Our Town North: Dec. 01, 2019

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COMMUNITY NEWS Serving Mt. Angel, Silverton, and Scotts Mills

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DECEMBER 2019 • SILVERTON SENIOR CENTER

Civics 101 Scotts Mills Dam removal aims to benefit fish, community .......................4

The Forum............................. 18

CHRISTMAS TRIPS

Your Health

Negotiations continue between Silver Falls, teachers’ union...................5

Affordable Care Act deadline Dec. 15....19

1:30PM MON. DEC 2 Seasonal sights and sounds at the largest Christmas choral festival in the world. Transportation: $20 members/$22 for non. Admission and lunch not included.

Something to Do

Foxes fall to Thurston......................... 20

Hazelnut Fest adds Friday sneak peek....7

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

Arts & Entertainment

Marketplace.......................21

A new state of mind – The Galarage......9

A Grin At The End...........22 On the Cover The 130+ year-old

The Pub Players charm with tradition.... 10

PITTOCK MANSION & OCI

Sports & Recreation

dam in Scotts Mills is scheduled for removal.

Datebook................................12

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Santa and some incognito elves try to hold in the giggles while on a

Something Fun Santa answers children’s questions..... 16

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civics 101

Change in flow

By Melissa Wagoner Oregon’s dams are a part of an important story according to Ron Garst, the Natural Resources Representative for the Pudding River Watershed Council (PRWC). And the 150-year-old dam in Scotts Mills Park is no exception.

“This is a history lesson,” Garst said, noting that defunct dams, like the one in Scotts Mills, are a record of the oftenwanton use of natural resources during the late 19 Century.

“It’s a remnant piece of the way people responded to the area and the attractive way they used natural resources at the time,” he said, adding, “What I hope the social piece for younger generations is, is that we’re recognizing our responsibility to be good stewards of the land and taking action.”

That’s where organizations like the PRWC come in. Community-based and grassroots, the PRWC is one of many groups looking at these older dams constricting the state’s rivers and determining ways to create better fish passages.

“But we’re not government,” PRWC’s Executive Director Anna Rankin, stressed.

“We work with the government. They partner with us.”

One of those partnerships is with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), which has, along with the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), conducted studies during the past five years to determine the effect the Scotts Mills Dam is having on the numbers of juvenile fish found in Butte Creek.

Scotts Mills Dam removal slated for September 2020

“As a result of this watershed assessment, it identified that there were more fish below the dam than they would expect,” Rankin verified.

Originally built between 1860 and 1870, to power both a saw mill and grist mill for the Scott brothers, the dam was not originally outfitted with a passageway for the native fish – cutthroat trout, winter steelhead, lamprey and spring chinook salmon – to move from one end of the stream to the other. In fact, it was not until its purchase, many years later, by Portland General Electric, that any effort was made to remedy the problem by adding a “fish way.”

“It’s not a highly functioning fish ladder,” Garst said, adding that even if it were, fish ladders are often not a sufficient remedy to the problem dams create.

The other problem the Scotts Mills Dam poses to the fish habitat is the buildup of sediment that a century and a half of constriction has created.

“If you stand behind the dam you will see sand and gravel,” Rankin observed. “It’s all filled up.”

But even with the scientific evidence gathered by the PRWC and its partners, removal of the dam has met a fair share of disapproval that has taken the PRWC years to overcome.

“There is a voice of opposition,” Rankin acknowledged. “Four years ago, when I took this proposal to Scotts Mills some of the council and the residents were opposed.”

But that all changed when, on Oct. 2, Rankin presented another proposal – citing

low-flow period in early September 2020 and which should in no way affect property owners downstream – Brakeman hopes that a monument will be erected in honor of the structure’s historical significance, an idea Garst applauds.

The Scotts Mills Dam.

“There could be a little kiosk that tells two stories,” Garst suggested, “the story of the fish and how the settlers used the surroundings.”

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the dam’s crumbling concrete and boulder barrier, exposed and rusting rebar and stagnant pools, all potential dangers to the visitors of the park.

“The best restoration stories are told when communities come together to conserve their natural resources,” Rankin wrote.

