Dr. Robert Bentley is a Portland ophthalmologist with more than 30 years of experience.
As a physician and practicing ophthalmological eye surgeon with more than 33 years of clinical experience, I ll be among the first to tell you how important a different profession, that of optometry, is for overall eye health care. Optometrists perform valuable services, including routine eye exams and prescriptions for eyeglasses and contacts.
But optometrists are not medical doctors; they are not physicians. They do not have years of medical school education and post-med school residency or surgical training. Nor do optometrists have the direct clinical experience that helps ophthalmologists like me manage and avoid difficult, or even life-threatening, patient safety situations.
Oregon SenateAires chorus selects new artistic director April 05 2021
With weekly practices resuming, Will Fox to lead acapella barbershop members to 2021 performances throughout Willamette Valley.
New Artistic Director Will Fox intends to lead Oregon s premier acapella barbershop chorus through the pandemic with performances throughout the Willamette Valley this year.
With members from nearly every part of Clackamas and Marion counties, Oregon SenateAires is celebrating its 62nd year as a community service organization showcasing distinctive barbershop harmonies. Their Americana-style quartets and chorus members together account for nearly 1,000 years of music experience and have placed with highest honors in district, national and international competitions for delivering finely executed music.
April 01 2021
American Rescue Plan funds could be used to shore up shaky budgets and pay for some projects.
The $1,400 checks to individuals is the best known part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan approved by Congress earlier this month.
But alongside unemployment aid, COVID-19 funds and other spending is money for states, counties and cities to use to backfill their budgets.
In Oregon, that amounts to just over $4.26 billion the state gets $2.62 billion, counties receive $818 million, larger cities get $438 million, and other communities receive $243 million.
There s another $1.55 million for state construction and renovation projects.
The 278 local allocations range from $10,000 for the city of Antelope (population 50) in Wasco County to $159.65 million for Multnomah County.
Gun storage requirement heads for vote in Oregon House
Bill emerges on a party-line vote from the Health Care Committee; violations would carry fines.
Another gun regulation bill is headed for a legislative debate and vote, this time in the Oregon House.
House Bill 2510, approved Tuesday, March 30, by the House Health Care Committee, would require the storage of firearms with trigger or cable locks, in a locked container or in a gun room. An offense is a Class C violation, which carries a maximum fine of $500, unless someone under age 18 obtains access, in which case it is a Class A violation with a maximum fine of $2,000. No jail time is imposed for violations.
Clackamas Community College programs safe for now
Thanks to unexpected funding and savings, no layoffs or program reductions or eliminations this year
Clackamas Community College was looking to cut or reduce programs to save $1.3 million in the next fiscal year, but thanks to unexpected funding and savings, all programs are safe for now. I m writing to you with good news, CCC President Tim Cook said in an all-staff email Wednesday, March 31. Thanks to federal stimulus funding, recent news about anticipated state funding, current year operational savings and the judicious work of everyone at CCC, we expect to close our budget gap for the next biennium without any significant budget cuts.