✷✆ ➋✝✞✟ ❖✠✟✡❱✟✡ D AILY P LANNER ❱❲❳❨❩ ❬♦❭❪❫ ❴❵ ❛♦❜❭❪❫❝ ❛❪❫ ❞❡❝ t❢❣ ❤✐❡t❢ ❭❪❫ ♦❥ ❞❡❤❦❧❬❢❣♠❣ ❪♠❣ ❞❞♥ ❭❪❫❵ ♣❣❥t ❴❜ t❢❣ ❫❣❪♠❧ One woman’s unique way to remember ❈❉ ❊❋✐●❍ ❏❡❋❣❡● ❑✚r ✗❤✘ ❖▲s✘r▼✘r ing of this grieving cus- tom. “People either like them or they hate them because ❅❆✭ ✰✶✧✲ ✫✬✳✭✰✪✴✹ ✱✶✩✭ ✰✶✩ ❵✥✦✩✽ ✱✧✰✫✶ ✰✪✧✥✦✲ ✰✶✩✴◆✪✩ ✽✥✯✩ ✱✧✰✶ ✶✳✽✥✭ ❞✥✪✰❢ ✱✥✲ ❂✳✪✭✩✯ ❂✩✫✥✳✲✩ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲❄ ✱✧✰✫✶✫✪✥✵✰ ❂✩✫✥✳✲✩ ✧✰ ✱✥✲ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ①❜ ❛❪❫ ❞❡❝ ❤❦❞②❝ ③❢❪♠♣❣❵ ④❴❜❭⑤ ⑥❣♠⑦❢ t♦♦⑧ ♦❥❥ ❥♠♦⑨ ⑩♦♦❵❣❶❣♣t ❷❴❣♣❭ ♦❜ ④♦❜⑦ ❸❵♣❪❜❭❝ ❹❣❺❻♦♠⑧❝ ❪⑥♦❪♠❭ t❢❣ ❼❽❴♠❴t ♦❥ ❼t❧ ④♦❾❴❵ ♦❜ ✱✩✪✩ framed and on display in homes in remembrance of beloved female family ❪⑦❪❴❜❵t t❢❣ ❷♠❣❜❿❢➄ ❭❾♠❴❜⑦ ❢❴❵ ♠❣♣❴⑦❴♦❜❝ ⑥❣❿♦⑨❴❜⑦ ❪ ♣❣❪❭❣♠ ♦❥ t❢❣ ③♦❾❜t❣♠⑤⑩❣❥♦♠⑨❪t❴♦❜ ❪❜❭ t❢❣ ❥♦❾❜❭❣♠ ♦❥ t❢❣ ➅❣❵❾❴t❵❧ ❸❜ ❤➆②➇❝ ④❣❶❴ ❼t♠❪❾❵❵ ❪❜❭ t❪❴♣♦♠ ➅❪❿♦⑥ ➈❪❶❴❵ ♠❣❿❣❴❶❣❭ ❪ ➉❧❼❧ ❽❪t❣❜t ❥♦♠ ⑨❣❜➊❵ ❺♦♠⑧ ❽❪❜t❵ ⑨❪❭❣ ❺❴t❢ ❿♦❽❽❣♠ ♠❴❶❣t❵❧ ❸❜ ❤➆❦❦❝ t❪➋❴ ❭♠❴❶❣♠ ➅❪❿♦⑥ ➌❣♠⑤ ⑨❪❜ ❺❪❵ ❽❾♣♣❣❭ ♦❶❣♠ ❪❜❭ ❪♠♠❣❵t❣❭ ⑥❫ ❪ ❽♦♣❴❿❣ ♦❥❥❴❿❣♠ ♠❴❭❴❜⑦ ❪ ⑥❴❿❫❿♣❣ ❥♦♠ ❵❽❣❣❭❴❜⑦ ❭♦❺❜ ❛❪❜❢❪tt❪❜➊❵ ④❣➋❴❜⑦t♦❜➍❶❣❜❾❣ ❴❜ ❢❴❵ ❣♣❣❿t♠❴❿ ❿❪♠ ❪t ❤❞ ⑨❴♣❣❵ ❪❜ ❢♦❾♠ ❪t ❪ t❴⑨❣ ❺❢❣❜ t❢❣ ❵❽❣❣❭ ♣❴⑨❴t ❺❪❵ ➆ ⑨❽❢➄ ❴t ❺❪❵ t❢❣ ❥❴♠❵t ♠❣❿♦♠❭❣❭ ❵❽❣❣❭❴❜⑦ ❪♠♠❣❵t ❴❜ ➉❧❼❧ ❢❴❵t♦♠❫❧ ❸❜ ❤❦❤♥❝ ❸❵♠❪❣♣❴ ❵♦♣❭❴❣♠⑤❵t❪t❣❵⑤ ⑨❪❜ ❛♦❵❢❣ ➈❪❫❪❜ ❺❪❵ ⑥♦♠❜ ❪t ➈❣⑦❪❜❫❪ ➍♣❣❥ ➎❴⑥⑥❾t➏❧ ❸❜ ❤❦➇❞❝ ➍⑨❣♣❴❪ ➐❪♠❢❪♠t t♦♦⑧ ♦❥❥ ❥♠♦⑨ ❹❣❺❥♦❾❜❭♣❪❜❭ t♦ ⑥❣⑤ ❿♦⑨❣ t❢❣ ➑♠❵t ❺♦⑨❪❜ t♦ ➀❫ ❵♦♣♦ ❪❿♠♦❵❵ t❢❣ ➍t♣❪❜t❴❿❧ ➒➓❣❿❪❾❵❣ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩ ✬✫✫✳✦✰✹ ✥✭✯ ✲✬✽✩ ✰✬ ✰✶✩ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲❄ ✧✭ ✰✶✩✲✩ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✯✬✩✲ ✭✬✰ ✫✬✽✩ ✬❙ ✥✵✰✩✪ ✥ ✸✩✪✲✬✭ ✶✥✲ ✯✧✩✯✹❯ ✲✶✩ ✩❇✸✦✥✧✭✩✯✹ “but the hair comes