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Free Teddy Bear Dance Scams of older residents rising, warns IRS, FBI
to benefit WomenSpace
Moveable Feet will be host-
ing the Teddy Bear Dance
to benefit WomenSpace this
Friday, March 15, from 7 to 9
p.m. at the Creswell Grange,
located at the corner of Third
and Oregon street.
Anyone age 8 to adult are
invited, although younger
kids can still participate in
some of the dances (There
will be toys for when they
can’t). However, the hall is
located upstairs and is not
wheelchair-accessible.
Bring a new (or like new)
Teddy Bear to dance with it
and donate to WomenSpace.
The last time this type of
dance was held was in 2014.
Live music will be provided
by Moveable Fingers: Cecily
Morris, Art Morris and Ruth
Anne Fraley.
The event will include
bear-themed snacks along
with bear-themed music and
dances.
The dance is free, but do-
nations for the hall rental and
tips for the band are appreci-
ated.
For more information,
contact Sally at 541-895-2254
or visit www.moveablefeet.
weebly.com
LORANE NEWS
• Lorane Grange is pur-
chasing new socks and un-
derwear as its project for this
year. Clothing will be for area
veterans, to be given out at
the Stand Down later this
year. Anyone who would like
to join in or donate to this
endeavor can bring items on
March 23 during the Grange
Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo
night, or on April 4 or April
7. There will be more dates to
bring those items in the fu-
ture.
• Lorane Grange’s next
Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo
Night will be Saturday, March
23. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m.,
followed by bingo 6:30 p.m.
All ages welcome.
• Calling all talent! The
RAC/Lorane Grange Tal-
ent Show is coming Sunday,
April 7, beginning at 3 p.m.
at Lorane Grange. Do you
sing, dance, play an instru-
ment, juggle or have any
other special talent to share?
Any stationary talent will be
displayed in the kitchen and
everyone is welcome to par-
ticipate. Text Lil Thompson at
541-520-3637 or email her at
lilyhillthompson@gmail.com
to submit your name. Those
interested can also contact BJ
with Rural Art Center. This
event is free.
• Mark your calendars for
Sunday, April 14, for a mov-
ing and inspirational event as
the Lorane Christian Church
will once again host the “Liv-
ing Last Supper.” Tell family
and friends to come to Lo-
rane Christian Church at 11
a.m. to experience this deeply
moving event.
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At Oregon Department of
Human Services, the Adult
Protective Services unit re-
ceives an increase in elder
financial-abuse reports every
year, according to Billie Mc-
Neely with DHS.
For children and family
members of the elderly, it is
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least a year. Safe and stable
housing is a central require-
ment for healthy families to
thrive and for children to ex-
cel in school.”
SB 608 was passed by a vote
of 17 to 11, with all 10 Repub-
licans in the Senate opposing
the bill’s passage. Scappoose
Sen. Betsy Johnson was the
lone democrat to vote no on
SB 608.
In the House, SB 608 passed
35 to 25, with one of the three
Democratic no votes coming
from District 9 Rep. Caddy
McKeown.
According to Oregon Speak-
er of the House Tina Kotek,
there are some unexpected
and troubling repercussions
from the current housing sit-
uation that directly impacts
some of the state’s youngest
citizens. She said these issues
will be reduced with the im-
plementation of SB 608.
“When you have 22,000
kids who experienced home-
lessness last year, we have to
take action now to protect
families,” she said. “SB 608 is a
reasonable approach that pre-
vents both economic and no-
cause evictions and I look for-
ward to giving Oregon renting
families peace of mind for the
first time.”
A statement provided to the
press by the Oregon House
Republican Office makes the
group’s position on SB 608
clear.
“Oregon is piling on regula-
tion upon regulation which is
essentially causing the prob-
lem, so the response to failed
regulation from this chamber
is to add more regulation,” said
Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend).
“And when that doesn’t work
the response is going to be, we
didn’t go far enough, we need
even more regulation on the
housing industry. I think the
most likely outcome of this
bill is negative consequences
for the very people the propo-
nents of this bill want to help.”
There are some aspects of
the law which answer con-
cerns expressed by the Ore-
gon Land-lords Association
and others with specific issues
regarding the procedures for
termination of a lease agree-
ment which were included in
the final version of SB 608.
According to the bill:
• Landlords could end rent-
al agreements once they have
given a written 90-day notice
to the tenant and they are ex-
empt if they manage four or
fewer units.
• Allow landlords to ter-
minate tenancy with 90 days’
written notice and payment of
one month’s rent under cer-
tain conditions.
• Exempts landlord manag-
ing four or fewer units from
payment of one month’s rent.
The complete text of SB 608
can be viewed at www.ore-
gonlegislature.gov.
All proceeds from bowling
admission and raffle tickets will
go to the Wilson family.
The benefit begins at 6:30
p.m. To reserve a spot or donate
a raffle item, call Cardoza at 541-
767-2695.
To donate view the GoFund-
Me page set up for the Wilsons,
visit www.gofundme.com/t9u-
af-wilson-family-fund.
As of press time, the account
had raised more than $14,000.
“I’ve had people come in who
I know don’t have a lot of extra
cash but they are more than will-
ing to help,” Cardoza said in an
interview with KEZI. “It’s pretty
amazing. It leaves you speech-
less.”
Wilson
from A1
raffle of donated items through-
out the night.
“We have some super things
donated, like bowling balls,
fudge, gift cards, bowling shoes,
coffee cards, free bowling and
more,” said Cardoza.