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OBITUARIES
Bertha Dianna Ball
Funeral Chapel.
March 7, 1932 — May 15, 2017
Bertha Dianna
Ball, 85, passed
away on May 15,
2017, in Canby.
She was born
on March 7, 1932,
to Ole and Vera
(Cline) Iverson in
Riverton, Nebraska. Her family
moved to Oregon when she was
five. She married Wilbur Ed-
mund Ball on May 12, 1951, and
they had three children. Bertha
enjoyed spending time with her
family, her flowers and her fish.
She is preceded in death by
her husband Wilbur and her son
Kenneth Ball. Bertha is sur-
vived by her son Roger Ball of
Molalla.
A celebration of Bertha’s life
was held June 4 at Unger Funer-
al Chapel in Mt. Angel.
Assisting the family is Unger
Mary Inez Fenner
Nov. 4, 1939 — May 20, 2017
Mary Fenner,
78, passed away
May 20 in Salem
after a valiant
battle with can-
cer.
Mary
was
born Nov. 4, 1939,
in Pierre, South Dakota, to
James and Beatrice Libner. The
family moved to Silverton in
1946 and Mary graduated from
Silverton High School in 1958.
After graduation, she moved to
Ketchikan, Alaska, to live with
her sister and brother-in-law.
Mary went on to attend Pacific
Lutheran University in Wash-
ington. Alaska beckoned again
and she moved to Sitka, where
she married and had two chil-
dren, Bill and Lori. In 1978, she
and her children moved back to
Silverton.
Mary was a dedicated envi-
ronmentalist and had a special
interest in keeping our air, food
and water free of pesticides.
She enjoyed taking pictures, es-
pecially of her grandchildren,
and working on her computer.
Mary was a devout life-long Lu-
theran and participated in many
church activities.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and brothers Rob-
ert, Paul and Dean Libner. She is
survived by son Bill Fenner of
Silverton; daughter Lori (Tom)
Pallister of Salem; sister Betty
Brewer of Green Valley, Arizo-
na; grandchildren Tom Jr (Ash-
ley), Mathew and Kathryn Pal-
lister; and great-grandchildren
Kayden and Trenton.
A memorial service was held
June 2 at Our Savior’s Lutheran
Church in Salem. Interment fol-
lowed at Valley View Cemetery
in Silverton.
Michael Paul Gasper
Dec. 27, 1930 — May 22, 2017
Michael Paul
Gasper,
86,
passed away May
22, 2017, in Stay-
ton surrounded
by his loving fam-
ily.
Michael was
born on Dec. 27, 1930, to Paul
and Therese (Pilgram) Gasper
in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
At a young age, Michael and his
family moved to the Silverton
area, where he later raised his
family. He graduated from Mt.
Angel Prep School and later
joined the National Guard,
where he served for 20 years.
Michael married Mary Anna
Pfeifer on Sept. 8, 1951, and had
eight children. He worked in
construction most of his life and
was involved in the construc-
tion of many buildings in the Sil-
verton and Salem area. Michael
was a devoted husband and fa-
ther. His family was everything
to him.
He is survived by his wife of
65 years, Mary; children Ray-
mond Gasper of Princeton, Ste-
phen (Terri) Gasper of Scotts
Mills, Michelle (Neville) Bas-
sett of Hillsboro, Dan (Jenelle)
Gasper of Silverton, Paul Gasp-
er of Silverton, Chris Gasper of
Silverton and Caroline (Chris)
Christiansen of Sublimity; six
grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren. Michael is pre-
ceded in death by his son, James
Gasper.
A memorial mass was held
June 2 at Immaculate Concep-
tion in Stayton. In lieu of flow-
ers, please make a donation to
Marion-Polk Food Share, Red
Cross, or the Parkinson’s Dis-
ease Foundation.
Where state’s marijuana taxes will go
JONATHAN BACH
STATESMAN JOURNAL
As Oregon economists calculated
their May revenue forecast, they had
new figures to add in: marijuana taxes.
They estimated marijuana sales will
create about $210 million in taxes
through the middle of 2019.
That may sound like a lot, but local of-
ficials reached by the Statesman Journal
don’t expect the money to add signifi-
cantly to their budgets.
The Salem-Keizer School District, for
example, stands to get about $5 million.
Salem-Keizer could use the money.
“Certainly, we need more resources,” Sa-
lem-Keizer spokesman Jay Remy said. If
there were a net increase in the amount
of money they get from the state, that
would be “fantastic,” he said.
But Salem-Keizer’s total operating
budget is $677.5 million for the 2016-2017
school year, Remy said. That includes
sources like federal funds.
“That ($5 million) would equate to
about four days of school,” Remy said.
Schools are meant to be the big win-
ner from marijuana sales.
Economists estimate most of the
roughly $210 million through June 2019
would go toward schools, saying $84.1
million might be in store for them.
