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Man attempts to rob mus oom buyer • Incident leads to police search of area

By Kelly Ducote The Observer

La Grande Police spent hours Sunday canvassing and searching the city for an attempted robbery suspect.

At about 4:15 p.m., the police departmentreceived a report of anattempted robbery and menacingata m ushroom buyer business, said La Grande Police

Lt. Derick Reddington.

Set upin a storageunitat2213 Jefferson Ave., Reddington said the mushroom buyer was approached by a man described to be in his early 20s. He was about 5-foot-8 with a slim build wearing a black hoodie, white jeans, a black ball cap and a blue bandana around his face. Reddington said the man approached the buyer and pointed a black semi-automatic pistol at the buyer.

"I am aware that the victim in this actually fired one round, a

snake shot, up into the air from his gun," Reddington said, adding that no one was injured in the incident.

The robbery suspect then fled the area on foot.

Officers from multiple agenciesresponded to the calland began canvassing the area, Reddington said.

"There were no other reports of anything like this. It was isolated," the lieutenant said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the

police at 541-963-1017.

Reddington said he could not remember the last time there was anattempted robbery ofa mushroom buyer.

"This is very unusual, but we're not immune from them," he said.'This is a good reminder."

Redding advised people to be observant of what is going on around them.

"Just be aware of your surroundings. Know who's coming and going," he said.

• Grocer: Work on Market Place Family Foods will take aboutayeartocom plete

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By Kelly Ducote The Observer

Wallowa County grocer Troy Berglund breathed a sigh of relieflast week.

He learned he had received approval for a Small Business Administration loan to help establish Market Place Family Foods, a new grocery store in downtown La Grande.

"It was a long time coming," Berglund said, adding that he was on"pins and needles"awaiting aresponse on the SBA loan.

In addition to SBA funding, Berglund and developer Al Adelsberger have been

• EOU student Chelsea Fudge juggles school, four part-time jobs and military service

By Pat Caldwell ForThe Observer

Pfc. Chelsea Fudge is a busy young woman. Not only is she a full-time college student at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, but the 19-year-old also works four part-time jobs.

And, as if four part-time jobs were not quite enough, Fudge — who is striving to secure a degree in music education — also volunteers her voice tovarious celebrations and events across the regionas wellasstaging her own small concerts.

"I've been singing for big events since I was 13," she sald.

As aself-confessed "girlygirl," one of Fudge's part-time gigs may appear at first glance to be odd.

Yet Fudge doesn't see her part-time work as a member of the Oregon Army National Guard's Fox Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade CombatTeam tobe a contradiction.

Once a month, Fudge drives down Interstate 84 through a remote section of Oregon to attend drill in Baker City with Fox Company. Fudge concedes that her interest in the Guard and her desire to attend college evolvedinto a viable method to pay for her higher education.

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Pfc. Chelsea Fudge,19, of La Grande, steps up into the cab of a Light MobileTactical Vehicle at the Baker City armory during a weekend drill earlier this spring. Fudge, assigned to Company F,145th Brigade Support Battalion,116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, said her experience in the military has proved to be beneficial for her personally and professionally.

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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT On May11, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill was attacked and severely damaged bytwo kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa; according to the U.S. Navy's official website, 346 men were killed, 43 were left missing, and 264 were wounded.

ON THIS DATE In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.

In 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces launched a major offensive against Axis lines in Italy.

In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the"Pentagon Papers" case came to an end as JudgeWilliam M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.

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The Rita Monahan 5K run and walk-a-thon began at Dorion Field at Eastern Oregon University on Saturday morning. The annual event helps Oregon Health and Science University's School of Nursing at EOU students pay for National Council Licensure Examination fees. The event is in honor of Monahan, who was an OHSU professor at EOU who died of cancer in 1999.

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sc oirstateti e • Class 4A title is third for La Grande A Capella Choir program in last four years "Everyonejumpedup and down andstarted

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La Grande finished with 336 points, easily topping runner-up Philomath, which finished with 308 points.

The 43 members of LHS's choir responded with elation when it was announced they had won.

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screaming. We ran down to the stage and started taking picturesfoourselves with the (state

championship) trophy. It was alot offun."

— Amy Hickey, La Grande High School senior

stageand started taking pictures of ourselves with the istate championship) trophy. It was a lot of fun," said senior Amy Hickey, a member of the choir.

LHS's sterling performance came a day after what some considered a subpar showing during a dress rehearsal in Hermiston.

"Our dress rehearsal went terribly. We were not connected at all to the music," Hickey said.

At state itw as a differ-

ent story. LHS was on key during all five of the songs it performed, winning high marks from judges for each of its numbers.

"It was so exciting. It was an incredible feeling. I was smiling the entire time," Hickey said.

LHS Choir Director Kevin Durfee was pleased with the animated nature ofhis student's performances. aWe were very expressive," Durfee said."Our faces were expressive and we sang

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• Review sparked by March resignation of former Enterprise Chief Wes Kilgore

By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

ENTERPRISE — A review of the Enterprise Police Department, sparked by the resignation of its chief, won't be completed until later this month.

The report, expected at the end of April, was delayed while the review leadergot a team together,Mayor Steve Lear said.

Chief Wes Kilgore resigned in March after being placed on administrative leave. Kilgore's resignation letter said he left the postforpersonalreasons.

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council voted to contact the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police to complete a full review of the department and hire an interim police chief. Since early March, the Wallowa County Sherif's

Office has been helping fill the gap while the city's department is shorthanded.

Lear said although the review is taking longer than expected, the council will wait until the team's recommendations before hiring an interim chief Both Michele Young, city administrator, and Lear said they are impressed with the three-member team's thorough reviewofthedepartment'spolicies,pro-

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'The team is very professional," Young said.

The review team is led by Stewart Roberts, the Pendleton chief of police. Young said the city did not hire Roberts; hisservicescome as partof the city's membership with the Chiefs of Police Association. Once the review is completed, Lear said, the city council will decide what the next steps will be to support the policedepartment.

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The Tigers also won state titles in 2011 and 2012 under Durfee's direction. LHS placed second in 2014.

Hickeycredits the choir's success to thegroup'sattitude. aWe are all so encouraging and love each other," she sald.

She said Durfee has instilled much of this sense of camaraderie.

"A huge part of this is our choir director," Hickey said.

"He is a great person."

ONTARIO — Dana Young, president of Treasure Valley Community College, spent the past five months on a mission.

She's been part of the search committee for a new Eastern Oregon University president. Young was one of 16 members who sifted throughscoresofapplications solicited by Illinoisbased recruiting firm Witt/ Kieffer. The finalist, who will be chosen by the state Chancellor's Office, is expected to be announced this week.

"It was a pretty intense and engaging process," Young said."Our job was to come up with the top candidates that we wanted to have considered [for the position].a Young estimates she spent 15 hoursin totalporingover applications, which were separatedintothree groups.

The A group included the candidates WittfKieffer recommended for the position.

The B group was made up of candidates who could be consideredbut weren'tatthetop of the list. The last group was labeled"other" and held the candidates who didn't make it into the first two tiers.

"Honestly, I glanced through this 'other' group, but there were so many in the 'A' or'B' group that by the time somebody was sorted into 'other,' they weren't even close," Young said.

As she worked her way through the applicants, Young chose her top 10 and brought them back to the committee. Committee members all submitted their own choice candidates to WittfKieffer, which compiled a list of the committee's top 15 candidates.

'Then we had to discuss those, because our goal was to narrow down the semifinalists, which are the folks that we would bring in for the first interview," Young said."The goal was to narrow that list down to 10 or fewer."

Young said picking the committee's top 15 choices was relatively easy, as many committee members had chosen the same candidates.

The process became more difficult as the pool was narrowed down.

'There was a lot of really good discussion around the candidates," Young said.

"Even though we had a clear top group, we went ahead and talkedabout allthepros and cons that we saw, so if anybody had concerns than they would share that."

Young said it took several hours of discussion for the 16 committee members to decide on the semifinalists, butrepresentati ves from WittfKieffer helped move the process along.

"It was a big group, but it was important," Young said.

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COVE — The Cove City Council approved a water rateincreaseatlastweek's city council meeting.

The water rate increase of $1.10 is for residential and business hookup, according to Donna Lewis, city recorder. cWe sent information in a flyer to all the citizens in Cove," Lewis said, adding that there was also an increase in overage from $1.50

to $1.75 per 1,000 gallons.

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The next state budget begins to solidify this week when economists deliver the quarterly revenue forecast, telling lawmakers how much money they're expected to be able to divvy up.

REVENUE Continued ~om Page1A when they file their 2015 income tax return.

Even before the numbers come out, a wide variety of interestgroups are clamoring fora share ofthepot.

But senior legislators are warning that no matter what the forecast shows, there will be very little money to spend on new or expanded programs. eWe are going to be largely addressing base needs, and there's only going to be a modest amount of funding out there for quote-unquote new initiatives," said Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin.

"In fact, I think very little, to be frank.a The last forecast,released in February, projected the state will take in nearly

$18.8 billion during the two-year budget cycle that begins July 1.

That's up nearly 11 percent from the current budget. But because employee salariesand other costsof government are also rising, budget writers still feel the squeeze.

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to a shortfall in the budget for employment-related day care.

Further complicating the budget processisthe Supreme Court's decision invalidating a large chunk of cuts in the Public Employees Retirement System. While the impact won't affect budgets until 2017, lawmakers m ay be reluctant to add staff whose retirement costs will rise in the long run.

Among the loud voices pushing for more money is Oregon's higher education community. University and community college administratorssay years ofdeclining state funding has forced them to lean more on their students through higher tuition.

In a letter to legislative leadership, the presidents of all seven universities and 17 community colleges say the opportunity for a higher educationisoutofreach for too many people.

"Like never before, Oregon's public universities

who control the House and

Senate — approved $7.255 billion in state aid for K-12 schools, despite complaints from education interests that the budget would require some school districts to cut teachers or school days.

The funding plan included a promise that schools would get 40 percent of any increase above the February's projection. cWe made this commitment when we passed the K-12 budget because education is our top priority," said House Speaker Tina Kotek, a Portland Democrat.

That leaves very little money for anything else.

Legislative leaders cite a variety of small demands on the budget that add up, from insufficient prison staffing

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page. allthe contractorslined up with when they're going to be performingdifferent jobs and getting the construction process moving forward," he sald.

Construction should begin in July, Berglund said.

"Customers in La Grande should start seeing things happen bythe end ofJuly at thelatest,"he said.

Berglund, who has run Mt. Joseph Family Foods in Joseph for the past decade, plans to offer locally sourced

meats and Western Family Foods products but will not compete with Nature's Pantry, located just across Fourth Street. The two businesses sorted out an agreement last summer, the parties said.

Per the agreement with the Urban Renewal Agency, Market Place Family Foods m ust be open fi ve daysa week throughout the year and maintain a minimum of six full-time jobs at a wage of $15 an hour and five parttime jobs.

Berglund said he and Adelsberger are "very aware" of all the eyes on them as they work on the

project, which has drawn criticism from some in the community who see the projectas a pooruseofpublic funds. cWe're committed to making sure when the doors open that everyone who comes in and takes a look at us will be pleased with what they see," Berglund sald.

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"I'm looking forward to it because it will be another experience. It will open up a lotofmy learning processes," Fudge said.

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Meters will be read, weather permitting, every month, according to the ordinance. Consumption will be estimated when the weather does not allow for meter reading. Users will be charged for consumption over 7,500 gallons per month based on the fee schedule.

The city council is also working on an ordinance in relation to all-terrain vehicles.

Lewis said the city does not want the liability that can come with ATV riders and some public hearings will be planned in future meetings.

She also said her experience in the Baker CityArmy National Guard unit has proved to be beneficial.

"Ithas opened a lotof doors for me. It has been an amazing journey," she said.

Fudge's job revolves around operating one of the big Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks Fox Company utilizes to keep the tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles of the 116th's 3rd Battalion on the road, a job she enjoys.

"I really like it," she said."I have made so many connections with people. And I'm getting a lot oflife experience. And a paycheck doesn't hurt."

Still, she said, her Guard time isn't all about the money.

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The amendment to the agreement in March also came with an extension for the timeline of the project, pushing the completion back six months to June 30, 2016.

Berglund said Sunday that construction at the store on the corner of Fourth Street and Adams Avenue will take about a year, but he is hoping that it can be completed a little sooner.

"Right now, we are finishing up all our working drawingsforthecontractors.

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and community colleges are aligned to advocate the imperative ofim proved funding for higher education," the presidents wrote."Beginning to restore funding after a decadeofdisinvestment is the right thing to do for students and, ultimately, it is the right thing to do for Oregon's future."

The forecast will also give a much clearer indication whether Oregonians will get tax rebates. Under Oregon's "kicker" law, when the Legislature takes in more money than expected during a twoyear budget cycle, the excess money gets kicked back to taxpayers. The February forecastprojected a kicker worth about $350 million.

The final determination won't be made until the budgetcyclecloses atthe end ofnextmonth and the statetalliesthe tax revenue.

But this week's forecast will show the number after the most volatile period of the year — the April tax-filing season.

The flyer did not have that information. cWe're sending the entire ordinance along with the bills this month," she said.cWe try to be really upfront with the community."

The rate increase is the first since 2010, she said.

The water rate was $32.90 priorto therate increase and will now be $34 even.

The ordinance also states that wholesale commercial water users, like those who use tankers filled from hydrates, have a pergallon fee

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"Pfc. Fudge is a remarkable young woman. She isfocused,dedicated and embodies both the Army values and those of'Eastern Oregon's Own.'We are all proud ofher," he said.

Dean said soldiers like Fudge indicate his unit has a bright future. eWe are looking forward to seeing and helping her as she grows. She is a magnificent role model and exemplifies what makes Eastern Oregonians successful locally, nationally and globally," Dean said.

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T ee vying for one Cove Sc ool Board position • Cove scool h election hasthreecontested raceson ballot

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difference," said Culver, who has lived in Cove for almost The Cove School District 14 years. is just one of two in Union Culver, a U.S. Postal SerCounty with contested races vice employee, said serving for its board in this month's on the school board can be a mail election. lot of work but is rewarding.

"It's worth it for the kids," One school board race is being contested in the Cove Culver said.

School District, that of Culver said the Cove Position 5.

School District is one people Three people are vying want to come to, and she for Position 5 on the Cove wants to work to make sure School Board. Incumbent the school district continues Julie Culver is being chalto be such a place. lenged by two candidates, Lindsey, an engineer Dan Landa and Andy for Anderson Perry and Lindsey.

Associates of La Grande, Culver is completing her moved to Cove eight years fourth year on the school ago.

"Part of the reason we board.

Culver said she is moved to Cove was the inspired to run in part reputationofthe schools.It because she is the mother of is important to keep that three children who attend up," Lindsey said.

He and his wife, Patty, school in the school district.

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grader and a sixth-grader.

Andy Lindsey said he likes the small size of the school district and the quality of its teachers.

"Teachers are the backbone of a schooldistrict," Lindsey said.

