Bad News for Linn County. Paper Plant to Close. 230 good jobs gone.

Click post title to go to story about the sudden announcement that the Millersburg paper plant will close, leaving 230 people without work. They were family wage to really good family wage jobs.

The paper plant, the article states, was the biggest property taxpayer in Linn County. Of course, I guess since the company will still own the property, until they find a buyer, they'll still have to pay those property taxes. At least there's that.

In the meantime, that's a lot of high wage jobs to lose. Linn County already has higher than average unemployment. Very sad.

Bad News for Linn County. Paper Plant to Close. 230 good jobs gone.

Click post title to go to story about the sudden announcement that the Millersburg paper plant will close, leaving 230 people without work. They were family wage to really good family wage jobs.

The paper plant, the article states, was the biggest property taxpayer in Linn County. Of course, I guess since the company will still own the property, until they find a buyer, they'll still have to pay those property taxes. At least there's that.

In the meantime, that's a lot of high wage jobs to lose. Linn County already has higher than average unemployment. Very sad.

Trouble

One of the two orange and white boys didn't come out of anesthesia well. I took him back to his owner, but by 8:00, she called and wanted me to come get him. So he came here. I gave him fluids, a bit of nutrical by mouth, had him on a heating pad and he's up now, finally, at 3:00 a.m. but still not quite out of it.

I fell alseep on the couch about 10:00 p.m. Just woke up and checked on him, did my dishes.

The poor little boy is crawling in fleas. The woman told me she thought he'd get free flea treatment and worming today, too. I don't know where she got that idea, maybe from her friend, who referred her, for whom I got 10 ferals fixed. Don't know.

I was supposed to be up early this morning, because Keni is coming down, to again help me with the homeless camp, since I can't find anybody to help down here.

And tonight, I'm supposed to help a woman trap four cats she feeds to be fixed, then relocated to the barn home of a friend of her daughters. They are moving, you see, and didn't want to leave these strays they fed without anybody. She said the landlord there traps strays left behind by tenants and has them killed. She doesn't want the cats she feeds killed.

I also ran into the daughter of some folks I got cats fixed for out on highway 20. She said they were moving. When I asked, "You're not leaving the cats behind, are you?" She said, "Well, yes." I came home upset, looked up their number and called the house, explained who I was and asked if they were indeed going to abandon their cats when they moved. It was another daughter who lives on the north coast who answered the phone and said "I'm not leaving them. I'm taking them home with me." I said, "That's a relief. Thank you."

Trouble

One of the two orange and white boys didn't come out of anesthesia well. I took him back to his owner, but by 8:00, she called and wanted me to come get him. So he came here. I gave him fluids, a bit of nutrical by mouth, had him on a heating pad and he's up now, finally, at 3:00 a.m. but still not quite out of it.

I fell alseep on the couch about 10:00 p.m. Just woke up and checked on him, did my dishes.

The poor little boy is crawling in fleas. The woman told me she thought he'd get free flea treatment and worming today, too. I don't know where she got that idea, maybe from her friend, who referred her, for whom I got 10 ferals fixed. Don't know.

I was supposed to be up early this morning, because Keni is coming down, to again help me with the homeless camp, since I can't find anybody to help down here.

And tonight, I'm supposed to help a woman trap four cats she feeds to be fixed, then relocated to the barn home of a friend of her daughters. They are moving, you see, and didn't want to leave these strays they fed without anybody. She said the landlord there traps strays left behind by tenants and has them killed. She doesn't want the cats she feeds killed.

I also ran into the daughter of some folks I got cats fixed for out on highway 20. She said they were moving. When I asked, "You're not leaving the cats behind, are you?" She said, "Well, yes." I came home upset, looked up their number and called the house, explained who I was and asked if they were indeed going to abandon their cats when they moved. It was another daughter who lives on the north coast who answered the phone and said "I'm not leaving them. I'm taking them home with me." I said, "That's a relief. Thank you."

Photos of the Six Cats

These two boys were dumped as very young kittens along a road. Fortunately a kind woman and her grandson saved them.
This female hails from Corvallis!
This is one of five more huge and I mean HUUUUGGGGEEE males the Jefferson woman has been feeding, the latest in years of strays showing up hungry and otherwise unwanted at her doorway. She has tried to get as many fixed as she can over countless years. She tries to find kittens homes. But she's getting old now and worn out and broke, living on a fixed income and needs help with the latest five to show up, three of whom I caught.
This is another of the four huge males to arrive at this old woman's house, requesting assistance and food, in the last months.
The old woman thinks this cat is the female who had one kitten, when dumped off along the road a few feet from her door last spring. She has the kitten, now a teen, inside her place. She will be fixed a little later. To me, this very large cat, has a very male appearance. UPDATE: the brown tabby is indeed a male.

Photos of the Six Cats

These two boys were dumped as very young kittens along a road. Fortunately a kind woman and her grandson saved them.
This female hails from Corvallis!
This is one of five more huge and I mean HUUUUGGGGEEE males the Jefferson woman has been feeding, the latest in years of strays showing up hungry and otherwise unwanted at her doorway. She has tried to get as many fixed as she can over countless years. She tries to find kittens homes. But she's getting old now and worn out and broke, living on a fixed income and needs help with the latest five to show up, three of whom I caught.
This is another of the four huge males to arrive at this old woman's house, requesting assistance and food, in the last months.
The old woman thinks this cat is the female who had one kitten, when dumped off along the road a few feet from her door last spring. She has the kitten, now a teen, inside her place. She will be fixed a little later. To me, this very large cat, has a very male appearance. UPDATE: the brown tabby is indeed a male.

Tiny Tim is Going to Huntington Beach!

My brother is donating his miles to transport Tiny Tim to his new home. This is very exciting. Even the vet clinic is excited for him. He will get his health cert for travel the same day his stitches are removed. And, if all goes as planned, a week from Saturday, Tiny Tim will be flying south, not just for the winter either.

What a nice ending for a nice kitty. No more flopping along Albany sidewalks in the dark, to gulp food on a porch.