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around, and he’s also got a
great sense of humor,” she
said.
school in Rogue River until
he retired as master chief
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✖☎✝✝✙ ✠✚ ☎✆ ✌✍ ✛✜✜✢✏ ✣☎
projects that he has been in-
volved in over the years. He
helped organize the vision
service plan van, which pro-
⑥⑦⑧⑨⑨⑩❶
wore many hats during his
years in the Navy, including
anti-submarine air control-
ler, air intercept control su-
pervisor and anti-terrorism
✝✆✓✌✍✌✍✎ ✠✚ ☎✆✏
Whipple said his experi-
ence in the Navy prepared
him for his job with CHD
in many ways. For one,
✄☎✝☎✆✓✍✕ ✤✍✔ ✌✝ ☎✓✕✌☎✆ ✝✠
talk to him once they real-
ize he’s a veteran, too. His
role in the Navy also gave
him experience helping
others.
✥✦✕ ✝✒☎ ✒✌☎✟ ✖☎✝✝✙ ✠✚ ☎✆✞
your job is to take care of
your people,” he said.
Whipple has achieved a lot
in his time with CHD.
“He’s doing what’s right
for the veterans,” said Susan
Cederholm, HR administra-
tor at CHD. “He’s such an as-
set to our community.”
✧✒☎ ✆☎ ✓✂✂☎✔ ✝✒☎ ✄☎✆✙ ✤✆✕✝
year he worked at CHD,
Whipple was awarded Ser-
✄✌ ☎ ★✚ ☎✆ ✠✟ ✝✒☎ ✩☎✓✆ ✪✙
the American Legion De-
partment of Oregon. She
said since he started he has
gone above and beyond
to help veterans in Union
County, and she will be sad
to see him go.
“He’s a pleasure to be
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of groundwater mixing
with wastewater and over-
whelming the waste treat-
ment plant, although Elgin’s
sewers have had this prob-
lem in the past.
He also noted these are
“record setting times.” On
Tuesday, he measured the
waters at 15 inches above
the high water mark he cre-
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in Elgin. Although some
Elgin citizens and Council-
man Rocky Burgess recall
✝✒☎ ☛✠✠✔ ☞✓✝☎✆✕ ✆☎✓ ✒✌✍✎
an even greater height in
previous years, Larman
said, “This is the highest
I’ve ever seen it.”
No recent digital data
was available to check this
high water mark level on the
FEMA Flood Map Service
Center website.
Larman later thanked
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boat to the Elgin public
works department, as the
land surrounding the sew-
age treatment plant was so
deep under water Larman
and his team couldn’t drive
their pickups to check on
the plant. They had to row
there instead.
“The Union County Sher-
✌✗✬✕ ✠✚ ☎ ✆☎✓✂✂✙ ✒☎✂✖☎✔ ✁✕
out,” he said.
This imagery of the city
workers in a rowboat drew
a laugh from council mem-
bers and citizens present at
the meeting. Although the
☛✠✠✔✌✍✎ ✕☎☎✡✕ ✪✓✔✞ ❷ ✓✆ -
man encouraged those at
the meeting it was manage-
able with his lighthearted-
ness and good humor.
“We’re taking in high
☛✠✠✔ ☞✓✝☎✆✕✞ ✪✁✝ ✌✝✬✕ ✍✠✝✒✌✍✎
we can’t handle,” he said.
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LOCAL
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pairs of glasses to veterans
and their families at no cost
to them. Whipple remem-
bered it fondly.
“I still smile thinking about
the day that the van came,”
he said.
He helped secure funding
that created a program with
Community
Connections
that helps get free transpor-
tation for veterans.
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ing for homeless veterans,
given them the supplies that
they need, and helped them
connect with employers or
get job training or a higher
education.
Whipple helped create a
ski day at Anthony Lakes
where veterans and their
families can come ski or
snowboard for free, rentals,
lunch and lessons included.
Whipple said it’s a fun day,
but it’s also an opportunity to
connect veterans with more
services.
“It’s geared toward the
younger veterans that we
what they need.”
Whipple said although the
big projects he’s worked on
have been rewarding, he also
strives to help veterans with
little things He said some of
his fondest memories are
of helping one person with
something as small as re-
placing a set of dentures for a
veteran’s widow.
“It’s the little things like
that where you can help peo-
ple through a stressful situa-
tion and make their day,” he
said.
