OREGON FARM BUREAU STATEMENT ON HAMMONDS GRAZING PERMIT REISSUANCE
News Release from Oregon Farm Bureau
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oregon Farm Bureau statement on Hammonds grazing permit reissuance
SALEM, OREGON, February 15, 2019 – “On Feb. 14, 2014, the Bureau of Land Management revoked the grazing permit of Hammond Ranches. Almost five years to the day later, on Feb. 13, 2019, BLM signed documents that reissued the permit, allowing the Hammond family to get back to the business of raising cattle in eastern Oregon.

“This reissued grazing permit signals that justice has finally been achieved for this rural family. While nobody can restore what the Hammonds have lost to years of prosecutorial overreach and bureaucratic vendetta, we are grateful that this awful chapter is closed.

“Oregon Farm Bureau was proud to play a role in advocating on the Hammonds’ behalf, including gathering over 25,000 online signatures and working directly with officials, so the family can return to doing what they love and keep a proud heritage of ranching alive.”
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* Note to Editors: “Farm Bureau” is a registered trademark; please capitalize in all cases.
Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit, general farm organization representing the interests of farming and ranching families in the public and policymaking arenas. First established in Oregon at the county level in 1919 and the state level in 1932, Farm Bureau is organized in all 36 counties.

​Oregon Farm Bureau President Sharon Waterman is an OFB Hall of Fame honoree and operates a Century Ranch raising sheep, cattle, and timber in Bandon. She is OFB’s 16th president.

Contact Info:
Contact: Anne Marie Moss, [email protected]

​​Letter to Sheriff John Hanlin
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  I read an article dated January 31st that was discussing several of the illegal and unconstitutional anti-gun bills that have been presented in the legislature this session.  The article got really disturbing when Sheriff John Hanlin became part of the story. While Hanlin was being interviewed, he admitted that many of these new bills were probably unconstitutional, but he’d, “ leave it to the courts to decide, rather than using the county’s new Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance to refuse enforcement of its provisions.” Hanlin also claimed that the SAPO was meant as a “formal Statement”.

  As the NW coordinator for the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance and now the Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance, please allow me to correct Mr. Hanlin, who obviously doesn’t have a clue as to why so many worked so hard on the SAPO.

  For more than a dozen years, our Natural Born Rights have been under constant attack by would be tyrants. Every gun law is illegal and the government actually has a mandate to leave our RIGHTS alone…it’s called the Bill of Rights. We won’t even mention that these bills would only affect people who have done nothing wrong and are only about control. What Sheriff Hanlin seems to forget is that he swore an Oath to protect and defend the Constitution and the people of his County. A Sheriff is directly elected by the people to protect their RIGHTS against all enemies of Liberty and we don’t let the “courts” decide what is constitutional. The “courts” are not the ultimate arbiter of the constitution, the constitution is and it was written so that the laymen would comprehend it. Everyone from the dog catcher to the President takes the Oath and it is not a ritual. If you enforce a law that you believe to be unconstitutional, you are usurping your authority and are therefore a tyrant.

  To be clear, the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance was not meant to be a “formal statement”. Yes, it was meant to send a message, but it is also meant to protect the people from overreach. In Federalist 46, Madison gave us a few ways to deal with overreach and one of the peaceful ways was nullification. The SCOTUS has opinioned many times that a law that is not constitutional is void ab initio. I thought Sheriff Hanlin was a Constitutional Sheriff and am very disappointed in his latest. We are now pushing a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance to take the whole thing out of the Sheriffs hands. We will protect our RIGHTS if our elected employees won’t.  

In Liberty,
Chris Brumbles
Columbia County Coordinator
Oregon Firearms Federation
Founder, Oregon Irregulars (3%)

The City of Coos Bay, along with the City of North Bend and the Coquille Indian Tribe, recently adopted an ordinance to increase the local Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) (also known as the Hotel Occupancy Tax) by 2.5%.
 
Beginning April 1, 2019, lodging facilities within the city limits of Coos Bay or North Bend will begin collecting 9.5% tax per overnight stay in a commercial lodging facility, including hotels/motels/B&B inns, RV parks, and vacation rentals. This applies to check-ins on or after April 1, 2019.
 
State Law now allows lodging properties collecting local TLT to keep 5% of the total amount of local TLT collected as an administrative fee. New reporting forms will be made available for use when remitting TLT and will provide instructions for retaining this administrative fee.
 
The increase to the TLT will allow the Coos Bay-North Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau to increase their advertising, marketing and promotions efforts to bring more tourism to the Coos Bay, North Bend, and Charleston area, collectively known as Oregon’s Adventure Coast. This will allow our area to compete for the tourist dollars against our neighbors on the Central and North Coast.
 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the City of Coos Bay’s Finance Department at 541-269-8915. ​

STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION MEETS FEBRUARY 22 IN NORTH BEND
News Release from Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept.

NORTH BEND, Ore. – The State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) will meet at 9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 22 at the Mill Casino, 3201 Tremont Street, North Bend, OR 97459, and consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. The meeting is open to the public.

Friday’s meeting agenda: a presentation by the national register program coordinator, and hearings of one delisting request and three proposed nominations. Hearings will begin at 10:15 a.m. For specific hearing times, refer to the online agenda: www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/NATREG/Pages/nrhp_sachphome.aspx

The committee will review a delisting request for the John M. and Elizabeth Bates House in Lake Oswego. The committee will review three proposed nominations: the Roy E. and Hildur L. Amundsen House, Gresham; the Oregon Trail: La Grande to Hilgard Segment, Union County; and the Q’alya ta Kukwis shichdii me Traditional Cultural Property Historic District, Coos County.

Nominations recommended by the SACHP go to the National Park Service, which maintains the Register under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

The SACHP is a nine-member governor-appointed citizen commission with credentials in many historic preservation-related fields.

