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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscribers Kareen Bybee of Baker City.

Local, 3A Whether it's power lines or deadlines, they are looming on the horizon. Or potentially looming — in the case of power lines — on the horizons of Northeastern Oregon and Southern Idaho. The March 19 deadline for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEISj for Idaho Power's Boardman to Hemingway power line project is a few weeks away. Idaho Power Company wants to build the 500-kilovolt line through Northeastern Oregon and Southern Idaho because its current transmission system is at capacity. The BLM, the lead federalagency in reviewing Idaho Power's proposal, unveiled the 3,600-page DEIS for the B2H project late last year.

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• Michelle Knadle says her son, Logan Handy, called her 28 minutes aftersheposted a message on an online forum By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com

Once Michelle Knadle knew for sure that her missing son, Logan Handy, had typed the words she was reading, more than a thousand miles away in Baker City, she didn't have to wait long to hear his voice. Twenty-eight minutes, to be precise. An ordeal that had started four days earlier, when Knadle thought only that Logan, 16, had skipped school in Baker City, was over. Handy Well, almost. There was much left to do to bring Logan home from Kansas. His stepfather, Michelle's husband Randy Knadle, drove to Boise and caught a plane to Denver. From there he drove 235 miles, through a blizzard, to Colby, Kansas.

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Learn to avoid neck pain, headaches Two sessions on "Addressing Neck Pain and Headache" are planned at the Baker YMCA5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, and 12:20 p.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5. This is part of the "symmetry series." The YMCA is located at 3715 Pocahontas Road in Baker City. The sessions will be led by Kim Zinn, a physical therapist with St. Alphonsus Rehabilitation Services. Topics covered include headaches, neck pain and neck muscle tightness, and simple tools to address these common complaints. Zinn will also talk about the more recent issue of pain caused for laptops and "texting neck." To RSVP,call 541-5239622.

Garden Club meets March 4 The Baker County Garden Club will meet March 4 at 10:30 a.m. at The Sunridge. The topic is flower families. New members and visitors are always welcome.

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A group of residents opposed to commercial marijuana sales in Baker City rallied at City Hall Tuesday afternoon. From left are Sue Christian,Vicki Freeman and Jessy Raczkowski.

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The Baker City Council on Tuesday approved the first readingofa business license ordinance that could block marijuana stores from opening in the city. The 5-2vote followed a 40-minute presentation by Baker County District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff, who urgedcouncilorstopassthe ordinance, and another 90 minutes of discussion that included public comments. Mayor Kim Mosier and Councilors Mike Downing, Ben Merrill, Rosemary Abell

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and Mack Augenfeldvoted in favor of the first reading. Councilors Richard Langrell and Jim Thomas Mos i er votedagainstthe first reading. Two more readings must be approved,at separate meetings, before the ordinance couldtake effect. The ordinance would effectivelyban the salesof marijuana in the city because the ordinance would mandate that licensed businesses comply with all local, state and

federal laws. Although medicinal marijuana is legal in Oregon, and recreational use will be legal startingJuly 1 for people 21 and older, the drug remains a controlled substance under federal law. Business licenses granted under the ordinance would be free. Much of the City Council's discussion centered around the possibility of changing the ordinance to require business registration rather than licensing.

Folkestad, who lives in Camas, Washington, said the Pendleton Bike Week is intended to complement, not compete with, the annual Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally. The latter event brings several thousand motorcyclists to Baker City and Baker County each July. ''We plan to work together to cross-promote the events," Folkestad said."Pendleton Bike Week is going to help the Baker City rally." The"we" includes Folkestad's brother, Steve, of Portland. Eric Folkestad said he sold his financial interest in the Hells Canyon Rally to his brother last fall. Steve Folkestad and Kurt Miller, who owns the Baker Truck Corral, will manage the Hells Canyon Rally.

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A Baker County tax appeals board has rejected a request from the owners of Elkhorn Village Apartments in Baker City to cut their property tax billby about 85percent.

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The Baker County Board of Property Tax Appeals iBOPTAl this m onth turned down the appealfrom the owners of the apartments at 3085 Resort St. Baker CountyAssessor Kerry Savage said the apartment owners

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015

BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEB. 26 • Baker School Board:6 p.m., District Office, 2090 Fourth St.; executive (closed to the public) session,5:30 p.m. 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., 1995Third St. TUESDAY, MARCH 10 • Baker City Council:7 p.m. City Hall,1655 First St. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 • Baker County Commission:9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Feb. 25, 1965 Members of the Nazarene ChurchYoung Peoples Societywill hold a $1 car wash at Harold's Shell Station at the corner of Main andAuburn Saturday. The group will start washing cars at 9 a.m. and will continue all day. Wash includes not only outside but cleaning of interior and washing windows. Funds earned from the project will go to finance Young Peoples Society activities including the organization of a new group to be known as "Pals." 25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Feb. 26, 1990 Wreckage of a courier plane missing since Feb. 5 was found Saturday morning west of Haines on Red Mountain, the second-highest peak in the Elkhorn Range. A four-man crew from the Baker County Sheriff's office was planning to travel via National Guard helicopter to the crash scene today, according to SheriffTerry Speelrna. They expected to set down on a Forest Service landing spot atop the 8,900-foot mountain, which is between the North Powder River and Rock Creek. The landing spot is an estimated 300 feet from the crash site. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald Feb. 25, 2005 Clint Eastwood still seems fit enough to make criminals weep despite his deepening wrinkles, but the Baker Countyforestswhere he oncewalked — and even sanghave not aged so gracefully. U.S. Forest Service officials think they can cure these ailing woods about 35 miles northeast of Baker City. They hope to start next year. The site is East Eagle Creek, where, in 1968, Eastwood starred in the mining-era musical "PaintYour Wagon." ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald Feb. 26, 2014 Smokers not only will have to leave the park and the Leo Adler Parkway to light up starting Thursday, but beginning Saturday they'll also have to leave the library grounds. Library Director Perry Stokes said members of the library district board of directors agreed at their Feb. 10 meeting to ban smoking, including e-cigarettes, and other tobacco use on library property, extending to the block surrounding the library's exterior. The library's property ends at the city sidewalk, Stokes said.

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OBITUARIES Betty Jean Lovett Halfway, 1932-2015

Betty Jean Lovett, 82, a longtime Halfway resident, died and was reunited with the love ofher life, Karl, on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2015, at Settler's Park in Baker City after a short, valiant fight with pancreatic cancer. Although there will not be a formal service, she will be interred later with her Betty husband, Karl, Lovett at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Betty was born on May 23, 1932, at Mattoon, Illinois, to Bert and Reatha (Hyland) Ritchey. Betty grew up in Arizona, attended school and graduated from Flagstaff High School on May 24, 1951. In school she enjoyed and studied home economics, scienceand arts.After school, sheclaimed tohave"traveled everywhere."And she did, from Arizona to Washington to Idaho, Texas, Nevada, Kansas and on and on. She met and married the man she referred to as "the true love ofher life," Karl Lovett, in Mexico, and shortly after they wed again, in 1971 at Weiser, Idaho. Betty and Karl had quite a love for each other. He wrote her hundreds oflove letters of which she kept every one. During her life she worked as a waitress/ hostess and as a cook. She also supervised an animal shelter in Bend and also one in Montana. Betty enjoyed working with her husband, Karl, and at one point, they worked together in a hospital

one particular year that she was deemed the"Christmas elf." Betty also enjoyed going to Bingo at the VFW Hall in Halfway and the New Bridge Grange. Betty wore her hair in long braids. At 82, she barely had a gray hair on her head. It took just about seven years to grow her hair down to her hips. Then she would cut the braidsoff,and startover. Betty was a fixture of Halfway. She would be seen daily with her shopping basket on her stroll to town. Betty always had such a cute smile and genuinely cared about those around her. A favorite poem ofBetty's is titled "Love and Friend-

ship." 'You're the one I most admire, with great intentions and loving desires. Passion and trust and knowing that you care, bringsa lifetime of Happiness for us to share ... Being so gentle, understanding, and kind, brings comfort, faith, and a Joy that shines. Tears and laughter are feelingsthat' srare,butatrue heartshallN ever despair ... Love is unique in its very own way, taking risks, and

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But when a heart is made of gold, there is so much to share. Like joy, Laughter, and a friendship that's there... So I give you my heart as a token oflove, from one friend to another, And the heaven's above. So take my heart and cherishittoo,cause there is no us without You!" Survivors include her sisters, Helen and her husband, Jack McCrain, Edith Cunningham, and Patrica and her husband, Bob Keel; her brother, Robert, and his lab. wife, Emma Ritchey; and When Karl was diagnosed numerous nieces, nephews with diabetes, Betty became and cousrns. "nurse Betty." She meticuShe was preceded in death lously monitored his insulin by her parents; her husband, through well-kept journals Karl; her brothers, Bert Jr., ofhis levels, his intake and Charles and James; her times that each task or aid sister, Charlot; and her most was rendered. recent four-legged companEach year, Betty entered ions, Rowdy and Flicka. her arts and crafts in the Memorial contributions Labor Day Fair Exhibition toward a cemetery marker booth. She loved each and ev- may be made to Tami's Pine ery ribbon she received. She Valley Funeral Home and enjoyed spending time with Cremation Services, P.O. the preschool and all the "lit- Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. tle kids." The children as well Online condolences may be as many in the community made at www.tamispinevallovingly referred to her as leyfuneralhome.com "Grandma Betty." Every year, Betty had a Christmas list of Norm DuBosch gifts to share with so many, Baker City, 1932-2015 each gift wrapped, each gift Norm DuBosch, 82, of given with love. There was Baker City died Feb. 23,

