ice
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La Grande High School and grad-
uated from what is now Eastern
Oregon University in 1986 with a
degree in history.
He believes one of the Elgin
School District’s strengths is
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students.
“(They are) so caring and sup-
portive,” Smolkowski said.
He is the father of four chil-
dren, two who earlier graduated
from Elgin High School, one who
will graduate from EHS later
this month and a son who is an
eighth-grader in the Elgin School
District.
Smolkowski is a big support-
er of many programs the Elgin
School District has or is a part
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ise, which allows high school stu-
dents to earn credit from Eastern
Oregon University. Students can
earn the credits while still in high
school for a reduced tuition rate.
He said the program is allow-
ing students from EHS to enter
college after high school with as
many as two years of credits.
Smolkowski is also a strong
supporter of school district pro-
grams including its Career Tech-
nical Education program, which
provides training for career
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home construction, welding and
mechanical fabrication. The
school district expanded its CTE
program facilities two years ago
with assistance from a $378,000
state grant.
“Even though we are a small
school district in a small town,
we provide lots of opportuni-
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Jessica Anderson, vice
president of the Elgin
Chamber of Commerce and
Cleanup Day organizer,
said Union County Com-
missioners have agreed to
pay for a portion of the gar-
bage bill this year.
“We just try to break
even, but we never have
broken even,” she said.
“This year, the county
commissioners have do-
nated $2,000 so that
might cut us really close.”
Eckstein said while
❚✆✝ ✞✟✝✠❱✝✠ ✡ ✺☛
LOCAL
ties for kids who are motivated,”
Smolkowski said.
He also is a big fan of the school
district’s alternative school, which
opened in the 2016-17 school
year. The school is for students
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and don’t feel comfortable in a
traditional educational setting.
Smolkowski supports the alterna-
tive school because he believes it
➯➦ ➯➭➺➢➤➡➫➲➡ ➡➢ ➢➻➨➤ ➨➸➴➩➫➡➯➢➲➫➵
opportunities to all students.
He believes that every student
can do almost anything if he or
she receives the right educational
opportunity.
“Education opens doors to new
worlds,” Smolkowski said.
Serving on the school board is
something Smolkowski said he
likes doing.
“I enjoy giving back and want
to stay involved in what’s happen-
ing. I want to help out,” he said.
The Observer will be running
a story about Smolkowski’s op-
ponent, Spikes, in an upcoming
edition. Smolkowski said he has
been impressed with Spikes and
believes he would be a very good
school board member because
of his commitment to educa-
tion. Smolkowski said he wishes
he and Spikes could serve on the
school board together.
“I wish we were running for
➸➯➻➨➤➨➲➡ ➺➢➦➯➡➯➢➲➦➼æ ❒➭➢➵➘➢Ð➦➘➯
said.
He said that regardless of the
outcome of the election the school
➧➢➫➤➸ Ð➯➵➵ ➧➨➲➨➥➡➹
“Whoever wins will do a
good job. We both care a lot,”
Smolkowski said.
Ballots for the mail election are
due back at the Union County
➪➵➨➤➘➮➦ ➢Ò➩➨ ➧➶ é ➺➹➭➹ ❰➫➶ êÕ➹
Cleanup Day has dug into
the city budget every year
since its inception, the event
is worth the small cost.
“I think it’s a great pro-
gram. It’s been successful
every year I’ve done it. It
gives people a chance to
get rid of big ticket items
they might not be able to
otherwise get rid of,” he
said. “We’ve worked re-
ally hard over the years to
clean the city up, and it’s
shown.”
The city administra-
➡➢➤ ➥➤➦➡ ➧➨➩➫➭➨ ➯➲➳➢➵➳➨➸
with Cleanup Day once
he moved back to Elgin in
❶❷❸❹❺❻❼❽ ❾❿❷❺❷
➀➁➂➃➄➅ ➆➇➈➉➊ ➊➋➌➂➍ ➉➊➄ ➎➏➐ ➑➃➄➍➄➒➉➄➂ ➉➋ ➓➋➇➇➁➒➈➉➅ ➓➋➒➒➄➔➉➈➋➒ →➅ ➆➄➒➣ ↔➄↕↕ ➙➄➃➛➌➄➅ ➏➉ ➉➊➄
➉➋➜➒ ➊➏➌➌ ➈➒ ➝➏ ➞➃➏➒➂➄ ➀➑➃➈➌ ➟➠➣
÷ïìîöðï
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nection for 36 years. “They
might know us for our senior
programs, or the food bank or
transportation, but what I’ve
discovered over the years is that
until someone needs our servic-
es themselves, or a family mem-
ber needs our services, they re-
ally aren’t aware of what we do.”
