The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, March 15, 2019, WEEKEND EDITION, Image 1

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■ ✁✂✄☎
Ah You-Dias named NAIA POY
FRIDAY-SUNDAY ➢ ➤➥➦➧➨ ➩➫➭➩➯➲ ➳➵➩➸ ➢ $1.50
➺➻➻➼ ➼➽➾ ➚➻ ➻➪➶ ➹➽➘➪➴➼ ➷➪➬➷➮➶➱➬➴➶ ✃➽➹➴➘➘➴ ➺➻➶➚➴ ➻❐ ✃➽ ➺➶➽❒➼➴
A helping
hand
▼❲P ▼❭ ❙◆❯❬ ◆❲P◆◗◆P❫▼❖❯ ❱❫❭ ❱❪ ❭❴❘
Unanswered
questions in
resignation,
eligibility
case at
Enterprise
❝❙◆❩◆❲▼❖ ▲❫❯❭◆❝❘ ❯②❯❭❘❩
● ➟❘❝❱❙P ❭▼❩❳❘❙◆❲❨
❇ ❆✆ ☎✄✝☎ ✝ ✾✐❀ ❡ ✿✂✝
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
✏✢✙ ✗✢✰☞ ✧✖✰✕✎☞✗ ✢✱ ❆✖✧✢✖ ✸✢✫✖✎✩ ✥✕✧✣✔
✎✜☞ ✍✜✕✖✍☞✗ ✢✱ ✑✙☞✕✲✧✖★ ✱✙☞☞ ✱✙✢✰ ✎✜☞ ✺✧✍✧✢✫✗
✣☞★✕✣ ✕✖✚ ✞ ✫✗✎✧✍☞ ✗✩✗✎☞✰ ✍✩✍✣☞ ★✙✢✘ ☞❈✬✢✖☞✖✭
tially with the help of the Center for Human
✪☞✺☞✣✢✬✰☞✖✎ ✟ ✗ ✞ ✕✧✣ ✚✧✺☞✙✗✧✢✖ ✬✙✢★✙✕✰✒
✴✕✩✣✢✙ ✤✙✢✘✖✔ ✞ ✕✧✣ ✚✧✺☞✙✗✧✢✖ ✎☞✕✰ ✣☞✕✚✔ ✗✕✧✚
✎✜☞ ✬✙✢★✙✕✰ ✘✕✗ ☞✗✎✕✑✣✧✗✜☞✚ ✧✖ ✓ ✠ ✵ ✡ ✎✢ ★✧✺☞
✧✖✰✕✎☞✗ ✘✧✎✜ ✑☞✜✕✺✧✢✙✕✣ ✜☞✕✣✎✜ ✬✙✢✑✣☞✰✗ ✕✍✭
cess to community services, as well as to keep
people with mental illness who are at risk of
✧✖✍✕✙✍☞✙✕✎✧✢✖ ✢✫✎ ✢✱ ✞ ✕✧✣ ✧✖ ✎✜☞ ❍✙✗✎ ✬✣✕✍☞✒ ☛ ✕✗✎
✮✫✕✙✎☞✙✔ ✎✜☞ ✎☞✕✰ ✙☞✬✢✙✎✗ ✘✢✙✲✧✖★ ✘✧✎✜ ✦✶ ✢✱
✎✜☞✗☞ ✧✖✚✧✺✧✚✫✕✣✗✔ ✘✜✧✍✜ ✧✗ ✎✜☞ ✣✕✙★☞✗✎ ✖✫✰✑☞✙
✎✜☞✩ ✟ ✺☞ ✗☞✙✺☞✚ ✗✧✖✍☞ ✎✜☞ ✬✙✢★✙✕✰ ✟ ✗ ✑☞★✧✖✖✧✖★✒
“Our main goal is to get involved with indi-
viduals who have mental illnesses and end up
✗✎✫✍✲ ✧✖ ✎✜☞ ✗✬✧✙✕✣ ✢✱ ✎✜☞ ✞ ✫✗✎✧✍☞ ✗✩✗✎☞✰✔✯ ✗✜☞
✗✕✧✚✒ ❏❅☞ ✗✎✕✙✎ ✬✙✢✺✧✚✧✖★ ✧✖✎☞✖✗✧✺☞ ✗☞✙✺✧✍☞✗
that (the inmates) may not have known were
✕✺✕✧✣✕✑✣☞ ✎✢ ✜✢✬☞✱✫✣✣✩ ✙☞✚✫✍☞ ✙☞✍✧✚✧✺✧✗✰ ☞ ✎✜☞
✍✜✕✖✍☞ ✢✱ ✙☞✧✖✍✕✙✍☞✙✕✎✧✢✖ ✌ ✒✯
