrier screen over newly planted rows, or spraying or dusting with appropriate materials.

Prevent root maggots when planting cabbage family, onions, and carrots by covering with row covers, screens or by applying appropriate pesticides.

Spray cherries, plums, peaches and apricots for brown rot blossom

Place pheromone traps in apple trees to detect presence of codling

Recommendations in the OSU checklist are applicable to Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

Control slugs with bait or traps, or by removing or mowing vegetation near garden plots.

moth. Plan a control program of sprays, baits, or predators when moths are found.

Monitor broadleaf evergreens for root weevils. Look for notches chewed on new leaves. Mark plants to treat with parasitic nematodes in autumn when soil temperatures are still above 55°F. Mid-May transplant tomato and pepper seedlings.

Plant snap and lima beans, brussels sprouts, cantaloupes, slicing and pickling cucumbers, dill, eggplant, kale, peppers, pumpkins, summer and winter squash, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon.

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datebook Due to the cancelling of many events because of COVID-19, this month’s Datebook has a different look. We have compiled a list of organizations along with their contact information so you can stay up to date on meetings, groups and events. Please contact your organization before venturing out to an event or meeting that may have been canceled.

May Events

Unserviceable Flag Collection Mt. Angel American Legion Post #89 is collecting unserviceable flags for appropriate disposition. Call 503-845-2400 or 503845-6119 for pickup.

Silverton’s Virtual Pet Parade May 2 - May 16. Silverton Kiwanis Club encourages pet owners to take photos of pets and post on its Facebook page (Silverton Kiwanis Club). Hit “like” on favorites to show some love.

Scotts Mill Budget Committee May 6. 7 p.m., Scotts Mills City Hall, 265 Fourth St. Budget document available at City Hall. Social distancing will be practiced. 503-873-5435

Red Cross Blood Drive May 12. 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Silverton Elks Lodge, 300 High St. Sign up at redcrossblood.org or by calling Carolyn, 541-619-7878.

Mt. Angel Memorial Day Service May 25. 9:30 a.m., Calvary Cemetery.

Red Cross Blood Drive May 27. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Silverton High School, 1456 Pine St. Sign up at redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins scheduled at door.

Postponed/Canceled May Events Victor Point Run for the Hills Mount Angel Maifest Chamber Classic Golf Tournament Taste. Learn. Celebrate.

St. Joseph the Worker Dinner Legacy Silverton Medical Center Fun Run Silver Falls Birding & Wildflower Festival

City Offices Silverton City Council meetings are at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month. Agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-873-5321 Email: webmaster@silverton.or.us Website: silverton.or.us Facebook: City of Silverton, OR

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City Council meetings are at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month. Agendas for all cityrelated meetings are on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-845-9291 Website: ci.mt-angel.or.us Facebook: City of Mt. Angel

Phone: 503-845-6401 Website: mountangel.ccrls.org Email: library.mountangel@ccrls.org Facebook: Mt. Angel Public Library

Scotts Mills

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City Council meetings are held at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month. Agendas are available on the city’s Facebook page.

Phone: 503-873-5435 Website: scottsmill.org Email: clerk@scottsmills.org Facebook: The City of Scotts Mills

School Districts Silver Falls School District

Phone: 503-873-5303 Website: silverfallsschools.org Email: feedback@silverfalls.k12.or.us Facebook: Silver Falls School District Free to-go lunches are served for all students age 1 - 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Silverton High, Mark Twain, Butte Creek, Scotts Mills, Victor Point.

Mt. Angel School District Phone: 503-845-2345 Website: masd91.org Facebook: Mt Angel School District To-go lunches available 10:30 a.m. - noon Monday - Friday at St. Mary’s Public School, 590 E College St., Mt. Angel. Weekly meal boxes delivered every Monday throughout the extent of the closure. Meal boxes contain breakfast and lunch for each child in the household under the age of 18. To optin for weekly meal boxes, call 503-845-2345 or email schmidt_gayle@mtangel.k12.or.us.

Food Banks

Chamber of Commerce Phone: 503-845-9291 Website: mtangelchamber.com Email: mtangelchamber@gmail.com Facebook: Mt. Angel Chamber

Silverton

Phone: 503-873-5615 Website: silvertonchamber.org Email: info@silvertonchamber.org Facebook: Silverton Chamber of Commerce

Senior Centers Silverton

Closed. Meals on Wheels will make regular home deliveries. Hot meal service for pickup at the center is Monday Friday. To order meals, call 503-873-6906.

