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rk
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th fund
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lan
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. K
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t
e
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rown h
a
s r
e
a
c
t
iv
a
t
ed a p
an
e
l
o
r
ig
in
a
l
ly c
r
e
a
t
ed by fo
rm
e
r
Gov
. John K
i
t
zh
ab
e
r to d
ev
e
l
-
op a long
-
t
e
rm p
l
an to p
ay fo
r
t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion p
ro
j
e
c
t
s f
rom
h
ighw
ay and b
r
idg
e con
s
t
ru
c
-
t
ion
, to imp
rov
em
en
t
s fo
r p
e
-
d
e
s
t
r
i
an
s and b
i
cy
c
l
i
s
t
s
.
A
t l
e
a
s
t on
e o
f th
e p
an
e
l
’
s
s
ix subg
roup
s m
e
t l
a
s
t w
e
ek
and ano
th
e
r g
roup m
e
t Tu
e
s
-
d
ay
. M
e
e
t
ing
s a
r
e op
en to th
e
pub
l
i
c
.
K
i
t
zh
ab
e
r appo
in
t
ed th
e
pan
e
l in D
e
c
emb
e
r 2014
,
and i
t w
a
s suppo
s
ed to d
e
l
iv
-
e
r a r
epo
r
t th
i
s y
e
a
r w
i
th i
t
s
v
i
s
ion fo
r th
e fu
tu
r
e o
f O
r
e
-
gon t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion
. K
i
t
zh
ab
e
r
a
sk
ed th
e p
an
e
l to a
s
s
e
s
s
cu
r
r
en
t ch
a
l
l
eng
e
s
, bu
t a
l
so
com
e up w
i
th a p
l
an to p
ay
fo
r th
e t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion sy
s
t
em
i
t wou
ld l
ik
e th
e s
t
a
t
e to h
av
e
in 30 y
e
a
r
s
. How
ev
e
r
, th
e
pan
e
l s
topp
ed m
e
e
t
ing a
f
t
e
r
K
i
t
zh
ab
e
r r
e
s
ign
ed in F
eb
ru
-
a
ry
.
A b
r
idg
e cond
i
t
ion r
epo
r
t
r
e
l
e
a
s
ed by th
e O
r
egon D
e
-
pa
r
tm
en
t o
f T
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion
on Thu
r
sd
ay h
igh
l
igh
t
ed th
e
ch
a
l
l
eng
e th
e p
an
e
l f
a
c
e
s in
gu
r
ing ou
t how to p
ay fo
r
j
u
s
t on
e a
sp
e
c
t o
f th
e p
rob
-
l
em
. B
r
idg
e
s shou
ld r
e
c
e
iv
e
m
a
in
t
en
an
c
e ev
e
ry 30 to 50
y
e
a
r
s
, bu
t th
e cu
r
r
en
t s
t
a
t
e
budg
e
t on
ly a
l
low
s fo
r m
a
in
-
t
en
an
c
e ev
e
ry 100 y
e
a
r
s
, a
c
-
co
rd
ing to ODOT
. A
t th
e cu
r
-
r
en
t b
r
idg
e r
ep
l
a
c
em
en
t r
a
t
e
o
f th
r
e
e p
e
r y
e
a
r
, s
t
a
t
e h
igh
-
w
ay b
r
idg
e
s wou
ld n
e
ed to
l
a
s
t an av
e
r
ag
e o
f 900 y
e
a
r
s
.
I
t
’
s un
c
l
e
a
r how th
e p
an
-
e
l
’
s wo
rk t
s in w
i
th th
e d
e
-
s
i
r
e by l
awm
ak
e
r
s and B
rown
to r
a
i
s
e mon
ey fo
r th
e s
t
a
t
e
’
s
cu
r
r
en
t t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion n
e
ed
s
.
