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Kindergarten orientation set for May 19 The Baker School District will have a kindergarten orientation for parents and incoming kindergartners on May19 in the gym at Brooklyn Elementary, 1350Washington Ave. The orientation will be from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Kindergarten staff will discuss academic readiness skills, and the kindergarten activities for the 2014-15 school year.

A question and answer time will follow.

Parents who have their child screened for kindergarten will receive a registration for the orientation. If you don't receive a registration, you can call Brooklyn at 541-524-2450.

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South Baker School pancake feed Thursday South Baker Intermediate School will have an all-you-can-eat pancake feed and scholastic book fair on Thursday, April 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the school, 1285Third St. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and younger, and $15 for a family of four or more.

Proceeds will be used to buy classroom book sets.

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'Equal Pay Day' signs Tuesday

The Baker-Ontario Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) will acknowledge Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 8, by posting signs at various locations in Baker City.

The signs will call attention to the how, on average, women earn less than men. Sources vary on the exact number, ranging from 77 cents to 82 cents to every dollar a man earns.

This is the calculated ratio in the United States of full-time, year-round workers, according to AAUW.

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The homes Sid Johnson built in Baker County will shelter families for decades, but perhaps the greatest legacy ofhis handiwork is a forest.

Johnson, who started one of the county's larger construction companies, died Saturday at his home in Baker City.

He was 89.

Besides being a prominent Sid busi n ess owner, Johnson served Johnson in a variety of public positions, including the Baker County Planning Commission and the Weed Board.

One ofhis great passions, though, was improving the property he and his wife Nancy, whom he married in 1948, owned along Alder Creek about 15 miles southeast of Baker City.

Johnson's parents settled in that area in 1911 after moving west from Wisconsin.

Johnson, who was born in 1924, lived at Alder Creek until he was a seventh-grader, when his family moved to Muddy Creek in the Baker Valley.

In the early 1970s, Johnson recalled in a 2001 interview with the Baker City Herald, Nancy told him, while they were visiting their Alder Creek acreage, that what she'd like to see a few more trees.

And not junipers, about the only species able to survive in that area where the annual rainfall averages about 10 inches.

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Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative's substation on Elm Street in Baker City.

By Pat Caldwell pcaldwell©bakercltyherald.com

Even now the assailants who conducted a nighttime raid on an electrical substation near San Jose, Calif., last year remain anonymous.

But the assault that nearly produced a massive power outage in the Silicon Valley triggereda number oftroubling questions and eventually caught the attention of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon.

The unsolved attack kindled fearsregarding the safety ofthe nation's power grid.

The assault on the Metcalf substation began under cover of the night in April 2013 when telephonecables were slashed and then individuals began to fire guns into the facility. The saboteurs severely damaged more than 15 transformers that channel power to the Silicon Valley, and then disappeared into the darkness just before police arrived.

The attack forced officials to switch power from the attack site — managed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, or PG&E — and repairs to the substation took more than three weeks.

A power substation converts voltage — from high to low — and usually consists of large, expensivetransformers to change the voltage levels.

Substations are a critical element to the greater, complex power grid.

Fears about the vulnerability of the power grid are not new.

A 2012 report by the National Research Council said the nation's electric power grid was vulnerable toterroristattacks

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"We are concerned that voluntary measures may not be su ffl. cient to constitute a reasonable response to the risk o f physical attack on the electricity system...."

— Letter from U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (right), Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein and Al Franken to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation

that could produce damage on the levelofanaturaldisaster such as a severe hurricane.

The method of the attack on the Metcalf substation raised persistent enough doubts to motivate four prominent U.S. senators — Wyden, along with fellow Democrats Harry Reid of Nevada, Dianne Feinstein of California and Al Franken of Minnesota — to ask two federal agencies toinvestigate the safetyofnation'spower grid.

In a February letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission iFERCl and the North American Electric Reli-

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FERC responded quickly to the senators'letter.

On March 7 the agency announced that it had directed NERC to develop reliability standards that require owners and operatorsofthenation's bulk-power system to address possible physical threats to the gTld.

The reliability standards mandate owners and operators of the bulk-power system to instituteatleastthree measures to protect the physical security of the system. The steps inability Corporation iNERCl cluded a mandate that owners and operators ofbulk-power the senators asked the agensystemsperform arisk-assesscies to verify whether stronger standards were necessary to ment; an evaluation of potential threats and vulnerabilities and guarantee the security of the the development and implegTld. mentation of a security plan. .. We are concerned that voluntary measures may not NERC now has 90 days to developthe proposalsfurther be sufficient to constitute a and then submit them to the reasonableresponse to therisk of physical attack on the elecFederal Energy Regulatory tricity system..." the senators Commission.

All four senators lauded the wrote.

FERC controls the interstate fast action of FERC and called transmission of electric, natural the proposed reliability standards an "important first step gas and oil. However the agencydoes notregulateretail to guardagainstattacks like electricity and natural gas sales the one that nearly knocked to consumers. out a California substation last NERC, meanwhile, oversees year" in a March joint letter. and has some enforcement authority over the regulation of See Power/Page 8A "

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Public works plans projects

By Pat Caldwell pcaldwell©bakercltyherald.com

Baker City Public Works Director Michelle Owen said last week that the construction and installation of a permanent UV light water treatment system is the primary focus for the next six months but another important infrastructure venture looms on the horizon.

"Obviously the highest priority is completing the UV facility. That is our highest priority. That is where the bulk of our dollars are going," Owen said.

The permanent UV light water treatment plantprojectstretches overthesecond halfof the public works 2013-2014 fiscal year plan and then falls into the 2014-2015 city capital works blueprint.

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Ci Council to discuss fees

By Pat Caldwell pcaldwell©bakercltyherald.com

The Baker City Council will grapple with some old business while reviewing some new items at its regular scheduled meeting Tuesday night at city hall.

The regular meeting kicks off at 7 p.m.

An executive session, which is closed to the public, will take place at 6:30 p.m.

City elected leaders will review a proposal to declare April as Sexual Assault Awareness month and be briefed on a region-wide Oregon Department of Transportation Project.

The council will also appoint a member of the elected panel and a city staff member to the Public Arts Commission.

See City Council/Page 8A

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PORTLAND iAPl — The a p enny lower than a year AAA auto club reports the ago in the state. The current averagepriceofa gallon of price in Oregon is 11 cents

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TUESDAY, APRIL 8 • Baker City Council:7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 • Lower Powder River Irrigation District:7 p.m. at the Keating School.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11 • KeithTaylor:Plays piano,5 p.m.-6 p.m.,Veterans Center, 1901 Main St., Baker City; free.

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50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald April 7, 1964 A Presbyterian minister born and raised in Baker was crushed to death today protesting school segregation at Cleveland, Ohio, when he tried to stop a bulldozer at a school construction project, according to United Press International.

The Rev. Bruce Klunder, 26, adviser to the Student Christian Union at Western Reserve University at Cleveland, was part of a group of demonstrators protesting the construction of an elementary school on grounds it would continue de facto segregation.

The Rev. Klunder, a 1954 Baker High graduate, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Klunder, 1140 Myrtle Drive.

Police said four demonstrators tried to stop the bulldozer, three of them throwing themselves in front of the m achine.

The bulldozerbegan backing up and ran over the minister.

The crowd attacked the bulldozer driver. He was rescued by police.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald April 7, 1989 HALFWAY — "We don't dislike Ash Grove," said Gary Bloomer. "We understand it's a big company, and if it can make a buck it will. We just want it to make cement and we want to raise cattle."

With that, Concerned Durkee Citizens and allied environmental groups launched their maiden public effort to ban hazardous material not generated in the county.

For more than two hours a handful of local residents heard a recitation of past problems, future fears and current action involving Ash Grove CementWest Inc. in Durkee and the cattlemen who graze animals and live near it.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald April 7, 2004 Baker City Manager Jerry Gillham said health insurance deductibles for himself and for the city's 14 other non-union workers will double July1, a change that will save the city an estimated $26,000 per year in premiums.

But Gillham said the city will continue to pay100 percent of monthly premiums for non-union employees. That list includes department heads.

The city's 57 union workers, meanwhile, do pay a percentage of their premiums — 5 percent for police union members, 10 percent for employees represented by the fire or public works union.

ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald April 10, 2013 An iconic Baker City business, York's Park Grocery, has been purchasedby Kevin and Marilyn Logsdon, who returned to the area in 2007 to raise their family.

Since graduating from Baker High School in1989, Kevin Logsdon's journey has included attending college, pitching in professional baseball, and working in construction around the Northwest.

Now, he says, it's time to stay closer to home and focus on family.

Jeanne Cathrine Tharp, 93, a former Halfway resident, died March 26, 2014, at Copper Summit Assisted Living Center in Pocatello, Idaho, with her family by her side.

The rosary will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at St. Therese Catholic Church in Halfway, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial. Friends are Jeanne invited to join the family Tharp fora reception afterward, at the Pine Valley Grange Hall.

Jeanne was born on Dec. 20, 1920, at Butte, Mont., to Patrick Joseph Shannon and Helen Francis Steward Shannon.

She was raised in Butte in a strong Irish Catholic culture.

Jeanne received her education in a parochial setting and graduated from Butte Central Catholic High SchoolGirls Central. She attended Butte Business College and Kinman Business University in Spokane, Wash.

While at Kinman, she was president of the Student Catholic Organization.

After her graduation she worked for a time in the Montana Legislature. Jeanne worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 39 years and in 1982retired asthechief clerk to the terminal superintendent in Pocatello.

In 1951, Jeanne married Stanley Orlif Tharp and they made their home at Pocatello. Over the years they were blessed with four children: Shannon, Sharon, Karen and Stan. Their marriage ended after many years.

Jeanne moved to Halfway in 1991 where she lived until 2013. After leaving Halfway, Jeanne enjoyed living with her children until moving into Copper Summit Assisted Living.

She enjoyed everything about life, including playing the piano and bridge,

attending Carson Club, Bible study and the Ladies Luncheon every Thursday and volunteering at the Halfway Museum and Jacob's Dream.

She especially enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jeanne was a devout Catholic and continually reminded her family of the importance of attending church and living their faith.

She was always up for an adventure.

Her adventures included a trip to Rome, her first Alaskan cruise at age 88, and a roadtripjustlastyearto Hood River.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Betty Girardi; and her twin brothers, Pat and John Shannon.

Survivors include her children, Shannon Tharp of Nampa, Idaho, Sharon Stutzman of Halfway, Karen Tharp of Pocatello, and Stan Tharp of Boise; five grandchildren and numerous greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to Halfway-Oxbow Ambulance or St. Therese Catholic Church through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR

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James Lowell"Jim" Sells, 66, died March 31, 2014, at Portland after an extensive illness.

He was born on Feb. 20, 1948.

The early life ofhis late wife, Susan, growing up on the Fred V. and Shirley Spence farms near Rock Creek was noted in an earlier obituary article after Jim Sells her death on January 31, 2014 at Phoenix.

There will be a memorial service for both Susan and Jim at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Haines United Methodist Church. Family and fiiends will honor the couple with loving

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DEATHS Dennis Wright: 60, of Richland, died today at his home.

There will be a celebration of his life at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the Eagle Valley Grange Hall in Richland. Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sid Johnson: 89, of Baker City, died April 5, 2014, at his home. ColesTribute Center is in

charge of arrangements.

Beatrice Gudaitis: 94, of Baker City, died April 4, 2014, at Settler's Park. Gray's West Br Co. Pioneer Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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Jim spent many ofhis early years as a long-haul truck driver and met Susan at a North Powder restaurant that she was managing in the mid-80s. They m arried and forseveralyears,enjoyed traveling for his work from Coast to Coast.

Later, with their young son, Joe, they had many wonderful adventures taking in the sights across America as a family while Jim continued his trucking career.

When Joe grew to school age, Jim and Susan relocated to Portland where Jim pursued a career in construction as a crane operator.

Jim was a lover of the outdoors and the family spent their free time on many a camping and fishing excursion.

For the past eight years, Jim and Susan have been traveling to Arizona during the winters. They enjoyed the warmer Arizona, where they also carried on a number of commercial projects.

Jim i"Jimmy" to many) was known to the community of Quartzite as The Bike Guy ... and he could build/fix anything, but he specialized in bicycle sales/ repair and also customized them with smallgas motors.

Jim had become quite an innovator with his custom-made bicycles and peoplein the area looked forward to seeing his next project on display as he worked out in his open air shop.

