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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015
Kitzhaber: He was re-elected by just under half the 1.5 million votes cast
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Drawing on lessons
who turns 68 in March, was
sworn in by former Chief
fourth term. He was governor
from 1995 to 2003, and after
sitting out eight years, was
elected to a record third term
in 2010. He was re-elected
Nov. 4 by just under half the
1.5 million votes cast.
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gency-room physician when
he was elected to the House
from a Douglas County dis-
trict in 1978. Two years later,
he was elected to the Senate,
where he served for 12 years,
eight of them as Senate pres-
ident.
“As it turned out, I have
spent most of my adult life in
this building and I love it very
‘I have learned that advancing the common good cannot be done from Salem.’
— John Kitzhaber
Oregon governor
much,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the Leg-
two years. All 60 representa-
tives and 16 of the 30 sena-
tors took their oaths for new
terms, Democrat Peter Court-
ney of Salem was chosen for
a seventh two-year term as
Senate president, and Dem-
ocrat Tina Kotek of Portland
for a second two-year term as
House speaker.
Democrats hold an 18-12
majority over Republicans in
the Senate, and 35-25 in the
House, their largest margins
in six years.
that his address would draw
upon the lessons he had
learned in 36 years in politics.
His parents were part of
what has been dubbed the
“Greatest Generation,” which
went on the build the prosper-
ous U.S. society that emerged
after World War II.
“I grew up in an era where
people still believed in their
government, and saw it as a
vehicle through which they
could come together and do
society that individuals could
not possibly do by them-
selves,” he said.
Kennedy, however, raised
questions during his brief
82-day campaign about why
that prosperity was not shared
among minorities.
“I was inspired because of
his passion and sincerity and
his courage to speak from the
heart and to say what needed
“And from the moment he
died in Los Angeles I knew I
wanted to commit my life to
public service.”
Still idealistic
During last week’s Oregon
embraced its goals of linking
school with work, boosting
the economies of rural com-
transportation systems.
“But even if we are suc-
cessful in implementing these
goals — all of which I support
– we will not succeed in giv-
ing all Oregonians a greater
share of prosperity unless we
have the courage and honesty
to question one fundamental
fact: the inherent contraction
between a growing economy
and the increasingly desperate
plight of hundreds of thou-
sands of our fellow Orego-
nians,” he said.
“I think we can all agree
that this situation is not only
unfair — but that it serves to
widen the disparities that di-
vide us and makes it more dif-
as a community.”
So what has he learned
a state representative back in
1979 to help him achieve to-
day’s goals? “I have learned
that advancing the common
good cannot be done from
Salem but only by engaging
people where they live and
showing them that they have
a stake in the problem and
a sense of ownership in the
solution. And we are doing
that every day in Oregon,” he
said.
“And here is something
else I have learned: that peo-
ple in our state and across our
land want community, they
yearn for a sense of belong-
ing, for a sense of a greater
common purpose. After 36
years I am no longer young
and I am certainly not naïve ...
but I am still idealistic.”
Ducks: Junior quarterback Mariota is likely to turn pro
season for the injured Brax-
ton Miller), passed for 242
yards and a touchdown and
ran for score. The 250-pound
third-year sophomore proved
he could keep up with Mari-
ota — at least on this night.
And the Ducks simply
couldn’t slow Elliott, who
had his third straight 200-
yard game with 246 yards on
36 carries.
“He just runs hard, can
break a lot of tackles,” said
defensive end Arik Armstead,
who had a fumble recovery
when Oregon was cutting a
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“We fought through a lot
of stuff,” Mariota said. “We
ended up short tonight, but
that shouldn’t take away from
what we were able to do this
year.”
four Ohio State turnovers, the
Ducks were held to their low-
est point total of the season,
four touchdowns below their
average coming in.
Oregon has done just about
everything as it blossomed
into a national power over the
last two decades, but it will
likely continue the search for
without Mariota. Barring a
major surprise, the junior is
likely to turn pro — though
he wouldn’t talk about his
upcoming draft decision after
the game.
Assuming Mariota makes
the move, the players he’s
leaving behind have little
doubt they can get Ducks in
position again.
“If this program doesn’t
have credibility yet then I
don’t know, then college
football’s messed up,” said
receiver Keanon Lowe, who
caught a 7-yard scoring pass
try to get as many bodies on
him as we can.”
Fifth-year senior center
Hronnis Grasu was a redshirt
when the Ducks made their
other appearance in the title
AP Photo/LM Otero
Oregon fans sit in their seats after the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Ohio State Monday
in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 42-20.
on the opening drive for Or-
egon’s only lead. “Obvious-
national title. But this pro-
gram’s great. No one wants
to play Oregon. No one wants
Timber: Seaside unsure of what
watershed areas it might purchase
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The city will clearcut nearly
50 acres of timber in one area.
