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involving city ordinances. For more than 20 years the city has contracted with the Baker County Justice Court to handle those cases. Kee plans to present his findings to councilors during their Dec. 8 meeting, which
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PENDLETON —The Columbia Basin's 2015 salmon season is the second-strongest year since the federal dams were built nearly 80 years ago. A record number of fall chinook salmon returned up the Columbia River past McNary Dam in 2015, continuing on to spawning grounds at Hanford Reach, the Snake River andyakima Basin. More than 456,000 of the fish were counted at McNary Dam, breaking the facility's previous record of 454,991 set in 2013. An estimated 200,000 fall chinook made it backto Hanford Reach, the most since hydroelectric dams were first built on the Columbia nearly 80 years ago..
Baker City Manager will report to the City Council next week on the costs and potential benefits of the city starting its own court system to handle trafftc violations and cases
will start at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. In October the City Council approved Kee's request to send a let terto theJustice Court noting that the cityis exploring the possibility of taking over municipal court services.
Kee sent the letter in early November. The current agreement between the city and the county allows either agency to cancel the deal but requires a 60-day written notice. Kee's letterreads,in part:
New charges for rape suspect
Lighting Up Downtown Baker City • TWILIGHT PARADE:Starts Saturday at 5 p.m. • Awards for best use of lights, theme and music • Following the parade, caroling and lighting of community Christmas tree, Court and Main streets
• Robert Lee Witter of Huntington is accused of raping one child and sexually abusing a second child
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choir perform at Dec. 10 event A "Visions of Chocolate" event Dec. 10 in Baker City will include a special speaker and a performance by the Baker High School Bel Canto choir. The event, sponsored by Baker City Christian W omen's Connection and Stonecroft Ministries International, is set for 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sunridge Inn. Reservations must be made by Dec. 8 by calling Jerri Wickert at 541523-3447 or Jennifer Godwin at 541-519-2060. Speaker Kirsten Holmberg of Eagle, Idaho, will offer a fresh perspective on the Christmas season. Her book, "Advent with the Word," will be available for sale. A chocolate basket will be auctioned, and the winning ticket for a quilt raffle will be drawn. Cost is $12 per person, including tip, and features a tri-tip dinner.
Bruno Dunes Trio playing Saturday LA GRANDE —The Bruno Dunes Trio from Baker City will be performing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Earth and Vine's new La Grande location, 1405 Washington St. The music continues until 9:30 p.m.
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Matt McBride, left, and Blain Leamaster top the community's Christmas tree in downtown Baker City Monday. The public works employees, including Justin Plumbtree, strung lights to prepare the spruce for the holiday season and the tree lighting that follows Saturday'sTwilight Parade, which begins at 5 p.m. along Main Street. Other street decorations are being placed along main thoroughfares this week.
RobertLeeWitter,80,of 205 E. Adams St. in Huntington, was arraigned Monday in Baker County Circuit Court on two counts of firstdegree rape, two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, one count of encouraging second-degree child sexual abuse and felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Greg Baxter denied releaseforW itterduring Monday's hearing. He is being held without bail at the Baker County Jail, District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff said in a press release. Baxterhad setbailat
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November's frigid final week contributed to a slight decline in Baker City's air quality. After ranking in the"good" category for 15 of the month's first 19 days, the air qualityindex dipped slightlyinto the"moderate" category on 7ofthelast11days. The air qualityindex has six categories. A daily average of 0 to 50 is good, and 51to 100ism oderate. Baker City's worst days during
November were the 21st and 23rd, eachwith a daily average of61. The minor rise in airborne pollutants — primarily particulates such as those in woodsmoke — coincided with a cold snap that commenced Nov. 19. Besides prompting peopleto light fires to warm their homes, the weather pattern also induded periods of temperature inversions. Inversions not only trap cold air near the ground, resultingin belowaveragetemperatures,they also allow pollutants to accumulate and
suppress winds that can help clear the air. The temperature plunged to7 degreeson Nov.20,thecoldestsince last January. That day the air qualityindex rose to 51, the first dayin the moderate category after eight consecutive days in the good category. Strong winds on Nov. 25 kept the air dear, but after that the inversion took hold and the air qualityindex worsened on each of the next four
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BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR THURSDAY, DEC. 3 • Festival of Trees Baker City:7 p.m., Community Events Center, 2600 East St.; three-day holiday celebration; special Christmas tree preview on Thursday, GalaTreeAuction on Friday and Family Day activities on Saturday; annual fundraising event for St. Alphonsus Foundation. • Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District Board: 7 p.m., at the Pondosa Station. FRIDAY, DEC. 4 • First Friday art shows:Baker City art galleries are open late to showcase the month's new artwork. • Baker Community Choir:Free concerts Friday through Sunday at the Baker Heritage Museum,2480 Grove St. Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.; and Sunday's will be at 3 p.m. The choir will be joined by the Baker Community Orchestra and the South Baker Children's Choir will perform during the Friday and Saturday concerts. SATURDAY, DEC. 5 • 4-H Christmas Bazaar:9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Community Events Center,2600 East St. • Baker City Twilight Christmas Parade:5 p.m.; parade travels through the streets of Historic Baker City ending with a visit from Santa and the lighting of the community Christmas tree at Main Street and Court Avenue.
TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 2, 1965 An Ashland, Ore. firm, Thomas J. Parker and Associates, was the apparent low bidder for a Mason Dam Reservoir clearing project with a low total for two work schedules of $37,500. 25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 3, 1990 Burglars entered Baker High School and North Baker Elementary School over the weekend and vandalized both buildings. Baker City Police were investigating the crimes this morning. Windows were broken, computer equipment damage and other material strewn about the buildings, police said. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald December 2, 2005 Crunches, clatters and thuds that hadn't been heard here for close to two years echoed across Baker City's neighborhoods in the chilly pre-dawn Friday. Snowplows. Also graders and backhoes. The first day of December presented the city's public works crews with a slippery problem they didn't need to deal with even once last winter. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald December 3, 2014 This year the community Christmas tree sports new lights and snowflakes thanks to several grants and donations to Historic Baker City Inc. The tree, a Colorado blue spruce donated by Ken and Jill Gross, was cut down Nov. 22 and placed in its place of honor at Court and Main streets in downtown Baker City. As happens every year, a crew from Oregon Trail Electric Co-op (Tim Banister, Tony Hellbusch, Gene Nelson, Ned Ratterman and Jeff Anderson) donated their time, Chuck Carey felled the tree and Don Christy of Superior Towing hauled it downtown. A crew from Baker City's PublicWorks Department decorated the tree on Tuesday, but the lights will stay dark until the official tree lighting Saturday night following the Twilight Parade.
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A phone scam is circulating in Baker County. According to Sherif Travis Ash, multiple citizens have been contacted by phone and told they have an arrest war-
rant from the IRS concerning delinquent taxes. The caller provides a phone number and encourages citizens to call it to find out more information about
NEW CHARGES Continued from Page1A At that time Witter was charged with one count of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of luring a minor and one count of private indecency. Those crimes were alleged to have taken place between Sept. 1, 2015, and Nov. 14, 2015, Shirtcliff said. In thosecrimes, Wi tteris accused of having sexual contact with a 13-yearold child with whom he was acquainted. He is alleged to have shown the
FRIGID Continued ~om Page1A The air quality index remained in the moderate category Tuesday, with a daily average of 54. The chilly finale — the temperaturedidn'trise above freezing at the Baker City
child pornography as part of the crime that led to the luring charge. The private indecency charge alleged that he exposed himself to the child. The new charges accuse Witter of videotaping a second victim, a child younger than 12 who also was known to him, while he sexually assaulted the child, Shirtcliff said. Two of the new charges, including the first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration crimes, allege that the child was physically helpless at the time of the sexual assaults.
