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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Keith Jensen of Baker City.

Local, 2A A Washington man suffered 31 fractures to his ribs Monday morning when his fourwheeler flipped while he was backing it up a ramp into his pickup truck in the far southwest corner of Baker County.

• Regional SWAT team takes over search today for Damon Robinson, a convicted felon who fled police during a trafic stop Tuesday

By Jayson Jacoby ]]acoby©bakercityherald.com

Police from three localagencies chased a Baker City man in vehicles and on foot Tuesday in a two-hour, 28-mile pursuit that started in town and continued into the snowy heights of the Elkhorn Mountains.

Police suspended their search for Damon Robinson, 41, about

5:24p.m.during a thunderstorm that brought snow and reduced visibilities in the forest where Robinson fled on foot after his pickup truck got stuck near 7,542-foot Marble Creek Pass.

The Northeast Oregon Regional SWAT team, with members from Baker and Union counties, will take over the investigation today, Baker City

Police Chief Wyn Lohner said this morning.

The incident started about 3:30 p.m. in south Baker City.

Lohner said police had learned that Robinson, a convicted felon, had a gun or guns, which he is forbidden from owning due to his convictions.

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Kindergarten orientation set for Monday Parents of children who will be entering kindergarten this fall are invited to learn more about kindergarten, including the change to all-day classes,Monday, May18 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Brooklyn School gym, 1350 Washington Ave. More information is available by calling 541523-2450.

The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Offtce concluded that Joshua Pantle, a 28-year-old Baker City man who died Satur/r 5 day after being taken to the Pantle Baker County Jail, suffered an overdose of methamphetamine after swallowing a plastic baggy that contained the drug.

The medical examiner who performed the autopsy M onday found remnants of a plastic baggy in Pantle's stomach. The bag appeared to haveburst,and a toxicology test showed a high level of meth in Pantle's system, according to a press release from Oregon State Police

Public Arts

Commissionbuys third painting The Baker City Public Arts Commission has received $300 in donations from the public, which along with $1,000 in the Commission's budget has allowed it to buy two paintings for exhibit at City Hall, 1655 First St. The Commission bought"The Slide" and "The Swing" by local artist Alyssa Peterson.

They accompany another of Peterson's works, "The Merry Go Round," which the Commission bought earlier and also is displayed at City Hall.

The paintings, of playground equipment from Geiser-Pollman Park, are the first pieces in the Commission's permanent collection.

Donations to the Commission's acquisition fund can be made through Baker City.

Veterans support group starting A veterans safe zone support group will meet the first and third Mondays of each month starting May18 at 6 p.m. at the Northeast Oregon Compassion Center's left wing, 1250 Hughes Lane.

The group provides a safe and confidential environment for all veterans, past and present. More information: 541-523-9845.

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South Baker lntermediate students learn what could happen if the water applied to fields and crops is contaminated. From left, DanielWachtel, Alexander Albenez and Aiden Rush observe the action of a contaminate added to one of their jars of water during Field to Fork dayTuesday at the Baker County Fairgrounds.

The Baker County Major Crime Team is investigating the death of a three-monthold boy in Baker City.

Xysis Silk Duane Lahey was born on Feb. 12 at St. Alphonsus to Xysis and Lonnie Opstrup of Baker City.

His parents brought him to the St. Alphonsus Medical Center emergency room at 5:50 a.m. Monday.

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ust exactly where does pizza come from, anyway?

"The store," according to students in one session of the Ag Commodity class Tuesday at the Community Event Center.

The pizza answer landed in a tub labeled "store" during a relay race in which students were asked to depositslipsofpaperinto the appropriate tubs labeled store,farm, factory or natural resources depending on each item's source.

The event was part of the annual Field to Fork Agriculture Field Day.

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Each finger of a plastic glove becomes a miniature experiment in gardening. Kiley Chetwood of Halfway uses black tape to create a "no sunlight" finger during the "Growing in a Glove" activityTuesday.

Other fingers also are created and labeled with or without one thing; no space, no water, no soil and a control, which has everything a seed needs to germinate.

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Police look into death of infant

Four months after a "bombshell" was dropped on Baker Valley's potato growers, they ended up planting spuds on slightly more acres than last year.

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BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR THURSDAY, MAY 14 • Never Miss A Chance to Dance:The Powder River Dance Club meets, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005Valley Ave.; more information is available by calling 541-524-9306.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 • Adler House tours open for the season:Open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 2305 Main St.; $6 adults, free for children; 541-523-9308.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 • All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Musical:Presented by Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre, 7 p.m., 2101Main St., Suite 207; tickets: $20 for adults, $10, students and $18, members; continues at 7 p.m.,May16,and at3 p.m.on May17.

• Community Concert:Tricities Steel Band, 7 p.m., Baker High School, 2500 E St.; $25 adults, $15 students; annual memberships available.

• MONDAY, MAY 18 • Baker County Historical Society Living History Program:7 p.m., in the Ballroom at Baker Heritage Museum; Gerald Maxwell, Marjorie Peck, Mark Sackos and Mac Kerns will tell about "Rural Life in Muddy Creek, Rock Creek and Haines."

TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald May 13, 1965 Cascade Natural Gas Corporation will start a widespread extension of its lines in Baker within the next few days,Bob Feemster,localm anager,hasbeen advised.

In a communication received by Feemster this week, 0. Marshall Jones, Cascade president, said the program would add nearly 3 miles of line to the Baker distribution system.

25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald May 13, 1990 Last summer 355 forest fires burned 79,060 acres on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.

Now, the Forest Service is attempting to seed many of the burned areas.

One of those areas is on Dooley Mountain, south of Baker City. A contract planting crew from Quias Reforestation in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, recently planted 2-year-old Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine seedlings in the area where the Dooley fire burned.

10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald May 13, 2005 The budget approved by the Union-Baker Education Service District Budget Committee Thursday night is down about 65 percent from a year ago as the result of the loss of state contracts that were pulled because of evidence of fraud and mismanagement.

Prior to approving the budget, the committee added $500,000revenue and expense linesto help track money the district expects to receive from the sale of surplus property.

ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald May 14, 2014 An effort to establish a preliminary plan to replace portions of the outdated irrigation system at the Quail Ridge Golf Course might secure more than a rudimentary review next week when the Baker City Budget Committee convenes to chart the fiscal future.

Irrigation system snags at the course are not a recent development and city officials want to at least secure funds to craft a feasibility study to tackle the challenge during the budget committee sessions next week. Baker City Manager Mike Kee said city staff has already adopted tentative steps toward shaping a viable plan, Thomas said.

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A Washington man suffered31 fractures to hisribs Monday morningwhen his four-wheeler flipped while he was backing it up a ramp into his pickup truck in the far southwest corner of Baker County.

Rodney Wagner, 65, of Royal City, near Moses Lake, was alone when the accident happened around 10:30 a.m. near Forest Road 13 in the Monument Rock and DeardorfF Mountain area, said Grant County Undersheriff Todd McKinley.

That's about 18 air miles southwest of Unity.

Although the accident happened about half a mile

inside the Baker County border with Grant County, Prairie City, in the latter county, is the closest town.

Wagner, who also suffered cutsand bruisesto hisface, drove himself to Prairie City, where he parked at the Malheur National Forest office and started honking his horn.

An employee heard the horn and, after seeing that Wagner was hurt, called an ambulance that brought Wagner to Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day, McKinley said.

Wagner's injuries, which included multiple fractures to individual ribs 4umans have 24 ribs) were not lifethreatening, and relatives

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noticed Pantle was"having m edical issues"about 3:30 Continued ~om Page1A p.m., and that an ambulance The press release also clari- was dispatched to the jail at fied the sequence of events 5:42 p.m.

Saturday atter Pantle and two The accurate timeline, acother men were arrested for cording to OSP, is: • 3:30 p.m.: Pantle is trespassing in the backyard of a south Baker City home. brought to the Baker County An earlier OSP press Jail.

• 5:43 p.m.: Pantle showed release stated thatjail stafF

from Washington arrived to gatherhispossessions from his camp, where the accident

to crawl out from under the four-wheeler and get into his

happened.

Wagner was visiting the areatoexplore and to pan for gold, McKinley said.

Wagner was backing his Honda Rancher four-wheeler up afolding,three-piece metal ramp. As he backed up, the four-wheeler's weight shifted and the rear wheels came ofF the ramp. Wagner fell forward, landing on his face on the gravel road, and the four-wheeler landed on top ofhim, McKinley said.

"It basically folded him backwards," McKinley said.

Wagner struggled to exlricate himselfbut after about an hour he was able

He drove about 15 miles, m ostly on gravelforestroads, to Prairie City.

Had Wagner been unable to free himselfhe might have died, either from his injuries or exposure or a combination of the two, McKinley said.

It's unlikely anyone would have passedthe remote site any time soon, McKinley sald.

Thundershowers doused the area Monday afternoon and evening, and an automated weather station severalmiles away recorded temperaturesdipped into the upper 30s by late in the day.

signs of medical distress while in a holding cell.

