Sisters Rodeo |
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 6:03 pm |
Sisters Rodeo June 7th-11th |
67637 Highway 20
Sisters, OR |
Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest |
Friday, June 9, 2023 at 8:30 am |
Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest June 9th-11th |
Cannon, Beach, OR |
Portland Rose Festival |
Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
Portland Rose Festival Fri, May 26, 2023 – Sun, Jun 11, 2023 |
Portland, Oregon |
Linn County Pioneer Picnic |
Friday, June 16, 2023 at 8:00 am |
Linn County Pioneer Picnic June 16, 17, and 18 |
Pioneer Park Brownsville, Oregon |
Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival |
Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:00 am |
Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival June 16th-18th |
Clatsop County Fairgrounds 92937 Walluski Loop Astoria, OR 97103 |
Rogue Music Fest |
Friday, June 16, 2023 at 3:30 pm |
Rogue Music Fest (JUNE 16-17, 2023) with Eric Church (Friday) and Carrie Underwood (Saturday) |
Jackson County Expo 1 Peninger Rd Central Point, OR 97502 |
Silverton Hills Strawberry Festival |
Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 12:00 pm |
Silverton Hills Strawberry Festival Sunday, June 18th, 12 – 5 PM |
Collidge‑McClaine City Park Silverton, OR 97381 |
UTV Takeover |
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 2:00 pm |
UTV Takeover JUNE 21-25, 2023 |
Boxcar Hill Campground Coos Bay, Oregon |
Lincoln County Fair |
Friday, June 30, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
June 30-July 2 Lincoln County Fair |
Lincoln County Commons 633 NE 3rd St, Newport, OR |
St Paul Rodeo |
Friday, June 30, 2023 at 7:00 pm |
Small town fun, big time rodeo! JUNE 30 - JULY 4, 2023 St Paul Rodeo website |
4174 Malo Avenue NE, Saint Paul, OR, United States, Oregon |
Waterfront Blues Festival |
Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:00 am |
Waterfront Blues Festival July 1-4 |
Tom McCall Waterfront Park 1400 SW Naito Pkwy. Portland, OR 97201 |
Marion County Fair |
Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
The Marion County Fair July 6-9 |
Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center 2330 17th ST NE Salem, OR 97301 |
Overland Expo Pacific Northwest |
Friday, July 7, 2023 at 8:00 am |
Overland Expo Pacific Northwest July 7th-9th |
DESCHUTES COUNTY EXPO CENTER REDMOND, OR |
Oregon Country Fair |
Friday, July 7, 2023 at 11:00 am |
Oregon Country Fair July 7,8,9, 2023 11:00am - 7:00pm |
Veneta, Oregon |
Jackson County Fair |
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Jackson County Fair Wed, Jul 12 – Sun, Jul 16 |
Jackson County Expo 1 Peninger Rd, Central Point, OR |
Linn County Fair |
Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Linn County Fair July 13-15 |
Linn County Fairgrounds
3700 Knox Butte RD
Albany, OR 97322 |
Miners's Jubilee |
Friday, July 14, 2023 at 8:00 am |
Miners's Jubilee July 14, 15, & 16; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
Geiser Pollman Park 1723 Madison Street Baker City, Oregon |
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival |
Friday, July 14, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival July 14 and 15 |
22560 SW Pine Street Sherwood, Oregon 97140 |
Lane County Fair |
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Lane County Fair JULY 19 - 23, 2023 |
Lane Events Center 796 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR |
Columbia County Fair |
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Columbia County Fair July 19 - 23, 2023 |
Columbia County Fairgrounds 58892 Saulser Rd, St Helens, OR 97051 |
Washington County Fair |
Friday, July 21, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
Washington County Fair FREE ADMISSION Washington County Fair JULY 21 - 30 |
Westside Commons 801 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124 |
Coos County Fair |
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
The Coos County Fair July 25-29 |
Coos County Fairgrounds 770 4th St, Myrtle Point, OR 97458 |
Chief Joseph Days Rodeo |
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
Chief Joseph Days Rodeo July 25 - 30, 2023 |
Harley Tucker Memorial Arena 405 W. Wallowa Ave. Joseph, OR |
Curry County Fair |
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Curry County Fair July 26th-29th 2023 |
Curry County Fairgrounds 29392 Ellensburg Ave, Gold Beach, OR 97444 |
City of Dallas Krazy Dayz |
Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 8:00 am |
City of Dallas Krazy Dayz July 27-30th |
Downtown Dallas Oregon |
Clatsop County Fair |
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
The Clatsop County Fair August 1st-5th |
Clatsop County Fair and Expo Center 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria, OR 97103 |
Yamhill County Fair & Rodeo |
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Exhibits, Rides, Rodeo, Nightly Musical Entertainment https://yamhillcountyfairs.com/fair-and-rodeo/general-information-schedule/ |
Fairgrounds on Lafayette Ave. McMinnville |
Benton County Fair |
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Benton County Fair AUGUST 2 - 5, 2023 |
BENTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 110 SW 53rd St. Corvallis, OR |
Deschutes County Fair |
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Deschutes County Fair August 2 - 6, 2023 |
