WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
APPEAL TRIBUNE
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Earth Day
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For registration ques-
tions, contact Kaleen
Boyle at 503-844-9571,
ext. 332, 800-333-7658,
ext. 332 or kaleen@solve-
oregon.org. Alternative-
ly, email Ian Fawley at
ian.fawley@oregon.gov
or call 503-874-0201.
In addition, the Polk
County Master Garden-
ers will host a combina-
tion Arbor Day/Earth Day
celebration in the Inspira-
tion Garden at Mountain
Fir Park in Independence
from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday,
April 23.
According to the Ar-
bor Day Foundation,
“trees regulate temper-
ature,
fight
climate
change, tame stormwa-
ter, save energy, add val-
ue to the home and pro-
vide food for wildlife.”
In honor of trees and
the Earth as a whole, the
day’s activities will in-
clude a tree-planting
demonstration,
guided
tours with Master Gar-
deners who will also be
available to answer gar-
dening questions, a num-
ber of various themed
gardens to enjoy and
plenty of activities for
under John and Monroe
streets to an overlay-
ment of West Marquam
Street that should be
completed in the next 10
years.
Increasing water and
sewer rates and adding
the monthly $5 fees – $3
for street lights and $2
and storm water – will
start building reserves
to get these water, sew-
er, street and storm wa-
ter projects done rather
than keeping them on
hold indefinitely, he
said.
“If you can build your
capital up, you could get
ahead of things,” he said.
“You can set the commu-
nity up with a future and
not saddle the next gen-
eration with problems.
Since the 1990s, you’ve
just kicked the can down
the road; now it’s time to
pick up the can and deal
with it. “
Along with the task
force’s recommended
proposal, city staff will
present an array of util-
ity rate structures as
“decision packages” to
the budget committee,
starting at 6:30 p.m. on
April 18. The committee
is scheduled to meet
through April and May,
craft the city’s 2015-16
budget, and present it to
the council for approval
on June 6.
Infrastructure Task
Force members were
Fiedler, Fleck and Wall,
as well as David Hoffer,
Jim Kosel and Dale
Walker.
Presentations and activities for Earth Day visitors include mushroom growing, energy tips and planting and caring for trees.
children. Admission is
free and refreshments
will be provided.
Awards
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ways, and he joined the Bay
Area’s other team, the Oakland
Raiders.
In three-plus seasons with
Oakland, his best came in 2002,
when he caught 92 passes for
1,211 yards and seven touch-
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quality supervisor for the
City of Salem, said the
muddy water has led offi-
cials to alter the way they
treat water at the Geren
Island Treatment Facility
near Stayton. Salem gets
its drinking water from
the North Santiam River,
which is fed by Detroit
and Big Cliff reservoirs.
“Any time we see high
enough turbidity (muddy
water), we change the
way we operate to make
sure there is no negative
impact,” Goeres-Priest
said. “This is a fairly com-
mon issue for us. We have
a staff that pays very
close attention to any
change in the river.”
Goeres-Priest
said
Mountain Fir Park,
which has been develop-
ing for about 4 years, is lo-
downs. That season, he helped
the Raiders reach the Super
Bowl, where they lost to the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In 2004, Rice was traded by
the Raiders to the Seahawks,
where he reconnected with
coach Mike Holmgren, who was
on the offensive coaching staff
in San Francisco from 1986-1991,
including offensive coordinator
they
pumped
clean
groundwater into the sur-
face water from the North
Santiam to reduce the
amount of turbidity be-
fore the water goes
through the treatment fa-
cility’s filtering system.
How much the land-
slides could impact wild-
life and recreation is a
more open question.
McMahan said the land-
slides have occurred an-
nually going back dec-
ades, so even though it
was heavier than normal
this year, there isn’t any
reason to suspect major
changes. “If we were go-
ing to see an impact, I
think we would have seen
it already,” McMahan
said. “Since this is a natu-
ral process, I suspect the
fish and other aquatic or-
ganisms have learned to
coexist with sloughing
cated in the 700 block of F
St., Independence.
annet-
from 1989-91.
Rice played 11 games for the
Seahawks in 2004, catching 25
passes for 362 yards and three
touchdowns.
After 2004, Rice joined the
Denver Broncos, reconnecting
with coach Mike Shanahan, who
was Rice’s offensive coordina-
tor in San Francisco from 1992-
94. Rice never played for the
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Broncos, opting to retire.
In 2006, Rice signed a one-day
contract with San Francisco so
he could officially retire as a
49er.
Not only was Rice a great
player, but he was great for a
long period of time, demonstrat-
ed by his inclusion on the NFL’s
1980s All-Decade Team and
1990s All-Decade Team.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL DONNELLY
Short Creek appears muddy due to multiple landslides bringing sediment into Detroit Lake.
into the creek.”
Rebecca Hillwig, a nat-
ural resource specialist
for the Oregon Health Au-
thority, said the landslides
could increase the risk of
algae blooms in the reser-
voir, but might not.
“There is naturally oc-
curring nitrogen and
phosphorus in sediment
and rock, so a big land-
slide could cause bigger
or longer blooms, but that
wouldn’t always be the
case,” Hillwig said. “It
really depends on the situ-
ation, and it’s pretty diffi-
cult to know what the ef-
fect will be.”
According to a report
by the Forest Service,
there are two main “de-
bris chute complexes”
near the headwaters of
Short Creek. Both of these
complexes are natural
and exist in older stands
of forest, the report said,
meaning recent logging
was not the cause of the
landslides.
“These are natural fail-
ures in a remote area,” the
report said. “They have
been failing intermittent-
ly for many decades, re-
lated in part to major
storm events. Slope insta-
bility will likely continue
periodically, and there is
essentially no means to
assist with stabilization.”
Two of the complexes
were traced as far back as
the 1900s, the report said,
but were reactivated by
the floods of 1996.
Zach Urness can be
reached
at
zurness
@StatesmanJournal.com
or (503) 399-6801.