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2A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020 | APPEAL TRIBUNE Address: P.O. Box 13009, Salem, OR 97309 Phone: 503-399-6773 Fax: 503-399-6706 Email: sanews@salem.gannett.com Web site: www.SilvertonAppeal.com Staff News Director Don Currie 503-399-6655 dcurrie@statesmanjournal.com Advertising Westsmb@gannett.com Missed Delivery? Call: 800-452-2511 Hours: until 7 p.m. Wednesdays; until 3 p.m. other weekdays To Subscribe Call: 800-452-2511 $21 per year for home delivery $22 per year for motor delivery $30.10 per year mail delivery in Oregon $38.13 per year mail delivery outside Oregon Deadlines News: 4 p.m. Thursday Letters: 4 p.m. Thursday Obituaries: 11 a.m. Friday Display Advertising: 4 p.m. Wednesday Legals: 3 p.m. Wednesday Classifieds: 4 p.m. Friday News Tips Volunteers from SafeHaven Humane Society, Oregon Humane Society and Newberg Animal Shelter unload animals, flown in from high kill shelters in Oklahoma, at Salem Air Center in Salem on Saturday. 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The Silverton Appeal Tribune is a one day a week (Wednesday) only publication • Wednesday publication deadlines the Wednesday prior LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICE RATES Silverton Appeal Tribune: • Wednesdays only - $12.15/per inch/per time • Online Fee - $21.00 per time Fetch-Fido-A-Flight, a non-profit dedicated to saving shelter animals, flew 222 animals Satur- day to Salem from high- kill shelters in Oklahoma. Arrangements already have been made for most of the animals to be fos- tered before that are available for adoption. The organization, which is funded solely by dona- tions and volunteers, said it has saved more than 2,000 animals. The group was assisted Saturday by the help of Oregon Hu- mane Society, Newberg Animal Shelter and Safe- Haven Humane Society. Woodburn track coach charged with sex abuse A Salem resident who has been a track coach at French Prairie Middle School in Woodburn was arrested Tuesday on charges related to a sexu- ally explicit video posted on social media that al- legedly showed him with a 16-year-old, Woodburn Police said. Jubentino Guzman, 26, "admitted the rela- tionship had been on-go- ing for several months," according to a statement from the police depart- ment. Guzman was a coach at the school from 2013 through 2020 and "the victim was a former stu- dent at the middle school when Guzman was em- ployed there," the state- ment said. Guzman was booked into the Marion County jail on charges of sex abuse, encouraging child sexual abuse and posses- sion of child pornogra- phy. The investigation is on-going and anyone with information about the case is asked to con- tact Woodburn decttec- tive Linda Hedricks at 503-982-2345. Audit And generally, school districts' need for ser- vices for students with disabilities is greater than existing money available for that type of support. Caseloads are rising and school systems face "inadequate and un- predictable" funding for special education. It's even harder for ru- ral kids with disabilities to obtain services, audi- tors said. Districts in rural areas face challenges in hiring special education staff and are contending with "a shortage of profession- als" — namely, primary care providers and child care providers — who can help them identify kids who need those services. But access to these services is critical for Oregon kids to succeed, auditors said. "Access to services is necessary if the state in- tends for all students, in- cluding students experi- encing disabilities, to meet academic proficien- cy and high school gradu- ation goals," auditors wrote. "Services also sup- port the social and psy- chological well-being of students experiencing disabilities." Claire Withycombe is a reporter at the Statesman Journal. Contact her at cwithycombe@ statesmanjournal.com, 503-910-3821 or follow on Twitter @kcwithycombe. er) will lose a daytime en- gine company due to re- duced staffing levels. Marion County Fire District 1 estimates call times could be increased by five minutes in parts of the district. The district will tap its reserve account to make up the rest of the budget shortfall of $1.4 million. “We cannot go back to the well here. There’s nothing left,” Chief Kyle McMann said. “If we can’t pass our local option levy in a future election, we will have to permanently close stations and lay off more firefighters.” Stayton was asking residents to pay a small increase in taxes, but when the election took place, the library and pool were closed, as was the playground equipment at the city’s parks. If a similar levy isn’t passed in a year, there will be large cuts in Stay- ton, too, but it’s unclear if those facilities will be able to open by the elec- tion in May 2021. “My honest answer is the pool would most like- ly need to be closed,” Campbell said. “The li- brary would have to