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8 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017 Local Rep. Bentz, Sen. Wyden to hold town halls Senator Ron Wyden will hold four town halls next week in Malheur, Baker, Union and Wasco counties. Wyden’s town halls on Oct. 12-13 will increase to 73 town halls he has held so far in 2017, most this year among members of the U.S. Senate. These four town halls also will increase to 854 the number of town halls Wyden will have held since pledging when fi rst elected to hold annual town halls in each of Oregon’s 36 counties. Next week’s town halls in Malheur, Baker, Union and Wasco counties will be the senator’s second this year in each of those counties. “The unprecedented interest from Oregonians attending my town halls so far this year merits unprec- edented access for them to ask me questions and educate me about how they want Congress to fi x the broken system of wildfi re funding and many other is- sues,” Wyden said. “I look forward very much to con- tinuing these conversations at my town halls next week in Malheur, Baker, Union and Wasco counties.” The more local town hall schedule is as follows (All times below are PT unless indicated otherwise): Thursday, Oct. 12 MALHEUR COUNTY: 12:45 p.m. MT, Nyssa High School auditorium, 824 Adrian Blvd, Nyssa BAKER COUNTY: 5:30 p.m., Community Connec- tion of Northeast Oregon (Senior Center), 2810 Cedar Street, Baker City Friday, Oct. 13 UNION COUNTY: 10 a.m., Eastern Oregon Uni- versity, Lewis Auditorium, Zabel Hall 101, One Uni- versity Blvd., La Grande (Free parking in front of Community Stadium off of Sixth Street) Rep. Cliff Bentz (R- Ontario) will also hold a series of town hall meetings across District 60—his over the next three months. At each meeting, Rep. Bentz will review: the 2017 Legislative Ses- sion, House Bill 2017 (the “Transportation Package”), and will preview issues such as water measurement and fees, carbon cap and trade, wildlife manage- ment, DEQ rules regarding cleaner air and storm water discharge, tax reform, PERS and other issues, that are likely to be “on the table” in the 2018 and 2019 Legislative Sessions. “It is important to share what has happened and is likely to happen in Salem, and these meetings also provide an opportunity for people to share their concerns with me,” said Rep. Bentz. “Although I have already met with and reported to each of my fi ve County Courts (Malheur, Baker, Grant, Harney, and Lake Counties) and several FOR SALE • 175K miles • Heated seats • Gray leather • Power windows and interior doors • Tinted • Captain’s windows seats middle row • A/C • OnStar • Sun roof • 6-CD • 3-year-old transmission • 4WD 2004 GMC Yukon XL 541.519.0572 • $5,500 OBO of the area Chambers of Commerce, these meetings have been held during the middle of the day when most ranchers and farmers cannot attend. These next six meetings are sched- uled in the evenings and in smaller towns so that people who live far from the county seats and work during the day have a bet- ter chance of being able to attend.” Rep. Bentz encourages those interested to partici- pate in any of the follow- ing meetings: JORDAN VALLEY Thursday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m. (MST) Lions Hall (902 US 95/ Bassett St, Jordan Valley) DAYVILLE Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00 p.m. (PST) Dayville School (285 School House Dr, Day- ville) CRANE Thursday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m. (PST) Crane Union High School (43277 Crane Venator Ln, Crane) HAINES Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. (PST) Haines School (400 School Street, Haines) ADEL Monday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. (PST) Adel School (18286 Twenty Mile Rd, Adel) HALFWAY TBD Pine Eagle High School (375 N. Main Street, Halfway) SUBSCRIBE TODAY! www.Th eBakerCountyPress.com Wicked Ways Tickets are just $25 each. 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