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Contents

Marketplace...........................3

Something for the Soul

Civics 101

Spiritual leaders look for creative ways to keep in contact......................12

Cities respond to governor’s call for social distancing..................................4 School districts work on strategies to meet student needs during closure .......6

Datebook................................. 14 A Slice of the Pie

Helping Hands

Tips on keeping your kids curious

Santiam Hospital prepares for the surge.7

and learning at home.........................16

Business

Sports & Recreation

Your Garden......................... 10

A Grin At The End.............22

Stores navigate supply, staffing, health needs during pandemic...............9

Virus-shortened season disappoints coaches, teams....................................18

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Policy change

Cities change access rules following social distancing mandate

By Mary Owen

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Santiam Canyon area cities are complying with Gov. Kate Brown’s March 23 call to “Stay Safe, Stay Home” to all Oregonians to stop the spread of coronavirus COVID-19.

City officials reported “critical functions of the City of Stayton will continue. The police department will continue serving and protecting the community. Our water and wastewater plants will continue to be fully operational. Our public works crews will be available to address critical infrastructure needs.”

Stayton In a press release issued March 23, the city of Stayton called the health and safety of its citizens its priority.

“It looks like April 28 may be the earliest date, but at this point it would be inappropriate to speculate on when things will return to normal,” said Keith Campbell, city manager about the expected duration of the stay-at-home order.

“We are at a critical point in terms of protecting the most at-risk portions of our community, the elderly and those with preexisting health conditions.”

Until further notice, the city will be closing the public lobbies of City Hall, Public Works and Planning. The Stayton Police Department lobby will remain open with access to a public restroom and emergency phone.

Additionally, the Stayton Public Library, Stayton Family Memorial Pool, and Stayton Municipal Court are closed.

All activities at the library and pool are cancelled. Anyone with business at the Stayton Municipal Court must

City staff in all departments are available via phone to accept payments and answer questions. Additionally a payment drop box is on the wall outside the Stayton Police Department.

City officials took these steps to “limit direct interaction where COVID-19 could be shared or spread. These actions are for the safety and well-being of our community.”

For updates, check the city’s Facebook page or visit www. staytonoregon.gov.

coming into the office only as needed. Public Works is working, practicing social distancing.

“We are following all the executive orders from Governor Brown’s office,” he added. “I am using the Oregon Health Authority website as a resource for tracking this pandemic.”

Sublimity began to take precautionary measures by sanitizing city facilities and having hand sanitizer available to staff and customers, he said.

Residents are urged to limit their exposure to Sublimity City Hall and make payments via one of the two drop boxes available in front of the building and/or the online services available on the city website.

“We will be waiving any late fees for persons who are unable to make it into City Hall to make their payment in a timely manner,” Kingsbury said. “Please call and work out any arrangements that need to be made.”

Sublimity officials are working with a coronavirus mitigation plan, too.

All public meetings will be rescheduled after April 28, and any announcements or closures will be posted to NextDoor Sublimity, the Sublimity Facebook page, and the city website.

“The city of Sublimity is still working, just in a different format,” said Mayor Jim Kingsbury. “The City Hall lobby is closed and the office staff is working from home,

“The city council is prepared to act quickly if needed by using teleconferencing as a means to a public meeting,” Kingsbury said. “Myrna Harding, finance manager

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DMV promotes online services for the city of Sublimity, has our budget for FY 20-21 completed, and we will look at pushing the budget meetings back by a few weeks. We will have a Planning Commission Public Hearing on March 30 that Randy Cranston will by chairing via a teleconference.”

Kingsbury said the city has been in contact with Sublimity Medical Clinic to let them know Sublimity is prepared to help in any way that might be needed.

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Mill City is “trying to operate as normal as possible,” Stacie Cook, city recorder said March 24.

Aumsville Aumsville City Hall and the Police Department lobby are closed to the public. Residents are asked to use the drop box or make payments online if possible. Call 503-7492030 during regular business hours if assistance is needed.

“The health and well being of our customers and staff is our utmost concern during this difficult time,” said Ron Harding, city administrator, on the latest website update.

“We are taking this seriously and practicing the following precautions to keep everyone as healthy and safe as possible.”

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Adapting to closures

By Mary Owen The COVID-19 virus situation is changing rapidly, and local school districts are working hard to prepare for challenges posed by the pandemic.

In an effort to slow the spread of the virus, Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order extending the closure of all Oregon public schools through April 28.

Local districts are taking steps to keep students safe and engaged during the closure, which also includes mandatory stay-at-home measures statewide.

North Santiam School District “Our first priority now is to support the governor’s plan,” said Andy Gardner, North Santiam School District superintendent. “With that in mind, we are engaged in serving meals daily, we are putting together supplemental education activities for our students, and we are working through setting up a daycare to support local essential health care workers.”

In his website address, Gardner told parents, “So that we may continue to keep you informed, we will be sending out a lot of important updates over the next few weeks via email, social media or robocalls.”

All updates will be posted to the NSSD website, including information on how students can continue to learn through this time, he said.

“First and foremost, districts are required to deliver learning opportunities for students,” Gardner said. “As this may sound simple, there are many elements to be considered, including meeting

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the learning needs of ALL students equitably.”

Gardner told parents during the week of March 30, staff will work on a solid plan, develop lessons, and assess student technology needs. Lessons will be ready for students on Monday, April 6, and information on supplemental learning opportunities will be made available to families on or before Friday, April 3 he said.

“In addition, we have links under the ‘for students’ tab on each school website that include lots of fun activities that can help keep kids busy and learn a little something in the process!” Gardner said.