from a hair receiver.” ❆✰ ✱✥✲ ✥ ✫✳✲✰✬✽ ✯✳✪ - ing the Victorian era for ✥ ✱✬✽✥✭ ✰✬ ✦✩✰ ✶✩✪ ✶✥✧✪ ✯✬✱✭ ✥✭✯ ❂✪✳✲✶ ✧✰ ❱❲❲ strokes before she re- tired to bed. She removed the hair from her brush ✬✪ ✫✬✽❂ ✥✭✯ ✱✬✳✭✯ ✧✰ ✥✪✬✳✭✯ ✶✩✪ ✮✭✻✩✪❄ ❳✶✩✭ ✲✶✩ ✸✳✰ ✰✶✩ ✱✬✳✭✯❨✳✸ ✶✥✧✪ in a hair receiver, a small ✸✬✰ ✰✶✥✰ ✶✥✯ ✥ ✦✧✯ ✱✧✰✶ ✥ hole in the center of it. The ✱✬✽✥✭ ✲✧✽✸✦✴ ✸✳✲✶✩✯ ✶✩✪ ✱✬✳✭✯❨✳✸ ✶✥✧✪ ✰✶✪✬✳✻✶ ✰✶✩ ✶✬✦✩ ✥✭✯ ✰✶✥✰◆✲ ✱✶✩✪✩ ✰✶✩ ✶✥✧✪ ✱✥✲ ✲✰✬✪✩✯ ✳✭✰✧✦ ✧✰ ✱✥✲ ✳✲✩✯ ✧✭✰✬ ✲✬✽✩ ✵✬✪✽ of hair art. ❅❳✶✩ ✱✬✽✥✭ ✱✬✳✦✯ ✰✥★✩ the hair out and make ❹♦♠t❢❣♠❜ ❸♠❣♣❪❜❭ ❴❜❵t❣❪❭ ♦❥ ❢❣♠ ❩✬✱✩✪✩✰✲ ✬✪ ✦✩✥✿✩✲ ✬✪ ✽✥★✩ ✱✥✰✫✶ ✵✬❂✲ ✬✪ ✬✰✶ - ✩✪ ✸✧✩✫✩✲ ✬✵ ❬✩✱✩✦✪✴ ✦✧★✩ ❴❜t❣❜❭❣❭ ❭❣❵t❴❜❪t❴♦❜❝ ❷♠❪❜❿❣❧→ brooches and earrings,” ♦❥ ❺❣❪t❢❣♠ ❪❜❭ ❣➔❾❴❽⑨❣❜t ❽♠♦⑥♣❣⑨❵❝ ➐❪♠❢❪♠t ❵❣t ❭♦❺❜ ❴❜ ❸❜ ❤❦➇❦❝ ♠❣⑦❾♣❪♠ t♠❪❜❵⑤➍t♣❪❜t❴❿ ⑨❪❴♣ ❵❣♠❶❴❿❣ ⑥❣⑦❪❜ ❪❵ ❪ ➃❪❜ ➍⑨❣♠❴❿❪❜ ➍❴♠❺❪❫❵ ❽♣❪❜❣❝ t❢❣ ❻❪❜⑧❣❣ ③♣❴❽❽❣♠❝ t♦♦⑧ ♦❥❥ ❥♠♦⑨ ➃♦♠t➣❪❵❢❴❜⑦t♦❜❝ ❹❣❺❻♦♠⑧❝ They connect personal hair from deceased people as a type of memorial art or symbol of family his- of many family members’ hair. “The hair that is used ❿♦❜❶❪♣❣❵❿❣❜❿❣ ❢❣ t❾♠❜❣❭ t♦ ✧✭✻ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲✹ ❭✧✰✰✴ ✲✥✧✯❄ ✽✩✽❂✩✪✲ ✱✶✬ ✶✥✯ ✯✧✩✯❄ ❆✰ ✱✥✲ ✪✩✿✩✪✩✭✰✦✴ ✿✧✩✱✩✯ ❲➁ ❱s✉r ❳❨❱➂ ❺❢❴♣❣ ❭❣❥❣❜❭❴❜⑦ ➃❪⑨❽♣♦❜❪ human hair,” Witty said. Some people today are repulsed by mourn- ✰✴✸✧✫✥✦✦✴ ✰✬✪✴✹ ✩✲✸✩✫✧✥✦✦✴ ✱✶✩✭ ✰✶✩ ✱✪✩✥✰✶ ✱✥✲ ✥ ✫✬✽✸✬✲✧✰✩ ❺❪❵ ❺♦❾❜❭❣❭ ⑥❫ ❪ ❿❪❜❜♦❜⑥❪♣♣ people thought it car- ried lice, germs and even mourning ❢❴❵ ❢❴❵t♦♠❴❿ ❵♦♣♦ ➀❴⑦❢t t♦ ❷♠❪❜❿❣❧ ❸❜ ❤♥❞❤❝ ❸⑦❜❪t❴❾❵ ♦❥ ④♦❫♦♣❪ took place, a lot of hair hair,” said Carolyn Witty ✬✵ ❘✭✰✩✪✸✪✧✲✩✹ ✱✶✬ ✫✬✦ - lects Victorian mourning Victorian ❱❲❳❨❩qr s✉✈s✇✉✈s❱ ▼ ✁✂❆❨✱ ▼❆❨ ✄☎✱ ✄☎✶✾ LOCAL ❭✧✰✰✴ ✲✥✧✯❄ ❅❆✰ ✱✥✲ ✥✭ ✥✪✰ ✭✬✰ ✰✬✬ ✵✥✪ ✬❙ ✵✪✬✽ ✩✽ - ❂✪✬✧✯✩✪✴✹ ✰✥✰✰✧✭✻✹ ❀✳✧✦✰✧✭✻✹ ✫✪✬✫✶✩✰✧✭✻ ❪ ❬✳✲✰ ✱✧✰✶ ✥ ✯✧❙✩✪✩✭✰ ✽✩✯✧✳✽❄❯ fear a ghostly attachment “I’ve never had any ✩❇✸✩✪✧✩✭✫✩✲ ✦✧★✩ ✰✶✥✰ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ❆ ✬✱✭✹❯ Witty said. “I really like ✽✬✳✪✭✧✭✻ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✥✲ art. My husband has his ❦❧♠♥♣qt❧✉t♥✇①③④⑤⑥⑦ ⑧⑨⑩⑦④❶⑦④ ❷❸❹❺❻❼❽ ❾❿➀➀❼ ❺➁ ❾❸❻❻❺➂❸ ❷❺➃❽➀❼ ➄❽➅❺❼➆ ➉❺❻❻➄➉➀❿❽➊ ➌❿➉➀❺❹❿❸❽ ➍❺➃❹❽❿❽➊ ➂❹➄❸➀➎➆ ➍❸➏➄ ❺➁ ➎➃➍❸❽ ➎❸❿❹➐ ➑➎➄ ➒❸❻➃➄➆ ❿➀ ❸➆ ❸❹➀ ❸❽➏ ❸➆ ➆❺➍➄❺❽➄➓➆ ➁❸➍❿❻❼ ➎❿➆➀❺❹❼➐ ✲✰✳❙✩✯ ✩✦★ ✥✭✯ ✫✥✪✧❂✬✳ ✬✭ ✰✶✩ ✱✥✦✦✹ ✥✭✯ ❆ ✶✥✿✩ ✽✴ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲❄❯ ❳✶✩ ❩✬✱✩✪✩✰✲ ✽✥✯✩ ✬✵ ✶✥✧✪ ✱✩✪✩ ✫✬✽❂✧✭✩✯ ✰✬ ✽✥★✩ ✥ ❫❨✲✶✥✸✩✯ ✱✪✩✥✰✶ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩ ✶✥✧✪ ✬✵ ✰✶✩ ✽✬✲✰ ✬✵ ✽✬✳✪✭✧✭✻ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✥✭✯ ✶✥✧✪ ❩✬✱✩✪✩✰✲ ✶✥✲ ✫✩✥✲✩✯ The tradition of making recently deceased person put in a place of honor in ✰✶✩ ✽✧✯✯✦✩ ✬✵ ✰✶✩ ✱✪✩✥✰✶❄ ❭✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✬✵ ✯✧❙✩✪✩✭✰ ✶✥✧✪ ✫✬✦✬✪✲ ✱✩✪✩ ✸✥✪✰✧✫✳✦✥✪✦✴ beautiful and are highly prized by collectors. “Some hair is more valuable than others.” Witty said, “Red and gray (combinations are) more valuable because obvi- ously it’s more than one person and more than one generation.” Victorian ladies learned ✰✶✧✲ ✫✪✥✵✰ ✥✭✯ ✥✫❀✳✧✪✩✯ patterns through publica- tions like “Godey’s Lady’s Book” or the “Self-In- structor in the Art of Hair Work” published in 1867. ❳✶✩✪✩ ✱✥✲ ✥✦✲✬ ✥ ✫✥✰✥✦✬✻ called the “National Ar- ✰✧✲✰✧✫ ❴✥✧✪✱✬✪★ ✷✬✽✸✥✭✴❯ ✰✶✥✰ ✱✬✳✦✯ ✥✲✲✧✲✰ ✱✬✽✩✭ in learning this art form. ❭✧✰✰✴ ✱✥✲ troduced to ✮✪✲✰ ✧✭ - mourning ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✥ ✭✳✽❂✩✪ ✬✵ ✴✩✥✪✲ ✥✻✬ ✱✶✩✭ ✥ ✵✪✧✩✭✯ ✧✭ Pendleton gave her one as ✥ ✻✧✵✰❄ ❵✶✩ ✱✥✲ ✧✽✽✩✯✧✥✰✩ - ✦✴ ✯✪✥✱✭ ✰✬ ✰✶✩ ✧✭✰✪✧✫✥✫✧✩✲ of hair art, admiring the ✰✧✭✴ ✱✩✥✿✧✭✻ ✥✭✯ ✵✬✦✯✧✭✻ ✬✵ ✰✶✩ ✶✥✧✪ ✬✿✩✪ ✱✧✪✩ ✵✬✪✽✲ ✰✬ ✫✪✩✥✰✩ ✲✰✩✽✲✹ ❩✬✱✩✪ blossoms and leaves. ❅❛✳✰ ✽✬✳✪✭✧✭✻ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ are just one kind of hair art,” she said. “During the ✷✧✿✧✦ ❭✥✪✹ ✱✬✽✩✭ ✳✲✩✯ ✰✶✩✧✪ ✶✥✧✪ ✰✬ ✽✥★✩ ✱✥✰✫✶ ✵✬❂✲ ✰✬ ✲✩✭✯ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩✧✪ ✽✩✭ ✧✭✰✬ ✱✥✪❄❯ Other hair art, such as brooches, rings and ear- ✪✧✭✻✲ ✱✩✪✩ ✫✬✽✽✬✭✦✴ ✱✬✪✭ ✯✳✪✧✭✻ ✰✶✩ ✴✩✥✪❨✦✬✭✻ grieving period in Europe. ❆✰ ✻✥✿✩ ✰✶✩ ✱✩✥✪✩✪ ✥ ✲✩✭✲✩ of closeness since hair is a very personal part of ✰✶✩ ❂✬✯✴❄ ❜✬✰ ✬✭✦✴ ✱✥✲ ✧✰ a common mourning cus- tom but the time spent ✽✥★✧✭✻ ✶✥✧✪ ❬✩✱✩✦✪✴ ✬✪ ✽✬✳✪✭✧✭✻ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✱✥✲ also therapeutic for the artist. ❅❆✰ ✱✥✲ ✥✭ ✩✿✩✭✧✭✻ ✬✫ - ✫✳✸✥✰✧✬✭✹ ✥✭✯ ✧✰ ✱✥✲✭◆✰ ✥ ✻✪✬✳✸ ✰✶✧✭✻ ✦✧★✩ ❀✳✧✦✰ - ✧✭✻✹❯ ❭✧✰✰✴ ✲✥✧✯❄ ❅❆✰ ✱✥✲ ✥ private one because this ✱✥✲ ✰✶✩✧✪ ✵✥✽✧✦✴ ✽✩✽ - ber’s hair after she passed ✥✱✥✴❄❯ in America, and no one ✽✥★✩✲ ✭✩✱ ✬✭✩✲ ✥✭✴✽✬✪✩❄ “That’s partly because there’s no long hair avail- able,” Witty said. With the advent of styl- ✧✲✶ ✶✥✧✪✫✳✰✲✹ ✽✥✭✴ ✱✬✽✩✭ ✯✬✭◆✰ ✻✪✬✱ ✰✶✩ ✦✩✭✻✰✶ ✬✵ hair needed to create hair ❩✬✱✩✪✩✰✲❄ ❳✶✧✲ ✵✥✫✰ ✽✥★✩✲ hair art all the more col- ❩✬✱✩✪✩✰✲ ✵✪✬✽ ✰✶✩✧✪ ✬✱✭ ✦✩✫✰✧❂✦✩❄ ❥✧✭✩ ✩❇✥✽✸✦✩✲ ✬✵ ✽✬✳✪✭✧✭✻ ✱✪✩✥✰✶✲ ✽✥✴ hair and saved them, and over many generations, a still be found at museums, estate sales, auctions, an- ✱✪✩✥✰✶ ✫✬✳✦✯ ❂✩ ✽✥✯✩❄ ✰✧❀✳✩ ✲✶✬✱✲ ✥✭✯ ✬✭ ✰✶✩ “People immigrated to ❝✽✩✪✧✫✥ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩✧✪ ✻✪✥✭✯ - mother’s hair or their ✽✬✰✶✩✪◆✲ ✶✥✧✪ ❩✬✱✩✪ ✸✧✩✫ - internet. To see from the