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mid-20s, when she packed her belong-
ings into a Volkswagen Rabbit and drove
across the country from her hometown
of Bloomington, Ind., to Fort Klamath, a
tiny town near Crater Lake.
She drove west, armed with a copy of
“The Mists of Avalon” on cassette tape
and a plan help care for her fiancé’s ail-
ing relative for a year.
“In Kansas, my car wouldn’t stay in
fourth gear anymore, so I tied the pas-
senger-side seatbelt around the gear-
shift,” she recalled, shaking her head.
That trip wasn’t Davis’ first adven-
ture either.
Growing up with two sisters and a
brother, she sought learning and new
experiences from early childhood. Al-
though neither of her parents went col-
lege, she and her siblings absorbed
much of the vibrant artistic culture Indi-
ana University brought to their home-
town.
After high school, Davis enrolled in
the university, moved onto campus and
reveled in her role as “ambassador” for
her home state, taking friends on trips
outside the city limits. She and her hus-
band still love the outdoors, regularly
taking camping trips in their Volks-
wagen Eurovan.
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"We consider any exposure to the dry
chemical ingredients as hazardous to
our health -- and it tastes nasty," Gram-
busch said.
The church contracted Summit
Cleaning and Restoration, whose work-
ers were wearing protective air masks
Wednesday as they labored inside and
out at the church. By midday, they had
piled up a mound of church carpeting
outside, one piece of the process in re-
storing the building back to a healthy
environment.
Damages to the building are estimat-
ed to be more than $50,000, according
to Jonathan Russell, assistant to the
president for multimedia communica-
tions for the Oregon Conference of Sev-
enth-day Adventists.
“It’s not good,” Church Pastor Jose
Series
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internationally about how to survive
trauma.
Much of her work has been with com-
munities after catastrophes such as
mass shootings and fatal storms, but
she’s also spoken to groups as diverse as
zookeepers, schoolteachers, pilots and
small-practice doctors, according to her
website.
She wrote her book and founded the
Trauma Stewardship Institute after she
herself suffered from what she wit-
nessed while working in a homeless
shelter, as a community organizer, and
with the survivors of child abuse, do-
mestic violence, sexual assault and nat-
ural disasters.
Ten years into her career, van Der-
noot Lipski said she experienced, “what
can best be described as a near-psy-
chotic break,” which she realized was a
result of “witnessing and being inti-
mately involved with trauma while lack-
ing insight into how to sustain (myself)
amidst such conditions.”
Out of that realization grew her re-
search into and theories about how to
keep trauma from leading to, among
other things, exhaustion, depleted mo-
A voracious reader who consumed
everything from classic literature to ex-
perimental works by authors such as
Anthony Burgess, Albert Camus and
Ken Kesey, Davis focused her attention
on the arts, graduating college with a
bachelor’s degree in studio art.
A trip to Budapest in 1987, before the
fall of communism in Eastern Europe,
captured her interest.
So, when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989,
she secured grant money to travel to
Europe and photograph the great old
cities of Iron Curtain countries as they
opened to the West.
Five years later, in 1995, she was tak-
ing a leap again, driving cross-country
to try life in Oregon.
In 1996, she landed her first job with
Klamath County Library, operating the
Story Van, where she visited 60 daycare
centers, many of them in-home, to pro-
vide free story times for kids. The li-
brary’s service area is 6,000 square
miles, it has 12 branches, and it current-
ly has 56 employees.
Davis moved on to operate the Klam-
ath County’s “honor shelves,” free ex-
changes in small communities and then
to manage branch staff. She promoted
to adult and reference services, became
supervising librarian and then a deputy
director.
She landed the library’s directorship
the same year she earned her master’s
degree in library science.
As director, she spearheaded a re-
model of Klamath’s South Suburban
Branch and added windows to the main
library’s second floor. She made sure
each branch received attention each
year, carefully saving and waiting for
the right time to do projects to avoid
debt, Johnston said.
Someone with mature fiscal planning
skills was important to the five board
members who hired Davis.
Library funding was in trouble when
Marlys (Swalboski) started,” said Board
President Wayne Suggs.
“Through careful planning and bud-
geting of funds over the years, she, in
working with board members, strength-
ened library funding and has put us in
an enviable position among other Ore-
gon libraries.”
Last year, the board selected Davis
from among 25 applicants – five of
whom interviewed in person – largely
because of her experience and tenure in
Klamath Falls.
They were also impressed by her
unique knowledge of Oregon law and
practice, Suggs said.
Now Davis is in “listen and observe
mode,” she said, absorbing the details of
Silver Falls’ operations. She’s delighted
the library has its own special taxing
district, governed by board members
with specific interest in library services.
In Klamath County, commissioners
were responsible for overseeing library
services in addition to other county
business.
She’s also pleased with the way Che-
meketa Cooperative Regional Library
Service connects and enriches libraries
in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties.
With a $1.2 million annual budget,
Silver Falls Library runs with a staff of 16
employees and a cadre of volunteers.
In 2017, 20 steady volunteers contrib-
uted 915 hours of labor to library ser-
vices, according to the State Library of
Oregon.
Now Davis said she’s mulling how
best to increase library programming
and visibility while continuing to offer
great service to dedicated patrons. The
tools she needs to get the job done – a
sound budget, trained staff and func-
tional facility – are all in place.
That’s a fact she remembers nearly
every time she sits down at her desk.
