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Community comes through for LHS

The response to La Grande High School and the Tiger Booster Club’s recent fundraising dinner and auction, held to raise funds to keep athletics and other extra-curricular activities going at LHS, was great to see. The community, despite these tough times, really came through for the kids.
 

The Great 2009 Jewelry Heist

Please remember to use your utensils and not your fingers, the sign at work says.

It’s there to keep unruly employees in line at monthly potlucks. You know how some people get around three-bean salad.

Being a contrarian, I’m tempted to do the opposite. The sign makes me want to eat everything with my hands, even soup.

 

Restore Pioneer Amtrak route

It would be great if Amtrak’s much anticipated preliminary report recommended restoring the Pioneer route from Salt Lake City to Portland. It has been 12 years since the passenger trains stopped to pick up passengers in

La Grande. For many people the train travel option was very popular. The route should be revived if it can be made more financially feasible and gain a higher passenger and freight usage.

 

Letters and Comments for August 27, 2009

Letters and Comments for August 27, 2009

 

Issues are budget, transparency

In the Aug. 14 Community Comment “Difficult Decision to Quit Coaching,’’ Jim MacKay states that I have misled the public and smeared his name. It seems to me that I did not mention his name in my Aug. 12 letter, “For the Greater Good,” nor did I smear anything other than to shed light on a school district raise that was not made privy to the taxpayers.

My letter had nothing to do with MacKay’s untarnished fatherhood and basketball coaching history. It was about school board budget transparency and money being allocated to what was perceived by Jim to be a “cushy” job, though he denies having a conversation with me.

 

Letters and Comments for August 26, 2009

Miller

 

 

MERA fire protection agreement makes sense

Union County and the Oregon Department of Forestry showed great common sense recently by working out a special fire prevention agreement for the Mount Emily Recreation Area.

The pact, approved by the county board of commissioners last Wednesday, gives off-highway vehicle operators more freedom to enjoy MERA trails than they would normally have during ODF-mandated regulated use closures.

The MERA is built at least in part for those who love riding ATVs, motorcycles and other OHVs off the beaten paths. In fact, Union County bought the MERA land with money from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s ATV fund.
 
 

Father Time catching up 58 years and counting for LHS Class of ’51

While looking forward to attending my 58th class reunion Saturday in La Grande it occurred to me that it might be fun to think about writing a treatise on “When Did I Get Old?”

I’m sure that in our memories we still see the young, vital and energetic students we were when we marched forward to receive our high school diplomas. We’ll be thinking about when we marched in the band, played in the orchestra, sang in the chorus or were members of the Honor Society, Quill & Scroll or perhaps the pep club. None of us will ever forget the drama club under the direction of Mrs. Ragsdale or the orchestra with Mr. Weigel.

 

Letters and Comments for August 25, 2009

Letters and Comments for August 25, 2009

 

Letters and Comments for August 24, 2009

Harris, Ilona, Rosholt, Fischer, Jones

 

 
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