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Oregon, 5A PORTLAND — Oregon's business, union and political interests risk opening a permanent rift if they don't come together and negotiate a plan to withdraw contentious ballot measures slated for next year's election, Senate President Peter Courtney said Monday. The Salem Democrat warned that "Oregon is on the verge of its own civil war" pitting the state's most powerful and wealthy interests against each other.

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The annual children's Christmas program is scheduled for this Sunday, Dec. 20, at 9:45 a.m. at the Baker City Nazarene Church, corner of Hughes Lane and Cedar Street. The church will have a Christmas Eve candlelight service on Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. More information is available by calling the church office at 541-5233533.

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BAICERTECHNICAL INSTITUTE CAREER AND TRAINING PROGRAM

• Baker City woman using her position to promote literacy

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The Baker School District has announced a new partnership between its career and technical training program and an environmental consulting service. Doug Dalton, the district's chief financial officer, said the partnership between the Baker Technical Institute iBTIl and Farallon Consulting came aboutas a resultofa conversation he had with Peggy Browne. Browne recently merged her busiDalton ness, Browne Consulting of Baker City, with Farallon, which has its corporate office at Issaquah, Washington. Dalton said Browne was aware of the work students at BTI were doing on brownfield cleanup in the community and posed the possibility of forming a partnership with Farallon Consulting. In addition to the Baker City office at 1940 Valley Ave., Farallon has offices in Portland and Bend, Seattle and Bellingham, Washington, and at Oakland, Sacramento and Irvine, California. awe are excited to partner with Farallon Consulting, an environmental consulting firm built on a foundation oflasting connections in the communities they live and work in," Dalton stated in a press release. "Students will work closely with professionals from the very fields that they hope to work with." The partnership will provide BTI students with opportunities for internships, career information and job shadowing.

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The Master Gardener program, offered through the OSU Extension Service, will be heldTuesdays from Jan. 12to May10, meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Occasional Saturday field trips are also planned. This program is held in La Grande, but will be broadcast live each week in Baker City. Participants will gather in the small meeting room at the Baker County Extension Office, 2600 East St., Baker City. The course includes more than 50 hours of high-quality gardening education, and then Master Gardeners "give back" by volunteering in the community to share their knowledge. Cost is $150with a $50 rebate for completing 40 hours of volunteer service. To register, or for more information, call 541-523-6418.

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Lori McNeil of Baker City was named Mrs. Eastern Oregon and she's competing for the title of Mrs. Oregon.

the Baker Heritage Museum during the Historic Homes Tour. Lori McNeil is using her time as Mrs. She's been reading to children quite a bit, Eastern Oregon to promote literacy and a tal k ing about the importance ofliteracy and visiting with parents about book recomloveoflearning acrosseightcounties. "Every contestant needs a mendations. "What aumque "I'm working with a lot of platform — what a unique libraries and a lot of schools," opportunity to speak about Oppot.turuty tozppag what I'm passionate about," she said."I'm developingreally aboutw hat I m strong relationships all over." she says. McNeil, 37, lives in Baker P~~~orlat~ a"out She already has several City. She first discovered events booked for Dr. Seuss Lon McNeji the Mrs. Oregon competition Mrs. Eastem oregon Week i n early March. while researching scholarCommunity involvement shipsfor graduate school. and commitment to family is a She even contacted the director of the big p art of Mrs. Oregon. "Fifty percent of my score is determined event, but then postponed pursuing it due to family circumstances. beforeIeven hitthestage,"she said. But in 2014, the director for Mrs. Oregon Tha t " stage" is the Mrs. Oregon pagfollowed up. Although McNeil had finished e a nt on April 9 in West Linn. The woman crowned Mrs. Oregon goes on to the nagrad school by this time, she was ready. She applied and found out she was tional Mrs. America competition in July. The April 9 event will include interviews selected as Mrs. Eastern Oregon in late with the judges iMcNeil has a list of 500 August. "I have a huge binder of policies and poss i ble questions to study), competitions in swimsuit and evening gown and "overall procedures," she said. Included is the contestant dress code. For health and wellness." instance, during the winter months McNeil Whi l e many of the outfits are issued to must wear either a red or white pea coat con t estants — including the swimsuitduring appearances, such as when she rode each woman will bring her own"introducon the Baker City fire truck during the tion d r ess." Twilight Parade. This is where she gained her first sponsor — Merri Lee Williams, who owns One & Promoting Literacy Only in La Grande. Williams is designing Since August, McNeil has scheduled six th e dress, which will remain a secret until to eight appearances each month at librart h e pageant. "It will be very unique," McNeil said. ies and events across Eastern Oregon. "She's an amazing designer." Just last Saturday, she participated in storytime at Cook Memorial Library in La Grande followed by an appearance at See McNeil I Page 3A By Lisa Britton

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BAICER SCHOOL BOARD MEETSTHURSDAY

School Board to review audit By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com

The Baker School Board will hear the 5J district's annual audit report when it meets Thursday night. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the District Office, 2090 Fourth St. Mitch Saul of the Oster Professional Group of John Day will present the report. And the board will take action to accept it during Thursday's session. In other business, the board will: •Act on a"charge for the district'sFacilities M aster Planning Committee." Superintendent Mark Witty said the district will charge the committee with spending the next year providinginput to school administrators about a 10yearplan fordistrictschoolsand grounds. The committee will be composed of two school board members, six community members and employee representatives along with administrative and support stafF as needed. The committee will report to the superintendent and make periodicreportstothe board. • Recognize staff members new to the district in 2015-16. They are Jason Todd, Karen Tannehill, Brenda Martin, Sharon Foster, Lisa Ensworth, Amy Younger, Mandi Rose, Dana Marlia, Hannah Violette, Tom Joseph, Bibiana GifR, Aysha Vidale, Cynthia Stevens, Margaret Leatherbury, Griffm Judy and Hope Watts. • Honor Jesse Maldonado of Haines School as the Promise of Baker Student of the Month. • Conduct the final reading of district policy regarding student discipline.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015

BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16 • Keating Elementary Christmas Musical Program:6 p.m., Keating Elementary School. • Baker County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Open House:4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Chamber office, 490 Campbell St.; everyone is invited to meet the Chamber's new director, Shelly Cutler, and board members; refreshments will be served. THURSDAY, DEC. 17 • Baker School Board:6 p.m., District Office, 2090 Fourth St. • Never Miss A Chance to Dance:The Powder River Dance Club meets, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005Valley Ave.; more information is available by calling 541-524-9306. • Cancer support group:7 p.m. at St. Luke's EOMA,3950 17th St. For information call Gloria Schott at 541-403-2659. FRIDAY, DEC. 18 • Live Music by KeithTaylor:Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carnegie Alt Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge. • Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre presents "A Christmas Carol":7 p.m., Iron Gate Theatre in the Basche-Sage Mall;show continuesDec.19-20.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 16, 1965 The state has turned down a request by the Baker County Court to take over the Durkee-Bridgeport road which links U.S. Highway 30 and State Highway 7, it was reported today. State officials advised that it would cost an estimated $200,000 per mile to pave the 26-mile link between the two highways and bring it up to state standards. 25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 16, 1990 It's not often a team gets outscored 2-to-1 from the free throw line and only ends up losing by one point in overtime. But, that's exactly what happened to Baker Friday in the BHS gym. The Bulldogs were 13 of 19 from the line, and La Grande 26 of 41 in theTigers'68-67 overtime win in the non-leagueboys'basketballgame. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald December 16, 2005 Baker City Manager Jerry Gillham didn't have to look far to find the city's new fire chief. Gillham picked Assistant Chief Jim Price, who has worked for the city's fire department since 1997, from among 11 applicants to replace former ChiefTim Frost, who left earlier this year to take the chief's job in Sublimity, near Salem. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald December 17, 2014 Baker County voters will decide in the May 2015 primary election whether to make Baker County Commissioner positions non-partisan for future elections. Randy Joseph, who lives near Sumpter, submitted an initiative petition earlier this year to make that change. Joseph needed to collect at least 437 valid signatures to put the measure on the ballot. County ClerkTami Green on Tuesday certified that of the 588 signatures Joseph submitted, 545 were valid. If voters approve the measure it wouldn't affect the three current commissioners. Tim L. Kerns, Mark Bennett, and Commission Chairman-elect Bill Harvey, who was elected in November and takes office Jan. 1, are all Republicans.

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BakerSchsslBsardmemhershsnsred The Oregon School Boards Associated recently honored Baker School Board Chair Kevin Cassidy and the board's Vice Chair, Melissa Irvine, for completing OSBA

coursework through the organization's Leadership Institute. Irvine was one of 22 elected board members who earned a bronze award; Cassidy was

among 21 who earned silver awards and 22 who earned gold awards. The awards were presented Nov. 14 at OSBA's 69th Annual Convention in Port-

land. The awards recognize board members for significant levels of achievement in leadershipand development. There are four levels: bronze, silver, gold and platinum.

