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BLUE RIVER: The board of directors of the O’Brien Memorial Library reports they are poised to start rebuilding this spring, as soon as they get a building permit. As part of the process, the board plans to continue to apply for grants, accept donations, and trim expenses. “Our mission is to provide a welcoming space to residents and visitors of Blue River and the McKenzie River Valley, with books inspiring a love of reading and lifelong learning,” according to Mary Sherman. “Our library will be...
FINN ROCK: Ideas about resurrecting the town of Blue River kept people busy last Saturday during a two-hour community meeting at the old McKenzie High School gym. The discussions were focused on what might happen after people realized Lane County's right-of-way setbacks could have impacts on buildable areas along the town's main street - Blue River Drive. Originally, the county had planned to focus on an area extending from the eastern junction with Hwy. 126 to where the street crosses Blue...
When the fires die down, the mud stops sliding, the drought lets up or the rain quits pouring, land managers must decide: Can damaged land grow back on its own, or will it need some help? That help often comes in the form of seeds: millions and millions of seeds, delivered by a plane, machine, or even foot. But too often, there aren’t enough to go around, according to an expansive new report. That means that restoration is likely to be slow or not happen at all. And that can lead to soil erosion...
Oregon is on track to spend $200 million to help homeless residents move into houses, give people who have fallen behind on rent more time to pay, and create new goals for cities to build homes under a pair of measures approved Wednesday by the state House. House Bill 2001 and House Bill 5019 passed on 50-9 and 49-10 votes, respectively, with only Republicans opposed. The bills now head to the Senate, where a vote is expected early next week. If they pass, as predicted, Gov. Tina Kotek is...
In the current legislative session, as is the case every session, corporate lobbyists are hard at work trying to procure new tax breaks for their clients. These lobbyists representing many big corporations are going around waving a corporate-funded study claiming that business taxes in Oregon are too high. If you are a lawmaker, you lack a key piece of information to decide whether the claims of the corporate lobby are true: how much big corporations like Amazon, Walmart, Nike, and the like pay in income taxes to Oregon. Neither lawmakers nor...
March 14: 9:44 a.m: restraining order service - 91900 block, Marcola Rd. 11:38 a.m: Violation of Restraining Order - 42900 blk, McK. Hwy. 4:26 p.m: Burglary - 93100 blk, Marcola Rd. March 15: 10:08 a.m: Assist, Follow Up - 91300 blk, Donna Rd. 12:17 p.m: Assist, follow up - Cedar Flat. 12:58 p.m: Assist Motorist - 5600 blk, McK. Hwy. 2:05 p.m: Welfare Check - 41700 blk, McK. Hwy. 8:14 p.m: Reckless Endangering - Upper Camp Creek Rd. & Worth Rd. 9:40 p.m: Motor Vehicle Accident, Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants - 89100 blk, Old Mohawk...
March 14: 7:16: McK. Hwy./Partridge Ln. Motor Vehicle Accident. Non-Injury/Non-Blocking. 7:32: 44000 block, McK. Hwy. MVA. Non-Injury/Non-Blocking. 7:56: McK. Hwy./Milepost 14. MVA. Blocking, Patients Assessed, 1 Transported. 20:02: 45000 blk, Goodpasture Rd. Unknown Fire. Controlled Burn. March 15: 7:27: 88000 blk, Gemstone Rd. Medical, Heart. Patient Refusal. 21:37: Old Mohawk Rd./Mp. 1. Mutual Aid. Canceled En Route. March 16: 6:05: 1300 blk, 66th St. Medical, Trauma. Canceled On Scene. 18:15: 35000 blk, Block Camp Creek Rd. MVA. Patients...
March 15: 18:50: Motor Vehicle Accident - Old McK. Hwy./McK. Hwy. Insurance signal app got a crash notification, no vehicle description on file, and unable to make contact with responding person. March 20: 19:30: Medical – 54000 block, McK. River Dr. Female patient....
McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Track and Field teams travel to Oakridge on Thursday, March 23, to participate in the Oakridge 2A-D3 league meet. The event, held on Deharpport Field in Oakridge, will start with field events at 3:30 pm and track events beginning at 4:00 pm. The Eagle teams will join Class 2A Oakridge, Monroe, and Gold Beach and Class 1A Triangle Lake in the competition. Track Season Off To A Hot Start At Ice Breaker Spring sprung early on the McKenzie last Thursday, March 16 and the warm, sunny...
From the May 19, 1999 edition of McKenzie River Reflections Start of a mini building boom? Victorian village grows by the roadside WALTERVILLE: A world of fantasy is taking shape. In it is a gray Dutch Colonial. On either side stands a white farmhouse and a yellow Salt Box. They’re all the handiwork of Murl Ming, a Grants Pass carpenter who’s bringing grins to the faces of everyone who stops to look at these small-scale versions of the real thing. The closer you look, the more you see. All the...
The expansive lawns in Europe and the invention of golf in the late 1900s launched America's obsession with a perfect plot of grass. The invention of the rotary mower and the development of climate-adapted grass varieties made a landscape of turfgrass more accessible for homeowners. As time went by, homeowners relegated the vegetables and herbs typically grown in the front of the house to the backyard, and monocultures of grass were installed in the front. A healthy green lawn - the bigger the...
I am a 26-year-old escort, in the business on and off since I was 14. I have a tendency to get involved in very bad relationships. The men I go out with are usually abusive with substance abuse problems, and generally, I end up supporting them. I don't have many friends because it seems people only deal with me because they are trying to use me. I've worked regular jobs, attended some college, and also got my real estate license. I wasn't happy being "square" and am not happy now, but I can't af...
ACROSS 1. Blood-related problem 5. Econ. measure 8. Blue 11. A perch for Christmas partridge? 12. Domain 13. Fill college entrance form 15. Archaic preposition 16. Chili seed 17. Ski run 18. *Swedish environmental activist 20. Makes lace 21. Pi meson, pl. 22. Digital map marker 23. *Rachel Carson's "____ Spring" 26. Heater 30. "Wheel of Fortune" vowel request 31. Trouble, in Yiddish 34. Epochs 35. Type of single-story house 37. Noble title 38. Sandler and Driver 39. Not "out of" 40. Advice on...
