Raul’s Business Showcase–Myra Correa Talks About Raul’s in La Grande, OR
Raul's Business Showcase
Myra Correa Talks About Raul's in La Grande, OR
Local Food, Mexican Food, Adams Avenue, Lunch, South American, Ethnic Food
Rual's is a small Mexican restaurant on Adam's Avenue owned by Myra Correa and her family.
They sell authentic Mexican food such as burritos, quesidillas, and tacos. This is probably
one of my favorite places to go for lunch, and they do a good job on filling you up. So come
on down to Raul's Taqueria and grab a bite.
Crazy Days is upon us! If you don’t know what Crazy Days is, well, you’re a terrible person Just kidding. In all seriousness, it’s a daylong celebration full of slick cars, Soapbox derbies, vendors peddling, facepainting, sprinkler spraying, plackgiving and other smalltown rambunctiousness that’s put on by La Grande Main Street every year. And it’s coming up on Saturday. Last year LaGrande Alive filmed the event and this year we’re streaming much of it on Facebook and our homepage.
The festivities will begin with breakfast at the Cove fire station: pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit, milk, the works. 5 bucks for that.
Concurrent with that, at 7:00 am there is a “fun run”, which I, Will Bowman, will be running in. The race is put on by the LHS track and field and cross country teams and earlier this week, I had Sean Crow, assistant coach for the teams, come in and chat with me.
I’ve found a kindred spirit in Sean Crow–he likes exercise, writing, and, like me, once he gets started with coffee he just can’t stop. We chatted for almost an hour yesterday about running, writing, the LHS cross country, track and field teams, and the Crazy Days fun run coming up on Saturday. There will be a 5k and a 10k. Registration starts at 7 am, 10k at 8, and 5k at 9:30. I’m going to run it and you should too, if you’re a runner, that is. And also, Sean, I had a fantastic time. Keep writing and investing in those high school kids!
Registration starts at 7:00 am. There will be a 5k and a 10k. The race will start at the shortstop on Geckler and 12th. And what the rest of Crazy Days looks like is this: an antique car show on Adams avenue from 9 am to 3pm. A soapbox boxcar derby race on 2nd and Spring at 3:15 pm that we will stream. Then, finally, the cars will drive off into the sunset during the Cruise for Cash at 7:00 pm that evening, which we will also stream. So whether you’re gonna come run with me in the Fun Run, run through the fire department sprinklers on Adams, shop, or just drool over the cars, get out of the house this Saturday and so something. Seriously. This is small town Oregon. Get out and enjoy it. And for those of you who have attended in years past, please let us know about your favorite Crazy Days story or event in the comments below.
They are not going to kill the deer! Yay!
Or, well, they’re not going to kill the deer, I mean. This is a newscast so I should probably be a little bit more objective. A Union council voted this last week, after much deliberation, not to hire a Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hunter to come in and exterminate a portion of the local deer population. Okay, if you’re not up to date on this story here it is: Union, for the last several months, has been embroiled in deliberation about what to do about the local deer problem. So what’s the problem? Well, some Union residents think that the many, many deer in the town are a nuisance: they’re a danger to drivers, they have harmed pets and eaten up gardens. And the proposed means of dealing with these extra deer was to, well, kill some of them. Or hire someone to do it, rather. But this week, the council responsible for the issue finally voted: 32 against, the final verdict. There were many reasons cited for the negative vote, including that the lethal means was too severe and that many Union residents think the deer are actually very cute. But whatever the case, the deer live to graze another day, and the Union residents are left to continue to ponder the question: what to do about the deer? A committee has been formed and will be required to give a proposal two months down the road. But what do you think LaGrandeAlive? What’s another way of dealing with the deer, other than killing them, that is? What kind of plan could Union implement to minimize the deer problems? Respond in the comments below.
Old Fire Museum, New Brewpub
So, how many of you have ever been into the Eastern Oregon Fire Museum? Me either. But I’ve wanted to! For a really long time. The fire museum is actually on Jefferson and Elm street in downtown La Grande, and it was a small town museum that housed old time fire equipment to be viewed by appointment by anyone interested. But not any more. Apparently three entrepreneurs are opening a brewpub in the same space now occupied by the museum. But businesses, at least in this case, are like friends: silver and gold, make new ones but keep the old. Why compromise when you can have your beer and drink it in the museum too? The new brewpub will include the museum, and you can drink your beer while walking around and looking at the fire poles, plaques, and other elements of local firefighting history. They are even naming the brewery “Side A Brewing” after the front side of the building that firefighters used to refer to as the side a. This is very cool. So for those of you who, like me, have always wanted to look inside the museum, rejoice: not only will you be able to do so within the year, but you’ll be able to do it with a nice stout, cider, or plate of food in your hand while you do it. That’s what I like to see, local business. That’s what I like to see.