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2015, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City with his family at his side. A celebration of Norm's hfe and a potluck (bring your favorite dish) will be Saturday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, Post No. 3048, 2005 Valley Ave. (across from the Eltrym Theatre) in Baker City. Norman George DuBosch, son of Mary and Victor DuBosch, was born on Norm Feb. 29, 1932, Du Bosch at Milford, Connecticut. The family moved to California when Norm was 6 years old. Norm was raised at Bellflower, California. He loved the ocean and learned to deep-sea dive when he was very young. Upon graduating in 1949 from Excelsior High School, Norm and his mother traveled to Monument, Oregon, to join Victor on the family ranch. Norm enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951 and was deployed to Korea to fight in the war as an amphibious tank driver. Norm was honorablydischarged after serving three years in the Army in February of 1954. Norm received the Korean Service medal, the National Defense Service medal and the United Nations Service medal. Upon finishing his service he returned home to be with his parents at Monument. Norm met Joan Roach in Monument andthey married in the 1950s. Norm and Joan had a daughter, Carol DuBosch, in 1960. During this period Norm lived at Pendleton and La Grande, where he attended Eastern Oregon State College. Norm loved fast cars, and he raced and followed the racing circuit in Oregon and Washington. Joan and Norm divorcedin the mid- 1960s. Norm married Beverly Masterson in 1982, and he loved and raised her two children, Jeannette and Joe Etchamendy, as his own. Additionally, in 1988 Norm and Bev adopted Kestin Masterson, who became part of the family. His granddaughter, Keegan Masterson, was

NEWS OF RECORD DEATHS Daryl Ross: 60, of Burns, and a former Baker City resident, died Feb. 17, 2015. A celebration of his life will take place at the Burns Elks Lodge on March 21. A full obituary will be published later.

BIRTHS Justus: Krystine and Bill, of Haines, 8:17 a.m. Feb. 16, 2015, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande, a girl, Awbrey Justus, 9 pounds, 6 ounces. Grandparents areWayne andTerre Boggs and Vicki Justus.

POLICE LOG Public luncheon atthe Senior Center,2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.; $3.50 donation (60 and older), $5.75 for thoseunder 60.

CONTACT THE HERALD 1915 First St. Open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Telephone: 541-523-3673 Fax: 541-523-6426 Kari Borgen, publisher kborgen@bakercityherald.com Jayson Jacoby, editor jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Advertising email ads@bakercityherald.com

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Baker City Police SECOND-DEGREETHEFT: Roderick Gagnon, 37, 1315 Hughes Lane, 10:38 a.m. Monday; cited and released. PROBATION VIOLATION

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the apple ofhis eye. He was alsoa surrogate father and grandfather to many. Norm accepted people into his life without passing judgment and loved them unconditionally. He was a baby sitter, a chauffeur, a cooking instructor, an amazing host and he took on a parental and grandparent role numerous times throughout his life. Norm calculated at one time thathe had attended 43 grade school Christmas programs. What a saint! Norm was a tremendous caregiver with a big heart. He cared for his mother, Mary, his motherin-law, Velma Masterson, and his good friend, Elaine, during their final years. Norm was an outdoor enthusiast who loved to hunt and fish while enjoying the scenery of Eastern Oregon and the Coast. Some ofhis favorite memories were made on the Snake River listening to ABBA, camping, teaching his kids and others how to handle a boat and water ski. Additionally, he and his wife Beverly would go for long drives on the weekends, sometimes passing landmarks more than once in a single drive. In other words, they spent a lot of their time lost! Norm also had a tremendous heart when it came to pets. Survivors include his wife, Beverly DuBosch; his daughter, Carol Warren; his daughter and son-in-law, Jeannette and Kevin Burgess; his son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and JenniferEtchamendy; his son and daughter-inlaw, Kestin and Nichole Masterson; his grandsons, Christopher Warren, Michael Warren, Ryan Warren and Mason Masterson; and his granddaughters, Keegan Masterson, Maci Masterson and Rylee Etchamendy. He was preceded in death by his parents; his in-laws, Clyde and Velma Masterson; and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert and Kris Masterson. Memorial contributions to defray funeral expenses may be madethrough Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

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Whether it's power lines or deadlines, they are looming on the horizon. Or potentially looming — in the case of power lines — on the horizons of Northeastern Oregon and Southern Idaho. The March 19 deadline for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement iDEISl for Idaho Power's Boardman to Hemingway power line project is a few weeks away. Idaho Power Company wants to build the 500-kilovolt line through Northeastern Oregon and Southern Idaho because the company's current transmission system is at capacity. The BLM, the lead federal agency in reviewing Idaho Power's proposal, unveiled the 3,600-page DEIS for the B2H project latelastyear. The DEIS details the purposeand need fortheproject, providesa detailed overview oftheproject,describeshow it will affect the environment and contains maps of proposed routes. The B2H project, first proposed several years ago, has been controversial in Baker County — in particular the

"What's importantfor people to understand is that they need to submit comments be fore the March19 deadline to have standing and a voicein thefederal courtprocessjom hereon out." — Nancy Peyron, Stop Idaho Power in Baker County

possibility of the line being built close to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and Baker Valley. The group Stop Idaho Power in Baker County iSIPBCl — formerly known as Move Idaho Power — will have members at the Baker County Courthouse, 1995 Third St., on March 3 and 4 from 4p.m.to8 p.m .toassist landowners and others who want to make substantive comments about the DEIS. "Substantive" being the key word. Nancy Peyron of Baker City, one of the main organizers of SIPBC, said it's important that comments are substantiveto the projector they would not be considered by the BLM. Peyron has organized a "laptop brigade" to help the SIPBC get its message across to Idaho Power and the BLM. Peyron said there will be a help desk set up at the Courthouse to assist those who want to comment

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electronically or otherwise to make sure that their comments are worded and constructed so they will be considered. ''What's important for peopletounderstand isthat they need to submit comments before the March 19 deadline to have standing and avoice in thefederal process from here on out," she said."If they don't, they won't have a voice." Peyron also urged residents who are affected by the project to go online and comment at boardmantohemingway.com.

Ic To comment.... • Online: boardmantohemingway.com • Email: comment@ boardmantohemingway.com • Written comments: B2H Project, PO. Box 655, Vale Oregon, 97918 Comments must be postmarked by March 19.

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PORTLAND — In additiontoserving as a police officer with the Portland Police Bureau, Chief Petty Officer Sarah Jean Payton is also a master-atarms in the U.S. Navy Reserve, Pay t o n attached to Navy Operational Support Center in Portland. A native of Baker City, Paytongraduated from Baker High School in 2000, and then attended Mount Hood Community College before graduating from Portland State University in 2009. ''When I completed my active duty commitment, I w anted to attend collegefull time, but wasn't ready to leave the Navy," Payton said. "The Reserve provided a way for me to continue serving, go to school full time and be closer to my family. It's the bestofboth worlds." As a master-at-arms, Payton is a security professional responsible for providing security, implementing policy and preserving stability within the Navy. She recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan, where she was promoted to the rank of chief petty officer. Payton also earned the enlisted expeditionary warfare specialist qualification. To qualify, she participated in an expeditionary warfareprogram that focused on several skills, including weapons qualifications,

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marksmanship and maintenance; land navigation; and field communications. The training that Payton receives through the Navy corresponds with the training she receives with the Portland Police Bureau. She takes experiences from each and transfers them to the other, benefitting her professional roles, her community and her nation. In addition to her service in the Navy Reserve and her civilian career as a police officer, Payton is an active volunteer in her community. "I utilize my Navy experience to help youth in my community build positive futures," Payton said. She mentors young women through her participation in GirlStrength, a violence preventionprogram offered through the Portland Police Bureau. She also volunteers as a teacher's aide in local schools. "The Navy Reserve has allowed me to proudly serve in the military while being a little closer to home to be close to my family and serve my community," Payton said. "I'm also able to continue to reach my Navy career goals thatIstarted whileon active duty, like becoming a chief petty officer, continuing my education and mentoring youth in my community." Vice Admiral Braun, Chief of the Navy Reserve, isproud tolead such a talentedand dedicated group of sailors. March 3, 2015, marks 100 years of the U.S. Navy Reserve.