He said he has become so
close with the community of
✆✠✁✎✒✂✙ ✛✞✢✜✜ ✄☎✝☎✆✓✍✕ ✌✍
Union County that he thinks
of them as friends.
✣☎ ✌✕ ✟✓✆ ✟✆✠✡ ✤✍✌✕✒☎✔
helping veterans, as he plans
to volunteer during his re-
tirement.
“This is not the end,” he
said.
Whipple is extremely
humble when it comes to his
achievements.
“The things I’ve accom-
plished, I could not have
done by myself. I am a cog
in the wheel of community
partners,” he said.
Whipple’s successor, Brian
Blaise, has worked alongside
Whipple for almost two years
now in preparation. Blaise, a
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met Whipple when Whipple
approached him to come
he said. “It’s a way for us to
reach out to them and see
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thanked Larman’s public
works team for its swift ac-
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waters as best they can and
acknowledged the support
from Union County and
even state Legislature repre-
sentatives.
“Dan’s crew is doing an
exceptional job (with the
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for the block grant Elgin
received for renovating its
sewer system.
He also announced El-
gin Clean-up Day will take
place from 8 a.m. to noon
end of town caused the clo-
sure of 18th Street for sev-
eral hours early Tuesday
morning when water from
a ditch spilled onto the road.
Crews then used sandbags
to divert the water back into
the ditch, said City of La
Grande Public Works Direc-
tor Kyle Carpenter.
La Grande public works
crews have also been working
to prevent Mill Creek, which
runs north down a hill to C
Avenue and then through a
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✲✲ ✓✍✔ ✝✒☎ ✌✝✙✬✕ ✤✆✕✝
regular duties,” he said in
the meeting. “I was pleas-
antly surprised to receive
calls from Senator Wyden
and Congressman Walden’s
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ing they’re there and we can
just pick up the phone if we
need anything is refreshing
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been before.”
Larman joked that the
Hu-Na-Ha RV Park in El-
gin is now named the “Is-
land of Hu-Na-Ha” as it is
surrounded by high water.
Elgin Parks & Recreation
Director Bryan Jungling
said although there are
18 guests currently stay-
ing in the RV Park, he has
not yet ordered them to
evacuate because there is
no cause for alarm.
“There is a plan in place if
we need to evacuate,” May-
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In other news, Elgin
City Administrator and
Recorder Brock Eckstein
“He cornered me up at
the university and said
you’ve got to come in,” he
said. “It just blew my mind
that there was somebody
doing this, actually advocat-
ing for veterans. I told him
right then and there ‘I want
to do what you do.’”
Blaise, who is from Union,
said he was inspired by
Whipple to get a degree in
sociology and eventually ap-
ply to the position.
Oregon Senator Ron
Wyden expressed his appre-
ciation for Whipple’s work.
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budget hearing will be
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said the city is currently
working with Business Or-
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❽
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at Elgin City Hall.
Tuesday night the coun-
cil also moved to donate
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tion fund to the Friends of
the Opera House to show
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a counterargument, the
mayor and some coun-
cilors pointed out the city
owns the Opera House
and does not charge the
organization rent. The
city is also working hard
✝✠ ✤✍✔ ✎✆✓✍✝ ✡✠✍☎✙ ✟✠✆
Opera House additions
and renovations in the
near future.
“They’re a big part of
the community, and have
increased the number of
people coming here,” said
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tion. “I want to show them
support as they’re trying
to get their board going to
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expansion.”
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❙❬◗❖❭❪❱❖◗❘◗❪❋
“Byron has set the bar high
when it comes to innovation
✓✍✔ ☎✗☎ ✝✌✄☎✍☎✕✕ ✝✒✓✝ ✒☎✂✖✕
veterans in Union County,”
he said in a statement to The
Observer. “I know rural vet-
erans have long counted on
Byron’s ingenuity and work
ethic to create strong out-
reach programs.”
Wyden will honor Whip-
ple’s time with CHD at the
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hall at 5 p.m. in La Grande.
“I am glad Byron plans to
continue volunteering and
that his legacy over the past
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He said he hopes to spend
more time outdoors, and
maybe go on vacation with
his wife.
“It’s time for the next ad-
venture,” he said.
“Mill Creek is only one act-
ing up,” Carpenter said.
