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URA discusses
Call for Project
program’s future
62 measles cases in
Washington, 4 in Oregon
❋ ❍■❏❑▲ ▼◆❑P▲◆P ◗■❘❱❏ ❲❑P ❳❩P◆❱ ❬② ❭❪ P❩❱◗◆ ❫◆❬❴ ❵
❇✝ ❆✞✟✠✡✟ ☛❡☞✌✍✎♦✡
✏❤✑ ✒✓✔✑✕✈✑✕
❇✝ ➝➞❡✎☞✌❡ ➟✟❡❾➞❡➠❡
✏❤✑ ✒✓✔✑✕✈✑✕
✪✛✜ ❂✗✬★✥ ➡✜✥✜✽★✲ ✳✵✜✥✤❃ ✧✴✩✤✱✩✩✜✧ ✙★➄✴✥✵
On Monday, Clark County Pub-
lic Health announced the measles
outbreak in Southwestern Wash-
ington has risen to 62 cases, up
some changes to the point system of the Calls for
Project program, which will likely make the pro-
cess more automated instead of subjective.
✪✱✜✩✧★❃ ✥✴✵✛✚✷ ✚✛✜ ❂➡✳ ✧✴✩✤✱✩✩✜✧ ✚✛✜ ✤✘✗✜ ✜✤✘❄
➩❜❥ ➇➈❦❥✐➉❥✐ ➊➋❥ ➌❜❝❞❝
✥✘✙✴✤ ✧✜✭✜✲✘✮✙✜✥✚ ✮✗✘✵✗★✙✩ ✘✾✜✗✜✧ ✽✴✚✛✴✥ ✚✛✜
❂✗✬★✥ ➡✜✥✜✽★✲ ❉✴✩✚✗✴✤✚✰ ✪✛✜ ❂➡✳ ✘✾✜✗✩ ✩✜✭✜✗★✲ qr⑨ ➫➭ ➯⑨❺❺⑨❹ ➏→s❷⑧s❺⑤ t④⑦❹t ➍⑦⑩⑦❺④
programs for those interested in making invest- ⑦❶④⑨⑥ ④r⑨ ⑩③❻①⑦❺❹ ⑧⑨⑩s⑧⑨⑧ ④③ ⑩❷③t⑨ ④r⑨ ➒⑦
ments with their business projects within the ➲⑥⑦❺⑧⑨ ❷③⑩⑦④s③❺❼qr⑨ ➏→s❷⑧s❺⑤ ❸⑦t ③❺⑨ ③❶ ④r⑨
URD. A loan program, Call for Projects and the ⑨➳⑦❻①❷⑨t ⑤s➍⑨❺ ⑦④q→⑨t⑧⑦❹ ❺s⑤r④➵t ❻⑨⑨④s❺⑤
➆✱✩✴✥✜✩✩ ★✥✧ ✪✜✤✛✥✘✲✘✵❃ ➢★✗➄ ★✗✜ ★✙✘✥✵ ✚✛✜✙✰ ❸r⑨⑥⑨ ④r⑨ ➸⑥➏⑦❺ ➺⑨❺⑨❸⑦❷ ➻⑤⑨❺⑩❹ ❸③→❷⑧ ❷s➣⑨
✪✛✜ ✶✯➢ ✴✩ ✲✴➄✜✲❃ ✚✛✜ ✙✘✩✚ ✴✥✭✘✲✭✜✧ ✮✗✘✵✗★✙✷ ④③ t⑨⑨ t③❻⑨③❺⑨ s❺➍⑨t④ s❺ ④r⑨ ➏→s❷⑧s❺⑤❼
✽✛✴✤✛ ✘✾✜✗✩ ➤✺➥➥✷➥➥➥ ✴✥ ✵✗★✥✚✩ ✚✘ ★✮✮✲✴✤★✥✚✩
every year as long as they follow certain criteria.
✪✛✜ ✮✗✘✵✗★✙ ★✥✧ ✴✚✩ ✤✗✴✚✜✗✴★ ✽✜✗✜ ✧✴✩✤✱✩✩✜✧ ★✚
length. In previous meetings, some agency mem-
bers voiced they wanted to get rid of the program
altogether since it’s so subjective and tends to
✛★✭✜ ✥✜✽ ➦★✽✩ ✜✭✜✗❃ ❃✜★✗✰ ❅✘✽✜✭✜✗✷ ✘✚✛✜✗ ★✵✜✥❄
cy members said it’s the most important program
✚✛✜ ❂➡✳✘✾✜✗✩ ★✥✧ ✚✛✜ ★✵✜✥✤❃ ✽✘✱✲✧ ✛★✭✜ ✲✴✚✚✲✜ ✚✘
show for the URD if they got rid of it.
