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Local, 3A Baker County's noxious weed supervisor is reminding property owners that fall is the ideal time to deal with these vegetative invaders. Spraying weeds with herbicide during fall can be eff ective because when temperatures cool, weeds begin storing energy, in the form of carbohydrates, in their roots, said Arnie Grammon, Baker County Weed Supervisor.

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The Baker City Council needed less than 10 minutes Tuesday night to appoint a councilor to fill the vacancy left when Ben Merrill resigned last month. The Council appointed Margaret D."Sandy" Lewis to replace Merrill. Lewis, 56, one of four

serve a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. Three of the six councilLewis ors voted to appoint Lewis: Rosemary Abell, Michael Downing and Mayor Kim Mosier. Randy Daugherty, who

nurse who has lived in Baker City since 2006, was sworn in by City Recorder Luke Yeaton and participated ascouncilorfortherestof the meeting. In aletter thataccompanied her application, Lewis wrote that she would bring to the City Council "a positive and participatory attitude. "

served a four-year term as a councilo rfrom 2003-06, receivedtwo votes,from Councilors Richard Langrell and Jim Thomas. Michael Meyer received one vote, from Councilor Mack Augenfeld. The fourth applicant, Dawn Alicia Buckelew, did not receive any votes. Lewis, aretired registered

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Phillips trail The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled an open house for Oct. 26 in Baker City to collect public comments about the state's proposal to designate the trail along the south shore of Phillips Reservoir as a Oregon Scenic Trail. The open house will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St. Oregon Scenic Trails are non-motorized trails that are longer than one mile, open to the public, and that access significant scenery. The southshore trail runs for 6.6 miles between Mason Dam and Hudspeth Lane. It is open to hikers, mountain bikes and horses. People can also submit written comments about the proposal online at http://www. oregon.gov/oprd/Trail Programs Services/ Pages/PhillipsLakeTrail. aspx. Comments will be accepted through Nov. 13.

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The Baker City Council approved a new contract with City Manager Mike Kee on Tuesday. Kee,57, who has been city manager since September 2010, will officiaily retire Nov. 1. But the new Kee contract will allow him to continue as manager another six months, through April 29. The six-month contract, which Kee proposed, saves the ctty nearly $2,000 per month in contributions to his PERS retirement account. Kee also will help the city recruit hisreplacement. Councilor Richard Langrell was not in favor of the new terms. "Normally, the interim city m anager's contractsarejust until we find a new city manager," Langrell said.'Would you have a problem changing this so it's just until we find a replacement...and that replacementisready?" See Kee/Page 6A

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Tamarack trees glow with evening light Saturday as autumn continues to play colorfully along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway. The popular 106-mile paved route winds from Baker Valley to high-mountain lakes, like Anthony Lake, on past bright, shiny aspens to Granite and Sumpter before returning travelers to Baker City. The lndian summer weather that has predominated this fall will continue through Friday. Clouds will return for the weekend with a chance of showers and high temperatures dropping into the 60s.

An 83-year-old Summerville man was listed in stable condition today at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington, where he isbeing treated for injuries sustained in a fall while hunting in the Dooley Mountain area Tuesday. Jack Krieger rolled down a steep mountainside after falling Tuesday morning, Sheriff Travis Ash said in a press release. See Hunter/Page 8A

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Oregon, 5A ROSEBURG (ApjHundreds of people lined the road leading to the Oregon community college where a gunman killed nine people, holding signs reading "UCC Strong" as students returned M onday to the scene of the deadliest shooting in state history. The Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg re-opened last week, but students are heading backto class for the first time since the Oct. 1 shooting.

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Oregon state Rep. Cliff Bentz is no stranger to controversial issuesthatcan impact his constituents. The longtime Oregon legislator has tackled such highprofil e topicsaswaterrights

and sage grouse protection. Yet Bentz, an Ontario Republican whose district includes Baker County, Bentz said there is one issue so polarizing — gun

control — that he's not sure how to approach it. Bentz, who describes himselfasa dedicated supporter of the Second Amendment, said the mass shooting earlier this month at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg resonated across

the state and nation. "Itwas perfectly horrid," Bentz said. The mass murder reignited a vigorous national debate regarding gun rights and what can be or should be done to try to prevent such events.

President Barack Obama pointedly vowed to politicize the issue, while Democrats in the U.S. Senate touted bills expanding background checks for prospective gun buyers. See Bentz/Page 8A

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BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR FRIDAY, OCT. 16 • Sumpter Valley Railroad Fall Colors Train:Steampowered trip through the fall foliage prior to the Photographer'sWeekend; two round-trips depart from McEwen Depot at10 a.m. and1:15 p.m. and a round-trip from Sumpter departs at noon. • Baker FFA Annual Drive-Through Barbecue Dinner:5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the main entrance to Baker High School, 2500 E St.; tickets are $12 each; tickets are available from any FFA member. SATURDAY, OCT. 17 • Talking About Dying:7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Baker County Public Library, 2400 Resort St.; free 90-minute conversation for participants to reflect on the stories and influences that shape their thinking about death and dying and to hear different perspectives and ideas from others. TUESDAY, OCT. 20 • Baker School Board:6 p.m., District Office, 2040 Fourth St. • Baker Rural Fire Protection District Board:7 p.m. at the Pocahontas Fire Station. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 • Baker County Commission:9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald October 14, 1965 John L. Oneida has been assigned asfield engineer,as construction gets underway on the Mason Dam project, Regional Director H.T. Nelson of the Bureau of Reclarntion announced in Boise, Ida. today. Mason Dam, on the Powder River, will be an ealthfill dam, 185 feet in height with a crest length of 920 feet. 25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald October 15, 1990 Margaretha Sass has made a long journey, since the days she entered school and couldn't understand the teacher; since she taught elementary students while she was in high school; since she rode a horse to teach at the Pleasant Ridge School; since she completed 47 years of teaching. Friends will gather at the First Lutheran Church in Baker Saturday at 2 p.m. to celebrate her life devoted to education, volunteerism, and religious effort in the communities of Baker County. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald October 14, 2005 A pair of grants worth $17900 will soon make the lawn in front of the Oregon Trail Regional Museum a more welcoming place. This week workers started the digging necessary to landscape the yard in front of the 85-year-old former Natatorium, at 2745 Grove St. New irrigation lines are being laid, and new concrete will be poured soon, said Chary Mires, museum coordinator. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald October 15, 2014 Larry and Claudia Christian delight in every wide-eyed child who walks past their house, and every car that slows down to look at their display of Halloween decorations. "We just love to do it, and love the kids coming by and looking at it," Larry said. "We do it for the community." The Christians live at the corner of Second and Estes streets in the house that was, many years ago, the Langrell Mortuary. The couple moved to Baker City in April, and simply are continuing the decorating tradition they had in Blackfoot, Idaho.

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OBITUARIES Gae Gregory Formerly of Halfway, 1925-2015

Carlyne Gae Gregory, 90, of Halfway, died Oct. 6, 2015, at Meadowbrook Place in Baker City. Gae passed away peacefully while sleeping, after suffering from a kactured arm that she was unable to recoverkom. A celebration of Gae's life and potluck dinner will be take place Sunday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m Gae at F o rest and Gregory Ru ai Gregory's residence at 37841 Boulder Flat Lane near Haifway. She was born on June 3, 1925, at Shreveport, Louisiana, to Carl and Bob Bee Jeter. Her brother, Dick, was born two years later. Her childhood was during the Great Depression, but she was always well cared for. Her dad worked for the Louisiana Pacific Railroad, helping maintain the railroad cars. This resulted in Gae having a lifetime love for the sound of railroads and train whistles. Her parents divorced when she was 9 and Gae lived with her mother, and her brother lived with her dad. She visited her dad often and remained close to him. After the divorceher mother, Bob Bee, worked as a secretary. Her grandmother and aunt on her mother's side livednearby.He raunt,whom she visited often, owned a country store and had a large garden. During high school she and her mother lived in Houston and El Paso, Texas, where her mother was a general's secretary atFortBliss Army Base. It was at Fort Bliss when she was sweet 16 that she met her future husband, Loyd Gregory, at a USO dance. He was stationed there as a member of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division. Shortly thereafter, on Nov. 1, 1941, they eloped to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Her mother was not too happy about having her daughter

"stolen away," but let the marriage stand. A month later on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor was bombed and Loyd was sent to the Philippine Islands shortly thereafter. They were apart forthe most partofthree years during the war. They had two sons: Terry, born in 1943 during World War II, and Forest, who was born after the war in 1947. Loyd stayed in the military. Gae and her two sons were on the first ship of military dependents to go to Japan after the Korean War in 1953. In Japan, Gae carried Forest around on the back ofher bicycle passing rice paddies fertilized with"honey buckets," and shopping at the roadsidemarketplaces. When they returned to the U.S. they lived on Holman Air Force base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, and the White Sands missile test range. Dust storms were common. Weekly trips to a drive-in theater were a family treat. They spent three years in France kom 1956 to 1958. They had just purchased a 1956 turquoise and white Pontiac Star Chief, which drew a crowd of admiring Frenchmen wherever they traveled. Gae loved to knit and cook and kept a spotless home. She and Loyd loved playing canasta with friends. She was a loving wife and caring mother for her sons. After returning kom France, the family lived in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Lubbock, Texas, before moving to Dallas, Texas, after Loyd's retirement kom the U.S. Air Force. Gae worked in retail sales at the Neiman Marcus store in downtown Dallas. She was at work waiting at an upstairs window for President John F. Kennedy's parade to pass by, but he never appeared as he was assassinated just a few blocks away on Nov. 22, 1963. She worked at a toy store, Toy World, as the managerforseveralyears while living in the Dallas area into the 1970s. Gae and Loyd moved to Oregon in 1980 to be near their son, Forest, who lived in

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Loyd died in 2005, her dog, Star, a poohuahua ipoodle and Chihuahua mixl was her loving companion and the center of her attention. During the last year of her life she lived at Meadowbrook Place where she was greatlyloved and cared for by her caregivers. She loved watching the TV series,'The Waltons," as it reminded her ofthesimpler times ofyears pastbefore shopping malls and crowded keeways, and where rural family living was the norm. She was able to have her dog, Star, at Meadowbrook, where he won everyone over and was the mascot. She also had a bird feeder there and watching the birds feeding was her favorite activity. Survivors include her son, Forest; her daughters-in-law, Ruai andMarie Gregory; fi ve grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Gae was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Terry;

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Baker City, 1925-2015

B. Leroy Merrick, 90, of Baker City, died Oct. 11, 2015, at Meadowbrook Place. His memorial service will be Friday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. at Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St. There will be a receptionafterward Ler oy at the Baker M emck United Methodist Church 1919 Second St., and inurnment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery at 2 p.m. Leroy was born on March 11, 1925, at Lamar, Colorado, to Clarence and Emma Merrick. He graduated from Nyssa High School and worked for the Forest Service. Leroy married Jean Harding on Nov. 20, 1948. He joined the U.S. Navy on July 27, 1943, serving in World War II and the Korean conflict. He returned to the Forest Service and was the fire control officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest when he retired in 1975. After retirement kom the Forest Service he worked for Rambling Rotors helicopter service in La Grande and also served as the Baker County Veterans Service OIficer. Since joining the Baker Elks In 1967, he had been involved in many of the Elks programs, including: Meadowood Springs Speech and Hearing Camp, Casey Eye Institute, Most Valuable Student scholarship program, Miners Jubilee Bronc and Bull Riding. SeeObituaries/Page 8A

