August 15, 2016 OSL eClips
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* Brush fire burns 7 acres near North Plains
* Jury awards whistle-blower nearly $1 million
* Head of state’s largest union elected international VP
* CCC: Fragmented history of program that built Oregon
* Cannabis fair celebrates growing pot industry
* BLM proposes fees increases at campgrounds near Salem
* Siltcoos Lake residents look to the next lake for household water
* Eugene Airport passenger numbers climbing toward new annual record
* Voters Weigh ‘The Soul Of Grant County’ In Latest Recall Effort
* Scientists Tackle Mercury Woes In River On Idaho-Oregon Border
* Oregon Math Teacher Unearths Clue To Native American Trade Routes
* Jacksonville’s Daisy Creek name not original
* Two health insurers pulling out of rural counties
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BRUSH FIRE BURNS 7 ACRES NEAR NORTH PLAINS (Portland Oregonian)
Firefighters extinguished a rapidly growing brush fire Sunday afternoon in the North Plains area.
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JURY AWARDS WHISTLE-BLOWER NEARLY $1 MILLION (Salem Statesman Journal)
A Marion County jury on Friday awarded nearly $1 million to a state employee fired for whistle-blowing.
Martin Plotner was director of the state Office of Emergency Management, and was fired in 2013 for reporting mismanagement, potential lawbreaking within the Oregon Military Department and a sexual harassment claim made against a high-ranking official, the jury found.
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HEAD OF STATE’S LARGEST UNION ELECTED INTERNATIONAL VP (Salem Statesman Journal)
Heather Conroy, executive director of the Service Employees International Union Local 503, stepped down from her statewide post last week to take a job as an international executive vice president for the union.
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CCC: FRAGMENTED HISTORY OF PROGRAM THAT BUILT OREGON (Salem Statesman Journal)
It was a time when thousands of young men, out of jobs and out of opportunities, flocked to the rallying cry of one of the largest public work relief programs in the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt rolled out the CCC in 1933 for young men ages 18 to 23. It was later expanded to ages 17 to 25.
The CCC paved the path for development in Oregon. Workers installed thousands of feet worth of telephone lines, built park trails, fought fires, planted trees and maintained roads. They built guard stations and explored stretches of vast wilderness.
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CANNABIS FAIR CELEBRATES GROWING POT INDUSTRY (Salem Statesman Journal)
Marijuana leaves of all shapes and sizes lined a competition alcove at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Saturday. The plants were surrounded by hundreds of booths listing technology, agriculture and business innovations in the cannabis growing industry.
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BLM PROPOSES FEES INCREASES AT CAMPGROUNDS NEAR SALEM (Salem Statesman Journal)
The price to spend the night at campgrounds near Salem will increase if a proposal from the Bureau of Land Management is approved.
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SILTCOOS LAKE RESIDENTS LOOK TO THE NEXT LAKE FOR HOUSEHOLD WATER (Eugene Register-Guard)
In his home overlooking Siltcoos Lake, Steven DuBois has installed an elaborate filtration system that delivers pristine drinking water throughout the house. “It works really, really well, and I’m psyched about it,” he said of the water coming out of the system.
But increasingly, its the water coming into his filtration system that’s a concern to him and to scores of his neighbors, who all draw their water directly from Siltcoos Lake via a private water system they collectively own.
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EUGENE AIRPORT PASSENGER NUMBERS CLIMBING TOWARD NEW ANNUAL RECORD (Eugene Register-Guard)
The Eugene Airport continues to cruise toward a new annual passenger record.
“We can attribute our busy summer to the Olympic Trials and increased seat capacity in the stands at Hayward Field,” Airport Director Tim Doll said.
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VOTERS WEIGH ‘THE SOUL OF GRANT COUNTY’ IN LATEST RECALL EFFORT (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
County Commissioner Boyd Britton waved over a group of kids to his booth at the Grant County Fair on a recent warm Wednesday afternoon.
Britton, a county commissioner for 13 years, was at the fair asking citizens to vote no on a recall against him.
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SCIENTISTS TACKLE MERCURY WOES IN RIVER ON IDAHO-OREGON BORDER (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
A multiyear study of mercury contamination is underway in a three-dam hydroelectric project on the Idaho-Oregon border that’s part of a power company’s effort to renew its license with the federal government.
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OREGON MATH TEACHER UNEARTHS CLUE TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRADE ROUTES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Sometime deep in the past, 1,000 years ago or more, a member of the Santiam band of the Kalapuya people stopped on small hill near the Willamette River. He lingered by a spring under the shade of oak trees. When he moved on, for reasons that remain mysterious, he left behind a cache of at least 14 stone tools, each one about the size of a persons palm.
Years passed. Layers of dirt and tree roots covered the tools. Settlers came. Someone built a house on the hillside under the oak trees. A thicket of blackberries 10 feet tall grew over the site.
And then, a middle school teacher named David bought the house on the little hill.
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JACKSONVILLE’S DAISY CREEK NAME NOT ORIGINAL (Medford Mail Tribune)
A revision in 1871 changed the name of Dairy Creek to Daisy Creek. Research on the switch revealed the story of the Dairy family, who lived in town before three children were orphaned by 1854.
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TWO HEALTH INSURERS PULLING OUT OF RURAL COUNTIES (Wallowa.com)
Wallowa County residents will no longer be able to get individual medical insurance coverage from Lifewise or PacificSource in 2017.
Other health insurance companies also considered ending coverage in rural areas, but negotiations with the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services DCBS led to an agreement by some continue to offer statewide individual coverage at increased rates.
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