“We recognize that the Scotts Mills County Park brings a lot of visitors to the community every summer and we are pursuing the removal of the dam with the intention to be not only good for fish, but also benefit of community.”

The proposal was approved.

“This dam has been deteriorating over several years, and while it is not the City’s property, we as the city recognize that the dam is no longer serving its original purpose and has not been maintained in a way that is conducive to it remaining,” Scotts Mills Mayor Paul Brakeman wrote in his letter of approval.

“If the dam were to be left as it is it would eventually fail on its own and cause damage to our community,” he added.

“The dam has also had a detrimental effect on the fish habitat that once flourished in our region.”

After the dam’s removal – slated for the

In the meantime, plans for the dam’s removal are going forward, with funding requests posed to both the ODFW and OWEB. “We submitted the proposal and have got six months before we know if we are funded,” Rankin said. “And between now and April the OWEB will do their review.

The goal is to go into deconstruction after Labor Day. But all of this is contingent on whether or not Marion County gives us permission. And it would be ideal for Marion County to partner and do some of this work.”

Although the removal of the dam should be relatively quick – the group hopes to have it completed by October – the natural repair of the river itself will be much slower.

“Slow and long-term,” Garst emphasized.

“What we’re doing is making the habitat more accessible for native fish. Spawning and rearing in the lower reaches will be improved.”

And river usage by swimmers and fisherman should go unchanged.

“The swimming hole won’t go away because the cascading bedrock is still there.

In fact, I think the park in its natural state is going to be a beautiful place to be.”

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Money matters

By Brenna Wiegand Silver Falls School District and Silver Falls Education Association have hammered out many of the union’s requests for verbiage and policy changes to their 2019-2020 contract. Since the parties have yet to reach a settlement, teachers are working under the two-year 2017-2019 contract.

On Nov. 20 they addressed the salary schedule in earnest, and though Silver Falls Education Association President Michelle Stadeli didn’t think much was accomplished, the middle school teacher was glad it provided union members a chance to ask questions directly of the district team.

The district’s compensation proposal began with the elimination of the first two steps of the “step-and-column” schedule determining teacher salaries.

“Eliminating the first two steps of the salary schedule will benefit some teachers this year and help address concerns that we are not as competitive with some other

Silver Falls teacher contract negotiations continue

districts for new teachers,” Silver Falls School District Assistant Superintendent Dan Busch said. “Anytime you make changes to a salary schedule, you will have some who will see a greater benefit. That is unavoidable when making adjustments to a complex salary schedule.”

“We agree that eliminating those first two steps would make us more competitive when it comes to attracting new teachers, but there needs to be increases for all the folks in the middle range,” Stadeli said.

“As they have it, a new employee will come in at the same salary as a third-year educator. We are also concerned it could create further equity for our teachers.”

The union’s last proposal called for a 3 percent cost of living (COLA) increase plus a one-time 5 percent fair market adjustment. The district came back with the step elimination plan, the addition of a few steps to the lower end of certain columns and an average 3.5 percent (COLA) increase across the pay scale.

“In essence they’re offering a 3.5 percent

raise whereas our proposal would give everybody about an 8 percent increase,” Stadeli said. “We think we can justifiably ask for more based on what we’re seeing in other districts.

The district embraced SFEA’s proposal to thank long-term employees for their commitment to the district with ‘longevity stipends’ at the 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40-year mark.

“You can drive 15 miles and get paid significantly more,” Stadeli said. “We also have teachers driving from Salem to Silverton because they love this community though it’s a financial imposition.”

“This has been a feature in the classified contract, so it makes sense to include this for our licensed staff,” Palmer said.

For the next two years, the district proposes a 2.5 percent COLA increase in answer to SFEA’s request to have it based on the appropriate Consumer Price Index with a minimum 2.5 percent and a maximum 5 percent.

The union’s recent grievance proceedings stemming from interference with a teacher’s grading system has boosted membership’s involvement, with at least 100 union and community members at Sept. 24’s meeting. Though 96 percent of the district’s 220 licensed employees are union members, in years past only a handful have attended bargaining sessions, these mostly site representatives.