➬ ➪➢➭➭➴➲➯➡➶ ➪➢➲➲➨➩➡➯➢➲➮➦
2018 annual report reveals just
how much the organization
does for the area:
➬ ➱➢➩➫➵ ✃➢➢➸ ➺➫➲➡➤➯➨➦ ➺➤➢ -
vided more than 12,000 food
boxes to 30,500 individuals
➬ ➾➭➨➤➚➨➲➩➶ ➺➤➢➚➤➫➭➦ ➺➤➢ -
vided assistance to 367 people
in 175 households to prevent
eviction or to establish perma-
nent housing
2012 after serving in the
military and became the
head football coach for
Elgin High School. That
year, he brought the team
in to volunteer and help
with loading tires into the
➦➨➭➯ ➡➢ ➧➨ ➸➤➢➺➺➨➸ ➢➻ ➫➡
Les Schwab in La Grande.
The team has helped every
year since, and for their
➨➻➢➤➡➦➼ ➡➽➨ ➾➵➚➯➲ ➪➽➫➭ -
ber of Commerce donates
$400 to their training
camp each summer.
In addition to the foot-
ball team, Anderson said
at least 60 volunteers hail-
ing from the City of Elgin,
➬ ❐➤➫➲➦➺➢➤➡➫➡➯➢➲ ➺➤➢➚➤➫➭➦
provided 80,820 rides for se-
nior citizens, persons with dis-
abilities, and members of the
public
➬ ❒➴➭➭➨➤ ➱➴➲➩➽ ❮➤➢➚➤➫➭
served 5,698 free meals to
youth ages 1-18 in La Grande
➬ ❒➨➲➯➢➤ ❰➨➫➵➦ ❮➤➢➚➤➫➭
served 45,000 meals to 1,098
adults older than 60
“Nearly 9,000 people in our
region live in poverty — an
alarming number,” the execu-
tive director wrote in a state-
ment for the annual report.
“Our needs assessment high-
lighted the lack of access to
food and lack of access to af-
fordable housing as the top
barriers people face every day.”
In order to combat this prob-
lem, Smith said, Community
Connection donates food to
Elgin Lions Club, the Elgin
Fire Department, Boise
Cascade,
Community
Bank and Elgin Electric
helped with Cleanup Day
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trolling bleeding and more.
Fox said Grove maintains a reas-
suring manner when assisting people
who are hurting.
“He has a good bedside manner,
(and) he genuinely cares. He is there
to make your day better,” Fox said.
Grove’s wife, Vicki, said her hus-
➧➫➲➸ ➫➦ ➫ ➥➤➨➥➚➽➡➨➤ ➦➫Ð ➭➫➲➶ ➡➤➫➴ -
matic circumstances but he kept
them to himself, never burdening her
or their three daughters.
‘He absorbed so much, but he
shielded it from our family. He was
given a heavy load,” said Vicki Grove,
who will celebrate her 39th wedding
anniversary with Stan later this year.
Stan Grove worked as vehicle
alignment specialist before begin-
ning his career with the La Grande
Fire Department. He made the move
because he felt the need to lend a
helping hand.
“I wanted to serve the community,”
he said.
Û➤➢➳➨ Ü➢➯➲➨➸ ➡➽➨ ➥➤➨ ➸➨➺➫➤➡➭➨➲➡
when it was on Washington Avenue,
where it had been for many decades.
“There was so much history there,”
Grove said.
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➺➤➨➦➨➲➡ ➦➡➫➡➯➢➲ ➢➻ ➢✃ ➪➢➳➨ Ý➳➨➲➴➨
about 20 years ago. Grove said it of-
fers many advantages including addi-
tional space and being more centrally
located.
