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Locals aid displaced Oroville residents
LAUREN E HERNANDEZ
STATESMAN JOURNAL
As residents near the Oroville dam
were fleeing from their homes in North-
ern California, two Mid-Willamette Val-
ley men hopped in an emergency re-
sponse vehicle and drove 10 hours to
help.
Mike Williams, of Silverton, and Don
Wiese, of Dallas, are volunteers with the
American Red Cross Cascades Region
and deployed as part of a 16-person
group to provide services to evacuees
staying in shelters.
“It’s bad enough that we have peo-
ple’s lives that are disrupted and are in
need, but if the dam breaks, we’re going
to see catastrophic events,” Williams
said.
Williams, who initially became a Red
Cross Cascades volunteer to aid with
Hurricane Matthew in October, said he
received an email asking if he was avail-
able to deploy again; he was on the road
as soon as he could get behind the wheel
with Wiese.
Monique Dugaw, regional director of
communications & marketing of Amer-
ican Red Cross Cascades Region, said
the volunteers are providing shelter,
food and mental health services to
roughly 4,800 evacuees in four differ-
ent shelters outside of the danger area.
Responders from Portland, Dallas,
Medford, Silverton, Bend, Wood Vil-
lage, Salem and Newberg, Oregon, and
Vancouver, Washington, will staff these
shelters.
“There are about 2,100 square miles
potentially within this flood zone, so we
have to keep those shelters about 150
miles from that area to be out of the dan-
ger area,” Dugaw said.
Dugaw said the response to this
COURTESY OF AMERICAN RED CROSS CASCADES REGION
Mike Williams, right, and Don Wiese of Dallas respond to the Oroville Dam incident as
emergency response vehicle operators.
event is unique because Red Cross is re-
sponding to a disaster that has not yet
occurred — but the potential dangers
born from Oroville dam’s eroding emer-
gency spillway require preparation.
Dugaw said she couldn’t recall the
last time Red Cross assisted with a di-
saster relief that displaced nearly
200,000 people, but said one of her vol-
unteers compared the community
uprooting similar to Hurricane Katrina.
“This incident not only evacuates
people from their homes, but also from
the place they call their home,” Dugaw
said, referring to the distance needed to
travel away from the danger zone.
Red Cross volunteers are tentatively
scheduled for 10 days, but that timeline
may extend in the event of major flood-
ing.
“If the rains don’t happen, we could
be out of here early, but if things get
worse, they can be asking for people to
stay longer,” Williams said.
Tuesday afternoon, the Butte County
Sheriff’s Office announced the evacua-
tion order was lifted, telling people they
had the choice to return to their homes.
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for them.”
Locally, the popularity
almost pales compared to
reports planners have
heard elsewhere.
“There
are
other
places in the nation that
have four different danc-
es that they spread out,”
Brent said of one accom-
modation option.
The dance, which in-
vites grade-8 and younger
girls along with their fa-
thers, adds a few periph-
eral features, such as face
painting and a chocolate
fountain, to polish its ap-
peal. Games, desserts –
Willamette Valley Pie,
Company is among the lo-
cal sponsors – hors
d’oeuvres, formal photos
and a photo booth to boot
are all part of the deal.
Brent said the Silver-
ton High School Interact
Club is among the active
hosts.
The lowdown for any-
one interested in attend-
ing: Cost is $30 per couple
and $10 for each addition-
al daughter. Proceeds
benefit the local Rotary
scholarship
program.
Tickets are available at
www.SilvertonDDD.com,
and you can contact Brent
at 503-580-9546 to learn
more.
» Another celebration
emerging toward the tail
end of spring is currently
under planning stages for
Trinity Lutheran Church,
located at 500 N. 2nd St.
This year is the 125th for
the church.
Norm English stopped
into Silver Creek Wednes-
day where he and Jim
Squires often kick over
ideas, including ongoing
steps in preserving and
improving
Silverton’s
fine murals. Between mu-
ral thoughts, Norm added
a few thoughts about Trin-
ity Lutheran where he is a
parishioner.
Norm said the church
has seen several incarna-
tions during its 125 years:
the original built in 1893; a
In the event that conditions change, a
future evacuation is not out of the realm
of possibility. An evacuation warning is
still in effect for the area. Residents
should still be prepared to evacuate if
needed.
Dugaw said the Red Cross is arming
itself with supplies that could shelter
people for a three-week period includ-
ing cots, blankets and food supplies.
