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• Cove City Council may reconsider Measure 91 decision By Dick Mason The Observer

COVE — Marijuana may not be in Cove's future after

all. The Cove City Council, which on Dec. 1 decided not to optoutofM easure 91the measurevoterspassedin 2014 thatlegalized the sale and production of recreational marijuana — may reconsider its decision. Cove Mayor Lyndon Rose has called for two special city meetings where the issue of marijuana will be discussed with the public. The meetings will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday and again on Dec. 22. eWewant to have a dialogue.We want to allow voters the chance to give input to the council," said Rose, who did not attend the Dec. 1 council meeting.eWejust feel better if we can get input SeeCove / Page 5A

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Loren Basso, left, gets help in reading from Sherry Neustel at the structured learning center at La Grande High SchoolThursday. The school's structured learning center students, part of the school's special education program, are making big academic leaps this school year — bigger than normal.

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By Dick Mason, The Observer

he students in La Grande High School's Structured Learning Center are afriendly, gregarious bunch, greeting teachers with fist pumps and high fives lytat enthusiasm puts smiles on thefaces of the teachers but it is not the only reason their instructors are smiling LHS's Strun!ured Learning Center students, part o f the school's special education program, are makirg big academic leaps this school year — bEggerthan normal. "It is just incredible what they are doing," said Carol Byron, the La Grande School District's special education director. Byron believes that a new highly structuredacademic program for the school's Structured Learning Center, which serves special educationstudents,is abig reason for thestudents'exceptional progress. Through the program, which started at the beginning of the schoolyear,studentsreceive

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Allen Strom, right, a student in La Grande High School's Structured Learning Center, pours cider at a pre-Thanksgiving luncheon put on by SLC students as Robert Crader, Strom's guest at the luncheon, looks on.

"They are not teaching above orbelow theskill level of any of the students. We are able to meet every student at their skill level." — Landon Braden, head of LHS's special education department and an SLCteacher who played a major role in designing the new cumculum

intensive individualized attention in 15-minute blocks of time for reading, writing, math and basic vocational skills. The 15-minute blocks students aretaughtin are designed to prevent student attention from

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waning. The 15-minute blocks are divided into five-minute segments where students focus on one aspect of the subject they are studying. For example,in m ath they work with pencil and paper for five minutes, before working with

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manipulatives like counting blocks for five minutes. The session ends with work on an iPad for the final five minutes. 'They receive short bursts of instruction," said Landon Braden, head of LHS's special education department and an SLC teacher who played a major role in designing the new curriculum. Students are taught in groups of two or three who are at the SeeProgram / Page 5A

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Local law enforcement officials are urging caution against telephone scams as La Grande seems to have been arecent targetofat least one scam. Union County SheriA"s 0$ce Civil Deputy Terri Spears said she and others who answer phones at the sherif's office/La Grande Police Department have gottena lotofcallsoverthe last week, particularly about scammers saying they are with the IRS. "It's been definitely SeeScams / Page 5A

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Today is Friday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2015. There are 20 days left in the year.

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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17's lunar module landed on the moon with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard; during three extravehicular activities (EVAs), they became the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface.

ON THIS DATE In1816, Indiana became the 19th state. In 1844, the first experimental use of an inhaled anesthetic in dentistry took place as Dr. HoraceWells of Hartford, Connecticut, under the influence of nitrous oxide, had a colleague extract one of his teeth. In1928, police in Buenos Aires announced they had thwarted an attempt on the life of President-elect Herbert Hoover. In 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating a $1.6 billion environmental "superfund" to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxi cw astedumps. In 1997, more than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth's greenhouse gases. In 2008,Bernie Madoffwas arrested, accused of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme (Madoff is serving a 150-year federal prison sentence.)

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The City of Elgin will upgrade the city dump beginning the first of the year, providing customers with more accurate charges than what wasavailable before. City Administrator Brock Eckstein said previously that the city's dump did not have a scale to weigh the vehicles before and after unloading, so the employee "eyeballed" the items. Cherise Kaechele/TheObserver "Basically, all it was was The Elgin dump will be more cost beneficial to resithe guy who ran the dump dents of Elgin with the new scale that was purchased. had certain guidelines," Eck- City Administrator Brock Eckstein said the new scale steinsaid."A bag ofgarbage should be ready to go by the first of the year. was a certain amount. Certain big items cost a certain Prices for the new dump operations amount." The City of Elgin will upgrade the city's dump in 2016. Now, the city has purHere are the fees that will go into effect when the chased a brand new 40-foot upgrades are complete: scaleto make itm ore acPrice for first 200 pounds of waste (minimum) $11 curateforpeople to dump Price per ton over 200 pounds of waste: $118 their trash. 'Yard debris: Free "It should be a savings," Refrigerators (doors removed only) $25 Eckstein said."For people Mattress/Box springs $10 dumping under 200 pounds Appliances (Stoves, dryers, etc.) $20 the charge will be $11, that's Sofas $20 the minimum charge." Chairs $10 Eckstein said the average 'Free to citizens of Elgin only (proof of address weight someone brings in is required) approximately 150 pounds. "Really, under 400 pounds Source: City of Elgin (customers) will see a big savings," he said. The total pricetogetthe Eckstein said it will take building a new small building on the property scales installed was approxi- at least 10yearsto pay off mately $49,000. and the dump has been the scales, but there will be Eckstein is excited about a return on investment. closedtemporarily.W eather "I think people will be a the scales and the possibilpermitting, if the building is ity of the added revenue it lot happier with this. There's completed by the end of the will generate for the city. no guesswork. There will be month, the dump will open "I got some high hopes for accurate charging," he said. for the first of the year with it," Eckstein said."The During the spring and the new scales, he said. "I've got nothing but La Grande dump owners summer months, he said, there's a solid line of people said when they installed positive response,"Eckstein their new scales, they saw using the dump. If that con- said."People were tired of tinues, the city will definite- the guess work. The customa 50 percent increase in revenue. I don't think it will ly be looking into increasing ers were at (the employee's) make a huge profit. At least, the number ofhours and mercy. What he saw is what we will come out of the red he charged. Now, it's based days the dump is open. and into the black." The city is currently off weight."

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ON DECIC SATURDAY • Prep girls basketball: La Grande vs. TBA, Hood River Tournament, TBA • Enterprise at Enterprise Winter Classic,TBD • Union vs. Stanfield, Columbia River Clash, Umatilla, 10 a.m. • Joseph vs. Arlington, Wallowa Lions Club Tournament, 1 p.m. • Powder Valley at Jordan Valley, 3 p.m. • Wallowa vs. Imbler, Wallowa Lions Club Tournament, 4 p.m. • Cove vs. Echo, Cove Booster Tournament, 6 p.m. • Elgin at Enterprise Winter Classic, TBD • Prep boys basketball: Enterprise at Enterprise Winter Classic,TBD • Union vs. Stanfield, Columbia River Clash, Umatilla, 11:30 a.m. • Joseph vs. Arlington, Wallowa Lions Tournament, 2:30 p.m. • Powder Valley at Jordan Valley, 4:30 p.m. • La Grande at Kuna, 5 p.m. • Wallowa vs. Imbler, Wallowa Lions ClubTournament, 5:30 p.m. • Cove vs. Echo, Cove Booster Tournament, 7:30 p.m. • Elgin at Enterprise Winter Classic,TBA • Prep wrestling: La Grande, Wallowa, Imbler, Elgin, Union/Cove at Muilenburg Tournament, La Grande High School, 9 a.m. • Joseph at Culver Invitational, TBA • Prep swimming: La Grande at Baker, noon

AT A GLANCE

Wallowa drops to 0-3 on year The Wallowa boys basketball team struggled to get the off ense going Wednesday night as the Cougars dropped a nonleague home matchup to the La Grande junior varsity team 51-21. No other statistics were available. Wallowa (0-3 overall) will look to get in the win column this weekend at the Wallowa Lions ClubTournament. The Cougars face Arlington today before battling Imbler Saturday.

Powder VaIley's Hallie Feik, left, tries to drive past Cove's Natalie Neil during Thursday's nonleague matchup in North Powder. Feik scored 10 points in the Badgers' 22-point win.

