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BAKER'S JOHN CUNNINGHAM Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityheralckcom WON HIS MATCH FRIDAY AGAINST WEISER

April 13, 2015

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BAICER CITY COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY

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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber J.P. Ingram of Haines.

ELECTION DAY IS MAY 19 A story in Friday's issue incorrectly stated that the election is May 21. Ballots will be mailed April 29. The last day to register to vote is April 28.

Nation, 2A

By Joshua Dillen

WASHINGTONHillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, making a muchawaitedannouncement she will again seek the White House with a promise to serve as the "champion" of everyday Americans.

Clinton opened her bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination by positioning herself as the heir to the diverse coalition of voters who elected her immediate predecessor and former campaign rival, President Barack Obama, as well as an appeal to those in her party still leery of her commitment to fighting income inequality.

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Baker City Councilors will meet in executive session prior to Tuesday's regular public meeting to discuss the agreement settling Councilor Richard Langrell's lawsuit against the city.

The executive session is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

The regular meeting starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. The lawsuit's costs exceed

$67,000.

That includes a $50,000 payment to Langrell and his wife, Lynne, that's part of the agreement the Langrells and City Manager Mike Kee signed earlier this month.

In addition, the city has spent more than $17,000 in fees for its attorneys at Baum Smith LLC in La Grande.

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BRIEFING

LAMP clean up planned Saturday The Powder Basin Watershed Council is partnering with SOLVE to host a litter clean up along the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway in Baker City and Saturday, April 18.

Volunteers are needed to help in the annual effort along the paved path that parallels the Powder River through most of Baker City.

All ages are welcome to participate. Volunteers should dress appropriately for the weather, and wear comfortable boots or shoes that can get muddy and wet.

Volunteers will gather at10 a.m. at GeiserPollman Park, near the covered picnic area. The clean up will continue until 1 p.m.

Volunteers are asked to pre-register for the event at the SOLVE website, www. solveoregon.orglget-involved/ event-registration. You can search forthe local event by city or county.

More information is available by calling Meghan at 541-523-7288 or by email at pbwcoutreach@qwestoffice.net.

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Salem killed in I-84 crash A Salem man was killed and seven other people were hurt, one seriously, early Sunday morning when the van in which they were riding slid on an icy section of Interstate 84 near La Grande and rolled several times.

Two men were ejected from the 2002 Chevrolet Express van when it crashed near Milepost 274 in Ladd Canyon, according to Oregon State Police.

Ruben V. Garcia, 24, died at the scene.

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Wild currant bushes have burst into bloom, a sure sign of spring. But in Baker County, so is a snowstorm.

By Jayson Jacoby

push temperatures into the upper 60s.

But late tonight a cold front will barge in from the west, Spring, the season that can't make up its mind, will take causing temperatures to plummet and bringingrain and Baker County residents on a weather rollercoaster this possibly even snow.

On Tuesday the forecast high temperature is 25 degrees week.

And it's likely to be a wild ride — the kind that kids can't lower, an unusually extreme one-day change. geton unlessthey'reastallastheplywood cutout propped Yet a wanning trend will start Wednesday, and by Friday next to the entry gate. the temperature should surpass 70.

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What do pink chickens at Portland's Waterfront Park have to do with Baker City?

Bruce Whitman, the person responsible forthestrangely colored birds'mysterious appearance at the park on March 26 is a 1995 Baker High School graduate who grew up in Sumpter.

The story broke when Multnomah County Animal Services announced that one of their officers had rescued the fancy fowl at the waterfront park. They were

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subsequently impounded at the Animal Services Troutdale facility.

The mystery was solved when Whitman came forward the next day and claimed his birds.

"I just wanted to make people smile," he said.

Whitman's chickens prompted much speculation as to his method, including that he injected dye into fertilized chicken eggs.

Actually, Whitman used harmlessfood dyes,including beet juice and Kool-Aid, to make the chickens pink.

He had a simple reason for

stashing the birds in the park the night before they were discovered.

"I love waking up to something that makes me smile and I hoped that I would get that smile back," Whitman said."I got it in full."

Smilesweren't the only reaction.

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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

2016 PRESIDENTIALCAMPAIGN

BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR MONDAY, APRIL 13 • Red Cross Blood Drive: noon to 6 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church at Broadway andThird streets.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 • Baker City Council:7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 • Baker County Commission:9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Fourth St. MONDAY, APRIL 20 • Governing Board of the Baker Web Academy & Early College:5 p.m., North Baker Campus, 2725 Seventh St. TUESDAY, APRIL 21 • Baker School Board:6 p.m., District Office, 2090 Fourth St. • Baker Rural Fire Protection District Board:7 p.m. at the Pocahontas Fire Station.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 • Baker City Council:7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 • Local Public Safety Coordinating Council:7 a.m., Sunridge Restaurant Library.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 • Truffle Shuffle:8 a.m., at First Street and Washington Avenue.

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald April 10, 1965 Larry Derrick set two new Baker High School track records while leading the Baker High cindermen to a smashing 881/2 to 421/2 victory over the La GrandeTigers in a dual meet held at La Grande Friday.

Derrick romped to a new school record of 10.1 in the 100 yard dash and smashed his own record of 21.5 in the low hurdles with a 21.3 run.

Baker took12 firsts out of the 15 events.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald April 13, 1990 Baker High School's Company B swing choir practically owns the Newport Jazz Festival.

The group placed first for the fifth year in a row Saturday at Newport High School.

Moreover, in the past10 years Company B has notched eight first place victories in that competition.

BHS music instructor RichardTorrance said Company B competed against six other schools in its division. Twentysix members of the 29-member swing choir were able to make the trip.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald April 13, 2005 A Baker City public works union employee said he and his 26 colleagues have "deep concerns" about the city's proposal to triple deductibles and decrease coverage in the union's health insurance policy.

Dennis Bahcman, who is representing the union as it negotiates a new contract with the city, read a letter, signed by union members, to the City Council during the council's meeting Tuesday evening.

ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald April 11, 2014 D 8r B employees called 911 rather than clocking in for a day's work when they arrived at the business at 6:30 this morning.

Twelve Baker City firefighters responded to the report of smoke coming from a west wall of the building at 3515 Pocahontas Road, said Cliff Hall, assistant fire chief.

The cause of the fire is undetermined, he said.

Baker Rural Fire Department provided mutual aid to knock down the fire.

Hillarymakesilomicial:Shesrunning

By Ken Thomas and Lisa Lerer Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped backinto presidential politics on Sunday, making a muchawaited announcement she will again seek the White Housewith apromise toserve as the"champion" of everyday Americans.

Clinton opened her bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination by positioning herself as the heir to the diverse coalition of voters who elected her imm ediate predecessorandformer campaign rival, President Barack Obama, as well as an appeal to those in her party

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with community partners and government entities, development of a wastewaterdisposalplan,evaluate and enhance the Economic Development Plan, mainatain and enhance water security and promote government integrity.

Councilors will hear about the process to remove severalpropertiesfrom the rural fire protection district; these properties were annexed into the city in 2005. There was no urgency to remove them from the rural fire district at that time ias provided by city ordinance) because they were not paying city taxes for 10 years as part of their annexation agreements, and therefore not contributing to the city's fire department

PINK BIRDS

'They had over a half million people within a 24-hour period like their Facebook post about the chickens. They had a large amount of people come in," he said.

Whitman said that animal adoptions went up as a result of all the visits.

"It was a pretty good win-win for them," he said.

The birds are not any worse for the wear they have endured since they entered the spotlight late last month.

'They're healthy. The chickens are still pink. They11 be pink for quite a few months,"Whitman said.

NEWS OF RECORD DEATHS

POLICE LOG

Patricia Lawrence: 91, of Baker City, died April 11, 2015, at Settler's Park Assisted Living. Arrangements are by Gray's West Br Co. Pioneer Chapel.

Roy Grover: 86, of Baker City, died April 10, 2015, at his home. ColesTribute Center is in charge of arrangements.

Baker City Police Arrests, citations WARRANTARREST: Malia Leialoha Quiroz, 31, 2627 Church St., 12:59 a.m. Friday at her home; cited and released.

FAILURETO ABIDE BY DUII DIVERSION (Baker Circuit Court warrant): Melissa Lynn Thacker,

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CONTEMPT OF COURT: Frank Nathan McNair, 35, 3305 Place St., 9:50 p.m. Friday at the sheriff's office; cited and released.

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hasn't had time to set that up.

Besides the international attention, Whitman has become a local celebrity in Portland.

"I've had people want to have their picture taken with me," he said.

Multnomah Animal Control Services did have a message for Whitman when he paid$16 perbird togetthem out of impound.

"I got a stern warning from animal control to not do it again," he said.

In spite of that warning Whitman said the stafF at Animal Control did gain publicity from the incident.

Continued ~om Page1A "Millions of people have seen it imedia coverage of the pink chickens)," Whitman said.

He said his chickens have become internationally famous and he has had an interview request from the BBC. "I'm a full-time college student and haven't been able to get that interview nailed down yet,"Whitman said.

A Facebook contest to name the chickens is potentially in the works but he said he is very busy with school and

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way back from tough economic times, but the deckis still stacked in favor of those at the top.

"Every dayAmericans need a champion, and I want to be that champion, so you can do more than just get by. You can get ahead and stay ahead."

It'sam essage thatalso made an immediate play to win over the support of liberals in her party for whom economic inequality has become a definingissue. They remain skeptical of Clinton's close ties to Wall Street and the centrist economic policies of the administration ofher husband, former President Bill Clinton.

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City staff are also proposing an hourly rate for certain building plan reviews Continued ~om Page1A Legal costs won't be the only fees on and office design consultations at $60.96 the Council's agenda Tuesday. per hour.

Councilors also will have their annual Councilors also will discuss the city's hydroelectric power plant near the discussionabout avariety ofcity fees.

For the past several years the Council drinking water reservoirs. OTEC will no has reviewed all city charges — from longer buy power from the plant as of water rates to cemetery fees to building June 30, and the city is working on an agreement with Idaho Power Company permit costs — once each year rather than on a piecemeal basis as in the past. to buy the electricity.

City staff is recommending the CounCouncilors might adopt some of the cilleave water and sewer feesatcurrent goals they discussed during a recent rates. work session.

Councilors will consider raising fees Goals include — but aren't limited forsome services,asw ellasnew feesfor to — adopting a Parks Master Plan, the the interment of cremains at the Mount continued promotion and collaboration

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still leery ofher commitment to fightingincome inequality.

And unlike eightyears ago,

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when she ran as a candidate with a deep resume in Washington, Clinton and her personal history weren't the focus of the first message ofher campaign.She made no mention ofher time in the Senate and four years as secretary of state, orthe prospectshecould make history as the nation's first female president.

Instead, the video is a collection of voters talking about their lives, their plans and aspirat ions forthefuture.

Clinton doesn't appear until the very end.