• 5:45 p.m.:An ambulance was dispatched torespond to the Baker County Jail.

• 5:49 p.m.: The ambulance arrived at the jail.

• 6:07 p.m.: The ambulance with Pantle as the patient arrived at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City.

• 6:32 p.m.: Pantle was pronounced deceased by medical staff at the hospital.

Pantle, who lived at 525 Second St., was arrested and taken to the jail about 2:40p.m.Saturday.On eof the two other men arrested, Justin Ray Page, 26, was also charged with possession of meth.

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OBITUARIES Oregon.

He was born on Dec. 13, 1926, at WalJerry Cantrell, 88, of Haines, died May lowa to William and Martha Cantrell.

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He met the love ofhis life, Alice May Visitations will be fiom Weimer, in Junior High and they were 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at married the day after their high school Gray's West & Co. Pioneer graduation in 1945.

Chapel, 1500 DeweyAve. He served a tour with the Merchant His funeral will be at 10 Marines and on returning they moved a.m. Saturday, May 16, to Portland where he worked for several Jerry at T he Church Of Jesus years in the shipyards. After moving Cantrell Ch r ist Of Latter-day Saints,back to La Grande,theyowned the 5 2625 Hughes Lane. InterPoints Auto Camp near Hilgard, selling ment will be at 2:30 p.m. at Grandview groceries, gasoline and lodging. The famCemetery, 601 S. 20th Street, La Grande, ily moved to the ranch in Haines in 1958

where he had ranched for many years.

He worked in the Baker CountyAssessor' sOfficefor 12 yearsbeforebeing electedcounty assessorforeightyears after which he retired in 1989, continuing as a gentleman rancher.

Survivors include his devoted wife, Alice May; sons, Mike iTonnal and Tony

Jerry Cantrell Haines, 1926-2015

iDebbiel; daughter, Kathy Rogers iMarlinl; and more than 20 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom he adored.

Memorial contributions may be made to the LDS Missionary Fund through Gray's West & Co., 1500 DeweyAve., Baker City, OR 97814.

NEWS OF RECORD FUNERAL PENDING Fred Masterson: A Celebration of Fred's life and a potluck will be Sunday, May 17, at 1 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Halfway. Arrangements are under the direction ofTami's Pine Valley Funeral Home Br Cremation Services, PO. Box543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com Lois "Peggy" (Pickler-Mcoowell) Black: There will be a graveside celebration of Peggy's life Saturday, May 23, at 1 p.m. at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Arrangements are under the direction ofTami's Pine

Valley Funeral Home Br Cremation Services, PO. Box543,Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com

taken: a mountain bike valued at $1,500 belonging to JamesWeston Hart,33, of Baker City; police said the bike was stored in the back of Hart's pickup truck.

Baker County Sheriff's Office ORDERTO SHOW CAUSE (Baker County warrant): Kristopher Douglas McEwen,21, of 1504 11th St., 3:48 p.m. Monday, at his home; cited and released.

Baker County Parole and Probation PROBATIONVIOLATION: Markus Gregory Burke,35, of 2230 Campbell St.,2 25 p m.

Monday, in the 2200 block of Campbell Street; jailed.

POLICE LOG Baker City Police CONTEMPT OF COURT (BakerCounty warrant): Scott Wade Culley, 23, of 1519 10th St., 10:53 a.m. at Ash Street and Washington Avenue; jailed.

Crime reports THEFT I: In the 2000 block of D Street, between 9:55 a.m. and 10:09 p.m. Sunday;

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015

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Last night's Baker City Council meeting was a brief one.

Councilors heard from herbalist Yvonne Da Torre about herbicide use by the city.

She asked them if they had considered her past requests to ban their use.

"I'd like to know what your plan is on the herbicideissue,"she said.

Mayor Kim Mosier said the Council at its last meeting asked the city stafF to explore alternatives to current herbicide use by the city.

City Manager Mike Kee said Public Works Director Michelle Owen was analyzing the costs of using citric acid as an alternative product in city parks and would give the council a report in the future. He also said she was looking at some plans suggested by Dick Haines, an organic gardener.

Da Torre expressed disappointment with the council's attention to herbicide use.

"It's ba%ng to me how rapidly you folks can vote on the marijuana issue because you want to protect the children and yet you're poisoning their playgrounds," she said.

Da Torre contends that some contractors who spray herbicides are incompetent. ''When they sprayed at my apartment complex...they completely ignored five big patches of whitetop," she said.

Da Torre gave councilorsa listofsuggestedideas fora spray ordinance that included requiring surveys to determine the needfor herbicide application before spraying, requiring testing on application knowledge to obtain a permit for all who spray herbicides, committee approvalofspraying,hand-spraying only, limiting spraying to problem areas, requiring signs to be placed in sprayed areas for two weeks and requiring all applicators to wear protective clothing as well as read the Material Safety Data

Sheets iMSDSl on the herbicide they are applying.

In other business Tuesday councilors approvedaresolution thattransferred $33,000 from the city's contingency fund to the general fund to pay the legal feesportion ofa settlement awarded to Councilor Richard Langrell and his wife Lynne in their lawsuit against the city.

Finance Director Jeannie Dexter explained that the $50,000 awarded to the Langrells included those legal fees and the rest of the settlement came from water and wastewater funds.

Councilors also approved a resolution that allows for an interfund loan of up to $108,200between the city'sgeneral fund andits stateand federalgrants fund.

The city has received a grant up to that amount to build a new section of the Leo Adler Memorial Pathway and a trailhead.

Councilors approved a reimburse-

Cityplanners to discuss code changes The Baker City Planning Commission will meet May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Baker County Courthouse, 1995 Third St., toreview proposed changes tothecity'sdevelopment code.

That codewas lastrevised in 2009.

The public is invited to attend the meeting and to submit comments. More information is available at www. bakercitycom/departments/planning/123. The Planning Commission also has scheduled an open house for June 3 from 4p.m. to 6p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St., to answer questions about the proposed code changes.

Budget Talks Starting Baker City's budget board, which consists of the seven city councilors and seven other residents, will meetTuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St., to consider a proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts July1.

AscensionSunday service at Methodist ment to MayDay Inc. for partial costs to install a sign at 1834 Main St. The

Worship services will be at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. this Sunday, Ascension Sunday, at the Baker United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. On Fridays at 2 p.m., an American Sign Language class meets at the church.

On May 31, a noon potluck is planned at the church along with the third in a series of congregational meetings to revise the church's mission statement. The church's annual Vacation Bible School is planned for June 15-19.

$67.50 will be paid by Baker Incentive Grants for Downtown Economic Devel-

opment iBIG DEAL).

Dexter announced that the city will be having a public hearing and budget board meeting May 19 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St., to considerthe 2015-16 city budget.Ifneeded, there will be additional meetings on May 20, 21 and 26, all of which would startat6 p.m .

"Everybody is welcome to attend... and share where they think the city should be spending more of their dollars towardscity services,"Dextersaid She also welcomed comments by the public and would be happy to answer any questions about the proposed budget. Her phone number is 541-5242024 andher email addressisjdexter@ bakercitycom.

Kee said the city isadvertising for a police officer and building technician.

Driver's Ed class sign up meeting 3une 3 The Malheur ESD is sponsoring a driver education class and a sign up meeting is set for June 3 in Baker City.

The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Baker School District office, 2090 Fourth St. The class fee is $250.

More information is available by calling Topper Schlupe at 541-473-4834oremail topper.schlupe@malesd.k12. or.us or Allison Nunez at 541-473-4833 or allison.nunez@ malesd.k12.or.us.

Steel drum band to perform Saturday The Tri-Cities steel drum band will perform at 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, at Baker High School as part of the Baker Community Concert series. Tickets at the door are $25 for adults and $15 for students. Yearly memberships

are available -$60 adults, $25 students or $150 family.

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snowdrift blocks the road, which continues over the Continued from Page1A pass and down Marble Police had been watching Police iOSPl, as well as an Creek for six miles to Pocahis home, and on Tuesday OSP airplane. hontas Road. afternoon Lohner said he Robinson turned off the Robinson got out of his saw Robinson drive away in highway ontoOld Auburn truck and started running his 1997 Dodge four-wheel Road, about eight miles east, Lohner said. drive pickup. south of Baker City, and Not long after, though, he Robinson committed a traf- drovewest along the gravel returned. fic violation, and he pulled to road, which leads into the He ignored police who the curb near the intersection Wallowa-Whitman National orderedhim tostop,gotback of Fourth Street and Virginia Forest. in his truck and started drivAvenue before Lohner could Although the pursuing ing cross-country down the turn on the flashing lights in police weren't always able to steepwest side ofthe pass. his patrol car. see Robinson's truck on the Robinson made it about Lohner said he had "a curvy road, they were able to 800 verti calfeetbefore brief conversation" with follow his tracks relatively the truck stopped, either Robinson. easily due largely to rain because it was stuck or dam"Then he just stepped on that had fallen Monday and aged, Lohner said.

