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• Customers worry reduced hours a bad sign for future of Union's only remaining bank

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

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Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown is sworn in as Oregon Governor by Oregon Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer in Salem this morning. John Kitzhaber, elected to an unprecedented fourth term last year, announced last week that he would step down amid allegations his fiancee used her relationship with him to enrich herself.

• Secretary of state last week, Brown was inaugurated as Oregon's 38th governor today forms needed to restorethepublic'strust in government," the statement said."And she'll speak to her bipartisan approach to helping Oregon's working families make ends meet."

Brown's inauguration comes less than six weeks after Kitzhaber took the oath of office and began his fourth term with a speech bemoaning inequality.

A seriesofnewspaper reportssince October have chronicled work by Kitzhaber's fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, for organizations with an interest in Oregon public policy. At the same time she was paid by advocacy groups, she played an active role in Kitzhaber's administration, a potential conflict of interest.

Though questions about Hayes have swirled for months, the pressure on Kitzhaber intensified recently after newspapers raised questions about whether Hayes reported all her income on her taxreturns.

She has not publicly addressed the allegation and Kitzhaber has declined to.

With pressure reaching a fever pitch,

By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press

SALEM — Oregon's incoming governor, Kate Brown, faces a monumental challenge as she takes the reins of a state government mired in scandal with less than a week's notice and with a special election already looming.

America's first openly bisexual governor was sworn in this morning, becoming Oregon's 38th leader after fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber resigned amid ethics questions.

Brown, who has been in the relatively obscureposition ofsecretary ofstate, replacesOregon'smost experienced governor in the middle of a legislative session.

Since Kitzhaber announced Friday that he would be stepping down, Brown has said little about her plans as governor. But she offered a hint in a Tuesday statement from her office previewing her inaugural speech.

"She'll lay out a series of immediate re-

Kitzhaberstepped down effective 10 a.m.

Wednesday.

After Brown speaks for the first time as governor, legislative leaders will escort her ashortdistance to the governor's office.

Among the first of many decisions Brown must make will be appointing a Democratto replaceherassecretary of state. She will also have to decide how much of Kitzhaber's staff she will keep and prepare for an onslaught ofbills from the Legislature.

As secretary ofstate for the pastsix years, Brown has been responsible for important but largely unseen functions ofgovernment: overseeing elections,registering businesses, maintaining the state archives and auditing public agencies.

Oregon has no lieutenant governor, and the state constitution says the secretary of state is second in line for the job.

Her unexpected ascension upends the plans of Democrats who have been SeeGovernor / Page 5A

By Katy Nesbitt ENTERPRISE — A historic bridge from the early 20th century and installed in Minam in 1937 is going home to Wallowa very close to where it was first used over the Wallowa River.

Two bridges were bought by Wallowa County in 1911, Ralph

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The comment period for the Lower Joseph Creek Restoration Project ended last week.

By Katy Nesbitt

WALLOWA COUNTY

• County commissioners consider road name change, bridge move to Wallowa

Union's only bank has decided to reduce its hours starting next month, which has many in the community worried it's a foreshadowing to its eventual closure.

Union's Umpqua Bank Manager Ryan Hildebrandt said that's definitely not the case — and the rumors circulating in the small town were addressed in a meeting Tuesday afternoon.

"I'm here to quell the rumors, the bank is not closing. We're making basic business decisions to make ithe bank) work better," Hildebrandt said.

The reduced hours will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning March 16.

Hildebrandt said he was surprised at the number of community members who showed up to the impromptu meeting at Umpqua, believing he would only have one or two people to address.

However, almost 20 people, many of them Union business owners, had heard the rumor SeeBank / Page 5A

Swinehart, board member of the Nez Perce Homeland Project, said. One was used to cross Bear Creek, and the other crossed the Wallowa River. The Bear Creek Bridge and a similar bridge the Homeland Project acquired that once spanned Catherine Creek are waiting for the Minam Bridge to bemoved sothe three bridges

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The state, the county and the Homeland Project that owns the powwow grounds are in the final stages of planning, Mike Hayward, board of commissioners SeeMinam / Page 5A

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ENTERPRISE — Wallowa County's longterm commitmenttorestoring localforests was most recently supported in its comments regarding the Lower Joseph Creek Restoration project.

A 90-daycomment periodended Thursday,allowing interested partiesto express concerns to a draft environmental impact statement published Nov. 14, 2014.

The Wallowa County commissioners provided18 pages ofcomments toWa llowaWhitman National Forest Supervisor Tom Montoya, who will have the final decision on the plan authored by the Blue Mountain SeeCreek / Page 5A

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TODAY INHISTORY In 1990, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

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ONTHIS DATE In1546, Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died in Eisleben.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama.

On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberiy Finn" was published in the U.S. for the first time (after already being published in Britain and Canada).

In 1970, the "Chicago Seven" defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the1968 Democratic national convention; five were convicted of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968 (those convictions were later reversed).

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Bystanders look on Monday afternoon after a van took out a light pole and hit the Lottes Building in downtown La Grande. The passenger was transported out of the area for treatment of a broken leg, police said.

Medical condition may have led to crash

By Kelly Ducote The Observer

Authorities believe a medical condition may have been a factor that led to a crash resulting in a broken leg and downed light pole.

Police say Christopher Taylor, of Baker City, was traveling with his wife and chil dren on Adams Avenue Monday afternoon when the van he was driving veered off the road, taking down a light pole and crashing into the Lottes Building in downtown La Grande.

"Basically what it sounds like is it was a medical issue the driver was experiencing," said La Grande Sgt. John Shaul.

Taylor and his wife, Reanna, who was

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District dose to se g g eneral contractor

By Dick Mason The Observer

The La Grande School District may soon have a generalcontractorforthe

projects its $31.85 million

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The La Grande School Board has authorized school district officials to begin negotiating a contract with CM Co. of Boise,Idaho,to serve as the contract manager/ general contractorforbond project work. CM Co. is a three-decade-ol d construction management firm.

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in thepassenger seat,were transported Goss employees rushed outside to get from the scene to Grande Ronde Hosthe children out of the van while Bodfish's employee called 911. pital. Christopher Taylor was released, After getting the children out of the but Reanna was later flown out of the areafortreatment ofa broken leg. vehicle, they were taken to Goss Motors.

Unhurt in the incident were the Bodfish said a"really nice guy" she couple's four children, all under the age didn't know got the kids food while they of 6, Shaul said. waited for their grandmother. Shaul 'They were all properly restrained said the man had been behind the Taylor's vehicle and witnessed the accident. and not injured," he said.

"Everyone kind of rallied and took Those in nearby businesses witnessed and heard the accident. Goss Motors care of the kids," Bodfish said. employees said they heard a loud crash, Shaul said no citations were issued. while Fitzgerald's Flowers owner Julie Bodfish and her employee saw it from Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kducote 0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow across the street.

Bodfish said she, a nurse friend and Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

CM Co. and P & CConstruction of Portland were the two firms that applied for the contract manager/general contractor position.

"Both are excellent firms," Glaze said.

Glazesaid thatthe determining factor was cost.

"Itwould be more costeffective for us to go with CM," Glaze said.

He noted that CM Co., like P&C, has an excellent reputationand alotofexperience in working with school districts. CM recently finished m ajorconstruction projects in the Ontario and Meridian, Idaho, school districts.

Glaze said that officials in thetwo schooldistricts were impressed with the work CM dtd.

Glaze is glad to have a general contractor that is experienced at working with school districts. The superintendent said it is important to have a firm that understands the nuances of working with school districts.

CM, once it is under contract, will be in charge of day-to-day work with contrac-

tors, bidding out for projects, resolvingissuesand more.It will also be striving to make sure that timelines are met and workis done economically.

'They will be responsible for making sure that projects stay on budget. They will be trying to keep the cost down," Glaze said.

Major projects the firm will oversee include the construction of a new Central Elementary School building, one that will replace the 60-year-old building now in place; the construction of about six additional classrooms at Greenwood and Island City elementary schools; the constructionofavocationaltechnical building at La Grande

High School; the replacement of the floor and bleachers in LHS's gym; the installation ofdozensofclassroom doors at Island City, La Grande Middle School and LHS, and much more.

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Oregon chub on Tuesday became the first fish in the United States to be takenoffthe federal Endangered Species List as the result of population recovery.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the delisting today during a ceremony at Finley National Wildlife Refuge near Corvallis, which provideshabitatforOregon chub.

Listed as endangered in 1993 when there were only about 1,000 fish remaining, the Oregon chub has grown to an estimated 140,000 fish. The recovery was attributed to a multi-agency campaign to recover the Oregon chub population through securing new habitat, improving fl oodplain management and transplanting fish to more than 20 new locations.

Curt Melcher, director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said Oregon is proud to have the first fish to achieve delisting and hailed this accomplishment as a major milestone under the Endangered Species Act and a testament to the power of cooperation and collaboration.

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Model watershed directors meet WALLOWA — The board of direct ors ofthe Grande Ronde Model Watershed will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Wallowa Community Center, 204 E. Second St. For more information, call

541-663-0570.

Reception Thursday honors Mitchell A reception for outgoing La GrandeCommunity and Economic Development Director Charlie Mitchell will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday in the council chambers of La Grande City Hall. Mitchell has been with the city since 2008 but isleaving afteraccepting a position in Albany.

Maridell Center offers Country Swing Country swing dancing is offeredfrom 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Thursday at the Maridell Center, 1124 Washington Ave. Country

western swing dancing is aform ofsocialdance that is informal, relaxed, simple and casual. Instruction is available for both couples dancing and line dancing.

Admission is$3 before 8 p.m.and $5 after 8 p.m .

Students dance for $2.

3osephy Center holds Cinema Night JOSEPH — The next Cinema Night at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture is 7 p.m. Thursday.

The film will be "Finding Vivian Maier," a documentary about a mysterious woman who was a nanny on the NorthShore,an affl uent neighborhood near Chicago.

On her days off, she would take to the Chicago street and take photographs with her twin lens camera.

LHS class of 1947

plans luncheon The La Grande High School class of 1947 will gather for lunch at 1 p.m.

Monday at the Flying J Truck Plaza.

Communitydance set for Saturday A community dance with music from Chinook Winds will take place 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Union County Senior Center. People are asked to bring finger food for the potluck. Door prizes will be awarded.

Harris Park seeks camp hosts UMATILLA COUNTY — Harris Park is accepting applications forvolunteer camp hostsfor the 2015 camping season beginning April 1. The park is located approximately 15 miles outside Milton-Freewater, on the South Fork of the Walla Walla River. Camp hosts are providedwith a placeto park an RV with water and electrical services included.

Duties include basic clean up and customer service.

A background check is required. For more information contact Ginette at the Umatilla County Public Works Department at 541-278-5460.

provided, and registration is not required.

LGMSD hosts public art installation

Food to be distributed in Union UNION — Community Connection will disburse Fresh Alliance food outside the Union United Methodist Church Feb. 23 between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

The monthly Food Bank has been postponed from Feb. 21 to Feb. 27, when food boxes will be distributed from 10 a.m. to noon at the First Baptist Church, 1531 S. Main St.

Teens,tweens invited to iCraR Cook Memorial Library is holdinga craft session for teens and tweens in grades 6-12 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday. This free iCraft event will feature book art garlands. Supplies are

Two art-loving community members are sought to serveon the selection panelfor La Grande Main Street Downtown's first public art installation.

The piece will occupy the empty space above the benches outside Umpqua Bank on Adams Avenue.

A request for proposals has beendistributed across Northeast Oregon, with a closingdate ofMarch 30, and LGMSD planstohave the selection panel in place

by March 1.

For more information aboutvolunteering to serve on thepanel,call541-9631223 orsend an email to director@lagrandemainstreet.org.

Commissioners hold public meeting The Union County Board

of Commissioners will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m.

Thursday in the Joseph Annex Conference Room regardingan application for a boundary change.

The proposed change concerns the Grande Ronde Enterprise Zone. The meeting will include a question and answer time for local taxingdistricts and areview of the map showing the boundarychange.

Black History Month film, discussion set A Black History Month film and discussion will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph.

Gwen Trice of Maxville Heritage will be presenting the film "Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible" alongside Bennie MosesMesubed of Eastern Oregon University's Multicultural Center. The 50-minute film will precede a discussion about race and culture.

OIIITUARIES Darlene Louiye Hollingshead La Grande Darlene Louise Hollingshead, 68, of La Grande, died Monday at her home. A viewing will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Monday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Christian Church in La Grande. A full obituary will be published later.

Bruce E. 'Doc' MOler Union Bryce E."Doc" Miller, 93, of Union, died Saturday at his home. A viewing will be held from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 Seventh St. in La Grande. A celebration oflife and military service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the S.E. Miller Gym in Union. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. A full obituary will be published later.

Larry Robert Marks Formerly of La Grande 1937-201 5 Larry Robert Marks, 77, of John Dayand formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 10 in John Day. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grandview Cemetery.

Larry was born Dec. 23,

1937, the son of Robert and Mary Marks in La Grande. He graduated from La Grande High School. He served with the United State Air Force. On Feb. 28, 1957, in a military chapel service in Fort Worth, Texas, he married his neighbor, friend and sweetheart of many years, Carole Lee iButterfieldl Holman, who was also serving in the Air Force.

Following military service, Larry was proud to serve 32 years with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources. He was honored March 20, 1993, with a retirement toast and roast, which was attended by many officials from all over the state and fellow workers in various areas to which he was assigned.

He belonged to the Cove Sportsman Club and enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Survivors include his sons, Kory Marks, Kurt Marks and Kyle Marks; five grandchildren;and other relatives.

Memorials may be made to the Doernbecker Children's Hospital in Portland.

Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center.

Leta 'Lizzy'E. Mayfield La Grande 1931-201 5 Leta"Lizzy" E. Mayfield, 83, of La Grande, died Feb. 5 at Grande Ronde Hospital.

A memorial service will be

held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at he enlisted in Loveland Funeral Chapel. the Army and Lizzy was born June 5, completed a four-year tour 1931, in Toppenish, Washington, to Edwin and Ethel iLedof duty. Shortly Snyder af t er his honorford) Mayfield. She arrived at New Day Enterprises on able discharge, June 12, 1986.

Rick went to work Lizzy worked at New Day for Paramount Enterprises until her retirePictures in special ment. In her younger days, effects. His time at she loved going fishing at Paramount and work on the Tygh Valley. Shewould hold movie "Paint Your Wagon" her arms out very wide to was a lasting memory for all demonstrate the size of fish who knew him.

Rick met Linda, the love she would catch. She loved to sing and enjoyed the com- of his life, in Baker City, and munity outings. they married in 1972.

Lizzy is survived by her Rick owned two successful businesses in Baker City and sister, Doris Myers of ParkLa Grande and his last vendale, and her brother, John, and his wife, Betty, of Tygh ture, Blue Mt. Radiator, was Valley. She was preceded in a staple business in the death by her parents, Edwin La Grande community for and Ethel.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com.

Arrested: Samuel LeeWoods, 28, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday on a Crook County Sheriff's Office warrant for an alleged probation violation connected to original charges of second-degree burglary and first-degree theft.

Arrested: Brent Allan Bailey, 37, Baker City, was arrested by the Baker County Sheriff's OfficeTuesday onUnion County misdemeanor warrant charging second-degree theft.

Arrested: Evann Scott Brown, 23, unknown address, was arrested on a parole and probation detainer on Tuesday.

was injured in a traffic accident at lsl and Avenue and Adams Avenue around 6:45 a.m. Monday morning.

Arrested: Bryanna Richelle Eickstaedt, 29, unknown address, was arrested on a parole and probation detainer Tuesday for an alleged probation violation. The alleged probation violation was connected to original charges of possession of a controlled substance, meth and carrying a concealed weapon.

Arrested: Tamara Lee Leivan, 45, La Grande, was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor order to show cause warrant.

The warrant was connected to an original charge of seconddegree disorderly conduct.

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Rickford Delmar Snyder La Grande Rickford Delmar Snyder, 68, of La Grande died Feb. 2, 2015, athome after a tw oyear battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel.

Born in McMinnville and raised in both Elgin and Baker City, Rick was the son of Delmar and Geraldine Snyder and was a lifelong resident of Oregon.

In his early years, Rick helped run the family business iSnyder's Cafe and Fireside Steakhousel. Later,

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE Ambulance crews responded to five calls for medical assistance Monday, 10 on Tuesday.

Accident: At least one person was injured in a traffic accident around 10 a.m. Monday on Interstate 84 near Lower Perry.

Accident: At least one person was injured in a traffic accident on the 1400 block of Adams Avenue around 3:45 p.m. On Monday.

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place to live. Everyone was welcome.

An avid reader, Rick served on the La Grande library Board of Directors and was a lifelong member of the Baker City Elks, VFW and Eagles

lodge.

He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Linda Snyder; son, Rick Snyder; two granddaughters; brothers, Lonny Snyder and Robert Snyder, and otherfamily members.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of choice, in care of Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande 97850.

Online condolences to the family may be made at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com.

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more than 20 years. Rick made his family, work and everything Northeast Oregon had to offer his top priority.

He was a selfless individual who took great pride in introducing many firsttimerstothe artoftroutand steelhead fishing, along with countless hunting trips for both birds and big game with his trusted English Pointer "Deacon" by lns side.

Rick had deep passion for family, friends and animals.

At the Snyder residence in La Grande, the door was always open for anyone who wanted to visit, seek advice or just needed a helping hand, including many unannounced visits from stray animals needing food or a

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May 1, 1921 — February 4, 2015 Bob Detrick was born in Walla Walla, WA Io Naomi Loe Walters Detrick ideceasedl and Robert Eugene Detrick,

deceased) AI an early age the family moved Io Bly, OR where his father set up a drug store and his mother served as librarian. Bly was a wonderful place for a young boy Io live in.

Memories of his life there followed him all his life and was a favorite topic of conversation.

From there the family moved Io La Grande, OR where Bob finished elementary school and graduated from La Grande High School. He played bass fiddle in the orchresta. He was a member of DeMoley and wore jersey ¹49 as a tackle on the La Grande Tigers football team.

Bob met his "bride" Io be Donna Ree Holloway in their junior year of high school and they were married spring break of their freshman year at Eastern Oregon College of Education inow Eastern Oregon University) Bob was a predentristy student but upon entering Dental School he found he needed more classes. Instead of returning Io college, Bob entered into an apprenticeship and became a journeyman dental Iechnician. By this time, he and Donna had welcomed into their family Iwo daughters: Naomi Marie and Selma Estelle. Bob decided Io return Io La Grande and retry at dental school, but he found his heart was not in it and took a job as a dental supply salesman, a job he was well qualified for and became a Iop salesperson, earning many awards. He retired from working in January of 1991. Bob was active with Boy Scout troops going on many campouts and 50 mile hikes. He was invited Io climb MI. Hood by theMazamas and reached the Iop. Bob's father his children and grandchildren Io fish. Bob fished and camped sharing a great appreciation of nature.

Bob started carving seriously after he retired and found he had a real talent for three dimensional figures of gnomes,

dwarves, animals, and especially Santa Clauses in all descriptions-carving one each year for 7 or 8 years for his church's auction.

