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TODAY Today is Wednesday, March11, the 70th day of 2015. There are 295 days left in the year.

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TODAY INHISTORY On March 11, In 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan's northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damagingthe Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.

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ONTHIS DATE In 1888, the Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White Hurricane," began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1915, during World War I, Britain enacted a sweeping, long-distance blockade aimed at disrupting trade to and from German ports.

In1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, "I shall return," kept that promise more than 2"/2 years later.)

In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington D.C. by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 2004, ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people in an attack linked to al-Qaidainspired militants.

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• Concern about statewidelow snowpack lingers Observer staff

CORVALLIS — If it seemed like Oregon has had a lot of unseasonably warm days this winter, it's because it has.

Now the focus is on a very low snowpack — and the implications that may have later this year.

The meteorological winter, which is comprised of December, January and February, recently wrapped up and depending on the location, it was one of the warmest — if not the warmest — winter on record.

"It has been a very, very warm winter, almost historically so," said Philip Mote, director of the Oregon

Climate Change Research Center at Oregon State University."On one hand, the warm temperatures have made fora ratherpleasant winter. On the other hand, the snowpack situation has been atrocious, and that really raises concerns for water levels in many streams later this summer."

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's seasonal outlook calls for "significantly enhanced likelihood" for a warm spring, especially in Western Oregon and Western Washington, and a"somewhat reducedlikelihood"fora wet spring.

"That's not a hopeful outlook for the kind of late recovery of snowpack that we have seen in some previous low-snow winters," Mote sald.

How warm has this winter been? Mote said that each winter month was warmer than average at almostevery recording station in Oregon. More than 100 high temperature records were broken in Oregon — just in December.

Another 114 high temperature records were broken in February.

Overall, Mote said, this should go down as the second warmest winter for the Pacific Northwest behind 1933-34, according to data from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. That was the Dust Bowl era and 201415 wasn't far behind. NOAA reportsthatpartsofEastern and Southern Oregon were more than 8 degrees warmer than average for the meteorological winter.

Along the coast, tempera-

turesin some placesreached the low 70s, amazingly mild for mid-February.

In many other places in Western Oregon, temperatures in the 60s were not uncommon. In fact, Roseburg reported 12 days of 60-degree-plus temperatures in February alone, according to National Weather Service data.

Although temperatures were warm, it wasn't unusually dry, Mote said.

"The precipitation levels were unremarkable. Just a bit lower than usual," Mote said."However, a lotm oreof the precipitation fell as rain instead of snow. That could have a major impact down the road. California, Oregon and Washington hardly have any snow, less than 10 percent of normal in some basins."

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Stateand localgovernment saw the largest concentrationofdeaths in 2014, with five workers killed in that industry. The agriculture sector, which includes logging operations, had four deaths — the sameas transportation and warehousing.

"Although Oregon workplaces are safertodaythanin previousdecades,therearestillfar t oo manypreventable ~ e s eachyear," said PatrickAllen, director of DCBS.'We must continue our commitment to eliminatinghazards in the workplace so that all Oregon workers can come home safely at the end of the day."

Workplace fatalities are down significantly compared to previousdecades.In the 1990s, there was an average of 55 workplace deaths per year. In the 1980s, the average was 81 deaths. The statewiderateofreported workplace injuries and illnesses has also decreased more than 50 percent since the late 1980s.

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Jake Post, 2, enjoys the warm spring-like temperatures Tuesday at Birnie Park in La Grande. The temperature was 66 degrees, and sunny and many people were out enjoying it while it lasted.

SALEM — Thirty-one people covered by the Oregon workers' compensation system died on the job during 2014, the Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Tuesday. It's up slightly from 2013's figure of 30 deaths but continues to be consistent with fatality counts in recent years.

The year 2010 marked the state's all-time low of 17 deaths. That figure was likely tied, in part, to the economic downturn. In 2012, there were 30 deaths and, in 2011,

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hurglaries • Co-defendant remains in Union County Jail

ber and January are alleged to have been committed by Villastrigo alone, after the co-defendants had a falling out, according to the DA's Observer staff press release. Both teens were arrested Jan. 12 by DetecOne La Grande teen is awaiting his next court date tives Mike Harris and Shaun after his co-defendant was Gridley of the La Grande committed last week to the Police Department after aninOregon Youth Authority for vestigation culminatingin the placementin a correctional execution of a search warrant. facility.

The youth was taken to Justin Villastrigo, 18, and a juvenile detention facility an unnamed minor are acin Walla Walla, Washington, cused of committing a rash of pending the outcome ofhis burglaries in La Grande and juvenile petition.

Island City last fall and this Villastrigo remains in the Union County Jail. He was January.

The minor, who appeared in indicted by a grand jury Jan. 28 and faces a 40-count court last week, was ordered

by Judge Brian Dretke to pay indictment. Charges include $15,857.13 in restitution at second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief, the same time he was placed into the hands of the OYA. firstdegree theft,second-deThe commitment, which gives gree theft and unauthorized the OYA jurisdiction over the entry of a motor vehicle.

According to court docuyouth until the age of 25, folments, Villastrigo was schedlowed the youth's admissions tofourcountsofsecond-degree uledtoappear in courtlast burglary and one count of first- week and again this week for trial. Judge Russ West degreetheftthatwerepartof a petition filed by the Union last week granted a motion County Juvenile Department, to postpone the status check hearing and trial date. Vilaccording to a press release fiom the Union County Dislastrigo's attorney, Victoria trictAttorney's 0$ce.

Moffet, said in documents Allegations fiom the juvefiled with the court that nile department petition stem negotiations with the DA's from commercial burglaries office are ongoing.

In pronouncing his judgthat occurred between Oct. 18 and 23 involving 14 diferent ment for the minor, Dretke businesses. Those burglaries called the incidents "probably thegreatestrash ofburglarwere alleged to have been committed with Villastrigo. ies this town has ever seen," according to the DA's press Several additional commercial burglaries in Decemrelease.

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FIRES Continued from Page1A oYou can tell they're invested in it," said Sam Black, Riverbend Group Life coordinator.

"This isgreatfor them."

Many of those housed at Riverbend enjoy the thrill of an adrenaline rush — for some, that may have played a role in getting them committed to the Oregon Youth Authority.

Mendoza, a 21-year-old from Hermiston, said he was initially attracted to firefighting because of that rush and the nice pay. But there's more to it than that, he said.

"In a way it's more than the moneyand adrenaline.

It's helping people in the community," Mendoza said.

Those in the program who have seen wildfires up close and personal said they also shoulder a sense of responsibility for their peers and team members — not just for those who come with them from Riverbend,

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This season, Kirby said he is focused on"perfecting what I've already learned."

'This is one thing I'd like to do when I get out," he sald.

For many Riverbend Fire Academy graduates, that is exactly what they do. oWe've certified about 125 firefighters" since the program launched, Dunten said."I know ofatleast30 who have paroled and gotten jobs firefighting."

Tim Mustoe/The Observer Those at Riverbend are on Entering its fourth fire season, Riverbend Fire Academy their last leg of serving in a Instructor Brett Dunten estimates the program will juvenile facility, preparing to have 25 young men ready to fight fire when the season re-enter society. That means amps up. teaching them to be a good neighbor with a strong work Both Kirby and Mendoza ethic, Dunten and Black but also those who fight the fires next to them, from the had thebestexperience last sald.

"Here in these kids, all Forest Service, Department year at the Mount Harris of Forestryand private Fire, a late season wildfire you see is hope," Black said.

"They have so much potencompanies. that was spotted Oct. 4.

"I like that about it," said Unlike the three other fires tial out there for them."

Patrick Kirby, a 20-year-old the crews responded to, the When the men see wildfrom Portland.oWe're all out young men at OYA had fires in the news, that helps there trying to accomplish the chance to get the initial afBrm what they are doing the same goal." attack on the blaze 14 miles as valuable, Dunten added.

"If this was easy work, The Riverbend crew northeast of La Grande.

'That fire we started from everybody would be doing it, motto is "I got your back, but it's not," he said. you got mine." the beginning," Mendoza

CHANGES Continued from Page1A meeting packet. That process has also held up construction, prompting the applicants to request a six-month extension.

Funding from the URA for the proposed grocery story was approved by the agency Oct. 1. The current agreement allows for funding of the

project up to $500,000. The $500,000 can convert to agrantprovided certain conditions are met. The intent of the project is to transform the building at 1912 Fourth St., which formerly housed Blockbuster Video.

The agreement does not allow for administrative approval of any material changes to any portions of the agreement, meaning any amendments must be approved by the agency.

In a letter dated Feb. 27, Al Adelsberger, who owns La Grande Market

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Place, says negotiations with U.S. Bank began over a year ago.

Although U.S. Bank's Small Business Administration Division vice presidentfound the projectto beviable, "he felt that in order for U.S. Bank to move forward, the borrower would additionally require more sufficient liquidity for the down payment, closing costs, and post loan liquidity for the project, "the letter says.

U.S. Bank has suggested that a $100,000 grant from the city would complete the liquidityrequirements, which is why the applicants are asking the URA toconsider reallocating$100,000

ofthe$500,000forthatpurpose.

Adelsberger wrote in theletter that"we are not asking for additional funding, nor do we wish to exclude any of the improvements that have been suggested for the project" and that they "only wish to meet the current underwriting requirements of U.S. Bank."

Negotiations with the bank have

also "raised concern over our initial plans to beginning construction by early this spring," the letter says, in asking for the six-month extension.

Approval of the revision to how the

$100,000 could be usedwould mean the funds could be spent on interior improvements and other business purposes, a departure from the agency's past practice. The agency's financial participation in the project would not change, according to the agency explanation.

The URA may choose not to adopt the requested amendments, in which case the existing agreement would remain in place, unchanged. Applicants fear, though, that not amending the agreement could jeopardizethe entireproject,according to the agency explanation.

Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kducote 0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

Ronde Enterprise Zone is not approved.

Howard said Union will Continued from Page1A benefit if the expansion of the believes that it might bring enterprise zone draws in new more business into Union businesses because more County, which would help people would likely move Union economically. there to live. He said people "Our benefit would be the will be attracted to Union in people coming here who need partbecause ithassome of housing," Briggs said. the most affordable housing Councilor Coy Wilde is not in the state.

The request for the amendas enthusiastic about the amendment. ment ofthe Grande Ronde "I am not seeing what the Enterprise Zone was made benefit is for us,"Wilde said. by the City of La Grande. It The council did not vote on asked for the change because the amendment, but it did the city's urban growth schedule a work session to boundary was recently expanded and now includes discuss it. The work session will start at 6 p.m. Friday at additional land that is zoned Union City Hall. for industrial use. The proThe proposed change in the posed additions would allow enterprise zone would add all of the land within the city's UGB, which is zoned 522 acres and subtract 79, industrial, to be part of the said Union County Administrative Officer Shelley enterprise zone.

Burgess, thefacilitatorfor The majority of the acreage the Grande Ronde Enterprise within the enterprise zone is Zone amendment process. contained in the La Grande Union County and the UGB. The rest is in Union, cities of Union, La Grande, Is- Elgin, North Powder, Island land City, North Powder and City and small unincorporatElgin are all co-sponsors of ed portions of Union County. the GrandeRonde Enterprise Union has 2.54 square miles of property within the enterZone, which now is 11-1/2 square miles and has been in prise zone, which consists of all the land within the city place since 2009. Alterations in the makeup of the enterlimits and within its UGB. Business firms that set up prise zone cannot be made unless all co-sponsors approve plants in the enterprise zone the change. The proposed are eligible to apply for tax change would then have to breaks from the state. Firms receivingthetax breaks are be authorized by the Oregon Economic and Community not taxed on the value of the Development Department. structuresadded totheir A lot could be riding land for three years. They do, on whether the proposed however, pay property taxes amendmentisapproved. on the value of the land they Union County Commisown within the enterprise sioner Jack Howard told the zone, Burgess said.

The city councils of Elgin, city council that he knows North Powder, La Grande and of a business that is likely Island City will all also decide to move into the area if the amendmentisapproved. later on whether to pass "It is a significant busiresolutions approving the enterprise zone amendment. nesswith great potentialfor the area," Howard said on Tuesday.

Contact Dick Mason at He said it is less likely that 541-786-5386 or dmason C the business will come if the lagrandeobserver.com. Follow amendment to the Grande Dick on Twitter C IgoMason.

listing. Nobody wants a listing because so much key

habitat burns that (a listing)just gets outfoeveryone's

the West."

The Boise-based National Interagency Fire Center, which assigns resources throughout the nation during wildfire season, is already adopting new strategies. One ofthem isa plan to preposition fire crews in the Great Basin ahead of fire season.

'That's the key thing that we will be doing differently," said Randy Eardley, a Fire Center spokesman. Previously, he said, fire crews only responded— sometimes from greatdistances — once wildfires had started and spread."If we have more crews available in the area, then yes, it could be very effective, "hesaid.

The plan requires making a priority the protection of sage-steppe ecosystems where sage grouse live.Wildfire managers are still working out the specifics ofhow some aspects oftheplan willbeput in place, Eardley said.

In thelastdecade,rangeland fires have been especially destructive in the Great Basin region of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California. Jewell in October toured southern Idaho and saw firsthand the giant swaths scorched by wildfires. In January sheissued an order seeking a"science-based" approach to find a way to stop wildfire and other threats while also protecting habitat for greater sage grouse.

The wide-ranging bird is underconsideration forfederal protections, and just the potential listing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has already put on hold development of wind farms and oil and gas drillirg plans in some areas.

Experts say an endangeredspecies listing could damage Western states'economies.

The footbal l-sized bird once numbered in the millions,

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but current estimates put the population between 200,000 Bnd 500,000.

The plan released Tuesday stems in part from a conference last fall in Boise that broughttogether scientists and landmanagers to find collaborative ways to protect Great Basin rangelands from the plague of increasingly intense wildfires.

John Freemuth, a Boise StateUniversity professor and public lands expert who took part in that conference, on Tuesday analyzed the resulting plan.

"This is a reordering becauseofthepossible sage grouse listing," he said.o¹ body wants a listing because so much key habitat burns that ia listing) just gets out of everyone's control."

Besides sagegrouse habitat, the gigantic wildfires have destroyed rangeland that ranchersrely on to graze cattle.

"Iappreciatethedirection of Secretary Jewell's management plan," said Idaho Republican Gov. C.L.

"Butch" Otter in a statement on Tuesday."In fact, many of the pointsechothe strategies that have been fundamental to my sage-grouseprotection plan for some time now."

Otter said he and other Western governors have been working for years battling cheatgrass"and other threats to important habitat in Idaho and throughout the region."

The January order by Jewell created a Rangeland Fire Task Force assigned to come up with an initial plan by March. That report made public on Tuesday is called"The Initial Report: A Strategic Plan for Addressing Rangeland Fire Prevention, Management, and Restoration in 2015."

The next step in the processisforthetask force to recommend longer-term actions for rangeland fire management,prevention, suppressionand restoration.

That report, according to Jewell's January order, is due

by May 1. Full implementationisscheduled for2016.

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Ranchers looking for livestock loss relief

W alk with Ease

• This is first year the ranchers have asked to be reimbursed

By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

Baker County ranchers suffered above normal livestock losses in wolf country last summer and are looking to the state for nearly $40,000 in compensation.

Roger Gulick is one of three ranchers seeking reimbursement for cattle that didn't come in from their Wallowa Mountain summer range. Gulick said he turns out his cattle June 15 onto a permit with 90 cows. When they came out Oct. 1, he was nine calves and seven cows short.

"I haveno visual proof, they just didn't come home," he said."I waited a couple, three weeks to make sure they weren't floating around in someone's bunch."

Gulick said he usually has an average loss of 1 or 2 percent."20 to 30 percent doesn't work out well."

The state wolf depredation compensation fund is man-

aged by each county enrolled in the program.

In Baker and Wallowa counties, this is the first year ranchers have asked to be reimbursedfor above normal losses. All told Baker County

applied for $39,801 forcow s that didn't come home.

What the state doesn't compensatefor arecalves that don't gain as much weight as they normally do, a condition some assume occursfrom the stressof wolvesinlivestock pastures.

Gulick said this year his calvesare 50 pounds lighter than average.

Information gathered by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife from a collared wolf's GPS unit indicated wolves were camped near his herd.

Gulick said in August and September, early morning textmessages indicated the Imnaha pack was in the vicinity of his cattle.

"Where our cows congre-

gated the most they ithe wolves) never left," Gulick said."They were in one of two locations every day, in one spot or the other."

He said the Pine Valley Ranch grazes in a nearby allotment. "They still lost 12, but better than the 25 they lostthe year before."

Baker County asked the statefor $1,470 fora rancher who had one confirmed "probable"lossto wolves.

For non-lethal deterrents the county asked for

$18,000.

Most of that money will go to payfortw orange riders who will look for wolves in summer grazingland June through October.

That sum will also buy an antenna,a GPS unitand a receiver.

The application said the range riders will focus their efforts in the Fish Lake area where the majority of depredation and missing livestock occurred.

Prairie Creek Finding more efficient ways to save money

By Josey Koehn For the Observer

A new project focused on the Prairie Creek area between Joseph and Enterprise is undergoing changes this season, creating a more efficient waterway system for landowners in Wallowa County.

