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Appeal Tribune Wednesday, May 31, 2017 3A Carolyn Wood adds a golden touch to First Friday by reading autobiography ANNETTE UTZ SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE Oregon author, Olym- pic gold medalist and for- mer world record holder Carolyn Wood has experi- enced many “firsts” dur- ing her life. She will add one more, Silverton’s First Friday that is, during a speaking engagement on June 2. She will be reading from her autobiography “Tough Girl: An Olym- pian’s Journey” and will remain to sign copies of her book. The event takes place at 5:30 p.m. at Ap- ples to Oranges Fine Yarn & Teas, 204 E. Main St. “Tough Girl” inter- twines her road to the Olympic Games and her thousand mile solo trek along the Camino de San- tiago in Spain and France during 2012. Throughout the book, she recollects many other journeys, both physical and emo- tional. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Wood won a gold medal as a member of the U.S. wom- en’s 4×100-meter free- style relay swimming team, which set a world record during the compe- tition finals. She also fin- ished fourth in the indi- vidual 100-meter free- style. At 14 years old, she was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team to win a medal. After returning from Rome, Wood attended Beaverton High School, SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE Oregon author Carolyn Wood won an Olympic gold medal at the age of 14. She will read from her autobiography on June 2 in Silverton. where she won seven indi- vidual state champion- ships in butterfly, free- style and the individual medley. Working as a lifeguard one summer, she was ruled to be a professional and was ineligible to swim Democrats slam Richardson for inaccurate alert on audit TRACY LOEW STATESMAN JOURNAL “I think that we can and should expect of our Secretary of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and members of a legislative budget-writ- ing committee slammed Secretary of State Dennis Richardson May 23 for is- suing an “audit alert” con- taining information they say Richardson should have known was inaccurate. “I think that we can and should expect of our Secre- Richardson tary of State to send out informa- tion that is accurate, that is honest,” Sen. Sara Gel- ser, D-Corvallis said. “I expect more. I can’t begin to imagine the amount of work this has caused by sending out an alert that clearly has some faulty and inaccurate informa- tion.” On May 17, Richardson sent an email to each member of the Legisla- ture and to the press stat- ing that Oregon could be paying for Oregon Health Plan coverage for as many as 86,000 people who are no longer eligi- ble. In his email, Richard- son said the Oregon Health Authority had failed to disclose the problem, putting federal funding at risk. But Richardson’s staffers had been told May 11, in written an- swers to written ques- State to send out information that is accurate, that is Body Continued from Page 1A Tragedies Continued from Page 1A dents around the North- west. At Three Pools Recrea- tion Site, northeast of Sa- lem, a 25-year-old swim- mer went underwater on Monday in the Little North Santiam River and didn’t resurface. He is presumed dead. In Washington, a 16- honest.” SEN. SARA GELSER D-CORVALLIS tions, that those asser- tions weren’t true, OHA director Lynn Saxton told the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services on Tuesday. OHA has regularly kept Legislative commit- tees and the federal gov- ernment apprised of the situation, Saxton said, and federal funding is not at risk. “We have had consis- tent and clear communi- cations with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services throughout this process on a weekly ba- sis,” Saxton told the com- mittee. “We do have writ- ten approval for operat- ing the way we have.” Richardson’s office also abruptly canceled a May 11 meeting it had scheduled with OHA to discuss answers to the questions, Saxton said. The problem stems from the process to tran- sition from the failed Cover Oregon computer system to a new one, which has taken more than three years. Enroll- ees must fill out paper ap- plications, which then are hand-entered into the new system. There actually are about 115,000 people re- maining on the plan who have not had their eligi- bility “redetermined,” Saxton said. Just over 14,000 have not responded and are in the process of being ter- minated. A little more than 17,000 have respon- ded and are undergoing the eligibility process. And about 85,000 require manual review to deter- mine what action is need- ed. OHA