Badgers get in win column • 10 Powder Valley players score in 22point rout of Cove By Ronald Bond The Observer

Relentless first-half defense and a huge secondquarter run were the recipe for Powder Valley to get into the win column for the first time in 2015. Hallie Feik put in 10 pointsto lead 10 Badgers in scoring and the Powder Valley girls basketball team Ronald Bond/The observer OutSCOred COVe 22-2 in the

second quarter on its way to a 48-26 nonleague home win Thursday night. awe shot the ball better," Powder Valley head coach Allen Bingham said. "Last weekend, we had the first-weekend jitters, and we were throwing up junk. Tonight, we shot the ball and it went in." A week after a tight game won by Cove at the Union Tournament, the Leopards, playing without injured

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Eastern Oregon University's Crystal Schuder, right, shown in the Mountaineers' playoff match against Biola University, was named an NAIA honorable mention All-American after helping Eastern to its best season ever and setting four records along the way.

• EOU's Crystal Schuder, ZoeAnderson named All-Americans By Ronald Bond The Observer

Senior Crystal Schuder and freshman Zoe Anderson were integralpartsofthe bestseason in the history of Eastern Oregon University women's soccer, setting several schoolrecords between them as they helped pace the Mountaineers' success. The NAIA also noticed the success the duo had this past season and recognized each as honorable mention All-Americans for their

performances in 2015. "I am almost surprised Crystal didn't get second iteaml, but they're both very deserving of it," EOU head coach Justin Wagar said."They led our region in scoring and led our team to the best record in school history. I'm excited and happy for them." Schuder, a forward who transferred from New Mexico Highlands, ended the season with four Eastern single-season records to her name after helping the Mounties to a historic 17-3-1 season and their first-ever appearance in the NAIA women's soccer playoffs. "I was honestly really happy

and excited," she said."It was just a really good feeling to know I was nominated and an All-American. I worked hard for it. I wasn't expecting it, so it was a little bit surprising." Schuder finished the season with 17 goals,40 points,108 shots and seven game-winning goals. "Crystal definitely brought a lot to the team, iandl especially to me,"Anderson said."She was like a big sister to me, and she really helpedguide me. We 're both fast and we can work so well together, and it just worked out. I'm happy I had her ias a teammate) for my freshman year." Anderson, who at one point

earlier in the season held the schoolrecords forgoalsand gamewinners, ended with 14 goals and four game-winners, and tallied 36 points, 50 shots and a team-high eight assists. "I found out through Coach Wagar himself and I really was shocked for a little bit," Anderson said."I didn't expect anything like that. Being a freshman and all, it didn't come to my mind — even getting first team allconference and everything. This is like new territory for me, and I didn't think it would honestly be

possible." Schuder, who said the two SeeSoccer/Page 10A

Beavers getting readyfor tall taskvs. Kansas The Associated Press

Olaf Schaftenaar remembers the barbecue restaurant he and his Oregon State teammates visited while in Kansas City, Missouri, three years ago. H e also recallsthe Beavers' 84-78 loss to Kansas in that same city, a game in which OSU never led but was

within four points of the 10thranked team in the country in the closing minute. Saturday, the Beavers will return to the same site, Kansas City's Sprint Center, to play the No. 2 Jayhawks with an opportunity to make waves in college basketball. "Do all the little things right, be solid in everything

Senior off to fast start for Tigers The La Grande girls basketball team has gotten off to a solid start, winning its first two games of the season in blowout fashion as it heads to the Hood River Tournament this weekend. Senior Kylin Collman has been a key catalyst for the Tigers, as the guard has led the team in scoring in each of its first two wins and has hit five 3-pointers, which is tied for first on the team.

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starter Kyndal Murchison, struggled to find an offensive rhythm as they adjusted to the loss of Murchison while also trying to figure out a pesky Badger defense. awe were in a little bit of a funk in the first half," Cove head coach Brendan May said. "Kyndal brought a ton of energy to our team. She doesn't necessarily blow up the stat chart, but she's involved in every play offensively and defensively and thegirlsfeed offthatenergy. Not having her out there, SeeRout/Page 10A

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NCAA MEN'S BAS ICETBALL we do, take care oftheball, not give them any easy buckets and limit them to one shot, I feel like we should have a shot to win the game," Schaftenaar said. It's a neutral-site game in name only, being played in a

19,000-seat arena about 40 miles northeast of the Kansas campus in Lawrence. Junior guard Malcolm Duvivier says it'sthese types of games — playing one of the top teams in the countrythat he works for every day. You take shots in practice, imagining they're being taken against one of the

sport's bluebloods,hesaid. "It just gets you motivated to want to go out there and perform," he said. OSU head coach Wayne Tinkle wants to believe his team has an opportunity to win."Anything can happen this time of year. You see it all the time," he said earlier this week.

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Grapplers hit the La Grande mats

IOWA STATE: The No. 4 Cyclones rallied from a 20-point deficit against instate rival lowa and came away with an 83-82 home win

RANDY PETERSON: The Des Moines Register sports columnist suffered a compound fracture after fans

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State's comeback victory. Peterson suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

Six local teams are in action as the second day of the Muilenburg Tournament at La Grande High School kicks off early Saturday morning. 9 a.m.,La Grande High School