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Continued ~om Page1A Eric said he hopes the addition of a motorcycle event in Pendleton will entice riders to spend even more time in the region each summer. This year's Hells Canyon Rally is scheduled for July 9-13. The first Pendleton Bike Week is set for July 22-26. Between those events, the national group Bikers Against Child Abuse will have its annual convention in Walla Walla, Washington. Eric said he will encourage riders who attend the convention to arrive early to participate in the Hells Canyon Rally, then stay in the region for the Pendleton Bike Week. Eric said the Pendleton rally will be different from the Baker City event. "Baker City has such a nice Main Street event," he said. The Pendleton Bike Week, by contrast, will be based at the Pendleton Convention Center. Miller agrees with Eric that the two events are different in intent. "Our rally is a riders'rally," Miller said of the Hells Canyon Rally."They're trying to do something different iin Pendleton). "I think ithe Pendleton Bike Week) is not going to have any effect on our rally at all. We think we're in a strong position for the long run." The Folkestad brothers made their first riding tour of the Hells Canyon country in 2000. For each of the next five years the brothers invited a few dozen of their fiiends to join them. But it wasn't until 2006 that the Folkestads decided to extend the invitation to any motorcyclist who wanted to ride the region's scenic and curvy roads. More than 1,500 rolled into Baker City that May, and the Hells Canyon Rally was officially born. Eric said his work planning the Pendleton Bike Week won't keep him away from Baker City. "I'm coming just as a rider, and I plan to enjoy it," he sald.

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recor s aw Oregon's public records law is failing. Ifyou'rea member ofthe public,anyway. The law is working pretty well for government oKcials. But the law, which took efect in 1973, isn't designed to help oKcials, whether elected or appointed, prevent the public from getting a look at the records that are created on the public's dime.

Quite the opposite, in fact. The public records law sounds great when you read it. "Every person," the law says, has a right to inspect any nonexemptpublicrecord ofa publicbody in Oregon. The trouble lies with one word:"nonexempt." The list of reasons why a government oKcial can withhold a record from the public has grown substantially since 1973. Some of these are reasonable. We're not suggesting that anyone should be able to reviewsomebody'smedical records,for instance, some of which end up in government files. But the vast majority of public records are reports and studies and emails — the day-to-day record of the work government agencies are doing with taxpayers' dollars, and ostensibly on our behalf. We should be able to look at those records pretty much whenever we want to. Instead, the law allows government oKcials to spend weeks or even months deciding whether a record itself is exempt &om public disclosure. And even if the record isn't exempt, it can take just as long for oKcials to review the record and decide if any part of it might be exempt. This is nothing but a license to thwart the public and Aout the spirit of the law. The proliferation of electronic records — emails and the like — over the past two decades makes lengthy delays in releasing public records even more unnecessary, and outrageous. If somebody requests the emails sent and received by a government oKcial using a public computer and account, those emails are public records that should be handed over — figuratively, of course — the same day or the next. The excuse that it takes weeks to review each email for potentially exempt material is tiresome. The reality, as Oregonians have learned recently from the belated release of former Gov. John Kitzhaber's emails to Willamette Week and The Oregonian, is that emails might contain politically embarrassing information, but that doesn't make the records confidential. Indeed, the Kitzhaber scandal shows how important timely access to public records can be. Had the former governor's emails been released to the media — and through the media to voters — in a reasonable period, the outcome of the election might have been diferent. Perhaps the greatest weakness of the public records law is that the penalties for government agencies that violate it are either non-existent or so weak that they serve as no deterrent. The Legislature needs to change this. The state needs to set short time&ames for government agencies to release public records to people who ask. Again, there's no reason this should take more than a day or two. Agencies that fail to comply should be fined a significant amount for each day they delay. Absent the prospect of truly punitive penalties, government agencies, in many cases, will continue to treat the public records law as a laundry list of excuses to stall, confuse and deny. It's too hard for the public to figure out what their tax doll arsare paying for.A law passed 42 yearsago was supposed to demolish the wall between the public and our records. Right now that law is a tennis ball. We need to turn it into a wrecking ball.

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Your views BakerCounty shows integrity in fighting for public access Integrity: "An adherence to moral principles, honesty." Where has that gone, and why can't we find it in the discussion on the motorized access restrictions to the Blue Mountains? Some work in shades of gray, elected to positions they feel they need to protect to continue their paychecks and their positions of power. Some work in backdoordealsto protecttheirbusiness venture to access resources they need to keep themselves afloat. Some work in "partnership" w ith groups thatstrive to see general motorized use removed &om the forest under some moral calling of protectionist dogma that inflates their egos and swells their pocketbooks with lawyer fees. When companies begin to state "why does the public need to be there" and civil servants tell businesses that"any interference or preventing the Forestperforming road closureswill jeopardize timber outputs on the Forest," we see the lack of integrity fiom both elected officials and civil servants alike. For the record, the counties do not "lose their seat at the table" if they refuse to sign the MOU accepting cooperating agency status with the Forest Service. This narrative has been passed around by county officials far too long. What it does require is elected officials doing their jobs and being held personally accountable for their actions. Instead of giving themselves political cover when they sell our access down the river.

One county has shown personal integrityto protectitsresidentsto seea forest planrevision developed that protectsthe quality oflife for all their residents, not just the few influential companies that benefit &om the"go along to get along" mentality, and that is Baker County. Integrity isn't about doing what iseasy,or personally advantageous. Integrity is standing behind the words you say and doing what is right. That seems to be sorely missing fiom a great deal of elected officials and civil servants nowadays. John D. George Bates

Why should Baker give up financial benefits of pot? Lumber mills gone, potato contracts — poof, mining and logging at a virtual standstill ,boarded up storefronts...So what does that leave Baker County? I can think of cattle, hunting, fishing and tourism iashortlistagreed but Ibet I'm not far otf). Suddenly in steps marijuana. Not the marijuana of"Reefer M adness" but the legal,regulated,taxable kind — a veritable gold mine if the cards are played correctly. I am somewhat amazed at the talk of a "pot sales ban." Not only is it inviting a lawsuit isomething I hardly think the city can absorb) but literally throwing tourist dollars out the window. It's not the dark ages anymore, although after reading that Baker City denied chronically ill patients local access to an inexpensive natural

ama's mur Sometimesacigarisjusta cigar— and sometimes it's not. I couldn't help thinking of Sigmund Freud's purported quote as I listened to President Barack Obama talk recently about terrorism and when I watched the White House and State Department spokespeople make buffoons of themselves trying to justify what he'd said. The presi dentreferred to terrorists who"randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris" in an interview with the online magazine Vox. At least when he refe rred to otheractionsthat,ashe put it, have concerned Americans, he specified beheadings. But the establishment attacked by the terroristin Paris in January wasn't any old deli. It was a kosher supermarket that specialized in food bought by Jews. The terrorist who attacked its patrons on a Friday, a day especiall y crowded asJews prepared for their Sabbath, killed four of them and told a French TV channel that he was targeting Jews to defend Muslims. Anyone who knows anything about the attack knows it was aimed at Jews. That thepresident neverthelessdescribeditas a"random" shooting of a"bunch of folks in a deli" forces one to conclude that he must have been trying to downplay the Islamist identity of the shooter and the Jewish identity of the shooter's targets. Even if the president were just being folksy and loose with words, there must havebeen some meaning behind what he said. Why play down the Islamist nature of the terrorism? And why play down the anti-Semitic focus of the acts?

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medicine proven to alleviate pain and combat the horrific effects iincluding nausea and appetite loss) of chemo therapy/radiation — I'm not too sure. Shame on you. I can't help but picture the fierce opponents of anything marijuana withtheirfi ngerswrapped around a whiskey bottle, beer or wine glass il'm pretty sure which one causes more misery — you can look up all the comparisons if you have doubts). Did Bakerattempt tooptoutoflegal, regulated liquor sales or legal, regulated tobacco, gambling, firearms? If not, why not? Please tell me the difference? If you want to talk about crime, the children... I refer you directly back to alcohol, tobacco, firearms and gambling — "existing templates for regulation." Sorry I got otf track, back to the tourism angle. Marijuana has a couple of fairly benign, well-documented effects: eating = localrestaurants and grocery stores, sleepy= local motels and coffee shops. Baker City also has a main arterial to Idaho and, guaranteed, Nevadans and Californians will be coming. Don't let Ontario or La Grande snatch all the tourist money. If Senate Bill 542 comes to fruition Baker City would also reap the benefit oflocal taxation on sales. From what I've seen and read icrumbling roads...) I doubt Baker can afford to ignore any kind of potential revenue, but then again... Mike Meyer Baker City

