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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 Pageant: Olsen, Bell win big in teen competition Continued from Page 1A Miss North Coast’s Princess. Each will accompany their re- spective Miss titleholders on stage at Miss Oregon and at sev- eral events throughout the year. Also on stage Saturday were outgoing 2014 titleholders, Jessica Humble, Haylie Moon and Olivia Colburn and Miss Oregon 2014 Rebecca Anderson. Co-emcees for the evening were Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Virding Christianson and her husband, Eric. The Miss Clatsop County Scholarship Program is an of- ¿FLDO SUHOLPLQDU\ WR WKH 0LVV Oregon and Miss America Or- JDQL]DWLRQ D QRQSUR¿W FRUSRUD- tion established to provide con- testants with the opportunity to enhance their professional and education goals, and to achieve those pursuits with the assistance of monetary grants and awards, according to a press release. The Miss Clatsop County Scholarship Program is support- ed in part by corporate sponsors Seaside Kiwanis, Seaside Fac- WRU\ 2XWOHW 0DOO /D]HUTXLFN Restaurant Development Com- JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian pany of America, Columbia After being named 2015 Miss North Coast’s Oustanding Bank and Les Schwab Tires. For more information, visit Teen, Hayliehe Bell hugs Libby Olsen, Miss Clatsop Coun- ty’s Oustanding Teen 2015. www.missclatsopcounty.org Both Mather and Garhofer can also take advantage of Ore- gon Institute of Technology’s of- fer of a $2,000 a year scholarship for four years, which was made possible by the school in part to extend STEM (science, technol- ogy, engineering and mathemat- ics) educational opportunities to the women in the county. Winning the Miss Clatsop County’s Outstanding Teen 2015 title was 13-year-old Libby Olsen, a seventh-grader at Broadway Middle School. Olsen will receive $625 after winning the overall Teen Fitness, Talent and Evening wear competitions. Olsen did a Jazz-Acro dance to “My Name in Lights.” Her platform was sup- porting local animal shelters. Ol- sen is the youngest contestant to be named Miss Clatsop County’s Outstanding Teen since the pag- eant began in 2004. Hayliehe Bell, 16, of Seaside, won the Teen Interview Com- petition as well as being named Miss North Coast’s Outstanding Teen. She sang Carrie Under- wood’s country hit “Jesus Take the Wheel,” and her platform is “Sing to Feed.” Bell is a junior at Seaside High School. She also won the Teen Community Ser- vice Award, bringing her scholar- ship total to $625. 7KH WHHQ ZLQV TXDOLI\ ERWK girls to pursue the title of Miss Oregon’s Outstanding Teen, as well as receiving $500 Scholar- ship from OIT. Runner-up in the teen division was 16-year-old Seaside High School junior Anna Kaim, who will receive a $275 scholarship. Named Miss Congeniality was Hannah Garhofer and Teen Congeniality was Samantha Wozniak. $OO QRQ¿QDOLVWV ZLOO UHFHLYH $125 for their individual schol- arship funds, making the total scholarships awarded Saturday night $6,450. By random draw, 8-year-old Halle Moore of Warrenton was JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian selected Miss Clatsop County’s Princess, and 8-year-old Amara Miss Oregon 2014 Rebecca Anderson sings “Let it Go” with the prince and princesses Ames of Warrenton was named during the Miss Clatsop County Scholarship pageant. Kitzhaber: Oregon Ethics Commission to decide in March whether to investigate Continued from Page 1A +HVDLGWKHFRXSOH¿OHVVHSD- rate tax returns, and he could not DGGUHVVTXHVWLRQVDERXWWKH¿UVW ODG\¶V¿OLQJV+HGHFOLQHGWRVD\ whether he discussed the returns with Hayes. The group that paid Hayes in 2011 and 2012, the Clean Econ- omy Development Center, has also worked to shape Oregon’s low-carbon fuel policy. That prompted Republican legisla- tive leaders on Friday afternoon to call for Democrats to suspend work on a bill that would make the low-carbon fuel standard permanent, at least until any investigations of Kitzhaber and Hayes are complete. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is consider- ing whether to proceed with an RI¿FLDOLQYHVWLJDWLRQLQWRZKHWK- er Hayes and Kitzhaber used their public positions for private gain. A decision is expected in March. A hearing on the low-car- bon fuel legislation, SB 324, is scheduled for Monday. Demo- cratic leaders in the state House and Senate did not respond to UHTXHVWVIRUFRPPHQWE\GHDG- line Friday. Kitzhaber rejected the idea that groups that paid Hayes in- ÀXHQFHGKLVSROLF\SRVLWLRQV “I think the fact that Cylvia and I have some areas of com- mon interest, climate change being one, low-carbon fuels being one, measuring outcomes AP Photo/Don Ryan Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, middle, is sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term by Senior Judge Paul J. De Muniz in Salem, Ore., Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Standing next to Kitzhaber is his fiancé, Cylvia Hayes. through metrics being another, the fact that we have a conver- gence of interests does not seem to me to imply that if those is- sues appear in my administra- WLRQWKDWLQÀXHQFHKDVQHFHVVDU- ily been exerted.” So I don’t buy the basic premise.” Kitzhaber also declined to say on Friday whether it was appropriate for Hayes to con- tact state employees on behalf of her clients, such as Demos, a group that hired Hayes to work with states to adopt an indicator called the Genuine Progress In- dicator. “I