“There’s been a lot of talk about what people could make if they worked in another district,” said Kevin Palmer, district negotiating team member and Butte Creek School principal. “We would like them to bring something back and let’s do some bargaining. There really hasn’t been much bargaining in this area.”

The parties are negotiating increases to the district’s health insurance contribution.

The union and district have agreed on a process for when a grade is contested rather than leave the decision to an administrator.

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civics 101 Continued from page 5 “We fought really hard for this,” Stadeli said. “We’re the professionals in the classroom every day; we know what the kids are capable of and what they’re actually producing.”

The union also seeks to strengthen contract language around the district’s involuntary transfer policy; this remains under discussion.

“We feel very strongly about this,” Stadeli said. “There are occasions when an involuntary transfer policy is necessary, but we’ve also seen it used as a retaliatory measure and that’s not what it’s meant to be.”

One of the things Stadeli and her associates are most excited about is a revised inclement weather policy, agreed upon by both sides.

“It recognizes that teachers are putting in hours beyond their regular contract hours,” she said.

In 32 years with the district, Palmer has never seen a school year commence

without a contract in place.

“A lot of that is because they walked away from the table on Aug. 5, when we expressly asked them to stay to discuss compensation, and didn’t come back until Sept. 24,” Palmer said. “That’s hard for me to watch because I think of it as lost time, and maybe we’d have a contract by now.”

“I think our teachers have felt undervalued for a long time and though we have made a lot of progress we can’t fully heal until we really get a fair contract,” Stadeli said.

“While the steps gained during this bargaining session were small, I still believe we are moving in the right direction,” Busch said.

The ball is now in SFEA’s court. Their plan is to have a counterproposal ready for a meeting early in December.

Both parties are well past the date when they can request mediation; neither has done so.

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Something to Do

Hazelnut Fest German-inspired holiday market

By Nancy Jennings The Mount Angel-Silverton Hazelnut Festival is about to get nuttier.

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specially for the event. “The flavor is a malty toasted nuttiness with slight sweetness. It drinks very smooth with a light warm mouthfeel,” Fox said.

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“We have sold out on booth spaces,” Stacy Palmer, Executive Director of the Silverton Chamber of “For just over 15 years, Silverton has done a ‘Shop Hop,’ Commerce added. “This year, the festival will cater to and last year we introduced that to Mount Angel as part more of a holiday shopping opportunity for both women of our participation in the Hazelnut Festival – we said this and men. There will be more gift selections that appeal to is what we can bring to the table to help spur activities men – such as tools, knives, and personal grooming items in Mount Angel for the holidays. This year... we have like beard oil,” Palmer said.

40 participating vendors – and Mount Angel has 13. It encourages folks to pick up the map and see there’s more Andrew Fox, owner and brewer of Silver Falls Brewery, will introduce a special dark Hazelnut Brown Ale, brewed shopping in town.”

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Arts & Entertainment

The Galarage

A neighborhood modern art-happening just round the corner

By Brenna Wiegand

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Artist Laura DeVito is taking art to the streets by converting her garage into an art studio and gallery of sorts.

A neighborhood gallery and art studio, holds its last show for the season at Silverton’s First Friday on Dec. 6. “Silverlining” consists of video and music composition and will run 6-9 p.m. at the gallery, 406 Silver St., Silverton.

“I have a friend who is doing a garage gallery in Portland and I thought it was a really great idea,” DeVito said.

“It’s dialing into the neighborhood and enabling more people to have an art gallery. It also cuts down on cost and allows for a lot more freedom.

Laura DeVito, 503-890-9960; Galarage.com The exhibition featured a “threshold” constructed entirely of hanging Cheetos in the manner of a bead curtain.

“I’ve noticed that I talk to my neighbors more, telling them about what’s going on, and that aspect is really great,” she said. “I love museums but there’s something to be said for such things as trick-or-treaters running through here and having a great time and calling it modern art.

“What threshold are you going to cross with something that’s the most engineered food? It’s the same when it comes to the political climate,” she said. “I want people to have this invitation into something that makes them a bit uncomfortable and to choose whether they want to step through it or not.

