The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, March 29, 2019, Page 4, Image 4

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    ❖◗❘❱❳❩❬ ❭❳◗❪❫ ❴❵❬ ❴❛❞❵
❣✐❥ ❦❧♠❥♥q❥♥
◗❳❩❬❭ ❩❪❫❭❴❵❫❜❝ ❞❵❴❢
❭❣❩ ✐❩❥❪ ✐❳❝❝❩❭❫❥
On Oregon motorists
not pumping their
own gas
â ãäåæçè éêéëì æèíéë îäãïé ðâ èíé ïæñâèëìò îéæîäé
íãêé èíé óëééôæå èæ îñåî èíéðë æõâ öãç÷ øâ ùëéú
öæâò âæè çæ åñïí÷
û üðää ðâ èíé ýéöðçäãèñëéò þæñçé ÿðää
✉ ✾✁ ò
õæñäô
äææçéâ ùëéöæâ ➆ ç ëñäéç÷ øè õæñäô ãääæõ çéäóúçéëêðïé ãè
öãç çèãèðæâçò ãç äæâö ãç ðè ðç âæè ãè åæëé èíãâ
✷✂ îéëú
ïéâè æó èíé îñåîç÷
❚ íé üðää çíæñäô îãççò üñè èíéëé åñçè üé ã öææô ëéãú
çæâ õíì èíé çèãèé æó ùëéöæâ íãç üééâ çæ ëéäñïèãâè èæ
ãääæõ îéæîäé èæ îñåî èíéðë æõâ÷
❘ ðöíè ✄ P éëíãîç
ùëú
éöæâðãâç ãëé äéçç öðóèéô èíãâ îéæîäé ðâ æèíéë çèãèéç÷ ùë
② ãååãüäé ✄
❲ é äææ ❡ éô ðè ñî÷ ùëéöæâ ãïèñãääì íãç ✼ æó ☎ ïðãä ëéãú
åãìüé ùëéöæâðãâç ãëé åæëé
çæâç éâçíëðâéô ðâ çèãèé äãõ èæ æîîæçé çéäóúçéëêé öãç÷
þéëé ãëé çæåé íðöíäðöíèç ❍
❘ éêðçéô ✈ èãèñèéç ✁✆✝ ÷ ✷✉✂ ò èíé çæäæâç ðâ
æñë ýéöðçäãèñëé íãêé ôéïäãëéô ùëéöæâ ➆ ç õéãèíéë èæ üé
➇ ñâð ✞ ñéäì ãôêéëçé÷ ➈ ❚ íé ðïé ðâ èíðç çèãèé ðç îëéçñåãüäì
åæëé çäðîîéëì÷ ❚ íé ëãðâ ðç åæëé õéè÷ ❚ íé çñâ ðç çíðâðéë÷
❚ íé ïäæñôç ãëé ïäæñôðéë÷ øè ïãâ óééä äð ❡ é ðè çæåé ôãìç
➋ èíãè ➆ ç óæë çñëé÷ ÿñè èíé ýéöðçäãèñëé íãç ôéïäãëéô èíé
õéãèíéë íéëé ðç ñâð ✞ ñéäì ãôêéëçéò çæ ðè åñçè üé ã üæâã
☎ ôéò çïëñîñäæñçäì ëéçéãëïíéô óãïè÷
❚ íé äãõ é ① îäãðâç ùëéöæâ ➆ ç ñâð ✞ ñéäì ãôêéëçé õéãèíú
éë ïãñçéç ➇ õéè îãêéåéâè ãâô ëéôñïéô êðçðüðäðèì÷ ➈ ûâô
èíéëé ðç ➇ èíé ðâïëéãçéô ëðç ❡ æó îéëçæâãä ðâ ✟ ñëì ëéçñäèðâö
óëæå çäðîîðâö æâ çäðï ❡ çñëóãïéç÷ ➈
✈ æåéíæõò îéæîäé ðâ æèíéë çèãèéç ïãâ ôéãä õðèí õéè
øâ ùëéöæâ
îãêéåéâè ãâô ëéôñïéô êðçðüðäðèì õíéâ îñåîðâö èíéðë
æõâ÷ ❚ íãâ ❡ ìæñ æí õðçé ýéöðçäãèñëéò óæë îëæèéïèðâö ñç÷