“High school seniors and graduation requirements are a top priority. Please rest assured the State is very aware of this and is working on a process to allow seniors meet their requirements.”

NSSD will continue to serve breakfast and lunch to students. A list of sites and times has been published on social media and the website and is in Our Town’s Datebook.

“I’ve been very impressed with our staff at all levels,” Gardner said. “They are really stepping up!”

Staff at Santiam Canyon School District prepare to deliver free lunches.

to receive funding so that employees will not be laid off and vital services, including meals for students, can continue, Miller said.

“We will continue our daily deliveries of lunches and breakfasts free for all kids,” he added.

SCSD asked Santiam Canyon families with students to take a survey to assess what measures to take to better serve their educational needs during this time.

“Much of our daily routines are now disrupted, and education is no exception,” said Todd Miller, Santiam Canyon School District superintendent, in a letter to parents. “In an attempt to minimize this, we will be pulling together materials and resources for Santiam Canyon families to ease this burden and continue to support our wonderful kids.”

“Based on initial information we have received from parents, we will be offering both paper packet educational resources and we will be loaning out school district Chromebook laptops for families to use during the closure,” Miller said. “This is a major shift in how we traditionally do things, but our staff are working hard to pull together supports to keep students engaged in learning.

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experience together, but please know we are doing our best to support our broader community and students as this situation evolves,” he added.

Cascade School District Cascade School District is following other districts by continuing to serve free meals through April 28, including a grab-and-go breakfast for the following morning. Anyone from age 1-18 can pick up food from noon to 12:30 p.m. at Aumsville or Turner elementary school.

The child must be present to receive a meal.

On March 20, Superintendent Darin Drill told parents, “This morning our district administrative team met to talk about our supplemental education plan and here’s what you can expect from us. Next week, we will send out a survey to find out more about your home technology resources. We will use

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Regis St. Mary Catholic Schools School administrators in the Archdiocese of Portland have attempted to respond deftly to the new coronavirus, based on the latest information along with “forethought, ongoing communication with parents, and calm.”

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this information to assess options and evaluate how to provide supplemental educational resources to our students.

Turner families, this survey was already sent home to you, so you will not receive an email next week.”

Drill said the survey will also be available on the district website.

“So that we may continue to keep you informed, we will be sending out a lot of important updates over the next few weeks via email, social media or robocalls,” he said. “All of these updates will be posted to our website as well.”

Drill thanked parents for their support and understanding as the district continues to navigate the state mandates.

“We are doing our best to provide you with the latest information and resources that are available,” he said. “We also know you have a lot of questions. Keep them coming. We hear you. We are all adjusting to this new reality. We are working with our leaders, the Oregon Dept. of Education, Oregon Health Authority and other partners to provide the information you need right now.”

“We know that many families are facing hardships during this unusual time,” said Jeannie Ray-Timoney, Catholic schools superintendent, in a statement March 13.

“It is affecting everyone in different ways.

We pray that each of you will experience God’s grace to guide you through.”

Schools have plans in place for distance/ digital learning to keep the educational process moving forward, according to the schools, and each school has communicated its plan to students and parents. Both schools had been asked to create strategies that would allow for continued instruction if they were forced to close temporarily.

Regis-St. Mary in Stayton joins Marist in Eugene and Central Catholic in Portland in following directives from the schools department. Non-archdiocesan high schools are also choosing to move to online learning, including Valley Catholic in Beaverton and St. Mary in Medford.

“Regis St Mary’s students all have computers at home and are engaged in distance learning,” said Mike Bauer, business teacher. “Teachers prepare lessons daily.”

Santiam Hospital prepares for virus growth

By Steve Ritchie As the number of COVID-19 cases quickly grows in Oregon and throughout the country, government leaders and public health authorities have focused their attention on the readiness of hospitals to deal with an influx of coronavirus patients.

With 43 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Marion County (as of March 25), Our Town contacted Santiam Hospital to find out how prepared these facilities are for the ongoing pandemic.

The short answer seems to be it depends on the number of cases. As of March 25, in Oregon 75 people had been hospitalized out of the 266 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a rate of approximately 28%.

If the number of cases grows exponentially and the hospitalization rate stays around 28% this will be a huge challenge.

However, if the social distancing and stay home measures work, the number of cases could stay relatively low and local hospital administrators are confident they can handle a small surge of patients.

“Any American acute care hospital can take care of a COVID-19 patient, (but) it becomes a problem when you are caring for 30 of them,” said Dr. Steve Vets, Emergency Room Director for Santiam Hospital. “We will never be fully prepared for a disaster of this scale, but we are blessed to have a little period of warning to prepare.”

Dr. Vets said that while he was confident that Santiam Hospital can manage a patient in respiratory failure, a major coronavirus patient influx would exceed the hospital’s resources.

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“These patients are very resource intensive and one or two on a normal day is OK, (while) three or four is taxing to our hospital. If you are treating 10+ patients in respiratory failure, we will have a very, very challenging situation. Further, if a patient then progresses to multi-organ failure, it will exceed our capabilities.

“It is likely we will have no place to transfer them. The prognosis in that situation is poor to begin with (and) in a mass event those people will die... My most limiting factor is staff. Any staff illness will have impact. I am concerned about my staff’s safety and how fatigue will affect them.”

Dr. Vets said Santiam Hospital personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies are “better then some, but not great.”

Santiam Hospital, like other facilities, has postponed elective surgeries. This will help alleviate a possible future PPE shortage.

