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SILVERTONAPPEAL.COM ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020 ❚ 3A Outdoor Continued from Page 1A everyone from lawmakers to volunteers to help plan and oversee outdoor recrea- tion: ❚ An outdoor recreation sub-cabinet to lead statewide planning and look at everything from land use fees to grant programs. ❚ A citizen advisory committee to lead the newly-created Office of Out- door Recreation. ❚ And an Outdoor Recreation Caucus in the state legislature. Another idea is to look at ways to bridge the gap between state and feder- al lands policies — given over half of Oregon’s outdoors is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Support local journalism: Three month’s digital access to Statesman- Journal.com for $1 for new subscribers, then $7.99 New funding for businesses and recreation projects This section deals with investing in local business and trails projects. They propose a $100 million fund to improve trails, campgrounds and other projects through a constitutional amendment. Other ideas propose grants to help small recreation businesses grow. Finally, they propose building on the small progress made in funding search and rescue last legislative session — a fund was established that people can donate into. Oregon requires counties to have search and rescue teams but doesn’t pay for them, and they can cost millions even with volunteers. Statewide educational plan, limiting damage from crowds Oregon Outdoors Pass, new laws The final section of ideas includes a lot — but one that jumped out is state- wide outdoor education for K-12 that builds on the growth of Outdoor Schools across the state. The group also proposes the state’s tourism bureau, Travel Oregon, pro- motes “responsible recreation” to com- bat the growing damage caused by in- creased crowds on trails and in parks. One of the landmines for outdoor rec- reation has been the evolving idea of “recreational immunity“ — when you’re allowed to sue the state if you get hurt outdoors. The task force proposes to create new legislation to deal with what could be- come a costly and complex problem in the future. Other ideas include a tax easement for private landowners that would allow public access, and creating an Oregon Outdoors Pass — a unified pass that takes the place of the various state parks, sno-park, ODFW and Forest Ser- vice passes. Zach Urness has been an outdoors re- porter, photographer and videographer in Oregon for 12 years. Urness is the au- thor of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJour- nal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors. Dancing L-R: McKenzie and Alex in the Special 2 hour season finale episode of ‘Flirty Dancing’ airing Saturday, Jan. 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Continued from Page 1A said. But being the one choosing present- ed a different fear. "I still had to make them want me," he said. "There still has to be a connection on their end, as well. "Believing that this experience can lead to something really cool and then just trusting the process ... it was my goal the whole time to keep my mindset on the hopeful side of what could be." MICHAEL BECKER/FOX From Mt. Angel to California Long before Morrissey was potential- ly dancing his way to love, he was danc- ing in Mt. Angel's Oktoberfest. Before graduating from Kennedy High School in 2010, he was president of the Oregon FFA Association and recipi- ent of the Mt. Angel Chamber of Com- merce's Junior First Citizen award, among other accolades. Morrissey has always loved to dance, and growing up in Mt. Angel allowed him to do so during Oktoberfest — something he still does each year. "I love my hometown of Mt. Angel," he said. "But I had dreams that led me out of there." Morrissey moved to Southern Cali- fornia in 2011 and currently works as a high school speaker and leadership trainer. "I'm always traveling," he said. "My lifestyle doesn't make it easy (to date)." When it comes to a potential partner, Morrissey said he's looking for a woman with big dreams who is passionate about life and compassionate to those around her. Looking for love on 'Flirty Dancing' It didn't come as a shock for friends and family when they found out Morris- sey was going to be on "Flirty Dancing." "He has always had this outgoing na- ture and kind of grows in the limelight of things," said his mom, Teresa Kinkaid. After a friend tagged him in a "Flirty Dancing" Instagram post several months ago, Morrissey said he connect- ed with a casting director and applied for the show. Before he knew it, he was doing Skype interviews, plenty of phone calls and a dance audition. They filmed in Mt. Angel this past October and in California about a month later. Host Dewan was "an absolute angel" to work with, Morrissey said. She took the time to get to know him and was nothing but positive and encouraging throughout the whole process. "I couldn't have asked for a better matchmaker," he said. Morrissey said there is a ton of prac- tice and preparation prior to the dances, but the moment he danced with his matches was "surreal." "No matter what you do to try to imagine who this other individual might be ... it's, at the end of the day, impos- sible," he said. "I remember walking up to where the dance begins at, facing away, standing there hearing her foot- steps walk up ... it was so wild." But then came the tough part — choosing who to see again. Morrissey relied on trusting the chemistry he felt during the dances, his gut and heart when making this choice. He said he had to envision the dance connection translating to one he could see in his life. "(This experience) took something that I feel so comfortable with, such as dance, (and) really challenged me to overcome something that I'm quite un- comfortable with, which is putting my- self out there in that vulnerable way — being open to romance." cal style love story that is possible for just about everyone." Will Morrissey find love on "Flirty Dancing"? Watch the season finale at 8 p.m. PST Saturday, Jan. 25, on Fox to find out. Abby Luschei is the arts and enter- tainment reporter for the Statesman Journal and can be reached at alus- chei@statesmanjournal.com or 503- 399-6747. Follow her on Twitter @abby- luschei or facebook.com/luscheiabby. Interested in telling at one of the up- coming Salem Storytellers Project events? Submit your story: www.storytellersproject.com/tell. 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