Silverton Seedy Saturday

Saturday, March 9, 2013 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free for Everyone to Attend!

“Seedy Saturday” is an event where people get together to swap garden seeds, especially heirloom varieties, or varieties that have been in the family for generations. But the event is so much more! The event is free and everyone interested in gardening is welcome to attend. A few of whats on tap:

• Free Garden Seeds. Bring some to trade too (Not required)
• Master Gardeners to answer your gardening questions
• Demonstrations on Using Worms for Composting
• The buzz from Marion County Beekeepers Association
• Grab a couple free seed catalogs to browse
• Nutritionist discussing fresh vegetable meals
• Learn about gardening with water conservation in mind
• And so much more…

Come browse the Seed Catalog table, talk to Marion Country Master Gardeners, learn about Worm Compost, learn about Water Conservation at your home, find out what your local Grange is all about, get some gardening seeds at the Seed Swap Table (and if you have any Open Pollinated or family heirloom flowers/veggie varieties, bring them in). Not sure what to do with all the produce from your garden? Visit our Nutrition & Recipe Table. Learn how to put up garden vegetables/canning/dehydrating. Meet the fine folk from the Salem Rose Society. Interested in Hydroponics? This is the place to be on Saturday. Meet your Willamette Valley Beekeepers. And if you are hungry, there is some great food at the “Seedy Cafe,” including the legendary toasted “Gruffins.”  Hope to see you there! Click Here to download an Adobe Acrobat version of the Seedy Flier.

The Silverton Grange Hall is located at 201 Division Street, Silverton. From Main & Water downtown, head south 1.7 miles on Water Street towards Silver Falls State Park, and turn left on Division Street. There is a large State Highway sign for the Grange Hall on the corner.

MLK Day Celebration & Potluck

Dr. M.L. King

Monday, January 21, 2013 at the Silverton Grange Hall. Doors open at 6:00 pm for a Social Hour, program at 7:00 pm.

Join the Silverton Grange, Silverton People For Peace and HandsOn Willamette as we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, for our Tenth Annual MLK Day Celebration, an evening of Remembrance, Poetry, Song and Potluck. Free for all, and all are welcome!

Starting with just a few volunteers in 2003, The Silverton People For Peace initiated this January tradition of honoring Dr. King as a way to highlight his powerful messages and the examples he left for us to follow. After several years, The Silverton Grange decided to partner with us, and to provide us with a regular venue.

Past celebrations have included relevant film showings, poetry and select readings from Dr. King and others involved in the social justice movement. We are proud to continue this tradition into a new decade, and invite one and all to join us in celebrating the life and times of one of this country and this planet’s most endearing citizens.

Our Work is Not Over

“When so many of our nation’s schools are failing, especially those in our poorest rural and urban communities, denying millions of young Americans the chance to fulfill their potential and live out their dreams, we have more work to do.

“When CEOs are making more in ten minutes than the average worker earns in a year, and millions of families lose their homes due to unscrupulous lending, checked neither by a sense of corporate ethics or a vigilant government; when the dream of entering the middle class and staying there is fading for young people in our community, we have more work to do.

“When any human being is denied a life of dignity and respect, no matter whether they live in Anacostia or Appalachia or a village in Africa; when people are trapped in extreme poverty we know how to curb or suffering from diseases we know how to prevent; when they’re going without the medicines that they so desperately need – we have more work to do.”

Click Here to download an Adobe Acrobat file of our flier.

Old Fashioned Country Breakfast

Join us on Saturday, October 6 from 8:30 to 11:30 at the Silverton Grange for the first of our quarterly Old Fashioned Country Breakfasts! A great time to fill up on a nutritious morning meal with all the trimmings! $7:00 suggested donation.

Menu:
• Fresh-Ground Coffee
• Johna’s  Tea
• Apple Juice
• Pancakes, (Buttermilk, Buckwheat and Gluten-Free)
• Scrambled Eggs
• Homemade local Sausage, Veggie Sausage

Pancake Toppings:
• Apple Compote
• Plum Jelly
• Black Berries
• Maple Syrup
• Cherry Sauce
• Butter
• Vegan Margarine

The Silverton Grange Hall is located at 201 Division Street, Silverton. From Main & Water downtown, head south 1.7 miles on Water Street towards Silver Falls State Park, and turn left on Division Street. There is a large State Highway sign for the Grange Hall on the corner.

America Values … Hometown Roots: Founded in 1867, the Grange is the nation’s oldest farm organization and supports sustainable communities, local agriculture, and education.

