Editorial
Do your fair share
For $6, the adult center's loyal volunteer drivers will deliver roast
turkey dinners with all the trimmings or chicken and cashew salads to participating homes
and businesses.
It's Share-A-Meal, and the fund-raiser will take place at noon Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The Canby Adult Center's twice yearly meal deal helps fund the important hot meals program
for local seniors, and center Director Anna Phillips and her staff are hoping the
community will give them a call at 503-266-2970.
Order some good food for your family or employees, let willing volunteers, many of whom
are seniors themselves, deliver it to you Tuesday, and help the adult center's many worthy
causes.
In May, about 300 Share-A-Meals were delivered locally, and four local firms in particular
- Canby Ford, Canby Disposal/KB Recycling, Canby Builders Supply, and Fisher's Pump and
Supply - ordered many meals for their staff. The Canby Adult Center hopes to top that
number Tuesday, and you can help them.
"People should get involved because not only does it support our hot meals program,
but they get the chance to eat a delicious cooked meal direct from our kitchen,"
Phillips said.
"At some point in the future, a local person or one of their loved ones may need this
(hot meals) service."
And remember: The long-running program is a major fund-raiser, and all money received will
go toward the center's home- delivered meals program. |
Letters
to the editor
Recreation district
deserves support
The Blue Heron Recreation District (BHRD) wants to preserve open spaces and
acquire land for the future before it is all taken for development. Join with us to make
Canby a better place to live for all its residents.
The cost is $3.65 per month for the average home in Canby. That's the Blue Heron
Recreation District plan. Please help us preserve the great Canby area we all know and
appreciate. Vote yes on Measure 3-99.
Joe Driggers
BHRD board member
Canby
Service honors
departed fathers
Last Wednesday my dad died in Detroit, Mich. I was close to him, although I had not spoken
to him or seen him since 1993.
I did not have the money to go back to Detroit, and there were other personal reasons, but
the pain of him no longer around is great. I feel so alone, and I know there must be other
daughters and sons who had to say a final goodbye to their dads.
So, on Monday, Oct. 16, I will have a memorial service for my dad at 363 N. Cedar St.,
Canby. Anyone who has had a dad die is invited to include their dads at this memorial
service. I think it will help us all to know we are not alone.
A special invitation goes out to my church, family, friends and neighbors. If you have any
questions, please call the crisis line at 503-266-5302. Mailing address is P.O. Box 285,
Canby 97013.
Patricia Singleton
Canby
Blue Heron District
is worthy of support
Fellow citizens, I urge you to support the new Blue Heron Recreation District
plan to buy open space and parkland before there are no opportunities left.
As a past Canby Planning Commission chairman, and now Oregon state legislator, my main
concern has been preserving our quality of life in the Canby, Carus and Ninety-One area we
call home. In my opinion, the open space and community-based recreational activities are
what make Canby unique.
Our best friends are often made on these fields in these activities. These relationships
cross social and ideological lines and bind us together, both those living in town and
those living outside of town.
Past suggestions from your elected Blue Heron board have been judged too expensive,
complex and bureaucratic. This is a simple buy land measure for a fixed rate of
$.29/$1,000 or only $4 a month for the average homeowner (based on a $150,000 home). There
are no staff to be hired. We will work with the city, existing nonprofit recreation
providers and the private sector to provide services.
This has been a great community, and I want to give my four children and their children
the same opportunities and small-town atmosphere (even as this community grows) that my
family has enjoyed all these years.
I urge you to vote yes for Measure 3-9, and help preserve our Canby-area community way of
life.
Kurt Schrader
State representative
House Dist. 23
Ronald Thom has
the right values
Municipal Court Judge Ronald Thom is running for Clackamas County Circuit Court.
I have known Judge Thom for almost 20 years, and during that time have seen him work,
interact with people, and have observed the strength of his value system.
He has an outstanding level of legal experience as a municipal court judge, a protem
judge, and as an attorney in private practice. Because of his experience, Judge Thom is a
very wise man. His wisdom will ensure that when elected, he will deliver justice
rationally, fairly and with strength and compassion.
In May, Judge Thom ran against five opponents in the primary. The Oregonian endorsed Judge
Thom noting that he "has spent his long career preparing for this opportunity to
serve as Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge. He is ready to do the job."
My experience with Judge Ron Thom suggests he is ready for the job and deserves your vote.
Dr. Jake Cooley
Oregon City
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