2A ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2019 ❚ APPEAL TRIBUNE
NEWS BRIEFS
Alpaca tourism takes
‘Top 100’
Alpacas, those long-
necked mammals resem-
bling small llamas, won
an Oregon tourism award
in a Portland publishing
company’s
business
contest last week.
The Alpacas at Mar-
quam Hill Ranch in Mol-
alla and their owners, Bill
and Jennifer Cameron,
won the No. 1 spot in the
fourth annual 100 Best
Fan-Favorite
Destina-
tions in Oregon.
MEDIAmerica, pub-
lisher of “Oregon Busi-
ness” magazine, selected
the married couple’s
business, part of Silver-
ton Chamber of Com-
merce, after scrutinizing
95,000 online reviews on
Google, Trip Advisor and
Yelp. Staff tallied travel-
ers’ overall satisfaction
and used these scores to
create the 100-winner
list, according to a news
release.
With the other win-
ners, Alpacas at Mar-
quam Hill will receive
statewide
promotion
from the publishing com-
pany in 2020.
Others in the top 10
were Douglas County
Museum in Roseburg, Tu
Tu’ Tun Lodge in Gold
Beach, Abbey Road Farm
in Carlton, Remote Out-
post RV and Cabins in
Remote, High Life Ad-
ventures in Warrenton,
Rogue Valley ZipLine Ad-
venture in Central Point,
FivePine Lodge in Sis-
ters, Powerland Heritage
Park in Brooks, and Cas-
cades Raptor Center in
Eugene.
Holiday
shopping
Obituaries
hours at Alpacas at Mar-
quam Hill Ranch are 8
a.m. to 4 p.m., closed
Christmas Day. Activ-
ities include selfies with
an alpaca and an activity
table set up with fiber or-
nament making. The
ranch features more than
80 alpacas, raised for
their wool-like fiber, used
for textiles.
Lunaria Gallery lights
up January
In January, Lunaria
Gallery will feature an
exhibition “Home is
Where the Heart is” in its
larger downstairs area
and “Inner Child” in the
smaller loft upstairs.
Customers can also meet
the artists during Silver-
ton’s First Friday cele-
bration on Jan. 3, from 7
to 9 p.m.
The gallery, located at
113 N. Water St., is open
daily, from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
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Donna Louise Douglass
SILVERTON - Donna
Louise Douglass, born
March 9, 1932 in Storm
Lake, Iowa, to Russell
Thomas and Olive Be-
atrice Mark. Donna went
home to be with her Lord
on December 12, 2019.
Donna lived for many
years in California, where
she and her late husband,
Rex Reid Douglass owned
and operated Tiffany’s Hallmark Store in Lake El-
sinore, CA. She enjoyed serving in Lioness, PEO,
Women’s Club and loved her Church, Canyon Lake
Community Church in Canyon Lake, CA.. When
Donna retired, she moved to Silverton, OR., to be
near her children. She became a member of the
First Baptist Church in Silverton. She loved her
six children, Merrilee Wahl, Salt Lake City, UT.,
Toni Weil, Castle Pines, CO., Craig (Lisa) Douglass,
Phoenix, AZ., Kim (Steve) McClure, Silverton, OR.,
Danakae Bonahoom, Redondo Beach, CA., and
Dale (Kim) Dennis, Lake Havasu, AZ., 16 grand-
children and 20 great grandchildren. Most of all,
in her later years, she loved her Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. She was looking forward to being
with Him and to re-uniting with all those who had
gone on before her. She will be missed as a loving
mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
Family services to be held, and she will be placed
at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.,
with her husband, Rex Douglass. Arrangements
are with Unger Funeral Chapel - Silverton. The
family wants to thank Salem Oncology staff for
all their tender loving care during their mothers
last days. She is dancing in heaven with Jesus- no
walker!
Donna Krug Ramseyer Liechty
SILVERTON - Donna,
age 96 died December 13
in Silverton Oregon. She
was born to Elsie and Al-
vin Krug on May 6, 1923
on the Krug family farm
on Silverton Rd, just as
her father was. She
graduated from Silver-
ton Union High School
in 1941. Donna married
David “Bud” Ramseyer
on March 19, 1944 and had four children: Kath-
ie Ramseyer Haddon (Richard), Richard “Dick”
Ramseyer (Linda), Robert “Bob” Ramseyer (Kar-
en), Kay Ramseyer Jury (Ken). Bud passed away
in April 1973. She married Howard B Liechty,
Bud’s childhood friend, on December 29, 1979
and welcomed Marsha Liechty Whetham (Dean)
to her family. She has 16 grandchildren, 21 great
grand children, and 2 great, great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her
brother (Dale Krug) and both of her husbands.
She grew up in the Silverton area and raised her
children in the Pratum area. She spent 2 years
in Anchorage, Alaska, while Bud worked a con-
struction job and 8 years in Manhattan Beach,
California after marrying Howard. They returned
to Silverton in the mid ‘80’s.
Donna graduated from Phagans Beauty School
with both a Beautician and Instructors License
and owned her own Beauty Shop at her home. She
was a lifetime member of the Methodist Church,
attending both the Silverton and Pratum Churches
and enjoyed roles in many areas of ministry. She
was involved in many service organizations but
her heart was always with the Silverton Hospital
Auxiliary where she was a chapter and a State
President with nearly 7,000 volunteer hours.
