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• La Grande businessman • Turner concedes victory sweeps to victory in House at approximately 8:35 District 58 Republican p.m.afterBarretosurges primary over John Turner to insurmountable lead

LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES Measure 31-84 Nonpartisan County Commissioners Yes........................3,691 No ......................... 1,72 1 Measure 31-85 Elgin City Administrator

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• Union County files motion to dismiss Shelter From the Storm suit Legal counsel for Union County on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the Shelter From the Storm lawsuit. In the motton, Union County attorney Brent Smith requests that the court dismiss any and all claims against the county. Shelter From the Storm filed suit last month in a complaint for injunctive relief and damages amounting to

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Greg Barreto receives a congratulatory hug and handshake from supporters Jennifer and Jack Boyd of La Grande at his residence in Cove Tuesday night after learning about his victory over John Turner in the Oregon House District 58 race. By Kelly Ducote Union County residents can rest assured that their nextstaterepresentative will come from the east side of the mountain. La Grande business owner Greg Barreto handily defeated John Turner Tuesday night in the Republican primary, garnering 83 percent of the Union County vote, 80 percent in Wallowa County and 51 percent in Umatilla County. Turner, a former president of Blue Mountain Community College and Marine colonel, conceded the race about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday night. Barreto's family, friends and supporterscelebrated at his home in Cove. The crowd cheered loudly when Greg's wife, Chris, announced Turner conceded the race. "I used to wrestle in col-

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Republican candidate John Turner, center, talks to his supporters with his wife, Gale, after losing the race against Greg Barreto in the Republican primary for House District 58 on Tuesday in Pendleton. lege,"Greg Barreto told the group of about 100.'You never go into a match underestim ating your opponent, even if they're wearing tennis shoes instead of wrestling shoes." The Barreto Manufactur-

ing owner and operator said he was humbled by the election results but is excited. "There's a new adventure on the horizon," he said."It was a challenge and all-consuming, but I don't see the SeeBarreto / Page5A

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• Union County slated to have first representative since Elgin's Mark Simmons in early 2000s

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U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 1 Republican Jason Yates ........15,378 Delinda Morgan...............14,523 Bob Niemeyer..... 6,212

WALLOWA COUNTY COMMISSIONER Republican Paul Castilleja .........839 Marc Stauffer .........662

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U.S. SENATOR Republican Monica Wehby ..............126,314 Jason Conger....93,692 Mark Callahan .............16,993 Jo Rae Perkins......7,116 Timothy Crawley................6,066 Democrat Jeff Merkley.....244,969 William Bryk...... 10,522 Pavel Goberman ............7771

OREGON HOUSE DISTRICT 58 Republican Greg Barreto........ 5,768 John Turner..........2,362

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U.S. CONGRESS DISTRICT 2 Republican Greg Walden...... 61,474 Dennis Linthicum ...........19,165 Democrat Aelea Christofferson ...23,189 Barney Spera .......7550 FrankVulliet .........5,758

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Statewide Primary Results GOVERNOR Republican Dennis Richardson.......151,926 Gordon Challstrom .........23,159 Bruce Cuff ..........22,488 Mae Rafferty ......15,850 Tim Carr .............13,895 Darren Karr ..........2,332 Democrat John Kitzhaber.......... 237250 Ifeanyichukwu C. Diru ................25,718

CASTILLEJA WINS IN WALLOWA COUNTY Incumbent Wallowa County Commissioner Paul Castilleja retains his position, defeating Marc Stauffer by nearly 200 votes. Page 7A CITYADMINISTRATOR MEASURE FAIJS Voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have changed the Elgin city administrator position to an appointed one. Page 7A UNION COUNTY APPROVES 31-84 Voters overwhelmingly support Ballot Measure 31-84, making county commissioner races nonpartisan. Page 7A

PORTLAND — Supporters of same sex marriage in Oregon waited 10 years for this day. A federal judge based in Eugene on Monday struck down a voter-approved measure that defined marriage in the state as a union between one man and one woman. The ruling touched off a wave of jubilation and tears among same-sex couples and a rush to county offices to get marriage licenses. In some cases, couples didn't bother waiting for a weekend to get hitched. They fi gured a sunny Monday would do just fine. Caroline Redstone and Dawn Jones pledged to stay together"in sickness and in health, until death do us part"ata Portland event

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DAtLY PLANNER TODAY Today is Wednesday, May 21, the 141 st day of 2014. There are 224 days left in the year.

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TODAY'S HIGHUGHT On May 21, 1924, in a case that drew much notoriety, 14-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" carried out by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. Both men received life sentences; Loeb was killed by a fellow prison inmate in 1936 while Leopold was paroled in 1958, dying in 1971.

ON THIS DATE In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours. In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland.

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QUOTE OFTHE DAY "If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other." — CarlSchurz, American politician (1829- 1906)

Three years ago, prostate cancer sidelined Island City's Don Henry. Today, Henry, 82, is cancer free but believes he is still recovering from the sideeffectsofthe successfulradiation treatmenthe received. "I'm still not 100 percent. I lost a lot of energy," Henry said. The Island City resident on Monday displayedno side efFectsfrom the radiation treatment. Instead, he was a picture ofhealth and inspiration. Henry made a most memorable journey, walking 14 miles from Island City to Union. Sitting in Gravy Dave's restaurant in Union minutes after finishing, Henry seemed ready to walk back to his home in Island City. "I feel good," Henry said as he enjoyed a soft drink with his wife, Nadine. Henry was greeted by a number of people in the restaurant, including a woman who told him — "I'm 55 and I couldn't do what you did." Henry's source of inspiration, Homer Thorpe, 66, of La Grande, also congratulated him. Henry became interested in making the walk several years ago after he met Thorpe. He learned that Thorpe walks from La Grande to Union each year at the start of the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show. Thorpe, 66, has been doing this for three decades. "I told him,'Ifyou can do it, I can do it,"' said Henry, who trained for his hike by making daily two- to three-mile walks with his wife. Henry started his Monday walk at 4:45 a.m. and reached Union 6-V2 hours later. Henry, who lives just ofF McAlister Road, walked about two miles before reaching the Flying J Travel Plaza on Highway 203. Henry was greeted there by his daughter, Donna Lewis of Cove. Henry then walked east along Highway 203 into Union.

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Don Henry walked 14 miles Monday — from his home in Island City to downtown Union. Henry, who has battle prostate cancer recently, is 82 years old. The stretch ofhighway from Flying J to Union has a small shoulder but it did not bother Henry because he walked facing traffic and stepped away eachtime a vehicle approached. Henry had no close calls, but his family had a scare during the walk. His daughter, Donna, was in La Grande when she heard an ambulance siren. Itprompted hertocallherfather's cellphone to make sure he was OK. Donna later greeted her father as he entered Union. He tossed her a question that made her smile, "How far is it to North Powder?" The Island City resident was fresh even though he

had taken only two short breaks of 10 minutes or less during his journey. Henry made his walk 35 months after finishing a seven-week cancer treatment regimen in which he received 35 radiation treatments. So tired was Henry at the conclusion ofhis treatment that he did not go on any walks for three to four months. Later, he and his wife began walking two to three miles a day. Henry feared that he would be stifF when he woke up Tuesday morning, but fortunately his discomfort level was mild. "I felt a lot better than I thought I would," Henry said.

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Joe and Faith Miller, the North Powder couple accused of multiple sex crimes, bothpleaded not guilty to all charges against them Monday afternoonin Uni on County Circuit Court. The Millers each pleaded not guilty to a total of 32 countsofalleged sex

charges. The couple appeared separately in court via a video transmission from the Union County Correctional Facility. The Millers' not guilty pleas were made for them via their legal representation.

Joe Miller, 69, and Faith Miller, 55, both face multiple counts of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, firstdegree sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. The Millers were arrested April 25 by the Union County SherifFs Office following an April 23 joint secret indictment warrant, according to court documents. The crimes allegedly took place between June 2011 and July 2013. According to the Union County SherifFs Office, the

victim is a female minor. The allegedcrimes were reported in July 2013 when a relative of the victim filed a complaint. A months-long investigation ensued, culminating in a grand jury secret indictment. The Millers are being held at the Union County Correc-

tional Facility on $300,000 bail each. The next court appearance for Joe Miller and Faith Miller is set for 8:15 a.m. June 10 in Union County Circuit Court.

UNION — Carter Wells' careeras a schooldistrict superintendent is ofF to a promising start. Wells, who is completing his first year as the Union School District's superintendent, has received a two thumbs-up job performance evaluation from the Union School Board. cThe boardfeelsthedistrict is moving forward in a positive fashion while in the hands of Carter Wells," said Tim Rynearson, chair of the Union School Board, while summarizing the board's evaluation. Rynearson said the board is pleased with is his energy level and commitment. "Carter's work ethic and passionforeducation arepart ofthereason forhissuccess while he continues to learn his new role," Rynearson said. The board is also commending Wells for his efforts to get the school district's teachers to develop creative ways to improve the education they are providing students. 'There is a lot of out-of-thebox thinking and application going on by all stafFu Rynearson said. The evaluation also makes note of Wells'"proven ability to developworking relationships with his stafF" as anotherpositive attribute. Wells took the reins of the Union School District on July 1. He had earlier served as Union High School's principal for five years. Wells has continued to serve as high school principal since becoming superintendent. uiThe positive evaluation) is very, very meaningful to me. I cannot say enough about what the board does for the schools and the kids," Wells said."Union is a wonderful place forkids.The stafF and community rally around our schools and have made them something to be very proud of."

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oun commentsonlower ImnahaRangeAnalysis • County wants grazing allotments kept open By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

The Wallowa County commissioners weighed in on the Lower Imnaha Rangeland Analysis when it submitted written comments last week duringa 45-day comment period following the release of the drak statement. According to the WallowaWhitman National Forest, livestock grazing has been permitted on the Cow Creek, Toomey, Rhodes Creek and Lone Pine allotments since the early 1900s and for as many as 200 people before the areawas established asa national forest. It continues to be an important contribution to the economy and rural lifestyle of Wallowa County. Periodically, the grazing management strategies and the condition and trends of thevegetation and soilsneed to bereviewed and evaluated to determine whether to con-

tinue the permitted grazing for the established numbers. Through the 20th century, as lands in the canyon country became designated as national forests, beginning with the Imnaha Forest Reserve in 1907, grazing activities became moreregulated and adjusted to address effects on otherrangeland resourcesin the canyon, and the number of animals grazed continued to be reduced. In 2004, permitted grazing on National Forest System lands within the Lower Imnaha project area were reduced again to their current use numbers. That resulted in the lowest head months of livestock in recorded history in this canyon country. According to theforest,this has allowed the rangeland resources in the area to recover from intensive past management activities. Winters are mild and summers can be intensely hot and dryin the project area. The grazingseason isgenerally from November through May. The proposed action includes adjusting season of use and

timing of use in pastures to address resource concerns about potential impacts to the threatened plant Spalding's catchfly and its habitat, and potential impacts to deep soils on steepnorth-facing slopes; improving livestock distribution by creating new and reconfiguredwater developments in order to reduce impacts on rangeland resources; and decreasing the interactionbetween recreationist and livestock along popular recreation trails, in campsites along the Snake River and in wilderness areas. Wallowa County supports Alternative B, with modifications. This alternative authorizes cattle and an incidental level ofhorse grazing within the Lower Imnaha allotments. The level of permitted use would be similar to past levels authorized through term grazing permits that are administered each year by annual instructions and authorized by the payment of grazing fees. Alternative B requires permittees to achieveproper livestock distribution through

herding and salting techniques and maintenance of existing water developments and fencing. A totalof1,255 head months oflivestock would be authorized on the 5,824acre Cow Creek Allotment annually between Feb. 1 and May 15. A total of 4,495 head months oflivestock would be authorized on the 22,660acre Rhodes Creek Allotment annually between Nov. 1 and May 15.A total of 97 head months ofhorse grazing would occur in the Homestead pasture within the allotment and on adjacent private pasture. The Lone Pine Allotment is vacant because a previous permit was canceled due to non-compliance. Alternative B would permit the level and system of grazing that was in placemost recentl y before the permit was canceled in 2010. A total of1,833 head months oflivestock grazing would be authorized in the 11,138-acre Lone Pine Allotment between Dec. 1 and May 31. The Lone Pine Allotment is currently

being grazed by a Nez Perce tribal member per his reservedtreaty rights. A maximum of 1,000 head months oflivestock grazing would be authorized in the 4,276-acre ToomeyAllotment annually between Nov. 1 and May 15. The letter from the county to theForestService said it did not support Alternative A, the"no action" alternative, because oftheincreased intensity and frequency of fire when grazing is removed and fine fuels and noxious weeds establis h themselves. The county's letter said it objects to the idea of using the Lone Pine Allotment as a forage reserve used by ranchers whose grazing allotment has beencompromised by fire or other natural events. The letter said that moving cattle onto an allotment that the herd is not familiar would be problematic, agreeing with language in Alternative B that moving in new cattle all the time could lead to overgrazing. Alternative A would eliminate grazing with one ratio-

nale that livestock take away from a wilderness experience. The county's letter said that the Lower Imnaha area is a very small part of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. 'There are thousands of acres of the HCNRA to have a 'no cow' experience," the letter said."If you choose to visit a permittedarea,expectto encounter a valid and traditional use occurring." The comment period closed May 12. The Forest Service is reviewing the content analysis of the letters received, said Jodi Kramer of the WallowaWhitman National Forest. Once all letters are analyzed and substantive comments identified, that information goes to the team, Kramer

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COVE — The Cove Memorial Day lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Cove United Methodist Church. The ala carte menu will include sandwiches, salads and homemade pies.

UNION — The South County Health District has rescheduleditsregularMay meetingfor 7p.m .Tuesday in the conference room of the Union Family Health Center. An executive session will follow. The meeting had

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She said District Ranger Kris Stein estimates it will be at least 35to 40 daysbefore a preferredalternativeis selected and the final environmental impact statement and draft record of decision is released. Following that, a 45-day objectio n processbegins.

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meet Monday UNION — Friends of Union FFA will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Ag Room at Union High School. Summer fundraising and the election of officers are on the agenda. Friends of Union FFA

is a nonprofit organization thatprovides support to the Union FFA program. For more information, call Val at 541-975-9495.

Alumnibanquet set Saturday evening WALLOWA — The 94th annual Wallowa High School

Alumni Banquet will take place Saturday. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and the dinner at 7 p.m. in the Beth Johnson Room, on the east end of the Wallowa Elementary School building. For more information on the banquet, call Carol Jean at

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meets Monday The La Grande High School Class of 1947 will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the Flying J Travel Plaza. Everyone is welcome.

OalrUAmzs Lota Mitts La Grande An informal celebration of life will be held for Lota Mitts at 2 p.m. Friday at Tamarack Court Apartments, 1613 21st St., in the community room. Mitts, 85, of La Grande, died April 9 at Grande Ronde Hospital.

acguelynn Ellen odthman La Grande A memorial service will be held for Jacquelynn Ellen Boothman at 11 a.m. May 28 atSt.Peter'sEpiscopal Church. Casual dress is requested by the family. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

David Gary Wegner Formerly of Union County David Gary Wegner, 68, of Nampa, Idaho, and formerly of OregonCity and Union County, died at his home in

Nampa Friday. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center.

Daniel Ray Carr La Grande 1967-2014 Daniel Ray Carr, 46, of La Grande, died April 8 at his residence. No services are planned at this time. Daniel was born June 26, 1967, in La Grande to Paul Edward and Betty Jean iAndersonl Carr. He was raised in LaGrande.He met and married Benita D. Williams. Daniel was a heavy equipment operator and a rock crusher. He loved hot rods, fishing and archery hunting. His favorite sport was

NASCAR and all kinds of racing. Daniel was known as the best husband and father, family members said. Daniel is survived by his wife, Benita D. Williams; daughter, Alexandrea Carr of La Grande; sons, Bailey and Hayden Carr of La Grande; stepsons, Chris Gonsalves of

La Grande and Tod Feusi and David Medina, both of Sacramento, Calif.; Carr step d aughter, Latrisha Williams of La Grande; sister, Sue Carr; brother, Dennis Carr; and two nieces. He was preceded in death by his sister, Cheryl Lynne Carr. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the family to help with funeral expenses in care of Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande,

OR 97850 Online condolences to the family may be made at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com

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Creek Cemetery in Joseph. Patricia was born Sept. 30, 1930, in Arlington, Neb., the daughter of Merritt and

to operatetheresortfor 20 years. During this time, Pat was also a partner in the Lostine Fabric Shop and four other Ruth iJensenl Cook. The family lived in Nebras- fabric stores in Oregon and ka andFloridabefore settling Washington. In 1988, she on a dairy farm at Nemaha, successfully ran for the office of Wallowa County Iowa, in March 1940. commissioner. Pat was a good student Serving as commissioner and athlete. She played on the high school girls basketfor one term and county ball team in the Iowa state judge for one term, she was tournamentand graduated the first woman in Wallowa from high school in 1946 at County history to serve in the age of 16. thosepositions. Patricia was married to Pat loved to cook, bake and Raymond Combes during a entertain family and friends. blizzard on March 7, 1948, She was an accomplished at the Methodist Church in seamstress, an avid gardener, Nemaha. The wedding party a voracious reader and an was delivered to the church eager traveler. She and Ray by the local snowplow spent 14 winters in Calidriver. fornia and Arizona making The couple farmed near many new friends. Pat was Nemaha until 1956, when a proud member of Wallowa they moved to Carnation, Wash. In 1961, the family I moved to Oak Grove. Pat and Ray moved to Wal1311 Adams • La Grande • 963-3866 www.lagrandemovies.com lowa County in 1970 when I they purchased Benson's Log PREMIERTHURSDAY X-MEN: DAYSFUTUREPAST(PG-I3) Cabins at Wallowa Lake. ReTHURS:I0:00 naming the business Eagle GODZILLAiPG-13) Cap Chalets, they continued Action So-fi AaronJohnsonJu~etteBinoche /

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested: Isaac Emmanuel Smith, 20, Florida, was arrested Monday on charges of improper use of 911, theft of services and third-degree theft. Arrested: Gregory Espinoza, 51, unknown address, was arrested Monday on a State Parole Board warrant charging probation violation on an original charge of assault. Arrested: AdeI a M a rg 0ri e Rhynard, 21, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday on a Benton County, Wash. warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of third-degree theft.

Arrested: Justin Andre Chadwick, 24, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday night on a charge of disorderly conduct.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Tyron Mimitte, 26, transient, was arrested Monday on a charge of violating a no contact order. On Tuesday, the subject was arrested while lodged in the Union County Correctional Facility on charges of first-degree burglary, coercion, domestic menacing (two counts), domestic strangulation and fourth-degree domestic assault. Arrested: Daniel Michael

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Stewart, 43, Summerville, was arrested Monday on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of third-degree theft. Arrested: Bryanna Richelle Eickstaedt, 28, unknown address, was a rrested Tu esday morning on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of second-degree theft. Arrested: Byland Douglas Greene, 21, unknown address, was arrestedTuesday on a Union County Parole and Probation warrant charging parole violation on original charges of first-degree burglary and firstdegree theft.

Arrested: Caleb Richard Matteson,35, unknown address, was arrested on a Union County warrant charging probation violation on other charges of menacing, recklessly endangering another and pointing a firearm at another.

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

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County Rotary and a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years and her parents. Pat is survived by her daughter, Colleen Stransky and husband, Dr. Jerry Stransky; son, Steve Combes and wife, Susie; daughter, Bev Hayward and husband, Mike seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by siblings, Anita Hamm, Don Cook and Marlene Nelson. Memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation or the Joseph United Methodist Church Memorial Fund.

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The Oregon Legislature prodaimed in 2011 that 11-1 is the right ratio of employees to supervisors in state government. Gov. John Kitzhaber s~ed it into law. And now that law — based on the really stupid idea that there is a right ratio — is producing really stupid government. Where did the 11-1 goal come from? Unions backed it. The law was supposed to improve state government by thinning out"unnecessary and counterproductive layers of excessive management." Did the state carefully research what the right ratio was for Oregon?