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and her husband, Loyd. Gae's family sends a special thanks for the loving careprovided by the local Pine Valley caregivers and thecaregivers and stafFat Meadowbrook Place in Baker City. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Haifway VFW Ladies Auxiliary through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Haifway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www. tamispinevalleyfuneralhome. com

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Pine Valley. They were wellknown as the couple who walked all around town. Gae was a member of the Pine Cone Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. She loved being out of the big city in the peace, quiet and kiendliness of a small town. They also lived in La Grande for several years before moving back to Haifway after purchasing a home on North Pine Street in 2002. Gae continued to be an avid walker. She heard carrying weights in your hands while walking would strengthen your arm muscles, so she carried canned food for weights! Unfairly, a series offallsover severalyears resulted in her being a wheelchair user for the last five years ofher life. It was very challenging as she was a very independent woman, but she had a strong will and tried to make the best of it, family members said. She had loving carekom localcaregivers and family. She loved nature and her favorite pastime was watching birdsatafeederthatshe always kept full outside her dining room window. Hummingbirds were herfavorite. She loved dogs and had one most ofher adult life. She also loved watching old Western movies and TV shows such as "Gunsmoke."After

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oun recommendsfall treatment for noxiousweedinfestations Baker County's noxious weed supervisor is reminding property owners that fall is the ideal time to deal with thesevegetativeinvaders. Spraying weeds with herbicide during fall can be effective because when temperaturescool,w eeds begin storing energy, in the form of carbohydrates, in their roots, said Arnie Grammon, Baker County Weed Supervisor. But herbicides attack weed roots, and they can be especially vulnerable this time of year. Residual herbicides can also remain in the soil through the winter, preventing weeds from growing when the soil warms next spring. Fall weather tends to be more conducive to spraying as well, Grammon said, as winds usually are lighter

Free Herbicide SUMPTER — There will be a herbicide giveaway in Sumpter this Friday, Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon across from City Hall and the Fire Department. The focus will be on spotted knapweed, a perennial broadleaf noxious weed prevalent in the area. Baker CountyWeed District will be dispensing up to five gallons of mixed, ready-to-go herbicide per landowner.

compared with spring, and there's less standing water. Some herbicides should not to applied in wet areas, he

satd. Fall treatment with the herbicide Milestone can be especially effective against knapweeds and thistles, Grammon said. For whitetop, the most common noxious weed in Baker County, Telar is the betterchoice,he said. Oregon law requires private landowners to control "A-listed" noxious weeds. There is a 50-percent cost share program available tohelp landowners pay for herbicides. A list of those weeds is available online at www.bakercounty.org/Weed/ BCNoxiousweed.html More information on the county's noxiousweed controlprogram isavailable by calling Grammon at 541-523-

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Oregon State Police has suspended its investigation into the suspicious deaths of two wolves found in Wallowa County the week ofAug. 24.

The wolves were examined by a veterinarian to determine cause of death; however, due to the level of decay the cause of death has not been

HUNTER Continued ~om Page1A Jack's son, David Krieger, 54, of Irrigon,reported the accident at 8:16 a.m. Tuesday. Seven members of the Baker County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team responded to the call for help along with one sheriff's deputy and a Baker City Fire Department ambu-

BENTZ Continued from Page1A Bentz said he seeks input from voters in his district regarding what, if anything, he should do legislatively regarding the gun control debate. 'You, the people, tell me what it is you want me to do," he said. Bentz conceded that the debateisso contentious that it is difficult to have any kind ofdialogue about theimpacts of a mass shooting such as the one in Roseburg. "Many folks think that because I am asking that I am somehow opposed to the Second Amendment. The opposite is true. It makes it difficult to have a meaningful conversation," he said. One thing Bentz believes is a certainty will be a spate of new gun legislation in the Oregon Legislature as soon as theshort session slated for February 2016. "At some point there will be enough people that are

determined. The Oregon State Police does not know if these two wolf deaths were human-caused. Anyone who has informa-

lance crew. The Kriegers were hunting near the Skyline Road, Forest Road 11, about 2V2 miles east of Dooley Mountain summit, near the head of Beaver Creek, said Chris Galiszewski, coordinator of the Search and Rescue Team. Jack Krieger was hunting just south of the Skyline Road, on a steep slope that burned in the Cornet fire in August, when he slipped and fell.

tion regarding this incident may call the TIP Hotline at 1-800-452-7888 or TIP E-Mail TIP@state.or.us.

Rescuers reached him about 9:10 a.m.,approximately 200 verticalfeet below the Skyline Road. Galiszewski said rescuers loaded Krieger onto a one-wheel litter and hauled him, via an old road, to the site where a Life Flight helicopter landed. Kriegerwas loaded at 10:23 a.m. fortransportto the Walla Walla hospital, Ash said.

"Ultimately there will be action butit may not be GETTING IN TOUCH WITH REP. CLIFF BENTZ

theactionpeoplewhoaresupportersof the Second Amendment will be happy with." — Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario

unhappy with the situation that they will begin to bring bills and other proposalsthat are going to be very difficult for us who are used to using guns and they will be hard to live with," he said. Because that political wave is coming, Bentz said it is useful to be able to make effective and sound counterarguments. ''When you see problems like this somebody says, We betterdo something to solve it.'And if those of us who are supporters of the Second Amendment say there is nothing to be done, those people won't be happy with that response," he said."I can see in February there will be many bills brought by people trying to make changes." Which may not bode well forgun rights advocates

or the Oregon GOP since Democrats hold majorities in both the House and Senate. Bentz said he isn't promoting any single solution but only trying to outline the challenges inherent in trying to prevent mass shootings. "I ama strong supporter of the Second Amendment. But what is the answer?" he said. "If you can't even ask your constituents what we should do without them instantly attacking or assuming you are against the Second Amendment it makes it hard to have a conversation." Bentzsaidthere isa real possibility that some kind of further action on controlling guns will happen in Oregon. "Ultimately there will be action but it may not be the action people who are supporters of the Second

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Amendment will be happy with," he said. Bentz said he encourages voters in his area concerned about gun rights to give him feedback on the issue. "What I would suggest is that people sitthere and think about this. I am perfectly happy to continue to protect our Second Amendment rights. Having said that, what else we can do to stop these horrific situations from happening?" he satd. Bentz's Ontario address is P.O. Box 1027, Ontario, OR 97914. His Ontario office is phone number is 541-889-

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Donald R. A. DeRoest: Saturday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. at Gray's West Bc Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., with Pastor JesseWhitford of the Baker City Christian Church officiating. Sharon Myers: Celebration of her life, Sunday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m. at theVeterans Memorial Club in Baker City. Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Bc Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.

Wanda Virginia Cole: Celebration of her life, 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, at Baker City Christian Church, 650 Highway 7. Pastor Jesse Whitford will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation through Gray's West Bc Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. Peggy Perkins: A celebration of Peggy's life at 2 p.m.

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Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Baker CityVeterans Memorial Club. Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Bc Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may bemade at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com

POLICE LOG Baker County Sheriff's Office MENACING: Gordon Lee Allan Wicklander, 70, of Sumpter, 3:26 p.m.Tuesday, at Sumpter; jailed after brandishing a .22 caliber pellet rifle at a neighbor.

LOCAL BRIEFING Local trail proposed for scenic status The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled an open house for Oct. 26 in Baker City to collect publi ccomments about thestate'sproposaltodesignate the trail along the south shore of Phillips Reservoir as a Oregon Scenic Trail. The open house will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St. Oregon Scenic Trails are non-motorized trails that are longer than one mile, open to the public, and that access significant scenery, according to the Parks and Recreation Department. The southshore trail runs for 6.6 miles between Mason Dam and Hudspeth Lane. It is open to hikers, mountain bikes and horses. People can also submit written comments about the proposal online at http J/www.oregon.gov/oprd/Trail Programs Services/Pages/PhillipsLakeTrail.aspx. Comments will be accepted through Nov. 13.

Authors to speak at library Oct. 28 Greg Chaille, former president of the Oregon Community Foundation, and Kristine Anderson, co-authors of a new book"State of Giving: Stories of Oregon Volunteers, Donors, and Nonprofits," will give a free presentation Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Riverside meeting room at the Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St. The book celebrates the work of volunteers, donors, nonprofit workers, and others who give back to the community, and highlight areas of ongoing need and the potential for greater civic engagement. Anyone who cares about Oregon's people and places will find inspiration in theseprofi lesofthe civicleaders,grassrootsorganizations, donors and volunteers who make a difference every day, all across Oregon.

Hospital auxiliary book fair set for Oct. 26 The St. Alphonsus Auxiliary-Baker City has scheduled its annual book fair for Monday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the breezeway at the hospital, 3325 Pocahontas Road. There will be a wide selection ofbooks and other giftsat40 percent to 70percent offretailprices.Proceeds benefit St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City and the Auxiliary's scholarship fund. Credit cards will be accepted.

Baker County Democrats meet Thursday The Baker County Democrats will have their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m., in the Rogers Fellowship Hall at 1995 Fourth St. Everyone is welcome to attend. Coffee is hot at 6:30 p.m. for some social time.

Community Connection bazaar Nov. 7 The seniors at Community Connection will have their 21st-annual fall bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St. Vendortablesareavailable for$15.Toreserve a table, call 541-523-6591. There will also be a taco salad luncheon served from noon to 1 p.m., for a minimal charge. Proceeds benefit the senior nutrition program.

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Leroy Memck Baker City, 1925-2015

During his active 45 years as an Elk, he served as Exalted Ruler three times and filled the role of various chairs and positions on the local, district and state levels. Leroy was a member of the Methodist Church and involved in many organizations and activities in the Baker area, including, but not limited to: American Legion, VFW, Baker Little League, Crazy 8s square dancing, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, 55 Alive, Trail Tenders at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, and Community Connections. He enjoyed many years of snowmobiling and shared this passion with his wife, children, grandchildren and friends. He is survived by Jean, his wife of 67 years; sons, Steve and Craig, and daughter Becky,along with seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters and one brother. Donations in memory of Leroy can be made to the Elks M eadowood Speech and Hearing Camp and/orthe Elks National Foundation. This maybe done through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.

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Oregon's marijuana stores have done a brisk business since recreational sales became legal Oct. 1.

Retailers reported sales topping$11 million during the first week. None of those sales was in Baker County. Baker County is one of six counties where elected commissioners have voted to ban retail pot sales in unincorporated areas. And Baker City is among the 13 cit ieswhere elected councilorsvoted to do the same. Critics of those votes lament that the city and county are letting a potential financial windfall pass us by, both in the form of sales revenue and taxes.

