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PUBLIC NOTICE
A public meeting of the Wallowa County Compensation
Committee will be held on Friday, April 9, 2021. The meeting
will be held at the Wallowa County Courthouse in the Thornton
Conference Room at 10:00 am. The purpose of this meeting is to
make recommendations on elected officials compensation to the
Wallowa County Commission.
Legal No. 237876
Published: March 31, April 7, 2021
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101 Legal Notices
NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Wallowa
Rural Fire District, Wallowa, State of Oregon, to discuss the
budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, will be
held at Wallowa City Fire Hall, Wallowa, Oregon. The meeting
will take place on April 21, 2021 at 6:30 pm .
The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message
and to receive comment from the public on the budget.
This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget
Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the
meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget
Committee.
A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained
on or after April 21, 2021 at Wallowa City Fire Hall, between
the hours of 9:00am and 3:00pm.
Published: April 7, 14, 2021
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Legal No. 236974
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Pursuant to ORS 477.250, notice is hereby given that a public
hearing will be held at the Northeast Oregon Forest Protection
(NEO) District Office, 611 20th Street, La Grande, Oregon,
on April 22, 2021 at 10:00 am , to receive from any interested
persons suggestions, advice, objections or remonstrance’s to
the proposed budget for the forest protection district. A copy
of the tentative budge for the Forest Protection District may be
inspected during normal working hours. To ensure the broad-
est range of services to individuals with disabilities, persons
disabilities requiring special arrangements should contact Kay
Rinker, at 541-276-3491 at least two working days in advance
of the scheduled hearing.
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
PETER DAUGHERTY, STATE FORESTER
Published: April 7, 14, 2021
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Legal No. 236979
101 Legal Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Troy School Board will meet for their Regular Board Meeting
and Budget Committee Meeting on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at
4:00 pm. To support the Governor’s recommendations for social
distancing, Troy School District #54 will conduct the April 13, 2021
board meeting by telephone/video conference only. Members of
the public can contact Gretchen Piper: gpiper@r18esd.org for
information on attending.
Public Comment. Only written public comment or testimony will
be accepted and may be submitted to Troy SD #54, 107 SW First
Street, Suite 105, Enterprise, OR 97828. Agenda and materials for
the board meeting will be available at least 24 hours prior to the
meeting and can be requested from Wallowa Education Service
District – Region 18, 107 SW First Street #105, Enterprise, OR
97828 or by email: gpiper@r18esd.org.
Troy School District remains committed to the public comment
process and will consider all public comment seriously. Please
email written comments or testimony to gpiper@r18esd.org or
send by mail to Troy School District #54, 107 SW First Street, Suite
105, Enterprise, OR 97828.
√ Clearly label the subject line as: Public Comment or Testimony
and include the topic. Example: Public Comment – Assessment.
√ All written public comment will be posted to http://www.kasha.
r18esd.org:8080/OpenKM/login.jsp.
√ Public comments or testimony submitted the morning of
the board meeting or during the board meeting will be posted to
http://www.kasha.r18esd.org:8080/OpenKM/login.jsp within 48
business hours.
Published: April 7, 2021
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By GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — COVID-
19 infections are on the rise
again in Oregon, a fourth
wave of increasing cases
since the pandemic began.
“This virus is at our door-
step — our numbers are ris-
ing and we are back on
alert,” said Gov. Kate Brown
at a Friday, April 2, press
conference.
A steep drop in infections
since Jan. 1 had shown signs
of bottoming out in recent
weeks, but the most current
data shows COVID-19 is
again on the rise.
The April numbers are
showing that the most pes-
simistic forecasts last month
are coming true.
“The virus appears to be
rebounding,” said Dr. Dean
Sidelinger, the Oregon Health
Authority’s top infectious
disease expert. “COVID-19
is a resilient enemy.”
The OHA reports cases
are averaging 392 per day,
while hospitalizations are up
and the percentage of tests
that come back positive is
3.7%. That is still below the
5% level above which the
OHA has said growth of the
virus becomes exponential.
The rise comes despite the
arrival of three vaccines that
can inoculate people from the
virus. But only 18% of Ore-
gonians are currently com-
pletely vaccinated, slightly
higher than the national
average.
The OHA had hoped to
have at least one shot of vac-
cine given to every Orego-
nian over age 16 who wanted
one by late May. Due to vac-
cine delivery issues, the OHA
is now looking at early June
to reach the goal.
The state is getting an
average of about 30,000 new
shots of vaccine into arms
of people per day, though
mostly the Moderna and
Pfi zer vaccines that require
two shots spaced out over
about a month.
The OHA had been hoping
for a surge of new one-shot
Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
But the company announced
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More information on
the COVID-19 situation
in Oregon and how to
fi nd vaccinations can be
found at getvaccinated.
oregon.gov.
Courtnie McCAuliff e/Contributed Photo
Ruthie Mann, infection control offi cer at Wallowa Memorial
Hospital, prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine Tuesday, March 9, 2021. In the background is Stacey
Karvoski, WMH quality director and nurse.
last week that a subcontractor
in Baltimore had improperly
mixed ingredients, ruining
as many as 15 million doses
set to go out to states over the
next few weeks.
The Johnson & Johnson
vaccines that are currently
being given are not from this
batch and are safe and eff ec-
tive, the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention
reported earlier last week.
Oregon has over 35,000
doses of Johnson & John-
son vaccine available now,
but it will receive between
200,000 and 300,000 fewer
doses than expected in com-
ing weeks.
The inoculation campaign
comes amid concern of the
growth of new, more-conta-
gious and likely more-lethal
versions of COVID-19.
Researchers have found
that those who are inoculated
will most likely be spared
severe illness or death com-
pared to the unvaccinated.