“The scale of this (coronavirus) is the real problem,” Dr. Vets stressed. “The virus is bad, but there are worse. History is full of worse pandemics... But this is a scale (of a pandemic) that the world has not seen in 100 years... I am deeply concerned.”

But he also sees hope in this crisis and wants people to realize how they can help avoid the worst outcome.

“We are not helpless to this pandemic,” Dr. Vets noted. “Frankly, the public at large will affect the pandemic more though social distancing and hygiene than any hospital. Our collective action will change the course of this pandemic. Social distance, wash your hands, and, if you get sick, self quarantine.”

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Business

Supply & demand

By Brenna Wiegand & Mary Owen March 11 was a typical day until news broke, almost simultaneously, that Spring Break was starting start a week early and that Disneyland was closed.

“An avalanche of people came in to buy groceries; business tripled,” Michael Roth of Roth’s Fresh Markets said. “They went from buying mostly fresh food to mostly staples. We don’t normally sell a lot of dried beans or huge bags of rice; they bought yeast; they bought flour.

“We don’t sell much Spam but at this point, until more is actually made, you’re probably not going to find a can of Spam in any grocery store.

“We always keep two trucks of toilet paper, along with bottled and gallon water, at our warehouse on the outside chance of a Cascadia earthquake so I believe we had toilet paper longer than any other store but eventually all our stock was gone,” said Roth who, as of last week, was waiting for TP along with everybody else.

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“We should probably have put a limit on it earlier, but we were under a false sense of security with the two trucks,” Roth said. “Though the governor said grocery stores won’t close, for some it’s an insurance policy.”

When it comes to such items, Roth would “much rather make 400 people a little bit happy than make 100 people really happy.”

Meanwhile, employees continue to step up.

“Roth’s has always had phenomenal people and I’m so grateful they want to come in and help people get what they need,” Roth said. “Our customers have been patient with us, and we’re doing the very best we can in these unprecedented times.

“We’ve had ‘Roth’sToGo!’ for years,” Roth said. “It’s a phenomenal program where you shop online and drive by for it.

However, we had to change our service fee. There’s been no charge if you give us six hours; now it’s $5.95 with six hours’

notice and free if you give us 24 hours.”

Roth thought his idea to put Plexiglas shields at the registers was original and, though that proved untrue, it solved the problem of distancing for those passing money back and forth.

“We’re doing a tremendous amount more cleaning of touchpoints throughout the store,” Roth said. “We’ve been cleaning the credit card terminals so much that they’re failing because of alcohol getting into the keys. I guess that shows we’re doing our job.”

Other area markets also have been busy during the COVID-19 virus outbreak, and setting purchase limits to ensure product availability.

“As we all continue to navigate through this public health crisis together, we are continuing to do everything we can to prioritize the health and safety of our customers, our communities and our associates,” said Jill McGinnis, director of communications and public affairs

for Safeway and Albertsons in Oregon and Southern Washington. “And we are continuing to ensure our customers have access to the food, medications and other essential goods they need,” McGinnis said.

Safeway stores get daily deliveries, so customers are asked to follow buying limits on some high-demand items such as toilet paper and sanitizing products, McGinnis said.

“We have run low on these items off and on over the course of the last couple of weeks,” she said. “We are not encouraging shopping for additional items outside of normal weekly needs. Stocking up only makes it more difficult for your neighbors to obtain what they need.”

McGinnis said Safeway associates are “truly the people to thank for keeping our stores and pharmacies operating to provide an essential service for our customers and the communities we serve.

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Staying home? Socially distanced? Self quarantined? Kids restless with unplanned staycation? Get out and start a vegetable garden! In a rural area we are not crowded together as apartment dwellers in a city might be, so we can get out and breath the fresh air. Exercising in the yard and garden can keep us healthier than sitting inside. The fresh vegetables will be welcome to our kitchens in late spring and summer. Often they don’t even get to the kitchen, being eaten right in the garden.

Frosty mornings are expected into midApril, but seedlings started indoors can be transplanted on a sunny afternoon with some protective cover. Garden soil can be “pre-warmed” with a plastic covering for a few days before planting. When seedlings get about 3 inches tall they have small root systems that can adapt to cool soil.

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her picky son now likes many vegetables since he was involved in growing some with his friends last year. There are videos on YouTube, and fun garden songs performed by the Banana Slug String Band. Search for them on the computer or smart TV. night and uncover them when the cover is thawed. Covers can be left on teepee or make-shift frames over the vegetable beds.

Occasional rain softens the soil enough to pull or hoe weeds and prepare planting beds. Sunny afternoons give us Vitamin D as we tackle the weeds that are flourishing from the mild winter.

Weeding around perennial plants like berries, shrubs and trees will allow spring fertilizer to penetrate to the roots we want to feed. Applying mulch over the bare soil will discourage new weeds from sprouting. Weeds with soil on their roots will make quick compost.

Help the children plan a garden. They can “research” how to grow fruits and vegetables, get some exercise preparing

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the space, and do some problemsolving like “how will we keep the dog from digging up our garden?” There is educational opportunity here that they can use throughout their entire lives.

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Most garden questions right now are “Why are my seedlings growing with long weak stems?” The answer: not enough light. After the green emerges it is seeking light to make energy for growth.

Shine any lights on them for at least ten hours per day. The (postponed) Seed to Supper Class early seedlings are under full-spectrum grow light in a southeast window. They will soon be moved to bigger pots in a plastic shelter, on their way to the garden in a couple of weeks.

