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About North Douglas herald. (Drain Or) 2023-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 2024)
Page 2 March, 2024 Volume 2, Issue #3 The North Douglas Herald Newspaper is published once a month in Drain Oregon. The North Douglas Herald is owned and operated by Oregonians, published and printed in the State of Oregon. It is our mission to bring the news and information that our Readers will find pertinent, useful and with some insight to our common values and sensibilities. The Herald is currently available by subscrip- tion and at pickup locations across North doug- las and South Lane counties in Oregon. Sub- scription are free to Douglas county and Lane county residents. Out of County Subscriptions are $7.50 for 6 months and $12.00 per year. Subscriptions can be obtained online at: www.ndherald.com/subs.html Free Classifieds for Lane and Douglas county residents can be entered at: www.ndherald.com/classifieds.html To submit Photos, Recipes, Jokes, Cartoons, artwork and the like: send email to editor@ndherald.com All online submissions can be sent and delivered to the any one of the following departments: editor@ndherald.com submissions@ndherald.com| schoolnews@ndherald.com classifieds@ndherald.com reports@ndherald.com churchdirectory@ndherald.com citydesk@ndherald.com news@ndherald.com sales@ndherald.com vitalstatistics@ndherald.com If you would like to receive a bundle of newspapers to distribute to your customers or visitors to your location, please go to: www.ndherald.com/locations.html If you see breaking news or if you have a news report, you can email to news@ndherald.com. Any photo attach- ments preferred in .jpg or .pdf format. OUR DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS is the 25th of the month prior to publication Free Papers can be found, upon availability, in all of the following town’s and these fine establishments Drain Rays Food Place, 308 N 1st St Country Cabin Coffee & Laundry, 438 W “B” Ave Hwy38 The Rose Bar, 413 Umpqua Hwy 38 Mildred Whipple Library, 205 W. “A” Ave Drain Post Office, 228 W. “C” Ave Yoncalla Eagle Valley Supply, 2570 Eagle Valley Rd Food Center & Deli, 2580 Eagle Valley Rd Elkton Arlene’s Cafe & General Store 14858 State HWY 38 Elkton Station 14940 State HWY 38 Tomaselli’s Pastry Mill & Cafe, 14836 OR Hwy 38 Scottsburg Riverbanks Speedy Mart 32841 State HWY 38 Reedsport Jacks Barber Shoppe, 1199 Highway Ave, TRMF Smokes, 1898 Winchester Ave. US-101 Don’s Main Street Family Restaurant, 2115 US-101 Recreation Station, 1575 Winchester Ave US-101 S Creative Mercantile, 392 Fir Ave High Water Cafe, 427 Fir Ave. Lower Umpqua Library, 395 Winchester Ave. Cottage Grove Old Mill Farm Store, 327 South River Rd Kwik Pik Market #2, 925 E Gibbs Ave Daves Corner Market, 633 N 9th St Crafty Mercantile, 517 E Main St. The Book Mine, 702 E Main St Dari Mart, 1200 E Main St Cottage Market, 603 OR HWY-99 Medication Station, 1041 N Pacific HWY-99 Winchester Bay Beck’s Winchester Bay Market, 245 8th St Pelican Market, 75298 Pacific Coast HWY US-101 Oakland Bart’s Oakland Market, 204 SE 1st St Sutherlin Kwik Pik Market & Deli, 551 W Central Ave Smitty’s Food Mart & Deli, 1367W Central Ave Center Market, 1230 W Central Ave Center Market #32, 206 E Central Ave S-Mart, 333 E Central Ave Central Food Mart, 1021 E Central Ave DC Precision Lube & Tune, 489 E Central Ave North Douglas Herald PO Box 581 Drain OR 97435 541 221-3283 www.ndherald.com North Douglas Herald March 2024 Government Editorial By Rusty Savage Finally getting the March issue out, it has been a little tricky getting here this month. Since the Ice Storm and Power outages in January, we have been thrown off of our schedule and it turns out it’ll be a while yet till we get back to things as usual. In order to collect stories, talk to advertisers and process the newspaper in a one month time period and still manage to get a spot in the busy printing schedule, well one month barely does it. So trying to cut a few days off to get from mid month publishing to the beginning of the month, it’s a chore. It is important to have the North Douglas Herald out in the field of readers for the full month so to ensure that, the Herald will cut off a few days each month and hopefully that will bring us back to 1st of the month publishing by June 1st. That’s the goal, don’t hold me to it. We also have a change coming in our subscriptions. It’s not a secret that local newspapers have a difficult row to hoe these days - just look at the Eugene Weekly, NY Times and dozens of newspapers that fail every single month. Just like the dedicated journalists at the Eugene Weekly that you can read about in this issue, the North Douglas Herald has a mission to get, print and disseminate the news to public that motivates us to overcome the many obstacles thrown at us. For us it important to provide that news and information to our readers FOR FREE. Here at the Herald, we think we have a plan to be able to do that with only our advertising dollars. We print monthly, instead of weekly, so that means working to bring you content that keeps the publication relevant and of interest all month long. Also it is the goal to do that with a bright and attractive product that pleases the eye and is handy to retain. Hence bright color on quality paper, trimmed and stapled pages to keep it tidy. We are not getting by on the cheap, it’s a premium product that cost us a premium penny to bring it to you. Additionally we have been mailing just under 3000 copies through the US Post Office and so, combined with printing and distribution costs, we are under the gun so to speak. Thanks to our advertisers, we are able to just about reach all of our initial goals. But the truth is, to date, we are taking in probably just a little over half of our expenses with advertising dollars. I anticipate that as we are growing we will be more and more able to become more solvent as we