Brown works with three other CHD employ-
☞☞✗ ✢✖ ✎✜☞ ✞ ✕✧✣ ✚✧✺☞✙✗✧✢✖ ✎☞✕✰ ✍ ✎ ✢✙✩ ❃✗✍✢✑✕✙✔
employment and education specialist; Louise
❳▼❙❭ ❱❪ ❝❖▼◆❩❯
● ❍❏❑ ▲▼◆❖ P◆◗❘❙❯◆❱❲ ❳❙❱❨❙▼❩
✇❱❙❬❯ ❭❱ ❬❘❘❳ ❪❱❙❩❘❙ ◆❲❩▼❭❘❯
➠❙❱❫❨❴❭ ❪❱❙✇▼❙P ➠②
❲❱✇ ❪❱❙❩❘❙ ❢❏➡
➢❭❴❖❘❭◆❝ ❑◆❙❘❝❭❱❙
✓✔✕✖✗✕✘✙✚✛✜✢♦✗✴✣✤✥ ✦✧★✥✩✪✥✩
✫r✬✭ ✮✯✰t✱❚r✬✲ ✳✵✶✷✸✱ ✹✬✺✷✸✯ ✹✵r✶✷✻✱❚✵✲✮✬r ❛r✬✼✽ ✵✽✾ ✿✬r✲ ❀✸❁✬❂✵r r✺✽ ❃❄✳❅✸ s✵✷✮ ✾✷✶✯r✸✷✬✽
t✯✵✭✱ ✼❇✷❁❇ ✰✬❁✺✸✯✸ ✬✽ ✻✯✯❈✷✽❉ ❁✬✭✭✺✽✷t✲ ✭✯✭❂✯r✸ ✼✷t❇ ✭✯✽t✵✮ ✷✮✮✽✯✸✸ ✬✺t ✬✰ s✵✷✮❊
☛ ✕✙✺✧✲✔ ✖✫✙✗☞ ✏ ✕✖✚ ✴✙✢✩ ✪✕✺✧✗✔ ✍✕✗☞ ✰✕✖✕★☞✙✒
✴✢★☞✎✜☞✙✔ ✎✜☞✩ ✬✙✢✺✧✚☞ ✘✜✕✎ ✪✕✺✧✗ ✍✕✣✣☞✚ ❏✬✙☞✭
✕✖✚ ✬✢✗✎✭✑✢✢✲✧✖★ ✗☞✙✺✧✍☞✗✯ ✷ ✗✫✍✜ ✕✗ ✧✖✚✧✺✧✚✫✕✣
therapy, group therapy, supported employment
and education services, peer support, medicine
management and more — to individuals in Union
✸✢✫✖✎✩ ✘✜✢ ✰✕✩ ✑☞ ✕✎ ✙✧✗✲ ✱✢✙ ✧✖✍✕✙✍☞✙✕✎✧✢✖ ✑✕✗☞✚
on their mental illness, to current inmates with
mental illness, and to recently released convicts
✘✜✢ ✕✙☞ ✎✙✩✧✖★ ✎✢ ✙☞✧✖✎☞★✙✕✎☞ ✧✖✎✢ ✎✜☞ ✍✢✰✰✫✖✧✎✩✒
❏❅☞ ✎✙✩ ✎✢ ✧✖✎☞✙✺☞✖☞ ✑☞✱✢✙☞ ✎✜☞✗☞ ✧✖✚✧✺✧✚✫✭
Regional Forester decides
to withdraw revised plan
❇ ✼✽✾✿✐❀✾ ❁☎✾❂✽✾✆✾
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
Union County Commis-
sioner Donna Beverage and
✢✎✜☞✙ ✰☞✰✑☞✙✗ ✢✱ ✎✜☞ ❃✕✗✎✭
ern Oregon Counties Asso-
✍✧✕✎✧✢✖ ❄☞✘ ✎✢ ❅✕✗✜✧✖★✎✢✖
✪✒✸✒ ✎✢ ✗✬☞✕✲ ✎✢ ✎✜☞ ✜☞✕✚
✢✱ ✎✜☞ ❆✒✛✒ ✏✢✙☞✗✎ ✛☞✙✺✧✍☞✒
✴✜✙✢✫★✜ ✎✜✕✎ ☞❈✍✜✕✖★☞ ✷
and several other meetings
✷ ✎✜☞ ★✙✢✫✬ ✍✕✰☞ ✑✕✍✲
with some very good news
for the Umatilla, Malheur
and
Wallowa-Whitman
✏✢✙☞✗✎ ❉✣✕✖ ✙☞✺✧✗✧✢✖✗✒
