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Page 2 May 2025 Free Papers can be found, upon availability, in all of the following town’s and these fine establishments Locations for Pick up Points May, 2025 Vol 3, Issue #5 The Oregon News Herald News- paper, published once a month in Drain Oregon, is owned, operated, published and printed in the State of Oregon. It is our mission to bring the news and information that our readers find per- tinent, useful and with some insight to our common values and sensibilities. The Oregon News Herald is formerly the North Douglas Herald. 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Kwik Pik Market #2, 925 E Gibbs Ave. Daves Corner Market, 633 N 9th St. Safeway, 1500 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 Dairy-Mart,1495 River Rd #2 Dairy-Mart, 2735 River Rd Dairy-Mart, 3620 River Rd Dairy-Mart, 2920 W 11th Ave Dairy-Mart, 4099 W 11th Ave 7-11 Store, 3762 W 11th Ave 7-11 Store, 1107 S Bertelsen Rd 7-11 Store, 895 River Rd 7-11 Store, 3821 River Rd 7-11 Store, 190 Hwy 99 7-11 Store, 701 Polk St 7-11 Store, 590 E Broadway 7-11 Store, 445 Coburg Rd, Albertson Grocery, 311 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 #48 Dari-Mart, 220 W B St Dari-Mart, 1875 Main St Dari-Mart, 1554 M St Fins, 4090 Main St Dari-Mart, 6898 Main St #17 Albertson Grocery, 5755 Main St 7-11, 5808 Main 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. Center Smoke s, 1230 W Central Ave. Shop Smart Grocery, 811 E Central Center Market #42, 206 E Central Ave. S-Mart, 333 E Central Ave. Central Food Mart, 1021 E Central Ave. Chevron/S-Mart, 1484 W 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 AM PM, 33200 OR-34 Dari-Mart, 1005 Queen Ave SW 7-11, 6190 Pacific Blvd SW Government Know your local Representatives! Drain Mayor: Erin Sparhawk Council Position #1: Melanie Lymath Council Position #2: Kevin VanPelt Council Position #4: Katie Decker Council Position #5: Aaron Lymath City Administrator: Ken Strobeck City Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 6pm Yoncalla Mayor: Kathleen Wertz Councilors: Amy Grabinski Open Seat Harold Gilpin Bryce Wertz City Administrator: Jennifer Bragg Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 6pm Elkton Mayor: Daniel Burke Council President: Joan Smith Council Members: Kim Moore Dan Shepherd Sandra Galli Public Works Supervisor: Gary Trout Council Meeting: 5/08/25 - 8:30am Oakland Mayor: Bette Keehley Counselor: Jan Wier Counselor: Kent Rochester Counselor: Sky Ironplow Counselor: Betty Tamm Council Meeting: 5/12/25 - 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: 5/12/25 - 7:15pm Reedsport Mayor : Linda McCollum Council Position #1: Rob Wright Council Position #2: Clifton Jackson Jr Council Position #4: Sandra Rose Donnelly Council Position #5: Allen Teitzel Council Position #5: Rich Patten Council Position #7: Debby Turner Council Meeting: 5/05/25 - 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;: 5/12/25 - 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: JD Vance President: Donald Trump 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 Oregon News Herald Editorial By Rusty Savage Well, it has been an eventful month here at the Oregon News Herald. Our cramped and dismal little office has been a challenge since the Herald was first started. I’ve been plodding along and looking but there has been no opportunities to upgrade. Until a few weeks ago we got the opportunity to get the building just down on the corner. Our new address is 301 N 1st St. But, of course we had to move out of the old place, which we managed to do just in time and everything is stacked up in the new building. Well it figures our new office will be nice & well sized for us, but unfortunately its bare walls, without sheetrock and bare floor. It’ll take a couple weeks to actually get a functioning office ready. So, in the meantime, I set up just enough layout desk area and computer and monitors to get the May issue finished. It may be a little smaller but we got it out the best we could this month. I’m always intrigued by the economic news of the newspaper industry. It’s a tough business, we are loosing an average of 10 newspapers per month in this country, up from 7.5 in 2022. The news about the closing of a 115 year old local acclaimed and highly awarded weekly paper in eastern Oregon fits right into that narrative. I found a more positive bit of news on the Eugene Weekly, which survived a near catastrophic fiscal blow when an employee was alleged to have embezzled over $100,000 around Christmas of 2023. Not only was it a Cinderella story that the publication survived nearly intact but a testament to the staff and the public for such a cooperative effort. I look forward to an upcoming interview with Camilla Mortensen, the long time editor and recent new owner, especially in light of the news that there has finally been an arrest and with more information coming soon in a coming article with the full story and an interview with Camilla. 115 Year Newspaper Legacy Closes Continued from Front Page Publisher Les Zaitz, 69, and his wife, Scotta Callister, 72, former Enterprise publisher, have owned the newspaper since 2015. They each have been in Oregon journalism for 50 years – a combined record of a century of service to the state. “The Enterprise is a strong business and represents the very best in community journalism,” said Zaitz. “With no successor in sight, it’s time for us to step back from decades of journalism to a slower pace with a renewed focused on family and friends.” The decision was hard, the couple said, but inevitable. Large newspaper groups no longer buy such independent newspapers, and the pool has shrunk of people who want to, as owners, both run a business and a news organization. Callister said the question of succession seems likely to continue to challenge independent news operations as owner-operators age. “There’s been a lot of talk about saving rural news operations – focused on funding, training programs, digital upgrades – but you still need someone to run them, someone with both a passion for community and an understanding of the news business,” she said. “That’s increasingly tough to find.” Zaitz said efforts to merge the Enterprise with the county’s other weekly newspaper, the Argus Observer in Ontario, were rebuffed. Newspapers, especially rural and small town newspapers, are experiencing dwindling numbers and in the US they are going under at an average rate of 10 newspapers per month. This means that approximately 127 newspapers have closed in the last year. Since 2005, the U.S. has lost over one-third of its newspapers, with a total of 3,300 publications closing. This decline has led to the growth of “news deserts,” where counties lack a locally-based source of local news. Capricorn Manor Continued from Front Page social media and website for incoming events . Come and experience our grand opening party on Saturday, May 17, 12: 00 noon. We’ll have live music, samples, mocktails, and a chance to win a fantastic raffle basket with contributions from each artist ! 105 West A Avenue , Drain Contact Ame Beard at 541.870. 1622
