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s
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d P
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s w
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n
d
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r
Now tha
t MaryJane is lega
l
,
keep in m
ind tha
t i
t
’
s a
lso tox
ic to
your pe
ts
. Keep i
t ou
t o
f reach
,
locked away a
long w
i
th choco
la
te
,
brown
ies and ra
is
ins
.
Mar
ia Ko
l
las
Hood R
iv
er
H
o
n
o
r R
o
l
l
I was p
leased to see Sena
tor
Chuck Thom
sen and Repre
sen
ta
t
ive
Mark John
son on the Oregon
ian
’
s
2015 Leg
is
la
ture Honor Ro
l
l (Ju
ly
19
)
. W
e are for
tuna
te to have them
work
ing for the good o
f u
s a
l
l
.
Ru
th Turner
Hood R
iv
er
Hood R
iv
e
r N
ew
s r
em
ind
s l
e
t
t
e
r
to th
e ed
i
to
r w
r
i
t
e
r
s tha
t sho
r
t
e
r i
s
b
e
t
t
e
r
. Con
c
i
s
e l
e
t
t
e
r
s a
r
e no
t on
ly
b
e
t
t
e
r
-
r
ead
, th
ey a
r
e mo
r
e l
ik
e
ly to
b
e pub
l
i
sh
ed b
e
cau
s
e l
im
i
t
ed spa
c
e
i
s ava
i
lab
l
e
.
A
lmo
s
t any po
in
t can b
e mad
e in
350 wo
rd
s o
r l
e
s
s
, so th
i
s i
s s
e
t a
s an
upp
e
r l
ev
e
l fo
r l
eng
th
. L
e
t
t
e
r
s ex
-
c
e
ed
ing 350 wo
rd
s w
i
l
l e
i
th
e
r b
e
ed
i
t
ed to 350 o
r r
e
tu
rn
ed to th
e
w
r
i
t
e
r fo
r ed
i
t
ing and r
e
subm
i
s
-
s
ion
.
Un
s
ign
ed l
e
t
t
e
r
s
, l
e
t
t
e
r
s s
ign
ed
w
i
th f
ic
t
i
t
ious s
igna
tur
es and
cop
i
e
s o
f l
e
t
t
e
r
s s
en
t to pub
l
i
c o
f
f
i
-
c
ia
l
s a
r
e no
t a
c
c
ep
t
ed
.
W
e l
im
i
t l
e
t
t
e
r
s on a sub
j
e
c
t wh
en
w
e f
e
e
l i
t ha
s b
e
en tho
rough
ly a
i
r
ed
,
to th
e po
in
t o
f l
e
t
t
e
r
s b
e
com
ing
r
ep
e
t
i
t
iv
e
.
A
l
so r
e
j
e
c
t
ed a
r
e l
e
t
t
e
r
s tha
t a
r
e
l
ib
e
lou
s
, in bad ta
s
t
e o
r p
e
r
sona
l a
t
-
ta
ck
s on ind
iv
idua
l
s or pr
iva
t
e
bu
s
in
e
s
s
e
s
. W
r
i
t
e
r
s mu
s
t in
c
lud
e
add
r
e
s
s
e
s and t
e
l
ephon
e numb
e
r
s
.
Th
e
s
e a
r
e fo
r id
en
t
i
f
i
ca
t
ion pu
rpo
s
-
e
s on
ly and w
i
l
l no
t b
e pub
l
i
sh
ed
.
G
o t
o t
h
e F
a
i
r
V
o
lun
t
e
e
r
s m
a
k
e i
t a
b
lu
e r
i
b
b
on e
x
p
e
r
i
en
c
e
Y
■
On the top
ic o
f pa
rk
ing
: la
s
t y
ea
r
, the fa
i
r expanded
pa
rk
ing to p
r
iva
te p
rope
r
ty on loan we
s
t o
f the schoo
l
ground
s
.
I
t can fee
l l
ike a long way to wa
lk fo
r peop
le
, and th
i
s
y
ea
r the fa
i
r boa
rd
, wi
th he
lp f
rom a coup
le o
f bene
fac
to
r
s
,
ha
s mov
ed to dea
l w
i
th tha
t rea
l
i
ty
.