A viewing will be held Friday December 27,
2019 from 5-8 pm at Unger Funeral Chapel in
Silverton, Oregon. Private interment will be at
Mt. Hope Cemetery. Memorial Service will be at
Silverton Methodist Church December 28 at 2:00
pm, reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Silverton Hospital Auxuillary. Arrangements
are by Unger Funeral Chapel. Visit www.ungerfu-
neralchapel.com for condolences and guest book.
NORPAC
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Deal hinges on Quincy
sale
NORPAC
filed
for
bankruptcy protection in
August, citing $165 mil-
lion in debt to at least
5,000 creditors. It had a
deal in place to sell the
majority of assets to Ore-
gon Potato Company for
$155 million.
But Oregon Potato
Company withdrew its
offer in October and in
November submitted a
reduced offer to purchase
only NORPAC’s Quincy,
Wash., facility and the
goods it held for $93.5
million.
It seemed the Willam-
ette Valley processing fa-
cilities could close for
good in January if a buyer
didn’t materialize.
But on the day of the
Dec. 9 deadline for com-
peting offers, Idaho-
based Simplot Frozen
Vegetables submitted a
bid. The price on the
Washington plant rose as
the companies went back
and forth with rival bids.
After two days, judge
Peter McKittrick ap-
proved the Quincy sale to
Oregon Potato Company
for approximately $107
million on Dec. 11.
“The bankruptcy proc-
ess has worked in this
case given the fact that
we are now $13.5 million
higher in the purchase
price than we were when
this process started,”
McKittrick said.
If Oregon Potato Com-
pany’s deal isn’t complet-
ed by Dec. 20, the sale
price will go up $200,000
per day. If it is not com-
pleted by Jan. 15, Simplot
will be able to purchase
the Washington plant.
Simplot would not
Layoffs were announced this week at two facilities operated by NORPAC Foods
including the packing plant in Salem. DAVID DAVIS / STATESMAN JOURNAL
have been able to close a
proposed purchase until
Dec. 27, Simplot attorney
Douglas Pahl said, and
Kennedy said that extra
week would have cost be-
tween $1.5 million and $2
million.
The plan to reopen
Salem and Brooks
Lineage Logistics is a
cold storage warehouse
company based in Michi-
gan.
The company was
launched in 2012 when
Bay Grove Capital ac-
quired a cold storage
company and has rapidly
expanded to become one
of the largest refrigerated
warehousing companies
in the world.
It lists 169 cold storage
warehouses in the United
States – including loca-
tions in Washington cit-
ies Woodland, Kent and
Kennewick – and in
countries such as China,
the United Kingdom,
Vietnam, Belgium and
The Netherlands.
Lineage Logistics has
no other facilities in Ore-
gon, but already lists on
its website that it oper-
ates NORPAC’s cold stor-
age facilities in Salem and
Brooks.
Part of the deal Kenne-
dy laid out in court is if
Oregon Potato Company
purchases the Quincy fa-
cility, Lineage will pur-
chase the Salem, Brooks
and Stayton facilities –
along with some associ-
ated farmland near the
Brooks
and
Stayton
plants – for $49 million
and lease the facilities to
Oregon Potato Company.
Once the Quincy sale
is completed, VanLeuven
said, Oregon Potato Com-
pany will lease the Salem
and Brooks plants from
NORPAC while a sale is
consummated and reem-
ploy some workers who
have already been termi-
nated.
Kennedy said Simplot
had a similar intention
regarding the Brooks and
Salem plants, but wasn't
able to make the commit-
ment as soon as Oregon
Potato Company could.
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Stayton future
uncertain
Under the proposed
sale, the fate of NORPAC’s
original Stayton facility is
still unknown.
Since NORPAC an-
nounced in August it was
closing that plant, locals
held out hope something
would come along to save
the cities’ largest private
employer.
Though two closing
days have come and gone,
a skeleton crew still
works there.
“I’m like everyone else,
hoping for something and
anticipating something
will happen,” Stayton
Mayor Hank Porter said.
Generations of people
in Stayton have had some
association with NOR-
PAC.
When Porter and wife,
Sandy, moved to Stayton
in 1968 to teach, there was
a call for bean pickers at
what was then Stayton
Canning Company.
They both signed up
for the arduous task that
had to be done by hand.
“We picked beans all
day, all day, both of us. We
made $6,” Porter said.
“We said, ‘That’s it for
bean picking.’”
Still, two of their three
children had their first
jobs at NORPAC and
made their first steps to-
ward independence.
The closure of NOR-
PAC’s Stayton plant im-
pacts more than the 485
who were employed at
that facility – either full-
time or seasonal.
The closure will im-
pact the city of 8,245 and
the farming community
that surrounds it in ways
people haven’t figured
out yet.
“I think there’s trickle
down all through the
community,” said Brent
Stevenson, District Man-
ager for the Santiam Wa-
ter Control District. “A lot
of us, myself included,
aren’t sure about the
bankruptcy process and
how it moves forward.”
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