❋✁✂✄❆❨✱ ☎❆✁✆✝ ✞✺✱ ✟✠✞✾
❚✝✡ ☛☞✌✡✁❱✡✁ ✍ ✎✏
LOCAL
çèé
➂❻➃➂➇➂➃❿❷➁ ➄➞➂➁➁ ➄❹➀➄❽ ❾❿➀ ❷➁➄➅
❷❾❿➄❹➂➄➄❿❹➄➂❻❷❻➅➍❹❻➄➍❷➆❹➋
Continued from Page 1A
➀➅ ➆➅❺➍➁❹➀❹ ➀➈❹➂❸ ➙➜➟➋
➊➂➁➁ ➄➀❷❸➀ ➂❻ ➍❸➂➁➋
➐➛➈❹ ➎➅❷➁ ➅➉ ➀➈❹ ➎❸➅❿➍➄ ➂➄
➀➅ ❾❸➂❻➎ ❷➊❷❸❹❻❹➄➄ ➀➅ ➀➅➍➂➆➄
focuses on getting inmates
She said the women’s group
❷❸❹ ❺❷❻❼❽ ❾❿➀ ➁➂❺➂➀❹➃❽ ❸❹ -
“Even with a simple part-
➄➅❿❸➆❹➄ ❷➇❷➂➁❷❾➁❹ ➀➅ ➀➈❹ ➀➂❺❹ ➝➅❾❽ ➀➈❹❼ ➎❹➀ ❷ ➆➅❻↔ -
community that people are ➃❹❻➆❹ ❾➅➅➄➀ ➀➈❷➀➔➄ ❸❹❷➁➁❼
➅➉➀❹❻ ❿❻❷➊❷❸❹ ➅➉➋ ➌❻ ➀➈❹ ➂❻ - ➆➅➅➁ ➀➅ ➄❹❹❽➏ ➈❹ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➛➈❷➀➔➄
➀❹❸❹➄➀ ➅➉ ➃❹➇❹➁➅➍➂❻➎ ➄➀❷❾➂➁➂ - ➀➈❹ ➄➍❷❸➞ ➀➈❹❼ ❻❹❹➃ ➀➅ ❾❹ -
zation and independence, ➆➅❺❹ ❷ ➍❸➅➃❿➆➀➂➇❹ ❺❹❺❾❹❸
jail diversion helps connect ➅➉ ➀➈❹ ➆➅❺❺❿❻➂➀❼➋➏
➍❹➅➍➁❹ ➀➅ ➀➈➅➄❹ ❸❹➄➅❿❸➆❹➄➋➏
Brown recalls one suc-
Davis stressed the jail
diversion program isn’t a
they might not want to talk
❷❾➅❿➀❽➏ ➭❸➅➊❻ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➛➈❹➄❹
men have the idea they can’t
➁➅➅➞ ➇❿➁❻❹❸❷❾➁❹❽ ➄➅ ➀➈❹❼
➄➀❸❿➎➎➁❹ ➊➂➀➈ ❹❺➅➀➂➅❻➄➋➏
Brown said every inmate
likely experiences some sort
of trauma that may lead to
mental health issues in some
➄➂➀❿❷➀➂➅❻➄➋➙❸➂➎➎ ❷➎❸❹❹➃❽ ➄➀❷➀ -
ing he has never seen a situa-
tion of a criminal who has a
➃❸❿➎ ❷❻➃ ❷➁➆➅➈➅➁ ❷❾❿➄❹ ➈➂➄ -
tory without an accompany-
cess story in particular
that inspires the jail di-
version team to continue
➄❹❸➇➂❻➎ ➂❻❺❷➀❹➄ ➊➂➀➈ ❾❹ -
➐➈❷❻➃➅❿➀❽➏ ➈➅➊❹➇❹❸➋
“We’re connecting people
to resources, not giving out
➈❷➇➂➅❸❷➁ ➈❹❷➁➀➈ ➂➄➄❿❹➄➋
➉❸❹❹ ❸➂➃❹➄❽➏ ➈❹ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➑❿❸
“One graduate from jail
➂❻➀❹❻➀ ➂➄ ➀➅ ➄➀❷❾➂➁➂➒❹ ➀➈❹❺ ➃➂➇❹❸➄➂➅❻ ➈❷➄ ❾❹❹❻ ➂❻➇➅➁➇❹➃
➲➳➵➸➺➵➻➼➽➾➚➪➶➺➹➘➴➷➬➮➱➷✃❐➷✃
so they can move forward ➄➂❻➆❹ ➠➡➢➤❽➏ ➄➈❹ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➣❹ ❒❮❰ ÏÐÑÒ ÓÑÔ❰ÕÖÑ×Ø Ù❰ÐÚ Û×Ö❰Ö ×ÜÙÖÑÓ❰ ×Ý Ù❮❰ ÞØÑ×Ø ß×ÜØÙà ß×ÜÕÙ❮×ÜÖ❰ ÓÜÕÑØá Ð
➂❻➃❹➍❹❻➃❹❻➀➁❼ ➂❻ ➁➂➉❹➋➏
completed parole, complet- Ú❰❰ÙÑØá âÑÙ❮ Ù❮❰ Ö❮❰ÕÑÝÝãÖ ×Ýäå❰æ
➂❻➎ ➀❸❷❿❺❷ ➈➂➄➀➅❸❼➋
Aaron Grigg, mental
health director at CHD,
oversees the jail diversion
program and coordinates
ed his mental health servic-
❹➄ ❷❻➃ ➊❹❻➀ ➅❻ ➀➅ ❾❹➆➅❺❹ ❷ ❺❹❻➀❷➁ ➂➁➁❻❹➄➄ ➂➄ ➂❻ ➆❸➂➄➂➄➋
➍❹❹❸ ❺❹❻➀➅❸ ❷➀ ➀➈❹ ➝❷➂➁➋➏
“We have had a presence
Davis then chimed in ❷➀ ➀➈❹ ➝❷➂➁ ➉➅❸ ❷ ➁➅❻➎ ➀➂❺❹❽➏ ➈❹
