The Dalles Chronicle
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020
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Branch out and experience life with a New Year Resolution
The new year is knocking
at our doors, and like a tod-
dler trying to walk it will have
many ups and downs—and
eventually knock over every-
thing in the house! And yet
we survive, looking forward
to another year.
At the beginning of a new
year it is traditional to make
your New Year’s resolutions.
But for us more experienced
folks, we may ask, “Why do
we need New Year’s resolu-
tions? Why would we want to
change? I’m happy with my
situation.” And besides, as
Doris Day sang, “Que Sera,
Sera, Whatever Will Be Will
Be,” right?
But consider all the pos-
sibilities for this new year.
There might be some new
habits you want to make
or some old ones you want
to change. What was the
doctor telling you? Enroll in
an exercise class, like that
yoga or Tai Chi class that can
improve your balance? Eat
better—by preparing healthy
recipes found at OSU’s “Food
Hero” website, for example?
Senior
Living
Scott
McKay
Or get out of the house
more, spending time with
old friends and making new
ones?
There might also be new
activities you want to expe-
rience: walking unfamiliar
trails in the Gorge, taking
trips into Portland to watch a
NW Senior Theater musical,
or building Lego structures
with your grandkids.
Yet you may still feel New
Year’s resolutions are a great
waste of time; you just want
to keep doing the same old
things—and there’s nothing
wrong with that. It is familiar
and in a world that seems to
be constantly changing, “the
same old” feels reassuring.
But if you do decide New
Year’s resolutions might not
be such a bad idea, here are
FOOD
‘Healthy’ food
items reduce fees
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structures and connections
to city utilities like water and
sewer.
Type 1 and 2 food vendors
will not be allowed to con-
nect to public utilities and
can provide outdoor seating
(4 tables with 6 seats at each
table maximum) only when a
restroom facility with a hand
washing station is available
within one-quarter mile
walking distance or within
a five-minute walk from the
mobile food unit.
Type III vendors include
those seeking to connect to
public utilities, those request-
ing additional structures or
seating areas other than the
allowed outright uses, or
those requesting more than
one food truck to be located
on the same lot. Long term
vendors will be required
to complete a site review,
which is a planning process
that addresses parking and
permanent or semi-perma-
nent structures, like dining
canopies.
Under the new regulations,
the City will require docu-
mentation showing where
water will be collected from
and how waste (wastewa-
ter, oil and grease) will be
disposed of.
Councilor Rod Runyon
asked what options were
available for the type 2 ven-
dor if the two year limit was
not enough.
“They would have to
move to a new location,”
said associate planner Riley
Marcus. “A food cart that re-
mains over two years is more
like a restaurant, less like a
mobile vendor. It ends at that
location.”
Councilor Russ Brown
asked if the new regulations
would impact events like
the carnival, and was told
that city-sanctioned events
were exempt from the permit
requirements.
Marcus noted that there
had been issues in recent
years regarding grease being
dumped in storm drains, and
RV dump stations being used
for waste disposal. “We are
proposing waste collection
services,” Marcus said.
Currently a $10 investi-
gation fee and a separate
license fee is required to ap-
ply for a transient merchant
license.. The current license
fee for one month or less is
$25 and an annual fee is $50,
a total of $35 or $60 dollars
with the investigation fee.
With the proposed changes,
“My energy level is well
suited for Senate District 30.
Running for public office
TD’s Runyon
can be as simple as bring-
among candidates ing
another point of view to
the
table, adding additional
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background to the mix. My
reputation is that I’m not one
to come to a meeting with
and Harney counties each
an agenda. I will research
have five and Jefferson and
my thoughts and ideas but
Lake counties have a single
enjoy seeing how others
vote.
have come to their opinion
Whoever wins the ap-
and form ideas, how to make
pointment will have one of
my own thoughts better.
the most secure seats in the
To quote a past published
Oregon Senate. District 30
endorsement—‘Rod has kept
has not elected a Democrat
promises and the public has
in at least 36 years.
invested well.’ I plan to honor
Runyon released the fol-
that statement.”
lowing statement Saturday:
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nine simple tips from the
Happiness Project’s website,
www.happiness-project.com,
that could help.
1. Write your resolution
down and be specific. Instead
of “make new friends”
describe how—such as “start
a movie group” or “join an
exercise class.”
2. Review your resolution
constantly so you won’t
forget.
3. Hold yourself account-
able. Don’t make excuses.
4. Think big. Make your
resolution inspiring and
exciting.
5. Or think small.
Something simple and
doable.
6. Separate your resolu-
tion, no matter how small,
into manageable tasks.
7. Work on your resolution
every day. It is easier to do
something consistently than
to skip days.
8. Don’t let the “perfect” be
the enemy of the “good.” The
best exercise is the one you
will actually do.
9. As mentioned before,
don’t make excuses, but if you
keep breaking your resolution
there is no use in constantly
beating yourself up. Try a
different approach that will
get you to the same goal.
New Year’s resolutions are
an opportunity to branch out
and experience life in ways
you may never have consid-
ered before. These nine simple
tips can help you set and
achieve your goals for a new
year, whether seeking new
experiences or creating new
habits, that just might improve
your health and help you live a
little better and longer.
As Carl Bard once said,
“Although no one can go
back and make a brand-new
start, anyone can start from
now and make a brand-new
beginning.”
•••
The name of the 1972 film
in which an aged luxury
liner on her final voyage is
capsized by a giant wave on
New Year’s Eve was “The
Poseidon Adventure.” And
since last week I was at my
niece’s wedding in Chicago
(where, contrary to what you
would think, the weather was
expected to be warmer than
The Dalles), I will announce
the quilt raffle ticket winner
next week.
•••
Once a month for the
next several months I will be
focusing on local businesses
that have gone and been
replaced by a different but
similar type of business at the
same location. (My apologies
to the newcomers who have
arrived in The Dalles in the
last twenty years.) For this
week’s “Remember When”
questions, what was the
previous name for The Dalles
Health and Rehabilitation
Center (even before it was
called Evergreen); and what
was the name of the busi-
ness that was located where
Holsteins is today? Email
your answer to mcseniorcen-
ter@gmail.com, leave a
message at 541-296-4788 or
drop it off with a 1979 map of
The Dalles.
•••
Well, it’s been another
the investigation fee for a
Transient Merchant License
and a Mobile Food Vendor
will be $20. To help offset the
higher cost of the investiga-
tion fee, the $20 will apply
towards the license fee.
The new license fees for
mobile food vendors are
Type I, $30 (valid for 30 days)
and $25 per extension; Type
II, $150 (Valid for 12 months)
and $130 for an extension
(valid for one additional
12-month period). Type III
will require a site plan review
fee of $440.
If a Mobile Food Vendor
offers at least two “healthy”
items on their menu, they
will receive a 15 percent
reduction in permit fees.
Vendors will be allowed on
private property in various
commercial zones, but in res-
idential zones they will only
be allowed in areas zoned as
neighborhood centers.
The new regulations were
approved unanimously
following a public hearing,
in which no comments were
made.
When asked about the
approved regulations, Samir
Marqez, who operates a food
cart at Jefferson and Second
streets, said rules specific
to food vendors would be
welcomed. “We aren’t just
general street vendors, it
could help to have rules
specifically for food trucks,”
Marquez told the Chronicle.
He has been a vendor since
2008, and is in his third year
at his current location. He
said what is or isn’t allowed
by the city has been inconsis-
tent. “We hope to stay here,”
he added. “Hopefully next
year will be another good
year.”
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•••
“One resolution I have
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—John Burroughs
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