Well, probably not. As for retail sales, no one opened a medical marijuana dispensary in Baker City or Baker County even when neither jurisdiction had banned such businesses. This shouldn't surprise anyone — there are just 246 medical marijuana patients in Baker County, according to the Oregon Health Authority. That's not much of a customer base. As for taxes, we haven't missed out on a single dollar — yet. That's because the state won't tax recreational pot sales until Jan. 4, when medical marijuana dispensaries, which are regulated by the Health Authority, must collect a 25-percent tax on recreational pot sales. And when recreational retail stores (which will be regulated by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission) begin opening later in 2016, those businesses will collect a 17-percent sales tax. By voting to ban retail sales, Baker City and Baker County will lose some of that tax revenue. The state will distribute 10 percent of pot sales taxes to cities and 10 percent to counties, but jurisdictions, like Baker Cityand Baker County,thathave banned sales won't get their share. Cities and counties that allow sales can also add a 3-percent sales tax. Although we agree with local oKcials' decision to ban pot sales — almost 60 percent of county voters opposed legalizing recreational use of pot, much less its sale — they have an obligation to find out how much money they are passing up by doing so. That's the only way to know what the real stakes are — at least the financial stakes — in this debate.

omes ca use rauma ass In recent years, medical science has uncovered the high risk and devastating effects of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, among U.S. combat soldiers and athletes, especially football and hockey players. What ifa vastly greaterpopulationwere also suffering theseeffects: women and children living with the consequences of domestic violence? For as long as I can remember, my mother took aspirin every day, complaining of unbearable headaches. Sometimes she locked herself in the bedroom with the lights off, asking me to take my siblings outside because she couldn't tolerate the noise. As she got older, her naps grew longer and her sensitivity to light and noise intensified. By her 50s, her memory had begun to fail. On the day she finally asked me to take her away from my father,Ifound her in a worse state than I had ever seen her. She could barely stand. She was crawling from room to room while my father ignored her. Her doctors asked the same question again and again What type of head trauma has your mother had?" I always answered the same way: "Over 40 years of severe, ongoing trauma." They focused on treating her physical symptoms. They ignored her history of violent abuse by my father. My mother never played a violent sport or fought in a war. But the assaults she endured on her head and body wereatleastasacute asthose experiencedby athletesand soldiers, and the effects were the same. When all

MARIA A. GARAY-SERRATOS the tests were finished, the neurologist told us my mother was suffering from moderatetosevereAlzheimer'sdisease. The head trauma had been so great and so consistent that there was little they could do. My mother died in June from the debilit ating effectsofher abuse.She was recei ving hospice care — bedridden, unable to speak or recognize her children. There are few empirical studies on the prevalence of TBI among women and children affected by domestic violence. But evidence so far strongly indicates a silent epidemic, with major public health ramifications. A 2001 study found that 67 percent of women seeking emergency medical support for injuries stemming from dom estic violence had symptoms related to TBI,and 30 percent reported lossof consciousness. A 2002 survey of three domestic violence shelters found that 92 percent ofthewomen had been hiton thehead by their partners. Applying that figure nationally, the size of the potentially affected population would be astonishingly high: about 20 million women exposed to the risk of TBI each year, and, given the documented association between partner abuse and child abuse, millions more children.

Domestic violence shelters do not generally screen clients for TBI, and staffmembers are nottrained to address it if encountered. As a result, they can inadvertently make matters worse for those who have sustained TBI by requiring participants to join in physically demanding program activities immediately after they arrive. There is ample anecdotal evidence of the connection between domestic violence and TBI in stories like my mother's, but we must dig deeper. We must accumulate data, develop screeningprotocolsand appropriate treatment programs, and spread awareness to our nation's shelters and domestic violence facilities. We must treat domestic violence like the emergency that it is, one thatimpairs the ability ofthose affected to fully participate in the workforce, in education and in their communities. Today, I grieve my mother's passing, too soon and far from peaceful. But I am inspired by the thought that with a full reckoning of the relationship between traumatic brain injury and domestic violence, another family may avoid such a fate. Maria E. Garay-Ser7utos is chiefexecutive officer ofsojourner center, a domestic violence shelter in Phoenix. In tune, the center launched the BRALV Program for research and treatment of traumrrticbrain injury in women and children living with domestic violence. She wrote this for the Los Argetes Times.

Your views Union-bashing column lacks supporting statistics

stories of union evil doing, even concluding that being a barber has no safety concerns I am unsure of what"a research fellow iReally? scissors, razors!) or need oflicensing. of labor economics in the Center for Data Here are just a few things I know about Analysis at Heritage Foundation" is but after unions and what they have tried to accomreading James Sherk's inane diatribe "Unions plish for all union and non-union workers: A offer little for workers" i Baker City Herald livingwage, theweekend, 8-hour work day,a Oct 12l itappearstobe an im pressive-sound- lunchtime, paid overtime, group health care ing, overly long title meaning anti-unionist. icheaper and somewhat more affordable), Mr. Sherk tends to cherry pick his supposed pensions, job safety, child labor and antidiscrimination laws...Lastly I want Mr. Sherk facts and make giant sweeping observations with brazen abandon to support his agenda." to know that sometime around mid morning, Union representation has fallen because most when he is done with his union bashing, he workers see little value in it." Is it possible can graba cup ofcoffee,takea break,and rethat union representation has fallen iif in fact lax for 10 or 15 minutes — thanks to unions. true) through nationwide job losses and a conMike Meyer Baker City certed effort to employ part time, minimum wage workers in order to avoid any additional We can't trust Hillary Clinton in benefits or health care coverage? "Unions have little ability to raise wages an emergency anymore." Huh! Collective bargaining? In her 2008 presidential campaign, thenStrikes? Senator Hillary Clinton stated that she Mr. Shreck then acknowledges that a union should become president as she alone had member may be better paid but"primarily be- the competency to handle 3 a.m. emergency cause organizers target higher paying compa- phone calls. Well, Secretary of State Clinnies." I would love to see the facts backing up ton got such a phone call at 8 p.m. on Sept. that statement but, alas, he produces none. "The decline in union membership is due to a decline in worker demand for union represen- Letters to the editor • We welcome letters on any issue of public tation." Could it be that many migrants, and other underpaid workers iexample: Walmartl, interest. Customer complaints about specific jobsareput in jeopardy foreven talking to a businesses will not be printed. union? How much representation is allowed • The Baker City Herald will not knowingly print overseas where our jobs are being shipped? false or misleading claims. However, we cannot I'm guessing none! Mr. Sherk continues his verify the accuracy of all statements in letters to ramblings with some obscure handpicked the editor.

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11, 2012: The U. S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was under attack. It is still unclear why we had a consulate in Benghazi in the first place. The area is a hotbed of Islamic jihadists and is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Westerners, especially Americans. In the months leading up to the 11th anniversary of 9/11, there were severalattacks upon western installations in Benghazi, severe enough that the British withdrew their people.Faced with a deteriorating situation, Ambassador Stephens repeatedly requested security upgrades for his consulate. These were denied. The U. S. government regarded Benghazi as an acutely dangerous post, yet the consulate's security apparatus did not meet the minimum standards for such installations. By law, the only person who may wave security protocols is the Secretary of State, which then was Hillary Clinton. On Sept. 11, wave after wave of Islamists armed with firebombs, rocket propelled grenades and mortars attacked our consulate. Outgunned andoverwhelmed, fourAmeri-

cans were murdered, including Ambassador Stephens. But afterwards, on Sunday talk shows, U. N. Ambassador Susan Rice claimed the Benghazi attacks were a spontaneous reaction to an obscure YouTube video produced by an Egyptian Coptic Christian. That video had indeed been a minor issue in another demonstration a few hours earlier in Egypt, but in Libya, the video was a non-event. Yet the Obama Administration clung to this line for several months, as President Obama had said that al-Qaida had been decimated while the well-organized Benghazi attack said otherwise. Facing Congressional investigations into Benghazi, Mrs. Clinton famously asked, ''What difference does it make?" The Benghazi attack reveals her incompetence in discharging her duties as Secretary of State, and was followed by a massive cover-up. It also showed why we do not want her in the Oval Office receiving those 3 a.m. emergency phone calls. Pete Sundin Baker City

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015

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STATE BRIEFING State Police arrest man in connection with rest area death OREGON CITY iAPl — Oregon State

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Police have made an arrest in the death of a man atan Interstate 5 restarea. Sgt. Kyle Hove says 37-year-old MichaelDaniel Stepina of Albany has been booked into the Clackamas County Jail on a murder charge. Policeand paramedics were dispatched to the rest area 14 miles south of Portland Monday night to help a man suffering from traumatic injuries. The man died at the scene. He was identified Tuesday afternoon as 55-year-old Timothy Way of Beavercreek. Police have yet to disclose how Way was killed, or how he encountered the suspect.

dents skipped class Monday because they didn't want to and a lot fotears.We confront reporters, Cavin are here to help students sald. ''We're hoping they unrebuild their lives." derstandthislevelofpress — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown activity is going to diminish really quicldy, and it will feel here to help students rebuild safer to come back," Cavin their lives." said."Some of them are just The gunman, Christopher holding back and waiting for Harper-Mercer, 26, shot his the campus to look like the victims in a classroom in campus they left." Snyder Hall before exchangSupporters started lining fire with police and then ing the street before dawn. killing himself. AdministraWorkers from AAA Sweep, a torshave not started talking Roseburg parking-lot sweepabout what will happen to ing company,arrived at5:30 Snyder Hall, which is still a.m.,even though some of closed, Cavin said. It's also too soon to say how them didn't get off work until 2 a.m. security at the college might "UCC touches everybody change, she said. Campus in this community in some police are not armed in this way," company owner Carl conservative town where Bird told The Register-Guard residents commonly own newspaper.'You've got and carry guns. The shootdisplacedworkers that come ing has led to calls for more here, you've got kids out of gun restr ictions to reduce high school coming here, I've the bloodshed, while others hiredpeople from here. here and across the country "And they all put back in contend that the answer is more people being armed. the community when they graduate," he said."So it's The campus was closed to the media for much of the just something that I felt we day. Despite that, many stushould support."

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dredsofpeople lined the road leading to the Oregon community college where a gunman killed nine people, holding signs reading"UCC Strong" as students returned Monday to the scene of the deadliest shooting in state history. The Umpqua Community College campus in the small town of Roseburg reopened last week, but students are headingback toclassforthe first time since the Oct. 1 shooting, which also wounded nine people. Residents waving American flags and signs greeted students driving into campus. Volunteers and dogs came to offe r comfort,and tissueswere availablein every classroom.State troopers and sherifFs deputies patrolled the grounds. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown joined interim college President Rita Cavin and student body president Tony Terra in welcoming students who returned for morning classes. 'There was a lot ofhugs and alotoftears,"the governortoldreporters.'We are

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Brown said in a statement that Pinnell will continue to receive care and will be treated with humanity and compassion. Pinnell's been on death row since 1988 after he and co-defendant Donald Cornell robbed and killed 65-year-old John Wallace Ruffner in 1985.

