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The Lebanon High School FFA team did well at the Oregon Future Farmers of America annual convention in La Grande March 20-23. Lebanon s farm business management team, consisting of Karen Hoagland, Kristi Bunde, Lindsay Noble and Katie Miltenberger, took third place. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Tigers ready to take next step Mar 25, 2009
Mac-Hi lost four key players, but Hopper said they have solid pitching, as does La Grande and Baker. Comment Blog - Note: All Comments Subject To Approval. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Walden blasts Obama budget plan Mar 22, 2009
Walden and Colby Marshall, who staffs Walden s office in La Grande, were flying on to Burns and John Day to discuss the economic situation before going to Baker City and La Grande, where Walden is scheduled to address the state FFA convention. Walden also convened with members of the Stop Idaho Power group, a grass-roots organization that seeks to route a planned major transmission line outside of the valley. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Pendleton: 'Cowboy up' Mar 22, 2009
It also left 162 workers jobless at a Fleetwood RV plant in La Grande, 50 miles to the east. CONTINUED 1. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Bob Davies picked to lead Eastern Oregon University Mar 21, 2009
The state Board of Higher Education named Bob Davies, vice president for university relations at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, as president of the 3,666-student campus in La Grande. George Pernsteiner, chancellor of the Oregon University System, said Davies is an "engaging and visionary leader" who can connect with students, faculty, staff and community members. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Floyd W. Henderson Mar 21, 2009
and Robert and wife Barbara and John and wife Shawna, all of Grants Pass; daughters Jacqueline and husband Larry Heer of Albany, Gayle and husband Jerry Sorensen of Selma, Maura and husband Dan Kehr of La Grande, and Mary King of Grants Pass; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Tommy in 1988 and Loren in 2008. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE: $16.7 million airport runway project awarded-- Boise Cascade announces 30 layoffs in Elgin-- What do you think? School merger vote Mar 18, 2009
An official with the wood products manufacturer told The Observer newspaper of La Grande that weak market conditions and subpar projections for housing starts led to the decision. The mill is curtailing its second shift effective Monday, April 6. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Edward James Olmos, Charlie Sheen, Bristol Palin Mar 17, 2009
Parents at La Grande High School objected to what they called adult content in Mr. Martin's 1993 play, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," about an imagined meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Paris bar ... In a letter published in The La Grande Observer, Mr. Martin offered to pay for the production because, he wrote, he wanted to keep the play "from acquiring a reputation it does not deserve.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Steve Martin backs 'adult content' school production of his play Mar 16, 2009
Students at La Grande High School in Oregon were stopped from staging Picasso at the Lapin Agile ... In a letter to the La Grande Observer, Martin said although there were lines in the play he understood parents may feel uncomfortable letting their children say, the students knew the "questionable behaviour sometimes evident in the play is not endorsed" ... Teacher and director Kevin Cahill told La Grande Observer that funds were now being raised to put the play on at the nearby Eastern Oregon... (BBC News -- Americas)
COMMUNITY HELPERS Mar 16, 2009
The larger grants include: Oregon Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Salem, $46,000; Latino Network, Portland, $30,000; CHILD, The Dalles' reading program, $29,848; Child Care Resource and Referral, La Grande, $27,500; Building Healthy Families, Enterprise, $25,000; and MHCC Child Development/Family Support Program, Gresham, $22,800. Banfield Pet Hospital donated $100,000 to the Oregon Zoo for purchase of a new digital X-ray machine. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Show will go on on Steve Martins dime Mar 16, 2009
Actor-comedian-playwright Steve Martin has offered to pay for an off-campus production of his play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," which the La Grande High School, Ore ... It is aimed at explaining the similarity of the creative process involved in great leaps of imagination in art and science, Martin said in the letter published Friday in The La Grande Observer ... Last month a parent objected to the production planned by La Grande High School teacher Kevin Cahill and gave school... (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Bruins to play for Class 4A title Mar 15, 2009
