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La Grande/Union County Airport set to add backup power generator

ADVENTURE’ Tollgate Crossing Store and its brand are providing a must stop opportunity in the Blue Mountains

UMATILLA A6 Food sovereignty creates connections with land, people

Photos by Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Owner Trevor Abell serves a couple of cold ones on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at the new Tollgate Crossing Store’s bar area.

By HANNAH MCINTYRE Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

BAKER A8

Literacy coalition provides books to schools, volunteers to read with students IN BRIEF

Volunteer sought for outdoor committee

SALEM — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is seeking volunteers for three positions on the Oregon Outdoor Recreation Committee. The positions include a member to represent the interests of a historically underrepresented community or a representative from Tribal Government, one representative for counties west of the Cascades, and one representative for counties east of the Cascades. For informations, contact Nohemi Enciso, LWCF program coordinator, at nohemi. enciso@oprd.oregon.gov or 503-480-9092.

— The Observer

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OLLGATE — Even though the cabins, homes and businesses on Tollgate have a Weston address, the collection of buildings up on the mountain is seemingly its own community. Trevor Abell, owner of the Tamarack Lodge and now Tollgate Crossing Store, is supplying food staples to about 700 cabins between the rural communities of Weston and Elgin. Abell moved from Prineville in Central Oregon to the Tollgate

area after his father died. Abell said his father’s side of the family grew up in La Grande and spent their days exploring the Blue Mountains. “I’ve always spent a lot of time over in Eastern Oregon,” Abell said. “My dad passed away in 2019 and was buried in Summerville.” Abell said one of the times he was driving over Tollgate with his family he realized that he wanted to have a place his father had frequently visited. Fast-forward to 2021, and Abell purchased the Tamarack

Oregon ranked in top four for rate of car theft Umatilla County had high number of reported car thefts in 2022

OREGON CAR THEFT DATA HIGHLIGHTS

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A firepit is set up and ready for chilling on a chilly evening at one of the outdoor seating areas.

ODFW event scores Audit showssteelhead, funds notadvises gettinganglers spent MEASURE 110

Treatment providers slow to spend Measure 110 dollars, some counties serving few people, new audit ﬁnds

By BILL BRADSHAW Wallowa County Chieftain

ers over the weekend was that, while skill and experience matter, so does luck. “I’ve tried the same things on the same day,” said Kyle Bratcher, the district fish biologist for ODFW who was in charge of the event, “and some things work and some things don’t on different days.”

ENTERPRISE — When going after steelhead, you have to know what you’re doing. By KRISTA KROISS That was one reason for the For EO Media Group broodstock angling event put on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, HERMISTON — Oreat the Wenaha Wildlife Area on gon had the fourth highthe Grande Ronde River by the Adding to the run By NOELLE CROMBIE Oregon Department of Fish and est rate of car theft among The Oregonian states and the District of Some 15 steelhead were Wildlife. Contributed Photo Columbia in 2022, accordcaught by the 120-150 anglers ODFW had instructors on SALEM — While Ore- theLaVonne Griffin-Valade signs an official document June 30, ing to a ranking by the who dropped in their lines afscene giving tips on equip2023, in the Oregon State Library, Salem, during her sweargon has handed out an National Insurance Crime Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald ter listening to experts during ment and methods to catch the to become Oregon secretary of state. Grifestimated $261 million Bureau, a nonproﬁ organi- left, and Oregon Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, Idaho Rep. Barbarat Ehardt, R-Prineville, cenworkshops give tips on equipbiging-in fish onceremony their way upstream fin-Valade in December said an auditors’ findings are intended in grants for drug treatzation that works to prevent ter, pose with Citizens for a Greater Idaho spokesperson Matt McCaw at the Geiser Grand ment, the best bait, where to from the ocean to spawn. to help the Oregon Health Authority “put the right structures ment and recovery serand ﬁght insuranceOct. crime. 100,000 Data Hotel on Thursday, 19, 2023, in Bakerresidents. City. look for the fish and how to reel But one of the lessons the in place to administer the treatment side of Measure 110.”/ A11 vices under Measure 110, experts According to the from the FBI show a similar See ODFW taught the newcommuch of the money has yet bureau’s October report, rate for Oregon, with 551 to reach the people who Oregon’s car theft rate in Service providers spent handed out in grants, the thefts per 100,000 people in need it, according to a new $95 million between July 2022 was 541 thefts per audit found. 2022. Oregon Secretary of State 100,000 residents — an 2022 and June of this year, Treatment networks set Colorado was ranked audit of the drug decrimiincrease from the previrepresenting about oneSee THEFT, Page A11 See AUDIT, Page A11 nalization law. ous year’s rate of 475 per third of what the state had • Car thefts per capita (2022): 551.5 | Ranked No. 3 • Number of car thefts (2022): 23,386 | Ranked No. 12 • Number of car thefts (2021): 20,112 | Ranked No. 13 • Change in car thefts from 2021: Increased by 16% | Ranked No. 14

Lawmakers discuss Greater Idaho movement By IAN CRAWFORD Baker City Herald

BAKER CITY — Lawmakers from Oregon and Idaho met in Baker City on Thursday, Oct. 19, to have their initial discussion about the Greater Idaho movement and its goal of transferring much of Oregon east of the Cascades to become part of Idaho. Thus far the campaign has focused on convincing voters in Oregon counties to pass measures requiring their

county commissioners to discuss the proposal regularly. Voters in 12 counties, including Union and Wallowa, have done so. But actually moving state borders would require approval from both the Idaho and Oregon legislatures, as well as from Congress. “We had a lot of good conversation today about where the movement is at currently, where we need to go next and what needs to happen to keep this discussion moving for-

ward,” said Matt McCaw, a spokesperson for Citizens for Greater Idaho. McCaw spoke during a media-only press conference at the Geiser Grand Hotel. His comments followed a meeting of Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, a Republican 5col x 2.5” from Prineville, and Idaho Reps. Judy Boyle, a Republican from Washington County, and Barbara Ehardt, a Republican from Twin Falls. That meeting, also at the

8.75” x 2.5” $196.88 / week See Movement / A11

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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Mike Lance prepares to scan a large steelhead on Friday, Oct. 13. 2023, at the Wenaha Wildlife Area during an event that included teaching anglers and gathering and assessing broodstock.

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Tuesday 10/17 • TOASTMASTERS OF REDMOND WEEKLY MEETING: Become a confident public speaker in a space that supports community, socialization and builds your self confidence; 12-1 p.m.; free; Church of Christ, 925 NW Seventh St., Redmond or 541-292-6177. • SPENCER COURT GROUNDBREAKING CELEBRATION: Construction begins on 60-unit affordable housing complex in Redmond; 3 p.m. 1835 SW Timber Ave.

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Wednesday 10/18

• REDMOND CHAMBER WORKSHOP, “UNDERSTANDING THE EMPLOYEE JOURNEY: Secrets to Retention.” Led by Abby Gorman of Symplexi Employee Development. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 446 SW 7th.

• CENTRAL OREGON OLD TIME FIDDLERS OOTFA DANCE: 1-3 p.m.; free; Terrebonne Grange Hall, 8286 11th St., Terrebonne.

Monday 10/23

• FREE LIVE CONCERT: Grace Cooper; 6-8p.m.; free; High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave. • OPEN HUB SINGING CLUB: An unforgettable evening of singing— together! All voices welcome; 7 p.m. Becky Johnson Community Center, 412 SW 8th St.

• KNOWLEDGE IS BEAUTIFUL FASHION SHOW: 5-8 p.m.; $30; General Duffy’s Waterhole, 413 SW Glacier Ave. • LIVE AT THE VINEYARD: The Dust

• LIVE AT THE VINEYARD: Juju Eyeball — Bend’s Beatle Band; 5-8 p.m.; $15; Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Dr., Terrebonne.

Sunday 10/22

• TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE WORKSHOP: Ages 6+ are invited to learn some Guinean dance moves; free; 3 p.m.; High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave.

• PINT NIGHT AT WILD RIDE: buy a pint to donate to Healing Reins; 5-8 p.m.; free; Wild Ride Brewing, 332 SW 5th St.

• TOAST & JAM LIVE AT BLACKSMITH PUBLIC HOUSE; 6:30 p.m.; free; Blacksmith Pub, 308 SW Evergreen Ave.

• FIX YOUR FOREST: Cleanup and camp out with the Gambler 500 crew to put the smackdown on some trash on public lands around Sisters; All-day; free; sonsofsmokey.com

• CENTRAL OREGON RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Zion Lutheran Church, 1113 SW Black Butte Blvd.; Call to make reservation: 541-548-3491.

Thursday 10/19

• TWAIN TRIBUTE — THE SHANIA EXPERIENCE: Ladies’ Night!; 6-9 p.m.; $15; General Duffy’s, 404 SW Forest Ave.

• SCAREGROUNDS 2023: multiple haunts await the bravest in the Redmond community; 7-9 p.m.; $22.50-40; ScareGrounds, 120 SE Glacier Ave.; info@scaremegood. com.

• MUSTARD AND SUMMER SAUSAGE WORKSHOP: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; $15; OSU Extension, 3800 SW Airport Way Bldg. #4; 541-548-6088 or glenda.hyde@oregonstate.edu.

• PLANETARIUM EXPLORATION AT HIGH DESERT MUSIC HALL: Explore the night sky and solar system in a planetarium; 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; free; High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave., Redmond; deschuteslibrary.org

ilies; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; free; High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave.

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Eqwine Wine Bar hosted live music for First Friday on Aug. 7. Devils; 5-8 p.m.; $15; Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Dr., Terrebonne. • THIRD THURSDAY SPOKEN WORD NIGHT: Spoken word open mic night for all poets, storytellers, and writers; 6 p.m. High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave. • THE GOLD SOULS LIVE AT HIGH DESERT MUSIC HALL: 7 p.m.; $20; 818 SW Forest Ave. • SCAREGROUNDS 2023: multiple haunts await the bravest in the

Redmond community; 7-9 p.m.; $22.50-40; ScareGrounds, 120 SE Glacier Ave.; info@scaremegood. com.

Friday 10/20 • FALL COFFEE WALKING SERIES: walk a mile on Fridays to get a cup of coffee on Fridays ; 12:30– 1:30 p.m.; free; Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood Ave. • LIVE AT THE VINEYARD: Rob Gregerson; 5-8 p.m.; $15; Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW

• CONNECT CENTRAL OREGON BOARD & VOLUNTEER FAIR: Meet personally with board and staff members from more than 40 organizations from throughout Central Oregon about ways you can volunteer or serve on a board. volunteer.connectcentraloregon.org; 4:45-6:30 p.m.; free; Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond; volunteer.connectcentraloregon.org or 541-548-2711.

Tuesday 10/24 Lower Valley Dr., Terrebonne. • FALL FEAST WITH CENTRAL OREGON LOCAVORE: join the School of Ranch for a six-course farmto-table fun-filled extravaganza; 6 p.m.; $115; 14427 Alfalfa Rd., Powell Butte. https://centraloregonlocavore.org/locavore-events/ fall-harvest-feast/ • SUPERBALL LIVE AT BLACKSMITH PUBLIC HOUSE: A 4-person Central Oregon rock band performs everything from the mid-60s to the mid-80s; 6:30 p.m.; free;

Blacksmith Public House, 308 SW Evergreen Ave. • SCAREGROUNDS 2023: multiple haunts await the bravest in the Redmond community; 7-9 p.m.; $22.50-40; ScareGrounds, 120 SE Glacier Ave.; info@scaremegood. com.

Saturday 10/21 • DOWNTOWN REDMOND TREASURE HUNT ADVENTURE: A celebration of literature and local fam-

• TOASTMASTERS OF REDMOND WEEKLY MEETING: Become a confident public speaker in a space that supports community, socialization and builds your self confidence; 12-1 p.m.; free; Church of Christ, 925 NW Seventh St., Redmond or 541-292-6177. • CORNHOLE TUESDAY: Cornhole Tuesdays at Over The Edge Taphouse in Crooked River Ranch; 6 p.m.; Over the Edge Taphouse, 13959 SW Commercial Loop, Redmond; theedgetaphouse.com or 541-527-2101.

Fishtrap Fireside session celebratesNEEDED local writers NO SECRET KNOCK The next gathering is set for Jan. 5 Pendleton speakeasy in Enterprise

FISHTRAP FIRESIDE

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Fishtrap Fireside features three writers who are connected to Wallowa County. The next gathering is Jan. 5, 2024, 7 p.m. at Fishtrap, 107 W. Main St. in Enterprise. The featured writers are Jim Dameron, Talia Filipek and Zanni Schauffler. Admission is free. The readings and open mic will be streamed live at fishtrap.org and on Fishtrap’s YouTube channel.

ByByLISA BRITTON BERIT THORSON Go! Eastern Oregon East Oregonian

school students and seniors to published authors and people visiting Wallowa County on vacation,” he said. The pandemic brought Fireside to the online platform. “Up until the pandemic, it was a totally local event to bring folks together,” McNerney said. Even though its reach has expanded with online streaming, she said the essence of Fishtrap Fireside remains the same. “You can sit down and let people tell you stories,” she said. “They’re really lovely evenings.” She said the audience is supportive of the readers who step up to the microphone. “You’re never going to ﬁnd a more warm, receptive group of people,” she said. “Most who come are not writers. They come because they care about storytelling and value creativity.”

ENTERPRISE — PENDLETON —The Pendlecozy, fireside reading that ton residents now can descend began 10 years has grown ainto flight of wooden a monthly staplestairs that to the most recently 100 bygone days drew of a prohibition audience era bar. members despite nasty winter weather. The Flying X Speakeasy Fishtrap Fireside started Lounge, 220 S.W. in 2013 in Fishtrap’sFirst homeSt. in at the time, the historic Cofdowntown Pendleton, opened fi n House in Enterprise. Oct. 5. Over the past 10 years, The space used to house the program has had 219 Crabby’s Underground for 37 years. readings from 110 read- Saloon & Hall. But the new “The community is ers,Dance with several presenting super supportive of writmore than once. speakeasy’s owners Markus becamecultivated Mike Midlo/Contributed Photo ers in the county, and each andMike TimMidlo McFetridge Fishtrap’s program director Beth Estock shares her writing during Fishtrap Fireside on Dec. 1, 2023, in Enterprise. other,” she said. aincozy 2013.and intimate yet upscale Fishtrap Fireside is space through design cleaned, got a cord of wood 2020. “One of the fitheir rst things I held on the first Friday of sion is free although donaasked people was ‘What can and lit a match,” Midlo each month from October The historic home, which tions are welcome. Light choices. Fishtrap do or being provideopen for for said. “People have gathered needed renovations and through April. snacks are provided and And after the local Wallowa County around fires to tell stories At each session, the was becoming too small drinks are available for two weeks, the owncommunity?’ Onerestaurant perforever.” three featured readers each for Fishtrap’s programs, purchase. ers to add Shannon McNerney son are saidgetting Fishtrapready is really have 10 minutes to share was sold in 2021. Fishtrap For those who can’t More programs agood signatoutside potential bringingsopeople and started as Fishtrap executive reopened in the Bowlby their selection. Then, after make it or live outside In addition to Fishtrap events into county, but director eight years ago, and Building, 107 W. Main St., a short intermission, up the county, the event is patrons canthesee. Fireside, the organizathere’s not an opportunity she noticed that Fishtrap to fi ve people can share in the spring of 2022. streamed live at fi shtrap. Photos by Yasser Marte/East Oregonian The sign, in blue and black tion’s 2024 Winter Fishtrap for local writers to share Fireside was growing in work during the open mic The remodeled event org and Fishtrap’s YouTube The Flying X Speakeasy Lounge in Pendleton features vintage sofas and armchairs Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. BELOW: Owners Tim McFetridge, left, and neon, will mark the“And speak- popularity. is Jan. 12-14, and writtheir work,” he said. session. space channel: Oct. www.youtube. Markus Orman, hold up part of can theiraccommodate new business sign Thursday, 19, 2023, at the Flying X Speakeasy Lounge in Pendleton. easy’s entrance. business “It was starting to get ing workshops are offered that’s how FishtrapThe Fireside Since 2017, which is 100 people. com/@fishtrap1988. month. nextto came to be.”in the city, with the more attention,” she said. when Midlo started keepThe next Fishtrap Firefits a niche Theevery owners are The hoping all of the furniture, glassware A community The gathering happened weeklong Summer The living room could ing track, 73 people have side is Jan. 5, 7 p.m. The restaurant serving Italian food and decor are secondhand. hire more employees, butFishfor of writers in the Coffin House living trap Gathering of Writers is hold about 50 people. The shared during the open mic featured writers are Jim and the bar serving Prohibinow, have people training into a Many of the pieces came from McNerney said Fishtrap room, beside the fireplace. July 8-14, 2024, at Wallowa last Coffin House Fireside portion of the evening. Dameron, Talia Filipek and tion-era cocktails. family andMarch friends or were “We had the chimney Lake.Nearly everyone has has fostered local writers was held in early “Everyone from local few roles. Zanni Schauffler. Admis-

Inside, patrons can purchase drinks, appetizers and entrees, sit on one of the many couches or bar stools or dance in the back area to the jazz music playing over the speakers. Couches of various styles and fabrics are throughout the basement restaurant and lounge area to give the space a homey feeling, Tim McFetridge said. “We want it to feel like we’re inviting people into our home,” he said. To support that vision, almost

bought from Facebook Marketplace, an online space to buy and sell items. The McFetridges did almost everything themselves in creating the restaurant and lounge space. Markus created the pressed tin ceiling above the bar area, and Tim painted the ceiling in the lounge turquoise. They handpicked the furniture. Really, they said, the only parts they didn’t do themselves were the plumbing and electrical.

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out the kinks and getting their 12 staff members trained while also being fully open to the public.

been trying things they don’t have experience in and learning new skills, Markus said. “The busboys are serving as sous chefs,” he said. “It’s really been a growing environment for everyone.” Tim said he hopes the restaurant and bar will be a place where everyone can come and feel safe. When they leave, Tim said, he hopes people feel “peace and a warm heart and comfortable. At ease.”

Neighborhoods

A legacy of kindness October 31, 2023

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION

Carrie Young Memorial Foundation remembers Grant County’s elderly at Christmas By BENNETT HALL Blue Mountain Eagle