Lone climber rescued hurt climber from Mt. Washington

SISTERS iAPl — Authorities in Linn County have rescued an injured climber from Mount Washington after she spent the night on the mountain in below freezing temperatures. The SherifFs 0$ce said climber Sarah Ford of Bend used her cell phone to call 911 onSunday atabout 11:30 pm, reporting she had been hit in the head by a Salem man sentenced to jail falling rock. At the time of the accident, the for poisoning nine cats 20-year-ol d Ford had been rappelling down SALEM iAPl — A Salem man has been from the 7,700 foot mountain. The 911 center relayed Ford's cell phone sentenced to less than three weeks in jail after being convicted of poisoning nine cats locationto rescueoffi cials.Rescuerslocated with antifreeze. her early on Monday. Atabout noon,she The Statesman Journal reports 4ttp:// was transported via helicopter to a local stjr.nl/lhBTOWK l a judge sentenced Anto- hospital. nio Ramos-Perez to 18 days in jail and 18 Rescuers learned Ford had fallen 15 feet months of probation. He was found guilty after the rock hit her and injured her left of misdemeanor animal abuse charges Oct. knee. She hiked about three quarters of a 2. mile down, but was unable to continue and called 911. Ramos-Perez was arrested in January after nine cats died from antifreeze poisoning in west Salem. Ramos-Perez was Spontaneouscombustion destroys $500,000 hay pile accusedofputting antifreeze on a pieceof meat in a container and placing it outside PRINEVILLE — Spontaneous combushis home in an uncovered garbage can. tion sparked a fire near Prineville early Monday morningthat destroyed $500,000 Governor denies clemency for worth ofhay. oldest death row inmate "It's going to be burning for about a SALEM iAPl — Oregon Gov.Kate week," Casey Kump, deputy chieffor Brown has denied clemency for the state's Crook County Fire and Rescue said this oldest death row inmate. afternoon. The fires burned through about KPTV-TV reports thttp//goo.gl/UCNEIz l 2,500 tons ofhay northeast of Prineville. lawyers for 67-year-old Mark Pinnell had Someonecalled toreportseeing a glow asked that he be allowed to spend his final from the blaze around 1 a.m. Monday, days in hospiceinstead ofprison ashe dies Kump said. Fire crews contained the fire from severe chronic pulmonary disease. around 3 a.m. Pinnell was one of the first to seek clemAlong with causing a total loss of the ency after former Gov. John Kitzhaber hay, the fire destroyed a metal building declared a moratorium on executions in covering the hay and a front-end loader 2011. Pinnell's attorney sent a letter to tractor, bringing thetotaldamage to nearly Brown last week asking for urgent review $700,000, Kump said. No one was injured when Pinnell was moved from death row in the fire to the state prison infirmary. Moisture may cause hay to heat up.

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had not yet been served with a copy of the lawsuit and had no immediate comment. The use of seclusion facilities in Springfield schools has decli ned since thestate passedstricterlaws regulating such punishments. The $300,000 lawsuit, Springfield students were filed by the girl's grandput into seclusion 61 times father, says the student's during the 2011-2012 school Court Appointed Special year, but by the next year Advocate made an unanthe reported incidentsof nounced visit to the school in seclusion fell to 13. 2012 and found the girl in a Seclusion not used at all dark room, lying in the fetal in 2013-14 and only twice in position on the concrete floor, the school year that ended in reported The Register Guard June,according to a district ihttp://bit.ly/1LiIBb4 l. spokeswoman. The girl's grandfather One of the rules passed became her guardian after by the Oregon legislature in her mother's death. 2011 requires schools to tell The lawsuit asserts that parents the same day if their the student, who has been child is secluded or physical diagnosedwith several restrained. developmentaldisorders, Another new requirewas sent to the small room ment mandates that stafFbe more than once before her trained to deal with misbeadvocate found her there. having students, especially Repeatedvisitsto the those who are disabled, and small room have caused legislators banned the use the girl to have nightmares, of free-standing "cells" for fear the dark and become seclusion in 2013. claustrophobic, according to Schools can still use secluthe lawsuit. It also worsened sionrooms that arepartofa her posttraumatic stress building's original design. disorder and oppositional Parents and mental defiance disorder, the suit health advocates have says. expressed concern about the A spokeswoman for the rooms. They say seclusion is Springfield School District not an effective or safe way said Monday that officials to calm students. lawsuit filed last week accuses Oregon's Springfield School District ofholding a then-7-year-old girl in a 6-footby-8-footseclusion room for having a"meltdown" in class.

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6A — BAKER CITY HERALD

SODA FIRE BURNED IN IDAHO 5 OREGON IN AUGUST

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LAS VEGAS — Forceful and confident in debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton may have heartened Democrats worried that her handling of a private email server used whilesecretary ofstate might indicate larger problems with her campaign and her political skills. Clinton's strong performance Tuesday night in the party' fi rstpresidentialdebateofthe 2016 race might give Vice President Joe Biden another reason to stay on the sidelines. Biden, still mulling a run, watched trom his Washington home. Clinton tried to portray herself as President Barack Obama's natural successor, and when asked how she would differ from him, mildly noted that she would be the fi rstfem alepresident,ifelected. M uch of debate amounted to a referendum on Clinton's nearly quarter-century in politics: her vote for the Iraq war while in the Senate; shifts to the left on trade and other issues; the email matter; and her judgment on foreign policy. She acknowledged that all the candidates on stage had"changed a position or two" during their political careers. A notable moment came when Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, her most formidable current opponent, rose to her defense about the email server issue. 'The American people are sick and tired ofhearing about your damn emails," said Sanders."Enough of emails." 'Thank you Bernie," said Clinton, as the two shook hands.

'They're really under the gun todo thisbecause it's BOISE — A federal plan to pretty complex because of the rehabilitate 436 square miles diferent gandl ownership and the diferent types of of scorched rangeland in southwestern Idaho and east- soil," said John Freemuth, a ern Oregon containing imBoise State University professor and public lands expert. portantsage grouse habitat and grazing land for ranchers ''We all know that Fish and calls for spending about$67 Wildlife is going to revisit million over 5 years. the sage grouse issue in five The U.S. Bureau of Land years." Management released the The giant blaze spanned 71-page plan late last week about two weeks in August, that includes massive plantdestroying 297 square miles ingsofgrasses,severaltypes ofsagegrouse habitat,83 of flowering plants known as square miles of that considforbs, and shrubs, with more eredpriority habitatthat than $26 million being spent contained breeding grounds, called leks. on seeds and seed planting. "In short, most of the entire The effort follows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's fire area is largely unsuitable decision last month that sage in the short term for sagegrousedon'tneed protection grouse to utilize for nesting, under the Endangered Spebrood rearing or wintering, cies Act because of conserva- due tolossofsagebrush,"the tion efforts taking place in plan says. multiple states. Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze made a high-visibility visit to the area in late August as rehabilitation efforts were getting under way. He told planners to think big. Beth Corbin, a botanist with the bureau who worked on the plan and is taking part By Keith Ridler

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Continued ~om Page1A Kee said he believesthe recruitment process will take six months and that the contract he put forward is the only contract he is proposing. Langrell asked why Kee didn't just retire in six months. Kee said he proposed the temporarycontractbecause it saves the city money in PERS contributions. ''What I was hoping and one thing the Council might consider is there would be a substantial savings by me retiring iNov. 1l," Kee said. 'The Council could choose to use that money for the search of a new city manager." Langrell said"So, basically, the whole reason then... for retiring now and then beinghired on a contractfor another six months is so that you can put in for your retirement six months early?" Kee said it really doesn't have anything to do with his retirement and that the Council would see no difference except that they wouldn't be paying into his

in the rehabilitation, said a main challenge will be trying to establish native plants as well as preferred non-native plants before fire-prone cheatgrassand otherinvasive plants can move in and take over.'We'redoingourbestto reseed the area to restore perennials that may not recover otherwise," Corbin said. She said the plan includes plantingthespeciesofsagebrush in the areas where it was present before the fire, a key component as the different types of sagebrush thrive under somewhat different conditions, and sage grouse themselvesprefercertain types of sagebrush. ''We'vebeen doing quite a bit of inventory 4efore the fire) as part of the grazingrenewal process," Corbin said as to how the agency knew which types of sagebrush to plant where. Cheatgrass gets much of the blame forthe severity of last summer's fire. Several years of drought followed by a wet spring caused cheatgrass to thrivefora shortperiod. It then dried out, setting up the conditions for the August wildfire.

Ranchers in the area say that if additional cattle had been allowed in to graze the fi rewouldn'thave been as severe. Federaloffi cials say conditions were so bad because of the drought that more cattle wouldn't have made adifference. Of the burned area,about 356 square miles are in Idaho and 80 square miles in Oregon, with a mix of private land as well as land witheither state orfederal management. Of the 436 squaremiles total,about350 square miles are administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The fire also burned about 63 square miles of private land. The plan is intended to have flexibility to allow for such things as lack of rain or plentiful rain, as well as possible additional plantings in areasthat are struggling. 'The big issue will be to keep monitoring to see what's happening on the ground to see if they're getting where the want to go," Freemuth said."I think all anybody can do is be cautiously optimistic that it's started well."

tion passed.

I'd like to see us go that route rather than asking the property owner to jump through the hoops of an ordinance that doesn't seem to be working for the situation," Mayor Kim Mosier said. There was a consensus trom the councilors to direct Martin to write a draft of a possible revision to the ordinance that removed the word "prior,"included an appeal process and possible a process to determine how"nuisance" gratfiti could be defined.

GraNti ordinance

Councilors discussed possiblechanges tothe property maintenance code — specificallythesection regarding gratfiti. Itgarnered almost 45 minutes of discussion. According toa staffreport, the proposed change was prompted by a case of gratfiti on the back of the Eltrym Theatre. The theater's owners decidedtoremove some ofthe gratfiti, but left another section that they'Iiked having on the building," according to thecity'sstaffreport. The gratfiti, which was paintedseveralyearsago,is a pictureofa ratbesidethe word"movie." The city issued the theater owners a citation for failing to remove allofthe graffiti within 14 days, as the ordinance, in placesince 2009, requires. Kee said the police department's goal was compliance with that part of the ordinance. He read from the stafF PERS. report which maintains that ''What I do with my retirethe ordinance is well-written ment isn't really isn't at and seems to accomplish the purpose for which it issue for the Council, what's in fiont of the Council is was intended. However, the whether they want to have a ordinance treats all incidents six-month contract with Mike the same and does not allow Kee and notpayin to the for any different treatment PERS system, or do somebased on the content of thing diferent," Kee said. the gratfiti or the property Langrell asked Kee owner's intentions. 'The city attorney believes whether, by retiring Nov. 1, he the ordinance needs to have would collect his retirement some flexibility that will and a salary trom the city for six months. requiresomeone associated Oregon law does allow cer- with the city to determine tain public employees to earn whether the content of a salary from a public agency, gratfiti rises to the level of a and collect a PERS check, for nuisance," according to the a limited period. staff report. The Council's discussion Kee said he was not asking the councilto approve ofhis centered around how to retirement. He was asking modify the ordinance to allow if they want to hire him for foreither an appeal process another six months. — possibly to the Council Kee also said he would — change the definition of consider working on a month- gratfiti or a way to evaluate if to-month basis if the Council the gratfiti was a nuisance. hadn't hired a manager by Councilor Mack Augenfeld the end of April. suggested that the word "prior" beremoved trom the Conversely, Kee said he definition. would also leave early if a new manager were hired The City's attorney, Drew before then. Martin of Yturri and Rose Law Firm said that could be Councilor Mike Downing made a motion to accept the a viable change. Martin also recommended new contract. Langrell voted against the motion and newly that an appeal process be appointed Councilor Sandy added to the ordinance. "If we can — as a Council Lewis abstained. "iKee hasl done a fine job," — make an ordinance that Langrell said after the mowill work for the community,

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Other business In other business Tuesday, councilors:

• Awarded a $69,250 contract to Mid America Pool Renovations for the resurfacing of the pools at Sam-0 Swim Center. • Approved the third and final reading of an ordinance that amends the ordinance which prohibits the use of bicycles in city parksexcept on paved pathways. The amendments to the ordinance will be worded to include all conveyances — such as skateboards, roller skates and scooters. • Passed a resolution that setstherulesforthe Silvers Street Tree Fund grant program. • Heard an update on the Baker City Fire Department by FireChief Mark John. The fir edepartment has conducted 80 fire inspection in the community this year. It has installed 15 tree smoke detectors atresidences treeof charge. There are 85 detectors still available on a firstcome, first-served basis. You can call the Fire Department at 541-523-3711 for more information. • Supported Baker County'sproposalto designate Economic Developer Greg Smith as the Zone Manager for the Enterprise Zone that includes Baker City and the City of Haines with a letter of support. • Approved the purchase of a new 2016 Ford Fusion S trom Gentry Ford for use as an administration vehicle. Of five bids, Gentry Ford's was notthelowest at$21,980, but Public Works Director Michelle Owen said it was thebestvalueastheproposal included nine tree oil changes, warranty service was local and the vehicle's fuel economy would all contribute to substantial savings overthe life of the vehicle's ownership comparedtoother proposals.

