When I was a much younger man a friend and colleague who was a veteran of the Tom McCall years brought me to meet Audrey McCall, the wife of the late progressive Republican governor.  I was there to learn what it meant to be an Oregonian:  Take care of the state, she told me.  It needs to be protected by those who would drain our natural resources for their own personal gain.  Don't give up when causes seem lost.  Tom McCall never did.  Audrey McCall died this week and she was the keeper of Gov. McCall's flame.  The best way to honor her legacy is to fight for progressive public policies aross party lines.  Oregonians don't just owe Governor Tom McCall and Audrey McCall our past.  We owe them our future.  Thank you, Audrey McCall, for giving what seemed like every part of yourself to our great state.