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OLA Hotline Volume 10 No. 11--April 1, 2004

In this issue:

LEGISLATIVE NEWS

• Capitol Notes – March 2004

HAPPENINGS

• Annual OLA Conference Raffle • Grand Opening for Jackson County Central, Rogue CC • ASIS&T Pacific Northwest Chapter Annual Meeting • Stay and Play in Eugene

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Librarian II (Childrenos Specialist), Deadline: April 19, 2004 • Library Resource Center Program Assistant, Deadline: April 5, 2004 • Serials Technical Assistant, Deadline: April 2, 2004

CALENDAR

Legislative News

Capitol Notes – March 2004

[Nan Heim writes...] Election ’04 . . . Who’s running; who’s not.

Candidates for the Legislature had until 5:00 PM on Filing Day, March 11, to file their intent to run this year. Is there a mass exodus from the Oregon Legislature, as you might infer from the publicity? Not really.

Most of the thirty current State Senators will return for the ’05 session. In the House, 42 out of sixty incumbents are seeking re- election. Odds are most of them will win. What IS true is that several legislators with a wealth of experience will not becoming back. Here is a summary of who’s running and who’s not . . .

In the State Senate (thirty members) . . .

Four Senators have resigned since the ’03 session convened: John Minnis (R-Gresham), Lenn Hannon (R-Ashland), Tony Corcoran (D-Cottage Grove), and (R-Bend). All four seats have been filled for the rest of this year by appointment. (D-Eugene), who replaced Corcoran, and Ben Westlund (R-Bend), who replaced Clarno, are expected to win election to their new Senate seats in November. John Lim (R-Gresham), who replaced Minnis, and Sal Esquivel (R-Medford), who replaced Hannon, are running for the House instead of trying to stay in the Senate.

Three incumbent Senators are NOT seeking re-election: Bill Fisher (R-Roseburg), Ken Messerle (R-Coquille) and Steve Harper (R-Klamath Falls).

10 Senators are running for re-election (besides Prozanski and Westlund): Jason Atkinson (R-Jacksonville), Roger Beyer (R- Molalla), (D-Portland), (D- Portland), (D-Portland), Ryan Deckert (D- Beaverton), Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day), Gary George (R- McMinnville), (D-Portland), and Dave Nelson (D-Pendleton). All are expected to win re-election.

13 Senators are in the middle of their four-year terms and don’t have to run this year: (D-Salem), Richard Devlin (D- Tualatin), Joan Dukes (D-Astoria), Rick Metsger (D-Welches), (D-Springfield), Frank Morse (R-Albany), Charlie Ringo (D- Portland), Kurt Schrader (D-Canby), Frank Shields (D-Portland), (R-Hillsboro), Charles Starr (R-Hillsboro), Vicki Walker (D- Eugene), and Jackie Winters (R-Salem). Winters is running for Congress, but will stay in the State Senate if she loses. In the House (sixty members) . . .

Four House members have resigned . . . Lane Shetterly (R- Dallas) and Max Williams (R-Tigard) accepted appointments from the Governor. Floyd Prozanski and Ben Westlund left to fill Senate seats. 14 other House members are NOT seeking re-election . . . *Alan Bates (D-Ashland), Betsy Close (R-Albany), Pat Farr (R-Eugene), Elaine Hopson (D-Tillamook), Deborah Kafoury (D-Portland), (R- Bend), *Jeff Kruse (R- Roseburg), John Mabrey (R-The Dalles), Randy Miller (R- Lake Oswego), *Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-Gresham), Rob Patridge (R-Medford), *Joanne Verger (D-Coos Bay), Max Williams (R- Tigard) and Cliff Zauner (R-Woodburn). *Bates, Kruse, Monnes Anderson and Verger are running for the Senate.