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Steve Daletas, of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, poses with his winning 1,969-pound pumpkin at the Safeway World ChampionshipPumpkinWeigh-Off on Monday in Half Moon Bay, California. Daletas was the grand winner in 2003.

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A wave rushes into a Solimar Beach, California, home in a January1998 file image. An El Nino weather pattern, which spawned the 1998 wave, may be returning with a vengence. The strengthening El Nino in the Pacific Ocean has the potential to bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California.

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dence is mounting that the El Nino ocean-warming phenomenon in the Pacific will spawn a rainy winter in California, potentially easing the state's punishing drought but also bringing the risk of chaotic storms like those that battered the region in the late 1990s. In the clearest warning yet that Southern California could be due for a deluge, meteorologists said in a report last week that the already strong El Nino has a 95 percentchance oflasting through the winter before weakening in the spring. 'This is as close as you're going to get to a sure thing," said Bill Patzert, a climatologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, calling this El Nino "too big to fail." "Intheabstract,"he said, "El Nino seems like our savior." But if floods and mudslides develop, it's "not going to look like the great wet hope charging across the landscape on a white horse." A strong El Nino arrives about once every 20 years. Ocean temperatures show this one to be the secondstrongest since such record keeping began in 1950, said Eric Boldt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. That would make it weaker than the El Nino of 1997-98 but stronger than the El Nino of 1982-83. Both of those winters were known in California for relentless rain, strong winds and heavy snow. Waves

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won't take it seriously because they're so desperate for water," Huston said."If it downpours heavily over a short period of time, it's going to be dangerous, not just a welcomereliefthey perceive to be helping the drought." The risk of rain is heightened in some areas by recent wildfires that have stripped away the trees and othervegetation that protect steep slopes from erosion.

SerialKiller to de re-sentenced PORTLAND iAPl — Three times Dayton Leroy Rogers has been sentenced to death, and three times his sentence has been overturned. Rogers, who tortured and killed at least six women in the 1980s, returns to a courtroom Tuesday in Oregon to yet again face a jury who could send him to death row. Though that's an option, the former governor has issued a moratorium on executions, and the state hasn't executed anyone since 1997. The former lawn-mower repairman bound his victims with dogcollars and coathangers,stabbed them repeatedly and mutilated them. The Oregon Supreme Court overturned his most recentdeath sentence in 2012,citing errorsby a trial

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HALF MOON BAY, Calif.— A rippled white whopper weighing in at 1,969 pounds took the title Monday for plumpest pumpkin at an annual San Francisco Bay Area contest. Growers gathered with their gargantuan offerings to try to break the world record of 2,323 pounds, which was set by a Swiss grower during a competition in Germany last year. It didn't happen. But the winning entry at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, was no small feat. Steve Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, won $12,000 for his lumpy, 1,969-pound pumpkin. "It's been agood year, "he said afterthe contest."I've never grown an official 1,900-pound pumpkin before." Forklifts and special harnesses carefully placed the massive pumpkins on an industrial-strength digital scale with a capacity of 5 tons as officials from the county agricultural commissioner's Office of Weights, Sealers, and Measures kept close watch. Second place went to Ron and Karen Root of Citrus Heights, California, for their 1,806-pound entry. A $500 prize also was awarded to the "most beautiful" pumpkin based on color, shape and size. With California in its fourth year of drought, some said the dry soil deflated their pumpkin-growing dreams. "No doubt about it," Gary Miller of Napa, the 2013 winner, told Bay Area news station KNTV. He entered a 1,303-pound pumpkin.

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NORTH POWDERPowder Valley's volleyball team won two of three Old Oregon League matches last weekend. The Badgers lost 21-25, 16-25, 26-24, 25-23, 10-15 to Joseph Thursday before defeating Pine-Eagle 2515, 25-6, 25-20 Friday, and Echo 25-20, 25-23, 25-22 Saturday. Powderclosesoutits regular season Friday at Wallowabefore facing Griswold at home Satur-

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NEW YORK — Short rest has never been the issue for Clayton Kershaw in October. Winning when he couldn't affordto lose,thatwa sthe problem. Kershaw finally came through with the season Winner Takes All on the line Tuesday • New York Mets at Los night, saving Los Angeles from another early Angeles Dodgers • Thursday, 5:07 p.m. playofFexit by pitching the Dodgers to a 3-1 vic• TV on TBS • Starters: Los Angeles, tory over the New York Mets that forced their Grein ke (19-3); New NL Division Series to a York , deGrom (14-8) deciding Game 5. Working on only three days' rest, Kershaw shut down the Mets for seven innings and Justin Turner delivered a key hit against his former team. The series shifts back to Los Angeles on Thursday night, with fellow Dodgers ace Zack Greinke scheduled to start against Jacob deGrom. The winner will host the wild-card Chicago Cubs in the NL Championship Series opener Saturday. "Definitely happy to be going back home," Kershaw said.'They like us a little better there."

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The St. Louis Cardinals'Tony Cruz is tagged out at the plate by Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Montero, left, to end the top of the sixth inning in Game 4 of the NLDS atWrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday.

u sl vanCe O chairman Tom Ricketts said. Only once since they last brought home the World CHICAGO — JoeMadSeries in 1908 had the don posed for a selfie on the field with his wife. Jon Lester Cubs won a playofF series sprayed champagne with his and never before had they young son. Rocker Eddie Ved- finished ofF the job at their der partied on the mound. century-plus-old ballpark. For the Chicago Cubs and But with a raucous, toweltheir ever-hopeful fans, this waving crowd jamming the Friendly Confines, the North bash was a long time in the making. Siders gave generations Kyle Schwarber, Anof fans exactly what they thony Rizzo and Javier Baez wanted. And as they gathhomered and the fresh Cubs ered in the pulsating neighclincheda postseason series borhood, the lit-up marquee at Wrigley Field for the first at Wrigley Field said it all: time ever, beating the St. Cubs Win. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday Even President Barack to win the NL Division Series Obama — who roots for Chiin four games. cago's other team — got in on 'This is all just baseball the celebration, tweeting his fantasy, right?" a drenched congratulations and noting ByAndrew Seligman

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Baker boys shut out by Ontario ONTARIO — Ontario shut out Baker 8-0 in a Greater Oregon League boys soccer match Tuesday at Ontario.

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— Meyers Leonard scored 19 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 88-81 in preseason action Monday night. The Blazers improved to 2-2 despite Damian Lillard sitting with a left ankle injury. Both teams struggled offensively as the Trail Blazers shot 39 percent from the field. The Jazz i2-2) made only 31 percent

and Rodney Hood added 13 for the Jazz. Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobertcombined to score just22 pointson 6 for 28 shooting for Utah.

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problems, but the second-year coach had an embarrassing public display in August at a LOS ANGELES — SouthernCalifornia pep rall y where he appeared to beintoxicated ired Steve Sarkisian on Monday, oneday f while giving a speech. Sarkisian later apoloafterthetroubled footballcoach was put on gized and said he had combined alcohol and medication, but promised not to drink again leave. Athletic director Pat Haden made the move during the season. Sarkisian's unsteady appearance Sunday one day after determining Sarkisian showed up atschoolin nocondition to lead practice, prompted Haden to make the program's although Haden refused to reveal specifics fourth coaching change in just over two years. Sarkisian went 12-6 at USC, where he about the coach's condition. Offensive coordinator Clay Helton was appointed interim started as an assistant coach under Pete Carroll with the program's dominant teams of coach Sunday. USC hasn't elaborated on Sarkisian's the past decade. AP Sports Water

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HAPPENINGS Clark named Union County Realtor of the Year Jeff D. Clark of John J. Howard & Associates Real Estate was named the 2015 Realtor of the Year by the Union County Board of Realtors. The award is given to Realtors who compose themselves with professionalism and show high ethical standards in their business and personal conduct, and perform a C al r k high level of service to their community and board. Clark received his broker's license in 2006. He was one of the six founding members of John J. Howard & Associates in 2007. He received his Principal Broker's licensein 2010 and isa graduate ofthe Real Estate Institute. Clark has been a lifelong Union County resident, living near La Grande with his wife, Cori, and son, Rowan. Clark can be reached by phone at 541805-8274 or email at jefRjeffdclark.com.

Avoid exit interviews by using a stay interview DEAR ItEN: I recently went to lunch with some fellow business owners and they shared with me that they have two kinds of employees. The first are the employees who are part of the past and the present, but are not part of the future of their companies. This does not mean they are bad people in any way but they have maxed out their contribution level. The second group consists of employeesto keep because they

better opportunity. The employee did not leave for a competitor butfor a company ICEN ICELLER in a differentindustry. I was told that his new company was hiring are helping move the company for skills, abilities and potential and that he would be expected to forward. These are people not satisQd with the present situalearn the nuances of the industry tion and are striving to take the over a period of time. company to a betterfuture. This was a shock and a disapWhile I am mulling this over, pointment. What can I do to wondering if what I was told was retain my better employees? — STEVEB true in my company, an employee in my "keep" group resigned for a DEAR STEVE B.: Every

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why? If you think this way about a group of employees, you can bet SeeKeller / Page 2B

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For the fourth time in the past five years, Heart'n Home Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC has been chosen as one of the top 11"best placestowork in healthcare" by Modern Healthcare. The company, which has offices in Baker City and La Grande, also received that honorin 2011,2013 and 2014. "Heart'n Home is a best place to work because our employees help each other," Kristopher Stice, the company's owner and senior vice president ofhuman resources, saidin apressrelease."Itisgreattowork with such outstanding individuals. There is no greater work than hospice and our employees demonstrate it every day, every time."

School District among recipients of specialty crop block grants Oregon will receive nearly $2 million to pay for 24 projectsdesigned tomake the state's fruits,vegetables,tree nuts,nursery cropsand other specialtycropsmore competitive in the market. The Oregon Department ofAgriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this year's recipients of Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds. Among the 24 projects is one at the North Powder School District, which will receive$97,651 to create a Farm toSchool program thatprovides localproduce to at-risk families. The program also will help students learn how to grow, harvest and sell produce atlocalfarmers markets.

About thiscolumn Small Business Happenings covers Northeast Oregon's small-business community. The column carries news about business events, staitupsand owners and employees who earn awards and recognition or make significant gains in their careers. There is no charge for inclusion in the column, which is editorial in nature and is not ad space or a marketing tool. Products and services will be discussed only in general terms. Email items to biz@lagrandeobserver.com or call them in to 541-963-3161. Baker County residents can submit items to news@bakercityherald.com or call them in to 541-523-3673.

