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A4 THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 3½ years to complete, longer than first anticipated due to some setbacks, including a wildfire that burned around 2,000 acres of the forest. The fire contributed to the delay in setting up the project. “They had to reassess the burned areas and how they would regenerate,” said Samp- son. Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center The Lionshead Fire is shown burning Sept. 6 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Wildfire Continued from A1 Buffer pool protection The California program is protected from wildfire events through its “buffer pool” of carbon credits, which are available to use in case forest carbon is lost through wild- fire or other natural disasters. Each forest project contributes 10-20% of its total credits into the buffer account, which acts as a sort of insurance. The project area on Warm Springs that burned, known as ARC260, is located on the east side of Mount Jefferson. The area will be evaluated for damage, said Brunoe, as not all areas of a forest burn the same — parts of a forest may have a light or heavy burn, or no burn at all. In addition, a burned area is not necessar- ily out of the carbon project as a standing snag can still be counted as carbon. The verified estimate of current carbon stocks must be completed by a third party within 23 months, accord- ing to the California Air Re- sources Board. Much of the area where ARC260 is located is currently inaccessible due to deep snow, Winco Continued from A1 Shopko, a Green Bay-based company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 and closed the Bend location. Since then it closed all of its brick-and-mor- tar locations after 57 years in business. Founded in 1967 as a Waremart, according to the company’s website, the WinCo Superintendent Continued from A1 Cook’s decades of experi- ence with managing bonds and levies, dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and working with outside organiza- tions made for a solid resume, said board member Melissa Barnes Dholakia. In particu- lar, she praised his emphasis on trying to help his students’ emotional and mental health. “He has experience in ensur- ing that social and emotional learning is part of the curric- ulum,” Barnes Dholakia said. “It’s not an add-on. It’s just as important as the academics.” Fellow board member Amy Tatom noted that while at Coeur d‘Alene, Cook made sig- nificant efforts to help students in poverty. She believes that could help students from low- er-income households in south Deschutes County. “We heard last year, south county needs more assistance, more resources, they need somebody who’s really an ad- vocate,” Tatom said. “I’m really hopeful Steve is going to be the advocate that we need.” Board member Shimiko Montgomery noted that some local people of color and others “are going to be disappointed we haven’t selected someone with lived experience, that un- derstand’s the urgency of rac- ism.” She encouraged those peo- ple to discuss their concerns with the board and with Cook. “One of the wonderful things about Steve is his open- ness about this conversation, to the work before us, and to be said Brunoe, so research is ex- pected to start in earnest in spring. “The extent and severity of the fire impact to the Warm Springs carbon project re- mains unknown and will be under evaluation for the next year and a half, involving de- tailed forest inventories and modeling,” said Brunoe. Once the evaluation of the forest damage is complete, a determination will be made on how much to reduce the buffer pool. Scientists worried Some scientists have ex- pressed concern that the buf- fer pool is not sufficiently pro- tected against fire risks over the 100-year period, and hold up Warm Springs as an ex- ample. “The fact that the Warm Springs project has burned twice in a decade is a perfect example of the problem,” said Danny Cullenward, lecturer at Stanford Law School and pol- icy director of CarbonPlan, a nonprofit that independently analyzes carbon removal op- portunities based on science and data. “There is no way the protocol’s buffer pool holds up if that pattern is common in the program.” chain’s predominant presence was in the Pacific Northwest through the 1970s. It became employee-owned through an employee stock ownership program in 1985. It is known for its low prices, large bulk food section, not accepting credit cards and requiring cus- tomers to bag their own gro- ceries. e e Reporter: 541-633-2117, sroig@bendbulletin.com held accountable to it,” Mont- gomery said. Both Bellamy and Cook spoke about their educational philosophies and goals at a public hearing in Decem- ber. Video of that hearing is available at The Bulletin’s web- site. e e Reporter: 541-617-7854, jhogan@bendbulletin.com Debra Lesine Aldous of Redmond, OR July 11, 1957 - January 7, 2021 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals, Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: Services will be held at a later date. Mary Helen McCabe of Terrebonne, OR May 11, 1941 - January 6, 2021 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals, Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: Private family services will be held at a later date. OBITUARY DEADLINE Call to ask about our deadlines 541-385-5809 Monday - Friday, 10am - 3pm No death notices or obituaries are published Mondays. Email: obits@bendbulletin.com The wildfire in 2020 wasn’t the first time the project area burned. When the project was in the set-up stage, a wildfire burned around 2,000 acres of forest within the project boundaries, said Don Samp- son, who helped arrange the agreement when he was chief executive of Warm Springs Ventures, the tribe’s economic arm. Sampson worked for ventures from 2013 to 2016. When the project was in its early stages, said Sampson, a series of independent anal- yses took place to verify the amount and value of carbon that could be sequestered and offset. The entire process took Carbon credits When the preparation work was complete, the California Air Resources Board issued Warm Springs 2.15 million carbon offset credits. The off- sets represented 2.15 million metric tons of verified green- house gas emission reduc- tions. Annual growth within the project boundary can be con- verted to additional carbon offsets that the tribes can sell. To date, more than 2.6 million Air Resources Board carbon offset credits have been issued to Warm Springs. “There are about 20 projects in the range of 1 million to 5 million offset credits upfront, and a handful that get as big as almost 15 million,” said Cul- lenward. “I would say Warm Springs is one of the large projects but not atypically large nor on the extreme end of the size distribution.” How are the offset credits