There in the corner, by her coffee maker
is a stick, a piece of wood probably left
over from construction. Covered in pen-
ciled measurements, it was used prop-
erly shelve books.
A phone call by Davis to the retired
director revealed why it’s still in the of-
fice.
Swalboski used it to give the over-
head light a good thump whenever it
started rattling, and, like so many other
things, she was good enough to leave it
behind for her successor.
Galvez said.
The pastor said church staff and
some parishioners discovered the mess
when they came into work Feb. 10. It
looked like a disaster area.
Galvez pointed to a window on the
backside of the building that had been
broken out, presumably to gain entry. In
addition to the hazardous fire extin-
guisher chemicals, he said the vandals
left graffiti, including lewd and anti-
Christian messages and a swastika.
"We're saddened that this would
happen in the Silverton community,”
said Dan Linrud, Oregon Conference
president.
“Yet we are thankful that the damage
wasn't worse. I'm amazed at how God
can use these difficult circumstances to
bring people closer together.
"We look forward, as part of the Sil-
verton community, to forging positive
relationships that are beneficial to all
who live in and love this community."
Galvez, who also serves as the pastor
of Stayton Seventh-day Adventist
Church, said his parishioners have had
to go elsewhere to worship while work at
the church takes place. There is no clear
estimate on when it will be finished.
Russell said the Silverton church cur-
rently has an attendance of around 70
people each weekend.
“Some (Silverton church members)
have gone to Stayton, and some have
gone to other churches in the area,” Gal-
vez said.
Randy Blom, a church deacon and se-
curity officer agreed.
"I feel a special bond because my par-
ents and our relatives helped build the
church. I’ve been going here since
1960s,” Blom said. "It’s sad that people
would come to my church to destroy it.
"But I’ve always believed: The church
isn’t bricks and mortar," he added. "The
church is the people. So we’ve been kind
of disbanded. I’ve been going to church
every Sabbath for years. Seeing those
people has been a constant for me. It’s
hard not to see them each week right
now.
"I hope this will make our church
family stronger as we get back together."
Galvez said churches in east Salem,
Keizer and other mid valley communi-
ties have reached out.
“All the other churches have been
very supportive, which is good because
we are a sisterhood,” he said, but
stressed that the Silverton members
want to be whole again soon."
“We are hoping that we can rent a
church somewhere,” he said. “Because
this (clean up) could be four weeks, six
weeks or eight weeks (from comple-
tion). We just don’t know how long the
work will take.
“This is where our church is, and it
would be good to have our group back
together.”
rale, addiction, cynicism, anger, guilt
and fear.
She told audiences at a TEDx Talk in
2015, “We remind ourselves, with every-
thing that is out of our control every sin-
gle day, one of the things that remains in
our control at any given time is your
ability to bring your exquisite quality of
presence to what you are doing and who
you are being.”
A Keizer Police Department school
resource officer (SRO) is the second
speaker, set to talk on Wednesday, Feb.
28, at 6:30 p.m. at Silverton Community
Center.
Sponsored by Silverton Together, his
talk is titled, “Youth and Technology:
Are Our Children at Risk?” It will show
parents some of the ways children and
teens are using social media, teach how
to better monitor and protect the tech-
savvy child, and explain parents’ legal
rights.
Silver Falls’ own Jennifer Hannan, di-
rector of teaching and learning, will give
the third lecture – on anxiety in school-
aged children – on Thursday, March 8,
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the high
school auditorium. A mother of four
children and educator with a master’s
degree in counseling, Hannan worked
as a school counselor, behavior special-
ist and principal before taking her cur-
rent administrative job. Her perspective
on student anxiety comes from her
practical experiences, she said.
Studies show that somewhere be-
tween 25 and 38 percent of school-aged
children nationwide have anxiety disor-
ders, Hannan said.
She’ll talk about the categories of
anxiety, what’s happening physiologi-
cally when someone’s experiencing an
anxiety cycle, and how to know when
normal anxiety rises to a level needing
intervention.
“Everyone has anxiety,” she said.
“But how do you know when you’re on
this level that’s abnormal, that you’re
looking at an anxiety disorder?”
Kristilyn Woolner, Willamette ESD
suicide prevention consultant, will be
the fourth and final presenter. The date
and time of her talk will be announced
later, district staff said.
Woolner trains staff members at
schools throughout Marion, Polk and
Yamhill counties. Earlier this year, she
was in Silverton, training staff in the
QPR – Question, Persuade, Respond –
approach to suicide prevention.
At her upcoming public talk, she’ll
teach those same techniques in a one-
to-two-hour session.
“QPR is a best-practice model, re-
search and evidence-based,” Woolner
said. “It teaches basic awareness … how
to recognize the signs that someone’s
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Books on anxiety
Recommended by presenter Jenni-
fer Hannan
For children:
“From Worrier to Warrior: A Guide to
Conquering Your Fears”
“What to do when you Worry Too
Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming
Anxiety”
For teens:
“My Anxious Mind: A Teen’s Guide to
Managing Anxiety and Panic”
For Parents:
“Growing Up Brave: Expert Strate-
gies for Helping Your Child Over-
come Fear, Stress, and Anxiety”
considering suicide, how to ask ques-
tions, and what to do.”
Those interested in more information
about Silverton’s four lectures can call
the district office at 503-873-5303 or log
on
to
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