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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021 Adrian at Union, 7 p.m. Imbler at Dufur, 7 p.m. Crane at Powder Valley, 7 p.m. Ione/Arlington at Cove, 7 p.m. Elgin at Wallowa, 7 p.m. Enterprise at Lyle/Wishram/Klickitat, 7 p.m. Elgin at 1A Old Oregon League District Tournament at Baker, TBA ON THE SLATE Friday, Oct. 22 Thursday, Oct. 21 COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL PREP FOOTBALL Warner Paciﬁ c at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Ontario at La Grande, 7 p.m. Joseph at Prairie City/Burnt River, 7 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER PREP VOLLEYBALL Carroll College at Eastern Oregon, 4 p.m. PREP CROSS-COUNTRY Ontario at La Grande, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Imbler, Elgin, Union/Cove at Gold Rush Run- Grant Union, TBA Saturday, Oct. 23 Carroll College at Eastern Oregon, 6:30 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREP VOLLEYBALL Eastern Oregon at MSU-Northern, noon Eastern Oregon at UC Merced, 5 p.m. Ontario at La Grande, 7 p.m. Powder Valley, Cove, Imbler, Joseph, Wallowa, THE OBSERVER — A9 PREP FOOTBALL COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Eastern Oregon at Montana Tech, 2 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Eastern Oregon at Simpson (California), 5 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 5 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Union, Enterprise at 2A Blue Mountain Conference District Tournament, Enterprise, TBA Powder Valley, Cove, Imbler, Joseph, Wallowa, Elgin at 1A Old Oregon League District Tournament at Old Oregon League District Tournament, Baker, TBA LOCAL STANDINGS Powder Valley 4-1 Crane 4-1 Elgin 2-3 Cove 2-4 Wallowa 1-4 Union 0-5 1A Special District 2 West Team League Dufur 4-1 Ione/Arlington 4-2 Imbler 3-2 Enterprise 3-2 Lyle/Wishram/Klickitat 3-2 Pilot Rock 1-4 Sherman/Condon 0-5 1A Special District 4 Team League Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler 7-0 Prairie City/Burnt River 5-1 Joseph 4-2 Echo 4-3 Pine Eagle 3-4 S. Wasco County 3-4 Huntington 1-6 Dayville/Monument 0-7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Frontier Conference Team Rocky Mountain Montana Western College of Idaho Eastern Oregon Southern Oregon Carroll College Montana Tech MSU-Northern League 5-1 4-2 4-2 3-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 0-6 Overall 5-1 5-2 4-2 3-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 0-6 Cascade Collegiate Conference Team League Corban 15-1 Eastern Oregon 14-2 Bushnell 13-3 Oregon Tech 13-3 Northwest 9-7 Evergreen 8-8 LC State 7-9 College of Idaho 7-9 Southern Oregon 6-10 Multnomah 3-13 Warner Paciﬁ c 1-15 Walla Walla 0-16 Overall 21-1 19-5 17-3 17-4 10-11 8-9 12-12 10-14 11-10 4-13 1-18 0-16 COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER PREP VOLLEYBALL Cascade Collegiate Conference Team League Oregon Tech 8-1-0 Corban 8-2-0 Warner Paciﬁ c 7-1-1 Southern Oregon 7-2-0 Northwest 4-4-2 Evergreen 4-4-2 Carroll 4-3-2 College of Idaho 4-4-1 Eastern Oregon 4-5-0 Rocky Mountain 3-4-2 Providence 2-6-1 Multnomah 2-6-1 Bushnell 1-9-0 Walla Walla 0-9-0 4A Greater Oregon League Team League Baker 5-0 La Grande 3-2 McLoughlin 2-3 Ontario 0-5 2A Blue Mountain Conference Team League Stanﬁ eld 11-1 Grant Union 10-2 Union 7-5 Weston-McEwen 7-5 Heppner 4-8 Enterprise 3-9 Pilot Rock 0-12 1A Old Oregon League Team League Joseph 11-0 Powder Valley 10-2 Imbler 10-2 Cove 7-5 Nixyaawii 4-7 Wallowa 4-7 Elgin 4-8 Griswold 2-9 Pine Eagle 0-12 Overall 12-1-0 9-4-0 10-2-1 11-2-0 8-5-2 4-7-2 4-5-2 6-4-1 4-8-0 6-4-3 2-8-1 2-11-1 1-12-0 0-10-1 WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER Cascade Collegiate Conference Team League Oregon Tech 7-1-0 Corban 7-2-0 College of Idaho 7-2-0 Southern Oregon 6-2-0 Eastern Oregon 6-3-0 Northwest 5-2-2 Carroll 4-3-1 Rocky Mountain 4-4-1 Evergreen 3-6-0 Warner Paciﬁ c 2-6-0 Bushnell 2-7-0 Providence 1-8-0 Multnomah 0-8-0 Overall 10-2-0 11-2-0 10-4-0 8-4-1 9-4-0 6-6-3 5-5-1 7-5-2 3-8-1 3-8-0 4-10-0 1-11-0 1-9-0 Make Time. 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PREP GIRLS SOCCER Overall 3-4 4-1 1-5 4A Greater Oregon League Team League La Grande 5-0-0 Ontario 3-1-0 McLoughlin 0-3-1 Baker/Powder Valley 0-4-1 Overall 7-0 Overall 8-2-1 3-7-0 6-4-1 2-9-1 grh.org/BreastCancer Committed to excellence for our readers tion tal Founda nde Hospi Grande Ro MBLE RA GOLF SC & A Meadow Mountains Saturday, September s at 9am Play begin ed Lunch Provid ! PRIZES!! 