State Library eClips
* Home for NOAA’s Pacific fleet dedicated in Newport
* Powerful peppermint oil, an Oregon specialty crop, flavors the family that makes it
* Where to put Oregon’s homeless sex offenders? Well, the Salem Walmart parking lot is out
* The party is on Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber will celebrate his inaugural, 2011 Legislature at blue jeans-casual, invitation-only event
* Increase in transfer students may push Oregon University System enrollment above 100,000
* PacifiCorp asked for more details after regulators’ initial review of utility’s long-term resource plan
* Mike Burton disputes charge he took $4,500 for travel to Paris conferences that didn’t occur
* Firefighters stabilize North River Road fire in southern Oregon’s Jackson County
* Snake River Correctional Institution inmate shot by guard
* Metro area’s 50-year growth plan wins state approval; designates urban and rural ‘reserves’
* Marching orders for Ben Cannon: Oregon schools need your presence — Opinion
* Private timber of public concern — Guest Opinion
* Funding the future: We need a transportation bill for the 21st century — Guest Opinion
* Kicking away an AAA rating — Opinion
* DMV registrations online set daily mark
* Kitzhaber press aide moves to agency
* City seeks other ways to maximize use
* Visitors check out opening day of NOAA marine center
* Interim state economist to give report
* Sen. Starr named VP of national group
* Rep. Cannon named adviser on education
* Health work groups set four meetings
* New Oregon charging stations to expand reach of electric cars
* Which employment laws apply to you?
* Rep. Vic Gilliam reflects on his time with Sen. Hatfield — Opinion
* Hatfield modeled aspirations after Hoover — Guest Opinion
* Cemetery may hold convicted murderer
* Plan for Keizer Station sent back
* Cougar spotted at park
* Voters could decide legalizing pot, union rights
* Dedication of NOAA center is a tribute — Opinion
* Beware contact with water in Dexter Lake, state says
* Dont split land: There are better ways to manage the checkerboard — Opinion
* Forest solutions — Opinion
* A different tack on timber — Opinion
* Local education leader tapped for state board
* SoloPower gets federal loan guarantee to expand
* Kitzhaber pitches change
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HOME FOR NOAA’S PACIFIC FLEET DEDICATED IN NEWPORT (Portland Oregonian)
August 20, 2011
The crowd in Newport was happy enough with the first part of Rear Admiral Jonathan Bailey’s remarks.
“Welcome to the finest marine facility on the west coast,” Bailey, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the crowd of hundreds. The crowd cheered; they whistled and applauded. Bailey paused.
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POWERFUL PEPPERMINT OIL, AN OREGON SPECIALTY CROP, FLAVORS THE FAMILY THAT MAKES IT (Portland Oregonian)
August 20, 201
Caryn Seely, driving a rumbling 13-speed International and towing an 18-foot trailer, swings wide off the dirt road and takes a hard right into the driveway.
With practiced grace, the 20-year-old swoops around the shop at her family’s farm and glides the semitrailer into place at a still.
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WHERE TO PUT OREGON’S HOMELESS SEX OFFENDERS? WELL, THE SALEM WALMART PARKING LOT IS OUT (Portland Oregonian)
August 20, 2011
Robert Corry crawls out of his bedroll, yanks on jeans and a T-shirt and shoves open the back door of his van. He steps outside into the early morning air, alone in the parking lot.
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THE PARTY IS ON OREGON GOV. JOHN KITZHABER WILL CELEBRATE HIS INAUGURAL, 2011 LEGISLATURE AT BLUE JEANS-CASUAL, INVITATION-ONLY EVENT (Portland Oregonian)
August 21, 2011
Gov. John Kitzhaber was in no mood to throw an inaugural party when he returned to office last January. More than 200,000 Oregonians were looking for work and state government faced a $3.5 billion budget hole.
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INCREASE IN TRANSFER STUDENTS MAY PUSH OREGON UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ENROLLMENT ABOVE 100,000 (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
After three years of robust growth, enrollment at Oregon’s seven public universities is expected to slow this year, but it still may for the first time top 100,000 students, university officials say.
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PACIFICORP ASKED FOR MORE DETAILS AFTER REGULATORS’ INITIAL REVIEW OF UTILITY’S LONG-TERM RESOURCE PLAN (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
PacifiCorp needs to go back to the drawing board with its grand plan for meeting customers’ energy needs and justify expensive upgrades to its coal plants, energy regulators, consumer advocates and environmental groups told the company today.
