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Thursday, Mayjy006 LOCAL OREGON Statesman Journal 3C STAYTON Mid-Valley Briefs School's SkillsUSA results typically strong Hihion Stayton High instructor deflects credit for success By Kathleen Ellyn Statesman Journal It's not a coincidence that Stayton students did well at the SkillsUSA Oregon state championships at Linn-Benton Community College, SkillsUSA state director Dick Sherman says. "They have superior instruction" at Stayton High, he said. "They have talented craftsmen teaching the class." Glen Winders and Dale Sun-derman lead the school's shop class. SkillsUSA is a leadership-development organization similar to FFA that deals with students in trade and technical fields, including metal manufacturing, carpentry and culinary arts. Stayton High winners at the championships were John Bender, who took first place in oxygen-acetylene welding in a class of 40 to 50 welders; classmate Nate Steele, who took fourth in that competition; Trevor and MyKyla Roberts of Stayton, who took first and second places, respectively, in the safety participation; and the Stayton fabrication team, which took fifth place in welding fabrication.

The high school's Smoker-Craft-style aluminum fishing boat also took a third place in chapter display. The boat, called the Vanquisher, was a class project. Sunderman deflects credit for the success of Stayton High's shop program, saying that most of it is the result of the vision of Glen Winders. "I came here in 1974 as a freshman, and the instructor, Glen Winders, was here for his first year," Sunderman said. "While a lot of school shops in the valley have died or gone away, for 30 years, Glen Winders kept this going and improving." Winders chose Sunderman to preserve the program after his retirement.

"When we knew Glen Winders was going to retire, we knew we had to have someone willing to step into his shoes immediately for fear the program would be cut," said Mike Ruettgers, a student of Winders from 1980 to 1984 who owns 4M's Precision Machining in Stayton. "I always thought what Glen did was really neat, but I didn't think I could qualify to teach as he did," Sunderman said. "But through the education department at Chemeketa I got a professional technical-education license, and here I am." kellynsalem.gannett.com or (503) 873-8385 back on ...1 I CORVALLIS Wilbergers look W. i Corvallis Tolicc Dcparumnt Parents say they are at peace with teen's apparent death The Associated Press Cammy Wilberger says she has made peace with the fact that her daughter Brooke is dead and that the death was "dark, painful, lonely and ugly" "We've come to terms with Brooke's death," she said Tuesday at Oregon State University. "We rejoice in the great memories and the fun girl that she was.

We know that we will be together eternally as a family." The open and passionate talk of the hectic days after Brooke Wilberger's disappearance nearly two years ago centered on her family's reliance on faith to get them through and the community participation that renewed their faith in humanity. The talk was sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Student Association at OSU and also was a thank-you for the hundreds of police officers and volunteers who searched for Wilberger after she vanished May 24, 2004. The photographs that the Wilberger family relies on for memories flashed on the screen as about 300 people watched quietly. Police say the 19-year-old Brigham Young University freshman was snatched in broad daylight from the parking lot of an apartment complex that her sister managed near OSU. The Wilberger family lives in Veneta, west of Eugene.

Salem Driver in crash is moved out of juvenile facility The driver of a car that crashed into a guardrail and rolled on Interstate 5 south of Salem, killing his father, has been booked into the Marion County jail after initially being placed in juvenile detention. Carlos Miguel Cabrera, 17, faces charges that include assault, drunken driving, reckless driving, reckless endangering of another person and criminal mischief, said Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Police. The single-car crash occurred about 10:20 p.m. Saturday when the southbound 2003 Nissan Altima struck the median guardrail about seven miles south of the Enchanted Forest area, Hastings said.

Cabrera and his father, Roberto Miguel Cabrera, 38, both of Baldwin Park, were ejected. The father died Sunday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. Carlos Cabrera was taken to Salem Hospital. Another passenger, Mayra Hinojosa, 21, also of Baldwin Park, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Salem Hospital. Dan de Carbonel Marion County Contest will decide 2006 dairy princess The title of 2006 Marion County dairy princess and ambassador is up for grabs.

