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
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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.”
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