believe that it is an ap- SURSULDWH TXHVWLRQ IRU WKH HWK- ics commission to address,” Kitzhaber said. An email released to the EO Media Group/Pamplin Media Group Capital Bureau this week reveals the awkward position that Hayes’ contract- ing created for state employ- ees. In May 2013, Hayes called David Allaway, an employee with the Department of Envi- ronmental Quality’s solid waste program, to discuss the Genuine Progress Indicator, or GPI, and how it might align with DEQ’s strategic planning. Allaway summarized the conversation in an email to DEQ director Dick Pedersen and legislative coordi- nator Palmer Mason. ³$OWKRXJK LW ZDV RI¿FLDO- ly in her capacity as a private contractor (3E Strategies), and not as the First Lady, the fact is she is the First Lady and some of this may get back to the Governor,” Allaway wrote. “She also mentioned a few rel- evant initiatives that the Gov- HUQRU¶V2I¿FHZLOOEHVXSSRUW- ing or leading.” In an email Friday afternoon, Allaway said DEQ did eventu- ally participate in development of a GPI for Oregon. The agen- cy discussed methodologies and data for the environmental measures with staff at the De- partment of Administrative Ser- vices, which is working to create an Oregon GPI. Kitzhaber said he and Hayes tried to keep separate her role as an unpaid policy adviser and private contractor. “We have attempted to draw a very clear line over the last four years between her paid pro- fessional work and her volunteer ZRUN DV ¿UVW ODG\´ .LW]KDEHU said. Kitzhaber said he would not call for an investigation of his and Hayes’ activities. “I still don’t believe that is necessary,” Kitzhaber said. The couple is still engaged to be married and although the governor deferred to Hayes on PDQ\ TXHVWLRQV KH ZRXOG QRW VD\LIWKH¿UVWODG\ZLOOEHDYDLO- DEOH WR DQVZHU TXHVWLRQV DQ\ time soon. Hayes is in Sweden visiting friends at her own ex- pense. “She’s an independent wom- an, she doesn’t work for the state of Oregon and it’s not my role to make her available,” Kitzhaber said. “If Cylvia wants to talk to the press, she’ll get in touch with you.” JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Sandy Newman, director of the Miss Clatsop County Schol- arship program, takes a moment by the curtains during the Miss Clatsop County Scholarship pageant. After more than 15 years of being involved in the program, this was New- man’s last Miss Clatsop County Scholarship pageant. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Contestant Kayla Worwood sings “Stay With Me” by Sam Smith during the talent competition. TRO:3DFL¿F Seafood agreed to encourage competition Continued from Page 1A RUGHUXQWLOODWH0DUFK7KHMXGJHVHWDKHDULQJRQWKH¿VK- HUPHQ¶VVXLWDQG3DFL¿F6HDIRRG¶VPRWLRQWRGLVPLVVIRU March 5. 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Garcia: Gema’s older siblings also volunteered at the Migrant Summer School Continued from Page 1A Over the years, she and her siblings participated in similar migrant education programs and picked up English to the point they were translating for others. Fol- lowing in the footsteps of her old- er siblings, Rosalia and Salvador, Garcia started three years ago as a volunteer for the Migrant Sum- mer School. For the past two years, she’s been an employee, serving as educational assistant and translator for students. “I’m grateful that I got the abili- ty to learn a second language,” said Garcia, who holds a 3.46 GPA and is involved in Key Club, Business Leaders of Tomorrow and AHS’ Spanish Club. Picking a winner Each year, the Oregon Depart- ment of Education’s Migrant Edu- cation Program seeks nominations from across the state. “Right away we thought about Gema, because she has been work- ing in the summer school with us,” said Maria Monchilovich, a recruiter in the Northwest Regional Education Service District’s English Learner/ Migrant Department. She and Ve- ronica Guerrero, a fellow recruiter, nominated Garcia. OTHER WINNERS Migrant Parent of the Year Rafael Flores Woodburn School District Parent Advisory Council Washington Elementary School Migrant Advocate of the Year Jonathan Fost North Clackamas School District Migrant students come from families working in the agricultural industry and following jobs across district and state lines with seasons and crops. In Astoria’s case, migrant workers are mostly in the seafood industry. As recently as 2013, there were an estimated 19,000 migrant students in Oregon. “Our numbers go up and down, because these are migrant families,” said Guerrero, estimating an aver- age of 110 to 160 migrant students in Clatsop County during the course of the year, working in seafood and forest products operations like Fern- hill Holly Farms. “Sometimes they move; sometimes they come in for the season. When we don’t have a peak season in the canneries, a lot of families leave, and then they’re go- ing to return.” In previous years, local parent Esther Perez won Migrant Parent of the Year for her support of migrant education programs. Local English literacy tutor Eileen Purcell previ- ously took home Migrant Advocate of the Year. As the third child in her family to attend college, Garcia is busy ap- plying to colleges, with an interest in studying medicine and education. She’s applied to Portland State Uni- versity, where her older siblings Ro- salia and Salvador have attended, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, University of Portland and Portland State University. Being named Migrant Student of the Year should help.