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Staying Positive in the Time of Coronavirus

The coronavirus shutdown/lockdown has certainly tested the patience, endurance, and perseverance of most

of us. I am sure that by this time most of us

have an opinion on whether shutting down the economy was warranted, whether it was a good idea or bad idea. I know I do.

I am sure that by this time most of us have an opinion on whether restricting civil liberties was warranted. I know I do.

But, opinions are like noses — every-body’s got one. Adding another one to the pile probably doesn’t help. (According to deep statistical studies, do you know how many people have had their minds changed by a well-reasoned opinion put on a Facebook post or other social media? None. Actually, I just made that up, but it’s probably about right.)

Watching the news or following it on-line tends to also be an exercise in frustra-tion. In this pandemic, the daily torrent of misinformation, disinformation, and contradictory information has exceeded anything I have seen.

Still, there are positive things in almost every situation, no matter how seemingly bleak (although I admit, in some situations, it seems you have to look pretty hard to find it). Are there positive things we can learn from this crisis? I think so, and we probably don’t have to look too hard. Here are a few I have gotten:

Growing in trustNone of us like to be told what to do and

none of us like to feel things are out of our control. But this crisis has put many of us in a position where we feel subjected to forces and powers out of our control. We want to do something, to act, to change things, but we can’t. So, we have to wait. But maybe that’s not all bad. The last few years have been a bit crazy for everyone. So, perhaps we can see this quarantine as an opportunity to relax a little, “cease striving,” and grow in trust and faith that

there is a greater power in control and a greater purpose that we can’t see. Maybe the whole country needed a “sabbath rest.”

Keeping it in perspectiveSo far in this crisis, the quarantine has

lasted about six weeks. It may start lifting soon. In other times, crises of war, epidem-ics, and economic depressions have gone on for years, even decades (ever heard of the “Hundred Years War”?). In ancient times, famines, wars, and pestilences lasted years and killed millions. Even the greatest empires could not stop them.

The Great Depression lasted for over ten years, and was only ended because the country had to go to war. Not a great exchange.

Compared to what other generations and other cultures have faced, this is not so bad, so far.

Remember who is importantAs others have pointed out, during times

like these, we realize who we really depend on. It’s not actors, singers, or sport stars. Its doctors, nurses, farmers, truckers,

first responders, and grocery store clerks. Perhaps that is something to keep in mind when this is all over.

Appreciating freedomAs I have said in this space many times,

we are very fortunate to live in this free country. Constitutional liberty, civil rights, and free enterprise have worked together to allow us as Americans unprecedented prosperity. The streets of America are truly paved with gold, the gold of opportunity. However, freedom, and the prosperity it creates, is fragile and must be defended and advanced by every generation of Americans. That is the obligation we owe for our blessings. This crisis has served to demonstrate how fragile freedom can be. I hope it sparks renewed determination in every American, regardless of party, to preserve it.

Growing through this “winter” of lifeFinally, as legendary speaker Jim Rohn

says, the seasons are a constant. Whether we want it to or not, winter comes around for everyone, just like clockwork. You can’t stop it. Winter is the season where it’s dark, cold, and nothing grows. It seems to last a long time. That’s just the way seasons work.

There are seasons of life like that. This coronavirus crisis is a “winter” for many. The question is, will you use this “winter” to get better and stronger? Whether you’re a mom raising kids, an employee laid off, or a businessperson trying to survive, or anyone in between, will you use the winter to map out a positive growth plan for the future? Because after winter comes spring, just like clockwork. We are experiencing a “winter” now, but are you getting ready for the spring to come? If you don’t give up, if you don’t despair, if you keep perse-vering, even just in spirit right now, spring will come to your life, your family, your work, and your business. Take heart. Don’t give up. HVN

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By ERIKA TOWNEContributor

When it comes to run-ning, most people look at it as a soli-

tary sport. After all, it’s just one person running against the clock or the person next to them. But for Claudia Peterson and the rest of the runners of the Eastwind Running and Endurance Club, it’s very much about the people running along-side you.

“It’s what we are all miss-ing now is seeing each other and giving each other hugs and having coffee or break-fast together,” said Peterson. “Running together and just being around each other because we really enjoy that.”

Peterson talks about her friends at the Eastwind Running and Endurance Club with both joy and sad-ness. With the stay-at-home order in place, she doesn’t know when she’ll get to run alongside them again.

“I know we don’t really get to see very many people; [we] see mostly pictures,” said Peterson. “Once in a while we see each other

out running, or biking… It’s tough.”

Staying ConnectedAs the president of the

club, she’s had to come up with some inventive ways to keep members con-nected during this time of separation.

“It started out as a chal-lenge. I put out a challenge [on the Facebook page] to see if we could [collec-tively] run 1,000 miles in a week and we were there by Tuesday night. I was like, ‘Uh-oh,’” said Peterson.

So, she raised the stakes.“We did a challenge where

we ran across the United States from California to Maine,” said Peterson. “People would just post how many miles they walked or ran or biked every day. And then I would tally them up and tell them, ‘Well, we just came into Bozeman, Montana, the weather’s cold. You made it 400 miles yesterday.’ So, that’s kind of fun.”

It took just eight days for the club’s members to complete the cross-country trek, so Peterson’s had to come up with a new travel

itinerary. This go-around, it’s a European tour.

“We started a track from Lisbon, Portugal,” said Peterson. “[We’re] going to run all the way up into Germany and then down and end in Athens, Greece. So, it’ll be 3,550 miles.”

“It’s a fun way to keep people connected. Otherwise, after a while, you start to feel so isolated… this way it encourages people to keep posting, try to keep some kind of sense of com-munity going while we can’t be around each other,” said Peterson. “We’re doing the

best we can to keep up that sense of community. We just really desperately miss each other.”

Mile Marker 1Peterson wasn’t always a

runner. In fact, there were a few stops and starts along the way before she found her stride.

“I had run a little bit when I was 40,” said Peterson. “There was a group of women and we decided to get in shape for our 40th birthday and so we formed an all women’s team for Hood to Coast and we ran Hood to Coast when we turned 40.” The team was called “12 Tough Mothers.”

Peterson continued to run for a few years after that, but life got busy. Between managing a career and her family, Peterson tried but simply couldn’t find the time for running.

Soon, she had to give it up.

Diving Back InYears later, she found the

sport once again.“I was working all the

time, and I had really gotten out of shape,” said Peterson. “I changed jobs and my life became a lot easier when I was [59], so I thought, ‘Well, maybe I should get into shape now that I have time.’ I set a goal that I wanted to try to do an Olympic triathlon for my 60th birthday.”

That fall, she completed The Aluminum Man in The Dalles — a 1,500-meter swim, 24.9-mile bike ride, and 6.2-mile run.

“I just had to focus on not panicking and just keep going. And I was the second to the last person in on the swim. But that was okay. I made it,” said Peterson.

Finding EastwindIt was during her training

for The Aluminum Man that

Peterson found the Eastwind Running and Endurance Club.

