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The Door Guy celebrates
25 years in La Grande
ôõööõ÷ øù õú ûüý ÷ýþ
●☎☎✆ ✆✝✞ ✟☎ ☎♦✠ ✡✝❛♦☛✆ ☞♦✌☞✍✠✐✌☛✠ ✎☎✏✑✑✐☛ ✒☎☎✠☛ ☎❡ ✓✝ ●✠✝✑✆☛
WEDNESDAY ÿ ▼ ② ✁✂ ✥✄✁✾ ÿ $1.50
Issue of bail
postponed
in Cove
murder
case
✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌ ❝❞❢❣❣
✽✚✢✵✢ ✗ ✕✯✏✘✚✑✎ ✕✙✖
peared via video call from
the Union County Jail
Monday for a brief bail
✧✢✕✜✏✎✩ ✏✎ ✳✧✏✗✧ ✚✧✢ ✧✢✕✜✖
ing was postponed until
June 25, the date already
settled upon as the plea
hearing for the case.
The bail hearing was
pushed back in order to
✩✏✵✢ ✗ ✕✯✏✘✚✑✎✒✓ ✘✕✳✱✢✜✿
Kara Davis of Pendleton,
✯✑✜✢ ✚✏✯✢ ✚✑ ✩✢✚ ✕✗ ❤ ✛✕✏✎✚✖
✢★ ✳✏✚✧ ✚✧✢ ✗✕✓✢✭ ✽✧✢ ✯✢✎✖
✚✏✑✎✢★ ✗ ✕✯✏✘✚✑✎ ✘✏✸✢✘✱
does not have the money
to pay bail anyway, but she
was not able to work out
the details with her client
before the hearing.
✣ ✢✘✓✏✢ ❥ ✗ ❦ ✕✎✏✢✘✿ ✳✧✑ ✜✢✙✖
resents the state as Union
County’s District Attorney,
See Cove / Page 5A
New NP
high
school
and gym
almost
complete
❇ ✁✂✄❦ ☎✆✝✞✟
❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌
✶✧✢ ✪✛✚✛✜✢ ✏✓ ✕✘✯✑✓✚ ✏✎ ✙✢✜✖
✪✢✗✚ ✪✑✗✛✓ ✪✑✜ ✓✚✛★✢✎✚✓✿ ✚✢✕✗✧✖
✢✜✓ ✕✎★ ✓✚✕✺ ✏✎ ✚✧✢ ❧ ✑✜✚✧
Powder School District.
The construction of the
school district’s new high
school classroom building
and gym is less than a month
from being completed.
✙ ✶✧✢✜✢ ✏✓ ✕ ✘✑✚ ✑✪ ✢ ♠ ✗✏✚✢✖
ment and curiosity,” said
✖ ✕✎✗✢ ❦ ✏ ♠ ✑✎✿ ❧ ✑✜✚✧ ✻✑✳✖
★✢✜ ✽✗✧✑✑✘ ❦ ✏✓✚✜✏✗✚ ✓✛✙✢✜✖
intendent.
Construction crews are
✢ ♠ ✙✢✗✚✢★ ✚✑ ✴✢ ✔✎✏✓✧✢★
with all work for the high
school and gym by the end
May. The work being done
now includes painting
✓✚✜✏✙✢✓ ✑✎ ✚✧✢ ✩✱✯ ♥ ✑✑✜
and electrical projects.
After the end of May,
the project’s contractor,
McCormack Construction
See School / Page 5A
Through the fire
and the flames
■ ➁❭❱❲◗◗❖ ▲➂❴ ❙❲❵P◗❖❲❙ ❲❏➃◗ ❯❖ ❱❭◆◗
❱❭◆❙❲➄➅❏❖P P❵◆❭❖➆ ❏ ❱❭◗❨P ❳❵◆❖ P❏❜
❯◆➆❏❖❭➇◗P ❳❜ ❑➈➉ ➊❭❨P❱❭◆◗ ➈❯➋
❇ ❼❽ ✆✟✄✂✝✄✆ ❇ ❾ ✟✂ ❿❾➀
❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌
On Monday, in an empty
✔✢✘★ ✎✢✕✜ ✚✧✢ ✖ ✕ ✼✜✕✎★✢
❦ ✜✏✵✢✖✏✎✿ ✥✬ ✧✏✩✧ ✓✗✧✑✑✘
✓✚✛★✢✎✚✓ ✩✑✚ ✚✧✢ ✑✙✙✑✜✚✛✖
✎✏✚✱ ✚✑ ✳✏✚✎✢✓✓ ✕ ✔✢✘★ ✴✛✜✎
day, which is an important
part of training to become
✕ ✳✏✘★✘✕✎★ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✢✜✭
✶✧✢ ✓✚✛★✢✎✚✓ ✳✢✜✢ ✢✎✖
veloped in smoke as they
watched a team of about
✢✏✩✧✚ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✢✜✓ ✏✎ ✚✜✕✏✎✏✎✩
✏✎ ✪✛✘✘ ✩✢✕✜ ★✏✩ ✚✜✢✎✗✧✢✓ ✛✓✖
ing heavy hoes to stop grass
✔✜✢✓ ✚✧✕✚ ✳✢✜✢ ✓✚✕✜✚✢★ ✴✱ ✕✎
instructor.