OBITUARIES MaeElla Wagner

born at Austin. Newton's father, Thomas, homeMaeElla Ruth Decair Shaw Wagner, steaded at Hereford in 1906. The family built a two-story, two-room house and 74,ofRichland,died Nov. 19,2015,at her home. a barn on their homestead five miles There will be a graveside committal south of Hereford and north of Rock at 11 a.m. Friday at the Eagle Valley Creek Butte. The house and barn are still standing. Cemetery in Richland. Mae loved to fish and James grew up on the old homestead hunt in her early life and ranch at Hereford and attended school then in later years spent at Big Flat and Hereford. The Big Flat many hours crocheting School was toward Whitney about four and knitting for several miles north of Hereford. James attended charities. Mae Big Flat School forpartofhisgrade She was preceded in W agne r school years and then attended the Hereford School until he graduated. death by her best fiiend The Van Cleave children would ride and soulmate, Patrick Fitzgerald. Survivors include her sister, Ilene horses or walk the five miles from the Lamb of Tomah, Wisconsin; her chilhomestead to Hereford School. The Hereford ranch was called the Home Place. dren, all of whom reside in Oregon, Janey Verschoor of La Pine, Russell James'favoriteteacher atHereford was Harvey Kehres. Shaw of Merrill, Lee Shaw of Merrill, Charles Shaw of Richland and LaRae James remembered the men sawing Rhinehart of Shady Cove. iceblocks from the rivertousein the The family suggests memorial contri- icehouse for refrigeration. They used the butions may be made to the Eagle Valice to keep milk and cream cold. ley EMT Training Fund through Tami's He also remembered ice skating in Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation the winter on beaver dams and lighting Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR abon fi re to keep warm. 97834. Online condolences may be made The Van Cleave family ranched and at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome. raisedabout 100 head ofcows and some com pigs. They also grew hay. They milked about a dozen cows most JamesVan Cleave of the time and sold the cream. They Baker City, 1927-2015 raised potatoes and had a good garden, James David "Jim" Van Cleave, 88, which is how they survived the Great of Baker City, died Dec. 10, 2015, at his Depression. daughter's home in Meridian, Idaho. After graduation, James moved to His gravesidefuneral Pendleton to attend a trade school. He was at 1 p.m. today at thought he would like to be a machinist. Mount Hope Cemetery. He later moved to Oregon City where he James was born on worked at a pulp mill. March 14, 1927, at Austin, He joined the U.S. Army during World to Newton and Barbara War II in 1945 at the age of18. He was EnglehopVan Cleave.He Ji m sent to Panama City, Panama, where he was one of eight children, Va n Cleave met the love ofhis life, Ines Cedeno. with four sisters and Ines did not speak English, only three brothers. James was the only child Spanish. Much to the Army's dismay, Richland, 1940-2015

James married Ines on Sept. 10, 1945. After his military service, James and Ines moved back to Hereford to work on the ranch. Their daughter, Jeannie, and son, James "Jimmy" Jr., were born in Baker. Their daughter, Joanna, was born at Hereford. James delivered her. James and Ines later moved to Baker where James worked for the Baker County Road Department, driving a graderin the Burnt RiverCanyon. Their children, Judy, Jerry and Janice were added to the family during that time. Later, James and Ines were mail carriers from Baker City to John Day, includingstops atBridgeport,Hereford, Unity, Austin, Bates and Prairie City. They drove the mail route for about 10 years. James enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and rides in the mountains. He and Ines traveled to Yuma, Arizona, in the winters where they had a house and alsotraveledto Panama tovisit family. James was a Christian. He was a member of the Burnt River History Group. James and Ines rode over to Hereford with their daughter, Joanna, and her husband, Red, to help write a book about the area."Lest We Forget: Remembrances of Upper Burnt River in Baker County, Oregon," was published in 2007. "Dad will dearly be missed. He will always be in our hearts," his family sald. Survivors include his wife, Ines, of 70 years; children, Jeannie i Jerryl, Joanna

iRedl, Judy iDarrelll, Jerry iRebeccal and Janice iGregl; 10 grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, James "Jimmy" Jr.; grandson, Ben; three brothers; and four sisters. Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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Mae Wagner: There will be a brief committal service at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 18 (Mae's birthday), at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck reception and an opportunity to share memories afterward (about 11:30 a.m.) at the Richland Christian Church fellowship area in the church basement. Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Bc Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Onlinecondolences may be made at www.tamispine valleyfuneralhome.com.

Tousley: Zhon and Kristen Dalton, of Baker City,7:11 a.m., Dec. 7, 2015, at St.Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City; a girl, Alexia Elise Tousley, 6 pounds, 15 ounces; grandparents are Melanie and Mathcw Daniels of Baker City,Thomas Dalton of Hermiston and Sandy Begley of Goshen, Indiana.

POLICE LOG Baker City Police CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 11: Linda Diane Peterson, 48, of 1695 Auburn Ave., No. 15, 4:38 a.m. Monday, in the 2100 block of 14th Street; jailed and later

released. DRIVING WHILE OPERATOR'S LICENSE SUSPENDED: Amy Hatfield, 38, of 3725 Broadway St., 3 p.m. Tuesday, at B and 11th streets; jailed. Accident reports At Main and Campbell streets, 4:06 p.m. Saturday; a 1989 Dodge Caravan driven by Marcus Plumley, 17, of 3740 Court Avenue, and a 2014 Ford Focus driven byTiffany Freeman, 33, of 2935Walnut St., collided; police said Plumley was cited on a charge of making a dangerous left turn. Freeman complained of pain, but refused transport by the Baker City ambulance when it responded to the scene.

Baker County Sheriff's Office Arrests, citations DRIVING UNDERTHE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS and RECKLESS DRIVING:James Doyle, 60, of 3320 Kirkway Drive, 8:42 p.m. Monday, on Highway 86 and lnterstate 84; jailed. Baker County Parole and Probation Arrests, citations PROBATION VIOLATION (Detainer): Joshua Gerald Vanderpool, 35, of 15601ndiana Ave., No. 210, 10:46 a.m. Monday, at the Green Acres Apartments; jailed.

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PARTNERS Continued ~om Page1A sWe want students to have career experience before they are done with their education at BTI," Dalton said. The firm also will provide trainers and help BTI instructors with specific industry training that will help students become certified in various areas of environmental science. "The students are getting to work on real-world issues and learn the skills for the next generation of jobs," Dalton said."This is what engages them and leads to successful careers." From her perspective, Browne, senior ecologist at the Baker City office, stated in thepress releasethatFarallon Consulting is happy to be an industry partner with BTI and looks forward to "offering hands-on learning experiences and educational opportuniti es." "Baker Technical Institute is a thriving nationally recognized program and our partnership will help fuel therapidpace ofeducational training necessary to meet the need for skilled environmental workers," Browne sald. Farallon Consulting providesconsulting services in the areas of construction support, landfill services, mediation and litigation, regulatory compliance, Phase I and Phase II site assessments, sedimentservices,storm water management,vapor intrusion, natural resources and agricultural sciences.

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Baker City woman will hand out gifts Stephanie Ann Kinzel of Baker City will hand out toys to children and families in need from noon to 2 p.m., or until her supplies run out, on Christmas Eve in front of York's Grocery, 1549 Campbell St. Kinzel said she will have a variety of gifts including teddybears,toy cars,puzzles,coloring books,localhandmade jewelry, hats,glovesand scarves. Parents can either bring their child to York's on Christm as Eve, orcallKinzelat541-519-9933 orsend her a message on her Facebook page — https//wwwfacebook. com/CosmicHandUp/ She plans to donate any leftover gifts to local charities. Kinzel also will hand out gifts to residents at Settler's Park. She thankedeveryone who donated tohercampaign. ht '

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Emily Holm caulks and paints a construction project during a BTI class in 2014 at Baker High School.

ized the sale and production of marijuana for recreational purposes in Oregon. UNION — Union voters may be given McCormack said he would like the the opportunity to decide whether or not council to discuss this proposal in the thesaleofm arijuana forrecreational future. purposes is allowed in their city. Union is among the municipalities Mayor Ken McCormack told the with the option ofbanning the sale and Union City Council Monday night that production of marijuana under House he wouldlike itto give votersthe opBill 3400, which was passed earlier this portunity to decide if Union should opt year. Municipalities have this option out of Measure 91, which state voters if they are in counties such as Union approved a year ago. The measure legal- County, in which at least 55 percent

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Continued ~om Page1A Mrs. Oregon contestants areallowed to havefourofficial business sponsors. "I'm looking to secure three more," she said, adding that she's already had interest from 10to 12 businesses. She's also seeking eight "congratulation line" sponsors. These sponsors — 12 in all — will be listed on the pageant's official website. She said additional sponsors will be recognized on her personal website, http//mrseasternoregon.weebly.com/. "I'll give really good recognition all over social media," she said. McNeil regularly updates her website with events, photos, videos, sponsors and literacy information. She is available for appearances — call 541-519-4270 for more information, or email her at loriannmcneil@ hotmail.com.

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Baker County Garden Club to meet The Baker County Garden Club will have a luncheon and meeting Thursday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m. at Settler's Park, 2895 17th St. in Baker City. Please bring canned foodfor the Haines food drive.

Noxious weed meeting set for Thursday LA GRANDE — The Tri-County Cooperative Weed Management Area will have its quarterly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m. in the south conference room at the OSU Ag Service Building, 10507 N. McAlister Road in La Grande. The public is encouraged to attend. The Weed Management Area includes Baker, Union and Wallowa counties.

Living Nativity at La Grande Adventist LA GRANDE — The La Grande Adventist Church will have an outdoor and indoor walk-through living Nativity this Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. both evenings at the church at 2702 Adams Ave. Admission is free. There will be live Christmas music and hot drinks.

Health insurance workshop 3an. 5 A free seminar to explain health insurance options at all income levels is set for Jan. 5 in Baker City. Certified assistants will be available from noon to 7 p.m. at the Building Healthy Families center, 2725 Seventh St. ithe former North Baker School). More information is available by calling 541-403-4421.

Conservation districts annual meeting set The Baker Valley, Eagle Valley, Keating and Burnt River soil and water conservation districts will have their annual dinner meeting Jan. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the Sunridge. Ticketsare $15 perperson,payable atthedistrict office, 3990 Midway Drive in Baker City. Please RSVP by Jan. 15 by calling 541-523-7121, extension 100 or 109.

Bal<erVision Clinic, as part of theVision Source Networl<, has joined in the"Million Dollar Campaign" for Optometry Giving Sight. Transforming lives through the gift of sight During t;hemont;h of December for every frame sold, including sunglasses, Baker Vision Clinic will donat;e $IO t;o t;his cause. g ~ ~ ~ QQ A N D OMETRYOIVINGSICHT

Staying Busy Although being Mrs. Eastern Oregon is keeping her busy, McNeil is juggling quite a few other commitments as well. Her family, for one — she and her husband, Jason, have a 4-year-old son, Corban. These two often accompany

ofthosevoting castballots against Measure 91 in 2014. Union County voters opposed Measure 91 by am argin of about 59 to 40 percent. City of Union votersalsoopposed Measure 91,with 57.6percent ofthose casting ballotsvoting against it. Should the city council put the issue in the hands of Union's voters, an election would be conducted in November of 2016.

her on trips. classesin the master' spro"I try to make it a family gram for business administhing as much as possible," tration for Corban University, she said."My family has been is a volunteer for the Literacy incredibly supportive." Coalition in Baker City and She works as a success works with students on sight coach for Blue Mountain words and fluency. "It's all about education," Community College, and is a collegiate instructor and she said."The sole purpose is curriculum developer for helpingother people achieve Fortune 500 companies. their goals. It's truly what I She also teaches online love to do."