“I ran into this huge com-munity of people that were so supportive, just kind of there to help you in [that] there was always somebody to run with or bike with,” said Peterson. “I found that sometimes when you don’t believe in yourself, other people do, and it’s very motivating.”

Peterson used that moti-vation to continue running.

Mile Marker 26.2“The next year I thought,

‘You know, [I] always wanted to do a marathon but I guess I’m not going to, not at this age. There’s no way I’m going to be able to do a marathon,’” said Peterson. “Then the more I ran, I thought, ‘I don’t know, I guess I can walk part of this.’”

Once again, Peterson turned to members of the club for inspiration.

“I was running with [Mike Strobel] one day and I said, ‘Do you think I could run a marathon?’ He said, ‘Of course you can.’ So, I thought, ‘Oh, okay.’,” said Peterson.

Peterson’s first marathon was the Boring Marathon, a race that Strobel started in 2014.

“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s just amazing. Who knew?’,” said Peterson laughing. “So, the following year, I decided to do the Eugene Marathon and there was a big group of people from Eastwind that went down and ran the marathon. So, there were lots of people I knew there and I just ended up having a good day on that marathon and I qualified for Boston with it.”

The Boston MarathonWhen you have a chance

to run in the Boston

Marathon, you don’t pass it up. In April of 2019, Peterson found herself in Massachusetts running in one of the most famous mar-athons in the world.

“It was great. The weather was tumultuous, but it was great,” said Peterson. “I had a daughter that lived out in Rhode Island at the time. So, it was great, she could be there and another guy from Eastwind also ran it that year so we were able to pal around a little bit.”

While the accomplish-ment belongs to Peterson alone, she’s quick to pass credit onto her friends at the club.

“I know I keep going back to the club, but hon-estly, that’s just kind of everything,” said Peterson. “Without the club, I would have never even tried to do that. And that’s it. That would have been the end of the story.”

The Story ContinuesLuckily for Peterson and

the rest of the Eastwind Running and Endurance Club, it wasn’t the end of the story. She draws on her personal experience to help guide new runners into the sport and amplify the mes-sage of the club.

“If you have company, you’re much more willing to do it and it helps to keep you accountable too,” said Peterson. “People learn that they can do things they didn’t think they could do. And, you know, they see somebody else do something and they think, ‘I wonder if I could do that? I think I’m going to try’ and every-body’s there to say, ‘Yeah, well, I’ll run with you, I’ll help you.’”

While their normal run-ning groups do not meet right now, Peterson says

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joining a Saturday morning session is the best way to get excited about running and get a feel for the Eastwind Running and Endurance community as well.

“We have lots of walkers and maybe they feel more comfortable just walking for a while and doing a little bit of jogging. We encourage everyone to come,” said Peterson.

She says the group break-fast after the run is a great reward.

Running and Family LifePeterson was able to

commit to running later in life because her family is now grown. Her three chil-dren are scattered across the United States, so it’s just her and her husband at home.

The couple’s daughter

lives in Providence, Rhode Island and they have another daughter living in Kona, Hawaii. They also have a son who is married with two children, living a little closer to home in Portland, Oregon.

Peterson says all of her kids are willing to run with her when they get the chance.

“My son is an avid runner and plays soccer and both the girls run off and on. They’ve run half marathons. They are not steady runners, but they certainly have run,” said Peterson.

The same can’t be said for her husband, Erik, but he’s found other ways to contribute over the years.

“He’s really never been a runner, but he has always encouraged me to do what-ever makes me happy,” said Peterson. “My husband does not run, bike, swim; my husband gardens and grows beautiful flowers

and hunts and brews beer and other hobbies. He pro-vides all of us runners with refreshments.”

Finding Her StrideIt’s the ability to go out

and have refreshments with everyone after a run that’s kept Peterson involved in Eastwind Running and Endurance Club. She’s the first to admit that she’s not the fastest runner in the group, but for her, it’s not about winning.

“What I like most about running is just really the amazing way you feel when you’re done. Sometimes it’s just really hard. But it’s just a way to push yourself to do something that might be hard while you’re doing it, but you just always get this great feeling of accomplish-ment when you’re done,”

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H O O D V I E W N E W S E L E C T I O N S

By MARK ELLISContributing Writer

The May 19th primary election features two key races for the

Clackamas County Board of Commissioners. Former county commissioner and state representative Tootie Smith is taking on incum-bent Jim Bernard for the position of County Com-mission Chair. Challengers Mark Shull, a former mili-tary officer and veteran, and Breeauna Sagdal, a family rights advocate and citi-zen lobbyist, are taking on Position 4 incumbent Ken Humberston.

All three challengers are running as fiscal con-servatives who seek more policy independence for the county from the Metro regional government and the neighboring, more populous Multnomah County.

They argue that the cur-rent county commission has ignored the voters, overspent, and lost some of its previous independence

among the three metro-area counties.

However, Humberston and Bernard both push back against those suggestions, defending their records, and maintain that they have made the best choices for the county in the face of some unique challenges and needs for the county.

Having three active contenders for Position 4, currently held by Humberston, raises the pos-sibility that no one candidate will clear the 50% plus one threshold, increasing the likelihood of a run-off in the November election between the top two finishers this month.

This year’s May primary election is on May 19th. As Oregon is an all mail-in elec-tion state, the ballots for the May 19th election have been sent out and either have, or soon will, arrive in mail-boxes for registered voters.

Coronavirus making it harder for challengers

The coronavirus quaran-

tine and shutdowns have made this primary election especially tough for chal-lengers seeking to break through against incumbents.

Door-knocking and door-to-door flyer distribution by volunteers, and even lawn sign distribution, traditional avenues for challengers to get out their messages, have been severely constrained. This is an issue faced by political challengers across the nation and across the political spectrum.

However, Smith, Shull, and Sagdal are hoping to capitalize on what they per-ceive as misgivings amongst county voters with the direc-tion and recent decisions of the current board in order to gain traction.

For their part, Bernard

and Humberston are ready to answer the challenge, explain the factors that informed their decisions, and persuade Clackamas County voters to stay the course.

Three highlighted issuesThree issues have been

highlighted by the chal-lengers in their races. First, the approval in 2019 by the current County Commission of a 64% increase in the vehicle registration fee. Clackamas County voters had previously rejected a vehicle registration fee when it was earmarked to help Multnomah County fund a project to refurbish the aging Sellwood Bridge.

The second issue has centered around charges

regarding whether or not the current commission bal-anced the 2019-2020 county budget.

A balanced budget is required by the county char-ter in Clackamas County. The county took in a record $1.1 billion dollars in reve-nue in the most recent fiscal year.

A third issue has also been raised: Whether the county should spend upwards of $200 million dollars on a new county courthouse for a county everyone admits is beset by a judicial backlog and crowding.

Budget balanced or not?Tootie Smith, a former

state representative and county commissioner, fired an early salvo against

the current board when announcing her candidacy last August. From a Sandy Post article, “They’re acting just like the Oregon Legislature, intent on raising your taxes, and can’t bal-ance their own budget, while housing costs, homelessness and crime rise.”