G
r
i
f
f
i
th Mo
to
r
s and Le
s Schwab T
i
re
s gene
rou
s
ly do
-
na
ted two go
l
f coa
r
t
s to the Fa
i
rground
s — they
’
l
l be u
sed
a
t o
the
r ev
en
t
s
, too — and tho
se ca
r
t
s a
re su
re to be we
l
l
-
u
sed
. Peop
le w
i
th mob
i
l
i
ty l
im
i
ta
t
ion
s can f
lag down the
ca
r
t in the pa
rk
ing a
rea
s fo
r a l
i
f
t to the fa
i
rground
s (and
back
) o
r hop aboa
rd a
t the fa
i
r o
f
f
ice and take the ca
r
t to
loca
t
ion
s inc
lud
ing the an
ima
l ba
rn
s
, ho
r
se a
rena
, o
r foo
t
-
ba
l
lf
ie
ld
.
Fa
i
r boa
rd
’
s R
ed Lago and regu
la
r fa
i
r “chau
f
feu
r”
Je
rry Pe
t
r
icko a
re su
re to keep bu
sy w
i
th th
i
s expanded
se
rv
ice
.
Mo
s
t o
f wha
t happen
s a
t the fa
i
r come
s f
rom peop
le
s
’
dona
ted t
ime and e
f
fo
r
t
. I
t
’
s ha
rd to say enough abou
t the
ro
le o
f the vo
lun
tee
r
s a
t the fa
i
r
, and i
t i
s impo
s
s
ib
le to pay
t
r
ibu
te to each one
.
I
t s
ta
r
t
s w
i
th the men and women o
f L
ion
s who s
tand
in the ho
t sun mak
ing su
re pa
rk
ing happen
s sa
fe
ly and e
f
-
f
ic
ien
t
ly a
t wha
t amoun
t
s to fou
r sepa
ra
te lo
t
s
.
The supe
rvi
so
r
s and vo
lun
tee
r
s in each Open C
la
s
s and
you
th a
rea de
se
rv
e a co
l
lec
t
iv
e thank
s fo
r the hund
red
s o
f
hou
r
s they pu
t in
to th
i
s
, y
ea
r
-
round
.
Thank
s in advance
, too
, to a
l
l the bu
s
ine
s
se
s and ind
i
-
v
idua
l
s who p
lace b
id
s a
t the a
l
l
-
impo
r
tan
t l
iv
e
s
tock auc
-
t
ion on Fr
iday n
igh
t
.
And
, f
ina
l
ly
, thank
s go to a
l
l the peop
le who en
te
r i
tem
s
in the fa
i
r
. They hav
e taken the t
ime to do so
, and some
-
wha
t b
rav
e
ly d
i
sp
lay the f
ru
i
t
s o
f the
i
r e
f
fo
r
t
s in a w
ide
va
r
ie
ty o
f sk
i
l
l
s and in
te
re
s
t a
rea
s
. One o
f the be
s
t way
s to
thank them i
s to look a
round and con
s
ide
r do
ing some
-
th
ing s
im
i
la
r in the 2016 fa
i
r
, pe
rhap
s you w
i
l
l end up mak
-
ing i
t you
r own b
lue r
ibbon expe
r
ience
.
A
s you know
, there i
s k
ind o
f a
drough
t in Oregon
. W
e need to u
se
ter
. U
se spr
ink
ler
s ha
l
f a
s
l
e
s
swa
much
, take a shor
ter shower
, be
aware o
f how much wa
ter you u
se
.
Toge
ther we can make a d
i
f
ference
.
E
lana G
la
t
ter
Hood R
iv
er
ABOU
T L
E
T
T
ER
S
P
h
o
t
o b
y K
i
r
b
y N
e
um
a
n
n
-R
e
a
TA
L
L CEDARSi
n t
h
e F
a
i
r
g
r
o
u
n
d P
a
r
k p
r
o
v
i
d
e s
h
a
d
e a
n
d a g
a
t
h
e
r
-
i
n
g p
l
a
c
e f
o
r a v
a
r
i
e
t
y o
f e
v
e
n
t
s t
h
i
s w
e
e
k
.
ou can coun
t on the Fa
ir for a b
lue r
ibbon expe
-
r
ience
.
