Basin Business for February 2019

February 2019

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Thursday, February 28, 2019, Herald and News

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KCC seeks employers for job fair — page 5

Lithia Toyota opens new dealership — Page 3

At the Capitol Chamber lobbies lawmakers The Klamath County Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee is pictured in the state Capitol in Salem. “I believe it’s one of the most important things we can do for our membership — represent business interests and advocate for opportunity and solutions,” said Heather Tramp, the Chamber’s executive director.

A publication of the Herald & News Chamber: www.klamath.org

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Klamath Chamber lobbies lawmakers

By Heather Tramp and Joe Spendolini

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ast week, the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce held its third annual Klamath Day at the Capitol, an important day of advocacy for the Klamath Basin.

The delegation met with more than 40 senators and representatives, as well as four different agencies, to address opportunities and concerns of the local community.

“This helps give the Klamath business community a voice with our elected officials,” said Heather Tramp, the Chamber’s executive director. “I believe it’s one of the most important things we can do for our membership — represent business interests and advocate for opportunity and solutions.”

Each year, the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee, together with other community leaders, prepares a list of priorities to discuss with elected officials. The list is developed to address community needs as well as respond to pending legislation at the state level.

“We schedule this while the Legislature is in session and we follow closely any proposed legislation that could affect business,” said Joe Spendolini, chair of the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee. In addition to watching these bills, the committee looks for pro-active solutions to some of Klamath County’s concerns.

This year’s priorities included: n Opposition to costly and unnecessary House Bill 2020 (aka Cap and Trade) which would immediately raise fuel prices 15 cents a gallon and increase residential heating costs nearly 11 percent; n Opposition to SB608 (rent control) as it could negatively impact Klamath’s housing shortage; n Support of the proposed Pacific Connector Pipeline and Jordan Cove project which would bring just over $5 million annually in tax revenue to Klamath County and its special taxing districts; n Create thousands of jobs during the construction phase, and stimulate a boom in economic activity; n Support for HB2847 which would provide income tax credits for rural health-care practitioners and potentially help the Klamath Basin recruit and attract more practitioners; n Support for funding Business Oregon’s Rural Opportunity Initiative which has helped fund the Klamath IDEA, as well as support for SB258, both of which provide economic development monies to rural areas to increase entrepreneurial capacity; n Opposition to Senate Bill 51 which attempts to remedy water issues by giving the department statutory authority to change type of use but does not address the transfer of stored water to a different location or place of use.

In addition to these priorities, the group met with the

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Some of the members of the Klamath County delegation that met with legislative lawmakers. directors of Business Oregon, DEQ and Oregon Water Resources Department to share concerns about water quality, economic development and more.

“This is where it starts, making our voices heard,” said Randy Shaw, presdient of Coldwell Banker Holman Premier Realty.

“We take that voice and go talk to the people who need to hear it. Our senators, representatives and the agencies that affect our community.”

This year’s delegation was made up of members of the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee and other community leaders including: n Heather Tramp, executive director — Klamath County Chamber of Commerce; n Joe Spendolini, chair — Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee; n George Ormsbee, president — Klamath County Chamber of Commerce; n Donnie Boyd, Klamath County commissioner; n Col. Jeff Edwards, 173d Kingsley Fighter Wing; n Capt. Rich Shuster, 173d Kingsley Fighter Wing; n Betty Riley, executive director — South Central Oregon Economic Development District;

n Randy Shaw, Coldwell Banker Holman Premier Realty; n Scott White, Flyway Management Services; n John Longley, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs; n Todd Andres, Pacific Power; n Marissa Davidson, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce.

“I need to take a minute to thank these leaders who took time out from their days to travel with us and represent Klamath County in a positive light while championing for solutions and opportunity,” said Tramp.

Tramp stressed that the work is not done and the Oregon Legislature is in session for two more months. The Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee will continue to watch legislation closely and will continue to provide a voice when necessary.

“Overall, our trip was productive. We’ve already seen progress on a few of the issues and I’m hoping we can provide a positive update in the near future on a few items,” Tramp said.

To learn more about the Chamber and its Government Affairs Committee, visit www.klamath.org.