Lindsey is a member of the Cove Preschool Board, the Union County Little League Board and has two years of experience as a Little League coach.

Landa could not be reached by The Observer.

The form Landa filled out when he filed to run at the Union County Clerk's office indicates that thecandidate has charter school experience and has been a small business owner.

Ballots for the mail election must be returned to the Union County Clerk's office

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from each Oregon congressional district — will be selected in a random drawing at the conclusion of the program.

To raise awareness of the summer readingprogram, the Oregon College Savings Plan is also underwriting specialperformances in libraries around the state in communities with a populationof10,000 orless. to win a $529 Oregon College Select libraries and their Savings Plan account, plus patrons will enjoy entertain$500 for the winner's library. ment trom award-winning Up to 15 winners — three storytel lers and puppeteers.

The "Save for College, Save the Day!a summer reading program launched May 1 and will run through Aug. 28.

The program encourages kids and teens to participate in summer reading at their local library as a way to retain their reading skills, while also offering a chance

To participate in Save for College, Save the Day!, Oregon parents/guardians/ grandparents must enroll their children in the 2015 Summer Reading Program at their local public library, then fill out a postage paid entry card, available at the library, and drop it in the mail.

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Angelica Boyer has worked at the post office for two years, and this is her third time participating in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive event.

Stamp out Hunger food drive collects food through mail carriers

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

Yellow plastic bags were hanging trom many mailboxes on Saturday waiting forthe mail carriersto com e by and pick them up.

The annual Stamp out Hungerfood drivebrings the United State Postal workers together with the local community food drive organizations to gather canned food items to help end hunger.

The national food drive bringsmail carriersacross the country together for this one day event, said Carmen Pearson,Community Connection manager.

'The foodcollected stays within the community it's collected in," she said.

"Union County raised 17,000 pounds last year. We're hoping to raise 20,000 pounds this year."

The event is the largest single-day food drive in the country, according to a press release fiom Community Connection.

Lee Ortmann, supervisor customer service at the La Grande post office, said this event began with the Letter Carriers Union more than a "Seventy million pounds offoodhas been collected nationally through this event," Ortmann said.

She said there are seven citycarriersand eightrural routecarriersin thearea

himselt; Ezekiel Wallace and Kalia Gentlesnow helped the lettercarrierscollectfood.

Wells Fargo generally tries to volunteer as much as possible in community events, he said.

Abdel-Halim said this isn't the first time Wells Fargo has participated in this event, but he was recently named branch manager and this is his first year.

For those who missed donating on Saturday, drop offs can still be made at the local post office locations, Ortmann said. All donations must be in

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However, Wells Fargo also sent out some volunteers to help as well.

There are three volunteers fiom Wells Fargo, said Mohamed Abdel-Halim, branch managerattheLa Grande bank. Abdel-Halim said

This is the post office's biggest event, Ortmann said.

"It's a big dealforourcarriers," she said."They look forwardtoitevery year.It makes a difference and the carriers like to give

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Boy Scouts travel to Pittsburg Landing

Walter Britt graduates from basic military training Observer staff

Air Force Airman Walter R. Britt graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn fourcreditstoward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Britt is the son of Ben F. Britt of La Grandeand LindiL.VossofSummerville, and step-son of Mike D. Voss of Summerville.

The airmangraduated in 2013 from Oregon Youth Challenge High School in Bend.

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In April, six Scouts and three adults traveled to Pittsburg Landing where a U.S. Forest Service Iet boat took them six miles upriver to the Kirkwood Ranch National Historic Site. The Scouts performed a service project for the Forest Service, clearing brush and tree limbs from a heavily used ATV trail. The Scouts enjoyed camping and cooking at Kirkwood Bar. Sunday morning they hiked back out the six miles to Pittsburg Landing.

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Flashback Do you remember this7 If so, write us your recollection — context, date, names — and we'll run it in a subsequent "Flashback" (100 words or less, please).

Answers can be emailed to ckaecheleC lagrandeobserver.com, dropped off at 1406 Fifth St., La Grande, or called in to 541-9633161. "Flashback" is a weekly feature in the La Grande Observer.

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The guy who jumped out of the car was the hero. He saved the day, herding the ducks back onto the sidewalk and safety.

I was the goat for thinking black thoughts.

If you're like me, God forbid, sometimes you feel like that duck family. Life is rushing all around you, and all you wantis to find a placeofserenity and peace.

Even here in quiet La Grande, the hub ofthe Valley of Peace, the pace of life is quickening. All of our Internet blessings that keep us connected to the wider world can become a curse when they begin to leave us overstimulated and under-

by all the hubbub.

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They were several blocks from the river, in the heart ofthecity,lost.

"Never mind," I said, like Gilda Radner's character Emily Litella on"Saturday Night Live" TV show years

It would nice to disconnect, occasionally. To unplug ourselvesfrom the electronics. To take a time out.

Relax. Just be.

It would be nice to sit and watchclouds sailacrossthe Grande Ronde Valley. Listen

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ratfic was backed up for several blocks on the busy street, and smoke was rising from my collar.

Some jerk had even jumped out ofhis car a couple blocks up ahead. I wondered if it was crazy kids playing the fire-drill game, racing around the car and getting back in. It was Sunday afternoon. Traffic, I thought, should be manageable, not congested.

Isatand stewed. I thought what I would do to the guy who was playing games upahead,ifIevergot my hands on him.

Finally, the tratfic began to move. When I reached the spotofthe alleged offense, I noticed a family of ducks, Mama and six babies, scurrying along a sidewalk, obviously discombobulated

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to the wind in the pines.

Enjoy the color of arrowleaf balsamroot that paints the hillsides.

Modern life is about knowing it all. But anyone who has been around the block, and that would be a lot of us, know that's not

possible.

No matter how connected you are, no matter how many with-it friends you have, you'll never know everything that's happening.

It's an impossible task.

We mighthave 300 channels on TV, and an equal number on satellite radio, but we can only watch or listen to one channel at a time.

Yes, it's nice to have choices.

I don't want to go back to the days of no Internet and only three TV channelswith the president's speech on every channel.

Maybe I'm old. Maybe I'm cranky. But occasionally I want to unplug. Decompress.

Get outofthefast lane. Take it easy. Find my place of peace.

I hope the duck family got back home again to their place of peace.

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with TheObserver and EasternOregonNursery 8 LandScaying THERE'S NEVERBEEN ABETTER TIME TO READAND SAVE WITH THE OBSERVER

NP has three school board races • All North Powder School District races contested in election Position 5 second-grader and a preJan Hill, an educator, and schooler.

The school board election Martin has served as the Justin Bingham, a dentist, front in the North Powder YMCA coach and volunteers are vying for position 5. Hill for North Powder's annual and Bingham are seeking to School District is busier than any other in Union Huckleberry Festival. succeed incumbent Jeffrey Martin said the North Grende, who did not file.

County.

Union County has just Hill has lived in North Powder School District has a fourcontestedschool board lottooffer students.

Powder for 44 years and ''We have excellent teachraces in this month's election taught in the North Powand three are North Powder. ers and a good community." der School District, except Positions 3, 4 and 5 all have fortwo years,from 1972 to Position 4 2004. contested races.

The following is a breakLarryWogman, the inHill first taught high down of the races. Ballots cumbent, is being challenged school science and math and for the mail election must be by Jason Williams, a farm then taught fourth and fifth returned by May 19. owner. grade.

Wogman, a rancher and She has maintained ties Position 3 a dentist, has served on the to educationsinceretiring, working as a supervisor for Incumbent Ross Fritz, a board for a little more than rancher and a retired educa- two years.

Eastern Oregon University He has lived in North tor, is being challenged by studentteachers forthe past Drew Martin, an attorney.

Powder for nine years. decadeand as a substitute Fritz is completing his Wogman comes from a teacher in the North Powder 12th year as a member of family of educators.

School District.

His wife, Kathy, and his She is currently a member the school board. Fritz was of the North Powder School an educator for 37 years. He mother both worked for District's charter school taught in the North Powder many years as teachers and his daughter Kari now is a School District the last 19 board.

"Education has been my years ofhis career. grade school teacher in the He said, ifre-elected,he Lewiston, Idaho, area. Woglife and it continues to be," will help restore the Powder man said, if re-elected, he Hill said.

Valley High School gym. The will work to help the school Bingham grew up in district obtain a grantto do North Powder and graduatgym, which is still in use, seismic work for the Powder ed &om Powder Valley High was built in the late 1930s.

Fritz said the North Valley High School's gym.

School in 1996.

Williams has lived in He returned to North Powder School District has many things going for it inNorth Powder since 1991 Powder five years ago. cluding its small size, which and is a graduate of Powder Bingham now has a dental he said makes it possible Valley High School. practice in Baker City. for teachers to get to know He and his wife, Rosi, He worked as a dentist for their students well. Students have a son and two the U.S. Army in Germany. are the beneficiaries of this Bingham believes experidaughters.

The son is a PVHS gradu- ences like this would attention.

"A lotofsuccessfulpeople help him asa board memate and the daughters are have come out of (the North junior high and senior high ber.

"I just feel like I have Powder School District)," students in the North PowFritz said. things to offer because of my der School District.

Martin, a 1996 graduWilliams has been a mem- life background," Bingham ber of the Powder Valley Wa- sard. ate of Powder Valley High terDistrictBoard for eight Bingham and his wife, School, returned to North Powder three years ago after yearsand isvicepresident Emily, are the parents of living in Ontario. of the Junior High Rodeo four daughters, ages 3 to 11, He is excited about the three of whom attend school Association Board, which chance to reach out to a in the North Powder School oversees junior high rodeos throughout the state.

District. schooldistrictheattended.

"It is an opportunity to Williams said the North Bingham, if elected, will followthe footsteps ofhis giveback,"Martin said.

Powder School District has He is the father of three father, Dale, who earlier a lot to offer.

"It has good teachers who servedas a member ofthe children who attend the North Powder School North Powder School Board spend quality time with District, a fourth-grader,a their students," he said. for several years.

By Dick Mason

The Observer

Cove cherry crop looks promising ccording to Donna at ainbow Orchard, Cove livedup toitsreputation as "land ofbig prize cherries" last year.

One tree in the organic orchard produced 260 pounds ofcherries.

The 2014 cherry harvest seems it could be a tough one to beat by the looks of this year's above ground water, as many creeks seem to be running low already.

Yet from the looks of the fruitsetting on trees,we are in for another bumper crop.

Thanks to plenty of fall and winter rains, ground water is aplenty, and the aquifers should remain full through summer cherry harvest.

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The first Cherry Fair was heldin 1911 to celebrate abundant fruits, mostly cherries, grown right here at the foot of Mt. Fanny.

Early Cherry Fairs were special excursion destinations for the Cove-Union Railroad.

After 1918, U.S. involvement in World War I took priority and the Cherry Fair

disappeared.

When the Cove Community Association introduced a shiny new Cove Cherry Fair on the third Saturday in August 2000, no one expected it

to frame Cove's identity.

Here we are in 2015, and the CCA is now all about the Cherry Fair.

With current plans well under way to kick off the 2015 Cove Cherry Fair, we are finding ourselves in need of a little help.

Could you use community serviceexperience to add to your resume? Would you like to bepart ofan event that benefits the entire Grande Ronde Valley in some way?

Where would you like to apply your talents?

W e would lovetohave you join our team and make this the best Cove Cherry Fair ever.

For more information, please call Kathi at 541-7865125 or Betsy at 541-5684902.

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The Bend Bulletin rePORTLAND — Portland portedthat no oiltrainshave Police say a bicyclist's leg was passed through the area since February. That difsevered when he was struck Sunday morning by a pickup fers from last year, when oil truck. trains were regularly passing Police say the collision hap- through Central Oregon on their way to California pened just before 10 a.m. in refineries from the Bakken southeast Portland.

The cyclist was taken to a region where North Dakota, Portland hospital with lifeMontana and Canada meet. threatening injuries.

BNSF spokesman Gus Police say it appears a man Melonas says it's all about driving a pickup truck was demand, and for the time heading northbound on 26th being demand has fallen in Avenue near Powell BouleCalifornia.

In recent years there has vard when he turned left in frontoftw obicycleridersand been a string of wrecks and collided with the victim. derailments involving BakPolice detained the truck ken crude oil. driver to investigate.

Transportation officials in the U.S. and Canada recently New cancer center announced updated safety coming to Astoria rules for tank cars. Under the ASTORIA — Columbia rules, new tank cars carrying Memorial Hospital and crude oil will have to have an Oregon Health & Science outside shell, thermal lining, University's Knight Cancer improvedvalvesand thicker Institute say they're plansteel. ning to build a new cancer Ashland police hope treatment center in Astoria. to reduce rowdiness The hospitals say the collaborative expands its existASHLAND — Police told ing chemotherapy treatment the Ashland City Council this services and provide radiaweek they might request an tion therapy close to home for expansion of the downtown patients who currently have exclusion zone in an effort to driveatleastan hourto to rein in rowdy behavior by transients and bar patrons. get services.

The Daily Astorian An exclusion zone is an reported the announcearea from which persistent ment wasmade Saturday offenders may be temporarily night. Construction on the banned.

The Mail Tribune reported 18,000-square-f ootfacility will begin next year. the city passed the exclusion ordinance in 2012 in OSU says forest responseto what police poses no risk to pets describedas out-of-control nuisance crimes by the CORVALLIS — Offlcials homeless population. The at Oregon State University say McDonald Forest north of number of callsfordisorderly Corvallis does not pose special conduct in the downtown riskto petsand the area area has dropped from 310 in remains open to the public.

2012 to 199 last year.

The Corvallis GazetteDeputy Chief Warren TimesreportedthatreHensman says police are also tryingtoaddress complaints searchers and veterinarians examinedatleastthreecases, from those who live near Will following public reports of Dodge Way. That's an alley that runs behind businesses dogs becoming sick after drinking water in the area. on a two-block stretch of They said Friday that they Main Street. found nogeographiclink beNeighbors have comtween cases and no consistent plained about large numbers symptoms of illness. They also ofbarpatrons congregating couldn't attribute the illnesses in the alley, and the accompato any known toxin. nying noise and fights.

Veterinarians studied Soldier's remains to thereportedcasesfollowing be buried in Roseburg an email that circulated on social media last week. AlPORTLAND — Ben Lee though the email mentioned Brown was lost in just a week.

In 1951, just seven days several possible causes and reportedsymptoms, the afterthe 17-year-old was information was anecdotal. deployed, he ended up in one ofthe bloodiestbattlesofthe Health oNcials want Korean War. kids to get vaccine Now after 60 years, the Oregon man has been found.

EUGENE — On Mother's Brown's remains came Day, health officials used the home in 1993, when a treaty occasion to remind parents of University of Oregon between the United States students to make sure their and North Korea returned kidsgetvaccinated against 208 co5ns to the U.S. Yet scimeningococcal disease. entists soon learned there was Lane County Public more than one servicememHealth says parents will ber in each co5n, a discovery likely have increased commu- that led to a painstaking and nication with their children decades-l ong process ofisolatthis weekend, and the agency ing remains and matching wants them to capitalize on it them with the DNA of survivto helpthevaccine effort. ing family members.