with his experience work- ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➑❿❸ ➝❷➂➁ ➃➂➇❹❸➄➂➅❻ ➍❸➅ -
➂❻➎ ➊➂➀➈ ➀➈➂➄ ➍❹❸➄➅❻➋
gram is part of what the state
➐➛➅ ➞❻➅➊ ➀➈➂➄ ➂❻➃➂➇➂➃❿❷➁ wants mental health pro-
came from a life of crime ➎❸❷❺➄ ➂❻ ❹❷➆➈ ➆➅❿❻➀❼ ➀➅ ➃➅➋➏
and addiction makes their
➌❻ ➑➆➀➅❾❹❸ ➠➡➢➦❽ ➀➈❹
➀❿❸❻❷❸➅❿❻➃ ❿❻❾❹➁➂❹➇❷❾➁❹❽➏ Behavioral Health Justice
➈❹ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➣❹ ➃❹➆➂➃❹➃ ➀➅ Reinvestment
Steering
❾❹➆➅❺❹ ➄❿➆➆❹➄➄➉❿➁ ➂❻ ➀➈❹ Committee, composed of
➆➅❺❺❿❻➂➀❼➋➏
➠➦ ➅→➆➂❷➁➄ ➉❸➅❺ ➑❸❹➎➅❻
➥➈➂➁❹ ➀➈❹ ➅→➆➂❷➁ ➝❷➂➁ ➃➂➇❹❸ - law enforcement, health
sion program is fairly new, ➆❷❸❹❽ ➎➅➇❹❸❻❺❹❻➀ ➅→➆➂❷➁➄
Grigg said CHD has a “long- ❷❻➃ ❺➅❸❹ ➄❿❾❺➂➀➀❹➃ ❷ ❸❹➆ -
➄➀❷❻➃➂❻➎➏ ❷➎❸❹❹❺❹❻➀ ➊➂➀➈ ommendation on policy for
➊➂➀➈ ➀➈❹ ➄➈❹❸➂➓➔➄ ➅→➆❹
➊➈❹❻ ❻❹❹➃❹➃➋ ➣❹ ➄❷➂➃ ➅❻❹
➅➉ ➀➈❹ ➐❾➂➎➎❹➄➀ ❾❷❸❸➂❹❸➄
inmates face out of jail is
↔❻➃➂❻➎ ❹❺➍➁➅❼❺❹❻➀➋➏
➐↕➅❸ ➄➅❺❹❽ ➂➀➔➄ ➈❷❸➃ ➀➅
❡ resist crime with no in-
➆➅❺❹❽➏ ➙❸➂➎➎ ➄❷➂➃➋
➛➈❷➀➔➄ ➊➈❹❸❹ ➜➄➆➅❾❷❸❽
supported employment and
education specialist, comes
➂❻➋ ➜➄➆➅❾❷❸ ❻➅➀ ➅❻➁❼ ➈❹➁➍➄
inmates prepare for inter-
views, create resumes and
the county jail to intervene
how to divert people with
➆❸➂❺➂❻❷➁ ➝❿➄➀➂➆❹ ➄❼➄➀❹❺➋
❺❹❺❾❹❸➄ ➅➉ ➩➣➟ ➀➅ ➞❹❹➍
➛➈❹➂❸ ➍➁❷❻❽ ➀➂➀➁❹➃ ➀➈❹ individuals in the commu-
Behavioral Health Justice ❻➂➀❼❽ ❻➅➀ ❾❹➈➂❻➃ ❾❷❸➄➋
Reinvestment in Oregon,
➐➛➈❹ ➝❷➂➁ ➃➂➇❹❸➄➂➅❻ ➍❸➅ -
At its core, CHD’s jail di-
version program helps the
➂❻❺❷➀❹➄ ➅➉ ➨❻➂➅❻ ➩➅❿❻➀❼
work through their person-
al trauma through therapy
sessions, case work and em-
ployment assistance in or-
der to reintroduce them to
the community as a produc-
said “without access to ef-
gram alleviates our jail ca-
costs and poor health and
the therapy side of the jail
take control of their situa-
deputies managing the jail
to help incarcerated men deal
healing for people so they
➉❹➆➀➂➇❹ ➆➅❺❺❿❻➂➀❼➧❾❷➄❹➃ ➍❷➆➂➀❼ ➆➈❷➁➁❹❻➎❹➄ ❾❼ ➃❹➁➂➇❹❸ -
➈❹❷➁➀➈ ➆❷❸❹ ➉➅❸ ➄❿❾➄➀❷❻➆❹ ing mental health services in
addictions and mental ill- ➀➈❹ ↔❹➁➃ ➊➈❹❸❹ ➀➈❹❼ ❷❸❹ ❺➅➄➀
nesses, too many Orego- ❻❹❹➃❹➃❽➏ ➈❹ ➊❸➅➀❹ ➂❻ ❷ ➄➀❷➀❹ - ➀➂➇❹ ❷❻➃ ➄❿➆➆❹➄➄➉❿➁ ➍❹❸➄➅❻➋
nians wind up in crisis and ❺❹❻➀➋ ➐➥❹ ➉❿➁➁❼ ➄❿➍➍➅❸➀
➐➌➀➔➄ ❻➅➀ ❷❾➅❿➀ ➀❹❷➆➈➂❻➎
