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NATION/WORLD 7XHVGD\-XO\ (DVW2UHJRQLDQ Page 7A Man linked to missing women had contact with police &+$5/(6721 :HVW 9LUJLQLD $3 ² $ PDQ WRWLQJ D[HV D VKRYHO DQG bleach when he was killed by an escort he met online had been stopped, interviewed or LQYHVWLJDWHG E\ SROLFH LQ DW OHDVW VWDWHV DQG LV EHLQJ looked into for possible links to unsolved disappearances RU VOD\LQJV DXWKRULWLHV VDLG Monday. :HVW 9LUJLQLD DXWKRULWLHV DUH WU\LQJ WR FLUFXODWH LQIRU mation to see if Neal Falls, RI 6SULQJ¿HOG 2UHJRQ FDQ be linked to any other crimes DJDLQVW ZRPHQ QDWLRQZLGH Police say Falls was fatally VKRW -XO\ DV KH DWWDFNHG and choked the escort in &KDUOHVWRQ :HVW 9LUJLQLD DQGVKHJUDEEHGKLVKDQGJXQ RIIWKHJURXQGDQG¿UHGLW Police found axes, knives, handcuffs, a shovel, bleach and other items in Falls’ car, UDLVLQJVXVSLFLRQVWKLVZDVQ¶W WKH¿UVWWLPHKHKDGDWWDFNHG a woman. “The fact that he was 45 \HDUV ROG DQG FDUU\LQJ WRROV OLNHKHZDVDQGFRPPLWWLQJD FULPH WKDW ZDV VR RUJDQL]HG and so violent, it’s unlikely WKDWWKLVZDVKLV¿UVWYLROHQW GOLDEN: 2SWRXWUXOHJLYHVÀH[LELOLW\ Continued from 1A ²WKHGHPLVHRIWKH2UHJRQ Education Investment Board, the removal of barriers to education, the controversy of the Smarter Balanced test DQG WKH JRDO RI JUDGXDWLQJ DOOVWXGHQWVIURPKLJKVFKRRO DQGSHUFHQWIURPFROOHJH by the year 2025. Golden, a native of upstate New York, started her career as a special education teacher LQ6SULQJ¿HOG2UHJRQ,QWKH QH[W \HDUV VKH IRXQG KHU QLFKHDVDOHDGHUVHUYLQJDV VXSHULQWHQGHQWRI6SULQJ¿HOG VFKRROV DQG DGPLQLVWUDWLQJ WKH OLFHQVXUH SURJUDP DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2UHJRQ *URXQG]HURVKHVDLGLVWKH classroom. “I never lose touch with what happens in the class room,” she told the adminis trators. “That’s where we’re JRLQJWRPDNHWKHGLIIHUHQFH for kids.” (DVWHUQ 2UHJRQ DGPLQ istrators chatted back and IRUWK ZLWK *ROGHQ GXULQJ KHU SUHVHQWDWLRQ :KHQ WKH\ GLGQ¶W DJUHH ZLWK D SLHFH RI OHJLVODWLRQ WKH\ GLGQ¶W FDQG\FRDWWKHLURSLQLRQV /D*UDQGH6XSHULQWHQGHQW /DUU\ *OD]H H[SUHVVHG IUXV WUDWLRQZLWK+RXVH%LOO which says school districts must provide two notices to parents that they can opt out of the new Smarter Balanced test. Governor Kate Brown VLJQHGWKHELOOODVWZHHN ³:H¶UH PDQGDWHG WR JLYH the test because it’s important, yet at the same time we’re WHOOLQJ SDUHQWV WKH\ FDQ RSW RXW´ *OD]H VDLG ³:H¶UH DOO WU\LQJWRGRRXUMREVWKHEHVW ZH FDQ EXW ZH¶UH JHWWLQJ PL[HG PHVVDJHV ,W¶V KDUG to interpret the tea leaves sometimes.” The law, Golden conceded, will require HQJDJLQJ ZLWK SDUHQWV ³:H¶OOQHHGWRVKRZWKHYDOXH of (Smarter Balanced),” she said, and convey the poten WLDO FRQVHTXHQFHV RI RSWLQJ RXW³&RPPXQLFDWLRQZLOOEH critical.” The education chief soothed worries about IXQGLQJ ³3HRSOH¶V ELJJHVW IHDU LV LIRXURSWRXWUDWHIDOOVEHORZ the 95 percent required by WKHIHGHUDOJRYHUQPHQWWKHQ we will lose funds,” Golden VDLG ³:H¶UH QRW JRLQJ WR lose federal funds over the RSWRXW²ZH¶UHSRVLWLRQLQJ ourselves to make sure that doesn’t happen.” Discussion of early child hood education, free commu QLW\FROOHJHDQGDWWHPSWLQJWR create an unbroken pathway WR FROOHJH DQG FDUHHUV ZDV less divisive. She said much of the work needs to come at the front end. ³:KHQ NLGV FRPH WR school ready to learn, it FKDQJHV WKHLU WUDMHFWRU\´ she said. “Kids deserve a system that helps them be successful.” Golden said her trips to (DVWHUQ 2UHJRQ RIWHQ \LHOG creative ideas and useful feedback. Eastern Promise, D SURJUDP WKDW DOORZV FROOHJHFUHGLWVLQKLJKVFKRRO DQG HQFRXUDJHV FROOHJH DWWHQGDQFH JHUPLQDWHG LQ 1RUWKHDVW2UHJRQ ³(DVWHUQ 2UHJRQ OHDGHUV have been exceptionally FUHDWLYH ZLWK VXFK D VWURQJ FRPPLWPHQW WR PHHWLQJ WKH needs of kids,” she said. “These are people who roll up their