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Our View Union County voters find themselves between a rockand a hard place as the Nov. 4 election draws near. No doubt about it, the decision between incumbent Bill Rosholt and challenger Jack Howard presents difficult choices. Page 4A
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Emergency Services DepartmentatGrande Ronde Preparing for life-threaten- Hospital with fever and ing infectious diseases such m a l aise, Brian Frei, a regas Ebola or influenza is not is t e red nurse and manager justtherole ofa localhospi- of the emergency services tal, but a coalition of emerdep a rtment at GRH, said gency preparedness agencies the patient will be examined that collaborate to carry out f o r symptoms, asked about infectious disease prevention m edical, travel and family and wellpracticed proce- h istories and given a nasal dures to handle these kind of swab to rule out influenza. threats to the community. If aft e r that evaluation, the If aperson appears atthe See Prepare / PageGA ForThe Observer
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down fearas the poolof Americans being monitored WASHINGTON — Warnfor symptoms expanded from ing that Americans are losing Texas to Ohio. President faith in their government's Barack Obama said he might ability to stop Ebola, Republi- appoint a single official to can lawmakers on Thursday lead the nation's efforts againstthedeadly disease. pressed for a ban on travel Health officials in Texas to the U.S. from the West African outbreak zone. The took a tougher stance on White House said other mea- monitoring the dozens of health care workers who had suresaremore effective. The administration spent contact with the man who the day trying anew to tamp See Ban / PageGA The Associated Press
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• Residents testify against the state's Upper Grande Ronde River proposal By Kelly Ducote The Observer
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Union County residents voiced a strong opposition to aproposalthatcould designate a portion of the Grande Ronde River an Oregon Scenic Waterway during a public hearing Wednesday. County commissioners listened to residents Wednesday as the Oregon Parks and Recreation Departmentprepares to reportto the governor in January on the matter. More than a dozen people, including state Sen. Bill Hansell, said the proposal raises deep concerns. The proposal follows a
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Union County is in the process of making some amendments to its plan. County Planner Hanley Jenkins said the county is working to add uses to its plan text for residential zones in order to remedy a scenario that prohibits the building of a home on a parcel less than two acres in size. Page 2A
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Shelter From the Storm is contesting a judge's September decision to dismiss its lawsuit against Union County. The domestic violence nonprofit hasfiled an appealof ajudgement made by Judge Eva J. Temple on Sept. 12 in Union County Circuit Court. Temple, in that judgement, dismissed a lawsuit brought against the county by the shelter. The lawsuit sought an injunction in order to stay at its advocacy center located on the county campus. The county notified the nonprofit in April that it must be out of the center, which was built with a Community Development Block Grant in 1998,by Sept.1. The eviction notice followed a unanimous March decision by Union County commissioners to site a new county courthouse on the SFS center's footprint. Union County has since offered to help Shelter From the Storm relocate into the Joseph Building but SFS has declined this offer. SFS officials said earlier that the Joseph Building space was not appropriate because it is very near Union County paroleand probation offi ces. Union County Commissioner Bill Rosholt said the county is disappointed that Shelter From the Storm has
Union County residents voiced strong opposition to a proposal that could designate a portion of the Grande Ronde River, above, as an Oregon ScenicWatervvay during a public hearing Wednesday.
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Union County commission candidate Jack Howard hopes to shake up county governmentifelected. He faces incumbent Bill Rosholt in the Nov. 4 election and is running on promises of more public involvement and transparency. "I want the commissionerstocome tothepublic," Howard said, noting that people who work traditional 9-5 hours have a hard time making it to the commission's weekday morning meetings."There are other things we need to do to make icounty government) more transparent." For one, Howard said more documents, including the county budget, need to be online and easily accessible to citizens. "All those things need to go online," he said. Ifelected,Howard said he will post his hours each day so citizens know when he's available to talk to them. Howard, who is employed as a planner in Baker County, also said Union County's zoning code needs to be revamped. If elected, he said, 'We will have a new zoning code. Period." 'You can't talk about economic growth... without a zoning code," he said. Another major issue for See Race / Page5A
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September2013 letterfrom Gov. John Kitzhaber telling OPRD to evaluate three segmentsforconsideration for the Scenic Waterway program eachbiennium. There have not been any
new designations since the 1980s. Among OPRD's first waterway evaluations is a portion of the Grande
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Ronde River from Sheep Creek to Hilgard. Sen. Hansell, in speaking in opposition to the designation, said he has two major problems with the idea: the program itself and the process by which it's being considered. Hansell said the program greatly reduces the ability of a landowner to do as he pleases with his property. 'That's a taking," he told commissioners. The senator also noted that the state is trying to getthese designations into the program without the Legislature because it was rejected by the See River / Page 5A
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