12 t GRH’s new will benefi Island City Proceeds Clinic in Urgent Care information olf for more .gives/grhg Visit event the Follow us on Good day to $1.50 our valued Ted Blaylock subscriber La pops up in billboards e re th of A tale ber • Septem AY AY-MOND SATURD 5, 2020 • s, the Norman Paullu e Division. But or of the La Grand ns in former direct s Depar tment, spoke Grande remai Work board in La and the organizer r Public . Lives Matte the shadows, for the group addressing a qualit y new Black Matter” behind the “We are s that they “All Lives family value s to billboard said derstanding of the of life and p bring shows a misun President Trum e. We didn’t see ment. peopl BLM move ard supporting the Thompson the Amer ican ership,” Paullus said. By Sabrina up The billbo er solicit memb is based on when the of Trump went The Observ — A new local reelection , Sept. 2, and faces “The group Matter people were LA GRA NDE y where Avenue Wednesday t Black Lives ing. A group of us got put its mone trafﬁ c on Island McAl- group has in an effort to reelec eastbound ection with makes demonstrat started talking about its mouth is y also near the inters ld Trump. together and e all lives matter. The displa the Con- President Dona rned Citizens of ister Road. ghout the how we believ for it — The Conce paid for a bill- people throu wanti ng clear who paid ns of Union County. ty Pretty soon, Coun g about e p 2020” Union cerned Citize rt of La Grand ying “Trum area were talkin board displa blue line ﬂ ag, n as a Allesha Swige /Page 5A izatio organ thin a law n See, Signs the rt of across Orego registered ents suppo 24 with the which repres t. business Aug. State Corporation for emen enforc is responsible Secretary of But whoever Matter” bill- Lives “All the new First Place ______________________________________ web de of La Gran Grande Feature Story - “Team digs into local mystery” by Phil Wright Use of Graphics - “Looking back: Coronavirus in 2020” signs The trio of ring views advocate diffe New look r coming fo old service station son Sabrina Thomp by Staff photo Trump faces ent Donald Union tion of Presid erned Citizens of the reelec al bill- the politic ue. The Conc supporting A billboard trafﬁ c on Island Aven purpose of funding ess with the eastbound new busin display. County, a ased the board, purch or no? Stop or go, salt litics, that aren’t po 19 five matters or COVID- ks Debate on as m s, cial issue religion, so er The Observ Urban La Grande ncy grants Renewal Age haul over $64,200 to er Texaco empty form and — Politics LA GRA NDE standing hot long- d religion are e in the Unite on topics of debat so in an electi s, States, more social movement in mic, and year. Add the pande protests and abound in 2020. and arguments come up, Any of these riled up quick ly. get s- people can effort to start discu So in an much less likely are sions that d, The Observer to get heate to ask some ques- e: Do reached out different natur with tions of a melon water a fan of you like your salt? Are you is what they or without out? Here self check on those and other had to say issues.” “pressing n By Dick Maso er gas — An old LA GRANDE e next summer Grand station in La site for boutique ice could be the d of oil changes and cream instea checks. re tire pressu o station on 1508 been The Texac has which Adams Ave., two years, is set to closed at least help from the La be rebor n with Renewal Agency. esday, Grande Urban y voted Wedn and Karin The agenc grant Gust asing the Sept. 2, to are purch Tsiatsos, who n property, $64,200 Texaco statio convert it into a to help them will feature boutique mercantile center that and coffee ice cream, more. shops and to be named The The site, is projected to cost n, Local Statio ase for $409,000. be a showc “This will downtown,” said of e’s the east end i, La Grand Christine Jarsk opment director, devel economic s gover ning board, to the URA’ La Grande City which is the ed Council. oses had intend The Tsiats renovation that to do a larger included a new hotel would have ent to the old gas sta- tower adjac tion building. ct would have cost That proje the Tsiatsoses and $693,000 o/Page 5A See, Texac The Observ view The Year in Re Inside Years of backyard sewage Lay By Kaleb er a yellow light 1) Stop at ugh? or go thro er, who lives in Dan Cosn north of Elgin, ty Union Coun es one should said he believ at a yellow