Museum Gets Nod

(Silverton) The final blueprint for the new 100% aluminum Silverton Surf Museum has gotten the nod from San Juan County Commissioners, two of whom have yet to wake up from the meeting. The proposal, which calls for a self-contained collection of local surfing memorabilia to be put on display during the summer months, could be easily be financed with funds created by parking fines and private donations.

The museum will grace the now abandoned Silverton Navel Station on the way up to Howardsville. The base, a strategic barrier to armed Japanese excursions during World War II, has been used to warehouse snow since the Fifties.

Several surfboard manufacturers have pledged donations and the historical society has been busy selling cookies to pay for decorative sand. Sources at the local chamber would not verify plans to rename most local streets.

“We are not yet ready for Ocean Avenue, Beach Street or Sand Dollar Road,” said the source. “The only waves you’ll see here are from motorists greeting each other on Greene Street.”

The Silverton Surfing Museum has been housed upstairs at the American Legion building since 1978 but all that displaced  water has caused severe leaks in the old building and the floor is at risk. In addition crowding and competition for retail space continues to create cranial swells and serious rip tides within the community.

– Gabby Haze