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• Despite tight budget, some on the city council want to fund another police OKcer By Kelly Ducote, The Observer

La Grande City Councilors are feeling the financial pinch Still, so.meexpressed an interestin finding a roay to fund another police ofiicer at the council's retreat Monday night The La Grande Police Department has dealt with a"status quo" budget for the pastseveralyears,m eaning thedepartment's funding hasn't changed. At the same time, they are dealing with more calls, said Lt. Derick Reddington. "It is becoming moredifficult day by day, month by month to handle the call loads, do the same thorough investigations, case reports with the staffing level that wecurrently have and have had for the last number of years," Reddington said."If we do stay status quo, our level of service is going down somewhat." Reddington told councilors at their an-

nual goal-setting meeting that the police department — and the county sherifFs office — is seeing an increasing call load. "Our call load, whether it's the county or the city, is continuing to go up, but our resources are the same," he said."So, we're having to be more selective. We've always had to prioritize the calls coming in." 911 dispatchers aregetting more calls involving mental health problems and moredomestic violence calls,both of which tax resources. Domestic calls, for example, often require two officers for safety reasons, Reddington said. The lieutenant cited an example of a suicidal

man holed up at a local motel Friday. He said night-shift officers were on duty for up to 19 hours helping with that situation. Councilor John Lackey said he sees the police department's resources on a"collision course." "By notdoing anything more,we're falling behind," Lackey said. Mayor Steve Clements told City Manager Robert Strope to look at adding back a police officer to next year's budget. ''What don't you want to do?" Strope sald. SeeBudget / Page 5A

• State con6rms six documented breedingpairs of wolves to prompt move&omPhaseI Wolf

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ENTERPRISE — Oregon is moving to Phase II of its wolf recovery plan after wildlife biologists documented six breeding pairs in 2014, a big steptoward delisting the species from the state's endangeredspeciesliston theeast sideofthe state. The number ofbreeding pairs drivestherecovery of wolves in Oregon; moving fiom Phase I, the conservation stage, toPhase II,fourorm ore breeding pairs must be documented for three consecutive years. To qualify as a breeding pair, two or more pups must survive until the end of the year in which they were born. oWe will continue adding information as we gather it from a population standpoint," said Russ Morgan,the SeeWolves / Page 5A

Wolf counts are conducted in the winter when they are grouped up. February is mating season and within a few weeks, wolf pairs will breed and pups will be born in April.

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Police officer Matt Duncan writes down information on one of the 10 cases he's currently working on while out on patrol in La Grande Tuesday afternoon. During the La Grande City Council's annual retreat Monday, councilors expressed an interest in finding a way to fund another police officer.

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• Ad full ofhalf truths about voting record, state senator says By Kelly Ducote The Observer

State Sen. Bill Hansell was a bitsurprised to learn ofnewspaper and radio ads run recently attackinghisvoting record. The ads won't change the way he works in the Legislature, though.

"It came very suddenly and out of the blue," Hansell said this week of the ads, which ran in both HanseH Th e Observer and the East Oregonian recently. Several spots also ran on local radio stations. Former state Rep. Jeff Kropf, founder of Capitol Watch PAC, signed his name to the ad that ran in The Observer Jan. 16. Kropf did not return multiple re-

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SALEM — By his own ad- The threemission, Sidney Dean Porter member was a mean, abusive drunk board, which with a reputation for quick includes fists and numerous scrapes chairwoman with the law in the roughKristin Winges and-tumbletown ofJohn and members Day in Eastern Oregon. Michael Indeed, his reputation, Wu and Sid he said Tuesday before the Thompson, Oregon Board of Parole and said they Post-Prison Supervision, would not made peopleafraid ofhim. issue a On the night of April 8, decision 1992, Porter, drinking at Tuesday but home with friends and his would as soon wife, was inebriated to three as possible. times the legal limit. He struck his wife with the back ofhis hand. She was mad at him because of an affair he was SeePorter / Page 5A

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TODAY Today is Wednesday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2015. There are 337 days left in the year.

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field. Two new lagoons covering atotalof15 acresw ere createdforadditional storage at the Conley Farm, Brown sald. The treatment facility is situated on the property where the original lagoons are and houses the untreated water, Brown said. Once the lagoons are full and the water has been treated, the pipeline is open and the treatedwater travelsto the new storage ponds, ready to be used to irrigate, Brown sald. The original site with the two five-acre lagoons was built in 1980. The City of Cove has been working on updating the wastewater treatmentlagoons foratleast 15 years and spent more than $1.4 million with studies, construction and engineering costs, Brown said. The city has a 99-year permanent easement contract with the Century Farm to house the lagoons on the Conley land, Brown said. There is no exchange of money between the two entities, he said. The new lagoon system was designed by Anderson Perry and Associates. The system was designed and built to allow for at least 20 years of population growth.

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

It took 15 years and about $1.4 million, but the Cove wastewater treatment facility is complete and benefiting at least onelocalfarm. '%e had an issue with the wastewater — with over irrigating," said Mike Brown, the Cove public works director.'%edidn'thaveenough to reclaim the wastewater. There was limited storage with the facility." Two lagoons are involved with the treatment facility that caters to the Cove community, Brown said. Previously, there were two fiveacrelagoons that received the wastewater and, once it was chlorinated and treated, would irrigate a small eightacreparcelofland near the lagoons. However, the land was being over irrigated. The land being irrigated was not used for anything, Brown said, but he had to keep it mowed down, which took timeand resources better spent somewhere else. To keep the land from becoming a wetland, a 6,400footpipelinewas routedfrom the facility to the Conley Farm to irrigate approxi-

TODAY INHISTORY On Jan. 28,1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

ONTHIS DATE In 1956, Elvis Presley made his first nationalTV appearance on "Stage Show," a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. In 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War. In 1980, six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats.

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State Rep. Greg Barreto, right, and La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze listen to input from educators and school board members atWillow Elementary Tuesday.

arreto, e ucators t trou esome issues • State representative wants to reduce layers ofbureaucracy By Dick Mason The Observer

State Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, told a group of La Grande School District educators and representatives Tuesday he will work to reduce thelayersof bureaucracy and overregulation they say are gumming up the wheels of the educational process. Barretolistened to educators talk about how the stateand federalgovernments are tacking on many new rules and regulations that are making it diKcult forpublicschoolsto operate. The state representative responded empathetically, saying that he sees the new regulationsasw allsthatare closing in on public schools. "I want to disassemble these walls to give you freedom to do what you can do," Barreto said. The subject of full-day kindergarten was also

addressed during the 90-minute meeting. The La Grande School District will be switching from half-day to full-day kindergarten starting in 2015-16, the first year the state will provide funding for its operation. La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze saidthe process ofswitching to full-day kindergarten is turning out to be more expensive than anticipated due in part to stalng costs. Glazeisw orried the additional funding the state will provide for the operation of full-day kindergarten will not be enough for La Grande and other school district sto coverexpenses. "It will cost us some serious dollars," Glaze said. "Ifthe state doesnotput enough moneyinto the program, we will be in trouble. I just want you to know that itisa realconcern ofours." The educator believes this

is also a worry for many otherschooldistricts. 'There are probably a lot of nervous superintendents out there," Glaze said. Barreto noted that fullday day kindergarten will be optional forOregon's public schools. The state representativesaid he would push to make sure the state provides the funding schools need to meet all their financial needs that come with providing full-day kindergarten should it later become astate mandate. "If the state requires all schools to have full-day kindergarten, then the state should provide the funding they need," Barreto said. 'You shouldn't lay the burden on the community."

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VEHICLE USE GRAIN REPORT Soft white wheatJanuary, $6.55; February, $6.56; March, $6.58 Hard red winterJanuary, $6.51; February, $6.51; March, $6.51 Dark northern springJanuary, $8.21; February, $8.21; March, $8.21 8a rI ey — Ja nu a ry,147 — Bids provided bV Island City Grain Co.

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Chief Tom Tidwell."This policy maintains community input and local decisionmaking so that those with knowledgeoflocalareascan Observer staff decidehow to bestbalance natural resource issues with WASHINGTON — The legitimate recreational uses U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday released its final policy of national forestland." for managing snowmobile Many forests and grassand other "over-snow" vehicle lands currently have use on national forests and oversnow designations. More than 40 percent of national grasslands. As directed forests where snow depths by court order, the policy requiresthat roads,trails can accommodate over-snow and areas where over-snow vehicles have guidance convehicle use can occur be spe- sistent with the final policy. cifically designated by local The agency has directed all Forest Service mangers. remainingforestsupervisors Previously, managers where the policy applies to had thediscretion to decide make providing local guidwhether to designate specific ance a priority. The policy, scheduled to areas for over-snow vehicle use. be published today, will be "The Forest Service always formal in 30 days. The Forest seeks to provide a wide range Service reviewed more than of motorized and non-motor20,000 comments on the proizedrecreationalopportuniposed guidelines, which were ties," said U.S. Forest Service published last June.

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Hells Canyon Road to reopen Friday OXBOW — Idaho Power Co. plans to re-open Hells Canyon Road at 9 a.m. Friday, after partial removal of a rockslide thatblocked the road north of Hells Canyon Park last week. A single lane will be open, with flaggers on hand to guide vehicles through the slide area, Brad Bowlin, Idaho Power Co. spokesman, said in a press release. Travelers should expect delays and are urged to use extreme caution in the canyon, especially in the slide area, he said. No one was injured in the slide, which happened Jan. 20 about three miles north of Hells Canyon Park on the Idaho side of the Snake River. The slide was about 60 yards long and included numerous large boulders. Crews worked through the weekend to clear the road. Some of the boulders on the road were so large, they had to be blasted to make them small enough to remove,

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Fifth Air Force, in the Pacific Theater, along with historical Troop 514 hosts • Exploring Clay iages reproductionsoflifein the pancake breakfast Grande RondeValley during 4-7l, Thursdays, Feb. 5-26, the 1930sto thepresent. Boy Scout Troop 514 will 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. • Little Big Art iages 2-5l, host a pancake breakfast On Saturday, ArtsEast/Art from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 6-27, 11 a.m. to Center at the Old Library is 11:45 a.m. hosting an afternoon"Talk Sunday at the Presbyterian Friendship Center, 1204 All kids' classes are $40 + Q & A" featuring Fred Hill Spring St., La Grande. Sugi$35 for ArtsEast/Art Center and editor George Venn. At members), except for sewing gested minimum contribu3:30 p.m., Hill will talk about tionis$5for adultsand his life, his experiences durbasics, which is $55 i$50 members). Register by calling ing World War II capturing $3 for children age 12 and 541-624-2800oremailing crucial intelligence, and what younger. The breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, ucartctr@eoni.com, or go to it was like working with fresh fruit, coffee, milk and internationally acclaimed www.artcenterlagrande.org. The Art Center is located juice. For more information, photographers Ansel Adams callRick at541-962-0434. in the Carnegie building at and Minor White. Then 1006 Penn Ave. in Hill and Venn will open the Art Center offers La Grande. presentation up for questions classes for kids fiom the audience. Photographer Fred The Art Center at the Old Most photographs on Libraryisaccepting registra- Hill talks about exhibit display are available for sale, "Fred Hill: Soldier, Artist, tion for five new classes for in addit ion to greeting cards kids beginning the first week Native Son," the exhibit is on and two of Hill's books, "The of February. Each class will display at the Art Center at Darkroom Soldier" and "Fred meet four times and the fee the Old Library in La Grande Hill, A Photographer's Life." includes all supplies. through Feb. 28. The exhibit Light refieshments will be • Sewing Basics iage 8 and features stunning black and served. All gallery exhibits white images drawn fiom at ArtsEast/Art Center at upl, Wednesdays, Feb.4-25, Hill's vast collection of photos the Old Library are fiee and 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. • Pottery for Teens iages taken during his service open to the public. The event 12-16l, Wednesdays, Feb. will take place at 1006 Penn as a photography lab chief 4-25, 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the 17th Photographic Ave. in La Grande. For more • Portrait Drawing iages information, call541-624-280 Reconnaissance Squadron,

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Traffic, street committee to meet The City of La Grande Parking, TratfIc Safety and Street Maintenance Advisory Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, in City Hall Council Chambers, 1000 Adams Ave. Call 541-962-1325 for more information.

Make appointment now to give blood A La Grande community blood drive will run fiom noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday in the gym of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1802 Gekeler Lane. To schedule an appointment or for more information, call Linda Strand at 541-963-4261.

Bring board games to singles group event SOLO, an adults singles group, will meet Saturday at the La Grande Nazarene Church, located at 18th Street and Gekeler Lane, for lunch and games. The event begins at noon, and the food will be

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Baker City Safeway to remain in place NEW YORK iAPl— Supermarket chain Albertsons says U.S. regulators have approved its purchase of competitor Safeway Inc. The companies said Tuesday the deal has been cleared by the Federal Trade Commission and should close within five business days. Albertsons, which is privately held and partowned by Cerberus Capital M anagement, agreed to buy

Safeway in March for $7.64 billion in cash. The FTC said the sale would hurt consumers in 130 markets by reducing competition, and in December the companies said they would sell 168 stores in eight states. That list includes the Albertsons store in Baker City, which will be bought by Haggen, a grocery chain based in Bellingham, Washington. Baker City's Safeway store will remain. I

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Paul Dalgliesh La Grande Paul Dalgliesh, 83, of La Grande, died Jan. 19 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. March 5 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center. Loveland Fu-

ustig Wade urJlinger La Grande 1979-201 5 Justin Wade Durflinger, 35, of La Grande, died in his

sleep early in the morning of Jan. 18. A memorial service will be Durflinger held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Damascus Road Church, 905 C Ave., La Grande. Justin was born Sept. 15, 1979, to Ed and Shelley

Durflinger. Family members said he had many loved ones and longtime fiiends in the community. He will be rememberedforhiscaring,compassion,creativity and great sense ofhumor. Survivors include his two sons, Darion and Riddick; his mother and father, Shelley

and EdDurflinger ofN ampa, Idaho;histhreeoldersisters, Sheila Croy of Boise, Idaho, Jesse DePiero of Florence and Heather Croy of La Grande; seven nieces and nephews and one greatnephew.

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Accident: No one was injured in an accident at Fourth Street and Penn Avenue Tuesday morning. Arrested: Nathan James Schlaht,20, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday on two Baker County warrants, one charging harassment and the other a cite-only warrant charging third-degree sexual abuse. The subject was additionally arrested on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear connected to original charges of unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and third-degree theft. Arrested: Zachary Michael Fritz, 20, unknown address, was arrested by the Benton Police Department on two Union County warrants, one charging second-degree burglary and second-degree theft. The other charged failure to appear connected to original charges

of third-degree theft and giving false information to police. Arrested: Zebariah Paul Nelson, 34, La Grande, was arrested Tuesday on a Union County warrant connected to original charges of unlawful possession of methamphetamine and endangering the welfare of minors. Arrested: Jeffrey Harrison Hull, 30, La Grande, was arrestedTuesday on a Clackamas County warrant charging failure to appear connected to original charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and hit and run. Arrested: Shane Michael Brinson, 27, La Grande, was arrested Monday on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender and on a parole and probation detainer.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Perry Nelson Christensen III, 29, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday on a Union County warrant charging falsifying drug test results.

Arrested: Tom Raymond Carroll,31, Baker City, was arrested while lodged in the Union County Jail on a Umatilla County warrant charging failure to appear connected to original charges of delivery of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance (methamphetaminej and felon in possession of a weapon. Arrested: Michael Vincent Massi, 26, Elgin, was arrested early Tuesday on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of fourth-degree assault.

OREGON STATE POLICE Accident: No one was injured Monday night in a deer versus vehicle accident near milepost 1 on Highway 30. Arrested: Kyler Lane Hess,25, Union, was arrested Jan. 21 on a charge of driving under the

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Jacqueline Gwenith Kelley May 31, 1926 — January 15, 2015

Jacqueline Gwenith Kelley passed away on January 15, 2015 in her Portland, Oregon home which she shared with family, including her dog Misty. Services will be held at I I a.m. on Saturday January 31 at Daniels-Knopp Funeral Home in La Grande. Jackie was born in La Grande on May 31, 1926 Io Elizabeth Irene iMansfieldl and William Monroe Wiese. A first chair violinist, honor student and proud member of the LHS Class of '44, she joined the United States Cadet Nurses Corps after graduation. While still in high school Jackie fell in love with a USAAF cadet from Texas, whom she had met as a 16 year-old at a chaperoned dance at Zubcr Hall. She married her pilot on June 2, 1945 in Merced, California and that evening LI. and Mrs. Arthur T. Kelley danced Io the music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, the first of hundreds of such dances they shared during 61 years of marriage. Jackie spent the next several years as an Air Force wife, living in Germany as well as Illinois and Texas, finally setIling in La Grande in 1954. While she cherished and excelled at being a mother, Jackie also enjoyed employment outside the home, including ownership of the 10th Street Grocery as well as Iwo decades as an Albcrtson's retail clerk. Always an early adaptor of technology, she eagerly welcomed the "computer age", including becoming one of the first local owners of a Commodore 64. She also tutored neighborhood children and others interested in becoming "computer literate". Community service was a constant in her life

as well. In the late 1950s, she became a member of "Operation Skywatch", an arm of the United States Air Force Civil Defense network, and volunteered as a "spotter" Io track aircraft flying over La Grande. Jackie also enjoyed decades of participation with the local organizing committee for her high school reunions and maintained life-long friendships with her classmates. A consummate Democrat, she frequently volunteered at polling stations for local elections. Jackie was preceded in death by her husband Art in 2006. She is survived by son John Kelley and his wife Jan of La Grande; daughter Dana Kelley and her partner Jessica of Portland; daughter Colleen Kelley of Waterford, Pennsylvania, and grandson John-Daniel Kelley of Arlington, Virginia. She has Iwo nephews, Denis Bonner of Ontario, Oregon and Bill Wiese of San Jose, California. For those of us who knew and loved her, Jackie will be forever in our hearts, waltzing across Texas with her beloved Art.

