The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, March 13, 2019, Page 8, Image 8

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Piano teacher
accused of sexually
abusing student
SHERWOOD — A piano
teacher in Sherwood has
been accused of sexually
abusing one of his students.
KGW reports that the sus-
pect, 29-year-old Christo-
×ØÙÚ ÛÜ ÝÚÞßàá âãä ãÚÚÙäåæ
ed Saturday and has been
charged with sodomy, sex
abuse and unlawful sexual
penetration.
çèéÞêÙ äãë ÝÚÞßà ãééÙìæ
edly had several encounters
with the victim while teach-
ing piano lessons at Let’s
Make Music and Dance, a
music school in Sherwood
that serves kids from age 3
up to adults.
Tuesday to include the Ho-
locaust as part of the state-
wide social studies curricu-
lum. A recent poll found
that two-thirds of American
millennials surveyed could
not identify what Auschwitz
is.
Only 10 states require
some level of Holocaust and
genocide education in the
classroom. Chief sponsor of
the bill Sen. Rob Wagner,
D-Lake Oswego, said that
more education is needed to
combat the “recent increase
in anti-Semitic violence
and hate speech” across the
country.
The measure now goes to
the House for approval.
Man accused of
mother and director of Let’s starting more than
íÙîëà ÝÚÞßàá ÝÚÞßàïä
Make Music and Dance,
posted a statement on the
school website Sunday eve-
ning that says her son is in-
nocent. She said he will not
work at the school while
charges are pending.
Oregon Senate OKs
Holocaust education
requirement in schools
SALEM — The Oregon
Senate overwhelmingly ap-
proved a measure requiring
schools to teach students
about the Holocaust and
other acts of genocide.
Senators voted 27-0 on
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ãàÿ ÞàþéåÚãåÞèà è ✄ åÙàá ãêæ
cording to Dan Larman,
the city’s public works su-
pervisor.
✏✑ ã ☎ Þàì äÞìàÞþêãàå Þàæ
✍ èâ ãàÿ ÞàþéåÚãåÞèà Þää ✞ Ùä
means we need to be able
to pinpoint problem ar-
eas on our own instead of
renting equipment from
other municipalities,” he
said.
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Grande came with impec-
cable timing, as the City
of Elgin recently received
$476,400 in grant money
from Business Oregon to
kickstart its wastewater
system renovation proj-
ect — something that has
been on Larman’s mind
since he began working
with the public works de-
partment nine years ago.
“It’s a good thing to get
started, and I have total
faith in Elgin’s City Coun-
cil and our public works
crew,” he said. “I don’t
think the project will get
dropped. We’ll keep pro-
gressing year after year.”
Larman noted the sew-
er’s makeover will cost
about $6 million over a
20-year period when it’s
all said and done, but with
the grant money and the
CCTV van at its disposal,
the city can get to work
immediately.
ðñ òóôõ ö÷ øùóúûü÷ý
PORTLAND — A man
has been arrested on sus-
picion of intentionally
äÙååÞàì þÚÙä Þà ÿèâàåèâà
Portland.
Portland Fire and Res-
cue said investigators be-
lieve Jack Edward Van-
dorin Young started more
åØãà ✁ þÚÙä äÞàêÙ ÛãÚêØ
8. Nine or 10 of those
þÚÙä âÙÚÙ äåãÚåÙÿ Þà åØÙ
west part of downtown on
March 8 and 9.
KOIN reports that arson
investigators have been
tracking the suspect since
Also at Tuesday night’s
council meeting Judge
Laura Eckstein gave a
progress report on rees-
tablishing the city’s court.
“We have now entered
our third phase of court,”
she said during the meet-
ing. “We had the set-up
phase, we had the getting-
up-to-speed phase, and
now we are in the phase
âØÙÚÙ âÙ Øã ☎ Ù è ✞ Ú þÚäå
misdemeanor
criminal
case, which is a huge step
for us.”
In August 2017, Elgin
ØÙéÿ Þåä þÚäå ✝✞ àÞêÞ×ãé
court case in six years
with Eckstein as its newly
appointed judge. Since
then, she’s been handling
ordinance cases, such as
åÚãßê ãàÿ ãàÞ ✝ ãé éÞêÙàäÙ
violations, with a goal of
building up to criminal
cases.
“We had to start from
scratch,” she said. “We
always intended to take
criminal cases, but we had
to phase the process in.”
Eckstein will see her
þÚäå ✝ ÞäÿÙ ✝ ÙãàèÚ êÚÞ ✝ Þæ
nal case in Elgin on March
27, followed by two juve-
nile cases in the near fu-
ture.
