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Contents

9 Our Town

Paula Mabry

Something to Talk About

Language, math test results.......4 Farmer’s Notebook

School Scrapbook

Another first for principal.......12 Briefs..................................13 Marketplace......................13 Something Fun Silverton’s Sidewalk Shindig.....7 People Out Loud................14 Helping Hands

Sports & Recreation

JFK earns Oregonian Cup.........10

OUTDOOR SEATING!

Managing Editor

Advertising Director

SHS pleased with new turf......11

Food Share partnerships ..........5 Man About Town..................6

Mosiac nears completion...........9

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Test results in

Districts examining language arts, math data for trends

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implementing a new ELA curriculum district wide.

result of their size.”

The results are in but it is going to take some time to analyze them and create a plan how to use the data to benefit students.

“This year, we are implementing a new math curriculum district wide,” Stoops said. “We are also implementing new English Language Development (ELD) curriculum in grades 6-12. Last year, we piloted the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program at grade 10, this year we are implementing AVID strategies district wide.”

Bellando said he and his administrators will also identify patterns of low performance occurring over more than one year.

On Sept. 8, the Silver Falls and the Mount Angel School districts both received the results for the 2016 state Smarter Balanced asssessment tests taken by students in the spring in both English Language Arts and math.

Both Silver Falls Superintendent Andy Bellando and Mount Angel Superintendent Troy Stoops said they are reviewing the results in more detail with their staff members over the next few weeks.

The Oregon Department of Education uses the information from the tests to implement a statewide plan to close opportunity and achievement gaps. The goal is to help more students meet the higher standards and improve graduation rates.

Mount Angel School District Stoops said he and his staff are still working on the SBAC data and are unable to provide any detailed information at this time.

“However, our initial look at the data shows mixed messages when we look at the whole K-12 district,” Stoops said. “At the high school, we continue to perform about 14-15 percent below the state overall in both ELA and math.”

Stoops said Mount Angel Middle School has demonstrated the highest levels of proficiency in math.

Students in grades seven and eight performing 10 percent and 12 percent “respectively above the state. Test data for grades 3-5, is inconsistent and needs further review to provide any valuable feedback.”

Stoops said the district is working at the building level to compare other assessment data with the “SBAC results to identify areas of strength and improvement.”

Stoops said the district has completed its first year

Silver Falls School District Bellando said an early review of the test scores indicates both good news and areas to improve.

The highlights for the Silver Falls School District, Bellando said, are the district’s English Language Arts results are up 5.6 percent as compared to the year before and are 9 percent higher than the state average.

“Our district math results are up 1.3 percent as compared to the year before and 4 percent higher than the state average,” Bellando said.

The district saw “significant jumps in English Language Arts performance at the middle school level which includes grades fifth through eighth and the high school, where the test is taken by eleventh grade students.

“We also saw significant improvement in seventh and eleventh grade math results,” Bellando said. “Some of our elementary math scores remained flat or dropped slightly.”

Bellando said the district still has work to do in all areas, especially in student math performance.

“However, we continue to move in the right direction and have multiple tools in place to keep doing so,” Bellando said.”

“We will look for more than one indicator of this pattern,” Bellando said. “This combination of data gives us more reliable information to determine how best to support students.”

Bellando said the district has two priorities for its game plan to continue to help students’ achieve.

The district will continue its focus on daily “ instructional engagement and growth of each student, especially in reading, writing, speaking and math,” Bellando said, “and continue to prioritize the core values and strategic goals described in the District Visioning Plan.”

Statewide Oregon’s Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Salam Noor said results for the 2016 tests showed statewide progress in both English Language Arts and math. When broken down, the data show students statewide improved in most tested grades, by as much as 3 percentage points.

This year marks the second year students in Oregon took the online tests, aligned to Oregon’s more rigorous academic standards. The tests provide teachers and parents with a snapshot of the progress students are making to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills needed to succeed from grade to grade and in life beyond high school.

