LOCAL
A2 — THE OBSERVER
TODAY
In 1521, Spanish conqueror Her-
nando Cortez captured Tenoch-
titla, present-day Mexico City, from
the Aztecs.
In 1792, French revolutionaries
imprisoned the royal family.
In 1846, the American flag was
raised in Los Angeles for the first
time.
In 1889, William Gray of Hart-
ford, Connecticut, received
a patent for a coin-operated
telephone.
In 1910, Florence Nightingale,
the founder of modern nursing,
died in London at age 90.
In 1932, Adolf Hitler rejected the
post of vice chancellor of Germany,
saying he was prepared to hold
out “for all or nothing.”
In 1960, the first two-way tele-
phone conversation by satellite
took place with the help of Echo 1.
In 1961, East Germany sealed
off the border between Berlin’s
eastern and western sectors before
building a wall that would divide
the city for the next 28 years.
In 1995, Baseball Hall of Famer
Mickey Mantle died at a Dallas
hospital of rapidly spreading liver
cancer; he was 63.
In 2003, Iraq began pumping
crude oil from its northern oil fields
for the first time since the start of
the war. Libya agreed to set up a
$2.7 billion fund for families of the
270 people killed in the 1988 Pan
Am bombing.
In 2004, TV chef Julia Child died
in Montecito, California, two days
short of her 92nd birthday.
In 2011, seven people were
killed when a stage collapsed at
the Indiana State Fair during a
powerful storm just before a con-
cert was to begin. In eastern Paki-
stan, al-Qaida gunmen kidnapped
an American development expert,
Warren Weinstein. (Weinstein was
killed in a U.S. drone strike in Jan.
2015.)
In 2020, in an interview on
Fox Business Network, President
Donald Trump acknowledged that
he was starving the U.S. Postal Ser-
vice of money in order to make
it harder to process an expected
surge of mail-in ballots. Israel
and the United Arab Emirates
announced that they were estab-
lishing full diplomatic relations
in a deal brokered by the U.S.; it
required Israel to halt its plan to
annex occupied West Bank land
sought by the Palestinians.
Today’s Birthdays: Former U.S.
Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders
is 89. Actor Kevin Tighe is 78. U.S.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is
76. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is
74. High wire aerialist Philippe Petit
is 73. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby
Clarke is 73. Golf Hall of Famer
Betsy King is 67. Movie director
Paul Greengrass is 67. Actor Danny
Bonaduce is 63. TV weatherman
Sam Champion is 61. Actor Dawnn
(correct) Lewis is 61. Actor John
Slattery is 60. Actor Debi Mazar is
58. Actor Quinn Cummings is 55.
Actor Seana Kofoed is 52. Country
singer Andy Griggs is 49. Actor
Gregory Fitoussi is 46. Country
musician Mike Melancon (Emerson
Drive) is 44. Actor Kathryn Fiore is
43. Former White House press sec-
retary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
is 40. Actor Sebastian Stan is 40.
Actor Eme Ikwuakor is 38. Pop-rock
singer James Morrison is 38. Actor
Lennon Stella is 23.
CORRECTION
The Page A5 story
“Neighbors on 20th
Street win summer beau-
tification awards,” pub-
lished Thursday, Aug.
11, misstated the roles
of Jenny Coles and Jody
Hafer at Jenesis Salon,
La Grande. Coles is the
owner, and Hafer is an
independent stylist with
the salon.
CORRECTIONS
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SaTuRday, auguST 13, 2022
Trice saluted by former Oregon governor
Ted Kulongoski
honors the late
Special Olympics
coach Doug Trice
The Observer
Union County
reports 123 new
cases of COVID-19
The Observer, File
Doug Trice, who passed away in 2020, was honored in a tribute by former Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
Trice was a well-respected Special Olympics coach in Union County.
remember him as a Black
man who made a differ-
ence across cultures,”
Kulongoski said.
Kulongoski recorded
his tribute at the request of
Trice’s sister, Gwen, who
is a friend of Kulongoski’s
wife, Mary Oberst. Gwen
Trice said her brother
would have been deeply
honored to hear the former
governor’s tribute.
“Doug would have been
absolutely overwhelmed,”
she said.
