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The man who was director of the Oregon Coast Military Museum in Florence is no longer in the job, after he was charged with sexual abuse of an underage girl who volunteered at the museum. Jaime Adame reports on the shake-up at the small nonprofit museum.
Five Eugene craft brewers are creating specialty beers with Oregon-grown ingredients as part of an effort to preserve Oregon farmland, called Cheers to the Land. You can try the beers at a launch party on Friday at Claim 52 in Eugene. A portion of proceeds will go to the Oregon Agricultural Trust. Vanessa Salvia explains.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem turned up in Portland today, visiting an ICE facility, while a lawsuit has stalled the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city. A few protesters gathered outside the ICE building, holding signs and playing music, while Noem appeared on the roof for a few minutes.
Isaac Wasserman has a new slice-of-life photo in The Look Around: A Hotshot fire crew grabs lunch as they pass through Eugene.
An initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax now has an official ballot title: “Nullifies estate tax, which applies to estates of $1 million plus; prohibits similar local taxes.” It’s one more step in getting it on the ballot next fall. To do that, organizers next would have to gather about 117,000 voter signatures.
Many years ago when I worked at a newspaper in a strange and faraway place, called Utah, a curmudgeonly old editor said to me: “Whenever the letters to the editor started drying up, I’d just write an editorial saying people should have to license their cats. No worries about having enough letters to the editor — for weeks!”
I don’t think we’d do that. But we’d love for you to send us a letter to the editor anyway. What’s on your mind? (350 words or less, please): lte@lookoutlocal.com
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Shake-up at Oregon Coast Military Museum after sex abuse allegations
By Jaime Adame
The director, who is charged with sexual abuse of an underage girl, is no longer working at the Florence museum. Two board members have resigned as well, and the museum is closed for now. A former mayor of Florence said he hopes the museum can one day reopen.
Oregon brewers create special beverages to support farmland preservation
By Vanessa Salvia
Five Eugene breweries are participating in the Oregon Agricultural Trust’s Cheers to the Land program. The public can try the beverages at a launch party Friday at Claim 52.
Kristi Noem visits Portland as lawsuit stalls troop deployment
By Bob Passaro
About two dozen demonstrators waited outside the ICE facility playing music and holding signs for the U.S. Homeland Security secretary to arrive.
Initiative to end Oregon estate tax is one step closer to ballot
By Nigel Jaquiss / Oregon Journalism Project
The next step for organizers, including state Sen. Kevin Mannix, would be to gather signatures. The tax they seek to kill raised $423 million in the last budget year. Meanwhile the state is facing reductions in federal revenue for services like Medicaid and food assistance.
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Bob