The project will replace 6,250 feet of open ditch with 4,340 feet of pipeline, said Cynthia Warnock of the Wallowa County Soil and Water District.

The task will help the efficiency of water distribution for four landowners by streamlining the water's path through a pipeline as opposedtoan open ditch that can become blocked.

It is also a more economicaloption asthereisno evaporation, no rodent problems and no need for extra water to cover the pump.

Warnock said the pipeline usesgravity to propelthewater to its destination instead of constant pumping.

This would allow landowners to occasionally turn off

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Submissions are due by 5 p.m., March 15.

The month-long art show opening April 3 will be accompanied by documentary films, lectures, brown bag lunch discussions and a music concert featuring wooden instruments.

Artists, writers, millworkers, loggers, firefighters and storytell ersareinvited to join in the work.

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2,000 books and magazines, Patrons of any of the more based on the books and than 70 SAGE libraries journals from the Josephys' across Eastern Oregon personal libraries in Concan now check out select necticut and Oregon, is open materials from the Alvin M. forthe publictobrowse. and Betty Josephy Library The collection includes many of Josephy's own writof Western History and Culture. ings, published and unpubTucked away on the lished.

Among the latest acquisisecond floor of the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture tionsare two articleshe in Joseph, the Josephy Liwrote from Mexico in 1937, brary is a little-known gem when, at the age of 22, he in the community. interviewed both Lazaro Founded in 2012, the Cardenas, then president of library continues the Mexico, and Leon Trotsky, who had fled Russia and Josephy's commitment to literature, history, the arts Stalin and at the time was living in artist Frida Kahlo's and to all who have lived in and loved the West. house.

The entire collection of In addition, the library

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Four farmers are working with theWallowa County Soil and Water District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to pipe spur ditches in the Prairie CreekWatershed. their pumps or downsize The Prairie Creek area their pumps entirely to save and the four landowners, energy. working in conjunction with Warnock said the loss of the Natural Resources Conditches may cause minor servation Service, will soon realize the benefit of this eSproblems, like the need to find alternative water cient and economical change in the coming months. sourcesforcattle.

However, these can be easily remedied with replaceJosey Koehn is aCove High ment water troughs that School senior interested are moreeffective forcattle in pursuing agriculture drinking. journalism at OSU.

'Timber, Logging and the Mill' exhibit The April show at the Josephy Center, 'Timber, Logging, and the Mill," celebrates the timber industry and its history in Eastern Oregon.

The artwork for the show opening April 3 revolves aroundallaspectsofwood from the trees in the forest to the manufacture and transportationoflumber to the many and diverse products fashioned from wood.

Artists, in all mediums and from across the country, are invited to submit three to five descriptions and photos by email to info@

Libraries have access to Josephy library has recently completed a

catalog of Josephy's published magazine articles, available on the library blog.

Although the collection is for the most part noncirculating, the new lending shelf will allow patrons to check out some books and magazines.

All materials can be used in the library, and chapters and articles are routinely copied and scanned for people to take home.

For more information on the library, go to the wwwjosephyorg and follow the prompts or call librarian Rich Wandschneider or intern Dave Struthers at 541-432-0505.

The miracle of a dishwasher

Josephy Center puts out call for artists for Observer staff

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Debi Schreiber, left, 4-H Extension agent, celebrates the end of this season's "Walk with Ease" class held at the fairgrounds. The six-week class supplies participants with coursework, stretching techniques and tips on gaining fitness through exercise.

From left are Schreiber, John Nesbitt, Donovan Shaw and Margie Shaw.

work, include size of work, title and any details about subject and email to info@

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Make sure file sizes are large enough to see. At least one side should have 1,900 pixels to review image qual-

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For more information about the exhibit and accompanying activities, please contact Josephy Center Director Cheryl Coughlan at 541-432-0505oratinfo@

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s apartyofone, I shouldn't need a dishwasher. I have one and it works well, but most of the culinary activity happens at my Scout's house, where the dishwasher started its downward spiral in the summer of 2012.

When I lived in Lostine, I used to come to town twice a week with the wagon loaded with two dogs, their food and leashes, my computer bag, clothes, toiletries and sometimesbags ofgroceries and sundries. After the evening cocktail and the dinner we would load the dishwasher. In the morning, while the coffee perked, I would unload the dishes and put them in the cupboard.

One morning I discovered water on the floor by the dog's water bowl. Dogs aren't the tidiest drinkers.

When I awoke to water on the floor a second time, we suspected the dishwasher was leaking. We stopped using it and the dishes were all washed by hand. For two years.

Every few months I asked about the future of the dishwasher. Finally, last

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I have always said that went by while the Scout pondered whether to replace washing dishes is the best the motor or the entire majob — generally no one chine that hadn't lived into a wants the job — and the dishwasher is left alone respectable old age.

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School Board to SCHOOE Cove meet Tuesday Open enrollment starting at GRA Grande Ronde Academy, 507B Palmer Ave., will host a school tour from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday. Grande Ronde Academy is a private school for students in kindergartenthrough eighth grade.

The school will also host tours on April 24 and May 8.

Open enrollment at Grande Ronde Academy for the 2015-2016 school year is now starting. The school offersa Christian-based traditional education with severalafter-schoolopportunities throughout the year.

Features the school has this year include an art and woodworking club, a Portuguese Club, a fourth and

fifth grade boys basketball program and a middle school track team.

For more information, call 541-975-1147.

LA GRANDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

BURMNG THE MIDMGHT OIL FOR SCHOOL

will start at 7 p.m. in the math room at the high school.

Ballroom dancing set at LHS Friday A ballroom dancing session will be conducted at La Grande High School on Friday. The dance session will start at 3:30 p.m. in the LHS commons.

Elementary music program set at Imbler An Imbler Elementary School music program will be conducted Thursday. The program will startat7 p.m . in the Imbler High School

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A science fair will be conducted in the Imbler School District from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday. The science fair will be put on by students in grades 6-8.

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Jadelynn Harris, left, and Alex Larvik look through a box of Scholastic Books they could choose two books from after placing first and second in a reading contest at La Grande Middle School. "' r

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Even with a calculator in hand it would take a considerable amount of time to tabulate the number ofbooks La Grande Middle School seventhgraders Jadelynn Harris and Alex Larvik have read in their young lifetimes.

The seventh-graders are the ultim ate page turners,avid readers since early grade school who have already read enough books to fill a small library. They were at it again in late February and early March, reading a total of 34 books in two weeks. Alex read 19 and Jadelynn read 15 during "The Cat In The Hat" Seuss Contest at

LMS.

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Central Elementary fifth-graders Maddy Kimball, left, and Amaya Rasheed,walk back to theirschool Monday afternoon after working as crossing guards. The fifthgraders helped dozens of students safely cross KAvenue in front of Central.

School district sued over alleged abuse ing the 1969-70 year, and the principal told the girls and their paTents not to report the PORTLAND — Three women who say they were misconduct to law enforcement.

Kevin Sullivan, a Seattlesexually abused by a sixthgrade teacher 45 years ago basedattorney,said twoofhis have sued the Oregon school dients live inWashington state district that employed him. and theotherin Oregon.The The federal lawsuit also legal action began when one liststhe teacher asa defenof them contacted him lastyear.

"She'd been having a really dant. The complaint says the man lives in Idaho, but tough time emotionally, has information obtained by The for years, and finally connectAssociated Press shows a for- ed thedotsthatitwasrelated mer teacher with his name to this abuse at the hands of died in Idaho in December. this teacher," he said.

The women, identified by the The womanidenti fied initials C.R., S.G. and T.L., say former classmates as potential witnesses and two joined the the teacher sem8y touched them at Fruitdale Elementary lawsuit filed Wednesdayin US. District Courtin Portland.

School in Grants Pass dur-

The book reading totals of Alex and Jadelynn were the two highest in the contest that ran from Feb. 17 to March 2 and involved about 136 students in the seventh- and eighth-grade English classes taught by Lisa Bushman and Ali Kretschmer. The students participatingin the contestread 300 books, each for which they had to pass an Accelerated Reader test.

Some students, including Jadelynn, did much of their reading late in the evening.

"At night I would read with my flashlight. I love to read," the seventhgrader said.

Alex also burned some midnight oil while competing in the contest.

"I lost lots of sleep," he said.

Alex was not complainreading classes. Bushman's class won the ing, though, because he was doing what excites competition. All students him like little else. in her class who read a 'You have got to have book that was counted in passion," the sevenththe competition received grader said.

Hams Larvik a b o okmark and a"Cat In He credits his love of The Hat" cookie. readingtohisparents.

It is not a coincidence that the "My parents read all the time. That contest ended on March 2, for that is the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the author of rubbed off on me,"Alex said.

The LMS student hopes to some day "The Cat In The Hat." Dr. Seuss, whose be an author. He gets plenty of practice real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, at book writing each time he finishes a was born March 2, 1904, and died Sept. book with an ending that disappoints 24, 1991.

"The Cat In The Hat" contest was him.

"If there is an ending I don't like I first organized by Keri Myer, a member will rewrite it,"Alex said. of LMS's library staf, a year ago.

"It puts reading at a fun level of Alex and Jadelynn read a little more than they normally do during the con- competition and celebrates Dr. Seuss," test but not that much more. Jadelynn, Myer said. forexample,reads atleast100 pages Bushman said that the importance ofreading cannot be overemphasized. a day, every day. She jokes that she "Reading is the foundation for everysometimes wears out books after reading them more than once. thing," she said.

"Books don't like me, I like them," Bushman noted that a study Jadelynn said. published in a professional education Jadelynn and Alex each won a num- journal found that students in the top ber of prizes for finishing in the top 5 percent read 144 times more than two — two Scholastic Books of their students in the bottom 5 percent. choice, a coupon for afree pizza from The 300 books LMS students read Papa Murphy's, a gift certificate from and passed tests on during the 'The Cat In The Hat" contest did not surSorbenots Coffee and a bookmark for placing in the top two. prise Bushman.

'The Cat In The Hat" Seuss Contest She said that students are constantly reading for fun at LMS.'%e create was also a competition between students in Bushman's and Kretschmer's readers here."

By Steven Dubois

The Associated Press

Chant threatens universi 's progress The Associated Press

But those improvements seem in peril after members of a fraternity were caught most a generation ago, the University of Oklahoma set on video chanting a racial slur. The chant referenced out toraiseitsprofile,seeking to build a regional school lynching and indicated black that served mostly students students would never be from the Southwest into a admitted to OU's chapter of leading institution that atSigma Alpha Epsilon.

Boren, a former Oklahoma tractedtop scholars.

President David Boren governor and U.S. senator, made stri king progress, acted swiflfy. He immediachieving a reputation that ately severed ties with the now extends well beyond the fraternity and ordered memSooners football team that bersto vacate theirhouse.

On Tuesday, he expelled the once defined the campus.

NORMAN, Okla.— Al-

two students who appeared to be leading the chant for creating a hostile educational environment and promised others involved would face discipline.

"I have emphasized that thereiszero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma," Boren said in a statement.

Since taking the helm of the state's flagship university more than 20 years ago, Boren has made ambitious

efforts to recruittop students and faculty.

The school offers generous scholarships to all National Merit scholars and enrolls more of them than any other public university in the nation. It has produced 29 Rhodes scholars.

Boren also expanded the honors program and raised large amounts of money for endowed chairs — so much thatthe state had to scale back an offer to match the donations.

Imbjer High School lists results from 2015 FBLA competition Imbler High School's Future Business Leaders of America chapter has released the names of members who placed at the recent regional FBLA competition at Eastern Oregon University.

The names of IHS students who placed are listed below.

The names of members of the Elgin and Union FBLA chapters who placed at regionals were published earlier in The Observer.

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IMBLER HIGH SCHOOL FBLA REGIONAL RESULTS • Banking 5 Financial Systems: 1. Luke Silbernagel 5 Rustin McDonald • Hospitality Management: 1. Kylie Barry, Madeline Hale, 5 Gracey Smith •M anagement Decis ion Making: 3. Rustin McDonald, Katie Barry, 5 Luke Silbernagel 5. Tyler Tandy, Matthew Oitmann, STrace VanCleave.

8. Cade Gorham, Marshal Whitaker, 5 Jordan Teeter

• Marketing: 3. Kristen Allstott, Maddy Bigej, 5 Savanna Mullarkey. 9. Breanna Hassan, Veronica Teem, STreynae Shaffer • Sports 5 Entertainment Management: 4. Kristen Allstott, Maddy Bigej, 5 Savanna Mullarkey • Management Information Systems: 4. Jason Berglund • Desktop Publishing: 4.

WhitneyWilber 5 McKayla Hoskin • Entrepreneurship: 5.

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Matthew Oitmann, Tyler Tandy, STrace VanCleave • Business Calculations: 1.

Daniel Allen. 3. Gavin Eddy • Computer Applications: 2. Daniel Allen. 3. Ryan Mullarkey. 6. Alex Daggett • Business Math: 3. Emily Faulk. 8. Ryan Allen. 9.

Marshal Whitaker • Introduction to Information Technology: 1. Ryan Allen • FBLA Principles 5 Procedures: 2. Cory Goldstein.

5. Taylor Lane. 8. Hailey

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Bingaman. 9. Malia Hassan.

10. Brandon McGilvray • Introduction to Business: 8.Wade McDonald. 9. Devin Colwell • Business Communication: 9.Clayton Cunningham • Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure: 2.

Katelyn Stirewalt. 3. Kelley Massingale. 8. Cory Goldstein • Public Speaking I: 3. Hailey Bingaman • Public Speaking II: 1. McKayla Hoskin. 4. Emma Bowers.

• Impromptu Speaking: 2.

Emily Faulk. 7. Gavin Eddy • Agribusiness: 6. Sidney Bowman. 9. Taylor Lane • Securities 5 Investments: 1. December Eddy. 5. Tamera Brown • Help Desk:1. December Eddy • Business Procedures: 2.

Clayton Cunningham • Job Interview: 3. Whitney Wilber. 4. Alex Daggett • Introduction to Business Communication: 5. Hannah Wilhelm

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AT A GLANCE

PREP TRACIC AND FIELD

COLLEG ETRACIC AND FIELD

10K/5K for

Welch,

charity Saturday The Shamrock Shuffle 10K/5K run/ walk will be held Saturday morning.

The starting point is Quinn Coliseum on the Eastern Oregon University campus.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. inside the coliseum lobby. Start times are 8:30 a.m. for the 10K and 9 a.m. for the 5K. Participants are encouraged to wear green. The cost is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and students from12to 20years old and $5 for youth from 5 to 11 years old. Kids who are 5 years old or younger can enter free.

The annual event is sponsored by the Grande Ronde Road Runners as a fundraiser for United Way of Eastern Oregon.

For more information, contact Jeff at 541-963-2625.

St. Paddy's fun shoot Sunday The Wallowa Rod 8r Gun Club will host a St. Patrick's Day Fun Shoot at 9 a.m. Sunday. The clubhouse is located on Lower Diamond Lane near the mill site. The event categories are 50 singles, 50 handicap and a 60 bird buddy shoot.

Breakfast and a traditional Irish lunch will be served. For more information, call Randal Johnson at 541-886-4625, John Duckworth at 541-886-8802 or Curtis Bloom at 541-786-0814.

Decommit cites racist video Oklahoma recruit Jean Delance said he withdrew his commitment to coach Bob Stoops after seeing a video that showed fraternity members at the school chanting racist remarks.

Delance, a four-star offensive lineman who is ranked No. 272 on the ESPN Junior 300, committed to the Sooners in November and visited Norman with his mother, Altavian, last weekend.

But when they returned to their home in Mesquite, Texas, the video, in which members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon also indicated that AfricanAmericans would never be admitted to the fraternity, prompted them to rethink the commitment.

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Cove senior Morgan Reddington and Union senior Stormy Bullard signed letters of intent to compete on the Eastern Oregon University track and field team.

• Cove's Morgan Reddington and Union's Stormy Bullard sign letters of intent to join Eastern's track squad

By Josh Benham The Observer

As Cove senior Morgan Reddington was weighing her options at the next level, the pull of competing near her family proved to be the difference.

Reddington along with Union senior Stormy Bullardrecently signed Cascade Collegiate Conference letters of intent to compete for the Eastern Oregon University track and field team.

"I had received a few offers and was looking at a couple other schools, but I always wanted to stay close to home," Reddington said.

"Both of my brothers go to Eastern, and we've always been family-oriented."

The familiarity with a couple girls on the team already helps, including freshman McKenzie Evans, who competed in high school for Union, and La Grande senior Amanda Welch, who

already signed with the Mountaineers.

"I've actually ran against McKenzie and Amanda in cross country," Reddington said."I had talked to McKenzie about the possibility of signing, and she gave me a goodrepresentationof what it would be like. After I met the team and coach in December, I thought it really was the place for me."

Reddington had a phenomenal year in her sophomore campaign for the Leopards, winning state championships in the 100and 200-meterraces atthe 1A state meet while placing

second in the long jump. Her junior year was slowed by a pair of injuries, but Reddington still placed third in the 100 at state.

"I had a strained iquadricepsl and I also had an ongoing foot injury," she said."I ended up sitting out almost all of my junior year in recovery. Track was the only sport I was able to do, and I wasn't able to get into the best shape."

