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Local, 3A The Baker County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDj has pledged to sponsor two local high school students to attend the High Desertyouth Range Camp June 17-20 at the Northern Great Basin Experimental Station near Burns.

The districts are asking interested students to submit an essay explaining why they would like to attend the camp, and what their future education and career plans include.

Students will be selected for sponsorship based on their essay.

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Oregon's elected state leaders will confront a new paradigm today after Kate Brown is sworn in as governor, even as the shadow of an ethics scandal hovers over her predecessor, John Kitzhaber.

Kitzhaber announced his resignation last weektotake effect today at 10 Bent z a.m.— after momentum regarding an ethics controversy swirling around him and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes reachedcriticalm ass.

Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, said Tuesday he was surprised by Kitzhaber's announcement and said he is still troubled by the circumstances.

"I think it is safe to say I was saddened. It is unfortunate that someone could be forced out of office before anything is proven," Bentz said.

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America's first bisexual governor was sworn in this morning, becoming Oregon's 38th leader after fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber resigned amid ethics questions.

BRIEFING

Running clinic starts March 2 Baker Valley Physical Therapy in Baker City is offering a running clinic from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays from March 2 to April 6.

The cost is $125 for a video analysis and six training sessions.

Or $75 for the video analysis only.

This is for runners of all skill levels, from beginning to advanced.

The clinic will include instruction on running form, injury prevention, education on running efficiency and running shoes.

The instructors are Blake Marlia, DPT, and Caleb Mcllmoil, DPT. To sign up and schedule a video analysis, call BVPT at 541-523-8888.

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Rod Shaw, right, Carol Free, seated, rally with others Monday outside Baker City Hall to protest a proposed ordinance that would ban commercial sales of marijuana in the city, whether for medicinal or recreational use. allbusinesses to obtain a business license.

The Baker City Council last night Councilor Jim Thomas said he continued discussing its options thinks a business license ordinance regardinga possibleban on comis a great idea. mercial marijuana sales.

He had reservations, though, Councilors didn't take any action, about the potential new wording.

"I'm a little bit hesitant to tie but they focused on a proposal to this into federal law, knowing what adopt abusiness license ordinance some folks in Washington do," he that would require businesses to comply with all local, state and sard. federal laws.

Councilor Mike Downing had It's the latter — federal lawsconcerns that the license ordinance that would affect marijuana dispen- could be used as an excessive revsaries. Although the drug is legal for enue source.

"Everybody I've talked to likes medicinal use in Oregon now, and forrecreational usefor people 21 the idea ofa business license as and older starting July 1, it remains long as it's not a revenue source," a controlle d substance under federal he said."And they like the idea of law. our businesses complying with the Baker City's current ordinance law." requires only selected types of Councilor Mack Augenfeld businesses to be licensed. The word agreed with Thomas.

"It's questionable whether this is "select" would beremoved from the ordinance if the changes are correct — in my mind anyway," he adopted in the future, requiring sard.

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Mayor Kim Mosier asked how business license applications would be reviewed.

City Manager Mike Kee explained his vision ofhow that could

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"On the application form, we'll ask if the business which they've conducted complies with all laws," he said.

"We'll have to take Kee somebody'sword forit."

Mosier had concerns about enforcing the business license ordinance.

Kee said it would be possible for people to lie on the application and be issueda business license.

"It won't be long until somebody in Baker City calls the city manager or calls the police chief and asks questions," he said.

By Pat Caldwell For the Baker City Herald

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An M1A2 SEP Abrams main battle tank assigned to Eastern Oregon's 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment fires on a gunnery range south of Boise in this 2013 photo. The 3rd Battalion is gearing up for a three-week training exercise at the NationalTraining Center at Fort lrwin, California, in August.

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This summer's deployment of Eastern Oregon's largest Army Guard unit to the National Training Center in California is more than just another training exercise, top leaders of the citizen-soldier outfit said last week.

The stakes, in terms of future relevance, funding and recognition for the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, are higher than at any time since the global war onterrorstarted almost 14 yearsago.

The 3rd Battalion, which consist of Guard units from across Eastern Oregon and the Willamette Valley, will join its sister citizen-soldier units from Montana and Idaho for a three-week, high-tempo training exercise on the Mohave Desert at Fort Irwin, California, in August.

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The Baker School Board will interview the three finalists for Baker School District 5J superintendent this Friday.

Longtime Baker School District administrator Betty Palmer ts one of the finahsts seeking to replace Walt Wegener, who will retire June 30.

Palmer has served as South Baker Intermediate School principal forthe pastsix years, and she was principal and a teacher at Haines School before that.

The two other candidates are Mark Witty, a longtime employee of Grant School District No. 3 at John Day, and Robert Vian, superintendent of Joint School District 171 at Orofino, Idaho, for the past two years.

Friday will begin with the three finalists touring schools during the morning.

The school board will interview each finalist separately during the afternoon.

A public "meet and greet" with the finalists is set for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Baker High School commons, 2500 E St.

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IRSissueswarnin gahsutphonescams BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEB. 19 • Never Miss A Chance to Dance:The Powder River Dance Club meets, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005Valley Ave.; 541-524-9306.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20 • Open house for candidates for 5J superintendent:4 p.m.to 6p.m .,BakerHigh SchoolCommons, 2500 ESt. TUESDAY, FEB. 24 • Baker School Board:6 p.m., District Office, 2090 Fourth St.; meeting rescheduled from Feb. 17.

• Baker City Council:7 p.m. City Hall,1655 First St. FRIDAY, FEB. 27 • Haines Elementary Chili/Potato Feed and Raffle:4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Haines School; more information is available by calling the school at 541-524-2400.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 • Baker County Legislative Hotline Video Conference: 7 a.m. PST, at the Baker County Extension Office's media room, 2600 East St. Rep. Cliff Bentz, (R-Ontario), and Sen. Ted Ferrioli, (R-John Day), will update constituents on proposed laws and legislative action while the 2015Oregon Legislature is in session.

• Baker County Commission:9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Feb. 18, 1965 A copy of the May 6,1902 Herald 4 p.m. edition, was brought to the Democrat-Herald office Tuesday by Mrs. Rita Judy.

This is one of the earliest found, according to DemocratHerald publisher Lee C. Bollinger. The D-H files date back to the early1900s but many issues are either missing or in poor condition.

Many old copies of the Morning Democrat have been brought to the D-H office, one dating back to 1889.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Feb. 19, 1990 The Baker County Sheriff's Office is seeking information about three men suspected of bilking an 80-year-old Baker Valley woman out of more than $16,000.

The men allegedly performed repairs at the woman's isolated home on Ebell Creek Road, 11 miles west of Baker City, according to the sheriff's office. The victim lives alone. Her husband is in a nursing home.

The sheriff's department is working with officers in the Pendleton, La Grande and Ontario areas in the investigation.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald Feb. 18, 2005 Fred Warner Jr. wants to retrieve January for Baker County chukar hunters even before the month flies out of their range.

Warner, who is chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners, thinks another group of commissioners, the seven who decide Oregon's fishing and hunting seasons, should reconsider their decision to close chukar hunting in Baker County Dec. 31 instead of Jan. 31.

ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald Feb. 19, 2014 Baker County residents peppered U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley with questions Tuesday that took the Democrat from their backyards to Capitol Hill to the factories of China.

A recurring theme during Merkley's 70-minute town hall meeting at the former North Baker Elementary School was possible federal protection for the sage grouse, and in particular how such protection could affect the beef cattle industry in the county.

W ASHINGTON, D. C.— Tax scams take many diferent forms. Recently, the most common scams are phone calls and emails from thieves who pretend to be trom the IRS. They use the IRS name, logo or a fake website to try to steal your money. They may try to steal your identity, too.

Here are severaltipsfrom the IRS to help you avoid being a victim of these

tax scams: The real IRS will not: • Initiate contact with you by phone, email, text or social media to ask for your personal or financial information.

• Call you and demand immediate payment. The IRS will not call about taxes you owe without first mailing you

a bill.

• Require that you pay your taxes a

OBITUARIES Rickford Snyder Former Baker City resident, -2015

Rickford Delmar Snyder, 68, of La Grande died February 2, 2015, at home surroundedby family after a two-year battle with cancer.

His memorial service will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday held at Loveland Funeral Chapel Rickford in La Grande.

Snyder He wa s born on Nov. 25, 1946, to Delmar and Geraldine Snyder at McMinnville and raised in both Elgin and Baker City. He was a lifelong Oregon resident.

In his early years, Mr. Snyderhelped run thefamily business (Snyder's Cafe and Fireside Steakhouse) later enlisting in the U.S. Army and completing a four-year tour of duty. Shortly after his honorable discharge, Rick went to work for Paramount Pictures in special effects.

His time at Paramount and work on the movie "Paint Your Wagon" was always a lasting memory for all who knew him. Rick met Linda, the love ofhis life, at Baker City. They were married in 1972.

Rick owned two successful businesses in Baker City and La Grande and his last venture, Blue Mountain Radiator, wa sa staple business in the La Grande community for more than 20 years. Rick made his family, work and everything Northeastern Oregon had to offer his top priority.

He was a very selfless individual who took great pride in introducing many firsttimersto the artoftroutand steelhead fishing, along with countless hunting trips for both birds and big game with his trusted English pointer, "Deacon," by his side.

Rick had a very deep passion for family, fiiends and animals. At the Snyder residence in La Grande, the door was always open for anyone who wanted to visit, seek adviceorjustneeded a helping hand, including many unannounced visits trom stray animals needing food or a place to live. Everyone was welcome.

An avid reader, Mr. Snyder served on the Board of Directors of the La Grande Library, was a lifelong member of the Baker City Elks and Eagles lodge and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Linda Snyder; a son, Rick Snyder; granddaughters, Addison and Abby; brothers, Lonny Snyder and Robert Snyder; and many close fiiends and family throughout Northeastern Oregon.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice, through Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La

Grande, OR 97850.

Tonya Hol land Former Baker City resident, 1980-2015

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A private Tonya family graveside Holland service will be heldata laterdate atthe Union Cemetery in Union.

Tonya Marie Carpenter Holland was born on Oct. 28, 1980, at Baker City, Oregon to Charles and Charlene

avoid mistakes — keep your temper — shoulder the blame — make the best of things — maintain high standards — think first, act accordingly — put the need of others before your own — ForgiveTry using as many of these into your day as possible and you'll soon be rewarded with happiness."

Tonya is survived by her children, Phillip and Kandice; her father, Charles Carpenter of Baker City; her sisters, (McCorkle) Carpenter. She Crystal Carpenter of Baker was raised in Baker City and City and Charlie Carpenter Fountain Hills, Arizona. She of Haines; and her grandattended Four Peak Elemen- mother, Naomi Carpenter tary School and Baker High Stevenson.

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She was preceded in death Tonya married Phillip by her mother, Charlene W ayne Holland, and they had Rose; her grandfather Cartwo children: a son, Phillip penterwho blessed,baptized Edward Holland Jr., and a and confi rmed her totheLDS Church; her grandmother, daughter, Kandice Victoria Lynn Holland. Long after the Verna Marie; and two aunts, divorce, Tonya was married to Dora and Tammy.

She had a heart bigger Robert Mars, for a short time.

During her life she worked than she was and would help at Burger King in Baker City; anyone in need. She was a Safari Inn, Taco Bell and tree spirit, and a true soul.

West Co. Marginizing, all in Those who would like Boise. to make a donation in Tonya enjoyed writing memory ofTonya may do in her journals, arts, crafts so todetray burialexpenses and spending time outdoors. through Tami's Pine Valley Tonya's favorite poem was Funeral Home & Cremaone she wrote and titled tion Services, P.O. Box 543, "Secret to Happiness": Halfway, OR 97834. Online "Happiness is the ability condolences may be made at to do the following; forgetwww.tamispinevalleyfunerapologize — admit errorsalhome.com

Online condolences to the family may be made at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com

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If you don't owe taxes or have no reason to think that you do: • Contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Use TIGTA's "IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting"web page to reportthe incident.

More information on how to report scams is available on IRS.gov.

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marker for Betty, throughTami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Br Cremation Services, PO. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.0nline condolences may bemade at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

Bonnie Ilene Entermille: 83, a longtime Baker City resident, died Feb. 16, 2015, at her daughter's home in Baker City.

Visitations will be Saturday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Pocahontas Road. A traditional funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the church. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Donations in Bonnie's memory may be made to Best Friends of Baker or to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Online condolences may be made at www. tamispinevalleyfuneralhome. com.