“I want a spectrum of people to stumble upon it or have access to it and not necessarily just those interested in art.”

DeVito, who supposes she’s an interdisciplinary artist, has led stop-motion animation workshops for youth throughout the years at the Silverton Arts Association and teaches art and design at Oregon Tech. She has led many collaborative projects including “Epiphanies” in which people personalize wooden frames and place them in the landscape. They then share with the group why they did what they did.

“It was really interesting how some of them spend 45 minutes just personalizing this wooden frame and all of a sudden they get really attached to it and don’t want to see it destroyed or changed,” DeVito said. “I feel like that’s very representative of our own perspectives; we view them as concrete and precious when perhaps we really need to evaluate them every so often because this life is ever changing and perspective should also go with the flow, you know?”

“When you go through the threshold you will get Cheeto dust on you and your own skin cells will be getting on the Cheetos and what does that mean as far as changing the threshold?”

Laura DeVito peels back the Cheeto curtain at The Galarage.

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“Orange Threshold,” October’s featured exhibition at The Galarage’s Grand Opening on Halloween, was made of Cheetos and, like most of her work, geared toward bringing certain world events to light.

“There are many facets to the Cheeto project,” DeVito said. “Cheetos are one of the most engineered foods…

What does that mean? Is that good? Is it bad? Does good or bad exist?”

“Silverlining,” The Galarage’s Dec. 6 event, is a performance piece consisting of video and music composition.

“It’s me in a silver suit, running and wading through water with lots of different things going on with the idea that we must keep moving through life,” she said. “The music adds another sensory dimension.

“I’m very interested in that moment where a person’s mind changes,” she said. “I think that nudge is extremely fascinating; that moment that makes you think differently and may lead to different actions, whatever that means.”

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‘The Pub Players’

By Brenna Wiegand Violinist Eadie Anelli moved to Silverton 17 years ago, grateful to land in an “ideal situation” teaching music and beginning orchestra in the Salem-Keizer School District. As she acquainted herself with Silverton’s music community Anelli pitched in when she could, including hiring musical entertainment for Silverton’s Fine Arts and Wine & Jazz festivals.

Along the way she met Brad Johnson, a self-taught, multi-instrumental artist who has performed widely at festivals and ceilis (pronounced kay-lee; Irish for gathering or dance).

“Brad introduced me to these fabulous ceilis that happen once a month at the VFW Hall in Salem,” Anelli said. “They teach you how to dance, and even if you’re falling all over yourself everybody’s still having a grand time. It’s good people; the energy is fabulous. There’s no drinking; it’s just family fun with people from 5 to 80 years old.

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“Music moves people more than anything else and everybody knows dancing is good for you,” she said. She became part of a local group that plays Irish music, since named the Pub Players.

“A couple years ago we decided it was kind of boring just playing for ourselves,” Anelli said. “My son has worked at Silver Falls Brewing since it opened, and at the time the owners were looking to do something special for St. Patrick’s Day.” The monthly gig is growing in popularity and is accomplishing what the musicians hoped it would.

“We want to have a place where people, young or old, can come down and enjoy some music, dance if they feel like it or sit in and play with us,” Anelli said.

They congregate at Silver Falls Brewing the second Thursday of the month. They are taking December off, so their next performance is Jan. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

“I think it’s great for the community,” said Eric Druliner who, with Andrew

Family friendly music nights Silverton: The Pub Players, 6:30-8:30 p.m. second Thursdays, Silver Falls Brewery, 207 Jersey St. Listen, dance or play along to live Irish music. Free; all ages welcome. 503-559-9093; eadieanelli@me.com

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Salem: Céilí of the Valley, 7-11 p.m. second Fridays, VFW Hall, 630 Hood St. NE. Hourlong dance lesson at 7; live Irish music and dancing at 8.

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Fox, opened Silver Falls Brewery Co. in May 2017. “They’re really open to other musicians coming in and joining them and I think that once-a-month practice session is a good resource for the community.”

“I’ve always wanted to get something

going with the young people in town,” Anelli said. “Teaching young people to play and having something to do in their spare time is an awful lot of fun.