But now Reddington is 100 percent healthy and poisedfora big senioryear.

Eastern head coach Ben W elch said he'sexcited to get SeeSignees/Page 9A

leogardsrisingugalevelthissgring PREP TRACIC AND FIELD • Cove enters competition in 2A Wapiti League beenpracticing forjustover aweek,and

By Josh Benham The Observer

It's a season of change for the Cove track and field team in more ways than one.

The Leopards are jumping from the 1A class up to the 2A Wapiti League.

They also have a new coach, albeit one that is a familiar face in Blake Manley.

"This is my first season as the varsity coach," Manley said."I've been the junior high coach the last two years. We have an exciting group this year. We've

every day they've been working hard."

Manley expects about 20 kids overall, and said the numbers will be higher on the girls side. He admits there will be challenges moving up a classbut hopes theexperience ofpast years, where Cove would compete with many of the Wapiti schools at meets, will make it easier.

"It's challenging, definitely," Manley said.'We're the little fish in the big pond now. But the nice thing is these kids have been competing against

these 2A kids, so there's nothing new until you get to the district and state level. Whether or not we'll be able to step up when the time comes will depend on how much they want it. If the girls can realize their potential, they11 be chasingbigger teams, butatleast we'll be chasing."

For the girls, Cove finished fifth at last year's 1A state track and field meet.Senior Morgan Reddington placedthird in the 100-meter race at state, butthe Leopards lostM olly DelCurto, who finished second in the pole vault and fifth in the long jump, SeeCove/Page 9A

The La Grande track and field team has a simple, yet bold goal as its team statement for 2015: load the bus to state.

With 19 seniors, a sohd crew of returning underclassmen and a group of new faces coach Julie Bodfish called "super freshmen," La Grande is looking to not only take the GreaterOregon League title, but also hopes to take many of its 58 athletes to Eugene for the state meet in late May. ''We have a really good team," an optimistic Bodfish said."I'd say the tradition ofgreattrack teams iatLa Grande) is going to continue."

Amanda Welch headlines thegirlssideas atop returner. The senior placed fikh in the 3,000-meter race and ninth in the 1,500 at state a year ago, while also being partofthefourth-place team in the 4-by-400-meter relay.

Fellow senior Cassandra Brownell also brings state experienceafterplacing eighth in the 400 and being a part of that 4-by-400 team.

Rachel Alexander looks to improve on 13th- and 14thplace state finishes in the triple jump and long jump, respectively.

Heather Keniry, one of the Tigers' top returning underclassmen, placed eighth in the 3,000-meter run last spring as a freshman.

Other returning athletes Bodfish mentioned to keep an eye on this season on the girls side include Lauren March, Shayna Cooper and Erin Bodfish, as well as incoming freshmen Irelyn Miles, Kelsey Brown, Liz Cashell and Kendra Blake.

"iThey're) my super freshmen, and I have quite a herd of them," Bodfish said."I' m very impressed with my freshman. They're outstanding — the future of our team."

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

aw sacauire ra amin oc uster The Associated Press

It began with a cursory phone call and ended with the two-time NFC champion Seattle Seahawks landing one of the top tight ends in the NFL. Jimmy Graham is taking his touchdowns and goalpost dunks to the Pacific Northwest.

"This is an offensive weapon that we're adding," Seattle general manager John Schneider said. "A guy that is a big-time difference maker

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at his position. Obviously a top two or three tight end in the league."

The Seahawks and New Orleans Saints agreed to a trade Tuesday sending Graham to Seattle in exchange for veteran center Max Unger, pending a physical. The tradealsoincludes Seattle sending its first-round pick this year to the Saints and the Seahawks receiving New Orleans' fourth-round selection.

Adding pass-catching options for

Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson appearedtobe an offseason priority. But rather than going into free agency, the Seahawks went after one of the top pass catchers in the league regardlessofposition,and a perennial Pro Bowl tight end.

Schneider said the conversations started with New Orleans about general topics and a number of playersbefore getting focused on Graham. Fox Sports first reported thetrade discussions.

TONIGHT'S PICIC

"In complementing the rest of our team, we think he's just a fantastic target that we can implement in a number of ways," Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. "It's pretty clear he's a big receiver, plays big, makes plays in a crowd, makes plays on top of guys. He's a very effective player in the red zone, he has been a terrific, consistentscorer,so allofthatstuff, we're just going to fit it into our offense and make him hopefully a very complementary part of it."

WHO'S HOT

WHO'S NOT

Mountie repeats as national champ Rockets, Blazers Eastern Oregon University track and field athcollide at 7:30

DETROIT LIONS:The

leteTalitha Fagen came into last weekend's NAIA indoor track and field national championship at Geneva, Ohio, after taking most of February off dealing with a hamstring injury. It didn't affect her one bit. The junior from Fruitland, Idaho, won her

Two of the top four teams in theWestern Conference meet, when Portland (41-20) hosts Houston (43-20) with third place in

have found their replacement for Ndamukong Suh, acquiring fivetime Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata in a trade

MARCUS STROMAN:The Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher has a torn ACL and will miss the 2015 season, the team announcedTuesday.

The 23-year-old Stroman

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SPORTS

SCOREBOARD HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Montreal 67 4 2 18 7 9 1 177 147 Tampa Bay 68 42 20 6 9 0 223 177 Detroit 65 37 1 7 1 1 85 192 172 Boston 66 34 2 2 10 78 179 171 Florida 66 29 2 3 14 72 163 188 Ottawa 65 30 2 4 11 71 185176 Toronto 67 2 63 5 6 5 8 179 209 Buflalo 66 19 4 2 5 4 3 126 224 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Islanders 69 43 22 4 9 0 219 194 N.Y. Rangers 65 41 17 7 8 9 200 156 Pittsburgh 6 6 3 8 18 10 86 189 162 Washington 67 36 21 10 82 200 165 Philadelphia 68 28 27 13 69 178 197 New Jersey 67 28 29 10 66 153 176 Columbus 6 6 2 8 34 4 6 0 170 210 Carolina 65 2 5 3 2 8 5 8 155 178 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Nashville 68 42 19 7 9 1 199166 St. Louis 66 42 19 5 8 9 209 167 Chicago 66 39 21 6 8 4 190 154 Minnesota 67 37 23 7 8 1 192 170 Winnipeg 67 33 22 12 78 187 181 Colorado 67 30 26 11 71 179 190 Dallas 67 30 27 10 70 209 221 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Anaheim 68 4 2 19 7 9 1 199 186 Vancouver 6 6 38 24 4 8 0 189 179 Calgary 66 3 62 5 5 7 7 191 172 LosAngeles 66 32 21 13 77 180 170 San Jose 6 7 3 3 26 8 7 4 189 187 Arizona 67 21 3 8 8 5 0 143 224 Edmonton 6 7 18 38 11 47 152 227 All Times PST

Monday's Games

San Jose 2, Pittsburgh 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 3, OT Detroit 5, Edmonton 2 Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1 Nashville 2, Arizona 1, OT

Tuesday's Games

Columbus 4, Carolina 3, SO N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Dallas 2, Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 1, Montreal 0, OT Boston 3, Ottawa 1 St. Louis 5, Winnipeg 4 Minnesota 6, New Jersey 2 Los Angeles 5, Colorado 2

Wednesday's Games Bulfalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Tampa BayatBoston,7 p.m.

Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m.

LosAngeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Chicago atArizona, 10 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 37 20 . 6 49 Brooklyn 2 3 32 . 418 1 3 Boston 2 2 33 . 400 1 4 Philadelphia 1 2 45 . 211 2 5 New York 10 4 6 .1 7 9 26'/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 45 12 . 7 89 Washington 33 2 5 ,5 6 9 12'/2 Miami 25 3 1 . 4 4 6 19'/2 Charlotte 2 3 32 . 418 2 1 Orlando 1 9 40 . 3 2 2 2 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 37 22 . 6 27 Chicago 36 22 . 621 '/2 Milwaukee 32 25 . 561 4 Detroit 2 3 34 . 404 1 3 Indiana 2 3 34 . 404 1 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 41 15 . 7 32 Houston 39 18 .68 4 2 ' / 2 Dallas 39 2 1 . 650 4 San Antonio 34 23 .5 9 6 7 ' / 2 New Orleans 30 27 .526 1 1'/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 37 19 . 6 61 O klahomaCity 32 2 6 .552 6 Utah 2 1 35 . 375 1 6 Denver 20 3 7 ,3 5 1 17'/2 Minnesota 1 3 43 . 2 3 2 2 4 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 44 11 .80 0 L .A. Clippers 37 21 .63 8 8 ' / 2 Phoenix 3 1 28 . 525 1 5 Sacramento 2 0 35 . 3 6 4 2 4 L.A. Lakers 15 4 1 . 2 6 8 29'/2 All Times PST

Monday's Games Washington 95, Charlotte 69 Atlanta 130, Sacramento 105 Boston 100, Miami 90 Memphis 101, Chicago 91 New Orleans 114, Milwaukee 103 Denver 106, New York 78 Golden State 98, Phoenix 80 L.A. Clippers 89, Minnesota 76

Tuesday's Games Indiana 118, Orlando 86 New Orleans 111, Brooklyn 91 Cleveland 127, Dallas 94 San Antonio 117, Toronto 107 Utah 87, New York 82 L.A. Lakers 93, Detroit 85

Wednesday's Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Brooklyn at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Memphisat Boston, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Memphis at Washington, 4 p.m.

Milwaukee at lndiana, 4 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

New York at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA

Southwestern Athletic Conference First Round Alcorn St. 66, Grambling St. 52

Summit League Championship N. Dakota St. 57, S. Dakota St. 56

Top-25: How they fared Tuesday 1. Kentucky (31-0) did not play. Next: vs.

Florida or Alabama, Friday.

2. Duke (28-3) did not play. Next: vs.

N.C. State, Thursday.

3. Virginia (28-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Clemson or Florida State, Thursday.

4. Villanova (29-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Seton Hall or Marquette, Thursday.

5. Arizona (28-3) did not play. Next: vs.

California or Washington State, Thursday.

6. Wisconsin (28-3) did not play. Next: vs. Illinois or Michigan, Friday.

7. Gonzaga (32-2) beat BYU 91-75.

Next: NCAATournament.

8. Maryland (26-5) did not play. Next: vs.

Indiana or Northwestern, Friday.

9. Kansas (24-7) did not play. Next: vs.

Kansas State or TCU, Thursday.

10. Northern lowa (30-3) did not play.

Next: NCAATournament.

11. Notre Dame (26-5) did not play. Next: ACC quarterfinals, Thursday.

12. Wichita State (28-4) did not play.

Next: TBA. 13. Iowa State (22-8) did not play. Next: vs. Texas or Texas Tech, Thursday.

14. Louisville (24-7) did not play. Next: ACC quarterfinals, Thursday.

15. Oklahoma (21-9) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Thursday.

16. Baylor (23-8) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 18 West Virginia, Thursday.

17. Utah (23-7) did not play. Next: vs.

Stanford or Washington, Thursday.

18. West Virginia (23-8) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 16 Baylor, Thursday.

19. North Carolina (21-10) did not play.

Next: vs. Boston College, today.

20. SMU (24-6) did not play. Next: vs.

East Carolina or UCF, Friday.

21. Arkansas (24-7) did not play. Next: vs. Vanderbilt or Tennessee, Friday.

22. Butler (22-9) did not play. Next: vs.

Xavier, Thursday.

23. Georgetown (20-9) did not play.

Next: vs. DePaul or Creighton, Thursday.

24. Davidson (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. UMass or La Salle, Friday.

25. Boise State (24-7) did not play. Next: vs. New Mexico orAir Force, Thursday..

Major NCAA Scores EAST Princeton 73, Penn 52 TOURNAMENT Atlantic Coast Conference First Round Boston College 66, Georgia Tech 65 Virginia Tech 81, Wake Forest 80

Horizon League Championship Valparaiso 54, Green Bay 44 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference First Round CoppinSt.64,Bethune-Cookman 60 SC State 63, NCAKT 54

Northeast Conference Championship Robert Morris 66, St. Francis (NY) 63

West CoastConference Championship Gonzaga 91, BYU 75

RODEO Pro Rodeo Leaders Through March 8 All-around 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $43,822; 2. Steven Dent, Mullen,Neb., $20,032; 3. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., $17,001; 4. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, $16,433; 5. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, $12,786; 6. Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D., $12,287; 7. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas, $11,510; 8. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, $11,258.

Bareback Riding 1. Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah $34,432; 2. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore., $30,728; 3. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo., $29,317; 4. Evan Jayne, Marseille, France, $26,626; 5. Tim O'Connell, Zwingle, lowa, $25,660; 6. Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas,$23,330;7.Caleb Bennett,Tremonton, Utah, $22,980; 8. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., $21,708; 9. Luke Creasy, Lovington, N.M., $21,607; 10. David Peebles, Redmond, Ore., $19,415; 11. Tyler Nelson, Victor, Idaho, $16,943; 12. TannerAus, Granite Falls, Minn., $16,514; 13. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., $13,319; 14. Kash Wilson, Gooding, Idaho, $11,823; 15. Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba, $11,478; 16. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, $11,070; 17. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, $10,595; 18. George Gillespie IV, Hamilton, Mont., $10,250; 19. Bill Tutor, Huntsville, Texas, $9,568; 20. Winn Ratlilf, Leesville, La., $9,550.

Steer Wrestling 1. Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. $27,044; 2. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, $25,300; 3.Ty Erickson, Helena,Mont ., $23,215; 4. Olin Hannum, Malad, Idaho, $23,006; 5. Luke Branquinho, LosAlamos, Calif., $21,115; 6. Beau Clark, Belgrade, Mont., $18,972; 7. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, $18,797; 8. DirkTavenner, Rigby, Idaho, $18,460; 9. Adam Strahan, McKinney, Texas, $17,248; 10. Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss., $16,533; 11. Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah, $16,174; 12.

NickGuy, Sparta, Wis., $15,903; 13. Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., $14,981; 14.

Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii, $14,873; 15.

Matthew Mousseau, Hensall, Ontario, $13,779; 16. Casey Martin, Sulphur, La., $12,972; 17. Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., $11,790; 18. Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif., $9,820; 19. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., $9,716; 20. Darrell Petry, Cheek, Texas, $9,403.

Team Roping (header)

1. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. $32,091; 2.

Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., $24,470; 3. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $23,504; 4. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga., $21,034; 5.

Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, $21,013; 6. Er-

ich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., $19,842; 7.

Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., $16,857; 8. Jesse Stipes, Salina, Okla., $16,440; 9.

Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla., $16,279; 10.

Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., $14,465; 11. Bubba Buckaloo, Caddo, Okla., $14,292; 12. Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M., $14,130; 13. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., $14,124; 14. Doyle Hoskins, Chualar, Calif., $13,637; 15. Jake Orman, Prairie, Miss., $12,615; 16. Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., $12,510; 17. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., $12,105; 18. Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla., $11,536; 19. Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn., $11,437; 20. Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo., $11,259.

Team Roping (heeler)

1. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. $32,091; 2. Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif., $26,605; 3. Clay O'Brien Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev., $26,550; 4. PatrickSmith, Lipan, Texas, $23,504; 5. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas, $22,133; 6. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz., $19,842; 7. Shay Carroll, La Junta, Colo., $16,857; 8. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, $16,279; 9. Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan., $15,838; 10. Billie Jack Saebens, Nowata, Okla., $15,340; 11. Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., $15,104; 12. Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz., $14,465; 13. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., $14,124; 14. Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah, $12,510; 15. Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., $12,105; 16. Tyler Domingue, Dekalb, Texas, $11,383; 17.

J.W. Borrego, Weston, Colo., $11,259; 18. Jeremy Buhler, Abbotsford, British Columbia, $10,639; 19. Brad Culpepper, Sylvester, Ga.,$9,096;20.Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas, $8,618.

Saddle Bronc Riding 1.Cody DeMoss, Heflin,La.$53,267; 2. Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, $32,304; 3. Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, $30,806; 4.

Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., $22,890; 5. Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla., $20,998; 6. Wade Sundell Col , man,Okla.,$20,786;7.Jake Wright, Milford, Utah, $18,273; 8. Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta, $16,988; 9. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., $15,529; 10. Bradley Harter, Loranger, La., $14,689; 11. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, $12,155; 12. Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, $11,990; 13. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, $11,667; 14. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., $10,435; 15. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., $10,085; 16. Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba, $9,706; 17. Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, $9,334; 18.

Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., $9,241; 19. Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah, $8,927; 20. Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand, $8,578.

Tie-down Roping

1. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas $39,012; 2. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, $31,895; 3. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, $28,850; 4. Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, $23,639; 5. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., $22,726; 6. TufCooper, Decatur, Texas, $21,074; 7. Chase Williams, Stephenville, Texas, $20,731; 8. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, $18,064; 9.

Blair Burk, Hermiston, Ore., $17,599; 10.

Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, $16,900; 11. Bart Brunson, Terry, Miss., $15,539; 12. Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif., $13,146; 13.Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas, $13,018; 14. Clint Robinson, Spanish

Fork, Utah, $12,871; 15. Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D., $12,444; 16. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $12,367; 17. J.C. Malone, Roy, Utah, $12,352; 18. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, $10,855; 19. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, $10,595; 20. Cody McCartney, Ottawa Lake, Mich., $10,275.

