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September 22, 2011 Front Page |
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OSP Traffic Stop Leads To Seizure Of 11 Lbs. Of Marijuana And Arrest Of New York Resident On Interstate 84 In Pendleton, Ore.
An Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper arrested a New York resident Saturday afternoon when a traffic stop in the Pendleton area led to the discovery of approximately 11 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle.
According to OSP Lieutenant Greg Sherman, on Sept. 17, 2011 at approximately 5:10 p.m. an OSP trooper stopped a 1999 Dodge Caravan displaying Michigan license plates for a traffic violation eastbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 209. The trooper identified the van's driver as Brandon M. Quin, age 20, from Brooklyn, New York.
BOLI Announces 2012 Minimum Wage
PORTLAND- State Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian announced today that Oregon’s minimum wage will rise to $8.80 per hour next year. The 30-cent increase mirrors a 3.77% increase in the Consumer Price Index since August 2010. Oregon’s minimum wage rate remains $8.50 per hour for all hours worked in 2011. Washington, where the minimum wage is currently $8.67 per hour, will announce its 2012 minimum wage on Sept. 30th.
“Safeguarding the wages of low-income workers is especially critical in a tough economy," Avakian said. "Oregon’s economy will not rebound if we allow 144,538 minimum wage earners to fall behind inflation.”
Bates State Park Near Austin Junction Is A Slice Of Oregon's History
Prairie City OR -- A public ceremony to be held from 10 am-Noon September 20, 2011 at Bates State Park in eastern Oregon will celebrate the grand opening of Oregon's newest state park. It is the eighth new state park to be opened by Oregon Parks and Recreation (OPRD) since 2004. The new park is located off Oregon Highway 7, one mile north of the intersection with U.S. Highway 26 at Austin Junction. The public is invited to attend the opening, which will feature reading of a poem written for the occasion by Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen.
Bates State Park is the site of a former lumber mill that operated for nearly 60 years. The 131-acre property, nestled along the Middle Fork of the John Day River, sits adjacent to the former Bates company townsite, home to about 400 families at its peak. By 1975, when a new mill was built in nearby John Day, the Bates mill was shut down and the town gradually disappeared. The mill pond, the last vestige of that era, remains a central feature of the park.
A local nonprofit group, The Friends of Bates State Park, worked tirelessly behind the scenes for many years, advocating for the property's preservation as a state park. OPRD purchased the property from Grant County for $407,000 in 2008 using lottery funds designated for property acquisition, and has so far spent about $900,000 to open the park. Park development is funded by dedicated lottery and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund through a $275,000 matching grant.
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