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▼ ✁✂❆❨✱ ▼❆❨ ✄✸✱ ☎✆✄✾ ❚✝✞ ✟✠✞✡❱✞✡ ☛ ☞✌ LOCAL L OCAL B RIEFING qrst ✉✇①③③ r④⑤sr✇✉ Preparations are underway to Flora School festival FLORA — This year’s pioneer festival at the Flora School takes place June 1. Volunteers are welcome to aid in preparation at a work day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18. The day will include a potluck lunch. Ongoing projects include building garbage, installing handrail- ✘✍✸✏ ✖✎✔✪✘✍✸ ✓✎✎✗✖✏ ✌✍✘✖✰★ Blacksmiths are encour- aged to sign up for the Black- smith Competition. All skill levels are welcome. There is a $50 entry fee, which will be used for prizes and donated to the Flora School Education Center. Bring your own forge (coal or gas) and fuel supply. The metal will be supplied for the contestants. All forged ✘✪✒✦✖ ✩✘✢✢ ✓✒ ✕✣✭✪✘✎✍✒✯ ✎✤ ✕✖ a fundraiser for the education center. For more informa- ing the windows in the gym and painting. There will also be work days on May 29-31 ✪✘✎✍✏ ✒✦✕✘✢ ✑✕✪✰✕✍ ◆✰✎✦✬★ ✪✎ ✌✍✘✖✰ ✬✔✎⑥✒✭✪✖✏ ✭✢✒✕✍ ✪✰✒ ✭✎✦ ✎✔ ✭✕✢✢⑦✪✒❋✪ ⑧⑨■★⑩❶▼★ school and grounds and set up for the big day. 7812. There will be some pro- pane forges for rent. son, FSEC board member, at rustyhammerforge@yahoo. Entry for the Chili Cook- ✎✤ ✘✖ ❷⑧❸ ✜✒✕✍✖ ✦✕✫ ✕✢✔✒✕✯✫ be cooked, but not canned. All other ingredients have to be prepared/cooked on site. The Flora School Education Center will provide a table for you, but you must pro- vide everything else. Awards will be given, with the judg- ing done through People’s Choice ($1 to sample and judge). For more informa- The school is located at 80974 College Lane, Flora. Observe ballot counter test Spring nominations ❾❿➀ ➁➂ ➃➄➅➆➇➈➉➊➅➇➈❿➋ Awards due May 25 ✵✷ ✵✷ ❖✴✷✑✱P ❻ ◆✰✒ ✬✣✓★ lic is invited to observe the Logic and Accuracy test of the ballot counter for the May 21st Special District Election. This test will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 14 at the Union County ✪✘✎✍✏ ✭✕✢✢⑦✪✒❋✪ ❹✕✔✕✰ ◆✰✎✦✬★ ✧✢✒✔✗❼✖ ✙✮✭✒✏ ●⑨⑨● ✺✎✣✔✪✰ son, FSEC board member, at 509-876-1470 or email mon- keyfarmer18@yahoo.com. For more details on the St., Suite D, La Grande. Space is limited, but we will accommodate as many as possible. Contact the Clerk’s ✒✳✒✍✪ ✸✎ ✪✎ ✩✩✩❸❺✎✔✕✖✭✰✎✎✢❸ ✙✮✭✒ ✕✪ ⑧▲●★■▼❽★●⑨⑨▼ ❊✎✔ org or call 541-828-7010. more information. ❖✴✷✑✱P ❻ ◆✰✒ City of La Grande Com- munity Landscape and Forestry Commission rec- ✎✸✍✘➌✒✖ ✒✤✎✔✪✖ ✪✎ ✦✕✘✍✪✕✘✍ and improve the beauty of La Grande’s environment ✪✰✔✎✣✸✰ ✒❋✒✦✬✢✕✔✫ ✢✕✍✯★ scape maintenance and de- ✖✘✸✍❸ ✜✒✕✣✪✘✌✭✕✪✘✎✍ ✷✩✕✔✯✖ are seasonally given to residential and commercial properties that have been carefully landscaped and at- tract the viewer. These land- scapes must be seen from public access and can include one or more the following criteria: integrating colors ✕✍✯ ✪✒❋✪✣✔✒✖✏ ✕✬✬✔✎✬✔✘✕✪✒ use of hardscapes, good use of space, resource conserva- tion, wildlife habitat, season- al diversity, food production, owners that have overcome ✖✬✒✭✘✕✢ ✭✘✔✭✣✦✖✪✕✍✭✒✖❸ ✑✎✦★ ination forms are available at the Parks and Recreation Department, 2402 Cedar St. (inside Pioneer Park), and at www.lagrandeparks.org. ✑✎✦✘✍✕✪✘✎✍✖ ✦✕✫ ✓✒ ✔✒★ turned to the Parks Depart- ment or by email to trees@ ✭✘✪✫✎❺✕✸✔✕✍✯✒❸✎✔✸❸ ◆✰✒ deadline for the spring award nominations is May 25. O BITUARIES äåæçèéê ëêêìíçåé îï ðñïòóô Raymond Addleman, 79, of La Grande, died Dec. 25, 2018. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. May 18 at the Grandeview Cemetery Veterans Circle, followed by a 3 p.m. celebration of life at the Riverside Park Pavilion. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory is handling the arrangements. õåöå ÷øíéùíéú äíùûöíüè ýþñÿôñ ♦ þ ✁ îï ðñïòóô ✶✾✂✄☎✆✝✶✾ Sara Restrepo, 34, of Beaverton and formerly of La Grande, died April 21. A small family service was held. Surviving relatives in- clude her husband, Carlos Restrepo; father, Mark Jen- sen; sisters, Jill and Jenna Jensen; and grandmother, Sharon Jensen. She was preceded in death by her mother, Dr. Susan Jensen. íééíû ✞ ✟✠ ✡ öåé ☛ þ ô ❑ ❈ ✈ ✶✾☞✝☎✆✝✶✾ Kenneth “Ken” Melvin Frank, 88, of Cove, died Feb. 19 at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A private ser- vice will be held at a later time. Known as Ken, he was born July, 3, 1930, in Ora- ✌✍✎✏ ✑✒✓✔✕✖✗✕✏ to Chris and Emily (McMi- chael) Frank. He resided ✘✍ ✙✔✕✌✍✎✚ ✛✘✍✒ sons and daughters-in-law, Richard an Lynda Frank of Union, Anthony Frank of La Grande, Daniel Frank of Spokane, Washington, Phil- lip and Josephine Frank of