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Newspaper Page TextSILVERTONAPPEAL.COM ܂ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 ܂ 3A NEWS BRIEFS Meet your city council candidates Judy’s Party On Friday, Oct. 12, Silverton Cham- ber of Commerce is hosting a candidate forum introducing those running for city council. Lunch is $12 for chamber members ($15 for non-members) with an RSVP by noon on Oct. 10. The lunch is from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Legacy Silverton Health’s conference room above the birth center. The address is 342 Fair- view Street. For more information, contact Stacy or Colleen at 503-873-5615. The Chamber Forum Lunch Series is designed to be networking venue for members as well as an educational op- portunity. Judy’s Party is next Saturday, Oct. 13. This fourth annual fundraiser is de- signed to help support multiple local nonproﬁts and community groups. Over the last three years Judy’s Party has donated over $42,000 back to Sil- verton and Mt. Angel projects. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. at Mt. Angel’s Festhalle and features a “Bite of Silverton” with appetizers and desserts, oral and silent auctions and music. Tickets are $40 and are on sale at Sil- verton Chamber of Commerce, 426 S. Water St., and at Silver Creek Animal Clinic. Commission Marion County Commissioner Seat 2 Continued from Page 1A Detroit Dam and aid ﬁsh passage in ac- cordance with the 2008 Biological Opi- nion legal settlement. Marion County is now a co-defen- dant in a lawsuit between the Corps of Engineers and environmental groups. “I understand a lot of these water is- sues and how crucial it is for these 200,000 people down here that depend on that water as well as the irrigation and drinking water for the people up the canyon and as well as for the viability of the economy for those people on the lake,” Burgess said. “All of those things are important, as well as complying with the Endangered Species Act and doing what we can for the salmon.” Willis said he is opposed to the plan and said he put together a petition and submitted 1,000 signatures to congres- sional leaders asking them to intervene. “It just sounds like a number until you know that that means that it’s es- sentially draining the lake altogether,” Willis said. “It would be devastating for people of Marion County. “I think we need a plan that will allow them to do the work they need to do, but not drain the lake.” Aﬀordable housing has been on the decline in Marion County as the econo- my has improved in recent years. People with lower incomes have been forced out and homelessness is on the Discrimination Continued from Page 1A Virginia Barreda Salem Statesman Journal Oregon Garden’s annual Barn Dance & Pig Roast starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. The least expensive ticket to the event is $25 in advance ($22 for gar- den members) and includes a beer and line dancing lessons. A $40 ticket ($37 for garden members) adds the pig roast dinner from Adam’s Rib Smoke House. This is a 21-and-over event. Tickets, including overnight packages, are available online at www.oregon garden.org or by phone at 503-874- 2500. Bill Burgess Colm Willis Party: Democrat. Party: Republican. Age: 67. Age: 32. Occupation: Marion County Clerk. Occupation: Attorney at Lynch Conger McLane. Work experience: Pharmacy Manager at Bi-Mart 1979 to 1993, Pharmacist at Quisenberry Pharmacies 1996 to 1999, Pharmacist at Oregon State Hospital 2000 to 2004, Marion County Clerk 2005 to present. Political experience: Salem City Council from 1990 to 1998, Marion County Clerk from 2005 to present. Work experience: Data analyst for U.S. Senate joint economic committee 2008 to 2009, Political director for Oregon Right to Life 2011 to 2015, private prac- tice attorney 2015 to 2016, Attorney at Lynch Conger McLane 2017 to present. Political experience: Never held elect- ed office. Education: Bachelor’s in Pharmacy from Oregon State in 1976, Master’s in Public Administration from Lewis & Clark in 1995. Education: Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Boston College in 2008, Law de- gree from Willamette University in 2015. Residence: Salem. Residence: Stayton. Family: Wife Cindy, two daughters. Family: Wife Joan, four daughters. rise. “The aﬀordable housing crisis is es- pecially hard on young people,” Willis said. “It’s something that I’m going to be very focused