Steer Roping 1. Neal Wood, Needville, Texas $30,707; 2. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas,$23,268;3.M ike Chase, McAlester, Okla., $19,752; 4. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas,$19,357; 5.Shay Good, Midland, Texas, $16,328; 6. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas, $13,708; 7. Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D., $12,246; 8. Jarrett Blessing, Paradise, Texas, $10,784; 9.

Ralph Williams, Skiatook, Okla., $8,694; 10. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $7,952; 11. Brady Garten, Claremore, Okla., $7,735; 12. Jason Evans, Huntsville, Texas, $7,301; 13. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas, $6,805; 14. Troy Tillard, Douglas, Wyo., $6,763; 15. J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla., $6,618; 16. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla., $5,497; 17. Brian Garr, Belle Fourche, S.D., $4,929; 18. Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas, $4,569; 19. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz., $4,087; 20. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan., $3,989.

Bull Riding 1. Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla. $42,735; 2. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas,$32,654;3.W esley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, $28,208; 4. Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont., $28,078; 5. Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla., $27,923; 6. Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah, $27,339; 7. Tanner Learmont, Cleburne, Texas, $25,027; 8.

Reid Barker, Comfort, Texas, $20,840; 9.

Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn., $19,402; 10. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas, $18,864; 11. Caleb Sanderson, Kissimmee, Fla., $16,988; 12. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, $16,975; 13.Steve Woolsey,Payson,Utah, $16,225; 14. Nile Lebaron, Weatherford, Texas, $14,872; 15. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., $14,034; 16. Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas, $13,997; 17. Clayton Savage, Yoder, Wyo., $13,889; 18. Cain Smith, Pendleton, Ore., $13,395; 19. KaninAsay, Powell, Wyo., $13,197; 20. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo., $12,795.

Barrel Racing 1. Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga. $42,875; 2.Alexa Lake,Richmond, Texas, $38,873; 3. Fallon Taylor, Collinsville, Texas, $29,306; 4. Callie Duperier, Boerne, Texas, $28,565; 5. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $26,680; 6. Meghan Johnson, Deming, N.M., $26,001; 7. Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas,$23,604; 9. Layna Kight, Ocala, Fla., $22,493; 8. Victoria Williams, Kiln, Miss., $21,808; 10. Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Texas, $20,878; 11. Kelly Tovar, Rockdale, Texas, $20,507; 12. ShellyAnzick, Livingston,Texas,$20,356; 13.Kenna Squires, Fredonia, Texas, $17,610; 14.

ShelbyJanssen, Coleman, Ok la.,$16,027; 15. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., $15,413; 16. Shelby Herrmann, Stephenville, Texas, $15,361; 17. Chloe Hoovestal, Helena, Texas, $13,959; 18. Britany Diaz, Solen, N.D., $16,552; 19. Benette Little, Ardmore, Okla., $13,527; 20. Megan Swint, Lithia, Texas, $12,876.

COLLEGE BASICETBALL

Ducks, Beavers begin Pac-12 tourney • Oregon State faces Colorado in first round; winner takes on secondseeded Oregon Thursday The Associated Press

Oregon moved up a spot in the seeding for the Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament without even playinga game on thefinalday ofthe regular season.

Washington upset 13th-ranked Utah 77-68 on Saturday to knock the Utes into a tie for second place with Oregon at 13-5. The Ducks earned the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament because of their 69-58 win over Utah last month.

The Ducks (23-8) have a first-round bye when the tournament begins Wednesday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will face either seventh-seeded Oregon State(17-

13) or No. 10 Colorado (14-16) in the quarterfinals at 6:10 p.m. Thursday. If the DuCkS adVanCe to the SemifinalS, they will play at 8:45 p.m. Friday, and the championship game will be at 8:05

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La Grande's Amanda Welch is one of the top returners for the Tigers' track and field team this spring.

TIGERS Continuedff om Page 8A Blaine Kreutz returns after placing in three events at state last year. The junior earned third in javelin, seventh in triple jump and eighth in long jump, and lookstobeone ofthe pacesetters fortheTigerboys.

Senior Elliott Jonasson is the only other returning state placer after coming in 14th in the 3,000-meter run. But he is joined by Todd Keniry, also a senior, and the two make up a duo coach Bodfish called "absolutely big standouts."

Along with those three, athletes to watch, Bodfish said, are discus and shot put thrower Derek Wagner, new upperclassmen Skyler Russell and Alec Cranford, sophomore Lewis Wright, and &eshmen Cade Reed and Micah Sexton.

A realignment in the league also bodes well for

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the Tigers' opportunity to load the bus, as two opponents from 2014 — Ridgeview and Crook County — are nolonger part ofthe GOL. Ridgeview, which won the GOL onthe boys and girls side last year, joined the 5A Intermountain League, and Crook County, though it remained in 4A, moved over to the Tri-Valley League. That means the only league opponents for the Tigers this season are GOL mainstays Ontario, Baker and Mac-Hi. "I think we should dominate our conference this year," Bodfish said.

La Grande will be at the Eastern Oregon University TraCk CliniC in HermiSton Saturday, and travel to Pendleton for the Buck Track Classic March 19.

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to work with Heddington next school year.

"She's an interesting talent,"Welch said."I think she'll be pretty good in the 400,maybe betterin the 200. She's a hard worker and she's tough. At the very least she'll provide depth to that sprint group, and in time I can see her being a very significant sprinter in the longer sprints."

While Bullard mostly

Rivalry renewed Oregon Statehas improved under first-year coach Wayne Tinkle, and the excitement around the program led to 9,339 fans' showing up for the Civil War to close out the

regular season.

"It was a great atmosphere,"Altman said.'This is great for basketball in the state of Oregon. Football has dominated the conversation for so long, so having a rivalry and two teams competingin a placethat'sfull,that'sgood for basketball. Kids grow up watching the game and want to be basketball players.... They have got a great recruiting class coming in, and we have a pretty good one coming in so I hope bOth teamS get to the leVel Where yOu can't find a ticket for Oregon State and Oregon."

The crowd was loud from the start when Tinkle surprised everyone by starting five walk-ons against the Ducks. The Beavers committed tLtrnOVerS On eaCh Of their firSt tWO

possessions as Oregon took a 3-0 lead before Tinkle put his usual starters in the game.

"I figured heWBSdOing it to fire uP the crowd and get everyone excited," Altman said.'%e've got our walk-ons, too,and they do a greatjob.Itwas a great gesture. I was a walk-on so I like it. I was really happy that we stayed focused."

She also finished seventh competesasajumper for join, Blackburn is excited Union, Welch sees Bullard at the 3A/2A/1A state cross to be able to traCk their as moreofa m iddle-distance country meet as a senior progress.

"I think it's a lot of fun," runner. and eighth as a junior.

"Stormy hasn't run the Union head coach Jay Blackburn said."I get to Blackburn knows Eastern is watch them compete, and distances on the track but she's ran so well in cross getting a deVOted additiOn to that's an awesome expericountry,"Welch said."IQ1 be its program. ence. Stormy and McKenzie "She's a great athlete and fun to see her niche on the arethetypeofgirlsyou track. A lot of good middle a hard worker," Blackburn dOn't Want to gO tOO far aWay, distance runners are pretty said."For me she's been a because they're just great kids." good at a variety of things." jumper, primarily. She's a Bullard finished second two-time second place finishin the high jump at the 2A er at highjump, and we're Contact Josh Benham at hoping this year she can 541-963-3161orj benham C statetrack meet thelast two seasons and was on the bumP it uP to firSt PlaCe." lagrandeobservef;com.

With Evans already on Bobcats' 4-by-400-meter Follow Josh on Twitter C' relay team that took second. the team and Bullard Set to IgoBenham.

COVE Continued ~om Page 8A to graduation.

Manley has been very pleased with the leadership his lone senior Heddington has shown in the early practices.

"Morgan is huge for me," he said.

"It's like having an extension of a coach out there. There's no kids that get left behind when Morgan's around. If someone is last in a run, she'll finish her run and turn around and gO nTn With WhOeVer'S laSt. NOt

only is she talented, but that type of leadership you can't coach."

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p.m. Saturday.

Oregon State finished alone in seventhplaceat8-10 and willface Colorado in the first round at 6:10 p.m.

Wednesday. Colorado, Washington State and California tied for eighth at 7-11, but Cal earned the No. 8 seed and Washington State got the No. 9 seed after its 96-91 overtime victory over the Buffaloes on Saturday.

Oregon swept Oregon State this season, winning 71-59 at home in January and 65-62 in Corvallis on Wednesday. The Ducks beat Colorado 73-60 last month at Matthew Knight Arena.

In other first round games on Wednesday, California will play Washington State at 12:10 p.m. followed by fifth-seeded Arizona State against No. 12 USC at 2:40 p.m. Sixth-seeded Stanford plays No. 11 Washington to wrap up the night at 8:40 p.m.

Reddington said she will compete in anumber ofevents and has her sights set on getting some school records along the way.

"I know for sure I'll be doing the 100 and 200 (meter races) and the long jump," she said. "I have some goals I've been working for. I'm also hoping we can take a relay team to districts."

In addition to Heddington, Manley will depend on junior Saskia Lay and sophomore Sam Short to place well throughout the spring.

"Saskia is a little more of a middle sprints type of runner," Manley said.

"She's very strong and in good shape for this time of the year. Sam is in

such great shape too, because she works so hard. She pushes Morgan as far as pure speed and work ethic."

On the boys side, Manley thinks the Leopards will be better in the distances than the shorter races. He is waiting to receive word on a few kids who may or may not come out for the spring, including Chad Witty, but knows one athlete that is poised for a good season in Alex Graimder.

The freshman placed 26th at the 2014 state cross country meet for Union/ Cove.

"He looks super strong," Manley said."Distance-wise, he'll be extremely competitive. After that we're pretty thin on the boys side."

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015

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time point to the irritating ritual ofresetting clockseach SALEM — The twice-atime we"spring forward" or yearritual ofresetting clocks "fall back." They say it causes health problems by disrupting would come to an end under two bills introduced in the the body's natural timekeepOregon Senate. ing, and it likely contributes A Senate committee held to diminished productivity in a briefdiscussion oftheissue the days after a time change.

Furthermoie, they sayit Tuesday, but it did not vote hasn't delivered onits pmmise on the bills.

The idea has cropped up ofreducingenergycosts.A in more than a half-dozen study byresearchers kom the statehouses, butit'sgenerated University of California, Santa more talk than action. In OrBarbara, found anincrease in energy use when Indiana egon, there was no sign that lawmakers seemed ready to adopted daylight savingtime depart kom the other two statewide. It had previously states in the Pacific time zone. been observed onlyin some Still, the proposal invited counties. The researchers found dozens of emailed comments that decreases in lightingcosts from constituents to lawwere ofisetby higher demand makers forheating and cooling.

"A great number of people Thatcher's bill would ask have written in saying, We voters in the 2016 election should just abolish this. We whether to ditch daylight don't need to have this archaic saving time. If they approve, practice any longer,"'said it would take effect in 2021, Sen. Kim Thatcher, of Keizer, giving plenty of time for software programmers and other a Republican who sponsored one of thebillson behalfofa business interests to prepare. constituent. There are also a In addition to eliminating lotofpeople on theotherside daylight saving time, Thatcher of the issue saying,'I would saidshe might preferto miss daylight savings time."' change the state to the MounTime-change lovers sayit tain time zone so it would benefit kom the additional would be chaotic for Oregon evening sunlight year round. to depart fmm its West Coast neighbors, with whichit shares Another bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Boquist stmng economic and cultural of Dall as,alsoatthebehestof ties, making itmore difficult a constituent, would make the to commute or plan meetings.

They saydaylight saving time change almost immediately. allows more sun for evening Now that Indiana has recreation and family activities, adopted daylight saving time and itpushes more driving statewide,tw ostates,Arizona trips into daylighthours. and Hawaii, have held on to Critics of daylight saving standard time year round.

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bring in patrol officers on overtime.

SPRINGFIELD — The city of Springfield wants permission to lower the speed limit on a busy highway that runs through town, a response to the deaths of three children in a crosswalk last month.

A pickup truck hit the children as they crossed Main Street at a traffic light.

Their mother was injured.

Police are investigating whether the driver had a green light.

The Eugene RegisterGuard reports the City Council told city workers on M onday to take a number of stepstoim prove safety.

Police will make Main Street the top priority of three traffic officers and will

the sentence was imposed of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, Tuesday as part of a plea deal. unlawfully discriminated against the same-sex couple.

Man sentenced for Testimony begins in secret videos of teen same-sex cake case Medford proposes HILLSBORO — ABeaTUALATIN — A judge is marijuana rules verton-area man who planted cameras in the bedroom of a family friend's daughter has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Authorities said the girl's mother caught 48-year-old Bradley McCollum leaving the teenager's room in August and found a camera aimed at thefootofherbed.

Prosecutors said McCollum hid cameras in his Clatsop County beach house to record the girl, and later in her bedroom and bathroom, starting when she was 13.

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hearing testimony regarding MEDFORD — The city of M edford isconsidering rules damages in the case of two Oregon bakers who refused to keep the odors in and the to bake a wedding cake for a thieves out once home-grown lesbian couple in 2013. pot becomes legal July 1.

Lawyers for both sides The Mail Tribune reports began making their cases the city is considering an ordinance requiring mariTuesday during the first day ofa hearing thatmay juana gardeners to prevent extend into Thursday. odors kom wafting into the Administrative Law neighborhood.

The fine could Judge Alan McCullough be up to $250 a day. earlier rejected the bakers' City officials say small contention that the state's gmws aren't likely to generate discrimination laws violate complaints kom neighbors. their religious freedom.

They say gardeners could He found that Melissa considerstrainsthataren'tso and Aaron Klein, owners pungent or gmw indoors.

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Sorbenots Coffee planning expansion of facility

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BAKER CITY — Sorbenots Coffee Co. is planning to expand its coffee-roasting facility at 2219 11th St. in Baker City.

Ifthe company's proposalis approved by the city's planning department, Sorbenots will add more than 2,000 square feet to the facility thatprocesses coffee beans and produces the baked goods the company sells at its retail stores. eWe've outgrown our facility. It gives us more room and the capacity for future growth," said CEO and part-owner Philip Stone.

Stone said if all goes as planned, construction should be completed by early summer.

Besides Baker City, the company has locations in La Grande, Pendleton, Hermiston and Ontario.

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Eastern Oregon Telecom taps Huaweito launch network HERMISTON — Global information and communications technology services provider Huawei has announced that Eastern Oregon Telecom, a local area providerofvoice,broadband Internet and fi bre transport services,hasselected Huawei to bring a gigabit broadband network to rural homes and businesses in Hermiston.

Huawei will provide its Gigabit Passive Optical Network offerings throughout EOTs network footprint in Eastern Oregon,extending broadband service to over 8,000 homes and businesses in Hermiston and thesurrounding area.Thefibre broadband rollout by EOT and Huawei will also providenew services,includingVoiceover IP,broadband and Internet Protocoltelevision to the community.

EOT expects to complete initial deployment of its gigabit network in the second half of the year, with underground fibre deployment occurringin 2016. The new network deployment will include the commercial corridor in the cities of Umatilla, Irrigon and Boardman, as well as Hermiston.

Forest Service, BLM announce 2015 grazing fee WASHINGTON — The 2015 federal grazing fee, which is determined annually through a Congressionally-mandated formula, increased by $0.34/head month March 1.

The fee applies to more than 8,000 permits administered by the U.S. ForestServiceand nearly 18,000 grazing permits and leases administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The 2015 fee will be $1.69 per head month for lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and per animal unit month for the Bureau of LandManagement.A head month or animal unit month, which are treated as equivalent measures for fee purposes, is the occupancy and use of public lands to include but not limited to one cow and her calf, one horse,orfivesheep orgoatsfor a month. The figure is calculated according tothreemain factors— the average annual change in beef prices, leasing rates for grazing on private land in 11 western states, and the costoflivestock production.

The formula was established by Congress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act and has continued under a presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. Under that order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per animal unit month, and any increase or decrease cannot exceed 25 percent of the previous year's level. The formula is based on a 1966 basevalueof$1.23per month for livestock grazing on public lands managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in western states and data collected annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statisti calService.

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WASHINGTON — Obesity is weighing heavily on the U.S. economy.

As apanelofscientistsconsiders ways to help Americans trim down, unpublished research shows medical expenses linked to being extremely overweight have skyrocketed. Experts say the damage isaugmented by reduced productivity, wider gender and income inequality and even higher transportationcosts.

While the biggest consequence is still on an individual's wellbeing, "there are some significant economic costs associated with obesity," said Ross Hammond, a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington."Unfortunately, it's not an outcome that's rare anymore."

Some 35.7 percent of Americans 20 to 74 years old were obeseintheperiod from 2009 to 2012, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. That's up from 31.1 percent a decade earlier and 13.3 percent in 1960-1962. The CDC considers adults obese when their body mass index, which takes into account weight and height, is 30 or higher.

As a result, there is growing urgency to come up with plans to check the trend. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee,the panel ofscientiststhat counsels government agencies,

Obesity rate inchesup The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese continued to trend upwardin 2014, reaching 27.7%. Thisis up more than two percentage points since 2008.

