Vote yes: Fuel tax needed to maintain city streets

 Vote yes on three-cent gas tax

By Brent Dodrill, Guest Columnist /
The Estacada News
Wed, Mar 3, 2010, Updated Mar 3, 2010

Ballots are due on Tuesday in the March 9 special election that includes an opportunity for us to cast our vote on a proposed 3-cent per gallon fuel tax to help support the city’s street fund. Encouraging people to vote yes on any tax is a tough assignment. No one, including me, likes to pay taxes, and yet I want to share a few facts so that we can all cast …

Letters

PERS pension hardly 'handsome'

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

I am writing in response to the letter, “District pensions rob students of programs, education,” published in the Estacada News on Feb. …

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Letters

Community comes together to build new dugouts

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

Some great changes have taken place at the Estacada High School baseball field the last few weeks. With the great help of several people in this …

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Letters

Food drive will help the community

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

Estacada Curves is helping our local food bank with the sixth annual food drive for the Estacada Area Food Bank. This has been a great community …

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Editorial

Tomorrow may be too late to address youth substance abuse

By Evan Jensen /
The Estacada News
Wed, Feb 24, 2010

I knew a 20-year-old kid named Rodney when I was in high school. He was a regular customer at the grocery story I worked at, and often stopped in to …

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Guest Opinion True happiness comes from within By Al Stern / Wed, Feb 24, 2010 Christians are often asked to explain their goals and priorities. I would like to talk about some of them, as given in the Bible. In Matthew 6, …

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Editorial

Reform spending, then the kicker

Pamplin Media Group
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Updated Feb 17, 2010

Gov. Ted Kulongoski said last week that he wants to reform the state’s kicker law to better protect vital public services — such as …

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Letters

- Progress continues for Estacada veterans memorial

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Letters

Fundraiser successful with community support

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

I would like to thank all the people who came to the cancer fundraiser on Feb. 13 at the Estacada Community Center sponsored by the Estacada Women …

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Editorial

Heed the warning signs of abuse

Pamplin Media Group
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Updated Feb 24, 2010

While it is still too early to draw definite conclusions, what we know so far about Friday night’s shootings point to an extreme case of …

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Guest Opinion

Remembering their contributions: February is Black History month

By Peter Hamer /
Wed, Feb 17, 2010

February is Black History Month. The United States of America would not be America without the vitality and creative spark of the descendants of …

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Letters

Pie auction helps raise scholarship money

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Each year, the Springwater Grange holds a pie auction to raise money for our scholarship fund. This year, the auction is Friday, Feb. 19. We will …

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