THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 21
January 2020
Sunshine Service
By JOAN VEDDER
Volunteers needed in
the new year
Happy New
Year! ( or al-
most?) I’m writ-
ing this on Dec.
10. and and I
hope I made it to
the “new” year.
VEDDER At the moment
I’m down for the
count with some
sort of bug. Same old, same old...
cough, sore ears, sore throat, laryn-
gitis, etc. Those of you who know
me, probably can’t imagine ME with
laryngitis? Ha, ha. It’s mighty quiet
at our house this week.
I’m putting out the Clarion Call for
a few new volunteers to help the Sun-
shine Service. You do NOT have to an-
swer a call if it’s bad timing for you.
You ARE allowed to travel if you de-
sire! I try to keep a list of about 15
helpers who, for the most part, are
available to help local residents obtain
medical items from our giant cup-
board. This WILL involve stairs down
to the basement so please don’t apply
if that is too much for you. The CCC
has promised us either an elevator or
a main floor storage area once the
new Annex is built next year, so that
will be a Godsend for both volunteer
and client.
This is such a rewarding service in
Charbonneau and I guarantee you’ll
feel appreciated! As I’ve stated earli-
er this year, as many times as I have
helped others, I never thought we’d
need so much help ourselves. It’s been
a long nine months for my husband
and I. We cherish the simple necessity
of walkers, wheelchairs, shower
benches, bed rails, etc., and it has
made for a good quality of life, in gen-
eral, for our household. Sunshine Ser-
vice offers the same comforts to ALL
of you, as well.
Incidentally, said husband just had
his 90th birthday in late November!
That was our 2019 goal and we made it.
Please give me a call if you feel
you’d like to join our volunteer group
at 503-694-5637. Let’s talk!
I wish all of you a wonderful year
ahead, filled with good health and
much happiness.
CHESS FUNDRAISER
BENEFITS FRIENDS OF
FRENCH PRAIRIE
By WAYNE RICHARDS
O
n Jan. 29 we’re having a
fundraiser for Friends of
French Prairie and their
fight to protect our farm-
land and our quality of life in and
around Charbonneau.
We are having an evening of chess
starting at 6:30 p.m. in the dining room
of the Charbonneau Country Club. Ev-
ery dime goes to support Friends of
French Prairie.
Here is how it works:
You will have a chance to play highly
ranked International Chess Federation
player and winner of many Oregon
Chess Championships, Nick Raptis. He
will also do a presentation on how to be
a better player. If you want to actually
play Nick it’s a $50 donation. He will play
up to 20 people all at once! Amazing!
If you would like to watch, the dona-
tion for those tickets will be $20. We’ll
show the games on a big screen TV for
those attending. You’ll be able to see
what Nick is talking about during his
presentation portion on the screen too.
Wine will be available. We’ll have a
wonderful auction afterward hosted
by Greg Leo with fabulous items.
This is a very necessary and impor-
tant cause. Let’s have some fun.
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Fire
marshal:
Sprinklers
can make
difference
Two apartment
buildings that
burned recently
didn’t have systems
By COREY BUCHANAN
The Spokesman
Two Wilsonville apart-
ment buildings that went
ablaze in the span of nine
days this month had one
key feature in common: nei-
ther had fire sprinkler sys-
tems.
The two fires ignited at
apartment complexes in Wil-
sonville destroyed two units
and damaged a few others. In
total, about a couple dozen
people were forced to flee
their homes because of the
fires.
According to Tualatin Val-
ley Fire and Rescue Fire Mar-
shal Steve Forster, a working
sprinkler system can make a
big difference.
“Where we do have a sprin-
kler system, for the most part,
we see considerably less both
fire damage and water dam-
age,” Forster said. “Generally
speaking, the sprinkler sys-
tem suppresses or fully extin-
guishes the fire.”
In 1997, the Oregon Build-
ing Codes Division mandated
that developers implement
fire sprinkler systems, which
emit water onto the source of
a blaze in the interior of a
home, when constructing
apartment buildings.
However, the two apart-
ments that sufffered fires in
Wilsonville — Bridge Creek
Apartments on Southwest
Rose Lane and Boulder Creek
Apartments on Southwest
Ashland Drive — were built in
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The Summers family poses in front of their home on Southwest Orchard Drive in Wilsonville. Pictured from left; Maverick, 13, eighth grader at Wood Middle School; Leia, 8, third
grader at Boones Ferry Primary; Jeremy, father; and Skyla, 16, junior at Wilsonville High School.
HALLOWEEN T
By COREY BUCHANAN
The Spokesman
Holiday inspires Morey’s Landing family
members to transform their home
IF YOU GO
hroughout October — when it is covered with
tombstones, skulls, pumpkins, spiders and webs
— Jeremy and Michelle Summers’ home in the
Morey’s Landing neighborhood of Wilsonville
transforms from an unassuming single-family residence
into a menacing spectacle.
Then, when the sun goes down on Halloween night, a
UFO enters the equation and music blares — it’s one of the
spookiest parties in town.
“The house is alive on Halloween night,” Jeremy said.
“And you can see it on the faces of everybody that comes up
to this house.”
The Summers’ home is known around the neighborhood
as the “Halloween House” because they pull out all the
stops to make it a fun occasion for the youth of Wilsonville
and their parents.
“We start hearing the hooting and hollering of the cars
passing by because Halloween is coming. Our house kind of
brings the ‘Oh, Halloween is here.’ That’s kind of neat,” Jer-
From empty nest
to full dog bed
By COREY BUCHANAN
The Spokesman
PMG PHOTOS: COREY BUCHANAN
Greg finds Sylvia at a park and takes her home, which creates problems in his relationship with Kate.
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As a newfound empty nester,
WilsonvilleSTAGE Director Aar-
on Morrow can relate to the prob-
lems the characters in the upcom-
ing production of “Sylvia” face as
they transition to a new phase in
their life.
Morrow hopes audiences will find
their own connections — and maybe
laugh a little as well.
“They’ll laugh a lot and maybe cry
a little, but they’ll walk away feeling
like they have gone through a story
they find entertaining and compel-
ling,” Morrow said.
After tackling a bombastic farce of
Shakespearean proportions earlier
this year, the Wilsonville theater
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WHEN:
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WHERE: 30597
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Wilsonville
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Theater troupe
to perform ‘Sylvia,’
a romantic
comedy
company is venturing into another
comedic genre for its upcoming show
— romantic comedy.
Performances will take place at
7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. Oct. 26 at Charbonneau Country
Club and at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2-3 and
Nov. 8-10 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 3 and
Nov. 10 at the Wilsonville Public Li-
brary. Ticket prices range from $15-
18. For more information, visit www.
wilsonvillestage.org.
“Sylvia” centers around two char-
acters — Jeff and Kate — whose chil-
dren recently transitioned to adult-
hood. Throughout the show, the char-
acters wrestle with aspirations they
previously had left unspoken — Greg
wanted to switch careers and Kate
IF YOU GO
WHAT:
Wilsonville
STAGE performs
“Sylvia”
WHEN: Oct. 25-
Nov. 10
WHERE:
Charbonneau
Country Club
and Wilsonville
Public Library
MORE: www.
wilsonvillestage.
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