Betty Jean Lovett: 82, of Halfway, died Feb. 14, 2015, at Settler's ParkAssisted Living Facility in Baker City. Betty will be interred at a later date with her husband, Karl, at the Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. For those who would like to make a memorial donation,they may help with the cost of a cemetery

BIRTHS Parker: Kathleen andTravis, at Hobbs, New Mexico,a:19 a.m., Sept. 16, 2014, a boy, Tobias Teagan Parker, 7 1/2 pounds, 19 1/2 inches; he joins a brother, Ronan. Grandparents are Richard and Patty Howe of Haines; Doug and Kathy Parker of Baker City; and Bracy and Shelby Neal of Carson City, Nevada.

POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations

THEFT (Union County warrant): Brent Allan Bailey, 37, 3442 River Park Drive 7:50 p.m.

Tuesday at his home; jailed.

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ou ranc oun er o sea a o-a even A Bend woman who has a history as an athlete, a rescuer of abandoned and neglected horses and the founder of a youth ranch will speak at a two-day event in Baker City March 6-7.

Kim Meeder will be the featured speaker in a Friday, March 6 session, which is billed as "a community-wide event for men, women and children.

It will begin at 7 p.m. with special music by a country

gospel band.

The Saturday event is scheduled from 8:15 am. to 1 p.m.

Both sessions are free and will meet at the Nazarene Church, 1250 Hughes Lane.

The doors will open at 8 a.m.Saturday forthe Community-Wide Women's

retreat. There will be a live band — with women &om across the community performing, according to a flier announcing the event.

In additio n toMeeder' s presentation,there will be break-out sessions and an opportunity for Christian women to connect with others from throughout Eastern Oregon, organizers said.

Meeder is an author, a motivational speaker and the founder of Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch, which describes itself as "The Ranch of Rescued Dreams" at Bend, accordingto thewebsite: crytalpeaksyouthranch.org.

Meeder nurtures abused and neglected horses back to health and then uses those same horses in the ranch program, the flier states.

LOCAL BRIEFING Wildland Firefighting Refresher Course set for Feb. 28 Eastern Oregon Training Group has scheduled a Wildland Fire Refresher Class, RT-130, for Saturday, Feb.28 starting at8 a.m.

This is a required class for most firefighters and contractors who are planning on working for any federal or state agencies in the upcoming fire season. A qualified instructor from National Firefighter's Training and Carding Association will be teaching the class and membership in the Association is included with the class fee.

This class has limited seating and is availableon a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.

This is the only class scheduled for 2015 in thisarea.Thefee fortheclassis$100.Registration and payment of fee can be done at www.oregonfiretraining.com. More information is available by contacting either Laurel

Meederalsohascompeted at the national level in Nordic ski racing, participated in the U.S. Olympic biathlon trials and holds two world records in power lifting.

The event will be hosted by the Rural Christian Women Team. Sponsors are area churches, the Baker City Christian Women's Connection and Baker City MOPs iMothers of Preschoolersl.

Free child care is available.

Because oflimited space, those needing child care are asked to call 541-5233533 to secure a spot. RSVP is requested for planning purposes, by calling 541-52333533 or emailing bcnaz1@ gmail.com.

Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome.

Warm weather allows Quail Ridge Golf Course to open The unseasonably warm weather has allowed Quail Ridge Golf Course in Baker City to open for the season earlier than usual. The 18-hole, city-owned course opened Friday.

The course will stay open as long as the weather allows. Heavy rain or snow might causecoursetoclosefor afew days.

The course is at 2801 Indiana Ave. The phone number is 541-523-2358. More information is available at www.quailridgegreens.com.

All church birthday dinner Feb. 25 at Baker United Methodist

Baker Methodists will observe the all church birthday dinner on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. This annual event is a potluck, Baker County Agriculture and tablesare decoratedtocorrespond with Advisory Board meets March 3 certain months of the year. Everyone in the The Baker County Assessor's Agriculture congregation gathers, with recognition of Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, March the youngest member and the oldest memberpresent.Prizeswillbe awarded.

3 at 1:30 p.m. in the Baker County Court Chambers at the Baker County CourtPastor Elke Sharma announces Lenten Bible studies on Friday mornings at 11 house, 1995 Third St. More information is available by calling County Assessor Kerry a.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Readers, special music and congregational participation Savage at 541-523-8203. will be offered during Lent at the 8:30 a.m.

Movie night Sunday at Baker and 11 a.m. Sunday worship services.

Church of the Nazarene A Congregational Leadership meeting is This Sunday, Feb. 22, is family movie set for March 1 at noon. Everyone is invited night at the Baker Church of the Nazarene, to participate and share in discussing Bak1250 Hughes Lane.'When The Game er Methodist Church mission and action Stands Tall" will be shown at 6 p.m. Conces- for the future. Clair Pickard is administrasions will be available, and an offer will be tive board chairman. Larry Abell, deacon, taken. All proceeds will go to the church's has full connection status.

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msn.coml or Jeff Sherman at 541-519-6213 ishermanrental@gmail.coml.

oil water istrictswant tosen stu entstocams The Baker County Soil and Water Conservation Districts iSWCDl has pledged to sponsor two local high school students to attend the HighDesertYouth Range Camp June 17-20 at the Northern Great Basin Experimental Station near Burns.

Students at the camp will learn about rangeland ecosystems, plant, weed and wildlife species, new mapping technologies, how to design a ranch management plan, and much more.

Campers also will earn college credits.

Duringthe annual SWCD dinner and awards banquet, a silent auction raised

youth mission trip to Los Angeles this June.

More information is available by calling the church office at 541-523-3533.

money to sponsor two students for the camp.

The districts are asking interested students to submit an essay explaining why they would like to attend the camp, and what their future education and career plans include.

Studentswillbe selected forsponsorship based on their essay.

Sponsorship essays and camp applications will be due to the Baker County SWCDs by April 13. To receive a camp application and apply for sponsorship, or for more information, call the SWCD office at 541-523-7121, or stop by the district office at 3990 Midway Drive in Baker City.

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$5 adults - $3.50 Child All tickets available in advance or at the door.

Raffle ticket $2 each or 3/$5, 7/$I 0, I 5/$20 Thank You to everyone who helped put together the H aines E/ementary School Fundraiser Chi% Feed and Raf f l e .

Thanks to the f o l l o w ing business for t h ei r r a f f l e d o n a t i o n s listed below: Ace Nursery and Grass Growers - 2 yards Bark ($90+ value) Animal Clinic of Baker - I free spay or neuter $60-135 value Anonymous five coins - I ounce of silver each Baker High School - I year Season Pass Banner Bank - 2 baseball caps Bella's - $365 challenge Betty's Books - one puzzle Black Distributing-free gas Brianna's Bread - $365 challenge Brianna'sBread - I loaf of bread per week thru July Burger Bobs - 2 Gift Certificates and 2 refillable glasses 5 free refills Cody's General Store Coffee Corral - I basket Corey Bogardus - I quilt D8B - I knife set,4 pack of tie downs D ale Bogardus computer repair,2 $40 gift certs Davis Computer -Bluetooth Headset, Card Readers, mouse pads Eastern Oregon DentalGroup - gift cert Eastern Oregon Rental- I promo item El Erradero Mexican Restaurant- $30 gift certificate Elkhorn Lanes Baker Classic Bowl - 10 free games, $34 value Frontier- coupon for $20 plus Norman Rockwell artwork Guyer 8 Associates - 2 Tax prep's $200 each Heavens Best Carpet Cleaners - $100 gift cert Legacy Ford LaGrande - gift cert car wash oil change and gloves/sunglasses Little pig - I basket MarvinWood Products -handmade birdhouse, I t-shirt 8 2 pens Miller's Lumber - I drill bit set Old West Credit Union OTEC Oregon Trail Electric - cash donation Powder RiverCorrectional Facility - hand crafted gun rack w/Buck deer inlay Powder River Correctional Facility - hand crafted wood box w/Elk inlay Powder River Correctional Facility - hand crafted wood box w/fishing boat inlay Record Courier - coffee, and cups and paper Relianceconnects - I Roku box and HDMI Cable Roaring Springs - 2 free day passes $60 value Robbins Equipment - 3 hats,2 sweatshirts, I bag of promotional items Rootz Salon - I free cut, I manicure Sorbenots - gift basket Subway -Free 6 foot Giant Sub Sycamore tree - $51 fudge Thatcher's Ace Hardware Umpqua Bank - 4 pens a planner, glasses cleaner Wells Fargo - jacket Western StatesEquipment - 12 CAT hats (retail about $20 Each) W ingers $50 - gift cert YMCA - I free youth sports registration York's - Ball cap 8 $25 gift card

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Some Oregon communities allow residents to keep beehives on their properties. Others do not, and there's a move afoot in the Legislature to change that. It should not.

A bill before the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee would require the state Department of Agriculture to establish standards for beekeeping in residential zones in the state. The proposal has beekeepers nervous.

Among other things, they worry that if the state becomes involved, it will charge them a fee for keeping bees, though House Bill 2653 doesn't mention fees.

More important, they worry that statewide regulations will prove to be a problem for some beekeepers, whose hives are in communities with relatively liberal policies on the subject. In Portland, for example, beekeepersmay have as many as 15 hives.In Bend, they're limited to one per 5,000 square feet oflot.

Those supporting the bill, meanwhile, counter that they hope to open more doors to beekeepers with state regulations.

Some communities do not allow beekeeping at all. The current measure was written in part after a Portland woman who had kept bees for years moved to Gresham and discovered that her hives were illegal there.

The bill's supporters told the agriculture committee Friday they"want to get the doors open for beekeeping."The Oregon State Beekeepers Association believes there's a better way.

We agree. The beekeepers' group, which has chapters around the state, including in Bend, believes the best way to move bees into cities is through information and education. The group notes that honeybees are gentle souls, not stingers by nature, and that even without nearby hives they're generally present in most communities. They're vital to crop pollination, including the crops in backyard gardens.

Backyard hives, beekeepers say, help keep local bee populations healthy in a time when that's becoming increasingly diKcult.

We're all for backyard bees. They pollinate plants, and they make honey to boot. At the same time, we believe the rules governing bees in Bend should be set by the people of Bend. Statewide standards take local conditions out of the discussion, and that's a problem.

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

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden: D.C. office: 221 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-5244; fax 202-228-2717. La Grande office: 105 Fir St., No. 210, La Grande, OR 97850; 541-962-7691; fax, 541-963-0885; wyden.senate.gov.

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (2nd District): D.C. office: 2182 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515, 202-2256730; fax 202-225-5774. La Grande office: 1211 Washington Ave., La Grande, OR 97850; 541-624-2400, fax, 541-624-2402.

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Gov. John Kitzhaber resigns Editorial from The (La Grande) Observer: Chalk it up to bad timing.

Just as Friday's pages were coming off the press, we learned that fourth-term Gov. John Kitzhaber will soon resign the state's top post.Secretary ofState Kate Brown will take the helm Wednesday.

This is just the latest in the saga surrounding Kitzhaber and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes. Just weeks ago The Oregonian editorial board called on Kitzhaber to resign amid growing concerns that his power and position were used to put Hayes in positions to push her energy policy and to make some money while she did it.

Some, including Kitzhaber himself, have pointed their fingers at the media, which they say prematurely judged the situation.

Maybe TheOregonian was pushing out stories ad nauseam on the topic.

Does it matter? Probably not.

Because also on Friday, we learned the FBI — in addition to the Oregon Department of Justice — is investigating. The FBI has subpoenaed a number of state documents, casting a wide net to discover whether any criminal activity has occurred. Kitzhaber and Hayes will get their due when these investigations arecomplete.Those investigations are for the authorities to act on, not the media.

But as so many top officials have pointed out in the past week, this ethics scandalhas become toobig a distraction for Kitzhaber to stay. Even ifhe is ultimately cleared of wrongdoing, he would for months be overshadowed and questioned by criminal investigations.

That is no way to run a state.

While we expect more to unfold from this situation, we hope to see the focus returned to our policymakers in Salem.

The will-he or won't-he rumors made their way from the capitol by word of mouth back to La Grande last week, so it's hard to imagine legislators were not distracted.

Collectively, our Legislature has much work to do. From sorting out the state's budding marijuana infrastructure to securing water from the Columbia River and ensuring our communities have the dollars to keep our children learn-

ing, the Legislature is a busy group. It's tough enough to tackle policymaking without a scandal at the top of government in our midst.

Brown,who many believed would seek the governorship in 2018, is now thrown into the mix. Arguably more liberal than Kitzhaber, this could pose a challenge for Republican legislators.

While her sexuality may make headlines across the nation, we hope it's not a sticking point. She has done her job in the past without it becoming an issue.

As aformer legislatorherself,wehope she can guide our lawmakers out of this debacle and into the future with sound judgment.

It's time now for all in the Legislature to move on from Kitzhaber's legacywhatever that is to become — and into this session with truly only one thing in mind: what is best for Oregonians. After what we've seen oflate, that's really all we deserve.

