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A special good day to Herald subscriber Ramona Draper of Baker City.

Oregon, 5A PORTLAND (AP)The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon said Tuesday that they plan to hold a community meeting this week to explain themselves and inform residents when they will leave.

A member of the anti-government group told reporters that the meeting will be held Friday evening in Burns, 30 miles from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, The Oregonian newspaper reported (http://bit.ly/1 RK65f6 ).

BRIEFING

Library book sale 3an. 2230; volunteers needed starting on 3an. 21 The Friends of Baker County Library are planning their winter booksale to raise funds for library improvements and services. The sale runs from Jan. 22 through Jan. 30 during the library's regular hours — 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday throughThursday.

Volunteers are needed to help sort books onThursday, Jan. 21, to work as cashiers during the first weekend of the sale, Jan. 22-24, to neaten and restock during the week of Jan. 25-31, and to pack up books on Feb 1. New volunteers will be paired with an experienced volunteer on each shift.

Volunteers can sign up at the circulation desk at the library, 2400 Resort St., or by calling 541-523-6419.

South Baker School spaghetti feed,auction set for 3an. 28 The South Baker School spaghetti feed and silent auction fundraiser is set for Thursday, Jan. 28, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the school, 1285Third St. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for ages 12 and under for the all-youcan-eat meal.

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Baker City has a new City Council member and a new loading zone on CourtAvenue.

Daniel Lowe, 68, a retired surgeon, was appointed unanimously by the six councilors. He replaces R. Mack Augenfeld, who resigned in late November due to health reasons.

Dawn Buckelew was the only otherapplicantfortheposition.

Judy Head withdrew her apLowe plication for the Council position Monday.

Lowe was sworn in immediately after his appointmentand participated in therestof Tuesday's Council meeting.

His term expires Dec. 31, 2016.

After a lengthy discussion, the Council approvedaresolution thatcreatesa loading zone on the north side of CourtAvenue between First and Main streets. The zone is between the alley, which is near the midpoint of that block, and Main Street.

Ryan and Kaylin Chaves requested the loading zone for use at the microdistillery they plan to open in the Heilner Building at 1901 Main St. The Baker City Planning Commission will consider the Chaveses' application for a conditional-use permit for the microdistillery Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St.

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Gas pumps at the USA station on East Campbell Street are available for self-serve from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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For over six decades, most Oregonians have been prohibited from pumping their own gas.

But a bill passed last year and signed into law by Gov. Kate Brown allows gas stations in Oregon counties with a population less than 40,000including Baker County — to have pumps that let drivers purchase and pump their own gas between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The law is not mandatory.

Baker County's two state legislators — Rep. Cliff Bentz,

R-ontario, and State Sen.Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day — both

backed the bill.

But at leastone localstation manager said the law, which took effect Jan. 1, has had unfortunate consequences.

"It's been impacting

employeesbecausetheir hours have been cut."

— Amber Smith, manager, USA Gasoline station

Amber Smith, who manages the USA station and convenience store on East Campbell Street, said the law frustrates her.

While Smith agrees the limited self-service law would benefit more remote towns such as John Day or Haifway, she is seeing firsthand how the law is affecting her customers and employees.

Smith said the company has reducedstaffatherstoretoone employee fiom 6 p.m. until the storeclosesat 10p.m .

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The employee works only in the store and can't pump gas, since it's self-serve only between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

"It's impacting employees because their hours have been cut," Smith said."Customers aregetting frustrated because they are sitting in their car waiting for someone to pump their gas. Customers just aren't ready for the change."

Smith said it has not been an easy transition to the new law.

Cash customers who are used to paying an attendant have to come inside to pay and they often have to come inside to get help from the cashier who can give instructions on refueling, but only from inside the store.

"It's been a hassle,"she said.

CommissionersIook forwmnllo201$llsks But Harvey said that will also continue to Baker County commissioners are pose challenges.

'That took an enorlooking forward to a challenging year as they reflect on the accomplishmous amount of time to ments of the past one. get to the point where Commission Chairman Bill Harvey, we established icoordiHarv e y nation) and now we're who started his four-year term in in the process of following through," he January 2015, believes the county's effort to coordinate with state and said.'We're kind of at the beginning federal agencies is one of the Commis- stages." sion's major accomplishments in 2015.

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The Baker Technical Institute is one of 142 Oregon high school and middle school programs to share in $9 million in grants to pay forcareerreadinessform ore than 85,000 students.

BTI will use its $330,930 grant for improvements to its welding and metal technology programs, said Doug Dalton, the district's chief financial officer and business manager.

"BTI is really excited about the grant, not only for us, but for what it does for career readiness statewide," Dalton said Tuesday.

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No charges in September incident at county meeting • Gary Dielman claims John Creighton assaulted him

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Dielman initially said he would District Attorney Matt Shirtcliffhas decided not to pursue not pursue charges if Creighton charges against a Baker City man offered a public apology for strikinvolved in an altercation during a ing him in the chest as Dielman Board of Commissioners meeting preparedto leavethecommission last fall. meeting that day.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016

Bakermanarrestedondrug, guncharges BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR FRIDAY, JAN. 15 • Live Music by KeithTaylor:Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16 • Baker County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting:5 p.m., Sunridge Inn,1 Sunridge Lane.

SUNDAY, JAN. 17 • National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center: Free fee day in honor of the supporting community and visitors; hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19 • Baker Rural Fire Protection District Board:7 p.m. at the Pocahontas Fire Station.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 • Baker County Commission Meeting:9 a.m., at the Courthouse in the Commission Chambers, 1995Third St. THURSDAY, JAN. 21 • Baker School Board:5 p.m. work session, District Office, 2090 Fourth St.; regular meeting to begin at 6 p.m.

• Never Miss A Chance to Dance:The Powder River Dance Club meets, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005Valley Ave.; more information is available by calling 541-524-9306.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald January 13, 1966 The Eastern Oregon Assessors Association, in their final day of a two-day mid-winter meeting here today, voted to accept the recommendation of their livestock subcommittee and set the1966 valuation on cows at $130 and bulls at $272.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald January 14, 1991 Bringing state programs and money to Oregon House District 59 will continue to be the goal of state Rep. Mike Nelson, D-Baker City, as the1991 Oregon Legislature openstoday.

Nelson, 43, begins his second two-year term in the Oregon House of Representatives.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald January 13, 2006 DebbieVan Hoomissen remembers her husband,Jerry, as a healthy man who was never really sick during most of their 25-year marriage.

"His back would go out and he'd walk around like a question mark for a day or two," she said, but most of the time he suffered little more than an occasional bout of sniffles.

But before he died, July 4, 2003, at the age of 76, he had droppedtolessthan 100 pounds.Hisbodywas ravaged by the effects of rnesOthelior, a cancer of the lining of the lungs linked to asbestos exposure.

ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald January 14, 2015 Baker City, we have a new mayor.

After new councilors RosemaryAbell, Ben Merrill, Mack Augenfeld and Jim Thomas took their oaths of office Tuesday evening at City Hall, the first order of business was the selection of a new mayor.

Merrill nominated Councilor Mike Downing, and Augenfeld nominated Councilor Kim Mosier.

Mosier was elected as mayor with five votes — herself, Richard Langrell, Abell, Augenfeld andThomas.

Merrill voted for Downing, as did Downing himself.

Baker City Police officers are continuing an investigation that began over the weekend and yielded one arrest and confiscation of about 4 grams of methamphetamine andother drug-related items.

Larry Dean Edison, 60, of 2027 Seventh St., was arrested Saturday on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and felon in possession of a firearm in connection

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'Andy' Johnson

honestman who knew right from wrong and never put a dime in his pocket Andrew Henry"Andy" Johnson, 78, a that he did not earn. Ifhe took time ofE former Baker City resident, died at his it was to build something, mostly for home in the company of two best friends Gladys. He would go fishing from time and his great-granddaughter on Jan. 1, to time and in his last years he started 2016. working with horses again but his failHis graveside service ing health eventually made it diKcult will take place May 7 at 1 for him.

He quietly and generously supported p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City. many youth programs in the Baker area Andy was born on July for many years.

Andy served in the Air National 7, 1937, atDetroitLakes, Andy Minn e sota, to Andrew and Guard.

Johnson El anore. Like many men Survivors include his sisters, Rachel, from his generation, Andy Joann and Mary; his brothers, Dick had very little formal education. He left and Ray; his sons, George, Andy Jr., and home asa young teenager and enrolled Fred; his daughters, Sandy Pruett and in the "school of hard knocks." He spent Diane Dockery; his stepchildren, Shelly many years cowboying for ranchers in Weststeyn, Scott Van Dyken and Darin Van Dyken; 26 grandchildren and 17 the Salmon, Idaho, area. He learned great-grandchildren. how to mechanic, weld and a hundred other trades and skills. He never hired He was preceded in death by his anything out; he just learned how to do wife, Gladys; his parents, Andrew and it himself.

Elanore; his brothers, George and John; Andy and his wife, Gladys, moved to his sister, Annabelle; and his grandson, Baker City from Alaska in 1992. He had Jorge Dayton i JDl. a little upholstery shop and worked with Contributions in memory of Andy Tyler Equipment for a short time. In may be made to Heart'n' Home Hospice 1995 he and his stepson, Darin, opened or the Baker High School FFA Program A & D Restoration. He was an amazing through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 fabricator who built anything asked of Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. him. He never needed blueprints or an To light a candle in memory of Andy, engineer. He would simply think about visit www.colestributecenter.com it and then build it. Andy always said, "10 minutes of thinking can save you LeRoy Pearson hours oflabor." Many people thought he Formerly of North Powder, 1934-2015 was hard to work for, but that was not LeRoy Albert Pearson, 81, of Sunset, the case. He just wanted it done right Utah, and formerly of North Powder, and did not like lazy people. diedDec.24,2015,from a lingering Andy was a quiet man with a big illness. heart. Not much brought him happiness He will be cremated under the direcafter his wife passed away. However, tion of Leavitt's Mortuary. A memorial there was one thing that always put a service will take place in the spring. bigsmileon hisface— hisgreat-grandBurial will be at Clinton City Cemetery daughter. To her, he was her "oldest in Clinton, Utah. The family expressed a papa." They spent hours giggling, eating special thank you to Inspiration Hospice ice cream and candy bars, and having a for their kindness and care. good time.

LeRoy was born on Aug. 24, 1934, Andy didn't do much outside of work- at Baker to Emery Frank and Delores ing; he believed that if a man didn't Emeline Dickinson West Pearson. He work, he shouldn't eat. He was an spent his first years in North Powder Baker City, 1937-2016

DEATHS

www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com Patricia B. Cooper: 81, of Baker City, died Jan. 10, 2016, at the Laurel HouseAssisted Living Center in Ontario. Gray's West Br Co. is in charge of arrangements.

William "Bill" Nill: 81, a former Halfway resident, died Jan. 11, 2016, at his home in Powers.

Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Br Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be shared at

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• THURSDAY:Sweet and sour pork over rice, Asian veggies, Asian salad, bread, sherbet • FRIDAY:Ham and whitebeans,potato wedges,Brussels sprouts, green salad, cornbread, blueberry ice cream Public luncheonat the Senior Center,2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.; $4 donation (60 and older), $6.25 for thoseunder 60.

TH4NK YOU ENTREESPONSORS.' From Community Connection of Baker County These individuals, organizations and businesses are supporting our senior Dining Center for January:

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Newman said city police along with Baker County SherilI" deputies executed a search warrant Saturday at Edison's home and on his vehicle. Capa again was put to use in the house and vehicle and officers found the 4 grams of methamphetamine and otherdrug-related items.

Newman said the investigation is ongoing and additionalcharges areexpected.

and Baker. He lived a few years with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pearson, at Hereford.

He graduated from North Powder High School.

When he was 15, he LeRoy went with his mother to Pear s on Bozeman, Montana, and worked as a busboy and set the pins at the bowling alley.

