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The Baker City Council will resume its discussionregarding a couple'srequestfor a $3,000 utility refund Tuesday, but that discussion, at least to start, will be in private.

Councilors will meet at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St., for an executive session, which is closed to the public.

The public meeting starts at 7 p.m.

The topic of the executive session will be Cledith and Glen VandenBos' claim for $3,084.25 in water and sewer fees they believethey overpaid tothe city from 2005 through 2011.

Infamy' It is perhaps the most famous phrase in one of the more famous speeches by an American president.

The president was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was speaking on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

That attack, which happened 74 years ago today, brought the United States into the Second World War. Another often-quoted stanza from Roosevelt's speech: "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory."

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This week might be the wettest week of the

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Sports, SA COLUMBUS, OhioThe PortlandTimbers had a plan to attack early in their first MLS Cup appearance. They didn't expect it to work to perfection so quickly.

Diego Valeri scored 27 seconds after the opening whistle for the fastest goal in MLS Cup history to stun the Columbus Crew and thier home fans.

A second goal in the seventhminute by RodneyWallace provided all the scoring the Timbers needed to beat the Crew 2-1 on Sunday for their first league title.

Oregon, 5A BEND — Grocer Haggen has gained approval to sell its remaining 33 stores in Washington and Oregon, including both locations in Bend, as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

"I hope they keep us open," Colleen Shurtliff, manager at the S. Highway 97 store, said Saturday.

Shurtliff was with Albertsons for 20 years before the S. Highway 97 location she had worked at for 10 years changed to Haggen in May.

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Santa and Baker High Schools Bel Canto Choir were on hand following the SaturdayTwilight Parade for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Please turn to Page 3A for more photos from Baker City's holiday season kickoff weekend.

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JOBS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: ATHREE-PART SERIES STARTSTODAY

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Changes are taking place daily for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Oregon, and for the agencies that serve them.

That change is motivated by the pendingsettlement ofa class-action lawsuit that calls for moving people with disabilities out of sheltered workshops and integrating them into community employment.

The settlement and subsequent governor's executive order requiring change have set in motion a massive statewideeffortto accomplish that

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Oregon's "Employment First" policy is based on the philosophy that if the state is going to provide assistanceforitsresidents,em ployment should come first, says Robert Costello, one of two field service managers for Oregon's Vocational Rehabilitation Department.

His service area includes half the state, including Baker and other Eastern Oregon counties.

Costello says his agency works to helppotentialemployees overcome barriers to gaining and keeping a job.

The Employment First philosophy has been around for about 10 years, Costello says.

But the lawsuit settlement has set

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Angie Sullivan, left, coordinates the vending service through Step Forward Activities. She takes clients, including Lil Craven, 57, with her to 27 sites around town. "I love doing this, and I get paid for it," Lil said while counting inventory. specific time lines, the first of which came on July 1. The executive order requires that no new jobs be offered in the sheltered workshop-training center environment after that date

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and state funding for those new jobs will end.

As the societal shift continues and workers retire or leave those work sites, that style of employment for

people with intellectual and developmental disabilities eventually will be eliminated, Costello said.

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BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR TUESDAY, DEC. 8 • Baker City Council:7 p.m., in the Council Chambers at City Hall,1655 First St. • Baker Web Academy & Baker Early College Governing Board:5 p.m., North Baker Campus, 2725 Seventh St. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 • Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board:6 p.m., at the Sunridge Inn. SUNDAY, DEC. 13 • Baker High School Vespers Program:2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., BHSAuditorium, 2500 E St. TUESDAY, DEC. 15 • Baker Rural Fire Protection District Board:7 p.m., Pocahontas Fire Station.

THURSDAY, DEC. 17 • Baker School Board:6 p.m., District Office, 2090 Fourth St. FRIDAY, DEC. 18 • Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre presents "A Christmas Carol":7 p.m., Iron Gate Theatre in the Basche-Sage Mall, at the corner of Main and Broadway streets. Tickets are available at Betty's Books and at the door;continuesat7 p.m.Dec.19 and 3 p.m .Dec.20.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 7, 1965 Election of new officers concluded the Monday night meeting of the Baker County Sheriff's Posse, following a full business session and report on recent search and rescue activities.

Les Moore of Baker was elected Captain. He will take over the post held this year by Oscar Coen following installation of officers Sunday, Dec. 19, at the annual Posse Christmas party.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 7, 1990 St. Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary has announced winners of prizes offered in drawings during its annual Christmas bazaar Dec. 2.

Peggy Payton won the "sticks and stones" quilt made by friends and members of the hospital auxiliary.

Fern Putnam won the leisure robe donated by D'Clarks and Gary Johanson was given the floral arrangement door prize donated by Connie Spencer.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald December 7, 2005 Jerry Gillham furrows his forehead in frustration as he tries to remember just when, during his first week back as Baker City manager after returning from military service in Iraq, he actually told somebody to do something.

Not hollering at the police chief to do 2 pushups or anything like that.

Just making a decision, a familiar task whether you m anage company a oracity.

ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald December 8, 2014 It's up to the Baker City Council to decideTuesday night whether to accept or reject funding for a full-time school resource officer (SROj. The Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. The Baker City Police Department has received a grant through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPSj to pay a portion of the cost to hire the officer.

In his report to councilors, Police ChiefWyn Lohner wrote that the three-year grant will provide $125,000 out of an expected cost of $267394 to hire an SRO for that penod.

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Bootsma's annexation agreement, like the Langrells', Continued ~om Page1A The Vandenboses' claim is does not mention double connected to Councilor Richwater and sewer rates. ard Langrell's successful lawBut the Vandenboses suit against the city in which contend that since they paid a judge awarded him and his the double water and sewer wife $50,000 in April. That in- fees,they too areentitled to a cluded more than $16,000 the refund.

Langrells had paid to the city Langrell has repeatedly for water and sewer service argued that the Vandenafter their motel, the Always boses and anyone else who Welcome Inn, was annexed paid double utility rates for into the city. property that was annexed The key to the Langrells' into the city is entitled to a refund. City ordinance only lawsuit is that the 2005 annexation agreement they allowsfor specialratesfor signed did not mention that water and sewer users outthe city would charge them side of the city limits.

During the public portion double water and sewer rates during a 10-year period when of Tuesday's meeting, City the Langrells didn't have to Manager Mike Kee will pay property taxes to the city. presentareportabout the Unlike the Langrells, the feasibility of the city taking Vandenboses didn't own the over the municipal court serproperty for which they paid vices from the Baker County double water and sewer fees. Justice Court. Currently the They leased the property, on county has an intergovernWindmill Lane, fiom the late mental agreement iIGAl

with the city to provide those services.

After researching what it would take to make such a transition, Kee is recommending that the city not start a municipal court and continue the agreement it has with the county.

Kee's report statesthat from a financial point of view, there would be very little benefit for the city to provide its own municipal court services, even though the city would collect a larger percentage of trafIic fines.

Councilors will consider approving a new agreement with the county that includes minor changes, among them the requirement that the Justice Court give the Council a quarterly update on court activities.

In other business Tuesday, the City Council will: • Consider the sale of its portable ultraviolet iUVl light water treatment

machine. It was used to treat the city's water supply from March 2014 until December 2014, when the city's permanent UV treatment plant came online.

The city bought the temporary unit from Calgon Carbon Corporation for

$153,000. The company has offeredto buy itback for

$21,000.

After researching other options, city staff is recommending this as the best option to dispose of the unused asset.

• Consider approving and application for an off-premise sales liquor license by Moe Joe Smoke and Gift Inc. at

815 Campbell St. • Consider a request by Cohort 5 of the Ford Family Leadership Program for the city to donate a small unspecified amount of funding for the group's construction of a discgolfcourse atthe Baker Sports Complex.

OB1TUARY Betty Morris

they were married for 19 years.

Betty enjoyed her time with famBetty J. Combs Coalwell Morris, 89, ily, loved the holidays, loved to cook of Baker City, died peacefully in her and was forever finding treasures at home in the early morning of Nov. 24, yard sales. She had no limitations, she 2015, after a brief illness. was always on the go. She told many At her request there stories of taking care of her younger will not be a service. siblings and the daily struggles her family faced living in the old logging Betty was born on July 18, 1926, at Austin to towns of Austin and Bates. One story John and Maggie Ratliff shared was of a cold, snowy winter Combs. She was the sixth day one of her twin sisters, who was of 10 siblings. She worked Betty 4 or 5 years old, broke through the ice hard all her life, always Morris and fell into the creek and Betty was caring for others. Betty the only one there to get her out. She married Frank Coalwell in 1948. They w as forced to gointo thefrigid water had three children and were married 30 to rescue her sister. That in itself was years. They lived in a small red house horrible, but the worst part was she at Bates and that was always home very pregnant with her first child. to Betty. In later years it became "The Betty saved her sister that day and Cabin."

Many wonderful and unforget- went on to have a healthy baby later table memories were made there, famthat winter. It was a hard life for all of ily members said. them, and Betty was a true inspiration Frank died in 1978. In 1981 Betty of strength and resilience. she married Duane "Swede" Morris.

Survivors include Jerry E. Coalwell The family moved to Baker City, and iMarlal of John Day, Linda K. Gayhart Baker City, 1926-2015

of Baker City, and Dianne B. Bogart iScottl of Kennewick, Washington; her stepdaughter, Darleen Howland, iMikel; 12 grandchildren, 20 greatgrandchildren, and one great-greatgrandson, Ely, of Pasco, Washington; her sister, Lois Bidasolo of Prairie City; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Maggie; her husbands, Frank Coalwell and Dwayne "Swede" Morris; two brothers, Harold and Bob Combs; six sisters, Alice Hatfield, Anna Nault, Shirley Endicott, Elaine iKittyl Spivey, Jackie Hall and Janis Clark; and her great-granddaughter, Lorri Kaneaster. ''We will always carry your memory in our hearts," Betty's family said.

Those who wish to make a donation in memory of Betty may do so to Heart 'N Home Hospice through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com

NEWS OF RECORD DEATHS Wesley "Wes" Randall: 76, ofWeiser, Idaho, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 6, 2015, at his daughter's home in Bellevue, Idaho. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the New Bridge Grange Hall. Interment will be at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception afterward at the New Bridge Grange Hall. Online condolences may be made at www. tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com

FUNERAL PENDING Pamela Resnik: Memorial

Mass will be Monday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets in Baker City. Father Robert Greiner will celebrate the Mass. Donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association through ColesTribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. To lig ht a candle in memory of Pam visit www. colestributecenter.com Mae Wagner: There will be a brief committal service at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 18, at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck reception afterward (about 11:30 a.m.) at the Richland Christian Church fellowship area in the

church basement. This will be an opportunity to share memories of Mae. Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Br Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Online condolencesmay be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com.

Friday, at Second Street and WashingtonAvenue; cited and released.

TELEPHONIC HARASSMENT: Jeffery Willis Heaton, 55, of 1490 Resort St., 2:19 p.m. Friday, at his home; cited and released.

FIRE ALARMS POLICE LOG Baker City Police DELIVERING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (Union County warrant): Ann Marie Bolanos, 35, of 3305'r~ 14th St., 8:30 p.m.

Friday, at the Baker County Jail where she is being held on other charges.

CRIMINALTRESPASSING (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Scotty Ray Buford,43, of 1621'r~Valley Ave., 12:12 p.m.

North Powder Rural Fire Friday, Dec. 4 — North Powder Rural was dispatched to a fire at the Jimmy CreekShop of Seven Diamond Ranches at 52244 Highway 237. Haines Rural Fire Department was called to provide mutual aid at 8:04 p.m. Friday, said Jerry Hampton, Haines fire chief. Hampton said some equipment and a building used to store cattle feed sustained damage in the fire.

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Holiday Season Underway InBaker County

LOCAL BRIEFING Angel tree at Baker City Police The Baker City Police Department is partnering with The Salvation Army to collect Christmas gifts for local children.

An Angel Tree is set up in the lobby of the Police Department at 1768 Auburn Ave. The tree is decorated with tags listing items that children would like to receive.

You can choose one of the tags, buy the item listed and then return the unwrapped gift to the Police Department, orcalltheDepartment at541-524-2014 to arrange to have a police officer pick it up.

You can also donate non-perishable food for Christmas food baskets, again either by bringing the food to the Police Department or by calling to arrange a pick up. The lobby is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The deadline to bring in gifts is Dec. 18.

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Baker Cityisaccepting applications from people interested in filling a vacancy on the seven-member City Council.

Councilor R. Mack Augenfeld resigned last month due to health reasons.

