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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1969)
3—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Feb. 20, 1969 I------------------------------------- c usts or enemy attack. Telephone Co. Reports “We’re just like the fire de-I partment,” Capt. Mogan says Record Load Carried of the state’s disaster readiness by Everett E. Cutter organization. "When the bell I During Cold Weather Have you picket! up your ' Command Center Ready i tion. Here five departments rings we all go. telephone to place a call and ' i with priority recovery and con For Precision Action got a busy signal instead of Several thousand sheep, deer, trol responsibilities (emergen dial tone lately? Many people , cy services, police, military, cows and other livestock and have according to Valley Tele highway, health) run down phone Company. DETROIT—The U. S. For wild critters are alive and well verifications with their repre- Inclement weather always est Service, which is concerned in Oregon, thanks largely to sentatives throughout t h e increases telephone use and about the health and safety of activation of the Governor’s , ' state. the current snow has caused people using the Forest foi Command Center here during i And this is how the helicop- the highest use ever recorded. snow play and for their mech last month's heavy snows. anized snow vehicles, offers During times of crisis state I ters are dispatched, the serum Santtam Memorial Hospital Telephone switchboards are de signed to handle many times this advice to the public. Be resources are mobilized here, is flown in, the stranded motor (Stayton) sure to wear warm clothing turning half the Capitol Build ist is rescued, or the sandbags RULE — To Mr. and Mrs. the normal number of calls but suitable for activity in deep ing basement into a virtual are piled. It all ends when the Russell R. Rule, Scio, a son, people are getting so used to calling on the telephone esti snow. And bring along extra command post. Through a com governor declares an official Saturday, Feb. 1, 1969. mators can’t plan ahead big glaves and stockings in case plex communications now link end to the emergency. DAVIS—To Mr. and Mrs. enough to meet emergency Disasters can be overcome, ing all areas of the state, gov these items get wet. Johnnie L. Davis, Turner, a condition loads. The safest sliding device in ernment and military leaders but unfortunately seldom of son, Sunday, Feb. 2, 1969. fer a chance for prevention. If you get a busy signal an unattended situation is an coordinate disaster recovery. PUCKETT — To Mr. and when you pick up the tele In charge of such operations Readiness is the next best de inner tube. Metal saucers are next best, followed by sleds. is Capt. Farley Mogan, direc fense, and it is stressed in Mrs. Vernon E. Puckett, Jr., phone hang up, wait a bit and Toboggans are heavy devices tor of the State Department of everyday operations of Capt. Stayton, twin sons, Tuesday, try again. No amount of switch Feb 4. 1969. hook banging or dialing over and require expert attention Emergency Services. He is Mogan’s department. BATES—To Mr. and Mrs. the busy tone will get you Much literature is available, and ideal sliding situations. ‘ loaned” to the department These are not recommended from the State Police, where J and seminars are frequent, Bob B. Bates, Aumsville, a through. Long distance trunks have for general snow play areas. he used to head the highway such as the industrial disaster daughter, Monday, Feb. 10, 1969. l>een extremely busy lately too readiness series now being con patrol. There are many accidents The department functions di-'' ducted in several communities. ' BOOKER—To Mr. and Mrs. and for the same reasons. Here each winter on the Willamette National Forest because people rectly under the Office of the Readiness is the key, whether Harry D. Booker, Mill City, a again, patience and persever- are hit by sleds and toboggans, Governor and is half support- • Oregon faces flood or fire, lo- j son, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1969. ence will get you through. or fall off these devices while ed by federal funds. Its name they are traveling at high was changed two years ago speed. Broken bones are a fre from “Civil Defense,” to em quent occurance. Above all, phasize readiness for natural avoid sliding on pieces of sheet disasters. Capt. Mogan, surrounded by metal. The public is welcome to giant wall maps and interrupt any area of the Willamette Na ed frequently by his telephone, tional Forest for snow play, explains that the limited natur For maximum safety, snow al disater of three weeks ago play should be confined to ar- called for only “incomplete ac-1 eas free of obstructions (such tivation” of the command cen as stumps, rocks and logs), not ter. Full activation could come1 too steep, and with a uniform with a more severe emergency. When an alert is received slope. There should be no possibility to sliding across here, activation begins with military precision. A “fanout” a road. It is recommended not to program for chain telephon mix various types of sliding ing proceeds, as described in a devices in the same sliding standard- operating- procedure area. A return trail up the hill manual of about 100 pages. Top department heads or should be away from slide paths. Slide paths must be their deputies are expected to maintained by users to prevent report immediately in person. bumps from building up. First executives, then special, Bumps cause most injuries in staff, are called to assemble; | snow play. After