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have already established basic lights still have the can. gym. The Varsity cheerleaders 3—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, March 4, 1971 education as their most firm and Yell Kings wound things I Thursday a paper airplane ““u * panting“" all I UL public responsibility. Right the contest was held at noon in coachcs and baakctbaI1 piay. now he believes subsidized higher education does not have the gym. Dale Grant, Tom ers wilh a beautiful cake. I the same commitment; is more Rush, Gordon Plotts, Ken Morgan, David Wanzer. and j of a luxury. by Jack Zimmerman j That would give welfare a Jerry Grant were the six fin alists. 'higher priority. . i , I The mind of Sen- Lent is Friday, Pep club and Honor ™±yt mpIe’ ,?Ut ,whe" «ill open. It will never close ey is scarce, the cultural completely. There’s an evo- Society held meetings. With peonies exceedingly-| lutionary process involved. But only 10 minutes to have a complex Sen. Lent is looking ¡t win sharply when re meeting, both groups discus fer cultural priorities. When sults of the Executive Depart- sed money making ideas. After eSiV*b P,<\ney ment’s public assistance in- the short club meetings a long pep assembly was held. “Tame ™ .Ihe,_bu^gF.1 vestigation are announced. the Cougars” was the theme will balance. And the lawmak of the assembly. It was dis ing process will shortly there-1 covered later that Colton's after cease until January 1973. team name was not the Cou Lent places the “cultural re gars but the Vikings. The as sponsibilities” facing Ways By Rebecca Savage sembly was still a success. and Means in three basic cate The Santiam Hilights spon Nine students performed a skit i gories: 1. Free primary and secondary education. 2 High sored a Spirit Week II from about going on a Colton Cou , er education at low student "February 22 through Febru gar hunt. After the cheerlead cost. 3, Food, clothing and ary 26. Fliers were distributed ers, dressed as cowltoys and. shelter for those unable to each day to announce the Indians, (and one Cougar) led | events. Tuesday an the student body through a fend for themselves—welfare. ¿scheduled ' At 49, Bud Lent served assembly was held in the gym cheer. Another humorous skit hree terms in the House be- at lunch time. Ten wacky was performed by the pep club 'ore ascending to the Senate prizes were given away and girls about what a Senior bas 'n 1967. A Democrat with everyone received a "Go Get ketball player goes through to —UUU0IM1 trong labor ties, he readily ’um” basketball sticker. Wed play basketball. The six fin dentifies with his party’s lib- nesday a poster contest was alists from the paper airplane witn Dale * j*|| /'•i F* ■ • ral element. And though a announced with a groovy zo contest competed, with can for a prize. No Grant’s gliding ----- ...Grant's plane gliding M ( [TV rriierDnSP i taunch supporter of welfare, diac trash ------- V J Uilivi pi Ui ’e hasn’t assigned that cul- one made a poster so the Hl-1 nearly the entire length of the 1 i ural responsibility top prior- ty—yet. He’s waiting for conclusion f an Executive Department »5.000 welfare study. The '■•mprehensive probe of Ore- ">n public assistance will re- eal "eligibility” of current d recipients. Similar studies have been "inducted in other states. Some nd only 2% of welfare recip- nts unqualified for assistance. '°vada found 2’% had no busi es receiving aid. “If our studv shows onlv or 2% ineligible it would st more to remove them than practical ’” said Lent. “But if it shows 10% ineligi- 'itv, removal of these peonle m the welfare rolls could 'an a $450.000 monthly sav- » to Oregon and a like nount to the Federal Govern- mt. Together, that’s a saving mavbe $19 million in the vt biennium. "And if the results are like '■'"ada’s . . , The Skookumchuck River. Clean. 'rhe study won’t provide the And fresh. And cool. And it’ll stay that •ar-cut priority mandate way after the new power plant near mt wants. But it likelv will Centralia, Washington, goes into opera '’uence his present think- ASalem Scene MOUNTING COSTS OF WELFARE SAID TO BE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS Early weeks of this dollar- shor: 56th Legislative Assem bly have been punctuated by a variety of suggestions—each purporting to “solve” the fis cal crisis. From his seat as co-chair man of Joint Ways and Means Committee, Sen. Berkeley (Bud) Lent (D-Portland) is biding his time. Lent, along with House coun terpart. Rep. Stafford Hansell (R-Hermiston), and