Then seeds that need to be started four or fewer weeks before last frost will be started in the window space.

OSU Extension face-face contact is suspended, but their great website is filled with information to help. Specialists are available to answer your questions when you click “Ask an Expert” at http://extension.oregonstate.edu

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OSU Gardener’s April Chores Early April: fertilize lawn; let spring rains carry the fertilizer into the soil.

If your lawn is becoming thin and sickly, consider over-seeding with a mixture of perennial ryegrass and fine fescue.

are a continuing problem, adding generous amounts of organic materials. Give perennial vegetable plants like asparagus a side-dressing of compost or well-decomposed manure.

Spray for apple scab, cherry brown rot, and blossom blight.

Apply commercial fertilizers, manure, or compost to cane, bush (gooseberries, currants, and blueberries) and trailing berries.

Bait for slugs; iron phosphate baits are safe for use around pets. Clean up hiding places for slugs, sow bugs and millipedes.

Cut and remove weeds near the garden to remove sources of plant virus diseases.

Monitor strawberries for spittlebugs and aphids; control if present.

Prune and shape or thin springblooming shrubs and trees after blossoms fade. Prune ornamentals for air circulation and to help prevent fungus diseases.

Check seeds started indoors for ‘damping off.’

Control rose diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew. Remove infected leaves; spray as necessary with registered fungicide. Protect dogwood trees, as they begin growth, against anthracnose diseases by applying a copper fungicide or Daconil. Rake and destroy fallen leaves spring through fall.

Plant broccoli (early broccoli varieties: Green Valiant, Premium Crop, Packman, Rosalind), brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, chives, endive, leeks, lettuce, peas, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, spinach, turnips. Use floating row covers to keep insects such as beet leaf miners, cabbage maggot adult flies and carrot rust flies away from susceptible crops; cover transplants to protect against late spring frosts.

Prepare garden soil for spring planting. Create raised beds in areas where cold soils and poor drainage

Help youngsters start a garden this year with carrots, chard, lettuce, onions and peas.

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Hazel said.

Church services during this COVID-19 virus pandemic are mainly online, mostly by hosting watch parties on Facebook or posting podcasts on YouTube.

“Our church body – Lutheran – believes that God gives forgiveness not just in word but through bread and wine,” he added. “Holy Communion is a necessarily physical experience as we believe Christ’s body and blood are truly present. Because of this we are following the parameters set for restaurants and preparing to share Holy Communion in our parking lot with cars driving to the covered entryway of the church. It would be just one more way of fulfilling the distancing required but carefully and thoughtfully connecting with each other and with God.”

“We’ve been using the live stream feature of Facebook,” said Pastor Shawn Hazel of Calvary Lutheran Church in Stayton. “We considered that keeping the schedule and using a live stream felt the most connected to the schedule people are used to keeping, providing the least amount of change as possible. Of course, people have come back to watch the recording later as well. We don’t really want to package it since the ‘live’ feel is what people are used to.”

Hazel said most meetings have been canceled.

“We did have one meeting with half of us there and half of us on the screen using Google [Hangouts] Meet,” he said.

If members of his congregation need prayer, they are added to the church’s prayer chain.

“However, I had to ‘visit’ with a woman who was nearing death through the phone because the hospital turned me away,” he said. “That was a first for me.”

Before Gov. Kate Brown tightened the stay-at-home directives, church members had been doing wellness calls to those who were homebound.

“We have volunteers who lead this and others who would bring them items if needed and they are available,”

Like many local churches, Santiam Chapel’s normal gatherings are being conducted though video and phone calls.

“We are responding to this crisis by following the guidelines of the governor as well as our own denominational leaders,” said Pastor Bart Stoltey. “We continue to reach out to the community as we can through Joseph’s Storehouse. There has not been an increase of calls for assistance, but I believe that will change in time.”

Links to the sermons of the Lyons church are on its website.

smoothly that are not going to be here, that we simply cannot make it work,” he said. “I pray that you will open up the scriptures and sing worship songs at our normal time, and that if at all possible, you will be able to do something for someone who might need your help.”

The Stayton Foursquare church also looked into doing a Facetime Live broadcast for future services, McCall said.

Foothills Church in Stayton cancelled all meetings for the duration of the social distancing mandate.

“We are delivering our services online indefinitely,” said Tyler Butenschoen with Foothills. “All other in-person gatherings are suspended. Our Sunday morning services are being posted via video on our website, Facebook, and on our app.”

Butenschoen reported no increase in calls or prayer requests, but did say that the church “responds to prayers by sharing them with people in our church committed to prayer. Also, we respond individually to prayer requests personally with one of our staff members.

St. Boniface Catholic Church cancelled all Masses and parishioners were advised to watch services on television or online.

“Should you find yourself in need of any assistance over the coming weeks, call the parish office and let us know how we can be of help,” said Father Paul Materu. “You are part of a loving community and we are all here for you.”

Mike Cline, lead pastor of Mountain View Church in Aumsville, wrote a letter to his congregants saying, “This is not a time to panic; this is a time to pray. Historically the church has always thrived in times of crisis because these moments remind us of our dependence upon the God who created us, sustains us, and promises never to leave us.”

He challenged them to “go be the Body of Christ, looking for ways to spread his love.”

“We aren’t cancelling church,” he said in the letter. “We are postponing Sunday morning gatherings. You can’t cancel church because WE are the church!”

“We are here to help in anyway we can, even if that is simply a prayer of encouragement,” Stoltey said.

“We asked people to reach out to us if they are in need of help and also if they’re willing to help out someone else,” he added. “People can fill out a simple form online to get or give assistance.”

