Pleasant Hill student next ‘Kid Governor’

Pleasant Hill’s Emerie Martin, fifth-grader, and Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan. PHOTO PROVIDED

PLEASANT HILL – Local student Emerie Martin last week was chosen to be Oregon’s next governor – kid governor, that is.

Martin, a fifth-grader at Pleasant Hill Elementary School, captured the attention of Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan after hearing Martin’s three-point plan to combat animal abuse in Oregon. 

Martin was selected from numerous candidates across the state by Oregon fifth…