The new station also has an icon
✃➤➢➭ ➡➽➨ ➺➫➦➡Þ ➫ ➥➤➨ ➺➢➵➨ ➡➢ ➫➵➵➢Ð
➥➤➨➥➚➽➡➨➤➦ ➡➢ ➭➢➤➨ ➷➴➯➩➘➵➶ ➤➨➫➩➽ ➡➽➨
➚➤➢➴➲➸ ß➢➢➤ ✃➤➢➭ ➡➽➨➯➤ ➴➺➦➡➫➯➤➦ ➫➩ -
commodations. Grove used the pole
frequently. He said it is safe to use as
long as one is careful to wrap their
➵➨➚➦ ➫➤➢➴➲➸ ➯➡ ➥➤➦➡➹
à➨Ð ➡➢➢➵➦ ➱Ûáâ ➥➤➨➥➚➽➡➨➤➦ ➽➫➳➨
gained access to since Grove started
his career include thermal imaging
cameras, which detect heat.
“They can tell you where people are
➯➲ ➫ ➧➴➤➲➯➲➚ ➧➴➯➵➸➯➲➚ ➫➲➸ Ð➽➨➤➨ ➫ ➥➤➨
started,” Grove said.
Throughout his tenure with the
department, Grove has continued
to pursue one of his favorite avoca-
tions: playing rock and roll music on
his bass guitar. He is not in a band
but hopes to spend additional time
in retirement playing music with his
friends.
“It is a fun way to relax,” Grove
said.
A new hobby Grove will be taking
on is collecting thunder eggs, which
are rocks formed within volcanic
ash. They are often the size of a base-
ball and appear ordinary from out-
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community.”
For more information on
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Community Connection, visit
www.ccno.org or call the ad-
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3186 and they can appropri-
ately direct your call.
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➹➘➴➷➬➮➱➮✃❐❒❒❒
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êëë ìíîï ðñòòë óôõòöôòõ
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expects a similar number
again on Saturday.
For anyone needing
physical assistance to dump
their trash or large, bulky
