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Snowpack bodes well for farmers

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The Grande Ronde River at Riverside Park is running strong, thanks to a long-lasting snowpack in the highlands of its watershed. - The Observer/ETHAN SCHOWALTER-HAY
Farmers, river rats and steelhead have cause to rejoice this spring.

The stubborn snows of the high country are making for happy, burly creeks and rivers.

Mike Burton, district conservationist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in La Grande, conducted the final assessment of snow courses in the Northern Blue Mountains for 2008 at the end of April, with John Schrieir of the Bureau of Reclamation in Pendleton.

 

Candidate stresses basic services, wind power

Today The Observer continues its series of interviews with candidates for Union County commission, spotlighting John Lamoreau.

Lamoreau is seeking the Republication nomination, as are Kyle Corbin and Mark Davidson. Corbin and Davidson’s interviews appeared earlier.

Interviews with the two Democratic contenders, Greg Franklin and Jim Mollerstrom, will run Friday and Saturday.

 

City leases Carnegie building to arts group

The old library’s got a lot of life in her yet. At least, the Union County Arts and Culture Center hopes so.

During Wednesday’s La Grande City Council meeting, the UCACC and the council came to agreement on a lease for the vacant Carnegie Library building at the corner of Penn Avenue and Fourth Street.

Now, it’s up to the UCACC, a coalition of local artists and art and culture patrons, to find the funding to renovate the CIRCA-1909 building and transform it into a showcase for local art and culture.

 

Former school chief posts $100,000 bail, released from Union Co. jail

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Irv Nikolai - Former interim La Grande School District superintendent
Former Interim La Grande School District Superintendent Irv Nikolai, who was arrested Friday on four counts of first-degree sex abuse, posted bail and was released from jail Tuesday night.

Nikolai had been lodged in the Union County Correctional Facility since Friday morning. He was released after someone in Washington County posted $100,000 bail for him, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The amount is 10 percent of the $1 million bail set by a judge in Washington County.

 

$20 million ceiling for school bond

Representatives of the La Grande School District’s Facilities Committee are making their point, make that three points, perfectly clear.

 

Candidate touts business, civic experience

The Observer’s series of interviews with Union County Commission candidates continues today with Mark Davidson, one of three candidates vying for the Republican nomination.

Davidson is a 37-year La Grande resident who owns and operates the machine shop at Blue Mountain Auto Parts. He has served as a La Grande city councilor and as a member of the city’s budget committee and urban renewal district advisory board. He is a member of the Wallowa Union Railroad Authority Board of Directors.

 

Partnership with Oregon Symphony culminates with community concert

Area residents will soon have the unique opportunity to hear the full might of the Portland-based Oregon Symphony live — and without trundling down the Columbia River to the City of Roses, either.

The symphony is culminating the first year of its Community Music Partnership in Cove and La Grande with a community concert Saturday.

The extravaganza will be held at the  La Grande High School gym at 7 p.m.

 

Joseph man pleads guilty, no contest to bar brawl related charges

ENTERPRISE — A Joseph man has pleaded guilty and no contest to two of five charges in relation to an August bar brawl.

Two more men are expected to be charged in relation to the fight.

A La Grande man pleaded not guilty Jan. 30 on 10 charges resulting from a car wreck after the fight.

 

Candidates square off at forum

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The five candidates for a single seat coming open on the Union County Board of Commissioners prepare to take the stage at the candidate forum Tuesday. From left, Jim Mollerstrom and Greg Franklin are contending for the Democratic nod. From right, Mark Davidson, Kyle Corbin and John Lamoreau all seek the Republican nomination in the upcoming primary. - Observer photos/PHIL BULLOCK
Five candidates for Union County commissioner and two for 10th District Circuit Court Judge aired their views in a mostly — but not always — friendly debate at a forum held Tuesday night at La Grande Middle School.

About 80 people showed up for the event, which was sponsored by the Union County Chamber of Commerce. Dan Ousley and Phil Mendiguren, candidates for judge, took the stage first, highlighting their contentious race.

 

Mighty green thumb

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Harris Lackey poses in September with the 9-pound, 8-ounce cabbage he grew last year. The cabbage won a state-wide contest for third-graders. - Photo/Peggy Wallace
ISLAND CITY — The people of ancient Greece revered cabbage for its many reputed medicinal properties.

The ancient Greeks, who lived some 2,500 years ago, would have been  impressed with Harris Lackey’s green thumb.

The student at Grande Ronde Academy in Island City is a skillful cabbage grower — a skill that has won him a $1,000 savings bond.

Harris grew the largest cabbage in Oregon among third-graders entering a 2007 growing contest conducted by Bonnie Plants, an Alabama-based national plant wholesaler.

 
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