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JULY 2020IRWA CHAPTER THREE’S NEWSLET TER

BEAVER TALESS T R I V I N G TO K E E P YO U C ON N E C T E D

PRESIDENT’S SPOTLIGHTWe welcome Tara Heesacker SR/WA as this year’s chapter president by featuring her in a Member Spotlight and pestering her about her vision for the chapter year! >>> Pages 7

UTILITY FUN FACTSTammy Saldivar, ODOT’s statewide Utility & Railroad liaison has put together a fun little spread of utility fun facts for our viewing pleasure! >>> 2

EVENTSFe eling a l i tt le st ir crazy?! C he ck out the activ it ies c a lendar for an opp or tunity to s o cial iz e or contribute to a chapter b o ard me eting! >>> Pg 16

» Red, White, and Blueberry Caprese Salad - Recipe on Page 3.

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Check here each month for the most current information on luncheons, Young Profess ional socia ls , and other specia l events .

0 7 P R E S I D E N T ’ S S P O T L I G H TWe w e l c o m e Ta r a H e e s a c k e r, S R /WA a s t h i s y e a r ’s c h a p t e r p r e s i d e n t b y p e s t e r i n g h e r a b o u t h e r v i s i o n f o r t h e c h a p t e r y e a r !

12 UTILIT Y FUN FACT STammy Saldivar, OD OT ’s s tatewide Uti l ity & R ai l l iaison put together a fun l itt le spread of ut i l i ty fun fac ts for our v iewing pleasure!

16 EVENT SCheck out the ac t iv it ies ca lendar for an opportunity to socia l ize or contr ibute to a chapter board m e e t i n g !

B E AV E R T A L E S | J u l y 2 0 2 0

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EAT SMART WORK SMART

RED, WHITE, & BLUEBERRY CAPRESE SAL AD

3 CUPS CHERRY TOMATOES1 . 5 C U P S B LU E B E R R I E S

1 CUP MOZZARELL A PEARLS1 / 4 C U P BA L S A M IC V I N E G A R

1 SMALL BU NC H OF FRESH BASIL, ROUGHLY CHOPPED

1 ) Halve each cherr y tomato and add them to a large bowl a long with the blue-berr ies and mozzarel la pearls . Mix wel l .

2 ) Add the balsamic v inegar to a smal l pan and s immer over medium heat for approximately f ive minutes (unt i l i t has reduced to a s t icky syrup) .

3 ) Dr izz le the balsamic reduct ion over the sa lad and ser ve topped with f resh bas i l .

*Makes approximately s ix 85 ca lor ie ser vings .

Q U O T E :

“ N o t e v e r y t h i n g t h a t i s f a c e d c a n b e c h a n g e d , b u t n o t h i n g c a n b e c h a n g e d u n t i l i t i s f a c e d .”

- J a m e s B a l d w i n


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YP HAPPY HOURThe Young Professionals are getting together on July 16th for a Virtual Happy Hour on the Bluejeans virtual meet-ings network! Check page 11 and 16 for more information!

To be added to the Young Professional’s Email Distribution List, reach out to [email protected]

BOARD INSTALLA-TION & PLANNING SESSIONAll members are encouraged to attend board meetings to col-laborate and share their ideas!

July 10, 202010:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The next board meeting will be held in July on a virtual platform. All members are encour-aged to attend. Keep your eyes on your emails to be sure you don’t miss the invite!

GENESEE JAYASURIYA started her Right of Way career in 2004. She is an Appraiser Assistant pursuing the State Certif ied General Appraiser license. This is her second year volunteering for IRWA where she serves as 2020-2021 Chapter 3 Vice President.

E R N I E T I S C H HAU SE R star ted his Right of Way career in 2018. He is a Review Appraiser. This i s his second year volunteer-ing for the IRWA where he ser ves as 2020-2021 Chapter 3 Treasurer.

BA R RY B L I S S star ted his Right of Way career in 2008. He is a S enior Right of Way Agent . This i s his ninth year volun-teer ing for the IRWA where he wi l l ser ve as 2020-2021 Chapter 3 S ecretar y.

DAV I D BA L F OU R star ted his Right of Way career in 2012. He is a C er t i f ied General Real Estate Appraiser. This i s his third year volunteer ing for the IRWA where he ser ves as 2020-2021 Chapter 3 Pres ident E lec t .