Cleveland, Oklahoma, and Virgil and Stephanie Frank of Washougal, Washington; 23 grandchildren and 13 great- grandchildren; and numer- ous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Chris and Emily Frank; sister, Ardith (Frank) Ross; brother, Dar- rell Frank; and infant sister, Darlene Frank. Online condolences may be made to the family at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com. íìèöíù ø ✠ ❡✞✻ ö ❝✞✼ ìì ✽ è ùûèé ýþñÿôñ ♦ þ ✁ îï ðñïòóô ❉ ❍ ✻ ✶✾☞✿☎✆✝✶✾ Delores Jean Churchill- Houston, formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 28 in Mc- Minnville. Delores was born in 1935 at Hot Lake. One of her favorite scriptures was “God has made me to laugh so all who hear will laugh with me” (Genesis 21:6). She will remain a be- loved, special lady to all who knew her. Surviving relatives in- clude her sister, Linda Rake; daughters, Virginia Franklin and Valerie Williams; son, Rick Houston; and three grandchildren and two ✜✢✣✤✖ and Cheyenne, Wyoming; ❯❙❱❲❳❨❩❬ ❭❯❩❪❫❴❵❛ ✥✘✦✓✕✢✢✏ ✑✒✓✔✕✖✗✕✚ ✧✎✢✎★ ❴❩❜ ❞❨❛❨❢❴❢❨❲❩❛ rado Springs, Colorado; and Union and Cove. Ken served in the USMC and ❣❤✐❥❦✐❧♠♥ ♣② ✩✕✖ ✕ ✦✘✢✘✪✕✔✫ ✬✎✢✘✭✒ ✎✮✭✒✔ in the Korean War. He was ✕✩✕✔✯✒✯ ✪✰✒ ✑✕✪✘✎✍✕✢ ✱✒★ fense Service Medal, Good ✧✎✍✯✣✭✪ ✲✒✯✕✢ ✕✍✯ ✑✕✳✫ Occupation Ribbon. Ken worked for Union ✛✕✭✘✌✭ ✴✕✘✢✔✎✕✯ ✕✍✯ ✩✕✖ ✪✰✒ owner of Frank’s Auto Re- pair Shop. He was a farmer, rancher and heavy machin- ery technician for Russell Elmer and was an indus- trial mechanic for Union ✵✣✦✓✒✔ ✧✎✦✬✕✍✫✏ ✑✎✔✪✰ Powder Wood Products and Granger Wood Products in Lewiston, Idaho. Ken always had a posi- tive attitude and a smile for everyone. He was kind and generous. Two of his favorite charities were the American Heart Association and the Wounded Warriors Project. ✷✢✎✍✸ ✩✘✪✰ ✰✣✍✪✘✍✸✏ ✌✖✰✘✍✸ and boating, Ken enjoyed gold mining, playing pool, square dancing, target shoot- ing and gemstone collecting. ✹✒ ✓✒✢✎✍✸✒✯ ✪✎ ✪✰✒ ✑✎✔✪✰ American Hunting Club, ✑✴✷✏ ✑✎✔✪✰ ✷✦✒✔✘✭✕ ✺✘✖✰✘✍✸ Club, Bass Angler’s Sports- man Society and VFW. Surviving relative include his wife, Clarice (Lennard) Frank; daughters and sons- in-law, Susan and Theodore Aleson of Spokane, Washing- ton, Lorelei and Patrick Kelly of Valley Center, California, and Christine Frank of