estimates that 28 percent of the total, or about 32,000 people, will prove to be ineligible. In a statement May 23, Gov. Brown said the re- maining cases include Or- egonians who must meet multiple eligibility crite- ria and may be facing sig- nificant health chal- lenges. “Elected officials should be focused on pro- tecting the health care of Oregonians, not playing politics with it,” Brown said. “These are Orego- nians who cannot afford the health care they need in order to pursue healthy and productive lives.” Brown has set an Aug. the power of the currents. “Mother Nature is powerful and it’s tragic and those things are trag- ic but in our eyes they are preventable as long as you know your limits,” Bal- dridge said. The Three Pools Rec- reation Area was closed May 23 as crews search for the man. year-old boy was swept off a waterfall on the South Fork Snoqualmie River after swimming with friends and is pre- sumed drowned, officials said. In Southern Oregon, a man is still missing after he jumped off a bridge into the North Umpqua River near Roseburg, and a woman is presumed drowned after being swept downstream in the Illinois River last week near Cave Junction. Also on Monday, a woman died in a boating accident when the boat she was in crashed in the Columbia River. 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 Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors. 31 deadline for OHA to process the final renew- als, she said, and has asked for weekly pro- gress updates. “As Governor I expect state agency leadership to work quickly and dili- gently to fulfill their du- ties and complete this task,” she said. “But I will not play games with peo- ple’s health care in order to score a few political points.” Richardson’s office did not immediately re- spond to an interview re- quest. Richardson took office in January 2017 after be- coming the first Republi- can to win a statewide election in Oregon since 2002. He previously ran for Governor in 2014, los- ing to John Kitzhaber. tloew@statesmanjour nal.com, 503-399-6779 or follow at Twitter.com/ Tracy_Loew in college or in any fur- ther Olympic Games. This is a free event. For further information, call 503-874-4901. During Free Miller Fishing Weekend Continued from Page 1A ... no license or Saturday night at many of the parks. The hitch is that the free camping is based on availability, so good luck if the weather’s good. Another bonus is that you can have four days of free fishing if you visit our neighbor to the north on June 10 and 11 during Washington’s Free Fish- ing Weekend. And thanks to the 2015 Oregon Legislature, the June 3 and 4 weekend is one of four Free Fishing weekends offered annu- ally in Oregon. In 2017, the first was April 22 and 23, and the next are June 3 and 4 and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. June 3 highlights Detroit Lake was scheduled to be stocked with 20,000 keeper-size trout during the two- week run-up to Free Fish- ing Weekend. The annual event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 3 at the Hoover Campground boat ramp. Watch for the sign for the U.S. Forest Service campground on Highway 22 at the east end of the lake. Or you can shuttle off to Silverton Reservoir, which features a pair of events, one for kids and families and another for those with physical and tags are required to go fishing, clamming or crabbing in Oregon. mental challenges. Be- cause of limited parking, the lot at the lake will be closed, and shuttle buses will run from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from the park- ing lots next to Roth’s, 918 First St., and Dutch Brother’s, 301 Westfield St., the Silverton Library, 410 S Water St., the Naza- rene Church, 1130 S Wa- ter St., and the Silverton Grange, 201 Division St. For information or regis- tration for the event for those with special needs, call Jon Debo at (503) 932-7699. Finally, there will be a 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. clinic with free gear and bait — along with 500 keeper- size trout scheduled to be stocked the week prior — at St. Louis Ponds west of Gervais off St. Louis Road (from Salem, left at the light at Gervais Road off Highway 99E, then left on Tesch just before the railroad tracks). Henry Miller is a for- mer Statesman Journal outdoor writer/colum- nist. Michael Kim DDS “Your friendly local dentist” New Patients & Emergencies Welcome Cosmetic Implant Bridges/Partials Extractions Crowns/Fillings Root Canals ENTER FOR OUR MONTHLY KINDLE DRAWING AT EACH APPOINTMENT WE ACCEPT MOST INSURANCE 410 Oak St, Silverton, OR, 97381 503-873-3530 kimsilvertonordentist.com
