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2—Pon Criard New», Thursday, July 3, 1969 It's the only * ay to express your opinion where i t re a lly counts. —P— Got your Jubilee button yet? Lions members w ill be out to nite w ith their paddy wagon to capture those who don't. They are only a buck, and proceeds are foe a good cause. -P - See ya at the J u b ile e ! J t o d © r f o r d J fe w s Po»t O ffice Box 5 97465 Port Orford, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY -coed class m a il privileges authorised at Port Orford, Ore. uxu» L. Felsheirn .................................... Editor and Publisher Paui L, Peterson .............................. ......... Managing Editor S ubscription In Curry County (per year in a d va n ce )................... .. . . $3 00 Outside Cu .y C o u n ty ...................................................... $3 30 Single C opy.................................................................... 10 Cents Announcements, Notice», News and Advertising Must be in the Office by SrOO p. m. Tuesdays ■MEMBER- N EW SPAPER P U B L IS H E R S A S S O C IA T IO N N f f lA Association L PER FoorceG ' H i K Salem Scene LI ’ by Everett E. Cutter Ombudsman Tunes In To Voice Of People There is an old saying which expresses the average man’ s frustration and resignation in dealing with government; "You can’ t fight City Hall.” Gov. Tom McCall, In appoint ing the firs t ombudsman In the U. S., is trying to change it to; “ Where there’ s a w ill, there’ s a way.” O m b u d s m a n ("people’ s man” ) is a Swedish concept, dating back to 1809 and s till working there and In some other lands. It amounts to a com plaint and Investigation depart ment fo r people confused or dissatisfied with their brushes with government and its growing Intricacies. Oregon’ s firs t ombudsman, effective July 1, is Marko Hag gard, burly 45-> ear-old profes sor of p> litic a l science on leave from ftirtla n d State University. Until recently he has handled administration of poverty pro grams ft>r Gov. McCall’ s office. The governor had asked the legislature lo r a state ombuds man in his 1967 inaugural ad dress. but the proposal died. Now he has created the position, out of his own office budget, as a result of the great suc cess this year of hisgovemment reorganization proposals. “ Reorganization w ill make state government operate more e fficiently,” Haggard explains, “ and that can make it seem more distant. We want to pre serve the personal touch, to Improve tw -wav communi cations between government and the people.” Haggard’ s position differs in one respect from other ombuds men. In Parliamentary count ries they are independent from government—“ their piw er is the power (0 publicize.” (In some American cities news paper l e t t e r s columns and broadcast talk shows have ex panded their service in this role In recent years.) Oregon’ s ombudsman, how ever, sits in the governor’ s office with two secretaries and a telephone line to—ami from — I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ■ I I I I everywhere. He serves as an other ear fo r the governor, and he also has the ear of this mac who instituted daily open house in his office and Town Hal! Meeting travels around the state. Since announcement of his appointment, Haggard has re ceived more than 30 complaints or suggestions. Some of these he relays to Gov. McCall,some he discusses with vari us agen cies, some he stores up to use in recommendations to the next legislature. Surprisingly, some ideas are coming from government em- pl yees. They buttonhole Hag gard around the Capitol and of fer suggestions to Improve pro duction in th e ir own depart ments. Most calls come from the general public: compensation or welfare claimants, a man with a police record trying to land a job, a lady who considers herself treated rudely by a clerk. A blind Portlander’ s complaint about the transfer of “ talking books” to the State Library helped to establish a free telephone line fo r theblind In Portland. Some inquiries concern s tric tly federal problems, Hag gard says; others are clearly ccxwty or city government questions. In such cases he directs people into the proper channels. “ Besides handling individual, day-to-day items, we are look ing fo r patterns to emerge,” says the ombudsman. “ H we get a cluster of s im ila r com plaints about one agency, for example, that’ s where we zero in until problems are solved.” D ifficulties of the elderly bother Haggard most. Usually the) are poor, he maintains, and often do not know where to turn in today’ s complex society. “ They are perhaps as tragic a category as we w ill work w ith,” he says. “ Wearegetting a number of their complaints, and hope to get a p ro file of their problems