Chair Jim Bernard, former mayor of Milwaukie, answered that charge in an email to Hoodview News: “The county has always balanced the budget; it is the law. We are a AAA rated county since I took over as Chair thanks to the efforts of the Commission, our Budget Committee, and staff. The suggestion that we have not balanced the budget is ‘fake news’ suggested by my opponent.”

Smith emailed a response: “When I was a commis-sioner (2013-2017) budget authorities warned com-missioners that increased costs would soon out-pace anticipated tax revenues due to roll up costs of PERS retirements and long-time employee salaries. At that time, I was prepared to make the necessary adjustments to spending. Some on the com-mission became drunk with all-time high revenues of $1.1 billion. Jim Bernard has ignored budgeting realities, the idea of saving money in the good times in order to maintain in the bad times.”

Incumbent Commissioner Ken Humberston, a Marine corps veteran, former mayor, and school board member, also weighed-in, resisting the characterization that


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the budget is not balanced. Humberston said, “The com-mission has always balanced the budget, and it will be balanced—as required by law. We recognized that next year’s budget (2020-2021) would have a shortfall without taking action now. We were quite transparent about that, but others are twisting the facts. We have made numerous cuts, salary savings, and are right-siz-ing the budget as we speak. With the onset of COVID-19, we are in the process of making even more cuts, as necessary.”

A distinguished military careerist, Mark Shull is seeking his first elective office. Shull tends to align with Smith’s concerns on the budget question. “The budget takes constant vig-ilance in balancing actual revenues against forecasted revenues and then moni-toring actual expenditures against those actual reve-nues in order to preclude overspending. Instead of saying no to some expen-ditures early on, Bernard spent and the unbalanced

budget occurred. While the overspending amounted to less than 1% of the total budget, balancing the budget is an important [Board of County Commissioners] responsibility. Once the budget is overspent, it takes a huge effort to correct,” said Shull.

In email responses sent to Hoodview News, can-didate for Position 4, Breeauna Sagdal, said, “A balanced budget doesn’t require constant tax hikes, rapid layoffs, or mid year “right-sizing,” we either have a balanced budget or we don’t. Currently we’re 300 million dollars behind on road maintenance, and other projects that we’ve been told our money was being allocated to, does that sound balanced to anyone?”

“We have commissioners who are funneling money to pet projects, cutting jobs to try and cover the cost, and then coming back to us the voters, hat in hand, when they come up short. The real question is not, ‘Do we have a balanced budget,’ we already know its upside down, the real question is ‘How bad is it?’” said Sagdal.

Registration fee increaseBoth Smith and Shull

have made an issue out of the vehicle registration fee increase passed by the commission, framing it as a repudiation of voters who had earlier rejected the increase. In an email to Hoodview News, Shull expressed concern about the commission’s vote to increase the vehicle regis-tration fee. “Citizens voted the [vehicle registration fee increase] down in 2016. It

was disrespectful to the people for the board to insti-tute the [vehicle registration fee increase] last year. The people spoke, but the hubris in the commission instituted it anyway. Most people did not know it had been insti-tuted until they went to the DMV to register a vehicle. When they found out about the new [vehicle registra-tion fee increase] they were livid. The commission did this at the same time new gas taxes were coming into

the county. The bottom line is that the implementation of the [vehicle registration fee increase] was insensitive to the voters, bad judgment, and unnecessary in view of the new gas taxes coming in,” wrote Shull.

Bernard offers a differ-ent perspective on the fee hike: “The voters never rejected the [vehicle regis-tration fee increase], they rejected the [vehicle regis-tration fee increase] for the Sellwood Bridge. During

that discussion I consistently heard. ‘If the money was spent in Clackamas County, [county residents] would have supported it.’ Well, [the current registration fee funds are] only being spent in Clackamas County. The county tried eight times to address the shortfall for road maintenance, hoping that the state and federal government would provide funding. The state did help fill the gap in HB 2017, but nothing from

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the federal government. We had numerous hearings and town halls on [the fee hike] with little opposition.”

In her response via email, Smith strongly disputed assertion that there was little opposition to the fee hike. Smith wrote, “County residents voted against the [vehicle registration fee increase] increase by 64% in 2016, and have never supported an increase. Bernard’s increase in the fee in closed-session with-out referral to the voters is one of the many reasons I decided to run for Chair. The dirty little secret about the increased fee is that the collected funds are not being used for road mainte-nance. The commissioners appointed a hand-picked special committee to deter-mine where the money is to be spent. That committee decided to spend the [vehicle registration fee increase] on turn lanes, bike lanes and buffers instead.”

Humberston, elected in 2016 and currently serv-ing his first term in office, echoes Bernard on the fee hike, disputing Smith’s claim that the money is not being used for road mainte-nance: “Clackamas County had no local source of reve-nue for roads. We have more road miles than any county in Oregon. Eight times since 1986 voters rejected a gas tax, including in 2016, when the assessment of a gas tax was supported by Chair Bernard’s 2020 opponent. We are $300 million behind in road maintenance. It was time to make a decision and accept responsibility, not hide behind the old trope ‘the voters said no.’ I per-sonally attended fourteen

community meetings to explain the reasoning for the decision. All in attendance were accepting of the need.”

Sagdal said via email, “Transportation in general is at critical mass and the root cause is allowing spe-cial interest to tie up our local sources of revenue, under the guise of sustain-ability. Take Oregon Timber for example, a completely renewable resource, which has been replanted at a rate of two trees, per one, cut for the last two decades. This harvest used to pay for all of our roads, infrastructure and schools.”

Controversy over proposed new courthouse

Bernard and Humberston offered similar reason-ing when asked about the need for a new courthouse. Humberston said, “The new courthouse has been a part of the master plan at the Red Soils complex since 1998.

The infrastructure in the ground was laid in advance for that eventuality. The cur-rent courthouse was built 80 years ago when we had 40,000 people. Today we are approaching 420,000. It has outlived its usefulness and has numerous safety prob-lems. The state has indicated they will fund half the cost of the new courthouse. The cost of the courthouse is about $190 million plus additional development costs. This plan was reaf-firmed by the board in 2015, which included Chair Bernard’s 2020 opponent.”

Smith has characterized the proposed courthouse as a, “Taj Mahal that will be built on the backs of Clackamas County taxpay-ers.” In her response email, she outlined why she sup-ported a new courthouse when on the commission, and is against it now.

“When I was on the [Board of County Commissioners],

it was thought by some on the budget committee that payments for a new court-house could be made from the general fund to pay for a bond. Back then, the cost was estimated to be around $100 million. I considered it without making a com-mitment. We never voted. As time went on, it became clear the high cost of the courthouse would not be affordable. The reason we

considered it at the time was because the legislature said they would pay for half the costs. Today, the cost of the courthouse has ballooned to $230 million minimum. The only way to pay for it is a property tax increase. I don’t support increased taxes. Beyond that, it’s not popular. In a poll from January 2020, county residents rejected the courthouse spending by a whopping 78%!”