Applicants must be registered voters in Oregon who have lived within the city limits for at least the past year. The city will take applications through noon on Jan. 7. Applications are available on the city's website, www.bakercitycom. Alternatively, applicants can submit a letter of interest to City Recorder Luke Yeaton at City Hall, 1655 First St., or mail it to him at that address.

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Sandy and Howard Payton stroII throug h the FestivaI ofTrees line-up during family day Saturday at the Events Center in Baker City.

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Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church members encourage everyone to Keep Christ in Christmas. They were one of 19 floats in the Twilight Parade Saturday night.

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WORKERS Continued ~om Page1A But there is no definite closure deadline for sheltered workshops.

An array of acronyms is used to describethe agenciesand the positions within them designed to help find or create employment for people with disabilities and to provide job training and coaching to help them succeed.

Gene Button, executive director of Step Forward Activities in Baker City, says his agency is striving to meet the goals of the executive orderissued in 2013 asa resultof the lawsuit, which is expected to be settled this month.

And that leaves Step Forward and many of its clients feeling a bit unsettled. ''We've been working for 25 years toreinforcethefactthatpeople with disabilities have a right of choice," Button said.'That right of choice is being taken away and they don't want to go out to work in the community."

Established in 1976, the nonprofit Step Forward has grown to an agency that supports 68 full-time and 15 part-time employees.

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workingfor 25years to reinforce thefact that people with disabilities have a right o f choice. That right fo choiceis being taken away and they don'twant to go out to work in the community."

— Gene Button, executive director, Step Forward Activities, Baker City

program participants with varying degrees of disability who live in fourgroup homes housing five people each in the community and who work in the vocational training centerat3720 10th St. There also are 27 Step Forward employees serving nine people who live in two group homes and work at a vocational training center at John Day, Button said.

"Our breadand butterisplastic bags —trashcan bags,liners— if it's a bag, we've got it," says Button, who joined Step Forward as executive director in 1991.

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Phillips Reservoir, along the Powder River about 17 miles southwest of Continued ~om Page1A Temperatures will be Baker City, has never held above-average, with highs lesswater atthistim eof in the mid to upper 40s. year. The reservoir is at 4 But more typical percentofitscapacity.

December weather will It will take a bountiful return late in the week, mountain snowpack to with rain possibly chang- refill the reservoir next ing to snow Thursday spring. As of this mornnight. A chance of snow ing the water content in shower will continue the snowpack at sites in into the weekend, with the Elkhorn Mountains temperatures rising only average about 15 percent into the low 30s on Friday, above average.

Saturday and Sunday.

Snow levels will be high — about 7,000 — this Precipitation, whether in liquid or solid form, is week before plummeting welcome in this, the third tolessthan 3,000 feet year of drought.

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highways and other bags that line trash cans.

The Step Forward employees also produce animal refuse bags that are placed in dispensers through contracts at state, county and city parks and at highway rest areas.

And they maintain vending machines at 27 locations in the community, including the Baker YMCA, Natural Structures, Ash Grove Cement, Marvin Wood Products, Behlen and the Courthouse.

Step Forward also sells the same products offered in the vending machines at wholesale prices with minimum markup to various businesses in the community. Anyone can order from the wide array of inventory on hand, and have the productsdelivered free thatsame day, says Angie Sullivan, who directs the vending department workers.

And the agency is finalizing a statecontract toprovidehand soaps and lotions in dispensers for cities, counties, state parks and prisons, Button said.

Most Step Forward workers earn Oregon's minimum wage of $9.25 per hour or more, Button said.

The agency pays $3 million in wages and spends $1 million in

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veterinary clinics in Baker City and as the office manager for the Baker County Parole and Probation Offtce to connect clients with jobs.

Her past employment history also includes working for training and placementservicesin Idaho and for the Epilepsy League, which served people with disabilities.

And she networks with others such as Janie Radinovich-Brose, the Baker School District's Youth Transition Program iYTPl specialist, and Donna Lowery, the district's YTP specialist serving Union County.

Radi novichThey also are charged Bro s e with finding community employment for students.

Amy Powell, who worked for seven years as a YTP specialist with the Baker School District, now is employed at New Directions Northwest where she is contracted through Baker County's Developmental DisabilitiesProgram todevelop jobsand providejob coaching forpeople with mental health barriers to employment.

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localpurchases.Italso contributes to community programs such as Baker High School cheerleaders, FFA and Little League. ''We'reone ofthebestkeptsecrets in Baker County and one of the largest contributors," Button said.

He expects Step Forward to be abletocontinue to operate on a scaled-down basis as changes are implemented.

Step Forward was awarded a oneyeargrant of$62,500 tohelp accommodate the changes. That funding was used to hire Pamela Roan.

She recently became certified as asupport professionalforStep Forward Activities. Roan is one of fewerthan 100 people statewide who have been trained and tested to qualify for the position.

"It's kind of a brand-new testing they have to make sure people who are doing this are trained proficiently," Roan said.

"I finished and I passed," she says proudly of the three-hour test.

Now the 57-year-old Roan is off to do what her job title indicates: Support her clients in seeking employment.

She uses her connections made in her years working as a certified veterinary technician for two

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The problem of unwanted cats and dogs is perhaps best expressed as a mathematical equation.

A couple of unaltered animals can pretty rapidly turn into a couple hundred.

This is both a livability issue — a colony of feral cats is not the most pleasant neighbor — and a humanitarian matter. The fate of unwanted animals — starvation, untreated diseases — troubles even people who don't consider themselves animal lovers.

Baker County residents are fortunate, though, that among us is a cadre of volunteers whose dedication to easing the plight of cats and dogs goes far beyond setting out a saucer of milk for an occasional stray kitten.

The Mollie Atwater 8~ Friends Spay/Neuter Fund, for instance, has through its nonprofit fundraising over the past decade helped spay and neuter almost

1,700cats(both feraland domestic)and alm ost500 dogs across Baker County and in North Powder.

This campaign has reduced the potential population of unwanted animals by many thousands.

Then there are organizations such as Best Friends of Baker and New Hope for Eastern Oregon Animals, whose volunteers rescue dozens of animals each year and place them in loving homes.

And finally there are individuals, some of whom don't belong to any group but who, of their own volition, save one cat or one dog from a poor life, and likely premature death, without a home.

We haven't the space to list all those people but each one deserves the gratitude of the community.

By working to help animals, they make our county a better place.

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Your views 2nd Amendmentis designed for our protection Another mass shooting and another opportunity for the powers that be to try and pry another finger otf our firearms.

The guns are once again to blame, not disturbed radical zealots, the mentally unstable or the just plain evil — the focus never changes, it's the guns.

I have never owned a gun, possibly becausegrowing up my father never owned one, he wasn't a hunter and times seemed a lot saner. I've thought about getting a gun many times but somehow have never got around to it.

I thought about it hard as I watched the meth head drive otf in my truck at 2 o'clock one morning. I made it to the front porch just as he fishtailed out of the driveway! If I would have had a gun and been a good aim I would most likely be writing this from prison because that's the way the world works these days. Sorry, sidetracked once again.

That have I yettoown a fi rearm doesn't change the fact that our 2nd Amendment was put there with great thought and purpose. My personal interpretation, and/or belief; Not only did our forefathers wish to reinforce our military with citizen backup, when needed, but also provide the populace with legal protection when, if ever, our government or mili tary becomes oppressively corrupt. I firmly believe the intent was that any weapon in the hands of our military should be allowed in the hands of its law abiding citizens, although my atImity for a heatseeking missile launcher may seem a bit much I still feel it is my right to have one iacquiring one would be the

hard part.)

In an age where your whole life can be snatched away by someone in Nigeria with a computer keyboard I daresay that attempting to keep guns trom the crazies with paperwork, regulation, background check after background check ... seems to be a moot point — the sickos will always get a gun. Our only

protection is our 2nd Amendment. Intringement on our constitutional rights is abad idea,ourforefatherswould agree.

Mike Meyer Baker City

Gen. Pershing had a solution for jihadists Before World War I, John J."Black Jack" Pershing was the commanding general of the U.S. Forces in the Philippines. Islamic jihadists were on a killing rampage. The general learned that the Islamic terrorists believed pork was unclean and if they died while exposed to pigs or pig parts they would be defiled in heaven.

The general buried terrorists in graves with pigs or pig body parts. The jihadists backed otf and the uprising was controlled.

As you learned from recent news articles there should be plenty ofbodies to bury with some pigs or pig parts. If no bodies are available, put a live jihadist in a cell with pig parts.

This might solve our problem with the Islamic jihadists. Unfortunately, at the present time our administration contains enough people in favor of Islam that this would not be practical.

Carl Kostol Baker City

Raisetax credit butnotthe minimum wage I am writing this letter in support of our Oregon House Representative, Cliff Bentz, and his desire to increase the earned income tax credit here in Oregon as an alternative to raising the minimum wage. I would also encourage him to push for an income raise in our tax brackets, giving everyone, especially the lower income worker, a tax break.

Of course, this must be paid for. We can dothisby raising corporate tax rates, especially the corporate minimum. I'm sure Mr. Bentz would part

ways with me here. I am a Democrat, though, and see no problem getting more money in the hands of workers which ultimately helps the businesses being taxed.

I also favor heading otf a large increase in the statewide minimum wage.

We need jobs here in Baker County more than a raise in the minimum wage. But the Portland metro area needs a much higher minimum and they should be able to do so. Let's allow the counties to raise it as fits their cost ofliving. A higher labor cost there may even encourage businesses to locate here.

No one party has a monopoly on what needs to bedoneto help make our working class stronger. Democrats and Republicans can work together if we can over come knee jerk ideological thinking.

Only by seeing the in-between can we find the best solutions.

Peter Hall Haines

Had to rely on neighbors to deal with dead deer Recently a deer died in my yard. I had no way to dispose of it, and everybody said"Call Fish and Wildlife." I called them twice, got voice mail, left details both times about three or four hours apart. When talking to a neighbor about it I was told that in Baker County"you are on your own" about dead wildlife.

If I lived in Union County, we heard that Fish and Wildlife would come and dispose of it. Fortunately, I have kind neighbors with a truck who came, picked up the body and took it to the Fish and Wildlife office — which seemed totallyappropriate tome .Neither of my phone calls to F&W was returned.

Because so many people told me to "call Fish and Wildlife" I don't think their local policy is widely known and hope the paper will print this letter for the common good.

Juliatme Williams Baker City

GUEST EDITORIAL

Congress needs to decide on action against Islamic State Editorial from The Los Angeles Times: Last week's vote in the House of Commons to approve British airstrikes in Syria is a reminder that, 10 months atter President Barack Obama asked Congress to authorizethe use ofm ilitary force against Islamic State, this country's elected representatives have yet to weigh in. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to prosecute— and escalate— a major military campaign under the legal authority granted by Congress more than a decade ago in response to dramatically different circumstances.

Britain and the U.S. have differentpoliticalsystems;the prime minister is himself a legislator and lacks the independent authority that the Constitution confers on the president. But although the president is commander in chief, it is Congress that has the constitutional authority to declare war.

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It's unconscionable that Congress has not voted up or down on the military campaign to "degrade and ultimately destroy" Islamic State that Obama announced in September 2014.

Congress should be embarrassed to have ducked the issue. But the president is not blameless either.

When Obama told the nation that the U.S. would take military action against Islamic State in Syria as well as Iraq, he asserted that he already had the authority to conduct such operations — though he added vaguely that he welcomed "congressional support." It wasn't until February of this year that Obama sent Congress language for a new Authorization for Use of Military Force.

Even then, the urgency of that request has been undermined by the administration's insistence that the war against Islamic State is justified under two long-ago

congressional enactments. One is the 2001AUMF empowering the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations or persons he determines planned, authorized, committedor aided the terrorist attacks" on 9/11. The other is a 2002 resol ution approving President George W. Bush's use of force against"the continuing threat posed by Iraq" — the Iraq ruled by Saddam Hussein, thatis.

Because Islamic State is an offshootofal-Qaidain Iraq,the case can 4arelyl be made that the 2001 resolution provides a legal basis for the current campaign. The notion thatthe 2002 resolution isapplica-

This issue may sound procedural or legalistic, but without a new AUMF, the current campaign against Islamic State lacks full political legitimacy. A new authorization is necessary, and it should do more than merely rubber-stamp whatever the president might decide to do in the future. Congress should debate the issue of mission creep and should think hard about whether the policies it authorizes will make a significant difference in the battle against Islamic State.

