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January 2025
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January, 2025
Vol 3, Issue #1
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Locations for Pick up Points
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.
Zolezzi Insurance Agency, 208 W C Ave
CG Market, 333 W B Ave
US Bank, 229 N 1st St
Hacienda Viera, 237 West B Ave
Brothers Cafe, 439 W B Ave
Studio Tattoo, 329 N 1st St
Yoncalla
Eagle Valley Supply, 2570 Eagle Valley Rd
Food Center & Deli, 2580 Eagle Valley Rd
Why Not Bar and Grill, 164 Main St
Yoncalla Public Library, 194 Birch 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
Elkton Community Education Center, 15850 HWY 38 W
Rice Hill
Buy 2 Arco, 614 John Long Rd
Scottsburg
Riverbanks Speedy Mart 32841 State HWY 38
LULD Library Box at Fire Station, 33237 OR 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
Oregon Coast Restaurant, 2165 Winchester Ave
Harbor Light Restaurant, 960 Highway 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
American Market, 911 E Main St
Eugene
Willamette Valley Motoplex, 86441 College View Rd
Dairy-Mart,1495 River Rd #2
Dairy-Mart, 2920 W 11th Ave
Dairy-Mart, 4099 W 11th Ave
7-11, 3762 W 11th Ave
7-11, 1107 S Bertelsen Rd
7-11, 895 River Rd
7-11, 3821 River Rd
7-11, 190 Hwy 99
7-11, 701 Polk St
7-11, 590 E Broadway
7-11, 445 Coburg Rd,
Market of Choice, 1960 Franklin Blvd
Classic Smoke Shop, 733 State Hwy 99 N
The Embers Lounge, 1811 Hwy 99 N
Springfield
Dari-Mart, 1950 Mohawk Blvd #38
Dari-Mart, 1875 Main St
Dari-Mart, 1554 M St
7-11, 1396 Main St
Heartless & Hopeless Tattoo, 329 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
Oakland Tavern, 104 Locust St
Sutherlin
Kwik Pik Market & Deli, 551 W Central Ave.
Smitty’s Food Mart & Deli, 1367W Central Ave.
Center Market, 1230 W Central Ave.
Smoke Shop, 1230 W Central Ave.
Center Market #32, 206 E Central Ave.
Center Smokes #32, 206 E Central Av
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
News & Smokes, 457 NW Garden Valley Blvd
Ridgeway Market, 1800 NW Garden Valley Blvd
Safeway, 1539 NE Stephens St
Roseburg Tobacco & Food Mart, 2050 NE Stephens St
1 Am Market, 1931 NE Stephens St
Lil’ Pantry, 2611 NW Edenbower Blvd
Buy 2 Arco, 2530 NE Stephens St
Mini Pet Mart, 333 NE Garden Valley Blvd
Mini Pet Mart, 2820 NE Stephens St
Albany
7-11, 333 34Th Ave SE
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Government
Know your local Representatives!
