The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, April 10, 2019, Page 4, Image 4

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    ❖◗❘❱◗❳❘❩❬❭ ❩❪❫❴❵ ❛❞❭ ❣❞❛✐
❥❦❧ ♠♥q❧rs❧r
❘❱❳❩❬ ❳❭❪❬❫❴❪❵❜ ❝❴❫❞
❬❢❳ ❘❵❣❳❬❬❳ ❬❪❞❳❩
Oregon Senate says
it’s time for a change
äå æçåèéê ëåêìíå îìïí ðååñ íééñ ì ïíåò íéó
ðìçô åêôõêè éöç èåêåçìîî÷ òéõêíîåïï øìêô òéó
íåêíõìîî÷ äìçùúöîû íðõüåóìêêöìî çõíöìî éú üäìêèó
õêè éöç üîéüñïý þéõêõêè ì çåïõïíìêüå íäìí ïååùï
íé ÿå èìõêõêè ùéùåêíöù ìüçéïï íäå êìíõéê ✉
❇ ÷ ì ✁ ó ✂ ùìçèõêý ïåêìíéçï ìòòçé ✈ åô ëåêìíå ❇ õîî
✁ ✸ ý ðäõüä ðéöîô ùé ✈ å æçåèéê íé ÷åìçóçéöêô ôì÷îõèäí
ïì ✈ õêè íõùå ✉❚ äå ÿõîî õïê ➆ í òåçúåüíý ÿöí õí ïíõîî õï ðéçíä êéíó
õêè ìï ìê õùòéçíìêí ❛ çïí ïíåò úéçðìçô ✉
❊✈ õôåêüå üéêíõêöåï íé ùéöêí íäìí íäåïå íõùå
ïðõíüäåï øïòçõêè ìäåìô ìê äéöç å ✈ åç÷ ïòçõêè ② úìîî ÿìüñ
ìê äéöç å ✈ åç÷ úìîîû üéùå ðõíä çõïñï íé éöç äåìîíä ìêô
ðçåìñ äì ✈ éü ðõíä ïîååòóôåòçõ ✈ åô ❆ ùåçõüìêï ✉
❆ êô íäå çåìïéêï ðå ➆✈ å ÿååê èõ ✈ åê íé þöïíõú÷ íäå íõùå
ïðõíüäåï ïõùòî÷ ôéê ➆ í òìê éöí ✉ t éç ïíìçíåçïý ôì÷îõèäí
ïì ✈ õêè íõùå êå ✈ åç ðìï õêíåêôåô ìï ì ÿééê íé úìçùåçï ✄
■ ê íäå ðéçôï éú ì ùåùéçìÿîå çåòéçí éê ➇☎ ìïí ❲ ååñ
❚ éêõèäí ðõíä ♦ éäê æîõ ✈ åçý ➈ ➇✆ éðï ôéê ➆ í üìçå ðäìí íõùå
õí õï ✉➈ ❆ êô üçéòï èåí å ① ìüíî÷ íäå ïìùå ìùéöêí éú îõèäí
å ✈ åç÷ ôì÷ý çåèìçôîåïï éú ðäåíäåç õí ➆ ï ôì÷îõèäí ïì ✈ õêè éç
ïíìêôìçô íõùå ✉
❉ ì÷îõèäí ïì ✈ õêè íõùå ðìïê ➆ í õùòîåùåêíåô éê ì îìçèå
ïüìîå öêíõî s✾s✻ ý ðäåê ✝ åçùìê÷ ìêô õíï ❲ éçîô ❲ ìç ■
ìîî÷ ❆ öïíçõìó ✞ öêèìç÷ ïåí üîéüñï ìäåìô ìê äéöç íé ïì ✈ å