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By Gerry O’Brien

H&N Editor

ithia Toyota of Klamath Falls has opened its new, standalone dealership on Washburn Way, just a few blocks north of the Lithia Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge dealership.

Formerly the Klamath County shops property, the dealership sits on 15 acres of land and has about 180 new cars on the lot at present, as well as some 80 used cars, according to General Manager Chris Wilson.

“It will grow as we open up more. We have another 200 new 2019 Toyotas on the way,” Wilson said. “With 15 acres of land, we have a lot of room to expand.”

Further, some of the former county buildings will be repurposed so that the dealership can store cars and equipment to keep them out of inclement weather.

The dealership’s first day of business was Feb. 8, with the service department opening Feb. 11, said New Car Manager Tim Boozer.

“We offer full service, quick lubes and oil changes and detailing, including car washes,” he said.

The dealership employs 35, but that will grow as the business grows, Wilson said.

“Splitting off from the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, we brought about 30 people with us. We are in the process of hiring more sales people, receptionists, trade drivers and people in parts and service.

Our goal is to have 50 to 60 employees,” Wilson said.

Outlier Construction of Medford was the lead contractor on the $5 million project and several local subcontractors were hired to help with the construction.

A private, sneak peek grand opening for Toyota owners will be Friday, March 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. A public grand opening will be March 30 and 31.

“Looking at this store, the company did everything right,” Wilson said. “It is definitely the most beautiful dealership in Klamath Falls.”

The dealership is located at 2675 Washburn Way. Sale hours are Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Call 541-205-4504 for more details.

H&N photos by Gerry O’Brien

Lithia Toyota Dealership General Manager, top left, said the new shop hopes to employ up to 60 people. At top right, the service bays offer full service for all vehicles including a quick lube service. Frankie Gomez, bottom right, is in charge of detailing cars. The shop also offers car washes for customers.

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Trash Talk:

Drowning in plastics? Take action and use alternatives

By JULiA JACKMAn

For the Solid Waste Action Committee, Klamath Sustainable Communities It seems the world is drowning in plastic. There are the vast islands of plastic waste floating in the ocean, stories of animals ingesting or becoming entangled in plastic, micro plastic bits accumulating in animals and entering our food stream.

Have you noticed how many single use plastic items, like straws, utensils, or plastic cups in hotels, are also wrapped in plastic? Plastic stuff wrapped in plastic, and packaged in plastic, all of it intended to be thrown away.

AAAAHHHH! Too much.

This issue of Trash Talk will just focus on a few tips to help you reduce the amount of plastic you use. But also remember to properly recycle those plastics you do use.

1. Use reusable bags. One of the easiest ways to reduce single-use plastic is to bring your own bags to the grocery store. It may take a while to get into the habit, but eventually it becomes part of your routine. Keep a stack of reusables in your car. You can also purchase a few reusable, compact bags, such as ChicoBag brand, and keep them in your backpack or purse.

2. Purchase bar soap instead of liquid soap. While many brands of liquid soaps offer refill containers, that larger container eventually must be discarded. There are quite a few soap makers in Klamath Falls that make excellent quality bar soaps, so you can support local business AND do something positive for the environment.

Several options: Tashi Soap Company at 2650 Washburn Way; Cranberry Station 111 N. 9th Street; Whispering Clouds Soaps and Skincare, available at the Ledge,

369 S. 6th Street.

3. Try a reusable razor instead of disposables. Approximately 2 billion razors are thrown away each year in the U.S. The plastic is not recyclable, though the metal razor part might be. But how many of us will actually dismantle a razor blade?

4. Rethink your toothbrush. With more than a billion toothbrushes ending up in landfills each year, consider a more eco-friendly option for your pearly whites. Some brands offer a replaceable brush tip, and some can be sent back to the company for recycling, and many innovative designs use non-plastic materials to manufacture the brushes. Check out Preserve Toothbrushes; Brush with Bamboo; or Bogobrush.

5. Bring a reusable container to restaurants for leftovers. It might seem weird, but it’s a great way to reduce the use of single use, styrofoam clamshell containers.

