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• Powder Valley Kgh School oKcials getting set to celebrate centennial in 2016 By Dick Mason, The Observer

Powder Valley High School's building opened in 1916, the year the film "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"was released and quickly becarne a boxfofice hit. The silent rnovie, based on tules Verne's classic science fiction novel, was probably not shown that year at PVHS,but it could have beensince the newschool had an amphitheater. anniversary. We want to get things started," said North Powder School District Superintendent Lance Dixon. The centennial will be celebratedsometime in 2016. The school district has some historic information and photos to help mark the building's 100th year but more are needed. 'There are definitely gaps which need to be filled in," Dixon said. The dist rict'sarchive includes photos of the high school building, first named North Powder High School, from atleasteightdecades ago. The photos, when compared with current

Today, the amphitheater is gone and the student productionsitshowcased are m ostly forgotten.Storiesof the school' spast,however, still burn brightly in the minds of many, tales that will soon take center stage. Powder Valley High School is gearing up to celebrate its centennial. The school district is in the preliminary stage of organizing its celebration and is inviting people with old photos and historic informationtocome forward so it can later be shared with the

public. cWe want to start making people aware that the building is approaching its 100-year

ones, reveal that the building's exterior has changed little since it opened. 'They don't look much different side by side," Dixon sald. Indeed the ornate design elements at the main entry are still in place and seemingly untouched by the hand of time. They remain complemented by a tiny decorative balcony above the entry steps. What is missing from the exterior ofthe building are the fire escape slides that were once on the north and south sides of the school. The slides were designed to help students and stafFon the second floor of the building to

escape quickly in an emergency. Kay Patterson, who graduated from PVHS in 1961, said theslides were popular. 'The high school kids really looked forward to the fire drills," Patterson said. Students liked going down the slides so much that some would come after school and trek up them just to experience the thrill of going down them. Climbing up the slides was difficult because there were no rails but the work was worth it. "It was fun. It was quite a drop," said Patterson, who later worked in the SeeMilestone / Page 5A

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ENTERPRISE — According to state biologists, EastL a st week, ern Oregon wolf numbers the state are healthy enough to start rel eased a the process ofremoving their p r eliminary endangered status. The Wal- c o unt of wolf lowa County commissioners b r eeding supported the state's effort pai r s, the with a resolution Monday. tri g ger to The resolution, passed move from unanimously by Susan Rob- P hase I, erts, Mike Hayward and Paul the most Castilleja, urges the state to p r o tected take immediate steps to del- p h ase of the ist gray wolves in Oregon. wolf plan, to W olves are protected by Phase II.Six thefederalgovernment west of the seven ofhighways 395 and 95, but p a i rs were in Northeastern Oregon in Ea stern where wolves are most Oregon. highly concentrated, they are SeeWolves / Page 5A

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Kaleb Whitby escaped with minor injuries, when he was sandwiched in his pickup truck between two trailers in the January Baker City crash.

Whitby drove into the dense fog on the familiar and unremarkable stretch ofInterstate84justeastof Baker City about an hour before sunrise. He'd only been on the road for a matter of minutes on Jan.17 after driving from rural Washington the night before. The 27-yearold was already engrossed in an audiobook and pondering when to eat the pre-

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packaged cinnamon pastry he'd grabbed for breakfast. Then he saw the semi-truck trailerin frontofhim start to sway. He downshifted, tapped his brakes and felt his truck slip on the black ice underneath him. He aimed for the back of thetrailer ashelost control. Whitby is a former high school running back and linebacker and a stout 250-pound former profes-

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Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, but significant outbreaks erupted in America between 2008 and last year. Now a new cluster of cases — linked to Disneyland in California — is sounding alarm bells for health officials. In this latest measles onslaught, more than 100 people scattered across 14 statesreportedly acquired See Measles / Page 5A

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This summer the men and women who fill out the roster of Eastern Oregon's largest Army National Guard outfit will once again deploy to a desert location to fulfill their annual training requirement. This year, though, the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment will not journey to its usual annual training location. Instead of the familiar high desert landscape south of Boise, Idaho, the battalion will deploy to another kind of desert — the Mojave. The battalion, consisting of guard units from across the region including La Grande and Baker City, entered into the first phase of a six-month training cycle this month to prepare for a three-week stint at the U.S. Army's National Training Center situated at Fort Irwin, California, on the edge of the Mojave Desert. A rotation through the National Training Center is considered the"Super Bowl" of military maneuvers and its vastdesertlandscape widely viewedasthemost realistic in terms of war preparation. The battalion is scheduled to deploy to the Mojave training center in August. During its three-week deployment the battalion — which utilizes M1A2 SEP Abrams main battle tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles — will conduct mock battles against an"opposingforce"consisting of the U.S. Army's 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The training is as close as a military unit can get to

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Sgt. Brent Cadwell, Cove, a member of Baker City's Fox Company,3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard, presents a class on a .50 caliber machine gun during Fox Company's drill last month. actual wartime conditions and a rotation through the National Training Center is notjust another two-week annual training tour, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Lt. Col. Brian Dean said. A rotation through the NTC is a notch above the usual two-week training sessionthe battalion completes every summer south of Boise at the Orchard Combat Training Center. "Everyone calls it the Super Bowl of Army training forarmored forces.I've said it before, and I think the words get lost, NTC is the best armored training

available anywhere in the world. Period. There is nothing better," he said. The stakes are a bit higher as well. A deployment to the NTC, especially for a National Guard unit, is seen by many as the ultimate test. Part-time guardsmen will land atthe vast,desolate training area and almost immediately begin maneuveringagainst the"opposing force," considered the bestin the world. "It's great training," Dean said. It is also a high-stress, high-tempo training session conducted at one of the hot-

test places on earth during the height of the summer. The battalion will conduct simulated battles from dawn until dusk and into the night for days, with the emphasis on replicating actual wartime conditions. Dean said a spotlight will be on the battalion when it goes to the NTC, and resources are funneling into the unit at a rapid pace. "The soldiers in this organizationaredoing a real mission. Training for other organizations has been canceled so the focus is on providing us with training," he said.

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National forest looks to cut public, private boundaries

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Vendors wanted for EOLS flea market

UNION — The City of Union Chamber is seeking vendors for a downtown flea market to take place June 13 in conjunction with the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show. For more information or toreserve a place,call541562-5270 or 541-910-1033 or email spatterson@charter.net or mecdv@eoni.com.

Give your kids a night out at EOU Kids Night Out is an event for children in kindergarten through eighth grade, sponsored by the Eastern Orgon University's women's

basketball team. Entry fee is $10 per child forthe event, which will run from 6 p.m. to 9:30p.m.Saturday in Quinn Coliseum on the EOU campus. Parents can preregister their children; registration at the door begins at 5:40 p.m. Activities will include basketball, soccer,scooterbowling, bingo, movies, dancing and rock climbing. All areas will be supervised, and professionals certified in First Aid and CPR will be on-site. Participants will be signed in and out at the door and should wear comfortable clothingand proper shoes for recreational play. For more information,

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diversity training. The last day to registeristoday. er than 12, or $12 per family. The annual Celebrate, CEAD started in 2011 and Donations will be accepted. has grown over the years. The Educate and Appreciate DiThe menu is all-you-can-eat versity conference focusing on first event welcomed about 60 EOLS directors meet pancakes, sausage, applesauce, diversity education and multi- people. Last year, the number Tuesday night hash browns and coffee and cultural competence issetfor rose to more than 100. Anonyorange or apple juice. The m ous feedback received from UNION — The next meetSaturday at Eastern Oregon ingof the directors of the East- event is sponsored by the Men University. Approximately attendeeshas been positive, ern Oregon Livestock Showis 12 workshops will be held indicating an enriched view of Sacred Heart Church. fiom 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in and increased awareness of scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesdayin the dubhouse located on Get your Zumba on Badgley Hall. Xavier Romano, the importanceofaccepting for free at fitness club vicepresidentforstudent Delta Streetin Union. self and others and becoming Zumba classes will be ofservices, istheguestspeaker part of a more empowering Shrove Tuesday feredfree ofchargeuntilfur- for the plenary session. and accepting generation. Pancake Feed set ther notice from 12:05 p.m. to Attendance is free for all Register online at www. UNION — On Feb. 17 fiom 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednes- students and $25 for faculty, eou.edu/mc/programs-servi cstafF and community mem5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sacred days at the Grande Ronde es/cead-conference. For more Heart Catholic Church in Fitness Club on Adams information, contact EOU's bers. The fee includes lunch Union is hosting a Shrove Avenue in La Grande. Ages and a T-shirt. Participation Multicultural Center at 54112 and older are welcome. will also certify four hours of 962-3741. Tuesday Pancake Feed. contact Anji Weissenfluh, women's basketball head coach, at 541-962-3236 or aweissen@eou.edu.

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Sally Carlson Wallowa 1943-201 5 Sally Carlson, 71, of Wallowa died Jan. 10 after a battle with lung cancer. There will be a memorial for Sally sometime this spring. Details will follow. Sally was born in Enterprise on Sept. 30, 1943, to Robert and Mildred McAnulty. Sally attended school in Springfield before moving to Prineville in 1959 where

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graduating in 1961. In 1969, Sally moved Carison ba ck to Springfield where she worked for the Department of Human Resources and met her husband-to-be Ken Carlson. Ken and Sally were married Dec. 24, 1973. After completing his education at Oregon State University, Ken and Sally moved to Los Angeles where Sally attended Long Beach State University, majoring in social work. Sally graduated with honors and was the top student in the college of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1980, Ken and Sally moved to Seattle, where Sally earned her masters in social work at the University of Washington. After Ken retired, Ken and Sally moved to Wallowa in 2003 to care for Sally's mother. Sally was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2010 and moved to Wildflower Lodge's memory care unit in 2012. Sally is survived by her husband Ken of 41 years, her

brother, Mike McAnulty of Springfield, and one sister and five brothers of the Vernon family into which Sally was adopted.

Marian 'Marv' Ruth Cochrafi La Grande Marian"Mary" Ruth Cochran, 73, of La Grande, died Jan. 22 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration oflife will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Loveland Funeral Chapel.

Ivy Miller La Grande Ivy Miller, 91, of La Grande, died Monday at a local care facility. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling arrangements.

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numerous cousins. Jennie was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Mabel Ricks; sisters, Raneral Chapel and chael Ricks and Eva Ricks; Crematorywill and brother Martin Ricks. In lieu of flowers, memorial Newkirk be handling the arrangements. donations may be made to Jennie was born on Dec. LDS Family History. 30, 1923, in La Grande to Lewis Ricks and Mabel Christenson Ricks. She grad- Elgin uated from La Grande High David Townsend, 81, of School and later attended cosmetology school. She later Elgin, died Monday at Wilmarried C. Vernon Newkirk, lowbrook Terrace in Pendher husband of 50 years. leton. A celebration oflife Jennie was the owner and service will be held at 11 a.m. operator of The Mode Beauty Friday at the Elgin Christian Salon and was employed at Church. Interment will be at the Bob Shop in Sacajawea Elgin Cemetery. A reception Hotel Annex. Jennie loved for family and friends will be held at the Elgin Community to spend her time gardening, swimming and studying Center following internment. A full obituary will be genealogy. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ published later. of Latter-day Saints. She held many positions within the Relief Society and Primary La Grande and Family History, as well as Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Samuel Short, 91, of In 1945, Jennie was awarded La Grande, died Tuesday at his home. Arrangements the War Time Queen of the will be announced later by Gold and Green Ball. Jennie is survived by Daniels-Knopp Funeral,

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Alexander Blaine Kovi, 22, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday on a Union County warrant charging strangulation and harassment. Arrested: KyleWilliam Hays, 33, unknown address, was arrested Monday on two Union County warrants. One charged failure to appear on an original charge of fourth-degree assault. The other charged failure to appear on an original charge of falsifying drug test results. Cited: Meredith A. Smith, 63, La Grande, was cited Sunday on a charge of harassment. Arrested: Desiree Jean Swink, 27, unknown address, was arrested Monday on a Union County warrant while lodged in the Union County Correctional Facility. The warrant charged probation violation connected to original charges of distribution of a controlled substance (methamphetaminej, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetaminej, failure to use safety belt and tampering with physical evidence.

OREGON STATE POLICE Arrested: Michael George Cunningham,75,Washington, was arrested Jan. 28on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. Arrested: Douglas Charles Haggard Jr.,36, La Grande, was arrested Jan. 30 on charges of parole violation, felon in possession of a firearm, failure to present operator's license, giving false information to police, identify theft and driving while suspended or revoked.

Arrested: CoreyTimothy Gray, 37, Heppner, was arrested Jan. 30 on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. Arrested: MarioAntonio Ramirez, 23, La Grande, was arrested Jan. 30 on a charge of driving while suspended or revoked (misdemeanorj.