The vendor space that he and Susan ishe made custom jewelry & crafts) occupied was a social hub at Quartzite and they will both be missed by the many friends and clients that loved them and enjoyed their company and appreciatedtheir artisticendeavors.

Survivors include his son, James Joseph Sells; a grandson, Jaylen James Sells; brothers, Richard Sells of Portland and Dean Sells of San Francisco; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Friday, at her home; cited and released.

DRIVING UNDERTHE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS: Mike Ralph Beam, 58, of 2335 Ninth St., 9:16 p.m. Friday, in the 2000 block of Place Street; jailed and later released on bail.

CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker Justice Court warrant): William Eugene Clayborn,46, of 1740 Estes St., 9:22 a.m.

Saturday, at his home; cited and

released.

CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker Justice Court warrant): Ryan Christopher Jurries, 36, of 415 David Eccles Road, 10 a.m.

Saturday, at his home; cited and released.

Baker County Sheriff's Office Arrests, citations BURGLARY Iand DISORDERLY CONDUCT II: Lisa D.Wigley, 43, of Huntington, 1:08 p.m.

Saturday, at Huntington; jailed.

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Idaho Power spokesperson Lynette Berriochoa said trying tofigure out what the Boise company, which Continued from Page1A Closer to home, the safety the risks are and what suppliespower to partsof ofthepower grid isa top pri- other things that can eastern and southern Baker ority for the two companies County, also takes the safety be donetoprotectthe that supply power to Baker of its system seriously. ''We do have some pretty County residents: Idaho system."

Power and Oregon Trail Elec- — Jim Horan, Oregon Trail stringent standards set in tric Cooperative iOTECl. placetoprotectourcritical Electric Cooperative OTEC spokesman Jim infrastructure, "Berriochoa Horan said key power facilisald. tiesarefenced and monitored been able to track license Berriochoasaid the electriclosely. plates," he said. cal industry conducts exer"In a real day-to-day Horan conceded the power cises and shares information aspect, obviously we have gridsafety issue isa com plex in aneffortto be prepared. ''We participated in a drill fences and cameras and that one.

"I think at the end of the is abig deterrent forus," last November. It was a twoHoran said."It is something day we are all trying to figure day exercis epeople particiwe are absolutely watching. out what more we can do," patedinfrom allacrossthe We are also always trying to he said. country and into Canada. It figure out what the risks are Horan said many of was an exercise that looked OTEC's facilities are in and what other things that at both cyber and physical can bedone toprotectthe remoteareas and the eleclri- security threats," she said. system." cal system is geared with While Berriochoa said Horan said there has not failsafe mechanisms to lessen safetystandards are imporbeen an attack on the scale the probability of a major tant, in the end the modernof the Metcalf substation on blackout. era produces an array ''We have also designed any OTEC installations. threats. ''We have had people throw the system, that if we lost a ''We have to also undergarbageoverthefence iofa substation, wecould provide stand that threats are more facility) and we've ended up power from another substadynamic. People are coming reportingthose people and tion around it. The system is up with different ways all because of cameras we've designedtodo that,"he said. the time to create havoc," she

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Berriochoa said Idaho Power features a host of different and stout security measures. ''We take it isafety of the power grid) very seriously.

We arestaffed to address that strategically. We ensure reliability standards we do have our met and we always look ahead to protect critical assets. We want to ensure the securityofthe grid overall.

We feelgood about the security measures we have in place, we are confident in them," she said.

Horan said a major power outage — where electricity iscutoffovera largearea for days — is not likely in Eastern Oregon.

'You'd have to have multiple major transmission substations that would go down. The possibility of that happening would be something on the scale of the tsunami in Japan," he said.

"It would be pretty hard for our system to go down unless we lost it from multiple different angles."

LOCAL BRIEFING Bloodmobile to visit on Monday, April 14 The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Baker City Monday April 14.

Blood donations will be accepted from noon to 6 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2107 Third St.

Lower Burnt River weed control meeting DURKEE — The 10thannual meeting ofthe Lower Burnt River Weed Control Management Area is set for Wednesday, April 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the Durkee Community Center.

The meeting will include a potluck dinner.

More information is available by calling Kathy at 541877-2219.

Walden to attend Baker GOP banquet The Baker County Republican Party will sponsor a banquetfeaturing Congressman Greg Walden on Friday, April 25 at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St. Ticketsfor theprime rib dinner are $30 per person.

Deadline for purchasing tickets is April 22. Most precinct committee people will be selling tickets as will The Little Bagel Shop on Main Street in Baker City.

The no-host social hour will begin at 6 p.m. and the banquet begins at 7 p.m. There will be a silent auction with donated items, and a special oral auction conducted

by Walden on two special items.

Local Republicans are expecting other statewide and local candidates to attend the banquet. For more information, or to order tickets, call Suzan Ellis Jones at

541-519-5035.

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COUNCIL Continued from Page1A The board will most likely finish work on several ordinances — one on a ban on marijuana facilities and another on the dangerous dog mandate — at the

County seeking parole violator

session. The work on the ordinances is essentially a routine housecleaning effort, clarifying and repealing language in mandates connected to the medical marijuana facilities and the dangerous dog ordinance.

The board will discuss new fees for

Chris W. Wagoner, 37, has absconded from the supervision of the Baker County Parole and Probation Department on aconviction forfourth-degree assault.

The Departmentis asking the public for help in finding Wagoner. Baker County residents should not attempt to

fscalyear 2014 to 2015,review public i works proposed plans and make a decision on the second reading of the Resort Street LID ordinance. The council will alsovote to approve ordisapprove Resolution No. 3717, Setting Annual Sidewalk Utility Fees.

apprehend him, however, said Will Benson, Parole and Probation supervisor.

Wagoner has brown hair and Wagoner blue eyes. He is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 175 pounds.

Anyone with information about Wagoner is asked to callParole and Probation at 541-523-8217; the nearest police department; or the Baker County Consolidated Dispatch Center's business number, 541-523-6415; or send the information via email to parole@ bakercountyorg.

NORTH POWDER — The North Powder Huckleberry Festival committee isseeking craftand food vendors for the eighth-annual event, set for Saturday, July 26.

The theme for this year's festival is Huckleberry Funn!

The festival is celebrates the delicious wild berry that grows in the nearby mountains and salutes the community's pioneer heritage.

Other components of the day include the Huckleberry Hot-Rod Show-n-Shine, the festival parade, entertainment, a free world's longest huckleberry sundae, a huckleberrydessert contest,a fun run/walk, activitiesforkids, a mud volleyball tournament, street dance, fire station barbecue and the Powder Valley All-School & Community Reunion Breakfast. This year's parade Grand Marshals are longtime community supporters Larry Craig and Kara Jo Willits.

To apply for a vendor booth or for more information, contactBev Bigler,vendor coordinator,at541-898-2320 or bevbigler@gmail.com.

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EDITORIAL

ee rae c ari on Nowhere is clarity in writing more important than on a voter's ballot.

And so we're pleased with the Oregon Supreme Court's decision last week regarding the wording of a ballot measure that Oregonians likely will vote on in November.

The measure has to do with the state's plan to give four-year driver's licenses to people who can't prove

their living legally in the U.S. Last year the Legislature approved a bill allowing the state to issue what are known as driver cards, which would have a label distinguishing them from standarddriver's licenses.

Opponents are asking voters to overturn that law. The ballot title accurately describes the state's system as providing "Oregon resident 'driver card' without requiring proof oflegal presence in the United States."

Backers of the drivers card plan, though, tried to circumvent the ballot initiative with a bill in this year's legislative session. That bill, which fortunately failed, would have removed from the ballot title the reference to "legal presence" and stated instead that the state planned to issue a limited purpose, duration driver card for individuals who prove Oregon residency (and) meet driving requirements."

Not only did the bill die in the state Senate, but now the state Supreme Court has approved the clear language in the ballot title.

Replacing the reference to"legal presence in the United States" with"individuals who prove Oregon residency" is a blatant attempt to mislead voters.

Most reasonable people would assume that a person who has proved Oregon residency is also legally entitled to be in the U.S. Why, then, would anyone object to the state issuing such people a drivers card?

The truth, of course, is that the 2013 law allows the state to confer driving privileges on people who haven't proved that they have a legal right to be in this country.

We can understand why voters would object to the state doing that.

Thanks to the state's highest court, those voters will understand precisely what they're being asked to do.

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D OO amacarenum ersa It was a notable week for the Obama administration.

In the waning hours of March 31the"official" deadline for open enrollment — the White House released a big number: 7.1 million Americans had selected a private health insurance plan through the new health insurance marketplace created by the health-care law.

This was no small feat for an administrationthathasspent thelastseveral months moving the goal posts.

So it was understandable when on Tuesday afternoon, a visibly relieved President Barack Obama took what even the law's detractors might concede was a deserved opportunity to spike the football.

But the euphoric declarations from the Rose Garden were vaguely reminiscent of President George W. Bush's ill-fated and imprudent"Mission Accomplished" speech given after the U.S. toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein: premature and out of context.

Kind oflike a touchdown dance after

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against transparency and accountable government."

The figure itself caused National Journal's Ron Fournier to ask What are the real numbers? ... We won't know for weeks whether the administration accomplished its goal of adding 7 million people to the insurance rolls, including a plurality ofhealthy young adults. The numbers announced Tuesday, while impressive, are incomplete and misleadmg.

And while the Los Angeles Times reported that a mysteriously stillunpublished survey by the RAND Corp. estimates a total of 9.5 million previously uninsured people having gained coverageunder thenew law ithrough private insurance, Medicaid expansion and young adults through a parent's plan), only a third of those who signed up in the exchanges are newly insured, a field goal. and just halfhave actually paid their The 7.1 million figure, which the presi- premiums, a necessary component of dent says is"on top of the more than 3 obtaining coverage. million young adults who have gained Then there is the question ofhow insurance under this law by staying m any people who have signed up for on their family's plan ... iandl millions insurance will stay insured by consismore who have gained access through tently paying their premiums, which are Medicaid expansion and the Children's expectedtorisein 2015.

Health Insurance Program," is of dubiFurther callinginto question the credibility of any health-care-related ous consequence. numbers, Bloomberg columnist Megan Not to mention that the curious releaseofsuch a precise number after McArdle points out the last-minute enmonths of insisting that exact enrollrollment surge — an"amazingly powerment figures were unavailable is cause ful testament to the American powers of enough for suspicion. As The Wall Street procrastination" — has probably"blown Journal editorialized,"Regardless of to hell" all the enrollment data anyway.

Hmmm. your partisan sympathies, the White Even if we are to stipulate that milHouse's selective disclosure is a crime

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lions more Americans have obtained coverage, the reported number of newly insured Americans is still a fraction of the number Obama initially claimed he wanted to cover i30 million) and well below the expected reduction in the percentage of uninsured Americans the Congressional Budget 0$ce had originally projected.

To millions of disillusioned Americans, the only number that matters is that following the dollar sign on their insurance bill, which has remained stubbornly high, and for many conjures memories ofthepresident'strifecta ofbroken promises — you can keep your plan, you can keep your doctors, your premiums will go down.

Based on current data, however it shakes out, it's unlikely that the president's signature law will be a spectacular failure — no death spiral has yet materialized — but it's just as unlikely to bea spectacular success.Ifitw ere, Democrats up for re-election in November would not continue to keep their distance, carefully parsing theirwords of praise and interlacing statements with concessions that repair is still needed.

But repair is unlikely to come in Washington while, as Fournier puts it, "the win-at-all-cost mentality ithatl helped create a culture in which a partisan-line vote was deemed sufficient for passing transcendent legislation," remains unchallenged.

And soforthepresident asfor Congress, the next Obamacare-related numbers of significance will come at the polls this November.

Cynthia M. Allen is a cotumnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Readers ~y serrd her emrrit at cvudten@star-tetegram.com.

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GUEST EDITORIAL

ACA deadlines about as firm as fog Editorial from The (Bend) Bulletin: The law's the law, all black or white, no gray. Except when it comes to the Affordable Care Act and Cover Oregon, this state's homegrown version of the act.

Deadlines there, among other things, areabout as fi rm asfog.

Dec. 13: The Obama administration pushed back the federal enrollment deadline. Also in December, Oregon extended the Cover Oregon deadline.

That was just the beginning. The

federaldeadlinehas since been moved first to Feb. 15, then to March 15, then to March 31 and, most recently, to sometime in April.

