The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, February 06, 2020, Page 11, Image 11

LOCAL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020
C OMMUNITY
Meetings
•฀LA฀GRANDE฀—฀Union฀County฀
Historical฀Society฀will฀hold฀a฀meet-
ing฀and฀potluck฀at฀noon฀Saturday฀
in฀the฀log฀cabin฀at฀the฀Union฀
County฀Fairgrounds.฀Members฀
are฀asked฀to฀share฀Valentine’s฀Day฀
memories฀and฀bring฀a฀special฀
Valentine฀from฀the฀past.
Briefs
RSVP by Feb. 11 for
senior lunch in Cove
COVE฀—฀The฀next฀senior฀lunch฀
in฀Cove฀will฀be฀Feb.฀18฀in฀Found-
ers฀Hall฀of฀the฀Ascension฀School.฀
The฀menu฀will฀be฀chicken฀Alfredo฀
fettuccine,฀zucchini฀parmesan,฀
French฀bread฀and฀salad฀bar฀with฀
oatmeal฀jam฀bars฀for฀dessert.฀
There฀is฀a฀$5฀charge฀per฀meal฀to฀
help฀cover฀expenses.฀Coffee฀and฀
tea฀are฀available฀at฀noon,฀and฀
lunch฀begins฀at฀12:15฀p.m.฀RSVP฀
by฀Feb.฀11฀by฀calling฀Imie฀Bristow฀
at฀541-568-4545฀or฀Betsy฀Arnson฀
at฀541-568-4902.
Fires in Australia
subject of next Brown
Bag Tuesday
JOSEPH฀—฀Two฀Walllowa฀Fire฀
Zone฀members฀who฀have฀helped฀
fight฀the฀massive฀wildfire฀in฀
Australia฀discuss฀their฀experience฀
at฀the฀Josephy฀Center฀for฀Arts฀and฀
Culture’s฀next฀Brown฀Bag฀lunch.
Nathan฀Goodrich฀has฀been฀
the฀fi฀re฀management฀offi฀cer฀
for฀the฀Wallowa฀Fire฀Zone฀
since฀2007.฀He฀recently฀re-
turned฀from฀a฀tour฀in฀Australia฀
where฀with฀an฀Incident฀man-
agement฀team฀responsible฀for฀
managing฀numerous฀fi฀res฀in฀
New฀South฀Wales.
Todd฀Peterson฀will฀join฀him.฀Pe-
terson฀is฀in฀Australia฀and฀returns฀
Feb.฀18฀with฀fresh฀news฀about฀the฀
series฀of฀devastating฀fires.
The฀free฀event฀is฀Tuesday,฀
Feb.฀18,฀at฀the฀center,฀403฀Main฀
St.,฀Joseph.
Teen movie night
coming up
LA฀GRANDE฀—฀The฀Cook฀
Memorial฀Library,฀La฀Grande,฀is฀
hosting฀Third฀Friday฀Teen฀Movie฀
Night฀on฀Feb.฀21฀starting฀at฀6฀p.m.
The฀event฀is฀in฀the฀Commu-
nity฀Room฀at฀the฀library,฀2006฀
Fourth฀St.,฀and฀features฀a฀family-
friendly฀movie.
In฀addition฀to฀the฀movie,฀teens฀
can฀chomp฀down฀on฀free฀pizza฀
courtesy฀of฀Domino’s฀Pizza฀and฀
munch฀on฀popcorn฀from฀the฀
Union฀County฀Safe฀Communi-
ties฀Coalition,฀which฀is฀helping฀
to฀sponsor฀the฀event.฀Teens฀also฀
can฀play฀a฀bingo฀game฀as฀they฀
watch฀the฀movie฀for฀a฀chance฀to฀
win฀prizes.
Wallowa County and
Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest hold
open houses
JOSEPH฀–฀The฀Wallowa-
Whitman฀National฀Forest฀and฀
Wallowa฀County฀are฀hosting฀open฀
houses฀in฀February.฀The฀gather-
ings฀will฀provide฀opportunities฀
for฀community฀members฀to฀have฀
conversations฀with฀leadership฀
and฀staff฀from฀Wallowa฀County฀
and฀the฀national฀forest.
The฀open฀houses฀are:
Feb.฀18,฀5-7฀p.m.฀at฀the฀
Wallowa฀Senior฀Center,฀204฀
Second฀St.,฀Wallowa.
Feb.฀19,฀5-7฀p.m.฀at฀The฀
Place฀(adjacent฀to฀the฀United฀
Methodist฀Church),฀301฀S.฀Lake฀
St.,Joseph.
Feb.฀20,฀5-7฀p.m.฀at฀Clo-
verleaf฀Hall,฀Wallowa฀County฀
Fairgrounds,฀668฀N.W.฀First฀St,฀
Enterprise.