éê åêåçè÷ üéïíï ✉ æíäåç êìíõéêïý õêüîöôõêè íäå ✟ êõíåô
ëíìíåïý úéîîéðåô ïöõí ✉ ❆ úíåç ❲ éçîô ❲ ìç ■ ý éíäåç êìíõéêï
ìÿìêôéêåô íäå õôåìý ÿöí êéí íäå ✟ êõíåô ëíìíåï ✉ ❚ äå
õôåì éú ôì÷îõèäí ïì ✈ õêè íõùå çåìîî÷ òõüñåô öò ïíåìù ôöçó
õêè íäå åêåçè÷ üçõïõï éú íäå s✾✠✸ ï ✉
❇ öí äåçå ➆ ï íäå ôåìî ✄ ❊✈ õôåêüå ïöèèåïíï íäìí ôì÷îõèäí
ïì ✈ õêè íõùå äìïê ➆ í ïì ✈ åô éê åêåçè÷ üéïíï ✉ ■ í ùì÷ çåó
ôöüå îõèäíõêè öïåý ÿöí íäìí ➆ ï éúúïåí ÿ÷ õêüçåìïåô üéïíï
úéç ìõç üéêôõíõéêõêè ìêô äåìíõêèý ìêô õêüçåìïåô üéêó
ïöùòíõéê éú èìïéîõêå ✉
ëé íäå íõùå ðìï çõèäíý ïé íé ïòåìñý úéç ëåêìíå ❇ õîî ✁
ðäõüä êéð ùé ✈ åï íé íäå
✸ ý
✞ éöïå ✉ ■ ú íäå ÿõîî ÿåüéùåï
îìðý ìîî ÿöí éêå éú æçåèéê ➆ ï ✁✻ üéöêíõåï ðéöîô ùé ✈ å íé
÷åìçóçéöêô ôì÷îõèäí ïì ✈ õêè íõùå ➋ õê éíäåç ðéçôïý ðå ➆ ô
ïòçõêè úéçðìçô ìêô êå ✈ åç úìîî ÿìüñ ✉ ø ❦ ìîäåöç ✆ éöêí÷ õï
íäå å ① üåòíõéê ② íäìí üéöêí÷ ìüíöìîî÷ õï éê ❦ éöêíìõê íõùå
ïé íäìí õí ï÷êüï ðõíä êåìçÿ÷ ❇ éõïåý ■ ôìäé ✉ ❚ äìí üéöêí÷
ðéöîô üéêíõêöå íé ïðõíüä ÿåíðååê ôì÷îõèäí íõùå ìêô
ïíìêôìçô íõùåý íé ïíì÷ õê ï÷êü ðõíä ■ ôìäé ✉ û
❚ äå ÿõîî íäìí òìïïåô íäå ëåêìíå õïê ➆ í å ① ìüíî÷ ì ïíõççõêè
ôåêöêüõìíõéê éú íäå üäìêèõêè éú íäå üîéüñï ✄ ■ í ðéöîô
éêî÷ ÿåüéùå åúúåüíõ ✈ å õú ✆ éêèçåïï ìòòçé ✈ åï íäå íõùå
üäìêèå ìêô õú ❲ ìïäõêèíéê ìêô ✆ ìîõúéçêõì ìîïé ìôéòí
ôì÷îõèäí íõùå éê ì òåçùìêåêí ÿìïõï øíäå èééô êåðï
íäåçå õï íäìí òçéòéïìîï íé ôé å ① ìüíî÷ íäìí ìçå ùìñõêè
òçéèçåïï õê ÿéíä íäéïå ïíìíåïû ✉
❆ êô ì òçé ✈ õïõéê éçõèõêìîî÷ õê íäå ÿõîîý üìîîõêè úéç ì òöÿîõü
✈ éíå éê íäå õïïöåý ðìï åîõùõêìíåô ✉ ❲ äõîå ðå ìòòçåüõó
ìíå íäå ëåêìíå ➆ ï ðõîîõêèêåïï íé íìñå íäõï ùìííåç õêíé õíï