Phone: 503-873-3093. Website: silvertonseniorcenter.org. Email: staff@ silvertonseniorcenter.org. Facebook: Silverton Senior Center

Mt. Angel

Closed. Meals on Wheels will continue delivering meals. For Meals on Wheel questions, call Ginger at 503-8459464. Phone: 503-845-6998. Email: mtangelcommunity@gmail.com.

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Clubs and Civic Organizations Sheltering Silverton

Mt. Angel

1 - 4 p.m. Wedensdays, 1 - 4 p.m. Friday.

Mission Benedict Food Pantry, 925 S Main.

Scotts Mills 9 - 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Scotts Mills Community Center, 298 Fourth St., Scotts Mills.

Sack meals and hygiene kits distributed noon - 1 p.m. daily at Silverton Community Center, 421 S Water St. Phone: 971-343-1099.

Email: info@shelteringsilverton.org.

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Vigil for Peace

2 - 5 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Third Saturday of month. Silver Creek Fellowship, 822 Industry Way. Phone: 503-873-7353.

Facebook: Mission of Hope. Website: scf.tv

Phone: 503-873-5307

Silverton Area Community Aid 9 a.m. - noon Monday, Thursday, Friday, 4 - 7 p.m. Tuesday. Silverton Community Center, 421 S Water St. 503-873-3446. Facebook: Silverton Area Community Aid - SACA. Website: silvertonareacommunityaid.org

Libraries

Phone: 503-873-5173 Website: silverfallslibrary.org Facebook: Silver Falls Library District

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Kiwanis Club of Silverton Phone: 503-510-3525 Website: silvertonkiwanis.org Email: SilvertonKiwanisClub@gmail.com Facebook: Silverton Kiwanis Club

Silverton Toastmasters Phone: 503-873-4198 Facebook: Silverton Toastmasters

Ancestry Detectives Phone: 503-873-3444 Website: ancestrydetectives.org

Silverton Zenith Women’s Club Phone: 801-414-2875 Facebook: Silverton Zenith Women’s Club

American Legion Post 89 Phone: 503-845-6119 Website: mtangelchamber.com/ legion-post-89

Monday Meal @ Oak Street Church Phone: 503-873-5446 Website: oakstreetsilverton.com

Wednesday Free Dinner @ First Christian Church Phone: 503-873-6620 Website: fccsilverton.com Facebook: Silverton First Christian Church

Saturday Lunch @ Trinity Lutheran Phone: 503-873-2653 Website: trinitysilverton.org Email: trinitysilverton@gmail.com Facebook: Trinity Lutheran

Citzenship Class Phone: 503-873-8656 Website: immanuelsilverton.org Facebook: Immanuel Lutheran Church of Silverton, OR

Silvertones Community Singers Email: tmwolff@ymail.com

Mt. Angel-Silverton Women’s Connection Phone: 503-874-1989

Caring Friends

Silverton Rotary Club

Phone: 503-304-3429

Phone: 503-932-8550 Website: silvertonrotary.org Facebook: Silverton Rotary (Silverton, OR)

American Legion Post - Silverton

Phone: 503-871-8160 Facebook: Silverton Veterans United

Silverton Grange

Phone: 503-268-9987 Website: silvertongrange.org Facebook: Silverton Grange #748

Silverton Lions Club

Silver Falls Library

Silverton Farmers Market

Phone: 503-931-1346 Website: silvertonlionsclub.com Facebook: Silverton Lions Club Email: info@SilvertonLions.com

Silverton Together Phone: 503-873-0405 Website: silvertontogether.org Email: janh@wavecable.com Facebook: Silverton Together

TOPS @ Silverton United Methodist Phone: 503-501-9824

TOPS @ Stardust Village Clubhouse Phone: 503-871-3729

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Helping Hands

A little relief

Rotary sets up fund to benefit small businesses

By Melissa Wagoner

Silverton Small Business Relief Fund

“Many small businesses just need some rent help, or just something to give them a sense that help is out there and they will survive,” Angela Fischer, Executive Secretary for the Rotary Club of Silverton, said when asked about the newly formed Small Business Relief Fund.

“We know how devastated they are during these times,” she said. “Some are not eligible for the federal SBS loan programs or have too many employees to qualify for county funding, so this is a way to help the businesses that are struggling without enough aid, until they can reopen their doors and fully function again.”