“If you do your research you realize that music does something for the brain nothing else can, particularly if you play

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“I like playing at the pub in Silverton because it’s a nice environment,” Anelli said. “The owners have been good to us and the beer’s great. I don’t even like beer and I drink their beer.”

Charlene Whiting plays the concertina, a common Irish instrument. She’d always wanted to play Irish-Scottish music and upon coming to Silverton 7-8 years ago, she discovered that Brad Johnson lived just around the corner.

“Pub Players” Patience Reilly, Charlene Whiting, Tyger Bailey and Eadie Anelli at a recent practice session in Silverton.

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“Even if it’s only for a year or two early on, the synapses it develops in the brain are always there – but there’s only a small window of opportunity to do it.

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“I worked until I was 66 and would still be teaching music in the schools if I had the energy to do what it takes,” Anelli said. “Unless you’ve done it, you don’t know what it’s like having 30 kids of

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“Brad sent out feelers and we got together a group of about four people who consistently played, mostly at people’s houses, with floaters going in and out,” Whiting said.

Recently, Anelli found Celtic harpist Tyger Bailey playing at Silverton Farmers Market and promptly snatched her up. An East Coast attorney whose compositions are all over the Internet, Bailey has played at numerous venues including the Grotto’s Festival of Lights.

She calls her Spanish cross-strung Celtic folk harp her “jamming harp.” It’s got crossed strings instead of levers and is chromatic like a piano.

Patience Reilly plays a French violin brought through Ellis Island in the early 1900s.

“They’re angled and played differently so a harpist who is used to playing up and down one set of strings will want to throw it out the window after a couple tries,” Bailey said.

“It was very expensive for me at that time; if there’s a fire in my house this is what I’d take,” Reilly said. “I am so thankful for

In the past few weeks the group has added local fiddler Erin Carey, who also teaches privately.

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Something Fun

Santa comes to Silverton

By Melissa Wagoner For people around the world Christmas is a magical time of year.

“Throughout humanity, Christmas was our way of convincing ourselves that winter will end,” Santa Claus, that magical and iconic Christmas symbol, recently told me as we chatted about the upcoming holiday season. “And we need to know that it will end.”

Because what are the signs of Christmas after all? The temperatures dropping, the trees going bare, snow falling and people coming in to share in the warmth they find indoors and with one another. Every one of those have a powerful story, Santa said.

And he’s right. After all, this is why stories like the famous poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas (better known as The Night Before Christmas) – written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823 – was centered around a family tucked cozily in bed,

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dreaming of good things to eat, while snow blanketed the ground all around. It has remained a classic to this day. It’s also why Santa Claus has continued to be a beloved part of the season, since 280 A.D. “The best part is having people believe in something good and pure and happy,” Santa Claus said of his job, which is not consigned to just one night but rather encompasses the entire holiday season, during which time he visits churches, holiday parties, schools and hospital rooms helping spread good cheer.

“You see me all over the place,” he laughed, recalling the many places he gets to visit and the many people he meets. “I try to go as many places as I can. Because sometimes there are kids and adults out in the public that need healing and joy.”

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part of the season, but the giving of them.

“Santa’s not the most important part of Christmas,” he explained, noting that

often instead of asking what people wish for Christmas he will ask what they plan to give. Saying, “That’s you becoming Santa Claus.”

And he should know, as the Big Man

Santa Claus answers questions from Hilary Conroy’s elementary school class What’s the saddest request anyone’s ever asked?

A little girl said that she wanted her daddy to lose his job because she never sees him and then she cried.

Why do you not bring the stuff we ask you to bring?

Because the right gifts, sometimes, they don’t even think about.

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What size are the elves actually?

Are they as small as people say?

They are! They look like little kids.

“What’s better than giving?” he asked,

Why do you have a sleigh?

Because I’m mostly in snow and ice. Plus, you can’t get reindeer to pull a Humvee.

presents to people across the globe. explaining his motivation for such widespread gifting by saying, “Giving is like

helping and healing. It has magic all by itself and it’s a lot of fun.”