K
i
t
zh
ab
e
r h
ad t
a
sk
ed th
e
g
roup w
i
th d
ev
e
lop
ing a
long
-
t
e
rm v
i
s
ion to m
e
e
t th
e
s
t
a
t
e
’
s t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion n
e
ed
s
,
s
ep
a
r
a
t
e f
rom e
f
fo
r
t
s to r
a
i
s
e
mon
ey to p
ay fo
r imm
ed
i
a
t
e
n
e
ed
s
. B
rown and a g
roup
o
f e
igh
t l
awm
ak
e
r
s n
ego
t
i
a
t
-
ed a d
e
a
l du
r
ing th
e l
eg
i
s
l
a
-
t
iv
e s
e
s
s
ion th
a
t wou
ld h
av
e
r
a
i
s
ed th
e s
t
a
t
e g
a
s t
ax and
v
eh
i
c
l
e r
eg
i
s
t
r
a
t
ion f
e
e
s to
g
en
e
r
a
t
e a to
t
a
l o
f $202 m
i
l
-
l
ion annu
a
l
ly fo
r s
t
a
t
e and
lo
c
a
l ro
ad
s and r
ep
ay $400
m
i
l
l
ion in bond
s fo
r sp
e
c
ic
h
ighw
ay p
ro
j
e
c
t
s l
i
s
t
ed in th
e
bi
l
l
.
How
ev
e
r
, th
e p
ropo
s
a
l
found
e
r
ed w
i
th
in 24 hou
r
s
o
f i
t
s r
e
l
e
a
s
e a
f
t
e
r O
r
egon
D
ep
a
r
tm
en
t o
f T
r
an
spo
r
t
a
-
t
ion d
i
r
e
c
to
r M
a
t
t G
a
r
r
e
t
t
s
a
id du
r
ing a h
e
a
r
ing th
a
t th
e
pl
an wou
ld r
e
su
l
t in a sm
a
l
l
-
e
r r
edu
c
t
ion in g
r
e
enhou
s
e
g
a
s em
i
s
s
ion
s th
an th
e ag
en
-
cy o
r
ig
in
a
l
ly e
s
t
im
a
t
ed
: 20
pe
r
c
en
t o
f th
e amoun
t o
r
ig
i
-
n
a
l
ly c
a
l
cu
l
a
t
ed by th
e s
t
a
t
e
.
Th
e r
ev
e
l
a
t
ion doom
ed th
e
d
e
a
l
, wh
i
ch w
a
s cond
i
t
ion
a
l
upon th
e r
ep
e
a
l o
f O
r
egon
’
s
low
-
c
a
rbon fu
e
l s
t
and
a
rd
, b
e
-
c
au
s
e i
t app
e
a
r
ed th
e c
a
rbon
r
edu
c
t
ion f
rom th
e t
r
an
spo
r
-
t
a
t
ion p
a
ck
ag
e wou
ld b
e l
e
s
s
th
an O
r
egon i
s suppo
s
ed to
a
ch
i
ev
e th
rough th
e fu
e
l s
t
an
-
d
a
rd
.
S
en
. B
e
t
sy John
son
,
D
-S
c
appoo
s
e
, i
s a m
emb
e
r o
f
th
e p
an
e
l and s
a
id sh
e w
an
t
s
to know how th
e g
roup
’
s
wo
rk w
i
l
l t
i
e in w
i
th wo
rk
by B
rown and th
e b
ip
a
r
t
i
s
an
g
roup o
f l
awm
ak
e
r
s f
rom
th
e O
r
egon Hou
s
e and S
en
-
a
t
e known a
s th
e “G
ang o
f
E
igh
t
” e
a
r
l
i
e
r th
i
s y
e
a
r
.
John
son w
a
s a
l
so among
th
e l
awm
ak
e
r
s who h
am
-
m
e
r
ed ou
t th
e d
e
a
l in c
lo
s
ed
-
doo
r m
e
e
t
ing
s w
i
th B
rown
and a coup
l
e o
th
e
r l
awm
ak
-
e
r
s f
rom th
e g
roup — S
en
.
L
e
e B
ey
e
r
, D
-Sp
r
ing e
ld
,
R
ep C
l
i
f
f B
en
t
z
, R
-On
t
a
r
io
and R
ep
. C
addy M
cK
eown
,
D
-Coo
s B
ay — a
r
e a
l
so on
th
e v
i
s
ion
ing p
an
e
l
.
A
l
though th
e d
e
a
l f
a
i
l
ed
to mov
e in th
e L
eg
i
s
l
a
tu
r
e
,
John
son s
a
id th
e g
roup a
c
-
comp
l
i
sh
ed a lo
t and l
aw
-
m
ak
e
r
s who p
r
ev
iou
s
ly d
i
s
-
ag
r
e
ed on con
t
en
t
iou
s i
s
su
e
s
ch
ang
ed th
e
i
r m
ind
s
.