“All Oregon students should have access to a relevant, rigorous, well-rounded education,” Noor said. “We’ve When he and his administrators dig into the results in raised expectations for our students so they are better more detail, Bellando said they will look at the disparities prepared for postsecondary options, career, and civic between grades and schools. life. The test results reflect just one measure of students’ achievement that – when combined with teacher feedback “Some of these can be explained by the size of classes that and other measures – works to provide a more complete were tested,” Bellando said. “Our smallest schools can Have a home Callofus! student progress.” experience the widest annual swing in results simply to as a rent?picture

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Food for families

Food Share partnerships keep fresh produce on table

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in the community.”

Getting 300,000 pounds of fresh produce to hungry families in the Willamette Valley isn’t easy, but a partnership between Dickman Farms in Silverton, Marion-Polk Food Share and the Oregon Department of Corrections does just that. The produce is being grown on 200-plus acres leased to Marion-Polk Food Share by the Dept. of Corrections on the Mill Creek site.

Although Dickman Farms is the only farm Marion-Polk Food Share currently contracts with, they have worked with others in the past and are open to more.

“We are always looking for opportunities to partner with folks,” Dunivin said.

“We do have a partnership with Farmers Ending Hunger, which is a local nonprofit organization that works with local growers and processors to donate a portion of their harvest to local food banks. We also partner with Salem Harvest who bridges the gap between grower donors and the Food Share by providing volunteer support for harvesting.”

“The food is mainly distributed through our network of food pantries and meal sites across Marion and Polk counties,” Abisha Dunivin, Vice President of Operations at Marion-Polk Food Share said.

“This includes SACA and Mission of Hope in Silverton, as well as food pantries in Mount Angel, Salem, Keizer, Dallas, Woodburn and beyond. In addition, we run a produce program where we provide totes or bags of fresh produce to schools, senior centers and at low income housing sites.”

Since 2011, the Food Share has contracted with farmers who do the planting, growing and harvesting and then deliver the produce to a distribution site.

“We’re constantly working to optimize yields and diversify the kinds of crops that we grow for the emergency food supply.

We’re so fortunate to live in the heart of one of the richest agricultural areas in the country and are surrounded by highly educated and very capable growers. We partner with growers, who can grow food better than anyone, and we focus on distributing that food to people who need it,” Dunivin explained.

One of these growers is Corey Dickman of Dickman Farms, a fourth generation, family-owned farm in Silverton. The farm produces cauliflower, green beans and super

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14,000 children receive food.

More than 8.2 million pounds of food was distributed last year.

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Visit marionpolkfoodshare.org or silvertonareacommunityaid.org. sweet corn on the leased land and also supplies onions grown on their own land.

“We have a standing Tuesday harvest and delivery schedule which extends into midSeptember,” Dunivin said. “Dickman Farms delivers the produce to us and we have a team of volunteers working hard to sort and pack the produce as quickly as possible. The produce is often delivered to agencies and going out to folks in our community the

same day that it’s harvested.”

Dickman, an Oregon State University grad, returned to the family farm in 2003.

He’s hesitant to talk about the farm’s contract with Marion-Polk Food Share.

“We are not working with Marion-Polk for any recognition. It is just the right thing to do,” Dickman said. “Yet I feel it is important to tell ag’s story and how all of us in agriculture are working to do our part

Dunivin sees the partnership between Dickman Farms and Marion-Polk Food Share as vital to ensuring that everyone in the community has the food they need.

“Just yesterday we received a delivery of 22,920 pounds of super sweet corn,” she said. “The impact is that healthy, fresh, local produce is feeding families in our community today and throughout the summer months. For a family that struggles to put food on the table, fresh produce is often out of the budget. The fresh produce from Dickman Farms is an extra-special treat for people coming to our food pantries.”

For Dickman the partnership is a way to help people by doing the thing he does best.

“We have the ability to grow high quality, fresh vegetables to help feed these people,” he said. “Marion-Polk Food Share is great at distribution and can put the fresh vegetables we supply with the agencies and individuals who will benefit from them the most. It is a win-win for all involved.”

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Now that all “the dirt” has settled over at the high school, I think we can all agree that new artificial turf football field looks pretty good...

When the Silverton Appeal moved out of town last year, there was some concern about what had become of the voluminous archives the paper had accumulated over the many years. The volumes, dating as far back as 1917 contain the only weekly documentation of area history that exists. Thankfully they were recently found in the basement at the Statesman Journal and returned back to Silverton where they belong.

