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TREE LIGHTING
IN SILVERTON
A Silverton Fire District engine lifts Santa to the top of the tree to turn on the
lights during the Silverton Tree Lighting Ceremony at Town Square Park in
Silverton on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. See TREE LIGHTING for more photos, Page 3A
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Silverton
coffee spot
brewing
change
Many local businesses,
shops see new owners
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
USA TODAY NETWORK
Many of Silverton’s old buildings have stood, ma-
terially unchanged, for more than a century. The
people and businesses inside them never stop
changing, though, and in a time of national economic
expansion, Silverton’s business landscape is shift-
ing more than ever.
Silverton Coffee Station, a popular ice cream
stop for kids as well as a coffee shop for adults, is
getting new owners. After nine years, Christy and
Daryl Peters are selling to Courtney Fast and
Heather Desmarteau-Fast, who own Stamen & Pistil
next door. The gardening business and the eatery
share their location, a midcentury gas station
perched on the banks of Silver Creek at 206 S. Water
Street. Fast will work the coffee shop this month and
take over fulltime Jan.1. He also manages a sales
team for Blue Dog Business Services and is a pro-
fessional musician. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-
day through Saturday.
Odd Fellows Games and Electronics, which first
came to Silverton in 2011as a Radio Shack franchise,
See BUSINESS, Page 2A
A fixture since the 1970s, Clear and
Practical Accounting Solutions,
moved on Nov. 20 from its location
on 1st Street into the building most
recently occupied by Almquist
Studio at 301 S. James Street.
ANNA REED / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Getting to know Silverton
businesses via ‘Shop Hop’
JUSTIN MUCH
SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
Brush Creek Playhouse presents "Christmas at the Blizzard:
A Murder Mystery" through Dec. 17.
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DANIELLE PETERSON/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Carol Wallace of Silverton is one industrious shop-
per, and she has a passport to prove it.
Wallace visited the Silverton Chamber of Commerce
on Dec. 1 to submit her “Silverton Shop Hop” passport
for a chance to win prizes, and it was stamped by all 29
participating businesses.
The 15th annual Silverton Shop Hop began on Black
Friday and continues through Dec. 12. Shoppers pick up
a passport at the chamber and visit listed businesses,
getting stamped in the process. To be eligible for a
grand-prize drawing, shoppers must collect 24 stamps.
Wallace gladly exceeded that minimum by visiting
the maximum.
“It was a lot of fun,” she said. “I’ve only lived in Sil-
verton for two years, and this is my third Shop Hop.”
Wallace moved to town in November of 2015, and she
immediately discovered that participating in the Shop
Hop provided a perfect opportunity to get to know Sil-
verton.
“I found all these new places, like the Mill Town Pub
and this nice jewelry shop (Shayla Lynn Jewelry &
Crafts) in the building over by Creekside,” Wallace
said. “I would never have found or gone into those
places otherwise, and I really enjoyed them.”
Wallace, who moved to Silverton after living 30
years near downtown Portland on the east side, said an
equal part of the fun is meeting business owners and
other passport shoppers in the process.
Shayla Lynn has operated her hand-crafted jewelry
shop for six years, including a year and a half at her
present Water Street location, and says the Shop Hop
provides a chance to meet new people and a boost to
business.
“I’ve been doing it for five years, and it’s a really
good deal because I always see new people come in the
door,” Lynn said.
She said that has especially been the case the past
couple of years since she moved her shop from 1st
Street to the Hartman Building on Water Street where
Shayla Lynn, proprietor of Shayla Lynn Jewelry & Crafts on
Water Street, has been participating in the Silverton Shop Hop
for five years. JUSTIN MUCH/STAYTON MAIL
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Brush Creek
preps for a little
murder mystery
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
USA TODAY NETWORK
she shares a shopping stretch along the street with sev-
eral other businesses.
Silverton Chamber of Commerce Executive Direc-
tor Stacy Palmer said she has friends and family mem-
bers who participate every year.
“They have told me how much fun they have explor-
ing the local businesses and shops in Silverton and how
they have always found unique gifts they couldn’t find
anywhere else,” Palmer said.
Palmer said the range of participants enhances the
event, listing Silver Falls Brewery to Mac’s Place and
Apples to Oranges and The Chocolate Box to Wilco and
Napa Auto Parts.
"There are plenty of gift-giving options to be found in
See SHOP, Page 2A
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In the tradition of Agatha Christie comes Michael
and Emily Wood’s original stage production,
“Christmas at the Blizzard: A Murder Mystery” to
Brush Creek Playhouse.
A group of strangers gathered together at a re-
mote bed-and-breakfast has been cut off from the
world by the weather. An unexpected visitor ar-
rives, and a series or mysterious deaths ensue in
true parlor-mystery fashion. Three days unfold on-
stage, as the tension builds and the plot thickens.
There are screams, gunshots, and, yes, the lights
will go out. But “Christmas at the Blizzard” is also a
family-friendly show with touches of light humor. It
was originally written by the Woods for teenage per-
formers six years ago.
A cast of 13, many of them local to the Silverton
area, will bring this production to life. They are Ta-
vis Evans, Emily Wood, Melissa Richards, Karyl
Carlson, Raenna O’Connor, Norman Gouveia, Mi-
chael Wood, Thia Evans, Ron Drake, Alaina Lesko,
Tom Buchheit, Linda Zellner and Rick Rickard. Mi-
chael Wood is the director.
Opening night was Friday, Dec. 1 and the remain-
ing eight shows are at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6; Fri-
day, Dec. 8; Saturday, Dec. 9; Friday, Dec. 15; and
Saturday, Dec. 16 and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 3, 10
and 17.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, children
and students. Reserved seating is available. Tickets
can be purchased ahead of time at Books-N-Time in
Silverton or at Runaway Art & Craft Studio in Salem.
The playhouse is located at 11535 Silverton Rd
NE, Silverton.