Smith’s current plan would utilize existing and currently untenanted retail space to handle the current courthouse crowding, thus keeping properties on the tax rolls to fund more services.

In his email to Hoodview News, Bernard fleshed out his position on the court-house issue: “We are looking at many ways to construct a

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The current Clackamas County Courthouse. (Photo cred-it Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives)



By FINN J.D. JOHN

As the 1960 Democratic presidential primary neared, Sen. John F.

Kennedy was looking at Oregon with increasing apprehension.

At that time, Oregon was the first Western state to hold a mandatory pri-mary — in which every candidate appeared on the ballot whether he wanted to be or not. That position, combined with the state’s well-deserved reputation as an electoral maverick, made it a rather daunting prospect.

Oregon had, over the previous decade or two, smashed other well-posi-tioned would-be presidents’

hopes. In 1948, popular Minnesota governor Harold Stassen looked like he had a great shot at the Republican nomination until the polls closed in Oregon and he found that Thomas Dewey of New York had thumped him. His campaign never recovered.

Kennedy was very much hoping to avoid having the same thing happen to him. And, frankly, his chances weren’t looking particularly good.

Oregon would be tough for Kennedy

First off, Oregon was quite possibly the least Catholic-friendly state in the West at the time. The Ku Klux Klan’s rise in Oregon in

the 1920s had been largely driven by anti-Catholic prej-udice, and before the Klan’s support had collapsed under the weight of its own hypoc-risy and corruption, it had put forward a ballot mea-sure that actually outlawed Catholic schools. (And other non-state schools as well -- but everyone knew it was aimed straight at the Catholic ones.) The measure passed easily, and had it not been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, it would have forced the clo-sure of all Catholic grade schools statewide.

It’s easy to forget this today, but in 1960 there were still plenty of Protestants who called Catholics “Papists” and

worried about their loyalty. A Catholic president, these voters thought, would take marching orders from the Vatican. It would be like electing an agent of a for-eign government to the most important job in the land.

So, there was that. But probably more on Kennedy’s mind was the personal ani-mosity his brother Robert Kennedy had stirred up in the Beaver State by the enthusiasm with which

he’d prosecuted the then-mobbed-up Teamsters Union, in the process actually indicting and pros-ecuting Portland’s popular Democratic mayor, Terry Schrunk. The Teamsters were still powerful in Oregon and elsewhere, and Schrunk — although acquit-ted of all charges — had become a lifelong personal enemy of the entire Kennedy family.

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So, too, apparently, had Oregon’s most prominent national politician, Sen. Wayne Morse. Morse con-sidered Kennedy too young and callow for the job (in fairness, history would give some pretty strong evidence that he was right about this, at least at first) and felt that, given the unprecedented power vested

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in the American President in the nuclear age, extreme measures were called for to prevent his nomination. So he had launched a last-min-ute bid for the nomination, in competition with Kennedy — and, of course, he’d enjoy favorite-son status.

So yes, Oregon was going to be a real challenge for Kennedy. But could a loss in Oregon actually derail Kennedy’s entire campaign?

Kennedy sure thought so, and in a retrospective essay

written four years later, leg-endary Oregon politician and newspaper publisher Monroe Sweetland makes a strong case that he was right. The problem was, although he had had some good momentum going into the primary, he didn’t have enough to be able to afford a loss. He’d hoped the Wisconsin primary, held a few weeks earlier, would inoculate his campaign bandwagon against anti-Ca-tholicism; but the opposite happened: he won there, but by a narrow margin, and the key Protestant-heavy dis-tricts strongly went for his opponents.

A defeat in Oregon would be the second punch in a one-two knockout play, reinforcing the message to the nation’s political bosses that being Catholic was a deal-killer for the voters. Those bosses were watch-ing the action carefully; if it went badly, Kennedy’s campaign would probably not survive, and even if it did, Republican Richard Nixon would find in the anti-Catholic issue a hot campaign topic that played straight to his best political strengths. No Oregon, no

White House, Sweetland writes. And he is probably right.

On the other hand, a decisive victory in Oregon would provide the inocula-tion against the Catholicism issue that Kennedy had hoped to get from Wisconsin, plus demon-strating that JFK could win friends and influence people out west as well as back east. A decisive win in Oregon would make Kennedy’s nomination all but inevita-ble. So, Sweetland writes, Oregon was almost literally Kennedy’s make-or-break moment.

Prospects turn worseKennedy’s prospects in

Oregon started out bad and quickly got worse. As the big day approached, though, some things started breaking Kennedy’s way. Some of them were very big things. Probably the most import-ant of these was, it soon became clear that Morse had overplayed his hand. He’d waited until the last minute to launch his bid for the presidency, and it was pretty obvious to all involved that he wasn’t serious about being elected president

— that he was running pri-marily to deny Kennedy the nomination. Other Oregon Democrats might have supported his position that Kennedy wasn’t ready, but they sure weren’t going to risk taking the blame for their party losing a presiden-tial election. So nearly all Oregon Democratic leaders, including many of Morse’s personal friends, stuck with Kennedy even after Morse announced his bid. Time Magazine reported that Morse was furious about this — but Morse was enough of a political realist that he probably didn’t expect com-mitted Kennedy people to drop everything and rally to his last-minute flag.

Kennedy couldn’t bank too much on that, of course, because Morse was still the most popular politician in Oregon. So he kept a suit-ably humble spirit about himself as he campaigned in Oregon, and tried to do a little pre-election damage control: “I’m hoping to be a good second to Sen. Morse,” he said.

OREGON CAMPAIGNING: Then-Sen. John F. Kennedy greets Mrs. Mary M. Barr at the Salem airport on Sept. 7, 1960. (Image: Marion County Historical Society)

Oregon’s maverick Sen-ator Wayne Morse, a Re-publican, turned indepen-dent, turned Democrat. In 1960, he launched a brief campaign for president.



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Had to win a majorityBut, as he well knew,

second place wouldn’t work. Actually winning the elec-tion might not even work if he didn’t nail down an actual majority of votes (there were six candidates on the ballot, so a plurality would have won him the pony -- but not solved his problem); already there were rumors of a last-minute coa-lition forming around Adlai Stevenson.

In the end, Kennedy got exactly what he needed from Oregon, and hardly a single vote more. The final vote tally put him at 50.9 percent of the vote — a commanding lead over the number-two vote-getter, Morse, with 32 percent.

Nationwide, the results were immediate. Kennedy’s nomination was never really in doubt after that, although a last-minute push was made to get all the other candi-dates’ supporters to unite behind Adlai Stevenson.

Was Oregon Kingmaker?“The Oregon Trail for

Sen. John F. Kennedy was really the end of a long, grueling cross-country tour de force,” Time Magazine wrote. “Pitted for the first time against a field of four, Kennedy registered a knockout.”