HOW TO WATCH
To watch the video tribute
visit, https://bit.ly/3bLRNhN
Trice died May 6, 2020,
at age 68.
Cove City Council passes ordinance
banning psilocybin within city limits
Voters will have
the final say on
November ballot
By ISABELLA CROWLEY
The Observer
COVE — The Cove
City Council unanimously
approved an ordinance
banning psilocybin service
facilities and psilocybin
manufacturing within
city limits during a spe-
cial session on Aug. 9, and
passed a resolution refer-
ring approval of the ban
to voters on the upcoming
November ballot.
Oregon voters passed
Ballot Measure 109 in
November 2020. At the
time, 67% of Cove voters
opposed the measure with
132 voters in favor of Mea-
sure 109 and 277 against
the measure.
“I’m all for referring it
to the voters and I believe
they will ban it,” said
Matt McCowan, council
president.
Similar sentiments were
shared by all members of
the council. In the lan-
guage of the ordinances,
the city council addressed
worries that the Oregon
Health Authority had not
yet finalized how facili-
ties would be licensed and
operated, which led the
council to consider the
ban.
Although no residents
attended the special ses-
sion, Mayor Sherry Haeger
said that she spoke with
several people throughout
the week who expressed
concerns about psilocybin
and supported the ban.
“We’re giving the
people of the city a chance
to have their voices heard,”
she said.
Cove residents will
have another opportunity
to ban psilocybin during
the November election.
Cove joins the La
Grande City Council and
Union County Board of
Commissioners in asking
their voters to consider
banning the psychedelic
drug from being sold in
the county’s unincor-
porated areas before a
state-managed system
takes effect in January.
The La Grande City
Council declared an emer-
gency on Aug. 3 in order
to refer an ordinance ban-
ning psilocybin service
centers within La Grande
city limits to voters, while
the Union County Board of
Commissioners voted on
Aug. 3 to refer a proposed
ordinance to ban prohibit
the sale and manufacturing
of psilocybin products in
unincorporated portions of
the county.
Law enforcement: Infant still missing from La Grande
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Goat wounded by
wolves near Lostine
WALLOWA COUNTY
— An adult female goat
was wounded in a wolf
attack by members of the
Bear Creek Pack in the
Allen Canyon area of Wal-
lowa County, the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife reported Friday,
Aug. 5.
ODFW’s report stated
that the attack occurred the
previous evening when the
livestock owner had gath-
ered his flock from a private
pasture and noticed one
animal was missing.
The missing ewe goat
returned the following day
with partially healed inju-
ries consistent with wolf
attacks. The injuries were
on both hind legs, ODFW
reported.
Allen Canyon is between
Wallowa and Lostine south
of Highway 82.
By DICK MASON
LA GRANDE — Ted
Kulongoski, Oregon’s gov-
ernor from 2003 to 2011,
has recorded a tribute hon-
oring La Grande’s Doug
Trice, the late award-win-
ning Special Olympics
coach and a hall of fame
athlete.
Kulongoski, in his
tribute posted on YouTube,
credits Trice with doing
extraordinary work as a
Special Olympics coach.
Trice was
so respected
for his vol-
unteer work
with Special
Olympic ath-
letes that he
Kulongoski was named
an assistant
coach for Team USA at the
World Games in Shanghai,
China, in 2007. That same
year, he received a Gov-
ernor’s Gold Award from
Kulongoski for his work
with the Special Olympics.
Four years later, Trice was
selected as a Special Olym-
pics coach for Team USA
in Athens, Greece.
Kulongoski also praised
Trice for his work as a
youth baseball and softball
coach.
“Lessons Doug taught
in youth sports are life-
long lessons for these kids
in resilience, dedication,
grace in winning and espe-
cially grace in defeat,”
Kulongoski said in the
tribute.
The former governor,
who lives in Portland, also
praises Trice for his overall
contributions to the North-
east Oregon community.
“Doug made life better
for so many people,’’
Kulongoski said.
The former governor,
toward the end of his pre-
sentation, credits Trice
with being someone who
could connect with people
of different backgrounds.
“I want to personally
IN BRIEF
Mother says she has
done nothing wrong
By ISABELLA CROWLEY
The Observer
LA GRANDE — The where-
abouts of a 3-month-old boy are
still unknown after he was reported
missing from La Grande by the
Oregon Department of Human
Services.