The state, meanwhile, has pushed enrollment dates from December to Jan. 1, to Jan. 6, to Jan. 15, to March 31 and now to April 30.

Even as individual deadlines were moving, the administration decided to delay the small business sign-up requirement; allow folks to keep their old, noncompliant, policies, first into this

year and now into 2016, and postpone the requirement that employers offer coverage for their workers.

There may be more. Frankly, our heads are spinning, and we're not sure.

We do know this, however. Just as a child begins to doubt his parents really mean"no" when consequences for breaking the rules are continually modified or changed, it's becoming difficult to believe that there ever will be a firm deadline in either program, or that anyone will ever be fined for missing it.

CONTACT YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS President Barack Obama: The White House, 1600 PennsylvaniaAve.,Washington, D.C. 20500; 202-456-1414; fax 202456-2461; to send comments, go to www.whitehouse.gov/contact.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley: D.C. office: 313 Hart Senate Office Building,U.S. Senate,Washington, D.C.,20510; 202-224-3753; fax 202-228-3997. Portland office: One WorldTrade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon St. Suite 1250, Portland, OR 97204; 503-326-3386; fax 503-326-2900. Pendleton office: 310 S.E. Second St. Suite 105, Pendleton 97801; 541-278-1129; merkley.senate.gov.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden: D.C. office: 221 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-5244; fax 202-228-2717 La Grande office: 105 Fir St., No. 210, La Grande, OR 97850; 541962-7691; fax, 541-963-0885; wyden.senate.gov.

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (2nd District): D.C. office: 2182 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515, 202-225-6730; fax 202-225-5774. La Grande office: 1211 Washington Ave., La Grande, OR 97850;541-624-2400, fax, 541-624-2402; walden.house g OV.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber: 254 State Capitol, Salem, OR

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Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown: 900 Court St. N.E., Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1523.

Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler: 350Winter St. N.E., Suite 100,Salem, OR 97301-3896; 503-378-4329.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum: Justice Building,Salem, OR 97301-4096; 503-378-4400.

Oregon Legislature: Legislative documents and information are available online at www.leg.state.or.us.

State Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario): Salem office: 900 Court St. N.E., H-475, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1460. District office: P.O. Box 1027, Ontario, OR 97914; 541-889-8866.

State Sen. Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day): Salem office: 900 Court St. N.E., S-323, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1950. District office: 111 Skyline Drive, John Day, OR 97845; 541-490-6528.

Baker City Hall: 1655 First Street, PO. Box 650, Baker City, OR 97814; 541-523-6541; fax 541-524-2049. City Council meets the second and fourthTUesdays at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers.

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Baker City administration: 541-523-6541. Mike Kee, city manager;Wyn Lohner, police chief; Jim Price, fire chief; Michelle Owen, public works director; Becky Fitzpatrick, HR manager and city recorder.

Baker County Commission: Baker County Courthouse 1995 3rd St., Baker City, OR 97814; 541-523-8200. Meets the first and third Wednesdays at 9 a.m.; Fred Warner Jr. (chair), Mark Bennett, Tim Kerns.

Baker County departments:541-523-8200. Mitch Southwick, sheriff; Jeff Smith, roadmaster; Matt Shirtcliff, district attorney; Alice Durflinger, countytreasUrer;Tami Green, county clerk; Kerry Savage, county assessor.

Baker School District: 20904th Street, Baker City, OR 97814; 541-524-2260; fax 541-524-2564. Superintendent: Walt Wegener. Board meets the thirdTuesday of the month at 6 p.m., Baker School District 5J office boardroom; Andrew Bryan, Kevin Cassidy, Mark Henderson, Kyle Knight, Rich McKim.

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regon'srisingminimumwagenot keeying yacewithhousing costs • Report: Worker would have to earn$16.28perhourtoaff ord averageapartment ' ByAndrew Clevenger WesCom News Service

WASHINGTON — On Jan. 1, Oregon's minimum wage rose to $9.10 an hour, almost $2 higher than the federal minimum wage of

$7.25.

It has risen every year since 2002, when it stood at $6.50 per hour, thanks to a provision in state law that requires annual adjustments due to inflation. Currently, only Washington state, which also adjusts each year for inflation, at $9.32 and Connecticut, which raised its minimum wage to $10.10 last month, are higher.

Despite theregular increases, making ends meet may be getting harder for Oregon's low-wage earners. According to a report published last month by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, to afford the fair-market rent for a twobedroom apartment a worker in Oregonwould have to earn

$16.28 an hour.

Put another way, a worker earning Oregon's minimum wage would have to work 72 hours a week, 52 weeks a year,to afford the fair-market rent of $846 per month.

To reach these figures, the report uses housing prices calculated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and assumes that a household can affordtopay 30 percent ofits income on rent.

In 2014, Oregon's "hous-

ing wage" of $16.28 makes it the 24th most expensive

minimum wage in place, many families are doing just that."

John Charles, president of t he Portl and-based libertarable toftli a family of ian group Cascade Policy three above the poverty Institute, maintained that line."

Oregon shouldn't have a minimum wage at all.

— Jason Gettel, Oregon 'There is no policy ratioCenter for Public Policy nale, no moral underpinning, for any minimum wage state in the union, according requirement whatsoever," he to the National Low Income said."People should befreeto Housing Coalition. In last contract with whomever they year's report, Oregon ranked want for whatever wage they 25th. The 2013 housing wage want."

Minimum wage actually was $16, meaning the rise in the cost of housing i28 cents) hurts lower wage earners, who are often trying to learn outpacedthe increase to the minimum wage i15 cents). skills to make themselves "The rental market is one more marketable and more in which low-wage workvaluable, he said. If employers are forced to pay an emers don't necessarily have much of a choice other than ployee more than the market to participate and pay the determines his or her labor going rate," said Jason Gettel, is worth, they won't fill those a policy analyst with the positions at all and employleft-leaning Oregon Center m ent opportunit iesforbottom for Public Policy.'The other earners decrease, he said.

"If you force an employer option would generally be to buy a home, but that's at the outset to pay more for not often a feasible option that person than that person for people who are working is worth, then they won't do it," said Charles. these jobs."

The federal minimum People working minimum wage has been $7.25 since wage jobs are often learning 2010. skills and gaining experience Minimum wage shouldn't that makes them more attracbe viewed as a living wage, tivetoemployers,hesaid.

"All we should do in this Gettel said.

"Right now, even with countryis promote free and Oregon's current minimum voluntary association," he wage, a full-time worker is said."Coercion is not going not able to lift a family of to make things better, it will threeabove the poverty line," only make things worse." he said."No one who works Gettel maintained that full time should be living in raising the minimum wage poverty, but with our current can be good for both workers

"Even with Oregon's current minimum wage, a full-time worker is not

'All we should do in this country is promote

Pee and voluntary association. Coercion is not going to make things better."

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and employers.

"More people with more moneyin their pockets does increasedemand forproducts, and it doeshelp businesses.In addition to that, paying workersmore tends to increasethe odds that they11 stay in their jobs longer, and reduces turnover in low-wage industries," he said.

Last year, the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research concluded that raising minimum wage"has little or no discernible effect on the employment prospects oflow-wage workers." More recently, the Center examined employment in the 13 states that raised their minimum wage in January.

Comparing November and December to January and February,"Not only do we fail to find any evidence that minimum wage increases hurt state employment, we actually find the opposite. This exercise is far from definitive, but there is no obvious sign that a higher minimum wage is a'job killer,' "wrote intern Jeflrey Gianattasio and director of domestic policy Nicole Woo.

BoardendorsesmoreautonomVIorEQU PORTLAND — The state Board of Higher Education has endorsed "with conditions" the formation ofself-governingboards at Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon universities.

The two regional universities have shaky finances and the board wants them tostabilize their budgets before moving forward with independent boards. The schools were given 45 days to show they can meet conditions set by the board and then get the governor's approval.

Meanwhile, Oregon Tech and Western Oregon University were given the fullgo-ahead to startoperating under the control of their own independent

JOHNSON Continued from Page1A "I decided I could plant a few trees and satisfy her requirements," Johnson said in 2001.

He ended up planting rather more than a few trees.

More like a few thousand trees.

Ponderosapines and Douglas-firs and tamaracks and even a couple of giant sequoias.

Johnson's task was considerablymore labor-intensive than putting in a couple of shade trees in a suburban yard.

His property, which eventually encompassed more than 800 acres, is not wellendowed with water sources.

Many times Johnson had to lug five-gallon buckets of water to nourish his seedlings until their roots penetratedfarenough totap groundwater.

"I tell 'em I'd even come out and sing to 'em," he said in 2001,referring to his fledgling forest."But that'd probably turn 'em brown."

Today the fruits of Johnson'sfourdecades oftoil

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boards in July 2015. The state's three largestuniversities— Portland State University, Oregon State University and the University of Oregon — have already established institutional boards that will take full power this summer.

Lawmakers approved the creation ofindependent panels aspartofthe state's transition to a decentralized public university system. The new boards have the authority to hire and fire presidents, set tuition and fees, and overseeuniversity operations.

"Campus-based boards can foster innovation by working much more closely with university and community

paint dark green smudges against the dun backdrop of the sagebrush and bunchgrasses that dominate the Alder Creek landscape.

Besides the treesthere was another type offlora that attracted Johnson's attention,except thisone appealed to thegruffaspectofhis personality rather than its tender side.

Leafy spurge.

That noxious weed was Johnson's bane, the target ofhis tireless efforts carried out through untold miles of hiking in the steep terrain and many hours riding in a helicopter, looking for the telltaleyellow patches ofspurge in bloom.

"He was a giant in the weed world, and he will be missed," said Arnie Grammon, head of Baker County's Weed Control Department.

"He was a man of conviction, and there was no more hard-workingweed fi ghter than Sid Johnson."

Indeed, Grammon bestowed his annual "weed warrior" award on Johnson several years ago.

Johnson's campaign against leafy spurge extend-

leaders in addressing student, campus and community needs; and in fulfilling the universi ty'sstrategicvision and managing operations," Matt Donegan, chair of the higher education board, said in a statement.

Despite getting a yellow light instead of a green, Southern Oregon President Mary Cullinan said the university is preparing as if it will have an institutional board at the same time as Western Oregon and Oregon Tech. ''We'regoing to proceed.We are already working on the issues about bylaws and policy changes," she told the Medford Mail Tribune newspaper. ''We can't wait another month."

ed to the entire lower Burnt River country, and it started more than 30 years ago, said Dave Clemens, a retired weed department manager.

"He was a tough old geezer — I loved the guy," Clemens said of Johnson.

For many years, Clemens said, about the most common sight around Alder Creek was a white fiberglass stake.

Johnson pounded hundreds of them into the ground to mark leafy spurge patches.

He dealt with as many of those patches as he could, Grammon said.

"He went out there with a backpack and he was spraying well into his 80s," Grammon said.

David Lindley, a Baker City CPA, said he worked with Johnson for several years when both served on the Baker Industrial Development Commission iBIDCl, which promoted the local economy.

Lindley, who had a stint as the group's chairman, said Johnson always advocated for what was known as the "redcarpetcommittee"basically a hospitality campaigntoencourage people to

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come to Baker County.

"He always made his point forcefully, but he was always very gentlemanly about it," Lindley said."I enjoyed working with him."

Peter Ellingson, who also served on the BIDC, said Johnson was the "salt of the community."

"The guy wanted the community to succeed and he did whatever he could to make that happen," Ellingson said.

Grammon saidJohnson summoned him to his office several months ago.

"It was one of those melancholy moments, because it felt to me like he was sort ofhanding the reins to me, to make me understand how important the leafy spurge effort was to him," Grammon sard.

"It was a neat time, for him to put that kind of trust in me."

As for allthosetreesthat gracethe slopes along Alder Creek, there Johnson's labors will live so long as his family and other visitors relish their shade and scenery.

"He wasn't planting those trees for himself," Grammon sard.

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Baker man charged with attempted rape The District Attorney's Oflice has charged a Baker City man with multiple sex crimes in connection with an incident at a Baker City home this weekend.

Brian Wayne Combs, 47, of 150 Third St., was arrested

by Baker City Police at 7:55 a.m. Sunday at the police station.

District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff said Combs is accused of entering the home of a 29-year-old woman known to him and "attempted by forcible compulsion to engage in sexual intercourse with her."

