January 21: COVID Vaccination — What is the Plan?

 

Two vaccines have been released to protect individuals against the coronavirus. There seems, however, to be great confusion about how the vaccination effort is being implemented. Varied, and many apocryphal stories are circulating about who can get the vaccine now, how it is being distributed, and when members of the general public might be able to be vaccinated. Dr. Patrick Luedtke, Lane County’s Senior Public Health Officer will try to dispel the rumors and misinformation, and provide the facts about vaccination in Lane County.

Ward 3 candidate Forum October 22

On October 22, Springfield City Club will host a candidate forum for the Springfield City Council Ward 3 seat. The forum will begin at noon and will be held as a Zoom webinar

October 22

October 8 — House District 12

John Lively

Born in La Grande, OR I grew up in Wallowa until a Junior in HS when we moved to Springfield in 1963. Graduated from Thurston HS, Lane Community College, and the University of Oregon. Served in the US Army Security Agency from Jan 1968 to Oct 1971.

Tresa and I have been married for 46 years. Raised our two Daughters, Maria and Marcia, here in Springfield and are now fortunate to have them and their families (6 grandchildren) also living in Springfield.

My lifetime of work has been in the private sector except for a brief period when I served as a Regional Business Development Officer for Oregon. I have worked in manufacturing, retail, economic development, software contact center management, land use consulting, public relations and communications and others.

Previously served on the Springfield City Council and as Mayor. Have served as State Representative for HD 12 since January 2013. Currently serve as Chair of the House Economic Development Committee, serve on the Natural Resource Committee, the Behavioral Health Committee, Oregon Growth Board, the Road User Fee Task Force, the DMV modernization oversight committee and on the Interoperability Executive Committee. Previously I have served on the Joint Transportation Committee, Joint Student Success Committee, Joint Carbon Reduction Committee, Health Care, Veterans and Emergency Preparedness and many others during my time in the Legislature.

  Ruth Linoz

Personal background

• grew up in rural and urban communities in the Midwest and California before moving to lane County 35 years ago, looking for a more family friendly environment to raise my daughters.
• While a stay-at-home mom, I volunteered regularly in their classrooms, coached their Kidsports teams, and worked part-time in retail while completing my undergraduate education at Lane Community College.
• later, I earned a B.A degree in Management at Northwest Christian (Bushnell) University.
• My husband of 23 years is a Vietnam veteran and retired business owner.
• We have lived in Springfield for 22 years.
• I consider myself a board (of directors) junkie and enjoy road trips, singing along with musicals, and the challenge of different puzzles.
Professional

• While developing a 26-year public transportation career from a part-time, union bus operator to my current role as executive director of a rural transit agency in Cottage Grove
o expanded my Involvement as a volunteer
o co-owned a leadership development business
o built strong relationships with city, county and social service agencies through management of projects like
• the UO Duck Shuttles,
• Project Homeless Connect,
• and Western Oregon Women’s Conference.
• As a business leader,
o I have served on several Lane Transit District Advisory Committees;
o the Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Board and its Tourism and Ambassador Committees;
o Cottage Grove Community Development Corporation;
o Main Street Cottage Grove Board;
o Beds for Freezing Nights Board;
o and Rotary Club of Cottage Grove Club President/Interact Advisor.
o In support of our veterans, I am a Reboot Recovery board member.

• In 2007, Mayor Kitty Piercy presented me with the First Citizens Award for Project Homeless Connect for helping advance the City Council homeless elimination agenda.
• Later in 2014, the Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce recognized I with the First Citizen Award and her agency, South Lane Wheels, was named Business of the Year in 2015.

October 15 Program — Candidate Forum House District 7

Springfield City Club will host a forum for the candidates for House District 7. Their biographies at below. At this moment, the Republicans candidate, Cedric Hayden, is deployed as a wildland firefight in Butte county, California, and may not be able to appear. We are attempting to find an appropriate alternative if that remains the case.

October 12 release

October 1 — Black Unity Speaks

We will have local leaders of the Black Unity Movement here on September 10 to discuss their message, mission, purpose and platform as it pertains to the social injustice issues that we are facing as communities across the nation. This is the organization that has led 3 of the recent protests here locally in Springfield. We want to increase dialogue and understanding of the challenges we are having around race and race relations here in our City. We will begin to do this by offering the Black Unity leadership an opportunity to engage our community in a reasoned and rational discussion, free of the impetus to shout slogans and march. We hope this will be just the beginning of a conversation involving all aspects of our community.

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