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CORVALLIS — Older mid-Willamette Valley landowners selling timber from their forest lands to pay for health care could get an alternative soon.An Oregon conservation group has proposed a health initiative linking landowners with carbon offset buyers, getting money to the older owners for health care costs while more effectively managing their timber.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for northwestern Crook County, north central Deschutes County - especially Redmond - and central Jefferson County as storms sweep through the area.The storms are producing hail, winds over 60 mph and lots of rain, according to the National Weather Service in Pendleton.

ASHLAND — Insect researchers are finding alarmingly high numbers of non-native stink bugs in Ashland and elsewhere in the Bear Creek Valley, and warn of a potential infestation that could foul homes and damage orchards and vineyards.After a handful of brown marmorated stink bugs surfaced last year, they’re popping up regularly this summer in Phoenix, Talent and

Ray and Joan (Wachter) Spongberg, of Bend, will celebrate their 50th anniversary with family and friends at a gathering hosted by their children on Sept. 7 at their Bend home.The couple were married Sept. 7, 1963, at First Lutheran Church in Bend.

Eric and Linda (Payne) Saukkonen, of Sunriver, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to the Adriatic and Amalfi coasts with friends in a small ship in September.The couple were married Sept. 7, 1963, in North Bend. They have two children, Tracy (and Terry) Morisi, of Birmingham, Mich., Lt.

Steve and Ginger (Gault) Langenberg, of Bend and Green Valley, Ariz., celebrated their 50th anniversary with a gathering hosted by their children and her brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Pam Gault, on the beach at the Sheraton Maui in Hawaii.The couple were married June 1, 1963, in Corvallis. They have two children, Marc (and Jennifer), of Mill Valley, Calif., and Dr.

Samantha Clark, of Terrebonne, and Jack Fine, of Anchorage, Alaska, were married June 8 at Bend Golf and Country Club. A reception followed.The bride is the daughter of Kenny and Denise Caudell and Danny and Pam Clark, both of Terrebonne.

Claire Costa and Timothy Foley Jr., both of Bloomington, Ind., were married June 1 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Va. A reception followed.The bride is the daughter of John and Denise Costa, of Bend. She is a 2006 graduate of Summit High School and a 2010 graduate of University of Richmond, where she studied political science and English.

"I checked my rope several times a day, not just to make sure it was still there but that the knot was still tightly wound and would not fail on its final use," reads a note Greg Murphy, 59, left in his room at the Bethlehem Inn when he checked out of the shelter two months ago and started a new chapter of his life.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for northwestern Crook County, north central Deschutes County - especially Redmond - and central Jefferson County as storms sweep through the area.The storms are producing hail, winds over 60 mph and lots of rain, according to the National Weather Service in Pendleton.