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A nuclearized Iran is likely to prod an arms race in the region but, most immediately, it threatens the annihilation of Israel, which contains half of all Jews in The president and members ofhis the world and has been called by manyadministration have taken pains to talk including, reportedly, one of Iran's former as little as possible about the Islamist presidents — a"one-bomb country."That sources of the terrorism the world is expe- former president, Ali Akbar Hashemi riencing. And though they've recognized Rafsanjani, said that"the use of even one the terrorists' focus on Jews, they haven't nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy done so with the clarity and forcefulness everything. However, it will only harm expressed by, say, France's leadership. the Islamic world." After the attack on the Jewish market A major reason the Obama administrain Paris, French President Francois Holtion would downplay Islamist terrorism lande called it a"te~ act of antiand anti-Semitism would be to enable Semitism."And Prime Minister Manuel it to establish what it believes will be Valls said that France was now at"war "engagement" with a country, Iran, that against terrorism, against jihadism, flagrantly carries out both. But such a against radical Islam, against everyUmg desire for engagement may incline the that is aimed at breaking &aternity, White House to accept a deal that would &eedom, solidarity." enable Iran to amass enough fissile mateThese were powerful statements rialto produce abomb beforean interna— something painfully absent fiom tional response could beorganized. Obama's nebulous focus on extremism, as Obama is proposing a war on extremif that adequately describes the problem ism and radicalization. He should be the world is facing. clear. It's a war against violent Islamism, Could the administration's attitude much of which is supported by a country and language have something to do with that could not only give terrorism and the most important foreign-policy issue anti-Semitism the power to cause incalit has faced? Could it have to do with the culable harm but also provoke a nuclear loomingdeal with Iran on that country's arms race in the most unstable part of nuclear program? I think it does. The the world. And that's a cigar that, once lit, administration seems poised to accept a might well blow up. deal in which Iran's capacity to quickly produce a nuclear weapon is limited Walter Reich is a professor ofinternrrtionrd but not stopped, even as it solidifies its regional hegemony through its accelerat- affairs ,ethicsand hu~n be~vioratGeorge ing supportofsuch terroristgroups as WashingtonUniversity, arrd a former director Hezbollah and Hamas. of the US. Holocaust Memorkd Museum.

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Manarrestedonelder adnsecharges A Baker City man was arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges related to elder abuse. A Baker County grand jury indicted Kenny Lee Hellman, 45,of344 Spring Garden Ave., Feb. 19 on three Class C felonies: one count of first-degree theft and two counts of computer crime. He also was charged with eight Class A misdemeanor crimes: two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and six counts of second-degree forgery. The chargesare related to allegations that Hellman withdrew money

COUNCIL Continued from Page1A "I talked with a business owner earlier today who suggested calling the particular ordinancea registration rather than a license," Mosier SRld.

Downing was in favorof a regist ration ordinance for public safety reasons.He said having current information on file for businesses would be beneficial in case ofburglary or other calls. He said it would benefit responding officers. 'The first thing they do is ask dispatch to call the responsible business owner," he said."A lot of times the owners have changed or the employee that they have listedno longerworks there." Langrell said hefeelsthere is no difference between

TAXES Continued from Page1A '%e've already lowered it substantially ithe assessed value). They wanted the value lowered even more," Savage said. Chrisman Development, Inc. of Enterprise owns the low income apartments for senior citizens and disabled renters. Becauseit's subsidized

from an87-year-old woman's bank account multiple times between January 2014 and April 2014 without her permission, District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff stated in a press release. Cash taken from her account through use

ofherATM debitcard totaled $2,405, Shirtcliff said. Hellman also is accused of forging and cashing multiple checks on the woman's account. Shirtcliff said Hellman befriended the woman and took on the role of caregiverbeforecommitting the crimes.

Hellman paid the victim's bills and helped her with daily activities. The state alleged an aggravating factor— which could be considered at sentencing upon conviction — that Helman was aware of the woman's vulnerability because ofherage and hisrole in helping her, Shirtcliff said. Hellman remains in the Baker

County Jail in lieu of $97,500 bail. He has been held there since Dec. 22 when he wasarrested on charges ofviolating conditionsofhispost-prison supervision.

licensing or registration for businesses. He suggested the Council avoid the issue oflicensing and regist ering businesses and instead pass an ordinance requiring all businesses to comply with all laws, including federal laws. Bill Harvey, chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners, agreed with Langrell. "I'm urging you to pass an ordinance that would prevent illegal activities," Harvey said. Shirtcliff said that Colorado, where recreational use of marijuana is legal, and California, where medicinal marijuana is legal, have been been ill-fated experiments in his opinion. He pointed out that in Los Angeles County, homicide rates have increased in areas

where there are medical marijuana dispensaries. Shirtcliff said he also believes marijuana-infused productsin Colorado that are packaged to resemble popular candy and soda brands are marketed to children. Nicholas Ducote, who works at Eastern Oregon Analytical, a marijuanatesting lab in La Grande, questioned the validity of ShirtclifFs statements and statist ics. '%hen looking at trends and statistics, you have to zoom out," Ducote said.'You can't just look at individual crime. The scary statistics just aren't there." Ducote said he believes Shirtcliffhad "cherry picked" statistics for their shock value. In other business Tuesday, the City Council:

• Decided to give notice to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development that the city intends to consider continuing a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries beyond May 1, and to consider restric tions on recreational marijuana dispensaries. The notice doesn't mean the city will take such action, but if councilors decide to do so the city is required by law to notify the state agency in advance. • Declined a request from Marion Price of 3315 14th St. for refund of a mainline sewer installation to her property. • Passed a resolution that re-opens River Drive between Myrtle and Main Streets to allow further development of the Leo Adler Memorial Pathway.

housing, the apartment complex qualifies for special assessmentsforthepurpose ofproperty tax calculations. The property is a section 515 property, participating in a low-income USDA rural housing program and is subject to specific government regulations. Oregon Revised

loan used to purchase the property. Property Tax Associates Director of Assessment David Pace — who represents the owners of Elkhorn Estates Apartments — petitioned the county in December to lower the property's assessed value to $64,459 using the methods described in ORS 608.205. This method allows for an assessment based on a reductionofvalue imposed

by therestrictionsin place forsection 515 properties. The methodology makes an assessment valuation using cost, salescomparison and income capitalization to

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proposed. The county denied the petition, prompting the owners to file the appeal, which was denied. Savage was not sure if the owners will appeal with the Oregon Tax Court. Pace wasnot available for comment at press time.

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he was able to access the website with his iPod when he had wifi access. Continued ~om Page1A He picked up Logan and Michelle said sherifFs then the pair retraced the deputy Rich Kirby told her route, landing at Boise Saturdaymorning about Monday afternoon. the website. Michelle said Logan was Although Logan wasn't eager to come home once posting under his real he knew she was the one name, Michelle said she who left a message for him and her older son, Mason on the website where he Handy, 19, were able to igure out,based on the had posted his whereabouts f since leaving Baker City. postings, which account "I posted a comment was Logan's. asking Logan to come home Michelle created her own and that his mom was wor- account and posted the ried about him," Michelle message asking Logan to saidMonday afternoon."He call her. thought I'd be mad. I wasn't Mother and son exchanged a few messages angry, I was relieved." Michelle is also grateful before Logan telephoned to the Kansas woman who less than half an hour later. volunteered to drive Logan Michelle said that al203 milescloserto home. though she's happy to have After Michelle had talked Logan home and hopes to with Logan on the phone, enroll him in counseling, she's upset because she she had him go to a Super believes the sherifFs office 8 motel in Salina, Kansas, didn't keep her up to date in the north-central part of on the search for Logan. the state. But the motel couldn't She said she didn't know rent Logan a room since until Friday that a deputy he's only 16. had found Logan's bicycle on Thursday morning. So a woman who works Michelle said she learned at the motel offered to buy Logan dinner and to drive Saturday morning that him to Colby, a trip she had police had gotten access already planned to make, to Logan's account on the Michelle said. website. Colby is in western KanMichelle admits she was "firedup" when she talked sas,on Interstate70 about 50 miles from the Colorado with Southwick on the border. phone Friday afternoon. Michelle said she told the Southwick said depuwoman"we are forever in ties initially talked with Logan's father, Justin your debt." The Internet conversaHandy, since it was Justin tion that reunited mother who reported Logan as a runaway. and son and prompted Logan to call home came But Michelle pointed out that she and Justin Handy aboutwhen a friend ofLogan's told the sherifFs office were divorced many years ago. She said she doesn't about the website where Logan had an account. think it's reasonable for Sheriff Mitch Southwick police toassume that a divorced couple are in touch saidthe friend guessed Logan's password. That with each other regularly. allowed deputies, using Southwick said sherifFs Logan's laptop computer, deputies did visit with Michelle a few times, but toread the postshe made with his iPod. he said that for much of the Logan left both his laptop time Logan was missing and his cell phone in Baker police didn't have any new information to give her. City, but Michelle said

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he "strong dollar" is making headlines. What is a strongdollar,and how does it impact us? The dollar is "strong" in value relative to other currencies because global investorshave choicesabout how to hold their wealth. They have been choosing to exchange their currencies fordollars.They'reworried about the future of the euro, given the slowing economy in the Eurozone. And since Japan is printing money to get its economy going, they don't want to hold Japanese yen. The Canadian dollar is relatively weak because Canada's economy is dependent on energy prices. And no one wants the Russian ruble anymore. So the dollar has gained value relative to most globalcurrencies asa"safe haven" for wealth. We Americans live in U.S. dollars, shop in dollars, invest in dollars — so how does the strong dollar help ior hurt) us? The strong dollar means: 1. Imports are cheaper. One dollar, for example, can buy more euros'worth of products, whether French wine, German cars ithe ones made in Europe) or Japanese electronic components. So our dollar goes further when buying products made in these countries. 2. Travel abroad is more attractive. If you still want to go to France, Italy or Greece, your strong dollar will buy more in terms of hotel rooms and dining out. 3. Your energy prices are lower. The U.S. is becoming more energy independent, but we still import a lot of oil. And global oil is priced in dollars. Once again, the strong dollar buys more. 4.Interestratesare lower. With all that global money coming to America, the Fed can borrowatlower ratesto finance our deficit — and you can borrowatlow ratesto get a mortgage. 5. Business gains confidence and creates jobs. Money invested in America helpscreate a clim ateof growth that benefits both business and labor — and the stock market. Of course, there are some negative effectsto a strong dollar. Multinational companies ithink Coca-Cola or McDonaldsl that earn money abroad find it translates into SeeDollar / Page 2B

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Lois Rieke, left, shows Heather Boothman of Ace Hardware what color of paint to mix Friday morning. Rieke is upgrading her house by painting the inside walls. Even though her bathroom fixtures were purchased online, her paint, furniture and tiles all come locally.

