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Man found dead after vehide got stuckin snow

TODAY Today is Wednesday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2015. There are 302 days left in the year.

TODAY INHISTORY On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term of office; with the end of the Civil War in sight, Lincoln declared, "With malice toward none, with charity for all."

• William Lee Fox found near Ollokot Campground in rural Wallowa County

and much of the country along the Loop Road, but Roberts said satellite spots work to alert family members of a traveler'swhereabouts.

OtheradviceRogers offered for wintertime travelers is to have a few days' worth of water and food and blankets or sleeping bags. If you aren't in good shape, he advised not to try to walk out.

'You are much better off sittingin your car and waiting for someone to come by, and a

pushed up at the intersectiontoprevent people from driving the road that is not

By Katy Nesbitt maintained in the winter.

Loop Road and beyond past The Observer "If there isn't a physical Ollokot Campground to the ENTERPRISE — A North i ntersection of Little Dry barrier, people will drive up there," Rogers said.

Powder man was found dead Creek Road, where his venear the Pallette Ranch on h i c le got stuck in the snow.

The sherifFs offrce said Fox suff ered from several theupper Imnaha River Rogerssaid the intersecmedical conditions, includRoad Sundayafternoon. t ion of theWallowa MounAccording to Sheriff Steve t ain Loop and Imnaha River ing chronic lung disease.

It's believed that he died of Rogers, William Lee Fox, roads is typically closed this natural causes.

78, of North Powder, drove tim e of year due to snow. up the Imnaha River Road R o gers said when there's There is no cellphone serto the Wallowa Mountain eno u gh snow, a berm is vice along the Imnaha River

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La Grande High School senior Elle Abel feared she would be speechless as she walked to the podium in LHS's audio visual auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.

"I was worried that my words would not come out,"

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Patrons taste a variety of beers on tap at the inaugural Eastern Oregon Beer Festival. Event organizers announced this week the second annual festival will be held over tvvo days rather than just one this June.

She had reason to be nervous.

Along with 46 students in John Lamoreau's U.S. history and government classes, Abel was attending an Internet video interview with internationally renowned author and war correspondent Peter Maass. Abel was among 17 LHS students who read preparedquestions to Maass

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• Eastern Oregon Beer "(E0BF) is La GrandeMain street's major fundraiser. we werelooking Festival to last two days f Or WaySto eXPand On PrOfitS." — Saira Siddiqui, Main Street coordinator

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EASTERN OREGON BEER FESTIVAL

ONTHIS DATE In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in NewYork. (The lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.)

In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.

In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the16th president of the United States.

The Confederate States of America adopted as its flag the original version of the Stars and Bars.

In 1913, the "Buffalo nickel" officially went into circulation.

In 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge's inauguration was broadcast live on 21 radio stations coast-to-coast.

In 1930, Coolidge Dam in Arizona was dedicated by its namesake, former President Calvin Coolidge.

In 1964, Teamsters president James Hoff a and threeco-defendants were found guilty by a federal court in Chattanooga, Tennessee, of jury tampering.

In1974, the first issue of People magazine, then called PeopleWeekly,wa spublished byTime-Life Inc.; on the cover was actress Mia Farrow, then co-starring in "The Great Gatsby."

In 1989,Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. announced plans for a huge media merger.

In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment at work can be illegal even when the offender and victim are of the same gender.

lotwarmer,"Rogerssaid.

Rogers also said to be careful about relying solely on GPS units.'We have semis coming into the county thinking state Highway 82 is Interstate 82," he said.

'You just need to use some common sense."

After the inaugural event earned the Eastern Oregon Beer Festival a nod in the 2015 Oregon Beer Awards, eventorganizersare settoexpand the event in its second year.

EOBF organizers announced this week the June event will be held over two days rather than one.

EOBF, a fundraiser for La Grande Main Street Downtown, was a success in its first year. Still, organizers didn't expectthefestivaltobe nominated as one of thebestbeerfestsin thestate.

"I was so excited," Main Street Coordinator Saira Siddiqui said of the nomination. Siddiqui said she had no idea the festival had been nominated for the award.

Though EOBF didn't take home the award, Siddiqui said it bodes well for the future of the event.

"That really leads the way to this year," she said.

This year's event will start at 5 p.m.

June 19, a Friday, then continue with a fullday ofbeeron Saturday the 20th, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. ''We knew last year we could expand on it," Siddiqui said.

largely through Main Street memberships and the funds raised by the beer festival. "iEOBFl is La Grande Main Street's major fundraiser," Siddiqui said.'We were looking for ways to expand on profits."

Siddiqui is confident in the festival's success. Since last year's event, she has beencontacted by a hostofpeople who want in on the action.

'Vendors from Salem want to come.

I have piles of musicians," she said.

"I've even had breweries approach me."

With demand high — and a sold-out event last year — Main Street intends to double the number of tickets availableforthissummer's festival.

Unfortunately for wine aficionados hoping to get a taste from Oregon vineyards, this year's event won't feature wine.

"It's just beer this year," Siddiqui said."There are just so many logistics.

We need to get a couple years under our belt."

Speakout TODAY'S QUESTION Are you looking forward to a two-day Eastern Oregon Beer Festival?

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Friday, the event will have tastings of the most unique specialty beers. ''We'retrying to givepeople a bang for their buck Friday," Siddiqui said.

Tickets will be sold by the day, with fewer tickets available for Friday. VIP tickets, at$50 perday,and general admission tickets, $25 per day, go on sale April 15. EOBF will also charge an entrancefee of$5 forfestival-goers without tickets — non-drinkers and those going to Saturday's after-party.

Lastyear,thosepeople gotin free.

La Grande Main Street is looking to EOBF to become a support system for the nonprofit. Main Street is currently staffedby AmeriCorps participants, but members would like to soon hire a full-time, salaried staffer — paid for

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Abel succeeded not only in smoothly posing her question — asking if the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of American citizens violates the Fourth Amendment — but she evoked one of many candid and illuminating responses from Maass.

Maass answered yes, warrantless surveillance by the NSA does violate the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. He urged peopleto speak out against this practice.

"It is really important to do something now. If we don't do something now, it will be much harder to do in the future," said Maass, who was on the East Coast and is a New York City resident.

Abel's question came on the heels of one by senior Zosha Parker-Halstead, pointing out that President Barack Obama was previouslyopposed to warrantless surveillance, but as president he has been supportive of it.

Maass speculatedthat Obama may be trying to prove that he is not a weak liberalDemocrat. Maass also said Obama may be influenced by the security offrcials he is often in contact with at the White House.

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Don't miss one-day rummage sale

State Society Daughters of the EOLS directors meet American Revolution will hold next week Our Lady of the Valaregularmeeting March 13 UNION — The next ley Catholic Church in La at the Sunridge Restaurantin monthly meeting of the direcGrande will have a rummage Baker City. Luncheon begins tors of the Eastern Oregon at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting Livestock Show is scheduled sale Saturday. The one-day sale will run from 8 a.m. to 2 at noon. The program, present- for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the EOLS Clubhouse located on p.m. Use the entrance at the ed by Nancy Wilson, is titled corner of Fifth Street and K "Copperfield: Baker County's East Delta Street in Union.

Avenue.

Infamous Town of the Early 1900s." It is a fun story ofhow BLM Baker oNce Learn how to be a holds open house a woman saved the town. market vendor For more information, call BAKER CITY — The The La Grande Farmers' Meschelle Cookson at 541Baker Field Office of the U.S. Market annual vendor meet- 523-4248, Joan Smith at 541- Bureau of Land Management's Vale District will hold ing will be held March 11 963-4861 or Roberta Morin in the Community Room at at 541-446-3385.

Visitorsare an open house Monday.

The Baker Field Office has the Cook Memorial Library. always welcome.

Those considering becoming been at its new location on PFLAG to meet at H Street in Baker City since a vendor at the market are Zion Lutheran encouraged to attend. Get Oct. 8 oflast year. The new This month's Union Coun- office building underwent questions answered, meet other vendors and sign up for ty PFLAG meeting will begin extensive remodeling by local contractorsin preparation for a space. at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Alan Sweet from the group's new meeting location, the move. The Baker Field Oregon Department of Zion Lutheran Church, loOffice will be open to the Agriculture will be on hand cated at the corner of Fourth public from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. to license scales beginning Street and I Avenue in La LGMSD hosts social at 6 p.m. The event begins at Grande. Park in the lot on I media workshop Avenue and enter through 6:30 p.m. The meeting will include a potluck. Attendees the office door. One item of La Grande Main Street Downtown organizes and are asked to bring their own discussion will be the possidishes. Drinks will be probility of carpooling to see the hosts a business developPortland Gay Men's Chorus ment workshop series every vided. For more information, callBeth at541-663-8100. other month in the Upper perform in Pendleton's Vert Auditorium on April 11.

Room at The Marketplace.

DAR meets March 13 The March social board Each workshop spotlights in Baker City game night is planned to run a different theme to help BAKER CITY — The Lone from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. March businesses and nonprofit Pine Tree chapter of Oregon 20 at Bear Mountain Pizza. organizations succeed.

OBITUARIES nity Presbyterian Church, Spokane Valley, La Grande Washington.

Kevin Lind ofRichard H. Voght, 24, of La Grande, died Tuesday at A public ficiated. home. A full obituary will Stratos mem o r ial Peplinski She was born service/potluck be published later. Loveland to Edward and Funeral Chapel & Cremais planned noon to 4 p.m.

Jessie iDavisl Cox on Oct. 6, tory will be handling the Sunday at the Riverside Park 1955, in Baker City. She was arrangements.

Pavilion in La Grande. raised in North Powder and Pendleton and graduated Jason was born June 11, from Pendleton High School.

1980, in Roseburg to Sidney La Grande Ulysses Stratos Sr. and Cheryl She attended a year at Ann Stratos. He graduated Oregon State University and from Union High School and another year at WashingNita May Mitchell, 72, a resident of La Grande for attended College of the Siskiy- ton State University before 71 years, died in Richland, ous studying crinnnal justice. permanently moving to Washington, Feb. 28.

Spokane, where she married Jason also began training She was born Jan. 5, 1943, to be an emergency medical and started her family. in La Grande. technician.

After a few years working in the Central Valley Jason worked a variety of construction jobs including School District, she began fencingand roofi ng. her 25-year career with La Grande 1962-201 5 Jason also enjoyed working Blankenship and Associwith special needs children ates, where she made many and helping others. friends within the commerMichele F. Nelson, 52, of La Grande, died Feb. 21 at His hobbies included play- cial lighting industry. She her home. ing videos and cribbage. loved spending time with her Michele was born on Nov. Survivors include his family — especially birthday mother, Cheryl Stratos; sister, get-togethers and sleepovers 20, 1962, the daughter of KeithAlan and Mary Jane Caroline iKatiel Stratos; with her grandsons. iRickettsl Nelson in Spokane, daughters, Alexis Drew StraShe was an avid golfer and Washington. The family tos of Kyle, Texas; Lily Ann enjoyed time with friends at later moved to La Grande, iStratosl Harvey of Portland; Deer Park Golf Course. In where she attended AckerCharlie Marie Stratos of her younger years, she was a man Elementary School, La Yreka, California; and Fern skilled and enthusiastic snow Grande Junior High and La Ira May Stratos of Yreka; skier. She had a passion for Grande High School. After Gonzaga basketball and and a son, Liam Anthony high school, she lived in Stratos of Louisville. lovedcaring forhervarious Washington for a few years Jason was preceded in pets and horses. beforemoving back to La Her favorit e vacations death by his father, Sidney Grande. She loved watching Ulysses Stratos Sr.; his were travelling to Hawaii, soapoperason television and brother, Sidney Ulysses Stra- San Antonio, Texas, and enjoyed crocheting. tos Jr.; and his maternal and Phoenix, Arizona, with Gary.

Survivors include her She is survived by her paternal grandparents.

M emorial servicesare pro- mother, Jessie Cox; her longsister, Sandra Nelson of La Grande; brother, William time partner, Gary Britt; vided by Gray's West & Co. Nelson of Oklahoma; several Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey daughter, Nicole Leonard nephews and other relatives. Ave., Baker City. ihusband Zacl; son, Matthew Arrangements are enPeplinski iwife Meriahl; two trusted to Daniels-Knopp grandsons; her niece and Funeral, Cremation & Life nephew; and brother-in-law, Tony Higley.

Celebration Center.

Formerly of North Powder She was preceded in death Cathy Sue iCoxl Peplinski, by her father, Edward, and her sister, Lucinda. tratos 59, of Spokane, Washington, and formerly of North PowIn lieu of flowers, her famFormerly of Union 1980-201 5 ily requests a donation to der, died Feb. 25.

A memorial service was the Inland Northwest Blood held March 2 at OpportuJason Anthony Stratos, Center.

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34, formerly of Union, died Feb. 19, 2015, in Louisville, Kentucky.

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested: Randy Michael Hoyle, 48, La Grande, was arrestedTuesday night on a charge of fourth-degree assault.

Arrested: Gregory Espinoza, 51, La Grande, was arrested Tuesday on a parole and probation detainer.

negotiating a bad check.

Arrested: Jessica R. Kast,26, unknown address, was arrested Monday on a Union County statewide misdemeanor warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of initiating a false report.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE

Arrested: Stacey Lynn Plummer,45, unknown address, was arrested by the Stanfield Police DepartmentTuesday ona Union County warrant that charged

La Grande Fire and Ambulance crews responded to four calls for medical assistance Monday and seven calls for medicalassistance Tuesday.

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This month, on Monday, the focus is social media, presented by Cindy Edwards Instructional Design Education Associates. Edwards will focus on the rewards and challenges of using social media and which platforms are most beneficial for specific purposes.

The Business Development workshops are free to

any LGMSD members or $10 to non-members. The classes are open to businesses and organizations or any interested community members.

Breakfast is provided. The workshops run from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., which includes some time for networking with other business members, the presenter and representatives from the LGMSD Board of Directors.

For more information or to RSVP, contact the program directoratdirector@lagrandemainstreet. org or 541-9631223.

Manaccusedof torturingcat, filming theaduse

By Jayson Jacoby WesCom News Service

BAKER CITY — A Baker City man was arrested Tuesday night on a felony charge that he tortured a cat last month, an incident that Police Chief Wyn Lohner said was filmed with a cellphone.

Chad Tyler Vaughan, 19, of 2630 Resort St., was arrested at 9:07 p.m. at his home.

He was taken to the Baker County Jail on a charge of aggravated animal abuse, a Class C felony.

Lohner said the adult cat wasableto return to its home. He didn't know the extent of its injuries.

Lohner said that although he hasn't watched the video, which was taken on Feb. 8, officer Shannon Regan, who investigated the case and did watch the video, told him it was "quite disturbing."

Lohner said that as far as police know, the video has not be posted on any public websites.

The investigation started Feb. 12 when an official at the Baker County Juvenile Department told police that a client talked about a case in which a cat had been abused.

On Tuesday the case "came together" when policegot access to the video of the incident.

Irene Louise Ferguson January 11, 1919 — February 24, 2015 Irene Louise Ferguson was born January 11, 1919, in Merrill Oregon and died quietly on February 24, 2015 in La Grande Oregon. Her sons, Dennis, Doug and Doug's wife Charlene were present with her large family kept close by phone and e-mail.

Irene was born to the parents of Phobe and William Anderson. She was the last surviving sibling, with two older brothers, Richard and Russell, and a younger sister, Jean.

The family resided on a farm which had been homesteaded by Irene's father William (Billl, in the community of Tully Lake California, just across the state line from Merrill.

Irene spent here early life here going through grade school and high school in Tully Lake. She was a typical farm girl growing up in an early 20th century agricultural community. Irene is the best cook ever, apparently learning from her mother. It is probably here that she developed the love of horses and cattle. Her parents purchased a piano for her early in life. She didn't just learn to play, she was a student of music for the rest ofher life, bringing untold pleasure to everyone who was fortunate enough to listen, to or dance to her music. Around 1937, a large itinerant family by the name of "Ferguson" moved into the area. One Max Ferguson, who was trying to complete a hit a miss education, came to Tully Lake School to try to complete high school.