✪✛✜ ✮✗✘✵✗★✙ ✛★✩ ✬★✩✜✧ ✮✗✘➙✜✤✚✩ ✘✥ ★ ✮✘✴✥✚ ✩❃✩❄
✚✜✙✰ ✪✛✜ ✮✘✴✥✚ ✩❃✩✚✜✙ ✧✴✧ ✥✘✚ ★✲✽★❃✩ ✤✘✙✜ ✴✥✚✘
the main consideration in previous years, which
top priority. Retail and commercial businesses
located inside and outside the CBZ were ranked
with varying points and additional points were
suggested to be given to those businesses who
wanted to occupy a building that had been va-
cant for more than six and 12 months.
Another section focused on comparing how
much private investment was being used ver-
sus investment from public dollars.
According to the packet, it “provides incen-
tive for larger projects that do not rely as heav-
ily on public funds, including grants or loans
✽★✩ ✮★✗✚✘✖ ✚✛✜ ➦★✽✜✧ ✩❃✩✚✜✙✰ ➜✥ ★ ✮★✤➄✜✚✵✴✭✜✥ ✚✘ ✖✗✘✙ ✘✚✛✜✗ ✮✱✬✲✴✤ ✩✘✱✗✤✜✩✰✿
the agency, District Manager Robert Strope pro-
✪✛✜ ✛✴✵✛✜✩✚ ✮✘✴✥✚✩ ✵✴✭✜✥ ✽★✩ ✖✘✗ ★ ✮✗✘➙✜✤✚ ✽✴✚✛
posed several ideas to the agency for discussion, ✙✘✗✜ ✚✛★✥ ➤✣❀➥✷➥➥➥ ✴✥ ✮✗✴✭★✚✜ ✴✥✭✜✩✚✙✜✥✚✰
such as increasing the point scale system to al-
✪✛✜✗✜ ✽✜✗✜ ★✲✩✘ ✩✜✤✚✴✘✥✩ ✚✛★✚ ✚✘✘➄ ✴✥✚✘ ★✤❄
low for a much larger point scale.
✸✪✛✴✩ ✛✜✲✮✩ ✧✜✲✴✥✜★✚✜ ✛✴✵✛✜✗ ➧✱★✲✴✚❃ ✮✗✘➙✜✤✚✩
★✥✧ ★✭✘✴✧✩ ✚✛✜ ✮✘✚✜✥✚✴★✲ ✖✘✗ ✚✴✜ ✩✤✘✗✜✩✷✿ ★✤✤✘✗✧❄
count working on blighted buildings and busi-
ness viability.
✪✛✜ ✮✗✘✮✘✩★✲ ★✲✩✘ ✩✱✵✵✜✩✚✜✧ ✤★✮✮✴✥✵ ✚✛✜ ✮✗✘➙❄
ing to the packet.
✜✤✚✩ ★✚ ➤➨❀✷➥➥➥ ★✥✧ ✵✴✭✴✥✵ ✚✛✜ ✛✴✵✛✜✩✚ ✗★✥➄✜✧
➜✥ ✚✛✜ ✦✗✩✚ ✩✜✤✚✴✘✥ ✘✖ ✚✛✜ ✮✗✘✮✘✩✜✧ ✩✤★✲✜✷ ✚✛✜ ✮✗✘➙✜✤✚✩ ✽✛★✚ ✚✛✜❃ ★✩➄✜✧ ✖✘✗ ➂✱✮ ✚✘ ➤➨❀✷➥➥➥➃ ★✥✧
impact on the Central Business Zone ranked
trade sector businesses at any location as the
funding the second and third highest ranked proj-
See URA / Page 5A
✖✗✘✙ ✚✛✜ ✢✣ ✤✘✥✦✗✙✜✧ ✤★✩✜✩ ✪✛✜
✫✬✩✜✗✭✜✗ ✗✜✮✘✗✚✜✧ ✘✥ ✯✜✬✰ ✣✰ ✪✛✜
Oregon Health Authority cited
✖✘✱✗ ✤✘✥✦✗✙✜✧ ✤★✩✜✩ ✘✖ ✙✜★✩✲✜✩
in Multnomah County as of Feb. 7.
