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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2020 THE OBSERVER — 3A P UBLIC S AFETY R EPORT C OMMUNITY Meetings Gary฀Hulse฀at฀541-805-5744. •฀BAKER฀CITY฀—฀The฀ Oregon฀Trail฀Electric฀Coopera- tive฀Board฀of฀Directors฀will฀ meet฀Tuesday฀at฀9฀a.m.฀at฀ OTEC฀headquarters,฀4005฀ 23rd฀St.,฀Baker฀City.฀Among฀ other agenda items, the board is scheduled to discuss the electric vehicle charging rate฀and฀the฀National฀Rural฀ Electric฀Cooperative฀Associa- tion Legislative Conference in April฀in฀Washington,฀D.C. Pool plans ‘Neverland’ adventure LA฀GRANDE฀—฀All฀lost฀ boys and girls are invited to join฀an฀adventure฀to฀Never- land this Friday at Veterans’ Memorial฀Pool,฀401฀Palmer,฀ in฀La฀Grande’s฀Pioneer฀Park.฀ Children฀can฀walk฀the฀plank฀ at฀Pirates฀Bay,฀“hook”฀the฀croc฀ at฀Crocodile฀Creek,฀collect฀ pixie฀dust฀at฀Pixie฀Hollow,฀ challenge friends to some Save money at art mer-people฀races฀at฀Mermaid฀ center with coupon Cove and collect pearls to and by volunteering redeem for various prizes. The฀“Dive฀in฀to฀Neverland”฀ LA฀GRANDE฀—฀Art฀Center฀ event฀will฀go฀from฀7-8:30฀p.m.฀ East฀is฀offering฀$5฀off฀the฀ and is recommended for ages registration of class of your 13 and younger, but older choice.฀Registration฀must฀be฀ children฀are฀welcome.฀Cost฀is฀ completed฀by฀Jan.฀31.฀The฀ $5฀per฀person฀at฀the฀door.฀Go฀ center,฀at฀2006฀Penn฀Ave.,฀La฀ to฀www.lagrandeparks.org฀or฀ Grande, is home to a variety call฀541-962-1347฀for฀more฀ of classes. See the schedule information. and redeem the discount (use coupon฀code:฀WINTERSALE)฀ at฀www.artcentereast.org,฀call฀ Workshop helps farmers and ranchers 541-624-2800฀or฀stop฀by฀the฀ plan for succession center฀between฀10฀a.m.฀and฀ 4฀p.m.฀Monday-Friday฀or฀on฀ PENDLETON฀—฀A฀work- Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. shop฀next฀month฀in฀Pend- Every฀Thursday฀at฀ACE฀is฀ leton aims to help farmers, “Volunteer฀Drop-In฀Day”฀from฀ ranchers, foresters and family 10฀a.m.฀to฀4฀p.m.฀The฀art฀cen- members฀who฀have฀questions฀ ter฀will฀have฀projects฀ready฀for฀ about passing their land on to volunteers฀every฀week.฀RSVP฀ the฀next฀generation.฀“Chang- is฀welcome฀but฀not฀required.฀ ing฀Hands:฀A฀Workshop฀on฀ Volunteers฀receive฀20%฀off฀a฀ Farm Succession Planning class฀or฀gift฀gallery฀item฀for฀ev- and฀Access฀to฀Land”฀also฀will฀ ery฀10฀hours฀of฀volunteering. help beginning farmers and ranchers฀understand฀how฀ Oyster feed and sales they can access affordable beneﬁ t Wallowa land. ﬁ reﬁ ghters The฀Oregon฀nonproﬁ฀t฀ Rogue฀Farm฀Corps฀is฀putting฀ WALLOWA฀—฀The฀Wal- on฀the฀day-long฀event฀Feb.฀13฀ lowa฀Volunteer฀Fire฀Depart- at฀Blue฀Mountain฀Commu- ment฀will฀hold฀its฀annual฀ nity฀College,฀Pendleton.฀The฀ Oyster฀and฀Steak฀Feed฀from฀ 3-8฀p.m.฀Feb.฀8฀at฀the฀Wallowa฀ workshop฀features฀the฀critical฀ tools and resources farmers, Senior฀Center,฀204฀E.฀Second฀ St.฀Cost฀is฀$30฀for฀all-you-can- ranchers, foresters and family eat฀oysters฀or฀a฀rib฀steak฀and฀ members need to plan for sides,฀and฀wine฀and฀beer฀may฀ the future or get started in be฀purchased.