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If you're poor in Oregon and charged with a crime, the state will provide you a lawyer. If, however, you're poor and you need a lawyer because your spouse abuses you, you're most likely to be on your own. That's because, while state and federal constitutions guarantee citizens equal access — lawyersin criminal courts, they've yet to do so in civil ones. It makes sense on one level. A criminal faces a jail term and resulting loss ofliberty; an abused spouse does not. That's where legal aid comes in. Four nonprofit law corporations give Oregon's poor equal access to civil courts, but they're all based west of the Cascades. While Legal Aid Services of Oregon has oKces in Bend, Pendleton and Klamath Falls, and the Oregon Law Center has an oKce in Ontario, many Eastern Oregonians can look forward to a one-way drive of 130 milesormore to find free legalservices. It's one of the reasons legal aid currently is able to fill only about 15 percent of the demand for its services. Meanwhile, most — 80 percent — of the work legal aid does is for women, many with children. About half of those are the victims of abuse. Lawyers provide help with critical needs, including housing, foodand medical care. The system is financed by a patchwork of sources and is strapped for cash. The Oregon Bar Association and others hope to add to the mix this year by assigning some unclaimed money from class-action lawsuits to legal aid. Most states already do just that, but Oregon lawmakers defeated a proposal to do so last year. We opposed last year's measure because it would have applied to lawsuits that already have been filed and settled. It's unfair, it seems to us, to change the rules midstream, which last year's bill would have done. If similar measures this year apply only to suits going forward, however, it makes sense to approve one. Legal aid is a critical piece of the Oregon justice system, and while this change alone can not assure a strong financial future, it will help. •

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Intra-P a t tack ad funded by Parks Editorial from The East Oregonian: You may have been ecstatically flipping through last weekend's newspaper (that's how we like to imagine it!) when you were stopped cold by the back page. There it was: a full page advertisem ent from some guy you'venever heard of,attacking Athena-based statesenator Bill Hansell for all sorts of alleged political crimes, from defending illegal immigrants, to being nice to liberals and letting"sexual criminals" out of prison. It's a hitjob and we guess no oneis shocked by that sort of slop anymore. But this one was moderately surprising, because Hansell, a Republican, was being attacked by someone in his own party, and it's not even close to a primary election. The ad was created and purchased by the right wing Capitol Watch PAC, a group financed by Nevada oddball millionaire Loren Parks and led by former Republican state rep Jeff Kropf. He identifies himself as The Honorable Jeff Kropf (Retiredl. The East Oregonian navigated the Secretary of State's online campaign finance database to follow an Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole maze and connect the financial dots. Capitol Watch PAC so far lists a single contributor — Taxpayers Association of Oregon PAC — which touts itself as advocating for lower taxes. Parks has been the Taxpayers Association PAC's biggest contributor for the pastthreeyears:

giving$55,000 in 2012,$50,000 in 2013 and $40,000 in September 2014. Parksalso contributed$98,173 to the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses campaignto help defeatthe2013 driver'scard measure. And Kropf is the founder of the

Spewingvinegar,Kropfand hisloony backer are going about it the wrong way. LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR (And if you think loony is out of line, we The Observer welcomes letters recommend you check out Loren Parks' YouTube channel and watch his "10-secto the editor. Letters are limited ond therapy sessions" that include a to 350words and must be signed and carry the author's address and game show buzzer and repeated shouts of"Disconnect! "tohelp peopleovercome phone number (for verification purposes only). everything from traumatic dancing experiences to hurt feeling and eczema. We edit letters for brevity, The octogenarian also has a lot to teach grammar, taste and legal reasons. We will not publish poetry, you about sex, if you can stomach it.) Sen. Bill Hansell won the election consumer complaints against — he got more votes than both his businesses or personal attacks against private individuals. ThankRepublican opponent in the primary and his Democratic foe in the generalyou letters are discouraged. and short of criminal, ethical or moral Letter writers are limited to one violations, he holds that seat until his letter every two weeks. term is up. Email your letters to news@ If you want to lobby him to change lagrandeobserver.com or mail them to La Grande Observer,1406 the way he votes, do your best, Kropf and Parks. Make your case to Hansell 5th St., La Grande, Ore., 97850. and see how he responds. If you want to lobby the voters of Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation, which District 29 toelecta m oreconservative candidate, then find one. Finance gave $10,862 to that same campaign. Among four red "x's" notched against their campaign, parade them around Hansell's freshman voting record in the the district and put their name on the ballot. Then let's find out if a majority of ad, one was to his bill to give special driver's licenses to "illegals." residents agree with your choice. Maybe youhave problems with Sen. If so, you get what you want. If not, the Hansell's voting record, and you're people get what they want. Either way, we all live with the results for four years. certainly entitled to those feelings. But those sortsofattacksdon'tlead Thankfully the man behind this ad had the guts to sign his name to it. But to anything constructive, and they he didn't have the guts to say where he arecontributing to the obsolescence of the Republican Party in Oregon. An got his money when we asked him. out-of-district Republican attacking a Kropfpaid for the ad space(w ith freshman moderate of his same party? Parks' money), which means he can How short-sighted, if Kropf's goal is to pretty much say what he wants and call make Oregon a more conservative place. himself what he wants. As your grandmother taught: you catch But honorable isn't a word we'd use to more flies with honey than vinegar. describeJeffKropfor hisad.

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Clements suggested an under levy of the Urban Renewal District, but Councilor Gary Lillard pointed out that is a one-time resource unless it's done every year. Clements saidadding an offi cerwould likely mean cutting into budgetsforparks and recreation, including aquatics, or the library. 'Those are the only alternative sources of resources if we want to investigate the idea ofanother officer,a he said."And it pains me to say thatbecause those are places that are near and dear to my heart. "I think we're running into that pinch point," Clements said. Lackey agreed,saying the city has to prioritize its services and cut from the bottom.

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La Grande City Manager Robert Strope, right, addresses city staff and councilors Monday night during the council's annual retreat. Councilors said they feel the financial pinch but are hopeful they can soon add a police officer.

PORTER havingwith another woman and because he turned the stereo up really loud, said Porter — in handcuffs and ankle chains — to the three-member panel. It was the fifth time he struck her during their 13 years of marriage, he said, and the lasttim e. Aftera neighbor called 911toreport the sound of a woman crying for help, 39-year-old John Day police Officer Frank Ward responded. When he entered the home, a fight broke out between him and Porter. Portertold theboard thatWard never identified himself as an officer, that W ard repeatedly shot pepper spray into his eyes, and that he feared for his and his family's safety as he and Ward wrestled on the floor. "Ifeltthreatened — itscared the hell

sure what some of the points are referring to. "InevervotedforObamacare," said Hansell, who was voted into office in 2012 and started his first term in 2013."I wasn't evenin the Legislature.a Hansell said he was puzzled, too, by the statement about sexual criminals. He thinks it may have referred to legislation to allow judges more latitude in sentencing, but the focus wasn't on sexual criminals. "I didn't set any sex offenders loose," he said. As for the Columbia River Crossing, which was set to include a light rail bridge acrossthe Interstate 5 upgrade going into Washington, Hansell said he supported a bill for the project that includeda setoftriggersthat would shut the project down. One such trigger — that the project would not move forward if Washington wasn't willing to fund its sharehappened and the legislation died. Finally, Hansell said he did support a driver's card for those who could not prove citizenship when it was first being considered. "In the spring of 2013, I did due diligence," he said. Hansell said the bill had strong bipartisansupport plusthe backing of many he heard from locally, including the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners. At one point that spring, he said he wrote an op-ed piece that appeared

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and'Who will get $250,000 from Urban Renewal for projects?" among them. Several councilors said they are comfortable with a three- to six-month process to develop how they want to tackle economic development. Clements said conversations about the future of the city's program would examine the city's role and how a

out of me," Porter told the panel and a crowd ofabout 30peoplein thevisiting room at the minimum security Oregon State Correctional Institution, a crowd that included Ward's widow, Debra Ward; his brother, Ben Ward; and police officersfrom rural Grant County. The fight continued from kitchen to hallway and finally to the living room. That's when Porter's wife told her husband that he would not accomplish anything by fighting with a police officer. Porter said when he realized he was fighting with a cop, he disengaged with Ward, sitting back on his haunches. But again, he said, Ward pepper-sprayed him, and he dove at the officer. Together, they slammed into the wood stove and a stack of firewood. That's when Ward stoppedmoving, Portersaid. After police arrived, Porter was arrested. Ward died a shorttime later of a broken neck and extensive head trauma. Grant County District Attorney Jim

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with an agency to handle economic development tasks. The council on Monday night indicated a willingness to look into funding economic 'Why do people come development by partnering here? Why do the people who with an outside agency. live here now live here?" he Councilor John Bozarth asked."It' sa safeplace.W e said having an in-house econeed to sustain that." nomicdevelopment director hasn't yielded the results he City councilors also grappled with what to do in wants to see. terms of economic developLackey said the city needs ment for the city. The city's to refocus itseffortsand stop irstemployee dedicated to f tryingto compete forbusieconomicdevelopment isset ness with big cities. cWe cannot be a player to leave in the next month, leavingopen a number of in that field effectively," he options for the city: fill the said cWe need to focus on position as it is now, leave the something we really can acposition vacantorpartner complish with the resources

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in the East Oregonian. "Not one peep," he said of the reaction at the time."Everybody lwasl fine with it." Hansell said the legislation was for a card,nota license, that would not serve as a form of ID. He said those who applied would have to pass a driving test. The program would havebeen self-funded and required proof of insurance. "From a pragmatic view, it

position would be structured. Strope said Tuesday that a new setup for economic development could include more than one agency and couldbe structured fora designated person to work in-house or for another organization. "Thiswould be figured out in subsequent meetings," Strope said."The only thing I believe is for sure is that the council wants to continue to fund economic development." Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kducote 0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

Carpenter later showed the parole board and those assembled the gruesome autopsy photos of Ward's face. One photo showed how the edge of a piece of firewood recovered atthe scenedovetailed into a large wound on Ward's forehead. Carpenter told a very different story about how Ward died. It was notfrom fallinginto the stove or the firewood, it was from Porter repeatedly smashing Ward in thehead with alargechunk offi rewood. "He doesn't seem to recall that he smashed the wood down on Mr. Ward's head," said Carpenter, who took office 28 days ago. "He continues by justifying, denying and minimizing his actions." Debra Ward told the panel during a tearful 15-minute recitation that she listened to the assault"go down on the police scanner" at home and was ready and dressed at the door when the chief of police came to tell her that her husband, a father of three, was critically injured and in the hospital.

providedsafety on theroad," Hansell said. The bill was passed and "took on a life of its own," he said. It was ultimately placedbefore voterson the ballot last November where it failed. Hansell said he has an open-door policy and doesn't expectpeople to agree with everyvotehecasts.Capital Watch, though, never came to him with issues, he said.

This May 25, 2014, photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows OR-26, a 100-pound adult male wolf trapped outside La Grande and fitted with a GPS tracking collar.

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are grouped up. February is mating season and within Continued ~om Page1A a few weeks, wolf pairs will breed and pups will be born in April. state's wolfbiologist. February's deadline gives Rob KlavinsofOregon M organ only afew days to Wild applauded the news of finish the annual report due the breeding pairs. 'This is a positive step in at the wildlife commission's March 6 meeting in Salem. the right direction," Klavins In April, he will present said.cWe are happy to a plan to delist wolves in celebrate a milestone. Wolf Eastern Oregon to the com- recovery has come a long mission. A public process way since we started out." including a status review Todd Nash, the Oregon of the wolves'recovery will Cattlemen's Association's follow, with an anticipated wolf committee chair, said decision by the commission he was happy for the move to Phase II. at its June meeting. "The information on the "Phase I was a train wreck for us. We were very breeding pairs had to be released," Morgan said. restricted with what we Therearea totalofseven could do," he said."Now we confirmed breeding pairs have a right to shoot a wolf if it is chasing our cattle, statewide — the Rogue pack's breeding male is OR- under certain circumstanc7, a collared male who dises. Under Phase II, two confirmed depredations by persed out of the Imnaha ODFW allows them to use pack in 2011, and his mate has genetics from Wallowa lethal control, though we still have to participate in County, as well. Of nine known packs, the non-lethal measures." Imnaha pack is the only one without pups, Morgan said. Contact Katy Nesbitt at 541-786-4235 or knesbitt0 One pup was documented in June but wasn't seen lagrandeobserver.com. during the winter count. Follow Katy onTwitter The Umatilla pack has 0 IgoNesbitt. yet to be surveyed, Morgan said. The department also announced that a second wolfhas joined a wolf confirmed recently in Klamath County west of Keno. Morgan said the two wolves were probably a male and female planning to start 411 Fir their own pack. (541) 963-9602 Wolf counts are conductOpen Everyday ed in the winter when they

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Thehand josenhfindsa sense of Nlacein WallowaConntv • Band raises money for a longhouse at Tamkaliks By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

ENTERPRISE — The secrettosuccessislearned along the journey, if one is open to change. Natalie Closner found both her band, and its name, close to her heart. As children, Closner and her sisters spent their summers at Wallowa Lake on visitsto theirgrandfather. When he was recognized at a Tamkaliks pow wow at the Nez Perce Homeland site in Wallowa, the sisters returned as adults to honor him. ''We went to a Tamkaliks celebration while working on our record. It was a really meaningful experience and we had a strong sense of placewith those people." She said on the way home to Portland she made a play list called "Joseph" after the influence the region, the legendary chief who led his people out of Wallowa County and her own grandfather, whose name is Jo. ''We sat down at the recording studio and our manager suggested we change our band name. None of us had an idea and when my sister mentioned "Joseph"

it felt right and there was no turning back." It is fitting that the band is playing a benefit concert at the OK Theatre to raise money for a longhouse to be built at Tamkaliks in the next couple of years. "Joseph," or the band by any other name, was the result of thinking outside the box. Closner said she studied music at Seattle Pacific, m ostly operaticvocaltraining, but had some writing classes. She interned in N ashville for arecording studio and queried the session musicians about the lifestyle and career choice. "I interviewed people about writing and the music industry, what it meant to be a professional musician. It gave me a reality, honestly; a lot of people were really

jaded." She said she liked Nashville and even though she only worked at the studio for five months, she and her sistersreturns twice ayear to see fiiends and talk shop. "It is the smallest big town I've ever been. Everybody goes through there — there

are a lot of people writing and playing. There we get to talk about what we are all experiencing." In her pursuit of a music career, she spent a year and a half in Los Angeles, a different experience than the fiiendliness of Nashville. "It's a grind, LA, it's hard — it's a hard city. I learned a whole lot, but it's not my favorite. Itwasgood form ethe same way root canals are," Closner said. She managed to release and extended play record and an album, but wasn't feeling"it" when she said, "I was encouraged by a friend to reconsider what I was doing — he sensed I wasn't passionate about my own music. He asked, Why would you makeartyou didn't think people needed'?" So, she said, "I invited my sisters to play with me as a way toremedy my apathy and when I did it was meaningful." They hadn't sung before publicly, except for in a high school play, "But I knew they could," said Closner. The sisters have been on the road a lot,getting allover

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The three-pieceJoseph band plays the OKTheatre Feb. 3.The band Joseph finds a sense of place in Wallowa County the country including a gig at the Rockwood Music Hall with another Portland sister act, the Shook Twins. Take a listen to their songs on their website www. thebandjoseph.com and the haunting harmonies are somewhat reminiscent. They have low overhead, no van or bus, just a rented car and a guitar. What do the sisters, Allison and Meegan, think of getting swept up into Natalie's dream? Closner said, "I've convinced them, they're in."

Meegan and Allison Closner aren't just harmonizers anymore, they are writing lyrics. "They co-wrote all of the songs," said Closner."It's amazing to watch them have a completely fresh and raw approach to writing. They don't think about it too hard, which is really cool." She said they are in the process of writing an album right now and trying to decide if they want a record label to partner with them and where they want to record.

''We're making the vision — it's fun, it's crazy times." As for the name Joseph, she said, "It's really special for us when we travel to Minneapolis or Dublin — nobody gets where we got our name. Sometimes we feel like we are spokesmen for the town all over the world." Joseph plays the OK Theatre in Enterprise Feb. 3 at 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30. Tickets are available at M. Crow and Company, The Dollar Stretcher and Joseph Hardware and at www. brownpapertickets.com.

Winter Writers' Workshop — Voicing Place Staff Report Fishtrap writerin-residence Alyssa Halton will teach this open-genre, generative workshop, intended to be accessible to writers of all skill level and experience. Weeldy writing prompts will be designedso their product may take the form of poetry or prose. This class will be thematically grounded

in an investigation intotherole thatplace plays in our writing. Workshop members will be asked to bring in pieces of writing which they feel illustrateparticularly compelling uses of place as a key feature. Workshop members will also have the opportunity to share and receive feedback on their own work over the course of the six

week class. The class is designed to help stimulate artistic output, but we're going to have a lot of fun doing it. Classes are Wednesday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Feb. 11 to March 18 at Fishtrap's Coffin House. Cost is

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This year's heifer scholarship winners are MaddieTracy, winner of the bred heifer and JimmyWells and Deidre Schreiber — winners of heifer calves. TheWallowa County Haygrowers donate hay for the first year for these calves. This year's donors were Mark Butterfield and Rich Frasch.

W tman professor gives talk on U.S. Mexico border By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

ENTERPRISE — Tobring a real-time factual aspectto theborderissues detailed in this year's Big Read choice, "Into the Beautiful North" Whitman College Professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain will speak on"How we made the U.S.— Mexicoborder what it is today". Bobrow-Strain said in 1993 1993 he went to work with Border Links, a group that he said he was "trying to createbroad,informed conversations with community members and students with peopleon the frontline dealing with multiple, competing issues." He said, "I think back to that time and we didn't know it, but the border was going through a pivotal change in

1993." The government had just adopted a completely new borderstrategy,creating the situation we are in today, like the painful story, "Devil's Highway," written by Luis Urrea, who wrote this year's Big Read choice, "Into the Beautiful North". Bobrow-Strain said the

U.S. has spent $220 billion on the border since the early 90s.'The border patrol is larger than the FBI, DEA, ATF, Secret Service and U.S. Marshal Service combined with enough left over to run

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global food p olitics and Bobro w Latin American and Mexican Immigration at Whitman College in Walla Walla. He said his lecture Thursday night will go back to immigration policy since the early 1900s. "I will give a crash course history of the border and end by asking, 'What has this money bought us? Where do we go from here?" He said the U.S. has gone to an enforcement only approach, yet entering the country illegally is a civil offense, not a criminal offense, but the government has tried to criminalizemore aspects of immigration. Another wrinkle, civil offendersdo notgetlegal

defense unless the can pay foritthemselves. "The idea of illegal immigration through border security is relatively recent, itstarted in the 1970s,before that there was a kind of cyclical, long-term migration beween the U.S. and Mexico. "Itwas anaturalpartof the economy of the West. Even at height of anti-immigartion in the 1920s there were no restrictionsbetween Mexico and the U.S.." Bobrow-Strain said. He said the main thing that has been happening in recent years is to layer chargesforcriminaloffenses on top of the civil offense ie.g. re-entering the country after being removed from the US for a civil immigration violation is a crime, and many people get charged with it). Bobrow-Strain said he teaches a seminar on immi-

gration and the border and a course on Mexico. Every year he takes studentsto the border fortwo weeks to talk with migrants, law enforcement, business owners and occasionally coyotes— the peoplepaid to smuggle Mexicans and Latin Americans into the U.S. While in Wallowa County he said he will be talking to a number of school classes. He

read over their assignment prompts,debating the pros and cons of immigration. "It's pretty im pressiveto see what they are doing," Bobrow-Strain said. Folding in the harsh reality of the border with the light-hearted"Into the Beautiful North" is a timely connection. Bobrow-Strain said,"I love the Urrea book. It's a quirky,

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SCHOOE Scholarshipsoffered to high school graduating seniors Valley Insurance of La Grande is offeringfour$1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Union County planning to enroll in an institution ofhigher learning. The scholarships will be awarded in May to four seniors graduating fiom a Union County high school this spring. Eligible candidates are those who: • have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. • demonstrate leadership, discipline and responsibility through their high school activities, community service, or honors and awards. • plan to further their education by attending a four-year university, twoyear college or accredited vocational or technical school in the summer or fall of 2015. • e%ctively communicate to Valley Insurance through an essay of 500 or fewer words. Students are asked to tell Valley Insurance something about themselves it would not already know fiom the information provided in the scholarship application they submitted. Valley's scholarships will be awarded based on student merit, not financial need. Once awarded, the scholarship will be paid directly to the institution upon the student's confirmation of enrollment. No relative of a Valley Insurance employee or spouse is eligible to apply. This is the third consecutive year Valley Insurance has awarded scholarships to graduating Union County high school seniors. A fourth scholarship is being added this year, one designated for a student planning to attend Eastern Oregon University. Scholarship applications are available at Valley Insurance, 1603

Submissions School districts, teachers, parent groups, booster clubs are encouragedto submit news and info for the Education page by 4 p.m. Monday for publication Wednesday. Submit by email to news@lagrandeobserver.com (with School News 8r Info in the subject line), by fax to 541-9637804, or by hand to the office. Washington Ave. and at all of Union County's public high schools. The applications are due by 5 p.m. April 10. For information, call Valley Insurance at 541-963-3121.

