What: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Oregon State Hospital’s newly completed campus in Junction City; When: Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m.; Where: Oregon State Hospital, 29398 Recovery Way, Junction City; Details: Oregon State Hospital is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the soon-to-open campus in Junction City on Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m. The hospital has invited state legislators, local elected officials and other community leaders. Speakers include Representative Val Hoyle, Oregon Health Authority Acting Director Lynne Saxton and hospital superintendent Greg Roberts. Those attending the ceremony will have the opportunity to tour the new facility. In addition to the ribbon cutting ceremony, FOOD for Lane County volunteers will be planting 200 Liberty apple trees along the hospital’s main driveway entrance Saturday morning between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. This partnership between the state hospital and the nonprofit will provide landscaping for the new campus as well as a healthy and sustainable food source for Lane County’s efforts to eliminate hunger and create access to food. The first patients are scheduled to move into three living units March 11. When fully operational, the campus will be able to serve up to 174 people with six 25-bed living units and three eight-bed cottages. The Junction City campus will primarily serve people from the southern Oregon counties – Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, and Lane. It will treat people who have been civilly committed or who have successfully pled guilty except for insanity. When people are well enough, they will return to life in the community.