"It has taken some time," An outbreak that started this winter killed 18-year-old said Shelia Cooper, a spokesLauren Jones and sickened woman with the Defense POW/Missing Accounting five other students.

A second mass vaccination Agency in Arlington, Virginia.

'Technology back then was clinic is set for this week at Matthew Knight Arena. very slow. It's faster now, but The U.S. Centers for Disit gets complicated when you ease Control and Prevention have families whose siblings recommends the univerand motherand father have sityvaccinate nearly 22,000 passed away." people: all undergraduates Today, 7,852 Americans as well as graduate students who fought the three-year and faculty who live on cam- war remain unaccounted for, pus or have compromised she said. Her agency lists the immune systems. threedozen soldiersfrom OrLane County Public egon whose remains have not Health tells The Registeryet been found or matched.

Cpl. Brown's remains Guard that slightly fewer than 10,000 students have were positively matched last month with DNA from his been vaccinated so far. brother and sister, who did No oil trains in Central not want to comment for Oregon since February this report. He will be buried BEND — Worries about Friday in Roseburg National Cemetery in Southern the safety of trains hauling Oregon. crude oil have been in the news lately, but it hasn't been — The Associated Press a practical concern in Central

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If it makes it way through Congress, areas covering a combined 58,000 acres near Mitchell in Central Oregon. Merkley's proposal would result in the The wilderness proposaliscentered Dead Dog, Painted Hills, Pat's Cabin around Sutton Mountain and Painted and Sutton Mountain wilderness areas Hills.

— all between U.S. Highway 26 and "There is just no doubt in my mind the John Day River close to Mitchell.

The Wheeler County town has about thata lotoftouristsand recreationists will want to see this gem, and that will 126 resi dents,according tothe2013 be helpful to the local economy," Merk- U.S. Census. The Painted Hills Wilderley said in a conference call. ness Area would extend into the John As part of the Sutton Complex WilDay Fossil Beds National Monument.

'This proposal has been the result of derness Proposal, another 2,000 acres ofland overseen by the Bureau of Land study and pondering by local stakeManagement would be transferred to holders," Merkley said. Much of the Wheeler County. land in the proposal is already desigNew wilderness designations by nated Wilderness Study Area, or land Congress have been rare in recent potentially suited to be wilderness, by the BLM. years. The past two Congresses desigMerkley said he recently visited nated one wilderness between them, the 32,500-acre Sleeping Bear Dunes Wheeler County and saw some of the land in the proposal with Chris Perry, National Lakeshore in Michigan.

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"There is just lots of potential here for a community that has been on the decline for a long time with the timber industry going away," Perry said.

The Oregon Natural Desert Association, based in Bend, has been among the advocatesfor designating wilderness near Mitchell and earned support forthe proposallastfallfrom Wheeler County and the city of Mitchell.

R W e're gratefulforthe effortsof Senator Jeff Merkley to protect a truly spectacularpartofthe state'shigh desert," Brent Fenty, the group's executive director, said in a news release.

The landproposed forwilderness is currently public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. According to Martina McLennan of Merkley's staff, adjacent landowners are in discussion regarding land trades along the border.

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EUGENE — A man from W ales accused oftraveling to Oregon to rape a 10-yearold girl he met through an online chat program has previously traveled to other states in the United States, and there might be other victims, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

The FBI said in a statement that it's working with local law enforcement agencies in Oregon and across the country to identify other possible victims of Gareth Vincent Hall after his arrest earlier this week.

Hall, 22, is jailed in Eugene on three counts of rst fi -degree rape,tw o counts of first-degree sodomy and one count of

Attorney's office issued an arrest warrant for Hall on after allegedly April 30. Less than a week travelingto the later, Hall was arrested at city last month an airport in Chicago. Auand taking the thorities said he was on his Hall girl t o a hotel. way to meet someone else, Hall's public but they haven't said if the defender has not returned person was a girl. a phone message from The Hall, of Caernarfon, Associated Press seeking W ales, worked as a lifeguard comment. before his arrest. However, Hall and the girl spoke for the county council of the Hall's home region said in two months before meeting in early April, Eugene police a statement that Hall had said. Hall allegedly picked been on suspension from his the girl up in a rental car. jobsince October because The girl sneaked out of the of a criminal investigation house to go with Hall, who

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Churning up some sweet memories Sometimes my mind enjoys doing things the old way.

One of those that I thought about today was making butter.

I didn't say"churning" butter because this seemed like a whole different process than turning a crank on a jug of cream.

Surely I've written about it before, but today I'm back up on the hill and I'm 8 years old. My sister is 11 and my brother, Raymond, at 5 is probably outside playing in the dirt with his toy cars.

My sister, Betty, and I arein the house with my mother who is busy in the kitchen that is just off the living room. She has a glass jar with a lid that connects down its side to a handle now lying on its side on the counter.

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Fea ered hiends This column is for the birds It's very literally for the birds, because I feel one of the crowning glories of aflowe rgarden isa bird bath.Ihave had several different bird baths that eventually met their doom one way or another so was needing a new one last summer. I couldn't believe my good fortune to happen onto a cobalt blue one atBi-Mart,for avery good price.

I would have paid twice what they asked,because Ilovethe brightblue.

W e have thistlefeedersoutfrontfor the gold finches and pine siskins, and what fun they are for us just outside the window as we eat our meals. It is an extra bonus to me when I get to see the bright yellow bird with the blue bird bath. I could watch them all day.

You do need to keep your bird bath fulloffresh w aterand Idothatatleast everyother day.Italso needsa good scrubbing now and then. If you don't keep up with it and get bad algae from the sun, you can soak it clean with one partbleach to 10partswater.Justlet it set 10 minutes or so, scrub, and rinse well before putting it back in use. You of course are smart enough to know you would remove it to a safe area before using bleach.

I have flowers in my"bird bath bed" which is a must to finish off the look I like. If you, like me, end up with a bird bath stand and a broken bowl part, they make great plant stands. I got a stone at Wal-Mart that matches my wood bark looking stand, so put it on top and added a potted plant that is heavy enough to not blow away. I put a birdhouse on itattim esalso.

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That's because now that it's ifinallyl nice outside, your neighbors are firing up their grills. You should, too, and what better way to welcome the 2015 grilling season than with a perfectly seasoned steak.

Argentinian chimichurri sauce is usually a fragrant, pesto-like melange of fresh herbs, but here grilling gurus Cheryl and Bill Jamison offer up a dry version. You probably have all the ingredients in your

or coarse sea salt 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper 1 tablespoons granulated garlic 1 tablespoon smoked paprika 2 pounds skirt steak, cut into 3 or 4 equal pieces

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I used skirt steak, but this rub would work just as well on flank or flat iron steaks.

GRILLED SKIRT STEAK WITH CHIMICHURRI DRY RUB

Stir together all the ingredients except steak in a small bowl.

Sprinkle the rub heavily on the /2cup crumbled dried oregano beef and then massage it in well.

2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes Allow the seasoned meat to sit 2 tablespoons dried summer for at least 45 minutes at room or winter savory temperature, or up to overnight 2 tablespoons crumbled wrapped or covered in the redried thyme frigerator, prior to cooking. Store 1 tablespoon kosher salt any remaining rub in a covered

container in a cool, dark pantry for up to a month.

Prepare the grill for direct cooking over high heat.

Brush the cooking grates clean.

Grill the steaks over direct high heat with grill lid closed as much as possible, until cooked to your desired doneness, 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium rare. Remove from the grill and let rest for 2to3 minutes, then serve immediately.

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Do you have an impressive front entry door but you prefer to enter and leave your home through the garage?

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Joanne Chang wants to make clear that her new cookbook, "Baking With Less Sugar" isn't so much about muSns being less sweet as aboutthem having more flavor.

But really, what we hear is: less sugar. And we're skeptical.

Chang was, too. ''When I was writing this book, I was spending a lot of time wondering why I was writing this book," she said, laughing. As author of "Flour" and "Flour, Too" cookbooks and owner of Flour Bakery+ Cafe in Boston, her livelihood has been all about sugar.

"It's tricky for me," she said."I don't view it as toxic at all, as long as it's something you consume in moderation. Every year during the marathon, someone overdoseson water,getting overhydratedand landing in the hospital.

"Sugar's not bad," she said.

"But yes, some people eat too much sugar, and I think there are ways we can use sugar in our baking differently."

In other words, to those who fear the sugar police, she believes that intention and moderation always win over restriction and elimination.

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When it comes to dessert, "Just try to open your palate she said, we've fallen into the to the possibility. You might habit of thinking of chocolate find it something you enjoy and nuts and cream. even more than what you ''What about maple sugar, enjoy now."

For example, her recipe honey, fruit? When was the for banana bread contains last time you focused on those flavors?" she asked. just6 tablespoons ofsugar,

the slight breeze thatmoves the lilac leaves.

Continued from Page 1B Betty goes right to work The liquid is a thick cream "making butter" with her that has been skimmed off of quart of cream, and I folthe morning's cow's milk. low suit with my pint jar, There is too much cream noticing that the sun still for the jar, so she takes two has warmth in it that comes clean canning jars from the down through the lilac counter, Kerr or Mason they leaves.

We shake the jars held are, one being a quart, the other a pint. between both our hands to The extra cream fits in the keep the cream moving and it sloshes back and forth in two canning jars, using up the jar. It is tiring work for the overflow of cream. our arms and the cream She secures the tops with lids and makes sure they stays thin. It will take longer won't leak when turned over than I thought. on their sides.

Betty finds that it is easier 'You girls might as well to bounce her jar on her legs help me make the butter than holding it up in front today," she says, handing the of her, so I ape the motions, goingfrom leg toleg tokeep quart to Betty and the pint them from getting sore. The to me. cream seems to stay thin Betty would rather read her book, but I am eager to and I find no butter in the making. spend a few minutes watch"This is too hard," I whine. ing the cream turn to little "It's never going to make lumps and then into one big butter." lump, so I reach eagerly for "Stop whining and keep the pint of cream.

Betty picks up hers, reluc- working," she scolds. "It will tantly laying down her book turn to butter eventually."

"Eventually" sounds like with somewhat of a sigh, and an awfully long time to me, takes the offered quart.

"Here you go," Mom says, but I keep shaking the jar against my legs. She said so as wetake the offered jars, and then she goes to put the and she's the boss of me. lid on the butter churn jar, Suddenly I see the cream flipping the handle around turn into little pieces floating around inside the jar, and I a few times to watch the become excited. paddlesspin the cream.

"I have butter," I squeal, Then she settles in a chair holding up the jar. to turn the handle around "Not yet," she shakes her and around and around in the thin liquid. How can it head. "Keep working." possibly turn to butter?

And, we work on.

"Let's go out and sit on the Slowly the tiny pieces beporch," Betty says to me, and gin to cling to each other and I follow as told. our excitement grows.

It's a lovely autumn day Under her tutelage and determination, we finally outside, but there are no chairs on the front porch, each have a chunk of butter which is just a slab of conin a watery-looking liquid, and she is satisfied. creteacross thefrontofthe We get up from where we house. All that is there is the sitattheedge ofthe porch Maytag wringer washing machine at one side and a and take our jars triumbaby jumper swing hanging phantly into the house where down from its being attached Mom is also making the last turns on her butter churn. to the ceiling at the other We are happy together end.

Over to the hillside where thatthatpartofthejob is done. itgoes down tothe dirt Betty regains her book county road and lilac bushes and seeks a quiet corner in cut off our view down the which to read. slope, we know that the concreteslab ofthe porch Iwant to seethejob of is higher than a step or two making butter completed, so would be, so we go there and I follow Mom to the kitchen where she pours off the whitsit down side by side where ish liquid from each of the we can hang our feet and three jars. She starts to put legsovertheedge and plant our feet firmly on the soil, all three lumps of butter into enjoying the sunshine and a single bowl but I stop her.

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"I want to eat my own butter," I plead.

So, she puts each lump in an individual bowl and works them one at a time.

She rinses the yellow butter lumps with cold water, then pressesthem togetrid of any leftover whitish liquid, mixing in bits of salt with her fingers as she works them to her satisfaction.

Now we go to the table where there is a little oblong wooden butter press and she fills it with her own churned butter, closing and fastening the lid. The press will shape the lump ofbutter into a cube-shape like the storessellbutter.Ishape my own butter onto a saucer as Mom does Betty's; then she puts all three of them in the indoor cooler room just off the living room but against the rock side of the hill that makes it into a cellar.

I go outside to find and play with brother Raymond until suppertime.

At the evening meal, Mom has removed the butter from the press and put the cube on aglassbutter dish also shaped like a cube. It just fits her churned and pressed butter.

In setting thetable,I put my butter saucer in front of my plate and Betty's in front of the place where she sits. She acts like she doesn't care, but I notice she uses ittobutterherearofcorn, watching the melting butter run down its sides. Raymond doesn't care as he just reaches for an ear of corn offthe platter.Iam more genteel as I cut my bread into quarters and daintily spread my own butter onto itssurface.I'venevertasted such good butter.

Dad, home from working on the railroad, joins us at the tablebefore we start to eatand puts a big patof butter on the bowl of mashed potatoes and it melts there.

It's always a good meal, but todayseems special.

Mom sits there looking at all of us enjoying our meal and smiles as she picks up herfavorite piece ofchicken — the neck.

Some memories can't be improved upon.

This is one of them.

I made butter today.

but call sfor super-ripe,black and spotty bananas for sweetness, which also lend a deeply banana-like flavor. A dozen blueberry muSns are packed with fruit, and just one-third of a cup of sugar.

Still, Chang discovered that baking with less sugar results in changes in a batter's consistency, a turnover's appearance, or a cake's keeping qualities "that you just have to accept."

"If you're making a yellow birthday cake, it won't last for more than a day, but will startto dry out,"she said, lacking the moisture-holding qualities oflots of sugar.

Likewise, baked goods with less sugar don't brown as

perhaps not a pantry staple, proveda gold mine ofboth sweetness and flavor.

"They were something I discovered halfway through testing recipes," she said."I kind of wanted to write a whole other cookbook. Their taste is so like sugar, but with this really rich, deep background taste, a caramelly, brown-sugary taste.

"Plus, they worked out so well in so many recipes.

Learning to bake with dates was arevelation for m e."

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Note: Joanne Chang uses Bob's Red Mill brand of wheat bran.Shealways uses creme fraiche, but sour creamcould be substituted. From "Baking With Less Sugar," by Joanne Chang.

She mentioned her recipe for gingersnaps being one that might confound experienced bakers. Because sugar makes cookies crispy, she struggled with getting the "snap" with less sugar.

"I had no problem getting the flavor I wanted, but couldn't get the darn things to crisp up," she said. She used molasses and maple syrup for taste, "then we ended up baking them like biscotti," leaving them in the turned-off oven forseveral hours."As they dry out, they take on a whole different crunchiness."

