Wednesday, August 28, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sheriff in
conservative
county
defends
free press
Sisters
By Andres Selsky
Andrew Loscutoff
Columnist
who needs an additional
light activity to promote
recovery or basic health.
Walking will not help you
lose weight as effectively
as higher-intensity exercise.
It will not build muscle,
and has little effect on bone
mass. Unless someone is
pushing a brisk pace, walk-
ing is not an intense enough
activity to ensure dramatic
results.
This does not mean that
walking is a pointless exer-
cise. A Harvard public health
article suggested walkers of
20 minutes five times per
week had 43 percent less
sick days. There are many
benefits to walking beyond
fitness measures.
Research from California
State University at Long
Beach found that the num-
ber of steps people took
translated to higher self
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Journalists are defending
a small newspaper after a
county attorney asked the
sheriff to investigate whether
a reporter broke the law by
trying repeatedly to get com-
ments from an official for a
story.
Staffers at the Malheur
Enterprise, a weekly news-
paper in the remote town
of Vale, said they were just
doing their job. <We9re not
going to be bullied,= said edi-
tor Les Zaitz.
Brian Wolfe, the sheriff of
deeply conservative Malheur
County, said Wednesday an
inquiry determined no laws
had been broken.
<As an elected sheriff, we
will always respect the con-
stitutional rights of anybody
and everybody. We do believe
in freedom of the press and
free speech that we believe
are our rights given by the
Constitution of the United
States,= Wolfe said.
The newspaper had been
investigating why a car wash
did not receive a five-year
exemption from local prop-
erty taxes that was allegedly
promised. Bluebird Express
Car Wash built a $4.5 mil-
lion installation in the town of
Ontario after it understood it
received the exemption, rep-
resenting about $335,000, the
newspaper reported.
Greg Smith, the direc-
tor for economic develop-
ment for Malheur County
4 a stretch of high des-
ert almost twice the size of
Connecticut 4 is responsible
for determining and negotiat-
ing property tax exemptions.
Malheur Enterprise reporter
Pat Caldwell sought sev-
eral times to get comment
from Smith, who is also a
Republican member of the
state Legislature.
<This is an effort to get
accurate information,= said
Zaitz, a former investigative
reporter with the Oregonian
newspaper and a two-time
Pulitzer Prize finalist. <The
public is entitled to that infor-
mation 4 not only entitled to
that information, it deserves
it.=
Smith responded only
after the story was published
on August 14 with the head-
line <Malheur County lured
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The power
of walking
In the 19th century,
Danish philosopher Soren
Kierkegaard wrote, <Above
all, do not lose your desire
to walk: Every day I walk
myself into a state of well-
being and walk away from
every illness; I have walked
myself into my best thoughts
and I know of no thought so
burdensome that one cannot
walk away from it.=
It feels good to get out
for a walk 4 whether it is
just around the block, or
a trek in the wilderness.
Walking as exercise pro-
vides many health benefits.
Some of these benefits are
obvious: stronger leg mus-
cles, better cardiovascular
health, increased stamina.
Other benefits 4 social,
emotional, mental, and for
the immune system 4 are
less recognized.
Walking is a light activ-
ity. It will be good for any-
one who is just starting with
exercise, or for an individual
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esteem, happiness, and
mood. On the same note,
Scientific American reports
that 200 minutes a week of
walking resulted in more
energy, more social peo-
ple, and better emotional
health.
These benefits translate
into some pretty large impli-
cations. Take depression as
an example. In a time where
1 in 10 Americans are suf-
fering depression of some
severity, walking 30 to 45
minutes for five days a week
gave 10 of 19 subjects full
remission of symptoms,
according to a Psychology
Today article.
Another larger extrapo-
lation of the mental-health
improvements of walking
is in Alzheimer9s disease.
Women aged 71-93 who
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walked were 50 percent
less likely to be diagnosed
with Alzheimer9s than their
compatriots. Another study
showed 50- to 60-year-old
walkers had a 35 percent
lower likelihood of death
in the following eight years
than non-walkers.
Walking is a great form
of low-intensity exercise
that gives a big benefit to
someone outside of the lust
of running, cycling, weight-
lifting, and many of the
more exciting forms of exer-
cise. Walking gives some-
one the opportunity to mind-
fully explore their thoughts,
ponder, and recognize their
blessings. This along with
the gentle aerobic and mus-
cular activity, promotes a
benefit anyone can agree is
important.
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