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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1995)
Grange finds it hard to compete in television age ki.NNI WICK. Wash (Af>) - The state Grange is fighting to reverse declining membership in on age in whic h television has replac ed the potior k dinner as a favored leisure activity As its membership ages, the 12H year old agric ultural organi zation is struggling to prove it hasn't outlived its use fulness. Most of us have one frK.it in the grave." said l-eonnrd Auhy. 91. n memlier of the Kennewx k Valley Grange "A lot of us hail hobln farms >nd that sort Now we c;nn handy make it up the steps And the younger folks (ust don't seem interested The Grange was founded m lHf.7 i>v a Minnesota farmer to provide a plac e where farmers could hold potiuck dinners, meet neighbors, compare farm prices and swap lip* The organization, which came to Washington in Ihh'i provided an escape from the isolation of rural Anwrim and (.mated an opportunity for poor farm families to for get the daily struggle Valeria Pilgrnen was H when she Joined the Columbia Valley ('.rang*' in 1*121 Our fathers were all there to address fanning prob lems and find new ways to grow our 1 rops," said the Past o woman, who today is 71 and one of the hall’s four sun iving charter members "But it was a soun « of enter tainment for nu- I just wanted to know who tin nest dance partner was going to be." I he Grange flourished on Pattern Washington's Columbia Basin after Congress passed the Enlarged Homestead At t of 1909. which encouraged farmers to settle in the arid region. Twenty three Grange halls wore formed in Benton County between 1010and 1941 Today, only five remain in Benton (bounty and neighboring Franklin County. Meanwhile, state Grange membership has declined from a peak of 72,000 in 1070 to less than 61.000 today, state Grange Master Robert Clark said. Fifteen to 20 per < «nt of today's members are fanners, and although some halls report hundreds of members on paper, many rarely take part in (.range activities Rural families today often have a hard time making ends meet and often are difficult to recruit. Clark said Modem tm hnology and changes in leisure time activ ities also have played a role in the Grange's declining membership, said Anne Ross, one of eight remaining members of the Lot ust Grove Grange Hall in Benton ( uunty VII..IS." I le.is ei; Hills High traffic fines may curb reckless driving rates IV\OT1 a im i 4 rUKIUVND lAP) The Stale * higher traffic fine* may be a deterrent to speed ing. reckless driving and tailgating — vio lattons that could cause accidents, m ( ording to Oregon State Police While many traffic fines increased bv 100 percent or more last year, the number of citation* and warnings issued b\ state troopers declined The ball schedule may have had an effect," said l.t Hill Johnson. ,1 stale police patrol division administrator in Salem. rickets issued for violations such as speeding, reckless driving and tailgating fell to about 100,000 in 1904 from 121.000 in 1993, Johnson said Warnings also declined to 1.1,000 in 1994 from 64.000 m 1091. so it doesn't apjrear that trooper* are issuing warnings ItlStfiJli of tickets And it's not Imh iiiisc them am fewer troopers patrolling While thorn am fewer officers on patrol, the actual number of patrol hours spent on the road mi reused by t.(MK) m 1994, to 205,000 hours. John son said. The higher fines prompted the forma tion of Citizens Against Highway Rob hery. which laum bed an initiative pen tion drive Inst year to fight the higher fees The group is aiming its measure for the 1996 election Hut even Eugene attorney Drake Kim* food. who began the effort, suspm ts the threat of expensive traffic tickets may rtut# fewer violation* I think people maybe ,ire more para noid. Koefood Mid "I know I certainly watt h for iops imin' now than I used to." Inw maker* approved the higher fines in toot, hut some wish they hadn't Rep John Schoon. R Rickrenll, foresample, has introduced a bill to reduce them to pre-1993 levels or. in one case, to prw tou t levels plus 20 pert ent "The people who have complained to me are not people who have gotten tick ets. Schoon said "They're the parents of kids who have gotten th kets and people who are worried about jvoor people trying to pay them." Schoort said he dors not believe that higher fines lead to fewer violations He said troopers realize the fines, such as SM9 for driving a or lai king a front lit ense plate, are unfair and often t ost more than people can afford. I think it means the state polit e have a heart and common sense." he said I he mi tvased coat of tit kets has l>een a major t orn ern for state polite, confirmed I.t Hernie tbusto. ngein v spokesman Is the purpose of traffic to kets to be punitive or to he instructive'" (dusto asked "Our agent v thinks it's to he instructive That's why vve reserve the right to warn somebody " iPizza Pipeline. Quick Sendee and a Fair Price * YOUR LATE NIGHT PIZZA CONNECTION EUGENE HOTLINE 686-S808 824 Charneiton Street The Best Pizza in Town “i i 26" COLOSSUS ONLY J1 8.00 ! 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