"It's surprising he didn't it and accelerated away," erasedtire marks from other Lohner said. traffic, Lohner said. roll over," Lohner said.

"That was huge, having Robinson drove south on With a thunderstorm unFourth Street for four blocks the recent rain," he said. der way at about 5:30 p.m., then turned right on ColoThe airplane, whose pilot the dense forest obscuring rado Avenue, just two blocks was able to track Robinson's police officers' view of the away from Highway 7. truck and radio his movepickup, and the possibility "He didn't have far to go to ments to officers on the that Robinson had a gun, "there was no way to safely get to the highway," Lohner ground, also was "invalusald. able," Lohner said. approach it with the condiRobinson headed south on Several miles west of the tions," Lohner said. the highway, reaching speeds highway, Robinson turned Policedecided to suspend estimated at 100 mph on onto Forest Road 6510, the pursuit. the straight stretch through which climbs about 2,000 However, based on a call Bowen Valley. feet to Marble Creek Pass. from the cell phone that Lohner and two other Robinson made it to the Robinson had with him, Baker City patrol cars folpass but his truck couldn't police believe he was able lowed, and they were soon go farther because a deep to get out of the pickup and

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Overall, Ward said, spuds are growing on Continued ~om Page1A about 3,900 acres in the valley this year, about One of those growers, Mark Ward, used 100 acresmore than lastyear. "bombshell" to describe the announcement in That's a"very surprising"result considering January by Heinz, a major potato buyer, that the outlook back in January, he said.

"It looked like we were totally devastated," it wasn't renewing its contracts with Baker Valley farmers.

Ward said.

Heinz had bought potatoes from about 3,000 Thatfarmers were ableto secure contracts acres of the 3,800 acres where spuds were in a relatively short period speaks to their grown in the valley in 2014. reputation among buyers, Ward said.

'The quality that comes out of the Baker Potatoes are Baker County's second mostvaluablecash crop,with grosssalesof$12.2 Valley is top of the line, and desired," he said. million in 2013, the last year for which sales Notwithstanding the increase in acreage data are available. planted to potatoes, 2015 will be a"transition" Heinz's announcement forced farmers to yearforfarmers,W ard believes.

"Everythingis new, uncharted territory," he look for other buyers.

All were successful, Ward said. said.'The big question mark for everyone is to M ost of thevalley's10 potato growers signed see if the new contracts are profitable." contracts with the Oregon Potato Company, Although Ward said he's pleased that Baker which is based in Pasco, Washington, Ward Valley growers overallincreased theiracreage sald. this year, he's not upset that his family reduced His family's farm wasn't among those. The its potato planting.

Wards signed a contract with the J.R. Simplot The reason is drought.

"I'm pretty happy where we're at, with the Co., as did a few other growers.

The Idaho company contracted for about water situation,"Ward said.

800 acres in 2014,butafterHeinzdecided not Potatoes require a lot of water. And with to renew its contracts, Simplot officials sought Phillips Reservoir, which supplies much of the out Baker Valley growers, Ward said. irrigation water for his family's acreage, less Ward said his family has planted potatoes than half full, Ward said he's not sure there on about170 acres,about100fewer acresthan wouldhave been enough water had heplanted last year. potatoeson thesame acreage aslastyear.

The contract price is also down, by 1V2perInstead of potatoes, his family planted cent, Ward said. peppermint on about 100 acres, mostly along Some local growers, though, planted more Highway 30 north of Baker City.

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The band is called Bram Brata, a name derived from two Trinidadian slang words meaning"an unexpected party.

The Tri-Cities Steel Band Association iTCSBAl currently has four performing bands comprised of middle and high school students from the Tri-Cities area in Washington. Members are selected during an annual audition process, and primarily are students who have taken the TCSBA music classes. The instructors/directors are Ben Leggett and Walt Hampton.

For more information, visit www.tcsba.org.

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Soon after, Sheriff Travis Ash used the reverse 911 system toalertresidents in the Sumpter Valley area that Robinson might be in the area.

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a erin W1SC When it comes to procuring a reliable water supply for residents, few cities in Eastern Oregon are more beneficially located than Baker City.

The Elkhorn Mountains, a 9,100-foot range that wrings copious amounts of rain and snow from Pacific storms, looms less than a dozen miles to the west.

Better still, because most of the mountain slopes nearest the city face east or north, they're somewhat sheltered from the sun and so hold their snow longer.

This keeps the major streams in the city's 10,000acre watershed, such as Goodrich, Mill, Marble and Salmon creeks, flowing high and cold long after lower-elevation waterways have dwindled to a comparative trickle.

Finally, because the watershed is close and much higher than 3,400-foot Baker City, the city can rely on gravity to bring the water to town.

But for all that, we still live in an area that's much closer to desert than to rainforest. And this summer, with the snowpack scant and the usually damp spring failing to deliver, we would do well to use our water wisely.

Past city oKcials had the foresight to create two big sources of stored water: Goodrich Reservoir and a well that holds water from the mountain streams.

Those give the city a comforting cushion against drought.

But as summer nears and the streams and springs begin to drop, residents taking simple steps such as watering lawns and gardens during the morning and evening, when less water is needed due to the limited evaporation, can postpone the city's need to tap the reservoir and the well.

As an added benefit, if the city uses less water then more will be available to farmers and ranchers in Baker Valley and downstream along the Powder River, where irrigation water, even under the most optimistic scenario, will be limited this year.

Your views Nonpartisan candidates will have to explain their beliefs We, as registered Republicans, were insulted by the propaganda the Baker County Republicans sent out urging us to vote no on 1-63. It infers that"affiliations will be cloaked." News flash — They are now. Politicians don't always vote the party lines.

This measure will allow the voters to get to the bottom of the candidates' beliefs — not just that they are Republican or Democrat. It is up to us as voters to make sure we understand the candidates' views. We believe if we put the party lines aside, our candidates will be more truthful about their beliefs and will be more interested in doing the best job for the position in which they are elected.

Please join us in voting us on Measure 1-63.

Collin and Michelle Kaseberg Baker City

Commissioner is a tough job, but it's not partisan I will be voting yes on Measure 1-63.

For the past 40 years, I have had the pleasure of working directly with numerous Baker County commissioners. The job is not partisan. It is a challenging job, requiring leadership on many different local levels. Like most everything here in Baker County, it requires all of us to be involved to make sure rural communities like ours are not left behind.

Please join me in voting yes on Measure 1-63. Thank you.

Randy Guyer Baker City

Everyone can vote in general elections: Vote no on I-63 You are allowed to vote in every general election. Whatever party affiliation you are registered as is your choice, and by doing so limits you to voting in primaries only for your party. Nobody forced you to register as you have, and if you want someone to vote for in general election, it is your party's responsibility to put forth a candidate, not someone elses. In my memory, nobody has ever been denied from voting in a general election in Baker County, unless prohibited otherwise by law. It is an outright lie that people aren't being allowed to vote in a general election.

Any of you portraying this to be true, shame on you! Vote no on I-63.

Wayne Dyke Baker City

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Oregon likes full-serve fuel, but an exceptionforruralareasreasonable Editorial from the Eugene Register-Guard: You know those T-shirts that say "Keep Oregon weird"? They should include a drawing of a hippie iit's always a hippie, right?) merrily pumping his or her own gas into a VW microbus.

Forthose notsteeped in servicestationlore,Oregon banned self-service gasoline in 1951,seven years before the nation's first pump-your-own gas station openedin Omaha, Neb. The prohibition is embedded in statutes dealing with explosives, suggesting that safety was lawmakers' primary concern six decades

ago.

Opponents argued that a 1982 initiative to lift the ban would cost jobs, and would inconvenience the elderly and people with disabilities. The initiative ran into an electoral ditch, failing 58 percent to 42 percent. Oregon remains one of only two states — the other is New Jersey — that ban motorists from pumping their own gas.

So far the same arguments have not been marshaled against legislation authored by Rep. Cliff Bentz, D-Ontario,

that would allow stations in counties with fewer than 40,000 residents to keep self-pay pumps turned on when no owner, operator or employee is around to serve customers.

Bentz and co-sponsor Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, say the bill is needed becausebusinessesin remote areas can't afford to man the pumps 24 hours a day. The bill would apply to roughly half of the state's counties and would include the Columbia Gorge, Eastern Oregon and most coastal communities."If you're a tourist going into the outback of our state without a full tank of gas, you better be prepared to sleep in your car, because it's going to be tough to find a gas station that's open after a certain hour," Ferrioli says.

Ferrioli emphasizes that House Bill 3011 is not likely to lead to a full repeal of the ban on self-service. That's a pretty safe bet, since Oregonians have swatted down every attempt to overturn the ban since it was instituted 64 years ago. Opposition has been so overwhelming that state lawmakers, despite industry prodding, haven't dared introduce a measure

to overturn the ban since 2003.

W ith the proliferation ofcredit-cardreading pumps and spill-prevention mechanisms, another look at self-service gas might make sense. Most of the official reasons for the law, listed in statute, don't stand up to scrutiny, including "Exposure to toxic fumes represents a health hazard to customers dispensing

igasolinel," which is followed by'The hazarddescribed ...iabovelisheightened when the customer is pregnant."

