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SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday April 26, 1979
By
Dist.55
Rep.
Bill Bellamy
House bill proposes $23-million cut in state welfare
Abuses and overpayments
in the country's welfare sys
tem have peeved taxpayers
for years. Now, in Oregon, the
Legislature is considering
measures that would improve
our welfare program.
This last week, a bill which I
support, HB 2688, was debated
in a House committee.
The bill is designed to cut
$23 million dollars from the
state's portion of public wel
fare paid to families with
dependant children. Before
you think we are kicking kids
out into the cold of night,
consider that Oregon present
ly pays 15 per cent more to
these families than the nation
al average. Yet, the average
working Oregonian makes $12
less per year than the average
American.
While Oregonians earn less
than the national average in
income, we pay our welfare
clients 15 per cent more than
the national average.
This bill would hold Ore
gon's present payments at
current levels. But, the bill
would not allow those pay
ments to increase until the
national average reached or
exceeded Oregon's level. Then
Oregon's payments would
keep pace with the national
average.
Presently, Oregon pays $369
to an ADC family of three
compared to the national
average of $312 for the same
family. In essence, our high
assistance standards do not
conform with our ability to
pay-
This cost-saving measure
could total $52 million in
reduced expenditures by the
state's welfare agency. The
state would save $23 million
and the federal government
would save $29 million if the
Forest Service
announces 15.3
million feet of
timber is sold
H.B. Rudolph, Forest Super
visor for the Umatilla Nation
al Forest announced Monday
that a total of 15.3 million
board feet of timber has been,
offered for oral auction during
the month of March.
Blue Mountain Forest Pro
ducts, Inc. was the apparent
successful bidder on the Patit
timber sale March 15. The sale
was appraised at $568,825 for
an estimated 8,000,000 board
feet and the final bid was
$919,540. Final bid prices per
thousand board feet were:
Ponderosa pine, $117.77;
Douglas-fir and western larch,
$81; white fir and other
species, $125.
The sale area lies in the
Maloney Mountain-Patit
Creek area approximately 15
miles southeast of Dayton,
Washington on the Pomeroy
Ranger District.
Kinzua Corporation was
high bidder on the Yearling
timber sale March 23.. This
sale was appraised at
$1,075,989 for an estimated 7.3
million board feet and the
final bid was $1,804,400. Final .
bid prices per thousand board
feet were: Ponderosa pine,
$308; Douglas-fir and other
species, $123. This sale is on
the Heppner Ranger District
in Grant County.
Studded tires
are illegal
past Apr, 30
Studded tires on Oregon's
highways are illegal after
April 30, Fred B. Klaboe.
director, Oregon Department
of Transportation, announced
today.
Studded tires are permitted
on the state's highway system
by statute from Nov. 1 to April
30. Motorists are asked to
remove their studded tires as
soon as possible if not needed
because of the damage caused
to road surfaces where there
is no ice or snow.
bill was enacted.
Further legislative notes...
The Oregon House approved
legislation directing the De
partment of Environmental
Quality to establish alterna
tive sewage disposal systems
in Oregon.
The bill addresses a concern
of many Oregonians who own
land but cannot build homes
on their land because it is not
suitable for a standard septic
tank and drain field.
This legislation, HB 2680,
would allow alternative sew- authority to develop and allow
age disposal systems to be such alternative systems. ..but
used in areas not suitable for has dragged its feet in doing
septic tanks. so. This bill sends the message
The D.E.Q. already has the from the Legislature to the
department to get moving.
Many areas in District 55
are not suitable for septic
tanks. This bill should ease
that problem and make state
government more receptiv
the needs of the people in t
district.
The bill now goes to
Senate for consideration.
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