RECORDS AND MORE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
COMMUNITY
Meetings
• IMBLER — The Imbler
School District Board of
Directors will meet for a reg-
ular session Tuesday, Aug.
11, at 7 p.m. in Room 1 of the
High School. New business
includes the suicide preven-
tion plan, and old business
will cover the Imbler Virtual
Academy. The public is wel-
come to attend all open ses-
sions of the Imbler School
Board.
• LA GRANDE — The Board
of Directors of the La Grande
School District will con-
vene for a regular ses-
sion Wednesday, Aug. 12,
at 7 p.m. Due to social dis-
tancing, the meeting will be
available online, by phone
and on by the Blue Mountain
Translator District. See the
agenda at www.lagrandesd.
org for meeting access infor-
mation. Action items on the
agenda include a meal price
increase, the reopening plan
and changes to the 2020-2021
school district calendar.
• UNION — The Union Rural
Fire Protection District will
have its monthly board
meeting Tuesday, Aug. 17, at
6 p.m. at the fi re hall. For more
information, contact Kim
George, Union RFPD clerk, at
541-910-3114.
Briefs
Eagle Cap Shooters host
Saturday matches
ENTERPRISE — The Eagle
Cap Shooters Association is
planning a long-range pre-
cision rifl e match Saturday,
Aug. 8, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Shooters will compete in
multiple stages, shooting
steel targets from different
fi ring positions at varying
distances out to 1,000 yards.
Register Friday, Aug. 7,
at 7 p.m., or when the gate
opens at 7 a.m. Saturday.
Dry camping is available
(vault toilet and potable
water on site). Lunch on
Saturday will be provided.
The club hosts vari-
ous shooting events on
most Saturdays. Also, an
open range day, at which
non-members can shoot for
$15, will run from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16.
Events are held at the Eagle
Cap Shooters Range 7 miles
north of Enterprise (from
Highway 3, turn right on Ant
Flat Road and drive 1 mile
farther). For more informa-
tion, go to www.eaglecap-
shooters.com.
Join Community
Connection’s advisory
council
LA GRANDE — Commu-
nity Connection, based in La
Grande, is seeking seniors or
people who provide services
to seniors to join its advisory
council. The council meets
every other month and
makes recommendations to
Community Connection on
the services it provides to
seniors. Call 541-963-7532
for more details and an
application.
OBITUARIES
Phyllis M. (Young)
Williams
1936-2020 • Island City
Phyllis Marie Williams,
83, of Island City, died Aug.
2 at her residence. No ser-
vice is planned at this time.
Phyllis was born Nov.
17, 1936, in
Condon, to
Walton and
Charlotte
(Bottemiller)
Young. She
resided in Pueblo, Colorado;
Germany, Pennsylvania;
Illinois, Iowa and Mon-
tana; and Island City. She
graduated from Hermiston
High School in 1955 and
then attended Monmouth
University/North Western
Oregon University for two
years. She married Elvin
Williams.
Phyllis was a devoted
wife and mother. She
enjoyed crafting, sewing,
camping, fi shing and tennis.
She was a member of the
Good Sam Club.
Surviving relatives
include her husband, Elvin;
children and their spouses,
Elvin Jr. “Bud” and Lynn
Williams of Spring, Texas,
Cathleen and Neal Dietz of
Sunrise, Florida, and David
Williams of La Grande;
brother and sister-in-law,
Russell and Barbara Young
of Roseville, California;
14 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren; and
many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
Walton and Charlotte;
brother, Art Young; and
grandson, Cody Williams.
Online condolences may
be made at www.loveland-
funeralchapel.com.
E. Kay (Sutt on) Munsell
1927-2019 • Formerly of La Grande
E. Kay Munsell, 92, for-
merly of La Grande, died
Dec. 23, 2019, at St. Luke’s
Medical Center in Meridian,
Idaho. Due to the pandemic,
services were
canceled. A
private inter-
ment was held
at Grandview
Cemetery in La
Grande, where she was laid
to rest with her husband,
Roy.
Known as Kay, she was
born on Feb. 13, 1927, in
Intake, Montana, to Ear-
nest and Hazel Sutton. She
married Don McClain and
had three children: Mike,
Ken and Peggy. On April
10, 1965, Kay married Roy
Munsell and added to her
family Luci and Becky.
Kay worked as a secre-
tary for the Forest Service
Upcoming
local
services
She was preceded in
death by her parents; hus-
band, Roy Munsell; sister,
Enid Wilson; and brothers,
Walt Sutton, Keven Sutton
and David Sutton.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Lorna M. (Saling)
Hearing
Aug. 7 — LORNA
HEARING: 11 a.m. grave-
side service; Grandview
Cemetery, La Grande.
Aug. 15 — PAUL
WAGONER: 11 a.m.
celebration of life, Indian
Rock; casual dress pre-
ferred.
Aug. 22 — STAN CASE:
10 a.m. celebration of
life, Case arena at 64066
Booth Lane, La Grande;
masks and social dis-
tancing required; watch
the livestream at www.
lovelandfuneralchapel.
com (click on “Funeral
Videos” near bottom of
page).
