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2A ܂ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 ܂ APPEAL TRIBUNE BRIEFS Higher thinking saves lights and nest Now when Silverton High School athletes play soc cer and softball under the lights, the chicks will have a birdseye view. Osprey chicks, that is. Last spring, an osprey nest appeared on top of a light pole overlooking the high school’s varsity soccer and softball fields. The large whiteandbrown raptors are migratory birds protected by federal and state laws, but the nest on the lights risked overheating and catching fire. The school district initially solved the problem by turning off the lights. Now, though, a permanent solu tion has been reached. The district, Oregon Department of Fish and Wild life, and Marion Soil and Water Conservation District recently moved the nest to a new platform above the lights. Using a crane, they installed the platform above the lights and relocated the nest onto it. Ready for feathered residents, it now sits far above the 10 flood lights illuminating the sports fields. p.m. to 8 p.m., and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The medical center is located at 342 Fairview St., in Silverton. Silver Falls Lodge offers ‘Green Friday’ activities Hospital offers free flu shots in November Silverton Legacy Medical Center is offering free flu vaccinations for everyone 6monthsandolder in No vember. No insurance is required. Patients under age 15 re quire a guardian present. The shots will be offered as permitted by staffing and supplies. Those interested should come to Silverton Legacy Medical Center Fam ily Birth Center’s secondfloor lobby. The vaccinations will be offered Sundays, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Mondays, 4 Those wanting to get out of the mall and into the woods can check out Silver Falls Lodge & Conference Center’s ‘Green Friday’ activities the day after Thanks giving, Friday, Nov. 23. Brunch in the conference center’s Big Leaf Dining Hall, from 9 to 11 a.m., is $17.95 for adults and $8.95 for kids, aged 412. The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Creek Meeting Hall. This familyfriendly event is free and open to guests of Silver Falls State Park and com munity members. Women Women in Marion County winning races against men or to replace men Continued from Page 1A Councilor, Ward 4. “We’re seeing an in crease in the number of women doing wonderful work.” What happened in Marion County is part of a nationwide trend, including a record 102 women being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. “I don’t feel like we’re taking (seats from men), I feel like we’re finally get ting the seat at the table that we’ve de served for a long time,” Hook said. “We’re just finally getting to the point where we’re getting equal representa tion, and we’re still not there. We’re still not even close to there. We’ve got a long way to go.” Newer organizations such as Emerge Oregon, Emily’s List and She Should Run are aiding female candidates and have given women resources they have not previously had. Jim Moore, assistant professor and director of Tom McCall Center for Policy Innovation at Pacific University, said female firsttime candidates being elected at the local level tend to be wom en who desire more representative voices in politics. “And it is not isolated,” Moore said. “There is a lot of it happening around the county.” When Monika Martin moved back to Scotts Mills with her young family a few years ago, she and her husband went to the city council with concerns and didn’t feel they were properly ad dressed. Martin’s father, Larry Martin, was formerly the mayor of Scotts Mills, and her mother, Katherina Martin, was pre viously on the city council. “We feel like we get lost looking after our kids and being a housewife,” the 30 yearold Martin said. “We have good opinions, we just don’t get those out.” She is in line to win one of three avail able seats. Jillian Schoene, coexecutive direc tor of Emerge Oregon, said her group has been recruiting younger women to run for office. “It was not that long ago where white men were heavily recruited, and now there is an intentional effort to recruit women and people of color,” Schoene said. “It’s because we’re asking them and inviting them and supporting them through training.” Women like Ohrt. “If I don’t do it, someone else will do it, and what if I don’t like what they have to say or what they want to do?” the 35 yearold Ohrt said. “I really feel like right now people are tired of politicians. We’re tired of people telling us this is what you’re going to do, instead of your representing us.” As of Thursday’s projections by The Associated Press, at least 102 women will hold seats in the U.S. House of Rep resentatives, up from the peak of 85 from 2016. A report from the Center for Ameri can Women and Politics at Rutgers Uni Aurora mayor: Kris Taylor Sallee. Gates city councilor: Carole Anne Boni- face. Hubbard city councilor: Michelle Dodge. Salem city councilor: Jacqueline Leung. Scotts Mills city councilor: Monika Martin. Silverton city councilor: Crystal Beahm Neideigh. Stayton city councilors: Paige Hook and Jordan Ohrt. Woodburn city councilor: Mary Beth Cornwell. City Council-elects Paige Hook and Jordan Ohrt are pictured on Nov. 12 in Stayton. MICHAELA ROMÁN/STATESMAN JOURNAL versity says more than 2,000 women will serve in state legislatures, up from 1,875 this year. And there could be more women as there are 185 races including female candidates for state legislatures that have yet to be called. “We all kind of want to have our voice heard,” Martin said. “I’m thinking, just because we’re women, just because we’re young and just because we have families, it doesn’t mean we can’t be in volved.” The desire of the female candidates, particularly the young ones, is not to re place all men in all political offices, but to bring equal representative voices to legislative bodies. “We’ve had men who had lots of dif ferent roles,” Leung said. “It’s been fine, but we also need to have more represen tation of women. “As much as we like to sugarcoat and say everyone has the same experiences, that’s not the case.” Moore said a large group of women entering politics for the first time at younger ages could have a lasting im pact as they seek higher offices in years to come. Barbara Roberts was elected to the Parkrose School Board in 1973 as she had a child with learning issues, then went on to be elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, the Secretary of State and became Oregon’s first female governor in 1991. “It’s a very promising sign,” Moore said. “It increases the odds that we’re going to have more women at higher lev el of office.” Stayton has had female representa tion on the city council in the past – in cluding current councilor Priscilla Gli dewell – but having a group of previous ly unknown 30somethings voted in at the same time was unforeseeable. “It is sort of exciting. I think it’s nice to see a wide demographic of people wanting to get engaged and involved in politics and their local government,” Stayton city manager Keith Campbell said. “Hopefully that engages other peo ple. Community involvement is one of the challenges you have.” Ohrt said she grew up being told she could do whatever she wanted to do. “That’s what our generation was told, and that kind of gets used against us, but also why not be a mother, work full time and be part of politics and be an ac tive voice in your community? Because you can. You can be whatever you want to be,” Ohrt said. “In a sense, it’s kind of surprising that people are surprised by that be cause this is what you told me to do.” bpoehler@StatesmanJournal.com or Twitter.com/bpoehler Address: P.O. Box 13009, Salem, OR 97309 To Place an Ad Phone: 503-399-6773 Classifieds: call 503-399-6789 Retail: call 503-399-6602 Legal: call 503-399-6789 Fax: 503-399-6706 Email: sanews@salem.gannett.com Web site: www.SilvertonAppeal.com Missed Delivery? 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