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OBITUARIES
BRENNER —
the caretaker at
Walter Leon Bren-
the Siuslaw Rod
ner was born Sept.
and Gun club for
29, 1936, in Cen-
25 years where
tral Point, Ore.
he ran the Trap
On March 22,
Club. He was a
2021,
Walter
lifetime member
at the Florence
passed away after
Walter
Elk Lodge, where
a year-long battle
Brenner
he loved to shoot
with colon cancer.
pool.
Walt loved to
Walter graduated from
hunt and fish and was
Crater Lake High School
in 1955 and served in the
U.S. Navy from 1955-59
aboard the USS Midway.
He is survived by his
wife, Roberta (Bobbi)
Brenner.
Walt and Bobbi lived
in Florence, Ore., and
have been together for
more than 42 years.
They have nine children,
29 grandchildren and 33
great-grandchildren.
Burns’s
Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral
Home.
COWDEN —Ruth
Eloise Cowden passed
awayMarch 18, 2021, in
Florence, Ore.
The daughter of the
late Jim and Dimple Hill,
Ruth was born April 13,
Gov. Kate Brown announces 10-point Economic Recovery Plan
Salem — Governor
Kate Brown has released
a 10-Point Economic Re-
covery Plan for Oregon.
The 10-Point Plan,
which was developed
with input from the
Governor’s Council of
Economic Advisors and
Racial Justice Council
(RJC), builds on the work
of local economic devel-
opment districts across
the state to help Oregon
families and businesses.
It provides a frame-
work for economic recov-
ery related to COVID-19
and wildfires, with a spe-
cific focus on strategical-
ly supporting Black, In-
digenous, and People of
Color communities.
Gov. Brown also out-
lined her principles for
the use of federal Amer-
ican Rescue Plan (ARP)
resources, to guide state
agencies and local gov-
ernments in making in-
vestments that will maxi-
mize immediate benefits
for Oregonians in an eq-
uitable way.
“Thanks in part to the
passage of the American
Rescue Plan, Oregon’s
outlook for a rapid eco-
nomic recovery is strong,
if we act quickly to get
relief to Oregonians,”
said Brown. “We have
the opportunity now to
lift up Oregon families
and businesses, by im-
mediately investing state
and federal resources to
help them recover from
the devastating eco-
nomic impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic.”
Brown went on to say
that by rooting recovery
efforts in equity, the re-
covery can support eco-
nomic growth for Ore-
gon’s Black, Indigenous,
Latino, Latina, Latinx,
Asian, Pacific Islander,
Native American and
Tribal communities.
“My 10-Point Plan
provides a roadmap for
economic recovery, and
will guide our state and
local governments as
we invest our shares of
federal dollars from the
American Rescue Plan,”
Brown said. “Aligning
programs and activities
funded through these
dollars will help ensure
we are coordinating, not
duplicating efforts, and
collaborating on what
will make a difference in
our economies.”
Between state and local
governments, Oregon is
slated to receive approx-
imately $6.4 billion in
federal funds from the
ARP.
The governor also laid
out what she called her
“principles for making
investment
decisions
with ARP dollars,” which
she said should focus on
investments made now
in a way that maximizes
economic recovery ef-
forts for Oregonians this
year, while also address-
ing the existing dispar-
ities that were exacer-
bated by the pandemic,
particularly for women
and BIPOC communi-
ties.
“Oregon
businesses
have worked throughout
the pandemic to do our
part to stop the spread
of COVID-19. We are
pleased with the direc-
tion Governor Brown is
taking with this plan to
immediately invest state
and federal resources to-
wards shared prosperity
and a robust recovery,”
said Joth Ricci, CEO and
President of Dutch Bros
and Chair of the Oregon
Business Plan Steering
Committee.
“Oregon
businesses need both
short-term relief and
long-term invest-ments
like those in the Gover-
nor’s plan to help get our
state back on its feet and
thriving.”
“Without prioritizing
equity, we can’t have so-
cial and racial justice,”
said Jan Mason, co-
chair of the Community
Chamber Coalition of
Oregon. “I support the
Governor Brown pri-
ority in grounding and
leading with racial equi-
ty and justice. We simply
cannot achieve econom-
ic justice and prosperity
without these priorities.”
The governor applies
these principles for equi-
table and rapid economic
recovery in her 10-Point
Plan:
• Action #1: Investing
in Oregon’s hardest hit
workers (those currently
unemployed or under-
employed)
• Action #2: Reinvest-
ing in innovative housing
• Action #3: Support-
ing resilient rural com-
munities
• Action #4: Support-
ing Oregon’s workforce
(those currently em-
ployed but struggling)
• Action #5: Creating
opportunities for Orego-
nians (workforce devel-
opment)
• Action #6: Getting
small business back on
its feet
• Action #7: Investing
in Oregon’s infrastruc-
ture
• Action #8: Orego-
nians investing in Ore-
gon
• Action #9: Safely re-
opening Oregon’s econ-
omy
• Action #10: Innova-
tion in manufacturing
The principles and
10-Point Plan are a start-
ing point for conversa-
tions with the legislature,
community stakehold-
ers, the RJC, and the
Governor’s Council of
Economic Advisors to
develop a process for
funding decisions related
to ARP dollars.
More information will
be provided as decisions
are made.
LCC Board approves 2021-22 student tuition rates
EUGENE — The Lane
Community
College
(LCC) Board of Educa-
tion approved tuition
rates for the 2021-22 ac-
ademic year at its March
17 meeting, and pre-
pared for an emergency
fee in the event of insuf-
ficient state funding.
This year, resident stu-
dents are paying $126
per credit hour. That
g
n
i
n
e
Op 1st
April
includes $121 in tuition
plus a $5 emergency fee
that was instituted last
summer due to the eco-
nomic impact of the pan-
demic. That $5 fee is set
to be retired at the end of
this academic year.
Next year, students will
continue to pay $126 per
credit hour, but for tui-
tion only, provided that
the state funds Oregon’s
17 community colleges at
$640.9 million or better
in the 2021-23 biennium.
If state funding falls be-
low that level, then LCC
will have to add another
emergency fee.
The board approved a
$10 fee, contingent upon
state funding.
LCC hopes to use the
Higher Education Emer-
gency Relief Fund II to
fully offset further eco-
nomic impact wrought
by the continuing pan-
demic, and avoid adding
any additional fees to
student costs.
The new academic
year begins with summer
term on June 21.
For more information,
visit lanecc.edu
1923, in Buffalo,
Mo.
She is survived
by son Jack-
ie L. Cowden
and wife Pat-
sy;
grandson
Daniel
James
Cowden
and Ruth Cowden
wife Danielle.
Rurth
was
preceeded in death by
her parents; three
sisters: Lena May
Hill, Helen Kas-
tleman and Dor-
othy Barron.
Burns’s
Riv-
erside
Chapel
Florence Funer-
al Home was
in charge of ar-
rangements.
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