If The Salmon And Steelhead Are Running,

You And I Shouldn't Claim We Love Oregon More Than Anyone Else, But That We Love Oregon As Much As Anyone. Our Thoughts Today, And Our Deliberations To Come, Must Spring From Our Determination To Keep Oregon Lovable And To Make It Even More Livable.

I Am Just...wondering, Where Is The Glow Of Yesteryear? I'm Wondering Where The Heroes Went. Gosh, I Don't Know How Long Ago They Left. Heroes Are Not Giant Statues Framed Against A Red Sky. They Are People Who Say: This Is My Community, And It Is My Responsibility To Make It Better. Interweave All These Communities, And You Really Have An America That Is Back On Its Feet, A Comfortable Nation To Live In Again. I Really Think We're Gonna Have To Reassess What Constitutes A Hero.

We Want You To Visit Our State Of Excitement Often. Come Again And Again. But For Heaven's Sake, Don't Move Here To Live. Or If You Do Have To Move In To Live, Don't Tell Any Of Your Neighbors Where You Are Going.

Oregon Is An Inspiration. Whether You Come To It, Or Are Born To It, You Become Entranced By Our State's Beauty, The Opportunity She Affords, And The Independent Spirit Of Her Citizens.

. . . The Solution Is Not To Toss Youthful Offenders Into Jail Or Prisons. We Long Ago Recognized Alcoholism To Be A Disease, And Abondoned Efforts To Treat Alcoholics Simply By Locking Them Up.