then in emergency rooms ➩➣➟ ➊➂➀➈ ➀➈➂➄ ➍❸➅➎❸❷❺➋➏
them that they’re victims
or jail, leading to high
Brown, who is focused on ➯ ➂➀➔➄ ❷❾➅❿➀ ➈❹➁➍➂❻➎ ➀➈❹❺
➍❿❾➁➂➆ ➄❷➉❹➀❼ ➅❿➀➆➅❺❹➄➋➏
diversion program, started ➀➂➅❻❽➏ ➙❸➂➎➎ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➌➉ ➍❹➅➍➁❹
➌❻ ➨❻➂➅❻ ➩➅❿❻➀❼❽ ➫➈❹❸➂➓ hosting trauma groups in the ➆❷❻ ➈❹❷➁❽ ➀➈❹❼ ➆❷❻ ➂❺➍❸➅➇❹➋
Boyd Rasmussen and the ➝❷➂➁❷➀➀➈❹❾❹➎➂❻❻➂❻➎➅➉➀➈❹❼❹❷❸ We’re trying to provide
↔❻➃ ➝➅❾➄ ➄❿➂➀❷❾➁❹ ➊➂➀➈ ➀➈❹➂❸ whenever an inmate with mental illness from the are happy to work alongside ➊➂➀➈ ➀❸❷❿❺❷ ❷❻➃ ➄❿❾➄➀❷❻➆❹ ➃➅❻➔➀ ➞❹❹➍ ➆➅❺➂❻➎ ❾❷➆➞➋➏
ding the
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➛➈➂➄ ➆➅❺➍➁❷➂❻➀ ➂➄❻➔➀ ❷
❻❹➊ ➅❻❹➋ ➌❻ ❷ ➠➡➢ò ➅➍➂❻➂➅❻
Continued from Page 1A
❷❸➀➂➆➁❹ ➂❻ ➛➈❹ ÷❹➊ ✁ ➅❸➞
ô➅➄➀❽ ➊❸➂➀❹❸ ➛➂❺ ➟➅❻❻❹➁➁❼
➛➈❹❸❹ ➊➂➁➁ ❾❹ ➁➂➇❹ ➌❸➂➄➈ ❺❿ - ➄❷➂➃ ❾➂❻➎❹ ➃❸➂❻➞➂❻➎ ➂➄❻➔➀
➄➂➆➋ ➛➈❹ ➍❷❸➀❼ ➊➂➁➁ ❾❹ ➉❸➅❺ ➦ an appropriate way to cel-
➍➋❺➋ ➀➅ ➢➡ ➍➋❺➋
❹❾❸❷➀❹ ➆❿➁➀❿❸❷➁ ➈➅➁➂➃❷❼➄➋
➛➈➅➄❹ ➁➅➅➞➂❻➎ ➉➅❸ ❺➅❸❹
➐➌➔❺ ❷➁➁ ➉➅❸ ➃❸➂❻➞➂❻➎ õ❷➁➁
drinks than dinner can go ➀➂❺❹➄ ➅➉ ➀➈❹ ❼❹❷❸ö➋ ì❿➄➀ ➃➅❻➔➀
➀➅ ➀➈❹ ❷❻❻❿❷➁ ➍❿❾ ➆❸❷➊➁ kid yourself thinking you’re
➈➅➄➀❹➃ ❾❼ ê❷ ➙❸❷❻➃❹ ✂ ➆❹➁❹❾❸❷➀➂❻➎➔ ➀➈❹➄❹ ➈➅➁➂➃❷❼➄
ë❷➂❻➄➀❸❹❹➀ ➟➅➊❻➀➅➊❻➋ ➊➂➀➈ ❷ ➋➋➋ ❾❷❸ ➆❸❷➊➁ ➯ ❼➅❿➔❸❹
Stops included in the crawl ➝❿➄➀ ➎❹➀➀➂❻➎ ➃❸❿❻➞❽➏ ➈❹ ➊❸➅➀❹➋
❷❸❹ ➛❹❻ ➟❹➍➅➀❽ ➛➈❹ ê➅❻➎ -
He suggested parades,
❾❸❷❻➆➈❽ ➭❹❻➆➈➊❷❸❺❹❸➄❽ musical performances and
èðñ ❍ éý ❨
❖ ➚➾➼➪ ✖ ➼➪ ✗✘ ➼ ✙✚ ➶ ✛ ➶
▲ Ð ✜ ÕÐØÓ❰ ✢ ÜÛ❰ÕÑØÙ❰ØÓ❰ØÙ ✜ ❰×Õá❰ ✣ ❰ØÓ× ✤ Ð âÐÒ ❛ Ö
are many ÑØ Ù❮❰ ✜ Õ❰❰Øâ××Ó ÛÐÕÐÓ❰ ÐÙ Ù❮❰ ✥ ❰áÑØØÑØá ×Ý Ù❮❰
ns that ✷✦✶✼ Öå❮××Ò à❰ÐÕæ ✣ ❰ØÓ× ✤ Ð Õ❰å❰ÑÔ❰Ó ❮Ñá❮ ÛÕÐÑÖ❰
main un- ÓÜÕÑØá ❮ÑÖ ❰ÔÐÒÜÐÙÑ×Ø Ù❮ÑÖ â❰❰ ❛ æ
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ed his
ons to Continued from Page 1A
from his ❸❹➆➅➎❻➂➒❹➃ ➉➅❸ ➈➂➄ ❷❾➂➁➂➀❼
n a letter to manage the daily opera-
h School tions of the school district
pal Blake and to focus on goals set
nterprise ❾❼ ➀➈❹ ❾➅❷❸➃ ➯ ❷➁➁ ➅➉ ➊➈➂➆➈
develops and strengthens
- ❹➃❿➆❷➀➂➅❻ ➂❻ ê❷ ➙❸❷❻➃❹➋
Pinkerton Justice in the letter said
❾❹➆❷❿➄❹ ➅➉ ë❹❻➃➅➒❷➔➄ ➍❹❸ -
nd OSAA ➉➅❸❺❷❻➆❹❽ ➀➈❹ ❾➅❷❸➃ ➈❷➄
spect to unanimously agreed to of-
fer the superintendent a
ities and ❻❹➊ ➀➈❸❹❹➧❼❹❷❸ ➆➅❻➀❸❷➆➀➋
doza came to the La Grande
School District from the
ë➅❸❸➅➊ ➩➅❿❻➀❼ ➫➆➈➅➅➁
