BRIEFLY: Band raises funds with yard, bake sale
Published 3:30 pm Friday, August 28, 2015
The La Grande High School band is holding a yard sale to help raise money for student activities. A wide variety of items as well as baked goods will be for sale. Yard sale items range from large to small with bag prices on clothing. The sale will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Union Wallowa Baker Federal Credit Union at 3 Depot St., La Grande.
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Nominations for PFLAG officers open
Union County PFLAG will have its monthly social/board game gathering tonight from 6 to 9 in the party room at Bear Mountain Pizza.
The group’s next general meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church. Due to a scheduling conflict, September’s social/board game night will be held Sept. 11 rather than the usual third Thursday. At the same time and place.
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Nominations for president, secretary and treasurer are open until the end of August. Send an email or talk to one of the officers this Friday if you’d like to nominate someone.
Cove Highway culvert repairs begin Monday
COVE – Oregon Department of Transportation Maintenance crews will be replacing two 50-foot culverts under Oregon Highway 237 (Cove Highway) in Cove near mile-post 12.5. The project is adjacent to the Artesian Blue Water bottling facility. Motorists can expect single lane travel in the work zone with automated flagging stations controlling traffic. Work is scheduled to begin Monday and take about four days to complete. Drivers are advised to watch for crews and equipment, plan extra travel time through this area, expect delays of up to 20 minutes, and obey automated flagging equipment used to facilitate one-lane travel. The work is needed to replace the existing culverts that are too small to efficiently handle storm water flow under the roadway.
Dance includes door prizes, ice cream
An end-of-the-month community dance will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. The event will feature live music by the BlueMountaineers, a finger food potluck, door prizes and George Neer’s homemade ice cream. Admission is $3 with kids younger than 12 free.
Saturday’s train excursion canceled
ELGIN – Saturday’s Eagle Cap Excursion Train’s trip to Lookingglass Fish Hatchery has been canceled due to fire danger and air quality.
Support group discusses decisions
ENTERPRISE – Wallowa County Caregivers, a support group for caregivers, meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. Both September meetings will be held at the VFW Hall in Enterprise.
Tuesday’s meeting will feature guest speaker Stephanie Payne. Her presentation, “Preparing for End of Life,” will address the kind of decisions we all will have to make. Payne has a been a practicing Registered Nurse for more than 30 years with special interest in Home Health and Hospice.
LHS class of ’64 meets for lunch
The La Grande High School class of 1964 will have a luncheon meeting at noon Saturday at the Flying J.
River recreation not recommended
VALE – Due to Grizzly Bear Complex fire activity in northern Wallowa County, boating on the Grande Ronde River is not recommended. The fire is close enough to the river to create serious risk to anyone attempting to boat, raft or otherwise utilize the river for recreation or other purposes.
Campgrounds in the area are in Evacuation Level 3 status. These areas cannot be entered until the evacuation levels are lowered or the orders rescinded.
The fire is being managed by the U.S. Forest Service’s Umatilla National Forest.
DAR dedicates Cemetery marker
BAKER CITY – The Lone Pine Tree Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is planning a special dedication of a marker for the historic Wingville Cemetery. The dedication will take place at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 11. The Wingville Cemetery is located 10 miles northwest of Baker City off Highway 7. This property was purchased April 8, 1878, by the Wingville Grange #150 for a two dollar gold piece. The dedication will be made by Ellen Hopkins, DAR Honorary Regent and State Historic Preservation Chairperson.
After the dedication ceremony, the group will reconvene at the Sunridge Restaurant in Baker City. Luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m., and a regular meeting will begin at noon. Anyone interested in this dedication is welcome to attend.
For more information, call Meschelle Cookson at 541-523-4248, Joan Smith at 541-963-4861 or Roberta Morin at 541-446-3385.
RSVP to VA committee meeting
HERMISTON – The public is invited to attend and participate in the next quarterly meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Hermiston Conference Center, 415 S. Highway 395. The nine-member committee is comprised of veterans appointed by the governor to provide counsel to the director of the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Registration is encouraged. RSVP at www.surveymonkey.com/r/CWNK5SB.
Questions for the committee should be emailed to vaac@odva.state.or.us. For more information about the committee and its members, go to www.oregon.gov/odva/Pages/advisory.aspx.