The meeting site is accessible to people with disabilities. Special accommodations for the meeting may be made with at least three days of advance notice by calling (503) 986-0690.

More information about the National Register of Historic Places process is online at www.oregonheritage.org (click on “National Register” at left of page).
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Contact Info:
Robert Olguin, National Register Program Coordinator
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
503-986-0668; [email protected]

February 22, 2019 - The SACHP will review the nomination document for the proposed Q’alya ta Kukwis shichdii me Traditional Cultural Property Historic District. The meeting will be at the Mill Casino, 3201 Tremont Street, North Bend, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
 
May 10, 2019 - Requested last day to submit notarized objections to the Oregon SHPO for the proposed historic district. Any notarized objection received after this date will be forwarded to the National Park Service before they make a final decision.
 
May 23, 2019 - Nomination for the proposed Q’alya ta Kukwis shichdii me TCP Historic District is forwarded by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to the National Park Service for a final decision. This date will change if the SACHP does not recommend that the district be listed in the National Register at its February 22nd meeting.
 
July 2019 - Expected date that the National Park Service will make a final decision regarding listing the proposed Q’alya ta Kukwis shichdii me TCP Historic District in the National Register. This date will change if the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) does not recommend that the district be listed in the National Register at its February 22nd meeting.
 
More information can be found at the City web site at http://coosbay.org/departments/community-development-department#planning-division  and the State Office of Historic Preservation web site at https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/NATREG/pages/index.aspx. ​

With the wildfire season approaching, our congressional representatives should be working to accelerate forest management to protect communities throughout Oregon. Yet the U.S. Senate is soon expected to vote on the Oregon Wildlands Act, which creates thousands of acres of new wilderness and land set-asides where thinning and fuels reduction would be restricted.  Click here to tell your representatives and the president that we need more forest management, not less.

One concerning provision in this bill would establish "wild and scenic" designations on dozens of creeks near the Rogue River.  This would greatly restrict fuel reduction activities on these lands, even though many of these creeks don't actually carry water most of the year.  Having lived on the river himself, Curry County Commissioner Court Boice explained why this policy is a bad idea for the river and our economy. 

In a letter to Oregon's congressional delegation, Sen. Herman Baertshiger also raised concerns that restricting the ability of federal land managers to reduce fuels would leave his hometown of Grants Pass and other nearby communities, "vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires similar to those California experienced last year." 

A recent study by the U.S. Forest Service found that thousands of homes in Southwest Oregon are at risk of wildfire.  Merlin, a small community near the Rogue River, was deemed to be at the greatest risk of wildfire of any town or city in the nation. During this unprecedented wildfire and smoke crisis, Congress should make it easier for federal lands to be managed, not more difficult. 

Click here and send an urgent message today that the Oregon Wildlands Act is the wrong solution, at the wrong time, to protect these lands and nearby communities.  ​

​Below are North Bend School District public meetings currently scheduled for February:
           
February 11, 2019 - Regular School Board Meeting, North Bend City Council Chamber at 7:00 p.m., 835 California St., North Bend, OR
February 20, 2019 - Special Board Meeting – Executive Session*, North Bend School District Office at 5:30 p.m., 1913 Meade St., North Bend, OR 97459
February 25, 2019 - Special Board Meeting – Executive Session*, North Bend School District Office at 6:00 p.m., 1913 Meade St., North Bend, OR 97459
February 26, 2019 - Special Board Meeting – Executive Session*, North Bend School District Office at 6:00 p.m., 1913 Meade St., North Bend, OR 97459
February 27, 2019 (If needed) –Special Board Meeting – Executive Session*, North Bend School District Office at 6:00 p.m., 1913 Meade St., North Bend, OR 97459
     *The Board will meet in executive session to consider the employment of a public officer, employee, staff member or  individual agent, pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(a).


The schedule is subject to change.
Please email [email protected] or visit www.nbend.k12.or.us for agenda information.

Contact Info:
Bill Yester, Superintendent 541-751-6798 [email protected]
Cheri Schreiber, Board Secretary 541-751-6797 [email protected]

  Submitted by Chris Brumbles:

​Columbia County, this past November we passed the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance to protect our Inherent Natural Born Rights and Salem has doubled down with more usurpations. In response, on January 1st, 2019 I filed a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance that further protects our Rights.

  The county responded to prospective petition 19-1 by rejecting it, saying it was not one subject, that it didn’t have complete text, and that it was administrative in nature. We believe the premises of this rejection to be false and ideologically driven; we have filed a lawsuit and will continue to pursue the protection of your Rights. We will keep you updated. To help turn Oregon Counties into Sanctuary’s for our Rights, please contact Sanctuary Ordinance.com to help.
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In Liberty,
Chris Brumbles
Columbia County Coordinator
Oregon Firearms Federation
P.S. Your tax money will once again, be used against We The People to defend the counties ridiculous attempt to obstruct and enslave. (Up to you to include this part or not Marty.) 

SASO on the Curry County Commissioners Agenda
CURRY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WEEKLY BUSINESS MEETING Wednesday February 6, 2019 – 9:00 AM in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Courthouse Annex 94235 Moore Street, Gold Beach, Oregon www.co.curry.or.us 
We are on the agenda to present the SASO. If you want to speak slips must be in by 9:00 am so come early. We need to fill the room and overflow it with Second Amendment supporters, so please tell all interested parties.
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4. PRESENTATIONS
A. Cena Crook Service Award Presentation – Louise Kallstrom, County Accountant 
B. CPTSD (Curry Public Transit Service District) Grant Plans for 2019-2021, Kathryn Bernhardt, General Manager, CPTSD 
​C. SASO (Sanctuary 2nd Amendment Ordinance)  - Lyn Boniface