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Appeal Tribune Wednesday, July 20, 2016 3A BUSINESS BRIEF What started as a transplanted doctor mov- ing to Oregon to start a clinic 10 years ago has grown to a northwest- wide business with 17 lo- cations. Silver Falls Der- matology is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month. John Young, M.D., a New Orleans, Louisiana, native, moved his family to Oregon following Hur- ricane Katrina. Upon landing in Oregon in 2006, Young founded Silver Falls Dermatology in a ti- ny Silverton office. “It’s been quite a ride,” Young said. The business now has 17 locations, including its newest in Farmington, New Mexico. The remain- ing locations are in Ore- gon and Washington. Silver Falls Dermatol- ogy added an allergy de- partment to the practice in 2015. Despite the wide reach of its dozen-plus loca- Lake Meeting about the future of Detroit Lake 2002 — 1562 Continued from Page 1A Despite a year that has seen near normal precip- itation, Detroit Lake nev- er reached its full conser- vation pool of 1563.5 feet because of an abnormally dry spring. The reservoir does the bulk of its filling during the spring. Flood control is the pri- mary purpose of Detroit Lake — the reservoir must maintain enough space during winter to ab- sorb a “100 year storm event” like the floods of 1964 and 1996. At the same time, since 2008, the Corps have been required to release a cer- tain amount of water for threatened spring Chi- nook and winter steelhead in the Willamette Basin. The requirement for fish Who: Federal and state agencies, along with lawmakers, will make a presentation on water levels at Detroit Lake. The public is invited to comment. When: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 Where: Gates Fire Hall, 101 E Sorbin St, Gates More information: Email djwhite@wvi.com Detroit Lake water levels on July 23 2003 — 1558 2004 — 1561 2005 — 1561 2006 — 1562 2007 — 1556 2008 — 1563 2009 — 1558 2010 — 1561 2011 — 1561 2012 — 1563 2013 — 1559 2014 — 1559 2000 — 1563 feet above sea level 2015 — 1488 2001 — 1487 2016 — 1544 (projected) explains why the reser- voir was dropping its lev- el even before it reached a full pool this year. “We have required flows that address the mi- gration, spawning, incu- bation and rearing life cy- cles for fish,” Ian Chane, fisheries biologist and program manager for the Corps, told the Statesman tions, administrative tasks are performed cen- trally at Silver Falls Der- matology’s main office in Salem, at 1793 13th St SE. Additional Oregon lo- cations include Albany, Astoria, Corvallis, Gresh- am, Lincoln City, McMinnville, Medford (two locations), Newport, and Woodburn. Washing- ton locations include Ab- erdeen, Federal Way, Longview, Olympia and Port Angeles. Silver Falls Dermatol- ogy can be reached by phone at 866-599-DERM (3376) or online at www.SilverFallsDerm .net. Journal in May. “Histori- cally, we didn’t have these requirements, but they are now mandated.” Recreation, by con- trast, isn’t a top priority for the Corps. “The frustration is un- derstandable,” said Mi- chelle Helms, public af- fairs specialist for the Corps. “We’ve been very conservative with our re- leases, but we have to meet the minimum re- quirements for fish con- servation.” Zach Urness has been an outdoors writer, pho- tographer and videogra- pher in Oregon for eight years. He is the author of the book “Hiking South- ern Oregon” and can be reached at zurness @StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on Zach Urness or @ZachsORoutdoors on Twitter. www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC LOCAL ADVISORS Salem Area Vin Searles Keizer Area Surrounding Area Jeff Davis Sheryl Resner Bridgette Justis FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR South | 503-363-0445 Liberty | 503-581-8580 Keizer | 503-304-8641 Sublimity | 503-769-3180 Safety Continued from Page 1A crashes on these road- ways, but they generally pertained to speed or fail- ing to obey a traffic con- trol device like a stop sign. That is why the mobile billboard will have sever- al messages addressing driving behavior that re- sults in injury or death.” Those billboards are part of the campaign. The partners have been col- laborating over the year to determine effective ways to reach rural com- munities and travelers. The campaign is designed to be mobile, hence avail- able to areas where adver- tisement is not available. The message is clear. “The danger comes with limited visibility and the size ratio of equip- ment vs. car,” Baldridge stressed. “We ask motor- ists to slow down, be aware and if you are going to pass please make sure you have ample room to do so.” The sheriff’s office will position mobile bill- boards along heavily trav- eled country roads throughout the summer to remind drivers to safely share the road with farm equipment. The mobile display will also be sta- tioned at a variety of events, such as the Ore- gon State Fair. “Marion County Sher- iff’s Office is pleased to partner with Papé Ma- chinery and (state agri- culture proponents) to de- liver this potentially life- saving message,” said Sgt. Jason Hickam, the county’s Community Re- source Unit supervisor. “The billboard is a re- minder for our residents and visitors to drive safe- ly on our rural roadways, additionally the mobility of the banner gives us the opportunity to reach mo- torists where otherwise there are no means to ad- vertise our safety mes- sage.” Additionally, farmers and ranchers are urged to visit Papé Machinery Ag & Turf locations and pick up signs to post on fence lines, reminding motor- ists to slowdown