As it debates whether to authorize military force, it should also consider the fight against Islamic State in the context of the future of the Assad regime in Syria. Finally, ble is laughable. iObama's proposed any AUMF should place limits on AUMF would repeal the 2002 the duration and the geographical extent of the U.S. military effort and document but not the 2001 authorization, though he has pledged to on the nature of U.S. involvement. work with Congress "to refine, and Obama's proposed AUMF, which ultimately repeal" that authorizawould sunset atter three years, tion as well.) is not limited to Iraq or Syria

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and rules out"enduring offensive ground combat operations," which would seem to permit the more aggressive useofspecialoperations forces he has ordered recently. By contrast, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has said he would press for an AUMF that isn't limited by"geography, time or means." Graham has calle d for 10,000 U.S.forces to besent totheregion to combat Islamic State.

We prefer an authorization that would ratify what the administration is now doing in Iraq and Syria, in concert with allies such as Britain, rather than permitting a large-scale deployment of U.S. combat forces or the expansion of airstrikes or special operations into additional countries. If circumstances change, the president could ask Congress for additional authority.

But continued inaction on Capitol Hill is indefensible.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015

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BEND — Grocer Haggen has gained approval to sell its remaining 33 stores in Washington and Oregon, including both locations in Bend, as part ofbankruptcy proceedings.

"I hope they keep us open," Colleen Shurtliff, manager at the S. Highway 97 store, said Saturday.

Shurtliff was with Albertsons for 20 years before the S. Highway 97 location she had worked at for 10 years changed to Haggen in May. Her worry now is that her store could shut completely.

"I'veheard from other people thatigrocery companies) are buying some stores and keeping them closed so they don't have the competition," Shurtliff said.

A manageratthe NE Third

Street location declined to comment.

Deborah Pleva, a Haggen spokeswoman in Portland, provideda prepared statement from the company Saturday about the 33 "core" stores.

"The Haggen group of core stores is well run with great stafF and is located in great communities, "the statement reads."As a group they are profitable. Because of this, we know there will be stronginterestin ourstoresasa group.Our storesare staffed and stocked to high standards and we arewellprepared to offera great storeexperience forourguests during this holiday time."

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Grosssigned theorderforthe core stores to be sold Friday with an auctionslated forFeb.5.

3udge to hear from affected workers

By Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press

PORTLAND — A federal judge will hear Monday from peopleaffected by a proposed settlement involving employment for people with developmental disabilities.

The settlement stems from a class-action lawsuit filed in 2012 alleging that Oregon relies too heavily on so-called "sheltered workshops," where people with disabilities work almost exclusively with disabled coworkers. In some cases, they earn less than minimum wage for menial work.

The lawsuit alleged that Oregon's practice prevented people with disabilities from working with nondisabled peers in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The U.S. Department of Justice joined the suit a year after it was filed by sheltered workplace employees and advocacy groups.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice Stewart, who is overseeing the case, must sign off on the settlement before it can take effect. The hearing Monday in Portland's federal courthouse is a chance for people who have worked in a sheltered workshop to weigh-in on the proposal.

Since 2013, about 3,900 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities have worked in sheltered workshops in Oregon, according to the Justice Department. Once people begin working in one, they stay for an average of 11 years. More than half earn less than $3 per hour.

In 2012, the DOJ said, only 16 percent of Oregonians with state-funded employment assistance were working in integrated settings.

Under the settlement, the state agreed to reduce the number of people in sheltered workshops by 20 percent to a maximum of 1,530 over the next two years. The number of hours worked must drop nearly 30 percent to no more than 66,100.

The state agreed to stop using sheltered workshops as a first-choice option for young people leaving school or for adults newly eligible for state-funded employment assistance. Instead, the state will develop individual plans and support systems to help people with disabilitieswork fortraditional employers ifthey preferit.

Federal officials have said they're not trying to close sheltered workshops, but they want to ensure that people who want jobs at traditional worksites have a realisti copportunity to succeed there.

The state also agreed to end a pipelinefrom public schools to sheltered workshops, which sometimes involvedmock workshop activitiesaspartofa special education curriculum, according to federal officials.

Young peoplewillnow have toreceive a career-development plan before leaving school.

The Bellingham %ash.l Herald reported the company will actively market the stores and negotiate dealsbeforehand ifpossible.

The sales are partofChapter 11 bankruptcy filed by Haggen earlier this year after purchasing nearly 150 stores from Albertsons and Safeway.

The Bellingham-based company fai led toconvertthestores, many of which have been auctioned.

Those stores include the Baker City Haggen. The bankruptcy courthas approved the saleof thatstore toAlbertsons,the previous owner of the outlet.

Whether the name disappears will be up to investors or buyers who could keep the brand, which is well known in the Pacific Northwest.

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In-N-Out Burger might open Grants Pass outlet GRANTS PASS — Eat your heart out, Portland and practically everywhere else in Oregon — InN-Out Burger is coming to Grants Pass.

Soon. Probably.

Rumored for months to be eyeing a location in Grants Pass, the wildly popularCalifornia fast-food chain known for its simple but juicy burgers and fiies now officially owns the propertytodoit.

And it's exactly where everyone thought it was going to be, a former Shell gas station near Interstate 5 on the north end of town.

The company has an appeal before the City Council on Dec. 16 to keep the supports and brackets for the former Shell sign that was supposed to be removed within 90 days of when the property was razed.

But exactly when you'll be able to order a Double-Double and Animal Style fiies is anyone's guess.

The first In-N-Out in Oregon was opened in Medford in September.

— Jeff DueIoel, Grants Pass Daily Courier

Chipotle shares continue to plummet NEW YORK iAPl — Chipotle shares continued to fall Monday as the chain faces the first decline in a key sales figure after an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants in Oregonand Washington.

The chain said Friday it expects salesto drop between 8percent and 11 percent atestablished locations for the fourth quarter if current trends continue.

Chipotle's stock was down 4.3 percent at $537.17 in midmorning trading Monday.

"We want to see competitive and integrated employment for those who choose to work"

is out there," Thornburg said. Support Services BrokerThe aim is to create a culage and ROCCOSFamily tural shift of understanding Continued from Page 3A Network. ''We believe everyone can "My job is to help iensure among young people with intellectual and developmental we alll ... get to the table and work," Powell says, but she sympathizes with Step Forknow what the state initiadisabilities and employers.

Thornburg says the goal ward clients who are happy tivesare and collaborate and — Lon Thomburg, transition working in the workshop/ talk to each other," he said. is attainable"if we start network facilitator for training center. with younger students and For those people who Employment First "For the people who have familiesand startcreating choose not to work, they will They will be given an opbe involved in day services been there for so long and are expectations that everybody happy there ... have we given portunity and information to can do something and be part that encourage them to parthem something or taken help them make an informed of your community." ticipate in community activisomething away?" she asks. choice, he said.

He serves Baker, Union, ties such as a club, a hobby or But as the mother of a Thornburg likened the Morrow, Umatilla, Wallowa, visits to the library.

"The whole spirit of it is to son who has autism, Powell societal change to offering Baker, Grant, Harney and realizesthatyounger people someone Chinese food who Malheur counties providing not be segregated," Thornhave adifferent attitude says he doesn't like it, but technical assistance to YTP burgsaid."Itisn'tsegregaabout work. come to find out, has never workers in the schools. tion, it's integration."

Her son, Brody Powell, tried it. And then, once he Thornburg also comes will graduate this year with takesa bite,he discovers Chi- to the table regularly with COMINGWEDNESDAY: a modified diploma, she says nese food is really quite tasty. people such as RadinovichMeet some of Baker City's proudly. iMuch like the "Green Eggs Brose, Lowry, Roan, Powell, "Our younger generation workers and leam how th and Ham" Dr. Seuss story.)

Button and representatives ''We want to give folks an found their jobs doesn't want to be at Step from Vocational RehabilitaForward all day five days a opportunity to see what else tion, the Eastern Oregon week," she says.

And the state is putting "an incredible amount of money" into giving them other options, Powell said.

"Forsome it'sgoingtobe great and life-changing," she said."I was concerned because of the blanket ruling. h The fact that it does work for some keeps us motivated."

Lon Thornburg, one of eight transition network facilitators iTNFsl serving the state, says the Employment First initiative aims to change the way people look at employment opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

0 • j 8 ''We want to see competitive and integrated employment for those who choose to work," he said.

On the other hand, he You are cordially invited to offersthisword ofcomfortfor those who are leery of the impact the program might have on some of the workers.

"Nobody's being forced to do something they don't want to do," he said.

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LAS VEGAS — Mountain West Conference play doesn't open until Dec. 30.

By then, UNLV may have alreadymade quite the name for itself.

Ike Nwamu scored 19 points and UNLV upset a ranked team for the second time this season, beating No. 15 Oregon 8069 on Friday night.

Jerome Seagears added 16 points forthe Rebels, who also beat then-No. 13 Indiana in Maui, Hawaii on Nov. 25.

Patrick McCaw had 14 points for UNLV, and 7-foot freshman Stephen Zimmerman Jr. had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Ben Carter, who transferred to UNLV from Oregon, scored 10 points.

UNLV shot 44.8 percent from the floor, connecting on26 of58 attempts, including 10 of 23 (43.5 percent) from 3-point range.

"I thought one of the differences in the game w as wedidn'tsettlefortoo many jump shots in the second half," UNLV coach Dave Rice said."I thought we attacked the basket with Stephen Zimmerman inside making some huge plays, obviously Ben Carter was aggressive and I thought Ike attacking the basket and Jerome attacking the basket were huge for us."

Zimmerman shot just 5 of 14 from the field but hit two free throws at the 16:15 mark of the second half to give the Runnin' Rebels their biggest lead of the game, 55-35. But that's when the Ducks responded with a 9-0 run to slice into UNLVs lead.

"I expressed my concern to the guys at halfbme aboutoureffortlevelfor the second halfbecause we had the double digit lead," Rice said."I thought we came out with energy and played well and then we just hit a stretch where we just couldn't hit a basket."

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For years Powder Valley has been one of the taller teams in Old Oregon League girls basketball.

This year that's changed. eWe lost a lot of size to graduation," said Powder coach Allen Bingham.

"But I think Bingham one of our strengths is our quickness.

We actually started that last year when our big players were injured.

The Badgers return a core of six players who saw the bulk of their playing time on the varsity a year ago.

Savannah Stephens and Hallie Feik, both secondteam all-Old Oregon League selecti ons,lead thatgroup.

The other returning players are Samantha Kerns, Kim Williams, Megan Hufford and Annalia Jimenez.

Another player returning after suffering a knee injury last year is Maria Bedolla.

Bingham said a pair of new players are Sami Sexton and Taylor Baker.

Bingham looks for the Old Oregon League to be tough.

He sees Griswold, Echo and Nixyaawii as the main contenders along with Joseph.

FRIDAY, DEC. 11 • Boys basketball: Cove at Powder Valley, 3 p.m.; Fruitland at Baker (3 games),4 p.m.; Pine-Eagle at Enterprise tourney, tba • Girls basketball: Cove at Powder Valley, 3 p.m.; Pine-Eagle at Enterprise tourney, tba • Wrestling:Pine-Eagle at Nyssa, 2 p.m.; Baker at Muilenberg tournament, 2 p.m., La Grande

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Baker grayylerswinBurnstourney BURNS — Baker wrestlers made a statement Friday at the Woodfin Robinson wrestling tournament.

The Bulldogs finished 2-0 in the dualmeet format to win the tourney championship for the first time since 1993.

Baker defeated Burns 57-16, and topped Lakeview 54-30.

Baker coach Brandon Young said some of the highlights of the day were: Freshman Colton Anderson rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the final round at 106pounds toearn a 5-3 decision against Burns.

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Jace Hays (120) pinned the defending stateplaceratthatweight in 52 seconds.

James Ah Hee (126) pinned a returning state qualifier in the first round.

Elijah Banister (132) came back to pin a two-time state qualifier.

G'ovi Quezada, a first year wrestler, won his first match.

Baker travels to La Grande Friday and Saturday for the annual Muilenberg tournament at La Grande High

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CORVALLIS — Gary Payton II is in some ways the opposite ofhisfather, former NBA player Gary

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TUESDAY, DEC. 8 • Boys basketball: Baker seventh/eighth at Burns,4 p.m.

• Girls basketball: Emmett at Baker (2 games), 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 10 • Boys basketball: Pendleton seventh/ eighth at Baker,4 p.m..

Samantha Kerns is among the returning players at Powder Valley.

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Payton, who was brash and a renowned trash talker on the court.

But the soft-spoken senior is a defensive dynamo, just

like dad.

The younger Payton had 16 points and eight rebounds as Oregon State held on to beat Nevada 66-62 on Saturday.

Payton added two steals,

settinga program record with 38 consecutive games with a steal. The record was previously held by his father, and Payton downplayed the accomplishment after the game.