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last month recommended that sugary drinks and foods be taxed to reduce their consumption. The report, released Feb. 19, went on to advise that the revenue generatedcouldbeused to promote healthier behavior or subsidize thecostoffruitsand vegetables.

"This really is a situation that's beyond business as usual," said W alter Willett,a professor and chairman of the department of nutrition at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.cWehave to think about serious interventions that go beyond the norm."

Unaddressed, the costs could continue to mount, with health care expenses being the most direct economic consequence.

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m edical carecostsby $315.8 billion in 2010, according to John

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$3,508 a year for each obese person, the latest available data showed. The expenses, which include doctors' appointments, hospitalstays,prescription drugs and home health care, were up 48 percentfrom 2005's$213 billion after adjusting for inflation, the researchers found.

The findings, to be published later this year in the journal PharmacoEconomics, represent the combined work of fellow researchers Chad Meyerhoefer, Adam Biener, Mette Hammer and Neil Wintfeld.

Chronic illnesses linked to obesity, such asdiabetesand heartdisease,aswellasstroke and cancer, are expensive to treat, SeeObesity / Page 2B

've often been asked by top executives Where should I invest my time?" and my answer is that it should be dividedbetween the tactical and thestrategic.

In my mind, this means time spent somewhat equally between the present and the future.

While it is fun and exciting to design a grand future for the company, if the current business is ignored, there might not be a future.

Spending too much time dreaming and hoping things will be better next month or next year won't happen unless the leader deals effectively with the here and now.

A good example of this takes place in the movie "Titanic." The owner of the shipping line suggests to the ship's captain that if the ship goes faster, they will arrive in New York in the late evening.

If they reach the dock before the deadlines of the next day's morning papers, Titanic will make the front page, proudly proclaiming that the shiphas beaten allprevious speed records crossing the Atlantic.

All the while the captain has in his pockets warning messages of icebergs ahead.

In thatcase,thestrategic "carrot" won out over the tactical, with disastrous results.

There are two areas that straddle the strategic and tactical, and both are worthy areasto spend time and energy.

The first area of focus is on costcontrol.Reducing costs has an immediate impact on both profitabrhty and cash flow. It also sends a strong message to employees that penniesadd up to dollars.

But cost reductions have strategic implications as well, allowing the company to have a"war chest" for tough times but more critically, freeing up money to invest in the future of the organization.

Reducing costs is not a bad thing, but often employees feel that they are somehow being punished for past mistakes made by management and that they have to pay for it by having to live with the cost cutting measures.

This belief system is perpetuated when no one takes SeeKeller / Page 2B

WillstayinghealthyreducehealthcarecostsP edicaland long-term care costs represent a substantial risk for most people. In fact, m edical debt isone ofthetop causes ofbankruptcy in America.

Purchasing health insurance is a common-sense decision and a key component of financial planning.

Itshould be a top priority foreveryone. But the healthier you are, the less you will have to spend on health care. Right?

Yes and no. The short-term answer is yes, but longer term it may not be so simple. A briefby the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, "Does Staying Healthy Reduce Your Lifetime Health Care Costs?"

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Why is this? The researchers citethree reasons:First,people in good health can live a lot longer.

At age 80, people in healthy households have a remaining life expectancy that is 29 percent longer than people in unhealthy households. Statistics tell us the

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Second, your health can change at any time.

And third, people in healthy households actually face a higher lifetime risk of requiring extensive help with daily living activitiesas theirageadvances.

A 65-year-old couple with one or both having one or more chronic conditions can be

expected to pay about $220,000 in lifetime health care expenses.

The expenses include Medicare premiums, supplemental insurance, copayments for covered

doctorvisitsand medicat ions, along with payments for what is not covered by Medicare, such as dentalcare,vision care and the biggest risk, long-term care.

How does this compare to a couple with no chronic conditions? The data tell us their

tab will be $40,000 more, or $260,000. These numbers are averages,soactualresultscan vary quite a bit.

The big variable is the possible needforlong-term care because neither Medicare, nor Medicare supplementalcoverage,also known as Medigap insurance, nor standard health insurance SeeHaines / Page 2B

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ing all that inventory to the new store — mostly with a BAKER CITY — Marilyn's carpet-lined wheelbarrow Music Plus in Baker City has — he officially re-opened on Friday. m oved across thestreet.

Main Street, specifically.

Rose hopes to have a grand Formerlylocated at1821 opening in early April.

Main St., on the west side Until then, he plans to ofthestreet,thebusinessis liquidate the excessive invennow located on the east side, tory from the old location.

"I'm basically going to park at 1832 Main St. Owner Damon Rose is that wheelbarrow in the happy with the new location. storeand startthrowing stufF "I just fell in love with the in it," Rose said."It's going to building," he said.'The iorigi- be a wicked 'bargain barrow' nallspace acrossthe street sale."

Besides limited amp repair was just way too big."

Rose and his wife, Mandie, and guitar repair, the busitook over the music store in ness will have a recording 2012 from Marilyn Shollenstudioand offer screen printberger. ing services.

Damon Rose said the move Rose said the previous was financially beneficial. business at the location was He said the plumbing and an audiologist. That was one of the many reasons that electrical at the new — and much smaller — location is m ade the move attractive.

"All of the rooms are more modern and will trim his operating costs. soundproofed," he said."That The amountofinventory makes it perfect to put in a recording studio." that wasn't selling at the old In the future, Rose said location was a problem as well. ''We had way too much in- the business will offer studio time for musicians and ventory over there," he said. ''We had too many brands of bands to produce albums. He will also offer live recording guitar strings when there is only a few that people buy." productionforbands atarea After a few weeks of movvenues.

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Public health groups are concerned about the levels of animal antibiotics that make itinto food because consuming the drugs could potentially be harmful to humans. Repeated exposure to antibiotics canleadgerms to become resistantto the drugssothatthey arenolongereffective.

Drugresidues can also be harmful if they promptallergiesorotherreactions.

The industry does regular testing for some of the drugs the FDA tested, but publichealth advocates had expressed particular concern about milk that had come from dairy farms that had repeatedly tried to sell older cows for slaughter with illegal levels of antibiotic residue in their tissue. So the FDA study focused on those farms with previous violations, with about half of the samples coming from them and half from a control group.

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ees, no matter how few or how many are on the payroll, Continued from Page 1B are both the current business and the future of the business. the time or effort to explain why this is being done. EmThink of all the resources ployees are essentially being thatgo intoattracting given an ultimatum. prospects. The investment is far more than money; a lot of Itwould be farbetterif leadership explained the time, effort and energy goes into marketing and sales. situation to the employees It is being done for one and asked for their input on how and where costs could be reason only: so that your company has a better reduced.

Ihave heard from my future. clients that when this request Every interaction an emis made,thepositiveresponse ployee has today determines ifthe prospect or current and actual savings has far client comes back tomorrow. exceeded what the owner thoughttheywould save.

Yet, these "moments of The shame is that emtruth" are rarely discussed ployeesareseldom asked for with employees. input on how to reduce costs.

The second area of focus Ken Keller can becontacted at should be on people. EmployKenKeller0SBCglobal.net.

WASHINGTON — In an encouraging development for consumers worried about antibiotics in their milk, a new Food and Drug Administration studyshowed littleevidence ofdrug contamination after surveying almost 2,000 dairy farms.

Inresponse to concerns, the agency in 2012 took samples of raw milk from thefarms and tested them for31drugs, almost all of them antibiotics. Results released by the agency Thursday show thatlessthan 1percentofthe total samples showed illegal drugresidue.

Antibiotics and other drugs can end up in milk when they are used on dairy cows to keep them healthy. Small levels of some drugs are allowed in milk, but residues that go beyond certain thresholds are illegal.

"Overall this is very encouraging and reinforces the idea that the milk supply is safe," said the FDA's William Flynn, who led the study. He said the agency will use the findings to try to reduce

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Cawley said. Moreover, the costs are usually paid by private and public health insurance, meaning that leaner people are subsidizing those with less healthy diets, he said."All of us are paying these costs."

While such spending doesn't directly reduce economic growth, it does represent a shift in priorities toward health care and away from things such as business investment in other industriesthat could boostoutput down the road.

Obesity alsoposesproblems in less direct ways.

Excessive fatiscorrelated with an increase in absenteeism from work because of health issues, said Tatiana Andreyeva, director of economic initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of

Andreyeva found with fellow researchers Joerg Luedicke and Y. Claire Wang. Obese employees miss an extra 1.1 to 1.7 days of work a year compared to their normalweight counterparts.

"The employee is most likely getting paid for it, but there was no work done on it, and there was a cost to the employer,"Andreyeva said.

Diminished productivity is a major source of drag on the economy as it leads to higher productioncostsand a less competitive workforce, she sald.

That could worsen a recent slowing in efficiency as the 18- month economic slump that ended in June 2009 promptedcompanies to curb spending on more sophisticated machinery and time-saving devices such as faster computers that help boostproductivity.

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As the FederalAviation Administration is attempting SPOKANE, Wash.— Rob- to craft new rules and reguertBlairdirectsa point-and- lations for the commercial shoot Canon toward a ficus use of drones,Blairispartof tree in the DoubleTree by the first company to receive Hilton hallway. He waits for regulatory approval to use a stream of cowboy hats and unmanned aircraft above the Carhartt jackets heading nation's farms and fields. into the Ag Expo exhibit hall Empire Unmanned LLC is apartnership between to passby beforeconsulting Blair, two drone specialists the camera's screen.

It shows the green-andand a Hayden, Idaho, aviabrown tree as blue. tion company that received ''Well, you can tell that's a an exemption Jan. 15 from fake tree. If it were real, you the FAA's ban on commercould see how light reflected cial drone use. off it and see if it's healthy," Only weeks after granting Blair said. the exemption to Empire Since 2007, Blair has been Unmanned, the FAA on Feb. 18 proposed rules that evaluating the health ofhis crops using cameras like would govern widespread the one in his hand, which use of commercial droneshe inserts into the belly of but mostcompanies are still a drone and flies over his afew years away from being 1,300-acre farm in Kendable to fly. So industry leaders are keeping a close eye rick, Idaho, where he grows legumes and wheat. on the corner of the country

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tells us the earlier you buy a policy the less expensive it is. As a general rule the Continued from Page 1B best age to buy long-term care insurance is age 60, because you are less covers long-term care. And it can be very likely to file a claim before that age. expensive.

Statisti cally,90 percent oflong-term The Center for Retirement Research's careclaims arefiled forpeopleover age conclusion: 70 and 67 percent of all LTC benefits ''When deciding how much to save arepaidforcare received by women. for retirement, and how rapidly to draw Long-termcareis an issueofspecial importance to women for two reasons: down their wealth during retirement, • Women tend to live longer. households need to consider what risk theyareprepared to acceptofhaving • Woman are often the primary care their assets substantially depleted by providerfora spouseand ultimately health care, whether they are above or recipients of care.

Health care costs,and particularly below the average risk of incurring exceptionally high costs, and whether they long-term carecosts,are m ajorsources should insure against health care costs of worry for many, both men and womby purchasing long-term care insurance." en.Insurance can provide a lotofpeace The long-term care iLTCl industry of mind in addition to being a sound

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Long-term care insurance isn't for everyoneand itisnota decision to be made lightly. If you can pay for long-term care without significantly impacting your assets, you may not need LTC insurance.

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The milk industry balked when the FDA first announced the study in 2010, expressing concerns that the broad testing would disrupt the milk supply.

After negotiations, the testing began in 2012 and the agency spent the next two years analyzing the results.

The industry praised the study as it was released.

"Theseresultsare great,butwe still areaiming for zeropositivesin the future," said Jim Mulhern, CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation.

David Plunkett of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says the study shows that drug residues are "a small problem" but that there should be expandedtesting to bring thelevels down even further.

"The fact that it is a small problem indicatesit's aproblem we should be able to resolve," Plunkett said.

where Oregon, Idaho and Washington meet to see how the ag-drone startup fares.

Even after the FAA exemption, Blair and his business partners remain tied up in bureaucracy. While they sortout thedetails,they are at agriculture conventions across the country pitching potential customers.

Expo that drones are going to beascommon as tractors in the future.

"I justwish I was 40years younger to take advantage of what's availabletoday," Durfey said after his address to the Future Farmers of America."Information is power."

Beyond agriculture, the future is also in real estate, natural resource mining and fighting wildfires.

Film andphotography companies dominate the current 42 exemptions to the FAA ban. They use unmanned aircraft systems totake aerialshotsthat even heli copters orplanes can't get.

Other exemptions allow rooforbridgeinspections, ensure the flare stacks of natural-gas companies are operating safely and survey real estate.

Industry needs investment to grow Unmanned aircraft systemsare attheforefront of precision agriculture, a movement to use better technology to prevent crop disease, decrease pesticide use and generally make smarterdecisions.

James Durfey, a professor at Washington State University's crop and soil sciences department, told alecture hall of about 100 high school students at the Spokane Ag

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1st-6th grades 1734 3rd St. Use Valley St. entrance under Kid's Club sign

LAMINATION Up to 17 1/2 inches wide any length

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

(Pnces from $3- $5)

$1.00 per foot (The Observeris not responsible for flaws in material or machine error) THE OBSERVER 1406 Fifth • 541-963-3161

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

PINOCHLE Fndays at 6:30 p.m.

Senior Center 2810 Cedar St. Public is welcome

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

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MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE)

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETING:

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

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140 - Yard, Garage Sales - B aker Co.

145 - Yard, Garage Sales-Union Co.

AL-ANON MEETING in Elgin.

N O R THEAST OREGON E A TING TOO MUCH? COR N ER OF Clark btt CLASSIFIEDS offers DIE T S DON'T WORK! Bake r Sts. Fn. btt Sat.; Meeting times Self Help btt Support Fn., 8 : 45 a.m .

8am - 4p m . Lots ofNEW 1st b t t 3rd Wednesday Gr oup An nou n c e Pres b yterian Church item s . Credit cards by Eveni n gs ©6:00 pm ments at n o c h arge .

1995 F o urth St. Square accepted.

Elgin Methodist Church For B aker Citycall: (use a l l ey entrance) ALL YARD SALE ADS 7th and Birch Julie — 541-523-3673 Call: 541-523-5128 MUST BE PREPAID For LaGrande call: www.oa.org/podcast/ AL-ANON E n ca — 541-963-31 61 You can drop off your Concerned about TAICE US ON YOUR AA MEETING: payment at: someone else's PHONE! Powder River Group The Observer NARACOTICS LEAVE YOUR PAPER drinking?

Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM 1406 5th St. ANONYMOUS AT HOME Sat., 9 a.m.

Goin' Straight Group Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM La Grande Northeast OR Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM M t ~ Compassion Center, FULL editions of Grove St. Apts.

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1250 Hughes Ln. Corner of Grove btt D Sts. The Baker City Fn. btt Sat. -8 PM Baker City 'Visa, Mastercard, and Baker City, Open Episcopal Church Herald (541)523-3431 Nonsmoking Discover are Basement are now available Wheel Chair Accessible accepted.'

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AL-ANON-HELP FOR families btt fnends of alBaker City Yard Sales are $12.50 for WALLOWA COUNTY 3 EASY STEPS c oho l i c s .

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Pot Luck — Speaker Monday, Wednesday, leave ALCOHOLICS Meeting Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m.

Must have a minimum of 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r ANONYMOUS Tuesday, Wednesday, 10Yard Sale ad's to pnnt paper can help! pnnt the map.

NARCOTICS Thursday noon.

3. Log in wherever you 24 HOUR HOTLINE ANONYMOUS: Women only are at and enloy (541 ) 624-51 1 7 Monday, Thursday, btt AA meeting www oregooaadtstttct29 com SECOND at Final round Wednesday 11a.m., Fnday at8pm. Episcopal Setvtng Baker, Union, for this e s t ate s a l e, Church 2177 First St., 113 1/2 E Main St., and Wallowa Counties n ew i t e m s a d d e d .

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Meets 3rd Thursday of ANONYMOUS WALLOWA 541-523-3673 every month at HELP 606 W Hwy 82 St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM LINE-1-800-766-3724 PH: 541-263-0208 Contact: 541-523-4242 YARD SALE- Union OR. Meetings: 145 - Yard, Garage Sunday Sat 14th btt Sun 15th, 8-3.

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Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM furniture, brand name AA member one on 140 - Yard, Garage $5.00 Catered Lunch baby girl clothes u to one? Call our THE AMERICAN Must RSVP for lunch Sales-Baker Co. 24 mths, small wood LEGION Post 43 24 HOUR HOTLINE 541-523-4242 AnnuaI Yard Sale stove, kitchen items, 541-624-5117 745 4th St. twin mattress and box UNION COUNTY oi visit and Membership Dnve Fn. btt Sat.; 8am — 12 s prings , be dd i n g , AA Meeting www.ore onaadistnct29 will be held Sat. March, Furniture, woodstove, b ooks, AND M U C H Info.

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AA MEETINGS 2614 N. 3rd Street La Grande MON, VVED, FRI NOON-1 PM TUESDA Y 7AM-8AM TUE, VVED, THU 7PM-8PM SAT, SUN 10AM-11AM AA MEETINGS 2614 N. 3rd Street La Grande MON, VVED, FRI NOON-1 PM TUESDA Y 7AM-8AM TUE, VVED, THU 7PM-8PM SAT, SUN 10AM-11AM ACCEPTANCE GROUP of Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7pm.

