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Adair, who also received
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nounced that next year she’ll
have two assistant coaches
on board, Jessica Moore and
Kattie Piazza, former mem-
bers of Adair’s team.
The varsity team per-
formed the routine they’ll
take to the OSAA Dance and
Drill State Championships
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Beverlin noted that the road
changes for all of the projects
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The September 2014 order
was a Code of Federal Regu-
lations enforcement order, an
action that doesn’t close roads
but allows the agency to enforce
such restrictions.
Beverlin said the closures
cited in the September 2014
Wednesday-Saturday, March
18-21, at the Veterans Me-
morial Coliseum in Portland.
Adair noted that dona-
tions received at the Spring
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will help pay for the varsity
team’s trip to the state com-
petition this week and for
summer camp.
She said Grant Union
Gold is having an “excep-
tional” year.
“Mostly it’s their work
ethic, positive attitudes and
their desire to be the best that
they can,” she said.
This year, the 2A team
will compete against 1A-4A
teams, all of a similar size
with 13 or fewer members,
compared to last year when
the team was up against 4A
groups with as many as 30-
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“This year, 4A teams will
be in the mix, but in a small
teams division,” she said.
“Everything is coming to-
gether, and we have a great
chance to place.”
order all predated the county’s
access ordinance.
However, he conceded that
timing wasn’t clear to the pub-
lic. He said the agency’s pro-
cess – which treated each new
enforcement order as “additive”
to the previous ones – contribut-
ed to confusion, as did the fact
that some past forest supervisors
didn’t keep up with the enforce-
ment paperwork during their
tenure.
When Raaf signed the en-
forcement order in September,
she was adding decisions from
recent years to a long list of old-
er ones, resulting in a thick stack
of paperwork.
“It was intended to be more
of a housekeeping exercise for
the forest,” he said. “And it cre-
ated a stir.”
While the bulk of the or-
der concerned forest areas in
Harney County, Beverlin said
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miles of road in Grant Coun-
ty, and he is still looking into
about 19 more miles. The total
includes 183 segments of roads,
nearly all short spurs – from .1
to .3 or .4 miles long. The lon-
gest came to 1.76 miles.
Asked about the condition of
the roads, Beverlin said they run
the gamut – from tree-clogged
spurs to roads that may still be
in use. He said reasons for the
closures included resource dam-
age, redundant roads, and wild-
life concerns.
Mark Pengelly, a member of
the access board, noted the lag
between NEPA and the enforce-
ment order.
“To procrastinate that long,
there’s something wrong with
that picture,” he said.
Beverlin said that’s one reason
“we’re here talking about this.”
Beverlin referred Pengelly
and others to the forest website
for more details on the NEPA
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cisions.
Moving forward, Beverlin
said, “our new process will be
that within 30 days of NEPA
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enforcement order for any ac-
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nal NEPA decision for the area.”
Court members welcomed
the departure from past practice
as a positive step.
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Public Notice
Probate No. 2454
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
For the County of Grant
The Estate of
WILLIAM EUGENE LIVINGSTON
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Debrah Gene Crabb
has been appointed Personal Representative. All
persons having claims against the Estate must
present them, with vouchers attached, within four
months after the date of first publication of this
notice, as stated below, to the Personal
Representative at LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT RASCHIO,
P.C., 206 South Humbolt Street, Canyon City, OR
97820. Claims not presented within the four months
may be barred.
All persons whose rights may be affected by
the proceedings may obtain additional information
from the records of the Court, the Personal
Representative, or the lawyers for the Personal
Representative.
GU musicians blossom
in regional events
Students compete
March 18 in
Pendleton
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
LA GRANDE – Eight Grant
Union band and choir students
participated in the March 7 Or-
egon Music Education Associa-
tion’s District 6 solo competition
at Eastern Oregon University.
It was a learning experience
for the middle schoolers, to help
them as they look forward to
high school competition, while
the high school students hoped
to advance to state competition.
“They all loved it,” said
Grant Union music director
Mary Ann Vidourek. “The
judges worked with each of
them on tone and projection.”