So, was it true? Did Oregon effectively play kingmaker for the country in 1960?

Sweetland, writing from the political trenches, thinks it absolutely did. And although in his 2000 article Jack Ohman — the Portland Morning Oregonian’s edito-rial cartoonist, who was at the time a graduate student at Portland State University — expresses appropriate academic reluctance to make

wild speculations, he quali-fiedly agrees that it probably did. n

Sources: Ohman, Jack. “Did the Oregon Primary Make Kennedy President?”, Oregon His tor ica l Quarterly, Fall 2000; Sweetland, Monroe. “The Friday in Oregon that Made Kennedy President,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, Fall 2000, Wikimedia Commons

OREGON CAMPAIGNING: Sen. John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail, on Sept. 8, 1960 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. (Image: Marion County Histori-cal Society)



new courthouse. I support taking advantage of the state contribution towards the con-struction. We lack courtroom space and safe corridors to transport prisoners. In some cases, prisoners pass by their victims. Justice is not being served; we need more courtroom to accommodate additional judges. Finally, it is unsafe: a 100-foot cliff is within three feet of the foun-dation. During a significant earthquake, the soil could liquefy and the courthouse could slip into the river.”

Shull offers a measured take on the courthouse issue, suggesting that due to the negative revenue implica-tions of the coronavirus pandemic, the courthouse project should be put on hold. “I recommend all expendi-tures for the courthouse be put on hold for now. It is expensive. There are other options the county has that would be less expensive that need to be considered. The county has more pressing needs at this time of required austerity. Any new bond on the backs of the tax payers is unadvisable at this time,

especially in view of the heavy financial setbacks on personal incomes and on business bottom lines caused by the COVID-19. Let’s pro-ceed on the side of caution and limit spending until we recover from the COVID-related work stoppage that has caused great stress on personal incomes and on business bottom lines.”

Sagdal expresses concerns about the current state of the justice system generally. She said via email, “We don’t need another homage to our failed justice system, and personally I’d rather see that money go to our roads and critical infrastructure upgrades. Our courts are privatized to begin with, when the status quo is will-

ing to address the disparity between common law/con-stitutional court versus the administrative state we’re currently living under, I’ll consider spending 190 mil-lion on a new courthouse, if it’s approved by the voters.”

Shull, running in his first election, sums up the prime motivator for his candidacy: “People across the county have told me that they no longer feel in control of the county, that they feel that no one is listening to them, their dreams, and their hopes. Both young and old feel greater anxiety than ever before.” HVN

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Multnomah County Republicans Urge Oregon Governor to Phase Out Restrictions

At its quarterly meeting on April 20, 2020, the Central Committee of the Multnomah County Republican Party adopted a resolution calling upon Governor Kate Brown to get Oregon back to work immediately by phasing out COVID-19 restrictions consis-tent with the science-based guidelines put forth by the administration in Washington, D.C..

Oregonians who want to join the call to open up Oregon should sign the petition posted at https://www.multnomah-gop.org/covid_19_petition.

“We don’t put 5 m.p.h. speed limits on every road in Oregon because it would reduce traffic deaths, but that

is the sort of irrational deci-sion making represented by Governor Brown’s Executive Orders shutting down Oregon,” said James Buchal, Multnomah County GOP Chair.

Library adapts-curb-side books

The helpful librarians at Sandy Library have adapted to the restrictions due to Covid-19 and made it possible for Clackamas County Library Card holders to check-out books once again. To do so, just go to https://lincc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/sa/ and set up an account using your library card number and pin. Place books of your choice on hold. When your books come in at the Sandy Library it will show you this information on-line at this same site. To pick up books, call the Sandy Library at 503-668-5537 between 10 am and noon to schedule a curbside pickup time between 1pm and 4 pm. At the pick up time you will call the library from your car while parked on the west side of the building. They have a table on the sidewalk where a librarian will come out and place the books. Wait in your car until books are on the table and the librarian has re-entered the building. Then, just go get your books! Happy reading!

May 2,9,16,23,30—Original Gresham Farmers Market Opens

The Original Gresham Farmers Market features local produce, fruit, flowers, nurs-

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ClackCo expands online services to help with permitting

Clackamas County Development Services available through Building Codes, Planning & Zoning, Septic & Onsite Wastewater, Development Services and Transportation Engineering are now available online. While county buildings are closed to the public, individuals and organizations can apply online for residential and commercial permits (building, electrical, plumbing, septic, driveway, utility placements, etc.), submit land use applications, request inspections and more without leaving their home or office. Development Services staff in the Clackamas County Department of Transportation & Development made the changes needed to provide online services in just two weeks in response to COVID-19. This expanded online access allows customers to continue to apply for and receive needed building and land use permits, and interact with staff, while

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Goodwill Stores ClosedThe Goodwill Stores in

Sandy and Gresham are closed due to the Covid-19 virus restrictions. Goodwill was founded more than 115 years ago in Boston by Rev. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister. These nonprofit stores have the mission of creating job training programs, employ-ment placement and other community-based programs by selling donated clothing and household items. A re-opening date has not been announced.

Sandy Mountain Festival Canceled

July brings people stream-ing in droves to Sandy for the Sandy Mountain Festival Days. A parade, carnival, mer-chandise and food booths in Meinig Memorial Park, music, beer gardens, chili cook-offs, and more usually happen the second weekend in July. This year, sadly, the Sandy Mountiain Festival and the parade have been cancelled in response to COVID-19. Social distancing concerns and uncertainty of Governor

Oregon’s Non-Unanimous Jury System Declared

Unconstitutional

On April 20, the United States Supreme Court, by a 6-3 vote

that crossed ideological lines, found that criminal convictions by less than a unanimous verdict vio-late the U.S. Constitution. After Louisiana eliminated non-unanimous convic-tions in 2018, Oregon remained the lone holdout allowing criminal convic-tions by a 10-2 or 11-1 jury vote. All other 49 states required a unanimous ver-dict to convict.

The Supreme Court decision found that Oregon’s allowing non-unanimous jury con-victions was originally based on racist consid-erations from the 1920s and 30s. It will potentially allow defendants con-victed by non-unanimous jury verdicts to appeal

their decision or simply have them vacated.

It has been fairly clear for some time that the U.S. Supreme Court was likely to overturn Oregon’s non-unanimous jury con-victions, thus throwing many convictions into doubt. Oregon’s legislative leadership did not remedy this relic of Oregon’s past, though there were two recent attempts that did not go far.

Impact on guilty pleas?The impact of the court’s

ruling may extend beyond convictions. It may also allow some defendants who pleaded guilty rather than risk a trial where they could be convicted with less than a unanimous jury verdict to appeal their sentences.

Oregon’s Measure 11

requires strict manda-tory sentences for certain crimes. In recent years some defendants may have chosen plea deals involv-ing confessing to lesser crimes rather than risk conviction on Measure 11 offenses, when they knew they could be convicted with less than a unanimous verdict.