"It's just me playing basketball. I do what I do on defense and it just happens

I passed (the record).. We'll put it behind us and get

ready for the next opponent," Payton said.

Malcolm Duvivier and Stephen Thompson Jr. scored 11 points apiecefor Oregon

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Grigg opens track season ANGOLA, Ind. Kayla Grigg, a former Baker athlete, opened the collegiate indoor track and field season Saturday at the Trine Conditioner.

Gngg, who competes for Indiana Tech, placed third in the long jump (17 feet, 6 inches), and 14th in the shot (9.76 meters).

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D.J. Fenner matched a career-high with 24 points.

Marqueze Coleman scored 12 points, and Cameron Oliver added six points, 12 rebounds and five blocks for Nevada.

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But that was the only shot on target The Crew had barelyrecovered when among the nine Columbus took in the COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Portland a mentalgaffegavePortland acontromatch. ''We were never in danger," PortTimbers had a plan to attack earlyin versial second goal. theirfirstMLS Cup appearance.They Crew midfi elderTonyTchaniand land coach Caleb Porte said.'We were didn't expect it to work to perfection so comfortable. We were tight. We saw the several teammates stopped playing when the ballrolled severalfeetoverthe game out. We shut it down. That's a part quickly.

Diego Valeriscored 27 seconds after right boundary. Instead of a stoppage for of winning." a throw-in, Portland's Darlington Nagbe The victory capped a three-year the opening whistle for the fastest goal in MLS Cup history to stun the Colum- kept going with the ball and sent a pass mission for Porter, who led the University of Akron to an NCAA title in 2010 bus Crew and thier home fans. wide to Lucas Melano, who found Wallace for the header. before leavingin August 2012 to join the A second goal in the seventh minute Columbus coach Gregg Berhalter said Timbers.

by Rodney Wallace provided all the scor"All I could think about iat the final ing the Timbers needed to beat the Crew he did not see the play, but knew one 2-1 on Sunday for their first league title. thing,"In professional sports you play to whistle) was sharing that moment with The first goal came when Columbus either the ball is out ofbounds or to the my players," he said. midfielder Wil Trapp sent a back pass whistle."

Portland was 6-0-3 in its last nine to goalkeeper Steve Clark, who tried to Crew captain Michael Parkhurst games in regularseason and playoffs. immediately gathered his teammates at Even though Portland has been in move the ball kom his right foot to the left for a dearance. But Clark didn't see midfield to settle them down before play MLS since 2011, the Timbers as a club Valeri closing and the midfielder poked resumed. have been in existence for 40 years Kei Kamara, the Crew star who tied the ball awaykom him and into the back to the North American Soccer for the MLS regular-season lead in goals League. The last time the Timbers goal. ''We knew the aggressiveness the first with 22, made it 2-1in the 18th minute played for a championship was a loss 20 minutes kom us had to be there," off a poor punch of the ball by Timbers to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the Valeri said.'We tried to be aggressive goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey.

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First-year Pine-Eagle The other returning boys basketball coach players are Nathan SegChris deCastro will be german, Colton Walker lookingatthe basicsforhis and JW Chetwood. small, young squad this Joining that group season in Halfway. will be sophomore Taylor deCastro welcomed Farley, a first-year basketjust eight players to the ball player, and keshman Spartansvarsity roster, Tucker Gulick.

"Tucker will get a lot of including just one senior.

The good news is that all minutes," deCastro said. but two of the players have The Spartans coach been in the Pine-Eagle said the team will do a lot of"readand react type of system before.

Leading the returnplay both on offense and ing playersare starters defense.

Nathan McCall and Creed deCastro, who teaches Marks. in the Pine-Eagle School McCall, a junior, will District, has never coached play guard for the Sparabove the junior varsity tans. level.

"Nathan worked hard "My main job here has in the off-season and it been programbuilding," shows," deCastro said. he said.

"I helped build the Marks, a 6-foot-3 junior, and 6-2 senior Leland Seg- YMCA program out here german anchor the front and the Pine-Eagle Basline. ketball Club," he said.

"Our team strength will He also has helped the be McCall and our kont past 15 years at the anline," the Pine-Eagle coach nual Pine-Eagle basketball said. camp during the summer.

"I've been around some "Our bigs, Leland and Creed, will be a force. really solid programs in But they have to play the my life, "deCastro said. gsteele©bakercityherald.com

NAIA FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS

Southem Oregon returns to title game SIOUX CITY, IowaSouthern Oregon went into Elwood Olsen Stadium's visiting locker room at halftime Saturday kicking itself, knowing it had missed a chance to blow the top-ranked Morningside Mustangs off their own field early in the NAIA Football Championship Series semifinals.

Unlike a year ago, these Raiders remained in the habit ofbreaking hearts in the clutch instead. But they're headed back to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a shot at another national

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championship in a rematch with Marian ilnd.l just the same.

The seventh-ranked Raiders will make their return without a recordsetting quarterback or the three other All-Americans who helped delivered the program's first champi-

onship, but thegl bring plenty of stories to tell — especiall y after a 30-27 defeat of the Mustangs, which was their fifth consecutive playofF win as the lower seed and their second knockout of a No. 1 team in as manyyears.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Portland Trail Blazers looked lost through the first 26 minutes of the game in Minnesota. Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum were whisper quiet and the Timberwolves were up big again.

It turns out the Blazers had the Wolves right where they wanted them.

Damian Lillard overcame a slow start to finish with 19 points and seven assists and the Trail Blazers rallied kom 17 points down in the

third quarter to beat the Timberwolves 109-103 on Saturday night.

Lillard missed nine ofhis first 12 shots. But his driving layup with 18.8 seconds

second best road winning percentage in the league, but are a ghastly 2-8 at home.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 12 rebounds lefthelped hold offa charge and Andrew Wiggins scored kom the Timberwolves, who 17 for Minnesota.

"It seems like when we also gave up a 17-point lead to the Blazers in their home get to a pointthatwe are opener on Nov. 2. like 10, 12 up, we kind of "It's tough to come back relax," saidWo lves guard kom 17 on the road and now Ricky Rubio, who had 15 we've done it twice here," assists and nine points.

Blazers coach Terry Stotts C.J. McCollum scored 17 said."I don't know what to points, Al-Farouq Aminu say about that." scored 16 points and MeyNeither do the Timberers Leonard had 14 for the wolves, who at 6-3 have the Blazers.

Lillard and McCollum combine to score more than 44 points per game this season. But they were a combined3 for 13 forseven points in the first half.

The Wolves led 63-46 early in the third before McCollum sparked a surge with two 3s and a layup to cut it to 75-73. Lillard tied it with a drive, then finished the Wolves off in the fourth.

After the Wolves trimmed a six-point deficit to one, Lillard drilled a 3 and McCollum scored on a tough drive fora 100-94 lead with 3:32 to play.

PORTLAND STATE FOOTBALL IN FCS PLAYOFFS

NorthernlowaendsUikings'season ByAnne M. Peterson AP Sports Writer

PORTLAND — Quarterback Aaron Bailey rushed for 200 yards, including touchdowns kom 61 and 69 yards out, and Northern Iowa beat the Portland State Vikings 29-17 in a secondround FCS playofF game on Saturday night.

Tyvis Smith rushed for 207 yards and two more scores in a steady rain for the Panthers' seventh straight victory.

"Great time to have two 200-yard rushers, in a game like this," Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley said.

Northern Iowa i9-4l will go on to face the four-time FCS champions North Dakota State in the quarterfinals. The Bison defeated Montana 37-6 earlier in the day, scoring on two interception returns and a 100-yard kickoff return.

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which had a first-round bye as the sixth seed, could not get its distinctive offense going and fell behind 16-3 after the first half.

Alex Kuresa threw for 105 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings, who were making the program's second trip to the playoffs. Going in, Portland State was ranked No. 5 in the STATS Top 25, while the Panthers came in at No. 15. eWe told our guys, if we can keep him in the pocket we have a chance to win the game," Farley said about Kuresa."Ifhe gets out, he's going to cause a problem.

W hen he did,hemo ved the chains, and got them back in the game."

Northern Iowa, which went 5-2 against ranked opponents this season and finished 5-3 in the powerful Missouri Valley Conference, beat Eastern Illinois 53-17 in the firstround ofthe

playoffs.

"This is the farthest I've ever been in my life," Smith said about the Panthers' run into the quarterfinals."It's a greatfeeling."

The Panthers' opening drive ended unsuccessfully when Michael Schemadeke missed a 30-yard field goal attempt. But the Panthers jumped out to a 7-0 lead on Tyvis Smith's 3-yard run.

Portland State's touted scoring offense, ranked 12th in the FCS, struggled in the first half. The Vikings' lone points came on Jonathan Gonzales' 32-yard field goal.

NorthernIowa jumped on a Portland State fumble for the turnover, and Bailey capitalized on the ensuing drive with a 61-yard keeper to extend the Panthers' lead.

Schemadeke added a 44yard fi eld goalatthecloseof the first half to give Northern Iowa a 16-3 lead.

Northern Iowa's D'Shawn

Dexter was ejected in the thirdquarterfortargeting on a drive that ended with Alex Kuresa's 16-yard touchdown pass to Chase Loftin.

After Bailey's 69-yard TD run came with 14:33 left in the game, David Jones rushed for a 9-yard score and Portland State pulled within 23-17.

"I thought our defense played well, actually, and kept us in the game," Portland State coach Bruce Barnum said."Kudos to them. Some plays got away from them there in the second half from some pretty good athletes. They ran by us there like gazelles, but forthe most part,besides those big plays, you had to be proud of what you saw from them."

But any momentum for the Vikings was snuffed with Smith's 59-yard touchdown run with 8:02 left.

PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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— Run, pass and catch.

Christian McCafIrey did it all in a record-setting performance that should send him to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony and Stanford to a third Rose Bowl in four years.

The only thing McCafkey couldn't pull off was an upset in one of the other conference championship games that could have sent the Cardinal to the playofK

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McCafIrey ran for 207 yards and a score, threw a touchdown pass, caught another and broke Barry Sanders' single-season allpurpose yards record to lead No. 7 Stanford to the Pac-12 championship with a 41-22 win over No. 24 Southern California on Saturday.

"To my left here is the best player in the nation," coach David Shaw said."I don't know if that's even a question. There's nobody in the nation doing what he's been doing. It's not even a

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debate."

Kevin Hogan caught the TD pass kom McCaffrey, threw one and ran for a third and Solomon Thomas scored on a 34-yard fumble return for the Cardinal

i11-2, No. 7 CFPl. Stanford will playin the Rose Bowl as Pac-12 champion after losing an outside chance to make the four-team playofF when No. 1 Clemson held off North Carolina in the ACC championship.

"If the worst thing we do is go to the Rose Bowl,

I think that's pretty cool," Shaw said.'We're not in chargeofthat.W e'llgo where they tell us to go."

Cody Kessler threw for 187 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for the Trojans i8-5, No. 20 CFPl, who lost in their first game since removing the interim tag from coach Clay Helton.

McCaffrey added 105 yards receiving and 149 return yards to give him a Stanfordrecord 461 allpurpose yards for the game.

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BAII',ER BOYS BASII',ETBALL PREVIEW

BAII',ER BOYS BASII',ETBALL OPENS SEASON

AGAINST RIDGEVIEW AT REDMOND

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By Gerry Steele

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The Baker boys basketball program will be led by a familiar face this season, although that face has not coachedatthevarsity level at BHS. Brent Gyllenberg steps in as Baker coach, replacing Joel Richardson, who resignedattheend oflast season.

Gyllenberg is in his fifth season at BHS, having coached the Baker freshmen and junior varsity teams the other four seasons.

After graduating from Baker in 1972, Gyllenberg attended Eastern Oregon University where he played one yearofbasketballbefore a broken leg ended his playing days.

Since that time he has coachedsixyearsofgirls varsity at Powder Valley, and

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Two Ridgeview players combinedfor 38 points,14 rebounds, nine assists and seven steals Friday to lead the Ravens to a 72-52 win over Baker in a nonleague boysbasketballgame at Redmond.

Garret Albrecht scored 19 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had seven steals. George Mendazona added 19 points, nine assists, four rebounds and two steals.

'They had two players who were just way above what we'll see this season," said Baker coach Brent

Gyllenberg.

"Albrecht was a real presence inside, and Mendazona was just a real force."

Gyllenberg said the

AAU basketball.

As Baker's frosh and JV boys coach, Gyllenberg has coached all three returning seniors as freshmen, and all but one of the juniors on the team for three seasons.

The returning seniors are Logan Sand, Bryson Smith and Teancum Taylor.

Sand is the lone returning starterfrom lastseason's Greater Oregon League runnerup.