District, where he was its
❷➄➄➂➄➀❷❻➀ ➄❿➍❹❸➂❻➀❹❻➃❹❻➀➋
➛➈❹ ➄❿➍❹❸➂❻➀❹❻➃❹❻➀ ➄❷➂➃
he is grateful for the sup-
port he receives from the
➄➆➈➅➅➁ ❾➅❷❸➃❽ ➀➈❹ ➃➂➄➀❸➂➆➀➔➄
➄➀❷➓❽ ❹➃❿➆❷➀➅❸➄❽ ❷➃❺➂❻➂➄ -
trators, families and the
➆➅❺❺❿❻➂➀❼➋
➐➌ ❷❺ ➀➈❷❻➞➉❿➁ ➀➈❷➀ ➊❹
are all working together as a
➀❹❷❺❽➏ ë❹❻➃➅➒❷ ➄❷➂➃❽ ❷➃➃➂❻➎
➀➈❷➀ ➈❹ ➂➄ ➐❹î➆➂➀❹➃ ❷❾➅❿➀ ➀➈❹
➛➈❹ ❹➃❿➆❷➀➅❸ ➂➄ ➂❻ ➀➈❹ ↔❸➄➀ ➄➆➈➅➅➁ ➃➂➄➀❸➂➆➀➔➄ ➍➅➀❹❻➀➂❷➁➋➏
superin- year of his current three-
- ❼❹❷❸ ➆➅❻➀❸❷➆➀➋
- ë❹❻➃➅➒❷ ➀➅➅➞ ➀➈❹ ❸❹➂❻➄
e senior of the school district in
uring his ì❿❻❹ ➅➉ ➠➡➢í❽ ➄❿➆➆❹❹➃➂❻➎
Larry Glaze, who retired
after serving as superin-
➀❹❻➃❹❻➀ ➉➅❸ ➢➡ ❼❹❷❸➄➋ ë❹❻ -
rise High
then re-
He said his primary fo-
➆❿➄ ➆➅❻➀➂❻❿❹➄ ➀➅ ❾❹ ➃➅➂❻➎
everything he can to help
➄➀❿➃❹❻➀➄➋
➐➌ ➊❷❻➀ ❺❷➞❹ ➄❿❸❹ ➀➈❹❼
❷❸❹ ❸❹❷➃❼ ➀➅ ➁❹❷❸❻❽➏ ë❹❻➃➅➒❷
➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➥❹ ➊❷❻➀ ➀➈❹❺ ➀➅ ❾❹ -
➆➅❺❹ ➁➂➉❹➁➅❻➎ ➁❹❷❸❻❹❸➄➋➏
Side A Brewing, American
themed dinners are more
ê❹➎➂➅❻❽ ì➫➟❽ ➛➈❹ ➣➂➃❹➅❿➀❽ ❸❹➄➍❹➆➀➉❿➁➊❷❼➄➀➅ ➆❹➁❹❾❸❷➀❹➋
ë➅❼➔➄❽ ➩➂❻➆➅ ➃❹ ë❷❼➅ ❷❻➃
➛➈❹ ❷➄➄➅➆➂❷➀➂➅❻ ➅➉ ➫➀➋
➭❿➃ ì❷➆➞➄➅❻➔➄➋ ô❷❸➀➂➆➂ - ô❷➀❸➂➆➞➔➄ ➟❷❼ ➊➂➀➈ ❾➂❻➎❹
pants can ride the trolley
➉➅❸ ➉❸❹❹ ➀➅ ➃➂➓❹❸❹❻➀ ➁➅➆❷ -
drinking might have a dark
➈➂➄➀➅❸❼ ❷➄ ➊❹➁➁➋ ➣➂➄➀➅❸❼➋
➀➂➅❻➄ ❾❹➀➊❹❹❻ ➤ ➍➋❺➋ ❷❻➃ ➆➅❺ ❻➅➀❹➄ ➂❻ ➀➈❹ ➁❷➀❹ ➢➦ ✄ ➡➄❽
➢➡ ➍➋❺➋ ↕❸➅❺ ➢➡ ➍➋❺➋ ➀➅ ➊➈❹❻ ➀➈❹❸❹ ➊❷➄ ❷❻ ➂❻ ☎ ❿î ➅➉
➠ÿø➡ ❷➋❺➋❽ ê➅➇❹➁❷❻➃➔➄ ➫❷➉❹ ➌❸➂➄➈ ➂❺❺➂➎❸❷❻➀➄ ➀➅ ➀➈❹ ➨➋➫➋❽
Ride program will give ❻❹➊➄➍❷➍❹❸➄ ➍➅❸➀❸❷❼❹➃ ➌❸➂➄➈
➉❸❹❹ ❸➂➃❹➄ ➈➅❺❹➋
➍❹➅➍➁❹ ➂❻ ➆❷❸➀➅➅❻➄ ➆❹➁❹❾❸❷➀ -
➢➡ ➁❷❻❼❷❸➃❽ ➊➈➂➆➈ ➆❷❻ ing the holiday as “drunk,
❾❹ ➍❿❸➆➈❷➄❹➃ ❷➀ ❷❻❼ ➅➉ ➀➈❹ ➇➂➅➁❹❻➀ ❺➅❻➞❹❼➄➋➏
➍❷❸➀➂➆➂➍❷➀➂❻➎ ❾❷❸➄❽ ➎❸❷❻➀➄
➌➀ ➊❷➄ ❾❹➆❷❿➄❹ ➅➉ ➀➈❹➄❹
admission to the crawl and ➆➅❻➆❹❸❻➄ ➀➈❷➀ ê➙ë➫➟ ❸❹ -
❷➆➆❹➄➄ ➀➅ ➃❸➂❻➞ ➄➍❹➆➂❷➁➄➋
➃❹↔❻❹➃ ➀➈❹ ❷❻❻❿❷➁ ➍❿❾
➁➀➈➅❿➎➈ ➀➈❹ ❷❻❻❿❷➁ ➍❿❾ ➆❸❷➊➁➋ ➛➈❹ ➂❻➀❹❻➀ ➅➉ ➀➈❹
➆❸❷➊➁ ❿➄❹➃ ➀➅ ❾❹ ➫➀➋ ô❷➀❸➂➆➞➔➄ ❹➇❹❻➀ ❸❹❺❷➂❻➄ ➀➈❹ ➄❷❺❹ÿ ➀➅
Day themed, it is no longer
encourage people to come
➅→➆➂❷➁➁❼ ❸❹➁❷➀❹➃ ➀➅ ➀➈❹ ➈➅➁➂ - downtown and support lo-
➃❷❼➋ ➆➆➅❸➃➂❻➎ ➀➅ ❷ ❸❹➍❸❹ - ➆❷➁ ❾❿➄➂❻❹➄➄❹➄➋
sentative from La Grande
ë❷➂❻➄➀❸❹❹➀ ➟➅➊❻➀➅➊❻❽ ➀➈➂➄
➂➄ ❾❹➆❷❿➄❹ ➄➅❺❹ ➍❹➅➍➁❹ ➀➅➅➞
issue with associating the
➈➅➁➂➃❷❼ ➊➂➀➈ ➃❸➂❻➞➂❻➎➋
Contact Francisca
Benitez at 541-963-3161
or email fbenitez@la-
grandeobserver.com.