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Gov. John Kitzhaber and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, have brought disgrace to the governor's oKce. Kitzhaber has been a fine politician. Oregonians would not have re-elected him for a fourth time and we would not have endorsed him ifhe couldn't lead. His legacy will include his reforms to state prisons, education and perhaps public pensions. Even with the fantastic Hop that was Cover Oregon, he has pushed the state elsewhere into experiments with providing care to Medicaid patients that we hope will work. But all of the compliments Kitzhaber is owed do not nullify the ethical and legal smog of Hayes' policy and political work. Kitzhaber came out Friday to meet reporters and declare Hayes will play no policy or political role in his administration. It's long overdue. Does anyone seriously believe her inHuence will end? The news conference was a disheartening spectacle that brought no comfort. He couldn't or wouldn't answer some questions. He responded to the serious charges about his disclosures on state ethics reforms with legalistic jitterbugs. His answers to more questions about Hayes' tax filings was to tell reporters: Ask Hayes. Reporters have tried and get no response. Common sense should have told a politician of Kitzhaber's experience that something was acutely wrong. The state's ethics laws are supposed to restrict the choices, decisions and actions of public oKcials. The cornerstone of the ethics laws is to prevent people from using their positions "to obtain financial benefits for themselves, relatives or people they are associated with through opportunities that would not otherwise be available but for the position or oKce held." What do Oregonians learn about ethics from the governor? An attorney could construct an argument that Hayes is not a public oKcial, or somehow Kitzhaber andHayes did enough because the rulesaren' t clear enough. But what Kitzhaber and Hayes have succeeded in doing is reinforcing the worst of what people fear about politicians — that they think the rules don't apply to them. •

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'ssenseo ur en avid Thiesfeld has provided a perspective in his letter to the editor i Jan. 26l that I would appreciate the opportunity to expand upon. The Blue Mountain Translator Districtoperates three sitesin Baker and Union counties delivering antenna television. In addition to the three costs of site lease, programming and electricity that were pointed out in Mr. Thiesfeld's letter, there are additional expenses.To be specific there are 17 Federal Communications Commission licenses, 17 transmitters, 17 encoders,broadcast towers to hold antennas and buildings thatneed updated atthethree sites. There is also a sno-cat to maintain and repair, contracted laborfrom Oregon Public Broadcasting engineers to keep the equipment operational and a parttime inot full-time) office manager. The board members volunteer their time. Each individual transmitter costs in excess of $25,000 multiplied by the 17 inoperation equals $425,000 justto get started. Add the other equipment thatcoststhousands torepairortens of thousands to replace and you quickly see why there is a sense of urgency. The idea of moving BMTD to MERA was previously discussed and is not off the table. The existing infrastructure locations are not the current problem. The community support in the form of financial contribution is insufficient and funding is needed. The service charge of $100 per year is the only funding BMTD. org receives to deliver antenna network broadcast television in Eastern Oregon. While only 20 percent of the total

About the author Tim Wallender is a volunteer board member for the Blue Mountain Translator District. My Voice columns should be 500 to 700 words. Submissions should include a portrait-type photograph of the author. Authors also should include their full name, age, occupation and relevant organizational memberships. We edit submissions for brevity, grammar, taste and legal reasons. Send columnsto La Grande Observer, 1406 5th St., La Grande, Ore., 97850, or email them to acutler@lagrandeobserver.com.

windows and delivering flyers with their pizzas. The district now has a website and Facebook page to help better communicate with residents ofboth counties. If BMTD does not receive the support and financial contributions from the viewers now and in the future, this service will be lost piece by piece or all at once. There are not enough people paying the servicecharge mailed outeach yearpeiiod.

The residents of Baker and Union counties own BMTD.org. We live too far from the main broadcast stations in Portland to receive free antenna television. BMTD was formed on the strong backs of the people and the green backs ofcurrency that purchased equipment affording the delivery of television to our area. This message ofhow and why the number of residents within the district distric twas formed needs to be reintroare financially contributing their service duced to the residents, money sent into charges to BMTD we are at risk oflosthe district and continued to be suping TV. ported into the future. While such an imbalance exists there To be able to deliver affordable televiwill be a limited amount of time the sion,BMTD needs to befunded by evdistrict can operateprovided there is eryone in the district. This would allow not an emergency situation. This is why forregular— not reduced — operation, there is a sense of urgency. maintenance and repair of equipment. How has the board responded? The volunteerboard members have BMTD has reconnected with county takendrasticmeasures to keep televicommissioners in Baker and Union sion broadcasting with this extremely counties, the Union County Emergency low revenue this year. Without support Services and the broadcast network levels reaching the level to sustain the stations. We have reached out to private balance sheet, there will no longer be businesses to assist with launching the network antenna television here. BMTD invites everyone including Mr. public education campaign. These busiThiesfeld to attend the public meetings nesses know who they are and BMTD thanks them for placing flyers in their or call 541-963-0196 or 541-406-4900.

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PowderValley High School is gearing up to celebrate its centennial. The school district is in the preliminary stage of organizing its celebration and is inviting people with old photos and historic information to come forward so they can later be shared with the public.

MILESTONE Continued from Page1A North Powder School District for 37 years as a secretary until retiring in

2007. Patterson still lives in North Powder and servesas a substitute secretary. Countless educators have worked in the building since 1916, including 10 superintendents who Patterson worked under. Those who kept things lively include the late Rex Hunsacker, who was an interim superintendent in the 1980s. Hunsacker was 73 when he became North Powder's superintendent, the same age as Ronald Reagan, who was then president. "He used to pound his desk and say, 'By golly, if Reagan can run the nation at 73, then I can run this school district,"' Patterson said. The PVHS building Hunsacker and countless other educators worked in bearsa striking resemblance totheone housing Paisley High School in Lake County. The resemblance is not a coincidence, Dixon said. The superintendent believes that Powder Valley High School was built with the same blueprints used to con-

WHITBY Continued from Page1A By all reasonable expectations of physics and the laws of man, Whitby should have died on Interstate 84 on Jan. 17, leaving his wife a widow and his son fatherless. Instead, he walked away with a black eye, a few scratches and a grainy cellphone photograph that circled the globe. Other people might have emerged from the wreckage changed in some way, but Whitby's story isn't one of epiphanies acquired after sweet life-saving salvation. It's a life-affirming moment, not a life-changing one, largelybecause ofhis strong religious beliefs and because his life was going well before the wreck that should have ended it. The eldest of nine, Whitby grew up on his devoutly Mormon family's sprawling 1,000-plusacre farm about 30 miles north of Richland, Washington. In 2007, Whitby left for a two-year mission in Brazil. He graduatedfrom Brigham Young University in 2012, and briefly chased a career and dream of Olympic glory as a professional weightlifter. Last May, he came home from the South Carolina townhouse where he'd lived while training. He moved back, along with his wife, two dogs and 2-year-old son, looking for steady income and to help his father and three

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struct Paisley High School. Dixon said several years ago the superintendent of the Paisley School District visited PVHS and said that the building was virtually identical to Paisley High School's building. A major difference, though, is that the Paisley building, also built in 1916, has its auditorium and PVHS no longer has its auditorium. PVHS's amphitheater may be gone, but its building is far from starting the last act of its story. Dixon said the structure is holding up well for its age. "It was built to stand the test of time," the superintendent said. The building replaced a much smaller two-story structure that served as North Powder's high school building. The building, located just west of the present PVHS building, is now gone. Today's PVHS building is doing well for its age in part, Dixon said, because it is made from superior lumber and other products. "A lot ofheavy duty materials were used," Dixon said. Pattersoncreditsthebuilding'sgood condition, in part, to the efforts in the 1970s of former Superintendent Richard McIntre. Patterson said McIntre was the first superintendent to have the district begin putting a significant amount

uncles run the acresofalfalfa and apple trees, cattle and beans. The farm has sustained four branches of the Whitby familytreefordecades. The morning of the crash, Whitby was on the road to Council, Idaho, to track a shipment of about 160 heifers the family had recently purchased. It was their first time working with this seller, so Whitby planned to follow the shipment to its ultimate destination in Colorado, where the cattle would be fed upbefore theireventual slaughter. He was driving the first pickup ofhis own, a 2008 extended cab Chevy Silverado he bought in July. He'd already tacked more than 15,000 miles on the odometer driving to and from the nearby Tri Cities area and other work trips. The farm boy is a confident, comfortable driver; he's been navigating family trucks around the farm since even before he could see over a steering wheel. As he saw that second set ofheadlights coming toward him through the fog, Whitby immediately thought the worst — this was the end of all of that. Who would look after his wife, Camille, five months pregnant with their second child? He remembers thinking he was going to die, wondering if this was his time. The second semi crushed him from behind."It was loud, and it was hard," he said. Yet he felt surprisingly cushioned. Whitby didn't go crashing to

the ground."I was along for the ride," he said. The wreck, the last in a multi-car chain of accidents thatstretched over a quarter mile that morning, crumpled the Chevy's extended cab into a capsule-like shell. The impact cocooned Whitby insideamid shattered glass and hisscattered belongings. Whitby took quick stock of the situation and realized he was fine. His biggest fear was yet another truck barreling down the road to finish the

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crews and other stranded travelersdiscovered the remarkable scene. Whitby thought he could get out of his truck without the Jaws of Life. He saw a gap at his feet. Another trucker laid on the highway, slick with diesel fuel, and reached up into the wreckage. He pulled Whitby's left foot up and then out of what remained of the Silverado. One foot free, Whitby was able to turn his body and facethe driver'sside door.He eventually slid down until he was on the pavement. He crawled on all fours through the tight space next to his pickup, then stood to run from the tunnel created by the trailers on either side. All told, it took about 30 minutes to extricate Whitby from the crumbled truck. Before his escape, trucker Sergi Karplyuk asked Whitby ifhe could take a picture with his cellphone. He thought Whitby's survival was a miracle and wanted to share the moment with the world. Nobody would have believed him.

job. He wasn't going to wait for that possibility, and fumbled for the Leatherman pocketknife he carried in his pants pocket. The force of the crash had poppedthe knifeoutof his pocket and between his T-shirt and black soft-shell jacket. Whitby was upright, but uncomfortable. His right leg began to go numb because his legs could barely move. He foundthe knif e and startedcutting the seatbelt in an effort to dislodge the steering wheel wedged into his right hip. As he worked, emergency

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"If you guys and those counties in Washington were writing the same type Continued ~om Page1A ofletters it may have more managed by the state. gravity," Nash said. Montana and Idaho are Last week, the state rethe only two states with no leased a preliminary count ofwolfbreedingpairs,the federal endangered species trigger to move from Phase listing. When wolves were delisted in 2011 by the U.S. I,the most protected phase of the wolf plan, to Phase Congress, eastern slicesof II. Six of the seven were in Washingtonand Oregon were included along with Eastern Oregon. the northeastern corner of Todd Nash, Oregon Utah. Wyoming's state plan Cattlemen's Association didn't measure up and was wolf committee chairman, not included. said the department will In 2011, an estimated present its plan to delist minimum of 328 wolves gray wolves at its April meeting in Bend. A public were in Wyoming, including comment period will follow. 48 packs and 27 breeding The commission could pairs. In Wyoming outside make a decision as early as of Yellowstone National Park andtheWind River June, but Nash said there is a possibility there may be Indian Reservation, there no decision until August. were an estimated miniThe boundary of federal mum of 224 wolves, 36 protection runs a north and packs and 19 breeding south line along highways pairs. These numbers far exceeded the minimum 395, 78 and 95. The boundary line the state uses to population for delisting determine between levels across the entire Rocky of prot ection runs along Mountain region. Highway 97. In 2012, U.S. Fish and "They didn't try to align it Wildlife removed wolves with the Oregon wolf plan, from the endangered which would have been species list in Wyoming. handier for us," Nash said. EnvIronmentahsts rhdn't He urged the commisagree with the state's mansioners to work with the agement of wolves and sued Washington counties with a to have them placed back similar boundary issue. underfederalprotection.

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l ttornevcomeshometonractice lawin Wallowa Countv • Boyd leaves behind fascinating position with the Alabama Supreme Court to be in rural Eastern Oregon and closer to family By Katy Nesbitt ENTERPRISE — While seeking one's path in life, sometimes opportunities arise when one isn't quite looking. Ben Boyd said he and his wife planned on moving to the West with their four children eventually, but a job offer to return to Wallowa County came a little sooner than he expected. Taking a job with the Hostetter Law Group was a chance to come home to rural Eastern Oregon and be closer to family, leaving behind a fascinating position with the Alabama Supreme Court. Boyd said he moved with his family to Wallowa County when he was 13 years old. His father, Dr. Devee Boyd, was a missionary, and the family lived in Zimbabwe for six years. He said he attended Moody Bible College in Chicago, studying theology, before returning home for a while to teach at the former Providence School in Lostine. ''While teaching I was being exposed to primary sources of American history

in Lostine Eventually his search led him to working as a law clerk for two judges in Torrington, Wyoming. His interest piqued, he queried Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama about a job. From Torrington he moved his growing family to Montgomery, Alabama, to work as a stafF attorney doing legal research and writing. "It was high volume work — there are a tremendous amount of cases every month regarding any variety oflegalissues from pro se prisoner work to adoption,"

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Ben Boyd, an Enterprise High School graduate, returns toWallowa County to practice at the Hostetter Law Group. — digging in deep awoke a lot of interest in studying law like reading biographies of Patrick Henry and other patriot lawyers," Boyd said. He said both law and construction were playing in his mind as a next step. "I waslooking for a career

change and considered construction, and my dad said to have a backup plan because of the physical requirements of building. "I was interested in law, enjoy reading and writing and needed to getinto a profession that supports a family,"

Boyd said. So he hung up the hammer and attended law school at Liberty College in Lynchburg, Virginia. He passed the Oregon bar in 2010. He looked for jobs in Oregon while working on remodeling a Victorian farmhouse

He would review cases and provide Moore with summaries. As one of five stafFattorneys,he said he "got a lot of incredible experience on a wide range of topics." "It was a delight to work down there — a delightful work environment," Boyd sard. Though returning to the West to be near his wife's family in Sacramento, California, or his own, was always on the horizon, Boyd said he wasn't expecting an offerso soon.He gota call from longtime family friends

Rahn and Zach Hostetter, who run a law firm in Enterprise. "Rahn and Zach have a tremendous amount of courtroom experience, which will help me, and I bring experience of research and writing," Boyd said. He said he is working on civil rights issues at present, and looking forward to learning land use matters and realestate development, the Hostetters main field of work. "They have done claims against government employees asking courts to hold people to the Constitution. I am looking forward to those kinds of cases," Boyd said. Rahn Hostetter said Boyd is a good fit because he "gets" rural life while bringing a lotofappellateexperience to the firm. Hostetter said Boyd is soon tobe admitted to the District Court of Oregon and will be active in U.S. District Court cases. In addition to his experience,Hostetter applauded his heart for his clients. "He is really passionate about being a servant; he's good for this community," H ostetter said.

Stayinformedwithhelg fromchamher Getting a head start on spring Observer staff

ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce and Oregon State University Extension team up to offer an opportunity to stay informed with Wallowa County's representatives in the state Legislature through video-

conferencing. The conferences are set for the second and fourth Tuesday of each month until the session is over. They start at 7 a.m. Tuesday. "It's asgood ofa situation without actually being in the same room," Extension Agent John Williams said.