✴✜☞ ❊☞★✧✢✖✕✣ ✏✢✙☞✗✎☞✙
✜✕✗ ✑☞☞✖ ✧✖✗✎✙✫✍✎☞✚ ✎✢ ✘✧✎✜✭
✚✙✕✘ ✎✜☞ ✚✙✕✱✎ ❊☞✍✢✙✚ ✢✱
✪☞✍✧✗✧✢✖✔ ✏✧✖✕✣ ❃✖✺✧✙✢✖✭
mental Impact Statement,
✕✖✚ ✎✜☞ ✎✜✙☞☞ ✙☞✺✧✗☞✚ ✬✣✕✖✗✒
According to a press re-
✣☞✕✗☞ ✱✙✢✰ ✎✜☞ ❆✒✛✒ ✪☞✬✕✙✎✭
✰☞✖✎ ✢✱ ✻★✙✧✍✫✣✎✫✙☞ ✏✢✙☞✗✎
✛☞✙✺✧✍☞✔ ✏✢✙☞✗✎ ✛☞✙✺✧✍☞ ✻✍✎✭
✧✖★ ✪☞✬✫✎✩ ✸✜✧☞✱ ✕✖✚ ❊☞✭
✺✧☞✘✧✖★ ✳❋✍☞✙ ✸✜✙✧✗ ✏✙☞✖✍✜
✧✗✗✫☞✚ ✕ ✣☞✎✎☞✙ ✎✢ ❊☞★✧✢✖✕✣
✏✢✙☞✗✎☞✙ ●✣☞✖✖ ✸✕✗✕✰✕✗✗✕
☞❈✬✣✕✧✖✧✖★ ✜✧✗ ✧✖✗✎✙✫✍✎✧✢✖✒
“Many factors com-
✕✣✗ ✕✙☞ ✗☞✖✎ ✎✢ ✞ ✕✧✣✔✯ ✪✕✺✧✗ ✗✕✧✚✒ ❏✤✫✎ ✘☞ ✕✣✗✢
provide services to inmates after lodging at
✎✜☞ ❆✖✧✢✖ ✸✢✫✖✎✩ ✥✕✧✣✒✯
As case manager, Davis assists former in-
mates with navigating health insurance, at-
tending court hearings or parole meetings
and applying to government programs so
✎✜☞✩ ✍✕✖ ✗✫✍✍☞✗✗✱✫✣✣✩ ✗✎✕✩ ✢✫✎ ✢✱ ✞ ✕✧✣✒
❏ ✑ ✩ ✙✢✣☞ ✧✗ ✎✢ ✗✎✕✑✧✣✧ ✒ ☞ ✬☞✢✬✣☞ ✎✢ ✜☞✣✬ ✎✜☞✰
✕✍✜✧☞✺☞ ✎✜☞ ✑✕✗✧✍✗ ✢✱ ✣✧✺✧✖★✔✯ ✜☞ ✗✕✧✚✒ ❏✴✜☞✙☞
See CHD / Page 5A
School board gives LG
superintendent high marks
● ❢❲❘❙❨② ❳❙❱▲❘❝❭
praised for his continu-
✧✖★ ☞✌✢✙✎✗ ✎✢ ✑✢✢✗✎ ✎✜☞
☛ ✕ ●✙✕✖✚☞ ✛✍✜✢✢✣ ✪✧✗✭
✎✙✧✍✎✒ ✥✫✗✎✧✍☞ ✧✖ ✎✜☞ ✣☞✎✎☞✙
noted Mendoza is always
seeking to improve the
district as shown through
✎✜☞ ✚☞✺☞✣✢✬✰☞✖✎ ✢✱ ✕ ❍✺☞✭
year maintenance plan;
increased support for
✗✎✫✚☞✖✎✗ ✕✖✚ ✗✎✕✌✔ ✘✜✧✍✜
creates healthier school
environments; commit-
ment to hiring coaches
for science, technology,
engineering and math
programs; and pursuing
options to incorporate
☞✕✙✣✩ ✣☞✕✙✖✧✖★ ✬✙✢★✙✕✰✗✒
✴✜☞ ✑✢✕✙✚ ✟ ✗ ☞✺✕✣✫✕✎✧✢✖
emphasized Mendoza’s
continuing support of
