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TODAY
Today is Thursday, June 4,
the 156th day of 2020. There
are 210 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On June 4, 1998, a federal
judge sentenced Terry Nich-
ols to life in prison for his
role in the 1995 bombing of
the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building in Oklahoma City.
ON THIS DATE
In 1812, the Louisiana
Territory was renamed the
Missouri Territory, to avoid
confusion with the recently
admitted state of Louisiana.
The U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives approved, 79-49,
a declaration of war against
Britain.
In 1919, Congress ap-
proved the 19th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution,
guaranteeing citizens the
right to vote regardless of
their gender, and sent it to
the states for ratifi cation.
In 1939, the German
ocean liner MS St. Louis,
carrying more than 900
Jewish refugees from
Germany, was turned away
from the Florida coast by
U.S. offi cials.
In 1940, during World War
II, the Allied military evacua-
tion of some 338,000 troops
from Dunkirk, France, ended.
British Prime Minister Win-
ston Churchill declared: “We
shall fi ght on the beaches,
we shall fi ght on the landing
grounds, we shall fi ght in
the fi elds and in the streets,
we shall fi ght in the hills; we
shall never surrender.”
In 1942, the World War
II Battle of Midway began,
resulting in a decisive
American victory against
Japan and marking the
turning point of the war in
the Pacifi c.
In 1944, U-505, a German
submarine, was captured
by a U.S. Navy task group
in the south Atlantic; it was
the fi rst such capture of an
enemy vessel at sea by the
U.S. Navy since the War of
1812. The U.S. Fifth Army
began liberating Rome.
In 1972, a jury in San
Jose, California, acquitted
radical activist Angela Davis
of murder and kidnapping
for her alleged connection
to a deadly courthouse
shootout in Marin County
in 1970.
In 1985, the Supreme
Court upheld a lower court
ruling striking down an
Alabama law providing for
a daily minute of silence in
public schools.
In 1986, Jonathan Jay
Pollard, a former U.S. Navy
intelligence analyst, pleaded
guilty in Washington to con-
spiring to deliver informa-
tion related to the national
defense to Israel. (Pollard,
sentenced to life in prison,
was released on parole on
Nov. 20, 2015.)
In 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian
carried out his fi rst publicly
assisted suicide, helping
Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old
Alzheimer’s patient from
Portland, Oregon, end her
life in Oakland County,
Michigan.
In 2000, President
Bill Clinton and Russian
President Putin ended their
summit by conceding differ-
ences on missile defense,
agreeing to dispose of
weapons-grade plutonium
and pledging early warn-
ing of missile and space
launches.
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TODAY’S QUOTE
“If America forgets where
she came from, if the people
lose sight of what brought
them along, if she listens to
the deniers and mockers,
then will begin the rot and
dissolution.”
— Carl Sandburg, Ameri-
can writer (1878-1967)
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
LOCAL
PHASE 2
PROTEST
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that bring in the diversity
will show the red city that
we shouldn’t be separated.
I’ve seen city folks, busi-
ness owners, open up and
talk to the college kids.”
While social dis-
tancing guidelines to
stay 6 feet apart to help
curtail the spread of the
coronavirus went out the
window at the gathering,
the majority donned face
masks.
The protesters’ chants
included, “I can’t breathe”
and “Black lives matter,”
much like many across
the nation, and also yelled
messages of equality —
“we all bleed red” and
“we are one” among them.
About midway through
the rally, they marched to
the corner of Island and
Adams before returning
to city hall, where drivers
largely supporting the rally
and honked their vehicle
horns.
“We’re just ready to
see change, especially
within our own commu-
nity,” EOU student Josie
Shea said. “We want to
see everyone feel loved,
everyone feels accepted,
regardless of their race,
color, gender, etcetera.
We’re here to make a
change.”
Shea said the support
from passers-by and from
the protest itself was a
huge positive.
“So much community.
So much respect. There
have been a few that don’t
support, and it’s obvious,
but the ones that do, it’s
great. We’ve seen coaches,
teachers, staff, tons of dif-
ferent people from EOU
out here.”
James Kelly, another
La Grande resident at the
protest, commented on
equality being present
between people on either
side of any dividing issue
in the country, even if they
don’t notice it.
“I think people that
are on different sides of
the fence have more in
common than they like
to (admit). I think that’s
it,” he said. “We all want
freedom. We all want to
have the ability to speak
our mind. That’s the
shows one case is active.
Wallowa County has had
only two cases, and one of
those active. The state added
that case to the county May
23.
According to data on the
Oregon Health Authority
website, Union County is
meeting all of the previous
prerequisites — whether
part of the overall state num-
bers, region numbers or
individual county numbers.
The entire state currently is
below the threshold of emer-
gency department visits for
COVID-19-like illnesses,
which is to be “less than
the history average for fl u.”