Make ornaments Friday at the library The Maker's Club will meet Friday, Dec. 18, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the meeting room at the Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St. Participants will make Christmas ornaments. For more information, call 541-523-6419. Maker's Club is designed for ages 9-13 and this Friday's session featuresornament projectsforvarying levels of difficulty: a chain mail wreath or star iadvancedl; 3-D paper snowflake iintermediatel; paper chain 4eginnerl.

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Employees at US Bank's Baker City branch used $250 in bonuses they earned this year to buy Christmas gifts forlocalyoungsters. Branch manager Shannon Houck said the workers earned the bonuses through various competitions that US Bank sponsors among the eight branches in the Eastern Oregon district. Employees can use the money they earn for any purpose, such as a Christmas party. But for the past two years, the Baker City branch employees have pooled their bonuses to buy gifts from an Angel tree set up at the branch by The Salvation Army, Houck said. US Bank employeesare Morgan Brinton,Donna Ryan, Rebecca Barrington, Jenny Kast, Morgan Griffith and Tierra Mercer. sWe want to do this," Brinton said.sWe'll have the opportunity to earn more bonuses next year."

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Legislature should help hemp farmers Editorial from The (Bend) Bulletin: Farmers will be able to grow marijuana in Oregon, but the state has failed them when it comes to growing hemp. The Legislature should fix that. Hemp and marijuana are related. But people who want to get high are wasting their time with hemp. Hemp contains very little of the psychoactive ingredient, THC, desired from marijuana. Hemp is usually grown for fiber and seeds. Still, there are reasons to have questions about hemp. It's illegal from the federal government's standpoint, because it does have trace amounts of THC. Marijuana growers fear what hemp could do if it crosspollinates with their plants. It could basically ruin them. Some Oregon farmers are also primarily interested in growing hemp for cannabidiol, or CBD. CBD could be highly profitable. It doesn't produce intoxication or euphoria, like THC. There's evidence CBD has positive medical effects, including reducing seizures, inflammation and even helping with cancerous tumors. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says there is a lot of potential with CBD and that more clinical trials are needed. Hemp advocates say the state'spolicieshavefavored the development of the marijuana industry over hemp. For instance, hemp can't be grown in a greenhouse. Why should thatbe forbidden? The Legislature needs to ensure hemp produced for human consumption is safe. It needs to ensure sufficient requirements are in place so hemp and marijuana crops won't ruin each other. But it also needs to ensure it is not playing favorites.

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~we The federal government's fears of a grocery monopoly in Baker County weren't so dire after all, or so it seems. Justabout a year ago the FederalTrade Commission, in approving the second-biggest grocery chain merger in U.S. history between Albertsons and Safeway, mandated that the merged company sell more than 100 stores in certain markets lest the gargantuan corporation dominate those markets with potentially deleterious effects on consumers. The list of markets included Baker City, which for a few decades had both an Albertsons and a Safeway. Haggen, a much smaller grocer based in Bellingham, Washington, bought most of the stores Albertsons/Safeway was required to sell, including Albertsons in Baker City. This, in a word, failed. Haggen, as you probably know, declared bankruptcy this summer. The company has sold at auction most of the former Albertsons and Safeway stores it acquired earlier this year. Here's the twist — the successful bidder in many cases — including Baker City — was Albertsons. The FTC has not objected to these sales. Which means, if you've been able to follow along without the benefit of a chart, that the exact situation federal antitrust regulators strived to avoid in Baker City — one company owning the two largest grocery stores — apparently will come to pass next year. In the meantime, more than 40 people have lost their jobs and local residents have had their shopping choices halved during one of the busiest periods of the year. We understood, from a economic theory standpoint, the FTC's concerns about potential monopolies. But now it appears the agency's attitude is

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'Assault weapons' ban won't work The gun control movement in America has been reinvigorated, and at the topofitsagenda arebans on assault weapons."The killers in San Bernardino used military-style assault weapons — weapons of war," President Barack Obama said, calling for a ban on these guns. Gun control proponents were also emboldenedby the Supreme Court's decision last week to allow an Illinois ban on assault rifles to stand. Yet we already know that banning assault weapons won't reduce gun crime or deaths. Worse, the bans may make itharder to enactmore effectivegun control laws. The problem starts with the term itself. The "assault weapons" for sale in the U.S. now aren't really weapons of war. Many people mistake these firearms for machine guns capable of shooting multiple rounds of ammunition with a single pull of the trigger. The federal government banned the sale of machine guns to civilians in 1986. iThe National Rifle Association likes to claim that gun laws never work, but the machine gun ban has worked just fine. Such guns are almost never used in criminal activity, and none of the recent mass shootings in the U.S. involved a machine gun. The San Bernardino terrorists tried to modify one of their guns to turn it into a machine gun.l Around the same time the machine gun ban went into effect, gun-makers started marketing ordinary rifles that look like military machine guns. Colt's AR-15, for example, mirrored the U.S. Armed Forces' M-16: matte black finish, lightweight materials and a pistol grip. These rifles are easy to use, even for beginners. They are accurate, have little kick and are highly customizable with add-onssuch as specialsightsand grips. In partbecause ofthese attributes,and in part because of their sleek military styling, these guns have become hugely popularamong law-abiding gun owners. As a matter of functionality, these guns are just like other rifles. They're more powerful than some handguns and rifles, and less powerful than others. They're "semiautomatic" — a technical term that applies to the way rounds

Little wonder then that a 2004 study commissioned by the Department of ADAM WINKLER Justice found that the federal ban didn't lead to any decrease in gun crime or gun are chambered, not to the way the guns deaths. For starters,rifles,assaultor shoot. Many handguns are semiautootherwise, are rarely used in gun crime. matic too. Military-style rifles fire only Notwithstanding the two rifles used one round for each pull of the trigger, in San Bernardino iand a few other just like a revolver, a shotgun, a hunting memorable mass killings), rifles account rifle or any other of the 300 million legal for only about 3 percent of criminal gun guns in America. deaths. Gun crime in the United States, It's true that these rifles are often including most mass shootings, is oversold with detachable high-capacity whelmingly handgun crime. ammunition magazines that increase The nationwide federal ban on astheir lethality, enabling a shooter to fire sault weapons did accomplish one thing: more than a dozen rounds quickly. But According to the 2004 study, fewer of the again, these firearms are not unique banned guns were found at crime scenes in this. About half the handguns in the idown from 2 percent of guns recovered U.S. also have detachable high-capacity to 1 percent). Although this suggests magazines. that gun laws affect the inventory The only thing unique about assault of guns in the marketplace — again, rifles is their menacing name and look, and it is these elements that make them contrary to the claims of the NRA — the study's authors concluded that crimisuch an appealing — if not particunals had just switched to other guns. larly sensible — target of gun control America's gun debate suffersbecause advocates. California was the first state to ban of unreasonable, extreme positions taken by the NRA. But gun control the weapons. It happened in 1989, after a shooter used one to kill five schoolchil- advocates who push for bans on one dren in Stockton. A federal ban went kind of rifle primarily because it looks into effect in 1994 and then"sunsetted" scaryalsocontribute to the problem. in 2004. Today, eight states, including Such bans don't reduce gun crime, but California and New York, have assault they dostimulate passionate opposiweapon bans on their books. tion from law-abiding gun owners: Gun The laws, however, are largely ineffec- control advocates ridicule the NRA's tual. Because these guns are really just claim that the government is coming ordinary rifles, it is hard for legislators to take away people's guns, then try to to effectively regulate them without outlaw perhaps the most popular rifle in banning half the handguns in the the country. country ithose that are semiautomatic There are approaches to gun control, and/or have detachable magazines) and such as universal background checks many hunting rifles as well. and cracking down on rogue gun dealLawmakers have instead focused on cosmetics. The federal ban applied to all ers, that can reduce the daily death toll from guns. It may seem like a victory for semiautomatic rifles with detachable theforcesofgood to ban assaultweapmagazines and two or more militaryons, but such laws aren't the answer. style features, like flash suppressors Assault weapon bans are bad policy and and a bayonet attachment. California bad politics. law tightens the rules a bit; even one of the military-style features is prohibited. Adam Winkter is a professor at the UCLA But gun-makers have been able to school of~w and the author of"GunPght: easily skirt these laws. They just sell the same semiautomatic rifle, with the The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arma in same lethality, but without the militaryAmerica."He wrote this for the Los Argetes stylefeatures. Ttmes.

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poisons, and bacteriological agents and on andon.Ifadiseased orm alevolent mind has decided to inflict mayhem on Paris, San Bernardmo ... With each innocents, he or she will find a way to do new atrocity, President Obama and the Democrats sing their sad song about the so. need for more gun control. But they are To reduce the number of mass murbarking up the wrong tree. Virtually all ders, we need to focus on the mind that mass shootings have one of two things in pulls the trigger, not on the gun itself common; either the shooter is a person Perhaps we need to change our laws so with a serious but untreated mental thatitiseasierto securetreatment for illness, or else the shooter is a radical the seriously mentally ill. We do need to Islamist. find a way to identify and then deal with Suppose every firearm in the world those who think that it is the will ofAllah were to suddenly disappear. Would we that they kill off a bunch of us infidels. then be safer? Not particularly. There are iBy the way, it is not anti-Muslim to point lots of ways to kill lots of people. We then out that all too many mass murders are couldbecome subjectto arash ofsuicide accompanied by cries of Allahu Akhbar!l bombers, such as have been taking place Focusing on gun control is worse than in Israel and Iraq for years. Someone useless; it prevents us from taking steps with murder on the mind and a crossbow that might actually do some good. The could kill a lot of people in a crowded gun lobby is fond of saying,"Guns don't shopping mall or school room, or use a kill people; people kill people." But that is sword just as effectively. Then there are true. We will reduce the number ofhor-

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Victims of drunken drivers are important, too Jayson Jacoby's recent column,"Is America focused on curbing its greatest threats?"was excellent, well-written and certainly makes me at least wonder why there is not more aiarm and demands over drunk drivers killing people and another area in our society where 1.2 million people are knowingly killed each year in America alone. It seems as though the 50 or so killed by the mass shooting are somehow more important than the others. They are certainly as important, but by no means more important in my opinion. Peter Clafhn Baker City

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enate Presidentwarnsofyolitical 'civil war'overtwoiIallotmeasures • Democrat Peter Courtney urges deals to avoid votes on business tax, minimum wage By Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press

PORTLAND — Oregon's business, union and political interests risk opening a permanent rift if they don't come togetherand negotiate a plan to withdraw contentious ballot measures slated for next year's election, Senate President Peter Courtney said Monday. The Salem Democrat warned that"Oregon is on the verge of its own civil war" pitting the state's most powerful and wealthy interests against each other. ''While we may not physically kill one another, the consequences of next Nov. 8 could be our version of Antietam,"Courtney said,referring to the bloody Civil War battle. "Potentially the bloodiest political day in Oregon's history."

