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CHRISTMAS LIGHTING CONTEST WINNERS FIRSTPULCE :Greg Boruch,3$95NinthDrive

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Baker City Scouts will be picking up Christmas trees the morning of Jan. 3 starting at 8:30.

Residents can leave their tree near the curb of the street that morning. Scouts will deliver trees to Baker Sanitary Service, which will turn the trees into mulch.

Donations are appreciated, but not required.

They may be placed in an envelope attached to the front door of the residence. Contributions go toward supplies, camping and other activities as needed by the Scout units. The money remains with the local Scouting unit that picks up the tree. More information is available by calling Ed Hibbard at 541-519-6806.

Trail Tenders sponsoring art contest

A Nativity scene is part of the decor at first-place winner Greg Boruch's home.

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Photography S. John Collins/Baker City Herald

SECOND PULCE:Ryan Chaves,990ElkhornDrive

TrailTenders Inc. at the Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is sponsoring an art contest.

The first-prize winner will receive $100; second prize is $75, and third prize is $50.

The contest is open to artists of high school age or older.

Entries must be received at the Interpretive Center, five miles east of Baker City along Highway 86, by 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3.

Artists can download an entry form at trailtenders.org or email trailtenders@yahoo. com for an entry form.

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PROGRAMS AT POWDER RIVER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Idaho Power has added another $1,500 to its support of the Baker City Bandstand Project, bringing its total contribution to $3,000.

"We are gratified that Idaho Power continues to show its commitment to this community-wide project," Dave Hunsaker, bandstand project chair, stated in a press release.

"In light of this and other recent awards, we are increasingly confident we will be able to break ground for the bandstand in spring 2015."

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Gifts and bedtime stories aren't usually associated with life inside a prison.

But a pair of programs at Powder River Correctional Facility iPRCFl in Baker City allows prisoners to be a part of their children's lives in a way that generally isn't

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Jashua Dirren / Baker City Herald

Pedro Miranda, 38, Powder River Correctional Facility inmate, stocks and inventories items for the Gifts for My Child Program at the facility. Qualified inmates can buy toys from an on-site gift shop that are sent to their children as gifts for Christmas, birthdays or any occasion.

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Karl Wittich doesn't know what kinds of side dishes to expect when Calvary Baptist opens its doors to the community for a free Christmas Eve dinner tonight.

He is certain of the main courses, however. They11 be the odd combination of beef stroganoff accompanied by roast turkey.

Here's how that came about: Wittich says his wife, Laurie, had planned to Karl prepare beef Witt i c h stroganoff for the church's weekly meal, which is a little more special this night before Christmas.

"She was doing some for another function and it turned out really good," Karlsaid,so therecipe was chosen for Wednesday night's featured entree.

Pre-event publicity about the free holiday meal at the church brought a donation of two turkeys. iThe original offer was to supply five, but Laurie assured the caller that two would be suKcient.l ''We're not sure what goes with turkey and beef stroganofE"Karl said,but he's sure God will provide as he has for the past nine months.

That's how long church members have been serving free Thursday night meals to everyone who wants to partake. The schedule was changed to Wednesday this week because Thursday is Christmas Day.

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The Performance Recognition and Award System iPRASl allows inmates at the minimum-security facility to earn money that they can spend on their children via the programs.

Inmates earn PRAS points through their work at the prison and in work release.

Books on CD Incarcerated parents don't usually get to read bedtime stories to their kids.

But in a roundabout way, they do at Powder River thanks to the Books on CD program.

Inmates can dictate a book of their choice into a digital voice recorder and create a

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WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER 24, 2014

OBITUARIES Marie Best

family at her home.

Marie Best, 79, of Baker Her graveside City, died Dec. 18, 2014, at the service was at Serenity House Adult Foster 10 a.m. Dec. Care Facility.

10 at Sunset Her graveside service was Memorial Park P eart this morning at Mount Hope in Twin Falls.

McMu l lin A memorial Cemetery.

Marie was born on Sept. service was at 11 a.m. Dec. 10 30, 1935, at Spokane, Washat Grace Baptist Church in ington, to George Washington Twin Falls. and Clara Francis Arrowood.

Pearl had a strong faith She married John Best, who in Jesus as her savior and is died in 1991. now athome inheaven for her first Christmas, her famShe worked most of the time for The Salvation Army ily said. and assis ted atStep Forward.

She was born on Aug. 2, She enjoyed knitting and col- 1929, at Conde, S.D., to Verne lecting stuffed animals. Marie and Florence Gula Walter.

The family moved from South also enjoyed going to the Senior Center to have lunch. Dakota to Baker City where The only survivors are her she graduated trom high cat, Shelly, and her longtime school. caregivers, Mickey and Linda Pearl attended Northwest Nazarene University where Cowan of Haines.

Memorial contributions she earned a teaching degree. may be made to Heart 'N She taught in a two-room Home Hospice through schoolhouse at Unity.

Gray's West & Co. Pioneer She married Frank McChapel, 1500 DeweyAve., Mullin on March 25, 1951, at Baker City, OR 97814.

Baker City. The couple moved to Twin Falls in the spring of Pearl McMullin 1952 where Pearl helped on Former Baker City resident, 1929-2014 the family farm just north of Pearl Anne McMullin, 85, town. of Twin Falls, Idaho, a former In the Twin Falls area, she Baker City resident, died Dec was asubstituteteacher for elementarylevelclassesfor 5, 2014, surrounded by her the Twin Falls School District trom 1963 to 1978. She was a full-time kindergarten teacher at the Twin Falls Christian Academy fiom 1978 to 1991.

Pearl also taught music at her home and at the Christian Academy trom 1969 to 1991. Pearl and Frank's home always was filled with music and their lovefortheir Lord and savior. Together they shared their talents with others by providing musical accompaniment at the First Baptist Church and Grace Baptist Church, where Pearl played piano. She was Baker City, 1935-2014

BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24 • Baker City Christian Church Christmas Eve CandlelightService:5 p.m.and6 p.m.,675 Highway7.

• Free Christmas Eve Dinner:5:30 p.m., at Calvary Baptist Church, (main entrance atThird and Broadway streets); candlelight service at 6:30 p.m.; everyone welcome.

• Baker City Church of the Nazarene Christmas Eve Communion and Candlelight Service:6 p.m., 1250 Hughes Lane • First Lutheran Church Candlelight Service:7 p.m., 1734Third St.; no Christmas Day service this year.

FRIDAY, DEC. 26 • Baker Heritage Museum Open Special Days:10 a.m. to 4p.m.;sam ehoursSaturday;noonto4 p.m.Sunday.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Dec. 24, 1964 Baker City Engineer Vernon Z. Jacobson left for John Day late this morning in response to a call for engineering assistance, City Manager Fred C. Dyer said.

Scores of homes and business firms in the John Day Valley have been damaged as the worst flood in Grant County history raged down the John Day River, according to the Blue Mountain Eagle.

The weekly newspaper atJohn Day isbeing published daily through the flood disaster, it was reported.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Dec. 22, 1989 Once hired, drug counseling and bookkeeping staff at the Powder River correctional facility should earn between $2,000 and $3,000 more per year than they would normally earn at Baker House, Executive Director Bart Murray said today.

He said a BakerHouse employee who has a bachelor's degree and some experience earns about $17500 per year, but could make about $21,000 at the minimumsecurity prison in Baker City. Seventeen drug counseling, bookkeeping, secretarial and nursing positions are open at the prison.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald Dec. 24, 2004 Deer and elk don't celebrate Christmas, or at least you never see them carrying tinsel, but they got an awfully nice gift this year anyway.

Bare ground.

Tens of thousands of acres of it, from the Snake River clear across Baker County's sagebrush expanses to the conifer-clad lower slopes of the Elkhorn Mountains.

Every snow-free acre's an ideal stocking stuffer, too, although the stuffers in this case are clumps of green grass, which deer and elk savor but which probably would disappoint a 10-year-old who hoped to find a Game Boy. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald Jan. 1, 2014 Baker City Manager Mike Kee still winces slightly when he sees the email in his inbox each week Water test results.

Cryptosporidium.

Anxiety.

For more than four months nowthat initial trepidation has been replaced by relief when Kee reads the email and sees the phrase "no cryptosporidium detected."

But relief is not confidence.

Kee is eager for the day, about two months from now, when a worker turns on the machine that will infuse the city's drinking water with crypto-inactivating ultraviolet light.

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Wash., and David (Janicel McMullin of Thornton, Colo.; sisters, Helen Holecek of Long Prairie, Minn., Mary Johnson of Baker City and

Ruby (Mikel Carroll of Columbia City; sister-in-law, Joyce Walter of Baker City; 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, John Walter and William Walter; and a sister, Marjorie Hendrickson.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Twin Falls Christian Academy.

Arrangements were under the direction of the Rosenau Funeral Home.

Homer Gentry Baker City, 1946-2014

Homer Paul Gentry, 68, of Baker City died Dec. 19, 2014, at his home with his wife by his side.

His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at the Baker Homer Va l l ey Church Gentry of Christ, 2533 Church St. Pastors John Goodyear and Mike Cross will officiate.

Homer was born on Dec. 1, 1946, at Cairo, Illinois, to Robert and Patricia GuyBritt Gentry. He was a 1965 Baker High School graduate

and spent some time in college learning diesel mechanics. He served 5V2 years in the Army National Guard, excellingasa sharpshooter.

He worked in the oil fields of Wyoming for 10 years, then worked for the Baker 5-J School District for 25 years as a mechanic's assistant, school bus driver, dispatcher, and bus driving instructor.

Homer married Linda Baldwin on Oct. 18, 2008.

H e was forced toretire in 2011 when he discovered he had brain cancer.

Some of his favorite things were hunting, fishing, camping, doing mechanic work, dancing and working for Christ.

Homer deeply loved Jesus and brought many people to Christ, family members said. He was a sweet, kind man who never complained about his lot in life. He was one of the administrators for the Baker Valley Church of Christ and loved listening and singing hymns along with Randy Travis. His favorite hymn was "How Great Thou Art".

Survivors include his wife, Linda; his sons, Keith of Lebanon, Oregon, and Terry of Tigard; daughter, Karen Griffith, and her husband, Marshall, of Boise; two sisters, Kathy Gentry and Sheila Esquabel of Gillette, Wyoming; and abrother,Carl Gentry of Benton City, Washington.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Pam. Memorial contributions may be made to the Homer Gentry MemorialFund through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker

City, OR 97814.

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NEWS OF RECORD DEATHS Betty Jones: 99, a longtime Richland resident, died Dec. 23, 2014, at her home. Atraditional funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Richland Grange Hall. Arrangements are under the direction ofTami's Pine Valley Funeral Home. Onlinecondolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

Charlie Hood: 55, of Richland, died Dec. 23, 2014, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction ofTami's PineValley Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www. tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.