Professional Learning
✸✢✰✰✫✖✧✎✧☞✗✒ ❉ ☛ ✸✗✔ ✕
✬✙✢★✙✕✰ ✎✜✕✎ ✑☞★✕✖ ✧✖
✎✜☞ ☛ ✕ ●✙✕✖✚☞ ✛✍✜✢✢✣
✪✧✗✎✙✧✍✎ ✕✑✢✫✎ ✗☞✺☞✖
✩☞✕✙✗ ✕★✢✔ ✑✙✧✖★✗ ✎✢★☞✎✜✭
er teams of educators
to develop plans for ad-
dressing the individual
✖☞☞✚✗ ✢✱ ✗✎✫✚☞✖✎✗✒
Mendoza was also
▼❖❩❱❯❭ ❝❱❩❳❖❘❭❘
❣♦❤✢❥✙✛❧ ♠♥♦❥♦
♣✯✭❂✯r✸ ✬✰ t❇✯ ❀✵✸t✯r✽ qr✯❉✬✽ ❃✬✺✽t✷✯✸✈✸✸✬❁✷✵t✷✬✽ ✰✮✯✼
t✬①✵✸❇✷✽❉t✬✽ ✳❊❃❊ ✯✵r✮✷✯r t❇✷✸ ✭✬✽t❇ t✬ ✭✯✯t ✼✷t❇ ✫✬r✯✸t
③✯r✶✷❁✯ ✬✰✰✷❁✷✵✮✸ ✵❂✬✺t t❇✯ ④✭✵t✷✮✮✵✱ ♣✵✮❇✯✺r ✵✽✾①✵✮✮✬✼✵⑤
①❇✷t✭✵✽ ✫✬r✯✸t ⑥✮✵✽ r✯✶✷✸✷✬✽❊⑦✯✸t✯r✾✵✲✱ t❇✯ ⑧✯❉✷✬✽✵✮
✫✬r✯✸t✯r ✷✽✸tr✺❁t✯✾ ✬✰✰✷❁✷✵✮✸ t✬ ✼✷t❇✾r✵✼ t❇✯ ✾r✵✰t ⑧✯❁✬r✾ ✬✰
✳✯❁✷✸✷✬✽✱ ✫✷✽✵✮ ❀✽✶✷r✬✽✭✯✽t✵✮ ⑨✭❈✵❁t ③t✵t✯✭✯✽t✱ ✵✽✾ t❇✯
t❇r✯✯ ⑧✯✶✷✸✯✾ ⑥✮✵✽✸❊
pounded to produce revised
✬✣✕✖✗ ✎✜✕✎ ✘✢✫✣✚ ✑☞ ✚✧❋✍✫✣✎
✎✢ ✧✰✬✣☞✰☞✖✎✔✯ ✏✙☞✖✍✜ ✗✕✧✚✒
“While my review did not
✧✚☞✖✎✧✱✩ ✕✖✩ ✗✬☞✍✧❍✍ ✺✧✢✣✕✭
tions of law, regulation, or
✬✢✣✧✍✩✔ ✗✧★✖✧❍✍✕✖✎ ✍✜✕✖★☞✗
✢✍✍✫✙✙☞✚ ✢✺☞✙ ✎✜☞ ✵■✭✩☞✕✙
time period of the planning
✬✙✢✍☞✗✗✒✯
✏✙☞✖✍✜ ✕✚✚☞✚ ✎✜✕✎ ✕ ✖✫✰✭
✑☞✙ ✢✱ ✬✣✕✖ ✰✢✚✧❍✍✕✎✧✢✖✗
occurred that were often
✍✢✰✬✣☞❈ ✕✖✚ ✖✢✎ ✘☞✣✣ ✫✖✚☞✙✭
stood, and there were fre-
quent changes in organiza-
tions, stakeholders and key
✏✢✙☞✗✎ ✛☞✙✺✧✍☞ ✗✎✕✌✒ ✴✜☞ ✙☞✭
vised plans also did not fully
account for the unique social
and economic needs of local
✍✢✰✰✫✖✧✎✧☞✗ ✧✖ ✎✜☞ ✕✙☞✕✒
❏✴✜☞ ✙☞✗✫✣✎✧✖★ ✬✣✕✖✗ ✕✙☞
✺☞✙✩ ✚✧❋✍✫✣✎ ✎✢ ✫✖✚☞✙✗✎✕✖✚✔
and I am concerned that
See Beverage / Page 5A
❇ ❵ ✐❂ ❦ ❜ ☎❀✂✄
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
✴✜☞ ☛ ✕ ●✙✕✖✚☞ ✛✍✜✢✢✣
Board is giving Super-
✧✖✎☞✖✚☞✖✎ ●☞✢✙★☞ ✑ ☞✖✭
