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SILVERTONAPPEAL.COM ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 ❚ 3A Continued from Page 1A ity. “Sometimes people just like to pull the blinds,” McLaughlin said of a com- mon out-of-sight, out-of-mind percep- tion of homeless. This effort seeks volunteers who will do the opposite; survey and count un- sheltered families or individuals living in the general Silverton, Mt. Angel, Woodburn and Scotts Mills areas. “There are something like 20 cities in Marion County, and yet people seem to think of it as just Salem,” McLaughlin said. Many think of homeless populations concentrating in cities. Hughes’ experi- ence is otherwise, and she’s very famil- iar with the difficulties of finding and counting homeless populations in rural areas, many of whom find camps well away from populated areas to make a bed at night. “That’s why we are doing it this way this year,” Hughes said of the connect event. “Organizations that do these counts all realize that (the tally) is a fin- gernail of what the actual count is.” Getting the data as accurate as pos- sible is important, since it's provided to HUD and examined for trends, deter- mining how severe homeless problems may be in given areas. Hughes said HUD requires the count every other year, but many agencies working hands-on with the problem prefer to do it annually. The connect approach, she hopes, will not only lure numbers into Silverton for the count, but hopefully enlighten people dealing with homelessness of re- sources available to help their particular situation. “If we build it they will come,” Hughes said. Green Continued from Page 1A that’s helped nearly 200 schools achieve recognition since the program started 20 years ago. Silver Falls School District adminis- trators said the old Mark Twain Middle School once earned certification. “To become an entry-level Oregon Green School, a school must have an ef- fective and permanent recycling and waste reduction program, analyze its energy and water use, do a waste audit and set goals to work on over the next three years,” Bates said. When Butte Creek’s leadership team analyzed the contents of a single day’s trash, most classrooms had “little to no garbage,” Lamoreau said, but his stu- dents did find some paper and school supplies, such as pencils, had been thrown away. The trash can in the staff room actually contained the most recy- clables. “The students were definitely tickled by that,” Bates said. “The most important thing (the Green Team does) is just give people an opportunity to reduce and recycle their waste,” Lamoreau said. “We try to make it easy for them. People want to do good, and if you give them the opportunity, they will.” His own journey to becoming Butte Creek’s environmental advocate began when he advised a group of students who graduated eighth grade in 2014. They started a Random Acts of Kind- ness Club, which planted the school’s garden and did a cleanup at Silverton Reservoir. In that original club was Tyler Bish- op, now a high school student who reg- ularly returns to Lamoreau’s class to help with leadership projects. Last year, he helped build the wooden compost bin by the garden; it should yield its first compost this spring. The group seeks donations and vol- unteer help. Donations include socks, sleeping bags, tents, tarps, blankets, coats, flashlights, batteries and new un- derwear. “Socks are No. 1 on our hit parade,” Hughes stressed. Volunteers are near the top of that parade as well. Helping hands are need- ed for everything from surveys to serv- ing food and helping direct people to various services, including haircuts, veterinary care, bicycle repair or a hot meal. Donation locations include Trinity Lutheran, Live Local Market & Café, 111 Water St.; Gear Up, 430 McClaine St.; Bledsoe Santana Team Realty, 206 Oak St.; Books-N-Time, 210 Water St.; Main St. Bistro, 201 E. Main St.; Silverton Jew- elers, 205 Oak St.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 745 W. Main St. For information, visit www.ochh.org or call 971-283-0983. Mother Son Fun Night A busy Silverton mom running er- rands downtown, Angela Rose, stopped into the Creekside Chat to an- nounce the latest fun development at Bethany Charter School, where she serves as chairwoman of its booster club. The club is hosting “Mother Son Fun Night” from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Silverton Middle School gymnasi- um. It’s a first-time event, especially for moms and sons, and the theme is Sports Night Out. “We will encourage moms and sons to come dressed as a team,” Rose noted, providing a list of activities: laser tag, contests, games, a special craft, music, photos, tattoos, a sundae bar. The event is a