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POLICE LOG BAKER CITY POLICE Arrests, citations

FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT, STRANGULATION: Barry Craig Dean, 58, 1815 Balm St., 9:23 a.m. Tuesday at his home; jailed.

NON-PAYMENT OF FINES:

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a member of Grace Baptist Church.

Family members expressed their appreciation to Lisa and the other members of the Hospice Visions stafF for their loving care of Pearl.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Frank McMullin; four children, Sandra (Johnl Brennan of Twin Falls, Idaho, Steve McMullin of Twin Falls, Idaho, Pamela (Stanl Harding of Tacoma,

Marty Lee Dodge,38, 1718ValleyAve.,3:42 p.m. Tuesday at his home; cited and released.

POST-PRISON SUPERVISION VIOLATION (Parole and Probation detainer): Andrew Jay Culley, 25, of Baker City; jailed.

CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Mariam Kristine Miner,44,of 1585WashingtonAve.,9:35 a.m.

Monday, at her home; jailed.

VIOLATION OF RELEASE AGREEMENT: Anthony Allan Myers, 35, of 2036 Grove St., 12:39 p.m. Monday, at his home; jailed and later released on bail.

CONTEMPT OF COURT (Two Baker County Circuit Court warrants): Debra Renee Efird,40,0f 1725Ash St., 1:05 p.m. Monday, at her home; jailed.

ATTEMPTTO COMMIT UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE: Jacob Perry Fischer, 31, transient, 1:41 p.m.

Monday, in the 2400 block of Oak Street; jailed.

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STORIES Continued from Page1A At the beginning of the recording, they can record a messageto theirchild or children as well.

This is then sent to their children as a gift along with the copy of the book they read.

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"I'm really grate ful for this program.

Even though I'm not there, it allows me

to be able to be as much apart of their life as possible."

— Jason Faherty, inmate about Powder River Correctional Facility, who reads stories to his two daughters then mails the recorded CD to them

Tallman's daughter is 4, which includes the cost of the and his son is 2.

Tallman said book, packaging and postage.

Two books recorded cost $9. he used to read Inmate Jason Faherty, to his children e very night Tallm a n 32, talks on the phone to his before he was two daughters as often as incarcerated. With the Books possible. The Books on CD on CD program, at least program gives him another way to connect with his little they can hear his voice even though they can't be with girls.

"Justtobe abletogothat him.

"I'm their parent. If they extra mile and let them know I care about them is really can listen tome read to cool," Faherty said."I'm really them — you know — it feels like I'm participating as a grateful forthisprogram.

Even though I'm not there, parent," Tallman said."More it allows me to be able to be than I could without it ithe as much a part oftheirlife as CD program)."

Debi Geddes, the adminispossible."

"Frozen" and "Car Go trativeservicesmanager at Zoom" are two of the titles Powder River, manages the Faherty has recorded for his program. daughters.

She said inmates can Reading"Frozen" forthem only participate was particularly important to Faherty. in the program "It's about two sisters who if their children's situation are there for each other and Geddes p ermits it. protect each other. When I ''We have to read the story it made me kind of emotional," he said. make sure that there isn't a no-contact orderorthechild As far as he is concerned, Faherty's children can still is not a victim," Geddes said. be a priority even though he ''We have to be really, really can't physically be there for thorough. We are very careful him. with our screening process."

"My kids are always in my Geddes is adamant that thoughts," he said."I try to readingtochildren isa very pretend they are right there important part of family life next to me iwhile recording)." no matter what the circumRobert Tallman, 27, stances are. another inmate at Powder Recalling memories ofher River, also participates in the own father reading stories program. to her, she understands how

Thecostofone CDis $7,

important the program is for dads who are at Powder River.

"I tell the guys, 'at the end of the day, regardless of what you've done, you're still somebody's dad,brother, husband, uncle or grandpa,' " Geddes said.'That is what defines you — not this iincarcerationl. Your children will always be your children.

Let them have something positive.'"

Sometimes it is hard for Geddes to find the books that inmates request.

"I go anywhere I can to find abook. I go to the Dollar Store.

Igo to Bi-Mart. I've gone to the library when they aregetting rid ofbooks,"she sald.

"They're actually going to the store and picking out a gift and sending it home to their child or children," she said."It' sa greatway for them to stay connected iwith their child). It's huge."

Pedro Miranda, 38, has bought gifts for his daughter.

He appreciates theopportunity to do so.

The reaction fiom his 9-year-old daughter when she received a toy guitar fiom her father meant a lot to Miranda.

"I like when my daughter says,'Daddy, thank you for the guitar you gave me,' and I was like'Guitar? What guitar?' " he said facetiously."And she sounds really happy. Then I say,'I didn't send you a guitar,' and she says Yea you did,

LOCAL BRIEFING Mining Association meeting 3an. 2 The Eastern Oregon Mining Association has its monthly meetings on the first Friday of each month. The Association's next meeting will be Friday, Jan. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Baker City Hall, 1655 First St.

W atershed Councilmeets 3an.7 RICHLAND — The Powder Basin Watershed Council will have its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 7, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Richland Community Center.

Les Perkins of the Farmers Conservation Alliance will give a presentation titled "Designing, Installing, and Operating Low Maintenance Fish Screen."

Everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments are provided. For more information, call the Council office at 541-523-7288.

BLM schedules open houses on B2H The BLM has scheduled a series of open houses, including two in Baker County, during January to give residents a chance to learn about the draft environmental impact statement iDEISl for the proposed Boardman-to-Hemingway power line.

Idaho Power Co. wants to build that transmission line through Baker County. The BLM's DEIS is slated to be released Friday. The two local open houses: •Thursday,Jan.8,Sunridge Inn,Baker City,5 p.m .to 8 p.m.

• Friday, Jan.9,Durkee Community Hall,Durkee,5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

More information is available at www.boardmantohemingway.com.

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"I like it when she does that."

Food Services Manager Veronica Johnson has worked at the prison for 12 years. She is in charge ofrunning the Gik for My Child program.

She said the program is all about the children. ''While the parent is incarGif't for My Child cerated it's important to keep Shopping for gifts is a connection and relationship another thing that doesn't with their child," Johnson said. usually happen in a correcSocial work and counseling tional facility. have been a part of Johnson's But PRCF inmates have work since before she was employed at the prison. At the opportunity to buy a gift for their children. the prison she has also held There is aO gift shop at the the position ofcorrectional facility where inmates can rehabilitation manager. purchase toys that range in One of the goals she hopes price trom $10 to $30. to accomplish with the resiThey get to include a hand- dents at PRCF isn't just their made card with the wrapped rehab while incarcerated.

"My hope is that they learn gift.

This is a year-round prohow to do these things ireadgram — gifts don'thave tobe ing and gifijngl when they are sent as birthday or Christreleased," Johnson.'To me it's mas presents. just about the children. My Geddessaidtheprogram hope is that the guys will is another way for inmates to actually continue this when be there for their children. they get out."

Conservation districts schedule dinner The Baker County Soil and Water Conservation Districts iSWCDl will be have their annual dinner meeting on Jan. 23 at the Sunridge Inn in Baker City.

A no-host social hour will start at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 6:30 p.m.

The theme for the evening is "Pass it on Down!"

The districts will recognize local landowners and partners and showcase their contributions to conserving natural resources in Baker County.

Costis$15 perperson,payable priorto the event at the SWCD office, 3990 Midway Drive. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by Jan. 20 by calling the SWCD at 541-523-7121, extension 100 or 109.

Mining forum planned 3an. 27 Greg Smith, Baker County's economic developer, has scheduled a public forum in Baker City on Jan. 27 to discussa variety ofland use topics.

Other sponsors include the Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association and Oregonians in Action.

The event will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Community Events Center, 2600 East St. Participants will include miners, sand and gravel operators,supportindustries,ranchers,ATV advocates,legislators and local government officials.

Three panel discussions are planned. One will center on the options for people who want to get into mining, one will talk about the current state of mining in Oregon, and one will focus on what actions can be taken to improve mining prospects.

Congressmanchastises Soroptimist Christmas Interior Secretarvover party raised over $5,000 sage grousecomments LAS VEGAS iAPl — A Nevada congressman says he's offended by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's daim that some western lawmakers are playing politics with the sage grouse.

Republican MarkAmodei says the Obama administration is to blame for the conflict over the chicken-sized bird.

He says Jewell and others should be doing more to try to keep it otf the list of endangered species.

Jewell says US. wildlife

Soroptimists International of Baker County raised more than $5,000 with its 1950s-theme Christmas party Dec. 10 in Baker City.

"The results were overwhelming," Soroptimist President Byrt McCall said in a press release."I am so proud of Club memberswho worked very hard to pulleverything together, trom a nicely displayed letter received from John Travolta's Fan Club, to the 50s vintage clothing worn by the manywho attended."

M ore information about the Soroptimists isavailableat wwwfacebook.com/pages/Soroptimists-International-ofBaker-County/153121883233.

officials will decide next year whether the sage grouse needs protections even though Congress has blocked such protections fiom taking effect.

She says it's disappointing that some lawmakers are "more interested in political posturing than finding solutions."

Amodei says Jewell should show somerespectforallthe hard work manyranchers and others are putting in to try toprotectthegrousewithout devastating local economies.

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The family of Bruce Valentine wish to express their appreciation for the-kindness and support from family and friends. Our heartfelt thanks to all those who offered prayers, sent cards and flowers, prepared food, attended the funeral and made onations in memory of Bruce. The love and support we have been shown is truly overwhelming.

Our thanks also to Dr. Schott for his excellent care .of Bruce the last 12 1/2 years. And to St. Alphonsus ' osprfal in Baker City for all their care over the years.

Also to Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home for the ' >I guidance given at this difficult time.

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We don't mean to disparage the donated trees that have gracedCourt StreetPark in downtown Baker City during Christmases past.

Each was a fine and fetching tribute to the season.

But this year's version sets a new standard.

Cloaked in hundreds oflights and spangled with illuminated snowAakes, the tree gleams like a beacon.

We've heard more than one person describe it as a"big city" tree, and indeed ours yields nothing, in sheer beauty, to the trees erected in such places as New York City's Rockefeller Center or Portland's Pioneer Square.

Credit for Baker's coniferous coup goes to Historic Baker City Inc. The downtown organization solicited grants and donations to buy 48 strings oflights (not all of which were used; the tree wasn't quite big enough) and the snowAakes.

Contributors included Steve Hardrath, Mary and

Skip Stiglich, Oregon Trail Bullet Company and the county's lodging tax committee.

