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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150429/state-land-use-board-upholds-clatsop-county-ruling-on-oregon-lng&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDc1NTgyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFQ5fDXhB7pyaEr1YR8oZYzahl1_A"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">State
land use board upholds Clatsop County ruling on Oregon LNG</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The state Land Use Board of Appeals Wednesday upheld Clatsop County's decision to deny a permit for Oregon LNG's proposed pipeline, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/04/how-the-microtransit-movement-is-changing-urban-mobility/391565/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQzNzQyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE-vhQIg9JPaSRfWQEbYwJvZrOISw"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">How
the Microtransit Movement Is Changing Urban Mobility</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The start-up platform Angel List's "public transportation" page, currently with 177 projects, seems to grow daily. Its general "transportation"
page lists ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/30/have-we-really-reached-peak-car&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDgxODgyGjQwMjczY2VlMGQxNjNhMDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFQuOwRszps8aB9FZyje9k2ZuXCKQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Have
we really reached 'peak car'?</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Guardian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Vehicle traffic grew at a fearsome rate worldwide for decades … until 2007. Then came the perfect storm of an economic collapse, a digital
revolution ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/04/27/wildfire-prep-day-this-saturday/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODYxODYyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEkwY1dGxWmC445RyKF9vjG_yFZ8g"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Wildfire
Prep Day This Saturday</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">myCentralOregon.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“Communities that survive wildfires have one thing in common: They are prepared,” said Cindy Kolomechuk with the Oregon Department of
Forestry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/04/27/state-land-restricted-due-to-messy-homeless-camps/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQxMjcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGDs1ntf1S8D33ZLE80vPzyeuzQyg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">State
Land Restricted Due To Messy Homeless Camps</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">myCentralOregon.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The State Land Board adopted new rules implementing the restrictions at ... The Oregon Department of Forestry, working with the Chiloquin–Agency ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://trib.com/business/energy/will-wyoming-expand-sage-grouse-core-area-to-avoid-an/article_bc5864da-582b-5338-9d82-d2dfd141679a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0Mzg3NTQyGjRkZDkzNTdmMmUxNWM0Mjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQIDZAUSG98JKbm7QoQXUo-DMJdg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Will
Wyoming expand sage grouse core area to avoid an endangered species listing?</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Casper Star-Tribune Online
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A male sage grouse struts in the early morning hours on a lek outside Baggs on Wednesday. The Wyoming Game & Fish wants to expand the
area of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://uncovercalifornia.com/content/24185-bees-are-addicted-neonicotinoids-pesticides-study&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0NDIzODQyGjMwNzQ2Yzg5ZDFkZGQ1ODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEiSJ4ZPnNwuseM2a6Y5RiglPAYxw"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Bees</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
are addicted to Neonicotinoids Pesticides: Study</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Uncover California
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Wright said, "The fact that bees show a preference for food containing ... Researchers said the bees were unable to taste the pesticides,
thus they were ... stiff opposition from the farmers, preferring the pesticide for its effectiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.metrotimes.com/Blogs/archives/2015/04/28/gentrification-and-race-can-we-have-a-real-conversation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQ2ODcyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEynump4lq-R9rbUIi-fzncN4gWxg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Gentrification</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
and Race: Can We Have a Real Conversation?</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Detroit Metro Times (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In the wake of the memo, I proposed that we have some conversations together about a different way to do things, about community and
gentrification, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://naturalresourcereport.com/2015/04/forest-industry-responds-to-latest-oc-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0NDE2MDQyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGjrsHbSCd3vaaVA08ukrHkl90U_w"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Forest
industry responds to latest O&C plan</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Natural Resources Report
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released draft Resource Management Plans for six districts in Western Oregon encompassing over 2.5 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.invw.org/article/after-the-wars-finding-co-1531&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0NDAyMzMyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEwhAGslyd-EvRLBgGsdjEPbghBxg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Common
Ground in Oregon's Forests</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">InvestigateWest
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The brush buildup is the legacy of a century-plus of suppressing all forest fires, an official government policy now widely understood
to be misguided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/26560/to-make-people-friendly-streets-think-beyond-just-cars/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQzNTIyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGfdbtQ32qFdqLhhQmGvkHj0xfVvA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">To
