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Garden
Continued from A1
Denise Rowcroft, program
manager for The Environ-
mental Center, said the garden
program has grown each year
despite the pause due to the
pandemic. Last year, $10,000
was awarded to nine schools.
Since the program launched
in 2016, the organization has
awarded $40,000 for gardens in
schools.
The program funds a wide
range of projects, including
shade and warming structures,
raised garden beds, pollinator
gardens and outdoor seating,
Rowcroft said.
“There’s definitely a variety
of ways schools are using their
outdoor garden spaces and rea-
sons for why they are doing it,”
Rowcroft said.
Some notable projects this
spring include a pollinator
garden at Warm Springs K-8
Academy to attract bees and
butterflies, and an outdoor gar-
den at R.E. Jewell Elementary
School in Bend for a first grade
class that doesn’t have any win-
dows in the classroom, Row-
croft said.
Teachers have told Rowcroft
that each project is not only
educational, but also supports
students’ mental wellbeing
through the pandemic.
“It’s going to be really im-
portant now that kids are back
in school to utilize that just for
the social and emotional as-
pects,” Rowcroft said.
The Environmental Center
relies on grants and donations
to run the school garden pro-
gram. Those interested in do-
nating can contact Rowcroft at
denise@envirocenter.org.
Rowcroft hopes continued
support will allow the program
to expand.
“We’ve been busy adapting
but we are still looking to sup-
port more schools that want to
have garden-based education,”
Rowcroft said. “We still have
plans to keep growing that pro-
gram.”
At Realms Middle School,
Anderson is excited to start the
school garden again after it was
Body cams
“Even cleaning out a garden
bed is really therapeutic.”
With students now back in
school, they will spend the next
few months adding to the gar-
den, Anderson said. Students
will help build the oven and
plant the native garden.
“We are always trying to
find ways to keep kids engaged
with projects,” Anderson said.
“Right now, it’s nice to try to
keep them engaged outside.”
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“I’m really excited. We’ve been trying to do this for a long time.”
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The Bend Police Depart-
ment first tried using body
cams in 2014. That year, a day
after the death of Black man
Eric Garner by a white New
York City Police officer, former
Bend Chief Jim Porter went
to the city manager to tell him
he sensed a cultural shift com-
ing, Porter has said. But the
$100,000 body cam pilot pro-
gram failed to take flight.
Porter told the City Council
that $100,000 was not enough
to outfit all the officers. His
budget came down to a choice
between body cams and put-
ting more cops on the road
and in key positions, such as a
homeless outreach officer.
Under Porter’s replacement,
Mike Krantz, who took over
as chief in July, the depart-
ment has developed a plan for
dealing with public records
requests and storage of the vo-
luminous amounts of data re-
corded each day, Maniscalco
said.
shut down last spring.
Anderson was able to briefly
restart the garden program
in the fall. Students were still
learning remotely, but were in-
vited to Realms each Wednes-
day for two hours in the gar-
den. Students planted garlic
before the ground froze.
Anderson said seeing the
students safely interact out-
doors after months of solitude
from the pandemic was price-
less.
“It’s incredible watching kids
in the garden,” Anderson said.
— Capt. Jason Maniscalco, body camera project manager
In December, the City
Council passed an increase
to the Public Safety Pro-
gram of $435,000 to purchase
body-worn cameras. Of that,
$320,000 is dedicated to equip-
ment, $73,000 to hire a senior
records and evidence specialist
to handle records and $42,000
for upgrades to the city’s infor-
mation technology infrastruc-
ture to handle charging cam-
eras and increased upload and
security demands.
The department is look-
ing at two models, the AXON
Body 3 and the WatchGuard
by Motorola. If it’s determined
neither will work for the city,
the department will reach out
to vendors to test additional
products. Once a vendor is se-
lected, it’s likely the city would
enter into a five-year contract
with the company for service.
Maniscalco said the depart-
ment has worked with the city
legal department and the De-
schutes County District Attor-
ney’s Office developing policies
for the new technology. The
Oregon Legislature has given
some guidance with a 2015
law requiring standards for
body cams. Officers wearing
the cameras in Oregon are re-
quired to turn on their cameras
as soon as they develop reason-
able suspicion a crime has oc-
curred. Agencies are mandated
to retain footage for 180 days
and release footage when it’s in
the public interest.