items, the Elgin Fire De-
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pickups on an appoint-
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department at 541-437-
1828 to learn more about
➺➯➩➘➴➺ ➷➴➫➵➯➥➩➫➡➯➢➲➦ ➫➲➸ ➡➢
set an appointment.
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P✾✺✼✷❈✷✸
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nearly every local food pantry
and attempts to reach out to
those in need. She said she’s
very impressed with every-
thing Community Connections
is able to accomplish, and she
hopes more people will seek
out its services in the future.
“I try to go to the various
town halls in the area, and I’ve
seen other people be recog-
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nitely think Community Con-
nection deserves the honor,”
Smith said. “It tries to really
side but sometimes have quartz and
gypsum crystals inside.
“They are always intriguing. You
don’t know what you have until you
look inside,” said Grove, who add-
ed he has long been interested in
geology.
Long-time avocations Grove will
continue to pursue include bowhunt-
ing. Big game animals Grove has
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ä➢➴➲➚ ➪➵➴➧➮➦ ➤➨➩➢➤➸ ➧➢➢➘➹ ❐➽➨ ❮➢➺➨
ã ä➢➴➲➚ ➪➵➴➧ ➯➦ ➤➨➩➢➚➲➯Ï➨➸ ➫➦ ➡➽➨ ➢✃ -
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harvested North American big game
animals.
Grove enjoys bowhunting because
he likes the challenge it poses.
“You have to get closer (to animals
➺➻➼➽ ➾➚➪➶ ➹➘➴➷➪➚➽➘ ➬➷➪➽➘➷➽➪ ➮➱➷✃❐➽❒
❮❰Ï ÐÑÒ ÓÔÕÖÒ ×ÐÔ ØÙÐ ÚÔÒ❰Ø ÛÒÔÜÕÖÒÛÝ ÞÕÚÞßÛÓÒÒà áÑØÒÔÑÒØ
❰Ñà ❰ ×âããß×Ò❰ØâÔÒà ÞÐäÒ ÓÞÐÑÒ
❋●❍■❏❋■❑❏▲▼◆●■ ❖◗❘❍❑❚❖ ❯❚❱▲●❚
