NATION/FAITH
Friday, April 1, 2016
California OKs highest
statewide minimum wage
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.
— California lawmakers
on Thursday approved the
nation’s highest statewide
minimum wage of $15
an hour to take effect by
2022 after it was hailed by
Democrats as an example to
the nation as it struggles with
a growing gap between rich
and poor.
The legislation now goes
to Gov. Jerry Brown, who
says he will sign it into law
Monday after previously
working out the plan with
labor unions.
Brown says the measure
approved by the Legislature
proves again that California
can get things done and help
people get ahead.
The state of New York
was considering a similar
move.
The income divide has
become a key issue across
the U.S., with President
Barack Obama proposing
an increase to the federal
minimum wage and the
issue getting attention in
the Democratic presidential
primary.
Democrats who control
both legislative chambers in
California hailed the increase
as a boon to more than 2
million of state’s poorest
workers.
Republicans,
however,
echoed fears from business
owners and economists that
the annual increases — even-
tually tied to inÀation — will
compound
California’s
image as hostile to business.
The Assembly passed
SB3 with a 48-26 vote. The
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Senate followed, 26-12.
The increases would start
with a boost from $10 to
$10.50 on Jan. 1. Businesses
with 25 or fewer employees
would have an extra year
to comply. Increases of
$1 an hour would come
every January until 2022.
The governor could delay
increases in times of
budgetary or economic
downturns.
California’s current $10
an hour minimum wage is
tied with Massachusetts for
the highest among states.
Only Washington, D.C., at
$10.50 per hour is higher.
Los Angeles, Seattle and
other cities have recently
approved $15 minimum
wages, while Oregon of¿-
cials plan to increase the
minimum to $14.75 an hour
in cities and $12.50 in rural
areas by 2022.
In New York, Gov.
Andrew Cuomo and state
lawmakers continued to
negotiate Thursday over
Cuomo’s proposal to gradu-
ally raise the state’s minimum
wage from $9 to $15 by the
end of 2018 in New York
City and by mid-2021 else-
where in the state.
Brown, a Democrat, was
previously reluctant to raise
the base wage. He negotiated
the deal with labor unions to
head off competing labor-
backed November ballot
initiatives that would have
imposed swifter increases
without some of the
safeguards included in the
legislation. Brown now says
the most populous state’s
fast-growing economy can
absorb the raises without
the problems predicted by
opponents.
About 2.2 million Califor-
nians now earn the minimum
wage. The University of
California, Berkeley, Center
for Labor Research and
Education, projected the
increase would have a ripple
effect for those whose wages
would increase to keep pace.
The researchers project it
would increase pay for 5.6
million Californians by an
average of 24 percent. More
than a third of the affected
workers are parents. Latinos
would bene¿t most because
they hold a disproportionate
number of low-wage jobs,
the researchers said.
Trump stumbling in Wisconsin as forces coalesce against him
MADISON, Wis. (AP) —
Next Tuesday’s Wisconsin
presidential primary is
emerging as a crucial lifeline
for Republicans desperate to
stop Donald Trump’s march
to their party’s nomination.
One of his worst weeks of the
2016 campaign is colliding
with a state already skeptical
of his brash brand of politics.
A big loss for Trump in
Wisconsin would greatly
reduce his chances of
securing the delegates he
needs to clinch the GOP
nomination before next July’s
national convention. It could
also offer new hope to rival
Ted Cruz and outside groups
that see Trump as a threat to
the future of the Republican
Party.
“I think the whole country
is looking to Wisconsin right
now to make a choice in this
race, and I think the choice
Wisconsin makes is going
to have repercussions for a
long time to come,” Cruz
said Thursday in an interview
with Milwaukee radio station
WTMJ.
Trump’s view is rosier for
his own campaign: “If we
win Wisconsin, it’s pretty
much over.”
But almost nothing has
gone right for him since
Wisconsin stepped into the
primary spotlight.
Even before he arrived,
Trump was skewered in
interviews with a trio of
Wisconsin’s
inÀuential
conservative talk radio hosts.
