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East Oregonian
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
COUNCIL: Also approved a noise ordinance waiver for repaving Highway 395 at night
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Oregon legislature the city has
until the end of 2015 to pass an
ordinance banning commer-
cial marijuana activity or refer
the Tuestion to the voters. If
the council can’t get the votes
to pass an ordinance before
then, it still has a provision in
its code banning land uses not
allowed under federal law. %ut
if federal laws ever changed,
marijuana dispensaries would
become legal in the city.
Kirwan said other city
councils in the area are
deciding the issue on their
own, but he supported turning
the issue over to the voters in
Nov. 2016.
“People have a whole year
to educate themselves,” he
said.
On Monday the city
council also approved a noise
ordinance waiver allowing
the Oregon Department of
Transportation’s contractors
to work at night to complete
a repaving of Highway 395
planned for 2016.
The project will run from
Southeast )ourth Street near
Safeway to Highway 730.
ODOT project leader Tim
Rynearson said work will
begin sometime in March
2016 and end Aug. 31, 2016.
At least one lane of travel will
remain open in each direction
during the duration of the
EDDIE: Hodgen plans to visit the grave of
his World War II veteran father in Athena
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inscribed, Hodgen learned.
The conversation with
news of the memorial was
opportune because Hodgen’s
wife, Sinta, grew up in the
Philippines and the couple
was headed to the island
country only a few days later.
Upon arrival, they headed to
the cemetery established by
the American %attle Monu-
ments Commission in 1960.
A cemetery representative
led the couple to the “W”
section of the Tablets of the
Missing. A nearby inscription
said, “Here are recorded the
names of Americans who
gave their lives in the service
of their country and who sleep
in unknown graves. 1941-
1945.” High on the wall was
the name of Edward Williams,
staff sergeant in the 82nd
%omb STuad, of Oregon.
Hodgen, who served as a
member of the Oregon Army
National Guard, gazed at the
name and felt a lump growing
in his throat. It had been 70
years since William’s death,
but all of the family stories
about Uncle Eddie swirled in
his head.
“Sinta and I found the
moment satisfying and very
emotional,” he said.
He and his wife were
invited to return a few weeks
later for Veterans Day ceremo-
nies at the cemetery. On that
day, they stood amid a crowd
that included the American
ambassador to the Philippines,
U.S. and )ilipino military
brass bands, )ilipino digni-
taries and several hundred
veterans and family members.
Sinta, whose father had served
and out of businesses there,
but between 2011 and 2013
there were 34 wrecks at the
intersection, which is the
busiest in all of northeast
Oregon.
“We feel it’s our responsi-
bility to do what we can to try
and mitigate those accidents,”
he said.
Rynearson said ODOT is
working with McDonald’s
and Wal-Mart to eventually
move
the
McDonald’s
Contributed photo
Sinta and Phil Hodgen stand with an American World
War II veteran they met last year on Veterans Day at
the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. The
veteran was part of the unit that secured the piece of
ground where the cemetery was established in 1960.
in the Philippines military, was
mesmerized. One American
veteran, sitting in a wheel-
chair, had fought the Japanese
for control of the land where
they stood. Hodgen asked the
veteran if he could pose for a
photo with him.
“He was part of the unit
that secured the ground where
they later put the cemetery.
It was incredibly humbling
to meet him,” Hodgen said.
“You’re just shaken when
you’re around someone like
that.”
This year, back in Pend-
leton, Hodgen plans to visit
the grave of his World War II
veteran father at the Athena
Cemetery and stop by the
Pioneer Chapel, where his
uncle’s name is engraved
in another memorial wall
honoring
local
service
members who gave their
lives. He’ll attend the Tribute
to the Veterans of World War
II at the Pendleton Convention
Center.
Some other year, though,
Hodgen will return to the
Manila cemetery to gaze at
the name of the uncle he never
actually met in person, but
will never forget.
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expected to ¿le a lawsuit
over the commission’s
decision.
“I think that’s very
likely,” said AmaroT Weiss
of the Center for %iological
Diversity. “I think they’re
in violation of the law. They
didn’t pay attention to the
science.”