42 House members are running for re-election . . . Robert Ackerman (D-Eugene), Gordon Anderson (R-Grants Pass), Brad Avakian (D- Beaverton), Vic Backlund (R-Salem), Jeff Barker (D-Aloha), Phil Barnhart (D-Eugene), Vicki Berger (R-Salem), (D- Springfield), Alan Brown (R- Newport), Tom Butler (R-Ontario), Billy Dalto (R-Salem), Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland), Dan Doyle (R-Salem), Linda Flores (R-Boring), Mary Gallegos (R-Cornelius), Bill Garrard (R- Klamath Falls), George Gilman (R-Medford), Mitch Greenlick (D- Portland), Gary Hansen (D-Portland), (D-Portland), Dave Hunt (D-Oregon City), Bob Jenson (R-Pendleton), Betsy Johnson (D- Scappoose), Derrick Kitts (R-Hillsboro), Wayne Krieger (R-Gold Beach), Jeff Kropf (R- Sublimity), Jerry Krummel (R- Wilsonville), Greg Macpherson (D-Lake Oswego), Steve March (D- Portland), Jeff Merkley (D-Portland), Karen Minnis (R-Troutdale), Susan Morgan (R-Roseburg), Donna Nelson (R- McMinnville), Mary Nolan (D-Portland), Dennis Richardson (R-Central Point), (D- Portland), Mike Schaufler (D-Happy Valley), Wayne Scott (R-Canby), Greg Smith (R-Heppner), Patti Smith (R-Corbett), Carolyn Tomei (D- Milwaukie), and Kelley Wirth (D-Corvallis).

Coming back? Several familiar faces from past Legislatures are seeking to return. Former Rep. Del Parks (R-Klamath Falls) is challenging incumbent Rep. Bill Garrard in the May Republican primary. Former Rep. Judy Uherbelau (D- Ashland) is running for the House seat being vacated by Senate candidate Rep. Al Bates. Former Rep. Ron Sunseri (R- Gresham) is running for the Senate.

The “Rat Bastards” — Where are they now? We didn’t come up with this name for the 11 House Republicans who supported the referral of Measure 30. But someone did and it caught on. Some used it affectionately; others, pejoratively. Led by Lane Shetterly (R- Dallas), the 11 believed a temporary tax increase was needed to balance the state’s budget without damaging vital services. The 11 Republicans joined the 25 House Democrats to give the tax measure the 36 votes it needed to pass and be referred to the voters. Six months later, where are “rat bastards?”

Lane Shetterly resigned to take the Governor’s appointment to run the state’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (LCDC). Max Williams (R-Tigard) resigned to accept the Governor’s appointment to run the State Corrections Division.

Rob Patridge (R-Medford), Pat Farr (R-Eugene) and John Mabrey (R-The Dalles) are not seeking re-election.

Vic Backlund (R-Salem) and Susan Morgan (R-Roseburg) face anti- tax Republican opponents in the May primary. Morgan’s race may be especially tough, since pundits in the Roseburg area dubbed Measure 30 the “Morgan tax.” Vicki Berger (R-Salem), Billy Dalto (R- Salem), and Mary Gallegos (R-Hillsboro) have no primary opposition, but face Democrats in November. Gallegos will have an extra challenge. Tom Cox, Libertarian candidate for Governor in ’02, plans to run against her in November.

Of the 11 “rat bastards,” only Bob Jenson (R-Pendleton) has an easy re-election – no opponent in either the primary or the general election.

Whatever one thought of Measure 30, the 11 Republicans who helped pass it included some of the best and brightest Oregon legislators. Five of the 11 will definitely not be returning. At least three others are in some danger of being defeated. For the time being at least, the fate of the “rat bastards” does not bode well for tax reform, much less a tax increase, in the near future.

Capitol Notes is written and distributed by Nan Heim/Associates and may be reprinted with our permission. Please contact us at 503- 224-0007 or [email protected] or check our web site at www.nanheim.com. Happenings

Annual OLA Conference Raffle See yourself at the Sylvia Beach Hotel!

Want a chance to win while contributing to a good cause? Then purchase a ticket at the annual fund raising raffle at the OLA conference. OYAN will use the profits for continuing education events and scholarships. Prices are the $5 per ticket, or get one ticket free at 5 for $20.

You could win two nights at the Sylvia Beach Hotel, High Desert Museum tickets, Mount Hood Railroad tickets, teen book baskets or a Lord of the Rings Basket! Look for a Raffle representative at the conference or ask an OYAN member.