LeRoy is the descendant of two early pioneer families in Union County: those ofhis grandparents, Henry and Manerva Anderson Pearson, and John Samuel and Susan Dealy Davis, who homesteaded in North Powder in 1872.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and spent four years in Japan and California.

In 1955 he came to Burley, Idaho, to be with his mother. There he met his wife, Rheta Elquist. They were married on March 1, 1957, at Heyburn, Idaho, where LeRoy worked for the BLM. They were blessed with three wonderful children: Cherylyn,LeeAnn and Monte Pearson.

In 1966 they moved to Sunset, Utah, so LeRoy could finish his career with the U.S. government at Hill Air Force Base.

He retiredwith 36 yearsofservice in 1991.

They spent many years in Arizona and summers at the Sourdough Wilderness Ranch. He loved to go camping and drive his side-by-side. He loved his animals and was an avid rock hunter.

LeRoy is survived by his wife of 58 years, Rheta; his children, Cherylyn

iLarryl Campbell, LeeAnn iGregl Riddle and Monte iCathyl Pearson, all of Utah; two grandchildren, Royce Pearson and Steven Peart; a brother, Patrick i Jeanl Pearson of Cascade Locks, and a sister, JaniceSpringer ofLa Grande;and his aunt, Phyllis Fettig of North Powder.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father; his mother-in-law and father in-law, Ron and Marie Elquist; and his sister and brother-inlaw, Betty and Ron Knopp.

NEWS OF RECORD

LUCKY LINES, Jan. 12 WIN FOR LIFE, Jan. 11 5 — 25 — 36 — 58

11:37 p.m. Friday when officers Coleton Smith and Daniel Pelayo stopped Edison at Main and Madison streets on allegations of multiple traffic violations. Edison was driving a 2015 Dodge Challenger.

During the stop, Smith put thedepartment'sdrug-detecting dog, Capa, to use. Capa alerted on the vehicle and during a preliminary search of the car, officers found a loaded firearm.

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with the investigation, Lt. Dustin Newman said in a pressrelease.Edison isbeing held at the Baker County Jail.

At 5:14 p.m. Tuesday, police arrested Edison at the jail on two counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school

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BIRTHS Watkins: Sarah and Michael; a girl, HenleyWatkins,a pounds, 2 ounces; born at 2 a.m., Jan. 5, 2016, at La Grande; grandparents are Lester and Karen Watkins and Randy and Shar House.

POLICE LOG Baker City Police OUTOF-COUNTYWARRANT: Amanda Luna, 31, of 230 Foothill Drive, 12:13 p.m. Monday, at her home; jailed.

CONTEMPT OF COURT (Two Baker County Circuit Court warrants): Jarrod Beau Linscott, 39, of 2455 Birch St.,4:18 p.m.

Monday in the 800 block of Campbell Street; jailed and later released on bail.

FAILURETO ABIDE BY CONDITIONS OF DEFERRED PROSECUTION (Baker County Circuit Courtwarrant): Debra Renee Efird, 41, of 1815 Balm St., 8:48 p.m.Monday, on Madison Street near Geiser-Pollman Park; cited and released.

POST-PRISON SUPERVISION

VIOLATION (Parole and Probation detainer): Tyler Joseph Anders, 26, of 3145 Elm St., 10:27 p.m. Monday at the sheriff's office; jailed.

DRIVING WHILE OPERATOR'S LICENSE SUSPENDED: Sharon Lee Beck, 30, of 1660 Church St., 4:52 p.m. Tuesday, at Grove and Church streets; jailed.

FAILURETO APPEAR (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Nathan Lee Paulsen, 26, transient, 9:37 p.m. Tuesday, in the 1500 block of Campbell Street; cited and released.

ASSAULT IV DOMESTIC IN THE PRESENCE OF MINORS and HARASSMENT: Gary Allen Wainscott, 42, of 2639Third St., 10:02p.m.Tuesday, at his home; jailed.

Crime reports THEFT I: Between Friday night and Monday morning in the 2900 block ofWalnut Street; police said a 12-by-16 flatbed dump trailer was taken from a work site on Walnut Street. The trailer is owned by the Northeast Oregon Housing Authority.

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Bud B eeson Soroptimist of Baker County Barbara Stiff Pete r & Julie Jeffs Terrie Evarts S e ttler's Park Bill Hanley IMO Veterans (IMP — irr mr mpry pf) (IHO = In honor of) "Zhe food is great here! I don'tf ixfull meals at home, sofIi didn't eat here, I wouldn't get thefruits and vegetables that I like"

Safeway A Gray's West A Co. provides monthly birthday cake.

Meals On Wheels cake sponsored by Heart • Home.

The Dining Center is open Monday through Friday, serving 11:3012:30 p.m. The suggested donation for senior lunches, for people 60+ or under 12 is $4.00. Non-senior meal price is $6.25. Come and enjoy visiting with friends over a good meal. Other activities available: Aerobic exercise, bingo, line dancing and more!

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cost convinced him not to do so.

"I wish we could, but it's Continued from Page1A Smith said many of her not worth it," Helm said. employees are looking for Calvin Ransom, co-owner of Haifway Feed and Seed, new jobs because of the which sells gas, said he likes reduction in their hours.

After the storeclosesat 10 the intent of the new law, p.m., the gas pumps are open but he too has no plans to only to credit or debit card upgrade his pumps to allow self-service. customers until 6 a.m.

Smith doesn't think the The cost is prohibitive for self serve option is much of the minimal added gasoline an advantage in Baker City. sales it would generate, Ran'There are three other som said. i s ''When you make 20 cents places in town open 24 hours where people can get their per gallon on gas, you got to sell a lot of gas," he said."It gas pumped and not have to get out of their car," Smith just doesn't pencil out."

He said the added two sald.

The Truck Corral is one of or three customers a night those 24-hour gas stations. would notpay fortheexpenOwner Kurt Miller said he sive upgrade to his pumps. doesn't intend to offer selfRansom said those in an ar't emergency situation that serve pumps at the Truck l Corral. need gas after Halfway Feed .Ijjg Miller said that ifhe ever and Seed is closed can call a number posted there. upgrades his pumps to allow r We'll take care of them," self service at them, he would not let any ofhis employees he said.

Terry Vaughan, owner of go. ''We'll just find other things S. John Collins/ Baker City Herald the Halfway Merchantile for them to do," Miller said.

The USA Gasoline station on East Campbell Street is — the only other supplier of taking advantage of an Oregon law that took effect Jan. Representati ves from gasoline in the town of 280Maverik and Jackson's — the 1 allowing self-service gas from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. agrees with Ransom that it's two other 24-hour fuel statooexpensive to upgrade the tions — could not be reached sald. customers to get used to the gas pumps.

"It's not worth it for the 10 for comment.

Shaffer said the nature option of pumping their own gas —especiall y for Oregoor 15 extra customers in a Joe Shaffer, manager of the ofcompetition dictatesthat Chevron Food Mart at Main nians who haven't had the most gas stations will offer week," Vaughan said. the after hours self-service option until now.

But he has another conand Resortstreets,posted a sign on the station's entrance option.

In spite of the intention of cern. sayingself-servegasisnot Shaffer said attendants the new law, small towns in Itwould be easierfor available now. at the Chevron station the morerural partsofBaker peopleto stealgaswhen But that probably will have had more out-of-state County might not get to reap pumps are turned on. change in the future, Shaffer customers recently asking its benefits.

Vaughan said there's not sald. if they can pump their own Itisn'tcost-effectivefor much metal in the way of The Chevron station is gas,which suggeststravelers some small business owners getting inside of the pumps slated for a gas pump uphave heard about the law. to upgrade their fuel pumps to start dispensing gas.

"That's why I put up the grade in the near future and to handleself-serve.

He alsobelieves Oregon Shaffer expects that they will sign," he said."They have Jack Helm, who owns should just change the law offerthe self-serve option. always been confused about the J&M Country Store in to allow everybody to pump "I'm pretty sure when that the law in Oregon."

Huntington, was interested their own gas. He said the happens, when we turn off As with all new laws and in adding self-service to his limited hours the new law the lights, people will be able regulation, there will be pumps. allows aren't adequate.

"It's a joke," Vaughan said. to pump their own gas," he an adjustment period for But the estimated $20,000 gglf

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"I felt there wassufficient evidencefoself-defense."

Continued from Page1A The Baker City Herald reported in its Sept. 26 edition that Dielman had expressed his objection to explicitly Christian prayers to start Commission m eetings.

He had toleave fora doctor's appointment before the discussion of the topic started. And as he left, he and Creighton had a brief verbal exchange and then the altercation took place.

Dielman, who spent eight years as the Baker County Juvenile Department directorand another eight yearsas Parole and Probation director, says he understands the law.

"I know what harassment is," he said in telephone interview Monday.'You can't just go around hitting people as hard as you can."

Dielman said he was well-padded with a heavy coat and shirt that day and did not receive any physical injury despite the force with which he was struck.

"He sucker punched me out of the blue," Dielman said.'You don't do that to your fellow man."

In a letter to Dielman dated Nov. 6, District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff wrote thatafterreviewing police reports,he decided "there is insIdftcient evidence to prosecute a harassment case in this situation."

Shirtcliff's letter stated that Dielman's initial reluctance to pursue charges accompanied by the potential forCreighton to claim self-defense, contributed to his decision.

Shirtcliff sought a second opinion from a prosecutor with the Oregon

— District Attomey Matt Shirtcliff

Department of Justice.

Stephanie J. Tuttle, deputy chief counsel for the DOJ, wrote that she also did "not see any provable criminal conduct in this incident," after reviewing a report &om Sheriff Travis Ash and listening to an audio recording of the con&ontation between the two men.

Conflicting testimony presented by witnesses presentin the court chambers that day and differing accounts from Dielman and Creighton also influenced her opinion, Tuttle said.

Shirtcliff said Tuesday in a telephone interview &om New Orleans, where he is attending a conference this week, that he regularly must decide whether to proceed with a case.

"I felt there was sufficient evidence for self-defense," Shirtcliff said of Creighton's response to Dielman.

He added that Dielman didn't seem to have been"harassed or annoyed," by the contact, which the state must prove to gain a conviction at trial. Instead, Shirtcliff said Dielman wanted to pursue charges because he didn't get a public

apology.

"There's just insufficient evidence," Shirtcliff said.

Creighton said in a telephone interview Tuesday that he had no intention of apologizing to Dielman for his actions in the Commission chambers last fall.

"He grabbedme fi rstand Idefended myself and I will never apologize for defending myself," Creighton said.

He added that he hadn't given the incident much thought since September and was surprised to learn that it was still a topic of discussion.

"I haven't heard anything," he said.

Creighton said he was simply reacting to Dielman's action toward him.

"He just came up from behind me and grabbed my shoulder," Creighton said.

"And it went from there."

Dielman denies ever touching Creighton.

"He's getting away with a crime because Matt isn't doing his job," Dielman said."He'staken overthejob ofajuror to evaluatethewitnesses — that'sfor a jury to decide."

Dielman has a longstanding history of protestingthe practiceofbeginning government meetings with an exclusively Christian prayer. He was recalled from his position on the Baker City Council in December 2001 after persistently lodging a similar protest after a majority of his fellow council members voted to continue the practice.

After Dielman made the same complaint to the County Commissioners, Commission Chairman Bill Harvey adopted Dielman's suggestion to switch the order in which the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation are conducted.

Rather than starting with the Pledge and asking those who wish to participate in the prayer to remain standing, Harvey now says the invocation while the audienceisseated and asks people to standfor the Pledge ofAllegiance.

That change allows people who don't want to join the prayer to go unnoticed by the others in the audience, Dielman sald.

LOCAL BRIEFING Local students on EOU dean's list LA GRANDE — More than a dozen local students were among the 541 named to the dean's list for fall term 2015 at Eastern Oregon Univerity.

To qualify, students must earn a grade point average of 3.5orhigher on a4.0 scalewhilecompleting atleast12 hours of graded coursework.