❚ íé çèãèé ãäçæ õãëâç èíãè çéäóúçéëêðïé åãì äéãô èæ
é ① îæçñëé èæ öãç óñåéçò ëéîëéçéâèðâö ã íéãäèí íã ❤ ãëô
èæ ïñçèæåéëç÷ ❲ é çñîîæçé ðè ➆ ç åñïí íéãäèíðéë óæë ãèú
èéâôãâèç èæ üé é ① îæçéô èæ öãç óñåéç ëéîéãèéôäìò ãää
èíé õæë ❡ ôãì äæâö èíãâ óæë ïñçèæåéëç èæ öéè ãâ æïïãú
çðæâãä õíðóó õíéâ èíéì ☎ ää ñî÷
❚ íéëé ãëé çæåé æèíéë ëéãçæâç èíé çèãèé äðçèç èíãè ôæ
åã ❡ é çæåé çéâçé÷ ✠ æë ðâçèãâïéò èíéëé ãëé æèíéë çãóéèì
ðççñéçò èíæñöíò æâïé ãöãðâò îéæîäé ðâ æèíéë çèãèéç åãâú
ãöé ✟ ñçè
☎ âé÷ ✈ éäóúçéëêðïé îñåîç åãì ãäçæ ïæçè åæëé
èæ ðâçñëé ãâô èíãè ïæñäô üé îãççéô æâ èæ ïæâçñåéëç÷
ùó ïæñëçéò öãç çèãèðæâç õæñäô âæè âééô ãç åãâì ãèèéâú
ôãâèçò çæ èíãè åãì ëéôñïé ïæçèç èæ ïæâçñåéëç÷ øè ðç óñëú
èíéë ñâôéâðãüäé èíãè îéæîäé õíæ ãëé ôðçãüäéô æë éäôéëäì
ïæñäô
☎ âô ðè ôðó ☎ ïñäè èæ îñåî èíéðë æõâ öãç÷ ✈ ñëéäì äéöú
ðçäãèæëç ïãâ îñè èíéðë íéãôç èæöéèíéë ãâô ïæåé ñî õðèí
ã ëéöñäãèðæâ èæ ôéãä õðèí èíãè÷ þéëé ➆ ç ã íðâè ❍ óñää çéëêé÷
ùâé äãçè èíæñöíè ãüæñè ùëéöæâ ➆ ç ➇ ñâð ✞ ñéäì ãôêéëçé ➈
õéãèíéë ❍ øó èíé õéãèíéë ðâ ùëéöæâ ðç ëéãääì çæ üãôò õíì
æâ éãëèí ðç èíé çèãèé âæè ðâïäñôðâö ➇ ñâð ✞ ñéäì ãôêéëçé ➈
õéãèíéë õãëâðâöç ðâ ãôç äñëðâö èæñëðçèç èæ ùëéöæâ ✄
✈ æåéüæôì èéää ❱ ðçðè ÿéâô÷
Zinni: Legislature
shouldn’t fund
rs①①③④s ⑤s⑥ ⑦⑧⑨⑩
To the Editor:
I am concerned about
the Wallowa Lake Dam
improvement proposed by
Gov. Kate Brown that will
be voted on soon.
I agree with rehabilitating
the dam for several reasons,
such as safety for people and
equitable water distribution
for irrigators. It has the po-
tential to help many irriga-
tors and store more water.
It also has the poten-
tial of making the newly
formed irrigation district
a lot more money. My
concern is that perhaps
more than $16 million
will be provided to the Ir-
rigation District to get the
dam to store more water,
which the district will sell.
