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Page 2 May, 2024 Volume 2, Issue #5 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 sub- scription and at pickup locations across North Douglas and South Lane counties in Oregon. Subscription are Free. 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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. Beaver Creek Unique, 416 W “B” Ave. Yoncalla Eagle Valley Supply, 2570 Eagle Valley Rd Food Center & Deli, 2580 Eagle Valley Rd Why Not Bar and Grill, 164 Main St 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. 7-11 Store, 2011 Winchester Ave. US-101 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 Craft Pizza, 603 East Main St. 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 Tyee Landing, 11424 Oregon HWY 138 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. Chevron/S-Mart, 1484 W Central Ave. DC Precision Lube & Tune, 489 E Central Ave. Roseburg Roseburg Tobacco & Food Mart, 2050 NE Stephens St 1 Am Market, 1931 NE Stephens St North Douglas Herald PO Box 581, Drain OR 97435 Rusty Savage, Editor 541 221-3283 www.ndherald.com North Douglas Herald May 2024 Editorial It’s been one of those months. You know, sometimes, it seems like you just can’t get a break. You get up, you go to work, you get the job done, then you head home and there’s all that going on there and you handle it, have a bite to eat and then off to bed. The next day you get up and you get ready for the day and suddenly your thinkin’, “What the heck did I do yesterday? Or the day before.” And then you set out to do it all over again. It feels kinda like the Movie “Ground Hog’s Day”. Is it the weather? The time of year? Is it the old burn out? Well, today as I slog off to the office to wrap up the newspaper for the month, I realized that it’s Spring and I’m done with Winter and I’m ready for a change. That’s it, the seasonal change, and Spring is the change that we need after a wet, grey, wintery struggle. But Spring is so Fickle! Not so much a transition between Winter and Summer, but a half on, half off again scrimmage that gets you turned around and you don’t know what to think of it so you just go through the motions. What do you do? Well, just like the newspaper business where the news marches on, you get into step and find the who, what when, where, why and how and put it out there. Right now, when I realize I want sunshine and blue skies and no matter what I want, it’ll get here when it gets here. Like my dad used to say, when us kids were whining about the long boring car ride - “We’ll get there when we get there!” End of story, buck up and get over yourself and get with the program. So that helps, thinking about what it is that is the source of my discontent and then forgetting about it so I can get on with what’s at hand. We get into ruts over the course of the year, or over the phases of our lives and if you don’t stop to wade in the quagmire of those doldrums, you find that it changes on it’s own. You are the only one who can lift yourself over obstacles and it’s our responsibility to shoulder through the blahs and look forward to the tomorrows. Luckily, I can still see a morning where it look like some blue is seeping in over the horizon and, “Hey it might turn out to be a beautiful day”! And just like that, I’m not thinking about yesterdays gray, but looking for a brighter tomorrow. So I’m finishing up the May issue, got a lot of great stuff to share with our readers and my mind is already moving on to the next phase. Each month I get the opportunity to rub shoulders with a lot of folks and it makes the work fulfilling. People are interesting and they have interesting ideas and I really enjoy seeing how creative, industrious and helpful people are in general. Living in an area that has some urban and some rural aspects of living, all within a short drive to, say the coast, gives some perspective to Government our diverse ways of living. If you live in a small town or community, you don’t have exactly the same priorities as someone out close to the woods. Same with city dwellers from downtown to the suburbs. Variety of life and circumstance gives us opportunities to find our best fit. Family, work, recreation and faith are all reflected by our heritage, history and most importantly our goals and intentions. I like the spice of life and I respect that my flavor is not everyone else’s cup of tea. And I expect that each person has a proprietary sense of their own view and outlook as well. What I love seeing is that, in so many cases, people can mix or blend with the attitudes and characterizations of others and bend, not break, and stay true to themselves. A little give and take. 2024 is an election year. We have the primaries, coming up and if your not registered to vote, well the general election is in November so, no