฀Hot฀dogs฀will฀be฀ agriculture. Workshop฀sessions฀address฀ available for children (free for multiple topics, including: age฀9฀and฀younger). how฀to฀work฀with฀your฀at- Orders for oysters by the torney to plan for succession; gallon must be made by Jan. family dynamics and the 25.฀For฀more฀information฀or฀ to฀place฀an฀order,฀call฀Wallowa฀ logistics of land transfer; and ﬁ฀nancing,฀business฀planning฀ City฀Hall฀at฀541-886-2422฀or฀ and resources for beginning farmers and ranchers. The฀event฀will฀run฀from฀10฀ a.m.฀to฀4฀p.m.฀The฀cost฀is฀$20฀ per฀person,฀which฀includes฀ lunch.฀The฀BMCC฀Small฀ Business฀Development฀Center฀ is฀co-sponsoring฀the฀event.฀To฀ register,฀go฀to฀www.roguefarm- corps.org/planning. For more information, contact Nella Mae Parks฀at฀541-910-4098฀or฀nel- lamae@roguefarmcorps.org. North Powder students earn academic achievement NORTH฀POWDER฀—฀By฀ earning฀a฀grade-point฀average฀ of฀3.50฀and฀higher,฀the฀fol- lowing฀students฀in฀the฀North฀ Powder฀School฀District฀were฀ named฀to฀the฀ﬁ฀rst-quarter฀ honor฀roll฀for฀the฀2019-20฀ academic year. EO Media Group WALLOWA฀—฀People฀ seeking฀peace฀and฀solitude฀are฀ drawn฀to฀the฀Lostine฀River฀ corridor and the surrounding Eagle฀Cap฀Wilderness.฀But฀ since฀2017,฀the฀area฀has฀fueled฀ a bitter and contentious legal battle that pits environmental groups against the U.S. Forest Service฀and฀Wallowa฀County. On฀Dec.฀12,฀the฀U.S.฀9th฀U.S.฀ Circuit฀Court฀of฀Appeals฀in฀ Seattle heard an appeal from two฀environmental฀groups฀that฀ have฀sued฀to฀stop฀the฀project.฀ The฀ruling฀on฀whether฀forests฀ in฀the฀fire-prone฀corridor฀can฀ be฀thinned,฀or฀whether฀they฀ must฀be฀kept฀in฀a฀more฀natural฀ state for listed species, is expected relatively soon. The฀thorny฀problem฀being฀ weighed฀by฀the฀9th฀Circuit฀is฀ known฀officially฀as฀the฀Lostine฀ River฀Corridor฀Public฀Safety฀ Project.฀The฀Forest฀Service฀ wants฀to฀thin฀the฀ladder-fuel- infested฀forest฀on฀2110฀acres฀ along฀the฀Lostine฀River฀Road฀ —฀a฀narrow฀cherry฀stem฀of฀a฀ road฀that฀follows฀the฀river฀for฀ 11฀miles฀to฀wilderness฀trail- heads.฀The฀agency฀planned฀the฀ project฀to฀reduce฀the฀wildfire฀ severity฀in฀a฀fire-prone฀land- scape.฀The฀two฀environmental฀ groups see it as a commercial logging฀project฀that฀will฀harm฀ habitat฀for฀threatened฀wildlife,฀ including฀wolverines,฀and฀ important฀vegetation,฀includ- ing฀moonwart,฀a฀rare฀fernlike฀ plant.฀The฀groups฀contend฀that฀ the฀project฀has฀received฀insuf- ficient฀study฀for฀its฀environ- mental impacts. The฀Lostine฀River฀Road฀is฀ the฀sole฀access฀to฀popular฀trail- heads฀that฀lead฀into฀the฀Eagle฀ Cap฀Wilderness.฀Thousands฀ of visitors use the road and its adjacent฀campgrounds฀during฀ the spring, summer and fall. Public฀and฀Forest฀Service฀con- cerns฀that฀inspired฀the฀project฀ include the safety of campers and฀hikers฀in฀the฀event฀of฀a฀ ﬁ฀re,฀as฀well฀as฀the฀possibility฀ of฀a฀human-sparked฀blaze฀ in฀dense฀woodland฀along฀the฀ road. The฀Lostine฀River,฀which฀ is฀adjacent฀to฀the฀road,฀is฀a฀ designated฀Wild฀and฀Scenic฀ River.