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2E StatesmanJournal.com love With that statement, Silverton astor Steve Knox described in the church newsletter his appreciation for this time of year. He is at the Silverton First Christian Church. On a recent day, he stepped out the church door and saw a fluffy dog in the sky, cloud that looked like a plump poodle. Someone walking by aid, lived all over the country, and no other place has clouds like Knox also could see a nearby gentle shower of rain that block his view of an orange sunset. He waited a bit for the rain to slacken before his alk home.

With flashing lighting accompanied by distant rolls of thunder, he said, seemed to be the only ne in Silverton foolish enough to be walking in After watching one three-fingered lighting trike in a field right in front of him, he quickened his normal medium-slow walk pace to hurry home. love he said. summer is spent, the ground hard and dry, nice to welcome the rain back into the valley. Crisp air, the roar of football games, fishing and hunting, and the col- ors of At church, he delights in the feeling of more people, the noise of children at their special time and song of hitting the stained glass windows during a quiet communion time. So, welcome back fall season.

Glad you are the pastor concluded. Pastors conference Tuesday in Turner Aconference for pastors and ministerial staff with the theme Whom the Church Bells will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Oreg on Christian Convention grounds southeast of Turner.

Speakers will be Rick Stedman, pastor, author and philosopher, and Ben Bryson of Court Street Christian Church in Salem. tedman founded and led the Roseville, California, Adventure Christian Church for 20 years while it grew to 5,000. he conference costs $25 or $15 for college students, including a barbecue lunch. Registration may be made at regonchristianconvention.orgor by calling 503743-2101. Hank Arends is a retired events writer for the Statesman Journal who writes a weekly column on religion.

He may be reached at 503-9309653. Welcome back fall changes MID-VALLEY RELIGION HANK ARENDS TODAY Messy Church: Monthly inclusive and interactive family worship experience, 4 to 6 p.m., Keizer Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 7 920 Wheatland Road Keizer. Free 503-393-2402, Facebook.com/MessyChurchSalemKeizer. and Christianity in Bible Lecturer Tim Roosenberg explains how the conflict between radical Islamic terrorists and many nations of the world today is actually explained in Bible prophecy, 7:15 p.m., Salem Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1330 Summer St. NE.

Free 503-949-3918. WEDNESDAY Climate Change: Hope and Action: Community discussion bringing ocal residents, subject matter experts and concerned citizens together to learn about climate change, how the country and planet are preparing and responding, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Stayton United Methodist Church, 1450 Fern Ridge Road, Stayton. 503-769-5700. THURSDAY-SATURDAY Fall Rummage Sale: Raising money for church activities and community organizations by offering a wide selection of quality erchandise at reasonable prices, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, St. Episcopal Church, Steinberg Hall, 1444 Liberty St. SE. 503-362-3661.

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Heritage Oregon Faith As the South Block residential complex transforms the southern edge of downtown Salem, it rises from the ruins one of major industries of the 2 0th century. he site was home to the Oregon Pulp a nd Paper Company and later Boise from 1919 until 2007. It previously was home to the Salem Flouring Mills. Plans for the $800,000 mill were announced in June 1919. The paper mill was to consist of a two-story main building, a sulphite building and a boiler house.

The location was well suited for a mill, according to Joseph Kaster, superintendent of the new mill. notes right at the door of the mill there is railway facil- i ties, connecting with both railroads, rive transportation and then the closeness the supply of lumber, all of which akes the location an ideal one for the paper mill turning out only high-grade the Oregon Statesman reported June 10, 1919. The mill was constructed to produce 500 tons of each month, the Capital Journal said Nov. 8, 1919. Atest run of producing paper at the plant happened Sept.

10, 1920. The first car of paper was shipped from the plant Oct. 1, 1920. The Oregon Statesman and Capital Journal printed its editions on the first paper produced at the plant after it officially opened for business. By the end of the decade, the mill was producing more than 220,000 pounds of paper per day, up from 170,000 pounds in 1927, the Oregon Statesman reported on Sept.

29, 1929. The plant took up one-third of the electricity used at peak times in Salem and about three times as much water, as much as 6,500,000 gallons per day in he summer months, as the rest of the city combined. According to a Jan. 28, 1949, Capital Journal story, the mill and its associated umber division employed the most peo- le in Salem outside of government work. he plant specifically had 600 workers.

It contained four papermaking machines, which produced 34,000 tons of paper, the Capital Journal said. The paper was shipped as far east as Chicago and in- ernationally to Mexico, South America, A sia and Africa. Production required 6 ,900 cords of pulp wood each month. The mill was a big paper producer as well as a big polluter. During the 1950s, state officials forced Oregon Pulp and aper to cut emissions as well as industri- a waste discharges into the Willamette iver.

The process continued in the 1970s, under the ownership of Boise Cascade, which purchased Oregon Pulp and Paper in April 1962. rom 1969-73, the company spent $10 million to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from the plant, Boise Cascade claimed in an April 9, 1974, ad in the Oreg on Statesman. Other pollution controls ere added in 1975. here also were issues between the company and labor beginning in 1969, leading to strikes and shutdowns. There were multiple strikes in the 1970s; a 1975 trike by 450 workers, nearly four-fifths of the work force, lasted nearly one month, according to a July 9, 1978, Oregon Statesman story.

he pulp mill closed in June 1982, and 3 41workers lost their jobs. At the time of he closure, the plant had the fifth-highest private payroll in Marion County. Although the plant was among the finest on the West Coast when it was cons tructed, by the 1980s, the plant was anti- quated and uneconomical to operate, according to company officials. Labor and aw material costs were higher in Salem than the South. The recession at the time also complicated matters, the Statesman Journal reported June 3, 1982.

oise Cascade continued to use the roperty for paper production until 2007, hen company officials decided to close the plant. The closure marked the end of an era along riverfront. Other industrial uses nearby ended earlier: The Oregon Pulp and Spaulding saw- ill closed in 1955, and Boise ardboard container plant moved to Fair- iew Industrial Park in 1984. The cardboard plant and associated buildings were demolished shortly thereafter, part of the plans to develop what eventually ould become Riverfront Park. A ndy Zimmerman is a former States- an Journal copy editor who writes a column about local history twice per month.

You can contact him with comments or suggestions for future stories at SJTime Paper mill a part of downtown history ANDY ZIMMERMAN SPECIAL TO THE ST A TESMAN JOURNAL P2012.049.0115/WILLAMETTE HERITAGE CENTER The Oregon Pulp and Paper mill is seen along the Willamette River in 1949. ANNA JOURNAL South Block Apartments now sit on the former Boise Cascade site in downtown Salem. What should the Time Capsule find next? Do you know of an iconic Salem event, ocation or business that has been lost to history and should be remembered? Send suggestions to.