“This is a race between
the vaccines and the vari-
ants,” Brown said.
Washington will become
the latest state to off er vac-
cines to everyone age 16 and
above earlier than the fed-
eral May 1 deadline. Gov.
Jay Inslee has announced all
eligibility restrictions will be
lifted April 15.
Brown announced early
Tuesday, April 6, that vacci-
nations would be made avail-
able to anyone 16 and older
beginning on April 19.
Oregon was fi ghting to
make vaccination equitable
across economic and ethnic
groups, Brown said.
“The goal of Oregon’s
vaccination strategy is to
make sure we are doing this
fast and doing this fairly,”
she said.
Brown announced that
eff ective immediately, peo-
ple with several additional
underlying medical con-
ditions would be added to
the advanced eligibility list,
including smokers. A full list
will be released by the OHA.
The state also will allow
workers who are currently
eligible for the vaccine, such
as farmworkers, to bring all
adults in their household to
be vaccinated at the same
time.
The OHA is also working
with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to cre-
ate pop-up and mobile vac-
cination centers in rural parts
of the state, including Mor-
row County.
Not on the OHA’s agenda
is any loosening of business
restrictions.
OHA offi cials said they
would be sticking with
the four-tiered county risk
level system, with the next
changes to be announced
Tuesday, April 6, to go into
eff ect Friday, April 9.
The state has allowed
counties
that
recently
dropped down a level but
rebounded higher in the next
period to hold off on reinstat-
ing restrictions during a two-
week grace period.
Sidelinger said the same
system did not apply to coun-
ties that had sustained lower
infection rates for multiple
weeks and are now rising
again.
Among the issues that
the OHA is facing in its goal
to maximize inoculations
is what OHA Director Pat
Allen called “a softening of
demand” for vaccine among
targeted senior groups, par-
ticularly in Southwest Ore-
gon and portions of rural
Eastern Oregon.
Sidelinger said evi-
dence is beginning to show
an unfortunate relaxed atti-
tude toward mask wear-
ing and social distancing as
the warmer spring weather
brings people together.
“Mask use is going down,
while travel is going up,”
Sidelinger said.
Gun storage requirement heads to Oregon House
By PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — Another gun
regulation bill is headed
for a legislative debate and
vote, this time in the Oregon
House.
House
Bill
2510,
approved Tuesday, March
30, by the House Health Care
Committee, would require
the storage of fi rearms with
trigger or cable locks, in a
locked container or in a gun
room. An off ense is a Class
C violation, which carries
a maximum fi ne of $500,
unless someone under age 18
obtains access, in which case
it is a Class A violation with
a maximum fi ne of $2,000.
No jail time is imposed for
violations.
The committee vote was
6-4. All Democrats voted
for it, and all Republicans
against it.
On March 25, the Oregon
Senate voted 16-7 to approve
a bill making state buildings
— including the Capitol —
off -limits to fi rearms car-
ried by concealed-handgun
licensees. Senate Bill 554,
which went to the House,
leaves it up to local govern-
ments to decide that question
for their own buildings.
Oregon is among the
states with no laws regulat-
ing gun storage, according to
the pro-regulation Giff ords
Law Center. Laws in Cali-
fornia and Washington apply
to some aspects of storage.
When the House Health
Care Committee heard the
gun storage bill March 11,
almost 400 pieces of testi-
mony were submitted for
and against House Bill 2510.
Some people submitted more
than one.
“We cannot gun-proof
children,” Dr. Benjamin
Hoff man, pediatrician at
Doernbecher
Children’s
Hospital at Oregon Health &
Science University, testifi ed.
“We must child-proof guns.”
Between 1999 and 2019,
he said, Oregon averaged
3.5 deaths by fi rearms per
100,000 people, compared
with the national average of
2.3 per 100,000. For youths
under 19 during the period,
he said Oregon averaged 6.3
deaths per 100,000, com-
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pared with the national aver-
age of 5 per 100,000.
“Gun violence is one of
the leading causes of death
for people my age,” Hope
Williams, a volunteer with
Students Demand Action
in Oregon, said in a state-
ment after the vote. “We
want to feel safe at home
and in our communities and
that starts with securely stor-
ing fi rearms to prevent gun
violence.”
Students Demand Action,
together with Moms Demand
Action, constitute Every-
town for Gun Safety.
“Even in a pandemic, our
communities are continu-
ing to endure gun violence
everyday,” Elizabeth Klein,
a gun violence survivor and
volunteer for the Oregon
chapter of Moms Demand
Action, said. “And, uninten-
tional shootings and gun sui-
cides have continued to rise
over the past year. Secure
storage is an eff ective and
easy way to help prevent
these tragedies.
But Oregon’s gun-rights
advocates staunchly opposed
the bill.
“This bill will subject
hundreds of thousands of
law-abiding citizens with
potential criminal and civil
liability overnight for actions
that are perfectly legal
today,” Paul Donheff ner,
legislative committee chair-
man for the Oregon Hunt-
ers Association, said in testi-
mony to the committee.
Kevin Starrett is direc-
tor of the Oregon Firearms
Federation, which bills itself
as a no-compromise group
on gun rights. It even dis-
paraged Republican law-
makers working on regula-
tion of fi rearms sales at gun
shows in 1999, a year after
the group’s founding. The
bill did not pass, but voters
approved a related initiative
measure in 2000 by a 62%
majority.
Starrett had harsher
words for lawmakers during
his committee testimony.
“Gun owners in Ore-
gon have been remarkably
well-behaved,” he said.
“But if you keep rewarding
criminals and punishing the
law-abiding, don’t expect
them to stay that way.”