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The more things stay the same the more they change.... Aylene Geringer has sold the Chocolate Box to Audrey, Kim and Theresa Knox who will continue to supply your confection addiction.... New Markum Inn owner, Mark Burnett continues work on the new version of the iconic Marquam eatery and plans to be open soon.

Silver Falls Brewing will be opening their brewery in the Jersey Street location currently occupied by Holland Collision.... Holland Collision will be moving to a new office out by Dutch Bros and by new neighbors, Anytime Fitness, who recently expanded.

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Where can you find the distinctive musical notes of a barbershop quartet, a jug band, steel drums, jazz, Dixie and rock-and-roll? By simply walking around downtown Silverton Oct. 1.

Whatever style of music you prefer, you’ll probably hear it at the fifth annual Silverton Sidewalk Shindig.

On that Saturday afternoon Silverton’s shops and streets will once again be filled with music. The event features dozens of bands and musicians in more than 30 venues, as well as an expansion of the Family Area in Town Square Park.

Greg Hart said he started the event for two reasons. As the former owner of the Silver Creek Coffeehouse, Hart wanted to bring more visitors to town. He saw music as the way to accomplish that goal.

Seeing what visual artists had accomplished to bring people to town to visit the art galleries and to attend the Silverton Fine Arts Festival, Hart recognized the opportunity to build on the success the visual arts community created. Only he used music as the lure.

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She is organizing the family music and events including drum making, face painting, music making and demonstrations from Soundstream Music School in Silverton.

Silverton High School Band members will entertain at Town Square Park.

Dumitrescu, who has two children, said what she loves about the Shindig is that she can just walk around a corner and hear another kind of music – drums, cello, banjo or accordion.

Working with Lawrence Stone and Greg Sheesley, Hart wanted the Shindig to be an opportunity for adults and children to experience different types of music and to create an atmosphere that would help downtown Silverton thrive.

“As a parent, it’s wonderful to see my kids excited about music, especially live music,” she said. “For me live music is an absolutely spiritual experience. I mean nothing makes me happier being able to bring that to my kids.”

This year will be everything from Blues to Rock, Jazz to Bluegrass and Reggae to Classical. Hart will perform with the bands Nix Kix and the Timmy James Gang.

Hart said he’s been told the Shindig is one of Silverton’s most enjoyable events. He credits its success in large part to the generosity of local businesses who not only host many of the musicians, but have contributed to the event and its publicity.

While downtown pick up a brochure which lists the musical groups and where and what time they will perform. All concerts are free.

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Volunteers are still needed and welcome to assist with the tile installation. To volunteer, meet at the fountain near the bridge between the park and municipal swimming pool Tuesday through Friday any time between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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SHS preps for top 10 battle

Kennedy earns The Oregonian Cup

The Silverton High football team opens Mid-Willamette Conference play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at Dallas in a battle of top 10 Class 5A squads.

The Dragons are ranked No. 2 after beating Parkrose and North Eugene. The Foxes are No. 8, with wins against Sandy and Redmond.

“We’ve got to be prepared,” Silverton Coach John Mannion said after the thrilling 41-35 win Sept. 9 against Redmond in the debut of the new turf at McGinnis Field. “I like our team, but we haven’t played our cleanest game yet.”

Sophomore quarterback Levi Nielsen threw for 344 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a fifth score. Junior wide receiver Spencer Clements caught seven passes for 174 yards and two scores.

“We’re starting to build up a pretty good chemistry,” Clements said. Indeed, the pair are reminiscent of the passingreceiving combination of Cole Chandler and Logan Munson, who starred together in 2013-14. Clements even wears Munson’s No. 11 jersey.

But in an offensive onslaught that produced 76 points it was a defensive play that might have held the key to the outcome. Foxes defensive back Kobe Garcia stopped Panthers quarterback Bunker Parrish a yard short of a first down at the Silverton 16 with 3:26 left and the Foxes ran out the clock on the clutch running of Darren Buckley (17 carries for 97 yards) and a 14-yard pass from Nielsen to Clements on 3rd-and 13.

