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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
Obituaries
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
William “duke” elbert kievit
November 16, 1922 — June 27, 2016
Born November 16, 1922
to William Severus Kievit
and Marie (Besemer) Kievit.
He served in the U.S.
Navy from 1942 through
1946 and lived and worked
in the Clifton/Passaic, New
Jersey, area working as an
independent long-distance
trucker, eventually working
full time for Grand Union
supermarkets until his retire-
ment to Lake Wales, Florida.
He moved to Sisters in
2009.
Aside from his parents
he was pre-deceased by his
niece Kathleen “Apple”
Eddy of Sisters, Oregon and
leaves his sister, Eleanor
Simonsen of Sisters.
A service will be held at
2 p.m. on Saturday, July 2,
at The Episcopal Church of
The Transfiguration, 68825
Brooks Camp Road, Sisters,
with a gathering at the
Simonsen home afterwards.
Jennifer Lynn Gothberg
September 9, 1948 — May 14, 2016
Jennifer passed away
peacefully in her home in
Sisters on May 14, with her
son and grandson, Travis
Gothberg and Travis Jr. by
her side.
Jennifer was born in San
Francisco, California, on
September 9, 1948 and has
been a resident of Sisters
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since 1981.
She is survived by her
loving son, Travis; her grand-
son Travis Jr.; and her sister.
She loved the outdoors,
and Central Oregon was
very special to her. She will
be very missed.
There have been no ser-
vices planned as of now.
Gov. Brown wants
annual toxics reports
By kristena Hansen
Associated Press
PORTLAND (AP) —
Oregon’s 197 school districts
could spend summer break
crafting procedures for testing
lead, radon and other chemi-
cals at their campuses ahead
of Oct. 1, when the plans
would be handed over to the
state.
T hes e “H ealthy and
Safe Facilities Plans” were
announced Tuesday by
Gov. Kate Brown, who said
she directed the Oregon
Department of Education to
draft requirements for test-
ing and monitoring the health
safety of campus buildings
that otherwise don’t exist for
schools at the state or federal
level.
Brown’s directive comes
after last month’s disclosure
of high lead levels found
in drinking water at two
Portland schools, igniting
community outcry at a time
when the Flint, Michigan,
water scandal has brought
national attention to the issue.
The Oregon Department
of Education will discuss
the draft rules during its next
meeting Thursday, and is
accepting the public’s input
through Aug. 17.
“Any threat to the health
and safety of a child in any
school or classroom is unac-
ceptable,” Brown said in a
statement, adding that as
state-level agencies respond
to the crisis, “local school
districts and public charter
schools also have the obliga-
tion to ensure transparency
and accountability to parents
and communities.”
Under the preliminary
rules, school districts would
submit plans for testing water,
air quality and hazardous
waste sites — paying atten-
tion to lead and radon spe-
cifically — with any results
reported annually to the state
and disclosed to the commu-
nity online.
The draft rules don’t say
how often these tests should
occur, but Amy Wojcicki,
spokeswoman for the educa-
tion department, said schools
will go by whatever testing
frequency is recommended by
a federal regulatory agency.
“So
if
i t ’s
an
(Environmental Protection
Agency) guideline, it’ll be
whatever the EPA regulations
are,” Wojcicki.
Information on potential
costs or funding sources for
those costs was not immedi-
ately available.
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