Thatcher's Ace Hardware sold the lights and ornaments at a discount.

As in the past, local residents — Ken and Jill Gross this year — donated the tree. Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative crews helped with the tree, Chuck Carey sawed it down, Don Christy of Superior Towing hauled it downtown, and city public works crews draped the limbs with lights.

The community's tree, to put it another way, is truly a community eAort.

And we've never seen a better one in Baker.

Be a responsible driver 's season Many say the holidays are the "most wonderful time of year" — filled with MELISSA celebrations, time with fiiends and famGRAMMON ily, and good cheer.

But all toooften,driversgetwrapped up in the excitement of the holidays and vention Coalition are joining with the forget how dangerous holidays can be if Baker City Police Department for the holidays to remind people that Buzzed people don't put the party behind them whenever they get behind the wheel.

Driving IS Drunk Driving and to never According to the National Highway get behind the wheel after drinking.

Trafic Safety Administration, 760 No matter how many drinks you've peopledied asa resultofdrunk-driving- had, drinking and driving creates an exrelated trafic crashes during December treme risk to your safety and the safety 2011. of others on the road around you.

Don't make a poor decision and be the In fact, 29 percent offatalitiesduring the month of December 2007 to 2011 oc- cause of either your family's or someone curredincrashes thatinvolved drivers else's family's tragedy this holiday seawith blood alcohol concentrations of.08 son. Whether you've had one or one too or above, which is above the legal limit. many, hand the keys to a sober driver or Even with a blood alcohol concentration theresponsible bartender.

Take steps to ensure your holiday below .08, a driver can still be considered impaired. celebrations do not end in tragedy.

That's why New Directions North•Designatea soberdriverbefore the west, Inc. and the Baker County Precelebrations begin; plan a way to get

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Melissa Grammon is the prevention specialist at New Directions Northwest.

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home safely at the end of the night.

• If you are impaired, call a taxi or phone a sober fiiend or family member.

• Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone's life; doing notlnng could cost a hfe.

Pleasedon'tcreatethe nextstatistic.

The best way to ensure your safety is to beresponsible and plan ahead and encourage your friends and family to always do the same.

For more information on Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving, contact Melissa Grammon at New Directions Northwest, Inc. 2100 Main St., Baker City, OR, by phone at 541-523-7400 or by email at mgrammon@ndninc.org.

ity,characterized by free collegetuition and other major investments in our intrastructure.

Our Constitution says that a central That promising American Dream purpose and function of our government isto"promote the general Welfare."To has vanished. Our economic structure me, that means setting rules that enable has shifted fundamentally, with the introduction of computer automation, everyone to benefit from the fiuits of economic activity — to use the common off-shoring, and union-busting. Goodwealth for the common good. By that paying jobs were and are being lost and measure, our government is currently wages stagnating, as we compete for the failing us, and that means we need to jobs that are left, while the wealthy rake change the rules of the game. in the profits. iThis is well-documented Our great country has, over the past by the movie "Inequality for All," featuring former Secretary of Labor Robert 35 years, become a well-oiled machine, Reich, available on DVD at the Baker bestowing great wealth on a very few while relegating the rest of us to inCounty Library and streaming on creasingeconomic distressand poverty. Netflix.l This massive redistribution of wealth Meanwhile, we've been stymied by followeda period ofrising wages and anti-government sentiment, personified widespread prosperity after WWII, with by Ronald Reagan and a discredited a promise of even further upward mobil- "supply-side," trickle-down theory that

led to tax cut after tax cut, cascading budget deficits, and deregulation of the reckless big banks.

We've let this happen. We've let the top one percent keep all the benefits of improved productivity, and we've let Big Money intimidate almost all national politicians into a virtual conspiracy of silence about raising taxes on the wealthy and boosting family incomes.

We must throw off our lethargy and our cynicism, lay aside the anti-government drumbeat that divides us, and we must change the rules. We must cooperateinreversing themassive redistribution of wealth. We must join together to demand the fairness and equity upon which our country was founded.

Marshall McComb Baker City

GUEST EDITORIAL

Lane Coun shows the way on e-cigarette sales to kids Editorial from The (Bend) Bulletin: Lane County is leading the way on banningelectroniccigarette salestom inors.

Other governments need to follow suitand fast.

The urgency for action was underscored Tuesday by a survey showing e-cigs' growing popularity with children. The National Institutes of Health said nearly 9 percent of eighth-graders reported using an e-cig in the previous month. Among high school seniors, the percentageofe-cig userswas 17 percent.

E-cigs are considered less dangerous than regularcigarettes,and advocates argue they can help current smokers reduce their risks.

But the problem for kids is different. Unlike highly regulated cigarettes, e-cigs can be adverti sed freely,displayed in stores and purchased by children. They can be designed in flavors and packaging that particularly appeal to youngsters.

And they can lead to nicotine addiction.

The Lane County Board of Commissioners approvedan ordinance Tuesday that affects

only businesses outside the county's cities. It not only bans the sale to minors, but it also makes it illegal for minors to possess e-cigs, according to The Register-Guard newspaper.

Some commissioners objected to other provisionsthat seta $200 feefor annual business licenses and established penalties they deemed too harsh. The ordinance also requires minors to attend an education class on first offense and sets fines ranging from

$100to$1,000 forrepeatoffenders.

Those provisions may be appropriate, but

our concern is with immediately stopping sales to children. Every day of delay opens the opportunity for another child to start down a damaging road.

The Lane County ordinance might have limited effect, but it's a good start that we hope other local governments — including Lane County's cities — will follow.

Better yet would be prompt statewide legislation, but local governments shouldn't wait. They should act promptly to protect their children from this important threat.

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

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

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden: D.C. office: 221 Dirksen Senate Office Building,Washington, D.C.,20510; 202-224-5244; fax 202-2282717. La Grande office: 105 Fir St., No. 210, La Grande, OR 97850; 541-962-7691; fax, 541-963-0885; wyden.senate.gov.

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

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber: 254 State Capitol, Salem, 0 R 97310; 503-378-3111; www. g ove rn o r. o reg o n. g ov.

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

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

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

State Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontarioj: Salem office: 900 Court

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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 Skyline Drive, John Day, OR 97845; 541-490-6528.

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

Dennis Dorrah, Clair Button (mayorj, Roger Coles, Mike Downing, Barbara Johnson, Richard Langrell, Kim Mosier.

Baker City administration: 541-523-6541. Mike Kee, city manager; Wyn Lohner, police chief; Mark John, fire chief; Michelle Owen, public works director; Luke Yeaton, HR manager and city recorder.

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BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A

REMEMBERING ONE OF OREGON'S WORST NATURAL DISASTERS

By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Couner

GRANTS PASS —It's a vacant lot now, with almost nothing left but an aging concreteslab and septiccap.

It's where Skeets and Bobbie Bellamy and their three sons lived on Fielder Lane, after escaping the Los Angeles traffic in 1959.

Aredwood,plantedby Mike Bellamy when he was 6 years old, soars upward. The Rogue River flows about 250 feetin the background.

The family endured aflood in 1962.

Itwasnotcatastrophic. They just moved everything upstairs, said Bellamy, now 60, of Grants Pass.

But nothing prepared them for what unfolded two years later when the Rogue River went on a rampage, swollen with record rainfall and melting snow.

Early Wednesday morning, Dec. 23, 1964, as the river crested, a largetree sm acked into the Bellamy home and obliterated most of it. Luckily they were not in it.

The Flood of the Century had swallowed another victim.

That flood set the bar for every other flood on the Rogue River. The only larger ones in modern times had struck in the 19th century.

'Years later you look for things you had, and you know they went down the river," Skeets Bellamy said in a 1984 Daily Courier article.

The"Big One" crested at 34.15 feet,14 feetabove flood stage and nearly two feet higher than the 1955

BAKER COUNTYESCAPEDWORST OF CHRISTMAS STORMS'WRATH The series of storms in December 1964 that set rainfall records in Oregon and spawned floods that killed 17 people affected Baker County, too, but the damage here was far less extensive than in other parts of the state.

Rainfall in December 1964 set records around the Northwest, including 16.06 inches for the month in Grants Pass, which was a record until the 19.94 inches in 1996. The now abandonedtown ofValsetzin PolkCounty had 40.25 inches of rain in December 1964.

It was also the wettest December on record in Baker City, but the total for the month — 2.83 inches — is paltry compared with the deluge much of the rest of the state endured.

After heavy snows fell in Oregon from Dec. 18-20, up to 11 inches in Portland, a warm train of storms known as the Pineapple Express began slamming the Northwest. The remnants of the Super-typhoon Opal earlier in the month contributed, according to the NationalWeather Service.

The biggest problems in Baker County were strong winds that caused power outages, and warm temperatures — highs were in the 50s for several days around Christmas — that caused ice on the Powder River to break up and form a dam at Chandler Lane between Baker Clty and Haines.

Workers dynamited the ice before it caused major flooding, although the river came within one foot of flood stage in town.

Ice dams also formed on the river between Baker City and Sumpter. This was four years before Mason Dam was finished, creating Phillips Reservoir and reducing the risk of flooding in Baker City.

The ice had formed earlier in December when the temperature plummeted to 26 below zero in Baker City.

Flooding in Western Oregon prevented mail delivery from Portland to Baker City for several days.

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atleasteightfeetaboveflood stage, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The monsterfl ood came about like most of the Rogue floods over the years, the doublewhammy ofheavy rain on top of significant melting snow. It affected every river in western Oregon and northwestern California.

The morning of Dec. 23, Margaret Slagle of Grants Pass loaded up her four children and an 8-millimeter m oviecamera to record the event. Her husband, R.B., who would have a long career in by the Jan. 1, 1997, flood. It the log truck business, drove was 10 feet lower. the car.

Today, Lost Creek ResJoan Momsen of the ervoir's storage would have Josephine County Historiknocked off 25 percent of the cal Society earlier this week peak flow in Grants Pass, but popped in a DVD made fiom the river would have still risen Slagle's home movie, and re-

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Slagle, during an interview earlier this week. of it are on the Daily Courier's Perhaps most impressive website. were the scenes she filmed 'Trees would hit the at Hellgate Canyon 18 miles SeventhStreetbridge and go downstream fiom Grants under, then pop up between Pass.

"Oh my goodness, the the bridges, then hit the side of Caveman Bridge and shat- power behind all that water ter," Momsen recalled. going through such a narrow Slagle filmed trees slamplace," she said. ming into the bridge at Rogue Her son Mike, now in his River, and in the background early 60s, still points out the swamped businesses along high points of the'64 flood Rogue River Highway. Gail's when he's guiding on the Market was one that suffered Rogue for Orange Torpedo extensive damage in both Trips, including a spot not the'55 and'64 floods. From far below where the Hellgate Foothill Boulevard, the view overlook is today. is down to the flooded railroad A few miles upstream, the tracks and devastated Fielder Rogue topped the paveLane. ment at Robertson Bridge.