TA R A H E E S AC K E R star ted her Right of Way career in 1999. She specia l izes in del iver ing acquis it ion and relocat ion proj-ec ts . This i s her f i f th year volunteer ing for the IRWA where she ser ves as 2020-2021 Chapter 3 Pres ident .


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INCOMING BOARDJoin us in welcom-ing our chapter board members for the 2020-2021 chapter year!

Tara Heesacker, President

David Balfour, President Elect

Genesee Jayasuriya, Vice President

Ernie Tischhauser, Treasurer

Barry Bliss, Secretary

JIM LINGEMAN started his career in Right of Way in 2001. He specializes in Appraisal and Appraisal Review. This is his ninth year volunteering for the IRWA where he will serve as 2019-2021 Region 7 Chair.

C Y N DI W H E L P L E Y started her Right of Way career in 1992. She specializes in acquisition & relocation services. This is her 17th year volunteering for the IRWA where she wi l l ser ve as 2019-2021 Region 7 Vice Chair.

KRISTA CHAMBERS, SR/WA started her Right of Way career in 2005. She special-izes in acquisition services. This is her 4th year volunteering for the IRWA where she wi l l ser ve as 2019-2021 Region 7 Secretary.


5INCOMING B OARDMEET THE CHAIRS

TARA HEESACKER“ T h i s i s o u r c h a p t e r a n d w e a r e h e r e f o r e a c h o t h e r a n d w i t h e a c h o t h e r .”

W h a t i s y o u r p r o -f e s s i o n a l b a c k -g r o u n d , a n d

w h a t b r o u g h t y o u i n t o t h e r i g h t - o f - w a y i n d u s -t r y ? I a m c u r r e n t l y t h e R i g h t - o f - Wa y S u p e r v i s o r f o r Wa s h i n g t o n C o u n t y ’s D e p a r t m e n t o f L a n d U s e a n d Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n – C a p i t a l P r o j e c t S e r v i c e s , a n d I h a v e a B a c h e l o r o f S c i e n c e i n B u s i n e s s M a n a g e m e n t f r o m

L i n f i e l d C o l l e g e . A f t e r s p e n d i n g y e a r s v o l u n t e e r -i n g i n c h i l d r e n’s s c h o o l a n d s c o u t i n g a c t i v i t i e s , m y h u s b a n d a n d I a r e n o w t u r n i n g o u r a t t e n t i o n t o v a r i o u s p r o j e c t s a r o u n d o u r h o m e a n d a c r e a g e t h a t h a v e g o n e n e g l e c t e d o v e r t h e y e a r s . We a r e a l s o a c t i v e i n o u r c h u r c h c o m m u n i t y a t S t . A n t h o n y o f P a d u a C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n F o r e s t G r o v e .

W h a t i s y o u r c u r r e n t r o l e i n t h e i n d u s t r y ? A s t h e C o u n t y ’ s R i g h t -o f - Wa y S u p e r v i s o r , I a s s i s t a n d g u i d e t h e C a p i t a l P r o j e c t S e r v i c e s a s w e l l a s m y r i g h t - o f -w a y t e a m t o m a n a g e a n d d e l i v e r b e t t e r t r a n s -p o r t a t i o n i n f r a s t r u c -t u r e f o r t h e c i t i z e n s o f o u r c o u n t y . F r o m d e s i g n , t h r o u g h r i g h t -o f - w a y a c q u i s i t i o n a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n , I w o r k t o a d d v a l u e , e f f i c i e n c y , a n d e q u i t y t o t h e p r o j -e c t s w e d e l i v e r . I m o s t a p p r e c i a t e t h e v a r i e t y o f p e o p l e w e w o r k w i t h a n d t h e s t o r i e s w e l e a r n . F o l d i n g t h a t i n t o s h a r i n g t h e i n t r i -c a c i e s o f j u s t c o m p e n -s a t i o n a n d t h e p r o t e c -t i o n s e m i n e n t d o m a i n l a w p r o v i d e s t o b o t h t h e i m p a c t e d p r o p -e r t y o w n e r s , a s w e l l a s t h e t a x p a y e r ’ s p u b l i c l y

» Tara with the Washington County Right-of-Way team visiting the 198th Avenue project in Aloha, Oregon.