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No rain, test. with one year lease. utilities paid, coin-op T riplex, 3 b r d m , 2 to appreciate! 125 TON 2nd crop bath, all utilities pd, 541-523-9057 10207 White Birch for laundry, No smoking, Alfalfa -alfalfa grass No pets. $ 5 5 0/mo, no smoking, no pets, $295,000 30 TON 3rd Crop month, $900 BEARCO BUSINESS Call today for a p lus $ 5 0 0 d e p o s it $1,000 Sm. bales.(100 lb. avg.) deposit. 541-910-3696 Park, 1,600 sq. ft. 2 541-91 0-3696 personal showing! No reasonable offer Office's, 12x11 1/2 roll Sondra Rosholt, Broker 750 - Houses For will be refused. up door, restrooms, DRC'S PROPERTY John J. Howard & 541-51 9-0693 541-963-7711. LG. Associates, LLC MANAGEMENT, INC. Rent Baker Co. Office: 541-663-9000 215 Fir Str 2260 10TH. Large FOR LEASE or Sale: $16,000 2-bdrm w/loft, family Celk 541-910-1357 La Grande OR 60'x120' w a rehouse room, carport & outside Fully loaded! w/ office, avail. early storage. Garbage paid. APARTMENTS: Ja n. 2016, 6 0 ' x 9 0' Studio $350 to $400 $600/mo + $600 dep. p ad, l o ading d o c k , NICE REMODELED • 35 foot 541-523-9057 1bd, $385 to $395, 2-16' rollup doors, 20' • 3 Slide Outs 2bd, $440 to $585 c eiling, n a t ural g a s , 2625 MADISON. 2-bdrm • W/D Combo 440 power, located on one bath w/RV parking, • Kitchen Island All Units are 6 acres, heavy indus• 4-dr Fridge/Freezer garbag paid. $525/mo + 710 - Rooms for Nen Smoking t rial zoned l and 1 / 4 $525 dep. 541-523-9057 For more info. call: Rent mi., outside Island city, (541) 519-0026 3-BDRM, 1-bath. Very Welcome Home! Info. caII 541-910-8744 NOTICE Nice! In c I . W / D, All real estate advertised Fenced Bac k Y a r d, SHOP 8t OFFICE Space Ca!I h ere-in is s u blect t o w/s pd. $395/mo plus $600/mo plus deposit. the Federal Fair Hous(541) 963-7476 $ 30 0 d e p o s it 3 bedroom, 2 bath home 541-519-576 2 or ing Act, which makes 541-91 0-3696 with 24x20 garage. On 541-51 9-5852 it illegal to a dvertise GREEN TREE c orner lot i n U n i o n , any preference, limita3110 GRANDVIEW DR. 770 - Vacation RentAPARTMENTS natural gas f u rnace, tions or discnmination 2-bdrm, 1-bath. Full als approximately 1 , 300 based on race, color, 2310 East Q Avenue finished basement and sq. ft., open floor plan, religion, sex, handicap, La Grande,OR 97B50 YOUR self a treat, 2 car garage. $800/mo GIVE I with fenced yard and 2O11 do your shopping on f amilial status or n a+ dep. 541-523-7268 kI covered decks, H awaii I s l and. D e c tional origin, or intenBACKPACK $118,000. 1320, 2015, 2 bd unit. tion to make any such 2295 Ash St. Affordasble Studios, Call 541-786-3303 or $800. Call for m o re p references, l i m i t a 1-bdrm, 1 bath. Fenced TRAILER 1 & 2 bedrooms. 541-786-0331. tions or discrimination. info. 541-263-1935 yard, attached garage. (Income Restnctions Apply) • Hardshelled We will not knowingly Professionally Managed $500/mo + dep. • Excellent condition accept any advertising Blue Ridge Apartments 780 - Storage Units by: GSL Properties $270,000 STUNNING • Very clean for real estate which is 2-bdrm,2-bath, $600/mo Located Behind VIEWS ON 10 ACRES • Good storage in violation of this law. La Grande Town Center all utilities pd INot used since June 2013 IN COVE. This 2536 All persons are hereby Molly Ragsdale due to stroke ) sq. fl. home overlooks informed that all dwellProperty Management $4,000.00 Cove with gorgeous i ngs a d ve rtised a r e Call: 541-519-8444 • Mltil-WtratioiiM, 541-523-0806 views. The 3 bd 2 ba available on an equal "Pick u A l i c a tions" • Oiifslda Famsil Fark)iig includes a spacious 2710 1/2 First Sr /Info Boxf opportunity basis. • Itailiirebls Itiitsii master bedroom and EQUAL HOUSING HIGHLAND VIEW 970 - Autos For Sale OPPORTUNITY HOME SWEET HOME master bath. Newer Fx lriAirliiisltoti siN' Apartments Clean & Cozy flooring, pumphouse, 52$4MIIays 1704 East • $600/mo roof and appliances. 2000 B U ICK Ce n tury 800 N 15th Ave 2-bdrm, 1 bath Custom Sedan, 4 door, $9<N7eveltillgs Fenced and ready for Elgin, OR 97827 2528 VaIIey •$650/mo 93,816 miles, no meyour animals. 2 378510th Rreet 2-bdrm, 1.5 bath c hanical p r o b l e m s , streams, 1 runs all Now accepting applica- No smoking/Sm pet neg think old lady's c a r, 720 - Apartment year. 15074868 tions f o r fed e r a l ly Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 only local miles. See at Century 21 Rentals Baker Co. funded housing. 1, 2, 1 07 Cedar St., L G . , Eagle Cap Realty, and 3 bedroom units CLEAN, QUIET 1 bdrm Nelson Real Estate $3,500 541-963-5378. i 541-9634511. with rent based on inapartment in updated Has Rentals Available! b uilding. $ 3 9 5 / m o . come when available. 541-523-6485 DONATE YOUR CAR,;;, TRUCIC OR BOAT TO $350 sec. dep. 2332 Prolect phone number: ja 855 - Lots & Prop9 th St . A v a il. N O W HE R ITAG E FOR THE 541-437-0452 B a ke r C ity. ( 5 4 1 ) BLIND. Free 3 Day Vaerty Union Co. TTY: 1(800)735-2900 SUNFIRE REAL Estate e Seavttly fenoxI 786-2888. cation, Tax Deductible, BEAUTIFUL VIEW lot in LLC. has Houses, Du- e CedsdEritty Free Towing, All Pa"This institute is an equal plexes & Apartments Cove, Oregon. Build 1-BDRM, 1 bath, perwork Taken Care , opportunity provider." e Llgiiiiedler yOar preteCI(eii y our d r ea m h o m e . for rent. Call Cheryl Laundry on site. Of. CAL L Septic approved, elecGuzman fo r l i s t ings, Tenant Pays Electnc. No e 6 dlfferentSizevriila 1-800-401-4106 541-523-7727. tnc within feet, stream (PNDC) smoking/pets.$490/mo e Lotsof Ry slorage r unning through l o t . 541-51 9-6654 • il 752 - Houses for A mazing v i e w s of 41296Chicti IRd, Baker CI(y '72 CHEVY Pick-Up, 4 Rent Union Co. mountains & v a l l ey. wheel dnve, long wide UPSTAIRS S T U DIO. 3.02 acres, $62,000 box, 541-562-5966 Laundry on si te . LARGE BASEMENT stu- 1450 SQ FT 2 bdrm, 2 208-761-4843 dio, in pnvate home. bath, detached single W/S/G heat/hot water, K itchenette, p r i v a t e garage, 300 sq ft deck, Dish TV & lawn care A PLUS RENTALS e ntry, close to E O U 970 - Autos For Sale 9 7 0 - Autos For Sale off s t r e e t p a r k i n g, provided. Tenant pays has storage units and shopping. On bussprinklered lawn, w/d electric. Close to park availab!e. & small freezer incl. 5x12 $30 per mo. & d owntown. 2 2 0 9 line, All utilities incl., $800. 541-910-0354 G rove St. $ 4 5 0/mo plus internet & Direct 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. T V. No s m o k ing o r +dep. No pets/smok8x10 $30 per mo. 2BDRM, 1BA. New gaGe pets. $450 1st., last, + ing. 541-519-5762 or 'plus deposit' rage, Very clean, 1yr dep. 541-962-2953 for 541-51 9-5852 1433 Madison Ave., lease. $800/mo. application. or 402 Elm St. La 2504 N Depot St. LG 2533 10TH St. 1-bdrm Grande. 0 541-963-751 7 apartment. All utilities Ca II 541-910-3696 rent, l o c ated down paid including internet for our most current offers and to t own, w a l k in g d i s - 3 B D RM, 1 b t h . 5 7 8 $550/mo plus $550 dep. tance to l o cal b usi- West Fulton, U nion, browse our complete inventory. 541-523-9057 OR. $650/mo, 1st and American West nesses, nice and spa Storage c ious, u t i l i t ie s i n c l . last month rent p lus FURNISHED STUDIO 509-592-81 79. $400 refundable clean- 7 days/24 houraccess 8E 2-BDRM APTS. 541-523-4564 ing deposit upon signUtilites paid, includes i ng. Available n o w . COMPETITIVE RATES www.La rande internet/cable. Starting at 541-562-5280 for appli- Behind Armory on East 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 Rentals.com $600/mo. 541-388-8382 cation. and H Streets. Baker City •

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with th e FCC's Prog ram Comment f o r Positive Train Control and Infrastructure. Union Pacific proposes to construct an approximately 65' monopole communications pole with associated equipment at the following approximate l ocation in Union County, Oregon within the existing

by Stella Wilder SATURDAY, DECEMBER12,2015 expecting to get a helping hand from some- haveachance to reliveapastgloryvery soon. YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder one else, but it's not likely to come - at least What is rare is that you may even be able to Born today, you will have takenyourplace not in the form you most anticipate. improve upon it! on a very large stage at anearly ageand will AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You're in LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —The light at the maintain your high standing among others need of a favor, but you may be feeling too end of the tunnel may begin to illuminate throughout your lifetime. Regardless of the proud — orperhaps too embarrassed- - to ask things in a very strange way, but you must talents you havebeen given and the opportu- for it outright. 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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —Something fEDIIQRS F dt d q u pl » t n Ry R« I « C What begins innocently enough mayactually will be revealed to you that has you discoverCOPYRIGHT2tll5 UMTED FEATURESYNDICATE INC turn into something quite different before ing much more about yourself than about DISIRIBUIED BY UNIVERSALUCLICK FORUFS lllOWd tSt K Ct yM O all0a Btltl25567l4 you areawarethatanythinghas happened. anything else. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You're CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may SUNDAY, DECEMBER13, 2015 what one-sided, but you can fix that. outlook, attitude and overall aesthetic. He or YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You she is waiting for you. Born today, you are a bundle of talent. mustn't let a lack of communication hold you LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - You are able to While this is usually considered to be a great back. 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(515) 331-2103(GSS ¹W15345-OR-3). LegaI No. 00043841 Published: Dec.11,2015

STORAGE UNIT AUCTION ABC Storesall, Inc. 41298 Chico Lane Baker City, OR 97814 Auction on Saturday at 10 a.m. December 19, 2015

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a nd payable, t h o se sums being the following, to- wit: The installments of pnncipal and interest which became due on 1/1/2013, and all subsequent instaIIments of pnncipal and i nterest t h rough t h e date of t h i s N o t i c e, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent p r o p erty taxes, insurance prem iums , adv a n c e s made on senior liens, t axes a n d/o r i n s u rance, trustee's fees, and any attorney fees and court costs ansing from o r a s s o c iated efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off.

shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary Foreclosures under ORS u nder th e D e e d o f 87.669-87.691 Trust pursuant to the t erms o f the loa n LegaI No. 00043852 documents. Whereof, Published: December 11, notice hereby is given 18, 2015 that Quality Loan Servi ce C o r p o ratio n o f TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF W ashington, the u n SALE T . S . N o .: dersigned trustee will 0R-14-645399-NH o n 2/9/2016 a t t h e Reference is made to hour of 1 0:00 AM t hat c e r t a i n deed Standard of Time, as made by, MELODY L. established by section CRIST as Grantor to 187.110, Oregon ReAMERITITTLE, as trusvised Statues, Inside tee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC the main lobby of the County C o u r t house REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ("MERS") 1995 3rd Street Baker, Oregon 97814 County AS NOMINEE FOR of BAICE R , State of SEA BREEZE FINANOregon, sell at public CIAL SERVICES, INC. auction to the highest as Beneficiary, dated bidder for cash the in4/26/2005, r ecorded terest in the said de5/13/2005, i n o f ficial Answer to Previous Puzzle records o f B A ICER scribed real property which the grantor had C ounty, O r e go n i n H I L L Y P OCU S or had power to conbook/reel/volume No. vey at the time of the and/or as f ee/filehnA T E O U T C EM E N T e xecution by h i m o f strument/ microfilm / the said trust deed, toSS N CHAI N A R I r eceptio n n umb e r gether with any inter05200070B covering PE T K LN S S U E est which the grantor t he f o l l o w i n g deor his successors in inscribed real property SL I M N E E G E L S terest acquired after s ituate d in sa id F L AG E MB O D Y C ounty, a n d S t a t e , the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy t o-wit : A P N : 320 4 YA P AMT 0954020AA 6400 THE the foregoing obligaH EA D E R W H A M tions thereby secured NORTH 45 FEET OF LOT 5, BLOCIC L, M.E. and the costs and exSE N S R EF S C A B penses of sale, includPLACE'5 ADDITION i ng a reas o n a b l e NA G T B I A C P R TO BAICER CITY, ACcharge by the trustee. CORDING TO THE OFUT A R O A N S E L I Notice is further given F IC IAL P LA T B UG G E D D E E P E N THEREOF, IN BAICER that any person named in Section 86.778 of CITY, COUNTY OF S P E A K A N T S Y Oregon Revised StatBAICER AND STATE utes has the nght to OF OREGON Com12-12-15 © 2015 UFS, Dist. by Univ. Uclick for UFS have the foreclosure monly known as: 1435 DEWEY AVE, BAICER proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reCITY, OR 97818 The 6 Play 10 Big burger instated by payment to undersigned h e reby horseshoes 11 Sitcom planet c ertifies t h a t b a s e d the beneficiary of the 7 Appear 16 Look at the e ntire a m o un t t h e n upon business records due (other than such 8 Leap aside books t here are n o k n o w n portion of said princiwritten a s s ignments 9 Down Under 20 Mare's morsel pal as would not then of the trust deed by bird 22 Cook in a wok be due had no default the trustee or by the 24 Envelope occurred), t o g e t her beneficiary and no apsealer with the c o sts, t r uspointments of a s u c8 9 10 11 tee's and a t t orney's 25 Greek letter cessor trustee h ave fees and c uring any been made, except as 26 Goad a horse 14 o ther d e f ault c o m r ecorded i n t h e r e 27 Texas town plained of in the Nocords of the county or 28 "Fernando" tice of Default by ten17 counties in which the dering th e p e r f ormband above described real property i s s i t u ated. ance required under 29 Kind of job the obligation or trust Further, no action has 31 Commotion deed, at any time pnor b een instituted to r e 32 Writer Aynto five days before the cover the debt, or any 24 2 5 26 date last set for sale. 36 Errors like part thereof, now reOther than as shown m aining secured b y thiss? 33 of record, neither the the trust deed, or, if 38 Quaint lodging b eneficiary n o r t h e such action has been 41 Three-legged trustee has any actual instituted, such action stand notice of any person has been d i smissed having or claiming to 43 Achilles' story except as permitted by have any lien upon or ORS 86.752(7). Both 45 Ph.D. exam i nterest i n t h e r e a l the beneficiary and the 46 Orchid-loving property hereinabove trustee have elected Wolfe to sell th e s aid r eal described subsequent t o the interest of t h e 48 Elevator guy property to satisfy the 48 4 9 50 t rustee i n t h e t r u s t 49 Char a steak obligations secured by deed, or of any sucsaid trust deed and no50 Best or Ferber t ice h a s b e e n r e c c essor in i n terest t o 51 Matisse piece grantor or of any lesorded pursuant to Sec52 Jumper with a see or other person in tion 86.752 (3) of Ore58 possession of or occupouch gon Revised Statutes. pying the property, exThere is a default by 53 - -de-sac cept: Name and Last grantor or other per61 55 Term of ICnown Address and son owing an obligarespect Nature of Right, Lien tion, performance of ,

38 What hulks pump 39 Fiscal period 40 Bucket of song 42 Quick swim 44 Prolific auth. 47 Baggy 51 Flight routes 54 Would not 56 Casanova type 57 Tune from an opera 58 Holm or Fleming 59 Thruway expense 60 Greystoke's

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Nothing in this notice

CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS

10/15/2015 $ 14,176.4 7 Lat e Charges From Through Total Lat e C h a rges 12/1/2012 10/15/2015 $0.00 B e n e f iciary's Advances, Costs, And Expenses Escrow Advances $1,946.34 Tot al A dv a n c e s : $ 1,946.34 T O T A L FORECLOSURE COST: $4,502.30 TOTAL REQUIRED TO R EN I STATE: $21,839.83 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $81,135.87 By reason o f th e d e f a u lt, t h e b eneficiary ha s d e clared all sums owing

with the beneficiaries

Description of property: Household, p e r s o nal

which is s ecured by the trust deed, or by the successor in intere st, w it h r e s pect t o p rovision s t her e i n which authonze sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due t he following s u m s : Delinquent Payments: Payment Information From Through Total Payments 12/1/2012

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or Interest MELODY I DSPUb ¹ 0 0 9 2 5 9 2 CRIST 1435 DEWEY 11/27/201 5 1 2/4/2015 AVE BAICER CITY, OR 1 2/1 1/201 5 97818 Original B o r12/18/2015 rower For Sale Inform at i o n C a l l : LegaI No. 00043705 888-988-6736 or Login Published: Nov. 27, Dec, to: Salestrack.tdsf.com 4, 11, 18th, 2015 In construing this notice, th e

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cludes the plural, the 1010 - Union Co. w ord " g r a ntor " i n - Legal Notices cludes any successor NOTICE TO in interest to this grant or as w e l l a s a n y INTERESTED PERSONS other person owing an o bligation, t h e p e r formance of which is secured by the t r ust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to O r egon Law, t his sale w il l no t b e deemed final until the T rustee's d ee d h a s been issued by Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington . If any irregularities are d iscovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer's money and take further action as necessary. If the sale i s set a s ide f o r a n y reason, including if the Trustee is u nable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a ret urn o f t h e mo n i e s paid to th e T r ustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further r e c ourse against th e T r u s t o r, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, th e

Karen Balmer has been appointed P e r s o nal Representative (hereafter PR) of the Estate of LaWana Marie Schwebke, Deceased, P ro b a t e No. 1 5-11-8565, U n i o n County Circuit Court, State of Oregon. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceeding may obtain additional information from the court

records, the PR, or the attorney for the PR. All persons having claims a gainst t h e est a t e must present them to the PR at: Mammen 5 Null, Lawyers, LLC J. Glenn Null, Attorney for PR 1602 Sixth StreetP.O. Box 477 La Grande, OR 97850 (541) 963-5259 within four months after the f i rs t p u b l ication date of this notice or they may be barred. Published: December 4, 11,18, 2015 Legal No.00043770