Baker City LydiaAndersen, Charlotte Bowers, Riley Carter, Desiree Christensen, Michelle Coley, Kathryn Daugherty, Erin Elms, Jaye Green, Chelsea Krohn, Codie Lagao, Whitney Lemmon, Jessica McKim, Samantha OConner, Jacob Wilbur, Kailie Sells

Halfway Ashley Butler, Maddison Thatcher

North Powder Emily DeHaas,Colby Forman, John Harp, Lindsey Loennig

Richland Crystal Rainwater

Baker boy wins Hoop Shoot contest A 9-year-old Baker City boy, Jaxon Logsdon, won the Elks District Hoop Shoot contest Sunday at Hermiston, making 17 of 25 shots.

Logsdon now will compete in 8-9 age division at the state competition Feb. 13 at Milwaukie.

Both Logsdon and Paul Hobson, who competed in the boys 10-11 division, won the local competition Dec. 5 to advancetothe districtevent.

County has vacancies on several boards Baker County is seeking volunteers to fill vacancies on severalofitsboards and commissions.

The list includes: Baker County Planning Commission: iarepresentativefrom the Pine-Eagle area ispreferred), Natural Resource Advisory Committee, Transient Lodging Tax Marketing Committee, Wolf Depredation Compensation Advisory Committee ia livestock and business representative is preferred), Baker County Cultural Coalition, Local Mental Health Advisory Board, Baker County Compensation Board, Baker County Parks & Recreation Board, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District, Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Advisory Committee, Baker County Weed Board, Northeast Area Commission on Transportation Volunteers need to fill out a form, which is available at wwwbakercountyorg or in the Commissioners' office at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. More information is available by calling Heidi Martin at 541-523-8200.

Brooklyn taco feed fundraiser set Feb. 4 Brooklyn Primary School's annual taco feed fundraiser will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Community Events Center, 2600 East St. The evening includes a taco dinner, a book fair, silent auction and a variety of rafIIe prizes.

Dinner is $6 adults, $3 children. Raffle tickets are $1 each, $5 for six or $20 for 25. Tickets will be sold prior to the event and will also be available during the fundraiser.

Money raised at the taco feed helps fund field trips for the students, technology for classrooms, art and science programs and more. It is organized by the school and Brooklyn's Parent Teacher Organization.

Baker Little League signups scheduled Registration datesforBaker Little League areset.

Sign ups will be Feb. 9 and Feb. 23, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Baker High School, 2500 E St.

Costis$45per playerforT-balland farm ,$60 forminors and majors baseball and softball with a $160 maximum per family. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted at theregistrations.

Wheat Foundation offers scholarship The Oregon Wheat Foundation is offering a

$1,000 scholarship for a Baker County student whose family is a member of the Oregon Wheat Growers League or who has famly members who work for League members.

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Students in Burns and Hines returned to their classrooms Monday.

But Forest Service and BLM employees in that area stayed home. Although some of them have been working from home rather than in their oKces, according to media reports.

This is an unfortunate effect of the ongoing illegal occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by armed activists.

And in our estimation it's an unnecessary one.

We understand that the activists have a beef with the federal government, including the Forest Service and BLM, not with Harney County public schools.

But we've seen no evidence that the activists, who entered the Refuge, which was empty at the time, on Jan. 2, have tried to do anything similar at other federal oKces in Harney County.

Obviously it's prudent for the federal agencies to increase security for their employees, and at government buildings.

Harney County schools have taken similar steps — by locking doors at all times, for instance.

But closing federal oKces, and forgoing normal work suchas maintaining a couple ofyear-round public campgrounds nearby, harms the public. The blame, of course, lies solely with the activists. But shutting down federal agencies serves to expand the effect of these criminals' actions and help them advance their misguided goal of neutering agencies that manage public land.

Harney County residents are striving for normalcy as their county, which is more than 100 miles from the nearest metropolitan area, deals with its biggest upheavalin decades.

Nothing could be more normal than students parading into their classrooms. We'd like to see more people, including federal employees, going about their business rather than letting a group of malcontents ruin Harney County's usual tranquility.

Your views Refuge protesters want new, tyrannical 'government' I am writing to warn my fellow Eastern Oregonians about a threat to our way of life.

On Dec. 15, 2015, Ammon Bundy and Ryan Paynemet with about 40 residents of Harney County in Burns.

Bundy said the local residents should create a "Committee of Safety." The head of Bundy's militia, Ryan Payne, warned the Burns residents that they needed a "Committee of Safety" to protect them from floods, crime waves, and eventhe "U.N. invading the U.S." Bundy and Payne also explained what the "Committee of Safety" is. It is an unelected replacement for your localdemocratically elected government.

If the "Committee of Safety" doesn't agree with how the local government is handling something, instead of holding politicians accountable, running for elections, or protesting, they can call in a militi a to "takecare"oftheproblem.

During this meeting, a local Burns residentasked ifthe creation ofthis shadow government needed to be brought to a vote before the more than 7,000 residents of Harney County. No, Bundy and Payne said, you can just tellthe public about itafterw ecreate this new government.

Bundy andPayne explained that this government had the power to call

in "militia" from all over the country to do their bidding, and that they could hold their own trials to convict and sentence people. The "Committee of Safety" is nothing less than treason, and it represents an attempt by a room of 40 people, encouraged by Bundy, to overthrow their local democratically elected government with the support of armed militia from out of state. The "trials" they talked about are kangaroo courts. There are no checks or balances, no ballots, no public participation. This is not democracy, and it's un-American.

A"Committee of Safety" isn't a way to addressthe legitimate concerns we have about land management issues, it is not about liberty, freedom, or returning power or land to the people — the "Committee of Safety" is about the tyranny of a few men over us all.

You can watch a full video of the Dec. 15 meeting here: https://youtu.

be/64mkXIT76bk Michael Oman-Reagan Baker City

Call for diversity seems to lack that very thing In response to Gary Dielman's New Year's resolutions directed to County Chair Bill Harvey in a Jan. 8 Herald letter to the editor I would like to focus on Mr. Dielman's use of the word

diverse. This word apparently means diversity of all thing things except diversity of thought.

According to Mr. Dielman, there can apparently be only one answer to such things as an invocation during county meetings, accepting all regulations from the Forest Service and BLM about our land, and of course there can be only one answer to anthropogenic climate change. Those answers according to Mr. Dielman are: no invocation, accept all regulations without comment, and we must all happily follow the climate change lemmings over the cliff. So where is the diversity of opinion?

What I would like to know is who is being harmed by a short prayer to open a county meeting except the perpetually offended? And concerning Forest Service and BLM regulations why shouldn't the county have a say?

Finally to accept climate change one should cultivate a rich fantasy life and accept without question the "science" which is tainted and inconclusive at best.

The problem of anthropogenic climate change is that it has never been about science but only about politics.

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e n: n erover an use as een ui In recent weeks, the people of Harney Countyhave become no stranger to national headlines. On Jan. 3, a group of armed protesters overtook a federal facility in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. And on Jan. 5, Dwight and Steve Hammond, father and son ranchers from Harney County who were convicted of arson for setting a backfire thatburned 139 acresoffederalland,reported to prison to serve the remainder of a mandatory five-year sentence.

W hile these storiesplayed outacrossevery major media outlet, it's important to understand what is driving this anger and what steps we can take to improve the situation.

The thread that ties the Hammond family's case together with the calls of those who took overthe Refuge isdecades offrustration,arrogance and betrayal that has contributed to the mistrust of the federal government.

Too many people often don't understand the culture and the lifestyle of the great American West — and how much the ranchers and farmers who live in this vast, beautiful, harsh landscape care about the environment, their children's futures, and about America and the Constitution. Nor do they realize how hard they work to produce the food we eat. We're seeing now the extent they will go to in order to defendallthat.

While I understand their passion, I cannot condonethe actionsofthe armed protesters, led largely by people who are not from our state. They've made their point loud and clear, and local community leaders, including many ranchers, have asked them to leave. They should do so.

The day after the Hammonds went to prison, I went to the U.S. House floor intending to give a five-minute speech on what was unfolding in Harney County. But when

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rogance really got to me. And while there are very good federal workers in our communities REP. GREG who do follow the law, and do work cooperaWALDEN tively to find solutions, it only takes a few of the others to cause us to lose faith.

A similar experience is taking place across decades of my own pent up frustration with the federalgovernment'streatment ofrural the West through the so-called travel manageOregonians came to the surface, I spoke before ment plans. Originally intended to minimize my colleagues for nearly half an hour. 5ou damage from ofF-road vehicles, it quickly became apowerful tooltocloseroadsand shut can watch my full speech at wwwwalden. house.gov/speechl. peopleoutoftheirforests.

In my years representing the people of OrWhat happened in the Wallowa-Whitman egon's 2nd District, I have worked with local National Forest is a classic case in point. ranchers and the citizens of Eastern Oregon After years of community meetings, public workshopsand incredible effortsto update the to resolve disputes, to find solutions and to createa more cooperativespiritand partnergovernment's faulty maps, a forest superviship with the federal agencies. After all, more sor decided she knew better. Her choice of a than half the 2nd District is under federal management plan was such an aflront that management, or lack thereof. more than 900 people packed a meeting in The Steens Mountain Cooperative Manage- La Grande in protest. I, too, was incensed and ment and Protection Act is a prime example called upon the Forest Service to withdraw of those cumulative efforts. But after it was the plan, and they did. But the damage was signed into law in 2000, little by little, the done. How can people be expected to have agenciesdecided toreinterpretitand follow faith in a public process when they see outcomes like these? it at their own convenience, or ignore the law Meanwhile, other threats loom on these altogether. At the suggestion oflocal ranchers, the law created the first cow-free wilderness same people. From the onerous "waters of the in the United States, but the tradeoff was a United States" rules, to threats of more nalegal requirement for the federal government tional monuments, the federal government is aggressivel y trying to getcattle ofFtherange to provide the fencing. And yet bureaucrats within the Bureau of Land Management and people ofFtheir public lands.

Right now, it's strongly rumored that the wouldn't listen and wouldn't follow the law.

They told ranchers they had to build the fence. Obama Administration will declare more naWhen I pointed out their error, they basically tional monuments, including one in Malheur told me to stuff it. When I provided them with County, next to Harney County. It could be up to 2.5 million acres — bigger than Yellowstone the documentation from more than a decade before that proved the intent of Congress, National Park. Ranchers and community leaders are being told either agree to a big wilthey doubled down. And finally, when I got Congress to passarestatement oftheoriginal derness area or plan on getting a monument intent, they said they'd review it. shoved down your throat. Is it any wonder we I don't get angry very often, but this arfeel our way oflife is threatened by our own

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government? If the president wants to help reducethe tension,and try torestore a bitof trust, he would publicly back ofF this proposal.

The Hammonds made a mistake and went to prison for five years for lighting a backfire thatburned 139 acresoffederalland.W e all know fire is a tool on the range to deal with invasive species and to stop other fires.

In 2012, more than a million acres burned in Harney County alone. All too often, I've met with ranchers who were burned out by backfires they say should never have been set by the agencies. And while I have the greatest respect for the power of a fire, and the courage and talent of firefighters, they make mistakes, too.

The Hammonds were tried and convicted under a law written after the Oklahoma City bombing. The presiding judge in the case made clear that its penalties when applied to a fire on the high desert of Eastern Oregon didn't make sense. But a court found he lacked the authority to invoke a lesser sentence.

We need to revisit the 1996 law that landed the Hammonds with a punishment disproportionate to the severity of the crime. I'm working with my colleagues to do just that.

We need to have the president understand that more monuments may bring cheers from certain companies and communities, but in reality they leave behind more mistrust and mismanagement.

And those not familiar with the high desert of the West, need to understand what we face before they quickly condemn the frustration and anger that is so evident.

Greg Walden, R-Hood River, represents Oregon's 2nd Congressiorud District, which includes Baker County.