Combs is charged with two counts of attempted firstdegree rape and one count of first-degree burglary.

He also is charged with one count of interfering with making a police report. Shirtcliff said Combs took the telephone away from the victim when she tried to call 9-1-1.

OREGON BRIEFING I-5 bridge money could go to other projects SALEM iAPl — Federal dollars that would have helped pay for a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River will be spent instead on a variety ofhighway maintenance projects in Oregon.

Oregon state lawmakers approved $450 million in bonds in 2013, but the project fell apart when Washington lawmakers declined to match the funding.

Potential projects include repaving roads and replacing or rehabilitating bridges throughout the state highway system. The projects total $116 million.

PERS refunds about 3,000 retirees SALEM — The Public Employees Retirement System will send checks totaling more than a half-million dollars to nearly 3,000 retirees to fix incorrect cuts to their pensions.

The Statesman Journal newspaper reports the issue arose when PERS tried to identify which retirees lived out ofstate forthepurposes ofa pension reduction that passed last year. One pension cut included in Senate Bill 822 targeted a "tax remedy" that was created in 1995 as a way to help Oregonians cover part of the cost of income taxes on their retirement checks.

PROJECTS Continued ~om Page1A Final design and bidding work on the permanent UV plant will trigger an estimated outlay of $1.6 million during the second half of the 2013 to 2014 fiscal year. In the 2014 to 2015 public works capital plan the estimated costs associated with the UV plant — including construction management, engineering services along with materials and construction for the facility — is about $2.3 million.

The public works three-year proposed plan includes nine projects, for an estimated outlay of $2.8 million. Besides work on the UV Treatment Plant, the city plans to tackle theseprojectsin the 2014 to 2015fiscalyear:

• Replace fire hydrants iestimated cost: $3,500l • Water line extensions icost varies) • Replace hoist assembly for genitor and pelton wheel

removalicost:$17,100l •Water valve replacement on Broadway Avenue be-

tween 2nd and 9th Streets icost: $7,500l • Update of the city's water facility plan icost: $40,000l At the top of that 2014 to 2015 project cycle is the Mountain Line Replacement venture. This long-term endeavor torepairnearly 17 milesofpipe thatmoves water from the Elkhorn's to city reservoirs includes diferent phases that stretches over public and private land. While repairs to the line have been completed on private land, work to fix leaks or replacethewater pipeacrosspubli cproperty hinge on the completion of a federally-mandated environmental assessment.

"The first part of that project is completing the environmental assessment. We've been working on that for a year and we hope to have it completed this upcoming year," Owen said.

The pipe needs to be replaced for severalreasons — including the fact in some places the old structure leaks.

"It depends on how much water is running in it, typically we don't run it a full pipe. When we do run it at full pipe we'd lose 15 percent of the water in certain sections," Owen sard.

The leaks are because of aging infrastructure, Owen sard.

"It's old and it wears out. It is concrete pipe and it just wears out," Owen said.

The Mountain Line replacement project will not be completed within a short time period, Owen said.

"Probably take us 15 years. We can do about a mile a year. Primarily because our construction season is so short.

That limits our time frame," she said.

The repair project to the Mountain Line is critical for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its renovation allows the city to keep critical water rights. ''We were required to repair the mountain line in order to keep our aquifer storage and recovery water right," Owen said.

The city typically stores about 200 million gallons underground inan aquifer,Owen said. ''We take the mountain water this time of year, when we don't need it, and I put it in the aquifer and then recover it in July when it's hot and everyone is using water," she said."In order for us to be able to do that kind of iaquiferl project we had to tell the state we would not allow our Mountain Line transmission line to leak. They said repair it and maintain infrastructure," she said.

Owen saidtheaquifer storage processpaid big dividends last year during the Crypto crisis.

"So thatstorage saved our bacon lastyear.Itreally helped us get through the crypto issue. We had a clean source of water to use," Owen said.

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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014

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NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL FOUR

Kentnckvedges Wisconsin

By Eddie Pells Ap NatlonalWriter

NATIONAL TITLEGAME

ARLINGTON, TexasNo, this was not an instant • Connecticut vs. replay, though it certainly is turning into a highlight loop that Aaron Harrison and his Kentucky teamm ates could get used to watching.

"He has that clutch Harrison took a pass from his twin brother, Angene," Wisconsin's Sam drew, spotted up from NBA Dekker said. range and watched the ball Traevon Jackson had a rattle in for the lead with last-secondshot to try to 5.7 seconds left Saturday beattheWildcats i29night to lift the Wildcats to 10l,but the desperation a 74-73victory overWisjumper rimmed out, and consin in the Final Four. once again Harrison found himself at the bottom of It was a near carbon copy of his game-winner a dog pile atcentercourt.

Sophomore Alex Poythress' last weekend in the regional final against leg bent backward in the Michigan. It was every bit scrum. He was icing his left as big as the 3 he made the knee afterward but said he'd be OK for today's final. game beforethat to help Kentucky take the lead Eighth-seeded Kentucky for good in the Sweet 16 will play seventh-seeded against Louisville.

UConn — the highest seed 'You can't be scared to total to play for the title since they started putting miss, and you want to be that guy that wants to take numbers by the names the big shots," Aaron Harback in 1979. The Wildcats, rison said. who missed March Mad-

Kentucky

• Tonight, 6:10 p.m.

• TVon CBS ness last year, haven't lost a tournament game since the 2011 semifinal against UConn.

"I know how good they are, but I don't know how they play," Kentucky coach John Calipari said of his next opponent.

Second-seeded Wisconsin i30-8l set a Final Four record by going 95 percent from the free-throw line — 19 for 20. But that one miss cost the Badgers dearly. Jackson got Andrew Harrison to jump into him while attempting a 3-pointer with 16.4 seconds left. His first free throw rimmed out, and — after he made the next twoWisconsin had a 73-71 lead and Kentucky had the ball.

ll onnstunsNo.1Florida

By Jim O'Connell AP Basketball Writer

ARLINGTON, TexasShabazz Napier looked up toward the Connecticut fans in the crowd at AT&T Stadium andheld up one finger.

The Huskies had just beaten overall No. 1 seed Florida 63-53 on Saturday in the Final Four. But Napier's gesture had another meaning.

"One more to go," the first-team All-American satd.

The victory got them into tonight's title game against Kentucky and it was as good an effort as any team came up with this season against the Gators, who came in having won 30 straightgames, a streak thatstarted aftera lossto the Huskies four months

ago. aWe have been in a lot

of dog fights," Napier said.

aWe are just an experienced group. We believe in each other and continue to believe in each other.... We are going to win. That is what we do.

Especially against Florida.

The Gators lost only three times this seasononce to Wisconsin in the second game of the season and twice to the Huskies.

The first time was on Dec. 2 when a foul-line jumper at the buzzer by Napier gave UConn a 65-64 victory.

They didn't have to wait that long to know they had this one.

The Huskies, the seventh seed in the East Regional, will meet Kentucky, the eighth seed in the Midwest, on Monday night. There have only been two No. 8 seeds to reach the championship game since the field expanded in 1985 — Villanova in 1985 and Butler

By Joel Fowlks Associated Press

PORTLAND — Given an opportunity to clinch a postseason berth, the Trail Blazers made the most if it.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 18 rebounds and Portland earned a playoff spot for the first time in three seasons with a 100-94 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.

Wesley Matthews added 21 points, Damian Lillard 20 and Nicolas Batum had 16 points and 12 reboundsforPortland i50-28l.

in 2011. Connecticut is the first No. 7 seed to reach the title game.

This will be the first time since 1966 that two teams that weren't in the tournament the year before meet for the title. The teams that year were Texas Western and Kentucky. Connecticut was ineligible last season becauseofacademic issues and Kentucky played in the NIT. Napier helped seal this game with about 2 minutes to playwhen he made two freethrows fora 59-47 lead.

That margin was the deficit the Huskies i31-8l faced in the opening minutes after a coldshooting start.

"I knew we was going to get back in the game. They knew we was going to get back in the game," secondyear coach Kevin Ollie said. aWe live and die on defense and hopefully everybody understands that."

The Blazers are in fifth place in the Western Conference with four games remaining. aMy wins is always a big honor in this league,"Aldridge said.

"Especially being in the West with so many good teams. It's definitely not something to take for granted.

Guys are happy about itand we're definitely happy to be locked into the playoffs."

Memphis' loss to San Antonio earlier in the evening cleared the way for Portland to clinch. It appeared the Trail Blazers might fumble the chance when New Orleans took a

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first inning only to give up four in the bottom of the inning.

Baker overcame its own mistakes Saturday Baker added five runs in the third inning to edge Emmett, Idaho, 8-6 in a nonleague to make the difference. baseball game at Emmett.

Stephen Schott led Baker's offense with Three Baker errors helped Emmett stay three singles and a double. close.

Gulick added two hits. aWe did some good things, but we had three Baker also won the junior varsity game, 30-3. errors in the field that cost us four runs by extending some innings," said Baker coach TJ Dunn was the winning pitcher.

Tim Smith.

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Baker scored twice in the top of the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Sally M ary Blair and a double by Kayla Davis.

Emmett took advantage of a half-dozen Baker errors Saturday to defeat the Bulldogs 6-2 in a nonleague softball game at Emmett.

Baker i2-6l managed Leading 1-0 in the fourth just three hits against the inning, Emmett scored Huskies. five times to put the game Morgan Plumbtree was

10-point second quarter lead. But the Blazers blew past the Pelicans with a 25-6 third quarter run and never trailed again.

Reserve Anthony Morrow scored 17 for New Orleans and Anthony Davis had 15 points on 6-of-18 shooting.

New Orleans got within 97-94 with 35.9 seconds left when Morrow nailed a jumper, but Lillard scored on adriving layup and then made one of two free throws.

'They made runs — that's what they do," said Morrow, who is averaging 19.4 points in his last seven

games.aWe know when this team is at home they are going to make runs, they are going to hit shots."

Portlandhad won fourin a row beforerunning out ofgasFriday and losing 109-93 in Phoenix. Clinching a playoff spot at home was an important step for a team that won just 33 games last season, but the Blazers weren't whooping it up in the locker room after the game. aWe werehappy forabout fi ve minutes," Batum said."But we have four more games and then the playoffs start."

The Pelicans, last in the South-

the losing pitcher.

Baker opens Greater Oregon League play this afternoon with a doubleheader at Ontario.

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west Division and out of the playoff race, have lost five straight games.

Davis had 11 points in the first quarter, but the Pelicans went on a run with their All-Star on the bench in the second, going up 39-29 as reserve big men Al-FarouqAminu and Alexis Ajinca combined for 10 points in a 14-4 run. Portland trailed 55-48 at the half.

The Blazers picked up the pace in the third, as Aldridge regained his shot and Lillard, Matthews and Batum each scored in transition.

Portlandled 77-67justbefore the end of the third.

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BRIEFING George Fox rolls past Puget Sound NEWBERG — GeorgeFox topped Puget Sound 9-0in a Northwest Conference baseball game Saturday. The second game was rained out.

Derek Blankenship, a George Fox senior from Baker City, was 1-for-3 with a run scored and a sacrifice bunt.

DeSales soRball loses doubleheader CENTER VALLEY Pa.— DeSales University lost 6-4, 7-4 to Manhattenville College Saturdayin a Freedom Conference softball doubleheader.

D.J. McCauley, a DeSales sophomore from Baker City, was th elosing pitcher in Game 1. McCauley i4-4l pitched eight innings, allowing 11 hits, six runs, walking one and struck out nine.

McCauley was 1-for-4 at bat, with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored.

In Game 2, McCauley was 0-for-4 with a run scored.

DeSales is 8-7 overall and 4-2 in Freedom Conference

play.

Baker 3V soRball splits two games EMMETT — Baker's junior varsity softball team lost 21-15 at Emmett Saturday. The Bulldogs earlier defeated Homedale 20-9.

Against Emmett, Gracie McCarrell was the losing pitcher. Hannah Lien had three hits, including two doubles, and two RBIs. Ashlee Brinton had a triple and two RBIs, and River Colton had three hits.

Against Homedale, Nicole Parsons was the winning pitcher. Jordan Rudolph had three hits, including a double and triple, and two RBIs. Hope Collard had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.

Linfield soRball sweeps Whitworth SPOKANE — Linfield moved two wins away from a record-setting 11th straight Northwest Conference softball title Saturday by sweeping Whitworth 7-3 and 2-0.