"I'm gettingready to do something, too. I'm running for president," Clinton said.

"Americans have fought their

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LOCAL BRIEFING City starts hydrant-flushing Tuesday The Baker City Public Works Department will be flushing a number of fire hydrants throughout town beginning Tuesday, April 14. City crews expect the work will take two to three days.

Through this flushing process small silt-like particles may become"stirred up" in the water lines. Water may appear yellow or cloudy as a result of this flushing process.

If your water is cloudy, please run your faucet full force for five minutes. The water should again run clear. If your water continues to be cloudy you can call Baker City Public Works at 541-524-2063.

By Gary Dielman For the Baker City Herald

In the spring of 2014, the Baker City Herald published my three-part series of arti clesabout Baker's former Japanese residents, whose lives were profoundly affected by Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor on and the immediatedeclaration ofwarby the United States.

After several more months of research and writing, I continue the series with the story of what happened to the following Japanese families, some of whom had resided here for several decades.

The Kurata, Hayashi and Hirata families were featured in Friday's issue of the Baker City Herald.

• Today: Kajikawa/Kobayashi.

• WednesdayYamaoka and Yasui.

I am indebted to members of these families and to Dr. Priscilla Wegars of the University ofIdaho for sharing with me her 1998 research of these same Japanese families.

Kajikawa/Kobayashi Family In the April 1942 edition of Myrtle Lee's WWII newsletter, which was sent to Baker County men and women serving in the U.S. armed forcesalloverthe world, Lee wrote, 'There is, as you know, no race prejudice, norwarbitterness in our High School. Yukio Yano is vice-president ofthe Senior Class and rates high

Baker County Democrats meet Thursday The Baker County Democrats will have their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Fellowship Hall at 1995 Fourth St. They will continue to define constructive economic and environmental initiatives leading to the 2016 presidential primary.

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Masako gave birth to her last two children, Susumu "George" in 1938 and Sachiye "Carol"in 1941.

Masako married twice.

Her first husband, Tomokichi 'Tomu Kajikawa (1883-1927l, when he first came to this country worked for a railroad company, probably Northern Pacific, in Montana. He returned to Japan in 1918, marriedMasako,and came back to Washington with his bride. They settled in Fife, near Tacoma, where Tom had a job at a sawmill. The couple had four children: Ethel, born 1919; John, 1921; Ruth, 1923; and Grace, 1924. Their father, Tom,diedofpneumonia in 1927.

Masako's second husband was Susumu"George"

When Masako and children returnedfi om Japan,they joinedGeorge atTelocaset.

Grace says she loved living at Telocaset. Her family lived in company housing with a yard where Masako planted a big garden. Ethel and John rode the bus to Union High School and Grace and Ruth attended the one-room Telocaset elementary school. Grace

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says she loved her teachers, especially Mrs. Hays, who advancedher into hersister Ruth's class.

In 1937, George used his seniority to bump the section boss at the Pleasant Valley station located 12 miles southeast of Baker, so that the children would be closer to a

bigger high school.

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Tigard; and passengers RicardoGonzalez,22,of Tigard; Enoc Antonio Herrera, 27; Adam Martinez Rodriguez, 48,ofSalem; Luis Miguel Rodriguez, 22, of Keizer, and a 17-year-old juvenile trom Gresham.

The accident happened a little after 3 a.m. Sunday.

Most of the van's occupants were members of a band whichhad performed in Ontario Saturday night, Hove said.

They were traveling back to the Willamette Valley. Police are continuing to investigate. They don't believe alcohol was a factor in the accident.

Continued ~om Page1A Julio Cesar Gonzales, 18, of Tualatin, was taken by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise where he was in critical but stablecondition.

Itappears that neither Gonzales nor Garcia was wearinga seatbelt. "(Not wearing) seat belts may have been a contributing factor," said OSP Trooper Kyle Hove.

The six other occupants were taken to Grande Ronde Hospital, including the driver, Ray Gaspr Gonzalez Jeronimo, 26, of

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Grace (top) and Ruth Kobayashi's senior photos in the 1942 Baker High School Nugget.

Kobayashi (1893-1970l. He

was 15 when he came to this country.

Hefound employment in Seattle as a houseboy, (academicallyl. He plans to working for a senator in the be a Chemical Engineer. The Washington State legislature. highest rated girl in the class The senator sent him to high is Grace Kobayashi and her school to learn English and sister, Ruth, is third. Martha Spanish as he hoped to work Oxnard is a close runner up forarailroad company. George of Grace' splace and, since foundemployment in Monthe Japanese families are tana working for the same moving to a farm near Vale, it company as Tom Kajikawa. will leave Martha at the head Widow Masako married of her class."

George in 1929. George had According to 90-year-old met Masako through his Grace Kobayashi Shigeno, fiiendship with Tom. (George whom I've interviewed, her lateradopted Masako'sfour mother, Masako (1901children.) George moved 1992l, was the drivingforce Masako and children to in seeing that her children La Grande, where he was succeeded in Baker's school employed as a railway section system. And succeed they boss of an all-white crew, did! except for one black worker.

Within five years (1938 to Grace says that she attended 1942l, Masako saw four chilgrades one through three in dren graduate from Baker La Grande, although part of High School: Haruko"Ethel" the third grade was spent in Kajikawa in 1938, Masaaki Japan.

"John" Kajikawa in 1939, and In December 1933, Masako Kiyoko"Ruth" Kobayashi took the children — Ethel, and Toyoko "Grace" KoJohn, Ruth, and Grace — to bayashi in 1942. During their Hiroshima, Japan, to visit senior year at BHS, Grace their ailing maternal grandwas president and Ruth vice mother.'We ran all over the ship," Grace remembers. president of Torch Honor Club, to which their brother In Japan they attended a John had belonged earlier; Japanese school. While the sisters Ruth and Grace were family was away, the Depresco-editors of the BHS yearsion in the US. led to layoffs, book the Nugget; and Grace which resulted in George was in first place and Ruth being bumped to Telocaset, a in third place in academic desolate railway crew camp rankings in their senior year. on the Union Pacific line Also during those five years, about 20 miles south of Union.

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John and Ethel Kobayashi: Ethel Kobayashi graduated from Baker High School in 1938 and her brother John Kobayashi in 1939. In the BHS "Nuggets" they are listed under the surname Kajikawa. Their father,Tom Kajikawa, died when they were young. Their stepfather, George Kobayashi adopted them in their teenage years, as well as their sisters Ruth and Grace.

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State Reps. Julie Parrish, R-West Linn; Knute Buehler, R-Bend, and Jodi Hack, R-Salem, clearly know something House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, does not. The timely release of public records is important in this state, with or without demonstrations on the state house steps.

The trio are the chief sponsors of House Bill 3505, which would establish firm timelines for the release of public information and consequences for when those timelines are not met. And it would set fees so that public agencies could not simply charge so much for records that they discourage most such requests.

The bill has received far too little attention, beyond Speaker Kotek's comment that Parrish"is the only one that has a lot of interest" in some of Parrish's ethics bills. She's wrong — news organizations, including this one, are interested, and the general public should be interested, as well.

Central Oregonians have only to consider the recent past to understand the value of timely release of such records. Consider: On Feb. 2 The Bulletin requested video tape of an incident in the Deschutes County Jail that resulted in the death of an inmate. The tape was made public 49 days later, hardly a quick turnaround, and it proved embarrassing to the sherirs oKce and

the jail's staK Nor has sherirs oKce yet fulfilled a request for information about forfeitures that was made in December 2014.

Then there's former District Attorney Patrick Flaherty, who did not respond to more than a few public records requests. The requests were for records relating to the investigation ofjunkets by city of Bend employees, the handling of specific cases by the district attorney's staf, and the like.

At the very least, HB 3505 offers a place to start a discussionthat should have begun in early February.

It's not too late to do that now, to go beyond a single hearing on the bill, set for April 22, and to go beyond Gov. Kate Brown's plan to look into the matter for a year, then take it up in the short 2016 legislative session.

Like the release of public records themselves, an early discussion of what's clearly a problem in current law serves the public best.

Letters to the editor • We welcome letters on any issue of public interest.

Customer complaints about specific businesses will not be printed.

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It's a question that naturally springs to mind when tax season rolls around: W here are allthosetax dollarsbeing spent?

In total, Washington will spend $12,304 per citizen. Unfortunately, the government will only collect $10,878 in tax revenue per person. That means that, you, the American citizen, will be

leftwith a tab of$1,426.The $1,426 dollars placed on every citizen'stab represents this year's deficit of $455 billion.

Let's put this into perspective. Adjusting for inflation, the government spent

$894 per person in 1940, $7,319 per person during the peak of World War

II (1945), $6,026 per person in 1980, and slightly more than $7,000 during the 1990s. That means that spending per personjumped about 1,276 percent between Frank Sinatra's public debut and today.

So what exactly does that $12,304 per person spending get you? Let's take a look: Social Security: $2,884 per person.

Social Security is the largest federal program, or roughly a quarter of all federal spending. Social Security provides benefits to the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and dependents and survivors. According to the Congressional Budget Office, Social Security is expected to grow at an unsustainable pace of 6 percent per year. By 2025, Social Security is expected to support more than 65 million people; nearly a 40 percentincrease relativeto2014.

Medicare: $2,103 per person. Like Social Security, Medicare is on an unsustainable trajectory. In 10 years, Medicare spending is expected to nearly

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including those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is a slight decrease from 2013, when estimated spending per person

was $2,000. The drop in spending per double. The number ofbeneficiaries will climb from 55 million in 2014 to more than 70 million by 2025. Together, Medicare and Social Security costsnearly $1.6 trillion — are greater than the economy of Spain.

Food stamps: $241 per person. The number ofbeneficiaries receiving food stamps is projected to drop from the peak it reached during the financial crisis. However, while the number of people receiving stamps will decrease as the economy improves, spending is projectedto increase asthe average benefits per beneficiary will increase with the inflation. CBO estimates that more than 46 million American will receive foodstamps thisyear.

Other mandatory and welfare programs: $2,530 per person. Removing the largest mandatory programs, such as Social Security, Medicare and food stamps, the amount spent per person re-

m ains staggering.M edicaid ($1,129 per person), Supplemental Security Income

($188 per person), and unemployment compensation ($113 per person) are just a few examples of other mandatory spending. Total mandatory spending isprojected to swellto 14.2percent of grossdomestic productin 10 years, consuming 78percent ofallfederal revenues.

Defense: $1,774 per person. That amount includes funding for military bases, troop pay and weapons procurement. It also includes the various operations occurring around the world,

person can be attributed to budget restraints enacted in 2011 and the drawdown in war spending.

Education: $1,340 per student.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the United States spends about $12,000 per student. A majority of the funding originates at the state and local levels. Although spending per pupil has more than doubled since the 1970s, test scores in math, reading and science have remained the same.

