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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Local organizations including the Marion County Children and Families Department, Marion County Sheriff's Office, City of Salem, Family Building Blocks, Liberty House, S a l e m - K e i z e r School District 24-J, Oregon Department of Human Services, and Hands and Words are not for Hurting Project will spearhead activities during the month of April as part of a national "Child Abuse Prevention Month" effort. On April 4, 2012, officials will gather at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Marion County Courthouse with PGE to begin hanging blue ribbons on the large tree on the northwest corner of the block. The r i b b o n s w i l l symbolize the 11,188 c o n f i r m e d victims of child abuse in the State of Oregon in 2010, the most recent year for which data is available. There were 996 cases in Marion County and 210 in Polk County for the same year.

In partnership with child-serving organizations, PGE has hung the blue ribbons on the Courthouse tree for several years during the month of April in an effort to increase public awareness of the problem. This year, project organizers are emphasizing early prevention and solutions. "Community partners want the public to know how important it is to help prevent abuse from happening in the first place. We hope that each member of the community will do their part in prevention," said Alison Kelley, Director of Marion County's Children and Families Department. "Caring adults in the community can make a tremendous difference in the lives of children," she continued. This year's efforts include tips sheets for parents, faith congregations, community members,

and youth-serving organizations; those tip sheets and more may be found at www.parentforthefuture.com , the Children and Families Department website for parenting

resources. Information includes instructions for reporting child abuse or suspected abuse.

In Marion County, child abuse rates have steadily declined since reaching 20.6 per thousand in 2006; the rate has dropped to 12 per thousand in 2010. "We are glad to see the reduction in confirmed

c a s e s , "

c o m m e n t e d Kelley, "however,

even one case is one case too many. We are grateful for the vigilant efforts of our community partners and schools in working to make our community safer for children." While Marion County's

rates have decreased, the statewide rate showed a slight uptick from 12.5 in 2009 to 12.7 in 2010. "The weakened economy, persistent stress on families, and substance abuse may be seen as contributing factors," said Kelley.

The public is invited to attend the event on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Marion County Courthouse on High Street in downtown Salem. Project organizers will be on hand to distribute information, and refreshments will be served courtesy of Great Harvest Bread Company. Visit www.parentforthefuture.com for tips on how to support parents, create a caring community, and help to prevent child abuse. For more information please call (503) 588-7975.

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“Community partners want the public to know how important it is to help prevent abuse from happening in the first place. We hope that each member of the community will do their part in prevention,” said Alison Kelley, Director of Marion County’s Children and Families Department.

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Anthropologist Margaret Mead’s observation is a reminder that each of us can make a difference in our community -- what we value, how we treat each other, where we invest our resources.

I recently visited Robert Farrell High School at Hillcrest Correctional Facility and met with a group of students. One of my many questions of them was what could have been different in their childhoods that might have kept them out of Oregon’s penal system. One young man hesitantly replied: “If someone had cared about me as a baby and had helped my parents stay off of drugs and out of jail, then maybe I would have made better decisions.”

These young men weren’t asking for a hero; perhaps all it would have taken to tip the scales in the right direction was a neighbor or caring adult - someone willing to invest some special time, to really listen,

to be a role model, to find help for their struggling parents.

In today’s economy, more parents are facing extreme stress as they try to meet their family’s basic needs to survive. Common coping strategies to combat this distress are often harmful. Drug and alcohol abuse, accrual of debt, and involvement in unsafe relationships may be used as bandages to mask the family’s stress and trauma. As these activities compound and spiral out of control, the result can often lead to neglect and abuse of those at home.

Each of us can play a role in nurturing families and preventing child abuse and neglect. Businesses, faith-based organizations, service clubs and neighbors must step forward to promote the health of

children and the success of families. I urge you to:

• Offer a helping hand or kind word to parents showing signs of stress and those you see losing patience with their children. Being a parent isn’t easy.

• Develop the kind of relationships with parenting neighbors, parenting friends and parenting families that allow them to come to you for help and support.

• Develop and maintain welcoming spaces that engage the children of parenting adults who frequent your business.

• Provide financial or volunteer support to an organization working with families, children and youth.

• Advocate for programs that help at-risk families and children. Contact your local legislative and congressional representatives expressing your support. www.leg.state.or.us

The most powerful antidote for those losing hope during these tough times is you. I urge you to find a way to help a parent, to be there for a child, to mentor a youth.

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What You Can Do During Child Abuse Prevention Month

At the March 20, 2012 SEDCOR A d v i s o r y Board Meeting, P r e s i d e n t Ray Burstedt announced his

retirement in September of this year.In response to Burstedt’s intention to

retire Chairman Ken Jundt said “Ray and his staff have exerted tireless efforts to help attract jobs into the Mid-Willamette Valley during very challenging times. His generous notice of his intention to retire in September is in keeping with the efforts Ray has shown to help SEDCOR and the communities we serve create jobs. Having adequate time to search for his replacement really helps the Board make quality decisions on filling this critical position”.

Upon notifying the Executive Committee of his retirement Burstedt said “It has been an honor and a privilege for me to serve as the President of SEDCOR for the past six years, getting to know the fiber of the economy of the Mid-Willamette Valley, the people who make things happen, and the partnerships that have been formed that hopefully will serve SEDCOR and the economy of the Valley for years to come. The last few years have been difficult for everyone, but I must say, the resilience of the economy in the Mid-Willamette Valley, Marion and Polk

Counties, the strength of the community leaders, from Mayors to Commissioners, to Councils and all those in between, it has been an unbelievable experience to get to know you and to work with you for the benefit of our economy. And lastly, to the SEDCOR staff, it has been my honor to work with you and I will closely follow your continued success. In September of this year, my wife Teri and I will begin a new chapter in our lives and in that chapter I hope to continue my service to the communities and to the membership, staff, and Board of Directors of SEDCOR. Again, it has been my pleasure to serve”.

When asked about the transition plan Jundt replied “the Executive Committee is reviewing our Strategic Plan to make certain it represents our best opportunities to create jobs in the Mid-Willamette Valley. We will reach out to our partners, specifically Marion and Polk Counties, the City of Salem, Chemeketa Community College and Business Oregon to gain their input on the plan and then present the final plan to our Advisory Board for approval. It is critical that we hear from all concerned parties during this process so we can shape the future of SEDCOR in the best possible direction”.

Once the leadership of SEDCOR has completed this process, targeted for the end of April, the search for a replacement candidate will begin.

Strategic Economic Development President, Ray Burstedt, Announces Retirement

Sue Miller, Executive Director, Family Building Blocks, Doing What She Does Best: Comforting Children


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Pete Perrine has joined Willamette Valley Bank as a Senior Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer. Pete has 40 years of banking and lending experience in the greater Salem area with a strong emphasis on business and commercial real estate lending.

