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4A ● APPEAL TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 Mount Angel monks welcome visitors SAINT BENEDICT – The monks of Mount An- gel Abbey will share a farm-to-fork picnic and their own craft beer at the Saint Benedict Festival on Saturday, July 9. The event will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on the Abbey’s scenic hill- top above Mount Angel. Last year’s debut proved so popular that tickets sold out several weeks in advance. Tickets for this year’s festival are on sale now. The festival was creat- ed to share the heart of monastic life with first- time visitors as well as longtime Abbey friends. “It’s a unique opportu- nity to spend an afternoon at a Benedictine monas- tery, interacting with the monks,” said Father Pius X Harding, O.S.B., the Ab- bey’s guest master. “The festival begins and ends with prayer, because that’s an important value in our life.” Hospitality is another important value for the Benedictine community, in line with the teachings of their sixth-century founder, St. Benedict of Nursia. A bountiful picnic will be sourced from local farms and ranches, with seasonal berries, salads and main dishes. SPECIAL TO THE STATESMAN JOURNAL SPECIAL TO THE STATESMAN JOURNAL The monks will share their own craft beer at the July 9 event. A crowd gathers at last year's festival. “What it does is cele- brate the Abbey’s rooted- ness in the Willamette Valley and the greater community,” said Father Pius. “The long-term part- nerships we enjoy with lo- cal farms and ranches will come together with Bon Appetit chefs to produce a picnic to enjoy all after- noon.” The Abbey’s Benedic- tine Brewery will pour its latest creations and wine from several Willamette Valley wineries will be served as well. Monks will take guests behind the scenes to visit some of the Abbey’s trea- sures: brary, designed by Finn- ish architect Alvar Aalto, will open its doors to visi- tors. Guests can bid on si- lent auction items includ- ing dinner for eight, host- ed by Abbot Jeremy Dris- coll, O.S.B., and prepared by Abbey Chef Paul Lieg- gi; a Vietnamese dinner prepared by Brother Lou- is Nguyen, O.S.B., and his mother; and a Columbia Gorge hike, Mass, and a picnic lunch with Fr. Ralph Recker, O.S.B., and Brother Cyril Drnjevic, O.S.B. In addition, an Abbey Marketplace will feature monastic crafts and the » Relics associated with saints, which help in- spire Catholics to prayer; » Antique liturgical vestments that demon- strate changes in the Mass over the years; » The extensive art collection bequeathed by the late Archbishop Rob- ert J. Dwyer; » The quiet Abbey cemetery, resting place for some 170 monks who have served this abbey through its century-plus history. Guests can challenge monks to lively lawn games, including bocce ball and croquet. The Abbey’s famous li- Abbot’s Attic Sale will of- fer mementos from the cloister. Guests can join the monks as they chant mid- day prayer at noon and 4 p.m. Vespers in the Abbey church. Tickets for the adults- only event are $50 per per- son, which covers all ac- tivities, the picnic, and two glasses of beer or wine. Tickets are avail- able online at mountange- labbey.org/saint-bene- dict-festival-2016. To purchase tickets by mail, note quantity and send a check to: Abbey Foundation of Oregon, PO Box 497, Saint Benedict, OR 97373-0497. Proceeds will support the Abbey’s library, re- treat center and monas- tery. Mount Angel Abbey was founded in 1882 by the first Benedictine monks on the West Coast. Today, some 50 monks follow a practical, prayer-cen- tered life laid out by their sixth-century founder, St. Benedict. In April, the Rev. Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B., became the 12th abbot in the Abbey’s histo- ry. For more information, contact the Abbey at (503) 845-3064 or stbenedictfes- tival@mt angel.edu. Public safety gets input on crime reduction JUSTIN MUCH STAYTON MAIL Anyone with thoughts, ideas or questions about public safety in the Silver- ton, Mt. Angel and Scotts Mills area may want to pencil this in on the calen- Commune dar. Marion County Public Safety Coordinating Council is holding a pub- lic-safety town hall forum from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at Silverton Hos- pital in the Family Birth Center, second floor con- ference room D, 342 Fair- view St., Silverton. Attendees will hear from Marion County Dis- trict Attorney Walt Be- glau, Commissioner Janet Carlson, who is the public safety council chair, and long-time council mem- ber Ed McKenney. Marion County Public Information Officer Jo- lene Kelley noted that the council has hosted a se- ries of town hall discus- sions around the county in recent months. “The council looks for- ward to this opportunity to describe progress and challenges on important public safety issues such as juvenile justice, emer- gency preparedness, homelessness, and justice reinvestment,” Kelley noted. “However, the pri- mary goal is to hear the comments, questions, and concerns of community members.” Information gathered at the forum will guide the council’s future work. “We’re eager to meet with residents from the Silverton, Mt. Angel, and Scotts Mills communities to hear your thoughts,” Carlson said. “We’ll launch with an update on initiatives the council has been involved in this year and then open the meeting for the audiences’ choice of topics.” The public safety coun- cil meets each month to address public safety is- sues, and it strives to en- courage effective use of community resources to prevent and reduce crime while increasing safety within the county and its communities. It serves as an advisory panel to the Marion County Board of Commissioners. Meetings are open to the public. For informa- tion, visit www.co.mar- ion.or.us/BOC/PSCC. Continued from Page 1A disfavored and need to be eliminated as a public health hazard,” said Pub- lic Works Director Paul Eckley. “At the end of the day, all of you who are sitting on septics in the city are sitting on a time bomb – whether it’s going to go off in two years, or five years or 25 years, ” added Councilor Ken Hector. If that happens to a neighbor within 10 years of this project, city ordi- nance requiresowners to reimburse the Leslies for half the cost of the main line pipe – about $60 per foot – along their proper- ty. If failure happens after 10 years, a homeowner pays to connect but gets his or her section of main line for free. For someone with 100 feet of frontage, the value is about $6,000. Either way, homeown- ers with a failed septic will pay hookup costs once sewer is available. These property-side costs start at $10,000 but can be more, according to a me- mo from Community De- velopment Director Jason Gottgetreu. “I might need a reverse mortgage for that,” said neighbor John Murray. “I’m not complaining about anything except I don’t think we need a sew- er unless you have that multi-family-living devel- opment.” After the vote, Leslie pledged to hold a meeting explaining her family’s plans for the commune, something she and her husband have been dreaming about for 20 years, she said. 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