The board of commissioners will hold a public meeting on Nov. 30 to consider a text amendment to the county’s Land Development Ordinance Section 6.2.2 Use Table for Base Zoning Districts, Section 6.3.1 Agriculture. The proposed amendment would allow small farm animals within the White City Urban Unincorporated Community Boundary. The hearing is at 1:30…
SC partioning request is continued
August 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
“Back to the drawing board”, there’s an often used phrase, but one we don’t generally get to use literally. In the case of Jeff Smith’s application to the Planning Commission for consideration of a partition of property it was used in its literal form. Smith requested splitting one lot on Schoolhouse Lane into 3 parcels…
Shady Cove planning is all about-yep- more planning
June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The June 10th Planning Commission meeting ran somewhere between a filibuster and an Homeric epic. It ran nearly two and a half hours and two issues were dealt with. By 9:50 City Planner Dick Converse freely admitted that his ability to form and/or express linear thoughts would expire at 10:00 and he could easily have…
Students can benefit from ASPIRE
March 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Eagle Point High School is one of 115 schools in Oregon participating in ASPIRE program (Access to Student Assistance Program in Reach of Everyone). It is administered by the Oregon Student Assistance Commission (OSAC) which, in turn, partners with several including Oregon Community Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, Gear Up and Department of Human Services. ASPIRE…
Oregon scholarship deadlines
February 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Early bird review deadline for Oregon Student Assistance Commission Scholarship application is Feb. 16. The final deadline is Mar. 1. The state agency administers more than 400 private scholarships and public grant programs to help students pay for college education or training. Scholarship awards can be used at almost all postsecondary institutions. OSAC offers each…
Inaction may kill D9 chance to get funds
January 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Two items of potential financial benefit to School District 9, students and taxpayers met with less than favorable support at last week’s board of directors meeting. The last item on the agenda for the regular board meeting was a recommendation for board approval of the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top grant application,…
Sen. Whitsett speaks out on resent legislative activity
February 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Update on SB 76 – Dam Demolition First, we made a significant transcription error in our last newsletter. The letter stated that the 2 percent surcharge in PacifiCorp rates resulting from the demolition of the dams on the Klamath River could be about $34 per month and that the cost of replacement power could be…
Deadline for 3,000 Oregon Health Plan applicants to reply is April 10
April 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
If you are one of the 3,000 Oregonians who received an application for the Oregon Health Plan’s Standard benefit package in March, you have until April 10 to return it if you want to be considered for eligibility. The Oregon Department of Human Services sent postcards to recipients of the applications reminding them of…
JCFD3 earns higher status in state
July 31, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Jackson County Fire District No. 3 was recently awarded a certificate of exemption by the State Fire Marshal. District No. 3 is the first department in Oregon in the last 25 years to earn this distinction. The certificate gives the district more control over fire code issues. District No. 3 Fire Marshal Ken Johnson said…
