Students Go Out, Senators Come In, and Happy Birthday OTEC
Check out your Weekly Newsish Roundup for March 21 to April 4, 2018
In the News Roundup Today:
- Students Fundraise for Italian Opera School
- OTEC 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting
- Ron Wyden Visits La Grande
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GoFundMe Accounts for EOU Students:
www.gofundme.com/avalonsitalianoperalearningintensive
www.gofundme.com/jessica-grove
Link to Ron Wyden Full Talk:
https://www.facebook.com/LGAlive.TV/videos/1966195113709855/
Eastern Oregon University, OTEC, Power, Co-Op, Senator, Oregon
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Hey La Grande Alive! In the news today, four EOU students head to Italy to learn opera…
…OTECC celebrates its 30th birthday…
…and things get a little spicy when Ron Wyden Comes to town. Only on your weekly Newsish Roundup brought to you by…
Four EOU students are holding a concert to raise money to go to Italy. Jessie, Avalon, Miguel, and Aubry recently were accepted a school of opera in Italy. You heard me right, Italy. At this school, they will be learning to sing Italian opera and experiencing the beautiful culture of the country. It’s a high honor to be accepted into this school, and this week two of them stopped in to chat with me about it.
But Italy is on another continent. And to get to another continent you have to fly. And to fly you need a plane. And planes cost money. And so does the school for that matter. So all four students are hosting a concert Monday, April 9, 2018 at the La Grande Methodist Church to raise money for the event. The concert is the first of two: they’re doing one concert now, to raise money, and they’ll do another one when they return from school to show off their new opera skills.
And if the students don’t raise the money? Well, all the money that they do raise will be donated to the Don and Lynetta Paul music scholarship. So no matter what, if you choose to donate, your money will be used to help a music student with their education.
Want to donate online? Links to the students GoFundMe accounts are listed in the description of this video.
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Oregon Trail Electric Co-Op is hosting their 30th anniversary celebration and you’re invited. But why would anyone want to go to an annual meeting of a power company? Well, because if you pay your power bill, you’re actually a part-owner of the company.
OTECC was founded in 1987-1988 when Dick Haynes and Peggi and Glenn Timm got 700 Union County citizens to donate a penny each to start a power co-op. And over the years the co-op has grown but remained a co-op. Every person who pays a power bill to OTECC is a part-owner. And because of this, OTECC strives to be a business that not only provides power but is also actively involved with their communities.
Now, the annual meeting is going to be held in Burns, Oregon. I know, a little far away. But actually there’s going to be a “fun bus” going from La Grande to Burns the day of the event free of charge. At the event, the CEO of OTECC is going to cover where the company has been and what their future hopes are.
The annual meeting is Saturday, April 14, 2018 and registration starts at 10am. A link to learn more about the event is located in the description of this video. La Grande Alive will have more from OTECC in the upcoming weeks so stay tuned.
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Things got a little dicey when Ron Wyden came to town this week. Ron Wyden has been the Oregon State senator for over 20 years. In that time, he has attended over 850 “town hall meetings” all across Oregon. A town hall meeting is just a visit to a county to answer questions its citizens may have. And every year Ron has visited every county of Oregon for a town hall meeting and on Tuesday he came here.
Now, most of the meeting was cordial. Ron’s statements were generally lauded with loud claps, affirmations and even an amen or two. But when the subject got to healthcare, emotions got a little higher.
When asked whether he was going to support Senate ballot measure 1804 Wyden decided instead of answering a straightforward yes or no to answer a little differently.
Ron never gave a straightforward answer to the question and the town hall meeting ended shortly after. But the one thing that was the ultimate crux was that Ron does believe that healthcare is a right and that needs to be fought for.
The entire talk is available on the La Grande Alive Facebook page. The link is in the description of this video.
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