The expensive fight would create"wounds that will be physically kill one opened and never healed," another, the consequences Courtney told the annual Oregon Leadership Summit, of next Nov. 8could be which brings together busiour versionfoAntietam. ness executives, lawmakers Potentially the bloodiest and lobbyists. Courtney, who is Oregon's political day in Oregon's longest-serving legislative history" leader, is known for using — State Sen. Peter Courtney, fiery and dramatic language D-Salem, Oregon Senate to spur action on the issues President that concern him. Rather than pursuing A group backed largely by multimillion-dollar campublic-employee unions has paignsover ballotm easures, proposedballotme asures Courtney encouraged interest to significantly increase groups to come up with compromise ideas that the taxesforcorporations.Other Legislature could consider groups are looking to raise the minimum wage. in the five-week session that Various business interests begins in February. are considering ballot meaLast year, then-Gov. John sures to weaken union rights Kitzhaber convinced labor or roll back restrictions on and business interests to greenhouse gas emissions. stand down from similar

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contentious ballot fights they'd planned. Instead of a contentious election, Kitzhaber hoped to broker an ambitious reform of Oregon's volatile tax system, but he resigned amid ethics questions surrounding his fiancee's consulting work. Meanwhile, House Speaker Tina Kotek said business offIcials need to concern themselves with the state's rapidly rising housing prices. Parents pricedout oftheirrentalsare forced to change their children's school or endure a long commute to take them to and from campus, she said. "Housing affordability is a headwind that we must take on," said Kotek, D-Portland. "Policy changes and public investments are important, but they will not solve this crisis on their own. We need the private sector."

Sgecill ed grouidersaskingfsrmsremoney BEND iAPl — Special education funding in Oregon hasn'tkeptup with a gmwing needforearlychildhoodinterventionfor kids with disabilities or developmentdelays. Nearly 12,000 children acmss the state qualify forregular at-home visits with a specialistor special preschool enrollment, and federal law says eligible children must receive thathelpimmediately, The Bulletin

reported 4ttpl/bit.ly/1Rkz1LLl. Pmviders acmss Oregon are asking

lawmakers for more money, which they say will help meetdemandin the short-term and could avoid a potentiallycostlylawsuit in the long-tenn. Theyare pushing for $5.4million to avoid a shortMin 2015-17 and an additional $15-20million for long-tennimprovements to services. High Desert Education Service District Superintendent John Rexford says the prognm's fundingwas cutpost-mession.

"Butwhathappened was when everythingelsewas recovering— K-12 gotanice bump in funding — this program gotleft behind,"he said. Rexford isam ong thosepushingforadditional funding. ''We're kind of triagingthis and takingit one step at a time,"he said.'The first thing is weneed to haveatleasttheresourcesto servethekidsthatate gettingidentifi ed now at amuch higherrate."

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PENDLETON — Construction has come to a halt at Portland General Electric's Carty Generating Station near Boardman as the project contractor teeterson the brink ofbankruptcy. Workers were turned away Monday at the Carty site next to the Boardman Coal Plant on Tower Road, leaving the 440-megwatt natural gas-fired power plant in a temporarystate oflim bo. PGE hired Abeinsa to build the facility in 2013. Abeinsa, based in suburban St. Louis, is an affIliate of Abengoa, a Spanish multinational corporation with investments in solarenergy,biofuels,power plants and infrastructure. Abengoa entered into early insolvency proceedings in November. The company now has up to four months to work out a deal with credi-

tors, or risk becoming Spain's largest bankruptcy on record. Abengoa employs around 20,000 people worldwide. Approximately 500 of those workers on the Carty station are left wondering

Salem. Carty is supposed to come online by mid-2016. Corson said that schedule hasn't changed yet, but reiterated the situation with Abeinsa is fluid. if and when thegl be back Constructionis already on the job. Steve Corson, far along at Carty, and major spokesman for PGE, said components of the plant they are in constant comhave already been built, munication with Abeinsa to including the combined-cycle resolvethe situation. gas and steam generation ''We are certainly still com- turbines. Corson said PGE mitted to the Carty project does have the capacity and will be working to get to assume control of the people back on the job site remaining work should it be as soon as possible," Corson necessary. ''We've been monitoring sald. A representative for the situation very closely, Abeinsa could not be reached given the circumstances," Monday for comment. Corson said. The Carty Generating StaPGE selected Abeinsa as tion was identified in PGE's the generalcontractorfor 2009 long-range energy plan Carty after a vigorous bidto meet growing customer ding process in 2013. At the demand. PGE serves roughly time, Corson said there was 840,000 customers in the no inkling the company's Portland metro area south to finances were in trouble.

"Abengoa is one of the largest energy firms in the world," he said."They were deemed to be able to deliver, in terms of their contract." Corson said there are safeguardsbuiltintothe contract, including a performance bond which acts as a kind of insurance policy for the project. The plant could cost up to $514 million when all is said and done. Corson said he is not sure when workers will be allowed back onsite,butreiterated PGE's commitment to the project. ''We don't want people to be left in a state of uncertainty for any longer than they need to be," he said.

STATE BRIEFING Oldest death row inmate dies at 67 PORTLAND iAPl — Authorities say Oregon's oldest death row inmate has died of natural causes, two months after the governor denied him clemency. The Oregon Department of Corrections says 67-yearold Mark Allen Pinnell died Monday morning at the Two Rivers Correctional Institution infirmary. Gov. Kate Brown denied clemency for Pinnell in October after his lawyers asked he be allowed to spend his final days in hospice instead of prison. Pinnell had severe chronic pulmonary disease. Pinnell's was sentenced to death in 1988 after he and co-defendant Donald Cornell robbed and killed 65-yearold John Wallace Ruffner in 1985.

3ewish man claims discrimination PORTLAND iAPl — An applicant for a professor job claims in a lawsuit that a small private Christian liberal arts college in Portland discriminated against him by refusing to hire him because he's Jewish. In the lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Noel M. King said he applied for an adjunct professor of psychology position at Warner Pacific College in April 2014. On his application, he said, he indicated he adheres to the Hebrew faith. Oregon law states it is not an unlawful employment practice for a bona fide church or other religious institution to prefer an applicant of one religious sect or persuasion over another. Warner Pacific spokesman Dale Seipp said the college is grounded in the Christian scriptures and believes in mission-based hiring. "Thecollege prefersthatitsleadersand instructors actively practice the Christian faith," Seipp said in a statement. He also said Warner Pacific respects other religions and supports the rights of all religious entities to exercise a preference in hiring individuals who maintain the religious beliefs of the institution. The lawsuit by King says the college did not state in its job posting that being a Christian was required or that hiring would be predicated on practicing the faith. King noted that the college stated only that it hired qualified instructors who agree to respect Christ-centered values and Christian faith. The college knew of King's faith throughout the four-month application process and a committee recommended that King be hired after three interviews and a teaching demonstration, according to the lawsuit. King was the only candidate who made it through the interview process, according to the suit. The college did not hire anyone else for the job.

Snowstorm blocks Crater Lake rim KLAMATH FALLS iAPl — Oregon's Crater Lake rim isclosed to vehicle traffIc afterw interstorms dropped heavy snow and knocked down trees near the park.

The Herald and News reports 4ttp//bit.ly/1J9Kplvl that a news release from park spokeswoman Heidi Barker says the visitor center is still open and the rim can still be accessed by skis or snow shoes. Three days of storms dropped 43 inches of snow around the park, bringing the snowpack to 72 inches.

Couple accused of stealing instruments ROSEBURG iAPl — Police arrested a man and a woman accused of stealing band equipment from South

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Whoever cut down and hauled off an old-growth juniper tree earlier this month at apopular trailhead eastof Bend might have committed a federal crime, a Bureau of Land Management official said Monday. Volunteers saw the tree at Flatiron Rock Trailhead still standing the evening of Dec. 4, but it was gone the next day, said Lisa Clark, spokeswoman for the Bureau of LandManagement in Prineville. The BLM manages the 30,000-acre Badlands Wilderness, home to Flatiron and other trails. Flatiron Rock Trailhead is about 16 miles east of Bend off U.S. Highway 20. It appears whoever took the tree backed a truck up to it, cut it down and hauled it away, leaving a stump. 'They did not cut off branches," Clark said.'They took the whole tree." A couple of months ago, she said, volunteersreported a portionofthe tree had been cut off. The BLM considers junipers to be old-growth if they are more than 150 years old, she said, and this tree was likely several hundred years old. As junipers age they become more twisted and distinctive. That perhaps could be why someone cut and took the tree — the unique gnarledlook appealsto some hobby woodworkers. Someone also may have just stolen the tree for firewood, Clark said. BLM law enforcement officers did not find any tracks or otherleads,butitrained the night of Dec.4. Logging or cutting down trees is illegal in wilderness areas, wilderness study areas or at trailheads.Before the U.S. Congress designated the Badlands in 2009 as wilderness, it was a wilderness study area. However, that did not stop someone in 2004 from chopping down about 20 old-

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have," he said. There has long been misunderstanding about junipers, Fenty said, with some people seeing them as watersucking weeds. But he said junipers provide homes for wildlife and are not invasive in places like the Badlands. He is hopeful that whoever stole the juniper earlier this month is caught."I can only

jail time up to a year, according to BLM regulations. In 1999,afederalmagi strate sentenced four men from Bend to three years probation and ordered them to

pay $1,830 each in fines and restitution for illegally cutting old-growth junipers near what is now the Badlands Wilderness. The men had cut 63 trees, including one juniperthatmeasured 10-feet around and was about 1,000 years old, according to The Bulletin archives. Anyone with information about the juniper cut from the Flatiron Rock Trailhead this month should call the BLM in Prineville at 541-416-6700 during business hours and ask for law enforcement.

