2 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
August 2019
CCC President’s
Column
By KATHY HARP
Charbonneau leadership
committees want more
resident involvement
In recent months
the CCC Board has
been revising our
board governing
documents. We have
also reappraised
some of our standing
HARP
committees.
These efforts have been coordinated
by our newly formed Board Develop-
ment Committee. One of our goals this
year is to get more residents involved
with board committees. For years our
Disaster Preparedness Committee
(newly named Emergency Prepared-
ness and Public Safety Committee) has
connected with volunteers from al-
most every HOA. The progress they
have made in preparing all of us for a
possible disaster has been phenome-
nal. Our Civic Affairs Committee is a
group responsible for maintaining re-
lationships with a wide cross section
of parties involved in governmental af-
fairs. They communicate Charbon-
neau’s position on key issues to gov-
ernment representatives. This hard-
working group attends countless re-
gional and state meetings, writes cor-
respondence and editorials, and testi-
fies in front of committees and com-
missions, all in their commitment to
safeguard our community. Through
our Communications Committee, we
formed a Community Task Force to co-
ordinate our outreach efforts. This
group reflected the strategies of resi-
dents and board members working to-
gether for a common purpose. We re- cently formed an Asset Management
Committee which oversees the main-
tenance, repair and replacement of the
CCC buildings and structures. Our Ar-
chitectural Control Committee (which
now also includes landscaping) is re-
sponsible for enforcement of Charbon-
neau Country Club’s Covenants, Con-
ditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs). The
newly formed Activities Committee
(previously House and Special Events)
helps to broaden the scope, frequency
and efficiency of activities in the club-
house. This committee works closely
with the staff event coordinator. Our
board committees are making it a pri-
ority to include more and more resi-
dent
volunteers.
Clearly, volunteers are the lifeblood
of Charbonneau. They play a critical
role in keeping our community vibrant
and an attractive place to live. They
bring their wisdom, expertise and ex-
perience to so many facets of life here
in Charbonneau. Many thanks to all our volunteers in Charbonneau for be-
ing involved in our neighborhoods and
our community. Not everyone is able
to commit to a board or a local commit-
tee. My advice is to at least respond to
any requests from those who do step
forward. Complete any requested sur-
veys, attend meetings, go online and
read the minutes of board meetings,
vote in elections. Please contact a CCC
board member or your local HOA offi-
cers if you have a question or concern
or would like advice on how to get
more involved.
On a final note, please trust that the
CCC Board is committed to making de-
cisions which reflect the desires of our
community as evidenced by all our
outreach efforts for the past two de-
cades. We are nine volunteers who
truly care about our community and
its future.
I would like to end with a quote
from Tom Brokaw: “It’s easy to make a
buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a dif-
ference.”
COURTESY PHOTO The first hemp field trials were plant-
ed at 10 of OSU’s research farms — in-
cluding NWREC — across the state this
past spring. These initial trials are exam-
ining planting dates and seeding densi-
ties for the most successful establish-
ment of the crop across Oregon and in
different growing conditions.
NWREC is considered a key location
for the research on hemp due to the
farm’s very productive Willamette Val-
ley soils and ideal location for visitors
and the Portland media market. The
Global Hemp Innovation Center event
earlier this summer attracted two Port-
land TV stations, NPR, and AP News,
plus other local print media. Sen. Ron Wyden visited to see the research on
hemp on July 1 and Sen. Jeff Merkley
on July 27.
Hemp research is not new to Oregon
State University. OSU conducted re-
search on this crop between the 1880s
and 1930s. Industrial hemp has been
used for many years for rope, cordage
and twine. Today, hemp is one of the
few plants in the world where every
part of the plant (stem, flowers, seeds
and extracted chemicals) can be utilized.
For more information on the new OSU
Global Hemp Innovation Center and the
emerging uses for this crop, see https://
www.opb.org/news/article/hemp-oregon-
state-university-research-center/.
North Willamette
Research and
Extension Center
By MIKE BONDI
OSU establishes Global Hemp
Innovation Center NWREC Researcher Lloyd Nackley shares hemp
field trial information with Sen. Wyden.
O Research and Extension Center
(NWREC).
The Hemp Center will be coordinat-
ing agricultural production research
for this emerging crop in the state.
regon State University an-
nounced the establishment
of their new Global Hemp
Innovation Center in late
June at the North Willamette
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