The Wildcats, coached by Baker graduate Jackson Vaughan, are 20-2 in NWC play and 26-6 overall.

Winterhawks take 2-0 series lead PORTLAND — Oliver Bjorkstrand and Derrick Pouliot each had two goals and an assist as the Winterhawks toppledVictoria 6-3 Saturday for a 2-0 second-round series lead in the Western Hockey League playoffs.

Nicolas Petan and Anton Cederholm also scored for Portland and Brendan Leipsic chipped in with three assists.

Steven Hodges scored twice for the Royals and assisted on Austin Carroll's goal as well.

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On the girls side Amy Wong had a strong day with PR's in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay.

Jezi Wells "looked great" in the HJ with a mark 4 feet 6 inches, Cole said.

Kylie Severson was busy with PR's in the long jump, triple jump and ran the high hurdles and the 4x400 relay.

Summer Phillips had another strong showing in the triple jump and 800; she isthe league leader in the800.

Michelle Lehman ran season bests in both hurdle races. TifFani Fisher had a big improvement in the shot put by two feet for a throw of 27 feet, half-inch.

Celina Fuzi had a lifetime best leap of 15-5 in the long jump. This is a 4-inch lifetimebestforherand tiesherforthe best jump in the GOL at this time.

"As you can imagine with these marks, and many more we had a great day. The kids are really coming on and the newkidsaregetting a good feelfor their abilities and what it is going to take to continue to improve," Cole said.

"As a coaching stafF we are very excitedabout our progress,itwillbe up to the kids to keep working hard and improvingforusto be competi tive at district time, but we feelgood about our chances."

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Baker's track and field teams split to take part in meets at Milton-Freewater and Nyssa Friday.

The bulk of the squad went to the Don Walker Invitational at Nyssa, with the boys placing fifth and the girls sixth.

A smaller group traveled to Mac-Hi for the Carnival of Speed. cWe did this so we could get as many athletes competing as possible,"said Baker coach Suzy Cole.

"Although more athletes went to Nyssa it was due to entries limitations, not really JV or varsity."

Cole said the Bulldogs performed well.

"Once again we has some really great breakthrough moments," she said.

At Nyssa, Ben Baxter won the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 1inch, which also makes him the early leader in this event for the GOL, Cole said.

"Not only is this just a great mark, but this is only Ben's second track meet in this event. Ben completed his day with PR's in the 100 and high jump as well."

Cole said Zarom Bruce also had a strong showing with PR's in the javelin with a throw of 155 feet, 2 inches, triple

Don Walker Invitational (Baker, Huntington results) Boys events Team scores— Nyssa 168, LaGrande 140, Nampa Chnstian 101, Adnan 54 5, Baker 51, Burns 475, Councrf 25 5,Vale 23 5, Harper 15, Praine City 12, Grant Union 9 5,Wilder 6, Horseshoe Bend 4, Huntington 2 5, Crane 2 100 —4 Cline(B),1171 15 Conant(B), 1240 18 Thamert (B), 12 44 20 Baxter (B), 12 47 30 Merntt (H), 13 20200 —5 Dunn(B),2522 9 Conant(B),2561 11 Conley(B),2583 18 Villalobos,2721 400 —6 Dunn (B), 5875 9 Conley(B), 5961 13 Villalobos (B), 1 01 63 19 Kramer (B), 1 03 32 800 —4 Baeth (B),21001 1,500 —19 Brown (B), 51610 22 Bingham (B), 52691 24 E Krohn (B), 53730 300hurdles — 12 Kramer(B),5190 4x400relay —3 Baker,35173

jump i38-3l, and he ran a solid leg on the 4X400 relay.

Chris Conant had improvements in both 100 and 200 meters and was on the 4x100 relay. Jayden Freeman had a strong throw of 100 feet, 1 inch in the discus, Kalani Heiser had two improvements in the shot and discus.

Javelin —4 Bruce (B), 155-2 9 Jones (B), 121 9 20 Thamert (B),893 35 Nelson(B),754 Shotput —6 Merntt(H),371 High jump —6 Baxter (B), 5-6 Long jump — 1 Baxter (B), 211 9 Jones(B),174 11 Thamert(B),16-75 Tiiplejump —3 Bruce (B), 38-3 7 Taylor (B), 35-5 Role vault —7 Taylor (B), 96 9 Chne(B),90

Girls events Team scores —Vale 137, Nampa Chnstian 126, La Grande 113 5, Burns 78 5, Grant Union 49, Baker 43 5, Nyssa 42, Crane 21, Harper 17, Adnan 14 5, Councrf 8, Horseshoe Bend 4, Hun tington 1, Praine City 1 100 —6 Wong (B), 1392 13 Scilacci (B), 1447 14 McCauley (B),1460 19 Fuzi(B),1497200 —4 Wong (B),2921 6 Scr faccr(B),3003 8 McCauley(B),3020 18 Gerber(B),3166 400 — 13 Gerber (B),11175 19 Bone(B),11946 800 —3 Philhps (B), 2 40 64 17 O'Neal (B), 3 14 74100 hurdles —7 Lehman (B), 1918 10 Severson (B), 1994 14 Freeman (B),2281 300 hurdles —3 Lehman (B), 5519 6 Freeman (B), 1 0362 8 Bone(B), 1 0531 4x400relay — 5 Baker,4 5116 Discus —20 Ofrver (B), 65-3 29 Wells (B), 58-7 35 Vahsholtz (H), 55-3 37 Thayer (B), 544 39 Dexter (B), 54 0 Javelin —20 Hickman (B),66-6 25 Dexter (B), 543 29 Crabill (B),477 Shot put — 8 Vahsholtz (H), 25-8 14 Dexter (B), 24 8 17 Oliver (B), 244 43 Blincoe(B),177 Highjump —6 Wells(B),46 9 Tat lock(B),42 11 O'Neal(B),40 Longjump —4 Fuzi(B),15-5 9 Gerber (B), 13-9 75 12 Severson (B), 13-5 16 Guern (H), 12 10 26 Bhncoe(B), 10-625 Tiiplejump —7 Phillips(B),30-125 9 Severson (B), 293 75 15 Skidgel (B), 196 Carnival of Speed (Baker, PowderValley results) Boys events Team scores —Pendleton 173 5, Mac Hi 78 5, Enterpnse 61, Waitsburg/Prescott 475,Walla Walla 39, Union 34, Umatilla 22,Weston McEwen 22,Gnswold 22, Irngon22,DeSales 22, Powder Valley 19 5, Ontano 17 Elgin 16 Walla Walla Valley 16, Cove 13, Joseph 10, Pilot Rock 9, Imbler 6, Dayton 5, Riverside 4, Baker4 100 —6 Stanford (P), 1197 31 Gentih(B), 13 13 38 Johnson (B), 1339 200 —4 Stanford (P), 24 79 800 — 18 Aldnch (P), 2 29 711,500 — 27 Balderas (P), 5 22 60 Discus —2 Jones (P), 124 7 10 Heiser (B), 106-7 15 Freeman (B), 100-01 20 Denton (B), 83-11 27 McElligott (P), 82 6Javelin —8 McElligott (P), 125-9 32 Schwin (B), 90 3 34 Gentih (B), 854 Shot put —5 Heiser (B), 3911 8 Jones (P), 37 2 5 27 Denton, 326 32 Freeman(B),3095 Highjump — 14 Ficek(P),5-2 Long jump —12 Ficek(P), 16-775 25 Browne(P), 14 75 28 Burchard (B), 14 5 Girls events Team scores —Pendleton 148 5, Union 75 5, Umatilla 58, Mac Hi 49 5 Walla Walla 38 5, Enterpnse 32, Imbler 28 Weston McEwen 28, Gnswold 26, Dayton 23, Echo 21,Walla Walla Valley 21, Riverside 20, DeSales 20, Elgin 16, Ontano 14, Cove 12, Pilot Rock 9, Irngon 6, Waitsburg/Prescott 5, Baker 4, Powder Valley 4,Joseph 3 100 —38 Burchard (B), 1550 42 Beaudion (B), 1599 46 Gal braith (B), 16 71200 — 13 Eubanks (P), 3103 31 Beaudion (B), 3523 36 Galbraith (B),3668 100hurdles —5 Eubanks(P), 1802 4x100relay —14 Baker,10265 Discus —12 Ferdig (B),76-3 27 Fisher (B),60-11 43 Merdassi(P),473 Javelin39 Harns(B),441 Shotput —5 Ferdig (B),3145 19 Fisher (B), 27 0 5 21 Burchard (B), 26 0 37 Merdassi (P), 20-2 5 Long jump —19 Burchard (B), 12 125 23 Harns (B), 11 6 25 35 Mellen (B), 7 10 75

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Lindsay Livingston teamed with Kassidy Hertel to win their doubles match Friday.

Both Baker tennis teams made it two Greater Oregon League wins in a row Friday, sweeping Ontario at Ontario.

The Baker boys finished the day 5-0, and the girls 4-1.

In boys play, Lukas Huggins and Ian Rasmussen swept their singles matches in straight sets.

Jesse Burk also won his singles match, but needed three sets to do so.

Mathew Barnes and Rasmussen then teamed to win the No. 1 doubles match in two sets.

Hunter Stone and Ezra Taylor won the No. 2 doubles in three sets.

"Ontario has a lot of players," said Baker coach George Keister.

"Their top two players are prettygood,butthe restof the team is inexperienced."

The Baker girls, coming off their first win of any kind in two years against La Grande Thursday, won two singles and two doubles against Ontario.

Grace Huggins and Hollis Robb won their singles matches. Huggins won in straight sets, Robb in three sets.

Lindsay Livingston and Kassidy Hertel then won the No. 1 doubles, needing a tie-breaker in the second set.

Hannah Wilson and Lena Bowers used three sets to take the No. 2 doubles.

Baker is now idle until the weekend.

The Bulldogs host Fruitland Friday before traveling to Weiser Saturday.

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Trailing 4-2 for most of the second half after goals fiom Diego Chara and Maximiliano Urruti early in the half gavePortland theadvantage, Dempsey led Seattle's stunning late comeback to earn a

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Dempsey scored in the 85th minute to get Seattle within 4-3, a goal that felt was coming with the pressure the Sounders were pushing forward.Seconds later, Seattle defender DeAndre Yedlin was taken down in the penalty box by Portland's Ben Zemanski and referee Hilario Grajeda immediately pointed to the penalty spot. Yedlin said he was hoping to draw a penalty on the play and Zemanski obliged by clipping the young Seattle defender.

After a brief discussion with Gonzalo Pineda, who was expecting to take the penalty kick, Dempsey stepped up. He converted the chance, beating former Seattle goalkeeper Andrew W eber to getSeattle even.

"That point today felt like more than a point. It kind of felt like a win," Dempsey said.

The afternoon was an advertisementforthe league, even if itgavethe coaches heartburn. Play was wide open and end-to-end.

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WEEI(', AHEAD MONDAY, APRIL 7 • Softball:Baker at Onario (2), 2 p.m. MDT; Baker JV at Ontario (2), 2 p.m. MDT • Golf: Baker boys and girls at Wildhorse, tba TUESDAY, APRIL 8 • Softball:Baker JV at Grant Union, 3 p.m.

• Track:Baker JV at Pendleton, tba • Golf: Baker girls at La Grande, 1 p.m.

• Baseball: Nyssa at Baker,4 p.m.; Nyssa JV at Baker,4 p.m.; Baker frosh/soph at Grant Union (2), 3 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 10 • Golf: Baker girls at Pendleton, tba • Track:Baker Middle School at MiltonFreewater, tba; Huntington Jr. High at Harper,4 p.m. MDT FRIDAY, APRIL 11 • Tennis:Fruitland at Baker, 4 p.m.

• Track:Baker, Huntington, Burnt River atVale,2 p.m.

MDT; Baker, Powder Valley at La Grande, noon SATURDAY, APRIL 12 • Tennis:Baker at Weiser,11 a.m. MDT • Baseball: Baker at Ontario (2), noon MDT; Baker JV at Ontario (2), noon MDT • Track:Powder Valley Jr. High at Joseph,11 a.m.

AT A GLANCE

Hawks extend Carroll's contract SEATTLE (AP) —The first major contract extension finalized by the Seattle Seahawks following their Super Bowl title was a commitment to coach Pete Carrolland to an ideology that finally proved successful at the professional level.

While getting stars such as EarlThomas and Richard Sherman locked up remains important, the focus for the Seahawks was making sure Carroll was sticking around.