Nope. It was picked because Texas used it. That's better than picking a number out of thin air, but not by much. It's been three years since the first iteration of the 11-1 law hit Oregon, so what has happened? The Legislative Fiscal OKce reported this month that problems have happened. The report outlines five. 1. The Department of Administrative Services' decision to round numbers creates significant errors. "Without the rounding, only slightly over half of the agencies certified as having met the" ratio actually achieved it. 2. The law has a way of encouraging agencies to achieve only the minimum improvement in the ratio everyyear,because doing more than that would make it harder for them to hit next year's target. 3. Anecdotal information and reviews of documents suggest that individuals are being reclassified into new positions and simply continuing to be compensated at the old rate. 4. There is no information available to show if the changes actually improved agency operations. 5. There is no penalty if agencies don't hit the required goals. We're all for cutting fat in state government. But there is no magic ratio of employees to supervisors. It depends on the employees. It depends of the supervisors. It depends on the nature of the work they do. This law did not improve state government. What the law did do is push the state toward a higher ratio of union-represented employees and a higher ratio of stupid laws. •

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• Title II of the Secu re Rural Schools Act pays out more than$193,000 to county By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

The Regional Advisory Committee, which oversees eight Eastern Oregon counties, approved allofthe projects proposed by Wallowa County at its annual meeting in La Grande. The Wallowa County Natural Resources Advisory Committeereceived proposals forforestprojectsin March. Its technical committee reviewed the projects, ranked them and assigned dollaramounts beforerecommending the results to the standing committee, which gave the go-ahead to the tech committee's suggestions. The Regional Advisory Committee, made up of a variety ofnaturalresource stakeholders, reviewed projects submitted by Grant, Harney, Malheur, Wallowa, Baker, Umatilla, Morrow and Union counties. The Lower Joseph Creek Implementation Project

received $20,000 for data collect ion,development ofan environmental assessment, help with National Environmental Policy Act work and possibly fund projects such as culvert fixes and road

diameterto provide 20-foot spacing. The U.S. Forest Service maintenance. Hells Canyon National RecreThe Wallowa Ranger ationArea received $18,109 to Distric treceived $31,800 fora treat weeds within the 2012 steelcattle guard fortheW al- Cache Creek Fire perimeter. lowa Mountain Loop or Forest Weed treatment will be foService 39 Road. This is phase cused around old homesteads, livestockoperations and areas two ofprojectson theDivide associated with fire supprescattleallotment and replaces the remaining"paint on cattle sion in the Jack Lowry drainguard"with a steeldeck cattle age, along the Cache Creek roadside, in Cache Creek guard a quarter mile from hayfield s and on Garden Salt Creek Summit. Wallowa Resources Creek, Baldwin Creek, Cherry received$28,090 tocontract Creek and Jim Creek. Water developments on weed control in 45 riparian the Divide Allotment will be acres and 110 upland acres on Joseph Creek and the put in using $36,040 in Title Imnaha Canyonlands. II funding. Eight upland waTwo miles of fence will ter sources, including springs and water troughs, will be be built on the west side of Swamp Creek with $25,000 developed for livestock. in Title II funding. The The Umatilla National fence will allow a pasture to Forestreceived $15,004 from the county's Title II funds be used before July 1 that currently cannot because of totreatweeds in 38 riparian acres and 105 upland steelhead in Davis Creek. The fence will allow for betacres in the Grande Ronde Canyonlands. ter pasture management by All money must be alcreating two pastures out of one, allowing for grazing locatedto projectsby the rotation. Much of the fence is end of September, Wallowa only accessible by horseback County Commissioner Susan so the materials will have to Roberts said. be packedin to the site. Muddy Sled Fuels ReducContact Katy Nesbitt at tionreceived $19,100 to 541-786-4235 or knesbittCu/ contract hand thinning and lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Katy on Twitter 0IgoNesbitt. piling trees under 6 inches

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MOTION Continued from Page1A The county late last summer found out it would be the recipient of a $2 million grant from the Oregon Judicial Department as allocated by the Legislature. In accordance with an agreement signed in January by the county and OJD, the county must have a contractor and site plan ready by October of this year with construction completed by October 2015. The Shelter From the Storm lawsuit claims the county will unlawfully displace the nonprofit. The shelter's administrative building was completed in 1998 with the help of a community block grant on the county campus. The building is owned by the county and has been leased to the shelter. The suit seeks damages under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act and complementing Oregon statutes. According to the county's legal team, under those laws, the entity must apply for relocation benefits and assistance, which the shelter has not done. "Since Plaintiff could obtain the relief

sought through an administrative process, the administrative process must be exhausted be fore the circuit court has jurisdiction over this matter." — Union County attorney Brent Smith in a motion to dismiss the Shelter From the Storm lawsuit

sought through an administrative process, the administrative process must be exhausted before the circuit court has jurisdiction over this matter," the motion to dismiss says. The filing also says that injunctive relief is not a remedy available under the ORS's listed in the shelter's complaint. No hearings on the matter have been set. Judges Russ West and Brian Dretke will not be presiding overthecase,W esthassaid. Motions to recuse each of them have also been filed in the case. Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kducote@lagrandeobserver com. Follow Kelly on Twitter CfigoDucote.

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Laurie Brown, who works in advertising, and attorney Julie Engbloom arrived at Continued from Page1A the county building a little "It's amazing, all the before 8 a.m. The couple, community support," Jones, who celebrated their 10-year anniversary last month, got 42, said right after she and married later in the day. Redstone, 38, were married at Melody Ballroom. The two cWe always knew we women have been together wanted to spend our whole for five years, have lived as life together," said Brown. 'This opportunity has come. domestic partners forfour, and are expecting a baby this It feels right. Everything has " fallen into place." year. cWe arepart ofhistory. Kelly and Patty Reagan of County clerks across the state started issuing marriage Washington County took the licenses shortly after noon, day off to getm arried,taking when U.S. District Judge along their kids, 11-year-old Michael McShane's ruling Kaelan and 7-year-old Sophia. The couple has been together was announced. Multnomah for nearly eight years. County issued more than 70 "It's im portant forour before day's end, according to Oregon United for Marriage. kids to be part of this," Kelly Some couples in Portland Reagan said."It's the final lined up for their licenses validation for them; this is more than four hours before the official stamp." McShane released his opinion. Added Patty Reagan: "It's

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future being too different." Barreto isexpected to easily win the general electioninNovember, when he faces Democrat Heidi Van Schoonhoven,also a Cove resident and La Grande business owner. He isn't getting ahead ofhimself, though. "I'm not going to take my competitor lightly. You don't take them for granted," he sard. Barreto campaigned on bringing jobs back to the region and taking a business-minded attitude to Salem. The end of the campaign was heated as Turner was cri ticized foraccepting unionmoney and funneling it through a PAC. Barreto was also scrutinized forac-

cepting a $30,000 donation from Loren Parks, although Barreto later returned the contribution. Chris Barreto, who has managed her husband's campaign, said they will take some time off to regroup for the general election. She said they are confident they have passed the biggest hurdle in getting to Salem. cWe have felt all along we had strong support," she sard. If elected in November, Barreto would be the first staterepresentative from Union County since Mark Simmons held office in the

the final step to be truly a family. Everyone else takes for granted that they have this right." Oregon law has long prohibited same-sex marriage, and McShane's opinion came a decadeafterOregon voters amended the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Not everyone celebrated theruling.The Oregon Catholic Conference issued a statement saying"authentic marriage remains what it has always and only been accordingto God'sdesign: the loving union between one man and one woman for the mutual benefit of the two who have become one flesh and any children born of their union."

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• Vali's Alpine Restaurant celebrates with a 40th anniversary party on Friday By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

Some traditions are meant to be passed on from generation to generation. Vali's Alpine Restaurant is celebrating40 yearsofgreat foodlovingly prepared by the Vali family of Wallowa Lake. Michael Vali said he grew up in the kitchen at the elbow ofhis father, who was affectionately known as "Big Mike."As kids, Michael and his sister, Monica, helped their father make donuts in the morning before catching the school bus. "I had a little stool so I could twist the donuts in the morningand we made bread," said Michael Vali. Monica Vali went on to be a nurse at Oregon Health & Science University, but Michael Vali continued on as a fourth-generation baker in the family and graduated

from Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. Mike Vali came to the U.S. in the 1950s during a time of unrest in Hungary. He found a job baking in Roanoke, Va., before making his way to California, where he met his wife, Maggie, also a Hungarian immigrant. He landed a job making donuts and pastries in Santa Barbara, Calif., and for a while worked for General Motors, but food was his passion. In 1957, Maggie Vali said her husband helped open the Stardust in Las Vegas. Whileporing overpamphlets he picked up at an outdoors show, Mike Vali came across information on Red's Horse Ranch surrounded by the Eagle Cap Wilderness. An avid hunter and fisher,he combined his love of the outdoors and baking by moving to Wallowa Lake and opening

a restaurant serving Hungarian and American food, becoming an icon in Wallowa County for tourists and locals alike. Maggie Vali said she and her husband divided the duties of running the restaurant. "He did not like the front — his domain was the kitchen, and the front was mine. I can't be happier, it's a fantastic job — as long as I'm ableto shootthebreeze and give my customers a bad time, she said."

Pitching in to help Michael Vali's wife, Dionne, a trained pastry chef, said she and her husband came up to help with the family business when Maggie Vali, who runs the dining room alone, was diagnosed with cancer. They returned the following summer, giving

up jobs at a Las Vegas resort, and are now beginning their 10th season. 'That first year for us we had to learn everything," Michael Vali said."I forgot everything about running the restaurant." One of the most crucial things Michael and Dionne Vali had to learn were Mike Vali's recipes — he did everything by feel and by taste and didn't write anything down, said Dionne Vali. Maggie Vali said,"Mike didn't measure; these kids are precise." Dionne Vali said while watching Mike Vali cook she would say,"Stop, Pop!" and write his approximate measurements.ewe would scale it out, goulash or whatever, because there were no recipes, everythingwas offthetop of his head and he'd been doing it that way for 30 years."

Dionne Vali grew up in her grandmother's kitchen helping her do the Christmas baking and studied at both Costa Mesa Orange Coast College and California CulinaryAcademy in San Francisco. She said she met her husband while they were both working at a Disneyland restaurant. Mike Vali died a couple years ago, but the family businessremains avitalpart of the Wallowa Lake community from May to September. The last couple of years, Michael and Dionne Vali have stayed longer and longer into the fall, and they hosted Christmaspartiesforarea

businesses last winter. 'That time of the year we rekindle friendships and relationships," said Dionne Vali. For Michael and Dionne Vali, running the family restaurant gives them more time to spend with family than a job with two weeks' vacation. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, the Vali's invite the community to its open house, celebrating40 yearsin business, 10 years with Dionne and Michael Vali, and what would have been Maggie and Mike Vali's 50th wedding anniversary. "It's going to be a good year," Maggie Vali said.

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for ranch saddle bronc riders are almost filled, and the The Mountain High Broncs and Bulls Rodeo, bull riders are coming along. Wallowa County's kick-off All the major sponsors are rodeo of the summer got sold. Clowns this year are T.C. Evans as well as the Pro better with special recognition from the Western States West bull fighter of the year, Ranch Rodeo Association. Josh Canode. Enterprise is the only Daggett said there will be city in Oregon chosen for a 18 bronc and 18 bull riders. national tourofbroncriders. All entrants will compete ewe were chosen to be on in the first round or"long the national tour of champi- go," and the top six will be ons for the ranch bronc ridinvited back for the champiing — only one city in each onship round. of 11 states was chosen," For the second year, organizerLee Daggett said. Broncs and Bulls includes Mike McBeth of Emmett, wild horse racing. Daggett Idaho, 2013 Western States said there will be 12 teams world champion bronc rider, of wild horse racers. Wild horseracingwillbe preceded issettoappear along with at least eightofthe national by a Calcutta auction. finals qualifiers. The fun starts at 2 p.m. "So that' sa big deal," June 14, which is also Flag Day. Daggett said Broncs Daggett said. and Bulls partnered with Daggett said the entries

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Mike McBeth, reigning world champion ranch bronc rider from Emmett, Idaho, is scheduled to appear at this year's Mountain High Broncs and Bulls Rodeo at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds in Enterprise. Elks Lodge this year for a special Flag Day ceremony during the grand entry, which also features the Cowgirl Mafia drill team. After the main events, the audience is invited to participate in"$100 the Hard W ay" and"The Ring ofFire,"

County video lottery funds, $2,000 in Enterprise transient occupancy tax funds, $750 in Joseph transient occupancy tax funds, $400 from totaling $7,000 plus $6,700 in the Wallowa County Chamlocal grants. ber of Commerce, $300 from Oregon Community the Wallowa County Cultural Foundation gave $5,000 and Trust Coalition and $250 the Wildhorse Foundation from the Joseph Chamber of another $2,000 to mark the Commerce. nonprofit organization's firstThe funds will help pay ever foundation support. performers' fees,traveland Although this year's lodging expenses. festival will be the 36th, This spring, Alpenfest endAlpenfest is newly eligible for ed its fundraising campaign foundation grants because it of cellphones and launched a received a 501(clgl nonprofit vehicle donation program. To arrange for a vehicle determination from the IRS justlastyear. donation, go to Oregon's Previously, the festival Alpenfest's website, oregonalpenfest.com, and was a project of the Joseph Chamber of Commerce and, click on the"vehicle donation" link. Or call toll-free before that, the Wallowa Lake Tourism Committee. 877-999-8322 and mention Locally, Alpenfest has been Alpenfest. The 2014AlpenfestisSept.25-28. granted $3,000 in Wallowa Alpenfest, the nonprofit organizationthat produces Oregon's Alpenfest, has received two foundation grants

eventsthat pitnerve against bulls in the arena and a mutton-busting competition is open to the kids. Visit www.mountainhighrodeo.com for more information or see the Facebook page, "Mountain High Broncs and Bulls."

Craving for chocolate: Puppy makes itself at home in the mountains en I travel, I'm not sure what tickles me more: people who have never heard of Wallowa County or people who have. I'm used to living in obscure places — I lived in two small towns growing up. Typically, when I would say I went to Lakeview High School, the response would be,"In Washington?" even though there is no Lakeview in Washington. If I said I lived in Mapleton, I would get a blank stare. Then I went to a small college in the countryside of rural southern Maryland and the same phenomenon occurred. It is confused with Mt. St. Mary's, a Catholic college in northern Maryland, or some other St. Mary's like the one in the San Francisco Bay area. Now when I get a blank stare when I say I live in Wallowa County, I make a shape with my right hand, an

CANYON NOTES KATY NESBITT upside-down U, and say, you know, this part of Oregon? And I'll get a vague nod. Wine tasting in south central Washington, just three hours west, I got mixed responses. One tasting manager pouring samples of syrah said she had no idea where Wallowa County was, but her sidekick, pushing casedeals of pinot noir, asked us if we'd ever been to Imbler Creek. Well, no ... and I started scanning my brain,"Does that come off Mt. Emily or Mt. Harris?" It is in Washington, my Googling surmised. The next day we lunched with a friend in Richland, Wash. Everyone at the table knew of Wallowa County personally, and we traded stories of swimming at Blue Hole and thestriking contrastof

a hotImnaha day and the chilly temperatures of the trout-perf ectriver. Our hostess said she grew up on a cattle ranch in Washington — way outside of Tacoma and Olympia. She said the address was in one town, but the nearest town was in another direction, making it difficult to describe the location without Googling. She knows what it's like to have to use a paragraph to describe a place. The Scout and I haven't done much traveling this spring, but we have made a couple quick runs out of the county — one to Portland to buy a pickup; I tagged along for a much needed pedicure. Last weekend, we combined a triptoProsser,W ash.,for

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pinot noir and ... a puppy. The memoryisafunny thing. Some memories are as vivid as replaying a scene from a movie. Other times, even important incidences seem fuzzy. I've had seven dogs,and allbutone Igotas a puppy. All were successfully house-broken and learned to sit, but the rest of my dog training was hit or miss. I don't remember how long it took to potty train Finnegan, but I do remember that it took Bridey 14 months. Finn was into everything all day long, so he couldn't be

let out of my sight. Bridey chewed books and strew shoes around the house. What I do remember was how each of them stopped traffic when they were pups. Finn was a handsome boy and Bridey was dubbed, "cuteness on a rope" by a passerby while we were on a leash walk in a Portland park. That I remember well. We picked up Cavan, a 13-pound chocolate lab, and stoppedata petstore on the way home. I was so befuddled I bought the wrong puppy foodand forgotto gethim a

name tag, what with the 20 times I was asked, "Can I pet him? What's his name? How old is he?u Once back on familiar turf we stopped at a snow park on Tollgate so Cavan could experience snow and have a drink of snow melt. He may have been born in the desert, but this dog is a Wallowa County dog — swimming the rivers and Wallowa Lake, skiing McCully Creek Trail and keeping my foot warm as I scribble my stories. I'm sure many of them will be about him.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

THE OBSERVER — 7A

2014 PRIMARY ELECTION

BALLOT MEASURE 31-84

OREGON

Nongartisanmeasurewinseasily Wehby

Richardson

Republicans pick team to face Democrats The Associated Press

PORTLAND — Revelations that Monica Wehby's ex-husband and ex-boyfriend had bothcomplained to police that she harassed them did little damage to her campaign, assheeasily defeated state Rep. Jason Conger to take on U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley in the November election. Also in Tuesday's primary, GOP gubernatorial candidate Dennis Richardson defeated four rivals and will go up against Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber. But the surprise of the nightmay have been a big winin Jackson and Josephine counties by opponents of genetically modified crops. Voters in the Rogue Valley decided emphatically to ban geneticall y engineered crops. In the Legislature, grassrootsconservatives rejected establishment Republicans in threeoffour districts where they battled. Accepting victory in front ofcheering supporters at her campaign headquarters in OregonCity,W ehby addressedthe policereports that surfaced in the final days of the campaign. "I do have a message for those national Democrats who are willing to shred my family for their own political gain:People aretired ofyour dirty tricks,"Wehby said.AWe all know that the best way to defeata bully isto stand up to him, and that is exactly what we are going to do." Wehbywill face an uphill climb against Merkley, a firstterm Democrat. Republicans haven't won a statewide race in Oregonin more than a decade. 'There's a clear choice in the race for Senate between Monica Wehby, who will vote with national Republicans againstOregon'spriorities,and JefFMerkley, who fights for Oregon and puts Oregon first,D Merkleycampaign manager Alex Youn said in a statement. In Southern Oregon, Jackson County voters approvedby a 2-to-1 margin to outlaw genetically modified crops. A similar, lower-profile measure in neighboring Josephine County also was approved. Though it's a local issue, the Jackson County measureattracted national interest. A pairofcom pet-

ing campaignsraised $1.3 million to sway the county's 120,000 registered voters. Nearly $1 million of that money was raised in hopes of defeatingthe proposed ban.

Primary

• Measure will allow everyone to vote in county commissioner primaries

turns into grassroots movement

By Dick Mason The Observer

All registered voters in Union County will soon be able to participate in every election for Union County commissioner positions. Ballot Measure 31-84, which makes commissioner races nonpartisan, was overwhelminglyapproved by voters Tuesday, 3,691 i68.2 percent) to 1,721i31.80percent),duringthe 2014 primary election. The measure goes into effect in 2015,according torepresentatives from the Union County Citizens for Good Government. "I'm elated," said Jim Mollerstrom, a member of Union County Citizens for Good Government, the organization that petitioned to get the measure on the ballot. The large margin of victory did not surprise Terry Edvalson, another member of Union County Citizens for Good Government. A We predicted that we would get 69 to 77 percent ofthevote,"Edvalson said. The projection was based on informal polling and on how easily Union County Citizens for Good Government was abletocollectthe approximately 650 signatures needed to get the nonpartisan measure on the ballot. The organization collected about double the number of signatures needed in just five weeks. 'Very few turned us down," Edval-

The Associated Press

SALLOTS OPfLY TAX EATNEAT SOX CLOSED

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Joe Corsini of La Grande drops off his ballotTuesday morning at the Daniel Chaplin Building. Union County's voterturnout inTuesday's primary election was 41.14 percent. son said. The measure's passage means that county commissioner elections will be more inclusive. Presently, the primary elections forpositionsare closed to those not aflrliated with the party of those running. 'The mission all along has been to include more people, to allow more people to be able to vote," Mollerstrom sard. Edvalson said it makes sense for the county commissioner system to be nonpartisan since so many of the decisions commissioners make are nonpartisan. Former Union County Commissioner Colleen MacLeod, who opposed theballot,said thatitpassed because

ofhow it was framed by supporters. "I think it is really sad that it was portrayedas everyone willlose their ability to vote if it does not pass," MacLeod said. She said that it is important for candidatestokeep theirpartyidentifiers. MacLeod believes the measure may help erode this. MacLeod, a Republican, served on the Union County Commission for nearly 12 years. Union County Commissioner Bill Rosholt said he thinks it speaks well of our governmental system that a group was able to use the ballot initiativeprocessto accomplish itsgoal. "It just proves that our way of government works," Rosholt said.