Airportfrom Nov.25-30transformedwhat had been a relatively normal November into a much colder-thanaverage one. The average high temperature for the month was 40.1 degrees. That's the sixthcoldestsince 1943,and more than four degrees below
Public luncheon at the SeniorCenter,2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.; $4 donation (60 and older), $6.25 for those under 60.
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Witter also is charged with one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a child younger than 12. An additional count of first-degree sexual abuse accuses Witter of causing the child to contactthe sex organs ofa dog. The new charges involving the younger child are alleged to have happened in August 2014, Shirtcliff said. The BakerCounty SheriA"sOffice is continuing its investigation and the casewillbe presented toa grand jury next week, he said.
average. The cold snap broke a coupleofrecords,aswell. The low of 4 below zero on Nov. 28 was a record for the date. The former record of2 below zero was set in 1979. The low of 2 below zero on Nov. 27 tied therecord for thatdate,also setin 1979.
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in 1960. Over her lifetime, Rita held many Rita Tylka, 77, of Baker City, died jobs, but her career was her family. She Nov. 21,2015,ofheartdiseaseatSt. was always ready to lend an ear, a hand, Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise. or a good "talking-to" when needed. Her A Memorial Mass will husband and children never doubted her love and support for them. be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, at St. Francis de Retiring in 2000, Rita and Richard Sales Cathedral, First moved to Baker City. Here, Rita was and Church streets. The an active member of the Altar Society Rev. Robert Irwin of St. at St. Francis Catholic Church and the Rita Tylka Jerome's Catholic Church auxiliary at St. Elizabeth Hospital inow St. Alphonsus-Baker City). at Jerome, Idaho, will celebrate the Mass. There will be a Ritaalso continued her careerofcaring for her family. Her mother, Bernice, reception afterward in the Parish Hall of St. Francis. moved in with Richard and Rita so that Rita was born on July 28, 1938, at Rita could care for her in her final years. Chicago to Stephen and Bernice BaWhen Bernice's needs became too ranowski. There, along with her younger great and she moved to a nursing brother, Raymond, she grew to adulthome, Rita visited her mother nearly hood, thriving in their Polish-American every day until her death in 2011. neighborhood. Rita allowed her daughter, Barbara, to When Rita was a high school freshmooch countless meals over the years man in 1952, she met the love ofher and provided"doggie day care" for her 'granddog,' Pocky. life, Richard Tylka. They began dating as seniors in high school and married And, of course, Rita always took care on June 21, 1958. Two children quickly ofher lifelong fiiend and lover, Richard. followed: Russell in 1959 and Barbara They had a deep, unshakeable bond Baker City, 1938-2015
The National Weather Serviceispredictingwarmer temperaturesfor laterthis week, along with a chance of rain, snow and, potentially, freezing rain tonight and early Thursday. The temperature should surpass 32 overnight and rise to around 40 Thursday.
nurturedover decades ofm arriage. When Rita's heart disease suddenly worsened in November 2014, Richard was by her side loving, encouraging, and now caring for her. Rita rallied and came home, enjoying a final summer with her husband. "Rita Tylka lives on in the hearts, memories, and stories ofher many friends and of her family," family members said. Survivors include her husband, Richard; her brother and sister-in-law, Raymond and Judy Baranowski; her son, Russell, and daughter-in-law, Nancy Tylka; her daughter, Barbara; her nephews, Paul and Peter Baranowski; her grandsons, Stephen and Matthew Tylka; and her stepgrandchildren David Rentauskas Jr. and Tara iRentauskasl Schoen and family 4usband, Michael Schoen, and children, Courtney and
Nikolausl. Memorial contributions may be made to LifeFlight, through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St. Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle in memory of Rita, visit www.colestributecenter.com.
NEwS OF RECORD DEATHS Arthur 'Art' Maness: 89, of Baker City, died Nov. 30, 2015, at Ontario. His graveside service will be Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Visitations will be Friday, Dec. 4, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St. in Baker City. Donations may be made to the
LDS Missionary Fund or to a charity of one's choice through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker City OR 97814. Light a candle in memory of Art at www.colestributecenter.com John Barnett: 71, of Baker City, died Dec. 1, 2015, at Settler's Park Assisted Living Center. Gray's West Bt Co. is in charge of arrangements.
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FUNERALS PENDING Mae Wagner: There will be a brief committal service at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 18, at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck reception afterward (about 11:30 a.m J in the Richland Christian Church fellowship area in the church basement. This will be an opportunityto share memories of Mae. Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Bt Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Onlinecondolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com
POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations
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PROBATION VIOLATION (Parole and Probation detainer): Jonathan Russell Romine, 35, of 627 David Eccles Road,3:59 p.m. Monday, at his home; jailed. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE:
Jonathan Russell Romine, 35, of 627 David Eccles Road, 1:47 a.m. Tuesday, at the Baker County Jail where he is being held on other charges. Baker County Sheriff's Office Arrests, citations FORGERY II andTHEFT III: Carmon Deon Hendriksen, 27, of 1021 Resort St., 2:30 p.m. Monday, at the Baker County Jail where she is being held on other charges. Baker County Parole and Probation Arrests, citations PROBATION VIOLATION (Detainer): Carmon Deon Hendriksen, 27, of 1021 Resort St., 11:22 a.m. Monday, at the sheriff's office; jailed. POST-PRISON SUPERVISION VIOLATION (Detamer): Tyler Joseph Anders, 26, of 3145 Elm St., 11:58 a.m. Monday, at the sheriff's office; jailed.
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LOCAL BRIEFING Angel tree at Baker City Police
The ski and snowboard season starts Saturday at Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort. The ski area in the Elkhorn Mountains, 34 miles northwest of Baker City, has a 20-inch snow base, with m ore snow forecastlaterthis
m eters ofNordic trailsopen week. The chairlift will operate this weekend. Anthony Lakes will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. open daily from Dec. 19 Groomed runs will include through Jan. 3, except Broadway, Variety, Vista and Christmas Day. Snow reports available at Road Run. In addition to downhill www.anthonylakes.com or by skiing, there will be 20 kilocalling 541-856-3277.
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Snav/neuterfundhasfixed 2,181cats,dogsina decade In its10th year ofoperation, the Mollie Atwater and Friends Spay/Neuter Fund has helped pay the surgery costs to spay or neuter 2,181 cats and dogs in Baker County and North Powder. The nonprofit organization was started with a goal of reducing the number of unwanted and homeless cats and dogs in the area. The table above shows the
number of animals treated, by town — 1,695 cats and
in Baker City; in Halfway at the Old Pine Market or the Post OffIce; in Richland at the Post OffIce; or by writing to Mollie Atwater and Friends Spay/Neuter Fund, P.O.Box 402,Baker City,OR 97814. People who want to make a tax-deductibl edonation to the organization can mail their contribution to the above address.
