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Union High School students from left, Ethan Patterson, Kordale Nowak, JacobTishmack and Jordan Alexander, each a member of the school's FFA and Future Business Leaders of America chapters, bring in food on Thursday to the Union Food Bank.

Big changes are in store for Shelter From the Storm. The nonprofit's board of directors announced this week that they have secured a new locationfortheirdomestic violence services. Shelter From the Storm is now set to move to 10901 IslandAve. in Island City into the building that previously housed a Banner Bank branch. "We're very excited," said SFS board member MaryEIlen LaBerge."It is going to fit us very well." SFS faces a Jan. 5 eviction from its advocacy center on the county campus in order for the county to site the new county courthouse on its footprmt. Shelter staff board members and supporters have worked for months, looking at more than 30 properties, for somewhere to move the domestic violence shelter. SeeShelter / Page 5A

The Shelter From the Storm Board of Directors announced this week that Mindy Mowery is the new interim director for the nonprofit. Page5B

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• Union Food Bank will continue to serve community after leaving Methodist church By Dick Mason The Observer

What do you think?

Change is on the horizon for the Union Food Bank. The food pantry, based at the Union United Methodist Church since 2003, will soon be moving out. The church has asked the food bank to leave by the end of January. The stepisbeingtaken to save wear andtear on the chunh building andits mngrtegation. uWe are all getting older. We couldn't(host the food pantry) anymote,"said Sue Peeples, the chunh's laypastor. The church, built more than 100 years ago, is becoming increasingly fragile and so is its small congregation, which features many members who are retired, Peeples said. The food bank announcement alarmed some of the people served by the pantry.

We want to hearyour thoughts. Email letters to the editor to newsl lagrandeobserver. com and join the conversation on The Observer Opinion page.

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Union Food Bank volunteers, from left, RubyAllen, Lou Johnson, Sharon Buckner and Jeanne Gonzales organize food brought in Thursday by members of Union High School's FFA and Future Business Leaders of America chapters. However, Carmen Gentry of Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, which operates the food bank, said

there is no reason for concern. ''Everythmg will be just fine. We will still provide the same service, just in a differ-

ent manner," Gentry said."We have hada fantasticprogram for many years and it will continue to be fantastic. It just won't look the same. It is not going away." Jeanne Gonzales of Union, a food bank volunteer, was upset to learn that the food bank will be leaving the Methodist church. SeeUnion / Page 5A

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A long history The U.S. declared an embargo on most exports to Cuba in October 1960 and severed diplomatic relations in January 1961.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014

DAtLY PLANNER

landowners gethelg toredut:e wildfirethreat By Joshua Dillen

said the 2015 budget for the program is not final.

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Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2014.There are 12 days left in the year.

BAKER CITY — Private landowners in Baker and Union counties have a substantial monetary resource to help reduce the threat of wildfire on their lands. That resource is the East Face of the Elkhorn Mountains Partnership. The project is a collaborative comprising the U.S. Department ofAgriculture Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the BLM and private landowners. According to a joint press release &om the five government agencies, the NRCS in

IDAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 19, 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States in the U.S. Senate chamber by Chief Justice Warren Burger with President Gerald R. Ford looking on.

ONTHIS DATE In1777,Gen.GeorgeWashington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the winter. In 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. In1946, war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French. In 1950, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was named commander of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, winding up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings. In 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate).

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Oregon funded $1.4 million in contracts with private landowners in Baker and Union counties to perform essential timber thinning practices in the fiscal year 2014. This is the first year that work has been completed on private lands through the partnership. Parker Ussery, district conservationist at the NRCS field office in Baker City,

Check out Christmas village on display The community is invited to view a Christmas village display at the La Grande Forest Service Ranger District building. The village is set up in the conference room.

Canned food donation earns photo JOSEPH — Make a giR of food to those in need part of the holiday. Those who bring a canned food donation for the Wallowa County

GRAIN REPORT Soft white wheatDecember, $7.15; January, $7.17; February, $7.18 Hard red winterDecember, $766; January, $768; February, $770 Dark northern springDecember, $9.49; January, $9.44; February, $9.44 Barley — December, 145 — Bids provided by Island City Grain Co.

CORRECTION In the Page 1A story "Child care costs among nation's highest," published Friday, December 12, the story misstated the amount per year families pay for tuition. A half-day three-day a week student will pay $1,305 per year. A half-day four-day a week student will pay $1,575 per year.

ODF to identify areas where cutting trees and underbrushcan be beneficial. Contractors used a technique called slashbusting. The process involves a large excavator that shreds trees, leaving piles of nutrient-rich slash that decompose and return nutrients to the soil, which promotes better tree growth.

(Partnership) is a bigger pot of money and a little higher

profile." Peterson works with landowners to determine their needs and eligibility forfunding through the partnership. "I meet with landowners to identify the areas that need work," she said. Peterson said the project focuses on thinning stands oftreesthatare mo stly 8 inches or less in diameter trees. This is known as precommercial thinning. ARer the work is completed,Peterson revisits the sites to certify the work so landowners can get compensated.

Food Bank will receive a &ee create a positive experience lowologyCenter at508 picture with Santa between visiting Saint Nick. N. Main St. in Joseph is 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday A &ee 5-by-7 photo by hosting a Mammoth Holiday at Mutiny Brewing Co., 600 Arise and Shine PhotograParty &om 1p.m. to 4p.m. N. Main St., Joseph. phy will be taken and mailed Saturday. to the family aker the event. There will be storytelling Make appointment To make anappointment by Kathy Hunter, Mammoth for Santa visit contact 541-805-9068, or Sledding photos, ornament A low-sensory and email at southsidekidslgO making, movie watching ("Ice Age") and treat eating disability-&iendly visit with gmail.com. Santa is happening SaturThis event is sponsored by (adult beverages available). day by appointment only for Southside Kids, located at children up to 12 years old. 211 Fir St., La Grande. The team of elves have years of experience with chil- Wallowology dren experiencing disability, 'Mammoth' party set and will take the time to JOSEPH — TheWal-

Arrested: Sheila Ruthanne McMillan,46, unknown address, was arrested Wednesday while lodged in the Union Countyjail on a Union County felony northwest states warrant charging probation violation on original charges of possession of methamphetamineand probation violation. Arrested: Terry W. Mendenhall, 25, unknown address, was arrested Wednesday by Oregon State Police on a Union County statewide misdemeanor warrant for violation of a court order on original charges of fourth-degree assault constituting domestic violation, resisting arrest and harassment.

Arrested: Matthew H. Woodford, 33, La Grande, was arrestedThursday on charges of second-degree assault.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Robert Leon Trump II, 46, Elgin, was arrestedThursday on a Union County warrant charging parole violation, menacingdomestic,seconddegree disorderly conduct, third-degree escape, resisting arrest and interfering with a peace officer. Arrested: Robert Gilbert Chandler,35, unknown address, was arrestedThursday while lodged in the the Union County jail on three Union County warrants all for fail-

ing to appear on a charge of misdemeanor driving while suspended. Arrested: Douglas Jay Scott Jr., 32, Elgin, was arrested on a Union County warrant charging unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Arrested: Audra Jill Spears, 27, unknown address, was arrestedThursday while lodged in the Union Countyjail on a Union County warrant charging unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Arrested: Brandon Hays Brannen, 18, Summerville, was arrestedThursday on a charge of reckless endangering. Additionally, Brannen was arrested on a charge of harassment.

La Grande Rocky I. Lafazio, 59, of La Grande, died Thursday at a local care facility. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Donald A. Severin Cove DonaldA. Severin, 63, of Cove, died Tuesday at

his residence. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Everett M. Tucker

Extension ofIice closes for holidays The OSU Extension Service's Union County office will be closed Dec. 24-26 and Jan. 1in observance of the holidays. For more information, call541-963-1010.

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tracts for eligible landowners to implement conservation practices on their land. ODF provides technical assistance and help with developing forestry plans. Field Forester Jana Peterson with the ODF said this kind of work is not a new concept. "We're not reinventing the wheel. It's stufF we've done around here with much smaller grants for years," she said."East Face

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"It's definitely improved the fire hazard," Fisher said.'The forest growth is phenomenal. The trees were popping out quarter inch piles. growth rings." Landowners can do the But making his family's work themselves or hire a forests healthier and less contractor once their land vulnerable to fire aren't the only gains. has been approved for funding. Fisher said wildlife that 'The program reimburses use the property have ben$420peracreforthinning efitted too. and removal. If there is more 'Tve seen the elk come cost incurred, the landowner back,"he said."It seems like is responsible,"Ussery said. almost every time we're up Contracts awarded in there, elk are running over 2014totaled17 in Baker the top of us." Fisher and his family County and 16 in Union have been doing conservaCounty, with conservation work spanning 3,076 acres. tion work on small pieces Tim Fisher of Baker City of the land since 2002, also and his family own 1,609 with the help of NRCS. "NRCS is a great help. acres in the Antelope Peak area near the Anthony (Ussery) usually calls me Lakes Highway. when it's application time," Fisher has a contract Fisher said in reference to through the East Face Part- how Ussery is eager to work nership to do restoration with private landowners to work on 232 acres. get conservation work done Fisher, a former Baker on their property. Fisher's current contract County SherifF's deputy and current pastor at Elkhorn with the NRCS will pay for Baptist Church, said he approximately $90,000 in is very satisfied with the thinning and slashbusting results he has achieved on on his property. NRCS's role is to provide his property through the funding &om the NRCS. fundingand tomanage conIn placesthataretoo steep or otherwise inaccessible to the machinery, workers have to pile slash by hand and then burn the

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ON DECK TONIGHT C Women's and men's basketball: • Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. C Prep girls and boys basketball: • Pine Eagle at Powder Valley, 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. C Prep girls and boys basketball: • Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m. C Prep girls and boys basketball: • Imbler at Heppner, 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. C Prep boys basketball: • L3 Grande atVale, 6p.m. C Prep girls basketball:Vale at La Grande, 5 p.m. C Prep girls and boys basketball: • Elgin vs. Union, 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m., Union C Prep girls basketball: • Cove vs. Umatilla, 4 p.m., Union C Prep wrestling: • Baker/Powder Valley, Elgin, Imbler, Enterprise, La Grande, Union/ Cove, Wallowa, Joseph, at John Rysdam Memorial, Elgin, 1 p.m. TOMORROW • Women's and men's basketball: • Eastern Oregon at OregonTech,5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. C Prep swimming: • La Grande Invitational, noon C Prep girls and boys basketball: • Powder Valley at Joseph, 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m. • Prep girls and boys basketball: • Wallowa at Griswold, 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m. • Prep girls and boys basketball: • Burns at L3Grande, 4 p.m., 5:30p.m. • Prep wrestling: • Prep wrestling: Baker/Powder Valley, Elgin, Imbler, Enterprise, La Grande, Union/ Cove, Wallowa, Joseph, at John Rysdam Memorial, Elgin, 1 p.m.

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL

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Imbler's Joe Griffin, left, and Rustin McDonald double team Joseph's Cayden DeLury during the Panthers' 59-26 win over JosephThursday at home. Griffin finished with seven points, while McDonald had six.

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for the entire night, and we got a good efFort from everyone tonight."

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Imbler reached a season-high scoring tally in its 59-26 nonleague win over Joseph Thursday at home, but the Panthers took control of the game on the defensive end, shutting out the Eagles in the first quarter. Imbler opened the game with 18 unanswered points, and held a 16-0 lead at the end of the opening period. ARer Joe Gri5n made a steal, the senior passed to Anu Kanoho, who then fed Brandon McGilvray to score a layup right before the buzzer sounded to end the first. 'Vou don't hold teams scoreless very oken in high school basketball, so to do it in the first quarter was really nice," Imbler coach Tony Had-

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guards. Haddock said he also found plenty of reason to be happy aker looking at the stat book, which almost read like a 10-second countdown. With McGilvray the only Panther to reach double figures with 10 points, 10 difFerent Panthers scored, and six players scored five points or more. "If we can get balanced scoring like that it's great for us," Haddock said."Wedon'tneed oneguy todrop SeeBlanked/Page 10A

• Panthers'junior scores eight straight to put Joseph away While Imbler led Joseph for the majority of the game, the Panthers struggled to put the Eagles away. That was until Katie Barry decided to take over in crunch time. ARer Whitney Wilber made a free throw to give the Panthers a 30-22 lead, Barry doubled Imbler's lead, scoring eight straight points to give the Panthers a 38-22 advantage in the second half of the fourth quarter. As a result,

the Panthers sealed a 38-27 nonleague win over Joseph Thursday at home. "Katie is a captain, and we expect our captains to step up, and she knew she had to," Imbler head coach Barry Bowers said. Barry's answer to how she gotfi red up in thefourth was a typical captain's response. "My teammates fired me

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Imbler senior Brandon McGilvray scores a layup during Imbler's win over JosephThursday at home.

Eastern Oregon University senior linebacker Ryan Watson was named to the AFCA-NAIA All-American second team after earning a team-high 88 tackles during the 2014 season.

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Brownell, Gillies named all-state picks La Grande's Cassandra Brownell earned second team all-state volleyball honors and Robert Gillies was named an honorable mention all-state football selection. Brownell was honored aker fi nishingher senior season with a team-high 268 kills, 42

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Imbler's Katie Barry pulls up for a jump shot asJoseph's Ally Cooney defends during the Panthers'38-27 win over the Eagles Thursday at Imbler High School.

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3unior shines Tuesday in Elgin loss The Elgin girls basketball team lost by a 33-31 margin againstWalla Walla AcademyTuesday on the road. While the Huskies were unable to leaveWashington on top, CheyanneWilhelm finished with a team-high 10 points for the visitors. Elgin bounced back and ended a three-game losing skid with a 5552 overtime win over Prairie City in the first round of the Union Booster Club ClassicThursday.

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Eastern Oregon University linebacker Ryan Watson was chosen to the American Football Coaches Association-NAIA Football Coaches'All-America second team, the NAIAnational ofFtce announced this week. The senior led the Mountaineers with 88 tackles, 48 of which were solo. His total ranked him sixth in the Frontier Conference, and Watson's8.0 tacklespergame was seventh-best in the conference. Watson recorded a season high in tackles during a 47-7 home victory over College of Idaho Oct. 4 with 18 tackles. His lone interception came in the season finale at Southern Oregon Nov. 15. Watson's pick put Eastern's ofFense in position to go ahead of the Raiders, and led to a 31-27 win.

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By Eric Avissar Correction:In the page BAAthlete of the Day selection, published Wednesday, Dec. 17, the headline misstated the athlete of the day. Cheyanne Wilhelm was named athlete of the day for her performance in Elgin's 33-31 loss at Walla Walla Academy Tuesday.

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WHO'S HOT

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES: The Griz ended Golden State's 16-game winning streak and beat the defending champs in consecutive games after a 117-116triple overtime win over the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday.

WHO'S NOT

JAY CUTLER: The turnoverprone Chicago Bears' quarterback was benched in favor of Jimmy Clausen for Sunday's game with the Detroit Lions, just 14 games into a seven-year, $126.7 million contract.

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SPORTS

Leopards sprint to opening round win Observer staff

Cove earned a 33-28 win over Monument/Dayville Thursday in the first round of the Union Booster Club Classic. Leopards' head coach Brendan Maysaidtheteam

did a great job of picking up itsofFense aker being tied at 8-all at halfbme. "Itwas atale oftwo halves," May said."We changed our defense to a halfcourt zone, which turned the game into a track meet like we wanted." Kyndal Murchison led the Leopards with eight points and six rebounds, while Kayla Johnson had seven points and six rebounds. Kellie Nostrant scored four points, and Michaela Hill finished with six points and five rebounds. "We had to turn the pace up since our outside shots weren't falling," May said.

PREP GIRLS 'They wanted to slow the BASKETBALL ROUNDUP game down in the first half, but in the second half we were able to run and have was also nice because she our defense turn into ofFense." handed out assists leR and Cove (1-3 overall) reright. She created plays for turns to action in the Union everyone." Booster Club Tournament Rickman Johansen said today against Umatilla. she was proud ofher entire team's performance. Union stays unbeaten sWe really meshed well, As hosts of the Union and we were really fun to Booster Club Classic, the watch," Rickman Johansen Union girls basketball squad said."We really grew as a opened its campaign for a team tonight." second tournament title with Union (6-0 overall) battles a 71-44 win over Jordan Val- Elgin tonight in tournament ley Thursday. action at Union High School. Delanie Kohr scored a Huskies nab OT win team-high 15 points, while Carsyn Roberts tallied 12, Elgin needed an extra peElly Wells scored 11 and riod Thursday, earning a 55Sarah Good had 10. Kee52 overtime win over Prairie sha Sarman finished with City in the first round of the 14 points, 10 steals,eight Union Booster Club Classic, rebounds and eight assists. snappingathree-game los"Keesha played a heck of a defensive game tonight," Rickman-Johansen said."It

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third quarter to force overtime. In overtime, Elgin held Prairie City to just a point, needingjust four points to earntheback-and-forth win. "We stayedsteady,and at the end of the game, re-took the lead and didn't give it up,

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due to playing good defense down the stretch,"head coach Mike Slater said. Senior fmmd Katie Witherspoon poured in 25 points, and senior Miah Slater had 18 points and seven rebounds. Junior Cheyanne Wilhelm added seven points and six rebounds, and senior Stormy Silver had four points. "We started to play better tonight on ofFense, and relatively good on defense," Slater said."Our girls kept great poise on ofFense, and for the first time this season, really did not panic."

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Oregon backup quarterback Jeff Lockie has taken firstteam snaps in practice while starter Marcus Mariota was on the awards circuit last week.

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Marcus Mariota was stifFarming the paparazzi in New York, the show went on for the rest of the Oregon Ducks. Oregon returned to practice Monday for the first time since winning the Pac12 championship on Dec.5. Backup quarterback JefF Lockie did his best to set the tone for the ofFense in the Heisman Trophy winner's absence. "It has kind ofbeen bittersweet with him being gone. I'm getting a little more reps, but at the same time one of my good &iends is gone and he's not out there,"Lockie said."It's been strange, but I guess ifhe decides to move on it will be something Fll have to get usedto." Mariota, a fourth-year junior, will not officially announce ifhe is leaving college for the NFL draR until after Oregon's season is finished. The focus is understandably on the Ducks'looming showdown withdefending national champion Florida State in the College Football PlayofFon Jan. 1at the Rose Bowl. While the coaching stafF was on the recruiting trail and/or the award circuit with Mariota last week, m any of theplayersbegan studying the Seminoles (130) on their own. "Ateamlike Florida State, you can't sleep on them," defensive end DeForest Buckner said.'Tm really glad that everyone started watching film early and not waitinguntil everyone could come back in the building and watch it together. Itjust shows how much our team has grown over the season."

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Huskies maul Panthers in second half Observer staff

PREP BOYS The Tigers raced out to a BASKETBALL ROUNDUP 12-point first-quarter lead, Elgin picked up the pace in

the second half on the defensive end as it routed Prairie City 65-27 Thursday in the first round of the Union Booster Club Classic. The Huskies held a 30-14 halfbme advantage, buthead coach Kevin Johnson didn't see the energy he wanted to see, especially defensively. "It was a pretty goodwin, but we started out the game playing a little down to their level," Johnson said.'We came out after halfbme and started to do the things that I teach and preach. We had more talking on defense, they were giving 100 percent efFort and not giving up." Junior Gage Little scored 16 points to the lead the Huskies. Freshman Brandon Howes reached double figum with 11points, senior Jake

BARRY Continued from Page 8A with a jumper &om just inside the 3-point line.

ARer Jacobi Rudd struggled with foul trouble in the first half, the sophomore stepped up and made her presence felt in the paint during the second. Once Joseph senior Lindsay Kemp made thefi rstbasket of the fourth quarter to cut Imbler's lead to 23-20, the Panthers responded with six straight points, including four from Rudd. The hosts took a 29-20 lead in the final period aRer Barry assisted

Rudd. Bowers said the six-point run was huge for the Panthers, with Rudd playing a major role. "She was awesome in the second half," Bowers said of Rudd, who finished with seven points."Our team is totally difFerent with her on the floor." Bowers added that Kailey Smith played her best

at the high school. Bobcats'head coach Brett Dunten said his team played well, especially in the second

and held the Leopards to just two points in the second quarter as Monument/Dayville haK sWe looked good last night," built a 27-9 halfbme lead. Senior Derrick Murchison Duntensaid.'We made adscored a team-high 13 points justments at halfbme that put with a pair of three-pointers us in good position and gave for Cove, and tied fellow us a 20-pointlead with three said.'We keeptellinghimhe's senior Bailey Hill with five minutes leR in the game." the mostpure shooter on the rebounds. Sophomore guard Quinn Evans led Union team.He'sstarling tofeelhis TrentTaylor added nine ofFensively with 13 points. "Quinn did a greatjob comfort zone." points, and junior Isiah MowNine players out of 10 were ery scored four points and ofhandling the ball for us," able to tally atleast two points. had three assists. Dunten said.'He communiElgin ($4overall) plays The Leopards (3-2 overall) cated well and worked really Union tonightin the second will look to stop a two-game hard on both ends of the floor." round of the classic. losing streak against Harper/ Chase Houck finished with Huntington todayin a conso- 11 points, while J.D. Graves Tough first half for Cove lation game. scored nine. Dawson KenCove fell into a big hole non scored seven points and early and couldn't rebound, as Strong finish propels Union Landon Houck recorded sevit fell to Monument/Dayville The Unionboysbasketball en points and 11rebounds. 53-35Thursday in the first team openedthe Union Boosler Union (3-2 overall) plays round of the Union Booster Club Classic with a 54-42 win Elgin tonight in the semifiClub Classic. over Jordan Valley Thursday nals of the classic. Burgess added nine points and sophomore Kendrick Johnson andjunior Gavin Christenson chipped in eight points apiece. "Itwas greattoseeBrandonplaylike that," Johnson

game of the season, with the sophomore recording sevenpoints.Amanda Feik finished with five points for the hosts. For Joseph, senior Lindsay Kemp led the Eagles in scoring with nine points and had three rebounds. Sophomore Ally Cooney finished with eight points and six rebounds.

"Ally is so athletic," Joseph head coach Trevor HufFman said. "As soon as she figures out she wants to be a competitor, she's going to be awesome.I' m reall y happy with how she's playing right now." HuSnan also said he wants his girls to be focused on findingopen looks offensively. "We're working hard on getting the ball inside, but we need to get the girls to realize when they get a good open shot outside, they need to start taking it to open the inside game," HufFman said. Bowers said his team came out flat early on, but remained resilient.