WALLOWA COUNTY

'ssioner race

Castilleja wins co • Incumbent commissioner re-elected tosecondterm aftergetting 55percent of the vote in Republican primary By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

ENTERPRISE — In a rematch of the 2010 county commissioner race, incumbent Paul Castilleja was chosen by Wallowa County Republicans to retain his position, defeating Marc Stauffer by nearly 200votes Tuesday in the Republican primary.

Castilleja garnered 839 votesfor55 percent votes overStauffer's662toearn a second term. "It was a close and well run race on behalf of Marc Stauffer," Castilleja said."I want to thank the citizens of Wallowa County for giving me a second term. Let's see if we can get something done for the county like the

C astilleja

St a u ff er

transferofpubliclandsact and getthestate on board and get the land back to the county to manage." Stauffer, an Enterprise businessman and in his second year as the Wallowa CountyChamber ofComm ercepresident,said he respectsthe decision ofthe

voters. "The Republicans of Wallowa County have spoken and I respect that. I wish the best for Paul in the next four years," Stauffer sard. According to the county clerk's tally,48.82percent oftheballotswerereturned fora totalof2,321. Contact Katy Nesbitt at 541-786-4235 or knesbitt0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Katy on Twitter 0 IgoNesbitt.

BALLOT MEASURE 31-85

a ministratormeasurefalls • Elgin ballot measure falls by only four votes By Dick Mason The Observer

The City of Elgin will not be changing how it selects its city administrator. Voters narrowlyrejected a ballotmeasure Tuesday that would have changed the city's administrator position to an appointed one. This means the position will continue to be an elected position. Ballot Measure 31-85 was defeated166-162.Despitejustsix votes separating the outcome, the margin

was not close enough to trigger an automatic recount, according to Union County Clerk Robin Church. This is the third or fourth time in the last20yearsthatvotershave rejected an attempt to make the City of Elgin administrator position an appointed one, said former City of Elgin Administrator Joe Garlitz. He said that this vote was closer than many of those in the past. Garlitz believesone reason the vote was closer this time is that the city had a difficult time filling the position after Terrie Richards resigned on

short notice on Sept. 23, 2013. "Because of the struggle to find someone there was a bit more sentiment to change," said Garlitz, who served as Elgin's city administrator for 20 years through 2008. Garlitz believes that the movement to make the city administrator position an appointed one is not dead. "I suspect that we will see it on the ballot again," he said. Contact Dick Mason at 541-786-5386 or dmason C lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Dick on Twitter 0 IgoMason.

PORTLAND — Conservatives appear to be winning the fight for the soul of the Republican Party in the OregonstateHouse, decisively beating back establishment candidates Tuesday in three offour districts. Rep.Jim Thompson of Dallas was defeated by Polk County GOP chair Michael Nearman, who had backing from social conservatives. Thompson's support for a ballot measure that would legalize gay marriage was unpopular on the right. Two other conservatives, Bill Post of Keizer and Greg Barreto of Cove in Eastern Oregon, defeated their establishment-backed opponents, Barbara Jensen and John Turner. "I just think the conservative branch of the Republican Party is alive and well in Oregon," Post said following his victory. The lone bright spot for the GOP establishment was delivered by Rep. Vic Gilliam of Silverton, who was poised to hold on to his seatdespite aw ell-funded challengefrom conservative Marion County GOP chair David Darnell. Backed by cash from a handful of wealthy donors and interest groups, the outsiders are carrying the lag forconservatives tired of f seeing Republicans advance theiragenda by making deals with the Democrats who control the Legislature and governor's office. Challengers slammed Thompson and Gilliam fortheirvotes to create a health insurance exchange, which was later branded Cover Oregon. The incumbents said they were joining a majority of House Republicans in backing a state-run exchange over a federally controlled one. But to grassrootsconservatives, the votes were tantamount to supportingthe Affordable Care Act, the president's health care law that's reviled on the right. Gilliam also ran afoul of conservatives with his ardent support for a bill granting driving privileges to people who can't prove they're legally in the U.S. Critics collected signaturestorefertheissue to voters, and it will appear on the November ballot. Conservative Nevada business owner Loren Parks, who has ties to Oregon, figured prominently in some of the races, providing much of the funding for Gilliam's opponent.

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OREGON U.S.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Walden, Schrader beat back challengers -"""'"" "-'"-'"'""'"'"'"'-"'" May's focus is • Walden will face Community Democrat Aelea ChristoA'erson The Associated Press

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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-oregon, second from left, at table, meets with FDA Deputy Commissioner Mike Taylor in this AP file photo. Walden defeated Dennis Linthicum in Tuesday's Republican primary. Linthicum had said Walden wasn't conservative enough and was too close to the GOP leadership.

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Schrader

PORTLAND — All five of Oregon's representatives in the U.S. House won their primaries. Only two incumbents had challengers in Tuesday's election. Republican Rep. Greg Walden defeated Dennis Linthicum, who said Walden wasn't conservativeenough and too close to the GOP leadership. In November, Walden will face Democrat Aelea Christofferson, who defeatedtwo other Democrats to receive her party's nomination. Rep. Kurt Schrader defeated fellow Democrat Anita Brown.

Yates

He'll face Clackamas County Commissioner Tootie Smith in the general election. She defeated political consultant Ben Pollock. In the GOP contest to take on Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, only a few hundred votesout of24,000 separated Republicans Jason Yates and Delinda Morgan. Republican James Buchal and Art Robinson ran unop-

posed. Thegl face Democratic Reps. Earl Blumenauer and PeterDeFazio,respectively.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 The Observer

ON DECIC THURSDAY • Prep softball: Stayton at La Grande, Class 4D playoff play-in game, 4 p.m. • Prep baseball: Tillamookat La Grande, playoff play-in game, 1 p.m. • Prep track and field:Joseph, Cove, lmbler qualifiers at 1A OSAA state championships, Eugene,TBA • Prep track and field:Elgin, Enterprise, Union qualifiers at 2A OSAA state championships, Eugene,TBA

PREP TRACIC AND FIELD

PREP SOFTBALL

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: ::• CLASS2A: Husky pole: :• CLASS 1A:Imbler • CLASS4A: Smith primedtocloseoutTiger : :vaulter hopes to rise to: g i rls sprint into state : :occassion in Eugene, 10A : 'fresh off district career with a bang

tuneup By Eric Avissar The Observer

State golf See how high school golfers fared at the state tournaments Monday and Tuesday,9A

AT A GLANCE

Heat defeat Pacers INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James and Dwyane Wade followed the same old scriptTuesday night. When Miami got into trouble, the AllStar duo bailed out the Heat. Again. James scored the first six points in a decisive 12-2 run, and combined with Wade for Miami's final 20 points in an 87-83 victory over the Indiana Pacers that left the Eastern Conference final tied at a game apiece. Wade, who had13 points in the Heat's 41-point first half, scored his final 10 in the fourth. James, who finished with 22 points, had12 in the fourth.

Cavs win lottery, again NEWYORK (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers' lottery luck just keeps going. The Cavaliers continued their remarkable run Tuesday, winning the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft for the second straight year and third time in the last four. They moved up from the ninth spot, when they had just a 1.7 percent chance of winning the top selection. "It seems surreal," Cavs vice chairman Jeff Cohen said. "This is three out of four years and we had a 1.7 percent chance of coming up with the first pick."

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La Grande High School senior Jasmine Smith practices for the triple jump during Monday's practice. Smith is a captain of the track team, and head coach Julie Bodfish said she's been an instrumental leader in helping bring out the best in her teammates throughout her high school career. By EricAvissar The Observer

"I think all foour kids

With six boys and eight in the top-eight foevery girls qualifying for the state after strong showings in the event." 4A Greater Oregon League — Julie Bodfish on La distric tmeet, head coach Grande's chances at state Julie Bodfish said she is "Amanda has been so not concerned about how the Tigersfareatthe state consistent for us throughout meet Fridayand Saturday her career," Bodfish said. "Every year she has been a in Eugene. "I am not worried about top performer. She's a super solid athlete and she can do how wefareoverallat anything she sets her mind state," Bodfish said."I just want our kids to do well." to. She's extremely talented On the girls side, Jasmine and Ilook forher todoreSmith and Amanda Welch ally well at the state meet." will be leading the charge Both Smith and Welch for the Tigers. Smith, who will take part in the 4-bywon the district meet in 400, which Bodfish believes both the 800 meters and the has a great shot at winning triple jump, will focus on state. "I think we have a really the field event as her lone individual event. As a junior, good shot at winning the Welch has qualified for state relay race because we won't allthreeyearsofher career, have to run the preliminary and will once again repretrials that we had during sent La Grande in the 1,500 district," Smith said."I think and 3,000-meter races. SeeLa Grande/ Page10A

By Josh Benham

The Observer

The individual awards Jessica Snider and Emma Bowers won were gratifying, but it was the Imbler team victory that was the most satisfying. Both girls were key cogs in the Panthers 1A Special District 4 girls team track title on Friday, combining for123 points,36 ahead of runner-up Crane. "I was very pleased with how wedid,"Im blerhead

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Union/Cove's Jaiden Wright delivered a nearflawless performance Tuesday. In a final tuneup game before the playoffs, Wright threw10 strikeouts while only giving up one walk and three hits in a complete game 4-0 shutout victory over Vale. Head coach Paul Phillips said she was battling significant hip pain during warmups, and was very proud of her performance.

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coach Heidi Bowers said. 'They are a very hard-working group of girls." Snider won the 200 meters, the high jump and ran as the anchor on the first-place relays in the the

4-by-100 and 4-by-400. "iJessical is peaking at

4-by-400." Smith decided herself to withdraw from the 800 me-

the right time," Heidi Bowerssaid."It'sbeen good to see her realize her ability. I wasn't surprised. I knew she had it in her." While the senior was ecstatic about thefi rst-place finishes, the fact five ofher teammates get to travel to Eugene with her is the icing on the cake. "I knew I had a chance to make state, so I'm happy I achieved my goals," Snider said."But I'm so pumped because we have the most

TONIGHT'S PICIC

Wrightdominates on the mound

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Throughout the season, La Grande track and field head coach Julie Bodfish has had a difficult balancing act in keeping her athletes healthy, particularly with standout senior Jasmine Smith. The cautionary measures taken paid dividends when Smith won both the 800 meters and triple jump at the 4A Greater Oregon District championships. "In some meets, Jasmine just competed in the triple jump, while in others she runs the 800," Bodfish said. "I'm a really strong believer in doing what's best for the athlete and not always what's best for the team all the time. What's best for Jasmine is to focus on the triple jump and run the

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La Grande's Shay Henderson makes his final push during the boys 4-by-100-meter relay race at the district meet. ters, and emphatically said it was a very easy decision. "I enjoy the triple jump way more than running the 800," Smith said."At SeeSmith/ Page10A

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have a shot at placing

OklahomaCity at San Antonio Will the Thunder even the series at 1-all, or will the

Wright

Spurs continue their hot stretch since the first round and put the visitors in a 2-0

hole? 6 p.m., TNT

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amazing team this year, and I can't wait to enjoy state with them." Bowers will be accompanying Snider after finishing first in the triple jump and 100-meter hurdles and running on the 4-by-100 team. "My goal was not necessarily to win districts, but to improve on my technique," Emma Bowers said."My technique was terrible last year,soitw asexciting to get thatdown fordistrict." SeePanthers/Fbge 10A

WHO'S HOT

Headingin with a 21-2 overall record and a 13-2 mark in 2A Special District 5, Union/Cove could have turned on the cruise control with nothing to play for at Vale. However, Jaiden Wright used her last regular season game todeliverwhat she said was her best performance of the season. Wright threw 10 strikeouts while giving up only one walk and three hits to pacethe Bobcats to a 4-0 non-conference victory. "I knew this game was going to be tough,"Wright said. "It's definitely a win we needed to keep our confidence up. Ihad greatmovement on my pitches, and I know I can pitch the best I can because our defense is amazing." Bobcats head coach Paul Phillips said he was proud of the way Wright battled on the mound because she had been suffering from hip pain dunng warm ps. "Jaidenfought through some real pain and pitched a great game," Phillips said. ''We played with a lot ofheart today, and it was nice to play some good, tough competition. We were relaxed with nothing on the line." Keesha Sarman opened up the scoring for the Bobcats with a first inning double to score Carsyn Roberts on a

mishandled pop fly. Union/Cove struggled heavily on offense afterward and had to wait until the sixth inning to put insurance runs on the board. Vale pitcher Sasha Morcon gave the Bobcats all they could handle for the majority of the contest, striking out four batters while allowing six hits. ''We hadn't seen a pitcher with her wind up," Phillips said."It was tough, and it took some getting used to. We hung in there and battled. She's a very unique pitcher." With two outs in the sixth, Delanie Kohl helped the offensive charge with a single off a pitch count with no balls and two strikes to advance Sarman to third. Sarman then scored off a Viki McCabe single after an attemptedthrow totheplate went awry. Chelsea Houck gave the Bobcats even more breathing room, hitting a deep single that scored McCabe and Kohl for the final two runs. The Bobcats will begin district play Saturday at 11 a.m. against Pilot Rock/ Nixyaawii in Athena. If they win, they will play WestonMcEwen/Griswold at 3 p.m. and will play an elimation game against Grant Union at 1 p.m if they lose.

WHO'S NOT

DWAYNE

PAUL GEORGE: WADE:With The Pacers' most Chris Bosh relied-upon offencontinuing to sive threat failed struggle offensively, Wade to deliver the goods in helped carry the load in Tuesday's loss to the Heat, Miami's Game 2 win over shooting 4-for-16 from the Indiana, scoring a teamfield. George finished with high 23 points with five just 10 points without atrebounds and five assists. tempting a free throw.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

THE OBSERVER —9A

SPORTS

P R EPBASEBALL

SCOREBOARD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League Baltimore New York Toronto Boston Tampa Bay

East Division W L Pct GB W C GB 23 20 . 535 23 2 1 523 '/2 24 22 . 5 2 2 '/2 20 2 4 455 3'/ 2 3 19 2 7 .4 1 3 5' /2 5 Central Division W L Pct GB W C GB 27 14 . 659 22 2 1 . 512 6 '/2 23 2 4 489 7 1'/2 22 2 3 .4 8 9 7 1'/2 2 1 2 5 .4 5 7 8' /2 3 West Division W L Pct GB W C GB 29 16 . 644 25 2 0 . 556 4 22 2 2 .5 0 0 6' /2 1 2 1 2 4 .4 6 7 8 2'/2 17 2 9 .3 7 0 1 2 '/ 2 7 -

L1 0 4-6 4-6 6-4 3-7 4-6

Str Home Away W-1 L-2 W-1 L-5 L-3

9 - 10 14-10 11-11 12-10 10-11 14-11 10-15 1 0-9 8 -13 11-14

x-Wednesday,May 28: LosAngeles at 0- 1 2 0 -17 20 116 35 299 Special District 7 Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Friday, May 30:Chicago atLos SD7 Al l RSRA RkRPI Grant Union 11-0 17-6 263 106 11 582 Angeles, 6 p.m. Union/Cove 8-3 10-10 164 144 20 484 x-Sunday, June 1: Los Angeles at Joseph/Ent 66 8 - 1216315333394 Chicago, 5 p.m. Wallowa 36 4- 1 4 112 215 43 333 Prairie City 0-11 0-16 35 366 50 219 Umatilla