486 dogs. Based on the average numbers of offspring, the spay/neuter program has reduced the number of animals in thearea by atleast 13,086 over the past decade. People who need help with spay or neuter costs can pick up a request form at any of the threeveterinary offIces
CitVlookstofill Councilvacancy Baker City is accepting applications from people interested in filling a vacancy on the seven-member City Council. Councilor R. Mack Augenfeld resigned last month due to health reasons. The remaining six councilors will appoint his replacement in January. The new councilor will serve a term that continues through the end of 2016. Applications must be registered voters in
Oregon who have lived within the city limits foratleastthepastyear. The city will take applications through noon on Jan. 7. Applications are available on the city's website, www.bakercitycom. Alternatively, applicants can submit a letterofinterest to City Recorder Luke Yeaton at City Hall, 1655 First St., or mail it to him at that address.
The Baker City Police Department is partnering with The Salvation Army to collect Christmas gifts for local children. An Angel Tree is set up in the lobby of the Police Department at 1768 Auburn Ave.The treeisdecorated with tagslisting items that children would like to receive. You can choose one of the tags, buy the item listed and then return the unwrapped gift to the Police Department, or call the Departmentat541-524-2014 to arrange to have a police offIcer pick it up. You can also donate non-perishable food for Christmas food baskets, again either by bringing the food to the Police Department or by calling to arrange a pick up. The lobbyisopen Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The deadline to bring in gifts is Dec. 18.
Dulcimer players to visit libraries Appalachian dulcimer musicians Heidi Muller and Bob Webb are coming to the Baker County and Richland libraries Thursday, Dec. 3, and Friday, Dec.4. Muller and Webb will provide free Appalachian dulcimer lessons at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Baker County Library,2400 Resort St. The Richland Library will be the siteoflessons at4 p.m .Friday. Participants need no previous musical experience. The duo will also present a free concert performing Appalachian and original songs with guitars, Appalachian dulcimers, mandolin and electric cello at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Baker City library and at 7 p.m. Friday at the Richland library. For more information, call the Baker County Library at 541-523-6419.
port of Dr. Eric and Kristy Sandefur. Crossroads will also have an Art Access Lecture Series on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served by Tricia Everson during the community conversation about art and culture. Stephen Wadner will be giving a demonstrativelectureon hisprocessoftransforming everyday trash into fine craft. Crossroads is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and located at 2020 Auburn Ave, Baker City. For moreinformation call541-523-5369.
BakerLovesBikes meeting Dec.9 Baker Loves Bikes iBLBl will have a meeting and election of new board membersat 5:30p.m. Dec.9 at5:30 p.m. atthe Baker County Library's main meeting room, 2400 Resort St. The mission of BLB is to educate and supportgreateraccessand safeopportunity for all cyclists in Baker County. For more information contact, Patrick Thomas at rangeto~ ail. com of Brian
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AAUW plansDec.5 meeting The AAUWs December meeting is scheduled Saturday, Dec. 5, at 9:30 a.m. at the Blue Door Inn, 2324 First St. There will be a brunch potluck and the annual gift auction for AAUW funds. The Blue Door Inn will give a presentation on the history of the inn and its original owner. Coffee will be ready at 9:15 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Guests need not bring a dish or a gift.
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Crossroads Carnegie Art Center will have an opening reception for a transparent media traveling exhibition from the Watercolor Society of Oregon on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Art Center, 2020Auburn Ave. Light refreshments will be provided by Recovery Village. The exhibition will be on display through Dec. 28 and is made possible with the sup-
The community is invited to join the First Lutheran Church congregation and choir for their 44th annual Advent Scripture and Song Service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at the church at Third Street and Valley Avenue. The Advent and Christmas season will be celebrated with candlelighting and Scripture readings along with choir anthems and carol singmg.
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1S 0 Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) reminds us of nothing so much as a maxed out credit card. We can stuA'the bills and the late payment warning notices in the back of a drawer, hidden behind discarded AA batteries and owners manuals for kitchen appliances. But eventually we'll have to come up with the money. In the case of PERS, we use the pronoun"we" intentionally. That's because the PERS bill, in a sense, belongs to every Oregonian. Some of the taxes we pay to public agenciesstate, county, city and schools — goes to public employees' pensions. And in Oregon those pensions, in general, are generous to an absurd degree. It's not uncommon for public employees to make more money in retirement benefits than they did in salary. Lavishing this level of benefits on retirees has had
predictable effects. When the PERS portfolio yields less-than-stellar earnings in the stock market, cities, counties and school districts have to make up the difference to ensure retired workers get their money. Since there's a finite supply of tax dollars — a reality the architects of PERS must have forgotten — those public agencies inevitably have to cut employees and reduce services to meet pension obligations. Schools might have to cram more students into each classroom, but retired workers receive their checks regardless. There's a cyclical nature to PERS, as with any pension system with investments on Wall Street. But the dilemma facing PERS, and thus the taxpayers who pay for it, might be the most diKcult yet. The PERS deficit has doubled this year. Starting in 2017, cities, counties and schools will have to spend considerably more — $800 million for the two-year budget period that starts July 1, 2017. And unless the stock market soars, the tab for the next two bien-
nia could be bigger still. The main reason for the current shortfall is that the Oregon Supreme Court rejected a package of PERS reforms the Legislature approved in 2013. The so-called "Grand Bargain" was a tenuous deal at best since it changed aspects of PERS that were enshrined in legal contracts. But as terrible as those contracts are, lawmakers are not powerless when it comes to PERS. The most fruitful option involves the 6 percent of public employees' salaries, paid by the agency rather than the employee, that now goes into supplementary accounts that belong to each worker. Instead, that money — as much as$1.2 billion per biennium — could be used to reduce the PERS deficit. A lawyer who represents PERS employees said that if the 6 percent was used for that purpose, public employee unions would push during contract talks to have their members' salaries increased to offsetthe 6 percent transfer. Although we have little faith in the ability of public oKcials — many of whom are themselves PERS recipients — to show even a modicum of fortitude in negotiating with unions, at least the 6 percent option would likely pass legal muster. Unfortunately, with union-backed Democrats in charge in Salem, even legally sound PERS reforms are unlikely to gain traction in the Legislature. Still and all, if nothing else putting that 6 percent option on the table would force union oKcials to decide whether their members are willing to make even a modest sacrifice, or whether they will continue to be content to have their ample pensions guaranteed regardless of the effect on students and taxpayers. In any case, whether you're a PERS recipient or a retiree on a fixed income with no pension, PERS affects you. And it behooves every Oregonian to demand that legislative candidates explain their ideas for fixing this flawed system.