✶✧✢ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✢✜✓ ✏✎ ✚✜✕✏✎✏✎✩
✳✏✢✘★✢★ ✚✧✢ ✧✑✢✓ ✳✏✚✧ ✙✜✢✗✏✖
✓✏✑✎✭ ✶✧✏✓ ✳✕✓ ✚✧✢ ✔✎✕✘ ✓✚✢✙
in their training before they
✳✑✛✘★ ✴✢✗✑✯✢ ✪✛✘✘✱ ✗✢✜✚✏✔✢★
✳✏✘★✘✕✎★ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✢✜✓✭
“Today they are learning
✕✴✑✛✚ ✧✑✳ ✚✑ ✜✛✎ ✕✎ ✢✎✖
gine, how the engine crew
and the hand crew work
✧✕✎★✖✏✎✖✧✕✎★ ✚✑✩✢✚✧✢✜✿ ✜
said Katie Wood, teacher of
✚✧✢ ✖✗ ✽ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✏✎✩ ✗✘✕✓✓✭
The students attended the
✔✢✘★ ★✕✱ ✕✓ ✙✕✜✚ ✑✪ ✕ ✓✢✯✢✓✖
✚✢✜✖✘✑✎✩ ✗✘✕✓✓ ✕✚ ✖ ✕ ✼✜✕✎★✢
✗ ✏✩✧ ✽✗✧✑✑✘ ✏✎ ✳✧✏✗✧ ✚✧✢
✓✚✛★✢✎✚✓ ✓✚✛★✱ ✔✜✢ ✓✕✪✢✚✱
and work to earn many of
✚✧✢ ✗✢✜✚✏✔✗✕✚✏✑✎✓ ✎✢✗✢✓✓✕✜✱
✚✑ ✛ ✑✏✎ ✕ ✔✜✢ ✗✜✢✳✭
✖ ✢ ♠ ✢✢ ✼✑✯✢✓✿ ✖✗ ✽ ✓✢✎✏✑✜✿
said the class consists of “a
✘✑✚ ✑✪ ✓✕✪✢✚✱ ✓✚✛✺ ✕✎★ ✧✑✳ ✚✑
✛✓✢ ★✏✺✢✜✢✎✚ ✚✑✑✘✓ ✕✎★ ★✏✺✢✜✖
✢✎✚ ✚✱✙✢✓ ✑✪ ✔✜✢✓✭ ✜
She said she took the class
because she was considering
★✑✏✎✩ ✳✏✘★✘✕✎★ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✏✎✩
✕✓ ✕ ✓✛✯✯✢✜ ✛ ✑✴✭ ✼✑✯✢✓
said she has since decided
✑✎ ✕ ★✏✺✢✜✢✎✚ ✛ ✑✴ ✪✑✜ ✚✧✢
summer, but is enjoying the
class nonetheless.
“It’s still fun to learn
about it all, and my dad is
✕ ✔✜✢✔✩✧✚✢✜ ✚✑✑✿ ✜ ✓✧✢ ✓✕✏★✭
Although the class has
✴✢✢✎ ✚✕✛✩✧✚ ✕✚ ✖✗ ✽ ✪✑✜
more than a decade, this
✏✓ ✚✧✢ ✔✜✓✚ ✚✏✯✢ ✓✚✛★✢✎✚✓
✧✕✵✢ ✢ ♠ ✙✢✜✏✢✎✗✢★ ✕ ✔✢✘★
day as part of the class.