Initially funded by a $10,000 contribution from the Silverton Rotary Foundation, the club is looking to raise an additional $10,000 to match the seed donation.

“Our hope is that other local service clubs, businesses and community members who haven’t been negatively affected by COVID-19 will not just get us to the $10,000 mark, but drive this number much higher,” Fischer said, noting that, once the $20,000 goal is achieved, grant applications will become available for those who wish to apply.

“Grants will be issued in the range of $1,000-$3,000 each until the money has been completely allocated,” she said.

“The hope is that these grants, combined

Relief fund applications will be made available one $20,000 in the relief account is reached.

Donations are tax deductible.

For more information visit: www.silvertonrotary.com/relieffund Or Email: silvertonrotary@gmail.com with other county, state and federal assistance, will serve as a bridge to get our business community through this challenging time.”

Founded during the Great Depression, in 1936 under the motto “service above self,” the Rotary Club views the current pandemic and concurrent economic crisis as a time to give back to those in need.

“These small businesses represent the beating heart of our community and we want to do all we can to help them survive,” Fischer said.

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A Slice of the Pie

Finding control

The benefits of downtime

When I was in my early teens my family spent several summers gillnet fishing on the coast of Alaska. We lived in a onebedroom cabin – me, my much younger sister, my parents and a crewman.

It was an out of the way location to say the least. We arrived by bush plane, shipped everything we would need for the entire summer via cargo ship and then aircraft in gigantic totes, and lived in relative isolation. There were no telephones, no internet (it was the ‘90s after all) and no television. There were no kids my age and no town to socialize in.

What I’ve just described might sound, to some, like a nightmare – and it definitely had its drawbacks (and its adjustment period). To begin with I missed my friends, the phone, the television, my own bedroom – everything!

But slowly, as I leaned in to my new life, I began to realize all of the things I had gained – unstructured time to do the things I loved (reading, writing and drawing) while in the company of the people I looked up to most, my parents.

how much time we spend with our faces turned to a screen and less controlling during the time when it isn’t.

That meant, during a time in my life when I could have become more distant from them – leaning in to social expectations, media pressures and my own hormonal musings – our family actually became closer; working together, cooking together and spending time just talking.

Through the years I’ve thought a lot about those months, especially after becoming a mother. And I’ve often wished that I could offer that same gift to my own children.

But in this increasingly busy world, finding a quiet space, feels impossible. Dragging them off to the wilds of Alaska, as my own parents did, just isn’t in the cards.

So, I have to admit, as scary and crazy as this current COVID-19 crisis is for

I’m trying to let my kids sit with their boredom until they find themselves picking up a pencil or a paintbrush, turning to a favorite book they’ve read 100 times, or running out to the yard as soon as the sun peaks out from behind a cloud.

Avast! Time for home-made adventure.

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us all, there is a little piece of me that is rejoicing in this one small gift that I can finally offer my children, this time to just be with themselves.

Which is why, dear teachers, coaches and friends, I’m opting out of many of the computerized, learning platforms, Facetime, online practices on offer.

Instead, I am being very thoughtful about

Because these are the things I remember most fondly from my own childhood – not time watching MTV or chatting on the phone with friends (though I’m sure those were fun too) but the time I spent teaching myself to shuffle a deck of cards, draw faces from the pictures in magazines or bake a loaf of raisin bread without the help of a machine.

And so, while the world may feel like it’s out of control, it’s helpful for me to remember there are some things I can control – and I’m not talking about my stock of toilet paper – I’m talking about the ability to just be here, in this place, with these people I love and to remember what really matters.

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Sports & Recreation

Academic all-stars

Foxes top state in boys soccer, football

Silverton High placed two teams in the top spot of OSAA’s sports-by-sport allacademic rankings.

The Foxes’ boys soccer team took first in Class 5A with a 3.65 grade-point average.

The football team, which advanced to the semifinals, led the classification with a 3.38 GPA. The Foxes’ girls basketball team, which was ranked No. 1 when the COVID-19 virus ended the season, were fifth overall with a GPA of 3.81, the best cumulative average for a Silverton team.

Other Silverton teams in the academic rankings included boys basketball (6th, 3.53), girls swimming (9th, 3.63), wrestling (9th, 3.13) and boys cross country (9th, 3.61).

The Kennedy girls basketball team, which won its third state title in five years, led the way for the Trojans by finishing tied for sixth in Class 2A at 3.71.

