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Malheur County Ambulance Service District Director Bob Dickinson reached a bittersweet milestone on Thursday when he administered his 1,000th dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Four Rivers Cultural Center.Â
âIn my 30 years in this profession, never in my wildest dreams did I think that what I was training for would lead to this,â Bob said of the pandemic and his role in helping people protect themselves against it. âBut I wouldnât trade it for anything. If this is what Iâve trained my whole life for, itâs meant to be.â He said what he enjoys most about administering COVID-19 vaccines is the joy and hope it brings to people.Â
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Those who live or work in Malheur County and would like to get a COVID-19 vaccine are in luck if they are in phase 1a or the first subgroup of phase 1b which includes those connected to education. Vaccines will be distributed at no cost to the first 350 of those individuals who show up to the Four Rivers Cultural Center beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at Four Rivers Cultural Center.
Although the vaccines will be free, individuals with insurance are asked to bring insurance cards so that administration fees can be billed to their respective company.
Vaccines will be distributed until about 2 p.m. on a first-come, first-serve basis to those who qualify.
Letâs get festive!
Four Rivers Cultural Center is known in the Western Treasure Valley for its festive annual holiday light display, each year bringing something new and different.
Cultural Center Executive Director Matt Stringer caught up with the Argus to explain a bit more about this local tradition.
He said that this yearâs display will be the seventh time the Center has rolled out bright decor for the community to enjoy and that it takes approximately 300 hours and is composed of approximately 60,000 lights.
Stringer said that the person behind all of the yuletide creativity is Martin Mendoza, Marketing and Development Manager at Four Rivers Cultural Center.