Conservation
groups
believe Oregon’s wolf
population is too small and
too fragile to delist, and is
present in only 12 percent
of its potential territory.
“There’s no other species
we would delist when
it’s absent from almost
90 percent of its habitat,”
Weiss said.
Oregon’s
ranchers,
who had urged the OD)W
commission to follow the
guidelines of the wolf plan
and the recommendations
of the department’s biolo-
gists, cheered the decision.
“I’m relieved,” said
Todd Nash, wolf committee
chairman for the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association.
“This sends a message to
cattle producers that the
OD)W Commission will
stand by its commitment.”
Nash said ranchers
would not have supported a
partial delisting.
“When we were paying
the price (of livestock
attacks) in Eastern Oregon,
we fully believed we were
doing it for the whole state,”
Nash said. “And we were
proud to do it.”
More than 150 people
packed the OD)W hearing
room and 106 signed up to
Staff photo by George Plaven
“As farmers, we have a responsibility
to be stewards of the land.
As humans, we have a responsibility
to take care of one another.”
“I am very pleased with the decision
of the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife Commissioners ... Now we can
continue to move forward managing
wolves under the Oregon Wolf Plan.”
— Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena
testify. Activists opposed
to delisting wolves, many
of them wearing matching
orange T-shirts, made up a
majority of the audience.
A sprinkling of men in
cowboy hats — Eastern
Oregon cattle ranchers who
have borne the stress and
cost of wolf attacks on live-
stock — clustered on one
side of the hearing room.
)irst to speak was Sen.
%ill Hansell, R-Athena,
who testi¿ed in favor of
delisting the wolf. He was
the only legislative of¿cial
to attend the hearing in
person, according to a press
release from his of¿ce.
Chris %arreto testi¿ed in
favor of delisting on behalf
of her husband, Rep. Greg
%arreto, R-Cove, who was
away on business.
“I am very pleased with
the decision of the Oregon
Department of )ish and
Wildlife
Commissioners
to agree with the ¿ndings
of their staff in following
the Wolf Plan and delisting
the Canadian Grey Wolf,”
Hansell said. “Now we can
continue to move forward
managing wolves under the
Oregon Wolf Plan.”
The testimony echoed
the arguments that have
been made since Oregon’s
wolf population reached the
number of breeding pairs
that trigger consideration of
delisting under the manage-
ment plan.
Conservation
groups
and their allied argue that
the state’s biological status
report on wolves was
Àawed and should have
been peer-reviewed by
other scientists. OD)W
staff belatedly circulated
the report to biologists they
knew, but conservationists
said that was insuf¿cient.
“If this commission
chooses to delist it will
make a very sad and
powerful statement about
who and what it serves,”
said Jonathan Jelen, devel-
opment director for the
conservation group Oregon
Wild.
Livestock
producers,
however, argued they’d
followed the wolf plan in
good faith and expected the
OD)W Commission to do
the same.
“Oregon
ranchers
honored their obligation
to follow the plan,” said
Jerome Rosa, executive
director of the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association.
“This is one of the reasons
wolves multiplied in our
state.”
HEALTH: Will not provide services related
to contraceptives, STDs and mental health
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John Burt, left, and Fred Ziari unveiled the new Farmers
Ending Hunger exhibit Saturday at the SAGE Center.
entrance on Elm Street further
east so it doesn’t interfere as
much with traf¿c waiting to
cross the highway. The rest
of the plan would close the
current entrance to McDon-
ald’s on Highway 395 and
direct traf¿c through a shared
entrance with Wal-Mart
farther north.
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at jmcdowell@eastoregonian.
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WOLVES: 106 people signed
up to testify at the hearing
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EXHIBIT: 1 in 5 Oregonians faces food insecurity
Hermiston, founded the
nonSro¿t )armers Ending
Hunger in 2004 after learning
Oregon was, at the time, the
nation’s hungriest state.
Today, one in ¿ve
Oregonians faces food inse-
curity. Ziari said he hopes the
museum display will continue
to galvanize Eastern Oregon
farmers to help feed their
neighbors.