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Ammon Bundy, the group's leader, has previously said the group would not leave until a plan was in place to turn over federal lands to local authorities. They also want the release of Dwight and StevenHammond, fatherand-son ranchers convicted of arson, who returned to prison lastweek toservelonger sentences.

The Hammonds' case set off the occupation, but they have distanced themselves &om the activists.

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Arizona rancher Robert enforcement are monitoring "LaVoy" Finicum said the the occupation but have not taken action. 0$cials with locationhas yetto be determined. He said"there should the Harney County Joint be a dialogue" but declined to Information Center declined give any specifics about the to comment because of the group's exit plans. ongoing investigation.

The small group is under The group tore down a pressure &om many locals stretchofgovernment-erected fence near the refuge Monday to end the occupation that began Jan. 2. The activists to givea localrancher access aretheretoopposefederal to the range. The armed men land-management policies. also have accessed govern-

ment files and equipment.

At a community meeting that hundreds attended that night, Harney County residentsrepeatedly asked the group to leave. They included a Burns High School freshman, who got a standing ovation &om the crowd.

"And I just want them to go home soIcan feelsafe and I can feel likeitis home again," 15-year-old Ashlie Presley said with tears in her eyes, referring to the armed men."I shouldn't have to be scared in my own hometown."

But some residents also saidthey share the activists' frustration with the federal government —though they don'tagreewith theirtactics.

That same frustration was alsoatthe heartofa m essage about the refuge occupation delivered by Republican Oregon Congressman Greg Walden on the U.S. House floor last week.

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As the program expansion continues, there will be industry opportunities for students to participate in job shadowing and career exploration, Dalton said.

There is no plan to reduce any current programing.

"Everything that is in place is staying in place," Dalton said.'We're very proud of what we have and where we're headed and we're going to protectthat."

Dalton said the district is

working with Oregon Trail Electric Co-op on the power upgrade and equipment has been ordered. Final work should be completed in June or early July with the possibility of offering some summer coursesifallgoesas planned.

Twenty-fiv egrants were awarded statewide by the Career Technical Education Revitalization Advisory Committee from among 73 applications totaling requests for $24.5 million. The awards were announced in a press release Tuesday by Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Salam Noor.

thatburned more than 150,000 acres in the county Continued from Page1A last summer have been one Harvey said he and others ofthe biggestchallenges had todoalotofresearch to faced by the county in his 2V2 establish the county's right years as commissioner and 20-plus years as the county's to coordinatewith different agencies and have a say in emergency services manager. how public lands within the But the disaster could county, and their resources have been much worse, he such as forests, are managed. pointed out.

"No lives He said it is imperative that the Forest Service, the were lost. The BLM and other agencies entire county that manage land in Baker came together," County must coordinate with Bennett said. the County in the manageHe praised Benn e tt ment of those lands. theeffortsmade ''We need to implement by all of the fire agencies and plans that are distinctly the SherifFs 0$ce and how Baker County," Harvey said. they handled the numerous fire-related evacuations.

Harvey said the current Commission has pursued At the state level, Harvey coordination much more and Bennett were disapaggressivel y than previous pointed with legislation ones. passed in Salem this year.

"It's something that we Both agreed that the new low-carbon fuels standard had to do," he said."Coordination is the last tool that we will hurt rural Oregon and have left, but I believe it's the Baker County agricultural strongest one we have left." producers.

"This reformulation of Commissioner Mark Bennett agrees that the fuelsis going to be disaster coordination process will be a — as far as I'm concerned challenge in the coming year. — for agriculture, the truck''We're in a lot of uncharted ing industry and just rural waters in that department," areas in general," Harvey Bennett said.'We're moving said."This will drive up the ahead toresolvesome longcost of every single thing we standing issues." need to buy."

Bennett said federal agenHe said the law hurts cies' management oflands rural drivers — especially has harmed Baker County's elderly folks who are on economy for too long. fixedincomes — who need Bennett said one of the to drivelonger distances. biggest accomplishments he Bennett said the carbon seescoming out of2015 isthe fuels standard equates to a county's work on sage grouse. regressivetax.He said that Federal officials decided in it will hurt agricultural fuel Septembernottolistthe bird users who are exempt from as a threatened or endancurrent road taxes.

"Agriculture is a large gered species, but agencies, primarily the BLM, continue consumer of fuel," he said. to workon effortsto preserve "Itputs us ata competitive habitatforthe sage grouse. disadvantage. It isn't right "It's been a combination and it isn't fair." of work done by county stafF Bennett wasn't very fond and the Commission as a of the new law that autowhole," Bennett said.'We've matically registers Oregobeen very engaged." nians to vote when they Bennett said the wildfires get adriver'slicense,the

so-called"Motor Voter" law.

He said on the surface it seems likea good idea,but Bennett believes it will create alotofissuesfor county clerks to sort through.

Bennett also said the Department of Motor Vehicles has had issues with its database over the years.

"It's just adding another challenge to an already challenged system," he said.

Bennett is also concerned that the new voter registration law could lead to increasedvoter fraud in more populatedareas ofOregon.

In general, Harvey is not pleased with the Democratcontrolled Legislature, which convenes Feb. 1 for a one-month session.

'Virtually everything they have come up with is going to cost us moreespecially because we are a low-income county," he said.

Bennett praised some new laws, including increasing the speed limit on Interstate 84 to 70 mph and to 65 mph on stretches of some two-lane highways and the law allowing self-service gas "Self-service gas will be helpful in areas of Baker County and rural Oregon," he said.

Bennett said the law will help many gas station owners that don't have the resources to stay open 24 hours.

"It's a boon for a lotof areas and the Baker County economy — anything we can do to make it more user friendly for visitors," he sard.

Harvey and Bennett both praised the stafFin all county departments for their efforts in all of the challenges faced and accomplishments made during 2015.

"The county has a great stafFand isfortunate to have a renaissance team," Bennett

armed acti vistsoccupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon said Tuesday that they plan to hold a community meeting this week to explain themselvesand inform residents when they will leave.

A member of the anti-governmentgroup told reporters that the meeting will be held Friday evening in Burns, 30 miles &om the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, The Oregonian newspaper re-

Continued from Page1A Plans call for an upgrade to electricalservicesatBTI for the school's welding center, installation of a stateof-the-art ventilation system and construction of 20 new welding booths, along with new welding and metalworking equipment, Dalton SRld.

The welding classroom and shop area already have been remodeled and painted and new lighting has been installed.

The improvements all are part of growth in the welding pathway at BTI. Some community learner

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Continued ~om Page1A Ryan Chaves told the Council that he had communicated with most of the have a i20-foot-longl loading businesses in the area and zone," Chaves said.

"I am not asking for any they were in favor of the changes. special favors,"he said.

Changes to parking zones "This is about the other businesses that can use it and type designations can only be made by the City too."

Council.

Chaves said the removal The Chaveses also asked ofthehandicapped spaceto for the removal of an ADA the east of the loading zone parking space on the same would actually add space for block. two vehicles to park there.

The resolution was modiEmail Policy ied beforeitsapproval to f keep the ADA space for now.

Also on Tuesday councilors discussed the possibility Councilors decided that rather than remove the of adopting an email policy space,itshould berelocated that would allow the public to the south side of Court to read councilors' emails Avenue adjacent to the Mu- that have to do with city lan Garden restaurant. business.

Councilors Sandy Lewis A suggested policy was included with the agenda and Rosemary Abell were item. Part of the policy concerned about losing the ADA parking space and included a provision that allows for citizens who send both said they would not emails to councilors to keep votetoapprove the resolution unless another ADA those messages confidential.

Mayor Kim Mosier space was added nearby.

"I'm happy to approve had concerns that some the loading zone if we can residents would not contact directly move ithe ADA her if they knew their email parking space) across the would be available publicly through the city's website. street, "Lewis said."Ihave The proposed email policy no objection to the loading zone in and of itself." doesn't include criteria for The consensus by the determining which emails should be confidential.

Council was to talk to the business owners on the City Manager Mike Kee said he and IT Manager south side of Court Avenue Julie Smith struggled with to ascertain that they are not opposed to the ADA thatpartofthepolicy.

"I think it would be more space being added. Barring forthe councilto address any objections, a resolution that — nota stafFperson," will be prepared for approval at the Council's Jan. Kee said.

26 meeting.

He also said thathe feels Councilor Richard Lanthat all email communicagrell was opposed to the tion by councilors is public parking changes. He asked record whether or not they Ryan Chaves why the load- are made available online. ing zone was necessary.

There was a consensus Chaves said there will among the councilors to be deli veriesof190-proof revisit the email policy for

possible adoption in the future.

In other business, Councilors: • Approved the city's financial audit report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. CPA Bob Seymour of Guyer and Associates explained the report to the Council and said Baker City is in better financial shape than many other cities in the region of similar size.

• Approved a commumty profile created by Slavin Management Consultants, the firm the city hired to recruit a new city manager toreplaceKee,who isretiring April 30.

The fir m developed the profile for the purposes of theiradvertisement for the position. The firm will advertise theposition next week and guarantees that it will produce a final city manager candidate within 90 days. Councilors approved the job description for the city manager position.

• Discussed during an executive session prior to the regular meeting how they will negotiate current and possible future claims ofoverpayment ofsewer and water fees by customers east of I-84.

A possibleoption the Council might consider at its Jan. 26 meetingis to authorize the city manager to engage in negotiation with claimants and bring a proposed refund amount to the Council for approval.

Councilor Richard Langrell won a lawsuit against the city last year in which he claimed the city overcharged him for water and sewer fees.

A Baker City couple has also asked the city to refund them.

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Pendleton outgunned Baker in every phase of the game Tuesday on the way to defeating the Bulldogs 83-60 in the nonleague boys basketball game at BHS. "They just outplayed us," said Baker coach Brent Gyllenberg.

"That's the first time we've really been pressed to where it caused so many turnovers."

Baker forged a 6-0 lead in the first quarter, but then

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Caden Smith scored all of his 26 points in the first half as the Bucks built a 4927 halftimeadvantage.

Smith had five threepoint baskets in his barrage.

Logan Sand led Baker with 25 points. Brad Zemmer added 14.

Gyllenberg tried to find as much positive as he could from Tuesday's game, the Bulldogs' lastbefore they begin Greater Oregon League play at La Grande

Friday.

"The guys worked hard," he said. aWe felt like we left it all out on the floor."

PENDLETON (83) Adams40-312,Foreman4129, Quinn022 2, Morns30-06, Feterson1 0-03, Stuvland 2 4 8 8, C Smith 9 34 26, Bradt 6 1 1 13, Russell 1 0-0 2, Szumskr 1 0-02 Totals 31 10-20 83

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Sand's Bulldogs were battling missing players due to injuries, others playing hurt, and hisdecision torestother players.

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Baker 3V2 boys edge La Grande Baker nipped La Grande 45-43 in a JV2 boys basketball game at BHS Monday.

Kaden Sand and Zach Schwin each scored 10 points for the Bulldogs

Pendleton 3V2 boys stop Bulldogs Baker lost 69-33 to Pendleton in a JV2 boys basketball game Tuesday at Baker.

Kaden Sand led Baker with 12 points.

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Alabama's 45-40 victory over Clemson on Monday night averaged 25.7 million viewers on ESPN, down 23 percent fiom the 33.4 million for the inaugural CFP title game in 2015.

The audience was smaller than that for both oflast season's se~ s, a long with two of the four BCS title games ESPN aired: Auburn-Oregon in 2011andAlabama-Notre Dame in 2013. ESPN said Monday the'Megacast" of alternate broadcasts totaled 26.2 million viewers including ESPN2 and ESPNU.

Baker handed La Grande a 39-27 defeatin a JV2 girls basketball game Monday at BHS. Meagan Tool and Alayne Bennett each scored 10 points for Baker.

Baker 3V2 girls roll past Emmett 41-19 EMMETT — Baker defeated Emmett 41-19 in a girls JV2 basketball game Tuesday at Emmett.

Alayne Bennett topped the Bulldogs with 10 points.