Bob's family sang; Bob started singing in elementary school, continued in church choirs and after retirement he sang with the Aloha United Methodist Church, the Hillsboro Senior Serenades, and the Cornell Estates Choir. He had a rich strong voice enjoyed by everyone and was a frequent soloist He and his "bride", Donna spent many winters in Baja California, volunteered on multigenerational church workshops and in the summers after retirement volunteered at the Wallowa United Methodist Church Camp at Joseph, OR .

Bob was a people oriented person and devoted family man who enjoyed interacting with all of them Bob is survived by his wife, Donna Ree Holloway Detrick, four daughters: Naomi Marie Detrick Hylton, Selma Estelle Detrick Grady, Julia Patricia Detrick Graves, and Heather Irene Detrick Smith. A son, Robert William Detrick, Iwo sisters: Barbara Joan Detrick Swedlow, Julia Irene Detrick Adams, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, and many cousins, nieces and nephews .

A Memorial service will be held at the Aloha United Methodist Church, 2270 SW 198th Avenue, Aloha, OR at 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 14th.

In Lieu of flowers gifts may be made Io the Aloha Church or UMCOR.

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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wants a permanent ban on Internet access taxes. It's a beguiling temptation.

But if taxes are supposed to be fair, why should one area of the economy get the privilege of a permanent tax ban?

First, let's be clear what Wyden's legislation is about. It is about taxes on Internet access. It could be a tax on a bill from an Internet provider. It is not about the oken-discussed similar issue — the rights ofstatesto require retailersto collecttaxes on Internet sales.

Wyden has many reasons for his bill, which he wrote about in USA Today. He said the ban could save families money. (We're tempted to stop right here and say pass it. But let's keep going.)

He pointed out the Internet is a platform for commerce. It's the way people stay connected. The temporary ban on Internet taxation, whichhas been in place since 1998, has helped the Internet economy thrive and develop. An Internet access tax could slow the extension ofbroadband to rural areas. Why would Congress want to do something to put a brake on any of that?

Wyden also doesn't want states to impose taxes specific to goods purchased over the Internet that they don't impose on goods purchased through other means.

Wyden's arguments are compelling. And if states had the authority to tax Internet access, some surely would. We might hope but wouldn't expect that other taxes would be lowered if a state added an Internet access tax, either.

It's enough to make almost anyone say pass Wyden's ban.

But would it be fair? Is there something special enough about access to the Internet that should not be eligible for taxation?

It's good and downright important that people have access to the Internet. It's not as vital as food or shelter, though. The federal government doesn't ban sales taxes on those.

Calls over a landline or a cellphone are ways people stay connected. They are taxed. Calls over

Skype should not be taxed? Why is that?

Passage of this bill may be a victory of sorts, but it won't be without its flaws.

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osin t o u In July of 2014, a random email from Pittsburgh of all places set in motion a series of events that continues to unfold today.Ibelieve God opened a door and laid out a new path for me, and I was given the opportunity to follow it. This path has continually put my faith, patienceand obedience to test.

Feb. 20 will be my last day working for this wonderful city. My family and I truly love La Grande and Eastern Oregon and this decision to leave is very bittersweet. Anyone tempted to label me a"flash in the pan" or accusing me of"jumping ship" should be reminded of all that I've witnessed in the 6-V2 years that I've been here: • 3 mayors • I think 15 city councilors • 3 EOU presidents • 2 Chamber of Commerce directors • 3 tourism directors • 2 UCEDC directors • 2 library directors • 2 police chiefs • 4 building officials • 2 parks directors • 6 county commissioners •3 editorsofThe Observer Six and a half years — that's more time than I spent serving my countryin the U.S. Navy, more time than I spent in high school. It's a fairly significant chunk of my life. When I moved here, my two kids were children; now they're teenagers, young adults.

I've certainly seen my fair share of change in the time that I've been here.

The point being is that change is not only inevitable, but is often good. La Grande is blessed to be able to continually attract high-quality people into

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About the author Charlie Mitchell is the community and economic development director for the City of La Grande.

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.

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key positions in the community. Some will remain longer than others; that's the nature of things. I encourage you to continue to welcome them into the community with open arms and enjoy them and their contributions for as long as you have them.

To demonstrate to you how much I personally care about the community on a personal level, let me share with you a short list of things that I value and that I'll truly miss after I leave here: •W orkingalongside some greatfolks at the City of La Grande, especially Robert Strope • Riding my motorcycle in the Blue Mountains • Knowing that Mt. Emily is always there

•W onderful 360-degree view s,allof the time, from just about anywhere • Fog-free days and the weather in general isome complain about the weather here, but I really love it) • Downtown La Grande • The EOU Chamber Choir • Huckleberry picking on Mt. Emily • Parades, parades and more parades • The Eastern Oregon Livestock Show • Musicals at the Elgin Opera House • Sitting on my deck on summer evenings • Getting just about anywhere in five minutes • Celebrate La Grande • My church family at Faith Center, especially Pastor David Eddy • EOU volleyball games • Fishing at Morgan Lake • Summer evenings at the drive-in • A great small-town way oflife I do plan to come back and visit and check up on the progress of things. I would like to be here for the opening of the Liberty Theatre, Market Place Family Foods, Brickyard Lanes, the Market Place, downtown's next brew pub iwhereever thatmay be)and whatever other great things are yet in store for La Grande that I don't even know about yet.

It's been apleasure to servethiscommunity. I believe La Grande has a great and bright future ahead. Lastly, as I wind down my tenure and prepare for the next chapter of my life, my single greatest hope, and one I'm sure we all share, is that I'd like to think that I've left La Grande a little better than when I found it. In the end, that's the best legacy any of us can leave. May God bless you and this community for a long, long time.

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CREEK Continued ~om Page1A Restoration Team assigned to write the environmental plan.

Bruce Dunn, the county's Natural Resource Advisory Committee chairman, said the county supports the loggingproposed in the plan's Alternative 2, the preferredalternative, and the roads package in Alternative3.

Road closures cause consternation with those who want no restrictions on forestaccessaswellaswildlife supporters who want to protecthabitat.

"The reason we supportAlternative 3's road package is because elk numbers on Lower Joseph Creek area exceed Oregon

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Department and Fish and Wildlife's managem ent objecti ves by 1,500 head," Dunn said. "As far as steelhead is concerned, Joseph Creek is the only viable steelhead stream in the Northeast Oregon as denoted by National Marine Fisheries Service, so we couldn't see why closing more roads would make a difference."

He said ifthere istrue environmental damage on a road, the county would be willing to look at it. If so, he recommends either mitigating the damage or eliminating the road.

of the 'open'roads have now naturally grown closed," he sald.

Some of what Dunn called the "nitty gritty" of the projectis adifferenceof perspective ofthe economic impactoftheproject.

"To the Forest Service, having a contractor out there, that's a cost. The Wallowa County watershed assessment considers that a plus, not a minus," Dunn said."Material coming off and work being done under contracts are actually dollars to the community."

Dunn said that Alternative1,or the "no action" "The package Walalternative, doesn't literally mean no action."Roads lowa County worked on with the interdisciplinary closed under previous team is really close to the National Environmental travel management plan the Protection Act decisions county adopted with a few would be scheduled to be minor changes — like some closed, and there would be

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Homeland Project has a place to use it.Where itgetscompl icated isOregon Department of Transportation cannot Continued ~om Page1A work directly with the Homeland Projchairman, said. The state is working ect, said Ken Patterson,projectleader forODOT, so they have asked the out a right-of-way easement with a landowner to place the bridge in the county to accept the bridge from the river. Swinehart said the Homeland state, then transfer it to the Homeland Project has an agreement with anProject. ''We received an assurance docuotherlandowner toallow accessacross ment that we will honor the historic privateland tothetrailbetw een the nature of the bridge," Hayward said, powwow grounds and Storie Street.

'This is a cooperative project with but the commissioners weren't keen to the city%allowal and the Homeland overseethe Homeland Project' scare Project," Swinehart said. for the bridge.

Hayward said the challenge in Another wrinkle in the plan is to replacing the Deer Creek bridge, that gain a right-of-way with a landowner confusingly spans a no-name creek in who owns land under the Wallowa Minam that feeds into the Wallowa River. Patterson said the state is in River, is that it historic. The new bridge negotiations with the property owner, will be wider and meet federal loadbut installing the bridge may be debearing regulations, but because of the layed while ODOT works through the age of the existing bridge, it must find process. a suitable home.

Patterson said the job to install the ''We entered into discussion with new bridgeand move the old bridge the Homeland Project to use it for a will be put out to bid in March. Hayward said it will cost up to $311,000 pedestrian bridge and worked itout with the State Historic Preservation totake out thebridge,m ove it,install Office that they can use it as long as abutments and set the bridge over two interpretive signs are installed the river. The Homeland Project is about the bridge and its significance," responsible for building the approaches Hayward said. on either side. Swinehart said fundThat is the simple part. The county raising was already in the works, but needstodispose ofthebridge acthe approaches probably won't be built cordingtostateregulations,and the until 2016.

no thinning projects."

Besides economic benefit, the county is concerned of future catastrophic wildfires and their effects on fish, wildlife and erosion.

"If you don't treat this you are violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing catastrophic events to happen — and they will happen, we just don't know when," Dunn said.

So far, the winter has been dry in Northeast Oregon. If snowpack and summer rains don't catch up, Dunn said,'We could be potentially looking at a hot fire season — one like the fires in the '80s."

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$900,000, Hayward said.

At the commissioners'Tuesday meeting, they also considered changing the name of part of Joseph's Russell Lane. Hayward said the main concerns are ensuring that emergency services drivers understand whether to access a home on Russell from Airport Lane or Highway 82.

"Anything east of 82 was labeled "east"and west of82 wasa"west" address, butthe entire road liesw estof 82," Hayward said."In theory it should be west Russell or just Russell, but it creates confusion."

Joan Roundy said the confusion with which she lives is her address on her driver's license says Russell Lane and some ofher utility bills are mailed to West Russell. It was suggested, and the commissioners agreed, that changing theaddresses west ofthe airport to West Russell Lane and the Russell Lane name will remain the same for the addresseseastofthe airport.

In the past few years, similar issues arose at Bramlett Lane in Wallowa and changing Lewis Lane to West Lewis Lane in Joseph helped clarify access to addresses on those roads for mail and emergency services vehicles.

The commissioners agreed to look into the legality of doing so and will make a decisionata future date.

GOVERNOR Continued ~om Page1A jockeyingforyearstoreplace Kitzhaber in the 2018 election. Brown was widely believedtobeinterested,and she's done nothing to dissuade the chatter.

Now, she will be learning her new role while her rivals prepare for a 2016 special electionthat appears already to have been begun.

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"I have concerns that Portland left or liberal interests have really risen in the state — not just in the volume of bills but now in the office they hold," said Rep. Mike McLane, House Republican leader.

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Continued ~om Page1A He added that when Community Bank left Union, the branch was closing down. those customers didn't ''Whenyou have a business necessarily come to Umpqua. andrun a business you want to There was a decrease in getthedepositsdonebeforeyou customers since Community open," Josephine Crow said.

Bank left the area. ''We're trying to grow this She worries when the branch's hours are mluced from 10 a.m. store again," he said."Make it a full operation again, and we to 3 p.m., she won'tbe able to make her deposits. should be able to. We're comHildebrandt said the mamitted to this community." jorityofthedepositsmade at However, Laura Haefer, the branch are between the another worried community hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. If m ember whoattended the there's more foot traflc, then meeting, said the Union community isn't very tech savvy potentially the hours can Many of the older generacome back.

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ENTERPRISE — There's a buzz of activity at all times on a venture into the offices and classrooms of Building Healthy Families in Enterprise.

The headquarters of the family-oriented community organization is home to an alternativehigh school,a preschool and myriad programs to supportkids 0to 18 and their parents.

Maria Weer joined the stafF in 2009asthe alternative high school's lead teacher.

She said she was offered the executivedirectorjob a year and a half ago, but with two small daughters she said she wanted to stay in the classroom for a while longer.

'This was the job I wanted to have in my 50s,"Weer said.

So Weer and the board made a compromise. Weer is still in the classroom, but has a greatteam ofassistants,including Jenni Greenshields, Jason Wilcox, Michael Cooler and Lindsay Miller, who let

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Maria Weer, center, is now both the director of Building Healthy Families and the lead teacher at its alternative high school. Left is Ajay Hulse and right is Tiffany Snedeker.

Weer is helping them with an electricity conductivity experiment. her oversee the day-to-day needs of the organization.

With her institutional knowledge as one of the first employees, her passion for her students and her dedicationto the programs,she said taking over the helm was in

the best interest of Building Healthy Families.

"I'm very happy we made it work,"Weer said.'The directorjob isa lotofnetworking and program development and the kids are the energy I need."

The past two years the alternative high school opened its enrollment to all kids in the county. The class has 16 kids from both Enterprise and Joseph. On a mid-winter day the kids are testing electrical circuits in water

and salt water. The previous weekend, a team of students competedwith theirrobots at a regional competition. The Wallowa County students placed 10th out of more than 20 teams, Weer said.

"That's what science is all about — experimenting and hands-on, project-based learning,"Weer said.

Spreading her talents, she said the last year has been spent on organizational infrastructure. She said she credits Marilyn Dalton, who brought her financial expertise to helping update and create policies and procedures, provideprofessional development, quarterly trainings like recognizing child abuse and youth suicide prevention. aWe want to keep employeesfrom beingdisconnected," Weer said.

Weer said she was the fourth employee hired by Building Healthy Families. The organization now employs 16 people and serves 400 in Wallowa, Union,

Baker and Malheur counties.

"I'm so lucky my stafFis amazing and are super committed to Building Healthy Families,"Weer said."As a whole, we are flexible and wear multiple hats. We feel strongly about families in our community and are willing to go the extra mile."

Once an aspiring physician, she put med school on hold to work for Teach for America in North Carolina.

She said after three years she was hooked. She returned home to Portland, where she helped start Lep High, a charter school in northeast Portland. To be closer to family, she and her husband, Jeff, had an eye on Wallowa County. JefFWeer got a job with the U.S. Forest Service, and Maria Weer landedthe alternative education lead teacher and joined him with their daughters Camden and Lilly.

"It's a family-friendly place to work and being a mommy is the important job,"Weer sald.

Author of 'Into the Beautiful North' speaks at Big Read Finale

By Katy Nesbitt

newspapereditors,chiefsofpolice and mayors. He imagined his Aunt Irma, the meanest person he ever knew, as mayor of Rosarita, the village where his father was raised. He said hearkening back to a real argument among his aunts whether Yul Brenner was Mexican or not, he thought, "If Aunt Irma was mayor, she would host a film festival."

And the seeds of the novel were planted.

The book's main character, Nayeli, is based on a girl he met doing aid work in the Tijuana garbagedump. Though hisNayeli came froma more comfortable background, his character has his m use's smile.H esaid proceeds of a moviebased on thebook would

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Luis Urrea was the keynote speaker at the Big Read Finale at Hurricane Creek Grange Feb. 8.

Urrea is a longtime Summer Fishtrap faculty member and authored the county's Big Read choice,"Into the Beautiful North."

Urrea said writing the book was a break from his epic adventure into writing, 'The Hummingbird's Daughter," a work of fiction that took 20 years.

"I was playing with a ball of yarn, contemplating on the impact of Mexican villages losing their men to jobs in America," Urrea sald.

He said he thought of all the positions now filled with women-

"(A literary agent) said the second bookshould beabout

Urrea said a literary critic claimed the book ended too and offered some suggesthebattleorconflict resolution abruptly tions for sequels. between the men who came "He said the second book should back to save the town and the be aboutthebattle orconflictresolution between the men who came third book would beabout back to save the town, and the Tacho'swedding. " third book would be about Tacho's wedding," Urrea said.

— lais Urrea "Into the Beautiful North" was go to help Nayeli and her family, read by Joseph School students whom he already helps support. and much of the community at Tacho, Nayeli's best friend in large. The finale featured tamathe book, is based on a man Urrea les from La Laguna and three knew visiting his family in Rogroaning boards of complimentary sarita. Tacho was, and is, still good dishes and desserts, in typical Big friends with Urrea's cousins. Urrea Read Finalefashion.Thegrange said Atomiko, the garbage dump hall was decorated by art made by Samurai, was based on a cousin students from all of the Wallowa who grew up in Tijuana.

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Bookworm digs into new literary delights with Urrea novel O

nce I was a bookworm.

Ifordered to clean my room, I could be found under the bed with one ofLaura Ingalls Wilder's books or "A Wrinlde in Time."

A recent visit to the Wallowa County Library made me reminiscent of the treasured bookmobile that came to our little town in the Oregon coast range a couple times a month. I started out carryingstacks ofpicture books home with me. A favorite of mine I checked out more than once was called "Tikki Tikki Tembo," a myth explaining why Chinese names are so short. You see, the character's full name is TiMu TiMd Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo. I had to Google

CANYON NOTES KATY NESBITT for the spelling, but I remembered the name.

Later, I turned to Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary novels. The stacks were smaller, but the books meatier.

In the last few years I cringe when asked, 'What are you reading?" Because my answer might be as lame as "Facebook posts?" On a good day, I make time for the Washington Post after I read The Observer. I visit Oregonlive.com and the New York Times as well, but I am not the voracious book reader I once was.

Complete Health Improvement Program class I'm taking. My eyes, dry as dust, couldn't take it after a day of staring at a screen.

With all of my literary shortcomings, I did make it through"Into the Beautiful North,"Wallowa County's choice for this year's Big Read event. I would have had it read on my trip to Las Vegas in December, if I hadn't forgotten to take it with me.

The book's author, Luis ofF a paperback copy of"1984" Urrea,callsithisbeach book, to an old college friend I ran but it would be a pretty good into on the metro. plane book, too. It's a light I have huge compilation read with heavy topics. My volumes of Dickens, but have father, who never leaves only read"Great Expectahome without a book or a tions." Last night I curled Kindle, was seen carrying it up with the textbook for the with him at the Eagle Cap Armed witha degreein literature, I could only find restaurant jobs the first year out of college. Finally, a friend who worked at a nonprofit in downtown Washington, D.C., got me a temporary job managing a database. The long train commute gave me the opportunity to plow through my inheritance of books from my great-uncle.

Of the many novels I finished that year, I remember reading "Anna Karenina" in the dead of summer and handing

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Extreme Sled Dograces. He passed it ofF to my mother when he was finished. Her initial report was that it was depressing, but on further discussion we found some of the novel's lightheartedness.

She was especially disturbed by the garbage pickers. I have read stories about communities living in dumps from Mexico to the Philippines and wasn't shocked.

Urrea didn't take the dump scenes as far as he could — like where people were murdered in El Salvador or Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The main character is a young woman driven by the desire to find her father and bringhim home. Her perseverancepaid ofF,butthe answer to her question was

not what she expected.

Her spirit is what drives the quest, even when she and her three friends are up against theft, border patrol, language and cultural barriers and dashed hopes. Her spirit inspired the naming of a Wallowa County baby last summer who will remind us all for years of the time we had exploring border issues, "Magnificent Seven" style retribution and a smile that warmed the hearts of everyone, even a helpful border patrolman.

If you didn't get a chance to read"Into the Beautiful North" yet and are looking for a book for your next plane ride or beach adventure, add it to your stack. You won't be disappointed.

