SILVERTONAPPEAL.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022 | 3B Gabriela Ritokova works to improve forest health Tracy Loew Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK This is part of a weekly series introduc- ing readers to individuals who are pas- sionate about our Mid-Valley communi- ty. When Oregon’s forest trees get sick or die, it’s Gabriela Ritokova’s job to figure out why. Ritokova is the state’s new forest pa- thologist. Her mission is to help the Ore- gon Department of Forestry and private timber owners fight diseases. It’s a big job, and one that’s getting big- ger. Climate change is accelerating the de- cline of trees in Oregon, Ritokova said. On the Oregon coast, Swiss needle cast is attacking Douglas fir. Southern Oregon is dealing with sudden oak death. There is mistletoe on pines in Eastern Oregon. Those diseases stunt or kill thousands of trees each year, costing local econo- mies millions of dollars. “Especially with the droughts we have Republicans Continued from Page 2A had my six children and I was just being the mom involved in everything and once they were all in school, I just started with differ- ent things here and there and just staying busy. And now they’re all grown and gone, and it’s time.” The family moved to Mulino and Dave Roses started a trucking company. She taught piano while raising her chil- dren. In her youngest son Marshall’s fresh- man year at Molalla High School, he and nine friends wanted to play tennis, but the school hadn’t fielded a team for years. Molalla agreed to fund a team, but didn’t have the money for a coach. Laurel played tennis throughout high school at Barlow, taught some young players from her church and played in tournaments at clubs around the state. She took the job – 19 years later, she’s still coaching the boys. “He quit playing tennis, but a bunch of been experiencing, we’ve seen a lot of de- cline and sometimes even mortality,” she said. Ritokova is a detective of sorts, but fo- cused on microscopic pathogens. “One of the things that people discover when spending any time around plant pathologists is that we get excited when we find a dead plant, or something declin- ing,” she said. “It’s basically a puzzle to be solved.” Ritokova says she was destined to be- come a forest pathologist, although not necessarily in the United States. She grew up in a small city in the for- mer Czechoslovakia, which has since been divided into two nations. Her home- town, Košice, is now part of Slovakia. It’s about 50 miles from the border with Uk- raine. Both her parents were scientists, and made sure she spent plenty of time in na- ture. She even joined the Young Foresters Club in elementary school, where she learned about forest ecosystems, native trees, plants and wildlife. “This is going to sound funny, but at that time the local foresters taught us how to use a shotgun, which is pretty much unimaginable now,” she said. Ritokova was in high school when the Iron Curtain fell, in the early 1990s, and jumped at the chance to travel. “I came because there were so many different opportunities,” she said. “I want- ed to learn the language, I wanted to learn about the culture. I never really thought that I would stay here, it just turned out that it happened.” She worked as a nanny in San Francis- co before earning a degree in conserva- tion and resource studies at the Univer- sity of California at Berkeley. While there, she worked in the lab of Dave Wood, an entomologist who encour- aged her to pursue further studies in for- est health. In 2012 Ritokova moved to Corvallis to work with the Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative at Oregon State University. Swiss needle cast is a fungal disease that’s causing huge problems for Douglas fir on the Oregon coast, she said. In her role as associate director there, she established an extensive research and monitoring network along the entire coast of Oregon and Washington. Now, as the state’s forest pathologist, she’ll continue to collaborate with the co- operative. A typical day for Ritokova could in- clude performing aerial surveys, climbing trees to get foliage samples, providing technical advice to landowners, training ODF field staff or representing ODF in a scientific meeting. “I really enjoy working outside. Even on a rainy day in the woods sometimes it’s better than sitting in the office,” she said. Ritokova has succeeded despite pro- found hearing loss, and learning English as her third language. When not working, Ritokova and her husband enjoy hiking with their dogs. She also travels to central Europe each year to visit her family. If you have an idea for someone we should profile for this series, please email Statesman Journal senior news editor Alia Beard Rau at arau@gannett.com Tracy Loew is a reporter at the States- man Journal. She can be reached at tloew@statesmanjournal.com, 503-399- 6779 or on Twitter at @Tracy_Loew. his buddies still wanted to,” Roses said. “We’ve been building a team ever since. “Oh yeah, yeah, and I’m not going any- where unless they fire me or my husband wants to retire and us go do something else for a while.” She’s been the vice-chair of the hamlet of Mulino since 2007, a precinct committee person and has been on the budget com- mittee of the Molalla River School District. Roses said she has remained current with national politics over the years. When the opportunity to run for the fifth district came up, she took it. Roses said her priorities include advo- cating for the federal government to give some of the federal forests back to the states, comprehensive immigration reform and tightening up the border with Mexico. “More people are dying from fentanyl overdoses than they are for gun violence,” Roses said. “And are we doing anything to try and stop the flow? No. Over three mil- lion people last year, and it’s looking like it’s going to be more like four million this year. “And the human suffering that is taking place as a result. Human trafficking, sex trafficking. It’s just a disgrace that the country knows that that is going on and really is doing little to nothing.” Roses’ campaign raised $11,607 as of March 31 and spent $6,929. All of the mon- ey in her campaign, except for $200, has come from her. Bill Poehler covers Marion County for the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at bpoehler@StatesmanJournal.com John Di Paola Lori Chavez-DeRemer Residence: Happy Valley. Family: Married, two adult daughters. Occupation: Co-owner of Anesthesia Associates Northwest and Evolve Health. Previous elected offices: Happy Valley city councilor 2004 to 2010, Happy Valley Mayor 2010 to 2018. Jimmy Crumpacker Residence: Tumalo Occupation: Former Energy Investor. Previous elected offices: None. Public Notices Residence: Wilsonville Family: Married, four kids, two grand- children. Occupation: Semi-retired orthopedic surgeon. Previous elected offices: None. Madison Oatman Residence: Bend Family: Father, one sibling, girlfriend. Occupation: Disaster restoration. Previous elected offices: None. Laurel Roses Residence: Mulino Family: Husband of 43 years Dave, six children (one deceased), nine grandchil- dren. Occupation: Piano teacher, boys tennis coach at Molalla High School. 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