On the road between Interstate 84 Exit 193 and Echo, there is a house on 
the old Bottger place with a sad, sagging roof that pleads to
 be picturesque.

On the same highway, there is a car parked close that has been there 
for two-plus months. Like that ancient house, day by day things happen 
to it — the windows smashed in, the code sign in the window gone — 
an eyesore.

Who should take care of the vehicle? Oregon Department of Transportation? Oregon State Police? Umatilla 
County? The closest farmer? The nearest city, Echo? Is this one of 
those “dropped between the jurisdictions” cases?

OK, somebody flip a coin and take responsibility, and remove it.

Don Reese

Echo