UNION COUNTY â Union County voters approved a levy to control weeds and elected several new members to school boards.
Turnout in the county stands at 24.8% for the Tuesday, May 18, special elections, a return of 4,708 out of a total of 18,959 ballots, according to the unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State. That s is in line with the turnout statewide, which was a little better than 24.6%.Â
The Observer will update this as results become available.Â
Fisher wins, Beck lead in race for Imbler School Board
IMBLER â Joseph Joe Fisher is taking a seat on the Imbler School Board, and and Jason Beck is in the lead to join him. Both races tightened as the night wore on.
LA GRANDE â Music teacher Carla Arnold is Central Elementary Schoolâs go-to person for many technology questions related to distance education.
The educator, who helps put on workshops on distance education technology, delights in fielding queries about the subject, just as she does teaching students online.
Make no mistake, Arnold would prefer to instruct students in person, but when she has to do it virtually, she embraces the task with a zeal befitting her glass-is-always-half-full perspective.
âThere are so many options for doing things (with distance education),â she said.
Arnold puts these options to the test each school day afternoon during meetings of the La Grande School Districtâs La Grande Fiddle Club, which is run in conjunction with the Grande Ronde Symphony. The clubâs members meet online to play the violin, cello, bass and other related instruments under the guidance of Arnold, Grande Ronde Symphony members Denise Hattan and Kathy Thim