➆❷❻➀ ❾❹➂❻➎ ❷➆➆❹➄➄ ❷❻➃ ➀❸❷➇❹➁ ➀➅ ❾❹ ➄❿➆➆❹➄➄➉❿➁ ❷❻➃ ➊➈❹❻ strengthening local econo-
management, impacts of the we don’t work together for ❺➂❹➄❽ ❸❹➃❿➆➂❻➎ ➊➂➁➃↔❸❹ ❸➂➄➞❽
ùúûúüýþú
eek stint
d out of Continued from Page 1A
plan decisions on local com-
the common good of the
ensuring access, and support-
egy, wildlife issues, and forest
❺❷❻❷➎❹❺❹❻➀➋➑❾➝❹➆➀➂➅❻ ❸❹➄➅ -
lution meetings were held in
have worked on this plan
“We are committed to the
Beverage said one commis-
sioner from each county in
the Eastern Oregon Counties
Association participated in
these meetings, which includ-
ed meeting with the Chief of
dent that the information
and data collected and
analyzed, as well as the
forward to joining local
➀➈❹❸❹ ➊➂➁➁ ❾❹ ➅❻➎➅➂❻➎ ➆➅❻➉❿ - munities, the Aquatic and ➉➅❸❹➄➀ ➀➈❹❻ ❻➅ ➅❻❹ ➊➂❻➄➋➏
ing healthier watersheds, ac-
- sion and disagreement as to Riparian Conservation Strat-
↕❸❹❻➆➈ ➄❷➂➃ ➀➈➅➄❹ ➊➈➅ ➆➅❸➃➂❻➎ ➀➅ ➀➈❹ ❸❹➁❹❷➄❹➋
how each Revised Plan is to
is return ❾❹ ➂❺➍➁❹❺❹❻➀❹➃❽➏ ↕❸❹❻➆➈
❷➃➃❹➃ ➂❻ ➀➈❹ ❸❹➁❹❷➄❹➋
t Enter- Beverage said the meetings
sidered a ➂❻ ➟➋➩➋ ➊❹❸❹ ❷❾➅❿➀ ➀➈❹ ➠➡➡ò
➛❸❷➇❹➁ ë❷❻❷➎❹❺❹❻➀ ó❿➁❹ ➉➅❸
motorized vehicle use in the
➭➁❿❹ ë➅❿❻➀❷➂❻➄ ↕➅❸❹➄➀ ô➁❷❻➋
➛➈❹ ➉➅❸❹➄➀ ➍➁❷❻ ➂➄ ❷❻ ➅❿➀➁➂❻❹
➀➈❷➀ ➐➃❹➄➆❸➂❾❹õ➄ö ➀➈❹ ➄➅➆➂❷➁❽
economic, and ecological
➎➅❷➁➄ ➅➉ ÷❷➀➂➅❻❷➁ ↕➅❸❹➄➀➄
❷❻➃ ➍❸➅➇➂➃❹õ➄ö ➉❸❷❺❹➊➅❸➞➄
for future management deci-
➄➂➅❻➄❽➏ ❷➆➆➅❸➃➂❻➎ ➀➅ ➀➈❹ ➨➋➫➋
↕➅❸❹➄➀ ➫❹❸➇➂➆❹➔➄ ➊❹❾➄➂➀❹➋
➛➈❹ ↕➅❸❹➄➀ ô➁❷❻➄ ➉➅❸ ➀➈❹
➨❺❷➀➂➁➁❷❽ ë❷➁➈❹❿❸❽ ❷❻➃ ➥❷➁ -
➁➅➊❷➧➥➈➂➀❺❷❻ ÷❷➀➂➅❻❷➁ ↕➅❸ -
❹➄➀➄ ➈❷➇❹ ❾❹❹❻ ❿❻➃❹❸ ❸❹➇➂➄➂➅❻
➉➅❸ ❻❹❷❸➁❼ ➢ò ❼❹❷❸➄❽ ❷➆➆➅❸➃➂❻➎
➀➅ ➀➈❹ ➍❸❹➄➄ ❸❹➁❹❷➄❹➋ ➛➈❹ ↕➂❻❷➁
➜➌➫❽ ➀➈❸❹❹ ó❹➇➂➄❹➃ ô➁❷❻➄❽ ❷❻➃
the draft Record of Decision
➉➅❸ ➀➈❹ ➁❷➄➀ ➢ò ❼❹❷❸➄ ➃❹➄❹❸➇❹ ❸❹➄➍➅❻➄➂❾➁❹ ➄➀❹➊❷❸➃➄➈➂➍
recognition for their hard ➅➉ ÷❷➀➂➅❻❷➁ ↕➅❸❹➄➀ ➫❼➄➀❹❺
↔➇❹ ➃➂➓❹❸❹❻➀ ➆➅❺❺❿❻➂➀➂❹➄ ➂❻ ➊➅❸➞ ❷❻➃ ➆➅❺❺➂➀❺❹❻➀➋