Kennedy, meanwhile, has dominated its first two opponents and is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A. The Trojans, runners-up to Heppner last season, downed Class

Warriors won last year’s league title with a perfect 14-0 and wound up third at the Class 5A tournament. The Foxes finished 11-3 in league and also made the final eight. Silverton hosts Lebanon on Sept.

20 and visits the Warriors on Oct. 12.

3A foe Clatskanie 52-13 in week one and defeated Knappa 47-14 last week.

Kennedy goes up a class this week as well, hosting Harrisburg (No. 7 in Class 3A) on Friday, Sept. 16.

Oregonian Cup: Kennedy earned the Class 2A Oregonian Cup all-sports trophy for athletic, academic and sportsmanship success in the 2015-2016 school year.

At an all-school assembly Sept. 6, the Trojans received the hardware. Cindy Simmons of the Oregon School Activities Association presented the cup to JFK and noted that it is the “most prestigious award we give out all year.”

Every Kennedy team finished with at least a 3.0 combined grade point average, the third consecutive school year the Trojans have achieved that feat. The girls basketball team won a state title, the football team reached the state finals and the boys basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and track and field and cross country teams also participated in the postseason.

“We’ve been close before,” Trojans Athletic Director Kevin Moffatt said.

“This shows the values of our community and the work ethic of our studentathletes, teachers and coaches.”

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Kennedy, meanwhile, is 4-2 overall and 1-0 in Tri-River play under new coach Laura Beyer. Jessica Schmidtman coached the Trojans to a sixth-place finish at last year’s Class 2A tournament, but will be an assistant this season because of family commitments. Beyer previously served as a head coach at Kennedy and Gervais.

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Kennedy received The Oregonian Cup for allsports success as well as academics and sportsmanship at an all-school assembly Sept. 6.

Ritchie turned 65 last month and organized a one-man fundraiser. He vowed to complete 65 laps around the Kennedy track and solicited per-lap pledges from members of the community.

Ritchie took to the track at 6 p.m. Aug. 23 and 3.5 hours later he had finished all 65 laps while raising about $5,000 for Kennedy cross country and track and field.

“It was tough, worse than I expected,” Ritchie told Our Town. “I hit the ‘wall’ around mile 11 and was in some agony over the last 5 miles. But the soreness is going away and I didn’t tear a muscle. So, a good birthday!”

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Soccer: Silverton Lady Foxes are 2-1 in nonleague, with the lone loss to La Salle Prep by a 1-0 score. The Lady Foxes, who finished second in the MidWillamette last year, also lost to La Salle in the round of 16 at last year’s Class 5A tournament. The Foxes’ boys squad, meanwhile, is 2-0-1. Both the boys and girls teams open league play Oct. 4 vs.

Central, with the boys playing at home.

Oktoberfest race: Three fun runs will be held Saturday in conjunction with this year’s festival. A half-marathon starts at 8 a.m., with a 5K and a 10K starting at 9. Registration starts at 6:45 at Humpert Park, 400 Alder St. in Mount Angel. Registration is $80 for the halfmarathon and $30 for either the 5k or the 10K. For more information go to www. oktoberfestroadrace.com.

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New turf, new era

By James Day On a nearly picture-perfect fall night, a remodeled McGinnis Field made a sparkling debut.

Temperatures were in the high 70s with just a few stubborn clouds floating by as the Silverton High football team defeated Redmond 41-35 in a thrilling home opener on the new artifical turf that was installed this summer in a communitywide effort.

“It was really important for us to win the first game on the new field,” Foxes quarterback Levi Nielsen said. “There were articles on us in the news. I’m really proud of our team.”

That team is more than just the 35 or so players on the Silverton roster.

Local businesses donated tons of time, equipment and materials to make the project happen.

“We feel very fortunate that the community rallied around such a valuable gift,” Andy Bellando, superintendent of the Silver Falls School District, said. “So many people contributed and it’s such a positive addition to the community.”

Greg Kaatz, the Silverton High School athletic director who played a key coordinating role in the project, has moved on to become the principal at Mark Twain. But he was at McGinnis for the debut.