So฀participants฀may฀come฀
and฀go฀as฀their฀schedules฀
allow.฀In฀addition฀to฀county฀
and฀national฀forest฀leadership,฀
district฀rangers฀and฀staff฀from฀
the฀national฀forest’s฀Wallowa฀
Mountains฀offi฀ce฀will฀be฀avail-
able฀to฀talk฀about฀local฀resource฀
management฀and฀projects.
Visit฀www.fs.usda.gov/
main/wallowa-whitman฀for฀
more฀information฀about฀the฀
Wallowa-Whitman฀National฀
Forest฀and฀www.co.wallowa.
or.us฀for฀more฀information฀
about฀Wallowa฀County.฀If฀you฀
have฀questions฀about฀the฀open฀
houses,฀contact฀Peter฀Fargo,฀
public฀affairs฀offi฀cer฀for฀the฀
Wallowa-Whitman฀National฀
Forest,฀at฀541-523-1231.
THE OBSERVER — 3A
Library offers sustenance for brain and body
L
A GRANDE — Help
us stock our Little Free
Pantry, the small shelv-
ing unit at Cook Memo-
rial Library’s Fourth Street
entrance where you can
take what you need or give
what you can. We accept all
non-perishable, unexpired
labeled food items and per-
sonal hygiene products.
Harvest Share is on Tues-
days from 10 a.m. to noon, or
until the produce runs out.
Free produce for everyone
is provided by Community
Connection and the OHSU
School of Nursing. Harvest
Share continues through
March 10.
Sign up for our free
streaming services: Kanopy
for fi lms, Freegal for music,
Freading for e-books, and
OverDrive and Libby for
e-books and audiobooks.
OFF THE
SHELF
ROSE PEACOCK
Use Library Elf to corral all
your family’s cards in one
place, receive renewal and
hold notifi cations. Library
Elf also automatically
renews eligible items if
you’ve ticked the box when
registering your account.
Choose Cook Memorial
Library from the library list
at libraryelf.com to register.
Children’s programming
includes LEGO Play on
Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.
and Storytime on Fridays
at 3:30 p.m. Baby Tot
Bop, for those 3 years old
and younger, is Thursday
mornings at 10:20. Toddler
Time, for ages 14 months
to 4 years, is Mondays at
O BITUARIES
Stanley M. Morrison
Formerly฀of฀La฀Grande
Stanley M. Morrison,
87, of Weiser, Idaho, and
formerly of La Grande, died
Feb. 2 in Boise, Idaho. A
celebration of his life will be
held at 10 a.m. Feb. 14 at
Loveland Funeral Chapel.
Casual dress is preferred.
Loray Clark
Island฀City
Loray Clark, 86, of
Island City, died Feb. 5 at
her residence. Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crema-
tory will be handling the
arrangements.
Five฀non-communicative฀
911฀calls฀came฀in฀at฀about฀
5:55฀a.m.฀La฀Grande฀police฀
responded฀and฀determined฀
the฀caller฀was฀a฀child.
A฀caller฀at฀9:26฀a.m.฀re-
ported฀a฀vehicle฀struck฀a฀cat฀
at฀Lane฀Avenue฀and฀Walnut฀
Street,฀La฀Grande.
The฀Union฀County฀Sheriff’s฀
Offi฀ce฀at฀10:47฀a.m.฀received฀a฀
report฀of฀animal฀neglect฀on฀the฀
1000฀block฀of฀Alder฀Street,฀Elgin.
A฀caller฀at฀12:14฀p.m.฀
reported฀an฀aggressive฀dog฀on฀
the฀1100฀block฀of฀C฀Avenue,฀La฀
Grande.
La฀Grande฀police฀at฀12:16฀
p.m.฀received฀a฀report฀of฀
vandalism฀on฀the฀800฀block฀of฀
X฀Avenue.
An฀Elgin฀caller฀at฀4:37฀
p.m.฀reported฀a฀suspicious฀
person฀on฀the฀500฀block฀of฀
Cedar฀Street.฀A฀Union฀County฀
sheriff’s฀deputy฀checked฀and฀
found฀the฀person฀was฀the฀
property’s฀caretaker.
La฀Grande฀police฀at฀10:08฀
p.m.฀received฀a฀report฀of฀
possible฀child฀abuse.฀Police฀
DIck Mason
The Observer
Feb. 8
Justice Clark:
4 p.m. celebration of life,
Presbyterian Friendship
Center, La Grande;
casual dress preferred.
responded฀and฀took฀a฀report.
TUESDAY
La฀Grande฀police฀at฀about฀
11:50฀a.m.฀responded฀to฀the฀
2000฀block฀of฀Oak฀Street฀on฀a฀
report฀of฀a฀suspicious฀person.฀
Offi฀cers฀advised฀the฀subject฀
not฀to฀return฀there.