฀It฀is฀home฀to฀a฀healthy฀ ﬁ฀sh฀population,฀including฀ Chinook฀salmon,฀steelhead฀ and bull trout. Coho salmon were฀recently฀reintroduced฀by฀ the฀Nez฀Perce฀Tribe.฀The฀for- ests along the road and river were฀heavily฀logged฀in฀the฀ early฀to฀middle฀20th฀century.฀ Old฀growth฀ﬁ฀r,฀tamarack฀and฀ ponderosa pine have been replaced by smaller trees and a฀much฀thicker฀forest฀where฀ grand฀ﬁ฀r฀is฀the฀principal฀ understory species. In฀May฀of฀2017,฀the฀Greater฀ Hells฀Canyon฀Council฀and฀Or- egon฀Wild฀ﬁ฀led฀a฀suit฀against฀ the Forest Service to stop the Lostine Corridor Public Safety Project.฀Wallowa฀County฀ﬁ฀led฀ for, and received, intervenor status in the suit. To฀date,฀GHCC฀and฀Ore- gon฀Wild฀have฀lost฀two฀court฀ battles฀to฀stop฀the฀project.฀ But฀the฀Forest฀Service฀has฀ had฀troubles฀of฀its฀own.฀The฀ initial timber sale offered as part฀of฀the฀shining฀project฀ received a single bid that was฀later฀retracted. SATURDAY Janie฀Bingham,฀Stran฀ Bingham,฀Bella฀Brandt,฀ Marli฀Lind,฀Jace฀Arvidson,฀ Ayla฀Bingham,฀Hunter฀ Bingham,฀Jodi฀Bingham,฀ Abigail฀Cox,฀Dallee฀Bingham,฀ Ariel฀Pointer,฀Viri฀Rodri- guez,฀Brooke฀Allen,฀Keanna฀ Bingham,฀Bailey฀Cole,฀Kenzie฀ Leggett,฀Joey฀Richman,฀Tyler฀ Olson,฀Michelle฀Williams A caller at 8:32 a.m. asked law enforcement to check on the welfare of a horse at 26th Street and Mulholland Drive, La Grande. ■3.50-3.99 Range฀Bingham,฀Chloe฀Cox,฀ Emmilya฀Dickison,฀Kellee฀ Dixon,฀Wyatt฀Free,฀Breyton฀ Golar,฀Ryleigh฀Guthrie,฀Fati- ma฀Herrera-Balderas,฀Eduar- do฀Ibarra,฀Anastasia฀Leggett,฀ Malachi฀Miller,฀Ian฀Sandberg,฀ Silas฀Talbot,฀Whitney฀Wright,฀ Jaydyn฀Dyke,฀Jaycee฀Gray,฀ Emily฀McCall,฀Ruby฀Warner,฀ Ambrosia฀Aldrich.฀Jacey฀ Anderson,฀Caleigh฀Carpen- ter,฀Rose฀Christensen,฀Caleb฀ Kerns,฀Paige฀Marlia,฀Abigail฀ Orr, Jessup Orr, Lizandro Rodriguez,฀Nevaeh฀Schuldt,฀ Jacee฀Thompson,฀Madison฀ Truscott,฀Madysen฀Leggett,฀ Cade฀Lind,฀Pilar฀Olvera฀Tor- res,฀Reece฀Dixon,฀Rachel฀Free,฀ Sarah฀Orr,฀Justin฀Ash,฀Nate฀ Baker,฀Hunter฀Lind,฀Chaz฀Mc- Call,฀Ethan฀Stephens,฀Roper฀ Bingham,฀Autumn฀Davis,฀Josi฀ Krieger After฀tweaking฀the฀timber฀ sale components, the USFS re-offered฀the฀sale.฀Inte- grated฀Biomass฀Resources,฀ a forest products mill in Wallowa,฀won฀the฀contract.฀It฀ will฀wait฀until฀the฀appeal฀is฀ settled before moving ahead with฀the฀harvest. The฀9th฀Circuit฀Court฀ hearing฀Dec.12฀marked฀ a pivotal moment for the corridor฀project.฀Two฀senior฀ circuit฀court฀judges,฀M.฀Mar- garet฀McKeown฀and฀Michael฀ Daly฀Hawkins฀along฀with฀ Senior฀U.S.฀District฀Judge฀ Robert฀W.฀Pratt฀presided฀ over฀the฀Dec.฀12฀hearing. During฀the฀36-minute฀ hearing, the attorney for GHCC฀and฀Oregon฀Wild,฀ Jennifer฀Schwartz,฀con- tended the Forest Service caused forest fuel issues by฀deliberately฀suppress- ing฀ﬁ฀res,฀which฀eventually฀ caused an abundance of young฀and฀dead฀trees฀(lad- der฀fuels),฀which฀coupled฀ with฀climate฀change฀and฀ other elements, led to the present forest condition. Schwartz฀said฀neither฀ GHCC฀or฀Oregon฀Wild฀oppose฀ removal of the ladder fuels through hand thinning, the clearing of helicopter landing spaces฀for฀helicopter฀evacua- tions or the cutting of roadside hazard฀trees.