“It’s exciting for Silverton and the school and the entire community,” Kaatz said.

“We’re fortunate to have the community we have and the businesses we have that donated time and labor. And to have it all come together like this. It’s a big change and it looks great.”

Ground was broken June 6 on the $800,000 project, with the new turf installed and ready for conditioning drills

by Aug. 9.

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North James Street, Silverton Community members are invited to an open house and celebration of the new Silverton High athletic field artifical turf.

Silver Fox Foundation and Silverton-area youth sports groups. The project received more than $500,000 in cash donations, with numerous companies donating their time and supplies, including K&E Excavating and Eberle Concrete.

Ten companies bought space on the sideline area of the turf itself: Rodney Orr/Family Medical Group, Roth’s, Les Schwab Tires, Pacific Sanitation, Legacy Silverton Medical Center, AllState Insurance/Bill Johnson, Jim Hobbs Painting, Tara Kramer/Ri-Ky Roofing, K & E Excavating and Kuenzi Electric.

Kaatz estimated that the old grass field at McGinnis was used perhaps 20 times per year. Now, the Foxes’ football squad can practice on the field -- particularly when the weather turns foul -- youth teams can use it and soccer matches also will be played there.

On Saturday, Sept. 10, local Pop Warner teams played on the field.

No school district funds were used for the new facility.

“It was a beautiful night and I’m glad that we got a win on it,” Foxes Coach John Mannion said after the Redmond game.

“It was an exciting night for the guys, and I’m happy and thankful to have this nice facility.”

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to better align curriculum across all grades,” she said.

“This way instead of being in different groups, we can see ourselves connected as one whole school.”

Katie Voss has had many “firsts” at St. Mary’s Elementary School.

As for her connection to Mount Angel, Voss said, “I have such a strong connection to the community and the people here because they have supported me through all of my firsts.”

“I just think it’s fun that I started my entire school career here. I went to kindergarten here, I got my first teaching job here and now I have my first admin job,” Voss said.

“Now, I’m excited to support them in return.”

Depending on how you count, Voss has been in the Mount Angel School District for nine years, not including her time growing up in Mount Angel.

Two new teachers also have joined the St. Mary’s team, with Michelle Kurns at second-grade and Jenny Bizon as the new fourth-grade teacher.

Now, with her 10th year on the horizon, she is ready to take the leap to become the new principal at St. Mary’s Elementary School.

After obtaining her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in educational studies at the University of Oregon, Voss landed her first job at St. Mary’s in 2008 as a thirdgrade teacher.

In 2015, she decided to go back to school at Portland State University for an administrator’s license.

“I felt like after working in a lot of different positions in a school I had the right experience to use in an administrative role,” Voss said. “I feel pretty passionately about this school and community. I want to support us to be the best that we can be.”

Voss has taught third-grade, Intervention, English Language Development, and fifth-grade at St. Mary’s.

After being laid off in 2010 due to budget cuts, she became the math specialist at Scotts Mills for one year before returning to St. Mary’s.

After the resignation of former Principal Jennifer Christian, Voss was appointed to use her skills to step up to the challenge of being principal.

For Voss, the most rewarding part of her job is watching the kids grow and achieve goals beyond their own expectations.

Katie Voss is the new principal for St. Mary’s Elementary School.

Voss is looking forward to changes the in her career and within the school district.

This fall, the Mount Angel School District will be implementing the AVID program into its curriculum, which is a global organization that stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.

“I’m excited about getting AVID started in our building,” Voss said. “I like the message of getting students ready for college. I think it can really help our district grow and learn.”

Voss also is enthusiastic about the development of school wide unity.

“We’re implementing Wednesday morning late starts

“Being new to the job is going to be one of the biggest challenges. There’s so much to learn in such a short amount of time. Right now, I don’t even know what I don’t know,” she said.

However, one of the perks of moving up in her own school is she has an enormous support system.

“I’m so grateful to be in an environment with folks I already know,” Voss said. “They’re understanding and patient, which will help a lot with the learning process.”

Voss has two children who will be attending St. Mary’s this fall. Her daughter will be entering the third grade and her son will be a first grader.