excuse, get registered. We are Americans and we are self governed. If you are considering taking part in the experiment, you have to give your input. Vote. If you look out at the landscape and think it needs some direction or something needs to be fixed. Consider diving in and run for a position where you can be a part of the solution to the problems or circumstances that are on your mind or others. Join a committee or get on a council or find a voice to work with people who share your view. Government by the people and for the people desperately needs one thing. People. So I hope you enjoy the May issue of the North Douglas Herald. We’ve scoured the region for the news and information that we have to offer here and as it goes off to the presses I am already getting ready to journey off into the stories and features for the next edition. Working the newspaper is a satisfying and enlightening kind of vocation. Especially important is to provide it to all who seek it. Free subscriptions no matter from where you are, I want to try to provide that service. It’s not that easy, deadlines, late nights, lots of travel and the expense. Newspapers have a hard row to hoe, as my Dad would say. I just read that an average 3 newspapers a day go under in this country. This newspaper is brought to you, courtesy of our Advertisers, please support them. Believe it or not this whole shebang is run on a shoestring (I love quoting my Dad, he had some zingers) and we are actively looking for a new, to us, vehicle for delivery and transporting papers from the printer to the Post Offices and to nearly 45 pickup points on our 350 mile delivery route. If you want to donate to the cause, please use the QR with your phone, thank you in advance and see you next month. Correction. Last month (April ‘24) on Page 6 in the voting article, we inadvertantly mistyped Aaron Lymaths Council position 4 term as being 2022-2024 - it is not - it’s 2022-2026. Letters to the Editor erty rights. However anyone feels about this, it is Dear Editor, Not-for-profit organizations do not belong to their founders. They belong to all the people. I am a board member of The Elk Creek Water- shed Council (ECWC), where founder Jamie Mast considers his position as “founder” to give him ownership-like status of the organization with the right to dictate according to his political beliefs. The ECWC has a set of by-laws, like all organizations, which spell out what is and is not allowed. Our by-laws specifically state that there is to be no “politics” involved in the decisions and actions by the board. Yet chairman Mast is forcefully pushing to prove a political point by dissolving the organization and using the money in the general fund to sue the state of Oregon over the Forest Accord legislation. He is angry that the State of Oregon is taking away his prop- wrong to use this political motive to shutter the organization. Most of the other board members will do what Chairman Mast requests of them, but some see the departure from our mission and the dis- solution of our organization over a political posi- tion, as a betrayal. What can I do to prevent the loss of an orga- nization that helps landowners in the Elk Creek watershed get assistance and funding to make improvements to the riparian and in-stream areas of their property? The ECWC has, over the years, brought over $5 million to our community since its founding in 2002 and benefitted salmon recovery in our system. Losing this vital non-po- litical organization would hurt landowners and aquatic species. Susan Applegate Know your local Representatives! Drain Mayor: Erin Sparhawk Council Position #1: Grant Vaughan Council Position #2: Kevin VanPelt Council Position #3: Katie Decker Council Position #5: Aaron Lymath City Administrator: Jeni Stevens City Council Meeting:05/13/24 - 6pm Yoncalla Mayor: Kathleen Wertz Councilors: Dan Wagoner Gene Vroman Harold Gilpin Bryce Wertz City Administrator: Jennifer Bragg Council Meeting: 05/14/24 - 6pm Elkton Mayor: Daniel Burke Council President: Joan Smith Council Members: Kim Moore Dan Shepherd Sandra Galli Public Works Supervisor: Gary Trout Council Meeting:05/09/24 - 8:30am Oakland Mayor: Bette Keehley Counselor: Jan Wier Counselor: Kent Rochester Counselor: Sky Ironplow Counselor: Betty Tamm Council Meeting: 05/13/24 - 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: 05/13/24 - 7:15pm Reedsport Mayor : Linda McCollum Council Position #1: Rob Wright Council Position #2: DeeDee Murphy Council Position #3: Chuck Miller Council Position #5: Allen Teitzel Council Position #5: Rich Patten Council Position #6: Debby Turner Council Meeting: 05/06/24 - 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;: 05/13/24 - 6:55pm 05/27/24 - 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. 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