“Pete Perrine’s outstanding credentials and extensive experience make him a very welcome addition to Willamette Valley Bank.” said Neil Grossnicklaus President

and Chief Executive Officer.Pete has been a member of the Northeast

Salem Lions Club for the past 34 years. When he is not in the office, he enjoys coaching basketball, golfing, and fishing.

Oregon Bancorp Inc., is the parent company of Willamette Valley Bank, a community bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon. The Bank operates full-service Oregon branches in Salem, Keizer, Silverton, and Albany. The Bank also operates Home Loan Centers in Lake Oswego, West Linn, Hillsboro, Newberg, McMinnville, South Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Bend, and Medford, Oregon and Washington locations in Everett and Vancouver.

Pete Perrine Joins Willamette Valley Bank’s Commercial Loan Team

Wells Fargo marked a milestone anniversary of 160 years helping customers succeed financially and c o m m u n i t i e s thrive with a series of donations across the nation, including $10,000 gifts to 16 nonprofit agencies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

In celebration of the 160th a n n i v e r s a r y , Wells Fargo is donating more than $2.5 million to more than 60 local non-profit o r g a n i z a t i o n s throughout the nation. Wells Fargo team members in Oregon and Southwest Washington chose which 16 local groups would each receive $10,000.

The grant recipients were Boys & Girls Clubs of Salem & Marion-Polk Counties, Children's Trust Fund, Family Building Blocks, Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement, Medford Schools Foundation, Northwest Children's

Family Outreach, Oregon Food Bank, Relief Nursery, Salvation Army, SOLV, Susan G.

Komen for the Cure, St. Charles Medical Foundation, Self Enhancement Inc., St. Mary's Home for Boys, and Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation.

Wells Fargo presented the grants at a celebration with the nonprofit groups on Monday, March 19, in Portland. Its team members either serve on the boards of the grant recipients or volunteer frequently for them.

"The celebration of our anniversary includes ways to honor our customers, community members, and team members in Southern Oregon and across the country," said Don Pearson, regional president for Oregon and Southwest Washington. "We've been working with our customers and communities to help them succeed financially since 1852. We'll continue to do so as we look ahead to the next 160 years of service."

Wells Fargo team members also took part in a company-wide poll, which determined how the company would distribute $160,000 among three national non-profit organizations. As a result of the voting, Feeding America will receive $100,000. Semper Fi Fund and Teach for America will each receive $30,000.

Founded as a banking and express company on March 18, 1852, in New York City, Wells Fargo opened its first western office on the waterfront of Gold Rush San Francisco on July 13, 1852, the site of the company's current headquarters. With the merger of Wachovia, Wells Fargo once again serves customers coast to coast.

Wells Fargo opened its first office in Oregon in 1852.

"From East to West and back again, Wells Fargo has always strived to move our customers forward toward financial success by providing outstanding service," Pearson said. "In the 1860's Henry Wells was asked what it takes to succeed in business. He said, 'There is one very powerful business rule. It is concentrated in the word courtesy.' Today we call it 'service.'"

Wells Fargo Celebrates 160 Years Of Service With $160,000 In Donations To 16 Nonprofit Groups In Oregon & S.W. Washington

Wells Fargo Regional President Don Pearson (left) gathers with representatives from 16 nonprofit organizations from Oregon and

southwest Washington that received $10,000 each at an event March 19 in Portland to celebrate Wells Fargo’s 160th anniversary.

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By Kate Brown

For nearly two decades the Secretary of State, Corporation

Division has provided entrepreneurs with The Oregon Business Guide: How to Start a Business in Oregon. The guide provides basic information and a general checklist to guide you through the process of starting a business in Oregon. In an effort to reach Oregon’s growing Hispanic population we are now offering this informative guide in Spanish.

According to the latest census Oregon’s Hispanic population has surged more than 63 percent in the last ten years. Hispanics now make up more than 11 percent of the state’s population. In Salem, Hispanics

comprise more than 21 percent of the population and own nearly 1,800 firms generating nearly $194 million in sales. A majority of these businesses are self employed firms, small businesses c o n t r i b u t i n g to Oregon’s economy.

Oregon is a small business state. I believe it is the 85,000 small businesses with less than 500 employees that will lead our state’s recovery

and put Oregonians back to work. This is why it is crucial to provide our growing

population with the information and services they need to help grow Oregon’s economy and get our friends and neighbors

back to work.The Secretary of

State, Corporation Division is the first stop for business in the state. We are dedicated to helping Oregonians quickly register and start a business. I will continue to do my part in making sure the support and information is available to all Oregonians.

For a look at the guide in Spanish, please visit our website at: http://www.filinginoregon.com/. Look under what’s new and you’ll find a link to the Spanish version.

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Musing of the Oregon PioneerThe Great Fraud Of The 1980’sI Stand Proud and watch from

“Atop” the Great Dome of the Oregon State Capitol. It is my job to watch and remember.

If you had not lived thru it, if you had not watched it, if you had not fought it, you probably cannot appreciate the huge confession that federal environmental officials made recently when the determined they were going to apply the shotgun solution to protecting the spotted owl. They are launching a federal program to shot the Barred Owl which apparently moves into the Spotted Owls habitat and eats their food sources.

In the 1980’s Federal scientists and environmental officials determined the decline in the spotted owl population was caused by loggers. They did not advocate the shot gun solution, but some probably wished they had.

Their solution was to shut down timber harvest, layoff the loggers , starve the lumber processing mills out of business and lay off the mill workers. The result has been a devastated Oregon economy. Rural Oregon has never been the same.

Economists told folks the “Silicon Forest” will save the Oregon economy and environmentalists said, sight-seeing, tourists and maybe secondary forest products (mushrooms and greenery) will replace the loggers and the mills. The bursting of the high tech bubble at the turn of the century proved the economists wrong. The Environmental community does not care about the Loggers and Mill workers or the Oregon economy. Their solution was and is typically pinheaded.

What is the evidence the science used to kill Oregon’s prime industry was a fraud. Check the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service chart on the decline of the Spotted Owl. It is essential a straight line 1990 to current times. Shutting down timber harvest did not significantly affect the continued decline in the Spotted Owl population. It was Barred Owl then and still is today.

Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, who, by the way, is busy closing motor vehicle

access to federal timber lands now, said: Government can’t ignore the mounting evidence that competition from Barred Owls is a major factor in the Spotted Owl’s decline.

The closure of the timber industry was a fraud of historic proportions. This failure of governmental policy should be a required part of every Oregon school child’s lessons, particularly when crowded class rooms and teacher layoffs are being discussed.

Loggers working young timber stands in Western Oregon knew the Spotted Owl survived quite well in such forests. “Old Growth” was clearly not essential habitat for the Spotted Owl but the scientists and their environmental minions said: “We know better”.

The result can be seen in decimated communities, chronic unemployment, (Oregon has typically had the highest or nearly the highest unemployment in the

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nation for way too many years.)

