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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Park
“They see the value in
working with young peo-
ple, in teaching those kids
a strong work ethic and the
value of giving back to their
community,” she said, add-
ing students need strong
role models.
“That’s what you teach
them when you get in there
and do the work, too — they
step up,” she said. “They
work hard alongside you.”
She added, “We need
each other to shine.”
Heather Bowlus, who is
president of the city coun-
cil and Aubrey Bowlus’
mother, joined in working
on troweling the edges of
the path.
“The city of Monument
would like to thank the
SkillsUSA chapter and all
the volunteers for their hard
work improving our city
park,” she said. “As a mom,
I’m super proud.”
Kyla Emerson said she’s
proud of the project.
“It will be exciting to see
it in 30 years, just to see the
impact it has on the com-
munity,” she said.
Emerson, Bowlus and
Cook won gold, present-
ing their community ser-
vice project at the Skill-
sUSA state competition in
March. Sophomore Saman-
tha Adams placed fourth
for her pin design, and Mil-
ton placed fifth in general
welding.
Emerson, Bowlus and
Cook will present their
project at the national lead-
ership and skills confer-
ence June 24-28 in Lou-
isville, Kentucky. Joining
them on the trip will be
Adams and junior Drew
Wilburn, along with their
chaperones.
Cook received word
recently that she was
awarded a $1,500 Harbor
Freight Tools for Schools
National
Championship
Scholarship, which will
cover her costs for travel,
hotel, conference fees and
meals during the trip to
Kentucky.
The students have fund-
raiser cans at Boyer’s Mar-
ket and North Fork Café in
Monument.
but it’s lost that legacy over
the years. The new policy is
a chance to regain that repu-
tation, but it will come at a
cost, he said.
“I am concerned about
my farmers, I am concerned
about my dairies, I am con-
cerned about my fisher-
men,” Gomberg said. “I am
particularly concerned about
my good men and women
that work in the large mills
in my small towns.”
With 38 of the House’s
60 members, Democrats can
allow some of their own to
dissent, whether it’s because
of a rural constituency or
otherwise. In the Senate, the
numbers are less forgiving.
Democrats need 16 of their
18 members to support the
bill, and Johnson is already
a no. Last week, it came
out that several others were
uncommitted,
including
Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos
Bay.
Roblan gave a “courtesy”
yes vote to get the bill out of
committee June 12, but said
he is concerned about how
the gasoline price increase
will hurt rural Oregonians.
“I reserve the right to be
a no on the floor, because I
really have some other issues
and conversations that I need
to have before I feel really
comfortable,” he said.
However, moving the bill
out of committee is a strong
sign that leaders of the cap
and trade movement have
secured the votes to get final
legislative approval.
But another sign emerged
of trouble ahead with a polit-
ical threat to the already-
passed business tax des-
ignated to boost school
funding.
Robert Freres of Freres
Lumber on June 12 made a
$1 million contribution to a
political action committee
leading the effort to refer the
business tax to voters.
Freres is part of Oregon
Manufacturers and Com-
merce, an industry trade
association led by busi-
ness lobbyist Shaun Jillions.
Over the past couple weeks,
Jillions has been active in
trying to get Senate Demo-
crats to reject the cap and
trade plan. Jillions has said
he would consider back-
ing down from referring the
business tax in exchange for
a deal to kill or weaken cap
and trade.
Asked if the donation
indicated there would be no
such deal, he said “that’s a
fair assessment.”
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president,
and
juniors
Aubrey Bowlus, chapter
vice president, and Cook, a
chapter member, who came
up with the plan and worked
behind-the-scenes to see it
through to completion.
Cook applied for grants,
and Kyla Emerson and
Bowlus, with help from
Dan Emerson and Michele
Engle, did the math for the
project and found the prod-
ucts and prices.
The group was awarded
a grant of $4,000 from the
Glen and Jean McKenzie
Fund of the Oregon Com-
munity Foundation, and
$1,000 from the Shelk Fund
of the Oregon Community
Foundation.
