An informational presentation about the ABLE program is scheduled today, Monday, Sept. 16, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center, 1112 W 9th Street, The Dalles, in the Deschutes Room. Co-hosted by The Arc of the Mid-Columbia.
As the Children’s Park Rebuild draws near, a gap of $35,000 in donation funding could result in park plan modifications, most significantly the elimination of rubberized Poured-In-Place playground surfacing.
To the editor: Federal debt stands at $20 trillion and the CBO projects that we will add another nearly $10 trillion over the next ten years. As citizens, we need to hold the president and our elected officials, accountable for their choices.
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown recently signed three executive orders as part of her "Series of Cost Savings Across State Government" initiative — touted as a broad effort to save money to help close the $1.6 billion budget shortfall and improve Oregon's long-term finances.
To the editor: Tobias Read came to The Dalles in August to introduce himself to people who live in this area. I had been asked to arrange the function by a relative who had met him at a meeting and been impressed with his experience at the U.S. Treasury, in the private sector, as a five-term state legislator, and his ideas of ways to help the people of Oregon with retirement and college savings as well as promoting smart fiscal policies for the state’s resources and infrastructure.