The department has also
worked on the project with its
slightly larger regional coun-
terpart, the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office, which has also
committed to adding body
cams in the short term.
Spokesman Sgt. Jason Janes
said the office is still develop-
ing its body cam policy. He
said a cost has not yet been de-
termined, nor a final vendor
identified.
“We are currently reviewing
data from the testing phase of
both body-worn and in-car
camera systems,” he wrote to
The Bulletin. “We are gather-
ing data from the testers of the
cameras as well as our IT de-
partment, and our vehicle fleet
manager.”
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Trees
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“The proposed timber sale
would negatively impact the
aesthetics, social context and
biophysical aspects of Wal-
ton Lake’s current and beloved
sense of place,” said Karen
Coulter, director of the Blue
Mountains Biodiversity Project.
Kassidy Kern, a spokesper-
son for the Ochoco National
Forest, said the project is not
a “timber sale” but a service
contract and the Forest Service
does not take profits. Rather,
the Forest Service must pay a
contractor to remove the trees,
clear the brush and haul every-
thing away.
“The value of the timber is
used to offset the cost of hav-
ing the contractor complete
associated work outlined in
the integrated resource ser-
vice contract,” said Kern. “The
remainder of the cost comes
from appropriated funds we
get from Congress.”
Kern said an assessment of
the value of the timber made in
2015 needs to be recalculated
because of changes in the mar-
ket as well as changes in the ac-
tual project. She added that the
value of a tree affected by root
rot falls considerably compared
to a healthy tree.
“Once you have the rot in
the root, there is no longer any
way for that tree to bring up
nutrients through its root sys-
tem to feed the rest of the tree
and keep it alive and healthy,”
said Kern.
The complaint from Blue
Mountains was filed in the U.S.
District Court for the District
of Oregon, Pendleton Division,
according to Beth Peer, envi-
ronmental coordinator for the
Ochoco National Forest.
Blue Mountains is being
represented by Tom Buchele,
co-director of the Earthrise
Law Center at Lewis & Clark
School of Law in Portland, and
Jesse Buss, the founder of Wil-
lamette Law Group in Oregon
City, which specializes in envi-
ronmental law.
The most recent plan to thin
and sanitize the forest around
Walton Lake was approved by
the Ochoco National Forest
on Dec. 7. The Forest Service
said it would conduct a sani-
tation harvest on 35 acres and
tree thinning on 143 acres.
The planting of conifers, hard-
woods and shrubs is part of the
plan.
A sanitation harvest dif-
fers from a clear cut because it
would remove all species that
serve as hosts for the disease, in-
cluding Douglas fir and grand
fir, but will retain the ponderosa
pine and western larch.
Walton Lake is located 30
miles east of Prineville and is a
popular weekend destination
for hiking, fishing and boating.
There are camping spots and a
bike path around the lake. The
area’s large diameter firs and
pines provide a scenic back-
drop for it all.
Signs posted on trails around
the lake warn hikers of the
danger of trees, advising them
to remain vigilant in case one
should suddenly topple in the
wind. Some parts of the rec-
reation area have been com-
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The sanitation harvest in-
tends to remove all grand fir
and Douglas fir. Ponderosa
pines in the sanitation zones
would not be harvested as they
are not susceptible to getting
root rot.
In a statement, Blue Moun-
tains said the project would
result in the removal of 500
old-growth firs, the degrada-
tion of wildlife, impairment
to outdoor recreation and de-
struction of the visual quality
of the area provided by the old-
growth forest.
A similar sanitation project
was announced in 2015 and
the work was awarded to Sweet
Home-based T2 Inc., which
specializes in forest thinning
projects.
Blue Mountains sued the
Forest Service in a federal
court in 2016, alleging the For-
est Service had not accurately
described the work it was in-
tending to conduct. The court
issued an injunction, and the
Forest Service withdrew the
project to conduct additional
analysis.
Kern said conditions have
changed in the project area
since the initial contract was
signed and if the work is able to
go ahead, the agreement with
T2 would need to be revisited.
