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May, 2024
Volume 2, Issue #5
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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
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love quoting my Dad, he had some zingers) and
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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
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