Aug. 29 — MIKE MAY:
4 p.m. memorial service,
Riverside Park Pavilion,
La Grande; please wear
masks and respect social
distancing.d respect
social distancing.
— Calendar
courtesy of Loveland
Funeral Chapel,
La Grande
until she remarried, then
she was the bookkeeper for
Munsell Logging. When
she and Roy retired from
logging, they purchased
a farm in Adrian, where
they raised cows and sheep,
grew hay and corn crops
and had a large garden.
They enjoyed traveling in
their fi fth wheel to many
states and countries.
Kay loved to quilt. It was
her passion to bless all of her
family with their own quilts.
Those who have one cherish
all of her heart and soul that
went into making it.
Surviving relatives
include her sister, Marie
Downing; sisters-in-law,
Helen Sutton and Velda
Sutton of Amboy, Wash-
ington; children and their
spouses, Mike and Rollean
McClain of Nyssa, Ken and
Brenda McClain of Gaines-
ville, Georgia, Peggy and
Kelly Johns of Longmont,
Colorado, Luci and Lynn
Brown of Seattle, Wash-
ington, and Becky and Don
Seely of Spokane, Wash-
ington; 12 grandchildren
and 22 great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and
nephews, including Danny
Munsell of New York.
Lorna Mae Hearing, 83,
a lifetime resident of La
Grande, died July 18 at St.
Anthony Hospital in Pend-
leton. A graveside ser-
vice will be
held Aug. 7 at
11 a.m. at the
Grandview
Cemetery.
Arrangements
are by Dan-
iels-Knopp Funeral, Cre-
mation & Life Celebration
Center.
Lorna was born Feb. 10,
1937, in La Grande, to Elvin
C. and Estella Mae (Ellis)
Saling. When she was 12,
she began working on farms
in Alicel. She graduated
from Imbler High School
with the class of 1955.
Lorna worked as a tele-
phone operator for Western
and General Telephone
from 1955 until 1975. She
bartended for the Eagles
Lodge for 23 years until
they closed. A member of
the La Grande Eagles Aux-
iliary, Lorna served as pres-
ident three times. She was
also a member of the Amer-
ican Legion Auxiliary and
the Grande Ronde Hospital
Auxiliary. Lorna enjoyed
fi shing, hunting, camping
and sewing.
Surviving relatives
include her son, Francis
Rodney “Rod” Scott of La
Grande; one grandson and
three great-grandchildren;
and half sister, Edna Smith
of McMinnville.
She was preceded in
death by her siblings,
John Sailing and Maxine
Smith, and aunt, Mildred
Finstermaker.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Blue
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
TUESDAY, AUG. 4
1:50 a.m. — The Union Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Offi ce responded to
of a minor, six counts of sexual
misconduct and two counts of
third-degree sexual abuse. He
served fi ve years probation for
the crimes.
1:56 p.m. — A La Grande res-
ident on the 2200 block of Jakob
Avenue asked police to contact
a person who threatened to
damage property. The police
department will provide extra
patrols in the neighborhood.
5:36 p.m. — La Grande police
receive a report of vandalism to
a vehicle on the 2600 block of
Fourth Street.
10:49 p.m. — An Elgin caller
complained about noise at a
residence on the 300 block of
North 10th Avenue.
11:14 p.m. — The Union
County Sheriff’s Offi ce received
a complaint about an ongoing
problem of loud music at a res-
idence on the 400 block of West
Grande Street, Union.
Oregon State Police recent
citations and arrests
Wednesday, July 29 — Gene
Francis Haselhorst, 68, of La
Grande, for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants.
Cove
Stanley “Stan” W. Case,
67, of Cove, died Aug. 2 at
his residence. A celebra-
tion of his life will be held
Aug. 22 at 10 a.m. at the
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August is
‘Hearing Health
Awareness Month’
Audiology & Hearing Aid Associates is flying the
flag for raising local awareness of healthy hearing
48 million
Americans have a
significant hearing loss
1 out of 3
people over
age 65
People with hearing loss
wait an average
of 7 years
before seeking help
14% of those
aged 45-64
have some degree
of hearing loss
have some type of
hearing loss
2 out of 3
people over 75
15 million people
have a hearing loss
in the United States
with hearing loss avoid
seeking help
If you are
concerned about a
friend or loved one
with a hearing loss,
then August is the
month to start the
conversation about
health hearing.
Schedule your
complimentary
hearing screening
today
Call 541-612-7555
Visit lagrandehearing.org
Call or text 541-612-7555
upon arrival, our waiting
room is closed. You will
be asked to complete a
pandemic screening form
upon your avvival.
As we have always done, Wallowa County districts will provide
students with a high quality, safe education during the 2020-2021
school year. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and under the mandate of
Governor Brown, all public and private schools will open this fall using
one of the following learning environments:
• On-site/In-person
• Comprehensive Distance Learning
• Hybrid (combination of the two)
To hold in-person instruction, our county and state must meet
certain metrics established by Governor Brown that reflect COVID-19
rates of residents. Based on the first set of metrics presented by Gov.