• State's m etroareas improve faster than rural communities By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

The small rural communities of Eastern Oregon are seeing a slight upward trend in their economies, but progress is much slower than in the restofthestate. Baker, Union and Wallowa counties — among other rural Oregon counties — continue to lag behind the rest of the state. Most recent data from the Oregon Employment Department suggests Union County may be in the best shape, at least when it comes to unemployment rates. In December 2014, Union Countyhad an unemployment rate of 7 percent, worse than the 6.3

percentstate average.Baker and Wallowa countiessatat8.1and 9.5percent unemployment, respectively. All three of the counties show improvement over December 2013, when Wallowa County's unemployment rate still toppeddoubledigitsat 10.3 percent. Lisa Dawson, executive director of Northeast Oregon Economic Development District, said more natural-resource based areas are seeing a slower economic recovery. "Oregon's economy has received much more than Eastern Oregon has up until now," Dawson said."Most of the recovery is happening in more information-rel atedindustriesasopposed to manufacturing- and natural resource-rel ated industries." While the Portland metro area had a 5.8 percent unemployment rate in December 2014, it was actually Corvallis iBenton County) that boasted the low-

est unemployment rate at 4.7 percent. Dawson said metro areas are recovering because they have"newer" economies — a stronger technology base coupled with a more diverse business sector, making them more apt to recover. Craig Binder, La Grande store managerofAce Hardware, said businessat his store, including sales and customer count, has continued to grow — even through the recession. "The store is doing well. We've been fairly aggressive," Binder said. Since the store opened in 2010, its owners have added brands, expanded the sporting good section and are focused on customer service, Binder said. All these things have helped sales stay strong. "Customer service is important. We screw up, we're not perfect, but we truly, honestly try to help people and I See Recession / Page 2B

MONEY MANAGERS

Where do millenials fit in the economy? By Evan Ramstad StarTabune (Minneapolis)

MINNEAPOLIS — Money managers and investm ent advisers are struggling to understand how the giant demographic group known as millennials is now starting to shape the American economy and investing. As new data shows that the Minneapolis region is experiencing one of the nation's fastestgrowth rates for millennials, the Minneapolis Star Tribune recalled partofa discussion ata recent gathering of the Star Tribune Investors' Roundtable. Here's an excerpt, in which several money managers discussed millennials

and macroeconomic data. It begins with them talking about why people in their 20s are spending less on m ajor goods likecarsand homes: Carol Schleif, regional chiefinvestmentofficer, Abbot Downing: You've got more millennials than you have boomers. There was an articl e someplace recently that talked about how something like over half of them don't get their license until they're 18 or older, that they're just not driving as much. They are debt-laden, many of them. It seems like 31 is the new 21 in terms of getting out of mom and dad's basement and forming a household.

Biff Robillard, president and co-founder, Bannerstone Capital Management: Oh, God, I hope not. Schleif: But you figure, though, 10 years after college,maybe you've only gota year or two left to pay on college loans, and then you can go apply for something and it's easier. I loved the 1980s, and I' d love to seethe'80s market now. But as investors we really have to pay attention to the wants and needs and the way these millennials run, because by 2020 — millennials are captured as everybody born after 1980 — they will be 36 percent. That's only five years away. They will be 36 or 37percent ofthe popula-

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Tapping the anxieties of aging baby boomers, President Barack Obama on Monday called for tougher standards on brokers who manage retirement savings accounts, a change that could affect the investment advice received by many Americans and aggravate tensions between the White House and Wall Street. The Labor Department submitteda proposal to the White House Monday that would require the brokers who sell stocks, bonds, annuities and other investments to disclose to their clients any fees or other payments they receive for recommending certain investments. "If you are working hard, if you are putting away money if you are sacrificing that new car or that vacation so you can builda nestegg forlater, you should have the peace of mind of knowing that the advice you are getting forinvesting those dollars is sound," Obama said in a speech to theAARP,the retiree advocacy group. "These payments, these inducements incentivize the brokers to make recommendations that generate the best returns for them but not necessarily the best return for you." The proposed rule, which could be months away from actual implementation, has been the subject of intense behind-the-scenes lobbying, pitting major Wall Street firms and financial industry groups against a coalition of labor, consumer groups and retiree advocates such as the

AARP. Americans increasingly are seeking financial advice to help them navigate an arrayofoptionsfor retirement, college savings and more. Many people provideinvestment advice, but not all of them are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest. Under current rules, brokers are required to recommend only"suitable" investments based on the client's finances, age and how much risk is appropriate for him or her. The SeeProposal / Page 2B

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RECESSION Continued from Page 1B think people recognize that," Binder sald. Binder said it helps no matter the economy's shape. Things break in people's homes and people will either hire contractors or fix the problem themselves. Either way, the supplies need to be purchased. 'You come to us and we can help you figure out how to fix it," he said. "People may be concerned about the economy, but they're still going to work on their homes. They're not going to give up hope. We don't sell the luxury items that people would do without during hard times. That kind ofhelps us." Before the recession hit, Union County was doing well, Dawson

PROPOSAL Continued from Pcge 1B rules would make brokers handling retirement accountsobligatedtoputtheir clients' interests first. 'The challenge we have is right now there are no uniform rulesoftheroad that requireretirement advisers to act in the bestinterestsof their clients," Obama said. The Labor Department's proposal must now undergo an internal review by the White House budget office. After that, it likely will be put out for public comment for several months. The administration first proposedaregulation in 2010, but pulled it back following an industry outcry that the proposal would hurt rather than help investors by limiting choices. Even some Democrats urged the White House to go back and redraw their plan. To buttress the new effort, the White House on Monday released a 30-page report from its Council of Economic Advisers noting that an estimated $1.7 trillion of individual retirement account assetsareinvested in products that pay fees or commissions that pose conflicts of interest. Obama cited academic studies that conclude investors who receive investment recommendations potentially influenced by conflicts of interestsustain a 1percentage point lower return on their retirement savings, totaling

said. The manufacturing sector, in particular, was booming. While manufacturingin Baker, Union and Wallowa counties has been stagnant over the last year, the counties have seen growth in other areas. In Baker, about 40 jobs have been added in trade, transportation and utilities, while Union and Wallowa counties have seen, albeit modest, growth in leisure and hospitalityjobs. "The trailer manufacturers were producing and they were at capacity" when the recession hit, Dawson said."It's possible to get back where we were before, but consumers have to spend. And they have to spend the money locally." Rick Gately, owner of La Grande's Gold and Silver, mirroml that sentiment. In order for La Grande and other small cities to do well, he said, the community has to supportits own.

those studies and say the industry is well governed by financial regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission. They say the Department of Labor is ill suited to write rules best left to agencies more familiar with the financial industry. 'You havethe Department of Labor, which really doesn't know this area," said Ira Hammerman, general counsel for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association,the brokerage industry's lobbying group. "Our concern is they are not going to get it right, just like they did not get it right in

they're in service industries, low-paying jobs. We talk Continued ~om Page 1B about the consumer being stubborn; I think a lot of this that the pace ofhousehold is because wages are not formation for the five years going up and then you've got following the crisis is down these low-paying jobs that have replaced the high-pay60 percentcompared to the ing jobs. It's just a grind. five years prior to the onset of the crisis. Swansen: The good news is Russ Swansen, chief that there's plenty of room for investment officer, Thrivent: additional growth. The labor So that whole living in the participation rate is still lousy. basement thing is no joke. Sometimes people will say, Schleif: I know anecdotally a well, it'sbecause ofboomers ton ofpeoplein thatagerange retiring. But even if you look where they'd had the first kid at the25-to 54-year-olds,it's and then they delayed the sec- barely come up off the bottom ond or third, and now you've of the dip. And so you've got gotthatboomlet going. a lotofpeoplewho could go Swansen: Well, and not back to work and contribute only kids, but I think the to economic growth. Schleif: Yeah, ilabor parttcihousehold formation figures count people just getting an pationl peaked after the tech apartment and setting up bubble and that blowup. And it rolled over, and a lot a household even if they're single rather than a couple of women started looking at with children. Right? There's thecostofday care,so a lot a lotofpent-up backlog there, came out. Now, there's this if you will. You've got a lot of mismatch between the kinds of STEM iscience, technology, catching up. Lilly: Household formation engineering, math) jobs that issue is driven by jobs. We've we need and where people's training is. It takes time to recoveredthose 8.7 million jobs that were lost, but get retrained.