Then there is "Self-service dispensing at retail contributes to unemployment, particularly among young people," a claim that might make sense if economists didn't dismiss it as unsubstantiated,based on the experience ofthevast m ajority ofstatesthathave self-serve.

The House has unanimously approved HB 3011, and the Senate should do the same. But there's no evidence of widespreadpublicsupportforchanging Oregon'sself-serviceban.It'sone of those quirks that Oregonians find endearing — and that, well, helps keep Oregon weird.

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Editorial from The (Bend) Bulletin: Everyone who can get vaccinated should. It helps to protect those who can't.

Most parents in Oregon do get their children vaccinated. Doctors tell them whatis recommended. The shots are given.

But there have been more parents in Oregon that shun shots than in other states. Last year, Oregonians had the highest opt-out rate for kindergarteners in the country at 7 percent.

This year, for the first time in 10 years, Oregon has made some progress.

Oregon's rate was 5.8 percent.

The Oregon Immunization Program

said"5.8 percent ofallkindergarteners — 2,693 students — claimed religious, philosophical or other nonmedical exemption to one or more required vaccines."

Crook County's rate was 2.7 percent.

Jefferson County's rate was 1 percent.

Deschutes County had the worst rate in Central Oregon at 8.3 percent.

Partofthereason forthedrop could be a2014 law that compelled parents seeking an exemption to get information about the benefits and risks of vaccines from a health care worker or watch a video.

The target public health officials frequentlycite isfora 95 percentvac-

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cination rate. That way it makes it more difficult for disease like measles and whooping cough to spread.

But even if Oregon ever hits that average95 percent rate acrossthe state, the distribution of people with and without their shots is not completely random. There will be clusters of children without shots. Two magnet schools in Bend — Amity Creek and Westside Village — have had exemption rates of 30 percentormore in thepast.

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It will now fall to legislative leaders to figure out whether to revive the bill impasse here,with good and how, Burdick said. people on both sides."

The bill would have — State Sen. Ginny Burdick kept regulation of medical marijuana separate from medicinal program. But recreational marijuana. lawmakers could not agree After lengthy negotiations, on one: The process for local lawmakers generally agreed governments to ban medion a variety of new rules for cal marijuana dispensaries the medical program. They or other pot facilities within include limits on the number their boundaries. of plants ata singlegrow ''We are almost there. site, an inventory trackBut we have a legitimate im- ing and reporting system, passe here, with good people inspection requirements on both sides," said Sen. and an Oregon residency Ginny Burdick, a Portland mandate.

Democrat who serves as the The issue of local concommittee's co-chair."So trol was insurmountable, while that is regrettable, it's however. Some Democrats not surprising on an issue are adamantlyopposed to

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SALEM — The future is in doubt for a bill aimed at cutting off the flow of medical marijuana to the black market after an Oregon legislativecommittee overseeing legal marijuana reached an impasse late Monday.

The bill creates a variety of new restrictions and regulationsforthe medical marijuana community, which lawmakers see as a necessary step to ensure therecreational program can succeed without drawing objections from federal authorities.

The Joint Committee on Implementing Measure 91 crafteda lengthy set of new restrictions for the

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now, to build the infrastructure we need for the future," House Speaker Tina SALEM — Fourmonths ago,during a Kotek, D-Portland, said at the time.

"This is Jan. 6, so you say we have six conference dubbed the Oregon Leadership Summit, business leaders and months. Unfortunately that's not how it works," Senate President Peter Courtelected officials highlighted the importance of maintaining the state's roads ney, D-Salem, told the crowd ofhundreds and bridges. business leaders.'We should have a plan It's critical, Deschutes County Comand away topay forit.W e donot.W e missioner Tammy Baney said at the should already be starting to count votes.

Portland conference in January, that We have not."

Oregon fixes and maintains its roads.

Four months later, a bipartisan work Lawmakers at the conference said it group that was working on a plan is wouldn't be easy to agree on a proposal estranged and no longer meeting, and that would increase money through fees, thevotesto passa billtoraise m oney taxes and bonding, but it was necessary. for road maintenance and earthquake Transportatio n packages createand preparationaren'tthere. sustain thousands of jobs and maintain Republicans left the negotiating table roadstoprevent costlierrepairsdown after Democrats passed Senate Bill 324, the line, lawmakers said, and 2015 is the known as the low-carbon fuels, or clean timefora new package. fuels, standard.SB 324 proposesto cut 'The time is now to put people to work 10 percent of greenhouse gases in transWesCom News Service

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local governments banning medical marijuana facilities, saying sick people who use marijuana need to have access to the drug.

"I havea huge amount of heartburn over the idea that medicine would be voted out of a community," said Rep. Peter Buckley, an Ashland Democrat.

Buckley and other critics of local bans eventually agreed to allow them if they were subject to an automatic vote of the people. But that was too much to ask for other lawmakers, who preferredthatopponents ofa ban gather signatures from registeredvoters toreferit to the ballot, as they would have to do to challenge any otherlocalordinance.

8 $$ 8 portation fuels by 2025 through cleaner biofuel gasand thesale ofcarbon credits.

The measure is expected to increase the costofgasoline overtime ,and Republicans say because of it, they won't vote for any bill that would raise money forroads through increased feesora gas tax.

"I don't want to have a gas tax that's goingtomostly out-of-state corporations," said Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, referring to the low-carbon fuel standard."I want a gas tax that's going to fix our roads and bridges. Period. With certainty."

After two months at a standstill, Democrats are now considering options that would gut the clean fuels law and pass broader carbon tax measures.

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The bill would bar the sale of e-cigarettes to minors and prohibit their use in bars, workplaces and other public spaceswhere cigarettesareforbidden.Oregonians under the ageof18would notbeable to purchase e-cigarettes, the same agerestriction asfortobaccoproducts.

Teen smoking hit a record low last year but the popularity of e-cigarettes among youths has shot up. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April found the number of high school students who tried inhalant devices tripled in one year.

The legislation also requires cigarette products be sold in child-resistant safety packaging and specifies e-cigarettes can't be used to smoke marijuana in public spaces or workplaces.

Supporters say the bill is necessary because Oregon is one of a handful of states that hasn't already banned selling e-cigarettes to minors. According to the National Conference on State Legislatures, 42 other states have passedsimilar measures.

E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices thatproduce an odorless vapor that typically contains nicotine and flavorings.

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EUGENE iAPl — Two Oregon teenagers who sought to force state lawmakers to work harder on a plan to reduce carbon emissions and help stave off climate change have struck out a second time with a state judge.

On Monday, Lane County Circuit Court Judge Karsten Rasmussen agreed with the state argument that a judge lacksauthority toessentiallyrewrite state laws. He also rejectedthe teens'centralarguments.

The Register Guard newspaper says 4ttp J/is.gd/ mq0aMp l Rasmussen wrote that while Oregon's public trust doctrine holds that state governments keep the natural resources of a state in trust for current and future residents, it applies only to submerged and submersible lands. He disagreed with the teens' contention that it extends to the atmosphere, water, beaches and shorelands.

Rasmussen dismissed the case in 2012, saying it was a question for the Legislature and the governor. The state CourtofAppealsruled lastyear thathedid havejurisdiction.

The case was filed in 2011 when plaintiffs Kelsey Juliana and Olivia Chernaik were 15 and 11 years old.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum says she's pleased. Plaintiffs' lawyer Christ Winter declined comment.

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SALEM iAPl — State senators say Oregon children should be allowed to apply sunscreen or wear hats outdoors while they're at school.

The Senate voted unanimously Monday to tell schools that sunscreen is not a medication and its use cannot be prohibited.

The bill's proponents say schools allow only specific over-the-counter drugs on their campuses, and sunscreen is not on the list. They say children who are conscientious enough to protect themselves from the sun should have the right to do so.

The bill also would require that schools allow students to wear sun-protective hats and clothing as long as the garments are not inappropriate. The measure returns to the House, which approved it unanimously in March but must sign off on changes made in the Senate.

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PORTLAND iAPl — An Oregon woman says United Airlines overreacted when it diverted a flight and removed her family from a plane after she and the crew had problems finding her autistic 15-year-old daughter something to eat.

Donna Beegle said the teen, Juliette, can be a picky eater and sometimes lashes out if she doesn't get what she wants. Beegle is calling for training for airline employees on dealing with people who have autism.

"This is about a few, simple accommodations," Beegle said Monday.

United, however, said flight crews did make special concessions for the girl but ultimately"made the best decision for the safety and comfort of all of our customersand elected to divertto SaltLake City afterthe situationbecame disruptive."

The conflict came May 5 on the family's flight home to Portland from a trip to Disney World.

The girl had refused to eat at a layover in Houston and had turned down nuts, raisins, a granola bar and Juliette's favorite blue Jolly Ranchers that the family

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Beegle said she told flight attendants that her daughter was about to have a tantrum, and that she could scratch someone.