Six฀horses฀were฀running฀
loose฀at฀2:23฀p.m.฀along฀High-
way฀82฀in฀Elgin.฀The฀animal฀
enforcement฀offi฀cer฀handled฀
the฀situation฀and฀helped฀return฀
the฀horses฀to฀the฀owner.
Local฀medics฀and฀the฀Union฀
County฀Sheriff’s฀Offi฀ce฀at฀
about฀10:45฀p.m.฀responded฀
to฀the฀62500฀block฀of฀Mt.฀Glen฀
Road,฀La฀Grande,฀for฀a฀traffi฀c฀
crash.
La฀Grande฀police฀at฀9:46฀
p.m.฀received฀a฀complaint฀
about฀noise฀from฀a฀residence฀
on฀the฀2100฀block฀of฀Alder฀
Street.฀Police฀advised฀the฀oc-
cupants฀to฀keep฀it฀down.
And฀fi฀refi฀ghters฀responded฀
to฀four฀calls฀for฀medical฀as-
sistance฀Wednesday฀morning,฀
four฀on฀Tuesday฀and฀16฀on฀
Monday.
Dispute leads to
shooting in LG
Observer฀Staff
LA GRANDE — One
man was shot in the leg
early Tuesday in La Grande.
The Union County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce in a news release
reported the county’s 911
center at 2:23 a.m. received
a call for assistance from a
26-year-old La Grande man
who said he had a gunshot
wound to his leg.
Law enforcement and
medics responded, and
an ambulance rushed the
victim to Grande Ronde
Hospital, which later
transferred him to an out-
of-area medical facility.
At the time of the news
release, the sheriff’s offi ce
did not identify the victim
nor have information about
his medical condition.
According to the news
release, the victim reported
the shooting occurred
inside his white four-door
2003 Buick LeSabre in
front of the Union County
Fairgrounds, 3604 N. Sec-
ond St. The initial informa-
tion suggests the shooting
was a result of a dispute
between the victim and a
passenger in his vehicle.
The Union County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce is the lead agency
investigating the shooting
with the assistance of La
Grande Police Department,
Oregon State Police and the
Union County District At-
torney’s Offi ce. The investi-
gation is ongoing.
Sheriff Boyd Rasmussen
asked anyone who wit-
nessed or has information
about the shooting to call
the sheriff’s offi ce at 541-
963-1017.
L
Yoga Refresh, taught by
Liv Westenskow, is Mon-
days at 9:10 a.m. This free
weekly class is perfect for
any level.
Ballet Basics for adults is
Tuesdays at 12:10 p.m. This
free drop-in class for begin-
ners explores the fundamen-
tals of ballet to build grace,
strength and fl exibility in a
low-key environment.
Foreign Film Friday this
month is Feb. 14. We will be
screening the 2016 French
romantic comedy “Love in
Paris” at 4 p.m. (Films are
not rated and might not be
suitable for all ages.)
The next Page Turners
book club for adults is at
1 p.m. Feb. 11. The book
for discussion is the 2020
Big Read book, “When the
Emperor Was Divine” by
Julie Otsuka. By telling
the story from the perspec-
tive of fi ve individuals,
Otsuka creates a haunting
and intimate account of
one family’s experience of
the Japanese internment
camps.
Cook Memorial Library
hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday through Thursday,
noon to 6 p.m. Friday, and
noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The library will be closed
Feb. 17, a Monday, in honor
of Presidents’ Day.
Visit us at 2006 Fourth
St., La Grande, or call us
at 541-962-1339. Find out
more at cookmemorial-
library.org and our Face-
book page: Cook Memorial
Library-La Grande, OR.
Rose Peacock oversees adult
services at Cook Memorial
Library, La Grande.
A great place to start a career
UPCOMING FUNERALS
AND VISITATIONS
Sponsored by
P UBLIC S AFETY R EPORT
MONDAY
10:20 a.m. Check out our
GO-STEM kits, part of the
“Greater Oregon Science,
Technology, and Math,”
regional partnership with
EOU. Blocks Rock! STEM
kits are also available.
Children up to 5 years
old can sign up online or
at the library for the Dolly
Parton Imagination Library.
Participants receive a free
book in the mail each month
through their fi fth birthday.
Ready2Learn library cards
also are available for chil-
dren age 5 and younger.
Teen book clubs meet
Thursday. Contact Celine
for details. Writing Circle
is Feb. 13. at 4 p.m. For-
tune Tins will be the iCraft
on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. Teen
events are free and open to
those in middle and high
school.
LA GRANDE — Young
people looking for a good place
to start their careers would be
wise to give Union and Baker
counties a close look.
In a new report, fi nan-
cial technology company
SmartAsset.com, based
in New York City, ranks
Union County as the sixth
best county in Oregon for
a person in the 20-24 age
category to start a career
and Baker second.