Where is the public concern about this terribly misguided policy. How does the public protect themselves from rogue coalitions of environmentalists and government officials? Where is the “public” media? Who are the watch dogs these days?

I Stand Proud and watch from “Atop” the Great Dome of the Oregon State Capitol. It is my job to watch and remember. (Sometimes I am NOT proud)

BTW, if you want to know more, see the entire Department of Interior Plan at: www.fws.gov/home/feature/2012/pdfs/NSO-small.pdf and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Barred Owl EIS

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Maps Credit Union accepted a Best Practices award for its Buy Local program from the Credit Union National Association Marketing and Business Development Council. CUNA presented the award to the credit union at awards dinner Friday night during its yearly conference.

The awards recognize outstanding new marketing and business development approaches with potential for universal application across the credit union movement. A panel of judges selected winners based on strategy, process, application and results.

"The credit union staff worked to create the Buy Local program to help our local small businesses thrive in unstable economic conditions," said VP of Development Jill Nowacki. "For so long, there has been a belief that for fine dining, good shopping, better entertainment, and competitive prices, people must leave town. Unfortunately, that means we often ignore the many options available to us locally." The award is particularly meaningful, said Nowacki, because Maps' Buy Local program was selected from a pool of credit unions nationwide. "More than 5,000 credit unions are eligible to enter this competition," Nowacki continued, "so the fact that our Buy Local program was chosen to receive the award is a testament to the level of support it provides to our local business community and to our members."

When businesses become part of the Maps Credit Union Buy Local program, they enter into a joint marketing agreement that allows the credit union to publicize special offers on the Maps website, through social media channels and in printed materials, including the quarterly newsletter. Ongoing discounts are available to Maps members and help the credit union show the distinct benefits of credit union membership. In addition, many businesses participate in a Featured Partner period. The credit union features two businesses per month on their home page, and each business offers a freebie to anyone who brings in the coupon they have downloaded from the website -- both members and non-members may participate in the featured partner giveaways. At the end of the featured period, the credit union reimburses the business for the giveaways.

"The Featured Partner giveaway truly sets this program apart from other local shopping programs because the credit union -- not the local business -- accepts the cost associated with these giveaways," Nowacki said. "For the small businesses Maps is working to support, this willingness to 'put our money where our mouths are' is significant. It makes a difference to the business' bottom line -- sometimes to the tune of 100 additional sales over two weeks -- and proves the credit union's level of engagement with this

partnership: It is not just about the business giving something away; it is also about the credit union investing in local business."

Since launching the program in January 2011, Business Development Officer Jamie Young has signed up more than 30 businesses, and she continues to add new partners. Participating businesses run the gamut of the local area's offerings, including restaurants, personal services such as massage therapists and acupuncturists, golf courses, retail establishments and local attractions such as the Salem Riverfront Carousel and the Willamette Heritage Center.

Young was on hand to receive the award. She was thrilled to represent the credit union and receive the national recognition for the program she has overseen since its launch, but the most rewarding part for her has been "meeting so many of our local businesspeople through our Buy Local program. Each and every business person we have partnered with shares a love of their product and the interaction they get with their customers."

Aylene Geringer of The Chocolate Box in Silverton was one of the first business people to join the program. She has participated in two featured partner opportunities -- the current offer is a free cake ball at her store -- and she has been pleased with the growth in the program. New customers have come in every day of the featured partner period, she said, and she has had to increase her typical order of cake balls.

"From a small business standpoint," Geringer said, "it is a great way to get visibility. The program has brought me customers who never knew I was here." Geringer also appreciates the support the credit union provides her in bringing those new customers back through the ongoing offers. "I tell them

that the next time they come in, they can get $2 off their purchase when they use their Maps card."

This sentiment is music to Young's ears. "I am proud to be able to help our Buy Local partners build relationships with new customers."

The CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council is a member-led organization comprised of 1,000 credit union professionals across the United States. The council strives to provide superior educational and networking opportunities to help its members be recognized in the credit union industry as the premier experts in credit union marketing, business development and related disciplines. The CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council is one of the six organizations that make up the CUNA Councils, a network of more than 5,200 credit union professionals. For more information, visit cunamarketingcouncil.org or cunacouncils.org.

Maps Credit Union has come a long way since a group of 17 volunteers joined together in 1935, running the credit union out of kitchens and living rooms in homes throughout Marion County. Today, Maps serves more than 41,000 members in Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah counties. The credit union has nine branches located in east, west, south and central Salem; Keizer; the Willamette University campus; Monmouth; Woodburn; and Silverton. The credit union also instructs students and operates three non-profit student branches as school-to-work labs for high school business courses at North Salem, West Salem and McKay high schools.

Maps Credit Union Wins Award For "Buy Local" Program


nFIB Report jAn MEEKCOMSMark it down for the state record books. When the Oregon

Legislature completed its work on March 5, 2012, it became the first official, annual even-numbered-year session. Except for special legislative sessions, state lawmakers had gathered only in odd-numbered years.

Small business was elated at the outcome of the 35-day session—nothing happened! No new tax passed, no new regulatory burden was clamped on Main Street, nada, zip, zilch. This was truly good news, because when lawmakers meet, they can’t resist the temptation to pass something and it inevitably costs a small-business owner more. So when the state constitution was changed allowing them to meet more often, small business was the most skeptical. Remember, we’re the people who would prefer to be left alone.

Instead, legislators showed some commendably fine governance. They started the session with a $200 million deficit in the state budget, but with sleeves rolled up by a determined budget committee, it ended with a balanced budget, without raising taxes or closing prisons or eliminating vital human and health services.

Also of note was the passage of House Bill

4164, which was signed by the Gov. John Kitzhaber. The legislation finalizes approval of Oregon’s Health Insurance Exchange (ORHIX) business plan. ORHIX will be a central marketplace where the individual and small business markets can purchase health insurance. This plan was designed by Oregon for Oregon and avoids a federally imposed health insurance exchange. Many of the elements important to our small-business members are integrated into this plan.

The governor achieved his priorities with the passage of education reform (House Bill 4165 and Senate Bill 1581) and health-care transformation (Senate Bill 1580). But NFIB succeeded in helping stop some costly health-insurance mandates and nurse practitioner payment parity that would ultimately add to the already escalating premium costs.

As I’ve mentioned in past columns, less than half of small-business owners in America can afford to provide health care for their employees, and one of the reasons is the increasing number of mandates put on insurers by state lawmakers before polices can be legally sold. We will continue

to oppose all mandates until more small businesses are able to afford even basic coverage.

Although NFIB is mainly a counter-punching lobbying group, working to stop legislation harmful to small business, there are occasions in which we work for passage of bills. We pushed for passage of two important job bills: The Increased Timber Harvest in State Forests (House Bill 4098) and the Increased Water Withdrawal from the Columbia River during peak flow (House Bill 4104).

Although neither bill progressed to a floor vote, the door was opened for continued work on both of these important issues. Together they represent the potential for several thousand family-wage jobs in Oregon. So they are certain to be back the next session.

