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• Victim transported to Grande Ronde Hospital with burns to her hands after fire breaks out in La Grande Plaza apartment complex Sunday afternoon
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One person was injured in a fire that broke out in the La Grande Plaza apartments in the 700 block of 12th Street Sunday. The La Grande Fire Department responded to the fire at 3:15 p.m., sending an engine, two ambulances and a com mand vehicle. Some people were told the leave the building, but the fire was quickly
controll ed,according to a La Grande Police Department report. The police department said the fire started in a bedroom. A female in the apartment sustained burns to her hands and was transported to Grande Ronde Hospital for treatment. The name of the burn victim was un availableby The Observer'spressdeadline today. The fire department said the cause oftheblazeisunderinvestigation.
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Kevin Martin, the man recently named supervi sor of the Wallowa Whit man National Forest, plans meet-and-greet sessions in Wallowa, Union and Baker counties this week. Last week, Pacific North west Regional Forester Ken Connaughton said Martin, supervisor of the Umatilla National Forest, will be the WWNF supervisor until further notice. A Fort Dodge, Iowa, native, Martin is a graduate of both Iowa State University and Oregon State University, and has served as the Umatilla National Forest supervisorthe lasteight years. He has degrees in animal ecology, entomology and wildlife science. The opening meet-and greetevent isslated from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cloverleaf Hall, 600 NW First St. in Enterprise. Wednesday's session takes placefrom 4 to6 p.m .atthe La Grande Ranger District, 3502 Highway 30 in La Grande. Thursday from noon to 2 p.m., Martin will be at the Whitman Ranger District, 3285 11th St., in Baker City. "I look forward to meeting the folks in the communities surrounding the Wallowa W hitman and hope they find the time tojoin me forcoffee, cookies and conversation See Greet / Page 2A
Who is Catherine Creek named for? The creek was named for Catherine Godley, according to "Oregon Geographic Names" by Lewis A. McArthur and Lewis L. McArthur. Godley was the daughter of Thomas and M.E. Godley. The Godleys were among the earliest settlers in Union, which was founded in 1862. Little Creek near Union was originally named Julianna Creek after the Godley's other daughter.
• Some households receiving calls meant for others after telephone line snafu
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Eight-year old RileyWilliams of Bethel, Alaska, battles with Colm Cahill of La Grande during one of the Cove Cherry Fair competitions Saturday. Mercury scraped 94 degrees during the annual celebration.
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Why did Abraham Lincoln turn down a chance to become
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governor of Oregon? Abraham Lincoln rejected an offer by Secretary of State John Clayton to be appointed governor of the Oregon Territo ry in 1849 because he thought See Lincoln / Page 3A
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Firefighters quickly controlled a blaze Sunday at the La Grande Plaza apartments in the 700 block of 12th Street.
WE A T H E Home.............1B Record ...........5A Horoscope.....BB Obituaries......3A Letters............4A Opinion..........3A Lottery............2A Sports ............1C Movies...........2A Sudoku ..........3B
SUMMERVILLE — Sev eral Frontier customers on Summerville Road got a sur prise Friday when a Pend leton Grain Growers vehicle accidentally snapped the telephonelinesthatserviced their home phones. It was not a long-term problembecause the service techs were promptly there to fix things — and fix things they did. Since then these Summerville residents have had the next best thing to the old party lines, only they m ightbestbedescribed as tele-scrambled lines where each householder is receiving the other's phone calls. If that word isn't in the Webster's dictionary, it ought to be added under tele scramble, tele-scrambling and tele-scrambler. To make this perfectly clear, if you need to talk to the Yergeses, you have to dial the Abbotts, and if you need to reach the Olivers, then call the Yergeses. But if you need to reach the Abbotts, you can try calling the Olivers, but not at the Yerges' actual number. If you dial the Olivers to reach the Abbotts phone line that still won't work because the Abbotts' phone line has been dangling from the pole since Friday.
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By Dick Mason All cemeteries are shrouded, at least in a small sense, by figurative veils of mystery. These veils, however, are now a bit smaller for people visiting any of La Grande's three cemeteries. Maps have recently been installed by the La Grande Cemetery Maintenance District at Hillcrest East, Hillcrest West and Grandview cemeteries. The maps are guiding visitors to the gravesites of fiiends and loved ones. See Maps / Page 3A
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In other words, to reach the Storygirl at the Yerges residence with a story lead forthe Observer,don'tcall the Yerges' number un less you want to talk to the ex-sheriff, who on the other hand, might be more inter esting to talk to actually. However, if you truly need to reach the Olivers, then by all means call the Yergeses. Calling the Olivers' actual number will only make their phone ring 'til the cows come home. Now,ifyouneed some transport work done by the Abbotts, then don' t call the Yergeses unless you also have some art you want framed or you want your name put in the Observer. You' ll need to call the Ab botts directly on their cell phone, that is, if you happen to have their unpublished number. Perhaps just for the weekend, we should all have changed our phone messages. Mine might say: "Hello, you have dialed the Abbotts but have reached the Yergeses. Sorry they aren't at our home to take your call just now. I'm sure your call is impor tanttothem, sopleaseleave a message, and we' ll tell the Abbotts as soon as we find a way to call them." As entertaining as party lines were in their day and See Phones / Page 2A
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