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Fireworks from a previous year's show light up the night above Community Stadium.

Sparks will fly at La Grande, Wallowa Lake The skies over La Grande and Wallowa Lake will be awash in spectacular colors this evening. Fireworks shows are set for La Grande and Wallowa Lake. Both shows begin after dark. Community Stadium will be one of the best places to view the :fireworks show in La Grande. Gates open at 7 p.m. at Community Stadium. Thousands will watch from their front lawns and at Wallowa Lake State Park. People should come early to the park to get a good spot to view the show.

'Horse tripping· video fuels debate over oregon rodeo event Richard Cockle The Oregonian (MCT)

JORDAN VALLEY - Abill to ban "horse tripping" in Oregon went nowhere last year after rodeo advocates convinced lawmakers that the practice doesn't happen at the state's big competitions. Critics also worried that the prohibition might lead people to go after calf and steer roping next - both crowd-pleasing rodeo staples. But a new YouTube video getting thousands ofhits is renewing the call to make it a crime for cowboys to lasso horses around their necks and forelegs. The clip - made by animal rights activists at the Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo in May in southeastern Oregon - shows horses crashing into the dirt, See Clip I Page .5A

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A downpour saturates Ed Mosiman of La Grande as he participates in the 3 Rivers Race staged in the Grande Ronde Valley on June 2.

• Colder than normal temperatures accompany rain This was the third wettest June on record. The wettest was 3.59 inches in 1993. Temperatures at La Grande averaged colder than normal during June. According to preliminmy data received by NOAA's National Weather Service in Pendleton, the average temperature was 59.4 degrees which was 2.3 degrees below normal. High temperatures averaged 71.2 degrees, which was 3.5 degrees below normal. The highest was 89 degrees on the 22nd. Low temperatures averaged 47.5 degrees, which was 1.2 degrees below normal. The lowest was 35 degrees, on

• Popularity of meal program at Riveria Activity Center grows By Dick Mason The Observer

The children and teenagers who come to lliveria Activity Center each weekday for lunch are an inquisitive lot. The youths enjoy asking questions. One query, though, is never heard - ''What's today's lunch special?' The youths have no reason to pose such a question, for meal discounts are mathematically impossible to offer. All lunches served at lliveriaActivity Center this summer are again free for those age 1 to 18. The lliveria Activity Center is one of six sites in Union and Wallowa counties providing free lunches on weekdays through a program funded by the Brad Mos her /The Observer federal government. Austin Stockhoff serves himself a salad at lunch while Hayden Carr looks on recently at

Record ........... 3A Sports ............ 8A Sudoku .......... 4B Wallowa Life 10A Wonderword ... 48

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WEATHER Ho roscope .. ... 7B Lottery............ 2A Movies ........... 2A Obituaries...... 3A Opi nio n .......... 4A

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INDEX Business ........ 1B Classifi ed ....... 58 Comics ...... ..... 4B Crossw ord ..... 78 Dear Abby ... 108

June 6. Precipitation totaled 2.73 inches during June, which was 1.19 inches above normal. Measurable precipitation -at least .01 inch - was received on 12 days with the heaviest, 1.22 inches reported on June 5. The outlook for July from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center calls for near to above normal temperatures and near to below normal precipitation. Normal highs for La Grande during July are 85.4 degrees and normal lows are 53.9 degrees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 0.68 inches.

La Grande Mayor Daniel Pokorney thinks it's time to check economic pulses in the city and surrounding regions. During a recent city council work session, Pokorney called for a broad-based summit designed to determine whether local leaders can do more for the area's economic health. He passed out a La Grande Mayor Daniel written statement giving his Pokorney said he views on the envisions afoursubject. hour meeting at "This is an ideal think theBlueMountain needs to be Conference Center, discussed by a Pokorney facilitated by the wide range of interests in the Northeast Oregon Economic community," Development District or another he said. "I have asked many of entity involved in economic the people who zssues. I ~ill suggest we invite, and everyone, to the person, was enthusiastic about it and said they would make it a priority to attend." Pokorney said he envisions a four-hour meeting at the Blue Mountain Conference Center, facilitated by the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District or another entity involved in economic issues. One or two economic development professionals would speak, then the conference would tum to specific local issues. "We'd ask questions like, how are we really doing? What could we do better? Is government working with the people or is there a perception that government is standing in the way?" Pokorney said. Pokorney presented a lengthy list of potential invitees, including La Grande and Union County governments, representatives from the cities of Union, Summerville, Elgin, Island City, North Powder, Cove and Imbler, people from Eastern Oregon University; and others. The council and others at the table agreed the idea is worth pursuing, but left the details to be worked out

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DAILY PLANNER TODAY Today is Wednesday, July 4, the 186th day of 2012.There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. In history: On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

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MARKETS Markets are closed for the holiday.

GRAIN REPORT Markets are closed for the holiday.

