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Local newspapers
worthy of saving
Imagine for a moment it
is 5:30 on a Monday eve-
ning. You are just home
from work, and as you get
ready for dinner, you feel
the need to catch up on
the local news. You’ve lis-
tened to the radio all day
and now it’s time to read.
You head out the front
door, bend over to check
the bright orange newspa-
per box and … no paper!
Then you remember, the
company that owned The
La Grande Observer went
bankrupt and stopped
publishing the paper. Now
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the LHS Tigers, or learn
about coming community
events, or read about the
latest actions of the Union
County Commissioners or
your city council?
Local newspapers all
over the country are dis-
appearing. Readership is
down as more people turn
to the internet for nation-
al and international news.
Advertising, as well, is
headed to the internet,
where every mouse click
yields pennies in revenue.
Perhaps it is a valid ar-
gument that local news-
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papers are a 20th cen-
tury anachronism, have
served their purpose and
should now go the way of
the dodo, quietly into ex-
tinction. Well, I strongly
disagree with this argu-
ment for the following
reasons.
A local newspaper, and
the journalism it entails,
cannot be found online
or in magazines or on
blogs. Reporting on issues
and events close to home
means knowing how to
engage in your communi-
ty. It means knowing what
organization or agency to
contact when you need to
know more. As parents of
school-age children, think
of the photos or stories
about school plays, com-
munity service or athlet-
ics you would miss. As an
outdoor enthusiast, think
✁✌ ✡ ✍ ✝✟✡✄✟✎ ☛✟✠ ✞✏ ✄✟✎
reports, hiking and skiing
opportunities, and chang-
es in land use practices
you would miss.
Local newspapers are
☛ ✑✍✒✍✓✡✄✁✟ ✁✌ ✡ ✍ ☎✁✓☛☎
culture. When I travel
around the country, one
✁✌ ✡ ✍ ✞✑✏✡ ✡ ✄✟✎✏ ✔ ✠✁ ✄✏
look for and read a local
✟✍✂✏✕☛✕✍✑✖ ✔ ✓☛✟ ✞✟✠ ✁✝✡
about the issues city coun-
cils are addressing, how
national issues are playing
out locally, a good place
to have dinner, or how to
spend my evening other
than in the hotel room.
Local newspapers play a
role in supporting tour-
ism, but more important
for rural areas, they help
us see, know, care about
and understand our com-
munities.
So, back to The Observ-
er … There is a real chance
the newspaper will stop
the presses for good.
And if that happens, La
Grande and Union Coun-
✡✆ ✂✄☎☎ ✏✝✗✍✑✖ ✘ ☛✡ ✓☛✟ ☞✍
done? The ideal situation
is another media com-
pany could purchase the
paper and continue publi-
cation. Another, perhaps
more creative alternative,
is for local people to pool
resources, sort of like in-
vesting in stocks, and buy
the paper. There is a legal
mechanism that makes
this second alternative
possible, but the process
would involve attorneys,
accountants and an or-
ganizing body. For either
