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Marion County Dairy
Women crown princess
and ambassador for ’17
JUSTIN MUCH
STAYTON MAIL
Marion County Dairy
Women announced that
Donata Doornebal was
crowned as the group’s
2017 princess/ambassa-
dor during a May 2 cere-
mony held at Red Lion Inn
in Salem.
The daughter of Joe
and Astrid Doornebal of
Scio, Donata works as a
tax preparer in Salem.
Marion County Dairy
Women
spokeswoman
Betty Bielenberg said Do-
nata was raised on her
family’s 200-cow organic
dairy farm where she was
home-schooled and had
number of farm tasks, in-
cluding feeding calves
and mowing pastures.
The new ambassador is
also a violinist with the Sa-
lem Youth Symphony and
Gas tax
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enacted local fuel taxes
over the last 30 years to
address
deteriorating
streets and skyrocketing
repair costs.
Silverton residents al-
ready pay taxes to the
state and federal govern-
ments every time they
buy fuel. For example, on
every gallon of gas sold
here, the U.S. govern-
ment collects about 18
cents and the State of
Oregon 30 cents.
But, like other cities,
Silverton doesn’t receive
enough revenue from
these taxes to substan-
tially help with local
street
maintenance.
Even with a fairly new
$5-per-month
“street
fee” on customers’ water
bills, the city is sitting on
a project backlog that in-
active in music through
Immanuel
Reformed
Church. She plans to at-
tend Chemeketa Commu-
nity College and study for-
eign languages and busi-
ness accounting.
Betty said as part of the
ceremony, Donata deliv-
ered an entertaining
speech titled “No Farms.
No Food!” She also pre-
sented a TV commercial
about cheese and an-
swered questions. She
was formally crowned by
Oregon Dairy Princess
Kiara Single who present-
ed the tiara that Donata
will wear while represent-
ing the county’s dairy
families.
She will also compete
for the Oregon Dairy
Princess/Ambassador in
January.
“Donata did an excel-
lent job and will be a very
cludes everything from
small repair jobs to ma-
jor overhauls on roads
that have deteriorated
too far to repair.
“Our roads are an in-
vestment,” Palmer said.
“We know this tax will
hurt a little, but we have
to protect our investment
or it will hurt a lot more in
the future.”
He said he hopes Sil-
verton residents will see
a fuel tax the way he does
— as one of a limited
number of ways to gather
revenue from those pass-
ing through.
But Ann Soentpiet,
who owns and operates
Silverton’s TNT Market
and 76 Station, said she’ll
vote against any local
fuel tax because it will
cost her local customers
more too. After 10 years
in business here, she’s
gotten to know her clien-
tele, and it’s mostly lo-
cals, not visitors, she
said.
fine representative of our
county dairy industry,”
Betty said.
Betty added that Dona-
ta will receive scholar-
ships from Marion Coun-
ty Dairy Women, Wood-
burn
Livestock
Ex-
change, Cascade Dairy
Service, VandeBurgt &
Co., Ernst Irrigation, Bu-
chanan
Cellars/Valley
Feed, Ag West Supply, All
West/ Select Sires, CHS
Nutrition, Purina Nutri-
tion and Oak Lea Mixers.
The 2016 Marion Coun-
ty Dairy Princess/Ambas-
sador Emma Coleman, of
St. Paul, received the
$2,500 college scholarship
awarded by Marion Coun-
ty Dairy Women. Emma is
a freshman at Cal Poly.
To schedule an activity
with Donata, contact her
advisor, Jessie DeJager at
503-588-9092.
“I’d say that less than
10 percent of our custom-
ers are from out of town,”
she said. “Most of them
are from here, and I’d
hate to pass along a tax to
them.”
Even a small price dif-
ference can convince
drivers to buy gas else-
where. She’s known peo-
ple who will drive miles
to save a few cents per
gallon. In the case of the
proposed tax, the differ-
ence on a 20-gallon fill-up
would be 40 cents, but
some customers will “ab-
solutely” make their
choice based on some-
thing like that, she said.