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ortion, o itics an vio ence Jim Pouillon was murdered in 2009 by a man who objected to the anti-abortion pamphlet he was distributing. Press coveragewas scant,butsome pro-choice groups, to their credit, denounced the murder. The New York Times didn't run article ssuggesting thatover-the-top pro-choice rhetoric — likening pro-lifers to the Taliban, accusing them of seeking to oppress women, urging a crackdown on their ability to protestabortion — had set the stage for the murder. Pro-lifers refrained from suggesting thatpro-choicegroups boreresponsibility for the murder. il'm not aware of any exceptions to this generalization.) That was to their credit: The suggestion would have been obscene. Pro-choicers have been lessrestrained in the wake of the recent murder of three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. They intend to turn the killings "into a political moment they say will put abortion opponents on the defensive." The Washington Post, which didn't cover Pouillon's murder, is reporting sympathetically on claims that the rhetoric of mainstream pro-lifers is to blame for the killings. Reporters are challenging pro-life politicians about the murders, which also didn't happen in the Pouillon case. The governor of Colorado says that "inflammatoryrhetoric" fiom pro-lifers played a role. Why might these cases have inspired such different reactions? It can't be that anti-abortion violence is a frequent occurrence, and thus fits into a larger story: It is only slightly more common than pro-
them — not so much from fear of the derangedasfrom love oftheirfellow citizens. The reason Hillary Clinton should stop saying that peaceful, run-ofabortion violence against adults, which is the-mill pro-lifers are like terrorists is not that she's likely to inspire violence; to say not very common at all. it's that saying it makes our political I suspect the press is crediting the pro-choice spin on these killings because debates even nastier and dumber than they already are. m ostjournalistsare themselves prochoice and inclined to see pro-lifers as Pro-life rhetoric isn't the real issue for extremists. And so reporters who would pro-choicers anyway. The bedrock proconsider it unfair to blame cop-killings on life view — which, if you haven't figured the rhetoric of some Black Lives Matter itout already,Ishare— isthatabortion activists don't have the same sympathet- is the unjust killing of living human ic reflex when pro-lifers are in the dock. beings. Any expression of that view, Pro-lifers have decried the killings in any political action taken to advance Colorado, and complained that they're it, is going to offend many pro-choicers, being smeared. But it has to be admitand couldlead some people to violent acts. Pro-choicers who want pro-lifers to ted that political rhetoric — all political stop saying that abortion kills unborn activism, forthatma tter— can inspire violence. Many pro-lifers say that aborchildren aren't objecting to the pro-life tion is an evil on par with slavery. And movement's rhetoric; they're objecting to its existence. some derangedpeoplemay try to play the part of John Brown in that analogy. And they're trying to score political ThankMly, such people are exceedingly points by associating the vast majority rare. of pro-lifers with a tiny violent fringe. When violence is committed in the What should, but will not, give them name of a political movement, its pause is the example of the man who responsible members have a duty to died trying to defend the victims in Colorado.Few people— pro-life,pro-choice condemnit and to seek to rootit out of their ranks — two things that pro- lifers or in between — are as courageous as Officer Garrett Swasey. But if you want have done. Do members of a movement an example of pro-life principles in achave a duty to restrain their words for fear that madmen will commit outrages tion during this crime, look at him and not his killer. based on them? I think the answer is that political activists should refrain from saying anything more inflamRamesh Ponnuru is a Btoomberg View matory than needed to make their cotumnist. Readers ~y serrd him emuil at case against the injustice that moves rponnuru@bloomberg.net.
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Your views Why I support Owyhee Canyonlandsprotection
depend. Any use with the potential to degrade our environment should be eliminated from consideration. As a fifth-generation Eastern Oregonian imy great-great-grandparents 3. Decisions such as these will came to the Burnt River Valley in have very long-term effects. Do we, as humans with the capabilities avail1863l, I'm a strong supporter ofthe Owyhee Canyonlands proposal. Here able to us, have the right to negatively are a few reasons why: impact the lives of so many forms of 1. As supposed stewards of this plan- life, including but definitely not limet, with the wherewithal to destroy/ ited to our own grandkids and greatreserveitashostto its m any forms of grandkids? Permanent protection for life, we humans simply can no longer the Canyonlands would help ensure engage inpractices thatthreaten to that future damaging actions imining, increased grazing and roading) would destroyhabitat. 2. In light of global warming, and the be eliminated. serious consequences that come with 4. The Owyhee Canyonlands is a that warming, we simply must change beautiful, unspoiled landscape with an our treatment of the planet in drastic abundance of wildlife from native fish and immediate ways. Protecting and to thelarge herd ofbighorn sheep iperhaps the largest in our nation). Mule preserving natural habitats must be at thetop ofevery listofoptions,re: deer, chukar and elk are three other future uses of the land on which we species that depend on the Canyon-
lands habitat for continued life. 5. Studies from throughout the West have shown that protected public lands enhance local economies through increased recreation in the area and enhanced livability for us folks who choose to live here. As an example, the Eagle Cap Wilderness/ Hells Canyon Wilderness has provided a recreationalexperience forfolksover 40 years and the economic benefits resulting from its increased use continue for the local communities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. For those of us who enjoy the beauty and the tranquility of the ECW/HCA on a daily basis, the benefits are immeasurable and we give thanks for the foresight of those decision-makers so many years
ago. Mike Higgins Halfway
CONTACT YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS President Barack Obama: TheWhite House,1600 PennsylvaniaAve.,Washington, D.C. 20500; 202-456-1414; fax 202456-2461; to send comments, go to www whitehouse.gov/ contact. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley: D.C. office: 313 Hart Senate Office Building, U.S. Senate, W ashington, D.C.,20510; 202-224-3753; fax 202-228-3997. Portland office: One World Trade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon St. Suite 1250, Portland,OR 97204; 503-326-3386; fax 503326-2900.Pendleton office:310 S .E.Second St. Suite 105, Pendleton 97801; 541-278-1129; merkley.senate.gov. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden: D.C. office: 221 Dirksen Senate Office Building,Washington,
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D.C., 20510; 202-224-5244; fax 202-228-2717. La Grande office: 105 Fir St., No. 210, La Grande, OR 97850; 541-962-7691; fax, 541-963-0885; wyden.senate.gov. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden(2nd District): D.C. office: 2182 Rayburn Office Building, W ashington, D.C.,20515,202-225-6730; fax 202225-5774. La Grande office: 1211 Washington Ave., La Grande, OR 97850; 541-624-2400, fax, 541-624-2402; walden.house.gov. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown: 254 State Capitol, Salem, OR 97310; 503-378-3111; www. governor.oregon.gov. Oregon Legislature: Legislative documents and information are available online at www.leg.state.or.us.
State Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontarioj: Salem office: 900 Court St. N.E., H-475, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1460. District office: PO. Box 1027, Ontario, OR 97914; 541-889-8866. State Sen. Ted Ferrioli (R-John Dayl: Salem office: 900 Court St. N.E., S-323, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1950. District office: 111 SkylineDrive,John Day, OR 97845; 5414906528. Baker City Hall: 1655 First Street, PO. Box 650, Baker City, OR 97814; 541-523-6541; fax 541-524-2049. City Council meets the second and fourthTuesdays at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers. Mike Downing, James Thomas, Sandy Lewis, Rosemary Abell, Richard Langrell, Kim Mosier.