➁❷❻➃➄ ❷❻➃ ➆➅❻↔➃❹❻➀ ➀➈❷➀ ➊❹
÷➅➇❹❺❾❹❸ ❷❻➃ ➟❹➆❹❺❾❹❸ ➅➉
➐➌ ❷➁➄➅ ❸❹❷➁➂➒❹ ➈➅➊ ❺❿➆➈ ➆❷❻ ↔❻➃ ➆➅❺❺➅❻ ➎❸➅❿❻➃
➠➡➢➦➋ ➑➇❹❸ ø➡➡ ➍❹➅➍➁❹ ➍❷❸ - dedication, energy, time, for the long-term sustain-
ticipated, voicing concerns ❷❻➃ ❹➓➅❸➀ ➀➈❷➀ ➀➈❹ ➍❿❾➁➂➆ ❷❾➁❹ ❺❷❻❷➎❹❺❹❻➀ ➅➉ ➀➈❹➄❹
❷❻➃ ➆➁❷❸➂➉❼➂❻➎ ➅❾➝❹➆➀➂➅❻➄ ➅❻ ❷ ➈❷➄ ➍❿➀ ➂❻➀➅ ➀➈➂➄ ➍❸➅➆❹➄➄❽➏ ➉➅❸❹➄➀➄❽➏ ➄❷➂➃ ó❹➎➂➅❻❷➁ ↕➅❸ -
➊➂➃❹ ➇❷❸➂❹➀❼ ➅➉ ➂➄➄❿❹➄➋
↕❸❹❻➆➈ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➌ ❷❺ ➆➅❻↔ - ❹➄➀❹❸ ➩❷➄❷❺❷➄➄❷➋ ➐➌ ➁➅➅➞
❷❻➃ ➄➀❷➀❹ ➅→➆➂❷➁➄❽ ➍❷❸➀❻❹❸➄❽
➛❸➂❾❹➄❽ ❷❻➃ ❺❹❺❾❹❸➄ ➅➉ ➀➈❹
❾❸❹❷➃➀➈ ➅➉ ➅❾➝❹➆➀➂➅❻ ➂➄➄❿❹➄❽ ➍❿❾➁➂➆ ➀➅ ❹î➍➁➅❸❹ ➈➅➊ ➊❹
➆❷❻ ❾❹ ❿➄❹➃ ➀➅ ➂❻➉➅❸❺ ➅❿❸ ➆❷❻ ❾❹➄➀ ➊➅❸➞ ➀➅➎❹➀➈❹❸ ➂❻
❻❹î➀ ➄➀❹➍➄➋➏
shared stewardship to pur-
➀➈❹ ↕➅❸❹➄➀ ➫❹❸➇➂➆❹❽ ó❹➍➋ ➙❸❹➎
Existing Land and Re- ➄❿❹ ➆➅❺❺➅❻ ➅❾➝❹➆➀➂➇❹➄➋➏
➥❷➁➃❹❻➔➄ ➑→➆❹❽ ➫❹❻➋ ì❹➓ ➄➅❿❸➆❹ ë❷❻❷➎❹❺❹❻➀ ô➁❷❻➄❽
Beverage said this is a
ë❹❸➞➁❹❼➔➄ ➅→➆❹ ❷❻➃ ➨➫ ➟❹ - as amended, will remain in huge success for the for-
➍❷❸➀❺❹❻➀ ➅➉↕➂➄➈ ❷❻➃ ➥➂➁➃➁➂➉❹➋ ➍➁❷➆❹ ❷➄ ➀➈❹ ↕➅❸❹➄➀ ➫❹❸➇➂➆❹ ❹➄➀➄➋
➐õ➛➈❹ ➉➅❸❹➄➀ ➄❹❸➇➂➆❹ö ➂➄ determines next steps for
➐➛➈➂➄ ➂➄ ❷ ❺➅❻❿❺❹❻➀❷➁
❺➅➇➂❻➎ ➉➅❸➊❷❸➃❽➏ ➭❹➇❹❸❷➎❹ ➀➈❹ ➨❺❷➀➂➁➁❷❽ ë❷➁➈❹❿❸❽ ❷❻➃ decision that has never
➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➛➈❹➂❸ ➎➅❷➁ ➂➄ ➀➅ ❾❿➂➁➃ Wallowa-Whitman National ➈❷➍➍❹❻❹➃ ➂❻ ➈➂➄➀➅❸❼❽➏ ➭❹➇ -
relationships and trust ↕➅❸❹➄➀➄➋
❹❸❷➎❹ ➄❷➂➃➋ ➐➥❹ ❷❸❹ ➀➈❸➂➁➁❹➃
➊➂➀➈ ➁➅➆❷➁ ➆➅❺❺❿❻➂➀➂❹➄➋➏
➌❻➀➈❹➆➅❺➂❻➎ ❺➅❻➀➈➄❽ ↕➅❸ - ➊❹ ➊❹❸❹ ❷❾➁❹ ➀➅ ➈❷➇❹ ➀➈➂➄
She said they want to re- ❹➄➀ ➫❹❸➇➂➆❹ ➅→➆➂❷➁➄ ➊➂➁➁ ❹❻ - ❸❹➁❷➀➂➅❻➄➈➂➍➋ ➥❹➔❸❹ ➈❷➍➍❼
engage with local teams gage stakeholders to explore ➀➈❹ ↕➅❸❹➄➀ ➫❹❸➇➂➆❹ ➆❷❺❹
➊❹❸❹ ❸❹➁❹❷➄❹➃ ➂❻ ì❿❻❹ ➠➡➢➦
➉➅❸ ➀➈❹ ➍❸❹➧➃❹➆➂➄➂➅❻❷➁ ➅❾➝❹➆ -
➀➂➅❻ ➍❸➅➆❹➄➄➋ ➍➍❸➅î➂❺❷➀❹➁❼ and constituents to get ways of working together to out to the forests and saw
øò➡ ➅❾➝❹➆➀➂➅❻➄ ➊❹❸❹ ↔➁❹➃ ➅❻ ❷ ➊➅❸➞ ➃➅❻❹ ➅❻ ➀➈❹ ➎❸➅❿❻➃➋ support a path forward on what we’re dealing with,