Flautist Marta Faulkner, a
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the May 2 OSAA State Cham-
pionship solo competition held
Next up for the students is
this Wednesday’s district com-
petition in Pendleton, where the
high school band and the com-
bined 7-12 choir will perform in
a concert judged by three certi-
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Facing the challenges
How the Republican Party
can stay relevant in Oregon
was one of the most complex
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topics addressed by the group.
– as the son of former presi-
As of February, 37.7 per-
dent George H.W. Bush and cent of Oregon voters were
the younger brother of former registered Democrats; 32.5
president George W. Bush, percent were registered
both widely unpopular with QRQDI¿OLDWHG ,QGHSHQGHQW
Democrats.
or minority parties; and 29.8
Others felt Bush did a percent were registered Re-
good job as governor of Flor- publicans, according to the
ida, and that gubernatorial Oregon Secretary of State’s
experience is important for 2I¿FH7KH*UDQG2OG3DUW\
the president. He could likely hasn’t nabbed the governor-
overcome his name’s associa- ship since Vic Atiyeh led the
tions, they said.
state in the 1980s.
Supporters of Walker talk-
Ideas generated by small-
ed of his practiced leadership, group breakout discussions
his ability to win a governor- included a proposal to mar-
ship in a traditionally blue ket the party as full-spec-
state, and his marketability.
trum and socially diverse.
Alison Bruun, president of A few attendees suggest-
the Dorchester board of direc- ed the party is out of touch
tors, said no matter who is se- with mainstream views and
lected, the Oregon Republicans sometimes isolates individu-
PXVWJHWRUJDQL]HGXQL¿HGDQG als who don’t believe in all
fully support that candidate.
components of the general
party platform.
Marshall Kosloff, of Lake
Oswego, said the party needs
to more appropriately ad-
dress the concerns specific
to Oregonians, such as health
care costs, tax increases and
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targeted by the national Re-
publican Party.
“The voters have moved
away from our core posi-
tions,” said attendee Jim
Parker. The party must be
willing to reposition itself to
be aligned closer to voters’
ideals and concerns, he said.
Others suggested it’s not
Republican ideologies that
have strayed from popu-
lar opinion but rather how
they’re communicated to the
general public or the candi-
dates selected to represent
the party. Rather than shift-
ing to the center, they said,
the center must be shifted to
the right.
Other suggestions includ-
ed expanding the party’s so-
cial media presence; better
marketing and TV commer-
cials; distinguishing the Or-
egon party from the national
party and George W. Bush’s
regime; and reaching out to
new voters as soon as they
register.
GOP
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DATED and first published: March 4th, 2015
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The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union middle and high school music students
who recently competed at OMEA District 6 include
Marta Faulkner (flute), left, Beau Stone (baritone),
Shiranne Carter (soprano), Samantha Floyd (flute,
trombone), Carle Wright (bass clarinet), Sam
Bentz (saxophone), Chloe Bentz (flute) and Alyssa
Hoffman (trumpet). The students are led by music
director Mary Ann Vidourek.
at Lewis and Clark Community
College.
The Grant Union middle and
high school musicians, all 80 of
them, presented a spring concert
on March 10 led by Vidourek at
the school.
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LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT RASCHIO, P.C.
206 South Humbolt Street
Canyon City, OR 97820
Telephone: (541) 575-5750
Facsimile: (541) 575-5752
office@rrlaw.biz
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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Making a change
next year
In his keynote speech, U.S.
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.)
voiced disappointment in the
national administration and
stressed the importance of the
2016 election for the Republi-
can Party.
Walden charged that many
leading Democrats, including
President Obama and former
U.S. Secretary of State Hil-
lary Clinton, are lacking in
transparency, violating the
law and U.S. Constitution,
isolating allies and cozying up
to countries that pose a threat
to U.S. interests.
“As we get ready for
2016,” Walden said, “you got
to realize (the opposition) may
have the elites and they may
have the liberal press and all
the bureaucracy in Washing-
ton on their side, and they’ll
use every lever – this admin-
istration is all about Chica-
go-style politics – but we have
the spirit of freedom and the
will of the American people
to move forward and win. We
have to prevail. ... You know
what the consequences are if
we don’t. Can you imagine a
third term of Barack Obama
headed up by Hillary Clinton?
That is what we will get, and
it’s not what we can afford.”
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