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QUOTE OFTHE DAY "Always do right.This will gratify some people and astonish the rest:' - MarkTwain

Twitter helps find dog iliat took train DUBLIN (AP) When Patch hopped aboard the train to Dublin, the power of Twitter reunited the dog with his master. h·ish P1.2.il sent a "Lost dog!" tweet with a photo attachment after the Jack Russell tenier arrived with Wednesday morning commuters on a train from neighboring Kilcock, County Kildare. By all accounts, the friendly dog had spent his hom·long joumey being petted vigorously: Mter more than 500 retweets in just 32 minutes, the photo found Patch's owner, Deirdre Anglin, who tweeted the state railway: "That's my dog!" Anglin and Irish Rail posted a series of photos documenting her reunion with Patch, their return train trip, and car joumey h ome. She said fellow train travelers kept asking h er: "Is that the dog from Twitter?"

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There are no qualifications. Everyone who meets the age requirement eats free regardless of where they live or their family's income. Adults are charged $3 a meal. Outside La Grande the free lunches ar·e provided in Elgin, Lostine, Enterprise, Wallowa and Joseph. An average of 160 children a day eat lunch at the RiveriaActivity Center. Tlris is up fi·om a year ago when 135 to 140 ate per day, said Jeff Hensley, assistant director of Community Connection ofNortheast Oregon. Community Connection lUllS the program in La Grande and at four sites in Wallowa County. At the Riveria Activity Center, cooks Sharon Linville and Robyn Carper greet children each day with warm food and smiles. Linville and Carper are succeeding in bringing some of the quieter boys and girls out of their shells this summer. Linville speaks of two boys so shy they would barely acknowledge her when the summer lunch program started last month. Tl1e boys have changed a lot since then. "Now they give me high fives," Linville said. Youths are served meals in Riveria's gym and then eat outside on picnic benches in a playground area. Boys and girls eat in the gym when the weather is bad. This summer meals

"The high for this summer Friday-pizza; Monday-chickto date is 201 people. The en sandwich; and Tuesdaylow is 79. Spaghetti was tacos. Milk, fruit and vegetables the main course the day are also provided at each meal. 201 were served. Other Michael Leckenby, 12, popular entrees include lists chicken as his favorite biscuits and gravy and main course. Michael said he visits each day for more mini pizza." have had to be eaten indoors twice. Skateboards are notallowed in Riveria's gym. But youths sometimes mistakenly bring them in. A couple of boys brought skateboards in two days in a row at the start of the summer and had to be reminded that they are not allowed. Linville was impressed with how the boys sincerely apologized when they came in for lunch the next day. The gesture illustrates the sense of goodwill and friendliness that prevails at the Riveria Activity Center during its lunch hour. The free meals are served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday though Friday. Seconds are provided at 12:15 p.m. when extra food is available. The high for this summer to date is 201 people. Tl1e low is 79. Spaghetti was the main course the day 201 were served. Other popular entrees include biscuits and gravy and mini pizza, Linville said. Following are Riveria's main courses for the next four weekday days: Thursday-spaghetti;

hub where shipping containers are loaded and unloaded from large oceangoing vessels. For almost four decades, members of the Intemational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have performed the work, which consists of plugging, unplugging and monitoring refrigerated containers known as reefers. A labor contract with the Port of Portland, which owns the terminal on North Mm·ine Drive, gives the work to the electricians. But last year the Poit signed a lease agreement with ICTSI Oregon Inc., which will operate the terminal for 25 years. ICTSI is a member of the Pacific Maritime Association, ail employers group that negotiates with the Intem ational Longshore and Warehouse Union to produce the West Coast collective bm·gaining agreement.

Fest looking for committee members The public is invited to help put the finishing touches on plans for the sixth annual North Powder Hucklebeny Festival, being held Saturday, July 28. The next committee meeting is Thursday, 7 p.m., at the WolfCreek Grange Hall, next to the post office inNorth Powder. The agenda includes discussions and planning for the par·ade, car show-n-shine, guided bike ride, ftm run, craft and food vendors, entertaimnent, a kids bike race, the hucklebeny dessert contest and event set up assignments. For information, please call Janet, 541-786-8006, or Bev at 541-898-2320.

ConseiVation district to meet July 11 The Union Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its monthly board meeting July 11, 7 p.m. at the Ag Service Center, 10507 N. McAlister Road, La Grande, to discuss the annual work plan/budget and conservation projects.

CUCU rehearses Thursday night CUCU, the Coalition of Union County Ukuleles, is rehearsing Thursday night at 6:30 for beginners and 7 for the general rehearsal. The group meets in Ackerman Hall, Room 112, on the carnpus of Eastern Oregon University. There is plenty of parking, good lighting and the building is handicap-accessible. The group welcomes pickers

and stmmmers from young to young at heart. For more information, visit http://wvvw.cucuorchestra.org or call Sharon Porter at 541-786-2051.

Classic cars cruise in C'ruise-In will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at Primos. Drive your classic, or just come and enjoy. The Cruise-In was rained out last Saturday, but sunshine is expected this week. For infonnation, call Jeny at 541.910.3871.