fo r the next Ready or not, the celebration is upon us., . and it should be a dandy from start to finish. Pro viding tne weather holds out. Figuring rig h t o ff the top there w ill be about 17 events during the three days. . . and that should be enougn to keep everybody as busy as they want to be. I talked to fire ch ie f Evert M ills Monday night and he in formed me that his department has things w ell under control for the BIG fireworks display. His ta lly of the program gives 57 aerial shots a n d IS exciting g ro u n d displays. . . including To The Editor: I understand that you have the fantastic and crowd-pleasing Niagara Falls, fish-eating p e li a tourist guide available re can and the old car. And the cently published by your paper. We are planring on vacationing other 15 are just as good. W hile we're on the subject of up that way in July and would fireworks, it's a good tim e to appreciate a copy of the guide, caution parents that the throw and any fishing Information tha: ing of sparklers or other lighted might be available. Thank you. objects by chil<ken is extrem ely dangerous in the fireworks shoot MRS. JEAN Z ANA RDI ing area.In fact,throwing spark 9742 Planter lers anyplace is dangerous. So, Pico Rivera, Calif. to prevent injuries or accidents, i t would be appreciated i f par ents w o u ld caution chilcken TO THE EDITOR against this practice. I ..ant to point out that con -P - Wade and M ary Largen, from trary to inform ation in the June Los Angeles country, were in the 26 Port Ctford News, I am not a office last Friday to renew ac qualified kindergarten teacher. quaintances w ith us and to c a ll Rather I have for the last eLv Louie Knapp, . , but unfortun months b e e n seeking such a ately neither of us was around, teacher who would lik e to have Wade,a m agician. . . "It's M ag a kindergarten in Port Orford. The habit of not li «renin? does i c " . . . and form erly w ith the L-A . sheriff's office, is now w ith not seem to be lim ite d to c h ild the Federal Court there. The ren and teen-agers. Jean B, Rogers Largens were here about four (Mrs.A.James) years ago during the celebration and ould have lik e d to put an a show.. . but had to go on to Cor vallis to visit friends. Maybe som e day we can get him to stop long enough to open his bag of tricks. -P - Monday is the third election SALEM— The State Compen on the school budget and i t is sation Department (SCD) has m y opinion that i t should pass. changed its name to the State Voters expressed their displea- A c c id e n t Insurance Fund sire w ith die budget in the first (SAIF), it was announced by two elections, apparently for Charles B. G ill, J r ., general either (or both) of two reasons manager of the agency. . . . t h e six-six plan and too Also declared was the high much money. But the board has est divider,t to Oregon employ reduced th e 1969-70 budget ers in the agency’ s history. more than S100, 000 less than The name change, effective the current budget and e lim in July 1 by act of the 1969 Ore ated the six-six building pro gon Legislature, was made to gram. So i t would seem reason more clearly define the fun ction of the “ Fund” as a w ork able to assume that voters, as usual, have had their demands men’ s compensation Insurance c a rrie r. A ll procedures and m et. If they haven't. . .w e 'll know came Monday night. services of the agency w ill re But however you feel. . . vote. main basically the same. G ill went on to announce a legislature to consider.” dividend of over 8 1/2 m illion Another of Haggard’ s roles dollars to be distributed to is to act as Investigator on his Oregon employers this year. own if he suspects im prove This w ill be the fourth con ments can be made somewhere. secutive year that dividends He expects to launch his own have been paid to Oregon em studies later this summer, in ployers since the workmen’ s addition to handling Individual compensation law was changed citizen’ s problems. by the 1965 legislature. “ It’ s an ambitious undertak TO be eligible to r the d ivi ing and It’ s going to take a dend, G ill said, an employer lot of tim e,” says Haggard. must have been insured with the “ But with reorganization chan Fund during the 1967-68 fiscal ging the face of government year. duties and responsibilities, the The State Accident Insurance ombudsman w ill provide a vital Fund w ill distribute the checks response center to the needs of to eligible Oregon employers the people. later this year. to the Editor Californian Wants Guide MEMBERS of the JettyJubileeJuniar Court include, le ft to rig h t Becky Royal, Kathi Russell, Cindy Neal, Queen Carolyn Peterson, Dana 3ean, Larri Hoover, Brenda Sanchez and Amber Kennedy. 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