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2B Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Appeal Tribune Brown sworn in for first elected term TRACY LOEW STATESMAN JOURNAL MOLLY J. SMITH/STATESMAN JOURNAL Gov. Kate Brown is sworn in by Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer on Monday at the Oregon State Capitol. The governor was accompanied by her husband, first gentleman Dan Little, and her mother, Sally Brown. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown was sworn in for her first elected term Monday. Brown started her inaugural address with a plea to legislators to work togeth- er for all Oregonians. “We have to come together and know that we are all on the same side – fighting to make Oregon a better place for all of us to live,” she said. That will be especially important in addressing the state’s $1.7 billion budget deficit and in passing a much-needed transportation funding plan, she said. But Republicans already are com- plaining that Democrats are taking ad- vantage of their minority status. “Our state will only reach its true po- tential when Gov. Brown and her Demo- cratic colleagues embrace bipartisan- ship, not only when it is convenient, but especially when it is not,” House Repub- lican Leader Mike McLane, of Powell Butte, said in a statement. Brown, 56, first took office in Febru- ary 2015 after then-Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned during an ethics investigation. She now will serve the two years remain- ing of Kitzhaber’s term. Brown noted a number of accomplish- ments over the past two years, including passing paid sick leave legislation, ex- panding college financial aid and provid- ing $6 million to Umpqua Community College following a mass shooting there. Going forward, Brown pledged to bridge the gap between urban Oregon – with high job creation – and rural Oregon – with high unemployment. “To ensure the economy is humming in every single corner of Oregon, we need to take a multifaceted approach, le- veraging investments in workforce de- velopment, infrastructure, collabora- tion and innovation,” she said. Her priorities also include improving Oregon’s dismal high school graduation rates; closing loopholes to increase fire- arm safety; and extending health insur- ance coverage to all children, she said. Brown also pledged to stand strong in support of human rights in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as president. “I want to make it very clear that here in Oregon, where thousands have fought for and demanded equality, we cannot and will not retreat,” she said. Also on Monday, Tina Kotek, D-Port- land, was elected to serve a third term as Speaker of the House of Representa- tives. And Peter Courtney, D-Salem, was elected to a record eighth term as Senate President, twice as long as previous rec- ord-holders John Kitzhaber and Jason Boe. The Legislature will convene on Feb. 1 for the 2017 session. About 1,500 bills were filed before the session. They’re available at https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1. Reach Tracy Lowe at tloew@states- manjournal.com or 503-399-6779, and follow her on Twitter @Tracy_Loew Marion County K-9 Donja to retire WHITNEY M. WOODWORTH STATESMAN JOURNAL After almost seven years with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, K-9 Donja is set to retire. “This week, Deputy Jon Gadberry and K-9 Donja will take their last ride together as partners, patrolling the streets, highways and neighbor- hoods of Marion County,” said Lt. Chris Baldridge, a sheriff’s office spokes- man. Donja, a 10-year-old Belgian malinois/Ger- man shepherd mix from Holland, served with the U.S. Army’s Special Forces for six months prior to joining the sher- iff’s team. She is the of- fice’s only female patrol K-9. During her service, she was deployed more than 700 times and made more than 100 captures. “In November of 2014, Donja fell gravely ill with an infection that nearly killed her,” Baldridge PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Absolute Storage LLC – Salem located at 2605 Hawthorne Ave. NE, Salem OR 97301 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in the following units in default for non-payment of rent. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.bid13.com on 1/28/2017. Please see below for different auction times. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. 10:00AM Auction: Santos M. Monroy- Ramirez unit #353; 12:00PM Auction: Elisa Cavazos unit #316; Alex James unit #528. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details. Silverton Appeal January 11 & 18, 2017 MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Donja and her handler, Deputy Jon Gadberry. said. “But in her true warrior spirit, she bat- tled back to full health and went on to have many more successful deployments and cap- tures.” He said Donja’s vo- calness, friendly demea- nor and acrobatic nature made her a star at fairs and shows. She will con- tinue to live with her handler, enjoying a life of “luxury, running around the house and playing.” Officials said they plan to add another K-9 dog after her retire- ment. Email wmwood- wort@statesmanjour- nal.com, call 503-399- 6884 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth CRIME LOG SILVERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE Local students Makayla and Spencer Chase playing in the snow. No extra school days for Silverton yet CHISTENA BROOKS SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE The Silver Falls School District found a way to re- coup the instructional time lost to snow days without extending the year for students. The last day of classes will still be Wednesday, June 14. To make up three snow days in December, the dis- trict has cancelled all re- maining “early release” days for the year. Stu- dents who would’ve been dismissed two hours early on Jan. 30, Feb. 13, Feb. 27, April 3, April 24 and April 22 will now attend full days on those dates. Additionally, March 13, originally set aside for parent/teacher confer- ences, is now a regular school day, covering last week’s snow day. Teach- ers have talked about moving necessary confer- ences to their grading day, March 10, and sprinkling others throughout the fol- lowing weeks, said Asst. Supt. Dandy Stevens. The now-cancelled early release days were designed to give classi- fied staff and teachers “professional develop- ment” time. A recent ex- ample is their training time with Singapore Math specialists last fall. Now, they will come to work for one extra day each – June 15 and 16, respectively – to get such training. “It’s not ideal, but, for teachers, we are looking at ways we can use that full day of PLC time, to do something like say, ‘Here’s a look at the year- end data while it’s still fresh in our minds,’” she said. One last no-school day, April 28, remains on the chopping block, awaiting the school year’s end. It will be converted to a reg- ular school day only if stu- dents lose another day of classes. If inclement weather continues beyond that, and the district is forced to designate even more snow days, the board could add days in June, Stevens said. Board mem- bers are opposed to ex- tending classes past June 16, though, because two schools – Victor Point and Butte Creek – are sched- uled to undergo seismic upgrades. “The board is pretty committed to having ev- erything wrapped up by June 16,” Stevens said. The school calendar is online at: http://silver- fallsschools.org/calen- dars-2/. For more photos from Appeal Tribune readers, go to SilvertonAppeal- .com Received calls from Jan. 2 to 8. Jan. 3 Motor vehicle accident, 12:37 p.m., E Main St. and Ames St. Jan. 5 Stolen vehicle, no time given, 100 Sweden Circle. Jan. 8 Motor vehicle accident, 1:30 a.m., Hobart Road and Setness Lane. PUBLIC NOTICES POLICY Public Notices are published by the Statesman Journal and available online at w w w .S tate s m an J o u r n a l.c o m . The Statesman Journal lobby is open Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can reach them by phone at 503-399-6789. In order to receive a quote for a public notice you must e-mail your copy to SJLegals@StatesmanJournal.com , and our Legal Clerk will return a proposal with cost, publication date(s), and a preview of the ad. 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The Oregon Depart- ment of Administrative Services said it imposed the ban, which became ef- fective on Jan. 6, in hopes of “providing a safe and secure environment for employees and visitors.” Banned are firearms, daggers, slingshots, and a host of other specified weapons. Oddly, even knobkerries were men- tioned. Knobkerries are clubs used by indigenous people like the Zulus in southern Africa, and are probably unknown to most Oregonians. House Republican leader Mike McLane said Thursday the order was tantamount to limiting employees’ right to self- defense. In a statement, McLane said he would ask Gov. Kate Brown where the authority for the new Handguns are among the weapons state employees are banned from bringing to work. Slingshots, knives and other items made the list as well. rules comes from. “I am extremely con- cerned to learn that our state government has tak- en steps that limit em- ployees’ right to self-de- fense and believe that these actions may violate the Oregon Constitution,” McLane said in a state- ment. “I will be asking Gov. Brown’s office to ex- plain where they believe their power to take such actions is derived from and, if necessary, take swift action to restore the rights of Oregonians as soon as possible.” Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli, of John Day, expressed con- cern for the safety of state employees. “The governor’s ad- ministration has no busi- ness confiscating self-de- fense rights from public servants, volunteers and others, who have commit- ted themselves to serving our state,” Ferrioli said in a prepared statement. “Oregonians should be outraged that public ser- vants are now endan- gered due to a seemingly political agenda at the cost of safety.” The order does not ap- pear to apply to lawmak- ers. It became an issue in Oregon on the same day that a lawmaker in New Hampshire dropped her loaded gun on the floor of the Statehouse near some children. It didn’t go off. Rep. Carolyn Halstead, a Republican, said the gun fell from her waistband after her backpack caught on it as she took the backpack off.