éðê äìêôïý ðå äì ✈ å íé ìôùõí íäìí ðå íäéöèäí ì ✈ éíå
éê íäõï ðéöîô äì ✈ å ÿååê úöê ✉
■ ê ïöüä ì ✈ éíåý ðå üéöîô äì ✈ å èìöèåô òéòöîìç ïåêíõó
ùåêí éê íäå ùìõê ôõïòöíå íäìí úìüåô ïåêìíéçï õê îìïí
ðååñ ➆ ï ôåîõÿåçìíõéêï ✄ ðäåíäåç íäå ïíìíå ïäéöîô ïäõúí
òåçùìêåêíî÷ íé ôì÷îõèäí éç ïíìêôìçô íõùå ✉
❲ äõîå ùéïí ïåêìíéçï úì ✈ éçåô ôì÷îõèäí íõùåý íäå ìçèöó
ùåêíï çìõïåô ÿ÷ éíäåçï ïöòòéçíõêè ïíìêôìçô íõùå äì ✈ å
ïéùå ùåçõí ✉ t éç éêå íäõêèý ïíì÷õêè éê ôì÷îõèäí íõùå
÷åìçóçéöêô üéöîô äì ✈ å ìê åúúåüí éê ïéùå çåîõèõéöï éÿó
ïåç ✈ ìêüåï ✉ ■ ê ♦ öôìõïùý úéç å ① ìùòîåý íäå ôìõî÷ ùéçêõêè
òçì÷åç õï äåîô ïäéçíî÷ ìúíåç ïöêçõïå ✉ ■ ê ♦ ìêöìç÷ý íäå ïöê
ðéöîôê ➆ í çõïå öêíõî êåìçî÷ ✾ ì ✉ ù ✉ õê ðåïíåçê æçåèéêý
ùìñõêè õí ôõú ❛ üöîí úéç ïéùå ðéçïäõòåçï íé ùìñå õí íé
ðéçñ éê íõùå ✉
❇ öíý çåìîî÷ý éê ïéùå îå ✈ åîý íäå q öåïíõéê éú ôì÷îõèäí
✈ ï ✉ ïíìêôìçô íõùå ôéåïê ➆ í ùìííåç íäìí ùöüä ✄ ❚ äå òéõêí
äåçå õï íé ôé ìðì÷ ðõíä íäå íõùå ïðõíüä ✉ ëåêìíå ❇ õîî
✁ ✸ äåîòï îééïåê íäå ÿéêôï éú íäõï íõùå í÷çìêê÷ ✉
Kreider: What can we
do to help our local
newspaper?
To the Editor:
A local newspaper is an
important asset to any com-
munity. It is with distress
that I read that Western
Communications may go
out of business. What can
our communities do to help
in saving our local news-
papers? The options are to
raise rates without cutting
①③④⑤⑥ ③⑦ ①⑧⑨⑨ ③⑦ ④⑩⑦③❶⑧❷ ❸⑦❹ -
❺④⑩❻❼ ❺⑧❷❶④❺① ⑨⑦❸④⑨⑥ ⑦❷ ③⑦
create a hybrid corporate/
community funded paper.
Community members:
Please provide us some
leadership in saving our
local community papers.
I care!