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lmbler junior WhitneyWilber, left, tries to slow down Joseph senior Lindsay KempThursday at lmbler High School. The Panthers won, 38-27,in a nonleague game.

"We missed some chippys early on, but Joseph worked their tails off and competed well," Bowers said. "Our girlsare going to getbetter because they love to work hard."

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8 at Utah, has ditched his medical scooter and walked out of practice without a noticeable limp. 'Tm getting better every single day. I'm doing whatever they tell me to do," Grasu said."I promise, I'm doing whatever I can to get better." Right tackle Andre Yruretagoyena, who appeared to re-injure his leg and was carted ofFthe field duringthe 51-13victory over Arizona, walked out of practice wearing a small ankle brace instead of the protective boot in which he celebrated aker the conference title game in Santa

Clara, Calif "I think we'll have more depth than we've had in a long time on the &ont line," ofFensivecoordinator Scott Frost said.sWe should have just about everybody back. At this point, we have a bunch of guys that have

playedand a lotofguys with experience. Hopefully, we can roll some difFerent

guys in." ARer making an appearance on'The Late Show with David Letterman" and attending the Heisman galaon Monday night in New York, Mariota was expected to arrive back in Eugene on Tuesday. His teammates were glued to the television on Saturday night when the star quarterback became the firstplayer in the program's history to win collegefootball'sm ostprestigious award. Like Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens, coach Mark Helfrich and the rest of the Oregon contingent that made the trip to New York, the players said it was emotional to watch their humble leader get choked up during his inspiring acceptance speech. '9'you know Marcus the way we know Marcus and you didn't tearup,"Grasu said,"you've got something wrong with you."

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30 (points) a night. If we can get balanced scoringlike this, we're hard to beat because they can'tkeyin on one guy." In addition to McGilvray,Trace VanCleave finished with nine points, Hunter VanLeuven scored eight and Gri5n recorded seven. "Brandonplayed really well,"Haddock said.'He has a nose for the ball, listens extremely well, looks youin the eye, listens to what you tellhim, and then he brings itinto the game." The hosts took a 29-12 leadinto halftime after senior Rustin McDonald, who finished with sixpoints, nailed a pair of &ee throws after getting fouled with no time leR on the clock. Wyatt Smith and Jake Chrisman led

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the Eagles with sixpoints each. Cayden DeLuryscored fi vepointsand Noah DeLury had four. sWeknow we can go up &om here," Joseph head coach Olan Fulfer said. "Hopefully this is our rock bottom for the season. Imbler is a tough team, and nobody did anything really well today, so we can just get better &om here." According to Haddock, Imbler's defensive intensity was consistent all game, as the boys finished with 17 steals, including four &om Gri5n and Gabe Tritchka along with two &om Garret Ryan. Marshal Whitaker had a team-high fiverebounds with Imbler out-reboundingJoseph by a 34-18 margin, including four from Jordan Teeter. Teeter, who scored five points, said GriSn led the Panthers in setting the tone defensively. Haddock also said Gri5n gave a stmng

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Haddock said.'He has a leadership qual-

ity everyone loves to follow. He's one of those type of kids you love to coach, and hatetocoach against." Senior Luke Silbernagel said the team's depth will help moving forward. sWe havea deep bench,"Silbernagel said.sWe want to run the floor and get other teams tired." Haddock said the Panthers will continue to work on improving as a team. 'They're still learning how good they can be,"Haddock said on his team."I think they're fiir &om a finished product, which is good. It's still too earlyin the season to be peaking and playing our best." Imbler (5-0 overall) will fiice Heppner

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defense askedJudge George OToole Jr. to move the trial out of Boston, sayingnegative publicityin the area would make itimpossible for Tsarnaev to receive a fair trial. The defense also asked the judge to order an investigation into alleged government leaks in the case. OToole made no rulings but signaled he willissue formalorderslater. Security was tight around the courthouse as Tsarnaev

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prosecutors sued New York City on Thursday over its REDONDO BEACH, Calif. handling of violence against — When a driver plowed into younginmates held on Rikers a crowd after a school Christ- Island, calling the jail complex mas concert in Redondo a place where adolescents are "subjected to unconstitutional Beach on Wednesday night, a boy was trapped under the conditions and confinement." tire of a car, and witnesses Preet Bharara, US. attorney scrambled to &ee him. for the Southern District of "It was a little boy and the New York, said in a filing left &ont tire was on top of Thursday thathis office him," said witness Michael wanted to speed reforms at Tovar, 61, of Lomita. the facility Mowing a Justice Three women were killed Departmentreport inA~ and a child and adult critically thatfound'Rikers isa dangerinjured when a car driven by ous place"where a"pervasive 56-year-old Margo Bronstein climateoffearexists." ran into the crowd outside St. At a news conference anJames.~ n people,incl ud- nouncing the suit, Bharara ing Bronstein, were injured or said,'Today we have taken killed in the crash. a legal step that we believe

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During his annual news conference &om Moscow, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said Thursday that while plummeting oil prices and a &ee-fallingruble are reasons for concern, the economic crisis will pass, and Russia will be ready to move fmmd. Russia, he declared, will stand firm in the face of the crisis and intensive Western pressure. The West, especially the United States, remains locked into old Cold War rivalries and seeks to destroy his nation, he said. While his words hadthe cowboyswa@mof"tough

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using drones for commercial purposes. Only 21percent favored commercial use of drones, compared with 43 percent opposed. Another 35 percent were in the middle. With a few narrow exceptions, the FederalAviation Administration prohibits commercial use of drones but is about to propose regulations that will broaden the use of small ones. It may be two or three years

WASHINGTONAmericans are skeptical that the benefits of the heralded drone revolution will outweigh the risks to privacy and safety, although a majorityapprove ofusing small, unmanned aircraR for dangerous jobs or in remote areas, according to a newAssociated Press-GKpoll. By a 2-1 margin, those who had an opinion opposed •

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beforethe rulestake efFect, but once they do thousands are expected to buzz U.S. skies. Congress may also step in next year to try to nudge the FAA to move faster. Drones are forecast to cre-

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• Union employees, supporters pitch to help deputy DA By ClaireWithycombe WesCom News Service

A Deschutes County deputy district attorney's future is looking brighter, he said Wednesday evening. Dan Reesor, 40, of Bend, has been fighting liver cancer and an inflammatory liver condition since January.

appealed the rejected claim twice, it was approved by Deschutes CountyAdministrator Tom Anderson on Oct.3. Reesor and his wife, Jo M ongan, thanked the party

gathered Wednesday night

and spoke with attendees, including Deschutes County District Attorneys AssociaOn Wednesday, heaption President Casey Baxter. "It's been truly a journey peared via Skype as members of government employee just watching you," Baxter unions and other supporters said.eYou've been a mentor gathered at Dudley's Bookto us all." Baxter recalled when shop inBend fora holiday members oflocal governparty and fundraiser. "Everything, as far as ment employees unions met in September to hear the scans go, looks like I'm cancer-&ee," Reesor told the Reesor and Mongan speak group. He said he's having a at a meeting about Reesor's "better than average" recovrejected claim. "All of us were speaking, ery &om a liver transplant in tears, wondering if we'd be operation at UCLA on Oct. 24. able to get you an approval," Baxter said. Reesor fought to have the transplant, his best chance of Once the claim was apcuring his condition, covered proved, Reesor got on the by county insurance. ARer he national transplant list and a

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Reesor, who has worked as a deputy district attorney in Deschutes County for seven years, has been on unpaid administrative leave &om the office and foresees a few months of recovery. Meanwhile, hehasmedical and living expenses for himself and his family. Reesor has been staying at his father's house near Los Angeleswith Mongan and their two children, 4-year-old twins Owen and Ella. According to Yaju Dharmarajah, the representative for the local council of the Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal

Deschutes County DistrictAttorney Elect John Hummel, right, talks with Deputy District Attorney Dan Reesor via Skype during a fundraising party for Reesor at Dudley's Bookshop on Wednesday. Reesor is recovering in California after undergoing a life-saving liver transplant. Employees, Reesor's shortterm disability insurance doesn't kick in until January, so unions and other groups

have stepped up to help. Reesor and Mongan thanked those gathered on

Wednesday profusely. "I can't say enough," Reesor said."Especially at the

holidays." "Dan would not be here but for the community coming together," Mongan said. Jared Kollen, the presi-

dent of the local union for security officers at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras, said before the party that Reesor's struggle to have the operation covered caught his attention. "It just hit me, what they were doing," said Kollen. "It was a human issue ... it was just sickening to me that would happen." District Attorney-elect John Hummel, who will

takeoffi cein January, told Reesor that in transition meetings with deputy district attorneys "one thing that always comes up in our conversations is you." "I want you to take as long as you need,"Hummel said. eYou're our team, our

family." Together, groups and individuals have raised more

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ness invitees." Attorneys representing the two parties to the case offered their reactions Thursday afternoon. Bend attorneyAndy Balyeat, representing Mt. Bachelor, said a ski area can only exert limited control over how individual skiers or snowboarders interact with features on the mountain. "Obviously Mt. Bachelor doesn't want to see people hurt at their resort. The reason the ski industry utilizes releases is not because they're not safe and they don't want to be held to a standard, but because the skier or snowboarder is uniquely in charge of

their speed, course, whether they're entering a terrain park, or what kind of trick they're going to attempt." Eugene attorney Art Johnson, representing Bagley, said he accepts that the individual rider assumes most of the risks of visiting a ski area, features constructed by resort management are difFerent. 'The things in a terrain park are not just casually m ade, they're made with some knowledge — so, there should be some knowledge ofhow they can be used and used safely,"he said. Balyeat said while a terrain park may increase the inherent risk of skiing,

it's significantly difFerent than any other part of the mountain. "I don't accept the proposition that terrain parks are not an inherent risk of skiing, because we move snow all the time — we groom, some runs havemoguls,"Balyeat said.'Terrain parks are very common, very popular, and all over the country." Bagley's original suit suggested the jump on which he was injured was negligently constructed, but that question has not been explored in court. Johnson said it's difficult to predict when Bagley's suit will be heard in Deschutes County Circuit Court.

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million &om the resort, but the local court, and later the Oregon Court of Appeals, ruled that by signing a liability release when he purchased his season pass,

to sue. Thursday, the state Supreme Court ruled the liability release is unenforceable, a finding that could have far-reaching implications for the recreation industry. The court's published opinion cited a disparity in the bargainingpower ofa ski area and a skier, claiming the liability release is ofFered on a"take-it-or-leave-it basis." As Mt. Bachelor is open to the general public largely without restriction, and visitors subject themselves to the risk ofharm &om conditions created by the resort operators, thesafety ofresort visitors"is a m atterofbroad

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Grcuit Court seeking$21.5

societal concern," the opinion stated. The court found there are "inherent risks" to skiing and snowboarding, but that those risks do not justify insulating ski area operators &om all

liability. "Skiers and snowboarders have important legal inducements to exercise reasonable care for their own safety by virtue of their statutory assumption of the inherent risks of skiing,"read the opinion."By contrast, without potential liability for their own negligence, ski area operators would lack a commensurate legal incentive to avoid creating unreasonable risks ofharm to their busi-

• Ore. classroom has 250 salmon eggs to learn about development through Salmon Watch Project and sustainability curriculum By Teresa Thomas Medford MailTribune

Of the 225 spring chinook salmon &y swimming idly about in the tank in Ryan King's classroom at Ruch CommunitySchool,onehas aname. Billy is the only &y in the lot distinguishable enough to retain a name. "He has a big eye so I know which one he is," said Holly

Harding, 13. Since October 23, when King introduced 250 salmon eggstotheclass,Harding and the rest of the students have monitored the temperature, pH level and dissolved oxygen concentration of the water in the tank and watched the eggs develop. "We've been able to see them change&om eggsto

We're rural so a class about animals, stewardship and land ethics is fitting. It's in the fabric of the community." Each term, King focuses on a difFerent theme, while engaging students in longterm projects. As part of the curriculum, the middle-school students also must deliver a lesson on each topic to the school's younger students. This fall, the class studied water, specifically salmon ecology, stream habitats and food webs. They also took a field trip

to McGregor Park on the Rogue to study macro-invertebrates, which &y feed on, and towatch salmon spawn. In January, students will turn their attention to energy, build a small solar display and research the feasibility of installing a solar panel array at the school. And King has already convinced a local beekeeper to set up two hives in a remote, fenced-in area of the campus for the students to manageand monitor as part of their study of food this spring.

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Today, King's class will travel to TouVelle State Park, where they will release Billy and the rest of the &y into the Rogue River. "We have to release them because their yolk sacs are going away, and they need to feed on the macroinvertebrates," Harding said. King said he wasn't sure how many of the &y would survive the transition &om the aquarium to the river. "But the purpose of the project was not to replenish the native population," he

said. "Rather it was more of an educational opportunity so the students could get familiar with salmon and realize how vibrant and important they are to this

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The photo that captured a Portland police sergeant hugging a young A&ican American boy during a local protest continues to stir discussion. Portland police Sgt. Bret Barnum, who has drawn media attention &om around the world for that embrace, talked some more Wednesday night to a local community group about his interaction with the boy that day and his feelings about the police shooting in Ferguson, Mo. Though his encounter with 12-year-old Devonte Hart occurred during a demonstration in downtown Portland over the grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, Barnum said his connection with Devonte wasn't about Ferguson.

'The Portland police had nothing to do with Ferguson. To be honest I don't know any of the facts of the case," Barnum said, speaking to Portland's Community and Police Relations Committee. 'To be honest, it's an awful thing what happened to Michael Brown.... It's an awful thing what happened to his parents, what they have to deal with.... I cannot imagine losing one of my children in a situation of that nature. "But at the same time, on Darren Wilson's side of it, his career is over. He won't be a police officer anymore, most

likely, and he's fighting for his life," Barnum said."It's an absolute no-win situation." His community outreach with Devonte, who was holding a sign that read,"Free Hugs,"is"something that happens every day," Barnum sald. But when the photo

went viral, he said, it was a' tell-tale sign that everybody wanted to grasp onto something that was good in a situation that was awful." He said he took the opportunity to connect with the young teen, but he doesn't have the answers for how to rebuild trust between the community and police. Dante James, director of Portland's 0$ce of Equity and Human Rights, said he received a call shortly aker the photo was published &om former state Sen. Avel Gordly, who told him that the photo needed to be posted in every police precinct in the city. James said he, in turn, suggested to the mayor that the Police Bureau hang that photo prominently in its precincts, instead of the pictures of police tactical gear, for example, that now greet visitors to Central Precinct.

'The picture represents the possibility of trust," James said."It needs to represent the probability of trust." Community member Jimmy Tardy told Barnum that he didn't agree that such interactions between Portland police and youths are happening every day. 'Those moments don't

Barnum has worked with Portland police for 21 1/2 years and in law enforcement in Oregon for 25 years. He said his tenure on the force, his experience policing in mostly North and Northeast Portland and his multiple trips to Bangladesh with other Portland police

compassion. Donna Maxey, the founder and director of Race Talks, suggested to soonto-be Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea that officers get educational credits to attend programs such as hers, which provides a forum for officers to hear have helped shape him. concerns &om community He was one of 105 bureau members. 'The whole idea is to enofficers, including the chief, who made trips to Banglacourage people to talk about desh over the last three years difficult subjects" Maxey in aprogram funded by the said. federal government. Maxey is planning with 0$cers take turns leaders of the Albina Minspending a month at a time isterial Alliance to kick off training members of the special public forums next Rajshahi Metropolitan Police month that will encourage in community policing. people to provide feedback He said his experience to police on how to build living in Bangladesh, where trust.Each month, a forum he was a minority,"helped will be held in different humanize life for me," and neighborhoods. 'This is an opportunity recognize that it's important to "look at what's inside to changePortland," Maxey people" and treat others with said.

happen enough,"Tardy said. 'That's why that moment has so much power, because it surprised everybody." Regina Hannon of Portland Copwatch said the photo touched her. Yet she added,"I don't think for a minute this is the picturethat' sgoing toeradicate racism." But perhaps the gesture, she said, will make one person act with more understanding and compassion towardpeoplewho may not share the same background, belief or culture.

Innocence Projectbegins in Oregon Third. arrest in school shooting • Central Ore. group fighting for innocent, but imprisoned By ClaireWithycombe WesCom News Service

In 2004, Lisa Roberts pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Jerri Williams, whose body was found in Kelley Point Park in Portland in 2002. But she wasn't guilty. A federal judge ruled 10 yearslaterthatRoberts' defense attorney failed to adequately investigate cellphone evidence presented by the prosecution.

Federal public defendersSteve Wax and Alison Clark argued the case in U.S. District Court on behalf of Roberts. Wax is now the legaldirectoroftheOregon Innocence Project, which investigatesassertions of wrongful convictions and is an initiative of the Oregon Justice Resource Center. The project will launch officially in Central Oregon tonight withspeakersand a meetand-greet. Wax, together with the executive director of the Oregon Justice Resource Center Bobbin Singh and Deschutes County District Attorney-elect John Hummel will speak at 5:30 p.m. at the Central Oregon Social Justice Center in Bend. Through her attorney, Roberts agreed to a plea agreement in 2004 aker the prosecution came forward with cellphone records that appeared to show Roberts near the park. When Wax and Clark submitted a writ ofhabeas corpus to Oregon's US. District Court, they presented new evidence &om forensic technologists who wrote that a phone call that bounced off a cell tower near the park did not demonstrate Roberts had been in the park or in what direction she was headed. DNA retesting ordered by the judge in 2013 revealed male DNA on a pillowcase found near Williams'body. Roberts was &eed May 28 and her case was dismissed June 2. She's now in school on scholarship studying to be a dental technician, Wax said

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Sick bald eagle dies at Wildlife Images The ill bald eagle found outside Ashland suffering from suspected lead poisoning last week has died at

Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center in Josephine County. Wildlife Images first reported the death on its Twitter account Thursday morning. The exact date and time of the death weren't immediately available. Dave Siddon, Wildlife Images executive director, said the death came aflerseveral touch-and-go

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Pearson sentenced to 67 months A fugitive from Idaho shot in a confrontation with Medford police on Hilton Road in March was sentenced Wednesday to more than fiveyears in prison. Jackson County Circuit Judge Lorenzo Meija sentenced Wayne Eugene Pearson, 29, toa totalof67 months in prison aRer Pearson pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted firstdegree assault, attempting to elude a police officer, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons.

Man flown to hospital after severe fall A man was flown to a Portland hospital Tuesday eveningaflertaking a severefallata brewpub. The man, whose name was not available, was taken

by Life Flight helicopter ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, where he was undergoing treatment

for head injuries. Fire Marshal Scott C. Kline of the Hoodland Fire District said the man took a tumblearound 6:27 p.m. while he and his friends were at the Mt. Hood Brewing Co., which is located at 87304 E. Government Camp

Loop. "It looked like he took a pretty good fall," Kline said. "But we're not sure how it

happened." H oodlandfi refighterparamedics administered first aid, stabilizing the man before taking him to the Summit Rest Area, where the helicopter landed and

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Ansel Adams in Yosemite Valley American's best known

landscape photographer of the 20th century, Ansel Adams photographed many great landscapes, but his heart always stayed with Yosemite. He first visited the California national park in 1916, at the age of 14, and returned nearly every year afterward until his death in 1984. Yosemite helped him fall in love with the Western landscape and convinced him to makephotography his life's work. He made more images in the park than anywhere else. Timed with the park's 150th anniversary celebration, this book of 25 color photos and 125 black and white is a large format keepsake for those who love the park as much as Adams

Portland, but investigators still don't know if the birds were intentionally poisoned.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the deaths, assisted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Oregon State Police game wardens. Brent Lawrence, a public affairs officer with the wild-

lifeagency,said W ednesday, Dec. 17, that investigators are still trying to determine "what happened, where it happened and whether any illegal actions were involved."

Steger wrote that Uber will pause pickups within Portland city limits beginning Sunday evening. It hopes to resume them in early April. Mayor Charlie Hales said in a statement that a task force will make recommendations by April 9 on permits, pricing system, insurance, background checks and safety inspections, among others. It will

also examine how these changeswould impact driver earnings and working conditions.

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Lake Oswego, Oregon,fi led the complaint Thursday with a nonprofit group that verifies whether timber producers follow standards for environmentally re-

Group challenges timber producer's A watchdog group is challenging the environmentally friendly "green lumber" certification for Plum Creek Timberlands, one of the nation's biggest landowners and timber producers.

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Site, backup chosen for new courthouse Multnomah County commissioners have chosen theirpreferred sitefora new courthouse in downtown Portland — and a backup site. The Oregonian reports that commissioners on Thursday unanimously chose an L-shaped lot that the county already owns at the west end of the Hawthorne Bridge. They named a block-sized parking lot near the Marriott Hotel as the backup.

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The MG EPA works CHRONIC PAIN Everything goes! with OSU faculty to Support Group You won't want to miss provide education in Meets Weds. -12:15 pm this one!! home h o r t i c u lt ure Add BOLDING 1207 Dewey Ave. Baker or a BORDER! through the OSU MG IPT Wellness Connection training program and Joni Miner;541-523-9664 It's a little extra MG Plant Clinic. To review posting and apTAKE US ON YOUR that gets CIRCLE OF FRIENDS PHONE! BIG results. p ly, p l e a s e vis i t htt: ore onstate.edu (For spouses w/spouses LEAVE YOUR PAPER AT HOME Apply to posting who have long term Have your ad ¹ 0 0 13421 C l o sing terminal illnesses) STAND OUT date: December 29, Meets 1st Monday of FULL editions of for as little as 2014. OSU is an every month at St. $1 extra. The Baker City AA/EOE/Vets/Disabled. Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM Herald $5.00 Catered Lunch are now available Must RSVP for lunch online. 541-523-4242

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THE OBSERVER R BAKER CITY HERALD — 3B

PUBLISHED BY THE LAGRANDE OBSERVER 4 THE BAKER CITY HERALD - SERVING WALLOWA, UNION 4 BAKER COUNTIES

DEADLINES: LIKE ADS:

Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: no o n Thursday DISPLAY ADS:

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673 ® www.bakercityherald.com • classifieds@bakercityherald.com • Fax: 541-523-6426 The Observer: 541-963-3161 ®www.lagrandeobserver.com ®classifieds@la randeobserver.com ® Fax:541-963-3674 465 - Sporting Goods

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720 - Apartment Rentals Baker Co.