GOLF

Softball Greater Oregon League

PGA Tour

GOL AII RS RA Rk RPI World GolfRankings McLoughlin 12-0 18-3 161 43 3 696 L1 0 Str Home Away ThroughMay 18 La Grande 5-7 8-13 132 140 26 489 Detroit 7-3 L -2 1 3- 8 1 4 - 6 1. Adam Scott AUS 7.99 Ontario 4-8 8- 1 2 130 128 31 431 2. Tiger Woods Minnesota 7-3 W-1 12-11 10-10 USA 7.85 Baker/PV 3 - 9 7 - 17 134 267 32 413 3. Henrik Stenson Chicago 4-6 W-2 11-10 12-14 SWE 7.72 Eastern Oregon League Kansas City 5-5 L-2 12-11 10-12 4. Matt Kuchar USA 7.12 EOL All RSRA RkRPI Cleveland 4-6 W-2 14-11 7 - 14 5. Bubba Watson USA 7.04 Ent/Jos/W 14-0 18-4 230 110 12 542 6.Jason Day AUS 6.61 12-2 19-6 248 102 9 585 Vale L1 0 Str Home Away 7. Sergio Garcia ESP 6.26 Elgin/Imbler 9-5 11-716612016504 Oakland 9-1 W-4 12-10 1 7 -6 8. Justin Rose ENG 6.11 Nyssa 9-5 1 0 -16 249 304 20 447 9. Jordan Spieth LosAngeles 7-3 W -1 12-12 1 3 6 USA 6.09 Echo/Stan 5 - 9 9 -14 140 158 21 445 1 0. Rory Mcllroy Seattle 4-6 W-2 8 - 10 14-12 NIR 5.76 Burns 4-10 4 - 18 142 270 28 346 11. Phil Mickelson Texas 3-7 L-1 12-13 9 - 11 USA 5.76 Riverside 3 1 1 8-16 177 232 25 386 Houston 6-4 L-1 10-15 7 - 14 12. Jim Furyk USA 5.48 Umatilla 0- 1 2 0 -17 39 314 34 266 13.Zach Johnson USA 5.33 National League Special District 5 14. Dustin Johnson USA 4.94 SD5 Al l RSRA RkRPI East Division 15. Graeme McDowell NIR 4.26 W-Mc/Gris 14-1 22-1 259 61 1 695 W L Pct GB W C GB L1 0 Str Home Away 16. Steve Stricker USA 4.26 Union/Cove 13-2 22-2 241 74 2 674 Atlanta 25 19 . 568 6-4 W-3 1 5-8 10-11 17. Jimmy Walker USA 4.21 Pilot R/Nix 9 - 6 1 6-8 167 61 11 564 18. Charl Schwarlzel Washington 24 2 1 533 1'/ 2 5-5 W-1 14-11 10-10 SAF 4.19 Grant Union 5-10 13-11 150 158 19 479 Miami 23 2 3 .5 0 0 3 1'/2 3-7 L -2 1 7- 6 6 - 1 7 19.Luke Donald ENG 4.01 Irrigon 2-13 5 18 111 188 26 396 Philadelphia 20 2 2 476 4 2'/2 5-5 W-3 8 - 12 12-10 20. Ian Poulter ENG 3.96 Hepp/lone 2-13 2-18 79 227 27 380 New York 20 2 4 .4 5 5 5 3'/2 4-6 L-2 9 -13 11-11 21. Keegan Bradley USA 3.94 22. Jason Dufner USA 3.94 Central Division 23. Victor Dubuisson FRA 3.88 W L Pct GB W C GB L1 0 Str Home Away 24. Patrick Reed USA 3.86 Milwaukee 27 19 . 587 5-5 L-4 14-10 1 3 -9 25. MiguelAngel Jimenez ESP 3.78 NBA Playoff Glance St. Louis 24 2 1 533 2'/ 2 6-4 W-1 1 2-7 12-14 26. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 3.72 Cincinnati 20 2 4 .4 5 5 6 3'/2 4-6 L-1 11-10 9 - 14 27. Lee Westwood ENG 3.70 All Times PDT Pittsburgh 18 2 6 .4 0 9 8 5'/2 4-6 L-1 12-12 6 - 14 28. Martin Kaymer GER 3.66 (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Chicago 16 2 7 .3 7 2 9' /2 7 4-6 W-3 10-12 6 - 15 29. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.63 EASTERN CONFERENCE West Division 30. Jamie Donaldson WAL 3.57 Indiana 1, Miami 1 W L Pct GB W C GB L1 0 Str Home Away USA 3.52 Sunday, May 18: Indiana 107, Miami 96 31. Webb Simpson San Francisco 28 18 . 609 5-5 L-1 1 4-8 14-10 32. Thomas Bjom DEN 3.52 Tuesday, May 20: Miami 87 ,Indiana 83 Colorado 26 2 0 . 565 2 4-6 W-2 1 6-6 10-14 33. Graham DeLaet CAN 3.45 Saturday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, '/2 LosAngeles 24 2 2 . 522 4 5-5 W -1 9 - 1 3 1 5 - 9 34. Bill Haas USA 3.24 5:30 p.m. San Diego 2 1 2 5 .4 5 7 7 3'/2 6-4 L-2 12-12 9 - 13 35. Jonas Blixt SWE 3.02 Monday, May 26: Indiana at Miami, Arizona 18 2 9 .3 8 3 1 0 '/ 2 7 5-5 L-1 6 -18 12-11 36. Hunter Mahan USA 3.00 5:30 p.m. 37. Rickie Fowler USA 2.99 x-Wednesday, May 28: Miami at lndi38. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 2.89 ana, 5:30 p.m. All Times PDT Minnesota5,San Diego 3 39. Ryan Moore USA 2.84 x-Friday, May 30: Indiana at Miami, AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday's Games 40. Stephen Gallacher SCO 2.72 5:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at Chicago 41. Harris English USA 2.72 x-Sunday, June 1: Miami at lndiana, Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 2 Cubs (Samardzija 0-4), 11:20 a.m. 42. Gary Woodland USA 2.71 5:30 p.m. Cleveland 6, Detroit 2 Cincinnati (Simon 5-2) at Washington 43. Francesco Molinari ITA 2.67 WESTERN CONFERENCE Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 0 (Roark 3-1), 1:05 p.m. 44. Matt Jones AUS 2.67 San Antonio 1, Oklahoma City 0 Toronto 7, Boston 4 Baltimore (Tillman 4-2) at Pittsburgh 45. Russell Henley USA 2.60 Monday,May 19:Sa n Antonio 122, Chicago Cubs 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 (W.Rodriguez 0-2), 4:05 p.m. 46. Joost Luiten NED 2.60 Oklahoma City 105 Seattle 6, Texas 2 L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 3-2) at N.Y. Mets 47. Matt Every USA 2.55 Wednesday, May 21: Oklahoma City at Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 6 (deGrom 0-1), 4:10 p.m. 48. Chris Kirk USA 2.48 San Antonio, 6 p.m. L.A. Angels 9, Houston 3 Milwaukee (Lohse 5-1) atAtlanta 49. Ernie Els SAF 2.48 Sunday, May 25: San Antonio at OklaMinnesota5,San Diego 3 (E.santana 4-1), 4:10 p.m. 50. John Senden AUS 2.46 homa City, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday's Games Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-4) at Miami Tuesday, May 27: Sa nAntonio at Detroit (Scherzer 6-1j at Cleveland (Eovaldi 2-2), 4:10 p.m. Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. (McAllister 3-4), 9:05 a.m. Arizona (Mccarthy 1-6) at St. Louis x-Thursday, May 29: Oklahoma City at Seattle (C.young 3-1) at Texas (Te(Wacha 3-3), 5:15 p.m. San Antonio, 6 p.m. San Francisco (M.cain 1-3) at Colopesch 0-0), 11:05 a.m. MLS Standings x-Saturday, May 31: San Antonio at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at Chicago rado (Chacin 0-2), 5:40 p.m. Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Cubs (Samardzija 0-4), 11:20 a.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 4-1) at San x-Monday, June 2:Oklahoma City at W D L GF G A Pts Baltimore (Tillman 4-2) at Pittsburgh Diego (T.Ross 5-3), 6:10 p.m. San Antonio, 6 p.m. New England 6 2 3 19 13 2 0 (W.Rodriguez 0-2), 4:05 p.m. Thursday's Games Sporting K.C. 5 2 3 15 8 17 Oakland (Milone 1-3) at Tampa Bay Philadelphia (Hamels 1-2) at Miami Houston 5 2 5 16 19 1 7 (Bedard 2-1), 4:10 p.m. (H.Alvarez 2-3), 9:40 a.m. D.C. 4 3 3 14 12 1 5 Toronto (Hutchison 2-3) at Boston San Francisco (Hudson 4-2) at ColoNew York 3 5 4 18 19 14 (Buchholz 2-3), 4:10 p.m. rado (J.De La Rosa 5-3), 12:10 p.m. NHL Playoff Glance Columbus 3 4 4 13 14 13 Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-3) at Washington (Treinen 0-1) at Pittsburgh Toronto FC 4 0 4 9 9 12 CONFERENCE FINALS Kansas City (Guthrie 2-3), 5:10 p.m. (Volquez 1-4), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia 2 5 6 15 20 11 All Times PDT Minnesota (P.Hughes 4-1) at San L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 7-1) at N.Y. Chicago 1 6 2 17 18 9 (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Diego (T.Ross 5-3), 6:10 p.m. Mets (Niese 2-3), 4:10 p.m. Montreal 1 4 5 8 18 7 EASTERN CONFERENCE Houston (McHugh 2-2) at L.A. Angels Milwaukee (Garza 2-4) atAtlanta WESTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 2, Montreal 0 (Weaver 4-3), 7:05 p.m. (Harang 4-4), 4:10 p.m. W D L GF G A Pts Saturday, May 17: N.Y. Rangers 7, Thursday's Games Arizona (Miley 3-4) at St. Louis (Lynn Seattle 8 1 3 23 19 2 5 Montreal 2 Texas (Darvish 3-2) at Detroit (Ray 5-2), 4:15 p.m. R eal Salt Lake 6 5 0 23 13 2 3 Monday, May 19: NY Rangers 3, Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0) at San 1-0), 10:08 a.m. FC Dallas 5 2 5 21 20 17 Montreal 1 Toronto (Buehrle 7-1) at Boston (Lester Diego (Stults 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Vancouver 4 4 2 16 12 16 Thursday, May 22: Montreal at NY 4-5), 1:05 p.m. Colorado 4 3 4 12 14 15 Rangers, 5 p.m. Oakland (Gray 5-1) at Tampa Bay 2 4 4 10 12 10 Sunday, May 25: Montreal at NY Rang- San Jose (Archer 3-2), 1:10 p.m. Chivas USA 2 4 5 13 20 10 ers, 5 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 2-1) at Baltimore Portland 1 7 3 16 19 10 x-Tuesday, May 27: NY Rangers at (W.chen 5-2), 4:05 p.m. Baseball LosAngeles 2 3 3 8 7 9 Montreal, 5 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-0) at Chicago Greater Oregon League Wednesday's Games x-Thursday, May 29: Montreal at NY White Sox (Noesi 0-4), 5:10 p.m. GOL All RSRA RkRPI Houston at D.C. 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After falling in a doubleheader sweep against Baker/Powder Valley that allowed the Bulldogs to clinch the league, La Grande will have to take the long road to postseason glory. The journey begins Thursday at 1 p.m., when the Tigers take on Tillamook at Pioneer Park. Despite the deflating 12-5 and 10-3 losses Friday, head coach Parker McKinley said his team is focused on the road ahead. '%e set the goal of winning the Greater Oregon League at the startofthe season, and it was tough to lose," McKinley said.'%e got beat, but now we will move on to the new season. OLIr guys are focused and they have learned something &om every game."

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After a season filled with a multitude of miscues, La Grande is finally starting to peak at the pefecttim e. "One game we didn't hit, we didn't pitch well the next — it seemed like no matter what we did, a wheel was always coming ofE" La Grande head coach Lin Casciato said. "Now I just keep seeing them execute every aspect, and that makes it real easy to coach." The Tigers are hitting their stride entering the playoffs riding a three-game winning streak. La Grande hosts Stayton in the play-in game for a berth in a first round. After sweeping Baker/Powder Valley last weekend to earn their berth, the Tigers

What: Stayton at La Grande, OSAA 4A state softball play-in Where:PioneerPakr When:4p.m., Thursday Team records: Stayton (13-9), finished third in the Oregon West Conference, La Grande (8-13), second in the Greater Oregon League

were on cloud nine. "I couldn't get them to carry the equipment ofFthe field All they wanted to do was enjoy it," Casciato said."They were just really pleased with themselves."

The team knows very little about their opponent, with Taft the only mutual opponent both teams have faced. Taft won two of three games overStayton,and defeated La Grande, 2-0. '%ithout seeing them before, it'll take some time adjust, but hopefully we figure it out quickly," Casciato said."I'm hoping we get a little magic and play with confidence." He added that while his team has been able to cut down on its errors, he knows the girls must remain sharp to advance. '%hen yougivethem unearned runs, you're not very happy," he said."Our errors haven't been hurting us anymore and we're not having those breakdowns."

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After struggling with his putting on Monday, La drastic improvement with Grande's Jake Girard found his putter. his groove on the second Evans said it was a special experience getting to follow day, shooting an 81 to finish tied for 20th Tuesday at the Girard around, as he was OSAA 4A state golf champithe only La Grande golfer to onship in Redmond. m ake it to state. "I've become very attached The senior totaled 163 strokes after his first-day to him," Evans said."He's round of 82, accomplishing worked so hard, and I've what he set out for at the watched him mature and start of the tournament. grow up. '%hen we got there, he The final hole of Girard's said his goal was to get a top- high schoolgolfcareerended 20 finish," Tiger head coach as a bittersweet moment. '%hen hefi nished,outof Ron Evans said."Jake was very calm, didn't get nervous joy, he tosses his ball in the in both of the rounds." water, and you could just tell A practice session what it meant to him," Evans Monday afternoonon the SRld. At the girls championship greens helped make a

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What: La Grande vs. Tillamook 4A play-in game Where: Pioneer Park When:Thursday, 1 p.m. Team records: Tillamook (12-8), finished third in Cowapa League, La Grande (15-11), finished second in Greater Oregon League Brown, McKinley said he expects the Cheesemakers (12-8 overall, 9-6 Cowapa League) to be a formidable foeforthe Tigers. 'They are a fairly young team with three seniors," McKinley said."I know that Matt Strang has been throwing really well for them. I expect to see a very strong opponent that hit can hit and defend well." McKinley added that all ofhis players are healthy and he has not chosen a starting pitcher.

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PANTHERS Continued from Page 8A Bowers was grateful she getsto experience the state tournament with a number of her teammates. "I did really well, but even more exciting than getting first at district was our team getting first," she said.'We had alotofkids thatset their goals really high and they reached them." The Imbler junior has m ade state thepasttwo years, getting third last season in the triple jump. However, injuries during both seasons have limited her performance. "It was really tough thinking about what could have beenafterthelasttwo state meets," Emma Bowers said. "This year, I've been working on my strength." Bowers earned the triple jump district title with a leap of 33 feet, 1.75 inches, which was the second-best mark in 1A this season. But Condon/ Wheeler's Ellie Logan, whose jump of 33-8.75 was the best in 1A, did not compete in districts, resulting in Bowers earning the top seed heading

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into Thursday. "It's really great sitting at No.1, but I want to come out to prove myself and hopefully come out on top," Bowers said. Snider also sits first in

the high jump (4-11), and her 200-meter time of27.45 seconds is second in 1A. The seniorwent to statelastyear, and her coach said the moment was an"eye-opener" for Snider. "Igottoseethe bigtrack last year, and it was such

Continued from Page 8A we will run a few seconds faster since we won't be as tired." Bodfish added that one of the biggest surprises she saw during the district meet was the 1-2-3 finish in the girls triple jump with Jasmine Smith, Rachel Alexander and Lauren March. She said she was disappointed that all three could not qualify for state in the event. Alexander will be taking part in both the long jump and triple jump after finishing second in both events at district. Hayley White will also be aiming to place at state after finishing first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.01seconds. On the boys side, Blaine Kreutz and Shay Henderson are expected to be two of the team'stop performers. Kreutz, a sophomore, won the long jump on Friday, then qualified for two more events on Saturday. Finishing with a personal best throw in the javelin at 186 feet, 5 inches, Kreutz edged out teammate Caleb Woodworth for first place. Bodfish said she could see Kreutz and Woodworth both contending for the state title in the javelin, as both have peaked at the perfecttim e oftheseason. Henderson will compete in the 100 -meter and 200-meter dashes after finishing with timesof11.32 and 23.06,respectively.H e finished second at district in both events. Bodfish also said she feels very lucky because all ofher athletes are healthy going

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a great experience," Snider sald. In last year's trip to state, Snider finished 10th in the 100 meters and eighth in the high jump. With the experience of the intimidating track in Eugene under her belt, she hopes to use that so there won't be as much of a shock to her this weekend. "I thinkitwill help me a lot because it's a little more familiar, and I don't think I'll be as scared," Snider said.

4A state qualifiers LA GRANDE • BOYS: Shay Henderson (100 meters, 200, 4-by-100 relay), Elliott Jonassaon (3,000), Blaine Kreutz (javelin, long jump, triple jump), Caleb Woodworth (pole vault, javelin), Noah McLean, Jay Jay Fogle, Ben Johnson (4-by-400 relay) • GIRLS: Cassandra Brownell (200, 4-by400 relay), Jasmine Smith (800, triple jump, 4-by-400 relay), Amanda Welch (1,500, 3,000, 4-by-400 relay), Heather Keniry (3,000), HaleyWhite (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Rachel Alexander (long jump, triple jump), Ally Tsiatsos (4-by-400 relay)

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Since he first qualifed forstate asa sophomore, Stephen Howes has continuously improved his pole vaulting results. This weekend, the Elgin senior hopes to reach new heights one last time. Howes placed first in the pole vault with a mark of 12 feet last Friday at the 2A Blue Mountain Conference League district championships. The Husky now enters the OSAA 2A track and field state championships set for Thursday and Friday in Eugene with the third-best vault to his name. His pole vaulting coach, Justice Weaver, has seen Howes significantly elevate his vaults each year. The Husky took eighth at state in 2012 before finishing second lastyear at12feet,03 inches. ''We worked long hours with him to where he could gettothatpoint,"Weaver said.'This year I told him to reach for a goal that you know youcan attain.W ehad to move up in pole size, and it was a little difficult at first." Howes went through growing pains after switching from a pole weighing 175 pounds to a 185-pound one, but feels he has adjusted to it now. "I'm very confident with the new pole now," he said.

UNION • BOYS: Trevor Verhelst (100, 200, 4-by-100 relay, 4-by400 relay), Riley Sheehy (1,500), Samuel O'Reilly (3,000), Ethan Black (110 hurdles), Daniel Colton, Kenneth Sipp, Brooke Scantling (4-by-100 relay, 4-by-400 relay) • GIRLS: Annie Duncan (100, 4-by-100, 4-by-400 relay), Elizabeth Herbes (200, 400, 4-by-100 relay), Katriel O'Reilly (800, 4-by-400 relay), McKenzie Evans (1,500, 3,000), Ellly Wells (1,500, 3,000) Stormy Bullard (high jump, 4-by-400 relay), Laura Herbes (pole vault, 4-by-100 relay), Lynn Shoemaker (4-by-100 relay, 4-by-400 relay) ENTERPRISE • BOYS: Alex Tyler (200, 400), Chaz Murray (800), David Ribich (1,500, 3,000, 4-by-400 relay), Kaden Lathrop (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, triple jump, 4-by-400 relay), Nathaniel Perren (300 hurdles, high jump), Chandler Burns (long jump, 4-by-400 relay), Daniel Kohlhepp (discus), Nikolai Christoffersen (javellin),Trent Bales (4by-400 relay) • GIRLS: Dawn Mist Movich-Fields (800), Hannah Schaafsma (shot put, discus), Sarah Madsen (high jump), Katie Birkmaier (triple jump) ELGIN • BOYS: Carson Reid (800), Stephen Howes (pole vault) • GIRLS: Aria Higgins (400, 4-by-400 relay),Theresa Smolkowski (300 hurdles, 4-by-400 relay), Jesseka Collins, Stormy Silver (4-by-400 relay)

Weaver said he was not surprised with Howe's inital early struggles adjusting to the new pole. 'The moreyou vault,the more you get in tune,"Weaver said."I t'soneofthe more technical events in track." Howes set his personal recordof13feetearlierthis season, and believes he can even go higher. "I'vedone 14feetin prac-

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into the state meet injury-fiee in spite of the high school's poor facilities. ''We've had issues because this track is ridiculously bad and causes the shin splints," Bodfish said.'We've had to be very creative to keep the kids on the grass and running hills at other placesto prevent ourkidsfrom being injured due to our facility. Other than a lot of people getting shin splints early on, we've been very healthy. I think all of our kids have a shot at placing in the top-8 of every event we are competing in." ContactEricAvissar at 541-963-3161 or e-mail him at eavissar@lagrandeobservercom.Follow him on Twitter CIgoAvissar.

"Once I finish at North "Last year I went into it Idaho, I'm thinking about thinking I was definitely going toplace in the 800 meters Continued from Page 8A joining a Christian-based Bible college," Smith said. and didn't even make finals," "I'm also interested in going the district meet, I jumped she said."I ran a really bad 34 feet, 9.25 inches, but the into the medical department 800, got down on myself for of the U.S. Navy." triple jump, then I got really school record is 35-7, and I really want to break that." After finishing the regular down on myself and was late Smith, who started runfor the 4-by-400 and everyseason ranked first in the ning track in seventh grade, district in the 800 and triple one was freaking out. It was said she is happy with how jump, while at one point just a bad time." she hasperformed in spite of also holding the top spot in Insteadofsetting a placeearly season injury struggles. the 400, Smith has used the ment goal for the state meet, 'This season has gone Smith said she is squarely fopostseason as a process of whittling down what is most cused on breaking the school pretty well," Smith said."I struggledearly on because of important to her as her high record. Bodfish believes shin splints. They were a big school track career winds Smith is more than capable of doing so. dealbecause ifthat'snottak- down. Smith said she has "I hope she gets the school en care of right away, it could learned to figure out what's most important to her as recordand placeswellat have spreadto therestof my legs. We took care of that, a competitor after a disapstate," Bodfish said.'We will and I've been able to progress pointing finish in last year's really miss her. She's an throughout the season, which statemeet. amazing girl." is what I hoped for." Smith also said that dealing with rainy weather has forced her to figure out how much she truly wants to maximize her potential. Elizabeth Herbes ''When it's raining, I Union definitely don't want to go Sophomore outside and do stuf," Smith Won the 200 meters and 400 said."But you have to push meters at 2A-4 Blue Mt. Conf. through it and pay it forward Championship. if you want to see results." Ran anchor leg on first-place 4-by-100 meter relay Smith is set to graduate this spring, and has decided to attend Northern Idaho Proudly College in Couer d'Alene. She saidher fi rstloveis soccer, Sponsored and isexcited to play forthe by: Cardinal women's soccer www.byrnesoil.com team. Once she has comLa Grande STORAGE TANKS FUELS FREIGHT HAULING pletedher associate' sdegree, 804 21st St. Convenient Locations to Serve You: Smith said she will likely P.O. Box1112 Walla Walla, WA 1205 N. 11th Pendleton, OR La Grande, OR choose between two very La Grande, OR97850 804 509-527-31 40 518 S.W. 6th 21st Street 1-800-572-8900 541-276-3361 different options for the next 541 463-4932 963-4932 chapter in her life.

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IMBLER • BOYS: Reese Acquistapace (800 meters), Gary Combe (3,000), Riley Merrigan (triple jump) • GIRLS: Jessica Snider (200, high jump, 4-by-100 relay, 4-by-400 relay), Malia Hassan (200, 400, 4-by-100 relay, 4-by-400 relay), Emma Bowers (100 hurdles, triple jump, 4-by-100 relay), Kristen Allstott (400, 4-by-400 relay), Hannah Wilhelm (4-by-100 relay), Kailey Smith (4-by-400 relay) COVE • GIRLS: Morgan Reddington (100, 4-by-100 relay), Hannah Brazil (1,500, 3,000), Molly DelCurto (4-by-100 relay, pole vault, long jump), Mikayla Murchison (shot put), Saskia Lay, Danielle Noble (4-by-100 relay) JOSEPH • BOYS: Wil Story (1,500), Wyatt Warnock (shot put, discus), Gage Jarman (pole vault) • GIRLS: Isabelle Tingelstad (1,500, 3,000), Addie Kilgore (800), Ally Cooney (high jump)

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plantedalfalfa seed,cabbage iplanted April 21 through June 10l, onions iplanted Feb. 15 through May 15l, Conservation Reserve Program and all other spring planted crops is July 15. The following exceptions apply to the above acreage reporting dates: • If the crop has not been planted by the aboveacreage reporting date,then the acreagemust be reportedno laterthan 15 calendar days after planting is completed. •Ifa producer acquires additionalacreage after theabove acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendars days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office. •Ifa perennialforage crop isreported with the intended use of cover only, green manure, left standing or seed then the acreage must be reported by July 15. For questions regarding crop certificationand crop lossreports,contactthe Union County FSA office at 541-963-4178 ext. 2.

