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Tigers in trophy talk
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Cove homicide
arrest made
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vember homicide of Loretta Williams.
According to a press release from
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School Principal Kyle McKinney is a
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viding an expansive
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Lee, 71, was arrested on
a charge of murder by
the Northeast Oregon
Regional SWAT team
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at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Lee and Williams were
married until July 2018, according to
See Cove / Page 5A
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ity chairs and a table
with a Rubik’s Cube, a
Newton’s cradle and snacks.
The table is a tool McKinney uses
to bring out the best in students who
have just had emotional outbursts
or other behavior issues in school.
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EOFF and historic theater
consider continuing partnership
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dents and prepares to get them back
on a path to success.
McKinney has these students sit at
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Census staff
present to
commissioners
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their emotions cool while he does busy
work on his computer. Then he joins
the student at the table, not to deliver
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tion addressing what just happened.
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ing. I don’t tell them what to do. We
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behavior) issue,” McKinney said.
Unfortunately, McKinney has
had to have an increasing number
of collaborative problem solving
sessions with students in recent
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out the La Grande School District
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Ð❮óÒ ❐ÒÑ×ó❮Ó❒ð üÑÒ Õ❰Ø❮❰ÏÙ Óß × ❰ÒÚ
report by the Oregon Education
Association, “A Crisis of Disrupted
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dantly clear. The report details what
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munity shared at 14 public forums
throughout the state.
“Over the past three years, OEA
members have told more and more
stories about extreme behaviors in
Oregon schools. These behaviors
have made classrooms feel unsafe
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eryone is feeling their impact,” the
OEA report states in its introduction.
Scott Carpenter, the La Grande
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ulum and Title I programs, said the
statewide problem the OEA report
addresses also applies to his school
district.
“We are not unlike any Oregon
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issue),” Carpenter said.
See Behavior / Page 5A
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he Liberty Theatre Foundation held a
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cuss updates on the construction of
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Michael Jaeger, board president of the
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Grande has accepted the theater’s overall
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tural layouts for the lobby and facade, or the
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pairing the roof.
“We’re feeling pretty good about phase
one,” Jaeger said. “We still have some grants
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impact on the refurbishing of the theater.”
The foundation hoped to open the theater
by the end of this year, but Jaeger said 2020
is more likely.
“We’re anticipating we will be open some
time next year,” he said. “There are still
Ken Wisdom, the chief petitioner for
Union County’s Second Amendment
ordinance, asked the commissioners
to approve the updated version of
the ordinance that was passed in
November 2018.
Not counting donated time and labor,
Jaeger estimated the actual direct expense
of restoring the Liberty Theatre will add up
to about $1.5 million. So far, the foundation
has received $479,000 in grants and has
$600,000 more “in the works,” according
to the board president. He said the most
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ers heard from Wisdom who said
the passed ordinance was written in
2016. The updated one he presented
to them was from 2018.
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ing with modern plumbing and electricity.
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es include changing the county to a
ty. The new ordinance also states the
local governments have the “legal
authority to refuse to cooperate with
tion is complete, the foundation can launch
phase two, which involves deciding whether
the Liberty Theatre Foundation would both
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Wisdom also said the ordinance
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the equation.”
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Rasmussen
supports
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ing, or if it would lease the space out to a
separate operator. Phase three will be more
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the theater with features from the 1920s or
‘30s,” according to Jaeger.
While the Liberty remains in phase one,
however, Jaeger said the board must iron
out the operational details of phase two
before it can commit to an agreement with
ment, but if there were
another to replace him
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ested out there, and it usually takes several ÿ×ÙÐÒ❒❰ ❒ÒÏÓ❰ ✁ ❮Öá ✁ ÒÙÐ❮ó×Öç ÚÑ❮æÑ ❮Ù æÒÖÛ
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ing and receiving grants.”
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Liberty Theatre in 2020, he has already
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agreement just yet.
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ries held at hq, a venue at 112 Depot St., La
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hold the amendment
then this ordinance will
be able to protect its community.
The commissioners will decide
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nance in a future meeting.
The 2019 census is also right around
the corner and Sarah Bushore, the
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sented to the commissioners about
what to expect — and how the county
can help move the process along.
Bushore has been traveling across
the state to tell the communities about
the importance of the census, which
occurs every 10 years.
See Liberty / Page 5A
See Census / Page 5A
Wallowa Resources hire takes on weed management
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Wallowa Resources announced
an addition to its team on Feb. 15,
job: “Kris will be responsible for
development,
implementation
and evaluation of invasive weed
management strategies across the
Canyonlands of Wallowa County.
This involves coordination with
numerous partners including
this topic is essential.
“The threat of noxious weeds
and invasive species in general has
work Wallowa Resources does on
ship, education, and job creation,”
according to its website.
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lowa County earlier this month,
Crowley worked in Burns for seven
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gram and the Burns Paiute Tribe as a
ployees. Kris Crowley, a Boise State
tive solutions,” Crowley said.
graduate who was most recently Ôà❐Ö❮æ ×ÏÒ❰æ❮ÒÙç ❰Ó❰Ô❒ÓÕÐ Ó❒Ï×Û
Wallowa Resources is based in ÕÙÑÒ❒❮ÒÙ❐❮ÓÖÓÏ❮ÙÐ×❰ØÔ❒ÓÏ❒×áá×❰Û
working for seven years in Burns, is nizations, and private landowners Enterprise and its mission “is to ×ÏÒ❒ð ñÒ Ù×❮Ø ÐÑÒ ❒ÒÏ❮Ó❰ æÖÒ×❒Öä ÙàÔÛ
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nership Program Manager.
jurisdictional boundaries.”
ate strong economies and healthy
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In a press release, Wallowa
Crowley told The Observer the Ö×❰ØÙæ×ÔÒÙ ÐÑ❒ÓàÏÑ Ö×❰Ø ÙÐÒÚ×❒ØÛ Ð❮Ó❰ ßÓ❒ × æÓàÔÖÒ Óß ÚÒÒéÙç ❮Ð ❮Ù ×ÖÛ
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Resources
outlined
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MONDAY
Crowley’s
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