Under current statute, the money
would go toward the Common School
Fund, a kind of trust fund.
The marijuana money would go to-
ward the fund, bumping up its total value
and meaning a bigger twice-yearly
payout for Oregon school districts.
The State Land Board oversees the
distribution of money from there, said
Department of State Lands spokeswom-
an Julie Curtis.
“Their policy is 4 percent of the roll-
ing three-year average value of the
fund,” Curtis said. “That helps smooth
out the ups and downs of the stock mar-
ket.”
It’s not like $19 million goes into the
MOLLY J. SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Green Cross Cannabis Emporium is busy with
customers as they host an event for 420 on
April 20.
fund, $19 million goes out of the fund, she
said, and the Common School Fund was
not supposed to get any tax revenue until
this fall.
SB 845 A, though, would change the
law so 30 percent of the marijuana mon-
ey goes toward the State School Fund,
with 10 percent going toward the Com-
munity College Support Fund.
The bill this month made its way
through the state Senate, with a public
hearing and work session scheduled for
May 30 at 1 p.m. in Hearing Room A in
front of the House Committee on Reve-
nue.
That would mean about $63 million
going toward the State School Fund.
Here’s a hypothetical way a little
more than $5 million of that pot money
could go toward Salem-Keizer School
District.
Every $1 million that’s added to or
subtracted from the State School Fund
represents about $1.50 per weighted av-
erage daily membership for students,
said Michael Wiltfong, School Finance
and School Facilities Director with the
Oregon Department of Education.
The weighting is, for instance, for
special education students and English-
language learners, Wiltfong said.
There are 53,295 “weights” for the
2017-2018 school year in the Salem-Keiz-
er School District, he said.
Multiplying 63 – the number of mil-
lions – by 1.50 equals 94.5. Multiplying
that by the number of weights – 53,295 –
equals 5,036,377.50.
Or just more than $5 million in theory
headed to Salem-Keizer, likely over two
years.
Local officials don’t appear to have
quite put together wish lists of what, pre-
cisely, the money will pay for in terms of
more police or teaching positions.
“It’s too soon to know,” Remy said.
Money for police, local
government, addiction programs
The state could put $42 million toward
Mental Health, Alcoholism and Drug
Services, according to the forecast.
Oregon State Police could receive
$31.5 million in funding. In Gov. Kate
Brown’s recommended budget, money
from marijuana is supposed to be used to
“protect further reductions to the Major
Crimes Section.”
Drug and alcohol abuse programs
through the Oregon Health Authority
would see about $10.5 million.
Cities and counties could get about
$42 million combined to fund their law
enforcement agencies.
Salem City Hall estimates $401,100
will flow in from marijuana tax revenue
in the city’s proposed budget for the
2017-2018 fiscal year.
It’s a small portion of the overall bud-
get for policing the capital city.
The Salem Police Department has a
proposed budget of almost $43 million
over the upcoming fiscal year.
In November, Salem voted through a
3-percent bump to the 17-percent state
tax on recreational weed, meaning cus-
tomers here pay a 20-percent tax those
purchases.
The money would go to support their
general police services, said city spokes-
man Kenny Larson. “It’s not earmarked
for any special things.”
How to figure marijuana taxes
The May forecast’s marijuana out-
look is an admittedly rough estimate
based on data from Oregon’s young rec-
reational marijuana industry and trends
in Washington and Colorado, where
those sales are also legal.
Economists based their outlook on an-
other prediction: the tens of millions of
dollars already collected by Oregon
from recreational marijuana sales prob-
ably won’t be distributed by the end of
this biennium – the two-year period that
started in 2015 and finishes this June 30.
State lawmakers lean on revenue
forecasts to see how much of a financial
hole they need to fill over their two-year
budget.
They’re working right now on the
2017-2019 budget. As of the May fore-
cast, the hole lawmakers need to fill
stretches $1.4 billion deep.
Before any money from the so-called
Oregon Marijuana Fund goes back out
across the state, Revenue and the Ore-
gon Liquor Control Commission must
pay for their administrative costs.
An interagency agreement requires
OLCC to invoice Revenue no later than
Sept. 30 for the 2015-2017 biennium, ac-
cording to OLCC Financial Services Di-
rector Kim Davis.
OLCC, which regulates recreational
marijuana sales, doesn’t yet know exact-
ly how much money it will need from
Revenue. OLCC must reconcile its books
at the end of the current biennium in
June, said spokesman Mark Pettinger.
Marijuana licenses and fees have gen-
erated about $8 million, Pettinger said,
after the commission took out $13 million
to cover start-up costs for the recre-
ational marijuana program.
So if the OLCC ends up generating $10
million in revenue from fees and li-
censes, it will only ask for $3 million
from Revenue, Pettinger said.
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