visit the Museum, Women often made hair ✩✲ ❂✩✫✥✳✲✩ ✧✰ ✱✥✲ ✰✶✩ ✬✭✦✴ ✫✬✭✭✩✫✰✧✬✭ ✰✶✩✴ ✶✥✯ ✱✧✰✶ their loved one from back home in Europe,” Witty said. ❴✬✱✩✿✩✪✹ ✭✬✰ ✩✿✩✪✴✬✭✩ in colonial America had a sympathetic understand- more artifacts Victorian era, Union County 333 S. Main ❵✰❄ ✧✭ ❫✭✧✬✭✹ ❂✩✰✱✩✩✭ ❱❲ a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The museum is open mid- May until the end of Sep- tember. ⑥♦❾❜❭ ❥♦♠ ❛❪♠❵❣❴♣♣❣❝ ❷♠❪❜❿❣❧ ✇❲❱❱➂↔❩ ↕➙➛➜➝➞➟➠➡➢ ➤➥➦➧ ➨➩➫➫➩➭➯ ➇⑤♥⑤❤➇⑤❤♥⑤❞✐⑤➇❦ ↕➙➛➜ ↕➲➳➳➲➵➸➡➢ ➤➺➻➼ ➨➩➫➫➩➭➯ ♥⑤❤②⑤❞➆⑤➇❞⑤➽➇⑤❤❤⑤➋➇ ➾➵➚➙➪➝➜➳➳➢ ➤➥➶➶ ➨➩➫➫➩➭➯ ❞⑤❤❡⑤❞♥⑤➽➽⑤➽②⑤➃➓ ❞➽⑤➋✐ ➹➲➸ ➘➵➪ ➴➲➘➙➢ ➷➬➮ ➱➶ ❞❞⑤➇➆⑤♥❡⑤♥♥ ➾➲➟➠ ✃➢ ➷➬➮ ➱❐ ❒ ❮ ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÒÓÔÓÕÓÖ ❒ × ❰ÏÐÏÑ ØÓ×ÓÙÓÖ ❒ Ù ❰ÏÐÏÑ ×Ó×Ó×ÓÖ ❒ ❮Ö ❰ÏÐÏÑ ❮ÓÖÓÚÓÔ ➾➲➟➠ ✃➢ ➷➬➮ ➱➶ ❒ ❮ ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÔÓ×Ó❮ÓÛ ❒ × ❰ÏÐÏÑ ØÓÙÓÕÓÛ ❒ Ù ❰ÏÐÏÑ ×ÓÒÓØÓØ ❒ ❮Ö ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÖÓ×ÓØÓÚ ➾➲➟➠ ✃➢ ➷➬➮ ➱➼ ❒ ❮ ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÖÓÕÓÙÓÚ ❒ × ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÛÓÙÓÛÓÚ ❒ Ù ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÒÓ×ÓÚÓÒ ❒ ❮Ö ❰ÏÐÏÑ ÙÓÛÓÙÓØ ↔❲❨❳ ↔➂Ü❲↔❱ ÝÞÐßàáâ ãä åæççÑ ❒ èéâêëà ìáàíäéÑ ÛÖÖÓÕÙÙÓÚØÚÛÏ ❒ ìÞãâêëà ìáàíäéÑ ÔÖØÓÔÛÛÓÒÕ×❮Ï ➁➂îrÜ❨Ü➂↔ ✇❨❱➂ï ðñòó➮ òôô➭óõ ➩ö ➨➬÷ò õ➭ ÷ò➫➩ñòó ➮➭øó ùúöòóñòó ➩➯ ➬ õ➩➨ò➫➮ ➨➬➯û ➯òó➦ ùüü➬ö➩➭➯➬➫➫➮ ü➭➯÷➩õ➩➭➯ö òý➩öõ õþ➬õ ➨➬ÿò ÷ò➫➩ñòó➮ ➨➭óò ÷➩ô ✈ üø➫õ➦ ■ ➘ ➵➞ ➜➪➙ ➸➵ ♦ ➵➸ ➜ ✁ ➵ ♦ ➵➪ ➪➵➞ ♦ ➙ ✂ ÷ò➫➩ñòó➮ öþ➭ø➫÷ úò úòô➭óò ÔÑØÖ ❰ÏÐÏ è ✄ ☎ äÞ ëä éäã áàåàê ✆ à ➮➭øó ② ➬ ② òó ② ➫ò➬öò ü➬➫➫ ✝✞ ➱û❐➻➺û ➺➱➻➱➦ ◗✟ ❲❱➂ ❲ ❚ ❱s➂ ❳❨❩ ➇ ❸❥ ❫♦❾ ❺❪❜t t♦ ⑨❪⑧❣ ❽❣❪❿❣❝ ❫♦❾ ❭♦❜➊t t❪♣⑧ t♦ ❫♦❾♠ ❥♠❴❣❜❭❵❧ ❻♦❾ t❪♣⑧ t♦ ❫♦❾♠ ❣❜❣⑨❴❣❵❧ ➈ ➋ ✠✡☛☞✌ ✍✎✏✎✑ ✒✓✾✓✺✔✓✾✕✓✖ Gun control