become more adroit at bringing you this publication in a form that has value to you, the reader, and our advertisers and venders. For now a lot of funds that produces this newspaper still Know your local Representatives! comes out of my pocket. In the coming months we will be implementing a new model in our subscription department. Currently we do not charge for mailed subscriptions within Douglas and Lane counties, although we do charge for out of county and out of state subscriptions, about 200 now. The cost of those subscriptions do not cover the mailing costs. It has taken this last 6 months to realize that it is not sustainable. So I am working on a new model for subscriptions. The North Douglas Herald will transition to a hybrid print and electronic model of publication. Our print newspapers will continue to be freely distributed across Lane and Douglas counties through our distributors, albeit we will be substantially increasing those distributors and bundles. Subscriptions will become electronic and ALL subscriptions will be free as well, no matter where the reader requests it from. One thing that we don’t want to do is change to the e-zine or web based type of internet news broadcast. I will retain the newspaper format and that will be downloadable and viewable from devices from computers and laptops to phones and tablets. The look will remain the same. We are starting this conversion now and are sending emails and links to subscribers and I anticipate being fully converted by the April issue, so please bear with us. Check out our pickup locations, where you can still get a copy and beginning this month we will be loading about double the amount of newspapers to each location. As I navigate these new waters, I want to renew my commitment to you to provide a quality product and increase the availability by increasing locations and we are working on a newstand shelf that can hold up to 50 or so newspapers for each location. This will help the North Douglas Herald to stand out and make it easier to locate at each distributor. Along the way I have put together a donation page through PayPal for anyone who wishes to assist us in our goal to provide free newspaper services to the public at large. These funds are 100% dedicated to print and distribution, not for payroll or purchases. Letters to the Editor We welcome letters regarding personal, community or business topics, views, observations, complaints, accolades and any other communications from our readers. It seems our legal system has declined so far from the time the constitution was written until today, that isn’t just anymore. Now it seems that whoever has the most money can just buy it, whether right or wrong. For example, someone of meager income can win the case but still lose because the other side can appeal the decision and in case of city, county or state, use taxpayers money against you. So because of politics the only justice is for the highest bidder. I don’t think this is what the founding fathers had in mind and wanted for everyone, rich or poor, to have equality, this is called a monopoly. (Corporations) These monopolies should not be allowed to push you around. They all lined up for easy money. This will offend some people but I will list some of them anyway. Lawyers, Doctors, Dentists and Churches. Another thing I see that I think is wrong is when Lawyers get more of the settlement than the person that was damaged. You can see that is a problem. It is hard for good things to happen to good people with these practices ongoing. I hope I live long enough to see the changes. Robert Wykowski Yoncalla OR Drain Mayor: Erin Sparhawk Council Position #1: Grant Vaughan Council Position #2: Kevin VanPelt Council Position #3: Katie Decker Council Position #4: Aaron Lymath City Administrator: Jeni Stevens City Council Meeting:03/11/24 6pm Yoncalla Mayor: Kathleen Wertz Councilors: Dan Wagoner Gene Vroman Harold Gilpin Bryce Wertz City Administrator: Jennifer Bragg Council Meeting: 03/14/24, 6pm Elkton Mayor: Daniel Burke Council President: Joan Smith Council Members: Kim Moore Dan Shepherd Sandra Galli Public Works Supervisor: Gary Trout Council Meeting:03/0811/24, 8:30am Oakland Mayor: Bette Keehley Counselor: Jan Wier Counselor: Kent Rochester Counselor: Sky Ironplow Counselor: Betty Tamm Council Meeting: 03/13/24 7pm Sutherlin Mayor : Michelle Sumner Council President Debbie Hamilton Councilor Lisa Woods Councilor Joe Groussman Councilor Larry Whitaker Councilor Shawn Smalley Councilor Gary Dagel City Manager Jerry Gillham Council Meeting: 03/11/24 7:15pm Reedsport Mayor : Linda McCollum Council Position #1: Rob Wright Council Position #2: DeeDee Murphy Council Position #3: Chuck Miller Council Position #4: Allen Teitzel Council Position #5: Rich Patten Council Position #6: Debby Turner Council Meeting: 03/04/24 7:15pm Cottage Grove Mayor: Candace Solesbee Councilor Ward 1: Chalice Savage Councilor Ward 2: Jon Stinnett Councilor Ward 3: Dana Merryday Councilor Ward 4: Greg Ervin Councilor: Mike Fleck Councilor: Alex Dreher Council Meeting;: 03/06/24 - 6:55pm 03/20/24 - 6:55pm County State & Federal Douglas County Commisioners: Tom Kress(Chair) Tim Freeman Chris Boice Jennifer Miller Lane County Commissioners: Dist 1: Ray Ceniga Dist 2: David Lovall Dist 3: Laurie Trieger Dist 4: Pat Farr Dist 5: Heather Buch Oregon House Representative: District 02: Virgle Osborne Oregon State Senator: District 1: David Brock Smith U.S. Senate Oregon: Jeff Merkley Ron Wyden U.S House of Representatives: District 4: Val Hoyle Secretary of State: LaVonne Griffin-Valade Attorney General: Ellen Rosenblum Governor: Tina Kotek Vice-President: Kamala Harris President: Joe Biden It is important to know your representation in your State, Districts and Municipalities. RE- MEMBER it is vital to your freedoms to vote.If you would like to have your own towns municipal officers listed please send title & names only to citydesk@ndherald.com