I’m often asked why we don’t take positions on certain issues, such as social or education policy ones. My response is usually one word: Credibility. NFIB is the most credible business lobbying group in the nation, as far as I’m concerned, because we bring decades of experience to the policymaking table on just those issues

that primarily affect the operations of free enterprises: taxes, regulations, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, the cost of health care, to name a few. If we were to start taking positions on issues outside our expertise, we would lose the credibility we’ve established as America’s most influential business lobbying group, according to past Fortune magazine surveys.

Although the session has ended, our work has not stopped. From now until Nov. 6, we will be working to elect more pro-small-business candidates to the Oregon House and Senate. Every candidate claims to be a friend of small business, but NFIB’s endorsement separates the real from the fake and earns votes. It’s that credibility thing.

Jan Meekcoms is Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business.

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and Legacy PlanningWhitney Houston’s Last Will and

Testament is a prime example of the problems that arise when insufficient estate planning is in place. Whitney Houston left her entire estate to her 19 year old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Various news reports state Bobbi Kristina turned to drugs to cope with her 48 year old mother’s premature death and the public pressure of constant media attention. In addition, she will also need to cope with becoming a multi-millionaire over the next few years. This article reviews Whitney Houston’s will and suggests ways in which estate planning could have aided Bobbi Kristina and the legacy Whitney Houston left behind.

PrivacyIt is amazing that a simple Google search

allows anybody in the world to print out Whitney Houston’s 18 page will. On top of dealing with grief and sticky family dynamics, Bobbi Kristina is subject to the public scrutiny of her mother’s will and the public court probate process. This is a result of Whitney Houston executing a Last Will instead of a Living Trust. Americans

have always demanded the right to privacy, yet evidently even the most famous do not realize that in death, their personal estate affairs become public if they do not transfer inheritance using a Living Trust. A Living Trust is akin to a private contract that transfers property to beneficiaries without being subject to public scrutiny or the court process. For example, Michael Jackson had a Living Trust in place and the public knows very little about the final disposition of his estate.

Asset ProtectionSome news reports estimate Whitney

Houston’s estate values around $20 million with royalties accruing over the next year for an additional $50 to $100 million that will be added to her probate estate. Bobbi Kristina will be the sole beneficiary to an extremely large inheritance.

Under Whitney Houston’s will, Bobbi Kristina receives her inheritance outright and free of trust as follows: 1/10th at age 21; 1/6th at age 25 and the entire balance at age 30. Assuming that the estate and royalties over the next year amount to $100 million and no interest accrues, this translates to handing Bobbi Kristina $10 million at age 21; $15 million at age 25 and $75 million at age 30. Unfortunately, this

is an old-fashioned, yet often used way of planning that does not address 21st century issues, and ss soon as the inheritance and future royalties pour out of the trust, there is no protection from creditors, predators, lawsuits, addiction, divorce or anything else.

We would have advised Whitney to leave her daughter’s inheritance in a contemporary lifetime trust rather than forcing funds out at age-based steps. This would have protected the inheritance, provided stewardship and values, and granted Bobbi Kristina access to the funds to enrich her life in a way her mother both would have encouraged and approved.

Tax SavingsFrom the will, it appears that no tax

planning was done for estate tax purposes. As a result of this, her estate will be subject to the current federal estate tax of 35% on anything over $5,120,000. There is a small consolation that her resident state of Georgia (unlike Oregon with its very low $1 million dollar exclusion) does not have a state estate tax on top of the federal tax.

In addition, because Bobbi Kristina receives her inheritance outright at age 30, the same inheritance that she received from her mother will be subject to federal

estate taxes at Bobbi Kristina’s death when it is in Bobbi Kristina’s estate. This results in an estate tax haircut on the inheritance at every generation. Millions of dollars could have potentially been preserved from estate taxes if Whitney Houston had set up a generation skipping dynasty trust for the benefit of her daughter instead of handing her the money outright. A dynasty trust would be out of her daughter’s estate and avoid estate taxes at Bobbi Kristina’s death.

GuidanceWhile unsubstantiated news stories that

report Bobbi Kristina as a “troubled child” or a drug user may be false, it is true that she is a very young woman. There are few, if any, young adults these days ready to deal with multi-millions of dollars at age 21 or 25 or even 30. Yet ready or not, that is what Bobbi Kristina is faced with under her mother’s will. In a recent interview, her Aunt Patricia Houston told Oprah, “she just has to remember everything that she’s been taught.” There are so many estate planning strategies that could have guided Bobbi Kristina and helped her remember what her mother taught her.

Here are a few examples that come to mind. Her mother could have left her the inheritance in a personal asset protection lifetime trust

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The Salem Multicultural Institute today announced that Samba Fogo of Salt Lake City will headline the 15th Anniversary World Beat Festival, which takes place June 30 – July 1. Samba Fogo Music and Dance Company draws on Afro-Brazilian traditions and mythology and fuses Brazilian dance and fire dance. Their dances are all choreographed to live music to create a unique, dynamic, culturally rich performance style.

Samba Fogo will perform Saturday evening following headline band SambaDa of Santa Cruz, California. The two groups will give the evening a carnaval feel, while the overall theme for the 15th anniversary weekend is “Celebrating our Cultural Legacy.” This theme will unfold throughout the weekend in the form of a diverse lineup of youth cultural performances including the An Daire Irish Step Dancers from Albany, Oregon, the Teatro Bagong Silangan, Filipino youth dancers from Portland, and Bahuru Youth African Marimba band from Richmond, Washington, to name just a few. The diversity of youth performances will range from Iranian youth musicians, to classical Indian dancers, to a Latin youth guitar performance.

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The World Beat Festival is a two-day international cultural event that gives visitors the opportunity to learn about different cultures by experiencing their music, dance, stories, art, and foods in an atmosphere of openness and appreciation

for people of all ethnic backgrounds. More than 125 performances, demonstrations, and workshops take place throughout the weekend. In 2011, 65 countries and cultures were represented through the performances, demonstrations and exhibits at the festival. The Festival engages cultural heritage groups from all over the Northwest and beyond.

It is organized in five World Villages representing different regions of the world and has nine performance venues, three parades, and Dragon Boat Races all day on Sunday.

Samba Fogo Music and Dance Company is a professional company that has operated in Salt Lake City since 1990, originally using the name “Samba Gringa.” The company has both touring and local components that teach and facilitate Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian music and dance in numerous schools, programs, and universities in Utah and surrounding states.

SambaDa blends the roots of Afro-Brazilian song and dance with contemporary beats to create their own samba-reggae-funk sound with universal appeal. The nine-member band, which includes Papiba Godinho and Dandha da Hora originally from Brazil, has toured throughout the U.S. including a 2007 performance at the 10th Anniversary World Beat Festival. They will perform music from their critically acclaimed CD “Gente!”