RAIRIE CITY — Bessie Zemmer grinned as she peeled back a sheet of golden wrapping paper to reveal two big bags of candy. “Look what I got!” she hollered. The goodies took their place beside Zemmer’s other treasures on a table littered with wrapping paper in a common area of the Blue Mountain Care Center on Dec. 13. The big, sunny room at the Prairie City nursing home, decked out for the holidays with a Christmas tree and seasonal decor, was filled with happy chaos as elderly residents opened gifts, munched on finger food and chatted with staff members, visiting relatives and community volunteers. It’s an annual event at the facility, although it was a bit more subdued Photos by Yasser Marte/East Oregonian by Bennett Hall/Blue Mountain Eagle the past few years, when Kat Brigham, left, and Leo Stewart, right, place a wool blanket on Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Northwest Native EconomicPhotos Summit at Wildhorse Resort & CasiBonnie Kocis, left, unwraps a Christmas present for Jeanette Kile, a resident of the Blue Mountain Care Center, on Dec. 13, 2023. precautions related to the no in Mission. Brigham, chair of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Board of Trustees, and Stewart, Cayuse Holdings board member, presented the blanket as a gift COVID-19 pandemic limto commemorate four decades of Hansell’s dedication to public service. ited visitors. help with her medical bills “I used to come here a lot and related expenses. HOW TO HELP before COVID,” said volunFor longtime residents The Carrie Young Memoteer Jeanette Julsrud, who of Blue Mountain Care rial Dinner and Auction was helping Zemmer with Center, the annual party is welcomes donations of her gifts and keeping her something to look forward auction and raffle items to. Marilyn Randall, who’s company. “This is really as well as cash to support been at Blue Mountain for nice to be able to come its charitable activities. eight years, wore a pair of back and do this with the Organizers are also on toy reindeer antlers a residents.” raised up. Thisand is just the lookout for elderly has since Over by the Christmas big smile as she tore open Grant County residents wonderful.” tree, Francis and Bonnie her presents. Hansell closed by telling the who may need help. To Kocis had stationed themdaughter, Ruthie audience Her about a road trip he make a donation or to selves next to Jeanette Moore, was smiling too as took with nephews to Pullman, request assistance for a Kile. she sat with her mother. senior citizen, call Lucie Washington. “We go to Redeemer “This a great thing,” said, is‘Uncle Bill as you Immoos at 541-620-2098. “They Lutheran Church together,” Moore said. “We’re very look back over your career, what Bonnie said. “Jeanette was appreciative of Lucie are some of the highlights forand you?’ here by herself, so I sat I can her sayprogram.” throughout my entire withBy herRICK and I’m helping Some center’shigh$88,559.17, a new record. HAVERINEN career, one of of thethegreatest her open her presents.” new residents were enjoyImmoos said this year’s East Oregonian lights for me, was the relationship There were plenty of ing work themselves as well. total was $88,522.72. and the we accomplished presents to open. Each—resisn’t The money goes to supISSION A timely together, “It’s withpretty the good, Confederated it?” marveled Julia Keeney, ident got somewater personal port Grant County seniors Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Ressupply and whoItsaid her family toiletries, newother sheetsinfrastructure for in a variety of ways. Every ervation. hasallbeen one of and the Carrie Weiss, administrator in training at the Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie City, holds resident at each of Grant friends live clear across thea their bed and had a new towel greatest opportunities I’ve had as much to do with in Eugene. and washcloth, plus asuccess few of up the present economic thea present for resident Charlene Dean, left, during the center’s annual Christmas party on County’s senior care facilpublicstate official. And I’m “Everyjust greatly Dec. 13, 2023. body got a heap of gifts. other items such as chocities, not just Blue Mounmoved and appreciative.” Confederated Tribes of the UmaThat’s pretty olates, soda,Reservation. snack foodOne of the tain, gets a similar assort- CTUIR tilla Indian Chair Katcool.” Brigham precar crash a little over three Across the another or clothing, based on their kindness. ghetti feed and auction at ment of gifts. sented Hansell with away, blanket deccentral figures behind that was Sen. new resident, Sandra decades ago at the age of personal needs and prefThe eff ort started in the John Day Elks Lodge Vulnerable seniors orated with the CTUIR flag.“And Bill Hansell. her 32. Young had worked erences. (Most of Zem-announced 1993, when Young’s sister, that now attracts hundreds living independently that’s Burns, Hansell, R-Athena, how was the opening infrastructure presents, including some at the nursing home, and mer’s presents were purple, Lucie Immoos, collected of people each December. around the county get in March during the Legislative came,” Hansell said. “It happened. clothes, which sheand after her passing her fambecause that’s her not favorite around $50 in donations Immoos continues taken care of too, with Water warm session he would seek reelecand sewer were here said she really needed. ily learned that she had color.) from fellow employees in to spearhead the camloads of fi rewood or heattion in 2024, ending more than the rest was history, because this presents are cour“When been quietly buying Christ- the Forest Service office paign, with help from fam- ing oil deliveries and giftwhole upper basinI came part ofhere thisitplafourThe decades in politics. tesyThe of the Carrie Young was summer, and I just mas presents for some of where she worked. The ily members and a strong cards they can redeem for tribes honored Hansell teau has been developed through Memorial Foundation, had and summer idea caught on with Grant corps of dedicated volungroceries. during a luncheon Tuesday, Oct.the 3, residents. To honor that water sewerclothes,” system.”she named for a former Prairie explained. “Then it started her memory, they decided County residents and grew teers. Last year’s fundThis year, an elderly Hansell said the reason the at the Northwest Native Economic City resident who died in a getting cold.” to carry on her legacy of to include an annual sparaising eff orts brought in woman with cancer got tribes were able to qualify for the Summit at Wildhorse Resort & grant was the income average for Casino, Mission. Antone Minthorn, an elder and the reservation was poverty and tribal leader, remembered his ini- Kat Brigham, chair of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Board if Trustess, gives speech below. That made the reservation tial contact with Hansell back when Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in honor of state Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, at the Northwest Native Economic Summit at eligible when other parts of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission. county were not. Hansell was a county official. “In the 1980s Bill Hansell ”I don’t think this has hapbecame a Umatilla County the water and the sewer lines from pened anywhere else in the world because of the economic develcommissioner and chairman,” the valley up to this site in order opment that occurred here since Minthorn said. I was the new Con- to build the community at that federated Tribes of the Umatilla time. They were eligible for comthat time,” he said. “You’ll never Indian Reservation chairman. We munity block grant infrastructure, be eligible for a community block got a phone call from Bill Hansell but only counties and cities could grant again because the economy and he asked if he could come apply for it. So they contacted the has since raised up. This is just wonderful.” out to the Umatilla tribe board of county and asked, ‘Would you be Hansell closed by telling the trustees for a visit with us. There willing to sponsor the project?’ audience about a road trip he was no formal meeting agenda. We were only able to do a couple took with nephews to Pullman, When Bill Hansell came to the of them and we said absolutely, 6 x 5” Washington. meeting room, there were three of we’ll do that.” “They said, ‘Uncle Bill as you us. We sat there and looked at each The reservation got water and look back over your career, what other, and Bill Hansell at the time sewer lines. are some of the highlights for you?’ said, ‘I don’t know if I should even “And that’s how the infrastructure came,” Hansell said. “It hapI can say throughout my entire be here.’” Something in Hansell’s pened. Water and sewer were here career, one of the greatest highdemeanor charmed the elders and and the rest was history, because lights for me, was the relationship a relationship began to grow. and the work we accomplished this whole upper basin part of From that encounter, Hansell this plateau has been developed Antone Minthorn, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Con- together, with the Confederated later told tribal leaders they might through that water and sewer federated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, speaks Tuesday, Oct. Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Res3, 2023, in honor of Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, at the Northwest Native ervation. It has been one of the be eligible for an economic devel- system.” opment block grant, because the greatest opportunities I’ve had as a Hansell said the reason the Economic Summit at Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission. tribes were not then the economic tribes were able to qualify for the public official. And I’m just greatly opment that occurred here since moved and appreciative.” successes they are today. grant was the income average for county were not. “We began to work on different the reservation was poverty and CTUIR Chair Kat Brigham ”I don’t think this has hap- that time,” he said. “You’ll never things,” Hansell told the confer- below. That made the reservation pened anywhere else in the world be eligible for a community block presented Hansell with a blanket ence audience. “We needed to get eligible when other parts of the because of the economic devel- grant again because the economy decorated with the CTUIR flag.

CARRYING THE WATER

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation honor Sen. Bill Hansell

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Opinion

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Andrew Cutler | Publisher, Editor

Phil Wright | Editor, East Oregonian

OUR VIEW

More info on hazing case needed, not less

bout the best thing that can be said regarding a recent meeting of the Athena-Weston School District Board is in a haphazard and clunky way Democracy worked. However, many patrons of the school district were probably left with more questions than answers, not to mention a lingering sense of unease about a general lack of information. The key theme of the meeting, of course, was a September decision by the district superintendent to eject four students from the Weston-McEwen High School football team after a probe into hazing allegations. The meeting attracted a large crowd — around 40 people — for such a rural enclave and they freely expressed their opinions regarding the student ejection decision. After listening to feedback, and holding an executive session, the board voted in public to deny appeals regarding the suspensions, effectively backing Superintendent Ann Vescio’s decision. The board decision triggered shouting and finger-pointing and accusations at the board members. Clearly the issue is an emotional one for many, and while the school district must be extremely careful regarding what type of information it releases — such as individual student data — it, and the board, appear to have badly bungled the information campaign on this matter. After the meeting, for example, the board declined to speak. When the East Oregonian previously sent a number of questions about the incident to Vescio, the response was a paragraph-long statement that did little to shine more light on the situation or provide more information. Granted, school officials and board members must walk a very tight line regarding such matters. Potential legal issues float above the situation for school officials and patrons do depend on their vigilance and thoughtfulness to be utilized when it comes to students. The trouble is the lack of information on the issues often appears the public is dealing with a highly classified military project and not an institution or elected leaders whose first obligation is to the public. There were too many rumors, too much speculation in the community regarding this incident that could have been easily swept away with just a tad bit more information. While the incident involves youth, their due process rights are no less important than an adult, and it would useful to know what kind of due process the investigation by the district entailed. Going forward the district needs to do a better job of explaining its actions and giving as much information as it can on such matters. The board also should probably remember the district is a taxpayer-funded entity.

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Heartfelt stories provide special connection REGINA BRAKER ANOTHER MILE

n one of many Pendleton celebration nights during summer, music down the street invited folks to come out and enjoy themselves. I was surprised how many people I recognized were moving to the music, just hanging out and taking it in, or in the band performing hits of the past we could sing along with. Among those I joined, the conversation went to past work stories told by teachers among us who knew band members as former students. As we talked, I learned from the woman sitting next to me that she had spent many years working in the schools with children who needed specialized

help with speech and language deficits. And as she talked, I realized how much she must have loved her work, because she grew more animated, her face lighting up as she shared memories. I felt a special connection to her anecdotes, because we had benefitted in our early years of parenting from the expertise of the speech therapists who helped our sons overcome obstacles to being understood in their elementary school years. As that summer evening Pendleton Main Street conversation continued, I encouraged my friend to tell me more. With retired friends, it’s often the case that we have no idea of the amazing work they’ve accomplished. I followed up with her and heard a story of resilience over hardship. Her parents valued higher levels of education for their children because they themselves had experienced obstacles and delays in completing their

secondary education. As her mother helped with homework, she communicated, “What can I learn from your books?” as she learned toward her own diploma. A master’s degree was not in my friend’s original plan. At a summertime professional development, she left a strong impression on the seminar leader, who encouraged her to apply. And this time it was my friend’s young child who told her mother that there was no turning back. Her stories today are enriched by those of her clients over many years, and so my friend encourages someone else to share yet another story with her. ——— Regina Braker, of Pendleton, is a retired educator with journeys through many places and experiences who enjoys getting to know people along the way.

Why does the Western U.S. have a distinct dry and wet season? months typically during the spring and summer. You’re likely aware of the effect COLE the Cascade Mountains have on EVANS keeping the east side of Oregon drier EYE TO THE SKY than the west side all year long, but this doesn’t quite explain the seaummer has come to an end, sonal differences in precipitation the and while that means no more region experiences. wildfires or smoke for the rest The cause of this difference lies of the year, it also means shorter, in the jet stream, a ribbon of strong cooler days and more wet weather winds in the upper atmosphere that forecasts in store. serves as a dividing line between But why is that the case? Why are cold Arctic air and more temperwinters so much wetter than sumate air across the U.S. The jet stream mers in the Pacific Northwest? wobbles and delivers weather sysIf you were to plot out the avertems throughout the year to the conage rainfall Eeastern Oregon sees tinental US from west to east, but throughout the year, you’d notice a experiences a distinct north or southspike in precipitation during the win- ward shift depending on the season. ter months, with a lull during the During the winter, the jet stream summer months. This is typically is at its strongest owing to a greater not the case for the central and east- temperature contrast across North ern U.S., which sees their wetter America, which leads to more south-

ward shifts through the winter months. This can send weather systems that form over the Pacific ocean towards the Pacific Northwest. While these weather systems form all year long, they increase with frequency in the winter due to, once again, larger temperature differences, especially between land and sea in and around Alaska, where many weather systems originate. This results in weather systems making landfall more frequently in the Pacific Northwest during the winter. During the summer months, the jet stream lies more to the north, and so weather systems end up trekking through Canada instead. But wouldn’t these systems typically stay north into Canada, even as they traveled toward the east coast? Sometimes, but the eastern half of the country can still experience rain-

fall through other means, such as the remnants of hurricanes or systems that form east of the Rockies due to a clash of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico with drier, cooler air from the Intermountain West. The more northerly jet stream thus leaves us drier here in Eastern Oregon through much of the summer. Our summer rainfall generally stems from the jet stream wobbling just enough to allow one of these Pacific weather systems to cross into our neck of the woods. The jet stream is thus responsible for our warm and dry summers and wet and cool winters. Other factors at play, such as El Nino and La Nina, can influence just how wet and dry our winters/summers can be, but don’t be expecting any of our summers to be wetter than winter anytime soon. While a farther north jet stream

pattern is what leads to the lengthy hot and dry periods that result in wildfire season, the Pacific Northwest has come to be known for its idyllic summers with little in the way of precipitation and severe thunderstorms. In the meantime, we frequently see relatively mild winters compared to the frigid temperatures of the Central and Eastern U.S. thanks to the mountains to our west, north and east. So as long as wildfire season doesn’t flare up too much, we can thank the jet stream for the beautiful summers we experience year after year here in the Pacific Northwest. ——— Cole Evans is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Pendleton. Evans joined the weather service in 2020 and serves as a focal point in aviation weather and performance assessment in the office.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Child poverty just skyrocketed I

n September, the U.S. Census Bureau released much-anticipated poverty figures. Nationally, child poverty more than doubled — the largest increase in more than 50 years. But in Oregon, child poverty appeared flat over the same period. What gives? The seeming inconsistency is quickly explained by the use of different measures of poverty — an answer that, in turn, raises deeper questions about how we measure what it truly takes for a household to meet their basic needs. Here is what we learned: Child poverty across the nation catapulted from 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% in 2022, according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure. The Supplemental Poverty Measure departs from the official poverty measure, which dates back to the 1960s and says families are poor when their income is less than three times the cost of a modest basket of food. The Supplemental Poverty Measure not only does a better job at accounting for family expenses and differing costs of living, but also factors in tax credits and noncash benefits that help families meet their basic needs. The fact the Supplemental Poverty Measure counts tax credits as income largely explains the huge jump in child poverty. The immensely successful, enhanced Child Tax Credit put in place by Congress in 2021 lasted only one year. During its brief existence, the enhanced credit slashed child poverty almost in half, so its disappearance caused child poverty to come roaring back in 2022. Across the county, 3 million more children lived in poverty in 2022 than would have if Congress had renewed the enhanced Child Tax Credit. Unfortunately, the Supplemental Poverty Measure is not available on a year-to-year basis at the state level. So here in Oregon, we are left with the official poverty measure, a measure that severely understates what it takes to make ends meet. But even if the Supplemental Poverty Measure were more available at the state level, this measure would still fall short of measuring real economic need. We know this based on the work of researchers who have sought to calculate the level of income needed to make ends meet. One excellent measure is the United Way’s Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed Index. Unlike the poverty line, ALICE takes into account all essentials: housing, child care, food, transportation and more. It reflects what it actually takes to live and work in the modern economy. According to the most recent ALICE data, more than 2 in every 5 Oregonians live below that threshold. Regardless of the measure of poverty or economic insecurity we employ, it’s clear that there are policy solutions at hand that can help improve the lives of Oregonians in greatest need. Two of those fall into the category of cash policies. At the federal level, it’s a no-brainer for Congress to reinstate and make permanent the enhanced Child Tax Credit. A major success of that expansion was making the credit fully available to the lowest-income families. That and an increase in the amount of the credit were the main reasons why child poverty at the national level dropped by the largest margin on record between 2020 and 2021. At the state level, lawmakers wisely created the Oregon Kids’ Credit, which takes the best pieces of the enhanced federal Child Tax Credit and creates a new state level child tax credit for Oregon’s lowest-income families with children up to 5 years old. An estimated 55,000 children in Oregon stand to benefit from the credit, and those families will receive up to $1,000 per eligible child starting this tax year. Still, in order to solve poverty, Oregon lawmakers must prioritize getting flexible cash resources to the Oregonians in greatest need. Responses to the pandemic proved that unconditional cash transfers are an effective and efficient means of bolstering people’s economic well-being. Oregon lawmakers must prioritize policies that help create an income floor beneath which no Oregonian can fall. A policy that creates a guaranteed income at the state level ought to be a priority in coming legislative sessions. As the recent census data reminds us, poverty can look very different, depending on what measuring stick you use. But ultimately, it’s better to use a measure that more fully encompasses the reality under which families live — and to put into action policies proven to improve economic security. ——— Tyler Mac Innis is a policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy.

Journalism makes a big difference DICK HUGHES CAPITAL CHATTER

ere it not for newspapers, Oregonians would not know about Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s high-dollar moonlighting for a cannabis company. Fagan would still be in office, not having resigned in disgrace. Were it not for a strongly worded editorial a year ago in Yamhill County’s News-Register, McMinnville police might not have cracked down — finally — on illegal fireworks this year. However, newspapers have an impact far beyond covering wrongdoing, societal problems and other “bad news.” As The Rural Blog said last month, “Local papers give communities ‘identity’ by reporting local events and celebrations that would otherwise go unrecorded.” Now, the bad news. Jody Lawrence-Turner, executive director of the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism, told the House Rules Committee, “Oregon is in a news crisis and it’s about to get worse. “Just last week I received a call from a publisher who was ready to give up his newspaper to another publication if they would just give him a job,” she said. “If this publication shuts down, there will be another large county left with just one news outlet to cover all of those cities.” Newspapers face multiple challenges, including: Less advertising revenue from local and national merchants, whose own sales have suffered. Loss of classified advertising to online marketplaces. Fewer print subscribers. Social media companies’ stingy payments for the newspaper stories they pass along. Difficulty in hiring and retaining newspaper carriers, along with rising delivery costs. The brutal statistics for Oregon: • More than a quarter of Oregon’s small-town newspapers have closed, including the Silverton Appeal-Tribune, Stayton Mail and the 136-yearold Lebanon Express. The Medford Mail Tribune, which received the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for “its campaign against

unscrupulous politicians in Jackson County,” also is gone. • 68% of incorporated cities lack a local news source. • Sherman and Wheeler counties are full-fledged news deserts without any local news outlet. Many other counties have only one. • A third of independent newspapers are interested in converting to nonprofit status to survive. The dismal situation nationally: • The Brookings Institution reported in 2019 that “1 in 5 U.S. local newspapers has disappeared since 2004,” leaving millions of Americans without a local news source. • “The local news crisis has also precipitated a general disengagement from local democratic life. As Americans have shifted away from local news, turnout in state and local elections has fallen, and communities that have lost reporters have seen fewer candidates run for local office,” Brookings reported. • “Newspaper newsroom employment fell 57% between 2008 and 2020, from roughly 71,000 jobs to about 31,000,” according to the Pew Research Center. • Polling indicates a majority of consumers believe news should be “free” and resist paying for news online, despite what it costs the media to cover that news. Why should anyone care? “There’s no one holding local government accountable for their actions or budgets. Research shows Oregonians living in those cities are likely to pay more taxes, skip elections, spread disinformation,” Lawrence-Turner told the legislators. “The lack of local news is also partially responsible for the state’s political divide. Rural voices are not reaching the statehouse, and communities are left in the dark about what state politics mean for them and their hometown.” It’s not all gloom, of course. EO Media Group, which founded the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism in 2021, launched the Rogue Valley Times in Medford. Digital-only publications have sprouted around the state, including Salem Reporter, Oregon Capital Chronicle and Ashland News. (Full disclosure: EO Media Group is a partner with Pamplin Media in spon-

soring my weekly columns and publishes the East Oregonian.) There also is good evidence that solid watchdog reporting saves taxpayers huge amounts of money by exposing wasteful and wrongful spending. Meanwhile, a study by Coda Ventures found that Americans see local newspapers and their websites as the most accurate sources of original news reporting. Does government have a role? The founders certainly thought so. Newspapers were considered so crucial to the new republic that the founders enshrined freedom of the press in the First Amendment. In the Constitution, they gave Congress the authority to establish post offices and post roads, recognizing that newspapers made up much of the mail. The subsequent U.S. Postal Service Act of 1792 included substantial subsidies for newspapers. “We need you to figure out mechanisms that protect the public good of journalism in Oregon and support the rebuilding of local newsrooms around the state,” Heidi Wright, the chief operating officer of EO Media Group, the owner of the East Oregonian, told the lawmakers. The hearing was a continuation of discussions from this year’s legislative session about how to support Oregon newspapers. Wright and representatives of the University of Oregon’s Agora Journalism Center discussed ways newspapers are working to remain financially viable. However, dear readers, you also play a vital role. If you don’t already have one, buy a subscription to your local newspaper or give one as a gift. It’s a good deal, costing far less than a daily cup of coffee. Please shop locally and patronize newspaper advertisers. If you run a business or nonprofit, invest in newspaper advertising. Consider contributing to the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism or to the funds set up by some individual newspapers. And read, read, read the news in newspapers — whether in print or online — instead of relying on social media. ——— Dick Hughes has been covering the Oregon political scene since 1976.

Measure 110 is a bad law conceived in bad faith

n 2020, a national group that has been seeking to abolish all criminal drug laws in America finally hit pay dirt in Oregon. Measure 110, authored by the Drug Policy Alliance spent millions of dollars (much of it from financier and social engineer George Soros) to pass the first law in America — and in many ways in the world — to eliminate all criminal penalties for the vast majority of drug possession. They picked Oregon for a reason. Despite laws that technically defined possession of drugs like heroin and methamphetamine as felonies, Oregon has had the second lowest rate in the nation for sending drug users to prison. As a lawyer and prosecutor for over 40 years I think that practice made sense. Oregon pioneered the use of drug courts, like the one that finally was shuttered here in Deschutes

County. The concept of drug court was to allow prosecutors to screen lower-level drug criminals, those whose primary issue was not theft or assault, but their addiction. When they signed up for drug court, they agreed to accept a program of treatment with a list of both incentives and punishments. Beating an addiction is tough on anybody and the drug court recognized it might take a few false starts. The usual way it worked is that addicts were required to gather weekly in court before a judge who talked through their struggle against addiction, aided by a probation officer and often a social worker specializing in addiction, who fashioned programs to build both incentives to stay clean and disincentives to use again. But to be blunt, drug court was inherently coercive because it had to be. Anyone with a family member with

an addiction (and most Americans have a family member who struggles with addiction) knows that the only way for someone to stay clean is to be forced to do so, until they self-motivate to stop using. All this was destroyed with the passage of Ballot Measure 110 in 2020, which was pitched as a “humane” alternative to a supposedly harsh and retributive system. Although Measure 110 claimed to simply “de-criminalize” drug possession, in fact it was outright abolition and, more important, functionally barred any law enforcement involvement in addiction behavior. Police are now barred not simply from arresting someone shooting up fentanyl, they cannot even ask permission to search a car or a bag. And since there is no crime for simple possession, if they find someone passed out with a needle in their arm and a bag of 35 gray

pills that appear to be oxycodone, but are almost certainly fentanyl, there is nothing police can do. Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt has presided over an explosion of crime, homicide and widespread public drug use and overdose. Last week eight people overdosed within a small portion of Portland. Schmidt supported Measure 110, unlike virtually every other DA (then-Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel having supported Measure 110 along with Schmidt). A group of citizens, led by former legislator Max Williams, want to amend Measure 110 to allow some misdemeanor prosecution. It is too little, too late. Measure 110 is a fundamentally bad law, conceived in bad faith and intended to legalize all drugs. The time has come to put this deeply flawed law back before

voters. It is literally costing lives, many of them children, with no policy or program on the horizon likely to slow down the overdoses and deaths. Another recent headline claimed the explosion of overdoses were unrelated to Measure 110, but Oregon lawyer Jeff Eager revealed that the key “co-author of a widely publicized New York University study about the effects of Measure 110 on drug overdose fatalities in Oregon is employed by a Portland nonprofit that has received $1.75 million in Measure 110 funding.” How many dead teenagers is too many? ——— Joshua Marquis was the elected district attorney in Astoria for 25 years and was chief deputy DA in Bend from 1990-1994 and a special prosecutor in Bend from 1997-2010.

