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2B ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 ❚ APPEAL TRIBUNE Giants Continued from Page 1B "I've been coming to the Valley of the Giants since I was her age," said Broadus, pointing to his daughter. "It's really cool to see how the forest looked before they start- ed logging — to see the size of the trees before they all got cut." Look into Oregon his- tory, and there's no short- age of timber downs dot- ting the state in the early 1900s. Loggers and their families lived, worked and got married in towns owned by the timber company. Some of the towns, like Valsetz, even had a school, restaurants and bowling ally deep in the Oregon forest. But Valsetz had some- thing more — a newspa- per run by an 11-year-old girl named Dorthy Anne Hobson. She published the Valsetz Star, and it put the town on the map. The paper had a quirky tone — that of a preco- cious girl growing up in a timber town. It was sent out each month to a pret- ty amazing list of sub- scribers, including Frank- lin and Eleanor Roose- velt, Herbert Hoover and even Shirley Temple. It was read on-air at radio stations across the coun- try. It was a national sto- ry, about this tiny town tucked into the misty mountains of Oregon's Coast Range. The town lasted a long time — more than 64 years — before folding for good in 1984. A 1.6 mile trail leads through the Valley of the Giants. ZACH URNESS/STATESMAN JOURNAL Salem barber, and World War II vet saves the Giants The location of Valsetz raises an interesting question. In an area known for logging, how, exactly, did the Valley of the Giants remain intact? The answer actually lies with a longtime resi- dent of Salem. Maynard Drawson, a veteran of World War II and a barber by trade, first visited the Valley of the Giants in 1974. He was NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Review Body: Planning Commission Hearing Date & Time: June 9, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Hearing Location: Teleconference meeting via Zoom with a telephone call in number. Due to Executive Orders 20-25 and 20-16, the Planning Commission shall hold public hearings by tele- phone, video, or through some other electronic or virtual means, whenever possible. The in- structions to listen to or virtually attend the meeting will be included in the Planning Com- mission meeting agenda which will be posted on the City’s website and outside of City Hall, 306 S Water Street, on June 2, 2020. This will include a hyperlink to the meeting and a call in number to participate by telephone. Agenda Item #1: File Number VR-20-02. The property owner intends to convert an existing accessory structure to an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) with a variance to the rear yard set- back to allow a 14’ setback for an ADU where 20’ is the minimum for an ADU at 507 Norway Street. Located on the western side Norway Street between Liberty Street and Bartlett Street; Marion County Assessor’s Map 061W26CD Tax Lot 03900. The application will be reviewed following the criteria found in Sil- verton Development Code section 5.1.700. Agenda Item #2: File Number CP-20-01. Hold a public hearing and consider a recommendation to forward to City Council on a Housing Needs Analysis and Housing Strategy as a support document to the Silverton Comprehensive Plan. The application will be reviewed following the criteria found in Silverton Development Code section 4.12.400. Failure of an issue to be raised in a hearing, in person or by letter, or failure to provide enough detail to afford the decision maker an opportu- nity to respond precludes appeal to LUBA based on that issue. Additional information and/or re- view of this application, including all documents and evidence submitted, may be obtained at Sil- verton City Hall, 306 South Water Street by tele- phoning Jason Gottgetreu at (503) 874-2212. Copies of the staff report will be available seven (7) days prior to the public hearing and are available for review at no cost at City Hall by appointment, a copy can be provided on request at a reasonable cost. Silverton Appeal May 27, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE CORRECTION The date of the Budget meeting has changed. The Budget Meeting will be JUNE 2, 2020 AT 7:00 PM not June 3rd as previously stat- ed on May 20, 2020. May 27, 2020 Silverton Appeal struck by the gigantic trees and horrified by the reality that they would eventually be cut. Drawson led the charge to preserve the trees, eventually wearing down the Bureau of Land Management, and getting them to protect the Gi- ants within a 51-acre Out- standing Natural Area, now free from the axe. "Maynard organized more field trips, gave lec- tures, and made TV and radio appearances talk- ing about the Valley of the Giants," wrote Madeline MacGregor for Oregon Travel Experience. "May- nard was instrumental in helping to save some of Oregon’s most important trees." Drawson would even- tually help launch the Oregon Heritage Tree Program and after his death in 2012, an Oregon white oak was planted in his honor on the grounds of the Oregon Depart- ment of Forestry. Today the Giants are recognized for the rich collection of wildlife they support. Oregon State University conducts re- search here on a regular basis. "That the trees are still here is I think the best memorial to Maynard," said his son, Mark. "That's the thing he would have been happi- est about, that another generation of kids could see these trees." On the misty morning that I visited, with Broa- dus and his daughter walking among the gi- ants, Drawson's dream was being fulfilled. "It's definitely cool to be showing her a place I visited at the same age," he said. "Hopefully, when she's old enough to re- member, she'll have the chance to come back here, too." Journey and destination A trip to the Valley of the Giants is best viewed as two different adven- tures: the journey and destination. Because the drive re- quires four and a half hours round-trip from Salem, it makes sense to enjoy the sites along the way. The trip begins in ear- nest from the town of Falls City. A paved road soon turns to gravel and you're off into the moun- tains, passing large clear- cuts on private timber land that gives you a sense of just how lucky the Giants were to es- cape. A locked gate marks the former site of Valsetz, but there isn't much to see here beyond a filled- in lakebed that's become a marsh between the mountains. The route becomes most scenic, and most confusing, beyond Val- setz. Numerous road junc- tions make you glad to have the BLM map and directions, while the blueish-green color of the upper forks of the Siletz River and numerous wa- terfalls provide scenic en- couragement. Finally, on the trail — though not for long At long last, the Valley of the Giants Trailhead arrives on the right, marked by a sign and parking area, and the easy 1.6-mile trail begins. A footbridge across the river is gateway into the Valley of the Giants prop- er, a place where trees sprout like skyscrapers and threatened marbled murrelets roost in June. The forest here gets more than 200 inches of Massive trees dwarf people in the Valley of the Giants. ZACH URNESS/STATESMAN JOURNAL rain each year, and it shows. Moss, lichen and mushrooms carpet mas- sive lumps of fallen trees, which stretch across the ground the size of bridges. It would be easy to spend an eternity in these woods, inspecting every plant and flower. But the long drive home awaits, and woe to the person who traverses those roads in darkness. And so you head back up the trail, afternoon sunlight streaming in through the trees and find yourself once again transforming into a 6- year-old child, only this time with a different la- ment: "I don't want to go home ..." Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter, photographer and videographer in Oregon for 12 years. Urness is the DOWNLOAD OUR FREE APPS NOW StatesmanJournal.com/NewApps Simple Cremation $795 Simple Direct Burial $995 Church Funeral $2965 PUBLIC POLICY NOTICES Public Notices are published by the Statesman Journal and available online at w w w .S ta te s m a n J o u r n a l.c o m . The Statesman Journal lobby is open Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can reach them by phone at 503-399-6789. 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In reality, everything is probably fine; it’s just a case of corona para- noia, call it coronanoia. There’s a lot of that going around of late. And admittedly the flicker nest is becoming something of a neigh- borhood conversation piece. Lucky us. Ah, nature! Quote of the week: Politicians and lawyers don’t fish seem to me to be a tragic waste of ex- perienced, highly quali- fied liars - Henry You can contact me via email at HenryMil- lerSJ@gmail.com