From the an
ima
l
s to the r
ide
s to the a
r
t d
i
s
-
p
lay
s to the de
l
ic
iou
s (and
, okay
, no
t a
lway
s
“hea
l
thy”
) food on and a
round the m
idway
, th
i
s
y
ea
r
’
s fa
i
r w
i
l
l p
rov
ide much o
f wha
t you come to expec
t
.
Th
i
s fa
i
r i
s a
lway
s fam
i
ly
-
f
r
iend
ly
, o
f
fe
r
ing d
i
s
t
inc
t
g
l
imp
se
s in
to loca
l peop
le
s
’ ta
len
t
s and in
te
re
s
t
s
. The fa
i
r
i
s one o
f the be
s
t en
te
r
ta
inmen
t va
lue
s a
round
, fo
r the
numbe
r o
f th
ing
s to do and see — mo
s
t o
f them f
ree w
i
th
adm
i
s
s
ion — inc
lud
ing conce
r
t
s
, l
iv
e
s
tock judg
ing
, k
id
s
’
ac
t
iv
i
t
ie
s
, and mo
re
.
Ju
s
t fo
r s
ta
r
te
r
s
: th
ing
s tha
t sme
l
l good o
r appea
l to the
ey
e
, the wh
i
r and squea
l o
f the m
idway
, and examp
le
s o
f
you
r ne
ighbo
r
s
’ c
rea
t
iv
i
ty
, k
i
tchen ta
len
t
s
, o
r green
thumb
s
.
The fa
i
r i
s a co
rnucop
ia tha
t m
igh
t no
t rev
ea
l lo
t
s o
f
su
rp
r
i
se
s
, bu
t the r
ichne
s
s i
s an annua
l t
rad
i
t
ion
: baked
good
s
, the a
r
t
fu
l f
la
i
r o
f ja
r
s o
f pea
r
s and che
rr
ie
s
, photo
s
o
r ce
ram
ic
s en
te
red in the a
r
t show
, the ou
t
f
i
t
s k
id
s c
rea
te
and exh
ib
i
t in the 4
-H Fa
sh
ion R
evue
.
New th
i
s y
ea
r i
s B
ig W
ind
s
’ appea
rance Sa
tu
rday w
i
th
gea
r to g
iv
e w
ind
-and wa
te
r spo
r
t newcome
r
s an idea o
f
the fun to be had on the Co
lumb
ia
. I
t
’
s good to see some
-
th
ing o
f the wa
te
r
f
ron
t come to the fa
i
rground
s lawn
.
The Sen
io
r Expo i
s ano
the
r new fea
tu
re o
f the fa
i
r
, on
Thu
r
sday
, i
t i
s a p
r
ime oppo
r
tun
i
ty to lea
rn abou
t se
rv
ice
s
and idea
s fo
r the e
lde
r
ly and fo
r fam
i
ly membe
r
s and
f
r
iend
s who wan
t to expand the
i
r know
ledge in he
lp
ing se
-
n
io
r
s mee
t the
i
r cha
l
lenge
s
.
The fa
i
r th
i
s y
ea
r boa
s
t
s expanded eque
s
t
r
ian oppo
r
tu
-
n
i
t
ie
s
, inc
lud
ing a showca
se o
f H
i
span
ic ho
r
se
s and r
ide
r
s
,
and the ev
e
r
-en
te
r
ta
in
ing team penn
ing compe
t
i
t
ion
s
, a
t
the Frank He
rman A
rena
.
D
o p
a
r
t
ANOTHER VO
ICE
Ombud
sm
en n
e
ed
ed to ad
vo
c
a
t
e
fo
r r
e
s
id
en
t
s o
f c
a
r
e f
a
c
i
l
i
t
i
e
s
B
BY AR
T LABROUSSE
ear w
i
th me a b
i
t a
s we
take a look a
t how i
t wou
ld
be to be con
f
ined to a sma
l
l
room
.
Y
ou have l
i
t
t
le say in
who the per
son i
s tha
t you share
tha
t room w
i
th
.
Y
ou are dependen
t on your care
-
taker
s to make sure you are sa
fe
, to
make sure you have food to ea
t
, tha
t
you are ab
le to u
se the re
s
troom —
when they are ab
le to a
s
s
i
s
t you
.