With the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Oregon’s less than unani-mous guilty verdicts, these defendants may now have grounds to appeal. n



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Brown’s orders of “stay home” and “limited group sizes” being lifted or still in effect in July were reasons given for the decision. The City of Sandy is saddened by this announcement, but will look forward to next year’s festival.

State Parks and Campgrounds closed

Spring and summer are two seasons that Oregon outdoor enthusiasts look forward to as they sit inside watching the rain beat against their window. Oregon residents know that they will need to endure many days of rain in Oregon during a significant portion of the year before the sun comes out and they escape the indoors. The greenery watered during the rainy season makes Oregon gorgeous when the sun comes out and Oregonians want to enjoy it. This year, many ques-tions arise as to how COVID-19 rules and regulations will effect their outdoor recreation. State Parks and campgrounds have been closed since March 23rd, and people have been discouraged to visit beach towns. Popular trailheads

are closed and scenic icons such as Multnomah Falls and Lodge are not open for visitors. We look forward to when things begin to return to normal and open again. For now, Oregonians will have to catch a few rays of sunshine in their own backyard.

Studded tire deadline extended until May 15

Oregon drivers will not be required to remove studded tires until 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 15. The deadline had previously been extended from April 1 to May 1.

While studded tires are allowed in Oregon by law from November 1 through March 31, the Oregon Department of Transportation decided to again extend that deadline in response to the continuing public health emergency of COVID-19.

ODOT encourages drivers to have their studded tires removed before May 15 if it can reasonably be done while maintaining social distancing.

For additional information about the state’s efforts in response to COVID-19, visit the Oregon Health Authority website. For additional infor-

mation about steps ODOT is taking to slow the spread of the virus, please visit our website.

Oregon DEQ extends vehicle inspection station closures to at least May 17

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, which closed its vehicle inspection stations on March 17, has extended those closures through at least May 17, in an effort to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19 among staff and customers.

In late March, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced a partnership with Oregon law enforcement agencies to exercise discretion in the enforcement of driver licenses, vehicle registrations and trip permits that expire during the COVID-19 emer-gency declared by Governor Brown. However, those cus-tomers still wishing to get their vehicles inspected and registered may visit DEQ’s Vehicle Inspection Station Closure Information (During COVID-19-related Emergency) for more information. n




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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’m staying inside during this emergency, as the state government has requested, but I still let my tomcat “Dodger” out during the day. He would go crazy being stuck inside. My daughter told me to stop letting him out, because she says pets can get coronavi-rus, too. Is Dodger in danger? Could he get it and spread it to me? — Darlene B.

DEAR DARLENE: Currently, no pets within the U.S. are known to have contracted the coronavirus. A tiger at the Bronx Zoo reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 (and six more tigers are showing symp-toms). But there’s very little data to work with right now.While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have definitive evidence that pets can contract COVID-19, they are playing it safe

and urging owners to protect their pets from exposure to the virus. So you should, too.You don’t know where Dodger goes when he’s out, so you don’t know if he is being exposed to this virus or other viruses or bacteria that are much more easily contracted and can cause serious illness. Keep him inside and find ways to keep him from losing his mind. That includes spend-ing more time playing with him, making sure he has plenty of toys, and giving him scratching and climbing spots, plus a hideaway. If his behavior gets worse, contact

the veterinarian -- Dodger may need to take medication to calm him down for the short term.Also, because he’s been outside, you need to take precautions for yourself. Wash your hands after pet-ting or picking up Dodger, and after cleaning his litter box. Wash his food and water bowls daily in hot soapy water. Here’s to both of you staying healthy and safe! n

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Social distancing and stay-at-home orders have hit our community overnight, but some health issues won’t wait. That’s

why all dental practices—which necessarily operate in close quarters—have moved to “emergency only” availability. And while you might not be able to see your dentist or hygienist in person for routine treatment, we are still here to support you from a safe distance... just as your friends and family must do.

Routines have changed or become more restrictive—or both—depending on what you typically do. You may have a new work protocol, or be sidelined from employment or volunteering. Your diet may have morphed along with what’s in stock at the grocery store. But your teeth and gums still need daily care. And accidents and issues come up, regardless of the state of general public health. Here’s how to bump up dental self-care to prevent emergencies ... and how to deal with the unexpected.

What Can I Do at Home?Gum disease, or periodontitis, is the big-

gest risk when you must suspend regular professional cleanings. That’s because it’s progressive, it can do lasting damage, and it threatens other areas of the body, including the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Stepping up your self-care will protect your gums, bone structure, teeth, and general health.

1. Brush morning and evening. Follow with a fluoride rinse.

2. At night, to loosen debris, floss or irri-gate with a Waterpik or similar hydro flossing system. Then brush and rinse.

3. If you grind your teeth in your sleep, wear a mouth guard and rest easy.

You can pick up toothpaste, fluoride rinse, floss, and even mouth guards and Waterpiks in grocery or department stores—or order them online and have them delivered to

your home. I can’t say enough good things about Waterpiks. Watch a YouTube video to learn how they work. Adding one to your repertoire is one of the best things you can do to round out your home dental care.

When Should I Call or Visit?If you have any concerns about a tooth, an

implant, or any other part of your dentition, feel free to call the office. We’ll walk you through a self-evaluation or quick fix, if possible. If you have pain or bleeding, it’s a good idea to check in.

Tooth trauma, loose crowns, abscesses, and other conditions may warrant emer-gency exams or service. Be sure to call if you experience:

• Cracked or broken teeth• Local inflammation• Persistent painThe dental community is taking extra

precautions to safeguard patients and staff from infection from the coronavirus. Our usual protocols have prepared us to meet this challenge. We clean and sterilize dental tools and treatment rooms between each visit, wear protective gear, and dispose of gloves as well as wash hands after treatments.

It’s comforting to know that best practices protect us all, in both good and uncertain times. We are honored to be here for our patients as an essential service when neces-sity arises. n

Russell Bird, DMD, owns and operates Blue Bird Dentistry in Sandy, Oregon, bringing over a decade of professional expertise and love for the local community to the dental care of children and adults. Dr. Bird y su per-sonal hablan español y dale bienvenidos a gente de todos orig-ines. Contact: (503) 668-1300; sandyorden-tist.com; https://www.facebook.com/BlueBirdDentistry/.



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No Sad Stories About Kids or Animals!By D.B. Haverford

Humorist

My father had a catch phrase that I heard many times growing

up. Didn’t matter who you were, he made no excep-tions. Someone would begin to tell a story that began to take a sketchy turn and my dad would kindly, but firmly, interrupt, bringing out his golden rule, “No sad stories about children or animals.” Oh, but it turns out happy in the end you say? Nope, he would have none of it. He would clarify, “If at any point in the story, a child or animal is in danger, I don’t want to hear it.”

Everyone would do their best to convince him that their story was worth it, but he didn’t argue, he just repeated, “No sad stories about children or animals,” with a firm emphasis on the “No” until the would-be sad story teller eventually gave up trying. How serious was he? He made it a rule with employees at his business, too. And, he has never seen the movie “Bambi” solely because of the scene where Bambi’s mother dies (Sorry, dad).

