June 04, 2008 02:12 pm
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Young people raising stock for display in the 101st Eastern Oregon Livestock Show, which opens this week in Union, learn a lot about keeping records, budgeting and general problem-solving skills like how to move a 1,200-pound animal off their feet.
The more than 300 4-H and FFA exhibitors who will be involved at Saturday’s stock show junior auction also learn about the narrow profit margins in the livestock raising business. Raising steers, lambs or hogs is not a get rich quick scheme. Particularly not this year.
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June 03, 2008 01:48 pm
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Recently, I dreamt of my childhood dog, Rita. She darted around my backyard in Oregon while I stood next to my apple tree, considering the weeds.
Once, while my family was sleeping, Rita darted around our post and pier house during a thunder and lightning storm — the little bell on her collar a minor sound to the roar. Just behind the house in front of a thick bamboo grove, our above-ground water tank was a tempestuous brew and made its own thunder.
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June 02, 2008 02:14 pm
A consultant hired recently to take a look at local economic
development saw some good things going on, but he also saw things
leaders can do to improve. With growth stagnant, our basic industries
struggling and the average citizen feeling downright insecure about his
finances, here’s hoping somebody listens.
Dick Gardner, the consultant from Bootstrap Solutions in Boise, visited
the area this spring at the behest of the Union County Economic
Development Corp. He interviewed more than two dozen people, then
compiled his report.
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May 31, 2008 12:00 am
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Hawkins, Snook, Lindley, Gregersen, Babb, Martin, Lemon, Candler
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May 30, 2008 02:46 pm
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Oregon Chief Justice Paul De Muniz is committed to enhancing Oregon’s legal system. Not only is he striving to bring Oregon’s court system into the 21st century, but he’s committed to making sure Oregon’s young people have a chance to see the Oregon Supreme Court in action.
The chief justice recently brought the state Supreme Court to Enterprise and La Grande where it held sessions in the local high schools. The justices heard arguments in Enterprise and La Grande for actual cases pending before the high court, then answered questions from students.
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May 29, 2008 03:13 pm
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Many senators and representatives are “extremely concerned” about the high price of gas. They are so concerned they are furrowing their brows and holding totally meaningless congressional hearings with high-ranking petroleum industry officials to get to the bottom of Gasgate.
It just so happens that many of these same senators and representatives are “extremely concerned” about getting re-elected in November and don’t want to appear to be doing nothing as their constituents suffer under skyrocketing gas prices, and the prices of so many other commodities affected by the cost of transportation.
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May 27, 2008 02:47 pm
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An event came and went last month with little fanfare, but it was an event that provided something good for some schools in our region.
The Oregon Lottery’s Scratch-It for Schools event was staged April 23 at EOU’s Hoke Union Building. Representatives of local media outlets showed up to see how many lottery Scratch-It tickets they could master in five minutes. Proceeds from the tickets were donated to three schools. The schools were drawn from a pool of schools within the region that had submitted their names for the drawing.
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May 24, 2008 09:31 am
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Spiegel, Morehead, Zinzer, Morehead, Bruce, Cooke, Hoffnagle
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May 23, 2008 01:54 pm
Round one of the two-round Election 2008 is behind us. The primary that
just concluded brought out some of the best in candidates, but it also
brought out some of the worst.
Sadly, negative-style campaigning has become the norm in our country.
Some national, state and even local elections suffer from the same
problem: it’s not about what candidates can do if they are elected,
it’s about casting elements of doubt on their opponents. We see it in
advertising, and more and more we are seeing it in letters that
supporters send to newspapers.
Locally in this primary season we saw it in some advertising, most of
which was placed independently of campaigns. Except for a few ads, most
of our local candidates focused on stressing what they had to offer.
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May 22, 2008 01:03 pm
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The big blockbuster movie of the summer of 2008 is not “Spiderman does St. Paul” or even “Godzilla eats Denver.”
The sites of the upcoming political conventions are not in jeopardy.
It’s “Super Delegate to the Rescue.”
Yes, for the first time since gas cost 34 cents a gallon and the only
man on the moon was made of cheese, the Oregon primary this spring
played a role in the race for president.
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