The Minto Island Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, a project that’s been a vision of city and community leaders for three decades, has cleared one of its last obstacles.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
The pet dachshund of Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, has died.
But Yoda was the apparent inspiration for a series of bills that are now part of Oregon's law books.
Yoda became part of the Courtney household a decade ago.
"No matter how tough our days may be, Yoda showed us the brighter side of life," Courtney wrote as Yoda was named "pet of the week" by the Humane Society of the United States on July 18.
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