✼✛✓✚✶✓✏✕✚✓✑✓✿✕ ✖ ✕ ✼✜✕✎★✢
✗✑✎✚✜✕✗✚✑✜ ✕✎★ ✘✕✎★ ★✢✵✢✘✖
See Fire / Page 5A
♣★qr✧✦✩s✧✉✈✇✧✈①✤✈ ③④✤①✤✈
⑤ ❈❁✽❊✻ ✽✿ ✼❂✽⑥✵ ✿✷❁❁✼ ✽❅✵✹ t✳✵ ✶✷ ✸✹✷✺✻✵ ⑦❄⑧✳ ❉❈✳✽✽❁ ✼t❊✻✵✺t✼ ✷✼ t✳✵ ⑨✹✵⑩
⑨⑧✳t✵✹✼ ❄✺ t✹✷❄✺❄✺⑧ ✼❃✹❄✺⑧ ❄✺t✽ ✷❈t❄✽✺ t✽ ❃❊t ✽❊t t✳✵ ❈✽✺t✹✽❁❁✵✻ ⑧✹✷✼✼ ⑨✹✵ ❀❋
❶❊❄❈⑥❁❋ ✻❄⑧⑧❄✺⑧ ✷ t✹✵✺❈✳❍
City of Union benefits
from conservative
spending, efficient
accounting software
❘✤✦✧★✩ ✪✤✦✩✴✫✬✭✮✯✰✭✱✲✭✱
❚✳✵ ✶✷ ✸✹✷✺✻✵ ✼✽✿t❀✷❁❁ t✵✷❂ ❃✷❄✻ ✷ ❅❄✼❄t t✽ ✹✵✼❄✻✵✺t✼ ✷t t✳✵ ✸✹✷✺✻✵
❆✽✺✻✵ ❆✵t❄✹✵❂✵✺t ❆✵✼❄✻✵✺❈✵ ❉✷t❊✹✻✷❋❍
Tigers lend seniors
a caring hand
■ ▲❏ ❑◆❏❖P◗ ❙❯❱❲❳❏❨❨ ❲◗❏❩ ❬❭❙❭❲◗P ❑◆❏❖P◗ ❪❯❖P◗
❪◗❲❭◆◗❩◗❖❲ ❪◗❙❭P◗❖❫◗ ❴❏❲❵◆P❏❜
❇ ❇ ✞✟✆ ✔✕ ❇✞✟ ✕
❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌
✶✧✢ ✖ ✕ ✼✜✕✎★✢ ✗ ✏✩✧ ✽✗✧✑✑✘ ✓✑✪✚✖
ball team has become known for its
✓✛✗✗✢✓✓ ✑✎ ✚✧✢ ✔✢✘★ ✚✧✢ ✘✕✓✚ ✚✧✜✢✢
years, but over the weekend, the
✶✏✩✢✜✓ ✧✏✚ ✕ ✧✑✯✢ ✜✛✎ ✑✺ ✚✧✢ ✔✢✘★✭
The team took time to visit with
✜✢✓✏★✢✎✚✓ ✕✚ ✼✜✕✎★✢ ✘ ✑✎★✢ ✘ ✢✚✏✜✢✖
✯✢✎✚ ✘ ✢✓✏★✢✎✗✢ ✽✕✚✛✜★✕✱ ✏✎ ✕✎
✕✪✚✢✜✎✑✑✎ ✚✧✕✚ ✏✯✙✕✗✚✢★ ✴✑✚✧ ✜✢✓✏✖
dents and players alike.
✙✚ ✢ ✛ ✛✓✚ ✢✎ ✛ ✑✱ ✏✚✿ ✜ ✜✢✓✏★✢✎✚ ✰✕✜✖
✑✘✱✎ ✗ ✑✳✕✜★ ✓✕✏★✭ ✙✢ ✚✒✓ ✜✢✕✘✘✱ ✎✢✕✚
to get to know them individually.”
