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SPORTS ãäåæçè Outlaws steal state title éêëëêì íî êï ðñò ìòó ýþþÿ ÿ ●② þ þ ♦✁ ✂●❛♦✄ ÿ ☎♦✆☎✝✁✐✆✄✁ ý ✄✁✁② r●☎ ✁ þ ✇ þ ✞ ✟ þ ✂✄ MONDAY ô õö÷ øùú øùûü ô $1.50 Forming old-fashioned bonds of friendship ❉✎✏❦ ✑✒✓✔✕✴✖✗✘ ✙✚✛✘✜✢✘✜ ❈✣✤✥✦✧★ ✩★✣✪✣✤✥✧✦✫ ✬❝❤✭✭★ ✥❤✮✦✯ ✰✦✧✯✣✦s✱ ✲✦✭✪ ★✣✲✥✱ t✮★★✮✧✤ ✳✦✭✵✤✱ ✶✦✮✷✧❤ ✸✧✥★✮✲✲ ✧✤✯ ❢s✧✹✣★★✧ ❲✮✰✰✮✤✥✭✤ ✧✦✣ s❤✭✵✤ ✭✺✥s✮✯✣❲✮★★✭✵ ✬❝❤✭✭★ ✵✮✥❤ ✥❤✣✮✦ ✥✣✧❝❤✣✦ ✻✧✥ ✼✰✹✺✦✤ ✭✤ ✽✦✮✯✧✫✾ Baker sets budget tonight ❇ ➅ ✆ ✝✞✟ ➅ ✆✄✞ ■ ➇ ✠☞ ➉➊➌ ➍ ✠ ➎ ☞ ➏ ✠✌✈ ➐➑ ✠ Baker City’s budget ✱✎✘✏✒ ✓✔✜✜ ✖✘✪✑ ✔✕✚ ✩✏✚✕ look at the proposed ✚✣✑✛✒✔✛✤ ✣✜✘✛ ✭✎✏ ✛✑✗✕ ✩✚✫✘✜ ✲✑✘✏ ✓✖✑✛ ✔✕ ✫✎✛✬ venes this evening, and ✕✖✑ ✒✎✫✙★✑✛✕ ✓✔✜✜ ✱✑ ✭✘✬ ★✔✜✔✘✏ ✕✎ ✕✖✎✚✑ ✓✖✎ ✓✑✛✕ through the process a year ago. ✵✹✖✑ ✏✑✪✑✛✙✑✚ ✘✛✒ ✑✗✬ penditures for the year ✖✘✪✑ ✚✕✘✲✑✒ ✔✛ ✜✔✛✑ ✓✔✕✖ ✕✖✑ ✱✙✒✤✑✕ ✕✖✘✕ ✓✘✚ ✘✒✬ opted last year,” City Manager Fred Warner ➒ ✏✯ ✓✏✎✕✑ ✔✛ ✖✔✚ ✱✙✒✤✑✕ message to the board. He describes the pro- posed 2019-20 budget as “once again a status quo budget.” The city is not proposing to hire ✘✛✲ ✛✑✓ ✑★✣✜✎✲✑✑✚ ✒✙✏✬ ✔✛✤ ✕✖✑ ✩✚✫✘✜ ✲✑✘✏✯ The budget board, ✓✖✔✫✖ ✫✎✛✚✔✚✕✚ ✎✭ ✕✖✑ seven elected City Coun- cil members and seven city residents appointed ✱✲ ✕✖✑ ✸✎✙✛✫✔✜✷ ✓✔✜✜ ★✑✑✕ at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. The board is slated to meet Tuesday at the same time, and the de- liberations could con- tinue on Wednesday and Thursday, also at 6 p.m., if needed. The City Council alone ✖✘✚ ✕✖✑ ✩✛✘✜ ✘✙✕✖✎✏✔✕✲ ✕✎ See Baker / Page 2A ❇ ✁✂✄❦ ☎✆✝✞✟ ❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌ ✠ ✘✛✒✓✏✔✕✕✑✛ ✜✑✕✕✑✏✚ ✘✛✒ bicycles can bring children together faster than Face- ✱✎✎ ✡ ✘✛✒ ✕✑✗✕ ★✑✚✚✘✤✑✚✯ Or at least they can make the process of developing ✭✏✔✑✛✒✚✖✔✣✚ ★✎✏✑ ✑✗✫✔✕✔✛✤ and memorable. This is the belief of Pat Og- burn, a third-grade teacher ✘✕ ✸✑✛✕✏✘✜ ✧✜✑★✑✛✕✘✏✲ School. Ogburn can argue ✕✖✔✚ ✣✎✔✛✕ ✭✏✎★ ✑✗✣✑✏✔✑✛✫✑ for she has been running a Pen Pal-Biking program for at least three decades. Through the program, students in her class become ✣✑✛ ✣✘✜✚ ✑✘✫✖ ✲✑✘✏ ✓✔✕✖ ✘✛✬ other third-grade class in the La Grande School Dis- ✕✏✔✫✕✯ ✹✖✑✲ ✑✗✫✖✘✛✤✑ ✜✑✕✕✑✏✚ throughout the year. Then in May the students bicycle ✕✎ ✘ ★✔✒✓✘✲ ✣✎✔✛✕ ✱✑✕✓✑✑✛ their schools to have lunch ✓✔✕✖ ✕✖✑✔✏ ✣✑✛ ✣✘✜✚✯ Ogburn’s program part- ner for this innovative pro- gram has involved a third- grade class from Island City ✧✜✑★✑✛✕✘✏✲ ✚✔✛✫✑ ✕✖✑ ✭✘✜✜ of 2006. Another success- ✭✙✜ ✫✖✘✣✕✑✏ ✓✘✚ ✫✎★✣✜✑✕✑✒ ☛ ✏✔✒✘✲ ✓✖✑✛ ☞ ✤✱✙✏✛✮✚ ✚✕✙✬ dents and those from Holly Wagner’s Island City third- grade class rode their bikes ✕✎ ✦✔✜✜✎✓ ✢✫✖✎✎✜ ✕✎ ★✑✑✕ their pen pals. When everyone had ar- rived, Ogburn called out the names of the pen pal duos and introduced them before they ate lunch together. Og- burn has done this each year for at least three decades, ✚✕✔✜✜ ✚✖✑ ✚✑✑★✚ ✘✕ ✜✑✘✚✕ ✘✚ ✑✗✬ cited as the students about the process of bringing the pen pals together. ✵ ✌ ✕ ✔✚ ✘✜✓✘✲✚ ✘✛ ✘✓✑✚✎★✑ ✑✗✣✑✏✔✑✛✫✑✷✺ ✚✖✑ ✚✘✔✒✯ ✵ ✍ ✹✖✑ pen pals) are so happy to see ✑✘✫✖ ✎✕✖✑✏ ✭✎✏ ✕✖✑ ✩✏✚✕ ✕✔★✑✯✺ ✹✖✑ ✣✏✎✤✏✘★ ✓✑✛✕ ✓✑✜✜ Friday despite some rain See Pals / Page 5A Gallery opening in downtown La Grande features science-fiction art by local man ❇ ❇❊ ✆✟ ❋ ✆ ❍❡ ✂✝ ■❏ ✞ ❋ ❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌ ✑ ✓✘✚ ❑ ✎✏ ▲ ✲✑✘✏✚ ✎✜✒ ✓✖✑✛ ✕✖✑✲ ✫✘★✑ ✕✖✑ ✩✏✚✕ ✕✔★✑✯ ✹✖✑ ✫✜✎✓✛✚ emerged from the bushes ✓✖✔✜✑ ✖✑ ✓✘✚ ✎✙✕✚✔✒✑ ✣✜✘✲✬ ✔✛✤ ✱✘✜✜✯ ✧✗✫✑✣✕✷ ✕✖✑✲ ✓✑✏✑✛✮✕ ✏✑✘✜✜✲ ✫✜✎✓✛✚ ▼ ✛✎✕ ✑✗✘✫✕✜✲✯ ✠ ✑ ✓✘✚✛✮✕ ✚✙✏✑ ✓✖✘✕ ✕✎ ✫✘✜✜ them. They led him ❞❣❥❥❧♠ into a building, shaped like a ✜✘✏✤✑ ✚✘✙✫✑✏✷ ✓✖✑✏✑ ✕✖✑✲ ✕✎✜✒ ✖✔★ ✎✭ ✕✖✑✔✏ ✓✘✲ ✎✭ ✜✔✭✑✯ He asked them their names, ✘✛✒ ✕✖✑✲ ✚✘✔✒ ✕✖✑✲ ✓✑✏✑ ✛✘★✑✜✑✚✚✷ ✱✙✕ ✕✖✑✲ ✓✎✙✜✒ like to call him “Abtuss.” They reassured him they ✓✎✙✜✒ ✱✑ ✱✘✫ ✡ ✘✤✘✔✛ ✔✛ ✘ number of years. He asked ✕✖✑★ ✓✖✑✛✷ ✱✙✕ ✕✖✑✔✏ ✕✔★✑ ✔✚ ✒✔ ◆ ✑✏✑✛✕✷ ✚✎ ✕✖✑✲ couldn’t really say. ✹✓✑✛✕✲ ✲✑✘✏✚ ✣✘✚✚✑✒ ✱✑✬ ✭✎✏✑ ✸✖✘✏✜✑✚ ❖ ✔✜✜✑✏ ✚✘✓ ✕✖✑ aliens again. Miller, a La Grande resi- dent, has been creating mas- ✕✑✏✭✙✜ ✓✎✏ ✡ ✚ ✎✭ ✘✏✕ ✕✖✏✎✙✤✖ several mediums since he ✓✘✚ ✘ ✚★✘✜✜ ✱✎✲ ★✎✜✒✔✛✤ sculptures out of the abun- dant red clay at his child- hood home in Tennessee. He has amassed a large and diverse portfolio over his lifetime. The artist said he gets most of his inspi- ration from his dreams, ✓✖✔✫✖ ✚✎★✑✕✔★✑✚ ✭✑✘✕✙✏✑ his long-ago visitors. ❖ ✔✜✜✑✏ ✚✘✔✒ ✔✕ ✓✘✚ ✘ At 6:30 p.m. May 24, Mill- ✒✏✑✘★ ✕✖✘✕ ✜✑✒ ✖✔★ ✕✎ ✒✏✘✓ ✑✏✮✚ ✓✎✏ ✡ ✷ ✚✎★✑ ✔✛✚✣✔✏✑✒ ✱✲ and name the creatures ✖✔✚ ✑✗✕✏✘✕✑✏✏✑✚✕✏✔✘✜ ✑✛✫✎✙✛✬ he’d seen as a young child ✕✑✏✚✷ ✓✔✜✜ ✱✑ ✒✔✚✣✜✘✲✑✒ ✒✙✏✬ — a dream he had after ing an opening reception at ✖✑ ✓✘✕✫✖✑✒ ✕✖✑ ✩✏✚✕ ✵✢✕✘✏ hq, an arts ✦✘✏✚✺ ✩✜★✯ and music “I loved the venue lo- gold robot,” ♥ ♣q✉① ①③ ④⑤③♣ cated at 112 Miller said, Depot St. in referring to ⑥⑦③⑥⑧⑦ ♥⑨⑩ La Grande. C-3PO, one ❶✉①⑦⑧⑧❶❷⑦✉① q✉❸ ♥ of Luke Sky- ✹✖✑ ✑✗✖✔✱✬ ❹q✉ ❸③ ①⑤❶④ ♣③❺❻❼➈ it, named ✓✘✜ ✡ ✑✏✮✚ ✫✎★✬ ➋ ❽❾❿♠❥❧➀ ❞❣❥❥❧♠➁ “Resurrec- panions in the ❥➂➃❿❥ ❿♠➄❣➀➄ original tril- ✕✔✎✛✷✺ ✓✔✜✜ feature Mill- ogy. “I thought er’s paintings, sculptures, ✔✕ ✓✘✚ ✘ ✏✑✘✜ ✏✎✱✎✕✯ ✌ ✚✘✔✒✷ mannequins and fashion ‘I need a friend like that.’” ✜✔✛✑✷ ✓✔✕✖ ✚✎★✑ ✣✔✑✫✑✚ ✘✪✘✔✜✬ ✢✎✷ ✖✑ ✓✑✛✕ ✖✎★✑ ✭✏✎★ able for purchase. ✕✖✑ ✕✖✑✘✕✑✏✷ ✑✗✫✔✕✑✒ ✕✎ ✒✏✘✓ ✖✔✚ ✎✓✛ ✸✬ P ✥ ☞ friend. It took him days, but still, he couldn’t get the