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On this day, February 11, 1999 the New Carissa cargo ship which ran aground a week earlier on the Oregon Coast near Coos Bay was set on fire with explosives to burn off some 400,000 gallons of fuel oil to prevent its spillage.




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Celebrate Presidents Day
Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Come celebrate Presidents day!



Sunday February 16th (day prior to Presidents day)

2562 S Santiam Hwy, Lebanon OR

(Between Grocery Outlet and Schmizza)

1:30 PM starts flag wave, movie starts approx. 2:30 PM

Flag wave weather permitting. dress warm.

Watch the Reagan movie and enjoy some snacks.

$5 donation recommended.

Linn County Conservative Alliance 2562 S Santiam Hwy, Lebanon, OR 97355. between Grocery Outlet and Schmizza.



Let Kids Be Kids
Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Empower parents, protect kids, and reclaim our schools. Parents have a responsibility to stand up for their children and their futures. Keynote speaker, Fox News Host Rachel Campos-Duffy. music by Kurt Van Meter. Tickets director@parentsrightsineducation.org
NW Event Center, Hillsboro, OR



Friends of Gap Road Town Hall
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Guest Speakers: Jim Johnson a career in land use and water management, and David Neal a Linn County farm owner exporter and owner of a land water management business.
Harrisburg High School Multi Purpose Room 400 S 9th St


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AG Releases Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit.
Oregon legislators want to bring back criminals

Oregon’s new Attorney General, Dan Rayfield, wasted no time distributing information on the Civil Rights Unit (CRU) Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit.

The CRU Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit is a free, online resource for those seeking to understand Oregon’s sanctuary laws and help ensure that our communities are safe for all. This toolkit covers information needed to understand, report, and combat violations of Oregon’s Sanctuary Promise Laws. Some of the information covers: Promoting the CRU Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit, Senator Deb Patterson (D-Salem) said “Oregon’s Sanctuary Promise laws mean that everyone can live, work, go to school, and access government services without fear that the state or local government will report you to ICE. The Oregon Department of Justice has created a guide to help Oregonians understand, report, and combat violations of these sanctuary laws.”

The House and Senate Committee on Judiciary are sponsoring HB 2466 and SB 277, which amends the statue ORS 181A.823. The statue prohibits enforcement agency or public body from sharing or collecting immigration or citizenship status. HB 2466 and SB 277 adds an exception allowing for the sharing of data as needed to effect an international extradition and return of a person charged with or convicted of a crime in this state and for whom a warrant of arrest has been issued.

This will counter extradition of criminals by ICE and use Oregon taxpayer funds to bring back criminals for trial. If convicted, we have to pay for their incarceration and when freed there is no provision to deport them. According to a Hoover Institute report, it depends on the country whether deported criminals will be incarcerated. Why should Oregon bring back criminals, especially if they are already incarcerated in the country of origin.

ORS 181A.823 is a statute that deals with prohibitions related to immigration enforcement. It outlines restrictions on the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local entities. Here are some key points:

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The toolkit follows 22 Democrats sponsoring HB 2543 requesting $15 million to lawyer up “illegals” and fight against the Federal Government deporting “illegal” criminals. Appropriation includes $10.5 million to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to disbursement to Oregon Worker Relief as the fiscal agent under ORS 9.85. Appropriates $4.5 million to the Judicial Department for transfer to the Oregon State Bar for use by the Legal Services Program to provide legal services to individuals on immigration matters.

Representative E. Werner Reschke (R-Crater Lake) in contrast is sponsoring HB 2192, which requires a public body that gets and keeps a person's data to get and keep the person's status as an immigrant or citizen.

The bill requires each public body that collects and maintains personal information about individuals residing in this state to collect and maintain, along with the personal information of each individual, information on the individual’s immigration or citizenship status when applying for benefits. Deletes the prohibition against collecting “Information concerning a person’s citizenship or immigration status.” It includes information about whether a person is a citizen of the United States or has lawful authority to be present in the United States, either through a visa, a green card or another official documentation. The term does not include information consisting of a person’s address, location, contact information, relatives, associates or other information that could lead to the detection or apprehension of the person.

Go to Oregon Citizens Lobby Legislative Bill Alerts to respond on these bills.


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2025-02-02 12:54:37Last Update: 2025-02-02 01:09:26



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