The highest overall GPA was the 3.84 turned in by JFK’s girls swimming team,

which finished fourth in 4A-3A-2A-1A. Also finishing in the top 10 for the Trojans were football (6th, 3.15), volleyball (5th, 3.69), girls cross country (8th, 3.72) and boys basketball (10th, 3.45) and boys swimming (7th, 3.55).

Girls basketball: Kennedy senior Sophia Carley was named Class 2A player of the year after leading the Trojans to the state title. Joining Carley on the first team was Kennedy teammate Ellie Cantu. Peter Hall and Kerry Hall were named coaches of the year for leading the Trojans to their third state title in five seasons.

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Theresa Little Steffen

June 8, 1927 – April 23, 2020

Theresa Little Steffen passed away peacefully in the early hours of April 23 surrounded by her family.

until his death in 1987.

She married Leo Steffen in 1997. He passed in 2012.

Her family includes 25 grandchildren, 30 greatgrandchildren, and 11 great great-grandchildren – give or take a few.

She was born on June 8, 1927 in Lakeview, Oregon to Joe and Alice Kempf. Her family moved from Lakeview to Astoria during WWII so her father could work in the shipyard as a carpenter.

There, she met her future husband Jim Little by a rainy-day chance as her parents stopped to pick up that “poor sailor in the rain” in 1942. She was too young to date, so her brother Frank became her ever-present chaperone. She and Jim married in Silverton in 1946 and lived most of their life there.

Through their love, Theresa and Jim raised their children, J. Joseph (deceased), Mary Rayburn, Susie Moullet (deceased), Ed Little, Linda Steffen, Margaret Tingwall, Jim Little (deceased) and Bill Little.

She and James were married for 46 years

Theresa was a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was a member of St. Paul’s Parish, Legion of Mary, Kiwanians, Hospital Auxiliary, and the Willamette Valley China Painters. Roses were a lifelong passion from planting and watering, to eventually painting them. She was a beautiful china painter and roses were her specialty.

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A Grin at the End

Happy songs

Something profound underneath the fun

I never learned how to read music. That says something about a guy who played in rock bands all through high school.

we couldn’t breathe, talking about God-knows-what.

I bristle whenever someone bad-mouths the South.

I guess they’re just jealous that they never got to go crawdad hunting with Buzzy and me.

But while others in the bands were following the sheet music I’d follow my heart.

Any genre of song can be happy.

I still do that in other things, but especially in music.

When a song I like comes on the radio or the CD player, it’s like my brain shifts into another gear.

I’m not one of those high-fallutin’ music snobs (although Vivaldi always makes me stop and listen). I listen to the secret message every good song delivers.

But more than anything else, I like happy music.

The other day, I was in the gas station making my bi-weekly donation to the oil industry when I heard the song, Happy play on the tiny speaker hanging over the display of Hostess cupcakes.

That song, by Pharrell Williams, came out and was played endlessly seven years ago. You couldn’t turn on a radio without hearing it. On YouTube, it has been played more than 1 billion times.

I’ll bet that made him happy.

But I do love happy songs more than any other. They

give me a little glide in my stride.

The other day I was thinking about the George Jones and Tammy Wynette version of We’re Not the Jet Set which brings out my inner redneck – in a happy way, of course.

“We’re not the jet set, we’re the old Chevrolet set...

Our steak and martinis is draft beer and wienies.”

Profound lyrics.

Country music has a special place in the heart of this old country boy, who went to elementary school in north Florida and Louisiana and lived in two of the finest trailer parks in those states. Some of the best times I remember as a kid were hanging around by the ditch in back of the trailer park catching crawdads with Buzzy, my best friend in fourth grade. We would laugh so hard

Take, for example, I Can’t Stop the Feeling recorded by Justin Timberlake. I know someone’s going to make snarky comments, but that may be one of the all-time happiest songs. While the video he did was great – check it out on YouTube – there was one that featured the mayor of Fresno, California, that was just as good. In fact, I’d like to see the mayors of Stayton, Sublimity and Silverton bust a move or two to that song.

A dance-off, maybe?

Then there’s Uptown Funk recorded by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. If that doesn’t get your motor running, I don’t know what will.

But one of the all-time great happy songs is Cotton-eyed Joe. It always lights up the room. I especially like the version by Ricky Skaggs and the Chieftains.

Now if I could only dance….

Carl Sampson is a freelance writer and editor.

He lives in Stayton.

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