UHS students inducted into National Honor Society Union High School inducted nine new students into its chapter of the ¹ tional Honor Societyearlier this month. The students who were inducted are: Elizabeth Herbes, Jaiden Wright, Brielle Wells, Trevor Verhelst, Chase Stewart, Katrina Richard, Cheyenne Pulsipher, Harris Lackey and Aaron Clark. The students joined current UHS National Honor Society members Carsyn Roberts, president, Ryann Alexander, vice president, Sarah Good, secretary/treasurer, Viki McCabe, Keesha Sarman, Maggie Sheehy, Emma Sheehy, Jordan Alexander and Chelsie Houck.

LHS studentsenateto meet Thursday afternoon La Grande High School's student senate will meet Thursday. The meeting will start at 12:30 p.m. at LHS.

La Grande Middle School PTO tomeet Feb. 17 The La Grande Middle School's Parent Teacher Organization will meet Feb. 17. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at LMS.

ome ove students'hooked' onrohoticsaftercomyetition By Dick Mason The Observer

Robots make life easier for everyone, but designing and programming one is hard work — very hard work. Just ask the members of the Cove School District's eighthgrade VBC robotics team. Timothy Stevens, Gavin Hankins, Lannie Moore and Colten Alldredge worked many hours this fall and winter programming a robot for the Oregon FIRST LEGO League competition. The team's preparation paid ofK First, the VBC squad shone at the Oregon FIRST LEGO League robotics competition atEastern Oregon University in December, qualifying for the state tournament in Hillsboro. The team then made an impressionatstate,placing second in the tournament's "Core Values, Gracious Professionalism" award category Jan. 17. The honor recognizes the team's ability to work together. "They figure things out in a positive manner.... They did a greatjob ofworking together and supporting each other," said Erich Dressen, a Cove School District grade 6-8 teacher and the lead adviser for VBC. The ability to work together like the VBC members do is something not to be taken lightly. "Teamwork is not easy," said Dressen, who was assisted by fellow robotics adviser Eric Gustavson, a Cove School District grade 6-8 teacher.

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The Cove School District's VBC robotics team recently was recognized at the Oregon FIRST LEGO Robotics competition. The members of the team, from left, are Timothy Stevens, Gavin Hankins, Lannie Moore and Colten Alldredge. The VBC team started preparingforthe Oregon FIRST LEGO League competitions in September. Most of the work involved programming a robot that could complete the tasks required of it at the Oregon FIRST LEGO Leagueroboticscompetition. Lannie Moore saw a bit of irony in the work load, noting that robotsare designed to make the lives of others less challenging. "It is a lot of work to make things easy," Moore said. The Cove team was one of117 competing at state, which was conducted at Liberty High School, a schoolofabout1,600 students. Dressen said the tournament setting could have been unnerving for a team like VBC.

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"It was really intimidating. We were at a high school which was larger than our hometown," Dressen said. He said VBC handled the pressure well after heeding his advice. "I told them to enjoy the day," Dressen said. Several members of the VBC team were so taken by robotics during their experience with the LEGO competition that they will continue to pursue it. Lannie Moore is among those whose imagination was piqued. "It got me hooked," he said. ContactDick Mason at 541786-5386or dmason C lagrandeobserver.com.Follow Dick on Twitter C IgoMason.

Up and Away gets kids

FFA chapter raises money for food bank excited about science Observer staff

The La Grande High School FFA chapter recently reached out to the community in a big way. The chapter conducted a barbecue which raised more than $700 for the Union County Food Bank. This is the equivalent of about 3,500 pounds of food, said Carmen Pearson, the Union Countymanager of Community Connection of Northeast Oregon and the managerofthe Union, Wallowa, Baker and Grant county food banks. Pearson said five pounds of food can be purchased with every $1 donated. LHS FFA chapter adviser Paul Anderes was pleased with the work of his chapter members. He said it ties in perfectly with the FFA's national emphasis. "National FFA has made helping curb hunger a priority,"Anderes said. FFA Chapter Secretary

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Four members of La Grande High School's FFA chapter present a check of $700 to Carmen Pearson, center, the Union County manager of Community Connection of Northeast Oregon and the food bank manager for Union,Wallowa, Baker and Grant counties. The FFA students shown from left are Harley Clark, Elle Abel, Auslin McDaniel-Perrin and Jesse Baxter. Katlynn Lyon said the chapter is very thankful forthe support itreceived from the community when conducting its barbecue

and is excited about helping others. cWe are very happy to help feed some hungry people this year," Lyon said.

The top barbecue ticket sellers for the chapterwere McKenzie Orton, Elizabeth Abel, Katlynn Lyon and Jordan Miller.

Other Democrats also privately weighed in against the plan,induding WASHINGTON — The White House Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the saidTuesday itisdropping a proposal top Democrat on the House Budget Comto scale back the tax benefits of college mittee, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. savings plans amid a backlash from A White House official said Tuesday the proposalhad become a distraction. both Republicans and Democrats. President Barack Obama made cWe proposed it because we thoughtit the proposallastw eek aspartofhis was a sensible approach,partofconsoliState of the Union address. It was part dating six programs to two and expanding and better targeting education tax of Obama's plan to consolidate and simplify a sometimes confusing array relief for the middle class," said the White oftaxbreaks forcollege students. House official."Given it has become Resistance from Congress was swift. such a distraction, we're not going to ask Congress topassthe 529provision so Republicans publicly criticized the plan, and aides said House Democratic that they can instead focus on delivering alargerpackage ofeducation taxrelief Leader Nancy Pelosi pushed senior administration officials to drop it as thathas bipartisan support." she flew with the president aboard Air The officials spoke on condition of Force One from India to Saudi Arabia. anonymity because they were not By Stephen Ohlemacher

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ON DECIC THURSDAY • Prep wrestling: Imbler, Wallowa, Joseph at Baker tournament,TBA FRIDAY • Women's coll ege basketball: Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacific College, 5:30 p.m. • Men's college basketball: Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacific College, 7:30 p.m. • Prep girls basketball: Joseph at Powder Valley, 6 p.m. • Grant Union at Cove, 6 p.m. • Enterprise at lmbler, 6 p.m. • Griswold at Wallowa, 6 p.m. • Elgin at Union,6 p.m. • Ontario at La Grande, 6 p.m. • Prep boys basketball: Joseph at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m. • Grant Union at Cove, 7:30 p.m. • Enterprise at lmbler, 7:30 p.m. • Griswold at Wallowa, 7:30 p.m. • Elgin at Union,7:30p.m. • Ontario at La Grande, 7:30 p.m.

AT A GLANCE

Mayweather, Pacquiao meet Hours after a public face-to-face meeting and brief discussion dunng halftime ofTuesday night's Miami HeatMilwaukee Bucks game in Miami, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. met privately for more than an hour to continue discussing terms for their proposed May 2 megafight. They met inside Pacquiao's hotel suite and "it was very pleasant and very encouraging, and we give Floyd credit for coming over," Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz said. "They talked at halftime, but this was a longer, more serious meeting. You could tell by their body language that this was very positive."

Keys beats Venus Williams Madison Keys beat No. 18-ranked Venus Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and advance to the last four against top-ranked and 18-time maIor winner Serena Williams, who had little trouble beating last year's finalist, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2, 6-2.

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No. 25 Eastern Oregon University's Maya AhYou was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference's player of the week following her 31-point effort in a 77-65 win over No. 12 Southern Oregon University Saturday.

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court, which I think helps on the court," Laan said. "I think it developed at Middleton, and transferred over to here. It's a chemistry By Josh Benham you can't explain." The Observer Middleton is a powerhouse in Idaho Class 4A, and both One of the trademarks for No. 25 Eastern Oregon players won a pairofstate University's success is the championships while there. "A lot of iour chemistry) team's cohesiveness. Nowhere is that togethhas to do with us playing erness more evident than together in high school, but between Madeline Laan and coming from a town like Maya Ah You, who both hail Middleton plays a role, as from Middleton High School. well,"Ah You said."It means "They're extremely close, from ayoung age,webuild a in a sense that they just feel pride for wearing a Middlemore comfortable when the ton jersey. In my sophomore other one is around," head year, and Maddie's senior coach Anji Weissenfluh said. year, we went on a winning 'They have that intuition streak that wasn't broken until my senior year. That about each other's game. When you're starting to was also my first state mesh and build a team and championship and when me and Maddie really became put thepiecestogether,it helpsthat a couplepieces best friends.a are already together." But the process of the two Laan was two years arriving in La Grande was anything but conventional. aheadofAh You,butthat didn't stop the chemistry After graduating high from starting on the prep school and being named the Idaho player of the year, stage. cWe're really close off the Laan went to Carroll College

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Eastern Oregon University's Madeline Laan is leading the team with 12.1 points per game, and is third on the team in rebounding with 6.4 boards per game. in Montana, but it wasn't for basketball. "I didn't play basketball at Carroll, I played volleyball," Laan said."I just think volleyball was my first love, so I decided to try it out. But it ended up not working out

for me." Eastern had recruited Laan out of high school for basketball, and Weissenfluh and Laan had stayed in touch. After Laan decided to leave Carroll, she was SeeDuolPage 9A

a ran ecan'ttlrra uc arssssnl ersa • Tigers fall for second time this month to 5A Pendleton, losing 58-50 Tuesday on the road Observer staff

La Grande simply couldn't stop the postgame ofPendleton,and despite a spirited fourth quarter, the Tigers lost to the Buckaroos, 58-50, Tuesday in Pendleton. La Grande's Brandon Dall scored a team-high 19 points. Derek Yohannan chipped in 14 points, and Kurt Boyd reached double figures with 10

points. But the Tigers were without Jake Powell with an injured ankle, and Isaiah Cranford was absent with the flu, hindering La Grande's chances of exacting revenge after Pendleton defeated the Tigers 62-58 in La Grande Jan.13. "Not to make any excuses, but we're a little dinged up right now," head coach Mark Carollo said."But we came out and I thought we still competed the entire game." Another main factor in the loss was the play of Pendleton big man Wes Persinger. The 6-foot-6 Buckaroo could not be contained, scoring

a game-high 29 points. Carollo said Persinger had all 15 of Pendleton's points in the final quarter. "He killed us down low," Carollo said."Our rotations defensively on him weren't great, but he seemed to make just about everything he threw up, especially in the fourth quarter." Pendleton held a five-point advantage at halftime, and stretched its lead to 43-31 heading into the fourth quarter. La Grande was able to regroup and outscore the Buckaroos by four in the fourth, but the rally wasn't able to make up the 12-point deficit. cWe definitely made a nice little run at the end of the game, and the

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Elgin senior sparks two league wins Hawks seek 17thEntering last weekend's games, Elgin had just a sbaight victory 1-4 record in the Wapiti League. The Huskies doubled their league win total, defeating Grant Union, 59-58, at home Friday, and besting Enterprise, 4232, Saturday on the road. Jake Burgess was a key driving force, as the senior scored a team-high 23 points in the win over Grant Union and followed that up with 16 points against the Outlaws.

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The La Grande High School swim teams continued to flex their muscles in the pool, finishing first out of 10teams competing at the Hood River Invitational meet Saturday. The combined team scores ofthe Tigers was 777.5 points, edging out Hood River Valley's total of 750. The boys team won the team title with 422.5 points, easily distancing itself from Pendleton's second-place score of 378 points. cWe've got this really deep roster on the boys sidethat can score a lotof points," head coach Darren Dutto said."It's something that we haven't had that much of in past years." The girls team, with 355 points, was runner-up behind Hood River Valley's totalof 417 points. "Itwas a great meet for the kids," Dutto said. "I was really pleased, mostly because this meet was one that, historically, we haven't had great performances at. So it shows that we're moving in the right direction." In all, La Grande finished in first place in eight of 16 events. Leading the boys was junior Bryce Ebel, who won the 50-yard freestyle competition in 23.70 seconds, and the 100 butterfly in 55.24. He was also apart oftwo relay wins. Ebel, Josh Ebel, Keegan Dutto and Nolan Clements won the 400freestyle relay with a time See TigerslPage9A

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effort was there," Carollo said."The offense was a little stagnant, and our ball movement could've been better. It would've been nice to get a win on their home floor, but we'll continue to look atthe positives." La Grandei12-5 overall ,2-0 Greater Oregon League) returns to the friendly confines of its home gym Friday when it hosts Ontario in a GOL matchup. "It's always nice playing a tough opponent well, but at the same time we can't have moral victories," Carollo said. We have to continue to get better, and try to sharpen up on some areas for the final push of the regular season."

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LOS ANGELES LAKERS: Behind Atlantic Division21 points and leading Raptors 13 assists from set a new team mark with John Wall, the Washington their 30th win before the Wizards defeated the Los NBA's All-Star break with Angeles Lakers, 98-92, a 104-91 triumph over the loss Tuesday night in L.A., Indiana Pacers Tuesday on handing the Lakers their ninth consecutive loss. the road.

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One after another, teams trotted into rowdy Oracle Arena the past two months confident they could cool off the NBA's hottest team on their home floor. It took 113 points, 53 minutes and one big shot Irom a former MVP to finally make it happen. Derrick Rose hit a stepback jumper with 7 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Chicago Bulls ended Golden State's franchise-record 19-game home winning streak with a thrilling 113111 vict ory overtheWarri ors on Tuesday night. "Anybody can get momentum or anybody can get the feeling they can beat anybody when you beat a team

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The Warriors forced overtime on Draymond Green's like this," Rose said. tying tip-in with 1.4 seconds leftand looked ready torecRose, looking as healthy as ever, dribbled to his left reatetheirunbeatable spark and created space to get in Irontofa selloutcrowd of offthe 20-footer overKlay 19,596. But they couldn't do Thompson, skipping around enough to slow down a rejuthe courtaftertheWarr iors venated Rose, and Chicago's called timeout. Rose finished frontcourt overwhelmed the with 30 points, and his final Warriors inside with center basket overshadowed a night Andrew Bogut a last-minute when he committed a career- scratch with flu-like symphigh 11 turnovers and made toms. just13 of33 shots. Gasol had 18 points and 16 Thompson misfired a wide- rebounds, and Joakim Noah open runner off the glass as had 18 points and 15 retime expired. bounds as the Bulls pounded ''We feel comfortable with the Warriors down low. They Derrick taking responsibiloutrebounded Golden State ity in those moments," Bulls 61 to 48. big man Pau Gasol said."He Thompson had 30 points definitely doesn't hide and and 10 rebounds, and David he's very aggressive." Lee scored a season-high 24

points for the NBA-leading Warriors i36-7l, who lost on their home floor for the only the second time all season and the first time since San Antonio knocked them off on Nov. 11. "I never felt like we got into our flow. A lot of that had to do with their defense," Warriors coach Steve Kerr SRld.

Indeed, Tom Thibodeau's team clamped down after the Warriorsstarted 9 for20 Irom 3-point range. Golden State missed all 13 attempts Irom beyond the arc after the first half. Rose brought the Bulls back — inspiring a louderthan-usual visiting crowd sprinkled around the arena to alightroar each time.

DUO Continued from Page 8A brought in for a tryout. Soon, Laan became a member of Eastern's 2013 recruitingclass. "She wanted to be here, and it just worked out that it was the right time for her coming in and getting playing time,"Weissenfluh said. For Ah You, there were no transfers, just painful injuries. An Idaho phenom, Ah You tore her ACL in her left knee before her junior year, and then again during the last game ofher senior year, during which she also was named the Idaho player of the year. The NCAA Division Ischoolsthatw ererecruiting her stopped pursuing. Weissenfluh said she knew of the risk of signing Ah You in that same 2013 class of Laan's, but after talking with the doctorwho did thesurgeries, she was convinced the knee would hold up. "Originally, we didn't think we'd have a chance of getting someone of Maya's caliber coming out ofhigh school," Weissenfluh said.'When she reinjured her knee, some of Cherise Kaechele/TheObserver the D I's backed off ofher. No. 25 Eastern Oregon University's Madeline Laan attacks the defense of previouslyShe still had other opportuni- No.12 Southern Oregon University during a Cascade Collegiate Conference win,77-65, ties, but when she came for Saturday at Quinn Coliseum. her visit, I think it was just a good fit." greatshape.It'sshowedthis But Ah You's injury issues winter. Maddie's done a great have continued through job on the boards, she scores her Eastern career. After in the paint and she runs the redshirting last year while floor well." Ah Youis averaging 11.1 recovering fi'om the second ACL tear, she had to have points per game, third on the a third surgery on her left team, in her role as a top reknee to clean up some torn serve in her Ireshman season. "Maya is just a God-gifled cartil age to beready forthe athlete,"Weissenfluh said. season. Then, during the first game "She can breakyou down off this season against New Hope the dribble, and she has great Christian College, she tore the body control. A lot of times you don't see that as much on the LCL in her right knee. The women's side, being able to recovery time wasn't as long >'1 as anACL tear, butitcaused hangin the air and being able i I •I Ah You to miss the remainder to adjustyour body. She can of the preseason games. just do things athletically that While it was tough to deal forothers,itjustdoesn'tcom e with the injuries initially, Ah as easy." You has gained a new perspecTheir play has helped put Eastern in the conference lead tive that has left her thanldifl and has the team eyeing a to take the court every game. "Every game can be my conference championship. The players are close on last, is how I think about it," and off the court, through 22 she said."Before, I definitely took it for granted. Even after games, the Mountaineers are I tore myACL the first time 17-5 on the season. A 77-65 and I came back, I still took overtime win over previouslyi' gO O'I'Ii for granted how much I love No. 12 Southern Oregon Unithe game. I think everything versity Saturday left Eastern happens for a reason. I don't in first place in the Cascade know how I could've ended up Collegiate Conference with a Cherise Kaechele/TheObserver m ore happy than Iam here 9-2 record. Maya AhYou lays a shot off the glass Saturday against "I think we need to take it at Eastern. I couldn't be more Southern Oregon University. one step at a time," Laan said. blessed." ''We need to stay humble and The Mounties feel blessed they have the former Middle- hungry, so our first goal is to win the conference tournaton stars, as well. The junior 'I Laan is leading the team ment. If we can, hopefully, do II with 12.2 points per game, that, we11 look to go to nationand is third on the team in als and be successful there." No doubt, if Eastern does rebounding with 6.4 boards per game. Weissenfluh credits win the Cascade, the bond her with putting in work in between the two players fiom the offseason that hasled to Middleton will be a major her success. factor. ''We sat down and Maddie ''WhenIfound outMaddie asked what she needed to do was coming to Eastern, it kind over the summer to be more of sealed the deal for me,"Ah Goee |g an consistent and to get more You said."I couldn't ask for ~g~ggQgi i consistent minutes,"Weisanything better than getting othet sP~ ' 0$$gfS senfluh said."She had a great to play college basketball summer and got herselfinto with my best Iriend."

