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By Avery VonBorstel, 4-H Student Reporter "Put It Up" 4-H food preservation club met January 26 at 12:21pm at the Extension Office. Fourteen members were present. The Tolentinos led the Pledge of Allegiance, the Cooks led the 4-H Pledge. Leader Kayla Ingram had a lesson about using mason jars for freezing: why/why using shoulder type jars vs straight sided. Talked about jamming. Made chocolate cherry jam and low sugar classic cherry jam (using frozen cherries). Ate a mix of...
By Gabby Jette, 4-H Student Reporter A Stitch-in-Time 4-H Sewing Club met on February 18, 2024 at the ESD Conference Room. President Aaron Bates conducted the meeting. Kylee Anderson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Gabby Jette led the 4-H Pledge. Club leader Donna Bates told us we would be delivering our star ornaments that we made in December to residents of Summit Springs Village. Donna will message us with a time and date. Kiefer Takagi made an announcement that our...
What people are saying… Following Judge Elizabeth Farrar-Campbell, Commissioner Pat Shannon and Commissioner Leah Watkins, Gilliam County Court’s 1) illegal probate transfer, 2) restructuring of our county government, 3) abolishing County Judge position and, 4) sneaking off to Salem for a “fix” … here’s what’s being said: “the action of 3 people (Court members Liz, Leah, Pat) has created total chaos in Gilliam County” “not in the best interest of our County” “it is truly sad, disappointing, and to a certain extent genuinel...
I am writing today to make it clear to the public where I stand in the matter of the County Court’s recent order 2023-01 transferring probate cases to Circuit Court permanently. I am going to recommend to the County Court to remove transfer of probated cases from the order through an amendment of the order. While I firmly believe the order is sound based on legal counsel, I do not believe it is in the best interest of Gilliam County to spend valuable tax dollars to prove its constitutionality. I also believe we should e...
Ready, set… In football it’s the Quarterback sneak; it’s an offensive move intended to deflect attention and gain advantage. In Gilliam County it’s the Judge Elizabeth Farrar-Campbell sneak: equally offensive and played to divert public attention. Most recently the Judge Elizabeth Farrar-Campbell sneak was used when the judge announced she’d probably be in Salem during the Court’s first February meeting; working on early childhood education, she said. Ah, but the sneak; she was running (some say frantically) around Sale...
It’s been just over a year now and I’m still at a loss for words. When I was slapped with this diagnosis of ALS it turned my world upside down, as I just couldn’t believe it was me that this was happening to. I have always been an active healthy person that works hard and just couldn’t believe that I could be sick. The love and support that this community and others have given my family is just truly surreal. I have always loved this small town. I have always been proud to tell people where I grew up! I have often told people...
Hello, big game hunters: I'm the chairman of the Veteran's Hide Committee and of the Veterans Service Committee for the Condon Elks Lodge #1869. I know deer season was a bit slow for most of you as I only received 65 hides. 15 years ago we would receive 100s. This year we did receive 70 elk hides which were in exceptional condition. Very few with the hair and hide burned off by dragging them behind an ATV. Only had trouble with one elk hide from the Fossil unit. It was split down the back and essentially worth very little....
The Gilliam Court members want to change to a Board of Commissioners. The first step is to eliminate the judicial duties of the Judge. The Court passed Order (or if you prefer Resolution) 2023-01 on December 6th 2023, in their minds the action eliminated all the Judge’s judicial duties. In Order 2023-01, there are seven “Whereas”, which provide information used to justify the Order, it’s one those “Whereas” I want to comment on. Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) are Oregon State laws. The Court used ORS 111.115 in a “Whereas” t...
The County Court is now operating like a cabal intent on a coup. This is a rare event in the history of any Democracy and the carnage that accompanies this type of perfect storm is Catastrophic and could be irreparable. It is time to speak up. Commissioner Shannon, you speak of wanting public input and even mention Town Hall meetings. This is after you have voted to approve an illegal Order 2023-01 that gives Probate to Circuit Court. You have stated privately and in public meetings you want to do away with the County Court...
As I write this today, my main concern is for Gilliam County residents and electorate who enjoy the opportunity to vote when major actions are being proposed that completely change the nature of our County government. The following actions happened without that opportunity to vote. Order 2023-01 dated December 6, 2023 transfers two duties of official responsibility assigned by state law to the county's elected Judge. They are: 1. Juvenile Court Jurisdiction 2. Probate Jurisdiction In this letter I want to solely address...
Letter to the Editor, Gilliam County is blessed with low unemployment. This means most of our good citizens are working during the day. This also means they are unable to attend the County Court meetings which are held during the day. The City Council in both Condon and Arlington meet in the evening. School Boards and Health Boards even the Port Board meets in the evening. The reason is simple, they value the people they serve and want their input. Our County Court is in the process of making sweeping and monumental changes...
1 years ago— Donna Birtwistle will provide a report on a recent visit to Alaska and will tell about the Yukon Quest and other sled dog races during lunch at the Sherman County Senior Center in Moro. The heaviest snowfall of this winter was 11.5 inches on February 8. The greatest depth of snow on the ground was 24 inches February 9. February has been the wettest since 1986. South Gilliam County Rural Fire Protection District Volunteer Firefighters met and honored their Firefighter of the Year, Roger Weddle. Weddle’s fire hou...