doza high marks for his
✞ ✢✑ ✬☞✙✱✢✙✰✕✖✍☞✒
✴✜☞ ✗✍✜✢✢✣ ✑✢✕✙✚
praised Mendoza in its
annual evaluation letter,
✘✜✧✍✜ ✘✕✗ ✙☞✕✚ ✑✩ ✍✜✕✧✙
✥✢☞ ✥✫✗✎✧✍☞ ✕✎ ✎✜☞ ✑✢✕✙✚ ✟ ✗
❅☞✚✖☞✗✚✕✩ ✰☞☞✎✧✖★✒
“You continue to meet
✕✖✚ ☞❈✍☞☞✚ ✢✫✙ ☞❈✬☞✍✎✕✭
✎✧✢✖✗ ✢✱ ✕ ✗✫✬☞✙✧✖✎☞✖✚☞✖✎✔✯
✥✫✗✎✧✍☞ ✗✕✧✚✒
✑ ☞✖✚✢ ✒ ✕ ✟ ✗ ✕✑✧✣✧✎✩ ✎✢
use his communication
skills to make connec-
tions were lauded in the
☞✕✙✣✩ ✬✢✙✎✧✢✖ ✢✱ ✎✜☞ ✣☞✎✎☞✙✒
❏ ❞ ✢✫ ✕✙☞ ✕✖ ☞❈✎✙☞✰☞✣✩
☞✌☞✍✎✧✺☞
✍✢✰✰✫✖✧✍✕✭
tor and this is evidenced
in the relationships you
✜✕✺☞ ✑✫✧✣✎ ✘✧✎✜ ✎✜☞ ✑✢✕✙✚✔
✩✢✫✙ ✗✎✕✌✔ ✎✜☞ ✍✢✰✰✫✭
nity and throughout the
✗✎✕✎☞✔✯ ✥✫✗✎✧✍☞ ✙☞✕✚ ✕✣✢✫✚✒
Mendoza was also
❇ ✁✂✄☎✆✝ ❇✂✄✝
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
Details surrounding the
chain of events that led to En-
terprise High School Athletic
Director Larry
Wells’ decision
to resign are
still murky, as
more than two
months after he
➤↔→→➣
announced his
resignation, and
three weeks af-
ter it went into
☞✌☞✍✎ ✏☞✑✒ ✓✓✔
there are many
questions that
➒➓➔→➣↔↕
still remain un-
✕✖✗✘☞✙☞✚✒
Wells
an- ➑
nounced his
intentions to Continued
resign from his
post in a letter
➙➛↕➜↔➔➝➞↕ to High School
Principal Blake
Carlsen and the Enterprise
✛✍✜✢✢✣ ✤✢✕✙✚ ✥✕✖✒ ✦✔ ✍✧✎✧✖★
✕✍✎✧✢✖✗ ✑✩ ✪✧✗✎✙✧✍✎ ✛✫✬☞✙✭
intendent Erika Pinkerton
✕✖✚ ✎✜☞ ✗✍✜✢✢✣ ✑✢✕✙✚ ✎✜✕✎
“contradict EHS and OSAA
policies with respect to
✬✣✕✩☞✙ ☞✣✧★✧✑✧✣✧✎✩✔ ✕✗ ✘☞✣✣ ✕✗
inappropriate activities and
✮✫☞✗✎✧✢✖✕✑✣☞ ☞✎✜✧✍✗✒✯
Wells said the superin-
✎☞✖✚☞✖✎ ✕✖✚ ✎✜☞ ✑✢✕✙✚ ✰✧✗✭
✜✕✖✚✣☞✚ ✎✜☞ ☞✣✧★✧✑✧✣✧✎✩ ✙☞✭