"This was a huge priority for us coming intothe offseason, " Seattle general manager John Schneider said a Friday. We knew it was around the corner and it was, quite honestly, we're trying to take care of our own people and keep our young players together. But where do you start? You start at the top."

The Seahawks locked up Carroll through the 2016 season with a three-year extension announced Friday. The new contract rips up the final year of the original five-year deal Carroll signed in January 2010, and cleared up any uncertainty whether the 62-year-old coach wanted to stick around after his original deal expired.

Carroll is staying. So are the ideas and beliefs he brought with him when he arrived from Southern California.

Back then, there was skepticism whether his style and attitude would work in the NFL.

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formulas Several readers have recently asked me to provide the formula for fertilizing and what those numbers mean. As an easy reminder to myself, I note they are in alphabetical order.

So when you see the numbers on fertilizer, liquid or dry, the order of strength is always N-P-K, or nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. See the alphabetical order?

Ifyou are looking fora good general fertil izer,such as5-5-5,each ofthose numbers in order represent the percentageof100thatisin theproduct.

This makes the 5-5-5 combination read 5 percent nitrogen, 5 percent phosphorus and 5 percent potassium.

Funny thing about chemistry and utilizing fertilizers or mulching materials to enhance plant growth. For foliar indoor plants, especially non-blooming varieties, an optimum mixture to keep them nice and green would to have a higher number of the nitrogen element, such as a 12-6-6 compound.

Now we all know about nitrogen and that it supplies our plants with the chlorophyll-adapting green element.

What about the phosphorus and potassium?

Phosphorus enhances blooming, this is why many fertilizers for indoor plants such as African violets contain a higher middle number. It helps them bloom their little heads off.

And potassium? Potassium enhances root growth, and a healthy root system is essential for nutrient and water absorption for overall plant survival.

By Karen Kain I am a huge fan ofhot wings, the spicier the better.

When I saw this recipe, which replaces the chicken with cauliflower, I was curious. I am not a huge fan of cauliflower unless it is topped with lotsofcheese.

I love hot wings but I don't like the calories.

W ith hopes ofareduced fatrecipeIdoubled up the ingredients and made two batches for my friends.

I was warned that most of my testers did not like cauliflower and not to expect too much.

But the recipe was a hit!

Cautious eaters who at first tried the concoction purely out of obligation then came back for seconds because they were so good.

I really like this recipe and it was super easy to make. This isnota replacement for chicken wings but a close second. With the blue

cheese dressing they are a hit! Enjoy.

As always I would love to hear what you are putting spicy sauce on.

Blue CheeseDressin 1/2 Finely chopped small shallot 3/4 Cup sour cream or plain yogurt 1/2 Cup buttermilk 1Tablespoon chopped fresh chives 1Tablespoon white wine vinegar 1/2 Cup mild blue cheese

chopped fresh chives, and 1Tbsp. white wine vinegar in a small bowl; fold in 1/2 cup crumbled mild blue cheese. Adjust consistency with sour cream or buttermilk, if needed.

Season dressing generously with kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, and more vinegar, if needed.

Cauli owerHot Win s 1 Head of cauliflower, washed and broken up into small florets 3Teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 1Teaspoon garlic powder 1Teaspoon paprika 1Teaspoon chili powder /2Teaspoon salt 2Tablespoon butter or coconut milk (for vegan recipe) 1/2 Cup of your favorite hot wing sauce

Whisk1/2 finely chopped small shallot,3/4 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1Tbsp.

Pre heat oven to 425. Place cauliflower in a bowl, add olive oil and distribute evenly. Combine garlic powder, paprika, chili powder and salt in a small bowl. Toss spice mixture over cauliflower and mix well, making sure all the cauliflower is coated in the spices. Spread cauliflower out on a baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes.

While the cauliflower is cooking, melt butter and add wing sauce. Once the cauliflower is roasted put in the original bowl and add the wing sauce to coat evenly, let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Serve with our blue cheese dressing for dipping. Enjoy!

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The grace of the garbage can It was a curious thought that I had as I stood looking out the front room window one morning.

It was early yet and the sun was trying to break through the cloud cover, dappling the ground with spots of brightness and color.

Lookingas farto the leftasfar as I could see and then to the right to thesame degree,the streetpavement m ade a ribbon ofgray,bare oftraffi c temporarily in the early morning light and, yet, I felt comfortably at home with my surroundings.

The grass seemed to be confined this way and that within lawns or the fences that contained the welfare for horses.

Not many houses dotted the scene, for they were beyond the reach of sight, but I knew they were there.

Flowers had risen through the soil kept neatly within borders ofbrick or cement and burst into yellow bloom w hile garbage cans stood dottingthe sides of the street like little soldiers in their green uniforms, protecting each resident.

Garbage cans in such an idyllic setting?

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soms fade in your apple and peartreesthis spring, keep an eye out for a fungus that flourishes in warm, wet weather, cautions the Oregon State University Extension Service.

"The longer this spring stays wet and the warmer it gets, there are more chances that we'll see problems with apple and pear scab in our fruit-growing areas such as the Willamette Valley, Hood River, MiltonFreewaterand the Medford and southern Oregon areas," said Jay Pscheidt, a plant pathologist for the OSU Extension Service.

You'll first see smoky, green spotson theleaves,Pscheidt said.A maze ofvelvety spotson the leaves will enlarge and turn crusty brown until these spores eventually infect the fruit. Black spots then appear on the fruit, causing it to crack and rot, he said. Flowers and young shoots and leavesare particularly susceptibleto the spores.

Two slightly different pathogens, apple scab and pear scab, attackapple and pear trees, Pscheidt said. The fungus that attacksapples can alsoinfect crabapple trees.

The volume of rain doesn't matter; rather, it is the duration of the wetness that can rouse plantdiseases such as apple and pearscab,Pscheidt said.Infectioncan occur afterleaves stay wet for 10 to 25 hours, he added.

To control the disease, take caretorake leaves after they fall and put them in a hot compostpile oryard waste disposal bin, Pscheidt said. Prune during the dormant season in late December to March to increase airflow and dry the leaves faster,

Photo by Lynn Ketchum

Pear scab can attack pear trees in spring.

he said.

You can also plant scabresistantapple and pear trees.

When flowers are blooming and buds emerge, itis tim e to spray fungicides, Pscheidt said. Wait, though, until the leaves have stayed wet for several hours, he advised. The Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook recommends several fungicides for apple and pear scab.

You can also manage diseases such as scab by selectively snipping off fruit, including diseased fruit, in late spring and early summer. This thinning increases air circulation and has the added benefit of improving fruit size and quality, added Steve Renquist, a horticulturist with OSU Extension.

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Dark spots can indicate the presence of pear scab.

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Importantpartsof potting soil

By Barbara Damrosch

environmental disaster. Vermiculite mined at a plant in Libby, Mont., once the main source Look up the word "vermiculite" in Henry of the material, was found to be contaminated Beard and Roy McKie's hilarious "A Gardenwith asbestos fibers. Though the plant was er's Dictionary" and you'll see it defined as an closed and the industry reformed, people "obscureorder ofnuns devoted to gardening." have, to some degree, made the switch to In fact (as opposed to in funl, it is a silicate perlite. material similar to mica that is sometimes Perlite is made from a mined volcanic found in the potting mixes gardeners use to glass of the same name. As a raw material it start seeds in spring. The word, from Latin, containswater,trapped by the rapid cooling means "breeds worms." oflava.The moisture vaporizes explosively I think I can explain that. When my sisters when heat is applied. The result is a muchand I were little, we would take a handful of expanded mineral popcorn, white in color our parents' vermiculite, pour water on it and thanks to light reflecting off tiny bubbles on watch in awe as the dry, compressed flakes the surfaceofitsparticles.Ithasa texture expanded to form wormlike columns. This is that retains water on that surface (though what vermiculite does in potting soil: Because not in the volume that vermiculite does) but itisspongy and absorptive,itholdswater,so retains air in the spaces between. That lightyou don't have to water a container so often. ens your potting mix considerably, as well This is especially important with plug trays as providingvaluable oxygen forplantroots, or soil blocks into which seeds are sown, along with better drainage than vermiculite. where the mix can dry out quickly and put Each material has its uses. For seed-starttiny seedlings at risk. Organic matter plays ing, I go with a vermiculite mix for my germia similar role in soil, but vermiculite, mineral nation but a perlite mix for growing in pots. by nature, is sterile and inert, thus protecting A mix containing both can also be valuable.

It is easy to mix your own, but make sure the seedlings against a fungus that causes sudden collapse — damping-off — and other you buy horticultural-grade vermiculite and ills. perlite. Both are available from places that sellgardening supplies,bricks-and-mortar Gardeners don't use vermiculite quite as much as they used to, in part because of an and online.

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There are two kinds of terrariums, open vessels (for succulents and cacti) and closed containers for humidity-loving plants. An open terrarium will dry out quickly; it's suitable for growing plants that love sun and don't require a moist environment.

Thesimplicityofa terrarium have nature at its very best.

Easy-care smallerterrariNEWPORT NEWS, ums can also make thoughtful Mother's Day gifts for Va. — If only the rest oflife were as simple as growing the women in your life.

Here are Michelle's stepsucculents in an open terrarium. by-step, no-failinstructions: It is, according to Michelle Need to know: There are two kinds of terrariums, Slatalla, editor in chief of Gardenista — www.garopen vessels(forsucculents denista.com. and cacti) and closed con"All you have to do is find tatners for hummhty-lovtng a few like-minded plants, plants. An open terrarium introduce them to each will dry out quickly; it's suitother, and place them in an ableforgrowing plants that environment they like," she love sun and don't require a moist environment. says.

"Then leave them alone Keep it simple: The only materials you need in adto get to know each other.

That's pretty much all there dition to a container are is to creating an open terpebbles, charcoal, soil, small rarium." succulents, and herb snips In fact, a larger DIY terto trim them. rarium you and your kids • Step 1: Spread a 1- to 2-inchbase ofpebblesat create can be just the thing you need for an Easter table the bottom of the container.

This will aid drainage in centerpiece. Surround it with some mini bunnies the event that you water and colorful eggs and you the terrarium (which, by

By KathyVan Mullekom

Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

GARDEN Continued ~om Page 1B The only definitive way to determine if your soil is in need of amendments is to have the soil tested. Many over-the-counter soil test kits are suKcient if you are only tryingtodetermine general soil compositions.

For a more in-depth study, utilizing a professional soil testing service is advised.

Soil testing services are available at many locations throughoutOregon. By typing"soil testing Oregon" into my Internet search engine, literally dozens of sites came up quickly. These sites will tell you how much soil to send,thedepths ofcollecting

points, and costs involved.

Many will require up to a gallon of dry soil to run their full spectrum of testing.

A testmost peopledon't usually think of is to determine your soil's pH, or"parts hydrogen."This test will give you an idea about the acidity in your soil.

Having gardened successfully on a ranch outside of Burns, we first had to learn the pH of our soil and, as we assumed, it was highly alkaline. We had to haul in composted mulch to get the soil to a more neutral state. That was an expensive garden!

Although most areas of our tri-county region will never seethelevelsofrain the Willamette valley receives,

TREES Continued from Page 1B Thin apple and pear trees in May, about a month after full bloom, Renquist said. On appleand pear trees,clustersofblossoms emergefrom spurs,orpiecesofwood that grow from the branches, Renquist said.

Pears and apples produce several flowers per spur each spring. When fruit develops, it can weigh down the branch attached to the spur, he said. After tiny fruit appears in the late spring to early summer, use pruning shears to snip about four or five fruits off each spur, leaving one fruit per spur, Ren-

DORY Continued from Page 1B Yes, it was Tuesday, and the time-clock hands had m oved along forsafety removalofw aste,attesting to the cleanliness and health of itspeople housed soclosely together.

The cans looked quite neatly in place, all turned the same direction with their lift-up lid openings facing the streetsothatthebigrumbling truck could appear and stop in front of each can.

With somewhat of a grace, the can would be lifted high in the air by metal arms as though in a dance maneuver to donate its contents; then, broughtback toitsplace,released, and the truck moving on from dancer to dancer.

It was not yet time for this action, and the cans stood waiting patiently in neat array.

I was glad, for once they had been through their routine, they might relax into a lessthan perfectpicturefrom my show-window, no longer straight, tipped over,or som e debris blowing about.

It made me remember when folks took care of their own waste materials.

