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Where: Silver Creek Coffee
House, 111 Water St.,
Silverton
What: Creekside Chat
support us,” Josh said,
noting a recent chili cook
off at the United Method-
ist Church that netted the
program $1,200.
Josh said this partner-
ship with Assembly of
God has facilitated an
even stronger connection
with the middle school, es-
pecially given the church
building’s location near
the school. He also re-
minds kids and parents
that registration is still
open – a fact that may be
especially be enticing to
those 7th and 8th graders
recently finishing up win-
ter sports.
Volunteers are also al-
ways welcome. Email
Josh to find out a bit more
at joshburgeson@gmail.
com.
ASAP’s local director,
Sue Roessler urges any-
one with a participation or
volunteer interest to visit
the
website:
http://asapsilvertonor.org
.
“We’re still always try-
ing to inform the commu-
nity about who we are and
what we do; we always
want to invite more kids,”
Sue affirmed.
Activity was aplenty
in Mt. Angel that early af-
ternoon where some com-
munity members, a cou-
ple of stately golden re-
trievers among them, am-
bled up to Kennedy High
School as coach Kerry
Hall prepped his Lady
Trojans for a trip across
the state for the OSAA
Class 2A basketball tour-
nament in Pendleton.
A group of spirit-boost-
ing moms, firefighters
and a mini-van-horn blow-
ing granny were among
the send-off squad, while
many players and boost-
ers alike still sported the
markings of Ash Wednes-
day’s morning mass.
It’s a long drive, but the
first part of it was blink-
of-an-eye quick as Kenne-
dy High School students
lined the school hallways
at about 2:05 p.m., players
sprinted out the library
door at 2:06 p.m., through
the hallway high fives, out
the front door and mo-
ments later collected mid-
dle-school high fives
down Marquam Street.
Inside a timer’s minute
they high-fived it again
blocks away with St. Ma-
ry’s students…and then
they were gone, Pendle-
ton bound barely 5 min-
utes from the moment the
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Josh Burgeson and Emalie Radocchia at the Silver Creek Coffee House for a Creekside Chat.
library door sprung the
spirited contingent to-
ward its eastern-Oregon
destination.
The sendoff stir was so
quick, Mt. Angel Fire Dis-
trict’s Trojan-banner-car-
rying vehicle could have
doubled that day’s com-
munity-support task as a
live fire drill.
Few things coalesce a
community like a beloved
sports team. One of those
things, at least historical-
ly speaking, is a communi-
ty grange.
Gus knows a little
something about that, and
he’s set to share some of
his knowledge at Silver-
ton Grange. Previews to
his presentation note how
the Grange movement
started, nationally and in
Oregon, and how it has re-
mains an active part of ru-
ral communities to this
day.
If you sense that some
aspects of modern-day so-
ciety seem to steer en-
deavors away from the
homogenized and back to-
ward the local -- think
farmer’s markets or the
oft-coined term “locally
grown” -- this may pique
your interest.
In sharing a glimpse of
his grange presentation,
Gus wrote:
“Over the last 100
years, our society has
grown up around the para-
digm of cheap energy and
rapid mobility. This is
changing no matter what
anyone feels about it one
way or the other. Market
forces are driving society
as a whole towards a re-lo-
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The defending champion Kennedy Lady Trojans basketball team boards the bus for a return
trip to the Pendleton dance.
calization paradigm, even
if many in industry fail to
recognize it, or actively
oppose it.
“We see this in our gro-
cery stores with the ever-
expanding range of local
organic produce, or in the
increase in vibrant Farm-
er’s Markets and in the
creative ingenuity of
many of our rural citi-
zens. Many of us feel that
the Grange should accept
this changing paradigm,
and become a major play-
er and even leader in rural
communities in transi-
tion.”
The budding Live Lo-
cal Marketplace on Water
Street aspires to that. For
that matter, few if any op-
portunities to see all can-
didates relevant to local
ballots equaled the grang-
e’s forum last fall.
Almost as if on cue,
the grange’s next activity
wears well with this pro-
posed paradigm.
Jan noted among the
Seedy event features is an
opportunity for people get
together to swap garden
seeds, especially heir-
loom varieties, or varie-
ties that have been in the
family for generations.
That’s a part of it, other
features include:
* Free Garden Seeds.
Mayor
Stables and is the execu-
tive director of the North-
west Equine Practitioners
Association, a pet dental
care trainer, and a free-
lance writer.
“I’m a job collector,”
Palmer said, unsurpris-
ingly willing to point out
that he started his animal-
centered career as a lowly
$5-per-hour kennel atten-
dant. After owning horses
and other animals, he and
his wife have just one pet,
a Jack Russell terrier, and
they spend their days
working and volunteering
in Silverton – and travel-
ing when they can.
