January 05, 2010 03:55 pm
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At around 8 p.m. on the last night of the year in the early ’90s, I got out mixing bowls, measuring spoons and a baking pan. The little ones gathered around me, some to watch, some wanting to measure ingredients or crack eggs. They were about to witness and take part in the making of 7-Up Cake.
Now that I’m older and can admit much to my parents, I have to say that at 10, I made the recipe up, probably on my short walk home from school, and that part of the pleasure of planning the cake was having a semi-legitimate reason for asking my mom to put some junk food on our shopping list. I probably told her that I stumbled on this amazing-sounding recipe at the library, perfectly fit for a New Year’s Eve celebration or that it was a tried and true cake traditional to one of my classmates’ families. Certainly, I don’t think I would have told her it was a total kid’s dream experiment.
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January 05, 2010 03:47 pm
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Whether it’s firefighters, emergency medical technicians, mail carriers or even long-lost relatives visiting for the holidays, having a home properly identified will pay dividends. Should an emergency occur, it could mean the difference between life and death.
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January 05, 2010 03:45 pm
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Letters and Comments for January 5, 2010
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January 04, 2010 03:24 pm
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Warren, Dodds, Fiorito, Lacey, Jones
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January 01, 2010 11:05 am
December 31, 2009 03:11 pm
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Everyone who reads a newspaper knows about the three climbers lost on Mount Hood in the early December storms.
Most readers don’t know the people behind the headlines.
One of them, a courageous 29-year-old woman, Katie Nolan, might
inspire us, as we start the New Year, to make a difference, to give
someone hope.
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December 31, 2009 03:10 pm
December 31, 2009 03:08 pm
Head’s up, Oregon drivers. It’s time to hang up and drive. As of Jan.
1, law enforcement can pull drivers over and give them a $142 ticket
for driving while texting or talking if they lack a hands-free cell
phone device. Simply put, Oregon drivers will not be able to text
message, and cell phone use will be limited to adults using hands-free
attachments.
A drive down Island Avenue a week before the law goes into effect shows
that many people will have to change their habits. Hand-held cell phone
use while driving has become ubiquitous not only in the big cities but
in every town in Northeast Oregon. Most drivers have stories of close
calls due to people yakking on their cell phones and not paying enough
attention to the road.
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December 30, 2009 03:42 pm
December 30, 2009 03:39 pm
Sen. Ron Wyden recently announced, along with representatives of the
timber industry and environmental groups, that an agreement had been
reached on a new forest restoration bill, one that the senator said
would result in providing timber for the near-decimated eastside forest
industry.
The Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs
Act applies to the six eastside national forests. The bill is a step in
the right direction of improving forest health while at the same time
allowing some logging, but it is certainly no panacea. Still, Wyden,
D-Ore., and the players from both sides who crafted the legislation
should be commended for opening a dialogue that heretofore had been
absent. It’s a start, and Eastern Oregon communities can benefit from
even a little boost in logging from national forests.
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