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DECEMBER 16, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11 CHIMNEY, continued from Page A1 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Patty Hine leads the Eugene Raging Grannies and other protesters in song. FOREST, continued from Page A1 and management costs have exceeded what the forest can generate. The result is that money intended for use in the schools is being used for the forest. State offi cials began inves- tigating the sale of the forest in 2014 and the end result was one bid on the property valued at $220.8 million. The bid came from a joint venture between Roseburg’s We are Everything Except Overpriced Lone Rock Timber Man- agement Company and the Umpqua Indian Develop- ment Corporation (UIDC). However, Lone Timber would be the dominant force in the deal providing more than 87 percent of the equity investment. The UIDC’s stake amounts to 12.97 percent. Jim Paul, director of the Department of State Lands, said his staff suggested ap- proval to move forward with the sale despite some reser- vations about the details that still needed to be hammered out. One major unanswered issue would be which of the two parties would maintain control of the easements permitting public access in about half of the 93,000 acre forest in perpetuity. Another revolved around possible ad- justments to Harvest Protec- tion Areas that shield older growth from cutting. Michael Rondeau, CEO of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, said that the sale represented at least a partial restitution for broken treaties of the 1850s and tribal termination in the 1950s. “The tribe never received a reservation that the treaty of 1853 promised, and it has spent the last 34 years work- ing on land restoration,” Rondeau said. Chief Warren Brainard of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw, said the easements would be held by the tribe. 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What assets do we sell next?” questioned Portland’s John Peterson. “In the face of previous sale attempts, courts have upheld environmental protections. If the courts judge in protection of the environment as vital, why are you trying to side- step the laws you have sworn to protect?” asked Christina Hubbard of Cottage Grove. Eugene biologist Aaron Nelson said the permit pro- cess that would become part of the future public use was worrisome. “They will allow public access to parts, but citizens will be be required to get a permit. Even with the permit, citizens will not be able to look for endangered species in the area,” Nelson said. Opponents suggested fi nd- ing ways to uncouple the for- est from the Common School Fund or investigating the sale of carbon credits as a way to overcome the recent revenue shortfalls. Several individuals repre- senting school-related orga- nizations, such as the Oregon Education Association and the Confederation of School Administrators, offered full- throated support of the sale as did representatives of some county commissions in the areas around Elliott State For- est. There were also those who walked a tighter line of sup- port. Tribal rights advocate Se-ah-dom Edmo said she counted herself among the environmentalists in atten- dance, but asked those op- posing the sale to look at the details. “This land is returning to the hands of tribes who suf- fered termination. When it comes right down to it, your position is aligned with the entitled settler mentality you claim to be fi ghting against,” Edmo said. that we had to get into to get at the chimney,” said Chief Jeff Cowan, of the Keizer Fire Dis- trict, about 90 minutes into the battle. “It’s not real complex, and the smoke is a good color now.” A tile roof and thick sid- ing complicated the attack and a large section of the exterior wall had to be removed in the hours that followed the initial call. The funeral director noticed the smoke as he was leaving for the evening and got the one remaining employee out of the building. “He reported having trou- ble with the retort of the cre- matorium where they put the bodies in throughout the day,” said Anne-Marie Storms, KFD spokesperson. “They shut it down and tried to cool it down, but in the meantime this oc- curred.” Repair technicians had al- ready been scheduled to come out and look at the problem the following day. In all, seven engines, four medic units, one ladder truck, a support vehicle and a duty of- fi cer responded to the fi re. Storms said it probably seemed like a lot for drivers as they passed, but “just getting to the chimney is wearing out a lot of our guys.” Cowan and Storms remind- ed city residents to have their chimneys inspected and cleaned annually before using them and to check smoke detectors. PARKS, continued from Page A1 The parks board made the decision to ramp up the pro- cess in the hope of pursuing a Oregon Parks and Recreation Department grant in spring 2017. Next year is the last year the city could leverage money used to purchase land for part of what became Keizer Rapids Park. Parks board members will be hammering out the details for a public outreach campaign in the coming weeks. Invites you to come and worship with us WorshipDirectory These Salem-Keizer houses of worship invite you to visit. 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