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The Observer

SCHOOl Band concert set for Thursday night The La Grande Middle School and La Grande High School bands will conduct a concert on Thursday. The concert will start at 7 p.m. in the La Grande High School auditorium.

Ballroom dancing to be held Friday A ballroom dancing session for La Grande High School students will be conducted Friday. The session will start at 3:30 p.m. in the LHS commons.

La Grande School Board to meet Feb. 25 The La Grande School Board will meet on Feb. 25 for a work session. The work session will start at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Willow Elementary School.

The school board will discuss projects that will be done this summer with funds from

the $31.85 million bond for maintenance and capital constructionvoters approved in November.

EOU welcomes new Career Center director Justin Chin, of Albany, has been named director of Eastern Oregon University's new Career Services Center.

His first dayis March 9.

Chin comes to EOU from Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, where he served as a student success specialis tand careercoach for the Certification Acceleration to Support Employment grant program. cwe are very excited for Justin to join the Division of Student Services," said Colleen Dunne-Cascio, director of Student Relations at EOU. "His enthusiasm, innovation and experience working with students to identify their career goals, along with his demonstratedsuccesspartnering with the community and employers, really drew our interest."

Prior to his position at Linn-Benton, Chin taught high school English in Dallas, Oregon, for 12 years and was an Upward Bound instructor at Western Oregon University in Monmouth for three years.

Chin completed a bachelor's in English and a master's in teaching from Western Oregon University.

He is a first-generation college graduate.

CH A RACTER CUTOUTS HELP COVE GRADE SCHOOLERS • Some cutouts went abroad; onemade itto the Portland Trail Blazers locker room

By Dick Mason The Observer

Everyone loves a mystery.

This is just one reason why a new program at Cove Elementary School program is capturing the imagination of students, faculty and stafF throughout the school.

Titled Where Oh Where Did Our Golden Boy and Goldilocks Go?a the program involves all of the 36 kindergarten and first-grade students at Cove Elementary School. The childrenallmade cutouts ofa character they designed and named.

The children, with the assistance of their teachers, then mailed the cutouts to someone their family knows. The cutouts were sent throughout the United States and overseas.

The recipients were asked to take the cutout characters to places in their region and photograph and documentthem.They were then asked to send them back.

The cutout characters began arriving back in late January, and it turns out they have been taken to several interesting and intriguing places.

None of the returned cutouts have caught the attention of more people than one of Portland Trail Blazer star Damian Lillard made by firstgrader Joey McCraw and sent to his aunt. The Lillard cutout made it to a number of places in the Portland area, most notably the locker room of the Portland Trail Blazers.

There it was mysteriously attached to Lillard's jersey at his locker and

photographed. cwe still don't know how he got into the locker room," said Kelly Neil, who teaches kindergarten and first grade at Cove Elementary.

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Cove Elementary first graders Joey McCraw, left, andTaylor Weishaar look at a map of Monterey, California sent to their school as part of its character cutout program.

Many were sent back with postcards, maps and photos ofpopular traveldestinations.

"It was almost like the people ithe cutouts portrayed) were tourists,'" Neil said.

One character named Wild Bill was sent to a ranch in Harper. The stafFat Amick Land and Livestock Ranch sent back photos that show Wild Bill checking bulls to make sure they stayed in their pen, riding a four-wheeler to check newborn calves and doing other things.

"Thank you so much for letting Wild Bill come to our ranch and be of so much help!" a letter from the Amick ranch said.

The Cove kindergartners and irst-graders are stillawaiting the f return of characters sent to a num-

ber of otherplacesincluding Mexico and Australia. The characters that remain out heighten the sense of anticipation in class each day, said first-grade teacher Ginger Noble.

The children are eager to learn each day what has arrived in the mail.

Neil said this is healthy in an age when children are able to get what they want instantly via the Internet and otherelectronic sources.

"They are learning about delayed gratification," Neil said.

Noble and Neil noted that the project isalsoexpanding the geographical horizons of the kindergartners and first-graders by exposing them to new places.

"They are learning that there is a bigger world outside of Cove," Neil sard.

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A Damian Lillard cutout from Cove Elementary made it to the Trail Blazers locker room.

LA GRANDE SCHOOL BOARD

Board approves 3 school district appointments

By Dick Mason The Observer

It is official.

The La Grande School Board has named three educators, Ryan Westenskow, Carol Byron and Suzy Mayes, to administrative positions effective July 1.

The board has named Westenskow, currently the assistant principal at Lincoln Middle School in Cottage

named the next permanent Grove, the next principal principal. Mayes was named of Greenwood Elementary special education director. substitute principal in Byron has been a special early October after interim School. Westenskow, who grew up in La Grande, will education director in Eastern principal Bruce Kevan was Oregon for 31 years, the last injured in a bicycle accident. succeed Mike Gregory as 12 for the La Grande School Mayes has been an educaprincipal. Gregory is currently the interim principal District. Byron was named tor in Eastern Oregon for interim special education 21 years. She has spent the at Greenwood. He earlier director lastsummer. served as Greenwood's prinpast 18 years, through July cipalfi om 2002 to2013.

Mayes, now a substitute 2014, working in alternative Byron, presently the school principal at Central Elemen- education. Her last 9-V2 district's interim special tary School, has been named years in alternative educaCentral's next permanent tion were spent working for educationdirector,hasbeen

the InterMountain Education Service District. She worked as an alternative school principal her last five years with the ESD. The school board approved the appointments of Mayes, Byron and Westenskow on Feb. 11 after the three had been recommended for their positions by La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze.

HoNoRS La Grande Middle School Honor Roll has released its second quarter honor roll. The students who qualified for the honor roll are listed below.

SIXTH GRADE 4.0 grade point average: Alisha Acireno, Ryan Andrews, Joe Barnes, Sophie Bell, Braxton Bisenius, Jakob Boehm, Gage Brogoitti, Katie Brown, Terence Clay, Camryn Collman, Angela Conklin, Anton Evans, Riley Gregg, Bella Gulzow, Madison Hanson,Tianna Hayes-Smith, Taylor Hicks, Josie Higgins, Alexander Kehr,Amber Kirby, Chelbie Palmer, Cassidy Pehrson, Emma Perry, Makenzie Polfer, Lacey Pratt, Adam Remily, Ronald Reynoso, Lauran Rinker, Danika Rogers.

3.89: Tristan McCarthy, Riley Miller, Jordan Null, McKaylee Orton, Grace Perry, Hayden Robinson, Jackson Seydel, Starra

Ullman.

3.88: Evelyn Bedolla, Holly DePriest, Anna Green, Wynn Hansen, Chelsee Martin, Delaney Pointer, Daniel Rogers, KayleneSlack, Jaydenwiggins.

3.86: Kaylee Holly, Michelle Silva, Ryan Stubblefield.

3.78: Colm Cahill, Jazel Howard, Presley Justice, Jasmin Miramontes, Olivia Myers, Dayana Pooler, Brenna Strand, Casey Willis, Kolton Wood.

3.75: Brenna Bushman, Ella Dunlap, Johnnie Pegram, Garrett Street, Zoe Watson.

3.71: Caiman Dowell, Jordin Frye, Jadon Martinez.

3.67: Daxon Barnhart,Lauren Davis, Marissa Eugenio, Tristin Gover, Kierstin Lofton, Sierra Meuser.

3.63: Parker Burns, William Sharpe.

3.57: Natalie DeJong, Ethan Edvalson,Cheyenne Marshall

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3.88: Tori Bowen, Sarah Durfee, Nicholas Duvernay, Tristan Eggert, Jameson Halsey, Poitia Hayden, Mattie Hendrickson, Justin Jenner, Alexander Larvik,Jordan Long,Azucena Miramontes, Audrianna Neustel, Michael O'Rourke, Katie Perry, Craig Romine, Savannah Shorts, Brixtin Walker, Aspyn Wallender, Karsen Williams.

3.75: James Burnell, Hunter Clark, Sophie Howard, Stanley Hurd, Brody Kincade, Christopher Kirby, Emma Mitchell, Trevor Powers, Cuahutemoc Rivas, Katie Rolf, Marisa Vaughn, Sarah Witten.

3.63: Jacob Adams, Colby Be-

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3.56: Jenna Ault, Emma Cain, Keeann Comisky, Payton Cooper, Callum Ebel, Kyler Slack, Kyle Spears.

3.50: Ethan Case, Cassandra Chandler, Jaylee Flannery, Shay Goodman, Isaac McKern,Treston Reagan.

SEVENTH GRADE 4.0: Zoe Adamson, LindsayAdkins, Brinley Berry,westin Blake, Dazen Bland, Josie Bornstedt, Alexandra Brock, Isaak Carson, Molly Chadwick, Alexyss Chamberlain, Jenna Freels, Sophia Gonzalez, Jaiden Hafer, Corinne Hines, Felicity Houston, Jacie Howton, Brooklyn Hutchins, Lara Insko, Aaron Isaacson, Angelina Karpenok, Rachael Keniry, Grace Knutsen,sophia Madsen, Abigail Martin, Mia Moschkau, Lian Moy, Kaleb Myer, Keith Oswald, Josephyne Baldwin, Lillian ParkerHalstead, Logan Paustian,Ashley

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3.50: Victoria Bechtel, Gabriela DiPomazio, Justin Frederick, Cruz Gallegos, Dahlia Hedges, Jaylynn Madison,Renna Martinez, Josie Reagan, Tristin Walker.

EIGHTH GRADE 4.0: Katie Banes, Braden Bell, Tess Cahill, Alaina Carson, Abby Crews, Garren Dutto, Adam Endress, Pearl Erickson, Kaden Fregulia, Alexandra Gomes, Kara Gooderham, Chloe Ingram, Kyler Malone, Ashley Martinez, Jillian Marvel, Bradon Mccall, Cira Mesubed, Josie Moran, Dylan Pooler, Scott Remily, Calvin Smith, Max Strand, Natalie Sumerlin.

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ON DECIC THURSDAY • Prep girls basketball: Powder Valley vs.

Griswold, first round,1AOld Oregon League district tournament, Baker High, noon • Prep boys basketball: Powder Valley vs.

Pine Eagle, first round,1AOld Oregon League district tournament, Baker High,1:45 p.m.

• Prep girls basketball: Joseph vs. Wallowa, first round,1AOld Oregon League district tournament, Baker High, 6:30p.m.

• Prep boys basketball: Wallowa vs. Echo, first round,1AOld Oregon League district tournament, Baker High,8:15 p.m.

FRIDAY • Prep swimming: La Grande at 4A/3A/2A/1A state swimming meet, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, noon • Prep girls basketball:Union vs. Grant Union, first round, 2A Wapiti League district tournament, Eastern Oregon University, 1 p.m.

• Prep boys basketball:Union vs. Imbler, first round, 2AWapiti League district tournament, Eastern Oregon University,2:30 p.m.

• Prep girls basketball: Enterprise vs.

Imbler, first round, 2A Wapiti League district tournament, Eastern Oregon University, 6 p.m.

• Prep boys basketball:Elgin vs. Grant Union, first round, 2A Wapiti League district tournament, Eastern Oregon University, 7:30 p.m.

• College women's basketball: Eastern Oregon University at Northwest University, Kirkland, Washingt on,5:30p.m.

• College men's basketball:Eastern Oregon University at Northwest University, Kirkland, Washington,730pm.

• College women's softball:Eastern Oregon Universityvs.

University of British Columbia, Northwest Cup, Portland,1 p.m.

• College women's softball:Eastern Oregon University vs. Simpson University, Northwest Cup, Portland, 3 p.m.

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The Joseph girls team reached the Old Oregon League district tournament after defeating Pine Eagle, 43-36, in a play-in game Tuesday in Joseph.

"I think it was huge for the girls to get the win," Eagles

head coach Travis HuSnan said."It is going to bring great confidence for us."

Lindsay Kemp led the Eagles with 14 points. Alexis Sykora finished with 12 points. Natalie Williams finished with nine points, all coming from 3-pointers.

Cougar boys punch ticket The Wallowa boys team is now in the Old Oregon

startand started to play great,"Wallowa head coach Greg Oveson said.awe moved the ball around really well, and we played strong defense all night."

Wallowa i10-12 overall, 5-7 OOLl plays Echo in the first round in Baker Thursday.

PREP SWIMMING

Tigers seeking splashat statemeet • La Grande hoping to continue momentum from district titles

By Josh Benham The Observer

After a dominating showing last weekend in Madras

at the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special

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Wallowa's Micah Fuller, pictured here during a match at the Union County-Wallowa County dual Feb. 5, is 28-3 on the season. The senior enters Saturday's 2A/1A Special District 4 tournament in Enterprise coming off a first-place finish at the Pine Eagle Invitational last weekend.

• Wallowa wrestler Micah Fuller poised for district title in 195-pound weight class

three seasons.

In the 195-pound division, Fuller won by fall in the second round over Heppner/Ione's John Propheter in the championship match. Among his many triumphs this

By Josh Benham The Observer winter were titles at the Jo-Hi Invitational and the Orofino It's tough for Wallowa wrestler Micah Fuller to get in Tournament in Idaho in January. Fuller is No. 2 in the 2A/1A rankings for the state. quality sparring sessions. With a smaller roster for the "It feels really good to wrestle like this in my senior year," Cougars, there's nobody on the team who can match up with Fuller. So, head coach Mel Byers and other coaches are Fuller said."I wasn't expecting to be doing this well, so it's in charge of challenging him. nice to see what I can actually do."

"I have three coaches and an uncle ofhis that kind of tag After powering Wallowa to the 1A playoffs in football team him, because it's the only way to push him," Byers from his fullback and middle linebacker positions, it's not difficult for one to understand what makes him such a said."That way he's wrestling nonstop. It's pretty exciting to work with a kid at that caliber. But all of us have to take prolific wrestler. breaks and let another coach step in and wrestle, because "To start, Micah is an outstanding athlete," Byers said.

"He has good balance, he's quick and he's stronger than we can only go so long. He's a handful."

For the rest of the competition, Fuller has been a handful an ox. His strength is one reason why he's dominating his weight class. Guys go to tie up with him, and he'll win that as well.

The senior is 28-3 and coming off another superb showevery time. I haven't seen many guys that come close to ing at the Pine Eagle Invitational last Saturday in his matching his brute strength." first year wrestling for the Cougar program after transByers said his calm disposition belies his forceful nature ferring from La Grande, where he wrestled the previous SeeFuller/Fbge 10A

District 2 meet, what will the La Grande swim team do for an encore?

Well, hopefully come back to Eastern Oregon with a few state championships under their belt.

The Tigers boys and girls swim teams begin their quest forglory Friday atthe state meet at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham. Both teams are coming off superb showings in Madras.

The girls totaled 259 team points for a district championship, 75 ahead of runner-up Catlin Gable. The boys won first as well, with 328 team points, which was 102 points in frontofsecondplace Madras.

'The team performance was amazing," head coach Darren Dutto said."I think that we had one of the best all-around performances I have witnessed. The kids all swam up — that is, they moved up and improved their trme. The krds were extremely excited. To have all of the hard work and early mornings pay off makes all worthwhile."

What made the girls win even more impressive was SeeState/Page 10A

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raSSlersvieforstate erths • Enterprise hosts 2A/1A Special District 4 tourney Saturday

District 4 tournament Saturday forteam bragging rights and the chance to earn a coveted spot at the state tournament at Portland's Veterans Memorial Coliseum Feb. 27-28.

By Josh Benham The Observer With teams like Burns, Crane and GrantUnion having bigger After all the duals, tournaments and practices, it all boils rostersand thefavoritesfora down to this weekend. team title, most Union and WalSix area schools will descend on lowa county teams have their eyes Enterprise for the 2A/1A Special squarely on individual accom-

The Joseph girls basketball team needed a win in order to make the Old Oregon League district tournament. One of the seniors came up bigwhen the Eagles needed her.Lindsay Kemp scored a team-high I4 points to spark Joseph to a 43-36 victory over Pine Eagle Tuesday in Joseph.

With the win, the Eagles now take on Wallowa in the first round in Baker Thursday.

plishments. The top two wrestlers in each weight class earn state berths, with an option for a wrestle-back. That means if a wrestler loses to the champion in a weight class and takes third, for instance, but didn't wrestle the runner-up during the district tournament, he can then challenge the secondJosh Benham/Tbe Observer place finisher to a winner-takesWallowa's Cameron Salmon, left, and Elgin's all match for a trip to state.

Damian Hernandez will compete at the 2A/1A SeeDistrict/Page 10A Special District 4 tournament in Enterprise.

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League district tournament afterdefeating Griswold,4929, Tuesday in Wallowa.

Karl Wellens led the Cougars with 20 points and three 3-pointers. Gareth Murray finished with 14 points and four 3-pointers. awe came out from the

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LARRY FITZGERALD: The veteran star

receiver will stay with the same team that

drafted him, as Fitzgerald and the Arizona Cardinals agreed to a two-year deal, theteam announced Wednesday.

WHO'S NOT

LARRY SANDERS:The embattled big man and the Milwaukee Bucks are on course to officially part ways by week's end with a buyout. Sanders has appeared in just 50 gamessincesigning a four-year contract in 2013.

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SPORTS

SCOREBOARD HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Montreal 56 3 7 15 4 7 8 150 123 Tampa Bay 59 35 18 6 7 6 191 159 Detroit 55 31 1 4 10 72 160 141 Boston 56 28 2 0 8 6 4 147 145 Florida 56 25 1 9 12 62 138 155 Ottawa 55 22 2 3 10 54 155 158 Toronto 58 2 33 0 5 5 1 162 178 Bulfalo 57 16 3 7 4 3 6 105 195 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Islanders 58 38 19 1 7 7 188 163 N.Y. Rangers 55 34 16 5 7 3 174 136 Pittsburgh 5 7 3 2 16 9 7 3 162 144 Washington 58 31 17 10 72 171 146 Philadelphia 57 24 23 10 58 153 167 Columbus 5 5 2 5 27 3 5 3 147 172 New Jersey 57 22 26 9 5 3 126 155 Carolina 56 2 0 2 9 7 4 7 127 154 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Nashville 57 39 12 6 8 4 175 132 St. Louis 57 37 16 4 7 8 179 141 Chicago 57 35 18 4 7 4 172 131 Winnipeg 59 30 19 10 70 165 157 Minnesota 56 28 21 7 6 3 155 152 Dallas 57 27 22 8 6 2 179 180 Colorado 57 24 22 11 59 149 161 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Anaheim 57 3 5 15 7 7 7 169 160 Vancouver 5 6 32 21 3 6 7 158 147 Calgary 57 3 22 2 3 6 7 166 147 San Jose 5 9 2 9 22 8 6 6 165 170 LosAngeles 56 26 18 12 64 155 150 Arizona 58 2 03 1 7 4 7 131 194 Edmonton 5 8 16 32 10 42 135 196 All Times PST

Charlotte Miami Orlando

2 2 30 2 2 30 1 7 39 Central Division W L 34 20

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Pct GB Chicago . 6 30 Cleveland 33 22 ,6 0 0 1 ' / 2 Milwaukee 30 23 ,5 6 6 3 ' / 2 Detroit 2 1 3 3 . 389 1 3 Indiana 2 1 3 3 . 389 1 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 39 14 . 7 36 Houston 36 1 7 . 679 3 Dallas 36 1 9 . 655 4 San Antonio 34 1 9 . 642 5 New Orleans 27 26 .509 12 Northwest Division W L Pct GB ortland 36 17 . 6 79 O klahomaCity 28 2 5 .528 8 Denver 2 0 33 . 3 7 7 1 6 Utah 1 9 34 . 3 5 8 1 7 Minnesota 1 1 42 . 2 0 8 2 5 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 42 9 .824 L .A. Clippers 35 19 .64 8 8 ' / 2 Phoenix 29 2 5 ,5 3 7 t 4'/2 Sacramento 18 34 . 3 4 6 24'/2 L.A. Lakers 1 3 40 . 2 4 5 3 0 All Times PST

Tuesday's Games

No games scheduled

Wednesday's Games No games scheduled

Thursday's Games Dallas at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA Men Top 25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (26-0) beat Tennessee 66-

48. Next: vs. Auburn, Saturday.

2. Virginia (24-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Florida State, Sunday.

3. Gonzaga (26-1) did not play. Next: at Pacific, Thursday.

4. Duke (22-3) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 15 North Carolina, Wednesday.

5. Wisconsin (23-2) did not play. Next: at PennState,Wednesday.

Wednesday's Games 6. Villanova (24-2) did not play. Next: at Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Marquette, Saturday.

