On this day, May 5, 1903, James Beard, US culinary expert, author (Delights & Prejudices), was born in Portland, Ore.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing Mrs. Elsie Mitchell, the pregnant wife of a minister, and five children after they attempted to drag it out the woods in Lakeview, Oregon. The balloon was armed, and exploded soon after they began tampering with it. They became the 1st and only known American civilians to be killed in the continental US during World War II.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, Bly minister Archie Mitchell, his pregnant wife Elsie, and five children from Mitchell's Sunday school class were on a Saturday morning picnic. Thirteen miles northeast of Bly, or about sixty miles northeast of Klamath Falls, Mitchell parked the car, and Elsie and the children headed to Leonard Creek. Mitchell later remembered: "As I got out of the car to bring the lunch, the others were not far away and called to me they had found something that looked like a balloon. I heard of Japanese balloons so I shouted a warning not to touch it. But just then there was a big explosion. I ran up there--and they were all dead." It was a Japanese balloon bomb. They were 70 feet tall with a 33-foot diameter paper canopy connected to the main device by shroud lines. Balloons inflated with hydrogen followed the jet stream at an altitude of 30,000 feet.
The Representative has served House District 25 for the last 6 years
Representative Bill Post (R-Keizer) has announced he will not be seeking reelection in 2022 in the Oregon House of Representatives.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve House District 25 for the last six years,†said Post.
“When I was a radio talk show host, I often spoke of my desire for term limits on elected persons
but always as “self-imposed†by those officials. I don’t believe the writers of our Oregon
Constitution intended for “citizen legislators†to stay in office for years and years but rather, to
let the next citizen step up and serve. I look forward to the next chapter in my own family’s life
and in the future of this state.â€
Representative Post plans to serve the district through the remainder of his term and looks
forward to completing the redistricting process. Currently, Rep. Post serves on the following
House Committees: Agriculture and Land Use, Energy and Natural Resources, Business and
Labor, Wildfire, and the Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology, and
serves as the Assistant Deputy Leader in the House Republican Caucus.
“I still feel there is much work to be done at the legislature, so it is with mixed emotions that I
make this announcement. I am very grateful for the support I’ve received from the community
and the relationships that have been built while serving Keizer, St. Paul and Newberg.â€
Pivotal Legislation from Rep. Post:
- Legalized behind the counter sales of pseudoephedrine products
- Attempted to regulate kratom products and protect minors (vetoed by Governor)
- Full and adequate funding for CASA
- Supported law enforcement and K9 units
- Strengthened privacy protections and public indecency laws
- Secured $1.25m Chehalem Cultural Center
- Secured $32m Newberg Dundee Bypass
- Secured $696,000 St. Paul Water System
- Secured $54,000 Butteville Landing
- Secured $400,000 City of Newberg
- Secured $800,000 City of Keizer
- Expanded safety corridors
- Pushed for Daylight Savings
- Reinforced humane treatment in women’s correctional facilities
- Strengthened Oregon’s Farm to School Program
- Advocated for agriculture and farmers
- Supported veterans through funding and highway memorials
- Fought for small business owners and continually pushed to cut out red tape and reduce
taxes
- Supported wildfire victims through legislation
--Bruce Armstrong| Post Date: 2021-09-09 09:54:17 | Last Update: 2021-09-09 10:17:20 |
