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www.hoodrivernews.com C ITY Continued from Page A1 sions,” said Jake Bolland, chief operating officer, and Heidi Logosz, Meadows Sus- tainability Manage, who highlighted the company’s composting and vehicle ex- haust “idling awareness” campaigns, as well as overall carbon reductions of 11 per- cent and 6 percent in 2012 and 2013. Hood River builder Mike Kitts urged the council to adopt the resolution, as did spokeswoman Page Atche- son of the non-profit climate advocacy group Oregon Cli- mate. “Climate change is an ur- gent threat. Any small ges- ture will lead to other small Hood River News, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 gestures,” Kitts said. “Resolutions from cities and counties lend a strong voice to our state’s desire to proactively address climate change,” said Atcheson, not- ing that resolutions have ei- ther been passed or are being considered in Benton Coun- ty, Eugene, and Corvallis. “We hope you will vote in support of this resolution tonight and continue to be par t of the impor tant statewide discussion around carbon pricing,” she said. Hood River resident Scott Haanstad asked if the resolu- tion was per manent and questioned the city adopting something without a sunset. “There is nothing tempo- rary about it,” Cornelison said. “This initiative is to change behavior.” Picard, while acknowledg- ing that global warming is a Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea MEADOWS officials Jake Bolland and Heidi Logosz testify Monday in support of a council resolution for state legislation on carbon pricing. P ULIDO Continued from Page A1 ging, or what are they up to?” Pulido accepted the award last week at the Legion Post on Tucker Road, after a lunch hosted by the mem- bers of the Post and Auxil- iary. The organization re- vived the award after a few years’ hiatus; Gerry Tiffany, then of Hood River Sheriff ’s Office, was the previous win- ner. The Legion’s Jim Tom- son said the Post plans simi- lar awards this year to the Sheriff ’s office and to fire and EMS. Pulido, a 1995 Columbia High School g raduate, worked at NORCOR and as a Hood River County Sheriff Reserve before joining Hood River in 2007. “It feels okay,” Pulido said of the award. “I didn’t go into the job for public recog- nition of my achievements. I believe law enforcement is an important aspect of the community, and that’s plenty enough for me.” He said he focuses on traf- fic violations, including DUII, “but I don’t have as many drug interdictions as Officer (Emy) Delancy,” and said he has less of the “pub- lic relations” role as guys such as long-time officer Erin Mason. “It’s a challenging job. Many people take our jobs for granted, maybe they don’t understand what we do,” Pulido said. “Someone may mean to cause you harm. You never know.” It comes down to preven- tion, he said. “It’s hard to measure what you prevent, because a bad guy isn’t going to say, ‘I got stopped from robbing a house because a policeman drove by,’” he said. “It’s a matter of getting out there, in the neighborhoods. I’ve never been concerned about what the bad guy says about me. I’ve had complaints on me. It doesn’t really bother me. As long as they are in- vestigated, and unfounded, I’m not concerned about it.” Asked if he has aspira- tions to move up in the ranks, he said, “No, I like being the grunt. I enjoy being the guy at the bottom of the line, pushing for- ward.” On hand for Pulido’s award were Holste, Code En- forcement Officer Marty Morg an, Of ficers Isaac Miller and Kyle Zuercher, Sgt. Stan Baker, and office administrator Maria Rivera. Pulido started his public service in 2000, working as corrections officer for the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility. In May pulpit and I think we should use it. “I ran as a sustainability candidate and made no bones about it,” said Corneli- son, who, like Brun, was elected in November. “I feel l do have the backing of peo- ple who elected me to move forward on this.” Blackburn said he has heard from those who be- lieve the resolution is “too much” and “too little.” “So the beauty of it is it’s both,” said Blackbur n.“I challenge anyone to tell me that in market terms a zero tax on carbon emission is the best thing.” The resolution, modeled on one passed by the City of Eugene, states that “the City Council and Mayor under the Hood River City Charter have the authority to protect the health, safety and gener- al welfare of its citizens and is compelled by the scientific consensus that carbon diox- ide emissions are the prima- ry cause of global climate change, and agrees that cli- mate change is a crisis de- manding immediate mea- sures to reduce its negative effects, and the City finds that climate change is a threat to public health, na- tional security, food security, and business supply chains. “These societal costs of in- action are significant and outweigh the temporary eco- nomic impacts associated with the energy transition,” and “the City believes that assigning a cost to carbon dioxide emissions is one of the most efficient ways to discourage consumption of fossil fuels...” 