Detroit at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.

7. Arizona (22-3) did not play. Next: vs.

Minnesota at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.

Southern Cal, Thursday.

LosAngeles at Colorado, 7 p.m.

8. Kansas (21-5) did not play. Next: vs.

BostonatEdmonton, 7 p.m.

TCU, Saturday.

Tampa Bay atAnaheim, 7 p.m.

9. Utah (20-4) did not play. Next: at Thursday's Games Oregon State, Thursday.

Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

10. Notre Dame (23-4) beat Wake Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

Forest 88-75. Next: at Boston College, Bulfalo at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Saturday.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

11. Northern lowa (24-2) did not play.

Winnipeg at Washington, 4 p.m.

Next:atLoyola ofChicago,Wednesday.

Florida at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

12. Louisville (20-5) did not play. Next: San JoseatDallas,5:30 p.m. at Syracuse, Wednesday.

13. Wichita State (24-3) beat Southern lllinois 84-62. Next: vs. Evansville, Sunday.

14. Iowa State (18-6) did not play. Next: NBA Standings at No. 22 Oklahoma State, Wednesday.

EASTERN CONFERENCE 15. North Carolina (18-7) did not play.

Atlantic Division Next: at No. 4 Duke, Wednesday.

W L Pct GB 16. Maryland (21-5) did not play. Next: Toronto 3 6 17 . 6 79 vs. Nebraska, Thursday.

Brooklyn 21 3 1 . 4 0 4 14'/2 17. Oklahoma (18-8) beat Texas 71-69.

Boston 2 0 31 . 392 1 5 Next: at Texas Tech, Saturday.

Philadelphia 1 2 41 . 2 2 6 2 4 18. Arkansas (20-5) did not play. Next: New York 1 0 43 . 1 8 9 2 6 vs.Missouri,W ednesday.

Southeast Division 19. Butler (19-7) did not play. Next: at W L Pct GB Xavier, Saturday.

Atlanta 43 11 . 7 96 20. Baylor (19-7) beat Texas Tech 54Washington 3 3 21 . 611 1 0

Tuesday's Games

New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1, SO Columbus 5, Philadelphia 2 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Carolina 1 Florida 3, Toronto 2 Dallas 4, St. Louis1 Nashville 5, San Jose 1

BASKETBALL

49. Next: vs. Kansas State, Saturday.

21. SMU (21-5) did not play. Next: vs.

Temple, Thursday.

22. Oklahoma State (17-8) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 14 lowa State, Wednesday.

23. West Virginia (20-6) did not play. Next: at No. 22 Oklahoma State, Saturday.

24. Ohio State (19-7) did not play. Next: at Michigan, Sunday.

25. VCU (20-6) beat Saint Louis 74-54.

Next: vs. UMass, Saturday.

Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan. 6,752; 12, Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. 6,579; 13, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo.

6,434; 14, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis. 6,102; 15, Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 5,946; 16, Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. 5,773; 17, Luke Branquinho, LosAlamos, Calif.

5,440; 18, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas 4,850; 19, Casey Martin, Sulphur, La. 4,703; 20, Chancey Larson, Manhattan, Kan. 4,600.

Tuesday Scores

1, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. $17,654; 2, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas16,619; 3, Jesse Stipes, Salina, Okla. 16,440; 4, Doyle Hoskins, Chualar, Calif. 13,637; 5, Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz. 12,510; 6, Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 12,076; 7, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. 10,786; 8, Clint Summers, Lake City, Fla. 9,096; 9, Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn. 8,397; 10, Bubba Buckaloo, Caddo, Okla. 7,766; 11, Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla. 7,630; 12, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. 7,614; 13, Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M. 7,572; 14, Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. 7,561; 15, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas 7,552; 16, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz. 6,791; 17, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas 5,738; 18, Travis Bounds, Grand Junction, Colo.

5,715; 19, Joel Bach, San Augustine, Texas 5,606; 20, Logan Olson, Flandreau, S.D. 5,571.

EAST Georgetown 79, St. John's 57 Harfford 55, UMBC 52 Stony Brook 59, Albany (NY) 56 SOUTH Alabama 79, Auburn 68 Kentucky 66, Tennessee 48 Longwood 78, Liberty 72 South Carolina 64, Georgia 58 South Florida 69, Houston 67 VCU 74, Saint Louis 54 MIDWEST Evansville 61, Drake 52 Michigan St. 80, Michigan 67 Notre Dame 88, Wake Forest 75 South Dakota 84, Avila 60 Wichita St. 84, S. Illinois 62 SOUTHWEST Ark.-Pine Bluff 74, Alcorn St. 70 Baylor 54, Texas Tech 49 Oklahoma 71, Texas 69 TexasASM 68, LSU 62 FAR WEST CS Northridge 89, Bethesda 61 San Diego St. 63, New Mexico 46 Wyoming 64, Nevada 58

RODEO Pro Rodeo Leaders Through Feb. 17 All-around 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $34,858;2,Steven Dent, Mullen,Neb. 13,849; 3, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo.

11,124.

Bareback Riding 1, Tim O'Connell, Zwingle, lowa $14,833; 2, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash.

13,591; 3, Luke Creasy, Lovington, N.M. 12,274; 4, David Peebles, Redmond, Ore. 11,829; 5, Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas 11,561; 6, Tyler Nelson, Victor, Idaho 10,611; 7, Kash Wilson, Gooding, Idaho 10,374; 8, Seth Hardwick,Laramie,Wyo. 9,927; 9,George Gillespie IV, Hamilton, Mont. 8,165; 10, Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. 7,706; 11, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas 7,397; 12, Ty Taypotat, Regina, Sask. 6,634; 13, Bill Tutor, Huntsville, Texas 6,312; 14, Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas 5,838; 15, Zachariah Phillips, Casper, Wyo. 5,660; 16, Jake Vold, Ponoka, Alberta 5,440; 17, Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah 5,392; 18, Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. 4,005; 19, Taylor Broussard, Estherwood, La. 3,965; 20, R.C. Landingham, Pendleton, Ore. 3,894.

Steer Wrestling 1, Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. $16,392; 2, Adam Strahan, McKinney, Texas 14,708; 3, Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah 14,663; 4, Matthew Mousseau, Hensall, Ontario 12,216; 5, Kyle lrwin, Robertsdale, Ala. 12,116; 6, Beau Clark, Belgrade, Mont. 11,139; 7, Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss. 10,017; 8, Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho 9,333; 9, Austin Courmier, Oakwood, Texas 8,627; 10, Darrell Petry, Cheek, Texas 7,348; 11,

Team Roping (header)

Team Roping (heeler)

1, Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. $17,654; 2, Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 16,619; 3, Billie JackSaebens, Nowata, Okla.

15,340; 4, Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah 12,510; 5, Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 12,076; 6, Shay Carroll, La Junta, Colo. 10,786; 7, Brad Culpepper, Sylvester, Ga. 9,096; 8, Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. 8,891; 9, Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas 8,672; 10, Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. 8,397; 11, Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb. 7,968; 12, Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan. 7,614; 13, Tyler McKnight, Wells, Texas 7,572; 14, Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. 7,561; 15, Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore. 6,296; 16, Joe Roderick, Loma, Colo. 5,715; 17, Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas 5,606; 18, Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif.

5,571; 19, Wyatt Cox, Arroyo Grande, Calif. 5,423; 20, Mickey Gomez, Holland, Texas 5,325.

Saddle Bronc Riding 1, CodyDeMoss, Heflin,La.$23,260; 2, Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla. 16,276; 3, Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 13,468; 4, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah 12,659; 5, Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. 11,563; 6, Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta 9,686; 7, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. 8,386; 8, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. 8,130; 9, Layton Green, Meeting Creek, Alberta 7,309; 10, Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah 7,057; 11, Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. 6,948; 12, RustyAllen, Eagle Mountain, Utah 6,902; 13, Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. 6,143; 14, Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 6,117; 15, Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas 6,033; 16,Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 6,025; 17, Jake Wright, Milford, Utah 6,013; 18, Justin Caylor, Sulphur Springs, Texas 5,736; 19, Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah 5,700; 20, Ty Thompson, Wanblee, S.D. 5,590.

Tie-down Roping

1, Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas $22,033; 2, Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas 17,494; 3, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas 15,168; 4, Jordan Ketscher,

Squaw Valley, Calif. 12,454; 5, Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. 11,873; 6, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 10,287; 7, Chase Williams, Stephenville, Texas 9,820; 8, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 9,249;9,MattShiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho 8,468; 10, Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas 8,178; 11, Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas 8,002; 12, Clint Nyegaard, Victoria, Texas 6,843; 13, Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas 6,644; 14, Michael Perry, Bandera, Texas 6,462; 15, Hunter Herrin, Apache,Okla.6,395; 16,Joe Keating, Sour Lake, Texas 6,190; 17, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 6,104; 18, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah 6,040; 19, Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas 6,018; 20, Blake Deckard, Wagoner, Okla. 5,857.

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. $18,660; 2, Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho 16,975; 3, Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla. 15,965; 4, Caleb Sanderson, Kissimmee, Fla. 14,546; 5, Clayton Savage, Yoder, Wyo. 13,349; 6, Dustin Bowen, Waller, Texas 12,690; 7, Nile Lebaron, Weatherford, Texas 11,741; 8, Casey Huckabee, Grand Saline, Texas 10,086; 9, Cain Smith, Pendleton, Ore. 10,084; 10, Reid Barker, Comfort, Texas 10,066; 11, Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. 10,064; 12,John Jacobs, Little Eagle, S.D. 9,952; 13, Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn. 9,857; 14, Dylan Vick Hice, Escalon, Calif. 9,758; 15, Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah 9,694; 16, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah 8,903; 17, Jacob O'Mara, Baton Rouge, La. 8,154; 18, Tim Bingham, Honeyville, Utah 8,008; 19,KaninAsay, Powell,W yo. 7,878;20, Guthrie Murray, Miami, Okla. 7,480.

Barrel Racing

1, Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga. $21,173; 2, Megan Johnson, Deming, N.M. 19,683; 3, Alexa Lake, Richmond, Texas 17,269; 4,Fallon Taylor, Collinsville, Texas 17,230; 5, Victoria Williams, Kiln, Miss. 15,960; 6, Layna Kight, Ocala, Fla. 15,603; 7, Kelly Tovar, Rockdale, Texas 15,375; 8, Callie Duperier, Boerne, Texas 13,671; 9, Shelby Herrmann, Stephenville, Texas 13,282; 10, Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas 11,629; 11, Kali Parker, Fort Wendell, Texas 11,601; 12, Megan Swint, Lithia, Texas 9,836; 13, Chloe Hoovestal, Helena, Texas 9,512; 14, Kenna Squires, Fredonia, Texas 9,312; 15, Carmel Wright, Roy, Mont. 9,225; 16, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, Texas 8,827; 17, Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Texas 8,536; 18, Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas 8,387; 19, Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Texas

8,365; 20, Andrea Cline, Springtown, Texas 7,373.

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with INF Jayson Nix on a minor league contract. Named Sean Berry hitting coach of Norfolk (IL); Alan Mills pitching coach, Keith Bodie hitting coach of Bowie (EL); Orlando Gomez manager, Paco Figueroa hitting coach and Chris Poole trainer of Frederick (Carolina); Howie Clark hitting coach of Delmarva (SAL); Luis Pujols manager, Brian Guzman trainer and Kevin Clark strength and conditioning coach ofAberdeen (NYP); and Matt Merullo manager of the GCL Orioles.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Promoted Michael Stiles to executive vice president and chief operating officer.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released LB Keith Rivers.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released S Thomas DeCoud. Re-signed OL Chris Scott to a one-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Kevin O'Connell quarterbacks coach.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed G Ronald Leary and OT Darrion Weems.

DETROIT LIONS — Named Joe Marciano special teams coordinator.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released TE BrandonBostick and WR Kevin Dorsey.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released WR Donnie Avery. Waived WR A.J. Jenkins.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Re-signed WR Kevin Ogletree.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Reassigned F Justin Kea to Rochester (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETSActivated F Brian Gibbons from injured reserve and assigned him to Springfield

(AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled RWTeemu Pulkkinen from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS Activated F Stephen Gionta olf injured reserve OTTAWA SENATORS — RecalledG Chris Driedger from Evansville (ECHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — WaivedMF lan Christianson. Signed F Mike Grella.

COLLEGE BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Issued a public reprimand of Penn State men's basketball coach Patrick Chambers and fined Penn State $10,000 for violating the sportsmanship policy following Saturday's game against Maryland.

SETON HALL — Suspended men's basketball G Sterling Gibbs two games.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Suspended sophomore F Demetrius Henry and freshman G Shamiek Sheppard from the men's basketball team for the remainder of the regular season for conduct detnmental to the team.

MEN'S COLLEGE BASICETBALL

Wildcats reachhistorical mark The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Kentucky understands that its brand name often bringSOut thebeSteffOrtS from opponents.

The toP-ranked WildCatS have answered that challenge Well enOugh to Put togetherthe beststartin the Program'SStOried hiStOry. Devin Booker had 18 POintS and SeVen rebo(mdS The Associated Press phato

Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck has his team ranked No. 7 in the latest NCAA women's college basketball poll, with a 23-2 record on the season.

NotimetorelaxforSeavers The Associated Press

It'S tough at timeS not to get Caught uP 1OO king at the scoreboard. Itis human nature to Want to knOW What is happeningin your game as well as others.

But the approach Oregon State women's basketball coach Scott Rueck wants his PlayerS to take iS to fOCuS On WhatiS right ahead Of them.

That meanS there iS no time torelaX until the after the final game Of the SeaSO n.

The NO. 7 BeaVerS(23-2) have used that philosophy and it's one reason they are in the enviable position they find themselves this week.

It would have been easy for the BeaVerS to feel like they could relaxjust a little after Friday's hard-foughtwin over NO. 12AriZOna State With anArizona team in town Sunday that had juSt tWO Pac-12 wins.

But they didn't, and rolled to a73-48 PBC-12 Win OVer

the Wildcats in a game that started at 11 a.m.

That's the''jifestyle," as sophomore point guard Sydney Wiese described it, the Beavers are living.

'That's what it takes," Rueck said.'This team, a team contending for a conference championship at the BCS level, it's high level.

They bringit every single dayin PraCtiCe. It'S OurjObS aS

COaCheS to make Sure that ef-

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scoring 30 points. '%e scored well in the irSt,(SO)it'SeaSytorelaX at f the other end," Rueck said.

"But We Want to be ChamPionS SO you dOn't get to do that and that was my main meSSage,yOudOn't Play to the scoreboard. I don't care whatit says up there, we play excellent all the time. I thought the SeCOndhalf WBS an excellent performance."

The WildCatS had no

We haVe to bring. SO that'S PrObably the beSt Way to Say it, it's a lifestyle. It doesn't matter Who, Where OrWhen."

The victory clinched a tOP-four finiSh in thePBC-12 and a first-round bye in the Pac-12 tournament, which runs March 5-8 at KeyArena in Seattle.

That fact changes nothing SuCh luCk On the OffenSiVe fOr the 13-1 BeaVerS,Who, end in the second half as than4 to USC'S uPSetOf the Beavers clamped down CalifOrnia On Sunday night, and held them to a 5-for-23 nOW hOldatWO-game lead performance (21.7 percent) over the Bears, Arizona State in the second half and just 18 and Stanford. All three teams points. Arizona went more R(B 11-3 With fOur gameS to than 10 minutes without a field goal at one stretch in the play. '%e still have done nothing second haK fOr What We Want to aCCOmRueck said the Beavers were more aggfessive in the plish," Rueck said.'Tverysecond haK bOdy WantS a bye, Of COurSe, "I thought the team dtd a SOthat' SgfeatbutIdOn't think we're satisfied until greatjob COming Out Of the locker room at the half,"'he you Win the OneSyOuWant to Win. SO We'Ve got fOur gameS said.'There was a different intenSity to them. I thought to go to get to Where WeWant we challenged shots in a tobe."

It Can be tough beCauSe di%rent level, dominated the boards; they didn't get any in SPOrtS it'S So eaSy to Play second chances. Kept them to theSCOrebOard,eSPeCially O(I'the line, defended WithOut during a game. OSU had a comfortable lead atthehalf fOuling, then We hadgood OfSunday — 39-30 — but they fensivepossessions aswell."

Rueck was especially neededtoPlay better.

AriZOna had itS Way to pleased with the rebounding totals. The Beavers had a some degree in the first half; hitting 16 Of 34 field gOal 48-22 edge, including 28-7 in attempts(47.1percent)and the second half.

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Tuesday night as Kentucky picked up its defense in the second half and pulled away for a 66-48 victory over Tennessee. Kentucky is 26-0 fOr the firSt time, though the Wildcats finished the 195354 season with a 25-0 mark.

"It's like that whether yOu're the beSt Of KentuCky Or yOu're the WOrSt Of

played 38 minutes. Totally different. The Memphis team, we Were Prett y good defenSiVely there, too, but We didn't haVe the size this team has."

Andrew Harrison scored 14 points and Trey Lyles added 10 for Kentucky. Kevin Punter SCOred 14 and JOShRiChardSon had 10 fOr TenneSSee. "At a school like Kentucky, to hOldthereCOrdS that they're holding, it's incredible Stuff nOW," CaliPari Said Of the 26-0 start."But there's SO muCh mOre. We dOn't need all thiS Other Stuff that'S Out there. I'm watching closely all theSe ShOWS that are Say-

ing hOW to beat uS beCauSe I Want to make Sure that I learn What to do When they Say,'ThiS iS What you do to beat them.' I'm watching thOSe ShOWSSOC1OSely."

After shooting 54.2 percent (13 Of 24) in the firSt half, TenneSSeeShot juSt 25 PerCent (8 Of 32) in the SeCOnd. The Volunteers went 2 for 17 &Om 3-Point range and 4 Of 10 On &ee thrOWS.

'%e didn't shoot the ball very well, but all thatis a Credit to KentuCky beCauSe they'm a heCk Of adefenSiVe team,"Tennessee coach Donrue Tyndall said.

Dad keeps forgetting how to get home ...Mom is beginning to get worried.

