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LOCAL/STATE
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LHS Class of ’64
meets for lunch
Saturday
LA GRANDE — The
members of the La Grande
High School Class of 1964
will meet for lunch at
noon May 25 at the Flying
J Restaurant outside La
Grande. An incorrect date
was previously published.
ern, 2 Hat Point Road, will
host live music by Country
Moonshine from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m. The duo performs a
multitude of genres focusing
on Country Western dance
music and classic rock ‘n’
roll. All are welcome to come
out for a night of music and
food and greet the new own-
ers, Cody and Brooke.
Meet the new owners Community invited
of the Imnaha Store
to Memorial Day
& Tavern
ceremony
IMNAHA — On May 25,
the Imnaha Store & Tav-
SUMMERVILLE — A
military-style Colors Cer-
emony will take place at
Summerville Cemetery be-
ginning at 8 a.m. sharp on
Memorial Day. The May 27
service honoring veterans
is open to the community.
served beginning at 11 a.m.
on May 27 at the church
on Jasper St. The lunch
will be sold à la carte, with
items ranging from $1 to
$4. All are welcome.
Cove Methodist
Church serves
Memorial Day lunch
Health Speaker
COVE — The Cove
United Methodist Church
will continue its tradition
of serving a lunch for the
community on Memorial
Day. Sandwiches, salad
and homemade pie will be
LA GRANDE — The pub-
lic is invited to join North-
east Oregon Area Health
Education Center for the
BILLINGS — The Trump
administration said Thurs-
day it was withdrawing a
proposal for freight trains
to have at least two crew
members, nullifying a
safety measure drafted
under President Barack
Obama in response to ex-
plosions of crude oil trains
in the U.S. and Canada.
A review of accident data
did not support the notion
that having one crew mem-
ber is less safe than multi-
person crews, Department
✚ ➝✦✜✙➜➟➝✥✦✥✛➟✜
➟➢
➟➠➡✛✦↔✙
said. The withdrawal also
seeks to pre-empt states
from regulating crew sizes.
The 2016 proposal fol-
lowed oil train derailments
including a runaway oil
train in 2013 that de-
railed, exploded and killed
47 people while levelling
much of the town of Lac
Megantic, Canada. Other
derailments of trains car-
rying oil and ethanol have
occurred in North Dakota,
Oregon, Montana, Illinois,
Virginia and other states.
Under Obama, regula-
tors concluded that having
two or more crew members
would be worth the extra
cost even if it prevented a
single accident.
The rail industry, which
long maintained that crew
requirements were unnec-
essary, cheered Thursday’s
move.
But a representative for
a rail workers union said
it would put the public at
greater risk by removing a
safeguard against accidents.
Most trains currently oper-
ate with at least two crew
✪❇➲■➯
for SMART Transporta-
tion Division, a rail work-
ers union.
“The government has
essentially said we’re not
going to provide any over-
sight whatsoever. Whatev-
er the railroads want to do,
they can do,” Risch said.
The Federal Railroad
Administration said in a
statement that the rail in-
dustry has “maintained a
strong safety record in the
absence of regulation on
this issue.”
The statement also said
✦ ➡➝➙➥ ✙✥✦➠✜✢ ➝✤↔➙ ➥➟✤↔✧
have would have been “an
unnecessary obstacle” to
future innovation in the
industry.
Thursday’s withdrawal
marks the latest rollback
since President Donald
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ty rules adopted under
Obama in the face of oppo-
sition from the energy and
transportation industries.
The administration this
month eased inspection
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May 25
Marolyn Smith: 10
a.m., memorial service,
La Grande Valley
Fellowship Church.
June 8
UNION COUNTY
SENIOR CENTER
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in the public sector.
“My heart is broken today
because my back is against
the wall,” said Sen. James
Manning, Jr., a Democrat
who voted yes after sig-
naling his opposition ear-
lier this week. “I have two
worlds that are colliding
today — how do I respond?”
The plan, which the Sen-
ate approved by a 16 to 12
vote Thursday, essentially
✥✚➙
✖✗✘
➦✛↔↔✛➟✜
next September. This will
be the annual summer pic-
nic, featuring hamburg-
ers, hot dogs, chips, potato
salad, coleslaw and baked
beans, with an ice cream
sundae bar for dessert.