Grange to Host Historical Society

The Silverton Country Historical Society will be holding its annual meeting at the Silverton Grange, on Saturday, January 21, from 2 to 4 pm. The presentation will be by Gus Frederick, and reprises his talk “The History and Future of the Grange in Transition,” about how the Grange movement started, both nationally and here in Oregon, and how it has remained an active part of rural communities to this day.

Additionally, Frederick will be show the recently restored 1927 movie, “Vocational Agriculture as Taught at Silverton High School,” by Silverton High Ag Teacher and filmmaker Warren E. Crabtree. All are welcome to attend! The agenda also includes election of officers, museum updates and business report, after the presentation. The SCHS will provide refreshments.

The Silverton Grange Hall is located at 201 Division Street, Silverton. From Main & Water downtown, head south 1.7 miles on Water Street towards Silver Falls State Park, and turn left on Division Street. There is a large State Highway sign for the Grange Hall on the corner.

Grange to Host 1929 VocAg Film

Silverton High School, 1929

As part of the Silverton Grange’s monthly lecture series, we start off each of our meetings with a Potluck Dinner Program. For the Sunday, December 4, 2011 meeting, we will feature a presentation on the Silverton High School Vocational Agriculture program from the 1920s, featuring a showing of the recently digitally restored movie by SHS VocAg teacher, Warren Crabtree.

This 24 minute film was originally shot between 1927 and 1929 by Mr. Crabtree to highlight Silverton High School’s Smith-Hughes Vocational Agriculture Program, a Federally funded project designed to instruct rural students in the latest modern agricultural techniques. Crabtree, an amateur filmmaker and photographer, documented his Students progress, with this film and an extensive scrapbook of photos and clippings.

The original footage was shot of 16mm Black and White film, with prints made from it. The reels were provided by Mr. Crabtree’s daughter, Doris, who still lives in Silverton. An earlier analog transfer was created in the early 1980s as part of the Silverton Cable TV Show, “Under the Oak.” The new digital transfer, by Pacific Imaging of Amity, is much crisper, with a vast improvement in image quality.

Additionally, several of the still images that Crabtree filmed as part of the production, were in his scrapbook.  These were scanned and included to replace the 16mm static shots. Doris Crabtree donated her father’s scrapbook to the Silverton Country Museum, which formed the basis for the information in the presentation. The original scrapbook can be viewed at the museum by special arrangement. The original movie was silent, so a supplemental sound track of period popular music was added.

Doors Open at 5:00 – Presentation at 5:30 – Business Meeting to Follow

The Silverton Grange Hall is located at 201 Division Street, Silverton. From Main & Water downtown, head south 1.7 miles on Water Street towards Silver Falls State Park, and turn left on Division Street. There is a large State Highway sign for the Grange Hall on the corner.

Thank You!

The members of the Silverton Grange would like to extend a warm thank you to all those folks who helped make our Fifty Mile Breakfast a success, either by attending, buying a raffle ticket or by providing materials for us to serve.

We would especially like to thank our sponsors, whose donations made the breakfast and raffle basket possible. Between the breakfast itself and the Raffle Basket, we are now well on our way to getting our community kitchen upgrade plans. And Mayor Rasmussen’s last-minute $200.00 donation from the Mayor’s Ball was likewise greatly appreciated!

Sherry Pollock
President Silverton Grange

100-Mile Breakfast Shrinks…

Once again, the Silverton Grange is hosting our “localvore” Breakfast on Saturday, August 28, 2010, from 8 am to 11 am at the Silverton Grange Hall. Originally our breakfast featured foods made from scratch with ingredients grown or produced within 100 miles of Silverton.

This year we have decided to shrink our reach and to focus on those items within a 50 mile radius. The event is intended to encourage people to consume foods from their local area. There is a $7 suggested donation. Everyone is welcome.

The menu will include buckwheat pancakes, SortaSausage®, vegetable frittata, fresh fruit, fruit compotes, sausage, and  beverages.

“Within even 50 miles of Silverton is a cornucopia of vegetables, fruits, nuts, meats, grains, and seafood,” explains April Brenden-Locke, Silverton Grange member. “We want to provide a delicious meal to community members showcasing the incredible foods we have available in our local area.”

Information and resources will be available at the event to show people the benefits of eating local food and where they can buy local products.

“Produce travels an average of 1,500 miles before it reaches our supermarkets,” says Brenden-Locke. “Buying more local food decreases our dependency on foreign oil and supports local family farms.”

Founded in 1867, the Grange is the nation’s oldest farm organization and supports sustainable communities, local agriculture, and education. “The Silverton Grange is bringing these ideals into the 21st century by being relevant to today’s families and today’s issues. We believe local farmers and food producers are critical to that goal,” says Brenden-Locke.