The future of the North Central Public Health District may soon become clearer. NCPHD directors have been discussing since Gilliam County withdrew from the district last summer whether it would be better to remain a separate entity or go back to being a Wasco County department with Sherman County contracting for services. Wasco County Commissioner and NCPHD board member Phil Brady told County Commissioners during a worksession Wednesday that the board will take up the question at a meeting next week. District Executive Director Shellie Campbell said a number of legal issues were still to be answered, and are expected to be addressed at the NCPHD meeting. Commissioner Steve Kramer said he thinks public health should be a County department, but Commissioner Scott Hege was ambivalent and felt a key question was whether the current district would want to come back under the County umbrella.