to SPend. And they haVe toSPend the mOney lOCally." — Lisa Dawson, executive director of the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District

'The future is bright, but it's up to us," Gately said.'They have to ask themselves, 'Can someone in town get that for me?"' Gately said it's really self-fulfilling — if customers buy locally, they supportlocalbusinesses and organizations. If the business allows its customers to order online and ship to the store, then they should really take advantage of that, Gately said. The money is still staying in the local economy, but there is a wider selection online they wouldn't necessaril y getatthestore. Ace Hardware has the capability foritscustomers toorderitems at

the store and have them shipped for freetothestore. "I think the culture has changed somewhat," Binder said."There are still people who want to go to the store. They want a broader selection — that's where shopping online is awesome." Binder said customers in La Grande are utilizing that capability to shop online more than shopping onsite. "It's nice to live in a community where they feel its important to shop local," Binder said.'We're pretty blessed where we are. I tend to be positive about the economy. I

the Obama administration should leave the regulations to the SEC or it will risk limiting the advice available to investors with relatively small retirement savings. "Investors benefit from choice; choiceofproducts and choice in advice providers," SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher, a critic of the Labor Department approach, said in a speech Friday. To confront industry criticism, the White House has draftedformer Vanguard chief executive and founder John C. Bogle to lend his support to the administration effort. Bogle said the

know some businesses and people are hurting, but overall I think our community is pretty strong and supportiveofeach other." Dawson said a successful economy has diverse services available, with people going to work and items being exported fiom the community. A bad economy is deterioratingroads,businesses shuttered, trashy and rundown areas without people working. "Iseea lotofcare and pride in the community. Yes, there are some vacantretailspacesand some spacesthat aren'tbeing utilized to their best use, but you're not seeing houses being rundown and people aren't sad," she said.

disadvantagesfaced by small investorsarenotdueto bad intent by brokers but because of a system that rewards salesmanship. "These things are very difficult to change, basi-

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BOARD OF Directors Training 5 Employment REX G. McBRIDE, B oard o f Di r e c t o rs Deceased. meeting will be he ld RIGHT-OF-WAY State of Oregon M arch 5, 2 0 15 , 1 0 VACATION County of Baker a .m., a t t h e B a k e r Circuit Court County C o u rthouse, The City Council will hold In Probate Baker City, Oregon. a Public Hearing at its Case No. 15-049 Those wishing to particiR egular Session o n Wednesday March 4, pate may contact Hilda NOTICE TO C ontreras a t ( 5 4 1 ) 2015, which begins at INTERESTED PERSONS 889-7864. A g e n d a 6:00 p . m . in the items include approval L a Grande City H a l l NOTICE I S H E REBY of minutes. Council C h a m b e rs, GIVEN that the under- The publication for the 1000 Adams Avenue, signed has been apBoard of Directors' is La Grande, O r egon. funded in its e ntirety The Heanng is to conpointed personal repr esentative. Al l p e r by the U .S. Departsider an application to sons h aving c l a i ms ment of L abor, Emvacate "IC" Avenue beagainst the estate are tween 4 t h 5 5th ployment and Training required t o p r e s e nt Administration: a total Streets and 5th Street of between "IC" and "L" them, with v o uchers attached, to the under- $2,567,935 Avenue. The applicasigned Personal Rep- TEC IS AN EQUAL OPtion was filed by Union resentative at Silven, PORTUNITY EMCounty on October 28, Schmeits 5 Vaughan, PLOYE R/P ROGRAM. 2 014, and w a s a c Attorneys at Law, P.O. AUXILIARY AIDS AND cepted b y t he La Box 965, Baker City, SERVICES ARE AVAIL- Grande City Council on Oregon, 97814, within ABLE TO PERSONS January 14th, 2015. W ITH D I SAB I L IT E I5 four (4) months after the date of first publiUPON REQUEST. TTY Pursuant to Section 34 cation of this notice, or of t h e C i t y of La (541) 962-0693. t he c laims m a y b e Grande Charter, t he barred. Published: February 25, following entitle OrdiA ll p e rsons w h o s e 2015 nance is scheduled to nghts may be affected be read for th e f i rst by th e p r o c eedings Legal¹: 40052 time by title only at the may obtain additional above-mentioned City i nformation from t h e NOTICE OF Preliminary Council meeting: Determination for records of the court, Water Right Transfer the Personal RepreAN O RDINANCE OF T-11830 sentative, or the attorTHE CITY COUNCIL neys for the Personal T-11830 filed by ThreOF THE CITY OF LA Representative. G RANDE, U N I O N emile Canyon Farms Dated and first published COUNTY, OREGON, LLC, 75906 Threemile February 25, 2015. V ACATING ALL O F