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ASKING FOR Permiss ion to h u n t s o u t h Sumpter Antlerless elk on your property thru the end of the year! Please ! Ca l l 541-523-9085 Bruce Hahn. 630- Feeds

ELKHORN VILLAGE NOTICE 1 bdrm, all utilities pd, All real estate advertised APARTMENTS plus free internet and here-in is subject to Senior an d D i s abled coin-op laundry, no the Federal Fair HousHousing. Accepting smoking and no pets. ing Act, which makes applications for those $475 mo, $400 deit illegal to advertise aged 62 years or older posit. 541-910-3696. any preference, limita- as well as those distions or discrimination abled or handicapped 2 ROOM dormer, all utilibased on race, color, of any age. Income re- ties paid, plus internet and laundry, no smokreligion, sex, handicap, strictions apply. Call 3rd CROP BEAUTIFUL ing, no p e ts, $ 2 75 475- Wanted to Buy Candi: 541-523-6578 Horse hay, Alfalfa, sm. familial status or namonth $ 2 5 0 d ep amt. of orchard grass tional origin, or inten541-910-3696. ANTLER BUYER El k , $ 220/ton, 2nd c r op tion to make any such preferences, l imitadeer, moose, buying Alfalfa $220/ton. 1st CENTURY 21 tions or discrimination. all grades. Fair honest crop Alfalfa g rass, FAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY some rain, $165/ton. We will not knowingly We offer clean, attractive prices. Call Nate at MANAGEMENT 541-786-4982. Small bales, Baker City accept any advertising two bedroom apartfor real estate which is 541-519-0693 ments located in quiet La randaRantals.com in violation of this law. and well maintained All persons are hereby settings. Income re(541)963-1210 ALFAFA C E R T IFIED informed that all dwellstrictions apply. w eed-free , sma l l ings advertised are •The Elms, 2920 Elm CIMMARON MANOR bales. $220/00 ton. no available on an equal St., Baker City. CurKingsview Apts. r ain. L a Gr a n d e . opportunity basis. r entl y avai l a b l e 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century 5 41-664-1806, c e I I EQUAL HOUSING 2-bdrm apartments. • r r OPPORTUNITY 21, Eagle Cap Realty. 541-786-1456 Most utilities paid. On 541-963-1210 site laundry facilities and playground. Ac- CLOSE T O E O U , 1 505 - Free to a good C ERTIFIED W H E A T cepts HUD vouchers. bdrm, w/s/g pd, no straw, small bales, smoking/nopets,$425 home Call M i c h e l l e at $3.00 bale, barn stored, (541)523-5908. month, $400 deposit. 4 Burmese kittens born La Gra n de . 541-910-3696. 10/15/14, for more info 5 41-663-1806, c e I I 720 - Apartment 541-786-1456 "SPECIAL" call 541-963-8179. Rentals Baker Co. DRC'S PROPERTY If200 off MANAGEMENT, INC. 4-BDRM Town house w/ 1st months rent! 215 Fir Str 1 -1/2 Bath & W o o d La Grande OR Stove Back-up. New This institute is an FREE: 6 KITTEN 1-white Carpet & Paint. W/g equal opportunity Baker City APARTMENTS: Paid. $850+ dep. provider. 541-519-1087 1bd, 1ba $375, $395, LARGE 1-BDRM $570 + TDD 1-800-545-1833 & $495 dep. No pets Sm 1bd, 1ba, $350 541-523-9414 aa aa 2bd, 1ba $475.00 + 1 'b f0 0 0 705 - Roommate Ad may not be current. Free to good home Wanted Please stop in for a list STUDIO APT. FOR Have a special skill? Let or call 541-663-1066. ads are FREE! HOME TO share, Call RENT. $450/MO, M-F 9:30-11:30, 1-5 (4 lines for 3 days) m e I ets t a Ik . J o UTILITIES INCLUDED. p eople know i n t h e 541-523-0596 Service Directory. 503-806-2860 FAMILY HOUSING

Pinehurst Apartments 1502 21st St. La Grande

by Stella Wilder FRIDAY,DECEMBER19, 2014 home. Be sure youknowwhat you're getting CANCER (Jme 21-Juty22) —Youcan YOURBIRTHDAYbyStela Wilder into beforebeginning ado-it-yourself proj- easi lybetakenadvantageofifyou'renotcareBorn today,you alwaysmaintain a bright ect. ful. Lay downthelaw andmakeyour own and positiveoutlook, evenwhenthings don't AQUARIUS (Jaa,20-Feb.18)—Another's personal limits veryclear. go your way.This is becauseyouhavebeen advice or guidancemaynot bemakingthings LEO (Jaly23-Aug,22) —You'll want to endowedwith theability to seepast anytem- any easiefor r you. Perhapsyou're not making clean up after yourself, surely. Anymesses porar)r hardships orsetbacks,andseewhat your needs clear? you leavebehind will only causetrouble for lies ahead —sometimes very far ahead—that PISCES (Feb, 19-March 20) —You may you lateron. will be goodfor youin thelongrun. Youare find yourself in a difficult position toward VIRGO (Aug,23-Sept. 22) —You canbe never the kind to go after fleeting instant midday,but whenanalyshowsup unexpect- sure that someone iswatching you —not gratification; youwant the kind of rewards edly, youshould beabletoextricate yourself. because he or she is being critical, but and contentmentthat canlast. Youknow that ARIES(Mardr21-Aprit 19) —Thereare a because ofa personal fascination. it takespatienceand fortitude to weather the great many details to tend to, so be sure LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct. 22) — It maybe kinds of knocksyou wil haveto takebefore you're not getting into something that youtime, at last, for you toengageanother in a you get to thepromisedland. But get there, cannot sort out. social way.Remember, all work andnoplay you dull, indeed! you will; you haveno doubt! Yourpositive TAURUS (Aprit 20-May 20) —Just can make spirit is aninspiration to others. becausesomething is "new andimproved" SCORPIO(Oct. 23-Nov,21) —Youhavea SATURDAY,DECEMBER20 doesn't meanit's for you. Indeed, the more plan, but it must be flexible. Your various SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21)—Turn familiar, old-fashionedapproachmaybejust goals arewithin reach, but you must know onthecharm today,andyou can havemore right. when to try for each onein turn. than youhadexpected, but it maycomein a GEMINI (May 21-Jime20) —You'll want (EDFlon FM cd>tondqunl>m, plmc contadRyanlhce al rrueuaunmrsd manner thatsurprisesevenyou! to confirm the times and expectations before com) COPYRIGHT 2014UNITEDFFATUa SYN DICkn INC CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) —It may you jump into somethingthat might other- DKRISUTEDn UNIVERSALUCLICK EORUES 1130 wdnut st, Kanlascity MO641s; NO25567s be time to makesomechangesaround the wise getthebetter ofyou.

Attractive one and two bedroom units. Rent based on income. Income restrictions apply. Now accepting applications. Call Lorie at (541)963-9292. This institute is an equal opportunity provider. TDD 1-800-735-2900

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760 - Commercial Rentals 4/5 BDRM, 2 bath house 16 X 25 Garage Bay w/11' celing & 10 x 10 $950/mo. 1st last & Roll-up door. $200/mo deposit. Available Dec. 20th. Pets on approval +fees. 541-519-6273 with a fee. Large corner lot, fenced with 25X40 SHOP, gas heat, roll up & walk-in doors, s hop. For R ent o r l ease option t o b u y $375. (541)963-4071, LG. Call 541-523-5978 or 541-403-0275

FSBO: 3-BDRM, 2 bath home for rent or lease option to buy. No pets. $1000/mo plus deposit 1880 Pear Street 541-379-2645 NEWLY REMODELED 3 PLUS bdrm, 2 bath

W/S/G paid. $825/mo Call 541-523-5665 or 541-519-4607

BEARCO BUSINESS PARK Has 3,000 sq ft. also 16x30 storage units Availible Now! Call 541-963-7711 BEAUTY SALON/ Office space perfect for one or two operaters 15x18, icludeds restroom a n d off street parking. $500 mo & $250 dep 541-910-3696

SUNFIRE REAL Estate LLC. has Houses, DuProject phone ¹: plexes & Apartments COMMERCIAL OR retail (541)963-3785 for rent. Call Cheryl TTY: 1(800)735-2900 space for lease in hisGuzman for listings, toric Sommer Helm 541-523-7727. Building, 1215 Washington Av e a c r o ss 752- Houses for from post office. 1000 Rent Union Co. plus s.f. great location LG STUDIO Apt. Ready 2 BD singlewide at 708 $800 per month with 5 12/15, all utilities pd. Poplar i n Cove. year lease option. All $450mo 541-910-0811 $475/mo, 1st, last & utilities included and $ 400 d e p osit . N o parking in. Available SENIOR AND s moking, n o p e t s , n ow , p l eas e DISABLED HOUSING w /s/ g p r ov i d e d . call 541-786-1 133 for Clover Glen (541)437-6511 leave more information and Apartments, viewing. message. 2212 Cove Avenue, La Grande 1BA. New ga- COM M E RCIAL SPACE Clean & well appointed 1 2BDRM, rage, Very clean, 1yr for Rent. 1000 sq. ft. & 2 bedroom units in a lease. $800/mo. area, plus 250 sq. ft. quiet location. Housing 2504 N Depot St. LG loft, office and bathfor those of 62 years 541-963-7517 room, w/s included, or older, as well as parking, located t hose d i s abled o r 3 BD, 1.5 bath, fenced paved in island city, $540/mo handicapped of any y ard. $900/mo. L o call 541-963-3496 ~fr age. Rent based on in- cated 10200 Grand10:ooam. come. HUD vouchers view Dr. Island City. accepted. Please call Call 541-963-2343 DRC'S PROPERTY 541-963-0906 INC. 3 BDRM, 2 bath in LG. 2 MANAGEMENT, TDD 1-800-735-2900 215 Fir Str. car garage, large yard, La Grande OR $ 1000 per mo , n o This institute is an equal 541-663-1066 opportunity provider pets. 541-963-4174. 825 Sq FT 3-4BD HOUSE in Elgin, on Island Ave. large back yard, w/s/g In Island City incl., $800/mo + $500 Call 541-663-1 066 dep. Avail. Jan 1st. 541-786-3385 leave For a showing. UNION COUNTY massage. Senior Living INDUSTRIAL P R OP5BD, 2BA, 2 bed main ERTY.2 bay shop with Mallard Heights floor & 3 down. $785 office 541-910-1 442 870 N 15th Ave 479-283-6372 Elgin, OR 97827

NORTHEAST COZY 3B/2B house in PROPERTY Now accepting applicaU nion, d e ck , W / D MANAGEMENT tions f o r f e d e rally hookups, Fenced yard, Welcome Home! 541-910-0354 f unded housing f o r $ 995/mo . Cal l t hose t hat ar e Can 541-963-1210. Commercial Rentals sixty-two years of age (541)963-7476 or older, and handi- CUTE COTTAGE style 1200 plus sq. ft. professional office space. 4 capped or disabled of house, southside GREEN TREE offices, reception any age. 1 and 2 bed- 2bd La Grande location, no area, Ig. conference/ APARTMENTS room units with rent s moking o r pe t s , break area, handicap b ased o n in c o m e $ 595/ m o 2310 East 0 Avenue call access. Price negotiawhen available. La Grande,OR 97850 541-963-4907 ble per length of gtm~n~~r lease. salacm~mni~ti .~m Project phone ¹: DRC'S PROPERTY 541-437-0452 MANAGEMENT, INC. Affordasble Studios, TTY: 1(800)735-2900 215 Fir Str OFFICE SPACE approx 1 & 2 bedrooms. La Grande OR 700 sq ft, 2 offices, re(Income Restrictions Apply) "This Institute is an cept area, break room, Professionally Managed equal opportunity Houses: common restrooms, by: GSL Properties pi'0vlc!er 3 bd, 1 1/2 ba, Garage & a ll utilitie s pa i d , Located Behind Storage. Newly $500/mo + $450 dep. La Grande Town Center remodeled. Quiet IC 541-910-3696 neighborhood. Large yard, garden a rea, 780 - Storage Units walking distance to school. $ 1,200.00mo. D i s - 12 X 20 storage with roll HIGHLAND VIEW 745- Duplex Rentals up door, $70 mth, $60 count possible with Apartments Union Co. deposit 541-910-3696 extended lease. A FFORDABLE S T U 800 N 15th Ave DENT HOUSING. 5 2 bd, 1ba. Quiet NeighElgin, OR 97827 Answer to Previous Puzzle bd, 5 ba, plus shared borhood, fenced yard, kitchen, all utillities security system, $750, Now accepting applica• 0 J YANG T UT TA B tions f o r f e d e rally paid, no smoking, no dog okay with pets, $800/mo & $700 references. funded housing. 1, 2, I NE R T AR E I K E dep. 541-910-3696 and 3 bedroom units P ACE S K NE E P A D with rent based on inAd may not be current. e Security Fenced come when available. Beautiful B r and New Please stop in for a list T E P E E M S T e Coded Entry 3bd, 2ba al l a p pli- or call 541-663-1066. ances, fenced yard, FE A T A T E COS T M-F 9:30-11:30, 1-5 Project phone number e Lightedfor yourprotection arage, & yard care. 541-437-0452 L YR E S O HM ECO e 6 differentsizeunits FOR RENT or for Sale: 1,100mo + dep. Mt. TTY: 1 (800) 735-2900 Emily Prop. Mgt. Compact mobile home e Lots of RVstorage A I RA G S UN A P 541-962-1074 in La Grande. W/D and This institute is an equal 4129e Chico Rd, BakerCity RN S Y EW M E A L S D W included. N e w opportunity provider." off Pccahontas ref., new windows and E GA D MOS E S P Y NICE DUPLEX, 3b/1.5b, doors, extra insulation, single garage, W/D GAS R OA D S paneling, and laminate h ookups, W/ S i n - wood floors. No smok- 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. A VE N U E S B L U E R cluded, $775/mo. Call ing or dogs. W/S/G, $ 2 5 dep. L I L P R E S E RV E a nd space rent i n - (541)910-3696. LAGRANDE 541-963-1210. cluded. $430, or inRetirement FA Y T A N S E E D 750- Houses For quire re. p urchase. Apartments A PLUS RENTALS 541-910-0056 12-19-14 ©2014 UFS, Dist. by Univ. Uclick for UFS has storage units 1612 7th Street, Rent Baker Co. available. La Grande, OR 97850 OREGON TRAIL PLAZA IN COVE, clean and spac ious 2 b d r m r o w 5x12 $30 per mo. " We accept HUD " 8 Paid 11 Herd of whales Senior and house. All appliances, Bx8 $25-$35 per mo. 1- bdrm mobile home Bx10 $30 per mo. attention to 17 Deadlock Disabled Complex plus w/d. $625mo, + starting at $400/mo. "plus deposit' 9 Ranch 19 Elev. dep. (541) 568-4722. Includes W/S/G 1433 Madison Ave., Affordable Housing! RV spaces avail. Nice measure 22 Move to the or 402 Elm St. La 2 BDRM, 1 ba, Rent based on income. quiet downtown location LARGE 10 Mets' former beat Grande. in Cove $700mo. NE Income restrictions apply. 541-523-2777 CaII 541-910-3696 ballpark 23 Twist violently Propert y M gt . Call now to apply! 24 "Old" London 1-BDRM, 1 bath. W/S in- 541-910-0354 c luded. Ga s h e a t , LARGE 2BDRM 1 bath, theatre Beautifully updated 8 9 10 11 fenced yard. $525/mo. $750.00. Community Room, 25 House wing ABC STORESALL 541-519-6654 featuring a theater room, 541-910-0354 26 Prefix for HAS EXPANDED 14 a pool table, full kitchen Units sizes from classic 2-BDRM MOBILE home, NICE 3 bdrm, 2 bath in and island, and an 5x10 up to 10x30 28 Pisces mo. Haines. No pets, referUnion. $850 plus Dep. electric fireplace. 541-523-9050 ences required. $400. 30 Switch Mt Emily Prop Mgmt Renovated units! + dep. 541-523 3110 541-962-1074. positions American West Please call Storage 31 Moo gooSOUTHSIDE 2BD, 1ba + (541) 963-7015 7 days/24 hour access 2-BDRM, 1 b a th. W/S pan 2 bonus r o oms i n for more information. 541-523-4564 paid. Gas heat, range, basement, all a p pl. 32 Masseuse www.virdianmgt.com COMPETITIVE RATES fridge, fenced yard. incl.. no smoking, no employer TTY 1-800-735-2900 Behind Armory on East 29 3 0 31 32 $575/mo plus d e p. pets, $900/mo, $850 and H Streets. Baker City 37 Clearings 541-519-6654 dep. 541-910-3696 This institute is an Equal 39 Novelist 35 — Rand 3-BDRM, 1-bath Home. SOUTHSIDE, CLOSE to Lg. Iot, $600/mo + dep schools, 4 bd, 3 ba, 41 Ltd. cousin woodstove, office, ja2 520 M yr t l e st . 39 43 Funny feeling mNI STORkSE Opportunity Provider cuzzi tub i n m a ster 360-785-9595. 44 Ladies' man suite, dbl car garage, • Secure 45 Hatha3 -BDRM W / G A R A G E . fruit t r e es, g a rden • Keypad Entry Fenced yard. In Baker spot, no smoking, no 47 Garr of STUDIO APARTMENTS City. $550.00 + dep. 47 4 8 49 p ets, $ 12 5 0 / m o . • Auto-Lock Gate "Mr. Mom" HUD A P P R O V ED, 541-856-3642 • Seourity Lighting $ 100 0 d ep . 48 Composer walking distance to lo541-910-3696 • Fenced Area 54 — Stravinsky cal businesses and AVAIL JAN. 1ST (6-foot barb) SPACIOUS & CLEAN, restaurants, for more 2- bdrm w/covered 49 Brain part mW I Ix35 units informatio n ca l l patio, garage & carport 3bd, 2ba, $875/mo. 57 50 House buzzer for "Big Boy Toys" 541-963-9226 509-592-8179 Fridge, stove & W/D 51 Omelet extra included. $600/mo 585-1688 UNION 2bd, 2ba $600 60 52 Golf coup 1st, last+ sec. dep. senior discount, pets 8518 14th 53 Passports, etc. 541 -523-6246 Rentals.com okay. 541-910-0811

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$110 and $139 in a span of six hours on Amazon.com. She was so &ustrated by the price fluctuations that she ended up not buying the coat on the site at all. "It's definitely annoying," said Senior, who lives in New Haven, Connecticut.'What exactly is making it go up and down~

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EASTSIDE PRIDE OUTSIDE

ELKHORN WILDLIFE AREA

JIM WHITBECK

EARLY SNOWFALL WREAKS HAVOC INELK, DEER

By Jayson Jacoby WesCom News Service

Eddie Miguez started to think itwas going tobeoneofthose winters. Now he's not so sure. Miguez managesthe Elkhorn Wildlife Area, which comprises 10 separatesitesalongthe eastern base of the Elkhorn Mountains in Baker and southern Union counties where Miguez and his crew of state workers feed elk and deer each winter. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife started the program in 1971, but its purpose is not what you might think. ODFW doesn't feed animals — about 1,400 elk and 800 deer, depending on the year — to keep them alive during the long, lean days of a Northeastern Oregon winter. The agency's goal,rather,isto keep hungryanimals from plun-

pellets, for deer), ODFW can in efFect intercept the animals while they're migrating from their summer range in the Elkhorns to the valleys. Typically, Miguez and his crew, who work from the wildlife area headquarters along River Lane about eight miles west of North Powder, start feeding around the first of December. The dilemma this year is that heavysnow fel lin mid No vember, followed by an arctic front that caused temperatures to plummet below zero. Trouble is, elk hunting seasons were still going on, and since the feed sites aren't closed to the public

until Dec. 1, Miguez couldn't start 10 or 12 days with nothing touchputting out hay during the Novem- ing the hay," he said Thursday morning. ber cold snap. As a result, elk moved onto Miguez said elk and deer, although they can go through privatefarm and ranch ground in some places, Miguez said. several hundred tons ofhay and The wintry weather didn't perpellets each winter, prefer natural forage, when it's not buried sist, though. The wildlife area crew had hay under a few feet of snow, to human available at all 10 feed sites by handouts. ''We've had a really good greenDec.1. But the milder temperatures up this fall, so the animals are gethad melted most of the snow, ting what they need from natural Miguez said, allowing elk and deer vegetation,"he said. to fill their stomachs with grass Miguez knows that will change and shrubs. if — or, more likely, when — the "Some years they're standing snow and cold return. ''When we do get some winter there waiting for you on the first of December," he said. weather, we're ready for 'em,"he Not this year. sald. Although animals have turned The wildlife area's hay barns are crammed with about 1,050 tons of up at each of the feed sites this month, the activity at most has alfalfa. been"hit or miss," Miguez said. That should be enough to keep "Some have had elk every day, the animals satisfied, unless the and others have gone as much as SeeElk/Page 2C

Breaking theit:ein winler sgorts here are a million and one things to do out there this time of year, but for the uninitiated finding a niche can seem like far more trouble than it's worth. So, here's everything Fd want to know about a few ofthe key snow pursuits (nonmotorized for this round):

Downhill skiing and snowboarding You stand on the thing(s) and slide down the hill and try to steer around the trees and rocks and people. Even when you're not so successful its a pretty fun way to spend a day. There's also the telemark option where you focus on lifbng your heel out of your binding to do lunges all the way down. Learning curve is moderate: when I was an instructor we used to say skiing was harder to learnbut easiertoperfect because it has a lot of moving parts, while snowboarding is easier to learn and harder to perfect because it fundamentally revolves around balance. Gear cost is moderate: in addition to the heavier jackets and layers, you need to buy or rent skis, snowboard, bindings, boots, poles, etc. Where: any ski resort you like.Anthony Lakes has great variety for one iift, no iift lines, Jackson Hole-grade snow. I grew up skiing Mt. Hood Meadows, which costs twice as much for half the fun.