“I’m glad that I get to be here with them. I’m proud to have them in a school that I’m also very proud of,” Voss said. “This school and community is a great place for firsts.”

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City council races uncontested Filing deadlines for city council and mayoral candidates for the Mount Angel, Scotts Mills and Silverton City councils have come and gone.

The results: only one new candidate and a host of incumbents are running.

In Mount Angel, Assistant to the City Manager Justin Hogue reports Andy Otte has filed for re-election as mayor and Pete Wall and Kelly Grassman to return as city councilors.

In Scotts Mills, Paul Brakeman has filed for another term as mayor and incumbent Richard Bielenberg for the city council. Newcomer Louann

Adams has filed for a city council seat. There is one council seat that no one filed to fill.

In Silverton, incumbent Mayor Rick Lewis and incumbent city councilors Laurie Carter and Jason Freilinger are all running unopposed. City Councilor Ken Hector chose not to run again. No one has filed to fill that position.

Since seats are open in both the Scotts Mills and Silverton city councils, voters can choose to write-in a candidate. The write-in candidate with the most votes will win the seat.

SACA plans September Community Resources Day plus October Job Fair Mark your calendar for the fourth annual 4G Community Resources Day Saturday, Sept. 24, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Silverton Community Center, 421 S. Water St. More than 50 organizations and nonprofits groups from Silverton and surrounding areas will be present to share their knowledge, offer free products and talk about their services.

Organizations attending include Marion County Housing Authority, Goodwill Job Connections, Salem Transit & Carts, Salvation Army,

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SACA will distribute free clothing and household items. There will also be free haircuts, games, snacks for all ages, and more.

Then on Thursday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. SACA will host a Job Fair at the Silverton Community Center.

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Looking for answers

Too many questions for a 64-year-old man

There are people. Then there are quite special people.

Francine Lynch is definitely cut from a substantially finer cloth.

We wept the first time we heard Alan Jackson sing, Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning, written and performed barely 60 days after the tragedy.

The Silverton woman has been helping the Silverton United Methodist Church make adorable gift bags for the children who visit Silverton Area Community Aid’s food bank with their families.

We cried tears of joy at the following Fourth of July when Lee Greenwood sang, I’m Proud to Be An American, and we all stood up when the Color Guard passed during the Homer Davenport Parade and the national anthem was sung at a local football game. We didn’t think about Elephants and Donkeys, Red and Blue states, or calling each other liars and racists. We didn’t see white or black or brown. We saw red, white and blue.

The SNACK SACK project has been a labor love for the people of the church since 2012, and Francine has been there from the get-go. She meticulously and creatively decorates each bag with designs that she cuts out of fabric and carefully irons her handiwork onto each bag filled with healthy snacks and little gifts for the children.

Easter time? Look for the bunnies. Christmas time?

Santa makes a guest appearance. Back to school? There are patterns for that, too, and she looks for cute children’s fabric wherever she can find it.

The church fills and distributes about 50 bags weekly on average, and Francine has designed and decorated more than 14,500 bags. She volunteers each week at Silverton Health’s reception desk. As Marilyn Dedrick, a peer from the church and the SNACK SACK project states, “She is a true gem for our community.” Can I get an “Amen.”

Politics, like watching sausage being made, can get

ugly. This is the oddest election of my lifetime. I am so disappointed in both major party candidates and the Libertarian candidate, desperately trying to make his way onto the debate stage Sept. 26, who doesn’t know what Aleppo is, won’t inspire me to look his way come election time. But the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers made me reminisce. Not for the pain and suffering inflicted on nearly 3,000 Americans and their families, but for the bonding that took place during and immediately following this tragedy. We were united around our flag, our country and our American family.

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One more question, this one directed to my lovely and loving wife of 34 years, Lisa. In the deep, poignant, and immortal words of the Beatles, Will you still need me? Will you still feed me, When I’m 64?”

It’s time to declare.