Have you ever been peed on?

I have by dogs but not by any babies or toddlers because I don’t put children in my lap.

How do the reindeer fly?

Have you ever been in the car at night and you fall asleep and one minute you’re in the car and the next minute you are home? You do magic and so does Santa.

Could you, for Christmas, give a cool car? Yes, but remember, Santa’s job is to bring the right gift for the right person.

If you’re eight years old and you get a Mustang, you’d be sad because you’d have to look at it for eight years.

Do the reindeer like candy canes?

They do not. But Santa’s favorite cookie is chocolate chip, but not the crunchy ones.

When you do go down the chimney, how do you not get burned up in the fire? If you can fly with magic, you can certainly put out a fire.

Can Santa really fly with his sleigh?

Of course!

Why are you so fat? I’m not really very fat. Those are not real Santas. I try to be healthy and live a long time.

Does Santa actually get to everyone’s house in one night?

It’s really about time. It’s not what you think.

Why do you wear red? Because it’s the happiest color there is. Red is exciting and it makes people smile.

How do you get into a house that doesn’t have a chimney? The same kind of magic that I use to fly.

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Jason’s legacy

An update on Fall Line’s next chapter

Editor’s note: We thought our readers would be interested in this update about the future of Silverton’s own bike, skate and snow sports shop – Fall Line – posted by Lisa Sinclair.

Here is what’s happening with Fall Line. Exciting news!

In 2002 when Jaiven Franz was only two years old, Jason Franz opened Fall Line. He used to tell me stories of her napping under the counter in her little bed. Jaiven would always greet the customers with a big smile and play with her yellow toy dump truck. Jaiven also assisted her dad in building Shellburg Falls and Wayside Park. She has assisted her dad with tune ups and small repairs since she was two.

Soon after the BMX track at Wayside Park was built, Jason started volunteering for the YMCA and taught BMX camp. Kids from four on up would take this class.

In 2007 Justin Bengurel took his first BMX class.

He wanted to race Jason. The rules were simple Justin could pedal and Jason had to pump (use body weight and technique to pump over the course), into the second berm (corner with a raised wall) they were neck and neck and Jason went below Justin to pass him in the corner and Jason slid out and landed on his left shoulder breaking his collar bone.

Since then, Justin was hooked and became a really good

BMX/park bike rider and became a member of Fall Line’s BMX team at the age of 13.

Justin then started coming to the shop and working on bikes, Jason taught him all that he could and when Justin turned 18 he went to UBI (United Bicycle Institute) of Portland. He then took his knowledge and worked a few summers at Fall Line and then was a offered full time position at Santiam Bikes. Justin also spent six months in Australia working at a bike shop Down Under – you should see him pedal backwards.

I am happy to announce that Jaiven Franz and Justin Bengurel are forming a business partnership with the goal for Justin to buy it from her in the future.

Starting Dec. 1, Justin will be the full time bike tech/ manager. The hours will be Wednesday thru Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

I, Lisa Sinclair, moved here in 2010 to be with Jason and immediately started to help work on bikes, balance bills, do orders etc. I helped with the shop until 2016.

It has been quite a rough 6 weeks for Jaiven and I trying to get everything transferred into her name, meeting the new landlords, bank accounts, knowing which vendors sell what and relying on our bike repairs to be completed only when Justin was available.

Fast forward to Oct. 6, 2019... Jason Franz passes away unexpectedly of a heart attack while mountain biking.

Thank you all for your kindness, your business, and your patience.

Naturally, the shop is passed onto his daughter, Jaiven Franz, barely 18. Although she has a lot of experience, she has a lot to learn in a short period of time.

I could not be more excited for the future of Fall Line.

Jason has teased Justin about Justin buying the shop from him since Justin was 13. I know that Jason would be pretty stoked for this business partnership.

Knowing that you need an experienced, trustworthy, kind, passionate bike tech to keep Jason’s legacy alive and Fall Line going, it was a unanimous decision to join forces with Justin.

Here’s to the future of Fall Line.

