La Grande Disc Golf Meet Zoe Andyke
Disc golf has become a popular past time in La Grande serving hundreds of folks a year at the Eastern Oregon University campus course or in the hills at one of the many grass-root courses. One La Grande native, however, has taken her passion for the disc into and exciting new level. Zoe Andyke, who has been playing disc in our valley on and off for the last 7 years will be attending the 2013 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships. She will be doing clinics along the way to garner support the next of which will be a clinic on Distance Driving and is planned to be on Wednesday...
Read MoreRiding with Champions: An Appreciation of the 2012-13 Mountaineer Women Basketball Team
kid yoshida travels to Sioux City Iowa to watch EOU women compete in NAIA national basketball championship...
Read MoreEOFF2013 Releases Full Festival Program
February 28th – March 2nd, 2013 in our delightful community of La Grande, Oregon — the best cultural event in the region will unfold. EOFF2013 is the fourth annual Eastern Oregon Film Festival held in La Grande, Oregon February 28th – March 2nd, 2013. EOFF features an amazing line-up of emerging independent feature and short films. The festival opens with Only The Young, an intimate portrait of three enigmatic teenagers searching for love, friendship, and skate parks. The film somehow manages to capture the fly-on-the-wall perspective of a documentary, with the aesthetic...
Read MoreEOFF2013 Sneak Peek Fundraiser: A Must Attend Event
The Eastern Oregon Film Festival is pretty much now a household name in the Grande Ronde Valley. This 3 day event brings in some of the worlds best independent cinema, music, and talent to La Grande, Oregon. Now in it’s fourth year and after moving it’s official dates from October to February 28th – March 2nd, 2013 — La Grandians and other regional indie art savs are gearing up for what is looking to be a most excellent event. This grassroots organization has been working hard over the past five years in La Grande to cultivate and grow a arts and cultural event...
Read MoreAlternative Transportation Week
Oct 1-5th 2012 is Alternative Transportation Week Rideshare is a growing option to driving your car alone. When you share a ride you, you can reduce stress and save money. Oregon’s newest rideshare website Drivelessconnect.com is helping carpool, biking and walking partners find each other. Additionally, your local Drive Less Connect staff in Baker, Union and Wallowa Counties will be highlighting the first week of October as Alternative Transportation Week. Alternative Transportation includes all forms of sustainable transit including walking, biking, rideshare, vanpool and public...
Read MoreUnion County Museum Pioneer Day
Union County Museum to host Pioneer Day, September 8 UNION, OREGON __The Union County Museum will host Pioneer Day, Saturday, September 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event tips a hat to the region’s pioneer heritage, with activities that highlight life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Blacksmith and Dutch-even cooking demonstrations are among the activities in the museum courtyard. Bob Gilmore, La Grande, and Peter Clark, a friend from California, will demonstrate two types of blacksmithing common during settlement times. Merle Miller will lead the Dutch-oven...
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