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center 3800 SW Airport Wy, Redmond, OR 97756 |
Vanport Jazz Festival |
Friday, August 4, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Vanport Jazz Festival August 4th-5th |
Colwood Golf Center 7313 NE Columbia Blvd Portland, OR |
Oregon Jamboree Music Festival |
Friday, August 4, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
The Oregon Jamboree August 4th-6th |
Located on a large field south of Sweet Home High School. The venue extends across the Weddle Covered Bridge to Sankey Park. Sweet Home, Oregon |
Dune Fest |
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Dune Fest August 8-13, 2023 |
Oregon Dunes Recreation Area Winchester Bay, OR 97467 |
Douglas County Fair |
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 8:00 am |
Douglas County Fair AUGUST 9 - 12 |
Douglas County Fairgrounds Complex 2110 SW Frear Street Roseburg, OR 97471 |
Grant County Fair |
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 9:00 am |
Grant County Fair August 9 @ 9:00 am - August 12 @ 8:00 pm |
Grant County Fairgrounds 411 NW Bridge St. John Day, OR 97845 |
Tillamook County Fair |
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Tillamook County Fair August 9th-12th |
Tillamook County Fairgrounds 4603 3rd St, Tillamook, OR 97141 |
Josephine County Fair |
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Josephine County Fair August 9th-13th |
Josephine County Fairgrounds 1451 Fairgrounds Rd Grants Pass, Oregon |
Crook County Fair |
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Crook County Fair AUGUST 9 - 12 |
Crook County Fairgrounds Prineville, Oregon |
Umatilla County Fair |
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Umatilla County Fair August 9-12 |
Umatilla County Fairgrounds 1705 E. Airport Rd. Hermiston, OR 97838 |
Elephant Garlic Festival |
Friday, August 11, 2023 at 12:00 pm |
25th Annual Elephant Garlic Festival August 11th, 12th and 13th |
Jessie Mays Community Center 30975 NW Hillcrest St. North Plains, Oregon 97133 |
Clackamas County Fair |
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Clackamas County Fair August 15-19, 2023 |
Clackamas County Fairgrounds 694 NE 4th Ave, Canby, OR 97013 |
Aumsville Corn Festival |
Friday, August 18, 2023 at 7:00 am |
Aumsville Corn Festival Friday, August 18, 2023 - 6:00pm to Saturday, August 19, 2023 - 6:00pm |
595 Main Street Aumsville, OR 97325 |
Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana |
Friday, August 18, 2023 at 12:00 pm |
Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana August 18th-20th |
Legion Park - 1385 Park Ave. Woodburn, OR |
Morrow County Fair |
Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 7:00 am |
Morrow County Fair August 20 |
Morrow County Fairgrounds 97836 OR-74, Heppner, OR 97836 |
Farwest |
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm |
Farwest Green Industry Show August 23-25 |
Oregon Convention Center 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR 97232 |
Northwest Art and Air Festival |
Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:00 am |
Northwest Art and Air Festival Aug 25th-27th |
Timber Linn Park- 900 Price Rd SE, Albany, OR 97322 |
Oregon State Fair |
Friday, August 25, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Oregon State Fair |
Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center 2330 17th St NE, Salem, OR 97301 |
Siletz Bay Music Festival |
Friday, August 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm |
Siletz Bay Music Festival August 25th – September 3rd |
Lincoln City, Oregon |
Newberg SummerFest |
Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Newberg SummerFest August 26-27 |
Memorial Park Newberg, OR |
Walnut City Music Festival |
Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 7:00 pm |
Walnut City Music Festival September 2nd-3rd |
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way McMinnville, OR |
Harney County Fair & Rodeo |
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 10:00 am |
99th Harney County Fair and Rodeo September 5th - 9th, 2023 |
Harney County Fairgrounds 69660 S Egan Rd, Burns, OR 97720 |
Sublimity Harvest Festival |
Friday, September 8, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
Sublimity Harvest Festival September 8-10 |
11880 Sublimity Rd SE Sublimity, OR |
Bandon Cranberry Festival |
Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 10:00 am |
Bandon Cranberry Festival September 9 & 10 |
Bandon City Park (main venue) Bandon, Oregon |
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire |
Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 11:00 am |
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire September 9th & 10th |
S Kings Valley Hwy & Grant Rd
Monmouth, OR |
Pendleton Round-Up |
Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
The world famous Pendleton Round-Up |
Pendleton Round-Up Grounds 1205 SW Court Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801 |
Bay Area Fun Festival |
Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 2:00 pm |
Bay Area Fun Festival September 16 and 17 |
Coos Bay, Oregon |
Rose City Comic Con |
Friday, September 22, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Rose City Comic Con SEPT. 22 – 24 |
OREGON CONVENTION CENTER 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Portland, OR 97232 |