Palmer’s ties to the
business
community
couldn’t be much tighter;
his wife’s the chamber
president, and his sister-
in-law is the executive di-
rector. But he spent years
as a political independent
before recently register-
ing as a Republican to
vote for Rep. Gilliam in
the primary election. He
agrees with parts of both
major parties’ platforms,
still feeling much the in-
dependent, as he’s the par-
ent of a gay son and a fis-
cal conservative.
Topping his concerns
in Silverton is infrastruc-
ture that he said is “in cri-
sis.” Most worrisome is
the water treatment plan,
which needs almost im-
mediate replacement but
lacks any kind of funding
source. He’s voted with
other councilors for utili-
ty rate and fee increases
to pay for upkeep and re-
pairs that have long been
ignored, he said.
“I support a moderate
but forward-moving plan
that doesn’t break people
– and I think we’ve some-
times come close,” he
said.
Never far from his
mind is Silverton’s Urban
Renewal District, which
includes the downtown
area. Until 2024, it will
continue to set aside a por-
tion of the property taxes
collected inside it to pay
for projects to combat
“blight.” He supports ex-
tending the district to in-
clude properties along
North First Street and
would like to see the dis-
trict use its borrowing
power to complete pro-
jects there and downtown
as soon as possible.
In the past, he’s cham-
pioned the idea of creat-
ing a parks and recreation
district that would in-
crease funding for the
pool, parks and other rec-
reational activities by
spreading costs to more
taxpayers, many of whom
already use Silverton’s fa-
cilities. Such a district
could be “larger than the
city but smaller than the
school district,” he said.
His own hopes and
dreams notwithstanding,
Palmer said he has no
plans to “flex his muscle”
in the council chambers,
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packed up and gone home,
but I didn’t. I doubled
down,” he said.
There are other times
in Palmer’s life when he
chose
to
swallow his
pride for
the love of
his home-
town. Born
in Silverton
and raised
Kyle Palmer
with
his
brother, Kevin, by a truck-
driving father and a moth-
er who worked for the
phone company, he grew
up feeling free and safe in
a town “where no one
locked their doors.”
“One of the reasons I
like to be involved is to
pay back the town for
what it gave me,” he said.
He
played
Little
League baseball and con-
tinued into high school,
typically occupying the
outfield but occasionally
the pitcher’s mound.
“I was never more than
mediocre,” is his charac-
teristically modest as-
sessment of himself. Al-
though he didn’t keep
playing after his 1984
graduation, he later be-
came a coach, eventually
working his way up to a
paid job at the high school.
When he was let go
from that job to make way
for new coaching talent,
Palmer faced the same
tough choice he’d later
have to make in politics.
He could pull back and
nurse his wounds or forge
ahead. He opted for the
latter, serving Silverton’s
sporting community by
sitting on the committee
that helped design the
new high school and sur-
rounding sports fields.
He and his wife, Julie
Hannan, are parents of
two boys in their 20s, both
of whom attended Silver-
ton schools and played
sports here.
The couple works to-
gether as manager and as-
sistant manager of Silver
Creek Animal Clinic,
where Palmer also works
as a certified veterinary
technician. On the side, he
manages Evans Valley
Bring some to trade too --
everyone leaves with
seeds
* Master Gardeners
and food preservers on-
hand to answer questions
* Learn about compost-
ing and recycling in the
garden
* Master Beekeepers
to share information on
bee-friendly
practices
and plantings in your gar-
den
* Seed catalogs to
browse
* Information on gar-
dening with water conser-
vation in mind
*Kid’s Activities like
Plant a Bean
The information, tips,
seeds and setting are es-
pecially ripe for anyone
new to gardening. Jan
said there will also be
Grange Community Gar-
den tours and signups.
“Everyone interested
in gardening is welcome
to attend,” Jan said. The
event is free, but a
canned-food donation is
encouraged.
Silverton Grange Hall,
201 Division Street, Sil-
verton -- Main & Water
streets downtown, head
south 1.7 miles on Water
Street toward Silver Falls
State Park, (or Silver
Creek Falls, if you are
more inclined to tradition-
al nomenclature) and turn
left on Division Street.
Look for the grange sign
on the corner.
For information, con-
tact Jan at silverton
grange@gmail.com
or
(503) 551-4788.
jmuch@Statesman-
Journal.com or 503-769-
6338, cell 503-508-8157 or
follow at twitter.com/jus-
tinmuch
partly because he shares
his predecessor
Lewis’ commitment to
congeniality and partly
because he likes to make
decisions by consensus.
On a council of seven –
which Silverton will have
the councilors appoint-
ments someone to fill
Palmer’s empty seat – it
takes four votes to make a
decision.
“I just figure that, if I
can’t get three people to
agree with me, maybe my
idea isn’t that good after
all,” he said, smiling.
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