measure expected back after miss this session ✗❤✘ ✙ss✚✛✜✢✣✘✤ Pr✘ss SALEM — A multifacet- ed gun control bill pushed by Oregon Democrats may be dead this session, but advocates and opponents ✥✦✧★✩ ✥✪✩ ✫✬✭✮✯✩✭✰ ✧✰ ✱✧✦✦ return. The Statesman Journal reports that Senate Bill 978 ✱✥✲ ✥ ✫✥✲✳✥✦✰✴ ✬✵ ✰✶✩ ✯✩✥✦ that got Senate Republi- cans to end their four-day ✱✥✦★✬✳✰ ✥✭✯ ✪✩✰✳✪✭ ✰✬ ✰✶✩ ✷✥✸✧✰✬✦✹ ✥✦✦✬✱✧✭✻ ✼✩✽✬ - crats to pass a multibillion- dollar education revenue bill on May 13. The move to include SB978 in the trade disap- pointed gun control advo- cates inside and outside the Capitol. The measure ✱✬✳✦✯ ✶✥✿✩ ✪✩❀✳✧✪✩✯ ✲✥✵✩ gun storage; placed liabil- ✧✰✴ ✬✭ ✻✳✭ ✬✱✭✩✪✲ ✧✵ ✥ ✻✳✭ is stolen, but not reported, and used to injure a per- ✲✬✭ ✬✪ ✸✪✬✸✩✪✰✴❁ ✬✳✰✦✥✱✩✯ untraceable and undetect- ✥❂✦✩ ✮✪✩✥✪✽✲❁ ✻✪✥✭✰✩✯ ✦✬ - ✫✥✦ ✥✳✰✶✬✪✧✰✧✩✲ ✰✶✩ ✸✬✱✩✪ ✰✬ ✪✩✻✳✦✥✰✩ ✮✪✩✥✪✽ ✥✫✫✩✲✲ in public buildings; and al- ✦✬✱✩✯ ✪✩✰✥✧✦✩✪✲ ✰✬ ✲✩✰ ✶✧✻✶✩✪ ➽➾➚➪➶➹ ➘➴➷➬➮ minimum purchasing age restrictions. “We certainly had hopes ✰✶✥✰ ✰✶✧✲ ✱✬✳✦✯ ❂✩ ✥ ❂✧✻ ✴✩✥✪ ✵✬✪ ✲✱✩✩✸✧✭✻ ✻✳✭ ✫✬✭✰✪✬✦ and gun regulation here in Oregon,” said Hilary Uhlig, state campaigns lead for Moms Demand Action in ❃✪✩✻✬✭❄ ❅❆✵ ✧✰ ✱✥✲ ✰✬✬ ✶✥✪✯ to stomach as a package, ✱✩ ✥✪✩ ✳✲✩✯ ✰✬ ✧✭✫✪✩✽✩✭✰✥✦ ✫✶✥✭✻✩ ✥✭✯ ✱✩ ✱✧✦✦ ★✩✩✸ ✱✬✪★✧✭✻ ✳✭✰✧✦ ✱✩ ✫✥✭ ✲✰✩✽ Through March — 75% ➜➝➞➟➠ ✬✵ ✰✶✩ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪ ✩✦✥✸✲✩✯ ❪ ✸✩✪✲✬✭✭✩✦ ✫✬✲✰✲ ✱✩✪✩ ➡➢➤➥➦➤➧➨➩ ➫➭➢➯ ➲➳➵➨ ➸➺ adopt the budget. That must happen by June 30. ❳✶✩ ✫✧✰✴◆✲ ✭✩✱ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪ starts July 1. In the budget message, ❭✥✪✭✩✪ ✱✪✧✰✩✲ ✰✶✥✰ ✰✶✩ city’s cash balance at the ✩✭✯ ✬✵ ✰✶✩ ✫✳✪✪✩✭✰ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪ ✱✧✦✦ ❂✩ ✥✭ ✩✲✰✧✽✥✰✩✯ ➔❱→❲✹❲❲❲ ✽✬✪✩ ✰✶✥✭ ✱✥✲ budgeted. The main reason is ✦✬✱✩✪❨✰✶✥✭❨✩❇✸✩✫✰✩✯ ✸✩✪ - sonnel costs in the Police Department. The Department has had several vacant posi- tions at times during the the tide of gun death.” Buoying their outlooks ✲✬✽✩✱✶✥✰ ✱✥✲ ✰✶✩ ✲✳✫ - cess so far of House Bill 2013, Uhlig and other ad- ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪❄ ✷✶✧✩✵ ❭✴✭ ✰✶✥✰ 73.5% of the budgeted total. Police Department personnel costs at that point amounted to 65.6% of budget. The city’s rate for Or- egon’s Public Employ- ees Retirement System ❞➙❘➛❵❢ ✱✧✦✦ ✧✭✫✪✩✥✲✩ ❂✴ about 30 percent starting July 1. In the general fund, ✱✶✧✫✶ ✧✭✫✦✳✯✩✲ ✥✯✽✧✭✧✲ - tration and the police and ✮✪✩ ✯✩✸✥✪✰✽✩✭✰✲✹ ✰✶✥✰ ➙❘➛❵ ✧✭✫✪✩✥✲✩ ✱✧✦✦ ❂✬✬✲✰ the city’s bill by about ➔❱❱→✹❲❲❲ ✧✭ ✰✶✩ ✭✩❇✰ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✥✪✩ ✲✩✰ ✵✬✪ ✰✱✬ ✴✩✥✪✲✹ ✰✶✩ ✫✧✰✴ ✱✧✦✦ ✶✥✿✩ ✰✱✬ ✴✩✥✪✲ ✰✬ multiple other positions absorb the rate increase, ✿✬✫✥✰✩✲ ✲✥✧✯❄ ❆✰ ✱✬✳✦✯ ✮❇ ✰✶✥✰ ✱✩✭✰ ✳✭✮✦✦✩✯❄ ❭✥✪✭✩✪ ✱✪✧✰✩✲ ❭✥✪✭✩✪ ✱✪✬✰✩❄ an oversight from 2018 the Police Department ✱✶✩✭ ✦✥✱✽✥★✩✪✲ ✫✦✬✲✩✯ ✲✶✬✳✦✯ ❂✩ ✥✰ ✵✳✦✦ ✲✰✥↕✭✻ the so-called “boyfriend loophole” in gun posses- sion by people convicted of domestic violence. The original 2015 legis- lation barred people con- victed of a domestic vio- lence crime, or subject to a restraining order from by the end of June. ✸✬✲✲✩✲✲✧✭✻ ✮✪✩✥✪✽✲✹ ✥✭✯ this session’s HB 2013 lays ✬✳✰ ✩❇✥✫✰✦✴ ✶✬✱ ✰✶✥✰ ✧✲ ✲✳✸ - posed to happen. ❳✶✩ ✲✧✰✳✥✰✧✬✭ ✧✲ ✯✧❙✩✪ - ✩✭✰ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩ ❥✧✪✩ ✼✩✸✥✪✰ - ✽✩✭✰✹ ✱✶✩✪✩ ✰✶✩ ✶✧✪✧✭✻ ✬✵ ✰✶✪✩✩ ✮✪✩✮✻✶✰✩✪✲ ✱✧✰✶ ✥ federal grant has not re- duced overtime costs as ✽✳✫✶ ✥✲ ✩❇✸✩✫✰✩✯✹ ❭✥✪ - ✭✩✪ ✱✪✬✰✩❄ Personnel costs in the Fire Department have ❂✩✩✭ ✫✬✭✲✧✲✰✩✭✰ ✱✧✰✶ ✰✶✩ ✥✯✬✸✰✩✯ ❂✳✯✻✩✰✹ ✶✬✱✩✿✩✪❄ ✒✓✔✕✖✗✘✘✙✚ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪❄ ❴✬✱✩✿✩✪✹ ✰✶✩ city is not budgeting that revenue in case the pro- jection is too optimistic. The city projects am- ❂✳✦✥✭✫✩ ✪✩✿✩✭✳✩ ✱✧✦✦ ✪✧✲✩ from about $730,000 this year to $750,000 in the ✫✬✽✧✭✻ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪❄ The city is proposing a 2% merit pay raise for ✩✽✸✦✬✴✩✩✲ ✱✶✬ ✥✪✩✭◆✰ represented by a union. ➟➠ ➡➠➢➤ ➥➦➧➨➩➧➤➫➭➯ ➲➫➳➵➵➵ ➸➺➸➻➼ year. Because PERS rates ➣❲❱↔✹ ✥✭✯ ✰✶✩✪✩ ✱✩✪✩ Lohner retired in May lance patients covered by Medicaid — as much as $50,000 in additional revenue for the coming On the positive side of the ledger, the city is col- lecting revenue from its ambulance service at a higher rate than the pre- ✿✧✬✳✲ ✮✲✫✥✦ ✴✩✥✪❄ The Fire Department handles far more ambu- lance runs than it does ✮✪✩✲✹ ✥✭✯ ✥✽❂✳✦✥✭✫✩ ✪✩✿ - enue accounts for about 44 percent of the Depart- ment’s annual budget. ❭✥✪✭✩✪ ✱✪✬✰✩ ✰✶✥✰ ✶✩ ✩❇✸✩✫✰✲ ✰✶✩ ✫✧✰✴ ✱✧✦✦ ✪✩ - ceive more for ambu- ⑩❶❷⑩ ❸❹❺❻❼ ❸❽❾❿ ➀❺ ➁➂❺➃❹❾❿ ➄➅ ➆➇⑩➈➉➊❶➈❶➌➌❷ ➍➍➍➎➏➐➑➒➓➔→➒➍➐➣↔↕➙→➛➜➛➝➞↕➎➛➐➏ ❲❳❩❳❬❭ ❪❫❴❵❛❬ ❲❵❜❵❴❝ ❞❡❡❢❡❣❤✐ ❥❢❦❢❧♠ ♥ ♦❤❣❢♣❤q❤❧❣ ❥❢❦❢❧♠ rst✉✈✇ ①s②②③ ④s⑤✇ ⑥⑦ ⑧✇✈✇⑨ ✛✘✘✜✘✜✢ ✣✤✥✦✧✥★ ✩★✪✫ ✧✤✥ ✣✧✪★✫ ✬✭✮✬✧✥✯ ✰✪✱ ✧✪ ✲✥✳✪✫✥ ✴ ✵✶✷✸✹✺✻✼ ✽✻✶✾✸✿✼✸ ❀✸✹❁✶✿✹✸ ❂✸❃✷ ❄❅❆✶✼❃✺✸ ✽✶✾❇✿✺✸✸❈ ★✩✪✫✬✩✭✩✮✪ ✯✫✰✫✮✲ ✳✴✵ ✮✩✰✩✬ ✸✩✩✮ ✭✹✬✩ ✺✻✵✪✹✭✫✼✴✸✽✩✿ ❀❁❂❃❄❅ ❇❈❉❄❁❊❁❁❋●❍■❅ ❂❍❏ ❁❍❑❁▲❑❂●◆❁❍❑ P❂❄❁❏ ❈❍ ❑❇❁ ▲❁❑●▲❁◆❁❍❑ ❋❃❂❍ ◗❘❙ ❚❇❈❈❄❁❯ ❉❊❋● ❊ ❍■❏❏●❑●▲▼● ■▲ ◆❖● P■◗●❘ ❙❏ ❍❙❚●❘◆■▼ ◗■❙P●▲▼● ◗■▼◆■❚❘❯ ÙÚÛ ÜÝÞ ßàáââà ãä åáäæçâ èÛéÚê ëìíîÛééï ➱✃❐❒❮❰ÏÐ❒ÑÒ❐➱Ó❒Ò❐ÏÔ➱ÕÖÔ❒❒❐ÏÐÐר✃Ö ðñòñð óôõö÷ø ùúû÷üûý þÿ ✁✂✄ ☎✆✝✞ ✟ ✠✡☛☞✌✍✎☞✏✑✑✍ ☛☞✌✍ ✎✏✑✏✒✏✓ ✔✕✖ ✗ ✔✘ ✎✓✘✕✙✏ ✚✛✜✢✣✤✥✢✛✦✧✧