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Labor dispute could
force agency to make
deeper service cuts
By JIM REDDEN
Pamplin Media Group
Complaints are pouring
in about TriMet’s new bud-
get.
r riders are criti-
er-
eetings to other
citizens on the site.
“I use it to post upcoming
events, like a theater per-
formance by Gladstone
High School,” Winegarden
said. “I can also send an
alert as part of our effort to
set up a neighborhood
watch.”
Gladstone is on the fore-
front of the latest trend in
hyper-local social network-
ing. Of the 90 fledgling
Nextdoor websites in Ore-
gon, the North Clackamas
sprouted a
a generation
gap, and we
also need to
build a
bridge
between
longtime
residents
and recent
arrivals.”
— Carole
Cool fundraiser
Mustangs are going to the dogs
— See A15
Coming up roses
Ainsworth House opens historic
gardens to the public
See story, page 3
many cul-
tures
throughout
the world, including the Con-
federated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde.
They are also eaten by ani-
mals that also eat young salm-
on, such as sea lions. Some-
times the lamprey serve as a
kind of meal buffer, protecting
salmon as predators eat them
instead.
The WildWillamette History
program on Lamprey is pre-
Research Unit
PHOTO BY ADAM WICKHAM
Fred Nelligan (left) of Oak Grove, Arielle Kane of Canby and Peter Toll of
West Linn show their support for light rail in front of the construction
site of the Milwauki bridge for the new MAX system off of McLoughlin
Boulevard.
require a public vote on
county funding of rail projects.
Positively Clackamas, a political action com-
mittee that hopes to gather around $100,000 to
fight the measure on the Sept. 18 special elec-
tion ballot, is just starting to raise money.
The group just formed in the spring, accord-
grassroots campaign in-
cluding a wide swath of people from all walks
of life,” Toll said.
The measure has been supported by Clacka-
mas Rail Vote, a PAC that was part of the origi-
nal group collected about 10,000 valid signa-
See RAIL / Page 4