1 years ago— Doug Slagle motored up from Salem to watch the Super Bowl with friends Bob and Heather Devine and their daughter Haley. Haley, by the way, is a pilot for Horizon Airlines and is on her way to a new assignment which will have her domiciled at Medford. The Fossil Volunteer Fire Department has been recruiting people to help keep our fire department from totally disbanding. Turn out has been good and interest is being renewed. Even teens who are not quite old enough are showing an interest. This is very e...
MORO, OR - Interested in gardening and want to experience the deep satisfaction that comes from growing a portion of your own food? Want to stretch your food budget by growing, eating and storing food that you grew yourself? Need tips and budget-friendly ways to have a vegetable garden in the space that is available to you? Mark your calendar for the Seed to Supper gardening classes in Sherman County. Seed to Supper is a free, comprehensive beginning vegetable gardening...
February 19 marked the birthday of one of Wheeler County's most famous residents, the legendary track coach and co-founder of Nike, Bill Bowerman. William Jay Bowerman was born in Portland on February 19, 1911 to Jay Bowerman and Elizabeth Hoover Bowerman. Bill's father was Oregon's thirteenth governor and his mother was a descendent of early pioneers that helped to establish Wheeler County. When he was just two years old, Bill's parents divorced and Bill moved to Fossil with...
Last week I introduced The Green Book. Published by Mr. Vincent Hugo Green, an African-American U.S. Postal Service worker in New York, in 1936, it ran until 1966. The Green Book helped African-Americans travel slightly more safely during the era of Jim Crow laws. African-Americans bought and drove their own cars partly to get away from segregated cars, buses, ferries, trains and aeroplanes. Kathleen Franz, in “African-Americans Take to the Open Road,” quotes George Sch...
Last week I wrote about how to cook beans from scratch and why they are so much better than canned beans. Did I inspire you enough to go to the store and buy a bag or two? I hope so! Taking the next step to make refried beans is almost too easy. Refried beans are not really fried twice as the name suggests. The word “refried” comes from the Spanish word “refritos”, which means “well-fried”. Refried beans are simply cooked beans that are mashed and fried in a skillet with some...
Tucker Carlson, Roseanne Barr and other terrible comics like to claim that “white supremacy” and “white privilege” is a hoax and that, owing to the fact of Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, America is a “post-racial” country. Freedom is the law of the land! Go anywhere. Do anything. Imagine for a moment, however, that you’re a 33-year-old African-American long-haul trucker from Anniston, Alabama, in 1947. You haven’t slept in two days, you’re tired of sleeping under your truck...
Last week I wrote about falling in love with refried beans and learning how to make them. They are simple to cook and are the ultimate comfort food on a cold winter day. The number of people who don't know how to cook beans from scratch surprises me and they eat them from cans. Are they afraid of the beans? Is it because there is so much confusion about the right way to cook them – to salt or not to salt, that is the question! Presoak or no? Cooking beans from dried is not m...
The Condon Local will open for Valentines Day and will offer flowers, balloons, and gifts for one day only this week. Owners Jeremy and Sarah Kirby have been reorganizing the store and are not ready to reopen, but they are eager to see people in the community and to open for Valentines Day. The couple has been working to change the layout of the store and have made some big changes, including moving the Powell's Books section to the front of the store. They aren't ready to...
Go Ask Alice sold millions, but who was "Alice?" How did the publisher get ahold of her diaries? Was the interlocutor really a "child psychologist?" As questions began to emerge in the late '90s, by then, we'd lived through Richard Nixon's "War on Drugs," Ronald Reagan's D.A.R.E. classes and Nancy Reagan's "Just Say 'No'" campaigns. Rick Emerson's Go Unmask Alice (BenBella Books, 2022) took the "bright, shiny object" of Go Ask Alice down a rabbit-hole. Beatrice Sparks, born...
Lately I've been reminiscing about riding my paint quarter horse, Quincy, on my friend Lolita's five hundred acre working farm in Hubbard, Oregon. Lolita and I rode most Sunday mornings and we would laugh and say that we were at "The Church of the Horse". Riding with her was a deeply spiritual experience because on every ride we would see sights that were breathtakingly beautiful and the images would stay with me the whole week. For example, on one winter not-a-cloud-in-the-sk...
It’s time to hit the pause button on restructuring the Gilliam County Court. This statement applies to all of us, not just the county judge, commissioners, and candidates in this year’s election. Yes, the Gilliam County Court has been moving quickly in recent months. Yes, they voted to transfer juvenile and probate court in rapid order and with little input. And yes, they voiced their approval for restructuring the county court into a board of commissioners. But these cha...
A master gardener from Oregon State University will be at the Mitchell School on February 10 from 9am to 3:30 pm to offer a free workshop on tree pruning. David Cowan, a certified OSU Master Gardener, will help new gardeners and even those with a green thumb to hone their pruning skills. Focusing on fruit trees, Cowan aims to help gardeners build confidence with fruit trees and to understand the benefits of proper pruning techniques. The content-rich workshop includes 3.5...
You know by now that I am a fan of food made from scratch ingredients. Usually boxed food or “cheat and heats” just don’t hold a candle to food cooked with love and real ingredients. I can’t now recall how a box of Pillsbury Quick Bread banana nut mix made its way into the pantry. Perhaps in the middle of the night it snuck in on little cat feet? Or maybe in an unconscious daze I plucked it off a shelf at the grocery store. Regardless, there it was sitting in the cupboar...