✖✗ ✽ ✧✢✕★ ✗✑✕✗✧ ✚ ✑✑★✱ ✚ ✜✏✩✧✚
said Saturday’s visit falls within the
team’s core values, which includes
giving back to the community, and
it is a way for the team to have an
✢✺✢✗✚ ✴✢✱✑✎★ ✚✧✢ ✓✑✪✚✴✕✘✘ ✔✢✘★✭
➑④➒➓➔
➛❽❼➄➆❾❼❼➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➀➛
➝➞➊❼❼➄➟➄❾➏➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➠➡
➝➅➢➄➂❼➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➁➛
➝➎➅❼❼➤➅➎➏➜➜➜➜➜❿➛
“It’s more than just the game,
and that’s what we’re trying to look
✕✚✿ ✜ ✚ ✜✏✩✧✚ ✓✕✏★ ✕✓ ✧✏✓ ✙✘✕✱✢✜✓ ✵✏✓✖
ited with several residents at the
retirement residence in southeast
✖ ✕ ✼✜✕✎★✢✭ ✙ ✲✚ ✚✧✢ ✢✎★ ✑✪ ✚✧✢ ★✕✱✿
that’s what it’s all about.”
Wright said while the team may
✴✢ ✧✕✵✏✎✩ ✕✯✙✘✢ ✑✎✖✔✢✘★ ✓✛✗✗✢✓✓✿
the impression made by events like
Saturday will last much longer.
“These are the things they’re
really going to take with them,”
he said.
✽✢✎✏✑✜ ✣ ✕✜✕ ✼✑✑★✢✜✧✕✯ ✓✕✏★
she was excited for the visit from
the moment she learned the team
was going to go, and the fervor
didn’t wane.
“It wasn’t something we’ve always
➥❾➊➎ ➡➦➦➧ ➜➜➜➜ ➨➛ ➩❾➂➅➎➏ ➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➁➡
➌➅➃➃❾➎➧➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➈➡ ➫➉➅➎➃❼ ➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➭➡
➐➦➄➃❽➊➎➄❾❼➜➜➜➜➜➜➁➡
➐➉➄➆➄➅➆➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➜➠➡
FRIDAY
See Tigers / Page 5A
❇ ✁✂✄❦ ☎✆✝✞✟
❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌
The City of Union’s budget
committee will not be facing
any anguishing decisions this
spring.
✍✎✏✑✎✒✓ ✔✎✕✎✖
✗✏✕✘ ✙✏✗✚✛✜✢ ✕✙✖
pears strong, for
the city’s proposed
spending plan for
❷❸❹❹❸❺❻ ✣✤✥✦✖✣✤ ✏✓ ✛✙ ✥✣
percent. The city
✧✕✓ ✙✜✢✓✢✎✚✢★ ✕ ✙✜✑✙✑✓✢★ ✣✤✥✦✖
✣✤ ✓✙✢✎★✏✎✩ ✙✘✕✎ ✑✪ ✫✬✭✮ ✯✏✘✖
lion to its budget committee,
which is $650,000 more than
the present year’s budget.
✰✏✚✱ ✑✪ ✍✎✏✑✎ ✲★✯✏✎✏✓✚✜✕✖
tor Doug Wiggins credits the
increase to careful attention to
expenditures over the past year,
✳✧✏✗✧ ✯✢✕✎✓ ✚✧✢ ✗✏✚✱ ✳✏✘✘ ✴✢✖
✩✏✎ ✚✧✢ ✣✤✥✦✖✣✤ ✔✓✗✕✘ ✱✢✕✜ ✳✏✚✧
more cash on hand.
“More conservative spending
✯✢✕✎✓ ✳✢ ✳✏✘✘ ✧✕✵✢ ✯✑✜✢ ✗✕✜✖
ryover from last year,” Wiggins
said.
The City of Union’s budget
does not call for any personnel
or program cuts or additions.
Portions of the budget that
are strong include the city’s
sewer capital project fund.
Wiggins said this portion of
the budget will give the city a
good start at raising the money
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goon water treatment system.
Wiggins said by June of 2020
he hopes the city has between
$500,000 and $750,000 in this
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fund, which would put the city
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ment matching grants for the
lagoon project.
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tem would replace the present
chemical treatment system in
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ter and used at other times to
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It costs more to operate this
system than it would a lagoon
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ed, Wiggins said.
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2020 budget also has a fund for
the development of Union’s old
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tion. Wiggins hopes in about a
year the fund will have between
$175,000 and $200,000.
The ranger station, near the
northwest edge of Union, was
built in 1937 and deeded to the
City of Union in 1993. The ranger
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bedroom house, an old oil storage
building, a barn, a utility building,
a utility garage and two garages
detached from the houses.
The city rents the houses, and
two of the other buildings are
used by Union’s public works
department.
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mendations on how the ranger
station can be renovated so that
it could better serve Union and
boost its economy.
See Union / Page 5A
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