Max was 21 years old at the time. A love affair began there and continued for the rest of their lives. Max and Irene were married in Reno Nevada in 1937. That union lasted until Max's death in 2006, having been married 70 years.

After their marriage, Max worked on the reclamation project which was developing additional farm ground in the area. Along with the construction, Max farmed on leased land near Tully Lake. During the War years, Max was differed from serving because he was providing more good farming for the cause than by fighting for it. First Doug came along, then Denny during the war years.

Shortly after the end of World War II, the large Ferguson family, consisting of several grown couples and their children, began migrating north into Eastern Oregon. This exodus resulted in Max, Irene and two small boys owning 1200 acres at the mouth of China Creek, on the North Fork of the Burnt River.

Living was completely primitive. They lived and thrived in an old Army Surplus tent. Max fell trees, and begin carving a small ranch out of an isolated 1200 acres known as the King Ranch. Theteam of Max and Irene landed the school bus contract for hauling the kids who lived on the "Big Flat" road to school in the small settlement of Hereford. During the school day Irene worked in the tiny telephone exchange,the "JuniperTelephone Company".

Irene was an operator for the old hand crank phone system. She also worked in the school cafeteria and gave piano lessons to quite a few kids who are old timers today. Eventually a log cabin was built and that became the home at the King Ranch. Living was a lot better in a house, and none of the family missed the convenience of plumbing or electricity. They could dip all the water they needed out of China Creek, and a cozy outhouse which faced east so the morning sun could warm body and soul on a summer morning. For light they had plenty of gas lanterns.

In 1955 Max Irene and the boys moved to a small ranch at the mouth of Fields Creek, on the John Day River in Grant County. Irene worked at the local medical facility in John

Day, and was a waitress at Marion's Cafe in down town John Day. Max worked for the Highway Division out of John Day. Eventually Irene went to work in the office of the Highway Division, and as a dispatcher for the Oregon State Police.

Around 1960 after getting Doug graduated from Dayville High School, Max and Irene moved to LaGrande, with advancements and more opportunity for each of them in their work for the State Highway Division. Mom left the highway division while in LaGrande and went to work at the Collage in LaGrande. This was also a State position, where she was executive secretary to the Dean of Administration and later became director of personnel. In the early 1960's they purchased a 40 acre piece of raw land at the base of Mount Emely, near Summerville. They carved out a showplace here, with a beautiful "A" Frame House, productive hay land, and corals to keep the ever present cattle and horses. This was the family place where Max and Irene's grown children brought their kids.

It was home away from home for family and extended family for many years. Both Max and Irene retired while living on this place.

It was a place of much love for family and friends. Denny and Doug's Kids grew up near this place and it became a lasting influence on their lives.

In the early 1970's Max and Irene got the wanderlust again and ended up at Sekiu Washington, on the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

The fishing was good and there was abundant bountyfrom the sea.They had a good comfortable boat, and the harvest was good.

After a few years it was apparent that they were just too far away from what was becoming a large and growing family being produced by their sons. They moved to Sumpter, where they begin to build a beautiful home and place out of nothing. That pioneer spirit is still present. No more than getting it just right in Sumpter, a move was made back over to the John Day Valley out on the Moon Creek Road.

By this time Max and Irene are getting along some, and actually slowing down a little, however there was a large garden, plenty of horses, and kids and grandkids. Always plenty of good food, and love.

Around 2005, Max and Irene moved back to LaGrande and took up residence in the Grande Ronde Retirement Residence.

M ax Passed Away inMay of 2006,and Irene resided there until shortly before her death. She had just been waiting to go find Max. There large family believes they are finally together.

Irene is survived by her sons Dennis Ferguson daughter in Law Kath Ferguson, Dennis's wife of nearly 50 years, of Summerville, Douglas Ferguson of Mount Vernon and his wife Charlene, Grandchildren including (littlel Doug Ferguson of Arlington, D. Mitchell Ferguson of Mount Vernon, Lindy Temple of California, Amber Ferguson of Prineville, and Mollee Wood of Powel Butte. Irene has 11 great grandkids, and 11 Great-Great grandkids.

Irene's favorite and best things were music, her and Max entertained untold number of people, playing there music from the late 1940's to the 1980's and played at home till after the millennium. She loved the outdoors, horses, wild country, the pioneer spirit, traveling over new ground on a good horse, and cooking good food.

The love of Irene's Life was Max Ferguson, her Sons, her Grandchildren, Great-grandchildren, and Great- Great Grandchildren.

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Editorial from the Bend Bulletin:

We regret to report that HUD is using ACS to establish LMISD to determine CDBG funding.

We regret to report that because it's a tangle of federal government alphabet soup. And there's serious worry it's hurting Oregonians in small towns.

Soup can, in fact,be bad for you.

Small towns have the same kinds of needs that big cities do for infrastructure improvements. But because of the way the government decides which communities get federal funding, small towns can get denied funding even though they qualify.

A few weeks ago, we wrote about how this problem was hurting Haines, population 400, in Eastern Oregon. It needs a $5 million water system improvement. But the problem is far worse than just the problem for Haines.

Here's a rundown of the alphabet soup: The HUD is the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It has a program to help pay for infrastructure improvements. The federal government prioritizes which projects get funded by looking at the economic status of communities.

The ACS is the American Community Survey.

The survey — done by the Census Bureau every year — looks at a small sample of the population.

Small sample sizes in small towns can create survey results that don't accurately reflect the community.

The LMISD is the Low and Moderate Income Survey Data derived from the ACS. That data is used to determine eligibility.

The CDBG is Community Development Block Grants. Those are the grants that small towns in Oregon can qualify for.

Actually, eight towns in the Eastern Oregon counties of Baker, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and

Wallowa lost CDBG eligibility with this method of using the ACS. The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority says use of ACS in communities of fewer than 10,000 is problematic. Oregon's Congressional delegation recently wrote a letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro requesting that it investigate the adequacy of its calculations.

Small towns should not be denied funding because the federal government can't count. The federal government should pay to ensure its count is correct.

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Some say it's getting warmer; some say not. Some say glaciers are melting; some say Antarctica is growing. Some say the seas will rise to flood coastal homes and low-lying areas. Some say it's all man's fault.

Some say our addiction to fossil fuels is the culprit. They tell us hydrocarbons, such as oil and natural gas, when consumed by our cars and coal, when converted to electricity to burn in our light bulbs and air conditioners, spew C02 into the atmosphere. Some of this C02 is absorbed into the ocean and some is taken in by plants and converted into trunks and limbs, but a bit is left over to float around the atmosphere and create a heat-retaining dome like a well-insulated roof.

Ifthisistrue,in orderfor each ofus to do his or her part in preventing a new warming era in earth's geologic calendar, Ipropose thatwe return to the ancient practice of using wood.

Think about it: Oil and natural gas were formed when sea critters died and settledto thefloorsoflakes oroceans; coal was made when plants died then fell in swamps and bogs. Both organic materials were buried in oxygen-free environments where they did not decay but simmered under great pressures and temperatures.

Coal and oil recipes called for cooking times of hundreds of millions of years.

They both remained buried,perhaps on slow boil, until a miner started digging or a roughneck driller poked some holes in theground. The globalwarming prob-

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lem started when the unearthed coal was burnedin stoves,factoriesand electric power company furnaces, and when gas was refined from oil and guzzled by your indecently large automobile.

In human bodies, when fuel or food is taken in, it's converted into another form: Something's extracted and what's leftovergoesinto theseptictank or outhouse.

With machines, stoves and power company furnaces, when fossil fuels are burned, energy is created and C02 is one of the waste products spewed into the atmosphere.

It seems to me that the environmentally sensitive, global warming worried person should: • Drive a smaller car; drive it slower forgreaterfueleffi ciency;driveitless

and walk more.

• Heat and cook, wherein possible, with wood instead of gas, electricity or coal. lin the Northwest, much good work is being done in transitioning from coal to wood-fired boilers for heating schools.

Throughout the nation you often see lumber mills that use waste wood as an energy source.)

• Forgeneration ofelectricity,promote use ofhydro, nuclear, solar, wind and woodas thesource ofelectricity.

• Avoid plastics and other oil-based products.

To summarize: Plants and bacterial organisms from which fossil fuels were made lived millions of years ago. Perhaps someofthese lifeforms breathed in oxygen, combined it with carbon and other elements and breathed out C02, which the plants breathed in, used for a while, then exhaled as oxygen.

Plants, bacteria and otherlifeforms, after death and then a long period of pressurized cooking,became coaland oil deposits.

When a miner unearths a vein of coal or adrillerpunctures an oilorgasdome, he orsheviolatesthe gravesofbeings that lived more than 100 million years ago. Then you and I burn the residue from thesecorpsesand releasecarbon from prehistoric times into today's atmosphere.

Use wood. It's environmentally neutral: carbon and oxygen united and sequestered in the tree during the present era is recycled during the current time. Therein, burn a tree to save the environment. And, at the supermarket, askforpaper instead ofplastic.

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Continued ~om Page1A responded to the scene. oThe suspect was already gone by the time our officers got there," Hays said."Ourtroops gotthere pretty fast."

The robber left through the back door with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

Based onwitness descriptions, police believetherobber brandished a shotgun. oThe robber was a single person dressed in all black clothing, concealing his identity," Hays said.oWe don't know if there were any vehicles involved."

Video cameras at the saloon were not working at the time of the robbery, according to police.

Hays said policestarted an investigationatthescene,investigating as thoroughly as possible Tuesday night. oWe will be assigning this to an investigative team today," Hays said this morning.

Police do notbelievethe suspectattemptedtorob anywhere else.

"At this point it looks like it was an isolated incident," Hays said.

Todd Baldwin, the owner of the Hideout Saloon, said that this was the first time there has been an armed robbery at his business. Baldwin said

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The Hideout Saloon in downtown La Grande was the target of an armed robberyTuesday night. No one was injured in the incident.

"I'm really thankfulthatnobody washurt.Theemployeedidagoodjob of doing what sheneeded to do."

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there have been a couple ofbreak-ins in the past but never an armed robbery.

"I'm really thankful that nobody was hurt. The employee did a good job of doing what she needed to do," said Baldwin, who was not at the Hideout

APPEAL

La Grande High School, and a Mid Columbia bus comes from Island City Elementary School.

The Romer bus has a bus stopapproximately 500 feet from the dispensary building.

The Mid Columbia bus does notdrivepastthedispensary, accordingto thepacket.

The appeal argues that it's unfair to impose the condition when school is not in session, and states that children"do not congregate" in front of the dispensary.

Eagle Cap claims the business could potentially lose

Eagle Cap claims City Councilman Troy Pointer has a bias. Pointer, at the January city council meeting, accused Wilma Reynolds, owner of Miss Willies, of selling marijuana and said the police were shutting down her business. Reynolds denied the accusation.

According to the Eagle Cap appeal, Pointer' sstatement"tainted the record that was reviewed by the city council" and was "an attempt to convince the city councilthatthe dispensary was not compatible with the neighborhood." $20,000 to $100,000 in annual revenue because of the The city council will take comments during the public reduced hours of operation.

Boquist said the claim has hearing tonight, both for merit, but it's still just an and against modifying the estimate. dispensary's conditional use "Since they're not in permit. operation, that'sreallyjust a guess," said Boquist.'You Contact Cherise Kaechele at can make that same argu541-786-4234 or okaeohele C ment for 2 a.m." lagrandeobserver.com.

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advantage because there are no restrictions on its hours of operation. They claim the Continued from Page1A limited hours will also penalit will operate only from 8:30 ize the clientele by making a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. them wait to receive their medication during generally to 7 p.m. during the school year. The condition is inaccepted business hours.

City Planner Mike Botended to "minimize adverse impactstochildren because quist said perhaps the most important argument for the of aschoolbusstop being located in the vicinity where dispensary owners to make children will congregate is whether there are childuring pick-up and drop-off dren congregating near the times," according to the city location of the dispensary.

"It's what created the council packet.

Owners of Eagle Cap conditionofthe approval," Dispensary, Jeff Durning Boquist said."The city counand Wilma Reynolds, are cil will need to figure out if requesting the condition thecondition isreasonable, be removed because they ifthe kidsarereally congrebelieve it imposes an undue gating at the dispensary." hardship on their busiAccording to the packet, there are two bus routes ness and is an unnecessary restriction. Eagle Cap's servingthe two apartment complexes near the appeal claims that shutting dispensary. The Romer down the business during prime operating hours will bus comes from Central Elementary School and La give its competitor, Hwy. 30 Cannabis, an unfair business Grande Middle School and

TRAIN Continued from Page1A respondand soon aftercalledforhelp from therailroad and regional Hazardous Materials Response Team.

A member of the tribes' natural resources stafFalsoresponded toview thedamage, but did not find any chemicals leaking into the creek. Castillo did not know what exactly was in the loaded car, but did confirm it was not crude oil.

The other nine cars were empty, though

at the time of the robbery.

Baldwin said the Hideout will be open for regular business hours today.

Hays said armed robberies do happen, though not often, in La Grande. oWe're not immune to them, but they happen infrequently," he said.

one did contain residue from liquid petroleum gas.

The 95-car train was on its way from Idaho to Union Pacific's Hinkle Yard near Hermiston when it derailed. Eight other trains were delayed as a result of the incident, which remains under investigation, Castillo said.

It is the second Union Pacific derailment in Northeast Oregon in less than a year. On Aug. 1, 2014,13empty train carsderailed along Highway 730 about 16 miles northeast of McNary Dam, five of which slid down into the Columbia River.

infused with elements of diversity and multiculturalism. She felt Sleeter go o d about how the program

By Dick Mason was going until two AlricanThe Observer American students in the Eastern Oregon's program approached her. The demographic landscape is students told Sleeter that the changing. classeswere interesting but The number of Latino asked if there was another students in many of the reclass available in which they gion's schools is increasing would learn about cultural significantly. Today, about diversity issues that they did not know already.

50 percent of the students in Malheur County in kinderThis opened Sleeter's eyes.

"I was targeting white stugarten through 12th grade are of Latino heritage.Closer dents in my classes," Sleeter to home, the Hermiston, Mil- said. The question revealed ton-Freewater and Umatilla to her that she had unwittingly been focusing her inschool districts have student populations in which 50 perstruction on the Caucasians cent or more are members of in her classes. minority groups, the highest Sleeter took severalsteps percentage being Latino. to address this issue. One of This means the number of the first things she began minority students entering doing was focusing on music curriculum. Students in Eastern Oregon University will likelyincrease. Eastern the program were asked to ispreparing to m eetthe investigate the music of their needs of these students with cultures and share their input from people like author findings with their class. This Christine Sleeter, an educaproved very popular with tional reformer who has spent students, she said.

The educator also had studecades studying and writing dents examine history books aboutpreparing teachers for and literature, asking them culturally diverse schools. to evaluate which minoriSleeter, a professoremerita from California State Univer- tiesarerepresented in the works and whose voices were sity at Monterey Bay, shared her expertise with the commu- missing. They were asked nity and the EOU faculty on to evaluate the authors' Friday and Saturday during backgrounds. This piqued the ofSleeter'sstudents. presentations and a workshop. interest "I watched students dig Sleeter said it is critical for educatorstolearn toview the deeper and deeper into the world from the perspective of story," Sleeter said. non-Caucasian students. The Sleeter is the author of need for this focus became 19 books and more than clearto Sleeterdecades 100 published articles. The lecture and workshop Sleeter ago when she was teaching in a master's of education gave was sponsored by the Center for Culturally Reprogram at CSUMB. All the sponsive Practices at EOU. classes in the program were

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VACATION Continued from Page1A County Commissioner Mark Davidson.

The proposed right-of-way vacation will result in the availability of 115 total parking spaces, 15 more than is required of the county. The county intends to designate those surplus spots for Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Davidson Church along Fifth Street adjacent to the church.

Davidsonsaid theidea for the additional street vacation came about as city and county stafF worked to meet site plan requirements, finding that"a campus type of environment can be created while maintaining through traffic flow."