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Hunt results deadline nearing on big game or turkey tags WesCom News Service

Any hunter who purchased 2014 big game or turkey tags needs to report their hunt results by the deadline, which is Jan. 31, for most tags. Hunters are required to report on each deer, elk, cougar, bear, pronghorn and turkey tagpurchased — even if they were not successful or did not hunt. Sports Pac license holders need to report on eachbig game or turkey tag issued. Hunters have two ways to report online via www.odfw.com or reportmyhunt.com either at home or by visiting an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife office with a computer available for Hunter

Reporting (ODFW field or regional

offices in Adair Village/Corvallis, Bend,Clackamas, La Grande, Portland-Sauvie Island, Roseburg, Salem headquarters, Springfield,

year to year); the two digit Wildlife M anagement Unit number ofthe unit the hunter hunted in most, and the Unit the hunter harvested an animal in if successful; the total Tilhmook.) number of days hunted (including By telephone: Call 1-866-947mentoring youth); the number of 6339 totalk to a customer service representative. Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 days hunted in the WMU hunted p.m., seven days a week. m ost; and the number ofdays hunted in the WMU the hunter Reporting deadlines areJan.31 harvested an animal in if the hunt for all 2014 hunts that end by Dec. 31, and April 15 for all 2014 hunts was successful. Hunters who fail to report 2014 thatend between Jan.1 and March 31. deer or elk tags on time will be peHunters need the following pieces nalized $25 when they purchase a 2016 hunting license. This penalty of information to report, which takes just a couple of minutes: isassessed once,regardless ofthe number of unreported tags. Hunter/Angler ID number (loAs of Dec. 10, more than 70 percated on ODFW licenses, tags and applications; this is a permanent cent of deer and elk tags remain number that stays the same from unreported (or 135,533 deer and

IN FOCUS

Steelheads bigger than normal on GrandeRonde Anglers have recently reported good steelhead fishing on the Grande Ronde. Flows are up and fishing should continue to be productive as long as temperatures hold. Boating will be much easier for both rafters and drift boaters. With cooling water temps look for fish to move to calmer water where they can conserve energy while holding. A healthy proportion of two salt fish has resulted in a large average size this year. IMNAHA RIVER: Steelhead PITtag detections show a number of steelhead moving up the lower river. Anglers have had success finding good numbers of early fish. A few steelhead can be found in the lower river all winter; however, the best times to catch steelhead in the Imnaha are in the early fall and spring.There is no open Chinookseason on the Imnaha River.

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90,178 elk tags). "The information hunters provide is used when setting controlled hunt tag numbers and hunting seasons," ODFW Game Program Manager Tom Thornton said. "We really appreciate hunters taking a few minutes of their time to complete the report." ODFW used to get this data through phone surveys, but these became more difFicult and expensive as hunters moved or screened their calls. The mandatory reporting program was put in place in 2007 so these calls could be phased out.

A penaltyof$25 wasadded tw o years ago because even after several years promoting the program and providing incentives to report,

TO-DO LIST

Take a free birding tour at McNary Park rangers at McNary Lock and Dam will offer free guided bird-watching hikes through the McNary Wildlife Nature Area on Dec. 20 and Jan. 10. Birders of all levels are welcome. For more information, call the McNary Natural Resources Management Officeat541-922-2268. 8 a.m. Saturday,Umatilla

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only about 40 percent of tags were being reported on time. This rate was too low for ODFW to even use the data. ARer the penalty was implem ented for 2012 tags,rates jumped to 80 percent or more.

This has allowed ODFW to phase out its big game survey calls; the agency no longer makes these calls. Hunters who report on time are entered into a drawing to win a

special big game tag. ODFW selects three names each year, and the winners can choose a deer, elk or pronghorn tag. Hunters who win may hunt an expanded hunt area and extended season, similar to auction and rafHe tags that hunters can pay thousands for.

FLYTYING CORNER

BeadheadPheasantTailtroutnymph The fly most closely represents a mayfly nymph. Pickthis one out of the box when fishing blind in clear, almost sterile creeks. Or put it to work for trout and bluegill in still waters. Tie the BHP on a No. I2-'I6nymphhook. Slide a small black bead up against the eye of the hook. For the tail, use pheasant tail fibers. Wrap the body with long pheasant tail fibers and rib with gold wire. For the thorax, use peacockherland a mylarwing case.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014

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Findingideallot;ationforelusive fish Free New Year's and once we were there we restednext to alogjam. uYou'll know it when you The first run we apsee it."That's what the old proached was a long, narrow man told my father-in-law. pool that was fed by a riSe Even now, two decades later, and was bordered by a clifF on our side of the river. A I hesitate to talk aboutThe tangle oflogs covered the Spot. No one even told us the head of the hole, and in the name of the river. The old man dark water next to the clifF drew a map. I stillhave it, we saw fi ve steelhead.Unscrawled on a slip of scratch doubtedly there were more paper, tucked awayin a stacked under the cut. A trail led upriver, and we drawer of memories. followed it. The river was fast W e made one aborted atand the water dark, shaded tempt to find it on a summer Saturday, then tried again the by theold-growth fi rsand next week. cedars in the deep, narrow canyon. The sun hit the waIt was a two-hour drive to the end of a dead-end road. ter at 11 o'clock and was ofF The last 10 miles were rough the water again about 1. but passable in four-wheel We cast spinners in the drive. There were three trails. shallow riSes as we worked One path led to The Spot, the our way upstream, and then other two — well, we guessed we found it. High in a rock wall was a cut where the right the first time so we never learned where the water came through. There other trails went. was afallen log acrossit,the kind oflog a kayaker might For the first couple of years, I didn't even know the grab hold of in a movie with a river and a waterfall. name of the stream. Once I The river spilled into this learned it, I never spoke it, exceptto my dad ormy fapool where the turbulence ther-in-law. And when some had worn a deep hole over tale of a trip was recounted, the centuries. A tremendous we never spoke of it in the eddy swirled clockwise, spilling water through a tail-out. contextofthelargerriverit was tributary to lest someone We each found a rock and else find it by deduction. began to cast. That day my father-in-law That rst fi day,weparked at learned about catch-and-rethe trailhead, guessed which fork to take and walked out lease. He kept two hatchery through a shadowed trail that steelhead, and he couldn't figdropped downhillinto a canure out whyI kept only one until that afternoon on the yon.After a few switchbacks we could hear the river. It took hike out. It was 90 minutes about 45 minutes to reach it, back to the trailhead.

Day hike o8ered

By Gary Lewis

WesCom News Service

WHITBECK Continued from PageI C allow your heel to liR fully ofFthe ski like a cross country set up. You now are free to move about the mountains but you'll have to hike your way to the top every time. Avalanche safety equipment is nonnegotiable; see below for more information. Learning curve is low: as long as you know how to ski and snowboard ofFa iift you should be fine here. Gear cost is moderate: same as the above (splitboard for snowboarders) plus AT bindings, skins, and the lighter gear and more breathable layers the cool kids prefer. Where: Anywhere. Anthony Lakes has a whole mess of spots to take ofFfrom

and the McCully and Big Sheepbasins in the Eagle Caps that you hike in the summers are awesome spots as well.

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Steelhead flourished at the sacred fishing grounds known only as "The Spot." That was 1988. In those days, the Department of Fish

and Wildlife supported a hatchery summer-run steelhead program in the upper reachesofa lotofrivers,and some of those fish turned and went up our little stream. We weren't the only ones who knew about it. And there were times we'd run into other people on the trail. Once, in an awkward moment I bumped intothree guys goingin,three guys whom were related to a fellow I'd sworn to secrecy. I couldn't blame them, but I could blame the other guy. And myself. Severalofm y friends caught their first steelhead

at The Spot, guys who probably wouldn't have caught one on their own. Once, a friend teased up a steelhead on abumblebee pattern he dapped on the surface in the

middle of the logjam. Once a steelhead charged downstream and through

rackets to your feet so you can walk on top of the snow and go anywhere you want. A heavier person needs bigger rackets to help them stay above the snow. It all has to do with surface area, gravity, personal diet and planetary alignment. Or something. Learning curve is low: you just walk more or less like a normal person with tennis rackets on their feet. Gear cost is low: you just need the shoes and you can buy a great pair for

less than $150. Ski poles and goodboots are a plus. Where: Anywhere! Local spots for La Grande would be the Mt. Emily Recreation Area and even Morgan Lake.

Cross country Snow aerobics. The skis are usually pretty long relative to downhill and have a pattern in the middle of the base that basically serves the same purpose as theskin up above forbackcountry. Learning curve is moderate to high: I am fully incapable of this one, but as far as I can tell, the trickis to get into a con-

the root wad of a big cedar and out the other side where he held up in the next hole. I handed myrodtomy brother-in-law, then swam down my line through the roots, cut the mono, took it out of the roots, spliced it with a blood knot and fought the fish to a gravel bar. We took a picture and let it go, one of two 12-pounders I caught that day. The other was afi n-clipped hatchery fish that fought so hard he killed himself. I didn't want to carry him up the trail, but

I did. I haven't been back to The Spot in more than 20 years, but ina manner ofspeaking, I'm still looking for it. For the people who drive back roads and study maps and pay attention to old guys and their stories, a place like that comes along once, maybe twice in a lifetime. It's hard to describe it, but you'll know yours when you see it.

sistentrhythm and keep your pace up. Gear cost ism oderate:havetogeta full skis, boots, poles setup here that is separate from the stufFyou would use for the others. Where:Anthony has some great tracks, and the Mt. Emily Summit area in the pass going west on Interstate 84 does as well. Avalanche safety is nonnegotiable. It costs a bit, but if you're going to the backcountry on snow you are in an avalanche zone and need to act accordingly— thatmeans being aware ofyour surroundings and having an avalanche beacon, probe and shovel to help you ind your friends,orthem fi f nd you if someone gets buried. Come by the shop with questions or get in touch with the Wallowa Avalanche Center for more information. Jim WhitbecIris the owner of Blue Mountain Outfittersin La Grande. Whitbeck can be reached at 541-612-0148, oremail at jim@bluemtnoutfitters.com.

If You Go:

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A line of elk heads for a state-owned feeding site about 10 miles southwest of Baker City. Bald Mountain looms in the background.

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said,regardl essofhow tempestuousconditions mightgetin thenew year.

Pmlongedperiodsofcoldand winter is unusuallylong, Miguez said. The generally mild weather thathas prevailed the past tlnee weeks or so serves as a sort ofreprieve for animals, he

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snowcanbe especiallytoughon veryyoungandvery oldelkand deer,he said. "Everydaythatgoesbywith moderate tempemttues makes iteasier onthe calves and

f'awns,"Mguez said."It'sthose winters thatstartin November and don'tenduntilApril that atereallycostlyto calfandfawn survival." In the meantime, Mguez and hisco-workers willcontinue to visiteachofthefeedsitesevery day,to make sute there'senough

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The Elkhorn Wildlife Area feed sites are closed to the public from Dec. 1 through April 10. However, two of the 10 sites are near public roads with excellent vantage points to watch elk. • Anthony Creek. This is along River Lane, about eight miles west of North Powder, near the Wildlife Area headquarters. • Auburn. This site is along Old Auburn Lane, which branches off Highway 7 about seven miles south of Baker City. More information about the Elkhorn wildlife area is available online at www.dfw.state.or.us/ resources/visitors/ elkhorn wildlife area/ index.asp.

Itwouldn'tdo to missaday, Mguez said. The animals,and inparticular the eIk,withtheir

largmbodiesandappetites, needfoodandiftheydon'tfindit at the wildlife areathey11head for thenearestfarmorranch And once they get there it can be awfully hard to herd them back to the feed sites.

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new year with a guided hike at Emigrant Springs or Iwetemlaykin on Jan. 1. This is the fourth year that Oregon Parks and Recreation hosts"First Day Kkes," a nationwide initiative sponsored by America's State Parks (www.americasstateparks. org)to encourage people to enjoy the outdoors and celebrate the New Year by getting out for a walk in a state park. Last year, more than 940 people participatedin First Day Kkes in Oregon. Oregon Parks will waive the day-use parking fees on Jan. 1 for all visitors to participating state parks that normally require a permit. Northeastern Oregon parkrangers willleadhikes at Emigrant Springs State HeritageArea from noon to 1p.m. Kkers can meet their guide at the community building at the park. In Wallowa County, hikers meet at Iwetemlaykin StateHeritage Site fora hike from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and can meet the ranger at the parking area next to

Highway 82.

Many of the First Day Kkes will be interpretive presentations focusing on lo-

cal wildlife, plant species,geology or history. To get more details about specific hikes, including directions to the park and a description of the length and terrain, visit the OPRDcalendar online and search for First Day Kkes" under Event Category. Oregon Parks is asking participants to share photos of their First Day Kke via social media by using¹ORfirstdayhikes for Twitter and Instagram or tagging"Oregon State Parks" on Facebook. Images can also be emailed to beth. wilson@oregon.gov. Oregon Parks reminds those planning to join a hike on Jan. 1 to dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes, and bring along water as well as a camera and/or binoculars. In case of inclement weather, each park should be contacted directly to find out about cancellation. Phone numbers are available online. More information about Oregon state parks is available at www.oregonstateparks.org.

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BAKER CITY — The US. Forest Service is hiring summer employees to help manage Eastern Oregon national forests. The Umatilla, WallowaWhitman,and Malheur national forests will soon be-

gin accepting applications for temporary positions in avariety ofprograms including fire suppression, recreation, timber, survey crews, archaeology and botany. Open vacancies are available through www.

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Seventeen-month-old Sophia Stricker momentarily loses her composure as she endures a flu shot from Nurse KatyWhitman at Eugene Urgent Care in Eugene. In addition to H1N1 and H3N2, this year's flu vaccine contains protection against a virus referred to as influenza B, which tends to alternate between two different strains that are usually both included in vaccines. About 10 percent of cases nationally have been influenza B, which Frieden said the vaccine is well-suited to protect against.

FLU Continued from Page6C to predict with certainty what is going to happen,"he satd. In addition to H1N1 and H3N2, this year's flu vaccine contains protection against a virus referred to as influenza B, which tends to alternate between two difFerent strains that are usually both included in vaccines. About 10 percent of cases nationally have been influenza B, which Frieden said the vaccine is well-suited to protect against. Flu seasons in which the H3N2 is the dominant virus tend to be more severe, Frieden said. The rate ofhospitalization and death can be twice as high or more than in fl u seasons when another virus dominates, he said. That means anyone normally at high risk for catching the flu and developing complications, including people older than 65, younger than 2 and people with certain health conditions such asasthma, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease and pregnancy, should be on high alert. Five children have died &om flu so far this year, Frieden said. The symptoms of H3N2 tend to be the same as H1N1, Thomas said, although the virus tends to afFect the elderly more. So far this year, 53 percent of all people hos-

KAPLAN Continued from Page6C between feeling older and the heightened risk of nearterm death. The pair used statistical methods to control for health problems such as heartdisease,diabetes,cancer, arthritis and depression. They controlled for behavioral factors such as smoking, drinking and spending time engaged in social activities. And they factored in demographic variables such as gender, ethnicity, education and wealth. With all of these things taken into consideration, they still found that the risk of death during the course of the study was 41 percent higher for the people who felt older than for the people who felt younger. (The mortality

VAGGINES Continued from Page6C think about it; they feel empowered to ask about it." All day care providers in Oregon that are certified with the state's 0$ce of Child Care must report their kids' vaccination statuses both when they first enroll and annually aker that. Oregon law, however, does not require day care providers to give that information to prospective parents who ask for it, said Stacy de Assis Matthews, school law coordinator for the Oregon Immunization Program. Parents can, however, get the data &om the state if the provider has 50 or

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pitalized for flu symptoms in the Portland area were over 65 years old, she said. At the news conference, Frieden encouraged the use of two US. Food and Drug Administration-approved antiviral medications: Tamiflu

(oseltamivir phosphate) and Relenza (zanamivir), both prescription medications that work best if taken within 48 hours ofbecoming sick. Thomas said not everyone will need to take those medications, but those who contract the flu and may be at risk of complications should call their health care providers to learn whether they would be good candidates. Thomas said even though this year's flu vaccine isn't a perfect match for what's out there, some protection is better than none. And the outlook could be much worse,

she added. »Oflentimes there is a dominant strain circulating and we know the vaccine doesn't work and we can see that maybe that's a hard sell,"Thomas said."In this case, we know the vaccine will cover half or a little bit more than half of what's circulating." Both Thomas and Frieden stressed that it's not too late to get a vaccine that will still ofFer some protection during the current flu season, even though it takes about two weeks for the antibodies to develop following the vaccine.

rate was slightly higher for thosewho feltclosetotheir actual age, but the difFerence wasn't big enough to be statistically significant.) When thestudy authors analyzed cancer deaths separately, they found no real link between perceived age and the risk of death. But when they focused on deaths due to cardiovascular disease, they found that people who feltolderthan theirtrue age were 55 percent more likely to die during the study than people who felt younger. The results could help doctors identify patients who are most in need of their help. The study authors wrote: "Individuals who feel older than their actual age could be targeted with health messages promoting positive health behaviors and attitudestoward aging."

more kids, she said. Deschutes County has the third-highest rate of such nonmedical exemptions at child care facilities in the state, behind Multnomah and Wallowa counties. Statewide, just under 7 percent of kids in certified child care facilities have nonmedical exemptions. Kids 18 months or older attending preschool, day care or Head Start programs are required to have a number of vaccinations, including four rounds of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, three rounds of polio and vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella, chickenpox, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A and Hib, a vaccine that prevents

WASHINGTON — Don't want to be con&onted with the number of calories in that margarita or craR beer? Then avoidthe menu and order atthebar. New menu labeling rules &om the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more outlets to list the number of calories in alcoholic drinks, along with other foods, on menus by next November. The idea is that people oken don't know — or even think about — how many calories they are imbibing. But the rules don't apply to drinks orderedatthebaror any drinks that aren't listed on the main menu. The wine list will also be guilt-&ee — individual calorie amounts aren't required there either. And unlike other beverages and foods, most bottles and cans of alcohol don't have to list full nutritional information. ARer years oflobbying for more nutritional information on alcoholic beverages, public health advocates say the menu labeling rules are a first step. "Alcoholic beverages are a key contributor to the calories Americans are consuming, and most of the time when people have a drink they have absolutely no idea what its caloric impact is," says Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Her group petitioned the government more than a decade ago to require that bottles and cans be labeled with robust nutritional information. The FDA's proposed menu labeling rules in 2011 exempted alcohol. But FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the agency decided to include it in the final rules this year aker those who commented on the rule were largely in favor of such labeling because of its potential impact on

public health. The beer, wine and spirits industries objected, arguing that they were regulated by the Treasury Department, not the FDA, a setup that dates back to Prohibition. Treasury's oversight,

WEIGEL Continued from Page6C middle and end of the exhale."(For a visual guide, go to the Cleveland Clinic's

website.) Don't stay long. Bonnie Eaker Weil, a relationship expert and author of »Make Up, Don't Break Up" (Adams Media), said it's important to set boundaries on how long you stay at certain gatherings. 'This is what I call'doing a short run,"'Weil said."For those people you're anxious about seeing, tell them that you'll be passing through or stopping by for an hour because you have another stop to make. And be sure to tell them before the day of the event so they don't seem surprised." Get support &om your partner or a &iend."A 20-second hug can cause a dopamine rush,"Weil said, referring to the neurotransmitter that controls the brain's pleasure center."So if you are really struggling ... pull your partner aside and ask (him or her) to give you a real, meaningful hug. That connection will immediately give you a boost." Plan activities that uplift you. Whether it's a trip to the spa, an extra yogaclass,taking a holiday craR class — any activity that calms you, Sichel writes, gives you a better perspective on what is important in your life.

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epiglo ttitis. Some kids don't get them because they're not old enough or, in rare cases, have a medical condition that prevents them &om getting vaccinated, such as having a compromised immune systems while undergoing cancer treatment. Vaccinations are not 100 percent efFective, so even if a child is up to date on vaccinations, it's still possible for him or her to catch an illness &om a peer who is not, said Dr. Doug Opel, assistant professor ofpediatricsatthe Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute. Since illnesses tend to spread more rapidly in day cares than in

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New menu labeling rules from the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more outlets to list the number of calories in alcoholic drinks, along with other foods, on menus by next November. The idea is that people often don't know — or even think about — how many calories they are imbibing. which includes minimal input &om FDA, has"well served the consuming public," a coalition of alcohol groups wrote in a 2011 comment asking to be leR out of the menu labeling rules. The new rules are designed to not be too burdensome for the alcohol industries or restaurants. Endless combinations of mixed drinks won't have to be labeled at bars, unless they are listed on a menu, and the FDA is allowing restaurants to use estimates ofcaloriesand ranges ofcalorieswithout listing the exact amount in every difFerent drink. That means menus are required to list the average amount of calories in a glass of red or white wine, but won't have to list calories by every brand of wine on the wine list unless they choose to do so. Same with beers and spirits. So most wineries and craR breweries selling to chain restaurants won't have to pay to have their products' nutritional content analyzed — for now, at least. The labeling rules have "more of an indirect efFect on our business," says Wendell Lee of the California-based

Wine Institute. Lee says brand-specific menu calorie labels could be especially burdensome on the wine industry, where every vintage and varietalis difFerent. CraR brewers, with many varied brands and styles, have similar con-

Safety in numbers. Those people you don't like or can't stand are much more tolerable when you dilute them with other people,"Weil said.»My father had a hard time getting close with family but when I invited &iends over forThanksgiving,hewa snonstop chatting, because it dilutes the intimacy when you have new faces around." Get out of the house. Weil also suggests, ifit'sfeasible,getting outofthe house for a walk, group activity or movie — any reason to leave the house "so you aren't just sitting around drinking and watching television." Start a new tradition. Patricia Evans, author of'The VerballyAbusive Rela-

can," said Weil."And be sure not to drink too much or eat too much sugar." Don't bring up the past."It's not where you've come &om, it's where you finish that matters,"Weil said.'"Ihke the negative and see it as a positive because those negative incidents made you a stronger person and also gave you better skills to deal with uncooperative people." Respond, don't react."We need to know the difFerence between reaction and response," Minor said."People react when they think they're actually responding. We're putting 100 percent of our energy on what we have zero percent control over — which is what our family members think, feel or do. Responding is saying to yourself, In this moment, what's under my control, and what choice do I want to make?"' Love yourself."Self-love is never selfish or unhealthy, unless it gets grandiose and totally narcissistic," Forward said.'Vou have got to recognize that you areasim portant asanybody else. We've all been so brainwashed to put other people first, and if you put other people first, that puts you last. I don't mean youcan'tbeloving and kind and nurturing to other people — of course that's where you want to be. But you also have to do the same thing for yourself. Otherwise you'll be depleted and you will have nothing to give your spouse and nothing to give your kids."

tionship"(Adams Media), said a great way to mix things up is to start a new tradition, either with &iends or family. "Pick a new venue like a hotel or good &iend's house and do something that you've never done before," she said. Be around positive people."If you spendyourtime around negative people, their energy will rub ofFon

you,"Weil said.'Find positive people who makeyou laugh and avoid the Scrooge. Ifyou feelthe Scrooge startto bringyou down, walk away.Ifyou are the Scrooge, you need to make some changes so you aren't the person everyone is trying to avoid." Take care of your body."One way to liR your mood immediately is to get exercise, so work out every day if you

other settings, it's important to know how many kidsat your child's day care or school are up to date on their vaccinations, he said. As a parent, Opel said all of the decisions he makes have his child's safety in mind. "I do that when I strap my child into the car seat," he said."I do that when I strap on a bicycle helmet when they're on their bike, and I'm going to do that when I send my child to public school,"he said.'Tm going to ask,'How many are exempted here?"' Clark, with the University of Michigan, said it's also important to protect family members with compromised immune systems, especially those who are elderly.