quest of Enterprise senior
Justus Even, who during his
✬✙☞✬ ✍✕✙☞☞✙ ✬✣✕✩☞✚ ✱✢✢✎✑✕✣✣✔
✑✕✗✲☞✎✑✕✣✣ ✕✖✚ ✎✙✕✍✲ ✱✢✙ ✎✜☞
✳✫✎✣✕✘✗✒ ✴✜☞ ✵✶✭✩☞✕✙✭✢✣✚
student left Enterprise High
School in August, then re-
✎✫✙✖☞✚ ✧✖ ☞✕✙✣✩ ✛☞✬✎☞✰✑☞✙
following a two-week stint
enrolling in — and out of
✷ ✎✜✙☞☞ ✚✧✌☞✙☞✖✎ ✛✢✫✎✜☞✙✖
✸✕✣✧✱✢✙✖✧✕ ✗✍✜✢✢✣✗✒ ✹✢✘☞✺✭
☞✙✔ ✜☞ ✘✕✗ ✙✫✣☞✚ ✧✖☞✣✧★✧✑✣☞ ✎✢
play sports upon his return
✱✢✙ ✘✜✕✎ ✘✢✫✣✚ ✜✕✺☞ ✑☞☞✖
his senior year at Enter-
prise as he was considered a
✰✧✚✭✩☞✕✙ ✎✙✕✖✗✱☞✙ ✑✩ ✳✛✻✻
★✫✧✚☞✣✧✖☞✗✒
See School / Page 5A
See Enterprise / Page 8A
How will you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
⑩❥❶ ❷✕❥✢✚❸❹ ❷♦❥ ❺❻ ❼♦❽✗ ✘✚❥♥ ❾✕✚✖✜♦❿ ❷➀❼ ❷✚❸❥❤✢✙✴➁➂➃➄➅✩➆➇➃➈➉➊
➞➎➟➠➡
❫❴❵❛❛❜❝❜❞❡❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❣❥
❫❦❧❜♠❛❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢♥❥
❫♦❦❛❛♣❦♦❡❢❢❢❢❢q❥
r❞❵♦ stt✉ ❢❢❢❢❢✇❥
①❦②②❞♦✉❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢③s ⑤⑥②❡❦❦♦❛❢❢❢❢❢❢❢⑨❥
④❞♠❦♦❡ ❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢♥s ⑩⑦❜♦❜②⑥❵❴❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❶s
⑤t❜②⑥❵♦❜❞❛❢❢❢❢❢❢♥s ⑩⑦❦♦②❛ ❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❷s
⑤⑦❜⑧❜❦⑧❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❢❣s
MONDAY
❇ ➋ ✿☎✄❂✐❀❂☎ ❇✾✄✐ ➌ ✾ ➍
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
✛✎✒ ❉✕✎✙✧✍✲ ✟ ✗ ✪✕✩ ✧✗
coming up on Sunday,
making it the perfect
✎✧✰☞ ✎✢ ☞❈✕✰✧✖☞ ✎✜☞
holiday’s origin and
❍✖✚ ✢✫✎ ✘✜✕✎ ✩✢✫ ✍✕✖
✚✢ ✣✢✍✕✣✣✩ ✎✢ ✍☞✣☞✑✙✕✎☞
✎✜✧✗ ✘☞☞✲☞✖✚✒