KentuCky,"WildCatS 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein said.

"They're Still trying to beat KentuCky, SO you haVe to COmeOut ready to Play With them. If not, then they get beer muscles and they think they Can Play With you. You haVe to COme Out ready to SWing. OtherWiSe yOu're going to get hit in the mOuth."

KentuCky (13-0 SEC) took a few punches Tuesday before delivering the knockout blow.

The WildCatS Won deSPite ShOOting 5 Of 22 frOm 3-Point range and allowing the much-smaller Volunteers to matCh them 34-all in rebo(mdS and OutSCOre them

34-22 in the paint. Tennessee trailed by just four with 9 minutes left before Kentucky Went On a 10-0 run to Put the game away.

Kentucky has matched the beststartfora team coached

by JOhnCaliPari,WhoWon his first 26 games at Massachusetts in 1995-96 and was 26-0 at Memphis in 2007-08.

BOth Of thOSe SquadS Went

On to reaCh the Final FOur, though neither Won the national championship.

"EVery One Of the teamS WBS different," CaliPari Said.

"They're all different. This team iSthedeePeStOfthe three. The UMass team, I Played fiVe OrSiX, my guar4

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

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STATE

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Union/Cove's Taran Hardwick, left, and Joseph's Lars Skovlin, right, are looking for solid showings at the 2A/1A Special District 4tournament in Enterprise Saturday.

DISTRICT Continued from Page 8A ''What we're hoping for is our kids to wrestle to their potential," Imbler head coach Doug Hislop said.aWe know we're not going to win a team title or finish in the top three.

But we're hoping the kids are ready to push for a state tournament."

For the Panthers, Hislop has three wrestlershe foresees ashaving a shotata state berth. Leading the charge is Taylor Tandy, who is coming off a first-place showing in the 220-pound weight class at the Pine Eagle Invitational last weekend.

"Something really drastic will have to happen for him to not make state," Hislop said."I think he's going to be able to punch his ticket prettyeasily."

His twin brother, Tyler, finished third at Pine Eagle in 152.

"He didn't lose to anybody from our district there, so his goal is to be a district champion," Hislop said."I told him he's going to have to wrestle well, but I think it's very realistic for him to get to that point."

Hislop said Taylor Lane, at 113, has an outside shot of finishing in the top two, and he hopes Hunter Teem, at 160, can finish in thetop-fi ve and medal.

Elgin head coach Jason Lathrop said his squad is in the same boat, and is more focused on earning state berths.

"If we had the numbers, I'd be looking for us as possibly pushing for a team district championship," he said."But I still think we can make the top three or four. I feel really good going into districts. I feel like we're right there, and I expect all seven of my wrestlers to place."

Lathrop feels confident that at least four Huskies will be right there when the dust settles at the end of the day Saturday. Leading the charge is Jaydon McKay, who placed first at 160 at Pine Eagle with a win pin in the second round of the championship match over Isaac Riley of Melba, Idaho. Senior Damian Hernandez is coming off a second-place finish at 132.

Lathrop is also anticipating good showings from Jordan Vermillion, who finished third at 170 in Pine Eagle, and Levi Carper, who placedsecond at220 lastweekend.

'Those are the four I'm kind of counting on to do well this weekend," Lathrop said. "I feel pretty confident in them."

Union/Cove enters with a pair of state hopefuls. Taran Hardwick placed first at 126 in Pine Eagle, defeating Grant Union's Clay Johnson by a 7-0 decision in the championship match.

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"I don't think anyone's going to touch him in the district," Union/Cove head coach Wayne Sturm said."But he'll have to wrestle well.

Anybody can be beat at districts. I've seen kids that have been getting beat all year by the same kid, and they turn around and beat them at districts. All it takes is one match."

Chad Witty, at 182, is the other wrestler for Sturm that he foresees as making a state tournament berth.

"He's been looking better," Sturm said."As long as he sticks with the basics and wrestles what he knows, he'll be good. Some of the other kids, I just want to see them finish in the top three or four and build something for next year."

Enterprise enterswith atrio ofwrestlers hoping for berths, but two are in the same weight class. Dylan Staigle and Clayne Miller both will be at 106.

"I haven't thought about team scores," Enterprise head coach Troy Farwell said."Not when you have two kids in the same classes.

It'd be great to do well, but I'm not worrying about that."

Cole Farwell, at 113, will look to build off his fourth-place finish at Pine Eagle.

"Cole has a really good shot at 113," Farwell said."My kids in the smaller weight class are definitely there, and I think they're ready."

Joseph enters with a potential heavy heart, as Jared Wilcox recently injured his knee and isdoubtfultocompete at160.H ead coach Tim Kiesecker said Wilcox will be going to the doctor today, and ifhe can put any weight on it, he'll attempt to wrestle Saturday.

But two other hopefuls for Kiesecker are Lars Skovlin, at 126, and Raymond Seal, at 145.

"Realistically, I think Raymond and Lars have a good chance to make it, but everything will have to be going just right," Kiesecker said."Lars is in just a killer tough weight class, and Raymond's class is tougher than nails."

Kiesecker also hopes Ben Lopez, at 182, and Rylie Warnock, at 195, can place and get some valuable experience for the coming years.

Wallowa head coach Mel Byers thinks Micah Fuller should make it to state at 195.

Beyond Fuller, Byers believes that a pair of Cougars have shots with strong weekends.

Cameron Salmon will be hoping for a state berth at 138.

"That's a tough weight class," Byers said.

"But he has a chance."

Luis Mendes will enter Saturday off a fifthplace showing at Pine Eagle.

"I think we're in a good spot," Byers said. aWe're going to push them hard this week

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has been focused on honing his craft.

"Right now I'm just working on being more technical with all my moves," he said.

"Lately, I've been relying on strength and athleticism. But if I'm up against a tough guy, I can't just rely on that."

Fuller, who plans to go to California for a one-year Bible program at a college there after high school, said while not overlooking the district tournament, his main focusison state.

"My goal is to win state," he said."I've seen a lot of my friends win state in track or wrestling, and my older brother, Leon, won state in the javelin. Just the feeling they've explained is something that I'd like to experience."

Count Byers, who sees his prowess up close, as one who seesthatas avery distinct possibility.

"He's beaten everybody in 195 and 220. He could probablygo to state atthose two weights, or even heavyweight," Byers said."I'm going to leave him at 195, and I don't think anybody can beat him at districts. Anything can happen at districts, but I'm pretty positive he'll be able to win his class and push for a state title."

season," Dutto said."For m any of thekids,districtsis just the next stepping stone on the way to state. We have to jump over one hurdle at a time in order to have the opportunity to compete for the statetitle.Thosekids are now in the position to do so.

Standing in La Grande's way is a few schools, with a bigcollection ofsouthern Oregon teams that comprise the main competition.

"On the girls side, Henley and North Bend are powerhouses," Dutto said."On the boys side, Catlin Gable will contend with Tillamook, Phoenix and Seaside up there as well."

For the Tigers to make a run, Dutto said he wants to kidsto supporttheteam in each event, swim smart and confident, but most of all, have fun and enjoy the experience.

"If we do these three things we will be in a position to make some noise," he said."I would like both teams to be in the top-five.

If all goes well, we can come home with a trophy or two, or perhapsa statetitlein an event or two."

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and hopefully thegl be peaking for it."

Fuller said his conditioning has improved as he's made his way through the Continued from Page 8A season and has led to such an on the mat. He said one par- excellent finish as the season ticular match stands out to draws to a close.

"At the Jo-Hi, I won the him where an opponent tried to match his physicality, with finals by one point, but I was predictable results. super tired after that," Fuller "I never see him get angry said."So that's what really or frust rated,"Byers said. pushed me to work harder "But one time, he was wresat my conditioning. That's tling a kid from Burns earlier been my weakest point in this year, and the kid tried to wrestling. The first part of the get him riled up and throw season, the third round would him around. Micah just kind hit and I'd be really tired. But of squeezed him, and that now, the third round has been was the end of that." pretty easy for me."

Fuller said the only reason Not that Fuller even he really got into wrestling makes it to the third round was for something to do durmuch, anyway.

"He hasn't really been ing theoffseason ofthe sport he's most passionate about. challenged much in our "Football is my favorite district and at the tournasport," Fuller said."I original- ments we've been going to," ly started wrestling to help Byers said."He kind of ran out with football, but then I out of gas around the third really enjoyed it." round early, but now he's not After beginning the first making it to the third round two tournaments of the because he's pinning them so season at 220, Fuller dropped quickly."

With the regular season down to 195. At the MuilenburgTournament in La completed, Fuller now turns Grande in December, Fuller his attention to this weekend's 2A/1A Special District was defeated by Vale's Sage DeLong, a two-time state 4 tournament in Enterprise, champion, one of two early with two wrestlers in each weight class earning berths losses to DeLong. But Byers said that since then, Fuller to the state tournament the following weekend. In has beaten DeLong twice in tournaments. preparation forthat,Fuller

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Hannah Roberts, Shelby Baker, Abbey Felley and Continued ~om Page 8A Erin Bodfish were a part of the fact it was the ninth the 200-yard medley relay consecutive district title, thatseta districtrecord,as illustrating how the athletes did Felley in the 200 freehave handed the baton to style. Roberts set a district the next class of swimmers mark in the 100 backstroke, with a clear vision of what it as did Bryce Ebel in the 100 takes to succeed. butterlly. aWejust have had conIn all, 14 Tiger swimmers sistent depth, quality and qualified for the state meet. drive every year," Dutto said. Of those, Roberts, Felley "Success breeds success. The Baker, Bryce and Josh Ebel, girls know that they need and Keegan Dutto qualified to work hard to keep the in four events.

"Hannah's record in streakalive.Iam proud of the girls for working hard the 100 backstroke was a to get this win. They work standout," Dutto said.'What hard for it every year, and is interesting to me is that they get rewarded. I just try Bryce and Abbey were not to providethe framework for taperedforthism eet.Iam them tobe successful." hoping that this means that While it was one of many they, along with Shelby, Josh, Keegan and Hannah, girls team titles, it was the first in a number of years aregoing to havetheir best forthe boys,according to swims this weekend at the Dutto. What made that pos- statemeet." sible was a great showing of Even with the glory that depth in all the events. many foundlastweekend, aWe had three to four the swimmers are not restboysin almost everyevent, ing on their laurels.

'There is always that and more than one in the championship finals, of evgroup of kids, like Bryce, ery event," Dutto said.aWe Shelby, Abbey and Hannah, aredeep as a team and will that have their eyes on a continue to be for the next stateprize fortheentire

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sovital Over the next two on Wednesdays, The Observer and Baker City Herald are focusing on financial planning in their combined weekly business section. Financial planning is a subject dear to my heart since I am a Certified Financial Planner, or CFP®.

Anyone can call themselves a "financial planner" or "financial advisor." The CFP designation tells you the designee has a collegedegree,many years of experience in the financial industry, an average of 1,000 hours of preliminary study time and has passed a grueling 10-hour comprehensive exam that has a pass rateofapproximately 55 percent.

The CFP Board also enforces its Standards of Professional Conduct, with thorough background tests and a Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics outlines the CFP professional's obligations to "uphold principles of integrity, objecti vity,competence, fairness, confidentiality, professionalism and diligence."

You can develop your own financial plan or work with a professional financial planner.

Financial plans address a broad spectrum including investing, insurance, tax planning, retirement and estate planning. By working with a professional you are teaming up with a knowledgeable and objective person with a bird'seye view of your finances. You will receive input and adviceon a variety of financial subjects.

Financial planning helps you achieve your financial goals In its driest form a financial plan will determine the probability of achieving your financial goals. The essence of financial planning is making knowledgeable powerful, positive choices to achieve what is most important to you. I often use the term Wealth GPS iGlobal Positioning System) rather than financial planning because it is a roadmap on how to get where you want to go with the smoothest ride and as few detoursas possible.

Why not enjoy your financial journeys by taking ownership of the route? Set the intention of making positive, empowered financial choices. Your financial future is about choices; your individual, personal choices.

3 Stepsto getstarted: Look at the whole picture and chart your course. The foundation is income, expenses and how much you save. Wealth isn't about how much you earn, it's about how much you save.

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TAX DEADLINE

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The headlines trom Wall Street proclaim a stock market that's never been so bullish.

Last week one market index, the Standard & Poor's 500, reached a record high.

The best-known measure of the market, the Dow Jones industrial averageofthe stock values of30 companies, nearly did the same.

But what does this mean for a Northeastern Oregon resident who has a modest retirement account in the form of a 401fki plan or an Individual Retirement Account?

Potentially, it means quite a lot, saidMatt Cunningham, owner of Cunningham Financial Group PC in Baker City.

The link between the stock market's performance as measured by broad indicators such as the Dow Jones, and the earnings of one person's retireCunni ngment account, typically ham is a strong one, Cunningham said.

"I would liken it to the tide — it raises and lowers all boats," he said.

During the Great Recession that startedin late 2007,the tidewas decidedlyoftheebb variety.

Many of the thousands of workers in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties whose employers provide a retirement plan — typically, a 401iki account — saw their account

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The Dow Jones plummeted trom a pre-recession high of14,163 to a low of 6,547 in 2009.

Since then the Dow Jones has been on a generally upward trajectory,reachingseveralthresholds for the first time — 16,000 on Nov. 21, 2013; 17,000 on July 3, 2014; 18,000

on Dec. 23, 2014.

Local residents'retirement accounts might not have matched the Dow on a percentage basis — individual investors tend to underperform compared with broader stock indices, Cunningham said — but they'vecertainly seem areversalof fortunes.

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Managing money is important to a couples' success. Probably the most common question couples ask concerns how to manage cash, specifically whether to combine all money into one joint account, keep everythingseparate oruse some combination. The answer: There is no one best method.

Let's consider the advantages and disadvantages of each.

30INT ACCOUNT This scenario offers total financial transparency regarding where the money comes from and goes to. Both of you have full access to and the opportunity to remain fully aware of the money flow. There are no secrets.

Which brings us to the downside: No secrets means no autonomy. You both see the other's spending and spend the other's money.

This works well in relationships where the shared belief is, "My money is your money and your money is my money." It doesn't work well absent that philosophy.

I find that this scenario causes trouble when one or both of the individuals want autonomy over

spending without the watchful ioften critical) eye of the other. This arrangement can fail especially in second marriages or where both individuals have careers.

COMBINATION

Thisscenarioprovides more autonomy than does a joint account yet offers an easier way to manage joint expenses.

Some couples maintain a system KEEP EVERYTHING SEPARATE where each one's earnings reThis scenario allows each of you main separate and each put fixed to exercise complete autonomy and amounts into the joint account. control over individual amounts Another method: Deposit all income of money. This often works well into the joint account and set up a fortwo-careercouplesorin second periodic allowance for each of you. marriageswhere both partners Disadvantages here include the married with significant pensions need to manage three accounts and or assets.

Itm ay also bea good fit having to decide who writes checks for unmarried partners. trom the joint account.

If one person is a spendthrift, My wife and I use the third keeping money separate can prooption. As the major breadwinner, tect the partner's funds from unauthorizedorextravagant purchases. I deposit most of my income into the joint account, from which she This arrangement can, though, pays all the family bills. A smaller make it more diKcult to manamount of my income goes into my age joint expenses such as housseparate account that I use to pay ing costs. What if your spouse is for items from tuition to haircuts. supposed to pay the mortgage but Problems often arise when cannot due to overspending on partners assume that money must entertainment? Suddenly, either be managed ior actually is manyou must shoulder the unexpected aged) in one certain way.

No matter burden or the loan payment goes which approach you use, the most unmet. If you or your partner have i mportant f act or i s di scussi ng any addictions like alcohol, gamblingordrugs,separate accounts money managementand agreeing can also hide the extent of the prob- equally on a system that works for lem and enable the addiction. both of you.

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The deadline to file taxes is fast approaching, but you don't need to hit the panic button just yet. As you dig out last year's records and sift through your W-2 and 1099 forms while mentally trying to estimate what's deductible and what isn't, you might be thinking it's going to cost you dearly to get everythingorganized and filed correctly. Actually, it'sa fairly easy and affordable process nowadays.

Forgetthe idea that a 1040EZ form is the only simple way to file taxes.

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Given the complexity of the tax code, it's not hard to make blunders preparing your income tax returns — especially since tax law changes from year to year.

To guard against missing valuable deductions, individuals who decide to handle their tax forms themselves could spend some time studying the IRS website, according to Judith Herron, a CPA with the accounting firm Markovitz Dugan & Associates in Pittsburgh.

Unfortunately, she said, it won't take long before the exercise "doubles as a cure for insomnia."

While software programs such as Turbo Tax also can help, they aren't always the best at walking people through complex or nuanced tax decisions,she said.

With that in mind, here aresome often overlooked deductions and other tax breaks that experts say may warrant particular attention for the 2014 tax filing season:

Mortgage interest With the economy picking up, more homeowners are refinancing or taking out home equity loans to pay for

HAINES Continued from Page 1B • Step 1: Establish an emergency fund for unexpected events and make sure you have health insurance.

Medical bills are the biggest cause ofbankruptcies.

• Step 2: Evaluate your debt. How much do you owe and how much is it going to cost you over the life of the loan? A powerful choice is to payoffeverything except your mortgage.

• Step 3: Start investing forretirement.A good goalis to invest 15 percent of your household income. Start by investing pre-tax money into retirement plans.

Plan for Retirement The focus of your financial

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GET TRANSCRIPT If you want to view information regarding the items from your tax return or your tax account transactions, you can use the Get Transcript feature on the IRS website and receivea transcriptvia mail or directly online. A Tax Return Transcript will let you see most line items from your tax return, and a Tax Account Transcript gives you details on what type of returnyou fi led,how much in taxes were paid and more.

home improvement projects.

Normally, any"points" paid up front on those loans are deductible — along with mortgageinterest— over the life of the loan. But if the loan is being used specifically for home improvements, generally the points can be deducted all at once, Herron said."People miss that," she said."It can really be a nice bump in your deductions."

the child can take a deductionofup to $2,500forinterest payments, even if the parentsare helping torepay the loan.

"It'sthe student'sdebt,so the student iif no longer a dependent) can deduct the student loan interest," she said. The deduction is used to calculateadjusted gross income, so there's no need to itemize.

Social Security tax

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People who worked for more than one employer last year may have paid too much in Social Security tax.

The maximum amount that should have been withheld for the year was $7,254. iThat's equal to 6.2 percent of $117,000 in income, which is the maximum subject to Social Security withholding.

The limit rises to $118,500 for 2015.l Any excess paid generally can be claimed as a credit iForm 1040, Line 71l. For details, see IRS Publication 17.

Deducting home office expenses can be a miserable chore. Last tax season, the IRS started allowing a simpler option by calculat-

ing the deduction at $5 per squarefootiup to 300 square feet), for a maximum

deduction of $1,500. While

Herron said she typically advises clients with children needing a college loan to have the child take out the loan in his or her name.

That way,aftergraduation,

this tax break might be worth revisiting, Herron cautioned against being overzealous.

"Therearelotsofpeople who work out of their homes a lotofthe time and feel they couldn't get the job done if they didn't do that," she said."But that doesn't mean you qualify" for the deduction. In general, an employee can only take a deduction "if the employer says you don't have a place to work and that you must

plan will depend a lot on your age. At some point, and soonerisbetter,retirement planning becomes critical.