Net Interest: $868 per person. Net interest is the cost of our $13 trillion public debt. This year every American will have to pay $868,theresultofexcessive governmentspending beyond what the government can afford. Unfortunately, the problem isprojected tofurtherdeteriorate. By 2025, every person will pay $2,330 in interest payments.

Taxpayers will have to determine if they believe the government spending $12,304 per person is a decent bargain.

Anyone who has reservations should take further note: If nothing is done now, the federal government will spend $17,400 per person in 2025 — nearly 40 percent more.

John Gray is a research fellow in federut fiscal affairs in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Fou&ation,214 MassachusettsAvenue

NE, Washirgton, D.C. 20002; Website: wwm /vritage.org

GUEST EDITORIAL Editorial from The Chicago Tribune: President Barack Obamais lobbying hard for the preliminary nuclear deal the U.S.and fi veotherworld powers reached with Iran. He touts it as"our best bet by far to make sure Iran doesn't get a nudear weapon." But he doesn't yet have a deal in hand — or evidently even an airtight understanding with Iran about what has been settled.

Scant hours after the US. released some details of the fiamework, the two sidesclashed over— what else?— differinginterpretations of the terms. Most prominent: Would economic sanctions be lifted immediately, as Iran said, or in stages, as the US. insisted?

Obama faces another significant hurdle as negotiations continue toward a June 30 deadline. There is growing bipartisan supportin Congress for a measure introduced

by Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee that would force the administration to submit a final agreement to lawmakers for approval.

On Monday, influential Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York signed on to that measure."I strongly believe Congressshould have therightto disapprove any agreement," Schumer told Politico.

Note that Schumer said disapprove, not approve. Schumer is a generallyreliable White House ally. But he and many other lawmakers in Washington have seen the preliminary outlines of this deal and they're worried thatit won't thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions.

That's why Obama can'tjust barnstorm

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the country, pitching this fiamework as rock-solid and the best terms he could get. He needs to use the nextrounds of negotiation to darify and significantly strengthen the terms.

Thereare stepsthatcould beachieved without tossing out the basic framework.

Some of those steps even come fiom Obama's old, ah, fiiend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Take it as a good sign, perhaps a bow to reality, that Israel has shifted ever so slightly fiom pure enmity toward the deal to suggesting how it could provide genuine protection.

On Monday, Israeli intelligence chief Yuval Steinitz listed several key asks: • Allow international inspectors access to Iran's dedared and suspected nuclearrelated facilities anytime, anywhere.

That's key to ferreting out any secret efforts by Iran to break out and build a bomb. The preliminary agreement is — no surprise — fuzzy on this point.

• Force Iran to disclose its past research into nudear weapons. Iran has answered only 1 of 12 questions fiom international inspectors. The agreement framework apparently doesn'trequire that Iran answer them all.

Two other ideas would be enormously helpful, though they'reprobably now beyond reach in these talks: • Ship Iran's entire stockpile of enriched uranium out of the country. That's the best way to ensure that Iran won't have a ready supply of material should it decidetotossoutinspectorsand make a

dash for the bomb. The preliminary agreement doesn'trequire this.

• Close the Fordo enrichment plant.

Iran secretly built this underground enrichment fortress to withstand Western bombing attacks. The preliminary agreement allows Fordo to remain open but bars uranium enrichment there. As long as centrifuges spin there, itremains a serious security threat.

Obama will risk creating more momentum for intervention by Congress if the U.S. and its negotiating partners approach the June 30 deadline only as time to clean up some ambiguities in this framework.

There ate too many unanswered questions, too many potential weaknesses.

The president didn't win any hearts and mindsin the House and Senate when he said thatifCongressblocksthisagreement,"itis the U.S. that will be blamed for the failure of diplomacy."

Members of Congress should recognize, though, that if they ultimatelyreject a deal and the U.S. attempts to continue or enhance economic sanctions against Iran, the five negotiating partners probably won't go along. They, apparently, ate satisfied with the terms. International cooperation on tough sanctions has been key to forcing Iran to the concessions it has made to date.

There is still a lot ofheavy lifljng to do on the Iran agreement — in Switzerland, where the negotiations have taken place, and on Capitol Hill. Mr. President, press the advantage.

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HISTORY Continued from Page 3A Ethel, a senior, and John, a junior, rode the school bus to Baker High School. Ruth and Grace attended eighth grade at Pleasant Valley School, a stone building, now a private residence, a half mile west of Pleasant Valley. The next year Grace rode the bus to Baker to attend junior high school. Ruth went to Walla Walla, Washington, to be a companion to a Nisei girl whose parents operated a variety store there. (Nisei is a Japanese born in the U.S. of Issei parents, i.e., parents born in Japan.) About a year later Ruth was back with her family in Pleasant and attending BHS. While living at Pleasant Valley, Masako had two more children, George in 1938 and Carol in 1941. George was born at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker, but Carol was not. As time for her birth drew near, Masako traveled from Pleasant Valley to Baker to stay with the Kuratas at the Crabill Hotel, located just a half mile from St. Elizabeth Hospital.

As it turned out, the hotel was not close enough.

Masako gave birth in the Kuratas' hotel apartment with Kuni Kurata and her teenage daughter, Hod, assisti ng.Hod,afterreceiving instructions in English from hospital stafFvia phone, translated them into Japanese, and relayed them to Kuni and Masako, who spoke no English. The happy result was a healthy baby girl.

Grace says that in Baker therewas no interracialdating. The Japanese students socialized together, including travelingto Ontario to play basketball with Japanese students, and those students coming to Baker. Baker's adultJapanese residents also socialized together.

After graduation from BHS in 1938, Ethel Kobayashi went to Seattle to study sewing and tailoring.

John graduated from BHS the next year and followed Ethel to Seattle, where he attended the University of Washington.

In February 1942, George Kobayashi lost his job as foreman of an all-white railroad maintenance crew, a position he had held at Pleasant Valley since 1937.

The reason for the layofF, said management, was fear that Kobayashi's white crew members might harm him, due to racism toward Japanese that surfaced as soon as the war broke out. But Grace says her father had good relations with his white crew.

And local farmers helped her mother when it came time to butcher her pigs.

The more likely reason forGeorge losing hisjobw as the U.S. government's not allowing persons of Japanese descent to work around railway transportation.

The family had to leave company housing immediately, Grace says. For a while they stayed with the Hayashis and Kuratas in Baker, while their father went to the Vale area to find a farm to lease, which he did with the help of a farmer for whom son John had worked during summer vacation from college. Then Masako and Grace followed him. Ruth remained Itthht • 541-gZ/

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Sonoya Hirata (2nd row left end, see Hirata family in the story published in the Friday, April 10 Baker City Herald) was also a member of the group. Ruth was also accompanist of the BHS orchestra.

sent to the assembly site in Puyallup, Washington, followed by internment, first at the Pinedale and then the Tule Lake relocation camps in Baker until graduation in nia working for Northrop in California. From there he volunteered to work on a May staying with the Francis Corporationflater Northrop and Elaine Schmidt family, Grumman) in the purchasing farm in Montana. But soon for whom she had been work- department. He and his wife, after arriving in Montana he ing as nanny and housemaid. Masako, had one son, Kelly. was drafted into the army John Kobayashi died in 2007 and ended up in Italy in the (The Schmidts owned The famed all-Japanese 100th Bootery, a women's shoe at age 86.

After graduating from store.)

Battalion/442nd Regimental In 1943 Ethel Kobayashi Baker High School in 1942, Combat Team.

Ruth Kobayashi (1923-2013) After they married, Grace (1919-2003) married Ben Tsukamaki(1919-1996). Ben attended Boise Junior Coland Charlie found work in Boise, then in Denver, then was born at Orillia, Washing- lege in Boise. In 1946 she ton. After returning to Japan married Thomas Tanaka back to Boise, where they for a while, in 1936 Ben's raised two girls, JoAnn and (1924-2014). Thomas was a family moved to Caldwell 1941 graduateofJefferson Rosemary. Charlie worked for the Northrup-King Seed and Notus, Idaho, where Ben High School in Portland. farmed with his father and From 1942-1945 he was Company and Grace worked brothers growing onions. interned with his family at in law offices and at home Later for many years Ethel the Minidoka Relocation typingtranscripts ofcourt and Ben operated Ontario reporter recordings. In 1976 Center for persons of JapaMarket in Ontario. Ethel nese descent. Ruth and Tom they moved to Manson, and Ben had three children: Washington, on Lake Chelsettled in Seattle, WashingCarolyn, Ethel Ann, and Wil- ton, where Tom earned a an, where they raised apples, liam Ben. chemical engineering degree until selling their orchard in The connection between from the University of Wash- 2001. Charlie died in 2007 the Kurata and Kobayashi ington. at age 83. Today Grace, age families continued 23 years Ruth and Tom owned and 90, resides alternately in after Carol Kobayashi's birth operated apartment houses the homes ofher daughters in the Crabill Hotel (see and other businesses in Sein Kent, Washington, and story in Friday's issue). In attle, while raising two sons, Redmond, Oregon.

1964, 38-year-old Haruyo Thomas, Jr., and Kenneth. In George and Masako "Hod" Kurata Koda, who 1983 Ruth and Tom moved farmed in the Vale area, had married William Koda to Redlands, California, then in about 1948 moved to (1923-1996) in 1949, was where they purchased and Payette, where they farmed. fatally injured in a car and managed Carriage Barn An- Their two younger children, train collision that took place tiques for 24 years. In 2011 Georgeand Carol,fi nished on the way to Vale after the they retired to Cottonwood, their schooling in Payette. In birth of their last child, Julie. Arizona, 50 miles south of 1966theparents moved to All occupants were injured, FlagstafF. Ruth died in 2013. but Hod arrived back at Holy Tom passed away in 2014.

Rosary Hospital in Ontario In 1948 Grace Kobayashi in the worst condition, and married Charles K. Shigeno she diedthree days later.

(1924-2007), whom she met Coincidentally this was when he was working for her the first day on the job for family driving tractor after newly-registered nurse discharge from the army. In CarolKobayashi.Carolfound 1942 Charlie was living in herself attending to Hod, Auburn, Washington. As a who had assisted at Carol's Japanese resident he was own birth, asrelated above.

Julie Koda Clark, 50 years after surviving the car accident that killed her mother, istoday owner-operator of %THE LONGEST the Outdoorsman store in Ontario. Her husband, Mark RID E PG-~S The ltus of I youngcoupleIntertwtnewttt I much oldermanII Clark, is chief of police of he refledsbaC k OnI lOSt lOVe. FRI 8I SAT: (4 00) SUN: (4 00) 7 00 Payette, Idaho.

7 00, 9 40 MON-THURS: 7 00 In the spring of 1942, when +FURIOU S 7 PG-13 John was attending the Deckard Shawseeksrevengeagainst DominicTordb andIis University of Washington in familyforthedeath ofIis brother.