Neither Mt. Angel nor
Salem levy local fuel tax-
es, while voters in Stay-
ton decided on a 3-cent-
per-gallon fuel tax in the
May 16 election.
For his part, Palmer
said he notices many visi-
tors coming to Silverton
on their way to Silver
Falls State Park and the
MARION
COUNTY
DAIRY WOMEN
Marion
County Dairy
Princess and
Ambassador
for 2017
Donata
Doornebal of
Scio is
crowned by
2017 Oregon
Dairy Princess
and
Ambassador
Kiara Single.
Oregon Garden, or sim-
ply passing through.
“Not only are we tour-
ist destination, but we sit
at the convergence of
state and county high-
ways so there’s a lot of
traffic that takes a toll on
our roads,” he said.
The fuel tax’s proposal
in Silverton next month is
the first step in a long
process. If it’s approved
by the council, the city is
then required to publish a
notice “allowing for a
challenge” from the pub-
lic before it’s added to the
November ballot, said
City Manager Christy
Wurster.
“Councilors have been
looking for ways to make
the necessary improve-
ments to our streets with-
out placing all of the bur-
den on our local resi-
dents,” she said. “We
want to be able to main-
tain a quality of roads
that our residents de-
serve.”
Lawsuit filed vs. Corrections Dept.
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Inmates at four Ore-
gon prisons were fed
“green meat and moldy,
spoiled food” and bait
fish marked “not for hu-
man consumption,” ac-
cording to a class action
lawsuit filed against Ore-
gon Department of Cor-
rections officials.
The complaint, which
was filed May 9 in U.S.
District Court in Port-
land, listed current and
former inmates as plain-
tiffs. It alleges the un-
safe, unsanitary and ne-
glectful behavior took
place in the kitchens of
the Oregon State Peni-
tentiary, Coffee Creek
Correctional
Facility,
Two Rivers Correctional
Institution and Columbia
River Correction Institu-
tion.
Combined, the four
prisons house about 6,000
inmates — almost 40 per-
cent of the state’s prison
population.
Oregon Department
of Corrections spokes-
woman Betty Bernt said
it is the department’s pol-
icy to not to comment on
matters of pending litiga-
tion.
The inmates named in
the complaint said they
were given two options:
Eat the “putrid food” or
starve.
One former inmate,
Bridgette Lewis, said she
witnessed spoiled food
being prepared and
served to her fellow in-
mates when she worked
in Coffee Creek’s kitch-
en. She handled boxes of
bait fish marked “not fit
for human consumption”
and watched as the fish
was ground up and
served on a plate that
reeked and tasted horri-
ble, according to the com-
plaint.
When she complained
to prison officials, she
was allegedly ordered to
keep serving the substan-
dard food.
Inmates also reported
seeing green and gray
spotted meats, sour milk,
wilted lettuce, moldy
bread and rotten chick-
en.
After eating, the in-
mates reported regularly
feeling nausea, pain and
intestinal distress.
The complaint also al-
leges that before state
health inspections, offi-
cials would direct inmate
workers to remove the
unfit and spoiled food
and put it in mobile re-
frigerator trucks. After
the inspection, they were
allegedly ordered to re-
turn the food back to the
kitchen.
The complaint said the
actions of the named de-
fendants, which includes
DOC Director Colette Pe-
ters, acting deputy direc-
tor Brian Belleque and
OSP
superintendent
Brandon Kelly, were out-
rageous, showed deliber-
ate indifference and al-
lowed ongoing, long-
term pain, suffering,
likely illness and malnu-
trition.
By providing spoiled
and substandard food to
inmates, officials treated
them as “though they
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were farm animals,” ac-
cording to the complaint.
The lawsuit alleges
these prison conditions
violated inmates’ consti-
tutional rights.
The former inmates,
represented by Portland
lawyer Leonard Berman,
are seeking damages.
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Virginia Ann Ascherl
Betty Gutierrez
Dec.