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IN BRIEF Longtime Food sovereignty creates Speaker suggests questionable response to bullying Umatilla County M-F city connections with land, people lifts non-ag burn ban manager to retire ‘Mental health inﬂuencer’ Brooks Gibbs advocates taking responsibility for responses to bullying

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Voters in 2021 agreed learned of through her grandma, her However, access to traditional ing practice for the past 18 years. For information about the to pay for construction of a “abuelita.” foods is difficult for many tribal Working slowly, calmly, has lifting of the temporary nonnew center to house dispatch Serna during a panel discussion members. allowed her to connect with volunteers agricultural burn ban or to and police functions, and Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the summit, Sadie Mildenberger, a member of on the farm as well as with the earth. report illegal burning, call the now that building is almost said food sovereignty is connection the Confederated Tribes of the Uma- She believes there is more space for Umatilla County Planning ready to make its debut. with the land and connection with tilla Indian Reservation, said she human emotions and imperfections. Department at 541-278-6252 With those tasks accomhopes the coffee shop she is opening community. Taking the time to connect with the or Umatilla County Dispatch plished, Hall is ready to “Remembering the ways, remem- in the tribal governance building will land, and with each other, is important at 541-966-3651 after 5 p.m. 1 x 3.5” 1 x 3.5” 2 x 3.5”bering the stories and remembering consistently bring cultural dietary to Serna. For her, that’s what food sov-2 x 3.5” hand over the reins to leaderand weekends. ship in a thoughtful, planned that food is not just here to be con- options to customers. ereignty is at its core. Slow, intentional For information about way. sumed,” she said, “but to actually have She said she wants to emphasize connection. the Umatilla County Smoke Recruitment can take (a) relationship with and to honor in a local and First Foods beyond the well“We’re doing our best to remember Management & Burning a few avenues via headgood way and to remember.” known salmon and huckleberries. what it is to honor these lands and not Ordinance or to apply for hunting firms, doing the Skill-sharing is a big component First Foods are what Indigenous peo- to just dominate, but to actually live burn permits, call the Umawork in-house or a hybrid what Wapato Island Farms does, she ples ate prior to colonization, and rely with,” Serna said. “It just takes time. tilla County Planning Departapproach, she said Monday, on what the land provides throughout My granny, she uses the bean pot [metadded. ment at 541-278-6252. Permit Oct. 2. “It’s a lot of work, but it feels really each season. aphor], it’s slow cooking. It takes time, applications also are online at M i l t o n - F r e e w a t e r ’s “We will be the only food ser- and you can’t hurry these things.” good to be in reciprocity with our comwww.umatillacounty.gov. Mayor Lewis Key said Hall is doing some of the groundwork needed for the counPendleton cil to make those kinds of decisions and will lay out police arrest 3 options to them at upcoming Pendleton for graffiti spree meetings. City Council Key speculated people working as city managers PENDLETON — The also approves elsewhere could be interPendleton Police Department making city court ested in the job, as could arrested three suspects related employees working for the a court of record to a recent graffiti spree. city of Milton-Freewater. Police Chief Charles Council President Steve By RICK HAVERINEN Byram in a statement Irving echoed Key, noting East Oregonian Wednesday, Oct. 4, reported Hall’s predecessor, Delphine the department since Sept. 20 PENDLETON — The Palmer, was hired out of has received approximately Pendleton Police Departrecruiting efforts. 14 calls for service regardThe job requires layers ment now 3 xcan 5” act faster to ing graffiti on businesses and of experience, from human remove derelict or abanother structures throughout 3 x 5” resource to accounting to the doned vehicles from city the city. legal know-how to navigate streets. “The graffiti in all cases the complexities of local, The city council at its was similar in nature and state and federal rules. meeting Tuesday night, Oct. represented the 18th Street Above every other Yasser Marte/East Oregonian 10, approved Ordinance gang in one way or another,” requirement, Irving said, 4004, which decreases the Trash overflows from an old Chevrolet compact the city of Pendleton has tagged for reaccording to Byram. is a deep understanding of duration for parking on a moval Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, near Little League Park Field No. 3. Patrol personnel through human nature when dealing public space from 72 hours dedicated area patrols and use with employees, city council to 48 hours, and reduces the and Linnet Preston told the to wait for 15 days to get Councillor Kevin Martin of video surveillance idenand the public. time from when police tag council members why they people out who are living absent. tified and three suspects — Irving credited Hall for in their vehicles and doing The council also a vehicle for removal and did not like the ordinance. getting Milton-Freewater “What makes me not nefarious stuff in their approved converting the have it towed from 14 days two juveniles and one adult moved off the region’s flood so excited about it is that is neighborhoods.” municipal court to a formal to three days. — in connection to the acts of zone map. Her work on the Byran expressed con- court of record. The Pendleton Police seems like there’s no excepvandalism. matter took a heavy burden The council voted to Department requested the tions to anything if a per- fidence police will be able Byram reported police son goes on vacation or they to determine if a vehicle table its discussion the last off homeowners and taxpaychange to the local law. on Oct. 3 arrested Adan ers, he pointed out. “This gives us more have more than one vehicle needs removal in the three- time it met. The council Gomez, 18, of Pendleton, “She has been stellar in leverage to them to move on that they don’t necessarily day span. Byram said the Oct. 10 voted to make the along with a 16-year-old male her job,” he said. “She has quicker instead of waiting drive all the time,” James police depend on the people matter active again and to and a 17-year-old female, for worked with other city manwho know their own neigh- rewrite the measure under for two weeks,” Pendleton Preston told the council. first-degree criminal misagers and could see what was Turner invited Pendleton borhoods to tell them when emergency conditions in Police Chief Charles Byram chief and criminal conspirgood, what was bad. And Police Chief Chuck Byram something is wrong. just under seven minutes of said after the mee acy because the aggregate learn through that process.” “We will talk to them, discussion. City attorney Nancy to explain his strategy for value of the damage was Now it’s time to pass on find out what’s going on, and Kerns requested the Kerns told the council the enforcing the law. in excess of $1,000. Police what she knows, Hall said. we will work with them,” council to instruct her to “We would work with police department requested 6 x 2.5” booked Gomez into the UmaHer plan is to pick the rewrite the ordinance with the local law and members you,” Byram said, “because Byram said. tilla County Jail, Pendleton, collective brain of council The new local law also more immediacy, saying of the public have been sup- if the vehicle is registered and cited and released the members to find the attriportive of such a notion. in the neighborhood we prohibits sleeping and living an emergency clause would juveniles to their respective butes they most want in Pendleton Mayor John would talk with the owner in vehicles, except for with make it “effective immediguardians. their next manager. She will Turner invited members of and find out why the car is the city’s resting ordinance ately, and then we have to The case now goes to the send certification to the Oreexplain the avenues for the the public to speak either there. What this ordinance allows. prosecutors of the Umatilla group to consider and, evenfor or against the measure. is meant to do is come back The council voted 6-1 gon Supreme Court. Going County District Attorney’s tually, sit back and let them There were no support- down to a more even play- in support of the local law, there and coming back in the Office. make their decision, she ing members of the public ing field where people in with Councilor McKennon mail and so forth could eat who participated. But James the community do not have McDonald the nay vote and up another several weeks.“ — East Oregonian said.

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UNION COUNTY

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Electric school buses could start making rounds DICK

MASON By DICK MASON MAN TheANSWER Observer

IN BRIEF

KEEPING THE

Limited supply of two types of COVID-19 vaccine available at CHD

Mid Columbia, through a before it could operate elecrebate program, to receive tric buses. up to 10 new electric school “A lot of drilling work buses. would be needed and power Mid Columbia would lines would have to be put receive the electric in,” he said. buses for no cost, on Mid Columbia’s the condition that for Grande Ronde transeach bus received it portation district, would decommiswhich serves school sion one bus made in districts in Union 2007 or earlier. and Baker counties, “We would have has 17 buses curMendoza to provide proof that rently being used for they would not be its La Grande School used in Oregon again,” TibDistrict routes. betts said. The electric buses it would Should Mid Columbia receive would all run in the garner the grant, Tibbetts La Grande School District. believes the company would Tibbetts believes there not receive the new buses is a good chance that Mid until the 2025-26 school Columbia will receive the year. EPA grant because of the Extensive infrastrucage of its ﬂeet. ture work would have to be “We have quite a few done at the La Grande site older buses,” he said.

LA GRANDE — Union LA GRANDE — StuCounty Public Health announced dents in the La Grande Thursday, Oct. 19, that a limited School District may be ridsupply of COVID-19 vaccines for ing electric school buses 20 adults are available at the Center months from now. for Human Development, 2301 The school district’s bus Cove Ave., La Grande. provider — Mid ColumCHD currently is able to adbia Bus Company — will minister Spikevax (Moderna) soon submit a grant proand Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccines posal to the Environmento adults who do not have insurtal Protection Agency that ance, and Spikevax (Moderna) to would allow it to add up to people with private insurance. 10 electric buses to its fleet. ustapplication, over 100 yearswhich ago, ais Recently CHD reported it The 57-year-old man off a had doses of COVID-19 vaccine being prepared bystepped the school train in Meacham at 9 a.m. specifically for children covered district, must be submitbadge listing his under the Oregon Health Plan or tedHebywore the aend of December, name but tototheAustin thousands those without insurance. In the according Tib-of people greeting him there he Oct. 19 announcement, CHD betts, location manager for needed no introduction. Public Health stated it continMid Columbia Bus CompaTheGrande individual was transporWarren ues to work on obtaining RSV ny’s Ronde G. Harding, the 29th president vaccine and COVID vaccine Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin,for File tation district. of the United the children private insurance. The grantStates, wouldand allow The Bend-La Pine School District’s first electric school bus recharges in with March 2023. date was July 2, 1923. For information or to schedHarding arrived to particiThe Observer, File ule an appointment, call CHD’s pate in a pageant commemoA welcome sign stands outside the La Grande/Union County Airport on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. The airport is expecting main line at 541-962-8800. to receive a new generator in 2024 that will come in handy in the event of a power outage. rating the Oregon Trail. About Work session on Joseph 80 years earlier the first wagon Other business an increasing concern because power comtrain had traveled through the commenced,” Brown wrote. ple attended the dinner, Brown social history of La Grande. Grande cigarset store. library for Oct. 23 La Grande/Union County The board commissioners area. panies are looking more closely at shutting A 3-foot-long candle, 7 inches Unfortunately, the celebrawrote. “From theoftime the grandpassed Airport are set to add Harding dedicated the OreJOSEPH — Awas worklitsession to a resolution thatatwill raise more fre-New Year’s in circumference, Christtion ended just before midnight. off electricity A La Grande march began 5:30 tillwhat the Envilast DICK backup power generator gon Trail site that day and also discuss the library project with ronmental Health Services, which is quently during wildfires mas Eve. People were asked Brown attributed the early shutparty in the 1800s that apparwaltz in the early hours of the MASON the Joseph City Library Board will a highway under construction Union a means of not preventing to guess how long it would down to a fiddler who grew tired as ently did lose steam until ficontracted rst hours with of the yearCounty, 1898, charges it ANSWER MAN By DICK MASON heldcandle by the Joseph Cityuntil Counthat ran through the commurestaurants annual license fees.of them frominto spreading. burn. be The burned of playing. hours the new year took was a mostfor continuous whirl nity. More than 15,000 people, “We want to be ready The newexcitement schedule raises licensing 9:25 p.m. cil onDec. Monday, 23, at 6out p.m. 30.Oct. It went “TheThe ballObserver broke up on place 37 years later when celedelightful andthepleawho had gathered at an outthis,” Wright said. fee for The restaurants withreported. up to 15 seats to after burning at the Joseph forCommunity 143 hoursEvents and account of the fiddler giving out forbrants rang in 1898. sure,” Observer door amphitheater, came to see The La Grande/ La Grande/ $574 year, a 7.6% increase. Center, 102 E. First St. A GRANDE — La Grande’s LAorGRANDE 50 minutes. it would—have been going yet,” TheThe celebration was centered Asamidnight drew near, “the The session is anwithin opportu-four Harding. Countywrote Airport be in a Union County AirportBall” that took The couples fee for restaurants 16-50 Two people came earliest known New Year’s UnionBrown inwill hissoon diary, which around a “Grand merry repairedwith to the The audience included Anderes nityof to guessing gather information and better to Cook continue operatcannot fuel seats will be $642, a 10.9% boost, and minutes how long celebration beganmem162 years muchcan beposition found at Memorial placeoperate at theits Steward’s Opera Hotel Foley dining parlors, bers Native Amerian electrical power outage. ask questions library pumps without restaurants with 51-150 seats will be the candle wouldabout burn.theThe two ago of as several darkness started to fall uponing during Library. House. The elecLa Grande Lodge where a magnifi cent banquet can the Caytricity. Countymay Boardhave of Commischarged $738, an increase of 11.6%. sharedproject. a $5 prize. the groups, Grandeincluding Ronde Valley on Dec. The Union The dance been No. 315 Brotherhood of Railroad was awaiting.” use. Following a powwow that city has to remodel Wright said conducted the airvoted on Wednesday, Oct. 18, Restaurants 151 or moreatseats Dick The Mason is plans a reporter with 31, 1861, according to the diary of sioners over but3-0 festivities continued Trainmen the ball. Topics ofwith conversation the will undoubtedly be charged $818, an increase Harding attended, theLa Cayuse a former medical office buildport isThe expected the purchase a generator The Observer. Contact him at 541Ben Brown, one of Grande’s to approve into Jan. 1, 1862,ofwith a “subdancetowas described by ball included the of 11.36%.of a recent candle burndeclared Harding a full-fledged ing for new library. The curpossession of the for the airport. The generator will be pur- take 624-6016 orthe dmason@lagrandeobfounders. scription” meal that everyThe Observer as “one of the results new higher feesMoore’s will take La effect on server.com. from Cummins SalesSeven and Service, member of their tribe. rent library is in a crowded area in about events” 10 “At early candlelight, the ballchased one helped pay for. peo- generator most pleasant in the ingThe contest at Fred No major incidents of viJan. 1, 2024. of Portland, which was awarded a bid of in Joseph City Hall. The council months. He said its olence were reported to mar Money from these fees pays for the in$49,423 to provide the generator. plans to use that area for its chamshipment will be deThe generator, which will be operated Wright spections of restaurants in Union County. Harding’s stay, although it was layed in part by supply ber once the new library is esprimarily by natural gas and also will be A fee increase was last approved in reported that two “nationally chain issues. tablished. At the Oct. 5 council meeting, councilors expressed able to run on propane, will be installed at 2019 by the board of commissioners, acknown pickpockets were arThe total cost of purchasing the genrested at Meacham,” according cording to Shelley Burgess, Union Counreservations about the approxerator, including warranties, will be the airport to provide power for general imately $1 million price tag for to a May 18, 1995, story in The ty’s administrative officer. The higher fees $50,321. Wright said $35,000 of the cost operations and its fuel farm during power the project. Observer. were implemented, though, until January will be covered by a Homeland Security outages. Union County Airport Director Prior to his appearance, it The public is welcome to at2022. grant Union County received. Doug Wright said the generator will be was announced that Harding’s Burgess said the fees that had been in tend the work session in person Union County Commissioner Paul particularly valuable when there are wildfires because aircraft being used to fight party would include not only place did not cover the full costs of the or via Zoom: log on to https:// Anderes spoke in support of purchasing P.K. Gilbert, speaker of the U.S. tinyurl.com/4fu37vxe (webigenerator. x 3.5” 1 x 3.5” operation of the restaurant inspection 2 x 3.5” 2 x 3.5”fires will still be able to get fuel at the air- 1the nar ID 826 7850 5696, passcode port if there is a power outage. House of Representatives, but program, including personnel and travel “It will be a great thing to have,” he 200391). No public comment Wright noted that outages are becoming said. also Herbert Hoover, secreexpenses. tary of commerce, who in 1928 will be taken at the session. would be elected president. Reports on Harding’s visit SAIF policyholders in did not indicate if these people Union County getting actually accompanied the presalmost $1.1 million ident during his time in Northeastern Oregon. LA GRANDE — Oregon’s 11 a.m. to 8 p.m, it’s been reported. Holi- COVID-19 pandemic and planned to reT.J. Maxx opening in November Harding’s visit was first annot-for-profit workers’ compenday hours have not yet been set. main closed until the state lifted restricat La Grande Town Center nounced in early June 1923. sation insurance company, SAIF, T.J.Maxx, which has more than 1,200 tions. “This is an exceptional pleaBy ISABELLA CROWLEY announced its policyholders in stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico, is opHowever, Bealls’ parent company — sure and privilege. Remember The Observer Union County will receive nearly erated by its parent company TJX ComHouston-based Stage Stores Inc. — ul$1.1 million. SAIF on Thursday, the USA is a big country and panies. The company also owns chains timately filed for bankruptcy protection LA GRANDE — Shoppers in La Oct. 12, in a press release anWarren G. Harding is just one including Marshalls, HomeGoods and after it was unable to climb out of a fiGrande will soon have another option for HomeSense. nounced dividend checks were man,” The Observer editorialnancial hole that was made worse by the ized on June 7, 1923. “Think of their department store shopping needs. going out for a total of $135 milLast year, TJX Companies did $49.9 pandemic. Prior to Bealls moving into the building what it means to actually have T.J.Maxx, one of the nation’s leading lion to 52,023 employers statebillion in sales, according to the comin 2009 the lot was empty for a number of the president of this great naoff-price retailers, will open its doors in pany’s 2022 Annual Report. While the wide. Businesses and organization spend a day with us on top years after Troutman’s Emporium shut its La Grande on Sunday, Nov. 19, according 2023 annual report is not yet available, tions are receiving 22%-27% of of the mountain. It’s great. It’s doors in 2003. The Eugene-based clothing to media outlets. net sales were $12.8 billion for the sectheir standard premium back. “This marks the 14th year in a glorious.” retailer filed for bankruptcy in December ond quarter of fiscal year 2024 — an 8% The department store will open in Harding stayed at Meacham row SAIF has been able to offer a increase over the second quarter of fiscal 2002 and closed all 34 stores the followthe former location of Bealls in the La until 5:20 p.m., more than two ing year. dividend, and the 26th dividend year 2023, according to the company’s Grande Town Center, 2212 Island Ave., Dew Claw LLC owns the La Grande hours longer than he expected since 1990,” according to the press quarterly report. under T.J.Maxx General Manager Darrin Loff. to. release. Earlier this year construction crews be- Town Center, according to the organiThe East Oregonian reported SAIF determines whether a Multiple calls to T.J. Maxx seeking con- gan renovating the La Grande Town Cen- zation’s parent company, Eureka-based that Harding was planning on policyholder dividend is approfirmation were not returned. Carrington Company. The outdoor mall ter location, which has been vacant since 3 x 5” leaving Meacham at 3 p.m. bepriate based on capital levels, The store will be open seven days a was previously owned by Phillips-Edison Bealls closed in May 2020. cause he wanted to stop someclaim trends and the overall ecoweek — Monday through Saturday from and Company, which it purchased in 2006 The department store temporarily 3 x 5” where that afternoon for a round nomic environment. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from from Standard Insurance. shut its doors earlier that year due to the of golf. Harding’a late departure, 4-H auction nets apparently, was because he enmore than $18,000 joyed his visit so much, according to the East Oregonian. ENTERPRISE — Wallowa Harding’s train later stopped The Observer for winter driving conditions,” County 4-H raised $18,260.50 in Pendleton, where he made ODOT Permit Specialists Tom during its auction on Saturday, LA GRANDE — The Oran unscheduled address to beLapp said. “After the drawing, Oct. 14, some $1,000 more than tween 1,500 and 2,000 people. egon Department of Transthose individuals selected will last year’s event, said 4-H leader An article in the July 4, 1923, portation will issue permits have one week to complete the Ashley Christman. East Oregonian said that peofor individuals interested permit application and return She wasn’t sure if that set a ple were impressed with the in chaining up commercial it to the district office.” record, but it will all go to help president’s down-home nature. vehicles during the winter In addition to the permits fund travel expenses for 4-H’ers In fact, the article reported, months along specific secissued by ODOT, the Conattending out-of-the-area events. federated Tribes of the Umations of Interstate 84 in Eastmany people came away from The largest bid was $705 for a tilla Indian Reservation will ern Oregon. their visit saying, “Why Presione-week stay at a cabin on the dent and Mrs. Harding are just also issue some permits for These areas include the Deschutes River donated by Carolyn Schmidt and Sheila Sohn. folks.” the Umatilla County area to snow zones between PendleHarding was in the midst of A total of 337 items were aucton and La Grande, Ladd Cantribal members. a tour of the western United tioned during the annual event yon east of La Grande, and the Only persons who have the States that started on June 20. at Cloverleaf Hall at the Wallowa area west of Ontario. This year, chain-up permits will be alHe died a month after his stop lowed to provide the service County Fairgrounds, including the ODOT District 12 office in East Oregonian, File to truck drivers in designated gift cards, hay, gravel, homemade in Meacham, in San Francisco Pendleton, the District 13 ofx 2.5” of Hermiston, tightens chain-up areas. The permits Chain-up helper David6 Keimig, goodies and other items. But the on Aug. 2. Many historians fice in La Grande and the Dischains on a semi-truck at the Deadman Pass Rest Area will be valid between Nov. 1 funds raised weren’t all from aucbelieve he died as a result of a trict 14 office in Ontario will between La Grande and Pendleton in February 2016. tioned items, Christman said. heart problem, according to the and April 1. each issue permits, depending “We had a big cash donation National Constitution Center’s “This is a safety issue,” Lapp on the need and number of as appropriate ANSI 3 safety October, the ODOT District of $1,000 from CRS Automotive website. said. “Limiting the permits applicants. Dick Mason is a reporter vests. Random drawings held 12, 13 and 14 offices will colin Joseph” from Robert Scott, for each district is necessary Interested parties can conwith The Observer. ConNov. 1 at each ODOT office lect names and addresses of she said, adding that 4-H’ers and tact the appropriate ODOT to help control the numtact him at 541-624-6016 will determine who will be of- those interested in obtaining ber of people working along their leaders appreciate the comdistrict office until Tuesday, or dmason@lagrandeobfered the ODOT permits. munity support. a permit to assist truck drivstate highways during winter Oct. 31, for details and apserver.com. plication requirements, such “Throughout the month of ers in chaining their vehicles weather conditions.” — EO Media Group