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As produce manager at Albertsons, Wittich is able to Continued ~om Page1A The program started get good deals and stock up when items are discounted abouttwo years earlier, when church members tried for quick sale. His current servingfreemeals once inventory includes lots of hot a month.But people had dogs and chili, which he'll combine to serve on Jan. 1. trouble keeping track of which Thursday was meal "One of the things we've night. reallybeen trying to getthe For consistency, the conchurch involved in is the gregationdecided to make it community," said Wittich, 54, every Thursday. an elder who served as as''We're Baptists, we like to sociatepastorfor tw oyears when he and his family, cook," Wittich explains.

His seven-member Bible which includes four grown children, first moved to study group is responsible for this week's meal I'just as Baker City 19 years ago. it is on the fourth Thursday "It used to be that families of each month). got up on Sunday and went 'You'd be surprised," to church," he said."Over Wittich said of the effort to the lastthree decades that's changed to where church put togethera meal for40 isn'timportant topeople. to 60people ioraswasthe ''We believe God isvery case on Thanksgiving, 70 to important and we want to 80 served at South Baker bring people to God," he said.

School). "It's not too terribly hard to throw together food And the free meals are for that many people." an opportunity for church The dinners are served members to build relationfrom 5:30p.m. to 6:30p.m. at ships with those who aren't the church at 2130 Fourth in the pews every week, says St. This week, the Christmas Pastor Dave Deputy, 42. ''We're trying to emphasize Eve Candlelight Service will begin after the meal at 6:30 the individual responsibility of people of the church and everyone is invited to — giving back,caring for stay for that as well.

Another Bible study group people, meeting those needs," serves a Mexican-themed Deputy said. meal on the second Thursday The meal project has been taken on by volunteers and of each month and the third Thursday features spaghetti headed by the Wittiches, or other pasta as the main leaving Deputy to help as he's needed, but also to dish. The church's Christian Education group serves the spend time getting to know other week. those who come to eat. Other When there is a fifth church members who aren't Thursday, the meal is "Karl's Choice,"Wittich said.

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Joel Richardson likens his Baker boys basketball team to asetoftw ins.

One is a great kid — the sort who hits the game-winning shot and is valedictorian besides.

The other twin, well, he "sort of goes crazy sometimes," Richardson said.

That troublesome twin was in control a bit too much Monday night during the Bulldogs' 61-52 loss at Bishop Kelly, a private school in Boise.

The third quarter was both the key period in the game, and a microcosm of Baker's dual personality.

After falling behind by double digits early in the second quarter, Baker rallied to narrow Bishop Kelly's lead to 26-22 at halftime.

Early in the third quarter, with the good twin in charge, the Bulldogs quickly took a four-point lead.

"It was a great run," Richardson said.

But a short-lived one.

Bishop Kelly dominated the rest of the third quarter, turning its four-point deficit into a 13-point lead, 44-31, entering the final quarter.

Baker i4-4l rallied in the fourth quarter but couldn't overcome Bishop Kelly's decisive third-quarter scoring spree.

Although he's frustrated by his team's inconsistency, Richardson thinks the flaws can be fixed without any drastic changes.

"It's just the details for us, and we're not the type of team that can look past the small details," Richardson said.'When we're making good decisions and executingsetting good screens and making good decisions on entry passes— we're apretty good team."

Logan Sand led Baker with 24 points, but no other Bulldog scored in double figures. Taylor Gulick added 8 points.

Logan Scott, who twisted his ankle Friday against Kuna, missed Monday's game.

Richardson is confident Baker's rigorous preseason schedule will prepare the Bulldogs as they aim for a Greater Oregon League title.

'That's we we built the preseason schedule the way we did, with tough teams," he said.

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thathave existed in the past have been eliminated so that families aren't overwhelmed by church duties in addition to the other demands of their busy lives.

Deputy says the congregation'sdedication toserving the community is not a result of anything he or anyone else in the church has done.

He attributes it to an ongoing — for the past 100 weeks — study of the Gospels, the first four books of the New Testament.

Deputy says that while studying the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which tell about the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ, the congregation has been transformed.

"People began to get a heart for reaching out," he said."If you immerse yourself in the life of Christ, it begins to change you."

Calvary Baptist Church thisyear celebrated its 140th anniversary in Baker City.

Deputy says the church has always been outreachoriented, but at times it had become inwardly focused, as churches tend to do. ''We get tied up in religion," he said."Jesus is not really about religion — he's about a relationship with him. Sometimes it's easy to forgetthat.

"My faith is not about what I do, it's because of who I know that Jesus begins to work in my life."

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Students from the Baker Middle School Leadership Class, including Deputy's 12-year-old son, Daniel, also havejoined the effortto help prepare for the weekly event.

Deputy, his wife, Allison, and their three children moved to Baker City 10 years ago. Dave was the church's youth and family pastor for the first half of his tenure and has served as pastorfor the pastfiveyears.

In addition to the meals, the church also provides a weekly children's program for ages 3 through sixth grade. About 60 kids and 30 adults, led by Dan and Sharon McGuire, participate in the AWANA youth program everyWednesdaynight.iThe McGuires also are on hand each Thursday for meals.)

Deputy helps with the third-and fourth-grade class and again he values the connections he and other adults make with children they might never otherwise get to know.

And along the way, the children learn about the Bible, Jesus and God's love for them, Deputy says. Only about a third of the children who attend AWANA, which runs from 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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3thingstoconsiderheforetheyear'send HAPPENINGS he year is rapidly drawing

Downtown organization shuffles membership benefits La Grande Main Street has revamped its membership benefits.

Membership options an. structmed into four basic tiers: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Perks indude discounts on window paintings and graphic design work, to spotlights in the monthlynewsletter and fiee business developmentworkshops andtoolkits.

La Grande Main Street has is now accepting new members for the upcoming year.

For more information on membership or to join as a member, contact the program director atdirector@lagrandemainstreet. org or 541-963-1223.

T to a close. The New Year will

soon be upon us along with all sortsofplansand resolutions for 2015. Completing the year is an important part of financial planning. Make a checklist of the financial things you need to complete, re-evaluate orreview before year end.

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the New Year.

Here are a three important thingstoreview for2014.

Taxes Each year you set your finances in motion with your actions, which are based on your emotions, goalsand purpose.In order to move forward in the New Year, complete what you have set in motion for the current year.

Review and completion give you a sense of achievement and accomplishment with your finances and clear the path for

Review gains and losses on your investments. Watch investments companies that pay yearend dividends and capital gains.

Many pay just before year end but may have estimates on their websites. Identify any transactions that could improve your tax situation. Make sure you have original purchase prices on any investments sold during the year,

known as cost basis.

Retirement plans Check the status of all your retirement accounts. If you're still working and contributing, put the most in you can. If age 50 or older, you have an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the catch-up provisions, which means you may be able to put in more money due to your age.

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Browne elected as Oregon Farm Bureau vice president

BRAIN FOOD ICEN ICELLER

At the 82nd Oregon Farm Bureau annual meeting in Gleneden Beach, Peggy Browne of Baker County Farm Bureau was elected to the position of OFB first vice president by the OFB House of Delegates, a grassrootsbody comprised of family farmers and ranchers from all parts of Oregon.

As OFB first vice president, Browne will presideover House ofDelegatesmeetings and will assist OFB President Barry Bushue, among other duties.

Before being elected to her new position, Browne had served as OFB second vice presidentsince 2010.A former president of Baker County Farm Bureau, she operates a family cattle ranch, along with a natural resource consulting firm, in North Powder.

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Wallowa County rancher named statechairman ENTERPRISE — A Wallowa County rancher was named state chairman to the Public Lands Council earlier this month at the annual Oregon Cattlemen's Association meeting in Bend.

Rod Childers will serve a dual role as the cattlemen's representative to thecouncil and asa directoron thenational board.

Skye Krebs, who ranches in Wallowa and Morrow counties, served as the national chairman. He said the council has been around for 75 years and is comprised offederallands grazing permittees from across the country.

The boardofdirectorsis supportedby an executivedirector and a public affairs position in a Washington, D.C., office, Childers said.

'The cattlemen's participation is importantforOregon togiveourfederalland permittees a voice in D.C. dealing with political issues and regulations," Childers said.

Small BusinessAdministration disaster loan due 3an. 14 The Small Business Administration federal disaster loan for economic injury is due by Jan. 14 Theselow-interestloans are tooffset economiclossesbecause ofreduced revenues caused by the drought in the state's primary counties — Grant and Josephine — that began on March 15.

According to Tanya Garfield, director of the U.S. SBA Disaster Field Operations Center-West, small non-farm businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations of any size may apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster.

Neighboring counties to the primary counties include Baker, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wheeler counties.

The interest rate is4 percentfor businessesand 2.625 percent forprivate nonprofit organizations with terms up to 30 years. Loan amounts and terms are set

by SBA and are based on each applicant's financial condition.

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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The U.S. Department of Agriculture program is still getting up and running, and smaller cooperatives would like to see how it works forothersbefore committing time and resources to ByAndrew Clevenger it, Case said.

Wescom News Serwce "There's a bunch of webinars WASHINGTON — In Decem- right now, informing people about ber 2013, the U.S. Department how it works," he said."It's in that of Agriculture announced its phase, learning about the intricanew EnergyEfficiency and Loan ciesofthe program."

Jeff Beaman, the member serConservation Program would make $250 million available vicesdirectorfortheRedmondto rural electric cooperatives to basedCentralElectricCoopretrofit residences and businesses erative, said the cooperative's in rural communities to improve members saved $736,000 over their energy efficiency. the last 13 months — enough A year later, none of the energy to power 230 homes for a Oregon Rural Electric Cooperayear — using the co-op's existing tive Association's members have efficiency programs. But the co-op partici pated in the program, doesn't want to dive into the monaccording to Ted Case, the group's ey-lending business until it has executive director. a clearer picture ofhow it would Under the plan, announced work and whether its members

by Agriculture Secretary Tom would be interested. ''We don't have a program set Vilsack, cooperatives would use the money to make low-interest up where we finance activities loans to business and residential for our members through us," he customers. The customers would said.'When a new program like this comes out, and it definitely use the loans to buy energysavingdevices— timers for has somepotentialand appealto lights, for example, or an energy- the members, we still have to see effic ient appliance — and have it run a little bit." their loan payments folded into While the program was antheir electric bills. Ideally, custom- nounced Dec. 5, 2013, the first ers would use less electricity and loans weren't approved until Oct. the savings would help pay for 23, Beaman said.