“Just knowing this was
happening in our own state
was a shock to me,” Ziari said.
“This display will educate
permanently for hundreds of
thousands of people coming
through here.”
)armers Ending Hunger
represents a collaborative
effort between more than 100
farmers, food processors and
the Oregon )ood %ank to
deliver much-needed meals
to families. On average, about
284,000 residents rely on
emergency food boxes for
meals. Of those, 34 percent
are children.
Ziari said the organization
was born not out of charity,
but a labor of love. He
recognized Amstad Produce
for contributing 30 tons of
potatoes per month; Hale
)arms for contributing 25
tons of onions per month; and
Threemile &anyon )arms for
contributing 25-30 beef cows
per month.
Enough wheat has also
been donated for roughly 5
million pancakes, Ziari said.
Much of that food ends up
on the west side of the state,
and Portland Mayor Hales
said he wanted to thank those
growers in person for their
generosity.
Seventeen percent of Mult-
nomah County’s population is
food insecure, Hales said, or
about 116,000 people.
“You are right on the
forefront of an issue that
profoundly affects the people
I work for,” Hales said. “I so
value the substance and the
spirit of what you’re doing.”
Morgan, who has served
as CEO of the Oregon )ood
project.
During the repaving
project ODOT will also
replace the Àexible yellow
poles recently installed at the
intersection of Highway 395
and Elm Avenue with a low
cement barrier.
“We’re already seeing
some good results there,”
Rynearson said.
He said he understood it
was inconvenient for drivers
to not be able to turn left in
and Providence Medical,
toured the facility, but
)amily Health Associates
submitted the only bid
to provide services. He
said the wellness center is
scheduled to open Jan. 1
but will only operate half-
time until the demand for
services necessitates full-
time staf¿ng.
The center will provide
students, staff and their
dependents certain services,
such as well visits, physi-
cals, screenings, diagnosing
and treating acute illnesses,
vaccinations and referrals
for more advanced care,
Maiocco said. Services
relating to contraceptives,
sexually
transmitted
diseases and mental health
will not be provided on
school district property, he
said.
Executive
Director
of Special Programs Jon
Mishra said the district
¿rst had discussions about
creating a wellness center
in 2013. He said the
district was methodical in
developing the program
and involved all of the
stakeholders in the process.
“We’re going to be able
to provide a service to our
children,” he said, adding
staff members would
also bene¿t from reduced
waiting times for simple
ailments.
%oard member Don
Rankin, however, said
the district would only
further undermine parental
authority by establishing
the wellness center. He said
the schools now feed many
students and take care of
them during the week.
“It seems like it keeps
snowballing,” he said.
Rankin reTuested the
item be removed from the
consent agenda to be voted
on separately.
%oard member Maria
Duron said parents would
still be responsible for
the students because they
would have to pay for, or
have insurance to cover,
the cost of the medical
services.
“I see this as a great
bene¿t, not another thing
we are taking on,” she said.
Rankin voted against
authorizing the district to
¿nalize the contracts, but
the action item passed 6-1.
— Kenzie Hansell, fourth-generation farmer with Hansell Farms
%ank since 2012, emphasized
hunger remains a big chal-
lenge in the state. However,
the problem isn’t that there’s
not enough food, she said,
but a matter of gathering and
distributing donations to the
hungry.
The Oregon )ood %ank
stands ready to partner with
)armers Ending Hunger into
the future, Morgan said.
“We will not rest until
we’ve eliminated hunger,” she
said.
Saturday’s event ended
with a $10,000 donation to
)armers Ending Hunger
from Northwest )arm Credit
Services. Non-farmers can
also donate the organization’s
“Adopt an Acre” program.
Kenzie
Hansell,
a
fourth-generation farmer with
Hansell )arms, said that with
everybody doing their part,
they can continue to build on
their success.
“As farmers, we have a
responsibility to be stewards
of the land,” Hansell said. “As
humans, we have a respon-
sibility to take care of one
another.”
To learn more about
)armers Ending Hunger or to
make a donation, visit www.
farmersendinghunger.com.
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