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oum ia asinsamoniun n - i es since ams ui • Almost half a million fall chinook salmon passed McNary Dam during 2015 By George Plaven East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The Columbia Basin's 2015 salmon season is the secondstrongestsincethefederal dams were built nearly 80 years ago. A record number of fall chinook salmon returned up the Columbia River past McNary Dam in 2015, continuing on to spawning grounds at Hanford Reach, the Snake River and Yakima Basin. More than 456,000 of the fish were counted at McNary Dam, breaking the facility's previous record of 454,991 set in 2013. An estimated 200,000fallchinook made it back to Hanford Reach, the most since hydroelectric dams were first built on the Columbia nearly 80 years
ago. Bothfederalandtribal leaders hailed the impressive run asa positive sign oftheir efforts to improve both fish habitat and passage at the dams. The Bonneville Power Administration is especially pleasedwith recent projects at McNary Dam, rerouting its juvenile fish bypass channel to providebetterprotection &om predators. Crews also installe d weirs attw oofthe dam's spillway gates, which letcertain speciesoffish pass through closer to the surface. Overall, 2.3 million adult salmon passed through Bonneville Dam near Portland, making it the secondstrongest year on record for the entire Columbia Basin. ''When you look at how well salmon did overall this year, it'sclearthe approach of restoring critical fish habitat and improving dam passage is working," said Lorri Bodi, vicepresident forenvironment, fish and wildlife at
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BPA. There were 3,485 chinook counted at Three Mile Falls Dam on the Umatilla River near Hermiston. That's slightly more than the 3,259 in 2014, and less than the 4,117 fish in 2013. Coho counts fell back to earth after a monster year in 2014 — 3,076 in 2015, compared to more than 14,000 a year ago at Three Mile Falls Dam. Steelhead were much lower, with just 558 fish versus 1,480 in 2014. Kat Brigham, who has served on the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation iCTUIRl as well as the Columbia
The CTUIR and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife began trucking such anomalies used to be spring salmon up past Three purely attributed to ocean survival — something that's Mile Falls Dam in May this no doubt important but was a year, much earlier than norconvenient way of dismissing mal as low flows and warm environmentaldamage and water put additional stress on flaws in the dams' passage the fish. systems. Coming up with a plan for "Ocean survival is an imendangered fish requires a portant piece, but nobody can holistic approach, Brigham really determine what good said. No partoftherestoraocean survival is," Brigham tion effort is more important said.'We still have to look than the other. "If it was a real simple at what needs to be done to protect our fish as both adults answer, I hope we would and juveniles." have found it and got it done," Brigham said she is excited Brigham said."It's not just about this year's fall returns, the drought. You have to look which is the result ofhard at everything." work between the four CRITBrigham said she unFC tribes, Northwest states derstands the BPA has to and federal government. considercosts and thatirrigaBut there are still chaltion will always be a part of lenges to re-establishing the basin. They are striving sustainable populations, she to come up with a balance said. The basin still has 13 that will ultimately allow fish runs listed on the Eneveryone to survive. She said dangered Species Act, and a the CTUIR's Umatilla River changing climate won't make Vision is potentially a model things any easier. forother intereststoconsider.
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At Oregon schools last year, women accounted for 7 in 10 teachers but fewer than 1 in 3 superintendents. That's according to the Oregon Department of Education's annual report card released Monday, which showed the percentage of female superintendents in Oregon more than doubled from 14percent in 2000-01 to 33 percent in 2008-09 beforefalling to29percent last school year. The rates of female teachers and principals have remainedrelatively steady over the past 15 yearsfrom 68to70 percent of teachers and 45 to 48 percent of principals. In Baker County and North Powder, four of the five school district superintendents are men. The lone exception is Lorrie Andrews, superintendent for the Burnt River School District in Unity. A 2010 survey by the American Association of School Administrators found 24 percent of superintendents nationwide were women, up &om 13 percent in 2000. Heather Cordie is the Sherwood School District superintendent and a former assistant superintendent in Redmond School District
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Inmate sentenced for killing fellow inmate ONTARIO iAPl — An inmate at the Snake River Correctional Institution has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a cellmate in 2013. The Argus Observer newspaper reports 4ttp://is.gd/ i4XOVu l 29-year-old Thomas Riffenburg pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced last week. He is ineligible for parole. Prosecutor Erin Landis said Riffenburg stomped Jason Gould to death because he believed his cellmate had cooperatedwith authorities. Landis said Gould's relatives oppose capital punishment and supported the sentence. Riffenburg had been serving time for robbery and attemptedassault.Hisearliestrelease datebefore the killing was 2028. Gould was 23 and had been in prison for less than a year. News reports &om 2012 said he was the getaway driver in the robbery of an Albany hotel. His earliest release date was in 2017.
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resources or financial background. Lastyear,Cordie started a women's leadership group at Sherwood School District for female administrators to work together. 'The support structures — meaning mentors, formal and informal, for women aspiring into administration — we need to work on that," she said.
PORTLAND iAPl — Two fires at a Portland high schoolthat forced classesto be dismissed have been ruled arson and are connected to two other recent fires at the school. KOIN-TV reports 4ttp://goo.gV1RUK1u l two fires were reported Monday at Madison High School. One was discovered in a bathroom and the other was in a food storage room. Both fires were extinguished quickly and no injuries have been reported. The blazes caused the school to be evacuated. Students and stafF were later dismissed due to smoky hallways. Another two fires were reportedly set at the school a week ago. 0$cials estimate the damage of the four fires at $50,000. Investigatorsbelieve thatoneorm ore students are setting the fires. An investigation is ongoing.
OLCC regional manager resigns BEND — The Bend regional manager of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission resigned Nov. 20, nearly three months after she was placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation. Christie Scott, a spokeswoman for the OLCC, said Monday that Katie Siefkes, who'd been on paid leave since Aug. 28, was the subject of an internal investigation, the nature of which could not be disclosed. Siefkes would not give a reason for her resignation. "I wish them well moving forward," she said in a phone interview Monday. Siefkes, who served as the OLCC's regional manager since November 2012, declined to comment further. As regional manager, Siefkes managed staff in the commission's Bend and Pendleton offices, which perform liquor licensing, enforcement and regulation in much of Central and Eastern Oregon, including Baker County. In the interim, Scott said, Portland Regional Manager Shannon Hoffeditz is handling Siefkes'responsibilities, and the agency is recruiting to fill the position. In 2013, the Bend Police Department investigated allegations made against Siefkes and another colleague that they'd recorded an employee meeting without permission. No charges were filed against her in connection with that alleged incident. — Ctaire Withycombe,WesComNews Service
Driver charged with firing at motorist KLAMATH FALLS iAPl — A Klamath Falls man is facing multiple charges for allegedly opening fire on another motorist.
The Herald and News reports ihttp//goo.gl/hKQL4X l that 39-year-old Christopher Sean Hill appeared in court Monday on charges of felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a firearm, assault and menacing. He was appointedan attorney and isexpected toenter a plea next week. Hill was arrested Saturday by officers responding to reports of a man shooting at the driver of a blue pickup truck. The driver of the pickup says that Hill, who was in an SUV, had followed him and pointed a handgun at him before firing one or two rounds in his direction. No injuries were reported.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
NATION 8 WORLD
UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE UNDER WAY IN PARIS
THE WORLD IN BRIEF UN to issue Iran nuclear weapon report VIENNA iAPl — The UN atomic agency is set to issue its final report on allegations that Iran worked in the past on nuclear arms — a summary that will likely be inconclusive. The report, expected later today, is significant because it is linked to the lifbng of sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program. Yukiya Amano, the head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, has already said that his report won't be "black and white." But he must present a final report that says Iran has met all deadlines in supplying information requested by the IAEA for the agency's 35-nation board to approve closure of the nearly decade-long investigation. The procedure is linked to sanctions relief under the July 14 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.