The county believes the scenario with the second vacation will "result in a better off-st reetparking solution" for the new courthouse, according to documents filed with the city.

County officials said during thelastvacation process that the road, though turned overforprivate parking, would remain open to

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The La Grande City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 PM. tonight on the vacation of KAvenue and Fifth Street. through traffic. Davidson said that will hold true for thissecond vacation portion.

"It's not going to change the traffic flow patterns," he said.

According to City Planner Mike Boquist, in addition to alleviating the requirement that the Joseph Building not be backfilled, approval of the vacation would also alleviate the county's need to enter into an agreement with Eastern Oregon University to house fleet vehicles and the requirement to build a parking lot around the Joseph Annex.

"Those three items will all go away with this revised proposal, "Boquistsaid.

While county officials believethe vacation approval will be a positive step

forward for the courthouse project, severalcitizenshave submitted written testimony voicingconcerns about traffic in the area. Boquist said the city council could put the vacationprocess on hold to request a traffic study or attach a traffic study requirem ent to a revised circuit court site plan.

Healthy Reflections (Union) We are very grateful to the area businesses and organizations that contributed goods and services. Major contributors include: Ellen Krieger (quilt); Wayne & Pat Arnson (2-sculptures); MaryAnn Zimmerman (musical entertainment); C.U.R.R.E.N.TS. of justice for peace; Larry Knowlesand Audrey Love; Domino's Pizza;Island Avenue Wal-Mart;Safeways, KEOL-FM Radio Station (EOU); Pacific Empire Radio KLBM AM; KUBQ-FM- Classic Rock 98.7; The Voice (EOU); and The Observer. For a complete list of business and organization contributors please go to www.facebook.com/UnionCountyWalkForWarmth.

Congratulations and Thank You! Organizing Partners: MESAClub (EOU student club), C.U.R.R.E.N.TS. of justice for peace, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Celtic Society of NortheastOregon & Grande Ronde Road Runners.

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By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

WALLOWA — In an appropriately wood-trimmed office with wide-board floors and walls nestled among towering conifers is the Wallowa Unit office of the Oregon Department of Forestry.

On a mid-winter's day, Forester Sarah Andersen pores overGIS map layers on a computer in the lobby. Newly appointed Unit Forester Matt Howard is in his office working on budgets, training schedules, equipment maintenance and cost-share programsthathelp private landowners with technical assistance managing their forests.

Howard was recently hired to fill the position vacated by Mike Shaw in January after serving as the unit's wildland fire supervisor since 2000.

Howard's path to the positionstarted asa seasonal employee near his hometown of Yankton in Columbia County.

Halfway through college, he got a position on a wildlandenginein La Grande, his first introduction to Eastern Oregon. When he graduated from Oregon State with

abachelor' sdegree in forest management, he returned to La Grande and worked for two years for the U.S. Forest Service in reforestation,a discipline that triggered a real interest.

"From a forestry standpoint, reforestation really held my interest," Howard sald.

In 1994, the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service experienced some painful downsizing. Some were sent to other regions while others were laid off.

Howard's position was term inated, and he found ajob in Astoria with state forestry, starting a career that now spans 20 years.

He continued his reforestation work and worked as a forest officer in fire with the Department of Forestry. In 2000, he was hired for the lead fire job at the Wallowa Unit and said goodbye to the rainysideofthestate. aWallowa County is a great place to work, live and play. It has a lot ofbenefits," Howard sald.

Another item on his to-do list is to hire five seasonal firefighters to round out his crew of 15. Though the

weather outside is a mix of snow and rain, the lower elevation snowpack is nonexistent this year and the next four months will dictate this summer's fire season.

Howard said he thinks it will be very active.

Howard said he is surrounded by highly experienced professionals. Andersen is the unit's stewardship forester.

She provides landowner assistanceon private forests and land education and is the primary contact for industrial forest managers in Wallowa County. aWe promote active stewardship and forest managementto prot ectresourcesin perpetuity," Howard said.

He said Andersen's skills are broad. "She is all-encompassing providing technical advice. She has one of the better jobs within ODFshe is out in the field working with landowners."

Howard also relies heavily on DavidWeaver, aforest officer who found his niche in training."David has a unique ability to make training pertinent and applicable. It's his knack, and he has become very well known."

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Matt Howard was recently named unit forester forWallowa. Here he is shown teaching fire safety at the Wallowa Elementary School in 2013.

Howard said a lotofthe standardized fire training that his crews and the U.S. Forest Service crews take are gearedtoward large fi res,but most of what his firefighters face are lightning strike fires that are contained within a day or so.

Howard said integrating initial attack firefighting strategies across the state helps firefighters make decisions on the ground.'When southwestern Oregon gets a big bust and firefighters catch fire after fire — we ask,

Enjoying winter at Salt Creek Su t'

d forgotten it was winter until I saw photoslastweek ofskierson a trail above Salt Creek Summit.I dropped everything and went the next day.

My new skis have bindingissues and are hard to manage so I dug out the 21-year-old Fischer E99s, a handful of dog tethers and headed to the summit.

It's stupid to play arm chair quarterback and think that a lousy V32 of an inch in the valley translates to the higher elevations.

Not only is Salt Creek a couple thousand feet higher than the valley, you can step out of your car and onto a trail.

Better still, it's less than 40 minutes fiom the fiont door.

I talked to people who had the time and fortitude to climb to elevations of 7,500 for the powder stashes, but I want easier access, preferably out my fiont door.

I parked along the 39 Road and headed uptheWagon Road Trail.

After a while the trail forked. I went right. Eventually the trail got steep. That's

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when I remembered my dimbing skins were in the car. I turned around and skied back to the trailhead for flatter terrain.

It was fun, I can't lie. My Lab pup, Cavan, did much better in the skijoring harness than he did at Christmas.

Maybe the two-leash walk method is working.

With constant nagging, I got him to go mostly straight up the hill and leave the smelling for another time. I took him off leash going downhill so I wouldn't end up as ayard salein the middle of the trail— a hatthere,apoleoverthere,skis whizzing down the trail.

The flat ski along the canal was nice and easy and I left Cavan off-leash and he stayed on the trail, much to my surprise.

In a half-hour ofblissful gliding the snow startedtostick to the bottoms of

my skis. My wax? In the ski bag along with the climbing skins. After banging the snow off my skis twice I turned around.Ifeared theskiback tothecar would be a constant struggle, banging the snow off my skis every few feet as I mired in the glue.

I lucked out and had a pleasant ski back to the car.

My nephew skis in the Colorado Rockies every weekend, as do his parents. They have season ski passes and the nephew is enrolled in a 14-week ski program. I hear he"shreds."

When I lived in Colorado, I was almost an hour to cross-country skiing and to make the drive, the snow had to be at least decent.

If I went downhill skiing, I really wanted to have at least a few fresh inches.

These days, fm happy to not hit arock.

There's no place for a powder snob in droughtyears.

The other day I heard the Farmers Almanac said winter returns in March.

I'm going to do the snow dance.

Husted, author and teacher, to lead workshop

''What are they doing right?

How are they training high competency firefighters who are catching those fires?"

Howard said through Weaver's persistence and efforts, the initial attack training standards were pushed out statewide and he's become an expert.

Joseph Goebel is a seasoned firefighter whose job stretches him beyond the fire line as well.

"Joseph's family owns timberland and he has strong ties to family forest lands,"

Howard said."He is very adept and a strong utility person for the unit from a forestry and fire standpoint and a critical player in our success in the fire program."

Fire managers across the region have their eyes on the extended forecast. Winter and springarea good time to catch up on administrative work, but Howard said, "when it's fire season, it's all hands on deck. It's truly a team effort. If we're running strongtogether,we are going to be successful."

BRIEFLY

Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Show The Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Show is Saturday at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds'Cloverleaf Hallin Enterprise.

Fiddlers and old-time musicians finm the region will showcase their talents followingdinner.

Dinner starts at 5 p.m. andis $7.50; music begins at 6 p.m. with a $5 cover charge. For more information, call Pat Samples at 541-432-3195.

FCCLA raises money for OK Theatre The Enterprise Family, Career and Community Leaders ofAmerica is hosting a talent show toraise money for the OKTheatre Saturday. The students'goal is to earn $1,000 to donate to the theater for a new movie projection system.

The talent show starts at 7 p.m. The OKTheatre is located at 208W. Main St. in Enterprise.

Wallowa County Chorale performs Sunday The WallowaValley Chorale will perform an eclectic musical program forits winter concert at4p.m. Sunday at the Lostine Presbyterian Church. The program will combine an edgycollection of'50s pop music,"Climb Every Mountain"fiom'The Sound of Music"and some interestingrenditionsofdassic hymns and Irish melodies.A featme of the afternoon event will be a solo performance by Denny Kolb, Joseph postmaster.

Refieshments will be served following the performance.

Momhasal waysbeensopatient,butnow when I askherquestions shegets angry.

• Women's History Month, Fishtrap, Josephy Center for Arts and Culture converge Observer staff

In honor of Women's History Month, Fishtrap and the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture bring author, and former Joseph school teacher, Bette Husted to Wallowa County.

Husted will read from a variety ofher published work at 7 p.m. March 12 at the Josephy Center, 403 N. Main

brings Northwest writers to Pendleton for the First Draft Writers' Series at Pendleton Center for the Arts, where featured artists and local emergingwriters read

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From 9 a.m. to noon March 13, Husted leads a threehour workshop at Fishtrap's Coffin House in Enterprise, "Beyond Silence: Telling

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Husted finished her 32year teaching career at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, where she still lives.

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The Bonneville Power Administration intends to fund the purchase of a conservation easement on approximately 2,928 acres of riparian and upland habitat, located along the Dark Canyon Creek in Union County, Ore. The current landowner will continue to own and use the property in a way that is compatible with the conservation easement.

Cattle will still graze in the uplands but will be excluded from the areas along Dark Canyon Creek and Meadow Creek in order to conserve fish and wildlife habitat.

Funding for the purchase of the easement is part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation's Accord agreement with BPA and its federal agency partners. When the purchase is complete, the Blue Mountain Land Trust will work with the landowner to manage the property under the easement for fish and wildlife conservation purposes. BPA will receive a third party right of enforcement on the conservation easement to ensure that the habitat values on the property and identified in the conservation easement are always protected.

The Blue Mountain Land Trust will develop a management plan for the property.

BPA, the Blue Mountain Land Trust and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will review the plan for consistency with the mitigation and conservation purposes of the acquisition. Letters describing the proposed purchase, a map and information describing environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act are available at www.efw.bpa.gov.

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ii raisin scienceawareness

SCHOOE La Grande School Board meets March 11 The La Grande School Board will meet at 7 p.m.

March 11 in the Willow Elementary School conference room.

Ballroom dancing session set at LHS Aballroom dancing sessions will be conducted at La Grande High School on Friday. The session, whichis for LHS students, will start at 3:30 p.m. in the school's commons.

North Powder School Board to meet The North Powder School Board will meet at 7 p.m.

March 17 in the school district's music room.

Math lab setfor Monday at LHS Math tutoring will be provided starting at 6:30 p.m.

Monday during a math lab at La Grande High School.

Mass vacci nations at U of 0 start slowly EUGENE — The mass vaccination of Universityof Oregonstudents againsta bloodstream infedion thatkilled one student and has sickened thiee othersgotoffto aslow start.

A total of 770 University of Oregonstudents received shots at Matthew Knight Arena onMonday, thefi rst day of a four-day clinic that aims to vaccinate thousands against a form of meningitis, called meningococcemia.

Health oflicials have iecommended that the university vaccinate nearly 22,000people.

Submissions School districts, teachers, parent groups, booster clubs are encouraged to submit news and info for the Education page by 4 p.m. Monday for publication Wednesday.Submit by email to news@ lagrandeobserver.com (with School News 5 Info in the subject line), by fax to 541-963-7804, or by hand to the office.

By Dick Mason The Observer

Robots are rolling in two La Grande public schools and not coincidentally so is a promising new program based at Eastern Oregon University promoting math and science.

A Greater OregonScience, Technology, Engineering and Math Hub is reaching out to the region in an increasing number of ways after being established at EOU about 10 months ago.

The GO-STEM Hub, created with funding from a state grant, is designed to promote science, technology, engineering and math instruction in schools; help businesses learn how to use all four in the workplace to boost production and efficiency; promote the public's understanding of science and much more.

GO-STEM has already played a key role in establishing robotics programs at La Grande High School and La Grande Middle School, helped put on 16 programs promoting the sciences throughout Northeast Oregon and has taken a number of other steps to promote the use and understanding of science and technology.

Hubs growing quickly "It has been a great opportunity.

It feels like we have accomplished a lot in a short amount of time," said Donna Rainboth, the GO-STEM Hub director and an assistant professor of education at EOU. The STEM Hub at EOU is one of six in Oregon. The others, all created abouta year ago,are located in Portland,Salem, Bend and Douglas and Lincoln counties. The STEM hubs areallfunded by a state grant.

The Greater Oregon-STEM Hub serves Union, Wallowa, Baker, Grant, Harney, Morrow, Umatilla and Malheur counties. The hub has helped hundreds of people in Northeast Oregon since it was founded, but program officials hope to increase this number by getting more peopletocome forward and share their STEM-related needs.

These include businesses. cWe want to link businesses with STEM professionals," said Katie Butterfield, the GO-STEM facilitator.

Agricultural firms are among those that could benefit from STEM connections. Butterfield noted that people in agriculture requesting advice on how to apply science, technology engineering and math to boostcrop production willbeputin touch with STEM professionals.

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Brad Nelson of Skip-Line Inc., a La Grande electronic engineering and manufacturing firm, works on a robotics project with La Grande High School students Zayne Kirkham and Eleanor Des Jardin. principles in many ways. One example is that cellphone technology is now used to move irrigation wheels.

On the education front, employers are being encouraged to contact GOSTEM to explain the skills they need ofhighschooland collegegraduates entering the workforce. Butterfield said that a number of area employers cannot find enough applicants locally with the skills they need. Helping schoolsbetterprepare studentsfor careerscan involvemore than altering curriculum. It can also be done by establishing things like after school programsand clubs,Butterfield said.

Benefits for students, teachers

"It has been a great opportunity. Itfeels like wehave accomplished a lotin a short amount of time."

— Donna Rainboth, GO-STEM Hub director and assistant professor of education at Eastern Oregon University

at EOU late last year on helping educators realign their curriculum with Next Generation science standards. These standards, which have been adoptedby the state,arem ore challenging than the old ones.

A second workshop on re-aligning the curriculum for Next Generation science standards will be put on by GO-STEM later this year.

Workshops put on for educators earlier with the help of GO-STEM include one in Wallowa County for sensors, which can beused forclassroom experiments. Instruction was provided about sensors produced by a company thatmakes sensorsforsoilmoisture, acidity, humidity and much more.

After school programs STEM has helpedstartinclude roboticssessions at LHS and LMS. Students meet afterschooltobuild and program robots under the direction of volunteer STEM professionals. Robotics is a great match for GO-STEM because Beyond the classroom it incorporates many STEM elements, Rainboth said.

GO-STEM is also involved in help"Itinvolves computer science, ing to arrange for young people to math and technology," Rainboth said. have internships with professionals GO-STEM has also helped estab- in the fields of science, technology, lishroboticsprograms at schoolsin engineering and math. This is why Baker City and Milton-Freewater, it will help put on the MedQuest Camp for high school students in and soon will have one operating at a La Grande elementary school.

June atEOU. The week-long camp Work GO-STEM officials are dowill help students explore health ing for schools also involves curricucare careers. Youths at the camp will lum. GO-STEM put on a workshop see how science, technology, engi-

LMS recreational reading

Learn more Those who would like assistance from GO-STEM or information about the program should call Hub Director Donna Rainboth at 541-962-3720 or GO-STEM Facilitator Katie Butterfield at 541-962-3012. neering and math are often interrelated in health career fields. This is the case with an increasing number of jobs in the 21st century, a point people connected to the GO-STEM program want to emphasize.

'You need to be literate in STEM to help make informed decisions," Rainboth said.