I believe the money from
water sales would go to
the district.
If this is good for the
county as a whole, great.
However, I don’t think Or-
egon taxpayers should have
to pay money to help just a
local few. If it is a good idea
to fund the project, do it as
a loan to be paid back with
receipts from water sold.
I don’t agree with fund-
ing west side projects
❈✡☛☞❆❈☞ ❨✡❖✌ ✍❖✎✏✑❈ ✡✒✒✑❈✑❆✏✓
➻➹➷➘➳Ï➬ ×➹➱➷➚ ♦ ➼➵Ò➬Ï➼➵Ï➻➹➷➘➳Ø
✭✢✣❙✤ ➭ ✙✜❙✥✙✦❙✧★✕✖✩✚✕❙✪✖✫✬ Þ➱➚➵➹ ➶➼➵Ï➶❮➚➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘❰➼➵➬Ï➶➽➬
➶ÔÕ➪➵ ♦ ß❒❒ ✵ ➶❰➼➘ Þ➘➬ t ×➬Ú Þ ✮ Ü ✯ ✃Ú
➩ ✥✕✴✪✖ ➤ ✕✴✙✜✚✔❙❃✥✕✬ ➮➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘➷➽➵
Þ➱➚➵➹Ú ➸ ❛ ßà✃❒Û ✶ ❐❒✃ ✮ ßáÝ ✮ Ûà ✯ ß➬
➴➶➪❰➹➵❮➘➻ ➱❮➴ ➷❮Ô➶➼➹➱➘➷➶❮ ➱➼➵
✰ ➵➺➻➷➘➵ ♦ ➾➾➾➬➶➼➵Ï➶❮➚➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘❰➼➵➬
➱➽➱➷➚➱➺➚➵ ➶❮➚➷❮➵ ➱➘ ➾➾➾➬➚➵Ï➬➻➘➱➘➵➬
➶➼➬❰➻➬
Ï➶➽ ✱ ➳➱❮➻➵➚➚➬ ×➹➱➷➚ ♦ ➻➵❮➬
❉✙❙❄ ✪❅ ➤ ✔ ✳✥✔✖✩✕✬ ❇ ➱Ð➶➼ Þ➘➵➽➵
➺➷➚➚➳➱❮➻➵➚➚Ø➶➼➵Ï➶❮➚➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘❰➼➵➬Ï➶➽➬
✵ ➚➵➹➵❮➘➻Ú ✵ ➷➘Ð ❇ ➱❮➱Ï➵➼ ❛ ➶➺➵➼➘
➨ ❙✔❙✕ ➧ ✕✲✗ ✳✥✕✴ ✸✔✥✥✕❙✪ ✭✹✺❙✤
Þ➘➼➶Ò➵ ✶ ❀ ➬➸➬ ❁ ➶ ❂ Ýà❒Ú ➮➱ Ù➼➱❮➴➵Ú
➭ ✙✜❙✥✙✦❙✧❉✪✻✕✫✬ Þ➱➚➵➹ ➶ÔÕ➪➵ ♦
➸ ❛ ßàá❐❒ ✶ ❐ÜÛ ✮ ßÝ ✯✮ Û✃❒ß ✶ Ô➱ ❂ ❐ÜÛ ✮
ß❒❒ ✵ ➶❰➼➘ Þ➘➬ t ×➬Ú ✽✮ ✃áÜÚ Þ➱➚➵➹Ú
ßÝ✃ ✮ ✃✃✃✃➬
➸ ❛ ßà✃❒Û ✶ ❐❒✃ ✮ ßáÝ ✮ ÛÜ❐á➬ ✰ ➵➺➻➷➘➵ ♦
❯✖✙✪✖ ❉✪❃✖❙❄ ❉✪✛✛✙✜✜✙✪✖✕✥✜✬
