November 10, 2024 • 30 mins
It's open enrollment for the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace. Are rolling stops safe for cyclists? Portland's Mayor-elect introduces himself to the city. The BLM needs recreation site volunteers. Oregon's Farm to School program. Oregon's statewide Veterans Day Ceremony.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to Local Voices. I'm brad Ford. This week gets.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Open enrollment for the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace. Oregon State
University has researched the safety of rolling stops for cyclists.
Portland has a new mayor elect. The Bureau of Land
Management needs volunteers for its recreation sites, and how farm
food gets into Oregon schools. It's open enrollment for the
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Oregon Health Insurance marketplace, Amy covin where the Oregon Health
Authority joins us on Local Voices. Amy, What are the
deadlines for enrollment in the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
The open enrollment period runs from November first until January
fifteenth for twenty twenty five coverage, but we recommend that
folks take action by December fifteenth so that their coverage
starts on January first.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Who is this open enrollment for?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Great question? Open enrollment is for anyone who needs health coverage. Typically,
folks who don't have coverage offer to them through their
job or a spouse or a parent or guardians job,
and are not eligible for a public program like Medicare
or organ health plan. We often see entrepreneurs, you know,
people who are self employed come into the marketplace for
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coverage for example.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So how does the process work?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
So we recommend starting on our website, We've got a
really easy to use window shopping tool that will help
you understand what coverage and benefits and plans are available
to you. And then based on that whatever results you
get from the window shopping tool, you can go to
the application. It's a pretty simple application process and then
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you'll build a role in a plan.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
What if people need help with the process? Is help available?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Absolutely? Health coverage can be very confusing and complex, so
we do partner with experts around the state who are
able to provide one on one assistance in the language
that you prefer if you have numbers.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
But how many people get insurance through the marketplace?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Last year, we had over one hundred and forty five
thousand people enroll through the marketplace during open enrollment, and
over eighty percent of those folks got financial assistance.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
And is financially yeah? I was going to say, is
financial assistance available? And what do you have to do
in order to get that? Is it just going through
the process?
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, you can apply for financial assistance when you go
through the application flow. You'll just need to provide some
income information, and then the system will calculate what sort
of financial assistance you qualify for. The most popular is
premium tax credits, which help reduce your monthly out of
pocket costs.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Maybe you answered this, but how many people end up
getting assistants.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Over eighty percent during the open enrollment period for twenty
twenty four got financial help?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Is it okay to just window shop and see what's available?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Absolutely? Yeah. We offer the window shopping tool as a
way to compare plan options. Maybe you're enrolled directly through
insurance company, or you have co work coverage now and
you want to see what's available in the marketplace. It
will also tell you if you might qualify for Oregon
Health Plan or OHP bridge.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
And so how do you start the process?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
First stop at Oregon Healthcare dot gov. We've got some
links on our website to either find local help or
to visit that window shopping tool. And if you know
for sure that you want to do an application, you
can just go to healthcare dot gov and create an
account and solve the application.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Great anything else you'd like to add.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Just like I said, health coverage can be very complex
and there are a lot of things that are going
on this year changes to health plans and things, so
we do really recommend that folks meet with an expert. Again,
the help is entirely free and it can really take
a lot of stress out of the process.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Amy, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Amy
Covin with the Oregon Health Authority and details on open
enrollment for the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace. Oregon passed a
law in twenty nineteen that allows cyclists to do a
rolling stop and intersections with stop signs. There were concerns
out safety. Oregon State University researcher David Hurwitz conducted a
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study to find out whether the law is safe or not.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
David, what are bicycle rolling stops and what's allowed?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Yeah? Sure, So this is a differential law, so its
meaning is dependent on the mode of transportation you're interacting with.
If you're driving a car, you interact with static stop
signs the way that they've always been intended, bringing your
vehicle to a complete stop before traversing conflicting traffic streams.
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If you're operating a bicycle, a bicycle rolling stop allows
you to treat a static stop sign like a yield
If there is an absence of conflicting vehicles, you don't
have to bring the bicycle to a complete stop before
entering the conflicting stream of traffic.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Now, does this apply to traffic signals or just stop signs?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
That's a great question. So there's different variations of the rule.
This particular rule tends to not apply to solid red
indications circular red indications, but it may apply to flashing
red whites at a signalized intersection.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Tell us what is the Idaho stop?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah? And so the origin point for these variations of
biscalling stop laws comes from the Pacific Northwest in the
state of Idaho, starting in nineteen eighty two, and that's
where this particular yield in response to a static stop
line stop sign begins for bicycle movements.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
So, how many states have a version of the Idaho
stop law or the bicycle rolling stop law.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
The last time that we pinged the existing policy standards,
there were ten states in the country plus the District
of Columbia that all had versions of bicycle rolling stop
laws on the books.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Where does Oregon stand with it? It was passed here, right.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
That's exactly right. So we currently have a version of
this role on the box on the books in the
state of Oregon.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
All right, so what did your study find, What did
it look at, and what did it find.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
That's great. So the big question to us, and this
was really prompted by transportation safety experts in our state
who were a little nervous about the adoption of bicycle
rolling stop laws in Oregon. We always worry about safety
at intersections because crashes are over represented there, and in
particular we care about vulnerable road users, pedestrians and bicycles
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in their safety. And so you know, this raised the
eyebrows of experts in the state and that drew our
attention to the topic. What we wanted to make sure
was that we were not increasing the risk of frequency
or severity of crashes, particularly that would affect bicycles or pedestrians.