After about 40 minutes, the mother said, the crew got the teen a hot serving of jambalaya from first class, "and she was perfectly happy."

Shortlyafterward, however, an emergency landing in Salt Lake City was announced, and they were removed, she said.

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The Baker School District's Budget Committee consid-

ered a plan to spend $22.6 million in the coming year to fund programs that reflect "a commitment to sustaining high quality K-12 instruction while expanding innovative programs," Betty Palmer, interim superintendent, said in her budget message.

The proposed 2015-16

budget of $22,684,143 is up $2,362,155 &om the current

year's $20,321,988 budget.

As the Committee's meeting got under way Tuesday night, members appointed Autumn Swiger-Harrell to serve as the group's fifth community member. She replaces Melissa Irvine.

Irvine is running unopposedfora seaton theschool board in the May 19 election.

She was appointed in April to serve the remaining two months of Kyle Knight's term on the board. Knight resigned in March.

In her budget message, Palmer also detailed challenges facing the district in 2015-16, which, she said "include adding full-day kindergarten, maintaining aging facilities and grounds which are in constant use, supportingour charter schools and continuing to expand educational options through partnerships with local businesses, community colleges and Eastern Oregon State University."

Palmer said the district plans to continue to expand its charter schools, Baker Web Academy and Baker Early College; and Baker Technical Institute, which provides career and technical training; and Eagle Cap Innovative High School.

Palmer said the district expects an enrollment of 1,645

students next year, with another800 to 1,000 to enroll in district charter schools.

Palmer also pointed out that the district makes the bestuse oflocal,state and federal dollars through cultivating"a practice of financial conservancy, using long-term forecasting to drive financial decisions."

The district and others throughout the state were caught by surprise, though, by a recent decision by the Oregon Supreme Court.

The court overturned 2013 legislative reforms to the Public Employees Retirement System.

The decision, which restorescost-of-livingincreases to retired public employees for2013-15,willcostthe Baker School District about

$720,000 per year, Doug Dalton, the district's chief financial oScer, explained later in the meeting.

"That will keep us from

doing $720,000 worth of things," he added.

Dalton cautioned the Budget Committee against relying on the state to help ease that burden.

At the conclusion of Palmer'sbudget message, Irvine took exception to the interim superintendent's praise of the four-day student week.

Palmer said the fourday schedule "fosters stafF participation in professional development and collaborative planning" while also providingopportunitiesfor students to participate in programs on and otf campus on Friday when there are no classes.

"I have a lit bit of reservation about mentioning the four-day student week in such a positive light," Irvine sald.

"I wouldn't want to gloss over it too much, because it

is a sensitive issue," she said.

"People would still rather see their kids in school on Friday."

And Irvine questioned how much is available for elementary age children on Fridays.

Palmer said that while she would consider Irvine's comments, she stands by her statement that the four-day week has provided valuable time forteachers to plan and receive training.

At South Baker, where Palmer served as principal forsix yearsbeforemoving to the district office this spring, students are offered three-hour tutorial sessions each Friday. And the same is true of other schools in the district, Palmer said.

Mark Witty, who will take over as superintendent on July 1 when Palmer will move into her role as assistant superintendent, addedthatthedistrictwould consider how to make Friday programs "more robust" in the future.

"There's always room for more opportunity if properly leveraged to be able to get some things done," he said.

In a presentation that lasted about 2V2 hours, Dalton presented highlights of the funding plan.

The"Big Five" focus in the coming year will be on expansion of the district's charter schools, moving &om half-day to full-day kindergarten as required by the state, adding more programs and stafF at Baker Technical Institute, and facilities and technology improvements, Dalton said.

To accommodate full-day kindergarten, three teachers and twoparaprofessionals will be added to the stafF at Brooklyn Primary School. A part-time assistant principal and part-time math coach

also will be added, Dalton saId. Brooklyn Elementary, as of May 7, is the district's largest school with 473 students, Dalton said. Baker High School had 471 students on that date.

Additional hours have been added to the schedules of cooks and janitorial stafFto accommodate the increased number of students. One more modular building has been addedand plans callfor expanding the playground and building a bus lane to ensure student safety.

Changes at South Baker include adding two paraprofessionals to serve a large fourth-grade class in the coming year. A new principal has been named, not a new position, Dalton said, and several new teachers have beenhiredtoreplace those who have retired or resigned.

A new principal also has been named atBaker Middle School and a new guidance secretary will be hired. An additional math section also will be added in the coming year to help bolster students who might need additional help in math.

At Baker High School, the dean of students position has beenconvertedtothatofassistant principal and money has been budgeted to hire, in conjunction with Baker City, a police officer to resume service as a full-time school resource officer for the next five years.

A half-time teacher will be hired to teach three additional math sections, again to offerextra help to students.

New teachers have been hired for English language learners and special educationand aguidance position has been filled, Dalton said.

And there will be upgrades to the heating and air-

conditioning systems in the building.

The Baker Technical Instituteexpects to add programs next year, including a robotics course for second-year engineering students. There are already 74 students signed up for the program, Dalton said.

The environmental science program will add a second year to complement work on the brownfield project to clean up property donated to the district. An information technology course also is expected to be added along with a second-year building trades class.

The ag sciences program will expand its welding classes, with the addition ofa welding teacher to join a new ag teacher in the program.

There will be a new principal at Haines where a half-time teacher and a .4 time paraprofessional will be added to accommodate expected growth at that school, Dalton said. A retiring classroom teacher and a special education teacher will be replaced, a modular building added and playground improvements will be made.

Dalton noted that with the exception of a half-time administrator being added at Brooklyn, the administrative team remains about the same.

"Administrators are being asked to do a lot and we really haven't added anything for that," Dalton said.

Irvine again urged the distric tto take thatmessage to the community as well.

At the end of Tuesday's session, the Budget Committee agreed to meet again at 5 p.m. May 19 to continue its discussion. The board's regular meeting begins at 6 o'clock that night at the District OlfIce, 2090 Fourth St.

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IMNAHA — A standofFbetween police and a man holding two people hostage near Imnaha ended early Tuesday morning without casualty.

The Wallowa County SherifFs OlfIce was contacted Monday evening

by Shirley Scott, 62, of the River Woods area on the upper Imnaha River, regarding a domesticviolence incident.

'The original call was this guy was going after his girlfriend with a firearm," Sheriff Steve Rogers said.

Scott Fouste, 52, also of the River Woods area, was allegedly threatening Scott and her son Jason, 41.

The incident began around 5:30

p.m. Monday, Rogers said, and sherifFs office deputies, Oregon State Police, an ambulance and the U.S. ForestService responded,sealingotf the top and bottom of the Imnaha River Road.

Rogers said he ran the incident command post from the top of Big Sheep Creek Hill outside of Josephthe closest spot to the incident with cell service. He said he dispatched Chief Deputy Fred Steen to serve as onsite supervisor.

After police were in place, Rogers said the suspect ran up a hill near the house. Around midnight, with the state SWAT team en route, he said things started to fall apart when Fouste reappeared.

''We had the entire incident contained seven hours until it blew up," Rogers said.'We didn't know where he was and when he returned he startedgetting violentand controversial."

Rogers said OSP Lt. Steve Smartt stayed on Sheep Hill with him while they communicated via radio and a satellite phone with the officers throughout the night.

The police moved in from their positions downriver and upriver, Rogers said. Fouste was armed with a handgun pointed to his own head before running back into the woods.

"He must have changed his mind about confronting officers with firearms in the middle of the road; a wise

decision," Rogers said.

OlfIcers were able to getthe Scotts safely out of their home and to a safe house in the Wallowa Valley for the night.

Due to darkness and a driving rain storm, Rogers said,'There was no rhyme nor reason to hunt down a guy — no reason to put people in that type of danger."

Rogers said a warrant will be issued for Fouste's arrest.

Not being on-scene was a challenge, Rogers said.

"That was the hardest command I've ever done," he said.'When your guys are so many miles away, in the dark, being left behind was not a good feeling, trustme."

Tom Insko named EOU president LA GRANDE — The State Board of Higher Education has voted to approve the appointment of Tom Insko as Eastern Oregon University's next president.

The announcement comes atter four finalists for the job toured EOU, gave presentations and met with the Eastern community several weeks ago.

The state board unanimously approved a 2-year,

$228,000 appointment for Insko.

"I love this university," an emotional Insko said, adding he is humbled and honored.

Insko is currently the inland manager for Boise Cascade in La Grande. He holds two degrees fiom Eastern in math and business/economics, which he received in 1993 and 1994. ''We are united in this decision," said David Nelson, chairman of the EOU Board of Trustees.

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Amtrak crash in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA iAPl — Rescue crews searched the mangled wreckage for victims Wednesday as investigators tried to determine why an Amtrak train hurtled otf the tracks in a crash that killed at least six people, injured more than 200 and plunged screaming passengers into darkness and chaos.

Investigators recovered thetrain'sdatarecorders and said they expected them to yield crucial information, including how fast it was going as it rounded a sharp curve and derailed in an old industrial neighborhood.