This stockpile will come in handy in the
event the dam’s condition worsens.
In the meantime, Williams, who is
trained to operate an emergency re-
sponse vehicle, is helping in any way
that is required of him. On Tuesday, that
meant picking up dozens of hot lasagna
and pizzas from Sam’s Club and deliver-
ing lunch to two shelter locations, in-
cluding a shelter at the California State
Fairgrounds in Sacramento.
Williams was in the Marine Corps for
22 years and a volunteer firefighter for
Drakes Crossing Fire District for the
last 27 years, and said he wanted to con-
tinue giving back to people in need.
“People who can deploy into an emer-
gency environment create calm where
there is chaos,” Williams said.
He said despite the looming danger
of the damaged dam, there is an under-
lying calm to the organized, busy envi-
ronment.
He noticed some people lounging on
the grass in the sunny weather.
Williams said volunteers are still ar-
riving and Red Cross crews are in the
process of establishing work schedules
for the coming days.
“It’s very rapidly unfolding and the
future is uncertain so we can’t tell what
the needs are going to be,” Dugaw said.
“It’s evolving every day and we’ll con-
tinue to assess those needs on a daily ba-
sis.”
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Elisha Nightingale oversees Live Local Marketplace adjacent to Silver Creek Coffee House. The
market opened the first weekend of February with 20 vendors. The downtown Silverton venue
is geared toward vending local wares.
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larger version in 1919 as
membership grew and a
major remodeling in 1971.
“The congregation it-
self was born out of an in-
flux of Norwegians to the
area,” Norm said.
Highlights included in
the milestone celebration
are a historic room dedi-
cated to the church’s saga,
featuring some items
used over the years. The
colorful
stained-glass
windows are a part of that
history and an ongoing
feature of the church.
Additionally, Trinity
Lutheran is putting to-
gether a mailing list of
people who may be inter-
ested or would like to
know more about the com-
ing landmark celebration.
Contact the church at 503-
873-2635
or
visit
www.trinitysilverton.org.
» A review of what’s
new in Silverton wouldn’t
be complete without an
update on Live Local Mar-
ketplace, which opened
the first week in February
on Water Street adjacent
to Silver Creek Coffee
House.
It currently has 20 ven-
dors and is open 10 a.m. to
6
p.m.
Wednesday
through Saturday, but
proprietors Josh and Eli-
sha Nightingale antici-
pate opening 7-days a
week
sometime
this
spring.
Conditions surround-
ing the celebrated open-
ing provided every oppor-
tunity for an inauspicious
beginning as stormy rains
ruled the skies, but not the
day.
“I thought we’d get
maybe 25 the way the
weather was that day,”
Elisha said, noting that
she is the more conserva-
tive of the Nightingale es-
timators.
“I thought we’d get,
maybe, 100,” Josh said.
“But it (the turnout) was
insane…it was a cool
atmosphere, a really cool
vibe.”
The turnout actually
exceeded Josh’s expecta-
tions several fold. A little
bit of local wine and other
refreshments may have
helped
entice
some
through the stormy envi-
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Surrounding Area
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sales, making them a Class A violation.
Beau Whitney, an economist who
studies the marijuana industry, called
the bill “overly broad,” “too vague” and
“dead on arrival.”
“It is so ridiculous that it is tough to
take this seriously,” he said.
He picked apart language in the bill
that speaks to the definition of “marijua-
na paraphernalia,” which included an
item “marketed to be used for, or that is
designed” to plant, cultivate or grow
weed.
“I understand this is not the intent of
the bill, but if you think about it, it would
impact almost every business in Ore-
gon,” he said. “Greenhouses: This would
fall under this rule for the purpose of
planting. So this impacts all agricultural
businesses.”
rons to Water St.
The market, which fea-
tures wares of local folks
within the Silverton vicin-
ity, germinated in some
open space fertilized by
an idea.
“We had this space
available sitting against a
red wall and we wondered
‘what can we do with it?’”
Josh said.
Now it’s doing. Elisha
said the 20 local vendors
are set up in what feels
like one, a “fluid and cohe-
sive” market rather than
separate booths. Look for
more in the coming
months, including fresh
produce.
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The move would threaten head shops
that deal in these kinds of items but don’t
sell marijuana itself. Pot sales are regu-
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“That’s not fair at all,” said Whitney
Hartwell, an employee at the Bong
Smoke Shop in Salem. The store sells
bongs and other items. “That’d be like all
of our revenue, pretty much.”
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