Thank you, Lisa Sinclair

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Football lessons

Foxes fall to Thurston in 5A state semifinals

There are 35 teams in Class 5A football in Oregon. Only four of them advanced to the semifinals and played Nov. 23 amid the glorious collegiate sports splendor of Autzen Stadium in Eugene.

Silverton was one of them. The Foxes lost, 44-14, to defending champion Thurston and finished 10-2 in their third year under coach Josh Craig.

It was the first 10-win season since 2014 and the first trip to the semis since 2014.

But like 33 other 5A teams, the Foxes were faced with accepting the fact that they were not going to be the one team, and only one team, that celebrates on the final day.

That’s a tough transition for players to make, and it’s one that you have to make in a very short period of time.

One moment you’re playing your guts out… and the next moment it’s over and you’re standing on the goal line staring at your coaches.

It’s supposed to be a team-coach private moment, but the program has let me in.

That’s a function of the trust you can build up during eight years of roaming the sidelines. And the coaches know that I would not betray that trust.

There is a fascinating hierarchy in the Silverton football family in which the seniors come first. They have worked and sweated the most and they are expected to lead. And they do. And everything else seems to stem from that relationship.

Six sophomores were on the Silverton roster in 2017 when the Foxes beat Thurston 31-14 in the playoffs: Grant Buchheit, Nathan Kuenzi, Zach MacBean, Hayden Roth, Tashaun Treat and Spencer Von Flue. All received alldistrict mention as seniors and all except the injured MacBean were out there mixing it up with Thurston at Autzen, with help from other seniors such as Thomas Patterson, Tanner Ellsworth, Casey Brooks and Cole Runion.

The coaches praised the seniors and told all the Foxes how proud they were of them. It was that simple… and yet

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Foxes football coach Josh Craig speaks from the heart after the team fell to Thurston in the Class 5A semifinals Nov. 23 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Seniors in the photo include Zach MacBean (in beanie), Thomas Patterson (35) and Tashaun Treat (far right). JAMES DAY

profound. How hard will the sophomores and juniors work in the future to maintain the tradition, to keep the circle unbroken?

The Thurston game is over. What happens next?

Kuenzi recalled a comment one of the coaches made in that post-game session at the goal line.

“It’s like Coach (John) Howard said… if this is the worst feeling in your life you are going to lead a charmed life. It’s been a good ride with all my brothers… the seniors, the underclassmen, everybody. I wouldn’t want to play on any other team.”

Kennedy, meanwhile, played for its second consecutive Class 2A title against Heppner after Our Town’s presstime. The Trojans advanced with a 15-12 semifinals win Nov. 23 against Monroe at Hillsboro Stadium. See the Our Town Facebook page and our Dec. 15 print edition for a

report on the Trojans.

Tri-River Conference all-stars.

Boys soccer: The Foxes finished 9-3-3 in their first season under coach Marty Limbird, advancing to the Class 5A quarterfinals before falling 1-0 to eventual state runner-up Wilsonville.

Trojans senior Sophia Carley was named player of the year and Laura Beyer earned the coaching honor. Kennedy finished 16-0 in league play without dropping a set and were 33-1 overall.

The three losses came by a total of three goals and the Foxes were ranked No. 5 in the state while also turning in the highest grade-point average for the classification.

“We lose some seniors who led the charge and brought our team together as the glue, but we have some strong players returning next year,” said Limbird, formerly the award-winning coach at Chemeketa Community College.

The Foxes lose senior starters Cory Garlinghouse, Brian Leon, Owen Cote and Jon Rivoli, with goal-scoring dynamo Britton Ullan leading the returners.

“Next year is bound to be exciting, too,” Limbird said.

Volleyball: Kennedy’s Class 2A state championship squad dominated the

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Joining Carley on the first team were Ellie Cantu, Hailey Arritola, Emma Beyer and Elise Suing. Ibeth Gomez earned second-team honors.

Hoops: Area teams start action this week, with the Silverton girls opening at home Wednesday, Dec. 4 against Churchill.

The Kennedy girls visit Molalla the same night, while the Kennedy boys host Clatskanie on Dec. 6. The Silverton boys open Dec. 7 at St. Helens.