Deschutes County was
ranked fi rst. It was followed
after Baker by Morrow,
Clackamas, Marion, Union,
Jefferson, Wasco, Washing-
ton and Douglas counties.
SmartAsset made its
rankings based on the fol-
lowing factors: the unem-
ployment rate for those age
20-24, the net median in-
come, cost of living, purchas-
ing power, income growth
over the past fi ve years and
cost of attending college.
The unemployment
rate in Union County for
those age 20-24 is 7.2%,
tied with Baker County for
second place behind Mor-
row County, which had the
lowest age 20-24 unemploy-
ment rate among the top 10
counties at 6.7%, according
to SmartAsset.
Suzannah Moore-
Hemann, executive director
of the Union County Cham-
ber of Commerce, credits
Union County’s strong show-
ing in the unemployment
category to efforts of employ-
ers to provide job shadowing
opportunities and intern-
ships for students.
“It shows that (local em-
ployers) are strong support-
ers of those starting careers,”
Moore-Hemann said.
In terms of median
income growth over the past
fi ve years, Union County
ranks eighth at 10.6%.
Baker County is seventh at
8.5%, according to the report.
SmartAsset also listed
the cost of living data in its
report, although it was not
used directly in its calcula-
tions for determining the
best places to start a career.
Union County ranked the
second lowest in that cat-
egory at $18,383 per year,
while Baker County had the
lowest cost of living among
the top 10 at $18,359.
Moore-Hemann said
Union County’s low cost of
living is a plus for young
people starting careers
because it “helps those who
are paying off college loans.”
SmartAsset, a company
launched in 2012, uses
fi nancial modeling to give
advice on major fi nancial
decisions. Its new study also
provides information on the
best places to start a career
in all 50 states.
Celebrating “The Goonies” 35th anniversary
Observer Staff
PORTLAND — “The
Goonies” is setting sail for
showings throughout Oregon.
Audiences in 1985 fi rst
went in search of treasure
with a lovable band of
kids from Astoria into the
caves beneath the northern
Oregon coastline and Ecola
State Park. To celebrate
the 35th anniversary of
the fi lm, Oregon Film and
Travel Oregon will offer
public screenings of the
movie Coos Bay, Salem Cin-
ema and Bend and a couple
in Eastern Oregon.
Possibly the most re-
nowned of all fi lms made
in Oregon, “The Goonies”
remains “a seminal experi-
ence for generations of
fi lmgoers and self-described
Goonies around the world
who never say die,” accord-
ing to the news release an-
nouncing the tour. Through-
out each year, thousands of
people come to Astoria to
celebrate the fi lm and the
iconic setting of the movie.”
Locals can catch the fi lm
at the following showings:
•Friday,฀April฀10,฀7฀p.m.฀
at hq, 112 Depot St, La
Grande. The showing is in
partnership with the East-
ern Oregon Film Festival.
•฀Saturday,฀April฀11,฀7฀
p.m. at Churchill School,
3451 Broadway St., Baker
City. The free screening is
fi rst come, fi rst served.
This combined effort and
tour is to support the Oregon
Film Museum and the of-
fi cial Goonies Day in Astoria
celebration June 4-7.
Eastern Oregon, too, has
its connections to Hollywood:
•Director฀by฀F.฀W.฀Murnau฀
in 1928 shot the silent fi lm
“City Girl” in Athena and
Pendleton. The Pendleton
Round-Up Association elect-
ed actress Mary Duncan as
the Round-Up Queen.
•”The฀Lusty฀Men”฀from฀
1952 was shot primarily in
Pendleton and stars Robert
Mitchum as an aging bronc
rider who meets his fate
when his foot gets stuck in
the stirrup after a success-
ful ride at the Pendleton
Round-Up.
•฀The฀western฀“Pillars฀
of the Sky” from 1956 was
shot in La Grande.
•The฀1969฀musical฀“Paint฀
Your Wagon,” starring Clint
Eastwood and Lee Marvin
was shot near Baker City
and may be the most well
known movie production in
Eastern Oregon.
•Cork฀Hubbert฀was฀born฀
in 1952 in Pendleton and act-
ed in movies and TV shows,
including a 1983 episode of
“Magnum, P.I.” and as Brown
Tom in director Ridley Scott’s
1985 fantasy fi lm “Legend.”
He died in 2003.
•Elaine฀Miles฀was฀born฀
in Pendleton and portrayed
Marilyn Whirlwind on the
1990s TV series “Northern
Exposure.” She has contin-
ued to act in fi lms, including
in the 2019 movie “Juanita.”
•The฀1993฀movie฀“Home-
ward Bound: The Incredible
Journey” shot scenes in,
Joseph and Wallowa.
•”Gold฀Rush,”฀fi฀lmed฀seg-
ments in southern Baker
County in 2016.
To see more of this list go
to www.lagrandeobserver.
com.
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