La Grande Observer 06-12-15

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MEASURE 91 LA GRANDE SCHOOL DISTRICT

OLCC looks to east side

for rep • Hansell gets localrepresentation for Measure 91 By Cherise Kaechele

• Condition of La Grande High School tennis courts and track raising concern By Dick Mason

The Observer

When theOregon Liquor Control Commission released the names of Oregon residents who will serve on the committee to discuss Hansell w h at should be regulatedwith the legalization of marijuana, Oregon Sen. Bill Hansell saw a glaring hole — Eastern Oregon representation was missing. Hansell wrote a letter to the OLCC director asking for an explanation on how the See Hansell / Page 5A

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Cracks can be seen across the four-decade-old track at La Grande High School. The school district is in talks to get the track repaired with community help. MAIN PHOTO:The La Grande High School tennis court has deteriorated over the years. The school is encouraging the community to work with the school district to raise funds to repair the court and track.

The four tennis courts at La Grande High School are losing their matches against Father Time. The four-court complex, built in 1977, is not aging well. Its courts are coming apart and have community members and La Grande School District officials concerned. "I invite you to visit the tennis courts," torney, in a letter to the La Grande School Board earlier this month.'They are riddledwith cracks.Thesecracks are a liability. I have seen players trip on the cracks." Williams would like the school district to invest funds in repairing the tennis courts. The cost would be about $250,000 to properly refurbish the courts, said Chris Panike, the school district's director of business and plant operations. La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze does not believe the school district will be able to afford to repair the courts anytime in the near future. He is recommending that a community group be formed to work with the school district in raising funds for the project. He said this would be fitting since the City of La Grande and the La Grande School District worked together almost 40 yearsago tobuild the courts. Glaze believes that if a community See Repairs / Page 5A

LA GRANDE

Ci hires economic

director • Chrlstlne Jarskl

to start job in July Observer staff

The City of La Grande announced this week it has hired a new economic developmentdirector. Christine Jarski is set to start

Area fire agencies prepare for above normal season

the job July 6. Jarski

holds bach-

• Forecasts indicate more lightning, higher temperatures, little rainfall

elor's degrees In p sychology and sociology from the College of Idaho and a master's in public administration from Boise State University. Previously, she worked for the Idaho Council of Governments, formerly Ida-ore, on its community development team. In addition, she has worked for the Idaho Department of Commerce on its Business Attraction and Business Development teams and See Jarski / Page 5A

Dispatch Center said an average fire season in Northeast Oregon and Southeast By Katy Nesbitt hard to predictfi re activity, Washington has 305 fires. The Observer butlong-term forecastsare Last year, there were 365 in Northeast Oregon fire givi n g fire managers some the region. agenciesare gearing up for insight. Some seasonal staffare what's been called an above In N o r theast Oregon, already on board while the normal fire season with a nor m al fire season still remainder of crews are higher temperatures and mea n s lots of fire with state coming onMonday. Goff lightningexpected aswell and federal crews and air said fire school for first-year as drier conditions on the attack stationed throughfirefighters will be held in La • gF „ ground. out the Wallowa-Whitman, Grande next week. Brian Goff of the Umatilla U m atilla and Malheur Spring rains are a mixed Katy Nesbitt/The Observer National Forest said durnational forests. blessing, Goff said, as they Two single-engine air tankers, like the one pictured ing a conference call with Amand a Johnson of the delay the start of fire season above, well-suited for canyon country, will be based in reporters Thursday that it is B l ue Mountain Interagency See Season / Page 5A La Grande for the summer fire season.

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