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community news november2 2017 3 New Oregon Vehicle Fees Take Effect January 1, 2018 DMV renewal notices with new registration fees start going out in November New Oregon vehicle reg- istration, title and trip permit fees take effect January 1, 2018, provid- ing funding for a major investment in the state’s transportation system. Oregon residents with vehi- cle tags expiring on or after January 1 will see new registration fees in their renewal reminders starting in Novem- ber. The fee for two-year passenger vehicle registration renewal – DMV’s most common vehicle transaction – will go from $86 for two years to $112. The registration fee is based on the vehicle registration renewal date, not when the fee is paid. DMV mails renewal reminders several weeks before a vehicle’s tags expire. Vehicle registration fees, title fees, and other motor vehicle-related fees, such as fuels taxes and motor carriers’ weight-mile taxes, help sup- port Oregon’s transportation system – statewide and at the local levels. The increased fees are part of a major funding package to improve Oregon’s transportation system and to strengthen the economy. The Oregon Legislature and Governor Kate Brown approved House Bill 2017 to provide Orego- nians with improved roads and bridges, more transportation options, and en- hanced safety throughout the system. In addition to this vehicle reg- istration fee increase, the package is funded by increases in other transporta- tion-related fees that take effect January 1, 2018. These include increases on mo- tor fuel taxes and fees for title transfers and commercial motor vehicles. The bill also creates a 0.5 percent privilege tax on new vehicle purchases, and a $15 fee on new adult bicycles that cost $200 or more. Here are some transportation system investments your fees will sup- port: • Highway maintenance, preservation, seismic upgrades and safety, including specific construction projects across the state. • Increased funding for small cities and counties. • A Safe Routes to School infrastructure program to reduce barriers and hazards for children walking or bicycling to and from school. • Economic benefits by sustaining jobs, keeping freight moving, and providing a boost to local communities across the state. For upcoming transportation projects in your area, visit www.oregon. gov/ODOT. Any time you need to visit a DMV office, first check www.Or- egonDMV.com to find office hours and locations, and to make sure you have everything you need before your visit. You also can do some DMV business from home at OregonDMV.com. You can renew your vehicle registration, file a change of address or file notice of the sale of your vehicle online without get- ting in line at an office. Publisher and Managing Editor Scott Laird 503-367-0098 scott@vernoniasvoice.com Contributors Karen Kain Dr. Carol McIntyre Rachel Wilcoxen Photography Karen Kain Garry Kinney Scott Laird Aaron Scovel Whitley Tolonen Want to advertise? Have an article? Contact: scott@vernoniasvoice.com One year subscriptions (24 issues) $35 Vernonia’s Voice is published on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Columbia County Offers Consultation with St. Andrew Legal Clinic Vernonia’s Voice, LLC PO Box 55 The Columbia County Law Library’s “Lawyer in County Bar Association’s Law Library, Pam Davis Librarian, Vernonia, OR 97064 the Law Library” series welcomes St. Andrew Legal Clinic in conjunction with Columbia County Legal Aid. 503-367-0098 (SALC) to St. Helens, Thursday, November 16, 5:30 to 8:30 For further information, contact Maddy Sheehan, pm for “night clinic” at the Law Library. The Law Library is attorney, Columbia County Legal Aid Board of Directors, at 270 S. First St. in Old Town St. Helens. (503) 543-7171 www.VernoniasVoice.com This is a rare opportunity for local residents who earn $3,500 per month or less to consult with an attorney about family law issues for just $40. Further representation by SALC’s experienced staff attorneys is available on a sliding fee scale. Financial help and continued from front page convenient payment schedules may be arranged for and how it’s affected me. For me spent the rest of her high school about going to court and have it people experiencing financial crisis. Potential clients for it wasn’t about how bad his pun- years. She said she was unaware delayed again,” said Alexis Baska. the night clinic must pre-register to participate by calling ishment was, or how easy it was. of Gene Baska’s other victims un- “The hardest part for me was hav- (503) 281-1500. It was more about the account- til they came forward and made ing so many relatives in Vernonia SALC is a community-based organization who I’ve lost through this.” ability piece and finding peace their complaints against him. providing reduced fee legal services for low-income “My hope from this is that Alexis Baska expressed and wrapping things up and feel- people with family law needs such a divorce, custody, and people aren’t so quick to believe disappointment that so many peo- ing like there was some type of restraining orders. SALC service for Columbia County ple spoke on behalf of Gene Bas- an adult or treat children like they justice.” residents is usually available only at the nonprofit’s Alexis Baska says the ka, and was especially disappoint- are lying, just because the person offices in NE Portland and Hillsboro. The upcoming abuse by her grandfather hap- ed in several female staff members being accused is important in the night clinic in St. Helens was arranged by the Columbia pened in the summer of 2011. In from the Vernonia School District community, or that they might not September of 2011 her father Scott who offered testimony on Gene be somebody you think could do that,” said Alexis Baska. “Things Baska died suddenly from a brain Baska’s behalf. aneurysm. In October she was The case had been de- aren’t always the way they seem. placed in the care of her grand- layed several times over the years I wish that people would look at Vernonia’s Voice is published on the parents; in February she made due to claims by Gene Baska that the evidence and not the people 1st and 3rd Thursday. Look for our involved.” her first complaint against Gene he was sick or terminally ill. next issue out November 16. Baska. 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