➾➾➾➬➶➼➵Ï➶❮➚➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘❰➼➵➬Ï➶➽ ✱
❊ ➶❮❮➱ ❁ ➵➽➵➼➱Ï➵Ú ❇ ➱➘➘ Þ➪➱➼Ô➶
➺➱➼➼➵➘➶➬ ×➹➱➷➚ ♦ ➼➵Ò➬Ï➼➵Ï➺➱➼➼➵➘➶Ø
➱❮➴ ❀ ➱❰➚ ❋ ❮➴➵➼➵➻ ✶ ÛÛ❒Ý ● ❋ ➽➵➬Ú ➮➱
➶➼➵Ï➶❮➚➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘❰➼➵➬Ï➶➽➬
Ù➼➱❮➴➵Ú ➸ ❛ ßàá❐❒ ✶ ❐ÜÛ ✮ ßÝ✃ ✮ Û❒❒Û ✶
➨ ❙✔❙✕ ➧ ✕✲✗ ✳✥✕✴ ➨ ✛✙❙✤ ✭✹✿❙✤
Ô➱ ❂ ❐ÜÛ ✮ ßÝ✃ ✮ Û❒àß➬
➭ ✙✜❙✥✙✦❙✫✬ Þ➱➚➵➹ ➶ÔÕ➪➵ ♦ ß❒❒
✘✔✚✚✪✇✔ ❉✪❃✖❙❄
✵ ➶❰➼➘ Þ➘➬ t ×➬Ú ✽✮ Üá ✯ Ú Þ➱➚➵➹Ú ➸ ❛ Ú
❉✪✛✛✙✜✜✙✪✖✕✥✜✬ ■ ➶➳❮ ✽ ➷➚➚➶➪ ❦ Ú
ßà✃❒Û ✶ ❐❒✃ ✮ ßáÝ ✮ ÛÜ❐à➬ ✽ ➵ÒÒ❮➵➼
➲➶➴➴ t ➱➻➳ ➱❮➴ Þ❰➻➱❮ ❛ ➶➺➵➼➘➻ ✶ Û❒Û
➶ÔÕ➪➵ ♦ ❀ ➬➸➬ ❁ ➶ ❂ ✯ ÛßÚ ✽ ➵ÒÒ❮➵➼Ú ➸ ❛
Þ➬ ❛ ➷➽➵➼ Þ➘➬Ú ❛ ➶➶➹ ✯ ❒ ✯ Ú ×❮➘➵➼Ò➼➷➻➵Ú
ßàá✃Ý ✶ ❐ÜÛ ✮ ÝàÝ ✮ ❐Û❐Ü ✶ ✰ ➵➺➻➷➘➵ ♦
➸ ❛ ßàá ✯ á ✶ ❐ÜÛ ✮ Ü ✯ Ý ✮ Ü❐Ü✃Ú ➵ ❂ ➘➬ ÛÛ ✶
➾➾➾➬➶➼➵Ï➶❮➚➵Ï➷➻➚➱➘❰➼➵➬Ï➶➽ ✱
➨ ❙✔❙✕ ➨ ✕✖✗ ✘✙✚✚✙✔✛ ➨ ✗ ➫ ✔✖✜✕✚✚
with my tax dollars. I also
don’t agree with asking
the whole state to fund a
❶❷❸❹❺❻❼ ❼❽❾❼ ❿❺➀❺➁❼➂ ❸➀➃➄
government, laws, taxes,
schools or representa-
tion in the state Legisla-
ture as long as there is
a few and may provide a
➂→❻❽ ❾ ❽→➣❺ ↔➅↕❺❷❺➀❻❺
➥➭➯➦➩➧
❶❷❸➁❼ ❼❸ ❾ ❶❷➅➆❾❼❺ ❺➀❼➅❼➄➇
in the amount of Repub-
lican versus Democratic
registered voters. If we
Eastern Oregonians are
serious about change, we
need to get busy and get
our friends and neighbors
registered. We need to
talk up what the Republi-
can Party can do for them.