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The regulations "could have a slight chilling efFect" on small breweries if some restaurantsdecidetolistcalories for individual beers, said Paul Gatza of the Brewers Association, which represents craR breweries. The rules could have advantages too,

he said. 'The more customers know about a brewery, the more they feel connected with it," Gatza said. OfFthe menu, labeling rules appear further away. For years, most alcohol companies have tried to put ofFmandatory bottle and can nutrition labeling as public health advocates have fought for it. Rules proposed in 2007 would have m ade such labelsmandatory, butTreasurynevermade the rulesfi nal.

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hen it comes to longevity, feeling young may be more important than

t's supposed to be the season to be jolly — but not everyone feels like celebrating this time of year. "It's normal (for some

being young. So say a pair of researchers from University of College London and the International Longevity Centre-UK They analyzed data on nearly 6,500 English adults and found that those who felt at least one year older than their actual age were 41percent more likely to die within eight years than were those who felt atleastthreeyears younger than the age listed on their birth certificates.

The finding was published Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine. The data forthe study came from the English Lon-

people) to be sad around the holidays," said Susan Forward, a therapist and author of aMothers Who Can't Love:

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A vaccination against the regular flu is prepared at a pharmacy in Northvale, N.J., in 2009. This year's dominant flu strain — 90 percent of the cases so far nationally and 100 percent in Oregon — is H3N2, a type of influenza A

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gitudinal Study ofAgeing. A total of 6,489 people who were at least52yearsold joined the study in 2004 or 2005 and were then tracked foran average of99 m onths. When they enrolled in the study, volunteers were asked this simple question: "How old do you feel you are?" Although the average actual age of the volunteers was 65.8 years old, their average self-perceived age was significantly lower — only 56.8 years old. The feeling that one's true age is lower than one's chronological age was widespread in the study sample. Fully 69.6 percent of the volunteersfeltatleastthree years younger, while only 4.8 percent felt more than one year older. The remaining 25.6percent felt"about their actual age," the researchers wrote. A totalof1,266 ofthe volunteers died during the course of the study, but those deaths weren't evenly distributed among all three groups. The mortality rate among those who felt older than their true age was 24.6 percent, compared with 18.5 percent for those who felt their age and only 14.3 percent for those who felt much younger. It's possible that some of this difference could be ex-

• All flu cases in Oregon so far have been H3N2 By Tara Bannow WesCom News Service

Oregon's flu season is getting ready to take ofE and although there aren't many cases to speak of so far, those that have been confirmed are of a variety only partiaHy covered by this year's flu vaccine. This year's dominant strain — 90 percent of the cases so far nationally and 100 percent in Oregon — is H3N2, t aype ofinfl uenza A.Along with H1N1, it's been a mainstay of the flu vaccines distributed in the U.S. for several years, but both are tricky viruses in that they're constantly mutating. If a virus mutates enough, the antibodies that are supposed to kick in among peoplewho've been vaccinated against the flu may not always recognize it, and those people might wind up getting the flu anyway. Unfortunately, that's what happened this year. Scientists typically need to determine which viruses will

be accounted for in a certain year's flu vaccine near the beginning of that year, and sometimes, viruses can unexpectedly morph into something new by the time flu season hits. This year, they chose to include a strain of H3N2 called A/Texas/50/2012, which has been circulating for years; but, as it turned out, another H3N2 strain has been present in about half of cases: A/Switzer-

land/9715293/2013. The Oregon Public Health Division, which publishes a weekly flu surveillance report called Flu Bites, said Oregon has seen 26 cases of flu so far this year, all of which have been H3N2. Ann Thomas, a public health physician in the Oregon Public Health Division, said that's "striking." 'There is potential for it to be a bad fl u year,butwe don'tknow how bad yet, and we probably won't know until, frankly, we've experienced the flu season," she said. At least half of those who come down with H3N2 will be afforded some protection if they received a flu

• Researchers: Parents shouldn't be shy about asking providers By Tara Bannow WesCom News Service

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Viruses can spread quickly in day cares, and most parents in a recent survey say they would consider removing their children from day care if other children aren't vaccinated.

In a recent national survey, 74 percent of parents said they would consider removing their child from a day care if1in 4of the other children there were not up to date on their vaccinations. Sarah Clark, associate research scientist in the University of Michigan's department of pediatrics

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doing so probably has never crossed most parents' minds, Clark said.

' What we hope happens with this poll is now they do," she said."Now they SeeVaccines / Page 5C

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Food is a major part of the holidays, so it's important to maintain safe food practices, like avoiding raw eggs used in eggnog.People should make sure baked goods are cooked thoroughly to avoid potential ill effects from undercooked eggs. Make sure mail-order foods marked "Keep refrigerated" arrive cold. Perishables include meat, poultry, fish, cheese, fruit and cheesecake.

Enjoysome sceneryand challenge yourself at 7000 feet at the annual Elkhorn Classic Nordic Race held at the Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort. Entry is $10 per event. For more information or to register, call the Nordic Center at 541-856-3277 ext. 31 or go to www.AnthonyLakes.com.

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loving families and happy memories can find the holidays a time of inexplicable sadness. Here are some tips to help ensure a happier holiday season. Take charge of yourself. 'Vou need to really ask yourself,'In the whole world, what is under my control?"' said Kelly Minor, a clinical

psychologist based in California's Silicon Valley.oWe can't control what other people do or think. The only thing we have control over is our own behavior." Do what you want to do, not whatyou feelyou have to do."I have a lot of clients who have cut off toxic family members, but when the holidays come around, they feel so guilt-ridden if they don't include them," Forward said. 'Vou have to give yourself permission to say'no.' But this is very hard for a lot of people who have major emotional setbacks or disappointments or trauma in their lives. Address these issues with a counselor or therapist so you can slowly gain back your self-respect and do what Take it easy: Don't overbook yourself. It's easy to do, but it will add stress at a time you least need it, psychotherapist Mark Sichel writes in"Ten Tips to Beat the Holiday Blues" on Psy-

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ing? "A deep diaphragmatic breath puts you into what is called the parasympathetic nervous system, which is the calm nervous system," Minor said.'The sympathetic nervous system is'fight or flight' and that's when we say the things we wish we hadn't said or when we've run out the door. Take three deep breaths and track the beginning, middle and end of the inhale, and the beginning, SeeWeigel / Page 5C

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within one year of enrolling and ran the numbers again. The results held up. The researchers also adjusted the data to take into account various factors that might account for the link SeeKaplan / Page 5C

vaccine. Those who come down with the strain not covered in the vaccine may still get some protection, however, Thomas said. The science on whether a vaccine can still protect against strains that have drifted is murky, but the basic idea is that the vaccine provides antibodies that will bind with viral particles they're trained to recognize. But if the virus has mutated enough, there's a chance the antibodies won't recognize it, Thomas said. "It's like, Huh, yeah, I'm not recognizing this,' so your immune system won't be stimulated," she said."If it's close, it might have some effect." In other words, it's possible that the vaccination could make for a less serious caseofflu,Thomas said. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, discussed the problem at a Dec. 4 news conference. "Both the H3 that's well-matched and the H3 that's poorly matched are likely to continue to circulate in the U.S. this season, and there is no way SeeFlu / Page 5C

ters" (HarperCollins)."Part of it isthenostalgia forour childhood and another part is we're mandated by guilt

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The Bruno Dunes Band will play from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Earth and Vine, corner of Washington Avenue and First Street. The band features John Woodard, Johnny Star, Debbie Friedman, Robert Anders and Paul McNeil.

Santa coming to the library Saturday Sales of raffle tickets for a new ebook reader will continue at the Baker County Public Library until the drawing on Dec. 22. Tickets are $1 to win the Nook Glowlight device, valued at $100. It is compatible with the library's digital catalog of downloadable ebooks and audio books. On Saturday, Dec. 20, Santa Claus will be at the library, 2400 Resort St., from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Photos are welcome. The Friends of the Baker County Library raised more than $1,000 with its recent winter book sale. The money pays for children's reading programs.

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A federal program offers money to private property owners to restore forests on the east face of the Elkhorn Mountains between BakerValley and Grande Ronde Valley. This scene is from BakerValley, looking southeast up the canyon of Rock Creek.

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Private landowners in Baker and Union counties have a substantial monetary resource to help reduce the threat of wildfire on their lands. That resource is the East Face of the Elkhorn Mountains Partner-

ship. The project is a collaborative comprising the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDAl Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation

Service (NRCSl, Oregon Department of Forestry (ODFl, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFWl, the BLM and private landowners. According to ajointpressrelease from the five government agencies,

By TheAssociated Press A 15-year-old who shot and killed two Baker City men at a family hunting cabin near Granite in October 2013 has been sentenced to 10 years in MacLaren, the state's juvenile prison at Woodburn. Dillan Dakota Willford Easley admitted to two allegations of first-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing his foster father, Michael Piete,43, and Piete's uncle, Kenneth Gilliland, 64. The two men died at the cabin amund midnight on Oct. 3, 2013. The manslaughter charges are felonies that, for an adult, would bring a maximum sentence of 20 years. Easley will remain at MacLaren up to age 25, when he will be eligible for release, his attorney, Kathie Berger of Portland, said. Easley was 14when he shot and killed the two men. He turned 15 on June 1 of this year.

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theNRCS inOregon funded $1.4 million in contracts with private landowners in Baker and Union countiestoperform essentialtim ber thinning practices in the fiscal year 2014. This is the first year that work has been completed on private lands through the partnership. Parker Ussery, district conservationist at the NRCS field office in Baker City, said the 2015 budget for the program is not final.

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Calvary Baptist Church in Baker City is hosting a free Christmas Eve dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the church, 2130 Fourth St. (main entrance at corner ofThird and Broadway). A candlelight service will follow at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. More information is available by calling the church office at 541-5233891.

The paired photos show a forest stand before and after a slashbusting treatment, which chops small trees, leaving a layer of nutrientrich material that will decompose and enrich the soil

ReflectingOnHis12VearsAsCountyCommissionChairman

arnerrea or'ne c a er' "I'm pretty excited about the next

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He spent the past 12 years in a critical local political position but next month Baker County Commission Chairman Fred Warner will step away from the helm and move on. Warner lost to challenger Bill Harvey in the May

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Republican primary, and a write-ineffortnever gained much traction this fall. Harvey will take over the Baker County Commission

chairman slot in January. Warner said that while he enjoyed working for the voters of Baker County, he is already focused on the

future. "I'm pretty excited about the next chapter of my life," he said. Warner admitted he was disappointedthat he lostto Harvey inthe May primary, but he remains philosophical about the shift in his political fortunes. SeeWarner/Page 8A

has confirmed at least two wolves near the border between Grant and Umatilla counties. ODFW biologists found tracks from two wolves on Dec. 15 in the northern part of the Desolation hunting unit. They also found tracks from a single wolf in the same area on two other occasions. The sites are near the North Fork of the John Day River, north of Granite. ODFW has little other information about the wolves, but the agency is planning to do more surveys. The first confirmed wolf to visit Oregon sincethe species was extir pated,a fem ale that migrated from Idaho in the winter of 1999, was trapped near the North Fork of the John Day and returned to Idaho.

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Jayceettes, on the Board of the United Way, and the American Association of Bonnie Marie Taie, 73, of Baker University Women. With the boys Little City, died Dec. 16, 2014, at St. Luke's League, she organized the candy sales Regional Medical Center in Boise with to help finance the baseball program. her family by her side. She was a stay-at-home mom when Visitations will be her boys were young until the youngfrom 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. est was in the sixth grade. Then she Friday, Dec. 19, at Coles went back to school at Eastern Oregon Tribute Center, 1950 University in La Grande. One of the Place St. awards she received was Student of the Her memorial service Year in Primary Education. will be at 1 p.m. SaturBonn i e With this certification, she got a job working with the Education Service day at the Baker City Taie Christian Church, 675 District. She worked at the Burnt River Highway 7. Pastor Jase Madsen will School District in Unity for two years. officiate. Private family vault internW hen kindergarten was added to ment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Baker School District, she was the first Friends are invited to join the family kindergarten teacher hired. Bonnie for a reception at the church after the was a good one! After some of her first service. students were adults and had children Bonnie liked to say she was born of their own, she was still getting hugs one month before Pearl Harbor, ("A at the grocery store. day that will live in infamy"). She was She would also remember most forthe fifth girl born into the Kenneth mer students by name and would tell and Stella Leighty family in Syracuse, them fun little stories about when they Kansas, their home being in Johnson, were younger. One such story was of a Kansas. boy who brought a large icicle to school Shortly after her birth they moved to for show-and-tell and placed it on the Colorado on a wheat ranch. The Dust back showing table without anyone Bowl that her parents and older sibknowing. lings endured eventually caused them When it was time for show-and-tell he went back to retrieve it only to disto move to Northern Idaho when she was 4 years old. cover it was missing! He thought someone had taken it! She started the first grade in a one-room school. Years later, this same Bonnie went back to look for it and saw schoolhouse was moved from the Rimthe water on the floor and then had to rock into Hayden Lake, Idaho, behind explain how ice melts. the large school there. Bonniehad many hobbiesand loved She taught private kindergarten to be active and busy with new projects. in this very same school that she had Interiordecorating was afavorite and started school in. She only had a year peopleaccused her ofbeing addicted to and half of college at this time. Durthe Home & Garden TV network. Her ing her sophomore year, she and her home was always decorated beautifully grade school classmate, high school and for every season. college sweetheart, Richard Taie, were One of Bonnie's last projects was the married. restoration of a T-Bird. This was her They enjoyed 54 years of married car and ittook three years tocomplete life together and had three wonderful the restoration of the 1956 T-Bird and sons. Dick taught the sixth grade at it turned out very nice. Rathdrum, Idaho, while Bonnie was at One of the highlights for Bonnie was home with new son No. 1, Brad. when her friends talked her into enterThe nextyear they moved toCheney, ing her '56 T-Bird in the Boise Roadster Washington, for Dick to finish a degree Show last March and she won two at Eastern Washington University. trophies with it. Being a car person, Bonnieearned her PHT (puttinghubby she had many close fiiends in car clubs through) by working at the bookstore such as Rods of Idaho, Charlie's Angels, on campus. CruiseIdaho and the annual Car Show After graduation, Dick was offered in the Baker City Memory Cruise at a teaching job at Baker High School. Geiser-Pollman Park. She was also a They decided that they would take that five-time undefeated valve cover chamjob and go to Oregon for a year or two. pion, which is a kind of soap box derby After50 years,they are deeply rooted formodified valve covers. here and will be buried here. Bonnie was a wonderful wife, mother, Her second son, Darren, was born grandmother and teacher and she will in Baker and five years later son No. be truly missed, family members said. 3, Ryan. Bonnie became very active in She was preceded in death by her local organizations. parents. She was president of Brooklyn PTA Survivors include her husband of 54 for a number of years, president of years, Richard; sons, Bradley, and his Baker City, 1941-2014

BAKER CQUNTY CALENDAR FRIDAY, DEC. 19 • KeithTayior:Plays piano,5 p.m. to 6 p.m.,Veterans Center, 1901 Main St.; free admission. • Victorian Christmas magic show:Christmas stories told with magic and illusion; 7 p.m., lron GateTheater, Basche-Sage Place, Baker City; $10 adults, $8 children; show conti nuesat7 p.m .Saturday and3 p.m.Sunday. • Live music:Stefannie Gordon plays fiddle,7 p.m., Geiser Grand Hotel,1996 Main St. SATURDAY, DEC. 20 • HighTea:2 p.m., Geiser Grand Hotel,1996 Main St.; Victorian tea inspired by actual menus, followed by tour of the hotel; $24 adults, $12 ages 14and younger; reservations required by calling 541-523-1889. MONDAY, DEC. 22 • Baker County Commission:9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St. FRIDAY, DEC. 26 • Baker Heritage Museum Open Special Days:10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; same hours Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. • Anthony Lakes Ski Patrol Fundraiser:6 p.m., Barley Brown's Taphouse, 2200 Main St.; a fresh coat of wax on skis or snowboard and free pint of beer offered for $15.

TURNING HAcK THE PAGEs 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Dec. 19, 1964 Plans are being issued today, Dec. 19, to the following six contractors for the bidding on remodeling the new leased Pacific Northwest Bell Business office quarter at 1834 Main St. Baker. Witham Bros., Baker; Timber Co., Hermiston; Mann Bros., Redmond; A. Richie Itt Co.,Walla Walla; Cliff Welter, Baker; and Johnson Homes, Baker. 25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald Dec. 19, 1989 W oody's Place,1840 Main St.,hasnew owners and a new name. It'll be called Front Street Cafe and Coffee Company under owner David Hatfield. He bought the business from Bill "Woody"Woodcock, who owned it nine years. He plans to remain in Baker City. Hatfield said the new name is in keeping with the business's historical theme. In the old days what is now Main Street was called Front Street, he said. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald Dec. 20, 2004 Packing care packages for troops who must spend Christmas far from home is becoming a twice-a-month ritual for the Military Families Support Group. The group made short work of packing 20 cartons for shipment one evening last week at the Basche-Sage Place. But it's the letters from schoolchildren that keep pouring in to the Baker City group that didn't fail to elicit both smiles and tears from the two dozen or so people gathered last week to ready the group's final shipment before Christmas. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald Dec. 27, 2013 The vacant lot north of the Baker County Fairgrounds on the east side of town will be a shadier, more pleasant spot after a tree-planting patty scheduled for this spring. Members of the Baker CityTree Board will be planting 25 street trees on the property to showcase improvements community residents can expect to see in coming years thanks to funding provided through the estate of a retired Baker City businessman.

Eaker Elk's Crab Dinner December 31, 2014 Tickets on Sale NOW Crab Dinner $30 including sides Prime Rib Dinner $20 including sides The cut off date for ticket sales is Dec. 24, be sure to get yours early! 541-523-3338

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wife, Debbie, of Cottage Grove, Darren and his wife, Julie, of Camas, Washington, and Ryan and his wife, Beth, of Bothel, Washington; grandchildren, Zachary, Greta, Nathaniel, Hayden, Houston, Hannah, Camden and Hudson, and stepgrandchildren, Olivia and Sean; sisters, Lois, Lela, Hazel, Jean and Betty; and one brother, Bob. The family would also like to acknowledge special friends, Pam Busey and Ronnie Meyer,for alloftheirsupport. Memorial contributions may be made to Baker City Christian Church's Youth Group or Baker Heritage Museum through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.

Zoe Anne Spriet Baker City, 1943-2014

Zoe Anne Spriet, 71, of Baker City, died Dec. 18, 2014, in Baker City. She was loved and comforted by family and friends through her brief struggle with cancer. At her request there will be no memorial Zoe Anne

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She w a s born on Jan. 13, 1943, at Eugene. She was raised in Baker City as Zoe Anne Fuller by her parents, Nettie Lee and G. Lowell Fuller, and she was a Baker High School graduate. She married Harley Deal Spriet in 1961. The couple lived in many places throughout Oregon while welcoming four children into the family. They settled back in Baker City in 1973. Zoe Anne had several jobs including bank teller, Frito-Lay delivery truck driver, and she was a secretary for the Forest Service supervisor. She loved the beach, crafting beautiful quilts, and spending time with her family. She adored all of her grandchildren. Zoe Anne is survived by three children: Rick Spriet and his wife, Cindi, of Springfield, Harley Spriet and his wife, Myka, of Baker City, and Jodi Spriet of Baker City; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and a fifth greatgrandchild on the way; her siblings, Dee Fuller and his wife, Georganna, Larry Fuller and his wife, Linda, Gary Fuller and his wife, Lisa, and Sonja Givens; and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harley Deal Spriet in 2000; and her oldest son, Michael Allen Spriet in 2004. Memorial contributions may be made to Heart'n' Home Hospice through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispine valleyfuneralhome.com.

NEWS OF RECORD DEATHS William Alderson: 84, of Baker City died Dec. 18, 2014, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City. Arrangements are by Coles Tribute Center. Marie Best:79, ofH aines, died Dec. 18, 2014, at Serenity House in Haines. Gray's West Br Co. Pioneer Chapel is in charge of a rra ng em ents.

POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations

ASSAULT IV (Domestic): Chance Dunleavy, 19, of 1621 Valley Ave., 9:51 a.m. Wednes-

day, at his home; jailed. PROBATION VIOLATIONS (Two Clackamas County detainers): Rory Colin Christensen, 56, of 3648 Broadway St., 9:51 a.m. Thursday, at his home; jailed. ASSAULT IV (Domestic): Forrest Lee Entermille, 35, of 1718 Campbell St., 7:30 a.m. Thursday, in the 2400 block of Grove Street; jailed. CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Chance Joseph Dunleavy, 19, of 1621 Valley Ave., 3:28 p.m. Thursday, at the Baker County Jail where he is being held on other charges.

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Drunkendriverdamagestramicsignai By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com

The rapid-flash pedestrian crosswalk signal on Campbell Street near Geiser-Pollman Park took a major hit Wednesday night. Police Chief Wyn Lohner

said the crosswalk apparatus and the highway divider

sustained $7,500 to $8,000 damage when a drunken driver crashed into it with his pickup truck while texting as he drove down Campbell Street about 11

p.m. A witness reported that he'd seen a 2001 Ford F250 strike the concrete structure and signs and then continue traveling east on Campbell Street. Officers found the suspect

vehicle at the Truck Corral, Lohner said. There they arrested Jonathan Robert Woolard, 23, of 45892 Slough Road. He was jailed on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and hit and run.

