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Eclipse campsites all reserved in hour
If you’re hoping to snag a cancellation,
state officials suggest signing up online
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Eager eclipse viewers made quick
work of additional campsites opened by
Oregon State Parks.
The agency said the extra 1,018 state
park campsites were booked a little after
9 a.m. April 19, just over an hour after be-
ing made available.
And that’s it for state park campsites,
officials said.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation De-
partment said it does not expect to re-
lease any more new sites for reserva-
tions during the eclipse.
If you’re hoping a snag a cancellation,
state officials suggested signing up to re-
ceive a notification at oregonstatepark-
s.org or reserveamerica.com
The eclipse will occur on August 21,
with totality sweeping across Salem
starting at 10:17 a.m. and lasting about
two minutes.
All normal state park campsites in the
eclipse zone were booked in record time
last November.
on parking lots or fields. These sites will
cost around $10 to $11 but won’t have
hookups, fire pits or picnic tables. Some
will be at parks without flush toilets or
showers, but portable toilets will likely
be added. Visitors with reservations for
a temporary eclipse space will be as-
signed a space on arrival at the park.
Officials said anyone planning to
camp should anticipate large crowds and
heavy traffic.
“Transportation planners predict un-
precedented traffic and crowds during
the eclipse weekend, and we are plan-
ning accordingly,” Havel said. “We ask
that campers plan to stay off the roads on
the morning of Aug. 21 and respect any
fire restrictions.”
“We want to make this once-in-a-life-
time event available to as many campers
as we can safely accommodate,” Oregon
Parks and Recreation Department
spokesman Chris Havel said in a news
release. “That’s why we decided to add
additional campsites, all at an affordable
cost.”
The extra sites made available for re-
serving were in two categories.
The first are regular sites normally
reserved for first-come, first-served
camping.
Those sites — about 330 of the 1,000 —
typically have picnic tables and fire
rings, but many do not have showers.
The second category of campsites —
around 670 — are temporary sites open
CREEKSIDE CHAT
Farmers
market
boasts
variety
Silverton event to
kick off on May 13
JUSTIN MUCH
It was pretty quiet
along the Water Street
edge of Silver Creek
during Creekside Chat
on Wednesday, April
19, though one hearty
sort ventured onto the
Silver Creek Coffee House deck to
enjoy some hot tea and a muffin al
fresco despite generous precipitat-
ing sprinkles.
Perhaps the relative silence was at
once a lull and a harbinger for what
promises to be a busy month of May.
If area calendar listings are any indi-
cation, that assessment may be spot
on.
A perusal of those calendars re-
veals everything from cultural cele-
brations to fun runs for health to the
popular pet parade – annual happen-
ings that tend to surface as spring ad-
vances with fair-weather hopes of
rain diminishing rain clouds.
A sure sign of the warming season
is local open-air markets, and Silver-
ton’s Farmers Market kicks off Satur-
day, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ev-
ery week at Town Square Park on the
corner of Main and Fiske streets in
downtown Silverton.
Organizers have been preparing
to make the experience a delightful
one for visitors and customers. Alys-
sa Burgé got us caught up on what to
expect.
Stroll down to the market and you
will find produce from Gardenripe,
Red Rooster, and Diggin’ Roots Farm
along with Harpole’s Produce. Most
will be selling early-season greens --
kale, lettuce, spinach, chard, and aru-
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BREAKAWAY PROMOTIONS
The “Salem River 2 Ridge Relay” will require participants to paddle, bike and run or hike.
THE RACE IS ON
Relay to include boats, bikes and boots
ZACH URNESS
STATESMAN JOURNAL
A new race from Salem to Silver
Falls State Park is designed to show-
case the best of the Mid-Willamette
Valley using multiple modes of trans-
portation.
The “Salem River 2 Ridge Relay”
will start in downtown Salem and
take racers paddling down the Wil-
lamette River, biking country roads
and hiking or running the trails of
Oregon’s largest state park.
“It’s the first time we’ve had any-
thing like this in our region,” said
Travel Salem CEO Angie Morris, who
helped bring the race to Salem. “The
Mid-Valley has so many unique,
breathtaking natural assets. We
thought a signature event like this
was a good way to show them off, and
show how much of a recreational des-
tination Salem really is.”
Registration is open for the multi-
sport showcase — which can be un-
See MUCH, Page 3A
The relay will start in downtown Salem and take racers paddling down the Willamette
River, biking country roads and hiking the trails of Oregon’s largest state park.
See RELAY, Page 2A
TIMM COLLINS / APPEAL TRIBUNE
Silverton’s Farmers Market kicks off on
Saturday, May 13.
Silverton senior driving toward his goal
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Graduate from high
school and go to a four-
year college.
Silverton High School
senior Josh Knodel’s plan
sounds standard enough,
until he explains what
he’ll be studying: automo-
tive restoration. This fall,
he’ll drive straight toward
his career goal of fixing
up historic vehicles while
earning a bachelor’s de-
gree.
Josh is one of 50 stu-
dents
accepted
by
McPherson College in
Kansas to study automo-
tive restoration. This
small liberal arts college
is the only institution in
the country that offers
such a four-year degree,
and he said he’s elated to
have found it and been ac-
cepted.
“For the longest time, I
was thinking Chemeketa
(Community College) or
straight into the work-
force,” he said. “I went
from no expectation, all of
a sudden, to planning to
get a bachelor’s degree
in something I really
like.”
It took more than a
love of old cars to earn
Josh a spot in McPher-
son’s freshman class,
which is annually se-
lected by a national
board of industry pro-
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