➇❷❸➂❹➀❼ ➅➉ ➂➄➄❿❹➄❽ ❺➅➄➀ ➄➂➎❻➂↔ -
➐➥❹ ➈❷➇❹ ➀➅ ➀❸❿➄➀ õ➀➈❹❺ö shared priorities including ❷❻➃ ➀➈❹❼ ➁➂➄➀❹❻❹➃ ➀➅ ❿➄➋➏
✑✒ ✓✒✔✕✖✕✒✔✕✒✗
✓✒■✘✙❛✒✚✕ ✑✛✕✒✚②
❢❣❣❤ ✐ ❥❦❦❧♠♥♣q❣❦ r❧s
❣t♠❣✉✉❣✈q ❦❣s✇♥♠❣ ①③④❥①①⑤⑥
◗❘❙❯❲❳ ❩❬❭❪❳❫
✜✢✜✢✣ ✤✥ ✦✧★ ✩ ✪✫✬✭✮✯ ✧✰✲✳
✴✵✶✷✸✹✴✷✶✻✼✵
US eases land
restrictions meant to
protect bird in West
❇✆ ✝✞✟✟t✠✡ ❇☛♦✡✇
❚❤☞ ✌ss✍✎✏✑✒☞✓ Pr☞ss
rector Brian Steed told
changes to sweeping
federal land use plans
for Western States to
ease energy industry
restrictions in a way of-
cies governing millions
of acres of federal land
➛➈❹ ➄➄➅➆➂❷➀❹➃ ô❸❹➄➄ ➀➈❹
➭➌êê➌÷➙➫❽ ë➅❻➀➋ ➯ changes address con-
➛➈❹ ➛❸❿❺➍ ❷➃❺➂❻➂➄➀❸❷ - ➆❹❸❻➄ ❷➂❸❹➃ ❾❼ ➄➀❷➀❹ ➅➉ -
➀➂➅❻ ➅❻ ↕❸➂➃❷❼ ↔❻❷➁➂➒❹➃ ↔➆➂❷➁➄ ➀➈❷➀ ➍❸❹➇➂➅❿➄ ➍➅➁➂ -
↔➆➂❷➁➄ ➄❷❼ ➊➂➁➁ ➍❸➅➀❹➆➀ ❷
➄➀❸❿➎➎➁➂❻➎ ❾➂❸➃ ➄➍❹➆➂❹➄➋
➛➈❹ ➆➈❷❻➎❹➄❾❼➀➈❹ ➨➋➫➋
➭❿❸❹❷❿ ➅➉ ê❷❻➃ ë❷❻❷➎❹ -
ment will guide future ef-
forts to conserve greater
sage grouse, ground-
➊❹❸❹ ➀➅➅ ❸❹➄➀❸➂➆➀➂➇❹➋
➛➈➅➄❹ ➍➅➁➂➆➂❹➄ ➊❹❸❹
largely enacted under
former President Barack
➑❾❷❺❷➋ ➛➈❹❼ ➊❹❸❹ ❺❹ -
❺➅❸➂❷➁➂➒❹➃ ➂❻ ❷ ➠➡➢ò
➍❷❸➀❻❹❸➄➈➂➍ ❾❹➀➊❹❹❻
Western states and the
➉❹➃❹❸❷➁ ➎➅➇❹❸❻❺❹❻➀➋
➫➀❹❹➃ ➄❷➂➃ ➀➈❹ ❾❸➅❷➃
➃➊❹➁➁➂❻➎ ❾➂❸➃➄ ➀➈❷➀ ❸❷❻➎❹ ❸❹➇➂➄➂➅❻➄ ➀➅ ➀➈❹ ➑❾❷❺❷➧
❷➆❸➅➄➄ ➍➅❸➀➂➅❻➄ ➅➉ ➢➢ era plans were meant to
➥❹➄➀❹❸❻ ➄➀❷➀❹➄➋
❺➅➇❹ ❾❹❼➅❻➃ ➊➈❷➀ ➈❹
Environmentalists ➆❷➁➁❹➃ ❷ ➐➅❻❹➧➄➂➒❹➧↔➀➄➧
have said the widely- ❷➁➁➏ ❷➍➍❸➅❷➆➈ ❿❻➃❹❸ ➀➈❹
anticipated move will ➅➁➃ ❸❿➁❹➄➋ ➣❹ ➄❷➂➃ ➀➈❹
undermine protections ➆➈❷❻➎❹➄ ➎➂➇❹ ❺➅❸❹ ☎ ❹î -
for the chicken-sized ➂❾➂➁➂➀❼ ➀➅ ➁❷❻➃ ❺❷❻❷➎❹❸➄
❾➂❸➃➋ ➛➈❹❼ ➊➅❿➁➃ ❷➁➁➅➊ and states concerned
more oil and gas drill- ❷❾➅❿➀ ❾❷➁❷❻➆➂❻➎ ❹➆➅ -
ing and other activities
➅❻ ➎❸➅❿➄❹ ➈❷❾➂➀❷➀➋
But the administra-
nomic development with
➍❸➅➀❹➆➀➂➅❻➄ ➉➅❸ ➀➈❹ ❾➂❸➃➋
“Our intent was not
➀➂➅❻ ➄❹➆❿❸❹➃ ➞❹❼ ❾❷➆➞ - to throw out the plans,
ing from Democratic ❾❿➀ ➀➅ ❺❷➞❹ ➀➈❹❺ ❾❹➀➀❹❸
