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 |
I never once believed — nor do I now — that the purpose of instruction was to lead my students to a particular conclusion. Rather, I sought to create the conditions for rigorous thought; to help them gain the tools to hunt and furrow for their own conclusions. This is why I became a teacher and why I love teaching.
But brick by brick, the university has made this kind of intellectual exploration impossible. It has transformed a bastion of free inquiry into a Social Justice factory whose only inputs were race, gender, and victimhood and whose only outputs were grievance and division.
With Title IX investigations there is no due process, so I didn’t have access to the particular accusations, the ability to confront my accuser, and I had no opportunity to defend myself. Finally, the results of the investigation were revealed in December 2017. Here are the last two sentences of the report: “Global Diversity & Inclusion finds there is insufficient evidence that Boghossian violated PSU’s Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment policy. GDI recommends Boghossian receive coaching.â€
Not only was there no apology for the false accusations, but the investigator also told me that in the future I was not allowed to render my opinion about “protected classes†or teach in such a way that my opinion about protected classes could be known — a bizarre conclusion to absurd charges. Universities can enforce ideological conformity just through the threat of these investigations.
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An entity or individual can be approved to operate a temporary unlicensed emergency childcare facility as authorized by order of the
Early Learning Division if the entity or individual meets and complies with all requirements for emergency childcare as provided by the Early Learning Division, including any conditions imposed on the emergency childcare approval. The Early Learning Division may
issue guidance to implement this directive.
A childcare worker may satisfy the requirement to be enrolled in the Central Background Registry through an Emergency Background
Check as authorized by order of the Early Learning Division and in accordance to guidance issued by the Early Learning Division. The
Early Learning Division may issue guidance to implement this directive.
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Dear Governor Brown,
I represent Timber Unity Association, an Oregon 501c6 non-profit membership association with a mission to protect and defend the livelihoods of Oregon workers whose incomes are dependent on the natural resource economy. Today, on this Labor Day, our association is speaking out on behalf of the public employees and healthcare workers for whom you have issued a requirement of mandatory Covid-19 vaccination as a condition of workplace employment. Given that public employment and healthcare employment tend to be the predominant work opportunities in rural communities outside of natural resource jobs, many of the industry workforce we represent are spouses or parents of nurses and other healthcare workers; law enforcement and corrections officers; volunteer and regular firefighters; and other state workers.
At the beginning of this pandemic, we as a board encouraged our members to mask up to protect businesses and workers. When groups have asked us to participate in rallies in opposition to your executive orders, we’ve refrained from encouraging people to aggregate out of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of our members. As it relates to vaccines, we have discouraged misinformation from being distributed on our sites. Like the rest of Oregon, our board runs the spectrum of those who have been fully vaccinated, those who’ve acquired natural convalescent immunity, and those who have philosophical issues with vaccinations. We’ve encouraged members to make their medical choices based on medical advice, not social media memes.
During the pandemic, our organizational time has been to be a resource to the state during other natural disasters like wildfires and the winter ice storms. We’ve worked to be a resource in helping interpret executive orders so our members can comply with the orders – even when we haven’t agreed with the orders themselves. But with the most recent vaccine mandates, we feel the need to speak up and tell you about the impact that will happen in rural communities if they go into effect as written.
We are aware of the pressure the recent Covid surge is having across the state. It is pushing healthcare and emergency management to the edge of its capacity. And with new mutations on the horizon and winter months coming, we can anticipate that we’re not out of the woods and another surge is on the horizon. Moreover, until we see some rain, we can fully expect to be in fire season when your vaccine mandates become operable. Therefore, it’s critical that we work to find a compromise that doesn’t put key public workers and healthcare workers in the position of walking away from their employment over philosophical reasons. Right now, these essential frontline workers have been going full tilt since the beginning of the pandemic. Cutting them loose over a vaccine debate doesn’t just cost the state in terms of exacerbating a skilled workforce crisis, it costs taxpayers money to hire new workforce, particularly the high cost of hiring out-of-state traveling healthcare as replacements.
Governor Brown, we hope you’re aware that in recent weeks, studies have shown that immunity acquired from contracting Covid-19 can be as protective as a vaccine, particularly against the Delta variant. We know from the states tracking reinfection that the Centers for Disease Control pegs reinfection at 1% or less. That makes the risk of reinfection comparable to the risk of a breakthrough infection for a vaccinated individual. We are also not seeing reports of reinfected individuals being hospitalized or dying from a second infection.
We are asking that you give direction to the Oregon Health Authority to include in these vaccine mandates that public workers and healthcare employees who can demonstrate through laboratory testing that they have positive antibodies for Covid-19 that they be allowed to continue to resume the important work they provide to the communities in which they live. By broadening your mandate, you’ll avert a labor workforce crisis in critical public services and safety at a time when we can’t afford to lose workers. If even a handful of firefighters, nurses, or law enforcement leave their jobs or take early retirement, in the smaller communities in Oregon, it leaves us dangerously short of qualified and/or licensed personnel to do key jobs. Moreover, because these workers have been on the frontlines, many have already contracted Covid-19 at some point during the pandemic. If they still show positive antibodies, we should continue to allow them to work in these roles as they have since the beginning of the pandemic.