No “Yeller”I am most definitely my

father’s child. I never have seen, and will never see the movie, “Old Yeller.” I cannot fathom the desire to put myself through something like that. I cannot watch a movie knowing that in the end, beloved fido meets his heart-breaking, untimely end. I won’t, and you can’t make me.

You would think that I could simply just not watch “Old Yeller” and I would be safe. Oh, no, my friends. Someone in Hollywood mistakenly believes that there are throngs of people waiting to get emotionally attached to adorable little fluff balls only to watch them perish because little Timmy fell down a well for the 27th time. Honestly, Timmy can go save the dog.

Therapy is expensive!Seriously, this is not just

a “me” issue. I kid you not, there is actually a website called “doesthedogdie.com.” Really. It’s there for people like me who love dogs, and shockingly don’t enjoy the emotional torture of watching movies where, all too commonly, tragedies befall the animal they made you fall in love with. Don’t let what happened to me happen to you. I mean, I made the mistake of seeing “Tuner & Hooch” without checking on the ending first, and nearly needed counsel-ing afterward. Therapy is expensive people. I recom-mend checking this website before any dog related cine-matic experience. For reals.

More recently, I watched a trailer for “Marley and Me.” Spoiler alert! The trailer for that movie painted a very happy non-dog-dying pic-ture. I was lulled into a false sense of security and watched the movie. Now, I no longer watch any movie with dogs in it unless it’s been thoroughly vetted.

A Last ProtestI will end with my protest

against the very existence of the movie “A Dog’s Purpose.” It’s all about a dog being reincarnated a bunch of times through-out the movie. We actually watch the same dog pass away multiple times. No. Just no. To my astonishment,

they have made a second film that I can only assume involves a wood chipper. I have, of course, not seen either of the movies, so I can’t say for sure.

I can only say this, I will probably send this to my Dad, but I know he won’t read it. Good for you Dad. n

D.B. Haverford is the pen name of an Oregon-based humor writer.



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Take Your Kid To Work DayBy GREG ROSEN

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April 23th was the offi-cially recognized “Take your kid to Work Day.”

In the past, I’ve taken both my sons several times but never my daughter Heather. She’s my little princess, the little girl who her mother says has me wrapped around her finger. I constantly tell her she’s my favorite daugh-ter even though she’s my only daughter. She’s never questioned that, which I’ve always found to be pretty funny.

A few days before the 23rd I mentioned to Heather, jokingly, that she should spend the day with me and surprisingly, she said yes! I thought she was a little old for this, but I said I would love to take her to the office for the day. At first, she was kind of excited, but things sort of changed the day before when I told her we needed to leave by 7am, which means she needed to wake up by 6am. She kind of got cranky about that. Actually she fought me on it tooth and nail, thinking about 10am sounded like a good time to go.

I thought maybe she was just having one of her mood swings and I’m rarely the target of her extreme atti-tude during those times. This time though she screamed, stomped her feet and slammed her bedroom door. Of course, I did the appropri-

ate thing and sent her mother in to deal with her.

She helped me organizeAfter a talk, she agreed

to leave by 7am so I set her alarm for 6am. I heard it go off for 10 full minutes before I went in to wake her. I learned on that morn-ing, my little angel knew a few words that little girls should never use. I knew at this point I had to pull out the big guns, so I prom-ised her I would take her to McDonald’s for lunch and I would get her the happy meal with that girl from Frozen that she loves. I could tell she was consider-ing my offer because she got kind of quiet. I then added a chocolate milk and not one, but two of those fresh made cookies they always have next to the cash reg-ister. That seemed to do it, because she started getting ready and in only an hour and a half, she was ready to go.

Once at my office she played with some toys and then insisted on organizing my desk. It’s been a week and I still can’t find my stapler. And, when I left her alone for a few minutes with my computer she per-manently deleted 4 files that I had been working on for weeks. I will admit I was pretty proud of her for the first couple of hours, she had made a few mistakes but all kids do. But about 9am she said she was bored and wanted to go to breakfast and have Bloody Mary’s. I said, Heather, “I love you but you’re 21 years old.” I’m thinking this might be our last “Take your kid to work day” n

Greg Rosen is a humor writer, Realtor, father and husband. Questions or comments are appreciated: [email protected].

How to Spend your Tax Return and/or Stimulus Check WiselyBy KAREN JOHNSTON

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We are definitely living in an unprecedented situation, with the

fear of Coronavirus, the Stay Home Advisements, many businesses have had to close, reduce staff or hours due to this situation. We have also been given some access to obtaining various economic help that has been coming from our State and Federal Government and Agencies.

What is the best way to use some of this money? First of all, if you are going to spend it, spend it local with locally owned busi-nesses. Did you know that:

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These are just a few of the many benefits. Secondly, it would be wise to use it to save you money in the future. Keeping your vehi-cle maintained and serviced regularly costs about 50% less over a ten year life span, than just having it repaired when it breaks.

Maintaining your vehicle with regular fluid changes, tire rotations, alignments and inspections can help to keep it safe and reliable along with maintaining the value of the car, and increasing the longevity. If a vehicle is properly main-

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Automotive service, maintenance and repair is an essential business during this Covid-19 time period. If you are not using your vehicle much, it might be a perfect time to catch up on services, maintenance and repairs. Most of our locally shops & dealerships are offering no contact pick up and delivery services, along with sanitation of your vehi-cle for all of our protection. This would be a wise way to use your stimulus money to save you money. Happy Motoring! n

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Off-the-Chart Pain NumbersBy KEITH ROACH, M.D.

To Your Good Health

DEAR DR. ROACH: Why is pain measured by numbers? I have severe pain, and doc-tors do not know what to do when I say it is an 11 on a scale of 1-10. My pain can’t be measured by numbers. It depends on the time of day, what I have done during the day and the weather.

I have arthritis in most of my joints, spe-cifically my spine and hips. Having had five spine surgeries, epidurals and hip shots, I have pain every day. There is not much more that can be done but to take opioids. It can be hard to make the decision either to take an opioid and go out shopping or for coffee feeling like I am in a vacuum, or to go out in pain.

There is no chronic pain support group in my area, and no one can understand how I feel, even the professionals, unless they have gone through it. So when asked how I am, I say “fine.” Other people don’t want to hear about my pain.

Why is there not another way the doctor can measure your pain? I have given up everything I love to do in life because of pain. There’s no way to get “better” from pain. — M.L.D.

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for me to hear that you haven’t found a pain specialist in your area who seems to care about helping you.

