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Wednesday, September 4, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Ore. governor Spanish exchange student pursues fitness career
wants special By Chloe Gold
always wanted to be like. Gili
Pareja9s coach had a degree in
physical science 4 which Gili
session on
Cristina Gili Pareja is vis- Pareja said could be equated
iting from Spain and is cur- to a fitness coach in America
working at Sisters 4 and so Gili Pareja went to
death-penalty rently
Athletic Club (SAC), where school for a sports exercise
Correspondent
By Andrew Selsky
Associated Press
SALEM (AP) 4 Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown said
Wednesday, August 28, she
wants to call a special session
of the Legislature because of
questions raised whether a
new law which narrows death
penalty cases is retroactive.
With the new law taking
effect next month, Attorney
General Ellen Rosenblum
also said she supports a spe-
cial legislative session <to
make sure our courts, prose-
cutors, defenders, victims and
others have the clarity and
guidance they need in con-
nection with our most serious
criminal cases.=
<We must make sure we
get this law right,= Rosenblum
said.
The bill narrows the state9s
use of the death penalty by
substantially limiting the
crimes that qualify.
After Brown signed the
bill on Aug. 1, lawyers for
Martin Allen Johnson, who
authorities say raped and
murdered a 15-year-old girl
in 1998 before throwing her
body off a bridge, raised the
issue of whether the new law
applies to him.
A judge determined the
crime no longer qualifies as
aggravated murder under the
new law. Other cases could be
affected.
The new state law that
takes effect Sept. 29 narrows
the definition of aggravated
murder, the only crime eligi-
ble for a death sentence. The
law states that aggravated
murder is limited to killing
two or more people as an act
of organized terrorism; kill-
ing a child younger than 14
intentionally and with pre-
meditation; killing another
person while incarcerated for
a previous murder; or killing a
police, correctional, or proba-
tion officer.
House Republican Leader
Carl Wilson said repealing the
bill might be the best course
in a special session, allowing
ample time before the 2020
regular session to analyze the
issue.
Brown, a Democrat, told
reporters in a conference call
that she expects Sen. Floyd
Prozanski, a Democrat from
the university town of Eugene
who helped get the bill
passed, to work with others to
craft language to address the
law9s retroactivity. Then she
would call a special session,
expected to last less than a
day in September.
you can find her checking in
members at the front desk,
and instructing health and
wellness classes during her
time in the United States.
Gili Pareja lives in a
town called Torrelles de
Foix, a province outside of
Barcelona, Spain. She com-
mutes 20 minutes to her job
in Vilafranca del Pevedes,
where she works at gym Espai
D´Sport. Through a connec-
tion at SAC with member
Nancy Engelhard, Gili Pareja
was able to come to Sisters
for a few months this sum-
mer to gain more knowledge
in her field of physical train-
ing and to further her English-
speaking skills.
Gili Pareja is staying in the
Tumalo area with Engelhard.
The Spaniard studied at
Ramon Llull University near
Barcelona, Catalonia for four
years, and received a degree
in sports exercise science. Gili
Pareja9s love for sports exer-
cise science was inspired by
her roller-skating coach. For
about 15 years, Gili Pareja
was an artistic roller-skater,
which incorporates dance and
artistic skills with competi-
tive roller-skating. Her coach
was someone Gili Pareja had
degree.
For Gili Pareja, the best
part of her job is the health-
and-wellness aspect. She
loves to see her clientele
reach their goals. Her shift at
SAC is typically during a time
where older clientele come
in, and they9re more likely
to be focused on their health,
rather than strength gains. Her
co-worker at SAC, Stephanie
Taskinen, also a fluent
Spanish speaker, thinks this
love for seeing people reach
their health goals stems from
the fact that, <Cristina is such
an empathetic person.=
Gili Pareja is enjoying
her time at SAC and said she
<doesn9t really see it as a job,
but a big learning experi-
ence,= she said.
She often compares and
contrasts aspects of SAC
to her gym at home and is
very excited to take what
she9s learned home to Espai
D´Sport. Gili Pareja says that
Espai D´Sport has a younger
clientele than SAC, so its
workout classes are higher-
impact classes focused on
building strength.
While at SAC, Gili Pareja
is working on her English
skills. She said she was <really
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Cristina Gili Pareja is working at Sisters Athletic Club this summer,
pursuing her career path and working on her English language skills.
nervous= when she first got
here because she <isn9t super
fluent in English, but every-
one9s been really nice.= So
nice in fact, that when people
hear her accent, they begin
speaking Spanish to her,
rather than English, which she
finds very sweet 4 but not
great for her English skills.
Gili Pareja will also begin
teaching a few classes at
SAC until her departure on
September 14, including a
Pilates class, and a life-skills
fitness class.
There will be an open
house gathering for the com-
munity to meet Cristina
Gili Pareja on Wednesday,
September 11, at 5 p.m. at
Sisters Athletic Club. She
will be doing a presentation
partially in Spanish and in
English about what she does
and her experience here.
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