2A ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 ❚ APPEAL TRIBUNE
BRIEFS
Small business relief
fund goes live
Silverton’s Small Busi-
ness Relief Fund is open
for applications from lo-
cal business owners.
The fund was started
by the Silverton Rotary
Club with a $10,000
matching challenge from
its foundation and in-
cludes a $15,000 contri-
bution from the City of
Silverton using Marion
County Prosperity Initia-
tive funds as well as con-
tributions from many in-
dividuals, organizations,
and businesses less im-
pacted by COVID-19.
The fund is for busi-
nesses occupying store-
fronts located in the city
or within a half-mile of
city limits.
Requests for grants
will be taken for Wave 1
through May 15, and, for
Wave 2, from May 16-29.
Businesses may apply
only once.
The awards committee
will review grants request
from Wave 1 while Wave 2
requests are being re-
ceived. The first awards
are anticipated to be re-
leased around May 20.
The program’s intent is
provide assistance to
struggling local business-
es for rents, utilities, pay-
roll, and, in general, in an
effort to survive until
state or federal support
can be achieved and/or
until businesses are able
to resume normal opera-
tions, committee mem-
bers said.
They expect to receive
more requests than funds
raised, so they suggested
business owners com-
plete the online request
form as soon as possible.
Applications are now
live
and
accessible
through the following
link:
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Parks
Continued from Page 1A
The quiet isn’t expect-
ed to last long.
The warmest weather
of the year should bring a
quick increase to the
number of people head-
ing onto the water as
word of the reopening
spreads. That will mean
fishing, powerboats and
recreational boats all
cramming onto what is,
for now, just one boat
ramp accessing the lake.
That’s
challenging
even in a normal year,
said Detroit Lake State
Park manager Bob Rea,
but at a time when social
distancing is critical to
keep the ramp open,
they’ll be extra vigilant.
Park rangers will direct
traffic to ensure cars and
boats are giving each oth-
er enough space, and
once the 100 to 120 park-
ing spaces are filled, no-
body else will be allowed
in.
That could happen by
10 a.m. or even earlier, es-
pecially on the weekend.
“We’re not going to let
people in unless there’s a
parking stall available,”
Rea said. “Even on a nor-
mal weekend with nice
weather, we usually fill up
by 10 a.m. And they’re not
going to let people start
lining up down the road.”
In addition, if people
aren’t practicing social
distancing — or are get-
ting too crammed togeth-
er — Rea said they might
close down two of the
four boat ramps at Mon-
gold, which would slow
things down even more.
“Be nice,” Rea said.
“It’s going to be busy and
everybody is going to
want to get on the lake. If
social distancing be-
comes an issue, we might
have to close some of the
ramps. I hope people take
it upon themselves, but if
it becomes an issue, we’ll
have to do something.”
Indeed, Oregon Parks
and Recreation Depart-
ment director Chris Havel
said Wednesday that if
things get crammed and
people are too close to-
gether, hey won’t hesitate
to shut the parks or boat
ramp back down again.
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Walkers maintain their social distance from a passing biker at Willamette Mission State Park on Wednesday.
MADELEINE COOK/STATESMAN JOURNAL
City of Detroit
prepares for another
challenging,
interesting season
The town of Detroit is
no stranger to adversity.
Wildfires, toxic algae
and low water in the res-
ervoir have all conspired
to make running a busi-
ness in the tourist-de-
pendent town a major
challenge.
Now comes COVID-19,
which has limited travel
and is likely to keep
campgrounds closed into
at least part of the sum-
mer.
“The stay at home or-
der has been devastating
to businesses in Detroit,”
said Dean O’Donnell,
owner of Mountain High
Grocery and president of
the Detroit Lake Area
Recreational
Business
Association.
O’Donnell said hotels
have been able to reopen
and plenty of RVs are set-
ting up for the summer.
But the if the camp-
grounds stay closed,
business will suffer.
“We’re excited that
Mongold is opening and
we’re looking forward to
the state parks opening
as soon as possible,” he
said.
Elaine DeGeorge, own-
er of The Lodge at Detroit
Lake, said she’s been able
to stay open with a skele-
ton crew and thinks De-
troit will make the perfect
escape after COVID-19
limitations.
“It’s a great hideaway
where you can get into
the mountains and get far
away from the people and
the chaos in the city,” De-
George said.
In fact, her biggest
concern might have been
about the lake’s water
level, which is about 20
feet below full pool and
could make life tough for
marinas and additional
boat access.
The U.S. Army Corps
Jaine Blount walks her dog at the Willamette Mission State Park on Wednesday.
MADELEINE COOK/STATESMAN JOURNAL
of Engineers said lack of
rain has made it unlikely
the reservoir will reach
full pool this summer, but
there is rain in the fore-
cast and a chance the lake
at least reaches a level
that will support recrea-
tion.
“We’ve
made
it
through a lot up here,”
DeGeorge said. “And I’m
always in for whatever
the challenge.”
Willamette Mission
State Park reopens
north of Keizer
Another state park
that reopened Wednes-
day near Salem was Wil-
lamette Mission State
Park
The park was fairly
quiet.
“The news just came
out yesterday, so I don’t
think it’s hit a lot of folks,”
said Sarah Steele the Dis-
trict Manager for the Wil-
lamette Valley Region of
Oregon’s state parks.
All trails are open at
the park, but only a few
bathrooms are open due
to staffing shortages,
Steele said. Camping at
the park remains closed.
On Wednesday, Laurie
Ashworth and Roger
Lowe walked their dogs,
Acorn and Ivy.
“We’re in heaven.
We’ve been patiently
waiting for this,” said
Ashworth. “Today we’re
bird-watching, exercising
the dogs, walking. We’re
enjoying everything we
can.”
Steele said reopening
is a process.
“Overarching, our goal
is to open up as much as
possible and as soon as
possible. But it depends,
on the community -- are
they ready? The stake-
holders -- are they ready?
Are we in fact ready? We
have limited staffing...
Next week, we should see
more things open. We’re
still determining the rest.
Camping will come much
later.”
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors reporter,
photographer
and
videographer in Oregon
for 12 years. Urness can be
reached
at
zur-
ness@StatesmanJour-
nal.com or (503) 399-
6801. Find him on Twitter
at @ZachsORoutdoors.