Everyone is invited. Those wanting to attend are asked to RSVP to the chamber at 541-426-4622 to make sure everyone has an opportunity to present their questions and concerns. The chamber like to see strong representation of Wallowa County.

Frostbite Film Festival Feb. 12 at the OK Theatre Observer staff

The Frostbite Festival returns to the OK Theatre Feb. 12 featuring a screening of the 2014 Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the moviesstartat7p.m . Now in its 10th year, the Backcountry Film Festival celebrates the humanpowered winter experience through film. The festival aims to entertain while helping raise funds and awareness for Winter Wildlands and like-

minded partners. The Wallowa Valley Ice Rink, Ferguson Ridge Ski Area, Wallowa County Nordic Club and the Wallowa Avalanche Center all benefit from the Frostbite's proceeds. The Backcountry Film Festival premieres in Boise and then travels to more than 100 locations worldwide. Along the way, the Backcountry Film Festival will be viewed by more than 20,000 outdoor enthusiasts and raise more than $110,000 eachyear for organizations

working on advocacy, snow safety, outdoor education and snow school programs. The Frostbite Festival has become a popular mid-winter event at the OKTheatre in downtown Enterprise with films, raffles, auction items, food and beer. Entrance to the Frostbit eFestivalis$8

foradultsand $4 forkids 12 and younger. Watch the 2014 Backcountry Film Festival trailer at httpi/vimeo.com/109084523. For more information or to ask questions, contact Paul Arentsen at 541-263-1326.

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ENTERPRISE — The winter After Business Hours program sponsored by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce features guest speaker Art Hill, executive director of the Blue Mountain Community College Small Business Development Center. The After Hours event is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Toma's Conference Room at The Business Center, 309 S. River St., Enterprise. Hill and his development center team, based in Pendleton, will soon hire a new business adviser for Wallowa County. Local business owners and budding entrepreneurs will continueto have access tofree and confidential business coaching as it formerly did with the Wallowa County Business Facilitation. The difference is the new business adviser will be an

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able organization, building long-term customer relations and developing effectivebusiness operations. The model provides the necessary tools, like the conventional business plan, foridea creation,research, review, dialogue, decision making and action planning achieved by focusing on short-term activities thatcan be carried out instantly.

he Irish have four holidays that arguably pre-date Christianity. Imbolc, celebrated Feb. 1, is also dubbed St. Brigid's Day for an Irish woman who lived during the time of St. Patrick. Humans are funny, but who can doubt the desire to light bonfires, burn candles and celebrate the lengthening days as winter moves toward spring. Technically, St. Brigid Day or Imbolc is to celebrate spring, which is awfully silly in Wallowa County. We get a little bit of spring between the summer solstice and July 1 and then it's summer. A friend of mine told me in Japan they don't celebrate spring on the equinox, but when it"feels right." I read that the Irish traditionally did the same thing, not always celebrating the coming of the lambs on Feb. 1, but sometime in February when it felt like spring. Groundhog Day is essentially the same holiday, celebrated Feb. 2. I recognized the sub-holiday with a viewing of the movie by the same name. If you've never seen"Groundhog Day," rent it. It's a terrific morality play about a man who cannot move on to Feb. 3 until he "gets it."

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OTEC announces Youth Tour winners Four local high school studentleaders have been selectedto represent Oregon Trail Electric Co-op at the 2015 Rural Electric Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., this June: Esmeralda Vasquez of La Grande, Danielle McCauley of Baker City, MacKenzie Moulton of Hines and Dawson Quinton of Canyon City. All four student delegates will represent Oregon and the Northwest as they join nearly 2,000 students fiom acrossthe United Statesfor a one-week trip to the nation's capital. Over the course of the Rural Electric Youth Tour, the student delegates will visit famous historical sites, learn leadership skills and meet w ithcongressionalleaders. The students will create podcasts and digital photo projects asthey learn about electric cooperatives and current issues in energy and climate change legislation that face their communities and the nation.

LHS parent-teacher conferences set Parent-teacherconferences will be conducted fiom 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at La Grande High School.

LG School Board to meet Feb. 11 The La Grande School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Willow Elementary School conference room. Kindergarten will be one subject (hscussed. Prior to the meeting, the board will meet in executive session to discuss its annualevaluation ofLa Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze. The executive session will start at 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in Glaze's office. Executive sessions are closed to the public.

Cove School Board to receive OSBA training COVE — A trainer fiom the Oregon School Boards Association will give a presentation to the Cove School Board Tuesday. The OSBA trainer will discuss proper board procedures and more. The session, open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m. in the math room of the high school.

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Enterprise School District releases second quarter honor roll The Enterprise School District has released its second quarter honor roll for grades 7-12. Students needed a grade pointaverage ofatleast3.33 to qualify. Following are the student's who quali fied and theirgrade point averages.

Ella Anderson 3.71, Sydney Rouse 3.50, Shyla Jenkins 3.47. EIGHTH GRADE Adagia Latta 4.0, Lexie Gassett 3.86, Sarah Evaits 3.83, Amy Beck 3.67, Karli Bedard 3.61, Shelby Moncrief 3.39, Shane Lund 3.33, Jessica Teeney 3.33. NINTH GRADE Gracie Carlsen 4.00, Reece SEVEMH GRADE Christman 4.00, Cole Farwell Gracie Niezen 3.96,Tishrei 4.00, Rachel Frolander 4.00, Movich-Fields 3.95, Kayalie Riley Gray 4.00, Sebastian Melville 3.83, Ashlyn Gray 3.78, Hobbs 4.00, Eliza Irish 4.00,

The annual Regional Skills Competition for the Future Business Leaders of America will be held Thursday at Eastern Oregon University. More than 400 students &om 14 regional high schools have registered to compete. The event culminates with a public awards assembly at 12:30 p.m. in McKenzie Theatre in Loso Hall. Participants will be tested in 40 business-related fields including agribusiness, computer problem solving, cyber security, global business, network design, and sports and entertainment management. Public speaking and mock interviews are also scheduled. The top 10 finishers fiom each event will compete at the state conference in Portland.

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THURSDAY • Prep wrestling: McLoughlin at La Grande, 5 p.m. • Prep wrestling: Imbler, Joseph, Elgin, Enterprise, Wallowa at Union/ Cove duals, Union High School, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY • Women's coll ege basketball: College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon University, 5:30 p.m. • College men's basketball: College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon University, 7:30 p.m. • Prep girls basketball: Powder Valley at Griswold, 6 p.m. • Cove at Enterprise, 6 p.m. • Wallowa at Joseph, 6 p.m. • Elgin atImbler, 6 p.m. • Union at Burns, 6 p.m. • La Grande at Baker, 6 p.m. • Prep boys basketball: Powder Valley at Helix, 7 p.m. • Cove at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m. • Wallowa at Joseph, 7:30 p.m. • Elgin atImbler, 7:30 p.m. • Union at Burns, 7:30 p.m. • La Grande at Baker, 7:30 p.m.

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La Grande senior Rachel Alexander attacks the Nyssa defense in transitionTuesday during a nonleague game at home. The Tigers won, 75-32, for their fifth straight victory.

A video tribute oflast season's NBA champions inspired La Grande's play against Nyssa. After watching 'The Beautiful Game," which showed clips of the San Antonio Spurs' brilliant ball movement during their 2013-2014 title run, the Tigers came out and

played unselfishly throughout, with five players scoring eight points or more during La Grande's 75-32 rout of the Bulldogs at home Tuesday. "Before the game we watched The Beautiful Game,' and the Spurs pass the ball like crazy," Tigers' junior Kylin Collman said. aWe all said we're going to do that this game, and make sure that we got everybody involved and make everybody

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Mounties move to No. 8 The Eastern Oregon University men's indoor track and field team went up one spot in the NAIA coaches association poll to No. 8Wednesday. The Mountaineers compete Saturday at the Jackson's Invitational in Boise, Idaho.

Eastern women up two spots After defeating Concordia University and Warner Pacific College on the road last weekend, the Eastern Oregon University women's basketball team moved up two spots to No. 23 in the latest NAIA coaches poll, releasedTuesday. The Mountaineers are one of two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams in the top-25, with Southern Oregon University coming in at No. 13. Eastern hosts 1-84 rival College of Idaho Friday at Quinn Coliseum.

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Stan Rodrigues was named as the head coach for the men's soccer team at Eastern Oregon University. The program will begin in the 2015-2016 school year.

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Stan Rodrigues can't wait to start molding the program into his own vision. "It's kind oflike when you were a little kid and had a new jar of PlayDoh," Rodrigues said."It's still in its original shape and is untouched, and you think, 'Now what? How do I make this what I want it to become?"' Rodrigues was chosen as the inaugural head coach of the Eastern Oregon University men's soccer program, which will begin competition in the Cascade Collegiate Conference in the 2015-2016 school year. "Oh man, I feel pretty blessed," Rodriguessaid."I'vebeen coaching for 18 years, butI'vebeen really striving to get my ducks in a row to move to a collegiate job. I can't tell you how right this feels. I believe that there's just things that are put in your path for a reason."

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In its lone game of last weekend, Cove pulled a big upset when the Leopards edged Grant Union, 41-38, Friday night in Cove. Center Kellie Nostrant was the star in the three-point victory, scoring 11 points and hauling in a team-high 12 rebounds to earn a double-double in the win. The Leopards, who improved to 3-5 in the Wapiti League with the win, play at Enterprise Friday.

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For the past 12 years, Rodrigues has been acoach,and directorofcoaching, for the Westside Timbers, a competitiveboys and girlspremier soccerclub in Beaverton. Prestigious names in the soccer world have came through the club, including U.S. men's national team member Rubio Rubin, and Chad Barrett of the Seattle Sounders and Erik Hurtado of the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer. While there, Rodrigues was at the helm of a number of teams for the WestsideTimbers.In 2011,Rodrigues coached the U17G Fury squad that won the Oregon Premier League State Cup,and was ranked 32nd in the nation at one point in the year. Before that, he coached the U15B Swat, going to the state quarterfinals in 2010. From 2008 to 2010, Rodrigues served as the head coach and general manager of the Portland Rain/Westside Timbers of the Women's Premier Soccer League, and filled that role in 2012 and 2013. In 2009, he was named the WSPL's Pacific Conference coach of the year. He also was a coach at Clark Community College from 2010 to 2012, taking the team to the Northwest Athletic

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peaking as they enter the final slateofthree Greater Oregon Leaguegames toclose outthe regular season. "It's key right now, because this is when it all matters," Collman said."This is what we've worked for all summer, all year, all season." Collman scored a gamehigh 22 points, including 16 points in the first half, and hit five 3-pointers. Avery Albrecht score nine points in the first half, and ended with 13 points. Madison Wilcox scored 10, SeeRout/Page 10A

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Associations of Community Colleges quarterfinals. Rodrigues said he was on a website that updates new coaching vacancies when his interest was piqued by the Eastern job. "I clicked on Oregon one day, and saw Eastern was looking for coaches," he said."I wondered when it would open up, and one day afiiend told me the appli cations were open forit.Iapplied for both the women and men, and it went from there." He said he had a few schools contact him after applying, but Eastern was the first. "Itseemed verypositivefrom the phone interview, and then the oncampus interview," Rodrigues said. "That day of interview, it didn't feel nerve wracking at all, but was just very positive. It just felt right. When they offered, I sat down with my family, and I knew I had to take it." Some potential coaches may have hesitatedattheidea ofstarting a program from the ground floor, but for Rodrigues, thatwas the bestselling point. "That's what makes it more appealing tome, to be abletostarta new See Rodrigues/Page 9A

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PORTLAND — With Robin Lopez's return, the Trail Blazers seemed more at ease. Even a late threat from the Utah Jazz seemed surmountable. "I think everybody was just more comfortable knowing he was out there," said guard Damian Lillard, who had 25 points as Portland heldoffthe Jazz 103-102. Lopez fractured his right hand in a Dec. 15 game against San Antonio and missed 23 games. The 7-footcenter was badly missed. "Not only does he help the starting unit, he just helps the team all together becauseitsetsrotations. Everybody is back to what they're accustomed, where they've been playing for so long," Wesley Matthews said. Lopez's return, and the victory, came at the right time for the Blazers, who had lost three straight and five of their last six going into Tuesday night's game. After wrestling for the lead tostartthe fourth quarter, Matthews hit two straight 3-pointers and the Blazers went up 98-89 with 3:26 left. Gordon Hayward's 3 closed the Jazz to within 99-96, but Lillard answered with a driving layup. Joe Ingles hit another 3 for the Jazz to pull within 101-99 with 9.9 seconds left. LaMarcus Aldridge made free throws before Trey Burke hit a 3-pointer with 0.9seconds togo.Lillard missed his first free throw on the other end, then missed the second one intentionally and time ran out on Utah. Aldridge finished with See Blazers/Page 9A

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JOSEPH RANDLE: After being burn won the arrested for shoplifting during the sweepstakes of the No. 1 recruit in the 2015 NFL regular season, the high school football class, Dallas Cowboys running when theTigers beat out the back was arrested for unFlorida Gators for defensive lawful possession of mariend Byron Cowatt, of Sef- juana in Wichita, Kansas, early Tuesday morning. fner, Florida, Wednesday.