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Josh Ebel also added a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke, with a time of 59.11, and took second in the 200-individual medley in 2:11.92. Junior Keegan Dutto won the 200 freestyle with a personal besttime of1:55.78, and finished second in the 500 freestyle with a seasonbesttime of5:13.38. On the girls side, senior Shelby Baker won the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.68, and the 100 freestyle in 57.13. "I would say that Shelby's been so focused this year on really getting herself ready to swim," Dutto said."She's put her mind to accomplishing some things, and I think she's moving to where she needs to be. She's on pace to finish her senior year off very well." Abbey Felley also won a pair of events. The junior took first in the 200-individual medley in 2:24.63, and won the 500 freestyle in 5:37.43. "Abbey's been on a good trajectoryallseason," Dutton said. "She's been really successful, and she's steadily improving every meet. She's really where wewanther tobe at this point in the season."

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SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL NFL Playoff Glance All Times PST Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. New Englandvs.Seattle,3:30 p.m.

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HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Detroit 48 28 1 1 9 6 5 144 123 Tampa Bay 49 30 15 4 6 4 158 131 Montreal 46 3 0 13 3 6 3 126 108 Boston 48 25 1 6 7 5 7 126 121 Florida 45 20 1 5 10 50 111 127 Ottawa 46 19 1 8 9 4 7 126 128 Toronto 48 2 22 3 3 4 7 142 150 Bulfalo 48 14 3 1 3 3 1 9 0 171 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Islanders 47 32 14 1 6 5 155 130 Pittsburgh 4 7 2 7 12 8 6 2 143 120 N.Y. Rangers 45 27 14 4 5 8 135 110 Washington 47 24 14 9 5 7 140 124 Philadelphia 49 20 22 7 4 7 134 149 Columbus 4 6 2 1 22 3 4 5 117 145 New Jersey 47 17 22 8 4 2 107 134 Carolina 47 1 7 2 5 5 3 9 102 122 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Nashville 46 3 1 10 5 6 7 141 107 St. Louis 46 2 9 13 4 6 2 148 111 Chicago 47 3 0 1 5 2 6 2 148 108 Winnipeg 49 2 6 15 8 6 0 138 122 Colorado 49 2 0 18 11 51 128141 Dallas 47 21 19 7 4 9 146 154 Minnesota 4 7 2 1 20 6 4 8 130 138 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Anaheim 48 3 2 10 6 7 0 143 124 San Jose 4 8 2 5 17 6 5 6 131 132 Vancouver 4 6 26 17 3 5 5 124 118 Calgary 48 2 6 1 9 3 5 5 140 126 LosAngeles 47 20 15 12 52 129 126 Arizona 47 1 62 5 6 3 8 108 160 Edmonton 4 8 12 27 9 3 3 110 160 All Times EST

Tuesday's Games Philadelphia 4, Arizona 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Pittsburgh 5, Winnipeg 3 Columbus 4, Washington 3 Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 3, Dallas 2 Detroit 5, Florida 4 Nashville 4, Colorado 3, OT Calgary 4, Buffalo 1 Minnesota 2, Edmonton 1 Anaheim 4, Vancouver 0

Wednesday's Games Toronto at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 5 p.m. ChicagoatLosAngeles,7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Arizona at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 6 p.m.

All-around 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $14,464; 2. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. $11,741. Bareback Riding 1. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash.$11,482; NBA Standings 2. Tim O'Connell, Zwingle, lowa $10,328; 3. Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas, EASTERN CONFERENCE $8,063; 4. Luke Creasy, Lubbock, Texas Atlantic Division $7,361; 5. David Peebles, Redmond, W L Pct GB Ore. $6,240; 6. Bill Tutor, Huntsville, TexToronto 30 15 . 6 67 Brooklyn 18 2 6 . 4 0 9 t t'/2 as $5,978; 7. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas Boston 1 6 27 . 3 7 2 1 3 $5,838; 8. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. $5,620;9.Steven Dent, Mu llen,Neb. New York 8 37 . 178 2 2 $5,597; 10. Kash Wilson, Gooding, Idaho Philadelphia 8 37 . 178 2 2 $5,131; 11. R.C. Landingham, Pendleton, Southeast Division Ore. $3,894; 12. Tilden Hooper, CarW L Pct GB thage, Texas $3,811; 13. Cody DeMers, Atlanta 3 7 8 .82 2 Washington 31 15 .6 7 4 6 ' / 2 Kimberly, Idaho $3,659; 14. Will Lowe, Miami 2 0 2 5 . 4 4 4 1 7 Canyon, Texas $3,641; 15. Kyle BrenCharlotte 1 9 26 . 4 2 2 1 8 necke, Grain Valley, Mo. $3,412; 16. Orlando 15 3 3 . 3 1 3 23'/2 Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. $3,373; 17. Anthony Thomas, Kimberley, Western Central Division Australia $2,882; 18. Caleb Bennett, W L Pct GB Tremonton, Utah $2,733; 19. George Chicago 30 17 . 6 38 Cleveland 26 20 ,5 6 5 3 ' / 2 Gillespie IV, Hamilton, Mont. $2,601; 20. Trenten Montero, Winnemucca, Nev. Milwaukee 23 2 2 . 511 6 Detroit 17 2 9 ,3 7 0 t 2'/2 $2,495. Steer Wrestling Indiana 1 6 31 . 340 1 4 1. Adam Strahan, McKinney, Texas WESTERN CONFERENCE $14,708; 2. Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala. Southwest Division $12,116; 3. Beau Clark, Belgrade, Mont. W L Pct GB $11,139; 4. Darrell Petry, Cheek, Texas Memphis 33 12 . 7 33 $7,348; 5. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. Houston 31 1 4 . 689 2 Dallas 30 16 ,6 5 2 3 ' / 2 $5,780; 6. Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. San Antonio 29 17 .6 3 0 4 ' / 2 $5,773; 7. HunterCure, Holliday, Texas $4,850; 8. Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan. New Orleans 24 21 .533 9 $4,672; 9. Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla. Northwest Division $4,343; 10. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. W L Pct GB $4,072; 11. Jason Lahr, Stephenville, Portland 32 13 . 7 11 Texas $3,969; 12. Rhett Kennedy, ChowOklahoma City 23 22 .51 1 9 chilla, Calif. $3,761; 13. Seth Brockman, Denver 1 8 27 . 400 1 4 Utah 1 6 29 . 356 1 6 Wheatland,Wyo. $3,688; 14.Tom Lewis, Minnesota 7 37 .1 5 9 24'/2 Lehi, Utah $3,622; 16. Clay Mindemann, Salina, Okla. $3,560; 17. Straws Milan, Pacific Division Cochrane, Alberta $3,490; 18. Cody W L Pct GB Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii $3,474; 19. Aaron Golden State 36 7 .837 Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo. $3,448; 20. L.A. Clippers 31 14 .689 6 Jacob Edler, State Center, lowa $3,311. Phoenix 26 2 0 . 5 6 5t t '/2 Team Roping (header) Sacramento 1 6 27 . 3 7 2 2 0 1. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. L.A. Lakers 12 34 . 2 6 1 25'/2 $7,979; 2. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. All Times PST $7,614; 3. Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M. Tuesday's Games $7,572; 4. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Toronto 104, Indiana 91 Ariz. $7,561; 5. Clay Tryan, Billings, Milwaukee 109, Miami 102 Mont. $6,727; 6. Jesse Stipes, Salina, Cleveland 103, Detroit 95 Okla. $5,173; 7. Chad Masters, Cedar Memphis 109, Dallas 90 Hill, Tenn. $4,915; 8. Charly Crawford, Chicago 113, Golden State 111, OT Prineville, Ore. $4,653; 9. Doyle Hoskins, Washington 98, L.A. Lakers 92 Chualar, Calif. $4,636; 10. Tyler Wade, Wednesday's Games Terrell, Texas $4,512; 11. Dustin Bird, Detroit at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Cut Bank, Mont. $4,420; 12. Cole DorenPortland at Cleveland, 4 p.m. kamp, Lamar, Colo. $4,354; 13.Ty BlasSacramento at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. ingame, Sugar City, Colo. $4,060; 14. Denver at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas $3,924; 15. Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m. Dylan Gordon, Comanche, Okla. $3,776; Boston at Minnesota, 5 p.m. 16. Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla. $3,652; 17. Brooklyn atAtlanta, 5 p.m. Ethan Fox, Bonham, Texas $3,629; 18. Oklahoma City at New York, 5 p.m. Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz. $3,535; 19. Charlotte at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla. $3,434; 20. L.A. Clippers at Utah, 6 p.m. David Key, Stephenville, Texas $3,418. W ashington atPhoenix,7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 7 p.m.

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Thursday's Games Milwaukee at Orlando, 4 p.m. New York at lndiana, 4 p.m. Denver at Memphis, 5 p.m. Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

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1. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. $7,979;2.Jake Long, Coff eyville,Kan. $7,614; 3. Tyler McKnight, Wells, Texas $7,572; 4. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. $7,561; 5. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. $6,727; 6. Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb. $4,928;7.Travis Graves, Jay,Okla. $4,915; 8. Buddy Hawkings II, Columbus, Kan. $4,695; 9. Shay Carroll, La Junta, Colo. $4,653; 10. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas $4,512; 11. Paul Eaves,

Lonedell, Mo. $4,420; 12. Levi O'Keeffe, Mohall, N.D. $4,354; 13. Billie Jack Saebens, Nowata, Okla. $4,073; 14. J.W. Borrego, Weston, Colo. $4,060; 15. Cage Williams, Foster, Okla. $3,776; 16. Rich Skelton, Llano,Texas $3,652; 17.Boogie Ray, Mabank, Texas $3,629; 18. Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah $3,535; 19. Mickey Gomez, Holland, Texas $3,511; 20. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas $3,418. Saddle Bronc Riding 1. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. $13,393; 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. $11,959; 3. Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta, $8,964; 4. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. $8,083; 5. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. $6,143; 6. Jake Wright, Milford, Utah $6,013; 7. Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah $5,549; 8. Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah $5,465; 9. Layton Gree, Meeting Creek, Alberta $5,361; 10. CortScheer, Elsmere, Neb. $4,744; 11. Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas $4,575; 12. Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla. $4,172; 13. Justin Caylor, Sulphur Springs, Texas $3,898; 14. Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, NewZealand $3,732; 15. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. $3,492; 16. Ty Kirkland, Lufkin, Texas $3,360; 17. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. $3,002; 18. Ty Thompson, Wanblee, S.D. $2,910; 19. Bradley Harter, Loranger, La. $2,896; 20. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. $2,616.

Tie-down Roping 1. MattShiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho $8,468; 2. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas $8.178; 3. Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. $7,915; 4. Clint Nyegaard, Victoria, Texas $6,843; 5. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. $6,395; 6. Blake Deckard, Wagoner, Okla. $5,857; 7. Jerone Schneeberger, Ponca City ,Okla.$5,537; 8.Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas $5,503; 9. Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif. $4,826; 10. Chase Williams, Stephenville, Texas $4,569; 11. Bart Brunson, Terry, Miss. $4,553; 12. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $4,420; 13. Michael Otero, Lowndesboro, Ala. $4,230; 14. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas $4,177; 15. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas $4,145; 15. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas $4,145; 17. Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas $3,938; 18. Seth Rodriguez, Polk City, Fla. $3,868; 19. Joe Keating, Sour Lake, Texas $3,695; 20. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas $3,587.

Steer Roping 1. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas $10,989; 2. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas $9,194; 3. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $7,952; 4. Jason Evans, Huntsville, Texas $7,301; 5. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas $6,805; 6. Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla. $4,764; 7. Walter Priestly, Robstown, Texas $3,920; 8. Roger Branch, Perkins, Okla. $3,888; 9. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. $3,846; 10. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz. $3,356; 11. Randy Wells, Cisco, Texas $3,257; 12. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas $2,912; 13. Marty Jones, Hobbs, N.M. $2,363; 14. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas $2,112; 15. J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla. $2,049; 16. Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas $1,974; 16. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas $1,974; 18.Joe O'Rourke, Pawhuska, Okla. $1,921; 19. Joe Wells, Cisco, Texas $1,678; 20. J.B. Whatley, Gardendale, Texas $1,649. Bull Riding 1. Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont. $17,660; 2. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho $12,802; 3. Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla. $10,755; 4. Nile Lebaron, Weather-

ford, Texas $9,933; 5. Cain Smith, Pendleton, Ore. $9,456; 6. Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah $8,609; 7. Tim Bingham, Honeyville, Utah $8,008; 8. Ricky Aguiar, Stephenville, Texas $7,361; 9. Guthrie Murray, Miami, Okla. $6,869; 10. Dylan Vick Hice, Escalon, Calif. $6,746; 11. Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah $6,654; 12. Casey Huckabee, Grand Saline, Texas $5,933; 13. Reid Barker, Comfort, Texas $5,930; 14. Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. $5,911; 15. Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho $5,750; 16. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash. $5,438; 17. Dustin Bowen, Waller, Texas $5,079; 18. Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas $4,685; 19. Kenny Westrope Jr., Hazlehurst, Miss. $4,420; 20. Dalton Votaw, Liberty, Texas $4,329.

Barrel Racing 1. Layna Kight, Ocala, Fla. $14,748; 2. Kelly Tovar, Rockdale, Texas $13,767; 3. Fallon Taylor, Collinsville, Texas $12,764; 4. Megan Johnson, Deming, N.M. $12,664; 5. Shelby Herrmann, Stephenville, Texas $12,111; 6. Alexa Lake, Richmond, Texas $11,788; 7. Victoria Williams, Kiln, Miss. $10,242; 8. Chloe Hoovestal, Helena, Mont. $9,512; 9. Megan Swint, Lithia, Fla. $8,725; 10. Callie Duperier, Boerne, Texas $7,946; 11. Andrea Cline, Stringtown, Texas $7,373; 12. Taylor Langdon, Collinsville, Texas $6,413; 13. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas $5,472; 14. Katelyn McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas $5,154; 15. Dillon McPherson, Wolf Point, Mont. $5,116; 16. Rachel Primm, Washoe Valley, Nev. $4,747; 17. Tana Poppino, Wolf Point, Mont. $4,556; 18. Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo. $4,551; 18. Brittney Willis, Goshen, Ala. $4,551; 20. Kathy Grimes, Medical Lake, Wash. $4,528.

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday BASEBALL

Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERSuspended Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Robert Carson (Oklahoma City-PCL) and OF Theo Alexander (Ogden-Pioneer) and free agent RHPs Kramer Champlin and Kyle Simon 50 games each following second positive tests for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Suspended LHP Chad James 50 games for a positive test for an amphetamine in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Acquired LHP Robbie Ross Jr. from Texas for RHP Anthony Ranaudo. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with OF Jarrod Dyson on a oneyear contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Frank Herrmann on a minor league contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Ichiro Suzuki on a one-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned 1B Hunter Morris outright to Colorado

Springs (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with SS Brandon Crawford on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined LosAngeles Clippers F Matt Barnes $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan during a Jan. 25 game at Phoenix. NEW YORK KNICKS — SignedG Langston Galloway for the remainder of the season. NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE — Traded G Reggie Hearn to Westchester for a 2015 fourth-round draft pick. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — SignedWR John Chiles to a future contract. Named Clint Hurtt outside linebackers coach. Announced offensive quality control coaches Brendan Nugent and Carson Walch will not return. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named Kelly Skipper running backs coach. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Promoted Rob Chudzinski to associate head coach. NEW YORK JETS — Named Brian Heimerdinger director of player personnel, Kevin Patullo quarterbacks coach, Steve Marshall offensive line coach and Marcel Shipp running backs coach. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Bobby Johnsonti ghtends coach, Rob Moore wide receivers coach, Bernie Parmalee runningbacks coach and Tracy Smith assistant special teams coach. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Perry Fewell defensive backs coach and Mike Clark head strength and conditioning coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHLPA — Announced the retirement of F Radek Dvorak. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled D Ryan Murphy from Charlotte (AHL). LOSANGELES KINGS — Assigned C Mike Richards to Manchester (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled F Gabriel Dumont from Hamilton (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Tim Sestito to Albany (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES — Announced the retirement of G Martin Brodeur and will join the team in a management role in hockey operations. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Cameron Schilling from Hershey

(AHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed D Damien Perrinelle, DAndrew JeanBaptiste and D Ronald Zubar SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed D Kevin Ellis and MF Servando Carrasco. THOROUGHBRED RACING TEXAS RACING COMMISSIONSuspended jockey Roman Chapa amid a review of his Jan. 17 victory in the $50,000 Richard King Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park. COLLEGE ALBANY (NY) — Promoted Bernard Clark to associate head football coach, defensive coordinator, and linebackers coach.Named Jay Fosterdefensive backs coach,Nate Byham ti ghtends coach, Dave Plungasassistantcoach,Gabe Luvara assistant offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Joe Bernard assistant head coach, Jeff Dittman special teams coordinator and defensive assistant and Harry Traylor director of operations.