President Harding visited Meacham a century ago

LIGHTS ON

Reflecting upon local New Year celebrations back in the 1800s

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ODOT to accept applications for chain-up helper permits

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BAKER COUNTY

www.bakercityherald.com

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

‘Haunting City council to consider request to extendWorkers street on the Hill’ welcomes visitors

replacing roof at Central Building

Residents of subdivision just outside city limits express concerns about safety

when attempting to access it’s a safety issue,” Johnthe subdivision. son told the councilors. “It’s Although the hill is espe- a fire/life safety issue not cially treacherous during being able to get to any of winter, Henes told councilthose should something hapors that she’s also concerned pen on that hill, and it only about other times of the year. takes one rig to block it for “Outside of the winter hours.” By SAMANTHA season, wildfire is a huge The section of Auburn O’CONNER concern,” she said. “Just a Avenue that residents would Oct.Baker 28 event the City Herald few years ago, I think we like to connect to the subcan all remember when the division is on relatively flat first at Oregon Trail Plans for winter include BAKER CITY — The fi re was threatening to crest terrain. Interpretive Center removing asbestos, Baker City Council is conthe hill and if, for some reaAccording to the homein threea request years from ressidering son, that single access point owners association letter, lead-based paint inside idents of a subdivision just was choked or blocked or when county commissionhistoric structure BYofLISA BRITTON ers approved the subdivision west the city limits to if something happened up CityofHerald By SAMANTHA a quarter century ago, they open Baker a section Auburn there, it would be difficult requiredO’CONNER the developer to Avenue and build a gravel to get people out quickly, The to community get a City Herald Contributed Photos potentially. I don’t mean to secureBaker an easement to allow street give firecan trucks, sneak peek thisand month the An unbuilt section of Auburn Avenue, at the western Baker City limits, could be extended for sound dramatic, but people Auburn Avenue and Alpine ambulances otheratemerWork is underway to stabiNational Historicsafer Oregon Trail about 930 feet to connect with Alpine Lane in the Alpine Estates subdivision, which is outside live up there.” Lane to be connected. But gency vehicles access lize one of Baker hasn’t City’s historic Interpretive Center, which has the city limits. The subdivision’s homeowners association is asking the city council to extend the that connection been to the neighborhood. Sam Sullivan, who also LisainBritton/Baker City Herald former schools and potentially been closed since 2020 associ— first gravel section of Auburn Avenue to connect to Alpine Lane for emergency vehicle access only. made. The homeowners lives Alpine Estates, told Karen Tannehill, coordinator for the Baker County Community Literacy Coalition, stamps books that will be some givenof away make it usable a yet-to-beby thefor pandemic and then for Since 1998,for eight homes ation the Alpine Estates councilors that her to barriers studentsatthis Baker County and North Powder. In addition to book giveaways,neighbors the program determined purpose. asubdivision, multi-year renovation to have been built in the subdiwhich was crete theyear end across of are incoordinates their 60s or volunteers who read with children in schools. The Baker School District make theincenter energy vision, and four parcels are created 1998,more made the Auburn Avenue and build older. closed thewhere Centralhomes Building, efficient. available could request in a Dec. 3 letter. a gravel street that extends “You know when you get Although the heard center from won’t which served as Baker be built, according to High the letCouncilors to the city limits and conolder, we have things hapofficially reopen until MemoSchool from 1917-52, 2009. Building lots are in 5 acres subdivision residents nects to Alpine Lane, which pen,” Sullivan said. “I’ve had ter. rial a “Haunting Baker Technical Institute, the Dec.Day 12 2024, and decided to on runs along the northern three surgeries in the last five each. the onstudy Saturday, program that the school The residents are offdistrict eraskHill” city event staff to the edge of the subdivision and years and I think to myself, started a decade ago and now Oct. 28, will visitors ing to pay to install a locked request andwelcome report back to accesses several homes. ‘I think I’d be OK if it was is a state-licensed post-secondfor some Halloween fun and a gate at the city limits, with a councilors. City officials estimate during the warmer months. ary institution that offers a vaglimpse at the center. eastkey available to emergency The subdivision’s that extending Auburn I’d probably be fine as far as Sherman, project riety of technical training for responders. ernSarah boundary is the city Avenue for about 930 feet getting an ambulance there.’ manager, hasthe saidcurrent that most students andtoadults, the At least start, owns Auburn limits near end would cost $27,100. This last week, we had three Literacy coalition Central Building, president infrastructure changeswest won’t A steep hill with a sharp curve is the only vehicle access to cars go off the road.” wouldn’t be usedBTI as the regof Auburn Avenue, Eva Henes, who lives in provides books Dougaccess Daltontosaid. be obvious to visitors. the Alpine Estates subdivision just west of the Baker City limular the subdiviof 17th Street. The homes Alpine Estates, said resiMark Johnson, another to concern schoolsis that andthe $6.5 million project Thebut 57,000-square-foot, its. Concerned residents in December 2023 asked the city to Alpine Estates resident, said sion, it would be availareThe outside the city, and dents’ at center, 5 miles of three-story structure, conable in emergencies. thethe subdivision haseast its own onlyvolunteers current vehicle that when he built his home toaccess read help create a second safety access. structed of Randy tuffstone, a volcaBaker and owned and Mayor Daughwater City system. is via a steep hill with a he didn’t think too much with students nic rock mined near operated the Bureau erty suggested thatPleasant city In theby Dec. 3 letterofto the sharp curve along Greenconcern especially lately when it’s icy and impassible about emergency access. LISA BRITTON Valley,meet was with designed by Ellis Land Management, started staff subdivicity council, members of in ridge BY Drive, an extension of has been with winter condi- at its worst.” “But as more and more Bakerwest City of Herald F. Lawrence, who founded March 2022.Estates It includes new residents and returnthe to the Alpine Property Grace Street Reser- tions,” Henes told councilHenes said residents, people built up there and we sion School of Architecture at thec siding, insulation, roofing, the council with a specifi Owners Association asked voir Road. ors. “Sometimes that road friends and even UPS vehi- saw what was going on and Tannehill surUniversity of Oregon. windows and remove doors, asconwell as proposal. that the city “The aren greatest pointisof can be treacherous at best cles have gone off the road kids, grandparents, visitors, rounded by stacks of The school district, which upgraded heating and cooling books, and she can’t had used the building as part systems. About 16% of the project is wait to give them away to eaof the Baker Middle School funded by the Great American ger readers. campus for decades, declared Outdoors Act. Tannehill is coordinator of the building as surplus propThe renovation is expected the Baker County Community erty in 2009. to reduce energy consumpLiteracy Coalition, a nonprofit It hasn’t been used since. tion by 73% — prior to the founded in 2002 to promote BTI, which received a work, the center’s electric bill community literacy. $500,000 grant from the U.S. averaged $10,000 per month, Every year, the coalition Environmental Protection and the structure was the organizes book giveaways to Agency, has hired the Upson least efficient building manCompany to replace the build1 x 3.5” 1 x 3.5” 2 x 3.5”children from preschool up to 2 x 3.5” aged by the BLM, according ing’s leaking roof. sixth grade in Baker County to a national survey. The next phase will include and North Powder. There are removing asbestos and leadtypically two big events each ‘Haunting on the Hill’ based paint inside the strucschool year — one before The first big event at the ture, Dalton said. winter break, and one before center in more than three The existing roof also conschool is out for the summer. years will run from 11 a.m. tains asbestos. At these, children peruse the “The new roof should go on to 5 p.m. on Oct. 28. It will table to choose the book that during the month of October be family-friendly and feasparks an interest. ture spooky stories with roughly and then we will start “Choice is a big deal,” TanKaren Haas, eerie crafts with remediating the hazardous nehill said. Crossroads Carnegie Art building materials this winter In addition, she will be at Center, cider, treats, games inside the building,” he said. special events, such as family and more. “So hopefully by next spring, nights, throughout the year, “We’re excited to kick that building will be done with and also provides books at off our partnership with the work that BTI’s providing.” the school district’s Summer NHOTIC in such a fun way,” The goal, Dalton said, is to Academy. said Melody Chaves, educapreserve the building so it can The ultimate goal is to get tion coordinator for Crosspotentially be used in the fubooks into the hands of chilroads. “The day will be full ture. dren. of family-friendly fun, and He estimates the total proj“I’m looking in every nook anyone who is interested in a ect cost at $1.2 million. and cranny to find kids to give sneak peek of the NHOTIC The Historic Preservation books to,” Tannehill said. gallery should join us.” League of Oregon designated Every year, the coalition the building as one of Oregon’s Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald gives away about 3,000 books, Friends of NHOTIC Stacks of books are ready for the hands of young readers thanks to the Baker County Most Endangered Places more and many are purchased loCommunity Literacy Coalition, which gives away 3,000 books every year. In a partnership founded than a decade ago. cally through Betty’s Books. earlier this year, Crossroads Dalton said BTI stepped The program is supported by 3 x 5” in to help the school district Carnegie Art Center will opTannehill wants to rebuild grants and donations. and the Baker County Health entire school year. erate the center’s gift shop, with the Central Building the volunteer base. Books are provided to Department. “Consistency is3really x 5”immanage marketing and assist through BTI’s Brownfield “We really want to get volportant,” she said. Brooklyn Primary, South Readers needed program, which involves unteers back in the classroom,” with programming when the Before going into the classBaker Intermediate, Haines, Another component is to cleaning up contaminated she said. “Kids need the help.” center reopens in 2024. rooms, volunteers will have a Keating, North Powder, Pine Discussions to expand provide volunteers who can properties. Volunteers can specify training and must pass a backEagle School District in Halfthe Crossroads partnership read with children in the That started almost a which grade levels they would ground check. way, the Burnt River School decade ago when a landowner began after Trail Tenders, schools. Prior to the COVID prefer, and typically read for District in Unity, the YMCA For information on being a donated a property in Baker the center’s primary friends pandemic, the program had about an hour each week, or preschool, Baker Relief Nursreading volunteer, call TanneCity to the school district group since the center a roster of 35 volunteers who ery, Head Start, Early Head every other week. Tannehill hill at 541-786-3121 or send an that had petroleum contamiopened in 1991, disbanded in read with more than 100 chilStart, Baker Web Academy, said the main request is that a email to bccliteracycoalition@ nation. dren each week. late 2022. Harvest Christian Academy volunteer is available for the gmail.com.

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A Baker School District school bus was elaborately decorated for the Christmas Twilight Parade on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in downtown Baker City.

December may seem far off, but x 2.5” plans are in the6works for the “Twinkle in Time” weekend on Dec. 1 and 2. Both Baker City Downtown and the Baker County Chamber of Commerce are working on special events. Although some are familiar, such as the Cookie Crawl and Twilight Parade, the weekend will also feature a new version of the Festival of Trees, which will now be organized by Baker City

Downtown. The festival was previously a fundraiser for the Saint Alphonsus Foundation. Ariel Reker, BCD executive director, said that on Sept. 14, the Saint Alphonsus Foundation board and Baker City Downtown board “determined the Festival of Trees event and fundraiser would better serve the community with these changes. Transferring the hosting and operation of this event to Baker City Downtown allows for the event to take a new direction that benefits the whole community.” “We see this as taking stewardship of the event, reinvigorating it,” Reker said.

Festival of Trees Twinkle in Time begins Friday, Dec.

1, with the Festival of Trees gala and live auction. Saturday, Dec. 2 will be family day with Santa pictures, makeand-take activities and a silent auction. Proceeds from the festival will be used to fund grants for local projects. Reker said letters of intent will be accepted through Nov. 1 from organizations and groups that will be seeking grant funds. These letters must include a brief project description, budget, any necessary bids, and an explanation for how the project will be a benefit to the community as a whole. The BCD grant committee will evaluate the letters and make determinations by Nov. 10.

WALLOWA COUNTY

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Longtime Elk seeks more volunteers for holiday eﬀort Blow Spooky circus IN BRIEF

BILL BRADSHAW setByfor Friday

extend that travel to Wallowa. The volunteers who come In 1999, they started a “hub” and help are a great resource ENTERPRISE — Some in front of the Wallowa Fire for the lodge. spooky fun is planned Friday, Station, next to city hall. ENTERPRISE — “The “It’s amazing the number Oct. inmerrier” Enterprise, withJanthe more6,the is Nick “We traveled and delivered of people who come in and Circus Monster at the a bunch of packages. My dad nuzzi’s theme forMash the Elks help deliver,” Jannuzzi said. Cloverleaf Hall as the weeks “Sometimes we get 40-50. It’s Christmas Basket program. had the idea, since we have wind Halloween. amazing to see when we show “Ifdown there’stotwo messages I U-Haul, that we would rent a The Cloverleaf is more at 668 U-Haul and donate that to the up here in the morning there’s want to get out it’s the NW First St. in Enterprise. only five people and then all the merrier for volunteers to Elks Lodge and we created Doors open minutes before a hub in Wallowa to make it of a sudden, there’s people help and the30 more the merrier the start ofjoining the 4:30 and so everyone wouldn’t have to standing in every line.” for people ourp.m. lodge,” 7:30 p.m. said shows. But volunteerism has Jannuzzi Dec. 16. drive from Enterprise to WalThe show features performfallen across the board, espeIn fact, more is what he’s lowa,” he said. “There’s a lot Alphorns have ers from around the world, of people in Wallowa who cially since the COVID-19 seeking. long history with including acrobats, magicians, have helped us over the years pandemic. Reflecting on a quarcontortionists, hula-hoopbasart- and aren’t really even affiliAlpine dairy farmers “I’m hearing it from all ter-century of delivering ists, jugglers and“We more ated with the Elks Lodge — over,” he said. “It’s hard to get kets clowns, to families, he said, all twist and for the but they know the area. So we — and Those people JOSEPH who are willing seewith a lot aofspooky the families Circus Monster Mash pro- make our hub in front of the deep-toned horns Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain ablelong, to do it. … If we could they’ve got a lot of little kids. duction. (Acts are subject to that called Alpenfest A lot of people, especially fire station in Wallowa. Since Nick Jannuzzi, a member of the Enterprise Elks Lodge, stacks decorated boxes Dec. 16, 2023, find a way to do another prochange.) The 90-minute attendees that will be loaded with food and other gifts to be distributed throughout the Wallowa Coun- gram that wouldto helpWallowa the during the winter aroundshow then, we’ve done that every is considered entirely appro- year.” County we’d have love a rich ty. He has been helping with the Elks’ annual Christmas Basket program since he was a child. community, to dohisWallowa County, are going priate fortough kids of all ages. it.” tory that is more than just through times — stuff Part of the reason for the be costumes, for entertainment. helped, but he estimates any- the back of your mind — so isn’tThere cheapwill — you’ve got an hub was to make it easier on (in Enterprise) people follow Longtime Elk Neupainted faces, all got the the volunteers. Phil and Gayle extra heating bill,and you’ve we can help them,” he said. us down and then they’re able where from 250 to 450 famspooky vibes, chills and man came from their Jannuzzi has committed everything for Christmas and “We’d fill the U-Haul truck to go everywhere around Wal- ilies a year benefit from the It’s not cheap thrills. Oregon Citylifehome much of his adult to beingto program. other things going on. If any- with things from everybody lowa,” Jannuzzi said. The cost of tickets ranges Oregon’s Alpenfest over Jannuzzi said the Elks an Elk — the Benevolent and “In our opinion, the more one needs something at any in Wallowa and Lostine and Helping many from cou- have all those packages in the weekend to Elks. lend addireceive a little financial assis- Protective Order of The the merrier,” Jannuzzi said. time of$5-$15. year, it’sDiscount around now.” pons are available online at there and people only have The baskets contain Christ- “The more baskets we can distance from the state, but yeartional after heauthenticity joined he waswith Longtime volunteer www.circusmonstermash. their alphorns mas presents or food for a most of the cost of thePhoto, pro- File made secretary andto didthe thatceltribute andOregon serve Department the county,of Transportation/Contributed to drive to Wallowa and not com/discount-coupon. An Oregon Department of Transportation snowplow also distributes rock salt as it moves along Interstate 84 in Northeastebration of Oregon’s “LitJannuzzi, who now partgram comes out of the lodge’s job for two years. Then, the the better.” have to drive 30 minutes back Christmas dinner. more call to ern OregontoingoDecember tlemade Switzerland” for the nersFor with his information, dad in running budget. lodge him its LeadThe deadline to apply Enterprise get more 2022. “It depends on the fam580-743-0446 emaildealinfo@ packages.” yearthen in aExalted row. the Enterprise or U-Haul ily,” Jannuzzi said. “The peofor a Christmas Basket has “We pigeonhole the money ing second Knight and bigtopshow.com. ership, said his dad, D.J., has ple who are involved with the passed — it was Dec. 11. But away for this,” he said. “We Ruler, a job he held for four That, and to make it more Long history “always been an Elk.” Tree of Giving, we incorpodo get local sponsors — years. that won’t stop the Elks from convenient for those in the Monument “They go way back Although he iseffort only 34, rate that with the packages; mostly individuals. Some of “I was an exhausted helping. lower valley. They’d distribeven to Roman he’s been working on the Elks they can get delivered with the them donate some potatoes rooster after four years times,” of “If there is a family who ute to the people of Wallowa, still needs funds Phil said, ruler,” addinghethat the exalted joked. program most of his life — really needed it, we could put or $1,000 or donate $500. But being some of whom were expecting Christmas baskets.” ENTERPRISE — The By ANDREW CUTLER, vice Level D, which means Baker City station has 19 The idea is to clear roads “as Romans had a shorter “I wouldn’t say it’s a thanksince he was 9. He said he believes the something together for them,” mainly it’s the Elks Lodge a basket, and they’d come to “Protect monument thePHIL WRIGHT, JAYSON overtime Basket generally will not be heemployees, including sev- that soon as practical,” according lessversion used job, because thereto are acall “My dad,Us” my brother program funds most of it.” said. fire station and pick them Christmas intended installed at the up. But JACOBY, BENNETT legionnaires battle. used to going clear the eral seasonal workers on five- toHe theestimates ODOT document. lot of people whoto appreciate (John) andtoI be in 1998 brought been onroad. sinceAnti-ice long the annual That’s why he’s already Wallowans also picked has Wallowa County Courthouse AND MIKE He said he’s seenthepicand de-icer month ahead stints,to next Jensen If there aren’t packages to Lostine for before his timegenerally — aboutwill 40 not looking costs from $5,000 to this lodge. year.said. program up the HALL mantle of volunteerism. Counties voice in Enterprise once it is comMCINALLY tures of alphorns from be used, so snow and ice could This winter he hopes to have volunteers to keep it up andthe the Christmas baskets,” he years. $10,000 a concerns year. “The more applicants we “Most of them get delivplete is still in need of funds ered by the EOpeople Mediaof Group century, some with accumulate during storms 17 get full-time one— part-time keep16th it going, it’s bad for the recalled. He’s not quite sure just and can “That’s what we spend on theand books even Wallowa andItawas local church is working Grant Judge Scott community.” the curved bells like the closures occurare frequently. for worker, although he’s stillon try- feeding just another step to how manymay families theCounty county,” he said. next year, put someone or when we get done loading to help that happen. LA GRANDE — The Myers said he has a number ing to fill positions. Neumans play and some Union County The Imnaha Chriswith straight bells. Oregon Department of TransODOT designates High- of concerns in the wake of tian Fellowship originally Robin Berheim, ODOT’s way 7 as a Service Level C ODOT’s announcement. Gayle said the curved portation will plow and sand agreed to accept donations bells allow the sound some snow-covered highways assistant district manager for route, meaning overtime for Myers said he is espevia an online link https:// emitted by the horns to less often this winter in North- District 13, said the outlook crews is “minimized.” Many cially concerned about a seca p p. a u t o b o o k s .c o / p a y/ eastern Oregon. for the La Grande area is not other secondary highways in tion of Highway 395 between rise up, rather than going imnaha-christian-fellowship. into the ground. County officials through- great but it could be worse. the region are also Level C, Mount Vernon and Fox ValAbout $60,000 of the origTheir traditional use out Eastern Oregon said their “Overall, we are not in ter- including highways 86, 30, ley, the scene of frequent inal $65,000 to pay for the is in the Alpine regions accidents when winter condiroad departments would not rible shape right now,” Ber- 237, 82, 204, 395 and 26. monument is still needed. The heim said. of Central Europe where be able to pick up the slack. Highway 245 over Dooley tions make the roadway slick. monument is of a boy and a ODOT normally has Mountain is Level D, a route dairy cows graze on the “What happens if you In a “Level of Service girl representing children who for its winter for which1 overtime 1 x 3.5” x 3.5” is “gen- don’t put gravel on icy, 2 x 3.5”Reduction” report for Region 18 positions 2 x 3.5” high pastures. are dying around the world in “Some of the earliest 5, which includes Morrow, maintenance crew in the La erally not used,” according to shaded highways with a lot wars and other tragedies. calls we have are transUmatilla, Union, Wallowa, Grande area but this winter ODOT’s designation. In past of traffic?” he wondered. “It’s The figures of the children lated as cow calls,” Phil Baker, Grant, Harney and it will have only 17 because winters, Jensen said, he would going to get worse.” are now at a foundry in Walla said. Baker County CommisMalheur counties, ODOT one open position will not be typically be able to assign Walla, Washington, so the “The farmer would said its crews will use less filled for budgetary reasons. overtime crews to work on sioner Bruce Nichols said he “mother molds” can be made. play a tune that his cows sand and de-icer, and focus on Berheim also said ODOT has Highway 245 over Dooley is “quite concerned” about Ken Coreson and sculptor would recognize and then “key highways, hills, curves an opening for a snowplow Mountain, a high pass that is reduced winter maintenance Roger McGee are behind the come in for milking.” on local highways. Nichols and known trouble spots.” operator it is now trying to prone to drifting. project. “Cows are very smart Other Level D routes in said ODOT’s budget was a The cutbacks are necessary, fill. and they love music,” She anticipates that ODOT the region include highways topic of discussion during a ODOT officials said, because WA-HOWL-LA Gayle said. “We took a of declining revenue and ris- will be in a solid position to 244 (Starkey-Ukiah), 203, 350 recent meeting of the Associpicture for an album cover ing costs. ation of Oregon Counties he handle light storms in the La (Joseph-Imnaha) and 74 (near plans trunk or treat of Phil with a tuba but we “We encourage area com- Grande area this winter. attended. Pilot Rock to Heppner). WALLOWA — The couldn’t get the cows to munities and travelers to pre“It’s going to be an issue “When there are smaller Umatilla County spooks will be out Sunday, come over to Phil. He was pare (for) the possibility of storms, we will be fine. If for sure,” he said. “It’s going U.S. Highway 395 in the to affect everything.” Oct. 29, trolling the streets making mooing sounds extended delays, closures, there is a major storm, we will of downtown Wallowa as the on the tuba. And they more chain restrictions, and have to see what the effects south part of the county is Nichols said he’s espelisted at Service Level C, cially worried about the town holds its third-annual ignored him. But then as varying degrees of traction as are,” Berheim said. WA-HOWL-LA Trunk or soon as he started playing they navigate roads,” ODOT Interstate 84 will continue which calls for minimized potential effect on pregnant Treat celebration. actual music, they came said in its report. “With to receive the top two levels of overtime and allows for snow women who will have to The family-friendly event right up to him.” smaller budgets for staff and service (Levels of Service A and ice to accumulate during travel outside the county to will take place from 1-3 p.m. materials needed to plow, and B) throughout the region, storms. Closures, when they deliver their babies, as Saint Not just cows All youngsters are invited sand and de-ice, the potential including the highest level occur, are intended to be of Alphonsus Medical Center to take part. The Neumans said for traffic jams and crashes from Boardman to Pendleton. “limited duration.” Highway in Baker City closed its birth it isn’t just cattle who increases. Incidents will take But the stretch from Pend- 37 from Pendleton to Cold center in late August. seem attracted to alphorn leton to Ontario is ranked at Springs Junction also is listed Wallowa County Comlonger to clear.” Fundraiser set for music. Pretty much any The department said pri- the next lowest level, Level at Service Level C. Highway missioner Susan Roberts, ruminant they’ve come B, which calls for gaps in serority routes are Interstate 84, the commissioner who most 244 from Ukiah to La Grande county museum x 5” in contact with acts the Interstate382 and U.S. High- vice shifts and deicer applied is ranked at Service Level closely deals with road issues JOSEPH — A tri-tip dinin limited trouble spots. same. Ruminants are way 20. said the county D, calling for little overtime, in the county, 3 x 5” ner and auction to support mammals with multiHighways 244 and 203 are generally no use of anti-ice or Road Department will not be “Our crews will plow, lighting work at the Wallowa ple-chambered stomachs sand, and salt other highways, ranked at Level of Service D, de-icer and regular accumula- able to pick up the slack from County Museum in Joseph into which they swallow including U.S. 95, OR 11 and which means overtime gen- tion of snow and ice. Closures ODOT. will be held Saturday, Oct. 28, undigested food and then OR 82; however, sanding and erally will not be used, anti- could occur frequently. “We don’t have the manat the Hurricane Creek Grange regurgitate it later to chew power and equipment with plowing will occur less often,” ice or de-icer generally will Grant County their cud. just outside of Joseph. not be used and closures can our reduced staff,” she said. according to the report. The grange is at 82930 AirU.S. Highway 395 is “There’s no way we can step “It’s something about Here’s a closer look at what occur “frequently and/or for port Lane. The dinner begins the ruminants; they like the cutbacks mean for the extended periods,” according ranked at Service Level C, in and do the state highways.” music,” Gayle said. at 6 p.m. and costs $16. which limits overtime, and to the ODOT document. That’s largely because of region’s counties: A preview of auction items She told about a woman snow and ice will be allowed a manpower shortage in the Wallowa County Baker County will begin at 4 p.m. The dinshe knows who was out to accumulate during storms. department. ner menu, in addition to the Highway 82 in Union and Allen Jensen, manager at Closures, according to the in a field practicing her “Right now, we’re down tri-tip steak, will include Wallowa counties is listed ODOT’s Baker City main- ODOT document, will be two guys we need to hire,” cello, had her eyes closed mashed potatoes and gravy, at Level of Service C, which tenance station, said crews of “limited duration.” High- she said. and then opened her eyes dinner rolls, green beans, means overtime to keep the likely will plow and sand way 26, which runs east-andto see a half-dozen deer While ODOT plans to looking at her. coleslaw, ice cream, coffee road clear is minimized, efforts less frequently this winter west through the center of the give priority to interstate “I had an experience, and tea. to apply anti-ice or de-icer will on sections of Highways 7 county, is listed at the same highways, of which Wallowa Museum curator Jude too,” she said. “I was be limited and snow and ice (Baker-Sumpter), 86 (Baker service level, as is Highway County has none, the county Graham said the lighting practicing out in an apple will accumulate “regularly City-Oxbow), 203 (Medical 19 on the western edge of the does have several state highproject is expected to cost orchard and the deer came during storms,” according to Springs), Old Highway 30 and county. ways that either will get about $9,000. right up to me. They like Highway 402 from Kim- reduced or little service. an ODOT document. 245 (Dooley Mountain). “We’re going to try to elecany kind of music.” In addition to Highway 82, But Jensen doesn’t expect berly to Long Creek is rated ODOT plans to plow, sand trify some display cases and “One time we were Highway 3 from Enterprise a major change from previous at Service Level D, which and salt Highway 82, which replace some old wiring,” she practicing in a field and calls for limited overtime and runs most of the length of to Flora also is listed at Ser- winters on those routes. 6 xin2.5”generally no use of de-icer. the county, but Highway 350 vice Level C, so overtime to said. the farmer was one of the “Our guys take pride Anyone who cannot attend clear the road is minimized, what they do and they don’t Regular accumulation of — the Joseph-Imnaha Highplayers in our band,” Phil Saturday’s event but would efforts to apply de-icer will want to leave a road unmain- snow and ice and frequent way — and Highway 3 to said. “He told us to make sure to grab our instrulike to support the museum be limited to trouble spots and tained,” Jensen said. closures are possible. Lewiston, Idaho, will get less ments because sometimes can mail a check to Friends snow and ice will accumulate Depending on conditions, Highway 207 from Lex- attention. we’d have more than one of Wallowa County Museum during storms. However, high- he said sections of some high- ington to Hermiston is “We just caution people to way closures are meant to be ways might be plowed two ranked at Service Level B, drive with care in the winterthere and one would be P.O. Box 604, Joseph, OR of “limited duration.” laying on the ground. He or three times per day rather which allows for the use of time,” Roberts said. “All the 97846. — Wallowa County Highway 350, from Joseph than, say, six times. When overtime and continuous ser- time, actually, but especially said the animals would Chieftain to Imnaha, is listed as Ser- fully staffed for winter, the vice hours during storms. in the wintertime.” walk right over them.”