stated by payment to On March 31, 2015, at the Beneficiary of the the hour of 9:00 a.m. e ntire a m o un t t h e n at the Baker County due (other than such 1001 - Baker County C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 portion of the principal Legal Notices T hird S t reet , B a k e r and interest as would not then be due had City, Oregon, the deDEPARTMENT OF fendant's interest will no default occurred) HOMELAND SECURITY be sold, sublect to rea nd b y c u r in g a n y demption, in the real o ther d e f a ult c o m FEDERAL EMERGENCY property c o m m o nly plained of herein that MANAGEMENT known as: In Towni s capable o f b e i n g AGENCY ship 8 South, Range cured by tendering the Commonly referred to 4 1 East o f t h e W i l performance required Proposed Flood Hazard l amette M e r i dian, i n as 2804 Washington under the obligation or Determinations for the County of Baker Avenue, Baker City Deed of Trust, and in City of Baker, Baker and State of Oregon: OR 97814. addition to paying said County, Oregon and S ection 18: A l l t h a t sums or tendenng the Baker County, Oreportion of Lot 4, lying Alan N. Stewartof Hurley performance necesgon, (Unincorporated Easterly of the Medical sary to cure the d eRe, P.C., 747 SW Mill A reas) C a s e No . Spnngs Highway right View Way, Bend, OR f a ult, by p a y ing a I I 15-10-0084P. The 97702, was appointed o f way; Section 1 9 : costs and expenses Department of HomeL ots 1 and 2 . TO Successor Trustee by actually incurred in enland Security's Federal GETHER WITH a nght the Beneficiary on Noforcing the obligation Emergency Manageof way for a roadway vembe r 1 8, 2014. and Deed of Trust, toment Agency (FEMA) 16 1/2 feet wide folgether with Trustees solicits technical inforlowing the line of t he Both the Beneficiary and and attorneys fees not mation or c o m ments old B a k e r - M e dical Trustee have elected exce e d i n g the on proposed flood hazSprings road a c ross to sell th e s aid r eal amounts provided by ard determinations for the Northwest corner property to satisfy the said ORS 86.778. the Flood Insurance obligations secured by of the Northwest quarRate Map (FIRM), and ter of the Northwest said Deed of Trust and In accordance with the where applicable, the quarter of Section 19, a Notice of Default has Fair Debt C o l lection Flood Insurance Study T ownship 8 S o u t h , been recorded pursuP ractices Act, t hi s i s (FIS) report for your ant to Oregon Revised Range 40 E. W.M., as an attempt to collect a community. These Statutes 86.735(3); the g ranted i n d ee d r e debt, and any informaflood hazard determicorded June 18, 1929 default for which the t ion obtained w ill b e nations ma y i n c lude i n Deed B o o k 1 1 2 , foreclosure is made is used for that purpose. the addition or modifiPage 426. E X CEPT Grantor's failure to pay This communication is cation of Base Flood the coal and other minwhen due the followfrom a debt collector. Elevations, base flood e rals underlying t h e ing sums: depths, Special Flood surface of said land, In construing this Notice, Hazard Area boundar eserved i n Uni t e d As o f November 1 5 the singular includes ries or zone designaStates Patent d a t ed t he plural, the w o rd 2013, pursuant to the tions, or the regulatory R d, Boardman O R "IC" AVENUE BESeptember 9, 1 9 27, promissory note effecGrantor includes any floodway. The FIRM 97818, proposes an recorded May 1, 1962 tive date of September TVVEEN FOURTH AND successor in interest Personal Representative additional point of apand, if applicable, the i n Deed B o o k 1 7 2 , 15, 2010, the amount to the Grantor as well Randy R. McBnde FIFTH STREET AND FIS report have been propriation under Ceras any other person 1447 Chnstopher Place THE EAST BOUNDpage 921. PARCEL II of $5,702.37, plus late r evised t o r ef l e c t t ificates 8 9 05 9 a n d In Township 8 South, charges in the amount owing an o b l igation, Mt. Home, ID A RY OF F IF T H these flood hazard de87023. 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HOOD, Suclng, to-wlt: Successor Trustee NUE AND "IC" AVEeffect t o qu a l ify or cessor Trustee of the Water Resources DeLegal Notices Hurley Re, P.C. NUE, ADJACENT TO remain qualified for parpartment proposes to E dwin an d M i l d r e d As o f November 1 5 747 SW Mill View Way BLOCKS 49 AND 50 A-SECURED STORAGE t icipation i n t h e N a approve the transfer, Hood T r u st , UA D OF CHAPLIN'S ADDI2013, unpaid pnncipal Bend, OR 97702 3112 East Q St tional Flood Insurance based on the require8-14-2008 is plaintiff, in t h e amo u n t of Telephone: TION TO LA GRANDE, La Grande, OR 97850 P rogram. For mo r e and MICHAEL P. DEments of ORS Chapter UNION C O U N TY, $59,665.97, accrued 541-317-5505 541-963-2331 information on the pro540 an d OA R VANEY is defendant. interest in the amount OREGON, ACCORD690-380-5000. posed f lood h a zard The sale is a p u b lic of $3,814.12, subsidy Legal No. 00040045 I NG TO T H E R E The following st orage determinations and A ny person ma y f i l e , recaptur e in t he Published: February 25, auction to the highest CORDED PLAT O F units are in default and information o n t he Jointly or severally a b idder f o r c a s h o r amount of $ 7 7 2.60, March 4, 11, 18, 2015 SAID ADDITION; AND will be a uctioned on statutory 90-day penod p rotest o r s t a n d i ng c ashier's c h e c k , i n assessed fees in t he DECLARING AN EFMarch 4, 2015 starting s tatement w i t h i n 3 0 provided for appeals, amount of $1,400.84, FECTIVE DATE. h and, mad e o u t t o at 10:00 am. days after the last date please visit F E MA's Baker County Shenff's and interest on fees in w ebs it e at of newspaper publicathe amount of $23.10, Office. For more inforapplicable land use R ex Allen JR ¹ OQ1 2 t ion o f t h i s n o t i c e , The w ww.fema. ov lan r mation on this sale go for a total amount of regulations are found T nxie Hale ¹ Q72 / 8 1 03/04/2015 Call (503) event/fhm/bfe, or call to: w w w . ore onsherin Chapter 8, Section $65,676.63, plus interFredenco Lopez ¹OQ22 986-0807 to obtain adthe FEMA Map Inforest continuing to ac8 10 of t h e C i t y o f N atasha Roberts ¹ Q 1 4 m atio n eXc h a n g e ditional information or c rue at t h e r a t e o f La Grande Land DevelTasha Romine ¹ Q1 ( F MIX) toll f r e e a t LegaI No. 00040090 a protest form. I f n o o pment C od e O r d i $6.9474 per day, inBrenda Walker ¹ 7 0/83 1 -877-F E MA M A P Published: February 25, protests are filed, the cluding daily interest nance Number 3210, (1-877-336-2627). Department will issue March 4, 11, 18, 2015 on fees at the rate of Senes 2013. This mat— ecure t o r age a final order consistent $ 0.1631, u n ti l p a i d, ter will be referred to 2504-2516 Cove Ave LegaI No. 00040013 with th e p r e l iminary the La G r ande C i ty plus any unpaid propTRUSTEES NOTICE La Grande, OR 97850 Published: February 18, determination. erty taxes, plus attorCouncil in March 4th, OF SALE 541-963-2331 25, 2015 neys fees, foreclosure 2 015, an d A p r i l 1 , Published: February 25, costs, and sums ad2015, for a decision on BOARD OF DIRECTORS R eference is m ad e t o The following st orage 2 015 and M a rch 4 , vanced by the benefithis matter. Failure to Training 5 Employment that certain Deed of units are in default and 2015 ciary pursuant to t he raise a specific issue B oard o f Di r e c t o rs Trust made by M iwill be a uctioned on at this Public Hearing meeting will be he ld chael L. F r aijo, as terms of said Deed of March 4, 2015 starting Legal No. 00039377 Trust. p recludes appeal t o M arch 5, 2 0 15 , 1 0 Grantor, to State Diat 11:00 am. NOTICE OF Foreclosure the Oregon Land Use a .m., a t t h e B a k e r rector of th e R ural of Appeals. A County C o u rthouse, Housing Service or WHEREFORE, notice is J ayne Baremore ¹ 1 1 5 Sale at C' s S t orage Board hereby given that the copy of the application 3 107 Cove Ave . L a its successor agency, Baker City, O r egon. Tabitha Padgett ¹ 119 undersigned Trustee and all information reThose wishing to parGran d e , OR . as Trustee, in favor of Ronnie Belsma ¹1 will on May 5, 2015, at lated to the proposal is ticipate may c o n tact 541-91 0-4438 U nited S t a t e s o f Todd Hardwick ¹ 34 t he h ou r o f 11 : 0 0 available for review at H ilda C o n t reras a t A meric a a ct i ng Debra Hedland ¹104/123 oclock, A.M., in accord no cost, w it h c o pies ( 541) 8 89 - 7 8 6 4 . t hrough th e R u r a l with C athenne Keeling ¹ 1 2 8 The owner or r eputed the standard of supplied at a reasonAgenda items include owner of the property Housing Service or W illiam Shade Jr ¹ 17 3 t ime e s t ablished b y able cost. A Staff Reapproval of m i nutes. to be sold is: successor a g ency, Alexxis Weeks ¹ 218 ORS 187.110, on the The publication for the 1. Unit ¹ D - 6 4 S h errie port will be available U nited St ates D e f ront s t e p s o f the I Codep amount d u e for review s even (7) Board of Directors' is partment of AgriculS ales are subject t o Baker County Courtdays before the Planfunded in its e ntirety ture, as B e n e ficiary, cancellation. T h ere $220.00. house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd Co m m i s s i o n by the U .S. Depart2 . Unit ¹ C - 2 8 B r u c e n ing dated September 15, is a $50.00 refundP lacing an ad i n Street, in the City of Heanng, and can also ment of L abor, Em2010, recorded Sepable depos i t ed Flanagan amount due Baker City, County of Classified is a very be supplied at a reatember 16, 2010, as $415.00. ployment and Training required on each unit Baker, State of OreAdministration: a total 3. Unit ¹ D - 4 3 P a t rick sonable cost. For furInst r u m e n t No. p urchased. U ni t s gon, sell at public auc- easy, simple prother information, conMorehead amount due of $2,567,935 10380035B, Records must be emptied the tion to the highest bidtact the Planning DiviTEC IS AN EQUAL $175.00. of Baker County, Orecess. Just call the day of purc h ase. der for cash the intersion at (541) 962-1307. 4 . Unit ¹ D 36 Co r y OPPORTUNITY gon, covenng the folDeposit will be e st i n t h e s a i d d e - C l a s s i f i e d EMPLOYER/ lowing descnbed real ICingsmith amount due r efunded when t he scribed real property A ll meetings of the La PROGRAM. $165.00. p roperty s i t uated i n unit is emptied. which the Grantor has D epartment a n d Grande City C o uncil AUXILIARY AIDS AND Baker County, Oregon, 5. Unit ¹ D-46 Chns Cox or had power to con- we'll help you word Published: February 18, are accessible to perSERVICES ARE amount due $175.00. to-wit: vey at the time of the sons with disabilities. AVAILABLE TO and 25,2015 execution by Grantor your ad for maxiA request for an interPERSONS WITH C's Storage is foreclosA parcel in Lots 6 and o f the said Deed of mum response. preter for the hearing DISABILITIES UPON ing the lien. 7, Block 11, JOHN Legal No.00039849 T rust, t o gether w i t h impaired, or for other REQUEST. Property will be sold on STEWART'S ADDIa ccommodations f o r M arch 31, 2 0 1 5 a t T ION T O BA K E R any interest which the TTY (541) 962-0693. obligations thereby sepersons with disabili1:00 pm by auction. CITY, in Baker City, cured and th e c o sts ties should be made Legal No. 00040051 County of Baker and by the Fnday previous Published: February 25, Published: February 25, S tate o f Ore g o n , and expenses of sale, including a reasonable to the meeting, by call2 015 and M a rch 4 , 2015 more particularly decharge by the Trustee. ing (541) 962-1307. 2015 scribed as follows: Notice is further given Do a two-way favor ... that any person named Michael J. Boquist Legal No. 00040094 get extra cash for your- Beginning at a p o i nt in ORS 86.778 has the City Planner 71.5 feet West of the self and make it possible nght, at any time pnor East line of said Lot "Easy does it" is the way f or so m eone e ls e t o to five (5) days before 6, where the North I I I to describe p l acing a PUBLISHED: February enloy those items you t he date last set f o r classified ad. Just call our 18 and 25, 2015 right of way line of the sale, to have this classified d e p a rt m e nt n ever use. Sell t h e m Washington Avenue foreclosure proceeding and we'll do the rest! LegaI No. 00040015 with a classified ad. intersects the West

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Cemetery obtains hexagonal columbarium By Pat Caldwell For WesCom News Serwce

A joint effort between Baker City and Gray's West and Co. /Stone Tributes paved the way for a new columbarium at the cityowned Mount Hope Cemetery. The new structure, made of granite and elite black granite, can contain the ashes of up to 72 individuals. "Larger communities have columbariums. We put one in Canyon City years ago," said Dennis Teskey, owner of Gray's West and Co., /Stone Tributes. Teskey said he worked with Baker City Manager MikeKee tolay the groundwork

to place the columbarium at the cemetery. Teskey said, however, that his firm paid all the expenses for the columbarium. "It was quite expensive," he said."Stone Tributes, Gray's West, is the one that actually paid for everything. The city will share in some of the revenue from it." The columbarium is unique for a number of reasons. "This one is diferent than anything you'll see around here. Ours is hexagonal, six sides, set on a concrete base," Teskey said. Another key feature, he said, are the shutters,made ofelite black granite,thatprotect urns placed inside the columbarium.