Ryan Took had 12 points for La Grande. Brookings-Harbor (27-0) broke the game open in the third quarter, outscoring La Grande 15-7 to go ahead 40-26 ... La Grande (15-9) got no closer than 10 in the fourth. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Martin to US troupe: Show will go on, on my dime Mar 15, 2009
It is aimed at explaining "the similarity of the creative process involved in great leaps of imagination in art and science," Martin said in the letter published Friday in The La Grande Observer. Last month a parent objected to the production planned by La Grande High School teacher Kevin Cahill and gave school officials a petition signed by 137 people ... Since then, plans have been afoot for the students to present the play instead at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, with a Student... (International Herald Tribune)
4A Boys: Brookings-Harbor defeats Central 52-49 Mar 15, 2009
In Saturday's earlier games, Hidden Valley defeated La Grande 44-39 in the third-place game and Cottage Grove edged Gladstone 61-59 in the fourth-place game. La Grande placed fifth and Gladstone took sixth. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Saturday's Scores Mar 15, 2009
Hidden Valley 44, La Grande 39. Championship. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
4A Boys: Brookings-Harbor defeats La Grande 55-42 Mar 14, 2009
(AP) Kenton Bansemer had 17 points and six rebounds to lead top-ranked Brookings-Harbor to a 55-42 win against La Grande and a spot in the OSAA Class 4A boys state championship game. Ryan Took had 12 points for La Grande ... Brookings-Harbor (27-0) broke the game open in the third quarter, outscoring La Grande 15-7 to go ahead 40-26. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
High School Recap: Bruins avenge loss to Marist Mar 13, 2009
Kenton Bansemer added 14 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four blocks for the Bruins, who play La Grande in a Friday semifinal ... La Grande 60, Cottage Grove 56 ... Kevin Attila scored 19 points and Ryan Tooke added 18 as La Grande (15-8) held off co-No. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Fleetwood closes two plants, lays off 415 Mar 11, 2009
The closures include a plant in Pendleton that employed 253 and a plant in La Grande that employed 162. It s pretty significant for a small community, said Pendleton Mayor Phillip Houk. (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Back in business ... Duo gets the most out of Girl Scouts ... Official weighs in on budget board judgment ... Alley wins Ore. GOP online poll ... A year after crash, Ore. family still seeks answers ... ';var marqueewidth="440px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}} Ontario Taco Time owner Karl Bomberger, manager Tanna Kruck and employee Willis Lester prepare food at the Ontario Taco Time Friday. The restaurant opened last Saturday after recovering from a fire. Back in business Mar 10, 2009
The restaurant opening last Saturday has meant a lot of traveling from his other Taco Time restaurant in La Grande to the Ontario one, he said ... Though some may think it seems like a strange role for an owner to play, Bomberger said he often works with staff at the La Grande Taco Time as well as makes pizzas at Bear Mountain Pizza Company in La Grande. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Oregon starts laying out plans for stimulus dollars Mar 9, 2009 Huskies advance to second round Mar 5, 2009 Banned high school play moved to Oregon college campus Mar 4, 2009 Ontario off to the happy rock in Gladstone Mar 4, 2009 County jobless rate climbs Mar 1, 2009 Oregon high school drama class banned from 'Picasso' play Mar 1, 2009 Ontario tied for ninth after first day Feb 28, 2009 Letter From NJ To Ore. Woman Takes 22-Year Route Feb 25, 2009 Letter Takes 22-Year Route Feb 25, 2009 Friday's statewide basketball scores Feb 22, 2009 Marriages and divorces Feb 22, 2009 Woman Receives Graduation Invite ... 22 Years Late Feb 22, 2009 Local Briefs Feb 12, 2009 Oregon Boys Prep Basketball Poll Feb 11, 2009 Genevieve JonesFeb. 21, 1921 - Feb. 3, 2009 Feb 10, 2009 Column: OTIA III bridges boost middle class wages Feb 8, 2009 Former Viking assistant named defensive coordinator at Eastern Oregon Feb 8, 2009 Oregon Recreation Report Feb 8, 2009
The county also plans to use 472,000 for a paving project at La Grande. Officials at Baker City hope to use 4. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Friday's Scores Mar 7, 2009
