June 25, 2008 05:04 pm
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 Angela Eytchison displays one of the automated external defibrillators offered through Lifeservers Northwest, a new company owned by she and her husband, Robert. - The Observer/PHIL BULLOCK
Angela and Robert Eytchison of La Grande did just that recently, starting a company that deals in automated external defibrillators, those electronic wonders that shock a quivering human heart back to its normal rhythm, saving thousands of lives every year.
In America today, about 350,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest annually. The American Heart Association says as many as 50,000 lives could be saved if AEDs were more widely used.
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June 18, 2008 03:27 pm
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 A grand re-opening celebration will begin at 11 a.m., June 27 at Maurice’s 4,208-square-foot location. - The Observer/PHIL BULLOCK
Maurices, a women’s fashion retailer, is moving from the La Grande Town Center to the new development adjacent to the Wal-Mart Superstore.
A grand re-opening celebration will begin at 11 a.m., June 27, with a Union County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting.
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June 11, 2008 03:10 pm
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 Terry Decker, owner of Milligan Motors in Enterprise, and Joe Grover, president of the Board of Directors of the Blue Mountain Conference Center in La Grande, discuss the C-130 transport aircraft in which they rode to Gowen Field at Boise June 4. They were part of the ESGR “Boss Lift.’’ - Observer photos/GARY FLETCHER
Terry Decker, nor any other of the civilian passengers aboard, were paratroopers. They were all part of the annual “Boss Lift’’ to acquaint them with the experiences gained by their employees in the National Guard and Army Reserve.
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June 04, 2008 03:25 pm
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 award winner: Chuck Fleser, pictured here with his long-time friend and companion Dawn Smith, received the Gene Leo Memorial Award at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held in Portland in April. Fleser, who was recognized for his work organizing fishing excursions on the Wallowa River, died May 22 of cancer. - Submitted photo
Chuck Fleser, a Wallowa County native whose family ties to Minam at the confluence of the Minam and Wallowa Rivers stretch back to the early 1900s, died of cancer May 22. He was 56.
But in April, before a crowd of 500 people at the Governors Conference
on Tourism in Portland, Fleser received the Gene Leo Memorial Award for
his work in furthering tourism.
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May 28, 2008 04:15 pm
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 Representatives from the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will discuss La Grande’s downtown in meetings and workshops at Cook Memorial Library. - The Observer/PHIL BULLOCK
Gary Van Huffel, the OECEDD’s Main Street Development coordinator, and Kathy Laplante, a program officer for the National Trust, will share their ideas for downtown development and revitalization with the public.
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May 14, 2008 04:51 pm
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 Northwood, founded by Ron Nash in 1994, makes Arctic Fox and Nash fifth wheels and travel trailers, and Desert Fox travel trailers. - The Observer/CHRIS BAXTER
Representatives of Northwood Manufacturing aren’t talking, but stories circulating in the community say the company, which builds RVs at the Union County Airport Industrial Park, has laid off at least 30 workers.
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May 07, 2008 04:46 pm
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 Billie Menges of La Grande has been an online tutor since 2002, logging in more than 40 hours a week between two different tutoring companies. - Photo/Trish Yerges
Certified teacher Billie Menges of La Grande, who earned her teaching degree at Eastern Oregon University, has been working as an online tutor from her home since 2002. She works floating hours for Tutor.com and Brainfuse.com, two well known tutoring companies in the business of educating elementary and secondary school children.
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April 30, 2008 03:27 pm
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 Domino’s deliverer Kyson Lamoreau embarks on a delivery. At the Domino’s franchise on Adams Avenue, drivers buy their own fuel and get paid by the mile. Owner Jessy Watson said his store recently increased the rate it pays its drivers from 25 cents a mile to 28 cents a mile. - The Observer/CHRIS BAXTER
The trick is to keep operating costs down and at the same time maintain affordable prices for customers. With diesel already topping $4 a gallon, and gasoline headed that way, it’s not easy.
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April 23, 2008 03:49 pm
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 Dennis Clayville, owner of Nature’s Pantry in La Grande, traveled to Washington, D.C., to persuade senators and congressmen to support positions of the National Products Association. - The Observer/BILL RAUTENSTRAUCH
Why can people buy junk food with food stamps, but not healthy vitamin and mineral dietary supplements?
Clayville, the owner of Nature’s Pantry on Fourth Street in La Grande, sits on the National Products Association northwest board of directors.
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April 23, 2008 01:00 am
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An Elgin identity theft consultant is alerting local businesses that the time for complying with the Red Flag Rule is running short.
Shea, who lives in rural Elgin and works with IDCure, a company specializing in identity theft solutions, said this week he has been going door-to-door in an effort to tell companies about the federal rule, which takes effect Nov. 1, 2008.
“Many people just don’t know about it,” Shea said. “The Federal Trade Commission has done a terrible job notifying people. Not many around here have even heard of it.”
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