Rainboth believes the potential of GO-STEM is vast and that much more can be accomplished by it, especially if people continue to come forward and discuss how the hub can help them.

"Thisisthe tip oftheiceberg," Rainboth said.

Contact Dick Mason at 541-786-5386 or dmason C lagrandeobserver.com.

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Aviation program takes Hight at Klamath Falls college make it happen."

23, recently obtained his priAnd for those with a pasvate pilot's license, and said sion for flight, Nigel Cooper, KLAMATH FALLS — Jus- he wants to eventually fly tin Walker was watching as a search and rescue helicopters. director for Precision AviaWalker and other students tion, based out of Newburg, new aviation science program at Klamath Community Colfly to surrounding areas, inassures he is trying to help lege was taking shape in 2014. cluding Chiloquin and Butte develop a training program An interest in flight and a Valley, from the Crater Lake- setapartfrom therest.

Klamath Regional Airport.

"I was brought in to get suggestion by his father-in"The best way to describe it the program off the ground," law, a pilot, brought Walker is you're kind of free"Walker said Cooper, who previously to KCC to enroll in the new program that officially got off said of the flight experience. served in the New Zealand the ground in October.

'You can essentially go wher- military."It's been growing at "I kind of saw it being built ever you want." a faster rate than we would from the ground up,"Walker Walker, a non-veteran, ob- have imagined since then." said Friday. taineda privateloan tohelp Details still need to be Walker is one of 10 stuworked out, but Cooper said pay for the program.

"I spent two years trying to the program would like to dents enrolled in the aviation science program at KCC, who fly and essentially not having find those within the aviation are in the midst of training the money for it,"Walker mdustry wilhng to help ease since the program officially the financial burden for stusaid."If you want it badly enough, you can find a way to dents who are not veterans. started in fall 2014. Walker,

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WEDNESDAY • College women softball:Walla Walla University at Eastern Oregon University, doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

THURSDAY • Prep girls basketball: Monroe vs.

Union, 2A state tournament, Pendleton Convention Center, 3:15 p.m.

FRIDAY • Prep boys basketball: Cascade at La Grande, 4A playoff game,7 p.m.

Whetstone delivers prayer for the Owls

By Josh Benham The Observer

Some occasions callforyou totip your hatto an opponent.Monday was one of those times for No. 17 Eastern Oregon University.

Oregon Tech's Megan Whetstone hit a difficult step-back 3-pointer with a minute left to break a 51-all tie, and Ashleigh Vandenbrink added a dagger 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining following an Eastern turnover to spring a 57-51 upset by the No. 5 seeded Owls over the top-seeded Mountaineers in the Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament championship Monday at Quinn Coliseum.

'The shot%hetstonel hit at the top of the key, she was defended as well as we could defend it," Eastern head coach Anji Weissenfluh said."It was kind of a prayer, and it went in. Sometimes when that happens, it's meant to be. I've coached long enough to know that.

We've been on the other end of that SeeUpsetlPage 9A

AT A GLANCE

Eat dinner and w atchplayoffs La Grande High parents are offering a barbecue dinner prior to theTigers' playoff games this weekend.

The first dinner is Friday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., prior to La Grande's game with Cascade. Pulled pork, potato salad and water is offered for $8. The same dinner is offered again from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, prior to La Grande's game with Banks. There will also be a raffle for $5 per ticket for a chance to win a Traeger Barbecue. The drawing takes place at halftime of the girls game.

All proceeds go to La GrandeAAU basketball. For more information, call Jay Collman at 541-786-0111.

two on firstteam Eastern Oregon University freshman Maya AhYou was named Cascade Collegiate Conference women's basketball freshman of the year, and also earned a spot on the all-conference first team.

Head coach Anji Weissenfluh was named the conference coach of the year. Ah You was joined on the first team by Kassy Larson.

Madeline Laan and Jordan Klebaum both received honorable mention honors.

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Cove senior Bailey Hill stands in the weight room at the high school. Hill started a project to give the room a facelift, and more than 20 volunteers, teachers and students ended up joining in.

V • Cove senior spearheadsschool's weight room, which had berun down in recent years from charge to revitalize high come wear and tear.

"I thought it was a great projschool's weight room ect," Hill said, sitting in the newly revamped room Tuesday afternoon.

"Itwas awesome tobethereto be able to do it. Principal iMatl Miles said it's really a good project and a way to leave my own little impact on the school."

During the course of a couple of months, concluding in November, Hill led close to 20 volunteers, students, friends and staff members in replacing worn out and hole-riddled walls and missing light covers. The group also put up new sheets of ply-

By Ronald Bond The Observer

A person's characterisbuiltover time. Iflearned and instilled sooner rather than later, it can result in a real impact on not only their lives, but the lives of those around them.

One local student who recently undertook such a challenge and is developing those lifetime skills of character, leadership and initiative is Cove's Bailey Hill. The senior spearheadedan efforttorestorethe

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La Grande senior DerekYohannan prepares to attack the Baker defense during the district championship.

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Eastern Oregon University's Kelsey Hill dribbles up the floor during the Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament championship Monday.

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Union begins statetitle hunt

Union/Cove wrestler Chad Witty made it to the final match of the 2A/1A state wrestling tourna-

ment last weekend in Portland. The junior won his quarterfinal and semifinal matches in the 182-pound weight division by fall to set up a matchup with Lowell's Tanner Harvey, who defeated Witty by fall in the second round of the championship match, leaving Witty in second.

With just one opponent standing in the way of a return trip to state, the eighthranked La Grande boys basketball team is sticking to the same mantra that led to an 18-5 record and an undefeatedrun through the 4A Greater Oregon Leaguenotletting itslatestopponent dictate it's gameplan. ''What we're doing is kind of preparing how we usually do," head coach Mark Carollo said ahead of Tuesday evening's practice."%e'rel worrying about us iandl what we got going on."

The Tigers host Cascade

Friday evening in the first round of the 4A state playoffs, with the winner advancing to Hillsboro for the quarterfi nal round of next week's state tournament.

The ninth-ranked Cougars placed second m what Carollo called"a pretty tough league," finishing with a 7-3 record in an Oregon West Conference that boasts four teams in the final 16, including second-ranked Philomath and 11th-ranked North Marion.

'To get second in a league like that, they are going to be a good team," Carollosaid, SeePlayoff/Page 9A

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wood,gave those wallsa fresh coatof paint and rearranged the weights in the entire room.

The result? A workout facility that is crisp, clean and uncluttered.

The previously yellow and blue walls — which Hill said Miles and P.E. teacher Kim Tally were not fans of — are now a stark white with blue trim at the top, while the crest of the schoolsitsasa centerpiece on one end of the room.

The facility is now seen by teachers and students as much more inviting, and as a place a person would want to work out in.

"It's a lot cleaner, and it brightened SeeHilllPage 9A

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No. 4 seed and Wapiti League champion Union (22-3 overall) faces off against No. 5 seed and Mountain View Conference champion Monroe (24-3).

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Keesha Sarman made it a clean sweep.

The Union senior was named co-player of the year in the 2A Wapiti League, along with Burns' Catherine Clemens.

"It's definitely an honor to share it with a great player in Catherine," Sarman said."It's exciting, but I wouldn't have been able to do it without my teammates. They make me look a lot better on the court. There's no doubt I wouldn't have got it without them."

Sarman, who also made the first team allleague team, helped guide Union to a Wapiti championship, a 22-3 record and a berth in the state tournament, beginning Thursday.

'There's not a more deserving athlete," Union head coach Rhondie Rickman-Johansen said."Keesha has put in the time. She See Wapiti/Page 9A

WHO'S HOT

NEWYORK RANGERS:The Rangers have gone 12-2-2 in their past16 games, and following Monday's 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators, NewYork now sits atop the Eastern Conference's Metropolitan Division.

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CHICAGO BULLS:Already without Derrick

Rose, the Bulls lost another key weapon Sunday when Jimmy Butler sprained a ligament in his left elbow. Butler is hopeful he can return before the regular season ends.

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SCOREBOARD Milwaukee 32 28 .53 3 5 ' / 2 L.A. Lakers 16 43 . 2 7 1 30'/2 Indiana 2 5 34 . 424 1 2 All Times PST Detroit 2 3 36 . 390 1 4 Tuesday's Games NBA Standings WESTERN CONFERENCE Charlotte 104, L.A. Lakers103 Southwest Division Cleveland 110, Boston 79 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Sacramento 124, New York 86 Atlantic Division Memphis 42 17 . 7 12 Atlanta 104, Houston 96 W L Pct GB Houston 41 19 .68 3 1 ' /2 Chicago97,Washington 92 Toronto 3 8 22 . 6 33 Dallas 4 0 2 2 ,6 4 5 3 ' / 2 Utah 93, Memphis 82 Brooklyn 2 5 33 . 431 1 2 36 23 . 610 6 Denver 106, Milwaukee 95 Boston 2 3 35 . 3 9 7 1 4 San Antonio New Orleans 32 28 .533 1 0'/2 Wednesday's Games Philadelphia 1 3 47 . 2 1 7 2 5 Northwest Division Phoenix at Orlando, 4 p.m.

New York 12 4 7 ,2 0 3 25'/2 W L Pct GB Cleveland at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Southeast Division Portland 39 19 . 6 72 Utah at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

W L Pct GB O klahomaCity 33 2 7 .550 7 Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Atlanta 4 8 12 . 8 00 24 3 5 ,4 0 7 15'/2 Detroit at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Washington 34 2 7 ,5 5 7 14'/2 Utah Denver 2 1 3 9 .

3 5 0 1 9 Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Miami 26 3 3 . 4 4 1 21'/2 Minnesota 13 46 . 2 2 0 26'/2 Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m.

Charlotte 2 5 33 . 431 2 2 Pacific Division Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Orlando 19 4 2 . 3 1 1 29'/2 W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers at Miami, 5 p.m.

Central Division Golden State 4 6 1 2 .

7 9 3 Sacramento at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 40 21 .6 5 6 7 ' / 2 Milwaukee at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago 3 8 23 . 6 23 Phoenix 31 3 0 ,5 0 8 16'/2 Portland at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland 38 24 ,6 1 3 '/2 Sacramento 2 1 37 . 362 2 5 Thursday's Games

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Oklahoma City at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Washington 65 35 20 10 80 193 162 Philadelphia 64 27 25 12 66 170 186 New Jersey 64 27 27 10 64 144 165 Columbus 6 3 26 33 4 5 6163 201 Carolina 6 2 24 31 7 5 5144 167 WESTERN CONFERENCE NHL Standings Central Division GP W L OT PlsGF GA EASTERN CONFERENCE Nashville 6 5 4117 7 8 9193 158 Atlantic Division St. Louis 6 3 40 18 5 8 5197 159 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 6 4 38 21 5 8 1188 152 Montreal 63 4 1 17 5 8 7 171 139 Chicago Winnipeg 64 32 20 12 76 179 172 Tampa Bay 65 39 20 6 8 4 213171 Minnesota 6 3 34 22 7 7 5179 163 Detroit 61 35 1 5 1 1 8 1 180159 64 28 26 10 66 199 212 Boston 62 31 2 2 9 7 1165161 Dallas 63 27 25 11 65 167 182 Florida 64 28 2 3 13 69 156181 Colorado Pacific Division Ottawa 61 27 2 3 11 65 173166 GP W L OT PlsGF GA Toronto 64 2 63 3 5 5 7 173 195 6 5 4117 7 8 9193 178 Bulfalo 64 19 4 0 5 4 3123 215 Anaheim Vancouver 6 3 36 24 3 7 5182 173 Metropolitan Division Calgary 6 3 34 25 4 7 2178 162 GP W L OT Pts GF GA LosAngeles 63 30 21 12 72 171 164 N.Y. Islanders 65 41 21 3 8 5 207 182 6 5 32 25 8 7 2185 183 N.Y. Rangers 62 39 17 6 8 4 196153 San Jose 6 4 20 37 7 4 7139 218 Pittsburgh 6 2 3 6 17 9 8 1 181 155 Arizona Edmonton 64 18 36 10 46 145 213

HOCKEY

Union's Dunten receives league award

By Josh Benham The Observer

Union would've preferred to still be playing this weekend,but itreceived apretty goodconsolation prize.

For the second year in a row, Bobcat head coach Brett Dunten was named coach of the year in the team's conference. After winning it in the Blue Mountain Conference last year, Dunten was honored as the 2A Wapiti League coach of the year after Union went 16-9 and finished third in the league.

"It's a humbling award," Dunten said."It says a lot about the kids that we have.

Ultimately, it's up to them to help us out and make us look like we're doing a good job. The kids in our program worked their tails OK" A pairofBobcatsalso made first team all-league, in a vote by the coaches, who cannot vote for their own players: senior J.D. Graves

PREP BOYS BASt',ETBALL I and junior Chase Houck.

"J.D. has worked four yearstogetthis,andit'sa great achievement for him to be recognized by the coaching staffs around the league," Dunten said."Both Chase and J.D. have a great attitudeand treattheir teammates and opponents with respect."

Sophomore Quinn Evans made the second team and junior Landon Houck received honorable mention honors forUnion.

Imbler finished second in the Wapiti with an 18-7 record and three Panthers received all-league honors.

Senior Joe Griffin and junior Trace VanCleave led the charge by being named to the first team.

"It's an awesome deal," head coach Mike Mills said.

'They were well-deserved of the honors. To have as much

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As the Tigers finish Continued from Page 8A preparationsto try and make their way back to adding that this game will be agood testofwhere his state, Dall said this game team isat. is one that will prove to While the consistency show what this team is of senior Brandon Dall made of. ''We know it's going to will likely need to be on display, along with major be a tough game. They're contributions from fellow areallygood opponent for seniors Derek Yohannan us.It'sgoing to be a test and Jake Powell, Carollo to see how good we really emphasized that it will are," Dall said. "But I think we're ready forit.W e've take acomplete team effortfor theTigers. had a week and a half of ''We need guys to step good practi ce,and ifwe in and play like they have come out and play our best all year," Carollo said."And basketball I think we'll be then we need guys to come fine." in off the bench and maybe Coming out strong early even play better than they is a point Yohannan added will be critical. have all year."

"The biggest thing is just Carollo said that while any player on the Couhave energy and effort the gars' squad can step up whole game," he said. 'We and make an impact, the just want to make sure defensively we're doing really player who has caught his eye the most in film well, too."

WAPITI Continued from Page 8A works all summer and in the offseason. It's been her life. I couldn't be more proud of a young lady. Being a great athlete is one thing, but to seeother athletes from opposing teams compliment her leadership and sportsmanship shows what agenuine and humble person she is."

Rickman-Johansen was named co-coach of the year with Burns' Brandon McMullen.

"It's truly an honor because I get the privilege to coachwith a lotofgreat coaches in our league that I really respect," RickmanJohansen said."I attribute thataward to the girls.

They make my job easy and enjoyable.

It'soneofthe best things in my life, and they make me want to be a better coach."

Sarman was joined by sophomore teammate Delanie Kohr on the first team.

Bobcats'junior Elly Wells made the second team, and Union senior Sarah Good

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received honorable mention honors. The vote is done by the league's coaches, and they cannot vote for their own players.

"I was really excited for Delanie, who's my best friend," Sarman said.

"Delanie, Elly and Sarah all worked so hard, and they earned it."

Imbler junior Katie Barry led four Panthers receiving honors by being named to the second team.

"I was really pleased," Imbler head coach Barry Bowers said."Our coaches do agoodjob ofbeing accurate and fair ,soit'swell-deserved for the girls."

Three Panthers received honorable mention honors: junior Amanda Feik, junior WhitneyWilber and sophomore Jacobi Rudd. Imbler placed fourth in the league with a Tectid of 10-14and Teturn the entife team nextyear. ''We're really excited about that," Bowers said."It took us a while to deal without having any seniors, but I think the kids stepped up and grew a lot. The kids just fight and compete, and it showed."

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success as we've had, it's greatforthe seniorsand the underclassmen who have been in our program."

Sophomore Brandon McGilvray was voted to the second team. McGilvray and VanCIeave will both be back nextyear, as Imbler graduatesthree seniorsoffthe team. ''We had a couple other kids that on any given night played well enough to make the team, too," Mills said.

