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COURTESY OF MOUNT BACHELOR SKI AREA
Mount Bachelor Ski Area opened its Northwest Express lift after heavy snowfall this month.
Snow
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pack in recorded history.
In those years, ski areas
struggled to open, winter
recreation suffered and
summer brought drought
and wildfire.
This year, by contrast,
every ski area in Oregon
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Self
Storage Sale
Please
take
notice
Absolute Storage LLC
– Salem located at 2605
Hawthorne Ave. NE,
Salem
OR
97301
intends to hold an
auction of the goods
stored in the following
units in default for
non-payment of rent.
The sale will occur as
an online auction via
www.bid13.com
on
12/28/16 at 10:00AM.
Unless stated otherwise
the description of the
contents are household
goods and furnishings.
Jenny M. Dolan unit
#321; Samuel Pierce
unit #340; John D.
McCain unit #401. All
property
is
being
stored at the above
self-storage
facility.
This sale may be
withdrawn at any time
without notice. Certain
terms and conditions
apply. See manager
for details.
Silverton Appeal
December 14 & 21, 2016
ANNA REED/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Snow falls near Detroit Lake on Monday. Be prepared if you’re driving into mountain areas.
is open and there’s a
guarded optimism about a
surplus of water for irri-
gation, streamflow and
forest health.
“Snowpack is the life-
blood of the West,” NRCS
hydrologist Julie Koeber-
le said in an interview last
year.
On Santiam Pass, east
of Salem, Hoodoo Ski
Area’s 65 inches of snow is
the most in mid-Decem-
ber since 2001. At Mount
Bachelor Ski Area, the 75
inches at base level is the
most since 2003.
“We’re in great posi-
tion heading into the holi-
day season,” Mount Bach-
elor spokesman Drew
Jackson said.
The last time Oregon
had a snowpack well
above average on this
date was 2010. Prior to
that, the best years were
in 2006 and 2005, Koeber-
le said.
Cullen said a “persis-
tent pattern of cold air
and moisture” was bring-
ing snowfall to Oregon’s
mountains. That was a
contrast to recent years,
he said, when tropical
moisture brought much of
Oregon’s precipitation in
rain instead of snow.
“The last couple of
years, when we haven’t
seen nearly as much
snowfall, it’s because
we’ve been getting warm-
er systems of tropical
moisture coming across
the Pacific,” Cullen said.
Cullen said this year’s
high snow totals probably
wasn’t due to a weak La
Nina weather pattern.
“I wouldn’t link these
snowstorms with La Ni-
na,” he said.
Oviatt said that while
today’s snowpack num-
bers look good, that
doesn’t mean it will re-
main perfect into spring
and summer. A year ago
— in December of 2015
and January of 2016 —
Tradition
for the top two. At Christ-
mas, each “Minute to Win
It” competitor vies for the
chance to vote for one
charity or the other. This
year, it’s looking like
they’ll assemble kits in-
stead of playing games,
but the “Minute to Win It”
concept is likely to return
next year.
“I just love the compe-
tition piece; it really gives
people a chance to get be-
hind their charity and put
in the effort,” said Ivan’s
daughter, Annie Schäch-
er. “We’re kind of a com-
petitive family anyway, so
to see people celebrating,
‘Yes, my charity is going
to get something more,’ is
awesome. It’s fun to watch
that passion go toward
giving instead of getting.”
Children compete too,
although the grown-ups
did retain a gift exchange
for the little ones. They’re
watching and learning
from their parents. This
tickles Schächer, an ele-
mentary school teacher
who, with her husband,
Dan, has four kids and
runs the local business,
Gear Up Espresso.
“The kids are learning
that family isn’t about
stuff. It’s about being to-
gether
and
building
strong relationships,” she
said.
“It is so easy to get
wrapped in the desire to
gift well, and our kids can
also feel that same pull
into how this holiday
benefits me … this moves
the focus onto someone,
or a group of others,” said
John’s son Brandon, a
nurse.
“The fun part is that al-
most everyone is willing
to play,” Marilyn added.
“These people who would
normally not do some-
thing like this are willing
to go up there for a minute
and make a fool of them-
selves to give back.”
She said her parents,
Joe and Helen, who died in
1995 and 2001 respective-
ly, would’ve heartily ap-
proved of this new tradi-
tion their descendants
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Donations add up fast
when you’re a big family.
The seven living children
of the late Joe and Helen
Schmidgall are brothers
John, Ivan and Larry
Schmidgall and sisters
Bev and Marilyn Schmid-
gall, Sally Newkirk and
Darlene Carter. When
they and their adult chil-
dren compile the $40 per
person they once spent on
a gift exchange, the funds
are substantial.
