Above, left to right, Retiring Vale Mayor Bill Lawrence, Malheur County Commissioner Lou Wettstein, and Oregon State Senator Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day
Senator Ferrioli is observant and a quick study and was able to give us some practical and valuable advice on what direction to take in our efforts. He listened to dozens of personal stories at our meeting at the Boulevard Grange. Ferrioli promised to do what he could in Salem to address legislation that would preserve farmland for farming rather than siting utilities, and place human beings on a par with sage grouse.
Stay tuned, I'll be updating this story soon.