✳✤✤✘✗✧✴✥✵ ✚✘ ✪✛✜ ✶✘✲✱✙✬✴★✥✷ ★
newspaper in Vancouver, Wash-
✴✥✵✚✘✥✷ ✸✘✖ ✚✛✜ ✹✺ ✤✘✥✦✗✙✜✧ ✤★✩✜✩
in Clark County, 54 were not im-
✙✱✥✴✻✜✧ ★✥✧ ✩✴✼ ✽✜✗✜ ✱✥✭✜✗✴✦✜✧✰
✪✛✜✗✜ ★✗✜ ✥✘✽ ✚✽✘ ✤★✩✜✩ ✽✛✘ ✛★✭✜
received one dose of the MMR
vaccine, which provides 93 per-
❛❜❝❞❝ ❢❝❣✐❞❥❦❧ ❝♠ ♥♣♥
qrst ✉✇✇✇ ①r③④③⑤⑥⑦①r ⑧⑨①s⑩④t ④r⑨
✤✜✥✚ ✜✾✜✤✚✴✭✜✥✜✩✩✰✿
✪✛✜ ✶✘✲✱✙✬✴★✥ ✲★✩✚ ✗✜✮✘✗✚✜✧ ❀❁ ❶⑦⑩⑨ ③❶ ⑦ ⑩rs❷⑧ ❸r③ ❸⑦t ⑧st①❷⑦❹s❺⑤
measles cases in Washington state ④r⑨ ⑩r⑦⑥⑦⑩④⑨⑥st④s⑩ ❻⑨⑦t❷⑨t⑥⑦tr❼
on Friday, showing just how viral
this disease is, with nine more in-
stances of the sickness appearing
over the weekend.
Elizabeth Sieders, communi-
cable disease nurse at the Center
for Human Development in La
Grande, wrote in an email update
on Feb. 15 that there “continues to
be no suspect measles activity in
❂✥✴✘✥ ✶✘✱✥✚❃ ★✚ ✚✛✴✩ ✚✴✙✜✰✿
Sieders also noted because it
has been 23 days since a person
from Union County knowingly
was exposed to measles, and the
disease’s incubation period is only
seven to 18 days, she is encour-
aged when calculating the dimin-
ishing risk of measles reaching
Union County through resident
travel or importation.
“GRH and CHD are continuing
to promote education of the dis-
ease within the community as the
main method of outbreak preven-
✚✴✘✥ ★✚ ✚✛✴✩ ✚✴✙✜✷✿ ✩✛✜ ✽✗✘✚✜✰ ✸✪✛✴✩
✛★✩ ✗✜✩✱✲✚✜✧ ✴✥ ★ ✩✴✵✥✴✦✤★✥✚ ✴✥❄
crease in demand for (the) MMR
vaccine, which both GRH and
✶❅❉ ✛★✭✜ ✬✜✜✥ ★✬✲✜ ✚✘ ✖✱✲✦✲✲✰✿
✪✛✜ ✶✜✥✚✜✗✩ ✖✘✗ ❉✴✩✜★✩✜ ✶✘✥✚✗✘✲
and Prevention state two doses of
the MMR (measles, mumps and
rubella) vaccine are 97 percent
See Measles / Page 5A
Are 16-year-olds ready to vote?
❇✝ ❽☞❾❿ ➀✟✌♦✠
✏❤✑ ✒✓✔✑✕✈✑✕
A push in State Legislature to change
the voting age in Oregon from 18 to 16
years old is drawing mixed reaction in
Northeast Oregon.
Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, is among
the outspoken opponents of the drive.
“People are not legally considered adults
✴✥ ✚✛✴✩ ✤✘✱✥✚✗❃ ✱✥✚✴✲ ✚✛✜❃ ★✗✜ ✣➁✷✿ ❅★✥✩✜✲✲
said, noting in the United States, in most
cases, you cannot enter into contracts, own
✦✗✜★✗✙✩✷ ✵✜✚ ✙★✗✗✴✜✧✷ ✜✥✲✴✩✚ ✴✥ ✚✛✜ ✙✴✲✴✚★✗❃
or own land until you are 18.