La Grande 55, Sweet Home 43. Marist 59, Cascade 57. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
La Grande is a great program and they are a good team again this year ... Sweet Home (17-10, 5-7 in ValCo) will travel to Greater Oregon conference champion La Grande (13-8, 7-2 GOC) on Friday. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
A play banned from La Grande High School will instead be done at Eastern Oregon University after the president said she had no choice but to allow a student group to rent space for the performance ... The La Grande School District Superintendent got a complaint from a parent and a petition signed by 137 people and banned the play, which has references to sex and drinking, features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meeting in a Paris bar in 1904, as both were on the verge of... (Longview Daily News, WA)
They have won two straight games against league foes La Grande and Mac-Hi going into state playoff action. The Tigers are blessed with athleticism and stout perimeter shooting, led by all-league standouts Josh Mejia (first-team), Tad Anzaldua (first-team), Jordan Lang (second-team) and Dan Heninger (honorable mention). (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
It wasn t a great year, Jason Yohannan, regional economist, based in La Grande, said. November usually marks the seasonal employment downturn in Malheur County, but 2008 s November worker reductions proved more hurtful than normal, with a jobless mark of 7. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Superintendent Larry Glaze and the La Grande School Board decided high school students are too young to find out ... La Grande High Principal Doug Potter and teacher Kevin Cahill, the director, appealed the decision, but the board voted this week to back Glaze's decision ... But Dr. Joel Rice, a La Grande psychiatrist, told the board that studies show that plays do not have a negative influence on youths. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Mac-Hi trailed Sweet Home, 45-44, for the team-points lead after the first day, while La Grande (34. 5) stood in eighth. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Theresa Schlossarek, of La Grande, found the invitation last week in her mailbox. The envelope, which had been opened, was postmarked June 2, 1987, from Toms River, N.J., where her brother, Hermann Ilnseher, lives. (KIRO TV, WA)
(02-21) 20:33 PST La Grande, Ore ... Theresa Schlossarek, of La Grande, found the invitation last week in her mailbox ... The (La Grande) Observer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Ontario 62, La Grande 59 ... Ontario 42, La Grande 37. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Matthew Sanchez, of La Grande and Nika Sanchez, of Coquille. Lance L. Poinsett, of Coos Bay and Michelle M. Poinsett, of North Bend. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
LA GRANDE, Oregon An Oregon woman finally received an invitation to her nephew's high school graduation in New Jersey, but she may be a little late it was in 1987. Theresa Schlossarek, of La Grande, found the invitation last week in her mailbox ... "I never realized something could be lost for 22 years like that," he told The (La Grande) Observer. (Fox News)
EOU is located in La Grande, Ore. Great Divide Ski Team competes, qualifies. (Helena Independent Record)
Search Local Business Listings. 2/10/2009, 10:50 p.m. PST. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Gen spent the last three years in a new home in La Grande ... She is survived by her daughter, Suzi Jones, of Anchorage, Alaska; her son, Charles Jones, of La Grande; granddaughter, McKenna Jones, of Portland; granddaughter, Kakki Jones, of La Grande; sister Leta Hilty, Bellingham, Wash ... A memorial dinner was held in her honor at her home in La Grande on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
They include the sleek span of steel girders that make up the new Hilgard Interchange Bridge on Interstate 84 near La Grande and the Green Springs Drive Bridge in Klamath Falls. Drivers in Clackamas County have no doubt noticed the newer, safer bridges on Highway 224, but motorists heading to or from La Pine will likely slip over the two bridges replaced nearby, barely noticing them from the rest of Oregon 58. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Football - Western Washington University Vikings. Suianoa goes to EOU after five years as assistant at NCAA DII Western Washington. (Wwuvikings.com)
ODFW needs hunters assistance to establish wolves presence in Oregon; please report any wolf sightings or wolf sign to La Grande office (541) 963-2138 or online ... ODFW s Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, La Grande. (Lebanon Express, OR)
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