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In last months column I began talking about helping a friend

move rooms who it seemed had not gotten rid of any personal possessions for over twenty years. Not only where there closets and boxes full of clothes, vases, dishes, and many other “collectables”, there were also years worth of receipts, statements, and contracts.

While it is important to keep some paper work for some period of time, it is not necessary to keep every bit of paper for years. In this article we will explore how to handle personal papers and how long they need to be stored.

Things to Keep:

In IRS publication 552 we are told to keep tax returns and supporting documents for up to 3 years. You are suppose to keep the records for 6 years if you have self-employment tax or forgot to mention some income; and if you just didn’t’ file, you are supposed to keep any documents forever. I am not sure how that logic works, but it is there in type. Most business documents must be kept for 7 years or more, so check with your accountant before cleaning the basement.

Documents: What To Keep, What To Toss

As an advisor one of the most trying exercises is tracking down the cost basis of an investment a new client purchased years ago and has no idea where the purchase statement might be. It will not be so bad now that the brokerage firms are required to keep track, but it is important to look back and make sure you have it. With investments one should always keep the year end statement; and any confirmation of purchases, and keep them until the asset is sold.

For retirement accounts keep the year end statement as well and any confirmations showing contributions as well as disbursements.

As with investments it is important to keep records of purchases of most assets until after you dispose of them. Records related to your home purchase which will include any receipts for improvements should be kept until 3 years after you sell the home.

Things to Toss:

The little things, a general rule to live better by - check it, record it, and toss it.

Once bank deposit or withdrawal slips are checked against the statement they have no use. The same goes for credit card receipts, monthly cable bills, utilities, etc. One may find them precious and you know who you are, if you can’t use them for tax purposes they have no value. No Value.

Things to un-clutter:

In previous articles in the January column we have discussed setting up a filing system, organizing you papers and keeping better track of the important things. One excellent way to avoid a messy desk is having electronic copies of statements.

There is hardly a company that will not take payments on line, or electronically from your bank. This also means that they will deliver your statements the same way. Once you go through the process of opening a folder on your computer and saving your statements you will wonder what took you so long. Do make sure you back up the files once in awhile though.

The process of getting your files in order is just one more box cleaned up

and out of your financial planning attic. Perhaps next we should complete personal financial statements and make an appointment with an attorney for some real estate planning. Opps! I don’t mean to get ahead of myself; we are not quite finished with this box are we?

The purpose of this article is to inform our readers about financial planning/life issues. It is not intended, nor should it be used, as a substitute for specific legal, accounting, or financial advice. As advice in these disciplines may only be given in response to inquiries regarding particular situations from a trained professional. Ray Sagner is a Certified Financial Planner™ with The Legacy Group, Ltd, a fee only Registered Investment Advisory Firm, in Salem. Ray can be contacted at 503-581-6020, or by email at [email protected] You may view the Company’s web site at WWW.TheLegacyGroup.com

telling Your Story MARY LOuISE vAnnAttA, CAEBy Mary Louise VanNatta, CAE

Over my years in business, I have heard employees, executives,

managers and sales people tell me how they are indispensable or even irreplaceable. “They will never find anyone who can do this job as well as I do,” they say. That may be the first step to finding out if they’re right. There are a few irreplaceable things in life. Family, special friends, memories, pets or a treasured heirloom may all qualify. A job? A business contract? An employee? Not so much.

So how do people get to the place where they think they’re “irreplaceable”? Sometimes it comes from true success in a job that has required special training or from creating a unique niche. It also could come from surrounding oneself with people who, instead of challenging us to be better and learn more, feed our egos and encourage complacency.

If we have been wildly successful in a business relationship or job, it should be a source of pride. That should attract admiration from colleagues and competitors alike. If we feel untouchable

because we think a little too highly of ourselves and we are not aware of how we fit into the landscape of the work environment, then it is probably time to take a step back, reevaluate and look at the reality of our role in the business.

What’s the best way to become indispensable for the right reasons?

Be good at your job. Figure out what the company or client wants (not what you want) and provide it better than anyone else. Ambition is nice, but it can’t replace competency.

Learn more. Learn more computer programs, languages, technical skills or anything that is “up and coming” or difficult for the majority of people to understand. Be the “go to” person.

Remember the competition. Even if you feel your niche is untouchable,

competitors are working to do it better, faster or less expensive. You might be one step ahead, but don’t stop looking over your shoulder to stay that way by constantly improving.

Don’t let your ego get in the way. Even the best can lose their edge if they start believing what is said about them. Keep a reality check on your place in the world and remember there is always someone smarter than you and probably better at

this job. We are fortunate to be able to have work and must remain constantly thankful for our employers and clients who allow us to do so.

A final thought, don’t let your indispensability hold you back. Being irreplaceable doesn’t always help make you more attractive for promotion or other business opportunities. Avoid such a tight grip on your job or client relationships that you can’t change as needed. Show your openness to new ideas, bring others along in your job, mentor and be replaceable enough that you can be available to explore a new opportunity if it is presented.

Mary Louise VanNatta, CAE is a Certified Association Executive and CEO of VanNatta Public Relations, Inc. a PR, event planning and consulting firm founded in Salem in 1967. PRSalem.com or twitter.com/PRSalem.

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Tickets now available for the 13th Annual Spring Forum

Presented by MaPS Credit Union and Assistance League® of Salem Auxiliary

John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye and Be Different, will speak at the 13th Annual Spring Forum, presented by MaPS Credit Union, and the Assistance League® of Salem Auxiliary. The event will take place at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Smith Auditorium at Willamette University. Tickets are available for purchase at the Assistance League Gift Shop (in the historic Daue House), Encore Furniture, and all MaPS Credit Union branches. General admission is $22 per person for the speaking event. A special reception from 6-7pm will be held in the Putnam University Center and will be limited to the first 400 attendees. Light refreshments will be served, with beer and wine available for purchase.

John Elder Robison, a New York Times bestselling author, has written two books about life on the autism spectrum. His memoir, Look Me In the Eye, chronicles his experience growing up with Asperger’s syndrome unknowingly and finally emerging as a fully realized adult. His second work, Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian, aims to offer practical advice – to Aspergians, their parents, and educators – on how Aspergians

can improve the weak communication and social skills that keep them from taking full advantage of, or even recognizing, their often remarkable gifts.

After a highly accomplished engineering career, John formed JE Robison Service, a company that specializes in the repair and restoration of high-end European automobiles. He now divides his time between JE Robison Service, writing, and autism advocacy. John serves on committees and review boards for the Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health. He is currently involved in autism research and therapy programs at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. John also sits on the science and treatment boards of Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism awareness and advocacy organization.

Assistance League of Salem Auxiliary serves the community through several philanthropic programs. Operation Backpack which provides school supplies and backpacks to area children through school district counseling staff. The Independent Living Program brings positive change by providing support for youth exiting the foster care system. The Spring Forum is the largest fundraiser of the year for the organization.