The contest is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Red Lion Hotel, 3301 Market St. NE. This year's contestants are Lydia Atsma of Mount Angel, Amanda Kamlade of Jefferson, Erika Rosa of Gervais and Mary Swearingen of Salem. Scholarships are awarded to the winner, who will represent Marion County dairy families and their products.

The winner also will compete at the Oregon dairy princess and ambassador contest in January. For more information or to order tickets for the event, call (503) 588-9092. Timothy Alex Akimoff Marion County Master gardeners' sale is this weekend The Marion County Master Gardeners will hold their 2006 plant sale this weekend. Tomatoes, peppers, perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs and more will be available Friday through Sunday at 3180 Center St. NE.

New and used tools, yard furniture, books, garden art and birdhouses are some of the other items available. The hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Sunday. A plant-clinic booth will be available for people with gardening questions. A raffle will be conducted during the sale, and the drawing will be Sunday afternoon. For more information, call (503)373-3770.

Timothy Alex Akimoff Marion County Compost bins will be sold for $28 Saturday Marion County Public Works Environmental Services will have a one-day-only sale of backyard compost bins below cost Saturday. The Earth Machine Corn-poster will be sold for $28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fred Meyer in East Salem, Roth's Vista Market in South Salem, Copper Creek Mercantile in Keizer, Coastal Farm Store in Woodburn and the Wilco Farm Stores in Silver-ton and Stayton. The unit usually costs $80.

Composting is the natural process of decomposition. Compost improves soil structure, texture and aeration and increases the soil's ability to retain water, environmental experts said. Compostable yard debris and fruitvegetable scraps represent about 20 percent of what is thrown in the garbage, Marion County said. For information, call (503) 588-5169 or go to works.co.marion.or.uses. Beth Casper of Lyons, a rnemueruj un advanced class at a I ft in i-i i ii rt 'ill Qshnnl chnrxoc ball-peen I namrner un me Losan Daw Statesman Journal Police say boy had as many as 200 rat bites The Associated Press MEDFORD A 6-month-old boy was bitten by a rat as many as 200 times after his parents found the rodent and it escaped from its cage, police said.

The parents, Robert Horsfall, 21, and Maegan McCleary, 19, were being held Wednesday in the Jackson County Jail on criminal mistreatment allegations. They took the infant to the emergency room at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford early Tuesday, police said. Detectives said the parents thought the rat was a domestic breed and brought it home. The next morning, they found that the rat had escaped and bitten the boy, police said. He had 100 to 200 bites on his body.

Golf Continued from 1C Union. The students were encouraged to be creative in their designs. Josh Dolar, a seventh-grader at Judson Middle School, took delight in watching the USS Judson, a hole made to look like a pirate ship, vex player after player. "Right-handed players try to putt it up the 'ramp of death' and into what they don't realize is a fake hole," said the left-handed Josh. "When the ball goes into the right-side hole, a sensor attached to a sprinkler head pops the ball out." Josh, sixth-grader Travis Romero and two other students worked with campus monitor Nate Wallin for a month and a half on the construction.

"It's been a great experience," Josh said. "To learn how to make something like this has been really cool." ddecarboStatesmanJournal. com or (503) 399-6714 Tax Continued from 1C D-Ashland, would be included, but only three people are allowed to be co-petitioners, Dalto said. Dalto and other backers retooled an earlier version of the initiative to meet objections by anti-tobacco groups. Sponsors agreed to spend 7 percent of the proceeds on anti-tobacco programs, up from 5 percent in the initial measure.