The juniors are Grant Berry, Brad Zemmer, TJ Dunn, Ryan Schwin, Darion Villalobos, and Jake Gentili.

"All of those guys played as sophomores last year," Gyllenberg said.

"Now they have to step up as juniors."

Another junior new to the squad is Pine-Eagle transfer Wyatt Akers.

"He's a good shooter and our tallest player at 6-2," Gyl-

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Bulldogs were unable to handle Ridgeview's extended zone defense.

And senior Logan Sand, who led Baker with 20 points, was in early foul trouble.

Sand did not play in the third quarter, when Ridgeview outscored the Bulldogs 22-7.

"Logan sat a good portion of the game," Gyllenberg said.

BAKER (52) Villalobos, Zemmer 3 2 6 8, Berry 1 1 2 3, Schwin, Sand 58-1120, Gentilh1 0-02, Dunn 1 0-0 2, Smith 1 4 5 6, Taylor 2 14 6, Akers 1 2 2 5 Totals 12 18-30 52

RIDGEVIEW (72) Mendazona 7 2 6 19,Wnght 2 0-04, Manselle 2 0-04, McDonald 20-04, Albrecht 7 3-6 19, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Hampton 1 0-02, Penhollow 2 0-04, Nelson 4 14 9, TWnght10-02, Bace, Lalontaine0343 Totals 29 920 72 Baker 11 12 72 2 — 52 Ridgeview 18 19 20 15 — 72 Three-point baskets —Sand 2, Taylor, Akers,Mendazona 3,Albrecht2 Fouled out —Sand Totalfouls— Baker17, Ridgeview 19 Technicals —none

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Logan Sand goes up for a basket against Grant Berry during a Baker practice.

lenberg said.

"These guys just don't quit," the Baker coach said.

"They are tenacious. We11 pressure both ways, transitionhard and play extremely high pressure defense."

Offensively, Gyllenberg said the Bulldogs will work the ball. eWe'll be patient and wear people down," he said.'When we can shoot, and we're on, we11 be tough."

The new coach said the Bulldogs will be in the GOL hunt with Ontario and MacHi. "Against La Grande we can play with them but we'll have to play a great game," he said.

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Baker rallied from five points down in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime Friday against Ridgeview at Redmond.

The Bulldogs then outscored Ridgeview 10-5 in the extra period to earn a 63-58 win in the nonleague girls basketball game. eWe played our guts out," said Baker coach Mat Sand. eWe executed very well."

Kylie Severson's three-

point play tied the game at 53-53atthe end of regulation.

In overtime, Severson, Grace Huggins and Hope Collard each scored three points, and Brie Sand one.

Sand led Baker with 12 points. Severson added 10.

BAKER (63) Bruce9, Flanagan 7, Huggins 8, Sand 12, Ramos 7, Philhps2,Lehman 3,Severson 10, Hughes, Collard 6 Totals 20 20-31 63 RIDGEVIEW (58) Whitney 12, Wilcox, Wilder 21, Salka, Ronhaar 6, Hall 5, McFetndge 6, Pinkerton, Woodward 6, Cassaro 2 Totals 21 15-27 58 Baker 15 14 1 1 13 10 — 63 Ridgeview 13121315 5 — 58 Three-point baskets —Bruce 2, Ra mos, Huggins, Wilder Fouled out —Sand, Whitney, McFetndge Total fouls —Baker 23,Ridgeview 27 Technicals — none

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Much like the Baker boys basketball program, the Baker girls will be led by a new, but familiar, face this season.

Mat Sand, who served as a volunteer coach in Jenny Mowe-Joseph's program, is in his first year as S and a varsity coach.

"I put my hat in the ring because of the community support for the program, the kids in the program, and the support the Baker teams receive," Sand said.

Sand has significant basketball credentials.

A graduate of Crow High School and Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Sand was a three-year letter winner at NCU and a threetime All-American from 1988 to 1991. He was inducted into the NCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

Eight of the 10 varsity players return from a year ago, when the Bulldogs placedsecond in the Greater Oregon League.

The Bulldogs are led by four-year letter winner Brie Sand ithe new coach's daughter), and three-year letter winner Summer Phil-

Bulldogs roll past Redmond, 50-35

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Bakerledfrom startto finish against Redmond Saturday, improving its season record to 2-0 with a 50-35 win in nonleague girls basketball action at Redmond.

Baker took a 14-7 lead after one quarter and maintained its edge the restofthegame.

'You know there's going to be an ebb and flow in any game," said Baker coach Mat Sand."But, once we got the lead we stayed on top. We stuck to

BAKER (50) Bruce, Flanagan 5, Huggins 11, Sand 9, Lehman 8,Ramos 6,Philhps4,Severson 2, Hughes 2, Collard 3 Totals 19 11 20 50 REDMOND (35) Toledo 5, Hall, Hamilton 15, Dannis 2, Joyce 1, Jackson 4, Fast, Buck, Hawkins, Kitchen 2, Capps 6 Totals 13 5-20 35 Baker 14 1 0 12 14 — 50 Redmond 712 9 7 — 35 Three-point baskets —Sand, Hamilton 3,Jackson Fouled out — Sand Total fouls— Baker24,Redmond 19 Technicals — none

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Bulldogs fall, 60-48

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Kathy Orr/ Baker City Herald

Kaeli Flanagan attemps to shoot over the defense of assistant coach Shavvn Berry.

Rebekka Hughes and freshlips. man Jayme Ramos. cWe'll have strong senior The other returning players are Cecylee Bruce, Hope leadership," Coach Sand Collard, Kaeli Flanagan, said. cWe have good balance Kylie Severson and Grace Huggins. betweenclasses.W e'llbe a Newcomers are sophomore betterperimeter shooting

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our gameplan.I'm proud of the girls."

Grace Huggins led the Bulldogs with 11 points.

Brie Sand added nine.

Baker hosts Emmett in another nonleague game Tuesday at BHS.

"We will play a high-octane running game."

— Mat Sand, new Baker gifls basketball coach

Baker played better, but still not well enough Saturday against Redmond.

The Bulldogs i0-21 stayed close to Redmond before falling 60-48 in the nonleague boys basketball game.

'The guys played really team.

"I'm trying to teach the girls to play more freely in a motion offense," Sand said.

cWe will play a highoctane running game."

Baker hosts Emmett Tuesday.

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good defense.," said Baker coach Brent Gyllenberg.

Baker trailed just 43-38 entering the fourth

quarter, but was outscored 17-10 in that quarter.

Logan Sand led Baker with 18 points.

BAKER (48) Sand 18, Zemmer 9, Berry 7, Taylor 7, Villalobos 3, Schwin 2, Dunn 2 Totals 18 71048

REDMOND (60) Brown 21, Moss 17, Benson 9, Soto 4, Troutman 4, Aamcdt 3,Wilhngham 2 Totals 21 13-23 60 Baker 13 1 1 14 10 — 48 Redmond 17 12 14 17 — 60

Three-point baskets —Sand 3, Villalobos, Berry, Brown 2, Moss, Benson, Troutman Fouled out —unavailable Total fouls —unavailable Technicals —none

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Creating a memorable C 'stmas My fondest Christmas memories that I can recall from my childhood revolve around sledding on one of the many hills near my house. Those Christmases when we were fortunate to have a fresh blanket of snow were especially memorable. Other than those moments the whirlwind of those seasonsjustkind ofblends together.

Shopping, baking, decorating, music, lights, the same thing year after year.

There's nothing wrong with that but if there's one important thing I've realized in life it's that with a little planning and effort a typical day or holiday can become a very memorable one.

Giving and receiving gifts goes hand in hand with the holidays, but often time can be the best gift of all. With Christmas break at school and many people getting holiday vacation from work it's a great opportunity to take the time to go do something as a family.

Something that in and of itself is a gift, an outing, doing something you wouldn't normally do, or something your family already likes to do.

If you can find a way to do something as a family to make the holidays more memorable this season won't be one that blends into a generic memory down the road.

When our oldest son was 6 months old we cross-country skied into a yurt for a night before Christmas. With young kids, even infants, yurts are a perfect outletforwintercamping. It was such a great trip that we did it again the following year and had some friends join us with their kids. Those outings took a lot of effort, but they were worth it because they are Christmases we will never forget.

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DORY'S DIARY DQRQTHYSWART FLESHMAN

Struggling to control

my clutter 'The more you try to fix things the worse you make them," Daphne said to me recently.

She had struck a vicious blow after I had worked so diligently for several days in a stab against clutter.

I had decided that if my war against boxes of"things" were to be successful I should limit my efforts to one room and then move on to the next. As it had been, it was a little here, a little there, and nothing apparent had come of it.

It was time for a new maneuver.

I chose the bedroom where I had storedsome ofmy decorations,fortime was moving on and fall, going into winter, was rejecting my living room eye for lack of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas themes. Unfortunately, I didn't know where to find the box of display items for Thanksgiving and then, even worse, things to speak of Christmas.

It was a trying time, but I was about to fix it — one room at a time.

During one period of time in my life Ihad managed toacquire anumber of cardboard boxes about 25-by-15-by-9 inches, with lids.

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There are many family traditions at Christmas time centered on food. For my husband one of those foods is mincemeat pie.

I lived in England in 2010 and during Christmas time, while getting my hair done, I was offered brandy and a small mincemeat pie whilst waiting. That is up there with one of those moments that I will never forget — it would certainly never happen in the

U.S. I am not a fan of mincemeat, but found myself enjoying -'rgC v the piesthatare sold atm ost English shops during the Christmas season.

When I was deciding what holiday recipes I would share with you I decided to have a "mincemeat pie bake off" makPreparing candied orange peel for mincemeat pie. ing a recipe from my husband's favorite chef Delia Smith's, 20 years now, that is until I tasted one of versus an American version. I am submitting this column early in the month so you can find Mimi's pies. She is one fantastic cook and the ingredients you will need for this recipe. usesCooks Illustrated piecrustrecipe.Ihave I made my own candied orange peel besinceconverted to thisrecipe and include it here. cause I could not find it at the local markets and it is pretty tasty. I highly suggest that you I was curious about using vodka in the pie readthisrecipe atleastoncethoroughly becrust but I have to sayit totally works and cause there are many steps to it, but actually, I have included the reasons why below. This it is really easy to make and worth the effort. may be the best pie crust I have ever baked.

I baked these pies over a few days, making About the pie crust: I have been using M artha Stewart' spie crustrecipe forabout the candied orange peel first, then the crusts,

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iwhich you can make and freeze ahead of time) and I cooked the mincemeat over two

days So the question is Which pie is better?"

My husband enjoyed the fact that the cooking mincemeat was filling our kitchen with lovelyaromas and ofcoursegetting to taste testitasitstewed.To no surprise hepicked Delia's recipe.

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Wallowa Lake Lodge: A treasure to preserve OUT 5ABOUT GINNY MAMMEN

Some of the greatest treasures we gather as we travel through life are memories.

These are the only true things we can hold onto and yet pass on to our loved ones. On the third Saturday in November, Dale and I attended a dinner with 81 other people — all who held dear memories of a place, a time, an event — all different yet all the same.

It was held at the 93-year-old Wallowa Lake Lodge on a cold, snowy, moonlit night.

The attendees for the most part were strangers to each other and yet the camaraderie was strong as they ate and talked with each other about their memories — those who had come for weddings, anniversaries, reunions, family vacations and on and on.

For centuries the area now known as Wallowa County was home to the Nez Perce people. They lived, fished and hunted in this beautiful place and with great regularity Indians from other tribes joined them to trade and socialize.In 1871,white settlers came into the area, discovered the beauty and bounty known by the Nez Perce and by 1887, established Wallowa County.

It was in 1923, only 36 years later, that Wonderland Hotel, now known as Wallowa Lake Lodge, was built in order to share

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TheWallowa Lake Lodge was built in 1923. this awe-inspiring place with others who were not fortunate enough to call Wallowa County home.Through the years many peoplefrom alloverthe world have come to the lodge to rest, relax and take in the quiet beauty of the mountains, lake and the surrounding grand old trees. It became, in the minds of many, a place that would always be there for them and those who came after

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This would have been the case except for an unforeseen death of one of the owners which set into motion a situation for which no one had ever planned. The property, consistingof9.22 acresincluding the lodge, was put up for sale.

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Mixing the ingredients for mincemeat pie filling.

PIE Continued ~om Page 1B We had fun taste testing the pies topped with fresh whippedcream, agreeingthey are both great recipes.

The apple cider vinegar gave the American version a tartness that was lovely. I added more nuts to Delia's recipeand appreciated the taste of the additional candied peel. I am pretty dose on both pies, they were equally delicious but I hate to admit that I think Delia's pie wins.

