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Outlaws steal state title
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MONDAY ô õö÷ øùú øùûü ô $1.50
Forming old-fashioned
bonds of friendship
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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.
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✑✗✣✑✏✔✑✛✫✑✷✺ ✚✖✑ ✚✘✔✒✯ ✵ ✍ ✹✖✑
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
✓✖✔✜✑ ✖✑ ✓✘✚ ✎✙✕✚✔✒✑ ✣✜✘✲✬
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✏✑✘✜✜✲ ✫✜✎✓✛✚
▼ ✛✎✕ ✑✗✘✫✕✜✲✯
✠ ✑ ✓✘✚✛✮✕ ✚✙✏✑
✓✖✘✕ ✕✎ ✫✘✜✜
them.
They led him
❞❣❥❥❧♠
into a building,
shaped like a
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He asked them their names,
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✛✘★✑✜✑✚✚✷ ✱✙✕ ✕✖✑✲ ✓✎✙✜✒
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-
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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.
See Pow wow / Page 5A
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❈❁❂❃❃❄❅❄❉❋■■■■■■■❏❑
❈▼P❄◗❃■■■■■■■■■■■❙❑
❈❱▼❃❃❲▼❱❋■■■■■❳❑
❨❉❂❱ ❩❬❬❭ ■■■❪❫❑
❴▼P❉■■■■■■■■■■■■■❪❑ ❜❞❄❢❄▼❢■■■■■■■■■■❏❩
❵❉❡❡❉❱❃■■■■■■■■■■■■❏❩ ❣❞▼❱❡❃ ■■■■■■■■■■■■❪❈
❵▼❡❡❉❱❭■■■■■■■■■■■■❛❩
❜❬❄❡❝❂❱❄❉❃■■■■■■❙❩
WEDNESDAY
❉✎✏❦ ✑✒✓✔✕✴✖✗✘ ✙✚✛✘✜✢✘✜
❆✥ ★✣✧s✥ ✿❀❀ ❁✧✥✮✈✣ ❆✪✣✦✮❝✧✤s ✧❂❂✣✧✦✣✯ ✧✥ ✥❤✣ ❃❄✥❤ ✧✤✤✺✧★ ✩✧s✥✣✦✤ ✼✦✣✰✭✤ ✶✤✮✈✣✦s✮✥✫
✬❂✦✮✤✰ ✻✭✵ ❲✭✵ ✭✤ ✽✦✮✯✧✫ ✧✤✯ ✬✧✥✺✦✯✧✫ ✧✥ ❅✺✮✤✤ ❈✭★✮s✣✺✪✾
➝➞➟➠➡➞➢ ➤➥➦➦ ➧➨➩➫➭➯➲➳ ➨➵ ➳➸➫ ➺➯➭➻ ➨➧ ➼ ➲➫➭➳➽➨➵
➾➚➪➶➹➘➴
➷➬ ➮➱✃
ÔÕÖ×ØÙÚØÛÖÜ×Ý
➾❰ÏÐÑÒÓ
❐❒❮➷➷
ÞØØßà×áâÖÜ×Ý
❊▲●✻◆ ✼✽❍❖❖▲ ✾❖❆❘✿ ❊▲❊✽❀✻❖◆ ❘❊✼❯▲❀✼
➀➁➂➃➄➀➃ ➅➆
➇➈➉➊➋➌➍➊➍➉➌➉
➎❃❃❝❉ ❳➏
❙ ❃❉◗❡❄▼❢❃➐ ❛❫ ❞❂➑❉❃
❵❂ ➒❱❂❢❋❉➐ ❜❱❉➑▼❢
↔➄↕→ ➄ ➆➃➁➙➛ ➓➔→➄➜
✐❥❧❧ ♠♥♦ ♣qr♦st♦s ✉♦✇rs①①② ❥③
④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑦⑩⑥⑨⑥ ①s r♦✉❶ ❥✉ ♦②❥❷❧ ③①
✉♦✇r❸❧❥❹s❥✉❶♦①qr♦st♦s❺❻①②❺
❼①s♦ ❻①✉③❥❻③ ❷✉❽① ①✉ ❾❥❹♦ ⑤❿❺
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