So that was the motivation here. What we found was
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that both motorists and bicyclists are behave in manners that
are no less safe operating under these bicycle rolling stop laws.
So drivers don't increase their speeds. They in fact, on average,
either keep the same speeds on the approach to the
intersection or even decelerate a little bit more, and they're
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more attentive to the position of the bicyclist operating under
a rolling stop law, and from the perspective of the bicyclists,
they accept similar gaps that they would have in the
absence of this new rule. So they're not darting out
in front of traffic that's traveling fast at a closer speed.
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They're yielding when they should yield, and they're conserving momentum
when they have the opportunity to do so when there's
no conflicting traffic.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Tt us about the mechanics of your study, How did
you do it, what did you look at, and how
does it differ from previous data that was examined on
the rolling bicycle rolling stops.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yeah, so previous research has observed through things like roadside observation,
the deceleration rates and yielding rates of bicyclists at stop
signs as these laws were adopted. There have also been
some folks that have worked at crash data before and
after the rules are implemented. Our approach used laboratory experimentation,
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so we used human in the group simulators for both
the bicyclist and the driver, and we networked those simulators
together so that pairs of road users, one driver and
one bicyclist were interacting with each other in a laboratory setting,
responding to avatars of one another in rendered three dimensional
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computer environments. And so we got to collect live data
from two subjects in a shared space. It's called worked simulation,
and this is one of the first examples of mixed
mode networked simulations conducted in the US.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Did you study look at how important it is to
get the message out about this law and how it works,
and what drivers are expected to do and what cyclists
are expected to do? Does that getting the message out?
Does that make a difference?
Speaker 4 (09:23):
It sure does. And so as we think about the
implementation of laws or the novel application of traffic control
devices techniques like science signals and pavement marketings or other
unique geometric configurations, one piece of that puzzle is effectively
communicating to the public how we're changing the way that
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surface transportation systems work to improve either operations or safety
or other important characteristics, sustainability and environmental impacts. In this instance,
we found that the drivers and bicyclists that participate in
our study did not have nearly as robust and understanding
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of this particular rule as we would like, and so
in our minds that emphasizes that, geez, we need to
talk a little bit more about this and share educational
and information campaigns that effectively communicate the rules of the
road to our citizens.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Very good, David, anything else you'd like to add.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Just real quickly, A shout out to our research collaborators
who participated in the study. So doctor Rondi Young at
Gonzagi University, doctor Kevin Chang at the University of Idaho,
and here it owes you, Jasmine Woodside, the lead graduate students,
and doctor Hesham Jashami, a research assistant professor. All did
brilliant work on this project.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
That's David Hurwitz from Moregan State University with the tails
on You study about the safety of bicycle rolling stop laws.
Portland voters used rank choice voting for the first time
in the general election. It decided Portland's next mayor, Keith Wilson.
He gave his accept and speech at the Charles Jordan
Community Center.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
I do want to be gained by just thanking some
of the members that are here. We have our congressional delegation.
I saw a cong Congressman blumen Hour is here who
has represented this community in particular so well for so
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many years, and I know he stepped back while the
meryoral campaign was moving forward, but he was very clear
and intentional he was going to be here to help
the next mayor and city council succeed. I really admire
that stepping back, not taking sight, but just saying he's
here for Portland in our moment of transformation and crisis,
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and so I applaud him. I also saw a very
good friend, Congresswoman Bona Michi, is here as well, where
So while a lot of you may have just found
out about me nine months ago when I announced my campaign,
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I had the great pleasure of working with Congresswoman Vonamici
on clean energy bills and through our IIJA and the
IRA very transformational trillion dollar bills to change the direction
of our country. So my hat is off to her
as being a leader on the national stage. I also
see Dan Ryan here, who is our Commissioner currently and
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through the contest of our new form of government. People
would always ask me about Dan, and I've had the
rare pleasure of knowing him for forty five years, and
they would always ask me about Dan, and I would say,
if there is one thing I know about him is
that I've had forty five years of trust with a person.
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That's something that's incredibly hard to say to anybody. He
has been somebody I've been able to use as an
advisor for decades, running on and actually running into him
on a subway in New York City. Who would have
ever thought that? But so wonderful to time. And if
I'm missing any of you, any elected officials, please accept
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my gratitude for being here in this important moment for
me personally and a very important moment for the city
that we all love. And certainly I see an awful
lot of council candidates and if there are any council
or new council members, we're still trying to figure that out.
My hat is off to you. I've had an incredible
journey this last nine months getting to learn the one
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hundred or so people running, the different visions and goals
that I have been able to wrap up into my
ideals and idealism that we're really going to carry our
Portland forward. I'm proud of this experiment we just went through,
so thank you for joining me today. There are many
places in Portland that are special to me, but the
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Charles Jordan Community Center is one of the most particularly special.