REPUBLICAN DEBATE ANALYSIS

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LAS VEGAS —Jeb Bush finally delivered a powerful debate performance. But it m ay not matter. The former Florida governor repeatedly took the fight to front-runner Donald Trump in Las Vegas Tuesday night as the Republican

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Party's 2016 class met on the debatestage forthelasttim e this year. Bush called the billionaire businessman"the chaos candidate," insisted Trump couldn't"insult his way to the presidency," and dismissed Trump's proposal to block all Muslims from entering the country as dangerous and "not serious." Yet with little more than sixweeks beforevoting begins, Bush is struggling for relevancy in a presidential election that has begun to leavehim behind.Trump, meanwhile, beat back repeated attacks from his Republican rivals in the primetime faceoff toensurea centralrole in the 2016 contest, fueled

by deep anti-establishment frustration among the GOP's angry electorate. Trump seized on Bush's dismal standing in recent polls and largely shrugged off thecriticism. "I know you're trying to build up your energy, Jeb, but it's not working very well," Trump countered. "Donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not going to happen," Bush responded. The exchange was recorded as the "top social moment" of the debate on Facebook, accordingtothesocialm edia organization. It was the kind of moment Bush supporters had beendesperate forin the

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year's first four primetime debates. That ittook several months to materialize highlights Bush's weakness as a candidate, despite having every advantage money could buy. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Exactly one year ago, Dec. 16, 2014, Bush shook up the political world by declaring he would actively explore a presidential bid. Backed by much of the Republican establishment, the son and brotherofformer presidents quickly amassed a mountain of campaign cash — more than $100 million — that was supposedto scareoffpotential rivals and offer an easier path to his party's presidential nomination. It didn't work. Bush's allies have spent more than a quarter of their massive fundraising haul running television ads for three consecutive months. Still, his weak poll numbers haven't moved. And Trump, who has spent by far the least ofthemajor presidentialcandidates, is firmly entrenched as his party's front-runner. With tens of millions remaining in the bank behind Bush, however, there were modest signs of optimism after Tuesday night's debate performance. "I think it's interesting that none of the other candidates saw fit to challenge Mr. Trump," Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz said afterthedebate.

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Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed sharply over national security and immigration in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate, thrusting their evolving feud to the forefront of the GOP race. Front-runner Donald Trump stood firmly behind his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States, saying, 'We are not talking about religion, we are talking about security." For former Florida Gov.

Jeb Bush, the fifth GOP debate was an opportunity to find his footing after months of uneven performances. He appeared more comfortable than in previous debates in taking on Trump, though it's unclear whether his stronger showing will change the trajectory ofhis sluggish canlpalgll.

The prime-time debate was the first for Republicans since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, which heightenedfearsofterrorism in the United States. The attacks have ignited a politicaldebate about President Barack Obama's campaign to defeat the Islamic State in the Middle East and the nation's security posture in preventing attacks in the U.S. Trump'scallfor temporarily banning Muslims from the U.S.— a proposal roundly criticized by his rivals — dominated much of the discussion heading into the debate. Bush dismissed the idea as unserious, saying, "Donald is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president." In a moment that might help ease anxiety among Republican leaders, Trump pledged he would not run as an independent. Ifhe should lose the nomination, some fear he would make such a move, possibly preventing the nominee from defeating the Democratic challenger. "I am totally committed to the Republican Party,"

"I have never supported legalization and I do not intend to support legalization." The two senators — both Cuban-Americans in their 40s — have been sparring from afar for weeks, and their rivalry could become one of the dominant forces in the race as the first voting contests in February draw near. The Texas senator is on the rise, particularly in Iowa's kickoff caucuses, and is casting himself as a more electable alternative to Trump, while Rubio is seeking to straddle the divide between his party's establishment and more conservative wings. Rubio positioned himself as the hawk on national security, defending American efforts tooustdictatorslike Syria's Bashar Assad from the Middle East. He also accused Cruz of weakening the government's ability to trackterroristsbecause he voted in favor oflegislation to eliminate the National Security Agency's bulk phone-records collection program andreplaceit with a more restrictive effort tokeep therecords in phone companies' hands. ''We are now at a time when we need more tools, not less tools," Rubio said. "And that tool we lost, the metadataprogram, was a valuable tool that we no longer have at our dis-

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Cruz argued that his vote helped "reform how we target bad guys" by allowing the government to search more phone numbers. "Marco knows what he's saying isn't true," he said. ''What he knows is that the old program covered 20 percentto 30 percent of phone numbers to search for terrorists. The new program covers nearly 100 percent." Beginning after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the NSA secretly collected the daily calling records — but not contents ofconversations — for most Americans, including people never suspected of any crime. A new law, called the Tfuinp said. USA Freedom Act, passed He was largely spared in June with broad, biparfrom criticism by Cruz and tisansupport.Itordered Rubio, who said they unthe NSA to end bulk colderstood why Trump had lection after a six-month raised the idea ofbanning transition that expired last Muslims. Instead, they week. focused on each other, enThe senators also gaging in lengthy debates displayed differencesin overtheirdifferenceson theirstrategiesfor targetnational security and iming the Islamic State. The migration, among the most extremist group claimed contentious issues in the responsibility for the Nov. Republican primary. 13 attacksin Paris,and Rubio, of Florida, defend- one of the shooters in Calied his support for eventufornia pledged allegiance ally providing a pathway to to the group on Facebook citizenshipfor some people shortly before she and her in the U.S. illegally, an husband shot and killed 14 unpopular position within peopleat a holiday party. the Republican Party. Cruz called for using "overwhelming air power" Rubio was a co-author of comprehensive Senate leg- to destroy the Islamic islation in 2013 that would State, while Rubio said have created that pathairstrikes would have to be way, but he has since said supplemented by ground the nation's immigration troops, including American crisis must beaddressed specialoperations forces. in piecemeal fashion, with President Barack legalization only an option Obama has largely relied after the U.S.-Mexico boron airst rikes to targetthe der is secured. militants in Iraq and SyrSeeking to draw a sharp ia. However, he's also sent contrast with Rubio, Cruz troops to Iraq to help train went further than he has and assist localforcesand previously in opposing lerecently approved sending galization for people in the specialoperations forces U.S. illegally. He declared, into Syria.

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Baker's new girls basketball coach, Mat Sand, considers games such as Monday's 48-30 loss at Kuna, Idaho, as experimentsofa sort. Sand is still tinkering with his lineup, trying to figure out which rotation of players isbestsuited to execute his system. And although his Bulldogshave lostthree straight games after opening the season with two wins, Sand is confident that the experiments will yield positive results once Baker begins league play in a few weeks. '%e're still rotating a lot of girlsto getthem some varsity experience," Sand said. On Monday Baker's biggest problem was on offense. "If you're only scoring 30 points you're not going to beat many teams," Sand said. "Our goal is to try and score 50 a game." Sand said the Bulldogs worked hard to negate Kuna's considerable advantage in height. "I thought we did a great job defensively," he said."But

their transition offense was really good." The box score illustrates Sand's point. Kuna didn't make a single three-pointer, but it had more than enough fast break layins to make up the difference. Baker, meanwhile, had threethree-pointers. Brie Sand, the coach's daughter, led Baker with 11 points. Gracie Huggins added

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In a fast-paced game againstsenior-laden Homedale, Idaho, Tuesday, Baker was a step slow too many times. Homedale, which has 10 seniors and one sophomore, capitalized on numerous fast break chances to get easy baskets and top the Bulldogs 67-57 in the Baker gym. "They're a pretty solid group," Baker Coach Brent Gyllenberg said of Homedale, which is coached by

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Countylandowners might qualify for financial aid BAKER CITY — Private property owners in Baker and Grant counties who had livestock fences damaged by lightningcaused wildfires this summer might be eligible for federal financial aid. Money throughthe Emergency Conservation Program is available to rebuild fences on private land as well as on BLM and Forest Service grazing allotments. The federal Farm Service Agency is administering the program. Aid is availablefor damage that: • Will be so costly to rehabilitate that federal assistance is or will be needed to return the land to productive agricultural use. • Is unusual and is not the type that would recur frequently in the same area. •Affects theproducti ve capacityofthe farmland. • Will impair or endanger the land. A landowners qualifying for ECP assistancemay receivecostsharesnotto exceed75 percent ofthe costofalleligible expenses of restoration measures. In addition, cost sharing may be adjusted based on the age of the fence. No producer is eligible to receive more than $200,000 in cost shares. To be eligible for assistance, practices must not be started until all of the following are met: •An applic ation forcost-share assistance has been filed. • The local FSA County Committee or itsrepresentative hasconducted an onsite inspectionofthe damaged area. • The FSA has made a needs determination. Producers who have suffered a loss from this year's fires can call the Baker-Grant County FSA office at 541-523-7121, extension 2. The deadline to apply for aid is Jan. 15, 2016.

Farm Bureau calls on BOLI for free sick leave seminars The Oregon Farm Bureau has expressed disappointment in the Bureau of Labor and Industries' recently released final paid sickleave rules and the $25 costrequired to attend seminars for employers to learn how to comply with them. ''We are disappointed that BOLI would not only delay their implementation seminars until after the effective date of the new statewide paid sick leave law but also charge Oregon's employers $25 to attend just to learn how to comply," said Jenny Dressler of the Oregon Farm Bureau. Rules were released Dec. 9, just 22 days beforethe 15 pages ofnew administrative laws take effect. The new law mandates five days of paid sick leave; key components of the rules include how to calculate whether a company reaches the 10-employee threshold count.