⑨⑩
①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧
❳❨❩❬❭❪❫❴❵
❛❛❜❝❞ ♣ ❴ ❛q❤ ❝❡❢❣❤ ❝❤rst❛✉❝
❛❵❫❨✐❛❥❵❦❵
❦❵❢❤❛❧❤✐❢❣❵♦
❧❛❪✈❴❝✇ ❝ ❛ ❧ ❪ ❛♠❢❧♥
ðññòóôõòöö÷ø
➝➞➟ ➠➡➢➤➥ ➦➧➥ ➨➩ ➫➭➞➯ ➡ ➲➟➫➫➡➳➞➵➸
♠①③④⑤⑥③⑤④ ⑦⑧⑧⑤⑨⑨ ⑨⑤⑥⑩❶⑧⑤ ⑦③❷ ⑧❸⑦⑥❹⑤⑨ ③❺④ ❶③ ⑧❻❼❷⑤❷❽❾⑥❺③④❶⑤⑥ ❷❺⑤⑨ ③❺④ ❿⑦⑥⑥⑦③④④❸⑦④ ④❸⑤ ⑨⑤⑥⑩❶⑧⑤ ❿❶❻❻ ➀⑤ ⑤⑥⑥❺⑥➁➂⑥⑤⑤❺⑥ ❼③❶③④⑤⑥⑥❼➃④⑤❷❽ ➄⑤⑨④ ➃⑥❺❷❼⑧④⑨➅➇❷❷❶
❶❺③⑦❻ ➈➉ ⑨❸❶➃➃❶③❹ ➂⑤⑤ ➔⑥❺④⑤⑧④➓➎
➃⑤⑥ ➄⑤⑨④ ❷⑤⑩❶⑧⑤❽➄⑤⑨④
➃⑥❺❷❼⑧④⑨ ➊❼⑨④ ➀⑤ ➃❼⑥⑧❸⑦⑨⑤❷ ❿❶④❸ ③⑤❿ ①③④⑤⑥③⑤④ ⑨⑤⑥⑩❶⑧⑤ ❺⑥ ⑤❻❶❹❶➀❻⑤❾⑥❺③④❶⑤⑥ ➋⑤⑧❼⑥⑤ ⑨⑤⑥⑩❶⑧⑤⑨❽
➌⑦➍⑤⑨➎❹❺⑩⑤⑥③➊⑤③④⑦❻
➒⑤⑦⑥③❶ ④ ➌❸⑤⑥➊❺⑨④⑦④➓➎
⑦③❷❾⑥❺③④❶⑤⑥➁❶
➄⑤⑨④
➄⑤⑨④ →⑦➊➓⑦③❷④❸⑤ ➄⑤⑨④ ❻❺❹❺ ⑦⑥⑤④⑥⑦❷⑤➊⑦⑥➣⑨ ❺⑥ ⑨⑤⑥⑩❶⑧⑤➊⑦⑥➣⑨❺➂ ➄⑤⑨④ ➒⑦➀⑨➎ ①③⑧❽↔↕➙➛➜❾⑥❺③④❶⑤⑥
→❺➊➊❼③❶⑧⑦④❶
❺③⑨ →❺⑥➃❺⑥⑦④❶
❺③ ➊➃❺⑨⑤❷ ⑨❼⑥⑧❸⑦⑥❹⑤⑨➎ ➊❶③❶➊❼➊ ⑨➏⑨④⑤➊ ⑥⑤➐❼❶⑥ ⑤➊⑤③④⑨ ⑦③❷ ❺④❸⑤⑥ ④⑤⑥➊⑨ ⑦③❷ ⑧❺③❷❶④ ❶❺③⑨ ⑦➃➃❻➏❽ ➄⑤⑨④➑➎ ➄⑤⑨④ ③❹
úûüýþÿ ❊
❍✂✄❍✥☎✆✆✝✂✞✟✆✠✞✆✟ ✁ ❊ ýúü úý
✒ ★ ✓ ✩✪ ✏✔ ✫ ✕✖ ✧✬★ ☛ ✧ ✓ ✭ ✕ ✮✪ ✗ ✯ ☛ ✰ ✕✓✘✙✕✕✚✘✛✏
☛✑✎✏✑ ✎✢✣✤✘✦
●✧ ✴✶✵✷ ★ ✩✪✫ ✸ ✧✬ ✹✺✻✼✷
★✧✭ ✮✪✯✰✱ ✲✪✳✰✱ ✡☛☞✌✍✎✏ ●✧ ✴ ✑ ✵✸✷
✱ ✲✪✳✰✱ ✓✜✌✢✓✘✙✕☛✚✏
ìíîïðìïñíòóôíìðôðòïõíóö
÷øùóøïðöôøó
✸
✸✺✻✼✷
⑧⑨⑩❶❷❸❹⑩❺❶❻❼⑨❽❶❷❺❾❿➀❸⑩❺➁ ❞ ➂⑩➃➄ ❡❢❣❤
➃❺➅❸ ➆➇➈⑨➉➂❶➊⑨❽➋
❹⑩❺❶➧➨❼⑨❽❶❷❺
❪❫❴❵❛❜❝
♦ ✽ ✾ ❳ ♣ ✿ ❂ q ❃ ❀ ❄ ❁ r P ❂ ❚ s ❃ ◗ ❄ t ❅ ✉ ❈ ♣ ❆ ❱ q ❚ ❄❇❂ ✈ P ❈ ✇ ❄ ❉ ▼ r ❨ ❋ ❅ ■ ① ❏ ❁ ✈ ❚ ❑ ② ❆❃ ✇ ❄ ✽ ❆ t ❅ ▲ ♣ ❂ ▼◆ ❨ ③ ❇ ▼ ④ ❈ ❃ ◆ ❖ ⑤⑥ ❅ ❩▼ ✐ P ✇ ❅ ◗ ❚ ❥ ✈⑦ ❃ ▼ ❦ ❄ ❬ ❇ ❧ ❨ ❘ ♠ ❭ ❙ ❃ ✧ ❅ ▼❯ ❆ ❂ ❚ ✭ ❈ ❖ P ❄▼ ♥ ❯ ❨ ✫ ❄ ❚ ❅ ★ ❆ ❯ ✧ ❇ ❏ ✯ ❈ ✫ ❚❱ ✧ ◆ ★ ❲ ➓➔→❵➣
↕➙ ✽ ❳ ■ ❂ ❆ ❃ ➛ ◆ ❄ t ❅ ❃ ➜ ❆ ❖❅ ♣ P❂ ② ❄ P ❂ ➝ ❃ ❭ ➣ r ❱ ❖ t ❚ ❝ ❄ ◗ ➞ → ❚ ❂ ✉ ➌ ❵↔ t ❈ ✾ ➙ ❯❅ ➍ ➟ ➏ ❙ ② ❭ ❖ ➝ ❞ ❃ ❄ ➙ ❚ r ✽ →❵❛❞❵→
✈ ✾ ➎ ✿ ➠ ❩ ➐ ❂ r ▼ ➑ t ❱❂ ➡ ❙ ❖ ➛ ❱❅ ❆ tr ❨ ❩ ➢ ❚ ❅ ✉ ❈ t ❆❲ r ❄ ◗ ➤ ➒ ❇ q ❅ t ❆ r➥qrt➦ ➫➭➭➯➲➳➳➯➲➵➸➺