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✦✜✧
✥➙✦
✦➝➙
✦➫✦✛↔✩
able at noon and the meal
begins at 12:15 p.m. To
RSVP, call Imie Bristow
at 541-568-4545 or Betsy
Arnson at 541-568-4902
by May 30.
✜✢✣✤✣ ✥✦✧★✩✪ ★✦✫
✩✐✐✣✬★✐ ✪✣✫✥✭✮✩✯✦✤
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✌ ✹✹♦❅✽✷✿✽♦✵
Sen. Tim Knopp, a Bend
Republican, stressed this
“is not a permanent solu-
tion,” and there needs to
be more legislative action if
the state wants to substan-
tially pay down the debt.
Senate Minority Leader
Herman Baertschiger, Jr.,
who was the public face
of a Republican walkout
over perceived Democrat-
ic inaction on PERS, vot-
ed against the measure
but said in a statement
✥✚✦✥ ✛✥ ➥✦✙ ✥✚➙
✙ ✘➝✙✥
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to remedying the unfund-
ed liability that has been
a detriment to our state.”
✚ ✚➙ ➜↔✦✜ ✢✦➝✜➙➝➙✧ ✘➙➝➡➙
opposition from unions,
who have bashed the idea
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➦➙✜➙✘✥✙
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the plan was publicly re-
leased a few weeks ago.
“The Oregon Senate has
voted to reduce the retire-
ment security and com-
pensation for educators,
✘➝➙✘✢✚✥➙➝✙
✦✜✧
✦↔↔
➜✤➦↔✛➡
employees,” said John Lar-
son, President of the Ore-
gon Education Association,
the state’s largest teacher’s
union. “These unfair and
illegal reductions are a be-
trayal of Oregon values.”
Some Democrats against
the measure echoed those
➡➟➧➧➙✜✥✙
➟✜
✥✚➙
✛ ➟➟➝✣
saying that PERS employ-
ees — which include teach-
➙➝✙✣
✘➝➙✘✢✚✥➙➝✙
✦✜✧
➡✚✛↔✧
welfare workers — don’t
have a large enough salary
to weather more cuts.
Sen. Sara Gelser, a Dem-
ocrat from Corvallis, said
➝➙✘✜✦✜➡✛✜✢
✥✚➙
✧➙➦✥
✔
➟✜↔
“kicks the can down the
road” and that all residents
of the state should be re-
sponsible for this problem
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✔ ➟✜➙
➙➫➙➝
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from public services.
“We should not put that
debt on a small group of
people,” said Gelser. “It’s
not a fair solution, it’s not
a real solution.”
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Lloyd F. Clark
Lloyd F. Clark, of Elgin,
89, died March 1 at his
home. A memorial ser-
vice, followed by a cele-
bration of life, will begin at
11 a.m. June 8 at the Elgin
Community Center. An
obituary is forthcoming.
Loveland Funeral Chapel
& Crematory is handling
the arrangements.
Levi Owen
Levi Owen, 20, of La
Grande, did May 22 at his
residence. An obituary is
forthcoming. Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crema-
tory will be handling the
arrangements.
Kenneth Ashburn
✶✾✔✾✕✖✗✶✾
Kenneth Ashburn, 71,
of Union, died May 8 at
Saint Alphonsus Regional
Medical Cen-
ter in Boise,
Idaho.
No
services are
planned. His
wishes were
for his fam-
ily to spread his ashes
throughout the country-
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ployer interest rates rise.
Ultimately, some who
were originally against the
proposal reluctantly came
around, saying higher in-
terest rates would eat into
▲✍ ✎✏✍✌✑✒
Lloyd F. Clark:
11 a.m., memorial
service and
celebration of life,
Elgin Community
Center.
Ø➮Ñâ❰➱➮ÑÓ Ù❰Ô ÏÑÓÓ✃Ï➱✃❐ ➱Ñ ❰Ó
ÞÚÚ✃Ô➱✃❐❒ øÑó✃Ú➱ Þââ✃Ó ÷ÑþÕ
hike in the upcoming years.