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The USDA did not respond to requests for information about the EnergyEfficiency and Conservation Loan Program, and it did not make anyone available for comment.

Two co-ops have received more than $10 million in loans already, according to a Rural Utilities Services memo. The Roanoke Electric Membership Corporation in North Carolina was granted $6 million to finance improvements to HVAC systems, appliancereplacements and other structural improvements for an average of 200 residences per year over four years, according to the agency.

The North Arkansas Electric Cooperative will use a loan of $4.6 million to fund geothermal installations, energy-efficient lighting, and weatherization measures, according to the memo.

Rural Utilities Services has alsoapproved a business plan for Inland Power and Light Co., a co-op based in Spokane, Washington, with the loan expected to be $43 million over 10 years. ''We're at a stage where Rural Utilities Services just approved our application," said John Francisco, Inland Power's chief of energy resources.'We haven't begun loaning money yet; we're still sorting through how we're going to qualify people for loans."

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Oregon Trail Electric Cooperativeoffi cialsare studying the potential benefits, and problems, of offering loans that customers would repay through their monthly power bills.

A key issue is how the federal loan program meshes with existing energy efficiency programs through the Bonneville Power Administration, said Jim Horan, OTEC's government affairs and

communications director.

OTEC has energy efficiency upgrades for customers now, mainly in the form of rebates for such things as buying heat pumps or replacing windows, Horan said.

It's not clear, he said, whether OTEC customers who qualify for a rebate could pay the remainder of the cost of such an upgrade by taking out a loan through the new federal program.

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client hired a long lost elative and placed him in management. For the sake of confidentiality, let's call the new hire Steve.

Joining the armed forces out ofhigh school, Steve was lookingfor security and stability. Over time, he proved himself and was promoted, becoming an officer. Retiring after20 yearsofservice, Steve was looking to join an organization with growth potential.

Given Steve's age, experience and track record of personal drive, his elder relations had in mind that they might some day turn company operations over to him to run so they could step out of the business to a more strategic role.

After all, Steve was family and could be trusted to look out for their interests, financially and otherwise.

But after Steve had been on the job for a few years, the owners noticed some things, some traits, that were eyebrow raising.

It was determined early on by his subordinates that Steve had not earned his new position; it was given to him.

That might have been the source of some initial jealousy but that disappeared and turned into frustration when it quickly surfaced that Steve had never learned to delegate.

Steve was quite proud of what he called his "30-second rule" which meant ifhe gave a subordinate an assignment, if that person had not jumped into solving the problem within the set time span, Steve pulled the person out of the way and solved the problem himself.

He did not trust his people.

Why did this happen? His mindset was that his subordinates weren't as good as he was, and to make sure they knew that, he did almost everything himself.

Steve thought he was above the details. He should have known better with his background. Details make or break any organization.

Steve was always ready to blame someone else when a project didn't go the way it should have. Having a subordinate take the fall was his MO. As a result, trust vanished.

He failed miserably when it came to hiring people.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014

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Tribes tread carefully into marijuana talks The Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— The Navajo Nation had bitter debates when it was deciding whether to allow casinos on the reservationand ifalcohol should be sold in them. The arguments focused on the revenue and jobs casinos and liquor could bring to a reservation where half the workforce is unemployed and m ost arrests and pervasive social ills are linked to alcohol abuse.

When the federal government announced this month that it would allow American Indian tribes to grow and sell marijuana, the same divisive discussions resurfaced. The tribalpresident'soffi cetalked of expanding crops to include potformedicinal butnotrecreational use, while a tribal lawmaker quickly declared his opposition.

"Criminal activity is just going to go up more, and drug addiction is going to go up more, and everyone is going to be affected," said Edmund Yazzie, head ofthe Navajo Nation Council's Law and Order Committee.

The split reaction among Navajo leadersreflectsdivisions on reservations around the country. While the Navajo and a number of other tribes ultimately ventured into the casino business, many say they're inclined to avoid marijuana as a potential revenue booster amid deep sensiti vity overrampant alcoholism, poverty, crime and joblessness on tribal lands.

Marijuana isn't tied to tribal culture, like tobacco commonly used in religious ceremonies, and any pot growingoperation would run

KELLER Continued from Page 1B Every one of the people he recruited into the company left within months once the "real Steve" surfaced.

Through all this, Steve wouldn't hesitate to tell anyone how much he loved his work. But what he really loved was the steady paycheck and his title. He had

counter to the message that tribes have preached for decadesthatdrugs and alcohol ruin lives, said Carl Artman, former U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs assistant secretary and member of the Oneida Tribe in Wisconsin. ''When you look at what tribeshave to offer— from gaming to ecotourism to looking out over the Grand Canyon, just bringing people out on the reservation for art or culture — this is not one of the things they would normally want,"Artman said."It hearkens back to something that's archaic and stereotypical asopposed to what the modern day Indian is about."

But it has piqued the interest of some of the country's 566 federall y recognized tribes, including tribes in Washington, the Dakotas, Connecticut and Colorado, as well as the Navajo Nation, which stretches into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.

Lance Morgan, a member oftheWinnebago Tribe who manages an Indian law firm in Nebraska, said he's had about a dozen requests &om tribes looking for a legal &amework for getting into the marijuana business.

The overall poverty ratefor American Indian and Alaska Natives in 2010 was 28 percent, according to Census data, but it can be much greater in individual tribal communities.

"It's something everyone is talking about," he said.

But hesaid tribesare treading carefully and believes most of them will decideagainst getting into the marijuana business.

"made it" postservice career.

Over time, any passion that might have existed at the start for the work or the people disappeared. He switched to being a clockwatcher, ignoring the need to seta good example for his employees about staying until the job got done.

His arrival and departure &om work became predictable; he acted more like a hourly worker punching a

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Marriottseesbeachiront property that needs hotels.

And outside Orlando, Florida, Danny Howell just knows there would be demand for his classic Chevrolet parts.

American businesses have begun imagining ways to capitalize on last week's announcement that the United States will restore diplomatic ties with Cuba and ease curbs on trade with one of the last surviving Communist regimes.

Their more ambitious plans would require that Congress lift the U.S. embargo on most exports to Cuba.

Given sharp resistance &om some in Congress, that might not happen soon.

But many analysts think Congress will repeal the embargo eventually.

"It's great news — it's a totally untapped market," said Seth Kaplowitz, a lawyer and lecturer in finance at San Diego State University.

All that said, Cuba experts have a message for any business that might be envisioning easy riches: Be patient.

After years of rigid market planning in Cuba and the half-century-old U.S. embargo, restoring economic tiestosomething close to normal is likely to be complex and time-consuming.

The United States must change laws and regulations, and Cuba must build

clock than a member of management focused on achieving company performance.

The owners initially bought what Steve was selling, atleastforthefi rst few years and rewarded him.

For the wrong things. Raises were given, extra time off granted, a company car and gasoline creditcard provided.

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an economy more hospitable to foreign investment.

"The Cuban government has a long way to go and a lot more to do," said Jodi Bond, vice president of the Americas at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce."I don't think any businesses are under the illusion that this is going to be an easy transition or the floodgates will open."

Still, the prospects are tantalizing.

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perform these basic management skills and eventually left the family business.

You may have a Steve on your team; or maybe your team sees you as "Steve."

The failure to recognize that nothing stays the same in business can be deadly.

Just as every owner wants their business to grow, to adapt, to evolve, it all starts with the leader looking in the mirror.

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region, is developing a plan for Cuba. ''We could very rapidly put charters onto the island" or buy a hotel and convert it into one of its Sunscape brand resorts, CEO Alex Zozaya said. He envisions a market for the company's higher-end hotels, like Secrets and Dreams.

Eventually, that is.

"Cuba does not have the right in&astructure yet to satisfy the mid-to-high-end market," Zozaya said.

Cuba, which can appear stuck in a 1950s time warp, desperately needs investment. The island lags far behind its neighbors Haiti and the Dominican Republic in theproportion ofitseconomic output that goes into public infrastructure like roads,factoriesand housing.

In fact, Cuba has one of the lowest investment rates in the world, according to the World Bank.

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Lastly, take some time to contemplate and celebrate what went well for you in 2014. In early 2015, you will want to think about what to change or dodifferent, but for the last few weeks of 2014, focuson completion and accomplishment.

What were the best financial

decisions you made? What inspired you to make those decisions? What goals did you achieve? Here are some examples I have heard %dly funding my retirement plan," "saving six months worth of expenses for an emergency fund,""I paid otf my home,""I paid off my building,"" I took

my entire family to Hawaii," "I set up an education fund for my grandchildren with some money I inherited" and "I helped fund a project that m akes di a fference to a lotof people."Acknowledging and savoring what you accomplish is one of the sweetest benefits of a wealth plan.

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

DEADLINES: LINE ADS: Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: noo nThursday DISPLAY ADS:

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BINGO: TUESDAYS at Settler's Park.

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First Lutheran Church FREE KID'S CLUB F RIDAYS 1:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

1st-6th grades 1734 3rd St. Use Valley St. entrance under Kid's Club sign

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541-786-9755 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3048 MONTHLY MEETING 2nd Thurs. of the month. Post btt Auxiliary meet at 6:30 p.m.

Up to 17 1/2 inches wide any length

VFW Hall, 2005 Valley Ave., Baker 541-523-4988

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Presbytenan Church, 1995 4th St. (4th btt Court Sts.) Baker City. Open, No smoking.

1st btt 3rd FRIDAY (every month) Ceramics with Donna 9:00 AM — Noon.

(Pnces from $3- $5)

MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE)

AA MEETINGS 2614 N. 3rd Street La Grande

CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF TUESDAY NIGHTS PUBLICATION Craft Time 6:00 PM We make every effort (Sm.charge for matenals) t o a v o i d err o r s .

However mistakes EVERY WEDNESDAY d o s l i p thr o u g h .

Bible Study; 10:30 AM Check your ads the Public Bingo; 1:30 PM first day of publica( .25 cents per card) tion btt please call us immediately if you EVERY MORNING find an error. North(M onday —nday) F east Oregon ClassiExercise Class; fieds will cheerfully 9:30AM (FREE) make your correc-

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TRAP CLUB: Thurs., 7 p.m.

T r a p Cl ub Grounds, Imnaha Rd., west of Baker City. For info, ca I I Ed at 541-523-6077.

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AL-ANON. At t i tude o f Gratitude. W e d n e sdays, 12:15 — 1:30pm.

Faith Lutheran Church.

1 2th btt Gekeler, L a Grande.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS can help!

24 HOUR HOTLINE (541 ) 624-51 1 7 www oregonaadrstnct29 com

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BAKER COUNTY Cancer Support Group Meets 3rd Thursday of

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113 1/2 E Main St. PH: 541-398-1327 Sunday's 10am-noon.