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Judge ODF: Fire Sawyer Brown to headline concert at the county fair season over tosses antitrust lawsuit GRANT COUNTY FAIR IN BRIEF

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Complex is not hoovering In the meantime, the HEPPNER — Bank of It alleged that Iron Triup gold from the bottom of park itself remains open. Eastern Oregon and its angle used its 10-year stewthe pond. Parking is available in the parent company, BEO Banardship contract with the “There’s no gold in the gravel lot off Bridge Street 1 x 3.5” 1 x 3.5” 2 x 3.5” pond,” said Ty Hellman corp, announced consolMalheur National Forest to on the west end of the park,2 x 3.5” idated net income of $3.6 create a monopoly in four of Empire Cat, the Nevaand people can also park da-based contractor that’s Dylan Marin pilots the dredge. million or $2.99 per share areas of business: timber on Seventh Street itself doing the dredging. “I for the third quarter, comsales, contract logging, the (although Farrell requests pared with $2.4 million or sawlog market and the stewwish there was, but there the dredging work. the John Day/Canyon City that folks not drive onto ardship services market. $2.02 per share during the isn’t.” Since then, he said, Parks and Recreation Dis- the grass, which can damThe court is granting same period in 2022. Most of the folks parts of the pond have trict, which manages the age the park’s underground Total assets were $840.2 the plaintiffs 30 days to file who’ve stopped to chat accumulated as much as 23-acre sports complex. sprinkler system). million, down 3.5% year amended claims related to with Hellman and project six feet of sediment with “Kids and old people Once the dredging the logging services marover year, bank officials lead Dylan Marin since only about three feet of are out there fishing all work at Seventh Street is ket and the softwood sawlog announced. Net loans were they started work at the water on top. The decom- summer,” he added. “It’s complete, which should market, but the order states $514.2 million, up 5.5% John Day park two weeks posing organic matter going to be a real benefit to happen by the end of next they cannot plead monopfrom the same period in ago ask if they’re finding (duck poop, fish carcasses have it in better shape.” week, Hellman and Marin oly or near-monopoly power 2022; deposits were $762.7 any gold. In fact, the float- and so forth) spurs the The floating dredge will move their dredge in the stewardship services ing dredge was brought growth of aquatic plants is equipped with a rotat- about eight miles down the million, down from $803.2 market or timber harvest in to siphon up years of and algae, raising the tem- ing auger that churns up road to the pond at Clyde million; and shareholder rights market. accumulated sediment and perature and lowering sludge from the bottom of Holliday State Park in Mt. equity was $57.3 million, “(T)he U.S. Forest Serdecomposed organic mat- the oxygen content of the the pond and feeds it into Vernon, where they will up 19.8%. “Third quarter is typvice is precluded from being ter from the bottom of the water. Good for plants, bad basket. From there, a pow- conduct a similar operically a strong earnings charged supra-competipond. for fish. erful pump propels the ation that is expected to tive prices or selling timtime for our bank,” said “We’re cleaning out the “We were having poor waterlogged muck through take about three weeks. ber below appraised value Jeff Bailey, BEO’s presipond, all the muck and holdover of trout” from one a hose and into a system of Altogether, Charette dent and chief executive. or minimum stumpage nasty sludge,” Hellman year to the next, Charette giant storage bags laid out said, plans call for remov“We are an agriculturally rates in these two markets explained. “In the end, it’ll said. “With the current in the main parking lot of ing about 3,000 cubic based institution, and peak respectively, and Defendant make the pond healthier.” conditions, they weren’t the Seventh Street Sports yards of sediment from the lacks the power to conborrowing usually matches Healthier for fish — really doing great.” Complex. Seventh Street pond and trol prices or preclude other up with harvesttime. This in particular, the rainbow Once the dredging is There are five bags in 1,500 cubic yards at Clyde bidders,” according to the year we also got a small trout the pond is stocked complete, the pond should all — three 30-by-120-foot Holliday. order. “These deficiencies bump from the loans we with for3the benefit of local be a much more welcommonstrosities that can hold Both projects are being x 5” cannot be cured and amending place for fish, and Cha- up to 800 cubic yards of paid for by ODFW’s Fish purchased from Farminganglers. ton State Bank.” ment would therefore be It’s been nine or 10 rette said ODFW is con- material, and a couple of Restoration and3 xEnhance5” BEO purchased Farmfutile.” years since the last time sidering stocking other smaller ones that can take ment Program, Charette ington’s loans and deposits Attorneys for the plainany sediment was removed species such as largemouth up to 250 cubic yards. said, at an estimated cost Aug. 31 after the Washingtiffs did not return a request from the pond, accord- bass and bluegill in comThe bags are made of a of $174,960. ton-based bank shut down for comment before press ing to Steph Charette, a ing years. Bennett Hall is the ediporous polymer that keeps time. in the face of an enforcedistrict fish biologist for “That pond is one of the sludge in while letting tor of the Blue Mountain ment action by federal and Timothy Snider, attorney the Oregon Department the more popular things water out. Eagle. Contact him at 541state regulators. for the defendants, declined of Fish and Wildlife, the out here,” said Colby FarThe excess water is col- 575-0710 or editor@bmeaEO Media Group to comment on the ruling. agency that commissioned rell, programs manager for lected on a sheet of non- gle.com.

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Spooky circus brings Halloween fun By JUSTIN DAVIS Blue Mountain Eagle

JOHN DAY — Circus Monster Mash brought its unique, Halloween-themed circus to the Trowbridge Pavilion at the Grant County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Well over 100 people attended the 4:30 p.m. show, which featured circus performers dressed in Halloween costumes such as skeletons and werewolves instead of wearing the clown get-ups you’d see at a more traditional circus. The show began with all of the circus performers doing a choreographed dance rou-

tine to “Monster Mash” and finished with another choreographed dance to a rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” complete with the iconic dance moves seen in the ’80’s music video. Sandwiched in between those dance routines was a unique, Halloween-themed circus that provided everything you’d expect to see at such an event. Feats of skill such as juggling and balancing on tightropes were accompanied by magic tricks like driving swords through a wooden box only for the occupant to emerge unharmed. Displays of hula-hooping skills and a daring escape from

a number of metal restraint rings also highlighted the show. One of the more impressive displays of skill involved some sharpshooting with a crossbow. The bowman first shot at a balloon with his back turned, and the shot hit true to the applause of the crowd. The performer then took his act to the next level, to the amazement of 6 x 2.5” the onlookers. After setting up a second crossbow on a specially designed holder, the bowman placed himself directly in front of a balloon about 15 feet away. The performer then fired his Justin Davis/Blue Mountain Eagle shouldered crossbow at the holder, triggering the station- Circus Monster Mash performers open their show with a dance routine to “Monster Mash” on ary crossbow to fire. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day.

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Maxville nominated for National Register Movement: continued from A1

By BILL BRADSHAW Wallowa County Chieftain

ENTERPRISE — One of Eastern Oregon’s greatest claims to racial fame took another step forward as Maxville was nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. The move came Friday, Oct. 20, during a gathering of representatives of four state historic and cultural panels, which met in Wallowa County to conduct business and visit sites in the county considered worthy of cultural or historic interest. “We’ve been working for that for many years, so it’s satisfying to know that it’s done,” said Gwendolyn Trice, executive director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in Joseph. Maxville, about 20 miles north of Wallowa, was home to Black loggers at a time when the Oregon Constitution included a provision excluding them from the state. Maxville had a population of about 400 residents, 40-60 of them Black. It was the largest town in Wallowa County between 1923 and 1933, according to oregonencyclopedia.org. The Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co., based in Missouri, recruited experienced loggers from throughout the South and Midwest for the Maxville logging operation, and most of them traveled by rail — in boxcars — to Wallowa County. The Great Depression and the consequent downturn in the lumber market caused Maxville’s decline and Bowman-Hicks closed the town in 1933. But Maxville is far from forgotten. That’s largely due to the efforts of Trice, whose father, grandfather, uncles and cousins were among the loggers from Arkansas who were part of that early Black community. It was originally called “Mac’s Town” after the company’s first boss, Trice told the gathering Friday at Fishtrap. “It ended up being Maxville,” she said.

2015 as part of the restoration process. There also are plans for continued stewardship of the land, a new foundation for the administration building, and restorations of a baseball diamond and the sites that were originally used as schoolhouses. Trice said the nomination to the National Register is just that — a nomination. A National Park Service official known as the Keeper of the Register of Historic Places will make the decision on the nomination, likely in February 2024. “We’ve gone through a rigorous process already through Oregon state bodies that bring it forward to the National Register,” she said. “What it does is sets the standard across the United States.”

Work in progress

Gathering of historians

Trice noted that the former company administrative building is being reassembled at the Maxville site. “They’re getting the roof on now,” she said. The building was restored by Bronson Log Homebuilders in Enterprise. The 1,600-square-foot building with a twostory stone fireplace, kitchen, bathroom and large main room was dismantled in

The nomination was made by members of the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation, who met at Fishtrap in Enterprise on Friday, along with members of the Historic Assessment Review Committee, the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries and the Oregon Heritage Commission. The 20-plus historic and cultural officials spent Oct. 18 touring downtown

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The former administrative building at the Maxville townsite north of Wallowa is observed by teachers and students in 2015. The building has since been restored and is being reassembled on site. The site was nominated Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, to be included among the National Register of Historic Places.

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Gwendolyn Trice, left, executive director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, discusses Maxville’s nomination as a National Historic site as Sarah Silbernagel, of the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries, listens Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, at a gathering of Oregon cultural and historic committee representatives at Fishtrap in Enterprise.

Enterprise, visiting historic buildings such as the OK Theatre. The group toured Maxville Oct. 19 as well as the Nez Perce Homeland near Wallowa, downtown Wallowa and the Wallowa History Center. They also received information on the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph. On Oct. 20, the visiting officials met

at Fishtrap for a meeting to consider commission business, including Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards, an Oregon Heritage Commission vitality report, a presentation on the use of ground-penetrating radar in cemetery preservation, ways to improve the recognition of historic properties of importance and a report on grant-funded projects.

What does it mean? The significance of inclusion in the National Register isn’t necessarily financial, but it could help. “We won’t get money in the bank as a result of this, but we can use it to tap into monetary resources — state or federal — that might be available,” Trice said. “But it allows us the leverage if (the money) is available.” So far, Maxville has been the beneficiary of state and federal grants and state lottery funds that paid for the renovation of the administration building. The interpretive center has owned the 240-acre parcel since 2022. “We have an opportunity for a space we’re building upon,” she said during the townsite’s centennial celebration in June.

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them in. Ultimately, the fish caught weren’t to be taken home — or even as part of the barbecue anglers were offered. The anglers got hamburgers. The fish were added to the other broodstock at the Wallowa Fish Hatchery in Enterprise. “It’s a little better than what we had last year,” Bratcher said. “I’d like to have about 20. The more the better. If we could get up to 70, I’d take them.” He said the steelhead run is down from previous years, though it’s been coming up a bit the past couple of years. “It’s been up a little the last few years, but overall, it’s been down,” he said. This year was better than last, Bratcher said. “It just depends. Last year we got 13. We’d like to get 20-30; 50 would be fantastic,” he said. “We’re doing pretty good so far. With the runs being down a little bit, it’s a lot harder to collect fish. When this event started back in the early 2000s, they were collecting 75-100 fish a year … but we’re only doing a few days.” When ODFW workers bring in the steelhead, the fish are scanned to gather data from the passive integrated transponders — the same tags used in pets — and then they know about how many fish are returning. “When we see them coming back, we know what proportion of the fish were tagged and we can determine the entire run,” Bratcher said. He said after the broodstock are sufficiently matured, they are released back into the wild. This capture of the early-returning broodstock is to improve the fall steelhead run. “The point here is to collect hatchery broodstock so we can take them back to the hatchery at Enterprise. We keep them alive,” he said. Of course, anglers are not allowed to keep wild-born fish — those with an intact adipose fin. That’s the small fin between the dorsal and tail fins. Bratcher noted that steelhead and rainbow trout are actually the same species and can interbreed. The main difference is their life cycles and their migration patterns to and from the ocean. Bratcher said he doesn’t expect improving the Grande Ronde run will have much effect on the river’s tributaries, such as the Wallowa River, or Wallowa Lake, where a new dam with a fish passage are planned.

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Allan Matsumoto removes a just-caught steelhead from a holding tank to be scanned before being sent to the hatchery in Enterprise on Friday, Oct. 13. 2023, at the Wenaha Wildlife Area.

“We’re not really sure what that’ll look like,” he said. “There will likely be a few steelhead, but we don’t have a lot of historical record on them at the lake or how many of them were there. That dam went in over 100 years ago, so we don’t really know what the steelhead are going to do there. We think what will happen is we’ll likely see a few steelhead in the lake, but we don’t think there will be a lot.”

Community outreach But the purpose of the October event wasn’t just to improve the steelhead run on the Grande Ronde, but also to build community outreach with anglers. Experts were on hand to offer those who signed up for “Steelhead 101” workshops that offered insights on the best equipment to use, from rods and reels to hooks and floaters to bait or flies and even tying knots in fishing line. Those experts also went out with those in the classes to act as mentors to show where the likely places are in the river for steelhead to be lurking. Apparently, the workshops seem to help. “Last year, we had six or seven of our first-time steelheaders go out and catch steelhead the next day,”

Bratcher said. “They’re definitely learning. They’re learning to tie knots; they’re getting all the basics here. Then they’ll go out with a mentor … to show them how to cast and find a spot. They give you a really good start.”

The dams Bratcher said one detriment to the steelhead runs is the dams between Wenaha and the Pacific along the Columbia River system. But while the dams can hinder some migration, they provide ODFW with data. “We also get dam counts of the steelhead, so we get an idea of what’s coming every year,” he said. “We’ve got eight dams before they get here, so we’ve got a pretty good idea before they show up.” Even though, Bratcher said, the dams aren’t completely detrimental, they can pose additional hazards to the fish. “The fish ladders on the dams are pretty good for the fish,” he said. “The problem with the dams is they create these big pools of water behind them and the juveniles take longer to migrate out of them and there’s more predation on them behind the dams, which isn’t good for them. Also, there have been introduced a lot of nonnative predators like smallmouth bass

and walleyes that do really well in those reservoirs.”