Although the 1-10 pain scale is thoroughly entrenched, it has its flaws. The biggest one is that what one person might consider a two, another person might consider a nine. I’ve seen people with horrifying injuries gritting their teeth and saying their pain is a 3 while other people claim their pain from what seems to be a minor condition is a 10 (I had one person tell me the pain from getting his blood pressure taken was a 10). Because pain is subjective, there is no way of standardizing what a person means with their pain rating. However, a 10 on a scale of 1-10 is supposed to be the worst pain imaginable. n

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Two Lessons for Coronavirus: Benefits of Perseverance and Humility

By PASTOR DEE DUKEJefferson Baptist Church

Lesson 1: Power of Perseverance

When I was twelve years old our family lived in Alameda, California not very far from the Navy Base that

was located there. My Dad was just months away from retiring from the Navy, having served since before World War II for over twenty years. He and I would occasionally walk to the Base and fish off of the docks. We would take our fishing rods, a small tackle box, buckets to sit on and to put the fish in that we caught, and a few pieces of bread which we used for bait. We would tie a lead weight on the end of our line with about six hooks tied on above the weight, each one being about a foot apart. We would take a piece of bread and roll it around until it was a nice little dough ball the size of a pea and put one on each hook. We would then jig that collection of tasty dough balls up and down in the water about ten feet below the surface. It would usually only be a few minutes before we had a perch on our line, and sometimes two or three at one time.

Pushing the warship by handMost of the time when we went fishing

the wind was blowing briskly, as it normally does at the coast. But one time, late in the evening, it was an absolutely dead calm, and the water in the bay was flat and smooth as glass. Dad set his bucket and fishing stuff down and walked over to one of the many Navy ships that were tied up to the docks. He leaned out and put his hands on the side of this enormous ship and began to push with all of his might. I remember thinking to myself, ” Yikes, Dad has lost it, he should have retired months ago”!

Invisible power piles upHe pushed for a long time, and I began

to seriously worry, and then the ship began to move away from the dock! My thinking immediately changed too, “Wow, my Dad must be Superman”! He sat down on the edge of the dock, and asked me to sit down next to him and gave me this little speech that has incredibly impacted my life ever since; “I don’t know exactly how it works,” dad said, “But somehow, as I pushed my energy was being stored up in the molecules in the steel in the hull of this ship. After there was enough of my energy put into the mass of this ship it moved. It wouldn’t have worked had there been any wind, but tonight was the perfect time to show you this principle. Two things that I want you never to forget. First of all, if I had gotten discouraged and quit, it wouldn’t have moved and everything I had done up to that point would have been lost. If you want to move or accomplish some-thing very big, you have to keep pushing and never give up. The second thing is, if you had helped me we would have moved it in half the time.”

Lesson 2: Benefits of HumilityProverbs 10:19: “When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But

he who restrains his lips is wise.

When I was 23 years old I worked a construction job for a few years as a ”Powder Monkey” blowing up

rocks for asphalt plants, landfills, and road construction. I worked with a guy named Doc who was 60 years old, the best powder guy in the country, very grumpy, and very mean. It seemed like it was impossible to do anything good enough not to get yelled at, though I tried very hard.

I asked my Dad what I should do, and his answer was rather short and to the point, ”Keep your mouth shut and do the best that you can.” We had a big drill that would bore 2” holes through solid rock up to 100 feet deep which we would fill with dynamite in order to reduce it to rocks the size of a grapefruit that would go through a rock crusher to make gravel. Between jobs all of our bits would be taken to a machine shop to get sharpened, and Doc would always do it.

We went on a job that was a 5-hour drive from the head office, and when we got there we discovered that Doc had forgotten to pick up the sharpened bits. While we were standing there, Doc cussing up a storm, and me trying to hide behind the truck so as not to get yelled at, the ”Big Boss,” the owner of the business, Lester, drove up and asked why we weren’t drilling yet. Doc replied and said, ”Dee forgot to pick up the bits for the machine shop”! I just stood there, saying nothing, not believing what I just heard. Lester handed me the keys to his pickup, told me to go get the bits, to drive as fast as I could without getting a ticket, and don’t stop to eat or sleep. When I got to the machine shop, 4 hours later, it was closed so I curled up and went to sleep on the front seat. After sleeping a couple of hours the shop opened, I got the bits, drove back to the job, and didn’t complain to anybody.

Keep you working for usA couple of days later, the ”big boss”

Lester and I were working together for a little bit, and he said, ”I know that it was Doc who forgot to pick up the bits. The owner of the machine shop told me that it was always Doc who did that job. I was quite impressed with you and your character in not defending yourself and taking the blame the way that you did. I am going to give you a big raise because I want to keep you working for us.” Woe, that worked out alright. n

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with other people and talking and laughing… because for me to just go out and run 15 miles on my own, it’s just, I feel great when I’m done,” continued Peterson. “I still get that sense of satisfac-tion, but it’s not nearly as much fun as when you’ve got company.”

Club member and long-time runner Mike Strobel appreciates Peterson’s lead-ership. “Claudia is amazing in her positive attitude, encouragement of others and great leadership. She always finds the brightness in each person and sets an example of all the things Eastwind believes. I know of no other person as caring and supportive as Claudia. Eastwind is a club that wel-comes all people at all levels and various interests in exer-cise and healthy living, and Claudia demonstrates this every day for us to follow,” said Strobel.

A Shared PassionThe community theme

runs throughout the entire

Eastwind Running and Endurance Club. While members can’t sit down and have a drink together at the moment, they’ve found ways to stay connected. Some of the members have

set up Zoom happy hours and others have created online Facebook contests to keep the community involved.

“The thing about Eastwind is it’s not a running club that

is just, ‘Okay, now we’re all here to get better and faster. That’s what we’re going to focus on.’ It’s really more focused on the social ele-ment,” said Peterson. “We really encourage everybody to do whatever it is, whether they are going to walk every day or run or bike. We’re not about being pro athletes. We have some very, very good athletes, but it’s really about encouragement, and a common love of running.”

“We really don’t allow any politics on our Facebook page. Because people believe in a lot of different things, and we want to just keep our group cohesive and focused on activity and running and being pos-itive and supporting,” said Peterson. “I say supporting

over and over and over, but that is really our main goal. What do you want to do? Whatever that is, it doesn’t make any difference, we will support.”

The Eastwind FamilyBut it doesn’t stop there.

It truly does have a family feel to it all. While Peterson is the president of the club, she knows she couldn’t do it without the support of the rest of the board.

“I mean, I kind of hate talking about myself,” said Peterson. “I don’t want the focus on me, because I just feel like everything about me is about the club. I really feel like it’s an honor to be on the board and represent this club.”

“We have a fantastic

board. Really, we just have an absolutely fantastic board that has dedicated a lot of hours to the club and no one is paid. It’s all volunteer,” said Peterson. “We’ve done a lot of good things in the community over the years; help to support all kinds of things.”

“Even now, we’ve got a message on our Facebook page that says if anybody needs anything, sometimes you need a helping hand, please let one of the board members know,” Peterson continued. “Right away all kinds of Eastwind members said, ‘Oh, gosh, if anybody needs anything, please let me know.’ It’s not just supporting running, it’s sup-porting everything.” HVN

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WINNING: Peterson after finishing the Boring Marathon in 2017. (Photo courtesy C. Peterson)

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