For the Schmidgalls, it
wouldn’t be enough to
merely donate. Competi-
tion sparks everybody’s
interest. The match-up
starts with the nomination
of charities at Thanksgiv-
ing and a family-wide vote
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF SILVERTON
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
The City is looking for volunteers to serve on
City Committees
The City of Silverton is seeking volunteers
interested in serving on City appointed
Committees.
Currently, there are positions
available on the Budget Committee, Urban
Renewal Advisory Committee, Environmental
Management Committee and the Historic
Landmarks Committee.
Terms for each
Committee will vary from two to three years.
Please
visit
the
City
website
at
www.silverton.or.us/committees for applicant
minimum requirements, such as residing within
the Silverton City limits, etc. and additional
information about each Committee.
Applications must be submitted online by
Wednesday,
January
11,
2017
at
www.silverton.or.us/volunteerapp. If you have
any questions please contact Lisa Figueroa,
City Clerk, at 503-874-2216 or via e-mail at
lfigueroa@silverton.or.us .
Silverton Appeal December 21, 2016
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Largest snowpack levels in
Oregon on Dec. 16
Measured by snow-water
equivalent
2016: 141 percent of normal
2010: 131 percent
2006: 112 percent
2005: 134 percent
2001: 217 percent
Oregon had a huge snow-
pack. However, due to
warmer-than-average
temperatures, much of
that snow melted by the
end of spring.
have devised. Parting
with gift-giving might’ve
saddened them a little, as
they loved watching ev-
eryone open their pre-
sents, but with the family
grown so large, it also
would’ve made sense to
them and “made them
proud,” Brandon said.
They certainly weren’t
wealthy, Marilyn said, re-
calling her father work-
ing as a truck driver and
dairy farmer and her
mother cooking, cleaning
and raising nine kids. At
one point, the children
picked berries to pay for a
remodel of the family
home.
Address
P.O. Box 13009
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Phone
Fire
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zas. The steakhouse will
still serve a variety of
Coleman Cattle Ranch
cuts and Diggin’ Roots lo-
cal vegetables.
“It’s ironic, we’ll have a
wood-fired pizza oven,
wood-fired grill, all steaks
will be done over an open
flame, we’ll have candles
on the tables,” Burnett
said. “There will be fire
Election
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ties issued the same re-
sults, moving the process
to the city charter, which
Cook noted: “In the event
of a tie vote for candidates
for an elective office, the
successful
candidate
shall be determined by a
public drawing of lots…”
Curiously, while such a
tie breaker is rare, it is not
unprecedented in Mill
City. Cook recalled at
least one other occasion in
the 1980s when an election
tie drew the die.
Baughman, who has
served on the council for
four years, said as the
low-vote winner, this elec-
tion gives him a two-year
term.
Baker’s friend, Lynda
Harrington, advised her
to save her campaign
signs, while McGehee
also recommend she stay
tuned since the town fre-
quently has openings for
“good
councilors-
.”“Maybe,” Baker said. “I
will run for something
again.”
jmuch@Statesman-
Journal.com or 503-769-
6338, cell 503-508-8157 or
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“We didn’t have a lot
money growing up, but if
anyone needed some-
thing, they were right
there,” she said. “They
would love this.”
Some Schmidgall fam-
ily Christmas traditions
probably won’t ever
change – German cookies
and
Swiss
“brunsli”
brownies among them –
but giving donations in-
stead of presents looks
like it’s here to stay.
“Our family is wonder-
ful. We really love coming
together, and we cherish
that. It’s been great to add
in that additional focus of
giving,” Schächer said.
P.O. Box 13009
Salem, OR 97309
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around this interesting
place.”
The MarKum Inn is lo-
cated at 36903 S. Highway
213 in Marquam (near
Molalla). Gift certificates
can be purchased now be-
tween noon and 3 p.m. dai-
ly. For more information,
call (503) 829-6006.
Email Brooke Jackson-
Glidden brookejg@states-
manjournal.com or call
503-428-3528. Follow her
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“As good as things look
now, we have to take it
with a grain of salt,”
Oviatt said. “We won’t
know the true story for
what it all means for wa-
ter supply until late
spring.”
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors writer, pho-
tographer and videogra-
pher in Oregon for eight
years. He is the author of
the book “Hiking South-
ern Oregon” and can be
reached
at
zurness
@StatesmanJournal.com
or (503) 399-6801. Find
him on Twitter at @Zach-
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