Editorial from The (Medford) Mail Tribune: In the end, it was almost a relief.

Gov. John Kitzhaber, bowing to what had becomearelentlessbarrage of pressurefrom even hisclosestallies,resigned the office he has held longer than any other Oregon chief executive. He was defiant to the end, taking to task those colleagues who turned on him the past week and the media, which he said had"charged, tried, convicted and sentenced" him "with no due process and no independent verification" of the allegations against him.

There is some truth in that. Kitzhaber served for many years in both houses of the Legislature and for three terms as governor with no hint of corruption or wfong(lomg.

But he never seemed to quite understand how serious the allegations were. When the first reports emerged that his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, had a rough-and-tumblepast and may have used her unofficial position as Oregon's first lady to advance her clean-energy consulting business, the governor's first instinct was to defend her and dismiss the allegations.

Later, asmore allegations emerged, Kitzhaber continued to insist there was

no wrongdoing and declared that he would not resign.

The final days before the governor announced he was stepping down brought a flurryofrumors and meetings, culminating in reports that Kitzhaber had decided to resign but then changed his mind. The increasing distraction led his fellow Democrats in the legislative leadership to call for his resignation, only days after saying they still supported him.

Kitzhaber still maintains he did nothing illegal. He may be right. It is entirely possible that Hayes did, however. Her apparentuse ofstate resourcestotake trips as first lady that coincided with paid consulting work at best blurred the line between her government role and her private career. She was a force within the governor's circles, including as an advocate for green energy, even as she did consulting work for companies aligned with that industry. Questions abound about her "colorful" past and her morecurrent activities,capped by allegations that she may not have paid taxes on the income she received from some ofher ethically challenged consulting work.

Itappears her activitiesmay have pulledthe governor acrosstheline,or at leastdangerously closeto it.There are current investigations by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission and the state attorney general's offtce, along with a federal Department of Justice inquiry that is being described as the largest criminal investigation of a state official in Oregon history. Those inquiries should determine whether Kitzhaber or Hayes, or both, broke any laws.

Amid all this, of course, the presumption of innocence has been lost. We do not believe Kitzhaber was tried by the media; the media did their job by raising questions and digging up the facts that ledtothegovernor'sdeparture.Itis, however, a sad thing that the legacy of his commitment to Oregon was destroyed before he ever had a chance to have his day in court.

Despite that, given the turmoil of the final week, resigning was really the only choice left for the governor, and he made the right decision. Had he only done the same thing earlier in his relationship with Cylvia Hayes, there would have been a far diferent ending to this story.

Your views B2H power line threatens county's crown jewel I admire Whit Deschner's letter to the editor of Feb. 4 about his opinion of the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission line. I agree with him.

I live in Bend andread what I can on your paper, but am not a subscriber. I am an avidOregon Trailsupporter and also a fan of the Interpretive Center on Flagstaff Hill.

It is my opinion that this power line will have a very negative effect on the Center and Baker City and its tourism in general. I have not seen much about the power line in the newspaper other an announcements of meeting, etc. This is the crown jewel of Baker County, I would hope the newspaper would get behind a public outcry against the

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'This is a regrettable moment in Gail Carhiener Oregon history. Kitzhaber's imprint on Bend Oregon shows vision and leadership. He advocated for policies to save salmon Kitzhaber accomplished much and other native species, helping the during his long career statebalance economic development and energy needs with its extraordinary John Kitzhaber got a lot more right during his distinguished 35-year politinatural bounty. He conceived and guided implementation of the Oregon Health calcareerthan your editorialofFeb.16 allows. Once the dust settles from the Plan, offering health insurance to huncurrent upheaval, I trust that we will be dreds of thousands of needy Oregonians.

He conceived and led the state's health able to look back with gratitude at his efforts on ourbehalf care transformation, with an eye to pushOn Feb. 15,the conservativeeditorial ing medical costs down — potentially a board of The Oregonian published a bal- national model for health care delivery.

And he steadfastly championed efforts anced assessment of Kitzhaber. I would like to quote their summary ofhis accom- to expand early literacy programs as the plishments as an example of a worthy key to successful public education." tribute to a progressive and dedicated Marshall McComb Baker City public servant: power line.

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By Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press

SALEM — Incoming Oregon Gov. Kate Brown faces a monumental challenge as she takesthereinsofa state government mired in scandal on less than a week's notice and with a special election already looming.

America's first bisexual governor was sworn in this morning, becoming Oregon's 38thleaderafterfellow Democrat John Kitzhaber resigned amid ethics questions.

Brown, who has been in the relatively obscure positionofsecretary ofstate,replaces Oregon's most experienced governor in the middle of a legislative session.

Since Kitzhaber announced Friday he'd be stepping down, Brown has said little about her plans as governor. But she offered a hint in a statement from her office on Tuesday previewing her inaugural speech.

"She'll lay out a series of immediate reforms needed torestore the public'strust in government," the statement said."And she'll speak to herbipartisan approach to helping Oregon's working families make ends meet."

Brown's inauguration comes less than six weeks

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Brown A series of newspaper reports since October have chronicled work

by Kitzhaber's fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, for organizations with an interest in Oregon public policy. At the same time she was paid by advocacy groups, she played an active role in Kitzhaber's administration, a potential conflict of interest.

Though questions about Hayes have swirled for months, the pressure on Kitzhaber intensified recently after newspapers raised questions about whether Hayes reported all her income on her tax returns. She has not publicly addressed the allegation and Kitzhaber has declined to.

With pressure reaching a feverpitch,Kitzhaberbowed out effective 10 a.m. Wednes-

day.

After Brown speaks for the first time as governor, legislative leaders will escort her a short distance to the governor's office.

Among the first of the many decisions Brown must

make will be appointing a Democrat to replace her as secretaryofstate.She'llalso have to decide how much of Kitzhaber's staffshe'llkeep and prepare for an onslaught of bills to come from the Legislature.

For the past six years, Brown has been Oregon's secretaryofstate,responsible for important but largely unseen functions of government: overseeing elections, registering businesses, maintaining the state archives and auditing public agencies.

Oregon has no lieutenant governor, and the state constitution says the secretary of state is second in line for

the job.

Her unexpected ascension to the governor's office upends the plans of Democrats who've been jockeying for yearstoreplace Kitzhaber in the 2018 election. Brown was widely believed to be interested, and she's done nothing to dissuadethe chatter.

Now, she'll be learning her new role while her rivals prepare for a 2016 special electionthat appears already to have been begun. When Kitzhaber announced his resignation, Democratic Treasurer Ted Wheeler, a top contender for governor, re-

leaseda statement that read like a campaign document.

When House Speaker Tina Kotek, another Democratic contender, was asked last week about Brown, she could muster only:"She's equipped to do the job."

Republicans, who enjoyed a cordial relationship with Kitzhaber, are taking a wary view of Brown, who is more liberal than Kitzhaber and hails from Portland.

"I have concerns that Portland left or liberal interests have really risen in the state — not just in the volume of bills but now in the office they hold," said Rep. Mike McLane, the Republican leader.

On his last full dayin office, Kitzhaber notched a final legislative victory. Democrats in the Senate approved a climate-change measure thatfailed tw oyears ago in one of the only defeats of Kitzhaber's third term.

The victory came thanks to two seats Democrats picked up in the November election. The bill was on a fast track before the pressure on Kitzhaberboiled over, and Senateleaders keptit going despite Republicans' attempts to link it to the Kitzhaber scandal.

Northwest basks in record warmth

By Manuel Vaides Associated Press

SEATTLE — Flowers are blossoming. Bees are buzzing. The sky is blue. Sunsets have been stunning.

Temperatureshave crept north of60 degrees,andjoggers are going shirtless.

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Records highs were logged Monday and Tuesday in parts of Washington and Oregon as one of the mildest winters continues in the Northwest.

On Tuesday, meteorologists reported record highs of 61 degrees at Sea-Tac Airport, 63 in Hoquiam, 59 in Bellingham and 65 in Quillayute, Washington, while in northwest Oregon, McMinnville hit a record of 66 degrees.

Forecasters said thehigh pressure ridge responsible for the summerlike weather might weaken enough by Wednesday for some clouds and a chance of drizzle. The high pressure is expected to rebuild over the weekend and into next week.

"Typically when there is a big ridge over the West Coast, it happens when there is a big trough over the East Coast. So when they get their bad weather, often we get the good weather," said Kirby Cook, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

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Devin Booker had 18 points and seven rebounds Tuesday night as Kentucky picked up its defense in the second half and pulled away for a 66-48 victory over Tennessee. Kentucky is 26-0 for the first time, though the Wildcats finished the 195354 season with a 25-0 mark.

"It's like that whether you're the best of Kentucky or you're the worst of Kentucky,"Wildcats 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein said.

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saidbeforevoting against thebill."But we do know that there's been a lot said about this."

SALEM — Oregon Republicans lost a batSen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, joined 12 y tle Tuesday against a bill that seeks to lower Republicans who voted against the bill after four hours of debate. greenhouse gas emissions by requiring oil companies to change gas blends or buy credits Democrats said the bill would force investto offsetcarbon output,asthe billpassed the ment into clean-energy jobs while helping cut emissions.

Senate on a 17-13 vote.

"This bill is about setting clear public policy The program is being touted as a way to combatthestate'sbiggestportion ofgreento encourage investment, to encourage investment and job creation," said Sen. Lee Beyer, house gas emissions, which accounts for more than 50 percent of Oregon's total emissions, D-Eugene, who sponsored the bill.

The bill originates &om 2008, when thenaccording to data &om the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski proposed the idea of The Legislature's minority party is trying cutting emissions and creating an industry Keith Myers / Kansas City Star TNS in the green energy sector. Oregon's program to ti e the billdirectly to the state and federal investigations into outgoing Gov. John is modeled atter California's model, which Kitzhaber and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes. sakes, ifitled totheresignation ofourgover- datesto2007,and the Legislature passed The Republicans are threatening to hold up nor, why are the Democrats moving so quickly the bill in 2009. The Department of Environa transportation funding bill that both sides mental Quality has been in a planning phase to pass it?" agreeisdesperately needed ifthe em issions Knopp onthe floorTuesday handed out since then, and fuel changes would happen bill passes out of the House. throughout the next decade. a copyofthe subpoena &om U.S.Attorney Among a group leading the front against Amanda Marshall that asks 11 state agencies The original bill, which Republicans opSenate Bill 324 are House Republican Leader and offices for every document related to the posed, included a sunset provision for the end Mike McLane, of Powell Butte, and Sen. Tim low-carbon fuel standards, clean energy and of 2015 that Senate Bill 324 would lift, making the clean fuel standards permanent.

Knopp, R-Bend. coal.

'There are investigations going on into the '%e don't know what the out-of-state corpoCompanies would then begin buying credclean fuels program, who influenced it. I do rations iarel that will benefit from this bill, we its or changing fuel content to comply with think that legislation has to be put on hold," don't know who they are, we don't know who the law and drop emissions &om Oregon fuels McLane told reporters Friday."For goodness' owns those out-of-state corporations," Knopp 10 percent by 2025.

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BENTZ Continmd ~om Page1A Bentz, who represents Oregon's District 60, which indudes Baker County, said he felt there was a lack of due process regarding Kitzhaber's situation.

"Nobody wants to be judged by hearsay," he said.'That's why we have the courts.

What happened here was he iKitzhaberl lost the confidence

of all the people he has to work with."

Bentz said there remains an array of facts and issues surrounding Kitzhaber and Hayes that need to be investigated.

'Time will tell. Ifit turns out everyone's guess was right, it will turn out to be a good thing," he said, referring to Kitzhaber' sresignation.

Regardless, today's ceremony for Brown will symbolize

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anew eraforOregon politics and there are a lot of unknowns, Bentz said. House Republicans will be compelled to adopta wait-and-see attitude regarding Brown, he said.

"He iKitzhaberl was a known commodity, where he stood on issues. Now we have to start out new with Kate," he said.

Bentz said sifling through those unknowns could be a challenge.

might be able to do about regulating marijuana.

"It may be that we're told we can Continued ~om Page1A Although not included in the only regulate time, place and manwording of the potential ordinance ner iof sales)," she said."It may be changes, Kee said that if a business that we're told there is local control. is found in violation of the law the We don't know. No one in the room owner would be charged with a class knows. Legal minds in the state of A violation.

Oregon don't know.

"I personally have a problem with City Attorney Brent Smith said thereisa variety ofwaysto enforce saying that there isn't local control such an ordinance. because it's our city...We should be 'The city would have the ability able to say what we want to happen to say to the court'this business is in our city." violating our ordinance and we want Measure 91 allows for local jurisyou to order them to stop doing that,' dictions to reasonably regulate the "he said. time, place and manner of mariSmith said his explanation was a juana sales. This means that hours roughdescription ofthe process. ofoperation,location and salespracCouncilor Richard Langrell said ticesmay be regulated ifadverse he thinks the business license ordieffects to the community occur. nance would be a huge mistake.