It's a place for families, for kids, and emergency shelter
in times of need, and where I spent much of
my childhood. Not long ago, i asked the community to
join me here to talk about our future and to
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support me as a candidate for mayor. Portland is in
a moment of profound transformation and opportunity. Voters in every
corner of our city have made their voices heard. They
want change and for local leadership to work together to
solve the issues in our community. It's time to end
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on shelter, homelessness, and open drug use, and it's time
to restore public safety in Portland. It's time to grow
Portland with smart, effective local government as an ally to
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families and small businesses. It's time to restore and expand
transportation options and to make sure that everyone has access
in our new clean economy. I've reached out to Governor Quotec,
I've reached out to Mayor Wheeler, and I've asked them
for guidance during this transition. They have committed to me
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the full weight of their offices, and I'm very proud
to have that partnership, and I will accept that from
day one. I've spoken with current Council and incoming members,
Metro Council President Peterson Moltnoma County Chair Peterson, and many
of Oregon's congressional delegation. All of these relationships will be
critical in these coming days. Voters aren't interested in politicians
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pointing fingers. They just want us to get things done.
I've also reached out to many active leaders and citizens
in our community for their support. We have some very
challenging days ahead of us, and we don't know what's
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around the corner. We'll need all of us on this lift,
and we'll need each other to lift each other up
to accomplish what we can in our city in our
time of need. I'd also like to thank my opponents,
Commissioner Carmen Rubio, Renegan Zalez, mingus Maps, and leave Usthaus.
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Their passion and innovation remains critical for the future of
our city, and I'm grateful for everything they have and
will continue to contribute to our community. I want Portland's
to know something important. The goal of my administration will
not be to focus on only the visible issues like
the terrible suffering on our streets. Also be to focus
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on challenges that hard working Portlanders are facing today. Many
families and small businesses in Portland are struggling with the
high cost of living and the lack of affordable housing.
They need to know their city leaders see the hardships
they face, and work with them to make Portland work
for everyone. I grew up right here in North Portland.
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I'm incredibly proud to be before you today. This is
an awesome responsibility, an awesome time in our city's future.
My life and career are law evolved alongside our city.
We are rich in our diversity and are shaped by
the many paths we all took to get here today,
From those who have been here since time immemorial, to
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those who came here seeking a better life, to our
shipbuilders of Vamport and our shopkeepers of Albina, and to
those immigrants and refugees who have only just arrived. Every
neighbor matters, every community matters, every person matters. These are
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the values that we need to hold strong in these
days ahead. There will be challenges and missteps, but I
can promise you this, I'll approach this job with humility,
and I'll lead on our short values. Excuse me, I'll
lead on our shared values. We have so many new
faces in city government, mine included. It's a transformative opportunity,
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but there's a big job ahead of all of us.
Our new form of government is more diverse, it's more
representative and more consensus based than ever before. Our reimagined
city council structure was approved by voters to better represent
our people and our values. Portland's future depends on building
trust and collaboration between all of us and our new leaders.
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I'm up for the challenge and the opportunity to shape
not just the structure, but the culture of our new
city government. What does real change for Portland mean in
my administration. It will mean treating the crisis on our
streets like a crisis. It will mean returning our city
to the promise of the city that works together. We
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can build a stronger and better community, and I call
on each and every one of you to be a
part of the hard and important work ahead. Throughout the campaign,
I've often said there's nothing about us without us. I'm
looking forward to fostering the working relationships and friendships in
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the new council. Excuse me. In the new City Council
to repair, restore, and we vitalize the city that we
all love. I'd like to thank everyone for coming today.
It's an awesome turn out. I'll make myself available in
the coming days for longer conversations. For the moment, I'd
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like to thank you, and I'd like to get back
to the hard work ahead and get back to the job,
and get back to the job at hand. Thank you
so much for coming. I appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
That's Keith Wilson, Mayor elect of Portland. He and the
New City Council will take office in January and guide
the city through its transition of a new form of government.
The Bureau of Land Management needs volunteers to be hosted
recreation sites in Western Oregon. Ranger Kendra Barrett joins us
on local voices. Kendra, what do the volunteers do?
Speaker 6 (20:40):
So?
Speaker 7 (20:41):
In general, the duties of the volunteer are to welcome
folks to recreation sites, just be kind of a friendly
face there, to answer questions, to help with anything they
may need, make sure that folks are in their correct
sites based on their pre book to reservations. And also
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some maintenance duties, so cleaning restrooms, picking up trash, just
making sure that the site looks presentable and is welcoming
for recreators coming in from all over the state and region.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I sense, do they live at the campgrounds?
Speaker 7 (21:18):
Yes, so they do live on site. Each volunteer is
provided one rvpad, so just a big caved site, and
most of the sites have full RV hookups, so volunteers
are actually able to have full like electric and sewer
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and water hookups. We do have one site that is
a little bit more primitive, but it is a stunning space.
That would be alder Glen Recreation Site, so that has
just potable water. So that's for the rough and tumble
enthuss it hosts out there.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
Now.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
The recreation sites are Alder Glenn, Clay Creek, Sharp's Creek,
Shotgun Creek, Whittaker Creek, and Wildwood near mount Hood. These
are spectacular locations.
Speaker 7 (22:11):
Yes, it is. We're super fortunate in the Northwest Oregon
district to have some really incredible recreation sites and they're
not too too far from population centers like Salem and
Portland and Eugene and Springfield, so you get the feeling
that you're in the middle of the woods and it's
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really quiet and secluded and truly stunning, but you're never
too far from civilization. As they say, how.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Long are the volunteers required to be there?
Speaker 7 (22:44):
So the typical commitment for these host positions would be
about six months. So our primary recreation season is from
April through September. So most of the sites that we're
recruiting hosts for our seasonal sites, So we close them
down in the winter and then reopen them in about
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early May, sometimes late April, and then close them up
as it starts to get cool and folks go back
to school and work and stuff.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Do the volunteers get paid?