We had lots of fun making these pies and this just may be anew tradition forus.

1/4 Cup diced candied orange peel Grated zest and juice from 1 orange Grated zest and juice from 1 lemon 1Teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2Teaspoon ground allspice 1/2Teaspoon ground ginger 1/4Teaspoon ground cloves 1/4Teaspoon salt 1 Cup apple cider

your pie is made, freeze for 15 minutes and bake until crust is light golden brown, 25 minutes. Rotate pie and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees; continue to bake until juices bubble and crust is deep golden brown, about 35 minutes. Transfer pie to wire rack and cool to room temperature before serving.

Delia's Homemade Christmas Mincemeat

Add in later 1/2 Cups apple cider 1/3 Cup rum or brandy

1 Pound apples, cored chopped into small pieces 8 Ounces shredded suet, you canfind onAmazon.com, I used vegetable suet 1'/4 Cup raisins 12/4Cup Sultanas, I used golden raisins 1'/4 Cup currants 8Ounceswhole mixed candied peel, finely chopped, I used orange peel which I made.

2 Cups dark brown sugar The zest and juice from 2 oranges The zest and juice from 2 lemons 2/4Cup slivered almonds 4Teaspoons ground spice /2Teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg 6Tablespoons brandy

For the top of the crust 1 Large egg white, lightly beaten 1Tablespoon granulated sugar

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Place the first15 ingredients (omitting "/2 cup cider, egg 2 "/2Cups all-purpose flour white and tablespoon of sugar) 2Tablespoons sugar in a large, heavy saucepan 1Teaspoon salt and bring to boil then simmer 12Tablespoons unsalted gently, stirring occasionally to butter, cut into "/4 inch prevent scorching for 3 hours, pieces and chilled (adding more cider as neces8Tablespoons vegetable sary) to prevent scorching. I shortening,cutinto 4 did not need to add any cider.

The mixture should darken in pieces and chilled "/4 Cup vodka, chilled color and be syrupy. Stir in the "/4 Cup ice water 1/2 cup apple cider and rum and cook about 10 minutes; cool mixture. You can freeze or Why this recipe works refrigerate for several days.

Using two fats makes the dough flavorful and tender. The Heat oven to 400'. Once butter makes it rich in taste but the water in butter encourages gluten development. Using a 3:2 ratio helps eliminate the gluten process. Also, adding the flour in two batches helps to eliminate toughness and aids in flakiness. The adding of vodka produces a moist and easy to roll out dough that will stay tender. The alcohol vaporizes in the oven and you won't taste it. Making sure you shape the dough into a 4-inch SALE disk before you refrigerate it.

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Add the butter and shortening on top of the flour. Process until the mixture forms clumps with no floury bits, about15 seconds.

Scrape down the sides and pulse again. Add the remaining flour and pulse until broken into pieces and evenly distributed. Transfer to a large bowl and sprinkle the vodka and ice water. Using a stiff rubber spatula stir and press dough until it sticks together.

Divide the dough into 2 balls and place on a piece of plastic wrap then flatten into a 4-inch disk. Wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. When you are ready to roll it out let it sit on the counter for 10 minutes. I also freeze the pie for15 minutes once it ismade then bake.Thanksto Cooks lllustrated for this recipe.

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Sure, they're gonna rip it open and destroy your handiwork in a matter a seconds, but that doesn't mean the gifts you deliver to loved ones this holiday season don't deserve your attention.

From awkward shapes to fancy finishing touches, wrapping can quickly become a chore, especially when you count up just how many gifts are waiting.

But with the right tools and attitude, wrapping can be a creative outlet. Experts at the Container Store say setting up a station with quality supplies is the key to good-looking presents.

5 WAYS TO BECOME A WRAP STAR • Stock up: Before you start, make sure you have everything you'll need. Shop for paper, ribbon wire, gift boxesina variety ofsizes,tissuepaper,giftbagsand quality scissors. Consider having two pairs handy: one to cutthepaper and a second reserved justforribbon,to help keep the cutting edge sharp.

• Make it stick: Standard invisible tape may get the job done, but an assortment of adhesives can take your presentation to the next level. Container Store experts' faves: double-sided tape for a flawless finish, dots to make ribbonsand bows stay in place and decorativeglitterand washi paper tape for embellishment.

• Size matters: When choosing which paper to work with, think about the scale of the pattern. Papers with small patterns work better for small boxes, while larger designsare betterforbiggerboxes so thatthe entire pattern can be seen.

• Go for the gadgets: The Paper Cutter and Folder, $4.99, cutsgiftwrap forprofessional-looking creasesand curls ribbon. The Pixie Bow Maker, $6.99, will create a frustration-fiee package topper in a few minutes. Keep openedrollsofwrapping paper tidy and free oftearswith a Neat Roll Fastener, $5.99 for three. They can be adjusted and reused as often as possible and won't damage the papertheway tape orrubber bands would.Thesegadgets are available at the Container Store locations and online at thecontainerstore.com.

• Party time: Don't go it alone; try hosting a wrapping party. Invite fiiends over with the gifts they need to wrap.

Have each guest bring a roll of wrap and coordinating ribbon. The host can supply scissors and tape — and a festiveatmosphere.

For the holiday host, there's no shortage of things to spend on: the meal, drinks, decor, gifts. Dressing a table doesn't have to blow the budget, too.

Showcasing items from your home — and backyard —all ows fora creative, budget-fiiendly centerpiece.

Embellishing grocery store bouquets with a few simple touches elevates them from standard to spectacular.

We challenged Dallas stylemakers Ashley Brown and Monica Cowsert to use items they already had-

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A finished centerpiece by designer Monica Cowsert. She was challengedto make a centerpiece for $10 or less.

into small bundles and tucked along with a $10 budget — to among the fruit and moss to design something that would add more dimension.

One key to a successful give guests something to talkabout besidesthe bird of centerpiece is getting the honor. height right. A simple solution As a blogger who writes is using books, and if they're about ways to incorporate an- antique and in the right color scheme, even better. tiques and family pieces into Brown used a stack of the everyday, Ashley Brown is always looking for ways to books as the base for a wired showcase heirlooms. and domed bird cage. She Brown put a dainty Royal filled the metal accessory Doulton figurine in a place with shredded basket and ofhonor on her table. The gift-wrap filler. A strand of 100-year-old collectible of battery-powered fairy lights illuminates the paper globe a woman carrying flowers Brown used as the focal point. watches over guests atop a For moreinterest,glittered stackofcakepedestals.To give her even more promipine cones, fresh greenery and nence, Brown set the item, berries were nestled around which once belonged to her the cage. great-grandmother, on a bed Playing off the bird atop the of floral moss inside a hurcage, Brown perched a small ricane glass. silver bird figurine on the The glass serving pieces corner of the books.

The biggest expense for were also dressed with moss and a selection of citrus fruits this centerpiece? The lights. in avariety ofsizesand colors. The rest of the items, Brown Brown also made sure to already owned. layer space under the pedesGo out on a limb tal with texture.

Pepperberries were snipped When you're in the wed-

ding and events business, you seealotofcenterpieces, Monica Cowsert said.

Cowsert, who owns the Bird's Nest in Melissa, Texas, said she has been inspired by creative brides who have used everything from pinwheels to photos to create custom arrangements.

Forgoing a traditional vessel for flowers, Cowsert instead used a portion of a downed tree branch. She added a few nails into the wood to help keep the flowers in place.

From there, she broke up a budget grocery store bouquet and placed the flowers on top, filling in with dried moss. She added a single hydrangea in the center for drama. Eucalyptus was also scatteredaround thebaseof the log, and Cowsert draped piecesfrom a deconstructed grapevine wreath atop the arrangementforadditional texture.

This look, she said, can be easilyreplicated to make a major impression.

Pattern play N ot afrai d ofpattern or color? Then add even more of it to your tabletop.

Cowsert is crazy for Schumacher's Chiang Mai Dragon pattern. She took a wallpaperscrapfrom her powder bath project, made a color copy and had it laminated. From there, a centerpiecewas ajustafew pieces of invisible tape away.

She taped the copy into a cylinder shape that would conceal a vase filled with fresh flowers and greenery.

Cowsert cut apart a wreath and used those grapevine pieces throughout the arrangement, encircling the base to bulk up the centerpiece.

"One thing I like to do is make something that can be used in another way" Cowsert said.'When you untape the vase, you can use the copy as a placemat."

You can also use a potted plant rather than a bouquet to fill the vase, and you can plantitonce the party'sover.

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look for as our garden years add up are the tools with comfort grip handles or Garden centers, plant nurseries and ones that are ergonomically designed. our favorite shops are adorned with tinThe same goes for a shovel. They all sel, fairy lights and baubles of all shapes, perform the same task, but user height colors and size. Gifts ranging from shouldbe considered.Ifthegardener is practical tools to extravagant gardening short, the shovel or spade height iincludparaphernalia tempt us to be put on the ing blade and handle) should be 42 to wish list.

45 inches tall.For5-foot-5to 5-foot-9 In herbook"Green Thoughts,"Eleagardeners, the toolshould be 46to 49 nor Perenyi makes a statement that inches.

For 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-3 gardenis food for thought."Of all implements, ers,the toolshould be50 to 53inches.

As a short gardener, I am lucky those used in gardening have changed the least." It all boils down to the matter enough to own a short shovel. I keep it of form following function, and since the under lock and key and treat it to Minfunctions have changed little, so have wax rub every fall. the forms.

I did my yearly look-see at local nursThe moral of the story is a good qualeries and found more than enough items ity tool lasts for many, many years. A to add to my Christmas wish list.

I never thought of the versatility of trowel may be a trowel, but what we

By Liz Douville

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LODGE Continued ~om Page 1B Those in the market for purchasing vacation lodging these days are not thinking about 22 rooms and a lovely dining room; unfortunately, they are thinking much larger. Their interest is not maintaining the quiet peaceful wrap your arms around warmth of a 93-yearold lodge, they are thinking just how many people can be crammed into the space available. It is zoned as resort development. Here is what could legally take the place of the Lodge: 32 trophy homes or 128 condominiums, and over 10,000 square feet of retail space.

Iknow thatmany ofyou and your family members have fond memories of Wallowa Lake. Whether you stayed at the Lodge or not it

was there as the spirit holding the whole area together like a grand matriarch.

How sad it would be to lose this wonderful historic building. Not only would it change the appearance of the immediate area, but it would change forever the area around it and possibly that whole end of Wallowa County.

I cannot even begin to think ofgroupings ofcondos,large homes, and commercial buildings taking its place in the landscape. Gone would be thepeaceful quietplaces to wander with children and grandchildren and in would be congestion, crowds, and exclusive areas not meant for wanderers.

This loss does not have to happen. There is a partnership of caring people who want to save the Lodge and have put in an offer to purchase it and continue running

hedge shears. Without a hedge, I'd never given them a second thought. Now I know whenever I get around to planting clumps of ornamental grass, I will invest in a pair to use for the yearly trim. The 9-inch blade would certainly be more efficient than using my handheld clippers.

Ialsohave a largebed ofthe perennial artemisia that would be much easier to maintain with hedge shears.

Good garden gloves are essentialyearround when you think of all the chores they are required to protect us from: planting, raking, pruning thorny plants and let's not forget moving rocks. You

canexpecta pricerange of$15 to $35 forlong-lastinggloves.Forthe casual gardener, you can find a price point of

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it as we now know it. However, time isofan essence and mid-January will tell the tale as to the purchase being possible. The partnership under the managing member James Monteith needs those who wish to save this magnificent landmark to join them by contributing financially toward the purchase price. There are two ways to help — by contribution or by purchasing a share.

You may contact James at 541-398-0305 or at www.lakewallowalodge.com for more information.

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This would be the gift that keeps on giving and we would be receiving. For me this whole situation falls under the category of"it may not be your fault, but it is your responsibility." It is not a time to beapatheticor sitback thinking someone else will fix the situation. If you care and Iknow thatmany ofyou do, now is the time to step up and do something. Whether

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to give potential purtance is available for quested pursuant t o chasers a chance to i ndividuals w i t h d i s ORS 8 6 . 7 8 6 and 86.789 must be timely have adequate time to a bilities b y ca l l i n g c ommunicated i n a v iew an d c r u ise t h e 5 41-523-8200 ( T T Y: 523-9538). w ritten r e quest t h a t proposed salvage. Access will soon be limc omplies w i t h t h a t statute addressed to ited by snow.