FRI SI SAT: (345) SUN: (345) 645 Seattle, he avoided internMON-THURS: 6 45 6 45, 9 35 ment by returning to Baker HOM E PG to help his family move to An aienrunSaWay andlandSOnEarth Where hemakeSfnendt Vale, where he farmed for Wttt I gtl On I queStOfher OWI FRI 8I SAT: (4 10) SUN: (4 10) 7 10 several years. Toward the 7 10, 9 45 MON-THURS: 7 10 end of the war, John was 'No Tightwad Tuesday ( )Bargatn Matinee drafted and was stationed in Tokyo working in a quartermasters unit. After discharge LES SCHWAii from the army, with the assistance of the GI Bill, John continued his education at the University of Washington, from which he graduated with a degree in marketing.

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George and wife, Frances, had one child, Sheryl.

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In interviews with Carol Kobayashi Wininger (1941), the youngest of the Kobayashi children, she says her earli estmemories are of living on a farm near Vale helping her mother tend the garden. Carol graduated from Payette High School in 1960, then obtained a nursing degree in Spokane, Washington. After several months as a nurse in rainy Seattle, Carol returned to Eastern Oregon, where she spent her whole nursing career at Holy Rosary

SPRING Continued from Page1A Temperatures will cool into the mid 60s durmg the weekend, but skies should remain mostly sunny.

Although this week's predicted weather shifts are unusually dramatic and rapid, the general trendisnotaltogether rare for early spring.

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First a mild and breezy day with winds from the south or southeast.

Then the cold front arrives with heavy rain and sometimes thunderstorms, followed by a precipi tous drop in temperature and the wind shifting round to the north or northwest.

Hospital (today St. Alphonsus Hospital) in Ontario, and retiredin 2014 after 50 years as a nurse.

Today, Carol volunteers at Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum, Presbyterian Community Care Center, and Children's Relief Nursery, all located in Ontario.

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Members of the Baker branch of AAUWAmerican Association of University Women — will be distributing symbolic dollar bills on Tuesday to bring attention to Equal Pay Day. That day symbolizes the income gender gap.

In most parts of the U.S., women earn, on average, 77 percent than men for comparable work, according to AAUW. That means women have to work an extra 4i/2 months in 2015 to equal what men typically earned in 2014.

AAUW members will distribute the symbolic bills at local businesses and ofFtces. The bill has the 1's crossed out and replaced with the number 77,and thereis a sm all "PayDay" candy bar attached to the bill. More information is available at www.aauw.org.

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Cole returns to Baker crosscountry post Suzy Cole has been hired as Baker High School cross country coach beginning next season.

Cole, who also teaches and coaches track and field at BHS, returns to the position she coached for more than a dozen years through 2008.

She stepped down in 2008 and was replaced by Tish Bloomer, who coached the Cole Bulldogs until 2009. Michael Knutson took over that year and coached until resigning after this past season.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 • Softball:Stanfield/ Echo at Baker,4 p.m.

• Baseball:Baker at Burns,1 p.m.; Baker JV at Burns,1 p.m.

• Golf: Baker girls at La Grande, 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 • Tennis:Baker at Nyssa,3 p.m. MDT

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On April 17, Mac-Hi will travel to Baker for softball while Baker will make the trip to Milton-Freewater for

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 • Golf: Boys at Pendleton, tba • Baseball:Baker JV2 at Nampa Christian (2), 3 p.m. MDT FRIDAY, APRIL 17 • Softball:Mac-Hi at Baker (2),3 p.m.; Mac-Hi JV at Baker (2), 3 p.m.

• Baseball:Baker at Mac-Hi (2),3 p.m.; Baker JV at Mac-Hi (2), 3 p.m.

• Golf: Baker boys at La Grande, 1 p.m.

• Track:Huntington at Crane, 11 a.m.; Powder Valley at Umatilla, 11 a.m.; Baker, Pine-Eagle atVale,3 p.m. MDT SATURDAY, APRIL 18 • Softball:Baker JV at Grant Union (2), noon • Baseball:Baker JV2 at Grant Union (2), noon • Tennis:Baker at MacHi tournament, 9 a.m.

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Baker golf teams set dessert raNe The Baker High School golf teams are planning a Golf Dessert Raffle at 6:30 p.m.,April 25, at Quail Ridge Golf Course.

Tickets are $5 each, 5 for $20, or 30 for $100. Those purchasing $100 or more in raffle tickets will receive one complimentary golf round at Quail Ridge, a complimentary dessert the night of the raffle and entry into weekly raffle drawings.

Items to be raffled are Barley Brown's gift certificates, a Traeger grill, Giant Mountain Bike, Little Bagel Shop gift certificates, andYork's Grocery gift certificates.

Winterhawks even series 1-1 EVERETT,Wash.

— Oliver Bjorkstrand found the back of the net 29 seconds into double overtime as Portland won 4-3 to even its second-round Western Hockey League playoff series at a game apiece with a win over Everett.

Adam Henry, Chase De Leo and Blake Heinrich also scored for the Winterhawks, who host Game 3 on Thursday.

Nikita Scherbak struck twice for Everett.

baseball.

On May 7, that schedule will be reversed with Baker softball going to Mac-Hi, and Mac-Hi baseball visiting Baker.

Bakerschedule changes forsoRball,tennis Kathy Orr/ Baker City Herald

Porter Cline, left, hands off to Teancum Taylor in one of the relays Friday at the Baker Relay track and field meet.

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The Baker High School track was abuzz with action Friday as 14 schools took part in the annual Baker Relays track and field meet.

All four of the Greater Oregon League schoolscompeted along with several smaller schools from throughout Eastern Oregon.

Baker athletes had a solid day, winning two events and placing second in six others.

Porter Cline was a double winner, claiming the pole vault and long jump.

Cline vaulted 12 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault. He won the long jump with a jump of 19 feet, 4.5 inches.

Zarom Bruce was second in the javelin with atoss of 169 feet,5 inches.

Kalani Heiser took second in the shot with a throw of 42 feet, 11 inches.

Logan Sand tied Powder Valley's Dawson Smith for second in the high jump. Both cleared5 feet,8 inches.

On the girls side, Michelle Lehman was second in the 100 hurdles with a time of

18.85.

Celina Fuzi was second in the long jump with aleap of14 feet,7.5 inches.

Baker 3V soRball sweeps three games Baker's junior varsity softball team won three games last week against Fruitland and Ontario.

Baker stopped Fruitland 12-2 Tuesday. Baker then swept Ontario 18-2 and 21-7 Saturday.

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Maszk places in two races at Spokane SPOKANE — Nic Maszk, an Eastern Oregon University sophomore from Baker City, placed in the men's 800 and 1,500 Saturday at the annual Oregon-Washington college track and field meet at SpokaneCommunity

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. Former Baker standout Darryn McCauley was 6-for-6 with a home run and 5 RBIs Saturday as DeSales University swept FDU-Florham 6-5 and 8-0 in a college softball doubleheader.

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Girls events Team scores —None kept 100 hurdles —2 Lehman (B), 18 85 3 Severson (B), 18 93 7 Freeman (B),21 81 9 Jrmenez(PV),2252 300 hurdles —6 Freeman (B), 1 04 33 4x200relay —6 Baker, 1 5064 9 Baker, 1 5834 16 Baker,20218 800sprintmedley —4 Baker,20888 8 Baker,21339 9 Baker, 21342 14 Baker,22842 Distance medley —3 Baker, 16 38 27 Discus —13 Wells (B),673 19 C Maldonado(B),622 33 A Maldonado(B),526 38 Villastngo(B),490 Javelin —8 Freeman (B), 86-5 11 Richards (B), 799 14 Flanagan (B), 78-5 16 Hihhard (B), 75-9 18 Sexton(PV), 7111 21 A Bott (B),68-10 31 O'Neal (B), 48-11 Shotput — 10 Burchard(B),26-10 14 C Madonado(B),254 17A Maldonado (B), 23-7 37 Villastngo (B), 18-9 41 Harns (B), 15-2 Long jump —2 Fuzr (B), 14 75 10 Philhps (B), 130 17 Hihhard (B), 11 75 21 Harns (B), 10-105 22 Linscot(B),1010 23 Villastngo(B), 10-925 24 Burchard (B), 10-6 High jump —3 Wells (B), 4 6 4 Flanagan (B), 4 6 9 Rushton (B), 4 2 10 O'Neal (B),40 Polevault —3 Skidgel (B), 6-6 5 Linscott (B), 6-0

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Baker Relays (Baker, PowderValley, Pine-Eagle results) Boys events Team scores —None kept 4x100relay —4 Baker,4679 5 Baker,4812 4x400relay —6 Baker,40098 9 Baker,40505 800sprint medley —4 Baker, 14886 9 Baker, 1 5392 12 Powder Valley, 1 5663 16 Baker,22068 Distance medley —4 Baker, 13 34 18 Javelin —2 Bruce (B), 169 5 3 McE Ihgott (PV), 144 10 12 Villalohos (B), 1134 13 DeCarli (B), 111 3 21 Nelson (B), 95-8 20 Cutler (B), 88-1 34 Niehaus (B), 796 39 Balderas (PV), 58-10 Shotput —2 Heiser(B),4211 11 Denton(B),354 18 Burchard(B), 326 30 Freeman(B),299 39 Braswell(B),23-7 High jump —2 (tie) Sand (B), Smith (PV), 58 5 (tie) DeCarh (B), Ficek (PV),56 8 Hamilton(B),54 9 C Chne(B),5-2 11 (tie) Rice(PE), Barnes (B), McCall (PE), 5-0 Longjump —1 PC)ine(B), 194 5 5 Jones(B), 17575 12 Villalohos (B), 15-125 15 McCall (PE), 14 6 5 Tiiple jump —3 Taylor (B), 399 25 Polevault —1 PChne(B),126 5 Taylor(B),96 10 Barnes(B),76

Maszk placed 40th in the 1,500 with a time of 4:14.78.

He was 47th in the 800 with a timeof2:06.29.

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Linfield is coached by Baker graduate Jackson Vaughan.

Cline pitches in loss PENDLETON — Mason Cline, a former Baker athlete, pitched in relief for Blue Mountain Community College against Spokane CC Saturday.

Cline threw one inning allowing three hits, two runs, walking one and striking out three. BMCC lost 5-1 in nine innings.

Linfield soRball splits Thorns win opener pair with Whitworth MCMINNVILLE — Linfield split a college softball doubleheader with Whitworth Saturday, winning the first game 4-0 but losing the

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Baker has added a nonleague softballgame Tuesday at 4 p.m. against Stanfield/Echo at the Baker Sports Complex.

BHS also has moved Tuesday's tennis match at Nyssa to Wednesday at 3 p.m. MDT.

Baker seventh-graders win championship IMBLER — Baker's seventh-grade girls basketball team won the championship at the Battle of the Blues tournament March 14-15 at Imbler.