Speaker 7 (23:17):
The compensation for each host varies depending on site and
what kind of amenities they provide, but yes they do.
On average, most of the sites will give hosts twenty
eight point fifty per day, plus money for like gas
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mileage to and from the population's center, the closest city
to them, so that they can have a weekly trip
into town to refuel and get food and you know,
do whatever you need to do.
Speaker 6 (23:51):
Do you get a lot of applications, Yeah, so far,
I've been pretty surprised, pleasantly surprised for sure, at the
number of applications we've gotten for most of our sites.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
We're still kind of looking for a host for alder
Glenn Recreation Site, which is about thirty five miles outside
of McMinnville. It is absolutely beautiful. It's along the Nostucca
River Corridor, so there's multiple campgrounds and other recreation sites
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all within probably like a twenty mile range there along
the Nestucca River, which is part of it is a
wild and scenic river, so it's a truly amazing place.
I was kind of blown away when I went out
there for the first time. So yeah, we're we're getting
some strong applications, but I would love to see more
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folks submit applications for alder.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Glen, Tandra, anything else you'd like.
Speaker 7 (24:47):
DAN volunteering is a really fun way to engage with
the community, particularly on federal public land. You get to
meet people from all over the state and the region
and sometimes even the country if they're traveling, you know,
for the summer, and so it's just a really unique
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opportunity that I think folks could have a lot of
fun with and spend their summer in a beautiful place
helping out the Bureau of Land Management.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
That's Bureau of Land Management Ranger Kendra Baird with details
on the volunteer park host program. They're taking applications now
at volunteer dot com. Monday is Veterans Day and a
statewide ceremony will be held outside of the Oregon State Capital.
Tyler Frankie, the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs joins us
on Local Voices with details on the ceremony.
Speaker 8 (25:38):
Yeah, So the Oregon Department and Veterans Affairs statewide Veterans
State Ceremony for twenty twenty four is going to be
in an area known as the Oregon State Capital State Park.
It is the mall that is directly across Court Street
from the front of the main entrance of our Oregon
State Capitol Building. So it is that brick clase, it's
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a little bit of a depressed area during warmer months.
Is where that wall of water fountain where you will
see that. But that's where the event will be taking place,
directly across the street from our beautiful Capital building.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
What's involved in the ceremony, So what happens during.
Speaker 8 (26:16):
The ceremony is going to be a fairly traditional veterans
say ceremony. It is obviously all about honoring our veterans
of all eras of service who stepped up to where
our nation uniform and protect us and serve in our
military during all eras from World War Two to present
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day conflicts. And we will have a number of patriotic
elements that you would expect. We'll have a performance of
the national anthem and maybe another patriotic song or two,
will have a color guard, a reef ceremony, and of
course a number of speakers both who represent our government
and also who wore the use for themselves, veterans and
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even active National Guards service members and leaderships to speak
about their feelings the Veterans Day and why this day
and honoring our veterans are so important, not just on
dis Day but all every day.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
It's held outside, so people should be prepared for the weather.
Speaker 8 (27:17):
Absolutely it is Oregon. We do remind folks and every
communication that we send about this event to please check
the forecast. Dress warmly and appropriate for rain if that's
been the forecast or not a bad idea, but to
have an umbrella maybe at Foncho dist in case it
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is an outdoor event. The seats for the audience are
uncovered and unlike some other places where we do this event,
obviously there's no tree cover in that particular area of
the mall, So we do definitely encourage people to be
aware of the weather. If it is you know, we'll
hold it rain or shine. If it's very ugly and
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you'd rather stay home, invite you to watch the ceremony
live stream on our Facebook page for the organ Department
of Veterans Affairs will be streaming it.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
There can anyone attend the ceremony.
Speaker 8 (28:09):
Oh, absolutely, yes, this event is open to the public.
It's ada accessible. We will have a seating for folks
that need a specific assistance with seating. We'll have folks
there for that and absolutely encouraged. Is absolutely not an
event just for veterans or just for veterans family members.
Of course, those are more than welcome, and we always
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do expect those folks to come and pay their respects
and honor veterans. But this is absolutely something that is
open and really is for everyone. It really is a
moment for our entire nation, regardless of the military service
or proximity to military service, to show their honor and
respect for those to serve.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Give us the details one more time.
Speaker 8 (28:51):
Yeah, absolutely so. The organ Department of Veterans Affairs statewide
Veterans Day Ceremony will begin promptly at eleven o'clock on Monday,
November eleventh, probably November eleventh, it's the Monday this year.
It will take place at the Oregon State Capital of
State Park, directly across from the main entrance of the
Oregon State Capital Building. If he wants to advise folks
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that we won't have reserve parking, but because that is
a holiday, parking in that corridor, a sayblem will actually
be free and the meters will be turned off that day.
State offices and things are obviously closed for the holidays,
so there should be plenty of parking there usually is
definitely invite the folks to come down. Definitely do remember
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about the weather address appropriately for that and check out
our Facebook page Oregon Department and Veterans Affairs if you'd
like to attend or to use a live stream as
it's playing.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
That's Tyler Frankie with the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs
and details in the state wide Veterans Day Ceremony outside
of the Oregon State Capital. Thanks for listening to local Voices.
I'm brad Ford. You can hear past episodes on the
iHeartRadio app under.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
The podcast tab.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Local Voices is a public affairs presentation from iHeartRadio.