“
I c
e
r
t
a
in
ly don
’
t th
ink
th
a
t wo
rk p
rodu
c
t ough
t to b
e
ab
andon
ed
,
” John
son s
a
id
.
“Th
e
r
e w
a
s a s
en
s
e o
f po
s
s
i
-
b
i
l
i
ty
.
”
B
rown s
a
id in a s
t
a
t
em
en
t
in Jun
e th
a
t sh
e w
an
t
s th
a
t
wo
rk to fo
rm th
e b
a
s
i
s fo
r
fu
tu
r
e l
eg
i
s
l
a
t
ion to p
ay fo
r
h
ighw
ay
, b
r
idg
e and o
th
e
r
t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion wo
rk
.
“Th
e b
i
c
am
e
r
a
l
, b
ip
a
r
t
i
s
an
wo
rk
ing g
roup I a
s
s
emb
l
ed
e
a
r
l
i
e
r th
i
s s
e
s
s
ion h
a
s p
ro
-
v
id
ed ex
c
e
l
l
en
t g
roundwo
rk
th
a
t w
i
l
l in
fo
rm ou
r fu
tu
r
e e
f
-
fo
r
t
s
,
” B
rown s
a
id in a p
r
e
s
s
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
. “
I w
i
l
l wo
rk w
i
th R
e
-
pub
l
i
c
an
s and D
emo
c
r
a
t
s to
m
ak
e i
t h
app
en
.
”
B
rown h
a
s no
t s
a
id
wh
e
th
e
r th
e t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion
v
i
s
ion p
an
e
l
’
s wo
rk
, wh
i
ch
i
sh
ed in
i
s suppo
s
ed to b
e n
M
a
r
ch
, w
i
l
l a
l
so in
fo
rm n
e
a
r
-
t
e
rm t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion fund
ing
e
f
fo
r
t
s
. Th
e sho
r
t
, in
t
e
r
im
l
eg
i
s
l
a
t
iv
e s
e
s
s
ion i
s s
ch
ed
-
u
l
ed to end th
e r
s
t w
e
ek o
f
M
a
r
ch
.
Th
e gov
e
rno
r d
id add a
coup
l
e o
f n
ew ch
a
rg
e
s to th
e
p
an
e
l
: nd ou
t how mu
ch th
e
s
t
a
t
e wou
ld h
av
e to sp
end to
p
r
ep
a
r
e i
t
s t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion to
b
e “
r
e
s
i
l
i
en
t
” du
r
ing a C
a
s
-
c
ad
i
a subdu
c
t
ion zon
e e
a
r
th
-
qu
ak
e
, r
e
comm
end w
ay
s to
p
romo
t
e a
l
t
e
rn
a
t
iv
e t
r
an
spo
r
-
-
t
a
t
ion to add
r
e
s
s t
r
a
fc con
g
e
s
t
ion
, r
e
comm
end sp
end
-
O
regon
.go
v
Gov
. Ka
te B
rown has reac
t
iva
ted a pane
l to deve
lop a long
-
te
rm p
lan to
pay fo
r t
ranspo
r
ta
t
ion p
ro
jec
ts f
rom h
ighway and b
r
idge cons
t
ruc
t
ion to
imp
rovemen
ts fo
r pedes
t
r
ians and b
icyc
l
is
ts
.
ing l
ev
e
l
s and op
t
ion
s to r
a
i
s
e
mon
ey fo
r cu
r
r
en
t and fu
tu
r
e
t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion n
e
ed
s
, and r
e
c
-
omm
end how th
e s
t
a
t
e c
an
“
en
cou
r
ag
e and ad
equ
a
t
e
ly
p
r
ep
a
r
e fo
r k
ey t
e
chno
log
i
c
a
l
innov
a
t
ion
s th
a
t c
an fund
a
-
m
en
t
a
l
ly imp
rov
e th
e s
t
a
t
e
t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion sy
s
t
em in th
e
n
ex
t 30 y
e
a
r
s
.
”
John
son s
a
id on
e ex
am
-
p
l
e o
f th
i
s wo
rk w
a
s th
e
“G
ang o
f E
igh
t
’
s
” p
ropo
s
a
l
to “
r
e
-pu
rpo
s
e
” som
e mon
ey
in th
e O
r
egon D
ep
a
r
tm
en
t o
f
T
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion budg
e
t and r
e
-
Peggy
, Peppe
r and
Ka
r
in Wh
i
te wou
ld l
ike to exp
re
s
s
s
in
ce
re thank
s to a
l
l invo
lved a
t
the t
ime o
f Jep O
. Wh
i
te
’
s dea
th
,
e
spe
c
ia
l
ly the s
ta
f
f a
t the B
lue
Moun
ta
in Ho
sp
i
ta
l and Ho
sp
i
ce
,
D
r
. Ha
l
l and many o
the
r
s who
we
re the
re in ou
r t
ime o
f need
.