Union County eligible for emergency loans Union County was declared a contiguous disaster due to drought and heat using the streamlined SecretarialDisaster Designation process. Under this designation, producers with operations in any primary or contiguous county are eligible to apply for low interest emergency loans. The streamlined disaster designation processissues adroughtdisasterdeclaration when a county has experienced a drought intensity value of at least a D2 iseveredrought)levelforeightconsecutive weeks based on the U.S. Drought Monitor during the crop year. Emergency loans help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding and other natural disasters or quarantine. Producers have eight months from the dateofthe declaration toapplyfor em ergency loan assistance. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent oflosses, security available and repayment ability. Producers can borrow up to 100 percent of actual production or physical losses, to a maximum amount of $500,000.

New bed and breakfast opens in downtown Baker City Janet and Larry Wood have opened the Dancing Goat Inn bed and breakfast in an historic home near downtown Baker City. The couple, who recently moved to Baker City from Central Oregon, looked throughout Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington before they"fell in love with Baker City," Janet Wood said. eWe wanted to open a bed and breakfast and when we opened the door of this house we said'this is the place,"' she said. The 1930 home, at 2315 First Stu was originally built as the parsonage for St. Stephens Episcopal Church, and more recently was owned and renovated by the Timm family. The Dancing Goat Inn includes three guest rooms, including a king suite with a fireplace and a family suite that includes one room with a queen-size bed and a separate room with two twin beds, Janet

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Pre-commercial thinning on the Green McCoy timber sale outside ofWallowa was contracted by Wallowa Resources.

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In the vast, everchanging econom -ictandsmpe o ftheruralWestjobsare the most pressirg issue, hand-in-hand with preservinI,itscustom and culture. In Northeast Oregon, regulations affect the natural resource economy, whether it's farming, ranching or timber harvest. One organization works to improve the landscape while providing much-needed jobs. Enterprise's Wallowa Resources supports the region in a variety of ways from facilitating collaborativemeetings among forest stakeholdersto providing educationopportunitiesto contracting work to local companies. Since 1999, the homespun organization has contracted $6 million worth of work, said Director Nils Christoffersen. Eric Borgerding runs a business from his home in Imnaha. His crew contracts to build fence and control noxious weeds through Wallowa Resources. "They doa greatjob,especially for Wallowa County where jobs are so scarce," Borgerding said. Borgerding said Wallowa Resources helped him line up enough work to hire another employee. "My big thing about them is creating that one job that represents more money respent in the county, which helps other businesses," Borgerding said.eThey facilitate those jobs on a local level much easier than government agencies. I've been working for them since their inception and their main

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Wallowa Resources helped get funding to start a new mill in Wallowa, Integrated Biomass, owned by Jesse and Dave Schmidt. Logs brought in off forest contracts are used for firewood and chips to run wood-fired boilers. scene seems to stay the same with realcompetent people." When the community started Wallowa Resources in 1996, the downturn of the timber industry was hurting Wallowa County's economy, Christoffersen said. Commissioner Ben Boswell met Martin Goebel of Sustainable Northwest at an Association of Oregon Counties meeting and they discussed their concerns about Pacific Northwest rural communities. Wallowa Resources was born out of this concern with support

from agroup oflocalleaders who put their heads together tocreate an entity to support communities through transition. eWe wanted to promote forest watershed and community health while creating familywage jobs and business opportunities and broaden understanding of the connection between community well-being and a healthy ecosystem," Christoffersen said. As the organization grew, Christofferson said they focused SeeResources / Prtge 3B

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ISLAND CITY — The owners of Ruff and Rustic Mercantile on Walton Road are making their own statement for local law enforcement, mounting an ongoing campaign to buy equipment for the Union County Sheriff's Office and the multiagency SWAT team. Ruff and Rustic sells guns, ammunition, outdoors equipment and supplies. Owners Mike and Lindi Voss are in the midst of raffling off 600 rounds of American Eagle 223 ammo, with the proceeds going toward the purchase of a custom-built Intacto Arms AR-15. The rifle in turn will be donated to SWAT. Voss said he needs about

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About thiscolumn Small Business Happenings covers Northeast Oregon's small-business community. The column carries news about business events, stattupsand owners and employees who earn awards and recognition or make significant gains in their careers. There is no charge for inclusion in the column, which is editorial in nature and is not ad space or a marketing tool. Products and services will be discussed only in general terms. Email items to biz@lagrandeobserver.com or call them in to 541-963-3161. Baker County residents can submit items to news@bakercityherald.com or call them in to 541-523-3673.

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orbesreported that millions of employed Americans are switching employers each month. Here are seven reasons why your direct reports are leaving you to earn a paycheck elsewhere. First, because of the layoffs, downsizings and leaving vacancies open when employeesvoluntaril y resigned or retired, many employees are now working the jobs of two, perhaps three people. These same individuals may not have been given raises in years. Chances are you have not told them when they can expect a raise, or given them any idea as to the amount or percentage when raises are given. Second, peopleleaveifnot challenged. Ifyourdirectreports don't have new things to learn, keep in mind that low levelwork isarootcausefor boredom and disengagement. To engage and retain your best people, you need to have them thinking strategically, not livingin day-to-day operations. Ifyou can't provide an opportunity for higher level thinking, another employer will. Third, if you are micromanaging people, it is probably driving your better people nuts. When I was in a key management role and I was constantly being questioned about my time, my goals and my budget, it drove me to realize I was working for the wrong owner. I had hoped I was viewed as a trusted member of management and as such, I expected significant latitude in leading my department. If that trust did not exist, why was I working there? Fourth, regular feedback is more than nice, it is necessary. Putting off performance appraisals and hearing generic comments such as "keep up the good work" is demeaning. Key employees need to understand what they are doing well and what they need to bedoing differently. How can an organization improve if the people in it do not? As the owner, you owe it to helppeoplebecome better. They cannot do that on their own. SeeKeller / Page 3B

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$1,700 to buy the weapon, and added that he doesn't expect the raffle to raise that much. He said thatafteralltheraffle tickets have been sold, he'll launch into another fundraiser.

"I think I'll get about $250 for the raflle tickets, and once that's done I'll raffle something else. If I have to do this by going out and picking up pop cans, I will," he said. Voss said he and his wife are passionate supporters of police offic ers,and are moved to act because local agencies are underfundedand don'thavemoney in theirbudgets forextras. "The problem is, SWAT doesn't have all the equipment they need," Voss said."If we're sending SeeSupport / Page 3B

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Nongrofitomers neededhelgto region'sseniors • Experience Works provides training, service referrals, job search assistance By Bill Rautenstrauch For WesCom News Serwce

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Senior citizens looking for work have another option to explore, now that Experience Works has expanded coverage to Eastern Oregon. The nonprofi torganization's Senior Community Service Employment Program provides paid community Standeford service assignments with local public and nonprofit organizations. The program includes training, referral to needed services and job searchassistance atnocost for those who qualify. "In this difficult economy, many older Oregonians are finding it necessary to find w ork. Unfortunately,fi nding ajobcan be difficultforolder workers who have not looked for employment for some time or for those who have been unsuccessful in their job hunt. Our program is a steppingstone forpeopledesperate for work," said Janet Standeford, local employment and training coordinator for Experience Works. Experience Works was founded in 1965. In October of that year, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Economic OpportunityAct, and a short time later Green Thumb, Inc., was launched as the first non-profit organization to run ajobsprogram fordisadvantaged rural Americans. Green Thumb, which later changed its name to Experi-

To find out more about Experience Works or to apply, contact Standeford at 541-5236331.

ence Works, proposed taking the"green thumbs" of poor, olderand retired farmers and putting them to work to beautifyhighways.Today, program participants work in a variety of public and nonprofit facilities including hospitals, schools,daycare centers and senior centers. Standeford said the Senior Community Service Employment Program expanded recently to include 10 counties in Eastern and Southern Oregon — Union, Wallowa, Baker, Umatilla, Grant, Klamath, Lake, Morrow, Harney and Malheur. She overseestheprogram from her office in Baker City. "It's about helping people 55 and over who can't get jobs as easily," Standeford said. "Sometimes it's difficult for them to compete because their skills have become outdated, or they've been out of the work forceso long employers perceive their skills as outdated. We put them into training so they can show some experience on their resumes." Standeford said a limited number of openings are now available. Applicants must meet income eligibility

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Northeast Oregon Economic Development District helped fund the removal of a buried gas tank on theWoody Wolfe Ranch that is part of a permanent conservation easement with theWallowa LandTrust. The district received a $400,000 grant to help local private and public entities clean up brownfield sites.

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EPA for brownfield assessments," Executive Director Lisa Dawson said."They can be done for anyone who needs them, either public or private entities, and we can give them the potential to have something better happen — like taking a property and putting it into long-term easementorredeveloping industrial land instead of letting it sit vacant." Dawson said Phase 1 is generally a document search and a site visit. With what documentation can be found, phase two begins with sampling and testing whatever needstobe tested — soil, air or water. This leads to an analysis ofbrownfield cleanup alternatives and what can be done to fix it. This spring, Wallowa Land Trust and the Woody Wolfe Ranch received funding to locate and remove a gasoline tank. "The Land Trust was the first to take us up on a petroleum-only grant," Dawson said. Julia Lakes, the trust's conservationdirector,said the initial goal was to put 454 acres of the Wolfe Ranch intoa conservation easement in two phases. In 2011, 197 acres were protected from development at the confluence of the Lostine and Wallowa rivers. The trustis now in the process of

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Chief Executive Officers from acrossthe nation rated Oregonthe 38th beststateto do business in, according to Chief Executive magazine's annual Best & Worst States for Business survey. The Best & Worst States Survey gauges the sentiment of CEOs on a variety of measures they view as critical, including the tax and regulatory regime, the quality of the workforce and the quality of the living environment. Five hundred CEOs participated in the 2014 survey. 'The rankings are crucial, as CEO sentiment drives investments in offices, factories and other facilities that bring jobsto aregion,"according to the magazine. Oregon's 3.9 percent gross domestic product is1.4 percent higher than the national average. However, the state's 7 percent unemployment rateand 10 percent tax rate are also slightly higher. "Oregon is going to kill the small business owner's incentives to remain in the state if the 13.6 percent maximum state income tax passes in November 2014," one CEO said in the magazine."Many of the successful small businessowners willrelocateto Washington state or other states." Texas was voted the top statefor business,followed by Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. California was named the nation's worststateforbusi-

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securing funding, both state and federal, for the remaining 257 acres. Lakes said when considering an easement, the trust always has to have an environmental site assessment, which can be done internally by thetrust'sstaff,butifthere are contaminants a third partyconsultantisused. "The trust is not buying or accepting an easement that is a super fund site or has a lot of issues like underground tanks that negativelyaffectconservation values," Lakes said. Lakes said while working on the second easement, the trust learned that the district had some funding available forbrownfield assessments and Wolfe knew there was an underground gasolinestorage tank. ''We contacted NEOEDD and went from there," Lakes sald. The tank was located, removed and the surrounding area tested. Dawson said the Department of Environmental Quality is doing the technical work and managing thecontractorsforeach of the brownfield assessments. Lakes said in the initial Phase 1 analysis, the trust wanted to find out what contaminants were there. ''We zeroed in on the tank and asked NEOEDD, Will you help us do an analysis?' We removed the tank, which involved some testing of nearby soil," he said.'There was a hole in the bottom of the tank so they did more extensive testing." Lakes said the trust is considering submitting a grant to the Natural Resources Conservation Service to fund a portion of the

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something better happen — like taking a property and puttingitinto long-term easement or redeveloping industrial landinsteadflettingitsit o vacant." — Lisa Dawson, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District executive director

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"The known cost of cleaning up the site was the same as the value of the property," easement's purchase price Dawson said."So we put and may applyforfunding together a plan whereby we through the Oregon Waterwould do the Phase 1 assessshed Enhancement Board ment." to match funding available Dawson said the district through the new conservawill do the Phase 1 and the tion easement program in analysis ofbrownfield alterthe Farm Bill. natives and then the school "The land trust ls here district will take ownership. to help landowners access The school district is funding for conservation," taking a couple extra steps said Kathleen Ackley, the further by educating stuWallowa Land Trust director. dents about the science of Dawson said the EPA the cleanup while introducing them to environmental grant needs to be spent by September 2016 and the careers. district is looking for other Dawson said if a landownrecipients in Baker, Union er goes through the process and Wallowa counties. of securing assessment "It's the only rural brown- funding and the site needs field community-wide asto becleaned up,thestate sessment grant in the state," can grant a loan. "On private properties the Dawson said. The Union County Airport terms aregood.Forpublic receivedfunding to look for properties the terms are underground fuel storexcellent," Dawson said. 'There's no repayment for age tanks and none were found, according to Dawson. public property." Another successful grant Dawson said the district through the program went has money left for petroleum to the Baker School District. contaminated-only sites that A Baker City couple left has to be used by September the property where their 2016 and projects need to be machine shop was operated identified soon.

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expected to consider the bill on Tuesday. While many schools have had success putting the rulesin place,othershave saidthey are too restrictive and costly. Schools pushing A GOP spending bill for changes say limits on soforagriculture and food dium and requirements for whole grains have proven programs released Monday would allow schools to apply particularly difftcult, while for waivers if they have a net some school officials say kids are throwing fruits and losson schoolfood programs for a six month period. vegetables they arerequired Championed by first lady to take in the trash. Michelle Obama, the new The House Appropriations standards have been phased Committee said in a release in over the last two school that the waiver language is in response to requests from years, with more changes coming in 2014. The rules schools. The School Nutrition Assetfat,calorie,sugarand sodium limits on foods in the sociation, which represents lunch line and beyond. school nutrition directors The first lady held a call and companies that sell torally supportersofthe foodtoschools,endorsed the healthier food rules Monday provision Monday and said as a House subcommittee is that schools need more room WASHINGTON — House Republicans are proposing to letsome schoolsoptoutof healthier school lunch and breakfast programs if they are losing money.

to make their own decisions. President Leah Schmidt said the group supports the waiver as a temporary solution until Congress considersrenewal ofa schoolfoods law that expires in 2015. "School meal programs need more flexibility to plan menus that increase student consumption of healthy choices while limiting waste," Schmidt. The School Nutrition Association says that almost halfof schoolm ealprograms reporled declines inm enuein the 2012-13 schoolyear and 90 percent said food costs were up. Nutrition advocates and othersupportersofthe rules sayit will take some time for schools to adjust and the House proposal is overly broad. Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says the

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~ he p lans to raise money for other gear officers mighthave on their wish lists. "I'm hoping to raise the first $1,700 Continued from Page 1B to buy them the AR, and then continue them out to do this job, they should have to raise money for tear gas launchers, what they need to do it safely. I'm not whatever they need to protect themgoing to give them money, but equipselves," he said. The raffle tickets are available at ment, and the first thing is the AR-15." Ruff and Rustic, 10703 Walton Road. Voss said thatonce therifle is pur-

Vosssaidthathe alsoisaccepting donations from people who may not have the need for ammo but want to help in the fundraising effort. "I think people will do that if it's for a good cause," he said."If it was my son or daughter out there, I'd want them prepared, rather than coming home deceased."

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Borgerding said besides the boost to his business he's seen the results of some ofhis work, like healthy aspen that were protected by fencing. 'There is real ecological value in what we do," he said. Forester Larry Nall said his primary role as a contractor forW allowa Resources is running their certification program, a voluntary marketing program for owners of timber companies from small landowners to large landowners. ailt's for) anyone who wants be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, proving that they manage responsibly and sustain-

Continued from Page 1B on what he calls stewardship contracting — work by local businesses improving the county's ecosystems. Christoffersen said Wallowa Resources was one of the first organizations that worked to shift from "low bid"to"bestvalue"contracting, which allows a bidder to include other criteria like experience, technicalproposals, past experience and references. 'The local benefit pushed the ForestServiceto utilize that here," Christoffersen sald. The Forest Service has a variety of contracting agreement mechanisms, partnership agreements and challenge/ costshareagreements,said Christoffersen. "All require us to have some skin in the game and requireus toleverage 20 to 50 percent," Christoffersen said."In doing that, we pool the money with other money w e raised from private foundations or organizations like Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and put the work out for bid." Christoffersen said this way the contracting usually moves faster than what the Forest Service can do on its own and announcements can be targeted within Wallowa and Union counties. "It's really good for the county and cuts down the

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Mike Hale, middle, and his family run cattle on an Imnaha ranch. Hale works with Wallowa Resources sampling soils on the range. said."Sometimes I bid ForestServicejobsand contractorsfrom outside the area are in the mix." Like other communitybasedorganizations,W allowa Resources works on public landscapes with the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to create consensus to break the conflict. aWe try to find the zone of agreement so the Forest Service can operate safe of appeals and litigations,"

KELLER Continued from Page 1B Fifth, the opposite of a micromanaging owner is the absentee owner. These are people with so many other activities going on, including perhaps other business interests, that they aren't around much and when they are around, they create chaos.

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House Republicans are using a"hacksaw rather than a scalpel" to try and solveproblems some schools are having. Wootan argues that there may be other factors in play such as enrollment or food costs if a lunch program is losing money. "It's a shame that the House Republicans are taking a step backward and allowingschoolstoservemore unhealthy food to children," she said. The House bill would provide money for Agriculture Department programs and Food and Drug Administration programs. It would also make tweaks to another nutrition program championed by the Obama administration, proposing to allow white potatoes to be accepted as part of USDA's Women, Infants and Children program.

Christoffersen said."In addition, we also play a role in the implementation and we have always done that, but we are very different. Other community-based organizations that hire their own peoplehave big summer seasonal crews planting, controlling weeds, fencing and doing fuels reduction. From the very beginning our role was to create new opportunitiesfortheprivate sectorand not compete with them."

They never talk to anyone; when they do the preferred communication method is to scream, pound a desk, point fingers and threaten everyone with losing their jobs. The phrase"or else" is used freely in these so-called discussions. Some people might put up with this, but the best people won't tolerate this abuse. The sixth reason is that it is all about the owner. Employees invest

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N all said there are tw o large Northwest groups with whom they work: one in Seattle with more than 100 members and one in Portland with approximately 40. These lands are from 10-acrewoodlots to 100,000-acre watersheds, both privately and publicly owned. Another group out of Portland has 35 or 40 manufacturers using sustainable certified material. He said they have clients in British Columbia and Canada as well. "Early on we thought if we got into certification we could help Northeast Oregon become certified if landowners chose to go that route," Nall said.aWe got involved because sustainable management dovetails nicely with the goal of good management."

time, effort, energy into your business in exchange for not just the present, but a future. In many ways, it is their company too. When the owner gets star billing over the business, look for the hard workingand dedicated to startlooking out more for themselves and less for the company. This culminates in a resignation letter. Finally,ifyou want people to stick

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Union Pacific Railroad Director of PublicAffairs Brock Nelson, left, hands a check to Lonnie Lester, president of the Grande Ronde Habitat for Humanity. The Union Pacific Foundation is granting more than $250,000 in 2014 to 42 Oregon nonprofit organizations, including the Grande Ronde Habitat for Humanity.

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in Oregon, new target: wildfire • Klamath Basin seeing influx of veterans becoming wildland firefighters The Associated Press

KLAMATH FALLSWhen Tim Gibilisco left the Army and his job as a sniper 12 years ago the transition to civilian life didn't go smoothly — until he strapped on a 45-pound backpack, carried it 3 miles in less than 45 minutes and passedthe testto become a federal wildfire fighter. Gibilisco is now a squad leader of a Bureau of Land Management fire crew based in Klamath Falls that was createdin 2012 aspartof a program funded by the Obama administration to put veterans back to work, the Klamath Falls Herald and News reported. aWith an infantry skill set, there aren't a lot of civilian jobs available," Gibilisco said. "Fire kind ofbridged that gap," he said.'There's a mission. There's a plan. There's a sequence. There's some importance to what

around, sacrificing today for the future, you have to de6ne and communicate what that futme is. Where can people go in your company? Is there room for growth or have they aheady topped out at age 35?What may be worse than not being able to communicate a futme for your keyemployees is constantlychanging whatit will looklike. Before you let your best people join the other 2.5 million Americans

you are doing. You're not just arbitrarily wandering around through life." Nine of the 10 firefighters at the Klamath Falls office are military veterans said crew supervisor Mike McGirr. As the fire season picks up, he predicts the crew will swell to 25, with as many as 18 members being former military. Most of the firefighters live in the Basin year round, and theprogram acceptsveterans from all over the United States, McGirr said. McGirr said former explosive technicians have developedanew protocolfor fuelremoval,and severalcrew members with combat medical training have improved the agency'smedicalprotocols. Physical fitness is critical for the "hand crew" firefighters dispatched to suppress fire in remote locations nationwide, he said. Gibilisco said the physical nature of firefighting is an aspectofthejob thatappeals to him, and he believes it's one of the forces that pulls the group together. "It's very similar to military life," he said."It's just a different job, is all."

this month departing their companies for another place to work, why don't you do your best to prevent that from happening? Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist basedin Valencia, Calif. He owns a leadership advisory firm specializing in small and midsize companies. He can be reached at KenKellerCSBCglobal.net.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifieds@bakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-64 The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifieds@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 110 - Self-Help Group Meetings

150 - Bazaars, Fundraisers AL-ANON. At t i tude o f VENDORS WANTED Elgin Lions River Fest June 14th. Contact ICay 541-437-5907 or

Gratitude. W e d n e sdays, 12:15 — 1:30pm. Faith Lutheran Church. 1 2th & G e keler, La Grande.