make people-friendly streets, think beyond just cars</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Greater Greater Washington
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">While the county's policy is to encourage compact development in places ... efforts to encourage walking, bicycling, transit use, or
infill development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.cpexecutive.com/headlines/better-walkability-higher-valuation/1004118396.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODM0NTcyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHcVwsFIVo6RirysnWjhXJuCnKicw"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Better
Walkability = Higher Valuation?</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Commercial Property Executive
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In “somewhat walkable” or “car-dependent” suburbs, property values are only up by about 22 percent. The logical projection from that
— though the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Bill To Stop Construction in Tsunami-Prone Areas Is Dead</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... will be rebuilt in the tsunami zone. Seismologists say there's a 37 percent of a subduction zone earthquake off the Oregon coast
in the next 50 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/urban-farms-agriculture-sustainable-farmers-market/46132679&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDU3OTMyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNENoju1mQbXmVfTWcqq0tXBIJgAAg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">PHOTOS:
Sustainable Agriculture Flourishes Amid Unlikely Urban Backdrops</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">According to Urban Farming™, this form of agriculture allows unused land and wasted resources to be put to use in order to help support
local ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/it-fakes-a-village/content%3Foid%3D16982490&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDYxNzEyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHfFEj894rQcz_ytKntNXNdTXhR8g"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">It
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Critics also overlook the fact that infill developments are considered an efficient way to mitigate suburban sprawl, which urban planners
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/04/how_average_oregonians_challen.html#incart_2box"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">How
Average Oregonians Challenged the Timber Industry and Lost</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In March, she again made the five-hour drive north to Salem, hoping her legislators would listen. Seventeen months had passed since a helicopter repeatedly flew over Kathyrn
Rickard's neighborhood in Curry County while spraying weed killers. She and more than 20 neighbors complained about being exposed to the chemicals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32977295-75/owners-hope-to-redevelop-mckenzie-river-golf-course-as-subdivision-challenged.html.csp"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Subdivision
Should Be Appealed</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Activists say they'll take their case against housing on the McKenzie River Golf Course to a state board. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals will be the next stop in the
fight over the fate of the McKenzie River Golf Course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/04/26/governor-brown-makes-real-estate-board-appointment/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Governor
Brown Makes Real Estate Board Appointment</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Governor Kate Brown appointed Patricia Ihnat as a public member of the Oregon Real Estate Board. Pat Ihnat is an attorney who serves as Oregon counsel for Fidelity National
Title, a national title insurer and escrow settlement provider. Pat has been with Fidelity for 22 years in various positions as a litigator, claims manager, and underwriter. Before her 2004 move to Portland, Pat had served as Fidelity's Arizona state counsel.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/history/2015/04/past_tense_oregon_highway_czar.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Past
Tense Oregon: Highway Czar Glenn Jackson Among Most Influential Oregonians</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Who would you include if asked to list the most influential Oregonians of the 20th Century? Mark Hatfield? Tom McCall? Abigail Scott Duniway? C.E.S. Wood? According to William
Stack, your list should definitely include Glenn Jackson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/good-news/2015/04/29/oregon-declares-march-tom-mccall-day/26598589/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Declares March 22 Tom McCall Day</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday signed a bill declaring March 22 to be Tom McCall Day in Oregon. Tad McCall, the late governor's son, traveled from his home in Virginia to attend
the ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-counties-to-receive-61-million-in-timber-payments/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Counties to Receive $61Million in Timber Payments</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released information on how much money states will receive from the Secure Rural Schools Act, known as timber payments. Oregon counties
will receive nearly $61 million over two years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.kdrv.com/news/Farmers_React_to_GMO_Ordinance.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Farmers
React to GMO Ordinance</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Voters in Jackson and Josephine counties passed GMO bans last year. While Jackson's ban is on hold, pending court proceedings. Josephine county is moving forward. Even though
the state does not recognize Josephine County's GMO ban, The county has now set up a way of reporting non-conformance to the ban.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://klcc.org/post/measure-would-allow-rural-oregonians-sometimes-pump-their-own-gas"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Measure
Would Allow Rural Oregonians to Sometimes Pump Their Own Gas</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anyone who drives through Oregon knows that the state doesn't let people pump their own gas. A measure moving through the state legislature would create an exception to that
law, but only under limited circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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