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PORT OF MORROW
COMMISIONERS
Board
violated
meeting
law
By JADE MCDOWELL,
PHIL WRIGHT AND
BRYCE DOLE
East Oregonian
BOARDMAN — The Port of
Morrow commissioners are on
notice for violating Oregon’s law
on closed-door meetings.
John Murray, Marv Padberg,
Jerry Healy, Joe Taylor and Rick
Stokoe in May all signed fi nal
orders with the
Oregon Govern-
me nt Et h ics
Com mission
acknowledging
they violated
the state statutes
guiding exec-
Healy
utive sessions
in meetings on
March 23 and
26, 2020.
The ethics
commission on
June 11 published
the orders and
preliminar y
Murray
reviews of each
commissioner.
They will receive
a “letter of educa-
tion” but no fi ne.
Port commis-
sioners said the
same thing: The
incident was
Padberg
an inadvertent
omission, not an
attempt to hide
anything.
In an emailed
statement on
behalf of the
c o m m i s s io n ,
St oko e, t he
Stokoe
commission
chair, wrote the
port commis-
sioners acknowl-
edged they made
an error, are
taking it seri-
ously and already
have taken steps
to help make sure
Taylor
it doesn’t happen
again.
“This was a technical adver-
tising error and was uninten-
tional,” the statement said. “The
topics discussed were allowable
under executive session laws
with citing of (Oregon Revised
Statute), but we did not list the
proper sub section of the statute.”
See Ethics, Page A10
By ALEX WITTWER
The Observer
L
A GR A N DE —
“Remember the wind
blowing th rough
your hair? Remem-
ber hair?”
Chevrolet embla-
zoned those words on
billboards through-
out Detroit in 2007 to cele-
brate classic cars. It featured
the 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air
convertible, bright red on a
turquoise blue background. A
small replica of the billboard
hangs in Ed Lund’s garage in
La Grande.
“You look back on a simpler
time, just the nostalgia and the
memories, and that’s what
it’s all about,” said Lund, one
classic car collector in Eastern
Oregon.
As summer approaches,
so do the classic car shows
throughout the region, which
off er opportunities for locals
and tourists to check out some
of the best-kept cars from
yesteryear, complete with the
gleam of polished chrome,
mirror finishes and iconic
hood ornaments.
Car shows off er a way to
give back to the community
as well, according to Herm-
iston Classics Car Club Pres-
ident Juan Lopez. The shows,
UPCOMING
CLASSIC CAR
SHOWS
• Elgin Riverfest at
Panton Mill Park, June 19
• Hermiston Cool Rides
Car Show at McKenzie
Park, July 9-10
Alex Wittwer/The Observer
Ed Lund drives down Mount Glen Road in La Grande, while a pair of fuzzy
dice hang from the mirror of his Chevrolet Chevelle on Friday, May 28, 2021.
• La Grande Classic Car
Show on Adams Avenue,
July 16-17
• Main Street Show &
Shine in Enterprise,
Aug. 20-21
• Wallowa Mountain
Cruise Car Show in
Joseph, Aug. 27-28
See Cars, Page A10
Top: A rusted Buick LeSabre sits along Highway 82 near Imbler Friday, May 7, 2021, under spring skies. Above: Ed Lund’s 1951 Chevrolet Coupe
sits Friday, May 28, 2021, in the garage he built in La Grande to house his modest collection of classic cars that he has accrued over 40 years.
Alex Wittwer/The Observer