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Statesman ournal FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 A GANNETT COMPANY Statesmanjournal Gun-control bills head to Senate One lawmaker says they won't fix problem session with Democrats speaking in support of stricter gun laws in the aftermath of shootings in the Clackamas Town Center and at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Republicans have voiced their opposition to the idea, arguing that targeting concealed handgun license holders will do nothing to prevent mass shootings. See GUNS, Page 3A By Queenie Wong Statesman Journal The fate of four gun control bills in Oregon could come down to the vote of a Scappoose Democrat. Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scap-poose, said Thursday the bills are poorly crafted, more difficult to implement than sup porters think and won't help to curb gun violence.

The legislation would include allowing primary and secondary school districts to ban guns on campus and requiring background checks for gun sales between private individuals. "I just don't think the bills accomplish what people hope they would accomplish," she said. "If I had my way I would do something meaningful rather than symbolic." She referenced helping youth access more mental health services as among the ideas she would support. Johnson was among two Democrats in 2012 who voted against a bill to ban guns on school grounds. Gun control has become a partisan issue this legislative Sen.

Betsy Johnson mm HISTORY FOR SATE? Effort begins to preserve the garden created by pioneer landscape designers Lord and Schryver Ragen Wolfe, 12, and her mother, Christi Wolfe, are headed to Los Angeles to meet the cast of the girl's favorite TV show, thomas Patterson statesman journal TRIP IS DREAM COME TRUE FOR SALEM GIRL Make-A-Wish foundation arranges meeting with the cast of 'Glee' By Saerom Yoo Statesman Journal Ragen Wolfe, 12, is tall and slender, with flawless ivory skin. Her dark hair frames her gray eyes, and in quiet The Lord and Schryver home garden has something to look at through every pathway, statesman journal file moments, her feminine features can lead you to think she is much older. But her studded fuchsia T-shirt that reads "Glee" gives her away. Her "boyfriend" is Finn Hudson, one of the main characters in the television series that tells the story of a group of high school choir students. Ragen, of West Salem, has ataxia, which is deteriorating a part of her brain that controls her motor function.

She needs help to walk and uses a wheelchair to travel. Though ataxia usually isn't accompanied by cognitive disabilities, Ragen seems to be a unique case, her mother, Christi Wolfe said. A research physician at Seattle Children's Hospital works with Ragen to learn more about her condition, but a lot of her tests have been inconclusive. "What's scary about that is some of the ataxias are fatal. Some ONLINE See this story at com news for a photo gallery and videos.

KIRRA CLOYD Kirra Cloyd, 4, of Salem celebrated the end of her leukemia treatment last summer with a trip to Disneyland, also provided by Make-A-Wish Foundation. See her story in video and photos at Statesmanjournal. comnews. plans to put Gaiety Hollow on the market by the end of May. The nonprofit Lord Schryver Conservancy has anticipated this day since at least 2007, when it obtained a legal right of first refusal on the property.

But the all-volunteer group lacks the cash to match a potential offer in the owner's desired price range, $375,000 or more. Nor can the conservancy afford to maintain the home and garden, offer classes and open the site to visitors as a public resource. The conservancy's seven-member volunteer board has decided to mount a fundraising campaign for about $550,000. Details still are being worked out. But the looming deadline may prove too great an obstacle for the group, whose yearly budget is about $6,000.

See GARDEN, Page 2A LEARN MORE Lord Schryver Conservancy: To learn more about Salem's landscape-design pioneers or to download the 2012 Gaiety HollowCultural Landscape Report, goto www. I or d-sch ry ve rco nse To offer help, email Bobbie Dolp, Garden Conservancy: For information about this nonprofit, which works to save exceptional gardens for public use, go to www.gardencon-servancy.org. To view a signature Lord Schryver garden that is open to the public, visit the Historic Deepwood Estate, 1116 Mission St. SE. By Barbara Curtin Statesman Journal The coming weeks may decide whether the Salem home and garden of landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver will be protected as a cultural treasure or sold to new owners to treat as they will.

The pair made history as the first female landscape designers in the Pacific Northwest. Gaiety Hollow, their home from 1932 to 1984, served as their test garden, showroom and retreat. To this day, it demonstrates how the duo adapted classic European and East Coast influences to create a fresh Northwest style. The Strand family has cared for the property at 545 Mission St. SE, during nearly three decades since the partners' deaths.

Now Sylvia Strand has told neighbors that she aren't," Wolfe said, "and we don't know." On Tuesday, Ragen sat on her bed cover by her pillow printed with Finn's face. She tilted her head sideways toward her hand cradling an iPod, protected by a "Glee" case. Flowing from the speakers was Naya Rivera's cover of "Girl on Fire," by Alicia Keys, as performed by character Santana Lopez in a Season 4 episode. "There she goes," Ragen said, as she twirled her See WISH, Page 3A SJ WEATHER Rain at times today. Full report 10A INDEX Business 9A Editorials 5C Classifieds 3E Bridge 4E Comics 4D Lottery 1C Puzzles 5D Obituaries 2C 57 46 NEW 2013 FORD F0C0S 5DR SE HOW TO SUBSCRIBE: I Classified ads: (800) 452-2511 orStatesmanJournal.comsubscribe I (503) 399-6789 MID-VALLEY A trek into Oregon's history Students at Kalapuya Elementary School dress the part as they learn about the Oregon Trail.

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