Early on, she decided not toinclude agave nectar or stevia among her sweeteners.

'They're both really trendy, and I wanted to createrecipes thathad as their main sweetener something that everyone was familiar with. I wanted people who are baking at home for their family to beable to pullsomething off their shelves" instead of seeking it out or ordering online.

Dates, however, while

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The Observer Distristruction Contractors aged 62 years or older 4wl, Dave Lemmon, $1.00 each bution Center has Board. An a c t ive 705 - Roommate as well as those dis- CLEAN 1 BR in Tri-P!ex, 320-219-027 0 or an opening for entry w/s/g pd, HUD OIC. David.lemmon©chsinc cense means the conabled or handicapped Wanted NEWSPRINT level position. $395, 541-963-4071. .com tractor is bonded I!t inof any age. Income reHOME TO sh are, Call ROLL ENDS Monday through Frisured. Venfy the constrictions apply. Call m e I et s t a Ik . J o CLOSE TO do wntown 280 - Situation Art prolects I!t more! day, hrs. will vary. tractor's CCB license Candi: 541-523-6578 541-523-0596 and EOU, 2 B DRM, Must be able to lift through the CCB Con- Super for young artists!

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THE ELMS deposit, 541-910-3696. and other duties as 541-963-31 61 NOTICE House/dog/horse sitAPARTMENTS required. Starts at All real estate advertised POE CARPENTRY FAMILY HOUSING ting, house/yard work. m inimu m w age . h ere-in is s u blect t o DISH T V S ta r t i ng a t H ave ref e r e n c e s • New Homes Pre-employment The Elms Apartments is $19.99/month (for 12 the Federal Fair Hous541-406-9056 • Remodeling/Additions Pinehurst Apartments currently accepting drug test required. mos). SAVE! Regular ing Act, which makes • Shops, Garages 1502 21st St. applications.

We have Pick up an applicait illegal to a dvertise Pnce $32.99. Call To• Siding I!t Decks La Grande available 2 bedroom t ion a t T h e O bany preference, limitaday and As k A b o ut • Wi ndows I!t Fine apartments in a clean, server, 1406 Fifth FREE SAME DAY Intions or discnmination finish work A ttractive one and tw o attractive, quiet, Street, La Grande, stallation! CALL Now! based on race, color, Fast, Quality Work! bedroom units. Rent OR 97850. The Obreligion, sex, handicap, well-maintained setting.

855-849-1 81 5 Wade, 541-523-4947 based on income. InMost utilities are paid, server is an Equal familial status or n aor 541-403-0483 come restrictions apO pportunity E m with onsite laundry tional origin, or intenDO YOU need papers to CCB¹176389 ply. Now accepting apfacilities and a ployer. tion to make any such start your fire with? Or plications. Call Lone at a re yo u m o v i n g I ! t p references, l i m i t a- playground. Income (541 ) 963-9292. restnctions apply and tions or discrimination.

330 Business Opneed papers to wrap POWDER VALLEY HUD vouchers are We will not knowingly those special items?

Schools portunities This institute is an equal accepted. Please accept any advertising SCARLETT MARY LMT The Baker City Herald North Powder School opportunity provider. contact manager's office for real estate which is at 1915 F i rst S t r eet 3 massages/$100 District 8J TDD 1-800-735-2900 t p t~ 541 523-5908 in violation of this law.

Ca II 541-523-4578 sells tied bundles of Phone 541-898-2244 by the office at 2920 Baker City, OR papers. Bundles, $1.00 All persons are hereby Elm FAX 541-898-2045 Street, Baker City informed that all dwelleach.

Gift CerlilicatesAvailable! for an application. i ngs a d vertised a r e WANTED: M EDICAL B I L L I N G available on an equal • 1 FTE Pnncipal DELIVER IN THE Welcome Home!

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TRAINEES NEEDED! • 1 F T E K i n d ergarten TOWN OF opportunity provider EQUAL HOUSING vice Directory Train at home to procCall Teacher BAKER CITY OPPORTUNITY ess Medical Billing I!t • 1 F TE Fourth Grade ANYTHING FOR (541) 963-7476 Insurance Claims! NO Teacher INDEPENDENT A BUCK EXPERIENCE • 1 F T E M i d dle/High CONTRACTORS Same owner for 21 yrs.

GREEN TREE NEEDED! Online trainTDD 1-800-545-1833 Schoo l Sc ie n c e wanted to deliver the 541-910-6013 APARTMENTS ing at B ryan U niverTeacher Baker City Herald CCB¹1 01 51 8 sity! HS Diploma/GED 720 - Apartment UPSTAIRS S T U DIO. 2310 East Q Avenue • 1 F T E Mi d dle/High Monday, Wednesday, I!t Computer/Internet New appliances, car- La Grande,OR 97B50 School ELA/Computer and Fnday's, within DIVORCE $155. ComRentals Baker Co. needed pet, paint...new everyI Technology (JournalBaker City. plete preparation. In9I 1-877-259-3880.

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10 ft c eilings with North Powder S c hool smoking/pets.$425/mo court appearances. DiCONTRACTORS (Income Restnctions Apply) Wall I!t Associates can ceiling fans.

Laundry 541-51 9-6654 District i s a c c e p t i ng vorced in 1-5 w e eks wanted to deliver on site. W/S/G I!t lawn Professionally Managed Settle for a fraction of a pplications f o r t h e possible.

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Monday, Wednesday, Located Behind Downtown. $625/mo. living. Close to park I!t sults may vary. Not a positions begin in the www. pa ra ega I Ia Ite rnaand Fnday's, to the La Grande Town Center W/S pd. No pets. s olicitation f o r l e g a l 2015 — 2016 school downt o w n .

2 134 tives.com following area's 541-523-4435 G rove St. $ 5 0 0/mo services. year. Salary for all posilegalalt©msn.com 844-886-0875 plus dep. D i scounts tions will be based on + Haul to Enterprise APPARTMENTS available. No pets, No educational level and N OTICE: O R E G O N + Wallowa UTILITIES included smoking. Avail. May 1, expenence.

Landscape Contractors QUALITY ROUGHCUT + La Grande, No smoking/pets 541-519-585 2 or l umber, Cut t o y o u r HIGHLAND VIEW Law (ORS 671) reStonewood area 541-51 9-7596 541-51 9-5762 s pecs. 1 / 8 " o n u p .

Successful c a ndidates Apartments + Perry, Mt. Glen quires all businesses will be contacted for A lso, h a l f ro u n d s , AVAIL. N OW . St u dio that advertise and per725 Apartment interviews. These pos tays , w e d ge s , 800 N 15th Ave form landscape conapt. Newly remodeled.

CaII 541-963-3161 slabs/firewood. Tamasitions are open until Elgin, OR 97827 tracting services be liLaundry on site. Most Rentals Union Co. or come fill out an rack, Fir, Pine, Juniper, filled. censed with the Landutilities paid. No smok- 1 BDRM, 1 ba, w/s/g inInformation sheet s cape C o n t r a c t o r s Lodgepole, C o t t o ni ng/pets. $ 4 2 5 / m o . cluded, refng. I!t stove. Now accepting applicaIf interested please sub- INVESTIGATE BEFORE 541-51 9-6654 tions f o r fed e r a l ly B oard. T h i s 4 - d i g i t w ood. Your l ogs o r 1808 3rd, LG. $400. mine. 541-971-9657 mit a letter of interest, funded housing. 1, 2, number allows a con541-398-1602 YOU INVEST! Always resume, 3 l e tters of BROOKSIDE MANOR and 3 bedroom units sumer to ensure that a good policy, esperecommendation, APARTMENTS with rent based on int he b u siness i s a c - STIHL WEED tr immer 1 bdrm, all utilities pd, cially for business opstate application and fs-45 $82.00.Akai 20" Brookside Manor, Senior come when available. plus free internet and p ortunities I ! t f r a n - tively licensed and has Flat Screen LCD TV. and Disabled Housing an unofficial copy of c oin-op laundry, n o a bond insurance and a chises. Call OR Dept. transcnpts to: 1 bedroom, all utilities smoking and no pets. Prolect phone number: o f J u stice a t ( 5 0 3 ) q ualifie d i n d i v i d u a l $50.00 541-519-4112.

541-437-0452 Lance L Dixon paid, community room, contractor who has ful$500 mo, $450 d e378-4320 or the Fedon-site laundry, clean, PO Box 10 NORTHEAST TTY: 1(800)735-2900 filled the testing and posit. 541-910-3696. eral Trade Commission North Powder, OR quiet I!t on the river. experience r e q u ire- OREGON CLASSIFIEDS at (877) FTC-HELP for 97867.

Rent based on income. 2 BDRM, 1 bath, stove, "This institute is an equal ments fo r l i censure. reserves the nght to f ree i nformation. O r opportunity provider."

HUD housing units. relect ads that do not refngerator, W/S/G inFor your protection call v isit our We b s it e a t Please contact c I u d e d, W/D, $4 65 comply with state and 503-967-6291 or visit www.ftc.gov/bizop. federal regulations or manager's office at our w ebs i t e : mo. 640 S 6th St, El340 - Adult Care t p SMOKEHOUSE ~541 523-5908 gin. 541-398-1602. www.lcb.state.or.us to that are offensive, false, by the office at 2920 RESTAURANT c heck t h e lic e n s e misleading, deceptive or Baker Co. Elm Street, Baker City has openings for 2 STUDIOS $380-$450, status before contract- otherwise unacceptable.

CARE OF Elderly, resonfor an application. close to EOU, all utili- STUDIO APARTMENTS EXPERIENCED: ing with the business. able, relaible, refer465 Sporting large an d s p a c ious ties paid 541-910-0811 • Line Cook/Dishwasher Persons doing l ande nce s av a il a b l e walking distance to lo• Server's Goods scape maintenance do 541-523-3110 CENTURY 21 c al businesses a n d Pick up applications at not require a landscap- P.O.F. A10 308 NATO restaurants, for more PROPERTY 2208 Adams Ave. LG ing license.

380 - Baker County CAL. w/extras. $2700 i nfo r m a t i o n c al l MANAGEMENT cash. 541-523-7257 FURNISHED 2-BDRM Service Directory 509-592-81 79 APARTMENT La randeRentals.com LA GRANDE Post Acute Utilites paid, includes Adding New www.La rande Rehab is taking appli475 - Wanted to Buy Services: internet/cable (541)953-1210 cations for the position Rentals.com "NEW" Tires $1 200. 00. 541-388-8382 ANTLER DEALER. Buyof Social Services DiMount I!t Balanced ing grades of antlers. rector. Please apply at Come in for a quote F air h o n es t p r i c e s .

La Grande Post Acute You won't be Rehab 91 Aries Lane, From a liscense buyer disappointed!! using st at e c e r t i f ied L a Grande, o r c a l l Mon- Sat.; 8am to 5pm 415 Building Ma541-963-8678 for more skills. Call Nathan at LADD'S AUTO LLC information. EEO/AAP terials 541-786-4982.

8 David Eccles Road Baker City NEW Bl-FOLD closet BU YING ANTL ERS 230 - Help Wanted doors for a 6 ft open- all types, any condition.

(541 ) 523-4433 ing, h a r d w a r e i nPaying top DOLLAR! out of area CEDAR 8r CHAIN link cluded, Birch, 2 sets. Call Crai 541-910-2640 BLEYHL FARM SERV- fences. New construc$50.00 ea. set, U-haul.

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1 B D RM, $ 49 5 / m o . SMALL 3-BDRM, 1-bath. w/s/g pd 541-963-4125 Very Nice! Incl. W/D, Nelson Real Estate Fenced Bac k Y a r d, Has Rentals Available!

541-523-6485 EXCELLENT 2 bcl, clu- $600./mo plus deposit. plex, garage, storage, 541-519-576 2 or 67 southside La Grand lo541-51 9-5852

Clover Glen Apartments, Mallard Heights 2212 Cove Avenue, 870 N 15th Ave La Grande Elgin, OR 97827 cation. No smoking or Clean (!t well appointed 1 SUNFIRE REAL Estate pets, $695/mo. Call (!t 2 bedroom units in a Now accepting applica3-BDRM, 1.5 bath LLC. has Houses, Dutions f o r fed e r a l ly 541-963-4907 quiet location. Housing No pets. $1100/mo. plexes (!t Apartments for those of 62 years f unded ho using f o r NICE SOUTHSIDE 2 bcl, 541-523-4435 for rent. Call Cheryl o r older, as w ell a s t hos e t hat a re n ew t i le/carpet, d w Guzman fo r l i s t ings, t hose d i s a b le d or sixty-two years of age 3-BDRM, 1.5 bath deck, two car garage, 541-523-7727. h andicapped of a n y or older, and h andiNo pets. $800/mo. no smoking, no pets, age. Rent based on incapped or disabled of 541-523-4435 752 - Houses for $740. (541 ) 963-9430 come. HUD vouchers any age. 1 and 2 bedRent Union Co. accepted. Please call room units w it h r e nt 750 - Houses For ATTRACTIVE 2-BDRM 4 BDRM, 2 bath, single 541-963-0906 b ased o n i nco m e Rent Baker Co. plus den/office. Carpet TDD 1-800-735-2900 when available. car garage, hardwood (!t drapes throughout. floors. $1,100/mo, 1 yr Stove, fndge, high effiThis institute is an equal Prolect phone ¹: 1612 Fifth St . *LIVE INPAR ABISE* ciency ga s f u r nace. lease. opportuni ty provider 541-437-0452 541-963-7517.

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HOME SWEET HOME + $450 dep. No pets Cute (!t Warm! $520/mo plus deposit. 2-BDRM, 1 bath. W/S pd 541-910-1807 2 (!t 3 Bdrm Homes Days: 541-523-0527 gas heat. $450/mo + dep No Smoking/1 small pet Eves: 541-523-5459 Molly Ragsdale IN UNION Large older Call Ann Mehaffy Property Management home $800/mo + dep.

(541 ) 51 9-0698 Call: 541-519-8444 3-BDRM, 1 ba t h. Gas Mt. E m il y P r o p erty Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 541-962-1074 heat, laundry on site. 2828 COLLEGE St.: 2 $ 650/mo. N o p e t s . bdrm, 1 bath w/ base- SINGLE WIDE, In Coun541-760-3795 2 bd, north edge ment, $550./mo., w/ try: Secluded (!t quiet. NICE, of North Powder. No W ater (!t s ewe r p d . $ 25 0 depos it . pets or smoking. $500 (541)523-4464 days or $450/mo. Please call Check out our classified p lus u t i l i t i es . C a l l 5 41-523-1077, e v e 541-523-1077,evening acis.

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

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2007 NUWA HitchHiker Champagne 37CKRD 1001 - Baker County $39,999 Legal Notices Tnple axles, Bigfoot Iack NOTICE OF BUDGET leveling system, 2 new 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Rear Dining/ICitchen, Budget Committee of large pantry, double the ICeating Rural Fire fndge/freezer. Mid living P rotectio n Di s t r i c t , room w/fireplace and Baker County, State of surround sound. Awning Oregon, to discuss the 16', water 100 gal, tanks budget for the f i scal 50/50/50, 2 new Poweryear July 1, 2015 to house 2100 generators.

