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Oregon News:

• An Open Letter to Rush Limbaugh   (Guest Column)
• Judge Sends Oregon Polluter to Federal Prison for Six Months.  Donald Spencer will also pay a maximum $150,000 fine on behalf of his former company, Spencer Environmental Inc...Assistant U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton said the mishandled waste was the source of a catastrophic fire and was implicated in the case of a worker who "died a horrible death -- with his lungs gradually disintegrating..." prosecutors said it was impossible to prove any connection...But the judge... (Oregonian)
• NW Family Questions Death of Marine from Portland Reserve Unit.  0; (Oregonian)
• 3.4% Tuition Hike Coming In the Fall.   (Oregonian)
• Constitution Party Candidate Running Against Gordon Smith.
• Scuffle with School Bus Driver Land Parent In Jail.   Man was angry when child not on bus. (SJ)
• Felon Sentenced for Taking Gun to W. OR Univ.  Also impersonated an officer. (SJ)
• Portland Seeks a Deal to Get Technical Help for Aging Solar Parking Meters.   Remember when Portland's solar-powered, sticker-splitting parking meters seemed like a gift from the future? Well,...SmartMeters are so yesterday...hiccupping, crashing, needing new parts & becoming increasingly costly. (Oregonian)
• That Flushing Sound Is Your $$.  The high-priced potty that city officials said was "nearly indestructible" took a header after running into a maple tree limb. A piece of the righteous eave broke like a Major League Baseball bat and helicoptered to the ground with a thud that probably could be heard 'round the city. (SJ columnist Carol McAlice Currie)
• Kulongoski Will Stand By Hillary for As Long As She Wants.   (Oregonian)
• Masked, Spanish Speaking, Light Skinned, Gun-toting Robber Targeting Hispanic Stores?   (SJ)
• Portland City Councilor Will Be First to Be In Office Solely from Taxpayer-Funded Campaign.   (Oregonian)
• Oakridge:   Teacher Accused Of Taping Student to Chair Could Learn Fate Friday.   (SJ)
• M-49 Stops Clackamas County Subdivision.   A judge says owners hadn't spent enough on a development project to get a property-rights exemption. (Oregonian)
• Idling Taxi Cab's Carbon Monoxide Sends Nine from Seatac WA to Hospitals.   (Oregonian)
• Oregon coalition, the Oregon Health Care Quality Corp., One Of 14 Nationwide Receiving $1-M from Foundation In the Next Three Years.   Claim goal is to "equalize" preventive health care. Claim:   Minorities lacking in preventive health care. (Oregonian) [How does this $$ help change the human behavior of these people?]
• Vancouver, WA:   Clark County Commissioners Set Public Hearing (6/23) for Public Comment on Columbia River Crossing Project.   (SJ)
• Council Backs Columbia River Bridge with Light Rail, Tolls.   Metro doesn't dismiss a Portland-to-Vancouver "mega-bridge" with up to 12 lanes. (Oregonian)
• Superdelegate Wyden Endorses Obama.   Wyden said in a statement he was never comfortable with the “superdelegate” role....“I never asked to be a superdelegate, and always thought it preposterous that my vote would be accorded greater weight than the vote of the very people who make my public service possible,” he said. (Register Guard)
• Smith to Offer to Take Republican Lead On Democratic Medicare Pay Fix Measure.  Senate Aging ranking member Gordon Smith plans to tell Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus today that he will support the Democrats' Medicare physician pay fix bill and will offer to be the lead Republican on the measure. (National Journal, Congress Daily) [Hey. There should be payback for his voting like a Democrat all these years.]
• Keizer Man Doesn't Think Obama Should Be Held Accountable for Pastor's Words.   (SJ)
• Coming? Another Rise In Commercial Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Fees.   (SJ)
• OR Settle with Companies Over Medicaid Drug Over-Billing.   (Oregonian)
• Broadcom Co-founder Faces Narcotics Charges.   (Oregonian)
• New Owners Of Halsey Mill Could Re-open Next Week.   (Oregonian)
• Portland Police Sergeant Loses Rank.   Silence as to why, but follows a speeding infraction. (Oregonian)
• Climate Bill Puts Sen. Smith In a Bind?   Moderate Republicans will be forced to take sides between the environment and business. (Charles Pope and Scott Learn, Oregonian) [And whose fault is it that Smith is in the middle? Why as reported Monday he is the "unRepublican" candidate. Saying Smith is in the middle is an unearned compliment. He is on the left and has been for a long time.]
• Smith's Cap and Trade Choice.   (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
• Candidate Most Likely to Win When Supported By Unions.   (Harry Esteve, Oregonian)
• Proposed Bill Would Offer Lane County $45050 Million.   (Daily Emerald)
• Loren Parks Add $58,000 to Initiative Campaigns.   (Dave Hogan, Oregonian)
• New Numbers On M-53.   (Michelle Cole, Oregonian)
• Ashland:   Abe Lincoln Statue In Ashland Headless -- Again.   (Michael Rollins, Oregonian)
• Washington County:   Ex-School Leader, Facing Child Sex Charges, Shoots Himself, Sheriff's Office Says.   (Kimberly Wilson, Oregonian)
• OR Schools In Line for Nearly $7-B In 2009-11.   (Julia Silverman, Oregonian)

