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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.
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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
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