Welcome to Local Voices. I'm brad Ford. This week gets.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Open enrollment for the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace. Oregon State
University has researched the safety of rolling stops for cyclists.
Portland has a new mayor elect. The Bureau of Land
Management needs volunteers for its recreation sites, and how farm
food gets into Oregon schools. It's open enrollment for the
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Oregon Health Insurance marketplace, Amy covin where the Oregon Health
Authority joins us on Local Voices. Amy, What are the
deadlines for enrollment in the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
The open enrollment period runs from November first until January
fifteenth for twenty twenty five coverage, but we recommend that
folks take action by December fifteenth so that their coverage
starts on January first.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Who is this open enrollment for?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Great question? Open enrollment is for anyone who needs health coverage. Typically,
folks who don't have coverage offer to them through their
job or a spouse or a parent or guardians job,
and are not eligible for a public program like Medicare
or organ health plan. We often see entrepreneurs, you know,
people who are self employed come into the marketplace for
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coverage for example.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So how does the process work?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
So we recommend starting on our website, We've got a
really easy to use window shopping tool that will help
you understand what coverage and benefits and plans are available
to you. And then based on that whatever results you
get from the window shopping tool, you can go to
the application. It's a pretty simple application process and then
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you'll build a role in a plan.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
What if people need help with the process? Is help available?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Absolutely? Health coverage can be very confusing and complex, so
we do partner with experts around the state who are
able to provide one on one assistance in the language
that you prefer if you have numbers.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
But how many people get insurance through the marketplace?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Last year, we had over one hundred and forty five
thousand people enroll through the marketplace during open enrollment, and
over eighty percent of those folks got financial assistance.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
And is financially yeah? I was going to say, is
financial assistance available? And what do you have to do
in order to get that? Is it just going through
the process?
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, you can apply for financial assistance when you go
through the application flow. You'll just need to provide some
income information, and then the system will calculate what sort
of financial assistance you qualify for. The most popular is
premium tax credits, which help reduce your monthly out of
pocket costs.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Maybe you answered this, but how many people end up
getting assistants.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Over eighty percent during the open enrollment period for twenty
twenty four got financial help?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Is it okay to just window shop and see what's available?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Absolutely? Yeah. We offer the window shopping tool as a
way to compare plan options. Maybe you're enrolled directly through
insurance company, or you have co work coverage now and
you want to see what's available in the marketplace. It
will also tell you if you might qualify for Oregon
Health Plan or OHP bridge.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
And so how do you start the process?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
First stop at Oregon Healthcare dot gov. We've got some
links on our website to either find local help or
to visit that window shopping tool. And if you know
for sure that you want to do an application, you
can just go to healthcare dot gov and create an
account and solve the application.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Great anything else you'd like to add.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Just like I said, health coverage can be very complex
and there are a lot of things that are going
on this year changes to health plans and things, so
we do really recommend that folks meet with an expert. Again,
the help is entirely free and it can really take
a lot of stress out of the process.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Amy, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Amy
Covin with the Oregon Health Authority and details on open
enrollment for the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace. Oregon passed a
law in twenty nineteen that allows cyclists to do a
rolling stop and intersections with stop signs. There were concerns
out safety. Oregon State University researcher David Hurwitz conducted a
(04:04):
study to find out whether the law is safe or not.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
David, what are bicycle rolling stops and what's allowed?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Yeah? Sure, So this is a differential law, so its
meaning is dependent on the mode of transportation you're interacting with.
If you're driving a car, you interact with static stop
signs the way that they've always been intended, bringing your
vehicle to a complete stop before traversing conflicting traffic streams.
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If you're operating a bicycle, a bicycle rolling stop allows
you to treat a static stop sign like a yield
If there is an absence of conflicting vehicles, you don't
have to bring the bicycle to a complete stop before
entering the conflicting stream of traffic.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Now, does this apply to traffic signals or just stop signs?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
That's a great question. So there's different variations of the rule.
This particular rule tends to not apply to solid red
indications circular red indications, but it may apply to flashing
red whites at a signalized intersection.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Tell us what is the Idaho stop?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah? And so the origin point for these variations of
biscalling stop laws comes from the Pacific Northwest in the
state of Idaho, starting in nineteen eighty two, and that's
where this particular yield in response to a static stop
line stop sign begins for bicycle movements.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
So, how many states have a version of the Idaho
stop law or the bicycle rolling stop law.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
The last time that we pinged the existing policy standards,
there were ten states in the country plus the District
of Columbia that all had versions of bicycle rolling stop
laws on the books.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Where does Oregon stand with it? It was passed here, right.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
That's exactly right. So we currently have a version of
this role on the box on the books in the
state of Oregon.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
All right, so what did your study find, What did
it look at, and what did it find.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
That's great. So the big question to us, and this
was really prompted by transportation safety experts in our state
who were a little nervous about the adoption of bicycle
rolling stop laws in Oregon. We always worry about safety
at intersections because crashes are over represented there, and in
particular we care about vulnerable road users, pedestrians and bicycles
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in their safety. And so you know, this raised the
eyebrows of experts in the state and that drew our
attention to the topic. What we wanted to make sure
was that we were not increasing the risk of frequency
or severity of crashes, particularly that would affect bicycles or pedestrians.
So that was the motivation here. What we found was
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that both motorists and bicyclists are behave in manners that
are no less safe operating under these bicycle rolling stop laws.
