NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVES, PLUS UPDATES ON SOME PAST MEMBERS
Spring has officially arrived. Let’s start with THUMBS UP for two former board members. First, SALUD to Wendy & Bob Millard.
On March 13th Wendy emailed: “On the 15th we have a crew coming to rake the soil on our 3 city lots below our house, between us & city park. Next they’ll sow $600 worth of wildflower seed I bought, & tamp it into soil. The hope is a beautiful field of wildflowers between us and the park, and a field kids from the park can pick wildflowers for their moms. (Seed is specially formulated for arid climates, drought). The city’s working with us, and have agreed to help with sprinklers.”
The March 13th H&N published an education piece, printed over three pages. On page 7, “U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley recently acknowledged Chiloquin Junior/Senior High School Principal, Scott Preston, Chiloquin Elementary Principal Rita Hepper, and VP Janelle Emard, for helping more than 70 Chiloquin families last summer during the fire”. They were presented a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol.
Early in his career Scott was a UUFKC board member, & outside his classroom, cameras in hand, he shot county schools’ athletic highlights; also assisted schools with year books. Scott, et al, SALUD!
In the March 13th H&N, a big photo & caption recognizing 5th anniversary of Blue Zones’ Launch in Klamath Falls, & our certification: Blue Zones Community. Klamath County celebrated having been awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health. YAHOO!
Way back, pre-SOUUP, any given summer Sunday, UUFKC, “closed shop”, & car-pooled to Ashland for a RVUUF service. One trip, our ride included a loud, clunk, clunk under the hood. (That day, passengers’ & our guardian angels did extra duty. We safely arrived & returned to the Basin.) First thing Monday we were at auto shop. Can’t recall which, but an engine-mount bolt was either loose OR lost!
Had a call today, (03/29), from Angela Foxhawk. She went to her Oregon work position in Beaverton in 2020, a month prior to COVID. Now she’s had 14 months there in unemployment benefits.
Best news: They found a house, in Albany. Their offer was accepted this past weekend. Months of search found them looking farther and farther from Beaverton area.
Briefly, she’ll commute to work in the department’s Wilsonville office. Once settled in new home, she’ll work from home.
Her hope: To eventually transfer to the investigations’ aspect of abuse of unemployment benefits. With a name like Foxhawk, she has a good start. Plus, previous extended work years in Colorado’s unemployment benefits. (She shared the two states’ laws vary greatly. Definitely not as one would assume.)
–Barbara Turk, UUFKC Archivist