the 12- member committee have final say when it comes to financing state government during the coming biennium. Ways and Means isn’t noted for acting with dispatch. In fact, its deliberations in behalf of a balanced budget pretty well dictate the session’s length and the amount of legislation passed. Sen. Lent isn’t hold ¡no things up .He isn’t using his power to delay the Assembly On the contrary, he’s known among lawmakers as one o' the most energetic. But he’ thorough. He’s seasoned. H< wants facts. And he want actions of Ways and Means t- reflect what could be callee the "evolution of civilization. A lawyer who studies high er mathematics for recreation Bud Lent possesses one of th- Legislature’s most well-orde’ ed minds. When it comes t spending state money, h- wants a precise set of priot ities. His present thinking goe this way. “When it comes t finance, we have two primär | responsibilities — goveman'» and culture." Governance is the day-to-da operation of state govemme" courts, agencies, etc. Cultu involves responsibility for th evoluton of our civilized sc clety. Financing governance is rc From pre- scriptions to cold remed.es, you can count on u- « We carry a complete line of top products to alluv iate cold symptoms. “DRUGS YOU CAN TRUST AT PRICES YOU CAN PAY” PAT'S PILL BOX 1st Stayton Phone 769-5345 Emergency 769-6392 521 Santiam Ripples This ingenious water recycling system will keep the Skookumchuck River running dean. I tion, because we’ve developed a “closed circuit” system for using its waler. "Peonle of Oregon can’’ heln ’t benefit.” he said. “Manv welfare’s strongest critics the rolls are shot -ough with a hunch of ch is- -'»•s. I don’t believe that’s “Tf the study shows a high ’e of lem'imate inol!»’bles. f ’"ht have to rearrange mv ’’nking.” be went on. “Tf it ' "sn’t. something else is go- •» to have to rearrange his:” pud T ent sees the cultural elution l’ke this- Pr'mitive njotv abandoned its sick and "d When nomads se‘tl°d 'd b”gan working the land, milies assumed responsibil- v for those formeriv forsak- n. In more recent times pri- -te charity helped shoulder he burden. Social reforms of the 1930s aw gavemment join in the re of those unable—for one ^ason or another, to care for hemselves. And government ssistance has increased ever nee. Lent wants Oregon to be ' onest in its apparent desire ■> assist the helpless. “If we mean what it looks ,:ke we mean, let’s do the job ■ ght,” he declares. "Let’s pro vide adequate diet, clothing nd housing—not just subsist ence. “If we don’t, then the pro gram should fall by the way- ide.” His logic is controlled bv the fact there isn’t enough money to go around for all three— free primary and secondary education, subsidized higher education and adequate wel fare. Americans, Lent believes, CONGRATULATE When you >M how lost 2 The system starts here, ten miles upriver, at a dam built specially for the plant. This dam stores up surplus winter rains, which it will then release to supply the plant with the water it needs, while providing the city of Centralia with an additional two million gallons each day. at water the plant requires front the river into this hold ing pond, and then into the plant, where it will he used and re-used until it’s evaporated. None will return to the Skookumchuck. V W'-AA-*’ water will be heated in to produce the steam needed to generate electricity. Then, we'll con dense this steam back to water for re-use by circulating cool water around it. will heat up the cooling water, so we’ll transfer it to huge cooling towers outside the plant. After it drips through the towers and re-cools, we’ll return it to the condenser to continue its job. 6 To make the plant a» efficient as possible, we'll use more water to wash the coal going into the plant, and flush out ashes from the furnace. The wash water, full of dirt, will Ite pumped to a settling pond for clarification and later re-use. The dirt, settled at the bo'tom of the pond, will be trucked to the mining site as land fill. And that’s it—our plan to keep the Skookumchuck clean. It's just one of the many ways we’re working to keep our plant, and the air and land and water around it, clean. And to insure the livability of our area for the future while we do our basic job of providing our region with essential electric power. you get result*, you'll con gratulate yourself on your wisdom in using a Want Ad to sell or buy. The Mill City Enterprise Phone 897-2772 Pacific Power Where they make the electricity that make» thing» nicer for everybody.
