✷✆ 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❒❒❐ÏÐÐ×Ø✃Ö
ðñòñð óôõö÷ø ùúû÷üûý
þÿ ✁✂✄ ☎✆✝✞ ✟ ✠✡☛☞✌✍✎☞✏✑✑✍
☛☞✌✍ ✎✏✑✏✒✏✓ ✔✕✖ ✗ ✔✘ ✎✓✘✕✙✏
✚✛✜✢✣✤✥✢✛✦✧✧