A successful retirement is self imposed as you have the choice to work or not. Successful retirement is defined as the freedom to pursue your passions such as spending time with family, traveling and being ofservice,to name a few.

Retirement is a complicated event on many levels.

According to the Holmes and Rahe hierarchy of stress scale, it ranks right up there with divorce and the death of a close family member.

Addressing the financial component of retirement is a major factor in a smooth transition from working to retirement.

As you approach retirement your financial plan needs to address your income sources in detail. Start with Social Security. According to the Social Security Administration, Social Security accounts for nearly 40 percent oftheaverageretiree'sincome. The remainder comes from earnings icontinuing to work part time), 30 percent; pension, 18 percent; and income from other assets, 12 percent.

A clear understanding of Social Security, and the age most advantageous to begin claiming, drives many of the decisions to coordinate retirement income. The more you have earned during your working years the more choices you have. The Social Security website www.ssa.

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work at home," Herron said.

For more details, see IRS Publication 587.

stocksedged slightly higher in late afternoon trading Tuesday as investors continued to watch Greece's debttalksand hoped a deal would eventually be reached to keep the country from falling out of the eurozone.

Capital gains When selling stocks or mutual funds, the taxable gain generally is calculated by subtracting the original pricepaid for the shares from the sales price. But peopleoften forget toinclude any dividends that were reinvested when calculating the cost of the shares.

Adding reinvested dividends raisesthe costbasisand reduces the taxes owed.

"Peopleforget about thisall the time," Herron said.

• KEEPING SCORE:

The Dow Jones industrial average was up nine points, or0.1percent,to 18,027 as of 3:03 p.m.

Eastern. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up a • METALS: Gold fell point, or 0.1 percent, 2,098. $18.50, or 1.5 percent, to The Nasdaq composite was $1,208.60 an ounce. Silver fell92cents,or 5percent, flat at 4,894.

• BONDS: The yield to $16.40 an ounce and on the benchmark U.S. copperfell2 cents,or 1 10-year note jumped to percent to $2 58 a pound

Standard deduction For filers who don't itemize,the standard deductions for 2014 rose to $12,400 for those married and filing

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Continued from Pcge 1B "I think most people who have stayed the course are back in the black from 2007," Cunningham said.

Marcy Haines, president of Vision Wealth Management Inc. in Baker City, agrees that having a long-term perspective on investing is worthwhile considering that the stockmarket has proved togive people areliablereturn on their investments so long as they're patient.

"People have seen quite a bit of growth in the market over the past few years," Haines said.'We're seeing people feeling more comfortable with investing."

Cunningham said that in general, younger people were more likely during the depths of the recession to leave their retirement accounts alone and, in effect, to ride out the storm.

Older people, who are close to retirement and have much larger amounts of money at stake, were more inclined to suspend contributions to their account and use the money for other purposes, such as paying off a mortgage early, Cunningham said.

"They were afraid, and understandably so," he said.

The current bull market, by contrast, has encouraged some people to take a m oredirectrolein theirretirement planning, whether by investing money in different stocks or mutual funds, or just by putting more of their salary into their account, Cunningham said.

That's not only typical during bull markets, he said, but it illustrates again that connection between the world financial market and Northeastern Oregon neighborhoods.

"Main Street and Wall Street are implicitly tied," Cunningham said.'The vast majority of us are investors in some way. We're all in it together."

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Although taking the standard deduction is easier,it's always a good idea to check whether itemizing would work out better.

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PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER & THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA,UNION & BAKER COUNTIES

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Cancer Support Group AA Meeting List POST 3048 Meets 3rd Thursday of MONTHLY MEETING every month at AlcoholicsAnonymous 2nd Thurs. of the month. St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM Monday, Wednesday, Post btt Auxiliary meet at Contact: 541-523-4242 Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m.

6:30 p.m. VFW Hall, Tuesday, Wednesday, 2005 Valley Ave., Baker Thursday noon.

CHRONIC PAIN 541-523-4988 Women only Support Group AA meeting Meet Fndays — 12:15 pm Wednesday 11a.m., WANTED: BUILDING 1207 Dewey Ave. Baker 113 1/2 E Main St., matenals, free or cheap. IPT Wellness Connection Enterpnse, across from Willing to salvage 541-523-9664 Courthouse Gazebo matenals. Needed to Hotline 541-624-5117 repair fire damage that

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ACCEPTANCE GROUP of Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7pm.

United Methodist Church on 1612 4th St. in the library room in the basement.

541-786-5535

PINOCHLE Fndays at 6:30 p.m.

Senior Center 2810 Cedar St. Public is welcome

AL-ANON MEETING Are you troubled by someone else's dnnking? Al-anon can help.

ENTERPRISE Safe Harbors conference room

CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION We make every effort t o a v o i d err o r s .

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401 NE 1st St, Suite B PH: 541-426-4004 Monday noon.

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PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-partum.

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AL-ANON Concerned about someone else's drinking?

Sat., 9 a.m.

Northeast OR Compassion Center, 1250 Hughes Ln. Baker City

SETTLER'S PARK ACTIVITIES 1st btt 3rd FRIDAY (every month) Ceramics with Donna 9:00 AM — Noon.

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MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE)

EVERY MORNING (M onday —nday) F Exercise Class;

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NARACOTICS ANONYMOUS

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Fn. btt Sat. -8 PM Episcopal Church Basement 2177 1st Street Baker City First Saturday of every month at 4 PM Pot Luck — Speaker Meeting

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Monday, Thursday, btt Fnday at8pm. Episcopal Church 2177 First St., Baker City.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS HELP LINE-1-800-766-3724 Meetings: 8:OOPM:Sunday, M onday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fnday Noon: Thursday 6:OOPM: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Women's) 7:OOPM: Saturday

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AA MEETING: Powder River Group Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM

200 -Employment 210- Help Wanted, Baker Co 220 - Union Co 230 - Out of Area 280 - Situations Wanted

300 - Financial/Service 310- Mortgages, Contracts, Loans 320 - Business Investments 330 - Business Opportunities 340 - Adult Care Baker Co 345 - Adult Care Union Co 350 - Day Care Baker Co 355 - Day Care Union Co 360 - Schools 8 Instruction 380 - Service Directory

400 - General Merchandise 405 - Antiques 410- Arts 8 Crafts 415 - Building Materials 420 - Christmas Trees 425 - Computers/Electronics 430- For Sale or Trade 435 - Fuel Supplies 440 - Household Items 445 - Lawns 8 Gardens 450 - Miscellaneous 460 - Musical Column 465 - Sporting Goods 470 - Tools 475 - Wanted to Buy 480 - FREEItems

500 - Pets 8 Supplies 505 - Free to a Good Home 510- Lost 8 Found 520 - Pet Grooming 525 - Pet Boarding/Training 530- Pet Schools, Instruction 550 - Pets, General

140 - Yard, Garage Sales-Baker Co.

SUSSCRISNS! TAICE US ON YOUR PHONE! LEAVE YOUR PAPER AT HOME

FULL editions of The Baker City Herald are now available online.

3 EASY STEPS 1. Register your account before you leave 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r pnnt paper 3. Log in wherever you are at and enloy

541-523-3673 143 - Yard, Garage Sales-Wallowa Co. LIVING ESTATE Sale Feb 20th, 21st, 8am-?, 70576 Bear Crick Rd. Wallowa. Horse tack btt harness, barn items, farm equip. including tractor a c c e s sories, tools along with many household items.

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105 - Announcements 110- Self Help Groups 120 - Community Calendar 130 - Auction Sales 140 - Yard, Garage Sales, Baker Co 143 - Wallowa Co 145- Union Co 150 - Bazaars, Fundraisers 160- Lost 8 Found 170 - Love Lines 180 - Personals

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600 - Farmers Market 605 - Market Basket 610 - Boarding/Training 620 - Farm Equipment 8 Supplies 630 - Feeds 640 - Horse, Stock Trailers 650- Horses, Mules, Tack 660 - Livestock 670 - Poultry 675 - Rabbits, Small Animals 680 - Irrigation 690 - Pasture

700 - Rentals 701 - Wanted to Rent 705 - RoommateWanted 710- Rooms for Rent 720 - Apartment Rentals 730 - Furnished Apartments 740- Duplex Rentals Baker Co 745 - Duplex Rentals Union Co 750 - Houses for Rent 760 - Commercial Rentals 770 - Vacation Rentals 780 - Storage Units 790 - Property Management 795 -Mobile Home Spaces

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Saint Alphonsus Medical Center

Patient Access Specialist I SAMC Baker City, OR -High School diploma/ GED -Type 45 wpm -Excellent customer service skills -Previous hospital experience health insurance knowledge and medical terminology preferred -Computer skills.

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WALLOWA 606 W Hwy 82 PH: 541-263-0208 Sunday 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Self Help btt Support G roup An n o u n c e ments at n o c h arge.

For Baker City call: J uli e — 541-523-3673 120 - Community For LaGrande call: Calendar E n ca — 541-963-31 61

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AL-ANON. At t i tude o f Gratitude. W e d n e sdays, 12:15 — 1:30pm.

TUESDAY NIGHTS Faith Lutheran Church.

Craft Time 6:00 PM 1 2th btt Gekeler, L a (Sm.charge for matenals) Grande.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Bible Study; 10:30 AM Public Bingo; 1:30 PM ( .25 cents per card)

NORTHEAST OREGON CLASSIFIEDS of fers

210 - Help WantedBaker Co.

ALL YARD SALE ADS MUST BE PREPAID You can drop off your payment at: The Observer 1406 5th St. La Grande

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902 - Aviation 910 - ATVs,Molorcycles,Snowmobiles 915 - Boats 8 Motors 920 - Campers 925 - Motor Homes 930 - Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels 940 - Utility Trailers 950- Heavy Equipment 960 - Auto Parts 970 - Autos for Sale 990 - Four-Wheel Drive

Blue Moungain Community College WALLOWA COUNTY

Part-Time Small Business Development Center Business Advisor For detailed information and application materials, visit www.bluecc.edu Click on Jobs at BMCC and locate the position of interest.

You may also contact Human Resources at hr@bluecc.edu or by phone: 541-278-5837.

BMCC is an EOE and participates in E-Verify agilcu-

tural company, looking for people to deliver to btt service local c u stomers. A class A CDL or able to acquire one within 30 days. Benefit package included. Interested a p p licants, please apply at Baker City Employment Office

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BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 5J is currently accepting applications for tw o (2 ) Certified S pecial Edu c a t i o n

Teachers. For a comp lete d e s cription o f t he p o s i t io n g o t o www.baker.k12.or.us or contact the employd i v i s i on . Y o u

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220 - Help Wanted 220 - Help Wanted Union Co. Union Co. IT IS UNLAWFUL (Sub- ACCOUNTANTsectio n 3, O RS Responsible f or ac 6 59.040) for an e m counting and business analytical support in a ployer (domestic help excepted) or employmanufactunng environment agency to print ment. Incumbent preor circulate or cause to pares detail lournal enbe pnnted or circulated tries, f i nancial stateany statement, adverm ents a n d as s i s t s tisement o r p u b l ica- with g e neral l e dger t ion, o r t o u s e a n y maintenance. Responform of application for sible for coordinating/ employment o r to oversight o f i n t e rnal m ake any i n q uiry i n control p r o c esses. c onnection w it h p r oCompletes internal respective employment porting responsibilities which expresses diincluding facilitation of rectly or indirectly any reg ula r profit / cost relimitation, specification or discrimination as to

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with all information reASSISTANT MANAGER BAKER SCHOOL DIS- quired, including the Opening — LaGrande TRICT 5J is currently Blind Box Number. This Eat and Run/Subway accepting applications is the only way we have We are looking for indifor a 14 hr. per week of making sure your rev i d u a I s w h o e nl oy Para Pro. For a com- sume gets to the proper w orkin g in a p lete d e s cription o f place. fast-paced, customer t he p o s i t io n g o t o

service environment. www.baker.k12.or.us Management experior contact the employ- ELGIN SCHOOL District ence preferred. Must ment division .

Yo u is accepting applicahave excellent c u smay aIs o c a II tions for the following tomer service s k ills, 541-524-2261 or email position s f o r t he communication skills, nnemec©baker.k12.or.

2 014-2015 s c h o o l and o r g a n i z at i o nal us year:two educational skills. Job requires 50 assistants at Stella hours per w eek. We THE BAKER City BuildMayfield: one for 27 ing D e p a r t m en t i s offer the following: hours per week and seeking qualified appliCompetitive wages, one for 4 hours per H ealth a n d D e n t a l cants for the position day co n tact D i a nne of Permit Technician. benefits, Vacation Pay, Greif fo r i n f ormation Bonus Plan.

Applicants must have (541-437-2321) closing Interested c a n d idates three years' technical date: open until filled. should submit a cover experience in p e rmit Elgin School District is letter with salary reprocessing or adminisan equal opportunity trative operations, or q uirements an d r e an equivalent combinasume b y Fe b r u ary employer.

23rd, 2015 to: tion of experience and e ducation. M us t b e LA GRANDE Post Acute Tina Baxter able to type 45 words La Grande Eat and Run Rehab is taking appli2310 Island Avenue per minute. Part-time: cations for the position La Grande, OR 97850 2 5 hours pe r w e e k of Social Services Di$ 1,709-$1,980 p e r rector. Please apply at month DOQ. This is a La Grande Post Acute CERTIFIED LICENSED b enefite d pos i t i o n Rehab 91 Aries Lane, Plumber Needed. Call Closes February 20, L a Grande, o r c a l l 541-975-1234 for more 2015 at 5:00 p.m. To for more i nfo or apply at 1 0 1 a pply g o t o W o r k - 541-963-8678 information. EEO/AAP Division Ave La Grande Source Oregon located at 1575 Dewey Ave. The City of Baker City Shelter From the Storm is an EEO employer.

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tural background very ELGIN SCHOOL Distnct helpful. C o mpetitive is accepting applicawage an d b e n e f its. tions for the following Contact R a n d y at position s f o r t he Tn-County Equipment, 2 014-2015 s c h o o l 41216 Hwy 30, Baker yea r: Varsity et Junior High Track Coaches.

City, 541-523-6491 Position open for the Saint Alphonsus 2015-16 school year: Varsity Cross CounSAMC - BAKER CITY try Coach. Co n tact has career opportunities Paul Willmarth for inin the following positions formation • Nursing 541-437-2321 Closing • OccupationalTherapy date: Open until filled.

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Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Objectives: To support and further the mission and core values of Shelter From the Storm by recruiting and supermsing volunteers to provide mctims' sermces, while fostering a strong volunteer program and leading community outreach and education campaigns. Includes: Maintain volunteer files; Coordinate hotline coverage for 24-hour crisis line; Place volunteers in Shelter programs and promde appropriate follow up and supervision; Work with staff and Board of Directors to organize and utilize volunteers at events; Maintain monthly newsletter and on-going table events; Coordinate food bank; and other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and/or related degree OR an equivalent combination of training and work experience; Ability to work with diverse groups of people; Demonstrated communication, writing and public speaking skills; Ability to recruit, train, evaluate and supervise volunteers; Ability to maintain effective working relationships with staff volunteers and community partners; Professional demeanor and ability to maintain appropriate confidentiality; will complete 30-hour State of Oregon training; and possess exceptional computer skills. Must passa criminal background check and hold a valid Oregon driver's license and insurance. To apply, mail resume and cover letter to PO Box 173— La Grande, OR 97850.

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Yard Sales are $12.50 for 5 lines, and $1.00 for each additional line.

Callfor more info: 541-963-3161.

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BIG YARD Sale C's Storage. 3107 Cove Ave. LG Saturday, 8am-?.

160 - Lost & Found LOST IPAD around End Rd btt Hunter Rd. Call 541-805-81 67

MISSING YOUR PET? Check the Baker City Animal Clinic 541-523-3611

It's not guns. It's not drugs. It's not cancer.

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MEET S I NGLES right now! No paid operators, Iust real people l ike y o u . Bro ws e greetings, e x change m essages and c o nn ect Iive. Try it f r e e.

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But there are some simple things you can do to keep kidssafer on the road: • Buckle up everybody in the car, including yourself — kids learn from watching you.

• Put kids in the correct car seats for their size.

• Always put children under 12 in the back seat, away from air bags.

• Don't drink and drive, especially with your kids in the car.

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855 - Lots 8 Property, Union Co 860 - Ranches, Farms 870 - Investment Property 180 - Personals 880 - Commercial Property

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CHILDREN AND Family Mental Health Case Manage: B a c helor's

220 - Help Wanted Union Co. OUTDOORS RV

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TTY: 1(800)735-2900 541-894-2263 725 - Apartment Affordable Housing!

Rent based on income.

780 - Storage Units

Rentals Union Co. CENTURY 21 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT La randeRentals.com

OREGON TRAIL PLAZA SENIOR AND DISABLED HOUSING Clover Glen

+ (4/e accept HUD + 1- bdrm mobile home starting at $400/mo.

Includes W/S/G RV spaces avail. Nice quiet downtown location 541-523-2777

STEV ENSONSTORAGE •MiniWa - rehouse • Outside Fenced Parking • ReasonableRates For informationcall:

Apartments, 2212 Cove Avenue, La Grande 528-N18days CIMMARON MANOR Clean (!t well appointed 1 1-BDRM, 1 bath. W/S inICingsview Apts. c luded.

G a s h e a t , 5234807eyenings (!t 2 bedroom units in a AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.18) —Ifyou are LEO (iuly 23-Aug. 22) —You may find a 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century fenced yard. $525/mo.

378510th Street quiet location. Housing new romancewhere you least expect to find it not careful, you may skip a step and make it 21, Eagle Cap Realty.

541-51 9-6654 for those of 62 years 541-963-1210 — and at a time when your mind is on all much more difficult to reach either an intero r older, as w ell a s kinds of other things. mediate goal or the final one.

CLOSE TO EOU, small t hose d i s a b le d or For Rent VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)--You may be h andicapped of a n y studio, all utilities pd, fEDIIQRS F dl e q u pl » « t n Ry P a « «C prompted by some inner demon to do someno smoking/no pets, age. Rent based on inCQPYRIGHT2tll5 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC come. HUD vouchers 2 BDRM, 1 ba, corner $395 mo, $300 dep. thing that you know you shouldn't, but that DISIRIBUIED BYUNIVERSALUCLICK FQRUFS lllOWd tSt K » Q t y M Qall0a Mtl25567l4 accepted. Please call lot, no smoking or 541-91 0-3696. doesn't mean that you have to do it!

541-963-0906 pets, $600/mo, $300 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - You're able to CLOSE TO park (!t pool, TDD 1-800-735-2900 sec. dep. must have e Security Fenced 2 bd, no smoking, no rental references, (!t pets, $450/mo, $400 This institute is an equal pass back ground. e Coded Entry dep. 541-910-3696. opportuni ty provider $35 app fee A vail e Lighted for your protection 3/2. 503-341-3067 FAMILY HOUSING e 6 different size urits 2-BDRM w/detached Pinehurst Apartments e Lots ol RV storage garage. $575/mo + dep.

1502 21st St. Molly Ragsdale 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City La Grande SMALL S T UDIO apt. Property Management off Pccahontas 40 Weep loudly Southside La Grande.