"It's a pretty competitive league, so it's a privilege for any of them to make it."

Cove senior Derrick Murchison was also named to the first team.

Elgin senior Jake Burgess was one of two Huskies honored, as he was voted to

the second team.

"He definitely brought a really high level of leadership," Elgin head coach Kevin Johnson said. "I was pleased to seethatfor his senior year. He really sought out to buy into the system."

Freshman Caleb Lathrop was given honorable mention honors for the Huskies, which made the district tournament after finishing fifth with a 9-17 record.

"The team aspect was really coming through more and more," Johnson said.

"They had a bunch of goals, but the main one was to make the district tournament. It's been about 13 years since Elgin last went.

They were able to not only do that, but they won a game iover Grant Union). It opened the kids up to what they are capable of."

Enterprise senior Kaden Lathrop was named to the second team.

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Madeline Laan and Airashay Rogers with 12 Continued ~om Page 8A points apiece. Laan added eightboards,tiedwith Nikki Osborne, who also before and we've been rewarded." had 10 points. Kelsey Hill The Mounties already added nine points and seven had a spot sewn up in the rebounds. But the Mounties NAIA National Tournashot 35 percent fiom the ment, but Tech needed a win field, going 4-for-18 fiom the to make the championships. 3-point line, while Tech went Tech became the first team 8-for-24 fiom beyond the arc.

"I thought Kelsey to win three road conference tournament games. rebounded and defended Eastern had defeated as well as she has all year, Tech both times during the and Nikki played tough," regular season by double Weissenfluh said.'We had digits, but the Owls flipped some key people play really strong. I just don't we hit the script with clutch shots very many big shots and down the stretch.

"Anji does a great job they did."

The Mounties i26-6l find coaching, year-in and yearout," Tech head coach Scott out tonight their opponent at Meredith said."It seems like the national tournament.

'Tm really proud of them," the conference tournament or championship always Weissenfluh said.'We still goes through Eastern. We've accomplished a great deal. I just got kids that don't look told the girls, don't hang your in the rear view-mirror." heads. This takes nothing Eastern was led by away fiom our season."

next year."

Senior Carsen Sajonia was one of three Enterprise players honored, as she made the second team. Fellow senior Emma Hall was named Sarman Moore honorable mention.

"Iappreciatedthat,espeone of three Cove players to receive honors, as she was cially as two of them were seniors," Enterprise head votedtothesecond team.

Fellow senior Kayla Johnson coach Mike Crawford said.

"It's always good to see them received honorable mention honors. recognized when they put "For all four years they've in the hard work. Both girls worked hard, and it was were what we built ourselves amazingtobeabletocoach around.

Sophomore Tiffanie them," Cove head coach Brendan May said."I think George also received honorable mention for the we had a magical season for thenumber ofkidswehad.

Outlaws, which finished with We were competitive in every a 9-13 record.

"Ihave nine freshmen and game. Wehad a greatwin against Grant Union, and we sophomores. Tiffanie getting went toe-to-toe with Umaa little recognition gives us tilla. Defensively, it was the some nice hope for what our bestteam I've evercoached." future holds. We finished tied Junior Kyndal Murchison for fourth in the league, and was given honorable mention there was five more games honors for the Leopards, who we really could've won. I went 7-14 on the season. am looking forward to next "Kyndal just wants it," year."

May said."She wants to be Elgin senior Miah Slater the leader of this team. She was named to the second was working for it the day af- team, and Huskies' senior ter our last game. I'm excited Katie Witherspoon received to see what she and the other honorable mention as Elgin sophomores and juniors do finished with a 7-17 record.

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All Times PST Tuesday's Games New Jersey 3, Nashville 1 Calgary 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Washington5,Columbus 3 Toronto 3, Florida 2 Dallas 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Anaheim 4, Arizona 1 Los Angeles 5, Edmonton 2 San Jose 6, Vancouver 2

Wednesday's Games Ottawa at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Montreal atAnaheim, 7 p.m.

Thursday's Games Calgary at Boston, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m.

TorontoatTampa Bay,4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Vancouver atArizona 6 p.m.

Montreal at LosAngeles, 7:30 p.m.

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Catsnregforstate

By Josh Benham

Last year, the Bobcats reached the state tournaFollowing an 18-1 start to ment as the No. 3 seed, the season, Union dropped but were upset by No. 6 back-to-back Wapiti League Western Mennonite in the first round. They rebounded road games to Grant Union and Burns. But instead of to beat North Douglas and the lossescapsizing the sea- took fourth place with a son,the Bobcats steadied the 36-29 win over Portland ship to make a third straight Christian in the finale. trip to the state tournament, But Union returns five making all the hours in the seniors, including Sarman gym when no one is looking and Roberts, along with Sarah Good, Chelsie Houck payoff.

"It feels great making it and Laura Herbes. Their again," senior Carsyn Roberts teammates are focused on making the final weeksaid.'It's incredible."

The Bobcats won four end for them as Bobcats a straight games, including a classic.

"I love all of them," junior district championship win over Burns, and a first-round Elly Well said. 'We've been really close since junior playofF game over Bonanza, to sit three games away from high. I've played with them for so long, and I want this a state crown.

"It's real now," head coach to be a big finale for them.

Rhondie Rickman-Johansen We want to improve off of said."It's been our goal from last year. Our team goal is the very get-go. I'm fortunate to play to our best ability. If enough to coach a group of we can play as well as we girls that really focus on that, can play, we can go really far." and do everything within their power to achieve and Their opponent, Monreach those goals." roe, had an overall record Union, the No. 4 seed, of 24-3 and went 13-0 en beginsitsquestfor a 2A state route to a Mountain View championship Thursday Conference championship. afternoon against fifth-seeded Rickman-Johansen said she Monroe at the Pendleton knows some of the tendencies of the Dragons, but Convention Center. Even though they will be less than that the theme of the final eight is still that they're all a week removed fiom their 76-42 throttling of Bonanza quality teams.

"That's the fun part now," Saturday, the game can't Rickman-Johansen said. come soon enough for the 'You know every team has Bobcats.

"It's one of those things earned it. They've won where the waiting is one of the battles to getto where the hardest things," senior we all are. It's one of my Keesha Sarman said."All of favoritetimes oftheyear.

I've done my homework on us are excited. We've been there before, but we could Monroe. We've got a vision and a goal we're taking to go 100 times and still be just asexcited to go again." Pendleton."

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Tally added that it is a pre"Being able to utilize the vailing attitude at the school. ''We have a great group spacebetterwas nice,too."

Theidea was actuallypitched of students here that when to Hill when he was a sophothey know what those more by Mles,TMly and Suexpectationsare,they rise to perintendent Bruce Neil. Miles them," she said."And what I think helps those students noted the need and enco~ Hill to step up and fillit. do that is, just like what you've seen with Bailey, they Social studies and physical education teacher Jason Gortake the first step and they ham helped Hill with some of take something that they're the practical necessities along interested in and that they the way. However, he really want to go after, and then credited the senior for his work they have a lot of support ethic, willingness and leaderalong the way with staf here ship as he took the taskon. and with people outside of "He did a lot on his own to the school. The stafFhas lots make itinto whatit became," of connections with people Gorham said."He's the kind of who are willing to help kids kid thatonce he took ownersucceed." ship ofit, he felt the responsibilHill is one of many Cove ity to getit done and do itwell." students taking on an opBut Hill is not the only portunity to better his school, and in return benefiting from standout at Cove. In fact, skills that will be personally plentyofothersare displaying the kind of character the impactful foryearstocome.

'You're able to see, stafF at Cove is looking to build in its students. throughout the school, differMiles, walking through the entseniorprojectsthathave school, noted severalprojects really been a big impact," Hill said."The trophy case students have taken on in recent years, from recently was another student's Eagle installing new goalposts at Scout and senior project the football field and pouring a couple years ago. It was sidewalk concrete outside the cooltohave aprojectthat school to currently fixing the I'll be able to leave my little impact." concession stand.

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OREGON IN BRIEF Erom wire reports

Brain tumor sample for biopsy is lost

the attack when they were called to a local hospital, which reported the victim An Oregon woman has sued a Portland hospital for had a serious head injury.

The victim has not been $900,000, alleging that a brain tumor samplesetasidefor identified. He has since been biopsyhas been lost,leaving released. her uncertain about whether Police said they arrested 25-year-old Kevin Michael the tumor was cancerous.

Burnham of Seaside and Catherine Stewart is seeking $100,000 in economic dam- 23-year-old Joshua Lee Fitch of Longview, Washington, on agesforpastand futurebrain scans and possible surgery attempted murder and other and $800,000 in non-economic charges.

They were booked Friday damagesforemot ionaldisand are to appear in court tress. She's accusing Oregon Health & Science University March 13. of medical negligence.

Prisoner death blamed The Oregonian newspaon meth overdose perreportsthathospital BEND — An autopsy spokeswoman Tamara Hargens-Bradley declined shows that a 31-year-old priscomment about the lawsuit oner in Bend died of what the filed recently in Multnomah sherifFs office describes as an off-the-chart methamphetCounty Circuit Court, citing federalprivacy laws. amine overdose.

Edwin Burl Mays died Dec. State adding jobs at 14 as he was being booked at robust pace the Deschutes County Jail A state report says Oregon on charges resulting from a employersare adding jobs at police chase.

The sherifFs office said a robust pace, and the unemploymentrate hasdropped to Tuesday that an autopsy had 6.3 percent. establishedtheoverdose as The mild winter has the cause of death. contributed to the sunny It says methamphetamine is measured in milligrams economic news, as construction companies kept crews on per milliliter of blood on a chart that ranges from zero the job in January.

The state Employment to 5, and Mays' reading was Department reported Tuesday greater than 5. that the January unemployMan shoots cougar ment rate was down kom 6.7 suspected in attacks percentin December and at its lowest point since July 2008.

GLIDE — A Southern With the Great Recession, Oregon man says he thought Oregon's joblessratepeaked raccoons had been killing his in 2009 at 11.9 percent. backyard chickens for a couple of nights, so he took a 20-gauge 2 accused of using shotgun with him when he hammers to attack heard a racket Sunday night.

It turns out his dogs were Police have accused two men of using hammers to barking at a cougar, which beat a man in Seaside. he wounded with a shot kom The Daily Astorian reports 25 feet.

Then he ran inside to get the Seaside police announced the arrests Monday after an a more powerful 12-gauge investigation into the attack shotgun, returned to set his on Feb. 20. dogs on the cat, and then Police said they learned of shotit,fatally,a second time.

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CougarsigiNingscontinuein Saker makes it more difficult to find potential evidence of the BAKER CITY — A south cougar, Lohner said.

Baker Cityresident called "It would be nice if there police Tuesday night,suspect- was snow," he said. ing a cougar had chased her Lohner said he thinks it's likely that a cougar has been goats in her backyard, but a subsequent search didn't turn in that neighborhood. ''We've had four different up any definite sign of the bigcatthatfourpeoplehave peoplereport sightings and reportedseeingin thatarea give detailed descriptions," he said.'

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Police Chief Wyn Lohner credibility to the reports."

The first cougar sighting said this morning that a residentin the 2500 block of was reported in the area on Myrtle Street called police the afternoon of Feb. 25, when at 11:23p.m. afterher goats Kenneth Clement called police to report that the animal and geesebecame agitated.

The resident said her dogs was walking along a fence line just west across Highway would not go into the yard.

The home is near Settlers 7 kom the Sinclair gas station Slough, the irrigation ditch where Clement is employed. where another resident Lohner said biologists kom reportedseeing a cougar last the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife continue to week.

Police searched the area respond to anyreports and Tuesday night, Lohner said. try to mount a search, ideally They found damage to a involving tracking hounds, as fence on the property, but soon as possible. none of the goats or geese Police used a pair of was injured, and police didn't hounds to search last week find any cougar tracks. but the dogs didn't find a The absence of snow cougar.

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LEGISLATURE

Class-actions bill headed to governor

By Jonathan J. Cooper

On large cases, there are often thousands of people entitled to a payout who never claim one because they can't be located or because the amount of money they'dreceive doesn'tjustifythe effort.

Democrats say they want to make surebusinessesdon'tgetto keep the money they'd owe those people who don't claim their portion of the judgment. They say they're not targeting BP or trying to help trial lawyers, who are significant supporters to Democraticcampaigns.

Based on the public debate, "you would think that this is a bill that's aboutlawyers,orlegalprocedures,and to me, noting could be further kom the truth," said Sen. Diane Rosenbaum, DPortland.'This is a bill that will affect the lives of real people."

crat, Sen. Betsy Johnson of Scappoose, joining all Republicans in opposition.

SALEM — Oregon legislative DemoThe bill goes next to Democratic Gov. crats voted Tuesday to change the way Kate Brown, who is "supportive," said a the state handles class-action lawsuits, spokeswoman, Melissa Navas.

In a statement late Tuesday, BP vowed a move that is likely to add millions to thepricetag ofa suitthattheoil to keep fighting.eHB 2700 marks a company BP lost last year. fundamental shift in 40 years of class acDemocrats say their bill would tion law in Oregon and raises a number ofcomplexissuesforthecourts,"said the prevent companies that break the law from keeping the tainted money they statementkom Geoff Morrell, BPs chief illegally earned. They approved it over US spokesman.''We will challenge it." strong objections kom Republicans, Class action lawsuits involve multiple plaintiffs who allege they who said it would become far too easy to bring large lawsuits in Oregon and were harmedinthe same way by a would unfairly change the rules for the defendant, usually a corporation. If the BP lawsuit after the jury's decision. company settles the lawsuit or loses at The state Senate approved the mea- trial, it is required to make a payout to sure in a 17-13 vote, with one Demoall the people who have been harmed.

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The Oregon licensing Hammond programisrecognized nationwide as the premier training fortaxreturn preparers.After successfully completing a comprehensive 80-hour taxreturn preparation course and passing a rigorous tax preparer Lee exam, the IRS automatically recognizesthelicensureand lists the successfiil candidates on a national registry.

With the sponsorship of Blue Mountain Community College and instructed by Ritchey Taxman's Cathleen King, an enrolledagent,"allofour studentspassed the exam and are now working with us which comes at an opportune time as we are experiencing a 13 percentincrease in business because ofthisyear'sincreased complexity and lack of IRS support," said Manager Stuart Martin.

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Baker City's Turn the Page bookstorestarting new chapter BAKER CITY — Turn the Page used bookstore is beginrmg a new chapter in Baker City.

The new owner of the store, at 2009 First St., says he11 offer customers more than befoie.

Steve Golieb recently bought the business fiom Shane Vozar.

"Ipurchased thestoreto getinvolved in the community and provide it a great resource, "Golieb said.

Turn the Page willhave agrand opening fiom 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. Free chili and chips will be served.

Golieb has renovated the store with new paint and carpet. The thousands ofbooks havebeenreorganized,andoutdoorseating has beenadded aswellasan insidecafe bar and couches.

Coffee and tea will be served (except during the grand opening).

Books will be half off the cover price and 75 percent off when exchanging books.

Golieb said he will purchase used books as well ,basedon theircondition andresale value. He is especially interested in college textbooks that are new enough that they are still used in a current curriculum.

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

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

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

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

• Organization promoting universal health care gaining followers

By Cherise Kaechele Wescom News Service

A grassrootsorganization focused on implementing singlepayerhealth carefor the state is gaining some followers in La Grande small business owners.

Oregon Rural Action board members Bill Whitaker and Jim Kreider are on the Health care Reform Action Team, which is hoping the state will eventually implement a universal health care system. Through the Affordable Care Act, states can launch their own health care programs beginning in 2017. Whitaker said this single-payer health care system may not be ready by then, but the support is growing.

"Small businesses are not requiredto offerhealth care under Obamacare,"Whitaker said, noting that the law requires any businesses with 50 or more employeesto providea health care plan."Most of the small businesses can't afford to do it. The owners themselves don't have adequate health care. With the high payments and premiums, unless you have a major medical emergency you'rebasically notcovered."