So drivers don't increase their speeds. They in fact, on average,
either keep the same speeds on the approach to the
intersection or even decelerate a little bit more, and they're
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more attentive to the position of the bicyclist operating under
a rolling stop law, and from the perspective of the bicyclists,
they accept similar gaps that they would have in the
absence of this new rule. So they're not darting out
in front of traffic that's traveling fast at a closer speed.
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They're yielding when they should yield, and they're conserving momentum
when they have the opportunity to do so when there's
no conflicting traffic.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Tt us about the mechanics of your study, How did
you do it, what did you look at, and how
does it differ from previous data that was examined on
the rolling bicycle rolling stops.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yeah, so previous research has observed through things like roadside observation,
the deceleration rates and yielding rates of bicyclists at stop
signs as these laws were adopted. There have also been
some folks that have worked at crash data before and
after the rules are implemented. Our approach used laboratory experimentation,
(08:32):
so we used human in the group simulators for both
the bicyclist and the driver, and we networked those simulators
together so that pairs of road users, one driver and
one bicyclist were interacting with each other in a laboratory setting,
responding to avatars of one another in rendered three dimensional
(08:53):
computer environments. And so we got to collect live data
from two subjects in a shared space. It's called worked simulation,
and this is one of the first examples of mixed
mode networked simulations conducted in the US.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Did you study look at how important it is to
get the message out about this law and how it works,
and what drivers are expected to do and what cyclists
are expected to do? Does that getting the message out?
Does that make a difference?
Speaker 4 (09:23):
It sure does. And so as we think about the
implementation of laws or the novel application of traffic control
devices techniques like science signals and pavement marketings or other
unique geometric configurations, one piece of that puzzle is effectively
communicating to the public how we're changing the way that
(09:44):
surface transportation systems work to improve either operations or safety
or other important characteristics, sustainability and environmental impacts. In this instance,
we found that the drivers and bicyclists that participate in
our study did not have nearly as robust and understanding
(10:04):
of this particular rule as we would like, and so
in our minds that emphasizes that, geez, we need to
talk a little bit more about this and share educational
and information campaigns that effectively communicate the rules of the
road to our citizens.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Very good, David, anything else you'd like to add.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Just real quickly, A shout out to our research collaborators
who participated in the study. So doctor Rondi Young at
Gonzagi University, doctor Kevin Chang at the University of Idaho,
and here it owes you, Jasmine Woodside, the lead graduate students,
and doctor Hesham Jashami, a research assistant professor. All did
brilliant work on this project.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
That's David Hurwitz from Moregan State University with the tails
on You study about the safety of bicycle rolling stop laws.
Portland voters used rank choice voting for the first time
in the general election. It decided Portland's next mayor, Keith Wilson.
He gave his accept and speech at the Charles Jordan
Community Center.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
I do want to be gained by just thanking some
of the members that are here. We have our congressional delegation.
I saw a cong Congressman blumen Hour is here who
has represented this community in particular so well for so
(11:22):
many years, and I know he stepped back while the
meryoral campaign was moving forward, but he was very clear
and intentional he was going to be here to help
the next mayor and city council succeed. I really admire
that stepping back, not taking sight, but just saying he's
here for Portland in our moment of transformation and crisis,
(11:44):
and so I applaud him. I also saw a very
good friend, Congresswoman Bona Michi, is here as well, where
So while a lot of you may have just found
out about me nine months ago when I announced my campaign,
(12:05):
I had the great pleasure of working with Congresswoman Vonamici
on clean energy bills and through our IIJA and the
IRA very transformational trillion dollar bills to change the direction
of our country. So my hat is off to her
as being a leader on the national stage. I also
see Dan Ryan here, who is our Commissioner currently and
(12:38):
through the contest of our new form of government. People
would always ask me about Dan, and I've had the
rare pleasure of knowing him for forty five years, and
they would always ask me about Dan, and I would say,
if there is one thing I know about him is
that I've had forty five years of trust with a person.
(12:59):
That's something that's incredibly hard to say to anybody. He
has been somebody I've been able to use as an
advisor for decades, running on and actually running into him
on a subway in New York City. Who would have
ever thought that? But so wonderful to time. And if
I'm missing any of you, any elected officials, please accept
(13:19):
my gratitude for being here in this important moment for
me personally and a very important moment for the city
that we all love. And certainly I see an awful
lot of council candidates and if there are any council
or new council members, we're still trying to figure that out.
My hat is off to you. I've had an incredible
journey this last nine months getting to learn the one
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hundred or so people running, the different visions and goals
that I have been able to wrap up into my
ideals and idealism that we're really going to carry our
Portland forward. I'm proud of this experiment we just went through,
so thank you for joining me today. There are many
places in Portland that are special to me, but the
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Charles Jordan Community Center is one of the most particularly special.
It's a place for families, for kids, and emergency shelter
in times of need, and where I spent much of
my childhood. Not long ago, i asked the community to
join me here to talk about our future and to
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support me as a candidate for mayor. Portland is in
a moment of profound transformation and opportunity. Voters in every
corner of our city have made their voices heard. They
want change and for local leadership to work together to
solve the issues in our community. It's time to end
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on shelter, homelessness, and open drug use, and it's time
to restore public safety in Portland. It's time to grow
Portland with smart, effective local government as an ally to
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families and small businesses. It's time to restore and expand
transportation options and to make sure that everyone has access
in our new clean economy. I've reached out to Governor Quotec,
I've reached out to Mayor Wheeler, and I've asked them
for guidance during this transition. They have committed to me
(15:28):
the full weight of their offices, and I'm very proud
to have that partnership, and I will accept that from
day one. I've spoken with current Council and incoming members,
Metro Council President Peterson Moltnoma County Chair Peterson, and many
of Oregon's congressional delegation. All of these relationships will be
critical in these coming days. Voters aren't interested in politicians
(15:54):
pointing fingers. They just want us to get things done.