Dawson Larman, newly
appointed student coun-
cilor and Dan Larman’s
äèàá ìã ☎ Ù ØÞä þÚäå ÿÙåãÞéÙÿ
report to the city council.
He spoke of his meeting
with Elgin School District
Superintendent Dianne
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he was caught on surveil-
lance video on March 1 al-
éÙìÙÿéë äÙååÞàì è ✂ ✄ ãéäÙ þÚÙ
alarms.
Young was arrested Sun-
day evening and charged
with two counts of arson. It
wasn’t immediately clear if
he had an attorney.
barrier” for some people,
particularly low-income
and young people who are
less likely to have stamps.
Currently, voters who
êãàïå ã ✂ èÚÿ äåã ✝ ×ä êãà
turn in their ballots for free
ãå åØÙÞÚ êè ✞ àåë êéÙÚ ✟ ïä èßêÙ
or at a ballot drop box.
Oregon governor
pushes for prepaid
mail-in ballots
✠ ûüõ ✡ ü ✠ öóûö÷ôõ ☛ ö ☞✌ ú
SALEM — Gov. Kate
Brown is pressing Oregon
lawmakers to pass a mea-
sure paying for prepaid
postage on mail-in ballots,
a move she says would
boost voter turnout in a
state that boasts one of the
highest electoral participa-
tion rates in the country.
California and Wash-
ington state have already
passed measures requiring
ÙéÙêåÞèà èßêÞãéä åè ×Úè ☎ ÞÿÙ
prepaid mail ballots.
Oregon became a leader
in voting accessibility af-
ter switching to a vote by
mail system 2000. The
äåãåÙ ãéäè ✆ Ùêã ✝ Ù åØÙ þÚäå
to implement a robust au-
tomatic voter registration
system that automatically
signs people up to vote
when they get a driver’s li-
cense.
But the governor notes
that postage stamps can
still act as a “functional
an engine, which is stan-
dard procedure. The Bom-
bardier Q400 aircraft land-
ed safely.
The Seattle-based airline
says it was working Tues-
day afternoon to get the 76
passengers and four crew
✝ Ù ✝✆ ÙÚä èà ã ÿÞ ✂ ÙÚÙàå
Alaska plane.
The airline says its pilots
are trained for single-en-
gine operations, which are
rare.
to Seattle returns to
Portland
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SEATTLE — Alaska Air-
✍ ÞìØå ØÙãÿÙÿ
to Seattle returned to Port-
land after the crew shut
down one of the aircraft’s
engines.
KOMO-TV reports Alas-
ka Flight 2228 departed
from the Portland Inter-
national Airport at about
10:30 a.m. Tuesday and
returned about a half hour
later.
The airline says in a state-
ment that pilots were noti-
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the propeller’s speed con-
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The crew then shut down
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âãäå æççè éêåë ìíîìíîïð ñèòóôõä éöõ÷äé øëåõêóùä
öù êöæêúû åäõçüüäôèäèð
Greif on the district’s bud-
get plans.
Dawson reported Elgin
High School’s gymnasium
roof will likely be replaced
this summer after it en-
dured severe wind dam-
age, and the school’s track
coach, Emily Sorensen,
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meet in years at home,
although the district will
need to reallocate funds
to buy new equipment for
the meet.
The student councilor
also pointed out the lack
of mental health counsel-
ors at Elgin High School
and Elgin Middle School,
and said the superinten-
dent “main priority” is to
hire full-time counselors,
depending on the budget.
Also at Tuesday’s meet-
Þàìá í ✞✂ ë äãÞÿ åØÙ êÞåë
council is still looking for
grants to purchase a new
ambulance, which will
cost about $250,000. The
mayor also would like to
apply for more grant mon-
ey in the area of arts and
culture for the City of El-
gin in the near future.
As he has stated before,
í ✞✂ ë Ù ✎ ×éãÞàÙÿ ìÚãàå
funding is especially vital
for rural communities to
grow and thrive.
“A small community like
ours has to have grants to
succeed,” he said.
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Grande Ronde Hospital proudly welcomes:
Edward Frink, MD
Joining the Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics team as an Anesthesiologist
Anesthesiologist Edward Frink, MD, joins the GRH team
from the Central Oregon area. Dr. Frink is a graduate of the
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and is
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Dr. Frink enjoys outdoor activities including camping,
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following his two daughters to horse-jumping events or
remodeling his 1958 Airstream. He looks forward to
providing high-quality Anesthesia services to Union County.
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