• Wyden Sings Merkley's praises, But Makes It Clear He Won't Be Taking Any Shots at His Long-time Buddy Smith.   (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
• Both Sides Target Gordon Smith In Global Warming Debate.   (KTVZ-TV)
• Commissioner Kittelman, Conservative Political Activist David Jaques, Buy Roseburg Beacon.   (NR Today)
• She's Spent Two Years In a MX Prison -- Now They Want 23 More.   (Margie Boule, Oregonian)
• OR Gov. Intervenes In Labor Dispute At Three NW Feedlots.   (KTVZ)
• Woodburn Cop, Jose Rodriguez, Arrested for Exposing Himself to Neighbors.   (Oregonian)
• Woodburn Officer On Paid Administrative Leave Following Indecency Charges.  "He admitted to fondling his genitals for the neighbors to see because he was depressed," Hoffmeister said. (SJ)
• Register Guard Wants Senator Smith to Support Global Warming Bunk.   "U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith was notably missing last month when Sen. John McCain came to Oregon to announce his support for an aggressive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system in which the federal government would limit the amount of carbon dioxide that could be released into the atmosphere."
• Lebanon:   Firing Five Rounds In Albany House Nets Attempted Murder Charges Against Two Teens.   (SJ)
• Lithia Motors Makes Cuts to Save $18-M Annually.   (SJ)
• Frohnmayer, Oregon's Wildcard In the U.S. Senate Race.   (Mail Tribune)
• Ad Spotlight:   Smith Moving to the Middle.   (Nat'l Journal)
• Gordon Smith, the UnRepublican Candidate.   (Jon Perr, Blue Oregon)
• Wounded Bear Injures OR Man.
• Two Medford Men Arrested In S. OR Hate Crime.   Accused of burning cross & letters KKK into yard of Medford couple. (SJ)
• Merkley "Wydens" The Gap Between His Record and Smith's.   (Willamette Week) [Gee. Why didn't it mean more to Wyden that Smith has kissed up to him all these years? No better payback than this?]
• OR Gas Prices Ahead Of Nat'l Average.   (SJ)
• Gov. K. Commuting to Work By Bike.   (Oregonian)
• Will Mayor-Elect Sam Adams Inherit Tom Potters' Family Feud?   (Willamette Week)
• Sen. Wyden to Meet with Iraq, Afghanistan War Veterans.   (KTVZ-TV)
• U.S. Senate Takes Up Climate Change Bill.   Early version co-sponsored early version & approves of this draft. Smith is withholding his decision on the bill [as usual]
• Multnomah County:   Price Of East County Justice Center "a Problem."   (Oregonian)
• State Sends Health Plan Applications to 3,000 People.   (Portland Tribune)
• Labor Of Love Nets Eugene Man $3000 Fine.  Even a harmless hobby, on one's own property, means gov. red tape. (RG)
• Online Gambling Surges Among OR Teens.   (Oregonian)
• Portland:   Revenge Among Homeless Families Results In Street Fight.   (Portland Tribune)
• McMinnville Farmer Says Wind Power Has Lowered Operating Costs.   (Oregonian)
• Minority Students Dropout Rates at Crisis Levels.   (KTVZ-TV)
• Gresham Police Serve Rare "Citizen-Based" Search Warrant.   (Portland Tribune)
• Portland Physician Sends Children's Health Care to Ballot.  (Portland Tribune)
• Portland Jail Numbers Sewed By Race.   (Portland Tribune)
• OSU Students Have Funeral for Loss Of Language Classes.  (KATU)
• Medford Man Arrested In Hate Crime Case.   (KTVZ-TV)
• Grant County:   Environmentalists, Logging Officials Settle On Agreement.   (KATU)
• New Concept:   Buy Local Farm Shares.   (KATU)
• Proposed Wind Farm May Be Visible to Portland/Vancouver Residents.   (KATU)
• Tillamook Dairy Farmer Claims "Good 'Ol Boy's Club" Is Forcing Him Out Of Business.   Being punished for sticking up for fellow farmer. (KATU)
• Oregonian Editorial:   A River That Shouldn't Be So Hard to Save.
                                              

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