Wednesday (women only) 11 a.m.— noon

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12/27 btt 12/28; 8am-5pm Furniture,odds-n-ends and lots of free things!

SUSSCRISNS! TAICE US ON YOUR PHONE! LEAVE YOUR PAPER AT HOME

AA MEETING: Powder River Group Mond 7 PM -8 PM Wedd 7 PM -8 PM Fnd 7 PM -8 PM

Grove St. Apts.

Corner of Grove btt D Sts. Baker City, Open Nonsmoking Wheel Chair Accessible

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

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210 - Help WantedBaker Co.

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BE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN! This lot may be possible to divide, buyer to check with the city. A remodel was started on this home so there are currently no existing bedrooms or bathrooms. Also there is not a staircase to the upstairs. Finish the remodel or tear it down and start over.

14138134 Century 21 i Eagle Cap Realty, i 541-9634511.

750 - Houses For Rent Baker Co.

2-BDRM MOBILE home, Haines. No pets, references required. $400.

Thisinstituteis an Equal + dep. 541-523 3110 TTY 1-800-735-2900

725 - Apartment Rentals Union Co. 1 bdrm, all utilities pd, plus free internet and c oin-op laundry, n o smoking and no pets. $475 mo, $400 d eposit. 541-910-3696.

2-BDRM, 1 bath with a

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LA GRANDE, OR THUNDERBIRD APARTMENTS

2 ROOM dormer, all utili307 20th Street ties paid, plus internet 8t and laundry, no smok- COVE APARTMENTS i ng, n o p e t s , $ 2 7 5 1906 Cove Avenue month $ 2 5 0 dep 541-91 0-3696.

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1, 2 6t 3 bedroom units with rent based on income when ava ila ble.

CLOSE T O EO U, 1 b drm, w/s/g pd , n o smoking/nopets, $425 month, $400 deposit.

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Call (541) 963-7476 GREEN TREE APARTMENTS 2310 East Q Avenue La Grande,OR 97B50 I 9I

LG STU D IOApt. R ea dy 12/15, all utilities pd.

$450mo 541-910-0811

garage. $550/mo. See at: 1751 Church St. 541-51 9-7063 2-BDRM, 1 b a th. W/S paid. Gas heat, range, fridge, fenced yard. $ 575/mo p lu s d e p .

541-51 9-6654 3-BDRM, 1-bath Home.

Lg. Iot, $600/mo + dep 2520 M y rt l e s t .

360-785-9595.

4/5 BDRM, 2 bath house $950/mo. 1st, last 8t deposit. Available Dec. 20th. Pets on approval with a fee. Large corn er lot, f e nced w i t h s hop. Fo r R e n t o r l ease option t o b u y Call 541-523-5978 or 541-403-0275

TAKING APPLICATIONS NOW! 2- bdrm w/covered patio, garage 8t carport Fndge, stove 8t W/D included. $600/mo 1st, last+ sec. dep.

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FSBO: 3-BDRM, 2 bath home for rent or lease option to buy. No pets. $1000/mo plus deposit 1880 Pear Street 541-379-2645

STUDIO APARTMENTS HUD A P P ROVED,SUNFIRE REAL Estate walking distance to loLLC. has Houses, Duc al businesses a n d restaurants, for more i nfo r m a t i o n c al l 509-592-81 79

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plexes 8t Apartments for rent. Call Cheryl Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 541-523-7727.

752 - Houses for Rent Union Co.

2 BD singlewide at 708 Poplar in Cov e . $475/mo, 1st, last 8t $400 d e p o s it . No s moking, n o pet s , Now accepting applicaw /s/ g p r ov id e d . tions f o r fed e r a l ly (541)437-6511 leave f unded h o using f o r messaqe. t hos e t hat a re sixty-two years of age or older, and h andicapped or disabled of any age. 1 and 2 bedroom units w it h r e nt b ased o n i nco m e when available.

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Proiect phone ¹: 541-437-0452 TTY: 1(800)735-2900 "This Instituteis an equal opportuni ty provi der"

y a rd. $900/m o. L o cated 10200 Grandview Dr. Island City.

Ca II 541-963-2343 3 BDRM, 2 bath in LG. 2 car garage, large yard, $ 1000 pe r m o , n o pets. 541-963-4174.

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745 - Duplex Rentals Apartments 4-BDRM Town house w/ Union Co. 5BD, 2BA, 2 bed main 1 -1/2 Bath 8 t W o o d 800 N 15th Ave 2 BD, 1ba, newly renofloor 8t 3 down. $785 Stove Back-up. New Elgin, OR 97827 vated, w/d hoop-ups, 479-283-6372 Carpet 8t Paint. W/g hardwood floors, off Paid. $850+ dep.

Now accepting applicas treet p a r k i ng , n o AVAILABLE IN Jan. 3 bd LARGE 1-BDRM $570 + tions f o r fed e r a l ly smoking, cats o k ay.

2 ba, mobile home in dep. No pets funded housing. 1, 2, W/S paid. First 8t last, I sland City, close t o 541-523-9414 and 3 bedroom units $400 dep. $750mo refschool. $735/mo, $450 with rent based on inerences required,leave dep. 541-910-1807 ELKHORN VILLAGE come when available. msg. 541-805-7768 APARTMENTS COZY 3B/2B house in Senior a n d Di s a b l ed Proiect phone number: A FFORDABLE S T U U nion, d e c k , W / D Housing. A c c e pt ing 541-437-0452 DENT HOUSING. 5 hookups, Fenced yard, applications for those TTY: 1(800)735-2900 bd, 5 ba, plus shared $ 995/m o .

C a II aged 62 years or older kitchen, all u tillities 541-963-1210. as well as those dis"This institute is an equal paid, no smoking, no abled or handicapped opportunity provider." pets, $800/mo 8t $700 CUTE COTTAGE style of any age. Income redep. 541-910-3696 strictions apply. Call 2bd house, southside Candi: 541-523-6578 La Grande location, no Beautiful B r and New smoking o r pet s, 3bd, 2b a a l l a p p l i- $ 595 / m o ca II ances, fenced yard, 541-963-4907 SENIOR AND garage, 8t yard care.

STUDIO APT. FOR DISABLED HOUSING $1,100mo + dep. Mt. DRC'S PROPERTY RENT. $450/MO, Clover Glen Emily Prop. Mgt. MANAGEMENT, INC. UTILITIES INCLUDED. Apartments, 541-962-1074 215 Fir Str 503-806-2860 2212 Cove Avenue, La Grande OR La Grande Clean 8t well appointed 1 DUPLEX, 3b/1.5b, Houses: L ook i n g f o r 8t 2 bedroom units in a NICE s ingle garage, W / D 3 bd, 1 1/2 ba, Garage 8t quiet location. Housing W / S i nStorage. Newly something in par- for those of 62 years hookups, cluded, $775/mo. Call r emodeled. Quiet I C o r older, as w ell a s tiCular? Then you t hose d i s a b le d or 541-963-1210. neighborhood. Large y ard, g a r de n a r e a , h andicapped of a n y n ee d t he w alking d i s tance t o age. Rent based on in- 750 - Houses For school.

Classified Ads! come. HUD vouchers Rent Baker Co. $ 1,200.00mo. D i s Please call OREGON TRAIL PLAZA This is the sim- accepted. c ount p o s sible w i t h 541-963-0906 + (4/e accept HUD + exte nd ed Iea se.

PleSt, moSt ineX- TDD 1-800-735-2900 1- bdrm mobile home starting at $400/mo. 2 bd, 1ba. Quiet Neighpensive vvay for This institute is an equal borhood, fenced yard, Includes W/S/G opportuni ty provider RV spaces avail. Nice secunty system, $750, you to reaCh Peoquiet downtown location dog okay with ple in this area references.

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Beautifully updated Call M ic h e l l e at Community Room, (541)523-5908. featunng a theater room a pool table, full kitchen «SPECIAL» and island, and an $200 off electnc fireplace.

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EQUAL HOUSING by: GSL Properties OPPORTUNITY Located Behind La Grande Town Center

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We offer clean, attractive Retirement two b edroom a partApartments ments located in quiet 767Z 7th Street, and wel l m a i ntained La Grande, OR 97850 settings. Income restnctions apply.

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: no o n Thursday DISPLAY ADS:

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Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifieds@bakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifieds@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 752 - Houses for Rent Union Co.

760 - Commercial Rentals

780 - Storage Units

FOR RENT or for Sale: COMMERCIAL OR retail A PLUS RENTALS Compact mobile home space for lease in hishas storage units in La Grande. W/D and t oric Sommer H e l m availabie.

D W included. N e w Building, 1215 Washi ngton A v e ac r o s s 5x12 $30 per mo. ref., new windows and doors, extra insulation, from post office. 1000 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. $30 per mo. paneling, and laminate plus s.f. great location 8x10 'plus deposit' wood floors. No smok$800 per month with 5 1433 Madison Ave., ing or dogs. W/S/G, year lease option. All or 402 Elm St. La a nd space r e n t i n utilities included and Grande. c luded. $430, or i n parking in. A v a ilable Ca II 541-910-3696 quire re . p u r c hase. n ow , pl eas e 541-91 0-0056 call 541-786-1133 for

STEV ENSONSTORAGE •Mini W-arehouse • Outside Fenced Parking • ReasonableRates For informationcall:

528-N15days 5234807evenings 378510th Street

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IN COVE, clean and spa- VI ewI n g . c ious 2 bd r m ro w house. All appliances, plus w/d. $625mo, + INDUSTRIAL P ROPdep. (541)568-4722.

ERTY. 2 bay shop with office. 541-910-1442 LARGE 2 BDRM, 1 ba, in Cove $700mo. NE Prope rt y M gt .

NORTHEAST 541-91 0-0354 PROPERTY LARGE 2BDRM 1 bath, $750.00.

541-91 0-0354

ABC STORESALL HAS EXPANDED Units sizes from Sx10 up to 10x30 541-523-9050

American West Storage 7 days/24 houraccess 541-523-4564 COMPETITIVE RATES Behind Armory on East and H Streets. Baker City

MANAGEMENT 541-910-0354

Commercial Rentals NICE 3 bdrm, 2 bath in 1200 plus sq. ft. professional office space. 4 Union. $850 plus Dep. offices, reception Mt Emily Prop Mgmt area, Ig. conference/ 541-962-1074. break area, handicap SOUTHSIDE 2BD, 1ba + access. Pnce negotia2 b o nu s r o o m s i n ble per length of b asement, al l a p p l . lease. incl.. no smoking, no pets, $900/mo, $850 dep. 541-910-3696 OFFICE SPACE approx 700 sq ft, 2 offices, reSOUTHSIDE, CLOSE to cept area, break room, schools, 4 bd , 3 b a, common r e strooms, woodstove, office, laa ll utilitie s pa i d , c uzzi tu b i n m a s t e r $500/mo + $450 dep. suite, dbl ca r ga rage, 541-91 0-3696 f ruit t r e e s , g a r d e n spot, no smoking, no p ets, $ 12 5 0 / m o . 780 - Storage Units $ 1 00 0 d ep .