Policewarn ofpossidle connterfeitmoney Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner is warning community residents to be on the lookout for phony large-denomination bills. Although no counterfeit bills have been reported in

Baker City this Christmas season, they have been circulating in Union and Malheur counties, spe-

cifi cally $20,$50 and $100 bills, Lohner said. The chief urged busi-

nesses to use a counterfeit detection pen as a way of identifying the phony bills. The pens leave a black mark onthe fake money; the special ink leaves a light yellow mark on genu-

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for comment. Berger said Easley had been abused Continued from Page1A as a young child and went into a series Grant County Circuit Court Judge of foster homes and juvenile care J. Burdette Pratt sentenced Easley centers, where he displayed behavioral Wednesdayafternoon in theCanyon problems. City courtroom after defense attorneys He was sent to live with the Pietes and stateprosecutors reached aresolu- despite a lack oflocaltreatment services tion. available to him, Berger said. And when Relatives of the victims issued statehe started high school — the first public ments to the court expressing dismay at school he had ever attended on his own the outcome. They said they felt the pro- — he was soon tossed out, she added. Piete had planned a hunting trip with ceedings had focused more on Easley's his uncle and friends. Rather than place needs, and concerns about the cost of a trial, rather than the crimes. Easley with someone else while he was Easley had been held in the juvenile gone, Piete took the teen along to do section of the Northern Oregon Regional chores as a sort of punishment, Berger Corrections Facility at The Dalles since sald. the 2013 shootings. Events at the cabin are unclear, and He hadbeen placed in foster care Easley's statement tostate police conwith Piete and his wife, Carlotta, by flicts with the evidence in some respects, Douglas County. Easley lived with the Berger said. coupleon Dry Creek Road offHighway According to his statement, which 30 southeast of Baker City. Kenneth Gil- was played in open court at an earlier liland also lived on the property, which hearing, Easley got hold of a loaded .44 he owned. M agnum revolver. He had heard there Berger said Easley never meant to were wolves around, and thinking he kill anyone and never should have been saw a pair of eyes in the darkness, he around loaded guns because ofhis lack fired, hitting Gilliland. of maturity after years of abuse and Then Easley went inside the cabin, other problems. where he got more scared because Easleytold authoritieshe gotscared people were yelling at him. Easley fired and accidentally shot the men. wildly toward the upstairs loft, where "Unfortunately, two people died as others in the party were sleeping. A a result of some decisions that when bullet passed through a bookcase and you look back on them, you are left just hit Piete, who was standing after being shaking your head: What in the world awakened by the gunfire. were you thinking?' " Berger said. Easley grabbed a rifle on his way Grant County District Attorney Ryan out the door, and while outside, fell and Joslin did not immediately return a call shot himself in the leg with the revolver.

ine bills. More information about how to identify counterfeit bills is available by visiting this website: www.wikihow. com/Detect-Counterfeit-USMoney.

Using the rifle as a crutch, he made his way back to the cabin. One of the other men, Bill Gilliland of Tidewater, Kenneth Gilliland's brother, had driven to Granite to call 9-1-1. Another man at the cabin, family friend Dennis Glerup of Baker City, taped Easley to a chair until deputies arrived. Easley was taken to a Boise hospital, where he was interviewed by a state police detective. ''Was it reckless for him to pick up guns? Yes it was," Berger said.'Was it reckless for him to shoot the guns? Very reckless. ''When you look through the decisions m ade by professional people and adults who were supposed to be looking out for iEasleyl due to his needs, it's just a tragedy." Easley originally was held on juvenile charges of aggravated murder, and prosecutors sought to have him tried as an adult. Judge Pratt denied the request in September atter experts examined Easley and found he had the maturity of a 9-year-old. State law bars anyone younger than 12 from being tried as an adult. Officials said going to trial on the murder counts in the juvenile system could not have produced a longer sentence. The Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper in John Day, and Chris Collins of the Baker City Herald contributed to this story.

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work hard, getting this econ- for economic development. I think there is a balance, omy back to where you have Shovel-ready groundI think we as a community Continued ~om Page1A jobs you don't need a Ph.D. to parcelsofland already zoned need to spend enough money "Maybe voters were right. make money," he said. thatfeature basicinfrastruc- to make sure we are out ture — exist in a number of Maybe 12 years was enough One area industry — agrithere yet don't spend priority for Fred," he said. culture — continues to be a places. dollars chasing the wind," he The next chapter for Warbrightspot,hesaid. Smaller businesses, he sald. "It would be hard to make ner is still a bit nebulous, he said, may be a key for the As far as the county's said, but will probably involve it without ag. We'd be in real future. political future is concerned, "I think that is the demoworking in the real estate trouble. Now if we could just Warner said he is confident business. expand that base," he said. graphic ofbusiness we want Harvey will do well. "The county will be in good Warner said he will depart Warner said Baker County now. Would we take a home the commission chairman slot doesboast some crucial run? Yeah, in a heartbeat. shape," he said. satisfied the county's finance characteristics — including are in solid shape. quality ofliving — which ''We will leave the county irms are attracted to. f "The reality is companies in a good financial situation," he said. could locate in Baker County. Warner served three W e dohave a lotofattributes. terms as county commission We have a pretty good educayour holiday vacations. chairman and spent a large tional system. I think all we Only $14 Per day fOr dOgS percentageofhistim esteeped can do is work hard and we $12 per day for cats can't give up," he said. in natural resources and Donna's Groom economic development issues. Another element the S Board, Ltd. Economic development will county boasts, he said, is 1405 17 Street,Baker City •5a3-6080 remain a key issue into the some property already ready future, he said. Residents and locally elected leaders must continue to stay focused on finding solutions to the economic development equation. ''We have to continue to Your ProfessieeelHoot Stote

LOCAL BRIEFING Baker woman earns master's degree EUGENE — Lori McNeil of Baker City has earned a master of education degree in curriculum and instructional technology from Northwest Christian University. McNeil participated in the fall commencement ceremony Dec. 12 in Eugene. Northwest Christian University is a liberal arts institution.

Baker Methodist Church schedule Lighting of the Advent candle will be part of both services this Sunday, Dec. 21, at the Baker United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. Servicesare at8:30 a.m. and 11a.m. Sunday school is at 8:30 a.m., and adult study at 10 a.m. Also on the church's schedule: • Dec. 24: Christmas Eve service, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Pastor Elke Sharma's sermon will be 'To us a child is born."

Forest Service has summer jobs The Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman, and Malheur National Forests will soon begin accepting applications for temporary jobs in a variety of programs including firefighting, recreation, timber, survey crews, archaeology and botany. This 2015 application and hiring process is taking place a lit tleearlierthan ithasin pastyears,according to the Forest Service. Applicants interested in temporary positions need to apply online to open vacancies available through www. USAjobs.gov. Vacancies will be available in three phases: • Phase 1 hiring includes all temporary fire-related jobs and positions that start prior to May 1, 2015. The time periodfor candidatesto submit applications for allfi rerelated temporary jobs is Jan. 6-12, 2015. Apply on www.

USAjobs.gov. • Phase 2 involves all non-fire related temporary positions not addressed in Phase 1. Candidates will need to submit applications for non-fire related temporary jobs from Feb. 4-10, 2015. • Phase 3isthe"catch all"period,forpositionsthat were not filled during Phase 1 or Phase 2. This phase is intended to fill positions that were not filled during the first two phases of the process More information about jobs, locations and contact information for supervisors, is available on each national forest' swebsite: • Wallowa-Whitman: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/WallowaWhitmanEmployment • Umatilla: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/UmatillaEmployment • Malheur: wwwfs.usda.gov/goto/MalheurEmployment Applicants are reminded to apply to the assigned announcement number associated with the position of interest and select only those duty locations where they are willing to work. Perspective employees are also encouraged to contactthe localsupervisorforpositionsthey are interested in.

BLM schedules open houses on B2H The BLM has scheduled a series of open houses, including two in Baker County, during January to give residents a chance to learn about the draft environmental impact statement iDEISl for the proposed Boardman-to-Hemingway power line. Idaho Power Co. wants to build that transmission line through Baker County. The BLM's DEIS is slated to be released Friday. The two local open houses: •Thursday,Jan.8,Sunridge Inn,Baker City,5 p.m .to 8 p.m. • Friday, Jan.9,Durkee Community Hall,Durkee,5 p.m. to 8 p.m. More information is available at www.boardmantohemingway.com.

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o or re, U in Torture is a nasty word, and

today. deed. Terrorists, given the chance, It has a certain medieval flawill kill as many innocent vor, conjuring images of thumb- Americans as possible. Limitscrews and iron maidens and ing the government's ability to other barbaric practices. thwart that threat is not only The notion that America dangerous, it's irrational. would resort to torture natuNeither Merkley nor Wyden rally troubles citizens, ourselves has argued that American must included. never again kill suspected terrorists, as happened during the Yet we're also troubled by some of the statements Oregon's Bush administration and has U.S. senators, Ron Wyden and happenedduring theObama Je6'Merkley, made lastw eek af- administration with drone atter a Senate committee released tacks. its report regarding the CIA's Yet the senators demand that "enhanced interrogation" of ter- America never again waterrorists following 9/11. board anyone. W yden and Merkley seem Do Merkley and Wyden think i t's worse to be tortured than to more concerned about whether

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than about the possibility that terrorists will again target America. Moreover, the senators' insistence that torture can never be justified to protect civilians is a dangerously rigid position. Wyden:"I hope this report closes the door on the possibility of our country ever resorting to torture again." Merkley We can and must keep American safe while protecting American values." Merkley and Wyden's stance — that America should remove torture from its quiver of tactics in the war on terror — is not appropriate under the circumstances that exist in the world

its reputation more by pouring water into people's mouths than by blowing them up with

bombs? Tortureis distasteful. And there are legitimate questions about its effectiveness. Ideally, America never would have employed it in the past, nor will employ it in the future. But in an ideal world the World Trade Center would still be standing. If America can save livesthose of Americans and, yes, those of terrorists — by using torture to extract information rather than resorting to bombs that kill people, we should at least keep it among the options.

Your views School board member trying to defends a bad decision The lett ersin the paper reveala lotaboutthe people that write them. McKim's starts with a disclaimer that this is his opinion and not that of the schoolboard.He is20 percent ofthe board. In his world of"what is" the fact is, a very small percentage iway less than 1 percent) attend most public meetings. No one was at the meeting when naming the gym was voted on. If it had been advertised maybe four or five people might have shown up to comment. Dielman's 96 percent"no" by his unscientific survey negative to the gym name says something. In his second point, it is a fact that most citizens aren't involved in the workings of the school district. They expect the board to make the decisions, which include the right decisions. Just because something isn't illegal doesn't make it right. Rules can be bent; principles cannot. The school board in the days of consolidation, the building of a new high school, names like Dr. Flora Biswell, Henry Levinger, Tom Hunt, Peggy Satterberg and Dr. James Evans, felt the necessity of putting a person's name on the gym. This high

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BIlOtB ICStOICS USfCl" fO I have a connection to Marcus Mariota that no one else has. This is, I admit, a grandiose claim. But I make it with supreme confidence. I don't mean to suggest that I am acquainted with Mariota, the quarterback at the University of Oregon, my alma mater, who on Saturday won the Heisman trophy as college football' sm ostoutstanding player. I'venever met Mariota. Almost certainly I never will meet him. IndeedtheclosestI've been to Mariota, so far as I know, is when he scored a touchdown in the east end zone at Autzen Stadium while I was watching from the 36th row of Section 27. But here's what I can say about Mariota that no one else can say. I learned about what you might call the origin ofhis legend while I was climbing Eagle Cap. And although there were perhaps a dozen other hikers on the namesake peak of the Eagle Cap Wilderness on that sunny and warm Saturday afternoon in August 2012, I'm pretty sure none of them was using a cell phone to peruse online message boards for Ducks fans. I was. I knew that Chip Kelly, then the Oregon coach, planned to announce, afterthe previous day'spractice, who would start at quarterback for the Ducks when the season started a week later. The two candidates were Bryan Bennett, who had played in a backup role the previous season, and Mariota, a redshirt freshman who never played a down of college football.

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picked. So there I was, trudging behind my brother-in-law, Dave Britton, on the steep trail that climbs in long switchbacks up Eagle Cap's west flank, looking not at the distant summit but at the little screen of my phone. I knew fiom a previous ascent thatcellsignalsare pretty strong at that elevation — the top is9,595 feet. Strong enough, anyway, that I could tap the Internet. We were, as best I remember, about 500 feet below the crest when I opened a message board thread

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that was headlined:"It's Mariota." I told Dave, who's also a U of 0 graduateand footballseason ticket holder. We continued the climb, talking about the coming season, and about this newcomer, Mariota, in the halting, heavy-breathing fashion of the high-altitude hiker. One week later Mariota started his career by leading the Ducks to seven consecutive touchdowns against Arkansas State. Three years and four months after that Mariota was in Manhattan, clutching the 25-pound Heisman trophy and giving a speech that had even cynical media people in tears as they listened to his heartfelt and selfless words. During that span Mariota turned the Oregonfootballrecord book into his personal diary. But as much as I enjoyed watching Mariota leave linebackers grasping at air and cornerbacks wondering how the ball got to thereceiver so fast,hisgreatest contribution to college football had nothing to do with, well, football. Mariota, by the account of everyone who knows him and has spoken publicly, is a better person than he is a quarterback. And he's an awfully good quarterback, so this is no minor compliment. His sterling reputation, moreover, is not based on those manufactured media moments that we associate withathletesand other celebrities. I've never seen Mariota on the evening news, wearing an apron and ladling soup at a homeless shelter. He is the antithesis to the showboating athlete, both on the field,

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where after scoring a touchdown he invariably hands the ball to the refereeand jogstothe sideline,and

ofK Mariota can hardly avoid the spotlight on Saturdays, of course. But almost everything we know about Mariota's character we know only because his teammates and fiiends talked to journalists. I won't recount those storiesthey're readily available online. Suffice it to say that by winning the Heisman Mariota has not merely demonstrated the "with integrity" phrase that's part of the award's mission statement, he has epitomized it. By contrast, the previous two winners — Jameis Winston of Florida State in 2013, Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M in 2012 — earned the award with their play, but their actions off the field fell pitifully short of the integrity standard. Their records, like the stories of Mariota's humbleness and generosity, are easy to find and need not be repeated here. It happens that Winston and Mariota will compete against each other in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Florida State and Oregon will play in one of the two semifinals of the first College Football PlayofK The winner will play the winner of the Sugar Bowl, Alabama or Ohio State, in the national championship game on Jan. 12. I will be disappointed — distraught, even — if Oregon loses. A loss would leave unfilled the only blank space on Mariota's, and Oregon's, resume — a national championship. Except that's not completely ac-

curate. That resume has to do solely with football. If Oregon does lose to Florida State I intend to console myself with the knowledge that Mariota has already beaten Winston in a contest vastly more important than any 60-minute football game. Life. And what it means to be a good man. I hope Mariota will continue to burnish his reputation as a football player, that he will hoist a national championship trophy and perhaps even a Super Bowl trophy. But he has already created a legacy that should be more lasting, and more influential, on those who follow his career than anything he can everaccomplish on a football

field. Mariota reminds us of something I think most of us already knew, but which, in the wake of Jameis Winston and Johnny Manziel and Ray Rice and so many others who trivialize their athletic gifts by acting like cretins, we might no longer have believed with quite as much confidence. We remember that we can cheer for athletes without reservation, that their accomplishments are not always degraded by a rap sheet. Iam certain thatmost college football players have more in common with Marcus Mariota than with Jameis Winston. I'm gladitwasone ofthesegood guys who got to heft that heavy trophy again. Jayson Jacoby is editor of the Baker City Herald.

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BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. wildlife officials will decide next year whether a widerangingWestern bird species needs protections even though Congress has blocked such protections fiom taking effect, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Wednesday. They could determine the greater sage grouse is headingtoward possible extinction, but they would be unable to intervene under the Endangered Species Act. The bird's fate instead remains largely in the hands of the 11 individual states where they are found. President Barack Obama

signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late Tuesday with a provision that barred money from being spent on rules to protect thechicken-sized bird and threerelated types of grouse. Jewell said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will continue collecting and analyzing data on sage grouse. A decision on whether protections are warranted will be reached by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, Interior officials said. Greater sage grouse range across11Western statesand two Canadian provinces. Oil and gas drilling, wildfires, livestockgrazing and other

Research says sage grouse do better in areas with tall grass CHEYENNE,Wyo. (AP) — Newly published research that examined the relationship between grass height and the greater sage grouse's nesting success could have implications for cattle and sheep grazing as environmental groups push for federal protection for the chicken-size, ground-dwelling bird. Researchers studied sage grouse nests at two locations in the Powder River Basin in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. Over five years, they found the likelihood that at least one egg in a nest would hatch increased when nearby grass was taller, it and decreased when grass was shorter. Tall grass and healthy sagebrush can help sage grouse hide their eggs from predators such as foxes and badgers, said Jeffrey Beck, a University ofWyoming associate professor and co-author of the study published in the December issue ofWildlife Biology. "Sometimes it's even worse where they kill the adult female that's nesting on the clutch and then eat the eggs up," Beck said Wednesday. SeeGrouselPage 7A

activities have consumed more than half the bird's habitat over the past century. The spending bill provision on sage grouse came after Western lawmakers and representati ves oftheoiland gas and agriculture industries said a threatened or endangered listing would devastate the region's economy. Jewell criticized what she called"political posturing" in Congress over the issue. She said the spending prohibi-

tion would"undermine the unprecedented progress that is happening" as states and federalagenciescraftsage grouse conservation plans. Population estimates for greater sage grouse range from 100,000 to 500,000 birds. They occupy 290,000 square miles ofhabitat in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Worries about a potential endangeredspecieslisting for sage grouse already promptedthe deferralof sales on more than 8 million acres of potential federal oil and gas leases. Those parcels can be put up for sale once conservationplans forsage grouse are in place, which is expected sometime next year. The plans are separate from any endangered species protections. Wyoming and Montana accountfor 55percent ofthe birds' population. Offtcials from the two states and others have pushed to keep greatersage grouse offthe federal protected species list so they can retain control overthe bird and itshabitat. A spokesman for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, said collaborative efforts to conserve the bird would continue. Spokesman Dave Parker said the spending bill provision was "really not delaying the work we need to do, to ensure Montana can protect the sage grouse." Wildlife advocates remained wary. "Now we're going to get ourchance to seeifthe state, local and federal agencies can deliver on sage grouse protections in the absence of an Endangered Species Act listing," said Erik Molvar with WildEarth Guardians.

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WASHINGTON — A lack of unanimity in both politicalpartiestoward President Barack Obama's sudden move to re-establish ties with Cuba complicates any congressional effortto scuttle the most significant change in U.S. policy toward the communist island in 50-plus years. His initiative faces some strong resistance among lawmakers, with criticism coming mostly from Republicans, who say the new policy rewards Cuba's decades-long policies of repression, human rights abuses and aggression. Some prominent Democrats voiced opposition, too. Opponents spoke of holdingup money to setup a full-service U.S. embassy in Havana, blocking Obama's nominee as ambassador to Cuba or other such steps. But even if they were to pass sweeping legislation to stop what Obama wants to do, he could veto it and they are unlikely to muster the twothirds majority to override a veto. The GOP will control both the Senate and House come Jan. 6, but Republicans will face pressure fiom businesses and the farm industry — eyeing opportunities for commerce in Cuba — not to stand in the way of expanded ties. The Chamber of Commerce spent heavily in the midterm elections, investing $35 million to elect business-minded, predominantly Republican lawmakers. Its president, Thomas J. Donohue, said Wednesday that Obama's actions "will go a long way in allowing opportunities for free enterprise to flourish." The U.S. declared an embargo on most exports to Cuba in October 1960 and severed diplomatic relations in January 1961. Three months later Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state— just aday beforethe doomed, U.S.-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion meant to topple him. After the hard-line Castro became ill in 2006, his

Victim's son arrested in fatal fire PORTLAND iAPl — The son of an 81-year-old man found dead Wednesday after a fire in a Willamette Valley duplexhas been arrested forinvestigation ofseconddegree manslaughter and reckless burning, a sheriff's spokesman said. Marion County sherifl"s Sgt. Chris Baldridge identified the victim as 81-year-old Candido Duran of the community of Jefferson, about 10 miles northwest of Albany. John Duran, 36, was arrested on accusations that also included reckless endangerment, Baldridge said Wednesday night.

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brother, Raul, took charge of the nation, fewer than 100 miles off the southern coast of Florida. Now Obama says he will easeeconomic and travel restrictions on Cuba and work with Congress to end the trade embargo. This came after Cuba released American Alan Gross, who had been imprisoned for five years, and a Cuban who had spied for the U.S. In exchange, the U.S. freed three Cubans jailed in Florida. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., one of three lawmakers who flew to Cuba before dawn to escortGross home, praised Obama's move. Leahy, the top Democrat on

the committeethat oversees foreignaid,said thatover the years he's heard members of Congress tellpresidents, "Hang tough on Cuba and those Castros will be out of there any day now." 'That was said to President Kennedy, President Johnson, President Nixon, President Ford, President Carter — you see what I'm driving at," Leahy said."The fact is they are there. The fact is, Cuba is still there. "Let's start finding out ways to at least work through ourdifferences,embrace areas where we are alike." Another Democrat, New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, the outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voiced opposition to the new Cuban policy. Menendez, whose parents are Cuban immigrants, said Cuba is not going to reform justbecause Obama believes that ifhe extends his hand in peace, the Castro brothers suddenly will"unclench their fists."

The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, Dick Durbin of Illinois, said he understands the feelings of Cuban lawmakers who oppose Obama's decisionbecause ofthepain associated with their families' experiences in Cuba. "But I think we have to step back as a nation and say ifwe'reevergoing to move the Cuban people in the right direction of freedom, where they're going to have democratic elections, then we've got to have a new relationship with Cuba," Durbin said in Chicago. Splits were evident on the Republican side, too. Republican leaders in the House and Senate condemned Obama's action, as did Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a Cuban-American and potential presidential candidate. Rubio said the new U.S. policy would give Cuba a neededeconomic liftsomething"the Castro regime needs to become permanent fixtures in Cuba forgenerations to come." Making 250stopsnationwide, including one inBakerCit!