On March 13, Pastor Brent McCall announced to his congregation at New Life that he had finally succumbed to the virus.

Butenschoen said Foothills staff are making more phone calls, sending out more texts and emails, and reaching out on social media.

Cline encouraged members to write letters of appreciation to school officials, go grocery shopping for neighbors who are at risk, and be a non-anxious presence in the middle of panic.

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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 already been canceled.

City Offices Aumsville

City Council meetings are at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of the month. Minutes and agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-749-2030 Email: rharding@aumsville.us Website: aumsville.us Facebook: City of Aumsville

Detroit

City Council meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month.

Minutes and agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-845-3496 Email: detroit@wvi.com Website: detroitoregon.us Facebook: City of Detroit, Oregon

Gates

Phone: 503-897-2669 Email: ctygtes@wbcable.net

Idanha

Phone: 503-845-3313 Email: cityofid@bmi.net

Lyons

City Council meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month.

Minutes and agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-859-2167 Website: cityoflyons.org Email: cityoflyons@wavecable.com Facebook: City of Lyons

MIll City

City Council meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Minutes and agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-897-2302 Website: ci.mill-city.or.us Email: info@ ci.mill-city.or.us Facebook: City of Mill City, Oregon

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Stayton

City Council meetings are at 7 p.m. the first and third Mondays of the month.

Minutes and agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-769-3425 Website: staytonoregon.gov Email: cityofstayton@ci.stayton.or.us Facebook: City of Stayton - Government

Sublimity

City Council meetings are at 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month.

Minutes and agendas for all city-related meetings are available on the city’s website.

Phone: 503-769-5475 Website: cityofsublimity.org Email: information@cityofsublimity.org Facebook: City of Sublimity, Oregon

School Districts

Santiam Canyon School District

Phone: 503-897-2321 Website: santiam.k12.or.us Email: public.relations@santiam.k12.or.us Facebook: Santiam Canyon School District Free grab-and-go lunches will be delivered at the following times: Idanha: 11 - 11:20 a.m. Idanha Community Church, 397 Church St.; 11:30 - 11:50 a.m. Idanha Fire Hall, 107 Hwy. 22; Detroit: Noon - 12:20 p.m.

Detroit Fire Hall, 160 N Detroit Ave.; Lyons: 11 - 11:20 a.m. Lyons Fire Hall, 1114 Main St.; Mill City: Noon - 12:30 p.m. Santiam Jr/Sr High School, 265 SW Evergreen St.; Gates: 10:40 - 11 a.m.

Gates Fire Hall, 140 E Sorbin St. 11:10 - 11:30 a.m. Sierra Market, 302 Hwy. 22.

North Santiam School District

Phone: 503-769-6925 Website: nsantiam.k12.or.us Email: communications@nsantiam.k12.or.us Facebook: North Santiam School District All children, age 0 - 18, in the North Santiam School District can receive free lunch Monday through Friday until school starts again.

Grab and go meals will be available for pickup at the following locations: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Stayton Elementary School, 875 N Third Ave. 10 - 10:30 a.m., Stayton Middle School, 1021 Shaff Road.

10:45 to 11:15 a.m., Sublimity Elementary School, 431 N Third Ave. 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Mari-Linn Elementary School, 641 Fifth St.

Cascade School District

Phone: 503-749-8010 Website: cascade.k12.or.us Email: ddrill@cascade.k12.or.us Facebook: Cascade School District Grab-and-go breakfast and lunch for children age 1 - 18. 12 - 12:30 p.m.

Aumsville Elementary, 572 N 11th St.

Regis St. Mary Catholic School

Phone: 503-769-2159 Website: regisstmary.org Email: ofcmanager@regisstmary.org Facebook: Regis St. Mary Catholic School

Food Banks

Joseph’s Storehouse of Hope

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Third Saturday of month. Santiam Chapel, 440 Fifth St., Lyons. Phone: 503-881-9846. Facebook: Joseph’s Storehouse of Hope.

Mama’s Community Market

Noon - 5 p.m. Thursdays, 3 - 8 p.m.

Mondays. Aumsville Pentacostal Church, 10153 Mill Creek Road, Aumsville. Phone: 971-719-5665.

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Idanha/Detroit Community Pantry 10 a.m. - noon. Fridays. Idanha Community Church, 397 Church St., Idanha. Phone: 503-845-3455

Food Pantry

10 a.m. - noon Tuesdays, 6 - 8 p.m.

Thursdays. Mill City, Gates Community Center, 284 SW Cedar St., Mill City.

Phone: 503-897-4904

Stayton Community Food Bank

9 a.m. - noon Monday - Friday, 1210 Wilco Road, Stayton. Phone: 503-7694088. Facebook: Stayton Community Food Bank.

Turner Christian Food Bank

9 - 11:30 a.m. Monday. Turner Christian Church, 7871 SE Marion Road, Turner.

Phone: 503-743-2119. Website: turnerchristianchurch.com/food-bank

Marion Friends Community Food Bank 9 a.m. - noon First & Third Monday, 10 a.m. - noon Second & Fourth Monday.

Marion Friends Church, 5997 SE Stayton Road, Turner. Phone: 503-769-7915.

Facebook: Marion Friends Community Food Bank.