Baker defeated La Grande 34-10 in the title game.

Other scores were Baker 47, Imbler 18; Baker 32, La Grande 7th 16; Baker 30, La Grande 8th 16; Baker 30, Heppner 21.

Team members were Averi Elms, Sydney Younger, Kaylee Dalke, Jocelyn Wellman, Lauren Benson, Isabella Nemec, Zoe Carlson-Morrow and Anna Carter. Coaches were Barry Nemec, Amy Younger and Russ Elms.

Baker boys second at Milton-Freewater MILTON-FREEWATER — Baker finished second at the Mac-Hi Invitational boys golf tournament April 3.

Baker shot a score of 327, 27 strokes behind Mac-Hi. Rylee Gassin tied for medalist honors with a 71, then won a one-hole playofK Other Baker varsity scores were Shawn Lepley 77, Gayn Osborn 83, Taylor Folkman 96, and Drew Story 95.

Junior varsity scores were Wyatt Page 90, Eli McKern 124, Nathan Elithorp 139, Kenton Smith 108, Armando Garcis 105, Gage Harwood 103, Brandyn Chaney 109, Zane Mahoney 96, Parker Turk 89, Taylor Baldwin 96, Morgan Scilacci 109 and Austin Rasmussen 150.

Baker boys and girls at Wildhorse MISSION — Rylee Gassin and Kaitlyn Uttenreuther led the Baker golf teams at a tournament at Wildhorse last Monday.

Gassin topped the Baker boys with a score of 83. Other scores were Shawn Lepley 88, Gayn Osborn 99, Parker Turk 106, and Drew Story 100.

Uttenreuther led the Baker girls with a score of 109.

Other scores were Sidney Brown 113, McKenzi Roseborough 118, Faith Ashby 139 and Lisa Finley 144.

The Baker girls also played April 3 and April 9 at Pendleton.

On April 3, Brown as low scorer with 115 followed by Uttenreuther 125, Roseborough 134, Paigen Pearce 126 and Finley 156.

On April 9, Uttenreuther led the Bulldogs with 118 followed by Brown 133, Roseborough 131, Ashby 145 and Finley 132.

Baker cheerleaders named to Shrine squad Baker cheerleaders Caroline Dudley and Taite Mendehallhave been selected ascheerleadersfor the 63rd annual East-West Shrine Football Game Aug. 1.

The game will be played at Bulldog Memorial Stadium.

Area trio places at Klamath Falls rodeos KLAMATH FALLS — Steven Duby of Hereford and Samantha Kerns and Kimberly Williams of North Powder placed in several events April 3-5 at a pair ofhigh school rodeos at Klamath Falls.

At Rodeo 1, Kerns was third in pole bending and seventh in barrels. Williams was seventh in poles, and Duby ninth in team roping headers.

At Rodeo 2, Duby placed first in steer wrestling and team roping headers, and 10th in tie-down roping.

Williams was third in breakaway roping, seventh in barrels and fifth in goat tying.

Kerns was ninth in team roping headers, ninth in goat tying and fourth in poles.

Linfield sweeps Puget Sound in soRball TACOMA — Linfield swept a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader from Puget Sound April 8.

Linfield, coached by Baker graduate Jackson Vaughan, won 8-1 and 7-3.

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Greater Oregon League baseballrace Taylor Gulick had two hits and three Saturday, sweeping Ontario 14-1 and 6-1 in a doubleheader at Ontario. runs scored. Austin Folkman had three 'The kids played great," said Baker RBIs. The Bulldogs also took advantage of coach Tim Smith."They put two games together. They probably played the best eight walks.

Kyle Srack was the winning pitcher. we have all season."

In the first game, Baker built a 4-1 Smith said the Bulldogs didn't get as many timely hits in the second game, lead after three innings then added 10 runs in the fourth and fifth to end the but still played well. cWe didn't string our hits together game by 10-run rule.

The Bulldogs had 13 hits and 13 like we did in the first game," Smith RBIs. sald. ''We had timely hitting," Smith said.

"But we manufactured six runs on cWe did a nice job of sacrificing people five hits. cWe had all three phases of our game over then getting the timely hit. It was a goodballgame forusin allthreephases working in this game as well." of the game — hitting, pitching and Stephen Schott led the Baker offense fielding." with a solo home run and two RBIs. Bryson Smith led the Bulldogs, going Rab Bowers added two hits and two 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, four RBIs RBIs, and Folkman a double.

Baker took advantage of nine walks issued by Ontario pitching.

Gulick struck out 11 Tigers in six innings. Trevor Bennett threw solid relief in both games.

Baker i2-0 in the GOLl travels to Burns Tuesday for a single nonleague game.

The Bulldogs then host Mac-Hi in a GOL doubleheaderFriday atthe Baker Sports Complex.

First game B aker 0 0 4 3 7 —14 Ontario 0 0 1 0 0— 1 Srack, Bennett (5) and Mespelt WP —Srack Bakerhits — Smith 4,Guhck 2,Bachman 3, Schott,Folkm an, Mespelt, Drxon Baker RBI —Smith 4, Bachman 4, Schott, Folkman 3, Scott Baker runs —Smith 2, Gulick 3, Bachman 2, Schott, Folkman, Mespelt, Drxon 2, Scott, Ccok 2B —Smith 2, Bachman, Schott

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AUGUSTA, Ga.— Jordan Spieth tapped in his final puttto cap offarecord performance and bent over in relief.

He just as easily could have been taking a bow.

This was a Masters for the ages.

Not since Tiger Woods in 1997 has a 21-year-old faced so little stress while making a mockery of par in a major.

Not since Raymond Floyd in 1976 has anyone withstood the pressureofleading for all four rounds at Augusta

history and put my name on golf for quite a while," Rose National.

Only one other Masters that trophy and to have this said."Peoplewere getting champion — Craig Wood in excited about that out there. jacketforever,it'ssom ething 1941 — has never let anyone that I can't fathom right now." You could tell."

He left everyone else dazed, There were standing ovacloser to him than three shots the entire way. too. tions all the way around to Spieth took his place Spiethmissed a 5-footpar celebrate the latest star in among the best in the game putt on the final hole that golf, the next addition to a Sunday when he closed with only kept him fiom breaking new generation just as Woods a 2-under 70 for a four-shot another record this week at and Mickelson are approachvictory over Phil Mickelson the Masters. He tied the 72ing the back nines of their and Justin Rose, becoming hole scoring mark that Woods careers. the second-youngestchamset at 18-under 270.

Rory McIlroy is still No. 1 pion behind Woods to wear a It was still enough to beat in the world by a reasonable green jacket.

Mickelson i69l and Rose i70l margin. Spieth is now No. 2.

"This was arguably the It's the first time players 25 by four shots.

"Playing with Jordan, he's or younger have been Nos. greatest day ofmy life," Spieth said.'To join Masters going to sort of fly the flag for 1-2 in the world.

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BRIDGE Baker ladies Golf Association April 8 1 Joan Colton 2 Jean Heizer 3 Glenda Cole

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The Baker boys placed fifth, and the girls ninth in the team standings.

Riverside Invitational (Baker results) Boys events Team scores —Clara Brownell 130, Heppner 57, Sherman 50, Arlington 50, Baker 48 5, Stanfield 46, lrngon 42, Riverside 33, lone 28, Union 25, Monument 24, SouthWasco 20 5, Condon 20 100 —4 Spencer,1362 7 Black,1409 200 —4 Spencer288720 Jackson,3364 21 Barber,34 73 400 —6 Black, 1 0739 12 Harding, 1 1529 14 Wilhams, 1 166722 Barber, 1 2152 4x100relay —2 Baker, 5512 4 Baker, 1 0043 Discus —15 Williams,648 Javelin — 13 Lewis,88-623 Harding,68-736 Chnstman,427 Shotput — 7Lahey,2915 13 Tertehng,26-919 Chnstman,25-2 Highjump — 2 Black,5-04 Sand,410 20 Severson,48 8 Osborn,48 Longjump —6 Osborn,13-115 12 Sand,13-15 20 Severson,12225 21 Lewis, 11 11 Girls events Team scores— SouthWasco 97 Monument 87 lrngon57 Heppner 56,Sherm an 52,Arhngton 48, Union 46, Stanfield 43, Baker 25, Clara Brownell 18, Condon 16, Riverside 15, lone 10 100 —3 Younger, 1416 5 Sorensen, 1496 19 Benson, 1591 29 Madison, 1719 200 — 2 Ruby,3086 800 — 14 Rushton,31700 4x100relay —3 Baker,5893 Javelin —10 Younger, 76-2 14Benson,68-0 20 Rushton,590 23 Sorensen,554 Shotput — 18 Conant,2211 23 Ruby,2195 24 Benson,217 Longjump —8 Baker,11710 Sorensen,1165 11 Ramos, 116 15 Fuzr, 110

Baker 3V sweeps 3oseph/Enterprise ENTERPRISE — Baker's junior varsity baseball team swept a doubleheader &om Joseph/Enterprise April 4 by scores of 6-3 and 31-9.

Marcus Plumley led Baker, going 3 for 3 with three home runs. Plumley had two grand slams and a three-run homer, driving in 11 runs in the second game.

JOHN DAY — Burnt River opened its track and field season Thursday at the annual Small School Invitational at Grant Union High School.

Small School lnvitational (Burnt River results) Boys events Team scores —Burns 178, Crane 140 5, Mitchell-Spray 116, Grant Union 63 5, Praine City 52, Long Creek 12, Monument 11, Burnt Rrver 9, Dayville 6, Ukiah 3 100 —6 Garcra, 1246 400 — 10 Heinnch, 1 0399 800 —9 Isenberger,24700 1,600 —7 Isenberger, 54311 Discus —10 Kamin, 72 6 Javelin —13 Kamin, 95-11 Long jump — 5 Garaa, 16-5 5 9 Heinnch, 14 15 Girls events Team scores —Burns 1775, Grant Union 155, Mitchell Spray 83, Crane 64, Monument 30, Burnt Rrver 23 5, Praine City 19, Dayville 17 100 —4 Lu, 1520 100hurdles —9 Schuff,2336 4x100relay —1 Burnt River (Kamer wong, Kezrle, Schuff, Lu), 1 0641 Discus —10 St Amand,6211 18 Lu,45-3 21 Nguyen,316 Javelin —5 Kezerle,891 18 Kamerwong,35-9 Shotput —8 St Amand,23-8 Longjump — 6 Schuff, 13-1

Huntington Middle School runs at Harper HARPER — Huntington's middle school track and field meet competed at the Harper Invitational Thursday.