There have been dra-
matic changes already
under President Trump,
even though our Demo-
cratic friends do not want
to admit this. And 2020
is just around the cor-
ner. If we do not get the
House back, we will lose
our country as we knew it.
Infanticide could be the
law of the land. I shudder
to think what health care
could become.
We need to be kind when
we debate these things. No
shouting, no four-letter
words, no violence, no in
your face. We are supposed
to be a civilized, cultured,
kind people who care about
each other. You don’t solve
anything with rudeness.
You don’t win anyone over
with crudeness.
➲➳➵ ➸➺➻➵➼➽➵➼
Don’t beg the Legislature
to fund your activities.
Agree to a loan and pay it
back.
I have contacted Sen.
Bill Hansel and Rep. Greg
Baretto on this and encour-
age any who agree to do the
same. Do we want to help
reduce or increase state debt
problems?
➈➉➊➋➌➍➎➏ ➐➑➒➒➑ ➓➔➏
➈➉➊➋➌➍
Follis: Eastern
Oregon needs
more registered
Republicans
To the Editor:
I have been pondering
the great article written
some weeks ago by Rep.
Greg Barreto. I learned
a great deal from it and
would like to comment on
this.
First, we need to give
him all the support we
can. It only takes a min-
ute to email, write a note
or make a call.
Second, we will never
make any changes in our
Ô➱ ❂ ❐ÜÛ ✮ Ü ✯ Ý ✮ ❒❐á ✯ ➬
➥ ✚✴✙✖
❉✙❙❄ ❉✪❃✖✦✙✚✪✥✜✬ ❇ ➱Ð➶➼
❋ ➚➚➱❮ ❊ ❰ÔÔÐÚ ❐❒Û t ÛÛ➘➳ Þ➘➬Ú ❐ÜÛ ✮