More controversially,
the measure also redi-
rects 2.5% of employee
salary toward PERS. That
translates to a 7 to 12%
cut to employees’ second-
ary retirement account,
which is a 401(k) type
plan meant to supple-
ment the public pension.
✛✜✢ ➦➙✜➙✘✥✙ ➟➝ ↔➙✥✥✛✜✢ ➙➧✩
❊✡☛☞✌
Ú✃Ô➱✃❐ ÑÓ ÏÒ❰ÚÛ✃Ô ÑÜ èÑÔÔ✃ÔÔ➮ÑÓ
èÚÑó❰➱➮ÑÓ ❐✃➱❰➮Ó✃ÚÝ
➥✛↔↔ ➦➙ ✥✚➙ ✘✜✦↔ ➧➙✦↔ ✤✜✥✛↔
✸✲✻ ✼✱✺✱✽✸✽✱✯✲✺
Ø➮Ñâ❰➱➮ÑÓÝëÒ✃ ❰ââ✃Û✃❐ èÚÑó❰➱➮ÑÓ
➮ÓõçÚ✃❐ ➮Ó ❰ ➱Ú❰ÜôÏ ❰ÏÏ➮❐✃Ó➱
who say they were forced
to choose between slash-
✬✭✮✯✰✱✲✳ ✴✬✲✵✷✸✹✺
ãúÕ çÓÐÓÑÙÓ ❰❐❐Ú✃ÔÔÕ Ù❰Ô ❰Úê
➱Ñ ❰Ó ÑÜôÏ✃Ú ❰Ó❐ ÑÓ ❰ è❰ÚÑâ✃ ❰Ó❐
✔ ✧✛➢✩
✕ ➙➧➟➡➝✦✥✙
in debt incurred from the
Public Employee Retire-
ment System, known as
PERS. It extends the state’s
repayment period from 20
to 22 years, which is meant
to shield employers from
an impending interest rate
Ù❰ÚÚ❰Ó➱ ÏÒ❰ÚÛ➮ÓÛ ❰ èÚÑó❰➱➮ÑÓ
ÞÏÏ➮❐✃Ó➱❒ åÑóÑ❐ß Ù❰Ô
✘➡✤↔✥ ➫➟✥➙ ➢➟➝
➝➙✘✜✦✜➡➙✙
❰óçÔ✃ ❰Ó❐ ÏÑÓ➱Ú➮óç➱➮ÓÛ ➱Ñ ➱Ò✃
ÞÚÚ✃Ô➱✃❐❒ ï❰éÑÓ ÞÝ æÚ✃çÔÔÕ
✓
✘
bilities of technologies like
PTC (positive train control)
will help advance railroads’
mission to achieve an acci-
dent-free future,” Associa-
tion of American Railroads
President and CEO Ian Jef-
feries said.
✫➊✪
❐✃â➮Ó ç✃ÓÏß ÑÜ ❰ é➮ÓÑÚÝ
➜➙✜✙✛➟✜
✛ ➙ ✓ ✛➦✛↔✛✥ ✔ ✥➟ ✦✧ ❋ ✤✙✥ ✥✚➙✛➝ ➟➜✩
✛ ➙➡✥ ✥✚➙ ➡✦➜✦✩
❱ ➮➱❰â✃Õ
Ú✃ÏÐâ✃ÔÔ ✃Ó❐❰ÓÛ✃Ú➮ÓÛÝ
COVE — The June
4 Cove senior lunch at
➙➝✦✥✛➟✜✙ ✥➟ ➝➙
íäÕ çÓÐÓÑÙÓ ❰❐❐Ú✃ÔÔÕ Ù❰Ô
ÏÒ❰ÚÛ✃Ô Ú✃ÏÐâ✃ÔÔ ❐Ú➮Ø➮ÓÛ ❰Ó❐
ÞÚÚ✃Ô➱✃❐❒ ï❰â➱ÑÓ ➬Ò❰Ô✃
and other hazardous fuels.
Railroad company rep-
resentatives said the with-
drawn crew rule would
have locked them into crew
sizes at a time when the in-
dustry is expanding the use
of new technologies such
as positive train control.