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MIKE BURTON DISPUTES CHARGE HE TOOK $4,500 FOR TRAVEL TO PARIS CONFERENCES THAT DIDN’T OCCUR (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
Mike Burton scrambled Friday to protect his reputation as a former state legislator, head of Metro and university vice provost from charges he claimed travel expenses for Paris conferences that never happened.
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FIREFIGHTERS STABILIZE NORTH RIVER ROAD FIRE IN SOUTHERN OREGON’S JACKSON COUNTY (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
A Jackson County fire that threatened 40 homes near the community of Rogue River prompted Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber to invoke the state’s conflagration act Friday morning.
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SNAKE RIVER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION INMATE SHOT BY GUARD (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
A corrections officer stationed in a tower overlooking the recreation yard shot and wounded an inmate at the Snake River Correctional Institution Thursday night when two inmates refused orders to stop beating a third inmate, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.
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METRO AREA’S 50-YEAR GROWTH PLAN WINS STATE APPROVAL; DESIGNATES URBAN AND RURAL ‘RESERVES’ (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
It wasn’t easy, took more than two years and it didn’t please everyone, but a plan to shape the next 50 years of development and preservation in the tri-county Portland area was approved Friday by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission.
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MARCHING ORDERS FOR BEN CANNON: OREGON SCHOOLS NEED YOUR PRESENCE — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
August 20, 2011
On Thursday, I’m sitting in the midday sun with 10 high-school cheerleaders, three cheerleading coaches and the three women who spent the morning packing everyone’s lunch. And who am I focused on?
Ben Cannon. The governor’s new education adviser.
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PRIVATE TIMBER OF PUBLIC CONCERN — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
August 21, 2011
In a state with so many trees, forests are easy to take for granted. Nearly half of Oregon is covered in forests that have an impact on individuals through their inherent aesthetic, recreational, economic and educational values, and through the ecosystem services they provide.
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FUNDING THE FUTURE: WE NEED A TRANSPORTATION BILL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
August 20, 2011
Transportation infrastructure allows us to live in the community of our choosing, helps get our families to work and school safely, and creates jobs by allowing the goods and services produced here in Oregon to be sold throughout the world. The men and women of Oregon’s building trades have helped assemble and maintain this vital piece of our everyday lives for decades.
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KICKING AWAY AN AAA RATING — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
August 19, 2011
In the eyes of Standard & Poor’s and other credit-rating agencies, Oregon has everything going for it but a savings account.
Before the arcane process of credit rating fades from the news, Oregonians ought to consider why their state carries the same AA+ rating that set off such a furor when the U.S. government just received it from S&P, downgraded from AAA.
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DMV REGISTRATIONS ONLINE SET DAILY MARK (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Oregon vehicle owners hit a single-day record for online registration renewals Aug. 1 with 1,746 more than double the daily average of 700.
Launched in late 2003, the program allows people to renew license plate tags online instead of by mail or in person at a field office of the Driver and Motor Vehicles Services Division.
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KITZHABER PRESS AIDE MOVES TO AGENCY (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Christine Miles, who has been Gov. John Kitzhaber’s press secretary for the past six months, will become the top spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Education on Sept. 1.
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CITY SEEKS OTHER WAYS TO MAXIMIZE USE (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Passenger service shown to be unsustainable-
Aug. 20, 2011
After a decades-long identity crisis, Salem Municipal Airport is ready for a transformation.
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VISITORS CHECK OUT OPENING DAY OF NOAA MARINE CENTER (Salem Statesman Journal)
-It will help researchers better understand the ocean-
Aug. 21, 2011
Jack Gale lined up with dozens of others Saturday to be the first through the gates at NOAA’s Marine Operations Center.
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INTERIM STATE ECONOMIST TO GIVE REPORT (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Lawmakers don’t expect drastic forecast changes-
Aug. 20, 2011
A new economist will present the state’s quarterly economic and revenue forecast, but neither the Democratic chairwoman of the Senate tax committee nor the Republican co-chairwoman of the House tax committee expects a dramatic difference in how the information is presented.
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SEN. STARR NAMED VP OF NATIONAL GROUP (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro, is the new vice president of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Starr was elected at the summer meeting of the group last week in San Antonio, Texas.
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REP. CANNON NAMED ADVISER ON EDUCATION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Rep. Ben Cannon, D-Portland, will leave the Oregon House to become education policy adviser to Gov. John Kitzhaber.
Cannon, 35, will assume his new job on Sept. 6.
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HEALTH WORK GROUPS SET FOUR MEETINGS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Meetings are planned in the next week by the four work groups named by Gov. John Kitzhaber to begin the transition from managed care to coordinated care for low-income recipients of state-supported health care.