Call: 541-519-8444 A ttractive one and tw o 41 Air-pump Location close to EOU. bedroom units.

Rent No smoking, No pets. 2810 7TH St., 3 bdrm, 1 meas.

Answer to Previous Puzzle based on income. In$1 95/m o ca I I 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. bath, w/ garage (!t gas 42 - -Magnon come restrictions ap541-963-4907 $25 dep. heat, $550/mo.

43 Gold RuSh St. WH E T L BS F A D S ply. Now accepting apDay: 5 4 1-523-4464, (541 ) 910-3696.

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Call Lone at HE R A E EO A R E A UNION COUNTY Evening: 541-523-1077 (541 ) 963-9292.

46 Octagonal Senior Living A PLUS RENTALS YA M S V A L A N C E S road sign 3-BDRM, 2 bath, Mfg. has storage units This institute is an equal Mallard Heights home. Carport, storage, availab!e.

47 Plain's S L AS H E D D C opportunity provider.

870 N 15th Ave fenced yard. $650/mo, 5x12 $30 per mo.

OPPOSite EWE B AY I N G TDD 1-800-735-2900 Elgin, OR 97827 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. plus deposit. NO smok49 Make certain 8x10 $30 per mo. ing, NO pets. ReferA MP L Y BM RO O 51 "Like a 'plus deposit' Now accepting applicaences.541-523-5563 Rolling Stone" BO A S M OC GAME tions f o r fed e r a l ly 1433 Madison Ave., f unded h o using f o r AVAIL. MARCH 5TH. composer or 402 Elm St. La U PC D E N E R N E S Welcome Home! t hos e t hat a re 4-BDRM, 2 bath. FireGrande.

52 Deep Blue's T E E M E D P E A sixty-two years of age place, laundry room, Ca II 541-910-3696 forte Call or older, and h andidetached g a rage ( !t OW F UR N I S H (541) 963-7476 capped or disabled of workshop. No smokDOWN any age. 1 and 2 bedF LO S S ER U C L A ing. 541-519-4814 American West GREEN TREE room units w it h r e nt Storage OA K S Q TS L O I N b ased o n i nco m e HOME SWEET HOME 1 Planet before 7 days/24 houraccess APARTMENTS when available.

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541-523-4564 PO S Y S EE E N D S Uranus 2310 East Q Avenue 2 (!t 2+ Bdrm Homes COMPETITIVE RATES 2 Satirical, 2-te-ts © 2 0 1 5 UFS, Dist. by Univ. UcuckforUFS La Grande,OR 97850 Prolect phone ¹: No Smoking/1 small pet Behind Armory on East N maybe 541-437-0452 Call Ann Mehaffy and H Streets. Baker City 9I 3 Emerald or TTY: 1(800)735-2900 (541 ) 519-0698 7 Hydrox rival 11 Black-andsapphire Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 Affordasble Studios, "This Instituteis an 4 Guy's honorific 8 Web addr. white animal 1 (!t 2 bedrooms. equal opportuni ty SUNFIRE REAL Estate 9 Egyptian sun 13 Early Alaska (Income Restnctions Apply) 5 Volcanic provi der" LLC. has Houses, DuMINI STORAGE Professionally Managed capital emission god plexes (!t Apartments by: GSL Properties • Secure 10 Keyboarding 16 Knuckle under 6 Raise petty • Keypad Zntry Located Behind for rent. Call Cheryl 20 Good times objections • Auto-Lock Gate Guzman fo r l i s t ings, La Grande Town Center • Security Lifptting 22 Garden flower 541-523-7727.

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Prolect phone number: 541-437-0452 TTY: 1(800)735-2900 "This institute is an equal opportunity provider."

NEED SOMEONE, share 2bd apt. partly furn., cable tv, and all untilionly $313/mo. C a ll 541-786-0774

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2BD, 1BA house for rent in La Grande. Please call owner, Available now! 541-328-6258

740 - Duplex Rentals Baker Co. 3 BDRM. 2 bath $750, 2 BDRM pd w/g

Now accepting applica$650.00 + Dep. tions f o r fed e r a l ly 541-523-9414 funded housing. 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units 745 - Duplex Rentals with rent based on inUnion Co. come when available.

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752 - Houses for Rent Union Co.

w/s/g. No smoking/tobacco no pets, 541-962-0398.

4 BDRM, $820/mo. No smoking. 541-963-2641

• Outside RV Storage • Fenced Area (6-foot barb) NEW clean units

All sizes available (Gxlo up to 14x26)

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3 3la l 4 t h CLASSIC STORAGE 541-524-1534 2805 L Street

NEW FACILITY!!

Vanety of Sizes Available 2 BDRM, 1 ba, w/s/g pd.

Secunty Access Entry $650. N E P r o perty 4 BDRM, 2 bath, 2 story, RV Storage Mgt. 541-910-0354 fenced yard, no smoking, no pets, $950/mo 2 BDRM, 701 1/2 F Ave. plus deposit and last W /D h o o k- u p m ont h r ent . $550/mo. 1st, last, (!t 208-739-2874 SECURESTORAGE $200 cleaning deposit 541-663-8410, leave CUTE COTTAGE style Surveillance Cameras msg. No pets.

2bd house, southside La Grande location, no Computenzed Entry 2 BEDROOM, 1 bath duCovered Storage smoking o r pet s, Super size 16'x50' plex, w/ d h o o kups, $ 595 / m o ca II 541-963-4907 duel heat, corner lot, 541-523-2128 o ff-street p a r k i n g . $650/month, $675 de- UNION 2b d, 1 ba s g c 3100 15th St. Baker City posit. No pets/smok$695, senior discount, ing. 541-786-6058 pets ok. 541-910-0811

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PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER & THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA, UNION & BAKER COUNTIES

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780 - Storage Units

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880 - Commercial Property

MOVF INSPFCIAl!

(Units 5x10 up to 10x30)

23.7 ACRES + 541-523-9050 North end of Unity Reservoir in .12 X 20 storage with roll Rattlesnake Estates up door, $70 mth, $60 Secluded Lakefront deposit 541-910-3696 1568 sq. ft. manufactured 3-bdrm, 2 bath home.

795 -Mobile Home A/C, Forced Air Heat, Metal Roof, Vaulted Spaces Ceilings, 2 pastures, SPACES AVAILABLE, 2 wells Ltt Sm. Shop. one block from SafeBeautiful Mtn Views! way, trailer/RV spaces.

3 Tax Lots, Zoned R2 W ater, s e w er , g a r MUST SELL!!!! bage. $200. Jert, man$225,000 a ger.

La Gran d e CaII: (503)666-4759 541-962-6246

NORTH BAKER 9th Dr Neighborhood 3-bdrm, 1 1/2 bath.

1589 sq. ft. home, 2-car garage in front and 2-car garage off alley. Gas forced heat.

Updated kitchen Ltt baths, clean, spacious,lots of built-ins.

$169,900 541-403-1380 www eastoregoo craigshst org /reo/4852994585 html

htt:// ortland.crai slist.or / mlt/reo/4880235444.html

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FOR SAlF - HAINFS Comfortable country home on 6 acres.

LOS HOMK 3-bdrm, 2 bath, 2,100 sq. ft on 1.7 acres with a creek and timber $265,000

Stick-built in 2006

1700 sq. ft., 3+ bdrm 2 bath. Attached 2-car garage. Fenced. Nice custom barn with stalls and set up for 820 - Houses For 4-H animals. Garden Sale Baker Co. area. Front porch, back 2.94 COUNTRY ACRES deck, and awesome w/ 2001 Manufactured views. $285,000.

3 bdrm Home $69,000 CaII 541-856-3844. w / $ 1 5,000. d o w n .

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541-519-9846 Durkee

3 BD 2ba house. New sun room, hardward floors, u n derground spinkler system, f i ni shed b a s e ment , i n f loor circulating h o t woard heat, attic stora ge, s t orage s h e d, much m o r e ! 204 Spnng Ave La Grande. $167,900. For viewing ca II 541-910-7478

GREAT HOME, shop, lon ance, $ 2 k do w n , $1170/mo. ahuber© eou.edu, 541-534-2155

Broker owned and priced to se!!!!!

Travis Bloomer The Whitney Land Company

541-519-3260

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$125,000 SINCE THE OWNER BOUGHT THE HOME IN 2012 they have made several

improvements. New metal roof, furnace and central air, gas hot water heater tank, electrical panel, toilets, interior 8 exterior paint and floor coverings. New windows, added insula, tion and had garage sheet rocked. Invoices for all work is on file.

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Codes (503) 373-1257.

970 - Autos For Sale 1982 JEEP Wagoneer $800/OBO 541-51 9-3732

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terminations t h rough issuance of a Letter of

1984 CHEVY H ea v y Half-ton. Would make a great wood hauling truck. Straight body, 16" tires, tool box on back, Ltt clean interior,

Asking $2,500obo. Call for more info or questions 541-910-9339.

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Lg. pnvate parking. Re- 2005 POLARIS 800 EFI. Hand warmers, winch, m odel or us e a s i s . plow. S u pe r c l e a n.

541-805-91 23 $4500. 541-524-9673 GREAT retail location in the Heart of Too many puppies, not Baker City! enough room? Classified can help.

1937 MAIN ST. 1550 sq. ft. building. $900/mo.

541-403-1139

the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations ma y i n c lude

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$99,900

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value. High traffic visibility, convenient location to shopping,

Lot 4400 is a vacant BEAUTIFUL VIEW lot in lot that has all city Cove, Oregon. Build servtces in place ready y our d r ea m h o m e . to develop or use for Septic approved, elecparking. Lot 4300 has tnc within feet, stream a charming "Vintage" r unning through l o t . home with full A mazing v i e w s of basement, handicap mountains Ltt valley. and bathroom, 3.02 acres, $62,000 parking Large deck and 208-761-4843 attached storage bldg.

"Live where you ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdtvtwork" use. Multitude sion, Cove, OR. City: of Commercial uses.

Sewer/VVater available. +RE D U C E D + Regular price: 1 acre m/I $69,900-$74,900.

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Century 21 You can enloy extra vacation Sale Union Co. , Eagle Cap Realty, NEW 1-BDRM home. 40 m oney by exchangingidl e FOR SALE: 3bd, 2ba, w/ acres. Denny Cr. rd. items in your home for cash J acuzzi t ub , f e n c e d , 541-9634)511. powdernveriay©gmail- ... with an ad in classified. yard, Ltt a dog kennel, 541-786-8793 com.

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25'x40' Pavilion with 2 vaulted facilities on property, fenced Ltt gated. Timber, Pine Creek runs though, well. 12 miles from Baker City. $169,000 Travis Bloomer

IN LA GRANDE. 1- 3bcl $ 110,000, 1 - 4bc l $ 130,00 .

C as h, FSBO - 1929 Grove St. Tear down and build your 541-963-2641 new home, fantastic lot! $32,500 (405) 255-7097

TRAILER SPACE in Union, avail. March 8th, W /s/g. $2 50 / m o .

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD —9B

PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER & THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA, UNION & BAKER COUNTIES

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Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifiedslbakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifiedsllagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices A-SECURED STORAGE R EN I STATE: 3112 East Q St La Grande, OR 97850 541-963-2331 The following st orage units are in default and will be a uctioned on March 4, 2015 starting at 10:00 am.

R ex Allen JR ¹ OQ1 2 T nxie Hale ¹ Q72 / 8 1 Fredenco Lopez ¹OQ22 N atasha Roberts ¹ Q 1 4 Tasha Romine ¹ Q1 Brenda Walker ¹ 7 0 /83 A-Secured Storage 2504-2516 Cove Ave La Grande, OR 97850 541-963-2331 The following st orage units are in default and will be a uctioned on March 4, 2015 starting at 11:00 am.

J ayne Baremore ¹ 1 1 5 Tabitha Padgett ¹ 119 Ronnie Belsma ¹1 Todd Hardwick ¹ 34 Debra Hedland ¹104/123 C athenne Keeling ¹ 1 2 8 W illiam Shade Jr ¹ 17 3 Alexxis Weeks ¹ 218 S ales are subject t o cancellation. T h ere is a $50.00 refundable depos i t ed required on each unit p urchased.

U ni t s must be emptied the day of purc h ase.

Deposit will be r efunded when t he unit is emptied.

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TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE T . S . N o .: 0R-14-648096-NH 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 ribed 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 s m issed e x -

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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 c t i o n

86.752(3) of Oregon

R evised St a t u t e s .

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

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

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$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 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 r ough 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

efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off.

Nothing in this notice

shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary u nder th e D e e d o f Trust pursuant to the t erms o f the loa n documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given

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

w ill on 5/28/2015 at the hour of 10:00 am, Standard o f Time , a s e s t a b l ished by s ect i o n 187.110, Oregon Rev ised Statues, At t h e front entrance of the Union C o u r t h o use, 1001 4th Street, in the City o f L a G r a n d e, County of Union, OR 97850 County of UNION, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the s aid d e scribed r e a l p roperty w h i c h t h e g rantor had o r h a d p ower t o c o nvey a t the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, t o gether w it h

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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 Statutes has the nght 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 Nature of Right. Lien or Interest COLLEEN 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 to: www .servicelinkasap.com In construing

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ant to O r e gon Law , t his sale w il l no t b e RIGHT-OF-WAY deemed final until the VACATION T rustee's d ee d h a s been issued by QUAL- The City Council will hold ITY LOAN 5 E RVIC E a Public Hearing at its CORPORATION OF R egular Session o n WASHINGTON. If any Wednesday March 4, i rregularities are d i s 2015, which begins at covered w i t h i n 10 6:00 p . m . in the days of the date of this L a Grande City H a l l Council C h a m b e rs, sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return 1000 Adams Avenue, the buyer's money and La Grande, O r egon. take further action as The Heanng is to connecessary. If the sale sider an application to i s set a s ide f o r a n y vacate "IC" Avenue bereason, including if the tween 4 t h 5 5th Trustee is u nable to Streets and 5th Street convey title, the Purbetween "IC" and "L" chaser at the sale shall Avenue. The applicabe entitled only to a retion was filed by Union t urn o f t h e mo n i e s County on October 28, paid to t h e T r ustee. 2 014, and w a s a c This shall be the Purcepted b y t he La chaser's sole and exGrande City Council on clusive remedy. The January 14th, 2015. purchaser shall have no further r e c ourse Pursuant to Section 34 against th e T r u s t o r, of t h e C i t y of La the Trustee, the BeneGrande Charter, the ficiary, th e B e n e f ici- following entitle Ordia ry's Agent, o r t h e nance is scheduled to Beneficiary's Attorney. be read for th e f i rst If you have previously time by title only at the b een d is c h a r g e d above-mentioned City through bankruptcy, Council meeting: you may have been released of personal li- AN O RDINANCE OF ability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise

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

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

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Public Notice The La Grande Urban Renewal Agency has published the FY 2013-14 annual report. It Is on flle at La Grande Clty Hall and with the La Grande Urban Renewal Agency. The full lnformatlon Is avallable to all Interested persons. In FY 2013/2014, the La Grande URA recelved $975,614 In tax revenue from current and dellnquent tax collectlons. $187,046 was spent on debt servlce. There was an inter-fund transfer of $527,662. $276,601 was spent on materlals and servlces and $303,211 on capltal outlay.

The estlmated tax revenues for FY 2014-15 are $991,000. The estlmated total resources for FY 201415 Include an addltlonal $25,000 In grants, and an inter-fund transfer of $1,035,001 and $2,000,000 In the Issuance of debt. $ 4 08,001 Is budgeted for materlals and servlces, $2,630,000 for capltal outlay, $125,000 for contlngency, and $385,871 for debt servlce, leavlng an endlng unapproprlated balance of $384,564.

The revenues foregone by local taxlng dlstrlcts due to urban renewal are shown below.

Taxing District

Revenue Forgone

Permanent Rate Levy

Percentage of Permanent Rate Levy

City of La Grande

$463,971

$4,217,083

School District ¹1

$288,679

$4,843,554

Union County

$185,034 $38,349

$4,850,683 $1,005,768

3.81%

La Grande Cemetery

$17,614

$207,843

4H 8 Extension

$10,050

$264,741

8.47% 3.80%

$6,877

$225,184

3.05%

$1,480 $1,012,054

$39,088

3.79%

Intermountain ESD

Vector Control Local Option Vector Control Total

11.00% 5.96% 3.81%

Urban renewal agencles do not create an addltlonal tax. Instead, durlng the Agency's llfespan, overlapplng taxlng dlstrlcts "forego" a portlon of their permanent rate. Once the urban renewal area Is termlnated, the taxlng jurisdictions recelve the full permanent rate of taxes. For the majority of taxlng dlstrlcts this THE CITY COUNCIL Impact Is less than four percent of their permanent rate levy. The greatest Impact Is on the Clty of La OF THE CITY OF LA Grande, at 11% of their permanent rate levy. The School Dlstrlct and ESD are funded through the State G RANDE, U N I O N COUNTY, OREGON, School Fund on a per pupll allocatlon. There Is no dlrect Impact of urban renewal on their fundlng. The V ACATING ALL O F State School Fund Is funded through property tax allocatlons but also through other state resources.

"IC" AVENUE B ETVVEEN FOURTH AND Publish: February 11, 18, 2015 FIFTH STREET AND Legal no. 4898 THE EAST BOUNDA RY OF F IF T H STREET, ADJACENT T O PARCEL 2 O F PA RT IT I 0 N P LAT 1995-28, AND ADJACENT TO BLOCIC 50 OF CHAPLIN'S ADDITION TO LA GRANDE, UNION C O U N TY, OREGON, ACCORDI NG TO T H E R E CORDED PLAT O F SAID ADDITION; AND, ALL OF FIFTH STREET BETWEEN "L" AVENUE AND "IC" AVENUE, ADJACENT TO BLOCKS 49 AND 50 OF CHAPLIN'S ADDITION TO LA GRANDE, UNION C O U N TY, OREGON, ACCORDI NG TO T H E R E CORDED PLAT O F SAID ADDITION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

may have been used in ma nu f a c t u r i n g methampbetamines, the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e k nown t o b e t o x i c .

Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger b efore d e c i d ing t o p lace a b i d f o r t h i s property at th e t r ustee's sale. NOTICE TO The applicable land use TENANTS: TENANTS regulations are found OF THE S U BJECT in Chapter 8, Section REAL P R O PERTY 8 10 of t h e C i t y o f HAVE C E RTAI N P RO- La Grande Land DevelTECTIONS A FF o pment C od e O r d i FORDED TO THEM nance Number 3210, UNDER ORS 86.782 Senes 2013. This matAND POSSIBLY UNter will be referred to DER FEDERAL LAW. the La G r ande C i ty ATTACHED TO THIS Council in March 4th, NOTICE OF S A LE, 2 015, an d A p r i l 1 , AND INCORPORATED 2015, for a decision on HEREIN, IS A NOTICE this matter. Failure to TO TENANTS THAT raise a specific issue SETS FORTH SOME at this Public Hearing OF TH E P R OTEC- p recludes appeal t o T IONS THAT A R E the Oregon Land Use A VAILABLE T O A Board of Appeals. A TENANT OF THE SUB- copy of the application JECT REAL PROPand all information reERTY AND W H ICH lated to the proposal is SETS FORTH CERavailable for review at T AIN REQ U I R E - no cost, w it h c o pies MENTS THAT MUST supplied at a reasonBE COMPLIED WITH able cost. A Staff ReBY ANY TENANT IN port will be available ORDER TO OBTAIN for review seven (7) THE AFFORDED PRO- days before the PlanT ECTION, A S R E - n ing Co m m i s s i o n QUIRED UNDER ORS Heanng, and can also 8 6.771. QU A L I T Y be supplied at a reaMAY B E C O NSID- sonable cost. For furERED A DEBT COLther information, conLECTOR ATTEMPTtact the Planning DiviING TO COLLECT A sion at (541) 962-1307.

