I hi P or I land O bse rver • A ugust 7, 1996
P age B 5
$728,250 Provided For Environmental Projects
Bureau o f R eclam ation C om m is-
sioner Fluid M artinez today made
available $728,250 for 13 fish and
w ildlife restoration challenge grants
in 11 W estern states, including one
grant to a N ative A m erican tribe, as
part o f an effort to prom ote the health
o f ecosystem s o f the A m erican W est.
Reclam ation and the National Fish
and W ildlife Foundation joined in
partnership to jointly fund several
projects designed to m eet this o bjec­
tive. The successful applicants were
chosen from a pool o f 61 proposals
A lthough there were not enough
funds available for all the projects.
R eclam ation and N FW F are w o rk ­
ing to expand the funding level next
year R eclam ation is requesting $2.5
m illion in its fiscal year 1997 budget
to continue offering challenge grants
for projects in the W estern U S. that
enhance R e clam a tio n 's w ater re ­
source m ission by em ploying sound
environm ental practices.
“W e are delighted to offer these
Gearing up for
September
W hen the school bell rings this
fall, 5 0 0 students from the tri-county
area will feel a little less anxious
about their surroundings due to a
new program organized by The Sal­
vation Army and Thrifty PayLess.
The program , "N ew G ear for the
School Y ear" will consist o f a three
w eek collection drive b en e fitin g
low incom e children in the Port­
land area.
Participating students will re­
ceive everything they need to start
the school year out right, including
haircuts, vision tests, lunch boxes,
clothing and school supplies. As
the prim ary retail sponsor. Thrifty
PayLess will place collection bins
at 30 local PayLess stores as well as
at its c o r p o r a te o f fic e in
W ilsonville. Custom ers and asso­
ciates are encouraged to d o n aled all
types o f school supplies ranging
from backpacks and lunch boxes to
pens and pencils.
“E veryone can relate to the ex ­
citem ent and anxiety fell on the first
day o f school. T h ere's a lot of pres­
sure to look the right way and have
the right things. 'Ib is program will
allow these needy children to begin
the new year with a feeling of self
confidence and acceptance," co m ­
m ented G ordon Barker, president
and C E O o f T hrifty PayLess.
C ollection bins are placed in tri
county PayLess Drug Stores and
will rem ain there through August
25. For the location nearest you,
please call T hrifty PayLess at 1-
800-685-5355 or The S alvation
Army at (503) 224-0825.
challenge grants to projects that meet
the W e st's need for good natural
resource m anagem ent,” said C o m ­
m issioner M artinez. “W e chose a
cross-section o f projects that we felt
lobe the most environm entally worth
while. I’m especially pleased to be
able to assist the needs o f the Native
A m erican com m unity."
A $21,500 grant was aw arded to
the O choco C hapter o f T rout U nlim ­
ited to w ork with the Bureau o f Land
M anagem ent, the Forest Service.
Oregon Department of Fish and W ild­
life, local school districts, and pri­
vate landow ners to restore riparian
and wet m eadow com plexes in the
C rooked River Basin in Oregon Total
project cost is about $ 126,(MX).
A $21,000 grant w as aw arded to
the O regon W ater Trust to acquire
w ater rights from w illin g sellers
within the Deschutes, G rande Ronde.
John D ay, and U m atilla river basins
in O regon. Total project cost is about
$63,000.
Fund To Benefit
Families of Flight 800
T he e v e n ts su rro u n d in g T W A
Hight 800 are tragic, and w hile the
ongoing traum a of the fam ilies may
not be as new sw orthy as the ex p lo ­
sion itself, they are on less crucial or
serious. T here is a real financial d i­
lem m a for the individuals w ho have
lost a loved one in this crash. In m any
cases fam ilies are still aw aiting the
recovery o f the body or bodies o f
fam ily m em bers. Not one person was
prepared for this and in m any cases
the em otional tragedy will be o v er­
shadow ed by the financial hardship
that this event will have caused.
Fam ilies o f N ational T ragedies
has established a fund for the fam i­
lies of TW A Flight 8(H). T he fund has
beeh established to provide financial
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