design right. Then, he had a dream. ✵ ✌ ✕ ✓✘✚ ✜✔ ✡ ✑ ✘ ✚✛✘✣✚✖✎✕✷✺ he said. “I got up that night ✕✎ ✚✕✘✏✕ ✒✏✘✓✔✛✤✷ ✘✛✒ ✕✏✔✑✒ ✕✎ ✫✎★✑ ✙✣ ✓✔✕✖ ✘ ✛✘★✑✯ “I called it TeTe.” Throughout the late ◗❘❑❙ ✚✷ ❖ ✔✜✜✑✏ ✒✏✑✓ ✘✛✒ painted comic panels fea- turing vast celestial land- scapes and emotionally intimate interspecies rela- ✕✔✎✛✚✖✔✣✚ ✱✘✚✑✒ ✎✛ ✓✖✘✕ ✖✑ had heard from the aliens in ✖✔✚ ✣✘✚✕✷ ✘✛✒ ✓✖✘✕ ✖✑ ✚✘✓ ✔✛ the “Star Wars” movies. See Artist / Page 5A ❚✔❯❱❳❨✓❩ ❬❭✔❳✔✓ ❪✼✻❫ ❈❤✧✦★✣s ❴✮★★✣✦ ❂✧✮✤✥❵ ✣✯ ✥❤✮s ❂✭✦✥✦✧✮✥ ✭✲ ❤✮✪s✣★✲ ✧s ❆✹✥✺ss✾ ✳✼❪❪✼❴❫ ❴✮★★✣✦➆s ❂✭✦✥✦✧✮✥ ✭✲ t✭✣ ✬✭✤✱ ✧ ✫✭✺✤✰ ✪✧✤ ✵❤✭ ★✮✈✣✯ ✯✺✦✮✤✰ ❈✮✈✮★ ❲✧✦ ✥✮✪✣s✱ ✧✤✯ ❤✮s ✯✭✰✱ ❜✮✥✾ 49th chapter added to EOU Spring Pow Wow ❇ ✁✂✄❦ ☎✆✝✞✟ ❚❤✠ ✡☛☞✠✌✈✠✌ Jeremy Russell of Wood- burn, a Native American mu- sician, had every reason to be ✍✎✎✏✑✒ ✓✔✕✖ ✑✗✖✘✙✚✕✔✎✛ ✜✘✕✑ Saturday night at the con- clusion of the 49th annual ✢✣✏✔✛✤ ✥✎✓ ✦✎✓ ✘✕ ✧✘✚✕✑✏✛ Oregon University’s Quinn Coliseum. For hours, Russell, a member of the Bad Soul drum group, had been rhythmically pounding a ✒✏✙★ ✓✔✕✖ ✕✖✑ ✩✪✑ ✎✕✖✑✏ members and singing high- pitched Native American ✚✎✛✤✚ ✓✖✔✜✑ ✣✏✎✪✔✒✔✛✤ ✘✫✬ ✫✎★✣✘✛✔★✑✛✕ ✭✎✏ ✕✖✑ ✣✎✓ ✓✎✓✮✚ ✒✘✛✫✑ ✫✎★✣✑✕✔✕✔✎✛✯ The group received breaks of only about 10 minutes per hour over four-hour stretches, ✚✕✔✜✜ ✰✙✚✚✑✜✜ ✘✛✒ ✖✔✚ ✭✑✜✜✎✓ drummers appeared as alive as the bright costume regalia ✓✎✏✛ ✱✲ ✳✘✕✔✪✑ ✴★✑✏✔✫✘✛ ✒✘✛✫✑✏✚ ✘✕ ✕✖✑ ✣✎✓ ✓✎✓✯ ✵✶✎✙ ✒✎✛✮✕ ✤✑✕ ✕✔✏✑✒ ✓✖✑✛ you love to do it,” said Rus- ✚✑✜✜✷ ✓✖✎ ✖✘✚ ✫✜✎✚✑ ✕✔✑✚ ✕✎ ✕✖✑ Grand Ronde Native Ameri- can community in Western Oregon and is a member the Tsimshian Tribe of the Pa- ✫✔✩✫ ✳✎✏✕✖✓✑✚✕ ✸✎✘✚✕✯ ✦✖✲ ✔✚ ✖✑ ✚✎ ✒✏✘✓✛ ✕✎ playing the drums? ✵✹✖✑✏✑ ✘✏✑ ✛✎ ✓✎✏✒✚ ✭✎✏ ✔✕✷✺ Russell said. 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