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NOTICE TO a ry's Agent, o r t h e INTERESTED PERSONS Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously J. Glenn Null has been b een d is c h a r g e d appointed P e r s o nal through bankruptcy, Representative (hereyou may have been reafter PR) of the Estate leased of personal liof Dale R. Martin, ability for this loan in Deceased, P r o b ate which case this letter No. 15-11-8570, Union is intended to exercise County Circuit Court, t he n o t e ho ld e r s State of Oregon. All nght's against the real persons whose rights property only. As remay be affected by quired by law, you are the proceeding may hereby notified that a obtain additional infornegative credit report mation from the court reflecting o n y our records, the PR, or the credit record may be attorney for the PR. All submitted to a c r edit persons having claims r eport agency if y o u a gainst t h e est a t e fail to fulfill the terms must present them to of your credit obligathe PR at: tions. Without limiting Mammen 5 Null, t he t r u s t e e ' s d is - Lawyers, LLC claimer of representa- J. Glenn Null, tions o r w a r r a nties, Attorney for PR Oregon law r e quires 1602 Sixth Streetthe trustee to state in P.O. Box 477 this notice that some La Grande, OR 97850 residential p r o p erty (541) 963-5259 sold at a trustee's sale within four months after may have been used the f i rs t p u b l ication in ma nu f a c t u r i n g date of this notice or methamphetamines, they may be barred. the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e Published: December 11, k nown t o b e t o x i c . 18,25, 2015 Prospective purchasers of residential prop- Legal No.00043834 erty should be aware NOTICE TO of this potential danger b efore d e c i ding t o INTERESTED PERSONS p lace a bi d f o r t h i s Glenn Null has been property at th e t r us- J. appointed P e r s o nal tee's sale. NOTICE TO Representative (hereTENANTS: TENANTS OF THE S U BJECT after PR) of the Estate REAL P R O PERTY of Clarence Eugene Sr . , DeHAVE CERTAIN PRO- Abram, ceased, Probate No. TECTIONS A FF 1 5-11-8569, U n i o n FORDED TO THEM County Circuit Court, UNDER ORS 86.782 State of Oregon. All AND POSSIBLY UNpersons whose rights DER FEDERAL LAW. may be affected by ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF S A LE, the proceeding may AND INCORPORATED obtain additional HEREIN, IS A NOTICE i nformation from t h e court records, the PR, TO TENANTS THAT or the attorney for the SETS FORTH SOME PR. All persons having OF TH E P ROTECT IONS THAT A R E claims against the estate must p r esent A VAILABLE T O A TENANT OF THE SUB- them to the PR at: JECT REAL PROP- Mammen 5 Null, ERTY AND W HICH Lawyers, LLC SETS FORTH CER- J. Glenn Null, TAIN REQUIRMENTS Attorney for PR THAT MUST BE COM- 1602 Sixth StreetPLIED WITH BY ANY P.O. Box 477 TENANT IN ORDER La Grande, OR 97850 TO OBTAIN THE AF- (541) 963-5259 FORDED PROTEC- within four months after TION, AS REQUIRED the f i rs t p u b l ication date of this notice or UNDER ORS 86.771 Q UALITY MA Y B E they may be barred. CONSIDERED A DEBT C OLLECTOR A T - Published: December 11, 18,25, 2015 TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION Legal No.00043835 OBTAINED WILL BE STORAGE SALE U SED FO R T H A T The personal property of P URPOSE. TS N o : the following individu0R-14-645399-NH als will be auctioned D ated: 9/ 2 2 / 2 0 1 5 due to long term payQuality Loan Service ment delinquency. An Corporation of Washauction will be held on ington, as Trustee SigTuesday, December nature By: 29, 2015, at 10:00 am. Alma Clark, Assistant T he location o f t h e Secretary T r u stee's auction will be MulhalMailing Address: Qualland Storage 10601 ity Loan Service Corp. 1/2 Walton Road, Iso f Washington C/ 0 land City, OR. Quality Loan Service C orporation 41 1 I v y Stacey Wells ¹5 Street San Diego, CA Nicole Wells ¹5 92101 Trustee's Physical Address: Quality Published: December 4 Loan Service Corp. of and 11,2015 Washington 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 202, LegaI No. 00043782 Seattle, WA 98104 Toll

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NEW YORK — A severed pig's head was left outside a mosque in Philadelphia. An Islamic center in Florida was defaced. A Sikh temple in California was vandalized by someone who mistook it for a mosque and left graffiti that includeda profane reference to the Islamic State group. Advocacy groups believe there has been a spike in antiMuslim incidents across the United States in recent weeks that can be linked to last week's mass shootingin Californiaand theinfl ammatory rhetoric of Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates. And they say that Muslims are fearful the backlash could lead to further harassment and violence. "The spike began with the Paris attacks and has intensified with what happened in San Bernardino and now with what Donald Trump is proposing, "Ibrabim Hooper, lead spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Wednesday."I have never seen such fear and apprehension in the Muslim community, even after 9/11." The FBI, which keeps statistics on hate crimes committed nationwide, said dataabout2015 willnotbe available until next year. But the Anti-Defamation League said it has tracked more than three dozen incidents since the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris that left 130 dead. ''We'retalkingatleastthree dozen that we're aware of and I'm sure there are many more incidents that haven't been reported," said Oren Segal,

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GRANDE RONDE RIVER • Cold temperatures have put a damper on steelhead fishing on the Grande Ronde. The river has been flowing with slush and will likely freeze with continued cold temperatures. However, mid-winter fishing can be good right after the river thaws. IMNAHA RIVER • The cold temperatures have put a damper on steelhead fishing on the Imnaha. The river may freeze with the continued cold weather. Look for fishing to improve during the late winter/early spring. •l

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Twelve-year-old Alex Kehr poses with a trophy elk taken on a hunt in the Mt. Emily Unit in November. Kehr gained the once-in-a-lifetime hunt when his father, Jason Kehr, won an auctioned hunt at an Oregon Hunter's Association banquet in March.

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Very few people actually get to experience one ofthose "once-in-a-lifetime-opportunities," whether it's a trip to the other side of the world, a business that booms like none other or a rare hunt. La Grande resident Dwayne Craft recently won the latter, as his name was drawn for a Mt. Emily Unit elk hunt in 2015. But he did something with his opportunity that few would even consider. He gave it away for Oregon's mentor hunt program. "I said,'I'm willing to donate my tag even though it took me 16 years of applying to get it,"' he said.

And as a result, 12-yearold Alex Kehr, also of La Grande,reaped the benefits.

An opportunity given Craft, an active member of Oregon Hunter's Association, has annually applied for a Mt. Emily tag. But circumstances through the years have granted him the chance to take advantage of several other rare opportunities, and he has logged many successful elk hunts over the years outside the state— even outside the country. "I've been in a unique situation compared to most anybody that's hunted in the state of Oregon," Craft said. "I've gone to Canada numer-

ous times and could kill an elk up there every year that I wanted." He also knows the importance of passing on hunting to youth and says more needs to be done for young hunters. "I'vealways catered to the kids," he said."I've always wanted the kids to have more, to do more. I still feel like our Fish and Game do not do enough for our kids.... Nowadays you have to draw allthese tags.They'reguaranteed one elk tag and one deertag from the ages of12 to 17. After that, they have to draw like the rest of us.

Special tags like iMt. Emily), they can't even get without going through the draw." So when his name was

uying for an outdoorsman is easy. Our world is filled with"musthave" gimmicks, and new items seem to hit the market almost weekly. Bass Pro Shop used to have me write five Christmaslistarticles— onefor the hunter, fisherman, camper, backpacker and lastminute ideas. So I can't possibly cram everything into one shortarticle,buthere'sa shortlist ofitems I've tested thisyearor have seen that look cool.

The organization auctioned the mentor hunt at its annual banquet in March, once OHA and Craft made the necessaryprovisions to ensure the winner could hunt off ofhis tag. "I just wanted someone to have that unique experience ofbeing able to kill a bull,"

Craft said. And interestingly enough, the winning bidder wasn't

A winning bid from afar The night of the auction, Alex Kehr was participating with La Grande in the middle school state wrestling championships in McMinnville. His father, Jason Kehr, seeking to give his son an opportunity of a lifetime, was corresponding with a friend back in La Grande who was at the auction. While Alex was helping La Grande win a state title, Jason Kehr was winning the auction for his son. "It' saonceorm aybe twice in a lifetime opportunity," Jason Kehr said."I didn't want See Hunt/Page 8C

Hunting • ThermaCELL has a lot of great products, including heated insoles, pocket warmers, mosquito repellers and lanterns. • Steel Will knives have some great selections for the outdoorsman. • Irish Setter boots. For a light weight pair, check out their Vapr Treks.

BASE CAMP TOM CLAYCOMB • Ammo. We all need more ammo. Ask him for exactly what type he wants because it is very specific. I hunt almost exclusively with Hornady ammo. • Backpacks. Outdoorsmen use multiple backpacks. I know I do. Daypacks, backpacking packs, gear hauling packs, etc. Check out Slumberjack/Kelt y'sselections. • Try making your own sausage, hotdogs and jerky. Hi Mountain Seasonings owns the market. • Boyds makes some cool laminated wood rifle stocks. • Optics: Leupold makes all levels ofscopes,binoculars and spotting

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finally drawn for the Mt. Emily elk hunt — a unit thatprovidestrophy-sized animals — Craft took the opportunity to pass the hunt on to someone else who may otherwise not get the chance, and donated the hunt to the La Grande chapter of the

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Turkey Shoot Saturday morning The La Grande Rifle and Pistol Club is hosting a Turkey Shoot at 10 a.m. Sunday, with sign up starting at 9 a.m. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place. The optional firearms are centerfire rifle, muzzleloading rifle, centerfire pistol and muzzleloading pistol. Entry fee is $15. For more information, contact Darrel Plank at 541-910-4132.

