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.Salem Scene LEGION AUXILIARY Past presidents of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary have sent sixteen dozen or 192 large flo wers to the Portland Veteran’s Hospital tu be used for the Veteran's Wheel Chair Parade in June. The flowers are used to decorate wheel chairs for the parade. The Auxiliary is also sending 22 ditty bags. Legislators and state govern ment personnel have been busy all week campaigning either for or against the Governor's tax program. Many of the 38 legislators opposed to it have been speaking all around over Oregon. Rep. Oakes was in John Day and Prineville two days this week. Last night in Mt. Angel I debated Rep. Otto (of Trout dale). The other members of our group have been to Med ford, Ashland, Bend, Salem and of course all the closer towns around here. VOLUNTEER WORK, DONATIONS OF MONEY and materials, and college funds went Into this gas fueled outdoor ceramic kiln, shown Just before firing. This addition to the ceramic program equipment now enables students to use either an oxidation or a reduction process, that is, putting oxygen into or taking it out of the clay, which, for one, greatly expands the range of colors they can get from natural glazes. The kiln is located immediately south of the Art Building. LEGISLATIVE REPORT We’ll all be glad when May 1st comes so we can get this thing voted on and get to work ing on something else. This has taken up about 80% of the time we’ve put in down here so far. If it fails, then we will no doubt have to review the other two proposals which are waiting to be revived in the Revenue Com mittee. by Jack 7immerimn It’s highway fund raiding time again in Salem. That means the legislature is in session and a proliferation of bills has been introduced seeking to tap what the less- than-completely-lnformed be lieve is a multi-mlllion dollar plum ready for plucking. The logic apparently revolves around the significant amount of money collected each biennium from gasoline taxes, motor car rier fees, motor vehicle regis tration and operators fees and fines for truck load violations. in the next two years total receipts from these four sour ces amounts tosome$314,306,- 000. And that amount of re venue adds up to a figure equal to a third of Gov. Tom Mc Call’s total proposed General Fund budget for 1973-75! A lot of people apparently look at Oregon’s fine freeway system, figure that state’s high ways must be in pretty darn good shape and there must be some extra money available that could be diverted for projects dear to their hearts. Most of the time these pro jects do have a direct relation ship to highways. But some times the line Is pretty thin. During this 57th session of the Legislature in Salem some 33 bills have been introduced that would dip into the highway fund. Together, they could tap that fund by as much as $73 million in the next biennium. The bills range from requests for as little as $50,000 to $25 million. Taken individually, they might not appear unrea sonable. And lumped together, they don’t sound like such a big bite out of that whopping $314 million. But proponents of this type of legislation--which ranges all the way from money to fund an old age exemption for state park users and an outdoor ci tizenship education program to ambulance service reimburse ment and the purchases of Cape Kiwanda and Glendoveer golf course--seldom take fully enough into consideration the demands presently levied against the highway fund. For instance, in Gov. Mc Call’s proposed budget, some $40 million of total revenue goes for administration andenforce- ment expenses for other agen- cies--such as the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Utilities Commission. Nearly $111 million is ear marked for State Police, cities and counties and a profusion of other worthy recipients inclu- rical Society, museums, marine facilities, Columbia Gorge Commission, Health Division, Departments of Transportation and Forestry. That leaves $163 million out of that ori ginal $314 million. Then you can add $32 mil lion more in miscellaneous re venue from sale of bonds, in terest on invested funds, cam per and trailer fees, park user fees, county payments on fe deral projects, bridge tolls and others. Added in, this boosts available funds to $195 mil lion. This balance currently is to be spent for state parks, debt service on existing bonds, tra vel information, planning and research, billboard remo val and on highway maintenance and betterment. And of that $ 195 million, only $79 million is proposed for capital outlay on our state high ways-$62 million of which goes for highway construction. One way of looking at the situation then--since most of of the other appropriations more or less are locked into the