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Sister Dorothy Teresa Traeger July 24, 1924 — Aug. 20, 2016 Earl Lawrence Weaver

October 27, 1939 — Aug. 20, 2016

Aurora Perez

July 17, 1938 — Aug. 22, 2016

Lenore Voelsch

April 5, 1928 — Aug. 22, 2016

Bruce Dickman

Feb. 5, 1925 — Aug. 27, 2016

Darlene Vanderbeck

July 27, 1935 — Aug. 29, 2016

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(WVMLS# 709098)

SILVERTON COUNTRY

FOR LEASE/COMMERCIAL FOR RENT #T2233TOWN 2 acre loT 2 acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 TOWNWOODBURN KEIZER $189,500 BARELAND/LOTS #T2309 greaT Horse ProPerTY 3 BR, 2BA 1835 Call Desaree at ext. 326 $460,000 TOWN sqft. 5.00 ACRES COUNTRY

#T2309 greaT Horse ProPerTY in MT. angel 3 BR, 2BA 1835 sqft. 5.00 ACRES Call Desaree at ext.

326 $460,000 (WVMLS#705811) #T2316 PRIVATE & SECLUDED 4 BR, 4 BA 82.000 Acres Call Marcia at ext. 318 $849,000 (WVMLS#706727) #T2311 HoWell Prairie FarM 3 BR, 2 BA 1170 sqft 26.77 Acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 $549,900

#T2326 PLENTY OF ROOM 5 BR, 2 BA 2354 sqft.

AUMSVILLE/TURNER Call Mary at ext. 320, Angela at ext. 312 $284,900

(WVMLS#706154)

(WVMLS#708384)

(WVMLS#706536)

#T2294 READY FOR YOU TO BUILD 1.090 Acres Call Marcia at ext. 318 $162,000 (WVMLS#702893) #T2293 WaTer FronT ProPerTY1.100 Acres Call Marcia at ext. 318 $179,000 (WVMLS#702891) neW- #T2333 large ciTY loT.510 Acres Call Michael at ext. 314 $99,000 (WVMLS#709098) neW-#T2331 BUILDABLE 2 ACRES 2.00 Acres Call Mary at ext. 320 $200,000 (WVMLS#709040) neW-#T2330 PERFECT TO BUILD 14.930 Acres Call Mary at ext. 320 $424,900 (WVMLS#709044)

HUBBARD

COUNTRY

(WVMLS#709096)

sold-#T2165 LOT #62 IN SILVER CLIFF ESTATES .12 Acre lot. Call Chuck at ext. 325 $32,000 (WVMLS#682938)

#T2265 2.13 UNDEVELOPED ACRES 2.13 acrelot. Zoned ID Call Chuck at ext. 325 $299,000 (WVMLS#698462)

#T2318 SILVERTON TOWNHOUSE 3 BR, 25 BA 1594 sqft.Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $214,900

(WVMLS#703418)

STAYTON/SUBLIMITY

(WVMLS#707114)

#T2324 readY To MoVe inTo 4 BR, 3 BA 1662 sqft..57 Acres Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $328,700 (WVMLS#707967) neW- #T2333 large ciTY loT.510 Acres Call Michael at ext. 314 $99,000 (WVMLS#709098)

LAND/ACREAGE

SILVERTON

HUBBARD

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

TOWN FOR LEASE/COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

#T2275 WONDERFULLY REMODELED HOME 4BR, 3.5BA 3590 sqft. Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $567,000 (WVMLS#699438) #T2284 colonial HoMe on acreage 4BR, 4.5BA 3680 sqft.1.510 acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 $488,750

OTHER COMMUNITIES

LAND/ACREAGE

(WVMLS#701127)

(WVMLS#706920)

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BARELAN aWaY 1BR, 0BA 912 sqft. Call Chuck at ext. 325 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY/ACREAGE $69,000 (WVMLS#698080) FOR LEASE/COMMERCIAL idaHna-#T2295 oWn PriVaTe reTreaT 4BR, 2BA 1150 sqft..830 acres Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan (WVMLS#703350) at ext. $189,000 STAYTON/SUBLIMITY BARELAND/LOTS TURNER- #T2319 LARGE HOME IN TURNER 5BR, 2.5BA 3090 sqft Call Michael at ext. 314 $449,900

FOR RENT TOWNWOODBURN KEIZERSTAYTO LAND/ACREAGE TOWN LAN

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(WVMLS#706991)

