House backs anti-deadbeat bill
SALKM (AIM A bill to *u*
pend the driver's license* of parent*
who fnll more than S2.S00 behind
on child support payment* won
strong endorsement Wednesday in
the Oregon House
The measure cleared the House on « 47- H) vote
after l*at kers said the license suspensions would
help the state collect millions of dollars in hack
child-support payments
Children are tho onus who suffer most when a
parent refuses to pay support to the other parent
with custody of tho children, sponsors said
"For many families, it means the difference
between being able to pay your rent or not mak
ing it." said Rep Lisa Naito. 1) Portland. < o spon
sor of HH2337. "This has the ability to help thou
sands of children in this state "
The measure was sent to the Senate over the
objections of some representatives who said sus
pending n driver's license scums too drastic a step
for non-payment of child support
Rep Lonnie Roberts. D-Portland, said he objt* t
ed to the measure hut ausu it does not allow for
licenses to be granted in hardship cases where a
parent can show that they have no other way of
getting to and from work
"I don't support deadbeat parents. but 1 have a
problem with that mm tmn." Roberts said
Ba< ker* of the bill said the license suspension
would be used ns a last resort against parents who
won't pay court-ordered child support
"i don't feel sorry for those slearehalls who
don't l arv about their kids.-' said Rep Tim |osi, D
Bay City If they value their driver's In enses more
than they value their kids, to he< k with them “
Seven other states already take away driving
privileges for failure to pay child support
Oregon offif inis have estimated that suspttnding
driver's licenses would ini rvase coiletrtions by $4
million in the next two years
Meanwhile, the Senate is i onsidertng a related
bill to expand a ( ummt law that allows the state to
yank certain oca upational In enses of people who
don't pay child support
A 1993 law allow s the state to suspend Ik enses
of commercial truckers, landscapers, el« trk.ians,
plumbers, commercial fishermen, construction
control tors an<i r«<al estate agents
The measure that is pending in the Senate.
SB392. would cover a broader range of state-regu
lated occupations fnun doctors to tavern owners to
day-care operators
Monument will honor firefiahters
PRINEVILLE (AP) Parents
of some of the Prineville Hot
shots who died on Storm King
Mountain in Colorado watched
Wednesday os a model of a
monument was unveiled to hon
or all those who fight forest
fires
"We regard the wildland fire
fighter as one of the unsung
heroes of our so< iety, and we're
pleased to announce that
Prineville will be the site of the
first monument in the country
honoring the contributions of
wildland firefighters," said
Doug Hagen, whose daughter,
Terri Hagen, was among the hot
shots who died in the July 8 fire.
Twenty-eight men and
women died fighting forest fires
across tho country Inst year,
including 14 on Storm King
Mountain outside Glen wood
Springs, Colo. Among those 14
were 9 from the Prineville Hot
shots, an elite U.S. Forest Ser
vice fire crew based here at the
Ocboco National Forest.
Colorado sculptor David R
Nelson showed off his wax mod
el of the monument It depict*
three firefighters — two men
and a woman — working
around a (barred snag The It
foot tall bronze statue is to be
unveiled in Ochoco Crook Park
in October.
“They are heroes let me. and 1
hope that when people visit
Prineville to see the monument
they will come away with that
same feeling." Nelson said of the
firefighters
The monument will he
“absolutely authentic, right
down to the brand name on the
chainsaw and the can of snoose
in the sawyer's pocket." Nelson
said.
A monument to the firofight
ers who died on Storm King
Mountain will he unveiled July
(i on the first anniversary of their
deaths.
“Our monument here is dif
ferent from that." said Hagen.
“While we are particularly rec
ognizing the Storm King Moun
tain victims, we felt it most
appropriate to make a monu
ment to honor all wild land fire
fighters "
The $120,000 cost will he
paid in part by $72,000 in dona
lions to an au mtnt set up fol
lowing the deaths on Storm
King Mountain, said Norm Hes
seldahl, (KhiH o National Forest
spokesman.
Parents of the Prinevillo Hot
shots who died formed a i om
mittee and voted in November
to dedicate the money toward
the monument They plan to
raise additional money by sell
mg gallery-sized replicas of the
statue and figurines Once the
monument is paid off. remain
ing funds will go to scholarships
in memory of the firefighters,
Hesseldahl said
Meanwhile, the Prinoville
Hotshots crew is expected to be
available by mid-June for duty
fighting wildfires
Hesseldahl said Prinev ilie
Hotshots superintendent Tom
Shepard is recruiting for the 20
member crew Shepard and fore
man Bryan Si hoi/., who both
fought the Storm King Mountain
fire, will return to lead the crew
Assistance programs may be limited
SAli'.M (Ar) .I-or Cynthia Hensley, receiving
welfare mu) other public assistance programs for
the past eight years has meant the difference
between her health and destitution.
Hensley, a single parent of a 7-year-old daughter,
suffers from severe diabetes and has been unable
to work Her medication atone costs almost $300
per month.
Now the Salem woman is getting her illness under
control and her life back together, by participat
ing in a program tliat provide# work skills and teach
es people how to get a job
Hut Hensley says proposals in the Legislature
to limit Aid to Families with Dependent Children
payments to two years may not lie the best solution
to move people from public assistance to self
reliance.
"I don't think people should live on welfare for
ever, but people should have the chance to live.”
she said “ Sometimes it might take a little bit longer
for some people to do what they have to."
The Oregon proposals mirror a similar effort in
Congress, with the idea being that the states and
federal government need to cut <osts of public .issis
tame programs while getting people into jobs
State Kep. (diaries Starr, K-Hillsharo, says hts pro
posal to limit assistance payments to two years is
a way to break a cycle of perpetual reliance on wel
fare
"We need very much to get people off of welfare
and get them back into the work force,” Starr said.
“The idea behind the legislation is to fort e them to
make the break "
Sen. Gene Oerflor, K Salem, is sponsor of n sim
ilar measure in the Senate
"We tune locked |>oopie into the welfare system,”
he said 'We're going to try to give jieople an opjior
tunity to get out of the welfare system Hut you can't
do it by asking, you have to do it by pushing."
Opponents say such reforms will push too hard
on families already in tenuous situations.
Currently, the majority of Oregon's 40,000 wel
fare families rely on public assistance for just
under two years, said Jim Neely, assistant admin
istrator of state Adult and Family Services
Division.
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