The INDEPENDENT, June 6, 2012
Page 17
Hunt for jobs gets harder with age
Ike Says…
From page 2
have discovered mortality that
cougars are inflicting upon
some of the wolves. It is being
Police/Court Abbreviations
Abbreviations: A&D, Alcohol &
Drug; DUII, Driving Under the In-
fluence of Intoxicants; BUII, Boat-
ing Under the Influence of Intoxi-
cants; CCSO, Columbia County
Sheriff’s Office; DWS, Driving
While License is Suspended; MIP,
Minor In Possession of Intoxi-
cants; MV, Motor Vehicle Acci-
dent; PCS, Possession of Con-
trolled Substance; ODL, Oregon
Driver License; FTA, Failure to Ap-
pear in Court; NTSI, National Traf-
fic Safety Institute; DA, District At-
torney; VIP, Victim Impact Panel;
FF&A, Fines, Fees and Assess-
ments.
observed that some radio-col-
lared wolves have been at-
tacked and killed by cougars.
Many believe it is probably big
tom cougars doing the killing.
Simply put, a single wolf is not
Vernonia Justice Court
May 15 - 29, 2012
Nathan F. Alwin, 21, home-
less, pleaded no contest to
Possession < 1 oz. of Marijua-
na; 180 day ODL suspension,
$748 FF&A.
Phillip Daniel Aronhalt, 18,
Vernonia, found guilty of Pos-
session < 1 oz. of Marijuana;
180 day ODL suspension,
$748 FF&A.
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an even match for a large
cougar, and that the wolves
that were killed may have been
alone. Research does show
that, once a pack establishes in
a cougar’s territory, that the
cougars tend to move to differ-
ent terrain to avoid the wolves.
A single cougar is no match for
a pack of wolves. The odd part
is that this wolf mortality has
been documented only in Mon-
tana and only in the Bitterroot
Range.
I hope you all have some
luck in the drawings for tags!
Izaak Walton League,
Nehalem Valley Chapter
meets monthly on the 3rd
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Call
503-429-7193 for location.
From page 4
workers expect higher wages
or won’t stay long if they’re
overqualified. In response, Ja-
cobsen tells companies that
older workers have different
goals on the job than younger
people – and that there’s a pay-
off for giving them a chance,
“Older workers are more de-
pendable; they have a strong
work ethic. The generation that
is retiring, the baby boomers,
they come from hardy stock,
and their whole thought
process is different.”
Jacobsen adds that finding a
job is tough at any age, and ad-
vises those in their 50s and be-
yond to network and brush up
on their skills just as much as
anyone else, “A lot of times,
people retire and think, ‘Oh, I
can just get a job’ – just go out
and work at a retail store or
maybe drive a school bus or
something like that.’ They’re
kind of shocked when they get
out there in the job market and
see there are 30 people for
every job that’s available.”
According to the GAO re-
port, 70 percent of older work-
ers who find new jobs end up
earning less than at their previ-
ous jobs. It says this trend
means more people file earlier
for Social Security, and just
over half dip into their retire-
ment savings earlier than they
had intended.
See the full report at www.
gao.gov.
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