The other issue we believe needs to be addressed is the Employment Division’s stance that refusing a vaccine as part of workforce requirements is insubordination, therefore, not a benefits-eligible termination of employment. There are reasons besides religious and medical that people would be hesitant to take a vaccine, especially where only one FDA-approved option exists, and the others are still in Emergency Use Authorization. If, but for refusing this vaccine, any other reduction-in-force of these employees would have rendered them eligible for unemployment benefits, then the Employment Division should maintain a policy of extending benefits in this circumstance. Previously, the Legislature has extended unemployment insurance beyond the scope of eligibility or duration – we believe strongly this should be one of those occurrences where benefits are extended to those that are terminated for failure to meet a workplace requirement of vaccination.
Conversely, if unemployment benefits are not extended, then we would support that vaccine injuries which public employees and healthcare workers experience as a result of the mandate are covered by the state for long-term disability. This would be in the same manner the United States’ Department of Defense and the Veterans’ Affairs Administration covers long-term disability for members of the military when vaccine injuries occurred because the vaccine is a requirement as a condition of military employment.
Governor Brown, you have it within your authority to provide maximum flexibility on these mandates, while still managing the important task of public safety. You also can send a strong message to private employers by implementing flexible policy that recognizes a broader way to reach heard immunity. Less mandates and more dialogue are critical to managing public safety. It’s time to change course to achieve a balanced need to manage through the remainder of the pandemic as it moves to an endemic disease, with the need to maintain critical public sector and healthcare workforce, especially in resource-starved areas of our state. We stand ready to help with more workable solutions.
Sincerely,
Mike Pihl, President
Timber Unity Association
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"Malheur County is a great place to live, work, and visit. The Malheur County Sheriff's Office is proud to be a part of creating the high quality of life that we enjoy here."
For the above stated reasons, I feel it necessary to write this letter in reference to protecting the freedoms and liberties that are granted to all U.S. citizens by the Constitution of the United States of America.
The citizens of Malheur County are good hard working free-thinking people who possess a high degree of common sense and a solid educational foundation.
All of the alleged science that has been evolving from State and Federal agencies has apparent political ideations that our Malheur County population has has seen through from the beginning. That in no way means that we take this pandemic lightly. We all have friends and relatives who have suffered as a result of this horrible disease. However, that does not equate to a governmental ability to mandate that an individual or a population of people must forgo their freedoms or liberties. With that degree of common sense come the ability to make rational decisions to stay home when ill, wash hands and stay away from obviously ill people. We all learned that from childhood and do not need to be politically parented. Every citizen should enjoy the liberty to choose for themselves the best actions to take. It is not government's place to mandate such things as the wearing of masks, or the need fore vaccinations. These should be personal choices and no-one else's business. At some point people have to realize there are consequences for their choices.
If we are truly interest in the health of our citizens we must also look at the damage unnecessary mandates have caused by creating anxiety and mental health issues of those who are now faced with taking a vaccination they do not believe to be safe or lose their livelihoods.
As elected Sheriff of Malheur County I believe that it's not the government's job to protect our health. It's the government's job to protect our Rights, Freedoms, and Liberties. It's each of our job to protect our own health.
"When you trade liberty for safety, you end up losing both." (Ben Franklin)
It is important to remember that "the Constitution of the United States was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior. It was written to restrain the government's behavior." (Rand Paul)
It has become very apparent that certain governmental heads have used this pandemic to enact emergency procedures and are testing the waters of tolerance from the loss of freedom to alleged safety. I agree with our citizens that these mandates do not fall within the superior mandates of the Constitution of the United States, which I am sworn to follow above lower orders of (other) elected officials.
Please be advised that the Office of Sheriff in Malheur County will not be a source of enforcement for your mask or vaccination mandates. Furthermore, we will resist future unconstitutional mandates.
Respectfully,
Sheriff Brian E. Wolfe
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Upwards of a dozen complaints were filed to Oregon's workplace safety agency this past weekend over concerns that the state's outdoor mask mandate was not being observed at the Oregon State Fair.
Reporters seem not to go out anymore in person to get the story, so they make a report like this with photos making it look like the fair is sparsely attended when in fact thousands are going. Maybe 350,000 if the media has not scared attendees away. The media reported that Governor Kate Brown said that the Oregon State Patrol would enforce masking. No, OSP did not. A memo from OSHA to vendors at the fair sent a ripple of compliance, but otherwise had little effect. Everyone was having fun. No one was being harassed or arrested.
Under the Oregon Safe Employment Act and Oregon OSHA's rules related to penalty calculation, the minimum penalty for a serious violation is $100 and the maximum penalty is $12,675. Penalties are typically determined based on the severity and probability of the violation cited, as well as upon the size of the employer.
However, a willful violation -- including situations where the employer is aware of the requirement and chooses to continue to operate in violation of it -- carries a minimum penalty of $8,900 and a maximum penalty of $126,749.
Vendors, exhibitors, and other similar employers should therefore be aware that violations will be characterized as "willful" violat ions if Oregon OSHA concludes that the employer was made aware of the facial covering requirements -- including direction received from the operator of the venue -- and continued to disregard the violation. This is distinct from whatever sanction or enforcement mechanisms may be available to the venue operator as part of the contractual relationship.
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