John Elder Robison To Speak At Fundraiser, By MaPs Credit Union

Join Grand Vines for an Italian inspired dinner with Winemaker Gino Cuneo. Our evening will begin with some tasty cheese selection and Prosecco. The five-course meal prepared by Gino’s son, Chef Mark Cuneo, will feature fig and chestnut braised pork shanks with parmesan polenta, soup, salad, assorted sides and handmade Ravioli. Each course will be matched with one of Gino’s award winning Tre Nova wines. Gino has spent 20 years perfecting these expressive Italian style wines, by partnering with some of the best grape growers in the Pacific Northwest. We will end the evening with dessert from Extreme Chocolates and something special of Gino’s from the Grand Vines library collection.

Our wine dinners have been sold out and have had rave reviews. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this epicurean event. Seating is limited. Contact Maggie at Grand Vines (503-399-9463) to make your reservations.

Saturday, April 14 at 6pm $68 per person, includes five course meal with wine paired with each course. The dinner will be held at Grand Vines, 195 High St NE.

Grand Vines is open Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m and Saturday noon to 8pm. It is located in the historic Grand Theatre building at the corner of High and Court streets.

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The best spellers in the Salem-Keizer School District squared off Wednesday during the annual Salem-Keizer School District Spelling Contest at Crossler Middle School.

In the end, 13 students – five elementary, five middle and three high school – were recognized among their top spelling peers. The first place winner in each division will represent the district at the Regional Spelling Contest in April.

The top five finishers in Divisions I and II combined and the top three finishers in Division III all received cash prizes from the Salem Kiwanis Club.

The written form contest was produced by the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation and the Salem Kiwanis Club. It featured 16 elementary, 26 middle and 8 high school students representing 28 Salem-Keizer

Public Schools.The Oregon Statewide Spelling Contest

takes place September 1, 2012 at the Oregon State Fair.

About the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation

The Salem-Keizer Education Foundation is a catalyst for enhancing the education of Salem-Keizer Public School students by providing resources for creative and innovative programs and materials, educating and mobilizing the community, and sustaining collaborative partnerships that support its goals.

For more information about the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation, visit the website:

www.skeducationfoundation.org

Salem-Keizer’s Best Spellers Qualify For Regional ContestDivision I – Elementary SchoolFirst place - Braeden Dieker, Morningside Elementary School Second place - Hailey Yoder, Pringle Elementary SchoolThird place - Brinsley Hammond-Brouwer, Valley Inquiry Charter SchoolFourth place - Kaitlin Oakes, Chapman Hill Elementary SchoolFifth place - Ellie Bertholf, Hammond Elementary School

Division II– Middle SchoolFirst place - Ben Beckstrom, Walker Middle SchoolSecond place - Shanti Basu, Judson Middle SchoolThird place - Telicia Hixson, Leslie Middle SchoolFourth place - Asa Yunker, Crossler Middle SchoolFifth place - Julie Larimer, Whiteaker Middle School

Division III – High SchoolFirst place - Freya Ruehr, Sprague High SchoolSecond place - Anirudh Appachar, South Salem High SchoolThird place - Tori Roseborough, South Salem High School

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At Large BILL ISABELLTammy Wynette made those 7 letters a big hit in 1968. And I’ll

bet almost everyone reading this column is familiar with it.

Well, my column this month is not about divorce but rather about an attorney who practices “Family Law” which happens to include divorce. And he’s not your stereotypical, greedy, stop-at-nothing-to-get-a-big-fee, unscrupulous divorce attorney like they make movies and jokes about (As a “weatherman” I know what that stereotyping thing is all about).

First of all, let’s understand this. Nobody sane really likes D-I-V-O-R-C-E but just like life, it happens. And when it happens, you need someone to represent your interests or, in most cases, you will live to regret it. You want someone with not only excellent legal skills in these matters but also someone with empathy for your situation, your spouse’s and, primarily, your children’s, if any. Most “reasonable” people want someone who is “fair minded”. Enter Don McCann.

Don McCann is a trusted legal advisor – also, my wife Donna’s boss and a friend of mine - who practices, as I said before, “Family Law”. According to Wikipedia, Family Law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including:

• The nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;

• Issues arising throughout marriage, including spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction

• The termination of the relationship and ancillary matters including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders (in the united states, child custody and visitation, child support and alimony awards).

• Paternity fraud and testing• Juvenile adjudication

So you see, there’s a whole lot more to Don McCann than just divorce.

McCann was born Oakland, California, in 1946. His dad worked for Pan Am in South San Francisco. Don, mom and dad and Don’s two younger brothers, Gerry and Craig moved to Menlo Park when Don was about 11, then to Mercer Island, Washington, where dad worked for Boeing. Then it was Long Island, New York around his sophomore year. He graduated from

In January of 1977 he joined Brown, Burt, and Swanson in the Capitol Tower and remained there for the next 33 years. August of 2010 the firm moved to its present location. Swanson, Lathen, Alexander, McCann & Prestwich, PC, offices are now located at 3040

Commercial Street SE, Suite 200 in South Salem across the street from Roth’s Vista. Their telephone number is 503.581.2421, Toll Free: 1.800.422.4041 and the Fax: 503.588.7179. Their website is: Slamlaw.com.

It was in 1966, when Don met his wife, Connie, also a student at UW, in the small town of Cashmere, Washington, the home of Applets and Cotlets. They were introduced by a mutual friend while each was on another date. Love works in mysterious ways and they were married in September, 1968. Connie graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Dental Hygiene and is currently a dental hygienist with Margaret Giruc in the same location in Salem where she started in 1972.

Don’s not all work and volunteerism. He and Connie have two grown children, a daughter, Cathy Gaskin, Associate Director of Alumni Relations for the College of Law at Willamette University, and son, Kevin, an aspiring screen writer in LA, and 3 grandkids. His few hobbies include family, golf,

and gardening in that order.There’s another bit of irony about Don

McCann “the lawyer”. His mom had strongly told him there were two careers she absolutely did not want him in, law and politics. It was simply by chance that law turned out to be where he ended up.

The spark was struck at a dinner with a classmate and his mother who happened to be a very successful and well-known, almost legendary lawyer. She graduated from the University of Chicago Law School when she was 18 years old and had worked on the promotion for the sale of the Boeing 727 which was flown around the world in 1963.

She also worked on the Dyna Soar project, an attempt to build a space plane for the Air Force. Don had been taking a class at the University Washington and one of the case studies involved the Dyna Soar project of 1958. During dinner she asked him if he had considered going to law school. He told her about his mother’s statement. She

Family Law / D-I-V-O-R-C-EPlain View Old Bethpage High School there in 1964. But let’s look back to before Don was born and see how he almost never was.