Permittotals The following is the most recent permit figures available for La Grande and Union County for September: CITY OF LA GRANDE PERMITS SEPTEMBER 2015 Building permit fees (total) $4,104.50 Building permits valuation $466,351 M anufactured home permit fees $ 0 Mechanical permits $937 Plumbing permits $828 Electrical permits $2,883.72 Demolition permits $0 Total permits issued 64 UNION COUNTY PERMITS AUGUST 2014 Building permit fees (total) $ 9 ,176 Building permits valuation $1,333,190 Manufactured home permits fees $300 M echanical permits $949. 5 0 Plumbing permits $1,896 Electrical permits $4,427.25 Demolition permits $0 Farm exempt permits $0 Total permits issued 73 Source: Union County Chamber of Commerce

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Dressed as a pea pod, Anne Fritz, center, an intern with the Farm to School program in Eugene encourages students at El Camino del Rio Elementary in Eugene to eat their vegetables during lunch time at the school in this Associated Press file photo.

PACE DURING FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH • State support forfarm to school activities leads the United States Wescom News Servicestaff

While the United States celebratesNational Farm to School Month in October, Oregon finds itself at the front of the line in supporting programs that provide healthy, nutritious and locally-grown foods to children. With tremendous support from the Oregon Legislature, every school district in Oregon has an opportunity to be reimbursed for serving kids Oregon grown and processed foods. That is unprecedentedamong allstatesand fortifies Oregon's standing as a national leader in the farm to school movement.

cWith the passing oflegislation this recent session, every school in Oregon participating in the National School Lunch Program that opts into the Farm to School and School Garden Grant Program will be eligible for reimbursement," said Amy Gilroy, Farm to School program manager with the Oregon Department of Agriculture."Our local leaders love farm to school and are committed to it. They believe it's a huge benefit to the Oregon agricultural economy and a great way to connect kids with where their food is grown." Legislators nearly quadrupled thestate'sfarm toschoolbudget, providing $4.5 million over the biennium with $3.5 million dedicatedforprocurement by school districts of Oregon grown and processed foods. The balance of the funds will be used for a

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competitive grant program for agriculture orfood-based educational opportunities. With school back in session, a majority of Oregon school districts have opted to participate in ordertoreceivereimbursement. Previously, Oregon was capable of funding about 10 percent of all school districts. Now every district opting in to the Farm to School Procurement Program will be funded. "Sixty-six percent have opted to participate, accounting for about90 percent ofallschool lunches served," Gilroy said."A few smaller districts have chosen not to opt in but will have an opportunity next year. Working with the Oregon Department of Education, we will get them comfortable with enrolling into the reimbursementprogram, making sure they have the resources they

need." School districts that optin agree to purchase Oregon food products and are reimbursed up to a certain amount determined by a specific formula. The reimbursement can go for purchase oflocal foodsused forlunch, breakfast, summer meals and after school snacks. The investment made by the Legislature is good news to schools and the grower community. Part of ODA's efforts will be to expand the linkage between the two and help districts know thelocalfarmers. "A lot of our distributors actually offer quite a bit oflocal products, "Gilroy said.eWe will be working with our producers, distributors and vendors in Oregon to make sure school districts know what's being grown locally, SeePace / Page 2B

la Grandeoutdoorsstf e nemrlVdsuhlesinside • 18 months in, Blue Moun tain Outfitters expands

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Blue Mountain Outfitters owner Jim Whitbeck looks over the new expansion to his store on Adams Avenue Friday. Whitbeck is excited about the expansion because there is now room to display tents and sleeping bags.

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LA GRANDE — Outdoors enthusiasts now have more shopping space when they visit Blue Mountain Outfitters. The outdoors store recently expanded, nearly doubling in size, said owner Jim Whitbeck. cWe're very excited about it," he said.eWe wanted to let the stock we have breathe." Whitbeck opened his store about 18 months ago, just six months after

moving to La Grande. Within a year of opening, his display tents were hanging from the ceiling because they had no place to

go. Now, tents sit comfortably at the front of the store, on the side that previously housed Allure Beauty Bar. When the business closed, the landlord OKd knocking out a portion of the wall for the expansion. Valhalla Designs of La Grande did the archway while Whitbeck's SeeStore / Page 2B