Upcoming Events
So, what’s going on this week in the valley? Well, as I’ve already talked about, Crazy Days is this Friday and Saturday. Also this Saturday, La Grande United Methodist church is selling a bunch of refurbished stuff from 9am to 4pm. They’re also selling beverages and cinnamon rolls, which I hope are not also refurbished. Also, next Monday, (I had to throw this in here) La Grande Ukulele players of all skill levels are invited to meet at La Fiesta Restaurant from 7 to 8:30 pm. Next Tuesday there will be a Wine and Paint night fundraiser at the Local Harvest Eatery and Pub for Jenny’s Heart with Art. And next Wednesday at 7pmfor all you rockers out there Pigs on the Winga Pink Floyd tribute band will play at Eastern Oregon University. Tickets are 15 bucks and available only online at brownpperticket.com.
Local Sports
In sports, Isaac Updike, an ex EOU track and field racer, missed heading to Rio De Janeiro by just one race, finishing 12th last Friday in his final run to qualify for the Olympics. He ran the 3000m steeplechase in 8:42.92, which is still a whole heck of a lot better than any of us can do. Good job Isaac. Don’t beat yourself up too much. You’ve raised the bar for La Grande and we’re super proud of you, even though you didn’t quite make it. Also, EOU men’s soccer is gearing up for the season. The coach just released several more picks for this year’s team. To see those picks and for more information, visit the EOU sports site at www.eousports.com
Local Sports
In local sports, the 14u USA Explosion did pretty well at the Oregon ASA state tournament in Beaverton last weekend. Game one they lost again against the NW Bullets . The final score was 87. After that, they won three: 91 against the Oregon TItans, 145 against the Rip City Riptide, and 90 against the Capital City Crush. They finally lost one more time 54 to the Oregon City Nightmare. finishing the tournament 3 and 2 in the fourth bracket.
In American Legion Baseball, the 16U La Grande Legacy Ford Legends won two this weekend, beating Walla Wall 122 and Pendleton 60. And lastly, twelve golfers and 11 track and field athletes from Union County placed at the 2015 Special Olympics this weekend.
For more information on these stories and plenty of others, please check out the Observer paper. Seriously, they have much more information and cover these stories much better than we do.
The La Grande High School Track, Field, and Cross Country Teams, and the Crazy Days Fun Run
By Will Bowman – LGA TV Senior Editor
I’ve found a kindred spirit in Sean Crow–he likes exercise, writing, and, like me, once he gets started with coffee he just can’t stop. We chatted for almost an hour yesterday about running, writing, the LHS cross country, track and field teams, and the Crazy Days fun run coming up on Saturday. There will be a 5k and a 10k. Registration starts at 7 am, 10k at 8, and 5k at 9:30. I’m going to run it and you should too, if you’re a runner, that is. And also, Sean, I had a fantastic time. Keep writing and investing in those high school kids!
Thomas Taylor is a man who loves La Grande. He loves it so much, in fact, he spends his weeks walking around down town, opening doors, ringing bells, having coffee dates, and otherwise frequenting the local businesses and trying to make connections and establish community right here in La Grande. That and designing fantastic events like the Beer Festival.
Thomas is the director of La Grande Main Street and a close personal friend. We share passion for local business and local food, and local personal friends. In this Coffee With Will, we talk about LG Main Street and the Beer Festival. Thanks for coming in, Thomas!
Matt Orthmann has been a buddy of mine since I moved to La Grande and attended Eastern Oregon University together and worked on a range of artistic projects. And now that we’re both respectively graduated, we share the experience of trying to create beautiful, tasteful pieces of art in a small town where the market for our trades is very, very small. Matt has one of the best work ethics of any other guy I’ve ever met. He also shares my passion for pushing himself, crafting himself, and otherwise creating beautiful, expressive things from his own artistic daemon, as Nietzsche would call it, as well as his body which can, in many cases, become a means of artistic expression and craft. I really love having coffee with this guy: he’s a great blacksmith, a good conversation, and one of the most driven guys I’ve ever met.