On Tuesday, just hours
before his ¿rst campaign
stop, two-term Gov. Scott
Walker threw his support
behind Cruz, of Texas.
Much of the trouble that
followed was of the Trump
campaign’s own making.
Corey
Lewandowski,
Trump’s campaign manager,
got slapped with a charge
of simple battery for an
altercation with a reporter.
Then Trump was forced to
walk back his assertion that
women should be punished
for getting abortions, a
comment that managed
to unite both sides of the
abortion debate in ¿erce
opposition to his statement.
“As soon as he stepped
foot in Wisconsin the mask
¿nally came off,” said
state Rep. Jim Steineke,
the Republican majority
leader in the Wisconsin
Assembly. “Part of it is just
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consequence of my arrival to the good people of Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church on Locust Road is that a very
big event is made around me being ordained — one that
involves pastors rolling in from Washington,
Hermiston, Pendleton and even Missouri
all to eye me up and make sure that I do not
embarrass the profession while laying their
hands on me.
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about eight pastors squidging into our of¿ce
to get into albs that were also too tight. It
reminded me of the Marx Brothers and their
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efforts in packing a crowd into a ship’s cabin.
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Hermiston with a deep Chicago accent and a
steely glint in his eye, addresses me directly
from the pulpit. It is clear that the path I am walking will have
to be walked in a manner of great seriousness. Lutherans are
very clear that the law convicts and the Gospel saves and what
we deliver has to contain these possibilities.
If there is no repentance there can be no forgiveness from a
pastor; if there is repentance there is forgiveness. I say I will do
these things, but ask God to help me. God help me. God help
me. Am I really here? Have I really begun?
There is grace here, and a great possibility.
I had to get ready for Easter, which really was the beginning
of my ministry here and when the rubber gets to meet the road.
I want to start knocking at some doors and making a racket for
the Lord. Some exciting things are coming our way!
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Colin Brown is pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
in Boardman.
the Wisconsin nice. We don’t
take too kindly to people who
act the way Donald Trump
acts.”
GOP voter Linda Ruddy, a
48-year-old dental hygienist
from Oshkosh, agreed.
“He’s rude. He’s arrogant.
He’s a loose cannon. He’s
insulting to women,” Ruddy
said.
A poll run by Marquette
University Law School has
shown Trump holding steady
at around 30 percent in
Wisconsin, a level of support
that gave him a lead in the
state last month.
But the latest survey
released this week showed
Cruz surging past the real
estate mogul, topping him by
10 points.
“Everybody is going to
want to write that he got
taken down,” Cruz campaign
manager Jeff Roe said of
Trump. “The fact is he didn’t
get taken down. The fact is
that we’re consolidating.”
If Cruz sweeps all the
delegates in Wisconsin,
Trump will need to win 57
percent of the remaining
delegates in other states to
collect the 1,237 he needs to
clinch the nomination.
So far, he has won 48
percent of all delegates
awarded.
Wisconsin offers 42,
putting it in the middle of
the pack of primary prizes.
But the state’s stature in
Republican politics and its
position on the calendar —
no other state votes until
April 19 — have elevated its
importance. Though the state
has voted for Democrats
in the past several presi-
dential elections, it boasts
prominent national party
leaders including Walker,
House Speaker Paul Ryan
and Republican National
Committee Chairman Reince
Priebus.
Anti-Trump groups say
they have bene¿ted from
the primary calendar. Super
PACs and rival campaigns
have been able to focus
narrowly on Wisconsin for
nearly two weeks.
Planned Parenthood and
Priorities USA, two groups
working to elect Hillary
Clinton, have teamed up for
their ¿rst anti-Trump adver-
tisement of the election year,
a 30-second spot playing
on websites that features
Trump’s abortion comment.
BRIEFLY
Jesus & Me features children’s program
MILTON-FREEWATER — Singing, puppets, skits,
object lessons and breakout sessions are featured in a
children’s program at Milton Adventist Church.