105 - Announcements C.N.A. CLASSES

BAKER COUNTY Cancer Support Group Meets 3rd Thursday of To begin June 2, 2014. every month at Apply at La Grande St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM Post Acute Rehab Contact: 541-523-4242 located at 91 Aries CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Lane or at Vista spouses w/spouses Specialty Care located (For who have long term at 1030 Adams Ave. terminaI illnesses) Meets 1st Monday of LAMINATION every month at St. Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM Up to 17 1/2 inches wide $5.00 Catered Lunch any length Must RSVP for lunch 541-523-4242 $1.00 per foot (The Observer is not LA GRAND E Al-Anon . responsible for flaws Thursday night, Freein matenal or dom G roup, 6-7pm. machine error) Faith Lutheran Church, THE 12th & Gekeler, LG. OBSERVER 541-605-01 50 1406 Fifth NARACOTICS • 541-963-3161 ANONYMOUS Goin' Straight Group PREGNANCY M t ct , SUPPORT GROUP Tues. — Thurs. Mon. — Pre-pregnancy, Fn. & Sat. -8 PM pregnancy, post-partum Episcopal Church 541-786-9755 Basement 2177 1st Street 110 - Self-Help Group Meetings Baker City AA MEETINGS First Saturday of every 2614 N. 3rd Street month at 4 PM La Grande Pot Luck - Speaker Meeting MON, WED, FRI NOON-1 PM NARCOTICS TUESDAY ANONYMOUS 7AM-8AM HELP TUE, WED, THU LINE-1-800-766-3724 7PM-8PM Meetings: SAT, SUN 8:OOPM:Sunday, M onday, Tuesday, Wednes10AM-11AM day, Thursday, Fnday AL-ANON MEETING Noon: Thursday in Elgin 6:OOPM: Monday,TuesWednesday Warnors day, Wednesday, Thurs Meeting times day (Women's) 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:OOPM: Saturday Evenings ©7:00 pm Elgin Methodist Church Rear Basement En7th and Birch trance at 1501 0 Ave. OVEREATERS AL-ANON-HELP FOR ANONYMOUS: families & fnends of alFn., 8:45 a.m. c oho l i c s . U n i on Presbyterian Church County. 568 — 4856 or 1995 Fourth St. 562-5772 Use alley entrance to Noah Room upstairs. UNION COUNTY AA Meeting Info. Y 541-663-41 1 2

210 - Help Wanted210 - Help Wanted210 - Help WantedBaker Co. Baker Co. Baker Co. BAKER SCHOOL DIS- BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 5J is currently accepting applications for an assistant girls' b asketball coach a t Baker High S c hool. For a c o mplete d escription of th e p osi-

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STEP FORWARD Activit ies h a s i m m e d i a t e openings for part time respite staff. This posi-

t ion can lead t o f u l l time w o rk . F u ll-time positions carry benefits; medical, life insurance, retirement plan, pd. holidays, vacation, sick l e ave . S t a r t ing wage i s $ 1 1 . 42/hr. Qualified a p p l icants m ust be 1 8 y r s . o f age, pass a c r i minal history check, & have a valid Oregon dnver's license. Apply at 3720 10th St., Baker City.

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140- Yard, Garage 140- Yard, Garage 140- Yard, Garage 140- Yard, Garage Sales-Baker Co. Sales-Baker Co. Sales-Baker Co. Sales-Baker Co. STORAGE UNIT SALE LIVING ESTATE SALE MULTI-FAMILY SALE. MOVING SALE. 2785 YARD SALE MAP D eer Creek R d , o f f 225 Foothill. Sat only,. p Main St. Fnd 8 — 4 & G Corner of David Eccles 8am — 3pm. Antiques, Rd and H w y 7 to In order to publish the J Hwy7. Fn. — Sun 3 9 - 5. Sat 3 9 — 2. Collectibles, 140- Yard, Garage Sales-Baker Co.

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675 HWY 7 B.C. Chnstain Church 2051 VIRGINIA. (Corner E of 3rd & Virginia Sts) pa rkin g Iot. Sat., 5/24; 7am -1 pm. Sat. May 24th; 9a — 2p Fabrics, sewing supLots of misc. plies & lots more! 555 COURT ST. Frank 6r Mary Bishop Living Estate Sale Saturday only 8 am- 5 p m . Fn., 5/23 & Sat., 5/24 SUGARSHACK GRAND OPENING Clothes, furniture, misc 8:30am -4 pm May23& 24: 9a — 3p Sun., 5/25; 11am — 3pm Corner of Clark 6r Baker Raffle — Door PnzesAntiques, vintage items, Refreshments 4 FAMILIES, 1 BLOCK Quality Inside/Outside collectibles, glassware, Between Resort & Elm Bazaar & Yard Sale furniture, tools, sporting Sts off Estes. Fn. to Vendors welcome goods, exercise equip., Sund 8am — 4pm. No bamboo fishing rods & 2375 Plum St. Baker City early birds, please. 541-403-0199 much more!

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06/02/2014 HEART 'N HOMEHospice & Palliative Care is l o o k i n g f o r a part-time CNA to work

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FULL TIME Bartender Days and Nights, must have or be able to obtain an OLCC server's permit. Apply in person at The Hideout Saloon at 219 Fir Street.

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TRUCK DRIVER. Flat LA GRANDE Post Acute bed d o u b l es . No R ehab located at 9 1 weekends r e q u ired. A ries L an e h a s a n Based in Baker City. opening fora F/T RN . Gary N. Smith TruckPlease apply at 91 ing. Contact M ike at A ries L an e o r ca l l 541-523-3777 541-963-8678 for more information. Eeo/aap employer. Deadline to Hiring Immediately

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High School Secretary. Adams Avenue, PO Salary; $ 1 0 . 1 5 t o Box 670, La Grande, $16.36/hour. For more 0R 9 785 0 , i nformation, p l e a s e 541-962-1316, contact the main office hburgess©cityoflgrande. at 541-437-1211. org. Closing date May 30, 2014. AA/EEO JV Volleyball Coach. For more information, conTYPIST/SECRETARY tact Paul Willmarth at (proficient in M icrosoft) 541-432-2321. needed 1 day a week Junior High Track Coach. For more information, contact Paul Wilmarth at 541-437-2321. Applications are located o n our District w e b s Ite:

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www.elgin.k12.or.us and any school office. 103 Adams Ave or call Mary at 541-963-4184. For more information, p lease c o n t act t h e mai n o ff i c e at VISTA SP ECIALTY Ca re 541-437-1211. Posii s looking fo r a f u l l t ime c h a rg e n u r s e tions open until filled. Elgin School District is RN/LPN. Sign on Boan Equal Opportunity nus and Benefits. Employer. Apply in person at 103 Adams Ave or Call Mary at 541-963-4184.

LA GRANDE Post Acute W.C. CONSTRUCTION R ehab located at 9 1 is needing Carpenters A ries L an e h a s a n for upcoming prolects. opening f o r a F/T Min 3 y e ars e x periCNA. Please apply at ence in new and re91 Aries Lane or call model Com. and Res. 541-963-8678 for more Construction. Framing, information. Eeo/aap Siding, Finish skills employer. Deadline to desired. Please send submit applications is r esu m e to 05/23/1 4. ddurfee©wcci1.com

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1-BDRM, UTILITIES paid 3-BDRM, 1 bath. $ 625 $475/mo + $300/dep W/S paid. Completely 541-403-0070 remodeled.Downtown location. 541-523-4435 1-BDRM. W/ S/G paid. $350/m o, $300 s ec uQUIET, COUNTRY NORTHEAST nty dep. 541-403-0070 setting on edge of town PROPERTY Newly Remodeled MANAGEMENT 2 BDRM $5 00./mo + 2-Bdrm, 2 bath 541-910-0354 $375./dep All utilities included WE BUY all classes of 1 BDRM $4 25./mo + $600/mo. $600 dep. horses, 541-523 — 6119; Commercial Rentals $320./dep w/s/g paid. Pet fnendly. Ref.checked J.A. Bennett L i ve- 1200 plus sq. ft. profesNo Smoking, No Pets. Blue Ridge Apts. / Baker stock, Baker City, OR. sional office space. 4 541-523-5756 720-376-1919

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3-BDRM, 2 bath, with modeled, aprox. 960 We offer clean, attractive and EOU. Studio al l Apartments for lease i n h i s t o ric pets/waterbeds. on 12 acres. sq. ft., 2-bdrm, 2-bath two b e droom a partutilities p a id, p l u s Pinehurst Apartments 15127th Street, La Mc Elroy Properties. Sommer Helm Build- fireplace Excellent view of apartment unit located ments located in quiet Internet and free laun1502 21st St. Grande, Oregon 97850 541-523-2621 ing, 1215 Washington Wallowa Mtns and on the 7th floor of The and wel l m a i ntained dry. No smoking, no La Grande Ave across from post 4-BDRM, 2 1/2 ba th in great fishing access. Baker Tower. Abunsettings. Income r epets. $375/mo. $300 office. 1000 plus s.f. Senior and Disabled Located on Hwy 86, North Baker. 3000 sq. dant natural light with stnctions apply. dep. 541-910-3696 A ttractive one and tw o great location $750 per Complex ICeating Valley. ft. Avail. May 3, Douv iews t o t h e s o u t h , •The Elms, 2920 Elm bedroom units. Rent month includes heat, b le Garage, S h o p, air, electric, gas, wa$159,900. east and west. StainS t., Baker City. C u r- CLOSE TO do wntown based on income. In- Affordable Housing! (541) 523-5871 Fenced yard. Beautiful less steel kitchen apre n t ly a v a i I a b I e a nd E O U , st u d i o , come restrictions apter, sewer, g arbage Rent based on inAndrew Bryan historic h o m e . No w/s/g pd, no smoking, pliances: Dishwasher, 2-bdrm a p a rtments. ply. Now accepting apand recycle. Available Pnncipal Broker come. Income restncSmoking. $ 1250/mo no pets, $375 month, Most utilities paid. On June 1st please call Oven, Refngerator, Miplications. Call Lone at tions apply. Call now p lu s d epos it . $ 30 0 depos it . crowave. Tile kitchen site laundry f a cilities (541 ) 963-9292. 541-786-1133 for more 3350 ESTES St. 3-bdrm, to apply! 541-403-11 88 541-91 0-3696. countertops. Tile floors and playground. Acinformation and view1 bath with attached 1 in kitchen and b a t hcepts HUD vouchers. This institute is an equal Ing. 1/2 garage on a corner Beautifully updated Com- CLEAN 1 bdrm, 1 bath, r ooms. St a c k a b l e Call M ic h e l l e at CLOSE TO downtown, opportunity provider. w/ basement, all appli- OFFICE SPACE, approx lot. $112,500. Please munity Room, featurnice 1 brdm, all utiliwasher and dryer lo(541)523-5908. ances. Great location. ing a theatre room, a 1300sq ft, r e ception call: 541-403-0958 ties pd, no smoking, c ated in u n it . W a t e r $550/mo plus dep. (Ir a nd waiting room. 3 pool table, full kitchen no pets, coin-op launand garbage paid for +SPECIAL+ last m o . re n t . No and island, and an offices, restrooms, all PRICE R E D UCED to dry, $500 mo, $450 by the Landlord. Elec$200 off TDD 1-800-735-2900 p ets/smoking. 2 2 4 3 electnc fireplace. utilities paid . $9 0 0 $155,000. Fully remoddep. 541-910-3696. tncity is paid for by the 1st months rent! 3rd. 541-519-0621. eled home in beautiful, Renovated units! month, $800 deposit. Tenant. Secured buildq uiet a nd priv a t e 541-91 0-3696. CLOSE TO EOU, sm 1 i ng on e v e ning a n d Welcome Home! KEATING AREA This institute is an neighborhood. Located Please call (541) bdrm, coin-op laundry, 3 -bdrm, 2 b a th . 2 0 0 0 weekends. No p ets, equal opportunity at 3660 9th Dr. 1300 963-7015 for more inno smoking/no pets, plus sq. ft. Oversized 780 - Storage Units no smoking. Off-street sq. ft. home is 3-bdrm, provider. formation. $350 mo, $300 dep. Call attached garage, barn p arking av a i l a b l e . 2 bath with office/launwww.virdianmgt.com 541-91 0-3696. Lease term of 1 year (Ir storage buildings. All 12 X 20 storage with roll (541) 963-7476 dry room (Ir attached TTY 1-800-735-2900 preferred. R e n t i s on 3 i r rigated acres. up door, $70 mth, $60 garage. Custom hardCLOSE TO EOU, small $950/mo plus dep. $735.00/ Month, Secu- TDD 1-800-545-1833 deposit 541-910-3696 wood cabinets, granite GREEN TREE studio, all utilities pd, This institute is an Equal nty Deposit of $550.00 Molly Ragsdale countertops, stainless no smoking/no pets, Opportunity Provider. APARTMENTS i s required a t l e a s e Property Management steel appliances, new $395 mo, $300 dep. 2310 East Q Avenue execution. Call: 541-519-8444 c arpet, tile (Ir w o o d UPSTAIRS STUDIO. 541-91 0-3696. La Grande,OR 97850 For more information f loors. 1/ 4 a c r e l o t ONE UNIT AVAIL. SINGLE WIDE, In Countmana er@ slcommunities.c • e J call 541-728-0603 or Remodeled, completely landscaped New Win- CLOSE TO park (Ir pool, try: 1 horse, steer or visit: www.bakerUnion County with automatic sprindows, Ne w E x t e rior 2 bd, no smoking, no outside pet ok. Water tower.com Income Restnctions Senior Living klers. Photos can be Paint. All utilities paid, pets, $450/mo, $400 (Ir sewer pd. $450/mo. Apply viewed at zillow.com. i ncluding D i s h n e t dep. 541-910-3696. 541-523-1077, evening + Security Fenced Professionally Managed Mallard Heights Contac t D an at CLEAN, QUIET 2-bdrm. work. Laundry on site. 541-523-4464, days. + Coded Entry by SENIOR AND DIS870 N 15th Ave 541-403-1223 S tove, f r i dge, d i s h- $475/mo w/$475 deGSL Properties ABLED HOUSING Elgin, OR 97827 w asher. $ 4 0 0 / m o . posit. 541-523-3035 or SUNFIRE REAL Estate + Lighted for your protection Located Behind P RICE RE D U C E D ! Clover Glen ApartLLC. has Houses, Du- + 4 different size units Contact Nelson Real 541-51 9-5762 2-bdrm, 1 bath home La Grande ments, 2212 Cove Now accepting applicaplexes (Ir Apartments Estate. 541-523-6485 on 75x120 ft. corner Town Center Avenue, tions f o r fed e r a l ly for rent. Call Cheryl + Lots ol RV storage UPSTAIRS S T U DIO. lot on paved streets. La Grande f unded ho using f o r Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City W/S/G (Ir heat paid. ELKHORN VILLAGE All utilities are on propClean (Ir well appointed 1 t hos e t hat a re 541-523-7727. L audry o n s ite . N o HIGHLAND VIEW off Pocahontas APARTMENTS erty. $42,500. Call for sixty-two years of age (Ir 2 bedroom units in a Apartments Senior a n d Di s a b l ed s moking, n o pet s . 752 - Houses for an ap p oi nt m en t quiet location. Housing or older, and h andi$350/mo (Ir $350 dep. Housing. A c c e pting 541-524-106 3 or for those of 62 years capped or disabled of Rent Union Co. 541-51 9-6654 800 N 15th Ave applications for those 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. 541-51 9-1 31 7 or older, as well as any age. 1 and 2 bedElgin, OR 97827 1 BDRM loft apt. En)oy aged 62 years or older $25 dep. those disabled or room units w it h r e nt country living $ 5 50, as well as those dis- 725 - Apartment 825 - Houses for (541 ) 910-3696. handicapped of any b ased o n i nco m e Now accepting applicautilities included. Pets abled or handicapped Rentals Union Co. Sale Union Co. age. Rent based on inwhen available. tions f o r fed e r a l ly on approval, pasture (Ir of any age. Income reA PLUS RENTALS come. HUD vouchers or rent, funded housing. 1, 2, barn for 1 horses avail. strictions apply. Call has storage units l ocated d o w n t o w n , accepted. Call Joni at Pro)ect phone ¹: and 3 bedroom units No smoking, Candi: 541-523-6578 availab!e. 541-437-0452 walking distance to lo 541-963-0906 with rent based on in541-805-8904. 5x12 $30 per mo. TDD 1-800-735-2900 cal businesses, nice come when available. $25-$35 per mo. TTY: 1(800)735-2900 and spacious, utilities 1507 1 ST. S t . 3 b / 2 b 8x8 $30 per mo. incl. 509-592-8179. This institute is an equal home, W/D included, 8x10 Pro)ect phone number: 'plus deposit' "This Institute is an fenced yard, $875/mo 541-437-0452 1433 Madison Ave., equaI opportunity CENTURY 21 TTY: 1(800)735-2900 or 402 Elm St. La 3 BDRM, 2 ba in Elgin. provider." PROPERTY NICE 1 bdrm apartment Grande. $800/mo. W/S pd. "This institute is an MANAGEMENT in Baker City. Elderly opportunity provider. Ca II 541-910-3696 (541 ) 910-0354 Must see listing! New equaI opportunity or Disabled. S u bsifloonng, paint, and La randeRentals.com provider." dized Low Rent. Beau3BDRM, 2BA, Mobile in counters $79,000. tiful River Setting. All LG, w/s paid, a/c, HUD American West (541)953-1210 280 S College, Union. u tilities p a i d e x c e p t NEWLY REMODELED 1 approved, $895 + dep. 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Request for Contracting Bids for the ImplemenI I I I Only 4,000 miles and IN THE MATTER OF) tation and C o nstrucs till u nde r Fa c t o r y THE ESTATE ) tion of the Clear Creek RESIDENTIAL LOTS on Warranty. $19,000 obo OF ) R estoration P r o l e c t q uiet c u l -de-sac, i n 541-962-0895 ) will be received from Sunny Hills, South LG. CECIL IC. FISHER, ) qualified vendors by 541-786-5674. Owner • I I Deceased. ) the Eagle Soil and Walicensed real e s t ate ter Conservation Disagent. I I I I I l t No. t rict, u n t i l 4 : 0 0 p m ~R June 16, 2014 at the Verna Gayle Byrd 130 Cncklewood Ave. NOTICE I S H E REBY Distnct Office, located I • I I I ROSE RIDGE 2 SubdiviHenderson, NV 89002 GIVEN that the underat 3990 Midway Dnve, sion, Cove, OR. City: I I • signed have been apBaker City, OR. P r oSewer/VVater available. pointed co-personal posals received will be I • I Attorne for Estate Regular price: 1 acre Floyd C. Vaughan r epresentatives. A l l opened the same day 1001 Baker County m/I $69,900-$74,900. OSB ¹784167 persons having claims and evaluated in June We also provide property Legal Notices P.O. Box 965 against the estate are 2014. management. C heck required t o p r e s e nt 1950 Third Street IN THE MATTER OF out our rental link on Baker City, OR 97814 them, with vouchers A mandatory pre-bid site THE ESTATE OF our w ebs i t e attached, to the undervisit of the work area FLORA N. JOHNSON, (541) 523-4444 www.ranchnhome.co signed C o - Personal will be conducted on Deceased. m or c aII Representatives at SilJ une 9th, 2014. A l l LegaI No. 00036011 State of Oregon Ranch-N-Home Realty, v en, S c h m e i t s & prospective bidders inPublished: May 14, 21, County of Baker In c 541-963-5450. 28, 2014 Vaughan, Attorneys at t erested i n t h e s i t e Clicult Couit Law, P.O. Box 9 6 5, v isit w i l l n e e d t o In Probate I Baker City, O r egon, R.S.V.P. by June 5th, I Case No. 14-299 GET QUICK CASH 97814, within four (4) 2014. All prospective months after the date b idders w h o hav e NOTICE TO WITHTHE of first publication of R.S.V.P.'d for the site INTERESTED PERSONS 880 - Commercial CLASS I FE I DS! t his n o t i ce , o r t h e v isit should m eet a t Property claims may be barred. the Distnct Office (adNOTICE I S H E REBYSell your unwanta owa e m o n a A ll p e rsons w h o s e dress above) in Baker BEST CORNER location GIVEN that the underHospital nghts may be affected City, OR at 8:30 a.m. for lease on A dams Will be accepting sealed signed has been ap- ed car, p roperty by th e p r o c eedings Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. pointed personal rep- a nd h o u s e h o l d bids on a 1 995 Ford may obtain additional Request for Bi d packLg. pnvate parking. Rer esentative. A l l p e r - items more quickDiesel E350 Econoline i nformation from t h e ages are available at m odel or us e a s i s . Van with d e commissons h aving c l a i ms records of the court, t he District Office. I f 541-805-91 23 s ioned am b u l a n c e against the estate are ly a n d afforda bly you have any q uesrequired t o p r e s e nt with t h e c l a s s i- the Co-Personal Repmodule, no longer suitresentatives, or the attions o r c o m m e n t s, them, with v o uchers able for medical transtorneys for the Co-Perp lease c o n t act t h e attached, to the under- fieds. Just call us portation . VIN ¹ sonal Representatives. D ISTRICT office a t signed Personal Rep- t oday t o pl a c e 1FDICE30FXSHCO283 541-523-7121 x 111 or Dated and first p ubresentative at Silven, 1 . No e q uipment i n lished May 14, 2014. email: a n l alina.lohnSchmeits & Vaughan, y our ad an d g e t cluded, as is — no warston©or.nacdnet.net. Attorneys at Law, P.O. ready ranty. t o st a r t Co-Personal Box 965, Baker City, To make arrangements y o u r ~R l t This prolect is funded in Oregon, 97814, within c ount in g for a personal inspecpart by funds from the four (4) months after cash. The Observer Tim Fisher tion contact Wallowa Oregon Lottery. Memorial H o s p i t a l, the date of first publi- 5 41-963-3161 o r Natalie Miller Nancy Harnngton cation of this notice, or 910 - ATV, MotorcyEMS Department at Legal No. 000036193 t he c laims m a y b e Baker City Herald cles, Snowmobiles 541-426-5405. Attorney for Personal barred. S ealed bids m a y b e l t 2003 ARTICAT 4x4 400. Published: May 19, 21, ~R A ll p e r sons w h o s e 541-523-3673. mailed or hand delivE xcellent c o n d i t i o n Floyd C. Vaughan 23, 26, 30, 2014 and ered to the Administraw/winch an d r a cks. OSB ¹784167 June 2, 4, 6, 2014 tion Office, Wallowa $3000. 541-419-8523 P.O. Box 965 Memorial H o s p i t a l, 1950 Third Street 601 M edica I Pa rkway, NOTICE OF Baker City, OR 97814 930 - Recreational Enterpnse, OR 97828. SHERIFF'S SALE (541) 523-4444 Bids must be received Vehicles on or before 3:00pm On June 24, 2014, at the THE SALE of RVs not May 26th, 2014 hour of 9:00 a.m. at beanng an Oregon inLegaI No. 00036041 t he B a k e r C o u n t y signia of compliance is 980 - Trucks, PickPublished: May 14, 21 fOr our mOSt Current offers and to C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 28, 2014 illegal: call B u i lding ups T hird S t reet , B a k e r browse our complete inventory. Codes (503) 373-1257. City, Oregon, the de1991 F O R D F -1 5 0 fendant's interest will 2-WD, 5-speed Stan IN THE MATTER OF be sold, sublect to redard V8, Cruise con THE ESTATE OF PRESIDENT GOLF Cart. demption, in the real trol, $1600. 519-4510. Good cond. Repriced property c o m m o nly at $2999. Contact Lisa JAMES B. NORTON, k nown a s: 2 190 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 Classifieds get results. 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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 1001 - Baker County 1001 - Baker County Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE OF filin /ecomment.as SHERIFF'S SALE You must include your On June 24, 2014, at the hour of 9:15 a.m. at t he B a k e r C o u n t y C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 T hird S t reet, B a k e r City, Oregon, the defendant's interest will be sold, sublect to redemption, in the real property c o m m o nly known as: 2210 8t h S treet, B a ke r C i t y , O regon 97814. T h e court case number is 13568, where WELLS

