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S ERVING THE S ILVERTON A REA S INCE 1880 50 C ENTS Ԃ A U NIQUE E DITION OF THE S TATESMAN J OURNAL V OL . 136, N O . 7 W EDNESDAY , F EBRUARY 1, 2017 SILVERTONAPPEAL.COM Man held after crashing into house Arrest made after short standoff with police WHITNEY M. WOODWORTH STATESMAN JOURNAL A Silverton man was arrested Jan. 21 after he drove his SUV 40 feet into a Sil- verton home and refused to get out of his car, leading to a short standoff with law enforcement, officials said. Roger Jensen, 35, allegedly ran over mailboxes with his 2003 black Ford Ex- plorer on Grant Street in Silverton be- fore driving into a farm field and crash- ing into a house around 11:30 a.m. According to a statement from Silver- ton police Chief Jeff Fossholm, Jensen’s SUV plowed through the north wall of the home into the living room, ran through the kitchen and came to rest in another room. Silverton police officers responding to reports of the vehicle knocking over mailboxes found the SUV smashed into the home of Bud and Bonnie Logan on the 500 block of N. James Street. The Logans were home at the time of the crash but were uninjured. Jensen at first refused to comply with officers’ orders to get out of the car, Fossholm said. Multiple units from the Mt. Angel Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office respon- ded for backup, and after a short stand- off, Jensen got out of his SUV and was taken into custody. He was taken to Sil- verton Hospital for evaluation. He was arrested on accusations of criminal mischief and reckless driving. Email wmwoodwort@statesmanjour- nal.com, call 503-399-6884 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth Area man receives Farm Bureau honor Marion County Commissioner Kevin Cameron has apologized for repeating a joke that some found to be in questionable taste while emceeing the SAIF Agri-Business Banquet. County official apologizes for banquet remarks JONATHAN BACH STATESMAN JOURNAL Marion County Commissioner Kev- in Cameron publicly apologized Jan. 25 for remarks he made at a downtown Sa- lem banquet. At the Marion County commission- ers meeting, Cameron said he “made some poor choices of some words.” “I sincerely apologize for making... for not considering the impact of the words that I used,” he said. “I really do apologize for that and for offending those that I may have offended.” He highlighted the work of the Cen- ter for Hope and Safety in Salem, which helps victims of domestic abuse, and the District Attorney office’s work on preventing domestic violence. “It’s a reminder for all of us during these... times to really consider and choose the words that we use wisely when we’re interfacing with each other individually as well as in the public,” he said. While emceeing the SAIF Agri-Busi- ness Banquet last Friday, Cameron re- peated a joke whose punch line has a farmer threatening his wife. SAIF Corp., which sponsors the ban- quet, said the comments ran “counter to the inclusive and supportive culture we cultivate at SAIF.” “The Chamber of Commerce recog- nizes Commissioner Cameron’s contri- butions to the greater Salem communi- ty. We agree that Commissioner Cam- eron made an unfortunate choice in his attempt to find humor,” Dan Clem, Chief Executive of the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, said in a state- ment to the Statesman Journal. “It is our understanding that he issued a for- mal apology for this choice Wednesday morning. We agree that the subject matter was inappropriate.” OREGON FARM BUREAU Bob Dettwyler (middle) of the Marion County Farm Bureau was honored with an Oregon Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award during the 84th OFB Annual Meeting in Salem. He is pictured with OFB 1st Vice President Peggy Browne and OFB Executive Vice President Dave Dillon. Bob Dettwyler praised for distinguished service JUSTIN MUCH STAYTON MAIL Thye Oregon Farm Bureau has an- nounced that Silverton-area farmer Bob Dettwyler was recognized with the bureau’s Distinguished Service Award. Dettwyler, a second-generation farmer, grows hazelnuts, blueber- ries, grass seed, wheat and green beans at Blue Line Farms. He is a member of the Marion County Farm Bureau. The award was presented to Dett- wyler during the 84th Oregon Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Salem. “The Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding ser- vice to Farm Bureau and to Oregon agriculture,” said OFB President Barry Bushue. “I can think of few more deserving of this award than Bob Dettwyler, an active, dedicated Farm Bureau member for 26 years.” OFB officials said that Dettwyler became concerned about water is- sues and wildlife damage to crops, both of which were having a major impact on his family farm. He subse- quently volunteered to serve on the Farm Bureau Goose Depredation and Water Committees at both the county and state level so he could make a true difference for all of Oregon agri- culture. Dettwyler, who serves on Marion County’s Farm Bureau Board of Di- rectors and Membership Committee, met with legislators, wrote letters, and testified at the state capitol on is- sues involving agricultural produc- tion, labor, water use, and wildlife, See DETTWYLER, Page 2A Oregon high school grad rate rises NATALIE PATE STATESMAN JOURNAL Oregon continues to improve the graduation rate for high school students, although it remains near the bottom of national rankings. According to data released Thursday by the Oregon Depart- ment of Education, the four-year graduation rate for all students in 2015-16 was 74.8 percent, up from 73.8 percent in 2014-15 and 72.0 per- cent in 2013-14. Oregon regularly has one of the nation’s lowest graduation rates — it was 48th in 2015 — and the uptick still leaves it well below the 2015 national average of 83 percent. “These rate increases are en- couraging signs of the impact that can occur when communities, edu- cators, and schools work together,” said Colt Gill, Oregon’s Education Innovation Officer, in a statement. The data showed gains for stu- dents of color, but still highlighted a noticeable difference in races and economic status. Oregon graduated 1,300 more students in 2016 than in the previ- ous year; its drop-out rate stayed steady at 3.93 percent. This was the first year Oregon released data on Career Technical Education, showing students who completed at least one CTE course Congratulations to our Top Selling Agents for 2016! #1 Joe & Dana Giegerich 503-931-7824 Impressive at Every Angle! Custom Contemporary! 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