Un
t
i
l then
, you have to wa
i
t
.
Y
ou may ge
t ou
t o
f your room to
ea
t in a d
in
ing ha
l
l
. The food i
s
b
land
. Y
ou may no
t be u
sed to i
t or
even l
ike i
t
, bu
t tha
t i
s a
l
l there is to
. Y
our d
ie
tary need
s are me
t
, bu
t
eat
s
ince there may be over a hundred
o
f you
, they have to cook for a
l
l o
f
you
, and ind
iv
idua
l ta
s
te
s are se
l
-
dom con
s
idered
.
Y
ou may have a per
iod o
f t
ime for
recrea
t
ion
, bu
t then you once aga
in
go back to tha
t sma
l
l room
, where
you spend mo
s
t o
f your day
.
Y
ou are a
lone
. There are few
, i
f
any
, fr
iend
s to v
i
s
i
t w
i
th you
, and
your fam
i
ly may have abandoned
you
.
Y
ou are con
f
ined to a sma
l
l room
— tha
t is your ex
is
tence
, every day
fe
.
for the res
t o
f your l
i
Sounds l
ike a ja
i
l
, doesn
’
t i
t
? Bu
t
wha
t I have jus
t descr
ibed is how
hundreds o
f peop
le w
i
th
in our
coun
t
ies l
ive the
ir l
ives every s
in
-
g
le day
. They are no
t in ja
i
l
. They
are cared for by peop
le in fac
i
l
i
t
ies
tha
t s
tr
ive to mee
t the
ir every
need
, car
ing for and g
iv
ing them
com
for
t
.
They are our e
lder
ly or d
isab
led
who res
ide in a fac
i
l
i
ty because
they can no longer care for them
-
se
lves
.
Th
is is the
ir home
, th
is is where
they l
ive
. Th
is is the
ir ex
is
tence
.
for the res
t o
f the
ir l
i
fe
There are laws
, ru
les and regu
la
-
t
ions tha
t govern each o
f these fa
-
c
i
l
i
t
ies
. In add
i
t
ion
, there are po
l
i
-
c
ies and procedures tha
t each fa
-
c
i
l
i
ty has se
t up to care for the res
-
iden
ts
.
i
l
i
t
ie
s tha
t I am aware o
f
Thefac
in Hood R
iver
, Wa
sco and Sherman
coun
t
ie
s do the be
s
t they can to in
-
sure the proper care o
f the
ir re
s
i
-
den
t
s
. I have ob
served emp
loyee
s go
ou
t o
f the
ir way
, do
ing th
ing
s on
the
ir own t
ime
, to a
s
s
i
s
t the re
s
i
-
den
t
s and the
ir spec
ia
l need
s when
-
ever po
s
s
ib
le
.
Bu
twho the per
son the re
s
iden
t
i
scan be lo
s
t in the crowd o
f o
ther
s
who a
l
so have per
sona
l need
s —
some grea
ter
, some le
s
ser
, bu
t a
l
l in
-
d
iv
idua
l
s who once were ac
t
ive and
se
l
f
-
su
f
f
ic
ien
t adu
l
t
s
.
Now
, they are dependen
t on o
ther
peop
le — s
tranger
s — for the
ir we
l
l
-
be
ing
.
Tha
t i
s the
ir l
i
fe
. Wha
t can you
do to make i
t be
t
ter
?
The S
ta
te o
f Oregon ha
s a man
-
da
te to in
sure tha
t every re
s
iden
t o
f
every fac
i
l
i
ty dea
l
ing w
i
th the
se c
i
t
-
i
zen
s i
s fo
l
low
ing the law
. Oregon
Long
-Term Care Ombud
sman
, over
-
see
ingthe fac
i
l
i
t
ie
s ha
s seven fu
l
l
-
t
ime Depu
ty Long
-Term Care Om
-
bud
smen emp
loyee
s who advoca
te
for re
s
iden
t
s
, promo
te the
ir we
l
fare
and pro
tec
t the
ir r
igh
t
s
. The
se men
and women are re
spon
s
ib
le for
more than 42
,000 re
s
iden
t
s through
-
ou
t Oregon
. Over 1000 re
s
ide in
Wa
sco
, Hood R
iver and Sherman
coun
t
ie
s
.
