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2B Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Appeal Tribune Pink-tinted campus depicts ORCA support JUSTIN MUCH STAYTON MAIL The color pink permeated the campus of Santiam Canyon Elementary School Friday as Oregon Connec- tions Academy hosted visiting students and parents from all around the state. Sunny skies highlighted the pink t-shirt-clad teach- ers, who wore their bright garments with double signif- SENIOR LIVING SOLUTIONS A Place for Mom has helped over one million families fi nd senior living solutions that meet their unique needs. There’s no cost to you! CALL (855) 864-4711 ! We’re paid by our partner communities Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 FREE TOWING TAX DEDUCTIBLE Help Prevent Blindness Get A Vision Screening Annually Ask About A FREE 3 Day Vacation Voucher To Over 20 Destinations!!! 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DISH DEALS!! 190 Channels Now only ... 49 . 99 $ /mo. for 24 months ADD HIGH-SPEED INTERNET 14 $ . 95 /mo. Why are field burns allowed during wildfire season? STATESMAN JOURNAL SPECTRUM INTERNET™ UP TO 60MBPS “It’s helped me a lot,” Thomas added his two cents on the ORCA experience. “I didn’t really like going to pub- lic schools.” Meanwhile, a couple booths down the driveway ju- nior Garrett Kincaid of Lyons was busy trying to get kids interested in student government. Garrett served as a sophomore senator last year, and he was supported at the “Student Government” booth by fellow senators, junior Rosa Oliver and her younger brother Joshua of Keizer, and freshman Mikayla Wood of Scio. “We’re trying to pump up people; get their interest going in student government,” Garrett said. The open house mingling marked one celebratory occasion for the ORCA contingent Friday; another was receiving their final, permanent occupancy permit at their office, located on Santiam Highway. The rustic building was formerly Noah’s Ark Veteri- nary Clinic. When Santiam Canyon School District be- come the school’s sponsoring district a couple of years ago, ORCA moved from Scio to Mill City, set up in the building and began construction on a second phase, adding a conference room and an additional open space area. “We usually have an administrator here on most days,” said ORCA Executive Director Allison Galvin of West Salem. “We have our office staff and office man- ager here.” Galvin said the aim was to keep the building’s rustic character while adapting it to ORCA needs, and then adding to that. “When Santiam Canyon became our host district, we had to find space, and I think this ended up being the best option; it was the right fit at the right time,” she said. Much the same way ORCA becomes the right fit for certain students, like Thomas Bashor. The student body trend of recent years has seen others fit into the online system as the school year progresses. “We’ve started the year at around 3,700 students,” Galvin said. “We gain students as the year goes on. Last year I think we ended with 4,100. “As the school year goes on, many students find they are ready for a different academic option.” jmuch@StatesmanJournal.com or cell 503-508-8157 or follow at twitter.com/justinmuch LAUREN E HERNANDEZ • Speeds up to 60Mbps • Unlimited data – no data caps 125+ CHANNELS icance; one as a show of support for the school’s Nation- al Honor Society students who have chosen to raise money in support of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cause. “It’s touching to see them involved with this,” said ORCA Outreach Coordinator Laura Dillon as she looked over the pink-tinged open-house bustle. Laura, an 11-year ORCA educator, is currently un- dergoing her own battle with breast cancer, and the show of support on campus was standing with her. “Many of these students and teachers, like many families, have gone through this before with loved ones,” she said. On Friday they were going through a getting-ac- quainted opportunity, meeting teachers and other stu- dents from all around the state. Laura noted that many of the teachers hail from the Portland metro area, but the school boasts educators from many farther-flung locals: Klamath Falls, Coos Bay, Brookings, La Grande, Baker City, to name a few. The student body, which begins this year populated at around 3,700, hails from most Oregon counties, and many made the trek to Mill City for the event. “I’ve had people coming in from Eastern Oregon,” said third-grade teacher Brenda Ballinger of Silverton. “I talked to a family who came up from Ashland. They kind of make a day of it.” Brenda said her drive over Cascade Highway and on up the canyon required about a half hour, and it was a beautiful drive. The Bashor family, also hailing from Silverton, is fa- miliar with that route. Tom Bashor, a retired Safeway meat cutter, drove to the open house with his son, Thom- as, an ORCA ninth grader, and Elise, who is in the sec- ond grade. Tom and his wife, Sheri, have adopted and adapted a hearty brood and seen it through a variety of k-12 expe- riences; their oldest is age 41, while Elise, who turns 8 in October, is the youngest. “We’ve done the complete (gamut) of schools: public schools, private schools, charter schools,” Tom said. “Some kids do well in public schools, and other kids