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and hoping to turn his hobby into a flourishing business. Vossopened Barricade Martial Arts and MMA in October. Located in the Foley Building and accessed through the building's courtyard, the gym isn't necessarily easy to spot. That hasn't stopped about 20 students from joining so far, Voss said. "A lot of them, I just started putting stuff on Facebook and they noticed it," he said. In addition to inexpensive marketing, Voss said his overhead is fairly light, too — basically limited to SeeMMA / Page 2B

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About thiscolumn Small Business Happenings covers Northeast Oregon's small-business community. The column carries news about business events, startups and 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.

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Continued from Page 1B financing the mats and paying rent. "It's notbad,"he said. Voss currently offers four classes each week, and one for youth. The cost is $65 a month, which grants the studentaccessto allfourclasses a week, if they desire. He also offers family rates. 'The more people you bring, thecheaperitisperpersonthat kind of thing,"Voss said. Down the road, Voss hopes to expand his business into a larger gym. One day he hopes to make MMA instruction his full-time job. "I hope this is just a start," Voss said.cWe're hoping to go bigger if we can." One ofhis biggest goals, he said, is to one day open a nutrition shop as part of the gym. 'That'sa big goal,"he said. "Someday, maybe." For now, Voss is happy to see his students coming in every week. Some hope to eventually get in the ring and fight; others, he said, are just looking for a good workout. Either way, he said the gym offers something for them. "It's a controlled environment," he said.cWe're making sure no one's getting beat up and hurt." Practicing martial arts, he said, not only offers a workout but can also help in other areas. "It also helps with focus," said Voss, who said his own gradesimproved dramatically when he started martial

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arts as a kid. In January, Voss intends to add an all-woman selfdefenseclass,attherequest of some ofhis students. "If it's got support, we'll keep it up," he said. While Voss enjoys teaching, his students seem to be having fun, too. "Everybody keeps coming back," he said.

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Rep. Carl Wilson and other lawmakers for help with five goals, including more stringent testing requirements for hemp products intended for human consumption. c We also want mandatory testing for anyindustrial hemp intendedforhuman consumption," Moran said. She said Cannabis can remove heavy metals fiom soil. The legislature voted to legalize hemp in 2009, but it wasn't until 2014 that Congress included language in the farm bill authorizing states to allow hemp farming. Oregon agricultural officials didn't issue hemp growing licenses until early 2015. Hemp remains illegal under federal law because it contains trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015

PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER & THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA,UNION & BAKER COUNTIES

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110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETINGS 2620 Bearco Loop La Grande

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110 - Self-Help Group Meetings VETERAN'S (For spouses w/spouses SAFE ZONE

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who have long term Veteran's Support Group 1st (!/3rd FRIDAY terminaI illnesses) Thursday's at 6 PM (every month) Meets 1st Monday of Left Wing of MON, VVED, FRI Ceramics with Donna NOON-1 PM every month at St. Nazarene Church ALL YARD SALE ADS 105 - Announce9:00 AM — Noon. TUESDA Y Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM 1250 Hughes Lane MUST BE PREPAID 7AM-8AM ments (Pnces from $3- $5) $5.00 Catered Lunch Baker City Must RSVP for lunch TUE, VVED, THU You can drop off your MONDAY NIGHT 7PM-8PM 541-523-4242 payment at: THE DEADLINE for WALLOWA COUNTY Nail Care SAT, SUN The Observer placing a AA Meeting List 6:00 PM (FREE) 10AM-11AM 1406 5th St. Classified Ad is NARACOTICS La Grande prior to 12:00 p.m. ANONYMOUS Alcoholics Anonymous ACCEPTANCE GROUP TUESDAY NIGHTS Goin' Straight Group ONE BUSINESS of Overeaters Monday, Wednesday, Craft Time 6:00 PM OR DAY BEFORE M t ct , Anonymous meets Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m. (Sm.charge for matenals) Mon. — Tues. Tuesday, Wednesday, PUBLICATION. Tuesdays at 7pm. +Visa or Mastercard, (!/Fri. — 8 PM Thursday noon. Publication Days: EVERY WEDNESDAY United Methodist Church Thurs. are accepted.+ Episcopal Church Women only Mondays, on 1612 4th St. in the Bible Study; 10:30 AM Basement AA meeting library room in the Wednesdays and Public Bingo; 1:30 PM Yard Sales are $12.50 for 2177 1st Street Wednesday 11a.m., Fridays basement. 5 lines, and $1.00 for ( .25 cents per card) 541-786-5535 113 1/2 E Main St., each additional line. Baker City BAKER CITY LIONS Enterpnse, across from Callfor more info: EVERY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING Courthouse Gazebo 541-963-3161. CLUB (M onday — nday) F in Elgin. Hotline 541-624-5117 Thurs., 12:00 noon Exercise Class; Meeting times Must have a minimum of Sunndge Inn 9:30AM (FREE) NARCOTICS 10Yard Sale ad's to 1st (!/ 3rd Wednesday WALLOWA 1 Sunndge Ln. ANONYMOUS: pnnt the map. Evenings ©6:00 pm 606 W Hwy 82 Everyone welcome! Monday, Thursday, (!/ Elgin Methodist Church PH: 541-263-0208 Fnday at8pm. Episcopal 7th and Birch BINGO: TUESDAYS at Sunday Church 2177 First St., Settler's Park. TAKE US ON YOUR 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m. 160 - Lost & Found AL-ANON Baker City. PHONE! Everyone invited. Concerned about 120 - Community LEAVE YOUR PAPER someone else's LOST SET of keys, w/ AT HOME First Lutheran Church NARCOTICS Calendar drinking? silver choke chain. Call FREE KID'S CLUB ANONYMOUS 541-21 5-2333 Sat., 9 a.m. F RIDAYS HELP FULL editions of Northeast OR — 3:30 p.m. LINE-1-800-766-3724 1:30 p.m. The Baker City Compassion Center, 1st-6th grades Meetings: Herald 1250 Hughes Ln. 1734 3rd St. 8:OOPM:Sunday, M onBaker City MISSING YOUR PET? are now available You too can use this day, Tuesday, WednesUse Valley St. entrance Check the online. (541 ) 519-7920 Attention Getter . under Kid's Club sign day, Thursday, Fnday Baker City Animal Clinic Ask howyou can get Noon: Thursday AL-ANON-HELP FOR 541-523-3611 3 EASY STEPS your ad to stand out families (!/ fnends of al- 6:OOPM: Monday,TuesLAMINATION 1. Register your like this! day, Wednesday, Thursc oho l i c s . U n i on Up to account before you day (Women's) County. 568 — 4856 or 17 1/2 inches wide PLEASE CHECK leave 7:OOPM: Saturday 140 - Yard, Garage 963-5772 any length Blue Mountain 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r Sales-Baker Co. Humane Association $1.00 per foot pnnt paper AL-ANON. At t i tude o f Rear Basement EnlThe Observer i s not Facebook Page, 3. Log in wherever you BASCHE-SAGE MALL Gratitude. W e d n e s- trance at 1501 0 Ave. responsible for flaws if you have a lost or are at and enloy New (!/ used Yard Sale days, 12:15 — 1:30pm. in material or found pet. (!/ Mini Bazaar Faith Lutheran Church. machine error) 2001 Main St. 1 2th (!/ Gekeler, L a THE Fn. (!/ Sat.; 9am-3pm Grande. OBSERVER NO DECEMBER Credit Cards Accepted! 180 - Personals 1406 Fifth MEETING ALCOHOLICS Crochet gifts, quilts, Call Now to Subscribe! • 541-963-3161 PARKINSON'S Support ANONYMOUS holiday decor, new 541-523-3673 MEET SINGLES nght Group, open to those can help! bluetooth speakers, now! No paid operawith Parkinson's/Care24 HOUR HOTLINE Android tablets, DVD's, LATCH giver's. 3rd Mon. each books, Stoneware, cook tors, Iust real people TRAP CLUB: Thurs., 7 (541 ) 624-51 1 7 Baker County's month. 4:30-5-:30pm l ike y o u . Bro ws e p.m. T r a p Cl ub www oregonaad/str/ct29 oig books, winter coats, breastfeeding support Grounds, Imnaha Rd., greetings, ex change at GRH, Solanum. Serving Baker, Union, glass top electnc stove, group. Meets every m essages and c o nwest of Baker City. For and Wallowa Counties over the stove 2nd (!/4th Thursday n ect Iive. Try it f r e e. info, ca I I Ed at microwave, small kithen OREGO N T O P S N o . of the month 541-523-6077. CaII n ow : ALZHEIMERS599: Fri., weigh-in at appliances, luggage, 11 a.m. —Noon 877-955-5505. (PNDC) DEMENTIA 8:45 a.m., meeting at bedding, Dooney (!/ St. Luke's EOMA, Support Group meeting VETERANS OF 9 a.m. P r esbyterian Bourke (!/ Coach Han 3950 17th St. 2nd Friday of every mo. FOREIGN WARS bags, (!/ much more!! Church social hall, 4th 541-523-3681 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. POST 3048 St. (!/ Washington Ave. 1250 Hughes Lane PINOCHLE MONTHLY MEETING Weight loss (!/ mainteIt is that time Baker City Church Fndays at 6:30 p.m. 2nd Thurs. of the month. n ance f o r m en (! / of year again! of the Nazarene Post (!/ Auxiliary meet at Senior Center women. More info. is (In the Fellowship Hall) GIFTS for GRINS 6:30 p.m. VFW Hall, 2810 Cedar St. a vail. by c al li n g 541-523-9845 2005 Valley Ave., Baker 541-523-703 6 o r ANNUAL TOY DRIVE Public is welcome has placed gift barrels in 541-523-4988 541-523-5669. BAKER COUNTY the following stores: CHECK YOUR AD ON Cancer Support Group • Baker Botanicals THE FIRST DAY OF 110 - Self-Help Meets 3rd Thursday of EATING TOO MUCH? PUBLICATION • Blue Mountain 210 - Help WantedGroup Meetings DIETS DON'T WORK! every month at We make every effort Design Works Baker Co. AA St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM Fn., 8:45 a.m. t o a v o i d err o r s . • Sycamore Tree "As Bill Sees It" Contact: 541-523-4242 Presbyterian Church BAKER SCHOOL DISHowever mistakes • Charley's Ice Cream TRICT 5J is currently Sat.; 10AM — 11AM 1995 Fourth St. d o s l i p thr o u g h . CHRONIC PAIN Please give an (use alley entrance) 2533 Church St accepting applications Check your ads the Support Group unwrapped toy and Call: 541-523-5128 Baker Valley f or S u b s t i t ut e B u s first day of publicaMeet Fndays — 12:15 pm fill a child with loy! Church of Chnst www.oa.orq/podcast/ Drivers. A CDL is retion (!/ please call us 1207 Dewey Ave. Baker (To be distributed by the Open q uired. B S D 5 J w i l l immediately if you IPT Wellness Connection Harvest Church) train viable candidates. AA MEETING: find an error. North541-523-9664 $14.10 per hour. For a east Oregon ClassiPowder River Group 145 - Yard, Garage complete description AA MEETING: fieds will cheerfully Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM Sales-Union Co. o f th e p o s i t ion a n d Survior Group. NORTHEAST OREGON make your correcWed.; 7 PM -8 PM qualifications p l ease Mon., Wed. (!/ Thurs. CLASSIFIEDS of fers tion (!/ extend your Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM BAK ACHER'S t o 12:05 pm-1:05 pm. Self Help (!/ Support g0 ad 1 day. Grove St. Apts. 2nd Hand www.baker.k12.or.us Presbytenan Church, G roup An n o u n c e - Corner of Grove (!/ D Sts. Buy Sell Trade or contact the employPREGNANCY 1995 4th St. ments at n o c h arge. Baker City, Open 2701 Bearco Lp., LG. ment division . Yo u SUPPORT GROUP (4th (!/ Court Sts.) For Baker City call: Nonsmoking Pre-pregnancy, may aIs o c a II Baker City. 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Community Counseling Solutions is a 501(c)(3) c orporation s e r v i n g O regon i n Gil l i a m , Grant, Lake, Morrow, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties. We are currently recruiting for a D evelopmental D i s abilities Quality Assurance Coordinator. This is a full-time exempt position that will be reGRANDE RONDEHospisponsible for developtal in La Grande OR, is seeking a f u l l -time, ing, an d m o n i t o ring quality assurance and benefited HIM Night improvement plans for Clerk M idni g h t t o the DD Program. This 8:30 am High school position will supervise diploma or equivalent t he p r o g ram' s D D r equired. Prefer 1 - 2 Service Coordinators. years of hospital expeG raduate d e gree i n rience and 2 years of h ealth in f o r m a t i o n p sychology, s o c i a l m anagement ( H I M ) work, counseling, psychiatric nursing and/or expenence. Prefer parelated field preferred. tient portal expenence. Bachelor's degree in In-depth knowledge of relevant field required. Medicare and M e d iThis management pocaid regulations and sition requires knowlother insurance plans. edge of the policies, E xperience w it h M i c rosoft E x c e l a n d procedures, and regulations of developmenW ord. Required 3 5 tal disability programs. wpm typing. We offer Requires a m i n imum a competitive s a lary of three years of expeand benefit package. nence in a supervisory For further information role, providing and/or i ncluding full lob r e q uirements, p l e a s e coordinating quality assurance activities, utilivisit us on the web © zation m a n a g ement h. . EQE ~ functions, developing outcome m e a s ures, a nd im p l e m e n t i n g quality i m p rovement s trategies in a t r e a tment setting. Experi-