I've also reached out to many active leaders and citizens
in our community for their support. We have some very
challenging days ahead of us, and we don't know what's
(16:15):
around the corner. We'll need all of us on this lift,
and we'll need each other to lift each other up
to accomplish what we can in our city in our
time of need. I'd also like to thank my opponents,
Commissioner Carmen Rubio, Renegan Zalez, mingus Maps, and leave Usthaus.
(16:38):
Their passion and innovation remains critical for the future of
our city, and I'm grateful for everything they have and
will continue to contribute to our community. I want Portland's
to know something important. The goal of my administration will
not be to focus on only the visible issues like
the terrible suffering on our streets. Also be to focus
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on challenges that hard working Portlanders are facing today. Many
families and small businesses in Portland are struggling with the
high cost of living and the lack of affordable housing.
They need to know their city leaders see the hardships
they face, and work with them to make Portland work
for everyone. I grew up right here in North Portland.
(17:24):
I'm incredibly proud to be before you today. This is
an awesome responsibility, an awesome time in our city's future.
My life and career are law evolved alongside our city.
We are rich in our diversity and are shaped by
the many paths we all took to get here today,
From those who have been here since time immemorial, to
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those who came here seeking a better life, to our
shipbuilders of Vamport and our shopkeepers of Albina, and to
those immigrants and refugees who have only just arrived. Every
neighbor matters, every community matters, every person matters. These are
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the values that we need to hold strong in these
days ahead. There will be challenges and missteps, but I
can promise you this, I'll approach this job with humility,
and I'll lead on our short values. Excuse me, I'll
lead on our shared values. We have so many new
faces in city government, mine included. It's a transformative opportunity,
(18:40):
but there's a big job ahead of all of us.
Our new form of government is more diverse, it's more
representative and more consensus based than ever before. Our reimagined
city council structure was approved by voters to better represent
our people and our values. Portland's future depends on building
trust and collaboration between all of us and our new leaders.
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I'm up for the challenge and the opportunity to shape
not just the structure, but the culture of our new
city government. What does real change for Portland mean in
my administration. It will mean treating the crisis on our
streets like a crisis. It will mean returning our city
to the promise of the city that works together. We
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can build a stronger and better community, and I call
on each and every one of you to be a
part of the hard and important work ahead. Throughout the campaign,
I've often said there's nothing about us without us. I'm
looking forward to fostering the working relationships and friendships in
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the new council. Excuse me. In the new City Council
to repair, restore, and we vitalize the city that we
all love. I'd like to thank everyone for coming today.
It's an awesome turn out. I'll make myself available in
the coming days for longer conversations. For the moment, I'd
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like to thank you, and I'd like to get back
to the hard work ahead and get back to the job,
and get back to the job at hand. Thank you
so much for coming. I appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
That's Keith Wilson, Mayor elect of Portland. He and the
New City Council will take office in January and guide
the city through its transition of a new form of government.
The Bureau of Land Management needs volunteers to be hosted
recreation sites in Western Oregon. Ranger Kendra Barrett joins us
on local voices. Kendra, what do the volunteers do?
Speaker 6 (20:40):
So?
Speaker 7 (20:41):
In general, the duties of the volunteer are to welcome
folks to recreation sites, just be kind of a friendly
face there, to answer questions, to help with anything they
may need, make sure that folks are in their correct
sites based on their pre book to reservations. And also
(21:02):
some maintenance duties, so cleaning restrooms, picking up trash, just
making sure that the site looks presentable and is welcoming
for recreators coming in from all over the state and region.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I sense, do they live at the campgrounds?
Speaker 7 (21:18):
Yes, so they do live on site. Each volunteer is
provided one rvpad, so just a big caved site, and
most of the sites have full RV hookups, so volunteers
are actually able to have full like electric and sewer
(21:44):
and water hookups. We do have one site that is
a little bit more primitive, but it is a stunning space.
That would be alder Glen Recreation Site, so that has
just potable water. So that's for the rough and tumble
enthuss it hosts out there.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
Now.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
The recreation sites are Alder Glenn, Clay Creek, Sharp's Creek,
Shotgun Creek, Whittaker Creek, and Wildwood near mount Hood. These
are spectacular locations.
Speaker 7 (22:11):
Yes, it is. We're super fortunate in the Northwest Oregon
district to have some really incredible recreation sites and they're
not too too far from population centers like Salem and
Portland and Eugene and Springfield, so you get the feeling
that you're in the middle of the woods and it's
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really quiet and secluded and truly stunning, but you're never
too far from civilization. As they say, how.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Long are the volunteers required to be there?
Speaker 7 (22:44):
So the typical commitment for these host positions would be
about six months. So our primary recreation season is from
April through September. So most of the sites that we're
recruiting hosts for our seasonal sites, So we close them
down in the winter and then reopen them in about
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early May, sometimes late April, and then close them up
as it starts to get cool and folks go back
to school and work and stuff.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Do the volunteers get paid?
