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East Oregonian
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Friday, June 28, 2019
Rally makes way
through Salem
Head of Oregon’s
embattled child
welfare division retires
uled to convene, yet the
building teemed with more
state police than at any
point during the legislative
session.
When the Senate con-
vened briefly at 9:30 a.m.
— not its usual time —
semitruck airhorns imme-
diately began sounding,
reminding lawmakers that
they are being watched. In
the gallery above sat log-
gers and truckers, peering
down at the faux floor ses-
sion that lasted mere min-
utes, no one expecting any
real work to be done.
Sen. Shemia Fagan,
D-Portland, one of the more
vocal and liberal members
of the Senate, said she’s had
a police escort the past two
days but so far hasn’t had
any issues with protesters.
The log truckers have
become a recent presence at
the Capitol. HB 2020 would
increase the cost of motor
vehicle fuels, and they also
fear it could further limit
how much logging could be
done in the state.
However, this week, the
Senate Democratic leaders
said the bill is dead: The
votes aren’t there. Oppo-
nents, including Republi-
can senators, have said they
don’t trust that’s the case.
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — Loggers and
logging trucks made their
way from the fairgrounds
in Salem to the Capitol on
Thursday morning to pro-
test two bills — House Bills
2020 and 2007.
A long convoy of logging
trucks drove along Court
Street honking, while peo-
ple held signs and cheered.
Traffic backed up into
south Salem along Com-
mercial Street Southeast
and Liberty Street South-
east as more trucks drove
toward the Capitol.
By 8 a.m., hundreds of
people were on the Capi-
tol Mall, wearing chrome
and colored hard hats, sus-
penders and boots, cheered
on by pop songs blaring
from overhead speakers.
Dozens if not hundreds
of semitrucks and pickup
trucks with flags and
painted messages protest-
ing the bill circled the block,
sounding their airhorns.
The Capitol on Thurs-
day was transformed.
The business suits were
swapped out for camo, cut-
off shirts and Three Percen-
ter sweatshirts. Lawmak-
ers were mostly absent as
the House was not sched-
Marilyn Jones led the
Department of Human
Services’ Child
Welfare Division since
September 2017
By ANNA GRIFFIN
Oregon Public
Broadcasting
Capital Press Photo/Sierra McClain
Hundreds of Oregonians braved inclement weather in Sa-
lem on Thursday morning to protest legislation they said
will threaten their livelihoods.
The senators, who left the
state last week in protest,
said Wednesday night they
would like to see the bill go
on the ballot.
The group is also pro-
testing HB 2007, which
establishes a diesel standard
for medium and heavy-duty
trucks. However, the bill
only regulates trucks driv-
ing through the greater
Portland metro area, and
logging trucks — among
others — are exempt from
the standard.
The rally was organized
through the Facebook page
Timber Unity, which has
grown to more than 6,000
followers in just a couple
weeks. The movement has
constantly been portrayed
as a pure grassroots move-
ment by members and law-
makers in opposition of the
bill, but the group recently
formed a political action
committee directed by
Andrew Miller, chief exec-
utive officer of Stimson
Lumber.
The PAC reports about
$13,000 in contributions
since it was registered with
the state last Thursday, June
20 — the same day Senate
Republicans walked out. Of
that money, $5,000 came
directly from Miller.
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57 electric scooters, bikes
pulled from Willamette River
Ex-ICE agent gets 25 years
for sex abuse
PORTLAND (AP) — A dive team
recovered dozens of electric scooters and
bicycles while cleaning the Willamette
River sea wall in downtown Portland.
KATU-TV reports the Multnomah
County Sheriff’s Office River Patrol Dive
Team removed 57 electric scooters and
bicycles this week.
The five companies participating in
Portland’s electric scooter trial program
have 1,975 scooters on the streets, which is
slightly below the total allowed by the city.
This spring, Portland began a second,
yearlong phase of a pilot program intended
to help the city introduce the devices while
avoiding pitfalls experienced by other U.S.
metropolises.
A four-month experiment with the
e-scooters last year was successful but
also generated 6,000 complaints and raised
questions about pedestrian safety and the
impact of the devices on public spaces like
parks. The city said the scooters also led to
176 medical center visits.
MEDFORD (AP) — A man who for-
merly worked as a deportation officer
with the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement office in Southern Oregon
was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex-
ually abusing a child for more than nine
years.
The Mail Tribune reports 56-year-old
Blake Northway was sentenced Wednes-
day in Jackson County Circuit Court after
admitting to sexually abusing an under-
age female family member between March
2009 and September 2018.
The Jackson County District Attorney’s
Office says Northway was arrested last fall
following a Medford police and Oregon
State Police investigation.
Northway had been assigned to ICE’s
Medford office but was placed on leave
after his arrest Sept. 13. None of the charges
or convictions stemmed from Northway’s
ICE duties.
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SALEM — The head of
Oregon’s embattled child
welfare agency is retir-
ing — effectively immedi-
ately and with an apparent
push from the governor.
Marilyn Jones led the
Department of Human
Services’ Child Welfare
Division and was respon-
sible for overseeing foster
children and other at-risk
kids. A longtime state
worker, she took over the
office in September 2017
with a mandate to fix the
agency after a series of
scandals and mistakes.
But Jones’ tenure was
marked by more trouble.
That included reports that
children sent to facilities
out of state never received
visits from Oregon case-
workers and that a facil-
ity in Montana drugged
and physically restrained
a 9-year-old Oregon girl.
Oregon has been sending
children to several facili-
ties that other states have
stopped using because of
abuse reports. A national
advocacy group sued Ore-
gon in April.
This spring, Brown cre-
ated a new oversight board
to solve the state’s child
welfare crisis and placed
one of her senior advisors
inside the agency.
In a written statement
Wednesday, Brown indi-
cated that she made the
decision it was time for
Jones to go:
“Although progress has
been made, the speed of
reform needs to be faster
to ensure foster children
are safe, to provide better
support to families, and
to relieve the burden on
caseworkers,” the state-
ment said. “After consult-
ing with experts in the
field and discussing with
DHS leadership, it became
clear that now is time for
change at the top of the
Child Welfare Division.”
Jones will be a con-
sultant for the state
through August.
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