Obv
iou
s
ly tho
se seven peop
le
canno
t beg
in to per
form th
i
s func
-
t
ion on the
ir own
. The Long
-Term
Care Ombud
sman program i
s de
-
s
igned to re
ly on vo
lun
t
eer
s
, Cer
t
i
-
f
iedOmbud
smen
, in every area to
in
sure the proper care i
s be
ing
g
iven
.
Curren
t
ly there are no vo
lun
teer
s
in Wa
sco
, Hood R
iver and Sherman
coun
t
ie
s
. I u
sed to be one
; i
t wa
s a
sa
t
i
s
fy
ing and reward
ing po
s
i
t
ion
,
bu
t un
for
tuna
te
ly
, I have med
ica
l i
s
-
sue
s tha
t have cau
sed me to s
tep
down
.
I
t i
sn
’
t for everyone — i
t can be
try
ing and hear
t wrench
ing
. Some
re
s
iden
t
s are d
i
f
f
icu
l
t
, o
ther
s are
unab
le to commun
ica
te
, and o
ther
s
w
i
l
l re
jec
t a
s
s
i
s
tance in fear o
f re
t
-
r
ibu
t
ion from an emp
loyee
.
l
so be very reward
ing a
s a
I
tcan a
per
son
’
s l
i
fe become
s a l
i
t
t
le ea
s
ier
;
even a sma
l
l s
tep make
s a b
ig d
i
f
fer
-
ence in the re
s
iden
t
’
s l
i
fe
.
A vo
lun
teer undergoe
s a back
-
ground check to in
sure they are
compe
ten
t to do the work and are
tru
s
twor
thy
. They come from a
l
l
wa
lk
s o
f l
i
fe
; the
ir exper
ience
s he
lp
them become good advoca
te
s
.
They are g
iven f
ive day
s o
f tra
in
-
ing to or
ien
t them to the law
s and
wha
t the
ir ro
le a
s an Ombud
sman
i
s — bu
t they are no
t le
f
t a
lone
.
They have a
lmo
s
t in
s
tan
t acce
s
s to
thefu
l
l
-
t
ime s
ta
f
f a
s
s
igned to the
area and w
i
l
l be g
iven gu
idance a
s
needed
.
The
se e
lder
ly c
i
t
i
zen
s are no
t
face
le
s
s peop
le
, warehou
sed in a fa
-
c
i
l
i
ty
; the
se fac
i
l
i
t
ie
s are occup
ied
by our paren
t
s
, unc
le
s
, aun
t
s
, bro
th
-
er
s
, s
i
s
ter
s
, ne
ighbor
s — and
, one
day
, maybe one o
f u
s
. W
e wan
t to
in
sure the fac
i
l
i
t
ie
s are do
ing the
very be
s
t they can for our loved
one
s and for tho
se tha
t may have
been forgo
t
ten by the
ir fam
i
l
ie
s and
the re
s
t o
f soc
ie
ty
.
AnOmbud
sman i
s an advoca
te
f
or the re
s
iden
t
s
. He/
she i
s no
t a
par
t o
f the fac
i
l
i
ty
’
s team — and
can o
f
ten be a
t odd
s w
i
th the fac
i
l
i
-
ty or po
l
ic
ie
s wh
i
le advoca
t
ing for
the re
s
iden
t
.
I encourage you to look in
to the
program
, ta
lk to an Ombud
sman to
see i
f you m
igh
t wan
t to be in
-
vo
lved
, or g
ive me a ca
l
l and I w
i
l
l
be g
lad to share my exper
ience
s
w
i
th you
.
The Ombud
sman i
s independen
t
,
w
i
th the so
le re
spon
s
ib
i
l
i
ty o
f mak
-
ing sure tha
t each re
s
iden
t i
s prop
-
er
ly cared for and i
s l
iv
ing in asa
fe
andsecure env
ironmen
t
.
I
sn
’
t tha
t wha
t you wan
t for your
fam
i
ly member
?
■
Ar
t Labrou
s
s
e l
iv
e
s in Th
e Da
l
l
e
s
.