Columbia County Fair |
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 8:00 am |
columbiacountyfairgrounds.com July 17-21 |
Columbia County Fairgrounds |
Linn County Fair |
Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.linncountyfair.com/ July 18-20 |
Linn County Expo Center |
Washington County Fair |
Friday, July 19, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.bigfairfun.com/ July 19-28 |
Washington County Fairgrounds - Westside Commons |
Coos County Fair |
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.cooscountyfair.com July 23-27 |
Coos County Fairgrounds |
Curry County Fair |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.eventcenteronthebeach.com July 24-27 |
Curry County Fairgrounds - Event Center on the Beach |
Hood River County Fair |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.hoodriverfairgrounds.com July 24-27 |
Hood River County Fairgrounds |
Jefferson County Fair |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.jcfair.fun July 24-27 |
Jefferson County Fair Complex |
Lane County Fair |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.atthefair.com July 24-28 |
Lane Events Center |
TRUMP TRAIN RALLY |
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm |
ALL ABOARD THE LINN COUNTY TRUMP TRAIN! Tail gate BBQ / Guest Speakers / Meet and Greet This is a non-partisan event. All Trump Supporters are welcome THE RIDE STARTS approximately 1:30PM ROUTE: to be determined Presented with local sponsorship by Linn County Conservative Alliance Trump, patriot, Americana, caps,flags, t-shirts and other merchandise available on-site. Profits support conservative and traditional values candidates. https://indd.adobe.com/view/902ce3bb-72b5-4f03-9c74-b71fcdbb6aad |
Location: Linn County Fair / Expo parking lot. 3700 Knox Butte Road E. Albany, OR 97322 |
TRUMP TRAIN RALLY |
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm |
ALL ABOARD THE LINN COUNTY TRUMP TRAIN! Tail gate BBQ / Guest Speakers / Meet and Greet This is a non-partisan event. All Trump Supporters are welcome THE RIDE STARTS approximately 1:30PM ROUTE: to be determined Presented with local sponsorship by Linn County Conservative Alliance Trump, patriot, Americana, caps,flags, t-shirts and other merchandise available on-site. Profits support conservative and traditional values candidates. https://indd.adobe.com/view/902ce3bb-72b5-4f03-9c74-b71fcdbb6aad |
Location: Linn County Fair / Expo parking lot. 3700 Knox Butte Road E. Albany, OR 97322 |
Clatsop County Fair |
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://clatsopcofair.com/ July 30 - August 3 |
Clatsop County Fair & Expo |
Malheur County Fair |
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.malheurcountyfair.com July 30 - August 3 |
Malheur County Fairgrounds - Desert Sage Event Center |
Benton County Fair & Rodeo |
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 8:00 am |
bceventcentercorvallis.net July 31 - August 3, 2024 |
Benton County Event Center & Fairgrounds |
Deschutes County Fair |
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://expo.deschutes.org/ July 31 - August 4 |
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center |
Union County Fair |
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.unioncountyfair.org July 31 - August 3 |
Union County Fairgrounds |
Yamhill County Fair |
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.co.yamhill.or.us/fair July 31 - August 3 |
Yamhill County Fairgrounds |
Klamath County Fair |
Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.klamathcountyfair.com/ August 1-4 |
Klamath County Fair |
Wallowa County Fair |
Friday, August 2, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://co.wallowa.or.us/community-services/county-fair/ August 2-10 |
Wallowa County Fairgrounds |
Baker County Fair |
Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.bakerfair.com August 4-9 |
Baker County Fairgrounds |
Harney County Fair |
Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.harneyfairgrounds.com August 4-9 |
Harney County Fairgrounds |
Sherman County Fair |
Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.shermancountyfairfun.com August 19-24 |
Sherman County Fairgrounds |
Crook County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.crookcountyfairgrounds.com August 7-10 |
Crook County Fairgrounds |
Douglas County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.douglasfairgrounds.com August 7-10 |
Douglas County Fairgrounds Complex |
Grant County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.grantcountyoregon.net August 7-10 |
Grant County Fairgrounds |
Josephine County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.josephinecountyfairgrounds.com/ August 7-11 |
Josephine County Fairgrounds & Events Center |
Polk County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.co.polk.or.us/fair August 7-10 |
Polk County Fairgrounds |
Tillamook County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.tillamookfair.com August 7-10 |
Tillamook County Fairgrounds |
Umatilla County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.umatillacountyfair.net August 7-10 |
Umatilla County Fairgrounds |
Wheeler County Fair |
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.wheelercountyoregon.com/fair-board August 7-10 |
Wheeler County Fairgrounds |
Clackamas County Fair |
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 8:00 am |
clackamascountyfair.com August 13-17 |
Clackamas County Event Center |
Morrow County Fair |
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.co.morrow.or.us/fair August 14-17 |
Morrow County Fairgrounds |
Wasco County Fair |
Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.wascocountyfair.com August 15-17 |
Wasco County Fairgrounds |
Gilliam County Fair |
Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 8:00 am |
http://www.co.gilliam.or.us/government/fairgrounds August 29-31 |
Gilliam County Fairgrounds |
Lake County Fair |
Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 8:00 am |
https://www.lakecountyor.org/government/fair_grounds.php August 29 - September 1 |
Lake County Fairgrounds |
Oregon State Fair |
Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 8:00 am |
www.oregonstateexpo.org August 31 - September 9 |
Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center |
Linn Laughs LIVE with Adam Corolla |
Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm |
Linn Laughs LIVE with Adam Corolla 5pm-9pm |
Albany, OR |
Dear Governor Brown:
Oregonians have sacrificed and lost much over the past year as they have fought through the COVID-19 pandemic. We are proud of our Clackamas County residents and businesses who have complied with your orders and who take protective measures every day, such as masking up and changing business operations.