Aumsville Senior Group

Phone: 503-749-4306 Email: barbaras4215@yahoo.com

Libraries

Lyons Public Library

Phone: 503-859-2366 Website: lyons.ccrls.org Email: lyonspl@ccrls.org Facebook: Lyons Public Library, Lyons, OR

Stayton Public Library

Phone: 503-769-3313 Website: staytonoregon.gov/ page/library_home Email: staytonpl@ccrls.org Facebook: Join us the Stayton Library

Chamber of Commerce Stayton Sublimity Chamber of Commerce

Phone: 503-769-3464 Website: staytonsublimitychamber.org Email: info@staytonsublimitychamber.org Facebook: Stayton Sublimity Chamber of Commerce

North Santiam Chamber of Commerce Phone: 503-897-5000 Website: nschamber.org Email: director@nschamber.org Facebook: North Santiam Chamber of Commerce

Clubs and Civic Organizations

Santiam Outreach Community Center

280 NE Santiam Blvd., Mill City. Open 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays for mail pickup, hygiene items, diapers and other baby supplies, blankets or coats.

Phone: 971-332-5676.

Facebook: SOCC Santiam Outreach Community Center.

Canyon Crisis Center

Phone: 503-897-2327 Website: canyoncrisis.org Email: ccrisisc@gmail.com

Brown House Event Center

Website: brownhouse.org Phone: 503-769-8860 Facebook: Brown House Event Center

Stayton Area Rotary

Phone: 503-508-9431 Website: staytonarearotary.org Email:staytonarearotary@gmail.com Facebook: Stayton Area Rotary

Senior Centers

Sublimity Quilters

Closed until further notice. No rummage sale. No annual picnic.

Phone: 503-767-2009 Facebook: Santiam Senior Center - new

Daughters of the American Revolution Abigail Scott Duniway Chapter

Santiam Senior Center

Phone: 503-580-0498

Canyon Senior Center

Phone: 503-769-5951 Website: abigailscottduniwaydar.weebly.com Email: crlroller89@gmail.com

Closed until further notice.

Phone: 503-897-4176 Facebook: Canyon Senior Center

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Lyons Garden Club

Phone: 503-508-5913

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Stayton Lions Club

Phone: 503-769-9010 Email: nsantiamfs@wvi.com Facebook: Stayton Lions Club

Santiam Canyon Community Chorus Phone: 503-859-3426 Website: santiamh2a.org Email: joannheabing@ gmail.com Facebook: Santiam Canyon Community Chorus

Stayton IOOF

Spotlight Community Theater

Phone: 503-507-1495 Email: oddfellows64@yahoo.com Facebook: Stayton Odd Fellows Lodge #64

Phone: 503-302-0936 Website: aumsvillecommunitytheatre.com Email: info@aumsvillecommunitytheatre.com Facebook: Aumsville Community Theatre/dbs Spotlight Community Theatre

North Santiam Historical Society

Santiam Hospital Auxiliary

Phone: 503-897-4088 Website: canyonlifemuseum.org Email: nshs@wvi.com

Phone: 503-769-3381 Website: santiamhospital.org Facebook: Santiam Hospital, Stayton, Oregon

Santiam Valley Grange

Doris’s Place

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Stayton Red Hat Strutters

Phone: 503-859-3119 Email: grammyf14@wvi.com

Santiam Heritage Foundation

Phone: 503-769-8860 Website: brownhouse.org Email: cmbrownhouse@gmail.com Facebook: Brown House Event Center

American Legion Post 58

Phone: 503-507-7897 Facebook: American Legion Riders Post 58

Phone: 503-859-2161 Website: grange.org/ santiamvalleyor828 Email: robbert@wvi.com Facebook: Santiam Valley Grange

N. Santiam Service Integration Team Cascade Service Integration Team Santiam Integration Team

Santiam Historical Society

Phone: 503-769-1406 Email: santiamhistoricalsociety@gmail.com Facebook: Santiam Historical Society & Museum

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5638 Phone: 503-769-5792

English, Citizenship, GED Class

Phone: 503-769-0654 Website: staytonumc.org Email: fumcs@wvi.com Facebook: Stayton United Methodist Church - Stayton, OR

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Revitalize Downtown Stayton

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Aumsville Historical Society Phone: 503-749-2744 Website: aumsvillehs.com

Santiam Hearts to Arts

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American Red Cross Blood Donation

Many blood drives have been cancelled resulting in a shortage of blood in Oregon. To find a drive or donate, visit redcrossblood.org.

Phone: 503-284-1234 Website: redcross.org Facebook: Red Cross Cascades Region

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Alcholics Anonymous is offering online and phone meetings.

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What I’ve learned so far…

Things have changed so rapidly in our world for the past two weeks that I could have written an entirely different parenting column every single day. I also could have given you different advice every day – none of it coming close to encompassing the vastly different playing fields we are all playing on.

So, in this column, I’ve decided not to try. I’m not going to be able to meet you all where you are – those who are working from home, those who are still working, those who have become newly unemployed – so I’m not even going to pretend to.

Instead, I’m going to give you a look at my own crazy journey – the one I’m still on – in the hopes that it helps even one of you realize that, no matter what, it’s going to be OK.

Let it go

Those familiar words have begun to ring oh so true to me this week as I realize that the schedule I started out with, the one that was an hour-by-hour sketch of the ideal day – well, it’s not so ideal after all and it’s definitely not fun.

I haven’t let it go entirely, I’m not sure all-out chaos would go well with my perfectionistic brain, but I have released the reins – a lot.

Now, instead of calling out “homework time!” and “lunchtime!” like I’m the timekeeper at a sporting event, I use my schedule as a guideline that keeps the ship from sinking. I look to it for guidance on what has to be done every day – hair brushed, bed made, teeth cleaned – and make sure those things are accomplished before the kids move on to free play.