on as a county commis- sioner -- how can we incentivize people to develop more housing, whether it’s single family homes, whether it’s apart- ments, I want all the above approach. “I want everybody at every income level they’re at to have a safe home, to have a place they can live and work.” Burgess points out that in the Marion County budget from 1900, a large por- tion went to the poor farm, not that he is suggesting a return to that. “When the market doesn’t work, then it’s up to us in government to ﬁnd ways and incentives to make it better,” Bur- gess said. “Whether that means when we OK new developments, we require so much aﬀordable housing, that may be Fire chiefs in Marion and Polk coun- ties are delaying the backyard burning season past the usual Oct. 1 start until signiﬁcant rainfall occurs. The Marion County Fire Defense Board and Oregon Department of For- estry ordered the burn ban to continue for backyard open burning until fur- ther notice due to dry weather and ﬁre conditions. The continued burn ban is will af- fect all portions of Marion and Polk counties served by a ﬁre department or district, and all state forestry de- partment protected areas. one way to do it. When that means tax breaks for aﬀordable housing, that may be a way to do it.” As part of the $5.3 billion transporta- tion package passed by the Oregon Leg- islature in 2017, an intermodal facility – to move containers from trucks to rail- road – will be built in the Mid-Willam- ette Valley. The two ﬁnalist locations for a $25 million grant are Brooks and Millers- burg. Brooks is located in the state’s top agriculture-producing county, Marion County. “I support it,” Willis said. “I hope we get it. I think it would be great for Brooks. I think it would be great for our farmers. “With the Port in Portland not really working for our farmers anymore, it’s hard for them to get their crops to mar- ket and I think it would be a huge beneﬁt for our farmers and our economy and it would be great for Brooks.” Burgess likes the idea of having the facility in Brooks, but worries about us- ing land formerly zoned Exclusive Farm Use. “And without studying it more, I like the idea of Brooks because of the paro- chial thing,” Burgess said. “I like it right here. I like that economic development for us. I like that, but there are some oth- er considerations, too. Which one is go- ing to take EFU land out of production? “Personally, I would like to have it here, but I’m not sure it would be the best choice for us.” bpoehler@StatesmanJournal.com or Twitter.com/bpoehler Y OU R F E L AL K C L TA C P copy of the county’s investigation into allegations of discrimination or sexual harassment against Newell. Marion County spokeswoman Jolene Kelley said in a statement: “Marion County is not permitted to discuss spe- ciﬁc personnel issues.” “Marion County has a strong policy and expectations for appropriate work- place conduct and we take these mat- ters very seriously,” the statement reads. “Discrimination or harassment is unacceptable. We are committed to maintaining a safe workplace for all em- ployees.” More than 40 people packed into the Senate Hearing Room at Courthouse Square where commissioners met Oct. 3, union oﬃcials said. Among those present was County Clerk Bill Burgess, who is running for commissioner. “I’m in support of treat- ing people with dignity and respect,” Burgess said Oct. 4. With the #MeToo movement, he said, “this is a great time for people to learn to clean up their act.” Email jbach@statesmanjour- nal.com, call (503) 399-6714 or follow on Twitter @jonathanmbach. USA TODAY NETWORK U AN LE strength was my sexuality,” Namitz tes- tiﬁed. “And this was the end of my in- terview. No one said any words after that. I left the table shocked and ap- palled.” Namitz said she has worked for the county for 16 years. “Marion County Board of Commis- sioners need to know that enough is enough. Our union will not silently tol- erate harassment at the county,” said Trish Straw, president of the Marion County Employees’ Association, an SEIU 503-aﬃliated union representing Marion County employees. “We ask that county commissioners do the right thing by following HR’s rec- ommendation and terminating the su- pervisor in question,” Straw said in a statement. Straw said she sat in on about 20 in- terviews that took place as part of the human resources investigation. 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