Union has 2 city council seats open City of Union has two open city councilor position seats. One Vlrith a six-month tenn and one with a 2.5-year term. Deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Monday. Pick up a volunteer form at City Hall, 342 S. Main St., or download one from the city website www. cityofunion.com. For more infonnation contact Sandra Patterson at 541-562-5197 or email adrnin@cityofunion. com.

Bike ride celebrates Fourth of July An Independence Day ride will take place at 5:30 this evening. Meet in front of Mountain Works Bicycles, 1307 Adams Ave. La Grande. All are in\rited to join the ride, which will break into groups. Tl1e ride will last about 1112 hours. Riders should wear a helmet. To get your non-profit event in any day's paper, call or email before 3 p.m. the previous day.

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Port of Portland dispute: Longshoremen will keep iobs for now (MCT) Longshoremen will continue to hold two disputed jobs at the Port of Portland's Terminal 6 while a separate National Labor Relations Board proceeding advances, according to an announcement at a hearing Tuesday morning before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon. Earlier in the hearing, former Gov. Ted Kulongoski told Simon that the parties could not reachagreen1ent. Sin1on appointed Kulongoski "special mastei)' to try to resolve the situation and called the parties to a hearing Tuesday morning. Simon thanked him for his "energy, patience and creativity'' during long negotiation sessions that often went past midnight. The dispute centers on the equivalent of two jobs at Terminal 6, Oregon's biggest intemational cargo

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than the opportunity to enjoy good food. "I like hanging out with my friends," he said. In Elgin, free lunches are served from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday in the cafeteria at Ste11a Mayfield School. The program is run by the Elgin School District and funded by the federal government. In Wallowa County, the program is ftmded by the federal government and private donations. Meals are served Monday through Friday at:

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Getting his kicks

Mermaids do not exist says federal government agency By Sam Wood The Philadelphia lnquirer-(MCT)

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Three-year-old Angus Boyk of La Grande dashes off as a superhero Tuesday in Pioneer Park. According to a City of La Grande spokesman, the Superhero Training Party had virtually doubled in size and drew children from Elgin, Imbler and Union and La Grande in its second year. The children got a chance to decorate their own costumes and run a race during the party.

----PUBLIC SAFETY REroRr---LA GRANDE POLICE Citizen assist: A citizen at an address in the 1600 block of Second Street in La Grande requested officer assistance Monday. An officer made contact and explained options. Arrested: Brandy Jean Toy, 24, address unavailable, was arrested on a Union County warrant charging a probation/parole violati on.The original charge was possession of a controlled substance/meth.Toywas arrested whil e already lodged at the Union County Correctional Facility. Larceny: A larceny was reported in the 2400 block of Birch Street in La Grande Monday. An officer responded and a report was taken. Arrested: Jeremy Michael Carroll, 30, address unavailable, was arrested in Morrow County Monday on a Union County warrant charging possession of a controlled substance/m ath, and driving under the influence of intoxicants. Arrested: Rebecca M. Potter, 28, address unavailable, turned herself in Monday in on a Union County warrant charging six counts of failure to appear. Monday. Potter was also arrested on a Marion County w arrant charging theft in th e second degree. Lost property: A person reported losing a blue and yell ow Jansport backpack and an Iphone on M ount Emily sometime in the last m onth near the cliff on top of Mount Emily. An officer logged for information. Cited :Wendy Cox, 45, was cited for reckless driving in the 1100 block of KAvenue in La Grande Monday. Vandalism: A report was m ade in the 1700 block ofV Avenue in La Grande on Monday that a person had thrown fireworks at a residence causing burn marks. An officer responded and a request for extra patrols was made. Fraud: A cit izen at an address in the 2900 block of Fourth Street in La Grande requested officer assistance regarding a possible fraud on Tuesday. An officer made contact. Accident: A report of a non injury accident at the intersection of Island Avenue and Portland Street in La Grande on Tuesday . Officers and a deputy responded, one person w as cited and a report was taken. Cited: Sandra Kay Moilanen,

62, of Elgin, was issued a citation to appear in court on charges of criminal trespassing in the 1100 block of K Avenue in La Grande on Tuesday. Found Property: A citizen in the 200 block of Sixth Street in La Grande reported that two bicycles had been in front of her house for a couple of w eeks. An officer m ade contact and t he bikes were impounded on Tu esday. The bicycles w ere later released to their owners. Arrested: Sean Theavy Pen, 24, of La Grande, was arrested while lodged in th e Union County Correctional Facility on charges of burglary and th eft on Tuesday. Fraud: A citizen requested officer assistance in the 1100 block of K Avenue on Tuesday. An officer made contact and a report was taken. Liquor violation: An employ ee of the Granada requested officer assistance in the 1300 block of Adams Avenue onTuesday.The em ploy ee reported that custom ers w ere bringing alcohol into the t heater.The officer made contact and gave options on trespassing subjects. Domestic disturbance: A citizen called to report a domestic disturbance in the 2000 block of Gekeler Lane in La Grande on Tuesday.The parties were separated. An officer responded and did not make an arrest. Domestic disturbance: A citizen called to report a domestic disturbance in the 1100 block of 0 Avenue on Tuesday. An officer responded and the parties w ere separated. Civil disturbance: A citizen req uested office r assistance regarding a civil dispute on Rapid Run Loop in La Grande on Tuesday. An officer made contact and gave options. Disturba nce: A fight w as reported in the 11 00 block of Jefferson Avenue in La Grande on Wednesday. An officer respond ed and the fight had broken up on arrival.

