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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 OFF PAGE ONE SCHOOL: All 12 Republicans voted against it LINES: SB873 would adhere to the state’s Page 10A East Oregonian lic hearings in March were delega- tions from Portland Public Schools, Monroe also said the budget pro- which enroll the most students in vides $220 million in state funding Oregon, and the Forest Grove and for full-day kindergarten, which North Clackamas districts. lawmakers made mandatory in All 12 Republicans joined those 2011 and starts this fall. critics and voted against it. Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, “We can do better,” said Sen. said this budget makes good on the Alan Olsen, R-Canby. Legislature’s promise to support The bill contains a provision that full-day kindergarten back then. earmarks for the school fund 40 “It was not the popular thing to percent of any additional tax collec- do, but it was right,” said Hass, who tions projected in the May 14 rev- ZDV FRÀRRU PDQDJHU RI WKH enue and economic forecast — the legislation. ¿QDORQHEHIRUHWKHVWDUWRIWKHQHZ But educators told the Legisla- budget cycle on July 1. ture’s joint budget committee that Leaders said passage of the the fund ought to be at least $7.5 IXQGDOVRJLYHVD¿JXUHWKDWVFKRRO billion — $245 million more than is boards can plan on as they draw up proposed. Among the groups at pub- their own budgets for the 2015-16 Continued from 1A goal of prioritizing high-value agriculture school year. It would be the earliest legis- lative action on the state school fund since 2011, when lawmakers cleared a budget on April 11. Republicans proposed several motions to send the fund back to the budget committee, and others to raise more money for it by reducing government regulation of business or selling the Elliott State Forest and reinvesting the proceeds. All failed on party-line votes. “The K-12 students of Oregon will be the losers,”said Senate Mi- nority Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day. The Capital Bureau is a collab- oration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Continued from 1A PAGEANT: Winner will spend the next year as an ambassador Continued from 1A Mathews. “The contestants spend most of their pageant time in their traditional native clothing, demon- strating pride and diversity among the native/indigenous people of North America, and sometimes, South/Central America.” The pageant is part of the world’s largest powwow, the Gathering of Nations. The 32-year-old gathering of indigenous people brings about 112,000 visitors to Albuquerque each year. Pete, 24, brings plenty of dance experience to the competition. Most every weekend, she points her Mercury Sable in the direction of a powwow and drives. Often, she goes alone to revel in the dancing and camaraderie. “My mom started taking me to powwows before I could walk,” Pete said. She stopped for a while in her teens to try rodeo (roping) instead, but returned to powwow dancing at age 18. She favors a women’s tradi- tional Plateau high-step, a style that requires fast footwork. The Miss Indian World competi- tion will end with dancing. The tal- ent portion, which comes earlier, re- quires each competitor to perform a culturally related skill. Past contes- tants have done such things as pre- pare tribal foods, show beadwork, tell tribal stories, sing and dance. “I will be explaining our tradi- tional Plateau horse regalia, where it comes from, how we got it, how it’s different from other tribes, and showing the different pieces that go on the horse,” Pete said. “I’ll be tak- ing my Indian saddle and complete horse regalia to the pageant with me.” Instead of an actual horse, Pete will use a saddle stand set at center stage. During the public speaking por- tion of the pageant, she will don a black wool shell dress with blue, UHGRUDQJH\HOORZDQGZKLWH³¿UH ribbons.” She will answer a ques- tion earlier that day testing knowl- edge of her tribal culture. Pete practices speaking at pow- wows after having the emcee an- QRXQFH WKDW VKH LV VHOOLQJ UDIÀH tickets for the Miss Indian World pageant. People generally crowd around the dancer asking questions and give her a chance to rehearse her speaking skills. “Public speaking isn’t really my forté,” said the former Happy Canyon princess. “However, I’d GH¿QLWHO\FUHGLWWKH+DSS\&DQ\RQ Association for helping me get over my fear.” The woman crowned Miss Indi- an World will spend the next year as an ambassador making appearanc- es at powwows, festivals and other events. Last year’s victor, Taylor Thomas, rode in the 2014 West- ward Ho! Parade in Pendleton. “Miss Indian World spends her year as an ambassador to all native and non-native people sharing her culture and speaking on issues that affect Native America, and promot- ing education, cultural preservation and demonstrating a strong sense of individuality in being a young native woman living in a multi- cultural world and maintaining her traditional beliefs and practices,” Mathews said. 3HWH LV VHOOLQJ UDIÀH WLFNHWV IRU $2.50 each. Proceeds go to the Miss Indian World pageant committee and Pete will receive 10 percent of overall ticket sales as an honorari- um. Prizes include turquoise jewel- ry, a buckskin hide, a beaded purse and other items. For tickets, call Pete at 541-215-2901 or Celeste Reves at 541-969-2109. ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@ eastoregonian.com or call 541- 966-0810. M RE high-value farmland, it would be up to the developer to show there was no better alternative. Cook said that is in line with land use laws for all other non-farm uses. But so far, the legislature hasn’t taken up the issue. The bill was re- ferred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resourc- es, and has not received a hearing. Bills have until Friday to see some forward-moving action, or they will likely die before making it RQWRWKHÀRRUIRUDYRWH Hansell, who serves on the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee, said he has already been told by the committee’s chairman, Sen. Chris Edwards, D-Eugene, that he will not do anything with the bill. “The conversations are continu- ing, but the feeling is this won’t be a bill that moves forward this ses- sion,” Hansell said. In a statement from Idaho Pow- er, spokesman Brad Bowlin said the company does not support leg- islation that would make it more GLI¿FXOWWRVLWHWUDQVPLVVLRQOLQHV “By setting a higher bar for transmission lines, SB873 could re- sult in a policy that would impede the development of much-needed critical transmission infrastruc- ture,” Bowlin said. Cook said he isn’t ready to give up on the bill yet. Private landown- ers are being forced to rely on a process that offers them few pro- tections, he said, and SB873 would adhere to the state’s goal of priori- tizing high-value agriculture. ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4547. TRAIN: Each car can hold 30K gallons of fuel Continued from 1A hancements,” said NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart. “Otherwise, we continue to put our communities at risk.” The recommendations come as the Department of Transportation considers new rules to bolster tank car safety in response to oil and eth- anol train crashes that stirred wide- spread worry in the U.S. and Can- ada, where 47 people were killed when an oil train crashed in Quebec two years ago. If the agency decides it would WDNHWRRORQJWRUHWUR¿WWKHH[LVWLQJ ÀHHW ZLWK QHZ SURWHFWLYH IHDWXUHV LWVKRXOGFRQVLGHUVLJQL¿FDQWVSHHG restrictions on trains as an interim measure, the NTSB said in its rec- ommendations. The industry in 2011 voluntarily adopted rules requiring sturdier tank FDUV IRU KDXOLQJ ÀDPPDEOH OLTXLGV such as oil and ethanol. 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