Teskeysaid there areplans to place benches around the structure to enhance the peacefulsetting. "Giveitanice,peacefulpark setting,"hesaid Teskey said cremation is becoming a more popular way to honor loved ones who pass on. eWe areover 50percent cremation in Baker County," he said."It is not because of price. The reason is they think it is simple, kind of romantic." Teskey said he spent the past three years working to make the structure a reality and he still isn't sure what the final cost will be. "I'd say $25,000, right around there. I haven't really totaled it up," he said.

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Baker City-owned Mount Hope Cemetery recently obtained a new hexagonal columbarium. Cremation is becoming more popular in the area.

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on't you think it would be best for your company if all those that work there knew exactly what is expected of them? This is not a rhetorical question. It is something that deservestime to digestand to answer truthfully. Jack Welch, former head of GE, has written a weekly column that sometimes uses the "Dear Abby" format. One query asked about loyalty of employees and the role it plays in an organization. At the heart of Welch's reply was this: "These days, it's far more common for managers to protect and reward employees who consistently deliver results." W elchelaboratedby stating that companies can only win when they have the best players acting in the best interests of the company. Let's define what winning is. Winning means having a concreteobjective asthe desired result, for the company, for each department and for every employee. This can only happen when hiring managers possess a results-oriented mentality with the desired result

where the employees received a paycheck. The customers were taken care of. ICEN KELLER There was positive cash flow and profits. These companies being the company goal did OK in spite of themand not their own personal selves. But they had much more potential than was agenda. Any manager with hiring actually realized. and firing authority who is They were mediocre not focused on the desired becauseinstead ofbeing foresults, who doesn't buy into cusedand driven forresults, they valued the loyalty of the concept of having and achieving goals and shirks the employee over business being held accountable, odds results. This atmosphere arethathis orherdepartallowedand perpetuated ment is filled with underpeopleto become and stay complacent. performers, because people are not being held accountTop management was unwilling to have candid, able. Human resources is guilty rigorous performance ofbeing complicit in this discussions with their direct when they aren't hardnosed reports. Below that level, middle managers did not about having honest performance evaluations completed want to hold awkward and for every employee. difficult discussions with under-performing subordiHR tops it offby allowing people to be interviewed nates,so thoseconversations and then hired who are not were delayed. results driven and are not They were delayed so often they never took place. focused on achieving goals. When I finished reading With lip service being paid Welch's article, I realized that tovigorous,candid discussion about the role and results most of the organizations where I earned a paycheck of employees, people settled were mediocre. into a soft and comfortable These were companies universe of complacency.

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Everyone assumed they were doing a wonderful job because they never heard anything to the contrary in their performance evaluations. Welch says that"it's usually when they're handing poor, unsuspecting Joe or Mary their pink slip that they ithe manager) finally admits Look, all these years,

you came in every day, and you did your job, but you were not actually very good. And now someone has to go, it needs to be you."' One of the worst things the leader of any organization can do is to not define and communicate what winning isforevery employee. Another mistake is not providing clear expectations

to managers and employees about what is expected of them so that the company will actually have a good chance to win. Ifthe leader cannot do these two things, they need to tell their employees "I'm sorry, I owe you big time! It's my fault you are disengaged and aren't doing what we need you to do."

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DEARABBY: I'm in my 40s and my to her. And because she has tolerated his boyfriend of threeyearsis 12years older.We behavior in the past, I doubt it will cause are in love and our relationship is great. He problems between them now. travels for work and lives in another state, DEARABBY: My husband's family gave so hefliesin to see my daughterand me every other week. Because he is older, he uses us a largepainting that is not our taste Viagra, and it's kept at my place in a drawer. at all. We would love to get rid ofit, but of I assumed that's where it was always kept. course we feel obligated to keep it andhang Abby, when he left for his trip yesterday, it in order to not hurt their feelings. They live nearby and visit he took his Viagra with him! He says he grabbed the often, soputting the painting DEAR bottle without thinking and away doesn't seem realistic. that I'm overreacting. The A BB Y Weli v e in a small apartCF~ ment and there is nowhere rest ofhis things are kept "discreet"tohang it. Plus, it is in his travel bag, so it's not like hejust gathered up all ofhis pills. They too large to take to our offtces. Otherthan staging a robbery,arethere were the only ones. Now he's upset with me because "I don't trust him." any optionsthat would keep everyone happy' Canyou help meget my thinking — GRINNING Ir, BEARING IT straight? I caught him lying about something when we fi rst started dating so he's DEAR GRINNING: Another option would not all squeaky clean like he acts. be to level with your in-laws. Tell them you — SUSPICIOUS IN VIRGINIA aregratefulfortheirgenerosity,buttheartDEAR SUSPICIOUS: Unless your boywork is not your taste, and then ask if they friendwas prescribed theViagra fora condi- would mind if you exchanged it. tion other than ED, I'd say you have a right DEARABBY: My husband and I recently to be suspicious. Because his little blue pills were kept apart &om his other medications, quit ourj obs and moved to London from it took special effort for him to pack them. New York. Being a freelancer and having Talk with him further because he may have lived here before, he's never had trouble fi nding work. But Ihavej ustchanged careers, been contemplating a"party of one" during and I'm finding it hard to earn a consistent his travels and not have been looking for adventure. paycheck here. Despite his constant assurances that he is DEARABBY: I'm in the middle of a situhappy supporting both of us right now, I can't ation that I'm not sure how to deal with. My shake feeling guilty. I have never felt rt'ght mother's husband made a pass at my boyliving on someone else's dime — not even my friend. My boyfriend thinks Ishould tell her. parents'while I was growing up. Should I man up and fi ndaj ob I don't exactly love to Abby, my mother and her husband are in their 70s,and I don't want to cause problems better contribute, or "keep on truckin"'without in their marriage. I'd like to writeitoffasa guilt with hopes ofgetting there? "misunderstanding"but my stepdad has a — GUILTY INLONDON DEAR GUILTY: Because of your history, history ofdoing things like this. — ANONYMOUS IN OREGON I'm not sure you are capable ofhappily "keepin' on truckin"'without contributing DEARANONYMOUS: If your boyfriend didn't already, he should tell your stepfather financially. For some people, the sense of independencethey derivefrom having ajob the pass was unwelcome and he doesn't want it to happen again. If it does, you and is important to their self-worth. your boyfriend should talk to your mother I say, look around and see if there are some job openings. It's better than sitting about it and explain why she'll be seeing less of you unless she visits you — alone. Be- around moping and feeling guilty, and it cause this isn't the first time your stepfather might give you and your husband a chance to make some new friends. has acted inappropriately, it won't be news

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"Birdman" may have scoredthe top awards atthe Oscars, but it has hardly soared at the box office. tic ticket sales since its release in October,"Birdman"is one of the lowest gmssingbest pictute winners ever, underscoring the unusuallywide gap this year between Oscar nominated fiims and box-olfice results. Now, Fox Searchlight, the specialty film distribution company thatreleased"Birdman," is hoping to take advantage of surging interestin the film. The company, a division of 20th Century Fox, is releasing the movie into hundreds of additional theaters. The movie should also get a key boost fmm video-ondemand sales, which have become an increasinglyimportantdriverofstudioprofi ts. "It's really a global impact," said Fox Searchlight co-President Steve Gilula."Having actually won the best picture prize, itenhances everything." A so-called Oscar bump would be a much-desired outcomeforthisyear'scrop of best picture nominees. Only "American Sniper" cracked the $100-million mark. In total, the eightnominees

gmssed about $620million as ofSunday,m orethan halfthat sum fmm"American Sniper," the Warner Bros. IraqWar drama starring Bradley Cooper as an expert sharpshooter. The Weinstein Co.'s Alan~ biopic'The Imitation Game" came in second at the boxoffice among those nominees with about $84million, while the tlneecategorywinner'Whip-

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