Consider leaving a container or two in your car, along with your reusable grocery bags. You can even ask restaurants to pack your to-go order in your own container! At the very least, these actions may encourage your favorite eateries to use biodegradable containers.

6. Give up the plastic water bottle. One of the simplest, no-brainer ways to reduce plastic waste is to use your own water container. And remember, bottled water is not necessarily the healthiest option: often the water is just filtered municipal water. If you are concerned about the taste of your tap water, purchase a filter system, or use a local spring water delivery service.

While we are on the subject of beverage containers, get a reusable coffee cup for when you go to your local coffee shop. Many stores in Klamath Falls sell a variety of hot and cold beverage containers.

7. Try a reusable straw. Yes, they really exist! Straws are a significant contributor to the plastic waste problem, with some 500 million discarded each day. While many companies are switching to paper straws, it can be handy to have your own if you like to use them. Some reusable straws even come with a special cleaning brush (though a pipe cleaner would work too).

Leap of Taste, at 905 Main Street, sells individual bamboo straws, as well as bamboo utensil sets which include a straw. Or look online for stainless steel varieties.

These are just a few of the easiest things that come to mind. If you want to do more, use your computer or smart phone and do an internet search for ways to reduce plastic waste: you won’t believe the many easy and innovative products and ideas out there.

New cubs TV network a boon for Sinclair By rOBerT CHAnniCK

Chicago Tribune

Sinclair Broadcast Group said Tuesday it expects to generate signficant cash — up to $50 million annually — from the Chicago Cubs regional sports network it will launch in 2020.

Sinclair owns stations in Northern California as well as in Medford, Portland, Eugene, Coos Bay and Roseburg.

Chris Ripley, Sinclair’s president and chief executive officer, said the Maryland-based broadcaster is looking at the Cubs TV network, announced earlier this month, as a boon to the bottom line and a model to partner with other teams.

“We expect (the Cubs network) to contribute about $40 (million) to $50 million of free cash flow,” Ripley said during Sinclair’s 2018 earnings call.

The Marquee Sports Network, as it will be called, will become the exclusive TV home of the Cubs, ending 70 years of local over-the-air broadcasts and moving all of the games to cable and satellite. It will air the full regular season schedule, expanded pregame and postgame coverage, classic broadcasts from the archives and other local sports programming.

The current Cubs local TV schedule is split between WGN-Ch.9, WLS-Ch.7 and NBC Sports Chicago, the regional sports network formed in 2004.

Sinclair, the country’s largest TV station group, owns 191 TV stations and the Tennis Channel. The Cubs represent Sinclair’s first foray in a regional sports network. Sinclair also is looking to buy some or all of the Fox-owned regional sports networks, which must be sold as a requirement of its pending merger with Disney. “(Marquee) is a model for other partnerships going forward,” Ripley said. “We certainly will be looking for other opportunities and there will be some coming up.”

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KCC seeks employers Insurance can protect to participate in job fair your plans for future — FINANCIAL FOCUS —

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ou probably already know that life insurance can protect your family if something were to happen to you. But you might not realize the many ways in which insurance can help you preserve your plans for the future — whether for yourself, the next generation, or those charitable groups you support.

Specifically, life insurance can potentially help you address several areas, including the following: n Help in covering final expenses — The proceeds of a life insurance policy can provide immediate funds at the time of your death to pay for your funeral costs, your debts and your final income taxes. n Transfer wealth (with potential tax advantages) — Some wealth transfer vehicles carry significant tax consequences. But the proceeds from life insurance are typically free of income tax, so if your death benefit is $1 million, your heirs will receive the full $1 million. (Consult with your tax advisor about all potential tax consequences beneficiaries might face.) n Provide charitable gifts — You can use life insurance in various ways to support charitable organizations.

One option is to donate a policy you may no longer need. Either you or the charity would continue paying the premiums, but the charity would become both the owner and beneficiary of your policy.