be cut. Hours would have to be cut down. Cutting hours and maybe some programs would probably be on the table.” The Stayton Rural Fire District, which covers 107 square miles between Marion and Linn Coun- ties, was asking for a minute increase over its expiring bond. Carriger pointed out that among voters in Linn County — which had en- tered phase 1 reopening prior to the election — the levy received 248 yes votes vs. 210 no votes. But in the larger Marion County portion of the dis- trict — which hadn’t en- tered phase 1 – it received 1,725 no votes vs. 1,363 yes votes. “Normally we don’t do super well in Linn Coun- ty,” Carriger said. “We might pass (overall) and we might not pass in the Linn County part of our district. Linn County was open, and it passed pretty easily there. “I think it was just tim- ing. I think it was a big thing of Marion County had not opened up and people had a lot of ques- tions in their mind.” Of the operating levies in Marion County, only Hubbard Fire District’s passed. Now fire districts like Marion County and Stay- ton are going to have to continue to rely on volun- teers for large portions of service. “We’re going to still be here,” Carriger said. “We’re going to do the best we can to serve the district.” bpoehler@Statesman- Journal.com or Twit- ter.com/bpoehler • Affidavit Fee - $10.00 per Affidavit requested NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Review Body: Planning Commission Hearing Date & Time: July 14, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Hearing Location: Teleconference meeting via Zoom with a telephone call in number. Due to Executive Order 20-16, the Planning Commis- sion shall hold public hearings by telephone, video, or through some other electronic or virtu- al means, whenever possible. The instructions to listen to or virtually attend the meeting will be included in the Planning Commission meet- ing agenda which will be posted on the City’s website and outside of City Hall, 306 S Water Street, on July 7, 2020. This will include a hy- perlink to the meeting and a call in number to participate by telephone. Agenda Item #1: File Number VR-20-03. Var- iance application to allow a 6’ tall fence along a street frontage on a corner lot without the re- quired 5’ setback at 601 Ross Avenue. Located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Ross Avenue and Hazel Street; Marion County Assessor’s Map 061W34DD Tax Lot 05200. The application will be reviewed following the crite- ria found in Silverton Development Code section 5.1.700. Agenda Item #2: File Number CP-20-02 & DC- 20-01. Comprehensive Plan amendment to adopt the 2020 Silverton TSP and Circulation Plan as a support document to the Comprehen- sive Plan and amend the Development Code to implement the updated TSP and ensure compli- ance with the Oregon Transportation Planning Rule. The application will be reviewed follow- ing the criteria found in Silverton Development Code section 4.12.400 & 4.7.200. Agenda Item #3: File Number CP-20-01. Com- prehensive Plan amendment to adopt the 2020 Housing Needs Analysis and Housing Strategy as a support document to the Silverton Compre- hensive Plan. The application will be reviewed following the criteria found in Silverton Devel- opment Code section 4.12.400. Failure of an issue to be raised in a hearing, in person or by letter, or failure to provide enough detail to afford the decision maker an opportu- nity to respond precludes appeal to LUBA based on that issue. Additional information and/or re- view of this application, including all documents and evidence submitted, may be obtained at Sil- verton City Hall, 306 South Water Street by tele- phoning Jason Gottgetreu at (503) 874-2212. Copies of the staff report will be available seven (7) days prior to the public hearing and are available for review at no cost at City Hall by appointment, a copy can be provided on request at a reasonable cost. Silverton Appeal 7/1/2020 Continued from Page 1A Hiring special ed staff difficult Several districts and administrators told audi- tors that it's difficult to hire and and retain enough special education personnel. Oregon spe- cial education teachers have a turnover rate of about 20% per year. Budget Continued from Page 1A people over 80 square miles, faces steep cuts af- ter its 99 cent per $1,000 of assessed value levy failed by a significant 55% to 44% margin. It will eliminate three positions, two firefighters and a battalion chief, by the end of the year, staff- ing levels will be reduced through cuts in the over- time budget, the remain- ing staff will not receive cost of living increases in the next fiscal year, will have furlough days and cuts in health care bene- fits. In addition, its sta- tions in Macleay (east of Salem) and Lake Labish (northeast of Salem) will temporarily close and move all emergency ap- paratus to higher traffic stations. The station in Clearlake (north of Keiz-