A perfect honor.Byline: The Register-Guard Among Oregon politicians during the past 30 years, Clay Myers wasn't as well known as Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (born July 12, 1922) is a former United States Senator and Governor of Oregon. He is a member of the Republican Party. Biography Hatfield was born in Dallas, Oregon,[1] , as quotable quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot as Tom McCall Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American politician, a Republican, and the 30th governor of Oregon from 1967 to 1975. McCall's two terms as Oregon's governor were notable for many achievements in the environmental sphere, including the or as controversial as Bob Packwood Robert William "Bob" Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He was forced to resign from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault . But in his day, the former secretary of state and state treasurer Noun 1. state treasurer - the treasurer for a state government financial officer, treasurer - an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds left a lasting mark on his state and the Republican Party he once personified. And that's why the naming of 180-acre Whalen Island in Tillamook County after Myers is so timely and justified. The island, which sits in the Sand Lake estuary near Pacific City, was purchased by the state two years ago under a measure adopted by voters in November 1998 that dedicates a portion of the state's lottery money to state parks. It will now be called the Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island. Myers, now 75 and ill with cancer, visited the island often as a child. Now living in Arizona, Myers has said he plans to attend Saturday's formal dedication of the newly named island. Myers served as secretary of state from 1967-77 and as state treasurer from 1977-84. He sought the GOP gubernatorial nomination in 1974, but lost to then-State Sen. Vic Atiyeh in the May primary. That fall, Atiyeh lost to Democratic State Treasurer Bob Straub. But Myers meant more to Oregon by simply holding elective office. He was an instrumental voice in promoting legislation to ensure public access to the state's ocean beaches, creating single-member legislative districts and in leading a task force that laid the foundation for what became Senate Bill 100, Oregon's landmark land use law. It was also within the Republican Party that Myers was a voice of moderation. He was one of a long line of Republicans - Hatfield, McCall, Packwood, Dave Frohmayer, Norma Paulus Norma Paulus (b. March 13 1933) born Norma Jean Petersen in Belgrade, Nebraska[1] is a Republican politician from the state of Oregon, United States. Raised as one of seven children in Eastern Oregon, Paulus started her working career as the secretary for the district , Atiyeh, to name but a few - who gave the party its moderate and politically successful image for more than two decades. Those names and the progressive politics they represented have been succeeded in Oregon by a Republican Party dominated by conservative and religious zealots Zealots (zĕl`əts), Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. B.C.). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of A.D. 66–73. . Myers himself was a religious man, but he regarded religion as a private matter between an individual and his or her maker. We're pleased that Myers is being honored in a way that touches his childhood and will represent the kind of Oregon he pursued throughout his 17 years in public service. It's a fitting tribute. |
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