He said this may be be-
cause Mill Creek draws from
many sources of water.
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exist in Northeast Oregon
at least through Friday. The
National Weather Service
the Grande Ronde River
near Perry which will be in
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“We are closely monitoring
its level,” Carpenter said.
Crews have been check-
ing Mill Creek day and
night and removing large
amounts of rocks and oth-
er debris from the stream
with a backhoe to keep
it within its banks. Car-
penter said if the stream
jumps its banks, crews will
use sandbags to divert the
water down to C Avenue.
No other streams in La
Grande have been posing a
problem, he said.
for streams and creeks in
Union County and western
Wallowa County through
4:45 p.m. today. The NWS
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✯✫✬✭✮ ✭①✰✱✮✭✲ ✳✴✵✶✳✵✷✳✸✹✺ ✫✬✭✮ ✻✼✻✱✽✻✾✽✭ ✿❀ ✮✭✲✱❁✭❂✿✱✻✽ ❃❄✲✿❀❅✭✮✲ ❆❇❀
✰❄✮❃❇✻✲✭ ✻ ❂✭❆ ✰✭✲✿♣✮✭✭✶✴❈ ✰✽✻❂ ❀❂ ❀✮ ✻♣✿✭✮ ✳✷✵✸❈✵✷✳✸✹ ❉❇✱✲ ❀✬✭✮ ❁❀✭✲ ❂❀✿
✻✰✰✽❛ ✿❀ ❃❀❅❅✭✮❃✱✻✽ ✰✭✲✿ ✰✽✻❂✲✺ ❉❇✭ ❊❈✳ ❁✱✲❃❀❄❂✿ ❆✱✽✽ ✾✭ ❁✭❁❄❃✿✭❁ ♣✮❀❅
✿❇✭ ✱❂✱✿✱✻✽ ✲✭✮✼✱❃✭✺ ❋✻❂❂❀✿ ✾✭ ❃❀❅✾✱❂✭❁ ❆✱✿❇ ✻❂❛ ❀✿❇✭✮ ❀✬✭✮✲✺
✫✬✭✮ ❁✭✿✻✱✽✲ ✲❄✾❖✭❃✿ ✿❀ ❃❇✻❂●✭✺
åæçç èéêæëì íîîïðñòïðóîí
❫❴❵❜❝❞ ❣❣❤❫❞❞
✐❥❦ ❧♠♥ q❦♠s✉✈♥ ✈❥✇ ♠ ①②③②④⑤ ⑥⑦④⑦⑧⑨ ①⑩❶④
❷❸❹❺ ❻❼❽ ❾❺❺❿ ➀➁❸➂❿❼➃❺➀ ➄➁➅➆ ➇❸❿➇❺➈ ❼➈ ❸❿❼➅➆❺➈
➃❺➈➁❼❽➃ ➉❺➀➁➇❸➊ ➇❼❿➀➁➅➁❼❿➋ ➌❼ ❻❼❽ ➆❸❹❺ ❸➅ ➊❺❸➃➅
➍➎➏➐➑➑➑ ❼➒ ➊➁➒❺ ➁❿➃❽➈❸❿➇❺➋
➓➔→➣↔↕➔ ➣↔→ ➙→➣↕→➛➜ ➝➣↔ ➞➛➟ ➠➣→→➣➡ ➜➣➟➢➝ ➤→➣➜
➥➦➧➨ ➩➫➭➯ ➫➲➳➧➨➵➲➸➯ ➵➲➺ ➨➯➸➯➫➻➯ ➧➼ ➽➦ ➾➚➪ ➦➭ ➥➦➧➨