sleeves and work to JHWLWGRQH´ ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@eastoregonian.com or call 541-966-0810. SHIPPING: *RRGVQRZJRWKURXJK6HDWWOH Continued from 1A Portland attempts to recruit another container shipper to Terminal 6. More than 100 people DWWHQGHG WKH ¿UVW 2UHJRQ Trade Solutions workshop Friday, July 24 in Portland. The series will shift to Eastern 2UHJRQRQ:HGQHVGD\ZLWKD PHHWLQJLQ+HUPLVWRQ Ryan Frank, spokesman IRU%XVLQHVV2UHJRQVDLGWKH initiative started earlier this \HDU ZKHQ +DQMLQ 6KLSSLQJ DQG +DSDJ/OR\G VWRSSHG PDNLQJ VWRSV LQ 3RUWODQG WDNLQJ WKH YDVW PDMRULW\ RI the port’s container business with them. 2UHJRQVKLSSHUVQRZSD\ DQ DGGLWLRQDO per container to send their JRRGVWR6HDWWOHDQG7DFRPD 1RWRQO\LVWKHIUHLJKWPRUH expensive, but it has also led WRFRQJHVWLRQDORQJWKHRWKHU :HVW&RDVWSRUWV Gov. Kate Brown announced a deal in April SURYLGLQJ WR KHOS VPDOO DQG PHGLXPVL]HG businesses stay competitive in the export market. The JRDO LV WR GHOLYHU D OLVW RI solutions to lawmakers for WKH/HJLVODWXUH The workshops are FRVSRQVRUHG E\ %XVLQHVV 2UHJRQ DORQJ ZLWK WKH VWDWH 'HSDUWPHQW RI $JULFXOWXUH Department of Transporta tion and Port of Portland. ³:H ZDQW WR KHDU IURP private industry to tell us what they need,” Frank said. ³7KHEHVWVROXWLRQVDUHJRLQJ to come from people who live and breathe this business every day.” Bruce Pokarney, spokesman for the Depart PHQW RI $JULFXOWXUH VDLG the team was interested in YLVLWLQJ +HUPLVWRQ EDVHG RQ WKH UHJLRQ¶V YLEUDQW IDUP economy. 8PDWLOOD &RXQW\ UDQNV ¿UVWLQWKHVWDWHIRUJURZLQJ IUHVK YHJHWDEOHV WKDW DUH shipped in containers, mostly potatoes and onions. 3URFHVVHG DQG SDFNDJHG foods, such as french fries IURP WKH /DPE :HVWRQ potato plant, are also moved in containers. :KHDWRQWKHRWKHUKDQG is exported in bulk and not affected by Terminal 6. In all, about 40 percent RI 2UHJRQ DJULFXOWXUH LV exported out of the country, 3RNDUQH\ VDLG :LWK WKH added cost per container, WKDW¶V KLWWLQJ D ORW RI VPDOO JURZHUVLQWKHSRFNHWERRN “There are ideas out there that we at the state level could certainly be advocates for,” Pokarney said. Input at the Portland PHHWLQJ LQFOXGHG SRVVLEO\ EXLOGLQJ D GURS \DUG QHDU &RUYDOOLV ZKHUH FRQWDLQHUV could be transferred off WUXFNV DQG RQWR UDLO VDYLQJ EXVLQHVVHV WUXFNLQJ FRVWV &RPSDQLHV DOVR SURSRVHG D website where the state and local ports could communi FDWH VKLSSLQJ GHOD\V LQ UHDO time. At the Port of Umatilla, PDQDJHU .LP % 3X]H\ KDV spent more than a decade ORRNLQJ LQWR VKRUW VHD VKLS SLQJ RQ WKH &ROXPELD 5LYHU which would allow inland ports to bypass Portland HQWLUHO\ 6R IDU 3X]H\ VDLG KH KDV QRW EHHQ DEOH WR ¿QG IXQGLQJIRUWKHSURSRVDO “I think it has merits. Europe and Asia seem to WKLQNVRDQG,KDYHQ¶WJLYHQ up on the idea,” he said. 0RUH WKDQ 2UHJRQ businesses rely on container VKLSSLQJ IRU LPSRUWV DQG H[SRUWV WRWDOLQJ PLOOLRQLQUHYHQXHDFFRUGLQJ WR ¿JXUHV IURP %XVLQHVV 2UHJRQ )UDQN VDLG WKHUH¶V D ZKROH UDQJH RI SRWHQWLDO solutions that can come out of the workshops. “A lot of companies are GRLQJUHDOO\DQ\ZRUNDURXQG WR JHW WKHLU SURGXFW ZKHUH LW QHHGV WR JR´ )UDQN VDLG “Sometimes they’ll pay the extra cost to ship to other ports, and are more or less HDWLQJ WKRVH FRVWV 7KDW¶V QRW UHDOO\ D ORQJWHUP sustainable solution.” Meanwhile, the Port of 3RUWODQG LV FRQWLQXLQJ WR work with Terminal 6 oper DWRU,&76,2UHJRQWRUHVWRUH FRQWDLQHU VHUYLFH WKRXJK port spokesman Kenny 0DFGRQDOG VDLG EULQJLQJ LQ DFRPSDQ\WKHVL]HRI+DQMLQ PLJKWWDNHVHYHUDO\HDUV 7KHZRUNVKRS:HGQHVGD\ LQ +HUPLVWRQ ZLOO UXQ IURP SPDWWKH+HUPLVWRQ &RQIHUHQFH&HQWHU)RUPRUH LQIRUPDWLRQRUWRUHJLVWHUYLVLW RUHJRQWUDGHVROXWLRQVFRP ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0825. 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