Most of the businesses in Union County have farfewer than 50 employees. It's not as if the business owners don't want to ofFer insurance, Whitaker said.

It's simply the amount of money requiredto doitistoosubstantial.

Charles Gillis, a La Grande attorney, has one employee and wishes he could offer her health

Permittotals The following is the most recent permit figures available for La Grande and Union County for August: CITY OF LA GRANDE PERMITS FEBRUARY 2015 Building permit fees (total) $12,494.50 Building permits valuation $2,715,823.20 M anufactured home permit fees $ 0 Mechanical permits $385 Plumbing permits $375 Electrical permits $1,423.52 Demolition permits $0 Total permits issued 35 UNION COUNTY PERMITS FEBRUARY 2015 Building permit fees (total) $ 3 ,390 Building permits valuation $379944.15 Manufactured home permits fees $0 Mechanical permits $450 Plumbing permits $854.50 Electrical permits $4,213.16 Demolition permits $0 Farm exempt permits 1 Total permits issued 42 Source: Union County Chamber of Commerce

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Most owners I know work very hard. They rise early, are busy all day with meetings and calls, make many decisions throughout the day and leave work long after everyone else has already arrived home.

Even after a long day,the brain of an owner can't be turned ofF; they spend most evenings thinking about what didn't get done, what else needs to get done and most importantly, how they will shoulder the burden of getting it all done with an already over-subscribed calendar.

Over a period of time, withoutsome sortofreset,this leads to burnout.

If an owner is paying attention, it may be easy for him or her to head ofF stafF burnout.

But can the owner feel, see or hear themselves as they approachthe red line ofbeing so stressed out, mentally and otherwise, that they are becoming a danger to themselves and the company

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La Grande attorney Charles Gillis supports a single-payer health care system. Gillis said he wishes he could afford health insurance for his only employee, but it's too expensive.

"The knowledge that there are millions out there with illnesses without health careis scary. People require medication every month or they die. It's a terrible choice to make when you can

buy food or buyyour medicine."

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insurance, but he can't afford it.

"I work with them for so long, you know their personal situations," Gillis said."It's just inappropriate forpeople to bedenied health insurance. Unfortunately, I can'tpay a ton ofm oney."

Gillis said for the small businessowners,being ableto offer health insurance to an employee helps them attract better employees, too.

"It makes the job more attractive," he said.c You're attracting a

higher quality of employee."

Gillis said he used to be a nurse practiti oner and isvery aware of the health concerns across the country.

"The knowledge that there are millions out there with illnesses without health care is scary," Gillis said."People require medication every month or they die. It's a terrible choice to make when you can buy food or buy your medicine."

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What I've witnessed is that the owner can essentially become out of control with their actions and words. Left unchecked, it may result in serious harm in the relationships with employees, vendors and clients.

Having observed many leaders at various ages and stages oflife and business, I've identified some key triggersthatshould beviewed as warning signs.

The first is weight gain.

My theory is that for many people, eating and drinking to excess is a crutch to deal with stress. Is that shirt collar a little tight? Are you letting your belt out or maybe need a new, larger one? Does the skirt no longer fit? Are you out ofbreath after a short walk of a flight of stairs?

Peopledo tend to gain weight over the holidays, but it's now March. Any pounds gained should have disappeared by now. If they haven't and the total on the scaleislargerthan before Thanksgiving, the unwanted SeeKeller / Page 3B

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StartugsemhraceinvestmeN'crswdfundini' • State rules allow Oregon-based companies to hold"community public off'erings" to raise up to$250,000 run out this week. The company, which has been expanding its wholesaling PORTLAND — For Eugene ice cream makers and working to get its ice Stuart and Emily Phillips, creams into more grocery a slew of new investment stores, would have been couldn't have come at a back to stickers and handlabeling. bettertime.

Their first order of But the company 10,000pintcontainers became one of the first in with Red Wagon CreamOregon to take advanery on the side — which tage of new investment only come in batches of crowdfunding rules.

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registered securities allowed previously, they can publicly advertise the ofFerings, usually through online portals modeled after the donation crowdpassed $50,000 of their funding site Kickstarter. $120,000 goal. cWe're floored by the Eleven companies have response," Stuart Phillips filed paperwork for the Only Red Wagon said.ewe had no idea we'd ofFering.

Creamery has so far be where we are after a month." reached its minimum, and only one other company Staterules enacted late in January allow has raised more than oneOregon-based companies tenth of its goal. to hold"community public But the companies that offerings" in which they have launched their camcan raise up to $250,000 paigns say the money and by selling debt or equity the interest is out there — if only they can spread to state residents. Unlike

the word about this new frontier of investment.

'If we have to borrow...'

The rules are designed to unlock capital for small, growing companies for whom traditional sources of capital — like bank loans or VC fundingmight be out of reach.

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By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

Take the stress out of walking down the aisle by attending the third annual bridal faire.

The fair, which takes place on Saturday, has all local businesses and vendors converging to help the w eddingpartyprepare forthe big

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It costs $5 to getin, and all the Bridal Shop offers custom made The event will be about two hours funds go toward marketing for the Roberts said the important thing long and will have some live models. about this fair is keepingit local. weddingdresses.Fitzgerald Flowers event.

"It's just fun," she said."I love the "Brides who shop locally ale getting offers incredible flower bouquets.

No reservation is necessary. The We're bringing in the cream of the energy. This is for brides who are a personal, intimate service that they event begins at 5 p.m. crop." may not getin chain shops," Roberts The Marketplace is located at 1101 just getting started to those who ale The fair will take place at the La Grande. puttingthe finishing touches on their said.Sheadded thelocalareaprovides WashingtonAve., Marketplace, Roberts said, which alltheservicesneeded toplan awedFor more information or for quesweddlng.

The vendors will offer services from ding. Families don't have to travel to tions, call541-805-0248. createsaTuscany/Italian backdrop for the event.

Boise, Idaho or the Tri-City, Washingcatering to stationary, photography There will be food to eat and and bakedgoodstohealth services,she ton areatoplan theirperfectday.

Contact CheriseKaechele at 541-786sample,beverages and live musi c Additionally, Roberts said, this isn't 4234or ckaechele C lagrandeobserver. sald. com. Follow Cherise on Twitter provided by Irish Session.

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theever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offers this idea: Use your smartphone.

Vilsack told members of Congress on Wednesday that consumers could just use theirphones to scan special bar codes or other symbols on food packages in the grocery store. All sorts of information could pop up, such as whether thefood'singredients include genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. "Industry could solve that issue in a heartbeat," Vilsack said during a House hearing on agriculture spending.

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food-packagelabeling,so Vilsack's idea isn't an official proposal. But the Agriculture secretarysuggested itcould head off the debate between the food industry and those who have pushed for package labels that identify GMOs. He has mentioned the ideaforbarcodesbefore,but he said it could have new lifeasCongress becomes more involved in the issue. A Republican House bill would block state efforts to require

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Labeling advocatesaren't signing on to Vilsack's idea.

Scott Faber, head of the national Just Label It campaign, says most consumers don't have the know-how to use their phones to scan a bar code or so-called QR code, a commonly used scannable image.

"Consumers shouldn't have to have a high-tech smartphone and a 10-gigabyte data plan to know what's in their food," Faber said.

In response to those concerns, Vilsack has said in the pastthatthere could also be in-store scanners, like those that check prices now.

Vilsacksaid some food companies have been receptive to the idea, though he didn't name any.

There's some indication thatfood companies are mulling something similar. A spokesman for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the food industry, said the group is "actively discussing ways to further provide consumers with this important information."

Jeff Beckman, a spokesman for The Hershey Co., said the company is working on new ways it can make ingredient and nutrition information"more readily accessible through new technologies."A spokeswoman for Nestle says that company isalsopartofa largerfood industry discussion on the topic.

The bar codes would likely be an industry, not government, effort. An FDA spokeswoman said Vilsack's idea is "not currently under discussion" at that agency. The FDA doesn't require labeling for genetically modified foods and says they are safe.

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By Brian Hyslop Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

For many professionals, LinkedIn is the lone source for networking. So it's probably time to revisit your profile on the online networking site to gauge its effecti veness.

Does it say you are motivated, creative, passionate ordriven? Those are all on LinkedIn's list of 2014's Most Overused Buzzwords from more than 332 million members' profiles worldwIde.

Rounding out the U.S. list are: extensive experience, organizational, strategic, track record,responsibleand problem-solving.

So should you forgo using keywords?

Absolutely not.

Keywords are crucial because, like search engine Google, the LinkedIn programming uses them in its search function, said Viveka Von Rosen, author of"LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day." But shesaid itisbetterto give

STARTUPS Continued from Page 1B to banks about a Small Business Administration loan and to venture capitalists about an investment, but hadn't been able to put together a deal that worked for them.

'This way, if we have to borrow, we won't have to borrow as much," Stuart Phillips said. And in the process, the company raises a small army oflocals who are personally invested in the company."By going to the people, we're not only getting money, but we're getting brand ambassadors."

Artisan ice cream, it turns out,isa pretty easy sell,especially when the company already has a following.

Finding would-be investors Other companies have had a slower start with the new crowdfunding rules.

Portland-based WebLively wants to be a secure online storehouseformedi cal records, where they would be availabl eto approved medical and wellness providers. The company, which grew out of co-founder Eli Eichenauer's massage

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examplesofexperience orcreativity rather than just say you are experiencedorcreative."It'sbetterifyou can give a story or example ofhow you saved the day, or how your expertise resulted in beneficial results, or how your knowledge helped a client or how your capabilities resulted in more sales."

Von Rosen had some more suggestions for polishing a LinkedIn profile to get more attention.

— 'You have to have a photo," she said.Keep itprofessional.Photosof kittens don't work unless you're a veterinarian— and maybe noteven then.

Catherine Fisher, LinkedIn's career expert, writes in her blog post, "How to Brand Yourself Without Sounding Like Everyone Else," that profiles with a photoare 14 times more likely to be viewed.

— Make sure your first name is in the first name field and your last name is in the last name field. Some people try to cram their degrees and job titles in there. Not only does it make you

harder to find, it goes against LinkedIn's user agreement.

— The website profile's Summary section should tell a story of why someone should hire you.'Tell a potential employerhow they would benefit,"Von Rosen said.'What's in it for them?"

— It's crucialto collectbetween 10 to 15 recommendations, essentially the LinkedIn version of a reference on your resume.

— Take advantage of the ability to add media, such as PDFs of your work, videos or files that prove your credentials.

Von Rosen, listed by Forbes magazine as a top social media influencer forthree years running,said to raise a profile on LinkedIn, a person has to give more than they get.

That means helping others by sharing information, posting industry and company news and answering questions."Those things have the advantage of establishing you as an expert," Von Rosen said.

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"A lot of people don't really developers and a sales and marketing team. have an idea of what this The biggest obstacle, might look like, how we Eichenauer said, has been m ight be able togrow so much in so little space,"Wileducating potential investors about community public son said.'We're expecting offerings. to get more traction when "Most people still don't people can physically see, know about it," he said. touch, walk around and look ''We're essentially helping at what we're doing."

There's been strong interpeople understand they est in the business comhave a real opportunity to affect our local economy." munity in launching more Eric Wilson had an idea community public offerings, for growing produce in said Amy Pearl, the exfreight containers using ecutivedirector ofbusiness incubator Hatch Oregon. aeroponics, where water and nutrients are delivered Pearl was an architect of the through the air rather than Oregon crowdfunding rules, soil. The self-contained and Hatch has launched environment would let grow- an online platform that is hosting most of the state's erscultivate and harvest produce in any environment, investment crowdfunding year-round. campalgns.

The system, he says, Finding potential investors has been a challenge, so would be energy intensive comparedtotraditional agri- Hatch is organizing events culture but more productive around the state to promote on a per-square-foot basis. the program.

'There's an infrastructure And because the systems for the entrepreneurs," she could be used anywhere, said."There isn't anything users would cut out transfortheinvestors.Where does portationcosts.

But his company, GroVoan average Oregonian go lution, has raised only $500 when they decide they want since launching its offering to invest?" in January. Wilson hopes No guarantees that will change when the company unveil its protoPearl said she's also trying

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"I feel like a lot of the resources in this valley go out of the valley, including medical care," Skovlin said. She Continued from Page 1B said the amount of money people pay The road ahead for universal health toward their insurance hurts.

"It's a huge amount of money that care is a long one. The movement, led

by Health Care for All Oregon, is now concerns me as a business owner," seeing legislative proposals and lobbySkovlin said."The less money people ing lawmakers to listen to the sentihave,the lessthey're ableto spend in ment of employers and employees who our local economy."

Skovlin said she's heard many want to see a single-payer system come to fruition. Plus, Whitaker said, the stories from clients about their health organization expects insurance compa- care woes.

"There's so many things that need to nies and pharmaceutical companies to fight the idea. be changed," she said.

How much a universal system may Skovlin said her family has health cost has yet to be determined. However, insurance through her husband's job the entire point is to be able to provide and when he was in the hospital, the quality health care for all, Whitaker giant bill they received was frightening.

Kreider said just because a family sald.

Kelly Skovlin, who owns Hands for has health insurance doesn't mean Healing, a massage therapybusiness in they can afford togetthe m edicalcare La Grande, supports a ~e-payer systhey require at times.

"Even those people with health care tem despite being a one-woman operation.

to strike aconservativetone talking to would-be investors.

Unlike crowdfunding platforms likeKickstarter,investors in community public offerings get an ownership stake in the company, or a promise that the company will repay the debt with interest.

If the company succeeds, they could make all that money back and more. If it fails — as startups frequently do — the investors could lose it all.

And unlike most public offerings, thesein-state, small-scale investment crowdfunding ventures aren't reviewed by the state or federal government. In an effort to limit risk to personalsavings,the state limited individual invest-

ments to $2,500.

Hatch, whose platform hosts10 ofthe 11offerings filed in Oregon so far, vets the companies that it works with but offers no guarantee they won't fail. The incubator also produced a video called"Let's Be Frank" that tries to outline the risks in plain language. sWe're very optimistic and enthusiastic," Pearl said, "so we have to temper that with thoughtfulness."

will still go bankrupt because the insurance does not pay enough," Kreider added."No one wants to walk out on their debt. We have to do something different."

Twenty-three states are actively tryingto geta universalhealth care system in place. Oregon is at the front of the pack, Kreider said. Forty-four businesses in the La Grande area have joined and signed up in support of Health Care for All Oregon.

For more information or to sign in supportofa single-payer system, goto the Health Care for All Oregon website, www.hcao.org. For more information on local opportunity and to join ORA's Health Care Reform Action Team, contact ORA at 541-975-2411.

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"Everyloafofbread isa tragic story of grains that could've become beer, but didn't."

That quote is printed on the blackboard at Lefty's Taphouse, a new pub opening this week in downtown Baker City.

Rick Stout, co-owner of the business, said his wife, Julie, found the quote. iA quick Internet search attributes the quote to Walter Thornburgh.l "I got to put that on the wall, I loved it," Rick Stout said.

Located at 1934 Broadway Ave., the beer-and-wine establishment will have a soft opening today at 4 p.m.

W ith 31 varietiesofbeer itwo of them organic) and hard cider on tap, there should be a brew to satisfy just about anyone.

Mostly from the Pacific Northwest, the brews on tap represent just about every type ofbeer that can be had.

Lefty's also has Coors Light on tap.

After nearly four months of remodelingand preparation, Stout and his brother-in-law, Jason Spriet, are excited to startserving craftbrews in Baker City.

"I've been kind of dreaming about this idea in the back of my head forquite a while," Stout said."I love Barley Brown's, but I wanted to enhance the flavor of Baker — not to compete with Barley's — I just wanted to open a taphouse here."

General Manager Luke Sells, who is Julie Stout's son, said Lefty's will have beers from Barley Brown's, Baker City's first brewpub, on tap.

Last August during a family camping trip is when the Stouts' dream started to come tofruition.After several beers and a long discussion with his wife and with Spriet, they decided the taphouse

would become a reality.

"Usually those kinds of conversations don't go anywhere, but the next thing you know, I'm signing a lease," Spriet said.