June 30, 2016, will be Blue Book Value 50IC!! held at 26488 ICeating 541-519-1488 Grange Lane, Baker C ity, O r e g on . T h e meeting will take place 970 - Autos For Sale on May 21st, at 6 p.m.

T he purpose of t h e 3 way fridge, fantastic 2014 CHEVROLET meeting is to r e ceive vent, new m a t t ress, Sonic. Asking $13,000. the budget message electnc Iacks. $5,500. Like new. 541-518-1931 and to receive com541-51 9-51 92 ment from the public on the budget. This is a p u b l i c m eet i n g where deliberation of the Budget Committee

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A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Elgin School District, U n io n C o u nty, S tate of O r e gon, t o discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2 015, t o J u n e 3 0 , 2016, will be held at 111 So. 15th Street, E lgin, Oregon. T h e meeting will take place o n the 1 8t h da y o f M ay, 2015, a t 6 0 0

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budget message and to receive c o m m ent from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document may b e inspected o r o b tained at 815 Hemlock (WC Construction), between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.

This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee w il l t a k e p l ace. A Any person may appear at t h e m e e t i ng and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee.

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This is a public meeting where deliberation FINANCIAL SUMMARY: of the Budget CommitAdopted 2014-15: Totee w il l t a k e p l ace. tal Personnel Services Any person may ap$15690, Materials & pear at t h e m e e t i ng Services $23500, Capiand discuss the protal Outlay $59140, Tot al Co n t i n g e n c i e s posed programs with the Budget Commit$2000, Total Requiretee. ments $100330. Total

R esources: A l l r e copy of t h e b u dget sources except taxes document may be in- estimated $64830, Esspected or obtained on timated taxes $15500. or after May 19, 2015, T ota l Res o u r c e s at 111 So. 15th Street, $100330.

E lgin, O r e gon, b e t ween th e h o urs o f A pproved b u dget f o r 8 00 a m. an d 4 0 0 2015-16: Total Personnel Services $15690, p.m Monday — Thursday.

Materials & S e rvices $23550, Capital Outlay This notice is also pub$59190, Total Continlished on the district gencies $2000, Total website at Requirements elgin.k12.or.us. $ 100430. TotaI R e sources except taxes Published: May 11, 2015 $ 63430, E s t i m a t e d taxes $17000, Total Legal No. 00041014 Resources $100430.

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A PUBLIC Meeting of Published: May 11 and the Budget Committee 18, 2015 of the Cove Cemetery Maintenance District, Legal No. 00041040 Union County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the f i scal PUBLIC NOTICE year July 1, 2015 to NOTICE OF BUDGET June 30, 2016, will be COMMITTEE held at the 70037 HaeMEETING fer Ln, Cove, OR. The meeting will take place A public meeting of the on May 27, 2015 at Budget Committee of 10:00 am. The p u rt he Su m m er v i l l e pose of the meeting is C emetery M ai n t e to receive the budget nance District, Union m essage and t o r e County, State of Oreceive comment from g on, to d i s cuss t h e t he p u b li c o n the budget for the f i scal budget. This is a public year July 1, 2015 to meeting where delibJune 30, 2016 will be eration of the Budget held at the SummerC ommittee w i l l t a k e ville Cemetery Chapel. place. Any person may The meeting will take appear at the meeting place on the 26th day and discuss the proof May, 2015, at 9:00 posed programs with a.m. The purpose of the Budget Committ he meeting is to r e t ee. A c o p y o f t h e ceive the budget mesbudget document may sage and t o r e c eive b e inspected o r o b c omment f r o m th e tained on or after May public on the budget.

2 7, 201 5 a t 7 0 0 3 7 A copy of the budget Haefer Ln, Cove, OR document may be inbetween the hours of spected or obtained on 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm. or after May 26, 2015 at th e S u m m e rville Published: May 11 and Cemetery Chapel, be18, 2015 t ween th e h o urs o f 1 :00 p.m. an d 2 : 0 0 Legal No. 00040992 p.m. T his is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget C ommittee w i l l t a k e place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee.

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wheel. 2 Slides New tires w/hitch, Extras Must Sell! $14,000/OBO 59 CHEVY Impala, cus541-742-7892 tom 2 door with rebuilt tranny and turbo 350 930 - Recreational motor. New front disc Vehicles brakes and new front and back seats. Runs THE SALE of RVs not great! Must hear it to beanng an Oregon inappreciate. Ready for signia of compliance is illegal: cal l B u i lding body and paint. Asking Legal No. 00040999 Lega lNo. 00040724 $6,500 OBO. Codes (503) 373-1257.

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E FI V8. 4 s p e e d the thousands of A public meeting of the automatic, w/ overo ther p e o ple i n Budget Committee of dnve, 4WD, cruise, P/S, A/C, AM/F M this area vvho are the ELGIN RFPD, UN- NOTICE OF BUDGET Total tax levy permanent rate limit of 0.1233 per ION COUNTY, State of Radio, 48k miles all COMMITTEE regular users of Oregon, to discuss the MEETING $1000 property value. done by o r iginal The Elgin Cemetery owner! w/ c a nopy the classified. See budget for the f i scal Maintenance Distnct is a nd d e l ux e t r i m , year July 1, 2015 to A public meeting of the $5,000 firm .

Lohovv simple and June 30, 2016, will be Budget Committee of in charge of caretakheld at the Emergency Union County, State of ing, selling burial plots, c ated i n W a l l ow a for our most current offers and to effective they can Services Building 155 Oregon, to discuss the opening & closing and 541-398-0844 record keeping of dedi10th in Elgin, Orebudget for the f i scal browse our complete inventory. b e. We're o p e n N. cated cemeteries logon. The meeting will year July 1, 2015 to You can enloy extra vaca- from 7:30 a.m. to t a ke place o n M a y June 30, 2016 will be cated in the taxing distion money by exchang2 1st, 2015 a t 5: 3 0 trict. Other than propheld at 1106 IC Ave5 p.m. f o r y o u erty taxes, resources i ng idle i t e m s i n y o u r p.m. The purpose of nue, La Grande. The t he meeting is to r e i nclude sale of l o t s , meeting will take place home for cash ... with an convenience. ceive the budget mesopen/close costs and o n the 2 7t h da y o f 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 ad in classified. sage and t o r e c eive M ay, 2015 a t 3 : 0 0 interest earned. Capital outlay is reserved c omment f r o m th e p.m. The purpose of f or land, m a lo r i m public on the budget. t he meeting is to r e This is a public meetceive the budget mesprovements & equiping where deliberation sage and t o r e c eive ment purchases of the Budget Commitc omment f r o m th e tee w il l t a k e p l ace. public on the budget. Lega I ¹40701 Any person may apA copy of the budget pear at t h e m e e t i ng document may be in- Published: May 1 & May and discuss the pro11, 2015. spected or obtained on posed programs with or after May 18, at the the Budget CommitUnion County Administ ee. A c o p y o f t h e trative Office, 1106 IC budget document may Avenue, La G rande, b e inspected o r o b between the hours of tained on or after April 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. 19, 2015 at 815 HemThis is a public meetlock (WC C o nstrucing where deliberation t ion), b e t w e e n t h e of the Budget Commithours of 8:00 a.m. and tee w il l t a k e p l ace.

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2.8 acres. Water, sewer, and electnc located on property on Oregon St. BRAND N E W 2 0 1 4 , close to Hwy 7„ e dge F leetwood De l u x e of town. Heavy indusdouble wide home for tnal property. For more s ale St o ne w o o d info caII, 541-523-5351 comm. over 1,500 sq. or 541-403-2050 f t. 3 BD , 2 b a , w i t h family room 9 ft c eilings and more! Selling

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National phone registry reduces number of unwanted calls

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DEARABBY: Many years agoyou pubprobably happened was a person who was lished a "Do Not Call" number for unsolicunaware of your preference sent your invitation as part of a batch — and pinkis the ited phone calls. It worked great for a long time. I'm nowstarting to receive a lot of these theme of the party. calls again.

Iam elderly (88),arthritic, and Istruggle DEAR ABBY: My longtime 91-year-old getting out of my chair to answer the phone friend is healthy but suffers from dementia. because I think it's a family member or Her frequent fearful thoughts are centered around (imaginary) intruders who lurk friend calling Doyou still have that number? I think a lot ofpeople somewhere upstairs or in the would like to have it. garage and are robbing her.

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DEAR CARRIE: I went searching for the number of the Do Not Call Registry and found it in my Consumer Action Handbook, which is published by the GSA Federal Citizen Information Center. The toll-fiee number is 888-382-1222.

It; after your number has been in the ¹ tional Registry for three months, you continue to receive calls, you can file a formal complaint using the same toll-fiee number. This will stop most — but not all — telemarketing calls.

Unfortunately, calls fiom political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors and some organizations with which you already have a relationship are still permitted.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is having a baby. Her baby shower is being given by one ofherclose friends.ImadeitclearthatI did not want to know thegender ofthe baby before the birth, that I'm content to enjoy the suspense. I did not attend the "reveal"party that was held several months ago.

When my shower invitation arrived, it was pink and began with "It'sA Girl!"Isn't it rude to ignore another person'sfeelings even ifyou think they are silly?

I won't say anything about this to my daughterbecauseIwant hertoenjoy her party, but maybe this will help others who would prefer waiting for the surprise. Am I wrong to have expected my invitation to be non-gender-speciftc?

By Eric Tucker

Justice Department waded anew Friday into &aught big city police-community relations, with new Attorney GeneralLoretta Lynch declaringthesubject"one of the most challenging issues of our time." She announced a wide-ranging investigation into Baltimore's police.

The federal civil rights investigation, which city oScials requested following the death last month of a man in police custody, will search for discriminatory policing practices and examine allegations that Baltimore officers too oftenuse excessive force and make unconstitutional searches and arrests.

The investigation is to build upon the government's voluntary and collaborative review of the Baltimore police thatbegan lastyear. Since then, the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray and the days ofriotingthat followedexposed a"seriouserosion ofpublic trust," Lynch said, and showed that community concerns about the police were more pervasive thaninitially understood and that a broader investigation was warranted.

"It was clear to a number of people looking at this situation that the community's rather &ayed trust — to use an understatement — was even worse and has, in effect, been severed in terms of the relationship with the police department," Lynch said.

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DEARABBY: My wife and I will be legally divorced within a few weeks. We have a I-year-old son. Although we have been separatedforeightmonths, sheisan awesome m other toourson.A man could notaskfor a better lady to care for his child. We don't talk aboutmuch other than our son.Weare no longer in love, but I can honestly say I love herforwho sheis— them other ofmy child.

Mother's Day is hereand I would like her to know how much I appreciate all she has done, is doing and will do for our boy. Wouldit be appropriate to send a quick message expressing this to her? Or shouldI leaveit alone?

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ON DECIC MONDAY • Prep boys golf: La Grande at 4A Special District 4 tournament, Buffalo Peak Golf Course, Union, 9 a.m.

• Prep girls golf: La Grande, lmbler, Wallowa, Enterprise at 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 3 tournament, Pendleton Country Club, 10 a.m.

• Prep boys golf: Imbler, Wallowa, Enterprise at 3A/2A/1 A Special District 3 tournament, Pendleton Country Club, 10 a.m.

• Prep boys and girls tennis: La Grande at 4A/3A/2A/1 A Special District 4 sub-district dual, Ontario, 1 p.m.

• Prep baseball: Union/Cove at Nyssa, 3:30 p.m.

TUESDAY • Prep boys golf: La Grande at 4A Special District 4 tournament, Buffalo Peak Golf Course, Union, 9 a.m.

• Prep girls golf: La Grande, lmbler, Wallowa, Enterprise at 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 3 tournament, Pendleton Country Club, 10 a.m.

• Prep boys golf: Imbler, Wallowa, Enterprise at 3A/2A/1 A Special District 3 tournament, Pendleton Country Club, 10 a.m.

• Prep baseball: Wallowa at Grant Union, (2), John Day, noon • Riverside at Union/ Cove, Union,4:30 p.m.

• Prep softball: Vale at Union/Cove, Union, 5 p.m.

AT A GLANCE

TriO Of TigerS mOVe On La Grande tennis players Anna Grigsby, Derekyohannan and Josh Ebel made it through the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 4 sub-district quarterfinals on the singles side, earning a berth in the district sernifinal.

The doubles team of Matt Wisdom and John Schiller lost in a close three-set match in the qualterfinals to a team from Vale, and Michael Ebel and Wyatt Schlaht lost to a team from Baker in the quarterfinals. Play wraps up today in Ontario.

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a throw of 130 feet, 11 inches to win the event. Teammate Rebecca McLean (110-02 feet) came in second as the Tigers completeda 1-2 sweep.Karianne Zollman of Joseph took third with a throw 108-00 feet.

"Considering the state choir team had 10 of my athletes, we still had some amazing performances," La Grande head coach Julie Bodfish said.

"Overall, I was super thrilled

Vale ran away with the girls team title Friday at the Baker Invitational, racking up 117 points to best runner-up La Grande.

The Tigersfinished with 96.5 points, while

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Imbler's Malia Hassan, left, and La Grande's Cassandra Brownell finish the 400-meter race at the Baker lnvitational Friday. Hassan won the event while Brownell came in at second place.

and McLoughlin (56l rounded out the top five.

La Grande's Shayna Cooper broke her own school record in the javelin as she launched

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with what the kids did. I think we're ready for districts. When we're at full force, watch out."

Union's Elizabeth Herbes won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes with times of 12.79 and 26.29 seconds, respectively ,topacethe Bobcats to theirthird-place finish. Teammate Stormy Bullard also picked up a win

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"Building" was a common theme coursing through the Eastern Oregon University Blue and Gold spring scrimmage Saturday.

Building off oflast year's finish.

Building depth at key positions, offensively and defensively. Building chemistry between a respective unit.

Continuing to improve (and build) the already strong relationship with the community. And above all, continuing to build the program into what the man in charge envisions.

In fiont of a large crowd on a sunsoaked day, the Mountaineers culminated their spring practiceswith ascrim mage at Community Stadium. Head coach Tim Camp liked some things he saw but noticed other areas that needed improvement. But more than what happened on the turf; it was the great turnoutthat had Camp pumped.

"Look at thepeople going away now," Camp said as the crowd streamed out of the stadium following the scrimmage. ''When we first got here, there wasn't that many people coming to homecoming...

We haven'tarrived by any means, but we're very,very close.W e'vegota lot of support from the community, and it was a pretty awesome time today."

Those fans got to see over two hours of action, including over 100 plays on all sidesoftheball,7-on-7work,offensive drivesagainst the defense and some solid special teams'work by kicker Marc David. One of the most important aspects of spring ball, along with

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La Grande picked up a huge Greater Oregon League sweep against Ontario Saturday, using the momentum from an extra-inning, 4-1 win in Game 1 to trounce the home team, 17-4, in five innings in the nightcap.