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SCOREBOARD Miami Orlando

HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Tampa Bay 52 32 15 5 6 9 167 135 Montreal 50 3 2 15 3 6 7 132 114 Detroit 50 29 1 2 9 6 7 149 129 Boston 50 27 1 6 7 6 1 134 124 Florida 49 22 1 7 10 54 122 140 Ottawa 49 20 2 0 9 4 9 137 138 Toronto 52 2 22 6 4 4 8 147 160 Buflalo 51 15 3 3 3 3 3 9 7 1 81 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Islanders 50 32 17 1 6 5 160 143 Pittsburgh 5 0 2 8 14 8 6 4 145 129 N.Y. Rangers 48 29 15 4 6 2 145 115 Washington 51 26 15 10 62 151 129 Philadelphia 51 22 22 7 5 1 140 151 New Jersey 51 20 22 9 4 9 115 139 Columbus 4 9 2 1 25 3 4 5 121 155 Carolina 50 1 7 2 6 7 4 1 109 134 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Nashville 50 33 11 6 7 2 153 118 St. Louis 50 33 13 4 7 0 162 121 Chicago 51 31 18 2 6 4 155 118 Winnipeg 53 26 18 9 6 1 146140 Colorado 51 2218 11 55134143 Minnesota 50 24 20 6 5 4 138 140 Dallas 50 23 19 8 5 4 159 162 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Anaheim 51 3 3 12 6 7 2 152 138 San Jose 51 2 7 17 7 6 1 143140 Vancouver 4 9 28 18 3 5 9 134 126 Calgary 51 2 82 0 3 5 9 149 131 LosAngeles 50 21 17 12 54 134 136 Arizona 51 1 92 6 6 4 4 120 171 Edmonton 5 1 14 28 9 3 7 120 170 All Times EST

Tuesday's Games Colorado 3, Dallas 2, SO New Jersey 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington4, LosAngeles 0 Arizona 4, Columbus 1 Bulfalo 3, Montreal 2 St.Louis 2,Tampa Bay 1,OT Nashville 4, Toronto 3 Minnesota3,Chicago 0 Vancouver3,Wi nnipeg 2,OT Anaheim 5, Carolina 4, OT

Wednesday's Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 5 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 7 p.m.

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Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 30 19 . 6 12 Cleveland 30 20 . 600 '/2 Milwaukee 26 22 .54 2 3 ' / 2 Detroit 1 9 30 . 388 1 1 Indiana 1 7 32 . 347 1 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 36 12 . 7 50 Houston 33 1 5 . 688 3 Dallas 33 1 7 . 660 4 San Antonio 30 1 8 . 625 6 New Orleans 26 22 .542 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 33 16 . 6 73 O klahoma City 24 24 .50 0 8 ' / 2 Denver 1 9 30 . 3 8 8 1 4 Utah 17 3 1 ,3 5 4 15'/2 Minnesota 8 40 .1 6 7 24'/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 38 8 .826 L .A. Clippers 33 16 .67 3 6 ' / 2 Phoenix 2 8 22 . 5 6 0 1 2 Sacramento 17 30 . 3 6 2 21'/2 L.A. Lakers 1 3 35 . 2 7 1 2 6 All Times PST

Tuesday's Games Philadelphia 105, Denver 98 Detroit 108, Miami 91 Boston 108, New York 97 Portland 103, Utah 102 Golden State 121, Sacramento 96

Wednesday's Games Detroit at lndiana, 4 p.m. Washington atAtlanta, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m. ChicagoatHouston, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Orlando at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 6 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Washington at Charlotte, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA Top 25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (22-0) beat Georgia 69-58.

Next: at Florida, Saturday. 2. Gonzaga (22-1) did not play. Next: at Santa Clara, Thursday. St. Louis at Buffalo, 4 p.m. 3. Virginia (20-1) did not play. Next: vs. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. No. 9 Louisville, Saturday. Washington at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. 4. Duke (18-3) did not play. Next: vs. LosAngeles at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Georgia Tech, Wednesday. Anaheim at Nashville, 5 p.m. 5. Wisconsin (20-2) beat lndiana 92-78. Tampa BayatDallas,5:30 p.m. Next: vs. Northwestern, Saturday. Detroit at Colorado, 6 p.m. 6. Arizona (20-2) did not play. Next: at Carolina atArizona, 6 p.m. Arizona State, Saturday. San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m. 7. Villanova (19-2) did not play. Next: vs.Marquette,Wednesday. 8. Kansas (19-3) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma State, Saturday. 9. Louisville (19-3) beat Miami 63-55. NBA Standings Next: at No. 3 Virginia, Saturday. EASTERN CONFERENCE 10. Notre Dame (20-3) did not play. Atlantic Division Next: vs.Boston College, Wednesday. W L Pct GB 11. Iowa State (16-5) did not play. Next: Toronto 3 3 16 . 6 73 vs. Texas Tech, Saturday. Brooklyn 1 9 28 . 4 0 4 1 3 12. North Carolina (17-6) did not play. Boston 1 7 30 . 3 6 2 1 5 Next: at Boston College, Saturday. Philadelphia 11 39 . 2 2 0 22'/2 13. Utah (17-4) did not play. Next: at New York 1 0 39 . 2 0 4 2 3 Colorado, Saturday. Southeast Division 14. Northern lowa (21-2) beat lndiana W L Pct GB State 61-51. Next: vs. Drake, Saturday. Atlanta 4 0 9 .81 6 15. WestVirginia (18-4) lostto No. 21 Washington 31 1 8 . 633 9 Oklahoma 71-52. Next: vs. No. 19 Baylor, Charlotte 21 2 7 . 4 3 8 18'/2 Saturday.

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17. Maryland (18-4) did not play. Next: vs. Penn State, Wednesday. 18. VCU (17-4) did not play. Next: at George Mason, Wednesday. 19. Baylor (16-5) did not play. Next: vs. TCU, Wednesday. 20. Ohio State (17-5) did not play. Next: at Purdue, Wednesday. 21. Oklahoma (15-7) beat No. 15 West Virginia 71-52. Next: at TCU, Saturday. 22. Butler (17-6) beat St. John's 85-62. Next: vs. DePaul, Saturday. 23. SMU (18-4) did not play. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Thursday. 24. Georgetown (15-6) did not play. Next: vs. Providence, Wednesday. 25. Texas (14-7) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Wednesday.

Tuesday scores EAST Harfford 62, Binghamton 61 NJIT 69, Delaware St. 51 Syracuse 72, Virginia Tech 70 Vermont 68, Maine 49 SOUTH Campbell 66, Presbyterian 53 Coastal Carolina 68, UNCAsheville 56 FIU 64, FAU 56 Gardner-Webb 87, Longwood 78 Kennesaw St. 80, Paine 75 Kentucky 69, Georgia 58 Louisville 63, Miami 55 Mississippi St. 71, Tennessee 66 Radford 67, High Point 64 SC-Upstate 79, St. Andrews 39 Stetson77, Bethune-Cookman 72 UNC Greensboro 85, VMI 56 Vanderbilt 67, Florida 61 Wake Forest 88, NC State 84 MIDWEST Butler 85, St. John's 62 DePaul 75, Seton Hall 62 E. Illinois 59, Baker 32 lllinois 66, Rutgers 54 lllinois St. 77, Evansville 51 N. Iowa 61, Indiana St. 51 Nebraska 76, Northwestern 60 Saint Louis 68, Saint Joseph's 61, OT Wisconsin 92, Indiana 78 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 75, South Carolina 55 Northwestern St. 110, Cent. Arkansas 108 Oklahoma 71, West Virginia 52 Texas ASM-CC 71, Incarnate Word 70 FAR WEST Boise St. 68, Utah St. 63

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Steer Wrestling 1. Adam Strahan, McKinney, Texas $14,708; 2. Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala. $12,116; 3. Beau Clark, Belgrade, Mont. $11,139; 4. Darrell Petry, Cheek, Texas $7,348; 5. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. $5,780; 6. Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. $5,773; 7. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas $4,850; 8. Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan. $4,672; 9. Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla. $4,343; 10. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. $4,072; 11. Jason Lahr, Stephenville, Texas $3,969; 12. Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif. $3,761; 13. Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. $3,688; 14. Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah $3,622; 15. Clay Mindemann, Salina, Okla. $3,560; 16. Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D. $3,499; 17. Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta $3,490; 18. Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii $3,474; 19. Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo. $3,448; 20. Jacob Edler, State Center, lowa $3,311.

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1. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. $7,979; 2. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. $7,614; 3. Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M. $7,572; 4. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. $7,561; 5. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. $6,727; 6. Jesse Stipes, Salina, Okla. $5,173; 7. Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn. $4,915; 8. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. $4,653; 9. Doyle Hoskins, Chualar, Calif. $4,636; 10. Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas $4,512; 11. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. $4,420; 12. Cole Dorenkamp, Lamar, Colo. $4,354; 13. Ty Blasingame, Sugar City, Colo. $4,060; 14. Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas $3,924; 15. Dylan Gordon, Comanche, Okla. $3,776; 16. Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla. $3,652; 17. Ethan Fox, Bonham, Texas $3,629; 18. Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz. $3,535; 19. Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla. $3,434; 20. David Key, Stephenville, Texas $3,418.

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1. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. $7,979;2.Jake Long, Coffeyville,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 Hawkins 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. Gage 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 Green, Meeting Creek, Alberta $5,361; 10. CortScheer, Elsmere, Neb. $4,744; 11. Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas $4,575; 12. Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, NewZealand $4,306; 13. Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla. $4,172; 14. Justin Caylor, Sulphur Springs, Texas $3,898; 15. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. $3,492; 16. Ty Kirkland, Lufkin, Texas $3,360; 17. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. $3,002; 18.

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thing," he said."I've been a part of new programs, but never in this capacity and with such potential to be such a great thing for the school. Any time you add a new dimension to a university, you bring in new quality PeOPle Bnd CultureS. Not just on the athletic side, but for the academics as well. It's going to bring in a lot of positivity and some electricity to the campus." While some coaches have specific mindsets or strategies asa feature of their style, Rodrigues alters his coaching to each team he mans. However, one feature is consistent. "It all depends on the playersthat arrive,"he said."I always say,'Just give me the ingredients.' I never want to foretell the future. Once I have my ingredients, it's all about how can I make them work tOgether to COmeOut the best way. But my teams do have a history of playing

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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; 9. Chloe Hoovestal, Helena, Mont. $9,512; 8. 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

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sport of mixed martial arts and the UFC, in Brazil as well as around the world" the UFC's statement added."The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance-enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by its athletes." SterOid in Bn Out-Of-COmPetitiOn teSt Jan. 9. Nick Diaz, his opponent at UFC 183 last Silva (34-6) beat Diaz by a wide decision Saturday, also tested positiveforelevated last weekend in Las Vegas, winning every levels of marijuana metabolites in results round on two of the three judges' scorecards. released Tuesday night by the Nevada AthThe fight was a triumphant return to the letic Commission. cage for Silva, who broke his lower left leg The UFC said the commission is doing 13 months ago. further testing to confirm the results, but UFC President Dana White is among the stunning announcement casts a large those who have proclaimed Silva to be the sport's greatest fighter. He won 10 consecushadow over Silva's impressive comeback &om a badly broken leg last Saturday for a tivetitledefenses over seven years asthe unanimous-decision victory over Diaz. UFC's 185-pound champion, most of them In a brief statement, the UFC said it was ShOWCaSing hiS inCredible athletiCiSm Bnd "disappointed to learn of these initial results." striking skills, until losing the belt to Chris "AnderSOn SilVa haS been Bn amaZing Weidman in July 2013 and breaking his leg in their rematch. ChamPiOn Bnd a true ambaSSadOr Of the

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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. $18,393; 2. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho $12,802; 3. Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla. $10,755; 4. Nile Lebaron, Weatherford, 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. Dustin Bowen, Waller, Texas $7,890; 9. Guthrie Murray, Miami, Okla. $7,480; 10. Ricky Aguiar, Stephenville, Texas $7,361; 11. Bart Miller, Pleasanton, Neb. $6,896; 12. Dalton Votaw, Liberty, Texas $6,773; 13. Dylan Vick Hice, Escalon, Calif. $6,746; 14. Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah $6,654; 15. Casey Huckabee, Grand Saline, Texas $5,933; 16. Reid Barker, Comfort, Texas $5,930; 17. Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. $5,911; 18. Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho $5,750; 19. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash. $5,438;20 .Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas $4,685.

TRAN SACTION S Tuesday BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded C Michael Ohlman to St. Louis for cash considerations. Agreed to terms with RHP MiguelGonzalez on a one-year contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with 3B Mike Moustakas and OF Lorenzo Cain on one-year contracts.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP John Axford on a minor league contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Acquired INF Steve Lombardozzi from Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with C Wil Nieves on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G Dahntay Jones for the remainder of the season. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDERSigned F Nick Collison to a multiyear contract extension. Women's National Basketball Association PHOENIX MERCURY — G Diana Taurasi announced she will sit out the 2015 WNBA season. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Cleveland WR Josh Gordon for at least one year for violating the league's substance abuse policy. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released NT Terrence Cody. BUFFALO BILLS — Claimed WR Justin Brown off waivers from Pittsburgh. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Announced the retirement of special teams coach Scott O'Brien, who will remain with the organization. Named Joe Judge special teams coach. NEW YORK JETS — Retained assistantoffensive line coach Ron Heller and Steve Hagen, who will switch from tight ends coach to assistant special teams coach. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Announced the retirement of C Nick Hardwick. HOCKEY

National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Jussi Rynnas from Texas (AHL). Loaned G Anders Lindback to Texas for a conditioning assignment. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Denis Hamlett assistant coach. COLLEGE CLEMSON — Announced the resignation of women's volleyball coach Jolene Jordan Hoover. COLUMBIA — Named Peter E. Pilling director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education. DAYTON — Named Eric West assistant tennis coach. UTSA — Retained receivers coach Tony Jeffery.

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Tie-down Roping 1. Matt Shiozawa, 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. Jerome 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.

Point, Mont. $5,116; 16. Brittney Willis, Goshen, Ala. $4,816; 17. Rachel Primm, Washoe Valley, Nev. $4,747; 18. Tana Poppino, Wolf Point, Mont. $4,556; 19. Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo. $4,551; 20. Kathy Grimes, Medical Lake, Wash. $4,481.

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Ty Thompson, Wanblee, S.D. $2,910; 19. Bradley Harter, Loranger, La. $2,896; 20. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. $2,616.

