LOCAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019
PROPOSAL
Continued from Page 1A
the law, which calls itself
“Stop Illegal Drivers,” is led
by Mark Callahan, a fre-
quent candidate for political
offi ce in Oregon.
Callahan, reached for
comment Tuesday, said the
campaign was “defi nitely
going to fi ght” the ruling, and
pointed to several previous
cases he believes support his
interpretation that the peti-
tion passes muster.
The Secretary of State’s
Offi ce believes the constitu-
tion requires the petitioners
to present the changes the
petition would make to state
statutes. Instead, the ballot
title just says that a “Yes”
vote on the petition “‘de-
mands’ repeal” of the bill.
In a post on the “Stop
Illegal Drivers” website, the
campaign said the reason
Elections Director Steve
Trout gave — the constitu-
tional requirement cited by
Clarno — was “not valid.”
The campaign also posted
on the website a message from
Callahan addressed to Trout.
Callahan called the reason
for the rejection “fl awed in
logic and reasoning.” He main-
tained the petition was not
trying to pass a new law.
“How can we submit the
full text of a law that we are
NOT ‘Proposing?’” Callahan
wrote. “It doesn’t make any
sense. If we are NOT ‘Propos-
ing’ a law, there is no full text
of a law to submit.”
Oregon’s constitution
includes several ways that Or-
egonians can have a direct say
on a policy at the ballot box.
Lawmakers can refer a
measure to the ballot; citi-
zens can ask for a referen-
dum on a particular law; or
citizens can fi le an initiative
petition to change state laws.
A referendum, which sim-
ply asks voters to reject or
keep a law state legislators
pass, differs from an initia-
tive petition.
In the case of House Bill
2015, petitioners could not
submit a referendum. That’s
because of a few words in
the bill that amount to an
“emergency clause.”
That clause says the
bill takes effect as soon as
lawmakers pass it. The state
constitution doesn’t allow
bills that go into effect that
soon to get referred.
But citizens can fi le an
initiative petition in that
case. That’s what the backers
of Initiative Petition 43 did.
Since they fi led an initia-
tive petition, the Secretary of
State’s Offi ce says, petition-
ers were supposed to present
an amended form of the law
for voters’ consideration,
showing exactly how the
law would be changed if the
provisions of House Bill 2015
were repealed.
But the petition they
submitted just “demanded”
repeal of the law.
“We feel like you need to put
the sections that were original-
ly affected by the legislation in
to the petition and show what
you would propose to take
back out of the law or change
it back to what it was before,”
Deputy Secretary of State Rich
Vial said. “The law, obviously,
was complicated enough that
there was a number of things
in the statute that were added
or changed.”
Dick Mason/The Observer
Lauri Ferring, left, Gerald Hopkins, center, and Joe Garlitz, all of the Elgin Ministerial Association, examine a new
structure which will provide emergency shelter.
SHELTER
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The Elgin Ministerial Association is
composed of four churches, the Elgin
United Methodist Church, St. Mary’s
Catholic Church, the Elgin Harvester’s
Church of the Nazarene and the
Christian Life Center. The association
raised money for the shelter project
via donations from members of their
congregations.
Eli Smith, pastor of the Christian
Life Center, said the shelter will be a
tremendous asset for serving people. He
also said it is a testament to how much
the churches of Elgin are reaching out.
“It shows people that we care,”
Smith said.
Smith said the shelter will address
an important need. He said that his
SETH
HEARING
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Dall requested to have the
plea hearing postponed for 30
days to allow for additional
time for investigation, and he
told the court he is also looking
into arranging an evaluation
of Knight.
According to court records,
a notice was fi led by the
defense indicating an intent
to rely on mental disability.
church receives a request from people
who need shelter about every two or
three weeks.
The building, built by Countryside
Sheds of Island City, has little extra
space for storing items. This is by design,
said Lauri Ferring, pastor of Elgin Har-
vester’s Church of the Nazarene. She
explained that the shelter is not meant
to be a place people will settle into.
“It is meant to be very, very tempo-
rary,” she said.
Ferring and Smith are among four
church leaders within the Elgin Minis-
terial Association who played key roles
in getting the shelter in place. The list
also includes Gerald Hopkins, pastor of
the United Methodist Church, and Joe
Garlitz, a deacon with St. Mary’s Catho-
lic Church. Hopkins said the Elgin Min-
isterial Association has been working on
munity has rallied around
my family, to see how loved
we are, leaves me speech-
less,” Seth said in a press
release announcing the
event. “And really, that is
all any father could want.
For his family to be taken
care of in the same way he
would.”
Stephanie’s advice to those
who are going through some-
thing similar is to lean into
everything, say thank you to
people who want to help and
support you, talk, keep mov-
ing forward.
“Talk about how you
are feeling with people
and be open, because you
never know who is listening,”
Stephanie said. “And cancer
sucks, don’t be afraid to say
that.”
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Stephanie Kirkeby was
born and raised in La
Grande, graduating from
La Grande High School in
2001. She attended Oregon
State University, where she
met Seth through a mutual
friend in 2005.
“It was funny because
even though we lived in the
same dorm freshman year,
we never met,” Stephanie
said.
She said it was a fast
kind of love. Within a month
they knew they wanted to
spend the rest of their lives
together. They graduated
from OSU and stayed in
Corvallis but kept their
ties to La Grande through
Stephanie’s parents and
friends who stayed in the
area. The couple married in
2008.
“Things like this can,
and often do, break up
families, but we don’t want
that to happen to ours,
so we work through it,”
Stephanie said.
As Seth was going through
treatment, Stephanie said
she felt a little lost and lack-
ing in motivation to remain
active. So she found Burn
Boot Camp in Corvallis and
dedicated 45 minutes a day
to focusing on herself.
THE OBSERVER — 5A
the shelter project for 18 months.
Once furnishings are added and
other minor modifi cations made, the
shelter will be available, free of charge,
to anyone in need of a place to stay for
the night. Occupants will be able to
use the bathroom and shower facilities
at the Hu-Na-Ha RV Park, said Bryan
Jungling, the city’s parks and recre-
ation supervisor.
People in need of emergency hous-
ing will be able to sign up to use the
shelter anytime before 7 p.m. If no re-
quests for emergency use are received
by 7 p.m., the city may rent the shelter
to anyone after that time. Jungling
said the rent charged may be between
$25 and $30.
No timetable has been set for when
the shelter will open. An announce-
ment will be made once it is available.
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Seth and Stephanie Raleigh pose with their sons, Finn
and Sawyer.
“I fell in love with the
workouts and the people and
have been a part of the gym
for a year now,” Stephanie
said.
When the gym learned
about her story, the staff
there took it upon themselves
to organize a fundraiser to
support the family, and Sweat
for Seth was created.
The event will be hosted
at OSU’s Reser Stadium
Oct. 26 starting at 9:30 a.m.
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workout for adults with
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of setting four fi res in the
Imbler area, on Sept. 4, 21
and 24. According to Imbler
Rural Fire Chief Mike Barry
at Knight’s arraignment,
Sept. 26, the fi res seemed to
be escalating toward a more
public threat. The fi rst three
fi res were set in abandoned
buildings and destroyed
the structures, and the last
fi re was next to a place of
business.
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