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Wallowa Lake Lodge may remain in local hands. A groupoflocalinvestorshasmade apreemptive bid of $2.75 million for Wallowa Lake Lodge, which has been accepted by the seller, Wallowa Lake Lodge, Inc. The investors made a 10percentdown payment of$275,000 for Wallowa Lake Lodge and have until mid-January 2016 to raise the remaining $2.5 million. ewe will be starting an intensive capital campaign immediately," said James Monteith of Joseph, chair of the nonprofit Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands Fund and a member of the group of local investors hoping to buy Wallowa Lake Lodge. The local investors attempting to buy the lodgeare organized under the titleofLake Wallowa Lodge, LLC. An auction was set to be conducted for the sale of Wallowa Lake Lodge, built in 1923, earlier this week but was canceled after the preemptive bid was accepted by Wallowa SeeLodge / Page5A
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One of J.D. Platt's 11 dogs is Holiday, a border collie. One of several tricks Holiday performs at Platt's show is Michael Jackson's Moonwalk.
• Canines grab big air at Union County Fair show By Dick Mason
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Temperatures in the Grande Ronde Valley are expected to creep back up close to triple digits this weekend. Along with the heat is the concern of leaving animals inside vehicles without
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Memories of Michael Jackson are being rekindled at this week's Union County Fair by a surprising source — a 12-year-old border collie. Meet Holiday, who performs in the K9 Kings dog show at the Union County Fair. The K9 Kings are thrilling audiences by making acrobatic leapstocatch Frisbees,vaulting over and running between the legs of their owner, J. D. Platt of Bend, jumping five feetoffa tableintothearms of Platt and more. Holiday leaps almost as well as any of the K9 Kings and is blessed with a sense of rhythm. The bordercollieperforms Jackson's famous Moonwalk dance step at each show, scooting backward and sideways to the beat of Jackson's mega hit song"Billie Jean" with his owner behind him. "I just follow along," said Platt, who was a Michael Jackson impersonator in the 1980s. Holiday is one of 11 members of the K9 Kings. Many are border collies or border collie mixes, Australian shepherds, Australian cattle dogs or American Indian dogs. Most SeeDogs / Page 5A
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Above: BossKo,Platt's one and only male dog, flies through the sky to catch the Frisbee at the Union County Fair. BossKo was a rescue dog and is now an integral part in the K9 Kings show.
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The overarching message in a meeting on Thursday afternoon between the Union Pacific Railroad and the five families who live in Telocaset was "Union Pacific is not in the water utility business." Though that may be obvious to some, Union Pacific has been supplying the homes in the small town of Telocaset, located outside of Union, since approximately 1951. Union Pacific sent a letter at the beginning ofJulyto the fi vehomes who make up the town saying the company is going to shut off the water well on Aug. 6, giving the residents 30 days to find an alternative source. The well is owned by the company and has not charged them for water for the bulk of that time sincethe'50s,according toTelocaset residents Jerry and Shirley Whiteid. This well is the only source for drinkable SeeWater / Page5A
"The bond developedbetween humans and dogsis amazing." — J.D. Platt, who trains and performs with the K9 Kings
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Left: BossKo jumps for another Frisbee in Platt's show this week at the Union County Fair. BossKo is one of11 dogs on the team, including puppy JingleBell, a Parson Russell Terrier less than a year old.
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