In January, several of us attended a surprise 80th birthday party for our long-time chapter member and Secretary Eunice Goodrich. It was a privilege to be part of her special day and hear stories from her community about how she touches their lives as she does each of ours. Please wish Eunice a belated happy…
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We began the year focusing on a joint project, Stop the Bleed, with the Polk County Farm Bureau. Last May, our chapter heard from guest speaker, Daniel Van Hook, West Valley Hospital Trauma Program Manager an ER Nurse about this life-saving program devoted to teaching wound triage. He spoke for his co-worker Jennifer Von Derahe,…
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In February we held our monthly meeting Nutrien Ag in Brooks and were excited to be able to talk with their group and get a tour of the facility and their operations. It was a great turnout and we were so grateful to Nutrien Ag for hosting us, giving us a tour and providing lunch!…
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During January, we met at the home of Barbara Hauge and our February meeting was held at the home of Betty Jo Smith. During these two months, a committee of L/B ladies worked on getting everything ready for the OWA State Convention which we were hosting this year in Corvallis. Tours to various OSU stops…
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First, I want to say thank you to everyone who is working on keep things going in these strange and uncertain times. Here’s what our Chapter has been up to. New Spring crops are being planted and coming up. To me that means it’s time to check the crop ID signs. We have around 50…
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The Columbia Gorge chapter met in February and in March. We are now up to 19 paid members. Three members attended the state convention and really enjoyed the OSU tie-in, especially having the collegiate members present. We discussed sponsoring the local “Bull Tour” again and the annual OWA auction. We have a $500 scholarship application…
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