TUESDAY NIGHTS Craft Time 6:00 PM United Methodist Church (Sm.charge for matenals) on 1612 4th St. in the EVERY WEDNESDAY Bible Study; 10:30 AM Public Bingo; 1:30 PM ( .25 cents per card)

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ENTERPRISE Safe Harbors conference room 401 NE 1st St, Suite B

VETERANS OF PH: 541-426-4004 FOREIGN WARS Monday noon.

POST 3048 MONTHLY MEETING AL-ANON. At t i tude o f Gratitude. W e d n e s2nd Thurs. of the month.

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New Day Entersolving skills required. electncal circuits. PLC class products backed tance and e x c ellent Grande, O R 9 7 8 50. tal Disabilities. I n t e r180 - Personals p rises is l o o king f o r C ompensation D O E. programming and inby the highest level of training. Plus, it's one Closing date: M a rch est in assisting people enthusiastic individuals Contact Mike at (541) strument certifications parts & s e rvice supof the best part-time 13, 2015. All qualified w/ disabilities required; MEET S I NGLES right to be Direct Support 51 9-6832. a plus . St a r t in g i s port!

I obs yo u c a n h a v e applicants will receive 1 year supervisory exnow! No paid operaProfessionals available Our opening includes a $28.74 and includes a while in high school. due consideration for tors, Iust real people p erience r e q u i r e d . t o w or k d ay , s w i n g competitive b e n e f it s p osition for f ull t i m e The 2015 Split Training employment w i t hout M in. q u a l i f i c at io ns : l ike y o u . Bro ws e and graveyards shifts. package. Please send AG Mechanic/TechOption season ends regard to race, age, reA bility t o l i f t u p t o $ 10.25/hr a n d u p . nician in L a Grande, April 30 . A p p licants ligion, sex, color or nagreetings, ex change resum e t o A nit a 50lbs o n o c c a s ion, m essages and c o nMust be able to work M cKinney a t As h OR. If you possess exmust be 17 years old tional ongin. No qualin ect Iive. Try it f r e e . p ass bac k g r o u n d f lexible hours; be at Grove Cement, P.O. p erience , in i t i a t i v e , and have parental confied disabled person check & drug screen, CaII n ow : least 18 and able to Box 287, Durkee, OR flexibility, good comsent pnor to obtaining shall, on the basis of 21 years of age, valid 877-955-5505. (PNDC) pass Criminal History 97905 or em ai l a contractual obligathe disability, be submunication skills, have driver's license/good and Abuse Screening, anita.mckinney©asha keen attention to detion. Eligibility restricIect to d i s crimination driving record. T r ainAdd BOLDING g rove.com n o l a t e r and a d r u g s c reen. tail and are able to pntions apply. Contact in employment. The ing will b e p r ovided.

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Employer. Reference ¹ tive duties. Must be a Ave, 8:00 am-4:00 pm, BIG results. employer a nd can p r e sent a SSG Erik Gilliland 1334164 self-starter & w or k Monday-Fnday. positive an d p r o f es(541)-314-3945 with minimal superviMAINTENANCE / 220 Help Wanted Have your ad sional image of SS Oregonguard.com BUSY ATTORNEY Ofsion. A p p ly at 1912 SITE MANAGER 210 - Help WantedSTAND OUT Union Co. Equipment in the fice seeking all levels 4th Street Suite 4 00 Full time position in for as little as presence of customBaker Co. of staff, from File Clerk La Grande OR or call IT IS UNLAWFUL (Sub La Grande: General du$1 extra. ers an d c o m m u nity HIGH SCHOOL sectio n 3, O RS to Paralegal. No expe541-663-0906. EOE ties include w o r king Saint Alphonsus then give us a call and JUNIORS ONLY 6 59.040) for an e m nence necessary. Senunder the direct superIf you're a Iunior in high find out Iust how reHealth System ous Applications only. ployer (domestic help vision of the Executive SEEKING FULL-TIME PARA-LEGAL/ school, you can Ioin Apply by Apnl 1, 2015. warding a career with recep t i o n i s t for excepted) or employSAMC - Baker City, OR SECRETARY Director and the Asset SS Equipment ca n the N a t ional G u a rd fast-paced healthcare ment agency to print Mail or Deliver a Cover Facilities Worker ll,temp 8 2 51 Manager for the over~ be!

Paying top wages through the Split Trainor circulate or cause to L etter, Resume a n d o ffice. P o s itive a t t i all maintenance of the Must have good writing and benefits, DOE. ing Optionand be back References to: 1902 tude, great computer be pnnted or circulated physical sites. ExperiH.S. Diploma or GED. and c o m m u n ication For more information, from B a sic C o m bat 4th Street, La Grande, skills, strong commuany statement, adverGeneral maintenance skills. Salary DOE. ence: ICnowledge of contact Ron Belt, DiT raining i n t i m e f o r nication, and multitasktisement o r p u b l ica- OR 97850 or Email to: skills required. Excellent Exceptional candidates building and grounds r ector of S e rvice at your senior year. Next t ion, o r t o u s e a n y office©baumsmith.com ing abilities required. interpersonal, telephone maintenance.

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Plus, it's one limitation, specification 1406 Fifth St., www.saintalphonsus.org nance Technician, F/T, State of Oregon EmCNA'S. Please apply of the best part-time La Grande, OR 97850 or discrimination as to w/ benefits including; ployment Division Of/bakercity in person at 91 Aries I obs yo u c a n h a v e fice 1901 Adams AveClassified advertis- race, religion, color, health, dental, paid vaLane or call for details WANTED, ENGINEER while in high school.

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A p p licants Follows schedule t ion, specification o r GRANDE RONDE qualified applicants will experience required, documentation showmust be 17 years old route, current OR you have to offer. discrimination, unless Hospital ln La Grande, satisfactonly complete recei ing FAA design compliand have parental condnver's license, good b ased upon a b o n a Ask about our low OR is seeking back ground c heck, a nce.

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TEMPORARY FARMWORKERS -3/4 contract hrs and the hourly rate noted below guaranteed. Additional monetary benefits may apply.

Tools supplies and, if applicable,worker housing provided. Travel costs reimbursed at 50% of contract and upon completion of contract (earlier if appropriate). 20 days xperience e and areference required.To apply,contactthe State W orkforceAgency (SWA) below orany local SWA. JO¹ 1532742, I Farm/Irrigation/ JO¹ 1532784, 4 General Farm/ JO¹ 1534323, 3 General Farm/ JO¹ 1532823, 3 General Farm/ Livestock Worker(s), 5-S Farms, Irrigation Worker(s), D & K Irrigation Worker(s), Leavitt Farms, Irrigation Worker(s), Shawver Inc., Paul ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, Hale Farms, LLC, Heybum ID Teton ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, Farms, Inc., Eden ID $11.14/hr, 48 4/15/2015 to I I/I/2015 Burley, ID $11. 14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to 5/I/2015 to I I/15/2015Rexburg, hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to 10/20/2015 SWA, 208-678-5518-Burley 10/15/2015 Burley, ID SWA, 208- ID SWA, 208-557-2501 Twin Falls, ID SWA, 208-735678-5518 JO¹ 1527669, 4 General Farm/ JO¹ 1533291, I General Farm/ 2500 Irrigation Worker(s), Aaron Ball JO¹ 1532656, I I Farm/Irrigation/ Irrigation Worker(s), Lovell and JO¹ 1532837, 5 General Farm/ Farms, Inc., Rupert ID $11.14/hr, Livestock Worker(s), Double Cook Partnership DBALovell and Irrigation Worker(s), Shoesole 48 hrs/wk, 3/15/2015 to 12/I/2015 Eagle FarmsLLC, Murtaugh ID Cook Ag, Ririe ID 11.14, 40hrs/ Farms, Inc., Hansen ID $11.14/hr, Burley, ID SWA, 208-678-5518 $11. 14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/7/2015 to wk, 4/18/2015 to 10/25/2015 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/20I5 to II/I/2015 JO¹ 1533798, I Farm/Irrigation/ I I/I/2015 Burley, ID SWA, 208- Rexburg, ID SWA, 208-557-2501 Twin Falls, ID SWA, 208-735678-5518 Livestock Worker(s), AdamKei(h JO¹ 1532863, 2 General Farm/ 2500 Tucker Farms, LLC, Teton ID JO¹ 1533088, 12General Farm/ Irrigation Worker(s), M & M HeathJO¹ NV0356911, I LeadSupervisor $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 Irrigation Worker(s), GoldenSun Farms, Inc., Buhl ID $11.14/hr, 48 & Sod/Imgation Worker(s), The to I I/15/2015 Rexburg, ID SWA, Farms, Inc., Hammett ID $11.14/hr, hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to I I/15/2015 Turf Company of NV, Inc. DBA 208-557-2501 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to I I/15/2015 Twin Falls, ID SWA, 208-735High Desert Turf, Yerington NV JO¹ 1530422, I General Farm/ Mountain Home, ID SWA, 2082500 I yr, experience LeadSupervisor Irrigation Worker(s), Alan Harper 364-7788 JO¹ 1533093, I General Farm/ with 3 monthsexperience and Jay Harper, Malta ID $11.14/hr, JO¹ 1532846, 10General Farm/ Irrigation Worker(s), Marshall in production/harvesting of 48 hrs/wk, 4/ I/2015 to I I/15/2015 Irrigation Worker(s), Holyoak Becket, Grand View ID $11.14/hr, sod, including the operation/ Burley, ID SWA, 208-678-5518 Green Chop,Jerome ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/20I5 to 9/I5/2015 maintenance of specialized sod JO¹ 1531615, 2General Farm/ 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to I I/15/2015 Mountain Home, ID SWA, 208production/harvesting machinery Irrigation Worker(s), Andrew Twin Falls, ID SWA, 208-735364-7788 $13.50/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 3/I/2015 to Martin Farms, LLC, IdahoFalls ID 2500 JO¹ 1534351, 3 General Farm/ 12/15/2015 LasVegas, NV SWA, $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/ I/2015 to JO¹ 1534738, 2 Farm/Irrigation/ Irrigation Worker(s), Martindale Ag 702-486-6635 10/20/2015 Rexburg, ID SWA, Livestock Worker(s), J & V Dairy, Co., LLC, Ashton ID $11.14/hr, 48 JO¹ NV0356908, I Sod/Imgation 208-557-2501 LLC, Shoshone ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 5/I/2015 to 10/3 I/2015 Worker(s), TheTurf Company of JO¹ 1534451, I Farm/Irrigation/ hrs/wk, 4/21/2015 to 2/20/2016 Rexburg, ID SWA, 208-557-2501 NV, Inc. DBA High Desert Turf, Livestock Worker(s), Avery Ranch, Twin Falls, ID SWA, 208-735- Jo¹ 1532826, 3 Farm/Irrigation/ Yerington NV 3 monthsexperience Lava Hot Springs ID $11.14/hr, 48 2500 Livestock Worker(s), Muldoon required $11.37/hr, 48 hrs/wk, hrs/wk, 5/I/20I5 to II/5/2015 JO¹ 1532660, I General Farm/ Ranch Company, LLC, JeromeID 3/2/2015 to 12/15/2015 LasVegas, Pocatello, ID SWA, 208-236-6710 Irrigation Worker(s), Jefrey Wade, $11. 14/hr, 48hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to NV SWA, 702-486-6635 JO¹ 1534218, I Farm/Irrigation/ Paul ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 10/16/2015 JO¹ 1534361, 2 General Farm/ Livestock Worker(s), Brent 4/21/2015 to 10/28/2015Burley, ID Bellevue, ID SWA, 208-788-3526 Irrigation Worker(s), Thiel Pioneer Hillman, Shelley ID $11.14/hr, 48 SWA, 208-678-5518 JO¹ 2576975, 2 General Farm/ Farms, Inc., Idaho Falls ID hrs/wk, 5/I/20I5 to II/I/2015 JO¹ 1532437, 3 Farm/Irrigation/ Irrigation Worker(s), Padlock $11. 14/hr, 48hrs/wk, 5/I/2015 to Blackfoo ,I tD SWA, 208-236-6713 Livestock Worker(s), Jim Dixon Ranch Company,Ranchester WY 9/15/2015 Rexburg, ID SWA, 208JO¹ 1532727, I General Farm/ Farms, LLC, IdahoFalls ID $11. 14/hr, 48hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 557-2501 Irrigation Worker(s), Brian $11. 14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to 12/15/2015Casper, WYSWA, JO¹ 1532878, 3 General Farm/ Darrington, Declo ID $11.14/hr, 48 to 10/15/2015Rexburg, ID SWA, 307-233-4657 Irrigation Worker(s), Vince hrs/wk, 4/20/2015 to 12/3I/2015 208-557-2501 Jo¹ 1531674, I Farm/Irrigation/ Fehringer Farms,American Falls Burley, ID SWA, 208-678-5518 JO¹ 2577162, 5 General Farm/ Livestock Worker(s), Pratt Creek ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 JO¹ 1532836, 2 Farm/Irrigation/ Irrigation Worker(s), JohnMahan, Ranch, Salmon ID $11.14/hr, 48 to I I/I/2015 Pocatello, ID SWA, Livestock Worker(s), Circle Powell Wy $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, hrs/wk, 4/ I/2015 to I I/15/2015 208-236-6710 P Farms, LLC, SugarCity ID 4/15/2015 to 10/15/2015Cody, WY Salmon, ID SWA, 208-756-2234 JO¹ 1533301, 2 Farm/Irrigation $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to SWA, 307-587-4241 JO¹ 1534379, 5 General Farm/ Worker(s), Ward Brothers, Inc., I I/I/2015 Rexburg, ID SWA, 208- JO¹ 1532854, I Farm/Irrigation/ Irrigation Worker(s), Rhett Watson Teton City ID $11.14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, 557-2501 Livestock Worker(s), John Farms, Inc., Menan ID $11.14/hr, 4/25/2015 to I I/I/2015 Rexburg, JO¹ 10106464,2 Farm/Irrigation/ McGhee, Dietrich ID $11.14/hr, 48 48 hrs/wk, 5/I/2015 to I I/I/2015 ID SWA, 208-557-2501 Livestock Worker(s), Coleman hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to II/I/2015 Rexburg, ID SWA, 208-557-2501 JO¹ 1532756, 2 Farm/Irrigation/ Angus, Charlo MT $11.14/hr, 48 Twin Falls, ID SWA, 208-735- JO¹ 10106210, I Farm/Irrigation/ Livestock Worker(s), WayneHurst, hrs/wk, 4/15/2015 to I I/I/2015 2500 Livestock Worker(s), Seven UpBar Burley ID $11,14/hr, 48 hrs/wk, Polson, MT SWA, 406-883-7880 Ranch,lnc., Melrose MT $11.14/hr, 4/15/2015 to I I/8/2015 Burley, ID 48 hrs/wk, 4/15/20I5 to 10/15/20I5 SWA, 208-678-5518 Butte, MT SWA, 406-494-0300

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015

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1- FLY fishing tube, near Baker City Herald that advertise and perCONTRACTORS Construction, lnc new. 541-523-4701 541-523-3673 form landscape conwanted to deliver the CCB¹192854. New roofs ask for Julie tracting services be liBaker City Herald ARE YOU in BIG trouble Ltt reroofs. Shingles, LaGrande Observer censed with the LandMonday, Wednesday, ith t h e I R S ? S t o p 541-936-3161 metal. All phases of s cape C o n t r a c t o r s w and Fnday's, within wage Ltt bank levies, construction. Pole ask for Erica B oard. T h i s 4 - d i g i t Baker City. liens Ltt audits, unfiled buildings a specialty. number allows a conCa II 541-523-3673 tax returns, payroll isRespond within 24 hrs. sumer to ensure that s ues, Ltt resolve t a x 541-524-9594 t he b u siness i s a c debt FAST. Seen on tively licensed and has INDEPENDENT C NN. A B B B . C a l l a bond insurance and a FRANCES ANNE CONTRACTORS 1-800-989-1 278.

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YOU INVEST! Always Cover, deep box, bo NEWSPAPER a good policy, espe- OREGON STATE law retom board, 10 frames BUNDLES q uires a nyone w h o cially for business opwith queen/bees: $210 contracts for construcBurning or packing? p ortunitie s Lt t f r a n Queens: $40 $1.00 each chises. Call OR Dept. t ion w o r k t o be WANTED HONEY censed with the Cono f J u stice a t ( 5 0 3 ) bee equipment/sup 378-4320 or the Fedstruction Contractors NEWSPRINT pliesall types, new or Board. An a c t ive eral Trade Commission ROLL ENDS used (hives, boxes, cense means the conat (877) FTC-HELP for Art prolects Ltt more! frames, tools, etc.). f ree i nformation. O r tractor is bonded Ltt inCall Don Super for young artists! sured. Venfy the conv isit our We b s it e a t $2.00 8t up (541 ) 519-4980 430For Saleor tractor's CCB license www.ftc.gov/bizop.

