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Renewable biofuels plant
to be built in Lakeview
LAKEVIEW (AP) — A
company has received final
approval to start building a
renewable-biofuels plant in
south-central Oregon.
The (Klamath Falls)
Herald and News reports
the facility in Lakeview is
expected to convert forestry
waste into renewable fuels
for the aviation industry.
The firm has contracts with
FedEx, Southwest Airlines
and the U.S. military.
Red Rock Biofuels iden-
tified Lakeview as a target
location in 2013 because of
its proximity to rail, high-
ways, the Ruby natural gas
pipeline and an abundance of
forest debris to be collected
and converted to jet fuel.
Construction is estimated
to take 18 months, with
operations planned to start in
2020.
“This is the culmination
of many years of work,”
Lake County Commis-
sioner Dan Shoun told the
newspaper. “There is a great
sense of satisfaction for all
involved to know that our
strong belief in this project is
finally coming to be.”
The project got a major
boost in January when
Buehler? Buehler?
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
approved $245 million in
bonds for Red Rock Biofuels.
In addition to hundreds
of construction jobs, the
facility is expected to create
30 jobs within the plant and
up to another 100 positions
for materials gathering and
transport.
Lakeview has a popula-
tion of about 2,000 people,
so the city may see in an
influx of new residents.
“I hope that everyone
who is employable can get
a job of their choosing, but
the reality is the demand will
be higher than the supply,”
Shoun said. “That will put
a demand on housing and
every service we have —
these are all positive things,
but they’re real.”
While agriculture and
ranching remain prominent
in Lake County, geothermal
and solar projects along with
development of commercial
marijuana grow facilities
shows a drastic shift in the
area’s economic base from
its roots in the timber and
cattle industries.
At its peak Lakeview had
seven full-time sawmills.
Only one remains active.
GOP candidate in hot seat for skipping debates,
wins weekend straw poll by narrow margin
SALEM
—
Knute
Buehler’s absence at coun-
ty-level gubernatorial candi-
dates forums and debates
for the GOP nomination for
governor has alienated some
of the most politically active
members his party, some
Republicans say.
The Bend orthopedic
surgeon and state representa-
tive must edge out nine oppo-
nents in the May 15 primary
to win the nomination. The
winner will challenge Gov.
Kate Brown, a Democrat.
Yet he has largely declined
to face off in public with
the frontrunners in the race,
including retired Naval aviator
Greg Wooldridge of Portland
and Bend businessman Sam
Carpenter.
“We
believe
Knute
considers
himself
the
presumed nominee, therefore
he does not feel the need to
meet with his Republican
Party voters. I guess we’ll
see how that strategy works
out for him in a month,” said
David Gulliver, campaign
manager for Carpenter.
Rebecca Tweed, Buehler’s
campaign manager, said
Friday that Buehler is
“focused on defeating Gov.
Brown and is meeting voters
every day all across Oregon
at community, business and
political party events. ... He
will continue this schedule
now through November and
after the election, as governor,
when he defeats Kate Brown.”
Buehler
attended
a
candidates forum with Wash-
ington County Republicans
Saturday, in which he beat
out Woolridge by one vote
in a straw poll, according to
Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Carpenter finished in third.
As an editorial endorse-
ment forum, the event was
closed to the public, said
Tracy Honl, chair of Wash-
bikes, but not e-bikes, on
many of Oregon’s beaches.
Under its proposal,
Oregon State Parks would
allow e-bikes on trails and
roads 8 feet wide and wider
in public parks the agency
oversees, The (Eugene)
Register-Guard reported.
Oregon law classifies
electric-assisted bicycles as
bikes with electric motors
under 1,000 watts and inca-
pable of speeds faster than
20 mph on flat ground. The
law stipulates that the rider
must be 16 or older.
The deadline for public
comments on the plan is 5
p.m. May 18.
The Oregon State Parks
and Recreation Commis-
sion likely will vote on the
proposal at its June meeting.
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“He is ignoring his oppo-
nents in the ad in the way
he is ignoring voters in the
primary,” said Jonathan Lock-
wood, a communications
consultant for Wooldridge.
While
Buehler
has
declined most public face-
offs with his opponents, he
does meet with voters in more
intimate settings.
For instance, Buehler
attended
a
Washington
County Republicans meetup
in February where he
introduced himself, met face-
to-face with participants and
answered questions, Honl
said.
“We see quite a bit of him
in Washington County,” she
said.
Political consultant Russ
Walker, who also works for
Wooldridge, said avoiding
debates is an old strategy.
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look good at forums and
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ington County Republicans.
Meanwhile,
Buehler
declined an invitation to
attend a public gubernatorial
forum organized by the Hood
River Republicans later that
day, said Lauren Ales, a forum
organizer.
Susan Dawson, past
president of Yamhill County
Republican Women, said she
was disappointed that both
Buehler and Wooldridge
missed that organization’s
public candidate forum in
McMinnville Thursday, April
12. Both candidates sent
stand-ins from their campaign
to answer questions, Dawson
said. Wooldridge has attended
several other public forums
and debates with his oppo-
nents in March and April.
“I understand you can’t
go to everything, but it really
does help to see the candi-
dates in person answering
questions and being able to
talk,” Dawson said. “I think it
makes a big difference.”
Buehler’s television ads
also address only why he is a
better choice than Brown, the
sitting governor. He makes
no mention of his opponents,
including Wooldridge, who
won a Republican straw poll
for governor at the Dorchester
Conference in March.
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debates, you avoid them at all
costs,” unless the host of the
forum or debate plans to issue
an endorsement at the end of
the event, Walker said.
“I think it is big mistake: If
you can’t go take public ques-
tions in a public environment,
then you are not prepared to
run for governor against a
Democrat in fall,” he said.
Jim Moore, political
science professor at Pacific
University and director of
the Tom McCall Center
for Policy Innovation, said
Buehler is using a strategy
that worked for Kate Brown
when Buehler attempted to
unseat her as secretary of state
six years ago.
“It’s an incumbent strategy:
I am the strong frontrunner so
I will go to closed meetings,
but I am not going to go to
ones that are open and give
free advertising or coverage
to my opponents to advance
themselves at my expense,”
Moore said. “It’s a strategy
that works if you make the
assumption that you are so
far ahead that you don’t want
to give your opponents any
facetime so they appear equal
to you in the public’s eye.
It’s better if the opponents
complain that the candidate
wouldn’t come here and talk
to us, because it looks like
little kids who are not allowed
at the big people’s table.”
There haven’t been any
publicly released scientific
polls since the March 6
primary
election
filing
deadline that show whether
Buehler is safe to make that
assumption, Moore said.
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Capital Bureau
State Parks may allow
e-bikes on state beaches
EUGENE (AP) — A
proposal would allow electric
bicycles on Oregon beaches
as soon as this summer.
The Oregon Parks and
Recreation
Department’s
rule changes would permit
e-bikes on the sand between
the low-tide waterline
and vegetation line along
portions of the coast, said
Katie Gauthier, legislative
and policy coordinator of
Oregon State Parks.
“This would be to allow
electric bicycles in the same
places (on the beaches)
where we allow regular
bicycles,” she said.
Current rules allow
bicycles, but not e-bikes, on
about 130 miles of trails and
roads on state parks around
Oregon. The agency allows
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