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE Between 7:30 a.m. Monday and 7 :30a.m .Tuesday, La Grande Fire and Ambulance responded to 5 m edica l calls. Between 7:30a.m .Tu esday and 7:30a.m. Wednesday, La Grande Fire and Ambulance responded to 5 m edical calls.

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LA GRANDE RURAL RRE On Tuesday at about 3:06 p.m ., an engine and a brush truck responded to a grass f ire about one third acre in size on Quail Road. The fire was smoldering and quickly contained with no damage being done to any property.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Citizen assist: A citizen at an address in the 500 bl ock of North Ninth Street in Union requested deputy assistance Monday. A deputy made contact and explained options. Larceny: A larceny w as reported in the 500 block of North N Avenue in Elgin Monday. A deputy responded. Larceny: A theft from a v ehicle w as reported in the 1300 block of AdeleTerrace in Elgin on M ond ay. A deputy responded. Burglary: A burglary was reported in the 62000 block of Dov e Road in La Grande on M onday. A d eputy made co ntact. Lost property: Lost property w as reported in Island City on Tuesday. Vandalism : A citizen at an address in t he 1500 block of AdeleTerrace in Elgin requested requ ested deputy assistance M onday regarding vandalism and unattended children.The d eputy made contact and a civil compromise w as m ade between the neighbors. Hit and Run: A citizen in the 11000 bl ock of Island Avenue reported a hit and run to her v ehicle on Tuesday. A d eputy made contact and a report w as taken. Assault: A citizen reported g etting assaulted near the intersection of Highway 204 and Summerville Road in Elgin o n Tuesday . A deputy responded and will follow up. Disturbance: A citizen reported a disturbance in 500 block of East Elm Street in Un ion on Tuesday. A deputy m ade contact and explained options.

WALLOWA COUNTY SHERIFF, ENTERPRISE POLICE, OREGON STATE POLICE No report available.

PHILADELPHIA-The federal government last week went to unusual lengths to assure America that mermaids do not exist. Really. ''No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found," asserts the N ational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an item posted June 27 to its website, www.NOAA gov. But it gets stranger. Another federal agency seems to be muddying the mer-waters. Search for BelieveinMermaids on the web, and the Department ofHomeland Security appears to have seized that domain. Does the government protest too much? Just why are the G-men suddenly interested in mermaids? NOAA's interest, according to a spokeswoman, was spurred by a recently telecast TV show. On Memorial Day, the Animal Plan et channel aired a documentary purporting to show the discovery of a real mermaid. "Mermaids: The Body Found" was the culmination of the channel's annual Monster Week, which otherwise focused on piranhas, killer sharks and man-eating alligators. Real creatures all. And the mermaids episode was based on fact. One fact, to be exact: In 1997 two NOAA scientists recorded a bizarre sound in the Pacific. Called "The Bloop,'' the sound was never identified. The rest? Well, to put it politely, it's less than true. The faux-umentary purports to show two NOAA scientists as they go rogue, discover humanlike remains in the belly of a shark, conclude it's a mermaid , and then are subject to a federal cover-up. Never h appened, said

NOAA. Then why the denial? Why post a refutation now? Short story: The documentary convinced viewers that mermaids were real. "M er the show ran, people were talking about mermaids a little more. It started popping up on social media," said spokeswoman Keeley Belva. "It was an interesting topic, so we posted a short explanation. Maybe it will entice people to visit the NOAA.gov website." All well and good. But what about the seized domain? '1t's a hoax," said Ross Feinstein, spokesman for US. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security.

Code behind page A look at the code behind the page reveals it's still h eld by the par ent company of the Animal Planet channel, Discovery Commw1ications, which bills itself as "The World's No. 1 Nonfiction Media Company." A spokesman for Discovery did not immediately return calls. "The websites we seize are part of what we call 'Operation In Our Sites,' a sustained law enforcement initiative to protect consumers by targeting counterfeit a11d piracy on the Internet ," said ICE's Feinstein. "This operation is focused on counterfeit goods and piracy, not freedom of speech- including those regarding the existence of mermaids." Meanwhile, creatures looking suspiciously like real mermaids have been cavo1·ting on th e Gulf Coast of Florida since 1947. Women with a certain piscine silhouette have been entertaining audiences from around the