Alternatively, you could purchase a permanent life insurance policy and donate it to the charity, which could then use the policy’s cash value when you’re alive and receive the death benefit when you die. n Help fund a revocable living trust — Depending on your situation, you might want to establish a revocable living trust as part of your estate plans. A revocable living trust helps you avoid the time-consuming, expensive and public process of probate. And, among other benefits, a living trust allows you to distribute your financial assets

over time, and in amounts that you specify — which may be quite appealing, if, for example, you’d rather not give your children a large amount of money at once. Life insurance can help fund your living trust — you just need to name the trustee (which may well be yourself while you’re alive) as the owner and beneficiary of the policy.

However, you will need to consult with your legal advisor before creating and funding a living trust. n Help cover long-term care costs — You may never need any type of long-term care, but if you do, you’ll find it quite expensive. It now costs, on average, more than $100,000 per year for a private room in a nursing home, according to the 2018 Cost of Care Survey, produced by Genworth, an insurance company. Medicare typically pays little of these costs, so the burden will fall on you.

To avoid using up your financial assets — or, even worse, having to rely on your adult children for help — you may want to purchase insurance.

Some life insurance plans offer long-term care coverage, either through a special “rider” or by accelerating your death benefit, but you might also want to consider a traditional long-term care insurance policy.

As you can see, one of the most flexible tools you have is life insurance.

Start thinking soon about how you can put it to work.

Submitted by: Meredith Hoffman Financial Advisor-Edward Jones 1307 S Alameda Ave, Suite B Klamath Falls, OR 97603 541-273-2483

Employers offering jobs in resort, manufacturing, construction, retail, health care, public service, and other industries are invited to attend an upcoming job fair at Klamath Community College, according to a news release.

The job fair is March 21, and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the KCC Commons in Building 4. Vendors are invited to start setting up at 9 a.m. Vendors can attend at no cost, and KCC will provide a 6-foot table and hospitality room for breaks.

A range of employers, including Sky Lakes Medical Center, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Roe Outfitters, and ZCS Engineering and Architecture, will be at the event.

The job fair will connect job seekers directly with employers hoping to fill fulltime and part-time positions. The fair is open to college and high school students, and to the public.

“We are excited to provide this opportunity for local employers to meet students and community members who are seeking new jobs or career advancement,” said Chip Massie, KCC interim vice president of external affairs. “A job fair is a perfect place to make a face-to-face connection, and for job seekers to ask questions and arrange interviews.”

Job seekers attending the fair should have resumes to hand out and should dress appropriately for meeting a potential employer.

KCC WorkSource Career Center staff will be available to help participants apply for jobs online, if needed.

The job fair is March 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Building 4. For more information or to reserve a booth, call KCC Work Readiness and Pathways Coordinator Jan Goodyear at 541-880-2387.

How do I apply for a new or replacement Social Security number card?

You can get an original Social Security card or a replacement card if yours is lost or stolen. There is no charge for a Social Security card. This service is free.

You can use a my Social Security account to request a replacement Social Security card online if you: Are a U.S. citizen age 18 years or older with a U.S. mailing address; Are not requesting a name change or any other change to your card; and Have a driver’s license or a state-issued identification card from one of the many participating states. If your state does not yet participate in this service, check back soon.

More states are added regularly.

If you cannot apply for a card online, you will need to show the required documents.

We need to see different documents depending on your citizenship and the type of card you are requesting. See Learn What Documents You Need to find out what documents you will have to show. Fill out and print an Application for a Social Security Card; and take or mail your application and documents to your local Social Security office.

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US housing starts drop 11.2 percent in December WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of homes being built in December plunged to the lowest level in more than two years, a possible sign that developers are anticipating fewer new houses to be sold this year.

The Commerce Department said Tuesday that housing starts fell 11.2 percent in December from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.08 million. This is the slowest pace of construction since September 2016.

Over the past 12 months, housing starts have tumbled 10.2 percent. December’s decline occurred for single-family houses and apartment buildings. Builders have pulled back as higher prices have caused home sales to slump, suggesting that affordability challenges have caused the pool of would-be buyers and renters to dwindle.

“Artificially high prices have created affordability constraints, resulting in a situation where builders cannot deliver supply in scale,” said Brad Dillman, chief

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Newly constructed homes sit near a sign, in Natick, Mass. The Commerce Department reports on U.S. home construction in December. economist for the multi-family developer Cortland. “The result is that today’s housing market is undersupplied.”