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If there are any s imple o f t h e re a l CORDED PLAT O F Courthouse i rregularities are d i s property d e s c r i b ed SAID ADDITION, EXPhase 1 Environmental 1007 4th Street CEPTING T H E RE- covered w i t h i n 10 Study above and entitled to 4,500.00 La Grande, OR FROM THE SOUTHdays of the date of this possession t h e reof, EASTERLY 7.5 FEET sale, that the trustee Attorney Fees (to May free of any estate, tiwill rescind the sale, CONVEYED TO THE tle, claim, lien, or inter31, 2015) 1 3 ,023.50 Such sale of the As-ExC ITY O F NOR T H r eturn t h e bu y e r ' s tracted Collateral will est of Defendants or POWDER BY DEED money and take furTotal: $1,958,935.47 those claiming under take place as part of ther action as necesDefendants and quietRECORDED AS MIthe sale of th e Real ing title in th e p r e mP roperty, as se t o u t C ROFILM D O C U - sary. If the sale is set Interest continues to acMENT NO. 86470, UN- aside for any reason, crue on the principal above, and the As-Exises i n t h e P l a i ntiff; ION COUNTY DEED including if the Trustee a mou n t of and to enloin Defentracted Collateral may RECORDS. Commonly is unable to convey ti$1,899,412.16 at the be sold together with dants and those claiming under Defendants known a s : 555 A tle, the Purchaser at rate of eighteen perthe Real Property, as a the sale shall be entifrom asserting any esStreet, North Powder, cent (18%) per annum single unit, in a c corO R 97867 Both t h e tled only to a return of from June 26, 2015, dance wit h B e nefici- tate, title, claim, lien, b eneficiary an d t h e the monies paid to the until paid. A t t o r n ey ary's r ights w it h r e or interest in the premTrustee. This shall be i ses o r a n y p o r t i o n spect to the Real Proptrustee have elected f ees an d c o s t s i n thereof. to sell th e s aid r eal the Purchaser's sole curred by the beneficierty. and exclusive remedy. ary or the trustee after property to satisfy the obligations secured by The purchaser shall May 31, 2015 will also Beneficiary can be conNOTICE TO THE h ave no f u rther r e be part of the sum imDEFENDANTS: said trust deed and notacted at the address c ourse a g ainst t h e READ THESE PAPERS tice has been recorded mediately due, owing, and telephone number and payable on such CAREFULLY! p ursuant t o S e c t i o n Trustor, the Trustee, o f it s a t t o r ney, t h e 86.752 (3) of Oregon t he B e neficiary, t h e indebtedness. Successor Trustee, as Beneficiary's Agent, or set out below. G ran- Y ou must " a ppear" i n R evised Statutes . T the Beneficiary's Attorthis case or the other he default for w h ich The Beneficiary and the tors are entitled to an ney. If you have previthe for e n closure is S uccessor T r u s t e e accounting of the unside will win automatimade is the grantor s: ously been discharged h ave elected to s e l l cally. To "appear" you paid indebtedness sethrough bankruptcy, the Real Property to must f i l e w i t h t he BORROWER(S) cured by the A s-Excourt a l e ga l p a per FAILED TO M A I Nyou may have been resatisfy the o b ligation tracted Collateral, for TAIN HAZARD INleased of personal lisecured. A n o tice of no charge. Grantors called a "motion" or SURANCE ON THE ability for this loan in default and election to "answer". The "mom ay request an a c tion" sell was duly recorded or "answer" counting by calling the PROPERTY (AND/OR which case this letter must be given to t he FAILED TO PROVIDE is intended to exercise on July 1, 2015, in the Beneficiary's attorney OF SALE ADEQUATE PROOF t he n o t e ho ld e r s PERSONAL records of U nion at the telephone numcourt clerk or adminisnght's against the real Case File Number: OF I N S U RANCE), REPRESENTATIVE: C ounty, Oregon, a s ber set out below. trator within 30 days AND ALSO FAILED Meleah Ashford Reference is made to a Document of the date of first pubproperty only. As re2736 SW Skyline Dnve D eed of T r us t ( t h e No. 20151979, refer- Dated at Portland, l icatio n s p e c if i e d TO PAY PROPERTY quired by law, you are 3-2015 "Trust Deed") made, T AXES PRIOR T O hereby notified that a Corvallis, OR 97330 ence thereto hereby Oregon, July 13, 2015. herein along with the executed, and d e livTHE DELINQUENCY negative credit report Date, Time, and Place ~760 212-9129 being expressly made. required filing fee. It DATE IN VIOLATION reflecting o n y our of Public Hearing: m ust b e i n pr o p e r ered by Union Lumber Wendell ICusnerus OSB credit record may be LAWYER FOR form and have proof of OF THE TERMS OF Co., Inc., an Oregon WHEREFORE, NOTICE ¹792922 submitted to a c r edit October 20, 2015 c orporation, t o A b service on th e p l ainBORROWER(S)' PERSONAL HEREBY IS G IVEN Attorney for Bethany s tract 5 T i t l e C o m - that the undersigned Colema n-F ire, tiff's attorney or, if the HOME EQUITY CONr eport agency if y o u 6pm REPRESENTATIVE: V ERSION M ORT - fail to fulfill the terms I sland City C i t y H a l l , Charles Gillis Trustee or T rustee's Successor Trustee pany, as Trustee, to plaintiff does not have 10605 Island Avenue, 1306 Adams Avenue secure certain obligaattorney will, on No- Davis Wnght Tremaine an attorney, proof of GAGE AND, AS A RE- of your credit obligaTHE tions. Without limitIsland City, Oregon La Grande, OR 97850 tions in favor of Banvember 13, 2015, at LLP service upon the plainSULT, ing the trustee's dis- • This notice is intended Ph: ~541 963-2700 ner Bank, as BeneficiABOVE-REFERthe hour of 2:00 p.m. 1300 SW Fifth Avenue, tiff. ENCED SUMS WERE claimer of represento inform i n t e rested F: ~541 963-2711 standard time as es- Suite 2300 If you have any quesary, dated June 14, tions, you should see ADVANCED ON BOR- tations o r w a r r a n- parties that they may email: 2007, and r e corded tablished b y ORS Portland, OR 97201 J une 15 , 2 0 07 , a s an attorney i m m ediROWER(S) BEHALF ties, Oregon law reattend this heanng or charlie© illis-law.com 1 87.110, at t h e 4 t h 503-778-5338 quires the trustee to D ocu m e n t No . TO M AI N TA I N I Nc ommunicat e t he i r A venue entrance o f STATE OF OREGON) ately. If you need help SURANCE ON THE state in t his notice c oncerns i n w r i t i n g . Published: September 20073220 of the offit he U n i o n Co u n t y County of in finding an attorney, that some residential Written s u b m i ssions cial records of Union Courthouse, 1007 4th PROPERTY AND TO 30, 2015 and October Multnomah) you may call the OrePAY PRO P E RTY p roperty sold a t a may be sent to the adCounty, Oregon, covStreet, in the City of gon State Bar's Law7, 14, 2015 trustee's sale may enng the following deTAXES By this reason dress listed above or La Grande, County of I, the undersigned, ceryer Referral Service at o f said d e f ault t h e h ave been used in may be introduced at LegaI No. 00043082 Union, State of O r escribed real property tify that I am the attor( 503) 6 8 4-3763 o r manufacturing meththe public heanng. In (the "Real Property") toll-free in Oregon at b eneficiary ha s d e gon, sell at public aucney or one of the attoramphetamines, the i n such c o unty a n d clared all obligations any event, wntten tes- NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S tion to the highest bidney s f or t he (800) 452-7636. c hemical com p o state: above-named Successecured by said deed t imony m us t b e r e SALE der for cash, the interIN TOWNSHIP 3 of trust i m m e diately nents of which are ceived no later t han est in the Real Propsor Trustee and that DATED this14th day of due and payable, said known to be t o xic. the close of the hear- On November 4th, 2015 SOUTH. RANGE 40 erty that Grantor had October, 2015 the foregoing is a comsums being the followProspective purchasing. O r a l t e s t i mony at the hour of 1 0 :00 EAST OF THE or had power to conplete and exact copy ers o f r e s i dential will be allowed at the WILLAMETTE a .m. a t t he Uni o n vey at the time of the of the o r iginal Trus- BAUM SMITH, LLC ing, to-wit: The sum of MER IDIAN heanng. County Sheriff's Of execution by Grantor tee's Notice of Sale. Attorneys for Plaintiff $170,117.42 together property should be with interest thereon aware of this poten- • A staff report will be of the Trust Deed, tofice, 1109 IC Ave, La tial danger before deavailable for public inBy: W~ tt S. B at the rate of 2.7500 Grande, Oregon, the Section 19: The southgether with any inter- Wendell ICusnerus ciding to place a bid OSB No. 111773 e ast quarter o f t h e p er annum; plus a l l s pection a t l e a s t 7 defendant's i n t e rest est that Grantor or the Attorne for Successor northeast quarter and trustee's fees, foreclofor this property at days before the hearwill be sold, sublect to successors in interest Trustee 1902 Fourth St., Ste 1 s ure costs an d a n y the trustee's sale. ing at no cost. Copies t hat p o r t io n o f t he to Grantor acquired afPO Box 967 redemption, in the real sums advanced by the Q UALITY MAY B E will be mailed upon reter the e x ecution of Published: September La Grande, OR 97850 property c o m m o nly south half lying east of CONSIDERED A t he r e located C o v e the Trust Deed, to satbeneficiary pursuant to quest at r e a sonable known as: 946 North 30, 2015 and October Telephone: DEBT COLLECTOR the terms of said deed cost. F irst S t r e et , U n i o n , Seconda ry Hig hway isfy the foregoing obli(541) 963-3104 7, 14,21,2015 of trust. Whereof, noA TTEMPTING T O • The applicant's submisFacsimile: O regon, 97883. T h e g ations t h ereby s e cured and the c o sts Legal No. 00043018 t ice hereby i s g i v e n COLLECT A D E BT s ions to th e c ity a r e court case number is Section 20: The south(541) 963-9254 AND ANY INFORMAemail: 1 5-01-49546 w h e r e w est quarter o f t h e that Quality Loan Servpublic record and may and expenses of sale, T ION O B T A I N E D be examined at Island IN THE CIRCUIT i ce C o r p o ratio n o f Wells Fargo B a n k, southwest quarter including the cost of a office©baumsmith.com COURT OF THE W ashington, the u n WILL BE USED FOR City City Hall. Contact title search, a reasonN.A., its successors in STATE OF OREGON DATE OF FIRST dersigned trustee will THAT PURPOSE. TS ICa ren Howton (541) i nterest a n d /o r a s - Section 30: That portion able charge by TrusNo: OR-15-674165-AJ of the north half lying FOR THE COUNTY P U B ILCAT I0N on 12/22/2015at the 963-5017 t o r e v i ew signs, is the p laintiff, tee, and a reasonable Dated: 8/6/2015 Qualeast of relocated Cove OF UNION hour of 1 0 0 PM , those s u b m i s s ions, and Mary Myers, as attorneys' fee for TrusOctober 14, 2015 Standard of Time, as ity Loan Service Corthe applicable criteria Seconda ry Hig hway t ee's attorneys. N o Personal Representaor to obtain any additice is f u r t her g i v en LA GRANDE SCHOOL Published: October 14, established by section poration of Washingtive of th e E state of ton, as Trustee Signa- tional information. DISTRICT 21, 28, 2015 and 187 .110, Oregon ReC larence A . M y e r s ; SITUATE IN the County t hat Grantor, or a n y Alma • Persons who commuof Union, State of vised Statues, Inside ture By: Mary Myers, IndividuNovember 4, 2015 person named in ORS NO. 1 Oregon the main entrance of Cla rk, Assista nt Secnicate orally or in writ86.778, has the right, ally; Todd Myers; Scott the Daniel Chaplin retary Trustee's Mailing at this heanng may a t any t im e p r io r t o Plaintiff, LegaI No. 43233 Myers; United States ing Address: Quality appeal the decision of B uilding 1 00 1 4 t h of Amenca; Cam Cred- Bethany C o leman-Fire five days before the 1020 - Wallowa Co. Loan Service Corp. of was appointed S ucV. Street L a G r a n de, the city council. Failure Trustee's sale, to reits, Inc.; State of OreOregon 97850 County Washington C/0 Qualto raise an issue at the cessor Trustee by a Le al Notices gon; Occupants of the quire that the forecloof UN I O N, State of ity Loan Service Corhearing, in person or c ertai n i n s t r u m e n t s ure proceeding b e GEORGIA M. CATES, an WALLOWA COUNTY is P remises; a n d T h e by letter, or failure to poration 411 Ivy Street dated June 11, 2015, individual, and the unOregon, sell at public Real Property located dismissed a n d t he a ccepting bids o n a San Diego, CA 92101 known heirs of GEORauction to the highest a t 94 6 N o r t h F i r s t and recorded June 17, Trust Deed reinstated provide statements or dark blue 1995 Jeep GIA M. CATES, also all bidder for cash the inTrustee's Physical Adevidence sufficient to Street, Union, Oregon 2015, in the records of by the payment of the Cherokee 4x4, 4 door, other persons or parterest in the said ded ress: Quality L o a n afford t h e d e c i s ion 97883, is defendant. Union County, Oregon, e ntire a m o u n t du e 92615.8 miles, stanSermce Corp. of Washmaker an opportunity No . ties unknown claiming scribed real property The sale is a p u b lic as D o c u m en t (other than such pordard 5 speed transmisington 108 1 St. Ave. 20151792, and is now any right, title, lien or which the grantor had to respond to th e i sauction to the highest tion of the principal as sion, manual widows or had power to conSouth, Suite 202, Seatsues precludes raising b idder f o r c a s h o r v ested w i t h a l l t h e would not be due had interest in the property 5 door l o cks, g o od described in the Comvey at the time of the no default occurred) t le, WA 9 8 104 T o l l the issue on appeal. c ashier's c h e c k , i n powers of said former condition. Includes an Free: (866) 925-0241 under the terms of the Trustee. The mailing plaint herein, e xecution by h i m o f hand, made out to Unextra s e t of f our I DSPUb ¹ 0 0 8 9 0 7 5 Published: October 14 address of the Succesthe said trust deed, toion County S heriff's Trust Deed and the obmounted winter tires. sor Trustee is: Defendants. 10/7/2015 10/14/2015 2015 Office. For more inforl igation s s ec ur e d gether with any interMinimum bid is set at est which the grantor 1 0/21/201 5 mation on this sale go thereby, including all $1000. Case No. 15-09-50025 Legal No.43268 Davis Wnght Tremaine costs and expenses or his successors in in10/28/2015 to: LLP terest acquired after www.ore onshenffs. actually incurred and Please submit your bid in NOTICE TO the execution of said P ublished: October 7 , com sales.htm 1300 SW Fifth Avenue, Trustee's an d a t t o r- SUMMONS a sealed envelope to INTERESTED PERSONS trust deed, to satisfy Suite 2400 neys' fees as provided 14,21, 28, 2015 Wallowa County ComTO: Georgia M. Cates, by ORS 86.778. Portland, OR 97201-5630 the foregoing obligaP ublished: October 7 , missioners, 1 0 1 S . Khristine K. Wilson has an individual, and the tions thereby secured LegaI No. 00042361 14,21, 28, 2015 River Street, Rm. 202, been appointed PerBeneficiary has elected In construing this notice, unknown h e i r s of and the costs and exEnterprise, OR 97828 sonal Representative Legal No.00043127 to sell the Real PropGeorgia M. Cates, also penses of sale, includthe word "Grantor" inw ith ' B i d f o r J e e p (hereafter PR) of the all other persons or i ng a reas o n a b l e erty to satisfy the oblicludes any successor Cherokee' marked on Estate o f Ralph charge by the trustee. STORAGE AUCTION gations secured by the in interest of Grantor, partie s un k no w n the outside of the enDee W il s o n , d e Notice is further given Saturday, PUBLIC NOTICE T rust D ee d a n d t o as well as any other claiming any right, tivelope. ceased, Probate No. f oreclose t h e T r u s t t hat a n y pe rs o n October 31, 2015 ORDINANCE tle, lien, or interest in person owing an obli1 5-09-8556, U n i o n n amed i n S ect i o n 2:00 pm CONSIDERATION Deed b y a d v e r tise- gation th e p e r f orm- the property descnbed Bids must b e r e ceived County Circuit Court, m ent and sale. T h e a nce of w h ich is s e i n t he Com pl a i n t 86.778 of Oregon Reby 3:00 pm, Thursday, State of Oregon. All defaults for which the vised Statutes has the Allstore Storage c ured by t h e T r u st herein. O ctober 2 9 , 2 0 1 5 . persons whose rights f oreclosure i s m a d e nght to have the fore- 2001 Cove Ave Union County Board Deed and their succesBids will be awarded may be affected by The closure p r o c e e ding La Grande, OR o f C o m m i s s i o n e r s are: s ors in i n t erest; t h e YOU ARE HEREBY reMonday, November 2, the proceeding may w ord " T r u stee " i n dismissed a n d t he Unit ¹18 quired to appear and meeting in regular ses2015. obtain additional infortrust deed reinstated Nicole ICelly sion on W e dnesday, a. The f a i lure o f the cludes any successor defend the complaint mation from the court Grantor to pay when filed against you in the b y payment t o th e Ranch-N-Home Rentals, October 21, 2015 will trustee; and the word records, the PR or the "Beneficiary" includes above-entitled action This vehicle will be availbeneficiary of the enconsider at 10:00 a.m. due five monthly payInc able for inspection at attorney for the PR. All ments of $18,576.00 any successor in interwithin thirty (30) days tire amount then due ( 541-963-5450 the adoption of O rdithe Courthouse Monpersons having claims if applicable ) and curnance 2015-02, In the each, due on February est o f Be ne f i c i a ry from the date of first day, October 19, 2015 a gainst t h e est a t e 10, 2015 and on the publication o f t hi s ing any other default M atter o f A n O r d i n amed in t h e T r u st between 10:00am and must present them to Summons, and in case c omplained of in t h e nance Opting Out of t enth da y o f ea c h Deed. 4:00pm. the PR at: o f your failure to d o m onth thereafter. A s Notice of D efault by STORAGE AUCTION the Six State Licensed Steven J Joseph, tendenng the perform- Saturday, o r Registered M a r i of June 29, 2015, the The Beneficiary, as seso, for want thereof, For m or e i n f o r m ation Atorney for PR t ota l am ou n t of Plaintiff will apply to ance required under October 31, 2015 cured party, holds a Iuana Businesses. The contact the W a llowa JOSEPH 5 RICICER, LLC the court for the relief the obligation or trust 2:30 pm secunty interest in the meeting will be held in monthly payments in County Assessor's ofPO Box 3230 d efa u l t w a s f ollowing p e r s o n al demanded in the comt he J o s ep h A n n e x deed, at any time pnor fice: 901 Washington Avenue to the sale date. For R 5 IC Storage C onference R o o m , $92,880. 00. plaint. property, which shall La Grande, OR 97850 S ale I n f o r m a t i o n 1407 Monroe Ave 1106 IC Avenue, La be referred to as the (541) 963-4901, within "As-Extracted Collat- SUMMARY OF COM- 541-426-7750 Call: 888-988-6736 or La Grande, OR Grande, Oregon. Cop- b .On or about May 1, four months after the eral": PLAINT: Plaintiff is atL ogi n t o : Unit ¹27 2 014, Co m m u n i t y ies of th e d raft o rdiPublished: October 14 date of first publication Salestrack.tdsf.com In Sandy Omann n ance may b e o b - Bank filed a lawsuit to tempting to quiet title and 16,2015 of this notice or they foreclose a Iunior deed t o real p roperty l o construing this notice, Unit ¹33 tained from the Union All mined rock, rip-rap, may be barred. of trust o n t h e R eal cated in Union County, the masculine gender Stephanie Shelley County Commissiong ravel, dec o r a t i v e includes the feminine Unit ¹143 ers Offi ce at 11 06 IC Property. Oregon, p a r t icularly LeqaI No. 00043211 rock, and any o t her Published: S e ptember descnbed as follows: a nd the n e uter, t h e ICassie Reynolds Avenue, La Grande or rock products w h ich 30, 2015 and October Make your advertising singular includes plu- Ranch-N-Home Rentals, on the county's web B y reason of s aid d eo riginated from r o c k 7, 14, 2015 faults, Beneficiary has The North 50 feet of dollars go further! List Inc s It e at mined from the Real ral, the word "grantor" Lots 5 and 6 in Block includes any succes- 541-963-5450 www.union-ounty.org. d eclared t h e e n t i r e Property. your business every LegaI No. 00043074 s or in interest to t h e amount of all obliga94 in CHAPLIN'S AD- d ay in t h e S e r v i c e tions secured by t he The Beneficiary, through DITION to the City of Published: October 14, grantor as well as any Published: October 14 Our classifieds are bnmTrust Deed to be imL a G r a nde , U n i o n Directory in our classiother persons owing the undersigned in her and 28,2015 2015 ming with bargains espean obligation, the perm ediately d u e a n d capacity as a t t orney County Oregon, ac- f ied s e c t io n o f t h i s cially for you! for th e B e n e f iciary, cording t o t h e re - newspaper. LegaI No. 00043281 Legal No.00043240 paya bI e. Th e s um ows ituate d