15,
1932 — May
9, 2017
Virginia
Ascherl, 84,
died May 9
with
her
family at her home in Sub-
limity. She was born in
Glen Ullin, North Dakota,
and moved to the Mt. An-
gel/Silverton area when
she was 14.
Virginia
married
George Ascherl on Oct. 17,
1959, in Mt. Angel, and
they were married 58
years. She enjoyed doing
arts and crafts and having
fun with family and
friends.
Virginia is survived by
her husband George of
Sublimity; children Amy
Ascherl and Dawn Nelson
of Elmira, Richard Asch-
erl of Lincoln City and
Tom Ascherl of Seattle,
Washington; brothers Ted
(Mary) Geck of Stayton
and Larry (Linda) Geck of
Jefferson; sisters Eunice
(Larry) Beyer of Molalla,
Vangie (Fred) Ripp of
Sublimity, Maxine (Walt)
Beyer of Salem and Betty
Young of Stayton; three
grandchildren; and two
grand dogs.
A celebration of life
will be held from 2 to 6
p.m. Sunday, May 21, 2017,
at Maurice’s Bistro at
Marian Estates in Sublim-
ity. All are welcome to cel-
ebrate the life of this
amazing lady.
Serving the family,
North Santiam Funeral
Service, Stayton.
Jan. 11, 1937 — May 3, 2017
Betty Gutierrez, 80,
passed away in Salem. She
was born on Jan. 11, 1937,
to Jesse and Dolores
Heard in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. She was one
of three children.
Betty married Jose Gu-
tierrez in 1952. Together
they had seven children.
They moved to California
for five years before mov-
ing to the Willamette Val-
ley to farm. They settled
in the Silverton/ Mt. angel
area.
Betty was an amazing
homemaker that loved to
shop and enjoyed nature’s
beauty. She was a loving
mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother. Betty
will be greatly missed by
her family and friends.
Betty is survived by
her children: Carlos Gu-
tierrez of Scio, Robert Gu-
tierrez of Aumsville, Ber-
tha (George) Ortiz of Sil-
verton, Lucy Garza of Sil-
verton, Dolores Gutierrez
of Waldport, Martha
Arndt of Mill City and Re-
becca Gutierrez of Salem;
18 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren; and
her brother, Lefas Santil-
lianes, of Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
A private family ser-
vice will take place at a
later date at Calvary
Catholic Cemetery in Mt.
Angel.
Assisting the family
with arrangement is Un-
ger Funeral Chapel, Mt.
Angel.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Church Directory
WHITNEY M
WOODWORTH
OBITUARIES
303 N. Church Street Silverton, OR 97381
Phone: (503) 873-8656
Pastor Leah Stolte-Doerfl er
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Service time 10:30 a.m.
Nursery Available
Trinity Lutheran
Church, ELCA
Free Saturday Lunches
500 N 2nd Street
Silverton, OR 97381
(503) 873-2635
Sunday,
Worship 11am
www.trinitysilverton.org
trinitysilverton@gmail.com
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Pastor: Fr. Philip Waibel
575 E. College St. 503-845-2296
Weekday Mass 6:50 a.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30 p.m.
Sunday masses 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m.,
and 12:30 p.m. (Spanish Mass) at
St. Mary Parish. Mass for Holy Rosary
Mission at Crooked Finger
is at 10:00 a.m.
Confession: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
on Saturday
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Pastor Jose Galvez
Saturday Services
Sabbath School 9:30-10:30 am
Worship Service 10:50 am
1159 Oak Street 873-8568
Inviting All to a
Friendly Bible-Based Church
Silverton
Friends
Church
“loving God… loving others”
Pastor Bob Henry
Silverton Christian School
229 Eureka Ave. • 873-5131
silvertonfriends@frontier.com
Adult Sunday School at 9:00 am
Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 am
Full Nursery Care • Youth Group
meets Thursday 7:00 pm
410 Oak St, Silverton, OR, 97381
503-873-3530 kimsilvertonordentist.com
OR-0000391219