Newport, Oregon News-Times

Public Letters & Editorials, 1978-1984

Newport News-Times 7-Part Article Series: "Up In Smoke" (1985)

By Dr. Bob Zybach

icon Date Title & Publication Topic & Setting
  April, 1978 "Bullied by Big Timber," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon. Voiced concerns regarding recent mass purchases of local family farms and ranches by corporate landowners for immediate conversions to Douglas-fir tree farms.
February 7, 1979 "Local Cutbacks Necessary," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon. [PDF_3_MB] News-Times editorial voicing support for S.B.100 Reforestation Bill sponsored by Bob Packwood. I respond that it is overly wasteful and could be improved.
April 25, 1979 "'Most Qualified Individual'," Letters to The Editor, News-Times, Newport, Oregon. [PDF_2_MB] Senator Packwood uses February Zybach letter as springboard to promote S.B. 100 Reforestation Bill. Newspaper carries separate account of his imminent visit. I defend my former statements and newspaper responds .
July 16, 1980 "Zybach Complains," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon. [PDF_3_MB] Response to poor job by News-Times reporter regarding personal interview on topics of forest herbicides, motivations of activists, and funding sources.
  1982 "Charged to Subsidize Their Own Competition," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport-Oregon.  
1983 "Don't Blame The Loggers," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport-Oregon. [PDF_3_MB]  
  August, 1984 "Improve [Highway] 20 Now," Remarks on recent local highway fatalities and increased use of Highway 20 for timber products transport and recreational use as needs for priority County attention.

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