2007, he joined Hood River Police. “Officer Pulido has proud- ly served this department and the citizens of Hood River. Pulido has taken on other roles outside of his normal duties and is the de- partment’s range instructor and a field training officer,” wrote Holste in a letter to American Legion nominat- ing Pulido. “Officer Pulido is looked up to as a highly skilled trainer and trusted mentor of new hires and reserve offi- cers. Serving as the depart- ment range master, Officer Pulido created and imple- mented new and creative range techniques which fur- ther advanced our officers in the safe and accurate han- dling of all firearms at our disposal,” continued Holste. “Officer Pulido has not only led the department in these areas but led the de- partment in self-initiated ac- tivity, which illustrates his zeal to work hard for our de- partment and community. “Officer Pulido is a very driven, extremely active, and professional officer who rep- resent and emulates the Hood River Police Depart- ment’s values of honor, in- tegrity and excellence,” Hol- ste wrote. Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea PARKDALE volunteer Oscar Anaya mops up hot spots on Monday at the fire on Baseline Road. Three fires in four days raise concerns By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA One fire jumped a creek, another came close to a home and a third nearly took out a greenhouse. Firefighters responded to three brush fires in Parkdale and Odell between Friday and Monday, as ground fuels appear to be drying out after continued dry and unseason- ably warm weather. “The grass is a lot drier than I thought,” landowner Jim Byrne said Monday as he cleaned up after the fire that burned a 150-by-100- foot area of grass and bush next to his greenhouse operation Monday at about 10 a.m. on Baseline Road near Highway 35. A 50-foot slab of melted plastic was all that remained of the 500 plastic planting pots he lost in the fire. Parkdale volunteers doused the flames before they could damage the green- houses, other than minor damage to one corner. 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On Sunday, a Billings Road bur n pile jumped Trout Creek and spread to a neigh- boring piece of property, burning nearly a half-acre of grass before Parkdale fire- fighters doused it, according to Chief Mike McCafferty. No structures were threat- ened. On Friday, Wy’east Fire District put out an afternoon shed fire at the end of a long driveway on Willow Flat Road. The shed was totaled but there was no damage to the manufactured home about 25 yards away. The barn had been filled with household goods and farm equipment, and plenty of hay, which firefighters la- boriously turned over and over to make sure all hot spots were doused. The cause of the fire is unknown, ac- cording to district officials. Westside and Parkdale pro- vided backup, along with Hood River, and the Sheriff ’s Office responded. News editor HOODRIVERHOMES.COM A special publication of the Hood River News, April 12, 2014 C o m m u n i t y real problem, claimed the resolution would be “ineffectual,” that unlike past resolutions does not deal with a direct threat to health and safety, and a car- bon pricing statement now will “dilute the city’s voice” on what he regards are more important, and divisive, po- litical issues. “We have to make our voice count where it really matters. Oil trains need to be the priority.” He added, “I feel uncom- fortable speaking for all citi- zens on this issue, as there are differing positions. “Resolutions need to be used sparingly and judi- ciously, regardless of our good intentions,” Picard said. Zanmiller countered that, “societally, we haven’t gotten off the ball. More measures are needed to signify where we stand and where we want the state federal govern- ments to stand.” “This is timely and it will matter,” Brun said. “We are being a national leader here,” she said, with few other states looking at simi- lar carbon legislation. “Climate change is going to have a huge impact on the poor and elderly,” Brun said. “I see it as being like coal and oil transpor t and other health and safety issues. If other people brought resolu- tions to us, I’d love to listen to how it affects them. I’m hearing from people that they mostly support this.” Cornelison called it “the seminal issue of our time. Leadership is lacking. It may not have any effect, but we have to try. We have a bully A11 Remembering Carroll Davis – 6 PA N O R A M A 2 0 1 5 A S P E C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E Panorama is the premier publication of residents and visitors who will be in the Blossom Festival. 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