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Marshawn Lynch smiled politely, waved at the crowd and answered every question the same. "I'm here so I don't get fined," the Seattle SeahaWks' star running back constantly repeated for five minutes beforeleaving thepodium at Media Day on Tuesday. It's not clear ifhis plan will work. About 200 reporters crowded around Lynch's podium foratleast15 m inutesbefore he arrived. But the mediashy Lynch made it clear right from the start he wasn't saying anything except variationsofhisscripted answer. Lynch set a timer on his phone and told everyone he

and "Nope" and 'Thanks for asking." At Media Day last year, Lynch's reclusiveness became a major story. Lynch appeared for 6 V2 minutes, left the arena, and then returned to a"mixed zone" the NFL created for players not on podiums or in microphone-equipped speaking areas at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. With the exception ofbriefly speaking with the NFL Network's Deion Sanders, to the SeahaWks' WebSite, and to Armed Forces Network, he did not deal with reporters that day. ShOWed uP juSt to aVOid a ine.Lynch caught a bagof f Sanders, the Hall of Fame Skittles tossed kom Olympic cornerback,tried again to interview Lynch, but got gold medal gymnast Shawn JOhnSOn and StOPPed to PiCk nowhere this time and left up a reporter's recorder ofFthe laughing. floor before he walked away. Teammates defended Lynch's behavior. Lynch later spoke to"En"This is who he is. I don't tertainment Tonight" about his foundation, the"Fam 1st nitpick or judge, so I just Family Foundation." accept a person for who they The Professional Football are,"All-Pro safety Earl Writers ofAmerica was talkThomas said."I just love who ing to the league about the he is. He is so random." Sherman even continued session and Lynch had been apprisedofapotentialfine. answering questions after He iS alSO required to be at the 60-minute session ended. "I don't think (players) media sessions Wednesday and Thursday. should be obligated any In November, the NFL more than the commissioner fined Lynch $50,000 for viola- iS Obligated to SPeak to the tionsofthe league'smedi a media," Sherman said."I think that if players are gopolicy in addition to collecting the $50,000 fine that was ing to be obligated to speak imposed against Lynch for to the media then eVery One violations last season. The of the NFL personnel should fine &om 2013 was held in be Obligated to SPeak to the anticipat ion offuture coopmedia weekly, and that's not eration &om Lynch. the case. "I'm fine sitting up here, "It's unfortunate, but I but not everybody is comfort- think that every team should be forcedto present certain able with it so I don't think he ShOuld be fOrCed to dOit," players, obviously a few of All-Pro cornerback Richard them. Obviously, if someone Sherman said. is uncomfortable in &ont of Lynch has much more to the media and uncomfortable answering questions, then say when the price is right. Insurance company Progres- you haveto fi nd a way to accommodate the NFL. This sive and candy maker Skittles released commercials is agame; you fi nd a way to accommodate everyone else featuring Lynch saying a bit who's uncomfortable." more than his usual Yeah"

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Teen: Stiffer penalties for hidden cameras BEAVERTON — A Beaverton teen who was recorded in her bedroom by a hidden camera says the neighbor who secretly spied on herisgetting offtooeasy. Madison Reed was recorded over four years beginning when she was 13 by one-time family fiiend Bradley McCollum.

The 48-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to charges ofburglary and invasionofpersonal privacy. As part ofa plea bargain he's expected to be sentenced March 10 to two years in prison. Prosecutors said they did not have enough evidence to prove he was guilty of a sex crime. Reed is now 18 years old and spoke to KGW with the consent ofher parents. They want hidden camera crimes to beconsidered sexual offenses with stiffer penalties.

Therapist pleads no contestto false claim PORTLAND — A Milwaukie mental health therapist who overbilled the state pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of making a false claim. Adrienne Leigh Isgrigg was sentenced to three years on probation and ordered to

pay more than $13,000 in compensation to Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. She worked at the nonprofit's Milwaukie clinic for 18 months before she was fired in 2013. The Oregonian reports the 32-year-old can no longer work as Medicaid-funded mental health provider. Prosecutors say Isgrigg spent hours a day online shopping or using social media. She met for minutes with some clients but billed for hour-long sessions.

Poultry quarantine liRed in SE Wash. OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Agriculture Department has lifted a quarantine that restricted the movement of eggs, poultry and poultry products in parts of southeast Washington after avian flu was found in two Benton County backyard flocks in December. The department said Tuesday that the outbreak doesn't appear to have spread beyond those two sites. The quarantine covered parts of Benton and Franklin counties. Department spokesman Hector Castro says veterinarians with the state and the U.S. Department of Agriculturevisited about 1,800 sites and testedsamples from birdsatmore than 70 locations. All were negative for avian flu. A second quarantine remains in effect in parts of Clallam County, where a flock was confirmed to be infected in mid-January. The Peninsula Daily News quotes Castro as saying that testing there is expected to continue into the near future, but inspectors"areclosetowrap-

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Man rescued aRer falling 30 feet BEND — A central Oregon search and rescue coordinator says a 35-year-old Bend man who fell about 30 feet onto rocks near the Deschutes River in the Dillon Falls area has been rescued and flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Deschutes County sherifl"s Lt. Bryan Husband says Chris Brinegar apparently lost his balance and fell from a very steep overlook on Tuesday. Husband says the man had been in the area with a fiiend, had walked a short distance off trail and stepped onto rocks right next to the overlook. Rescuers secured him in a basketand raised the basket with ropes. Husband says the injured man was then moved on a wheeled stretcher to an area near the Dillon Falls boatramp forairtransport. He was taken to St. Charles Hospital in Bend. More than 30 rescuers responded.

Couple found dead in murder-suicide BEAVERCREEK — The Clackamas County sherifFs office says a 72-year-old Beavercreek, Oregon, man and his 62-year-old wife have been found dead in what is described as a murdersuIcIde.

In a statement, Sgt. Nathan Thompson said deputies went to the couple's home Monday evening to check on their welfare. The sherifFs office had received a 911call from a woman who said she receiveda message from her stepfather indicating he had killed her mother and would be killing himself. Thompson said Tuesday that deputies found a man and woman dead in the home. The spokesman identified the couple as Charles Liljenberg and his wife Linda Liljenberg. Thompson says both had been diagnosed with unspecified illnesses. A message and additional evidence at the home led investigators to conclude that the couple had made an agreementtoend theirlives due to the illnesses.

Man charged in double-fatal crash KLAMATH FALLS — A Klamath County grand jury has indicted the driver in a single-vehicle crash that killed that two people last month. The Oregon State Police said in a news release that 22-year-old Gauge Lee Gray of Klamath Falls was charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence of intoxicants. Police say Gray was driving a red pickup that struck alamp postafter leaving Highway 140 near Klamath Falls. The pickup then rolled into a pasture. Two passengers26-year-old Marri Young of Eagle Point and 22-year-old Garrett Zimmer of Hermiston— diedafterbeing ejected from the vehicle. The Facebook pages of Young and Gray indicate they were in a relationship. Zimmer's obituary says he was graduated from school in Klamath Falls and moved to Eastern Oregon to work alongsidehisgrandfather as an insurance agent. He was the youngest member of the Rotary Club in Hermiston.

OREGON LEGISLATURE 2015

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SALEM — Oregon's legislative leaders on Tuesday showed there are plenty ofissues they should easily agree on in 2015. But when talking aboutraising thegastax to help fund transportation projectsand creating permanent clean fuels requirements, dark douds emerged. Speaking at a legislative panel hosted by The Associated Press, House and Senate leaders from both parties agreed the state'sprimary focus is improving the education system. They agree some Oregonforeststhatare choked with fire fuels should be cleaned up and partially loggedto improve forest health. They agree there should be bipartisanship this session when it comes to improvingrural economies. But there are issues that could put vital legislation in doubt after the Legislature convenes Monday. The state needs more money for its roads. About a quarter of its transportation funding comes from the federal government through a line that nearly dried up last year and has become inconsistent nationwide. Gas taxesare alsobecoming aninconsistentrevenue source as cars become more fuel-efficient. The Legislatme needs to pass a transportation package, Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, says, because if the question falls to voters thmugh a ballot measure, they11 likelyvote itdown. Stopping just shy of saying they would work to block a transportation plan, Republicans said making low-carbon standards permanent is a "hidden gas tax" that would disproportionately affect rural Oregon. The issue tees up what could be a big fight beforetheLegislature. "Oregoniansaregoing to be askedto payreal money for whatis essentially a symbolic

contribution to the issue of global warming," said Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day."I'm not saying these issues are linked. I'm just saying you can't have everything you want." Senate and House Democratsworked toseparate the transportatio n package from the state's goal oflowering greenhouse gas emissions from fuelsby 10percent over a decade;thegoalissetto

figures from a group called Oregonians for Sound Fuel Policy that says the price of fuel would increase between

sunset at the end of this year. The Legislature will consider removing the sunset and allowing the Department of Environmental Quality to implement the standards. ''We're going to run that bill. Let the chips fall where they will," Courtney said.'To vote no on carbon fuels is one thing. But I was surprised to hear it was connected to the transportat ion" package. Republicans point to

33 cents and $1.06 per gallon under the new standards, a figure Democrats question. That estimate is higher than one made by DEQ in August, which puts the figure at between 4 and 19 cents per gallon, depending on how companies react to the standards.

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Familyag management transit ion focused on success Oregon State University Extension hosts a workshop to help families transition their farms or ranches to the next generation. Transferring management is the first step toward both retirement for the current farm owners and transitioning ownership of the farm to the next generation. The curriculum will help focus on the future of a farm, structure dialogue between generations, review business structures that can ease ownership transition, meet professional development needs of incoming leaders, identify obstacles to shifting management roles, improve family confidence in making changes and prepares for professional advisermeetings. The workshops are Feb. 12 and March 11 at the Union County Extension Office, 10507 N. McAlister Road, Island City. Seminarregistration feeis$325 per family and includes all meals, course notebook and materials. Please note at least one person from the current owning generation and one person from the next generation must attend both workshops. Register online at http J/bit.ly/familyag.

Climatetrends ofthe Pacific Northwest Agriculture and forest owners and producers are invited to an informal session on what is being observed in the field of climate research by scientists associated with Oregon State. The workshop will address recent/ current conditions and how changing trends may affect the long-term production in Northeast Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Geologic mapping and using this technology to estimate ground and surface water trends and re-charge will be covered. The seminar is 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. March 2 at the Union County Extension Office, 10507 N. McAlister Road, Island City. For more information contact Paul Oesteratpaul.t.oester@oregonstate. edu, Darrin Walenta at darrin.walenta@ oregonstate. edu orcall541-963-1010. For more information, visit the Oregon Climate Service website at http J/www.ocs. oregonstate.edu.

Forest tax workshops are coming to Northeast Oregon Family forestland owners have to contend with the financial costs of multiple forms of taxes— property taxes,state harvest taxes and federal income taxes — but through careful planning and understanding the legal options available, woodland owners can substantially reduce their overall tax burden. The workshop is from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Baker County Extension Service, 2600 East St. For more information and to register, contact Jayne Kellar or Bob Parker at 541-523-6418. From noon to 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, it is in Union County at the OSU Extension Office Conference Room, 10507 N. McAlister Road, Island City. For more information and to register, contact Sherry Nantz at 541-963-1010. The workshop moves to Wallowa County from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Stewardship Center in the Wallowa Resources Conference Room, 401 N.E. First St., Suite A, Enterprise. For more informationand toregister,contactNilsChristoffersen at 541-426-8053 ext. 25. Please pre-register by Feb. 20. Oregon Department of Forestry stewardshipforestersand county assessors are invited and will be on hand to help answer questions. The workshops are co-sponsored by OSU Extension Service, Wallowa Resources and Oregon Department of Forestry.

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Scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are reporting2014 was the hottest year on Earth since 1880, and the latest in a seriesofwarm years due to climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions. GeorgeTaylor,former director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University, isn't buying that last point. Taylor, who now heads a climate consulting firm in Corvallis, says human actions do affect the

atmosphere in a variety of ways. But not as much as natural functions, particularly conditions in the Pacific Ocean. "I'm not one who believes we can control the climate," Taylor said during a presentation at the 11th annual Cattlemen's Workshop Saturday in La Grande. "My belief is the future changes in carbon dioxide are likely to be m odest and manageable." Approximately400 ranchers attendedthe day-long workshop at the Blue Mountain Conference Center. Sponsors brought in speakers from across the countryfora seriesoftalkscovering everything from sustainability to politics and the weather. Tim DelCurto, program head at OSU's Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, said the

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eventismeant forproducers to think critically about issues that affect their operations. Climate change certainly fits the bill, as drought across the West and Midwest has shriveled the U.S. cattle herd to its lowest totals since 1951. ''What we try to provide with this workshop is expertise our ranchers might not otherwise get," DelCurto said.aiTaylorl gives a perspective I think is actually gaining traction." Taylor is controversial for his views on global warming. On his Applied Climate Services consulting website, he still claims to have servedas Oregon's"state clim atologist" for 19 years — though in 2007, former Gov. Ted Kulongoski statedno position existsand SeeMeeting / Page 2B

SEVEN WONDERS OF OREGON

Oregon tourism ads paying oH • 'SevenWonders' campaign results in m orevisitstoarea destinat ions By Beau Eastes WesCom News Sert/lce

If you cleverly advertise it, they will come. Trip visits to Smith Rock State

Park, the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and Crater Lake National Park surged in 2014 duein largepart,according to parksoffi cials,to the state's savvy"Seven Wonders of Oregon" media campaign. ewe saw a huge increase in visits," said Shelley Hall, superintendent of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.'The

numbers for our Painted Hills unit iwhich was one of the seven highlighted destinationsl went up 50 percentfrom 2013 ito67,457 visits through November 2014l, and that's even with Highway 26 closed for a week in July because of fires." Createdby thePortland advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, SeeAds / Page 2B

bodyis needed. Once on the payroll, the owner expects the employee to not just understand the joband perform the assigned tasks, but to do the assignments at the highest quality level without further coaching or evaluation. Do you have anyone like that at your company, or working directly for you? One difficult task of supervising is taking the time to do a performance appraisalwell. An annual raise or a bonus is simply not sufficient enough feedback for anyone. Neither is merely saying "keep up the good work," which means next to nothing, because there is no point of reference to the statement. No matter how often you say it. If you have even one employee, coaching can only take place by taking the time to have difficult, perhaps even fierce conversations. Taking the time to prepare for what many owners dread more than going to a doctor or missing an already paidfor vacation is the mark of a professional. Because, in the end, the more difficult conversation an owner has, the better the company they own becomes. Perhaps in your company theHR department has devised and provided a system toevaluate performance consisting of forms and processes for those who supervise employees. All well and good, but if the supervisordoesn'tperform the appraisal ,doesn'ttake the time to sit down to thoughtfully consider the employee as an asset to the organization, there is not much human resources can SeeKeller / Page 2B

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ChamherrecogniiescommunitVleaders By Katy Nesbitt Wescom News Service

'A Small Business Happenings covers Northeast Oregon's small-business community. The column carries news about business events, staltupsand 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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ENTERPRISE — Wallowa County's behind-the-scenes leaders were recognized Sunday night at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds' Cloverleaf Hall. Jon Rombach and Dave Nelson returned for a repeat command performance as emcees; the two used to be popular radio hosts at KWVR Radio. Afterserving aschamber president for two years, Marc Stauffer passed the baton to incoming president Cynthia Warnock. County Commissioner Susan Roberts thanked Stauffer for his dedicated service. Stauffer has become a regular voice on KWVR, both in interviews with Station

Manager David Frasch and the voice of chamber advertisements. In turn, Stauffer awarded Frasch with the president's award for his assistance with marketing the chamber on the air. This year's leader in business award was given to Kent Lozier of Napa Auto. The leader in agriculture was Beth Gibans, owner of Backyard Gardens thatprovidesfresh produce for home delivery and the Wallowa County Farmers Markets and a catering business. Mary Edwards, a local photographer best known for her underwater salmon work, was awarded the leader in the arts for both her personal artwork and her leadership as the SeeChamber / Page 2B

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tain High Broncs and Bulls rodeo and a key player in the Elks Christmas Continued fmm Page 1B basket program that brings co-director oftheW allowa holidayfeastsand presents Valley Festival of the Arts to families and individuals held each June in Joseph. in need. Marnee Morton was Ken Coreson, director of awarded Employee of the Creating Memories, was Yearforherdedication to awarded the Unsung Hero Sterling Bank in Enterprise. award for his work developLee Daggett was recoging acamp forthedisabled nized as a leader in events, at the former Boy Scout the organizer of the MounRanch at Wallowa Lake.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Every 10th worker in America is eligible to retire this year or next. Depending on your work situation, that may not be a startling estimate. If you're in an organization that cut stafF more than that during the recession, or in aventure populated by young people, you might shrug off impending retirements. But in many organizations, the loss of experienced employees — presumably w orkplace survivorsbecause oftheir needed skills — could pack a punch. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that nearly 1 in 4 members of the U.S. labor force will soon be 55 years old or older. That's up from about 1 in 8 in 2002. The babyboom exodus from the workplace already has grabbed human resources officers' attention. Some boomers were downsized and haven't returned to work. Some left because of disability. Many others voluntarily are taking early or planned retirement because they are financially comfortable. When the bulk of the 76.4 million members of the baby boom generation were in their prime working years, 80 percentofthem participatedin the labor force. The labor bureau sees the boomers'participation rateplummeting to40 percent after age 55. Already, thepercentage ofretired baby boomers has nearly doubled just since 2010. At the same time, every member of the big"baby boom echo"the millennial generation — is now of working age. Is the boomers'"institutional memory" being passed along? Will their "mature experience" be missed? And is the boomers'well-regarded work ethic replicable? Some human resource officers are asking these questions and preparing answers. Others admit to being unprepared for the demographic change in their workforces. A new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found that one-third of organizations fear that the potential lossofolder-worker talent could be a problem for their industry or organization. "Definitely. We are concerned. We

last year, according to Hall, an increaseofapproximately 19percentfrom 2013. Continued from Page 1B The national monument the $2.3 million Seven Won- consistsofthreeseparate units: Painted Hills, Sheep ders campaign launched in March with 30- and Rock and Clarno. 60-secondcommercials Smith Rock, which seen across the West. has averaged a 5 percent Travel Oregon, the state's increase in visitors each official tourism arm, highof the previous five years, lighted seven of Oregon's experienced a 14 percent iconic outdoor destinations in jump in 2014. And Crater the ad series: Mount Hood, Lake, one of the most poputhe Oregon Coast, the Colar tourist destinations in lumbia River Gorge, Smith allofOregon,had 100,000 more visitors in 2014 than Rock, the Painted Hills, the Wallowas and Crater Lake. it had the previous year, ''We see your wonders, with 619,469 people visitworld," says the campaign's ing the park last year up signature commercial over from 523,027 in 2013, an infootageofOregon'sscencrease of about 18 percent. 'The objective ofthis ery, referencing the Seven Wonders of the World, "and campaign and everything raise you seven of our own." we do at Travel Oregon is to While the Painted Hills positively impact the state's unit of the John Day Fossil economy and job numBeds National Monument bers," said Linea Gagliano, saw the largest gain in visi- Travel Oregon's manager of tors of any Central Oregon industry and public affairs. "As for the iSeven Wondestination in 2014, other parks also benefited from dersl campaign goals this the"awareness campaign." year, we are trying to drive As a whole, the John Day awareness and inspiration Fossil Beds National Monu- and motivatetravelersto ment welcomed 182,427 see all iSeven Wonders) of visitors through November Oregon in their lifetime."