The pair of victories allowed theTigers tokeep pace with Baker/Powder Valley in the league standings. Both teams are 8-2 in GOL play with a showdown this weekend looming.

"It was huge," La Grande head coach Parker McKinley said."It's what we felt like we had to do to keep control of our own destiny. The kids prepared well and we took care ofbusiness."

In the opener, La Grande outhit Ontario 13-3 but found themselvestied at1-all entering the eighth inning.

With Zack Jacobs on third base and two outs, Jon Gonzalezbroke thestalemate with asingleto scoreJacobs.

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Eastern Oregon University quarterbackTrampisVVaite scampers away from the defense during the Mountaineers' Blue and Gold spring scrimmage Saturday at Community Stadium. refining plays, is making it out with the team health intact. Besides some bumps and bruises, the Mountaineers made it out clean.

A pairofunitsstood outto observers right off the bat — the running back corp and the defensive backs. Leading the way in that offensive group was Jace Billingsley and A.J. Prom.

Billingsley, who averaged 7.0 yards per carry in racking up a team-high 870 yards on the ground last season, was in midseason form. He slashed through the Eastern defense, breaking tackles along the way for numerous big gains

and showed his versatility with catches out of the backfield. awe're always going to find out things that we need to work on, but I thought we all had a really good spring," Billingsley said of the offense.

"Today was another practice for everything we learned in spring, and we get that game-like atmosphere. We've got a lot of stufF to build on for the offseason."

Prom, who was third on the team with 403 yards last season, and Teague James showed that the Mountie stable of tailbacks is no one-trick pony. Both See Scrimmage/Page4C

Eastern men claim First Cascade title since 2002 • Mountie men earn nail-biting win, while women take third in Ashland

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head coach Ben Welch, while the Mountaineer women placed third in Ashland Friday and Saturday.

Observer staff The men ended with 165 Behindthree top-fi ve points, edging out runner-up finishes in the 5,000-meter Southern Oregon University race,thesecond-to-lastevent, by five points and Concordia University by eight.

Eastern Oregon University "It's been the (men'sl goal captured its third men's Casfor the last couple years. We cade Coll egiate Conference Championships crown under kind of figured this would

Eaglesparks team to league wins Joseph/Enterprise picked up its first Special District 7 victories of the season Saturday when the Eagles routed Wallowa in a doubleheader, winning the first game, 15-1, and taking the nightcap, 22-0. Justin Exon played a large role in each win.

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be the year, just because the dynamics of our team and with the graduations on other teams,"Welch said. awe knew it'd be tough, and it was kind of stressful. But it was a tremendous amount of fun. Saturday was just a remarkable day."

On theopening day Friday, Eastern's Isaac Updike won a CCC championship in the3,000 steeplechase (9 minutes, 28.02 seconds), with Lucas Updike coming in

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Southern in second place after the first day, but Welch said the team was 19 points down from their projected finishes. In the first event Saturday, however, Logan Reardon, who entered as the fourth seed, won the javelin with a throw of 185-05 feet.

'The very first thing Saturday, Logan pops almost an eightor 10-foot(personal record),"Welch said."That set the tone for the day."

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DEANDRE JORDAN: The Los Angeles Clippers' center scored 26 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in his team's 128-95 win Sunday over the Houston Rockets.

The Clippers now lead the series 3-1.

JEFF HEUERMAN: A day after Jacksonville's No. 1 pick, Dante Fowler, was lost for the season, the Denver Broncos' third-round draft pick will likely miss the season after suffering a torn ACL at practice Saturday.

After Derrick Rose and LeBron James hit buzzerbeaters, the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers are knotted at 2-all in their first-round

series heading into Game 5.

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The La Grande softball team picked up a split in a key doubleheader at Ontario Saturday.

Ontario scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to break up a tie in theopening game and won, 7-4.

La Grande bounced back with a pair ofbig innings to take Game 2, 10-4.

La Grande twice held an early one-run lead in the opener, but fell behind 4-2 in the third after a two-run double by Ontario's Julie Hernandez.

La Grande responded in the fourth, as Breann Givens hit a twoout, two-run single to tie the game at 4-all.

PREP SOFTBALL The score held until the sixth, when Ontario scored three runs and took advantage ofthree errors— all with two outs — to take the lead Givens had two hits and two RBI to lead La Grande. Auslin McDanielPerrin, Addie Hagerman and Emma Travisalsohad two hitsapiecefor La Grande.

"Itwas arealheartbreaker for me," head coach Lin Casciato said.

'That was a tough loss. We just did not execute very well in that first game."

Down 1-0 in the third inning of the second game, La Grande scored

The bats came alivefor the Union/Cove softball team, as the Lady Cats crushed eight home runs in a 16-5 and 31-4 league doubleheader sweep of Irrigon Saturday on their home fiel d.

With the wins, the Lady Cats locked up the top seed in the 2A/1A Special District 6 and the right to host the district tournament. They also clinched a state playofF berth.

'That's what was on tap for the day," head coach Paul Phillips said."Let's go out here, take care ofbusiness and we can clinch a state

well at the end of the first game and it carried over," Phillips said.

Roberts' third home run of the day — a three-run shot in the first — started a 10-run inning. The Lady Cats led17-0 after two and 23-1 after three innings. awe brought up the rest of the kids," Phillips added. "They were all in the second game by the third inning."

Sarah Good and Jenna Monson got in the longball act in the fourth for their S. Good firsthome runs of the season, as both hit grand slams to push the lead to 31-1.

The Lady Cats even startedstepping ofFofthe bases early to get quick outs.

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four runs — all with two outs — to take the lead. Britney Bertrand and Kali Avila hit RBI singles to put La Grande ahead, and McDanielPerrin followed with a two-run triple to st retch the lead to 4-1.

'They woke up in about the third inning," Casciato said ofhis team.

La Grande scored four more in the fifth to put the game away after Ontario crept within one. Hagerman hit a two-run single, Delaney Lester added a sacrifice fly and Marissa Carson doubled in a run as La Grande jumped ahead 8-3.

Hagerman finished with three RBI, while Givens, McDaniel-Perrin, Travis and Brandy Blackman each

had three of La Grande's 16 hits.

Givens also struck out five in spinning a complete game.

La Grande i9-11 overall) goes into its final league series with Baker/

Powder Valley i7-13, 1-9 GOLl needing to win and some help to earn the GOL's second spot. A sweep of the Bulldogs Friday and a McLoughlin i20-1, 10-Ol sweep of Ontario Saturday would lock up the spot for La Grande. A Mac-Hi sweep and a La Grande split, or a La Grande sweep and a Mac-Hi split means a tie between La Grande and Ontario.

Any other combination puts La Grande in third and on the outside looking in.

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Carsyn Roberts led the onslaught, ripping two home runs in the opening game Roberts a n d a third in the second. On the day, the senior went 6-for9 and drove in 11 runs.

Jaiden Wright led ofF the opener with a first-inning home run, and Roberts hit her first blast two batters later as the Lady Cats jumped out to a 5-0 firstinning lead.

Roberts and Keesha Sarman went back-to-back in the fourth as the lead swelledto 11-3.Kindra Moore put the finishing touches on with a walk-ofF three-run blast for a 11-run lead in the fifth that enforced the 10-run rule.

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Elgin/Imbler's Anu Kanoho slides safely into home plate during an Eastern Oregon League doubleheader against Umatilla Friday in Elgin. The Huskies won both games, 7-2 and 15-0.

The Cubs i8-8 overall, 6-6 EOLl host league opponent Vale in the regular-season finaleFriday.

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In need of two wins to remain in the hunt for a playofF spot, the Elgin/ Imbler baseball team turned to its top two pitchers, who put on a strikeout clinic.

Jordan Vermillion fanned 17 batters — including 11 in a row at one point — to lead the Huskies to a 7-2 win over Umatilla in the opener of Friday's home Eastern Oregon League doubleheader. Joe GrifFm followed with 11 ofhis own as the Huskies won, 15-0, in five innings to complete the sweep.

"Just absolutely incredible," head coach Gregg Luse said ofhis pitchers.

"Both guys threw lights out. They threw fantastic, and they cut their walks down compared to previous games."

The wins were highly important, as Elgin/Imbler moved to 4-4 in the EOL. While the Huskies currently sit in fourth place, they could move into a three-way tie for second with Nyssa

dominance began.

He caught Cody Samson looking and got Sebastian Trujillo swinging to end theframe and proceeded to strike out the side in the third, fourth and fifth, with a bit of a twist in the fourth.

His strikeout of Tristen Sanguino should have been the second out, but a wild pitch on strike three allowed him to get to first base. Vermillion came back to strike out Diego Soto, and an alert Caleb Lathrop behind the plate noticed Sanguino drifbng ofFof first and threw him out for the unique

double-play.

"Really, I was just throwing strikes.

My curveball was breaking a lot, and just last week during practice I learned how to throw a cutter. So I threw that a couple times on their power hitter," Vermillion said."Mostly I was just throwing it where they couldn't hit it, and my curveball was breaking a lot."

Meanwhile, the Huskies offense took advantage of sloppy Viking defense to score four runs in the second and Vale iboth 6-4 EOLl if they sweep inning to take control of the game.

Riverside i2-6 EOLl next week. They With two outs and the bases could potentially host a district playofF loaded, Lathrop hit a shot that got game depending on how that possible through Trujillo at second base to tiebreakerscenariopans out. drive in two runs. An error later in "Definitely important to win these the play allowed a third run to cross couple games, and we're going to need for a 4-1 Huskies lead.

They added two more in the third at least a split next weekend," GrifFm when Troy Jones singled in a run, and said."Getting this win was definitely what we needed, and it's going to keep Jake Burgess reached on an error to us going. That's what we need to get score a second run. into districts and into the playoffs."

From there it was all Vermillion. Of A walk and an error allowed his 17 strikeouts, 11 were looking.

Umatilla to score a run in the top of In the nightcap, GrifFm picked up where Vermillion left ofF, at one point the second totie the opener at1-all with one out. That's when Vermillion's fanningfourin a row and seven bat-

tersout ofeight.

Meanwhile, the offense exploded.

Lathrop hit an RBI bloop single that gave Elgin/Imbler a 3-0 lead in the second, and Burgess reached on a throwing error by shortstop Josh Dever that plated two runs and made the score, 5-0.

Then in the fourth, the Huskies slammed the door shut. They sent 15 battersto the plate,scored 10 runs on eight hits and took advantage of four errors. Consecutive run-scoring hits

by Jaydon McKay and Jones pushed theleadto 10-0,and Reed Graves capped the monster frame with a two-run single to put Elgin/Imbler

ahead 15-0.

"Thatwas pretty good,"Lathrop said of the big inning.awe just kept getting our heads on it iandl didn't get down."

In the inning, six batters collected at least one hit, with Lathrop and Griffin each hitting two singles. Five batters had run-scoring hits, and two othersreached on errorsthatallowed runs to score. awe got used to the speed, used to the pitcher and kind of just went with it," Jones said."It was crazy. It was like one hit after another after another."

The Huskies i13-7 overall) travel to Riverside Friday, needing a sweep ofthe Piratesto forcethe aforementioned three-way tie and at least a split to get into the district playofFs. awith those two pitching performances, that's the two guys that are going to throw against Riverside," Luse said.awe're going to go out just like this."

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It all came together for Joseph/ Enterprise on Saturday, as they destroyed Wallowa in a Special District 7 doubleheader in Wallowa. The Eagles won the first game, 15-1, and took the nightcap, 22-0.

"I couldn't be more happier of the boys," Joseph/Enterprise head coach Calvin Word said.aAfler the win against McLoughlin ilast Monday), thatwas abig boostforallofus."

The first game saw Justin Exon take the mound for the Eagles. He

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In the first game, Natalie W illiams gotthe startforthe Cubs. She went four innings and allowed eight runs, walked six batters and struck out one batter. Kristyn Young led the Cubs with two hits.

In the second game, Madison Plew smacked a home run and finished with four RBI and two runs. Josie Scott had a team-high three hits.

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP a double. Exon went 2-for-5 with a went six innings and struck out 11 batters on just two walks. He also went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runsscored,a doubleand fourstolen bases. Chris Bathke scored one run while going 2-for-3. Devin McQuead had three RBI on two hits.

Sam Beckman took the mound for the Eagles in the second game, going five innings and giving up four hits while striking out 10. McQuead had four hits, six RBI, two runs and

double and three runs, and Riley Hayward went 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs.

Joseph/Enterprise i6-11 overall, 2-4 SD-7l hosts Union/Cove Friday, while Wallowa i2-12 overall, 0-6 SD7l travels to Grant Union Tuesday.

Bobcats drop pair of road games Union/Cove dropped apairofSpecial District 7 games to Grant Union Friday, falling in the first game, 3-0, and losing the second game, 14-10.

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In the opener, the Bobcats' Landon Houck went 1-for-2 with a walk.J.D. Graves pitched six innings, allowing five hits, three runs and three walks while striking out six batters.

In the nightcap, Garrett Martens went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run scored, and Jordan Alexander had anRBI hit.W ade Rynearson pitchedforthe Bobcats,allowing 13 hits while notching six strikeouts.

The Bobcats i5-16 overall, 2-4 SD7l play a nonleague game at Nyssa today.

Cougars take second Observer staff

At the Enterprise Invitational Saturday, the Wallowa boys finished just a stroke behind first-place Heppner with a team score of 375. The host team Enterprise finished third, rounding out the day with a 384. Imbler totaled a 419 for a fourth-place finish.

Wallowa's Karl Wellens shotthe top score ofthe tournament, turning in a round of 82. Alex Coutant finished with an 89 for third individually, and Kai Oliver and Caevan Murray both had a round of 102 for the Cougars.

For the Outlaws, Brycen Locke and Nate Anton both cardeda 92totieforthefikhbest score. Christian Ruckdashel shot a 98 and Cody Irish turned in a 102.

The Panthers were led by Cade Gorham witharound of 92. Luke Silbernagel fired a 105, Marshal Whitaker shot a 109 and Rustin McDonald rounded out the team with a 113.

On the girls side, Heppner finished first with a score of 413, and Enterprise took second with 481 strokes.

The Outlaws'were led by Carsen Sajonia and Stefany Christmas, who both carded a round of 114.

The La Grande girls team only had three players at the event. Trinity McCarthy had the second-best round of the tournament for the Tigers with a 98, and Anna Seymour shot a 117. Claire Wellens shot a round of 127 for Wallowa.

The teams next hit the links today and Tuesday for

the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 3 tournament in Pendleton.

