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Union High School studentsTravis Rhyne, left, Cheyenne Pulsipher, second from right, and Kelly Heitz help secure flags Thursday at milita fy graves at the Union Victorian Cemetery as VFW High Valley Post 4060's Ken McCormack looks over a map of the cemetery. By Dick Mason The Observer
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Union High School students were searching for heroes late Thursday morning. Some were much easier to find than others. The students were looking for the gravesitesofveterans buried atU nion Victorian Cemetery. The students placed a United States flag at each grave site, flags that will remain up through Memorial Day weekend. The students, led by members of VFW High Valley Post 4060, were aided by cemetery maps and lists of veterans buried at the cemetery in locating veteran grave sites. Still, a number werehard tofind because theirgrave sitesdonothave headstones but only small plaques laying flat on the ground that are sometimes obscured by grass. Rhyne, Heitz and Pulsipher place flags at "Their families could not afford military graves in the UnionVictorian CemSeeFlags / Page 5A etery.
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS See a complete listing of Memorial Day-related events over the weekend. Page 5A
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boyfriend, ScottFouste,carefor ENTERPRISE — An lmnaha man who kept law enforcement their animals when she is away from home and to allow him to at bay for nearly nine hours last week appeaied in Wallowa County live at a friend's house a mile CourtWednesday for a hearing to away. She said this would help modify his release agreement. him get back to work caring for Shirley Scott of Imnaha asked a coupleofpropertieson the river. thecourtto letherestranged
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weapon, fourth-degree assault, menacing and pointing a gun at another. Scott told Judge Russell West she removed all firearms from the house except for a pellet gun for predators, as well as all alcohol and controlled substances to comply with Fouste's release See Release / Page 5A
The Union County Commissioners discussed the possibility of enacting a county tax for the marijuana facilities in Union County with the legalization of marijuana a little more than a month away. Commissioner Jack Howard broughtup the possibility with Commissioners Steve McClure and Mark Davidson at the end of the commissioners meeting Wednesday. "I'm curious if you two gentlemen have discussed SeeCounty / Page 5A
Both La Grande and Island City passed a sales tax on marijuana facilities before Measure 91 was approved by voters in November.
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On May 12, Scott called 911 to reporta domesticdispute. A lengthy standoffbetween Fouste and police ensued ending in Scott and her son, Jason Scott of Enterprise, safely leaving the house. Fouste turned himself into the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office the next day and was charged with unlawful use of a
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Read's bill faces long odds. It would require a bipartisan vote of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Republicans oppose taking money promised to taxpayers, and senior Democrats have acknowledged it's unlikely to
A measure trimming backthe reasons school children can be expelled from school in order to address what supporters call the "schoolto-prison pipeline" cleared the Legislature on Thursday
See Bill / Page 5A SHOWYOUR PATRIOTISM A pulloutAmerican Flag is included in today's edition of The Observer to display in the window of your home or business.
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SALEM — An Oregon Democrat introduced a bill Thursday that would cancel anticipated 'kickero tax rebates and use the money instead for education and the state's reserve fund. The move by Rep. Tobias Read of Beaverton comes a week after economists projected that more than $470 million will be returned to Oregonians when they file their taxes next year.
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