THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE KINDA FARMY – Weekly Newsish Roundup

Apr 1, 2019 | Newsish, Weekly News Roundup

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE KINDA FARMY

Weekly Newsish Roundup: April 25 – May 2, 2018

In the news today:

  • The Good: Hairspray At The Elgin Opera House
  • The Bad: Lesley Kopp Found Dead In La Grande
  • The Kinda Farmy: Blue Mountain Seed Gives Free Tours

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The Elgin Opera House has one more weekend of Hairspray the musical! Hairspray the musical is a play about Tracy Turnblad, a somewhat of a rotund teenage girl with a heart for the camera nonetheless. But before you know it, she’s actually been accepted onto a live television show, and with that acceptance she brings a heart to television for unifying of races, black and white, through dance.

If you want to get your tickets for this play, head to the Elgin Opera House website. The link is in the description of this video.

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Lesley Ann Kopp, 67 of Cove, Oregon was found deceased at 1902 4th Street in La Grande on April 19th, 2018. As of now, the cause of the death is still unreleased by the law enforcement officials. Lesley Ann Kopp is the wife of Dr. James Kopp, and Lesley was found in the building of her husband’s medical practice near downtown La Grande.

This week I contacted several individuals involved with the investigation, and they said that the investigation is in its late stages. Over 20 items of evidence have been investigated and there are 30 hours of video surveillance that are being reviewed in order to understand what, exactly, happened to Mrs. Kopp in her last hours.

Now, the police want to be clear, there is no reason to believe there is any further danger to the public.

On a more personal note, Lesley seemed to be well liked in Cove, her hometown. One person posted on her Facebook page after her death:

“I don’t know how to understand this. You were the sweetest step sister anyone could have hoped to want. Always so welcoming and loving. I’m just still in shock.”

Another person commented:

“This news has cut so deep. Though we didn’t spend much time together in these last few years my early life memories of you are deep. You were always so kind, patient and generous to me. Hug my brother and Jesus for me. You are deeply missed.”

La Grande Alive will have more on this story as soon as the cause of death is revealed to the media.

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Blue Mt Seed is having an open house and tour of their cleaning plant. Blue Mt Seed cleans grass seed right here in Union County. It’s a unique process that involves sending the seed, after it’s harvested, through a series of sifters that increase the purity of the seed so that it can be shipped out and sold for you to use in your lawn.

And on May 4th, Blue Mt. Seed is celebrating their 50th anniversary cleaning seed. And as such, they’re inviting the public to come and see the process.

The open house is May 4th at 1pm. It will be held at their Imbler plant and they’ll be having tours. For more information, visit their Facebook event page. The link is in this video’s description.

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