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have a lot oflong-term workers, a lot ofbaby boomers," said Jill Crutchfield, director ofhuman resources at North Kansas City Hospital, which employs about 3,000 workers. Crutchfield said the hospital was working diligently to ease boomers' departure by offering them part-time and job-changing options rather than losing them outright. It's also beefing up its recruitment and retention of younger workers, especially in its nursing core. "Maybe 10percent ofour staffis likely to retire in the next year or so, so it's a big topic of discussion," Crutchfield said."A lot of what we know comes from experience, so we worry a lot about the knowledge transfer." Formal and informal mentoring is encouraged, she said. But that's most effective ifboth older and younger workers can be kept on board. Employers around the country and in most professions have found that younger workers are more apt to change jobs frequently than boomers. For hiring, training and mentoring programs to becost-effectivetoorganizations,the millennials need to stay awhile. The human resource society's survey found that just one-fikh of organizations have done in-depth assessments about what the retirement of older workers means to them in terms of filling potential skills gaps. Only one-third of the survey respond-

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ers said their organizations had taken specific steps to fill those gaps. One in 5 saidtheirorganizations had no strategies to transfer knowledge from older to younger workers. That's a problem that KCP&L is trying to avoid. Human resources director Kelly Murphy said the utility may be ahead of some organizations' planning because"we provide a criticalinfrastructure service. We have to look around the corner." Looking ahead means reaching down into the school systems to support science and technology education and programs,such asrobotics,thatwill excite young people about entering the industry. It means setting up programs for millennials at work and encouraging their participation in metro-wide organizationsthat trumpet the areaas a vibrantplacetowork 'Twenty percent of our workforce is eligible to retire in the next year or so," Murphy said.'The fact that they're retirement-eligible doesn't mean thegl walk out the door. Our turnover is less than that, and what actually happens is based partly on the economy." But the statistic itself demands attention. That's why results of the human resource society's survey surprised some practitioners who see that the challenge ofreplacing departing boomers goes beyond attracting and retaining younger workers.

do aboutitexceptcajoleor m otivate to getthepaperwork in. As the owner, put yourself in the shoes of one of your supervisors. Your supervisors do not want to performperformance appraisals because they do not want to be in the difficult position of having to criticize an employee. What they do instead is grumble all year long iand you have either heard the grumblings or made some yourself), all the while making comments to everyone elseabout performance that is not up to standard. The employee, meanwhile, believes that they aredoing an acceptablejob. The employee might well think that they are doing a fantasti cjob,because the lastoffi cialfeedback heard from anyone was alsor keep up the good work." How often do you walk around your company telling people the exact same thing? Keep up the good work is verbalized, but inside your head is pounding

with frustration and it is all you can do to keep from yelling at the employee who doesn't have a clue that they frustrate you beyond comprehension. Itdoesn'thave to bethis way. It shouldn't be this way. Without having a fierce conversation, you will get increasinglyfrustrated by the lack of performance by the employee in question and the employee will wonder why you act like Jekyll and Hyde. Either the employee will change or they will leave your company. Either way you win. Put on your big boy or big girl pants and have the conversation. Owners I know speak of taking their company to the next level. This means the owner has to go to the next level first. The owner has to preparethemselves forthe next level ofleadership in order to lead their employees. Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist based in Valencia, Calif. He owns a leadership advisory firm specializing in small and midsize companies. He can be reached at KenKellerC SBCglobal.net.

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Van Hoose did point to a few Democratic senators, including Ron Wyden, who have reached out to the farming and ranching communities. He is optimistic this will continue into the future. Though Van Hoose doesn't see many"deep-in-theweeds" agriculture legislation coming up, he said budget talks could have an effect on farmers and ranchers. The cost of crop insurance will "shock people," he predicted. "I know we just passed the Farm Bill," he said."I wouldn't get too comfortable with it."

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LAMINATION Up to 17 1/2 inches wide any length $1.00 per foot iThe Observer i s not responsible for flaws in material or machine error) THE OBSERVER 1406 Fifth • 541-953-3151

LATCH Baker County's breastfeeding support group. Meets every 2nd (It 4th Thursday of the month 11 a.m. —Noon St. Luke's EOMA, 3950 17th St. 541-523-3681

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Evenings ©6:00 pm Elgin Methodist Church 7th and Birch

AL-ANON Concerned about someone else's drinking? Sat., 9 a.m. Northeast OR Compassion Center, 1250 Hughes Ln. Baker City (541)523-3431 AL-ANON-HELP FOR families (It fnends of alc oho l i c s . U n i on County. 568 — 4856 or 963-5772

SETTLER'S PARK ACTIVITIES 1st (It 3rd FRIDAY (every month) Ceramics with Donna 9:00 AM — Noon. (Pnces from $3- $5)

MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE) TUESDAY NIGHTS Craft Time 6:00 PM (Sm.charge for matenals) EVERY WEDNESDAY Bible Study; 10:30 AM Public Bingo; 1:30 PM ( .25 cents per card) EVERY MORNING (M onday —nday) F Exercise Class;

9:30AM (FREE) VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3048 MONTHLY MEETING 2nd Thurs. of the month. Post (It Auxiliary meet at

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HUD vouchers quiet downtown location proval, and the Baker to you at no cost, or a MOVF IN SPFC IAl! 3.02 acres, $62,000 $875/month rental fee IN THE MATTER OF City Co mprehensive accepted. Please call hard c op y c a n b e 208-761-4843 • Rest of January '15 541-523-2777 with first, last, $ 5 00 541-963-0906 THE ESTATE OF Plan. mailed to you by post FREE RENT cleaning deposit, and TDD 1-800-735-2900 THOMAS G. 1-BDRM, 1 bath. W/S inmail, upon request, for • Rent a unit for 6 mo pet deposit required. VAUGHAN, c luded. G a s h e a t , A copy of the staff rea reasonable cost. get 7th mo. FREE No Smoking. Please Deceased. fenced yard. $525/mo. ports to the Planning This institute is an equal (Units 5x10 up to 10x30) ca II 541-620-8845. ' 8379,000 GREAT State of Oregon opportunity provider 541-51 9-6654 Commission shall be All interested persons 541-523-9050 County of Baker available for review by a re invited t o a t t e n d PROPERTY TO BUILD 2-BDRM, 1 bath with a Clicult Couit February 11, 2015, and this meeting. Persons .12 X 20 storage with roll YOUR NEW HOME on LARGE 2 BDRM, 1 ba, garage. $550/mo. See In Probate c an be r e v i ewe d i n wishing to c o m m e nt up door, $70 mth, $60 with beautiful views of in Cove $700mo. NE at: 1751 Church St. Case No. 15-026 person at the Baker Cion the proposed applideposit 541-910-3696 Prope rt y M g t . the valley and Mt. Fan-, 541-51 9-7063 ty-County P l a n ning c ation may do so by 541-91 0-0354 , ny. A total of 239 acres, UNION COUNTY NOTICE TO Department, emailed presenting oral testi2-BDRM, 1 b a th. W/S Senior Living approximately 33 acres i INTERESTED PERSONS to you, or a hard copy mony at the hearing, paid. Gas heat, range, of tillable ground with of the application can or by submitting writfridge, fenced yard. UNION 2b d, 1 ba s gc Mallard Heights 2-yearround springs NOTICE IS H E REBY be obtained or sent by ten testimony. All wnt$ 575/mo p lu s d e p . $695, senior discount, • 8 J 870 N 15th Ave great for summer pasGIVEN that the underpost mail, at a reasonten testimony must be 541-51 9-6654 pets ok. 541-910-0811 Elgin, OR 97827 signed has been apture. Approximately 5 able cost. For more insubmitted to the Planformation, please con2810 7TH St., 3 bdrm, 1 760 - Commercial acres of timber on the pointed personal repning Department by no Now accepting applicar esentative. Al l p e r - tact P l a n ne r I Celly later than 5:00 p.m. on bath, w/ garage 8t gas + Security Fenced east boundary. Fenced tions f o r fed e r a l ly heat, $550/mo. Rentals sons having c l a ims H owsley-Glover a t the heanng date, Feband cross fenced. Deer, f unded ho using f o r + Coded Entry against the estate are kg lover©ba kercounty. Day: 5 4 1-523-4464, BEAUTY SALON/ ruary 18, 2015, or subelk, turkeys, and propt hos e t hat a re required t o p r e s e nt org, or by p h one at Evening: 541-523-1077 + Lighted for your protection mitted in person durOffice space perfect erty qualifies for 2-LOP sixty-two years of age them, with v o uchers (541) 523-8219. ing the heanng. for one or two opera- + 6 different size urits elk tags. 14685513 or older, and h andi- 3-BDRM, 2 bath, Mfg. attached, to the ters 15x18, icludeds Century 21 capped or disabled of home. Carport, storage, undersigned Personal All interested persons You may be eligible to + Lots of RV storage restroom a n d off any age. 1 and 2 bed- fenced yard. $650/mo, Eagle Cap Realty, Representative at a re invited t o a t t e n d dispute the final decistreet parking. 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City room units w it h r e nt plus deposit. NO smok541-9634511. S ilven, S c h m e it s 8 t and will be gi ven an sion by the Planning $500 mo 8t $250 dep off Rocahontas b ased o n i nco m e ing, NO pets. ReferVaughan, Attorneys at opportunity to be C ommission ; ho w 541-91 0-3696 when available. ences.541-523-5563 Law, P.O. Box 965, heard concerning the ever, the failure of an ROSE RIDGE 2 SubdiviBaker City, O r egon, proposal. Oral t e st iissue to be raised in a SUNFIRE REAL Estate COMMERCIAL OR retail Proiect phone ¹: sion, Cove, OR. City: 97814, within four (4) mony should be based hearing, in person or 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo LLC. has Houses, Du541-437-0452 Sewer/VVater available. space for lease in hismonths after the date on the application and by letter, or failure to $25 dep plexes 8t Apartments TTY: 1 (800) 735-2900 Regular price: 1 acre t oric Sommer H e l m of first publication of approval cntena listed provide statements or (541 ) 910-3696. for rent. Call Cheryl m/I $69,900-$74,900. t his notice, or t he Building, 1215 Washabove. If you are unevidence sufficient to "This Instituteis an Guzman fo r l i s t ings, We also provide property i ngton A v e ac r o s s c la im s may be ba rred. a ble t o a t t e n d t h e afford t h e d e c i s ion A PLUS RENTALS 541-523-7727. equal opportuni ty management. C heck from post office. 1000 A ll p e rsons w h o s e hearing, you may submaker an opportunity has storage units provider" out our rental link on plus s.f. great location nghts may be affected mit wntten comments to respond to th e i sTAKING APPLICATIONS available. our w ebs i t e by th e p r o c eedings t o t h e Bak e r Ci$700 per month with 5 5x12 $30 per mo. sue, precludes appeal for a small 2-bdrm, www.ranchnhome.co year lease option. All may obtain additional ty-County P l a n ning to the Land Use Board 1 bath in Haines. 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. m o r c aII utilities included and i nformation from t h e D epartment at 1 9 9 5 of Appeals ( LUBA) Electnc heat, appliances 8x10 $30 per mo. Ranch-N-Home Realty, parking in. A v a ilable 'plus deposit' records of the court, Third Street, Ste. 131, based on that issue. included,W/D hook ups OPPQRTUN TV In c 541-963-5450. the Personal Repren ow , pl eas e B aker City, O r e g o n fenced yard. $600/mo + 1433 Madison Ave., call 541-786-1133 for sentative, or the attor9 7814 b e f or e 5 : 0 0 If you have questions redeposits 8t cleaning fee or 402 Elm St. La more information and neys for the Personal 745 - Duplex Rentals p.m. on t h e h e aring garding this a p plica541-519-5494 or Grande. VI ewI n g . Representative. date. Pursuant to ORS tion, p lease c o n tact Union Co. 541-856-3756 for app. Ca II 541-910-3696 Dated and first p ub1 97.763, f a i l ur e t o ICelly Howsley-Glover 2 BDRM, 1 ba, w/s/g pd. 752 - Houses for l ished J a n uary 2 1 , raise an issue in perat t h e Ba k e r Ci880 - Commercial $650. N E P r o perty Rent Union Co. INDUSTRIAL P ROP2015. ty-County P l a n ning son, or by letter at the Property American West ERTY. 2 bay shop with Mgt. 541-910-0354 hearing, or failure to Department at ( 541) 1 bdrm sm a ll h ouse office. 541-910-1442 Storage BEST CORNER location Co-Personal 5 23 - 8 2 1 9 or provide statements or rual setting, septic 8t 7 days/24 houraccess A FFORDABLE S T U for lease on A dams Representatives: evidence sufficient to kglover©bakercounty. 541-523-4564 DENT HOUSING. 5 well. $450/mo $400 Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. P. William Vaughan NORTHEAST afford t h e d e c i s ion org. The Planning Debd, 5 ba, plus shared COMPETITIVE RATES dep, L a Grande. No Lg. pnvate parking. Re- 24252 Hwy 245 PROPERTY maker an opportunity partment is located in Behind Armory on East kitchen, all u tillities smoking o r pet s . m odel or us e a s i s . Hereford, OR 97837 to respond to th e i st he basement of t h e MANAGEMENT 541-963-331 7 or and H Streets. Baker City paid, no smoking, no 541-805-91 23 sue, means that an apBaker County Court541-910-0354 541-962-5523 pets, $800/mo 8t $700 MichaeI J. Va ug ha n peal based on that ish ouse, 1 9 9 5 T h i r d dep. 541-910-3696 24254 Hwy 245 s ue cannot b e f i l e d S treet, S u i t e 13 1 , 2BD, 1BA house for rent Commercial Rentals Hereford, OR 97837 w ith t h e L a n d U s e Baker City, O r egon. in La Grande. Please 1200 plus sq. ft. profesBeautiful B r and New B oard o f App e a l s Baker City o p erates sional office space. 4 MINI STORAGE 3bd, 2b a a l l a p p l i- call owner, Available Attorney for Estate (LUBA). under an EEO policy offices, reception nowl 541-328-6258 ances, fenced yard, • Secure Floyd C. Vaughan a nd c o m p l ie s w i t h area, Ig. conference/ • Keypad Zntry garage, 8t yard care. 3 BDRM, 2 bath in LG. 2 OS B ¹7841 67 Baker City operates un Section 504 of the Rebreak area, handicap • Auto-Lock Gate $1,100mo + dep. Mt. car garage, large yard, P.O. Box 965 der an EEO policy and • Security Lifptttttg habilitation Act of 1973 access. Pnce negotiaEmily Prop. Mgt. $ 1000 pe r m o , n o • Security Gsttteras 1950 Third Street complies with Section and th e A m e r i cans ble per length of 541-962-1074 • Outside RV Storage pets. 541-963-4174. Baker City, OR 97814 504 of the Rehabilitaw ith D i s abilities A c t . lease. • Fenced Area (541) 523-4444 tion Act of 1973 and Assistance is available 910 - ATV, Motorcy3 BDRM. 2 bath $750, (6-foot barb) t he A m e ricans w i t h for individuals with disTOWNHOUSE DUPLEX w/s/g, No tobacco, no cles, Snowmobiles NEW clean units Legal No. 00039725 Disabilities Act. Assisabilities by contacting for rent in La Grande. OFFICE SPACE approx pets, 541-962-0398. All sizes available 2005 POLARIS 800 EFI. Published: January 21, tance is available for C ity H a l l a t (5 4 1 ) N ewer 3 b d rm , 2 . 5 700 sq ft, 2 offices, re(Gx10 up to 14x26) Hand warmers, winch, 28, February 4, 2015 523-6541. i ndividuals w i t h d i s cept area, break room, b ath, l a rg e f e n c e d LARGE 3BD, 2ba, w/ plow. S u pe r c l e a n. abilities by contacting yard 8t Iarge 36'x60' 8 41-83 3 - 1 6 8 8 yard, garage, AC, and common r e strooms, $4500. 541-524-9673 Baker City Hall at (541) LegaI No. 00039768 s hop. $ 10 5 0 / m o . a ll utilitie s pa i d , NOTICE OF more. $995 mo, plus 3 3la l 4 t h 523-6541. Published: January 28, BAKER CITY dep. Call 541-910-5059 10100 Sterling, Island $500/mo + $450 dep. 2015 541-91 0-3696 City. 541-663-6673 YAMAHA 350 TERRAPLANNING for details. LegaI No. 00039804 PRO 4 w h eeler has COMMISSION CLASSIC STORAGE Published: January 28, 1010 - Union Co. powe r ta ke off HEARING 541-524-1534 Legal Notices 2015 w/blade, p u rchased 2805 L Street by StellaWilder The Baker City Planning new in '92 low miles, NOTICE OF PUBLIC NEW FACILITY!! w el l ma i nt a i n e d , Commission will hold PUBLIC NOTICE HEARING Vanety of Sizes Available WEDNED SAY,JANUARY28,2015 PISCES (Feb. I9-March 20)—You may VIRCO(Aug.23-Sept. 22)—It's timefor a public h e aring a t City Case No. good. $1,000; FIMCO Secunty Access Entry 7 :00 p .m . on CUP-15-004 YOURBIRTHDAYbyStela Wilder haveioworkhardio squeezein alittle some- you iogiveyourselfmore credit for all you've ATV 25 gal s prayer CONDITIONAL USE RV Storage $ 15 0 pa ckag e Wednesday, FebruPERMIT Borntoday,youarelikely ioenjoyanearly thing foryourself,asyouwil beserving0th- donelately—especially inanticipationofall $1,100. 541-523-6625 ary 18, 2015, in the A ccording t o Or e g o n start io alongandlucrativecareer—though ers from morninguntil night. you'regoingio do! Council Chambers at state law, you are enti- The City of La Grande this may not beentirely intentional, andthe ARIES(Marchtl April l9) — Youmaybe LIBRA(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)—Never mindBaker City Hall, 1655 tled to notice of an up930 Recreational Planning Commission SECijRE STORAGE muchwhat othersdoio youaswhat path youtakenot entirely ofyour choosing. surprisedio learnjust howmany fanshave ing so 1st Street, Baker City, coming publicheanng will hold a Public HearVehicles Indeed, theroleoffatein both yourpersonal beenfollowingyour endeavors oflate. Your youdoiothem,youmaybeinanevenmore Oregon, to c o n sider on an application for a ing at its Regular SesSurveillance life and yourprofessionalaffairswil bequite trackrecordcanproveinspirational. forgiving moodthanusual. two requests. land use decision. The sion on Tuesday FebCameras purpose of this notice remarkabland e, youmayspendagreat deal TAURUS (April 20-May20) —Youmaybe SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.2I) —You'l be ruary 10, 2015, which Computenzed Entry The first request is from is to give nearby propbegins at 6:00 p.m. in of time thanking your luckystarsfor this abii ioocasual,or evencavalier, aboutsome- expectingonething whenyou awake, but Covered Storage David Hunsaker, Banderty owners and other the La Grande City Hall unexpectedopportunity or that chance thing thatanother takesvery seriously. Don'i somethingentirely differentbythetimeyou Super size 16'x50' s tand Co mm i t t e e interested persons an Council C h a m b e rs, encounter that will makethe difference hurt hisorherfeelings. retire atday'send. Chair, to c onstruct a opportunity to submit 1000 Adams Avenue, 541-523-2128 between obscurity andunimaginablesuccess. CEMINI (May2I-Iune 20) —You may SACITTARIUS(Nov. 22-Dec. 2I) —Are b andstand t o t a l i n g testimony r e g a rding La Grande, O r egon. 2007 NUWA HitchHiker 3100 15th St. Fortunatelyyou , believein preparation, and fear thatyour presenceat acertain eventis you ready for whatthedaypromises?You Champagne 37CKRD 1,200 square feet as this application before The Heanng is to conBaker City an accessory structure the decision is made. $39,999 sider a Conditional Use you will thereforebeready for whatever not desired orwelcome;in fact, nothing maywantio explorecarefuly at first, until i n G e i se r P o l l m a n The goal of this notice Tnple axles, Bigfoot Iack P ermit t o a l lo w o f f comes your way—thoughyouwil oftenbe could be further fromthetruth. your curiosityandconfidencebothrise. Park. The park is lois to invite people to leveling system, 2 new premise a dvertising. betterequippedio handle surprises in your CANCER (Iune 2I-Iuly 22)—Aninter- CAPRICOR N (Dec. 22-Ian. I9) —What cated at Campbell and 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, participate early in the The property is located careerthanin anyofyour personal relation- ruption has you thinking that maybe, just seems certainio youisnot likely io becertain Rear Dining/ICitchen, Grove Street, B a ker decision making procat 2122 Adams Aveships. maybe,you'vebeenspending alittle ioo io onecloseio you—andameetingofminds • Mini-Warehouse ess. City, in the high-denlarge pantry, double nue, T3S, R38E, SecTHURS DAY,JANUARY29 muchtimeworking awayonyour own. will surelybenecessary asaresult. sity residential (R-HD) • Outside Fenced Parking fndge/freezer. Mid living t io n 08A C, Tax zone, on Tax Lot 7700 AQUARIUS (Ian. 20-Feb. I8) —You're LEO(Iuly 23-Aug.22)—Until thetables room w/fireplace and The Baker City Planning Lot 1200, La Grande, • ReasonableRates R I'EI5l 4 I (M L)l M HP ~ l h » o f A s sessor's M a p Commission will hold surround sound. Awning Union County, Oregon. likely io benearer io adistant friendorloved are turned,you'renot likely io understand For informationcall: COPYG MFfÃl)IMTEDFElTUSEIYNDICATEIK 09s40e16CB. T he a public h e aring a t 16', water 100 gal, tanks The applicant is Larry one thanyouhadexpected.Perhapsthere's whysomeoneelseistakingacertainsituation DI5EIEUIEH7UMVPSALIKUCKKP IE 11%Vhhe9.K CyMobllK.I(2)Gl4 528-N18days Baker City Develop7:00 p.m. on Wednes50/50/50, 2 new PowerMornson. occasionfor areunion? quite so seriously. ment Code (BCDC) rehouse 2100 generators. d ay, F e b r uary 1 8 , 5234887evenings Blue Book Value 50IC!! quires a C o n d itional 2015, in th e C o uncil The applicable land use 378510th Street Use Permit to be obChambers at the Baker 541-519-1488 regulations are found tained for Parks and C ity Hall, 1 65 5 1 s t in Chapter 8, A r t icle Open Space use when S treet, B a ke r C i t y , 8 .5 o f t h e C i t y o f THE SALE of RVs not the use proposed is Oregon, to consider a La Grande Land Devel795 -Mobile Home beanng an Oregon innot part of an adopted request by David Huno pment C od e O r d i Spaces signia of compliance is Specific Area Plan or s aker, Ban d s t a n d nance Number 3210, illegal: cal l B u i lding SPACES AVAILABLE, Open Space and Parks C ommittee Chair, t o 40 Lieu Senes 2013. Failure to ACROSS Codes (503) 373-1257. one block from Safe42 Microscopic Plan. The request is to construct a bandstand raise a specific issue 1 Remind too 44 Host's plea Answer to Previous Puzzle way, trailer/RV spaces. b e processed a s a totaling 1,200 square at the Public Hearing often 47 Blazing up W ater, s e w er , g a r - PRESIDENT GOLF Cart. Type II I p r ocedure, feet as an accessory precludes appeal of 4 Kimono 51 Hawk TE L L T AD A L SO bage. $200. Jeri, manwhich includes holding Good cond. Repriced s tructure i n G e i s e r the Planning Commis54 Place for sashes AL E E E GO W EP T a ger. La Gran d e at $2999. Contact Lisa a public heanng before Pollman Park. The park sion's d e c i s ion. A 8 Yvette's home parkas (2 wds.) 541-962-6246 I BE X H A Z E L NU T the Planning Commisis located at Campbell copy of the application (541 ) 963-21 61 12 — you 56 Butter substitute sion makes a decision a nd G r ov e S t r e e t , a nd i n f o rmation r e kidding? 57 Axiom A R I S E A S T RO 58 Fay's role in on the request. In de13 End of the Baker C i ty , i n t he lated to the proposal CAE SAR "King Kong" 960 - Auto Parts termining whether to earth high-density residential are available for review B LOO M 0 I L L P S 59 Perjurer 14 Queen's (R-HD) zone on Tax grant the request, the at no cost, with copies R YA N H U D F A S T quarters 60 Recipe verb STUDDED T I RES o n Planning Commission Lot 7700 o f A s s es- supplied at a reason15 Townsperson 61 Amt. O ER MA N A EG I S Toyota Tacoma Rims. will use the applicable s oi s Map able cost. A Staff Re17 Um-hmm LT 245/75 R16. $350 D D DL E cnteria listed in BCDC 09s40e16CB. T he port will be available DOWN (2 wds.) 541-523-2520 Section 4.4.400 —ConBaker City DevelopP AC K S UP DO S for review s even (7) 18 Art-store buy 19 Sticker 1 Cathedral part ditional Use Permitsment Code (BCDC) redays before the PlanS LO E E Y E D B R A D 21 Pale gray 2 Prima donna's Criteria, Standards and quires a C o n d itional n ing Co m m i s s i o n SA W N U S E A C R E 970 Autos For Sale 23 The slow lane tune Conditions o f ApUse Permit to be obHeanng, and can also 805 Real Estate 3 Toothpaste T I L T L AS G A I N 27 Playing marbles tained for Parks and proval, and the Baker be supplied at a reatypes 30 Expel 2014 TRAILS West 2 t-2B-15 ©2015 UFS, Dist by Univ uchck for UFS City Comprehensive Open Space use when sonable cost. For fur33 You bet! 4 Milky 2 + bd , m a u f a ctored horse slant trailer. Like Plan. the use proposed is ther information, con34 Reed gemstones home on private lot, new used four times. 9 That fellow's 22 Elaborate not part of an adopted instrument 5 Peat source tact the Planning Divimountain view, fenced $7,400. 208-859-1 862. The second request is 10 Ms. Arden fraud 6 Seine Specific Area Plan or 35 La. neighbor sion at (541) 962-1307. back yard, will sacro11 Last letter 24 Pita sandwich moorages 36 Bushwhack from the City of Baker Open Space and Parks fice whats owning on 16 Car dealer's 25 Get from the 37 Mouse alert 7 Desiccated to develop a trailhead Plan. The request is to DONATE YOUR CAR, A ll meetings of th e L a option grapevine mortgage 38 Wheel part 8 Reddish including landscaping, TRUCIC OR BOAT TO b e processed a s a Grande Planning Com39 — d'oeuvre 20 Technique 26 Kitchen meas. 208-859-1862 powder HE R ITAG E FOR THE parking, bicycle parkType II I p r ocedure, mission are accessible 27 Bunion sites ing and a trailhead kiwhich includes holding 28 Help with a BLIND. Free 3 Day Vat o persons w it h d i s t 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 to 11 820 - Houses For heist cation, Tax Deductible, osk as part of a Leo a public heanng before abilities. A request reSale Baker Co. 29 Came to Adler Memorial ParkFree Towing, All Pathe Planning Commisgarding accommoda12 13 i4 31 Home page perwork Taken Care way Expansion Prosion makes a decision tions for persons with NEW 1-BDRM home. 40 addr. acres. Denny Cr. rd. Of. CAL L Iect. The lot is located on the request. In dedisabilities should be ts t7 32 Twist a t 94 5 R e s o r t S t , termining whether to powdernveriay©gmail1-800-401-4106 made by t h e F r iday 36 Burglary Baker C i ty , i n t he 18 20 (PNDC) com. grant the request, the previous to the meet38 Yellow Pages high-density residential Planning Commission 41 Warmth of ng by 21 22 23 24 2 5 26 feeling (R-HD) zone on Tax will use the applicable calling (541) 962?1307. 43 Food Lot 15100 of Assescntena listed in BCDC 27 2 8 29 30 3 1 32 33 consumer s oi s Map Section 4.4.400 —Con45 Obsolete TV 0 9s40e21 BC. T h e ditional Use Permitshookups 34 35 J. Boquist Baker City DevelopCriteria, Standards and Michael 46 Sulk ment Code (BCDC) reConditions o f Ap- City Planner 48 Kuwait 37 38 39 quires a C o n d itional proval, and the Baker neighbor 49 Monthly Use Permit to be obCity Co mprehensive PUBLISHED: J a n uary 40 41 42 43 28, 2015 expense tained for Parks and Plan. for our most curr ent offers and to 50 CountingOpen Space use when 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 rhyme start browse our compIete inventory. the use proposed is A copy of the application legaI No. 00039792 51 Library abbr. not part of an adopted all documents and evi51 5 2 53 54 55 52 Cotton gin Specific Area Plan or dence submitted by or Eager buyers read the name 56 57 58 Open Space and Parks on behalf of the appli- Classified ads every day. 53 Teachers' org 55 MacGraw of Plan. The request is to cant, and the applica- If you have something 59 60 61 films b e processed a s a ble criteria are avail- for sale, reach them fast 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 Type II I p r ocedure, able for inspection at and inexpensively. a/c, energy efficient, dw, garage, no smoking/pets, $895/mo. 541-963-9430