VINE & BRANCH IRONWORKS– Beauty Forged by Fire –
We Specialize in Beautifully Detailed, Hand Crafted Ironworks including hand rails, stair rails, gates… La Grande, Oregon
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
– Proverbs 27:17
There were not one, not two, but three fires this 4th of July weekend, and none of them were caused by Hillbillies with fireworks. The first house, located out by Hot Lakes, was huge, what firefighters call a “third alarm” fire. It included a house, a trailer, and three shops, and all of them burned down completely. It’s amazing what a little electrical problem can do to your home. The fire started at 7:15 pm and, according to Larry Wooldridge, the fire chief for La Grande Rural, they didn’t get done until 4 am the next morning fighting it. But they weren’t done.
The second fire started at 7:15 am the next morning, just hours after La Grande Rural put out the other blaze. It was a mobile home. It started on the front porch. The owner woke to see it burning. She tried to put it out herself. It didn’t work. But by the time she called 911, it was too late. A corner of her house was burned, her whole house was engulfed in smoke, and three of her four dogs were dead. Twelve firefighters responded to this fire, but nobody could determine what started it, and they didn’t finish debriefing until 4:15 pm.
But they still weren’t done for the day! At about 5:15, just after they left the other event, La Grande Rural got another call for a hay and shed fire! And so after almost 24 hours of fighting fire, the department strapped up and headed out and put that one out two. They didn’t finish until almost 9:00 pm Tuesday night. Whew. That’s a heck of a 4th of July celebration.
So what’s the moral of this story? Be careful, for God’s sake. According to Wooldridge, most people forget that wildland fires aren’t the only type of fires out there, especially during spring. House fires are extremely dangerous and people let their guard ground. So turn off your burners, unplug your hot plates, put out your cigarette butts. Fires start quickly and for a thousand different reasons, and these houses could be yours.
And also, if you see a firefighter from La Grande Rural Fire district, shake their hand and thank them. They gave up their 4th of July night so other people can enjoy yet another year in America alive.
And speaking of fire, there’s now a no-smoking ban in all public parks in La Grande. So you vapers, smokers, tokers, do your business outside of public areas. There’s even new, fancy signs that tell you so. If you’re caught smoking by a public servant in a park, e.g. a police officer, they will ask you to leave. So if you’re going to smoke, take a walk and do it outside of state-owned grounds.
The La Grande High school is renovating everything. And I mean everything. When they’re done they’ll have a new gymnasium, a new auditorium, a new industrial arts building. Currently the gymnasium is in-progress. The floor is ripped up, the place needs painted, but it is progressing. The theater is also going right along–when it’s done, they’ll have a new thrust stage, new lights and rafters, and even new seats. And they’re gonna rip the industrial arts building down completely. And build another one. That too. The gym is probably going to be done August 1st. Keep an eye out for it and the rest of the LGHS building. And all you kids–enjoy your new multi-million dollar facilities.
So, what’s going on this week? Well, tonight there’s live music at Ten Depot Street. There’s an annual egg and pancake breakfast during the Elgin Stampede from 7 to 11 am on Saturday. It’s going to be at Hiram Lodge 67 and is 6 bucks a person and kids eat free. And a few early, early peeks of some things coming up: next weekend is Crazy Days! A big, massive, fun and fantastic downtown event going on in La Grande. So keep that in mind. Also, on the 25th of July, the liberty theater in La Grande will host a workshop about saving historic places in Oregon. So if you’re interested in keeping Oregon local and historic, please visit the Liberty website for more information.
In Sports,
The La Grande All Stars baseball team beat Hermiston to win district. They won 11-6. Then they beat Milton Freewater 12-2 Saturday to win districts. Great job, All Stars. All up and making us proud. You did great.
But the La Grande Legacy Ford Legends didn’t do so hot last week, going 1-3-1 this weekend at the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene American Legion Wood Bat Classic. They started off losing two games, one to Fort Macleod, Alberta 10-0 and also to Coeur d’ALene’s home team 14-6. Then Saturday, they finally won one, winning 8-3 over Aberdeen Washington. Next they tied Asotin, Washington 4-all and, finally, finished off with another loss against Brekendridge, Washington, on Sunday 4-2. The team is now 13-5-1 overall.
But let’s not stop with losing, let’s make this a good-news sandwich. Former EOU student Isaac Updike is one race away from qualifying or the Olympics. Updike runs for Team Run Eugene. He has qualified and placed high enough in his last several qualifying races to, along with 13 others, race for the three Olympic seats. He will race Friday evening to decide his fate, whether he will, in fact, race in Rio De Janeiro this year for team USA or whether he will, instead, return home to Eugene and watch the races with family and friends at home.
And that’s your news roundup.