Speaker 7 (23:17):
The compensation for each host varies depending on site and
what kind of amenities they provide, but yes they do.
On average, most of the sites will give hosts twenty
eight point fifty per day, plus money for like gas
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mileage to and from the population's center, the closest city
to them, so that they can have a weekly trip
into town to refuel and get food and you know,
do whatever you need to do.
Speaker 6 (23:51):
Do you get a lot of applications, Yeah, so far,
I've been pretty surprised, pleasantly surprised for sure, at the
number of applications we've gotten for most of our sites.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
We're still kind of looking for a host for alder
Glenn Recreation Site, which is about thirty five miles outside
of McMinnville. It is absolutely beautiful. It's along the Nostucca
River Corridor, so there's multiple campgrounds and other recreation sites
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all within probably like a twenty mile range there along
the Nestucca River, which is part of it is a
wild and scenic river, so it's a truly amazing place.
I was kind of blown away when I went out
there for the first time. So yeah, we're we're getting
some strong applications, but I would love to see more
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folks submit applications for alder.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Glen, Tandra, anything else you'd like.
Speaker 7 (24:47):
DAN volunteering is a really fun way to engage with
the community, particularly on federal public land. You get to
meet people from all over the state and the region
and sometimes even the country if they're traveling, you know,
for the summer, and so it's just a really unique
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opportunity that I think folks could have a lot of
fun with and spend their summer in a beautiful place
helping out the Bureau of Land Management.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
That's Bureau of Land Management Ranger Kendra Baird with details
on the volunteer park host program. They're taking applications now
at volunteer dot com. Monday is Veterans Day and a
statewide ceremony will be held outside of the Oregon State Capital.
Tyler Frankie, the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs joins us
on Local Voices with details on the ceremony.
Speaker 8 (25:38):
Yeah, So the Oregon Department and Veterans Affairs statewide Veterans
State Ceremony for twenty twenty four is going to be
in an area known as the Oregon State Capital State Park.
It is the mall that is directly across Court Street
from the front of the main entrance of our Oregon
State Capitol Building. So it is that brick clase, it's
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a little bit of a depressed area during warmer months.
Is where that wall of water fountain where you will
see that. But that's where the event will be taking place,
directly across the street from our beautiful Capital building.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
What's involved in the ceremony, So what happens during.
Speaker 8 (26:16):
The ceremony is going to be a fairly traditional veterans
say ceremony. It is obviously all about honoring our veterans
of all eras of service who stepped up to where
our nation uniform and protect us and serve in our
military during all eras from World War Two to present
(26:38):
day conflicts. And we will have a number of patriotic
elements that you would expect. We'll have a performance of
the national anthem and maybe another patriotic song or two,
will have a color guard, a reef ceremony, and of
course a number of speakers both who represent our government
and also who wore the use for themselves, veterans and
(27:01):
even active National Guards service members and leaderships to speak
about their feelings the Veterans Day and why this day
and honoring our veterans are so important, not just on
dis Day but all every day.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
It's held outside, so people should be prepared for the weather.
Speaker 8 (27:17):
Absolutely it is Oregon. We do remind folks and every
communication that we send about this event to please check
the forecast. Dress warmly and appropriate for rain if that's
been the forecast or not a bad idea, but to
have an umbrella maybe at Foncho dist in case it
(27:38):
is an outdoor event. The seats for the audience are
uncovered and unlike some other places where we do this event,
obviously there's no tree cover in that particular area of
the mall, So we do definitely encourage people to be
aware of the weather. If it is you know, we'll
hold it rain or shine. If it's very ugly and
(27:58):
you'd rather stay home, invite you to watch the ceremony
live stream on our Facebook page for the organ Department
of Veterans Affairs will be streaming it.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
There can anyone attend the ceremony.
Speaker 8 (28:09):
Oh, absolutely, yes, this event is open to the public.
It's ada accessible. We will have a seating for folks
that need a specific assistance with seating. We'll have folks
there for that and absolutely encouraged. Is absolutely not an
event just for veterans or just for veterans family members.
Of course, those are more than welcome, and we always
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do expect those folks to come and pay their respects
and honor veterans. But this is absolutely something that is
open and really is for everyone. It really is a
moment for our entire nation, regardless of the military service
or proximity to military service, to show their honor and
respect for those to serve.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Give us the details one more time.
Speaker 8 (28:51):
Yeah, absolutely so. The organ Department of Veterans Affairs statewide
Veterans Day Ceremony will begin promptly at eleven o'clock on Monday,
November eleventh, probably November eleventh, it's the Monday this year.
It will take place at the Oregon State Capital of
State Park, directly across from the main entrance of the
Oregon State Capital Building. If he wants to advise folks
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that we won't have reserve parking, but because that is
a holiday, parking in that corridor, a sayblem will actually
be free and the meters will be turned off that day.
State offices and things are obviously closed for the holidays,
so there should be plenty of parking there usually is
definitely invite the folks to come down. Definitely do remember
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about the weather address appropriately for that and check out
our Facebook page Oregon Department and Veterans Affairs if you'd
like to attend or to use a live stream as
it's playing.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
That's Tyler Frankie with the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs
and details in the state wide Veterans Day Ceremony outside
of the Oregon State Capital. Thanks for listening to local Voices.
I'm brad Ford. You can hear past episodes on the
iHeartRadio app under.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
The podcast tab.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
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