name and contact information at the end of y our comments. F o r a ssistance, pl e a s e contact FERC Online Support at F ERCOnli-

f i l i n g, please send a paper copy to : S e c r etary, Federal Energy Regulatory C o m m i s s ion, 888 First Street, NE, FARGO BANIC, N.A. W ashin g t o n , DC ITS S U CCESSORS 20426. The first page AND/OR ASSIGNS, is of any filing should inp laintiff, a n d D E N A clude docket number W ESTFALL A IC A P-14576-000. DENA IC A R G ER; M or e i nf o r m a t i o n S CHMID M A L O NE about this prolect, inLLC; and ALL OTHER cluding a copy of the PERSONS OR PARa pplication, c a n b e TIES UN I CNOWN viewed or printed on C LAIM I N G A N Y the "eLibrary" link of R I G HT, T I T LE , Commission's website LIEN,OR INTEREST IN a t H Y PE RL I N I C THE REAL PROEPRTY http://www.ferc.gov/d COMMONLY ICNOWN ocs-filing/elibrary.asp AS 2210 8th STREET, http://www.ferc.gov/d B AICER CITY, O R ocs-filing/elibrary.asp. 97814 is d e f endant. Enter the docket numThe sale is a p u b lic ber (P-14576) in the auction to the highest docket number field to b idder f o r c a s h o r access the document. c ashier's c h e c k , i n For assistance, contact h and, made o u t t o FERC Online Support. Baker County Shenff's Office. For more inforICimberly D. Bose, mation on this sale go to: w w w . ore onsherSecretary. iffs.com/sales.htm Prolect No. 13841-000 Legal No. 00036194 Published: May 21, 28, LegaI No. 00035884 June 4,11, 2014 P ublished: May 7, 1 4 , 21,28, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1010 - Union Co. FEDERAL ENERGY Legal Notices REGULATORY NOTICE OF COMMISSION SHERIFF'S SALE Warm Spnngs On June 9th at the hour Hydro LLC o f 10:00 a.m. at t h e Prolect No. Union County Shenff's 14576-000 Office, 1109 IC Ave, La Grande, Oregon, the NOTICE OF defendant's i n t e rest PRELIMINARY PERMIT will be sold, sublect to APPLICATION redemption, in the real ACCEPTED FOR FILING property c o m m o nly AND SOLICITING COMMENTS, MOTIONS known as: 2614 N 2nd S t, L a G r a nde, O r TO INTERVENE, AND 97850. The court case COMPETING n um b e r Is APPLICATIONS 1 3-04-48348, wh e re JPMORGAN CHASE (Apnl 8, 2014) BANIC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCOn January 13, 2014, CESSOR BY MERGER Warm Spring Hydro TO CHASE HOME FILLC filed an applicaNANCE, LLC, its suction for a p reliminary c essors i n in t e r e s t p ermit, p u r s uant t o a nd/or a s s i g ns , i s section 4(f) of the Fede ra I P owe r Act (F PA), plaintiff, WILLIAM F. NICICEL V; ROBIN D. CESSORS AND/OR proposing to study the NICICEL; CITY OF LA NOTICE TO ASSIGNS, is plaintiff, feasibility of the Unity INTERESTED PERSONS and BRIAN FAHRNEY; G RANDE; O C C U Da m H y d r o electric PANTS OF P R EMMARNA FAHRNEY; Prolect (prolect) to be NOTICE I S H E REBY DISCOVE R BANIC; ISES; AND THE REAL located on the Burnt PROPERTY LOCATED GIVEN that the underCAPITAL ONE BANIC; R iver nea r U n it y i n signed has been apAT 2614 NORTH 2ND and ALL OTHER PERBaker County, lllinois. pointed personal repSTREET, LA GRANDE, SONS OR PARTIES The sole purpose of a r esentative. A l l p e r OREGON 97850, UNICNOWN CLAIMpreliminary permit, if sons h aving c l a i ms ING ANY RIGHT, TIissued, is to grant the are defendants. The sale against the estate are is a public auction to TLE, LIEN, OR I NTER- permit holder priority required t o p r e s e nt EST IN TH E R EAL to file a license applithe highest bidder for them, with v o uchers c ash o r cas h i e r ' s P ROPERTY C O M cation dunng the perattached, to the underMONLY ICNOWN AS mit term . A p r e l i m i- check,in hand, signed Personal Rep2 19 0 C H ER RY nary permit does not made o u t t o Union resentative at Silven, County Sheriff's Of STREET, BAICER CITY, authorize the p e r m it Schmeits & Vaughan, fice. Fo r more inforOREGON 97814 is deholder to perform any Attorneys at Law, P.O. mation on this sale go fendant. The sale is a land-disturbing activiBox 965, Baker City, to: p ublic auction to t h e ties or otherwise enter Oregon, 97814, within www.ore onshenffs. highest bidder for cash upon lands or waters four (4) months after com sales.htm or cashier's check, in owned by others withthe date of first publih and, made o u t t o o ut the o w n ers' e x cation of this notice, or P ublished: May 7, 1 4 , Baker County Shenff's press permission. t he c laims m a y b e 21,and 28, 2014 Office. For more inforThe proposed prolect barred. mation on this sale go would be located at A ll p e rsons w h o s e to: w w w . ore onsherthe U. S. Bureau of Legal No.00035875 nghts may be affected iffs.com/sales.htm R eclamation's U n i t y NOTICE OF BUDGET by th e p r o c eedings Dam and would conmay obtain additional Legal No. 00036184 sist of t h e f o l l owing COMMITTEE MEETING i nformation from t h e Published: May 21, 28, new facilities. records of the court, June 4,11, 2014 (1) a bifurcation at the A public meeting of the the Personal Repreend of the existing disBudget Committee of sentative, or the attorcharge pipe; the EIGIN H E ALTH NOTICE OF BUDGET neys for the Personal (2) a 1 3 0 -foot-long, DISTRICT U COMMITTEE MEETING Representative. 4-foot-diameter st eel 5 iy , S i t Dated and first p ubpenstock; lished May 14, 2014. A public meeting of the Oregon, t o di s c uss (3) a powerhouse conBudget Committee of the budget for the fistaining two Francis turt he C i t y of Uni t y , Personal ly b ine/generator u n i t s ~J I 1 2 0 1 4 t Baker County, State of l t ~R June 30 2015, will be with a combined rated Oregon, to discuss the Diana Beth Akins held at W . C . Co n capacity of 80 0 k i lobudget for the f i scal 7215 NE 119th Place t q* 815 H w atts at 100 f eet of year July 1, 2014 to ICirkland, WA 98034 l ock in El in Or e o n design head; June 30, 2015, will be (4) a 5 0 0 -foot-I ong, The meeting will take held at Baker County Attorne for Estate pl 28l h 12.5-kilovolt transmis~M Courthouse, 1995 3rd Floyd C. Vaughan sion l in e e x t e n d ing 2014 at 7:00 m. The S t., Baker City, O R . OSB ¹784167 from the powerhouse purpose of the meetThe meeting will take P.O. Box 965 to an ex isting t ransi ng is t o r e c e ive t h e place on June 4, 2014 1950 Third Street budget message and mission line (the point at 10:30 AM. Baker City, OR 97814 to receive c o m m ent of i n t e r connection); T he purpose of t h e (541) 523-4444 from the public on the and (5) appurtenant fameeting is to r e ceive cilities. The estimated budget. A copy of the the budget message LegaI No. 00036010 budget document may annual generation of and to receive comPublished: May 14, 21, b e inspected o r o b the prolect would be ment from the public 28, 2014 tained a t 8 1 5 H e m 3,400 megawatt-hours on the budget. This is lock WC Construca p u b l i c m eet i n g Applicant Contact: t~ion b etw e e n th e where deliberation of Mr. Nick Josten, hours of 8:00 am and NOTICE OF BUDGET the Budget Committee 5:00 COMMITTEE MEETING ~ will take place. Any GeoSense, 2742 St. Charles Ave. This is a public meeting person may appear at where deliberation of A public meeting of the Idaho Falls, ID 83404; the meeting and disthe Budget Committee Budget Committee of Phone: (208) 522-8069. cuss the proposed prothe Haines Cemetery w ill take place. A n y grams with the Budget M aint. D i s t . , B a k e r FERC Contact: person may appear at Committee. the meeting and disCounty, State of OreICim Nguyen A copy of the budget cuss the proposed proPhone: (202) 502-6105 g on, to d i s cuss t h e document may be ingrams with the Budget budget for the f i scal spected or obtained on Deadline for filing comCommittee. year July 1, 2014 to or after June 4, 2014 June 30, 2015, will be ments, motions to inat 1995 3rd St., Baker held at Haines Library, tervene, c o m p e t ing Published: May 14 and City, OR, between the 21, 2014 818 Cole St., Haines, applications (w it hout hours of 9:00 AM and OR. The meeting will notices of i n tent), or 11:30 AM. take place on June 4, notices of intent to file Leqal No.00035883 2014 at 6:00 PM. competing a p p l i ca- THE U N IO N C o unty No. 00036134 T he purpose of t h e Legal tions: 6 0 d ays f rom Wolf D e p r e dation Published: May 21, 28 meeting is to r e ceive t he issuance of t h i s Compensation Com2014 notice. Competing apthe budget message mittee w il l h o l d a and to receive complications and notices meeting on Thursday, ment from the public o f intent m us t m e e t May 22 at2:00 p.m. at on the budget. This is the requirements of 18 t he U n i o n Co u n t y a p u b l i c m eet i n g CFR 5 4.36. C ommissioner's A n where deliberation of The C om m i s s ion n ex Co n f er e n c e the Budget Committee strongly encourages Room, 1106 IC Avewill take place. Any elect r o ni c f i l i ng . n ue, La Grande. A l l Please file comments, person may appear at meetings of this comthe meeting and dismotions to intervene, mittee are open to the cuss the proposed pronotices of intent, and public. competing applications grams with the Budget Committee. u sing t h e C o m m i s Published: May 21, 2014 A copy of the budget sion's eFiling system

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odservercom NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Union County Solid Waste District, State

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On June 19, 2014 at the www.ore onshenffs.co hour of 10:00 a.m., at m/sales.htm t he U n i o n Co u n t y Sheriff's Office, 1109 Published: May 21, 28, ICAve, La Grande, Ore2014 and June 4, 11, gon, the defendant's 2014 interest w ill b e s o ld, sublect to redemption, Legal No. 00036186 in the r ea l p r operty commonly known as: 1605 V Av e, La Grande, Or 97850. The NOTICE OF BUDGET court case number is COMMITTEE 13-08-48540, w h e re MEETING

L AICEVIEW L O A N SERVICING, LLC, ITS A SUCCESSORS AND/OR ASSIGNS, is Plaintiff and J U STIN

ENGLISH AICA JUSTIN R. ENGLISH; LIBBY ENGLISH AICA LIBBY V. ENGLISH AICA LIBY V. W A L ICE R AICA L I 8 BY VA L E WRIGHT;FIA CARD SERVICES, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; and STATE OF OREGON DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT, are defend ants. The sale is a p ublic auction to t h e highest bidder for cash or cashier's check, in hand, made out to Union County S heriff's Office. For more information on this sale go to:

www.ore onshenffs. of Oregon, to discuss com sales.htm the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2014 to Published: May 21, 28, June 30, 2015 will be 2014 and June 4, 11, held at 1106 IC Ave2014 nue, La Grande. The meeting will take place o n the 2 8t h da y o f Legal No.00036162 M ay, 2014 a t 4 : 0 0

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public meeting of the Budget Committee of t he N o rt h P o w d e r C emetery M ai n t e nance District, North Powd e r , U ni o n County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the f i scal year July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, will be held at t h e G r ange "E" Street, Hall, N orth Powder, O R . The meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to r e ceive

the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee w il l t a k e p l ace. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. Published: May 21 and 23, 2014

t he meeting is to r e - NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S Legal No. 00036197 ceive the budget mesSALE sage and t o r e c eive c omment f r o m th e On June 20, 2014 at the public on the budget. hour of 10:00 a.m., at A copy of the budget t he U n i o n Co u n t y CIRCUIT COURT OF document may be in- Sheriff's Office, 1109 OREGON FOR spected or obtained on ICAve, La Grande, Oreor after May 21, at the UNION COUNTY gon, the defendant's Union County Adminisinterest w ill b e s o ld, trative Office, 1106 IC sublect to redemption, U.S. BANIC NATIONAL Avenue, La G rande, in the r ea l p r operty ASSOCAITION, between the hours of commonly known as: 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. 671 North Dewey St, Plaintiff, v. This is a public meetUnion, Oregon 97883. ing where deliberation The court case num- RICHARD L. BIDWELL, of the Budget Commitber i s 1 3 - 01-48149, THE ESTATE OF tee w il l t a k e p l ace. where J P M ORGAN EVELYN F. BIDWELL,

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1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices the dam of the rese rvoir and 4 o t h e r New bid opening date barriers in the Bea06/19/2014 (DUE TO ver Creek system to ERROR O N BID provide passage for FORM) The Trail Sale fish into the headis located within T.2S., waters o f B e a v er R.36E., Sec.1, 2, 3, 4, C reek an d W e s t 5, 7, 8, 9, 1 0, 1 1, 1 2, 1 3, 1 4, 1 5, 1 6, 1 7,1 8, F ork o f B ea v e r 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, Creek. 2 5, 26, and 2 7 W i l - A nalysis h a s b e e n lamette Mendian. The completed and the Forest Service will Beaver Creek Fish receive sealed and oral Passage Pro)ect is bids in public at now s u b ) ec t t o Wallowa-Whitman National Forest H e a d- p re-decisional a d quarters, 1550 Dewey ministrative review Ave., Baker City, OR pursuant to 36 CFR 97814 at 10:00 AM 218 subparts A and loca l t ime on B. The Responsible 06/19/2014 for an estiQfficial is Bill Gammated volume of 5595 ble, District Ranger CCF of Douglas-fir and of the L a G r ande W est e r n La r c h sawtimber, 3653 CCF R anger District. A o f P o n derosa P i n e copy of the Environsawtimber, and 1370 mental Assessment CCF of White Fir and and draft Decision O the r s aw t im b e r Notice and/or addimarked or otherwise tional i n f o r m at ion designated for cutting. can be obtained by I n addition, t h ere i s c ontacting C i n d y within the sale area an estimated volume of C hristensen at t h e 1782 CCF of White Fir La Grande Ranger and Other grn bio cv District, 3502 Highthat the bidder agrees way 30, La Grande, to remove at a f ixed QR 978 50, rate. In addition, there 541-962-8501, or by is within the sale area emailing h er at an unestimated v o lc)chnstensen©fs.fe ume of Unit 76 White cl.us. fir and Other sawtimber, Unit 76 White fir Qnly individuals or orand Other grn bio cv, ganizations that subUnit 76 Douglas-fir (It mitted specific wntW.Larch s aw t imber, ten comments durand Unit 76 Ponderosa ing a designated opP ine sawtimber t h at portunity for public the bidder may agree to remove at a f ixed paitlclpatlon (scoping or t h e 3 0 -day rate. The Forest Service reserves the nght public comment peto relect any and all riod) may ob)ect (36 bids. I n terested parC FR 218.5). N o ties may obtain a protices o f o b ) e ct ion spectus from the ofmust meet th e r ef ice listed below. A q uirements o f 3 6 prospectus, bid form, CFR 218.8(d); incorand complete informat ion c o n cerning t h e p oration o f d o c u timber, the conditions

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of sale, and submisis permitted only as sion of bids is available p rovided for at 3 6 to the public from the CFR 218.8(b). Wallowa-Whitma n National Forest H e a d- Q b)ections ma y b e mailed t o : J oh n quarters, 1550 Dewey L aurence, F o r e s t Ave., Baker City, OR 97814 o r t he La Supervisor/Qb)ecGrande Ranger Distnct tion Reviewing QffiOffice, 3502 Highway cer, Wallowa-Whit30, La G ra nde, OR man National Forest 97850. The USDA is Headquarters, Attn. an equal opportunity provider and employer.