The Commerce Department reported last month that new-home sales in November were 7.7 percent lower than a year ago.

The housing market initially cooled last year as average, 30-year mortgage rates climbed to nearly 5 percent. Home prices have consistently risen faster than wages and the inventory of homes listed for $250,000 or less is tight, suggesting a sluggish market ahead.

But the average mortgage has fallen since November, and that may help some Americans to become owners in 2019.

Also, the pace of rising prices has slowed while wage growth has accelerated in recent months, which could also boost sales.

“Looking forward we may see a few more months of weak single-family starts before increasing confidence leads to increased production,” said Danielle Hale, chief economist for realtor.com.

Permits to build housing, an indicator of future activity, increased just 0.3 percent in December. Among single-family houses, permits fell 2.2 percent in December and 5.5 percent from a year ago.

Housing starts were flat in the Northeast in December but fell in the Midwest, South and West.

Fed’s Powell predicts solid, but slower growth WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday the U.S. economy should keep expanding at a solid, though somewhat slower pace this year. But he warned of growing risks, including a global slowdown, volatile financial markets and uncertainty about U.S. trade policy.

In delivering the Fed’s semiannual monetary report to Congress, Powell said the Fed will be “patient” in determining when to boost its benchmark policy rate in light of the various “crosscurrents and conflicting signals.”

“When I say that we are going to be patient, what that really means is that we are in no rush to make a judgment about changes in policy,” Powell said in response to questions from lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee.

“We are going to be patient.

We are going to allow the situation to evolve ... and allow the data to come in. And I think we are in a good place to do that.”

The Fed in December indicated it could hike rates two times this year. But many private economists believe the Fed will keep rates unchanged until late this year and may

not hike at all.

Andrew Hunter, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said he believes a slowing economy will prompt the Fed to leave rates unchanged this year and to start cutting them next year.

“We think the Fed is already done hiking rates,” he said. “We expect a further slowdown over the course of this year to convince the Fed to begin cutting rates by early 2020.”

In his report to Congress, Powell repeated assurances the Fed has been making since January that it plans to be patient in deciding the next

moves on interest rates. Financial markets had little reaction to Powell’s congressional testimony. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 33 points.

In his testimony, Powell said that the economy grew at a strong pace last year, with employment and inflation remaining close to the Fed’s goals. He said it appeared that overall growth was slightly below 3 percent in 2018. The Fed expects 2019 growth to slow somewhat.

He said that while the 35-day partial government shutdown “created significant hardship for government

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 67 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2019.

The 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 62 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2019.

Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2018. (Note: some people receive both Social Security and SSI benefits.)

Read more about the Social Security Cost-of-Living adjustment for 2019.

The maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $132,900.

The earnings limit for workers who are younger than “full” retirement age (age 66 for people born in 1943 through 1954) will increase to $17,640. (We deduct $1 from benefits for each $2 earned over $17,640.)

The earnings limit for people turning 66 in 2019 will increase to $46,920. (We deduct $1 from benefits for each $3 earned over $46,920 until the month the worker turns age 66.)

There is no limit on earnings for workers who are “full” retirement age or older for the entire year.

The purpose of the COLA is to ensure that the purchasing power of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits is not eroded by inflation. It is based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from the third quarter of the last year a COLA was determined to the third quarter of the current year. If there is no increase, there can be no COLA. The CPI-W is determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. By law, it is the official measure used by the Social Security Administration to calculate COLAs. Congress enacted the COLA provision as part of the 1972 Social Security Amendments, and automatic annual COLAs began in 1975. Before that, benefits were increased only when Congress enacted special legislation.

Beginning in 1975, Social Security started automatic annual cost-of-living allowances. The change was enacted by legislation that ties COLAs to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W).

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Tech Q & A

Your next FedEx delivery could be a pizza ... by robot

By Steve Alexander

The Washington Post FedEx is getting into the pizza delivery business, but no one will be greeting hungry customers at the door.

As companies scramble to develop technology to get food, groceries and shipments to customers in hours, even minutes, FedEx unveiled an early model of an autonomous delivery robot on Tuesday. The shipper is teaming up with Pizza Hut, Walmart, Walgreens and other companies on the delivery program.