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ence and knowledge i n c o n t ract c o m p l i ance, program evaluation, data analysis, and management of databaseshnformation systems preferred. Any equivalent c o m b i nation of education, expenence, and/or training may b e c o n s idered. Annual salary is $57,300 — $87,100, DOEE. Excellent benefit package, including 401K. A p ply o n l ine and upload resume at communit counselin/

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OREGON TRAIL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE NORTHERN DIVISION DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC) with headquarters in Baker City, Oregon, has an opening for Northern Division District Superintendent. This position is based in the La Grande District Office and supervises operations employees in the La Grande and Baker City offices. High school diploma or equivalent required. A minimum of five years' experience managing the engineering and/or operations activities of a rural electric cooperative is preferred. Experience in other business settings will be evaluated for relevance. Ten years of increasingly responsible experience in electric utility construction and maintenance; demonstrated knowledge of electric line crew operations, electrical principles and safety codes; and the ability to supervise others and work effectively with associates and consumers is required. Must be able to take appropriate action on one's own initiative. Strong management skills in areas of communication, motivation, delegation, evaluation as well as employee development and planning. Responsible for all construction, maintenance and operations in both district service areas including safety, fleet maintenance and assistance in budgeting. This position requires that the employee have no restrictions on hours of work and/or travel. OTEC has 83 employees in four district offices serving over 30,000 members located in eastern Oregon, known for its excellent hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation. Excellent health and retirement benefit package.

Please submit a resume and application (which can be found on our wcbsite — www.otecc.com) and any other applicable documents to the attention of the H.R. Dept., OTEC, 4005 23rd Street, Baker City, OR 97814. For questions or more information, please contact Debby Ray, Director of Human Resources at dray@ otecc.com or (541) 524-2832. Applications and resumes must be received no later than December 31, 2015.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015

PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER & THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA, UNION & BAKER COUNTIES

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HOME BREAK-INS take XARELTO USERS have CHOCOLATE LAB pupl ess than 6 0 S E C - you had complications p ies AICC born O ct . O NDS. D o n' t w a i t ! due to internal bleed25th will be ready to Protect your f a mily, i ng ( a f t e r J a n u a ry go home Dec. 20th, 2012)? If so, you MAY $700. 1st (!t 2nd shots your home, your assets NOW for as little be due financial comincl. Call 541-534-5320 a s 70? a d ay ! C a l l pensation. If you don't 710 - Rooms for 888-673-0879 (PNDC) h ave a n atto r n e y , Rent CALL Inluryfone t oNOTICE day! 1-800-594-2107 All real estate advertised (PNDC) Use ATTENTION h ere-in is s u blect t o GETTERSto help LIFE ALERT. 24/7. One the Federal Fair Housyour ad stand out p ress o f a butto n 475 - Wanted to Buy ing Act, which makes like this!! s ends h e l p F A S T ! it illegal to a dvertise Call a classified rep M edica I, F ire, Burglar. ANTLER DEALER. Buyany preference, limitaTODAY to ask how! Even if you can't reach ing grades of antlers. tions or discnmination Baker City Herald a phone! FREE BroF air h o n es t p r i c e s . based on race, color, 541-523-3673 c hu r e . CA L L From a liscense buyer religion, sex, handicap, ask for Julie 800-250-4607. (PNDC) using st at e c e r t i f ied familial status or n aLaGrande Observer skills. Call Nathan at tional origin, or inten541-963-3161 541-786-4982. tion to make any such ask for Erica p references, l i m i t ations or discrimination. SELL YOUR structured settlement or annuity We will not knowingly accept any advertising payments fo r C A SH for real estate which is NOW. You don't have in violation of this law. to wait for your future All persons are hereby payments any longer! Call 1-800-914-0942 informed that all dwelli ngs a d vertised a r e (PNDC) 505 - Free to a good available on an equal

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD —7B

PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER & THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA, UNION & BAKER COUNTIES

