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R IDING INTO THE SUNSET
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“I’m gonna ride to the ridge where the west commences”...
Taken by Riley Ferre of Wallowa during a recent sunset
ride.
News/Obituaries
January 21, 2015
O BITUARIES
Mary Genevieve Bundy
May 16, 1923 – January 15, 2015
Everett M. Tucker
Aug. 12, 1925 – Dec. 17, 2014
Mary Bundy, 91, of Lostine,
was born in Osakis, Minnesota
to Theodore and Lucille Hedin.
She was raised there through her
school years. Mary was active
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chair violin in the band and
singing in the chorus. She also
played accordion and piano. She
met her husband, Lee Bundy,
there and they spent 69-1/2 years
together.
Mary and family moved to
Portland in 1943 where their
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She was multi-talented, starting out working at the Oregon
Shipyards, Montgomery Ward and then as a seamstress at
Columbia Sportswear when it was a small business. Mary retired
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move up the Lostine Canyon where they built their home.
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summer she canned berries from her many bushes. Everyone who
visited during the year received a case of variegated jams. Mary’s
home was open to all, family friends were her extended family, and
they included many hunter friends.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband Lee, son Jim
Bundy, and granddaughter Brenda Champlin. She is survived by
her sister Catherine Jensen of Garibaldi, daughter Grace Cherry
and husband Randy of Lostine, daughter Carol Champlin of Yuma,
Ariz., daughter Sue Cooper and husband Dwayne of Toutle, Wash.,
and son Neil Bundy and wife Pat of St. Helens. She also leaves
behind eleven grandchildren, twenty eight great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 24, at 2 p.m.,
at the Lostine Cemetery.
Everett “Tuck” M. Tucker,
89, of La Grande, passed
away surrounded by loved
ones at his residence on
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.
No service is planned at this
time.
Tuck was born Aug. 12,
1925 in Baker City to Earl
and Nina (Sooter) Tucker.
He graduated from Baker
City High School. In his
life he lived in Grangeville,
Idaho, spent most of his
life in Enterprise, Ore., then Hermiston and La Grande
in retirement years. Tuck served our country while in
the Army from 1943-1947. He married Evelyn Evans
and had three children, Dennis, Kaye and Anita. They
later divorced. He then married Miriam Thompson, who
had a son, Don Conrad. Everett and Miriam worked at
the Paulette Ranch on the Imnaha when they were first
married. He helped build the “Powerline” road from the
Snake River. Tuck was employed many years at Boise
Cascade’s Joseph Plant until his retirement. He enjoyed
traveling, hunting, fishing, and camping.
Tuck is survived by his son, Dennis Tucker of Adams,
daughter, Anita Wirth of Pendleton, and daughter-in-
law, Nate Conrad; numerous grandchildren, great-
grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in
death by his daughter, Kay Wilson; wife, Miriam Tucker;
stepson Don Conrad and great-grandson Dwayne Hansen.
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REPAIRS: Citizen sees lack of vision
Sarah Addison Allen
Lost Lake
‘I
want to see a vision of the city and what it’s
going to look like in 10 or 20 years. ... If you
Several citizens asked how
the streets got into their pres- share a vision for the city, people can get behind
ent state of disrepair. Others that and vote toward that beneÀt.µ
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said they suspected the city
council and business owners
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expense of Joseph citizens for
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cil member and The Embers
Brew House owner Teresa Sa-
jonia replied most businesses
are on Main Street, which is
a highway maintained by the
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation.
The idea of a city sales
tax, similar to Ashland’s, also
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kicker to the meeting, was
the informal poll of audience
members conducted by the
city council indicated nearly
half of the forum’s attendees
didn’t see any need to repair
the streets at all.
The meeting concluded in
a manner similar to previous
forums on the subject with lit-
tle consensus on a clear direc-
tion for the city to take. How-
ever, several attendees saw
positive aspects to the forum.
Newly elected city council
member, Rodd Clark, said he
felt encouraged by the atten-
dance numbers and the num-
ber of citizens proposing ideas
and speaking up. He also said
the council needed to get a
formal proposal of the trans-
portation utility fee together
by March to get it placed on
the May ballot.
Clark said the possibility
remained if the council got a
clear and positive consensus
from citizens supporting im-
plementation of the transpor-
tation utility fee, the council
could implement it without
going to the expense of a bal-
lot proposal.
Joseph resident Lem Mc-
Burney said he thought the
meeting went well – with
some reservations. “These
is now in paperback
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people (the council), who
aren’t getting paid, are try-
ing to solve a problem peo-
ple are complaining about.
I think they need to come
up with a one-page outline
‘Here’s alternative one,
boom, boom, boom,’” Mc-
Burney said. “I wish people
were a little more informed,
so they could bring some
more solutions with them –
the city council is asking for
solutions, and I don’t think
people understand that,”
McBurney added.
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Tyler Evans, also of Jo-
seph, said the issue he has
with the proposal is a lack
of vision. “I want to see a
vision of the city and what
it’s going to look like in 10
or 20 years. We hired Ander-
son Perry, who gave us three
options to choose from and
we figure out how to pay
for it, but we’re not figuring
out what we want our city to
look like. If you share a vi-
sion for the city, people can
get behind that and vote to-
ward that benefit.”
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Joseph Charter School
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Addie Kilgore is a sophomore at JCS
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sport athlete and is actively involved
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Transportation Services
Wallowa County Public Transportation
(541) 426-3840 • www.NEOTransit.org
• Intercity Transportation to La Grande Monday and Thursday Weekly ~
Cost $5.00 each way. Free access for veterans medical appointments in La
Grande.
• Mealsite Bus ~ providing transportation to Senior Center for lunch
Cost $1.00 round trip.
• Tuesday and Thursday Shopping Bus
provides transportation for shopping and errands
throughout Wallowa County ~ Cost $3.00 from Wallowa/Joseph, $2.00
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