INFANT Continued from Page1A The infant was unresponsive at that time, and lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. The Baker County Major Crime Team responded and assumed the investigation.

An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday with the Oregon State Medical Examiner's OlfIce. The Baker County Major Crime Team consists of the Baker County District Attorney's OIfIce, detectives &om the Baker City Police Department, the Baker County Sheritf's OlfIce and the Oregon State Police.

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The law, which takes effect immediately, requires gun SALEM — Oregon Gov. buyers and sellers who aren't Kate Brown signed a bill related to visit a licensed gun Monday requiring backdealer who can run a background checks on firearm ground check. ''We have an obligation transfersbetween private parties, making Oregon the to protect Oregonians &om eighth state to require screen- gun violence," said Brown, ing on nearly all gun sales. a Democrat."If we want to Associated Press

keep our kids, schools and communities safe we must make it harder for dangerous people to get guns."

Republicans vehemently opposed the measure. They say it will only burden gun owners who are committed to following the law without changing the behavior of

people willing to break it.

"The good intentions behind Senate Bill 941 do not change the fact that it is a deeplyfl awed and unenforceable piece oflegislation that targets responsible, lawabiding Oregonians," said Rep. Mike McLane, the top Republican in the House.

Brown's signature caps a longcampaign by Oregon Democratsseeking stronger gun laws, which intensified followinga 2012 shooting at a suburban shopping mall packed with Christmas shoppers. The bill's critics point out that the rifle used in that shooting was stolen.

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Lee Beyer, D-Eugene, who is a leading in timeto passapackage beforethe sesAnypackage that comes together this Democratin both transportation and clean sion ends in late June or July. session would be the first transportation 'Them's more discussions on this side fuels talks. package passed since 2009. The 2009 ''We can'trepealitunlesswereplaceit than the House, iwhichl seems to have eNIrt, which lawmakers say took months with something else. Wecan modifyit, we been unwilling to do any discussion at all," to workout, resulted in a bill thatraised can delayit. There's a lotof things we can Beyer said. $1billion and created thousands of talk about. Let's talk," Beyer said.

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Baker's bats, which had been silent the past couple of games,erupted for 17 hits and 23 runs Tuesday in a 23-1 rout of Nyssa in a nonleaguesoftballgame at the Baker Sports Complex. The game lasted just five innings.

Seven of the Bulldogs' 17 safeties were forextrabases, including three home runs.

Dani McCauley and Hope Collard each had a homer and five RBIs, and Sierra Koehler a homer and four RBIs. Baker had three innings where it scored seven or more runs.

In the first, Nicole Parsons and Kayla Davis singled and both scored on a double by McCauley.

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It took a little longer than expected, but Baker finally sent five Bulldogs to next weekend's Special District 4 4A/3A/2A/1A tennis tournament at the Tri-City Court Club at Kennewick, Wash.

Singles player Grace Huggins, girls doubles Hannah Wilson and Lena Bowers, and boys doubles Brandon Stairs and Ryan Schwin advanced from the sub-district playoffs at Ontario.

The sub-district was originally scheduled for last Friday and Saturday at Ontario. But because of someacademic testing that couldn't be changed, the tourney was moved to Saturday and Monday.

Huggins entered subdistrict asthe No. 1 seed in girls singles.

Huggins then defeated four opponents in straight sets to advance to district.

Stairs and Schwin drew a first-round bye in boys doubles before winning twicetoadvance to the sub-district title match.

There they lost to a La Grande duo to advance as the second-placeteam.

Wilson and Bowers advanced to the sub-district semifinals before losing.

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McCauley walked, then rode home on Koehler's tworun homer to center.

LaKalyn Thomas then singledand laterscored on a sacrifice fly by Collard.

Savannah Stephens added a run-scoring single and Davisa two-run double before McCauley homered off the centerfi elder' sglove.

On the play, the Nyssa player got her glove on the ball, butitpopped out and over the fence. Since the ball did not touch the ground it was ruled a home run.

Stephens increased Baker's lead to 16-1 in the third with an RBI double.

Baker then used four hits and four Nyssa errors to add

Grande. seven runs in the fourth.

Koehler had two RBIs in the inning. Collard, Stephens, Nyssa 0 1 0 0 0— 1 Davis and McCauley each B aker 7 8 1 7 x — 23 Hashagen and Mitchell McCauley, added one.

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Cleveland can wrap up the bestof-sevenseriesand advance tothe CLEVELAND — With the"Big 3" conference finals for the first time since reduced to the "Banged-Up 2," LeBron 2009 with a win in Game 6 on Thursday James again showed why he's Clevenight back at United Center in Chicago, land's one and only. where the teams exchanged buzzerJames scored38 points,Kyrie Irving beating victories last weekend. added 25and the Cavaliersheld off The drama wasn't quite as high in Chicago's charge in the fourth quarter Game 5, but it was close and it was fora 106-101 victory overthe Bullson intense.

Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Jimmy Butler scored 29 and Mike testy Eastern Conference semifinal.

Dunleavy 19 for Chicago. Derrick Rose Showing no ill effects from a sprained scored 16, 12 in the first quarter, but the left ankle, James added 12 rebounds, star guard shot just 2 of 15 in the final sixassists,three steals,three blocks and three quarters and aggravated a shouldidn't have a turnover in 41 minutes to der "stinger" he sustained in Game 1. ensure the Cavs will again play at home Fueled by an altercation that led to this season. The four-time league MVP the ejection of Chicago's Taj Gibson, the was locked in from the start, imposing Cavs led 90-73 with 6:09 left and then his will on a game the Cavaliers had to had to hold off a furious comeback by have. the Bulls, who got within 101-99 on "I commend him for putting us on his Butler's 3-pointer with 1:18 left. back," Irving said.

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They then lost in three sets in the match for third and fourth place.

The top four boys and girls singles and top four boys and girls doubles from distric tadvance to the stateplayoffslater this month.

Sub-districtTennis (Baker results) Girls singles Huggins (B) def Wolf (V) 6-2, 6-0 Huggins (B) def Maldonado (0) 6-0, 6-0 Huggins (B) def Vogt (0) 6-1, 6 3 Huggins (B) def Gngsby (L) 6 2, 6-0 (title) Duncan (V) def S Bowers (B) 6-3, 6-1 S Bowers (B) def Marzicchini(L) 8-6 S Bowers (B) def Taylor (N) 8-1 Kelso (V) def S Bowers (B) 6 2, 6-3 (consolation final)

Jordan (0) def K Burk(B) 76,6-1 K Burk (B) def Chnstman (L) 8 3 K Burk(B) outbydefault Treanor (B) def Chnstman (L) 6-2, 6-0 K Kelso (V) def Treanor (B) 64, 6-3 Girls doubles Rodnguez/ CuevasCuna (0) def Gentily Wachtel (B) 6-3, 6-4 Borosa/McBnde (V) def Gentrf/Wachtef (B) 80 L Bowers/Nhlson (B) def Roberts/Eideham mer (L) 6-0,60 L Bowers/N/ilson (B) def A l exander/ Schwartz (0) 1 6, 64, 6-3 Hamilton/Dobney(V) def L Bowers/Nhlson (B) 6-2, 7 5 Ewing/Ewing (V) def L Bowers/N/ilson 7 5, 6 7, 6-2 (third place) Nakamaura/Taylor (0) def Averett/Hertel (B) 62,75 Averett/Hertel (B) def Rindhshbacher/Mey ers (N) 8-3 Borosa/McBnde (V) def Averett/Hertel (B) 9 8 (7 4) (consolation championship) M Burk/Bryan (B) def Rindhshbacher/Mey ers (N) 6-2, 2 6, 6-1 Ewing/Ewing (V) def M Burk/Bryan 6-2, 6-1 Boys singles Cunningham (B) def Benlamin (N) 6-1, 6-2 Wenger (V) def Cunningham (B) 64, 64 Gonzalez (0) def Gruber (B) 6-3, 64 Pnce (0) def Gruber (B) 6-1, 6-1 Boys doubles Stairs/Schwin (B) def Schlaht/Ebel (L) 6-1, 63 Stairs/Schwin (B) def Carlson/McLaughhn (V) 6 2, 7 6 (7 5) Ebel/Yohannon (L) def Stairs/Scwhin (B) 6-3, 6 3 (title)

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James, though, was the differenceas usual. After a few un-LeBron-like performances in which he was sloppy with the ball, James had his first errorfreegame thisseason.

'Yay!n he joked, feigning surprise."No turnovers! That was the first stat I was looking at after the game. I was trying to be efficient for my teammates and I was very efficient.n The Bulls were missing big man Pau Gasol, who sat out his second straight game with a strained left hamstring and didn't sound confident before Game 5 that he'd be ready by Thursday.

They also played the final 10:25 without Gibson, ejected for kicking Cavs guard Matthew Dellavedova.

a er ovswin istrictcrown UNION — Baker walked away with the Special District 4 district boys golf championship Tuesday at Buffalo Peak Golf Course.