By Seth Borenstein and Karl Ritter Associated Press
LE BOURGET, France — With world leaders back home, it's time for the hardcore climate negotiators to work on the more mundane gutsofa dealand they are being told to quicken the pace at it. Generally climate negotiations follow a certain rhythm, veterannegotiatorsand observers say. Wednesday is the middle of the nitty-gritty time when the building blocks of a deal start to form. And small things like punctuation can make or break a deal. "It's like seeing an action movie," said former U.S. climate negotiator Nigel Purvis, who is now president of Climate Advisers."There's generally a plot, bad guys come to threaten the world. Eventually humanity rallies together and overcomes. That's the kind of thing that happens here." For the next few days negotiators will be working to getthe lesscontroversial subjects finished and explore possible compromises on the bigger sticking points, all before work gets kicked up to higher levels. The lower-level negotiators have a Saturday noon deadline to come up with language for a new text of a deal that narrows the options to something the big guns start with, according to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is the presidentoftheclim atetalks. ''We must speed the process up because we have much work to do," Fabius said in a Wednesday press conference."Compromise solutions must be found as soon as
possible." A record number of world leaders gathering in one place to discuss the single issue of climate change sends a strong signal, United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueressaid atthe same press conference. Fabius called it"strong momentum." Having 185 national plans already filed helps, Fabius
Kerry: NATO ready to battle Islamic State BRUSSELS iAPl — U.S.Secretary of State John
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sald. The key is for many issues to be settled by Saturday, Fabius said, who repeatedly mentioned the need to speed up negotiations. That's what makes Wednesday important, experts sald. "It's aprettyim portant day to make progress where they can make progress," said Alden Meyer, strategy and policy director at the Union of Concerned Scientists."In some ways it's really the guts of the regime. It's really the key building blocks you have to have to make it work. It's not necessarily the headlinegrabbing elements." Jennifer Morgan, global climate program director
for World Resources Institute, said the thousands of lower-level negotiators are in smaller groups where they have to narrow options on each issue from, say, six to two for the higher-level oficialstoperuse.Negotiators f talk formally and informally, including on the bus rides back to the hotel. "It's pretty clearthatif this level doesn't deliver something that's much more streamlined, it just makes it much more hard for the ministerstonegotiate,"M organ sald. The language negotiators are now using is "wonky and acronym laden" Meyer said. "But it's important; without it you couldn't get the ingredi-
ent." While it is tense, Morgan said it's not time for yellingyet. That comes later in the higher negotiations, Purvis sald. "Itdoes getworsebeforeit gets better," Purvis said. He saidexperienced negotiators know there will be some kind of"crisis" where all appears lost, and then a solution is found. "It may seem like there's a breakdown on the outside of the negotiations, but there's usually a lot of patience and perseverance on the inside," Purvis said. At Wednesday's press conference, Figueres referred to the importance of punctuation. Negotiations "will go through ups and downs," she said.'There will be many commas inserted and many commas removed because that is the nature of this."
Kerry said Wednesday that NATO members stood ready to step up military efforts against the Islamic State and held out hope ofbroadening cooperation between the W est and Russia toend Syria'sprotracted civilw ar. After two days of meetings at NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Kerry said several alliance members were bringing more to the battle or would do so soon. He didn't outline any fresh commitments specifically, saying plans would be announced only after foreign ministers first consult their governments at home. These steps would come on top of Germany's recent approvalforsending forces and materielfor a noncombat support role near the Middle East, and a British vote Wednesday that could authorize expanded airstrikes by that country against IS in Syria. Kerry said he called on each of the other 27 members oftheallianceto dom ore to strike attheextremist group's core in Iraq and Syria and strangle its international networks. He said U.S. partners in the region, including NATO member Turkey, should receive defensive assistance. Kerry said military assistance wouldn't mean ground troops or direct fighting for some countries. The effort to expand operations, which has gained steam since last month's attack in Paris, will require more medical facilities, intelligence gathering, military support structure, refuelingoperation,greater aerialdefenses and other action, he said.
Facebook founder to give away billions SAN FRANCISCO iAPl — Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife say thegl devote nearly all their wealth — roughly $45 billion — to solving the world's problems in celebration of their new baby daughter, Max. Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth to a 7-pound, 8-ounce daughter last week. But the couple didn't put out the news until Tuesday, when Zuckerberg postediton Facebook,ofcourse. In the same post, Zuckerberg said he and Chan will, over time, commit 99 percent of their Facebook stockholdings to such causes as fighting disease, improving education and "building strong communities." The couplehad previously pledged to giveaway at leasthalf their assets during their lifetime, but hadn't provided specifics. They are forming a new organization, called the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, that will pursue those goals through a combination of charitable donations, private investment and promotion of government-policy reform. "Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world betterthan ours today,"the31-year-old socialm edia mogul and his wife wrote in a letter to their daughter, which they also posted on Facebook.
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BEAVERTON — Three and Recreation Center. Baker County swimmers Caitlyn Calaway won the brought home medals and rib- silvermedal forhersecondbons fiom the Special Olymplace finish in the 50-meter pics Oregon State Games Nov. breaststroke, and the fourth21 at the Tualatin Hills Parks place ribbon in the 50-meter
&eestyle. Tommy Huntington won the gold medal in the 50-meter &eestyle and the silver medal in the 50-meter backstroke. The Baker athletes are
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EUGENE iAPl — Ifbad finish games stronger." things tend to happen in threes as many believe, Oregon coach Dana Altman can only hope his team has gotten letting big leads nearly slip away out of its system Dillon Brooks had 21 points and 10 rebounds and the 15th-ranked Ducks staved otfa late rally by Fresno State for a 78-73 victory Monday night. 'That's the third time we've had a double-digit lead and we let them back in, not finishing the game," Altman said, pointing to similar wins over Baylor and Valparaiso."I'd like to
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PORTLAND — First, Wesley Matthews appreciated the ovation. Then he appreciated the win. Matthews returned to Portland for the first time since signing with Dallas as a free agent and helped the Mavericks rally past the Trail Blazers 115-112 in overtime Tuesday night. cWe're a veteran team, we're a smart team, so we just turned our level of intensity up and secured a
big win," said Matthews, who scored 18 pointsafter he was greeted with a standing ovation to start the game. Deron Williams had a season-high 30 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 28 as the Mavericks snapped a fourgame losing streak on the road. Matthews hit consecutive 3-pointers to pull Dallas to 89-85 in regulation. Nowitzki's 3-pointer narrowed it to96-94 before his tip shottied it, and Damian Lillard missed a 3 at the buzzer to send the game into over-
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e ai marilianain re onwi e ese or esici eresi Iie • Critics argue the proposed testing rules won't be eA'ective, and are delayed too long PORTLAND iAPlThough marijuana products sold in Oregon will have to undergotesting forpesticides beginning this spring, some scientists are pushing for testing in the interim. Until the new rules take effect, the state plans to allow the marijuana industry to continueto operate asit does now. In June, tougher regulations will require m arijuana tobe tested for nearly 60 pesticides, The Oregonian reports 4ttp://
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Mowgli Holmes, who owns Phylos Bioscience, spoke to the authority on Monday asking that it increase the number of chemicals marijuana is currently tested for &om four to 10 or 12. "The problem is these pesticide testingrulesdon't make any sense and can't be followed," Holmes said."Stuff is going onto the shelves and it looks like they have beentesting for pesticides and it hasn't been tested for pesticides." Health authority encouraged Holmes to submit his proposed changes to the state for review. 0$cials are in the process of drahng
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rules for medical marijuana dispensaries, grow sites, labeling and testing, among other things. The June rule requiring marijuana products to be tested is a radical shift in how the state is dealing with the pot industry. Labs that performtestswillhave to be accredited by the state, a rigorous process designed to ensure they are using appropriate equipment and methods. Holmes said because the new rules don't take effect for so long, pesticide-laced products are entering the medical marijuana market. ''We would really like to
seesome intermediate step thatgetspesticidesoutofthe system," he said. Rodger Voelker, a chemist at OG Analytical, a Eugenebased marijuana testing lab, said he understands the push for tougher standards now, but that accreditation is a time-consuming process. He said without accredited labs, tougher rules won't mean anything. Still, he says it is concerning that the system is just going to idle until June. "It really bothers me that this whole thing is just going to continue as it is," he said. ''We have seen no changes."