Running: The 5K run and walk associated with the Mount Angel Hazelnut Festival is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. See www.racenorthwest.com for more info.

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John Bernard Haynie March 22, 1927 – Nov. 4, 2019 John Bernard Haynie died Nov. 4, 2019 at the age of 92. He was born on March 22, 1927 in Northumberland County, Virginia to Capt. John (Shep) Haynie and Etta Curren Haynie. He was the youngest of eight children, three brothers and four sisters, all of whom preceded him in death.

John was a veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He served his country faithfully as a member of the United States Marine Corps for 27 years. He later worked at the Oregon State Prison in Salem.

John loved to fish, crab, and RV travel with his wife. He was a member of the Silverton Elks and later of the Waldport Moose Lodge. John married Beatrice LaVon Koontz, a nurse, on Nov. 6, 1948 in Seattle, Washington.

They lived a long and happy life

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Mexico, always bringing school supplies to share with the local children. John

also served the community of Silverton and SACA for several years.

LaVon preceded him in death in 2007 after 59 years together. His daughter,

Mary Kay Barker also preceded him in death in 2013 after a long illness.

He leaves his grandchildren, Todd

Spain and Megan Grealish, his great-

grandchildren Justin, Ivory, Jesse, Chloe and Audrey. He also leaves Cindy

Baker, his partner of 10 years and his beloved bulldog, Chesty Puller.

Funeral services were held on Nov. 8

at Unger Funeral Chapel in Silverton.

Interment will be beside his wife at St. Paul’s Catholic Cemetery in Silverton.

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Harry’s whistlin’

Lessons in hard work, fun times

I’ve had a lot of jobs over the years. I was a dishwasher at the Woolworths luncheonette in the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania shopping mall; a bass player in several rock bands; a newspaper reporter and editor; a stock broker and financial planner… I’m sure I left out a few.

– the Italian American Club – in his little town on the Main Line west of Philadelphia.

But one of the best jobs I ever had was as a janitor at an elementary school.

It wasn’t the money. I received a whopping $1.60 an hour. That was the minimum wage, and it was hard work. One summer I cleaned an entire school from top to bottom by myself. I changed every light bulb, scrubbed and waxed all of the floors, washed every desk and window – I’m getting tired just thinking about it.

What made it a great a job is I could measure my progress every day. I averaged a room a day. When I got a wing done I would move all of the furniture out of the classrooms and do the floors. Then I’d move the furniture back and do the hallway and move on to the next wing.

Day by day, room by room, I learned that hard work and perseverance pays off. And I had no one else to blame if I wasn’t staying on track.

I also got to work around plumbers, carpenters and other professionals who were doing projects around the school.

They taught me that you can work hard and have fun at the same time.

That’s a lesson I think about every day. So many people seem to think of work as akin to getting teeth pulled. I don’t. Camaraderie, jokes, playful banter – it’s all a way to enjoy what you’re doing while you do it.

When school was in session, the teachers and principal would ignore me. That was fine, because I had plenty to keep me busy. But when something broke or a light went out I was the most important guy on the planet. That was pretty cool for someone still in his teens.

During the school year I worked with a crew. My boss was the best I ever had. Harry was in his 50s. He was about 5-foot-5 and had streaks of gray in his black hair.

He worked hard and never once complained. His job was important to him, and so was his family. He was a volunteer firefighter and a member of the local I.A.C.

Harry was solid. If he said he was going to do something, you could count on it. And it was obvious he enjoyed his work. He took pride in taking an elementary school that was built in the 1920s and putting a shine on it. The hardwood floors glowed, the desks and chairs were all in place and teachers could count on Harry to make sure everything was in working order.

But there was one thing Harry always did: whistle. No particular tune. Just a meandering, sweet melody.

One time I asked him about it.

“It’s my early warning system,” he said. “If kids hear my whistle, they know I’m around. If they’re messing up the building they’ll stop before I get there.”

A half century later, I always whistle, too, whether I’m at home or at work. I do it just so people know I’m heading their way.

Just like Harry.

Carl Sampson is a freelance writer and editor.

He lives in Stayton.

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