budget--is that if all the legislative proposals to tap that $314 million become law, the money to finance them would come from capital outlay. And if they do cost $73 million and if the money is diverted from capital outlay, that might leave less than nothing to spend in the next couple of years to build new highways. This doesn’t seem a likely consequence, no matter how hard proponents fight for their favorite Individual proposals. And the reasons are several. Prime among them is the fact the Highway Division estimates it needs some $550 million in the immediate future to finance priority projects essential to protect Oregon’s present high way investment to meet known transportation needs and sa tisfy obvious safety require ments. Highway Division Adminis trator George Baldwin points out the state has some $3 bil lion invested in its present high way system. Maintenance has a high priority in order to pre vent deterioration of the present system and avoid costly rebuil ding later. Known transportation needs throughout the state must also be met if Oregonians are to con tinue to have proper access to and from jobs, schools, re creation sites and the other rea sons that necessitate highway travel. And the other priority--sa- fety--hardly needs emphasis. Oregon’s rising traffic deaths and injuries occur mostly on so-called secondary roadways, those in greatest need of mo dernization. So the problem facing the 90 men and women meeting in Sa lem currently revolves purely around priorities. Any funds di verted from those presently budgeted will mean less for al- ready assigned priorities. Lawmakers generally are re luctant to boost the gasoline tax. Gov. McCall has proposed sale of some $150 million in high way bonds--but legislators rea lize bonds must be paid for. So resolution of the problems aren’t simple. And it may be significant therefore, that despite the fact the current session has been pondering those 33 bills for more than three months al ready, only one so far has be come law. BRIDGE ACTIVITIES Mrs. Bob Wilson hosted Bridge Wednesday evening at her home. Guests were Mrs. Evalyn Wieneke and Mrs. W.L. McPartland. Winners were Mrs. Wieneke and Mrs. John Hoff. Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club was held at the home of Mrs. Bob Wilson with Mrs. Gayle Christensen as a guest. Winners were Mrs. Gene Stunz and Mrs. Christensen. Dr. and Mrs. K. A. Danford hosted the Mr. and Mrs. bridge club Tuesday, May 1. Guest pla yer was Mrs. John Stringer. High score went to Dr. Danford. Friday afternoon bridge was played at the home of Mrs. Ha rold Brendle. Guest was Mrs. Irene Larson and prize was won by Virginia Brandt. By Rep. D.E. (Denny) Jones floor, and it was passed una nimously. Now it’s ready for the Senate, and I don’t expect any trouble over there. So maybe we’ll finally, after about ten years, get a change of ownership brand inspection law through. House Bill 2147 allows two college students on the State Board of Higher Education. I opposed this particular bill, but it passed anyway after much de bate. House Bill 2232 allows the State Land Board to acquire land for natural areas but pro hibits the use of condemnation. House Bill 2327 provides that the Oregon State Fair may be granted up to 30 days of racing at the State Fairgrounds. This is left strictly up to the Fair Commission. GRADE ‘A* WHOLE FRYERS A E xtra Sbastavi POP\ House Bill 2773--to raise the court reporter’s salary and have it still be paid by the county, failed. House Bill 2866 - the bill to allow hospitals to sell tax exempt bonds--passed. W« Giv« A Redeem SRV Stamps FIRESTONE STORE House Bill 3145 requires Highway money to be sent to counties quarterly rather than annually and to be sent to ci ties quarterly rather than semi annually. This should help some. Senate Bill 15 requires all public meetings to be held open to the public, with a few ex ceptions. There are provisions in the bill that executive ses sions may be held--also clo sed meetings--for specific rea sons. ... SOLE FILLET'S booth BRE aped BREAPEP SCALLOPS BOOTH FRYER LEGS? THIGHS n « FRYER PWMP BREASTS * CUT UP A GRAPE FRYERS 3* LEGGEP FRYER'S CHUNK STYLE gOWGNA- House Bill 2633 is Rep. Mag ruder’s coyote bill, which al lows predatory anima) per sonnel to enter other people’s land in pursuit of predators in the process of predator control. House Bill 2643 permits the use of armories by community groups free of charge and also sets up a local Armory Advi sory Board to assist the Na tional Guard in determining needs and priorities for com munity service projects. House Bill 2894, which would prohibit chiropractors and na turopaths from practicing ob stetrics, passed, and then there was a motion to reconsider yes terday, which failed. 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