1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices JOSEPH (It RICICER, LLC 1570 Appeals and within 45 days from Qb)ections, PQ Box the date of publica- P.O. BOX 3230 Washington Avenue 907, Baker City, QR tion of notice of the 901 Grande, OR 97850 97814. Q b )ections ob)ection in The Qb- La (541) 963-4901, within d elivered b y m a i l server newspaper, four months after the must b e r e c e ived La Grande, QR. The date of first publication before the close of p ublication date i s of the notice or they the f i ft h b u s iness t h e ex c lus iv e may be barred. day after the ob)ecmeans for calculattion filing period. For i ng the time to f i le Published: May 14, 21, and 28,2014 emailed ob)ections, an ob)ection. Those w ishing t o f i l e a n Legal No.00035991 please email to: ob)ections-pnw-walob)ection should not lowarely upon dates or NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE whitman©fs.fed.us. timeframe informaPlease put QBJEC- tion provided by any On June 13, 2014 at the TIQN and the proother source. hour of 10:00 am at ) ect n am e i n t h e t he U n i o n Co u n t y sub) ect line. E lec- Issues raised in ob)ecSheriff's Office, 1109 t ronic o b ) e c t i o n s tions must be based ICAve, La Grande, Oremust be submitted on previously subgon, the defendant's interest will b e s o ld, as part of an actual mitted specific writsublect to redemption, e-mail message, or t en comments r e as an attachment in g arding t h e p r o - in the r ea l p r operty commonly known as: M icrosof t W ord posed pro)ect or ac1 604 Foley S t , L a (.doc), rich text fortivity and attributed Grande, Or 97850. The mat (.rtf), or p ortto the ob)ector, uncourt case number is able document forl ess t h e i s s u e i s 13-07-48522, w h e re mat (.pdf) only. For based on new inforCITIMORTGAGE, INC., electronically mailed mation that a r o se IT'S SUCCESSORS AND/OR ASSIGNS, is appeals, the sender after the opportunishould normally reties fo r c o m m e nt. plaintiff, and LARRY E. B RADEN; M E G A N ceive an automated T he burden i s o n BRADEN; AND ALL electronic acknowthe ob)ector to demOTHER PERSONS OR ledgement from the onstrate compliance PARTIES UNKNOWN agency as confirma- with t h i s r e q u i re- C LAIM I N G A N Y t ion of r e c eipt. I f ment for ob)ection RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE the sender does not issues. REAL P R O PERTY r eceive a n au t o COMMONLY ICNOWN m ated ac k n o w - P ublished: May 2 1 A S 1 6 0 4 FOL E Y l edgement o f t h e 2014 STREET, LA GRANDE, r eceipt of t h e a p OR 97850, are defenpeal, i t i s t h e Legal No.00036235 d ants. The sale is a sender's responsip ublic auction to t h e b ility t o e nsu r e highest bidder for cash NOTICE TO t imely r e c e ipt b y or cashier's check, in o ther means. Q b - INTERESTED PERSONS hand, made out to Union County S heriff's )ections may also be Pauley has been Office. For more inforh and delivered t o April appointed P e r s o nal mation on this sale go the Wallowa-WhitRepresentative (hereto: man NF Headquarafter PR) of the Estate H Y P E R L I N IC ters, 1550 D ew ey o f Fredd y Dan i e l "http://www.oreAvenue, Baker City, Thwreatt, d e ceased, gonshenffs.com/sales. Pro b a t e No. htm" Qregon 97814 bewww.ore1 4-04-8490, U n i o n onshenffs.com sales. tween 7:45 AM and htm 4:30 PM, M o nday County Circuit Court, State of Oregon,. All Publish: May 14, 21, 28, through Friday expersons whose rights and June 4, 2014 cept legal holidays. may be affected by Qb)ections may also the proceeding may Legal¹: 36040 be faxed to: Forest obtain additional inforS upervisor, A t t n : mation from the court records, the PR, or the Classified are worth look1570 Qb)ections at (541)-523-1315. Qb- attorney for the PR. All i ng int o w h e n y o u ' r e having claims ) ections m u s t b e apersons gainst t h e est a t e looking for a place to Iive p ostmarked or r e must present them to ... whether it's a home, ceived by th e R ethe PR at: viewing Qfficer, For- Jonel IC. Ricker, Attorney an apartment or a mobile home. e st Su p e r v i s o r , for PR

DECEASED, UNKNOWN H E I RS TION, its successors AND DEVISEES OF in interest and/or asEVELYN F. BIDWELL, signs, are Plaintiff and D ECEASED, A N D MICHAEL P. F I TZ- PERSONS OR Public Notice PAT R I C IC A ICA M IPARTIES UNKNOWN CHAEL PATRICIC FITZ- C LAIM I N G A N Y Published: May 21, 2014 NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET HEARING PAT R I C IC A ICA M IRIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, * For supplemental budgets proposing a change in any fund's expenditures by more than 10 percent. CHAEL FITZPATRICIC OR INTEREST IN THE LegaI No. 00036237 A public hearing on a proposed supplemental budget for City of Cove for the current fiscal year will be JR; OCCUPANTS OF PROPERTY THE PREMISES, are held at 504 Alder, Cove, OR. The hearing will take place on June 3 at 7:30 pm. The purpose of the DESCRIBED IN THE BEAVER CREEK defendants. The sale COMPLAINT HEREIN, hearinng is to discuss the supplemental budget with interested persons. A copy of the supplemental budNOTICE OF BUDGET FISH PASSAGE is a public auction to Defendant(s). get document may be inspected or obtained on or after May 21, 2014 at 504 Alder, Cove, OR between COMMITTEE MEETING PROJECT the highest bidder for the hours of 8:00 am and Noon. c ash o r cas h i e r ' s Administrative Review NO. 140348943 A public meeting of the check, in hand, made (Qb) ection) Budget Committee of SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUDGET CHANGES out to U n ion County P LAINTIFF'S S U M Qpportunity Union County, State of AMOUNTS SHOWN ARE REVISED TOTALS INTHOSE FUNDS BEING MODIFIED S heriff's Office. F o r MONS BY PUBLICA- The La Grande Ranger Oregon, to discuss the m ore information o n TION FUND: Wastewater Project budget for the f i scal Distnct of the this sale go to: Amount Requirement year July 1, 2014 to Resource Amount Wallowa-Whitman www.ore onshenffs. TO: 1,349,628 1 Laan/Grants 1,368,881 1 Debl Service- Intenm Loan June 30, 2015 will be N ational Forest i s 1,22'i,353 2 Canstruclion 2 com sales.htm held at 1106 IC Avet aking action o n a THE ESTATE OF nue, La Grande. The Revlsed Total Fund Requirements 2,981,181 Revlsed Total FundResources 2,981,181 EVELYN F. BIDWELL, fisheries enhancemeeting will take place ment pro)ect in the Comments: DECEASED, UNo n the 2 8t h da y o f NOTICE OF BUDGET ICNOWN HEIRS AND La Grande MuniciM ay, 2014 a t 4 : 0 0 tncreased budget to show interm construction foan payoff, belng unaware inlerm loan payotf was not going to happen direcL COMMITTEE p.m. The purpose of DEVISEES OF p al Watershed i n MEETING t he meeting is to r e T .5S, R.37E. T h e EVELYN F. BIDWELL, ceive the budget mes- A public meeting of the draft decision would DECEASED, and PERsage and t o r e c eive Budget Committee of a uthorize the c o nSONS OR PARTIES c omment f r o m th e the Cove Rural Fire struction of s t r u c- Publish: May 21, 2014 UNICNOWN CLAIMpublic on the budget. Protect i on , Un ion tures to provide for Legal no. 4864 ING ANY RIGHT, A copy of the budget county, State of Orefish passage over document may be in- g on, to d i s cuss t h e TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST I N THE spected or obtained on budget for the f i scal PROPERTY FORM or after May 21, at the year July 1, 2014 to DESCRIBED IN THE Union County AdminisLB-1 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING June 30, 2015, will be COMPLAINT HEREIN trative Office, 1106 IC held a t 6 04 M ain Avenue, La G rande, S treet, C o v e . T h e IN THE NAME OF THE between the hours of A public msetlng of the Bakel' RUral Fire Ptot. Dist. wiil be held on June 17, 2014 at 6:45 Q a.m. atPocahontas meeting will take place STATE OF OREGON: 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. (Gcweming bodyj (Date) g p.m. on June 2nd at 7:00 You are hereby This is a public meetp.m. required to appear and Fire Station, Baker City ing where deliberation T he p u rpose o f the , Oregon. The purpose of this msetlng is to discuss the budget for the defend against the StiOh of the Budget Committee w il l t a k e p l ace. Any person may appear at t h e m e e t i ng and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee.

meeting is to r e ceive

the budget message and to receive comment 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 will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget

allegations contained in the Complaint filed against y o u i n t he a bove e n t it led p r o ceeding w i t hin t h i rty

( 30) days f ro m t h e

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IMunicipal corporation)

2550 Broadway St.,

ths budget is presented below. A copy of ths budget may be inspected or obtained at

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date of service of this

Summons upon you. If you fail to appear Published: May 14 and and defend this matter 21, 2014 within thirty (30) days from the date of publiLegaI No. 00035942 cation specified herein Committee. along with the NOTICE OF BUDGET A copy of t h e b u dget required filing fee, U.S. COMMITTEE document may be in- BANIC NATIONAL ASMEETING spected or obtained on SOCAITION will apply or after June 16th at to the Court for the 1103 Haefer Lane, berelief demanded in the A public meeting of the tween t h e h o urs of C omplaint. T h e f i r st Budget Committee for 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 date of publication is t he W a llow a U n i o n p.m. May 14, 2014. R ailroad A u t h o r i t y , S tate of O r e gon, t o Published: May 21, and NOTICE TO D E FENDANTS: READ THESE discuss the budget for 28, 2014 PAP E RSCAR EFULLY! the fiscal year July 1, You must "appear" in 2014 to June 30, 2015 Legal No. 00036183 this case or the other will be held at the Elside will win automatigin City H a ll , E l g in, NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S cally. To "appear" you SALE Oregon. The meeting must f i l e w i t h t he will take place on the court a l e ga l p aper 27th day of May 2014 On June 20, 2014 at the called a "motion" or at 5:00 PM. The purhour of 10:00 a.m. at "answer." The t he U n i o n Co u n t y pose of the meeting is "motion" or "answer" Sheriff's Office, 1109 to receive the budget must be given to t he m essage and t o r e ICAve, La Grande, Orecourt clerk or adminisceive comment from gon, the defendant's t rator w i t h i n t h i r t y interest w ill b e s o ld, t he p u b li c o n the days along with the sublect to redemption, budget. A copy of the budget document may in the r ea l p r operty r equired filing fee. I t m ust b e i n pr o p e r b e inspected o r o b commonly known as: tained on or after May 369 East Bryan Street, form and have proof of 2 1st at t he Un i o n Union, Or 97883.The service on th e p l aintiff's attorney or, if the County C o m m i ssion court case number is 13-01-48165, w h e re Office, 1106 IC Aveplaintiff does not have WELLS FARGO BANIC, an attorney, proof of nue, La Grande, or the N.A., its successors in Wallowa County Comservice on the plaintiff. mission Office at 101 i nterest a n d /o r a s - I F YOU H AV E A N Y S. River, Enterpnse beQ UESTIONS, Y O U signs, are Plaintiff and t ween th e h o urs o f ADRIAN L. ALBRICH SHOULD SEE AN AICA ADRIAN LAW8:30 AM and 4:30 PM. ATTORNEY IMMEDIThis is a public meetRENCE A L B RICH; ATELY. If you need ing where deliberation LORI IC MORRIS AICA help in finding an attorof the Budget CommitLO R I IC. AL 8 R I CH; ney, you may call the tee w il l t a k e p l ace. R ONDA NOEL A L O regon St at e B a r ' s Any person may apBRICH; DOMESTIC Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 pear at t h e m e e t i ng BANIC; AND OCCUand discuss the proPANTS O F THE or toll-free in Oregon PREMISES, are defen- at (800) 452-7636. posed budget with the dants,. The sale is a Budget committee. p ublic auction to t h e Published: May 14, 21, Published: May 14 and highest bidder for cash 28, 2014 and June 4, or cashier's check, in 21, 2014 2014 hand, made out to UnLegaI No. 00035992 ion County S heriff's LegaI No. 36079

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Telephone number

BfUce Nlchols

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( 541 ) 523-6471 FINANCIAL 8UNIMAAY-RESOURCES Actual Amounts 2 0~ - 2 0 ~

TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS

Adopted Budget T his Year. 20~- $ ) ~ 4

Approved Budget Next Year. 20~-2 0~

1. Beginning Fund Balance/NetWorking Capital ........................................ 107,888 140 615 193 650 2. Fees,Ucenses, permits,Fines,Amessments 8 other service chages... 32.831 16.000 38 000 3. Federal, State & all Other Grants, Glfts,Allocations &Donations........... 8.845 550.000 5,000 4. Revenue from Bonds8 other oebt...................,..................................... 5. Interfund Transfers/Intemal Service Reimbursements ............................ 6. All other Resoumes Exceptcurrent Year property Tsxes....................... 4,622 4.700 4.370 7. Current Yesr Prcperty Taxes Estimated to be Received..............,........... 85,066 83.500 &6.005 8. Tatsl Resources —sdd lines 1 through 7................................................ 239.252 794.815 327.025 FINANCIAL SUMMARY-R EQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLA8SIFICA'nON 9. Personnel Services .................................................................................. 16.947 16 700 22 970 10. Materlals and Services ........................,................................................... 6 77 440 0 800 1 1. Capital Outlay ....................................,.....................-.........-.----- - - " - . 23 240 698 915 191 555 12. Debt Servlce ............................................................................................ 13. Interfund Transfers................................................................................... 14. Contingencies.......................................,.................................................. 35 200 34 700 15. Special Payments................,..........................................,........................ 0 16. Unapproprlated Ending Balsnce and Reserved for Future Expendttum ... 138.294 0 17. Tetal Requirements —add lines 9 through 1S ............,........................... 23S.252 794.815 327 025 FINANCIAL SUMMARY- R EQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TINIEEQUIVALE NT EMPLOYEES SY O R G A N IZATIONAL UNIT OR PROORAIN' Name of organlzathnal Unit or p ram FrE for Unlt or program

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Permanent Rats Levy ............ (Rate Llmit .6734 Local Option Levy.......................................... Levyfor General Obligation Bonds

Long Term Debt

239,252 .20 PROPERTY TAX LEVIES Rate or Amount Imposed Per $ 1000) .6734

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STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS Estimated Debt Outstanding on Duly1

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General Obligation Bonds ... Other Bonds .............. Other Borrowlngs ..... Total ...

0 Legal No. 25-005549 Published: May 21, 2014

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12B — THE OBSERVER tk BAKER CITY HERALD

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

COFFEE BREAK

THE WEST

Childhood sexual abuse

Noirrigationwater for mariiuanacroys,fedsrule

still haunts adult survivor DEAR ABBY Afteryears of carrying this ts great. guilt, I want to tell my story. It may help others. My biggest setback is his body hair. He honestly has more body hairthan Ihave When my grandfather ttv'ed to rape me, it was at night when everyone was asleep. I ever seen. This has kept me from being physistopped him as much as a 10-year-old could. cally attracted to him. The next day he wrote me a letter saying he I think everythingis moving in the rt'ght was sorry forwhat hedid.Itread,"Ifyour direction, but I don't know what to do about dad ftnds out, it will kill him."Strong words thisissue. Should Ilove him how heis, or ask for a 10-year-old, so I butv'ed the letter in the him to get t7'd ofit? I don't want him to feel back yard. He never touched me again. self conscious because he'san aw esome guy. — INA HAIRY SITUATION Five years after that, Grandpa was arINARIZONA restedform olesting my younger brothers.Asa DEAR IN A HAIRY SITUyoung girl, I didn't know men ATION: This is a sensitive molested boys.Ifound outuPer DEAR my grandfather went to prison subject, one that should be that hehad also molested my ABB Y appr o ached with as much diplomacy as you can muster. dad and his sister when they were children. Because he seems to have Please warn parents to educate their everything else going for him, but the body hair is a turn-off, do talk to him about it. children. Tell them that even someone they Fortunately, over the past few years men love does not have the right to touch them in a way that makes them uncomfortable. have become more open to removing excesMy dad felt guilty for the rest ofhis life sivebody hair— oratleastcutting itback so it's not so overwhelming. iThis is called for what happened to us because he had let "manscaping."l There are also the options of this monster back into his life. If this saves oneperson from theshame and guiltIhave waxing or laser treatments, ifhe is willing. carried, it will have been worth it. — WISH I HAD TOLD INFLORIDA DEAR ABBY: Today is my 50th birthday. I'm a person with a few close friends, but I'm DEARWISHYOU HADTOLD: I agree withyou about the importance ofpatents not widely social. The members of my book club knew it was teaching childten the difference between an apmy birthday when we met a few days ago. I pmpriate touch and one thatisn't, and how to set boundaries. If those boundaries ate violated, had mentioned it before our meeting. Nothchildren should be instructed to immediately ing was said when we met. tell an adult. Ifit's not a parent, then tell a My best friend is going on vacation and hasn't remembered. My husband asked me teacher, counselor or school nurse, all ofwhom are mandated reporters. Children should also what plans I had made for us to do today. tell if a fiiend confides it has happened to him My sister, bless her, has been wonderful and or her, because secrets like this are harmM not feels responsible to try to make this day only to the victim, but also to anychildtenin special for me. the vicinitywho might also be atrisk Isit really myjob toplan a celebration It may assuage your guilt to know that and remindeveryone I'm close to?I have molesters often blackmail their victim into talked enough about how important this silence. I heard recently from a woman who particular birthday is to me. I'm hurt that no said her father told her when she was a one feels I'm worth the effort.Am I making child that if she revealed what he was doing, too big a deal out of this? — VEXED IN VERMONT he would kill himself. ilt wasn't until many DEAR VEXED: I think so. My dear years later that she finally realized ifhe mother used to say,"If you want something had, he would have been doing everyone, including her sister, a favor.) doneright,doityourselft"That'sgood advice when those around you are too preoccupied DEARABBY: I am 26 and have been dat- to be as nurturing as you would like them ing this guy I really like for three months. He to be.

By Rob Hotakainen

eringablow to potgrowers in Washington state and Colorado, the US. Bureau of Reclamation said Tuesday that it won't allow any federally contmlledwater to beusedon marijuana cmps because Congress has banned the drug. "As a federal agency, Reclamationisobligated to adhere to federal law in the conduct of its responsibilities to the American people," said Dan DuBray, the agency's chief of public affairs. The ruling makes clear that the Obama administration is willing to set limits on the states' legalization experiments, even though the Justice Department said in August that it wouldn't block their plans to tax and sell the drug. The decision might hit hardestin Washington state, as the federal agency contmls the water supply for two-thirds of the state's irrigated land. "It's the outcome we'd been told to expect," said Scott Revell, the district manager for the Roza Irrigation District in Washington state, which contracts with the federal agency to provide water to roughly 72,000 acres in the Yakima Valley. He said the ruling would take effectimmediately. Alan Schreiber, a Franklin County, Wash., farmer who's appliedfora license to grow marijuana for pest-control research, called the ruling only an inconvenience for growers and said it wouldn't stop them, given the high

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spokeswoman for the Washington State Department of Ecology, said growers might be able to drill their own wells or tap into a city water supply. Under state law, $17,000 per acre. greenhouse growers can use "That means cannabis is well water if their operations use no more than 5,000 galgoingtobe 500times more valuable than the most valu- lons of water per day. 'These operations are able crop in the state," Schreiber said."How hard do you fairly small," Redfield-Wilder think it would be, if you're said,adding that growers subjecttodifferent growing a crop for $7 million m ight be an acre, to geta 5,000-gallon regulations in different watank of water and fill it every tersheds, depending on the availability of water."There's two weeks?" Anticipating that the a lot of variables."

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ruling may not go their way, Washington state officials had already been discussing other ways that growers could get water.

per gram, four cmps per year and the plants being gmwn 2 feet apart, each pmducing 1 ounce of pot. By comparison, he said, blueberrieswerethe top-valued crop in Washington state in 2011, and were worth

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