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three straight and eight of 10. PORTLAND — Thomas Brandon Knight had 24 Robinson was rewarded with points for the Bucks, who a standing ovation during his played their first game since very first NBA start. Jabari Parker was hurt. The Robinson had 15 points heralded rookie will miss and 16 rebounds while start- the rest of the season after ing in place of injured center tearing the anterior cruciRobin Lopez, sparking the ate ligament in his left knee Portland Trail Blazers to a during the third quarter of 104-97victory overthe MilMilwaukee's victory Monday waukee Bucks on Wednesday over Phoenix. night. Parker, the second overall "I was a little nervous," pick in this year's NBA draft, will require surgery. The onesaid Robinson, averaging only 7.6 minutes going into and-done star out of Duke the game. averaged 12.3 points and 5.5 The third-year forward rebounds per game for the Bucks this season. assessed his performance Milwaukee took another as just"OK," but fans at the blow late in the first half Moda Center cheered wildly for him. Robinson became when forward Giannis Antethe third Blazers player to tokounmpo sprained his left put up at least 15 points and ankle. 15 rebounds in his first start: Antetokounmpo grimaced The other two were Bill Wal- in pain under the basket ton and Maurice Lucas. while his teammates surRobinson's outburst was rounded him, but after severwelcome on a team that faces al tense moments he walked uncertainty in the absence of unassisted off the floor and straight to the locker room. Lopez, who broke his hand Monday in the third quarter The second-year forward of a victory over San Antonio. from Greece was averaging "I was just happy to see 12.2 points and 5.9 rebounds him get that opportunity going into the game. "It's tough to seethose because I know how hard he works and how positive he is, guys go down but you've still being that he hasn't played a got to come together as a lotthisyear,"Portland guard team and play as hard as you Damian Lillard said. can with the guys you have Lillard had 29 points and left," Bucks center Larry seven assists, and LaMarcus Sanders said.'We were still Aldridge added 23 points and fighting and grinding out tied his season high with 15 there." rebounds. Portland has won Khris Middleton started AP Sports Wnter

the second half in Antetokounmpo's place and finished with 17 points. Knight had 10 points in the first quarter as the Bucks took a 25-18 lead. Antetokounmpo made a pair of free throws that gave Milwaukee a 39-29lead — itsbiggestof the game — but the Blazers rallied to tie it at 41 after Robinson's late basket. Portland pulled in front on a pair offreethrows from Aldridge tolead43-41 atthebreak. Wesley Matthews hit a 9-foot jumper to givethe Blazers a 55-51 lead midway through the third quarter, but the Bucks kept up the pressure and led 70-68 going into the final period. After Robinson's putback tiedthe game at77,Nicolas Batum hit a 3-pointer and Joel Freeland added a short jumper to put the Blazers ahead 82-79 with 7:11 left. Portland extended the lead to as many as 13 points down the stretch. Late in the game, the Bucks resorted to fouling Robinson often. He made five of 15attempts from the free throw line. "I'll go home, see what I messed up, and come back and be better," Robinson said.

about myyoungin Jabari Parker ... prayers up for you my brother..stay strong and come back stronger." • Trail Blazers: Portland activated guard CJ McCollum for the game. McCollum m issed14 games because of a brokenindex fi ngeron his right hand.... It was Robinson's fifth career doubledouble.

PUT ME IN, COACH Antetokounmpo had his ankletaped during thebreak and wanted to go back in for the third quarter, but ultimately the Bucks decided to sit him for the rest of the night.

QUOTING Bucks coach Jason Kidd on the injuries:"It's always tough. You never want to see anyone get hurt. It's part of the game, but back-to-back injuries to your two youngest players can make you a little nervous."

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Batum dunked with 3:01 left to give the Blazers a 92-82 lead. He was fouled by Sandersand appeared to fall on his face under the basket. TIP-INS Even coach Terry Stotts • Bucks: There was an rushed to make sure Batum was OK Batum eventuoutpouring of support from ally returned to shoot the around the NBA for Parker. technical after Sanders was Dwyane Wade posted on Twitter: "Heard the sad news assessed a flagrant foul.

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half to give Oregon i7-3l a 71-46 lead. "He gave us a big lift," Altman said."Did a good job, posted up strong and

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a 43-36 edge with Dwayne Benjamin grabbing 10. Stephen Maxwell had a double-doubleforCal State Northridge with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The victorystarted a seven-game home stand for the Ducks. The Matadors opened an early 16-9 advantage with Hicks scoring nine points fortheir largestlead ofthe game. For Altman, his team's slow start looked all too familiar. "I've been disappointed we come out lackadaisical, straight up and down, focus and intensity not very good," he said, "so things have got to change." After three ties and four lead changes, the Ducks finally broke serve on Cal State Northridge's 2-3 zone with their favorite weapon, using two 3s by Young and another by Jalil Abdul Bassitt to take a 26-22 lead with 5 minutes left beforeintermission. "iYoungl was just making plays tonight," Oregon's Ahmaad Rorie said. Whether it was passing or shooting, he was just doing what he's good at. He definitely was leading tonight when we were down."

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EUGENE iAPl — In only seven minutes on the floor, Michael Chandler made a big impression in his Oregon debut on Wednesday night. Coach Dana Altman finally unveiled his tallest player, and the 6-foot-10 centerscored 13 pointsoff the bench to help lead the Ducks to a 79-56 victory over Cal State Northridge. Chandler, a junior collegetransfer from Northwest Florida College, missed the first nine games of the season with a left knee injury. He scored nine straight points in just four minutes in the second

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BRIEFING Bode Miller plans to return in 3anuary VAL GARDENA, Italy iAPl — Bode Miller is skiing

By Kyle Odegard

"We're being a nightmare

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CORVALLIS — Oregon State guard Malcolm Duviviersaid the Beavers have had a major shift this season under new coach Wayne Tinkle. ''We're being a nightmare foriopponentslon defense.I just think our mindset has changed," Duvivier said. He had 11 points and four steals as Oregon State dominated DePaul 90-59 on Thursday night. Duvivier was one of four Beavers in double figures. Victor Robbins scored a career-high 27 points, Olaf Schaftenaar added a careerhigh 21 points, and Gary Payton II had 15 points and five steals for Oregon State

for (opponents) on defense. Ijustthinkour mindset has changed." — Oregon State guard Malcolm Duvivier

were impatient offensively. I didn't think our shot selection was very good at all. We didn't attack the zone very well." Purnell said he hopes his team improves to the point where it can have a chance to win the Big East champion-

ning streak, their longest in two years.. The Beavers have won all seven of their home games this season at Gill Coliseum.... Gary Payton II is the son of Gary Payton, a former All-American for the Beavers who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. He entered Thursday's game leading Oregon State at 13.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.

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Tinlde is in his first year coaching the Beavers half. after leading Montana to The Beavers led 48-28 at the NCAA tournament the break, and had outthree times. He inherited an Oregon State squad that lost rebounded the Blue Demons 22-11atthatpoint,scoring 11 most of its key players and is without a senior. Tinlde added second-chance points. Oregon State led by as five walk-ons to the roster many as 34 in the second half. after holding an open tryout in October. Robbins reached a career high in points for the second One of those walk-ons, time in as many games. He Tanner Sanders, a scout had 22 points in a win versus team player for the Beavers Grambling State on Monday. football team, had eight i8-2l. Myke Henry, who came in points and four rebounds in leading the Blue Demons in 18 minutes on Thursday. Jamee Crockett had 14 scoringat 17 pointspergame, points for the Blue Demons TIP-INS i6-4l. was held to nine. Schaftenaar scored 11 of DePaul had been averagDePaul: The Blue Demons the Beavers' first 13 points to ing 49.2 percent shooting, had won the two previgive Oregon State a 13-6 lead but Oregon State's defense ous meetings between the harassed the Blue Demons at the 15:47 mark. schools, including a 93-81 "I just tried to be as aggres- into a 34 percent night, the victory last December in ChiBlue Demons'worst shooting cago.. The Blue Demons are sive as I could be. It worked out," Schaftenaar said. now 1-1 against the Pac-12 performance this season. "It was nice seeing him "Statistically, they're a thisseason,havingdefeated have success both inside and really good defensive team," Stanford. out," Tinlde added. said DePaul coach Oliver Oregon State: The Beavers A Robbins 3-pointer Purnell."But I thought we now havea fi ve-game win-

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EUGENE iAPl — Oregoncoach Mark Heifrich confirmed Thursday that the third-ranked Ducks will be without star cornerback Ifo EkpmOlomu when they face Jameis Winston and Florida State in their playoff game Jan. 1. Heifrich acknowledged the senior, a first-team All-America selection, won't

CHICAGO PRIDE Four of the Blue Demons' starters arefrom Chicago, where DePaul is located. The squad includes nine players from the Chicago area.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Payton notched the Beavers' second triple-double in school history on Monday. His father had the other in 1988.Oregon State believes they are the only father-son triple-double combo in college history.

UP NEXT DePaul plays Colorado on Monday at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. Oregon State plays at Quinnipiac on Sunday.

play after he was injured during a noncontactdrillTuesday. 'Very unfortunate for him," said Helfiich, who wouldn't disclose the nature of the injury. Aperson with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Ekpre-Olomu hurt his

again and remains on schedule for a January return after undergoing surgery on a disc in his back. U.S. Ski Team men's head coach Sasha Rearick says the six-time Olympic medalist started skiing in Park City, Utah, this week, and could return for the downhill in Wengen, Switzerland, on Jan. 17. But the coach also says it wouldn't be a problem if Miller delays his comeback to the following weekend in Kitzbuehel, Austria, and enters the world championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado in February with only one weekend of racing. The 37-year-old Miller had surgery in November.

3acksonvill e tops Tennessee,21-13 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. iAPl — Sen'Derrick Marks slipped by Andy Levitre, grabbed Charlie Whitehurst aroundthelegsand dragged him totheground. It was the most rewarding sack of Marks' six-year career — literally. Forget that it came against his former team. Forget that it came on the final play of the game. Forget that it helped Jacksonville beat the Tennessee Titans 21-13 on Thursday night. It was the ultimate money move. Marks earned a $600,000 bonus for the takedown, which triggered a provision in his contract that rewards him for recording at least eight sacks this season. He now has 8 V2. Italso was arguably themost compelling aspectofa relatively meaningless game between two of the AFC's worst teams. The Jaguars i3-12l won for the second time in four weeks and avoided getting swept by AFC South rival Tennessee i2-13l for the second time in 11 years. The Titans lost their ninth consecutive game. Although Jacksonville probably erased any chance of landing the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft, players and coaches didn't care. They held a raucous locker room celebration that included coach Gus Bradley praising rookie quarterback Blake Bortles ia touchdown pass and 50 yards rushing on a sprained right foot), backup running back Jordan Todman ia 62-yard TD runl.

right knee. The person spoke on condition of anonymitybecause the program does not discuss injuries. EkpmOlomu has been a cornerstone of the Ducks'secondary with 63 tackles, two interceptions and sixpass breakups this season. 'Tm veryconfidentwe'm going to be

fine," secondarycoach John Neal said. "But the tough thingfiom a personal aspectis just to see Ifo in this situation. It's justreallyhard to look at him, as a coach and as a fiiend, and thinkof all the things he's done for us and to have somethinglike thathappen outof nowhere ... is very tragic."

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NRCS has asked for $750,000 for work next year. The goal of the program is to thinovercrowded forests and reduce the amount of fuel, curbing the potential for wildfires and improving the healthoftheforests. "Dense, overstocked forestspose a higherrisk for catastrophic wildfire because the excessvegetation creates a fuel ladder, allowing fire to rise higher into the canopy where it causes the most damage," Ussery said in the press release. Landowners whose forests have a density of more than 500 trees per acre can apply to receive grants. Landowners have worked with contractors and employees from the NRCS and ODF to identify areas where cutting trees and underbrush can be beneficial. Contractors used a technique called slashbusting. The process involves a large excavatorthat shreds trees, leaving piles of nutrient-rich slash that decompose and return nutrients to the soil, which promotes better tree growth. In places that are too steep or otherwiseinaccessibleto the machinery, workers have to pile slash by hand and then burn the piles. Landowners can do the work themselves or hire a contractor once their land has been approved for funding. 'The program reimburses $420 per acre for thinning and removal. If there is more cost incurred, the landowner

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The photo at left is from a section ofTim Fisher's property on Antelope Peak northwest of Baker City. The photo above shows the same area after the smaller trees have been cut.

"Theforest growth is phenomenal." — Landowner Tim Fisher

is responsible," Ussery said. sults he has achieved on his Contracts awarded in 2014 propertythrough the funding from the NRCS. totaled 17 in Baker County "It's definitely improved and 16 in Union County, with the fire hazard," Fisher conservation work spanning 3,076 acres. said."The forest growth is Tim Fisher of Baker City phenomenal. The trees were and his family own 1,609 popping out quarter inch acres in the Antelope Peak growth rings." area near the Anthony Lakes But making his family's Highway. forestshealthierand less Fisher has a contract vulnerable to fire aren't the through the East Face only gains. Partnership to dorestoration Fisher said wildlife that work on 232 acres. use the property have benFisher, a former Baker efitted too. "I've seen the elk come County SherifFs deputy and current pastor at Elkhorn back," he said."It seems like Baptist Church, said he is almost every time we're up very satisfied with the rethere, elk are running over the top of us." Fisher and his family have been doing conservation work on small pieces of the land since 2002, also with the

with private landowners to get conservation work done on their property. Fisher's current contract with the NRCS will pay for

approximately $90,000 in thinning and slashbusting on his property. NRCS's role is to provide fundingand to manage contracts for eligible landowners to implement conservation practices on theirland. ODF provides technical assistance and help with developing forestry plans. Field Forester Jana Peterson with the ODF said this kind of work is not a new concept. cWe're not reinventing the wheel. It's stufFwe've done around here with much smallergrants foryears,"she said."EastFace iPartnership)isa biggerpotofm oney and a little higher profile." Peterson works with landowners to determine their needs and eligibility for funding through the partnership.

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but we leave it up to them to do that," Ussery said. Jodi Kramer, public affairs officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, said the successoftheprojectisa resultofcooperation among all the partners, public and private. "Just the partners alone working together, including the private landowners, is the key to the success of the project, "Kramer said."It's an all hands, all lands approach." The NRCS plans to work with private landowners to enroll 1,700 acresofland for conservation contracts in 2015. cWe'reseeing alotofsuccess and good things coming out of the project.W e'd love to talk with others who could benefit," Ussery said. Jan. 16 and March 20 are the next sign-up deadlines. To sign up or for more information about eligibility, call the USDA Service Center in La Grande at 541-963-4178 or Baker City at 542-5237121. Although the focus of the East Face projectso farhas been on private land, the Forest Service and BLM have identified more than 47,000 acresofpublicforestthatcan benefit from work similar to what's been done on Fisher's and otherprivateparcels.

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Eddie Miguez started to think itwas going tobe one ofthose winters. Now he's not so sure. Miguez manages the Elkhorn Wildlife Area, which comprises 10 separatesitesalongthe eastern base of the Elkhorn Mountains in Baker and southern Union counties where Miguez and his crew ofstate workers feed elk and deer each winter. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlif estarted the program in 1971, but its purpose is not what you might think. ODFW doesn't feed animals — about 1,400 elk and 800 deer, depending on the year — to keep them alive during the long, lean days of a Northeastern Oregon winter. The agency's goal, rather, is to keep hungryanimals &om plun-

dering cattle ranchers' haystacks and farmers' fields in the Baker, Bowen and North Powder valleys. The basic concept, which has provedtobe pretty successful, is that by laying out a spread of alfalfa hay iand nutritious pellets, for deer), ODFW can in effect intercept the animals while they're migrating &om their summer range in the Elkhorns to the valleys. Typically, Miguez and his crew, who work &om the wildlife area headquarters along River Lane about eight miles west of North Powder, start feeding around the first of December. The dilemma this year is that heavy snow fell in mid November, followed by an arctic &ont that caused temperatures to plummet below zero. Trouble is, elk hunting seasons were still going on, and since the feedsites aren'tclosed to the public

until Dec. 1, Miguez couldn't start putting out hay during the November cold snap. As a result, elk moved onto privatefarm and ranch ground in some places, Miguez said. The wintry weather didn't persist, though. The wildlife area crew had hay available at all 10 feed sites by Dec. 1. But the milder temperatures had melted most of the snow, Miguez said, allowing elk and deer to fill their stomachs with grass and shrubs. "Some years they're standing there waiting for you on the first of December," he said. Not this year. Although animals have turned up at each ofthe feed sitesthis month, the activity at most has been 'hit or miss," Miguez said. "Some have had elk every day, and others have gone as much as

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offices in Adair Village/CorvalAny hunter who purchased 2014 lis, Bend, Clackamas, La Grande, big game or turkey tags needs to Portland-Sauvie Island, Roseburg, report their hunt results by the Salem headquarters, Springfield, deadline, which is Jan. 31, for most Tillamook.l By telephone: Call 1-866-947tags. Hunters are required to report 6339 to talk to a customer service representati ve.Hours:6 a.m .to 10 on each deer, elk, cougar, bear, pronghorn and turkey tag purp.m., seven days a week. chased — even if they were not Reporting deadlines are Jan. 31 for all 2014 hunts that end by Dec. successful or did not hunt. Sports Pac li cense holders need toreport 31, and April 15 for all 2014 hunts on eachbig game or turkey tag that end between Jan. 1 and March 31. issued. Hunters have two ways to report: Hunters need the following pieces online via www.odfw.com or reportof information to report, which myhunt.com either at home or by takes just a couple of minutes: visiting an Oregon Department Hunter/Angler ID number floof Fish and Wildlife office with a cated on ODFW licenses, tags and applications; this is a permanent computer available for Hunter number that stays the same from Reporting iODFW field or regional

year to year); the two digit Wildlife Management Unit number of the unit the hunter hunted in most, and the Unit the hunter harvested an animal in if successful; the total number of days hunted iincluding mentoring youth); the number of days hunted in the WMU hunted most; and the number of days hunted in the WMU the hunter harvested an animal in if the hunt was successful. Hunters who fail to report 2014 deer or elk tags on time will be penalized $25 when they purchase a 2016 hunting license. This penalty is assessedonce,regardless ofthe number of unreported tags. As of Dec. 10, more than 70 percent of deer and elk tags remain unreported ior 135,533 deer and

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Steelheadsbigger than normal on Grande Ronde Anglers have recently reported good steelhead fishing on the Grande Ronde. Flows are up and fishing should continue to be productive as long as temperatures hold. Boating will be much easier for both rafters and drift boaters. With cooling water temps look for fish to move to calmer water where they can conserve energy while holding. A healthy proportion of two salt fish has resulted in a large average size this year. IMNAHA RIVER: Steelhead PITtag detections show a number of steelhead moving up the lower river. Anglers have had success finding good numbers of early fish. A few steelhead can be found in the lower river all winter; however, the best times to catch steelhead in the Imnaha are in the early fall and spring. There is no open Chinook season on the Imnaha River.

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"The information hunters provide is used when setting controlled hunt tag numbers and hunting seasons," ODFW Game Program Manager Tom Thornton said. "We really appreciate hunters taking a few minutes of their time tocomplete the report." ODFW used to get this data through phone surveys, but these became more difficult and expensive as hunters moved or screened their calls. The mandatory reporting program was put in place in 2007 so these calls could be phased out.

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BeadheadPheasantTailtroutnymph The fly most closely represents a mayfly nymph. Pick this one out of the box when fishing blind in clear, almost sterile creeks. Or put it to work for trout and bluegill in still waters. Tie the BHP on a No. 12-16 nymph hook. Slide a small black bead up against the eye of the hook. For the tail, use pheasant tail fibers. Wrap the body with long pheasant tail fibers and rib with gold wire. For the thorax, use peacockherland a mylarw ing case.

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Findingideallocationfor elusive fisll Free New Year's By Gary Lewis WesCom News Service

'You'll know it when you see it." That's what the old man told my father-in-law. Even now, two decades later, I hesitate to talk about The

Spot. No one even told us the name of the river. The old man drew a map. I still have it, scrawledon a slip ofscratch paper, tucked away in a drawer of memories. W e madeone aborted attempt to find it on a summer Saturday, then tried again the next week. It was a two-hour drive to the end of a dead-end road. The last 10 miles were rough but passable in four-wheel drive. Therewere threetrails. One path led to The Spot, the other two — well, we guessed right the first time so we never learned where the other trails went. For the first couple of years, I didn't even know the name of the stream. Once I learned it, I never spoke it, excepttomy dad ormy father-in-law. And when some tale of a trip was recounted, we never spoke of it in the contextofthelargerriverit was tributary to lest someone else find it by deduction. That first day, we parked at the trailhead, guessed which fork to take and walked out through a shadowed trail that dropped downhill into a canyon. After a few switchbacks we could hear the river. It took about 45 minutes to reach it,

and once we were there we rested next to a logjam. The first run we approached was a long, narrow pool that was fed by a riffle and was bordered by a clifF on our side of the river. A tangleoflogs covered the head of the hole, and in the dark water next to the clifF we saw five steelhead. Undoubtedly there were more stacked under the cut. A trail led upriver, and we followedit.Theriverwa sfast and the water dark, shaded by the old-growth firs and cedars in the deep, narrow canyon. The sun hit the waterat 11o'clock and was ofF the water again about 1. We cast spinners in the shallow riSes as we worked our way upstream, and then we found it. High in a rock wall was a cut where the water came through. There was afallen log acrossit,the kind of log a kayaker might grab hold of in a movie with ariverand a waterfall. The river spilled into this pool where the turbulence had worn a deep hole over the centuries. A tremendous eddy swirled clockwise, spilling water through a tail-out. We each found a rock and began to cast. That day my father-in-law learned about catch-and-release. He kept two hatchery steelhead, and he couldn't figure out why I kept only one until that afternoon on the hike out. It was 90 minutes back tothe trailhead.

WHITBECK Continued from Page1C allow your heel to lift fully ofF the ski like a cross country set up. You now are free to move about the mountains but you'll have to hike your way to the top every time. Avalanche safety equipment isnonnegotiable;seebelow form ore information. Learning curve is low: as long as you know how to ski and snowboard ofFa lift you should be fine here. Gear cost ismoderate:same as the aboveisplitboard forsnowboardersl plus AT bindings, skins, and the lighter gear and more breathable layers the cool kids prefer. Where: Anywhere. Anthony Lakes has awholemess ofspotsto takeofFfrom and the McCully and Big Sheep basins in the Eagle Caps that you hike in the summers are awesome spots as well.