Bulldog 3V girls romp at Emmett EMMETT — Baker had an easy time against Emmett Tuesday, winning 51-8 in a junior varsity girls basketball game.

Desi Davis led Baker with 20 points.

Pendleton defeats Baker 3V boys Baker dropped a 60-36 junior varsity boys basketball game to Pendleton Tuesday in the Baker Drew Story led Baker with 16 points.

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A long day of votes and re-votesended with 30 of 32 NFL owners approving Rams owner Stan Kroenke's ambitious plan to move his team from St. Louis to the site of the old Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, California, about 10 miles from downtown LA. The Chargers have a yearlong option to join the Rams, followed by the Raiders if the San Diego franchise declines.

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HAPPENINGS EOVA hosting meeting to tackle byway improvements LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon Visitors Association has scheduled a meeting of stakeholders in the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway to discuss improvements to the routeand related issues.

The meeting will take place trom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 20 at GC Fusion, 1116 Adams Aveo in La Grande.

Several things have happened since the last Hells Canyon stakeholders' meeting, said Alice Trindle, executive director of the Eastern Oregon Visitors Association, including: • Reconstruction of 13 miles of the Wallowa Loop Road north of Highway 86 • The statewide marketing campaign, "The SevenWonders ofOregon,"which included the Wallowas In addition, work continues on promoting the region's three core initiatives: cycling, agritourism and arts/culture/heritage.

The agenda for the Jan. 20 meeting includes all those issues, as well as an update on the Highway 350 project to Salt Creek Summit in Wallowa County, and a discussion of marketing projects for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

People planning to attend can RSVP by sending an email to eova@eoni.com. Lunch will be available for $10 per person. More information is available by calling Trindle at 541-856-3272 or 541-519-7234.

ODA develops guidance list for pestici des used on cannabis SALEM — The Oregon Department of Agriculture has created a list of pesticide products to help guide marijuana growers and pesti cideapplicatorsthroughout the state. The guide list contains 257 pesticide products and is available on ODA's cannabisand pesticidesWeb page.

ODA regulates the sale, use, and distribution of pesticides products in Oregon.

In doing so, ODA relies on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as wellasstate statutes,and enforces the product label as the law. Currently, thereare no registered pesticideproducts in Oregon that are specifically labeled for use on marijuana. However, ODA has established criteria for possible products that may be used on marijuana. The intent of developingcriteria isto assistgrowers in distinguishing those pesticide products with labels that do not legally prohibit use on cannabis trom those that clearly do not allow use.

Use of a pesticide on cannabisis allowed if it is intended for unspecified foodproducts,isexempt trom a tolerance, and is considered low risk.

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Permittotals The following are the most recent permit figures available for La Grande and Union County for December: CITY OF LA GRANDE PERMITS DECEMBER 2015 Building permit fees (total) $ 1 ,619 Building permits valuation $143,241.50 Manufactured home permit fees $300 Mechanical permits $737 Plumbing permits $708 Electrical permits $1,389.90 Demolition permits $0 Total permits issued 39 UNION COUNTY PERMITS DECEMBER 2015 Building permit fees (total) $3,063.50 Building permits valuation $356,101 Manufactured home permits fees $600 Mechanical permits $1,3 6 2.50 Plumbing permits $1,02 4.92 Electrical permits $3,011.27 Demolition permits $0 Farm exempt permits $0 Total permits issued 56 Source: Union County Chamber of Commerce

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The number ofpeople living in Eastern Oregon increased by over 2 percent since 2010, but the region's total share o f the state population has declined, according to Eastern Oregon Labor Trends, a monthly employment situation report released by the Oregon Employment Department.

The Labor Trends document comprises the Eastern Oregon Local Workforces area that includes eight Eastern Oregon counties — Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa.

The population data — based on information trom Portland State's Population Research Center — shows that Oregon's population hit 4,013,845 in July, a boost of 4.6 percent since 2010. Eastern Oregon's populationexpanded to 187,140 in 2015,an increase of 2.6 percent from five years ago.

Yet, as Eastern Oregon's population illustrated modest growth, its total share of the state population declined. Eastern Oregon tallied5.2percent ofOregon'spopulation in 2000,but dropped to4.8 percent in 2010 and 4.7 percent in 2015.

Overall, the region's total population expanded but growth in some counties lagged,according to the Labor Trends report.

For example, Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur and Wallowacountiesallrecorded a decrease in total population from 2000 to 2015, according to the report. Grant County showed a decrease in population between 2000 and

2015 of 505 people,or 6.4 percent.Meanwhile, Baker and Harney Counties exhibited a decreaseofm ore than 300 people during the same time period. However, since 2010 that trendindicateda slightreversalasBaker, Malheur and Wallowa counties recorded a slight uptick in population.

"Our growth is not keeping up with the growth of the rest of Oregon. We definitely are not growing as fast," Chris Rich, a regional economist for the Oregon Employment Department, said.

Population growth in the region since 2000 was spearheaded by just three counties — Morrow, Umatilla and Union. Umatilla County is the leader in population growth since 2000, according to the Labor Trends report. Since 2000, Umatilla County recorded an increaseof8,607 people,a 12.2 boostin the county's population. During the same time trame, Union County increased by 2,095 people— a boostof8.5percent — while Morrow County saw an increase in population of 635. The Labor Trends report said Umatilla County secured 76 percent of Eastern Oregon's combined growth in population

Gettingmorefrom mVsalesteam DEAR It EN: Over theholidays (and most of the last half of2015) I have been wracking my brain /Ir0I can get my sales team to be more productive.

I don't think anyone is lazy or notinterested in doing a good job,but to aperson they regularly miss their sales goals and lose out on commissions. What bothers meis that none of them seem to be too concerned about it. It's asi f they shrug their shoulders and say, "I'll try harder next month."Only next month it is more of the same.

I'm considering making charges, but I wanted to ask you r0hat other companies do to shakethings up and get sales going ugain.

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between 2000 to 2015.

Locally, the two biggest economic engines are the education and the health service industries, as both combined furnish nearly one-third of Union County's employment.

According to the Labor Trends report, health careservices— mostly private fi rm s— also deliver a large chunk of the county's wages.

The Labor Trends report showed that in Union County, federal, state and local governm ent enti tiesyielded 2,181 jobs.Ofthose jobs, 1,200 rested in education and the health services industry.

Union County also continues to showcase a lower unemployment rate — surpassed only

by Malheur County — for the region.

The November 2015 unemployment rate for Union County stood at 5.8 percent, up from the5.7 percentrate trom October 2015 but still way down trom the 6.9 percent jobless rate listed in November 2014. During 2015, the nonfarm employment increased by 270,according totheLabor Trends report, with jobs scattered across several industries.

State government jobs increased by 90 trom SeeTrends / Page 2B

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Oregon approves 5 dairy expansions

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DEAR DAVE: Sadly, I remember hearing about one company that had a tradition of firing someonein salesbeforeeach annual national sales meeting.

Itwas never made clearifitwas the lowest performing person, the biggest jerk or someone who made a big mistake but it kept the company gossip mill churning and sales people walking on egg shells for awhile.

The place to start is with your own expectations about the SeeKeller / Prfge 2B

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SALEM — FiveOregon dairies, including one in Keizer with a history of problems, have been given permission to expand, adding a total of about 4,500 animals.

Forty-threepeople attended a public hearing on the proposed expansions last September, and 34 peoplesubmitted written comments.

But the Oregon Department of Agricul ture said itdoesn't have authority to regulate most oftheobjections they raised.

Those include concerns about

animal welfare, noxious odors trom manure lagoons, decreased propertyvalues forneighbors, anincrease in greenhouse gas emissions and water use, increaseduse ofantibioticsand growth hormones, and growing tratfic accidents from increased transport of manure.

Instead, ODA said, under the permit it issues, it can only regulate water quality aspects oftheoperations by prohibiting unauthorized discharges of m anure, litteror processwa stewater to surface and ground waters.

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out longer sentences, which stoked long-simmering hostility between PORTLAND — A prominent ranchers and government officials ranching family whose legal case over management of federal land sparked an armed occupation of a forcattlegrazing. wildlife preserve has lived for three The armed anti-government generations in Oregon's high desert, group that has occupied a building building a large cattle operation at a national wildlife refuge near and stellar reputations for kindness the Hammond ranch cited the and generosity.

Hammonds' experience as one of The Hammonds are known for severalcasesofgovernment overreach. The men's re-imprisonment supporting charitable and civic causes in a remote region where also drew anger from other ranchresidents rely on each other for sur- ers who admire the Hammonds and vival and fellowship. They've also believethe sentences are too harsh. clashedrepeatedly with thefederal The Hammonds "are the nicest governmentoverland managepeoplethat everwalked the footof ment, water rights and other issues. this earth," said Merlin Rupp, 80, Dwight Hammond, 73, and his a longtime local resident."They'd son Steven Hammond, 46, have do anything for me at the drop of a been embroiled for more than hat, and they got a raw deal." five years in a legal dispute over Rupp was among those who several fires they lit that damaged spoke out Wednesday in support of federal property. The two men the family at an emotional community meeting called to discuss the w ere convicted ofarson and last week returned to prison to serve occupation of the nature preserve.

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KELLER Continued from Page 1B results you want from those in sales.

Are the goals so high that no one will ever meet them and as a result, after making a tentative attempt early in each month, by the end of the second week of the month, everyone has given up hope ofhitting the numbers?

Or, do you have a team that wants to win and could hit the numbers if they could exclusively focus on sales? If thisisthe case,what are the obstacles standing in the way of each sales person that you can address and resolve?

It is important for you to define what your vision of the sales team is.

What do you want from them? Is it possible? Have you asked others what they think? Is the total compensation package reasonable and how does it compare to others in your industry or outside your industry?

Second, check on the support they may or may not be getting. It is pos-

DAIRY Continued from Page 1B ODA did, however, require thefi vedairiesto m eetseveral new conditions that soon will be required of all large dairies and other large confined anim al feeding operations.

The dairies will have to sample soil where manure is applied every fall, rather than every five years as currently required. They will have to test levels of nitrate nitrogen as well as the currently required total nitrogen and total phosphorus. And

thegl have to use a soil sample that's less than three years old to calculate manure application rates.

The five facilities are: • Martin Dairy, in Tillamook, which has 1,252 anim als.

Ithasbeen approved to increase the land application area for manure and waste.

• Hogan Dairy Farms, in Tillamook. The permit allows the consolidation of Misty Meadows Dairy and Golden Mist Dairy, and increases the total allowed animals from 4,550 to 5,200.

• Pozzi Dairy, in Coquille.

It'snow permitted to increase the number of animals it houses from 345 to 1,550.

• Bonanza View Dairy, near Bonanza, about 24 miles east of Klamath Falls.

It'snow permitted for4,585 animals, up from 2,350.

• Moisan Dairy, in the Marion County city of Keizer, which now is permitted to increase the number of livestock ithousesfrom 1,900 to 2,300.

In 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to owner Donald J. Moisan for multiple violations of food safety laws.

Those included holding animals under such inadequate conditions that animals bearing potentially harmful drug residues were likely to enter the food supply; and selling an animal for food that was adulterated with high levels

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rangeland, including failing to do controlled burns for invasive plants that snuff out grass growth.

Federaloffi cialsrepeatedly accused the ranchers ofbreaking environmental laws and declining to follow rules. Over the years, officials refused to renew some of the family's grazing allotments and increased fees on others. They also restric ted accessto watersources used by the Hammonds.

In 1994, after officials sought to fence off a water source on the refuge to keep out the Hammond cows, the ranchers destroyed the fence and obstructedfederalworkers from continuing construction, The Oregonian newspaper reported.

Father and son were arrested on felony charges of interfering with federalemployees, courtrecords show. But after area ranchers protested, theircharges were reduced to misdemeanors and later

The Hammonds havenot sought been a way oflife. But in recent publicity and have distanced them- decades, concerns over the environment brought changes in rangeselvesfrom the armed protest. management rules, leading to Letters written in 2012 to the conflicts. judge presiding over the case show Dwight Hammond and his own that the Hammonds have served on schooland farm-related boards and father bought the ranch at the foot of Steens Mountain just south of donated money, cattle and labor to the town of Burns in 1964. The countless fundraisers and events.