world at Weeki Wachee Springs, said spokesman John Athanason. "Many of our young fans do believe that mermaids exist," Athanason said. "When a young girl or boy asks us, 'Are you a real mermaid?' of course we answer with a resounding 'Yes!' "Mermaids are real at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park." Here is the complete mermaid text posted on NOAA's website: "Mermaids - those half-human, half-fish sirens of the sea - are legendary sea creatures chronicled in maritime cultures since time immemorial. The ancient Greek epic poet Homer wrote of them in The Odyssey. In the ancient Far East, mermaids were the wives of powerful sea-dragons, and served as t1·usted messengers between their spouses and the emperors on land. The aboriginal people of Australia call mermaids yawkyawks - a name that may r efer to their mesmerizing songs. "The belief in mermaids may have arisen at the very dawn of our species. Magical female figures first appem· in cave paintings in the late Paleolithic (Stone Age) period some 30,000 years ago, when mod ern humans gained dominion over the land and, presumably, began to sail the seas. Halfhuman creatures, called chimeras, also abound in mythology - in addition to mermaids, there were wise centaurs, wild satyrs, and frightful minotaurs, to name but a few. "But are mermaids real? No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found. Why, then, do they occupy the collective unconscious of nearly all seafaring peoples? That's a question best left to historians, philosophers and anthropologists."

Andy Griffith, star of 'Matlock,' 'Andy Griffith Show,' dies at age 86 Andy Griffith, whose folksy portrayal of the wise and good-humored sheriff of Mayberry in the classic 1960s situation comedy "The Andy Griffith Show" made him one oftelevision's most beloved stars,

- OBITUARIES TomKrol La Grande

A memmial for Tom Krol, whodiedonJune 15, will be held at Riveria Activity Center gymnasium on Saturday, July 14, at 2 p.m. A buffet dinner will follow for family and friends.

has died. He was 86. Griffith, who decades later experienced another round ofTV popularity starring as a crafty Atlanta defense attorney on "Matlock," died Tuesday morning at his home in Manteo, N.C., his friend and forme1· president of the University of North Carolina, William C. Friday, told the Los Angeles Times. The cause was not immediately determined. A fo1·mer North Carolina high school music teacher;

Griffith launched his career as an entertainer in the early 1950s by writing and performing comic monologues for civic clubs that he delivered in an exaggerated Southern drawl that was once described as "sounding like three yards out on a Carolina swamp." As the Harvard -educated lawyer on "Matlock," which had a nine-year run on NBC and ABC in the 1980s and '90s, Griffith maintained his down-home sensibility.

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America means 'I can' Bring American tills Fourth ofJuly is all about the last four letters in the word '1\rnerican," small letters with a slam-bang big explosive impact: ''I can." I can refuse to quit before the miracle. I can get involved in my community. I can volunteer. I can thank a soldier for his or her sacrifices. I can spend a moment contemplating the meaning of freedom: freedom to work, freedom to travel, freedom to shop, freedom to dream. I can choose to be happy. As the 16th president Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying, "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." I can be thankful that people serve on fireworks committee and set up great shows each year in La Grande and at Wallowa Lake. I can contribute to that cause. I can help other campaigns, around town, that help organizations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Neighbor to Neighbor, Habitat for Humanity, Shelter From the Storm and the multitude of other good causes that deserve our support. I can be thankful ifI am above the poverty level. Elaborate surveys show that people are generally no happier no matter how money they have if they are above the poverty level. I can help people who are struggling in the recessiOn. Most of all, on this Independence Day, I can be a part ofthe celebration. I can go to a picnic, watch a parade or, even better, be in a parade. I can enjoy a slam-bang fireworks show and marvel at the colors and noises that light up the night in these biggest local one-day celebrations of the year. I can celebrate the red, white and blue.

YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS President Barack Obama: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500; 202-456-1414; fax 202-456-2461; to send comments, go to www.whitehouse.gov/contact. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley: D.C. office: SDB-40B Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., U.S. Senat e, Washington, D.C. 20510; 202-224-3753; fax 202-228-3997. Portland office: One World Trade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon St. Suite 1250, Portland, OR 97204; 503-326-3386; fax 503-326-2900. Pendleton office: 310 S. E. Second St. Suite 105, Pendleto n 97801 ; 541-278-11 29; email elizabeth_scheeler@ merkley. senate.gov. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden: D.C. office: 516 Hart Bldg.,Washington, D.C. 20510; 202-224-5244; fax 202-228-2717. La Grande office: 105 Fir St., No. 210, La Grande, OR 97850; 541-962-7691 ; fax, 541-9630885; email kathleen_cathey@wyden.senate.gov. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (2nd District): D.C. office: 2352 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C. 2051 5, 202-225-6730; fax 202225-5774. La Grande office: 1211 Washington Ave., La Grande, OR 97850; 541-624-2400, email wade.foster@mail.house.gov. U.S. Rep Earl Blumenauer (3rd District): D.C. office: 2446 Rayburn Office building, W ashington, D.C. 20515; 202-225-4811 ; fax 202-225-8941. Portland office: 729 NE Oregon St . Suite 11 5, Portland 97232; 503-231-2300, fax 503-230-5413. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (4th District): D.C. office: 2134 Rayburn Office Bldg., Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-6416; fax 202-225--2994. Eug ene offi ce: 151W. Sev enth St., Suite 400, Eugene, OR 97401, 541-465-6732; 800-944-9603; fax 541 -465-6458. U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (5th District): D.C. office: 1419 Longworth Office Bldg ., Washington, D.C. 20515; 202-225-5711 ; fax 202-225-5699. Salem offi ce: 494 State St., Suite 210, Salem, OR 97301 ; 503-588-9100; fa x 503-588-5517. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber: 254 State Capitol, Salem, OR 97310; 503-378-3111. Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown : 900 Court St. N.E. , Salem, OR 97301 ; 503-986-1523.