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f u n d e d p r o j e c t s n e v e r g e t s o l d i n m y b o o k . I e n j o y t a l k i n g w i t h f o l k s a b o u t h o w t h e t e m p o -r a r y h a s s l e s o f r o a d c o n s t r u c t i o n g i v e w a y t o t h e l o n g - t e r m b e n e -f i t s o f s a f e r t r a n s p o r -t a t i o n s y s t e m , n e i g h -b o r h o o d s i d e w a l k s a n d b i k e w a y s .

W h a t d o y o u t h i n k i s t h e g r e a t e s t b e n e f i t o f b e i n g a m e m b e r o f t h e I R WA ? H a n d s d o w n … l e a r n -i n g f r o m e a c h o t h e r . We a r e e a c h o t h e r ’s g r e a t e s t r e s o u r c e a n d i n s p i r a t i o n .

W h e n a n d w h y d i d y o u j o i n t h e I R WA , a n d w h a t p r o m p t e d y o u t o j o i n t h e b o a r d a s t h i s y e a r ’ s C h a p t e r P r e s i d e n t ? I ’ v e b e e n l u c k y e n o u g h t o w o r k f o r a p u b l i c a g e n c y t h a t h a s c o n s i s t e n t l y s u p -p o r t e d p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n c h a p t e r e v e n t s a n d t h e q u a l i t y e d u c a t i o n t h a t c o m e s f r o m I R WA m e m b e r s h i p . R o d B l i s s , m y m e n t o r a n d p r e -d e c e s s o r , h e l p e d g r o w o u r a g e n c y ’s r i g h t - o f -w a y t e a m w h i c h w a s a n d c o n t i n u e s t o b e r o o t e d i n t h e b e n e f i t s o f s h a r i n g p e r s p e c t i v e

a n d e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h t h o s e i n t h e s a m e i n d u s t r y . T h o s e k i n d s o f b e s t p r a c t i c e s , i n n o -v a t i v e i d e a s a n d e t h i c a l l e s s o n s a r e t h e b e n -e f i t s t h a t p a r t i c i p a -t i o n i n t h e I R WA g e n e r -a t e s a n d I m a k e s u r e t o r e l a y t h a t t o m y m a n -a g e m e n t w h e n e v e r I g e t t h e c h a n c e .

A f e w y e a r s b a c k , I w a s a s k e d b y t h e n p r e s i d e n t , K a r i L o w e , t o c o n s i d e r r u n n i n g f o r a b o a r d p o s i -t i o n t h a t n e e d e d t o b e f i l l e d u n e x p e c t e d . I t w a s n ’ t s o m e t h i n g I w a s l o o k i n g f o r , a s I h a d p l e n t y t o d o , b u t a f t e r g i v i n g i t s o m e t h o u g h t , i t w a s a c h a n c e t o g i v e

b a c k t o t h e C h a p t e r a n d l a r g e r A s s o c i a t i o n t h a t h e l p e d m e g r o w a n d l e a r n o v e r t h e y e a r s . I t w a s a g o o d d e c i s i o n .

D o y o u t h i n k w e w i l l f a c e a n y s p e c i a l c h a l -l e n g e s i n t h e i n d u s -t r y t h i s y e a r ? I f s o , w h a t d o y o u t h i n k t h e y w i l l b e , a n d h o w d o y o u t h i n k w e s h o u l d a d d r e s s t h e m ? T h e r e a r e s o m a n y c h a l l e n g e s o u t t h e r e , t o d a y … I d o n ’ t e v e n k n o w w h e r e t o b e g i n . T h i s m i g h t , i n s o m e s e r e n e w a y , b e t h e a n s w e r . T o j u s t l i s t e n . I c o n -t i n u e t o r e m i n d m y s e l f t h a t I w a s g i v e n o n e m o u t h , b u t t w o e a r s .

» Tara with her adventure buddy and best friend since high school, Susan, hiking in Big Sky, Montana.


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R e m e m b e r i n g t h a t 2 - t o - 1 b a l a n c e a n d b e c o m i n g a m o r e a c t i v e l i s t e n e r i s t h e w a y t o g r o w i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g .