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Tompkins was one of the founders of The North Face, an activewear company that is now owned by VF Corp. of Greensboro, North Carolina. He also founded, with his wife, the Esprit clothing company. An active outdoorsman, besides buying up land to preserve it, Tompkins also sometimes got involved in local environmental issues in Chile and Argentina. Many credit him with helping to raise consciousness about the toll that largeman-made projects, such as dams, can have on ecosystems.

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Alaskan survives avalanche By Casey Grove Fairbanks (Alaska) News Miner

Herring was wearing a backpack with inflatable airbags that can deploy in an instant and are designed to help keep the wearer from sinking deep into an avalanche. But the slide happened so fast that he was not able to pull the cord thattriggers the airbags.He jumped upwardfrom the snowmachine, and the snow hit"like somebody dumped a loaded bucket of snow on me," he said. He tried to swim through it before it set up like concrete around his

FAIRBANKS, AlaskaBuried in snow over his head in the mountains near Summit Lake, Alaska, memories of hugging his children flashedthrough snowmachiner Sean Herring's mind. The Fairbanks resident had just become the second person in two weeks to be fully buried by an avalanche in the area, despite more than a decadeofexperience riding in mountainous terrain and havingavoided the steeper, snow-loaded, seemingly more legs. dangerous slopes all day. The top layer kept moving, Herring said in an interpulling on his backpack and view that he forced himself pouring into his helmet, choking him, Herring said. to calm down while he was under the mass of snow. It eventually locked his right He realized that panicking arm in place, but his left arm would result in his death. stayed free. "The snow was getting "I was kind of feeling like I higher and higher, and I was already dead, and I was saying goodbye to my kids. could see for a minute there It's hard to explain. It's like I that it wasn't a super giganwas losing my kids," Herring tic slide, but I was getting said."I kept thinking,'There's reallyconcerned because it wasn't stopping," Herring no way this is happening.' It felt like a dream." said."I just kept punching "It was like, You're going to the snow until it stopped. die or you're going to get out When it did stop, thankfully, ofhere."' I was still able to see light." Still, Herring's head was Trouble despite now under the snow, some of preparation which he had inhaled, and his fear was intense. The Herring was part of a group of six friends, all of claustrophobia was almost whom were wearing avaunbearable, he said. 'You hear people talk lanche beacons and carrying probes and shovels in case of about it all the time, but you a burial. have to stop yourself from Another member of the panicking to even do anygroup, Clyde Hewitt, said the thing," he said. m en hadbeen enjoying ridForcing himself to calm ing inseveralfeetofpowder down, Herring used his free hand to clear snow away on top of a deeper base, the productofstrong storms that from his face and, eventually, have hit Interior Alaska and made a hole to the surface the Eastern Alaska Range through which he could this winter. They knew the breathe. He thought about waiting for his friends to dig snowpack was wind-loaded in spots, and they had seen him out, but loose powder some natural slides, Hewitt was still falling in the hole and there was a chance that said. The snowmachiners were mostly just looking more wouldrebury him. So Herring slowly unburat the steeper mountains, taking pictures and staying ied himself, sawing through away from the slopes they the now hard-packed snow thought were more prone to with his hand and popping slide. out chunks by flexing his They stopped to take a back. He crawled out of the break alittle before4 p.m ., hole uninjured, collapsing with the sun setting in the on the snow's surface right beforehisfriends drove up subarctic sky. "Naturecalled"for Herworried about him. Hewitt ring, who started up his 2013 and the others were cursing Summit X 800 and rode and angry at themselves away from the group, out of for not coming sooner, said Herring, who estimated his sight, Hewitt said. friends arrived 20 or 30 minWhat they did not know utes after the avalanche. was that Herring changed Hewitt said he was course after they could not see him any more. amazed that his friend was Herring's friends saw what able to claw his way out. "It was a superhuman looked like a small snow slide, but they surmised it feat," Hewitt said."He was had not hit Herring because there kind of gasping and they had seen him leave exhausted." heading in a different direcThe six men spent the next two hours digging out tion, Hewitt said. Herring's snowmachine, About 15 or 20 minutes which was buried under went by. eWe were sitting there about seven feet of snow. The waiting and waiting. He'd avalanche's depth appeared to beabout eightfeettotal been gone for kind of a long and beyond the reach of their time," Hewitt said. probes, Hewitt said. 'So deep' "It was so deep," Hewitt said."So deep." Meantime, Herring was struggling for his life. Lessons learned He had ridden down a frozen riverbed and parked a That night, when the few feet above it. There was friendswere safe ata a small hill about 50 feet tall cabin closer to Summit next to him, Herring said. He Lake, Herring had trouble falling asleep, reliving the guessedthe hill'ssteepness nightmare ofbeing trapped to be roughly 40 degrees. All of sudden, Herring in snow, waking repeatedly noticed snow moving below with a jolt. him in the riverbed, and He had been lying there when he looked up, snow was thinking about how if the sliding at him from above. circumstances were slightly 'The whole hillside was different — maybe if there sliding at me," he said."Not had been another six inches like a chunk, but the whole of snow covering his head, or little hill." if the avalanche had not left

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him in a mostly upright position — he would be dead. "It was an unbelievably close call," Herring said. Herring said he was not mad at his friends for not coming to rescue him sooner, though he said he has had time to reflect on that in the days since surviving the avalanche. One lesson from the incident, Herring said, was the importance of investigating any avalanches near a snowmachine path, just in case. Staying together, even when seeking some privacy to answer nature's call, and keeping away from terrain trapslike the riverbed were other lessons learned, Herring and Hewitt said. The men admitted the risk of an avalanche, of which they were well aware, was higher than anticipated, especially on a small hill that Herring, an experienced backcountry traveler, describedas"m icro-terrain." "I felt confident before this. This just reset that for me," Herring said."That was just a clear, pure shot of how you can think you have everything under control, but you don't even know how far from that you can be."

Warning others After the avalanche, Hewitt contacted the new Eastern Alaska Range Avalanche Center to share their story in the hopes of warning others about the avalanche danger in the region. Harry Penn, a volunteer with the center who serves as its secretary,said even though Herring had dug himself out, it was commendable that everyone in his group was carrying a beacon, shovel and probe,and that they had the knowledge to use those toolseffectively. Penn said many of the comments the avalanche center has gotten following the slide that buried Herring have focused on how the snow-laden hill did not appear big enough to be dangerous. "The photo suggested it's a fairly innocuous slope," Penn said.'You know, it's not your Hollywood mountain ravine with snow barreling down it. It's a fairly simple-looking hillside. And a slide on that was sufficient to cause an incident that could've been far more serious than it was." "In terms of info we'd like to keep bringing up to the public is that anything that has the potential to slide can slide. Itdoesn'tm atterwhere it is or, necessarily, how big it is," he said. Sharing the recent avalanche stories on the center's Facebook page serves the center's goal of keeping an ever-growing user group of snowmachiners, skiers and snowboarders informed of the conditions and risks in the area, Penn said. "Our main mission with regards to education is to let people know that these incidents are occurring," Penn said.'The Summit area is a huge area for snowmachiners. It's well-populated, so we11be letting them know this is happening in their zone."

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Jason Kehr, left, and his son, Alex, pack out the head and antlers from Alex's kill.

HUNT Continued ~om Page1C to let it pass without at least trying." His reason forbidding was multifaceted. "As any parent, my biggest goal is to have my children be more successful than I have been," Jason Kehr said."I've supported the OHA multiple times in thepast.Itw as agood opportunity to support them and support my children." Alex, who is in his fourth year of hunting, was obviously thrilled by the chance that was put in front of him. "I was really excited and shocked that he was doing that for me," he said."It really took me by surprise. We just got done wrestling at the state tournament, and he's on the phone and he tells me, 'Alex, you're going on a big hunt this year."'