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ohn Roberts was the first justice DANA MILBANK to appear from behind the curtains when the buzzer sounded SYNDICATED COLUMNIST in the Supreme Court chamber at 10 a.m. sharp. He forced a tight grin and scanned the audience, which, on this law was "good policy'' but because historic day, included several members there wasn't a constitutional reason to of Congress and retired Justice John invalidate the individual mandate at Paul Stevens. The only hint of what the core of the law. ''We possess neither was afoot came from Justice Antonin the expertise nor the prerogative to Scalia, who, taking his place at the chief make policy judgments," he wrote in his justice's Iight, bowed his head as ifin majmity opinion, which he read in part mourning. from the bench. "Those decisions are entrusted to our nation's elected leaders, "I have the opinion in NFIB v. Sebelius," Roberts announced matterwho can be thrown out ofoffice n the of-factly, as if stating that he was about people disagree with them. It is not our to admit a new crop oflawyers to the job to protect the people from the conseSupreme Comt Bru: His wmds were so quences of their political choices." measured and his delivery so cahn that Extraordinarily brave 14 minutes elapsed before he signaled which way the decision had gone - by Whatever one thinks of the healthanswering those who wanted to declare care ruling, Roberts's opinion was the Obama health-care law unconstiextraordinarily brave. It was the biggest tutional with these two dreaded words: case yet fur the young Roberts Comt, "we disagree." and expectations on both sides were that the chiefjustice and the four other In the audience, Sen. Orrin Hatch (RUtah), an opponent of the law, folded his conservatives would deliver a majority arms across his chest, his mouth slightly opinion consistent with their political agape. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) put preferences - much as the Rehnquist his chin in his hand. Rep. Tom Price Court did in Bush v. Gore. (R-Ga.), a leader of House conservatives, But Roberts chose a different path. shook his head. Scalia was reclining in He forged a middle ground that spared the nation the political crisis that would his chair, staring blankly. Justice Clarence Thomas was practically horizontal. have come from striking down the presiRobe1ts explained why he had denfs signature legislative achievement. sided with the four liberal justices: not In the process, Roberts went a long because he thought the health-care way toward reestablishing the le-

Your views Have and be safe this Fourth To the Editor: The Fourth of July is happening today, and I want to encourage everyone to celebrate, remember and be safe. Let us celebrate the liberties and freedoms that we enjoy in this - our republic. Remember the strong and visionary forefathers who fashioned this unique idea of a United States of America. May we all come together in the spirit of our history and remain that beacon on the hill to the rest of the world.

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gitimacy of the court, which could have importance far beyond health care.The justices' standing is in serious jeopardy - in a recent Gallup poll, only 37 percent ofAmericans had a high degree of confidence in the Supreme Court- but the chiefjustice gave a powerful rebuttal to skeptics who believe the justices are politically motivated. In his confinnation hearing seven years ago, Roberts famously described himself as an mnpire calling balls and strikes, employing humility and confronting "every case vvith an open mind." Since then, many on the left have come to view Roberts as just a more affable version of Scalia, Thomas and Justice Srunuel Alita. But in tl1e case tlmt counted most, the umpire struck back. Because the individual mandate in the health-care law qualifies as a tax, Robe1ts concluded, and "the Constitution pennits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its vvisdom or fairness." This stunned liberals. Rep. Laura Richardson, a California Democrat, thanked on the steps of the court "Chief Justice Roberts for showing, for the first time in a long time, that government can work nwe focus on the facts." And it enraged the conservatives who once adored Roberts. Rep. Michele Bachmann (RMinn.), who had been in the courtroom, railed: "Clearly this is an activist court.. . . America will never be the same." Reach the author at danamilbank@ washpost.com.