The "city dump" was up the hill on the Fox Hill Road.

Most home owners had a little space around them with outbuildings and livestock, which made it useful for keeping debris at a minimum or at leastatbay.

Wet refuse was fed to animals, particularly pigs

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an interesting side point for gardeners growing plants there are the high levels of nitrates in the soil caused by the nutrients being leached out and thus making the soil more acidic.

Remember, if your soil's pH isn't correct, just adding more fertilizer won't help.

As always, our own Oregon State Extension Service has an abundance of information online and in printed format for all topics gardening, including recommendations for soil testing services and how to correctly identify your soil

pH type.

Here's hoping you are having a good spring and don't forget to plant flowers for pollinators!

quist said.

For moreinformation about fruittree care, view the publications below: • OSU Extension:"Growing Tree Fruits and Nuts in the Home Orchard" http//bit.ly/

the way you should not do except once a month — and then, with teaspoons of water).

• Step 2: Sprinkle a 1-inch layer of charcoal on top of the pebbles to filter the soil.

• Step 3: Add a 2-inch layerofcactuspotting soil (it's specially formulated for succulents and other plants that like a dry environment).

• Step 4: Before planting them, arrange the succulents in the container with plenty of room to grow Don't overcrowd them. Trim with herb snips, if necessary, to give them room to breathe.

• Step 5: Hollow out a spot in the potting soil for the plants. Firmly pat soil to covertheirroots.Give each plantateaspoonfulofwater but don't overwater.

OSU EC819 • OSU Extension: "Managing Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards" http://bit.ly/

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ly/PNW 400 • The Washington State University Extension Service: "Apple Scab" http//bit.ly/

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and pets; dry, wood, and metal cast-offs piled beside or stored within weather-beaten outbuildings for possible later use.

Things unwanted filled pick-up trucks or trailers and hauled up the hill to be dumped in chorus with one's neighbor. Neighbors were neighbors even though they lived miles apart and met from time to time at the dump to catch up on each other's latest.

Time to chat or exchange.

Where did those days go?

Birds twittered from branch to branch, setting the scene for summer with their various songs, bringing me back to the present.

A black-and-white cat picked its way daintily across the grass wet with dew, lifbng its paws, one at a time, shaking it a bit before proceeding on.

Itsnose,keptcloseto the ground, indicated a search foritsbreakfastbutending up drowsing in the light warmth offered by the early sun on the porch of the house across the way.

The morning noises of

people at work or play had not yet begun, but I felt their presence, an unusual warmth not available when I had lived away from the tailoredand ordered lifeof the city.

The country had had its own beauty; its own way of setting the world in a rural pattern to fill the morning dawn with a light heart; a way ofbeing that I would not have chosen lightly to leave.

But, because of necessity, there was an opportunity to experience another way of life closer to my fellowman when need decreed.

I looked up and down the streetagain before turning away to begin my own day's activities. Cars and their occupants were beginning to speak of another busy day as it got underway. A dog barked, a sentinel on duty.

The green garbage cans stood their ground, waiting patiently for their part to play. Because of them we w ere kept freeofdebris.

That's when that curious thought came to mind.

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityherald.com • classifieds@bakercityherald.com• Fax: 541-523-6426j The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifieds@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 220 - Help Wanted 220 - Help Wanted Union Co. Union Co. INSTRUCTION ASSISNOW ACCEPTING TANT for Cove School APPLICATIONS District. Position is for a t e m p o r a r y Sales Administrator one-on-one male aide Position Available in the special educaNorthwood Manufact io n dep ar t m e n t . tunng is currently acP lease contact M a t cepting a p p l ications

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by Stella Wilder TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 20)4 something you have perhaps only been SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Ease and YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder thinking about oflate. A daring step is called relaxation will make the difference between Born today, you are likely to go about your for. your work and that of a closecompetitor. business with a minimum of struggle, for you GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You're SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —You thrive on nothing so much as asmooth path almost sure to be welcomed warmly into a canwatch thingsdevelop from a safedistance and a worry-free environment. Though the new circle of associates, all of whom may and facetheconsequences,or you can shape world around you maybe falling apart in this soon be considered friends. events by being directly involved. Choose! way or that, you will do what you can to keep CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You will CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You've your own little corner of it running in an have very little to do to get the ball rolling. beenhearing reports thathaveyou wonderefficient, easy fashion. This gives you the However, once it's on its way, you'll have to ing if you're really prepared to face what's greates tchance forsuccess,in fact,foryou do guide its path rather carefully. coming. Don't let yourselfbe rattled. not do well when things are noisy, messy or LEO (Iuly 23-Aug. 22) - Wherever you AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — It may otherwise in anykind ofdisorder.There may go, whatever you do, there's likely to besome- take additional money to do what you have be times when it seemsthat you are uncaring, one looking over your shoulder to make sure set out to cx A working vacation of sorts but really, you are just choosing your battles you follow the rules all day long. could help. very carefully.

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1001 - Baker County 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices PUBLIC NOTICE BAKER 6:00 p.m., in the City CITY PUBLIC WORKS Hall Council C ham(PWS ID ¹ 41000473) b ers, 1 0 0 0 A d a m s CATEGORICAL Avenue, La G rande, EXCLUSION Oregon. Th e P u blic UV TREATMENT Hearing may be conFACILITY tinued to t h e s u bsequently s c h e d uled, T he O r e g o n H e a l t h May 7, 2014, Regular Authority — Drinking S ession o f t h e C i t y W ater Services h a s Council. The Hearing is to consider an applid etermined t ha t t h e p roposed dnnk i n g cation to vacate all of "IC" Avenue lying East w ater prolect — U V T reatmen t Fac i l i t y o f Fift h S t r ee t a n d S D-2013-12 fo r t h e West of Sixth Street.

Baker City M u n icipal T he application w a s W ater System c o n - filed by Union County, forms to t h e c r i t eria on February 18, 2014, and was accepted by and requirements of the Oregon Administhe La G r ande C i ty t rat iv e Ru le s Council on March 19, 333-061-063 and the 2014.

Environmental Review Process Handbook for Pursuant to Section 34 Drinking Water State of t h e C i t y of La Revolving Loan Fund.

Grande Charter, t he T he p r o lect, w h i c h following entitled Ordiinvolves installation of nance is scheduled to be read for th e f i rst permanent UV Treatment Facility improvetime by title only at the m ents i n cluding t h e above-mentioned City following: C o nstrucCouncil meeting:

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5234807eyeoings NOTICE l ation of U V e q u i p- AN ORDINANCE OF Income Restnctions TWO BEDROOM house THE CITY COUNCIL 378510th Street ment, and associated B EAUTIFUL V I E W Baker County is completApply 3 BRDM, 1 bath, all appl, with large fenced yard ing a microenterprise LOTS f or sa l e b y p iping, i s t h e r e f o re OF THE CITY OF LA Professionally Managed and s m al l c o v e red gas fireplace, fenced development p rolect categoncally excluded GRANDE, OREGON, o wner i n C ov e O R . by backyard, off s t r eet porch. Located in Elfunded with Commufrom further environV ACATING ALL O F 3.02 acres, $55,000 GSL Properties 795 Mobile Home "IC" AVENUE LYING g in, OR, a p prox. 3 n ity Dev e l o p m e n t m ent r eview a s a l parking, $800 1st, last, a nd 4 ac r e s Located Behind and deposit. Includes b locks f ro m d o w n - Spaces E AST O F FIF T H B lock G r an t f u n d s lowed in the above ref$79,000.

Please caII La Grande s/w and yard care. NO town. E lectnc stove, 208-761-4843. from the Oregon Busierenced rules. A copy STREET AND WEST SPACES AVAILABLE, Town Center Pets/Smoking/HUD. refrigerator, c l o t hes Development Deof the Categorical ExOF SIXTH STREET, one block from Safe- BUILD Y OUR dr e am ness L eave m e s sage a t washer and dryer furpartment. The location clusion and informaADJACENT TO THE way, trailer/RV spaces.

HIGHLAND VIEW 541-963-3670. nished. N o s moking. home on q uiet EAST 240 FEET OF of the prolect is within t ion upon w h ich it i s Apartments W ater, s e w er , g a r Pets okay upon apcul-de-sac S t . , in Union, Baker and Walbased is available for PA RT IT I 0 N P LAT bage. $200.

Jerh manACCEPTING APPLICAproval. $ 5 35.00 per Sunny Hills, South LG. lowa counties. It is es1995-28; AND, ADJApublic viewing at: a ger.

La Gran d e 800 N 15th Ave TIONS for a 3bdrm, I month.

R e f u ndable 541-962-6246 541-786-5674. Owner timated that the p roCENT TO BLOCIC 49 Elgin, OR 97827 bth, garge, $899/mo s ecurity d e p o si t o f licensed real e s t ate lect has benefited at Oregon Health Authonty OF CHAPLIN'S ADDIa nd $ 65 0 de p . $ 800. 00.

Ca I I agent. least 40 p e rsons of Dnnking Water Services TION TO LA GRANDE, Now accepting applica541-91 0-4444 541-979-8235. whom 75% are low or 800 NE Oregon Street OREGON; AND DEtions f o r fed e r a l ly ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdivimoderate income.

Suite 640 CLARING AN EFFECCHARMING, SPA funded housing. 1, 2, UNION, 3 BD, 2B T H, sion, Cove, OR. City: A public hearing will be Portland, OR 97232 TIVE DATE. CIOUS u pst a i rs 2 and 3 bedroom units Sewer/VVater available. d ouble w i de, $ 8 5 0 . h eld b y t h e B a k e r (971) 673-0405 bdrm, 1 bath duplex with rent based on inRegular price: 1 acre 3 BD, 1 B T H $ 7 5 0 .

County Board of ComThe applicable land use with lots of windows, come when available. m/I $69,900-$74,900.

2 BD $ 6 50 . m issioners a t 9:4 5 A dditional c o p ie s a r e regulations are found laundry r o o m w it h 541-91 0-0811 We also provide property available for review at in Chapter 8, A r t icle a.m. on Wednesday, washer/dryer, walk-in Prolect phone number: management. C heck April 16 at 1995 Third the office of the Direc8.10 of the City of La c losets, of f - s t r e e t 760 - Commercial 541-437-0452 out our rental link on Street, Baker City, OR. tor of P ublic Works, Grande Land Developparking. New carpetTTY: 1(800)735-2900 our w e b s i t e The purpose of the hear1655 1st Street, Baker ment Code Ordinance ing and bamboo floor- Rentals 805 - Real Estate www.ranchnhome.co ing is fo r t h e B a ker City, OR 97814, (541) Number 3210, Senes ing. Large yard, stor- 20 X40 shop, gas heat, "This institute is an m or c aII County Board of Com524-2031 2013; and ORS Chapage, water/sewer paid. roll-up an d w a l k - in FOR SALE. view lot i n equaI opportunity Ranch-N-Home Realty, m issioners t o o b t a i n t er 271 . F a i l ure t o No pets. $600/month. doors, restroom, small provider."

Monument, OR. 423 In c 541-963-5450. c itizens view s a b o u t Legal No. 00035408 raise a specific issue o ffice s p ace, $ 3 5 0 W ilso n St . Ov er 541-786-6058 the prolect and to take P ublished: A P RI L 7 , at the Public Heanngs month, $300 deposit.

30,000 sq. ft. walk to comments about the 2014 p recludes appeal t o 541-91 0-3696.

North Fort of John Day local g o v e rnment's the Oregon Land Use River, surveyed, South performance. Written 1010 - Union Co. Board of Appeals. A La Grande Retirement 750 - Houses For BEARCO Exposure, deep soil, 880 Commercial c omments ar e a l s o Legal Notices copy of th e a pplicaApartments Rent Baker Co. BUSINESS PARK shallow well for irnga- Property 15127th Street, La welcome and must be THE UNION County Amtion, proposed OrdiHas 6000, 3000, 2000 sq tion, City Water, and received by Apnl 15 at nance, and Staff ReGrande, Oregon 97850 OREGON TRAIL PLAZA bulance District Advift units, all have oversewer available, great BEST CORNER location 1-2 bdrm mobile homes 1 995 T h ir d S t r e e t , s ory Committee w i l l port will be available heard doors and man for lease on A dams g rowin g c l i mat e , starting at $400/mo.

Baker City, OR, 97814. for review seven (7) Senior and Disabled doors.

