New Batch Of Oregon National Guard Soldiers Start Training

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Salem, Ore. -The additional 250 Oregon National Guard members activated to assist with ongoing firefighting are in training right now.

They are set to be finished tomorrow, and will go to the fire lines in Eastern Oregon on Sunday.

The group is made up of Citizen-Airmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland, the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, and Citizen-Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

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4th Annual Wildlife Baby Shower

Join Think Wild at Oregon Spirit Distillers in Bend on May 19 from 3-6 PM to help your local wildlife hospital raise funds & supplies to care for injured and orphaned native wildlife in need this baby

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Beaver Walk & Beaver Believers Screening

Beaver Natural History Walk & Restoration Site Tour, 4-5 pm Followed by a screening of The Beaver Believers and Q &A Hosted by Maureen Thompson, Beaver Works Program Manager and Kolleen Miller, Education Director for The Upper