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later. Mark Davidson, a Union County Commissioner and member of the Union County Economic Development Corporation board member, was one saying the idea has merit. "I don't think its redundant at all," Davidson said in answer to a comment that similar conferences have been held before. "You've got some good qualified people here in La Grande to talk to, and it would be nice to invite people from outside the area also." The work session, taking place June 25, was called to discuss items related to

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local economic development. In other talk, Dan Stark, executive director of the Union County Economic Development Corporation, gave the council an update on his organization's reoent activities. Stark said UCEDC's Business Retention and Expansion Task Faroe has completedits first round of surveys but hadn't yet compiled a final report. Last winter and spring, UCEDC visited with more than 30 local companies, querying them about products and services, buyer and seller relationships, industry status, work force issues and more. Originally, UCEDC, a nonprofit private corporation that partners "~th the city

and Union County oneconomic development issues, planned to have the first round done in March. Stark said compilation of the data took longer than expected and that UCEDC expected to have the final report for its partners soon.

Business recruitment On another subject, Stark talked about UCEDC's business recruitment efforts. He said those efforts have intensified, with planc;_; in the works for more Web advertising and a direct mail campmgn. 'We're working feverishly to get the Website up, and we1l be sending 3,000 post cards to companies," he said. He added that efforts will in-

dude a telephone campaign. 'We will have a script and a phone log, and a protocol to follow when people show some interest," he said. Stark said the business recruitment program has identified manufacturing, recreational vehicle industry supply support, and secondary wood products as target industries. He said the program is focusing on companies in California and Washington that might be looking for a new home. 'We're out looking for businesses with 5-50 employees who are looking to expand or move. If you send out 3,000 post cards, one percent response will be good," he said. Also during the work session, La Grande Community

and Economic Development Director Charlie Mitchell gave an update on the city's economic development plan, touching on subjects ranging from downtown revitalization, to business retention and expansion, workforce availability issues, a retail development strategy, and more. Mitchell said downtown revitalization is at the top of a priority list, and that the city is on track because it is currently doing the "Big H'' streetscape project downtown. "I don't believe there's much need for discussion on this, because it's where our efforts are," he said. On the business retention and recruitment issue, Mitchell said he thinks the city

should wait for completion of the UCEDC suiVey before deciding on future direction. Those attending the meeting seemed to agree. ''I'd like to see the report and then decide what the city's role should be," said Councilor John Bozarth. When discussion swllllg around to retail development in the downtown area, Bozarth said he thinks the issue needs immediate and proactive attention, and that the community and eronomic development director should be working more intensely on it City collllcil work sessions provide the council with the chance to informally discuss issues and exchange ideas, not to make decisions or direct staff to a specific action.

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Stuffed animals had a wild night at the Cook Memorial Library's Stuffed Animal Slumber Party. Young library patrons brought their stuffed animals to the library's latest children's event on Thursday, June 28. Animals and dolls enjoyed a fun-filled evening of stories, Wii games, and mischief. Did you know that the after hours book drop can be used as a slide if you are 8 inches taii?The sleepover was part of the library's "Dream Big" Summer Reading Program.

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sometimes on their snouts and heads after the rope circles their legs. "Truly horrific and outrageously cruel," said Scott Beckstead of Sutherlin, senior Oregon director of the Humane Society ofthe United States. "The harder they fell, the louder people cheered." Beckstead wants Oregon to follow Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas and ban events that feature horse tripping. "It is animal abuse, there is no other way oflooking at it," he said. The event causes rope burns, leg injuries, extreme fear in horses and other problems, said Barbara Kahl, a Yamhill veterinarian and head ofUnited Society for Prevention of CIUelty to Animals, a horse rescue group. "It's a horrible sport," she said. Equally forceful advocates defend the practice. 'We don't call it horse tripping, it's horse roping," said Jordan Valley rancher, author and stagecoach builder Mike Hanley, who notes that he's roped and upended a few horses himself when necessary on his 1,000-cow spread. It's a humane technique for capturing and restraining untamed horses to treat injuries, brand or castrate them when con·als and chutes aren't available, he said. It's less likely to injure the animal than catching it by the hind legs, Hanley said. In "big loop" contests in Jordan Valley and elsewhere, the custom often involves

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100-foot ropes with 20-foot loops. Fewer than 1 percent of horses roped at the rodeo an event since 1958- have been injured, said Idaho rancher Dennis Stanford, secretary of the Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo board of directors. "It's a way of showing our heritage, our culture and how it was done and how it's still done," Stanford said.

'Ranch rodeos' Jordan VaHey, population 181, is roughly 480 miles east of Portland, and just getting here from the north requires a 40-mile detour into Idaho on a road that passes such Iustic-sounding places as Succor Creek, Jump Creek and Coyote Gulch. Still standing in its downtown is Oregon's last remaining Basque fronton, a 35-foot-tall stone comt built in 1915 for playing pe1ota, or handball. The practice is likeliest to be found at remote "ranch rodeos" like the one here where contestants are working ranchers, cowhands and buckaroos who don't follow the professional rodeo circuit, said Cindy Schonholtz, spokeswoman for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in Colorado Springs. The PRCA doesn't sanction horse roping and tripping. Horse roping is scheduled to be part of the July 7 Harney County Ranch Rodeo in Burns, another traditional, old-time rodeo for ranchers and cowboys. The Pendleton Round-Up doesn't include horse roping among its events, said Randy Thomas, spokesman for