The anglers A couple of the anglers at the Oct. 13 workshop tried their hands, but went away disappointed. Michael O’Connor, of Union, said he’s fished on the west side of the state in the Willamette River and its tributaries and has done fairly well. But going after Eastern Oregon’s steelhead is a different story. “I think never catching any steelhead’s just my luck,” he said. “I’ve accepted it.” Bratcher may be an expert on fish biology, but he’s a mere mortal when it comes to catching them. He agreed luck plays a big role in fishing. “I don’t know if there is a secret,” he said. “There’s a lot of different ways you can do it. You spend a lot of time fishing and learning how to do it — where they lay in the river really helps — but there’s a bunch of different ways you can do it and everybody has their own thing they do.” The broodstock collection isn’t done for the year, Bratcher said. “We’re going to collect more early-returning fish in November when they swim up to the hatchery in Enterprise,” he said, adding that ODFW will do it again in the spring.

Geiser Grand, was closed to the public and the press. Breese-Iverson, the only Oregon legislator to participate in the meeting, said she represents the “center of Oregon’s rural community.” “Surrounding me there’s been 12 counties that have voted to take this conversation forward,” Breese-Iverson said. “I’ve clearly heard from my constituents, and I am here today because they’ve asked me to have this conversation.” Ehardt said she has been “fascinated with this particular conversation from the very beginning. As important as the conversation is to Idaho and Oregon, this conversation is being followed by the entire United States.” She added: “Why wouldn’t we want to have a conversation that would allow us to bring in a lot more land? Why wouldn’t we want to have a conversation that would allow us to increase our opportunity with minerals, timber, the resources? Why wouldn’t I want to have that conversation?” The Oregon Legislature hasn’t taken any action regarding the Greater Idaho movement. The Idaho House of Representatives in February 2023 passed Ehardt’s bill calling for a discussion about the proposal. The Idaho Senate didn’t pass the bill, something Ehardt attributed to turnover in the Senate ranks. “I think that’s where a lot of it got stalled,” she said. “We had new people, we had to have new conversations, but part of the conversations that we had with the Senate included, ‘listen, we need Oregon to do a little bit here.’” McCaw contends that voters in the 12 Oregon counties that have passed measures want their state legislators to seriously consider the proposal to move the border. “Because we see this as a solution that makes sense, a long-term solution to this longstanding political divide that we’ve had in Oregon,” McCaw said. “The government coming from the west side of the state that doesn’t match the values and the culture of the people on the other side of the state. The next step for our movement is to get to the legislative level.”

Effects of moving the border Breese-Iverson acknowledged there are many questions about how a border move would affect both states. Critics have broached a variety of topics, such as the difference between the states’ minimum wages — Oregon’s three-tier system has much higher wages than Idaho. The minimum wage in rural parts of Oregon, including Eastern Oregon, is $13.20 per hour. Idaho’s minimum wage is $7.25. Ehardt said those numbers don’t reflect the reality, however. She said many employers, such as McDonald’s typically pay well above Idaho’s minimum wage even for entry-level positions, and that jobs paying minimum wage are relatively rare. “Employers can’t find employees and have been forced to up the wages,” she said. “No one’s paying minimum wage.” “It’s a big conversation, but nobody knows what it actually means for our state, and that’s part of why we’re here,” Breese-Iverson said. “We do need to start having this conversation from voters forward.” Ehardt believes the key to the Greater Idaho movement lies with the two state legislatures. ‘When Idaho and Oregon come to the conclusion that this is the right thing to do, Congress, in my opinion, will approve that,” she said. “When a group of people seeks redress from their government, and they get nowhere when they’re not listened to, that’s the difference between democracy and — you know, sometimes I wonder if Oregon realizes that in using the word democracy it’s exhibiting a failure of democracy — that’s why a republic is so key,” Ehardt said. “In a republic those in a minority are still taken care of.” Ehardt talked about the Oregon Health Plan, which is the state’s version of the federal Medicaid health insurance program for lower-income residents, saying the program is destined to become a single-payer system for all Oregonians, which is antithetical to Idaho’s approach. “That’s something we’re sure fighting,” Ehardt said. “We want to be able to choose our doctor and still have a say in our health care. I guess that kind of follows a little bit on that freedom side.” Breese-Iverson said the Oct. 19 conversation was the first of its kind, but should not be the last. “It also reminds everyone at the table and not just this table, people at the bigger table, that we need to listen to the voters,” she said. “We need to listen to the people that put us in elected positions and represent them.”

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Parker among top 10 Angus breeders Enterprise rancher ties for sixth in Oregon By BILL BRADSHAW Wallowa County Chieftain

ENTERPRISE — A longtime Wallowa County cattle rancher has been recognized as a top breeder of Angus cattle by the American Angus Association, according to a press release. Jeffrey Parker, of Highview Angus Ranch at the foot of Alder Slope just outside of Enterprise, was recognized as being tied for sixth place in the number of registered Angus he reported in fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30. Parker was a bit surprised when told of the recognition. “They publish that list every year and I never see it until December,” he said. Jerry Cassady, director of member services for the association, said the group has 230 active members in the state who register cattle. Those ranchers registered a total of 5,250 head during the fiscal year, he said. Mark McCully, the association’s chief executive officer, said Angus breeders across

the nation in 2023 registered 300,761 head of cattle. “Our Association members lead the industry in adopting new technology and breeding the most problem-free cattle for their customers,” McCully said. “Cattlemen across the country continue to find registered Angus seed stock are the most profitable option for their herd.” Parker said the recognition doesn’t come with any special honor. “They just publish this list every year,” he said. He noted that he’s been in the Angus association for about 30 years. “It’s taken me a long time to get there,” he said. Parker has always raised Angus cattle, and his herd can get as large as 700 head at the peak. However, not all are registered. “The data that’s behind them, they have the largest data set with more accuracy than any breed,” he said. Parker said the cattle are given a numerical value attached to a particular trait designating their EPD — expected progeny difference. “All my cattle here have a genetic profile that verifies their heritage and enhances the accuracy of all that EPD,” he said.

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Jeffrey Parker, of Highview Angus Ranch near Enterprise, rounds up a top-quality Angus bull calf Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Parker in 2023 was named the sixth-largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Oregon by the American Angus Association.

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“We were not really looking to purchase the store, but you know, God works in mysterious ways,” Abell said. “It’s been a very full circle and surreal experience getting to experience what my father did in Eastern Oregon.” Tollgate Crossing Store opened earlier this year. Abell has renovated the interior to accommodate a full general store and a bar and grill complete with outdoor seating and firepit. He also added nonethanol gasoline and diesel pumps. “Living up on Tollgate, before we owned the store, it never seemed to have what we needed, so we would drive an hour to get things like milk, eggs or bread,” he said. “There are a lot of people who live on the mountain and need those necessities.” A trip to the Milton-Freewater Safeway from Tollgate Crossing is a half-hour drive each way. The store is the midway point between Weston and Elgin, the only other town within 20 miles, which is home to a small grocery store, a Dollar General and a gas station. One of the challenges Abell has faced in opening a general store in the middle of the Photos by Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Owner Trevor Abell stands in the 5052 Mountain Eatery at the new Tollgate Crossing Store on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. mountains has been finding a regional food distributor who beef from Abell’s other comwould make the trek to drop pany, Yellowstone River Beef. off stock. He said he receives a weekly The eatery inside the Tolldelivery, but if something does gate Crossing Store has a run out before it can be remenu that includes Wagyu stocked by the distributor, he’s beef burgers, brats and aplooking at a long drive. petizers such as deep-fried “The winters are going to mushrooms or fried pickle create their own set of probchips. lems,” Abell said. “We are goAbell said after the eating to make it work, though.” ery’s soft opening, breakfast With an and dinner average pre“THE WINTERS items such as cipitation of Yellowstone ARE GOING TO River Beef 4.8 inches in December will be CREATE THEIR steaks and 3.9 inches available on in January, OWN SET OF the menu. the Tollgate The bar has PROBLEMS,” several landscape can beers be blanketed on tap, one of ABELL SAID. with snow for which is from “WE ARE GO- Prodigal Son months at a time. Abell & ING TO MAKE Brewery said he is Pub, based in working with Pendleton. IT WORK, others who When Abell THOUGH.” Owner Trevor Abell, standing, chats with customers on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in one of the outdoor seating areas at the live near Tollpurchased gate to offer new Tollgate Crossing Store. the store, he Trevor Abell, snow removal also inherowner of the Tamarack Lodge trail riding would all be availservices for ited a bit of and now Tollgate Crossing Store local history able. parking lots “Access to the outdoors is and driveways. and lore. For “Last year, we had 20-foot pretty exclusive in the area bemany years historical Bigfoot berms on either side of the cause if you don’t already have casts taken in the 1980s and road,” he said. “It was so hard 1990s in the Tollgate area were a snowmobile or a side-by-side to keep up with to make sure then there isn’t a whole lot to on display. that homes and businesses do,” he said. “The vision is to Abell redid the display, and were accessible.” make this more accessible to it is proudly hanging inside Beyond offering basic food people who might not own that the general store. staples, the general store has equipment, but now they can He said it is important ice cream, homemade pies, a rent it.” to maintain the local atmocoffee bar and camping essen- sphere, and he never thought Abell said interacting with tials such as bags of ice and of changing the space so much the community near Tollgate firewood. The store even ofthat it would be unrecognizand also people who happen fers Walla Walla Valley wines able — just better. to step through the doors at from Watermill Winery and Abell said he plans for Tollthe store are what he is most Saviah Cellars. gate Crossing to become a excited about. Abell now owns both sides destination and offer every“Tollgate Crossing is the of the road between the genthing that an outpost typically gateway to adventure,” Abell eral store and the lodge. would have. Through the Toll- said. “We are getting to the Recently he announced that gate Crossing brand, rentals point that we are going to he would be adding to the col- such as small vacation cabins, offer people a pretty great lection by opening the 5052 snowmobiles, timber sleds, package of things to do in the mountains.” Blue skies and tall pines provide a backdrop for the new Tollgate Crossing Store. Mountain Eatery, which serves side-by-sides and horseback

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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Fueled by grants, hard work and passion, the old Spray General Store has become a thriving center for arts and community By BENNETT HALL Blue Mountain Eagle

SPRAY — On a cool and cloudy Saturday evening in September, the Spray General Store shone like a beacon just off Highway 19, aglow with warmth and light. Inside, people munched on fancy finger foods and gazed at the works of artists from Spray and other small, remote communities in the John Day River country of Eastern Oregon, each piece as thoughtfully framed and lighted as the high-priced offerings of a big-name gallery in Portland’s painfully hip Pearl District. Out on the store’s front porch, the Cheyenne West Band was rocking its way through a rousing rendition of “Wagon Wheel” for an appreciative audience of 50 or 60 people, with little kids racing around and the grownups, mostly locals, seated on lawn chairs in the middle of Main Street, toes softly tapping, hands gently clapping, and a few even singing along: “Ohhh, mama, rock me.” This sort of scene would have been almost unimaginable just a few years ago, when the old general store was sitting there locked up and vacant on the side of the road, a wistful reminder of better times when the sawmills were running and there were plenty of good jobs to go around. Now, this is what people do in Spray on a Saturday night.

A town in transition Built on the site of an old ferry landing on the John Day River, Spray is one of only three incorporated communities in Wheeler County, Oregon’s least populous with just 1,451 inhabitants spread out among the bunchgrass hills and rimrock canyons. As of the 2020 census, Spray had 139 residents, down from 160 in 2010. Like many other communities around the state, its economy has suffered with the decline of the timber industry. “A lot of people I grew up with here couldn’t wait to get out,” mused Valerie Howell, a longtime resident and former mayor of the town. “Some of them tell me, ‘We’d like to come back, but we can’t make a living.’” Joni Kabana is a relative newcomer to the area. After a 22-year career in hightech project management, and with her three children grown, Kabana reinvented herself as a portrait and commercial photographer. Along the way she gravitated toward humanitarian work, spending 10 years in Af-

Photos by Bennett Hall/Blue Mountain Eagle

ABOVE: Local residents on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, bring their own seating to enjoy the Porch Concerts series at the renovated Spray General Store. BELOW: Joni Kabana is the driving force behind the renovation of the old Spray General Store into a community space for the arts.

rica, where she put her photography and communication skills to work for local hospitals and non-governmental organizations such as Mercy Corps International. Back in the states, she opened a photography studio in Portland but eventually found herself missing the connection with the land she had felt in rural Africa. “I started looking for a piece of land, and I found this piece of land in Spray,” Kabana said. “Five or six years ago I moved here permanently because it just felt right.” By the time she made the move to Wheeler County, the Spray General Store was in pretty rough shape. It had been closed for a few years at that point, and the building showed ample evidence of its many decades of hard use. But when Kabana looked at it, she felt a sense of possibility. The old store, she decided, could become a kind of gathering place for Spray and all its residents, a space where people could come together around art, music, food — the kinds of things that break down dividing lines and foster a sense of community. And the more she looked at it, the stronger that feeling grew. “Something convinced me to do something about it,” she said — but she has a hard time explaining just what that something was. “I do things sometimes,” Kabana confessed, “when I don’t know why I’m doing them.”

Making it happen It took about nine months to convince the owner to sell, but eventually they came to terms. Kabana raided her retirement account for the $95,000 purchase price, and just like that, she became the store’s new owner.

Then all she had to do was get the place fixed up. It was a tall order. The building needed a little bit of everything: fresh paint, a new roof, a new floor and assorted repairs of various kinds. But Kabana had friends, both from her past life in Portland and her new life in Spray, who were willing to help. Once again, she had to dip into her savings to cover the cost of materials, but much of the work that went into renovating the old store was done for free or at a steep discount. The Spray General Store held its first community event in October 2021, when major renovations on the building were still underway. Organized by Kabana in partnership with local teacher Rosie Day, the first annual Spray Film Fest featured short videos produced by Day’s students at Spray School. Kabana wasn’t sure what to expect. “The time came — and nobody came,” she recalled. “Then people started pouring in from all directions.” More events followed. Open mic jam sessions, concerts, game nights, artist workshops, makers’ markets, often with a focus on local talent and all with the intention of building community. “I value humans in all their different flavors,” Kabana said.

“And even if we disagree on some things, I think we come together through art, music and food.”

Help from the neighbors The Spray General Store doesn’t charge admission or participation fees, although it does accept donations. But bringing in traveling musicians, lining up workshop instructors and putting on other events costs money. To help cover those costs, Kabana relies on a steady stream of grant funding from organizations such as the Oregon Community Foundation, the Roundhouse Foundation, the Oregon Frontier Chamber of Commerce, and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s Oregon Main Street and Diamonds in the Rough programs. But many of the grants Kabana wanted to apply for are intended to go to organizations that have nonprofit status, which takes both time and money to obtain. That’s where the Juniper Arts Council came in. Based in John Day, the private nonprofit was formed in 1991 to promote the arts in Grant County. As a tax-exempt organization under Section 501©3 of the U.S. Tax Code, it can accept tax-free donations and grants from government agencies and

private foundations. It can also act as a “fiscal agent” to accept grants and donations on behalf of arts organizations that lack 501©3 status, like the Spray General Store. When Kabana approached the Juniper Arts Council about acting as the general store’s fiscal agent, the council members were struck by her vision and commitment. Even though Spray is about a dozen miles over the line in neighboring Wheeler County, the group agreed to work with her. “We’re all about the arts,” said Kris Beal, the council’s president. “And Spray is as close as you can get to Grant County.” Since then, Beal said, she’s been impressed with what Kabana has accomplished, in terms of both attracting grant funding and what she’s been able to do with the money. “Joni’s a mover and a shaker — she applies for everything she can,” Beal said. “I always say you can do anything if you have people with passion,” she added. “Joni has the passion, and she has good people working with her.” For her part, Kabana says the Grant County group’s assistance has been critical to the Spray General Store’s success. “I could not have done this without the Juniper Arts Council,” she said. “They’ve been truly transformational in the town of Spray.”

Winning hearts and minds Change comes hard to small towns. Old-timers tend to be suspicious of new ideas, especially when they come from outsiders recently arrived from the big city. It can be easy to do or say the wrong thing, giving rise to resentment that can quickly

harden into a grudge. Kabana has worked hard to avoid those kinds of missteps. For one thing, she said, she thinks of herself as the steward of the old general store as much as its owner. She has tried to respect the building’s history throughout the renovation process, staying as close as possible to the original design and materials, and she hopes to get the store listed on the National Register of Historic Places. “I know my place,” Kabana said. “I will never lay claim to land or a town where there are five generations of people (who came before).” That’s important to people like Howell, the former mayor, who has fond memories of riding her horse to the store to buy candy as a young girl. “It’s a different use, but she’s not changing the building,” Howell said. “She didn’t come in and raze it and build a different structure.” Howell also appreciates the respectful and inclusive approach Kabana has taken every step of the way, regularly attending city council meetings to keep the community informed of her plans and ask for feedback on what they’d like the Spray General Store to become. And she likes the fresh infusion of energy that Kabana has brought to the town. “She’s got the enthusiasm that we need,” Howell said. “She’s bringing people to the community. She’s drawing people here.”

A regional reach On the afternoon of Sept. 23, as the Cheyenne West Band was setting up on the porch, the Spray General Store held an opening reception for its very first art exhibition. Titled “Home Is Where I Want to Be,” the show runs through Nov. 20 and features works in a wide variety of media, from painting and photography to ceramics, textiles, metalsmithing and woodcarving. Intended as a showcase for artists from throughout the John Day River territory, the exhibition includes 40 entries. Fully half of those entries were submitted by artists from Spray, with nearly all the rest coming from Wheeler, Grant and Gilliam counties. Only two came from outside the John Day watershed: one from Maupin and one from Redmond. In one corner of the expansive main room, visitors helped themselves to plates of chicken satay, raw vegetables and crackers with salmon spread; in another corner, a musician strummed softly on an acoustic guitar. The art was perfectly displayed — neatly hung on the walls or on panels set up for the occasion, or tastefully arranged on display tables, each piece individually lighted so it showed to best advantage.

International visitor at Greater Idaho meeting Reporter for Tokyo-based newspaper says divide in Oregon an indicator of national tumult By DICK MASON The Observer

LA GRANDE — The Greater Idaho debate in the Northwest is attracting international attention. Takashi Imai, a reporter for The Yomiuri Shimbun, a Tokyo-based newspaper, attended the Union County Board of Commissioners Greater Idaho meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Imai said the Greater Idaho movement is an indicator of the tumult the United States is experiencing nationwide. “There is division and this is an indication of that division,” he said. Imai, the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for The Yomiuri Shimbun, which has a circulation of about 6 million, said there is a lot of interest

in Oregon in Japan among its older citizens. He attributes this to a popular television series in Japan, “From Oregon With Love,” that aired from 1984-1996. The show was about a Japanese boy who is sent to live in rural Central Oregon with his aunt and her family after his parents are killed in a traffic accident. Imai said most younger people in Japan are not familiar with the TV series, but many older people remember it and retain an interest in the Beaver State. The Japanese journalist was among about a dozen people who attended the meeting in person. The meeting is one of three the board of commissioners must hold each year to discuss Greater Idaho due to Measure 31-101, which Union County voters approved in 2020. Just one person in the audience, Curt Howell, of La Grande, spoke to the board of commissioners. Howell said that up to now people have been expressing their opinions on Greater Idaho at the meetings. He said the time has come to take a serious look at the issue.

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Takashi Imai, the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for a Tokyo-based newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, talks with Curt Howell about the Greater Idaho movement on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at a meeting of the Union County commissioners in La Grande.

“I would suggest the commissioners appoint a Union County study committee with a timeline to report to you their findings as to how Union County would be affected with such a

move,” Howell said. County Commissioner Donna Beverage said the country is not in a position to form such a committee. However, she said, if a group of pri-

vate citizens wants to form a committee and look into the impact the creation of a Greater Idaho would have on Union County and the state, they are welcome to do so. The opinions of four more Union County residents were also presented. None of the four were at the meeting, but letters they wrote for it were read aloud by Shelley Burgess, Union County’s administrative officer. Anne Morrison, of La Grande, wrote that the “Move the Border” organization supporting Greater Idaho has failed to address many financial issues that “would make a border change impossible.” She said that there have been only vague assurances that these issues can be worked out. “Who will reimburse the state of Oregon for its investments in Eastern Oregon dating back to statehood — for parks, colleges, universities and public schools: prisons, and other infrastructure such as dams, roads, bridges, reservoirs, power lines, solar and wind farms, electrical substations and wind farms?” Morrison asked in her letter.

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A GROWING

A growing movement: Biodynamic agriculture gains ground in Western vineyards

MOVEMENT

Andrea Johnson

ABOVE: Rows of Pinot noir grapes growing at Tidalstar Vineyard, a 30-acre certified biodynamic farm in the northern Willamette Valley owned by Montinore Estate. Courtesy of Craig Camp

RIGHT: Sarah Thompson, an assistant winemaker at Troon Vineyard, plants valerian which will later be used in biodynamic preparations of compost for fertilizer.

Biodynamic Biodynamic agriculture agriculture gains gains ground ground in in Western Western vineyards vineyards By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The journey to biodynamic farming at Montinore Estate began with a tiny soil-dwelling insect. Rudy Marchesi, former president of the 200-acre vineyard and winery west of Portland, remembers finding grape phylloxera for the first time in 1998. These notorious aphid-like pests feed on the roots and leaves of vines, causing damage in heavy infestations. While looking for ways to manage the bugs, Marchesi said they started focusing more on soil health, gradually adopting organic practices and eschewing conventional sprays in favor of boosting beneficial bacteria and fungi living underground.