fundraiser for the booster club, which in turn helps to fund After that, Lamoreau took a two-year leave of absence to teach at the Interna- tional School of Panama. From their apartment overlooking the beach, he and his wife could see firsthand the shocking amount of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean. “You realize how much garbage is out there,” he said. “We do a pretty good job of hiding it up here … it’s out of sight, out of mind.” When he returned to Butte Creek in 2016, he began showing his students what he’d seen and learned. At first, a small group worked on environmental measures, while others focused on more traditional leadership tasks. Now every- one in the leadership class, which meets daily, is taking part in the effort to be greener. When they earned $900 at a school dance, leadership students opted to spend some of the money to cut down Butte Creek’s use of disposable plastic water bottles. They bought a $90 water filter to make the school’s well water more pal- atable and designed reusable water bot- tles, which they sold at a $2-apiece loss, to the school community. A video the class watched about “an island of plastic water bottles floating in the ocean,” was an image that stuck in student Zach Kuenzi’s mind and con- tinues to motivate him to do his regular recycling jobs in the lunchroom. “We are trying to help our community and improve our future,” said another student, Valya Barsukoff “These kids are inheriting a world choking with plastic. I tell them it’s not their fault, but they will have to be the ones to clean it up,” Lamoreau said. Avoiding disposable plastic altogeth- er is now more important than ever, as recyclables are stacking up across Ore- gon. In the past, the state sent much of its recycled plastic and paper overseas. But China banned many such materials from being imported, starting Jan. 1, cit- ing contamination concerns. Karolle Hughes, left, and Lori McLaughlin stopped in for a Creekside Chat at Live Local Cafe on Jan. 17, to impart the game plan for the upcoming Silverton Homeless Connect, on Jan. 31, at Trinity Lutheran Church. JUSTIN MUCH/APPEAL TRIBUNE field trips, school programs and teacher and student appreciation functions. Event organizers welcome new spon- sors or supporters, and for a $250 a do- nor can sponsor and advertise at a given game or competition. Tickets are $30 per pair and $10 for additional kids if purchased by Feb. 7, and are available through Eventbrite.com. Tickets can be pur- chased at the door at $40 per pair and $15 per child. For information, call Bethanychar- terschoolboosters@gmail.com or call 503-991-0323, or look the school up on Facebook. Care Fair & taxes Silverton Senior Center Executive Di- rector Dodie Brockamp said the center is hosting two upcoming events that are open to the public: a resource fair and tax-preparation help. The Care Fare is described as a “re- source fair for making caring connec- tions” designed for caregivers and those in need of care. It is scheduled for 10 Only this month, a dozen Oregon re- cyclers received permission to send pa- per and plastic to landfills. At Butte Creek, students had an im- pressive recycling system in place be- fore they ever sought Green School sta- tus; now they are fine-tuning it and moving onto water and energy conver- sation, Bates said. Possible measures include installing sensor-controlled light switches and teaching conservation or even buying solar panels. “We are proud that the students and staff are focused on these efforts and that they want to educate themselves a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at the center, 115 Westfield St., Silverton. The idea is to make connections, share resources, information and edu- cational opportunities. There will be representatives from Northwest Senior and Disability Services along with a number of home health agencies, in- cluding ComForCare, Wellness at Home, New Horizons, First Call, Provi- dence Benedictine Home Health and Senior Helpers. The center is compiling a list of re- sources for referrals which will include certified and non-certified caregivers. The center will also have free, in-per- son tax preparation services available through AARP Foundation Tax Aid. The service is available to anyone, but is specially designed for ages 50 and older who cannot afford tax consultants. The sessions are walk-ins, no ap- pointment necessary, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, beginning Feb. 3 and run- ning through April 14. For information, contact the center at 503-873-3093 or staff@silvertonsenior- center.org. about being responsible consumers and recyclers,” said Asst. Supt. Dandy Ste- vens. 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