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
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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-
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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)
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