They also supported local business- family owns nearly 13,000 acres of fields full of scrubby bushes, es and helped the local 4-H club.

Father and son have also helped grasses and sagebrush. The purothers in crisis. When a neighbor's chasepriceincluded several federal grazing allotments — the rights daughter was injured in a car wreck, the Hammonds hayed their to lease public land for grazingields.When a fi f re burned a nearby common in the West, where the homestead, the Hammonds let the federal government owns nearly rancher's cattlegraze on theirfeed. half the land.

And when another neighbor's bulls As the Malheur National Wildlife Refugegrew tosurround the Hamwere trapped on a rim by heavy mond ranch, the family had to snow, Dwight Hammond flew his airplaneto drop balesofhay for staveoffpressure from the federal government to sell the ranch, them,according totheletters.

In HarneyCounty,home to Dwight Hammond told The Associated Press last week. The rancher about 7,700 people and more than said officials mismanaged the 104,000 cows, ranching has long

sible that there is a large fault line as long, as deep, and as dangerous as the San Andreas in your company. It's the gap between your sales team and everyone else.

People working inside of a facility ioffices and warehouses) are paid a wage or salary, and are charged with doing tasks within a set working schedule.

But if the person who is supposed to be calling late-paying clients doesn't make the calls, what happens to that individual?

Sales people set their own schedule, are often out of the office and earn a salary or a commission based on achieving certain results in a set period of time. They could earn bonuses and have opportunities to win trips, prizes and soforth.Salespeople are often the focus of special recognition at company events. When a sales person doesn't bring in a new account, what happens to them?

Your email to me is all about the getting the sales team going because you are frustrated with their lack of results.

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But have you asked the sales team members what their issues are with those who are supposed to be supporting them in the officeand warehouse?

You may have deeper issues than just your sales people not performing. You may have two companies that aren't working together because one isal eslisfocused on taking care ofclientsand theother isupposed to be supporting sales) is watching the clock and counting the days to the next

down from 7.7 percent in November 2014.

In Wallowa County, the Continued ~om Page 1B unemploymentratedropped November 2014 to Novem- from 9.1 percent in November 2015 and local governber 2014 to 7.7 percent in ment added 40 jobs. The November 2015. However, retail trade in Union County total private employment recorded a decrease in 120 did well during the year, too, adding 70 new jobs. In jobs from October to NovemUnion Countyin November ber 2015.

According to the Labor 2015, the civilian labor pool climbed above 12,000.

Trends report, the change The good news for Baker can beattributed to the leisure and hospitality sector County was a nonfarm payroll employment boostof as fewertouristsarrived in 50 since November 2014. The the county and some firms largest job success proved showed a decline in activity as winter arrived. to be in manufacturing and other services.

Malheur County recorded However, the leisure a 5.5 percent unemployand hospitality industries ment rate for November displayed a 6.8 decrease in 2015 while in Grant County employment since November the unemployment rate for 2014. Baker County's unem- November 2015 stood at 7.9 ployment rate for November percent, down from 9.9 per2015 stood at 6.4 percent, cent in November 2015.

paycheck. askyourself when was the last time you were out calling on prospects and current clients? And what about your management team — why couldn't they be managing an account or two to comprehend how your company serves its dients now and what could be changedforthe better?

Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist focused on the leadership needs of small and midsizeclosely held companies. Contact him at KenKeller@ SBCglobal.net.

my opinion, would do much betterbyproviding jobsfor people who labor growing and processing almonds, soybeans, cashews, and our wonderful dairy $2,800 for failing to follow its existing waste hazelnuts, instead of factorymanagementplan. farm animals," Messer said, Wym Matthews, an ODA referring to nut milks.

The farming advocacygroup program manager, said he's confident Moisan Dairy has Friends of Family Farmers the ability to operate in com- also submitted comments.

Policy director Ivan Maluspliance with its permit.

'You get a speeding ticket, ki said the group now is most concerned about pending you don't lose your driver's license for the first two, three, approvalofa new umbrella four tickets you get," Matthews permit for confined animal said.'That's how we looked at feeding operations under the the noncompliance. The facility federal Clean Water Act. Oregon's CAFOs share a did, in our minds, do a good job remedyingthereasonsforthat National Pollutant Discharge noncompliance."

Elimination System permit, And the FDA findings rewhich expired in 2014. State officials have been working garding animal welfare and food safety don't have any with the U.S. Environmental bearing on a water quality Protection Agency to draft a permit, hesaid. new, five-year permit.

"That's not something we Until it becomes final, no can respond to," he said. new CAFOs can be permitted Karen Debra Messer, a in the state. member of Salem's Cherry Facilities also submit City Vegans, was among individual waste managethose testifying against the ment plans under the permit, expansions. which is what the five dairies "The State of Oregon, in had askedtobe mo dified.

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has been d i smissed except as permitted by

ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell th e s aid r eal property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and not ice h a s b e e n r e c orded pursuant to Section 86.752 (3) of Oregon Revised Statutes.

There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is s ecured by the trust deed, or by the successor in intere st, w it h r e s pect t o p rovision s t her e i n which authonze sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due t he following s u m s : Delinquent Payments: Payment Information From Through Total Payments 2 / 1 / 2015

12/4/2015 $12,283.34 Late Charges F r om T hrough Total L a t e C harges 2 / 1 / 2 0 1 5 12/4/2015 $0.00 Beneficiary's A d v a n c es, Costs, And Expenses MIP $467.49 Escrow Advances $3,129.76 T ota l Ad v an c e s : consistencies in termi- OF OREGON FOR THE "REPLY." THE "MO$ 3,597.25 T O T A L nology. The first hear- COUNTY OF BAKER TION" OR "ANFORECLOSURE ing will be held at the COST: $1,476.00 TOSWER" (OR "REPLY") IN THE MATTER OF TAL REQUIRED TO B est W e s t er n S u n MUST BE GIVEN TO THE ESTATE OF I STATE: ndge Inn, Library/MarTHE COURT CLERIC R EN i lyn's Room, 1 S u nOR ADMINISTRATOR $1 4,347. 34 TOTAL R Endge Lane, Baker City, VANESSA ANN LAY, WITHIN THIRTY (30) QUIRED TO PAYOFF: OR 97814 on January DAYS OF THE DATE $165,989.86 By reaOF FIRST PUBLICAson of the default, the 25, 2016 from 6:00 pm Deceased. to 7:00 pm. A second TION S P E C I FIED b eneficiary ha s d e hearing will be held at Case No. 15-651 HEREIN ALONG WITH clared all sums owing the Oregon Water Reon the obligation seTHE REQUIRED FILNOTICE TO sources Department, ING FEE. IT MUST BE c ured b y t h e t r u s t 725 Summer St. NE, INTERESTED PERSONS IN PROPER FORM deed immediately due Room 124b, Salem, AND HAVE PROOF a nd payable, t h o se OR 97301 on January NOTICE IS H E REBY OF SERVICE ON THE sums being the followGIVEN that Hillery A. PETITIONER OR HIS ing, to- w it: T h e i n 26, 2016 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Copies of L ay ha s b e e n a p - ATTORNEY TO SHOW stallments of princithe proposed rules are THAT THE O T HER pointed Personal Repp al a n d in t e r e s t available at www.orer esentative. A l l p e r S IDE H A S BE E N which became due sons h aving c l a i ms GIVEN A COPY OF IT. on 2/1/2015, and all gon.gov/owrd/Pages/la w/Department Ruleagainst the estate are IF YOU HAVE QUES- subsequent installmaking.aspx or by conrequired t o p r e s e nt TIONS, YOU SHOULD ments of p r i ncipal tacting the Rule Coorthem, with v o uchers SEE AN ATTORNEY and interest through d inator b y e m a i l a t attached, to the PerI MMEDIATELY! I F the date of this Nosonal Representative ruleY OU N EE D H E L P tice, plus amounts coordinator©wrd.state c a re of S i lv e n , FINDING AN ATTOR- that are due for late .or.us or b y c a l l ing Schmeits 5 Vaughan, NEY, YOU MAY CALL charges, delinquent Attorneys at Law, P.O. 503-986-0874.

THE OREGON STATE property taxes, insurBox 965, Baker City, BAR LAWYER REFER- ance premiums, adWntten comments must Oregon, 97814, within RAL SERVICE AT (503) vances made on senbe received by OWRD four (4) months after 6864-3763 OR TOLL i or li e n s , t ax e s no later than 5:00 pm the date of first publiFREE IN OREGON AT and/or i n s u rance, cation of this notice, or t rustee's fees, a n d on February 4, 2016.

(800) 452-7636.

You may comment at t he c laims m a y b e a ny at t orney f e e s the heanng or in wntbarred.

MERRILL O'SULLIVAN, and court costs arising to O W RD , R u le A ll p e rsons w h o s e ing from or associLLP nghts may be affected ated with the benefiCoordinator, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite A, by th e p r o c eedings /s/ WILLIAM A. ciaries efforts to proSalem, OR 97301, by may obtain additional VAN VACTOR, tect and preserve its fax to 503-986-0903, i nformation from t h e OSB ¹075595 security, all of which records of the court, Mernll O'Sullivan, LLP m ust be paid as a or by email to rule-coc ondition o f r e i n ordinator©wrd.state.or the Personal Repre- Attorneys for Petitioner .Us. sentative, or the attor- 805 SW IndustnaI Way statement, including neys for the Personal Suite 5 all sums that shall Representative. accrue through reinWritten comments and Bend, OR 97702 statement or pay-off. materials need not be Dated and first p ub- Phone: 541-389-1770 lished January 6, 2016. Fax: 541-389-1777 Nothing in this not yped, but m u s t b e legible. It will be your will@mernll-osullivan.com t ice shall b e c o n strued as a waiver of responsibility to venfy LegaI No. 00043941 a ny fees ow ing t o t hat t h e fa x e d or PERSONAL emailed comments are REPRESENTATIVE: Published: December 23, the Beneficiary under received.

Hillery A. Lay 30, 2015, January 6, the Deed o f T r u st 3790 Baker Street 16, 2016 pursuant t o t he Baker City, OR 97814 t erms of t h e l o a n LegaI No. 00044071 TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF documents.Whereof, Published: January 11, SALE T .S . No . : 1 3, 15, 18 , 20 , 2 2 , ATTORNEY FOR notice hereby is given OR-15-585573-AJ 2016 ESTATE: that Quality Loan ServCharlie Vaughan Reference is made to i ce C o r p o ratio n o f PUBLIC SALE OS B ¹7841 67 t hat c e r t a i n deed W ashington, the u n made by, KATHLEEN dersigned trustee will Stevenson Storage P.O. Box 965 R HICKMAN SINGLE on 3/ 2 4 / 2 015at the 3785 10th 1950 Third Street WOMAN as G rantor hour of 10:00 A M , Baker City, OR 97814 Baker City, OR 97814 541-523-6316 to ELICHORN TITLE, as Standard of Time, as (541) 523-4444 Acc ¹ 213034 t rustee, i n f a v o r o f established by section MORTGAG E ELECLegal No. 00044048 187.110, Oregon ReTRONIC REGISTRA- vised Statues, Inside Descnption of Property: Published: January 6, 13, C owboy b o o t s , a i r T ION SY S T E M S , the main lobby of the 20,27,2016 n ailer, f i s h in g p o l e , INC., AS NOMINEE County Courthouse FOR NORTHWEST tennis shoes, f l ash1 995 3 r d St re e t IN THE CIRCUIT MORTGAGE GROUP, Baker, Oregon 97814 light, McCulloch chain COURT OF THE STATE County of B AK E R, saw, C raftsma n 5 ga I- OF OREGON FOR THE INC., AN O REGON lon air tank, 6" power CORPORATION , as COUNTY OF BAKER State of Oregon, sell B eneficiary, da t e d at public auction to the station, bag of clothes.

