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MICHAELA ROMÁN / STATESMAN JOURNAL World War II pilot Art Gregg turning 100 Bill Poehler Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK Several views of the North Santiam River can be had from trails in Minto County Park. ZACH URNESS / STATESMAN JOURNAL FILE Millions of dollars can be lost when something goes wrong Bill Poehler Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK The North Santiam River has an impact of $170 mil lion each year from uses including municipal water for 235,000 people in cities like Salem and Stayton, recreation on the river, hydropower and irrigation, ac cording to an ECONorthwest report. And millions of dollars are lost when something goes wrong, such as the toxic algae blooms at Detroit Lake last summer. The ECONorthwest report – which cost $30,000 — was commissioned by the North Santiam Watershed Council and the Oregon Business Council and was funded by Meyer Memorial Trust, Marion Soil and Water Conservation District, Marion County and Sa lem. It was the first to address the economic impact of the river. The report comes as the U.S. Army Corps of Engi neers, which manages Detroit Dam, has proposed draining Detroit Lake to a level below previous drought stages for one to three years to build a cooling tower and aid in fish passage up the North Santiam River. The Corps of Engineers is under a legal mandate to correct water temperatures to save the endangered Willamette River Steelhead and Upper Willamette River Spring Chinook. The Corps' plans have worried residents and river users. Draining Detroit Lake would damage recrea tion use at the lake and all along the 100milelong riv er, plus it could restrict agriculture irrigation and force cities to find other sources of drinking water. When a drought or some other issue befalls the riv er, the impact is felt in multiple ways, according to the report: ܂ Each year there is a shortage of water in the North Santiam costs between $2 million and $3.6 million in lost outdoor use of the river. ܂ The 84,421 residential households that depend on water from the North Santiam for drinking water See RIVER, Page 2A Oregon graduation rates up across the board Natalie Pate Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK Oregon is seeing more students graduate high school, with increases across the board regardless of demographics. More than 78 percent of all eligible high schoolers in Oregon graduated in four years in 201718, accord ing data released Thursday by the Oregon Depart ment of Education. This is a 2percentagepoint increase from the pre vious year and brings Oregon the closest it has been in recent history to having 80 percent of students gradu ating on time. Even when looking at individual demographics, Oregon's numbers have all increased. Regardless of gender, disability or economic sta Online at SilvertonAppeal.com News updates: ܂ Breaking news ܂ Get updates from the Silverton area Photos: ܂ Photo galleries tus, race or language background, every single group saw gains this past school year. Among the students with the largest increases were students experiencing homelessness, who saw about a 4percentagepoint increase; Native Hawai ian/Pacific Islander students, who saw about a 6per centagepoint increase; and American Indian/Alaska Native students, who also saw about 6percentage point increase. "It's important to remember that we are talking about students, not statistics," Colt Gill, director of the Oregon Department of Education, said in a state ment. "In this case, a twopoint increase in gradua tion means an additional 950 students getting their diplomas within four years of starting high school." See GRAD RATES, Page 2A Vol. 138, No. 7 Serving the Silverton Area Since 1880 A Unique Edition of the Statesman Journal 50 cents ©2019 Printed on recycled paper SILVERTON – In 1943, Art Gregg was a freshfaced 23yearold seeing another part of the world for the first time. Gregg, who grew up on a farm in Ohio dreaming of being a pilot, was stationed about 20 miles south of Ledo, India for his duty with the United States Army Air Corps. But when dozens of Japanese Zero’s swooped down from the sky to attack the base on February 25, 1943, Gregg ran for his P40 and managed to take off while under attack and give chase. Gregg was among a group of American pilots who shot down at least 28 planes that day. He was credit ed with shooting down one. See VETERAN, Page 3A Fishing groups want to keep hatchery fish in North Santiam Zach Urness Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK Oregon fishing groups are fighting a plan to elim inate summer steelhead from the North Santiam Riv er. Last October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed it was eliminating funding for a program that releases 121,000 summer steelhead smolts into the river east of Salem. The hatcheryraised fish are the only ones anglers are allowed to catch and bring home for dinner, meaning that ending the program will effectively kill steelhead fishing, state officials said. See FISHING, Page 4A