Brown, Wallowa County does not meet the criteria for offering in-person
instruction. It is each of our district’s goal and highest priority to hold
on-site, in-person instruction on a consistent basis, while providing for
and protecting the health and safety of students and staff.
If a county is close to meeting metrics and schools meet certain
additional criteria, there may be exceptions that allow a school to hold
on-site instruction.
We continue to invest resources to meet the learning needs of all our
students regardless of the learning environment a school is in. In every
learning environment, Wallowa County schools will:
• Continue to focus on student identity, belonging, care, connec-
tion, well-being, and mental, social and emotional health;
• Actively engage and nurture relationships with students, families
and community;
• Center equity in all efforts with parents and caregivers;
• Provide high quality, well-rounded learning opportunities; and
• Encourage, support, and provide opportunities for active collab-
oration and communication between school leaders, teachers and all
local staff.
If comprehensive distance learning is the fall opening model
mandated, it will be a planned response and will look very different
than it did in Spring 2020. Wallowa County students will have access
to rigorous, standards-based, grade-level educational materials and
interaction with a teacher skillfully guiding their educational experience.
Attendance will be taken and grades earned in addition to other
accountability measures families are accustomed to. Our staff learned a
lot from the experience this past spring and are prepared to do whatever
it takes to be ready.
Meals (breakfast and lunch) will continue to be provided to students
regardless of the learning environment they are in.
Much could change between now and our opening dates. We will
monitor health metrics and will continue to work closely with our
families to collaborate around instructional models being considered.
Families will continue to receive updates and information as further
guidance comes out and metrics change.
We will continue to advocate with local and state officials for metrics
to appropriately represent and manage the COVID-19 risk for Wallowa
County residents.
We honor and value each opportunity to educate Wallowa County
kids. Please help us achieve our goal of holding on-site instruction for
our students this school year by following the guidelines outlined by
the Oregon Health Authority to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Thank you for your support – we are proud to represent public ed-
ucation in Wallowa County. Please contact your district superintendent
with questions, comments or concerns.
Photo by Ellen Morris Bishop/EO Media Group
a report of a person in mental or
emotional duress in Island City.
A deputy talked to the person
suffering the crisis and provided
the person with a ride.
9:18 a.m. — Union County
sheriff’s deputies responded to
an address in North Powder for
a person who may have been
mentally ill. A deputy gave the
person a ride back to Haines.
12:53 p.m. — A Union County
sheriff’s deputy stopped at
Highway 82 and Alicel Lane,
near Imbler, to assist a motorist
with a fl at tire. The person said
they had help en route.
1:24 p.m. — The Union
County Sheriff’s Offi ce arrested
Joseph Ainsworth, 39, of Elgin,
for four counts of fourth-degree
assault, four counts of third-de-
gree sexual abuse, three counts
of fi rst-degree sexual abuse and
three counts of unlawful sexual
penetration.
State court records show
Ainsworth in 2000 faced 20
counts of sexual crimes when
he lived in Echo. He pleaded
guilty to six counts of contrib-
uting to the sexual delinquency
Stanley W. Case
Case arena at 64066 Booth
Lane, La Grande. Masks
and social distancing are
required. The service will
be livestreamed for those
who cannot attend. (Go
to lovelandfuneralchapel.
com and click on “Funeral
Videos” near the bottom of
the home page just before
10 a.m.)
Education in the fall
Marshall Sturgill
and his daughter,
Sophie, listen to
directions from
Wallowa Lake
Marina staffer
Finn Booth before
setting off recently
on a paddle. His
wife, Nicole, and
daughter,
MacKenzie, rented
another kayak
and paddled with
them.
7:02 a.m. — A caller reported
fi nding an owl at Seventh Street
and Penn Avenue, La Grande.
The animal enforcement offi cer
responded but no one was at
the location.
9:31 a.m. — A caller report-
ed horses on the loose at the
Elgin Stampede Grounds, 71112
Highway 82. A Union County
sheriff’s deputy responded and
helped resolve the problem.
4:13 p.m. — La Grande police
responded to the 1500 block of
Fifth Street for a disturbance
and separated the parties
involved.
5:57 p.m. — A caller reported
a domestic disturbance at Riv-
erside Park, La Grande. Police
responded and broke it up.
8:13 p.m. — La Grande police
received a report of possible
child neglect.
10:14 p.m. — A Union
resident reported receiving
harassing phone calls.
Mountain Humane Associ-
ation, 3212 Highway 30, La
Grande 97850.
1937-2020 • La Grande
Paddling away on Wallowa Lake
MONDAY, AUG. 3
THE OBSERVER — 3A
Erika Pinkerton
Enterprise School
District
541-426-3812
epinkerton@enterprise.k12.or.us
Lance Homan
Joseph School
District
541-432-7311
Lance.homan@staff.josephcharter.org
Tammy Jones
Wallowa School
District
541-886-2061
tsjones@wallowa.k12.or.us
Karen Patton
Troy/Wallowa Education
Service District
541-426-7600
kpatton@r18esd.org