฀What฀they฀do฀ oppose, she said, are USFS efforts “to improperly couple that฀safety฀work฀with฀450฀ acres฀of฀heavy-handed฀com- mercial logging of much larger and฀older฀trees,฀all฀within฀a฀ congressionally designated Wild฀and฀Scenic฀corridor.” 10106 N. ‘C’ • Island City 541-975-1364 Another animal call came in at 11:12 a.m, about a dog possibly harassing livestock or wildlife in the area of Mount Glen Road and Igo Lane, La Grande. A caller at 1:06 p.m. report- ed a domestic disturbance on the 500 block of Fourth Street, La Grande. Police arrested a woman for violating a restrain- ing order. La Grande police at 10:21 p.m. received a complaint about a loud party on the 2100 block of Oak Street. SUNDAY La Grande police at 12:57 a.m. received a report of multiple loud bangs on the 1800 block of Cove Avenue. A caller at 1:56 a.m. reported a person on Cove Avenue, La Grande, was suf- fering mental or emotional duress. Police responded and requested medical help. La Grande police at about 6:10 a.m. responded to the 2700 block of Island Avenue on a report of trespassing. Police arrested a man for tres- pass and misuse of 911, both misdemeanors. La Grande police at about 7 a.m. responded to a call about vandalism on the 2200 block of Adams Avenue. The Union County Sheriff’s Offi ce at 12:24 p.m. received a report of domestic violence in Elgin. A deputy responded, determined there was no crime and had the parties separate. A caller at 4:53 p.m. re- ported juveniles were spray painting a building and other items on the 2000 block of Gekeler Lane, La Grande. Offi cers responded and took a report. La Grande police at 8:49 p.m. received a report of pos- sible child abuse. A caller at 9:11 p.m. reported a burglary on the 2000 block of Gekeler Lane, La Grande. MONDAY A caller at 1:58 a.m. reported a possible theft and location of a wanted person on the 1900 block of H Avenue, La Grande. La Grande police at 4:04 a.m. received a report of a vehicle theft on the 1800 block of Washington Avenue. Police took a report. And fi refi ghters responded to 12 calls for medical as- sistance on Sunday, eight on Saturday and four on Friday. O BITUARIES Carol R. (Yerkes) Garnett Formerly of Elgin and Enterprise 1935-2019 Carol฀R.฀Garnett,฀84,฀ formerly฀of฀Elgin฀and฀Enter- prise,฀died฀Christmas฀Day,฀ her favorite day of the year,฀2019,฀at฀ a care facility in Hermiston. Arrangements฀ are฀entrusted฀to฀Daniels- Knopp฀Funeral,฀Cremation฀ & Life Celebration Center in La Grande. Carol฀was฀born฀April฀ 29,฀1935,฀in฀Marysville,฀ California,฀to฀Willard฀Evert฀ and฀Leora฀Andree฀(Phillips)฀ Yerkes.฀She฀was฀educated฀ in฀Marysville฀and฀gradu- ated฀with฀the฀class฀of฀1954.฀ On฀June฀13,฀1954,฀Carol฀ married฀Robert฀Jackson฀ Garnett in Marysville. Carol฀and฀Robert฀had฀a฀ small dairy farm and she worked฀at฀the฀Yuba฀City฀ auction yard and at the Del฀Monte฀Cannery฀during฀ peach and pear harvest. Later, they had a ranch at Imnaha฀and฀worked฀on฀ ranches in Central and Southern฀Oregon.