McCann’s parents, Donald McCann and Dorothy Ludlow, survived a harrowing experience in Manila, the Philippines, where they met. He was already working for Pan Am at the time and she was a

nurse for the US Army. The year was 1941, and they would soon become victims of circumstances. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

As we know, December 7th, 1941, became “a date which would live in infamy”. And that was certainly the case for them. The Japanese attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor resulted in their capture – along with 3,700 other American and allied civilians - and internment in “The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines” which was converted into a Japanese prison camp during the war. They lived in horror there as prisoners until their release in February, 1945. Don believes today they both passed well before their time as a result of that internment. Sadly, he at 63, she at 58.

After high school, Don enrolled at the University of Puget Sound and did summer construction work on the “new” I-5 to help pay for school. He later transferred to the

University of Washington and enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program.

Following graduation, he was commissioned in the US Navy ending up a Lieutenant serving as an engineer aboard the USS Hancock aircraft carrier off the coast of South Vietnam from 1970 to 1972. After 3 years of active duty in the Navy,

he mustered out on Treasure Island near San Francisco and went directly to Salem, Oregon and the Willamette University Law School where he had earlier applied before going on active duty with the Navy. He graduated with his J.D. in 1975.

Ironically, eighteen years ago he would discover that two fellow shipmates from the Hancock lived in Salem. He didn’t know John Storkel when he was on the Hancock but Storkel knew who he was then. He introduced himself as a past shipmate of Dons. They’ve been having routine lunches ever since.

He learned of the other shipmate after reading Henry Miller’s reflection about his time aboard the Hancock in his column in the Statesman Journal. It was the same years as Don’s and John’s. Small world.

After law school, McCann was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 1976 then went to work clerking for Frank Healy and for the State Corporation Commission as a security examiner for 2 years.

Don McCann, Legal Advisor/ Family Law


shot back that if he didn’t go to law school he would regret it for the rest of his life. With her credentials, he realized she was considerably brighter than he was and therefore decided to see what law school was all about. The rest, as they say, is history.

McCann is extremely proud of the firm’s legacy. Swanson, Lathen, Alexander, McCann & Prestwich, PC was born years ago when the late Charles Burt joined the late Lawrence Brown in 1964, originally establishing their firm. Mr. Burt and Mr. Brown practiced law together for a number of years, emphasizing the representation of individuals.

In 1970, Keith Swanson joined them following his service as an Oregon Supreme Court law clerk. The firm hired Neil Lathen in 1974, after he graduated from law school. Mic Alexander followed him and joined the firm in 1975. Our hero, Don McCann, as I pointed out earlier, joined the firm in 1977 after spending almost two years as a State of Oregon securities investigator. The firm hired Travis Prestwich in 2000, and Brian Lathen in 2004. The five current partners have worked together in this firm their entire legal careers! The firm’s offices were located in the historic Capitol Center for more than 40 years! More than forty years!

For decades, the firm has specialized in wrongful death and personal injury claims, including automobile accidents, products liability, medical malpractice and premises liability. It maintains an active practice in domestic relations and criminal defense law. It represents individuals in claims against their own insurance companies, and handles appeals in all areas of its practice.

The firm’s attorneys all actively participate in the Marion County Bar, the Oregon State Bar, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and Association of Trial Lawyers of American. The partners have held leadership roles in these organizations. Moreover, firm members belong to the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the American Academy for Matrimonial Lawyers if their practice includes these specialties.

Most importantly, the firm continues to emphasize quality representation of individual clients in their quest for fair and just resolution of controversies through the legal system.

McCann characterizes his relationship with his partners (and he really stressed this point) akin to brotherhood. They work together (for decades), play together and even live close together. Two of the partners live right across the street from Don.

Singly, McCann is a member of the Marion County Bar Association, having served on the Board of Directors from 1980 to 1989, and was president in 1989. He also is a member of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association

of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)) and the Willamette Valley American Inns of Court (WVAIC). He was on the Board of Directors of WVAIC from 1992 through 1996 serving as its president 1995-1996.

Don has coached youth basketball and baseball and served as a scout leader. He served on the 21st Century Council at Sprague High School and coached the school’s mock trial team for eight years. He’s a member of St Paul’s Episcopal Church periodically having served on various committees. He’s been actively involved in the Campaign for Equal Justice and Willamette University College of Law Mentor Program. He has twice received the Marion County Legal Aid Service Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year and received the Marion County Bar Carson Award for Service to The Bar in 2007.

Most recently, and something I as a Veteran revere him most for, Don’s volunteer activities include serving on the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyers for Veterans Steering Committee which is focused on current efforts to serve the legal needs of Oregon’s veterans and develop recommendations for the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar.

Additionally and proudly, he’s been a member of the State Bar Military Assistance Panel since 2005. That panel provides assistance to members of the military and their families in a variety of areas of law. Don is also presently serving on the Board of Salem Pastoral Counseling and the Board of Public Defenders of Marion County. Veterans need all the help they can get and Don McCann’s stepped up to the plate in a big way.

So there, that’s my column this month. To review, it’s not about D-I-V-O-R-C-E. It’s about an attorney who practices “Family Law” which happens to include divorce and a law firm that has demonstrated for over 40 years that it understands and practices “Family”.

My strong third party endorsement comes from my wife, Donna, who contends that Don and his partners are about as nice a group of people as you’d ever want to meet. That, combined with my own knowledge of Don and his partners, is good enough for me. And for sure, he’s not your stereotypical, greedy, stop-at-nothing-to-get-a-big-fee, unscrupulous divorce attorney like they make movies and jokes about. So if you’re in need of “Family Law” and want the best representation in all kinds of good ways, call Don McCann. He practices “Family Law” with a very big heart, and is damn good at it!

Bill Isabell is chief meteorologist for KBZY Radio, 1490am and a property and casualty specialist for Vandelay Allstate Insurance Agency at 735 Browning Ave SE, Suite 120, in Salem, Oregon

Or maybe we should say “Giving Back”. It would be interesting to total the hours of FREE TIME and SERVICE given by individuals to all the organizations in Salem. By the way, our Mayor, currently Anna Peterson, is a non paid

position as well as are all the City Council positions. Talk about giving back! And they have to run and be elected to these positions. When you see any of them, take time to tell them “THANKS” for their “FREE” service to our community. They Be True Givers.

The idea of giving back to the community has always been a large part of the REALTOR organization. In fact to be awarded “REALTOR® of The YEAR” requires the individual to be active in the community as well as serving the REALTOR® organization. George Grabenhorst with RE/MAX Equity Group, this year’s recipient spends a lot of time volunteering as a non paid coach at North High. George is also active in his church, works with a group to provide firewood to those who need to keep their home warm and are short on cash, and for years he was involved in Downtown Rotary, another organization that gives and gives. In addition he just completed a second term as President of Salem Association of REALTORS® after being President in 1994. Thanks you George! You make Salem a better place.

