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Silverton Chamber plans new twist: ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ By Melissa Wagoner Halloween is not canceled but it might look a little different this year, according to Stacy Palmer, Executive Director of the Silverton Chamber of Commerce, who, for the past several years has organized the Goblin Walk – a popular holiday event that brings hundreds of costumed families to downtown each year. But not this year.
Trunk-or-Treat A drive-through event Saturday, Oct. 31 3 to 5 p.m. Exact locations TBA on social media and the city website. To host a location or trunk, contact the chamber at 503-873-5615 or Stacy@ silvertonchamber.org
This year, with current COVID19 restrictions in play, that type of shoulder-toshoulder gathering just isn’t possible. So, unwilling to cancel the event altogether, the Chamber of Commerce brainstormed a new event, a kind of reverse trick-or-treating – the Trunk-or-Treat. “Well it’s a trick-or-treating event in a drive through fashion,” Palmer wrote in announcing the event, adding, “We will utilize several downtown parking lots
to host decorated ‘trunks’ with volunteers to hand out candy. Those volunteers will be masked and gloved for safety and all trick-or-treaters will drive by and stay in their cars to receive candy.”
While Palmer recognizes that one of the primary aspects of the traditional Halloween celebration will be missing – that of costumed kids – she hopes that the joy of the spectacle – lots full of decorated cars and costumed candy purveyors – will still provide children with some semblance of holiday spirit and fun. “[It’s] a new way to provide our local children with a safe way to trick-or-treat downtown without compromising distancing guidelines or their ability to stock up on candy!”
When Ward Frederick decided to open a field kitchen in Gates in the days following the Beachie Creek fire, he knew he could fund the venture for right around one week, tops. But after that... he wasn’t so sure. “It was kind of like, ‘If you build it, they will come,’” he laughed. Focused on that initial one-week goal, Frederick contacted the Silverton Lions Club and the Silverton Elks Lodge – both of which he is a member. “Whatever mythical creature that is – half elk and half lion – I am one,” he mused. Both clubs leapt into action, doing what they do best – coming to the aid of their community.
Silver Creek packs 5,000 relief kits Several communities were heavily scarred by the nearby Beachie Creek and Lionshead Fires. Even weeks after the Labor Day windstorm, rescue and relief and volunteer efforts are still going strong – like those of the Silver Creek Fellowship in Silverton which has begun putting together wildfire relief kits for those who have lost their homes. “We love our community and we want to do what we can,” Kurt Barnes, a pastor at Silver Creek Fellowship, said as he and other volunteers assembled the last 500 of the 5,000 relief kits the church has helped create.
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