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Friends and Neighbors,
Wildfire season is upon us. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who are being impacted.
 Representative Mark Owens
New food benefits for school-aged kids
Summer EBT is a new grocery benefits program. It helps families buy food for their school-aged children when school is out. Each summer, families will get one yearly payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy groceries.
Questions? Call us at 833-ORE-SEBT (833-673-7328). You can reach us Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
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The Joint Committee on Transportation (JCT) is holding a listening tour in preparation for the consideration of a new transportation funding package during the 2025 legislative session. Listening tour stops are expected to include roundtable discussions with local leaders, a site tour, and a public hearing.
Upcoming locations listed below, along with links with meeting details.
- Tuesday, July 16 Albany
- Wednesday, July 17 Eugene
- Wednesday, August 7 Coos Bay
- Thursday, August 8 Medford
- Wednesday, August 28 Ontario
- Thursday, August 29 Hermiston
- Thursday, September 12 Bend
- Friday, September 13 The Dalles
- Wednesday, September 25 Salem (Virtual during September Leg Days)
- Thursday, September 26 Happy Valley
- Friday, September 27 Hillsboro
It's fair and rodeo season. Here is the line up across House District 60.
Malheur County Fair
July 30 - August 3, 2024
Malheur County Fairgrounds, Ontario, Oregon
Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo
July 31 - August 4, 2024
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond, Oregon
Grant County Fair & Rodeo
August 2 - 10, 2024
Grant County Fairgrounds, Canyon City, Oregon
Baker County Fair
August 5 - 9, 2024
Baker City Fairgrounds and Event Center, Baker City, Oregon
Lake County Round-Up
August 29 - September 2, 2024
Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeview, Oregon
Baker County Fair & Rodeo Halfway
August 31 - September 1 & 2, 2024
Pine Valley Fairgrounds, Halfway, Oregon
Harney County Fair & Rodeo
September 3-7, 2024
Harney County Fairgrounds, Burns, Oregon
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) seeks applicants to fill 9 commissioner seats on 7 of the state’s agricultural and commercial fisheries commodity commissions.
The deadline to apply is July 25th, 2024.
For instructions on how to apply or to learn more about commissions, please visit oda.direct/commissions.
The Director of the ODA appoints commissioners. Once selected commissioners serve as public officials; most serve three-year terms. Their duties include making decisions about funding for promotion, education, and research projects. The Director is seeking applicants representing the diversity among Oregon’s farmers, ranchers, processors, and commercial fisheries. For public members, users of the commodity who have an interest and time to serve are often the best fit.
A public member must be a U.S. citizen, an Oregon resident, and have an active interest in improving economic conditions for the commodity. A public member cannot be directly associated with producing or handling the specific commodity they seek to serve.
Applicants for producer or handler positions must also be U.S. citizens, an Oregon resident, and have paid or collected the assessment for that particular commodity for the previous three years or longer in some cases. A producer is defined as a grower or harvester. A handler is the first to buy the commodity from the producer and is often a processor, distributor, or marketer.
The following commodity commissions have openings:
Oregon Albacore Commission – 1 producer (P1) & 1 handler (H1)
Oregon Dairy Products Commission – *1 producer (P2)
*P2 - (Central and Eastern Oregon (Malheur, Baker, Wallowa, Union, Grant, Umatilla, Harney, Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, Hood River, Wasco, Morrow, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, and Lake counties)
Oregon Hemp Commission – 1 producer (P1)
Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission – 2 producers (P2, P5)
Oregon Sheep Commission –1 handler (H2)
Oregon Strawberry Commission – 1 producer (P3)
Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission – *1 producer (P4)
*(Wasco and Hood River Counties)
Business Oregon announces $3 million in grant funding awarded to 34 County Fair Operators in Oregon that experienced significant revenue losses due to statewide shutdowns per health mandates that affected Oregon during the COVID-19 pandemic. This included Baker County, Deschutes County, Grant County, Harney County, Lake County and Malheur County in House District 60.
Grant Applications Available
The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) invites low to moderate income landowners to submit applications for Well Abandonment, Repair, and Replacement Fund grants.
Well Abandonment, Repair, and Replacement Fund Summary
The Well Abandonment, Repair, and Replacement Fund (WARRF) provides grants to qualifying homeowners to reimburse them for the cost to repair or replace and abandon a dry or severely declining well or a well that was damaged or destroyed by wildfire that is unable to supply water for household purposes. The well must have provided household water for individual households, or members of a federally recognized tribe in Oregon.
Please see the WARRF Guidance for Homeowner’s document for additional information.
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Grant Awards: Funding up to $40,000 per grant will be awarded to eligible applicants who submit completed applications in the order received until all funds have been awarded.
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Eligibility:
- The household is low to moderate income.
- The property is the homeowner's only residence (unless displaced by natural disaster), and the homeowner does not own any additional property.
- The well is connected to the home for the purpose of supplying water for drinking, culinary, washing, bathing, a small household garden, or other household uses.
- The well is unable to supply enough water for household purposes.
- The property does not have an alternate source of water available.
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Total Funding Available: $1 million
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How to Apply: Application materials are available online. Please mail the complete application form, proof of income eligibility, and estimates for all of the work to be completed to:
Oregon Water Resources Department
Attention: Well Fund
725 Summer Street NE, Suite A
Salem, OR 97301
Dry Well Reporting: Reporting a dry well helps scientists and water managers better understand changes in groundwater supplies and how those changes may be impacting people who rely on those supplies. OWRD requests all Oregonians who are experiencing a dry well to report it here.
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Kingsley | 503-779-5763 | OWRD.Well.Funding@water.oregon.gov
Energy Trust of Oregon is a nonprofit that provides information and cash incentives to help people and businesses lower their energy use and utility bills.
Energy Trust incentives can help reduce the cost of your energy projects, including heating systems, air conditioners, water heating, weatherization, lighting, solar panels and more. Incentives are available to customers of Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural, Cascade Natural Gas and Avista. Learn about these incentives at energytrust.org, check out these tips on no-cost ways to save energy at home, or take a free online home energy assessment.
Energy Trust offers higher incentives to help make home projects more affordable for people with lower incomes. And offers coaching to help businesses manage their energy use to start saving right away. Your electric or natural gas utility company may also be able to help you save with bill payment assistance and utility bill discounts for income-qualified customers.
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1460
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, H-475, Salem, OR 97301
Capitol Email: Rep.MarkOwens@oregonlegislature.gov
Capitol Website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/owens
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