O u r i n d u s t r y w i l l c o n -t i n u e t o e v o l v e . T h e g o a l s a n d r e s o u r c e s t h a t g u i d e t h e p r o j e c t s w e s u p p o r t m a y b e r e d i -r e c t e d f o r r e a s o n s w e m a y n o t f u l l y u n d e r -s t a n d . T h e c i t i z e n s w e e n c o u n t e r m a y b e c o m i n g f r o m d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s i n l i f e . P l a c e s t h a t a r e u n f a m i l i a r . Tr u l y l i s t e n -i n g w i t h e m p a t h y, p a i r e d w i t h t o p - n o t c h e t h i c s w i l l h e l p u s t o c o n t i n u e t o d o w h a t w e d o b e s t … “ I m p r o v e p e o p l e ’s q u a l i t y o f l i f e t h r o u g h i n f r a -s t r u c t u r e d e v e l o p m e n t ”.

W h a t w o u l d y o u l i k e t o s e e h a p p e n w i t h i n o u r c h a p t e r o v e r t h e n e x t y e a r ? I ’d l i k e t o s e e o u r C h a p t e r c o n -t i n u e t o o f f e r e n g a g -i n g a n d r e l e v a n t l u n -c h e o n t o p i c s t h a t a r e a c c e s s i b l e f o r a l l o u r m e m b e r s . O n e o f t h e s i l v e r l i n i n g s t o t h i s p a n d e m i c h a s b e e n t h e a c c e l e r a t e d o n b o a r d -i n g o f v i r t u a l m o d e s o f o p e r a t i n g . I s t i l l h o p e t h i s f a l l f i n d s u s a b l e t o s a f e l y r e s u m e o u r i n - p e r -s o n m o n t h l y m e e t i n g s . R e g a r d l e s s , I ’ m h o p i n g w e ’ l l b e a b l e t o i n c o r -p o r a t e “ v i r t u a l ” a t t e n -d a n c e s o m o r e o f o u r m e m b e r s c a n p a r t i c i -p a t e . O f f e r i n g v i r t u a l

l u n c h e o n p a r t i c i p a -t i o n w a s t h e i d e a o f o u r o u t g o i n g P r e s i d e n t A n n a M i c h a l s k i . N o b e t t e r w a y t o h o n o r h e r s e r v i c e t o t h i s c h a p t e r t h a n t o m a k e i t a r e a l i t y .

I s t h e r e a n y t h i n g y o u w o u l d l i k e e x p r e s s t o t h e c h a p t e r m e m b e r s a s o u r i n c o m i n g C h a p t e r P r e s i d e n t t h a t y o u h a v e n ’ t a l r e a d y e x p r e s s e d w i t h t h e p r e -v i o u s q u e s t i o n s ? I t ’ s a n h o n o r t o s e r v e a s c h a p t e r p r e s i d e n t t h i s u p c o m i n g 2 0 2 0 -2 0 2 1 y e a r . I ’ m h e r e t o h e a r e a c h o f o u r m e m b e r s . I d e a s o n h o w t o i m p r o v e t h e m e m -b e r s h i p e x p e r i e n c e

» Tara on a family trip riding the rails near Tillamook, Oregon (Yes, they are all family).

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a r e a l w a y s w e l c o m e . I e n c o u r a g e m e m b e r s t o a t t e n d a s m a n y C h a p t e r b o a r d m e e t i n g s , a s p o s s i b l e . T h i s i s o u r c h a p t e r a n d w e a r e h e r e f o r e a c h o t h e r a n d w i t h e a c h o t h e r .

W h a t i s y o u r f a v o r -i t e v a c a t i o n s p o t , a n d w h y d o y o u l o v e i t ? S a n d y s h o r e s o f K a u a i . I s l a n d - t i m e v i b e s s h a r e d w i t h o h a n a t r u l y r e f r e s h m y s o u l . S o m a n y g o o d m e m -o r i e s f r o m p a s t t r i p s a n d d r e a m s f o r f u t u r e t r i p s . N o t h i n g q u i t e l i k e l a y i n g f l a t o n t h e w a r m s a n d … h e a r t - t o -h e a r t w i t h t h e i s l a n d .