Josh Gordon has been pushed out of bounds again by the NFL. And this time, there's no guarantee he'll be back. The troubled wide receiver was suspended bytheleague for atleastoneyear without pay on Tuesday for violating the league's substance-abuse program. The 23-year-old's third suspension since turning pro hasplaced hisonce promising careerin jeopardy and could be the end ofhis days with the Browns. Gordon, who has already served two league suspensions for drug violations, will have to apply for reinstatement. A league SPOkeSman Said hiS One-year ban beginS immediately, meaning he will miss the entire2015 SeaSOn Bnd fOrfeithiS$1.07 milliOn Salary Bnd a POrtiOn Of the$2.3 million bonus he got while signing a four-year contract in 2012. The former Pro Bowler has been a repeat

Offender Of the league'S drug POliCy, Bnd hiS lateStOffenSe SeemS to haVe driVen a deeP wedge between him and the Browns. General manager Ray Farmer was blunt in responding to Gordon's latest troubles. "As we have conveyed, we are disappointed to once again be at this point with Josh," Farmer said in a statement."Throughout his career we have tried to assist him in getting support like we would with any member of our organization. Unfortunately our efforts have not resonated with him." Farmer said Gordon needs to make substantial stridesto live up totheteam's expectations. "Our hope is that this suspension affords JOSh the OPPOrtunity to gain SOmeClarity in determining what he wants to accomplish mOVing fOrWard Bnd ifhe WantS a Career in the Nation Football League," he said. Last week, Gordon said his failed test was for alcohol.

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11 points and six rebounds, held to just over 25 minutes on the floor. Hayward finished with 27 points for the Jazz, who were coming off 110-100 victory over the Western Conferenceleading Warriors. '%e've gone from losing nine straight to being able to play with the best teams in the league, so we've just got to figure out how to be more consistent," Utah head coach Quin Snyder said. Portland was coming ofF a 95-88 loss at Milwaukee on Saturday night, concludinga futile three-game road trip. Lopez, wearing a black wrap on his hand, made his first shot of the night, a dunk. His return sparked the Blazers,who got ofFto a 27-23 startafter the first quarter. "Any basketball player would prefer to be on the court rather than on the bench," Lopez said afterward. Nicolas Batum, who has been struggling with a sore wrist, hit a 3-pointer that made it 42-35, but the Jazz evened it up at 42 on Trey Burke's layup anda pairoffreethrows. Hayward's 3-pointer gave the Jazz a 47-44 lead atthe half. Portlandregained a 57-50 lead early in the second on Lopez's layup and

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The PortlandTrail Blazers' Robin Lopez, right, returned from a 23-game absence due to a broken right hand and scored 11 points and had six rebounds as Portland won 103-102 over the Utah Jazz Tuesday. His return was just what theTrail Blazers needed, as they had lost three straight and five oftheir last six games prior toTuesday's victory. pushed the advantage to as many as 11 points. But the Jazz answered with a 12-5nTn tO tie itat62 after Hayward's layup. The Jazz responded to cut Portland's lead to 72-70 going into the fourth

quarter. The two teams wrestled backand-forth the rest of the way. "Even though tonight was a loss, we played really well, just not enough to win," Hayward said. "So I think we try to learn from this one."

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When Russell Wilson took the snap with 26 seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, made his read and released the pass, he believed he was on his way to getting fitted for a second Super Bowl ring. He never saw New England's Malcolm Butler breaking, beating Ricardo Lockette to the pass and creating one of the most infamous plays in Super Bowl history. ''When I threw it, I was like, Touchdown, second Super Bowl ring, here we go,"' Wilson said."And it didn't

happen." The Seattle Seahawks cleaned outtheirlockers and headed into the offseason in a solemn, quiet fashion on Tuesday, two days after their dramatic28-24 lossto New England. Some players were still at a lossto describe theemotion of Seattle getting to the New England 1-yard line with 26 seconds left only to see Wilson get intercepted by Butler. Normally talkative tight end Luke Willson seemed to sum up the feelings for everyone. "I don't know guys. I don't really have too many answers,"Willson said."Sorry. It is what it is." Seattle was on thevergeof staging a final rally to cap a secondstraight titleand put the Seahawks in position to be talked about as the first team in NFL history to win threestraight titlesheaded into next season when Wilson was intercepted. Two days later, Wilson said he had no doubts about the decision to call for a quick slant to Lockette. Even in hindsight, he said he continues to supportthe decision to pass on second down from the 1, even though Marshawn Lynch had just run for 4 yards on first down. "It's one of those things, you trust what they called," Wilson said."I had no doubt. I had no doubt in the play call. I still don't to this day. I just wish we had made the play." Wilson said when he took the snap, Lockette appeared

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, center, watches as players react after Russell Wilson was intercepted by New England Patriots strong safety Malcolm Butler during the second half of NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Sunday in Glendale,Arizona. to be open enough to score. He didn't see Butler breaking hard for the spot where the ball would be delivered. "He made a great play. It was one of those bang-bang plays. That's how it usually is in agoal line area, ared zone area,"Wilson said."The guy played a great game, honestly. A guy that I think was undrafled just made tons of plays. Play after play. You've got to give him a lot of respect. He won the game for them right there." Seattle offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell intimated after the game that tuckette could have gone harder after the ball. The play was also disrupted by New England cornerback Brandon Browner holding up Jermaine Kearse and not allowing any traflic to impede Butler's route to the ball. Wide receiver Doug Baldwin called Bevell's comments "harsh." "I would be lying if I said it didn't bother us," Baldwin said."He's a coach and so you take that criticism or whatnot and you look in the mirror and fi gure outwhat you could have done with it. It's harsh.

But in the reality of it, it's in the heat of the moment right after the game, people may say things or do things they may have changed or would like to be interpreted differently. However, at the end of the day, like I said, we're going to stick together and move forward so none of that matters now." Wilson had a similar take about trying to move beyond the lingering hangover of what happened, even though he said he'd watched film ofthegame"probably 12 times," since Sunday. The question hanging over Wilson will be his contract situation and whether Seattle can get an extension completedin theoffseason so he doesn't enter 2015 playing under the final year ofhis rookie deal. "I haven'treally thought anything aboutit,"Wilson said.'You know, I obviously want to playin Seattleforever. That's my goal, and I want to be with this organization. I love this organization. I love this city. I love these fans. We've won a lot offootball games here, and that's the goal."

La Grande's Auslin McDaniel-Perrin, left, and Kylin Collman, right, surround a Nyssa player during the Tigers' 75-32 victory over the Bulldogs Tuesday at home.

ROUT Continued ~om Page8A Lacey Miles chipped in with nine points and Kali Avila added eight points. "The video is a little five-minute thing, and I have them periodically watch that before games," head coach Doug Girdner said."Tonight was one of those games. So we're asking them to watch that and see how unselfish, and how much fun, they have. Mentally, it gives them a picture of sharing the ball and I thought they took that right off of there, and put it on the floor really well tonight." The win also capped off a three-game stretch over five days, dating to last weekend, in which the Tigers' defense held their opponents to a combined 74 points. cWe changed the defense on the fly several times, and we had three different defenses we were running," Girdner said."I thought we did a pretty good job

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half. In the waning seconds, Albrecht sliced through the Bulldogs' defense and hit a pull-up jumper to send La Grande into the locker room ahead 39-16. Albrecht started the third quarter with a strip and score, and following another 3-pointer by Collman, Wilcox scored on a putback and Albrecht hit a 3-pointer to put La Grande in the lead, 50-19, midway through the third. The Tigers i13-5 overall, 3-0 GOLl travel to Baker for a league contest Friday. "This is where we start our finish run, and start to really hone things down," Girdner said.'That's what we talked about after the game, and I thought tonight was a step in the right directionto dothat."

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Stripper Elle Stanger is a performer at the Lucky Devil Lounge in Portland. Some of Portland's seasoned strippers are working directly with state lawmakers and professional lobbyists in search of better working conditions. takedancers'safety seriously and are appalled when strippers aremistreated, said Claude DaCorsi, a club operatorand president ofthe Oregon chapter of the Association of Club Executives, an industry association. aWe'rehere to protectand make safe environments for entertainers," DaCorsi said. 'They're the reason we exist." The dancers and lobbyists have settled on a handful of improvements they'd like to pursue. Ideally, they want to see strip clubs comply with mandatory health and safety standards — clean stages, structurally sound poles, adequate security. But that could be a tough sell in the Legislature. More realistically, they plan to push for a mandate that clubs display a poster outlining dancers'rights with a hotline they can call to ask questions or report abuses. They want the hotline to be staffed by people with experience in the industry, not bureaucrats or law enforcement. Strippers generally work as independentcontractors rather than employees. They pay a stage fee or a portion of their earnings to the management, bartenders, bouncers, DJs and other support staf.

Many young women get into the business without much work experience and areexploited,some strippers say. Not knowing their rights asindependentcontractors, dancers may not realize when a management demand is illegal or inappropriate, they say. The association helps keep them from being on their own. "Social workers have always fought for people who want to fight for themselves," said Delmar Stone, director of the Oregon and Idaho chapter.aWe're in solidarity with them in achieving hum an rights, basicprotections, not being exploited." Dancers warned the group not to require strippers to get licensesormake itharderfor them to work as independent contractors. They like the anonymity and flexibility they have when they're truly treatedas contractors. The lobbyists brought their own news: Oregon's freespeech protections, which are more robust than the federal First Amendment, severely limit the regulations that can be imposed. Rules that apply exclusively to strip clubs won't fly, so theQ have to be imposed on all"live entertainment" venues, bringing a whole host of fully clothed entertainers into the mix.

Bill to change way state handles class-action suits advances By Jonathan J. Cooper

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SALEM — A state legislative panel on Tuesday advanced a measure changing the way Oregon handles classaction lawsuits, setting up a vote in the House that could come as soon as this week. The measure is a top priority for Democrats, who are using their expanded House and Senate majorities to quickly push through several measures that were blocked in earlier years. The bill has divided the legal community and drawn passionate arguments from peopleconvinced iteitherrectifies an injustice or unfairly changes the rules for a highstakes lawsuit in the middle of the game. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee advanced it to the full House in a party-line vote. The measure would require BP West Coast Products to pay millions of

$0.35feecharged tocustomers who used a debit card to pay for gas. Class-action lawsuits involvea group ofpeoplewho allege they were harmed in the same way by a defendant. Federal law and most states have their own rules for handling them. The Oregon bill seeks to identify people who were harmed bythe defendant but didn't submit a claim, which often happens when the person can't be located or would only get a small amount of money. The bill would require that at least half of the unclaimed money be spent on legal assistanceforthepoor,with the rest being used for some other purpose. Proponents say they're

tryingto prevent companies that break the law from keepingmoney they obtained

illegally. "The fact a victim can't be found doesn'tundo the harm caused," Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum told the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Critics, including much of the business community, say it would make it far too easy for plaintiffs to bring classaction lawsuits in Oregon. They say it would require companies like BP to pay damages for people who were neverrequired toprovethat they were harmed. The measure "would seriously erode the stability of Oregon's legal system by disposing of the well-established rules" for determining how much a defendant should pay, Associated Oregon Industries, a businesslobbying group, said in a letter to the committee members.

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A Milton-Freewater man pleaded guilty in Walla Walla, Washington, to killing two horseslastfallatthe home ofhis estranged wife in Touchet, Washington. KEPR reports Bud Pratt shot the horses to get back at his wife, even though they didn't belong to her. She was just boarding them. Pratt will be sentenced later for malicious killing of livestock, a felony.

SoRball stadium may displace memorial The construction of a new women's softball stadium at the University of Oregon may displace a World War I memorial that was constructedin the 1930s. The soldiers memorial is a wall with ornate wrought iron gates and the words Howe Field. The university's construction manager, Tom Shepard, tells The RegisterGuard the memorial may be relocated. Construction is scheduled to begin in May. The memorial was a federal Works Progress Administration project funded in part by student body money.

Shot fired through Portland apartment Portland police say a couple who recently purchased a gun were trying to put the safety on early Tuesday when it accidentally fired a shot. The bullet went through the wall and into a neighbor's closet. KOIN reports no one was injured in the shooting about 1:30 a.m. at the Foster Meadows Apartments. There was no decision on whether the gun owners would be charged.

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The Hillsboro man, Shantia"Sean" Magui, says he lost part ofhis right index finger in January 2013 in an aviation maintenance technology class. The Oregonian reports the suit filed last month in Multnomah County Circuit Court alleges the college failed to properly train and supervise students for safety.

25 years for fatal shooting in Portland A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in pri son fora2014 shooting outside a Portland strip club that killed one person and wounded four others. The Oregonian reports thatinvestigators say Jontae Mxon felt disrespected after an argument outside the dub and responded by shooting into a crowd. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and other charges and was sentenced Monday. Killed in the July 5, 2014, shooting was Habrahcio Branch. Investigators sayMixon had argued with another man and the man punched Mxon in the face. Someone else ripped offhis gold necklace. Police say Mxon went and satin his car for a few minutes before driving up next to the crowd and opening fne.

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W oman spots bloody footprints in home Police say a Portland woman returned home from the golf range with her teenage son to find bloody footprints in her house. The Oregonian reports that Jessica Hull sent her 14-year-old son to a neighbor's house to get help Saturday, armed herself with a golf club and went to investigatea voice shecould hear. In a second-floor bedroom, she found a naked, bleeding man in a bed. At that point, she says she retreated and called police. Police arrested 21-yearold Forrest Avila-Crump. Court documents say he told police he was high on mushrooms and entered the house by breaking a wln(low.