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THE OBSERVER —3C

SPORTS

SCOREBOARD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Tampa Bay Toronto Boston Baltimore

W L 20 12 17 1 5 16 1 6

East Division Pct G B W C G B . 6 25 . 531 3 1 . 50 0 4 2

14 1 7 13 1 6

.4 5 2 .4 4 8

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5' / 2 5' / 2

3'/ 2 3/ 2

Central Division W L Pct G B W C G B 20 1 1 . 6 45 19 13 . 5 9 4 1' / 2 18 14 . 5 6 3 2' / 2

Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

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12 1 6 11 1 9

. 4 2 9 6' /2 . 3 6 7 8' /2

4 6

West Division W L Pct G B W C G B 20 12 . 625 15 1 7 . 46 9 5 3

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas Oakland

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14 1 7 13 1 8 12 2 1

. 4 5 2 5' /2 .4 1 9 6' /2 .3 6 4 8' /2

3'/2 4'/2 6'/2

L 1 0 Str Home Away 7-3 W -1 9 - 7 11 - 5 8-5 5-5 L-1 9-10 9-7 7-9 64 L-1 7- 9 7-8 3-7 W-1 4-6 L-1 6 4 7-1 2 L 1 0 Str Home Away 6-4 W 2 1 1- 5 9- 6 4-6 L -2 9 - 7 1 0 - 6 8-2 L -1 12-5 6- 9 4-6 W-2 10-5 2 - 11 4-6 W -1 5-10 6- 9 L 1 0 Str Home Away 5-5 L -1 8 - 8 1 2 4 4-6 W-1 8 - 9 7-8 4-6 W -3 8 - 7 6 - 1 0 6-4 W -1 3 - 9 1 0 - 9 3-7 L -5 4 - 9 8 - 1 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

W 20 17 15 14 11

St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee

W 22 15 15 15 11

East Division L Pc t G B W CG B L 1 0 Str Home Away 5-5 W 2 1 3- 3 7- 8 11 .645 8-2 W -4 10-6 7- 9 1 5 .531 3' / 2 17 .469 5' / 2 1/2 5-5 L -1 8 - 7 7 - 1 0 17 .452 6 2 4-6 L-3 8 - 8 6-9 2 1 .344 9' / 2 5'/2 3-7 L -2 7- 8 4 - 13 Central Division L Pc t G B W CG B L 1 0 Str Home Away 7-3 L -2 14-3 8- 6 9 .710 7 - 7 8-8 15 .500 6' / 2 /2 3-7 L-2 16 .484 7 1 5-5 L -2 6 - 5 9 - 1 1 16 .484 7 1 4-6 W-2 9 - 7 6-9 2 1 .344 1 1'/ 2 5'/2 6-4 W -2 7-13 4- 8 West Division L Pc t G B W CG B L 1 0 Str Home Away 8-2 W -3 13-2 10 .667 7- 8 9 - 7 8-9 1 6 .515 4' / 2 6-4 L-1 '/2 16 .500 5 7-3 W -1 11-9 5- 7 16 .467 6 1'/2 5-5 W -1 8-10 6- 6 4 - 9 7-8 17 .393 8 3'/2 1-9 L-9

W Los Angeles 20 San Diego 17 San Francisco 16 Arizona 14 Colorado 11 All Times PDT

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Saturday's Games Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 7, Boston 1 Kansas City 6, Detroit 2 Cincinnati 10, Chicago White Sox 4, 1st game Minnesota 7, Cleveland 4 Tampa Bay 7, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Cincinnati 2, 2nd game Houston 6, L.A. Angels 5 Seattle 7, Oakland 2

Sunday's Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 2 Boston 6, Toronto 3 Cleveland 8, Minnesota 2 Texas 2, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Angels 3, Houston 1 Seattle 4, Oakland 3 Kansas City 2, Detroit 1, 10 innings

Monday's Games Toronto (Estrada 1-1) at Baltimore (LLJimenez 2-2), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-5) at Tampa Bay (Colome 2-0), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 2-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 1-4), 4:20 p.m.

Kansas City (D.Duffy 2-1) at Texas

(Lewis 2-2), 5:05 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 3-2) at Oakland (Kazmir 2-1), 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday's Games St. Louis at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

KansasCity atTexas,5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

BostonatOakland, 7:05 p.m.

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Colorado at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Saturday's Games Washington 8, Atlanta 6 Cincinnati 10, Chicago White Sox 4, 1st game N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 5 Milwaukee 12, Chicago Cubs 4 Chicago White Sox 8, Cincinnati 2, 2nd game San Diego 6, Arizona 4, 12 innings L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, ppd., rain Miami 6, San Francisco 2

Sunday's Games Washington 5, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 3, Miami 2 L.A. Dodgers 9, Colorado 5 Arizona 2, San Diego 1

Monday's Games Pittsburgh (G.Cole 4-1) at Philadelphia (Williams 2-2), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (S. Miller 4-1) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-1), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 2-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 1-4), 4:20 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 2-2), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 2-3) atArizona (Collmenter 3-3), 6:40 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-0), 7:10 p.m.

Tuesday's Games St. Louis at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee,

5:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Washington atArizona, 6:40 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

Friday, May 8: N.Y. Rangers 2, Washington 1, OT Sunday, May 10: N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3 W ednesday, May 13:Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay3,Montreal2

BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs All Times PDT CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 2, Cleveland 2 Monday,May 4:Chicago 99,Cleveland 92 Wednesday,May 6:Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 Friday, May 8:Chicago 99,Cleveland 96 Sunday, May 10: Cleveland 86, Chicago 84 Tuesday, May 12:Chicago atCleveland, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 14: Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Sunday,May 17:Chicago at Cleveland, TBD Washington 2, Atlanta 1 Sunday,May 3:Washi ngton 104, Atlanta 98 Tuesday,May 5:Atlanta 106,Washington 90 Saturday, May 9: Washington 103, Atlanta 101 Monday, May 11: Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.

W ednesday, May 13:Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m. x-Friday, May 15: Atlanta at Washington, 4 or 5 p.m. x-Monday,May18: Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

L.A. Clippers 3, Houston 1 Monday, May 4: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 Wednesday, May 6: Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 109 Friday, May 8: L.A. Clippers 124, Houston 99 Sunday, May 10: L.A. Clippers 128, Houston 95 Tuesday, May 12: L.A. Clippers at Houston, 6:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 14: Houston at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 or 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 17: L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD Memphis 2, Golden State 1 Sunday, May 3: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 Tuesday,May 5: Memphis 97,Golden State 90 Saturday, May 9: Memphis 99, Golden State 89 Monday, May 11: Golden State at Memphis, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May13: Memphis at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 15: Golden State at Memphis, 5 or 6:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 17: Memphis at Golden State, TBD

HOCKEY NHL Playoffs All Times PDT SECOND ROUND

(Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 3 Thursday, April 30: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Saturday, May 2: N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 2 Monday, May 4: Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday, May 6: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1

Friday, May 1: Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1, 20T Sunday,May 3:Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 2 Wednesday, May 6: Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1 Thursday,May 7:Montreal 6,Tampa Bay 2 Saturday, May 9: Montreal 2, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, May 12: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 14: Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 4, Minnesota 0 Friday, May 1: Chicago 4, Minnesota 3 Sunday,May 3:Chicago 4,M innesota 1 Tuesday,May 5:Chicago 1,Minnesota 0 Thursday, May 7:Chicago 4,M innesota 3

Anaheim 4, Calgary 1 Thursday, April 30: Anaheim 6, Calgary 1

Sunday, May 3: Anaheim 3, Calgary 0 Tuesday,May 5:Calgary 4,Anaheim 3, OT Friday, May 8: Anaheim 4, Calgary 2 Sunday, May 10: Anaheim 3, Calgary 2, OT

PREP OSAA Baseball Standings 4A Greater Oregon League G OL All R S R A R k L a Grande 8- 2 14-8 179 126 5 B aker/PV 8-2 1 2-9 141 101 1 0 O ntario 4-6 11 -12 116 171 1 8 M cLoughlin 0-10 5-16 107 147 3 6 3A Eastern Oregon League E OL AI I R S R A R k Stan/Echo 7 - 1 1 4-7 157 109 7 6 -4 14-8 211 185 1 2 Nyssa Vale 6 -4 13-11 141 118 1 4 E lgin/Imbler 4-4 13-7 160 124 1 8 R iverside 2-6 4 - 1 6 9 8 21 7 3 1 U matilla 1-7 1- 1 5 5 5 15 0 3 5 2A Special District 7 S D7 AI I R S R A R k Burns 6-0 19-3 270 6 6 6 G rant Union 4-0 10-6 129 125 1 3 J oseph/Ent 2-4 6-11 114 153 3 8 U nion/Cove 2-4 5-16 8 9 204 3 5 W allowa 0-6 2 - 1 2 7 1 21 0 4 7

KingFelixreachesstrikeoutmilestone manager L1Oyd MCClendon Said."He'S a delight to WatCh eVery fifth day. I AS Soon aS Strike three WaS Called, eVeryOne in SafeCO Field kneW it WaS a think We're all bleSSed. I'm not Sure special moment. everybody realizes what's he's actually Felix Hernandez became the doing, but thiSguy'Sreal,realgood." fOurth-yOungeSt Player to reaCh 2,000 Only Bert BlyleVen, Sam MCDOWell StrikeoutS in a 4-3 Win againSt the and Walter JohnSon, Who Were all 28 Oakland AthletiCS On Sunday With a When they StruCk Out 2,000, reaChed fifth-inning StrikeOut Of leadOfF hitter the milestone at a younger age than Sam Fuld.

Hernandez at 29 years, 32 days old.

Hernandez started Sunday's game Although Hernandez said he wasn't against the Oakland Athletics with COnCentrating On the mark COming into the game, OnCe he got JOSh Red1,995 StrikeoutS. He fell behind Fuld 3-1 before Striking him Out 1OOking at diCk SWinging to end the third inning a faStballfOrNo .2,000.ASthe aCComit was in his mind.

"I kneWit. I kneW I had four, and I PliShment WaS noted On the Stadium VideObOard,the fanS roSe fOr a Stand- needed five," Hernandez said. "It was a ing ovation and Hernandez stepped pretty special moment."

Off the mOund to aCknOWledge the Hernandez (6-0) added one more moment.

StrikeOut On hiS final batter, getting "The aCColadeS juSt keeP COming EriC Sogard SWinging to end the SBVenth inning. Nearly everything went and coming with this guy," Seattle

CASCADE Continued ~om Page1C Eastern also received an uneXPeCted booSt in the Shot Put, With JaSOn HendriCks (fikh), Heardon (sixth) and Tanner Yarbrough (eighth) finiShing in the toP eight.

'The throWerS Were Very ClutCh On Saturday,"WelCh said."That gets lost in some oftheother spectacular performances."

The Mounties had plenty Of thoSe, aS Well. SimPSOn

earned his second conference championship in the triple jumP With a leaP Of 47-05 feet, defending hiS title &Om lastseason.He alsoplaced fourth in the long jumP to earn the CCC Field Athlete Of the Meet.

Hans Hoelle also successfully defended his title in the 800, taking first with a time Of1:51.58 in a StaCked field. Ryan Hosenau broke the SChOO1 reCord in the 400 hurdles to take second in the eVent With a time Of 52.88.

COuPled With hiS SBCond-

place showing in the 110

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right fOr him tOday eXCePt fOr tWO SO1O

home runs by Marcus Semien, the firSt multi-hOmer game Of hiS Career.

"It'S FeliX HernandeZ — he'S going to dothat to a lotOfteamS thiSyear," Said Oakland CatCher StePhen Vogt, Who hit a SO1O hOmer Off Seattle C1OSer

FernandO Rodney in the ninth inning.

"He'S a COmPetitOr too. BOth timeS right after he gaVe uP hOme runS to Semien, you COuld See hiS demeanOr Change, bear doWn and get naStier.

That'S What good COmPetitiVe PitCherS do. When they get mad they get better."

The MarinerS SCored three runS in the fourth inning On Kyle Seager'S run-SCoring dOuble and a 2-RBI dOuble

by Dustin Ackley and added another in the fourth inning On a SaCrifiCe fly

by Robinson Cano ofFOakland starter

Jesse Chavez (1-3).

ship racing at its best."

Eastern emerged with a slight lead, and with a thirdplace finish in the 4-by-400 relay, clinched the victory. It

defenSeOfa title SeemS tobe the hardest."

Ashanna Hodge broke her OWn SChOO1 reCord in the

100 hurdleS (14.98) to PlaCe third in the event, and she M cBride Hodg e WaS WelCh'S third men'S ConferenCe title, With the OtherS took third in the long jumP hurdles and his decathlon coming in 2003 and 2007, and (17-05.25 feet). The next day, Win APril 24, HOSenau WaS he was voted the CCC Coach Hodge took SeCOnd in the 400 named CCC Track Athlete of of the Year. That gave the hurdleS With a time Of 1:01.02 the Meet.

Eastern men a clean sweep of to Sether SBCond SChOO1 recordofthemeet and also But, as Welch said, "It the awards.

'That's always kind of a nice finished third in the triple bOiled doWn to the (5,000)," and the Mounties came up bonus,"Welch said."It means I jump (37-05 feet), which bigWhen theyneeded to stayed out of their way and let was just a centimeter DII'an them do their thing."

EaStern reCord. mOSt. ISaaCUPdike took "She had a tremendous The Mountaineer women second, Flores was third and weekend,"Welch said."That LuCaS UPdike PlaCed fikh to took third PlaCe With 106 CataPult EaStern OVer Conteam points behind first-place WaS aVery tough 400 meter cordia and Southern.

The COllege Of IdahO (180) and SChOO1reCord thatShe broke."

"All Of the field eVentS Were nmner-up Concordia (153).

Talitha Fagen continued 'That was right about to break schoolrecords she done, and the only thing left where we were projected as a already set, as she broke her was the 5,000 and the 4-by400 (relay),"Welch said.'%e team,"Welch said."In some of own mark in the pole vault Went into the 5,000 in third the events, the women even With a jumP Of 12-05.5 feet to Win the eVent fOr the SBCond PlaCe, OnePOint behind South- finished higher than they ern and six or seven behind were projected." straightseason.

On the first day, Harley Kendall Currentfinished Concordia. That was a loaded MCBride Won her SeCOnd second in the 100, and Marta field, with the toP eight alconsecutive high jump title Stangel placed third in the ready qualified for nationais, and a ninth guy that hadn't With a leaP Of 5-05 feet. Laura Shot Put. DauZ took SBCond (5-02.5 feet).

Eastern now prepares for competed in it this season "It'S not eaSy to COmebaCk the NAIA Outdoor Track and but WaS a Sub-four minute (mile runner). The guys ran it and defend your title, and she Field Championships in Gulf extremely well, tactically, and did agoodjobOfOVerCOming Shores, Alabama, beginning May 21. closed hard. It was champion- that,"Welch said." That first

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250 Friday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 167 laps, 126.5 rating, 47 points, $49,832.

2. (4) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 167, 116.3, 0, $33,959.

3. (7) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 167, 103.6, 41, $27,351.

4. (12) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 167, 87.3, 40, $23,431.

5. (8) Cameron Hayley, Toyota, 167, 91.2, 39, $20,652.

6. (10) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 167, 104, 0, $17,277.