The hunt Jason Kehr said Alex has used his tag to hunt deer for four years now, and Lady Luck has clearly been on the youth's side. Whereas many hunters can go for years, even decades, and come away empty-handed, Alex had gone aperfect4-for-4,getting each deer on opening morning. "This year we went into

the Snake River Wilderness and he shot his first four-point buck on the first morning, too," Jason Kehr sard. Openingday fate was on the 12-year-old's side once again when he, his father, Craft and Kyle Ingerson went out hunting Nov. 7. The elder Kehr had taken a lot of time to scout the unit prior to the hunt, including the nightbefore,and had found an appealing 6-by-6

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Craft's actionsto donate the huntrubbed offon a couple of local businessmen, who felt compelled to giveto bull elk. the winner as well. But on the way out early Bob Staples offered to that morning, another bull, help haul the elk out of the unit for free, and Brody also a 6-by-6, crossed their Turner did free taxidermy path. They decided to give it a work on the new kill. "Both of them really go for the newly-found prize, despite facing much less said the same thing — 'if than ideal conditions. someone's willing to give eWe were up a on a hillup their tag for a youth for side in the wind iandl the a hunt, we can step up to wind was terrible," Jason the plate and do more, too,"' Kehr recalled.eWe had to Craft said. sneak back around the hillJason Kehr said he wasn't side and back down. We had surprised by Craft's genera little bit more stable shot ous act to donate the hunt — downhill at a steep angle. to OHA. "Dwayne has always We didn't have a great setup for the shot." been the guy that has done They managed to draw things for kids," he said. "I think that's one ofhis within about 300 yards of the animal, where Alex fired biggestpleasures ishelpmg a lethal shot. otherkidstohavethat "He put it down pretty experience." And as a result, Alex quick," Jason Kehr said.eWe weren't quite sure at the Kehr gained his opportunity time where we hit it. He did of a lifetime. "I thought it was really have to put another bullet in it." cool that someone would do Alex Kehr recalled the that, that they were that thrilling moment. selfless,"Alex said.

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Sesamesurveillance:littleseeds,growingallergvissue By Susan Berger Special to The Washington Post

Maren Koharski, a nurse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, was on herwayhome fiom a kids party when she shared a snack ofhummus and pretzels with her 18-month-old son, Oliver. He began playing with his lip, and soon there was a big welt. Within 10 minutes his face was splotchy and the red marks had spread to his hands and face. Ten minutes after that, his lips were swollen and he was having trouble breathing. Koharski raced to the nearest emergency room, where Oliver was treated with epinephrine fora severe allergic reaction. The culprit? Sesame seeds in the hummus. Oliver, now almost 4, has had three trips to the ER since then — one fiom a pita chip whose ingredient label did not reveal that it contained sesame, another aftereatinga pieceofbread with a sesame seed on it and another accidental exposure. "Knock on wood, we haven't had any exposure in over a year," said Koharski, who lives in Ashburn, Virginia."Mostly because we now know the rules." Her rules include reading food ingredients carefully, calling companies to double-check foodlabelsandwa tching over everything her son eats. Her sesame surveillance may become easier if Congressmandates the labelingof sesame. In Canada, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand, sesame seeds and products derived fiom them are required to be listed on

the senators noted that when Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act in 2004, the measure included milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy, and was intended to cover 90 percent of all allergies. Now,"allergists consider sesame to be an emerging allergy concern, affecting an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people in the United States," in part because of the growing popularity of Middle Eastern foods such as hummus, they wrote, adding that if the law "were enacted today, sesame would be included on the list." "Thereisa fairly broad consensus among those of us who see people with sesame allergy that sesame allergyis comparable(toland asprevalent as (allergies tol some of the individual tree nuts," said Wayne Shreffler, director of the Food Allergy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Tree nuts include walnut, almond, hazelnut, cashew, pistachio and Brazil nuts. Shreffler said the diKculty

ofdetecting sesame in foods is"not trivial" because the ingredient is often categorized on labels as "natural flavoring" or"spices." Most notable is tahini, which contains sesame pulverized into a powder or paste. A 2012 study from the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv indicates that reports aboutsesame allergyhave grown significantly worldwide over the past 20 years, possibly due to an increase in people experiencing it or togreaterawareness ofthe problem. The authors say that althoughonly onedeath fiom sesame has been reported, a significant number of people had all ergicreactionssevere enough to be life-threatening. Caroline Stone's son Bradley, 7, has developed a hostofallergies— to peanuts, coconut, tree nuts, kiwissince he was1t/2years old, but she was surprised to find out that he was allergic to sesame when he had thorough testing at2t/2.The tipoff: He got sick every time he ate a bagel (made where sesame

was used) or his great-grandmother's meatballs (made, it turns out, with bread crumbs containing sesame). Shreffler says people worried that they might have a sesame allergy should consult an allergist about testing, even though these exams have a high rate offalse positives.

He does not advise pregnant or breast-feeding women toavoidsesame as awayof protecting an unborn child, and he said there is no need for a healthy child with no family history of food allergies toavoidsesame products. Shreffler also noted new research — on peanut allergies — that found avoidance

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ssenia ois: erna iveme icineor an er~ • Once used mainly for their scents, these concentrated plant extracts are now being ingested, but their safety hasn't been tested By Kathleen McLaughlin WesCom News Service

Despitethefederalgovernment'swarning ofunfounded therapeutic claims, consumers are embracing the use of essential oils for a variety of ailments and chronic conditions. Concentrated extracts of plant material, essential oils have long been used in aromatherapy, but thanks to successful multilevel marketing companies, they've become a juggernaut of alternative medicine. Evidence of the trend can be seen in the growth of Utah-based Do Terra, which distributes its oils through "wellness advocates." Bend wellness advocate Elizabeth Mara said that three years ago, Do Terra had 100,000 wellness advocates nationwide. Now there are 2 million. Aficionados place a few drops of oil in a diffuser to create a mood-enhancing mist or to disinfectaroom. They add the oils to homemade lotion, or rub them directly on their skin. In a more controversial trend, they ingest the oils with water,food orin gelcapsules. As essential oils and their paraphernalia graduate from naturalfood stores to Walmart, people may wonder whether they're safe and effective. The answer is unclear. Even within alternative medicine, practitioners disagree on the appropriate use of essential oils. 'There's no double-blind placebo study on any of this," acknowledged Bend naturopathic doctor Azure Karli. She does not think essential oils are as effective as pharmaceuticals, and Karli doesn't widely recommend them. Yet she sells them in her office because some of her patients like to use them, and she thinks that for the most part, they're harmless. She pointed out that the oils people commonly ingest, such as lemon and orange, are also found in food and beverages.

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Essential oils are sold in health stores and mainstream outlets including Walmart. They are commonly diffused through the air, applied topically to the skin or even taken orally. Oils made from wintergreen plants (shown above) are common for ingesting.

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againstinfections, I think would befoolhardy." — Dr. Dawn Nolt, pediatric infectious disease specialist, talking about the use of essential oils

need to see much faster and more far-reaching improvement with our efforts to eliminate inappropriate claims. ewe want to reiterate our longstanding policy that Do Terra products are not drugs and maynotbe promoted to diagnose,treat,cure or prevent any disease. No one should make any such claim about our products." The FDA did not respond to a request for more information about the status of Do Terra's compliance. Mara acknowledged the Varying uses FDA action while giving an Karin Parramore, an essential oils workshop at acupuncturist who teaches a Hawthorne Healing Arts in class on essential oils at the July. She said she hoped the National College of Natural government would police Medicine in Portland, holds exaggerated claims, but the opposite view. at the same time, she said She believes essential oils peopleareneedlessly fearful of ingesting essential oils. are very effective in killing airborne germs, soothing The best oils to ingest are "hot" oils, such as oregano, chronic conditions such as arthritis and restoring menMara said during her Friday tal and emotional balance. evening workshop. But she thinks the massDuring the talk, which marketing of essential oils as Mara would not allow a Bulmedicine is dangerous. letinreporterto record,she Essential oils can cause al- was careful to use the words lergic skin reactions, worsen "assist" and "support,"rather than"treat," and at one point respiratory conditions and damage mucus membranes, corrected her use of the word Parramore said. "treat." ''When it comes to meParramore thinks the FDA's attempt to rein in dicinal use, I think it takes more than a pamphlet from the sales pitches is too little a company, or an hour-long and too late."There's now course," she said. thousands and thousands What is clear is that essen- ofpeopleouttheretalking tial oils don't meet U.S. drug aboutessentialoilsand aromatherapy in the language standards. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in that was presented by these multilevel marketers," she September 2014 sent warning let terstoUtah-based sald. distributors Young Living Do Terra's guide and Do Terra because the companies' representatives Do Terra created an essential oil usage guide, which were claiming that essential oilscould be used to treat covers common conditions, ailmentsfrom athlete'sfoot such as acne, that people can self-treat with any number of to the Ebola virus. commercialproducts.Italso Specific language includes serious illnesses, Do Terra responded in July such as hepatitis."Try: gerawith a letter to its members, nium, frankincense, Detoxiexplaining how to present fication Blend," the Do Terra the products in a"legal and guide recommends. 'Take compliant manner." a few drops internally in a ''While we have decapsule or use with a warm compress over the kidney voted significant additional resourcestoward compliarea, or apply topically on the right and left side of the ance and made progress to throat daily." address the FDA's concerns The guide also includes aboutourwellnessadvocates' common illnesses that can disease and drug claims, we

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progress to more serious problemsifleftuntreated, such as strep throat. Strep throat, most common among children and teens, can lead to rheumatic fever, which can result in damage to the heart. Do Terra's guide recommends trying the company's proprietaryProtective Blend, oregano or thyme oil. eniffuse into the air and inhaleorgarglea few drops mixed with water or take internally in a capsule several times daily. Oregano is very strong, diluteasneeded." The guide directs users to pre-recorded phone messages for more information about treatingcertain conditions. The message on strep throat notes that essential oil is m ore cost -effectivethan taking a child to the doctor and buying prescription antibiot1cs.