➐➑➒➒➓➑➒➔→➣➔↔↕➙➛➒↕➜➜➣➝➞➙➟➠➣➡➢➣ ➤➢➔➒↕↔➥➓➣➝➙➜➣↕➓➤➦➣➝➤➧ ↔➡➤➞➛➧➑➦➣➢➣➤➧ ➜↕➔➟➒➨➜➒➤↕➙➓↔➣➔➒ ➣➙↔➡➜➢➞➑➜➒ ➓➒➩➞➛➒➤
➮➴ ç ➽ ➻ × ❮ ➼ ➾ ➼ Õ ➚ ➴ ➽ ➚ Ò ➷ ➻ ➾ ➴ ➚ ➚ ➬ Ò ➼ ➽ ➪ ➹ ➪ ➽ ➶ ➚ Ô ➮ ➾ ➚ ✃ ➪ ➬ ➚ ➹ ➮ ➶ ➴ Ò ❰ ➘ ➚ ➴ ➪ Õ ➹ Ú Ò ➹ ➴ ➴ Õ ➬ Ø ➷ ➷ ➷ ➘ ➚ ❰ ➴ ➪ ➮➴ Ô ✃ ➽ Ò ➬ ➹ Ò ➘ Ù ➚ ➪ ➘Ô ❰ ➹ Õ Þ ➚ ➚ Ú ➴ ➷ ➪ ➚ ➴ Ò ➪➚ ➷ ➬ ➬ ➘ ❰ Ô ➪ ➘ ➹ ➚ Ò ➬ Þ ➷ ✃ ➴ ➽ ➚ Õ ➴ Ò ➬ Û ➪ ✃ ➚ ➚ ➮ ê Ò Ö Ò ➬ ➮ Ù ➚ ➪ Ý ✃ ➬ ➴ ➘➪ ➷ Ò Þ ➹ ➱ ➚ ➴ Õ ➴Ú ➚ ✃ Ò ➬ ➪ Ô ❐ ➚ ➚ ë ➻ ➴ ➪ ➪ ➷ ❮ ➘ ➼ ÏÛ ➚ Ð ➴ ➽ ➘ Ò Ö Ò ➹ ➷ ❰ ➾ ➚ ➚ ➬ Ï ✃ ➴ è ➪ ❐ ➹ Ò ➼ ➶ ✃ ➬ ➴ ➴ ➚ ➬ Û Ô ➹ ➘➹ ➹ ❒ ❰ ✃ Û ➾ ➘ ✃ ➷ Ú ➴ ➚ ➪ ➷ ➚ Ò ➱ ➘ ➬ ❐ Ò ❮ ➬ ➴ Ô Ò ❰ ✃ Û ➼ ➪ ➹ ➼ ❒ ➹ ✃ ➬ ➮ ➚ ➷ Ò ➮ ➘ ➪ Þ Û Ö ✃ ä ➚ ➽ ➪ ➴ Ï á ➷ ➬ Ð ➹ ✃ ➾ ➪ ❐ Ñ ➚ Ò Õ ➬ Ï Ô ➚ ❰ ➴ ➚ ✃ Ú Ò ➬ ➘ Ò ➼ Ó ➪ â ➚ Ô Ô ➽ ✃ ➪ ✃ ➾ ❐ ➼ ➼ Ò ✃ Ü ➷ ➪ ❮ ➴ Ù ➚ ➹ ➹ ➬ Ý ➘ ➴ Ô ✃ ➷ ➹ Ò Þ ➚ Ô ✃ Õ ➬ ✃ ✃ Ò ➪ ➮ ❐ ➹ Ô ➴ ❰ ➼ Õ Ò ✃ ➷ ➻ ➴ ➬ ➼ ➚ Ò ➷ Ò ❰ ➽ Ô ➹ Õ Ö ➾ Û ✃ Û ❰ ➚ ➮ Ö ➪ ➴ ❮ ➶ ➬ Õ ➼ ➚ ➼ Þ ➪ ➹ Õ é ➚ ➚ ➪ ➷ Ô ➚ Ï ➹ ➹ Ú ➬ ➾ ➘Ô ➪ ✃ ➚ ✃ ➴ Ò ❐ Ú ➼ ß ➴ ➪ ➮ ➘ Ý Ò Û➴ ➽ Þ Þ ➚ ä Õ ➘Û ➷ ➪ ➹ ➘ Ï ❰ ✃ å Þ æ Ö ❐ ❮ ➼ ➘ Ô Ï ➹ ✃ ❰ ✃ ➮ ➘ ÒÔ ➚Õ ➬ ➼ ➘ ➚ Ú ➷ ➷ à ➬ ➚ ➘ Õ Ô ➼ Ò ➚ ➹ ➴ ➷ ➪ Û ➘ ➼ ➚ Ô ➪ ➾ Ò ➼ ➚ Ô ✃ ➷ ➪ ❒ ➹✃ Ï ❒➘ Ò➮➴ ➮ Ò➚ Û ➹ ➷ ❒ Ú ➪ ➴ ✃ ➮ ➷ ❰ ➱ ➚ ➴ Þ ❰ ✃ ➴ ➘Ò ❐ ➚ ➪ ➹ ➚ ã à ➷ Ò ➬ Õ ➹ ➚ ✃ ➷ ➼ ➘ Ò ➚ Ô ❰ ➹ ➹ ✃ Ô ➼ ➚ ❰ ➷ ✃ ➬ ✃ Õ Ò ➘ ❐ ❐ ➷ ➽ ✃ ➚ ➚ ➷ à ➷ ➪ ➪ ➚ ➹ ➮ Ö ➘ Ò Ó ✃ ➹ ➹ è ❰ ➪ ➼ Ï Õ ➹ ➘ ➚ ➾ Õ ✃ ➮ ➹ ➬ ➾ Ô ➪ ➚ ➴ Ò Õ ä➘ ➹ ➹ ➴ ❐ ➬ ➚ Þ åæ ➘❐ Û ➚ ➹ Ï ➪ ➘ ➷ ➹ ✃ ➚ ➴ ➼ ➪ à Ò ➷ ➴ ➹ Ô Ò ➪ ➚ ➬ ➘➮ ➴Ò Ô ➚ ➬ ✃ ➪ Ò ✃ ✃ ➹ ➹ ➾ ❐ ➚ ➹ Ò ➚ ➾ ➪ ➚ ➹ ❐ ✃ ➷➚ ➬ ❐ Ò ➴ ➹ ➪ ❰ ➾ ➽ Ö ➴ ➹ ➚ ❮ ➾ Ò ❒➚ Õ ➬ ✃ ➚ ❐ ➷ Þ ➚ ➹ ➬ ➾ ➪ ➪➘ ➷ ➹➚ ➴ Ô ➪ Ò ➘ ➹ ➽ ➬ ❰ ✃ Ò ✃ ➼ ➴ ➪ Û Ò Ö ➮ ➘ ➴➷ ➹ ➚ ➴❰ ➷ ➴ ➴ Ô ➼ Õ Õ ➚ ➹ Û ➪ ❰ ➬ Ö ➘Ò ➼ ➽ ➪ Ï ➚ Ò➚ ➴➷ ➹ ➚ ❒ Ò ✃➷➱ ➹
❣❤✐❥❦❧ ♥♦♣qr
➡➽➫➲ Ð➽➨➲ ➽➴➲➡➯➲➚ Ð➯➡➽ ➫ ➤➯ß➨å➼æ ➽➨
said.