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on or before the expi- Ste. 400 Virginia Markham, plaint, which has been 2 013, r e c orded o n ration of 30 days from Portland, OR 97205 June 11, 2013, in the est bidder for cash the filed with the clerk of Duane G. Hutchison, s aid court. This i s a t he date o f t h e f i r st P: (503) 977-7840 Lucretia Hutchison, records of U nion i nterest i n s a i d r e a l NOTICE IS H E REBY Complaint for Judicial publication o f t hi s F: (503) 977-7963 (aka LaCrecia C ounty, Oregon, a s property d e s c r i b ed GIVEN that the underForeclosure of Deed of summons. The date Hutchison), Microfilm D o c u ment above which the gransigned has been apTrust. You must "apof first p u blication in LegaI No. 00043849 No. 20132137, covertor had or had power Defendants. pointed personal repthis matter is Decem- Published: December 16, You are hereby required to convey at the time resentative o f t he p ear" in this case o r ing the following deb er 16, 2015. I f y o u of the e x ecution by the other side will win 23, 30, 2015, January to appear and defend scribed real property above entitled estate. fail timely t o a p pear 6, 2016 automatically. To "apPLAINTIFF'S COMsituate d in U n io n All p e r sons h a v i ng grantor of s aid t r ust p ear" you m u s t f i l e and answer, plaintiff County, State of Ored eed t o g ether w i t h claims against the esPLAINT TO QUIET TIwith the court a legal w ill a p p l y to the 1010 - Union Co. TLE filed against you any interest which the t ate are r e q uired t o 2011 FORD F-150 gon, to wit: Parcel 2 of a bove-entitled c o u r t Legal Notices V-6, 4-wd, 8' bed, in the above-entitled M inor P a rt it io n P l a t grantor or grantor's paper called a "motion" p resent them t o t h e for the relief prayed for successors in interest or "answer." The "mocase within thirty (30) No. 2001-18, as filed in personal representastandard cab, towing IN THE CIRCUIT OF tion" or "answer" must i n its complaint. T h i s d ays of th e d ate o f Plat Cabinet "C", Slides acquired after the exetive, care of the Wapackage,42k/miles. THE STATE OF c ution o f t h e t ru s t sley Law Office, PC, Ver oo d condition! be given to the court is a Iudicial foreclosure first publication, and in 627, 628,and 629,and OREGON FOR THE of a deed of t rust in 105 Fir Street, Suite d eed, to s a t isfy t h e clerk or administrator case of your failure to recorded October 11, $19,600 COUNTY OF UNION which the plaintiff rewithin 30 days along do so, Plaintiff will ap2001, a s M i c r o f i lm foregoing obligations 204, La Grande, Ore541-523-2505 with the required filing D ocu m e n t No . thereby secured and quests that the plain- In the Matter of the Esply to the Court for the gon 97850, within four f ee. I t m u s t b e in tiff be allowed to forerelief demanded in the 2 0014629, Plat R e - t he c o st s a n d e x months after the date tate of TATUM MARIE close your interest in of first publication of COMPLAINT TO cords of Union County, penses of the sale, inproper form and have HULL, t he f o l l o w i n g decluding a reasonable QUIET TITLE. Oregon. Located in the t his n o t i c e o r t h e proof of service on the Deceased. scnbed realproperty: NOTICE TO D E FEN- northwest quarter of charge by the trustee. c la im s may be ba rred. plaintiffs attorney or, if THE WEST HALF OF No. 15-11-8571 Notice is further given All persons whose rights the plaintiff does not DANTS: READ THIS the northeast quarter LOT 4 AND ALL OF that any person named may be affected by h ave a n atto r n e y , NOTICE CAREFULLY, of Section 19, TownLOTS 5 A N D 6, in ORS 86.778 has the THE DEFENDANTS ship 4 South, Range this proceeding may proof of service on the NOTICE TO BLOCIC 23, HUNTING- INTERESTED PERSONS H EREIN S H O U L D 4 0 East o f t h e W i l - nght, at any time pnor obtain additional inforplaintiff. If y o u h ave a ny q u e stions, y o u TON TOWNSITE, ACTAICE NOTICE THAT IF lamette Meridian, Unto five days before the m ation from t h e r e CORDING TO THE OFd ate last set fo r t h e cords of the court, the should see an attorney IT IS YOUR INTENT ion County, Oregon. 1001 - Baker County NOTICE I S H E REBY F IC IAL P LA T i mmediately. I f y o u TO CONTEST THE (04S401 9AB-206; R ef. sale, to have this forepersonal representaGIVEN that the underLegal Notices need help in finding an T HEREOF, IN T H E signed has been apMATTERS INVOLVED ¹ 17631). B o t h th e closure proceeding tive, or the attorney for CITY OF HUNTINGdismissed a n d t he the personal represenHEREIN, A WRITTEN beneficiary and s u cIN THE CIRCUIT COURT attorney, you may conpointed personal reptrust deed reinstated tative, Philip Wasley. T ON, COUNTY O F tact the Oregon State RESPONSE SPECIFY- cessor trustee h ave OF THE STATE OF r esentative. Al l p e r BAICER AND STATE b y payment t o th e Dated and first published Bar's Lawyer Referral ING THE MATTERS elected to sell the real OREGON FOR THE sons h aving c l a i ms OF OREGON. TO BE CONTESTED beneficiary of the enDecember 2, 2015. property to satisfy the COUNTY OF BAICER Service onl i n e at against the estate are MUST BE FILED BY obligations secured by tire amount then due CASE NO.: 15716 NA- www.oregonstatebar. required t o p r e s e nt YOU WITH THE TRIAL the trust deed and no(other than such por- Personal Representative: TIONSTAR HECM AC- org or by calling (503) Commonly known as: them, with v o uchers tion of the pnncipal as Jeanne Yeager 684-3763 in the Port- 280 West Adams Street, COURT ADMINISTRAt ice o f d e f a ul t h a s QUISITION T RUST attached, to the underHuntington, Oregon TOR WITH PROOF OF been recorded pursuwould not then be due 2015-1, WILMINGTON land metropolitan area. signed personal repre97907. SERVICE OF A COPY ant to ORS 86.752(3); h ad no d e f ault o c - Published: December 2, SAVINGS FUNDS SO- DATED: November 13, sentative at the office NOTICE TO curred) and by curing 9, 16, 2015 2015 LAW OFFICES THEREOF ON PLAIN- the default for which CIETY, FSB, NOT INof Monahan, Grove 5 DEFENDANTS: any other default comTIFF'S A T TORNEY t he f o r e c l osur e i s D IVIDUALLY, B U T OF LES ZIEVE BenlaTucker, 105 N. Main, READ THESE NOT LATER THAN made is grantor's failplained of herein that LegaI No. 00043757 SOLEY AS TRUSTEE, min D. Petipnn, OSB Milton-Freewater, OR No. 136031 Attorneys PAPERS CAREFULLY! THI RTY (30) DAYS ure to pay when due i s capable o f b e i n g a limited liability com97862 (attorneys for NOTICE TO A lawsuit ha s b e e n the personal represencured by tendering the for Plaintiff Nationstar FROM THE DATE OF t he following s u m s : pany, Plaintiff, vs. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS started against you in H ECM A cq u i s i t i o n F I R ST P U L CAT I I 0 N Monthly installments performance required UNKNOWN H E I RS ative), w i t h i n f o u r T rust 2 0 1 5A1, W i l - t he a b o v e - e n t i t l e d tmonths NOVEMBER 23 2015, under the obligation or of $ 2 9 5 .6 6 f ro m AND DEVISEES OF after the date m ingto n S av i ng s court by Federal Naa long w i t h t h e r e March 11, 2015, plus trust deed, and in addi- Marilyn J. Ricker has DONALD L. CURTISS, of first publication of been appointed Pertional Mortgage Assointerest at the rate of tion to p a ying t h ose Funds Society, FSB, quired filing f ee . It a deceased individual; t his n o t i ce , o r t h e sonal Representative ciation ("FNMA"), plainsums or tendenng the not Individually, b ut m ust b e i n pr o p e r 5% per annum on the Julian Castro, solely in (hereafter PR) of the tiff. P l aintiff's claims claims may be barred. s oley a s T rus t e e form and have proof of performance necesprincipal balance due his capacity as SecreEstate of Jonel Keith are stated in the wntservice on th e P laino f $40,122.59 f r o m s ary to cure the d e t ary f or U NIT E D A-4551274 A ll p e rsons w h o s e Ricker, deceased, Proten complaint, a copy April 29, 2015, plus f ault, b y p a y ing a l l 1 2/02/201 5, tiff's a ttorney. A B STATES D E PARTnghts may be affected bate No. 15-12-8572, o f w h ic h w a s f i l e d costs and expenses 1 2/09/201 5, SENT GOOD CAUSE Union County real esMENT OF HOUSING by th e p r o c eedings SHOWN, NO CONUnion County Circuit with the above-entitled t at e t ax e s f o r actually incurred in en1 2/1 6/20 1 5, AND URBAN DEVELmay obtain additional C ourt, State of O r e 12/23/2015 Court. TEST TO THE PLAIN2014-2015 i n t he forcing the obligation O PMENT; DOES 1 i nformation from t h e g on. A l l pers o n s You must "appear" in amount of $707.32. By a nd trust d e ed , t o TIF F'5 COMPLAINT through 10, inclusive, LegaI No: 00043767 records of the court, whose rights may be this case or the other TO Q U I ET T IT L E reason of the default g ether w i t h t r u s t e e and ROES 1 through the personal represenaffected by th e p roside will win automatiSHALL BE PERMIT- I ust d e s c ribed, t h e and attorney fees not 10, inclusive. Defentative, or the attorneys c eeding ma y o b t a i n cally. To "appear" you TED UNLESS THE b eneficiary ha s d e exce e d i n g t h e IN THE CIRCUIT d ants. S U M M O N S for the personal repreadditional information must f i l e w i t h t he clared all sums owing amounts provided by CONTESTANTS HAVE COURT FOR THE FOR PUBLICATION sentative. f rom t h e c o u r t r e court a legal document ORS 86.778. In conFILED A WRITTEN RE- on the obligation seSTATE OF OREGON To: ALL UNKNOWN cords, the PR, or the "motion" called a or SPONSE. c ured b y t h e t r u s t struing this notice, the HEIRS AND DEVISEES Dated and first published If you have questions, attorney for the PR. All "answer." T h e " m osingular includes the deed immediately due IN AND FOR THE of DONALD L. CURDecember 16, 2015 persons having claims tion" or "answer" (or a nd payable, t h o se you should see an atplural, the word "granCOUNTY OF BAKER TISS 2180 Birch Street a gainst t h e est a t e "reply") must be given sums being the followtor" includes any suctorney immediately. If Baker City, OR 97814 D kt H must present them to to the court clerk or c essor in i n terest t o you need help in finding, to wit: The pnnciTHE STATE OF ORE- F EDERAL NATIONAL the PR at: administrator within 30 Personal Representative ing an attorney, you pal sum of $40,122.59, the grantor as well as Steven GON TO THE DEFEN- MORTGAGE ASSOJ. 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what damage they have caused. I'm having medical complications that have developed over time, pain and suffering from those complications, PTSD and additional stress over pharmacy bills because ofit. It has affected the way I feel about men, and I'm afraid it will be this way for the rest of my life. My attackers caused a greatftnancial, burden onme because ofthecostofpsychological counselingand lossofincome due toepisodes of related illnessand working beneath my potential,. Rapists seem to think they're entitled to take what they want when they wantit. I'm thinking perhaps they should be forced to take DEARABBY:I'm saddened by the nu'stresses responsibility for the resulting cost to the person whose life they ajjected, which brings me oftoday, also known as"side chicks."These women have no moralityor conscience.Yet their to my question: Can women sue their rapists? — ALTERED BODYAND SOUL status seems to beglort lted all over social, media. DEARALTERED: In this country, anyWhat advice would you give to my friends who are contemplatingjoining in this madbody can sue anyone for anything, but not someone who is dead. However, lawsuits ness as a "hustle"and a way to get child can be emotionally and financially costly, support from marf7'ed men? — DISGUSTED IN CALIFORNIA and the question is whether the plaintifF can DEAR DISGUSTED: You are describing win. Some states offer financial assistance to entrapment and extortion. A woman who victims of crime, which includes medical and dental expenses, counseling costs, funeral or would do this is lacking ethics, morals and self-respect. That kind of individual isn't burial expenses, and lost wages or support. likely to listen to advice from me. I do have Becauseyour rapistsaredeceased,it would be more practical for you to go online some, however, for you. End those "friendships" because, on an important level, you and visit www.victimsofcrime.org to explore have nothing in common with these shame- what kind of compensation may still be less users. I pity the children, who are noth- available for you. I wish you luck in your ing more than meal tickets to their mothers. pursuit of justice.

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