J anuary 18, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver P age B ö Governor Speaks On Urban Vs. RuraB Split Many o f O regon's agricultural organizations supported his oppo­ nent in the November election But John Kitzhaber, O regon’s new gov­ ernor, is convinced he will change a lot o f minds w ithin the industry be­ fore his four-year term is over I think in four years you will find a significantly different attitude in the agricultural community about me and about my administration,” says the Roseburg Democrat. “ 1 am an environmentalist, but the fact o f the matter is that I represented a rural constituency for 14 years, timber and agriculture Actually, at one time 1 received the endorsement ofthe Dou­ glas County Farm Bureau.” K itzhaber strongly believes that a middle ground exists between pro­ tecting the environment and sustain­ ing O reg o n ’s m ulti-billion dollar agriculture industry. “ We have somehow painted this as a black or w hite issue,” he says. “ It is not. It’s a debate over how you balance shared values. If it becomes a confrontational debate, the agricul­ tural community will lose just on the basis o f numbers and what is happen­ ing demographically in this state. We can’t allow that to happen. We have to come to the table and work these things out." The new governor talks more like an architect than a politician when discussing the needs o f the industry. "One o f the things the agricul­ tural community needs to do is build bridges between themselves and ur­ ban constituencies,” he says. “The fact o f the matter is 50,000 people are coming into Oregon each year. Most o f them are moving into urban settings. The agricultural communi­ ty is becoming a shrinking constitu­ ency in a sea o f people who don’t necessarily understand its impor­ tance. The agricultural community cannot allow itself to become isolat­ ed. One o f the things 1 can and will bring to that community is the ability to be an advocate for their interests to urbanites, letting them understand the importance o f maintaining agri­ culture.” Kitzhaber agrees that agricul­ ture needs to have its fair share of land and water resources in order to survive in Oregon. Ensuring access to those requirements is a challenge given the competing needs o f an in- creasing population, demands for wildlife protection and the desire for more recreational opportunities. “We need to exercise and in some ways strengthen elements o f our land-use planning program to make sure that we preserve the land base for agriculture,” says Kitzhaber. ” 1 supported Right-to-Farm legisla­ tion in the past but that is not enough. We basically have to use the land use planning tools that we have to make sure agriculture has its base " The new g o v e rn o r uses the term “stra te g ic th in k in g ” when ta lk in g about e n su rin g access to land for a g ric u ltu re . K itzh ab er a rg u es that re sid e n ts o f th e P o rt­ land m etro p o lita n area need to be w illin g to su p p o rt investm ents in rural in fra stru c tu re , te le c o m ­ m u n ic a tio n s, surface tra n sp o rta ­ tion system s and airp o rts so that som e o f the p o p u latio n grow th and d ev elo p m en t m oves out into a p p ro p ria te ru ra l se ttin g s. He says the se c o n d ary lands q u e s­ tio n needs to be add ressed to m ake sure th at grow th o ccurs not on prim e farm land as it is in the R ogue V alley o f southern O re ­ gon, but in lo catio n s w ere the land is o f m ore m arginal value. Family Care Takes Aim At Violence Rhea Graham ences who has tau g h t at the u n i­ v ersity since 1969. "R h ea was p re p a re d for a range o f study and research. She is also very p e r ­ so n ab le and I w ould im agine th at she w ill do quite w ell in her new p o sitio n .” A native o f Terre Haute, Ind., Graham has two children. Fortiani» ©bsterüer Wishes You A Happy New Year As We Begin Our 25th Anniversary Of Publication. The Children’s Services Divi­ sion has just released the agency ’s adoption trends for the year 1994. CSD looks for adoptive homes for special needs children: those with physical or mental disabilities; some were bom drug-affected; brothers and sisters who need to be placed togeth­ er; minorities; children over eight years old. “ I am pleased to see that we found homes for 470 special needs children in 1994,” said Jan Reed, CSD Interim Adoptions Manager. “At any given time about 200 kids are waiting for adoptive families and the majority o f the children have been abused or neglected.” Key points in CSD adoptions in 1994: A doption placem ents totaled 470, down slightly from 481 in 1993. More younger children are be­ ing adoptively placed; 31% are chil­ dren under three years old. Foster parents became adoptive parents for 55% o f children placed. Nearly 95% o f CSD adoption placements continued without dis­ ruptions compared to other states where disruption rates can be as high as 30%. 67% o f the children placed are white. NEW AZUSA CHRISTIAN CENTER PRESENTS: 11 MIRACLE/HEALING CRUSADE' "HEALING FOR THE TOTAL PERSON" REV. WENDELL H. WALLACE, SPEAKER SUNDAY, JAN. 22ND - FRIDAY, JAN. 27TH, 1995 6:00 P.M. on Sunday 7:00 P.M. Monday - Friday WHERE: NEW AZUSA CHRISTIAN CENTER (The Old Mt. Olivet Church} 116 N.E. SCHUYLER - NEAR COLISEUM FORD * SERMON TOPICS ‘ "T lic H ealing Touch o l the M aster's H and" "It's the Second Touch That Makes The D itle rc n c e ' "How To Move Every M ountain In Your L ite " "I Believe In Miracles, B ut Why Am I S till S ick?" "Is There A D o c to r In The House? Yes, There 1st" "H ow To Receive H ealing F o r B roken R elationships, Past B itte r M emories, A nd Unanswered P rayers" MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU '«."■’- ' hi OSU Granduate Serves As Bureau Of Mines Chief Rhea L. Graham, who will serve as the 19th director o f the U.S. Bu­ reau o f Mines, is a 1977 graduate of Oregon State University. Graham, recently sworn in by Secretary o f the Interior Bruce Bab­ bitt, earned a m aster’s degree in oceanography from OSU and is the first woman and first African Amer­ ican to serve as director o f the 84- vear-old agency, federal officials said. She also is the first African American woman to earn a m aster’s degree from O S U ’s C ollege o f Oceanography While oceanography seems distant from mining, Graham said her work at OSU gives her solid footing at the Bureau o f Mines. “ In O S U ’s ocean program , as in the o cean , ev e ry th in g is co n n ected - th ere are no b o u n d ­ a rie s,” G raham said . “ In o c e a n ­ ograp h y , you study the co m p lete p ictu re; the chem ical, p h y sical, g eographical, b io lo g ical and g e o ­ logical in te ra c tio n s.” Her former professors concur. “ I t’s tru e that w e o ffe r a h o ­ listic view in ocean o g rap h y ,” said Jack D ym ond, an O SU p ro fe sso r o f O ceanic and A tm o sp h eric Sci- The Year 1994: C8D Releases Trends On Adoptions - w ro N s u M i'ü 'iH H '. « '« ' <■«'« or, spun-,ou ,»'rt an extension o f the school pro- m, reinforcing at home what their s learn in school. “We want to expand to become ocal point for the community,” J Bridget Wright, a member o f the Black Dollar Days Task Force Is Dedicated & Committed To African-American Ownership Through Collective Efforts B Kay Lowe, another team mem- , is proud ofhow those skills have :ady paid off. 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