✻✍✍✢✙✚✧✖★ ✎✢ ✹✧✗✎✢✙✩✒
✍✢✰✔ ✛✎✒ ❉✕✎✙✧✍✲ ✟ ✗ ✪✕✩
✧✗ ✎✜☞ ✍☞✣☞✑✙✕✎✧✢✖ ✢✱ ✎✜☞
✕✖✖✧✺☞✙✗✕✙✩ ✢✱ ✛✎✒ ❉✕✎✭
rick’s death on March
✵ ➎ ✔ ✦ ✡ ✵✒ ✛✎✒ ❉✕✎✙✧✍✲ ✧✗ ✎✜☞
patron saint and nation-
✕✣ ✕✬✢✗✎✣☞ ✢✱ ➏ ✙☞✣✕✖✚✒
People would attend
church in the morn-
✧✖★ ✕✖✚ ✍☞✣☞✑✙✕✎☞ ✧✖ ✎✜☞
☞✺☞✖✧✖★ ✑✩ ✚✙✧✖✲✧✖★ ✕✖✚
dancing and feasting on
✎✙✕✚✧✎✧✢✖✕✣ ➏ ✙✧✗✜ ✍✫✧✗✧✖☞✒
✴✜☞ ✜✢✣✧✚✕✩ ✜✕✗ ✣✢✖★
✑☞☞✖ ✙☞✍✢★✖✧ ✒ ☞✚ ✕✣✣ ✢✺☞✙
✎✜☞ ✘✢✙✣✚✒ ➏ ✖ ☛ ✕ ●✙✕✖✚☞✔
there are a few events on
✛✕✎✫✙✚✕✩ ✎✢ ✍☞✣☞✑✙✕✎☞✒
❊☞✺☞✣☞✙✗ ✍✕✖ ✗✎✕✙✎ ✎✜☞
✚✕✩ ✘✧✎✜ ✕ ✍✜✕✙✧✎✕✑✣☞
✕✖✚ ✜☞✕✣✎✜✩ ✍✕✫✗☞✒ ✴✜☞
annual Shamrock Shuf-
❄☞ ✧✗ ✕ ✙✫✖ ✎✜✕✎ ✑☞✖☞❍✎✗
United Way of Eastern
✳✙☞★✢✖✒ ❉✕✙✎✧✍✧✬✕✖✎✗
✘✧✣✣ ✑☞ ✕✑✣☞ ✎✢ ✍✜✢✢✗☞
✑☞✎✘☞☞✖ ✕ ■ ✎ ✕✖✚ ✕ ✵ ✠✎
✙✫✖✒ ✴✧✍✲☞✎✗ ✕✙☞ ➐ ✵ ✠ ✱✢✙
✕✚✫✣✎✗ ✕✖✚ ➐ ■ ✱✢✙ ✗✎✫✭
dents, children and se-
✖✧✢✙✗✒ ✸✜✧✣✚✙☞✖ ✩✢✫✖★☞✙
ôõ ö÷ø
íåîìèéïèðåæ
ùýÿú ✉ üýþ
ñôóôõ
äåæçèéêëììé
❑▲▼◆ ❖P◗❲❘❙❯❱ ❳ ❨❩❬❭ ❖❭❙❖◗P ❘❬❭❪❩❭❲
See Holiday / Page 5A
➌➍➎➏➐➌➏ ➑➒
❮❰ÏÐÑ❰Ò ÓÔÕÕ Ö×ØÙÚÛÜÝ ×Þ ÝßÙ àÛÚá ×Ö â ÜÙÚÝã×Þ
❋✉✐ üýþ
✎✜✕✖ ■ ✍✕✖ ✕✎✎☞✖✚ ✱✢✙
✱✙☞☞✒ ❉✕✙✎✧✍✧✬✕✖✎✗ ✗✜✢✫✣✚
meet at the Eastern Or-
egon Quinn Colliseum
✕✎ ✶ ✕✒✰✒ ✎✢ ✙☞★✧✗✎☞✙✒
✴☞✖ ✪☞✬✢✎ ✟ ✗ ✕✖✖✫✕✣
✛✎✒ ❉✕✎✙✧✍✲ ✟ ✗ ✪✕✩ ✬✕✙✎✩
✘✧✣✣ ✕✣✗✢ ✑☞ ✢✖ ✛✕✎✫✙✭
✚✕✩✒ ✴✜☞ ✰☞✖✫ ✱☞✕✎✫✙☞✗
✍✢✙✖☞✚ ✑☞☞✱✔ ✍✕✑✑✕★☞✔
✗✢✚✕ ✑✙☞✕✚ ✕✖✚ ✙☞✚ ✬✢✭
tatoes as well as Irish
✘✜✧✗✲☞✩ ✕✖✚ ●✫✧✖✖☞✗✗✒
ùúûüýþ
ñòóôõ
äåæçèéêëììé
➓➔→➣↔↕➙➣➙→↕→
➛❛❛⑥❞ ♥③
③ ❛❞♠②❜❦⑧❛➜ ⑨✇ ⑦❵➋❞❛
①❵ ➝♦❵⑧❡❞➜ ⑤♦❞➋❦⑧
❸❧❵❜❴ ❛②❦♦✉ ❜❡❞❵❛
②❦ ❹❺❻❼❽❾❿➀➁❿❹➂❺
➃➄❼❺➁➅❺➁➆➇➃➈❢
➉❦♦❞ ♠❦⑧②❵♠② ❜⑧❝❦
❦⑧ ➊❵➋❞ ❣s❢
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