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD —7B

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE OF THE UNION and/or as f ee/filehnTAL REQUIRED TO take further action as T IONS 2 5 , 2 6 , 3 5 a nd the n e uter, t h e OR 97850. SOIL AND WATER R EN I STATE: necessary. If the sale AND 36, TOWNSHIP singular includes plu- NOTICE: If you wish to strument/microfilm/reCONSERVATION 6 SOUTH, RANGE 41 ral, the word "grantor" c eptio n n u m be r $1 2,945. 35 TOTAL R E- i s set a s ide f o r a n y r eceive copies of f uEAST, OF THE WILCONDITIONAL USE DISTRICT ANNUAL 20110746 covenng the QUIRED TO PAYOFF: reason, including if the includes any succesture filings in this case, PERMIT MEETING following d e s c r ibed $78,366.45 By reason Trustee is u nable to LAMETTE MERIDIAN, s or in interest to t h e you must inform the o f th e d e f a u lt, t h e convey title, the PurUNION CO U N TY, grantor as well as any Iudge and the persons real property situated The City of La Grande The Union Soil and Wachaser at the sale shall OREGON; THENCE, other persons owing i n said C o unty, a n d b eneficiary ha s d e named as petitioner in Planning Commission ter Conservation Diswill hold a Public Heartrict (SWCD) will hold ing at its Regular Sesi ts a n n ua l m e e t i n g sion on Tuesday FebWednesday, February ruary 10, 2015, which 11, 2015, from 7:00 begins at 6:00 p.m. in p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The the La Grande City Hall meeting will be held at Council C h a m b e rs, the Ag Extension 1000 Adams Avenue, O ffice C o n f e r e n c e La Grande, O r egon. Room, 10507 N. McAlThe Heanng is to conister Rd, La Grande, sider a Conditional Use OR 97850. The meetPermit for a restroom ing agenda covers a fiaddition. The property nancial summary referis located at 1316 T ring to t h e D i s t r ict's 2013-2014 audit, and Avenue, T3S, R38E, S ection 0 5 CA , T a x other agenda items. Lot 9700, La Grande, Union County, Oregon. The Union Soil and WaThe applicant is Amazter Conservation Dising Grace Church. tnct complies with the A mericans w it h D i s The applicable land use abilities Act (ADA). If regulations are found you need special acin Chapter 8, A r t icle commodations to par8 5 of t h e C i t y o f t icipate in t h i s m e e t La Grande Land Develing, p l ease c o n t act o pment C od e O r d i ICate Frenyea at (541) 963-1313, at least 72 nance Number 3210, Senes 2013. Failure to hours p r io r t o the raise a specific issue meeting. at the Public Hearing precludes appeal of Published: Junuary 28, the Planning Commis2015 and February 4, sion's d e c i s ion. A 2015 copy of the application a nd i n f o rmation r e - Legal No.00039795 lated to the proposal are available for review at no cost, with copies NOTICE OF Foreclosure Sale at C' s S t orage supplied at a reason3 107 Cove Ave . L a able cost. A Staff ReGran d e , OR . port will be available 541-91 0-4438 for review seven (7) days before the Plann ing Co m m i s s i o n The owner or r eputed owner of the property Heanng, and can also to be sold is: be supplied at a reasonable cost. For fur- 1. Unit ¹ D-14 Matthew Grisham amount due ther information, con$375.00. tact the Planning Division at (541) 962-1307. 2. Unit ¹ D -38 Ramona ICingsmith amount due $275.00. A ll meetings of th e L a Grande Planning Commission are accessible C's Storage is foreclosing the lien. t o persons w it h d i s abilities. A request re- Property will be sold on February 25, 2015 at garding accommoda12:00 pm by auction. tions for persons with disabilities should be made by t h e F r iday Published: January 28, 2015 and February 4, previous to the meet2015 ng by calling (541) 962?1307. LegaI No. 00039797

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

action has been instituted, such action has b een d i smissed e x -

cept as permitted by

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

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

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

Reference is made to t hat c e r t a i n deed

PUBLISHED: J a n uary 28, 2015

made by, COLLEEN H ROBINSON A ND SHIRLEY A JOHNSON as Grantor to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INS CO, as trustee, in favor of WELLS FARGO BANIC, N.A., as Beneficiary, dated 2/1 6/2011, recorded 3/4/2011, in official records of UNION County, Oregon in book/reel/volume No.

LegaI No. 00039791 Do a two-way favor ... get extra cash for yourself and make it possible f or s o m e on e e l s e t o enloy those items you n ever use. Sell t h e m with a classified ad.

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86.752(3) of Oregon

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE T . S . N o .: 0R-14-648096-NH

Michael J. Boquist City Planner

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tuted to r ecover the d ebt, o r a n y par t thereof, now remaini ng secured b y t h e trust deed, or, if such

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clared all sums owing on the obligation sec ured b y t h e t r u s t deed immediately due a nd payable, t h o se sums being the ollowing, to- wit: The installments of pnncipal and interest which became

due on 9/1/2013, and all subsequent instaIIments of pnncipal and i nterest t h rough t h e date of t h i s N o t i ce, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent p r o p e rty taxes, insurance prem iums , adv a n c e s made on senior liens, t axes a n d/o r i n s u rance, trustee's fees, and any attorney fees and court costs ansing from o r a s s o c iated with the beneficiaries

efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off. Nothing in this notice

shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary u nder th e D e e d o f Trust pursuant to the t erms o f the loa n documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given that QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON, the undersigned t ruste e w ill on 5/28/2015 at the hour of 10:00 am, Standard o f Time , a s e s t a b l ished by s ect i o n 187.110, Oregon Rev ised Statues, At t h e front entrance of the Union C o u r t h o use, 1001 4th Street, in the City o f L a G r a n d e, County of Union, OR 97850 County of UNION, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the s aid d e scribed r e a l p roperty w h i c h t h e g rantor had o r h a d p ower t o c o n vey a t the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, t o gether w it h

a ny

i nt e r e s t

which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust d eed, to s a t isfy t h e foregoing obligations thereby secured and t he c o st s a n d e x penses of sale, includi ng a reas o n a b l e charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statu tes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the e ntire a m o un t t h e n due (other than such

be entitled only to a ret urn o f t h e mo n i e s paid to t h e T r ustee.

This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further r e c ourse against th e T r u s t o r, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, th e

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a ry's Agent, o r t h e Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously b een d is c h a r g e d through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise

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

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

may have been used in ma nu f a c t u r i n g methampbetamines, the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e k nown t o b e t o x i c . Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger b efore d e c i d ing t o p lace a b i d f o r t h i s property at th e t r ustee's sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OF THE S U BJECT REAL P R O PERTY HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS A FF FORDED TO THEM UNDER ORS 86.782 AND POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF S A LE, AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TO TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF TH E P ROTECT IONS THAT A R E A VAILABLE T O A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY AND W HICH SETS FORTH CERT AIN REQ U I R E MENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TENANT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AFFORDED PROT ECTION, A S R E QUIRED UNDER ORS 8 6.771. QU A L I T Y MAY B E C O NSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INF ORMATION O B T AINED W I L L B E U SED FO R T H A T P URPOSE. TS N o : 0R-14-648096-NH Dated: 1-13-15 Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, as Trustee Signature By: Nina Hernandez, Assistant Secretary Trustee's Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of W ashington C/0 Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 Trustee's Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of W ashington 108 1 s t Ave South, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll F ree: (866) 925-0241 A-4506825 01/28/2015, 02/04/201 5, 02/1 1/201 5, 02/18/2015.