A step farther But Marchesi wanted to go a step farther. Years earlier, he had been vice president of a large wine import and distribution company. Some of the more fascinating and high-quality European wines, he said, were labeled as biodynamic. “There was sort of a unique liveliness to the wines that caught your attention,” Marchesi said. “That set the stage for my curiosity.” Marchesi spent 10 months completing a course on biodynamics through the Pfeiffer Center in Spring Valley, New York. He applied what he learned at Montinore Estate, and by 2008 the vineyard was certified.

European beginning Biodynamic agriculture is a movement that began in Europe in the 1920s and has since spread to the U.S. Though it remains a niche, the number of certified businesses has grown in recent years, particularly among wine producers on the West Coast. According to the Biodynamic Demeter Alliance, 263 farms and processors are currently certified nationwide. That covers 13,240 acres of crops and 11,000 acres set aside for biodiversity, which is a requirement for biodynamic

systems. Globally, there are more than 5,000 biodynamic farms encompassing more than 400,000 acres in 60 countries, according to the alliance.

What it is The principles of biodynamics were introduced by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner during a series of lectures in 1924. His approach helped to pioneer modern organic farming — emphasizing the use of composts and manure while prohibiting synthetic fertilizers and herbicides. But to become certified biodynamic, the list of requirements goes deeper. Farms must dedicate at least 10% of their land to biodiversity, providing native vegetation and natural ecosystems. As much as possible, producers are encouraged to create a “closed loop” whereby the farm generates its own fertility and limits the use of off-farm inputs. The idea is to think of the farm as one single, self-sustaining organism, said Sheila Foster, executive director of the Biodynamic Demeter Alliance. Foster, who lives in Ashland, Ore., joined the alliance shortly after it was formed in January 2022 by the merger of the Biodynamic Association and Demeter USA, the organization responsible for certifying biodynamic farms and businesses. Along with certification, Foster said the alliance is responsible for outreach, research and market development for biodynamic products. “I think we are at a really exciting time in the world,” Foster said. “We have an opportunity to make choices that can save our planet and actually put us on an amazing path toward this future that is truly in connection with the natural world.”

Soil preparations A signature of biodynamics relies on several compost “preparations” intended to boost the vitality of soils. For one preparation,

farmers fill hollow cow horns with fresh manure and bury them in a pit for six months during the fall and winter, allowing the dung to ferment underground. The horns are then dug up, and the material is collected and mixed with water. “During that (buried) period, it’s collecting and fermenting with the biology of our soil,” said Craig Camp, general manager of Troon Vineyard, a certified biodynamic farm near Grants Pass in Southern Oregon. “We make a tea out of that, and spray it on the soil.” Another preparation also involves burying cow horns, but this time packed with crushed quartz — about the consistency of talcum powder. This spray goes directly onto crops, which biodynamic producers say allows the plants to better harness sunlight for photosynthesis. Other preparations use the flowers from dandelions, yarrow, chamomile and valerian along with stinging nettle and oak bark. They are applied to soil or compost. A more mystical hallmark of biodynamic farming involves timing certain activities with constellations and lunar phases. At Domaine Willamette, which recently harvested its first crop of biodynamic grapes, a large calendar greets visitors in the wine shop charting when certain activities should take place. Though Marchesi said workers at Montinore Estate are “very mindful” of the calendar, work does not simply stop because of it. “We have a lot of work to do,” he said. “We can’t stop working because the moon isn’t right.”

Scientific research The scientific community appears to be divided on whether these methods produce any added benefits. A review of literature published in 2013 concluded that peer-reviewed research “provides little evidence that biodynamic preparations improve soils, enhance microbes, increase

crop quality or yields, or control pests or pathogens.” However, Evrett Lunquist, certification director for the Biodynamic Demeter Alliance, pointed ‘THERE WAS SORT OF to studies from Germany and A UNIQUE LIVELINESS TO Sweden showing THE WINES THAT CAUGHT that biodynamics YOUR ATTENTION. THAT increased s o i l organic SET THE STAGE FOR MY matter over a period of decades Rudy Marchesi CURIOSITY.’ compared to organic and conventional — Rudy Marchesi, partner at Montinore Estate, Forest Grove, Ore. practices. Washington State University researchers also says is in the “sweet spot” farming. “Every year, you’re studied the effects of bio- for nutrient absorption. “We’re getting healthier faced with different issues dynamic treatments on compost piles, finding they vines and better utilization and different problems, just sequestered more carbon of the nutrients in the soil,” like any farmer,” Camp and maintained more nitro- Marchesi said, adding that said. “You eventually have gen compared to control vine growth and ripening this toolbox that you can address problems as they piles. Those results were are now more uniform. Camp said Troon Vine- arise.” published in 2000. Lunquist said the initial Lunquist runs a certified yard was certified biodybiodynamic farm north of namic in 2020. The deci- cost to certify a new farm Lincoln, Neb., called Com- sion was prompted three is $350. Certification must mon Good Farm, where years earlier by the need be renewed annually, which he raises vegetables, eggs, to replant 50 acres of vines is $220, while the cost of an beef and pork. He said the that had been afflicted with inspection can range from purpose of biodynamics fungal diseases, a process $250 to $700, depending on is to “raise the most nutri- that is still ongoing. the complexity of the farm. Today, the vineyard has tious food” for people and The next step for the incorporated cover crops alliance is continuing to livestock. “It calls on a person to to protect soil and control increase the awareness of think about the life of the weeds. Camp said they biodynamic products. Fredfarm in a completely differ- raise sheep and chickens erick Smith was hired as ent way,” he said. to graze on the vegetation, the alliance’s economic with the animals’ manure development director, and Wine appeal serving as yet another he said they are pushing to Foster said the biggest source of on-farm fertilizer. increase consumer demand. adopters of biodynamic “I think our natural con“My goal was to make practices on the West Coast better wine,” he said. sumer market could be anyare winemakers. “We’ve more than seen the one, but certainly people “Biodynamics is a prac- results in the type of chem- who shop at natural food tice that allows that terroir istry and flavors we get.” stores,” Smith said. “Those to come out,” she said. “It’s are the people who would Building demand focused on the individunaturally want to learn Both Marchesi and about biodynamics and ality of the farm. That’s in alignment with what winer- Camp described the tran- support it.” sition to biodynamic as ies are trying to do.” The alliance is eyeing California has the most an up-front investment, a big media push in 2024, certified biodynamic pro- though they have gradually Smith said. They also plan ducers in the country, with been able to reduce some to release a “Flavor Guide” 62. Oregon ranks second of their other costs by pur- at the alliance’s national overall, with 24. Washing- chasing fewer inputs and conference, scheduled for ton has five, and Idaho has less fuel for tractors. Nov. 8-12 in Westminster, “I wouldn’t be here Colo. The guide includes a two. Of all producers certified by the alliance, 54 are if it weren’t profitable,” breakdown of certified bioMarchesi said. “It’s more of dynamic producers by state vineyards and wineries. Since transitioning to a shift in resources, rather and commodity. “I think once people biodynamics 15 years ago, than an expense.” The two wineries are learn about the products Marchesi, at Montinore Estate, said his soils are less also able to charge a pre- and try them, they keep compacted and richer with mium for their product, buying them,” Smith said. organic matter. It has also and have cultivated a fol- “They can really taste the changed soil acidity from a lowing among consumers difference and feel the pH of 5.7 to 6.3, which he interested in sustainable difference.”

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD: Police department has secret to recruiting more officers — B10

October 31, 2023

DENNIS DAUBLE THE NATURAL WORLD

Recalling failed angling adventures

ANCIENT

ETCHINGS

ne thing I’ve learned about writing for the general public is any narrative that ends up in print comes with risk to my self-respect. For example, just the other day a friend texted, “I saw this article on sockeye fishing by some so-called expert.” “Did you learn anything?” I replied, waiting for the other shoe to fall. “All I could think of when I read what you wrote was the last time you took me out and we got skunked.” Looking back on the past year, I found a few columns that could be categorized as me “being full of myself.” Then again, who wants to hear about someone else’s misfortune? Certainly not me. And especially around holiday time when libation sets loose tongues to wagging. Regardless, here are a few of my most notable angling foibles from the past year. Feel free to elevate your groove on my bad luck. Speaking of skunks (I prefer to use the Scottish term “blanked”), my angling year began on a small backwater pond off the lower Snake River where I routinely fill a cooler with 20 or more pre-spawning yellow perch. I would argue no better fish taco can be created than one made from the firm, sweet meat of a yellow perch. Anglers unwilling to drive farther north to fish under ice often line the bank. A nearby rustic launch provides opportunity to anchor a boat out of range of their longest cast. Back and forth I drifted, while a gentle southwest breeze pushed my Hewescraft slowly across the surface of the pond, my worm dragging enticingly along the gravel bottom. Not a single yellow perch could be cajoled to bite. All the time, I thought: did the growing population of local walleye consume the last two perch spawns? “Time heals all wounds,” my mother used to say whenever I returned from fishing trips that failed to meet expectation. Unfortunately, the next outing tested me in both body and spirit. “How would you like a free night’s lodging at the Hells Canyon Grand Hotel followed by a guided trip for steelhead on the Clearwater River?” came in a message from Michelle Peters, president/CEO of Visit Lewis and Clark Valley. Holy moly! It had been five long years since my GL Loomis spinning rod See DAUBLE, Page B2

Erosion has carved grottoes into volcanic rock along Bulldozer Creek east of Baker City.

Finding century-old graﬃti on volcanic rock during a desert hike

JAYSON JACOBY OUT AND ABOUT

didn’t expect to ﬁnd 101-year-old graﬃti in the sagebrush country east of Baker City. Although given the vintage, and the style, I suppose petroglyphs might be the more apt term for what my wife, Lisa, and I saw during a hike on a Christmas Eve that was bright but brisk, owing to

a persistent wind out of the southeast and a temperature around freezing. I just wanted to have a look at the shallow caves in the rimrock above Bulldozer Creek. The site is on public land about 14 miles east of Baker City. Lisa and I walked up the creek’s bed — dry, as it almost always is — for about a mile and a half. The topography is nondescript. Seen from a distance, such as Highway 86 a few miles to the north, the land appears to be a nearly fea-

tureless plain, interrupted by an occasional pimple-like butte that even a careful cartographer wouldn’t bother to name. But the reality is rather diﬀerent. The country lacks the dramatic upheavals of the Wallowas or Elkhorns, for sure, and there is nothing like the chasm of Hells Canyon. From the vantage point of a pedestrian, however, the land is much more compelling than it seems from a distance and at highway speed. Bulldozer Creek — I have made inquiries but as yet haven’t dug up a compelling

source for its name — makes for an intriguing hike. Its bed is several feet wide in most places and gratifyingly smooth. It would be a fun mountain bike ride, too, with only an occasionally rocky stretch to navigate where boulders have tumbled from the bank or washed into the channel from a tributary draw during a past gullywasher. Although we hiked upstream, the grade is so modest that we scarcely noticed we were gaining elevation. See ETCHINGS, Page B2

Photos by Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald

A panorama of the Wallowa Mountains from Bulldozer Creek, east of Baker City, on Dec. 24, 2023. Peaks visible, from left, include Cusick Mountain, Krag Peak, Red Mountain and Cornucopia Peak.

Guided snowshoe hike planned at Emigrant Springs State Park EO Media Group

PENDLETON — A free guided snowshoe hike is planned for New Year’s Day at Emigrant Springs State Park near Meacham. The hike is one of many planned on Jan. 1 in state parks around Oregon.

America’s State Parks sponsors the First Day Hikes program nationwide to encourage everyone to start the year outside and connect with nature. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) has participated since 2012. The agency waives the $5 day use parking

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fee on that day at parks that normally require a permit. “I’m excited that we can oﬀer 34 guided hikes in 31 state parks this year,” said Lisa Sumption, director of OPRD. “When more See HIKE, Page B2