The partners have been homebrewing for years and have won awards, but they don't plan on brewing beer at

Lefty's.

They picked the beers on tap based on what they know is popular among beer aficionados, but they aren't limited to just those styles.

"I tried to keep my own tastes fiom influencing our choices, "Sprietsaid."Based on what I know about beer sales aroundhere,alotofpeople like the IPAs and pales and stouts — the standards. We threw on a couple of other interesting ones thatjust might peak someone's interest."

Spriet said the taphouse will experiment with differenttypes ofim portedbottled beer in the future.

"IQ1 be funky stuff — different kinds ofbeer that a lotofpeoplewo n'tnecessarily like," Spriet said, "Sour beers and some off the wall stuff— imported beers people normally wouldn't be exposed to."

Nitrogen capability is something that the bar already has built into its tap system, although they don't have that set up yet. ''We'll eventually have some nitro stouts on tap. It's pretty interesting when you tastea beer on nitro,"Spriet said"It's creamier on nitro."

Using nitrogen to push beerinstead ofcarbon dioxidecreatessmallerbubbles and givesthebrew a different feel when it's sipped.

Stout said all the participants in the venture have something to contribute to the business.

"Jason's strength is beer.

He knows his beer pretty well," Stout said.

Sells deferred to Sprietand Stout when it comes to beer knowledge.

"I'm a better taste," Sells said."I'm excited about being the general manager. I like the senseofresponsibility."

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of the new responsibility. But this owner, who apparently seems to be perpetually Continued from Page 1B stressedout,never apologized orexplained to his employees about why he had his temper tantrum. weight is probably a sign of unaddressed The third is isolation. When the owner stress.

The second is anger in public. Most owners startstoseparatefrom everyone elsein the company, something is wrong. I see this do apretty goodjob ofholding anger,disaphappening in companies when the owner pointment and frustration inside, often bottling it up or perhaps letting loose with ior on) believes, incorrectly, that they cannot depend a few key individuals in the organization. on the others who are on the payroll to help them.

One owner I know, however, was so angry Living in denial is dangerous. To stay in deover something that a manager did not do he started yelling and threatening a small group nial is stupid. It is commonly accepted that an of employees for no apparentreason. attorney who decides to represent themselves in court is a fool. The owner who decides that Itwas laterdiscovered that theemployees were unaware a certain task was their they can"toughit out alone"is in the same responsibility. The owner, thinking they classas thefoolattorney. were simply not doing something they were supposed to have taken care of, took it out on Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist them verbally. focused on the leadership needs of small and It was only later that the owner discovered midsize closely held companies. Contact him at the manager had not yet told the employees KenKeller@SBCglobal.net.

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Rick Stout, near left, Luke Sells, right, and Jason Spriet are ready to open Lefty's Tap House today at 1934 Broadway St. in Baker City.

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880 - Commercial Property GREAT retail location in the Heart of Baker City!

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices STORAGE UNIT AUCTION

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices 97702, was appointed Successor Trustee by the Beneficiary on Novembe r 1 8, 2014.

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices the performance of ADVERTISEMENT FOR which is s ecured by B IDS CITY O F L A said Deed o f T r u st, GRANDE, OREGON

REX G. McBRIDE, Descnption of Property: and the words Trustee 2015 - Adams Avenue On March 31, 2015, at Deceased.

4 scooters, dolly, bike, the hour of 9:00 a.m.

State of Oregon a nd B e n e f iciary i n Improvementlamp, shovels, tools, 1937 MAIN ST. at the Baker County County of Baker mattresses, refrigera- Both the Beneficiary and clude it s r e s p ective Phase I 1550 sq. ft. building.

C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 Circuit Court successors in interest, tor, gas cans, tables, Trustee have elected 3 BD 2ba house. New $900/mo. sun room, hardward T hird S t reet , B a k e r In Probate unicycle, d r e s s e rs, to sell th e s aid r eal if any.

The City of La Grande in541-403-1139 Case No. 15-049 fishing poles, stereo, vites competitwe bids floors, u n derground City, Oregon, the deproperty to satisfy the fendant's interest will speakers, and boxes obligations secured by for the 2015 — Adams spinkler system, f i nbe sold, sublect to reNOTICE TO of m is c e l l a n e o u s said Deed of Trust and DATED: December 15, A venue I m p r o v e i shed b a s e ment , i n 2014 demption, in the real INTERESTED PERSONS items unable to invena Notice of Default has ment — Phase I. The f loor circulating h o t troy. been recorded pursubase prolect will conproperty c o m m o nly woard heat, attic storknown as: In Town- NOTICE I S H E REBY ant to Oregon Revised /s/Alan N. Stewart, sist of r e moving and a ge, s t orage s h e d, ship 8 South, Range GIVEN that the under- Property Owner: Robert r eplacing ap p r o x i Statutes 86.735(3); the Successor Trustee much m o r e ! 204 Spnng Ave La Grande.

4 1 East o f t h e W i l signed has been apHadley default for which the Hurley Re, P.C. mately 23,500 square l amette M e r i dian, i n foreclosure is made is 747 SW Mill View Way pointed personal repfeet (SF) of sidewalk, $167,900. For viewing the County of Baker r esentatwe.

Al l p e r Amount Due: $313.56 as Grantor's failure to pay 435 lineal feet of curb Bend, OR 97702 ca II 541-910-7478 and State of Oregon: sons h aving c l a i ms of March 1, 2015 when due the follow- Telephone: and 910 SF of drwe910 - ATV, Motorcy541-317-5505 S ection 18: A l l t h a t against the estate are ing sums: way. Ne w i m p r ovecles, Snowmobiles required t o p r e s e nt Auction to take place on ments in the base proportion of Lot 4, lying Easterly of the Medical Tuesday, February 17, A s o f N o v e m ber 1 5 LegaI No. 00040045 them, with v o uchers Iect include the instal/~r 2005 POLARIS 800 EFI Spnngs Highway right attached, to the under2015 at 10:45 AM at lation of eighteen (18) 2013, pursuant to the Published: February 25, 8 Hand warmers, winch March 4, 11, 18, 2015 o f way; Section 1 9 : signed Personal RepServe Yourself Storage promissory note effecornamental light poles Ih p low. S u pe r c l e a n L ots 1 and 2 . TO resentative at Silven, tive date of September with foundations, util¹66, David Eccles Rd, $4500. 541-524-9673 GETHER WITH a nght Schmeits 5 Vaughan, Baker City, OR 97814 ity trenching for elec15, 2010, the amount 1010 - Union Co. of way for a roadway Attorneys at Law, P.O. t rical a n d ir r i g a t i o n NEWER 3 bd, 2 ba home 930 - Recreational of $5,702.37, plus late Legal Notices Box 965, Baker City, Name of Person Forec onduit, a n d s t r e e t 16 1/2 feet wide folcharges in the amount w /open f l oo r p l a n , Vehicles lowing the line of t he Oregon, 97814, within closing: Serve Yourself of $96.59, plus fees NOTICE OF Preliminary trees. vaulted ceiling, central Determination for old B a k e r - M e dical four (4) months after Units are managed by due in the amount of air, Jacuzzi bath tub, Springs road a c ross the date of first publiNelson Real E state $27.09, for a total de- Water Right Transfer S h o u I d f u n d s a I I o w, walk-in closet, fenced T-11830 the Northwest corner cation of this notice, or three (3) additive alterAgency, 845 Campyard w/auto sparklers. l in q u e n c y of of the Northwest quart he c laims m a y b e n atives i n c l ud e t h e Exceptional Eagle Cap bell, Baker City, OR $5,826.05.

T-11830 filed by Threter of the Northwest barred.

97814, 541-523-6485 possibility of an addiEstates neighborhood. emile Canyon Farms quarter of Section 19, A ll p e rsons w h o s e By reason of the default tional 10,350 square R eady to m o v e i n !

LLC, 75906 Threemile T ownship 8 S o u t h , nghts may be affected Legal No. 00040164 the Beneficiary has defeet (SF) of sidewalk, $192,500.

2007 NUWA HitchHiker R d, Boardman O R Range 40 E. W.M., as by th e p r o c eedings Published: March 4, 6, 9, clared all sums owing 370 lineal feet of curb Champagne 37CKRD 97818, proposes an may obtain additional on the obligation seand 970 SF of drwe$39,999 g ranted i n d ee d r e 11,13,16, 2015 additional point of apcorded June 18, 1929 i nformation from t h e cured by the Deed of way. Ne w i m p r oveTnple axles, Bigfoot Iack STORAGE UNIT propriation under Ceri n Deed B o o k 1 1 2 , records of the court, ments in the added leveling system, 2 new Trust immediately due AUCTION t ificates 8 9 05 9 a n d Page 426. E X CEPT the Personal Reprea nd payable, t h o se a lternatives i n c l u d e 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, Descnption of Property: 87023.

Th e rig hts a Ithe coal and other minsentatwe, or the attorsums being the followthe installation of ornaRear Dining/ICitchen, low the use of 8.66 cuCouch, table top oven, e rals underlying t h e neys for the Personal lng, to-wlt: mental light poles with large pantry, double b ike, s k a t e b o a r d , bic feet pe r s e cond surface of said land, Representatwe. f oundations , u t i l i t y fndge/freezer. Mid living dishes, d e sk, c a h ir, from wells in Sects.13 r eserved i n Uni t e d Dated and first published A s o f N o v e m ber 1 5 trenching for electncal room w/fireplace and SINGLE RESIDENCE, candle oils, computer, and 14, T3S, R38E, States Patent d a t ed February 25, 2015. and irrigation conduit, 2013, unpaid pnncipal f our-level home, f o r surround sound. Awning WM and Sec. 18, T3S, candle making s upSeptember 9, 1 9 27, in t h e amo u n t of and street trees. Addisa le by ow ne r . 16', water 100 gal, tanks plies, Pendleton botR39E, WM for irrigarecorded May 1, 1962 Personal Representative tionally, the third addi$59,665.97, accrued 2014/15 Real Market 50/50/50, 2 new Powertles, and boxes of mistion in Sects. 13 and i n Deed B o o k 1 7 2 , Randy R. McBnde interest in the amount t ive a l t e r n a t iv e i n Value is assessed at house 2100 generators. cellaneous items un14, T3S, R38E, WM cludes the removal/repage 921. PARCEL II 1447 Chnstopher Place of $3,814.12, subsidy $252,319.00 w/ taxes Blue Book Value 50IC!! and Sects.17 and 18, able to inventory.

In Township 8 South, Mt. Home, ID recaptur e in t he placement of alley sur541-519-1488 at $3,800.47. Actual Range 40 East of the 83647-4644 facing and aggregate amount of $ 7 7 2.60, T3S, R39E, WM. The sale pnce is $239,000.

Property Owner: applicant proposes an Willamette M e r idian, base. The new surfacassessed fees in the Located at 1403 Cris THE SALE of RVs not Michelle Osborn additional point of apin the County of Baker Attorney for Estate amount of $1,400.84, ing for the alley w i ll beanng an Oregon inCt. La Grande, OR. propnation in Sec. 17, and State of Oregon: Floyd C. Vaughan and interest on fees in consist of Portland Cesignia of compliance is Close to Hospital and T3S, R17E, WM. The Amount Due: $215.00 as the amount of $23.10, ment Concrete. illegal: cal l B u i lding S ection 24: A l l t h a t OSB ¹784167 Central School. It feaof March 1, 2015 Water Resources Deportion of the North- P.O. Box 965 for a total amount of Codes (503) 373-1257. tures new roof, new partment proposes to e ast quarter o f t h e 1950 Third Street This prolect will be sub$65,676.63, plus interexterior paint, f e nced approve the transfer, Auction to take place on Northeast quarter lying Baker City,OR 97814 est continuing to acIect to Oregon Prevailback yard, 5 move in 970 - Autos For Sale based on the requireTuesday, February 17, N orth o f t h e S o u t h (541) 523-4444 c rue at t h e r a t e o f ing Wage Rates. ready. 2,879 sq ft in2015 at 10:30 AM at ments of ORS Chapter nght-of-way line of the $6.9474 per day, includes 4 Irg. bdrm, 2 Serve Yourself Storage 540 an d OA R O ld Bak e r - M e d i - LegaI No. 00040077 cluding daily interest Sealed bids for the deI rg l i v i n g spa c e s , 690-380-5000. ¹30, David Eccles Rd, cal Spnn g s Road.Published: February 25, on fees at the rate of scnbed prolects will be kitchen, office, loft, 2 A ny person ma y f i l e , Baker City, OR 97814 The court case numMarch 4, 11, 2015 $ 0.1631, u n ti l p a i d, recewed by Norman J. fire places, fully f i nIointly or severally, a ber is 14-227, where Paullus Jr., or his desplus any unpaid propished basement, 5 2 Name of Person Forep rotest o r s t a n d i ng ignee at the City of La EDWIN I. HOOD, Sucerty taxes, plus attorfull baths. 2 ca r gaIN THE MATTER closing: Serve Yourself s tatement w i t h i n 3 0 cessor Trustee of the neys fees, foreclosure Grande Public Works rage with adloining RV days after the last date Units are managed by E dwin an d M i l d r e d OF THE ESTATE OF costs, and sums adDepartment, Engineerg arage/shop. F l o o d +++PRICE REDUCED+++ WILLIAM DEAN Nelson Real E state of newspaper publicaHood T r u st , UA D i ng Division, 80 0 ' X ' vanced by the benefizone AO. All reason- 1 984 C hev y He a v y HOLCOMB, Agency, 845 Campt ion o f t h i s n o t i c e , Avenue, La Grande, 8-14-2008 is plaintiff, ciary pursuant to t he able offers considered.

Half-ton. Would make Deceased. bell, Baker City, OR 03/04/2015 Call (503) and MICHAEL P. DEterms of said Deed of O regon, u n t i l 2 : 0 0 Please, no Saturday State of Oregon a great wood hauling 986-0807 to obtain ad97814, 541-523-6485 VANEY is defendant.

Trust. p .m. Iocal t i me , o n phone calls or showCounty of Baker truck. Straight body, ditional information or The sale is a p u b lic March 18, 2015, and ing. 541-215-0300 16" tires, tool box on Clicult Couit Legal No. 00040162 a protest form.

I f n o auction to the highest WHEREFORE, notice is then publicly opened In Probate back, 5 clean interior, Published: March 4, 6, 9 protests are filed, the b idder f o r c a s h o r hereby gwen that the and read aloud the Case No. 15-138 Department will issue 850 - Lots & PropAsking $1,500obo. Call 11,13,16, 2015 c ashier's c h e c k , i n undersigned Trustee same day, at 2:15 p.m. for more info or quesa final order consistent erty Baker Co. The contract time for h and, mad e o u t t o will on May 5, 2015, at T RI-COUNTY C O O P NOTICE TO tions 541-910-9339. with th e p r e l iminary Baker County Shenff's INTERESTED PERSONS work in the base proERATIVE Weed Man- t he h ou r o f 11 : 0 0 determination.

Office. For more inforoclock, A.M., in accord Iect shall be sixty (60) agement Area Board 1993 OLDS Cutlass, unmation on this sale go with the standard of calendar days. An addio f Directors w i l l b e NOTICE I S H E REBY der 73k miles, $3000, Published: February 25, to: w w w . ore onshert ime e s t ablished b y tional fifteen (15) calholding a q u a r t erly i ncludes 4 s t u d d e d GIVEN that the under2 015 and M a rch 4 , e ndar days w i l l b e ORS 187.110, on the meeting at The Walsigned has been aptires. 541-910-5774.

2015 f ront s t e p s o f the added at the end of lowa Resources Ofpointed personal repLegaI No. 00040090 Baker County Courtthe contract for each 2001 TOYOTA Echo, 4 Published: February 25, r esentatwe. Al l p e r - f ices located at 4 0 1 LegaI No. 00039377 house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd of the additwe alternacyl. 5 speed, 2 door. sons h aving c l a i ms NE First St. Suite A, March 4, 11, 18, 2015 Street, in the City of t ives t h a t a r e acEnterpnse, Oregon on Looking for someone against the estate are City, County of NOTICE OF Foreclosure cepted. required t o p r e s e nt W ednesday, M a r c h Baker to take over the paySale at C' s S t orage Zoned for 2 potential Baker, State of Ore11, 2015 © 9:00am.