Those are computer-based
systems that can automati-
cally stop trains to prevent
accidents caused by high
speed or collisions.
“Allowing railroads the
➟➠➡✛✦↔✙
had earlier rescinded a
requirement for more ad-
vanced electronic brakes
for trains hauling crude
event of the academic year
on May 28. The presenta-
➦➙✜➙✘✥✙✣ ✦ ➜➟↔✛✥✛➡✦↔↔
❲●❍■❏❑ ▲●✇❍ ▼●◆✈◗❘● ❙◗❯● ❳❩❏❬❏
❭❪❫❪❴❵❜ ❪❝❢❜❣❥❦❣❧❥ ♥❪❴❪
❴❪❢❣❴♣❪q ❵♣ ♣✉❪ ❥❦♣❪ ❣① ❵
③❴④q❪ ❣❦❜ ♣❴❵❦❧ q❪❴❵❦❜⑤❪❧♣
❦❧ ⑥❣❴♣✉ ⑦❵⑧❣♣❵ ❦❧ ⑨⑩❶❷ ❵❥
❥❣⑤❪ ③❵❴❥ ❣❧ ♣✉❪ ⑤❦❜❪❸❜❣❧❹
♣❴❵❦❧ ③❵④❹✉♣ ①❦❴❪❺
➟➩✙✚➟➝➙
✥➝✦✜✙➜➟➝✥✦✥✛➟✜
✘✜✦↔ ↕➙✦↔✥✚ ➛➜➙✦★➙➝ ➛➙➝✛➙✙
Cove seniors invited
to annual picnic
Thursday cutting pub-
lic employee retirement
oil and gas drilling put in
place after the deadly 2010
BP Deepwater Horizon ex-
plosion and oil spill. And
❆➳✫❚
❭❏➘➴❏ ❪➴❭❏❱P ◗❫❬❨➘➷➷
✧✛➝➙➡✥➟➝
of Rural Health
✙✚➟➝✥✩✥➙➝➧
✔❉
✦➩✦✛➝✙
➋➌➍➎➌➏ ➐➌➑➒➓➍➌➏ ➔➐→➣➌
SALEM — The Oregon
Senate sent the House a
➡➟✜✥✛✜✤➙ ✛✜✧➙✘✜✛✥➙↔
↔➙✢✛✙↔✦✥✛➫➙
Health will provide details
about lucrative scholarship
and loan repayment oppor-
tunities for students pursu-
ing health careers in rural
or frontier Oregon.
❇✂ ✺ ✄☎✄✆ ✝✞✟✟✠☎✟✄♠
❚❤✡ ☛ss☞✌✍✎✏✡✑ ✒r✡ss
members but without a gov-
ernment regulation there’s
no guarantee that would
“If railroads would start
running single person op-
erators, there’s nobody up
there to interact to make
sure everything is done
right,” said John Risch,
✥✚➙ ➞➝➙✢➟✜ ➞➠➡➙ ➟➢ ➤✤➝✦↔
Founders Hall on the As-
cension school grounds
Senate approves cut to public
employee retirement benefits
US withdraws train
crew proposal that
came after explosions
❇✂ ✰ ✄❆❆✆✠t ❇☎❈t♠
❚❤✡ ☛ss☞✌✍✎✏✡✑ ✒r✡ss
tion begins at 5 p.m. in East-
ern Oregon University’s
Huber Auditorium. Stacee
Reed, program manager
of recruitment services for
③❣❢❢⑤✈➁ ➂❣❢♥✐➁ ⑦❣❢✈❾ ⑦❣➀✉✇♦
t➈➉❶❷❸❦ ➈❢➀➂❢⑤ ✈♥⑤✐❿✉❹❾❢✈➁
s①✇♥✇① ✈♥⑥♥✐➁ ❹♥✈❾❢❿qs❢♥
✈♥⑥♥✐➁ ⑦❣➀✉✇ ✈⑥✉❹❢✈♦
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ïðñò
óôõóö÷øô
òø÷ùöðúðûü
óõóýúóþúø
ó÷ôÿ òññ
✄☎✆ ✝☎✞✟✠
✁✂
side.
Known as Ken, he was
born July 16, 1949, in
Montevideo, Minnesota.