❷❻➃ ó❹➍❿❾➁➂➆❷❻ ➎➅➇❹❸ - respond to the needs on
❻➅❸➄ ➂❻ ❷➓❹➆➀❹➃ ➄➀❷➀❹➄➋ ➀➈❹ ➎❸➅❿❻➃❽➏ ➫➀❹❹➃ ➄❷➂➃➋
➑❸❹➎➅❻ ➙➅➇➋ ✔ ❷➀❹ “We’re doing that in a
➭❸➅➊❻ õ➟ö ➄❷➂➃ ➂❻ ❷ very careful way to en-
statement the changes ➄❿❸❹ ➀➈❹ ❾➂❸➃➔➄ ➍❸➅➀❹➆ -
marked “a shift away ➀➂➅❻➄ ❷❸❹ ➄➀➂➁➁ ➂❻ ❹➓❹➆➀➋➏
from planning toward
➛➈❹ ❾➂❸➃➄ ➅❻➆❹ ❻❿❺ -
active conservation and ❾❹❸❹➃ ➂❻ ➀➈❹ ❺➂➁➁➂➅❻➄
➁❷❻➃➄➆❷➍❹ ❺❷❻❷➎❹❺❹❻➀➋➏ ❾❿➀ ➀➈❹ ❺➅➄➀ ❸❹➆❹❻➀
➛➈❹❾➂❸➃➄❷❸❹➞❻➅➊❻ ➉➅❸ estimates from the
❷❻ ❹➁❷❾➅❸❷➀❹ ❺❷➀➂❻➎ ❸➂➀❿❷➁ ➨➋➫➋ ↕➂➄➈ ❷❻➃ ➥➂➁➃ -
➂❻ ➊➈➂➆➈ ❺❷➁❹➄ ➍❿➓ ➅❿➀ life Service places the
a yellow air sac in their ➍➅➍❿➁❷➀➂➅❻ ❷➀ ❾❹➀➊❹❹❻
chest as they strut around ➠➡➡❽➡➡➡ ➀➅ ò➡➡❽➡➡➡➋
❾❸❹❹➃➂❻➎ ➎❸➅❿❻➃➄ ➞❻➅➊❻
➛➈❹ ➠➡➢ò ➍➁❷❻➄ ➆❷➍➍❹➃
❷➄ ➁❹➞➄➋ ➛➈❹➂❸ ❻❿❺❾❹❸➄ years of negotiations
have plummeted due to
energy development, dis-
❹❷➄❹ ❷❻➃ ➅➀➈❹❸ ➉❷➆➀➅❸➄➋
and were intended to
➍❸❹➇❹❻➀ ➎❸➅❿➄❹ ➉❸➅❺ ❾❹ -
ing listed as a threatened
Opponents are ex-
pected to challenge the
➅❸ ❹❻➃❷❻➎❹❸❹➃ ➄➍❹➆➂❹➄➋
Rutledge with the Audu-
vere limitations on graz-
Such
a
designation
➆➈❷❻➎❹➄ ➂❻ ➆➅❿❸➀➋ ➭❸➂❷❻ ➆➅❿➁➃ ➈❷➇❹ ❾❸➅❿➎➈➀ ➄❹ -
❾➅❻ ➫➅➆➂❹➀❼ ➄❷➂➃ ➀➈❹ ing, energy development
revisions will make it
harder to stop the long-
term decline of sage
➎❸➅❿➄❹ ❾❼ ➎➂➇➂❻➎ ➅➂➁ ❷❻➃
gas companies access to
➆❸❿➆➂❷➁ ➎❸➅❿➄❹ ➈❷❾➂➀❷➀➋
➐➌➀➔➄ ❷ ➉❸❹❹ ➉➅❸ ❷➁➁❽ ❾❷➄❹➃
on prioritizing fossil fuel
extraction over any other
use of the federal land-
➄➆❷➍❹❽➏ ó❿➀➁❹➃➎❹ ➄❷➂➃➋
➨➋➫➋ ➭❿❸❹❷❿ ➅➉ ê❷❻➃
ë❷❻❷➎❹❺❹❻➀ ➆➀➂❻➎ ➟➂ -
and other activities across
➀➈❹ ❾➂❸➃➔➄ ❸❷❻➎❹❽ ➊➈➂➆➈
➆➅➇❹❸➄ ➄➅❺❹ ➠í➡❽➡➡➡
➄ ✕ ❿❷❸❹ ❺➂➁❹➄➋
➨❻➃❹❸ ô❸❹➄➂➃❹❻➀ ➟➅❻ -
❷➁➃ ➛❸❿❺➍❽ ➌❻➀❹❸➂➅❸ ➟❹ -
➍❷❸➀❺❹❻➀ ➅→➆➂❷➁➄ ➈❷➇❹
➇➅➊❹➃ ➀➅ ➁➂➉➀ ➅❾➄➀❷➆➁❹➄
➀➅ ➃❸➂➁➁➂❻➎➋ ➙❸➅❿➄❹ ➍❸➅ -
➀❹➆➀➂➅❻➄ ➈❷➇❹ ➁➅❻➎ ❾❹❹❻
➇➂❹➊❹➃ ❾❼ ➀➈❹ ❹❻❹❸➎❼ ➂❻ -
➃❿➄➀❸❼ ❷➄ ❷❻ ➅❾➄➀❷➆➁❹ ➀➅
➃❹➇❹➁➅➍❺❹❻➀➋
⑦❣❤♥♠♣s❣⑧ ❥⑨q❧⑧ ⑩❧❶❣
♥✈❦⑨s♣✈♠❣ ♣✈❤ ❥✈✈⑨♥q♥❣❦
❴❳❵❘❜ ❝❳❳❞
✽♦✿✿ ❀❁❡❡ ❂❃❄❅❅❃❇❄❇❃❂❈❇❉ ❊❊❊●❁❡❡❍❃❏❑▲▼❁◆❑❖❡●❑❡P