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Steelhead flourished at the sacred fishing grounds known only as "The Spot." That was 1988. In those days, the Department of Fish and Wildlife supported a hatchery summer-run steelhead program in the upper reachesofa lotofrivers,and some of those fish turned and went up our little stream. We weren't the only ones who knew about it. And there were times we'd run into other people on the trail. Once, in an awkward moment I bumped into three guys going in, three guys whom were related to a fellow I'd sworn to secrecy. I couldn't blame them, but I could blame the other guy. And myself. Several of my friends caught their first steelhead at The Spot, guys who probably wouldn't have caught one on their own. Once, a friend teased up a steelhead on abumblebee pattern he dapped on the surface in the middle of the logjam. Once a steelhead charged downstream and through

rackets to your feet so you can walk on top of the snow and go anywhere you want. A heavier person needs bigger rackets to help them stay above the snow. It all has to do with surface area, gravity, personal dietand planetary alignment. Or something. Learning curve is low: you just walk more or less like a normal person with tennis rackets on their feet. Gear cost is low: you just need the shoes and you can buy a great pair for

lessthan $150.Skipolesand good boots are a plus. Where: Anywhere! Local spots for La Grande would be the Mt. Emily Recreation Area and even Morgan Lake.

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Snow aerobics. The skis are usually pretty long relative to downhill and have a pattern in the middle of the base thatbasically servesthe same purpose as the skin up above for backcountry. Learning curve is moderate to high: I Snowshoeing am fully incapable of this one, but as far This is the one where you strap tennis as I can tell, the trick is to get into a con-

therootwad ofa big cedar and out the other side where he held up in the next hole. I handed myrodtomy brother-in-law, then swam down my line through the roots, cut the mono, took it out of the roots, spliced it with a blood knot and fought the fish to a gravel bar. We took a picture and let it go, one of two 12-pounders I caught that day. The other was a fin-clipped hatchery fish that fought so hard he killed himself. I didn't want to carry him up the trail, but

I did. I haven't been back to The Spot in more than 20 years, but in a manner of speaking, I'm still looking for it. For the people who drive back roads and study maps and pay attention to old guys and their stories, a place like that comes along once, maybe twice in a lifetime. It's hard to describeit,butyou'll know yours when you see it.

sistent rhythm and keep your pace up. Gear costis moderate: have to geta full skis, boots, poles setup here that is separate from the stuff you would use for the others. Where:Anthony has some great tracks, and the Mt. Emily Summit area in the pass going west on Interstate 84 does as well. Avalanche safety is nonnegotiable. Itcostsabit,butifyou're goingtothe backcountry on snow you are in an avalanche zone and need to act accordingly — that means being aware of your surroundings and having an avalanche beacon, probe and shovel to help you ind your friends,orthem fi f nd you if someone gets buried. Come by the shop with questions or get in touch with the Wallowa Avalanche Center for more information. Jim Whitbeckis the owner of Blue Mountain Outfittersin La Grande. Whitbeck can be reached at 541-612-0148,or email at jim 0 bluemtnoutfitters.com.

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A line of elk heads for a state-owned feeding site about 10 miles southwest of Baker City. Bald Mountain looms in the background.

ELK Continued from Page1C winter is unusuallylong, Miguez said. The generallymild weather thathas prevailed thepast three weeks or so serves as a sortofreprieveforanimals,he

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fawns,"Migmz said."It's those winters that startin November and don'tend untilApril that an.reallycostlyto calf and fawn survival." In the meantime, Miguez and his co-workerswill continue to visiteachofthe feed sitesevery day, to make sure there's enough food available.

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SALEM — Ring in the new year with a guided hike at Emigrant Springs or Iwetemlaykin on Jan. 1. This is the fourth year that Oregon Parks and Recreation hosts "First Day Hikes," a nationwide initiative sponsored by America's State Parks iwww.americasstateparks.orgl to encourage people to enjoy the outdoors and celebrate the New Year by getting out for a walkin a state park. Lastyear, more than 940 people participated in First Day Hikes in Oregon. Oregon Parks will waive the day-use parking fees on Jan. 1 for all visitors to participating state parks that normallyrequire a permit. Northeastern Oregon parkrangers will lead hikes at Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area from noon to 1 p.m. Hikers can meet their guide at the community building at the park. In Wallowa County, hikers meet at Iwetemlaykin StateHeritage Sitefora hike from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and can meet the ranger at the parking area next to Highway 82.

Many of the First Day Hikes will be interpretive presentations focusing on local wildlife, plant species, geology or history. To get more details about specific hikes, including directions to the parkand adescription ofthe length and terrain, visit the OPRDcalendar online and search for"First Day Hikes" under Event Category. Oregon Parks is asking participants to share photos of their First Day Hike via social media by using ¹ORfirstdayhikes for Twitter and Instagram or tagging"Oregon State Parks" on Facebook. Images can alsobe emailed tobeth. wilson@oregon.gov. Oregon Parks reminds those planning to join a hike on Jan. 1 to dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes, and bring along water as well as a camera and/or binoculars. In case of inclement weather, each park shouldbe contacteddirectly to find out about cancellation. Phone numbers are available online. More information about Oregon state parks is available at www.oregonstateparks.org.

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BAKER CITY — The U.S. Forest Service is hiring summer employees to help manage Eastern Oregon national forests. The Umatilla, WallowaWhitman,and Malheur national forests will soon begin accepting applications fortemporary positIons in avariety ofprograms including fire suppression, recreation, timber, survey crews, archaeology and botany. Open vacancies are available through www.

USAjobs.gov and will be available in three phases. Phase 1 hiring includes all temporary fire-related jobs and positions that start prior to May 1. The time period for candidates to submit applications for all ire-related temporary jobs f is Jan. 6-12. Phase 2 involves all non-fire related temporary positions. Candidates will need to submit applications between Feb. 4-10. Phase 3 is the"catch all" period, for positions

that were not filled during phase 1 or phase 2. Additional information about the available local positions, work locations, as well as direct contact information for each of the posit ion supervisors, is now available on each of theforests'w ebsites: Umatilla — www.fs.usda. gov/goto/UmatillaEmployment; Wallowa-Whitman — www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ Wallowa-WhitmanEmployment; Malheurwww.fs.usda.gov/goto/ MalheurEmployment. Applicants are reminded to apply to the assigned announcement number associatedwith thepositionofinterestand select only those duty locations where they are willing to work. Prospective employees are also encouraged to contact the local supervisorforpositionsthey are interested in. In addition, information about the Forest Outreach Notices can be found online at www.fsoutreach.gdcii. com/Outreach.

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FLU Continued from Page6C to predict with certainty what is going to happen," he sald. In addition to H1N1 and H3N2, this year's flu vaccine containsprotection against a virus referred to as influenza B, which tends to alternate between two different strains that are usually both included in vaccines. About 10 percentofcasesnationally have been influenza B, which Frieden said the vaccine is well-suited to protect against. Flu seasons in which the H3N2 is the dominant virus tend tobe more severe,Frieden said. The rate ofhospitalization and death can be twice as high or more than in flu seasons when another virus dominates, he said. That means anyone normally at high risk for catching the flu and developing complications, including people older than 65, younger than 2 and people with certain health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease and pregnancy, should be on high alert. Five children have died from flu so far this year, Frieden said. The symptoms of H3N2 tend to be the same as H1N1, Thomas said, although the virustends toaffectthe elderly more. So far this year, 53 percentofallpeople hos-

KAPLAN Continued from Page6C between feeling older and the heightened risk of nearterm death. The pair used statistical methods to control for health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis and depression. They controlled for behavioral factors such as smoking, drinking and spending time engaged in social activities. And they factored in demographic variables such as gender, ethnicity, education and wealth. With all of these things taken into consideration, they still found that the risk of death during the course of the study was 41 percent higher for the people who felt older than for the people who felt younger. iThe mortality

VACCINES Continued from Page6C think about it; they feel empoweredto ask about it." All day care providers in Oregon that are certified with the state's Offtce of Child Care must report their kids' vaccination statuses both when they first enroll and annually after that. Oregon law, however, does not require day care providers to givethatinformation to prospectiveparentswho ask for it, said Stacy de Assis Matthews, school law coordinator for the Oregon Immunization Program. Parents can, however, getthe data from the stateiftheproviderhas50 or

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pitalized for flu symptoms in the Portland area were over 65 years old, she said. At the news conference, Frieden encouraged the use of two U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved antiviral medications: Tamiflu ioseltamivir phosphate) and Relenza izanamivirl, both prescriptio n medications that work best if taken within 48 hours ofbecoming sick. Thomas said not everyone will need to take those medications, but those who contract the flu and may be at risk of complications should call their health care providers to learn whether they would be good candidates. Thomas said even though this year's flu vaccine isn't a perfect match for what's out there, some protection is better than none. And the outlook could be much worse,

she added. "Oftentimes there is a dominant strain circulating and we know the vaccine doesn't work and we can see that maybe that's a hard sell," Thomas said."In this case, we know the vaccine will cover half or a little bit more than half of what's circulating." Both Thomas and Frieden stressed that it's not too late to get a vaccine that will still offersome protection during the current flu season, even though it takes about two weeks for the antibodies to develop following the vaccine.

rate was slightly higher for thosewho feltclose totheir actualage,butthe difference wasn't big enough to be statistically significant.) When the study authors analyzed cancer deaths separately, they found no real link between perceived age and the risk of death. But when they focused on deaths due to cardiovascular disease, they found that people who feltolderthan theirtrue age were 55 percent more likely to die during the study than people who felt younger. The results could help doctors identify patients who are most in need of their help. The study authors wrote: "Individuals who feel older than their actual age could be targeted with health m essages promoting positive health behaviors and attitudes toward aging."

more kids, she said. Deschutes County has the third-highest rate of such nonmedical exemptions at child care facilities in the state, behind Multnomah and Wallowa counties. Statewide, just under 7 percent of kids in certified child care facilities have nonmedical exemptions. Kids 18 months or older attendingpreschool,day care or Head Start programs are required to have a number of vaccinations, including four rounds of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, three rounds of polio and vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella, chickenpox, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A and Hib, a vaccine that prevents

WASHINGTON — Don't want to be confronted with the number of calories in that margarita or craft beer? Then avoid the menu and order at the bar. New menu labeling rules from the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more outlets to list the number of calories in alcoholic drinks, along with other foods, on menus by next November. The idea isthatpeopleoften don't know — or even think about — how many calories they are imbibing. But the rules don't apply to drinks ordered at the bar or any drinks that aren't listed on the main menu. The wine list will also be guilt-free — individual calorie amounts aren't required there either. And unlike other beveragesand foods,m ostbottlesand cans of alcohol don't have to list full nutritional information. After years oflobbyingform ore nutritional information on alcoholic beverages, publichealth advocates say the menu labeling rules are a first step. "Alcoholic beverages are a key contributorto the caloriesAmericans are consuming, and most of the time when people have a drink they have absolutely no idea what its caloric impact is," says Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Her group petitioned the government more than a decade ago to require that bottlesand cans belabeled with robust nutritional information. The FDA's proposed menu labeling rules in 2011 exempted alcohol. But FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the agency decided to include it in the final rules this year after those who commented on the rule were largely in favor of such labeling becauseofitspotentialimpact on public health. The beer, wine and spirits industries objected, arguing that they were regulated by the Treasury Department, not the FDA, a setup that dates back to Prohibition. Treasury's oversight,

WEIGEL Continued ~om Page6C middle and end of the exhale." iFor a visual guide, go to the Cleveland Clinic's website.l Don't stay long. Bonnie Eaker Weil, a relationship expert and author of "Make Up, Don't Break Up" iAdams Medial, said it's important to set boundaries on how long you stay at certain gatherings. 'This is what I call 'doing a short run,"'Weil said."For thosepeople you're anxious about seeing, tell them that you'll be passing through or stopping by for an hour because you have another stop to make. And be sure to tell them before the day of the event so they don't seem surprised." Get support from your partner or a friend."A 20-second hug can cause a dopamine rush,"Weil said, referring to the neurotransmitter that controls the brain's pleasure center."So if you are really struggling ... pull your partner aside and ask 4im or herl to give you a real, meaningful hug. That connection will immediately give you a boost." Plan activities that uplift you. Whether it's a trip to the spa, an extra yoga class, taking a holiday craft class — any activity that calms you, Sichel writes, givesyou a better perspective on what is important in your life.

meningitis, pneumonia and epiglottitis. Some kids don't get them because they're not old enough or, in rare cases, have a medical condition that prevents them from getting vaccinated, such as having a compromised immune systems while undergoing cancer treatment. Vaccinations are not 100 percenteffective,so even if a child is up to date on vaccinations, it's still possible for him or her to catch an illness from a peer who is not, said Dr. Doug Opel, assistant professorofpediatricsatthe Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute. Since illnesses tend to spread more rapidly in day cares than in

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New menu labeling rules from the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more outlets to list the number of calories in alcoholic drinks, along with other foods, on menus by next November. The idea is that people often don't know — or even think about — how many calories they are imbibing. which includes minimal input from FDA, has "well served the consuming public," a coalition of alcohol groups wrote in a 2011 comment asking to be left out of the menu labeling rules. The new rules are designed to not be too burdensome for the alcohol industries or restaurants. Endless combinations of mixed drinks won't have to be labeled atbars,unlessthey are listed on a menu, and the FDA is allowing restaurants to use estimates ofcaloriesand ranges ofcalorieswithout listing the exact amount in every different drink. That means menus are required to list the average amount of calories in a glass of red or white wine, but won't have to list calories by every brand of wine on the wine list unless they choose to do so. Same with beers and spirits. So most wineries and craft breweries selling to chain restaurants won't have to pay to have their products' nutritional content analyzed — for now, at least. The labeling rules have "more of an indirect effect on our business," says Wendell Lee of the California-based

Wine Institute. Lee says brand-specific menu calorie labels could be especially burdensome on the wine industry, where every vintage and varietalis different. Craft brewers, with many varied brands and styles, have similar concerns. The regulations "could have a slight chilling effect" on small breweries if some restaurants decide to list calories for individual beers, said Paul Gatza of the Brewers Association, which represents craft breweries. The rules could have advantages too, he said. "The more customers know about a brewery, the more they feel connected with it," Gatza said. Off the menu, labeling rules appear further away. For years, most alcohol companies have tried to put off mandatory bottle and can nutrition labeling as public healthadvocates have fought forit. Rules proposed in 2007 would have made such labels mandatory, but Treasury never made the rules final.

Safety in numbers.'Those people you don't like or can't stand are much more tolerable when you dilute them with other people,"Weil said."My father had a hard time getting close with family but when I invited fiiends over for Thanksgiving, he was nonstop chatting, because it dilutes the intimacy when you have new faces around." Get out of the house. Weil also suggests, if it's feasible, getting out of the house for a walk, group activity or movie — any reason to leave the house "so you aren't just sitting around drinking and watching television." Start a new tradition. Patricia Evans, author of"The Verbally Abusive Relationship" iAdams Medial, said a great way to mix things up is to start a new tradition, either with fiiends or family. "Pick a new venue like a hotel or good fiiend's house and do something that you've never done before," she said. Be around positive people."If you spend your time around negative people, their energy will rub off on you,"Weil said."Find positive people who makeyou laugh and avoid the Scrooge. Ifyou feelthe Scrooge startto bringyou down, walk away.Ifyou are the Scrooge, you need to make some changes so you aren't the person everyone is trying to avoid." Take care of your body."One way to lift your mood immediately is to get exercise, so work out every day if you

can," said Weil."And be sure not to drink too much or eat too much sugar." Don't bring up the past."It's not where you've come from, it's where you finish that matters,"Weil said.'Take the negativeand seeitasa positive because those negative incidents made you a stronger person and also gave you better skills to deal with uncooperative people." Respond, don't react.cWe need to know the difference between reaction and response," Minor said."People react when they think they're actually responding. We're putting 100 percent of our energy on what we have zero percent control over — which is what our family members think, feel or do. Responding is saying to yourself,'In this moment, what's under my control, and what choice do I want to make?"' Loveyourself."Self-loveisneverselfish or unhealthy, unless it gets grandioseand totally narcissistic,"Forward said.'You have got to recognize that you are as important as anybody else. We've all been so brainwashed to put other people first, and if you put other people first, that puts you last. I don't mean you can't be loving and kind and nurturing to other people — of course that's where you want to be. But you also have to do the same thing for yourself. Otherwise you'll be depleted and you will have nothing to give your spouse and nothing to give your kids."

other settings, it's important to know how many kids at your child's day care or school are upto dateon theirvaccinations, he said. As a parent, Opel said all of the decisions he makes have his child's safety in mind. "I do that when I strap my child into the car seat," he said."I do that when I strap on a bicycle helmet when they're on their bike, and I'm going to do that when I send my child to public school," he said."I'm going to ask, 'How many are exempted here?"' Clark, with the University of Michigan, said it's also importantto protectfamily members with compromised immune systems, especially those who are elderly.

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be old if you feel QOUI1g en it comes to longevity, feeling young may be more important than being young. So say a pair of researchers from University of College London and the International Longevity Centre-UK. They analyzed data on nearly 6,500 English adults and found that those who felt at least one year older than theiractual agewere 41 percent more likely to die within eight years than were those who felt atleastthreeyears younger than the age listed on their birth certificates. The finding was published Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine. The data for the study came from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. A total of6,489 peoplewho were at least52 yearsold joined the study in 2004 or 2005 and were then tracked for an average of 99 months. When they enrolled in the study, volunteers were asked this simple question: "How old do you feel you are?" Although the average actual age of the volunteers was 65.8 years old, their average self-perceived age was significantly lower — only 56.8 years old. The feeling that one's true age is lower than one's chronological age was widespread in the study sample. Fully 69.6 percent of the volunteers feltatleastthree years younger, while only 4.8 percent felt more than one year older. The remaining 25.6percent felt"about their actual age," the researchers wrote. A totalof1,266 ofthe volunteers died during the course of the study, but those deaths weren't evenly distributed among all three groups. The mortality rate among those who felt older than their true age was 24.6 percent, compared with 18.5 percent for those who felt their age and only 14.3 percent for those who felt much younger. It'spossible thatsome of this difference could be explained by people who were already quite ill when they joined the study and thus felt older than their actual age. So the researchers excluded all the people who died within one year of enrolling and ran the numbers again. The results held up. The researchers also adjusted the data to take into accountvarious factorsthat might account for the link SeeKaplan / Page 5C

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THIS YEAR'S FLU VACCINE OFFERSLESS • All flu cases in Oregon so far have been H3N2 By Tara Bannow Wescom News Service

Oregon's flu season is getting ready to take ofE and although there aren't many cases to speak of so far, those that have been confirmed are of a variety only partially covered by this year's flu vaccine. This year's dominant strain — 90 land/9715293/2013. The Oregon Public Health Divipercentofthecasesso farnationally and 100 percent in Oregon — is sion, which publishes a weekly flu H3N2, t aype ofinfl uenzaA.Along surveillance report called Flu Bites, with H1N1, it's been a mainstay of said Oregon has seen 26 cases of flu the flu vaccines distributed in the U.S. so far this year, all of which have been forseveralyears,butboth are tricky H3N2. Ann Thomas, a public health viruses in that they're constantly mu- physician in the Oregon Public Health tating. If a virus mutates enough, the Division, said that's "striking." "There is potential for it to be a antibodiesthataresupposed to kick in among people who've been vaccibad fl u year,butw edon'tknow how nated against the flu may not always bad yet, and we probably won't know recognizeit,and those people might until, frankly, we've experienced the wind upgetting thefl u anyway. flu season," she said. Unfortunately, that's what hapAt least half of those who come pened this year. Scientists typically down with H3N2 will be afforded some protection if they received a flu need to determine which viruses will

vaccine. Those who come down with the strain not covered in the vaccine may still get some protection, however, Thomas said. The science on whether a vaccine can still protect against strains that have drifted is murky, but thebasicideaisthatthevaccine provides antibodies that will bind with viral particles they're trained to recognize. But if the virus has mutated enough, there's a chance the antibodies won't recognize it, Thomas said. "It's like, 'Huh, yeah, I'm not recognizing this,' so your immune system won't be stimulated," she said."If it's close, itm ighthave some effect." In otherwords, it'spossiblethatthe vaccinationcould make for a lessserious case of flu, Thomas said. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,discussed the problem at a Dec.4 news conference. "Both the H3 that's well-matched and the H3 that's poorly matched are likely to continue to circulate in the U.S. this season, and there is no way SeeFlu / Page 5C

Mosliwantvaccinesfordaycare Rids • Researchers: Parents shouldn't be shy about askingproviders

and associ atedirectorof the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, said that figure shows parents care a lot more than she thought about whether the other kids at day care are vaccinated. Italso shows parents ought to feel comfortable asking day care providers aboutthe others kids'vaccination statuses, although doing so probably has never crossed most parents' minds, Clark said. ''What we hope happens with this poll is now they do," she said."Now they SeeVaccines / Page 5C

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Viruses can spread quickly in day cares, and most parents in a recent survey say they would consider removing their children from day care if other children aren't vaccinated.

In a recent national survey, 74 percent of parents said they would consider removing their child from a day careif1in 4 ofthe other children there were not up to date on their vaccinations. Sarah Clark, associate research scientist in the University of Michigan's departmentofpediatrics

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t's supposed to be the season to be jolly — but not everyonefeelslikecelebrating this time of year. "It's normal ifor some people) to be sad around the holidays," said Susan Forward, a therapist and author of"Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters" iHarperCollinsl."Part of it isthenostalgia forour childhood and another part is we're mandated by guilt

to be with people iwhol have injured us, traumatized us or made our lives miserable." Of course, even those with loving families and happy memories can find the holidays a time of inexplicable sadness. Here are some tips to help ensure a happier holiday season. Take charge of yourself. 'You need to really ask yourself,'In the whole world, what is under my control?"' said Kelly Minor, a clinical psychologist based in California's Silicon Valley.cWe can't control what other peopledo or think. The only thing we have control over is our own behavior." Do what you want to do, not whatyou feelyou have to do."I have a lot of clients who have cut off toxic family members, but when the holidays come around, they feel so guilt-ridden if they don't include them," Forward said. 'You have to give yourself permission to say'no.' But thisisvery hard fora lotof people who have major emotionalsetbacks ordisappointments or trauma in their lives. Addressthese issues with a counselor or therapist so you can slowly gain back your self-respect and do what makes you happy." Take it easy: Don't overbook yourself. It's easy to do, but it will add stress at a time you least need it, psychotherapist Mark Sichel writes in"Ten Tips to Beat the Holiday Blues" on PsychologyTodaycom. Take three deep breaths. Sense a meltdown coming? "A deep diaphragmatic breath puts you into what is calledthe parasympathetic nervous system, which is the calm nervous system," Minor said."The sympathetic nervous system is 'fight or flight' and that's when we say the things we wish we hadn't said or when we've run out the door. Take three deep breaths and track the beginning, middle and end of the inhale, and the beginning, SeeWeigel / Page 5C

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