Dr. Dawn Nolt, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, said severalofher patients report using essential oils, mainly forstress relief,and she's fine with that. eTo use it in lieu of proven medical intervention against infections, I think would be foolhardy," Nolt said. She's aware of studies of essential oils that were applied to germs or cells infected with germs, and they appear to have had an effect."My understanding is these have not been tested on people. It has just been tested in the lab in a petri dish," she said.eTo say it must work when a person actually has a live infection in their body is a stretch."

essential oils are often looking to take control of their health. That was the case for Linda Kurtz of Sisters, who discovered essential oils and aromatherapy 20 years ago. At the time, she said she was battling a serious inflammation of the eye tissue, uveitis, which took several years to resolvethrough traditional medicine. "I think aromatherapy helped me deal with the emotional fallout and the stress," she said. Now Kurtz, 64, keeps lavenderand tea tree oilsin her medicine cabinet, and she uses tea tree oil on wounds to preventinfection. While she buys high-quality oils from a company in Portland, she said she would never ingest them. "I would not recommend ingesting anything without working with a professional," she sard. Melinda Linss of Bend recently began taking a couple of drops of frankincense oil in water every day in hopes that it would help with arthritis. She said her

fingers have been less stiff than they were at the onset of winter last year, but it's hard to tell whether that's attributableto the essential

oil alone because she also started following an antiinflammatory diet. Linss, 51, said she hasn't consulteda doctor about her arthritis."I just do a lot of research." She began using essential oils because when she hit menopause her skin became incredibly sensitive. She couldn't use her usual makeup or other skincare products and switched to coconut oil as a post-shower lotion. She started making her own soap and added in lavender and geranium oils. "It seems to calm my skin," she said. Topical uses of essential oil raise fewer alarms with medical professionals, but dermatologist Tanya Kormeili said she recommends thatpatients proceed cautiously by doing a test on the inside of the forearm with one oil at a time. Kormeili said essential oils are in high demand where she practices in Santa Monica, California. She uses high-grade lavender oil in addition to antibacterial soap on her patients, and she uses a compounding pharmacy to create custom skin-care products with essential oils. See Essential/Page 8C

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The Elgin Health District and its community partners have taken significant steps toward expandingand improving medical delivery while fundraising for the construction of a new medical facility on Albany Street. oWe dohave a new family nurse practitioner, Kelli Vicek, and it looks like she will be workingin Elgin with Jamie Jo Haddock on Tuesdays and Thursdays," said Jared Rogers, EHD board member and spokesman. oWe also have new hours in Elgin: M onday through Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. We are also working on offeringsome Saturday hours when we can get that figured out." The Elgin Family Health Clinic at 1400 Division St. in Elgin is occupied by GRH medical providers and dentist Dr. Eli Mayes with his staf, but plans are underway for the medical clinic operation to vacate that building and set up temporarily at another site by early 2016. Grande Ronde Hospital has leased a triple-wide Design Space modular building that will be set up on the gravel lot adjoining W.C. Construction on Highway 82. When it is ready for use, the medical providers will move out of the Division Street building and into the modular. W.C. Construction has been working on the lot in preparation for this move. 'The work done here has been a real team effort," said Bob Wiles, co-owner of W.C. Construction. ''WC. Construction has facilitated and donated a sanitary sewer easement that goes through our property and connects to the manhole on Hemlock Street. This line will not only allow use by Grande Ronde Hospital, but will alsobe availableforfuture use

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fordecades,butthemul ti-level marketing companies seem to Continued from Page 7C have popularized their use. Do Terra's main marketing Growing up in a Persian family where herbal medicine was claim is that its products are of the norm, Kormeili said she's a higher quality than what one comfortable with the ambiguimight find at a chain retailer. That plays into the message that ties of natural medicine.'When you take an aloe plant from your essential oils are safe for medicinal use."Because they're so pure, backyard, how do you know it has as much active ingredient as they're very safe," Mara said. my aloe plant? Or a cat didn't pee The quality claim is based on on your aloe plant?" product testing by independent In the face of those unknowns, chemist Robert Pappas. While she said, "A little bit of comhe speaks at Do Terra and mon sense will go a long way." If aromatherapy conferences, he something doesn't work or causes also maintains a Facebook page an irritation, stop using it, she in which he addresses common said."Being willing to be wrong is myths about essential oil. "Ifyou follow it at all, you can important." see what kind of ignorance I'm Quality equatesto safety? up against," said Pappas, whose Essential oils have been testing lab is in Indiana. available in health-food stores Pappas became anindepen-

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backlog. The Elgin Health District has hired W.C. Construction as the general contractor for the Albany Street building. The district hired Pinnacle Architecture Inc. to do the design. This decision came afterthe board toured themedical facility that Pinnacle Architecture designed for Boardman. "Pinnacle has just recently completed the conceptual design, which includes a floor plan and outsideelevations and architecture," said Rogers. The construction drawings should be ready for W.C. Construction by April 1, he said. Rogerssaid thecapitalcampaign effort is in full swing. oWe have received word that Wildhorse has awarded us a $15,000 grant and that Northwest Farm Credit Services has

dent consultant after working for a large essential oil and fragrance company. Many ofhis clients are fragrance and flavor companies, which use essential oilsin productsfrom toothpaste to tobacco. A key point that many people in the aromatherapy world don't understand, Pappas said, is that essential oils are not natural products. 'They are manufactured products. I've never in the wild seen a plant distilling itself," he said. To producemost essentialoils, the plant material goes through a high-temperature steam distillation process, which, combined with the metal in the distillation equipment, causes various chemicalreactions,Pappas said. The oil that's collected at the end is "not 100 percent like the

awarded us a $4,500 grant," said Rogers. oWe have also submitted a proposal to the Ford Foundation, seeking a $200,000 grant, and we are working on a proposal to the M.J. Murdock Trust,

seeking $275,000 from them." Community donations and local pledges have been coming in andaremost appreciated, Rogers said. oWe are down to just needing

another $200,000," he said. Anyone interested in donating can pledge an amount over several payments, or by sending a one-time lump sum to the Elgin Health District, P.O. Box 983,

Elgin, OR 97827. "Local donations help us a lot when seeking larger grants from privatefoundations as it demonstrates the need and local supportforthe project,"Rogers sald.

oil that was in the plant to begin with," he said. While Pappas prides himself on the fact that his lab can detect synthetic substitutes that others can't, he said that for most of his clients, purity is not as important as chemical profile, which is what guarantees the desired flavor or fragrance. Purity is important in aromatherapybecause additivesthat are used to dilute or imitate an essential oil could trigger an allergicreaction,Pappas said. At the same time, the purity of an oil, which is really a collection of chemicals that includes the desired active ingredient, is no guarantee of safety. "I can give you pure arsenic," Pappas said."People that say that stufFmake my head spin," he said.

'Male' or 'female' brain? No such distinction The brain, it appears, is not a battleground for the battle of the sexes. That's because there is no such thing as a 'male brain' and a 'female brain,' according to a firstof-its-kind study that examined sex differences in the brain as a whole. Scientists atTel Aviv University in Israel analyzed MRI scans of more than 1,400 brains from multiple studies. They concluded that the brain does not reflect a clear dichotomy based on gender diff erencesin Fotolia-TNs the same way thatsay,sex organs do. Instead, human brains are unpredictable mash-ups of "masculine" and "feminine" traits. The researchers also found no distinction between men and women when it comes to gray matter, white matter and brain connections. "Brains with features that are consistently at one end of the 'maleness-

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