➼➦➩➫➸➥➶➳ ➺➯➵➽➹ ➘➯➲➯➴➽ ➽➦➺➵➥➷
ÏÐÑÑ ÒÓÔÐÕ ÒÓ Ö×× ØÙ ÕÓÚ ÛÚÐÑØÙÕÜ
ÝÞßààÞáßâÞàãäâ
➬➮➱✃❐➱❒❮❰
ÝÞßàáâãäåÞæ çàßèáéêâåä ëãàæêáÞ
ìàí îâïð ñêåòåÞæêà
ó ôõö÷õø õù úû÷üõýþ÷ÿ ✁
ôüû ✂ õ ✄☎ üû ✆☎✄✝ üøû ✄ ÷ ✁ ✞ õ ✟ þ
ó ✞☎ ÷üø ☎ ûÿ ✄ ý þ ☎✠ ✡ üû ✄✠ ü ☎ ö öõ ☛ ý ☞ ü÷ü ✠
✄☎ õø÷ÿõýü ✠✄ ö û ✌ ø ✍ üø þ÷ ✎ ù ✏☎✄ ÷
✂ ü ✠✄ öþ ☞ ✑ ü ☎ ÷üø ✁ úÿ ✄ õ ✒ ✓ ü ☞☞ õ ✟ ûÿ ✄ ý ✄☎
ûýõø÷û ☛ ü ✠✄ ö ✄☎ ü öõ ☛ ý ☞ ü÷ü ✠ þ÷ úø÷ÿõýü ✠✄ ö
✡ üûüþøöÿ õù ✔✄ ø ✍✄☎✄ þ ✁ ✡✄ öÿ ☛ õ ☎✠
ó ✕ üø ✝ ü ✠ ùõ ✌ ø üþøû þû ✖✄✍ ÿ÷ û ✌ ø ✍ üõ ☎✁
✗ þ ☎✍☞ ü ✎✄ ø ✓ õøöü ✘ þûü ✁ ✔✄ ø ✍✄☎✄ þ þ ☎✠
✕ ÿþ ✟ ✎✄ ø ✓ õøöü ✘ þûü ✁ ✕ õ ✌ ÷ÿ ✑ þøõ ☞✄☎ þ
❉✙✳ ✚✛✜✢✜✣✤✛✙ ✥✜✦✦ ✧✛ ✢✛✛✜✣✤ ★✩✪✜✛✣✪✢ ✩✪ ✫✩✦✦❛✥✩
▼✛✬❛✙✜✩✦ ✚❛✢★✜✪✩✦ ✙✛✤❡✦✩✙✦✭ ✮❛✙ ✯✦✜✣✜✯ ✰✜✢✜✪✢
✩✣✱ ✢❡✙✤✛✙✭✳ ✲✢✴ ✭❛❡✙ ★✵✭✢✜✯✜✩✣ ✮❛✙ ✩ ✙✛✮✛✙✙✩✦ ✪❛✱✩✭✳
➋➌ ➍➎➌➏➍ ➐➑➒ ➓➔→➌ ➣➏↔➔➓➐
↕➙➛ ➜➝➞➟➠➡➢ ➤➡➥➦➧➡➨➩ ➫➭➯➝➥➲➥➟➳➝➩ ➵➸ ➺➻➼➽➼ ➾ ➚➪➛➶➪➽↕➶➹➛➛➛ ➾ ➧➧➧➘➧➠➴➠➞➘➷➥➬
➮➱✃✃❐❒➱ ❮❰Ï❐ÐÑ➱✃ Ò❐ÓÔÑÕ➱✃ ÑÓ ➱Ö ❰×Ø➱✃ ❐ÔÔ❐ÐÕØÖÑÕÙ ❰ÏÔ✃❐Ù❰Ð ➱ÖÚ ÔÐ❐ÛÑÚ❰ÐÜ
❉❊❋●❍
■❏❍ ❑ ▲❑▼
❋◆❖P❍◗❘ ❘■❏❏❙
❯❳◆❋ ❩❊❳❯ ▼❑❩❬
❭❊❪❏ ◆❋ ❑❋▼ ❫P❏❫❴
❊❳❍ ❊❳❯ ❘❏■❏❫❍◆❊❋ ❊❵ ❍❊❙
❛❳❑■◆❍❩ ❪❑❍❍❯❏❘❘❏❘ ❘❳❯❏ ❍❊
P❑❜❏ ❩❊❳ ❫❑❍❫P◆❋❖ ❪❊❯❏❝❝❝
❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❞ ❡ ❢❣ ❣❤ ✐❢❥❦❧
♠♥♦ ♣qr st✉✈✈t ✇① ②✉①③④✈ ⑤ ⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩ ❶❷❸❹⑦⑧⑧❺
decade provides a strong
foundation for his successors
to build on,” Wyden said.
“I very much look forward
to honoring him this Sat-
urday at my town hall in La
Grande.”
Whipple said he plans to
❻❼❽❾❿➀➁➂❾➃➄❽❻➅❾➄❽➁➆❻➇➈➆❾❾❽➁➂➂➉➊❼➈