establishing some then may be excused if a path, wait until it is clear a situation does not involve before beginning to slide. Avoid their department. Each has a walking across a slide area. A pre-determined mission and as i responsible adult should sup sessment of capabilities, spel led out in the manual. ervise the activity. Primary staff consists of Bring a good first aid kit. Be prepared for the possibility Maj. Gen. Donald N. Anderson, state adjutant general (who of broken bones. jUi tù- Snow play and skiing do not selves as chief of staff), Capt. A ‘ ^8 mix. Sleds, toboggans, inner- Mogan (operations officer), tubes and saucers should not staff members of the military F ■ \ lie used on slopes developed department, state police, fin ance, agriculture, general ser for skiing. Oversnow vehicles are pro vices, and the state highway hibited from traveling within engineer, fire marshall, forest any dedicated wilderness areas er, public utilities commission such as the Mt. Jefferson. er, health officer, public wel Three Sisters, or Diamond fare administrator, employ Peak Wilderness. These areas ment commissioner, state en cover most of the high scenic gineer, sanitary engineer, Board cf Control secretary, Cascades. When in other areas of the aeronautics director, marine high Cascades, be always alert board director and. possibly, to the possibilities of sudden director of the Oregon Nuclear occurances of severe weather Emergency Organization. Considering the problems, conditions, including sudden storms and “white outs.” Own potential and real, created bv ers of machines should be pre our unusual snowfall, it is oh- pared to handle emergency sit bi'us that manv of these team uations and should always car mates were deeply involved in ry emergency equipment with settling the state back to nor them, including rations and mal. Main problems then were tools. Be very careful not to throw clearing highways, reaching your litter out on the snow. some isolated farms, helping to In the spring when the snow set up shelter centers, and is gone, these remnants will feeding livestock and wild an- be found and are a blight on imals. County Humane S'cie-| ties helned perform tremen the forest. On longer cross country dous services. More than 3,300 tours, the Forest Sendee ad head of sheep, stranded in vises, that more than one ma snowy fields, were saved in chine make the trip. When Coos and Curry Counties alone there are more than one, it is by helicopter-dropped feed. When activated, the com always possible for one ma- chine to rescue stranded peo- mand center looks impressive pie or to go back for help ly military. Focal point of ac-! tion is a large room, set up if necessary. The County Sheriff is re according to plan with tables , sponsible for search and rescue forming a hollow square. Gov. Tom McCall and his i of persons lost in the Forest and he should be contacted in immediate staff, when present, an emergency. If the sheriff sit at a head table on a raised cannot be reached, stop at the platform. Also up front, below, nearest Forest Service Ranger are the chief of staff, Gen. Anderson, and the operations Station for assistance. officer, Capt. Mogan. A veter an of nearly 30 years’ work , Oregon Symphony To with state agencies, Capt. Mo-1 Have Salem Concert gan receives and assigns all situations to proper personnel. I February 26 Forty telephones with unllst-| Christina Walevska. glamor ed numbers, 100-foot cords and ous Polish artist, will play the lights instead of bells (“they’d Dvorjak Concerto for Violin drive us crazy”) are used by cello and Orchestra when she team workers to contact troub appears in Salem on Wednes le spots. At the other end of day, February 26 with the the lines are often the read!- Oregon Symphony under the ness teams maintained in each direction of Jacques Singer, county, consisting of ranking This will be the third in the members of the State Welfare series of four Salem perform- Department, National Guard, ances by Oregon’s own state Highway Department and State Symphony orchestra Local Police. sponsor is the Oregon Symph Each state agency with com ony Society in Salem. munications responsibilities All concerts are at 8:15 p. m. has its radios and teletype du at Willamette University Fine plicated in the center. Message Arts Auditorium. Tickets may logs are maintained, television be secured at the box office on , reports monitored. National the evening of the perf orm-, Guardsmen run wall-sized sit- uation and operations maps, us ance. Directors of the local Society ing color-coded markers to pin are currently planning the point trouble and relief spots. dates and soloists for the 1969- Experience has shown a need 1970 series and hope to have to verify rumors or reports the schedule confirmed in time from the public, in order to to announce it before the final elimina’e unnecessary action, ncert of the present season so Capt. Mogan’s own office Wednesday, March 26. becomes an intelligence sec Given For Snow Sliding A Salem Scene r DOGOWNERS HMil) Dog Licenses for Linn County are due and payable at the County Clerk’s Office, P. O. Box 100, Albany, Oregon, 97321. $2.00 for Males and Spayed Females; $3.00 for Females, not Spayed. After March 1st, an additional charge of $2.00 will be made as a penalty. To secure a dog license, send owner’s NAME and ADDRESS and state the BREED, NAME and SEX of dog and enclose the proper fee. AFTER MARCH 1st THE DOG CATCHER WILL TAKE OVER! Licenses for dogs in the City limits of Albany, Sweet Home and Lebanon are secured at the City Hall of said Cities. 1 „ // ■ F
