Pilots, Politics, and Politics – Weekly Newsish Roundup
Pilots, Politics, and Politics – Weekly Newsish Roundup
Check out your weekly Newsish Roundup for to March 14 to 21 2018
In the news today:
- Pilot To Candidate – Greg Wooldrige For Oregon Governor
- Political Forum Streamed Live to La Grande Alive!
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Hey La Grande Alive!
In the news today, leadership advice from a pilot-turned-candidate for Oregon governor…
And a political forum streamed on La Grande Alive…
…it’s practically political this week only on your weekly Newsish Roundup, brought to you by…
What does it mean to be a good leader? As someone in leadership positions, this is a question I ask myself pretty constantly. And this week I got the opportunity to learn a little more about leadership from Greg Wooldridge, a candidate for Oregon Governor and he said that good leadership boils down to these four traits.
Greg was the three-time commander of the Blue Angels, a US Navy flight group that travels all across the world and does recruitment through awesome feats of aerodynamics. And now he’s bringing his leadership skills to the political arena and running for governor of Oregon. And how will he bring those leadership skills to Oregon politics?
But how will this affect eastern Oregon, I asked him.
To learn more about Greg, watch the rest of his interview on La Grande Alive. LIke this story? Share it along and get entered into the La Grande Alive March drawing for a Lebebe Cakes gift card.
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And speaking of politics, did you know that there’s more than just one candidate for US Senate Position 2? There’s 11, in fact. And nine of those 11 candidates are going to be in once place March 22nd at the La Grande Middle school for a forum.
Kathy McGuire is a member of the Union County Progressive and the Union County Democrats, organizations dedicated to getting people to talk about local politics right here in our valley. But the forum isn’t going to be just democrats. There will be 7 democrats but there’s also going to be one independent and one republican candidate, she said. And their goal, she said, will be to get all the options in one room.
Can’t make it? That’s okay. The forum will be live streamed on La Grande Alive so you can tune in with your phone or computer.
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And that’s your weekly Newsish Roundup! Politics galore! And who brings you these political progress reports?
Be sure to like and share the video and tune into La Grande Alive for more local content. I’m WIll Bowman.
…and our current DA wants to continue to play with the team for another term…
While jogging and walking are good exercise for some people, a lot of people think they’re boring. But this week I got a chance to sit down with Alex Duffy and he likes a different form of exercise. Frisbee golf.
Oregon Trail Electric Co-Op has started two new programs to better help their community. OTEC is your locally member-owned power company. And they strive to be an active part of our community.
Now, if you choose to participate, you can either round up your power bill to the nearest dollar, or just choose to give a standard amount every month. The bottom line is that for less than a buck a month you can help people to pay for their power when they’re down on their luck and the weather looks like this:
And OTECC has recently adopted this program. Every month, OTEC will send books to the kids of any family in any OTEC county. So if you live where OTEC is if you call sign up your children, your child will receive an age-appropriate book every month until they turn 5 years old. That way they can continue to read and all those mental synapses can continue to grow.
Community Connection has several new fundraisers to help their after school program Kids Club. What is Kids Club? After kids get out of school, they can head down to Rivera School (or get picked up by the bus) and spend several hours playing games, doing activities, and eating nutritious snacks. Way better than sitting at home killing brain cells with Spongebob if you ask me. The program started several years ago with about 10 children and has since grown to almost 40. And this week I got to sit down with some of the founders and operators of the program and talk to them about why it’s so important.