S
in
ce
re
ly
,
P
e
g
g
y
, P
e
p
p
e
r a
n
d K
a
r
i
n
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100 t
r
ip
s ov
e
r a d
e
c
ad
e
, th
e
w
e
ek
ly n
ew
sp
ap
e
r r
epo
r
t
ed
;
con
f
e
r
en
c
e spon
so
r
s p
i
ck
ed
up th
e r
e
s
t o
f th
e t
ab
.
John
son s
a
id ODOT o
f
-
c
i
a
l
s d
id no
t l
ik
e p
ropo
s
a
l
by l
awm
ak
e
r
s and B
rown to
pu
t th
e ag
en
cy und
e
r a m
i
c
ro
-
s
cop
e and ch
ang
e i
t
s fund
ing
,
Fam
i
l
y pha
rma
c
i
e
s s
e
r
v
ing Ea
s
t
e
rn O
r
egon o
v
e
r 50 y
ea
r
s
.
Heppne
r and Condon
, O
regon
L
e
t ou
r f
am
i
l
y o
f ph
a
rm
a
c
i
s
t
s s
e
r
v
e y
ou
!
W
e a
r
e happy to t
ran
s
f
e
r and ma
i
l p
r
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r
ip
t
ion
s and wou
ld
w
e
l
com
e th
e oppo
r
tun
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ty to v
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“Co
lo
r Me F
ree
” Fun Run
Hea
r
t o
f G
ran
t Coun
ty Se
cond Annua
l
We a
re w
r
i
t
ing to exp
re
s
s ou
r hea
r
t
fe
l
t g
ra
t
i
tude fo
r a
l
l tho
se in ou
r
o un
i
t who s
tepped up to he
lp and suppo
r
t f
i
re it
i s he
re a
re so
many to thank
: the s
t
range
r who he
lped me se
t
t
le my ho
r
se
s a
t the
fa
i
rg
round
s
; M
ike and Jud
i who eva
cua
ted ou
r p
i
ckup and t
rave
l t
ra
i
le
r
;
M
indy and Ma
ry a
t the fa
i
rg
round
s o
f
f
i
ce
; L
inda who took in ou
r du
ck
; a
l
l
tho
se who de
l
ive
red hay to the fa
i
rg
round
s
; f
r
iend
s who o
f
fe
red u
s the
i
r
home
s fo
r u
s to s
tay in and Ca
r
l Reed who le
t u
s have h
i
s
; f
r
iend
s who
o
f
fe
red re
fuge fo
r the ho
r
se
s
; f
r
iend
s and fam
i
ly who came to he
lp rebu
i
ld
ou
r b
r
idge and ou
r wa
te
r sy
s
tem
; ou
r gene
rou
s lo
ca
l bu
s
ine
s
se
s tha
t
dona
ted supp
l
ie
s and o
f
fe
red d
i
s
coun
t
s
; a
l
l tho
se f
rom nea
r and fa
r who
dona
ted i
tem
s to the re
l
ie
f cen
te
r and Jenn
i
fe
r and She
r
r
ie and a
l
l the
awe
some vo
lun
tee
r
s who wo
rked the
re w
i
th su
ch lov
ing ca
re
; and the
Mennon
i
te
s f
rom Bu
rn
s and ou
r Bea
r Va
l
ley f
r
iend
s who came to c
lean up
the ru
in
s u
r s
in
ce
re thank
s go ou
t to you a
l
l
u
r commun
i
ty ha
s been h
i
t so ha
rd bu
t the goodne
s
s and gene
ro
s
i
ty o
f
ou
r fo
lk ha
s so
f
tened the b
low fo
r u
s We a
l
l know th
i
s ca
ta
s
t
roph
i
c f
i
re
d
id no
t have to happen c
co
rd
ing to o
rdon raham a f
reuen
t
mo
t
iva
t
iona
l r
i
sk managemen
t speake
r to the S S p
red
i
c
tab
le i
s
p
reven
tab
le Be
cau
se i
t wa
sn
t ou
r beau
t
i
fu
l canyon and moun
ta
in
s w
i
l
l
neve
r be the same
.
