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Newspaper Page TextC p ’ s o C o M e l r n e r T h e p a s t f e w w e e k s I h a v e s e e n a d r a s tic c h a n g e in o u r w e a th e r . J u s t a r e m in d e r th a t th e s t r e e t s a r e g o in g t o b e s lic k in t h e e a r ly m o r n in g a n d e v e n in g h o u r s . I f y o u d id n ’ t k n o w th e v a n d a lis m a t th e F a lls w a s s o lv e d a n d th e p e r s o n s r e s p o n s ib le h a v e b e e n i d e n t i n e an wi p ro d o in g s o m e c o m m u n ity s e r v ic e w o r k t o r e p a ir th e d a m a g e . ... V o lu n te e r E m e r g e n c y P e r s o n n e l, e ith e r w ith th e F ir e D e p a r tm e n t o r w ith M e r c y A m b u la n c e , n e e d t o k n o w t h a t w h e n r e s p o n in g o a c a m y o u r p e r s o n a l v e h ic le y o u a r e n o t a E M E R G E N C Y V E H I C L E a s d e f in e d b y th e O r e g o n R e v is e d S ta tu te s . f o z / must obey all traffic laws. 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I A s s o o n a s th e y w e re re m in d e d o f w h a t th e y h a d d o n e , t h e y s e n t p a y m e n t o f $ 1 2 .8 0 , w i t h t h e n e x t n o r t h b o u n d n o w , th e r e g o e s m y h u s b a n d n o w .” ~ r e l a t i v e . T h a n k g o o d n e s s t h e i r g o o d n a m e s w e r e c le a n e d . s t a t i o n a t t e n d a n t s w e r e a s k e d t o i d e n t if y t h e c u l p r it s th e y OUCH! O h , guess T m o n m y o w n fo r th is o n e . D o n la te r to ld m e th a t h e fig u re d I w a s T h e o n ly re a l d a m a g e w a s in flic te d o n th e ir e g o s w h e n th e d e s c r i b e d t h e m a s e ld e r ly . s tu c k o u t m y c h in s a n d s a id “W e ll, h e re c o m e s m y h u s b a n d s p e e d i n g a n d g e t ti n g w h a t I h a d c o m i n g to m e . 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