Meanwhile, the county itself
has the adequate number of
contact tracers, while the
region Union County is in is
continuing to meet require-
ments for testing capability
and managing a surge in
hospitalizations should one
arise.
Additionally, Union
County is meeting the
requirements of contact
tracing new cases and not
having an increase of more
than 5% in the previous
seven days.
Currently, the only cri-
teria Wallowa County does
not meet, according to the
OHA website, is for having
fewer than 30% of new
cases not contact traced to
a known source over a sev-
en-day period. The factors,
though, were last updated
May 27, and the county
would be a week past the
cutoff for that criteria by
June 5.
Staff photo by Ronald Bond
Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday at La Grande City
Hall for a racial equality protest.
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starting point. Because
we don’t agree doesn’t
mean we should close our
ears. That’s what hap-
pens now. I think we’re
in a very divisive time in
America, but I think upris-
ings like this are emblem-
atic of a different problem.
If we can’t come together
and fi nd common ground,
we’re screwed, that’s what
I think. We’re not going
to always agree, but I do
believe that if we can’t
fi nd common ground and
fi nd some semblance of
civility, then our democra-
cy’s in trouble.”
One man with with
a rifl e slung on his back
confronted and instigated
the protesters. The clash
at moments became testy
between him and a few
protesters, despite efforts
of police and other indi-
viduals to diffuse the sit-
uation, and boiled over,
leading to his arrest on a
charge of disorderly con-
duct. Police did not arrest
any protestors, and nobody
was injured.
One other tense
moment came late in the
evening.
A group of armed
residents arrived at the
Cook Memorial Library,
diagonal to city hall,
and expressed concerns
related to rumors that rad-
icals or members of the
group Antifa was possibly
infi ltrating the group.
That group eschewed
social distancing and
masks. They said they did
not want to see the pro-
test turned to riot, as as
happen in some big cities,
including Portland. Even-
tually, members from
both sides crossed to the
other to engage in conver-
sation and diffuse much
of the angst.
There was graffi ti at the
Island Avenue underpass,
and La Grande police Lt.
Jason Hays said it appears
linked to the protest
“because it is all related to
the stuff at the protest.”
“Black lives matter”
and “no justice, no peace”
were among the slogans
in spray paint. Police do
not have a suspect, but an
investigation is ongoing.
“That was the only
place that we found graf-
fi ti,” Hays said. “I got a
call on this really early
this morning, thinking
it’s going to be all over
the place. It is defi nitely
connected to the protest.
As far as graffi ti goes, it
seems to be isolated.”
Many protesters said for
change to happen, conver-
sations need to take place
beyond Tuesday.
We have to keep peace-
fully protesting,” Thayer
said. “We have to keep it
peaceful. Violence is not
the answer. It is never the
answer.”
“Don’t stop talking
about it,” EOU student
Kelsey Ranger said. “It
starts at home, so we need
to teach at home that this
is not OK. Stand up for
everybody. Don’t let it
go. Stand up for what you
believe in.”
Added Kelly: “Let’s
hope this moment is a cat-
alyst for change. This has
been a long time coming.”
nating activity for their 12
years of school,” Greif said.
There was a sense of
longing for tradition from
the seniors. Several said
walking across the stage
to receive their diplomas
was something they had
been looking forward to for
years.
“It sucks we don’t get
the graduation we planned
on having at the beginning
of the year,” graduate Ty
Hammond said. “COVID
ruined it, but at least we
have what we are having
and I am able to still have
friends around and my
family supporting me.”
ELGIN
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distancing guidelines due
to coronavirus concerns,
the school closed the com-
mencement to the general
public and limited families
and supporters to groups
of 25.
They and the graduates
had to stay at their cars,
and Elgin Superintendent
and High School Principal
Dianne Greif went around
to the cars to hand gradu-
ates their diplomas.
“I believe our students
needed to have a culmi-
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He fears the fl ooding
may be worse than it
appears since it can’t be seen
from a distance. Merrigan
said he cannot believe Union
County has been hit with
two major fl oods in such a
sport span.
“Farmers must feel like
they have a target on their
backs,” he said.
Phil Hassinger’s 1,200-
acre family farm, 7 miles
northwest of Cove and oper-
ated by his sons Jed and
Seth, is among those the
fl ooding hit hard.
The Hassinger farm’s
levy along Catherine Creek
began to collapse the
morning of Sunday, May
24, threatening to ravage
an 80-acre fi eld that had a
50-acre peppermint crop.
Phil Hassinger learned of
the breach from son Jed.
“Early Sunday morning
Jed raced, on his motor-
cycle, from an area of the
levee that contained a weak
spot. I knew from his body
language we were in trouble.
Jed confi rmed that a breach
in the levee was pouring
at least 50,000 gallons of
water each minute onto the
vulnerable mint crop,” Phil
Hassinger said.
There was no time to
spare.
“It was 7:30 a.m. We
knew if we didn’t do some-
thing quickly we would lose
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