JOHN REUBER, 7/25/2012, re corded highest bidder for cash Property Owner: Bert D. 7/31/2012 , in o fficial the interest in the said records o f B A ICER descnbed real property Zeitler Plaintiff, C ounty, O r e go n i n which the grantor had or had power to conAmount Due: $330.00 as V. book/reel/volume No. and/or as f ee/filehnvey at the time of the of 01/01/16 strument/ microfilm / ANY SUCCESSOR e xecution by h i m o f r eceptio n n umb e r Time 5 Date of Sale: TRUSTEE FOR THE the said trust deed, to12300177B covering DEFINED BENEFIT Stevenson Storage gether with any inter3785 Tenth Street PLAN FOR WALT t he f o l l o w i n g deest which the grantor scribed real property Baker City, OR 97814 REUBER AND ALSO or his successors in ins ituate d in sa id Unit ¹C10 terest acquired after ALL OTHER PERSONS Ja nua ry 14, 2016 OR PARTIES C ounty, a n d S t a t e , the execution of said UNKNOWN CLAIMING to-wit: APN: 501 940 trust deed, to satisfy 10 A.M. 9DB 500 ¹282 LOT 2, the foregoing obligaANY RIGHT, TITLE, CEDAR ACRES ADDI- tions thereby secured Name of Person LIEN, OR INTEREST IN Foreclosing: THE PROPERTY TION, IN BAICER CITY, and the costs and exPhilip D. Stevenson DESCRIBED IN THE COUNTY OF BAICER penses of sale, includAND STATE OF ORE- i ng a reas o n a b l e COMPLAINT, GON. A.P.N.: 501 940 LegaI No: 00044070 charge by the trustee.

Published: January 8, 11, Defendants, 9DB 600 ¹282) ComNotice is further given monly known as: 1150 that any person named 13, 2016 Case No. 15-800 PARIC STREET, BAICER in Section 86.778 of IN THE CIRCUIT CITY, OR 97814 The Oregon Revised StatCOURT OF THE STATE SUMMONS undersigned h e reby utes has the nght to OF OREGON, FOR THE c ertifies t h a t b a s e d have the foreclosure COUNTY OF BAKER: TO: ANY SUCCESSOR upon business records proceeding dismissed t here are n o k n o w n and the trust deed reTRUSTEE FOR THE In the Matter of the DEFINED B ENEFIT written a s s ignments instated by payment to Estate of P LAN FO R W A L T of the trust deed by the beneficiary of the e ntire a m o un t t h e n Betty Jane Morns, REUBER AND ALSO the trustee or by the Deceased.

ALL O T HER P E R- beneficiary and no apdue (other than such Ca se N o. 1 5-939 SONS OR PARTIES pointments of a s u cportion of said princicessor trustee h ave UNICNOWN CLAIMpal as would not then NOTICE IS H E REBY ING ANY RIGHT, TIbeen made, except as be due had no default GIVEN that Jerry Coal- TLE, LIEN, OR INTER- r ecorded i n t h e r e occurred), t o g e t her w ell ha s b e e n a p EST IN THE PROPcords of the county or with the c o sts, t r uscounties in which the pointed and has qualiERTY DESCRIBED IN tee's and a t t orney's fees and c uring any fied as th e P ersonal THE COMPLAINT above described real Representative of the property i s s i t u ated. o ther d e f a ult c o m e state. A l l p e r s o ns IN THE NAME OF THE Further, no action has plained of in the Nohaving claims against b een instituted to r e STATE OF OREGON: tice of Default by tenthe estate are hereby Y ou are h e reby r e cover the debt, or any dering th e p e r f ormrequired to present the ance required under part thereof, now required to appear and s ame, w i t h pr o p e r answe r t he F irst m aining secured b y the obligation or trust vouchers, to the Perthe trust deed, or, if Amended Co mplaint deed, at any time pnor

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1001 - Baker County 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices to five days before the A TTEMPTING T O or successor agency, a nd b y c u r in g a n y date last set for sale.

COLLECT A D E BT formerly known as the o ther d e f ault c o m Other than as shown AND ANY INFORMAFarmers Home Adminplained of herein that T ION O B T A I N E D istration, United States i s capable o f b e i n g of record, neither the b eneficiary n o r t h e WILL BE USED FOR Department of Agriculcured by tendering the trustee has any actual THAT PURPOSE. TS ture, as B e n eficiary, performance required

No: OR-15-585573-AJ under the obligation or dated January 3, 1983, D ated: 1 1 / 5 / 2 0 1 5 recorded January 4, Deed of Trust, and in Quality Loan Service 1983, a s M i c r o f i lm addition to paying said Corporation of Washsums or tendenng the D ocu m e n t No . ington, as T r ustee 107335, Records of performance necesSignature By: s ary to cure the d e Union County, Oregon, Alma Clark, Assistant covenng the following f ault, b y p a y ing a l l Secretary Tr u s t ee's descnbed real property costs and expenses Mailing Address: Qualactually incurred in ensituate d in U n io n ity Loan Service Corp. forcing the obligation C ounty , Or ego n , o f Washington C/ 0 to-wit: and Deed of Trust, toQuality Loan Service gether with Trustee s C orporation 41 1 I v y Commencing a t the a nd attorney s f e e s Street San Diego, CA n ot e x c e e ding t h e Southwest corner of 92101 Trustee's PhysiBlock 3 of S WAC IC- amounts provided by cal Address: Quality HAMER'S ADDITION said ORS 86.778.

Loan Service Corp. of to North Union (in the Washington 108 1 st City of Union), Union In accordance with the Fair Debt C o l lection HICICMAN 1150 PARIC Ave South, Suite 202, C ounty , Or ego n , STREET BAICER CITY, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll thence North along the P ractices Act, t hi s i s OR 9 7 81 4 O r i g i nal Free: (866) 925-0241 West line of said Block an attempt to collect a I DSPUb ¹ 0 0 9 5 2 8 6 a distance of 94 feet; Borrower ICATHLEEN debt, and any informat ion obtained w ill b e R H ICICMAN 1 1 50 1/6/2016 1 / 13/2016 thence at nght angles PARIC STREET BAICER 1/20/2016 1/27/2016 East 147 feet; thence used for that purpose.

This communication is CITY, OR 97814 Origiat right angles South from a debt collector. nal Borrower For Sale Legal No. 00043566 94 feet to the South I nformatio n Ca l l : Published: January 6, 13, line of said Block 3; 8 88-988-573 5 or 20,27, 2016 t hence W e s t a l o n g In construing this Notice, L ogi n to: s aid South l in e 1 4 7 the singular includes t he plural, the w o rd Salestrack.tdsf.com feet to the point of be1010 Union Co. Grantor includes any In construing this noginning. successor in interest tice, th e s i n gular i n- Legal Notices cludes the plural, the Commonly referred to as to the Grantor as well NOTICE TO as any other person w ord " g r a n tor " i n - INTERESTED PERSONS 427 East Birch Street, owing an o b l igation, cludes any successor Union, OR 97883. in interest to this gran- Nanette F o r dice has the performance of t or as w e l l a s a n y which is s ecured by been appointed Per- Alan N. Stewart of Hursaid Deed o f T r u st, other person owing an ley Re, P.C., 747 SW sonal Representative and the words Truso bligation, t h e p e r Mill View Way, Bend, (hereafter PR) of the formance of which is tee an d B e n e f iciary Estate of Irene Odess O R 97702, was a psecured by the t r ust p ointed S u c c e s s o r include its respective McKenzie, Deceased, successors in interest, deed, and the words Trustee by the BenefiPro b a t e No. if any. "trustee" and "benefi1 5-12-8578, U n i o n c iary on O c t ober 8 , ciary" include their reD ATED: O c t o ber 2 2 , 2015.

County Circuit Court, spective successors in 2015.

State of Oregon. All interest, if any. PursuAlan N. Stewart, persons whose rights Both the Beneficiary and Successor Trustee ant to O r e gon Law , Trustee have elected may be affected by t his sale w il l no t b e to sell th e s aid r eal Hurley Re, P.C. the proceeding may deemed final until the 747 SW Mill View Way property to satisfy the obtain additional inforT rustee's d ee d h a s Bend, OR 97702 obligations secured by mation from the court been issued by Quality said Deed of Trust and Telephone: records, the PR, or the 541-31 7-5505 Loan Service Corporaa Notice of Default has attorney for the PR. All tion of Washington . If been recorded pursupersons having claims any irregularities are ant to Oregon Revised Lega I ¹44078 a gainst t h e est a t e d iscovered within 10 Statutes 86.752(3); the must present them to days of the date of this default for which the Published: January 13, the PR at: foreclosure is made is sale, the trustee will Mammen 5 Null, 20, 27, 5 February 3, rescind the sale, return Lawyers, LLC Grantor's failure to pay 2016 the buyer's money and J. Glenn Null, when due the followtake further action as Attorney for PR ing sums: necessary. If the sale 1602 Sixth Streeti s set a s ide f o r a n y P.O. Box 477 As of October 8, 2015, On January 21, 2014, reason, including if the La Grande, OR 97850 t he am o u nt of Brett E. Miller filed an Trustee is u nable to (541) 963-5259 $14,287.50, plus fees a pplication w i t h t h e convey title, the Pur- within four months after due in the amount of FCC (FCC File Number chaser at the sale shall the f i rs t p u b l ication $1,025.43, for a total BNPH-20140121NGP) be entitled only to a redelin q u e n c y of date of this notice or t o construct a n e w t urn o f t h e mo n i e s they may be barred. $15,312.93.

Class A FM station on paid to t h e T r ustee. channel 272, serving This shall be the Pur- Published: January 6, 13, By reason of the default, Dayton, Washington. chaser's sole and exthe Beneficiary has deO n September 1 4 , and 20,2016 clusive remedy. The clared all sums owing 2015, the initial applion the obligation sepurchaser shall have Legal No. 00044065 cation was amended no further r e c ourse cured by the Deed of and submitted specifyagainst th e T r u s t o r, NOTICE OF HEARING Trust immediately due i ng operations f r o m the Trustee, the Benea nd payable, t h o se studios at 45 Campbell UNION COUNTY R d., Wa IIa W a IIa, ficiary, th e B e n e f iciPLANNING sums being the followa ry's Agent, o r t h e Washington, and operlng, to-wlt: COMMISSION Beneficiary's Attorney. a ting w it h 50 0 w a t t s CONDITIONAL USE from an a ntenna 15 If you have previously As of October 8, 2015, meters above ground b een d is c h a r g e d NOTICE IS H E REBY unpaid pnncipal in the at a site 46 degrees, through bankruptcy, G IVEN, t h e Uni o n amount of $9,922.71, 19 minutes, 54 s e caccrued interest in the you may have been reCounty Planning Comonds, north, 117 deleased of personal liamount of $2,185.36, m ission, m e e t in g i n grees, 59 minutes, 25 ability for this loan in regular session, Monsubsidy recapture in seconds, west. which case this letter am o u nt of d ay, J a nuary 2 5 t h , t he is intended to exercise $93,858.36, assessed 2016, 7:00 p.m., in the t he n o t e ho ld e r s fees in the amount of On December 18, 2015, Earl C. Misener ConBrett E. Miller filed a nght's against the real ference Room, 1001 $2,217.10, and interminor amendment to est o n f e e s i n t he property only. As reFourth S t r e e t , La the application proposamount of $53.15, for quired by law, you are Grande, will consider a ing to change the stahereby notified that a a t o ta l a m o u n t o f Conditional Use applition's community of linegative credit report c ation s u bmitted b y $108,236.68, plus incense from D ayton, reflecting o n y our terest continuing to acChas ICoenig to estabWashington, to Island credit record may be c rue at t h e r a t e o f lish a f irearms sales City, Oregon, intendsubmitted to a c r edit b usiness as a h o m e $3.1263 per day, ini ng to o p e r ate w i t h r eport agency if y o u cluding daily interest occupation on property 900 watts from an anfail to fulfill the terms on fees at the rate of I ocated 0 . 8 m ile s t enna 11 me ter s of your credit obliga$ 0.6983, u n ti l p a i d, above ground at a site northeast of th e C ity tions. Without limitof LaGrande, at 62143 plus any unpaid prop48 degrees, 18 m i ning the trustee's disGaertner Lane and deerty taxes, attorney s u tes, 3 5 s eco n d s claimer of represenscribed as Twp. 2S, f ees, fo re c l o s u r e north; 117 degrees, 43 tations o r w a r r a ncosts, and sums adRange 38 EWM, Secminutes, 58 seconds ties, Oregon law revanced by the benefition 32, Tax Lot 1600, west. ciary pursuant to t he quires the trustee to about 5.4 acres in an state in t his notice R-3 Farm Residential terms of said Deed of The attributable owner is that some residential Trust.