Drain
Mayor: Erin Sparhawk
Council Position #1: Melanie Lymath
Council Position #2: Kevin VanPelt
Council Position #3: Katie Decker
Council Position #5: Aaron Lymath
City Administrator: Jeni Stevens
City Council Meeting:1/13/25 - 6pm
Yoncalla
Mayor: Kathleen Wertz
Councilors: Amy Grabinski
Open Seat
Harold Gilpin
Bryce Wertz
City Administrator: Jennifer Bragg
Council Meeting: 1/14/25 - 6pm
Elkton
Mayor: Daniel Burke
Council President: Joan Smith
Council Members:
Kim Moore
Dan Shepherd
Sandra Galli
Public Works Supervisor: Gary Trout
Council Meeting:1/19/25 - 8:30am
Oakland
Mayor:
Bette Keehley
Counselor: Jan Wier
Counselor: Kent Rochester
Counselor: Sky Ironplow
Counselor: Betty Tamm
Council Meeting: 1/13/25 - 7pm
Sutherlin
Mayor :
Michelle Sumner
Council President Debbie Hamilton
Councilor
Lisa Woods
Councilor
Larry Whitaker
Councilor
Adam Sarnoski
Councilor
Shawn Smalley
Councilor
Gary Dagel
City Manager
Jerry Gillham
Council Meeting: 1/13/25 - 7:15pm
Reedsport
Mayor :
Linda McCollum
Council Position #1: Rob Wright
Council Position #2: Clifton Jackson Jr
Council Position #3: Sandra Rose Donnelly
Council Position #5: Allen Teitzel
Council Position #5: Rich Patten
Council Position #7: Debby Turner
Council Meeting: 1/6/25 - 7pm
Cottage Grove
Mayor: Candace Solesbee
Councilor Ward 1: Christine Hyink
Councilor Ward 2: Randell Lammerman
Councilor Ward 3: Dana Merryday
Councilor Ward 4: Greg Ervin
Councilor:
Jim Settelmeyer
Councilor:
Darrel Wilson
Council Meeting;: 1/13/25 - 7pm
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: Tobias Read
Attorney General: Dan Rayfield
Governor: Tina Kotek
Vice-President elect: JD Vance
President elect:
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Editorial
By Rusty Savage
Welcome 2025. Ring in the new and
keep the old in the rear view mirror. I’m not
one for burning bridges but I do like exploring
new vista’s. With the new year, comes new
laws, new politicians, new promises and new
problems. That’s the way with renewal it seems,
ya gotta make a little room for improvement
and it doesn’t quite fit without cleaning out the
closet, so to speak.
I’m ready though. Last year left a
little something to be desired for this year.
Hope. Hope for a little better year this time
around. One thing I do realize and that is that
I do hope for better, for more. For that I think
I should be prepared to do my best to do what
I can to make it a better year. It’s not a stretch
to imagine that part of expecting better things
to happen, is that I need a better frame of mind
than I had last year. OK, I can do that, I’m an
optimist, a glass half full kind of guy. I hope all
of you are optimists, it will serve us well.
It is winter weather out there. Not
much for freezing cold yet but the rain. Oh
the rain. I’m never sure when those “10 year”
or “100 year” or “500 year” events are due, it
seems like they are always a surprise. At least
to me. These late December and early January
rains are skirting one of those nom de plume
designations. Flooding seemed eminent for a
while there but has resided for now.
It brings to mind the community
needs for emergency events planning and
implementation. There are a lot of low lying
lands and downhill lands that are susceptible
to flood and water damage. Loss of power
is a major storm concern along with fallen
trees and debris. Notification of the public
and communication is of first concern. These
procedures should be in place to combat and
prevent confusion as well as implementing
plans of action when needed. Inventory of
resources and man power should be also the
first part of the game plan to provide help
where needed. I was encouraged to find some
communities were preparing sand bags and
making resources available. Including Cottage
Grove, who announced the availability of sand
bags, come and get what you need. In others
there was confusion and questions, but no
results, like in Drain where the threads on social
media showed a lack of cohesive plan or action.
There is never a guarantee of good results when
it comes to the fickleness of “Mother Nature”.
But the good results can be maximized for us
all with good emergency event planning.
Well our big news for the year is
our evolution and name change to the Oregon
News Herald, you can still call us The Herald.
In fact we will continue under the moniker the
North Douglas Herald along with our new
name. The Masthead is little changed and so
is our dedication to bring pertinent news and
information to all of our readers across the state
of Oregon.
It has been quite an adventure on
this journalistic journey and I am encouraged
by the support we continue to receive. It
has been a journey, a pilgrimage if you will,
like the song says, “is rough and steep”. As
we struggle to spread our brand of local and
community news and information, I find more
and more encouragement to fulfill the dream
of providing a printed newspaper, FREE to
anyone who’s looking for news. Our current
distribution seems to be the best way to make
the Herald available to the public at large.
We are providing FREE newspapers to our,
over, 80 locations across the region. The next
shortcoming we have is to have a dedicated
newsrack to help the public find us and to
improve our delivery vehicles reliability. We
have started a GoFundMe campaign to help
us in this endeavor. We are soliciting donations
large and small to get over this hump and help
insure a prominent display for the Herald and
so that we can give them away for FREE!