Appeal Tribune Wednesday, September 21, 2016 3A
PHOTOS BY DANIELLE PETERSON/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Festivalgoers brave the rain during the 51st Mount Angel Oktoberfest on Saturday. The four-day festival, which celebrates the harvest, features live music, Bavarian-style food and beer.
Steve Susmilch of Salem makes onion blossoms at the Knights of Columbus booth during the
51st Mount Angel Oktoberfest.
Dressed in Bavarian garb, Ross A. Fogelquist attends the 51st Mount Angel Oktoberfest on
Saturday. The festival draws thousands of visitors each year.
Oktoberfest
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fered booths with elephant ears, meat-
balls, cobbler, and German sausage with
onion and sauerkraut spilling off the
sides. Chris Bischoff, president of Okto-
berfest, said the rain didn’t stop visitors
from grabbing a pint of German beer
and indulging in German delights.
Bischoff said he estimates roughly
350,000 visitors will attend the four-day
celebration, which is 50,000 less than last
year.
“I think that because Oktoberfest is
only 4 days out of the year, it would take
more than a little rain to keep some of
our faithful patrons from coming,” Bis-
choff said. More than 80 craft and art
booths lined East College Street, selling
everything from hand puppets to hand-
painted Ukrainian eggs.
Joyce Church, a Silverton resident,
helped men and women of all ages find
the floral crown that best suited their
style in her booth, which was bursting
with flowers and leaves.
Church, who has participated in Okto-
berfest for 28 years, said the crowns are
a celebration of the end of harvest sea-
son.
“We sell about 1,200 at least an Okto-
berfest weekend,” Church said. “It
wouldn’t be Oktoberfest without them.”
It also might not be a true Oktoberfest
without beer, said Sean McGuire, the
sales manager for Point Blank Distribut-
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IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
25
303 N. Church Street Silverton, OR 97381
Phone: (503) 873-8656
Pastor Leah Stolte-Doerfl er
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Service time 10:30 a.m.
Nursery Available
ing, the company responsible for hauling
many kegs of beer to provide to visitors
in the beer garden.
As of 4 p.m. Saturday, 20 kegs of beer
had been consumed, McGuire said.
“So at about 105 pints in each keg, that
would be about 20,000 pints,” McGuire
said. “It’s been awesome. People come
and they want to drink.”
Sixteen beer taps lined the Biergar-
ten, but beer was flowing in every venue.
Portland resident Tris Masterson-
Miller can’t drink beer, but said Oktober-
fest isn’t all about alcohol.
“I like the fact that people of all ages
come - it can be for families, it can be for
younger people, older people,” Master-
son-Miller said. “I enjoyed last year and
seeing all the older German couples
dressed up and stuff, and it made me
want to come back this year.”
Bischoff said Mount Angel’s Oktober-
SILVERTON PRAISE CENTER
Mount Angel Oktoberfest
When: Continues Sunday
Where: Mt. Angel; for GPS use, 5 Garfield St.,
Mt. Angel
Cost: Many free activities; $5 to 15 for some
areas
Tickets: Purchase in advance at
eventbrite.com
Information: 855-899-6338 or go to
oktoberfest.org
fest allows anyone of any cultural back-
ground to be Bavarian for the four day
celebration.
“I hope they experience and enjoy
some German culture and gemutlichkeit
(family party - not a perfect transla-
tion),” Bischoff said.
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Church of God
814 N. Second St. 873-1206
Sunday morning worship 10:00 AM
“Committed to Christ,
Committed to the Community”
Silverton
Friends
Church
Pastor: Fr. Philip Waibel
575 E. College St. 503-845-2296
Weekday Mass 6:50 a.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30 p.m.
Sunday masses 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m.,
and 12:30 p.m. (Spanish Mass) at
St. Mary Parish. Mass for Holy Rosary
Mission at Crooked Finger
is at 10:00 a.m.
Confession: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
on Saturday
“loving God… loving others”
Pastor Bob Henry
606 N. Second St.
Service: 10:00am
503.873.3991
www.silverton4.com
Pastor Rob McKeown
Silverton Christian School
229 Eureka Ave. • 873-5131
silvertonfriends@frontier.com
Adult Sunday School at 9:00 am
Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 am
Full Nursery Care • Youth Group
meets Thursday 7:00 pm
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Pastor Jose Galvez
Saturday Services
Sabbath School 9:30-10:30 am
Worship Service 10:50 am
1159 Oak Street 873-8568
Inviting All to a
Friendly Bible-Based Church
Trinity Lutheran
Church, ELCA
Pastor Carl Hansen
500 N 2nd Street
Silverton, OR 97381
(503) 873-2635
Sunday,
Worship 11am
www.trinitysilverton.org
trinitysilverton@gmail.com
