La Grande Observer Daily paper 10-24-14

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• Second spree ofburglaries has La Grande Police, Union County Sherif's Ofice, businesses on high alert

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ENTERPRISE — Wallowa County's parole and probation department is working toreduce recidivism and get drug and alcohol abusers the help they need. In a continuing trend of handingover state programs to the counties, Oregon is funding grants to support treatment and work release for qualified offenders. So far, Wallowa County has received

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Kyle Hacker, Wallowa County's parole and probation officer, said one way to save the county and the state money is to incarcerate drug offenders for three days instead of 30, 60 or 90 days and follow up with treatment, work crew time and urine analyses. 'There is the same change in behavior when someone is SeeMethods / Page8A

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Another nine local businesses were burglarized late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, raising area business owners' security concerns to alarming levels. The mid-week crime spree follows aseriesofburglariesthattook place last weekend. Five businesses reportedburglariesOct.18. La Grande Police and the Union County SherifFs Office worked together Thursday to establish a plan in hopes of catching those responsible, asthey believethe tw orashes ofburglaries are related. A W e have reason to believethat last weekend's burglaries and those committed last night were done by the same persons," LGPD Lt. Derick Reddington said Thursday. The sherifFs office has been brought into the fold since AC Powersports, which was victimized overnight Wednesday, is located in Island

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El Erradero Manager David Arceo said burglars smashed a window in his restaurant earlyThursday morning. Because of the shape of the window, it could take up to a week for the glass to be replaced. City. Cinco De Mayo, Smokehouse Restaurant, Moy's Dynasty, Antlers Espresso, Nells-N-Out, El Erradero, Dairy Queen and the Habitat for Humanity ReStore were also hit.

Reddington said burglars smashed windows and busted doors to gain entry, causing extensive property damage. Cash registers, cash boxes, cash and alcohol were also taken in

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the burglaries. A We wereableto retrieve some fairly good video footage from at leastone ofthevictim ized businesses," Reddington said. Police hope the evidence will lead to arrests. For many of the businesses, the property damage was worse than what was taken. That was the case for El Erradero, according to the restaurant's manager, David Arceo. "The window's going to be more expensive than what they took," he sald. Because of the shape of the broken window, the glass must be special ordered. "Hopefully in a week we'll be back with a view,"Arceo said. AC Powersports Manager Rob Miller said he was surprised his storewas hitbecause it'sin a good neighborhood with great people. ''We,fortunately,haven'thad any SeeBurglaries / Page 8A

Windy conditions

likely to linger • High winds expected for another week By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

Feeling a little windswept? The last week in the Grande Ronde Valley has brought with it a consistent wind reaching upward of 30 miles per hour, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon. A We are heading into the winter months and that's when we see the strong winds," said Marilyn Lohmann, forecaster for the National Weather Service's Pendleton office."Some wind isdue in partbecause ofa system moving through the region or another is due in partbecause ofthecold area SeeWinds / Page8A

i councilorchallengesincumdentmayor ELECTIQ N NOV. 4ELECTION: ELGIN

By Cherise Kaechele

A mayor needs to 014 be civic minded, want to build on a community's strengths, get citizens involved and espouse the values of community and family and the common good. Page 4A

The Observer

Allan DufFy moved to Elgin from Northern California more than seven years ago and fell in love with the community. Now, he's asking the community to make him Elgin's next mayor. DufFy has served on the Elgin City

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Council since 2012. He said he's enjoyed his time on the council and feels, ifhe becomes mayor, he'll work to increase government transparency. "If you can be transparent and get your community involved in different

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things going on, then you'll obviously be doing e better," DufFy said. DufFy is challenging incumbent Mayor Brent Linville, who did not Duffy return phone calls or email requests for comment. SeeElgin / Page8A

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