LegaI No. 00043792 the trustee's "Urgent T he c u t t in g u n it s a r e Published: Dec. 7, 2015 t ypically w i t h i n 1 5 0 Request Desk" either f eet o f the roa d s by personal delivery to the trustee's physical s hown on t h e m a p, o ffices (call fo r a d but may be up to 250 THE UNION Creek Hazard Reoffer Sale is lofeet depending on the dress) or by first class, tree height. cated within T. 10 S., certified mail, r e t urn R 38 E., Sections 14, receipt requested, ad- Product s p e c ifications 23, 21, 28, WM. The dressed to th e t r u s- for the sale are as folForest Service will relows: Ponderosa Pine, tee's post office box the minimum sawlog c eive sealed b ids i n a ddress set f o rt h i n pubIic at this notice. Due to potree is 11" DBH to a Wallowa-Whitman Nat ential co nflicts w i t h 8" top and no shorter tional Forest H e a dthan 16 ft. w ith t r im . federal law, persons All other sawlog spequarters at 10:00 AM having no record legal loca l t ime on or equitable interest in cies, minimum sawlog 01/07/2016 for an estithe sublect property tree is 10" DBH to 8" will only receive infort op an d n o s h o r t e r mated volume of 101 t han 8 ft . w i t h t r i m .

CCF o f P o n d e rosa mation concerning the Pine an d Ot he r lender's estimated or Oversized hazard trees sawtimber marked or actual bid. Lender bid are included. otherwise designated i nformation i s als o Required logging equipment will b e g r ound f or cutting. I n a d d iavailable at the t rusb ased with a l o t o f t ion, t h e r e i s w i t h i n t ee' s w e b sit e , the sale area an estiwww.northwesttrushand f a l l i n g and m ated volume o f 9 tee.com. Notice is furcable/winching will be required.

CCF o f P o n d e rosa t her given t ha t a n y person named in ORS A pparent h i g h b i d d e r Pine and Other grn bio may be elig ibIe for urc v t ha t t h e bi d d e r 86.778 has the right, agrees to remove at a a t any t im e p r io r t o gent removal extenfixed rate. In addition, sion on o t her g r een five days before the Forest Service timber there is within the sale d ate last set fo r t h e sales. area an u nestimated sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e eding Information r e g a rding volume of Softwood Other grn bio cv that this preliminary adverdismissed a n d t he the bidder may agree trust deed reinstated tisement may also be found on our website: to remove at a f ixed b y payment t o th e rate. The Forest Servbeneficiary of the enhtt://www.fs.usda. o ice reserves the nght v wallowa-whitman tire amount then due to relect any and all (other than such por- Any questions about this sale may be referred bids. Interested partion of the principal as ties may obtain a prowould not then be due to: John Jesenko, Forspectus from the ofh ad no d e f ault o c ester, 541-523-1380 or f ice listed below. A curred) and by curing Megan Johnson, Cont ract in g O f f ic e r, prospectus, bid form, any other default comand complete informa541-523-1254 plained of herein that t ion c o n cerning t h e i s capable o f b e i n g N . 0 0043793 timber, the conditions cured by tendering the ~LI of sale, and submisperformance required Published: Dec. 7, 2015 sion of bids is available under the obligation or to the public from the trust deed, and in addi- Preliminary A d v e rtiseWallowa-Whitman Nat ion t o p a y i n g s a i d ment tional Forest H e a dsums or tendenng the National Forest Timber for Sale quarters. Th e USDA performance necesis an equal opportunity s ary to cure the d e - W allowa-Whitman N a provider and employer. f ault, b y p a y ing a l l tional Forest costs and expenses actually incurred in en- The Cornet Hazard Tim- LegaI No. 00043791 forcing the obligation ber Sale is expected to Published: Dec. 7,2015 a nd trust d e ed , t o be offered in December 2015. A l l d o cugether with t r ustee's ments are draft at this a nd attorney's f e e s n ot e x c e e ding t h e time. T h e e x p ected bid date will be Januamounts provided by 1010 - Union Co. ary 2016. said ORS 86.778. Requests from persons The pre advertisement is Legal Notices named in ORS 86.778 to give potential purNOTICE TO f or rei n s t a t e m e n t chasers a chance to INTERESTED PERSONS have adequate time to Gordon G e v ing h a s quotes received less v iew an d c r u ise t h e than six days pnor to been appointed Pert he date set f o r t h e proposed salvage. Acsonal Representative trustee's sale will be cess will soon be lim(hereafter PR) of the ited by snow. h onored only at t h e Estate of Daniel Lee discretion of the bene- T he c u t t in g u n it s a r e Rasch, Deceased, Proficiary or if required by t ypically w i t h i n 1 5 0 bate No. 15-11-8564, the terms of the loan f eet o f the roa d s Union County Circuit s hown on t h e m a p, d ocuments. I n c o n C ourt, State of O r e but may be up to 250 struing this notice, the g on. A l l pers o n s singular includes the feet depending on the whose rights may be tree height. plural, the word "granaffected by th e p rotor" includes any suc- Product s p e c ifications c eeding ma y o b t a i n for the sale are as folc essor in i n terest t o additional information lows: Ponderosa Pine, the grantor as well as f rom t h e c o u r t r e any other person owthe minimum sawlog cords, the PR, or the tree is 11" DBH to a ing an obligation, the attorney for the PR. All 8" top and no shorter performance of which persons having claims i s secured b y s a i d than 16 ft. w ith t r im . a gainst t h e est a t e t rust deed, an d t h e All other sawlog spemust present them to words "trustee" and cies, minimum sawlog the PR at: tree is 10" DBH to 8" Mammen 5 Null, "beneficiary" i n c lude t op an d n o s h o r t e r Lawyers, LLC their respective successors in interest, if any. Without l i m iting t he t r u s t e e ' s d is -

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1602 Sixth Streetclaimer of representa- Required logging equip- P.O. Box 477 tion o r w ar r a n t i es, ment will b e g r ound La Grande, OR 97850 Oregon law r e quires b ased with a l o t o f (541) 963-5259 hand f a l l i n g and within four months after the trustee to state in cable/winching will be this notice that some the f i rs t p u b l ication residential p r o p erty required. date of this notice or sold at a trustee's sale A pparent h i g h b i d d e r they may be barred. may be elig ibIe for urmay have been used in ma nu f a c t u r i n g gent removal exten- Published: November 23, sion on o t her g r een methamphetamines, 30, 2015 and Decemthe chemical compoForest Service timber ber 7,2015 sales. n ents o f w h i c h a r e k nown t o b e t o x i c . Information r e g a rding LeqaI No. 00043687 this preliminary adverProspective purchasers of residential proptisement may also be PUBLIC NOTICE found on our website: erty should be aware of this potential danger htt: w w w . fs.usda. o Volunteer Committee v wallowa-whitman b efore d e c i d ing t o Members Needed p lace a bi d f o r t h i s Any questions about this B2H Advisory sale may be referred Committee property at th e t r usto: John Jesenko, Fortee's sale. The t rustee's rules of auction ester, 541-523-1380 or The Union County Board may be accessed at Megan Johnson, Conof Commissioners inwww.northwesttrust ract in g O f f ic e r, t end t o e s t a b lish a 541-523-1254. tee.com and are incornine-member Advisory porated by this referCommittee regarding ence. You may also ac- LegaI No. 00043793 t he I d a h o Po w e r c ess sale s t atus a t Published: Dec. 7, 2015 Boardman to Hemingwww.northwesttrusway ( B 2H) E l e ctric t ee. c o m and Transmission Line Prowww.USA-ForecloIect.

In t e r e sted citisure.com. For further PUBLIC NOTICE zens are asked to api nformation, p l e a s e ply by c ompleting a c ontact: Nanci L a m - The Baker County Board Union County Advisory of Commissioners will bert Northwest TrusCommittee application be meeting for a staff tee Services, Inc. P.O. b y D e c e m be r 1 4 , meeting at 8 a.m. folBox 997 Bellevue, WA 2015. Applications are lowed by a Work Ses98009-0997 586-1900 a vailable o n l i n e a t sion on W e dnesday, File www.union-count .or December 9, 2015 at No.7367.22832/Reedy, (Boards and Commit9:00 a.m.

Drew MarC he r y l L tees section) or by calltin from Y t u rri Rose 1002.283928-File No. ing the Administrative will be present to disO ff i c e at cuss in-stream water Legal No. 00043701 (541 ) 963-1 001 . rights and invocation Published: D e c e mber d uring C o m m i s s i o n Published: December 4 7,14,21,528th 2015 Session. The meeting w ill b e h e l d i n t h e and 7, 2015 C ommission C h a m PRELIMINARY ADVERLegaI No. 00043774 TISEMENT b ers o f t h e C o u r t house at 1995 Third T S National Forest Timber N O. S treet, B a ke r C i t y , OR08000090-15-1 for Sale Oregon. Baker County W allowa-Whitman N a APN 2015 R 8700 TO o perates u n de r a n tional Forest No 8560032 TRUSEEO policy and com- T EE'S NOTICE O F plies with Section 504 The Cornet Hazard TimS ALE Reference i s of th e R e habilitation made to t hat c e rtain ber Sale is expected to Act of 1973 and the be offered in DecemTrust Deed made by, ber 2015. A l l d o cu- A mericans w it h D i s - JAMES DAVID RUSa bilities A ct .

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Avenue, La G rande, The G r ande R o n d e Oregon Model Watershed lo- T he Issuing Office f o r Anderson Perry 5 Assocated in L a G r ande, t he B i d d in g D o c u - ciates, Inc., 1901 N. Fir ments is : A n d erson S treet, L a G r a n d e, in i n t e r e st , i f a ny .

Oregon, invites B i ds Dated: 11/04/2015 By: for the construction of Perry 5 A s s o ciates, Oregon Nathan F. Smith, Esq., the Lostine River Inc., 1 9 0 1 N . Fir Anderson Perry 5 AssoOSB ¹120112 SuccesR 8700 LOTS FIVE (5) S heep Ridge F i s h Street/P.O. Box 1107, c iates, I nc., 2 1 4 E .

La Grande, O r egon AND SIX (6) IN BLOCIC sor Trustee Malcolm 5 Passage I m p r oveB irch S t reet, W a l l a T WENTY ( 20 ) O F Cisneros, A Law Corments - 2015 pr olect 97850, 541-963-8309, Walla, Washington. located approximately Chas Hutchins, P.E., HANNAH'5 ADD ITION poration Attention: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., chutchins©anderson- A mandatory pre-bid conTO WEST UNION, IN 3 m i l e s s o u t h of O SB ¹ 1 2 0 11 2 c / o L ostine, O r e gon, i n THE CITY OF UNION, ference will be held at UNION C O U N TY, T RUSTEE C O R P S Wa I I owa C o u n ty. tive Bidders may ex1:00 p.m., local time, OREGON, ACCORD17100 Gillette Ave, IrWork for this Prolect a mine t h e B id d i n g o n D e c e m be r 1 7 , consists of re-grading Documents at the IsI NG TO T H E R E - v ine , CA 926 14 2015. The pre-bid con9 49-252-8300 F O R the Lostine River apsuing Office on MonCORDED PLAT O F ference will be held at SAID ADDITION. Com- SALE INFORMATION days through Fridays t he G r ande R o n d e proximately 150 feet P LEASE CA LL : I n d ownstream o f th e between the hours of Model Watershed ofmonly known as: 975 Log i c at Sheep Ridge D i ver- 8 00 a m. an d 5 0 0 SOUTH 1ST. STREET, Source fice located in the RY UNION, O R 9 7 883 702-659-7766 Website s ion. W o r k f o r t h i s p.m.

Timber Building, 936 Both the Beneficiary, for Trustee's Sale InWest North Street, EnProlect w i l l i n c l ude CIT Bank, N.A., forformation: www. constructing work area Bidding Documents are t erprise , Or eg on insourcelo ic. com. isolation barners, rock a va i I a b I e at merly k no w n a s 97828. R e presentaO r d e r No . htt://www.anderson OneWest Bank N.A., tives of the Owner and grade control s t r ucand the Trustee have 0 R1 5-000160-1, Pub tures, rock boulders d th Engineer will be preelected to sell the said Dates 1 1 / 2 3 / 2015, along with excavation, B id Docs l i nk . T h e s ent t o d i s c uss t h e 11/30/2015, backfill, s t r e a m bed digital Bidding Docureal property to satisfy prolect. B i d ders are t he o b l i gations s e 1 2/07/201 5, s imulatio n m a t e r i a l ments may be downrequired to attend and cured by s ai d T r ust 1 2/1 4/201 5 p lacement, a n d a l l loaded for a n o n-re- participate in the conDeed and notice has other associated work, fundable payment of ference. matenals, and labor to been recorded pursu- Published: November 23, $25.00 by i n p u tting QuestCDN e B i dDoc Owner: Grande Ronde a nt to S ec t i on 30, 2015 and complete the Prolect.