Mosier said it is difficult for her to "I think the best thing we can do acceptthat voterson thewestsideof ispass some reasonable regulations the state can dictate how Baker City just like the law iMeasure 91l says," governsitself. he said."I don't like it imarijuanal She explained why she was in faany more than the rest of you." vor of the business license ordinance. eTo me this is a business regulaLangrell said there is a huge risk of wasting taxpayer'sm oney because tion. We're talking about what kinds of potential lawsuits. ofbusinesses we want in our city," As a business owner himself, he Mosier said. There are plenty of also had concerns about business cities thatdoregulate adultshopsor licensefeesrising every year other adult entertainment or other 'That would be going into danger- things that. To me it seems logical ous territory," Langrell said. put it in a business ordinance."

The audience in the packed counM osier said thatshehaspolled cilchambers erupted in applause at community members through social Langrell's statement, at which point media,received lettersand comMosier said,eyouil get your chance ments, talked to various ministries to talk." and local politicians about this issue.

Mosier, who is an attorney, She said the overwhelming response speculated about what Baker City was in favorofsome type ofregula-

GUARD Continued ~om Page1A The National Training Center iNTCl is considered the besttraining area for American military units. The training regime at the NTC is designed to replicate actual combat conditions.

Lt. Col. Brian Dean, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, conceded the summer rotation at the NTC is not just another training event. Instead, the three-week maneuver carries real significance in terms of the future for Guard units everywhere.

'This is the first rotation at the National Training Center for a National Guard armored

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brigade combat team since 9/11. This rotation will not only train the soldiers and leaders of Eastern Oregon, Idaho and Montana it will determine the future of armored combat forces in the National Guard," Dean said.

Dean, a La Grande native, said the three-week exercise will illustrate how relevant — and cost-effective — local Guard units are to the defense and security of individual states and the nation.

"I think it will determine how little funding is required to move the equipment, soldiers and meet pre-training requirements," he said.

Dean said the 3rd Battalion — which consists of Guard

'%hat she wants to do as governor is totally unlmown to me," he said.

Bentz said, however, that his past experience with Brown — who has been Oregon's Secretary ofState forthepast sixyears — has been positive.

"I've found her to be fair in her approach to things," he sald.

Yet Bentz admitted any kind of change, especiallyin politics, can be a challenge.

Unity firefighters spent about four hours dousing a fire that broke out early Friday at the home of Virginia Bradford.

The fire started about 5 a.m. at the two-story house at 101 Main St. in Unity, said Mark Bennett.

Bennett is a Baker County commissioner who also serves as City of Unity administrator and is a volunteer firefighter. Bennett lives at Camp Creek, east of Unity.

Bennett said Bradford was at home and reported the fire herself. The Red Cross provided housing for her at a Baker City motel.

Bennett said the fire was confined to the chimney area over the livingroom of Bradford's house. The loss is estimated at

$3,000 to $5,000. Thehouse wasinsured.

None of Bradford's personal belongingwere damaged. Her threegoatsalso escaped unharmed.

Highway 26 was closed during the firefighting effort to allow volunteers access to a hydrant across the road fiom the house, Bennett said.

The home was heated by a woodburning stove. Bennett said the fire was caused by a failure of the metal chimney linked to the house's brick chimney, which allowed the fire to burn inside the wall and the home's second-story floor.

'The governor is responsible for an awful lot of things. So when there is a transition the consequences are many,"he sald.

Bentz said now his focus will be to move forward as quickly as possible while working on the issues that impact Eastern Oregon.

"At this point we are just all moving on and will work with the new governor," he said.

Bentz said he didn't

tion that would ban marijuana sales take, there are a number of differin Baker City. ent ordinances we can borrow from Augenfeld talked about"Home other cities and counties."

Rule" regulations and how that Conditional use permits were wouldaffectpossible actionsregard- discussed by Smith and Kerns as a ing marijuana regulation. way to curb marijuana sales. Other "Home Rule"in Oregon — enacted jurisdictions are exploring these by constitutional amendment in the options.

1990s, according to Smith — allows County Commission Chairlocal jurisdictions to be governed by manBill Harvey, who served for locall y approved charterratherthan more than a decade on the county by state law. planning commission, spoke to Brent Smith commented on the council regarding conditional those legal ramifications and the use permits and marijuana based power local jurisdictions have. business.

"The courts have held that cities "For the county, you would have have verybroad authority to do to have a conditional use permit what they want with respect to the because it would be a home-based health, safety and welfare of their business, which is a special privilege," Harvey said.'Truthfully, the citizens," he said, "except where they are pre-empted by state law. county is not going to have it."

And there's not really any quesHarvey noted that a majority tion in my mind — and we talked of Baker County voters — 59.5 about this last week — that the percent — opposed Measure 91, the state law trumps the local law." initiative last November that legalMosier asked City Planner Holly izedrecreationaluse ofm arijuana Kerns to speak about time, place starting July 1. '%e're not saying they can't have and manner restrictions and how those could be enforced through it imarijuanal because they can go zoning regulations. somewhere else and get it, we're Kerns discussed briefly what saying we don't want to be selling some other jurisdictions in Oregon in &ont of our kids, on our streets, have done or are considering doing near our schools or our businesses regarding possible zoning regulaor anywhere else," Harvey said. tions to address marijuana sales.

Although he opposes mari"There are a number of issues juana dispensaries, Harvey said that can be addressed through he doesn't think the City Council planning ordinances including should act immediately to try to developmentsthat are appropriate ban such businesses, due in part to for commercial or medical dispenthe risk of a lawsuit.

"Tm asking you not to vote right saries," Kerns said."Depending on now," he said."Tm asking you to the direction the council wants to

units fiom eight Oregon cities, including Baker City — will faceitstoughest challenge since its last combat tour in Iraqin 2011.

"It's an environment where lethal, non-lethal, security, stability and counter terrorism missions are occurring continuously," Dean said.'%e will test our soldiers and leaders in an extremely austere environment with unforeseen circumstances against potential fiiendly, terrorist, insurgent or professional military forces."

The NTC is often described as the"Super Bowl" of training events. Military units that rotate into the NTC face one of the U.S. Army's premier

fighting units, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The 11th Armored Cavalry plays the role oftheopposing force.

Dean said the knowledge Guardsmen fiom towns like Baker City secure during an NTC rotation will be vital for Eastern Oregon communities and employers.

"The experience the soldiersand leadersgain atthe NTC cannot be measured.

Their ability to be professional, disciplined, flexible, adaptive, and resilient and perform under extremely stressful situations will continue to build their value to businesses they own or work for," Dean said.

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believe thatthe scandaland subsequentresignation of Kitzhaber indicates a crackin the edifice of government in Oregon.

"Sure, ifyou were to ask anyone, we'd rather all go through the normal process with an election, that's the bestway to geta governor.I thinkit is more correct to say it igovernmentl was tested.

The process isn't damaged but it was slowed down," he said.

wait and get more information to make a judgement based on what's going on throughout the state. Let somebody else pay the higher costs of fighting."

Rod Shaw of Baker City, a medical marijuana user who organized protests on the sidewalks in &ont of City Hall Monday and Tuesday, said last week that he's confident multiple pro-marijuana groups would be willing to sue Baker City were the City Council to try to ban commercial sales.

Shaw wants councilors to let city votersdecide on the issue,as M easure 91 allows. However, a citywide vote on whether to ban commercial sales can't happen until the ¹ vember 2016election.

The city's current one-year moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries ends May 1.

Several citizens commented that traveling to La Grande — where the closest medical marijuana dispensary is operating — is difficult for many patients due to inclement weather, lack of transportation or other reasons. They argue that this is a valid reason to allow dispensaries in Baker City.

Police Chief Wyn Lohner said that medical users in town have expressedconcern that dispensaries are needed in Baker City.

He said that this is not necessary because there are currently 81 grow sites in the city that provide the county's 257 registered medical marijuana patients with their marijuana.

second-in-command of the 3rd Battalion, agreed with Dean's assessment that there is an added emphasis on the summer NTC rotation.

"In terms of importance for the National Guard as a whole it is huge as we will be the first National Guard armored brigade to do an NTC rotation with the newest armored vehicles. There is a lot riding on this to include future funding decisions which will affect both the regular Army and the National Guard," he said.

The 3rd Battalion is one of the few Guard units in the nation to receive the new M1A2 SEP Abrams main battle tank. The battalion be-

gan to field the new, high-tech armored battle wagons more than two years ago. Many regular army units do not have the new SEP tank.

Qualls, who works full-time as a loan officer for Eastern Oregon Bank in Heppner, saidthe preparation format for an NTC rotation is very similar to the template used todeployoverseastoa com bat zone.

"For our battalion it means long weekend drills — 3 days — and a mini annual training in June. For the battalion stafF and commanders it means — in addition to the June training — an additional leadership training in May for nine days," he said.

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The headlines trom Wall Street proclaim a stock market that's never been so bullish.

Last week one market index, the Standard & Poor's 500, reached a record high.

The best-known measure of the market, the Dow Jones industrial averageofthe stock values of30 companies, nearly did the same.

But what does this mean for a Northeastern Oregon resident who has a modest retirement account in the form of a 401fki plan or an Individual Retirement Account?

Potentially, it means quite a lot, saidMatt Cunningham, owner of Cunningham Financial Group PC in Baker City.

The link between the stock market's performance as measured by broad indicators such as the Dow Jones, and the earnings of one person's retireCunni ngment account, typically ham is a strong one, Cunningham said.

"I would liken it to the tide — it raises and lowers all boats," he said.

During the Great Recession that startedin late 2007,the tidewas decidedlyoftheebb variety.

Many of the thousands of workers in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties whose employers provide a retirement plan — typically, a 401iki account — saw their account

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Rnidinl retirentent funds Millions of private-sector workers with 401(k) plans, or similar retirement savings programs, have used ali or some of their savings for nonretirement needs.

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balances drop substantially right along with the Dow Jones average and other stock market indices.

The Dow Jones plummeted trom a pre-recession high of14,163 to a low of 6,547 in 2009.

Since then the Dow Jones has been on a generally upward trajectory,reachingseveralthresholds for the first time — 16,000 on Nov. 21, 2013; 17,000 on July 3, 2014; 18,000

on Dec. 23, 2014.

Local residents'retirement accounts might not have matched the Dow on a percentage basis — individual investors tend to underperform compared with broader stock indices, Cunningham said — but they'vecertainly seem areversalof fortunes.

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Managing money is important to a couples' success. Probably the most common question couples ask concerns how to manage cash, specifically whether to combine all money into one joint account, keep everythingseparate oruse some combination. The answer: There is no one best method.

Let's consider the advantages and disadvantages of each.

30INT ACCOUNT This scenario offers total financial transparency regarding where the money comes from and goes to. Both of you have full access to and the opportunity to remain fully aware of the money flow. There are no secrets.

Which brings us to the downside: No secrets means no autonomy. You both see the other's spending and spend the other's money.

This works well in relationships where the shared belief is, "My money is your money and your money is my money." It doesn't work well absent that philosophy.

I find that this scenario causes trouble when one or both of the individuals want autonomy over

spending without the watchful ioften critical) eye of the other. This arrangement can fail especially in second marriages or where both individuals have careers.

COMBINATION

Thisscenarioprovides more autonomy than does a joint account yet offers an easier way to manage joint expenses.

Some couples maintain a system KEEP EVERYTHING SEPARATE where each one's earnings reThis scenario allows each of you main separate and each put fixed to exercise complete autonomy and amounts into the joint account. control over individual amounts Another method: Deposit all income of money. This often works well into the joint account and set up a fortwo-careercouplesorin second periodic allowance for each of you. marriageswhere both partners Disadvantages here include the married with significant pensions need to manage three accounts and or assets.

Itm ay also bea good fit having to decide who writes checks for unmarried partners. trom the joint account.

If one person is a spendthrift, My wife and I use the third keeping money separate can prooption. As the major breadwinner, tect the partner's funds from unauthorizedorextravagant purchases. I deposit most of my income into the joint account, from which she This arrangement can, though, pays all the family bills. A smaller make it more diKcult to manamount of my income goes into my age joint expenses such as housseparate account that I use to pay ing costs. What if your spouse is for items from tuition to haircuts. supposed to pay the mortgage but Problems often arise when cannot due to overspending on partners assume that money must entertainment? Suddenly, either be managed ior actually is manyou must shoulder the unexpected aged) in one certain way.

No matter burden or the loan payment goes which approach you use, the most unmet. If you or your partner have i mportant f act or i s di scussi ng any addictions like alcohol, gamblingordrugs,separate accounts money managementand agreeing can also hide the extent of the prob- equally on a system that works for lem and enable the addiction. both of you.

