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La Grande Parks and Rec announce spring beautification award winners
LA GRANDE – (Release from the La Grande Parks and Recreation) The home of Maxine Hines, 307 2nd Street, has been selected for the City of La Grande spring beautification award. Over the last four years Maxine has transformed her yard from lawn to a diverse, low-water landscape. The front yard is planted with deer resistant shrubs and perennials, “Lots of easy to grow perennials taking over on their own,” said Hines. The grass under the established street trees has also been replaced with wood chip mulch, eliminating the need to mow and irrigate. One raised bed is reserved for growing vegetables. Hops, Virginia creeper, clematis, and trumpet vine cover the chain link fence. When basement flooding required excavating, Hines created a dry creek bed made from all the unearthed rocks. “I love to share plants with others” said Hines, “and use way less water than other large yards!”
EPA Selects La Grande school district for $2,020,000 in electric school bus rebate funds
LA GRANDE – The EPA recently announced that the La Grande School district has been selected for a $2,020,000 rebate to purchase ten new electric school buses as part of the organization’s Clean School Bus Program rebate contest. This is part of a larger nationwide effort, initially announced last September, to replace older diesel buses in selected districts.
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