Officials believe that the infant,
Oakley Miller, went missing with
his mother, McKinzie Simonis, on
Wednesday, Aug. 3.
Simonis is believed to be trav-
eling with Oakley is a silver Mit-
subishi Lancer with Washington
license plates, according to an
updated alert released on Thursday,
Aug. 11. The Oregon Department of
Human Services believes they may
be in Union or Baker counties, pos-
sibly in North Powder, Halfway or
Huntington.
“Oakley is not missing!
are doing so for the safety
I haven’t done anything,”
of that child.
Simonis wrote in an email
“Now they don’t know
to The Observer.
where the child is at, don’t
According to Union
know where the mother is
County Sheriff Cody
at, that just intensifies it,”
Bowen, Oakley was sup-
the sheriff said.
posed to be turned over
Due to federal child
Oregon
to Child Protective Ser-
privacy laws, the Oregon
vices and law enforcement Department of
Department of Human Ser-
Human Services
vices is unable to disclose
believe Simonis took off
and local law
any additional information
with the infant.
enforcement is
outside of what was shared
According to Simonis,
in the press releases.
she has been clean for over searching for
Oakley Miller,
The sheriff’s office is
a year and her local child
who went missing
actively investigating and
protective services did not
searching for Oakley. Offi-
have any concerns for Oak- with his mother,
McKinzie Simonis,
ley’s well being. Simonis
cers are checking known
on Wednesday,
said she told Oregon child
locations, speaking with
protective services that she Aug. 3, 2022.
family members and fol-
lowing all leads.
wanted an attorney present.
Oakley has blond hair
“My son is fine! He’s a
breastfeeding 3-month-old that wears and blue eyes. Anyone who has
knowledge of Oakley’s whereabouts
6-month old clothing and is happier
or believes they have seen him are
than any other baby,” she wrote.
encouraged to contact the sheriff’s
Bowen said that anytime CPS
looks to take custody of a child they
office.
SALEM — The
Oregon Health Authority
reported 15,716 new
cases of COVID-19 from
July 24 to Aug. 6 in its
biweekly report released on
Wednesday, Aug. 10.
The two-week total rep-
resents a 15.4% decline
from the previous biweekly
total of 18,567.
During the two-week
period of July 24 to Aug.
6, test positivity was 13%,
down slightly from 13.8%
in the previous two-week
period.
During the same two-
week period Union County
has reported 123 total
cases, with 25 cases on July
25, 21 cases on Aug. 1 and
15 cases on Aug. 8. Union
County has a seven-day
average of five new cases.
Union County recorded
one death on Aug. 8, the
first since July 21.
Since the start of the
pandemic, Union County
has recorded 5,488 cases
and 86 deaths.
The health authority’s
COVID-19 Biweekly Con-
gregate Care Setting Out-
break Report shows 206
active outbreaks in care
facilities, senior living com-
munities and congregate
care living settings with
three or more confirmed
COVID-19 cases or one or
more COVID-19-related
deaths.
La Grande Post Acute
Rehab is on the active out-
breaks list with 19 total
cases since the outbreak
was reported on July 27.
There have been no deaths
due to COVID-19 since the
outbreak was reported at
the facility.
Stanfield finance
director retires
STANFIELD — After
40 years serving the public
sector, city of Stanfield
finance director Jerry
Carlson is retiring.
Carlson began his career
as a Stanfield city adminis-
trator and worked various
roles throughout his career,
including spending time as
a judge.
“I enjoyed my time here
in the city,” Carlson said.
“I appreciated my ability to
work for the city.”
Originally hailing from
Springfield, Carlson moved
to Eastern Oregon. Though
he now resides in Herm-
iston, Carlson spent 19
years living in Stanfield.
During his years working
with the city, Carlson said
he has grown to appreciate
Stanfield.
Though he was instru-
mental in projects such as
the 2009 Flood Mitiga-
tion Project and the yearly
July 4 committee, Deputy
City Recorder Sandy End-
icott said Carlson never
stepped into the spotlight,
instead staying in the back-
ground and working behind
the scenes. Endicott said
Carlson viewed Stanfield as
an “investment.”
After years with the
city, Carlson said he will be
spending more time with
his family in Hermiston.
— EO Media Group