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Given the complexity of the tax code, it's not hard to make blunders preparing your income tax returns — especially since tax law changes from year to year.

To guard against missing valuable deductions, individuals who decide to handle their tax forms themselves could spend some time studying the IRS website, according to Judith Herron, a CPA with the accounting firm Markovitz Dugan & Associates in Pittsburgh.

Unfortunately, she said, it won't take long before the exercise "doubles as a cure for insomnia."

While software programs such as Turbo Tax also can help, they aren't always the best at walking people through complex or nuanced tax decisions,she said.

With that in mind, here aresome often overlooked deductions and other tax breaks that experts say may warrant particular attention for the 2014 tax filing season:

Mortgage interest With the economy picking up, more homeowners are refinancing or taking out home equity loans to pay for

HAINES Continued from Page 1B • Step 1: Establish an emergency fund for unexpected events and make sure you have health insurance.

Medical bills are the biggest cause ofbankruptcies.

• Step 2: Evaluate your debt. How much do you owe and how much is it going to cost you over the life of the loan? A powerful choice is to payoffeverything except your mortgage.

• Step 3: Start investing forretirement.A good goalis to invest 15 percent of your household income. Start by investing pre-tax money into retirement plans.

Plan for Retirement The focus of your financial

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home improvement projects.

Normally, any"points" paid up front on those loans are deductible — along with mortgageinterest— over the life of the loan. But if the loan is being used specifically for home improvements, generally the points can be deducted all at once, Herron said."People miss that," she said."It can really be a nice bump in your deductions."

the child can take a deductionofup to $2,500forinterest payments, even if the parentsare helping torepay the loan.

"It'sthe student'sdebt,so the student iif no longer a dependent) can deduct the student loan interest," she said. The deduction is used to calculateadjusted gross income, so there's no need to itemize.

Social Security tax

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People who worked for more than one employer last year may have paid too much in Social Security tax.

The maximum amount that should have been withheld for the year was $7,254. iThat's equal to 6.2 percent of $117,000 in income, which is the maximum subject to Social Security withholding.

The limit rises to $118,500 for 2015.l Any excess paid generally can be claimed as a credit iForm 1040, Line 71l. For details, see IRS Publication 17.

Deducting home office expenses can be a miserable chore. Last tax season, the IRS started allowing a simpler option by calculat-

ing the deduction at $5 per squarefootiup to 300 square feet), for a maximum

deduction of $1,500. While

Herron said she typically advises clients with children needing a college loan to have the child take out the loan in his or her name.

That way,aftergraduation,

this tax break might be worth revisiting, Herron cautioned against being overzealous.

"Therearelotsofpeople who work out of their homes a lotofthe time and feel they couldn't get the job done if they didn't do that," she said."But that doesn't mean you qualify" for the deduction. In general, an employee can only take a deduction "if the employer says you don't have a place to work and that you must

plan will depend a lot on your age. At some point, and soonerisbetter,retirement planning becomes critical.

A successful retirement is self imposed as you have the choice to work or not. Successful retirement is defined as the freedom to pursue your passions such as spending time with family, traveling and being ofservice,to name a few.

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work at home," Herron said.

For more details, see IRS Publication 587.

stocksedged slightly higher in late afternoon trading Tuesday as investors continued to watch Greece's debttalksand hoped a deal would eventually be reached to keep the country from falling out of the eurozone.

Capital gains When selling stocks or mutual funds, the taxable gain generally is calculated by subtracting the original pricepaid for the shares from the sales price. But peopleoften forget toinclude any dividends that were reinvested when calculating the cost of the shares.

Adding reinvested dividends raisesthe costbasisand reduces the taxes owed.

"Peopleforget about thisall the time," Herron said.

• KEEPING SCORE:

The Dow Jones industrial average was up nine points, or0.1percent,to 18,027 as of 3:03 p.m.

Eastern. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up a • METALS: Gold fell point, or 0.1 percent, 2,098. $18.50, or 1.5 percent, to The Nasdaq composite was $1,208.60 an ounce. Silver fell92cents,or 5percent, flat at 4,894.

• BONDS: The yield to $16.40 an ounce and on the benchmark U.S. copperfell2 cents,or 1 10-year note jumped to percent to $2 58 a pound

Standard deduction For filers who don't itemize,the standard deductions for 2014 rose to $12,400 for those married and filing

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Continued from Pcge 1B "I think most people who have stayed the course are back in the black from 2007," Cunningham said.

Marcy Haines, president of Vision Wealth Management Inc. in Baker City, agrees that having a long-term perspective on investing is worthwhile considering that the stockmarket has proved togive people areliablereturn on their investments so long as they're patient.

"People have seen quite a bit of growth in the market over the past few years," Haines said.'We're seeing people feeling more comfortable with investing."

Cunningham said that in general, younger people were more likely during the depths of the recession to leave their retirement accounts alone and, in effect, to ride out the storm.

Older people, who are close to retirement and have much larger amounts of money at stake, were more inclined to suspend contributions to their account and use the money for other purposes, such as paying off a mortgage early, Cunningham said.

"They were afraid, and understandably so," he said.

The current bull market, by contrast, has encouraged some people to take a m oredirectrolein theirretirement planning, whether by investing money in different stocks or mutual funds, or just by putting more of their salary into their account, Cunningham said.

That's not only typical during bull markets, he said, but it illustrates again that connection between the world financial market and Northeastern Oregon neighborhoods.

"Main Street and Wall Street are implicitly tied," Cunningham said.'The vast majority of us are investors in some way. We're all in it together."

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

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673 ® www.dakercityherald.com• classifiedsOdakercityherald.com• Fax: 541-523-6426 The Observer:541-963-3161® www.la randeodserver.com • classifieds©lagrandeodserver.com • Fax:541-963-3674 105 - Announcements VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

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Cancer Support Group AA Meeting List POST 3048 Meets 3rd Thursday of MONTHLY MEETING every month at AlcoholicsAnonymous 2nd Thurs. of the month. St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM Monday, Wednesday, Post btt Auxiliary meet at Contact: 541-523-4242 Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m.

6:30 p.m. VFW Hall, Tuesday, Wednesday, 2005 Valley Ave., Baker Thursday noon.

CHRONIC PAIN 541-523-4988 Women only Support Group AA meeting Meet Fndays — 12:15 pm Wednesday 11a.m., WANTED: BUILDING 1207 Dewey Ave. Baker 113 1/2 E Main St., matenals, free or cheap. IPT Wellness Connection Enterpnse, across from Willing to salvage 541-523-9664 Courthouse Gazebo matenals. Needed to Hotline 541-624-5117 repair fire damage that

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LAMINATION Up to 17 1/2 inches wide any length

MON, I/I/ED, FRI NOON-1 PM TUESDA Y 7AM-8AM TUE, I/I/ED, THU 7PM-8PM SAT, SUN 10AM-11AM

$1.00 per foot lThe Observer is not responsible for flaws in material or machine error) THE OBSERVER 1406 Fifth • 541-963-3161

ACCEPTANCE GROUP of Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7pm.

United Methodist Church on 1612 4th St. in the library room in the basement.

541-786-5535

PINOCHLE Fndays at 6:30 p.m.

Senior Center 2810 Cedar St. Public is welcome

AL-ANON MEETING Are you troubled by someone else's dnnking? Al-anon can help.

ENTERPRISE Safe Harbors conference room

CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION We make every effort t o a v o i d err o r s .

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

401 NE 1st St, Suite B PH: 541-426-4004 Monday noon.

Check your ads the first day of publication btt please call us immediately if you find an error. Northeast Oregon Classifieds will cheerfully make your correc-

AL-ANON MEETING in Elgin.

Meeting times

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Elgin Methodist Church 7th and Birch

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PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-partum.

541-786-9755

AL-ANON Concerned about someone else's drinking?

Sat., 9 a.m.

Northeast OR Compassion Center, 1250 Hughes Ln. Baker City

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

(541)523-3431

AL-ANON-HELP FOR

(Pnces from $3- $5)

MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE)

EVERY MORNING (M onday —nday) F Exercise Class;

9:30AM (FREE)

NARACOTICS ANONYMOUS

Goin' Straight Group M t ct ,

Mon. — Tues. — Thurs.

Fn. btt Sat. -8 PM Episcopal Church Basement 2177 1st Street Baker City First Saturday of every month at 4 PM Pot Luck — Speaker Meeting

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Monday, Thursday, btt Fnday at8pm. Episcopal Church 2177 First St., Baker City.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS HELP LINE-1-800-766-3724 Meetings: 8:OOPM:Sunday, M onday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fnday Noon: Thursday 6:OOPM: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Women's) 7:OOPM: Saturday

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County. 568 — 4856 or 963-5772

AA MEETING: Powder River Group Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM

200 -Employment 210- Help Wanted, Baker Co 220 - Union Co 230 - Out of Area 280 - Situations Wanted

300 - Financial/Service 310- Mortgages, Contracts, Loans 320 - Business Investments 330 - Business Opportunities 340 - Adult Care Baker Co 345 - Adult Care Union Co 350 - Day Care Baker Co 355 - Day Care Union Co 360 - Schools 8 Instruction 380 - Service Directory

400 - General Merchandise 405 - Antiques 410- Arts 8 Crafts 415 - Building Materials 420 - Christmas Trees 425 - Computers/Electronics 430- For Sale or Trade 435 - Fuel Supplies 440 - Household Items 445 - Lawns 8 Gardens 450 - Miscellaneous 460 - Musical Column 465 - Sporting Goods 470 - Tools 475 - Wanted to Buy 480 - FREEItems

500 - Pets 8 Supplies 505 - Free to a Good Home 510- Lost 8 Found 520 - Pet Grooming 525 - Pet Boarding/Training 530- Pet Schools, Instruction 550 - Pets, General

140 - Yard, Garage Sales-Baker Co.

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

FULL editions of The Baker City Herald are now available online.

3 EASY STEPS 1. Register your account before you leave 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r pnnt paper 3. Log in wherever you are at and enloy

541-523-3673 143 - Yard, Garage Sales-Wallowa Co. LIVING ESTATE Sale Feb 20th, 21st, 8am-?, 70576 Bear Crick Rd. Wallowa. Horse tack btt harness, barn items, farm equip. including tractor a c c e s sories, tools along with many household items.

UNION COUNTY

Setving Baker, Union, and Wallowa Counties

105 - Announcements 110- Self Help Groups 120 - Community Calendar 130 - Auction Sales 140 - Yard, Garage Sales, Baker Co 143 - Wallowa Co 145- Union Co 150 - Bazaars, Fundraisers 160- Lost 8 Found 170 - Love Lines 180 - Personals

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600 - Farmers Market 605 - Market Basket 610 - Boarding/Training 620 - Farm Equipment 8 Supplies 630 - Feeds 640 - Horse, Stock Trailers 650- Horses, Mules, Tack 660 - Livestock 670 - Poultry 675 - Rabbits, Small Animals 680 - Irrigation 690 - Pasture

700 - Rentals 701 - Wanted to Rent 705 - RoommateWanted 710- Rooms for Rent 720 - Apartment Rentals 730 - Furnished Apartments 740- Duplex Rentals Baker Co 745 - Duplex Rentals Union Co 750 - Houses for Rent 760 - Commercial Rentals 770 - Vacation Rentals 780 - Storage Units 790 - Property Management 795 -Mobile Home Spaces

800 - Real Estate

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center

Patient Access Specialist I SAMC Baker City, OR -High School diploma/ GED -Type 45 wpm -Excellent customer service skills -Previous hospital experience health insurance knowledge and medical terminology preferred -Computer skills.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS can help!

24 HOUR HOTLINE (541 ) 624-51 1 7

WALLOWA 606 W Hwy 82 PH: 541-263-0208 Sunday 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Self Help btt Support G roup An n o u n c e ments at n o c h arge.

For Baker City call: J uli e — 541-523-3673 120 - Community For LaGrande call: Calendar E n ca — 541-963-31 61

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

TUESDAY NIGHTS Faith Lutheran Church.

Craft Time 6:00 PM 1 2th btt Gekeler, L a (Sm.charge for matenals) Grande.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Bible Study; 10:30 AM Public Bingo; 1:30 PM ( .25 cents per card)

NORTHEAST OREGON CLASSIFIEDS of fers

210 - Help WantedBaker Co.

ALL YARD SALE ADS MUST BE PREPAID You can drop off your payment at: The Observer 1406 5th St. La Grande

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902 - Aviation 910 - ATVs,Molorcycles,Snowmobiles 915 - Boats 8 Motors 920 - Campers 925 - Motor Homes 930 - Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels 940 - Utility Trailers 950- Heavy Equipment 960 - Auto Parts 970 - Autos for Sale 990 - Four-Wheel Drive

Blue Moungain Community College WALLOWA COUNTY

Part-Time Small Business Development Center Business Advisor For detailed information and application materials, visit www.bluecc.edu Click on Jobs at BMCC and locate the position of interest.

