La Grande Observer RSS feed http://www.lagrandeobserver.com Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:15:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/images/M_images/pubLogoSmall.gif http://www.lagrandeobserver.com La Grande Observer RSS feed http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Sports/Sports/Wallowa-locks-up-league-title-against-Cove WALLOWA — Wallowa went into its rematch with Cove short-handed. Senior Tyler Harshfield sat the entire game on the bench. The staple of the Cougars success the last four seasons suffered a high-ankle sprain. Despite taking part in pre-game warm-ups, Harshfield was a spectator during Wallowa's 56-26 win. “We struggled in the opening half,” Cougars guard Jake Johnson said. “Guys were still trying to figure out their role.” Sports - Sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:57:38 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Sports/Sports/Leopards-bounce-back-against-Imbler COVE — Saturday showcased a little redemption and a little hard luck. The Leopard boys basketball team rebounded from a terrible game Friday to defeat Imbler 57-34. “Our game against Wallowa was in our minds,” Cove senior Scott DelCurto said. “We wanted to come out strong.” Sports - Sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:55:17 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Sports/Sports/Elgins-rally-falls-short-against-Mustangs-Outlaws-split ELGIN — The Elgin girls basketball team got down early, fought back late, but was unable to get over the hump in a 37-34 loss to Heppner Saturday. “We played better, but just had too many turnovers tonight to win,” Elgin coach Greg Oveson said. Heppner used a 9-1 run midway through the first quarter to take a 13-10 lead after one quarter. Sports - Sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:51:35 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Sports/Sports/Heppner-escapes-scare-from-Huskies ELGIN — After losing by double digits the night before, you never know how a team is going to respond the next night. The Elgin boys basketball team was able to forget about the embarrassing loss to Stanfield Friday night and challenge the top team in the Blue Mountain Conference Saturday. Elgin fell to Heppner 43-40 Saturday in a game that came down to the wire. With six seconds left in the game, Elgin trailed 41-40. Sports - Sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:47:53 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Sports/Sports/Conference-slump-continues-for-Tigers After starting out 2-0 in Greater Oregon League play, the La Grande girls basketball team has now dropped three of its last four conference games, including a 54-38 loss to Ontario Friday night. “We’re going back to our old habits,” LHS head coach Doug Girdner said about the most recent loss. La Grande started the game fast, taking an 8-0 lead in the first quarter. Ontario responded by scoring six straight points. LHS led 10-8 after one quarter. Sports - Sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:52 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Sports/Sports/Tooke-takes-charge-for-La-Grande The La Grande boys basketball team didn’t necessarily shoot lights out in Friday nights 48-41 victory over Ontario, but the lights still went out. With La Grande leading 13-11 with 44 seconds left in the first quarter, the La Grande High School gymnasium went dark. After about 10 minutes the lights came back on and the game resumed as if nothing had happened. Sports - Sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:40:15 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Obituaries/Obituaries-for-the-day-of-February-8-2010 Rogers, Neider, Weeks, Winters News - Obituaries Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:37:14 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Opinion/Letters/Letters-and-Comments-for-February-8-2010 Nelson Opinion - Letters Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:34:46 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Record-setting-crab-feed ELGIN — Good weather and a reputation for great fresh crab drew a record-breaking 1,000 hungry guests to the Elgin Stampede Hall Saturday for the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year. Stampeder Scotty Payne, who made the trip to Astoria 24 hours earlier to pick up more than $18,000 worth of fresh crab, was amazed at the turnout. “I don’t know if we’ll have enough this year,” he said as he watched the kitchen crews put out the food at a pace he’d never seen before. News - Local News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:05 +0100 http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Timber-buyback-proposal-on-Mt-Emily-falls-through Union County, Local Interest and Forest Capital Partners have failed to come to an agreement on a proposed buyback of timber in the Mount Emily Recreation Area’s Trails Unit. Forest Capital owns two-thirds of the timber value on the MERA and is scheduled to log the Trails Unit later this year. Under certain conditions, Union County, owner of the MERA, may buy timber back unit-by-unit. Local Interest, a citizens group hoping to preserve the old-growth trees and establish a “community forest” within the Trails Unit, offered to give the county the price of the timber buyback, estimated between $500,000 and $600,000. News - Local News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:45 +0100