ONTARIO Six candidates are running for four seats that are opening up on the Treasure Valley Community College Board of Directors in the upcoming 2021 District Director Election on May 18.
Two of the seats, Positions 1 and 6, will see two-way races with no incumbent candidates; while only incumbents, Betty Carter and Roger Findley, respectively filed for Positions 2 and 4. In the two-way race for Position 1, Cydney Cooke will face off with Dirk De Boer. In the two-way race for Position 6, Christopher Plummer will face off with Ken Hart.
Position 2 is a two-year seat, the rest are four-year commitments.
Candidates were all invited to participate in the Argus Observerâs introduction to the community. The deadline was noon on Monday.
You know back in my day VD was the buzz word and it was a very bad situation for civilians as well as military. Things have changed since then and the terminologies have changed, but the results of non-protected sex remain the same. There are at least 30 different diseases known to be sexually transmitted with most curable but some without cures. Scary situation and not worth the chance when there are ways of protecting yourself and others.
Back during the American Revolution and a little after that sexually transmitted diseases were disapproved but disregarded. Then, up through WWII, the military used punitive measures to try and control the infection rate. That did not work and they were losing many of our military because of this attitude. The military figured out that these scare techniques did not work, they also found that penicillin and a less aggressive approach might work. Well as time went on, syphilis rates started to decline, so the military even stopped screening new re
ONTARIO
A recreational water trail for the city of Ontario that was still in the concept phase will be moved elsewhere than originally planned at the urging of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
City Manager Adam Brown credits âgood researchâ by the Argus Observer in moving the project. The newspaper reached out to the state agency following a report from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board in March that detailed the Malheur River as having the second-worst quality in the state, according to the Oregon DEQâs rating.
After responding to the newspaper, an official with the Oregon DEQ called Brown, he reported to the Ontario City Council during its work session on April 8. He explained that the concerns were over bacteria levels in the river that, as the agency detailed to the newspaper, are often âabove levels for safe contact recreation.â
PAYETTE COUNTY â As previously reported in the Argus Observer, the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services has responded to COVID-19 with an appointment system with appointments at the Ontario office frequently filling up as fast as they become available. In contrast, the Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles has taken a different approach.
As explained to the newspaper in an email Tuesday by Jillian Garrigues, public information officer, the Idaho Transportation Department implements the computer system which maintains state records, as well as implementing vehicle laws. However, each office is run by the county assessor and managed by the Sheriffâs Office where it is located.
WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY
The Argus Observer is reaching out to public health officials this morning regarding the breaking national news about the U.S. ârecommending a âpauseâ in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine,â as reported by the Associated Press early this morning.
Many will likely be meeting this morning to discuss the development.
Erika Harmon, public information officer for the Malheur County Health Department said that is what she and Director Sarah Poe will be doing this morning, after their weekly staff meeting wraps up.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are investigating reports of potentially dangerous blood clots, with six women reportedly having developed them âdays after vaccination, in combination with reduced platelet counts.â