฀They฀ lived฀in฀Enterprise฀before฀ moving฀to฀Elgin. Carol฀was฀devoted฀to฀ caring for her family. She enjoyed฀sewing,฀doing฀cross฀ stitch and crocheting. She was฀an฀avid฀reader฀and฀ loved฀cooking฀and฀feeding฀ people.฀Carol฀was฀a฀member฀ of฀the฀Cowbelles฀in฀Califor- nia฀and฀was฀very฀involved฀ in฀the฀Imnaha฀Grange. Surviving relatives include her children and their฀spouses,฀William฀and฀ Debbie฀Garnett฀of฀Warden,฀ Washington,฀Randol฀and฀ Liz฀Garnett฀of฀Joseph,฀Jo- seph and Shelley Garnett of McCall,฀Idaho,฀and฀Roberta฀ and฀Ray฀Temple฀of฀Herm- iston; seven grandchildren and฀10฀great-grandchildren;฀ siblings,฀Flora฀Agnew฀of฀ Tucson,฀Arizona,฀Elanor฀ McBride฀of฀Enterprise,฀and฀ Jim฀Yerkes฀of฀Marysville,฀ California. She฀was฀preceded฀in฀ death by her parents; brother,฀Roland;฀and฀hus- band,฀Robert. Memorial contributions may฀be฀made฀to฀any฀FFA฀ chapter. residence.฀An฀obituary฀is฀forth- coming. Loveland Funeral Chapel฀&฀Crematory฀will฀be฀ handling the arrangements. UPCOMING FUNERALS AND VISITATIONS Sponsored by Feb. 8 Justice Clark: 4 p.m. celebration of life, Presbyterian Friendship Center, La Grande; casual dress preferred. Michael Tannlund Formerly of Imbler 1960-2020 Michael฀Tannlund,฀60,฀ formerly฀of฀Imbler,฀died฀Jan.฀ 10฀in฀Boise,฀Idaho.฀Michael฀ was฀born฀May฀24,฀1960,฀in฀ Bremerton,฀Washington,฀ and฀was฀raised฀in฀Imbler. Surviving฀relatives฀in- clude฀his฀wife,฀Diana฀Tann- lund;฀children,฀Philip฀Tann- lund฀and฀Jessica฀Tannlund;฀ sisters, Faith Hohstadt and Cathy฀Moore;฀brother,฀Pat- rick฀Tannlund;฀and฀seven฀ grandchildren. Bertha L. Thompson La Grande Bertha฀L.฀Thompson,฀69,฀ of฀La฀Grande,฀died฀Jan.฀18฀ at฀Grande฀Ronde฀Hospital.฀ An฀obituary฀is฀forthcoming.฀ Loveland Funeral Chapel &฀Crematory฀will฀be฀han- dling the arrangements. La GRANDE AUTO REPAIR 975-2000 www.lagrandeautorepair.com MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE Joe Horst ACDelcoTSS NOW HIRING: Shift Supervisor Production Workers Millwrights NOW HIRING Electricians At Boise Cascade, we know our employees are our most valuable assets! 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That led to the arrest of Raymond Anthony Jimenez, 22, for driving under the infl u- ence of intoxicants. La Grande police at 8:46 a.m. received a complaint about a possible vehicle break-in on the 800 block of Washington Avenue. Police plan to provide extra patrols in the neighborhood. An Island City caller at 10:07 a.m. a reported possible fraud case. A Union County sheriff’s deputy contacted the person and explained options. A Elgin resident at South Sixth Avenue and Cedar Street fl agged down a Union County sheriff’s deputy to report the theft of fi rewood. A caller at 7:15 p.m. com- plained about a loud party on Ladd Creek Road, La Grande. ■4.00 Lostine River project lawsuit gets hearing By Steve Tool FRIDAY Toll Free 1-866-282-1925 Medicare, Auto, Home insurance and Annuities www.reed-insurance.net Kevin Reed