The Bulldogs shot a twoday score of 722, 31 strokes betterthan second-place La Grande.

Rylee Gassin was third in theracefor me dalist honors with a score of 168.

Other Baker scores were

Shaun Lepley 175, Cayn Osborn 186, Parker Turk 193, and Drew Story 197.

Baker advances to the Class 4A state tournament

May 18-19 at Quail Valley Golf Course at Banks.

Baker did not qualify any girls for the Special District 3 tournament.

La Grande won the tournament followed by Heppner/Ione.

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Harden received an IV Tuesday afternoon, his answers to postgame questions were peppered with coughs and he sniffled repeatedly between queries.

Harden clearly wasn't feeling well. But faced with elimination in the Western Conference semifinals, Houston's bearded superstar

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Harden had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Dwight Howard added 20 points and 15 rebounds, and the Rockets bounced back from two lopsided losses with a 124-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

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SEATTLE iAPl — The Seattle Mariners' powerful lineup finally broke out. Appropriately it was Nelson Cruz who capped the home run eruption.

Cruz hit his major league-leading 15th homer, Mike Zunino went deep twice, and the Mariners hit six long balls on their way to an 11-4 victory over the San Diego Padres.

"Talent will play in this league because you play 162 games. You're going to have spots where you have good luck here, good luck

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The six homers were tied for the most hit by the Mariners in their park, the last coming in 2004 against Kansas City. Zunino hit a 439-foot solo shot leading off the sixth inning then added a two-run homer in the seventh.

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Northway has yet to attempt to replicate the event in her county, noting the time, teamworkand money that p"ti. i goes into coordinating such an expansive program.

Hands-on lessons about agriculture were brought to about 200 Baker County students on Monday and Tuesday.

"It's fun," Ha5vay sixthgrader Jade Wood said.'We get to learn a whole bunch of cool stuK' Wood was among 45 Halfway students in Grades 4-6 who traveled to Baker City S. John Collins/ Baker City Herald Tuesday for the event.

At the Ag Commodities activity,Taylor Cochell of Halfway She was partnered with Adella Smith, a South Baker participates in a relay that requires students to sort agricultural products, by means of photographs, into one of Intermediate fifth-grader, four source categories. during a session about water resources taught by Holly as the agriculture, range, and Kerns, a farmer and Baker 4-H Extension agent at John County's planning director.

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In one segment of the class, Continued ~om Rge 1A "It's areallygood eventfor Once the students took the students learned about the time away from the pressure the kids," Northway said of water cyde as they alternated oftheraceto considerthe the Field to Fork program."It's betweenseven differentstaingredients in pizza, theyreal- reallyapparentthatkidsneed tions identified as mountain, ized that, of course, it gets its it when you start talkirg to stream, ocean, cloud, animal, them." start on farms where wheat, plant and groundwater.

The relayrace also helped They also considered water tomatoes and meat are grown.

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Holly Kerns leads the session about water and its possible contaminants.

Curriculum for the event was developed by Extension agent Janice Cowan, with the help of Kerns and Marilyn Moore, a retired Extension agent who died in January.

Cowan said she has presented the curriculum at four or five national 4-H conferences. The program developed in Baker County has spread throughout the state and the nation, she said.

Kerns started the program through the Farm Bureau, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts also participated. The Extension Service joined after the second year.

Instructor Eugene Hawes, a Farm Bureau member, also employed YouTube videos this year to teach students about harvesting wheat and potatoes in his session titled "Harvesting A Crop, Feeding the World."

Jayne Kellar, Baker County Extension Service office manager, said the program receiveda $4,500 grant this

year from Bob's Red Mill, to provide supplies, materials and food for the students as well as helping sustain the progTaul.

Part of the money also went to bolsterprops used toteach the lessons. For example, a model-size potatodigger complete with its own little potatoes to be harvested was added to Hawes' class display and a replica of a flour mill was purchased for the progTaul.

Other instructors were Tara Wilson and Whitney Collins of the Baker Valley Soiland Water Conservation District. Their class, titled"Soil: More Than Just Dirt" employed Oreo cookies, puddmg, gummy worms and M&M's to teach students about the layers that compose the soil.

Students used plastic gloves to determine how soil, water, space and sunlight affect seed growth in another session taught by Barbara Brody, Malheur County 4-H

and nutrition agent.

A further hands-on lesson came at lunchtime when students feasted on Oregon ag products including beef hamburgers on a bun, baked potatoes, apples, milk and ice cream. Ten volunteers from the Baker County CattleWomen's Association prepared the meal.

By the end of the day, students put together all the lessons they had learned to review what it takes to grow a crop,processitand getitto the grocery store and finally to their homes.

On Monday, half of the fifthgraders from South Baker attendedthe same classes and enjoyed the same lunch as their Tuesday counterparts along with students from Haines and North Powder.

The rest of the South Baker fifth-graders and the Haifway students also were joined on Tuesday by students from Keating, Harvest Christian Academy and one home schooled student.

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Herald, Observer hosting seminars next week The BakerCity Herald and The Observer are hosting seminars in Baker City and La Grande next week to demystify the processof creating publicity fora nonprofit organization or event, and provide take-away reference tools for publicity projects.

"How to publicize your non-profit or event" is a one-hour program that covers using traditional, digital and social media to spread the word and gain recognition.

The La Grande workshop will be held from 4p.m.to 5 p.m .Monday atCook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. 'These seminars are a good chance for thestaffsofboth papersto help thecommunity make sure they get their messages out about their groups, events or projects," Regional Publisher Kari Borgen sald.

The Baker City workshop will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. May 21 at Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St. RSVP is recommended but not required.

For information and to RSVP for the event, callThe Observer at541-963-3161 or the Baker City Herald at 541-523-3673.

Umpqua Bank asking for small-business contest entries Umpqua Bank is asking for small-business owners to enter to win$10,000 &om the bank's Made to Grow campaign.

The campaign recognizes small businesses that are helping to inspire thriving communities.

Business owners can enter to win by facing Umpqua Bank's Facebook page and sharing a short video on how $10,000 can help grow their business and local community.

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Ash Grove Cement receives two awards from corporate BAKER CITY — Ash Grove Cement Company's plant near Durkee in Baker County has received two awards &om the company headquarters in Ashland Park, Kansas.

Each year Ash Grove Cement recognizes one plant that exemplifies the company's goal to have safety ingrained as part of the daily work culture. For 2014 the Durkee plant for the first time w as awardedthe L.T.Sunderland Safety Excellence Award. oWinning the L.T. Sunderland Safety Excellence Award is an honor for our team," said Durkee Plant Manager Terry Kerby.oWe work hard on our ongoing commitment to the safety of each and every employee here, and winning this award is evidenceofourefforts."

The Durkee plant also won the company's Maintenance Excellence Program award for 2014.

It's the fifth year in a row the Durkee plant has been awarded, and the sixth time in the seven years the company has handed out that particular award.

'The Durkee plant consistently uses best maintenance practices to meet the demands of customers while producing a quality product," said Bruce Newell, Ash Grove vice president-manufacturing services.

The Durkee plant employs 107 people and began operations in 1979.

About thiscolumn Small Business Happenings covers Northeast Oregon's small-business community.

The column carries news about business events, stattupsand owners and employees who earn awards and recognition or make significant gains in their careers.

There is no charge for inclusion in the column, which is editorial in nature and is not ad space or a marketing tool. Products and services will be discussed only in general terms.

Email items to biz@lagrandeobserver.com or call them in to 541-963-3161.

Baker County residents can submit items to news@bakercityherald.com or call them in to 541-523-3673.

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Beverly Calder wanted to make a life in Baker City, so shecreated a business niche for herself awine shop she — called Bella Eighteen ye.ars later, Bella is about much more than wine.

Calder's stores — the original in Baker City, and since 2010 one in La Grande — are stocked with kitchen gadgets, cookware, bakeware, linens, dishes,specialty food items, local garlic, coffee, tea, local meat and chocolate.

But the wine is still there, too — theshelves arestocked with bottles &om about 2,000 differentproducers.

"Ihave to appealto everybody," Calder says."There has to be a little bit of everything."

She's planning an 18th birthday bash at her Baker City store Thursday. Her vendors have sent merchandise for giveaways, and there will be product demonstrations all afternoon and drawings every15 minutes forgadgets, bakeware, cookware, appliances, gift baskets and gift certifi cates.

Calder arrived in Baker City in 1993 &om Portland, traveling here with Bar-

bara Sidway, who came to see about restoring the Geiser Grand Hotel iwhich then was a mustard-colored run-down

building).

"I remember turning on to Main Street," Calder says.

'The buildings were covered with plaster but it was still breathtaking."

Itwould be fouryearsbefore Bella opened — that time involving some life changes and renovation of Calder's house, which was built in 1895.

"That's what I did for four years. I restored the house," she says.

Calder admits she nearly went back to Portland to stay.

But Baker City had caught her heart.