It brings us great delight to see children back at school and the hum of school buses traveling down our streets. Thank you for allowing a return to in-person instruction and activities. We know this will help the mental health of our youth. This disease has greatly harmed our children and it is time for us to help them recover and thrive.
Our businesses have been safely operating in Moderate Risk since Feb. 26, while continuing to abide by OHA’s guidelines. They have continued to make every effort to work in a way that will help slow the spread of the virus, often at a cost to them. We were frustrated to learn on Tuesday that, by tomorrow, Clackamas County businesses will be mandated to cut back on capacity as we are moved to the High Risk category. Our understanding was that we would receive a two-week caution period before having our risk category changed. Three days’ notice to our businesses to prepare to cut capacity does not afford them the time necessary to plan for inventory reduction, staffing changes, and every day operation modifications. As an example, many of our restaurants have spent $10,000 - $20,000 in purchasing supplies and retraining and hiring employees that will be lost by this sudden change.
We know that reopening schools to in-person instruction, coupled with businesses bringing employees and customers back, results in COVID-19 cases rising. This is not new information and it is not surprising.
However, reopening then closing businesses, and moving kids from hybrid in-person to only virtual learning, would cause harm in addition to rising COVID-19 cases. The economic hardships will be felt by our communities for years.
We believe there is an opportunity to consider other factors when determining community risk level.
For example, in Clackamas County, we have identified many of our positive COVID-19 cases are generally contained to outbreaks connected to school activities outside of in-person instruction, such as small social gatherings. We have also found that very few are related to workplaces. Holding back the entire community and demanding that hundreds of businesses reduce capacity – and place more people back in the unemployment line – is not sustainable and causes additional harm.
We understand that hospital capacity was a factor in your recent decision to move us back to High Risk, but we must point out that our hospital capacity remains stable in the region. We fully understand the need to keep cases low to ensure we have enough hospital capacity, ICU beds and ventilators. Although cases are going up, as expected, we have successfully maintained capacity and been able to provide the needed services for our most severe cases. Hospital capacity cannot be understated. Please consider a region’s hospital capacity and outbreak sources before deciding to move a county into a higher risk level. Reducing business capacity due to case counts alone, when other public health metrics should be considered, is another setback to our entire community.
As more and more have access and receive the vaccine every day, we ask that the risk levels determined by the state include other factors. Please consider elements beyond how many cases per 100,000 people. For example, if the cases are contained to outbreaks, an entire community should not be punished. Outbreaks were once a metric for reopening Oregon in the past and can be again.
We are also concerned about the accelerated timeline for vaccine eligibility that does not match available vaccine supplies. We want to continue to uplift the need for vaccine allocations to be redistributed to the most populated areas in the state, including Clackamas County, that are still behind in providing access to community members that have been eligible for weeks and frustrated, especially our local frontline workers and small businesses.
Our residents have been through much – three declared disasters in 11 months. While our communities are resilient, many businesses and their employees are on precipice of collapse. We must also consider the impact to our lower socioeconomic groups. This is about economic justice for people. Please allow us the two week caution period and focus the efforts of education and enforcement on the populations where the spikes are occurring.
Clackamas County is committed to work collaboratively with the State to fight the spread of the virus. We ask you to take our feedback and recommendations to heart. We work closest with our most affected communities and can provide insight in what is working and what is not. We are available to further discuss these considerations further.
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