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SALEM — Any tourist guide to Portland will tell you aboutthe strip clubs. There are dozens of them, something for any taste or any neighborhood, helped to ubiquity by Oregon's fierce protectionoffree speech. Tired of watching wellmeaning strangers impose their own visions for improving the plight of the dancer, some of Portland's seasoned strippers are working directly with state lawmakers and profess ional lobbyists. Around the country, strippers have stepped up their fight for better working conditions. Some are suing. Others have filed complaints w ithstateregulators.A handful have unionized. But the effort in Oregon to work directly with the Legislature — with the support of lobbyists — is unique. 'The hardest part about being a stripper is battling the stigma that we are victims that need help from outsiders, "said Elle Stanger, a stripperwho'sbeen active in the movement."It doesn't matter if you work in education, clergy, any kind of bluecollar work — the people who do the work know what the work environment needs." Stanger has worked her entire five-year career at the Lucky Devil Lounge. She's pleased with the management, she said, and isn't concerned she'll face retaliation for speaking publicly. But as the assistant editorofExotic Magazine, a local publication for the sex industry, she's seen plenty of clubs. They're notallasgreatashers,she sard. "Some of the buildings are literally dilapidated and not maintained," Stanger said. 'You have entertainers that could injure themselves from broken glass on the stage, poor wiring with the sound system. We just want to get these workplaces up to a minimum safetystandard atleast." There may be a few bad apples, but most club owners

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driver escaped with injuries. The driver hauling the bees was not hurt, although highway patrol officers on the scene reported beesbuzzing everywhere. Photos, meanwhile, showed chunks ofblackened, FBI releases photos highway-roasted chicken. of gold thieves The crash closed the The FBI has released pho- interstate's westbound lanes, and highway patrol officers tos made from surveillance videoofthree masked thieves kept traffic flowing by directstealing historic gold nuggets ing vehicles onto the center on display at a San Francisco median. bank museum after ramA beekeeper was summing a stolen SUV through moned, and the cleanup its revolving door. was expected to lastseveral San Francisco police say hours. the robbers took up to 10 ounces of gold worth roughly Man held lor trial in

Police say a woman selling drugs made a big mistake that landed her in jail — she mistakenly called an Albuquerque, New Mexico, police detective. KOB-TV reports that 30-year-old Renea Lucero was arrested last week when she called the detective athis department-issued cellphone and made the officer an unexpected offer. Court documents say the detective knew Lucero from a prior criminal case. But the report says he didn't think Lucero realized who she had

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One of the robbers held a gun to a security guard's head while his accomplices stole the gold nuggets from the Wells Fargo History Museum, the site where the bank launched in 1852. They Coach cuts wrestler's escaped in a sedan. long hair aRer loss The photos released A fiiendly bet between a Thursday show the men in high school coach and a wres- ski masks and gloves that obtler has led to a suspension scure their identities. They're seen next to the SUV covered and a police investigation in Hawaii. in broken glass and grabbing Carla Fontes hadn't cut a display case. Each man is her hair since intermedidescribed as about 6 feettall. ate school, but her coach Dead man gets at Waiakea High School, appointed to board Stan Haraguchi, thought the locks flowing below her 0$cials in western Pennsylvania are trying to figure waist were interfering with the sport. out how a man who's been They bet if she lost a dead for more than two years match, he would cut her hair. wound up being reappointed Aftera 3-0 start,Fonteslost to a county industrial authorher first match last week. ity board. She allowed the coach to Fayette County officials cut her hair at a team meetsaid Wednesday it seemed ing Monday, even though they never tried checking Fontes' mother had expressly in with Larry Markwood forbiddenit.Fontessaid she before reappointing him. He didn't relay that information died in August 2012. to Haraguchi. County commissioners say The coach has been susthey conducted interviews withcandidatesand received pended, said Donalyn Dela Cruz, spokeswoman for the letters from members who state Department of Educawant to be reappointed or tion. leave the board, but MarkArlette Fontes was furiwood slipped through the cracks. ous when her 15-year-old The industrial authority daughter came home with hadn't met since 2010, so atshoulder-length hair. "I'm shaking," the mother tendance records would have told Hawaii Tribune-Herald. been of no use. "My daughter's hair went Commissioner chairman all the way down her butt Vincent Zapotosky tells the before. Now it looks like a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review rat has been nibbling on it. thegl be smarter about the That's a piece ofher, gone. A reappointment process in the future. piece ofher body." Carla Fontes said she Trucks carrying loves wrestling and wants chicken, bees collide the sport to lead to a college scholarship. A big-rig hauling frozen "It lets me take some of my chicken collided with a truck anger out," she said of wrescarrying bees in Southern tling. She said she wishes California, igniting a fireball that her hair wasn't cut, "but that quickly cooked the it is what it is." chicken. Haraguchi declined to The California Highway comment. Patrol says the crash on "In any educational situaInterstate 10 near Palm tion, it is always best practice Springs occurred shortly after7 a.m. Monday. toreceiveparent consent before making any decision The truck with the chickens burst into flames that directly affects a student, especially in a situation and was incinerated, but the

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A man accused of killing the father of Los Angeles Lakers guard Wayne Ellington Jr. has been held for trial on a murder charge. The Philadelphia Inquirer reportswitnesses testifi ed in court Tuesday they saw Carl W hite approach 57-year-old Wayne Ellington Sr.'s car on the nightofNov.9 and heard two shots. The elder Ellington was found shot in the head in the driver'sseatofa carin northwest Philadelphia's Germantown section. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. White was arrested on Dec. 4. Court documents show Tuesday he was ordered held for trial. Police say an argument may have sparked the shootmg. White's attorney says he maintains his innocence. The younger Ellington has said his family is "devastated" by the killing.

Tsarnaev lawyers ask court to move trial Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked afederalappeals court forthe second time toorder the judge to move his trial outside of Massachusetts, arguing he cannot get a fair trial here. The defense filed its request late Tuesday. It asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to order Judge George O'Toole to move the trial or to suspend jury selection until he rules on a third change of venue request. The 1st Circuit rejected a similar request last month, beforejury selection began. In their new request, Tsarnaev's lawyers say their review of questionnaires illed outby 1,373 prospective f jurors show that 68 percent alreadybelieveTsarnaev is guilty. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when two bombs exploded near the marathon finish line in April 2013.

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VALHALLA, N.Y.— An official says the five commuter train passengers killed in a fiery crash at a suburban New York crossing were all men. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said Wednesday that no victims' names would be released until authorities get dentalrecords tomake sure oftheiridentities. They were burned beyond recognition when a Metro-North Railroad train smashed into an SUV that was stopped on the tracks in Valhalla on Tuesday evening. The SUVs female driver also was killed. Astorino said the dentalrecords are expected within a day or sooner. Federal investigators arrived at the site of a deadly commuter train crash Wednesday, looking for clues to how the train was functioning and why the SUV that triggered the fiery wreck was stopped on the tracks. National Transportation Safety Board officials planned to examine the train's blackbox-style recorders,lookingfor answers to how fast the train was going, whether its brakes were applied and whether its horn was sounded as it approached the crossing where it slammed into the SUV, NTSB vice chairman Robert Sumwalt said. Investigators also planned to look at the tracksignals'recording devices,interview the Metro-Northtrain'soperators,peerinto the charred wreckage with laser-scanning devicesand seek aerialfootage,he said. ''We intend to find out not only what happened, but we want to find out why it happened," he said at the crash site in Valhalla, about 20 miles north of New York City. Meanwhile, officials worked to identify those killed in the deadliest accident on one of the nation's busiest commuter rail lines — one that has come under harsh scrutiny

over aseriesofaccidents in recentyears. Fifteen people remained hospitalized, seven with very serious injuries, as officials said they were, for now, mystified by the ghastly crash. "It's really inexplicable, based on the facts we have now," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on WCBS-AM radio."Everybody wants to know exactly what happened, so that if somethingcan be corrected,we correctit." Fivetrain passengers — authorities initially said six — and the SUVs driver were killed. The wreck happened in an area where the tracks are straight and cartraffic can betricky,asdriversexiting orentering a parkway turn and cross the tracks near a wooded area and a cemetery. The driver had gotten out ofher Mercedes SUV momentarily after the crossing's safety gates came down around her and hit her car, according to the driver behind her, Rick Hope. "I said to myself,'The clock is ticking here, the gate is down, the bells are ringing — what are you going to do here?"'he told WNYW-TV."She looked a little confused, gets back in the car and pulls forward" on the tracks. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said it appeared that the woman got out to lift the crossing gate offher vehicle. Allrailroad grade crossings have gate arms that are designed to lift automatically if they strike something like a car on the way down, railroad safety consultant Grady Cothen said. The arms are made of wood and aredesigned tobe easily broken ifa car trapped between them moves forward or backward, he said. As of Wednesday morning, transit officials hadn't found any problems with the tracks or signal, Astorino said.

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Earning goldmedalsiniiusinessdealings HAPPENINGS Cutler, Everidge, Brogoitti named to new roles at the Observer The Observer Regional Publisher Kari Borgen has announced new roles for severalofthe paper'sleadership team. Managing Editor Andrew Cutler has been promotedtopublisher/editor,taking on amore activeleadership role in community relations. Frank Everidge, the regional operations director, will take on the title of general manager, reflecting his hands-on role in daily operations. Karrine Brogoitti has been promoted to advertising manager, replacing Glenas Orcutt, who retired in December. "I am pleased to name Karrine, Andrew and Frank to their new leadership positions," Borgen said. "They have demonstrated a work ethic and commitment to the Observer and our community that represents our team well." Cutler, a Fruitland, Idaho, native, joined the Observer as editor in November 2012. Everidge has been with the Observer since 1978, except for a short hiatus in 2012. He and his wife, Lynne, have five grown children. Everidge is a member of the Sunrise Rotary Club and Island City Lions Club and has been a community volunteer for the MuilenbergTournament and Fireworks Committee. "It's important that the Observer's key leaders live and work in La Grande," Borgen said."Andrew and Frank are in the building every day and can quickly respond to community or team concerns and day-to-day operational issues." Brogoitti is a La Grande native who has worked in the advertising department of the Observer for 18 years. She serves on the board of directors of Union County Chamber of Commerce and is past-president of Greenwood Parent Teacher Organization. She and her husband, Jason, have a 12-year-old son, Gage. Borgen will continue as regional publisher for the Baker City Herald and the Observer, newspapers owned by Western Communications, Inc.

Oregon Cattlemen to meet in Salem for spring meeting SALEM — Cattle producers from all across Oregon will gather for the Oregon Cattlemen's Association's annual spring quarterly event. The event is scheduled for Feb. 19 and 20 in Salem. This year's theme is'The Time is Now," reflecting current issues that will be brought forward during this year's legislative session that could affect the cattle industry. The meeting will take place at the OCA's new office, located close to downtown Salem in the Farm Bureau building. The cattlemen will kick off the meeting Feb. 19 with a number of speakers from different areas of the industry including Katy Coba, director for Oregon Department of Agriculture. The event will conclude on Feb. 20 with additional speakers and the annual spring business meeting.

BLM and Forest Service announce 2015 grazing fee The federal grazing feefor 2015 willbe $1.69 per animal unit month for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.69 per head month forlands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2014 fee was $1.35. An AUM or HM — treated as equivalentmeasures forfee purposes — isthe use of public lands by one cow and her calf, one horse,orfive sheep or goatsfor a month. The newly calculated grazing fee, determined by a congressional formula and effect ive on March 1,appliesto nearly 18,000 grazing permits and leases administered by the BLM and more than 8,000 permits administered by the Forest Service.

Tap That Growlers to hold grand opening Saturday Tap That Growlers is holding a grand opening beginning at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. The new growler station offers various beersand other non-alcoholic beverages on tap. The opening will have free rootbeer floats, door prizes, music by Elwood and a ribbon cutting. Tap ThatGrowlers islocated at1214 Adams Ave., La Grande.

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swimmer receive a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics as the American flag rose in the background while the "Star-Spangled Banner" played. Four years later, he stood aloneon a pedestal,a gold m edal around his neck, as that same stanza played to an audience of 12,000 people with the reflection of the American flag mirrored on the pool in front ofhim. The second step is having Faith and Attitude to achieve The Dream. I am sure that every Olympian-hopeful experienced,

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companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy. It is w idely regarded as a better indication of U.S. market performance than the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is made up of just 30 companies. The S&P 500 was introduced in 1923 and took on its present form in 1957.Itwasdeveloped and is maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, a joint venture majority owned by McGraw Hill Financial. It is managed by a 9-member committee of S&P Dow Jones Indices economists and index analysts. Just think how powerful the committee and itsmembers are.

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A small business recently opened in La Grande that sells gourmet balsamic vinegar and oils imported from Italy. While it's a semi-unique online business, the two local entrepreneurs, both under 30, are giving away some of their proceeds to The Wounded W arrior Project. SG Gourmet, owned and operated by Robert Smith and Dakota Gillette, receive high quality ingredients from Italy that are then shipped to New Jersey to be mixed. Smith, 30, and Gillette, 20, have lived in La Grande for most of their lives. They met at their church, New Song, and had been looking to start a business — they just didn't know what kind. cWe dida lotofresearch as far as different products," Smith said of trying to find a lucrative business."Instrument-related products, petsuppliesatone point. You name it, we looked at it and researched it." The pair had been talking about opening a business, and going through the different types of businesses for about two years. Smith is a little more interested in gourmet cooking, but they both decided this was where they wanted to invest. Gillette, who graduated from high school when he was 16 years old and just recently transferred from Eastern Oregon University

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Smith said it's a lot easier to run a business online. However, local stores like The Potter's House, the Geiser Grand in Baker City and Mad Mary in Joseph have picked up their product and are selling them in their stores. Geiser Grand, and La Grande's JaxDog, are using it to cook with, as well. 'The goal is to not make it look like a small business," Gillette said. aWe want to make it look as professional as we can." The online store has become so popular since they opened their business in November, they're looking at expandingfrom vinegars and oils to possibly coffee, chocolate and gourmetproduct supplies, Smith said. However, he said, they're going to take it a bit slow. "I want to hold off on it a little more," Smith said."But I wouldn't be surprised in six months if we have l aotm oreproducts." They said their orders for more SeeVinegar / Page 2B

A company must be a U.S. company and meet certain criteria, including size which is known as market capitalization, minimum monthly trading volume, liquidity and sector classification. The goal is to include companies in industries that mirror the U.S. economy. Companies' shares in the S&P 500 are weighted by market capitalization, which means larger companiesreceive a greaterweight than smaller companies. In other words, not all companies make up an equal percentage of the index. Many investors view the S&P 500 as a passive or fixed index with few changes. In fact, thereisa lotofturnover or activity in the index with companies added and deleted frequently. Companies can be deleted due benign consequences such as mergersorreincorporating outside of the U.S. Interestingly enough, companies can alsobe deleted due to having substantial declines in their market values. Business Insider recently published an article called "Since 1980, The S&P Has Dumped 320 Stock Because They Stunk." According to market Analyst Walter Deemer, the additions and deletions to the index generated a significant increase in the index's and, by extension,"the market's"performance.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants to create a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation's food safe. The proposal in the president's budget released Monday comes after outbreaks ofillnesses linked to chicken, eggs, peanuts and cantaloupe in recent years. M ore than adozen federalagenciesoverseefoodsafety,and consumer advocates have long called for bringing all those functions together in a single home. Currently, the Department of Agriculture oversees the safety and inspectionsofm eatand processed eggs

