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TWELVE The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday March 29, 1979 Jernstedt lists a few Senate 'turkeys9 By Sen. Ken Jernstedt Every legislative session there is concern about the need for quality, rather than quantity, in bills considered and there always is talk about limiting the number of bills which any one legislator can sponsor, but nothing is ever done about it. Perhaps we should adopt a system used in ancient times in Greece. Anyone proposing a new law was required to do so from a platform in the town square, with a rope around his neck. If the law was approved, the rope was removed. 'If the law failed, the platform was removed. Had this been done last session, there no longer would be with us the legislators who proposed imposing a penalty of two days of labor picking up garbage along the highways for harassing, annoying or intimidating the wildlife species known as Sasquatch or Bigfoot; the requirement of a prescription for the purchases of an electric toothbrush; or the adoption of the rain beetle as the state bug of Oregon. This year we will have a bill proposing that the swallowtail butterfly be named the official state insect. At least it is an esthetic improvement over the rain beetle! Hundreds of bills will never get out of committee, but these are expensive exercises in futility. It has been estimat ed that introducing a bill costs between $500 and $700. The legislature wastes enough money by passing some of the bills it does pass. It doesn't need to throw away more to entertain those who play games with inane legislation. It sometimes seem to me Packwood asks for senior interns Senator Bob Packwood an nounced this week that he is seeking nominations for his annual Senior Intern pro gram. Two senior citizens from Oregon will be chosen to come to Washington during a two-week period in May. As interns, they will work with the Senator's staff on day-today matters and long-range policies that effect the elderly. "I'm looking for active, involved senior citizens who will help represent the con cerns of Oregon's seniors in Washington," the Senator stated. "It won't be a vacation," Packwood emphasized, "but it will be an excellent opportun ity to get a first-hand look at the inner workings of the federal government. All nominations should in clude the name, address and background of the nominee, along with a brief outline explaining why he or she is being nominated. Nominations should be sent as soon as possible to: Senator Bob Packwood, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208. The selection of the two interns will be announced in early April. Mr. Businessman Your firm can save many dollars a year by having its printing done at Gazette-Times PRINTING Calf Today 676-9228 that if the free-spending liberals in the legislature have their way, the only way to balance the budget will be to tilt the state! Perhaps the biggest turkey of the season will be that of a Multnomah County senator who proposed SB 361. which would permit anyone to distri bute any kind of propaganda political, religious or other wisein private property used by the public. This would mean such places as indust rial parks, shopping centers and malls and commercial buildings, for instance. Or parking lots of supermarkets and Les Schwab Tire Centers. The apparent cause of this proposed legislation was that the senator backing it was miffed when the owner of a parking lot used by the public told one of the senator's supporters that she could not distribute campaign literature on the premises in question. The bill was defeated on a 15-15 tie vote last session and I hope this spite measure will be defeated again this time. Local emergency Emergency service person- . nel from the Heppner area will take part Saturday in an auto extrication demonstration, to be directed by the Hermiston Fire Department. The demonstration serves as a follow-up lesson to a Department of Transportation slide presentation on the handling of auto wreck vic tims, shown recently to Hep- crews to take part in car wreck drill pner emergency medical tech nicians and ambulance drivers. 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