alternative, time is of the
essence. Right now, you
can write support letters
to The Observer and the
Baker City Herald, and
urge the current owners
✡✁ ✞✟✠ ☛ ✂☛✆ ✡✁ ✙✍✍✕ ✡ ✍
presses rolling. The time
is now, or … when you
bend over to look in that
bright orange newspaper
box, it might be empty
and our lives with it.
✍✁❆✟✆✌ ❖❋❋✆✌✆✞✟✄
✜ ➷➺ ✪ ➸➐➨ ➽➒➑➭➾ ➸➴➘➻➮➺➸➻➺➴➴✃➾ ➽➤➣➑➵ t ➩➙➠➠➟ ➓➨➠↕↔➐→➙➣ t
➞➥➜➣➞↕➔➥➠✃❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➑➔➤↕➣➥➠➭
➓➨➠↕↔ P ➠↕➐➞➨➙➠➧ t ➸➴➘➻➴ ✜ ➷➻➴➘➬➷ t
➥➠➤ t ✵ ➙➐➨➟ ➶➙➠➠➑➣➾ P ➢
→➙↕➔ ➐➥ ➓↕➐➟ ➥➝ ➡➣➐➑➠➚➠↕↔➑➾ ➘➺➮
✳ ➥➱ ➷➬➼➾ ➸➴➘➻➼➮➷➻➬➷➘➘➾
✪ ➭➡➭ ➘↔➐ ➏➐➠➑➑➐➾ ➡➣➐➑➠➚➠↕↔➑➾ ➢ ▼
➞➥➜➣➞↕➔➥➠➷❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➑➔➤↕➣➥➠➭➥➠➤ t ➬➼➮ ✜ ➮
▼ ↕↔➙ ★ ➙➔➤➙➠➐➨➾ P ➢ ✳ ➥➱ ➸ ✜ ➸➾
✭✢✮✦✚✗ ❈✎✏✑ ❈✒❯✘✫✎✦✒✗✣✛
➸➴➘➻➴✃➼➻➬➴➷ ✜ ➾ ➞➥➜➣➞↕➔➥➠ ✜ ❐
➯➙➟➥➠ ➯↕ ❦ ➑ ➯➞➩➑➙➣➾ ➓➥➠➠↕➣➑
➞↕➐➟➥➝➑➔➤↕➣➥➠➭➥➠➤ t ▼ ➥➞ ❦ ➟
➶↕➔➝➥➣➤➾ ★ ➑➠→➙➣ ➢➠➐→➙➣➣➾
✳ ➜➠➤➑↔↔➾ ➮➺➺ ✪ ➘➴➐➨ ➏➐➭➾
➯➙➠ ❦ ★ ➥➵➑➔➔➾ ▼ ↕➞ ❦ ➲↕➞➑ ❦ ➾ ✧ ➥➙➣
P ➭➢➭ ✳ ➥➱ ➮➸➴➾ ➸➴➘➻➼➮➷➻ ✜ ➴➘➼➾
★ ➙➠➧↕➣➤➾ ✧ ➙↔➥➣ ✳ ➑➠➤➔➜➣➧ t ➘➮➺
➞➥➜➣➞↕➔➥➠➘❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➑➔➤↕➣➥➠➭➥➠➤ t ▼ ➜➞ ❦ →➙➣ ➽➒➑➭ t P ➭➢➭ ✳ ➥➱ ➴➺➾
✥ ➙➒↕➧ ▼ ➑➑➧➾ ➘➺➘➘ ✥ ➑➐➠➥↕➐ ➏➐➭➾
✯ →➛➔➑➠ ➢ ▼ ➬➼➮➴➘ t ➸➴➘➻➸✃➴➻➷➺➬➸
P ➢ ✳ ➥➱ ✃➷➮ t ➸➴➘➻➬➼➸➻✃✃➺➷➾
❏✒✣✚✬✰ ❈✎✏✑ ❈✒❯✘✫✎✦✒✗✣✛
➞➥➜➣➞↕➔➥➠➴❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➑➔➤↕➣➥➠➭➥➠➤ t ➯➙➟➥➠ ✩ ➑➠➑↔➙ ➏➙➹➥➣↕➙ t
▼ ➟➙➣ ➯➙➠➐↕➣➾ ➞➥➜➣➞↕➔➥➠➸❐
➯➙➠➐↕➣ ★ ➙→↕➔➐➥➣ t P ➑➙➠➔
➞↕➐➟➥➝➑➔➤↕➣➥➠➭➥➠➤
➏➐➠➜→ t✩ ➙➣➟➙ ➓➥➔➔↕➑➠ t
➍ ✘✏✚✗✬✗✎✣✚ ❈✎✏✑
➯↕➞➨➙➑➔ ✧ ➩➥➞ ❦ ➨➙➠➐ t P ➙➐➐➟
❈✒❯✘✫✎✦✒✗✣✛ ➯➙➟➥➠
✳ ➜➝➝➥➠➧ ➸➴➘➻➴✃ ✜ ➻✃➮✃ ✜t P ➭➢➭
➏➐➙➞➑➟ ✵ ➙➠➒➥↔ ❦ ↕➾
✳ ➥➱ ➘➸➾ ✧ ➥↔➑➚➨➾ ➢➠➑➤➥➣
→➙➟➥➠➥➝➑➣➐➑➠➚➠↕↔➑❐➤→➙↕➔➭
➬➼➮➴➷ t ✜ ➺➘ ✪ ➥➠➐➨ ➯➙↕➣ ➏➐➭ t
➞➥→ t ✧ ➑➣➣↕ ➶➥➠➧ t ✥ ➙➒➑
➞↕➐➟➥➝➹➥↔➑➚➨➥➠➑➤➥➣❐➤→➙↕➔➭
➡➔➔↕➥➐➐ t ➽↔➨➔➑➟ ➏➜➔➔↕➒➙➣ t ➯↕➞➙➨ ➞➥→
✔✕ ✖✗✕✘✙✚ ❈✎✏✑
❈✒❯✘✫✎✦✒✗✣✛ ➯➙➟➥➠ ➏➐➑➒➑
➓➔➑→➑➣➐↔➾ ➫➙➠➟ ➩↕➔➔➙➠➧➾
✪ ↕➞➥➔➑ ★ ➥➵➙➠➧➾ ➓➥➠➠↕➣➑
✥ ➜➐➐➥➾ ➯➙➠➟ ➽➣➣ ➯↕➑↔➣➑➠➾
✧ ↕→ ➶➨↕➐➛➑➞ ❦ ➾ ✧ ➜↔➐↕➣ ▼ ➥➞ ❦t
➐➨➠➥➜➤➨ ➐➨➑ ➓↕➐➟ ➯➙➣➙➤➑➠ ➆ ↔
➥➝ ✱ ➞➑➾ ➸➴➘➻➬➷ ✜ ➻➘✃➺➬
➊ ✘✎✒✘ ❈✎✏✑ ❈✒❯✘✫✎✦✒✗✣✛
➯➙➟➥➠ ➩➑➥➣➙➠➧ ❡ ➔↕➣➐➾
➩➑➥➣➙➠➧ ❡ ➔↕➣➐❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➜➣↕➥➣➭
➞➥→ t ✧ ➥➨➣ ❡ ➙➠→➑➠➾
➹➥➨➣➝➙➠→➑➠❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➜➣↕➥➣➭
➞➥→ t ➩➑↔➔↕➑ ➯➞➯↕➔➔➙➣ t ➏➜➑
★ ➙➵ ❦ ↕➣↔➾ ↔➜↔➙➣➨➙➵ ❦ ↕➣↔❐
➞↕➐➟➥➝➜➣↕➥➣➭➞➥→ t ➯➙➐➐ ➩➙➐➑➠➾
→➙➐➐➔➙➐➑➠❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➜➣↕➥➣➭
➞➥→ t ✧ ➙➟ ✳ ➔➙➞ ❦ ➛➜➠➣➾
➹➙➟➛➔➙➞ ❦ ➛➜➠➣❐➞↕➐➟➥➝➜➣↕➥➣➭
➞➥→ t ➶➙➔➐ ✳ ➠➥➥ ❦ ↔➨↕➠➑➾
➵➙➔➐➛➠➥➥ ❦ ↔➨↕➠➑❐
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Reporter................................................Dick Mason
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Reporter......................................Francisca Benitez
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Reporter.....................................Amanda Weisbrod
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Customer service rep ................Sharon Magnuson
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Classifieds ........................................ Devi Mathson