The 2007 storm damaged part
of the area, but the project will
extend beyond mere cleanup.
In another area, the city will
primarily salvage clearcut on
about 10 acres near the south-
ern end of the city’s ownership.
The city selected the two areas
because they’re removed from
the main body of the Neca-
nicum River, and the project
should clean up a large bound-
ary edge while requiring vir-
tually no major road building,
Wallace said.
The logging crew will have
to build a few 100- to 200-foot
spurs, however, to access dif-
ferent areas, Dreyer said.
As the consulting forest-
er, Dreyer will hire a logging
contractor, manage the timber
sales, obtain permits, make ar-
rangements to sell the wood,
help purchase trees for refor-
estation and supervise the con-
tract through to completion. He
will have purchase orders in
place before the project starts,
and if the purchase orders are
sense to do the project now,
he can advise the city to wait,
Dreyer said.
He’s approached both Ber-
log, of Clatskanie, and Bighorn
Logging Corporation, of Banks,
about logging the parcels.
Pros and cons
Two of the main risks asso-
ciated with harvesting timber
are harming water quality and
increasing the potential for ero-
sion.
in the area the city intends to
cut, Dreyer said. He expects the
company he contracts with to
take extra precautions to protect
the streams and leave at least
the minimal setbacks or buffers
required by the department of
forestry.
Other precautions they can
take are to stop work during
heavy rain to limit sediment
building, he said.
clearcutting can vary based
on how a project is done, said
Necanicum Watershed Council
Coordinator Melyssa Graeper.
“The city is seeking support
and suggestions from the coun-
cil to make their harvest as sus-
tainable as it can be,” she said.
City staff members will
meet with watershed council
members to provide them with
more information about the
project.
Graeper said, ultimately,
the council’s goal is to be a re-
source for all watershed prop-
erty owners and to guide them
in best management practices.
When it comes to timber har-
vest, the council encourages
owners to “tailor their harvest
in the most sustainable way for
the given situation.”
Reforestation
after the project
When it comes to refor-
esting after the harvest, the
city hopes to plant the typical
spruce and hemlock seedlings,
but also other indigenous
plants to “create a more nat-
ural, diverse forest,” Wallace
said.
“We want to do it in the
most responsible way we can,”
he said.
Oregon’s Forest Practices
Act holds the landowner re-
sponsible for reforestation af-
ter certain projects. Within 12
months of completing a har-
vesting operation or after fell-
ing begins, landowners must
start reforestation tasks such
as site preparation and order-
ing seedlings. They have 24
months to complete planting.
Residual seedlings, saplings
or poles and trees all count
toward stocking, according
to the Oregon Department of
Forestry.
“The landowner must see
to it that the trees are in ‘free to
grow’ condition six years after
harvesting,” according to state
regulations. “Free to grow”
means that a tree has a good
chance of outgrowing compet-
ing grass and brush to become
part of a vigorous, healthy for-
est.
Dreyer said there has been
a shortage of seedlings, so it
may be hard to purchase them
all this year, but he should ac-
quire them in time to plant in
2016.
Future deals
The city does not know what
new watershed areas it might
purchase with the money from
this harvest, Wallace said. He
believes there are some future
deals that could be made to ac-
quire property. Campbell Glob-
al, a forest and natural resource
investments management com-
pany, and Weyerhaeuser, a for-
est products company, own the
property adjacent to the city’s
property.
Regardless of what deals
can be made, the money made
in the watershed will be spent
in and on the watershed, Wal-
lace said.
“Our management on the
watershed is going to be one
of water quality and not timber
-
jectives are different and less
aggressive than those of some
other owners, such as timber
companies, Wallace added.
“Timber companies manage
“We think we would probably
be better stewards of the land
within the watershed. We’re not
we’re doing a small clearcut
here.”
The city hopes to not just
buy any acreage but to get more
fragile, higher-risk and critical
areas. The United States Fish
and Wildlife Service has indi-
cated the agency might be able
to augment the city’s funds, as
it encourages municipalities to
own bigger chunks of the wa-
tershed, Wallace said.
to come to us.”
Ohio State third-string-
er Cardale Jones, who took
over three games ago for the
injured J.T. Barrett (who had
taken over at the start of the
watching another run at the
title in the future.
“Every single day in
this program is a building
block,” Grasu said. “We’re
always going forward with
this team and this staff that
we have, the players that we
have. They’re going to have
so much success in the fu-
ture. They don’t even know
it yet.”