and drive cautiously when sharing the road with farm equip- ment. Online: http://oregon fb.org/farm-bureau-rural -road-safety-brochure-of fers-tips-for-farmers-mo torists Michael Wooters Garry Falor Mario Montiel Tim Yount FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR South | 503-362-5439 West | 503-588-5426 Keizer | 503-393-8166 Silverton | 503-873-2454 Derek Gilbert Chip Hutchings Walt Walker FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR Commercial | 503-362-9699 Lancaster | 503-585-4689 FINANCIAL ADVISOR Stayton | 503-769-4902 Caitlin Davis Tim Sparks FINANCIAL ADVISOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR West | 503-585-1464 Commercial | 503-363-0445 jmuch@Statesman Journal.com or 503-769- 6338, cell 503-508-8157 or follow at twitter.com/jus tinmuch OR-0000378181 Ethics Continued from Page 1A E Excavating was appar- ently limited to emails with Supt. Andy Bellando. The other six board members were included in White’s group emails to the superintendent, but joining the online conver- sation would’ve violated state law requiring such discussion to occur in public, said member Ron Valoff. He said he expect- ed White to raise topic at this month’s meeting and was shocked to learn a complaint had been filed June 15. Valoff said White’s call for transparency was “hypocritical,” consider- ing he didn’t ever publicly air his complaint. Board member Ervin Stadeli went further, call- ing for White to be cen- sured: “I think you are a li- ability to the district and to the school board,” he said. “I don’t want to be as- sociated with this.” White filed the com- plaint after groundbreak- ing on the biggest project in the history of Silverton High School’s booster club. The Silver Fox Foun- dation is installing a $1 million artificial turf foot- ball field at McGinnis Field with the help of $50,000 grant from USA Football and sizeable community donations. Major donor K &E Ex- cavating began work in early June, turf installa- tion is scheduled to start this week, and the goal is to finish in time for the first home football game, said foundation president Rick Schmidt. Abuse Continued from Page 1A of probation, the condi- tions of which included or- ders to have no contact with minors, undergo sex offender treatments and stay away from areas fre- quented by children. Court documents did not White said he grew concerned after a com- munity member asked for fill dirt from the project. He learned some dump trucks had taken fill to Roth’s property 2 miles away. Excavators on pub- lic and private projects often deliver dirt free of charge to the nearest available recipient. In this case, that recipient was a board member. White didn’t like it. “How come Tim gets all that dirt?” he said. “Just on the face of that, it doesn’t look good … I see the dirt as district proper- ty.” In emails to White, Bel- lando didn’t agree. Be- cause the turf project is a private venture, contrac- tors didn’t have to treat the dirt as “surplus prop- erty,” and offer it to the general public, he said. “This project is on a short timeline, Tim had property nearby, and he did the district a favor,” added Wally Lierman, new board chair. After the meeting, Roth commented, “The Fox Foundation needed a place to dispose of the dirt, and I had a place within 2 miles. It was nothing to do with me be- ing a board member … I was just trying to help out.” Rather than seeing the dirt as a “gift” – which Oregon law requires pub- lic officials to keep under $50 per year if they’re “from any single source that could reasonably be known to have a legisla- tive or administrative in- terest” – a majority of board members said they see the dirt as a liability. Tom Buchholz was the only board member to give White’s complaint any public merit. He said he expects nothing to come of the investigation but noted, “The public hates the thought of a good old’ boy club running their school district, and this has the optics of that.” The fill dirt complaint is in “preliminary re- view,” said Oregon Gov- ernment Ethics Commis- sion Ron Bersin. The deci- sion whether or not to launch an investigation will occur at the commis- sion’s Aug. 12 meeting in Salem. In other business at the July 11 meeting, the school board: » Moved closer to pur- chasing a 1-acre parcel of property on Grant Street by authorizing Bellando to negotiate a price with the longtime owners’ daughter, Lori Douglas. Adding the property to the high school campus could expand parking, board members noted. » Heard from a new booster club, Silverton Friends of Music, formed to support and advocate for music education in Sil- verton’s public schools. After sharing each school’s music offering, President Sarah Weitz- man asked the board to consider centralizing its music budget and man- dating music at every school. In addition to Weitzman, the group’s board of directors com- prises Jon Fronza, Heath- er Pilkington, Lainie Pip- er and Amanda Petrik. » Voted 5-2 to approve a memorandum of under- standing with the teach- ers union that includes a “compensation opt-in model,” an alternative pay structure. specify whether he had to register as a sex offender, and a search for his name in Oregon’s sex offender registry yielded no re- sults. During his investi- gation, Boatner did not discover any other al- leged victims. He encour- aged anyone with infor- mation to contact the Sil- verton Police Department at 503-873-5326. Following his arrest, Stutzman’s bail was set at $100,000. He was released on bond July 5 and or- dered to have no contact with the alleged victim. 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