541-91 0-3696 .12 X 20 storage with roll up door, $70 mth, $60 SPACIOUS 8E CLEAN, deposit 541-910-3696 3bd, 2ba, $850/mo.

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MCHOR MIHI STOELGE • Secure • KeyI7ad EIlfzjj

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UNION 2bd, 2ba $600

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15 X 2 5 G a rage Bay w/11' celing (It 10 x 10 Roll-up door. $200/mo +fees. 541-519-6273 25X40 SHOP, gas heat, roll up (It walk-in doors, $375. (541)963-4071, LG.

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Surveillance Cameras Computenzed Entry Covered Storage Super size 16'x50'

4129e Chico Rd, BakerCity off Pbcahontas

BEARCO BUSINESS PARK Has 3,000 sq ft. also 16x30 storage units Availible Now! Ca II 541-963-7711

541-523-2128 3100 15th St. Baker City

7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. $25 dep.

(541 ) 910-3696.

BEAUTY SALON/ Office space perfect for one or two operaters 15x18, icludeds restroom a n d off street parking. $500 mo (It $250 dep 541-91 0-3696

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one block from Safeway, trailer/RV spaces.

W ater, s e w er , g a r bage. $200. Jeri, mana ger.

La Gran d e 541-962-6246

801 - Wanted to Buy BUYING HOMES Next day cash offer 541-523-9057

820 - Houses For Sale Baker Co.

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u p to a b r an d n e w o ne. C l o t h ing, h e l mets and accessories availabie.

1-1996 Indy Polaris Trail 800 — $700 1-1994 XLT Indy ACCS600 — $700 1-1992 Polans Indy Classic — $500 1-1992 Polans Lite Deluxe — $250 Purchase all or one!

Price negotiable Call 547-579-4530 or see at 974 Washington Avenue, Baker City, OR

930 - Recreational Vehicles THE SALE of RVs not beanng an Oregon insignia of compliance is illegal: cal l B u i lding

855 - Lots & Property Union Co.

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Rear Dining/ICitchen,

mountains (It valley. PRESIDENT GOLF Cart.

3.02 acres, $62,000 Good cond. Repriced 208-761-4843 at $2999. Contact Lisa

(541 ) 963-21 61 ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdivision, Cove, OR. City: 970 - Autos For Sale Sewer/VVater available.

Regular price: 1 acre DONATE YOUR CAR, m/I $69,900-$74,900.

TRUCIC OR BOAT TO We also provide property HE R ITAG E FOR THE management. C heck BLIND. Free 3 Day Vaout our rental link on cation, Tax Deductible, our w ebs i t e Free Towing, All Pawww.ranchnhome.co perwork Taken Care m or c aII Of. CAL L Ranch-N-Home Realty, 1-800-401-4106 In c 541-963-5450.

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Lg. pnvate parking. Re- 1001 - Baker Count m odel or us e a s i s . Legal Notices 541-805-91 23 BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF PROPERTY TAX APPEALS Notice of Session

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Show it over 100,000 times With OLII' Home Seller Special 1. Full color Real E st ate pi ct ur e a d Start your campaign with a full-color 2x4 picture ad in the Friday Baker City Herald and The Observer Classi0ed Section.

2 . Amonth of classified pictur e a d s Five lines of copy plus a picture in 12 issues of the Baker CityHerald and the Observer Classi0ed Section

3. Four we eks of Eu y ers Eonus and Observer P lu s Classified Ads Your classi0ed ad automatically goes to non-subscribers and outlying areas of Baker and Union Counties inthe mail for one month in the Buyers Bonus or Observer Plus Classi0ed Section.

4 . 30 days of 24/7 online adv e r t i sin g That classi0ed picture ad willbe there for online buyers when they're looking at www. northeastoregonclassi0eds.com — and they look atover 50,000 page views a month.

Home Seffer Special priceis for advertisi ng the same home, with no copy changes and no refundsi f cfassified ad is kiffed 6efore end of schedufe.

Get moving. Call us today.

Notice is h e reby given that beginning on Feb-

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices

It shall be the duty of Y ou are h e reby r e the persons interested quired to appear and to appear at the time defend against the aland place appointed.

On January 26, 2015 at legations contained in T amara J .

Gre e n , the hour of 10:00 a.m. t he C o mplaint f i l e d County Clerk, Baker at the Union County against y o u i n t he County, Oregon Sheriff's Office, 1109 a bove e n t itled p r o Dated at Baker City, IC Ave, La Grande, Oreceeding w i t hin t h i rty Oregon this 11th day gon, the defendant's ( 30) days f ro m t h e of December 2014. interest will b e s o ld, date of service of this Published pursuant to sublect to redemption, Summons upon you.

O RS 1 9 2 .61 0 a n d in the r ea l p r operty If you fail to appear 150-303-055-3 (Rev. commonly known as: and defend this matter 09-07).

501 Grandy Ave, La within thirty (30) days Grande , O re g on from the date of publiLegal No. 00039379 97850. The court case cation specified herein Published: December n um b e r Is a long w i t h t h e r e 14-02-48917, w h e re quired f il i n g f ee, Nationstar Mortgage, DEUTSCHE BANIC NASUPERIOR COURT OF TIONAL TRUST COMLLC, its successors in WASHINGTON interest and/or assigns PANY, AS TRUSTEE COUNTY OF CHELAN is plaintiff, and Gerald FOR TH E R E G ISScott Chrusoskie aka JUVENILE DIVISION TERED HOLDERS OF Gerald S. Chrusoskie; MORGAN STANLEY STATE OF Elysa M. H o e kman; ABS CAPITAL 1 INC. WAS H I NGTON Occupants of P rem2 007-NC4 M O R T i ses; an d t h e R e a l GAG E PA SS P roperty Located at In re the Dependency of: THROUGH CERTIFIEMILY MARIE KOENIG 501 Grandy Avenue, C ATES, S ERI E S D.O.B.: 2/3/2000 La Grande, O r egon 2007-NC4 will apply to 97850 are the defenthe Court for the relief dants. Th e sale is a demanded in the Com) p ublic auction to t h e plaint. Th e f i rst date highest bidder for cash of publication is or cashier's check, in December 17, 2014.

CAUSE NO.: hand, made out to Un14-7-70079-5 ion County S heriff's NOTICE TO Office. For more infor- DEFENDANTS: READ mation on this sale go THESE PAPERS NOTICE AND

Codes (503) 373-1257. SUMMONS

BY PUBLICATION

2.94 COUNTRY ACRES w/ 2001 Manufactured 3 bdrm Home $69,000 w / $ 1 5,000. d o w n .

541-519-9846 Durkee 2007 NUWA HitchHiker Champagne 37CKRD NEW 1-BDRM home. 40 $39,999 acres. Denny Cr. rd. Tnple axles, Bigfoot lack powdernver)ay©gmail- leveling system, 2 new com.

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COMM E RCIAL SPACE for Rent. 1000 sq. ft. area, plus 250 sq. ft.

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Build Secunty Access Entry 16', water 100 gal, tanks y our d r ea m h o m e . 50/50/50, 2 new PowerRV Storage Septic approved, elec- house 2100 generators. tnc within feet, stream Blue Book Value 50IC!! r unning through l o t .

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CAREFULLY!

You must "appear" in this case or the other side Published: December 24 will win automatically.

(It 31, 2014, January 7 To "appear" you must (It 14, 2015 file with the court a le-

gal paper called a "motion" or "answer." The P arental Rights w a s "motion" or "answer" filed on 12/4/2014; A NOTICE T O IN T E R- must be given to t he Fact Finding hearing ESTED PERSONS court clerk or adminisw ill be h eld o n t h i s Melinda Jonesand Janet t rator w i t h i n t h i r t y matter on: 1/21/2015 Creel have days along with the reat 10:30am at Chelan been appointed Co-Perquired filing f ee .

It County Juvenile Court, sonal m ust b e i n pr o p e r 3 00 W a s hi n g t o n Representatives (hereafform and have proof of Street, W e n a t chee, ter Co-PRs) of service on th e p l aintiff's attorney or, if the WA 9 8 8 01.

YOU the Estate of Charles F. SHOULD BE P RE- Creel, plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of SENT AT THIS HEAR- Deceased, Probate No. 14-12-8519, ING. service on the plaintiff.

Union C o u nt y C i r c u it If a petition for termiCourt, State of I F YOU H AV E A N Y nation o f p a r e ntal O regon. A l l p e r s o n s QUESTIONS, YOU rights has been filed, whose nghts may SHOULD SEE AN ATyou must request re- be affected by the proTORNEY IM M E D Ia ppointment o f a ceeding may ATELY . If you need help in finding an attorlawyer to represent obtain additional informayou in the termination from the ney, you may call the tion proceeding. To c ourt rec o r d s , t he O regon St at e B a r ' s o btain a c our t - a p Co-PRs, or the Lawyer Referral Servp ointed l a w ye r y o u attorney for the Co-PRs. ice at (503) 684-3763 m ust c o ntact: M r s . All persons or toll-free in Oregon Melanie Donithan at having claims against the at (800) 452-7636.

Chelan County Juveestate must n ile C e n t er , ( 5 0 9 ) p resent t h e m t o the The oblect of the said acCo-PRs at: 667-6351. t ion a nd t h e re l i e f Mammen (It Null, Lawsought to be obtained THE HEARING WILL yers, LLC t herein i s f u l l y s e t DETERMINE IF YOUR J. Glenn Null, Attorney forth in said complaint, for Co-PRs PARENTAL RIGHTS and is bnefly stated as TO YOUR CHILD ARE 1602 Sixth Street — P.O. follows: TERMINATED. IF Box 477 YOU DO NOT A P- La Grande, OR 97850 Foreclosure of a Deed of Trust/Mortgage PEAR AT THE HEAR- (541) 963-5259 I NG T H E C O U R T within four months after MAY ENTER AN OR- the first Grantors: DER IN YOUR AB- p ublication date of t h i s Charles ICoch and ICathnotice or they leen ICoch SENCE TERMINATING YOUR PAREN- may be barred.

TAL RIGHTS. Property address: Published: December24 520 N. 11th Street, Elgin, (It 26, 2015, January 7, O R9 7827 To request a copy of the Notice and Sum2015 mons, and TerminaPublication: t ion P e t ition, c a l l Legal¹39426 The Observer DSHS at 509-555-5300 .