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SWCDs are consider theSchool followingDistrict request.8R 5:30pm Baker Valley 1/11/24, (HSD) Quote Request Hermiston serve on the Irrigon Planning able to help local landowners and Notice is hereby given that the 12:00pm; Valley 1/22/24, Housing Development – Commission. If interested, please agricultureEagle producers implement person named below has been Student Comprehensive Plan Lan12:00pm; Keating 1/23/24, Civil Engineering Intent to Award: come by City Hall to fill out a volvoluntary conservation projects appointed Personal Representaguage Amendment: 6, 12:00pm. These meetings will be 12/20/2023 Notice toChapter Proceed: unteer application. The completed through grants and USDA protive the estate. All persons havArticle B, C-2 TouristAgency: Commercial held via teleconference. 12/27/2023 Issuing Herformofmust be turned in by Janugrams. ing against the estate are Zone and Chapter 7, M-1305 LightSW Inmiston School District ary claims 9, 2024 to Irrigon City Hall, required present them the 11th dustrial Zone are being updated Street / Hermiston OR The Soil and Water Conservation Attn: City to Clerk, at 500 NEtoMain Please call theuniquely SWCD office prior personal at: PO for permitted uses 97838 for and Civilconditional Engeineering Districts are tasked to Ave. or byrepresentative mail to City of Irrigon, to the with dateslocal listedlandowners for call in inforBoxBox 2908, Walla Walla, WA within the intends zones. in proceeding services work and PO 428, Irrigon, OR 97844. mation. 99362, within four months after with a contract with PBS ENGIthe communities to develop opthe date of first publication of this NEERING Written or oral comments may be AND ENVIRONMENportunities that sustain and imAaron Palmquist Legal our No. communities, 411848 notice, or the claims may be TAL INC. 400 Boulevard, prove economy, City Manager presented at Bradley the hearing or diPublished: December 19, 30, Suite / Richland, Washington and resources. Baker County is Published: December 30, 2023 barred. rectly 106 at City Hall or mailed to 20 99352. Please directPO anyBOX quescomprised of four Soil and Water 2023 All persons whose rights may be S. Bonanza Street 9, tions noticeWritten to AnConservation Districts: Baker Valaffected by EO-12958 the proceedings may Echo,regarding Oregon this 97826. Bonifer, Manager, ley, Burnt Legal River, Notice Eagle Valley and NOTICE TO INTERESTED obtain additional information from thony comments mustProject be received prior anthonyb@wenahagroup.com. Keating, thus serving all areas of the recordsPERSONS of the court, the perto 5:00 p.m. on the date of the the county. Each district is able to Published: December 30, 2023 In the Circuit Court of The Baker City Planning Com- sonal representative or the attorhearing or submitted at the hearprovide technical, financial and ney. the State of Oregon for mission will hold a public hearing ing. Comments must address educational resources that meet the County of Umatilla EO-12972 Dated and first published at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January how the language updates do or the needs of the local natural reNo. 23PB07688 Notice is hereby that the 8, 2024, in the Council Chambers December 23, 2023 do not comply withgiven the applicable source concerns. This in turn proCity of Echo City Council will Byron G. Reser at the Baker City Hall, 1655 1st criteria. This update is a language vides economic sustainability for Estate of: ) meet on Tuesday, January 9, Pers. Rep.E. Reser Street, City, Oregon, to updatein forthe bothEcho M-1 and zonthe ruralBaker community while preRaymond ) 2024, City C-2 Council 2702 Reser Rd. consider the a request to rezone ing types found in Chapters 6 and serving pristine beauty±33 of Deceased ) chambers starting at 6:00 p.m. to Walla Walla, WA 99362 acres of vacantThe land owned are by 7 of the City of Echo Zoning AdBaker County. SWCDs consider the following request. Wyatt E.isRolfe Rocking River LLC,and lo- Notice ministrative Regulations. able to help localRanch, landowners hereby given that the Rolfe Law Office,below LLP has been Comprehensive Plan Lancated between the Powder River agriculture producers implement person named PO Box 2908 and the UPRR/Highway 30 from appointed A copy Amendment: of the language updates voluntary conservation projects Personal Representaguage Chapter 6, Walla WA All 99362 General Industrial to Residentialis available forTourist inspection at City through grants and USDA protive of Walla, the estate. persons havArticle B, C-2 Commercial 509-876-0002 Low Density (RZ-23-121). Appligrams. Hall during normal business ing claims against the estate are Zone and Chapter 7, M-1 Light InPublish December 30, to 2023, cable criteria are listed in BCDC required to present23, them the hours atZone no cost. A copy of the dustrial are being updated Please call the SWCD office prior personal representative at: PO Section 4.7.300 and the Baker January 6, 2024 for and uses staffpermitted report will beconditional available for into the dates listed for call in inforBox 2908, Walla Walla, WA within theatzones. City Comprehensive Plan. This is spection no cost at least seven mation. 99362, within four months after a continuation from the Decemdays prior to the hearing. Copies the date of first publication of this Written or oral comments may be ber 20, 2023 hearing. will be provided upon request at EO-12971 Legal No. 411848 notice, or the claims may be presented at cost. the hearing or dia reasonable Lien Sale Published: December 19, 30, rectly at City Hall or mailed to 20 Contact Tara Micka with ques- barred. 2023 All persons whose rights may be S. Bonanza Street PO BOX 9, tions at 541-523-8219. The public Failure to raise an issue at the Notice is hereby given that a pubby the proceedings may Echo, Written is invited to attend this public affected hearing,Oregon in person97826. or by letter, or lic lien sale of the following deadditional information from Legal Notice comments must be received prior hearing and to submit oral or writ- obtain failure to provide statements or scribes personal willperbe the records of theproperty court, the to 5:00 p.m. on the date of the ten testimony. Information for the evidence the sonal representative or the attorThe Baker City Planning Comheld online at hearing orsufficient submittedtoatafford the hearhearing can be found at: decision makers an opportunity ney. mission will hold a public hearing ing. Comments must address www.storagetreasures.com http://bakercity.com/2293/Meetto respond to the issue precludes Dated and first published at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January how the language updates do or ing-Materials-Webcasts. Testian appeal to the Land Board December 23, 2023 8, 2024, in the Council Chambers do not comply with the Use applicable Auction Date: Monday, January mony and relevant evidence must of Appeals on that issue. Failure Byron G. at Reser at the Baker City Hall, 1655 1st criteria. This update is a language 15, 2024 2:00 pm be based on the applicable of any person to C-2 notice to Pers. Rep.Name: Keylock Storage Street, Baker City, Oregon, reto update for bothentitled M-1 and zonLocation view criteria and submitted to the receive notice not invalidate 2702 Reser Rd. consider a request to rezone ±33 ing types foundshall in Chapters 6 and Pendleton, 1220 Airport Rd., Planning Department by 4:00 the provided the Walla Walla,OR, WA97801 99362 acres of vacant land owned by 7 of City’s the Cityaction, of Echo Zoning AdPendleton, p.m. on the hearing date or in perWyatt E. Rolfe Rocking River Ranch, LLC, loCity can demonstrate notice was ministrative Regulations. Rolfe Law Office, LLP cated between the Powder River son during the hearing. Failure to sent. The Personal Goods Stored PO Box 2908 and the statements UPRR/Highway 30 from A copy of the language updates provide or evidence Therein by the Following May InWalla Walla, WA 99362 General Residentialis for inspection at City sufficientIndustrial to allowtothe decision If available special accommodations are clude, but are not limited to: 509-876-0002 Low Density (RZ-23-121). AppliHall during normal maker to respond to the issue, needed for persons withbusiness hearing, MISC. HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Publish December 23, 30, 2023, cable criteria are to listed in BCDC hours cost. Aimpairments copy of the precludes appeal the Land Use visual,atornomanual PERSONAL ITEMS, FURNIJanuary 6, 2024 Section the based Baker staff be availablein forthe inBoard of 4.7.300 Appealsand (LUBA) who report wish will to participate TURE, Clothing AND/OR BUSICity Comprehensive is spection at no cost at least seven on that issue. CopiesPlan. of theThis hearhearing, please contact City Hall NESS ITEMS/FIXTURES will be a from the Decemdays prior376-6038 to the hearing. Copies ingcontinuation materials will be available for sold: at (541) at least 48 ber 20, 2023 hearing. will be provided upon request at EO-12971 inspection on or before Decemhours prior to the meeting so that 005 - Thad Creger a reasonable cost. Lien Sale ber 29, 2023, the Baker appropriate assistance can be Contact TaraatMicka withCounty ques057 - Talanna Mckim Courthouse, 1995 3 rdThe Street. All arranged. you an have any at questions at 541-523-8219. public Failure to Ifraise issue the 105 Dallas Hinze is hereby given that a pubmaterials be viewed at no Notice tions about this application or is invited can to attend this public hearing, in person or by letter, or S03 Zachariah Kellogg lic lien sale of the following decost or provided at a reasonable need additional information, hearing and to submit oral or writfailure to provide statements or T03 Billie Stone scribes personal property will be cost; digital versions can be eplease contact the City Administen testimony. Information for the evidence sufficient to afford the 135 -online Samantha at Kunz Cobb mailed for can free. be found at: held trator, David Slaght, (541) 376hearing decision makers anatopportunity 153 - Courtney Hack www.storagetreasures.com 6038, orto the viaissueemail at http://bakercity.com/2293/Meetto respond precludes K06 - Kari Wemm Legal No. 413005 dave@echo-oregon.com ing-Materials-Webcasts. Testian appeal to the Land Use Board B11 - Elizabeth Looney January Auction Date: Monday, Published: Januaryevidence 30, 2023must mony and relevant Published: 30, 2023 of Appeals December on that issue. Failure S092024 - Ronald Buckner 15, at 2:00 pm be based on the applicable reof any person entitled to notice to Location Name: Keylock Storage G10 Elaina Ehrmantraut view criteria and submitted to the receive notice shall notnever invalidate Pendleton, 1220 Airport Rd., WHY store items you’ll use Planning Department by 4:00 the City’s action, the Pendleton, OR, 97801 again? Exchange themprovided for cash with This notice is given in accordance p.m. on the hearing date or in perCity can demonstrate notice was a low-cost ad in the classifieds. with the provisions of Volume 2, son during the hearing. Failure to sent. 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upon business records there are no known written assignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary, except as recorded in the records of the county or counties in which the above described real property is situated. Further, no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except as permitted by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has beenObserver recorded pursuant January 13, 2024 Baker City Herald | East Oregonian | LaSaturday, Grande A5 to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is secured by the trust deed, or by the successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure 101 Legal Notices 101 Notices 101 Legal is made is grantor’s failure to pay when dueLegal the following sum: TOTAL REQUIRED TONotices REINSTATE: $38,164.11 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $132,072.80 Because of interest, late charges, and other EO-12938 charges that may vary from day-to-day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. It will be necTRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE essary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so T.S. No.: is madeyou to that deed made PIERCE that you OR-22-912392-BF may be advised of Reference the exact amount willcertain be required to pay.by, ByRICHARD reason of J.the default,AND the ANNETTE M. PIERCE, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor to AMERI-TITLE, asdeed trustee, in favor ofdue MORTbeneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust immediately and GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR EVERpayable, those sums being the following, to- wit: The installments of principal and interest which became GREEN MONEYSOURCE MORTGAGE COMPANY, WASHINGTON ITS due on 7/1/2020, and all subsequent installments of principalA and interest throughCORPORATION, the date of this Notice, SUCCESSOR ANDare ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 12/31/2012, 1/7/2013, in official records of plus amounts that due for late charges, delinquent property recorded taxes, insurance premiums, advances UMATILLA County, Oregon in book/reel/volume No. and/or as fee/file/instrument/microfilm/reception nummade on senior liens, taxes and/or insurance, trustee’s fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising ber 2013-6000407 and subsequently assigned or transferred by operation of law to Wells Fargo Bank, from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be N.A. covering the following described real property situated in said County, and State. APN: paid as a condition of reinstatement, sums that accrue through reinstatement or pay4N2811DB00500 127807 TE NORTH including HALF OFall LOTS 13, 14,shall 15 AND 16 IN BLOCK 10 OF THE SUBDIoff. Nothing this“B” notice shallORIGINAL be construed as a NOW waiverCITY of any owing to theAS Beneficiary the VISION OF in LOT OF THE TOWN, OFfees HERMISTON, LOCATEDunder IN SECDeed of Trust pursuant4 to the terms of the 28, loanEAST documents. notice hereby is given that QUALITY TION 11, TOWNSHIP NORTH, RANGE OF THEWhereof, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION, the undersigned trustee willAND on 4/16/2024 at the hour ofOF 1:00pm, StanOF UMATILLA AND STATE OF OREGON. EXCEPTING ANY ALL WATER RIGHTS WAY. Comdard Time, as: as 240 established 187.110, OR Oregon Revised Statues, Athereby the Front Entrance to the monlyofknown NE 3RDby ST,section HERMISTON, 97838 The undersigned certifies that based Umatilla Countyrecords Courthouse, located at 216written S.E. 4th Street, Pendleton, OR deed 97801by County of UMATILLA, upon business there are no known assignments of the trust the trustee or by the State of Oregon, sell public auction to the highest bidder for cash the in interest the said described real beneficiary, except asatrecorded in the records of the county or counties which in the above property is which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said situated. Further, no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining theany trustinterest deed, or, if such has instituted, such actionacquired has been dismissed trust deed,secured togetherbywith which theaction grantor or been his successors in interest after the exexcept by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and thesecured trustee have elected sellexpenses the said ecutionas of permitted said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby and the coststo and real property to satisfy the obligations said trust deed and notice has been pursuant of sale, including a reasonable chargesecured by the by trustee. Notice is further given that anyrecorded person named in to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There a have default byforeclosure grantor or other persondismissed owing an Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the rightisto the proceeding obligation, performance of which securedto bythe thebeneficiary trust deed, or successor interest, respect and the trust deed reinstated by ispayment of by thethe entire amountinthen due with (other than to provisions therein which authorize sale the be event such The default for which such portion of said principal as would notinthen dueofhad noprovision. default occurred), together withforeclosure the costs, is made and is grantor’s failure pay whenany due the default following sum: TOTAL TODefault REINSTATE: trustee’s attorney’s fees to and curing other complained of inREQUIRED the Notice of by ten$38,164.11 TOTAL REQUIRED PAYOFF: $132,072.80 Because of any interest, late charges, andbefore other dering the performance requiredTO under the obligation or trust deed, at time prior to five days charges vary from day-to-day, amount due onneither the daythe you pay may be It will has be necthe date that last may set for sale. Other than asthe shown of record, beneficiary norgreater. the trustee any essary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or interest in the real property herethat you may be advised of the exact amount you will be required to pay. By reason of the default, the inabove described subsequent to owing the interest the trustee in theby trust or of immediately any successor inbeneficiary has declared all sums on theofobligation secured thedeed, trust deed dueinand terest to those grantor or ofbeing any lessee or other possessionofofprincipal or occupying the property, except: payable, sums the following, to-person wit: Theininstallments and interest which became Name Last Known and installments Nature of Right, Lien orand Interest RICHARD PIERCE 240 3RD due onand 7/1/2020, and allAddress subsequent of principal interest through the date of thisNE Notice, ST Borrower ANNETTE PIERCE 240 insurance NE 3RD ST, HERMISTON, OR plusHERMISTON, amounts that OR are 97838 due forOriginal late charges, delinquent property taxes, premiums, advances 97838 Original JEREMIAH YONKERtrustee’s 240 NEfees, 3RD and ST, HERMISTON, ORand 97838 Current Owner made on seniorBorrower liens, taxes and/or insurance, any attorney fees court costs arising DAVID ST HERMISTON, 97838 For Sale Information Call: 800-280-2832 or from or ROGERS associated240 withNE the3RD beneficiaries efforts toOR protect and preserve its security, all of which must be Loginasto:awww.auction.com In construing this notice, thethat singular the plural, the word “grantor” paid condition of reinstatement, including all sums shall includes accrue through reinstatement or payincludes anyinsuccessor interest to this grantor as wellofasany anyfees other person owing an obligation, off. Nothing this noticeinshall be construed as a waiver owing to the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust of pursuant the terms the loan documents. notice and hereby is given that QUALITY performance which istosecured byof the trust deed, and theWhereof, words “trustee” “beneficiary” include their LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION, undersigned will on 4/16/2024 at the of 1:00pm, respective successors in interest, ifthe any. Pursuant totrustee Oregon Law, this sale will not hour be deemed finalStanuntil dard of Time,deed as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, At the Front Entrance to the the Trustee’s has been issued by QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION. If any irregularities Umatilla Countywithin Courthouse, at 216 S.E.sale, 4th Street, Pendleton, OR 97801 County of UMATILLA, are discovered 10 dayslocated of the date of this the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s State Oregon, sell at public to the highest bidder cashfor theany interest in the said described real moneyofand take further action auction as necessary. If the sale is setforaside reason, including if the Trustee property the grantor or had at power to convey at entitled the timeonly of the by him of the said is unable which to convey title, thehad Purchaser the sale shall be to aexecution return of the monies paid to trust deed, together with interest which theand grantor or hisremedy. successors interest acquired after exthe Trustee. This shall be any the Purchaser’s sole exclusive The in purchaser shall have no the further ecution said trust to satisfy the foregoing obligations secured and the costs and expenses recourseofagainst thedeed, Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, thethereby Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Atof sale,Ifincluding reasonable charge by the trustee. is further that been any person named in torney. you haveapreviously been discharged throughNotice bankruptcy, you given may have released of perSection 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than the property only. As required by law, thatoccurred), a negativetogether credit report reflecting suchreal portion of said principal as would not you thenare be hereby due hadnotified no default with the costs, on your credit record may be and submitted a credit agency if you fail to the fulfillNotice the terms of yourbycredit trustee’s and attorney’s fees curingtoany otherreport default complained of in of Default tenobligations. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires dering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been the date last set for sale. Other than as shown of record, neither the beneficiary nor the trustee has any used innotice manufacturing methamphetamines, chemical components of which known to be heretoxic. actual of any person having or claimingthe to have any lien upon or interest in are the real property Prospective purchasers of residential be aware of trust this potential before deciding inabove described subsequent to the property interest ofshould the trustee in the deed, or danger of any successor in into place bid for this property at theortrustee’s sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OFproperty, THE SUBJECT terest toagrantor or of any lessee other person in possession of or occupying the except: REAL PROPERTY HAVE CERTAIN TO THEM UNDER ORS240 86.782 Name and Last Known Address andPROTECTIONS Nature of Right,AFFORDED Lien or Interest RICHARD PIERCE NE AND 3RD POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THISPIERCE NOTICE240 OF NE SALE, INCORPORATED ST HERMISTON, OR 97838 Original Borrower ANNETTE 3RDAND ST, HERMISTON, OR 97838 Original BorrowerTO JEREMIAH YONKER 240 NE 3RD ST, HERMISTON, OR 97838 Current Owner HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE DAVID ROGERS 240 NE 3RD ST HERMISTON, OR PROPERTY 97838 For Sale Call:FORTH 800-280-2832 or AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT REAL ANDInformation WHICH SETS CERTAIN Login to: www.auction.com In construing this notice, theBY singular includes IN theORDER plural, the “grantor” REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH ANY TENANT TO word OBTAIN THE includes any PROTECTION, successor in interest to this grantor as well as any other owing an obligation, the AFFORDED AS REQUIRED UNDER ORS 86.771. TSperson No: OR-22-912392-BF Dated: performance of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words “trustee” andLazos, “beneficiary” include their 11/29/2023 Quality Loan Service Corporation, as Trustee Signature By: Daniel Assistant Secretary respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale be deemed final 450, until Trustee’s Mailing Address: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION 108will 1 not st Ave South, Suite the Trustee’s deed Toll hasFree: been(866) issued by QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION. If any irregularities Seattle, WA 98104 925-0241 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corporation are within daysSan of the dateCA of this sale, trustee rescind IDSPub the sale,#0189716 return the buyer’s 2763discovered Camino Del Rio 10 South Diego, 92108 Tollthe Free: (866)will 925-0241 money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee 12/30/2023 1/6/2024 1/13/2024 1/20/2024

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is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO THEM UNDER ORS 86.782 AND POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF SALE, AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TO TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY AND WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TENANT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AFFORDED PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED UNDER ORS 86.771. TS No: OR-22-912392-BF Dated: 11/29/2023 Quality Loan Service Corporation, as Trustee Signature By: Daniel Lazos, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Address: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 450, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 IDSPub #0189716 12/30/2023 1/6/2024 1/13/2024 1/20/2024

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Police department has secret to recruiting more officers — child care ST. LOUIS COUNTY — The police department here is on track to become just the second in the U.S. to provide its officers with subsidized child care, part of an effort to attract and retain officers — especially women. TheTribune St. Louis County Police News Service Department’s goal is to open its day care center by the fall of 2024. LOUIS — Theas If itST. does, it willCOUNTY join San Diego police department here is on track the only other police department to become just the second in the in the country to offer partially U.S. to provide itswith officers with funded child care flexible subsidized child care, part of an hours and drop-off availability. effort to attract andexciting,” retain officers “You know, it’s said Matt Crecelius, business manager — especially women. for The the St. St. Louis LouisCounty CountyPolice Police Association, which spearheadDepartment’s goal is to open its ing the “So to day careeffort. center byit’s thehard fall not of 2024. talk about itit.will ... We’re kindDiego of in the If it does, join San as fundraising part of it, department so we have to the only other police be somewhat strategic. But I would in the country to offer partially assume in three to four weeks funded care with we will child be talking aboutflexible it some hours and drop-off availability. more.” “You know, it’seffort, exciting,” said The goal of the backed Matt business manager by theCrecelius, National Law Enforcement for the St. Louis Policethe Foundation, is to County “cut through Association, whichbureaucracy,” is spearheadchild care funding according to the ing the effort. “Sofoundation’s it’s hard notwebto site. about Research found that talk it. ...has We’re kind ofainlack the of affordablepart child one of to fundraising ofcare it, soiswe have the major impediments to hiring be somewhat strategic. But I would and retaining officers. assume in three to four weeks said,itthe St. we So willfar, beCrecelius talking about some Louis County Police Association more.” has identified a possible site for the The goal of theSt. effort, backed facility in central Louis County by Enforcement andthe hasNational attractedLaw its first big donor Foundation, “cutfunding. through the and a chunk is ofto state child care funding bureaucracy,” The project was launched about according the foundation’s a year ago to when officers werewebsite. hasthe found thatchala lack askedResearch to identify major lenges that come job. of of affordable childwith carethe is one Many copsimpediments pointed to child care, the major to hiring especially after the department and retaining officers. moved to 12-hour So far, Creceliusshifts said,last theyear. St. SanCounty Diego’sPolice facility is slated Louis Association to in January. It willsite offer hasopen identified a possible for the 50% subsidized day care and will facility in central St. Louis County be funded for the first three years and has attracted its first big donor through state grants and private and a chunk ofThe state funding. philanthropy. National Law

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ness. It’s an uncomfortable condition that affects many pregnant women, especially during the first three months of pregnancy. And despite its name, the vomit-inducing nausea of morning sickness can occur at any time. In extreme cases, morning sickness can even they may have finally discovered progress into hyperemesis gravthe root cause of morning sickidarum — a severe form of vomness. It’s annausea uncomfortable conit-inducing that can require dition that affects many pregnant hospitalization. women, the first “The especially symptoms during of HG usuthree months of pregnancy. Andof ally appear between 4-6 weeks despite its name, thepeak vomit-inducpregnancy and may between ing morning sickness 9-13nausea weeks.ofMost women receive someoccur reliefatbetween weeks 14-20, can any time. In extreme although up to 20% of women cases, morning sickness can even may require for hyperemesis progress intocare hyperemesis gravthroughout rest of their idarum — athe severe form of pregvomnancy. There is no known it-inducing nausea that canprevenrequire tion of hyperemesis gravidarum hospitalization. but you can take comfort in know“The symptoms of HG usuing that there are ways to manage ally appear between 4-6 weeks of it.” pregnancy and between According tomay the peak authors of 9-13 weeks. Most women receive the peer-reviewed study, morning some relief between weeks sickness in pregnant women14-20, may although of women be causedup bytoa 20% sensitivity to a hormay for hyperemesis monerequire knowncare as GDF15. While normally at throughout the rest produced of their preglow levels in the body, when pregnancy. There is no known prevennant,ofwomen often receive addition hyperemesis gravidarum tional of the hormone from but youwaves can take comfort in knowtheir growing fetus. Researchers ing that there are ways to manage found that production of GDF15 it.” often increased significantly in According to the authors of pregnant women within the first the peer-reviewed study,during morning 12 weeks of pregnancy, sickness inofpregnant women the period pregnancy whenmay be causedsickness by a sensitivity to a hormorning is most often mone known as GDF15. reported. While normally According to theproduced Americanat low levels inAssociation, the body, when pregPregnancy treatments for morning include bed nant, womensickness often receive addirest, acupressure and herbs (such tional waves of the hormone from as ginger or peppermint). their growing fetus. Researchers “Homeopathic remedies are a found that production of GDF15 non-toxic systemsignificantly of medicines,” often increased in the association reported. “Dofirst not pregnant women within the try to self-medicate with homeo12 weeks of pregnancy, during pathic methods; have a doctor the period of pregnancy whenand prescribe the proper remedy morning sickness is most often dose.”

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MINNEAPOLIS — A patient is suing her Eden Prairie dentist after he performed eight dental crowns, four root canals and 20 fillings in a single accordPatient sues visit, Minnesota ing to a newly filed malpractice dentist over visit that lawsuit. included 8 crowns, 4 root Kathleen Wilson, of Minneapcanals 20 fillings olis, says she and received negligent treatment from Dr. Kevin MollMINNEAPOLIS — A patient drem, of Molldrem Family Denis suing dentistsigtistry, inher JulyEden 2020Prairie that caused after he injuries. performed eight nificant Her civildental action, filed ahead the holiday weekcrowns, fourofroot canals and 20 end in Hennepin Disfillings in a singleCounty visit, accordtricttoCourt, accuses Molldrem of ing a newly filed malpractice grossly exceeding the safe dosage lawsuit. of anesthesia and falsifying mediKathleen Wilson, of Minneapcal records to show he didn’t give olis, says she received negligent Wilson an unsafe dosage. treatment from Dr. Kevin MollIt includes a scathing expert drem, Molldrem Family Denopinionoffrom a Florida dentist contistry, in July 2020 that caused sigtending that so much dental work nificant injuries. civil action, in a single visit isHer “impossible to filed ahead ofdone the holiday weekachieve if … properly.” endMolldrem in Hennepin Dis-to did County not respond trict Court,seeking accusesa Molldrem messages response toof the accusations. Hethe was served a grossly exceeding safe dosage summons in person at his office at of anesthesia and falsifying medi800 Prairie to Center on Dec. cal records showDrive he didn’t give 20. Wilson’s attorney, Nathaniel Wilson an unsafe dosage. Weimer with the Minneapolis It includes a scathing expertpersonal injury firm Tewksbury opinion fromlaw a Florida dentist con& Kerfeld, also didn’t respond to tending that so much dental work requests for comment. in aMolldrem’s single visitwebsite is “impossible says heto achieve if … donePrairie properly.” opened the Eden office in Molldrem did not to 2004 “to provide the respond type of dental messages seeking a response to care for others as I would want for the was served my accusations. own family.”He A second loca-a summons in person at his office at tion later opened in Lakeville. left Drive with signif800Wilson Prairiewas Center on Dec. icantWilson’s injuriesattorney, that required fol20. Nathaniel low-up other provid-perWeimercare withfrom the Minneapolis ers to injury repair law Molldrem’s negligent sonal firm Tewksbury work, according to therespond lawsuit.to & Kerfeld, also didn’t Beyond costs, Wilson said requestsmedical for comment. she suffered pain, embarrassment, Molldrem’sand website saysShe he disfigurement distress. opened the Eden Prairie office is asking for at least $50,000 inin 2004 “to provide the type of dental damages.

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A crime lab technician documents evidence on April 29, 2021, in St. Louis’ Hamilton Heights neighborhood.

Enforcement is working on similar profession. efforts in Colorado and Idaho, too. “Child care responsibilities, St. Louis County, like departthough they affect everyone, tend ments across the country, has to have a disparate impact on struggled to fill officer vacanwomen,” Meisenholder said in an cies. In the county, about 14% of interview with the Post-Dispatch. positions were vacant as of early St. Louis County has seen a Christian Gooden/St. Post-Dispatch, December. slow but steadyLouis rise in its womenFile A crime lab technician documents evidence AprilOf 29,the 2021, St. Louis’ But county police leaders officeron ranks. 825incommishope the child careneighborhood. center will sioned officers in the department, Hamilton Heights help retain staff, too — especially about 18% are women. That’s up young officersiswho want on to start from about 12% in 2013. Enforcement working similar profession. familiesinand womenand officers And of care the 172 leadership posiefforts Colorado Idaho,who too. “Child responsibilities, tions in the department, abouttend 13% already have children but may be St. Louis County, like departthough they affect everyone, women. constrained conflicts are ments acrossbythescheduling country, has to have a disparate impact on Those numbers put the agency and the difficulties of finding child struggled to fill officer vacanwomen,” Meisenholder said in an ahead of national rates. Women care. cies. In the county,ofabout 14% interview with the make up about 12%Post-Dispatch. of law enforce“I’m in charge patrol, andof positions were really vacantgood, as of young early St.officers Louis County has seen a ment countrywide, and we have some December. slow 3% but of steady rise in its women police leadership posifemale officers here,” said St. Louis only But county officeraccording ranks. Of to thethe 825 commistions, 30X30 County police police Lt. Col.leaders Juan Cox. hope child care center are willgoing Initiative, sioned officers in the an effort bydepartment, the NYU “A lotthe of them eventually help retain — especially about 18% are women. That’s Projup School of Law’s The Policing to start theirstaff, owntoo families, and ect toabout have women they will have to make young officers who wantsacrifices.” to start from 12% in make 2013. up 30% police force by Tanyaand Meisenholder, director families women officers whoof of the Andcountry’s of the 172 leadership posi2030. gender for the NYU School tions in the department, about 13% alreadyequity have children but may be of Law’s ThebyPolicing Project, constrained scheduling conflicts are women. Study: The cause of noted same challenges. RaisThose numbers put the agency and thethe difficulties of finding child morning sickness may have ing children, Meisenholder said, is ahead of national rates. Women care. finally been discovered one of the major factors that deter make up about 12% of law enforce“I’m from in charge of patrol, and ATLANTA — According to women becoming officers, ment officers countrywide, and we have some really good, young a study recently published in the and it’s one of the primary moti3%Nature, of police leadership posifemale St. the Louis only journal scientists believe vations officers that leadhere,” themsaid to quit

The project was launched about County police Lt. Col. Juan Cox. a year ago when officers were “A lot of them eventually are going asked to identify the major chalto start their own families, and lenges that come with the job. they will have to make sacrifices.” Many cops pointed to child care, Tanya Meisenholder, director of especially after the department gender equity for the NYU School moved to 12-hour shifts last year. of Law’s The Policing Project, San Diego’s facility is slated noted the same challenges. Raisto open in January. It will offer ing children, Meisenholder said, is 50% subsidized day care and will one of the major factors that deter SUN TUE WED beTONIGHT funded for the first three years MON women from becoming officers, Rain and drizzle A rain or snow Low clouds Considerable through state grantsshower and privateMostly cloudy and it’s one of the primary moticloudiness philanthropy. The National Law vations that lead them to quit the Baker City 33 44 32 44 28 43 32 41 26

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