Call Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. be meeting Wednesh o m e s i t e or Includes W/S/G days before the HearBoth oral and wntten 541-963-7711 d ay, April 9 a t 6 : 0 0 Complex Lg. pnvate parking. Refishing/hunting camp, RV spaces avail. Nice comments will be rei ng at n o c o s t , w i t h p .m. i n t h e Uni o n m odel or us e a s i s . $38,000.00.

Possible quiet downtown location BIG!!! SHOP w/office, viewed by the Baker copies supplied at a County Commission541-805-91 23 Affordable Housing!

T erms w i t h s i z a b le 541-523-2777 County Board of Comreasonable cost, at the 2000 sq ft, 2 overhead er's Annex Conference Rent based on indown. Call Philip at missioners.

City of La Grande Plandoors, large f e nced Room, 1106 IC Avecome. Income restnc- 1-BDRM, 1 bath duplex.

541-934-2010/ The location of the hearning Division, 1000 Adoutside storage area, nue, La Grande. All tions apply. Call now $350/mo + dep. 2532 541-934-2250 ing is accessible to the a ms A v e n u e , La heat, a/c, will rent part meetings of this comto apply!

9th. St. d isabled. Please l e t Grande, Oregon. For or all. Call for details mittee are open to the 2-BDRM, 1 bath duplex.

815 - Condos, Townadditional information Heid i M a rt i n at 541-963-51 25. public.

Beautifully updated Com$450./m o + d ep. 1230 541-523-8200 know if homes Baker Co. c oncerning th e p r o munity Room, featurValley Ave. you need any special Published: Apnl 7, 2014 posed Ordinance, you OFFICE / RETAIL LEASE 1-BDRM, 1 bath House. ing a theatre room, a ST. ELIZABETH accommodations to atmay contact the Plan3000 sq/ft, G r eat pool table, full kitchen $450./mo + dep. 3002 Towers Condo tend or participate in ning Division at (541) Parking, Modern ConLegal ¹: 35240 and island, and an Campbell St. Retirement-Seasonal962-1307. the heanng.

910 - ATV, Motorcystruct i on .

T er m s Co-Owners-Rent fncome electnc fireplace.

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Molly Ragsdale the Oregon Commu- NOTICE OF BU DGET Michael J. Boquist lease an d i m p r ove- 1600 sq. ft. 2nd floor Property Management HARLEY DAVIDSON n ity Dev e l o p m e n t COMMITTEE MEET- City Planner ment r e q u ired .

La Please call (541) w/balcony. New Call: 541-519-8444 2008 FXDL Low nder, Block Grant program ING Gra nd e C a l l appliances (It blinds.

963-7015 for more inblack (It orange.

Lots and the prolect is avail- N ORTH HOME SWEET HOME 541-786-4792 POW DE R P UBLISH: M a rch 3 1 , formation.

Very clean. $115,000 of Chrome! R u bber able for public review 2 014, an d A p r i l 7 , Cute (ItClean SCHOOL DISTRICT 8J SHOP / WAREHOUSE www.virdianmgt.com 541-519-0280 m ounte d 1584 c c , at 1995 Third Street, 2014 2 (It 3-Bdrm Homes SPACE — 2000 sq/ft (It TTY 1-800-735-2900 twincam, 6 sp c r uise B aker C i ty , d u r i n g 1704 East St 700 sq/ft. Truck Park- 820 - Houses For LEGAL ¹: 35223 drive, braided b rake regular office h ours. NOTICE IS H E REBY 1425 Court Ave ing, Restroom, Heat, This institute is an Equal / l ines, a f t e r m a r k e t Advance notice is reNo Smoking/1 small G IVEN, pursuant t o La G r a n de , Ca ll Sale Baker Co. Opportunity Provider. pipes (It IC + N intake quested.

ORS 294.401, that a pet considered.

541-786-4792 3350 ESTES St. 3-bdrm, system.

2 Harley Helmeeting of the budget NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S Call Ann Mehaffy 1 bath with attached 1 m ets, s t o red i n g a - Legal No. 00035411 SALE 541-51 9-0698 committe e of t he 1/2 garage on a corner rage, excellent condi- Published: Apnl 7, 2014 Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 OFFICE SPACE, approx North Powder School tion! Only 1500 miles.

1300sq ft, r e ception lot. $112,500. Please D istrict ¹ 8 J w i l l b e On April 30, 2014, at the Union County call: 541-403-0958 a nd waiting room. 3 $11,500. hour of 10:00 a.m. at 2-BDRM., 1-BATH: No held on the 15th day Senior Living PUBLIC NOTICE 541-91 0-5200 t he U n i o n Co u n t y offices, restrooms, all pets/waterbeds. of A p ri l , 2 0 14 Sheriff's Office, 1109 McElroy P r operties. utilities paid . $9 00 a t 6:00 p.m. f o r t h e Mallard Heights 930 - Recreational Pursuant to O RS month, $800 deposit.

ICAve, in the City of La 541-523-2621 purpose of r e ceiving 870 N 15th Ave 294.250, a schedule of 541-91 0-3696.

Vehicles Grande, Oregon, the the budget message Elgin, OR 97827 3-BDRM, 1 1/ 2 b a th.

Bake r Co u nty ' s defendant's i n t e rest ST. ELIZABETH THE SALE of RVs not and budget document Gas heat. $825/mo.

Monthly Expenditures will be sold, sublect to Towers Condo beanng an Oregon inof the distnct for t he 780 - Storage Units Now accepting applica(541) 523-4435 Exceeding $ 5 0 0 .00 redemption, in the real Retirement-Seasonalsignia of compliance is fiscal year 2014-2015. tions f o r fed e r a l ly (Newspaper Report) property c o m m o nly T he meeting w ill b e illegal: cal l B u i lding f or t h e m on t h of f unded ho using f o r 4-BDRM, 2 1/2 ba th in 12 X 20 storage with roll Co-Owners-Rent fncome as: 1801 Jack2-bdrm, 2 bath, North Baker. 3000 sq.

Codes (503) 373-1257. held at t h e P o w d er known t hos e t hat a re up door, $70 mth, $60 March, 2014 has been 1600 sq. ft. 2nd floor Valley High S c hool, son Ave, La Grande, ft. Avail. May 3, Doudeposit 541-910-3696 sixty-two years of age prepared.

This schedO regon. Th e c o u r t w/balcony and 1976 CLASSIC G M C 333 G Street, North or older, and h andib le Garage, S h o p, u le, along w it h m i n case nu mb e r i s beautiful views! New Motor Home. Sleeps Powder, Oregon.

Fenced yard. Beautiful capped or disabled of utes of the Board of 13-08-48543, w h e re appliances (It blinds.

4, Runs great! Sacriany age. 1 and 2 bedhistoric h o m e . No County CommissionJ PMorga n Chas e Very clean. $115,000 f ice f o r $6, 25 0 .

Smoking. $ 1250/mo room units w it h r e nt ers' proceedings for This is a public meeting 541-519-0280 Bank, National Asso541-263-01 09 where deliberations of b ased o n i nco m e p lu s d epos it .

• e J March, h a s been ciation, is plaintiff, and the budget committee 541-403-11 88 when available. posted at th e CourtBruce R. Sweet; Ore99 RK29 will take place and any P RICE RE D U C E D ! house, and the Baker gon Affordable HousHOUSE FOR RENT: RIVIERA ALPENLITE 2-bdrm, 1 bath home person may a p p ear Prolect phone ¹: County Library for pubing Assistance Corpo2-bdrm duplex.

Range, + Security Fenced This 5th wheel is and comment on proon 75x120 ft. corner 541-437-0452 lic review. C o pies of ration; and all Ot her fridge, garage. Good Ioaded.

Hitch inposed programs with lot on paved streets. + Coded Entry the Newspaper Report Persons or Parties unlocation, garbage paid. cluded.

High book the budget committee TTY: 1(800)735-2900 All utilities are on propfor March, 2014, may known claiming any No smoking, no pets. + Lighted for your protection $15,750, asking at that time. A copy of erty. $42,500. Call for b e o b t a i ne d fro m nght, title, lein, or in541-523-4701 $12,999. the budget document "This Institute is an an ap p oi nt m en t + 4 different size units Baker County's Adminterest in the property 541-963-2922. will be available at the equaI opportunity 541-524-106 3 or SUNFIRE REAL Estate + Lots of Ry storage istrative Services Decommonly known as time of the meeting. provider."

541-51 9-1 31 7 LLC. has Houses, Dupartment at a cost of 1801 Jackson Ave, La PRESIDENT GOLF Cart.

41298 Chico Rd, Baker City $2.00 plexes (It Apartments Grande, Or 97850, deGood cond. Repriced The following days are off Pncahontas 825 Houses for for rent. Call Cheryl s cribed in t h e c o m at $2999. Contact Lisa the time and place of Guzman fo r l i s t ings, Fred Warner Jr. Sale Union Co. pla int herein, are de(541 ) 963-21 61 the scheduled addi541-523-7727.

Commission Chair fendants. The sale is a tional Budget Commitp ublic auction to t h e 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo.

LA GRANDE, OR tee Meetings that will 752 - Houses for 960 - Auto Parts Legal No.¹00035410 highest bidder for cash $25 dep. be held to take public Rent Union Co. or cashier's check, IN (541 ) 910-3696.

Published: Apnl 7, 2014 THUNDERBIRD comment and review H AND, made out t o APARTMENTS 1 BDRM 550 month w/s FIVE STAR TOWING b udget doc u m e n t : Union County Shenff's A PLUS RENTALS 307 20th Street paid 541-963-4125 Your community Date: Apnl 28, 2014 at Office. For more inforhas storage units towing company (It GET QUICK CASH 6:00 PM at the Powavailabie. mation on this sale go COVE APARTMENTS AVAILABLE APRIL 1, der Valley High School.

WITHTHE large 4 bdrm, south- 5x12 $30 per mo. to: 1906 Cove Avenue side, $1200 plus dep. 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. www.ore onshenffs.

CLASSIFIEDS! Lance Dixon,Budget OfMt E m i l y P r o p e rty 8x10 $30 per mo. com sales.htm UNITS AVAILABLE Must see listing! New Sell your unwantficer Mgmt. 541-962-1074. 'plus deposit' NOW! floonng, paint, and March 31, 2014 e d car, p r o p e r t y Publish 1433 Madison Ave., (It Apnl7,2014 co unte rs $79,000.

M a rch 3 1 , BRAND NEW 1 BDRM Reasonable rates a nd h o u s e h o l d Web Page April 7-28, P ublished: or 402 Elm St. La APPLY today to qualify 280 S College, Union.

2014 and Apnl 7, 14, 541-523-1555 quiet, N O s m o k i n g, Grande. for subsidized rents ~541 805-8074 items more quick2014 21, 2014 NO pets. All utilities inCa II 541-910-3696 at these quiet and Iy and affordably Legal¹: 35286 cluded Available April centrally located mul541-963-7383 w it h t h e c l a s s i - NOTICE OF P U BLIC Legal No. 00035238 tifamily housing HEARING American West properties. fieds. Just call us RIGHT-OF-WAY CLEAN 4 Bdrm house, VACA A yard sale is a great Storage a ppliances , ne ar t oda y t o p l ace way to get people to TION 1, 2 8t 3 bedroom Greenwood school, no 7 days/24 houraccess y our ad a n d g e t FIRST READING OF OR- pay you to move all 541-523-4564 units with rent pets/smoking. Deposit DINANCE BY TITLE the items you no lonbased on income ready t o st a rt a nd r e f . re q u i r e d . COMPETITIVE RATES ONLY when available. ger need. And an ad in $900/mo, first and last Behind Armory on East c ou n t i n g y o u r Notice is hereby given in The Observer classimonth's rent, no HUD. and H Streets. Baker City for our most curr ent offers and to c ash .

T he accordance with ORS fieds is a great way to Prolect phone ¹: 541-786-042 6 or browse our complete inventory.

2 71.110, that the La CLASSIC STORAGE (541)963-3785 Observer 541-963541-910-811 2 or Grande City C o uncil get yard sale shop541-524-1534 TTY: 1(800)735-2900 541-428-21 1 2.

3161 or Baker City 2805 L Street will conduct a Public pers to your address.

Herald 5 4 1 - 523Hearing d u r i n g it s Call us today at 541FOR RENT very clean NEW FACILITY!! r egular m e e t ing o n 963-3161 or 541-5231 BRDM house. A B - Vanety of Sizes Available 3673.

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