KELLER Continued from Page 1B believe a little bit more in yourself. During his four long years of training John gained faith by being self-aware of what he was doing, but, more than anything else, he was focusedon getting better at one thing: being a better swimmer. Leaders can take away something very valuable here: keep a tight focus on beinga better leader and don't diftuse your energy by trying to be all things to all

and the Food and Drug Administration overseessafety ofm ostotherfoods. The split oversight is often complicated — the FDA would be responsible for the safet y ofafrozen cheese pizza,for example, but USDA takes over part of the duties if the pizza has meat on it. USDAinspects meat daily as it is processed, while the FDA generally conductsinspectionseveryfew years. The two agencies share inspection duties attheborder.And severalother agencies havesmallpiecesoffood safety oversight — fiom the Commerce Department to the Environmental ProtectionAgency. The budget proposesconsolidating

people. Just lead. The third step is a Concrete Goal. This is easy for those who are responsible for selling, creating revenue and measuring profits. The challenge is to translatethose goalsto the individuals in the company who are removed from specifi cgoals. I believe most disengaged employees are those disconnected from the results and goals of the business. For many, the concrete goal is simply getting a paycheck. That is not only far &om inspiring, it is disconcerting. John was able to calculate

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the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service and all of FDA's food safety oversight into one new agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The new agency also would coordinate with state and local health departments, a job that is now mostly handled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the budget proposal, the Obama administration says the current system's "6actured oversight and disparate regulatory approaches" cause confusion. Consolidation"is an essentialstep toreforming thefederalfood safetysystem overall,"itsays.

the time he would have to beat in the one race he was focused on winning. He did a trend analysis and then wrote the goal fln seconds) on a yellow index card taped to his bathroom mirror. The fourth step is to create a Strategy and Plan linked to specific time metrics. Based on his Concrete Goal, John calculated that he would need to shed hundredths of a second off his time each month. Each lap was measured as he swam for five hours a day, 11 months a year. He tracked his progress and took corrective measures when

ing a sell discipline by comparing how companies in different industries are doing compared with the S&P 500 over Continued from Page 1B variousperiods oftime .Ifa sectorisn't want to own investment companies performing as well, sell any companies in that sector. One investor I was that seek to duplicate the S&P 500. Itis nearlyimpossible for an individual inves- visiting with recently said,"If I own a tor to duplicate on their own because you company and it isn't doing as well as would have to invest in 500 companies the S&P, Igetridofit." and have the correct weightings in each The S&P 500 is one of the most and buy and sell as the underlying com- popular benchmarks against which investors' measure or compare thempanies in the index change per the committee decisions.Orinvestorscan look for selves. Determine if the S&P is a valid companies that have done as well or even benchmark for you. If you are growth orientedand comfortable with occabetter overlong periodsoftim e. sional dramatic returns, up and down, Use the S&P as guideline or comparison. My last column I talked about it may be the benchmark for you. If, on avoidingthe worst sectorsorindusthe other hand, you seek less volatility tries. One way to do that is by develop- and a smoother ride you may want to

necessary. Mostleaders think they havestrategiesbutthese are simply wish lists. Strategy details what is going to have to take place (the what) linked to a Plan 4ow, who and when). Hope is not a strategy. Hope is a campaign slogan. I'll finish the final four steps in The Gold Medal Process in my next column. Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist focused on the leadership needs of small and midsize closely held companies. Contact him at KenKellerCSBCglobal.net.

have a benchmark that is a combinationofassetclassesorcompare to several benchmarks. Examples would be cash, inflation, U.S. and corporate fixed income and investment companies. Another ideaisdecide therate of return you need from your investments to meet your financial goals, determine if it is realistic, based on your risk tolerance,and establish apersonal investment benchmark return. If you want to beat the S&P 500, consider this quote by Benjamin Franklin: "An investment in knowledge always paysthe bestinterest." Marcy Hainesis the CFPand president of Vision Wealth Management, lnc., in Baker City.

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the creek runs through private land south of Pendleton, rising at the base of the Blue Mountains and emptying into the Umatilla River near Rieth. It is the home waters of a third of all wild steelhead in the Umatilla Basin. In 1989, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife put up fencing along the creek at Hemphill's ranch to keep their cows fiom overgrazing the banks. ODFW also planted new riparian vegetation, including cottonwood trees, to provide more shade for fish while holding the stream in its bank during high flows. The Umatilla Basin Watershed Council, in collaboration with partners, is now taking stock of past projects, as well as natural and unnatural functions along Birch Creek to come up with an action planforfuturerestoration.

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Fan, vacuum, TV, mi5x12 $30 per mo. 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You'll LEO (Jufy 23-Aug. 22) - But for a chance c rowave, l a mp , T V fEDIIQRS F dt d q u pl »« t n Ry P a « « C 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. enjoywhat othershaveto offer,verym uch as encounter, you would miss out on something s tand, b ab y i t e m s , PETITION FOR I 8x10 $30 per mo. COPYRIGHT2tll5 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC I s uitcase, c h ai r a n d ADMINISTRATION OF if you had thought of it yourself. There's no that may never present itself again. This is a DISIRIBUIED BYUNIVERSALUCLICKFORUFS 'plus deposit' lllOWd tSt K » Q t y M Oall0a Mtl25567l4 miscellaneous boxes INTESTATE ESTATE hint of rivalry at this time. dayyoumay long remember. 1433 Madison Ave., of items 880 - Commercial AND APPOINTMENT PISCES (Feb.19-March 20) —Giving othVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You'll be or 402 Elm St. La OF CO-PERSONAL Grande. Property ers ataste ofwhat you're about,and what working quickly to achieve something others Property Owner: ICelly REPRESENTATIVES Ca II 541-910-3696 BEST CORNER location Rodnguez IN THE MATTER OF for lease on A dams THE ESTATE OF Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. Amount Due: $315.00 as THOMAS G. American West Lg. pnvate parking. Reof February 1, 2015 VAUGHAN, Storage m odel or us e a s i s . Deceased. 7 days/24 houraccess 541-805-91 23 Auction to take place on State of Oregon 541-523-4564 Tuesday, F e b r u ary County of Baker COMPETITIVE RATES 17th at 10:00 AM at Clicult Couit Behind Armory on East S YS Storage ¹19 o n In Probate 38 Terse and H Streets. Baker City ACROSS David Eccles Road in Case No. 15-026 affirmative Baker City, Oregon. 41 Motel 1 An NCO Answer to Previous Puzzle NOTICE TO vacancies Name of Person Fore- INTERESTED PERSONS 4 Mantra chants closing: Serve Yourself 7 "Watch your 43 Speculate PO N D BO O R 0 RB MINI STORAGE Storage Units are man- NOTICE IS H E REBY 45 Omnia head!" • Secure AF R O L OU A V E R aged by Nelson Real GIVEN that the undervincit• Keypad Zntry 910 - ATV, Motorcy11 Popeye's hi Estate, Inc. 845 Campsigned has been apS T A L L I ON S A M E • Auto-Lock Gate 47 Most 12 March starter cles, Snowmobiles bell, Baker City, Ore• Security Lifpi.ttng pointed personal reptwo-faced L EO 13 Quechua GO S L O W • SecurityGameras gon, 5411-523-6485 2005 POLARIS 800 EFI. r esentative. Al l p e r 49 "Fancy" singer • Outside RV Storage speaker sons having c l a ims Hand warmers, winch, P I LE S T E L E • Fenced Area 14 Heavy rain 50 Agent's plow. S u pe r c l e a n. Legal No. 00039863 against the estate are (6-foot barb) U S E R S R E L R A P required t o p r e s e nt $4500. 541-524-9673 Published: February 4, 6, percentage 16 No sweat! NEW clean units 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 them, with v o uchers ME N Q U AS I AW E 17 Coliseum 51 Fingerprint, All sizes available 930 - Recreational attached, to the e.g. 18 Orange Bowl STORAGE UNIT (Gxlo up to 14x26) P EA U P C E T HO S undersigned Personal Vehicles AUCTION city 52 Go belly-up Representative at 8 41-83 3 - 1 6 8 8 BAR K S O S L O Descnption of Property: 53 Fabric meas. 20 Debussy Silven, S c h m e its 3 3la l 4 t h C hairs, m i c r o w a v e , 54 Lemony drink TA H I T HUM subject Vaughan, Attorneys at suitcases, lamp, rug, Law, P.O. Box 965, 21 Nesting place UN I T G RI MA C E S books, dishes, t oys, Baker City, O r egon, 23 Skip stones DOWN CLASSIC STORAGE movies, clothes and BO L T H ON T O Y S 97814, within four (4) 541-524-1534 26 Roquefort hue boxes of m i scellanemonths after the date AN T E T E O P E N 2805 L Street 27 Minority group 1 Washing the ous items unable to in2007 NUWA HitchHiker of first publication of NEW FACILITY!! vetory dishes, e.g. 28 Prom honoree Champagne 37CKRD 2-5-15 t his notice, or t he © 2015 UFS, Dist. by Univ. Uclick for UFS Vanety of Sizes Available $39,999 31 Rust and 2 Ability to make c la im s may be ba rred. Secunty Access Entry Tnple axles, Bigfoot lack Property Owner: Linda things happen A ll p e rsons w h o s e patina RV Storage Gayhart leveling system, 2 new 8 Without any 11 Not know nghts may be affected 33 How does that 3 Vanessa's 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, by th e p r o c eedings fromassistance — ya? sister Amount Due: $252.00 as Rear Dining/ICitchen, may obtain additional 9 Vaccine amts. 15 Cello player 34 Oater 4 So that's it! of February 1, 2015 large pantry, double i nformation from t h e 10 Round Table — Casals 5 Oahu attire showdown SECURESTORAGE fndge/freezer. Mid living records of the court, knight Auction to take place on 19 Sigh of relief 35 Hex halved 6 Bit of holly room w/fireplace and the Personal RepreTuesday, F e b r u ary Surveillance 22 Not 'neath surround sound. Awning 7 Carpe — ! 36 Pine for sentative, or the attorCameras 17th at 10:30 AM at 16', water 100 gal, tanks 24 Highestneys for the Personal Ja-Lu Storage ¹77 loComputenzed Entry 50/50/50, 2 new Powerranked card Representative. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 cated on D Street, in Covered Storage house 2100 generators. Dated and first p ub25 Qt. parts Baker City, Oregon. Super size 16'x50' Blue Book Value 50IC!! l ished J a n uary 2 1 , 26 Overalls type 541-519-1488 12 13 2015. 27 — vous plait 541-523-2128 Name of Person Forec losing: J a -L u M i n i 28 Bilko's rank 3100 15th St. THE SALE of RVs not Co-Personal 15 16 Storage Units are man- Representatives: Baker City beanng an Oregon in(abbr.j aged by Nelson Real signia of compliance is 29 Use poor P. William Vaughan illegal: call B u i lding Estate, Inc. 845 Camp- 24252 Hwy 245 17 19 judgment bell, Baker City, Ore- Hereford, OR 97837 Codes (503) 373-1257. 30 Kenya's capital 795 -Mobile Home gon, 5411-523-6485 Spaces 20 21 22 23 24 25 31 Not just mine PRESIDENT GOLF Cart. MichaeI J. Va ug ha n 32 Inert gas SPACES AVAILABLE, Good cond. Repriced Legal No. 00039859 24254 Hwy 245 one block from Safeat $2999. Contact Lisa Published: February 4, 6, Hereford, OR 97837 26 27 34 Hurried way, trailer/RV spaces. 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 (541 ) 963-21 61 36 Attention W ater, s e w er , g a r Attorney for Estate getter 28 29 30 31 32 bage. $200. Jerh manFloyd C. Vaughan 37 Returnable a ger. La Gra n d e OS B ¹7841 67 bottle 541-962-6246 33 34 P.O. Box 965 38 Bond return 1950 Third Street 39 Follow upon TRAILER SPACE in UnBaker City, OR 97814 35 36 37 38 39 40 40 Seeger or i on, avail. M a r c h 1 (541) 523-4444 W /s/g . $ 22 5 . 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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 NOTICE OF SPECIAL the successor in interNature of Right. Lien negative credit report tee's Mailing Address: DISTRICT ELECTION reflecting o n y our Quality Loan Service e st, w it h r e s pect t o or Interest COLLEEN IN BAKER 8E UNION C OUNTIES, O R E GON, MAY 19, 2015

RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION

I n the M a t t e r o f t h e Guardianship of: The City of La Grande T HE FO L L O W I N G BROOKLYNN Planning Commission BAICER COUNTY SPEMICHELLE LATHROP, will hold a Public HearCIAL Respondent. ing at its Regular SesNo. 14-09-8505 sion on Tuesday, Feb- DISTRICTS WILL HOLD NOTICE OF PETITION ruary 10, 2015, which A N E L ECTION I N TO begins at 6:00 p.m. in BAICER APPOINT GUARDIANS the La Grande City Hall Council C h a m b e rs, AND UNION COUNTIES, TO: MYCHAEL CRAIG 1000 Adams Avenue, OREGON ON TUESCLACK La Grande, O r egon. DAY NOTICE IS H E REBY The Heanng is to conGIVEN that on Sepsider an application to MAY 19, 2015 FOR THE tember 26, 2014, a pevacate "IC" Avenue bePURPOSE OF ELECTtition was filed for the tween 4 t h 5 5th ING a ppointment o f J e f f Streets and 5th Street Lathrop an d N a n cy between "IC" and "L" DIRECTORS. Lathrop as the guardiAvenue. The applicaans of Brooklynn Mition was filed by Union BAKER SCHOOL chelle Lathrop, County on October 28, DISTRICT 5J a minor child. The peti2 014, and w a s a c tioners are the matercepted b y t he La Position 1 4 Year Term nal grandparents of Grande City Council on Position 2 4 Year Term the respondent. Jonel January 14th, 2015. Position 5 4 Year Term IC. Ricker, Attorney at Law, The applicable land use BLUE MOUNTAIN PO Box 3230, regulations are found TRANSLATOR La Grande, OR 97850, in Chapter 8, Section DISTRICT 5 41-963-4901, is t h e 8 10 of t h e C i t y o f attorney for the La Grande Land Devel- At Large 2 Year Term Petitioners. o pment C od e O r d i - At Large 4 Year Term nance Number 3081, At Large 4 Year Term Oblections must be filed in th e g u a r d ianship Senes 2009. This mat- At Large 4 Year Term ter will be referred to proceeding i n t he above court on or bethe La G r ande C i ty POWDER VALLEY fore Council in March 4th, WATER CONTROL 30 days from the date of 2 015, an d A p r i l 1 , DISTRICT first publication speci2015, for a decision on fied hereafter. Written this matter. Failure to At Large 4 Year Term raise a specific issue At Large 4 Year Term oblections m a y be made by mailing or deat this Public Hearing At Large 4 Year Term Iivering the oblection 4 Year Term p recludes appeal t o At Large to Circuit Court for Unthe Oregon Land Use i on County, 1 008 IC Board of Appeals. A MEDICAL SPRINGS Avenue, La G rande, copy of the application RURAL FIRE OR 97850. and all information rePROTECTION NOTICE: If you wish to lated to the proposal is DISTRICT r eceive copies of f uavailable for review at ture filings in this case, no cost, w it h c o pies Position 2 4 Year Term supplied at a reason- Position 4 4 Year Term you must inform the able cost. A Staff ReIudge and the persons named as petitioner in port will be available CAND I DATE 5 F 0 R AN this notice. You must for review seven (7) O FFICE L IST E D inform the ludge by fildays before the PlanABOVE MUST FILE A ing a request for non ing Co m m i s s i o n D ECLARATION O F tice and paying any apHeanng, and can also CANDIDACY OR PETIbe supplied at a reaTION FOR NOMINAplicable fee. The resonable cost. For furTION FOR O FFICE quest for notice must be in wnting, must ther information, conWITH TH E B AICE R c learly i n dicate t h a t tact the Planning DiviCOUNTY CLERKS OFyou wish to receive fusion at (541) 962-1307. FICE. THIS MUST BE ture filings in the proDONE IN TIME FOR c eedings, and m u s t A ll meetings of th e L a THE PETITION TO BE contain your name, adGrande Planning ComC E RTIF I E D BY THE dress, and telephone mission are accessible COUNTY CLERIC BY number. You must not o persons w it h d i s 5:00 PM ON MARCH t ify t he p ers o n s abilities. A request for 19, 2015. PUBLISHED named as petitioner by an interpreter for the PURSUANT TO ORS mailing a copy of the h earing impaired, o r 255.075 BY C I NDY request to the attorney for other accommodaCARPENTER, BAICER for the petitioners. Untions for persons with COUNTY CLERIC. less you t ake t h e se disabilities should be made by t h e F r iday Published: February 4, steps, you will receive no further copies of 2015 previous to the meetthe filings in the case. ing, by calling (541) NOTICE: READ 962-1307. Legal No.00039827

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You must "appear" in this case or the other side Michael J. Boquist will win automatically. City Planner

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

To "appear" you must file with the court a legal PUBLISHED: J a n uary paper called a "motion" 28, 2015 a nd F ebrua ry or "answer." The "mo3, 2015 tion" or "answer" must be given to the court LegaI No. 00039793 clerk or administrator w ithin 30 d ays f r o m the date of first publi- NOTICE OF THE UNION cation specified herein SOIL AND WATER a long w i t h t h e r e CONSERVATION q uired f i l ing f e e . I t DISTRICT ANNUAL m ust b e i n pr o p e r MEETING form and have proof of service on petitioners' The Union Soil and Waattorney or, if the petiter Conservation Distioners do not have an trict (SWCD) will hold attorney, proof of servi ts a n n ua l m e e t i n g ice upon the petitionWednesday, February ers. If you have any 11, 2015, from 7:00 questions, you should p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The see an attorney immemeeting will be held at d iately. If y o u n e e d the Ag Extension help in finding an attorO ffice C o n f e r e n c e ney, you may contact Room, 10507 N. McAlthe Oregon State Bar's ister Rd, La Grande, Lawyer Referral ServOR 97850. The meetice online at www.oreing agenda covers a figonstatebar.org or by nancial summary refercalling (503) 684-3763 ring to t h e D i s t r ict's (in the Portland metro2013-2014 audit, and politan area) or toll-free other agenda items. elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

The Union Soil and Water Conservation DisDATE OF FIRST tnct complies with the P U B LCATI0N: I Ja nua ry A mericans w it h D i s 14, 2015. abilities Act (ADA). If you need special acPublished: January 14, commodations to par21,28, 2015 and t icipate in t h i s m e e t February 4, 2015 ing, p l ease c o n t act ICate Frenyea at (541) LegaI No. 00039657 963-1313, at least 72 hours p r io r t o the NOTICE OF Foreclosure Sale at C' s S t orage meeting. 3 107 Cove Ave . L a Gran d e , O R . Published: Junuary 28, 2015 and February 4, 541-91 0-4438 2015 The owner or r eputed owner of the property LegaI No. 00039795 to be sold is: 1. Unit ¹ D-14 Matthew Grisham amount due

$375.00.

2. Unit ¹ D -38 Ramona ICingsmith amount due

Published: January 28 2015 and February 4 2015 LegaI No. 00039797 Classified are worth looki ng int o w h e n y o u ' r e looking for a place to Iive ... whether it's a home, an apartment or a mobile home.

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

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

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

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

$275.00. C's Storage is foreclosing the lien. Property will be sold on February 25, 2015 at 12:00 pm by auction.

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

S e ction

86.752(3) of Oregon

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

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

ROBINSO N 2 94 SOUTH 8TH AVE ELGIN, OR 97827 Original Borrower SHIRLEY J OHNSO N 294 SOUTH 8TH AVE ELGIN, OR 97827 Original Borrower For Sale Informat io n Cal l : 714-730-2727 or Login

F ro m 9/ 1/ 2 0 1 3 Through 1/1/2015 Tot al Pa y m e n t s $9,204 .3 5 L at e Charge s F ro m 9 /1/2013 T h r o u g h 1/1/2015 Total L ate Charges $0.00 Benefic iary' s Adv a n c e s , Costs, And Expenses E scrow A dv a n c e s $2,371.59 Total A dvances: $2,371.59 TOTAL FORECLOSURE COST: $3,741.00 TOTAL REQUIRED TO R EN I STATE: $1 2,945. 35 TOTAL R EQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $78,366.45 By reason o f th e d e f a u lt, t h e b eneficiary ha s d e clared all sums owing

to: www .servicelinkasap.com In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" in-

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 c e, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent p r o p e rty taxes, insurance prem iums , adv a n c e s made on senior liens, t axes a n d/o r i n s u rance, trustee's fees, and any attorney fees and court costs ansing from o r a s s o c iated with the beneficiaries

in interest to this gran-

i rregularities are d i s covered w i t h i n 10

days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer's money and take further action as necessary. If the sale i s set a s ide f o r a n y reason, including if the 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 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 Bene-

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ability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise

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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

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which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust d eed, to s a t isfy t h e foregoing obligations thereby secured and t he c o st s a n d e x penses of sale, includi ng a reas o n a b l e charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised 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 portion of said princi-

pal as would not then be due had no default occurred), t o g e t her with the c o sts, t r ustee's and a t t orney's fees and c uring any o ther d e f a ult c o m plained of in the Notice of Default by tendering th e p e r f ormance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time pnor to five days before the date last set for sale. Other than as shown of record, neither the b eneficiary n o r t h e trustee has any actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or i nterest i n t h e r e a l property hereinabove described subsequent t o the interest of t h e t rustee i n t h e t r u s t deed, or of any succ essor in i n terest t o grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last ICnown Address and

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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

t or as w e l l a s a n y other person owing an o bligation, t h e p e r formance of which is secured by the t r ust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to O r e gon Law , t his sale w il l no t b e deemed final until the T rustee's d ee d h a s been issued by QUALITY LOAN 5 E RVIC E CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON. If any

ficiary, th e

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

tions. Without limiting

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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.

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

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-

B e n e f ici-

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 li-

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

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTION IN BAKER CO U N T Y, OREG O N , MAY 19, 2015

THE FOLLOW ING BAKER CO U NTY SPECIAL DISTRICTS WILL HOLD AN ELECTION IN BAKER COU N T Y, OREGO N ON TU E S D A Y MA Y 19, 2015 F OR THE PUR P O S E OF ELECTING DIRECTO R S

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THE FOLLOWING BAKER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL HOLD AN ELECTION IN BAKER COU N T Y, OREGO N ON TU E S D A Y MA Y 19, 2015 F OR THE PUR P O S E OF ELECTING DIRECTO R S BAKER SC H O O L DISTRICT 5J Position 1 Position 2 Position 5

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THE FOLLOWING BAKER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL HOLD AN ELECTION IN BAKER & MALHEUR CO U N T IES, OREGO N ON M A Y 19, 2015 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING DIRECTORS

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CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE LISTED ABOVE MUST FILE A DECLA RATION OF CANDIDACY OR PETITION FOR NOMINATION FOR OFFICE WITH THE BAKER COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE. THIS MUST BE DONE IN TIME FOR THE PETITION TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY CLE RK BY 5:00 PM ON MARCH 19, 2015. PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO ORS 255.075 BY CINDY CARPENTER, BA KER COUNTY CLERK.

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Separated husband feels UN warns both sides in Ukraine ambushed by stealth photo conflict over rising civilian deaths DEARABBY: My wife and I have been and complete failure. — LOSER INLOVE separatedforayear.Ihave been seeing another womanin a city nearby, and my wifeis DEAR LOSER IN LOVE: If you are asked whether you have"found someone yet," tell aware ofit. I took my lady friend out for dinner recent- the person the truth, that Chris Pine hasn't found YOU yet. ly while visiting herin her town. A couple There are worse things than singlehood. from home who know my wife and me were alsoeating at this restaurant. I greeted them You have so many positive things going for as we walked by their table. you in your life, it's time you The next day, my wife recognized it. The person DEAR approached me and showed who deserves pity isn't me apicture ofme and my ABB Y some one who is single; it's date that had been taken someone who is trapped in a marriage to a husband she by this couple without my knowledge. I was fur& us about the invasion doesn't love or who treats her badly. Your problem isn't that you are a "loser"; ofprivacy. My wife claims Iamjust angry it's that you have low self-esteem. You could because Igot "caught."IfI were worried benefit trom talking to a counselor about about getting caught, I wouldn't have been inapublic restaurantin acity frequented by this, because everyone has something to ofpeople who know me. fer, including you, and for others to appreciWhat are your thoughts on people who ate your finer qualities, you need to stop being so hard on yourself. secretly take photos like this? Do they really DEARABBY: Iam a 20-year old woman think they are doing their civic duty? — VIOLATED IN IOWA who works in an office with people who are DEAR VIOLATED: You have a right to in their 80s and older. I'm nice to everyone yourprivacy.Ifyou and your wife have been and treat them equally. Many of my coseparated for a year, then with whom you workers have children who are about my socialize is your own business. The same age.Itake myjob seriously and carry myself applies to your wife. with respect. I fail to see what kind of"civic duty" this Lately, one of my male co-workers seems couple was performing by taking a picture of to be getting a little "too nice"with me. you and your date. Frankly, I think it was in He brings me treats in the mornings and sometimes pays for my lunch. Sometimes poor taste and served no good purpose. DEARABBY: I'm 80 and have felt pretty he gives me these uncomfortable back-pats happy with my life. I enjoy myjob, my social and sometimes even on my lower back. He is married with two kids. life, staying fit and extensive stays abroad. I thought I was going along OK even though I havebeen turning down thebreakfast there is still room for improvement. and lunch ojjers, but he still seems to want to bearound me.I'm notsurehow to make My biggest (or most obvious) shortcoming however, is that I'm not attractive in any these things stop. I don't want to get any supervisors involved because I don't want to way,and guys have neverbeen attracted to me, so any chance at afuture with someone jeopardize anyone'sjob.Pleasehelp me . — TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT is not an option. I thought I was learning to DEAR TOO CLOSE: The next time this acceptit, butit's harder thanIthoughtman puts his hands on you, tell him to stop especially because of reactions from other because it makes you uncomfortable. Say people. Now that I'm older, people look at me with it in a firm, clearly audible tone that can be overheard by anyone close by. Then docupity or treat me strangely. I don't know how ment the incident with date and time. This to handle the constant questioning about whetherIhave found someone yet.Itisnot should stop him. However, if he continues, going to happen. Is there something wrong you must immediately discuss the problem with me? I'm starting tofeel like a total loser with a supervisor.

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Ukrainian government troops and proRussia separatists are increasingly engaging in"indiscriminate shelling" that has killed at least 224 civiliansover arecentthreeweek period and imperils millions living in the eastern Ukraine war zones, the United Nations' top human rights official warned Tuesday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Hussein criticized both sides in the 10-month-old conflict for transformingresidentialareasintodangerous battlegrounds. H ussein alsoreported an escalating death toll, saying thatby"conservativeestimate" based on confirmed casualty figures at least 5,358 have been killed and another 12,235 wounded since last April. The world body's criticism follows recent efforts at a massive mobilization by both sides fighting over eastern Ukraine territory since the ouster of Ukraine's Kremlin-allied President Viktor Yanukovich nearly a year ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused by the Ukrainian government and its Western allies of arming and instigating the separatists. Kremlin officials deny they are involved, but captured Russian fighters and the Moscow-allied leaders of the nationalistoccupied areas have confirmed they were supported by the Russian government. NATO has also documented via satellite imagery invading columns of Russian tanks and troops moving into eastern Ukraine. Hussein called on the combatants to respect international law that prohibits the targetingofpopulated areas. "Bus stops and public transport, marketplaces, schoolsand kindergartens,hospitals and residential areashave become battlegrounds in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine in clear breach of international humanitarian law which governs the conduct of armed conflicts," Hussein said, disclosing the new casualty figures from the three-week period that ended Sunday. H e noted that 31peoplewere killed and 112 wounded in two rocket attacks last week on Mariupol, a major city on the Sea of Azov

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