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• La Grande man on hiking trip in Nepal when deadly earthquake strikes

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By Jeff Petersen The Observer

• Despite addition of new position, discussions of future cuts likely to begin soon

Andrew Crollard of La Grande was just completing a three-week trek in Nepal Saturday when an earthquake turned his world upside down. Along with his girlfriend, Natalie Linton, Crollard was back in the capital of Kathmandu when the quake struck. But not out of harm's way. Not by a long shot. Some 50 people died when a six-story hotel collapsed into a pit where locals did laundry, less than 100 feet from his location As of Tuesday morning, Crollardhad returned safely to La Grande. Meanwhile, back in Nepal, the death toll from the 7.8 on the Richter scale earthquake had passed 5,000, including 18 climbers who were at a Mount Everest base camp hit by an avalanche triggered by the quake. SeeCrollard / Page5A

VOt8 Under tight funding, the The La Grande Budget Commit- c o m mittee tee on Tuesday opted to fund v oted to a new police officer position in c l ude the and vowed to work with the po l ice officer public as it moves forward wit h only City to maintain funding for the Co u ncilor position. Gary Lillard With expenditures already v oting no, outweighing revenues, City sa y ing he Manager Robert Strope was the voiced caution about funding "voice of the position.Members ofthe caution." budget committee, though, said they believe funding the officer is important and that they will work over the next year to see what can be cut in SeeBudget / Page5A

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Death toll rises The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Nepal is over 4,000 and rising, even without a full accounting from mountain villages that rescue workers were still trying to reach two days after the disaster. Thousands are livingin tents after their homes were destroyed.

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Twenty-five years ago, when he was a student at what is now Eastern Oregon University, Tom Insko had no idea that this day would ever come. The day when he would be a finalist for Eastern's president position. Insko never gave the possibility ofbeing a university president a second thought while attending Easternfrom 1989 to 1994 and earning two degrees. "Itnever occurred tome . I didn't think I had the skill setineeded tobe college SeeInsko / Page5A

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