don’t. “They (ORCA educators) really work more with the kids, and they work with you,” he added. Switch to DISH and Get a FREE Echo Dot “Alexa, go to HGTV.” Control your TV hands-free with DISH Hopper + Amazon Alexa LIMITED TIME! Mention offer code FreeEchoDot where available Requires internet-connected Hopper® or Wally® and Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap device. CALL TODAY - PROMO CODE: FreeEchoDot 1-866- 373-9175 While the nation's top priority fire blazes in the Co- lumbia River Gorge, open field burning rolls on as usu- al in the Willamette Valley. Seventy-degree temperatures and low wind condi- tions allowed roughly 2,235 acres to burn on a number of grass and seed farms this week , said John Byers,pro- gram manager for the smoke management program at the Oregon Department of Agriculture. "Our intention is that we allow growers the ability to burn and we do the best we can to prevent smoke im- pacts on the general public," Byers said. Open field burning, which is limited to 15,000 acres annually, is only allowed in the Silverton Hills. The burns are primarily located in Marion County and the northern section of Linn County. Byers said he understands the community's con- cerns for air quality as Oregon's wildfires rage, but added the department works closely with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to monitor me- teorological conditions. How does ODA determine when farms can field burn? The Department of Agriculture evaluates meteoro- logical forecasts, air quality, and smoke levels to deter- mine conditions conducive to allow evacuation of PUBLIC NOTICE smoke, or dissipation of smoke into the atmosphere, CITY OF SILVERTON without spreading to critical non-burn areas, like SEEKING VOLUNTEERS schools. The City is recruiting volunteers to serve on a "There are many aspects that are evaluated prior to newly appointed Advisory Committee permitting field burning," Byers said. "Wind speed and The City of Silverton is seeking individuals direction, mixing heights, pressure gradients, and the interested in serving on the Transportation relationship of these factors in conjunction with a par- Advisory Committee (TAC), a newly appointed ticular field location." Advisory Committee of the City Council. The In addition, the Oregon State Fire Marshal prohibits TAC is a seven member Committee comprised burning if the temperature rises above 95 degrees, if of one Council member, one representative of conditions drop to 30 percent humidity or below, or if the Public Works Department, and five citizens. there are 15 mph or greater surface winds. As an Advisory Committee, the TAC will meet When any pair of those conditions is reached, Byers on an as needed basis to review and make said, open field burning is prohibited. recommendations to the Council on issues Byers said smoke management officials waited for regarding transportation related issues, bicycle smoke from wildfires to be pushed out by northwest and pedestrian infrastructure systems and other winds before permitting field burns on Sept. 12. similar matters. Interested individuals will be Smoke background, or the density of smoke in the appointed by the City Council for three-year air, is explained by several pollutants, primarily fine terms, (Initial citizen members will be particulate matter, which can be inhaled into the lungs. appointed to one, two and three year terms). Fine particulate matter can be harmful to sensitive Applicants must reside within the City of groups such as children, seniors and those who have Silverton and its Urban Growth Boundary . asthma and respiratory conditions. For more information about the Transportation Officials measure suspended particulate matter in Advisory Committee please visit the Boards and the air with the help of nephelometers, which are scat- Committees page on the City website at tered throughout the region. www.silverton.or.us/committees . "When the density clears, or it's not as dense, then Applications must be submitted online no later we'll start burning," Byers said. than Monday, September 25, 2017. Applicants The smoke background started clearing around are encouraged to apply now to ensure being 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12, and smoke management officials considered. Applications are available at the granted the first burn permit of the day to a Silverton following link: www.silverton.or.us/tacapp . Hills farm around 1:30 p.m. Interviews will be conducted by the Mayor and Tom Roick, the air quality monitoring manager for individuals will be appointed in October by the the Department of Environmental Quality, said open City Council. field burning affects the air quality just as wildfires do. If you have any questions you may contact the "The field burns are designed in a way so that it City Clerk, Lisa Figueroa at 503-874-2216 or via would have minimal adverse impact," Roick said. e-mail at lfigueroa@silverton.or.us . Air quality in cities that primarily burn fields re- Silverton Appeal September 20, 2017 corded good to moderate air conditions, according to the Department of Environmental Quality's Air Quality Index, or AQI. The DEQ monitors the amount of partic- ulate matter in the atmosphere in different regions PUBLIC NOTICES throughout the state. POLICY Silverton recorded an air quality rating of 21 on Public Notices are published by the Statesman Journal and Tuesday, which falls within the Good range of air pollut- available online at w w w .S ta te s m a n J o u r n a l.c o m . The Statesman Journal lobby is open Monday - Friday from ant concentration. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can reach them by phone at 503-399-6789. In Lyons, air quality deteriorated into moderate con- In order to receive a quote for a public notice you must ditions, with more air pollutants in the air.The air qual- e-mail your copy to SJLegals@StatesmanJournal.com , and ity rating teetered just below unhealthy levels for sen- our Legal Clerk will return a proposal with cost, publication date(s), and a preview of the ad. sitive groups at 88. Roick said air quality in those regions could be a re- LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICE DEADLINES sult of a number of conditions including localized All Legals Deadline @ 1:00 p.m. on all days listed below: ***All Deadlines are subject to change when there is a weather conditions, wind direction, wind speed, topog- Holiday. raphy of the region and time of day. The Silverton Appeal Tribune is a one day a week Byers said field burning typically only takes place in (Wednesday) only publication July, August, and September. By end of September, • Wednesday publication deadlines the Wednesday prior rainfall spikes and field burning is no longer possible. A permit is required to burn grass seed and cereal LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICE RATES grain growers in the north Willamette Valley. Silverton Appeal Tribune: • Wednesdays only - $12.15/per inch/per time Historically, field burning was practiced to rid of • Online Fee - $21.00 per time leftover straw on grass and seed fields, which subse- • Affidavit Fee - $10.00 per Affidavit requested quently improved yields and maintained grass and seed Requires credit qualification and commitment The Department of Agriculture permits field burns under certain circumstances. COURTESY OF JOHN MERRELL purity, according to the Department of Agriculture. In the 1980s, roughly 250,000 acres were burned on an an- nual basis. Now, Byers said, between 12,000 acres and 12,500 acres are burned annually -- roughly 3,000 acres less than the permitted. Byers said the decision to only allow field burning of perennial crops was purposeful. Perennial crops, as op- posed to annual crops, are located on steep slopes. Burning the crops prevents erosion of the earth. Sec- ondly, he said, straw from perennial crops has no value. "If you were burning annual crops, that straw has great value," Byers said. The Department of Agriculture also operated a few test fires just south of Stayton and south of Silverton on Wednesday afternoon. The purpose of test fires is to de- termine whether farms can do additional field burning in the region. Less than 200 acres burned in roughly four test fire burn sites in the valley. Seed farmers depend on field burning for healthy crops Roger Beyer, the executive director of the Oregon Seed Council, an organization that advocates for the state's seed producers, companies, and distributors, said the summer's wildfires have delayed open field burning operations. "There have been multiple days this summer where the wind direction was good for burning, but there was too much smoke in the atmosphere from the wildfires," Beyer said. "We are very aware of the air quality con- cerns in the valley." Despite the spike in particulate matter during open field burns, Beyer said burning operations are essen- tial for stable crops. Beyer said the council was initially opposed 2009 legislation that reduced to maximum acreage that could be burned from 65,000 to 15,000 because field burning is one of the most successful tools farmers use to break down grass straw and return nutrients to the soil. Without burning, Beyer said, farmers may allow the straw to break down naturally, but straw that lingers for an extended period of time makes perfect habitat for slugs, mice and insects. Beyer said seed farmers outside of the Silverton Hills area have observed an increase of worms and mol- lusks that eat grass, larvae that grow beneath the soil, and weeds that sprout and contaminate crops. He points to reduced field burning as the culprit behind these pests. "Without burning, that creates a habitat for these species," Beyer said. "Burning can control those prob- lems, but there are other ways to control." Alternatives to field burning include crop rotation, chemical applications to the soil and straw removal, ac- cording to the Department of Environmental Quality. Insecticide and herbicide can be used to kill pests, but Beyer said farmers should not rely on just a couple tools to break down the grass. Nutrients are sucked from the soil when chemicals are used to treat crops, which then requires farmers to rely on more tillage of the soil. "Farmers have to use a combination of these tools that work best with the least impact on the environ- ment," Beyer said. "Anytime a tool is taken away, you rely on other tools, and then they become less effective over time." People impacted by smoke generated from open field burning may call the ODA Smoke Management Program complaint line at 503-986-4709.