The initiative highlights the surging demand for speedier delivery and the race to develop autonomous technology for what’s known as the “lastmile,” or the final step of the logistics journey from warehouse or kitchen to a customer’s front door.

Experts say merchants and shipping companies will increasingly move toward automation to lower costs and speed up delivery, with fleets of drones and bots eventually dropping off goods without direct assistance from human staff.

FedEx is developing its robot with DEKA Development & Research Corp., whose founder invented the Segway, and a powered wheelchair called iBot, the company said in a news release.

FedEx’s bot is designed to traverse sidewalks and

Here’s what you can do if email bypasses inbox Minneapolis Star Tribune

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: Over the last month, some of my incoming Gmail has bypassed my inbox and gone directly to my “all mail” box.

Replies to my emails have been bypassing the inbox and going directly to my “sent” box. At first, I thought the problem might lie with the “eMCQ Client” mail software on my computer, through which I view Gmail. But when I saw that the same email misrouting had occurred in Gmail, I decided the issue originated there.

How can I fix this?

— Michael Gonzalez, Arden Hills, Minn. : Gmail normally wouldn’t bypass your “inbox” and send incoming emails directly to the “all mail” or “sent” folders.

But it might if you have set up an “email filter,” which is a rule that tells Gmail to handle certain types of mail differently.

To find out if you have any such filters running in Gmail, click the settings icon at the upper right (it looks like a gear wheel.) In the resulting menu, click “settings,” then click “filters and blocked addresses.” If there are any filters active, delete them (you can always replace them later.) When you see the message “confirm filter deletion,” click “OK.” If the Gmail changes don’t solve the problem, it’s possible that an eM email filter is at fault. Why? If you have an IMAP email account (internet Message Access Protocol, see tinyurl.com/yxuf4c7t) any mail-sorting done by eM might be passed on to Gmail through the mailbox synchronization process.

To check eM’s mail filters, go to “menu” and select “tools.” In the following list, select “rules” (eM’s name for filters.) In the next menu, alter or delete any existing rules to see whether that solves the problem.

If the changes to Gmail and eM don’t help, it’s possible there is some other software conflict between the two programs. To find out, close eM (click the eM symbol at the top left of the screen and choose “close”), then get your mail from Gmail’s website for a few days to see whether the problem goes away. : I purchased an iPhone 6 Plus, but in the process of activating it someone incorrectly entered my phone number. As a result, Apple has the wrong “trusted phone number” for my secure logins to my Apple account. How can I fix this?

— Philip Hilton, Baton Rouge, La. : You are in a difficult situation. From a computer security standpoint, you did the right thing by activating two-factor authentication. It protects your Apple ID account by requiring you to sign in with both a password and a temporary six-digit code that Apple sends to your phone via text or automated call.

But giving Apple the wrong phone number has created a significant problem: You can’t use your phone to sign in to your Apple ID account, because Apple can’t send the code to your phone.

And there’s no easy way to correct your phone number in Apple’s account system. As a result, you will have to contact Apple another way. Go to tinyurl.com/qfzt9be and click “iPhone.” In the next menu, select “Apple ID and iCloud,” then choose the box “the topic is not listed.” In the resulting text box, describe your problem and click “continue.”

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streets, building on the iBot’s technology, and is equipped with radar, laser-based lidar mapping tools and several cameras.

FedEx said it will test the bot in multiple cities, pending approval, including its home base of Memphis. The robots would complement its existing same-day delivery service, which relies on uniformed employees and operates in 32 markets, the company said.

AutoZone, Lowe’s and Target have also signed on to the program meant to capitalize on the latent appeal of on-demand, local delivery. On average, more than 60 percent of a retailer’s customers live within three miles of a store, according to FedEx. “The bot represents a milestone in our ongoing mission to solve the complexities and expense of same-day, last-mile delivery for the growing e-commerce market in a manner that is safe and environmentally friendly,” Brie Carere, chief marketing and communications officer at FedEx said in a statement.

