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• Scott Kassel in court Thursday after Wednesday attacksends grandparentstolocalm edicalfacility By Cherise Kaechele The Observer
Scott Allen Kassel, 25, is being held at the Union County Jail on
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of fi rst-degree assaultagainst his grandparents. Kassel was arraigned on charges of fi rst-degree assault,three charges of second-degree assault
and two charges of third-degreeassault stemming from an incident Wednesday on Hot Lake Lane. Kassel Dep u t ies from the Union County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police troopersresponded to an assault
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release Kassel. Early in his arraignment, Kassel said he had been working for a construction company recently in Washington. Donald Frashier discredited the information about Kassel's employment history, saying he has been See Court / Page 5A
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park upgrades • Pioneer Park to get new playground equipment By Kelly Ducote The Observer
La Grande kids will soon be playing on a new playground at Pioneer Park. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced this week that the City of La Grande will receive$44,260 out ofthe Land and Water Conservation Fund for Pioneer Park upgrades. The funding will help renovaterestrooms, complete an asphalt walking path and replace the playground at the park. ''What's cool about this is we have enough to build a playground for the 2- to 5-year-olds and one for See Park / Page 5A
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Hannah Page of the Mesa Verde Helitack flew in the crew's Bell 206 Long Ranger from Colorado to Joseph. TheWallowa-Whitman National Forest is using the crew to fly in crews and supplies to remote areas since lightning-caused fires began to erupt across the region last week.
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• H elicopters essentialin getting water,transporting crews and gear tohard toreach places in which it burned, was going to be difficult to fight strictly from the ground. JOSEPH — From the The Wallowa-Whitman peaks of the Eagle Caps to the canyons of the Grande Ronde, and Umatilla national forests Imnaha and Snake rivers, Wal- sharetwo helicopterrappel lowa County has an infinite crews that respond to many amount of inaccessible country. of the remote fires across the Airsupportfrom helicopters region and put them out while is essential in getting water to they are still small. Due to those hard to reach places and the rugged terrain and the transporting crews and gear potential for more fires to safely. erupt during the region's high Following a night of lightlightning season, the Wallowaning earlier this month, a whiff Whitman's overhead team of smoke puffed up from the orderedtwo helicoptercrews Hurricane Creek Canyon that from outside the region — the dives into the Wallowa MounMesa Verde National Park tains between Joseph and Helitack team and a crew from Enterprise. By 8 a.m., crews the Grand Canyon National were rolling out of the U.S. Park. Forest Service fire warehouse Within a few days of the in Enterprise, yet the fire, soon Hurricane Creek Fire's start, to be named after the canyon See Fires / Page 5A By Katy Nesbitt
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PORTLAND — An organization with ties to the Koch brothers — billionaire businessmen renowned for bankrolling conservativecauses and tea party candidates — has waded into Oregon's U.S. Senate race. Freedom Partners, a group closely linked to Charles and David Koch, is reportedly buying millions of dollars in television advertising to boost Republican challenger Dr. Monica Wehby's chances of ousting Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley. See Koch / Page 5A
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An air crane or "K-Max" from McCall, Idaho, draws 700 gallons fromWallowa Lake to help extinguish the Hurricane Creek Fire.
Inside Lightning storms have ignited six new range fires in Eastern Oregon, and more bad weather is expected by the end of the week. Page 2A
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