Stop in today! through the CCB Con- Trade 1406 Fifth Street s ume r W eb s i t e FOR SALE: Honda 2000 630 - Feeds 541-963-31 61 www.hirealicensedwatt generator. $700 contractor.com. firm. 541-519-5740 CANADA DRUG Center 200 TON of 2nd cutting Ltt 100 ton 3rd cutting is your choice for safe Alfa lfa ta rped, a nd and affordable medicaOUTSTANDING 435 - Fuel Supplies loaded on truck. Been COMPUTER SERVICES tions. Our licensed Ca- • e tested for quality. In $40 flat rate / any issue nadian mail order phar• e- .

PRICES REDUCED Grande Ronde Valley. macy will provide you Specializing in: PC-Tune Multi Cord Discounts!

Ca II 541-428-2131 with savings of up to up, pop-ups, adware, $140 in the rounds 4" spyware and virus 75 percent on all your II • . to 12" in DIA, $170 2ND CROP Alfa Ifa removal. Also, training, medication needs. Call Small bales, split. Red Fir Ltt Hardtoday 1-800-354-4184 $220/ton. new computer setup and Baker City wood $205 split. Def or $10.00 off y o u r data transfer, pnnter 541-51 9-0693 Iivered in the valley. install and Wifi issues. first prescription and (541)786-0407 House calls, drop off, free shipping. (PNDC) ALFALFA 4TH Cutting. and remote services.

Small bales, No weeds 360 - Schools & LODGEPOLE:Split Ltt de- DISH TV Retailer. StartWeekdays: 7am-7pm or Rain. Tarped. We Iivered in Baker, $175.

Instruction ing at $ 1 9.99/month Dale Bogardus W hite F i r Rou n d s , load 185./ton, here (for 12 mos.)

Ltt High 541-297-5831 HEIDI HO 2015-2016 Delivery avail. 15 ton $150. Guaranteed full Speed Internet starting Registration c ord. R u r a l a r e a s a t $ 14 . 9 5 / m o n t h min. 541-805-5047 March 10 4 6pm $1/mile. Cash please.

POE CARPENTRY (where a v a i l a b le.) SUPREME QUALITY STATE APPROVED (541 ) 518-7777 S AVE! A s k A b o u t grass hay. No rain, barn Half-Day Kindergarten • New Homes • Remodeling/Additions SAME DAY InstallaAVAILABLE stored. More info: 440 - Household • Shops, Garages t ion! C A L L Now !

541-963-8795 541-51 9-3439 Items 1-800-308-1 563 • Siding Ltt Decks

720 - Apartment Rentals Baker Co. ELKHORN VILLAGE APARTMENTS

725 - Apartment Rentals Union Co. HIGHLAND VIEW

Apartments Senior Living Senior a n d Di s a b l ed Housing. A c c e pting 800 N 15th Ave Mallard Heights applications for those Elgin, OR 97827 870 N 15th Ave aged 62 years or older Elgin, OR 97827 as well as those dis- Now accepting applicaabled or handicapped tions f o r fed e r a l ly Now accepting applicaof any age. Income refunded housing. 1, 2, tions f o r fed e r a l ly strictions apply. Call and 3 bedroom units f unded h o using f o r Candi: 541-523-6578 with rent based on int hos e t hat a re sixty-two years of age come when available. or older, and h andiProlect phone number: capped or disabled of 541-437-0452 any age. 1 and 2 bedTTY: 1(800)735-2900 room units w it h r e nt b ased o n i nco m e FURNISHED STUDIO "This institute is an equal when available.

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1- Square End Table, DO YOU need papers to Small bales. No rain, 1- Metal End Table, start your fire with? Or undercover.

1- Oak Table w/4 chairs, a re yo u m o v i n g 541-263-1591 dishes, pots, new crock need papers to wrap pot see at 1204 1st. La those special items?

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Wade, 541-523-4947 or 541-403-0483 CCB¹176389

Adding New Services: "NEW" Tires Mount Ltt Balanced Come in for a quote You won't be disappointed!!

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Aesthetically Done Ornamental Tree Ltt Shrub Pruning 503-668-7881 503-407-1524 Serving Baker City & surrounding areas

LADD'S AUTO LLC 8 David Eccles Road Baker City (541 ) 523-4433

CEDAR 8t CHAIN link fences. New construct ion, R e m o d e l s ha ndyma n services.

Kip Carter Construction 541-519-6273 Great references.

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r ent. 3bd, 2 ba, g a s for those of 62 years fireplace, A/C, large o r older, as w ell a s fenced yard and more! t hose d i s a b le d or $925 a m o n th . Call h andicapped of a n y 541-91 0-5059. age. Rent based on income. HUD vouchers accepted. Please call 750 - Houses For Rent Baker Co. 541-963-0906 TDD 1-800-735-2900 OREGON TRAIL PLAZA + (4/e accept HUD + This institute is an equal 1- bdrm mobile home opportuni ty provider starting at $400/mo.

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ANTLER BUYER Elk,

2 BDRM, 1 bath duplex with carport; carpet, Ltt appliances to include w asher a n d d r y e r ; Beautifully updated Quiet area near river; Community Room, Sewer, water, garbage featunng a theater room, paid, and yard maintea pool table, full kitchen n ance included. N o and island, and an Pets/Smoking. $5 20 electnc fireplace. per mo. plus deposit.

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Union Co. www.virdianmgt.com TTY 1-800-735-2900 2 BDRM, 701 1/2 F Ave. W /D h o o k- u p $550/mo. 1st, last, Ltt Thisinstituteis an Equal $200 cleaning deposit 541-663-8410, leave msg. No pets.

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LA GRANDE, OR $650/month, $675 deposit. No pets/smokTHUNDERBIRD ing. 541-786-6058 APARTMENTS 307 20th Street A FFORDABLE S T U DENT HOUSING. 5 COVE APARTMENTS bd, 5 ba, plus shared 1906 Cove Avenue kitchen, all u tillities paid, no smoking, no UNITS AVAILABLE pets, $800/mo Ltt $700 NOW! dep. 541-910-3696 Income restnctions apply.

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Affordable Housing!

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SWITCH 8t Save Event Baker Co. from DirecTV! Packages s t a r t i n g at WANTED: 3+ BDRM $19.99/mo .

Fr ee Richland, Halfway, Baker 3-Months of HBO, City area. Ranch style, or one level home, to Starz, SHOWTIME Ltt CINEMAX. FREE GE- r un an a d ul t f o s t e r c are. Willing t o p a y NIE HD/DVR Upgrade!

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1356 Dewey ¹1, $400 No Smoking, no pets.

Call Ann Mehaffy (541 ) 519-0698 Ed Moses:(541)519-1814

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices FOR SALE or possible BRAND N E W 2 0 1 4 , NOTICE OF trade: 3-bdrm, 3 bath, F leetwood De l u x e SHERIFF'S SALE 845 -Mobile Homes Union Co.

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices U nited S t ates D e partment of Agriculture, as B e n e ficiary, dated September 15, 2010, recorded September 16, 2010, as Instr u m e n t No. 10380035B, Records of Baker County, Oregon, covenng the following descnbed real p roperty s i t uated i n Baker County, Oregon,

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices i s capable o f b e i n g IN THE MATTER OF cured by tendering the THE ESTATE OF

double wide home for performance required REX G. McBRIDE, under the obligation or s ale St o ne w o o d On March 31, 2015, at Deceased.

Deed of Trust, and in comm. over 1,500 sq. the hour of 9:00 a.m.

State of Oregon 2 BDRM, 1 ba, corner f t. 3 BD , 2 b a , w i t h at the Baker County addition to paying said County of Baker lot, no smoking or family room 9 ft c eilC ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 sums or tendenng the Circuit Court pets, $600/mo, $300 performance necesings and more! Selling T hird S t reet , B a k e r In Probate sec. dep. must have 528-N15days sary to cure the d ef or $ 7 4 , 0 0 0 cal l City, Oregon, the deCase No. 15-049 rental references, I!t 541-910-5059 for fendant's interest will f a ult, by p a y ing a I I pass back ground.

5234807eyenings details. be sold, sublect to recosts and expenses NOTICE TO $35 app fee A vail 378510th Street actually incurred in en- INTERESTED PERSONS demption, in the real 3/2. 503-341-3067 850 - Lots & Propforcing the obligation property c o m m o nly 2-BDRM., 1-BATH to-wit: erty Baker Co. known as: In Townand Deed of Trust, to- NOTICE IS H E REBY • • = ta b No pets/waterbeds %ABC STORESALL% ship 8 South, Range gether with Trustees GIVEN that the under75'X120' LOT. McElroy Properties and attorneys fees not 4 1 East o f t h e W i l - A parcel in Lots 6 and signed has been apMOVF IN SPFC IAl! 825 G St. $49,000.

541-523-2621 exce e d i n g the l amette M e r i dian, i n 7, Block 11, JOHN pointed personal rep• Rent a unit for 6 mo 541-51 9-6528 the County of Baker STEWART'S ADDIamounts provided by r esentative. Al l p e r get 7th mo. FREE AVAIL. 3/16; 3 -BDRM, NORTH BAKER and State of Oregon: T ION T O BA K E R said ORS 86.778. sons having c l a ims (Units 5x10 up to 10x30) 855 - Lots & Prop1bath. Gas heat, range, 9th Dr Neighborhood S ection 18: A l l t h a t CITY, in Baker City, against the estate are 541-523-9050 erty Union Co. fndge, W/D hookups, 3-bdrm, 1 1/2 bath. portion of Lot 4, lying County of Baker and In accordance with the required t o p r e s e nt storage I!t fenced yard.

1589 sq. ft. home, BEAUTIFUL VIEW lot in Easterly of the Medical S tate o f Ore g o n , Fair Debt C o l lection them, with v o uchers No smoking.$750/mo.

2-car garage in front Cove, Oregon. Build Spnngs Highway right more particularly deP ractices Act, t hi s i s attached, to the under541-51 9-6654 and 2-car garage off y our d r ea m h o m e . o f way; Section 1 9 : an attempt to collect a scribed as follows: signed Personal Repdebt, and any informaalley. Gas forced heat.

Septic approved, elecL ots 1 and 2 . TO resentative at Silven, • e J HOME SWEET HOME Updated kitchen I!t tnc within feet, stream GETHER WITH a nght Beginning at a p o i nt t ion obtained w ill b e Schmeits I!t Vaughan, Cute I!t Warm! baths, clean, r unning through l o t . of way for a roadway 71.5 feet West of the used for that purpose.

Attorneys at Law, P.O. 2 I!t 2+ Bdrm Homes spacious,lots A mazing v i e w s of 16 1/2 feet wide folThis communication is Box 965, Baker City, East line of said Lot No Smoking/1 small pet + Security Fenced from a debt collector. of built-ins. mountains I!t v alley. lowing the line of t he 6, where the North Oregon, 97814, within Call Ann Mehaffy 3.02 acres, $62,000 old B a k e r - M e dical right of way line of four (4) months after $169,900 + Coded Entry (541 ) 519-0698 208-761-4843 541-403-1380 Springs road a c ross Washington Avenue In construing this Notice, the date of first publiEd Moses:(541)519-1814 + Lighted for your protection htt://eastore on.crai slist.or the Northwest corner cation of this notice, or intersects the West the singular includes /reo/491 9C01 775.html t he plural, the w o rd ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdivh of the Northwest quarline of the alley adjat he c laims m a y b e + 6 different size units Nelson Real Estate Grantor includes any sion, Cove, OR. City: ter of the Northwest cent to said Block 11 barred.

Has Rentals Available! + Lots of Ry storage Sewer/VVater available. quarter of Section 19, on the East; successor in interest A ll p e rsons w h o s e 541-523-6485 T ownship 8 S o u t h , t hence No rt h 7 0 . 5 to the Grantor as well nghts may be affected 41296 Chico Rd, Baker City 825 - Houses for Regular price: 1 acre off Pbcahontae as any other person m/I $69,900-$74,900.

Range 40 E. W.M., as feet; by th e p r o c eedings Sale Union Co. 67 owing an o b l igation, We also provide property g ranted i n d ee d r e - t hence West 1 0 . 2 5 may obtain additional management. C heck corded June 18, 1929 feet; the performance of i nformation from t h e SUNFIRE REAL Estate i n Deed B o o k 1 1 2 , t hence S o ut h 5 . 5 which is s ecured by records of the court, out our rental link on LLC. has Houses, DuA PLUS RENTALS said Deed o f T r u st, the Personal Repreour w ebs i t e Page 426. E X CEPT feet; plexes I!t Apartments has storage units and the words Trustee www.ranchnhome.co the coal and other minthence West 50 feet; sentative, or the attorfor rent. Call Cheryl available. m or c aII e rals underlying t h e thence South 65 feet; a nd B e n e f iciary i n neys for the Personal Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 5x12 $30 per mo. surface of said land, thence East 60 feet, clude it s r e s p e ctive Representative.

Ranch-N-Home Realty, 541-523-7727.

8x8 $25-$35 per mo.

3 BD 2ba house. New successors in interest, Dated and first published In c 541-963-5450. r eserved i n Uni t e d more or less, to the 8x10 $30 per mo. sun room, hardwood if any.

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February 25, 2015. 'plus deposit' floors, u n derground September 9, 1 9 27, Rent Union Co. I 1433 Madison Ave., I spinkler system, f i nrecorded May 1, 1962 Commonly referred to Personal Representative or 402 Elm St. La 2 BD, fenced yard, $700 i shed b a s e ment , i n i n Deed B o o k 1 7 2 , as 2804 Washington DATED: December 15, Randy R. McBnde Grande. rent, $700 sec. dep., f loor circulating h o t 880 - Commercial 2014 page 921. PARCEL II Avenue, Baker City 1447 Chnstopher Place Ca II 541-910-3696 541-963-8554. water heat, attic storIn Township 8 South, OR 97814.

Mt. Home, ID Property a ge, s t orage s h e d, Range 40 East of the /s/Alan N. Stewart, 83647-4644 2BD, 1BA house for rent much m o r e ! 204 BEST CORNER location Willamette M e r idian, Alan N. Stewartof Hurley Successor Trustee in La Grande. Please American West Spnng Ave La Grande. for lease on A dams in the County of Baker Re, P.C., 747 SW Mill Hurley Re, P.C. Attorney for Estate call owner, Available Storage Open House 03/22/15 Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. and State of Oregon: View Way, Bend, OR 747 SW Mill View Way Floyd C. Vaughan 7 days/24 houraccess now! 541-328-6258 I!t 03/29/1 5, 1pm-4pm.

Lg. pnvate parking. ReS ection 24: A l l t h a t 97702, was appointed Bend, OR 97702 OS B ¹7841 67 541-523-4564 $167,900. For viewing m odel or us e a s i s . portion of the NorthP.O. Box 965 Successor Trustee by Telephone: 3 BDRM. 2 bath $750, COMPETITIVE RATES ca II 541-910-7478 541-805-91 23 e ast quarter o f t h e the Beneficiary on No- 541-317-5505 1950 Third Street w/s/g. No smoking/to- Behind Armory on East Northeast quarter lying vembe r 1 8, 2014.

Baker City,OR 97814 bacco no pets, and H Streets. Baker City GREAT retail location N orth o f t h e S o u t h Legal No. 00040045 (541) 523-4444 541-962-0398. in the Heart of nght-of-way line of the Both the Beneficiary and Published: February 25, IN LA GRANDE. 1- 3bcl Baker City!

March 4, 11, 18, 2015 LegaI No. 00040077 4 BR 3 Bath, 10 acres O ld Bak e r - M e d i - Trustee have elected $ 110,000, 1 - 4bc l near Elgin $1,200.00. cal Spnn g s Road. to sell th e s aid r eal Published: February 25, $ 130,00 .

C as h, 1937 MAIN ST. STORAGE UNIT Ranch-N-Home Rentals, MINI STORAGE The court case numproperty to satisfy the March 4, 11, 2015 541-963-2641 1550 sq. ft. building.

AUCTION ber is 14-227, where obligations secured by In c. 541-963-5450 • Secure IN THE MATTER $900/mo.

Descnption of Property: • Keypad Zntry EDWIN I. HOOD, Sucsaid Deed of Trust and OF THE ESTATE OF 541-403-1139 ACCEPTING APPLICA- • Auto-Lock Gate Couch, table top oven, cessor Trustee of the a Notice of Default has WILLIAM DEAN $415,000 CUSTOM TIONS on new 3bdrm, • S ecurity Li~ t i t t g b ike, s k at e b o a r d , E dwin an d M i l d r e d been recorded pursuHOLCOMB, 2ba w/ carport. All ap- • Security Garrteras BUILTHOME WITH dishes, d esk, c a h ir, Hood T r u st , UA D ant to Oregon Revised RV Storage Deceased. candle oils, computer, pliances with w/d, un- •• Outside FANTASTIC VIEWS! 8-14-2008 is plaintiff, Statutes 86.735(3); the Fenced Area State of Oregon der ground sprinklers, candle making s upLookingoverBuff alo and MICHAEL P. DEdefault for which the (6-foot barb) County of Baker No smoking or pets. plies, Pendleton botVANEY is defendant. foreclosure is made is Peak Golf Course. 5 NEW clean units Clicult Couit $1,100/mo plus $750 tles, and boxes of misThe sale is a p u b lic Grantor's failure to pay bed., 3 I/2 bath. 656 All sizes available In Probate cellaneous items undeposit. 541-786-2364, auction to the highest when due the followsq. fl. garage, 1080 sq.