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PORTLAND — The U.S. Postal Service office in Portland delivered some potentially bad news last week to Northwest newspapers: If news outlets run ads for the region's booming marijuana industry, they might be violating federal law. The Friday memo pointed out it was illegal"to place an ad in any publication with the purpose of seeking or offering illegally to receive, buy, or distribute a Schedule c Iontrolled substance,"according to a copy sentto the editor-publisher of the Chinook Observer in Long Beach, Washington."If an advertisement advocates the purchase of clinical marijuana through a Medical Marijuana Dispensary, it does not comply with" the law. The memo quickly caused confusion and concern among publishers whose newspapers have published ads for dispensaries and manufacturers in the region's now two legal cannabis industries, medical and recreational marijuana. While Oregon voters legalized medical marijuana in 1998 and recreational marijuana for adult use in 2014, the plant is still illegal at the federal level. Any newspaper withpotadswould violatea federallaw preventing advertising for illicit goods, the postal service said.
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Kee said he has been talking with officials in other cities that have municipal courts. When Kee asked the Council for approvalto send the letter,hesaid he didn't want to alarm county officials, but rather to let them know the city is looking at its options. "I didn't want to send them a letter and have them go crazy and yell and scream to the Council," Kee said. Councilor Richard Langrell asked Kee ifhe knew the cost ofhiring a municipal judge and setting up a court.
— Baker City Manager Mike Kee, talking about the city starting its own municipal court
Kee said that's why he wants time to explore what the process would involve. Baker County Justice Court Judge Don Williams addressed the Council at its Nov. 24 meeting concerning the letter &om Kee. Williams' impression of the letter was diferent than its intent as explained by Kee. Williams said he interpreted the letter as saying the city was giving its 60-day notice to end the agreement. Mayor Kim Mosier told Williams during the Nov. 24 meeting that this wasn't the city's intent in sending the letter. "It was my understanding that it was a 60-day notice of alerting the municipal court that we were going to explore alternatives — it was not my understanding that our intergovernmental agreement would expire," Mosier said.
Kee said the letterwa sa notice ofthe possibility that the city may"do something else." But Williams said the 1995 agreement between the city and county says the 60-day notice is required if either agency ends the deal, but no written notice is required if the agency is just considering other options. ''We just need some clarity on what you would like us to do at this point," Williams said.'The way we interpret the letter that was given is that it gives us a 60-day notice for termination." Baker County commissioners were scheduled to talk this morning about a new agreement between the city and county for municipal court services The proposed agreement is the same as the current version except it requires the Justice Court to give the City Council a quarterly report. Kee said he is recommending that the Council accept the new agreement and that the County Justice Court does a
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HAPPENINGS Union County Chamber seeks award nominations LA GRANDE — The Union County Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominationsforits2016 awards, recognizing the work,leadership and progress ofits members. Recipients will be honored in a ceremony at 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Blue Mountain Conference Center. The chamber seeks nominations for Business of the Year, Man of the Year, Woman of the Year and Educator of the Year. Nomination forms are available online at www.unioncountychamber.org/item/ annual-chamber-awards-nominations -2016 and are due back to the chamber office, 207 Depot St., by Jan. 6.
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WURA Board to hear about Rails with Trails project WALLOWA — Stakeholders along the Hells Canyon Scenic Byways will have an opportunity for input regarding the Joseph Branch Rails with Trails project as the Wallowa-Union Rail Association meets at 5 p.m. Dec. 15 at the City of Wallowa Senior Center. The Joseph Branch Trail Consortium will present a plan for initiating the next steps for the trail pilot project. The concept plan is available for review online at https//www.eou.edu/wp-content/ uploads/2015/11/Final Concept Plan.pdf. — I/VescomNews Service staff
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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and strongerpricesforthe last couple of years. In 2014, the industry brought in about $922 million statewide — up 38 percent from 2013. Malheur County, in Eastern Oregon, was responsible for
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1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices 9.17 % p e r a n num, COMPLAINT TO f rom 3/5/2013 u n t il QUIET TITLE. paid, plus all accrued NOTICE TO D E FENlate charges, and all DANTS: READ THIS trustee's fees, forecloNOTICE CAREFULLY, sure costs, and any THE DEFENDANTS sums advanced by the H EREIN S H O U L D beneficiary pursuant to TAICE NOTICE THAT IF the terms and condiIT IS YOUR INTENT tions of the Deed of TO CONTEST THE Trust Whereof, notice MATTERS INVOLVED h ereby is g i ven t h at HEREIN, A WRITTEN the undersigned trusRESPONSE SPECIFYING THE MATTERS tee, CLEAR RECON C ORP., w hose a d - TO BE CONTESTED dress is 621 SW MorriMUST BE FILED BY son Street, Suite 425, YOU WITH THE TRIAL Portland, OR 97205, COURT ADMINISTRAwill on 3/10/2016, at TOR WITH PROOF OF the hour of 10:00 AM, SERVICE OF A COPY standard time, as esTHEREOF ON PLAINtablished b y ORS TIFF'S A T TORNEY 187.110, A T TH E NOT LATER THAN FRONT ENTRANCE THI RTY (30) DAYS TO T H E BA I CER FROM THE DATE OF COUNTY C O U RT- F I R ST P U L CAT I I0N H OUSE, 1995 3 R D S T., B A ICE R, O R 97814, sell at p ublic
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(04S4019AB-206; Ref. ¹ 17631). B o t h th e beneficiary and s u ccessor trustee h ave elected to sell the real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the trust deed and not ice o f d e f a ul t h a s been recorded pursuant to ORS 86.752(3); the default for which t he f o r e c l osur e i s made is grantor's failure to pay when due t he following s u m s : Monthly installments of $ 2 9 5 .6 6 f ro m March 11, 2015, plus interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the principal balance due o f $40,122.59 f r o m April 29, 2015, plus Union County real est at e t ax e s for 2014-2015 i n t he amount of $707.32. By reason of the default I ust d e s c ribed, t h e b eneficiary ha s d e clared all sums owing on the obligation sec ured b y t h e t r u s t deed immediately due a nd payable, t h o se sums being the follow-
T rust, t o gether w i t h any interest which the ing, to wit: The pnncigrantor or his succespal sum of $40,122.59, s ors i n i n t e r est a c p lus interest a t t h e rate of 5% per annum quired after the execut ion of t h e D ee d o f from April 29, 2015, T rust, t o s a t isfy t h e If you have questions, p Iu s t h e 2014-201 5 and 2015-2016 Union foregoing obligations you should see an atCounty real estate thereby secured and torney immediately. If t he c o st s a n d e x - you need help in find- taxes, plus late fees, and reconveyance fees; toing an attorney, you penses of sale, includg ether w it h t i t l e e x i ng a reas o n a b l e may call the Oregon penses, costs, t r u scharge by the trustee. State Bar's Lawyer Re- tee's fees and attorNotice is further given f erral Ser v i c e at