7. (9) Justin Boston, Toyota, 166, 91.1, 37, $19,064.

8. (11) Scott Lagasse Jr., Chevrolet, 166, 82.6, 0, $18,686.

9. (13) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, 166, 76, 35, $18,602.

10. (6) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 166, 77.4, 34, $19,502.

11. (1) Erik Jones, Toyota, 166, 135.1, 35, $20,796.

12. (15) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 166, 91.1, 32, $18,362.

13. (22) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 165, 102.6, 32, $18,283.

14. (23) Austin Theriault, Ford, 165, 64.8, 30, $18,228.

15. (25) Tyler Tanner, Chevrolet, 165, 61.6, 29, $18,772.

16. (24) Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet, 164, 61.1, 28, $18,093.

17. (14) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 163, 67.9, 27, $18,015.

18. (27) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 159, 43, 26, $15,715.

19. (21) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 154, 39.9, 25, $17,909.

20. (26) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 154, 49, 24, $18,330.

Sprint Cup Series SpongeBob SquarePants 400 Saturday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267

laps, 104.5 rating, 47 points, $243,726.

2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 127.2, 43, $239,300.

3. (17) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, OSAA Softba II 267, 97.9, 41, $157,225.

4. (11) Jelf Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, Standings 101, 40, $173,786.

4A Greater Oregon League 5. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 111.1, G OL All R S R A Rk 40, $168,933.

McLoughlin 1 0-0 20-1 164 4 6 1 6. (18) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, 94.9, 5-513-10 176 135 19 Ontario 39, $146,251.

La Grande 4 - 69-11 168 128 16 7. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, Baker/PV 1-9 7 - 1 3 122 155 24 118.4, 38, $144,906.

3A Eastern Oregon League 8. (8) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 267, 111, EOL All R S R A Rk 37, $110,215.

Vale 1 0-2 15-7 199 145 8 9. (4) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 267, E cho/Stan 8-4 1 3-9 181 153 9 131.1, 37, $122,060.

Elgin/Imbler 7- 3 8 - 9 146 134 11 10. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, GU/Day/PC 6 - 6 1 1-11 200 154 16 267, 81, 34, $126,340.

Riverside/Arl 6 - 6 11-11 149 190 20 11. (14) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 83.9, Ent/Jo/Wall 6 - 6 8 - 8 18 4 133 23 33, $130,401.

3-9 4-19 155 334 30 Nyssa 12. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 77.1, 32, Umatilla 0-10 0 -16 5 2 2 4 9 36 $123,348.

2A Special District 6 13. (9) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, S D6 AII R S R A R k 267, 92.2, 31, $120,106.

Union/Cove 10-0 16-1 231 5 1 1 14. (29) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, Pilot R/Nix 8-2 1 9-2 210 3 6 2 267, 70.6, 30, $120,548.

W-Mc/Gris 6-4 1 7-5 230 7 9 6 15. (10) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 5-5 13-9 200 190 18 Irrigon 105, 30, $121,398.

5-7 9-12 127 203 14 Burns 16. (26) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 267,

MLB

The Associated Press

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71.5, 28, $113,410.

17. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, 96.6, 27, $100,865.

18. (22) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, 84.5, 26, $94,465.

19. (24) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 266, 71.4, 25, $110,323.

20. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 266, 86, 25, $83,265.

TRAN SACTION S Sunday BASEBALL

American League BOSTON RED SOX — RecalledOF Jackie Bradley Jr. and RHP Steven Wright from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned OFAllen Craig and RHP Robbie Ross to Pawtucket.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected INF-OF Steve Tolleson from Buffalo (IL).

Placed OF Michael Saunders on the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Preston Guilmet for assignment. Traded LHP Jayson Aquino to Pittsburgh for cash considerations.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed QB Phillip Sims.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB Terrelle Pryor.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed RB Abou Toure. Waived LB Terrell Hartsfield.

Saturday BASEBALL

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Traded RHP Edward Mujica and cash considerations to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Recalled RHP Matt Barnes from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned INF Travis Shaw to Pawtucket. Named Carl Willis pitching coach.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Purchased the contract of LHP Bruce Chen from Columbus (IL). Designated RHP Anthony Swarzak for assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Placed CAlex Avila on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Bryan Holaday from Toledo (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed RHP Chris Martin on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Branden Pinderfrom Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Transferred RHP Jarrod Parker to the 60-day DL.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned INF Danny DOrn to Reno (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed INF YonderAlonso on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 8. Recalled OF Abraham Almonte from El Paso (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Los Angeles Clippers F-C Glen Davis $5,000 for violating the league's anti-flopping rules during a May 8 game againstHouston.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed CB Jalen Colhns, WR receiver Justin Hardy, DT Grady Jarrett, OT Jake Rodgers and CB Akeem King.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Robert Livingston defensive quality control/special teams assistant.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Geneo Grissom.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed C Dominic Turgeon to a three-year entrylevel contract.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Agreedto terms with G Matt O'Connor on a twoyear entry-level contract.

Cavs knot series NBA ROUNDUP

The Associated Press

LBBron James hit a jumPer &Om the Corner at the buZZer to giVethe Cleveland Cavaliers an 8684 ViCtOry OVer the ChiCagO

BullS On Sunday, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2.

James finished with 25 points to help the Cavaliers win in another wild finish, returning the favor after Chicago took Game 3 on Derrick Rose's banked 3-pointeratthe buzzer.

This time, James got whistled for an offensive foul When he elbOWed Mike D(mleaVy Jr. That led to a tying layup for Rose with 9.4 SBCondS left.

But inStead Of going to overtime, James ended it

with the jumper from the Corner OVer Jimmy Butler.

Game 5 is Tuesday night in Cleveland.

Clippers trounce Rockets DBAndre Jordan SCored 26 POintS, SurViVing HouS-

ton'S intentiOnal-fOul feSt in the first half; and Los AngeleS took a 3-1 SerieS lead to Put the ROCketSOnthe brink Of eliminatiOn in the WeStern Conference semifinals with a 128-95 win.

Jordan made 14 of 34 &ee throWS, attemPting an NBA playofF-record 28 in the first half, and had 17 rebo(mds. Blake Grilhn added 21 points, and J.J. Hedick had 18 points.

NHL ROUNDUP

Qucksadvance The Associated Press

Rangers force Game 7

Corey Perry scored on a goalmouth scramble 2:26 into overtime and the Anaheim Ducks advanced to the Western Conference finals

ChriS Kreider SCored in the first minute and final second of the opening period, Rick Nash and Dan Boyle added gOalS in the third, and New York held On to edge WaShingtOn 4-3and forCe a Game 7 in the second-round playofF series.

NeW York led 2-0, then 4-1 with less than 12 V2 minutes left in regulation.

But WaShington'S EVgeny Kuznetsov and Joel Ward put the puck past Henrik L(mdqvist less than 3 minuteS aPart to make it a one-goal game with nearly halfa period togo.

But Lundqvist was solid

With a 3-2 ViCtOry OVer the

Calgary Flames on Sunday night in Game 5 Of their second-round series.

Matt BeleSkey got the tying power-play goal early in the third period for the Ducks, who will face the ChiCago BlaCkhaWks fOr a SPO t in the Stanley Cup finals.

The Pacific Division champion Ducks are in their first conference finals since 2007, the year of their only NHL championship.

Perrylimped of the ice in the second period with an apparent leginjury, but returned moments later. He wrapped up the night with hiS NHL-leadt'ng 15th POint Of the POStSeaSOn,CaShing

in a rebound for his seventh

goal.

the reSt Of the Way, StOP-

Ping WaShington'S laSt four ShotS — inCluding AleX OVBChkin On a 1-On-1 — to

finish with 42 saves.

Game 7 is Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

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Tigers scored in every inning, exploding for six runs in the second, to pull away for the 13-run victory. Jared Rogers went 4-for-4 Continued ~om Page1C with a three-run homer and finished with Ross Duncan followed with a single and Eli seven RBI. Gonzalez and Eli Childs both Wisdom brought them home with a double knocked in three runs on two hits apiece, to stretc h thelead tothreeruns and give and Wisdom scored three runs on two hits.

La Grande breathing room.

Boyd also got the win in the second game, aWe had baserunners nearly every inning, allowing eight hits while striking out four and we couldn't string together the hits," over three innings.

McKinley said.'Then Jon comes up and La Grande i14-8 overall) host the Bulldogs for a doubleheader Friday with first gets that hit, which was fantastic to see."

Kurt Boyd pitched the final two innings place in the league on the line. The GOL to record the win, allowing no hits and walk- champion gets the following week ofF while ing just one. Ryan Adams got the start and the runner-up hosts a playofFplay-in game went six innings, giving up three hits and that week.

"A lot of time, the games come down to striking out four batters. Gonzalez, Wisdom, Jacobs, Adams and Drew Hively all had two who makes less mistakes," McKinley said of hits, with Adams driving in the tying run on Baker/Powder Valley.aWe match up really a single in the top of the sixth after Ontario evenly with each other. They're in control of scored its run in the first inning. their own future, and we're in control of our The nightcap was all La Grande. The future. So Friday will be fun."

SCRIMMAGE

men, including Mick Wilson and Dallon Grinder, as the unit looked cohesive in openContinued ~om Page1C ing up holes against a more runners showed good experienced defensive fiont. elusiveness and also broke The man they will be proP rom Bens o n ofFbig runs throughout the tecting, returning starting scrimmage. made by linemen induding quarterback Zach Bartlow, aWe've got a strong group Kyle Lanoue and Austin who passed for 2,318 yards right now," Prom said of the Brown, and in general they and 19 touchdowns in 2014, running backs.''We've been played stout. But Camp saw said the unit has made huge some flaws that he'd like to strides in the spring work. puttingin work over the aWe've got a lot of new spring, and we're coming out fix, which is the major point of spring ball trying to better of ascrimmage. guys in a lot of spots this "The defense was opportu- spring, but Irom day one to ourselves, get the playbook nistic — I'd like to get them down and be crisp in our iSaturdayl, it's miles better," assignments." ofFthe field a little bit more, Bartlow said."They're comThe defensive backs, mean- but idefensive coordinator ing together. Coach Camp while, were swarming to the Jeff) McNally does a great has been working on them a ball. There were completed job," Camp said."I think ithe lot and getting them to know defense) did a greatjob,as their assignments. I'm pretty passes, of course, but the unit made plays all over the far as just rallying and tack- happy with how it's going." field. Camp pointed to safety ling and playing together.

Other highlights of the Adam Bese and cornerback scrimmage:wide receiver We took a defense that two Byron Benson as being Kody Self hauled in about years ago was almost the strong on the back end, and worst in the league to second a 60-yard touchdown strike in the conference last year. down the sideline; backup J.T. Capers recorded a sack That's what we're going to and an interception. quarterback Trampis Waite 'The secondary, we're just build ofFof." had a solid day; tight ends trying to build offlast season OIFensively, the big quesLogan Deroin and Tyler and better ourselves," Benson tion mark was the line. The O'Neil snagged multiple Mounties only return guard passesover themiddle, said."I know we set a standardlastyear,sowe'rejust Mitch Staeffler fiom last with Deroin catching a trying to improve and focus year's starting five, so names touchdown; and wide on the things that maybe we will have to step up across receiver Calvin Connors weren't as crisp on. I believe wreaked havoc from his slot the board. But Camp was we did thatin this game." pleasedwith the developposition with a number of The defense had plays ment of a handful oflinecatches.

INVITE Continued ~om Page1C fourth win in a row in the event. She bested Joseph's

Ally Cooney i4-10 feet), who came in second. Imbler's Hannah Wilhelm i4-08 feet) came in fourth, and La Grande's Rachel Alexander i4-08 feet) fifth. Alexander also placed fourth in the long jump i15-02 '/4 feet).

In the most exciting race of the day,Im bler's Malia Hassan edged out La Grande's Cassandra Brownell in a photo finish to win the 400. Hassan crossed the line with a time of 1:01.42, which was .01 seconds ahead of Brownell.

Hassan also came in second in the 200 i27.89 seconds), just ahead of Annie Duncan of Union i27.96l, who was third.

The Tigers received a big day from Lauren March, who took second in the 300 hurdles i50.23l and fourth in the triple jump i32-00

feet).

Brittany Hanson of La Grande took second in a hotly contested 800 with a time of 2:34.96. Union's Laura Herbes tied for third in that race i2:36.34l, while Joseph's Alexis Sykora

i2:40.77l took fifth and Cove's Kyndal Murchison

i2:41.72l sixth.

Union's Elly Wells took

secondi5:16.76lin the 1,500, and La Grande's Heather Keniry i5:23.58l came in third.

In the discus, La Grande's Talia Whitmore took third

i100-10 feet) and Maggie Ledbetter of Elgin fifth i9805l. Imbler's Emma Bowers placed fourth in the shot put

i32-00 feet).

Union's Laura Herbes i8-00feet)was second in the pole vault, one-half foot ahead of La Grande's Lauren Woodworth i7-06 feet) who was third.

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La Grande's Blaine Kreutz, right, passes the baton to Alec Cranford during a relay race Saturday.

Tiger boys place third

the 1,500.

The Tigers also picked up a win Irom Isaiah Cranford, who rifled a throw of 170 feet, 7 inches in the javelin. He

On the boys side, the host Baker took first with 96.5 points.

Ontario posted 86.5 points to take second, with La Grande coming in third with 74 points. Burns i55l and Adrian i52l rounded out the top five.

Union's Trevor Verhelst continued his assault on the Bobcats record books. The junior tied with Porter Cline of Baker in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.04 seconds, which was the second time in two weeks he set the school record in the race.

He also paired up with Brooke Scantling to take a 1-2 finish in the 200, winning with a time of 22.47, while Scantling came in at 23.14.

Together,they helped pace Union to a ninth-place finish with 40.5 points.

La Grande swept the toptwo spotsin a pairofraces.

Blaine Kreutz i52.04l and

added a fifth-place finish in the 200 i23.49l. Meanwhile, hurdlerCade Reed took third

in the 300 hurdles i44.71l and fourth in the 110 i17.02l.

Reed, Kreutz, Isaiah Cranford and Alec Cranford also teamed to take the 4-by-100

relay i44.55l for La Grande.

"I think most of the kids are ready to go," Bodfish said.

"I think they're ready."

Derrick Murchison was Cove's top point-getter,taking third in the javelin with a personalbestof153-02feet.

Alex Graimder came in fourth in the 1,500 with a time of4:30.41.

Raymond Seal of Joseph took fifth in the pole vault

i11-06 feet). Powder Valley's Lee McElligott took sixth in the javelin i139-07 feet) just ahead of Elgin's Gage Little

D.J. Holloway i53.01l blazed

i134-04l, who took eighth.

their way to a 1-2 finish in the 400, while Todd Keniry i4 minutes, 24.02 seconds) and Elliott Jonasson i4:24.85l took the top two spots in

Tyler Tandy paced Imbler with a seventh-place finish

in the 200 i23.91l and eighth in the 100 i11.54l.

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