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H&N View: Some well-deserved praise By H&N Editorial Board | Sep 16, 2018
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We know that earlier in the summer we complained here that all the events taking place this summer were keeping us busier than usual, but that’s nothing like what’s happening in the fall.
It’s the perfect place to do some networking, as many of the business owners there were first-timers to the event. And it bodes well for tracking how we’re doing. There was some good economic news for the college that was announced at the meeting, as well as the news that broke that day of a planned hotel to be built at TimberMill Shores.
So rather than hammer on some burning issue that has us seeing red and coughing up smoke and ash from the finally receding forest fires, we think it’s best to hand out a few kudos. And take a “breather.” First off, we were incredibly impressed with the 2018 Rural Business and Innovation Summit put on the by Klamath County Chamber of Commerce at Klamath Community College late last week. It is a good barometer of how far we have come and how far we can go. In its four years, the one-day event has grown from a few lecturers reading and interpreting job and workforce statistics to dynamic speakers with real-life issues and solutions and a host of area vendors who all play a part in helping the Basin grow economically. Attendance has jumped from 50 or so of the usual economic development suspects to more than 150 this go round — with 40 people from out of the county — along with some 25 vendors. It was too large to be held in a classroom, so it moved the large community room of the college. Chamber Executive Director Heather Tramp and her staff deserve kudos for this event that ran went off without a hitch, except for the fact the audience ran through six gallons of coffee in a few short hours. Gathering Grounds hustled
County to be loaned to taxing district within the county, another county or taxing district within another county, only pursuant to a legally binding intergovernmental agreement or loan agreement. Reschke, the county commission and others lobbied a heavily tilted Democratic legislature to get this bill signed by a Democratic governor.
The commission has yet to decide, but it appears the request will get funded. The only caveat is that the sheriff’s office is also being supplemented up to $2 million annually by this so-called Secure Rural Schools fund. It raises the need for the county to address the sheriff’s office funding once and for all. Local Olympians feted Mark your calendars for Oct. 4, because that is the annual Shaw Historical Library special reception. This is the day the group releases is annual historical magazine, a good read for those new to town and those steeped in its history.
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Call it a loan Another offer of praise goes out to state Rep. E. Werner Reschke, who was the main shepherd for the new law that allows government groups to borrow low interest loans from what is called the Secure Rural Schools fund. HB-3435 authorizes moneys from federal sources in county road funds of Curry County, Klamath County or Yamhill
541.883.4007 Now, Klamath Falls City School District can take advantage of borrowing money from the county road fund to complete capital projects. The county school district did so, too, to help renovate its new headquarters. The city schools is looking for $4 million to complete renovation of Klamath Union. School board members emphasize that their financial standing in good order, so, if the commissioners reject their request, they will seek a loan elsewhere and most likely get it.
This year the event at Oregon Institute of Technology is called, “Sandlots to Olympians: Athletes of our region who’ve gone the distance.” The group will be honoring: Dan O’Brien, Luke Klaja, Walt Badorek, Leonard Hill, Liz Parrish and Danny Miles. If interested in attending, make reservations online at www.oit.edu/shaw2018 or call Katie Cavendish at 541-885-0222. Editorial Board Members of the Herald and News editorial board are Publisher Mark Dobie, Editor and General Manager Gerry O’Brien, who wrote this editorial. Community advisers to the editorial board are Bill Jennings, Sergio Cisneros, Jenine Stuedli, Tracey Liskey and Ernie Palmer. Community advisers may not always agree with the editorial stands taken, but act as advisers.
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