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NEW OREGON CHARGING STATIONS TO EXPAND REACH OF ELECTRIC CARS (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Federal grants to fund 22 in northwest part of state-
Aug. 20, 2011
Charging stations that can fill the batteries of an electric car in 30 minutes or less are moving from the city to the country.
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WHICH EMPLOYMENT LAWS APPLY TO YOU? (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
If you run a small business, you should be aware that there are many laws and regulations that impose requirements on employers. Not all of those laws apply to all employers, however.
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REP. VIC GILLIAM REFLECTS ON HIS TIME WITH SEN. HATFIELD — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Vic Gilliam first encountered Mark Hatfield in 1966, soon after moving to Oregon. Hatfield was governor at the time and running for an open seat in the U.S. Senate.
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HATFIELD MODELED ASPIRATIONS AFTER HOOVER — GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
The last Hoover man passed away on Aug. 7. A former governor and U.S. senator, Mark O. Hatfield is being heralded as a compassionate humanitarian and peace advocate. Missing from these tributes is much mention of Hatfield’s passion for the values and virtues of Herbert Hoover.
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CEMETERY MAY HOLD CONVICTED MURDERER (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Waldo Hills site had been thought lost forever-
Aug. 20, 2011
Until recently, the Waldo Cemetery said to include one of the state’s first murderers has been but a memory.
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PLAN FOR KEIZER STATION SENT BACK (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Residents’ group celebrates its minor victory-
Aug. 20, 2011
A community group’s resistance prompted a state board to send an application for an undeveloped area of Keizer Station back before the city of Keizer.
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COUGAR SPOTTED AT PARK (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Sighting is 2nd in past 6 months at Minto-Brown-
Aug. 20, 2011
A Keizer man spotted what officials suspect was a cougar while walking in Minto-Brown Island Park in South Salem on Friday.
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VOTERS COULD DECIDE LEGALIZING POT, UNION RIGHTS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Aug. 20, 2011
Come next year, Oregon voters could be deciding whether to legalize marijuana or limit the ability of public-employee unions to collect political contributions.
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DEDICATION OF NOAA CENTER IS A TRIBUTE — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
-It’s a reminder that efforts of community can succeed-
Aug. 20, 2011
The guests of honor will be missing from today’s celebratory party in Newport the ships in NOAA’s Pacific fleet.
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BEWARE CONTACT WITH WATER IN DEXTER LAKE, STATE SAYS (Eugene Register-Guard)
-A bloom of blue-green algae can produce toxins that can cause nausea, dizziness and breathing difficulties-
Aug. 21
Toxic blue-green algae have been detected at Dexter Lake along Highway 58 near Lowell, and people should avoid swimming or other activities there in which they touch or swallow the water, health authorities said. State health officials issued the warning late Friday.
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DONT SPLIT LAND: THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO MANAGE THE CHECKERBOARD — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
Aug. 21
Recent news articles have described a land-splitting proposal for the O&C lands in Western Oregon that would place these already-fragmented lands under two completely separate management authorities. The Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, or FSEEE, organization has advanced the concept, and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio has expressed interest.
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FOREST SOLUTIONS — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Timber Trust would be a win for environmentalists and logging-
Aug. 21
In 1994, after 10 years of litigation, the federal government put in place the Northwest Forest Plan.
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A DIFFERENT TACK ON TIMBER — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
-DeFazios proposal could provide county funding-
Aug. 21
Battle-weary adversaries in Oregons timber wars understand that with rural unemployment stuck in double digits and counties cutting essential services and mills shuttered or dying, its long past time to agree on a strategy that saves rural communities, forests and the timber industry.
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LOCAL EDUCATION LEADER TAPPED FOR STATE BOARD (East Oregonian)
August 20, 2011
Gov. John Kitzhaber has appointed the superintendent of the InterMountain Education Service District, Mark Mulvihill, to the newly created Oregon Education Investment Board.
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SOLOPOWER GETS FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEE TO EXPAND (San Francisco Chronicle)
August 20, 2011
SoloPower Inc., which makes thin-film solar cells, won final approval on Friday for a $197 million federal loan guarantee to expand its San Jose headquarters and open two manufacturing facilities in Portland, Ore.
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KITZHABER PITCHES CHANGE (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
-Governor praises local work to improve health care-
August 20, 2011
Gov. John Kitzhaber brought his bid to remake the Oregon Health Plan to Corvallis on Friday afternoon, meeting with about two dozen mid-valley medical professionals, public health administrators and elected officials to discuss efforts to improve outcomes while reining in stampeding cost increases.
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