R
o
b
e
r
t R
e
e
d a
n
d J
u
d
i
t
h B
e
a
u
d
e
t R
e
e
d
qu
e
s
t a p
e
r
fo
rm
an
c
e aud
i
t o
f
th
e ag
en
cy by th
e S
e
c
r
e
t
a
ry
o
f S
t
a
t
e
’
s O
fc
e
.
L
awm
ak
e
r
s qu
e
s
t
ion
ed
som
e o
f th
e ag
en
cy
’
s sp
end
-
ing d
e
c
i
s
ion
s
, su
ch a
s
$65
,000 sp
en
t s
in
c
e 2003
to s
end a s
t
a
f
f
e
r to W
a
sh
-
ing
ton
, D
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.
, B
ru
s
s
e
l
s
, B
a
r
-
c
e
lon
a
, S
ing
apo
r
e and th
e
Go
ld Co
a
s
t o
f Au
s
t
r
a
l
i
a to
r
e
s
e
a
r
ch a
l
t
e
rn
a
t
iv
e
s to th
e
g
a
s t
ax
, a
s r
epo
r
t
ed in Ju
ly by
W
i
l
l
am
e
t
t
e W
e
ek
. Th
e s
t
a
t
e
p
a
id fo
r on
ly p
a
r
t o
f th
e co
s
t
o
f th
e emp
loy
e
e
’
s mo
r
e th
an
t
so John
son i
s con
c
e
rn
ed th
a
ODOT i
s now m
an
ag
ing th
e
t
r
an
spo
r
t
a
t
ion “v
i
s
ion
ing
”
p
ro
j
e
c
t
.
“Th
i
s i
s b
e
ing ch
a
r
a
c
t
e
r
-
i
z
ed a
s a con
t
inu
a
t
ion o
f th
e
K
i
t
zh
ab
e
r e
f
fo
r
t
, on
ly th
e
r
e
a
r
e b
ig d
i
f
f
e
r
en
c
e
s
,
” John
-
son s
a
id
. “Th
i
s on
e i
s b
e
ing
ODOT d
r
iv
en .
.
. I gu
e
s
s th
e
qu
e
s
t
ion I
’d a
sk i
s
, i
f i
t
’
s a
l
l
ODOT d
r
iv
en wh
e
r
e do th
e
n
ew id
e
a
s h
av
e a ch
an
c
e to
bubb
l
e fo
rw
a
rd
?
”
T
r
av
i
s B
rouw
e
r
, a
s
s
i
s
t
ant
d
i
r
e
c
to
r o
f ODOT
, s
a
id i
t i
s
common fo
r s
t
a
t
e ag
en
c
i
e
s to
p
rov
id
e exp
e
r
t
i
s
e in th
e fo
rm
o
f p
r
e
s
en
t
a
t
ion
s to adv
i
so
ry
comm
i
t
t
e
e
s
.
“W
e
’v
e b
e
en a
sk
ed by th
e
gov
e
rno
r
’
s o
fc
e to p
rov
id
e
sub
j
e
c
t m
a
t
t
e
r exp
e
r
t
s fo
r a
l
l
th
e g
roup
s
” on th
e v
i
s
ion p
an
-
e
l
, B
rouw
e
r s
a
id
. “Bu
t e
a
ch
g
roup g
e
t
s to d
e
t
e
rm
in
e i
t
s
wo
rk p
l
an and b
r
ing in p
eop
l
e
f
rom any p
e
r
sp
e
c
t
iv
e
.
”
B
rouw
e
r r
e
j
e
c
t
ed th
e id
e
a
th
a
t ODOT m
igh
t s
t
e
e
r th
e
p
an
e
l aw
ay f
rom p
ropo
s
a
l
s
th
a
t th
e ag
en
cy d
i
s
l
ik
e
s
.
t
“
I
t
’
s c
e
r
t
a
in
ly a g
roup th
a
h
a
s som
e h
e
avy h
i
t
t
e
r
s
, so I
th
ink th
ey
’
l
l b
e ab
l
e to d
en
e
th
e
i
r ag
end
a and wh
a
t th
ey
w
an
t to p
ropo
s
e
,
” B
rouw
er
s
a
id o
f th
e p
an
e
l
.
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