To CIRCUITCOURTOF DATED this 17 day of v iew in f o r m a t i o n OREGON FOR UNION December, 2014. about your rights in COUNTY this proceeding, go I IMatt Booth, OSB to ¹082663 DEUTSCHE BANIC NAwww.atg.wa.gov/TRM Email: mbooth© TIONAL TRUST COM.aspx. robinsontait.com A Petition to Te rminate

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ruary 12, 2015 (and February 13, 2015 if needed) at 9:00 a.m., PANY, AS TRUSTEE I IZachary Bryant, OSB the Board of Property DATED this 15th day of FOR TH E R E G IS- ¹113409 T ax Appeals of t h e December , 2014 by TERED HOLDERS OF Email: zbryant© County of Baker, OreICIM MORRISON, Che- MORGAN STANLEY robinsontait.com gon, will meet to: lan County Clerk.

ABS CAPITAL 1 INC. I ICraig Peterson, OSB • Hear petitions for re2 007-NC4 M O R T - ¹120365 d uction o f t h e r e a l Legal No. 00039378 GAG E P A S S Email: cpeterson© market, maximum as- Published: December 17, THROUGH CERTIFI- robinsontait.com sessed, specially as24,31, 2014 C ATES, S ERI E S I IBrandon Smith, OSB sessed, or assessed 2007-NC4, ¹124584 value of property as of 1010 - Union Co. Email: bsmith© January 1, 2014, or as Plaintiff, robinsontait.com d etermine d u nd e r Legal Notices Robinson Tait, P.S. ORS 308.146(5)(a), NOTICE OF Public Hear- V. Attorneys for Plaintiff ORS 308.146(6)(a), or Ing Tek (206) 676-9640 ORS 308.428.

La Grande School Dis- CHARLES ICOCH, KATH- Fax: (206) 676-9659 • Hear petitions for retiict LEEN ICOCH, BERduction of value cor- January 14, 2015, 7:00 NICE M O N T ANEZ Published: December 17, r ected u n de r O R S pm AICA BERNICE SPACE, 24, 31, 2014and 311.208.

Willow Elementary ConT OD D S PA CE, January 7, 2014 • H e ar p e t i tions f o r CREDIT SERVICES OF ference Room waiver of penalties for OREGON, FIA CARD LegaI No. 00039333 late filing of real or per- La Grande School DisSERVICES NA, JEFsonal property returns. t rict Board, acting i n FREY HINES, UNITED Petitions must be filed t he capacity a s t h e STATES OF AMERwith the Baker County District's L o cal ConICA, INTERNAL REVEClerk or postmarked tract Review B o ard, NUE SERVICE, AND no later than Decemwill conduct a Public PERSONS OR PARber 31, 2014.

T IES UNK N O W N Hearing on W ednesThe board will meet at day, January 14, 2015 C LAIM I N G A N Y t he B a k e r C o u n t y beginning at 7:00 pm RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, Court Chambers, 1995 PST to hear and take OR INTEREST IN THE 4th Street, Baker City, t estimon y on t he PROPERTY DEOregon. adoption of an exempS CRIBED I N TH E A schedule of heanngs tion from the competiCOMPLAINT HEREIN, for those who request tive b i dding r e q u ireto be present will be m ents for all of t h e posted 48 hours pnor November 2014 Bond Defendant(s). to the meeting on the Prolects. The meeting Courthouse B u l l etin will begin at 7:00 pm Board. If you have rein the Willow Elemen- NO. 14-09-49293 quested to be present tary School Conferat the heanng you will ence Room located at P LAINTIFF'S S U M be notified of the date, 1305 N Willow Street, MONS BY PUBLICAtime and place to apLa Grande, OR 97850.

TION pear. All other hearThe draft findings are ings will be scheduled available for public re- TO: BERNICE as time allows. Execuview at the La Grande M ONTANEZ A I C A tive sessions may be School District Office, BERNICE S P A CE, held during the s esTODD SPACE, and 1305 N Willow Street, sion as authorized by La G r a n d e , O R PERSONS OR PARORS 192.660, to con97850. or by emailing T IES UNK N O W N sider documents and Ricardo Becerril at riC LAIM I N G A N Y information made conRIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, cardo©daycom.com f idential under O R S All interested parties OR INTEREST IN THE 3 08.290(10), OR S are encouraged to atPROPERTY DEas 3 08.411, a n d O R S tend.

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COFFEE BREAK

Wife of trans3,ender husband US eCOnOm S grOWth is searches for ways to cope

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DEARABBY A year ago, my husband of DEAR PUZZLED: By now it should be obfour years disclosed to me that he's transgen- vious that you are carrying on a conversation with someone who doesn't keep his word. der. We have a 8-year-old who has medical He may be married or have misrepresented problems, which has resulted in numerous surger7'es. Our lives have changed beyond himself in some other way. If you want a real, belief, and I'm afraid our marriage has been flesh-and-blood relationship with someone, damctged beyond repair. stop wasting your time with this person.

H e has come outofthecloset,and Ihave Move on and don't look back. gone into one to protect his secret and hide my heartache and devastation.

DEAR ABBY: I'm wonderThe pain I feel is mostly for the ing how muchit would cost DEAR lifelong struggles my husband today for all ofthegiftsin has endured, but now I'm ABBY thec a rol 'The 12 Days of Christmas"? feeling thelossofmy husband — JUST CURIOUS IN and ourhappy futuretogether ORLANDO FLORIDA becauseIcan'tbethe wifeheneeds.

DEAR JUST CURIOUS: According to an How do I know that I've ttv'ed every option to make this work, especially when I am the Associated Press story published this year onlyone regularly seeking therapy? When do quoting the annual analysis by PNC Wealth I resign myself to the fact that my expectaManagement, those 364 items — purchasing them each time they are mentioned tions of our marriage will never be achievin the song — would set the giver back able? And how do I say I want out without risking his (her) well-being? $116,273. Not to belittle those birds, trees, — LAST STRAW IN THE MIDWEST golden rings and various musical artists, DEAR LAST SI'RAW: It would be helpful for perhaps the money could be better spent? you to getemotional support in addition to the DEARABBY I have an 11-month-old son. counselor you have been seeing. There ate no "magic words" to tell your husband you can no When I was pregnant, I felt I had a great longer live with the new person he's becoming. relcttionship with my mom. She seemedexcited However, Iknow ofagroup thatcan help about becoming a grandma, but once my son you. You would benefit by contacting the was born she stayed away for two weeks. When Straight Spouse Network, a group that was she ftnally came over,it was only because she started byAmity Pierce Buxton, Ph.D., in the happened to bein town for a meeting '80s. It offers peer support, as well as an online When we met for lunch, she seemed uncomnetwork of support groups. Knowing you're fortable around the baby. I feel hurt that she not alone with this problem should be comfort- doesn't seem "into"him or being a grandma.

I'msad she' smissing outon so m uch,butI ing. Find it at www.straightspouse.org. don't know i fI should tell her how I feel. I don'twant herto change only becauseIsaid DEAR ABBY: I have been communicating for three months with a gentleman I met something. I'd like her to want to visit. on an online dating site. He says he wants Should Isay somethingto her, or letitbe and continue feeling resentment toward her? to meet me in person, but every time we get — DISAPI'OINTED NEW MOM close tosetting a time and place, something DEAR DISAPPOINTED: Please try to comes up and he can't keep the date. We live in the same city, so travelingisn't the probcurb your resentment until after you have lem.When Iask why he' scanceling ourdate, discussed this with your mother. the answer is different every time.

In the weeks after your son was born, she I am beginning to think hejust wants to mayhave been trying to give you space and communicate via email or chat. We have web- time to bond withyour newborn. She may also cammed and know what each other looks be busy, oruncomfortablearound babiesand toddlers who can'tyet communicate. Believeit like, so that is probably not the issue, either.

Should I keep waiting him out orjust end it? or not, some people feel that way, although they — PUZZLED IN INDIANA ate hesitant to admitit.

By Jim Puzzanghera and Dean Starkman

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is rolling into the new year with impressive strength as plunging oil prices have ignited consumer spending and helped fuel the best stretch of growth in more than a decade even as economies around the world are struggling.

A basketful of mostly upbeat economic data Tuesday pushed financial markets to record highs, with the Dow Jones industrial average breaking through the 18,000-point barrierforthe first time.

Investors were spurred by a Commerce Department report that the U.S. economy expanded at a remarkable 5 percent annual rate in the thirdquarter,the fastestpace since 2003 and a far cry from the tepid growth that has plaguedmost oftherecovery from the Great Recession.

"This is literally shoot-thelights-out sort of stuff," said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Union Bank in New York.'This economy is pretty much roaring."

And the third quarter wasn't a fluke.

Total economic output, also known as gross domestic product, expanded at a 4.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter. It marks the first time the economy posted back-to-back quarters of more than 4.5 percent growth since 2003.

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With gas prices plummeting, Americans are feeling the difference in their bank accounts. Consumer spending jumped in November as incomes continued to rise.

And with a leading measure of consumer confidence on Tuesday hitting its highest level since 2007, signs point to strong spending carrying into next year, economists said.

"The U.S. economy prior to the oil price decline was doing reasonably well. It was chugging along," said Brian Bethune, chief economist at Alpha Economic Foresights.

"Then we get an accelerator, which is the drop in oil prices," he said."It's equivalent to a big tax cut and the tax cutisgettinglarger."

Although oil prices rose Tuesday partly because strong U.S. growth signaled increased demand they have fallen nearly 50 percent over the last six months.

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cording to AAA. That's down 15 cents in just a week and 87 cents from a year ago.

The savings at the gas pump have boosted consumer spending, which rose 3.2 percent in the third quarter. Those figures beat an earlie restimate, and rose from 2.5 percent in the previous quarter. A big factor was an increase in spending on health care.

The stronger consumer spending was a keyreason the Commerce Department revised up growth for the third quarter from an estimate last month of 3.9 percent.

Consumers are the main driver of the economy. And theirspending accelerated in November, increasing 0.6 percent from the previous month for the biggest jump since summer.

"Consumers are the front engine for all of this," said Robert Johnson, director of economic analysis for Chicago mutual-fund research company Morningstar Inc. Growth also received a boostfrom federal government expenditures, which surged 9.9 percent. Much of that was military spending relatedtothebattle against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. Economists don't expectthat levelofspending to continue.

Business investment was strong as well, rising 8.9 percent in the third quarter.

U.S. financial markets rose only modestly Tuesday because stocks had already been surging in recent days on stabilizing oil prices and news that the Federal Reserve would be patient in raising interest rates, he said.

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