Ü✃à ✮ Û❒ÛÝÚ ➹➱Ð➶➼Ø➪➷➘Ð➶Ô➵➚Ï➷❮➶➼➬
➶➼Ï ✶ ❇ ➱➼Ð ✰ ➵➻➘Ú ✯ Ý❒ t ❐➘➳ ❋ ➽➵➬Ú
❐ÜÛ ✮ á❒❐ ✮ ❒ÜÜ✃Ú ➪➶❰❮➪➷➚➶➼✃Ø
➪➷➘Ð➶Ô➵➚Ï➷❮➶➼➬➶➼Ï ✶ ● ➱➘➳Ð ✰ ➱➼➼➵❮Ú
❀ ➸ ❁ ➶ ❂ ÝßàÚ ❐ÜÛ ✮ àáÝ ✮ ßÝÛÛÚ
➪➶❰❮➪➷➚➶➼ÝØ➪➷➘Ð➶Ô➵➚Ï➷❮➶➼➬➶➼Ï ✶ ❛ ➷➻➱
✽ ➱➚Ï➱➼➘➳Ú ❀ ➸ ❁ ➶ ❂ ❐ ✯ ❐Ú ❐ÜÛ ✮ Ü✃à ✮
ßÜÝ ✯ Ú ➪➶❰❮➪➷➚➶➼ ✯ Ø➪➷➘Ð➶Ô➵➚Ï➷❮➶➼➬
➶➼Ï ✶ ❛ ➶➪ ❦ Ð ❁ ❰➼Ï➵➻➻Ú á❒❒ t
ÛÜ➘➳ Þ➘➬Ú ❀ ➬➸➬ ❁ ➶ ❂ á❐ÜÚ ❐ÜÛ ✮ àáÝ ✮
✯ ÜÛàÚ ➪➶❰❮➪➷➚➶➼ÛØ➪➷➘Ð➶Ô➵➚Ï➷❮➶➼➬
➶➼Ï ✶ ❊ ➱➽➷➴ ❛ ➵➵➴Ú Û❒ÛÛ ❊ ➵➘➼➶➷➘
Þ➘➬Ú ❀ ➸ ❁ ➶ ❂ ✃Ýá ✶ ❐ÜÛ ✮ ßà❐ ✮ ✃✃❒ÝÚ
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➪➶➹ ✶ ■ ➵❮❮➷ ✰ ➶➼➴ ✶ ❊ ➱➽➵ ×➚➚➷➶➘➘ ✶
❋ ➻➳➚➵Ð Þ❰➚➚➷➽➱❮ ✶ ❇ ➷➪➱➳ ❋ Ï❮➵➾ ✶
➮➱➼➼Ð ✵ ➳➼➷➻➘➹➱❮ ✶ ✵ ➳➼➷➻ ❀ ➼➷➘➪➳➱➼➴ ✶
❐ÜÛ ✮ Ü ✯ Ý ✮ ÜÛßÝ ✶ ➹➱➷➚ ➘➶ ✵ ➷➘Ð ➶Ô
×❮➘➵➼Ò➼➷➻➵Ú Û❒á t ➬×➬ Û➻➘ Þ➘➼➵➵➘Ú
×❮➘➵➼Ò➼➷➻➵Ú ➸ ❛ ßàá ✯ á
➯ ✛♠✚✕✥ ❉✙❙❄ ❉✪❃✖✦✙✚✪✥✜✬ ❇ ➱Ð➶➼
❇ ➷ ❦ ➵ ❇ ➪➮➵➱❮Ú ✵ ➶➼➼➷❮➵ ✰ ➷➚Ô➶❮ÏÚ
✽ ➵➼➹➱❮ ➸➼➘➹➱❮❮Ú ❇ ➱➼ ❦ ✽ ➶➾➵➚➚Ú ❛ ➷➪ ❦
❏ ➷➪➵ ❦ Ú ■ ➶➱❮ ✽ ➱➼➴➷❮ÏÚ ■ ➱➻➶❮ ❁ ➵➼Ï➚❰❮➴ ✶
Ûá❒ ❛ ❰➪ ❦ ➹➱❮ ❋ ➽➵➬ ✶ ❀ ➬➸➬ ❁ ➶ ❂ Ü❒Ú
❑ ➹➺➚➵➼ ➸ ❛ ßàáÜÛ ✶ ❐ÜÛ ✮ ❐✃Ü ✮ Ý❒ß❐
▲✪✜✕✲✤ ❉✙❙❄ ❉✪❃✖✦✙✚✪✥✜✬ ❇ ➱Ð➶➼
➲➵➼➵➻➱ Þ➱ ▼ ➶❮➷➱ ✶ ❇ ➱➼➘➷❮ ✽ ➱➹➷➚➘➶❮ ✶
❀ ➵➱➼➚ Þ➘➼❰➹ ✶ ➲➱❮Ð➱ ✵ ➶➚➚➷➵➼ ✶ ❇ ➷➪➳➱➵➚
■ ➮➶➪ ❦ ➳➱➼➘ ✶ ❀ ➱➘➘Ð ❁ ❰ÔÔ➶➼➴ ❐ÜÛ ✮
Ü✃ ✯✮ ✃á✃ ✯✶ ❀ ➬➸➬ ❁ ➶ ❂ Û❐Ú ■ ➶➻➵Ò➳Ú
➸➼➵Ï➶❮ ßàáÜÝ ✶ ✯ ❒Û t ➶➼➘➳ ❇ ➱➷❮ Þ➘➬ ✶
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➪➷➘Ð➶Ô❰❮➷➶❮➬➪➶➹ ✶ ■ ➶➳❮ ◆ ➱➼➹➵➼Ú
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➮➵➻➚➷➵ ❇ ➪ ❇ ➷➚➚➱❮ ✶ Þ❰➵ ✽ ➱➾ ❦ ➷❮➻Ú
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