Learning is going to look a lot different at the Wagoner Academy than it did at their schools.

I came into last week guns blazing when it came to school work. I’ve got to admit, the pressure wasn’t entirely of my own making. The schools were sending an inbox full of emails suggesting this online platform or that learning resource. And social media was a host of helpful parents and educators posting science projects, art projects and more educational tips.

It felt great for the first few days. I felt supported. I felt excited. I felt like a part of the team. I lined my kids out – and used up all of my printer ink – printing packets, discussing homework expectations and absolutely freaking them out.

They did not become little renegades from learning.

They already know a whole lot, it turns out.

And they actually like learning. So, they didn’t need me to boss them around, they needed me to allow them to choose their own learning path and encourage them on it. It probably made it a whole lot more fun. Now they’re reading books of their own choosing for hours at a time, sometimes during “free-play time.” There is experimentation in the kitchen. There have been times when the kids have – without being coaxed – picked up those work packets and done some math.

It’s OK to be bored

There is nothing like hearing the words, “I’m bored,” from your children on an endless loop all day long. It’s like nails on a chalkboard to me, and every time I hear it, I feel inclined to assign the needy child a task – if only to make it stop.

But I’ve set out to break the habit – for all of us – by explaining that boredom is not a bad thing. In fact, it’s productive. Creativity is born of boredom. Great art, amazing science and fabulous music was not born of regimented study – well not entirely – but rather from the ingenuity that comes from noodling around.

Therefore, boredom isn’t boring, it’s exciting! It’s the feeling one gets right before creativity sets up camp. And it’s the perfect time to follow one’s curiosity.

I have no doubt this pep talk will go over like a ton of bricks with nearly every child, at least in the beginning.

Which is why I’m not reaching out to them; I’m reaching out to you. Do not fall into the trap of taskmaster. Tell those kids to do something they have always wanted to do but haven’t had time for because of school, chores and recreational activities. Tell them to follow their curiosity.

Or, maybe just cheerfully ignore them – put in your earbuds and listen to a podcast if needs be – and see what emerges.

Then I remembered that thing that I truly believe about education, which is: it is in everything. OK, maybe not sitting in front of the television numbly watching episode after episode of My Little Ponies, but it is in cooking, planting a garden, playing with Legos, building a Little Critter land, even sitting and staring out the window.

What do I want the takeaway from all of this to be?

And once I let go of my rigid expectations a little, a fabulous thing happened – nothing.

I do not want them remembering, when they look back, that it was a time of chaos and fear. Because that

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This time is going to go down in the history books – that is just a given. But it is also going to be recorded in the history of our family. And whereas I do not get a say in how the history books are written, I do get to play a part in how my children remember this time.

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Inside Activities

• Hide and seek

• Maintain a schedule (studies show kids thrive on a schedule, especially during stressful times)

• Facetime, phone or email friends and family

• Visit online education platforms for fun ideas (many are offering free access)

• Exercise

• Play an instrument, learn an instrument online or make instruments and form your own band • Make a complicated recipe you’ve been wanting to try

• Read books together or alone

Outside Activities (for those with the space to maintain social distancing)

• Take a walk, a run or a hike * • Ride a bike or a scooter (or teach someone to do these things) *

• Dust off the board games and puzzles, or teach your kids chess

• Take a drive *

• Lego challenges

• Have a picnic

• Get creative (draw, paint, collage, write stories, act out a play)

• Take the class outside

• Organize photos (kids love to see pictures of themselves!)

• Write letters (especially to grandparents or others who may be isolated)

• Play ball!

• Paint messy pictures • Hopscotch, marbles, jacks, jump rope (remember all those?)

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could so easily be the case. After all, that is what we are mainly being fed – a daily diet of fear and chaos – and abstaining from passing those feelings on to the rest of the household is difficult.

So, I’m taking a break – not entirely, because I think it is important to stay informed about the situation – but I’m not making the coronavirus the only thing I think about.

Instead I am thinking about the good that is coming out of this difficult situation – the medical staff who are working so hard; the aid workers who are putting plans into place so that when those who have lost their jobs need help, help will be there; and the community members who are helping each other, checking in with their neighbors and following social-distancing mandates to keep one another safe.

These are the news stories I seek out and these are the things I try to focus my conversations on because that is what I want my children to remember – that when the world could have turned difficult and scary, people from around the globe stepped forward to help each other out.

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Just like that, the season was over. But it didn’t come via a close loss or being dominated by a superior opponent. It was a major public health crisis that shut down high school sports in Oregon.

For the Stayton Highlights dance team it was doubly deflating because the squad competes so rarely and the state championships, originally scheduled for March 20-21 in at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, was something the squad had been working toward since fall.

“We were ready. We were strong. We were going to go get that title,” said Highlights coach Robin Meier, who has led the program to 14 state titles and five more runner-up finishes.

“The 2019-2020 Stayton Highlights are some of the finest athletes and young adults I have ever met,” Meier told Our Town.

The Highlights seemed primed for another title run. They were heading into state with the highest score, regardless of class, in Oregon. And Stayton had dominated the Class 4A-1A all-state team, placing seniors Kaitlin Sandall, Jasmin Johnson, Brylie DiGesualdo, and Macey Frost on the eight-dancer squad.

Those four, along with fellow seniors Ashley Kintz and Kaelin Hill, participated all four years with the Highlights and took home state titles in 2017 and 2019 and a runner-up finish in 2018. Frost, Hill, Kintz, Johnson and Sandall served as captains for the squad.