You may also contact Human Resources at hr@bluecc.edu or by phone: 541-278-5837.

BMCC is an EOE and participates in E-Verify agilcu-

tural company, looking for people to deliver to btt service local c u stomers. A class A CDL or able to acquire one within 30 days. Benefit package included. Interested a p p licants, please apply at Baker City Employment Office

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BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 5J is currently accepting applications for tw o (2 ) Certified S pecial Edu c a t i o n

Teachers. For a comp lete d e s cription o f t he p o s i t io n g o t o www.baker.k12.or.us or contact the employd i v i s i on . Y o u

may aIs o c a II 541-524-2261 or email nnemec©baker.k12.or. us

www.saintalphonsus.orgl bakercity For more information, please call 208-367-2149

220 - Help Wanted 220 - Help Wanted Union Co. Union Co. IT IS UNLAWFUL (Sub- ACCOUNTANTsectio n 3, O RS Responsible f or ac 6 59.040) for an e m counting and business analytical support in a ployer (domestic help excepted) or employmanufactunng environment agency to print ment. Incumbent preor circulate or cause to pares detail lournal enbe pnnted or circulated tries, f i nancial stateany statement, adverm ents a n d as s i s t s tisement o r p u b l ica- with g e neral l e dger t ion, o r t o u s e a n y maintenance. Responform of application for sible for coordinating/ employment o r to oversight o f i n t e rnal m ake any i n q uiry i n control p r o c esses. c onnection w it h p r oCompletes internal respective employment porting responsibilities which expresses diincluding facilitation of rectly or indirectly any reg ula r profit / cost relimitation, specification or discrimination as to

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race, religion, color, sex, age o r n a t ional ongin or any intent to make any such limita-

management. Coordinates annual budget processes as well as a range of external reporting requirements for an assigned site.

Bachelor's degree in business administration, preference for accounting c o n c e ntration. Boise Cascade is an Equal Opportunity

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E mployer. Apply a t www.BC.com.

with all information reASSISTANT MANAGER BAKER SCHOOL DIS- quired, including the Opening — LaGrande TRICT 5J is currently Blind Box Number. This Eat and Run/Subway accepting applications is the only way we have We are looking for indifor a 14 hr. per week of making sure your rev i d u a I s w h o e nl oy Para Pro. For a com- sume gets to the proper w orkin g in a p lete d e s cription o f place. fast-paced, customer t he p o s i t io n g o t o

service environment. www.baker.k12.or.us Management experior contact the employ- ELGIN SCHOOL District ence preferred. Must ment division .

Yo u is accepting applicahave excellent c u smay aIs o c a II tions for the following tomer service s k ills, 541-524-2261 or email position s f o r t he communication skills, nnemec©baker.k12.or.

2 014-2015 s c h o o l and o r g a n i z at i o nal us year:two educational skills. Job requires 50 assistants at Stella hours per w eek. We THE BAKER City BuildMayfield: one for 27 ing D e p a r t m en t i s offer the following: hours per week and seeking qualified appliCompetitive wages, one for 4 hours per H ealth a n d D e n t a l cants for the position day co n tact D i a nne of Permit Technician. benefits, Vacation Pay, Greif fo r i n f ormation Bonus Plan.

Applicants must have (541-437-2321) closing Interested c a n d idates three years' technical date: open until filled. should submit a cover experience in p e rmit Elgin School District is letter with salary reprocessing or adminisan equal opportunity trative operations, or q uirements an d r e an equivalent combinasume b y Fe b r u ary employer.

23rd, 2015 to: tion of experience and e ducation. M us t b e LA GRANDE Post Acute Tina Baxter able to type 45 words La Grande Eat and Run Rehab is taking appli2310 Island Avenue per minute. Part-time: cations for the position La Grande, OR 97850 2 5 hours pe r w e e k of Social Services Di$ 1,709-$1,980 p e r rector. Please apply at month DOQ. This is a La Grande Post Acute CERTIFIED LICENSED b enefite d pos i t i o n Rehab 91 Aries Lane, Plumber Needed. Call Closes February 20, L a Grande, o r c a l l 541-975-1234 for more 2015 at 5:00 p.m. To for more i nfo or apply at 1 0 1 a pply g o t o W o r k - 541-963-8678 information. EEO/AAP Division Ave La Grande Source Oregon located at 1575 Dewey Ave. The City of Baker City Shelter From the Storm is an EEO employer.

220 - Help Wanted Union Co.

tural background very ELGIN SCHOOL Distnct helpful. C o mpetitive is accepting applicawage an d b e n e f its. tions for the following Contact R a n d y at position s f o r t he Tn-County Equipment, 2 014-2015 s c h o o l 41216 Hwy 30, Baker yea r: Varsity et Junior High Track Coaches.

City, 541-523-6491 Position open for the Saint Alphonsus 2015-16 school year: Varsity Cross CounSAMC - BAKER CITY try Coach. Co n tact has career opportunities Paul Willmarth for inin the following positions formation • Nursing 541-437-2321 Closing • OccupationalTherapy date: Open until filled.

Elgin School District is • Physical Therapy an Equal Opportunity •CMA Employer.

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Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Objectives: To support and further the mission and core values of Shelter From the Storm by recruiting and supermsing volunteers to provide mctims' sermces, while fostering a strong volunteer program and leading community outreach and education campaigns. Includes: Maintain volunteer files; Coordinate hotline coverage for 24-hour crisis line; Place volunteers in Shelter programs and promde appropriate follow up and supervision; Work with staff and Board of Directors to organize and utilize volunteers at events; Maintain monthly newsletter and on-going table events; Coordinate food bank; and other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and/or related degree OR an equivalent combination of training and work experience; Ability to work with diverse groups of people; Demonstrated communication, writing and public speaking skills; Ability to recruit, train, evaluate and supervise volunteers; Ability to maintain effective working relationships with staff volunteers and community partners; Professional demeanor and ability to maintain appropriate confidentiality; will complete 30-hour State of Oregon training; and possess exceptional computer skills. Must passa criminal background check and hold a valid Oregon driver's license and insurance. To apply, mail resume and cover letter to PO Box 173— La Grande, OR 97850.

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What's thenumberonecauseof death and injury for Oregon's kids?

Yard Sales are $12.50 for 5 lines, and $1.00 for each additional line.

Callfor more info: 541-963-3161.

Must have a minimum of 10Yard Sale ad's to pnnt the map.

BIG YARD Sale C's Storage. 3107 Cove Ave. LG Saturday, 8am-?.

160 - Lost & Found LOST IPAD around End Rd btt Hunter Rd. Call 541-805-81 67

MISSING YOUR PET? Check the Baker City Animal Clinic 541-523-3611

It's not guns. It's not drugs. It's not cancer.

It's motor vehicle crashes.

MEET S I NGLES right now! No paid operators, Iust real people l ike y o u . Bro ws e greetings, e x change m essages and c o nn ect Iive. Try it f r e e.

Ca II n ow : 877-955-5505. (PNDC)

But there are some simple things you can do to keep kidssafer on the road: • Buckle up everybody in the car, including yourself — kids learn from watching you.

• Put kids in the correct car seats for their size.

• Always put children under 12 in the back seat, away from air bags.

• Don't drink and drive, especially with your kids in the car.

• Drive safely. Nobody wins with road rage, speeding or reckless driving —least of all your kids.

Drive S a f e l y . Th e Wa y tO O O .

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855 - Lots 8 Property, Union Co 860 - Ranches, Farms 870 - Investment Property 180 - Personals 880 - Commercial Property

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220 - Help Wanted Union Co.

CHILDREN AND Family Mental Health Case Manage: B a c helor's

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD —9B

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

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Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifiedslbakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifiedsllagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices A-SECURED STORAGE R EN I STATE: 3112 East Q St La Grande, OR 97850 541-963-2331 The following st orage units are in default and will be a uctioned on March 4, 2015 starting at 10:00 am.

R ex Allen JR ¹ OQ1 2 T nxie Hale ¹ Q72 / 8 1 Fredenco Lopez ¹OQ22 N atasha Roberts ¹ Q 1 4 Tasha Romine ¹ Q1 Brenda Walker ¹ 7 0 /83 A-Secured Storage 2504-2516 Cove Ave La Grande, OR 97850 541-963-2331 The following st orage units are in default and will be a uctioned on March 4, 2015 starting at 11:00 am.

J ayne Baremore ¹ 1 1 5 Tabitha Padgett ¹ 119 Ronnie Belsma ¹1 Todd Hardwick ¹ 34 Debra Hedland ¹104/123 C athenne Keeling ¹ 1 2 8 W illiam Shade Jr ¹ 17 3 Alexxis Weeks ¹ 218 S ales are subject t o cancellation. T h ere is a $50.00 refundable depos i t ed required on each unit p urchased.

U ni t s must be emptied the day of purc h ase.

Deposit will be r efunded when t he unit is emptied.

Published: February 18, and 25,2015

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Leqal No.00039849

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE T . S . N o .: 0R-14-648096-NH Reference is made to t hat c e r t a i n deed

made by, COLLEEN H ROBINSON A ND SHIRLEY A JOHNSON as Grantor to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INS CO, as trustee, in favor of WELLS FARGO BANIC, N.A., as Beneficiary, dated 2/1 6/2011, recorded 3/4/2011, in official records of UNION County, Oregon in book/reel/volume No. and/or as f ee/filehnstrument/microfilm/rec eptio n n u m be r 20110746 covenng the following d e s c ribed real property situated i n said C o unty, a n d S tate, t o - w it : A P N :

R13253 01N3915DB 9300 THE SOUTH 70 FEET OF LOTS 7 AND 8 IN BLOCIC5 OF STEVENSON'S ADDITION TO E LG I N, U N I ON COUNTY, OREGON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT OF SAID ADDITION. Commonly known as: 294 5 8TH AVE, ELG IN, OR 97827 The undersigned hereby certifies that based upon business records there are no known written assignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary and no appointments of a s uccesso r tr u s t e e have been made, except as recorded in the records of the county o r counties in w h i c h the above described r eal property is s i t uated. Further, no act ion ha s

b een i n sti-

tuted to r ecover the d ebt, o r a n y par t thereof, now remaini ng secured b y t h e trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has b een d i s m issed e x -

cept as permitted by

ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell th e s aid r eal property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded p ursuant t o S e c t i o n

86.752(3) of Oregon

R evised St a t u t e s .

There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is s ecured by the trust deed, or by the successor in intere st, w it h r e s pect t o p rovision s t her e i n which authorize sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due t he following s u m s : Delinquent Payments: Payment Information

F ro m 9/ 1/ 2 0 1 3 Through 1/1/2015 Tot al Pa y m e n t s $9,204 .3 5 L at e Charge s F ro m 9 /1/2013 T h r o u g h 1 /1/2015 Total L ate Charges $0.00 Benefic iary' s Adv a n c e s , Costs, And Expenses E scrow A dv a n c e s $2,371.59 Total A dvances: $2,371.59 TOTAL FORECLOSURE COST: $3,741.00 TOTAL REQUIRED TO

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a nd payable, t h o se sums being the ollowing, to- wit: The installments of pnncipal and interest which became due on 9/1/2013, and all subsequent instaIIments of pnncipal and i nterest t h r ough t h e date of t h i s N o t i c e, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent p r o p e rty taxes, insurance prem iums , adv a n c e s made on senior liens, t axes a n d/o r i n s u rance, trustee's fees, and any attorney fees and court costs ansing from o r a s s o c iated with the beneficiaries

efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off.

Nothing in this notice

shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary u nder th e D e e d o f Trust pursuant to the t erms o f the loa n documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given

that QUALITY LOAN 5 E RVI C E CO R PORATION OF WASHINGTON, the undersigned t ruste e

w ill on 5/28/2015 at the hour of 10:00 am, Standard o f Time , a s e s t a b l ished by s ect i o n 187.110, Oregon Rev ised Statues, At t h e front entrance of the Union C o u r t h o use, 1001 4th Street, in the City o f L a G r a n d e, County of Union, OR 97850 County of UNION, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the s aid d e scribed r e a l p roperty w h i c h t h e g rantor had o r h a d p ower t o c o nvey a t the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, t o gether w it h

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which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust d eed, to s a t isfy t h e foregoing obligations thereby secured and t he c o st s a n d e x penses of sale, includi ng a reas o n a b l e charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the nght 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 c o sts, t r ustee's and a t t orney'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 pnor to five days before the date last set for sale.