That should provide $5 million per year for anti-smoking efforts, Dalto said. The measure would raise Oregon cigarette taxes from $1.18 per pack to $1.78 per pack by July 2008. Philip Morris USA and a Salem retailer involved in cigarette sales contested the measure's ballot title, Dalto said. Keeping the measure off the ballot might have been opponents' best shot. "Once it's on the ballot, every poll shows it's a no-brainer," said Ellen Pinney of the Oregon Health Action Campaign.

slawStatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6615 Cammy and Greg Wilberger talk to the media in May 2004 about the disappearance of their 19-year-old daughter, Brooke. On Tuesday, Cammy Wilberger discussed the loss of her daughter and her family's reliance on faith to get them through it. She has not been found. A New Mexico man, Joel Patrick Courtney, was charged with her murder in August. Courtney was awaiting trial in Albuquerque in the abduction and rape of a University of New Mexico student when Corvallis Police linked him to Wilberger.

Police have declined to reveal the link and continue to investigate whether he might be a serial killer. Cammy Wilberger only alluded to Courtney on Tuesday, saying that what has passed so far has been the easy part. But she said she will be Special to the trauma ft WW II -i The Associated Press file "Now that I look out at you, all I can say is that I love you," Cammy Wilberger said. "Thank you doesn't seem to be enough." She said nights bring sobbing and dreams of Brooke off to college or on a trip but that it gets better with the dawn. "I think we can rest assured that we did everything possible we could do to find Brooke," Wilberger said.

"I think we can take great comfort in that. Whatever has happened, happened and we might not understand it, but we can live with it." The prosecution offered Shaw a deal to get another life sentence instead of facing a death-penalty trial if he gave details about the other killings. Shaw wanted a promise that he would not face the death penalty in future prosecutions. Prosecutors said no. The mother of one of Shaw's victims said she is furious because there no longer is any incentive for Shaw to reveal what else he has done.

"He got away with it. It's all an act," said Vickie Johnson of Gresham, whose son was murdered. be imploded Oregon State University says the implosion will not affect a proposed wave-power project intended to generate electricity from wave motion. Under one scenario, the project would incorporate a duct running from the plant to the ocean and a substation that was part of the plant. PORTLAND Oregon serial killer won't receive death penalty cm -V)J iu "i in the courtroom every day as Brooke's voice if Courtney comes to trial for the murder.

She focused instead on the community effort to set up search parties, prepare meals and set up a pubhc-information machine that worked tirelessly for two weeks when as many as 1,000 volunteers searched the 4,000 acres around where Brooke last was seen. "Sadly, we did not find Brooke, but we did find in our community something wonderful about ourselves," said Tom Sherry, an adviser to the student group. dence from the murder of Rickbeil. The jury voted 9-3 in favor of death. But the death penalty requires a unanimous vote, so Shaw will receive a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release.

Shaw is serving two life sentences for the 1992 murders of a Portland man and woman. Their throats were slashed, and the woman was raped. He also is in prison for the 1995 rape of another Portland woman. While in prison, Shaw told authorities that he killed 10 to 12 other people. brought down the Kingdome in Seattle in 2000 and is to bring down the cooling tower at the former Trojan nuclear power plant in Rainier this month.

Parts of Highway 101 will be closed during Saturday's implosion, which is scheduled for 7 a.m. He is serving two Life sentences for two killings in 1992 The Associated Press A Multnomah County jury decided not to send a man already serving time for two murders to death row for a third that of a paraplegic man prosecutors say was selected at random. The jury deliberated for six hours Monday and Tuesday about the punishment for Sebastian Shaw, 37. He was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of Jay Rick-beil, 40, who had cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair. Prosecutors said Shaw attacked Rickbeil after getting fired from a job at Paragon Cable.

He took his rage out on Rickbeil, slashing the man's throat while he lay in bed, prosecutors said. Shaw was arrested after police waiting outside a Portland supermarket retrieved a cigarette he discarded to get a DNA sample. The prosecution said the sample matched evi GARDINER Paper mill, once town's largest employer, will structures drop in place. The mill was built in 1964 and once had 300 employees. It closed in 1998.

Maryland-based Controlled Demolition will implode the 12-story portion of the mill, the largest remaining part of facility. Controlled Demolition The Associated Press Demolitions experts will implode the last major structure of the International Paper mill in this Douglas County coastal town Saturday, the last chapter for what once was the town's largest employer. Through implosion, strategically placed explosives make.