Other seniors: Riley Craig and Brianna Harp. Juniors: Reighlee Allen, Alyssa Bach, Sierra Baker, Laura Camacho, Karissa Flatman, Maddie Fuson and Laura Taylor. Sophomores: Ashlyn Brunner, Jocelyn Christison, Suzie Cox, Lynsie Duchateau, Sophia Harmon, Lea Hill, Adrienne Holgado, Ashlee Moore, Elizabeth Perez, Kaitlynn Solberg and Jenica Trujillo. Freshmen: Rori Bentz, Myrissa Craig, Jillian Hardage, Victoria Lance-Gonzalez, Elizabeth Pizzuto, Kyla Schuster and Paige Stinson.

Meier was aided by assistant coaches Alyssa Russell, April Herrmann, Chloe Stinson and Nicole Witherell.

Basketball: The Stayton boys team, in its first year under coach Aaron Muhic, took a pair of victories in the playoffs to advance to the Class 4A state tournament in Forest Grove. Included was a 52-50 upset by the

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12th-seeded Eagles at No. 5 Banks.

But just as Stayton was preparing for its March 12 quarterfinal matchup with No. 4 Henley word came from the OSAA that all of the basketball tournaments had been canceled. Further cancellations and postponements of the spring season have followed with all activities frozen until at least April 28.

“Our team was fun to be a part of and rewarding to coach,” Muhic told Our Town. “I was disappointed especially for our seniors that we did not get to see how we could have performed in the state tournament against the best.”

The Eagles finished 17-8 overall and 7-5 in the tough Oregon West Conference.

Cascade, also under a new coach, Calvin Molan, came within a couple of points of joining Stayton in the final eight. The Cougars lost their round of 16 game, 69-68 at Klamath Union.

Cougars standout Carson Molan was named player of the year in the Oregon West, with teammate Drake Davis joining him on the first team. Both are juniors.

Stayton placed seniors Logan Classen and Derek Berning on the second team. Jacob Axmaker and Ben Rash of Stayton received honorable mention, as did Carson Bischoff and Elijah Nolan of Cascade.

The Stayton and Cascade girls also finished one game shy of the state tourney. The Eagles, under first-year coach Wendi Nyquist, were 17-8 overall and lost 37-34 at North Marion in the round of 16.

Cascade, meanwhile, finished 15-10 after falling to La Grande 52-46.

Stayton placed senior KJ Nyquist and sophomore Karlee Tyler on the Oregon West’s first team, while Cascade sophomore Kenna Coleman also was honored.

Camryn Boyles and Abigail Cordeiro of Cascade made the second team, while Miley Mitchell of Stayton and Ariel Tobiasson of Cascade received honorable mention.

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A Grin at the End

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So here we are, 20% into the 21st century.

How will this era be remembered? The 1960s were called the Age of Aquarius and the Space Age. What will the 2020s be remembered as? The Age of Vision?

Meh, probably not.

How about this: The Age of Confusion.

And that’s not to be confused with the Age of Confucius. As a matter of fact, this is really not the Age of Confucius.

He was a Chinese philosopher who believed in personal and governmental morality and things like kindness, sincerity and justice. That’s so 500 B.C. He is even credited with cooking up a variation of the Golden Rule: Treat others the way you would want to be treated.

What was he thinking? That dude is obviously out to lunch. In the 21st century, there’s a whole new set of rules, and they aren’t golden.

For example, forget about morality, in personal life or politics. We elect people who are, well, what’s a polite way to put it? Let’s just say they are lost souls. Some

of them wouldn’t know morality – or civility – if they tripped over it.

I listen to some of the chatter about personal behavior and politics and sometimes I want to throw up in my mouth. Ugh. And I’m not picking sides here.

Rich, poor, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals – many have lost their way.

Here’s the interesting thing about the Age of Confusion. Most of the “ladies” and “gentlemen” who would like our votes are no different from the scoundrels that have polluted the earth in times past. Yet, ultimately, someone stood up to them and rejected them and what they stood for. It

might have taken a while, but ultimately they were voted off the island.

by calmly walking up to train tracks and jumping in front of a speeding train.

These days, however, they are revered, if not worshipped. Ugh.

What kind of sick puppy would publish such a thing?

And it’s not a religious thing. It’s a civilization thing. If we can’t behave in a way that is respectful towards one another regardless of religion, nationality, race, sexual orientation – you name it – then we need to learn.

It occurred to me that the video was probably fake. After all, that seems to describe much of the junk on antisocial media. That being the case, it was still stunningly insensitive.

I blame the antisocial media for much of the coarseness inflicted on our society.

Seriously, the crap that Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other platforms publish makes my stomach crawl. Much of it is factually incorrect, yet it’s not presented as opinion, it’s presented as fact. I’m all about the expression of opinions, but I’m against purposely saying things that are factually incorrect in an effort to incite people.

The other day our 15-year-old exchange student from Japan showed me a YouTube video that was making the rounds among his friends. It purported to show a teenage girl committing suicide

I think all of this junk that is inflicted on us is a test. It is meant to confuse us, make us accept the unacceptable. We as individuals need to reject it and those who push it into our lives.

I told our exchange student to delete that video. I told him to understand that nothing is so valuable and beautiful as life and that anyone even pretending to take a life in a video like that is just trying to shock us. They must be rejected.

The Age of Confusion is upon us.

We must reject all that it brings with it.

Carl Sampson is a freelance writer and editor. He lives in Stayton.

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