that any person named (503)684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at in ORS 86.778 has the nght to have the fore(800)452-7636. closure p r o c e e ding Wade P. Bettis, dismissed a n d t he OSB ¹720255 Deed of T r us t r e i n- Attorney for Plaintiff stated by payment to 1906 Fourth Street the beneficiary of the La Grande, OR 97850 e ntire a m o un t t h e n (541)963-3313 d ue (other t han t h e Fax (541)963-4072 portion of pnncipal that Email: would not then be due wpbettis©eonucom h ad no d e f ault o c curred), together with Published: November 25, the costs, t r u stee's 2015 and December 2, and attorneys' f e es, 9, 16, 2015 and curing any other default complained of LegaI No. 00043666 i n the Notice of D e fault by tendering the performance required IN THE CIRCUIT u nder th e D e e d o f COURT OF THE Trust at any time not STATE OF OREGON later than five days be- FOR UNION COUNTY fore the date last set for sale. Without limit- In the Matter of the Esing the trustee's distate of Bryan Lee Yeaclaimer of representager, Deceased. tions o r w a r r a nties, Oregon law r e quires Case No. 15-11-8568 the trustee to state in this notice that some NOTICE TO residential p r o p erty INTE RESTED PE RSONS sold at a trustee's sale may have been used NOTICE I S H E REBY in ma nu f a c t u r i n g GIVEN that the undermethamphetamines, signed has been apthe chemical compopointed personal repn ents o f w h i c h a r e resentative o f t he k nown t o b e t o x i c . above entitled estate. Prospective purchasAll p e r sons h a v i ng ers of residential propclaims against the eserty should be aware t ate are r e q uired t o of this potential danger p resent them t o t h e b efore d e c i d ing t o personal representap lace a bi d f o r t h i s tive, care of the Waproperty at th e t r ussley Law Office, PC, tee's sale. In constru105 Fir Street, Suite i ng t hi s n o t i ce , t h e 204, La Grande, Oremasculine gender ingon 97850, within four cludes th e f e m i n ine months after the date a nd the n e uter, t h e of first publication of singular includes plut his n o t i c e o r t h e ral, the word "grantor" claims may be barred. includes any succes- All persons whose rights s or in interest to t h e may be affected by grantor as well as any this proceeding may other persons owing obtain additional inforan obligation, the perm ation fro m t h e r e formance of which is cords of the court, the secured by the Deed personal representao f Trust, th e w o r d s tive, or the attorney for "trustee" and 'benefthe personal represeniciary" include their retative, Philip Wasley. spective successors in Dated and first published interest, if any. Dated: December 2, 2015. 1 0/29/2015 C L EA R R ECON CORP 6 2 1 Personal Representative: SW Morrison Street, Jeanne Yeager Suite 425 P o r t land, OR 9 7 2 0 5 Published: December 2, 858-750-7600 9, 16, 2015
ney's fees incurred by reason of said default; and any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property a nd
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therein. WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that t h e s u c c e s sor trustee will on February 22, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A .M., in accord w i t h t he standard of t i m e e stablished by O R S 187.110, at the Union County Clerk and Recorder's Office, 1001 F ourth Street, in t h e City o f L a G r a n d e, County of Union, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the i nterest i n
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LegaI No. 00043506 LegaI No. 00043757 Published: November 18, 2 5, December 2, 9 , 2015 TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE R eference is m ad e t o 1010 - Union Co. that certain trust deed Legal Notices made by Coy T.Wilde, FOR THE County D BA Western T a ck of Union struing this notice, the Supply, as grantor, to Probate Department singular includes the Steven J. Joseph, as plural, the word "granCase No. 15-0850010 successor trustee, in P U BLICATION favor of ICyle D. Robin- tor" includes any succ essor in i n terest t o In the Matter of: son and Tammy Lee the grantor as well as Oregon Western Robinson, as beneficiany other person owary, dated June 1 0, Investment Corporation, ing an obligation, the 2 013, r e c orded o n Plaintiff, performance of which June 11, 2013, in the -andis secured by the trust records of U nion David L. Hutchison, deed, and the words C ounty, Oregon, as Dorothy Fay Lester, "trustee" and "benefiMicrofilm D o c u ment John L. Hutchison, ciary" include their reNo. 20132137, coverLydia Cantrell, spective successors in ing the following deVirginia Markham, interest, if any. scribed real property Duane G. Hutchison, DATED September 29, s ituate d in U n io n Lucretia Hutchison, 2 015. Steven J. J o County, State of Ore(aka LaCrecia seph, STEVEN J. JOgon, to wit: Parcel 2 of Hutchison), SEPH, P.C., PO Box M inor P a rt it io n P l a t Defendants. 3230, 901 Washington No. 2001-18, as filed in You are hereby required Plat Cabinet "C", Slides Avenue, La G rande, to appear and defend OR 97850, 627, 628,and 629,and PLAINTIFF'S COM(541) 963-4901. recorded October 11, PLAINT TO QUIET TI2 001, a s M i c r o f i lm TLE filed against you D ocu m e n t N o . Publish: December 2, 9, in the above-entitled 2 0014629, Plat R e - 16,23, 2015 case within thirty (30) cords of Union County, d ays of th e d ate o f Oregon. Located in the LegaI No:00043726 first publication, and in northwest quarter of case of your failure to the northeast quarter do so, Plaintiff will apof Section 19, Townply to the Court for the ship 4 South, Range relief demanded in the 4 0 East o f t h e W i l -
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DEARABBY: I have dated a lot of women forher,orshould Ijustlearn my lesson? — FLUBBED IT INFLORIDA over the years — including actresses, beauty DEAR FLUBBED: I think your apology contest winners and models. Every one o f them, except my current live-in, 'Amanda," was enough. However, because it hasn't would dress up in linget7'e when Iasked assuaged your guilt, consider asking if you them to. can treat her to lunch. And in the future, Amanda adamantly refuses. She says if look twice before hitting "send." Better yet, go "old school" and write your thoughts in I loveher,Ishould be turned on whether she's nude or wearing a notebook you keep in your lingerie. Part of the problem purse. DEAR is she's not in the best shape, DEAR ABBY: I am schedand the lingerie would hide ABBY that. uled to attend a wedding I have ttv'ed bargaining later this month. Well, Ijust withher,butshewon'tagree.Shedoesn't found out the groom's uncle is not a real understand why I'm not chasing her around minister, and that he purchased his minister's license online. all the time. I have ttv'ed to explain that I don't ftnd a tummy sexy. Shejust calls me I think it is very disrespectful to people Shallow Hal. Advice? who take religion set7'ously, and to real — HAL INNEW YORK ministers who spendyears studying in order DEAR HAL: I'd love to know what atto be ordained. There's nothing wrong with having ajudge preside over the ceremony, tracted you to Amanda in the first place, since your "type" seems to have always but to have a fake minister preside makes thewholeceremony afraud. been women who are arm candy. Sadly, taut bodies don't always last. At some point, If I say anything, I know it will cause hurt age, pregnancies and the pull of gravity feelings, so I'm keeping my mouth shut. Am I can cause them to sag. By the way, with the an old fuddy-duddy? — SILENT IN SPRINGFIELD ILL exception of pregnancy, this can affect men DEAR SILENT: You are entitled to your as well as women. feelings, but if this uncle is the person Bottom line: If physical perfection is the happy couple wants to officiate, you what you need to feel aroused, then you and Amanda may be a mismatch because shouldn't judge. If their choice makes you uncomfortable, stay home. nobody's perfect. iAnd this includes you.l
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