I f y o u h a d a w a r n i n g l a b e l , w h a t w o u l d i t s a y a n d w h y ? C A U T I O N : L I V E S L I F E O U T L O U D - S O U N D E F F E C T S A T A N Y T I M E ! N o n - s t o p g i g -g l i n g a n d s q u e a l -i n g w i l l l i k e l y o c c u r d u r i n g e x h i l a r a t i n g a m u s e m e n t p a r k r i d e s o r r a m b u n c t i o u s v i d e o g a m e p l a y i n g . W h e t h e r i n a s t a t e o f p a n i c o r p u r e g i d d i n e s s … y o u ’ l l b e a b l e t o t e l l i t ’ s m e . A l w a y s k e p t t h e k i d s e n t e r t a i n e d , t o o .

W o u l d y o u r a t h e r g o 3 0 - D a y s w i t h o u t a p h o n e , o r y o u r e n t i r e l i f e w i t h n o d e s s e r t ?

O h , t h a t ’ s e a s y … n o p h o n e . D e s s e r t g o e s s t r a i g h t t o y o u r h e a r t .

I f y o u w e r e g r a n t e d a s e c o n d l i f e , a n d w e r e a b l e t o c h o o s e w h a t y o u w a n t e d t o b e w h e n y o u c a m e b a c k , w h a t w o u l d y o u b e , a n d w h y ? I ’ v e a l w a y s w a n t e d t o b e e i t h e r a s o f t - s p o -k e n l i b r a r i a n t h a t r e a d s t o r y b o o k s t o y o u n g k i d s a l l d a y l o n g o r a v o l u n t e e r s w a d d l e r / s n u g g l e r o f n e e d y b a b i e s a t a l o c a l h o s -p i t a l . G o d w i l l i n g , o n e o f t h e s e o p t i o n s c o u l d b e m o r e o f a r e t i r e m e n t l i f e t h a n a s e c o n d l i f e f o r m e . *

» Tara with her husband and kids after hiking Smith Rock - from left to right: husband of almost 30 years, Dave, daughter Emma, daughter in-law Alaura, Tara, and son Tyler.


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VIRTUAL

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL’S

HAPPY HOUR!Thursday, July 16, 2020 @ 5:00PM

www.bluejeans.com

Meeting ID: 543 095 848

TAMMY SALDIVARTammy is the State Uti l ity & R ai lroad l iaison for the Oregon Depar tment of Transportat ion, and has compiled the fol low-ing fun fac ts for our v iewing pleasure!

S p r i n t t o o k a d v a n t a g e o f a l l t h e r a i l r o a d c o r r i d o r s a c r o s s t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

a n d r a n f i b e r o p t i c c a b l e i n t h e r a i l r o a d r i g h t o f w a y a s a w a y t o c r e a t e a l o n g - h a u l c a b l e f r o m c o a s t - t o - c o a s t .

E l e c t r i c a l t r a n s m i s -s i o n l i n e s

c a n r a r e l y b e p u t u n d e r g r o u n d d u e t o t h e h e a t t h e y r e l e a s e .

W h e n a r e a c o d e s w e r e f i r s t d e v e l o p e d , t h e y w e r e s t r a t e -g i c a l l y p l a n n e d t o h a v e h i g h

p o p u l a t e d a r e a s u s e l o w n u m b e r s t o m a k e d i a l i n g o n a r o t a r y p h o n e e a s i e r ( N e w Yo r k w a s 2 1 2 , a n d C h i c a g o w a s 3 1 2 ) .


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T h e “ c a n d y c a n e s ” t h a t a r e s e e n n e x t t o r o a d w a y s a r e

t h e r e t o a l l o w “ s n i f f e r t r u c k s ” t o d r i v e a r o u n d a n d c h e c k f o r g a s l e a k s .

S o m e b u r i e d m a j o r g a s l i n e s n e e d t o b e

m o n i t o r e d b y a e r i a l v i e w a t a l l t i m e s f o r i n s p e c t i o n p u r p o s e s .

I n o r d e r t o r e m o v e a p o w e r p o l e t h a t h a s a n e n d a n g e r e d s p e c i e s

n e s t o n i t ( l i k e a n e a g l e ’ s n e s t ) , a s u i t a b l e r e p l a c e -m e n t m u s t b e p r o v i d e d f o r t h a t f a m i l y .

E a c h u t i l i t y t y p e h a s i t s o w n

c o l o r f o r u n i v e r s a l m a r k i n g , a n d o n l y r e c e n t l y d i d t h e c o l o r p u r p l e g e t a d d e d f o r m a r k i n g i r r i g a t i o n l i n e s .


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T R E ASU R E R Ernie [email protected]

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