Other than as shown of record, neither the b eneficiary n o r t h e trustee has any actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or i nterest i n t h e r e a l property hereinabove described subsequent t o the interest of t h e t rustee i n t h e t r u s t deed, or of any succ essor in i n terest t o grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last ICnown Address and Nature of Right. Lien or Interest COLLEEN ROBINSO N 2 94 SOUTH 8TH AVE ELGIN, OR 97827 Original Borrower SHIRLEY J OHNSO N 294 SOUTH 8TH AVE ELGIN, OR 97827 Original Borrower For Sale Informat io n Cal l : 714-730-2727 or Login to: www .servicelinkasap.com In construing

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1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices spective successors in NOTICE OF PUBLIC interest, if any. PursuHEARING

ant to O r e gon Law , t his sale w il l no t b e RIGHT-OF-WAY deemed final until the VACATION T rustee's d ee d h a s been issued by QUAL- The City Council will hold ITY LOAN 5 E RVIC E a Public Hearing at its CORPORATION OF R egular Session o n WASHINGTON. If any Wednesday March 4, i rregularities are d i s 2015, which begins at covered w i t h i n 10 6:00 p . m . in the days of the date of this L a Grande City H a l l Council C h a m b e rs, sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return 1000 Adams Avenue, the buyer's money and La Grande, O r egon. take further action as The Heanng is to connecessary. If the sale sider an application to i s set a s ide f o r a n y vacate "IC" Avenue bereason, including if the tween 4 t h 5 5th Trustee is u nable to Streets and 5th Street convey title, the Purbetween "IC" and "L" chaser at the sale shall Avenue. The applicabe entitled only to a retion was filed by Union t urn o f t h e mo n i e s County on October 28, paid to t h e T r ustee. 2 014, and w a s a c This shall be the Purcepted b y t he La chaser's sole and exGrande City Council on clusive remedy. The January 14th, 2015. purchaser shall have no further r e c ourse Pursuant to Section 34 against th e T r u s t o r, of t h e C i t y of La the Trustee, the BeneGrande Charter, the ficiary, th e B e n e f ici- following entitle Ordia ry's Agent, o r t h e nance is scheduled to Beneficiary's Attorney. be read for th e f i rst If you have previously time by title only at the b een d is c h a r g e d above-mentioned City through bankruptcy, Council meeting: you may have been released of personal li- AN O RDINANCE OF ability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise

t he n o t e ho ld e r s nght's against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting o n y our credit record may be submitted to a c r edit r eport agency if y o u fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Without limiting

t he t r u s t e e ' s d is claimer of representations o r w a r r a nties, Oregon law r e quires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential p r o p erty sold at a trustee's sale

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Public Notice The La Grande Urban Renewal Agency has published the FY 2013-14 annual report. It Is on flle at La Grande Clty Hall and with the La Grande Urban Renewal Agency. The full lnformatlon Is avallable to all Interested persons. In FY 2013/2014, the La Grande URA recelved $975,614 In tax revenue from current and dellnquent tax collectlons. $187,046 was spent on debt servlce. There was an inter-fund transfer of $527,662. $276,601 was spent on materlals and servlces and $303,211 on capltal outlay.

The estlmated tax revenues for FY 2014-15 are $991,000. The estlmated total resources for FY 201415 Include an addltlonal $25,000 In grants, and an inter-fund transfer of $1,035,001 and $2,000,000 In the Issuance of debt. $ 4 08,001 Is budgeted for materlals and servlces, $2,630,000 for capltal outlay, $125,000 for contlngency, and $385,871 for debt servlce, leavlng an endlng unapproprlated balance of $384,564.

The revenues foregone by local taxlng dlstrlcts due to urban renewal are shown below.

Taxing District

Revenue Forgone

Permanent Rate Levy

Percentage of Permanent Rate Levy

City of La Grande

$463,971

$4,217,083

School District ¹1

$288,679

$4,843,554

Union County

$185,034 $38,349

$4,850,683 $1,005,768

3.81%

La Grande Cemetery

$17,614

$207,843

4H 8 Extension

$10,050

$264,741

8.47% 3.80%

$6,877

$225,184

3.05%

$1,480 $1,012,054

$39,088

3.79%

Intermountain ESD

Vector Control Local Option Vector Control Total

11.00% 5.96% 3.81%

Urban renewal agencles do not create an addltlonal tax. Instead, durlng the Agency's llfespan, overlapplng taxlng dlstrlcts "forego" a portlon of their permanent rate. Once the urban renewal area Is termlnated, the taxlng jurisdictions recelve the full permanent rate of taxes. For the majority of taxlng dlstrlcts this THE CITY COUNCIL Impact Is less than four percent of their permanent rate levy. The greatest Impact Is on the Clty of La OF THE CITY OF LA Grande, at 11% of their permanent rate levy. The School Dlstrlct and ESD are funded through the State G RANDE, U N I O N COUNTY, OREGON, School Fund on a per pupll allocatlon. There Is no dlrect Impact of urban renewal on their fundlng. The V ACATING ALL O F State School Fund Is funded through property tax allocatlons but also through other state resources.

"IC" AVENUE B ETVVEEN FOURTH AND Publish: February 11, 18, 2015 FIFTH STREET AND Legal no. 4898 THE EAST BOUNDA RY OF F IF T H STREET, ADJACENT T O PARCEL 2 O F PA RT IT I 0 N P LAT 1995-28, AND ADJACENT TO BLOCIC 50 OF CHAPLIN'S ADDITION TO LA GRANDE, UNION C O U N TY, OREGON, ACCORDI NG TO T H E R E CORDED PLAT O F SAID ADDITION; AND, ALL OF FIFTH STREET BETWEEN "L" AVENUE AND "IC" AVENUE, ADJACENT TO BLOCKS 49 AND 50 OF CHAPLIN'S ADDITION TO LA GRANDE, UNION C O U N TY, OREGON, ACCORDI NG TO T H E R E CORDED PLAT O F SAID ADDITION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

may have been used in ma nu f a c t u r i n g methampbetamines, the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e k nown t o b e t o x i c .

Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger b efore d e c i d ing t o p lace a b i d f o r t h i s property at th e t r ustee's sale. NOTICE TO The applicable land use TENANTS: TENANTS regulations are found OF THE S U BJECT in Chapter 8, Section REAL P R O PERTY 8 10 of t h e C i t y o f HAVE C E RTAI N P RO- La Grande Land DevelTECTIONS A FF o pment C od e O r d i FORDED TO THEM nance Number 3210, UNDER ORS 86.782 Senes 2013. This matAND POSSIBLY UNter will be referred to DER FEDERAL LAW. the La G r ande C i ty ATTACHED TO THIS Council in March 4th, NOTICE OF S A LE, 2 015, an d A p r i l 1 , AND INCORPORATED 2015, for a decision on HEREIN, IS A NOTICE this matter. Failure to TO TENANTS THAT raise a specific issue SETS FORTH SOME at this Public Hearing OF TH E P R OTEC- p recludes appeal t o T IONS THAT A R E the Oregon Land Use A VAILABLE T O A Board of Appeals. A TENANT OF THE SUB- copy of the application JECT REAL PROPand all information reERTY AND W H ICH lated to the proposal is SETS FORTH CERavailable for review at T AIN REQ U I R E - no cost, w it h c o pies MENTS THAT MUST supplied at a reasonBE COMPLIED WITH able cost. A Staff ReBY ANY TENANT IN port will be available ORDER TO OBTAIN for review seven (7) THE AFFORDED PRO- days before the PlanT ECTION, A S R E - n ing Co m m i s s i o n QUIRED UNDER ORS Heanng, and can also 8 6.771. QU A L I T Y be supplied at a reaMAY B E C O NSID- sonable cost. For furERED A DEBT COLther information, conLECTOR ATTEMPTtact the Planning DiviING TO COLLECT A sion at (541) 962-1307.

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HAPPENINGS MANY EQU sTUDENTs TURN To wEB DUE To LAcK QF An1~On Ash GroveCement Co. names David G. Meyer vice president

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.— David G. Meyer has joined Ash Grove Cement Co. as its vice president and chief financial officer in the company's headquarters in Overland Park.

In his new role, Meyer will direct accounting, treasury, internal audit, tax and information technology functions.

"Dave brings 17 years of ,v, corporate finance leadership in strategic planning and capital markets as well as financial planning and reporting withinalargecorporate Meyer se t t ing,"Ash Grove President and CEO Randy Vance said in apressrelease."His priorexperience also includes seven years with a Big 4 public accounting firm. Dave is a great addition to our senior management team."

Most recently, Meyer served as senior vice president-finance for Dairy Farmers of America, a $13 billion dairy cooperative.

Prior to his employment at Dairy Farmers of America he served as audit manager for Deloitte, also in Kansas City.

Ash Grove owns a cement production plant in Durkee, about 25 miles southeast of Baker City.

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OTEC's 29,000 customers in four counties — Baker, Union, Grant and Harney — will vote on whether to approve the revised bylaws this spring.

Ballots will be mailed to OTEC members in early April, and results will be announced at OTEC's annual meeting May 2 in John Day, said Jim Horan, manager of communications and government affairs.

OTEC members will also vote on board of director openings in this election.

M ost of the 15 proposed changes to the bylaws are editorial in nature — basically, rewording parts of the document to reflect changes in the electricity business, said Aletha Bonebrake of Baker City, a member of OTEC's nine-person board of directors.

Bonebrake, along with directors Charles Hofmann, also of Baker City, and George Austin Bingaman, of Union County, made up a committee that oversaw the proposed revision to the bylaws.

Bonebrake said the revised bylaws won't affect how OTEC delivers electricity to its customers.

Among the few proposed changes that are more substantive than a simple rewording is the addition of a clause that allows OTEC to sell products other than"energy."

Although the cooperative doesn't have any plans to this end now, it's possible thatin the future OTEC would, for instance, sell rooftop solarpanelsorotherproducts,Horan said.

He reminds OTEC members that if theyreceiveayellow ballotenvelope,that means they are not registered to vote in OTEC elections. Non-registered members can fill out a registration form and mail it back, with their completed ballot, and it will be counted, he said.

OTEC customers who are already registered to vote will receive a green ballot.

More information, including a copy of the proposed new bylaws,isavailable online at www.otecc.com.

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By Lisa Britton ForWesCom News Serwce

If you buy the occasional item on Amazon.com — or use the website often — you can help local organizations without paying an extra penny.

The programiscalled AmazonSmile. To participate, type www.smile.amazon.com into your Web browser.

Next, you are prompted to choose a charity, which will receive 0.5 percent of your eligible purchases. Your selection is remembered and every purchase made through AmazonSmile results in a donation.

It might be hard to choose a charity — more than 60 Eastern Oregon groups are listed in AmazonSmile.

Teal Pennebaker, corporate communications for Amazon, said there are nearly one million public charitable organizationsthat areregistered, provided to Amazon by GuideStar USA. Some organizations are listedbut notyetregistered for AmazonSmile. If a shopper chooses one of these, AmazonSmile will contact the charity and ask them to register to receive donations.

If acharity doesnotregister, the donations will still be tracked and saved for a year.

Ifthe organization chooses to notregister,thedonations collected in their name will be redist ributed to another charity of their choice.

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Jordann Roberts, who grew up in Union, enjoys shopping locally for clothes because she can try them on before buying them. She sometimes travels out of the area to shop for clothes.

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

Eastern Oregon University students have a definite presence in the Grande Ronde Valley. Three out of four EOU students live off campus.

Despite being partofthe community, many students may be less inclined to shop local and turn toward online shopping for their retail needs.

Xavier Romano, vice president for student services at EOU, said the convenience of shopping online persuades many people, not just students, to stay home and turn on their computer, rather than get in their car and drive to the nearestretailstore.

"I think most students, particularly because they come from the region, or Tri-City (Washingtonl area, are pretty savvy," Romano said."They know their dollars stay local. They're savvy consumers, but they know if they are in the mood to bargain hunt they11 probablybe pretty competitive

utilizing some of the search engines and deals on the Internet. If they're in the mood and willing to put up with the delayed delivery, that can be a remarkable market."

Romano said it really depends on when the students need the item they're shopping for.

"How bad do they want it?" he said."Food is one thing, as opposedtoclothing.A lotofpeople do clothing online. But on Amazon, what can't you get?"

Shari Carpenter, EOU associateprofessorofbusiness,said it all has to do with habits.

"As humans we develop habits, repetitive ways of doing things," Carpenter said."Habits can be the easiest way, or they can be the hardest way, but it's our way. As consumers we create buying habits. Marketers such as me study those habits and call it consumer behavior."

Romano said students will shop local for groceries, but many look online first for other items.

EOU senior Jordann Roberts, 22,said she prefersto try clothes on, which makes online options lessattractive.Shealso grew up in Union and is more inclined to shop at the stores she's grown up with.