WOODBURN

WOODBURN- #T2323 NEWLY RENOVATED HOME COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL 4BR, 2.5BA 2182 sqft Call Mary at ext. 320 $349,900

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

#T2317 UPDATES ABOUND 2BR, 2BA 1470 sqft Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322 $218,700

(WVMLS#707617)

FOR LEASE/COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

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FOR LEASE/COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

TOWNWOODBURN FOR KEIZER TOWNWOODBURN OTHER COMMUNIT KEIZERBARELAND/LOTS TOW BARELAND/LOTS #T2282 CREEKTOWN FRONTAGE/MULTI-USE 5 BR, 3BA #T2314 BEAUTIFUL HOME 4BR, 2.5BA 2072 sqft Call 3937 sqft.Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 BARELAND TOWN Becky at ext.

313 $279,000 $393,900 AUMSVILLE/TU TOW #T2311 HoWell Prairie FarM 3 BR, 2 BA 1170 WOODBURN AUMSVILLE/TURNER sqft 26.77 Acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 $549,900 WOODBURN F O R R E N T W #T2325 Well MainTained HoMe 3 BR, 2 BA 1215 sqft. Call Angela at ext. 312 $214,900 (WVMLS#708319)

(WVMLS#707202)

(WVMLS#700697)

(WVMLS#706154)

(WVMLS#701127)

AUMSVILLE/TURNER

COUNTRY LAND/ACREAGE

STAYTON/SUBLIMITY

#T2265 2.13 UNDEVELOPED ACRES 2.13 acre lot. Zoned ID Call Chuck at ext. 325 $299,000

TOWNWOODBURN KEIZER BARELAND/LOTS COUNTRY TOWN WOODBURN

TOWN

IN TOWN NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION

#T2299 loT close To ToWn .450CONSTRUCTION Acres Call #T2284 colonial HoMe on acreage 4BR, 4.5BA IN TOWN NEW HOME Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322 $68,900 3680 sqft.1.510 acres Call Chuck at ext. 325 $488,750

COUNTRY/ACREAGE

IN OTHER TOWN NEW STAY

#T2331 BUILDABLE 2 ACRES 2.00 Acres Call Mary at ext. 320 $200,000 (WVMLS#709040) neW-#T2330 PERFECT TO BUILD 14.930 Acres Call STAYTON/SUBLIMITY Mary at ext. 320 $424,900 (WVMLS#709044)

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(WVMLS#698462)

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(WVMLS#707061)

(WVMLS#705811)

neW- #T2334 neW lisTing 2+ BR, 1 BA 1179 sqft.

Call Michael at ext. 314, Becky at ext. 313 $245,000

TOWN

#T2320 COMPELTELY UPDATES 3BR, 2BA 1262 sqft Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322 $187,600

(WVMLS#693008)

WOODBURN

WOODBUR

HUBBARD

Pending- #T2263-CUSTOM HERR CONSTRUCTION 3Br, 2Ba 1797sqft Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322 $328,700 (WVMLS#698000) #T2282 CREEK FRONTAGE/MULTI-USE 5 BR, 3BA 3937 sqft.Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $393,900 (WVMLS#700697) Pending-#T2308 readY To MoVe inTo 3 BR,2 BA, 1848 sqft Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322 $159,900 (WVMLS#705808) #T2305 2 HoMes on 1 ProPerTY 6+ BR,3 BA, 2780 sqft Call Meredith at ext. 324 or Ryan at ext. 322 $479,900 (WVMLS#705585) #T2306 WONDERFUL HOME 4 BR, 25 BA 3663 sqft.Call Meredith at ext. 324, Ryan at ext. 322 $489,900 (WVMLS#705878) #T2315 aMaZing HalF acre 3BR, 2BA 2552 sqft Call Angela at ext. 312 $359,900 (WVMLS#706477) #T2312 liTTle HoMe near doWnToWn 2BR, 1BA 1012 sqft Call Michael at ext. 314 $224,500

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call Micha atOTHER COMMUNITI 503-873-1425 OTHER COMMUNITIES or see them on our website

IN TOWN NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION

COUNTRY/ACREAGE

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