❽❾❿ ➀➁➂❾➃➂➁
➄➅ ➆➁➅➇➃➂
Garland: Ask your
lawmakers to vote
no on HB 3063
To the Editor:
The current measles
outbreak was not spread
in a school setting. So
why are Oregon lawmak-
ers currently pushing a
law that would perma-
nently ban unvaccinated
or partially vaccinated
❈✡☛☞✌❈☞ ❨✡❖✍
➫ ❙✕❙✖ ➫ ✖❡✗ ✘✙✚✚✙✕✛ ➫ ✗
➯ ✕❡❍✖✚✚ ✜✢✣❙✤ ➲ ✙❍❙✥✙✦❙✧
P✖❡★✚✖❙✩❡✪✫ à❐➶➺➴
➘Ö×➹➺ ✬ á❰❰ ✵ ➘Ð➾➷ à➷➱ ✭ Ù➱Ü
à ✮ Þ ✯ ❒Ü à❐➶➺➴Ü ➻ ✰ áâ❒❰Ý ✶
❮❰❒ ✮ áãß ✮ Ýâ ✯ á➱ ✼ ➺➼➽➮➷➺ ✬
➪➪➪➱➘➾➺Ñ➘Ï➶➺Ñ➮➽➶❐➷Ð➾➺➱
Ñ➘➚ ✱ ➸❐Ï➽➺➶➶➱ Ù➴❐➮➶ ✬
➽➺Ï➱➼➮➶➶➸❐Ï➽➺➶➶Ú
➘➾➺Ñ➘Ï➶➺Ñ➮➽➶❐➷Ð➾➺➱Ñ➘➚➱
➫ ❙✕❙✖ ➩ ✖✲✗
✳✥✖✴ ✷✕✥✥✖❙✩
✜✹✺❙✤ ➲ ✙❍❙✥✙✦❙✧✽✩✿✖✪✫
à❐➶➺➴ ➘Ö×➹➺ ✬ á❰❰ ✵ ➘Ð➾➷
à➷➱ ✭ Ù➱Ü ❀✮ ❒ãÞÜ à❐➶➺➴Ü
➻ ✰ áâ❒❰Ý ✶ ❮❰❒ ✮ áãß ✮
ÝÞ❮ã➱ ✼ ➺➼➽➮➷➺ ✬ ➪➪➪➱
➘➾➺Ñ➘Ï➶➺Ñ➮➽➶❐➷Ð➾➺➱
Ñ➘➚ ✱ ➼❐➾➾➺➷➘➱ Ù➴❐➮➶ ✬
➾➺Ô➱Ñ➾➺Ñ➼❐➾➾➺➷➘Ú
➘➾➺Ñ➘Ï➶➺Ñ➮➽➶❐➷Ð➾➺➱Ñ➘➚➱
➫ ❙✕❙✖ ➩ ✖✲✗
✳✥✖✴ ➫ ✛✙❙✤
✜✹❁❙✤ ➲ ✙❍❙✥✙✦❙✪✫ à❐➶➺➴
children from day care
and schools?
Healthy unvaccinated
children do not harbor ill-
ness or viruses. They can-
not spread what they do not
have. I thought that educa-
tion was important to Or-
⑧➈⑦⑩➉① ⑧⑨⑧❸③⑧➊ ⑦➋❸➌④⑨①➍ ➎⑩
Oregon, there is already law
that unvaccinated children
must be excluded from
school during an actual out-
break of a contagious dis-
ease, such as the measles.
Why would anyone want to
make the quarantine per-
manent? What is the point
of denying perfectly healthy
kids an education or after
school activities? This is
segregation. I thought we
were done with segregation
in schools. Please ask your
representative to vote no on
House Bill 3063.
➊⑦ ③❶⑧ ↔⑦↕ ⑧➋❸➌⑧⑩③⑨❻➍ ➎③
makes no sense to require
even able-bodied drivers to
exit vehicles in inappropri-
ate clothing in all kinds of
weather to deal with gaso-
line pumps, fumes and pay-
ment methods.
Being a gas station at-
tendant is a job. Manufac-
turing jobs have moved
overseas to generate even
➈❷⑧④③⑧❷
❸⑦❷❺⑦❷④③⑧
❺❷⑦→③
from cheap labor and lax
regulations. America can
and should retain service
jobs. A few cents on the gal-
lon to support a local job
seems to be money well
spent. Those wages circu-
late in the area. The major-
ity of gas costs goes toward
Often being a gas atten-
dant is where fundamen-
tals of being a good worker
are learned and practiced.
➙❶⑧ ❶⑦➛❷① ④❷⑧ ➜⑧➝➌↕⑨⑧ ③⑦
➏❾➑➑➓➔➐➁➐
meet a variety of individual
needs. For people needing
to supplement retirement
income it provides part-
time employment.
As a driver it is a pleasure
speaking to the attendants,
and thanking them, espe-
cially in inclement weather.