Monument resident Suzi
Mael donated $1,000 to the
cause with the funds going
toward the picnic table, in
memory of her husband,
Jim.
Other
fundraising
efforts, including a ham
dinner and a shotgun shoot,
raised nearly $2,000.
Bowlus said support
from the community was
incredible.
“I feel like everyone is
pretty excited about it,” she
said, pointing to feedback
they received from a survey
about the sidewalk plans.
“Every single one of
them was positive,” she
said. “I’m proud of what
we’ve accomplished.”
“I’m looking forward to
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Taking a quick break from their work at the Monument city park sidewalk project are, from left, junior Miranda Cook, junior
Aubrey Bowlus, sophomore DJ Howell, senior Cade Milton, senior Kyla Emerson, junior Drew Wilburn (back), freshman Tel
Cox, sophomore Enrique Vidrio and eighth-grader Gauge Jenks.
seeing all the new activity
at the park with the side-
walk,” Kyla Emerson said.
Dan Emerson Contract-
ing and Engle Contract-
ing LLC, with help from
the volunteers, did the prep
work, including excavating
the sidewalk area and lay-
ing forms and gravel.
Chapter members helped
haul and spread gravel,
among other jobs. Senior
Cade Milton also helped
run a compactor on the path
the following day.
“It’s nice to help the
community, help other peo-
ple and learn new things,”
Milton said.
Tel Cox, a junior, agreed
that it was good to “give
back to the community.”
Dan Emerson was look-
ing over the work May 15,
pleased to see the sun out
with a breeze drying the
cement.
“I think it’s a great deal
for the kids,” he said. “I
think they learned quite a
bit.”
The project cost just
under $11,000, with $8,000
from grants and fundrais-
ing and the remainder from
in-kind work.
Michele Engle said the
project couldn’t have hap-
pened without the exper-
tise and donated labor from
the contractors Dan Emer-
son and her husband, Chad
Engle.
“They’re very good
examples to the kids of two
extremely successful con-
tractors, yet they’re very
civic-minded,” she said.
“They took time out of their
schedules to come down
and not only help, but they
were the leaders.”
She added the men
also had a good demeanor
with the students and were
patient and kind.
Climate
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It would regulate nearly
all sectors of the economy,
excluding agriculture and
forestry. Entities regulated
by the cap that are emitting
at least 25,000 metric tons of
greenhouse gasses per year
will have to buy allowances
from the state for each ton
over the limit. If companies
overestimate their need, they
can sell those allowances on
a marketplace linked to Cal-
ifornia and Quebec, Canada.
If they don’t buy enough,
they can likewise purchase
some on the marketplace.
The state will make fewer
allowances available over
time, a mechanism intended
to force industry to under-
take conversions that reduce
emissions. The targets are
a 45 percent decline from
1990’s level by 2035 and an
80 percent decline by 2050.
It’s a wildly progressive
proposal. Oregon’s plan is
in part based on California,
but Oregon’s economy is
much smaller. The hope is to
show other states that such a
plan can work in smaller and
more rural states.
However, Republicans
EO Media Group/Sierra Dawn McClain
Many of the June 12 protesters come from families who have been in the logging business for
generations, and who fear that HB 2007 and HB 2020 will crush their businesses.
have been staunchly against
the idea, saying it will dec-
imate the rural way of life,
where people work in mills
and factories that would be
hurt by cap and trade. They
drive longer distances, mak-
ing the estimated 16 cent-
per-gallon increase in gas
costs more significant.
To that end, Republicans
made a last-ditch effort to
change the bill with amend-
ments drafted by industry
and one that would remove
the emergency clause. Both
those proposals failed on
party-line votes, as they
did the day before in the
Ways and Means Natural
Resources Subcommittee.
Despite the Democratic
unity in the bicameral com-
mittee, all Democrats aren’t
lining up in support. Rep.
David Gomberg, D-Cen-
tral Coast, said Oregon once
had an environmental leg-
acy due to things like bottle
deposit and public beaches,
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