Union; May 14 Bernice Page: celebration of life and lunch, 11 a.m., Union County Senior Center. May 15 Brandon Gorrell: graveside service, 10 a.m., Island City Cemetery. May 18 Raymond Addleman: graveside service, 2 p.m., Grandview Cemetery Veterans Circle; followed by 3 p.m. celebration of life at Riverside Park Pavilion. Thelma Ansell: memorial service, 2 p.m., Loveland Funeral Chapel. Blake Hines: celebration of life, 2 p.m., La Grande Church of Christ. Russel Hunt: celebration of life, 2 p.m., Baker City Christian Church. Donald “Biden” Tippett: memorial service, 11 a.m., Enterprise First Baptist Church, followed by a dinner. great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her parents, Otho Churchill and Ha- zel Churchill-McPherson; husband, Duane Willard Houston; and brother, Joe Churchill. èéåìê ❀ åöû ✞ ❁❂✼ êíé ❃ üüíûû ❏ þ ❄ ô ❅❆ ❉ ❚✼ school in the one-room Jo- seph Creek School House. He boarded out while at- tending high school, go- ing home to work on the ranch on the weekends, and played football and par- ticipated in track and cross- country. In 1944, he gradu- ated from Charles Francis Adams High School. Biden served in the U.S. ✶✾✆❇☎✆✝✶✾ ✑✕✳✫ ❊✔✎✦ ●■▲▲ ✪✎ ●■▲▼ Donald Garth “Biden” Tippett, 93, of Joseph, died April 11. A me- morial service and dinner will begin at 11 a.m. May 18 at the Enterprise First Baptist Church. Known as Biden, he was born March 20, 1926, in Lewiston, Idaho, to James Harrison “Jidge” and Jes- sie L. (Wilson) Tippett. He on the USS Gallatin in the ✩✕✖ ✪✰✒ ✌❊✪✰ ✎❊ ✖✘❋ ✭✰✘✢✯✔✒✍ and was raised on the fam- ily ranch in the rugged can- yons on Joseph Creek in southwest Asotin County, Washington. Biden attended grade ✛✕✭✘✌✭ ◆✰✒✕✪✒✔ ✕✍✯ ✩✕✖ awarded many medals. Af- ter the war, Biden returned to work on the family ranch on Joseph Creek. On June 12, 1948, Biden married Betty Heasty in Enterprise. The newlyweds moved to the Jim Creek Ranch on the Snake River in Hells Canyon. Biden and Betty were married for 65 years. They had two chil- dren: Donna Kay and Ste- ven Tracy “Casey.” The Jim Creek Ranch was sold to the USFS in 1992. The family continued ranching on deeded pasture land in the Zumwalt coun- try and on farm and pasture land in the Wallowa Valley. ➾➚➚➪ ➶➹➘➴➷➬➪ ➮➶➱➹✃ ❐❒ ➶➪❮❰Ï➹➚➚ ÐÑÒÓÔÕÓÖ ×ØÙ ×ÚÛÜ Ý ÞßÓàá ÛâÙ Ûã×Ú ⑦⑧⑧⑨ ⑩❶❷❸❹❺⑨ ➅⑩❻❶➆ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ⑨➂❽ ➃➄➁ ❻➇ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ❺❸❽❺ ➊➋➉❸➌ ➍➎➁ ➍➏➐➃➁ ⑨⑧ ⑨ ➌❻❷⑨➌ ❷⑨➉❽ ❿❻➀❽➑ ➊⑧ ❿❽➉ ➉❽➒❶❽❾⑧➁ ⑧❿❽➉❽ ➓❸➌➌ ➔❽ ❹❻ ➋❶➔➌❸❷ ❾❽➉→❸❷❽❾➑ ⑩❻❶ ➓⑨❾ ➔❻➉❹ ❻❹ ➣❽➔➉❶↔ ⑨➉↕ ➐➄➁ ➐➃➍➙➁ ⑧❿❽ ❺⑨❶➂❿⑧❽➉ ❻➇ ➛➌❸→❽➉ ⑨❹❺ ❼❻➉⑨ ⑩❻❶❸❾❽ ➜➝❹↕❺❽➉➞ ➟❷ ➠⑨➔❽ ❸❹ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➑ ➝❿❽ ➂➉⑨❺❶↔ ⑨⑧❽❺ ➇➉❻➀ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽ ➡❸➂❿ ➝❷❿❻❻➌ ❸❹ ➐➃➙➐ ⑨❹❺ ❸❹ ➐➃➙➙ ❾❿❽ ➂➉⑨❺❶⑨⑧❽❺ ➇➉❻➀ ⑦⑨❾⑧❽➉❹ ➛➉❽➂❻❹ ➠❻➌➌❽➂❽ ❻➇ ⑦❺❶❷⑨↔ ⑧❸❻❹ ➜❹❻➓ ⑦⑨❾⑧❽➉❹ ➛➉❽➂❻❹ ➢❹❸→❽➉❾❸⑧↕➞➑ ➝❿❽ ➓⑨❾ ➉⑨❸❾❽❺ ❻❹ ⑧❿❽ ➇⑨➀❸➌↕ ➇⑨➉➀ ❻❶⑧❾❸❺❽ ➤❾➌⑨❹❺ ➠❸⑧↕➑ ⑩❻❶ ❽❾➋❽❷❸⑨➌➌↕ ➌❻→❽❺ ⑧❿❽ ❿❻➉❾❽❾ ⑨❹❺ ❽❹➥❻↕❽❺ ⑧➉⑨❸❹↔ ❸❹➂ ⑧❿❽➀➑ ➝❿❽ ❷❻❶➌❺ ⑧❽⑨❷❿ ⑧❿❽➀ ⑧❻ ➉❽⑨➉ ⑨❹❺ ➋➌⑨↕ ❺❽⑨❺➑ ⑩❸➇❽ ➓⑨❾❹➆⑧ ⑨➌➌ ➇❶❹ ➓❸⑧❿ ⑧❿❽ ❿❻➉❾❽❾ ⑨❾ ❾❿❽ ❿❽➌➋❽❺ ➓❸⑧❿ ⑧❿❽ ❷❻❻➦❸❹➂ ❹❽❽❺❽❺ ⑧❻ ➇❽❽❺ ⑧❿❽ ➇⑨➉➀ ➓❻➉➦ ❷➉❽➓➑ ➝❿❽ ➔❽❷⑨➀❽ ⑨❹ ❽➧❷❽➌➌❽❹⑧ ➔⑨➦❽➉ ❻➇ ❷⑨➦❽❾➑ ❼❶➉❸❹➂ ⑧❿❽ ➓⑨➉ ↕❽⑨➉❾➁ ❾❿❽ ➓❻➉➦❽❺ ⑨ ❾❶➀➀❽➉ ❸❹ ➝⑨❹ ➣➉⑨❹❷❸❾❷❻ ⑨⑧ ➟⑨➉❽ ➤❾➌⑨❹❺ ⑨❾ ⑨ ➋⑨↕➉❻➌➌ ❷➌❽➉➦➑ ➣➉❻➀ ➐➃➙➙↔ ➐➃➙➄ ❾❿❽ ⑧⑨❶➂❿⑧ ⑨⑧ ➨❸➌➌❻➓❺⑨➌❽➁ ⑨ ❻❹❽↔➉❻❻➀ ❾❷❿❻❻➌ ❹❽⑨➉ ➡❻⑧ ⑩⑨➦❽➑ ➨❿❸➌❽ ❾❿❽ ➓⑨❾ →❸❾❸⑧❸❹➂ ➉❽➌⑨⑧❸→❽❾ ❸❹ ➟❽❺➇❻➉❺➁ ➛➩➁ ❾❿❽ ❺❽❾❷➉❸➔❽❺ ❸❹ ⑨ ➌❽⑧⑧❽➉ ❿❻➀❽ ⑧❿❽ ❽➧❷❸⑧❽➀❽❹⑧ ➫ ❷❽➌❽➔➉⑨⑧❸❻❹ ❻➇ ⑧❿❽ ❽❹❺ ❻➇ ⑧❿❽ ➓⑨➉➑ ➝❿❽ ❾⑨❸❺ ⑧❿❽ ❷❻❹➇❽⑧⑧❸ ➓⑨❾ ⑨ ➇❻❻⑧ ❺❽❽➋ ❸❹ ⑧❿❽ ❾⑧➉❽❽⑧❾➑ ➭⑨⑧ ➀❽⑨❹⑧ ❿❽➉ ❾⑨❸➌❻➉ ➓❻❶➌❺ ➔❽ ❷❻➀❸❹➂ ❿❻➀❽ ⑨❹❺ ❻❹ ➛❷⑧❻➔❽➉ ➍➎➁ ➐➃➙➄➁ ❾❿❽ ➀⑨➉➉❸❽❺ ➨❸➌➌❸⑨➀ ➩➑ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➑ ➤❹ ➐➃➙➯➁ ➲❸➌➌ ➔❽➂⑨❹ ➇⑨➉➀❸❹➂➑ ➲❽❸❹➂ ⑨ ➇⑨➉➀ ➓❸➇❽ ➀❽⑨❹⑧ ➂❻❸❹➂ ⑧❻ ⑧❻➓❹ ➇❻➉ ➋⑨➉⑧❾➁ ➦❽❽➋❸❹➂ ⑧❿❽ ➔❻❻➦❾➁ ❺➉❸→❸❹➂ ➓❿❽⑨⑧ ⑧➉❶❷➦ ⑨❹❺ ➓❿⑨⑧↔ ❽→❽➉ ❽➌❾❽ ❹❽❽❺❽❺ ❺❻❸❹➂ ⑨➌❻❹➂ ➓❸⑧❿ ➦❽❽➋❸❹➂ ❶➋ ➓❸⑧❿ ⑧❿❽ ⑧❿➉❽❽ ❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹ ⑧❿❽↕ ❽→❽❹⑧❶⑨➌➌↕ ❿⑨❺➑ ➝❿❽ ➓⑨❾ ⑨ ➀❽➀➔❽➉ ❻➇ ⑧❿❽ ➢❹❸⑧❽❺ ➟❽⑧❿❻❺❸❾⑧ ➠❿❶➉❷❿ ⑨❹❺ ➓⑨❾ ⑨❷⑧❸→❽ ❸❹ ⑧❿❽ ➨❽❾➌❽↕⑨❹ ➠❸➉❷➌❽➁ ➟➉➑ ➫ ➟➉❾➑ ➠➌❶➔➁ ⑨❹❺ ⑧❿❽ ❷❿❶➉❷❿ ➔❻❻➦ ➇⑨❸➉➑ ➣❻➉ ➀⑨❹↕ ↕❽⑨➉❾➁ ⑩❻❶ ❽❹➥❻↕❽❺ ➓❻➉➦❸❹➂ ❻❹ ⑧❿❽ ⑦➌❽❷↔ ⑧❸❻❹ ➲❻⑨➉❺ ❷❻❶❹⑧❸❹➂ ➔⑨➌➌❻⑧❾➑ ➝❿❽➁ ⑨➌❾❻➁ ❽❹➥❻↕❽❺ ❾❽➓❸❹➂➁ ➋⑨❸❹⑧❸❹➂➁ ➉❽⑨❺❸❹➂➁ ⑨❹⑧❸➒❶❸❹➂ ⑨❹❺ ⑨⑧⑧❽❹❺❸❹➂ ↕⑨➉❺ ❾⑨➌❽❾➁ ➋➌⑨↕❸❹➂ ➋❸❹❻❷❿➌❽ ⑨❹❺ ⑧❽❹❺❸❹➂ ⑧❻ ❿❽➉ ↕⑨➉❺ ⑨❹❺ ➳❻➓❽➉❾➑ ➝❿❽ ➓⑨❾ ➋➉❽❷❽❺❽❺ ❸❹ ❺❽⑨⑧❿ ➔↕ ❿❽➉ ❿❶❾➔⑨❹❺ ❻➇ ➵➏ ↕❽⑨➉❾➁ ➲❸➌➌➁ ❸❹ ➛❷⑧❻➔❽➉ ➍➏➐➯➁ ➔➉❻⑧❿❽➉ ❼❻❹⑨➌❺ ➟❷ ➠⑨➔❽➁ ➂➉⑨❹❺❺⑨❶➂❿⑧❽➉ ➊➀↕ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ⑨❹❺ ➋⑨➉❽❹⑧❾➁ ➛➌❸→❽➉ ❼❻➉⑨ ➟❷ ➠⑨➔❽➑ ➝❶➉→❸→❻➉❾ ❸❹❷➌❶❺❽ ❿❽➉ ❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹➁ ➝❶❽ ➲❽⑧⑧❸❾ ❻➇ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ➨❸➌➌❸⑨➀ ➊➌➌❽❹ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧ ➫ ➓❸➇❽ ➝❿⑨➉❻❹ ❻➇ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ⑨❹❺ ❼➉➑ ➝⑧❽→❽❹ ➊➉❹❻➌❺ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧ ➫ ➓❸➇❽ ➟⑨➉❸➌↕❹ ❻➇ ➲⑨➦❽➉ ➠❸⑧↕➸ ❾❸❾⑧❽➉ ⑦→⑨ ➣❽➉❹ ➲⑨↕ ❻➇ ➛➉❽➂❻❹ ➠❸⑧↕➸ ➂➉⑨❹❺❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹ ➟⑨➉❸⑨❹❹❽ ➝❸➋❽➁ ➟❽➌⑨❹❸❽ ➲❽⑧⑧❸❾ ➺⑨↔ ❿❸➉➁ ➟❸❷❿⑨❽➌ ➲❽⑧⑧❸❾➁ ❼⑨➉❷❸❽ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ➻❽❾❾❸❷⑨ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ⑨❹❺ ➠❿➉❸❾⑧⑨ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➸ ➂➉❽⑨⑧ ➂➉⑨❹❺↔ ❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹ ➻❶➌❸⑨ ⑨❹❺ ➡❻➌❺❽❹ ➝❸➋❽ ⑨❹❺ ➼⑨➉❸❾❾⑨ ➺⑨❿❸➉➑ ➭❻❾❽ ➓❿❻ ➓❸❾❿ ➀⑨↕ ➀⑨➦❽ ❷❻❹⑧➉❸➔❶⑧❸❻❹❾ ❸❹ ❿❽➉ ➀❽➀❻➉↕ ⑧❻ ⑧❿❽ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽ ➩❻❹❺❽ ➡❻❾➋❸⑧⑨➌ ➡❻➀❽ ➡❽⑨➌⑧❿ ➫ ➡❻❾➋❸❷❽➁ ➼➛ ➲❻➧ ➽➍➃➏➁ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ➛➩ ➃➵➎➄➏➑ Biden retired in 2010 at the age of 85. His son ran the ranch until 2014 when the Zumwalt land was sold. Biden said many times he was blessed to be able to live out his life doing what he loved. Ranching was his passion, and he was a good steward of his cattle and land. Honest and reliable, he came to be respected by his peers in the cattle industry and the local community. Biden was a member of the Wallowa County Stock ❖✔✎✩✒✔✖✏ P✢✗✖✏ ✑✎✔✪✰✩✒✖✪ Livestock Production Cred- it Association Board and Federal Land Bank Board. He was named the 1958 La- bor Days Feeder Chairman, 1962 Cattleman of the Year, 1973 Grassman of the Year, and 2019 Grand Marshall of Hells Canyon Mule Days. Biden and Betty had pur- chased a house on South River Street in Enterprise, where he lived until 2017 when he moved to Alpine House Assisted Living in Jo- seph. In 2018, Biden accept- ed Jesus Christ as his Lord. Surviving relatives in- clude his children and their spouses, Donna and Wayne Bronson and Casey and Kim Tippett; three grand- ✭✰✘✢✯✔✒✍✚ ✖✘❋ ✸✔✒✕✪★✸✔✕✍✯★ children and another on the way; and numerous neph- ews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Betty; brothers, Bob, Jack and Doug Tippett; and sisters, Betty Fouste and Barbara Fredrick. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wal- lowa Memorial Hospi- tal Foundation or Alpine House Assisted Living. å ì þ ô å íö ◗ ✻ ❡✠ ❘ ✻ ❈ ✈ Paul C. Wauer, 77, of Cove, died May 10 at Grande Ronde Hospital. An obituary is forthcoming. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements. íìçå ëéùíìì îï ðñïòóô ❚✞ Thelma Ansell, 87, of La Grande, died May 11 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. May 18 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. An obituary is forthcoming. ✍❡✎✎✏ ✑❡✒✓❡✔ ✕✖✗✘✙✚✛✙✜ ✢✣ ❉✤✥✤✦✧✤★ ✩✪✫ ✩✬✭✮ ✯ ✰✲✳ ✩✫ ✴✵✩✬ ✶✷✹✹✺ ✻✶✷✹✼ ✽✷✿❀✷❁ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇❋ ●❍❋ ❊■ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❋ ◆❑❈❈✷✹ ❑❛❑✺ ❊❇ ❲✷✹❇✷❈✹❑✺❋ ❖❑✺ ❍❋ P◗❍❘ ❑❃ ❤❅❈ ❁✷❈❅✹✷❇❙✷❯ ❂ ❙✷✿✷❳❁❑❃❅❊❇ ❊■ ✿❅■✷ ❛❅✿✿ ❳✷ ❤✷✿✹ ✿❑❃✷❁ ❃❤❅❈ ❈❧❀❀✷❁ ❛❤✷❁✷ ❤❅❈ ❑❈❤✷❈ ❛❅✿✿ ❳✷ ❈◆❁✷❑✹ ❑❃ ❤❅❈ ■❑❩❊❁❅❃✷ ❃❅❀❳✷❁ ◆❁❊◆✷❁❃✺❯ ✶✷✹ ❛❑❈ ❳❊❁❇ ❊❇ ✽✷❙✷❀❳✷❁ ❍❬❋ ❍❘❭● ❅❇ ❪❑❄✷❁ ❫❅❃✺❋ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ❃❊ ❵❊❤❇ ❑❇✹ ❏❑❜✷✿✿✷ ❝▲❅❩✷❇❈❞ ❂❃❄❅❇❢ ❈❊❇❯ s✷ ❁✷❈❅✹✷✹ ❅❇ s✷❁✷■❊❁✹❋ ❴✐❥ ❦❊❈❈❅✿❋ ❴✐❥ ❪❑❄✷❁ ❫❅❃✺❋ ❴✐❥ ♠❁❅❇✷❩❅✿✿✷❋ ❴✐ ❑❇✹ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❋ ❴✐❯ s✷ ❑❃❃✷❇✹✷✹ ❈❙❤❊❊✿ ❅❇ ❦❊❈❈❅✿ ❑❇✹ ❪❑❄✷❁ ❫❅❃✺ ❑❇✹ ❛❑❈ ❑ ❀❧✿❃❅❢❈◆❊❁❃ ❑❃❤✿✷❃✷ ❅❇ ❤❅❣❤ ❈❙❤❊❊✿❯ s✷ ❑❃❃✷❇✹✷✹ ❃❤✷ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺ ❊■ ♦✹❑❤❊❋ ❛❤✷❁✷ ❤✷ ◆✿❑✺✷✹ ■❊❊❃❳❑✿✿ ❑❇✹ ♣❊❅❇✷✹ ✐❴✶❫❯ ♦❇ ❍❘❬●❋ ❤✷ ❃❁❑❇❈■✷❁❁✷✹ ❃❊ q❑❈❃✷❁❇ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺❋ ❛❤✷❁✷ ❤✷ ◆✿❑✺✷✹ ■❊❊❃❳❑✿✿ ❑❇✹ ❙❊❀◆✿✷❃✷✹ ❤❅❈ ❖❑❈❃✷❁❈ ✽✷❣❁✷✷❋ ❅❇ ❍❘●◗❯ ♦❇ ❍❘❘❬❋ ❤✷ ✷❑❁❇✷✹ ❤❅❈ ✽❊❙❃❊❁❑❃✷ ✽✷❣❁✷✷ ■❁❊❀ r❊❧❃❤❛✷❈❃✷❁❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺❯ ✶✷✹ ❛❊❁❄✷✹ ■❊❁ ❪❊❅❈✷ ❫❑❈❙❑✹✷❥ ♠❁❅❇✷❩❅✿✿✷ r❙❤❊❊✿ ✽❅❈❃❁❅❙❃ ❑❇✹ q❑❈❃✷❁❇ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺❯ ✶✷✹t❈ ✉❁❈❃ ◆❁❅❊❁❅❃✺ ❛❑❈ ❤❅❈ ■❑❀❅✿✺❋ ❤✷ ❑❇✹ ♠❑❃❃✺ ❛✷❁✷ ❀❑❁❁❅✷✹ ■❊❁ ✈❍ ✺✷❑❁❈❯ s✷ ✷❇♣❊✺✷✹ ❤❧❇❃❅❇❣❋ ✉❈❤❅❇❣❋ ❤❧❙❄✿✷❳✷❁❁✺ ◆❅❙❄❅❇❣❋ ❀❧❈❤❁❊❊❀❅❇❣❋ ❃❁❑❩✷✿❅❇❣❋ ◆✿❑✺❅❇❣ ❣❊✿■❋ ❙❊❅❇ ❙❊✿✿✷❙❃❅❇❣❋ ❛❊❁❄❅❇❣ ❃❊ ❅❀◆❁❊❩✷ ❤❅❈ ❃❅❀❳✷❁ ◆❁❊◆✷❁❃✺ ❑❇✹ ■❊✿✿❊❛❅❇❣ ❣❁❑❇✹❈❊❇ ❏❊❣❑❇t❈ ❳❑❈✷❳❑✿✿ ❣❑❀✷❈❯ s✷ ◆✿❑✺✷✹ ❊❇ ❃❤✷ ❂✹❧✿❃ r❊■❃❳❑✿✿ ❏✷❑❣❧✷ ❑❇✹ ❛❅❃❤ ❃❤✷ ❫❅❃✺ ❏✷❑❣❧✷ ❪❑❈❄✷❃❳❑✿✿❋ ❑❇✹ ❙❊❑❙❤✷✹ ❏❅❃❃✿✷ ❏✷❑❣❧✷ ❪❑❈✷❳❑✿✿❯ s❅❈ ❊❃❤✷❁ ■❑❩❊❁❅❃✷ ❃❤❅❇❣❈ ❃❊ ✹❊ ❛✷❁✷ ❃❊ ❛❑❃❙❤ ❖❑❁❅❇✷❁❈ ❪❑❈✷❳❑✿✿❋ ♠❊❁❃❢ ✿❑❇✹ ✶❁❑❅✿ ❪✿❑✇✷❁❈ ❑❇✹ ❃❤✷ r✷❑❃❃✿✷ r✷❑❤❑❛❄❈❯ s✷ ❛❑❈ ❑❛❑❁✹✷✹ ❃❤✷ r❑❀ ❲❑✿❃❊❇ ❦✷✿✿❊❛ ❑❛❑❁✹ ■❊❁ ❤❅❈ ❅❇❩❊✿❩✷❀✷❇❃ ❅❇ r♦❦q P◗◗◗❢P◗◗P❋ ❛❑❈ ❑ ♠❁❊■✷❈❈❊❁ q❀✷❁❅❃❧❈ ❝✶✷❇❧❁✷✹❞❋ ❑❇✹ ❁✷❙✷❅❩✷✹ ❃❤✷ ①❑❃❅❊❇❑✿ ▲❧❑❁✹t❈ ✻❪✷❅❇❣ ❑ ♠❁❊✼ ❑❛❑❁✹ ❑❈ ❑ ❈❧◆✷❁❩❅❈❊❁ ❊■ ▲❧❑❁✹❈❀❑❇ ✷❀◆✿❊✺✷✷❈❯ s✷ ❛❑❈ ❑ ❀✷❀❳✷❁ ❊■ ❃❤✷ ♠❁❅❇✷❩❅✿✿✷ q✿❄❈❋ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷ ❴◆❃❅❀❅❈❃ ❫✿❧❳❋ ①❑❃❅❊❇❑✿ ❲❅✿✹✿❑❇✹ ❦❅❁✷✉❣❤❃✷❁❈ ❂❈❈❊❙❅❑❃❅❊❇ ❑❇✹ ❛❑❈ ❑ ◆❁❊❧✹ ❀✷❀❳✷❁ ❊■ ❃❤✷ ①❊❁❃❤✷❁❇ ❫❤✷❁❊❢ ❄✷✷ ①❑❃❅❊❇ ❑❇✹ ❑ ✹✷❈❙✷❇✹✷❇❃ ❊■ ❃❤✷ ❴❈❑❣✷ ①❑❃❅❊❇❯ ✶✷✹ ❅❈ ❈❧❁❩❅❩✷✹ ❳✺ ❤❅❈ ❛❅■✷❋ ♠❑❃❃✺❥ ❈❊❇ ❏✷✷ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❊■ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❥ ✹❑❧❣❤❃✷❁ ❏❅❈❑ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❝✐❊❳✷❁❃ ❂❣❧❅❁❁✷❞ ❊■ r✷❑❃❃✿✷❋ ❲❂ ❑❇✹ s❑❛❑❅❅❥ ❳❁❊❃❤✷❁❋ ❏❑❅❇✷ ❝❜❅❙❄❅❞ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❊■ ❫❑✿✹❛✷✿✿❋ ♦✽❥ ❈❅❈❃✷❁❋ ✐❤❊❇✹❑ ❝s✷❁❳❞ s❅❙❄❀❑❇ ❊■ ❪✷❇✹❋ ❴✐❥ P ❣❁❑❇✹❢ ❙❤❅✿✹❁✷❇❋ ❏❊❣❑❇ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❑❇✹ ❪❁❅❃❃❑❇✺ r✷❑❩✷❁❃ ❊■ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❥ ❈❅❈❃✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ✶✷❁❁❅ s❊❙❄✷❁ ❝▲❑✺✿✷❞❋ ❳❁❊❃❤✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ❫❤❑❁✿✷❈ ❦❅❈❤✷❁ ❝❖❑❁✹✷✿✿❞ ❍P ❇❅✷❙✷❈ ❑❇✹ ❇✷◆❤✷❛❈❋ ❇❧❀✷❁❊❧❈ ❣❁✷❑❃ ❇❅✷❙✷❈ ❑❇✹ ❇✷◆❤✷❛❈❋ ❑❇✹ ❤❅❈ ❑❧❇❃ q❩✷✿✺❇ ❑❇✹ ❧❇❙✿✷ ❪❊❳ ❲✷✿✿❈❯ s✷ ❛❑❈ ◆❁✷❙✷✹✷✹ ❅❇ ✹✷❑❃❤ ❳✺ ❤❅❈ ◆❑❁✷❇❃❈❋ ❵❊❤❇ ❑❇✹ ❏❑❜✷✿✿✷ ❑❇✹ ❣❁❑❇✹◆❑❁✷❇❃❈❋ q✿❀✷❁ ❑❇✹ q❃❤✷✿ ▲❁❑❩✷❇❋ ❑❇✹ ❈❅❈❃✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ❏❑❁❑✷ s❊❙❄✷❁ ❑❇✹ ❳❁❊❃❤✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ❖❅❙❤❑✷✿ ❦❅❈❤✷❁❯ ✶❤✷ ■❑❀❅✿✺ ❁✷②❧✷❈❃❈ ❃❤❑❃ ❀✷❀❊❁❅❑✿ ✹❊❇❑❃❅❊❇❈ ❳✷ ❀❑✹✷ ❃❊ ❃❤✷ ❙❤❑❁❅❃✺ ❊■ ✺❊❧❁ ❙❤❊❅❙✷ ❊❁ ❃❊ ❃❤✷ q❑❈❃✷❁ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺ ❦❊❧❇✹❑❃❅❊❇❋ ❴❇✷ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺ ❪✿❩✹❋ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❋ ❴✐ ❘●③✈◗❋ ❃❤✷ ❂❏r ❂❈❈❊❙❅❑❃❅❊❇❋ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ④ r❲ ❲❑❈❤❅❇❣❃❊❇ ❫❤❑◆❃✷❁❋ ⑤❍◗ r❲ ❦❊❧❁❃❤ ❂❩✷❇❧✷❋ r❧❅❃✷ ⑥ ❬⑤◗❋ ♠❊❁❃✿❑❇✹ ❴✐ ❘●P◗❭ ❊❁ ❃❊ ❃❤✷ ❂✿✇❤✷❅❀✷❁t❈ ❦❊❧❇✹❑❃❅❊❇❋ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ❫❤❑◆❃✷❁❋ ❍❬✈◗ ①❊❁❃❤❛✷❈❃ ①❑❅❃❊ ♠❑❁❄❛❑✺❋ r❧❅❃✷ ❍❘◗❋ ♠❊❁❃✿❑❇✹ ❴✐ ❘●P◗❘❯ ❴❇✿❅❇✷ ❙❊❇✹❊✿✷❇❙✷❈ ❀❑✺ ❳✷ ❀❑✹✷ ❃❊ ❃❤✷ ■❑❀❅✿✺ ❑❃ ❛❛❛❯ ✿❊❩✷✿❑❇✹■❧❇✷❁❑✿❙❤❑◆✷✿❯❙❊❀❯