light. always stop from an insightful He speaks for he is a former perspective driver. school bus it hits yellow you “When stop,” he prepa red to should be just don’t go through Bond light is by Ronald said. “You Staff photo when the an intersection e.” gh? or it to get throu about to chang that the one- the or gunning stopping Cosner said between . Are you yellow econd delay hits an intersection green to two-s it at en from yellow ing a “Wh light chang The light turns h time to take be is not enoug red you should - stop. You risk. that is sufﬁ on e prepared to do not think “I chanc a ugh take thro h to cient enoug gh,” Cosner said. just don’t go when de ion runni ng throu z of La Gran an intersect Inside Nathan Smut through a about to will drive he believes is t he ligh said if the only yellow light h time to do so change.” there is enoug y Grande, safely. r, Union Count ard of La — Dan Cosne Chris Hayw himself as a cau- ibes has who descr r, said he handles “Pineapple tious drive based on the speed this yellow lights no place in is alien ling. trave is It he g fast he is dimension. If he is drivin nue on as I’m likely to conti when far as more fruit he stops . through, but y, which is often let alone concerned, movi ng slowl the last thing he my said at an the web Hayward on a slice of is create havoc Follow us on wants to do . pizza.” intersection der te/Page 5A North Pow Jennings, See, Deba Christopher la Lovely of 2A test popular, Decoration con y keeps busy, 1B Taxi compan criber Ceci valued subs er charges faces murd Elgin man ember AY • Dec THURSD 31, 2020 • $1.50 our Good day to nd salt on Some conte a watermelon Bond by Ronald Staff photo — La Grande ruins the fruit. T US CONTAC 1 541-963-316 section of B r t on the back Full forecas County Majo THE des R Sunday The Union which WEA inclu , es of two charg Crime Team the Union County Tonight 90/56 He now faces er. ers of 4A Mostly sunny murd La Grande 48 LOW X Opinion ........ memb ile. 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Road, outsid Mason was from the Elgin Mason remai resided. The Sheriff’s Ofﬁ cide outside Elgin liams also d Mason into the bail. received aid and La Grande Fire jail on no a double homi f’s ofﬁ ce in a press ofﬁ ce booke ty Correction Fac- Ambulance t. 30, The sherif Union Coun de, at about 6 p.m. esday, Dec. Gary Departmen of release Wedn ulty, La Gran the arrest annou nced 54, of Elgin, for Tuesd ay. n, Otis Maso of Candy K. Wil- the deaths Issue 106 s, 12 pages 2 section , Oregon La Grande COVID-19 e ag relief pack in oﬀ ers hope ty Union Coun n By Dick Maso er ERS ID-19 NUMB AUGUST COV Feature Story Personality - “One step at a time” by Dick Mason Feature Story - “New neighborhood watch helping people cope with crisis” by Dick Mason Business or Economic Story - “Flaunting the freeze” by Kaleb Lay Editorial - Phil Wright Sports Story - “Standout siblings” by Ronald Bond Page One Design - Martha Allen Third Place ______________________________________ Chieftain a County the Wallow Bishop/For Courthouse Ellen Morris wa County sses ens, left, addre Carrie Herm hy listens. assistant coach Dennis Shee basketball organizer Wallowa girls Dec. 28, 2020, while on Monday, — The $900 LA GRANDE relief package D-19 billion COVI ld Trump signed President Dona 27, will provide ty with a Sunday, Dec. Union Coun families in . vital boost , director of Head Robert Kleng University n Orego des Eastern am that provi Start, a progr education to chil- hool e families, free presc lower-incom dren from s this ﬁ rsthand. (in understand of families “The needs is higher than I ty) Union Coun it in the 10 years rn Oregon have ever seen with Easte I have been Head Start,” Kleng University ay, Dec. 29. ge said on Tuesd billion relief packa The $900 ent bene- ploym extends unem ns of Americans, ﬁ ts for millio had expired days ear- ones which beneﬁ ts are a lifeline lier. These e in Union peopl for numerous e 5A See, Relief/Pag The Observ ideas Email story lagrande to news@ . observer.com info More contact 4A. on Page r.com deobserve at lagran - — A years ISLAND CITY en the land- te betwe Island City long dispu resident at ed in vio- lord and a r has result Mobile Mano n’s moratorium acts of lations of Orego threats and on evictions, a pool of backed-up violence and . human waste l began shortly after The ordea a contractor and er, Steve Butch owner, moved into Just mobile home January 2019. he the park in in February, sewage