(Gx10 up to 14x26) Case No. 15-138 541-963-5320 able to inventory. b idder f o r c a s h o r ing sums: fl. barn with feeders 8 41-83 3 - 1 6 8 8 c ashier's c h e c k , i n hay storage and hol ADORABLE 2 bd, 1 ba, NOTICE TO h and, mad e o u t t o A s o f N o v e m ber 1 5 Property Owner: 3 3la l 4 t h garage fenced yard in and cold water plumbed, 910 - ATV, MotorcyINTERESTED PERSONS Michelle Osborn Baker County Shenff's 2013, pursuant to the La Grande, $800/mo in. Footings are poured Office. For more inforpromissory note effeccles, Snowmobiles 541-805-8659 for a shop with water CLASSIC STORAGE mation on this sale go tive date of September Amount Due: $215.00 as NOTICE IS H E REBY 2005 POLARIS 800 EFI. GIVEN that the under541-524-1534 , and electricity stubbed of March 1, 2015 to: ww w . o re onsher- 15, 2010, the amount CUTE COTTAGE style Hand warmers, winch, signed has been ap2805 L Street in. Bring your horses or, of $5,702.37, plus late 2bd house, southside plow. S u pe r c l e a n. pointed personal repNEW FACILITY!!

4H projects Io this 6.98 charges in the amount Auction to take place on La Grande location, no r esentative. Al l p e r $4500. 541-524-9673 LegaI No. 00040090 Vanety of Sizes Available Tuesday, February 17, of $96.59, plus fees acre property.1501 4614 smoking o r pet s, Secunty Access Entry sons having c l a ims 2015 at 10:30 AM at Published: February 25, due in the amount of Century 21 ca II $ 595 / m o 930 - Recreational against the estate are RV Storage Serve Yourself Storage March 4, 11, 18, 2015 $27.09, for a total de541-963-4907 i Eagle Cap Realty, Vehicles required t o p r e s e nt ¹30, David Eccles Rd, l in q u e n c y of 541-9634511. them, with v o uchers STORAGE UNIT Ba ker C ity, 0R 97814 $5,826.05.

LARGE 4 bd, 1ba wood, AUCTION attached, to the underg as, e l e c t ri c h e a t , Descnption of Property: By reason of the default Name of Person Foresigned Personal RepSECijRESTORAGE $850mo 541-963-4125 '4 Motorcycle h e l m et, the Beneficiary has deresentative at Silven, closing: Serve Yourself Schmeits I!t Vaughan, dresser, tool box, fishSurveillance Units are managed by NEAT 8t CLEAN Studio clared all sums owing Attorneys at Law, P.O. ing pole, table, 2 matCameras Nelson Real E state house, w/s paid, $300 on the obligation set resses , c l ot h e s , Box 965, Baker City, Computenzed Entry Agency, 845 Camp+ dep. One year lease. cured by the Deed of 2007 NUWA HitchHiker Oregon, 97814, within b ooks, c o oler, t o o l bell, Baker City, OR Covered Storage 541-963-61 89 Trust immediately due Champagne 37CKRD four (4) months after belt, p i l l o w s , and Super size 16'x50' 97814, 541-523-6485 a nd payable, t h o se $39,999 3 BD 2ba house. New the date of first publiUNION 2b d, 1 ba s g c boxes of m i scellanesums being the followsun room, hardward Tnple axles, Bigfoot lack 541-523-2128 ous items unable to incation of this notice, or $695, senior discount, Legal No. 00040162 lng, to-wlt: floors, u n derground leveling system, 2 new ventory. t he c laims m a y b e pets ok. 541-910-0811 Published: March 4, 6, 9, 3100 15th St. spinkler system, f i n- 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, barred.

Baker City 11,13, 16, 2015 A s o f N o v e m ber 1 5 Rear Dining/ICitchen, 760 - Commercial i shed b a s e ment , i n A ll p e rsons w h o s e Property Owner: John 2013, unpaid pnncipal large pantry, double f loor circulating h o t Shukle Rentals PUBLIC SALE nghts may be affected in t h e amo u n t of woard heat, attic stor- fndge/freezer. Mid living Stevenson Storage by th e p r o c eedings 795 -Mobile Home $59,665.97, accrued BEAUTY SALON/ a ge, s t orage s h e d, room w/fireplace and 3785 10th may obtain additional Amount Due: $249.00 as interest in the amount Office space perfect Spaces much m o r e ! 204 surround sound. Awning i nformation from t h e of March 1, 2015 Baker City, OR 97814 of $3,814.12, subsidy for one or two opera- SPACES AVAILABLE, Spnng Ave La Grande. 16', water 100 gal, tanks 541-523-6316 records of the court, recaptur e in t he ters 15x18, icludeds one block from Safe$167,900. For viewing 50/50/50, 2 new Power- Auction to take place on Acc ¹ 213034 the Personal Repreamount of $ 7 7 2.60, restroom a n d off house 2100 generators. way, trailer/RV spaces. ca II 541-910-7478 sentative, or the attorTuesday, February 17, assessed fees in the street parking.

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W ater, s e w er , g a r neys for the Personal 2015 at 10:40 AM at amount of $1,400.84, Descnption of Property: $500 mo I!t $250 dep 541-519-1488 bage. $200. Jeri, manServe Yourself Storage and interest on fees in Household property I!t Representative.

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La Gra n d e misc. boxes Dated and first p ub¹67, David Eccles Rd, the amount of $23.10, 541-962-6246 THE SALE of RVs not lished March 4, 2015.

Baker City, OR 97814 INDUSTRIAL P ROPfor a total amount of beanng an Oregon inERTY. 2 bay shop with TRAILER SPACE in Un$65,676.63, plus inter- Property Owner: ~/ signia of compliance is Name of Person ForeAshley Colton Personal Representative office. 541-910-1442 8 est continuing to acion, avail. March 8th, illegal: cal l B u i lding closing: Serve Yourself Floyd C. Vaughan Ih c rue at t h e r a t e o f W /s/g. $2 50 / m o .

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Amount Due: $355.00 as P. O. Box 965 NEED OFFICE space in Units are managed by $6.9474 per day, in(541)562-5411 Baker City,OR 97814 La Grande for one emNelson Real E state of 03/01/15 cluding daily interest ployee. Little/no pubAgency, 845 CampNEWER 3 bd, 2 ba home 970 - Autos For Sale on fees at the rate of bell, Baker City, OR Attorney for Estate lic foot traffic. Willing w /open f l oo r p l a n, $ 0.1631, u n ti l p a i d, Time I!t Date of Sale: Stevenson Storage Floyd C. Vaughan to lease. Require comvaulted ceiling, central 1993 OLDS Cutlass, un97814, 541-523-6485 plus any unpaid propOS B ¹7841 67 fortable, secure, safe 3785 Tenth Street air, Jacuzzi bath tub, der 73k miles, $3000, erty taxes, plus attoroffice space that can walk-in closet, fenced Baker City, OR 97814 P.O. Box 965 i ncludes 4 s t u d d e d Legal No. 00040163 neys fees, foreclosure Published: March 4, 6, 9, Unit ¹IC5 1950 Third Street accommodate installayard w/auto sparklers. costs, and sums adtires. 541-910-5774.

March 18, 2015 Baker City,OR 97814 tion of phone/fax line Exceptional Eagle Cap 11,13,16, 2015 vanced by the benefi(541) 523-4444 and internet se rvice.

10 A.M. Estates neighborhood. DONATE YOUR CAR, ciary pursuant to t he STORAGE UNIT Please contact Alice R eady t o m o v e i n ! TRUCIC OR BOAT TO terms of said Deed of AUCTION Name of Person Legal No. 00040120 Massey, Eastern Ore- 820 - Houses For $192,500.

HE R ITAG E FOR THE Descnption of Property: Trust.

Foreclosing: Published: March 4, 11, gon Regional Program Sale Baker Co. BLIND. Free 3 Day VaM ayta g N ept u n e WHEREFORE, notice is Philip D. Stevenson 18, 2015 at 541-278-8668 or cation, Tax Deductible, w asher a n d d r y e r , 2.94 COUNTRY ACRES alice.masse ©mccfl.or Free Towing, All Pahereby given that the 1010 - Union Co. w/ 2001 Manufactured aquarium, computer, perwork Taken Care undersigned Trustee Legal No: 00040238 3 bdrm Home $69,000 heater, fishing pole, NORTHEAST Legal Notices Published: March 11, 13, Of. CAL L will on May 5, 2015, at w / $ 1 5,000. d o w n . lamps, piano, trophies, PROPERTY 16, 2015 1-800-401-4106 t he h ou r o f 11 : 0 0 NOTICE TO 541-519-9846 Durkee s leeping b ags, g a s MANAGEMENT (PNDC) oclock, A.M., in accord INTERESTED PERSONS cans, hope chest, TV, 541-910-0354 STORAGE UNIT James Kelly Warnock i roning b o a rd , b e d with the standard of COUNTRY PROPNTY AUCTION t ime e s t ablished b y has been a p pointed frame, and boxes of Descnption of Property: Commercial Rentals ORS 187.110, on the Personal RepresentaSINGLE RESIDENCE m iscellaneous i t e m s 4 scooters, dolly, bike, 1200 plus sq. ft. profesf ront s t e p s o f the tive (hereafter PR) of f our-level home, f o r unable to inventory. lamp, shovels, tools, sional office space. 4 Baker County Courtthe Estate of Helen sa I e b y ow n e r. 't~ mattresses, refrigeraoffices, reception house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd Janice Warnock, De2014/15 Real Market Property Owner: Tavis tor, gas cans, tables, SI area, Ig. conference/ Street, in the City of ceased, Probate No. Value is assessed at Valentine 0 unicycle, d r e s s e rs, 1 5-03-8529, U n i o n break area, handicap Baker City, County of $252,319.00 w/ taxes fishing poles, stereo, access. Pnce negotiaBaker, State of OreCounty Circuit Court, at $3,800.47. Actual Amount Due: $225.00 as speakers, and boxes ble per length of gon, sell at public aucState of Oregon. All sale pnce is $239,000. of March 1, 2015 INCNPISlF VIFWS! Located at 1403 Cris 1001 - Baker County of m is c e l l a n e o u s persons whose rights lease. tion to the highest biditems unable to invenLegal Notices 4235.0000 der for cash the intermay be affected by Ct. La Grande, OR. Auction to take place on troy.

3 bedroom, 2 bath on e st i n t h e s a i d d e the proceeding may OFFICE SPACE approx Close to Hospital and STORAGE UNIT Tuesday, March 17, 4.78 acres scribed real property obtain additional inforAUCTION 700 sq ft, 2 offices, reCentral School. It fea2 015 at 9 :45 AM a t which the Grantor has Property Owner: Robert mation from the court Descnption of Property: cept area, break room, Wood I!t Pellet stoves, tures new roof, new A 2 Z S t o rage ¹ 4 2 , Hadley radiant ceiling heat. or had power to conrecords, the PR, or the common r e strooms, extenor paint, f e nced 2 mattresses, 2 motor3 485 1 7 t h St r e e t , vey at the time of the attorney for the PR. All cycles, m o t o r cycle Baker City, OR 97814 a ll utilitie s pa i d , Large shop, stalls, hay back yard, I!t move in Amount Due: $313.56 as barn and outbuildings execution by Grantor persons having claims parts, shoes, clothes, $500/mo + $450 dep. Fenced ready. 2,879 sq ft inof March 1, 2015 I!t cross fenced of the said Deed of a gainst t h e est a t e 541-91 0-3696 weight set and boxes Name of Person Forecludes 4 Irg. bdrm, 2 Call 541-403-0165 T rust, t o gether w i t h must present them to of m is c e l l a n e o u s closing: A 2 Z Storage I rg l i v i n g spa c e s , leave message any interest which the Auction to take place on the PR at: PRIME COMMERCIAL kitchen, office, loft, 2 items unable to invenunits are managed by Tuesday, February 17, Mammen I!t Null, More pictures I!t info obligations thereby sespace for Rent. 1000 tory.

Nelson Real Estate, fire places, fully f i n2015 at 10:45 AM at Lawyers, LLC on Craig's List: cured and the c o sts sq. ft. plus 250 sq. ft. ished basement, I!t 2 Agency, 845 Camphtt e a s tore oncrai shstor Serve Yourself Storage J. Glenn Null, and expenses of sale, loft, office and bathfull baths. 2 ca r ga- Property Owner: Cory reo 4839890072 html bell, Baker C i ty,OR ¹66, David Eccles Rd, Attorney for PR including a reasonable room, w/s i n cluded, Hillman rage with adloining RV 97814, 541-523-6485 Baker City, OR 97814 1602 Sixth Streetcharge by the Trustee. paved parking, located NEW 1-BDRM home. 40 g arage/shop. F l o o d Notice is further given P.O. Box 477 in Island City. MUST acres. Denny Cr. rd. zone AO. All reason- Amount Due: $295.00 as Legal No. 00040159 that any person named Name of Person Fore- La Grande, OR 97850 powdernverlay©gmailS E E! Ca II 541-963-3496 of March 1, 2015 able offers considered.

Published: February 4, 6, closing: Serve Yourself in ORS 86.778 has the (541) 963-5259 after 10am. com.

Please, no Saturday 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 Units are managed by within four months after nght, at any time pnor phone calls or show- Auction to take place on Nelson Real E state to five (5) days before the f i rs t p u b l ication Tuesday, March 17, TRUSTEES NOTICE ing. 541-215-0300 Agency, 845 Campt he date last set f o r date of this notice or OF SALE 2 015 at 9 : 30 AM a t bell, Baker City, OR the sale, to have this they may be barred.

A 2 Z S t o rage ¹ 6 4 , 97814, 541-523-6485 foreclosure proceeding 3 485 1 7 t h St r e e t , R eference is m ad e t o dismissed a n d t he Published: March 11, 18, Baker City, OR 97814 that certain Deed of Deed of T r us t r e i n- Legal No. 00040164 and 25,2015 Trust made by M istated by payment to Published: March 4, 6, 9, chael L. F r aijo, as Name of Person Fore11,13, 16, 2015 the Beneficiary of the Legal No.00040254 closing: A 2 Z Storage Grantor, to State Difor our most curr ent offers and to units are managed by rector of th e R ural e ntire a m o un t t h e n due (other than such Nelson Real Estate, Housing Service or browse our compIete inventory. portion of the principal its successor agency, TAKE ADVANTAGE Agency, 845 Campand interest as would of this 2 year old home! as Trustee, in favor of bell, Baker C i ty,OR not then be due had 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath, 97814, 541-523-6485 U nited S t a t e s o f no default occurred) A meric a a ct i ng 1850sqft large fenced t hrough th e R u r a l a nd b y c u r in g a n y yard. $209,000.

Legal No. 00040158 o ther d e f ault c o m 2905 N Depot St., LG Published: February 4, 6, Housing Service or 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 plained of herein that 541-805-9676 successor a g ency, 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 •MiniWarehouse • Outside Fenced Parking • ReasonableRates For informationcall:

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To order a replacement for yours, send started resenting their intrusion into my your name and mailing address, plus check life. or money order for $7 iU.S. funds), to: Dear A coupleofyearsago,Idecided to take a Abby Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount break from dating because I couldn't handle Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and hanthe stress anymore. Surprisingly, I enjoyed dling are included in the price. Allow me to it.Ineverrevealedthistom y friends.After share one of the gems that always makes a few years of silence, my"well-wishers" beme smile: gan commenting again on my single status, A MOTHER-IN-LAW'SPRAYER and it annoys me to no end. I have started "0,Lord,help me tobe glad when my staying away from them.

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ATLANTA — Issuing a clarion call to Americans saddled by student debt, President Barack Obama urged student borrowers Tuesday to stand up for their rights, and announced a medleyofmodest stepsto bringsome order to a notoriously chaotic system.

Obama unveiled his "student aid bill of rights" before a gymnasium packed with nearly 10,000 students at Georgia Tech, where he said the nation must mobilize to bring about deeper changes to student loans. Not only should every American be abletoafford college,Obama said,they also should be able to afford the loan payments that kickin with a vengeance once they graduate. ''We're trying to tackle this problem from every angle," Obama said.'We want to make this experience more affordable, because you're not just investing in yourselves, you're investing in your nation."

In the Oval 0$ce ahead ofhis brief visit to Atlanta, Obama signeda presidential memorandum with policy tweaks that don't require new legislation from Congress — a plus as far as the White House is concerned.

The memo targets third parties like Navient — formerly Sallie Mae — that contract with the government to collect on loans. Those companies will be required to better inform borrowers about repayment options and notify them when they are delinquent, the White House said.

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When Vickie Kight of Houston couldn't afford to pay the interest accruing on her loans, she turned to her loanservicerforhelp — and says she didn't get it. Her wages being garnished, Kight dropped out of Louisiana's Southern University, returning to school only years later once her finances were under control.

'They were very aggressive with me," Kight said in an interview. Her student loan servicereventually passed her loan onto a collection agency.'That's when it got really hectic. They weren't providing much information.

They just said you owe this much to the bank."

Obama also floated the possibility of proposing legal changes to how student loans are affected by bankruptcy.

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