March 19, 2010 03:11 pm
Take a walk down Adams Avenue and check out what’s new. One of the
first things a visitor might notice is a sort of spring cleaning or
revitalization under way to make the downtown area more inviting.
Among the more visible projects are the bike rack installations and the
hanging flower basket project. All are part of the La Grande Main
Street Program. Sponsorships for the 35 baskets have nearly sold out.
The flowers are growing in the La Grande Middle School greenhouse, and
the baskets should be hung in mid-May.
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March 18, 2010 03:03 pm
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The La Grande School Board and Superintendent Larry Glaze had a difficult decision to make last week after the campaign committee for the local option levy campaign recommended that a levy not be put on the May ballot. Glaze recommended and the school board agreed that the time just isn’t right for a local levy.
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March 17, 2010 03:41 pm
Headlines in newspapers and soundbites on television have a big
tendency to make people believe the world is a worse place to live than
it really is. Bad things, scary things, make the news, every time.
Everyday good things, thousands of them, go largely unnoticed.
The City of Elgin has been a victim of such. Last summer, a
self-admitted meth addict murdered three people there, and, to make the
crime more spectacular, dismembered one of them.
For many long weeks, the little town on the banks of the Grande Ronde
was in the news in a way it never deserved. People who didn’t know
better jumped to the conclusion that Elgin is the methamphetamine and
murder capital of the world.
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March 08, 2010 02:26 pm
The current recession is not the Great Depression. Just ask anyone who
was there. The current recession is not even a good recession. When
Congress a year ago passed its attempt to spend the United States out
of the recession, a lot of skeptics questioned the wisdom. There still
are as we wait in rural America for a lifting of the economic cloud.
Investment is one thing. But where is the investment in small towns and
rural regions? It seems as if more than the fair share of the stimulus
money in the $789 billion economic stimulus package is going to the big
cities for tunnels and high speed rail and not to small towns and rural
regions, where small businesses are hurting and people are out of work.
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March 04, 2010 03:11 pm
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Many volunteers have stepped up to the plate and hit for the fences in the Optimist Field improvement project. It’s a sign of the enthusiasm that remains for baseball since La Grande High School won the Class 4A state title in 2007. And it’s testament to the many individuals and institutions working for the betterment of the community.
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March 03, 2010 02:39 pm
Steve McClure will seek another term as a Union County commissioner. Word that he has filed for re-election is good news.
McClure knows just about everything there is to know about the workings
of local government, from the operation of the county to dealing with
local governments to serving on boards and commissions that play a role
in the well-being of Union County. Every government entity needs a
Steve McClure — someone who has the institutional knowledge of how
things work and what makes them work.
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March 02, 2010 03:07 pm
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Thanks to El Nino’s warm tentacles, in Eastern Oregon, at least currently, there are four seasons: spring, summer, fall and flu.
And while there’s a big difference between the flu and a cold, anyone who has experienced the wrenching spasms of a cold will tell you it’s anything but common. They’ll also tell you they’d do almost anything to avoid a repeat performance.
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February 26, 2010 03:08 pm
A lot of discussion is taking place concerning Horizon Wind’s proposal
for another wind farm in Union County. A group has formed to oppose the
Antelope Ridge Wind Farm, citing issues related to property values,
impact on viewsheds as well as other things.
Some people are requesting that The Observer take a stand against the
proposal. Although we have concerns, the fact is it would be premature
to come out either for or against the proposal. Too many details need
to be resolved before we can decide one way or another about Horizon’s
proposal.
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February 23, 2010 03:30 pm
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One of La Grande’s best assets, the Blue Mountain Conference Center, is under new management these days. Here’s wishing the Union County Chamber of Commerce all success in running it.
The center, part of the National Guard Armory on 12th Street near Gekeler Lane, was built in 1998. Since then it has been the site of countless community events ranging from public meetings, to banquets, to seminars and classes and more. It is a hub of community life in the truest sense of the term, and a key factor in Union County’s economic well-being.
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February 22, 2010 03:25 pm
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Students at Greenwood and Island City elementary schools will be learning more material faster in the near future, as fiber optic technology goes online. The Oregon Department of Education deserves a big thank you for making it possible.
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