Kern said the Forest Service
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is unable to speak about ongo-
ing litigation in relation to the
case, but noted that the Forest
Service stands by the sanitation
and thinning project.
“The sanitation harvest will
remove all host species of a
root disease,” said Kern. “Thin-
ning in other stands in the Wal-
ton Lake recreation manage-
ment area will maintain large
ponderosa pine and larch.”
After the trees are removed,
project managers will conduct
fuels treatment and then plant
trees that will be resistant to
laminated root rot in the fu-
ture, said Kern.
The American Forest Re-
source Council, a trade associ-
ation that represents more than
100 logging companies, says
over the long haul, the thin-
ning project will improve safety
for people and conditions for
wildlife.
“The national forest has
sought to mitigate this hazard
and have bent over backward
for anti-forestry groups, over
multiple rounds of planning,”
said Nick Smith, a spokesman
for the council. “This litiga-
tion would only throw another
obstacle in the path of public
lands managers and would add
more delay to this important
public safety project.”
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Marion Josephine LePage
McMillin died on Saturday,
February 6, 2021 at Central
Oregon Adult Foster Care
in Redmond, OR from
complica} ons of mul} ple
sclerosis and demen} a. She
was 91 years old. Marion
was born in Saint Croix
Falls, WI on September 28,
1929 to Joseph LePage and
Emma Marie Lindall LePage.
Marion was educated in St Croix Falls gradua} ng
from its high school in May 1947. She worked locally
for what would today be a } tle company. Marion
intended to go to college; however, her father passed
away and without his û nancial backing she was not
able to at end. Marion and her sister moved to the
Sacramento, CA area. She was employed by General
Motors Acceptance Corpora} on as an accountant
from 1951 to re} rement in 1986. When she re} red
she was the Assistant Accoun} ng Manager.
On December 31, 1953 Miss Marion LePage married
Richard E Bowser in Oakland, CA in the presence
of James & Grace Newsum, Marion9s sister. Dick &
Marion lived in Rancho Cordova, CA before she was
widowed.
Robert Dale McMillin began work at GMAC on
January 1, 1966. Marion and Bob became friends
and he was introduced to Marion9s family Christmas
1974. They married in Sacramento, CA on February
14, 1986 av er they both re} red. At that } me
employees could not marry if they were working in
the same department of General Motors Financial.
Av er re} ring, Bob and Marion moved to Placerville,
to start a Fuji apple orchard for friends of theirs. They
ran the apple hill-farm called Goldbud Farms for over
10 years un} l it was sold. The farm supplied produce
to Ronald and Nancy Reagan when Ron was Governor
of California and 40th US President.
Marion was funny with a dry sense of humor. She
was quick wit ed and always had a comment with a
sly smile to follow. She was a <cheese-head= because
she loved the Green Bay Packers football team. She
was also a Rush Limbaugh fan. Marion loved oatmeal
cookies and blueberry pies. She was an excellent
swimmer from growing up along the St Croix River.
Marion was an avid reader always wan} ng the
newspaper upon waking, and she was a whiz at
Sudoku. She loved traveling, good food and great
wine. Bob and Marion enjoyed traveling to see her
family as well as touring in Alaska, Venezuela, Tahi} ,
New Zealand, Singapore and Canada.
Although Marion had no children of her own, Bob
and Marion were pseudo grandparents to Rachel
and Shawn Radekin of Placerville, CA. They at ended
Rachel9s gradua} on, wedding and many birthdays.
Marion was preceded in death by her husband
Bob; siblings, Ariel Set er of Deer Park, WI, Mildred
Johnson of Hudson, WI, and Donald LePage of
Valencia, CA. Marion leaves behind her sister, Grace
Newsum of Thomasville, GA; nieces, Melanie Yager
of Menomonie, WI, Valerie Peterson of Centuria,
WI, Tina LePage of Tucson, AZ, Sherie Ambrose of
Thomasville, GA; and nephews, Joel Johnson of
Waverly, IA, Gary Newsum of Atlanta, GA, William
Anthony (Sam) Newsum of Huntsville, AL, Mark
Dunham of Bay City, OR and Les Dunham of Dupont,
WA.