Harper Invitational (Huntington results) Boys events 100 —7 Rothenberger, 15 71 10 Lopez, 16 77 11 Mathews, 16 83 14 Bowman, 1790 15 Harnson, 18 17400 — 5 Rothenberger, 1 1783 Discus —3 Nantz, 790 9 Harnson, 54 0 10 Hicks,51 5 Shotput — 1 Nantz,33-1 5 Harnson,278 8 Hicks,219 9 Lopez,1911 10 Bowman,171 Highjump —3 Rothenberger,4-2 Longjump —7 Rothenberger,120 12 Mathews,111 13 Lopez,911 15 Bowman,92 17 Hicks,711 Girls events 100 —6 Harnson,1736 Discus— 4 Burley,40-2 5 Harnson,399 Shotput — 3 Har nson, 214 5 5 Burley, 20-3Long jump — 7 Harnson, 10-0

Powder Valley runs at Stanfield meet STANFIELD — Powder Valley's boys track and field team tied for 13th at the annual Dick Horyna Invitational Saturday at Stanfield.

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Dick Horyna Invitational (Powder Valley results) Boys events Team scores —Goldendale 107, Bickleton 87, lrngon 53, Mitchell Spray45, Sherman 40, Pilot Rock 34, Umatilla 32, Heppner 30, Stanfield 30, Gnswold 26, Condor Wheeler 23, Pendleton 22,Arhngton 17, Powder Valley 17, Elgin 16, Rrversrde16, lone15, lmbler 14, Union13, Dufur 10, Joseph 8,Echo 5 100 —35 Smith, 1344 3,000 —7 Balderas, 11 3703 Discus —29 McElhgott,813 40 Ficek, 68-2 42 Smith, 6411Javelin —4 McElligott, 130-5 44 Balderas, 65-9 Highjump —3

Sunday's Games Milwaukee 96, Brooklyn 73 Boston 117, Cleveland 78 Detroit 116, Charlotte 77 Denver 122, Sacramento 111 Washington 108, Atlanta 99 Indiana 116, Oklahoma City 104 Houston 121, New Orleans 114 San Antonio 107, Phoenix 91 Dallas 120, L.A. Lakers 106

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Burnt River girls place 10th at Burns meet BURNS — Burnt River placed 10th in the girls half of the Oster's Memorial Lions Invitational track and field meet Saturday.

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The Bulldogs repeated that performance Friday in their home opener at the Ash Grove Courts. Baker again handed Weiser a 12-3 loss.

"Everybody is playing betterforthemost part,"said Baker coach George Keister.

"They're starting to really learn, and gain more confidence."

The short-handed Baker boys swept all six of their matches Friday.

Hunter Stone, John Cunningham, Ryan Schwin and Brandon Stairs all won singles matches.

Stairs and Schwin then teamed to win the No. 1 doubles match.

Stone and Cunningham followed suit, winning the No. 2 doubles match.

In girls play, Gracie Huggins, Stella Bowers, Mikaylah Treanor and Hannah Searles all won singles matches.

Kate Averett and Hollis Robb teamed to win the No. 2 doubles match. Tori Gentili and Alex Wachtel won the No. 3 doubles match.

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Baker's offense, so potent in recent non-league games, went almost silent in the Bulldogs' Greater Oregon League season-opening softball doubleheader at Ontario Saturday.

Baker did have 18 hits in the two games, but the Bulldogs couldn't produce enough runs to overcome some shaky pitching.

The result was a 4-3, 15-5 Ontario sweep. The first game went 9 innings and the second just five.

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With one out, Kayla Davis doubled and later scored on a single by Dani McCauley.

McCauley then scored on a triple by Sierra Koehler.

Ontario sent the game to extra innings when Celina Hussey slugged a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh, tying the game at 3-3.

Ontario then loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning before Julie Hernandez singled to right for the winning run.

Ontario used an 8-run second inning to break open

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Baker (0-2 in the GOLl now has three home games this week. The Bulldogs host Stanfield in a nonleague game Tuesday at the Baker Sports Complex.

Baker then hosts Mac-Hi in a GOL twinbill Friday.

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A spring in my steps It could almost go without saying — but of course I will anyway — that with the coming of spring there is an innate desire to wash and clean, dig and change, move and restore.

It just seems to come with being alive as noted by animal and human alike.

Even I am affected by it and at least think about it now and then.

In fact, lately I have been doing some inside work emptying a few more boxes and have full intentions of planting my half-flat of petunias ipurchased on a sudden notion in March) that are on a patio table urging me on as they threaten to produce blooms.

Like the true gardener that I am, or not, I faithfully cart them in at night as thetemperature begins dipping to freezing, and take them out again in the morning to enjoy the sunshine, rain, or...well the coming of spring.

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ByAndrea Weigl The News 5Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Ham is the main event for most people's Easter Sunday feast. The challenge is what to do with all theleftovers.

To me, the best part about having an Easter ham is all the possibilities for future meals.

There are omelets, kittatas and baked eggs. There are ham sandwiches, ham salad and chef's salad.

There are casseroles, pasta dishes and many pots ofham-seasoned bean soup.

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Nothing can be easier to make than this sandwich spread. Trim fat kom ham slices. Chop ham in food processor. Add mayonnaise and pickle relish to taste and enjoy between two slices of bread.

2. Deviled Ham You can make a fancy ham salad by taking 4cups coarsely chopped ham and adding '/2 cup minced kesh parsley, '/2cup mayonnaise, 6 tablespoons softened butter, '/4 cup whole-grain Dijon mustard, 3 tablespoons dry white wine, 1 finely chopped celeryrib, 2 finely chopped green onions, 1 teaspoon lemon zest,'/4 teaspoon black pepper and '/4 teaspoon ground red pepper.

Cover and chill for up to 8 hours. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before enjoying with crackers or rustic bread. Makes about 4cups.

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The author's granddaughter, Shanna, in 2006 with a thriving clump of ferns.

Fancying ferns: Give them space Don't be akaid to give ferns a try. Mine have been a wonderful green background at our place for manyyears. Just don't plant them in the sun.

M ine are on thenorth and under an overhangon the house. It has beenideal.

The kind I gotkom Spring Hill Nurseries catalog were called cinnamon ferns and were first planted right along the house.

Theymigrated a bit eachyear until they reached the kont of our stone planter.

Now if they had onlymigrated back to where they started that would be nice.

I can no longer have pots of flowers inkont of them, but I just switched to hanging baskets and that works well. My ivy did choke out a few of them, but we still have enough to enjoy for added green around.

Ihave seen fernsforsaleatnurseries and haveeven known ofsome peopledigging them up kom the wild. I have given away a lot of starts over the years, when I had so many, so theydo multiply. They transplantreally well.

Ferns like plenty of water, but I don't use Mirade Grow on them. Theywould need a diflerent kind offertilizer, but I have never used any. Ifyou have a good north flower bed, give ferns a try. I think you will be glad you did. Just take into account theymight migrate some.

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Top with other roll halves. Place sandwiches together on large piece of foil, wrap tightly and seal edges. Bake for 25 minutes or until cheese melts. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

evenly with egg wash. Sprinkle with more spice mix Bake 12 to 14 minutes. Remove, let cool for 10 minutes. Makes 8 pastries.

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Place 1 i17.3-ouncel package of kozen puff pastryintherekigeratorto dekostfor30 minutes. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

Preheatoven to400degrees.In asm all bowl, combine '/4 teaspoon garlic powder /2 3. Ham, Cheeseand Apple Sandwiches teaspoon each onion powder and ground cloves; Turn broiler on high. Melt 4 tablespoons but- 1teaspooneach dried thyme,ground allspice and ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons black ter. Slice 8 ounces Gruyere or cheddar cheese.

Coreand slice 1apple.Brush butteronto 1side pepper; 1 tablespoon chili powder; and fine sea of 8 bread slices. Slather other side with Dijon salt to taste. Set aside. Unfold puff pastry and cut into 5-inch squares. Lay slices ofham and mustard to taste. Assemble 4 ham, cheese and Gruyere cheese in the center of each pastry applesandwiches sobuttered sidesofbread face out. Put on rimmed baking sheet. Toast 2 to square. Sprinkle with spice mix. Fold opposite 3 minutes per side. Serve immediately. corners of each pastry square to make a pouch and press to seal. iPierce with a toothpick to in4.3udy's W arm Ham and Cheese Rolls crease likelihood they stay sealed.) Transfer to Preheat oven to 350degrees.Split24 i2-inchl baking sheet. Whisk together 1 egg and 1 tablepotato rolls in haK Combine 8 tablespoons but- spoon water to create egg wash. Brush pastry

6. Ham Biscuits Make a batch ofhomemade or store-bought biscuits. Cut biscuits in half, top with a slice of ham and slather with mustard, chutney or hot pepperjelly.Thism akes a greatbreakfastor snack For our favorite buttermilk biscuitrecipe, go to nando.com/therecipe.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make 12 ounces ziti, perpackage directions;setaside.M elt4 tablespoonsbutterin alarge saucepan over medium heat. Whiskin '/4 cup flour and cook until ~e bubblesand turns palebeige, about 2 minutes. Whiskin 4 cups whole or low-fat milk, until mixhxe thickens, about 4 minutes. Stir in 12 ounces grated Gruyere cheese; 1 pound chopped ham; 1 i9-ouncel package thawed, drained kozen artichoke hearts; 1 tablespoon each Dijon mustard, mango chutney and minced tarragon leaves. Remove pan kom h eat and stir in cooked pasta. Pour ~ e i n t o 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with 1ounce grated Parmesan cheese. Bake for 35 minutes.

Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 6 servings.

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Igotintoa nostalgicm ood forcom fortfood and after some chicken and dumplings and my usual peanut butter, I felt the need for some scrapple. This was a dish that both my Submitted photo parents and grandparents served for breakAu Cheapeau Rouge inArcey, France. fast and it had been a long time since I had made any of this tasty favorite.

Basicallyit is seasoned cornmeal mush cookedwith small piecesofpork orsausage then cooled in a mold, sliced and kied. That with maple syrup and some kied apples makes a very fine meal. My mouth was all set for this to be my next morning's breakfast, but when I poured the meal into a cup for measuringthemost disgustingglobappeared.

Guess it had been too long since I'd had the urge and some bugs had taken up residency in my grits. That day I went to the grocery purchaseda new supply and made some for thenext mo~s breakfast. Itwasdelicious!

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Only problem is they don't make it all the time and, although they keeze packages, sometimes it is just not available. I was akaid that I might have picked such a time.

Dale and I took a ride on Saturday and went out to Union Market. We were in luck! The mixture comes in one-pound kozen packages and we bought six, planning to share with a few friends who also enjoy this treat.

As I walked out of the store, a man who had also been at the meat counter made a remark about my ham loaf purchase. I explained that this was no ordinary purchase, but that it held great nostalgic value.

He laughedand commented that he had been to Kauffman's Market recently and saw some scrapple and that reminded him ofhis grandmother.

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Sara Foster's All-American Chef Salad is a burst of color and the perfect salad to add leftover Easter ham.

LEFTOVERS Continued from Page 1B

6. Ham Biscuits Make a batch ofhomemade or store-bought biscuits. Cut biscuits in half, top with a slice ofham and slather with mustard, chutney or hot pepper jelly.