Jesus & Me — JAM — is Saturday at 10:45 a.m.
in the church’s youth chapel, 1244 N. Elizabeth St.,
Milton-Freewater. The theme is Don’t Be Fooled.
For more information, call 541-938-3066 or visit
www.facebook.com/miltonadventist.
Redeemer church to install new
rector
PENDLETON — Rev. Charlotte Wells will be
installed as the new rector Saturday, April 9 at 11
a.m. at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 241 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton.
The church held several candidate visitations this
past summer in its search for a new cleric. Wells
was the past interim rector at St. Martin’s Episcopal
Church in Lebanon.
For more information or to make a gift donation,
contact Ann Marie Hardin at annmarie45279@gmail.
com or 541-310-7198.
NEW HOPE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
1350 S. Highway 395,
Hermiston
Sunday Worship Services
English- Pastor Dave Andrus
9:00 & 10:45 am
Spanish- Pastor Genaro Loredo
9:00 & 10:15 am
Classes for kids during all
services
For more information call
541-567-8441
Faith Center Church
Worshiping God
Loving People
108 S. Main • 276-9569
Sunday Worship
10:30 am
Sr. Pastor,
Ray O’Grady
pendletonfaithcenter.org
Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
Saturday Services
Pendleton
1401 SW Goodwin Place
276-0882
Sabbath School 9:20 am
Worship Service 10:45 am
Community
Presbyterian Churc h
OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at
11:30
www.graceandmercylutheran.org
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery
Provided)
Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday
School
Check Out our Facebook Page or Website
for More Information
541-289-4535
Tom Inch, Pastor
Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA
164 E. Main St. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
Grace Baptist Church
585 SW Birch,
Pilot Rock, OR 97868
(541) 443-2500
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Sunday School: 9:30 am
Worship Service: 10:45 am
Kids’ Club: 6:00 pm
Wednesday Services:
Youth Group: 7:00 pm
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
Nursery provided for all
services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 pm
Wed Prayer & Worship -
7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
All People
Are Welcome
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Scripture, Tradition
and Reason
Family service 9am Sunday
Gladys Ave & 7th Hermiston
Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
First United
Methodist
Church
352 SE 2nd Street
Pendleton, OR
541-276-2616
Sunday Worship 9am
Open Hearts, Open Hands, Open Doors
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
FUMCPendleton
Services are broadcast every Sunday
on KUMA-1290 AM @ 11am
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 AM
Sunday Worship . . . . . . 10:30 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
www.faithpendleton.org
Come meet Jesus at
PENDLETON
BAPTIST CHURCH
3202 SW Nye Ave Pendleton, OR
541-276-7590
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Bible Classes 9:45 AM
Sunday Youth Group 6:00 PM
Mon. Community Women’s Study
9:30 AM & 6 PM
Awana Kids Club (K-6th grade)
Wed Men’s Study 6 PM
MOPS meeting the 1st Thur of the Month
6 PM
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
-Presbyterian Church (USA)-
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
Service of Worship - 10:00 am
Children’s Sunday School -
10:20 am
Fellowship - 11:00 am
www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
Open Hearted...
Open Minded
FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM
712 SW 27 TH ST.
541-276-1894
www.fcogpendleton.com
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday Worship Noon
All Are Welcome
BAHA’I FAITH
“The Unity of All Mankind”
Pendleton Baha’i Center at
1015 SE Court Place
Devotions Sundays @
11:00am; Everyone
invited!
(541) 276-9360 visit us at
www.pendletonbahais.org
Church’s women’s ministry
coordinates luncheon
HERMISTON — A time of fellowship and
encouragement to widows is available through
Hermiston Church of the Nazarene.
As part of the church’s women’s ministry, the
Merry Heart Widow’s Lunch is Thursday at 11:30 a.m.
at Shari’s Restaurant, 800 S. Highway 395, Hermiston.
It’s a no-host event.
For more information, contact 541-567-3677 or
hermistonnaz@gmail.com.
To share your
worship times call
Amanda Jacobs
541-278-2683