86.735(3) of Oregon December 7, 14, 2015 Number 4172776 on Model Watershed Revised Statutes. The Sealed Bids for the det he w e b site. A s s i s - By: Jeff Oveson scnbed Prolect will be t anc e w it h f r ee Title: Executive Director default for which the LegaI No. 00043645 QuestCDN member- Date: November 30, foreclosure is made is received by Mary Esship registration, docuthe Grantor's failure to 2015 tes, at the office of the pay: Failed to pay the Make your advertisG ra nde Ronde Model ment d o w n l o ading, Watershed at 1114 J and working with the Published: November 30, p rincipa l ba la n c e ing dollars go furAvenue, La G rande, digital Prolect informawhich became all due 2015 and December 7, and payable b ased ther! List your busiOregon 97850, u ntil tion may be obtained 2015 upon the move-out by ness every day in 2:00 p.m., local time, at QuestCDN.com, at January 5, 2 0 16, at 952-233-1632, or v i a LegaI No. 00043717 all mortgagors from S e r v i c e w hich time t h e B i d s e - m a i l at the property, ceasing t h e info© uestcdn.com. to use the property as Directory i n o ur received will be pubBuyer meets seller in the the pnncipal residence licly opened and read.

T he B i d ding D o c u - classified ... time after classified section of ments will be available t ime after t i m e ! R e a d By this reason of said T he Contractor will be for download after No- and use the c lassified default the Beneficiary this newspaper. regularly. has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Dee d i m m e d iately due and payable, s aid sums being t h e following, to-wit: The sum of $41,748.38 together w it h i n t e rest thereon from April 29, 2006 until paid; and all Trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant t o the t e rms o f s a i d Trust Deed. W herefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on March 17, 2016 at the h our of 1 0 :0 0 A M , Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Rev ised Statues, at t h e main entrance steps to t he U n i o n Co u n t y Courthouse, 1001 4th S t, La G r ande, O R 97850 County of Union, sell at public auction to the highest bid-

der for cash the intere st i n t h e s a i d d e scribed real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the e xecution by h i m o f the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired aft er the e x ecution of s aid Trust D e ed, t o satisfy the f o regoing obligations thereby secured and th e c o sts and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statu tes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the e ntire a m o un t t h e n due (other than such portion of said princi-

pal as would not then be due had no default occurred), t o g e t her with the costs, Trust ee's o r a t t o r n ey ' s fees and c uring any o ther d e f a ult c o m plained of in the Notice of Default by tendering th e p e r f ormance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale.

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HOME 8 LIVING are the bonsai figurines to enhance the container.

Other options include a plethora of low- to mediumlight house plants from hanging baskets to lush potted plants that could easily be classified as living sculptures. You'll also find ferns, bromeliads and an extensive collection of succulents, including succulent wreaths and displays of the popular tillandsia iair plants). I was especially taken during a recent shopping trip with the Blue Elf aloe that is getting readytobloom. Ima y have to give myself a Christmas

present.

For the do-it-yourself crafter, I have had two projects on the bucket list that I hope to try soon.

One is chalkboard terracottaplanters — a coatof chalkboard paint on a terracottapot allows you to write the plant's identity on the pot Paint the pot, plant it up, then label it, and you have made an unusual gift for a sunny window sill.

The second project is a little more involved, but the end result will be more unique. The idea was pulled out of a Country Living

magazine several years ago as asuggestion forinventive wall art.

Patents for all kinds of fascinatinginnovations,such as vintage garden tools,are available, free, at google. com/patents. Download the images of choice on a USB drive. A copy shop can print them on the paper size of choice.

The article I saved featured2-by-3-footposters tramed in a simple black trame. You could certainly choose a much smaller size.

I spent more time than I should have researching

row because there were too many of them, but in stacks of four high just of ChristContinued from Page 1B The boxes came wrapped mas decor. in flat packages and then Then, of course, I had to you would fold them accordhave a box or more for each ing to instructions, insertmonth — January, Februing the tabs here and there ary, March — along with AND, miraculously, you special holidays in which would have a storage box they would hold just those where things could be kept items — Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and and out of sight between seasonal uses. so on.

I thought this such a The room was getting rather full ofboxes lining each wonderful idea that I kept returning to the store and side of the room, but the syspurchasing a few more boxes tem was working quite well for me except for the things that as they would fill up one by one. wouldn't fit inside these sameIn an attic room I had size boxes and I found myself found spaceto storethe stacking these odd-shaped boxes numbered and labeled, boxes wherever I could find then made a written list room, even using suitcases of where to find each item for loose things like railroad — such as for Christmas it track and such, but I kept up my labeling system even was Box 1, outdoor lights, twinkle lights, tree lightswhen numbering gave out. with each strand wrapped Now, all this time Daphne didn't have any comments to around a piece of cardboard so that when they were make, just hid a smile behind a hand to her lips and a wonneeded they unwrapped neatly to be hung with no dering look in her eyes.

I proudly showed her how jumble of wires.

I was proud of my system well my system was working and worked diligently at the for several years.

The problem began to task.

Before long I had 15 boxes emerge asIaged,justin carlined up, not exactly in a rying the boxes up and down

the stairway to the lower floor at each changing month and season.

This required re-boxing the used decorin theirproper box and then putting out the new things along with also changing the tablecloths and doilies to match. This made it a double-edged sword in having thenumber of "in"and "out" boxes.

I loved the final viewing after the process had been completed, though, and found it rewarding as I would collapse in my chair and survey a whole new living room's looks for the month to come.

My system worked for what it was meant originally and I was hale and hearty except that new items kept joining the old and the matching boxes were no longer sold by thestore soothercontainers ofdifferent shapes and sizes joined the fold but didn't stack as well. It was getting harder to keep like things together and thesteps tothe storeroom w ere get ting steeper.

George had really enjoyed the decorations, wondering what the next month would bring and willingly helped carry boxes, put up and trim the Christmas tree, hang

lights, garlands and whatever else was needed, even cutting stained-glass into sun-catchers for the tront windows whereeven the hummingbirds enjoyed them.

It was during that time that Daphne held her tongue, but that isn't the end of the story. In fact, in looking back, it really is only the beginning, left for another time, but one can see where it is heading ... maybe next week.

Continued from Page 3B Metal farm animals have fascinatedme forseveral years. They are brightly paintedand rather primitive in construction. Think about it — theanimals are a great solution for a gardener who wants farm animals. These can be enjoyed without the upkeepand the monthly expense.

If you are looking for the elusive pink flamingos, you will find them at many outlets. Bonsai plants are sometimes hard to find, as

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Iteven prompted me toorder a book titled "Illustrated History of Gardening" by Anthony Huxley.

Are you living with the ultimate seeker ofbotanical knowledge? Does the dinner conversation always involve the "I wonder" or"what if' questions? Maybe it is time

for a gift certificate for the OSU Master Gardener training classes. For tuition and registration information, call 541-523-6418 iBaker County), 541-963-1010 iUnion County).

Christmas for a gardener could be easier than you thought. We are really easy to please.

CHRISTMAS Continued from Page 1B Last year on Christmas Day atter opening gifts we went cross-country skiing at Andies Prairie, one of our favoritelocalplacestoski.Therewere a handfulofpeople up there. Everyone we came across was very cheerful and wished us a Merry Christmas. There was a different feeling in the air. It was a wonderful day and one that we will remember because of the things we did, not the gifts we gave or received.

Ihopeyou have aw onderfuland memorable holiday season.

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DEARABBY: Every year around the Theproblemis, hesaid thathehad a crush on me back in school and still does. I have holidays, well-intentioned strangers wish me and my family "Merry Christmas."Even feelings for him, too — more thanjust friendthough we are Jewish, I have always reship. What do I do?

— EMOTIONALLY LOST garded it to be a kind gesture to spread good cheer. I smile and return the greeting.

INMARYLAND My children have asked me why I don't tell DEAR LOST: I can only imagine the people we're Jewish and that we don't celebrate extent to which your trust has been shaken.

Christmas. I don't feel I need to What you need to do right now is recognize how vulnereducate strangers when they're DEAR just trying to be friendly, but able you are feeling. Whatyou my kids don't agree. We'vehad ABBY shoul d n't do is rebound from one relationship into another. several discussions about being friendly and polite, but still Because you are no longer happy with your boyfriend, consult an atthey ask ifbeing Jewish is something to keep torney to ensure your children's father lives secret or be embarrassed about.

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, up to his financial obligations to them. If but I do want to give my kids the message you don't have a job, start looking for one to that we are proud of who we are. How doyou supplement the child support income. recommend I handle this situation, because Once you have established economic init happens a lot? dependence, you will be in a better position — JILL INSANTA ROSA, CALIF. to judge whether or not your old high school DEAR JILL: Explain to your children fiiend is your knight in shining armor. that you return the greeting to be polite, not DEAR ABBY: I have a mother-in-lawbecause you feel being Jewish is anything to-be problem, but not the usual one. She to be ashamed of. The strangers who do this are saying something nice, and you are doesn't hate me — infact, she loves me. She returning the greeting. invites me to wine tastings and lunches, lets However, the response to people to whom me drive her sports car, and brings me gifts when she comes to visit. you are closer and with whom there will The problem is, she's nasty to my ftance, so be a deeper relationship should be different. To them, your children should explain much so that i fhe ever decided not to speak that they are Jewish and that you celebrate to her again, I'd stand by him. It hasn't come Hanukkah rather than Christmas. When to that, so I'm stuck sitting silently at dinner you're with them, if they feel the need to while she berates him.

I don't want her to dislike me (especially assert their Jewish identity, they should go right ahead and do it. with the wedding planning coming up), but I really don't like the disrespectful way she DEARABBY: I have been with my mistreats myftance. What should I do?

— DAUGHTER SHE NEVER HAD boyfriendfor16years.LastyearIfound out DEAR DAUGHTER: Recognize that this he was married before I met him and still is married to her. He never told me he was unhealthy dynamic has likely been the stamarr7'ed when I met him — or at all. Ifhe tus quo since your fiance was a boy, which is why he accepts her verbal abuse. Howhad, we wouldn't be together.

His wife got ahold of me on Facebook ever, after your honeymoon, tell your new becauseshewas looking forhim. Iwasin dis- husband how upsetting it has been for you to listen to his mother berate him. Suggest belief. We almost got married in 2007, which that he talk to a licensed therapist to underwould have been bigamy. I have stayed with him forthesakeofour kids,butI'm miserable. stand why he tolerates it. After that, family I recently reconnected with a malefriend counseling may be in order ifhis mother is willing. If not, spare yourself the pain and from high school. We have been talking but not romantically. He knows my situation. see less ofher.

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SAN BERNARDINO, California — Everything in the Redlands townhouse suggestedthe ordinary life of a young family: dirty dishes in the sink, family photo albums, Christmas lights, an iPhone, boxes of Pampers, a half-empty bottle of PeptoBismol.

There were the quiet symbols of devotion: prayer beads, a tapestry with the 99 names for Allah, a donation jar filled with dollars for Muslims for Humanity, a children's book on Islamic manners and the Quran, translated by a noted Indian peace activist.

Neighbors and family say it was here where a quiet couple, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, began a life together with their new

baby.

But authorities also say it is where they amassed a cache of weapons and ammunition, built explosive devices and launched a massacre that killed 14 people at a holiday gathering of Farook's co-workers.

The mystery over why the couple, dressed in black tactical gear,opened fire took an ominous turn Friday when officials said Malik had pledged allegiance on Facebook to a leader of Islamic State just as Wednesday's attack was getting under way.

The revelations shifted the focus of the investigation squarely onto Malik, the 29-year-old woman described

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Ali said he had met Malik on a few occasions but the niqab obscured her face.

"If you asked me how she looked, I couldn't tell you," he sald.

The couple were married in Islam's holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia last year, according to Farook's co-workers at the Health Department and others who knew them. The Saudi Embassy in Washington confirmed that Farook spent nine days in the kingdom in the summer of 2014.

Authorities said that when he returned to the U.S. in July 2014, he brought Malik with him on a fiancee visa.

After a background check by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, she was granted a conditional green card last summer.

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The couple's infant daughter was born in May, according to records.

An acquaintance who prayed with Farook at a San Bernardino mosque said Farook liked his wife because she wore a niqab, a veil that coveredalmost allofherface.

Nizaam Ali, 23, said Friday he thought Malik's niqab showed she was religious and wasn't embodying "the modern role of women today, working and all that."

Ali, a student at California State, San Bernardino, said he occasionally talked to Farook at Dar al Uloom al Islamiyah of America mosque.

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