This makes a great breakfast or snack. For our favorite buttermilk biscuit recipe, go to nando.com/therecipe.

7. Mac and Ham and Cheese Preheatoven to 350 degrees. Make 12 ounces ziti, per package directions; setaside.Melt4 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in '/4 cup flour and cook until mixture bubbles and turns pale beige, about 2 minutes.

Whisk in 4 cups whole or low-fat milk, until mixture thickens, about 4 minutes.

Stir in 12 ounces grated Gruyere cheese; 1 pound

chopped ham; 1 i9-ouncel package thawed, drained frozen artichoke hearts; 1 tablespoon each Dijon mustard, mango chutney and minced tarragon leaves.

Remove panfrom heat and stir in cooked pasta. Pour mixture into 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 ounce grated Parmesan cheese. Bake for 35 minutes.

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Add '/2pound cup coarsely chopped fresh paprika, and salt and pepper thinly sliced mushrooms and flat-leaf parsley /4 cup heavy to taste. When ham is lightly stir until softened, about 5 cream;3 tablespoons butter; browned, add 2 tablespoons minutes. Add 2 i14-ouncel '/4 teaspoon black pepper; and olive oil and swirl around. cans artichoke hearts, '/2 cup grated Romano cheese. Add potato mixture and drained and quartered. Stir Stir until cheese melts, then for 7 minutes, and transfer spread it out evenly in pan. stirin hotcooked pasta Raise heat to medium, shake mixture to bowl. Melt 4 skillet occasionally, until and toss to coat. Serve with tablespoons butter in pan, sprinkle with 3 tablespoons grated Romano cheese for potatoescrisp on bottom, topping. Makes 6-8 servings. about 6-8 minutes. Turn poall-purpose flour, whisk until tatoes with spatula iin pieces smooth, about 3 minutes.

9. All-American Chef's is fine). Continue to cook, Add 2 cups milk slowly, Salad another 6-8 minutes. Serve whisk until thickened. Add 2 warm. Makes 4 servings.

Place 5 cups mixed lettablespoons dry sherry and tuces; 2 tablespoons each saltand pepper to taste.Add 11. Eggs Baked with Grits 2 cups grated Swiss cheese chopped fresh basil and and Ham chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2 and stir to melt. Add mushpeeled, sliced carrots;1cored, Heat oven to 350 degrees. rooms and artichokes. Stir, sliced red pepper /2 small Lightly grease an 8-inch keep on low heat. To serve, sliced red onion; and '/2 pint baking dish. Cook '/2 cup split 3 English muKns, top quick-cooking grits, per pack- each half with a slice ofham grapetomatoes in a large age directions. Add '/4 cup bowl. Drizzle with '/2 cup and a spoonful of artichoke shredded cheddar cheese /4 mixture. Makes 6 servings. balsamic vinaigrette. Divide Letcoolfor5 m inutes before serving. Makes 6 servings.

I wanted to be sure and warn you to"Stay out of the kitchen! The floor's wet!"

Continued from Page 1B Where did they put it this Now there may be those year, I wonder? Spring, that who don't understand that, 1s. but surely there will be a few who remember their And, whenever I go to mother's admonishment and town, I faithfully check Mount Emily for any evione to which we paid attention if we didn't want to get dence of snow, my clue as to when to plant and when to in deep trouble. refrain from planting.

For those younger or uninItisn'teven closetothe formed,I' d bestexplain. month of June when we used There was a time when to rely on"Em's" instinct floors required a certain about these matters, but she amount of care, daily for seems to be teasing me. sweeping, but at least weekly Unfortunately, I know for mopping and occasionally for waxing. The kitchen was one day soon I will plant the little fellows or I will forgetoften the exception because fully leave the flat of them it was usually in need on a daily basis of mopping after out overnight and they will freeze.Or,ifIdo getthem cooking, baking, laundry in soil along the house, the washing, and tracking. spindly things will either tip The weekly chore for the over and die on their own, or, kitchen, at least, was the I will have to cut them back mopping and waxing. This to short stubs, removing their meant this favorite room of bloom, and wait for them to the house was out-of-bounds for an indeterminate length startover again,reaching maturity at first frost. of time, sometimes an almost Of course, if all else fails, I unbearable delay to the cookie jar or another room could just leave them snuggling together in their little 4athroom?l across the floor's box on the patio table and vast stretch. water them now and then Now, in those days, our until they just give up to my floors were mostly covered in something called "linoleum," attentive measures.

I've been over petunias and described in its making by the dictionary, but I won't go pansies before, noting the fact in my diary of June 2010 into that. This was a large in fact, and I can now tell the piece ofheavy material like difference in the flower of rolled-upcarpet ifl oor-coveringl that we have today, but each even though their foliage remains suspect. it was stiff, fairly thin, and somewhat pliable in its own But, I hadn't intended way when you rolled it out to visit with you about my onto your bare wood floors gardening prowess because

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and tacked it down around its edges.

Once in place, fitted along the bottom cupboard fronts and into the corners, a metal plate was put down across the doorways in order to avoid toe-stubbing that would tear the linoleum edges, providing a very nice and attractive surface on which to walk in its shiny best.

The piece oflinoleum came in various colors and normally with a pattern of some sort to distinguish it from your neighbors and an opportunity for everyone to come have a"look-see."

While the floor covering w as attract iveand easier care than the bare wooden planks beneath it, it did require a certain amount ofhousekeeping — usually the end-of-the-day broom sweeping and wielding of a wet mop.

If the mopping came on a Monday as the washing machine was rolled away and the kitchen put to rights before lunch could be served, the wait for the floor to dry could seem long, indeed.

The sweeping and mopping could be tolerated when necessary, but at least once a month or even more often with a diligent housewife every week the linoleum required waxing that took a lotlonger tobeready forthe heavy footprints of family.

And, of course, it took a bit of admiringforthe laborsof the one who had applied the final coat of wax on hands

and knees with a piece of cloth to smooth out the liquid poured here and there from a can.

Now flooring is called vinyl, a textile fiber, comes in various patterns, even woodlike, requires little care and no waxing, an improvement over what we had known not so long ago, but...

Woe upon those who neglected to observe, unthinkingly or with the idea that anyone tippy-toeing across the floor wouldn't be caught, the housewife's dictate"Stay out of the kitchen! I've just mopped the floor!"

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Dale and I decided to Continued ~om Page 1B He indicated that he had partake of the "menu au never tasted it and implied jour."Wehad no idea what that he wasn't about to try we would get but the price it any time soon. was right — 45 francs Even so I told him of my iroughly$2.70leach.W e recent need for scrapple ordered and the waitress and encouraged him to brought each of us a huge thin slice of ham, cold give it a try sometime. It is amazing how such a canned vegetable salad, chance meeting with a bread and wine. Not bad stranger can bring both we thought, but we looked parties together fora across the room and noticed some other dishes quirky nostalgic sharing moment. we wished we had ordered.

Partofthereason for When we neared the end my nostalgic mood in the of our meal the waitress first place was that I had took away our plates and brought us more plates, a started working on my father's family genealogy and dish with four huge stuffed had pulled out my pictures cabbage rolls, and another and narrativeofourtrip to dish with scalloped potaFrance in 1997. toes. Then more bread and Dale and I visited the wine. Now we knew the charming storybook village secretofthe otherdiners of Arcey near where the across the room. family lived in the 1600s Feeling full and quite and1700s. The population sure that was the end of at that time was about 450 our meal, we settled back and it wasn't until after forourdishes to be cleared from the table. But then a 1950, when water was piped to individual buildbeautiful Floating Island, ings and no longer had custard with meringue, to bedipped from a large was placed before us. The meal was wonderful, but I stone basin in the middle felt a bit guilty as I knew of town, that it began to that my relatives, who grow.

By 1997 Arcey's popula- were poor farmers, could tion had grown to 1,100 have never eaten at such a heavily laden table. but it still retained much Itisstrange how foods or the same atmosphere of nearly 350 years ago. preparationoffoodsplay so Many of the rough stone much a part of our memobuildings from the 1700s ries and how fortunate we were still in use — the are to have those memories. With some of the new Catholic church where generationsofmy relatives items coming out on the market, it would be interwere baptized, married, or laid to rest; the biblioesting to know what would theque ilibraryl; city build- be consideredcomfort foods ings; many homes; and to those in the future. Hard the wonderful Au Chapeau as it is to believe, scrapple and ham loaf are not on Rouge.

The latter had been built many people's list even in the1700s as a placefor now.

Dig out Mom's old travelersto stop fora rest or a new horse. Now it is a recipe file box and prepare a memory for dinner! placefortruck driversto Loosen up! Interact with a eat and spend the nighta French truck stop with stranger! Enjoy!

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Notice is further given that for reinstatement or payoff quotes req uested pursuant t o ORS 8 6 . 7 8 6 and 86.789 must be timely c ommunicated i n a w ritten r e quest t h a t c omplies w i t h t h a t statute addressed to the trustee's "Urgent Request Desk" either by personal delivery to the trustee's physical o ffices (call fo r a d dress) or by first class, certified mail, r e turn receipt requested, addressed to t h e t r u stee's post office box a ddress set f o rt h i n this notice. Due to pot ential conflicts w i t h

federal law, persons having no record legal or equitable interest in the sublect p roperty will only receive information concerning the lender's estimated or actual bid. Lender bid i nformation i s al s o available at the t r ust ee' s w e b sit e , www.northwesttrustee.com. Notice is furt her given t ha t a n y person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, a t any t im e p r io r t o five days before the d ate last set fo r t h e sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e e ding dismissed a n d t he trust deed reinstated b y payment t o th e beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due h ad no d e f ault o c curred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that i s capable o f b e i n g cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or

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next meeting of the performance neces- The 911 Consolidated Diss ary to cure the d e f ault, b y p a y ing a l l patch Board has been s che d u l e d fo r costs and expenses Wednesday, April 15, actually incurred in en2015 at 12:45 p.m. at forcing the obligation t he B a k e r C o u n t y a nd trust d e ed , t o C ommission C h a m gether with t rustee's bers located at 1995 a nd attorney's f e e s T hird S t reet, B a k e r n ot e x c e e ding t h e City, O r e g on . T he amounts provided by Board will discuss the said ORS 86.778. Re2 015-1 6 b udg e t . quests from persons Baker County opernamed in ORS 86.778 ates under an EEO polf or rei n s t a t e m e n t icy and complies with quotes received less Section 504 of the Rethan six days prior to habilitation Act of 1973 t he date set f o r t h e and t h e A m e r i cans trustee's sale will be w ith D i s abilities A c t . h onored only at t h e Assistance is available discretion of the benefor individuals with disficiary or if required by a bilities b y cal l i n g 5 23-820 0 (T TY : the terms of the loan d ocuments. I n c o n - 523-9538).