In a video released by FedEx Tuesday, the robot resembles a cooler with the undercarriage of a mini all-terrain vehicle. The bot is shown zooming past a neighborhood shop, riding over a street puddle, mounting a curb and doorstep with tiered tires, and cruising on a sidewalk with a steep incline.

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Executive Board President: George Ormsbee First Vice President: Richard Schuster Jr. Second Vice President: Jennifer Scanlan

Treasurer/Secretary: Janet Buckalew Members: Jenine Stuedli, Pam Greene, Kim Buller, Dan Peterson, Mika Blain, Joe Spendolini Immediate Past President: Rachael Spoon

Email: heathert@klamath.org www.klamath.org www.facebook.com/Klamath Chamber

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Febr uar y 2019 Newsletter Ore gon State Senator Dennis Linthicum – District 28 I represent the citizens of Senate District 28, which includes all, or part of Þve rural, mostly-eastern Oregon counties: Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Deschutes and Crook.

As Senator for one of the largest Senate districts in our state, it is extremely important that you remain in contact with me about the issues and concerns that affect your lives.

I encourage you to use the information here as a resource.

Please contact my ofÞce by phone or e-mail so that I can know how to best serve you. I am honored to be here, in Salem, Þghting for our freedom and liberty.

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Standing in Unanimous Support…

Can deeper understanding emerge from unwarranted accusations, or name-calling? Is respect promoted, or diminished, by misleading headlines, harangues on Facebook or other socialmedia banter?

Respect and understanding can only ßourish amongst those willing to have open, honest and sincere policy discussions.

Two weeks ago I was lambasted for using an illustration about a black man, Eric Garner, who lost his life, in 2014, during a needless and tragic altercation in Staten Island, NY. After I encountered countless politically motivated attacks, the Oregon Republican Party decided to consider the ideological ramiÞcations facing all Oregonians if free-speech were to be so soundly denied.

Last Saturday, the elected delegates to the convention unanimously passed a resolution supporting my efforts to highlight the interrelated cause and effect web of policies concerning taxes, poverty, racism, limited employment opportunities, poor education delivery models, and criminal activity. All of which, together, or separately, can result in broken homes, families and lives.

My newsletters and press releases will continue to have a very consistent theme – One promoting individual liberty and freedom, where people carry personal responsibility, and operate in a sphere of limited government. My constant prayer is that this goal always stays within reach.

RESOLUTION OF THE OREGON REPUBLICAN PARTY - February, 16, 2019 WHEREAS members of the Republican Party are involved in an ideological battle against forces which, contrary to truth, ascribe racist motives where none may reasonably be inferred in order to divide the American people and acquire power; and WHEREAS a Democrat supermajority of the Legislature in Salem threatens the future of Oregon through accelerating taxes and regulation; and WHEREAS the Republican Party aims to be a party upholding truth and the rule of law; and WHEREAS Oregon Senator Dennis Linthicum recently observed that but for high cigarette taxes in New York State, Eric Garner would not have died while being arrested for selling cigarettes in evasion of New York taxes; and WHEREAS Democrat Members of the Oregon Legislature falsely attacked Senator Linthicum’s comments as unsavory, insensitive and racist; WHEREAS certain Republican Members of the Oregon Legislature then attacked Senator Linthicum and apologized for his statement; BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED: 1. The Oregon Republican Party supports Senator Linthicum in his efforts to Þght higher taxes in Oregon, and Þnds it well within the bounds of acceptable political discourse to identify Mr. Garner’s death as the product of excessive taxes and regulation, because but for those taxes and regulation, Mr. Garner would probably be alive today; and 2. The Oregon Republican Party reminds its elected leaders that we cannot win the vital ideological struggle against those dividing America with constant concessions to the fake moral preening of our opponents; and 3. The Oregon Republican Party reminds its elected leaders that episodes such as their unwarranted attack on Senator Linthicum discourage grassroots Republicans and needlessly threaten the unity of the Party.

4. The Oregon Republican Party urges its leaders to tell the truth that excessive government on all levels, ranging from barriers to entry for minority business to a lack of school choice forcing minorities into poor quality public schools, are far more important barriers to minority achievement than lingering racism in America.

If we don’t stand for rural Oregon values, our 2nd Amendment and common-sense – no one will!