SPORTS
Eastern advances to second round
in NIA national tournament
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World’s
strongest
grandma?
Union County’s
Prominent Women
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Debbie Brow is a 61-year-
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plained she joined Mountain
Valley Fitness when it opened
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time, she was going only be-
cause she felt the need to stay
healthy. After about a year, she
started working with personal
trainer Derek Harmon and
continued training with him for
a couple years.
Harmon said Brow was not
especially excited to come
into the gym at the time.
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thing she was passionate
about and enjoyed and she
was really good at, and I kind
of stumbled upon the fact
that she was really strong for
her age,” he said.
He recalled challenging
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struggles but she lifts it up and
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self — surprised me a little bit
too. I think that’s when it really
clicked for her that she was a
lot stronger than she was giving
herself credit for,” he said.
Brow said Harmon’s chal-
lenge motivated her to start
lifting weights, and that was
when she realized she truly
loves lifting and getting stron-
ger. Now she can’t wait to go
to the gym, and she even de-
scribes herself as being “ad-
dicted” to working out.
“I never would have thought
two years ago that I would be
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The Urban Renewal Agen-
cy had a split reaction to a
new point system policy for
its Call for Projects program
during Wednesday night’s
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e wish we could cover
all of the many inspiring
and empowered women
in this area — unfortunately, we
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Donna Beverage
just started her third year as one
of Union County’s commissioners,
and she said she’s excited for the
opportunity to continue serving
her community.
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As the executive
director at Art Cen-
ter East, an art gallery and creative
space in La Grande, Darcy Dolge
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“I work with partnership heads,
grant writing, fundraising, curat-
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Back
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in
1982,
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taurant in La Grande, and boy,
was it a hit. Five years later she
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“My favorite part of the job is
doing what I can to help busi-
nesses succeed and expand in
Union County — that’s my pas-
sion,” she said.
Beverage is also dedicated to the
county’s environmental concerns,
such as forest management, natural
resources conservation and wild-
nature and the desire to protect it
comes from her experience of being
raised on a ranch in Union County,
and now managing her own.
“I feel like it helps me under-
stand how important water and
our natural resources are, because
we rely on them as ranchers,” she
said. “It also helps me understand
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a few other roles including com-
munications, team and organiza-
tional leadership and human re-
sources planning. “Anything ACE
is pretty much run by the four of
us (board members).”
Dolge said she loves working
in the arts because it makes her
feel like she’s made a meaningful
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Ten Depot restaurant and bar in
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La Grande; Charity Walter, presi-
dent and CEO of Dainty Jewells
fashion boutique in La Grande;
director and women’s head bas-
ketball coach at Eastern Oregon
University.
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chose them based on prominence
and tried to bring in a mix: Donna
Beverage, Union County commis-
sioner; Darcy Dolge, executive
director at Art Center East in La
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tire in the outdoor area of
Mountain Valley Fitness.
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state records and two weeks
ago she broke a national re-
cord. But she’s far from slow-
ing down — in fact, she’s really
just getting started.
Brow began competing in
powerlifting only two years
ago, and she has ambitions to
continue to national and even
international competitions.
Brow is originally from Eu-
gene but has lived in La Grande
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bar and restaurant in La Grande
serving a unique dinner menu ev-
ery week with mostly organic food
and regularly featuring live music.
“I was looking to start a restau-
rant and chose La Grande because
there was nothing here,” she said,
laughing. “I love food and was al-
See Beverage / Page 5A
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have its support,” she said. “It’s
important our community has
access to the arts or (the opportu-
nity to) learn something new not
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class so we can be well-rounded,
See Dolge / Page 5A
ways interested in nutrition, and
working in the restaurant busi-
ness is almost like theater — you
put on a show every night.”
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ago because once other Mexican
restaurants began rolling into town,
the competition made things hard-
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the bedroom of her parents’ house ried and moved to La Grande, her
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years, the entrepreneur built a suc- one rack of clothing. Today, she has
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Now, every year, Dainty Jewells
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clothing worldwide, with Canada
and Germany being the top inter-
national buyers. Walter got mar-
As Eastern Oregon University’s ath-
letic director and head women’s bas-
taineers began in 1989 when she
enrolled as an undergraduate and
reinstated the softball club. Then, in
1994, she came back to EOU in a full-
time capacity to coach the softball
team, and did so for 11 years.
For six of those years, Weissen-
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force to be reckoned with. Her long-
time relationship with the Moun-
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ketball team. Then she decided to
put all of her focus on basketball.
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her business needs with funds from
an urban renewal grant. The ware-
house and storefront, decorated in
a minimalistic femme style with
See Walter / Page 5A
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bers supported the clarity of
the system, while others said
it is now too stringent and no
longer requires the agency
members to even participate.
Agency Director Robert
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with the updated policy that
ranks the CFP applicants for the
funding. The agency members
have had multiple discussions
regarding their concern about
how the applications for fund-
ing were selected. Agency mem-
bers have argued previously
they aren’t business majors and
don’t know how to judge a busi-
ness on its viability through the
information they receive. The
result of those discussions was
a new method for judging ap-
plications that awards points on
whether the applicant provided
a business plan and points for
the proposed location. The sys-
tem gives more points to proj-
ects in the Central Business
See URA / Page 5A
Established
hemp farm
wants to
process in
Union County
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Rona Lindsey is hoping to
help local hemp farmers save
money by processing the
crop here instead of sending
it to the west side of the state.
Lindsey said this is her second
year growing hemp in Union
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a conditional use permit to use
a processing machine on her
property. Hemp produces CBD
oil, among other products.
“Right now, I have to send
(the hemp) to Eugene,” she
said, noting the processors
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give up a lot of time as a coach and
athletic director. Eastern is my fam-
ily and has been for a long time.”
EOU’s women’s basketball team
the revenue from the top.
By processing the plants
herself, Lindsey — and other
farmers in the region who
wish to use the machinery —
will be saving money.
“We could be fair to the
farmers,” she said.
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year as the women’s coach.
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ity Walter is a strong business-
woman in the area. Walter started
her fashion boutique business for
“modest women,” Dainty Jewells,
when she was only 16 years old in
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