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The following st orage units are in default and cessors in interest, if will be a uctioned on any. Without l i m iting April 29, 2015 starting t he t r u s t e e ' s d is at 10:00 am. claimer of representation o r w ar r a n t ies, ICye I e i g h R eyo nI d s, Oregon law r e quires ¹Q-84 the trustee to state in this notice that some

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By Liz Douville ForwesCom News Service

I thought the seed temptress had moved on to another gullible gardener, but apparently not. Who was I kidding? She always hovers and lingers until she has drained both mental strength and pocketbook. I tried to fight her but have again surrendered to her call.

The spring edition of Country Garden arrived, and I was reminded of the delight and pleasure I had growing hanging baskets of tuberous begonias in Anchorage, Alaska.

At the time, the 1960s, it was almost un-Alaskan to not have a hanging basket or two in the front of the house to beadmired and envied by all. We lived in a neighborhood that was one of the first planned subdivisions, and all residents seriously felt their obligation to provide the biggest and best hanging basket on the block.

At the height of the tourist season, it was the neighborhood recreation to watch the tour buses come through our neighborhood for photo ops.

It went like this: Tour bus stops across from my house, bus doors open, touristswith cameraspile ofF,cam eras click, click, click. Tour bus driver looks at watch and starts herding everyone back on bus. Door closes and bus leaves. Not to worry: The next bus isn't far behind.

Did you get the drift that my baskets weren't worthy of the click, click, click, but my neighbor had baskets to droolover? Giveme some slack. I had three children under the age of 4. Our claim to fame in the neighborhood was the size of our sandbox.

Remembering those days with a smile and a giggle, I decided to try my hand at a tuberous begonia basket this year.

White Flower Farm in Litchfield, Connecticut, is credited with importing the first Blackmore & Langdon tubers from England in 1955. Blackmore & Langdon has been in business since

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1901 and has an interesting history. During World War II,

included sweet corn grown especially for the American "land girls" did the field jobs servicemenbeing cared for at the local hospital. The done by the male stafF who had gone to war, much like stockofprecious begonias and delphiniums was saved our own Rosie the Riveters who filled in for the men who from the bombings, but a had gone to defend the coun- field of peony plants were lost in a German bombing try. Some of the fields were that also damaged buildings planted with foodstufFs that

and greenhouses.

Begoniatubers are started indoors usually in late Februaryforbloom in June, which is a little early for our climate. Tubers started in March or early April should bloom in July.

The recommended process is to plant the tuber using a

good quality pre-moistened seeding mix in a 4-inch pot that has bottom drainage holes, with the indented or hollow side up. Cover with a half inch of seeding mix.

Place the container in a 70-degree location.

When the starts have reached about 1 inch, they

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2. Bind each seam allowancewith biastape toencase the raw edges.

3. To box the corners, fold the totelower cornersso that the side seam is exactly on top of the bottom seam.

Sew across each corner and bind the seam allowances together. Turn the tote right side out and gently poke out the corners.

4. Pin-mark the tote center at the upper edge. Position each webbing handle end

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Getting started 1. From the canvas, cut two 20-inch squares for the bag.

2. On each of the two lower bag corners, cut out a 2-inch square.

3. Cut the webbing length in half to make two handles.

Sewing the tote 1. With right sides together,sewthe tote sidesand bottom seams using a V2-

can bepotted eitherto 6-inch pots or to their permanent summer containers. Moving the plants to supplemental lighting or to a brighter location at this time will help form short, stubby stems rather than tall, leggy ones.

To accustom the plants to outdoorconditions,begin moving the plants outdoors over a period of 10 days to two weeks. This is referred to as hardening ofF. Move the plants outdoors on a warm day to a shaded, protected area. Bring them backindoorsbefore temperaturescoolatnight.

Gradually move them into brighter light, continuing to bring them in at night. Once the weather has settled, the containers should be moved to their permanent site.

The site for tuberous begonias should be somewhat protected fiom wind and where plants will be shaded most of the day. DifFused light of an eastern or western exposure is acceptable, according to White Flower Farm head gardener Cheryl Whalen."In too much shade, they don't bloom as well."

Tuberous begonias aren't anything like the diminutive wax begonias best-known fortheirattractivefoliage.

We're talking big, rufIIed, many-petaled blossoms that can measure 5 inches across in deep, rich or bright, pure primary colors, some with bicolor petals that look as if they have been dipped in paint. Varieties can either be upright or cascading. The upright variety may need stacking. Cascading types are occasionally pinched back to make them branch.

Cascading varieties usually have smaller blossoms.

W e are never totally able to repl icatethe gardens of our past — do we really want to? There are times when we read anarticle orspotsomething in a catalog that jogs our memory and makes us want to try again. I have four begoniatubers started,but I know the experience won't be the same without the tour bus and the cameras.

3V2 inches from the center upper edge marking and baste in place, matching raw edges.Be carefulnotto tw ist the handles.

5. Bind the tote upper edge, encasing the handle ends.

6. Press the tote upper edge under 1V2 inches forming the hem. Pin the handles in place to keep them perpendiculartotheupper edge.

7. Stitch around the tote 14 inch and 1 inch from the

upper folded edge, keeping the handles in place.

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This homemade market bag filled with produce and other items from the store is easy to make.

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Turning oldshirtsintonewyillows

By Linda Turner Griepentrog ForWesCom News Service

Chances are someone in your family might have a few shirts hanging in the closet that are never worn. It's easy to transform them into fun throw pillows with just a bit of ingenuity and very little sewing.

Dressycorporate blue pinstripe, a funky Hawaiianprint orwarm and cozy wool, each will work well. Any sizeshirtisappropriate,from infants to extra-large — the amount of available fabric is the only limit to the finished pillow size. iConsider using an infant-size shirt to make sachets and fill them with herbs or potpourri.)

Look for shirts with button closures, pocket detailing and any other interesting touches, such as monogramming or decorative seaming. Shirt fabrics can vary from cozy flannels and wools to dressy cotton or rayon prints. Women's blouses work equally well and often have tucks, pleats or

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The fun part is that the pillow closure is alreadydone — there'sno zipper or buttonhole skills needed.

W hat you'l lneed For one pillow: • Shirt • Pillow form or polyester stuffing • Basic sewing supplies • Pattern tracing paper

Getting started Determine the size and shape of the finished pillow and add one-half inch all around for seaming. Cut out a paper patternin the size determined.

Pressthe shirtifneeded and spread it out on a flat surface, with the front buttoned. Smooth any wrinkles.

Pin the paper pattern over the shirt front and pin through both shirt layers, positioning the buttoned closure

as desired — the button placket can be placedalong the verticalor horizontal pillow center, asymmetrically, or even diagonally along the pillow pattern shape.

Cut around the paper pattern through both the shirt front and back layers.

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Friendlydivorce may be best for wife in unhappy marriage

Taketwo: ¹Ilarv Clinton running againfor Nresilient

DEARABBY: I'm 88, married for 16years that you would be doing them a disservice. and the mother oftwo small children. I was Even if you could pull it off and the kids recently diagnosed with ovarr'an cancer and didn't sense the tension between you and had a hysterectomy to remove it. yourhusband,how do you think theQ feel My husband has cheated more than once when they are older and realize what they in the past,and since my recovery Ihave were ledtobelievewas a happy marriage realized I never forgave him for it. I kept was a lie? quiet and pretended I didn't know. Now I Because you feel so strongly about raising them with your husband, my advice is to am bitter, angry and hurt. He goes out and m ake every effortto clearthe stays out constantly. He does air and work out your marihelp with the kids, but I know Idon't belong here.Iknow DEAR tal problems with him. That what I want, and it's not this ABB Y said : It takes two to tango. If he is unwilling to cooperate, life with him anymore.

Iknow Ican leave atany all of you might be happier ifyou separated and agreed to an amicable time, but I feel my children deserve to be divorce and shared custody. I'm not saying raised with both parents in the home since neither of us had that when we were growit would be easy, but it can be done ifboth ing up. Qfy father died. His parents divorced parties are willing. when he was a toddler) His family has been my family since the beginning ofour DEARABBY: I recently received aninvitarelationship. tion to a small wedding that specifred the I want my children to grow up thinkattire to be "dressy casual."I'm thinking of ing marrmge is forever and growing old wearing a pair of nice black slacks, a white with your partner is great. I want them to sweater and a black leatherjacket. have what I did not. If we are civilized and Is it approprr'ate to wear black at a wed"pretend to be in love,"would my children ding ceremony? And who is the dress code be OK? I'm willing to stay in this marriage guru who decides these matters?

— DANON THE WEST COAST until they are old enough and on their own DEAR DAN: MY"dress code guru" for before I walk away. weddings is Emily Post. According to Emily, Will they understand thatI sacrifrced my happiness for them to live with both parents? "dressycasual attire"for me n isa seasonal I want to be in love and happy, but would sportcoat orblazerand slacks;a dressshirt, rather raise my babies with their father than casual button-down shirt, open-collar or polo shirt; optional tie and loafers or loafer-style someone else. Your advice is greatly apprecishoes with socks. ated.

— WILLING IN CALIFORNIA The rule about not wearing black to a DEAR WILLING: OK. First, let's talk weddingwas discarded years ago,and it about your diagnosis and the treatment you applied to women — not men. had. Being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness can cause anyone to rethink how Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van one has been living one's life. It can cause Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and allsortsofrepressed emotions to boilto the was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. surface, causing anger, bitterness and hurt.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com Before making any life-changing decisions, or PO. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

For everything you need to know about please talk with your doctor, a marriage wedding planning, order "How to Have a counselor and your husband about those feelings.

Lovely Wedding."Send your name and mailIf you think that staying in an unhappy ing address, plus check or money order for $7 marriage with a man who goes out and (US. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, stays out constantly while pretending to be PO. Box447,Mount Morris,II 61054-0447. in love would be healthy for your children, (Shipping and handling are included in the I'd be less than honest if I didn't warn you price.)

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WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, announcing her much-awaited second campaign for the White House.

"EverydayAmericans need a champion. I want to be that champion," she said.

As she did in 2007, Clinton beganhercampaign forthe 2016 Democratic nomination with a video. But rather than follow it with a splashy rally, she instead plans to head to the early-voting statesofIowa and New Hampshire, looking to connect with voters directly at coffee shops, day care centers and some private homes.

"So I'm hitting the road to earn your vote. Because it's your time. And I hope you'll join me on this journey," Clinton said at the end of a video, which featuresa series of men,women and children describing their aspirations.

Thisvoter-centricapproach was picked with a purpose, to show that Clinton is not taking the nomination for granted. Only after about a month of such events will Clinton will give a broader speech outlining more specificsabout herrationalefor runnmg.

The former secretary of state, senator and first lady enters the race in a strong position to succeed her rival fiom the 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama.

Her message will focus on strengthening economic security forthe middle class and expandmg opportumties for working families. The campaign is portraying her

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