Brett E. M iller, 8200 Zone. p roperty sold a t a Stockdale H i ghway, M-10, ¹164, Bakerstrustee's sale may The applicable Land Use WHEREFORE, notice is h ave been used in hereby given that the field, California, 93311.

Regulations are found manufacturing methundersigned Trustee in Section 8.03 4 and amphetamines, the w ill o n Ma r c h 2 3 , A copy of the application, 21.07 2 of the Union amendments and rec hemical com p o County Zoning, Parti2016, at the hour of lated materials are on nents of which are 11:00 o clock, A.M., in tion 5 Subdivision Orfile for public inspecknown to be t o xic. accord with the stand inance. F a i l ur e t o Prospective purchasdard of t i m e e s t ab- t ion d u r in g r e g u l a r raise a specific issue b usiness h o u r s a t ers o f r e s i dential with sufficient specilishe d by O RS 1 004 H a e f e r L n. , 187.110, on the front property should be ficity at the local level aware of this potens teps o f t h e U n i o n Cove, OR 97824. p recludes appeal t o tial danger before deCounty C o u rthouse, LUBA based on that isciding to place a bid 1007 Fourth Street, in Published: January 13, sue. Th e application 15,20, 21, 2016 for this property at the City of La Grande, and all information rethe trustee's sale. lated to the proposal County of Union, State N OTICE T O T E N - are available for review of Oregon, sell at pub- Legal No.00044131 ANTS: TENANTS OF at no cost and copies lic auction to the highTHE SUBJECT REAL est bidder for cash the can be supplied at a P ROPERTY H A V E interest in the said der easonable cost. A CERTAIN PROTECscribed real property s taff r e port w i l l b e TIONS AFFFORDED available fo r r e v i ew which the Grantor has TO THEM U N D ER seven days before the or had power to conO RS 8 5 .782 A N D vey at the time of the h earing, and can b e POSSIBLY UNDER execution by Grantor supplied at a reasonFEDERAL LAW. ATof the said Deed of able cost. For further T ACHED TO T H I S i nformation c o n t a c t T rust, t o gether w i t h NOTICE OF S ALE, any interest which the this office by phone at A ND INCO R P O - 9 63-1014, or stop i n obligations thereby seRATED HEREIN, IS A cured and the c o sts M onda y t hr ou g h N OTICE T O T E N - Thursday, 8 : 30-5:00 and expenses of sale, ANTS THAT S ETS including a reasonable p.m.

F ORTH SOM E O F charge by the Trustee.

THE PROTECTIONS Published: January 13, Notice is further given THAT ARE AVAILthat any person named 2016 ABLE TO A TENANT in ORS 86.778 has the OF THE S U BJECT Leqal No. 00044135 nght, at any time pnor REAL P R O PERTY to five (5) days before AND WHICH SETS TRUSTEE S NOTICE OF t he date last set f o r FORTH CERTAIN RESALE the sale, to have this QUIRMENTS THAT foreclosure proceeding MUST BE COMPLIED R eference is m ade t o dismissed a n d t he WITH BY ANY TENthat certain Deed of Deed of T r us t r e i nTrust made by Jackie ANT IN ORDER TO stated by payment to O BTAIN TH E A F - J. Stoddard Collier, as the Beneficiary of the FORDED PROTECGrantor, and the Rural e ntire a m o un t t h e n Housing Service or its TION, AS REQUIRED due (other than such UNDER ORS 85.771 . successor agency, as portion of the principal Q UALITY MAY B E T rustee, in f a vo r o f and interest as would CONSIDERED A not then be due had United States of AmerDEBT COLLECTOR no default occurred) ica, acting through the Rural Housing Service notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or i nterest i n t h e r e a l property hereinabove described subsequent t o the interest of t h e t rustee i n t h e t r u s t deed, or of any succ essor in i n terest t o grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last ICnown Address and Nature of Right, Lien or Interest ICATHLEEN

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — 9B

BUSINESS 8 AG LIFE

GIVING THE LAND BACK:

By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press

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DENVER — Republicans have widely condemned the armed standofFbya group of ranchersto reclaim federal land in Eastern Oregon, but their goal of taking back some of Washington's vast holdings in the West has gained traction in the GOP. The decades-old idea could garner even more momentum should the party recapture the White House this year.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has proposedpreventing the federal government from owning more than 50 percent of the land in any state, which would require changes, for example, in Alaska, Nevada and other Western states.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has backed legislation to give states the ability to develop energy resources on federal land and told the Des Moines Register editorialboard that"the federal government owns far too much land" in the West.

Both senators backed an amendmentoffered by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski last year that would make it easierfor federalland to be returnedtostatecontrol.

Meanwhile, an efFort to forcethe federalgovernment to hand over lands to the stateshas also gained momentum, with the Republican National Committee

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Occupiers of the Malheur NationalWIldllfe Refuge headquarters walk around the grounds of the facility near Burns.

"We'rejust outnumberedin the West.

with federal land management is rife.

We don't havethevotes."

"It just ignites a firestorm" — Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., talking whenever large-scale land about Republicans' influence on issues transfersare discussed,said regarding management of federal land Oregon Republican Rep. Greg Walden, a longtime in 2014 issuing a resolution offederalwestern land cil, which advocates forwest- critic callingforWest ern statesto ern states reclaiming their management, whose district reclaim the land. Republican land."It's one of those things includes the wildlife refuge legislatures in states such as that'sdestined tobe." where ahandful ofarmed Georgia and South Carolina ranchers have been holed But both environmentalup since last week, refusing have passed motions backistsand even some critics ing the concept, and several offederalcontrolofw estern to leave until the land is lands say politics will keep returnedtolocalcontrol. western states are studying the issue. much of the West firmly He noted that President "The people on the ground under federal control. Many George W. Bush had to backpedal on a plan to sell are soexasperated with this W esterners prize their abillock-down, hands-ofFmanofF surplus western land itytouse federalland to agementthatit'spercolating hunt,hike orfish,and more and argued that, if the GOP up," said Ken Ivory, a Utah captures the White House peopleare moving to the region's cities and fewer to thisyear,no large-scale land statelegislatorwho founded the American Lands Counrural areas where conflict transfer would pass even

Oregonlmwmmkersmsk ed tohelg fightwagetheft

By Chris Thomas

cords, without having to file a lawsuit or a wage claim with BOLI, making it a felony to not pay prevailing wages on jobs, and requiring companies that have had wagetheftproblems topostbonds.

Dale says wage theft takes many forms, from refusing to pay, to classifying workers as independent contractors to keep from paying overtime, to asking people to work extra hours "ofF the clock." He points out that wage theft afFects not just individuals, but entire communities.

"Nobody spends the money that they didn't getpaid in the grocery store,"Dale said."And it's a problem for other employers,because ifan employer istrying to do the right thing, they have to compete with people that may not have the same cost structure because they're not paying their workers right. And that's bad for the economy."

He addsthe ideas in the draftlegislation have had some backing when they've come up before in Salem in different bills, and are being combined to help get them through the short session in February.

The hearing was at 2 p.m. today in the Senate Workforce and General Government Committee, at the State Capitol.

Oregon News Sert/ice

SALEM — Some Oregon workers aren't getting paid what they are owed, and at a committee hearing in Salem this week, state lawmakers will get a first look at upcoming legislation to curb wage theft.

Just since Thanksgiving, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLIl has announced settlements recovering $2.7 million in unpaid wages for construction workers on state-funded projects. But Michael Dale, executive director, Northwest Workers Justice Project, says BOLI has less stafF and a bigger workload than in the 1990s.

He says workers in many fields, particularly in rural Oregon, can't always get the help they need if they aren't being paid fairly — or paid at all.

"The notion that somehow now, the problem is solved — no," Dale said.eWage theftcontinues to be a pervasive and broad problem that needs attention. BOLI needs resources, and private workers need to have the ability to enforce their wage claims themselves."

He says the proposal includes giving w orkers better accessto their payrollre-

at standofFs like the one in Oregon, which they see as undermining their cause.

They argue that arcane federal rules can ensnare well-meaning ranchers, ofFroad enthusiasts or others, and that some of the vast swathesofprotected land prevent energy extraction that could be a boon to communities with few jobs.

Small parcels of Western land occasionally change hands, often as partof conservation deals, but the push for massive changes is new.

Utah in 2012 passed legislation written by Ivory demandingthefederalgovernment return its lands to state control. A study commissioned by the state found that local control couldconceivably boost the economy.

But when Idaho contemplated a similar move, its own study found state control could be ruinously expensive because Idaho taxpayers would have to assume responsibility for fighting wildfires and cleaning up abandoned mines that are currently paid for by the federal government.

Arizona is also studying the issue. And Ivory remains optimistic about the long-term prospectof the movement.

"This is still very, very, very young," he said.

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By Brian Fung The Washington Post

Think your Internet service could be way faster? The government agrees with you.

A new report from the Federal Communications Commission finds that while providers have done a decent

job building out high-speed Internet, as many as 10 percent of Americans — roughly 34 million people — lack access to what the government considers broadband.

"Broadband," by the agency's definition, is Internet service that enables down-

load speeds of 25 Mbps and upload speeds of 3 Mbps.

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tions capability is not being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion to all Americans," according to an FCC factsheet.

From all this, you can expect the FCC to put more pressureon Internet providerstostep up their efforts.

You can also expect the industry to push back.

the higher standard to justify imposingmore aggressive requirements on Internet providers. And indeed, Internetproviders themselves slammed this week's report, saying it"lacks credibility."

On the heels of this report, the government is expected totake a seriesofstepsto The FCC's broadband defi- push broadband deployment nition is politically controver- forward. Some of these include reforming a low-income sialbecause the agency last telephone subsidy program year took the opportunity to to allow poor Americans revise itsstandard upward, to buy home Internet, and from theprevious broadband definition of 10 Mbps down, 1 disbursing millions of dollars in federal money to support Mbps up.

Critics of the agency said Internetproviders'conslructhen that the FCC would use tionprojects.

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Environmentalists are alarmed atthe direction of the conversation, but they agreethat large-scaletransfers are unlikely.

"Itseems tobe a popular issue in presidential primaries forcapturing tea party support, but it lacks the popular support that is needed to actually happen and it carries with it all sortsoffiscaland practical problems," said Matt LeeAshley of the liberal Center for American Progress.

The federal government owns nearly 1 million square miles in the West, and for more than a century conflicts between its priorities and those of the people who live there have helped define the region. In the 1970s and 1980s the backlash over new wilderness areas in the West was dubbed "the sagebrush rebellion." Anger at federal encroachment flared again during the Clinton administration in the 1990s and has reignited during the Obama administration.

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Hampshire. He countered the negativity of Donald Trump, who promises to keep out Muslims and"Make America GreatAgain," and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's vow to"carpet bomb" the Islamic State group. ''When politicians insult Muslims ... that doesn't make us safer," he said."It's just wrong. It diminishes us in the eyes of the world. It makes it harder to achieve our goals."

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