Plus, Tabor Clarke, a Baker City jeweler, had handed her a list oflocals who enjoyed wine. It was Calder's first mailing list.

She'd been working at For All Seasons, which was

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ENTERPRISE — Forest managementhas had many facessincethenationalforest system was established 110 years ago. Though the values are the same, how people communicate is changing.

Karen Hardigg spent the last eight years working with communities in Alaska's Tongass National Forest on how best to manage the forest while representing a list of different values. Concerns about harvest sustainability and marketability were weighed against habitat values.

Hardigg said the people who live in the Tongass saw the lawsuits filed on forests in the

Lower 48 states and wanted to avoid a fight so they met regularly to find a way to meet the most needs.

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housed in the McCord building on Resort Street. To start the next chapter ofher life, she wrote a business plan, rented the building attached to For All Seasons, and opened Bella on May 14, 1997. iHer first Bella store was in McMinnville. She chose the name by opening an Italian dictionary, and "Bella" which means "beautiful," was the first word she saw."It was perfect and captured everything I wanted my adventure to be,"Caldersays."Ithad magic, it was fun to say and it was very, very Italian!"

This first location in Baker City was a cozy space.

"It was itsy-bitsy," Calder says.

She had room for the wine, then she filled the space with her own pottery and antique furniture. She baked pastries, held high teas and hosted a beer garden in the yard.

"I did everything I could to

get attention," she says.

Within two months she hired her first employee.

She remembers when her confidence soared about her business venture. oWe sold 10 pounds of parmesan reggiano in a few weeks and I thought, This is going to work!' " she recalls.

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food."

Her mentor is a man named Guido, who owned a neighborhood grocery store named Checkerboard Grocery in Price, Utah, where Calder would spend weekends at her grandma's house. She rememberstripsto thatsmal lshop, which was open every day.

When Bella had been open for four years, Calder went to visit Guido, whom she hadn't seen for 25 years. She told him about her own store.

He didn't think it was quite perfect.

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was doing some strange things.

Which made me believe he was, infact,strange.

Monday through Thursday the dress code for men was suit and tie, and Fridays were "casual day."

What did this guy do? Monday through Thursday he dressed casually; Fridays he wore a suit and tie. He later told someone he did this simply because he could.

Once he walked into the hallway of the office, he stopped so everyone could see him and then began loudly sniSng the air. He did this several times, gaining attention, and then announced, to all those watching,"Smell the overhead around here! Smell the overhead!" Then he returned to his office. No explanation

BRAIN FOOD ICEN ICELLER was given; this was one ofhis preferred methods of communicating.

When this owner got mad at someone, he refused to look into the eyes of that employee. I was clued in on this the first time I did something that upset him.

Itwas up to me to guess what I had not done, or done, that got him angry.

He never directly confronted anyone. Instead, he stored up his frustrati ons and letloose in front of a group. Even in that setting, he never specifically called out those with whom he was angry. People heard about their SeeKeller / Page 2B

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KELLER Continued from Page 1B so-called offenses through the grapevine. The owner prefe rred to avoid directconfrontation.

Apparently he never forgot or forgave any ofthese alleged transgressions,and hespent time getting "even" in some very small and petty ways. This gave him the feeling of superiority.

After witnessing these odd behaviors, I nicknamed him "Psycho." I refer to my tenure at his company as "my time at the asylum." I've since heard from people who work there who want me to explain his behaviors and I respond by simply saying, "I think he is nuts."

Now, when I meet with owners for an initial meeting, I identify possible passive aggressive behavior by assessing how the owner interacts with his or her employees.

Once I get the CNN sound bite about the company, I inquire about human resources.

It'sa fairissue;salariesand benefits are usually the single largest business expense category. In a business, employees can be the largestassetoritsgreatestbane.Whi ch category it falls into is usually a direct result of the owner's behavior.

First, I ask about the management structure. If there is no published org chart, I assume that, essentially, everyone reports to the owner, which negates the role of all the managers on the payroll.

Second, I inquire about the performance

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BUSINESS 8 AG LIFE review system. If no such system exists, I determine that the owner decides who gets paid what, who gets bonuses and how much, who gets additional time ofE who can leave early and so forth, all based on whether or not he or she likes an employee. Yes, affection, not effecti veness,seems to mat termore to some owners.

Third, I verify the actual management authority levels. I ask who has authorization to spend company money, to what limit and for what purpose. I sit quietly until the owner shares that there is only one person in the company permitted to spend "my money."

No team exists with this kind of employer; it is a group of individuals sharing a single purpose: to get a paycheck. Nothing else matters and employees will do whatever it takes to maintain this income stream, to the extent that employees will fight each other to keep the money and to be in the good graces of the owner.

As you read this, you may think that this column does not apply to you, and it might not. I am willing to bet that"Psycho" believes he is still the best owner on the planet because no one has ever had the courage to tell him differently.

The owner who trusts no one will discover that their employees do not trust them. The owner who shows no loyalty will reap that in return. The owner who pits employees againsteach otherforfavorscan expectdisengagement, low productivity and anger. Do you want this to be your legacy?

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After college, Hardigg those lands. It's a lot easier worked as a wildlife technito derive a solution than to cian. She said she gotinto create one," Hardigg said.

This spring, Hardigg was the peoplesideofforestryin hired by Enterprise's Walgraduate school, where she learned about interdisciplinlowa Resources to facilitate the Wallowa-Whitman Forest ary problem solving, both Collaborati ve,a group that outside on the land and inside, around the collaboration table. meets monthly to talk about "It's a lot harder in the real forestrestoration projects.

world," she said.

In the real world, people's livelihoods are on the line alongwith deep-seated values.

Hardigg said to be successful, a collaborativehasto have a diverse group at the table and its members must recognize everybody's values are legitimate. She said the facilitator looks for where and how those interests and values overlap.

Hardigg said she facilitated the last two WallowaWhitman Forest Collaborativemeetings and isgetting to know the lay of the land.

"I am impressed with the commitment of the people at the table. If they weren't committed, they wouldn't keep coming."

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"He wagged his finger at me and said, You have to be open seven days a week. You need to be there when people need you.' " So she extended her operating days to seven.

"Seven days rocks," she says.'We get thanked every day."

As for all the wine selections she carries, don't worry if you need help choosing the perfect one.

"That's why we're here," she says.

Calder hadn't been running her store for long in Baker City when she realized Bella needed more room. In 1998, she moved into the Mint building on the east side of Main donate $365 to each.

Five years ago Calder expanded Bella Street. There she had enough room to put the wine in a separate room and to add again. This time she opened a second shop, 45 miles away in La Grande. housewares to her inventory. ''We were growing by leaps and bounds," Thisidea came about aftergasprices she says. jumped to $4 per gallon and Bella's business Wedding registries also helped. dropped ofK "People still get married, even in down "Fifty percent of our business drove over times," she says.

50 miles," Calder says.

Eventually she needed even more space.

She opened Bella La Grande on April Fool's Day, 2010.

Her goal was to move across Main Street, "This town was starving for something to the Osborn building, near the corner of Main andBroadway,thatoncehoused The fun," she says.

Although both stores carry the same merIdea Shop.

"A really good friend helped me buy the chandise, she's noticed that some items sell building. And that's what made Bella," she better in La Grande, while others appeal more to Baker City shoppers. says.

"Both towns have very different markets," That was in June 2003. She went from 1,000 square feet to 4,000. she says.

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She also stocks "the best pasta in the world" and locally made products, such as Triple S barbecue sauce. ''We've sold every Baker food product that's been produced," Calder says.'We've helped people build markets. You have to help other people take the same leap you did. This community has been so good to me."

And she gives back, supporting the town that has supported her. In addition to small contributions, Bella has a"365 Community Grant" fund. Calder said she and her employees pick 20 projects each year that directly benefit women and children in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties, and

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ANCHORAGE, AlaskaRoyal Dutch Shell's Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and gas oIFAlaska's northwestern coast this summer.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Monday approved the multiyear exploration plan in the Chukchi Sea for Shell after reviewing thousands of comments from the public, Alaska Native organizations and stateand federalagencies.

The approval came just daysbeforeaplanned protest of the drilling program in Seattle.

Shell must still obtain otherpermitsfrom state and federal agencies, including one to drill from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Both BOEM and BSEE are agencies of the U.S. Department of Interior. The company must also obtain government opinions that find Shell can comply with terms and conditions of the Endangered Species Act. Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said the approval"is an important milestone and signals the confidence regulators have in our plan. However, beforeoperations can begin this summer, it's imperative that the remainder of our permits be practical, and delivered in a timely manner.

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Elgin High Tuesday .............................. 64 Low Tuesday ............................... 45 Precipitation Tuesday .................................... 0.12" Month to date ........................... 0.67" Normal month to date ............. 0.86" Year to date ............................ 11.48" Normal year to date ............... 10.55"

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The BureauofOcean Energy Management on Monday approved a multi-year exploration plan for oilin the Chukchi Sea. Shell must still obtain other permits from state and federal agencies, including one to drill from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

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Shell clears major hurdle for drilling

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