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State
classroom
screen
usage limits
may be on
the way
Former addict
helps others
to recover
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Rep. Walden holds town
hall meeting Friday at EOU
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ings of the research.
The bill — SB 282 — is part of a
trio of bills centered on technology
in schools. SB 281 would require
electronics to be clearly labeled
with health risks, and SB 283 is
focused on microwave radiation
emitted by electronics.
SB 282 would allow parents the
option to “give or deny consent for
the parent’s child to participate in
curricula that involve extensive
work with computers, mobile digi-
tal devices or electronic media.”
Schools would be required to pro-
vide alternative curricula that has
less time with screens.
The bill would also require more
physical activity outside the class-
room for students and for informa-
tion from the research to be dis-
tributed to parents.
Children are spending more
time with screens than ever be-
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Oregon Rep. Greg Walden
appeared on the Eastern Or-
egon University campus for a
town hall meeting Friday. The
Hood River native spoke about
health care, budgets and the
Mueller investigation.
While the congressman gen-
erally holds roundtable discus-
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meeting was open to the public
and he welcomed questions in a
lottery-type format.
Originally scheduled for earlier
this year, Friday’s gathering was
Walden’s 163rd town hall meet-
ing, and his seventh in Union
County since 2012, he said.
Cheryl Simpson, of La Grande,
úëé êñõ òóé é éçò ú ìçëééñ òðïé
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A bill is currently in the Oregon
Legislature’s Senate Committee
that would require the Depart-
ment of Education, in cooperation
with the Oregon Health Authority,
to conduct research into what ef-
fects extensive time with electronic
screens have on children, and to
create limits on time with screens
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Danean Riley, 54, was a drug
addict for 20 years.
Now after almost 23 years of
sobriety, she wants
to provide more
help for those in
addiction recovery.
With help from
the Baker City and
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Halfway communi-
ties, Riley is open-
ing One Transition at a Time.
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on children has become a common
focus of research and debate.
In February, CNN reported in
2014 children younger than 2 years
old watched screens an average of
3.05 hours every day, which is
more than double the average time
in 1997.
Healthline reported scientists
have found a correlation between
more screen time and lower think-
ing and language skills, but it’s hard
to tell if the lower scores are caused
by the increased screen time or if
children who struggle with those
types of tasks are drawn to screens
more than other children. The re-
port referenced screen time guide-
lines from the American Academy
of Pediatrics in 2016 that said not
to allow children younger than 18
months any screen time, and only
very limited and carefully curated
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gressman. She asked his opinion
about the recent move to repeal
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Walden said he would rather
look at what’s working than
what’s not.
“We should look at how states
can provide health care (for their
own residents),” Walden said.
He said if a middle-class family
doesn’t have $400 to put together
in case of an emergency situation,
how are they supposed to come
up with thousands of dollars for
medical bills?
“We’ve got to talk about how to
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eryone,” he said.
Another citizen asked about his
stance on immigration. Walden
said he voted for securing the
southern border, and wants to
get a solution for the 1.8 million
DACA students. There’s also the
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agriculture in the U.S. Many farm-
ers employ illegal immigrants,
and these farmhands are the ones
helping rural America.
“I didn’t agree with (President
Trump’s) emergency declara-
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tion,” Walden said. “It troubled
me greatly that we negotiated a
budget and he declares an emer-
gency to get more money.”
He said Trump’s declaration
was a bad thing for democracy
because it took money from other
budgets after negotiations had
been completed.
Garren Dutto, a La Grande
High School student, asked
about Walden’s stance on mak-
ing the Mueller report public and
how to stop future meddling in
elections. Recently completed,
this report is of the 2017-2019
Special Counsel investigation of
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See Walden / Page 5A
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housed at 2425 10th St. in Baker,
and acts as an upcycle art gallery
and goods shop as well as a wom-
en’s sober living home.
Upcycle is in the process of
taking materials that would
normally be thrown away and
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ley, that use is art.
“We have to change the way
we think about what we throw
away,” Riley said.
The most common art Riley
creates includes solid-color draw-
ers, made to hang on walls, with
broken, everyday items in them.
Some of these drawers are cur-
rently on display at Hatch Labs.
In her time preparing to
open the shop, Riley has made
nearly 300 pieces of art to sell.
In addition to selling the art at
the shop, Riley plans to sell it
through her website.
“People either like them or
hate them,” she said.
She also creates sock mon-
keys and other types of art.
During Miners Jubilee this
year, the business plans to have
an upcycle art contest.
One Transition at a Time will
also provide what Riley calls a
sober home that will house up
to six women. The only require-
ment is that they are clean and
sober. There are three bed-
rooms, each with a bunk bed.
While Riley doesn’t have any-
one reserved to move in once
the home opens, she plans to go
See Recovery / Page 5A
Future piece of
military history
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Steven J. Daniels, a veteran from Oregon
City, spent hundreds of days aboard a nu-
çèéêë ìíîïêëðñé ðñ òóé ôòèêñòðç êñõ öêçð÷ç
See Screen Time / Page 5A
oceans while serving in the U.S.
Navy from 1966 to 1972.
That experience is serving
Daniels well today as he travels
throughout the state promoting
an upcoming event that will be
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one of the most memorable in
its military history — the com-
missioning of a nuclear submarine in Or-
egon’s honor.
The submarine, the USS Oregon SSN 793,
is being built in Groton, Connecticut, where
it is set to be christened in the fall of 2019.
øò ùðèè îé òóé ÷ëìò ìíîïêëðñé êñõ úñèû òóé
second naval vessel ever named for Oregon.
Daniels recently visited La Grande where
he promoted the USS Oregon. He is a mem-
ber of the vessel’s Commissioning Commit-
tee that is raising funds to pay for the com-
missioning ceremony of the new submarine.
The naval veteran said his experience serving
on a nuclear submarine helps him connect with
people as he tells them about the USS Oregon.
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on a submarine,” said Daniels, who served
on a nuclear submarine, the USS Nathan
Hale SSBN 623.
Daniels said people often ask what can be
seen outside windows in a submarine. They
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are surprised to learn submarines have no
windows. He said windows would serve lit-
tle purpose because conditions are so dark
deep below the surface of the sea.
The veteran said life aboard a Navy
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