Sisters Folk Festival |
Friday, September 29, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Sisters Folk Festival Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2023 |
Sisters, OR |
Stormy Weather Arts Festival |
Friday, November 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm |
Stormy Weather Arts Festival November 3-5 |
Cannon Beach, Oregon |
Yachats Celtic Music Festival |
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 1:00 pm |
Yachats Celtic Music Festival Nov 10, 11, & 12th |
Yachats Commons Building 441 Hwy 101 N, Yachats, OR |
Veteran's Day Parade |
Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11:00 am |
Veteran's Day Parade |
Downtown Albany, Oregon |
Civil War Oregon State vs. Oregon Football Game |
Friday, November 24, 2023 at 5:00 pm |
Civil War- Oregon State Beavers vs. Oregon Ducks Football Game |
Autzen Stadium 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Eugene, OR 97401 |
Christmas Storybook Land |
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 10:30 am |
Christmas Storybook Land December 2 – 16 |
Linn County Fairgrounds Inside the Cascade Livestock Building 3700 Knox Butte Rd Albany, OR 97322 |
The data is becoming clearer regarding the effectiveness of lockdowns and other government-imposed responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns are not helping reduce case counts or hospitalizations. Governor Brown’s actions are contributing to the host of negative consequences that result from lockdowns of our society, including, poor and declining mental health; suicide ideation (up 25% in 18-24-year olds); economic ruin for families and small businesses; kids being significantly set back in their education; and many students missing a pivotal part of growing up by not being able to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities.
My office received an email this week from a constituent who explained her son would not be able to compete in his high school track meet, nor take his senior class picture, because he was supposedly ‘exposed’ to COVID though he repeatedly denied being in contact with the original case. In other situations, busloads of kids are being quarantined because they have merely been on the same bus as a positive case, regardless of contact. In more dire circumstances, children have been deprived of the social interaction they need, hot meals, and the teachers and other adults who act as mentors.
My constituents have been drained physically, financially, and morally as a result of the lockdowns. Some have sold everything to make it by because they lost their jobs. Others are just now receiving their Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits after more than a year of waiting. This is heartbreaking and unacceptable.
The Oregon Health Authority and Governor Brown say we need to reinstitute lockdowns to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. That might make sense - if there were evidence that lockdowns worked. The truth is, I am hard-pressed to find a correlation between state management and success in slowing or flattening case rates – and so are researchers. We can see evidence of this failure both here and in other states.
In January, Newsweek reported a peer-reviewed study published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation which analyzed coronavirus case growth in 10 countries in early 2020. “The researchers used a mathematical model to compare countries that did and did not enact more restrictive lockdown orders, and determined that there was ‘no clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country’.”
Dr. Tom Woods, a senior fellow at the Mises Institute, added to this point when he compared Los Angeles to Sweden:
“The graph that follows may seem a trifle unfair – aren’t Sweden and Los Angeles quite different from each other? Well, sure. But if we were truly facing a catastrophic problem that could be mitigated only by lockdowns, social distancing, and masks, shouldn’t there still be a major difference between relatively laissez-faire Sweden and heavily locked-down Los Angeles? Shouldn’t the difference in results between two places with such different policies absolutely overwhelm whatever other differences exist between them, such that the superiority of the Los Angeles approach should come through clearly in the chart? And yet...”
In Oregon, we are seeing a spike in cases, but not in deaths. Texas is mask-free and 100% open while steadily declining in both new cases and deaths. Other states - Mississippi, Georgia, and Arizona - are loosening their restrictions and declining, or static, in cases as vaccine rollout nears the halfway point.
These points lead us to three conclusions:
We are nearing the 50% vaccination mark across the state. Most of our vulnerable populations, if they chose to, have received their shots. It is time to open Oregon. People will make decisions for their safety and the safety of their loved ones. It is not our job to do it for them. The vulnerable are vaccinated. People are ready to get back to living after a year of distress and hardship. It is time to stop the arbitrary-number-guidelines, OSHA at-will fines and permanent rulemaking for a temporary issue. My constituents, and I, have had enough.
Sincerely,
Vikki Breese-Iverson
State Representative
House District 55
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