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The City of Wallowa will implement sweeping changes to its water system, thanks to a $3,588,000 Community Development Block Grant Rom the stateofOregon. The money will enable the city to do a system rebuild, including improve ments to the existing well, construction of a new well and water pump station site, installation ofa new pressure reducing valve station, construction of anew reservoir,replacement ofold water lines and installation of new water meters. The project was designed by Ander son-Perry and Associates of La Grande, with Engineer Troy Baker in charge. The grant is the largest of six recently awarded to Oregon communities by the Oregon Business Development Department's Infrastructure Finance Authority. "The beauty of this is, normally there's a cap on these awards and
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OBDD for $323,000 for design and environmental services. La Grande based Anderson-Perry, a company that works on infrastructure projects in cities throughout Eastern Oregon and SouthernOregon and Southeastern Washington, updated a master plan that had been formulated in 2002. 'The city didn't implement any of the improvements in the 2002 plan, and the council decided to have us prepare an update," Baker said. "These were improvements we felt they neededtomake for thereliability of their system." Baker added that the city had to ap ply to the Water Resources Committee foran extension ofa deadline to perfect the water right. With the extension came certain conditions. See System / Page2A
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J.D. Platt of Bend tosses discs during a K9 Kings Flying Dog Show at the Union County Fair.
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The eye popping hap pens when border collies are trained to defy their natural instincts. For proof, look to the current K9 Kings Flying Dog Show at the Union FA I R County Fair,
PHOTOS which contin PAG E 11A ues through AND 'I2A Saturday evening. Three times a day the show's cast, 12 dogs — many of whom are border collies or have border collie bloodlines — are bringing spectatorsto theirfeet.Some of the canines have performed the acrobatic stunts form il lions of television viewers. The dogs leap up to six feet to catchFrisbees,dodouble jumps while running under I s them, greet their owners with "chest bumps," do moon walks and much more. The canines chase and Brad Mosher /The Observer catch Frisbees with such A canine snares a disc Thursday at a K9 Kings Flying See Dogs / Page7A Dog Show performance at the fair. i
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The Wallowa County Fair kicks off Saturday and this year's theme says it all — "Summer Days, Country Ways." The first 4-H event, the dog show, begins at 9 a.m. Saturday on the lawn. Sunday the 4-H horse show starts at 1:30 p.m. Grand champion show man is at 6 p.m. Monday morning at 8, 4-H exhibits are delivered to the Cloverleaf Hall kitchen and 4-H interview judging for food, clothes and static exhibits begin. The 4-H horse show begins at 8 a.m.in the arena.The grand cham pion trail, western equitation and reining is at 6 p.m. From 8 a.m. to noon, open, non perishable entries will be delivered to large exhibit hall. On Tuesday, open class perishable entries will be delivered to Cloverleaf Hall in back. The 4-H horse show begins at 8 a.m., horse gaming events start at 3 p.m. and the awards program is at 7 p.m. From 2 to 6 p.m. commercial exhib its will be set up in the exhibit hall. Wednesday Cloverleaf Hall is open Rom 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. At 2 p.mu 4-H and FFA livestock entries and weigh-ins begin as well as FFA mechanics, crops and wool entries. Thursday adult showmanship starts at 8:15 a.m. And 4-H/FFA market livestock conformation starts at 8:30 with sheep, swine at 8:45, followed by goat conformation, mar ket and breeding. SeeFair / Page 8A
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A multi-agency drug bust Thursday in Northeast Oregon, Southeast Washington and Southern Oregon resulted in 29 arrests, including two in Union County. Officers seized drugs including 200 marijuana plants, and numerous weapons.
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A one year investigation into drug and firearm trafficking in Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington led to the arrest by early Thursday afternoon of 29 people following the execution of multiple search war rantsby a largeteam offederal,state and local law enforcement agencies. Oregon State Police said the inves tigation is ongoing and the names ofthose arrested willbereleased Monday to prevent anyimpact to the ongoing operation. Union County Sheriff Boyd Rasmussen said that two people were arrested in Union County, including one on a federal warrant. The OSP said the investigation aims to dismantle a drug trafficking See Sweep / Page8A
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