of a month later, to the smell came home his plumbing and leaking from his home. to pooling under a plumber burst Butcher hired pipes his s, then year. Each make repair again, for a ing, pres- again, and plumb his time he ﬁ xed the pipes and broke sure built in g to what he neath the seals, leadin r pond” under called a “sewe his home. continuous “It’s been a time,” quite some problem for Butcher said. again repairing his he After once February 2020, plumbing in er decided to wait and the plumb ng to obser ve what . into the eveni g peak use hours durin happened of human waste When a ﬂ ood ge/Page 5A See, Sewa The Observ Second Place ______________________________________ a crowd of more than 80 people at the Wallo m play’ ‘Please, let the t- sal for a baske . They letter and propo to the OSAA ball season basketball season in ber with proposed a and Decem November that included a max- restrictions spectators at each imum of 45 masks required, or a with gym, game, people in the total of 100 tors allowed and cials with no specta , coaches, ofﬁ the game, only teams essential to and others person who would s Bishop in including a . The proposal also By Ellen Morri a County Chiefta ts, For the Wallow ﬁ lm the game zing the ball and SE — Paren included saniti ENTERPRI and fans of all res. measu es many other sed “COVID-19 of a high players, coach in support The propo be similar to the ages rallied tball and wrestling league” would rn Oregon schools school baske year at the Wallowa viated group of Easte season this house. The hastily Chieftain in the abbre including a County that played the Wallow County Court drew more than season, Bishop/For event ins why ath- “touch” football r and North talks by Ellen Morris scheduled on o Peters expla , Imble and featured ty com- wa, Cove, Elgin athlete Jerich wa County Courthouse 80 people, well as Wallo wa Coun and track Powder as all, basketball to him at the Wallo coaches, Wallo es. Footb athlet and Joseph. and nded to important Enter prise missioners never respo Howe. letics are are considered 2020. The OSAA to Both sports ” and are currently the community is ding ay, Dec. 28, or accor nts Mond to stude the proposal, Mitch Frye con- organizer Denn “contact sports Oregon Health banned “In Wal- the (here),” rally being D-19 they have just ut an Wallowa A.D. banned by Wallowa said. proposal as along. But to the COVI number or Sheehy of season witho sidered the Authority due Oregon School - ty, the total the basketball The ed. lowa Coun cases since the begin sanc- se of .” reject has becau , pandemic. nation OSAA Wal- iation expla COVID-19 pandemic is 76. The izers and Currently, ide “fall” sports sports Activities Assoc Rally organ ent of Schools It is t OK those a statew of football ning of the intend s … is three. rural tioned the ban, canno ing season. Super that death of sting lowa in number emphasized ning in season consi the situation for the upcom organizers and others Tammy Jones d to adhere to rules country begin obvious that Wallowa County is and cross- The rally can allow the schools wante health. e counties like from counties like February. playing foot- hope a chang played. ent for safety and to be sure that what- obvious that not a viable very differ or Marion that have “It’s want sports to be ve other states have is keep “We ary ations.” Multnomah we open, we ball in Febru “Thirty-ﬁ l sports,” density popul ever seasons ies safe,” Jones g high schoo very high- mber, the athletic /Page 5A been playin Howe, Wallowa High See, Rally kids and famil wa In Septe all three Wallo said David pal and girls bas- e- said. directors at schools submitted a a one-measur ying School princi . “They haven’t “Appl ls across County high to all schoo ketball coach problems. If OSAA ﬁ ts-all rule not make sense T US ideas experienced a reason for not CONTAC the state does Email story us lagrande could give to play, I could go to news@ of B section . t on the back allowing us observer.com Wallowa Rally supports tes athle County prep ing sports who are miss R WEATHE INDEX ....... 1B Business ...... 2B Classified 5B Comics .......... .... 2B Crossword ............ 8A .... 6B World ies ..... 3A Dear Abby .... 2B Obituar ......... 4A Horoscope 2A Opinion l ........ 6A Lottery........... 7A Spiritua Nation ........... AY SATURD Full forecas 1 541-963-316 Friday Tonight 38/30 28 LOW Mostly cloudy Patchy clouds FOR GOOD? 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