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Creekside Chat
Tuning up for Silverton Sidewalk Shindig
JUSTIN MUCH
If you trick
your ears, tap
your memory a
bit and broaden
your
imagina-
tion, you can al-
most hear it coming.
That magical, early-October
Saturday on Silverton streets
when an eclectic mix of music
permeates the town’s core.
Gregg Sheesley stopped into
the Creekside Chat Wednesday,
Aug. 17, to bring us up to speed
on the Fifth Annual Silverton
Sidewalk Shindig, which is Oct.
1 this year.
Gregg’s lilting enthusiasm
for the shindig is seamlessly ac-
companied by his humor (”my
last name is pronounced sort of
like something one would say
after stubbing a toe”), a rich un-
derstanding and appreciation of
cross-sections
of
musical
genres, and his own eclectic life
experiences dating back dec-
ades.
With
that
background
poured into the event at hand,
Gregg has teamed with other
Silverton denizen doers – Greg
Hart, whom he credits with the
event’s genesis; Lawrence
Stone, whom he calls the
event’s spark plug; Ron Nelson,
dubbed the event’s cowboy; – to
bring this “grassroots, low-key,
ad hoc musical scene into down-
town.”
Added this year in Town
Square Park is a children’s ele-
ment, spirited by Hilary Dumi-
trescu, providing a music the-
ory workshop and youth activ-
ities ranging from face painting
to making your own drum, ka-
zoo, cigar-box ukulele or the
MICHAEL DAVIS/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Gregg Sheesley visits the Creekside
Chat at Silver Creek Coffee House to
discuss Silverton Sidewalk Shindig.
like.
It’s never too early to expose
the younger set to music, Gregg
said, nor is there ever an age or
time when music should not be
part of the day.
To that end, he anticipates
nothing short of a “very eclectic
day of entertainment (with) 120
aggregate hours of music –
some outside and some inside.”
Shindig history bears this out
as the first Saturday of October
in each of these past four years
has revealed Silverton down-
town emissions of accordion,
marimba, ukulele, blues, coun-
try western, various ensembles
and combos – even the noted
Gerle Haggard cowgirl band
chimed in. The melodies gener-
ally enter the streets as coffee
mugs fill and linger into hours
just beyond dusk.
The kickoff will feature a
vigorous brass band in front of
the Palace Theater.
Of course, other senses will
be catered to via local eateries,
bistros, watering holes, along
with murals. Even the event’s
billing poster delivers aesthetic
Next chat
What: Creekside Chat
Where: Silver Creek Coffee House,
111 Water St., Silverton
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 7 (First and third
Wednesdays)
Questions and information:
Contact Justin Much,
jmuch@StatesmanJournal.com;
503-769-6338, cell 503-508-8157
appeal to the eye. Check the lat-
est one out, along with photos
from previous shindigs, on
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
sidewalkshindig.
Learn more or get involved
by contacting Hilary, (971) 322-
6093,
hilary.dumitres
cu@gmail.com.
Downtown sees remodel
THE OREGON GARDEN/SPECIAL TO THE STAYTON MAIL
Students can enjoy hands-on education at
Oregon Garden Home School Day.
Garden hosts
student event
ANNETTE UTZ
FOR THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
SILVERTON COUNTRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The historic People's Bank was built in 1905 by Louis Ames, who was also a bank director.
Ames will be
a tap house
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
You could say Mohsen Salem has
the corner on the market when it
comes to downtown Silverton real es-
tate.
Three corners, actually.
In February, the Hubbard-based
businessman added the 111-year-old
Ames Building to the pair of historic
buildings at the intersection of Main
and Water streets that he’s already
bought and rehabbed. Now he’s the
owner and developer of the iconic
five-sided building at 100 S. Water
Street that was Larsen Flynn Insur-
ance, but has also been a bank, real es-
CHRISTENA BROOKS/SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Mo Salem’s purchase of the Ames Building displaced Larsen Flynn Insurance’s Chris
DeVito, James Dooley and Rick Schmidt and spurred them to purchase their own building.
See REMODEL, Page 3A
Study and smiles will be tossed to-
gether for The Oregon Garden Home
School Day on Wednesday, Sept. 7. It
will be an opportunity to get young ones
out and about to enjoy some hands-on
learning.
Several different learning stations
will be placed throughout the garden
for students age 5 to 15 to explore. Ac-
tivities include learning to identify ani-
mal tracks, following the clean water
pathway, observing and drawing in-
sects, making living bean necklaces,
birds, the environment and more.
The event has been around for the
past 10 years and last year drew more
than 400 home -school students.
“The Oregon Garden Foundation
has partnered with the Oregon Forest
Resources Institute to provide educa-
tion in the garden during the school
year,” OFRI Environmental Educator
Rikki Heath said. “Many years ago,
they decided that they were missing
the home school population and decid-
ed to start a day where students could
get an educational experience while ex-
ploring the garden.
“We have partnered with many oth-
er groups such as Marion Soil and Wa-
ter Conservation District, Marion
County Master Gardeners, Oregon De-
partment of Forestry, Salem Audubon
Society, Talk About Trees, Ag in the
See GARDEN, Page 3A
State declines complaint in ‘dirt’ case
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
The Oregon Govern-
ment Ethics Commission
won’t investigate any fur-
ther the complaint made
by Silver Falls School
Board member Todd
White against former
Chairman Tim Roth for
receiving loads of fill dirt
from the turf project at
the football field this sum-
mer.
In executive session
Aug. 12, commissioners
heard a preliminary re-
port and didn’t vote to pur-
sue an investigation, ac-
cording to a letter from
Executive Director Ron
Bersin.
White filed the com-
plaint following ground-
breaking on the Silver Fox
Foundation’s installation
of a $1 million artificial
turf football field at
McGinnis Field.
He filed the complaint
when he learned that
some loads of fill were
trucked to Roth’s proper-
ty, 2 miles away.
White said the dirt was
district property that
should’ve been offered
to the public.
The district argued
that the project, and
thus the dirt, belonged
to the Silver Fox Foun-
dation, and that it’s
common practice for
fill dirt to be taken to
the nearest available
properties.
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