To the Editor:
Many sound reasons
support having attendants
→⑨⑨ ➈④① ③④⑩➣①➍
They are dressed for the
weather and are there to
➵➸➺ ➻➼➽➺➾➚➺➾
➪➺➶➹➘➴➺➽ ➶➺➷➷➺➾➽ ➷➘
➷➸➺ ➺➬➮➷➘➾➱ ✃➺➷➷➺➾➽
❐➾➺ ➶➮➴➮➷➺➬ ➷➘ ❒❮❰
➪➘➾➬➽ ❐Ï➬ ➴Ð➽➷ ➼➺
➽➮ÑÏ➺➬ ❐Ï➬ ➹❐➾➾Ò ➷➸➺
❐Ð➷➸➘➾Ó➽ ❐➬➬➾➺➽➽ ❐Ï➬
Ô➸➘Ï➺ ÏÐ➴➼➺➾ ÕÖ➘➾
➚➺➾➮×➹❐➷➮➘Ï ÔÐ➾Ô➘➽➺➽
➘Ï➶ÒØ➱ Ù➴❐➮➶ Ò➘Ð➾
➶➺➷➷➺➾➽ ➷➘ Ï➺➪➽Ú
➶❐Ñ➾❐Ï➬➺➘➼➽➺➾➚➺➾➱
➹➘➴ ➘➾ ➴❐➮➶ ➷➸➺➴ ➷➘
✃❐ Û➾❐Ï➬➺ ➻➼➽➺➾➚➺➾Ü
ÝÞ❰ß ❮➷➸ à➷➱Ü ✃❐
Û➾❐Ï➬➺Ü áâã❮❰➱
generally deserve a tip.
Having gas station at-
tendants is one of the
things that makes Oregon
unique and great. The
snide column by the Bend
Bulletin’s Editorial Board
and recently printed in
The Observer seems in-
sensitive to both drivers
and attendants.
I oppose self-service gas-
oline in Oregon.
➙❶⑧❻ ④❷⑧ ⑩⑦ ➊➌⑤⑧❷⑧⑩③ ➞❷⑦❹
➟➅➁➒ ➟➠➡➁➅➠➢➂➇
waiters and waitresses and
➤➓➑➅➇➃ ➡❾➥➒
✎❖✏✑✒❈ ✡✓✓✒❈✒✌✑✔
✽✩✛✛✙❍❍✙✩❡✖✥❍✫ ❑ ➘ÏÏ❐
➘Ö×➹➺ ✬ á❰❰ ✵ ➘Ð➾➷ à➷➱
❃ ➺➚➺➾❐Ñ➺Ü ❏ ❐➷➷ à➹❐➾Ö➘ ❐Ï➬
✭ Ù➱Ü ❀✮ Þã ✯ Ü à❐➶➺➴Ü ➻ ✰ Ü
❂ ❐Ð➶ ▲ Ï➬➺➾➺➽ ✶ ÝÝ❰ß ▼ ▲ ➚➺➱Ü
áâ❒❰Ý ✶ ❮❰❒ ✮ áãß ✮ ÝÞ❮â➱
❀ ➺ÔÔÏ➺➾ ➘Ö×➹➺ ✬ ❂ ➱➻➱ ❃ ➘ ❄
✃❐ Û➾❐Ï➬➺Ü ➻ ✰ áâã❮❰ ✶ ❮ÞÝ ✮
✯ ÝáÜ ❀ ➺ÔÔÏ➺➾Ü ➻ ✰ áâã❒ß ✶
áß❒ ✮ Ý❰❰Ý ✶ Ö❐ ❄ ❮ÞÝ ✮ áß❒ ✮ Ý❰âá➱
✘✕✚✚✩✇✕ ✽✩❅❡❙❋
❮ÞÝ ✮ ßâß ✮ ❮Ý❮Þ ✶ ✼ ➺➼➽➮➷➺ ✬
✽✩✛✛✙❍❍✙✩❡✖✥❍✫ ◆ ➘➸Ï
➪➪➪➱➘➾➺Ñ➘Ï➶➺Ñ➮➽➶❐➷Ð➾➺➱
❀ ➮➶➶➘➹ ◗ Ü ➵➘➬➬ ✭ ❐➽➸ ❐Ï➬
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