Grand Opening for Jackson County Central, Rogue CC

Please join us at the grand opening celebration for the new Jackson County Central Library and Rogue Community College Library in downtown Medford on Sunday, April 4, 2004.

Events start at 11 a.m. with a symbolic book brigade. Ninety- two books will be passed by hand along the streets of Medford to their new location, one for each year since the now-empty Carnegie library first opened in 1912.

The dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting begins at noon, followed by tours, author readings and book signings, storytelling, "Tears of Joy" live family theater, and a "River of Knowledge" juried art display.

This is the first joint-use public and academic library to be constructed in Oregon and one of very few in the entire nation. The 80,000 square foot building is contemporary in its design, executed with traditional materials and forms (masonry, stone, and pre-cast concrete in natural tones) with expansive windows and skylights.

One of the most technologically advanced buildings in the region, the library has a fiber optic and copper distribution system feeding public and staff computer terminals and workstations. Wireless technology makes it possible for library users to access the Internet from virtually anywhere in the building. RCC maintains a 35 person computer lab plus language and telecourse labs. "River of Knowledge" was chosen as a theme to inspire the library's public art as well as architectural features. A granite garden by artist Scott Murase adjoins an outdoor water feature. A quotation by Andrew Carnegie is inscribed by master carver Alan Collins in the exterior stone.

Bronze sculptor Peter Helzer created ceremonial gates at the entrances to reading rooms, plus a "monster bench" and opossum coat hooks in the children's library. Display cases and picture rails throughout the public spaces will have changing art exhibits.

Three community meeting rooms and outdoor reading gardens for children and adults can be reserved for private functions when not in use for library programs.

The firm of Fletcher Farr Ayotte of Portland did the architectural planning, and S. D. Deacon Corp. was the general contractor. Funding was provided by a bond measure approved in May 2000. The Jackson County Library Foundation secured donations for public art and other amenities.

This is the seventh of 15 new or expanded public library buildings to be constructed in Jackson County by the year 2006.

ASIS&T Pacific Northwest Chapter Annual Meeting

The Impact of Ubiquitous Information May 14 & 15, 2004 Seattle, Wash. Check it out! www.asis.org/chapters/asispnc (Registration info forthcoming)

Program: Banquet Keynote Speaker (6-10pm Friday): George Dyson, historian, futurist, and author Workshop (9am-noon Friday): Personal Information Management in Theory and in Practice William Jones and Harry Bruce (University of Washington Information School)

Sessions (1-4pm Friday, 9am-noon Saturday): Tools to "Think With": A Content Management System in Teaching and Learning Aaron J. Louie & William Washington (UW Program for Educational Transformation Through Technology - PETTT) Conscientious Design for International Audiences Melissa Weaver (University of Washington MLIS graduate student) Perspectives on Metadata Management in Context Panelists: Carol A. Hert (Syracuse University); Michael Crandall (Gates Foundation); Peter Hallett (Schemalogic) Do You Really Know What Your Customers Want? Architecting Assistance Content in the Age of Infoglut David Billick (Microsoft User Assistance) Connecting the Docs: Integrating Information from Multiple Documents Mark Wasson (LexisNexis) From Metadata to Music Susan Golden, formerly of the Smithsonian Global Sound project. Roundtable Session: What Can ASIS&T PNC Do For You? Chapter officers

Stay and Play in Eugene

Eugene Beckons...

Treat yourself to an evening and day in Eugene at the end of this year's OLA Conference! Conference ends on Friday, April 16, so why not extend those room reservations and enjoy one of Oregon's outstanding cities?

An intriguing mix of ethnic, gourmet, and American cuisine is yours to choose from for dining Friday evening. After dinner? Art openings, jazz, dancing -- you name it, Eugene is definitely open after 7 pm! Then there's Saturday Market and Eugene Public Library's gigantic (unbelievably gigantic) booksale on Saturday (Conference attendees showing their badges will get a 10% discount at the booksale). Was shop-'til- you-drop at unique and popular stores mentioned?!!!

Add 24+ hours of relaxation and fun to this year's Conference- - extend your stay and play in Eugene! Employment Opportunities

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