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Letters to the editor for February 25, 2013

February 25, 2013 10:31 am

Grief group provides support

February 25, 2013 10:29 am

A lot of water runs under the Mill Creek bridge in Cove in five years.

Relationships beneficial

February 25, 2013 10:28 am

Crocodiles have plover birds that clean their teeth. Honey bees get pollen, and flowers get pollinated. Protozoans live inside termites and help them digest wood.

Letters to the editor for February 22, 2013

February 22, 2013 10:04 am

Constitution gives sheriff authority

February 22, 2013 10:00 am

Unlawful federal firearm laws are in the news judging by the number of Community Comments and Letters to the Editor being published in The Observer.

Winter throws I-84 drivers knuckleball

February 22, 2013 09:59 am

Black ice, whiteouts, fog — regular drivers of Interstate 84 see it all, as Old Man Winter throws us his annual knuckleball. The freeway that connects La Grande and the rest of Northeast Oregon to the outside world has a well-deserved reputation for being difficult to drive in the winter.

Newspaper shelf life

February 20, 2013 02:24 pm

The other day I was telling some friends about a news story I read. Derisively, one said, “Did you read it on the Internet?” “Well yes, on the WASHINGTON POST site.”

Before you plant, do the planning

February 20, 2013 02:08 pm

Our Guide this week continues to focus on smart spring shopping, which can be difficult when you compound tremendous cabin fever with retail stores stocking plants and bulbs that can’t be planted as yet, even with complete ground thaw having occurred already in many locations of the tri-county area.