DEBT AND ANY INF ORMATION O B - A ll meetings of th e L a T AINED W I L L B E Grande City C o uncil U SED FO R T H A T are accessible to perP URPOSE. TS N o : sons with disabilities.

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HAPPENINGS MANY EQU sTUDENTs TURN To wEB DUE To LAcK QF An1~On Ash GroveCement Co. names David G. Meyer vice president

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.— David G. Meyer has joined Ash Grove Cement Co. as its vice president and chief financial officer in the company's headquarters in Overland Park.

In his new role, Meyer will direct accounting, treasury, internal audit, tax and information technology functions.

"Dave brings 17 years of ,v, corporate finance leadership in strategic planning and capital markets as well as financial planning and reporting withinalargecorporate Meyer se t t ing,"Ash Grove President and CEO Randy Vance said in apressrelease."His priorexperience also includes seven years with a Big 4 public accounting firm. Dave is a great addition to our senior management team."

Most recently, Meyer served as senior vice president-finance for Dairy Farmers of America, a $13 billion dairy cooperative.

Prior to his employment at Dairy Farmers of America he served as audit manager for Deloitte, also in Kansas City.

Ash Grove owns a cement production plant in Durkee, about 25 miles southeast of Baker City.

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OTEC proposes first overhaul of bylawssince coop's inception BAKER CITY — Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative' sboard ofdirectorsisproposing the first overhaul of OTEC's bylaws sincethe cooperative was started in 1988.

OTEC's 29,000 customers in four counties — Baker, Union, Grant and Harney — will vote on whether to approve the revised bylaws this spring.

Ballots will be mailed to OTEC members in early April, and results will be announced at OTEC's annual meeting May 2 in John Day, said Jim Horan, manager of communications and government affairs.

OTEC members will also vote on board of director openings in this election.

M ost of the 15 proposed changes to the bylaws are editorial in nature — basically, rewording parts of the document to reflect changes in the electricity business, said Aletha Bonebrake of Baker City, a member of OTEC's nine-person board of directors.

Bonebrake, along with directors Charles Hofmann, also of Baker City, and George Austin Bingaman, of Union County, made up a committee that oversaw the proposed revision to the bylaws.

Bonebrake said the revised bylaws won't affect how OTEC delivers electricity to its customers.

Among the few proposed changes that are more substantive than a simple rewording is the addition of a clause that allows OTEC to sell products other than"energy."

Although the cooperative doesn't have any plans to this end now, it's possible thatin the future OTEC would, for instance, sell rooftop solarpanelsorotherproducts,Horan said.

He reminds OTEC members that if theyreceiveayellow ballotenvelope,that means they are not registered to vote in OTEC elections. Non-registered members can fill out a registration form and mail it back, with their completed ballot, and it will be counted, he said.

OTEC customers who are already registered to vote will receive a green ballot.

More information, including a copy of the proposed new bylaws,isavailable online at www.otecc.com.

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By Lisa Britton ForWesCom News Serwce

If you buy the occasional item on Amazon.com — or use the website often — you can help local organizations without paying an extra penny.

The programiscalled AmazonSmile. To participate, type www.smile.amazon.com into your Web browser.

Next, you are prompted to choose a charity, which will receive 0.5 percent of your eligible purchases. Your selection is remembered and every purchase made through AmazonSmile results in a donation.

It might be hard to choose a charity — more than 60 Eastern Oregon groups are listed in AmazonSmile.

Teal Pennebaker, corporate communications for Amazon, said there are nearly one million public charitable organizationsthat areregistered, provided to Amazon by GuideStar USA. Some organizations are listedbut notyetregistered for AmazonSmile. If a shopper chooses one of these, AmazonSmile will contact the charity and ask them to register to receive donations.

If acharity doesnotregister, the donations will still be tracked and saved for a year.

Ifthe organization chooses to notregister,thedonations collected in their name will be redist ributed to another charity of their choice.

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Jordann Roberts, who grew up in Union, enjoys shopping locally for clothes because she can try them on before buying them. She sometimes travels out of the area to shop for clothes.

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

Eastern Oregon University students have a definite presence in the Grande Ronde Valley. Three out of four EOU students live off campus.

Despite being partofthe community, many students may be less inclined to shop local and turn toward online shopping for their retail needs.

Xavier Romano, vice president for student services at EOU, said the convenience of shopping online persuades many people, not just students, to stay home and turn on their computer, rather than get in their car and drive to the nearestretailstore.

"I think most students, particularly because they come from the region, or Tri-City (Washingtonl area, are pretty savvy," Romano said."They know their dollars stay local. They're savvy consumers, but they know if they are in the mood to bargain hunt they11 probablybe pretty competitive

utilizing some of the search engines and deals on the Internet. If they're in the mood and willing to put up with the delayed delivery, that can be a remarkable market."

Romano said it really depends on when the students need the item they're shopping for.

"How bad do they want it?" he said."Food is one thing, as opposedtoclothing.A lotofpeople do clothing online. But on Amazon, what can't you get?"

Shari Carpenter, EOU associateprofessorofbusiness,said it all has to do with habits.

"As humans we develop habits, repetitive ways of doing things," Carpenter said."Habits can be the easiest way, or they can be the hardest way, but it's our way. As consumers we create buying habits. Marketers such as me study those habits and call it consumer behavior."

Romano said students will shop local for groceries, but many look online first for other items.

EOU senior Jordann Roberts, 22,said she prefersto try clothes on, which makes online options lessattractive.Shealso grew up in Union and is more inclined to shop at the stores she's grown up with.

Carpenter said people maintain the habits they formed early in life. eWe develop our shopping habits over the courseofourlife," Carpenter said.'Those habits are nurtured by our family, our friends and affected by where we live."

Roberts said she shops at J.C. Penney, Maurices and Bealls, stayingclose tohome.

Sometimes she'll travel to Boise, Idaho, or the Tri-Cities area if she wants more clothing options, but not often. e You can't find books here," she said."Sometimes the prices ion clothes) will be a bit more expensive in the stores rather than online, but it's worth it."

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Port dispute poses problems for potato farmers

By Jayson Jacoby WesCom News Serwce

The potential problems for Baker Valley's $12 million annual potato industry extend from the greatocean portsoftheW est,to a depletedreservoirin the Blue Mountains, to a negotiating table in aplace yettobedetermined.

Suffice it to say that the past month has brought the sort ofstress thatspud growers typically associate with summer hailstorms or insect infestations.

First, on Jan. 22, Baker County's eight potato growers

had a"bombshell dropped on"

them when Heinz, which had bought most of the locally grown potatoes in 2014,said itwasn't renewing the contract.

That contract covered 3,000 acres out of the 3,800 on which potatoes were grown lastyear, saidMark Ward, a potato grower and president of the Malheur Potato Bargaining Association.

That group represents farmers in both Malheur and Baker counties.

Heinz's announcement forced Bob Chamberlin/LosAngelesTimes potatogrowers to look elsewhere Container ships wait outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long for a buyer for the 2015 crop they Beach, which are facing increased congestion over President's SeePotato / Page 11B Day weekend.

'How to Build Your Budget' workshop coming March 3

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BAKER CITY — A free workshop titled "How to Build Your Budget" is planned from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. March 3 at Baker County Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. in Baker City.

Also on March 3, Debbie Votaw, housing manager for Community Connection, will present an Individual DevelopmentAccount orientation for people trying to save up to $12,000 for a mortgage down payment.

The free 45-minute class will start at 2:30 p.m. at Community Connection.

People planning to attend either or both events on March 3 should RSVP by calling Votaw at 541-963-3186.

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Who is a manager? Those individuals held responsible and accountableforthe proper supervisionand leadership of employees. Managers should concern themselves with the key functional areas of planning, organizing, controlling, coordinating and leading.

What should managers be doing? They need to actually manage, not to do the work of those they supervise. This requires being aware and avoiding the 10 management traps.

The first trap is being the"best

BRAIN FOOD ICEN ICELLER technician" and not being"the best manager possible." This requires learning and performing all of the functions of management.

The second trap is thinking like an employee. Managers need to think in terms of using what theyhave and not bemaking excuses for why something cannot get done.

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potential personaland corporate legal liability exposure that their behavior could cause.

The fourth trap is failure to lead by example. Managers must be an example to all in the company and serve as an ambassador to suppliers,clients,prospects and business partners.

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AMAZON Continued from Page 10B Baker County CASA, signed up the nonprofit several months ago. After registering, she posted the information about AmazonSmile on Facebook to let people know how they could support

CASA. The AmazonSmile Foundation does not charge administratio n feesortakea deduction &om the donation amount. There is no cost to sign up a charitable organization.

If you want to spread the proceeds around, simply go to your Amazon account and click on "Change Your Charity."

There are a variety of charities to choosefromchurches, art centers, museums, programs that serve youth, service organizations and more.

To look for a specific charity, type in the name or the city.

Ginger Savage, executivedirectorofCrossroads Carnegie Art Center, recently signed up for AmazonSmile but had to use the art cen-

EOU Continued from Page 10B Roberts said the biggestdownside ofshopping local is the lack of variety. Specific items, such as prom dresses when she was in high school, can be diKcult to find here.

Roberts said La Grande has a greatselection of gift stores, such as Potter's House and Alma Jane's. She said, however, that there's no real variety for shoes in La Grande and she'll go somewhere else to buy those.

Lara Bushue, 20-year-old EOU junior, agrees with Roberts that buying shoes in La Grande can be diKcult. However, Bushue does the bulk ofher shopping online — even goingsofar asorderingotfW almart'swebsite and picking up items at the La Grande store becauseofthe cheaper pricesonline.

"Research tells us the habit or the'way' we shop is learned," Carpenter said."I grew up very poor. My family was struggling dairy farmers with a small herd. My mom taught us to shop the clearance racks first, shop for bargains. We went to the grocery on best

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She said to ask"How much can I do local as possible?" before going online to make a purchase.

For more information about AmazonSmile, visit the websites http J%mile.amazon. com/about and http%/mile. amazon.com/gp/charity/

A manager who withholds information is not an etfective manager and is not a team player.

The seventh trap is a lack of courage. Anyone in management who does not have thecourage to ask theirboss questions about why they are notinduded in certain incentive plans or why they're not invited to a meeting simply demonstrates why they should not be a manager.

The eighth trap is assuming it is someone else's responsibility to protect tangible and intangible assets, including reputation, equipment, the physical plant, copyrights, patents, trademarks and client lists that would hurt the organization iflost, stolen or damaged.

The ninth trap is the responsibility to become a better manager, meaning to continue to learn andimprove.

No job is guaranteed to last a lifetime; the bestinvestment isto become betteratwhatis done to earn a paycheck.

The last trap is thinking, as

Continued ~om Page 10B and accurate feedback, settingclearexpectations, not playing favorites, following the organization's policies and procedures, and explaining and defending them as necessary.

The fifth trap is the game of keeping score. I have witnessed it many times, managers hearing about incentiveprograms offered to some departments and not their own pout, complain and talk about how they will retaliate. Or, a meeting is called and some managers are not invited. This immature behavior poisons relationshipsand smacks of being unprofessional.

The sixth trap relates to the fifth, which is not communicating. Managers are to serveas a conduitfrom those in leadership positions to those who are not.

Information is supposed to go up and down the conduit.

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food day (double coupons). Dairy farmers are always on a schedule so we shopped time efficiently."

Bushue is &om Boring, near Gresham, where she had the convenience ofbig city shopping with Portland so close by.

"Compared to Portland and Gresham, the shopping (in La Grande) is definitely lacking," Bushue said."It's easier to shop clearance and other deals online than in the store because you don't have to search through the merchandise."

Bushue also said shopping with coupons is definitely easier online as well.

Like Roberts, Bushue said the lack of variety in La Grande can be discouraging.

"They have such limited options," she said.

"Shoes are hard to find. If you need something other than a basic shirt or pants, you can maybe find it here. When it comes to shoes, or even cosmetics, we don't have many options."

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Baker Valley spuds this year, but so far hasn't mentioned a having a directffect." e Continued from Page 10B possible price.

— Potato grower Mark Ward Ward said he hopes to theWest Coast port dispute have aformal contractoffer hope to plant later this in relation to potato farming spring. from the Oregon Potato Co. That effort has embroiled affected not only potato grow- by March 1.

Which would give growspud farmers in the labor ers, but also onion farmers in the Ontario area. ers enough time — but only disputeatWest Coastports that has slowed, and in some They do have a highbarely. level ally in U.S. Rep. Greg W ard said farmers need to casesstopped, exportsofall decide by March 15 whether sorts of products, including Walden,the Oregon Republican whose district includes to plantpotatoes or switch to food.

"It's a big, big issue,"Ward allofOregon eastofthe a diferent crop this year.

But even if a favorable consaid on Monday."It's having Cascades. a directeffect." tractisoffered,some growers Last week Walden advoPotato growers found out catedforarapid resolution to — including Ward and his how direct when they tried to the labor dispute. brother, Craig — have other "Enough is enough," make a deal with the Lamb issues to consider in deciding what crop to plant this Weston company, which owns Walden said."These sides spring. severalpotato-processing need to come together.I The biggest issue, Mark plants in the Columbia Basin believe as someone who repin bothOregon and Washresents part of the Columbia W ard said, iswater. ington.

River Basin that the lack of Specifically, the potential lack of water.

W ard said he believesthat an agreement has caused Lamb Weston, a division of Although some Baker severe economic hardship, ConAgra Foods, was internot only around the ports, Valley potato farmers have irrigation wells to nourish ested in buying Baker Valley but also for our growers and our manufacturers." their spuds, Ward said he potatoes.

But with the ports operatand his brother depend solely Walden pointed out that ing so sluggishly, the comthe laborstrife datestoM ay on water stored in Phillips Reservoir. pany, which exports much of 2014, nine months ago.

"Babies are born in nine the products &om its plants, But that reservoir along hasn't been able to ship as months,"Walden said.'You the Powder River, about 17 much as it would like, Ward miles southwest of Baker ought to get a contract in nine months. And if you can't, City, is just 30 percent full.

SRld. Lamb Weston likely will then we're going to do someAnd with the snowpack still be processing potatoes thing about it. They need to in the upper Powder River from the 2014 crop until July, get their work done." basin running about 55 he said.

While Walden and other percentofaverage,it'squite The bottom line, Ward lawmakers try to intervene possible thatthereservoir won't fill this spring, and that in the dispute, Baker Valley said, is that Lamb Weston farmers won't get their full doesn't have the capacity to potato growers are hoping allotment of irrigation water add a 2015 potato crop &om to negotiate a contract with Baker Valley to its supply. the Oregon Potato Co., Ward this summer.

'The water situation is "I would say that option is SRld. otfthe table,"Ward said.

That company has exvery tight, very worrisome," The port problems have pressed an interest in buying Ward said.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband is a handsome Am I right in thinking this is rude, executive who works out of town. I'm a probecause in my opinion, they are trespassing? fessional with a responsiblej ob that limits Not only could I be held responsible if one my ability to travel. of them gets hurt on my property, but they Ineededtoborrow hisphone recentlyand also are extremely loud and do this while my noticed that one fohis colleagues has beentexchildrenare tr ying to nap.They havebeen ting him after hours. She asksifhe has traveled asked to stop, and I have threatened to talk safely, tells him she nu'sseshim, how much she to their parents, even thoughI don't know where they live. What do Ido? enjoys working with him — all with romun6c — FRUSTRATED emoticons. I'm concerned that HOMEOWNER the flattery and emoticons 0 EAR DEAR FRUSTRATED: irukcate she wants more than a work-bused relationship. She's ABB Y Disc u ss this with your insurmarried with kids. How should ance broker. You are correct Iapproach this? that if one of the children — WORRIED WIFE IN EENT UCEY gets hurt on your property you could be DEAR WORRIED WIFE: Because there liable.

You alsoneed tobe moreproactive have been more than one of these flirtatious, than you have been. Tell the kids they are unbusinesslike communications, assume disturbing your children who are trying that your husband hasn't discouraged them. to nap, and if the kids don't go away, find Coniront him. Tell him you feel what she's out where they live and talk to the other doing is a threat to your marriage, and you parents. It would be cheaper than having to want it stopped. But before you do, make install a gate in front of your driveway. copies of the texts so you can coniront the woman with them if she doesn't stop.

DEAR ABBY: Doyou know why people nowadaysfeeltheneed to announcetheirpregDEARABBY: Is it OK for a man to talk nancies via ultrasound pictures? I'm sorry, but on his cellphone at the urinal in a public re- I really don't want to see all that. Iguess some stroom, orfora woman totalk on thephone folks think the imcge ofa blurry, black-andwhile using the toiletin one of the stalls? white fetus is "darling."But to me, all I see is an Also, please remind everyone to wash their up-close-and-personal snapshot ofa stranger's hands afte rusing the restroom. uterus. Even if we're best friends, I don't need — RUSSELL INRICHLAND, WASH. all that detail. TMI, right?

DEARRUSSELL: Ican thinkoffew I really wish people would deliver this things more unpleasant than conversing kind of news face-to-face. Or call me, text me, with someone with the sound of"running whatever. It serves the same purpose and isn't nearly as graphic. water" ior worse) in the background and toilets flushing. Why anyone would do this — NOTREADYFORA CLOSE-UI' DEAR NOT READY: If seeing a sonois beyond me. It's very rude.

And, while I can remind people about gram is "TMI" for your sensibilities, all you hand-washing until the cows come home, need to do is scroll past it. It's not as if you're I'll suggest instead that men and women beingforced to view thefetus.Being ableto who use public restrooms not touch the door see the product they're manufacturing prehandle without a paper towel — when avail- delivery helps many couples to bond with able — firmly in hand. theirbabies,and when people are happy, they often want to share their joy. So loosen DEARABBY: Igrew up in the'90s in a up and let them. neighborhood where the kids respected their neighbors. I now live in a different state and, Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van obviously, a differentera.N eighborhood kids Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and constantly use my steep dri veway to ride was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. their bicycles, tricycles and scooters without Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or PO. Box 69440, Los Angeles,CA 90069. asking permission.

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The ruling late Monday by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen throws millions of immigrants into limbo. The injunction allows a coalition of 26 states more time topursue a lawsuit to permanently stop Obama's Nov. 20 executive order, which would shield fiom deportatio n more than 4 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had been expectedto begin accepting applicati ons Wednesday for a partofthe program that woulddeferdeportation for an estimated 270,000 immigrants brought to the country as children. Other parts of theprogram were setto begin in May, but Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday afternoon that the administration had no choice but to conform to the ruling and wouldn't be accepting applications. eWe must comply," Johnson said in a statement.

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