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The City of La Grande gon, sell at public aucAUCTION attached, to the under25'x40' Pavilion with Gran d e , OR . tion to the highest bidmay relect any bid not Legal No. 00040171 Descnption of Property: signed Personal RepDONATE YOUR CAR, 541-91 0-4438 2 vaulted facilities on der for cash the interin compliance with all Motorcycle h e l m et, resentative at Silven, Published: March 4, 9, TRUCIC OR BOAT TO property, fenced 5 e st i n t h e s a i d d e prescribed r e q u i re2015 HE R ITAG E FOR THE dresser, tool box, fishSchmeits 5 Vaughan, scribed real property The owner or r eputed m ents l i sted i n t h e gated. Timber, Pine ing pole, table, 2 matAttorneys at Law, P.O. BLIND. Free 3 Day VaCreek runs though, owner of the property TRUSTEES NOTICE which the Grantor has Contract Documents, t resses , c l ot h e s , Box 965, Baker City, cation, Tax Deductible, OF SALE to be sold is: well. 12 miles from or had power to cona nd may r e l ect f o r b ooks, c o oler, t o o l Oregon, 97814, within Free Towing, All PaBaker City. $169,000 vey at the time of the 1. Unit ¹ D - 6 4 S h errie good cause any and all four (4) months after R eference is m ad e t o perwork Taken Care belt, p i l l o w s , and I Codep amount d u e Travis Bloomer execution by Grantor bids upon finding that boxes of m i scellanethe date of first publiOf. CAL L The Whitney that certain Deed of $220.00. it is in the public interof the said Deed of ous items unable to incation of this notice, or 1-800-401-4106 Land Company Trust made by M iT rust, t o gether w i t h 2 . Unit ¹ C - 2 8 B r u c e est to do so. ventory. t he c laims m a y b e (PNDC) 541-519-3250 chael L. F r aijo, as any interest which the Flanagan amount due barred. $415.00.

Grantor, to State Diobligations thereby seCopies of the Contract Property Owner: John A ll p e rsons w h o s e 3. Unit ¹ D - 4 3 P a t rick documents may be obrector of th e R ural cured and the c o sts 75'X120' LOT. Shukle nghts may be affected Housing Service or Morehead amount due tained at the City of La and expenses of sale, 825 G St. $49,000. by th e p r o c eedings its successor agency, $175.00. including a reasonable Grande, Public Works 541-51 9-6528 Amount Due: $249.00 as may obtain additional as Trustee, in favor of charge by the Trustee. 4 . Unit ¹ D 36 Co r y Department, Engineerof March 1, 2015 i nformation from t h e U nited S t a t e s o f Notice is further given ICingsmith amount due i ng Division, 80 0 ' X ' records of the court, 855 - Lots & Prop$165.00.

Avenue, or by calling A meric a a ct i ng that any person named Auction to take place on the Personal Repret hrough th e R u r a l in ORS 86.778 has the 5. Unit ¹ D-46 Chns Cox erty Union Co. (541) 962-1333, with a Tuesday, February 17, sentatwe, or the attoramount due $175.00.

Housing Service or non-refundable paynght, at any time pnor BEAUTIFUL VIEW lot in 2015 at 10:40 AM at neys for the Personal successor a g ency, to fwe (5) days before m ent of $ 2 5 .00 f o r Cove, Oregon. Build 1001 - Baker County Serve Yourself Storage Representatwe.

U nited St ates D e each set. The contract he date last set f o r C's Storage is foreclosy our d r ea m h o m e . Legal Notices Dated and first p ub¹67, David Eccles Rd, ing the lien. partment of Agriculthe sale, to have this tor shall provide a mailSeptic approved, elecBaker City, OR 97814 lished March 4, 2015.

STORAGE UNIT ing address, p h o ne ture, as B e n e ficiary, foreclosure proceeding Property will be sold on tnc within feet, stream M arch 31, 2 0 1 5 a t AUCTION dated September 15, dismissed a n d t he and fax numbers when r unning through l o t . Descnption Name of Person ForePersonal Representative of Property: 1:00 pm by auction.

2010, recorded Sepplans are requested.

Deed of T r us t r e i nA mazing v i e w s of closing: Serve Yourself Floyd C. Vaughan tember 16, 2010, as mattresses, 2 motorstated by payment to mountains 5 v a l l ey. 2 are managed by P. O. Box 965 cycles, m o t o r cycle Units Inst r u m e n t No. the Beneficiary of the Published: February 25, The City of La Grande is 3.02 acres, $62,000 Nelson Real E state Baker City,OR 97814 2 015 and M a rch 4 , parts, shoes, clothes, 10380035B, Records e ntire a m o un t t h e n an equal opportunity 208-761-4843 Agency, 845 Campweight set and boxes of Baker County, Ore2015 employer. due (other than such bell, Baker City, OR Attorney for Estate of m is c e l l a n e o u s 97814, 541-523-6485 Floyd C. Vaughan gon, covenng the folportion of the principal items unable to invenlowing descnbed real and interest as would LegaI No. 00040094 Norman J. Paullus, Jr. OSB ¹784167 ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdwitory. not then be due had Public Works Director p roperty s i t uated i n Legal No. 00040163 P.O. Box 965 sion, Cove, OR. City: Baker County, Oregon, no default occurred) T RI-COUNTY C O O P Sewer/VVater available. Property Owner: Cory Published: March 4, 6, 9, 1950 Third Street to-wit: a nd b y c u r in g a n y ERATIVE Weed Man- Published: Wednesday, Regular price: 1 acre 11,13,16, 2015 Baker City,OR 97814 Hillman o ther d e f ault c o m - agement Area Board March 4, 2015 and m/I $69,900-$74,900.

(541) 523-4444 A parcel in Lots 5 and plained of herein that o f Directors w il l b e Fnday, March 13, 2015 We also provide property Amount Due: $295.00 as STORAGE UNIT 7, Block 11, JOHN i s capable o f b e i n g holding a q u a r t erly management. C heck Legal No. 00040120 AUCTION STEWART'S ADDIof March 1, 2015 cured by tendering the meeting at The Wal- Legal No. 00040161 Published: March 4, 11, out our rental link on Descnption of Property: T ION T O BA K E R performance required lowa Resources Ofour w e b s i t e Auction to take place on 18, 2015 M ayta g N ept u n e under the obligation or CITY, in Baker City, f ices located at 4 0 1 www.ranchnhome.co Tuesday, March 17, Deed of Trust, and in LOOKING FOR A w asher a n d d r y e r , County of Baker and NE First St. Suite A, m or c aII aquarium, computer, S tate o f Ore g o n , addition to paying said 2 015 at 9 : 30 AM a t STORAGE UNIT Enterpnse, Oregon on GOOD RETURN? Ranch-N-Home Realty, more particularly deA 2 Z S t o rage ¹ 6 4 , heater, fishing pole, AUCTION sums or tendenng the W ednesday, M a r c h In c 541-963-5450.

W hy n o t u s e t hi s 3 485 1 7 t h St r e e t , lamps, piano, trophies, Descnption of Property: scribed as follows: performance neces11, 2015 © 9:00am.

Baker City, OR 97814 s leeping b ags, g a s s ary to cure the d e M iscellaneous b i k e directory to inform I cans, hope chest, TV, I p arts/tires , l o u n g e Beginning at a p o i nt f ault, b y p a y ing a l l Legal No. 40172 p eople o f y o ur Name of Person Forei roning b o a rd , b e d c hair , f l as h l i g h t , 71.5 feet West of the costs and expenses Published: March 4, 9, closing: A 2 Z Storage frame, and boxes of broom, and boxes of East line of said Lot actually incurred in en2015 business? units are managed by forcing the obligation m iscellaneous i t e m s 5, where the North m iscellaneous i t e m s 880 - Commercial Nelson Real Estate, unable to inventory. right of way line of unable to inventory. and Deed of Trust, toProperty Washington Avenue Agency, 845 Campgether with Trustees BEST CORNER location bell, Baker C i ty,OR Property Owner: Tavis Property Owner: Roark intersects the West and attorneys fees not for lease on A dams 97814, 541-523-6485 Valentine line of the alley adjaexce e d i n g the Broadie Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. cent to said Block 11 amounts provided by Lg. pnvate parking. Re- Legal No. 00040158 Amount Due: $225.00 as Amount Due: $225.50 as on the East; said ORS 86.778. t hence No rt h 7 0 . 5 m odel or us e a s i s . Published: February 4, 6, of March 1, 2015 of March 1, 2015 541-805-91 23 In accordance with the 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 feet; Auction to take place on Auction to take place on t hence West 1 0 . 2 5 Fair Debt C o l lection Tuesday, March 17, Tuesday, February 17, feet; P ractices Act, t hi s i s t hence S o ut h 5 . 5 an attempt to collect a 2 015 at 9 :45 AM a t 2015 at 10:15 AM at A 2 Z S t o rage ¹ 4 2 , Serve Yourself Storage feet; debt, and any informa3 485 1 7 t h St r e e t , ¹17, David Eccles Rd, thence West 50 feet; t ion obtained w ill b e Baker City, OR 97814 Baker City, OR 97814 thence South 55 feet; used for that purpose. thence East 50 feet, This communication is from a debt collector.

Name of Person Fore- Name of Person Foremore or less, to the closing: A 2 Z Storage closing: Serve Yourself point of beginning. units are managed by for our most current offers and to Units are managed by In construing this Notice Nelson Real Estate, Nelson Real E state Commonly referred to the singular includes browse our complete inventory. as 2804 Washington t he plural, the w o rd Agency, 845 CampAgency, 845 CampAvenue, Baker City Grantor includes any bell, Baker C i ty,OR bell, Baker City, OR 97814, 541-523-6485 97814, 541-523-6485 OR 97814. successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other person Legal No. 00040159 Legal No. 00040160 Alan N. Stewartof Hurley February 4, 6, Published: March 4, 6, 9, owing an o b l igation, Re, P.C., 747 SW Mill 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 Published: View Way, Bend, OR 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 11,13, 16, 2015 •

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puts his wife on high alert DEARABBY: I was recently told by a uncomfortable, so please stop." If she wants to know why, tell her you know she loves you, friend that my husband had sent her texts of an inapproprr'ate and sexual nature. My but you think what she's doingis excessive. husband didn't deny that he sent them and DEARABBY: We goout to eat occasionally refused to tell me what he sent.

This woman is envious of my husband and with another couple I7Icall Jack and Jill. Most jealousofour rekrtionship.Sheoftencomments restaurants around here ojfer free refrllson about how she'd love to have aman like mine, soft drinks or self serve. Jack will order water etc. My concernis,headmits he (free) to drink while Jill orders texted her, but I don't undera soda. They then take their DEAR stand why. My intuition tells empty glassesand refrll them me she told me the truth, butI ABBY with a colorless soft drink. want to trust my husband.

They see nothirg wrorg Now I'm suspicious. Ialways with the practice. Wethinkit's want to checkhisphone,and analyzeevery asstealing and we are embarrassed. What are pect ofour life and marriage. I feel this hasput your thoughts, and how should we react when a huge wedge between us,and I no longer feel thisis donein front of us? Lately we have been the scune love and passion for him. Please help. making excuses to avoid goirg out with them.

— EATING WITH CHEAPSEATES What do Ido now? Is my marricge over?

— SUSPICIOUS IN MICHIGAN DEAR E.W.C.: I agree that it's stealing.

DEAR SUSPICIOUS: Your marriage Jack and Jill are taking something to which may not be over, but it could be in jeopardy. they are not entitled. Have you spoken to Considering what has been going on, you them about it? If you have, then because their behavior makes you uncomfortable, have every right to be concerned.

Marriage counseling may help you and you are justified in not going out with them. your husband get back on track ifhe's willing DEARABBY: I teach at a fairly small to go with you. Butifhe isn't, then for your own sake, get counseling on your own beschool. My grade-level teachirg team consists cause you may need to talk to someone who of frve teachers who work closely together. isn't emotionally involved in your turmoil.

Durirg the last school year, one of my team members got engcged. Thisyear, we've had a DEARABBY:Every time my new wifeand charge ofstcgand now have a new member on our team. My colleague hasnot,and does I visit my mom or she visits us, my mother scratches my back,rubsmy arm, restsherhand not, plan to invite this new member to her wedon my inner thigh, tickles me, hugs me or touch- ding, although the rest of us are invited. The save-the-datesand showerinvitatr'ons have all es me any chance shegets. Idon't reciprocate or been hand-delivered at school, making it awkvalidate the touching butI don't discourcgeit either. She has beenthis way for so long that I've ward for theperson who hasnotbeen invited. j ust gotten used toit. I never noticed how creepy I feel it wasn't appropriate to include all it was until my wife mentioned somethirg. but one of the team simply because she is new tothegroupAmIcorrectin feelirgthat my How do I address this with my mother? I don't want to throw my wife under the bus as colleague did not handle this appropriately? the reason for the discussion, but I am not sure — FRUSTRATED IN THE FIRST GRADE how believableit will bei fI suddenly say after DEAR FRUSTRATED: A wedding is not 30plusyears thatit bothers me. Iwant the a children's birthday party to which all the message thatI feel she should stop touchirg me at every opportunity to comefrom me. How children must be invited if the invitations are doI have this conversation? What can Isay? handed out at school. While it would have — NO MEANS NO been more diplomatic if the bride had mailed DEAR NO MEANS NO: Say,"I love you, or emailed the invitations to her teammates, she was in no way obligated to invite someMom, and I know I should have mentioned this before, but when you do that, it makes me one withwhom shehadn'tworked.

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Kurt Moffitt, a soil scientist for the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service, prepares to take a snow sample Monday at a snow measuring site nearWanoga Sno-Park.

By Dylan J. Darling WesCom News Service

WANOGA SNO-PARKA weekend snowstorm didn't do much to help the snowpack situation in Central Oregon.

Checking snow depth and density at sites along Century Drive west of Bend for the second time this year, a pair offederalscientistsMonday found the snowstorm did not dramatically change the snowpack.

After measuring five spots at a site near Wanoga Snopark onMonday, Kurt Moffitt and Gabriella Coughlin, soil scientists for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Redmond, crunched the numbers.

The amount of water held in the snow at the sitewas at10 percent of averagethistim e ofyear.

"Ouch," Moffitt said.

Close to Virginia Meissner Sno-Park as well as Wanoga, the site Monday had an average of 6'/2 inches of snow on the ground in the five measuring spots. The last time they were at the

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Last winter started with meager snowfall in the Cascades but a big February snowstorm brought a major improvement. At the start oflast March the site near Wanoga boasted 33 inches of snow.

Automated snow sensors around the DeschutesCrooked River Basin this year show the snowpack around Central Oregon, and much of the state, is far below normal for this time of year.

The Conservation Service on Mondayreported the basin at 17 percent of normal.

Other basins amund Oregon are also in poor snow shape, with Eastern Oregon the only region to have basin snowpack above50 percentofnormal for this time ofyear. Even then, it is only 53 percent.

Unlike the late January check of the site near Wanoga, there was some

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snow along Century Drive on Monday. But not much.

"I haven't had to put on my snow pants this year," said Moffrtt, who wore jeans and a lightfleece.

The monthly snow site visits, done by federal scientists like Moffitt and Coughlin, providedatakom elevati ons not recordedatautomated sites and double-check data coming kom automated equipment.

The duo is set to go back to the snow sites along Century Drive one more time this year, nearthe startofApril.

The weather over the next month will determine if there is an improvementin the snowpack. aWe have another month for something exciting to happen," Coughlin said Monday.

The short-tenn forecast for Central Oregonis notpromising for snowpackimprovement.

Sunny skies are in the NationalWeatherServiceforecastfor the nextweekin Bend and the dailyhigh temperature should slide up kom in the low 40s todaytoamund 50Wednesday to the mid-50s this weekend.

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