used? In 2018, the tribes an- nounced they had contracted with a third party to sell the credits over several years and that those credits would “pro- vide revenue in the tens of Alex Robert Bowlin December 13, 1996 – December 27, 2020 On Sunday, December 27, 2020, Alex Robert Bowlin passed away at his home in Bend, Oregon. His infectious smile and positivity will never be forgotten. Alex was born just minutes aft er his twin sister, Allie Bowlin, on a crisp December day in Salem, Oregon in 1996. From that day on, Alex brought nothing but authentic care and happiness to every person he met and every relationship he built. He was a genuine friend to so many, an accomplished soccer player, golfer, skier, scuba diver, river raft er, bowler and an avid outdoor adventurer; constantly hiking and skiing the Cascades with friends and family. Whether through work, school or sports, every aspect of Alex’s life welcomed new, lifelong friends that he cherished. Alex attended Summit High School, where he was a member of both soccer and golf teams all four years. Alex led his team to a state championship junior year; winning player of the year and scoring 15 goals in just that season alone. He went on to attend Washington State University and the University of Oregon, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, just like his brother James. Alex spent time working as a river guide in Maupin, Oregon, and on the mountain in Big Sky, Montana. He was passionate about showing all who visited the beauty in nature Alex passed away from Type 1 diabetic complications. He is survived by his loving parents, Jim and Lisa Bowlin; older brother, James; twin sister, Allie; grandparents Jim and Kathie Bowlin and grandmother Joanne Bowlin. He is also survived by his uncles, Corey Bowlin and Jack Th omas; aunt and uncle Bob and Linda Goodwill, his girlfriend of two years, Emma, and so many friends whom he cared for deeply. He also leaves behind one of his favorite outdoor adventure buddies, his family’s yorkie poodle mix, Beau. A celebration of Alex’s life will be held by his family at a later date. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) that aims to end Type 1 diabetes (T1D). In a journal Alex kept, he wrote, “Friends, climb mountains, not for the world to see you, but for you to see the world.” It is his family’s hope that those who knew Alex keep his spirit of exploration and admiration for the world in their hearts in his honor. millions of dollars for tribal operations, improved forest management and economic development initiatives.” The tribes declined to con- firm the specific amount re- ceived from the agreement. ‘Much-needed revenue’ Sampson said the tribes set aside some of the funds for forest thinning and for- est health projects, to prevent wildfire and tree disease. “Overall it brought it much- needed revenue,” he said. “That was the biggest revenue source they had for quite a few years.” Funds were also set aside for a cannabis project, said Samp- son. That project stalled during his tenure at Warm Springs but was later revived into a hemp project, which received federal approval last year. The decision to enter the program was timely, as it co- incided with the winding down of the local sawmill, Warm Springs Forest Prod- ucts Industries, which was struggling to turn a profit due to a lack of large logs. The program was also consis- tent with the tribe’s policy on generating revenue through environmentally-conscious ventures. “Rather than take an ex- tractive approach and cut- ting timber and selling logs off the reservation, (Tribal Council) wanted to transition to one that was more conser- vation-based and still make revenue for the tribe,” said Sampson. “So from that point of view, it was a successful project.” e e Reporter: 541-617-7818, mkohn@bendbulletin.com The loving and much loved Joyce H. Laski, 94, was called to be with her heavenly father on Saturday, December 26, 2020. The second of four children, she was born in Lost Valley Oregon, near Condon, in 1926, where her family raised sheep. The family moved to Albany Oregon in 1935 where Joyce graduated from high school and then worked as a waitress in a local restaurant where she also helped serve WWII soldiers from the nearby Camp Adair military training site. Shortly av er WW2, she reluctantly accepted a blind date with Dale Marcy, a US Navy Sailor. They fell in love, married in Albany, lived in San Diego, and then raised their two sons, Bruce and Tim while living in Albany, Coquille, Coos Bay, Salem, Prineville, and Prairie City Oregon, where Dale was a pharmacist and Joyce worked in retail. Av er separa} ng from Dale, Joyce started a new life near her parents in Albany Oregon in 1969. She worked at the Albany Payless Drug Store, where she worked her way up to garden and automo} ve department manager and re} red in 1985. She loved to go dancing at local places and there met George Laski who she married in October 1976. They shared a loving and truly wonderful marriage in Sweet Home Oregon, where they regularly at ended Sweet Home9s St. Helen9s Catholic Church. She also enjoyed her û ower garden, vegetable garden, û shing for Kokanee, camping, traveling, and dancing with George at the VFW in Albany. Joyce and George fully appreciated their re} rements, visi} ng with extended family, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and at ending family reunions of their extended families. They were also avid travelers, visi} ng all 50 States and most Canadian provinces. Joyce traveled with other family members to Chile, Argen} na, Wales, Scotland and the UK and enjoyed cruises to Caribbean islands, the Panama Canal, and Alaska. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mary Ochse; younger brother Howard Ochse; older sister Gene Gross; û rst husband, Dale Marcy; second husband, George Laski; and elder son, Bruce Marcy. She is survived by her younger sister, Joann Humphrey; younger son, Tim Marcy and his wife Ximena; daughter-in-law, Suzan Marcy; granddaughter, Nancy and husband Kordel Doll; grandson, Robert and wife Leslie Marcy; grandson Scot and wife Anna-Lena Marcy; granddaughter Lesa and husband Larry Simpson; and granddaughter Chris} na and husband Jamie Anderson. She is survived by great grandchildren Garret and wife Kimberly Marcy; Whitney and husband Sean Wilson; Jordan Marcy; Hayden Grover; Kira Marcy; Jareth Anderson; Polly Anderson; Aaron McCulloch; Larrisa Simpson; Rhianon Simpson. And she is survived by great great grandchildren Amelia, Sawyer, and Sadie Marcy and numerous nieces, nephews, and their families. Joyce will be put to rest at the Pilot But e Cemetery in Bend, OR on an as yet unspeciû ed date in January accompanied by close family and Pastor Steven Koski of the First Presbyterian church. A celebra} on of Joyce9s life will take place later this summer.