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Miscellaneous household furnishings, etc., will be sold at A-1 Mini (Probate Department) s torage, 1 5 1 3 2 1 s t Project Summary: In the matter of the Street on October 29, estate of D ON NA 2015 at 10:00am. Home Occupation for a SKOVLIN, Deceased. ¹136. The owner or recommercial t r u c king Case No.15098555 p uted ow ner o f t h e o peration an d t r u c k NOTICE TO property to be sold is m aintenance. As t h e INTERESTED PERSONS. Bency Robert-Fasien. use does not comply NOTICE I S H E REBY T he amount due o n w ith A r t i c l e 10 . 0 7 GIVEN that the underthe lien is $352.00 and A -1 M in i S t o rage i s Hom e O c c u pation signed has been apstandards, allowable foreclosing the lien. pointed personal repthrough a Type I Adr esentative. Al l p e r - ¹416. The owner or rem inistrative R e v i ew , sons h aving c l a i ms p uted ow ner o f t h e t he p r o p ose d u s e against the estate are property to be sold is must b e p r o cessed required t o p r e s e nt Samantha D. Winburn. through a Type II ReT he amount due o n them, w it h vouchers view process, includa ttached, t o t h e u n - the lien is $850.00 and ing City Council review dersigned p e r s onal A -1 M in i S t o rage i s and Public Heanng. representative at foreclosing the lien. 2 736 N W Sky l i n e ¹421. The owner or reProject Location: D rive, Corvallis, O R p uted ow ner o f t h e 9 7330, w i t h i n f o u r property to be sold is 62833 Buchanan Lane, months after the date Samantha D. Winburn. La Grande, OR 97850 of first publication of T he amount due o n 03S 38E 03DC Tax Lot t his n o t i c e o r t h e the lien is $840.00 and 1100 claims may be barred. A -1 M in i S t o rage i s All persons whose rights foreclosing the lien. Zoning and Plan may be affected by ¹500. The owner or reDesignation and the proceedings may p uted ow ner o f t h e Applicable Criteria: obtain additional inforproperty to be sold is m ation from t h e r e - Joshua M. Siel. The Low Density Residential c ords of t h e C o u r t , a mount du e o n t h e Plan Designation, R-E the personal reprelien is $636.00 and A-1 Zoning sentative or the lawyer Mini Storage is f o reApplicable Cntena for the personal repreclosing the lien. include sentative, Charles Gil• Article 12.04 Condilis. Published: October 14 tional Use standards. Date and first published and 21,2015 on Wednesday, Property Owner or September 30, 2015 Legal No.00043239 Applicant: Meleah Ashford, Personal Representative. TRUSTEE'S NOTICE Jon Fregulia

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COFFEE BREAK

Mom of occasional smoker Russianweagonsresgonsihle for MalaysiaAirlinesglanecrash thinks she's gone to pot MH17 By Henry Chu

Los Angeles Times

DEARABBY: I am a 80-yearold single that we are married. Ifeel it's disrespectful mom oftwoyoung girls.After my divorce, I to our marrmge and inconsiderate. Can you returned to my hometown where myfamily enlighten me about this? is. I'm enrolled in school full time and set to — NO.I LADYIN SAN FRANCISCO DEAR LADY: I don't blame you for being graduate in two semesters. I have a 8.7 GPA, my girls are well-adjusted and well-behaved, upset. By now your husband should have and I have my own place. My mom primarily outgrown the need to publicize his previwatches my girls when I'm in school, and I ous conquests. While your husband may be thinking that keeping the feel lucky to have her support. The other day, Mom came pictures up makes him look DEAR into my room and opened my worldly, what it shows is his bedside drawer. Like most ABB Y inse n sitivity to the woman he married, and I think people, thisis whereIkeep my most private things. She that's sad for both of you. discoveredthatIhad apack ofcigarettesand some marjiuana. Abby,Idon'tsm okeoften, DEARABBY: I'm writing regarding the but sometimes when the kids are downand letter from "She's Killing Them in Indiana" things are taken care of I like to smoke ajoint, (tuly 8) and your response to the writer, watch some shows and fall asleep. I take care whose friend is HIV positive and doesn't tell herpartners herdiagnosis.Iam a disease of my responsibilities, and I don't feel like an intervention specialist Q)IS) in Indiana and occasionaljointimpacts me negatively. Mom now says she will no longer watch work specifrcally with STDs like HIv'. her grandchildren and doesn't want to see In Indiana there is a duty to warn law that requires anyone who is HIV positive to me again! I feel completely hurt, violated and disrespected. We said some nasty things inform any pastorpresentsexual orneedleto each other, and I can't help butfeel like she sharing partners ofherl his HIV status. At is completely wrong for reacting the way she the time of diagnosis, all providers inform did. Any advice would be much appreciated. the patient of this, and DIS's like me are — RESPONSIBLE (OCCASIONAL) required to get a signed copy of this law from SMOItER INOHIO HIV positive indi viduals. DEAR RESPONSIBLE: Your mother overThisyear there was a largeoutbreak of HIV in a ruralsouthern area of Indiana. reacted, but she should not have been going into your drawer(sl. Apologize for whatever More than100 new infectionsoccurred you said to her in the heat of anger. iShe withinj ust three short months. Ifindividushould also apologize to you for snooping.) als like this woman do not inform partners, Make whatever arrangements you need for then the risk is high for another outbreak. child care apart from your mother, and either The personwho wroteyou should contact the Indiana State Department of Health's quit smoking or do it away from your home. Children are a lot sharper than they are Recalcitrant Program and inform them of often given credit for, and their sense of smell this situation. All information is kept conffis particularly acute. In a few short years, dential. Counseling could be provided, and they will recognize that Mommy"smokes," so then i f she continues not informing legal action could be taken against her. quit setting a bad example. That way, when — MELISSA MURAWSItI you tell them that smoking is bad for their health, you won't be a hypocrite. DEAR MELISSA: Readers were upset about the gravity of that letter. They felt it DEARABBY:I have been married for was not only a health issue but also one of morality, and the legal issues could land the a year. Before we met, my husband posted pictures ofhisexon hisFacebook pagephoto writer's friend in serious trouble, including album.Ihaveasked him to remove them jail. You are right that the person who wrote because I feel insulted and hurt. I don't think thatletter should contacttheappropriate it's right his keeping them on the page now authorities.

A Netherlands-led investigation concluded Tuesday that a missile from a Russia-made Buk weapons system brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine last year. instantly, the Dutch Safety Board said. That finding probably brought comfort to victims' relati ves,wh ofeared thatsome oftheirloved ones might have been conscious as they plummeted tens of thousands of feet to their deaths. The crash report blamed Ukraine's governm ent for failingtoclosetheairspace above the eastern part of the country while an armed conflict was underway in the area. The investi gation did notaddress thecrucial question of who fired the surface-to-air rocket, which is the subject of a separate inquiry due to publish its findings this year or in early 2016. Still, Moscow swiftly went into spin mode to try to deflect blame from Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine who manyin the West say were clearly responsible for the disaster on July 17, 2014, over territory they control. Hours before the Dutch report was released Tuesday afternoon, a state-controlled missilemaker in Russia said its own investigation showed that damage patterns to the downed planecould nothavebeen made by weapons currently found in Moscow's arsenal and that the missile was fired from an area under the control of Ukrainian government forces, not the separatists. The Russian and Ukrainian militaries have Buk missile systems, but the Almaz-Antey arms maker said the kind of missile implicated in the attack on MH17 was an older model that Russia no longer uses. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also dismissed the report as flawed, theAssociated Pressreported,saying thatthe "attempt to make a biased conclusion, in essence to carry out a political order, is obvious." In Washington, the White House welcomed the investigation report as "an important milestone" in bringing those behind the rocketattack tojustice.Ned Price,a spokesman for the National Security Council, said the United States remained convinced that the separatistswere responsible.

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"Our assessment is unchanged: MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired from separati st-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine," Price said in a statement. Tjibbe Joustra, chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, presented the investigation's findings at a news conference at Gilze-Rijen Air Force Base in the Netherlands, where a partial reconstruction of the front of the downed airliner, piecedtogether from wreckage recovered from the crash site, was dramatically unveiled. Joustra said the missile detonated within about3feetofthe cockpit,justaboveand to the left of the nose of the Boeing 777. Microphones around the cockpit picked up a"sound peak" in the last milliseconds before the recordings went silent, which allowed analysts to determine where the explosion occurred. Bits of cubic and bow-tie-shaped shrapnel penetrated the plane and were found embedded in the bodies of the three crew members in the cockpit, who were killed instantly, Joustra said.

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The crash of a commercial airliner flying over Ukraine in 2014 that caused the deaths of all 298 on board wascaused by a Russian-made missile, according to a report by the Dutch Safety Board.

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