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Dawn’s Delights Business Showcase by La Grande Alive.TV
Don Murphy Louis Talks About Dawn’s Delights on Adams Avenue
Dawn Murphy Louis is the owner of Dawn’s Delights, a second hand store down on Adam’s Avenue in La Grande, Oregon. They sell everything from kid’s clothes to home decor. So come on down to Dawn’s Delights and check it out. I highly recommend trying out the fancy suits: you can look like a legitimate businessman even in little town La Grande.
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Lori McNeil Video Profile – Mrs. Oregon 2016 for Mrs. USA
Meet Lori McNeil, reigning Mrs. Oregon. Sponsored by by Brent Clapp Media Services.
Lori McNeil of Baker City, Oregon “Pageantry is not what I expected.” Apparently, In addition to walking on a stage and looking pretty, each contestant for Mrs. USA is required to partake in business interviews, resume inspections, impromptu speeches, and multiple other tests and competitions designed to prove their potency as a leader and competent member of society.
It’s not just a bunch of bimbos on stage, to be sure. And all this I learned from my week-long experience of doing this video with Lori McNeil, the Mrs. Oregon competitor for the Mrs. USA competition.
Lori is from Baker, OR, and we got the opportunity to sponsor her for this year’s competition with a video. She is interested in her home, Baker City, Eastern Oregon has been an educator for 18 years, is a new author and an undefeated battleship champion.
Contemporary Art Show, Pokemon Go, Upcoming Events, Local Sports, Elkhorn Relay, 3D State Shoot News(ish)
Crazy Days is upon us! If you don’t know what Crazy Days is, well, you’re a terrible person Just kidding. In all seriousness, it’s a daylong celebration full of slick cars, Soapbox derbies, vendors peddling, facepainting, sprinkler spraying, plackgiving and other smalltown rambunctiousness that’s put on by La Grande Main Street every year. And it’s coming up on Saturday. Last year LaGrande Alive filmed the event and this year we’re streaming much of it on Facebook and our homepage.
Or, well, they’re not going to kill the deer, I mean. This is a newscast so I should probably be a little bit more objective. A Union council voted this last week, after much deliberation, not to hire a Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hunter to come in and exterminate a portion of the local deer population. Okay, if you’re not up to date on this story here it is: Union, for the last several months, has been embroiled in deliberation about what to do about the local deer problem. So what’s the problem? Well, some Union residents think that the many, many deer in the town are a nuisance: they’re a danger to drivers, they have harmed pets and eaten up gardens. And the proposed means of dealing with these extra deer was to, well, kill some of them. Or hire someone to do it, rather. But this week, the council responsible for the issue finally voted: 32 against, the final verdict. There were many reasons cited for the negative vote, including that the lethal means was too severe and that many Union residents think the deer are actually very cute. But whatever the case, the deer live to graze another day, and the Union residents are left to continue to ponder the question: what to do about the deer? A committee has been formed and will be required to give a proposal two months down the road. But what do you think LaGrandeAlive? What’s another way of dealing with the deer, other than killing them, that is? What kind of plan could Union implement to minimize the deer problems? Respond in the comments below.
There were not one, not two, but three fires this 4th of July weekend, and none of them were caused by Hillbillies with fireworks. The first house, located out by Hot Lakes, was huge, what firefighters call a “third alarm” fire. It included a house, a trailer, and three shops, and all of them burned down completely. It’s amazing what a little electrical problem can do to your home. The fire started at 7:15 pm and, according to Larry Wooldridge, the fire chief for La Grande Rural, they didn’t get done until 4 am the next morning fighting it. But they weren’t done.
The La Grande High school is renovating everything. And I mean everything. When they’re done they’ll have a new gymnasium, a new auditorium, a new industrial arts building. Currently the gymnasium is in-progress. The floor is ripped up, the place needs painted, but it is progressing. The theater is also going right along–when it’s done, they’ll have a new thrust stage, new lights and rafters, and even new seats. And they’re gonna rip the industrial arts building down completely. And build another one. That too. The gym is probably going to be done August 1st. Keep an eye out for it and the rest of the LGHS building. And all you kids–enjoy your new multi-million dollar facilities.
This is your weekly news roundup brought to you by:
Dawn Murphy Louis is the owner of Dawn’s Delights, a second hand store down on Adam’s Avenue in La Grande, Oregon. They sell everything from kid’s clothes to home decor. So come on down to Dawn’s Delights and check it out. I highly recommend trying out the fancy suits: you can look like a legitimate businessman even in little town La Grande.
“Pageantry is not what I expected.” Apparently, In addition to walking on a stage and looking pretty, each contestant for Mrs. USA is required to partake in business interviews, resume inspections, impromptu speeches, and multiple other tests and competitions designed to prove their potency as a leader and competent member of society.
