Senior center serves vital role for elderly in community
I am writing to express my support and appreciation for the services that our Oregon Area Senior Center has provided. I am also writing to encourage people who know the contributions the senior center...
View ArticleSupport incumbents on April 5
I am writing to encourage Village of Oregon residents to support Jerry Bollig, Jeff Boudreau, and Doug Brethauer, the three incumbents in the upcoming election in the Village of Oregon. The board has...
View ArticleElect Krista Flanagan for Oregon School Board
We are supporting Krista Flanagan in her candidacy for the Oregon School Board. We have worked with Krista in a variety of capacities, including advocacy related groups for the schools as well as in...
View ArticleVote Steve Root for Town of Oregon Board of Supervisors
Steve Root brings an outstanding combination of dedication, experience, skills and listening ability to his candidacy for re-election to the Town of Oregon Board of Supervisors. Steve and Penny, his...
View ArticleSenior center deserves support from surrounding communities
I’m writing in support of the Oregon Senior Center. My husband and I have supported them with receipts from Bill’s over the years, and also by performing for the members. I find it tragic that area...
View ArticleStep up policies to prevent underage sales
In response to the problem our Village is having with the sale of alcohol to underage customers, I have two pieces of free advice for business owners and Oregon government officials.First, those with...
View Article‘Person-first language’ is important when addressing individuals with...
I would like to commend Scott Girard on his fantastic piece on the TOPSoccer program, “More Than Soccer.”Individuals with disabilities are more visible than ever in today’s society, and the awareness...
View ArticleLesvos, nominated for Nobel Prize, is ‘humanity at its best’
The island of Lesvos has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. As an island of 631 square miles and approximately 80,000 permanent inhabitants, Lesvos has been on the news for the last year for...
View ArticleLetter misidentified local business owner
In response to last week’s letter to the editor, “Sign code lacks ‘common sense’”:Just for the record – My name is not Jeff D’Orazio, it’s Steve D’Orazio. Steve D’Orazio, Village of OregonSelect...
View ArticleVillage sign code, trailer ordinances lack ‘common sense’
I am disappointed in the lack of common sense by the Village of Oregon regarding the mobile trailer/sign parked daily near the southern entrance to our Village. I attended the August discussion about a...
View Article‘Effective use’ of K-9 dog teams essential to ending drug problems
I support Oregon School District’s effective use of K-9 dog teams to help discover illegal drugs in schools. This should be implemented as quickly as possible.When running for the Oregon School Board...
View ArticleBuckets for Hunger campaign raised more than $17K
The Oregon/Brooklyn Food Pantry recently joined the Buckets for Hunger, Inc. fundraising campaign and received $12,029.34 in total donations. Buckets for Hunger added an additional $5,000.00 – more...
View ArticleSign concerns shouldn’t be an issue
I have been following the discussions of the Village Planning Commission concerning the mobile trailer/sign that is being parked daily on Park Street by Max Creek Outdoors owner Jeff D’Orazio.The...
View ArticleCombating terrorism will require fighting hopelessness, despair
Measured in today’s dollars, by conservative estimates, the cost of the war in Iraq by 2017 (estimated by the Congressional Budget Office at $2.7 trillion dollars) will be at least 15 times greater...
View ArticleYouth football proved critics wrong
A June 2011 headline (“Leadership change riles Oregon Youth Football parents”) and subsequent article(s) and letters to the editor left some believing that a change in leadership for the Oregon Youth...
View ArticleEnd tobacco use in Wisconsin
November 19 marks the Great American Smokeout Day, a day that challenges people to stop using tobacco and helps people know about the many tools they can use to help them quit and stay off of...
View ArticleRethink high school grading system
Oregon is a village that is based around its high school and anyone involved in a student’s life should demand a greater focus on how the students are being prepared for higher education. The current...
View ArticleVillage should reject hotel TIF
Oregon Village Board, please reject the $1 million TIF request from S&L Hospitality for a new hotel in Oregon. I am all in favor of a hotel in Oregon but it must succeed on its own merit and not...
View ArticleTaking issue with coverage
This letter is addressed not only to the Oregon Observer, but to those who profess to have firsthand knowledge of business details regarding the unfortunate sensationalized situation with The Academy...
View ArticleDowntown renovation is admirable, but tenants might not afford the rent
I admire the work that the Thiels have put into the buildings in downtown Oregon; it would be very sad to lose the history that is connected with the properties and the quaintness of our downtown....
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