SOUTH 89'49' EAST, 125 FEET; THENCE, N ORTH 27 ' E A S T , 184 FEET; THENCE, NORTH 60' WEST, 46 F EET, M O R E O R LESS, TO THE EAST RIG HT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY; THENCE, S O U THERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY L INE, 2 4 4 FE E T , MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF7 BEG INNING. A L S O , COMMENCING ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 AT A POINT WHICH IS 8 9'49' E A ST , 5 5 1 F EET F ROM T H E CORNER COMMON TO SAID SECTION 25, 26, 3 5 AN D 36; THENCE, NORTH 27' E AST, 1 8 4 FE E T ; THENCE, SOUTH 60' E AST, 3 5 0 FE E T , MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTIO N 25; T HENCE, N O R T H 89'49' WEST ALONG SAID SECTION LINE, 390 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF B E G INNING. Commonly known as: 50181 HIGHWAY 203, B AICER CITY, O R 97814 Both the beneficiary and the trustee

h ave elected to s e l l the said real property to satisfy the o b ligations secured by said trust deed and notice has bee n r e c o rded p ursuant t o S e c t i o n

86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes The default for which the foreclosure is made is t he g r a ntors : T H E PROPERTY CEASED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF THE BOR ROWE R(S) F OR A REA S O N OTHER THAN DEATH AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF AT L E A S T ONE OTHER BORROWER AND, AS A RESULT, ALL SUMS DUE UNDER THE NOTE HAVE BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE. This default can be resolved if at l east on e b o r r ow e r takes possession of the property as his or h er

p r i n c i pa l r e s i dence. In order to cure the default in this manner you must contact Quality, th e c u r rent trustee, w hose c o ntact information is set f orth herein. By t h i s

an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant t o Oregon Law, t h is sale w i l l not be deemed final until the

T rustee's d ee d h a s been issued by Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington. If there are any irregulanties discovered within

10 days of the date of this sale, that the trust ee w il l r e s cind t h e sale, return the buy-

er's money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reas on, including if t h e Trustee is u nable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a ret urn o f t h e mo n i e s paid to th e T r ustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further r e c ourse against th e T r u s t o r, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, th e

B e n e f ici-

t he n o t e hol d e r ' s nghts against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting o n y our credit record may be submitted to a c r edit r eport agency if y o u fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obliga-

this notice. You must inform the ludge by filing a request for notice and paying any ap-

plicable fee. The request for notice must be in wnting, must c learly i n dicate t h a t you wish to receive future filings in the proc eedings, and m u s t contain your name, address, and telephone number. You must not ify t he p ers o n s named as petitioner by mailing a copy of the request to the attorney for the petitioners. Unless you t ake t h e se steps, you will receive no further copies of the filings in the case. NOTICE: READ CAREFULLY! You must "appear" in this case or the other side will win automatically. To "appear" you must file with the court a legal paper called a "motion" or "answer." The "motion" or "answer" must be given to the court clerk or administrator w ithin 30 d ays f r o m the date of first publication specified herein a long w i t h t h e r e q uired f i l ing f e e . I t m ust b e i n pr o p e r form and have proof of service on petitioners' attorney or, if the petitioners do not have an attorney, proof of service upon the petition-

ers. If you have any questions, you should see an attorney immed iately. If y o u n e e d help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar's Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

tions. Without limiting

t he t r u s t e e ' s d is - DATE OF FIRST claimer of representa- PUBLICATION: January tions o r w a r r a nties, 14, 2015. Oregon law r e quires the trustee to state in Published: January 14, this notice that some 21,28, 2015 and residential p r o p erty February 4, 2015 sold at a trustee's sale

may have been used LegaI No. 00039657 in ma nu f a c t u r i n g NOTICE OF PUBLIC methamphetamines, HEARING the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e RIGHT-OF-WAY k nown t o b e t o x i c . VACATION Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware The City of La Grande Planning Commission of this potential danger will hold a Public Hearb efore d e c i d ing t o ing at its Regular Sesp lace a b i d f o r t h i s sion on Tuesday, Febproperty at th e t r usruary 10, 2015, which tee's sale. QUALITY MAY B E C O NSID- begins at 6:00 p.m. in the La Grande City Hall ERED A DEBT COLCouncil C h a m b e rs, LECTOR ATTEMPT1000 Adams Avenue, ING TO COLLECT A La Grande, O r egon. DEBT AND ANY INF ORMATION O B - The Heanng is to conT AINED W I L L B E sider an application to U SED FO R T H A T vacate "IC" Avenue between 4 t h 5 5th PURPOSE. T Streets and 5th Street between "IC" and "L" Avenue. The application was filed by Union County on October 28, 2 014, and w a s a c cepted b y t he La Grande City Council on January 14th, 2015.

reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust i m m e diately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: The sum of $80,950.43 together with interest thereon at the rate of 2.6520 p er annum; plus a l l trustee's fees, forecloportion of said princis ure costs an d a n y pal as would not then be due had no default sums advanced by the occurred), t o g e t her beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed with the c o sts, t r ustee's and a t t orney's of trust. Whereof, not ice hereby i s g i v e n fees and c uring any o ther d e f a ult c o m that Quality Loan Servi ce C o r p o ratio n o f plained of in the NoThe applicable land use W ashington, the u n tice of Default by tenregulations are found dersigned trustee will dering th e p e r f ormin Chapter 8, Section ance required under o n 4/24/2015 at t h e 8 10 of t h e C i t y o f h our of 1 : 0 0 P M the obligation or trust La Grande Land DevelStandard of Time, as deed, at any time pnor o pment C od e O r d i established by section to five days before the nance Number 3081, date last set for sale. 187.110, Oregon ReSenes 2009. This matOther than as shown v ised Statutes, at A t ter will be referred to t he front door of t he of record, neither the the La G r ande C i ty Daniel Chaplin Buildb eneficiary n o r t h e Council in March 4th, trustee has any actual ing, 1001 4th Street, 2 015, an d A p r i l 1 , notice of any person La Grande, OR 97850 2015, for a decision on C ounty o f U N I O N , having or claiming to this matter. Failure to State of Oregon, sell have any lien upon or raise a specific issue i nterest i n t h e r e a l at public auction to the January 7, 14, at this Public Hearing property hereinabove highest bidder for cash Published: 21,and 28, 2015 p recludes appeal t o the interest in the said described subsequent the Oregon Land Use descnbed real property t o the interest of t h e Board of Appeals. A t rustee i n t h e t r u s t Published: January 28, which the grantor had Legal No. 00039464 copy of the application deed, or of any suc2015 and February 4, or had power to conIN THE CIRCUIT and all information re11,18, 2015 vey at the time of exec essor in i n terest t o COURT OF THE lated to the proposal is c ution by him o f t h e grantor or of any lesSTATE OF OREGON available for review at s aid trust d e ed , t o see or other person in LegaI No. 00039730 FOR THE COUNTY no cost, w it h c o pies possession of or occugether with any interOF UNION supplied at a reasonest which the grantor I n the M a t t e r o f t h e pying the property, exable cost. A Staff Reor his successors in incept: Name and Last Guardianship of: port will be available terest acquired after BROOKLYNN ICnown Address and TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF for review s even (7) Nature of Right. Lien the execution of said SALE T . S . N o .: MICHELLE LATHROP, days before the Plantrust deed, to satisfy Respondent. or Interest COLLEEN OR-14-637572-NH Orn ing Co m m i s s i o n the foregoing obliga- No. 14-09-8506 ROBINSO N 2 94 dei No.: Heanng, and can also tions thereby secured NOTICE OF PETITION SOUTH 8TH AVE EL1401 87700-0 R-M SO be supplied at a reaGIN, OR 97827 Origiand the costs and exReference is made to TO sonable cost. For furnal Borrower SHIRLEY t hat c e r t a i n deed penses of sale, includ- APPOINT GUARDIANS ther information, coni ng a reas o n a b l e J OHNSO N 294 made by, THOMAS E. tact the Planning Divicharge by the trustee. TO: MYCHAEL CRAIG SOUTH 8TH AVE ELHARICLEROAD sion at (541) 962-1307. GIN, OR 97827 OrigiT RUSTEE OF T H E Notice is further given CLACK nal Borrower For Sale THOMAS E. HARICLE- that any person named NOTICE IS H E REBYA ll meetings of th e L a in section 86.778 of Informat io n Cal l : GIVEN that on S epROAD REVOCABLE Grande Planning Com714-730-2727 or Login Oregon Revised StatTRUST, DATED JULY tember 26, 2014, a pemission are accessible to: www .servicelinkautes has the nght to 6,2001 as Grantor to tition was filed for the t o persons w it h d i s sap.com In construing have the foreclosure NORTHWEST TRUSa ppointment o f J e f f abilities. A request for proceeding dismissed this notice, the singuTEE SERVICES, INC, Lathrop an d N a n cy an interpreter for the and the trust deed relar includes the plural, as trustee, in favor of Lathrop as the guardih earing impaired, o r the word "grantor" ininstated by payment to BANIC OF AMERICA, ans of Brooklynn Mifor other accommodacludes any successor the beneficiary of the N.A., A N A T IONAL chelle Lathrop, tions for persons with in interest to this granBANICING ASSOC IA- e ntire a m o un t t h e n a minor child. The petidisabilities should be due (other than such t or as w e l l a s a n y TION, as Beneficiary, tioners are the matermade by t h e F r iday portion of said princiother person owing an dated 3/20/2009, renal grandparents of previous to the meeto bligation, t h e p e r pal as would not then corded 3/26/2009, in the respondent. Jonel ing, by calling (541) be due had no default formance of which is official records of UNIC. Ricker, 962-1307. occurred), t o g e t her secured by the t r ust Attorney at Law, ION County, Oregon, with the c o sts, t r usdeed, and the words in book / reel / volume PO Box 3230, "trustee" and "beneficitee's and a t t orney's No. fee / file / instruLa Grande, OR 97850, Michael J. Boquist ary" include their refees and c uring any ment / microfilm / re5 41-963-4901, is t h e City Planner o ther d e f ault c o m - attorney for the spective successors in c eptio n n u m be r plained of in the Nointerest, if any. Pursu20091062 covenng the Petitioners. ant to O r e gon L aw , following d e s c r ibed tice of Default by ten- Oblections must be filed PUBLISHED: J a n uary t his sale w il l no t b e dering th e p e r f ormin th e g u a r d ianship 28, 2015 and February real property situated 3, 2015 ance required under deemed final until the i n said C o u nt y a n d proceeding i n t he T rustee's d ee d h a s S tate, t o - w it : A P N : the obligation or trust above court on or be- LegaI No. 00039793 been issued by QUALdeed, at any time pnor 14536 fore ITY LOAN SERVICE to five days before the 0654125C-600-0-2502 30 days from the date of date last set for sale. CORPORATION OF BEG INNING AT A first publication speci- I t's time t o p lan f o r WASHINGTON. If any POINT ON THE EAST For Sale Information fied hereafter. Written that vacation trip. For i rreg ula rities are d i s Call: 714-573-1965 or RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE oblections m a y be covered w i t h i n 10 Login to: ww w . pnoriOF H IG HWAY 203 made by mailing or de- extra cash, why not typosting.com. In condays of the date of this Iivering the oblection s ell some o f t h o s e WHICH IS SOUTH sale, the trustee will 89'49' EAST 426 FEET struing this notice, the to Circuit Court for Un- items you don't need rescind the sale, return masculine gender inF ROM THE COMER i on County, 1 008 IC the buyer's money and cludes th e f e m i n ine Avenue, La G rande, with a classified ad? COMMON TO SEC-

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015

COFFEE BREAK

WINTER STORM JUNO

Husband hopes wife is willing to spice up their dull love life

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DEARABBY:My wifeand I have been may be like, "I can't believe you kept that married for quite a while, and our intimate from me." What would you advise? — RETICENT IN EENT UCEY life became monotonous and unimaginative a DEAR RETICENT Manywomen have lorg time ago. Over theyearsI have suggested we try things like role-playing and other non- breast enhancement surgery so their figmes will be more balanced. For the reason you have extreme var7'ations during intimate times. mentioned,you should tellyour boyfriend. It My suggestions were met with rollirg eyes and retorts like, "I'm your wi fe, not a hooker." should make no difference to him. However,if I frnally gave up and try to be content with it does, it's better thatyou know now before you what we have together. spend any more time on someThen one evening she one who measures the worth DEAR surprised me and did one of ofawomanbyhow"real"her the thirgs I had suggested. It ABB Y brea sts are. P.S. Ifhe wants to know was very nice and she seemed what"real" breasts feel like, to like it, too. I didn't know tell him to go hug his mother. what to say toher.'Thank you"somehow seemed condescending. We have done nothDEARABBY: Iam considered to be a quite irg likeit since. I doubtif the answerisin the etiquette books. attractive professional dancer in Las Vegas. What should I have said to her to let her know I recently met a guy who has literally met alhow much I appreciated her loosening up and most all my dream qualities for a life partner, hopeit will perhaps make her more comforthusband and father of my future children. The problem is, I'm not attracted to him. He's able spicirg thi rgs up in the future? — ETIQUETTEADVOCATE IN not ugly; he has symmetrical features, stnxight SAN DIEGO teeth, nice skin and isin pretty good shape, if DEARADVOCATE: Praise is a powerful a little on the skinny side. I have always dated incentive. Flowers would have been nice. muscular, very @ men who get me excited at But since you didn't send any, try this: Invite the sight of them, and I'm wonderirgif there's your wife out to dinner at a nice restaurant. something wrong with me because fater nine Tell her how surprised and delighted you months I'm still struggling with his looks. were with the special surprise she gave you. I feel like there is no sexual chemistry. But A small gift to commemorate the occasion we haveanother kind ofchemistry because couldn't hurt either. we get alorg great, and he motivates me to A satisfying sex life is all about combe a better person. munication, and if my mail is any indicaAm I shallow, or is the lack of sexual chemistry a sign that maintaining a successtor, if more wives were uninhibited in the bedroom, there would be a lot less business ful long-term relationship won't happen? forthe "professionals." — MISS I'ICIIY INLAS VEGAS DEAR MISS PICKY: I'm not going to call DEARABBY: I have been dating a wonyou shallow. Whether lack of sexual chemisderful man for two years and am in hopes of try is a deal-breaker for you depends upon gettirg a proposal soon. We are both commit- how important sex is to you. From what you ted to stayirg pure before marrmge and have have told me, looks are a primary factor in what draws you to men. ilt would be internot been intimate. My question to you is, do I have to tell him, esting to know how long the relationships now or ever, that I have had breast implants? you described lasted.) Bear in mind that men who are Adonises I did it several years ago, and it greatly imcan lose their looks if they don't consistently proved my selfesteem. I'mglad Idid it. Since he has never felt any breasts, if I tell work at it — just as women do. Much as we might wish it, looks don't always last forever. him, my fear is he will get hung up on the That's why, if you're looking for a long-term thought, "I wonder what REAL breasts feel relationship, it's extremelyimportant to take like."On the other hand, ifI don't tell him into consideration qualities that will last. and sometime in thefuturehefrndsout,he

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NEW YORK — It was to be "crippling" and "potentially historic." Itwas to dump up to 3 feet of snow onto New York City, bringing Gotham to its knees and causinghardened localsto huddle inside as drifts inched up the sooty walls ofbuildings and encased humans, subway rats, feralcatsand cockroaches in a thick layer ofice. It was to be all of those things, until it wasn't. Instead, the snowstorm that spawned hashtags, breathless live TV and snarky Onion stories veered east, pounding parts of New England and suburban Long Island on Tuesday but allowing New York to churn back toli fe asofficialsdefended the extraordinary measures that had shut it down. t Would you rather be prepared or unprepared? Would you rather be safe or unsafe?" Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news briefing, hours after it becameclearthatthe blizzard of 2015 was no such thing, at least not here."I will always err on the side of caution." He and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said travel bans and the shutdown of public transport kept accidents to a minimum. No storm-related traffic deaths were reported in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut, which all imposed travel bans Monday night. t We have only had 15 accidents on our state roads," Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut said."That is remarkable. Under slight storm conditions, we could expect upwards of several

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Baker City High Tuesday ................ 43 Low Tuesday ................. 25 Precipitation Tuesday ......................... .. 0.00" Month to date ................ .. 0.25" Normal month to date .. ... 0.71" Year to date ................... .. 0.25" Normal year to date ...... ... 0.71" La Grande High Tuesday ................ 52 Low Tuesday ................. 34 Precipitation 0.00" Tuesday ......................... 0.76" Month to date ................ 1.46" Normal month to date .. Year to date ................... 0.76" 1.46" Normal year to date ...... Elgin High Tuesday .............................. 50 Low Tuesday ............................... 28 Precipitation Tuesday .................................... 0.00" Month to date ........................... 3.75" Normal month to date ............. 2.76" Year to date .............................. 3.75" Normal year to date ................. 2.76"

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hundred accidents. The system has worked." The normally bustling tristate area fell oddly quiet on Monday evening as shutdowns took effect. Empty streets and highways gave plows and emergency vehicles space to m ove and prevented buildups of stranded vehicles, which have occurred in past snowstorms. Even Times Square was deserted. "First time, I think in my life, where I saw no vehicular traffic in Times Square besides sanitation trucks," said New York Police Department Chief James O'Neill, who visited the usually busy area at 3 a.m."I saw people having a snowball fight." Snowfall totals reflected the fickle nature of the storm, which veered 50 to 75 miles farther east than the National W eather Service hadforecast. Central Park had 9.8 inches, but 100mileseaston thetip of Long Island, the town of Orient was struggling with 28.5

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Last weekend, Putnam, Conneticut, resident Eric Belske built a snowman with his 6-year-old son, Lucas. As snow fellTuesday, Belske prepared for this coming weekend's activity with his son: building a snow fort.

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High: 85 .. Falfurrias, Texas Low: -6 Frenchville, Maine ' ' W ettest: 2.13" ....... ....... Milton, Mass. regon: High: 58 ............................ Redmond Low: 25 .......................... Baker City Wettest: 0.18" ... Seaside

inches. Boston had 21.5 inches Tuesday afternoon, and the snow was still coming down. Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard received 27 inches. Wind gusts from 47 to 78 mph were recorded across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine and New Hampshire. aWe're still very much in the middle of this storm," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Tuesday afternoon, as 700 snowplows and other equipm ent worked to clearstreets. "It's not a time for anyone to be relaxedorcomplacent." Along the coast, wind and water were the big problems. Ocean waves knocked out a seawall in Marshfield, Mass., flooding parts of town and damaging several homes. "Pretty much the entire coastline is demolished," resident Joanna Freed said in a phone interview.'We have about3feetofstandingwater on the Esplanade, where there's restaurants. The flood has been really, really bad."

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