Carpenter said people maintain the habits they formed early in life. eWe develop our shopping habits over the courseofourlife," Carpenter said.'Those habits are nurtured by our family, our friends and affected by where we live."

Roberts said she shops at J.C. Penney, Maurices and Bealls, stayingclose tohome.

Sometimes she'll travel to Boise, Idaho, or the Tri-Cities area if she wants more clothing options, but not often. e You can't find books here," she said."Sometimes the prices ion clothes) will be a bit more expensive in the stores rather than online, but it's worth it."

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Port dispute poses problems for potato farmers

By Jayson Jacoby WesCom News Serwce

The potential problems for Baker Valley's $12 million annual potato industry extend from the greatocean portsoftheW est,to a depletedreservoirin the Blue Mountains, to a negotiating table in aplace yettobedetermined.

Suffice it to say that the past month has brought the sort ofstress thatspud growers typically associate with summer hailstorms or insect infestations.

First, on Jan. 22, Baker County's eight potato growers

had a"bombshell dropped on"

them when Heinz, which had bought most of the locally grown potatoes in 2014,said itwasn't renewing the contract.

That contract covered 3,000 acres out of the 3,800 on which potatoes were grown lastyear, saidMark Ward, a potato grower and president of the Malheur Potato Bargaining Association.

That group represents farmers in both Malheur and Baker counties.

Heinz's announcement forced Bob Chamberlin/LosAngelesTimes potatogrowers to look elsewhere Container ships wait outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long for a buyer for the 2015 crop they Beach, which are facing increased congestion over President's SeePotato / Page 11B Day weekend.

'How to Build Your Budget' workshop coming March 3

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BAKER CITY — A free workshop titled "How to Build Your Budget" is planned from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. March 3 at Baker County Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. in Baker City.

Also on March 3, Debbie Votaw, housing manager for Community Connection, will present an Individual DevelopmentAccount orientation for people trying to save up to $12,000 for a mortgage down payment.

The free 45-minute class will start at 2:30 p.m. at Community Connection.

People planning to attend either or both events on March 3 should RSVP by calling Votaw at 541-963-3186.

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Who is a manager? Those individuals held responsible and accountableforthe proper supervisionand leadership of employees. Managers should concern themselves with the key functional areas of planning, organizing, controlling, coordinating and leading.

What should managers be doing? They need to actually manage, not to do the work of those they supervise. This requires being aware and avoiding the 10 management traps.

The first trap is being the"best

BRAIN FOOD ICEN ICELLER technician" and not being"the best manager possible." This requires learning and performing all of the functions of management.

The second trap is thinking like an employee. Managers need to think in terms of using what theyhave and not bemaking excuses for why something cannot get done.

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The fourth trap is failure to lead by example. Managers must be an example to all in the company and serve as an ambassador to suppliers,clients,prospects and business partners.

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AMAZON Continued from Page 10B Baker County CASA, signed up the nonprofit several months ago. After registering, she posted the information about AmazonSmile on Facebook to let people know how they could support

CASA. The AmazonSmile Foundation does not charge administratio n feesortakea deduction &om the donation amount. There is no cost to sign up a charitable organization.

If you want to spread the proceeds around, simply go to your Amazon account and click on "Change Your Charity."

There are a variety of charities to choosefromchurches, art centers, museums, programs that serve youth, service organizations and more.

To look for a specific charity, type in the name or the city.

Ginger Savage, executivedirectorofCrossroads Carnegie Art Center, recently signed up for AmazonSmile but had to use the art cen-

EOU Continued from Page 10B Roberts said the biggestdownside ofshopping local is the lack of variety. Specific items, such as prom dresses when she was in high school, can be diKcult to find here.

Roberts said La Grande has a greatselection of gift stores, such as Potter's House and Alma Jane's. She said, however, that there's no real variety for shoes in La Grande and she'll go somewhere else to buy those.

Lara Bushue, 20-year-old EOU junior, agrees with Roberts that buying shoes in La Grande can be diKcult. However, Bushue does the bulk ofher shopping online — even goingsofar asorderingotfW almart'swebsite and picking up items at the La Grande store becauseofthe cheaper pricesonline.

"Research tells us the habit or the'way' we shop is learned," Carpenter said."I grew up very poor. My family was struggling dairy farmers with a small herd. My mom taught us to shop the clearance racks first, shop for bargains. We went to the grocery on best

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She said to ask"How much can I do local as possible?" before going online to make a purchase.

For more information about AmazonSmile, visit the websites http J%mile.amazon. com/about and http%/mile. amazon.com/gp/charity/

A manager who withholds information is not an etfective manager and is not a team player.

The seventh trap is a lack of courage. Anyone in management who does not have thecourage to ask theirboss questions about why they are notinduded in certain incentive plans or why they're not invited to a meeting simply demonstrates why they should not be a manager.

The eighth trap is assuming it is someone else's responsibility to protect tangible and intangible assets, including reputation, equipment, the physical plant, copyrights, patents, trademarks and client lists that would hurt the organization iflost, stolen or damaged.

The ninth trap is the responsibility to become a better manager, meaning to continue to learn andimprove.

No job is guaranteed to last a lifetime; the bestinvestment isto become betteratwhatis done to earn a paycheck.

The last trap is thinking, as

Continued ~om Page 10B and accurate feedback, settingclearexpectations, not playing favorites, following the organization's policies and procedures, and explaining and defending them as necessary.

The fifth trap is the game of keeping score. I have witnessed it many times, managers hearing about incentiveprograms offered to some departments and not their own pout, complain and talk about how they will retaliate. Or, a meeting is called and some managers are not invited. This immature behavior poisons relationshipsand smacks of being unprofessional.

The sixth trap relates to the fifth, which is not communicating. Managers are to serveas a conduitfrom those in leadership positions to those who are not.

Information is supposed to go up and down the conduit.

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food day (double coupons). Dairy farmers are always on a schedule so we shopped time efficiently."

Bushue is &om Boring, near Gresham, where she had the convenience ofbig city shopping with Portland so close by.

"Compared to Portland and Gresham, the shopping (in La Grande) is definitely lacking," Bushue said."It's easier to shop clearance and other deals online than in the store because you don't have to search through the merchandise."

Bushue also said shopping with coupons is definitely easier online as well.

Like Roberts, Bushue said the lack of variety in La Grande can be discouraging.

"They have such limited options," she said.

"Shoes are hard to find. If you need something other than a basic shirt or pants, you can maybe find it here. When it comes to shoes, or even cosmetics, we don't have many options."

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Baker Valley spuds this year, but so far hasn't mentioned a having a directffect." e Continued from Page 10B possible price.

— Potato grower Mark Ward Ward said he hopes to theWest Coast port dispute have aformal contractoffer hope to plant later this in relation to potato farming spring. from the Oregon Potato Co. That effort has embroiled affected not only potato grow- by March 1.

Which would give growspud farmers in the labor ers, but also onion farmers in the Ontario area. ers enough time — but only disputeatWest Coastports that has slowed, and in some They do have a highbarely. level ally in U.S. Rep. Greg W ard said farmers need to casesstopped, exportsofall decide by March 15 whether sorts of products, including Walden,the Oregon Republican whose district includes to plantpotatoes or switch to food.

"It's a big, big issue,"Ward allofOregon eastofthe a diferent crop this year.

But even if a favorable consaid on Monday."It's having Cascades. a directeffect." tractisoffered,some growers Last week Walden advoPotato growers found out catedforarapid resolution to — including Ward and his how direct when they tried to the labor dispute. brother, Craig — have other "Enough is enough," make a deal with the Lamb issues to consider in deciding what crop to plant this Weston company, which owns Walden said."These sides spring. severalpotato-processing need to come together.I The biggest issue, Mark plants in the Columbia Basin believe as someone who repin bothOregon and Washresents part of the Columbia W ard said, iswater. ington.

River Basin that the lack of Specifically, the potential lack of water.

W ard said he believesthat an agreement has caused Lamb Weston, a division of Although some Baker severe economic hardship, ConAgra Foods, was internot only around the ports, Valley potato farmers have irrigation wells to nourish ested in buying Baker Valley but also for our growers and our manufacturers." their spuds, Ward said he potatoes.

But with the ports operatand his brother depend solely Walden pointed out that ing so sluggishly, the comthe laborstrife datestoM ay on water stored in Phillips Reservoir. pany, which exports much of 2014, nine months ago.

"Babies are born in nine the products &om its plants, But that reservoir along hasn't been able to ship as months,"Walden said.'You the Powder River, about 17 much as it would like, Ward miles southwest of Baker ought to get a contract in nine months. And if you can't, City, is just 30 percent full.

SRld. Lamb Weston likely will then we're going to do someAnd with the snowpack still be processing potatoes thing about it. They need to in the upper Powder River from the 2014 crop until July, get their work done." basin running about 55 he said.

While Walden and other percentofaverage,it'squite The bottom line, Ward lawmakers try to intervene possible thatthereservoir won't fill this spring, and that in the dispute, Baker Valley said, is that Lamb Weston farmers won't get their full doesn't have the capacity to potato growers are hoping allotment of irrigation water add a 2015 potato crop &om to negotiate a contract with Baker Valley to its supply. the Oregon Potato Co., Ward this summer.

'The water situation is "I would say that option is SRld. otfthe table,"Ward said.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband is a handsome Am I right in thinking this is rude, executive who works out of town. I'm a probecause in my opinion, they are trespassing? fessional with a responsiblej ob that limits Not only could I be held responsible if one my ability to travel. of them gets hurt on my property, but they Ineededtoborrow hisphone recentlyand also are extremely loud and do this while my noticed that one fohis colleagues has beentexchildrenare tr ying to nap.They havebeen ting him after hours. She asksifhe has traveled asked to stop, and I have threatened to talk safely, tells him she nu'sseshim, how much she to their parents, even thoughI don't know where they live. What do Ido? enjoys working with him — all with romun6c — FRUSTRATED emoticons. I'm concerned that HOMEOWNER the flattery and emoticons 0 EAR DEAR FRUSTRATED: irukcate she wants more than a work-bused relationship. She's ABB Y Disc u ss this with your insurmarried with kids. How should ance broker. You are correct Iapproach this? that if one of the children — WORRIED WIFE IN EENT UCEY gets hurt on your property you could be DEAR WORRIED WIFE: Because there liable.

You alsoneed tobe moreproactive have been more than one of these flirtatious, than you have been. Tell the kids they are unbusinesslike communications, assume disturbing your children who are trying that your husband hasn't discouraged them. to nap, and if the kids don't go away, find Coniront him. Tell him you feel what she's out where they live and talk to the other doing is a threat to your marriage, and you parents. It would be cheaper than having to want it stopped. But before you do, make install a gate in front of your driveway. copies of the texts so you can coniront the woman with them if she doesn't stop.

DEAR ABBY: Doyou know why people nowadaysfeeltheneed to announcetheirpregDEARABBY: Is it OK for a man to talk nancies via ultrasound pictures? I'm sorry, but on his cellphone at the urinal in a public re- I really don't want to see all that. Iguess some stroom, orfora woman totalk on thephone folks think the imcge ofa blurry, black-andwhile using the toiletin one of the stalls? white fetus is "darling."But to me, all I see is an Also, please remind everyone to wash their up-close-and-personal snapshot ofa stranger's hands afte rusing the restroom. uterus. Even if we're best friends, I don't need — RUSSELL INRICHLAND, WASH. all that detail. TMI, right?

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"Our messageto peopleis Attorney General Greg Abdon't panic," Debbie Smith, bott, who is now the governor, associate general counsel led a coalition of states that for the Service Employees sued Obama, arguing that his unilateral executive acInternational Union, said in tion was unlawful and would a conferencecallwith reporters."This is just a blip." causethe states"dramatic Source: U.S. Distnct Court documents Graphic: Tnhune News Service

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A total of 26 states are suing the Obama administration over the recent executive order on immigration.

WASHINGTON — The White House will suspend plans to begin giving more than 4 million immigrants here illegally work permits as it pursues an appeal of a Texas federal judge'srulingthat temporarily blocks President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.

The ruling late Monday by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen throws millions of immigrants into limbo. The injunction allows a coalition of 26 states more time topursue a lawsuit to permanently stop Obama's Nov. 20 executive order, which would shield fiom deportatio n more than 4 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had been expectedto begin accepting applicati ons Wednesday for a partofthe program that woulddeferdeportation for an estimated 270,000 immigrants brought to the country as children. Other parts of theprogram were setto begin in May, but Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday afternoon that the administration had no choice but to conform to the ruling and wouldn't be accepting applications. eWe must comply," Johnson said in a statement.

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The ruling may also give Republicans in Congress a convenientescape valvefrom a controversial decision to attach funding for the Department of Homeland Security to a measure that defunds the executive action.

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