✸✪✛✜❃ ➂✣✹❄❃✜★✗❄✘✲✧✩➃ ★✗✜ ✥✘✚ ✧✜✜✙✜✧
mature enough and old enough (to do
★✥❃ ✘✖ ✚✛✜✩✜ ✚✛✴✥✵✩➃✰ ✪✛✜❃ ★✗✜ ✚✜✜✥★✵❄
➇➈❦❥✐➉❥✐ ➊➋❥ ➌❜❝❞❝ ✜✗✩✷ ✚✛✜❃ ★✗✜ ✤✛✴✲✧✗✜✥✷✿ ❅★✥✩✜✲✲ ✩★✴✧✰
qr⑨➍③④s❺⑤⑦⑤⑨ s❺➎⑥⑨⑤③❺❻⑦❹ ➏⑨⑩r⑦❺⑤⑨⑧❶⑥③❻ “Yet, in light of all that, we want to
✉➐ ④③✉➑❼ ➒③⑩⑦❷ ③①s❺s③❺t➍⑦⑥❹❸s⑧⑨❷❹ ❶⑥③❻❷⑨⑤st❷⑦➓ give them the tremendous privilege
④③⑥t➔ t④→⑧⑨❺④t⑦❺⑧ ④⑨⑦⑩r⑨⑥t⑦❷s➣⑨❼
and responsibility of voting. It (would
❇✝ ➀✟↔ ❽❡✠✠☞✠↕
✏❤✑ ✒✓✔✑✕✈✑✕
✚✘ ✚✛✜ ✴✥➙✱✗✴✜✩ ✩✛✜ ✩✱✾✜✗✜✧✰ ➛✜✲✲✩
was treated and later released.
Enterprise Police Chief Joel
Fish said the department is lead-
ing an investigation into the acci-
dent, but no one has been charged
with a crime.
“We don’t have all the informa-
✚✴✘✥ ❃✜✚✷✿ ✯✴✩✛ ✩★✴✧✰
He said there were a number of
witnesses to the event and the po-
lice have interviewed many of them.
✿✱✯✯✭❁❜❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲✮❵ ❡✼✱❁✯✫ ❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❢❵
❃❛✰✯✬✽❁✰✭✫❲❲❲❲❲❲❫❵ ❡✯✽✯✭❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲✹❵
❃✼✰✴✰✱✴❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❭❵
❞✭✷✱❁❂ ❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❲❫❵
FRIDAY
ing sparked by state Sen. Shemia Fa-
gan, D-Portland. Fagan introduced a
measure Monday calling for the state’s
voting age to be lowered from 18 to 16.
Fagan is proposing a change to the Or-
egon Constitution. If lawmakers pass
the measure, it would then be sent to
voters, who would have a chance to
make this the only state where 16-year-
olds can vote.
La Grande High School history teach-
er John Lamoreau supports the mea-
sure Fagan introduced.
“First of all, I have found that many of
the students I have taught of this age care
about their communities and are incred-
ibly motivated to make their communities
better. I know too many people of current
voting age who do not vote at all. If we
taken to Wallowa Memorial Hos-
pital via ambulance. Kim died due
An 80-year-old Enterprise wom-
an is dead after she and a woman
walking with her across West
North Street were struck by a ve-
hicle at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Friday in Enterprise.
According to the Enterprise Po-
lice Department, Kathleen Kim
and 40-year-old Molly Wells of
Lostine were both hit by a vehicle
driven by Charles Cannon, 54, of
Flora, near Safeway. Both were
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have citizens who care, by all means, let’s
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he said. “If we give 16-year-olds the privi-
lege of driving a motor vehicle, let’s give
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LHS students who also support Fagan’s
measure include Kael Bartlett, a junior.
“I’m down for that (allowing 16-year-
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we could say, but we cannot (because
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Palama Cooke, a LHS senior, said she
believes 16-year-olds should be able to
vote on issues and candidates that will
impact them later in life. She cited pres-
idential races and measures addressing
climate change as examples.
LHS junior Alex Larvik, who turned
17 less than a week ago, thinks allowing
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Elizabeth Casebourn, a resi-
dent of Enterprise, did not see
the actual accident but witnessed
the immediate aftermath.
“Usually when it’s just a little
fender bender, just one or two
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“So we knew it wasn’t good when
probably everybody who was on
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She said she saw blood all over the
sidewalk as well as two ambulances.
“We were like oh man, that’s not
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Casebourn said it seemed like
the whole town was outside of
Safeway watching the scene. She
noted it was dark, and the weath-
er had been very poor.
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the accident remained.
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Fish said EPD is not currently
looking for more witnesses and
should have an update on its in-
vestigation Friday.
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