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LOCAL
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.
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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.”
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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.
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La Grande police at 7:52
a.m. received a report of a
careless driver on the 2700
block of Island Avenue. Police
responded and stopped the
driver on 1800 block of 26th
Street. 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
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