The mount of the bull elk that made
➡➽➨ ❮➢➺➨ ã ä➢➴➲➚ ➤➨➩➢➤➸ ➧➢➢➘ ➯➦ ➸➯➦ -
played at the La Grande Fire Depart-
ment’s station. It is one Grove will see
during the many future visits he will
be making to the station to enjoy cof-
fee with his colleagues, stopovers he
would not dream of missing because
of the bonds he has with department
members.
çè❐➽➨ ➱Ûáâ ➦➡➫➻å ➯➦ ➭➶ ➦➨➩➢➲➸
family,” Grove said.
✫✬✭✮✬✯✰ ✲✳ ✴✲✯✵✰✮✬✭ ✷✸✹✰✵ ✻✬✮✼ ✯✵✽✮✷✿ ✼✵✷✿✮✼
✽✵✵✴✰ ✷❀✵ ♠❁❂❃ ❄❅❇❃❄❈ ❉❁ ❊❋●❃ ●❅❍❅❉❃■ ❉❊❃❅❂ ❏❑
❋❛■ ▲◆❖ ✸✵✳✲❀✵ ✷✭✭✵✰✰✬✽P ✰✹◗◗✲❀✮ ✳✲❀ ✮✼✵ ✷✸✹✰✵❘
✫✬✭✮✬✯✰ ✲✳ ✯✵✽✮✷✿ ✼✵✷✿✮✼ ✽✵✵✴✰ ✻✵❀✵ ♠❁❂❃ ❄❅❇❃❄❈ ❉❁
❊❋●❃ ❙❂❁❯❄❃♠❍ ❲❅❉❊ ■❂❳❩ ❋❛■ ❋❄❬❁❊❁❄ ❳❍❃❭
✫✬✭✮✬✯✰ ✻✬✮✼ ✯✵✽✮✷✿ ✼✵✷✿✮✼ ✽✵✵✴✰ ✻✵❀✵ ♠❁❂❃
❄❅❇❃❄❈ ❉❁ ❯❃ ❅❛ ❪❅❛❋❛❬❅❋❄ ■❅❪❪❅❬❳❄❉❈❭ ❫❫❴ ✻✵❀✵
✰✮❀✹PP✿✬✽P ✮✲ ◗✷❵ ✳✲❀ ✵✰✰✵✽✮✬✷✿✰ ✲❀ ✭✲✹✿✴ ◗✷❵ ✳✲❀
✵✰✰✵✽✮✬✷✿✰ ✻✬✮✼ ✽✲✮✼✬✽P ✿✵✳✮❜ ✭✲✯◗✷❀✵✴ ✮✲ ❝❞❴❢
☞✌✍✌☞ ✎s✏✑✒✓ ✔✈❡✒✕❡✖
✎s✏✑✒✓ ✗✘✙✚ ✛ ✜✢✣✤✦✧★✤✩✪✪✧
❹❺❻ ❼❽❾ ❿➀➁➂➂➀ ➃➄ ➅➁➄➆➇➂ ➈❻➉❺➊ ➋➌➍➎❻➉➉➏
t✉✇①②③④⑤①⑥⑦✇t⑧①⑦✇④⑨t⑩❶⑨①①✇④⑤⑤❷❸✉❶