Another REALTOR® who knows how to give is Curt Arthur with Sperry Van Ness. Where does he finds the time? Not only is he active on committees for the REALTORS®, but his service to the community is without bounds. Curt is a 20 year member of Salem Downtown Lions (another group for giving) and past president. Then he is Past Board Chair, Willamette Chapter/ American Red Cross, 12 gallon donor (that’s a lot of giving), helped develop and fund their West Salem location, & a Helen Keller Benefactor. Then if that is not enough there is “Boys and Girls Clubs of Marion and Polk Counties where Curt is a Board and Executive Committee member and now Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Foundation. WOW! In his spare time over the last 6 years he has been a youth basketball coach. A SUPER GIVER with an understanding wife. Salem Thanks you Curt Arthur.

Giving back to your community is what makes Salem/Keizer a better place to live. Can you find a few hours to help make this a better place to live and make it more attractive for a business that will bring jobs to improve our economy. Together we will build a better tomorrow! Be a GIVER!!!

The Art Of Giving

Capitol Auto Group of Salem makes Oregon Business’ 2012 List of 100 Best Companies to Work for and 100 Best Green Companies in Oregon

Salem, OR- Salem’s Capitol Auto Group has been named for the fifth time as one of Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon. This year, however, Capitol Auto Group has, for the fourth time, been acknowledged as one of the 100 Best Green Companies. This is in addition to the being ranked 17th in the Large Company category and second in the Career Development and Learning Category. The magazine’s recognition of Capitol Auto Group comes shortly after the Company’s recent expansion of Capitol Toyota. Two other Capitol Auto Group dealerships, Capitol Chevy/Cadillac and Capitol Subaru, will be completed this spring.

Oregon Business polled more than 14,000 employees from 263 Oregon companies to find out this year’s best small, medium and large companies. What stands out among this year’s list are the intangible benefits employees value and appreciate, which were defined as unity, fairness and appreciation of diversity. It was certainly with these values in mind that Capitol Auto Group’s Customer Relations Manager, Charley Engelfried, spearheaded the Company’s most recent campaign, “29 Days of Love,” which raised $44,000 for the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley through payroll pledges and a silent auction, among other fundraising efforts.

Sustainability played a large role in Capitol’s expansion; they implemented various green technologies including high efficiency HVAC units, white solar reflective roof material and radiant heat in the showroom floor to be used in conjunction with future solar collectors on the roof. Over 431 companies and 20,000 employees completed the survey for the Best Green Company--simply making the list is an honorable nod to Capitol’s value of sustainability. Capitol will find out where they ranked among the 100 Best Green Companies Thursday, May 31, when Oregon Business reveals the rankings at The Nines hotel in Portland, OR.

Capitol Auto Group employs 200 workers between its three dealerships: Capitol Toyota/Scion, Capitol Subaru and Capitol Chevy/Cadillac. “For me, it’s about creating a work setting that promotes respect, growth and a sense of community,” says Scott Casebeer, President and owner of Capitol Auto Group. “These values are what help us maintain a healthy and success business.”

Don Meyer


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Garten Services, Inc. and Lancaster Mall are co-hosting a Free Community Shred & Electronics Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location for the event will be in the SW corner of the Lancaster Mall parking lot off Center Street, between Best Buy and Macy’s.

The public is invited to bring up to two boxes of personal papers for confidential shredding by Garten Services at no cost, and to drop off small household electronics for recycling as well: TVs, telephones, computers, printers, scanners, AV/sound equipment, cables and

peripherals. (Note: No appliances, please.)For the first time, this year’s Free

Community Shred Day event will also be one of the last chances the public has to give to the 2012 Rotary Food Drive. The

Great Recession has brought drastic new levels of hunger and food insecurity to citizens t h r o u g h o u t Marion and Polk County.

The public is encouraged to bring nonperishable, shelf-stable food items to this event for collection by Rotary members on behalf of Marion-Polk Food Share.

North Salem High School volunteers will

assist with collection of the public’s shred, recyclable and Food Share items.

Garten Services is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1970 that provides vocational and retirement services to more than 500 people with disabilities each year. Lancaster Mall has been a key retail hub for the Willamette Valley since 1971. Both Garten Services and Lancaster Mall are local EarthWISE businesses, certified sustainable through Marion County Public Works Environmental Services.

For more information, contact:Kaila Harp at Garten Services, (503)

581-4472, ext. 3132 or [email protected] – or

Katie Brogan at Lancaster Mall, (503) 585-1338 or [email protected].

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and named a professional Trustee to help her manage the assets as well as provide her discretionary distributions as needed. Her mother could have included addiction protection language to her trust. This would authorize the Trustee to stop discretionary distributions if there was a suspected drug or alcohol problem and spend trust money for counseling and rehabilitation. Her mother could have added inspirational distribution guidelines into the lifetime trust that explained the best manner in which to responsibly use the legacy left behind. Her mother could have named financial, faith or family mentors to guide her daughter as she matures. Unfortunately the 18 page will does not do any of these things. It just pushes the money out to Bobbi Kristina over the next 11 years.

Review and UpdateThe last time Whitney Houston amended her

will was in 2000, 12 years ago when her daughter was 7 years old. Probably back in 2000, it was hard to envision what it would mean to hand a young woman such a large estate. Perhaps if she had revisited it every few years, she would have

updated her estate plan and avoided the current fall-out.

Leave a LegacyBobbi Kristina told Oprah Winfrey that “I’m

her daughter. I have to carry on her legacy.” It is too bad that Whitney Houston did not have the opportunity to express to her daughter what that legacy meant, how to protect it, or how it should be carried on.

Maria C. Schmidlkofer is an associate attorney at the Law Office of Eden Rose Brown. Her practice emphasizes values-based estate planning for families and individuals. For more information call 503.581.1800 or email [email protected]. www.EdenRoseBrown.com .

This information was prepared by Law Office of Eden Rose Brown and is intended only to provide general information. It is neither offered nor intended for use as legal advice, nor is it a substitute for a consultation with an attorney.

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“SAR” held their annual a w a r d s d i n n e r ce lebrat ion on March 15, 2012, in the Mission Mill Museum facilities Spinning Room. The event enjoyed entertainment by The Grand Jazz Band, and the food was provided by Elegant Catering.

The special evening honors the outstanding members of the REALTOR® Association who consistently go above and beyond to contribute to the real estate industry, Salem community and their association, in many positive ways.

SAR 2011 AwardsPresented by the

Salem Association of REALTORS® :

REALTOR of the YearGeorge GrabenhorstRE/MAX Equity Group

Commercial REALTOR of the YearTerri Frohnmayer

First Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC

Bill Frey Memorial Commercial Transaction of the Year

Sperry Van NessAccepted by Curt Arthur

Allen Jones Memorial AwardSandy Manning

Prudential Real Estate Professionals

Affiliate of the YearCindy Peck

AmeriTitle

President’s AwardIn Memory of Sharon Fahndrich

Evening Honors The Outstanding Members of SAR