He later moved to Cali-
fornia and Oregon, where
he graduated from Hill-
sboro High School. Ken
loved competing in track,
football and high school
rodeo.
On Sept. 1, 1967, Ken
married his high school
sweetheart, Vicki Kim-
mel. Together, Ken and
Vicki loved going to ro-
deos and riding their
motorcycle. Ken enjoyed
spending time in nature,
✘✙✚✛✜✢✣ ✚✤✜✥✛✜✢ ✦✜✧ ✥✦★✩
ing scenic drives through
the countryside.
Ken worked in manu-
facturing for 35 years,
until he retired in 2002
due to health issues.
When he wasn’t working
or out in nature, Ken was
spending time with his
family.
Surviving relatives in-
clude his wife of 51 years,
Vicki Ashburn of Union;
mother, Barbara Ashburn
of La Grande; son, Timo-
thy Ashburn of Cove;
daughter, Cindy of Colo-
rado; grandchildren and
great-grandchildren in
Colorado, Utah and Or-
egon; siblings, Ron of El-
gin and Beverly of Union;
and nieces and nephews
in Oregon and Washing-
ton.
Ruby Stanger
▲✍ ✎✏✍✌✑✒
Ruby Stanger, 79, of
La Grande, died May 23
at a local care facility. An
obituary is forthcoming.
Loveland Funeral Chapel
& Crematory will be han-
dling the arrangements.
Marjorie Ettinger
▲✍ ✎✏✍✌✑✒
Marjorie Ettinger, 94,
of La Grande, died May 23
at her home. An obituary
is forthcoming. Arrange-
ments are under the di-
rection of Daniels-Knopp
Funeral Cremation & Life
Celebration Center.
Myrna Potts
▲✍ ✎✏✍✌✑✒
Myrna Potts, 85, of
La Grande, died May 22
at her home. An obitu-
ary is forthcoming. Ar-
rangements are under
the direction of Daniels-
Knopp Funeral Crema-
tion & Life Celebration
Center.
✍✎✏✑✒✑✏ ✓✔✕✖✗✘✙✚✖
✛✜✛✢✣✛✤ ✥✛✢✦✧★✩✪✫★✤ ✫✬✭✩✫★✤ ✧✮✛✦✫✤ ✯✫★✪✛★✛
➳➵➸➺➻ ➼ ➽➾➚➚➾➪➶ ➹➘➴➾➷➴ ➬➪➮➱✃❐❒❮➱❒➮➶❒➮❮ ❐➾➱✃ ❰Ï❮➱ Ð➶❒ ➺➘➚➚Ñ
❖ P◗❘❙ ❙❯❲❳❳❩❬❩❭❘ ❪ ❫❴❵❛❜ ❝❞❡❢❣❴❣❞❤❢
✐❥ ❦❧♠♥♦♣♦❧q♥ r sts✉✈t❥✉✇ ①②q①③④♣⑤②⑥❦
⑦⑧⑨⑩❶❷ ❸❹ ❺❸❷❻❼❽ ❾❿ ➀ ➁➂➃❷➄ ❺❸❷❻ ➅❸❼➃❽ ➆➇➈
➉❸❼➃❽ ➆❿➊➈ ➋➌➍➎➏ ➐ ➑➒➎➏➓➑➍➔→➣➓ ↔↕➙➏ →➎➑➛➍↔→➎➜ ➝➞↔➏➟➠
❖ P◗❘◗ ➡➢➡ ❘❩❳P❯❲➤ ❪ ❫❴❵❛❜ ❝❞❡❢❣❴❣❞❤❢
✐✈ ❦❧♠♥♦♣♦❧q♥ r st✇s➥t✉➥➦ ①②q①③④♣⑤②⑥❦
➧➨➩❶❽ ❾➫❾ ➋➐➟❾❿➭➫❾➭➠ ➉❸❼➃❽ ➇➫ ❾➫❾➯ ➆➇➲➈❿➈
✰✲✳✴ ✵✷✹✲✺ ✻✼✽✼✿❀❁❂✽❃❄❁❅✽❇❈ ❇❉ ✽❁✿✿ ❊●❍■❏ ❑▲▲▼■◆❍❍