"Rodeo backers said the clip is deliberately misleading and unfairly depicts contestants and the audience as heartless. They also claim part ofthe video was taken somewhere else." the 102-year old Wild West extravaganza, planned Sept. 12-15 this year in Pendleton. The Round-Up is Oregon's biggest rodeo. Still, Dennis Hunt, president of the Pendleton Round-Up Association, expressed concern in a letter last year about "possible unintended consequences of SB 613 thatmayinterfere with current practices used in horse training, rodeo, ranching and other acts that do not injure the horse" if the ban passed. The Jetter went to state Sen. David Nelson of Pendleton, one of the bipartisan bill's sponsors, who later withdrew his support. The letter noted that while the measure's wording was aimed at "equine tripping," the language appeared to go much further "and could possibly be misinterpreted if this bill were to become law."

It would have made it a Class B misdemeanor and imposed a $2,500 fine and up to six months behind bars for a violation. Another horse roping bill probably will be introduced in the next legislative session, but Nelson wouldn't oomment on its chances.

Video controversy The video now making the rounds was filmed by a group called Showing Animals Respect and Kindness. It includes footage of a horse with a broken leg, but the injury happened in a bucking contest at the Jordan Valley rodeo, not in a roping event. Rodeo backers said the clip is deliberately misleading and unfairly depicts contestants and the audience as heartless. They also claim part of the video was taken somewhere else. Steve Hindi of Geneva, Ill., president of the group, said the video is all from Jordan Valley. Hindi doesn't buy the argument that ranchers typically employ horse trip-

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Adorable kittens fill Animal Shelter with fun and frivolity We currently have seven litters of adorable little kittens here at the Animal Shelter. Kittens are highly social animals and spend most of their waking hours playing. Play is an important pmt of their development at this age and they will need you to be patient with them as they learn what it means to be a cat. They love to have access to lots of toys and daily playtime. If you are ready to care for an adorable kitten come pay us a visit. The adoption fee includes spay/neuter, microchip ID and initial vaccines. In addition if

you have the availability to foster any of our baby kittens and Mama please contact the Animal Shelter. Bailey, April & Bubba are 9-week-old Pointer I Border Collie mix puppies that are active and love to run and play. These sweet pups have great dispositions. They are current on their vaccinations and come with a voucher to cover their Spay/Neuter. A registered Microchip is also included with adoption. One look at these beautiful pups and your heart will melt.

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From the desk Looking for the perfect gift? A tribute gift is a special way to remember the lives of loved ones by helping animals in need. Give a tribute gift for any occasion! Commemorate your favorite pet, special person, birthday, anniversaries, thank you or even job well done. It's easy to give; BMHA will send a personalized acknowledgement card and r ecognize your gift in honor of the named person or pet. Each tribute gift - In loving memory of or In honor of helps the animals of Blue Moun-

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ummer in Northeast Oregon follows no calendars. One day we're immersed in showers. The next day God tlrrns off the automatic sprinkler system and we're in drought. The green turns to gold. A little known fact is that May and June in Northeast Oregon is wetter than April. Then we hit Fourth of July and the slam-bang fireworks show signals the start of summe1: One day we have arrowleaf balsamroot blooming all over the hillsides. The next day we have blistering sun turning the blossoms into ash. One day we have gullywashers. The next hammering pervasive carcinogen, the sun. Something I've been fascinated with since I moved here in 1993 is the phantom storms of summer. In Wisconsin, where I lived before, we'd get a thunderstorm about every fourth day of summer. Gardens blossomed without a lot of help. The heat would build until everything exploded in a life-threatening storm. Minutes later, all was peaceful again, and what was left of the birds would be singing in what was left of the maple trees. Here we often get what looks like storms that turn out to be nothing. Maybe we11 get a few stray pieces of dry lightning to light up a tinder dry forest. Maybe not. Most likely the clouds will dissipate and the promise of a storm will not be delivered. Mostly the dog days of July and August deliver dust devils and parching heat. Under the influence of the dog star Sirius, the landscape will turn gold, the grass as crunchy as Shredded Wheat. The blustering wind of spring will take a seat on the bench.

Hot nights rare Occasionally we11 get cricket serenades on a hot night, but even those are rare here. My late wife, Tina, remembered going swimming in northern Minnesota summer s after getting off at midnight from a shift at the A&W restaurant. The water was warm. The air was warm. You could hardly tell the difference between air and water. Here we have natural air conditioning. It's a blessing. Some of us get by opening windows in our homes at night and closing them in the daytime. No air conditioning. No heat pump. No big bills. Yes, things are not perfect in this obscure demographic cubbyhole. It's not exactly Norman Rockwell country when joblessness creeps up toward 10 percent and many of the jobs available fail to pay family wages. Still, we're lucky to live here and we know it. Watch the Weather Channel and you11 see other parts of the country being tomadoed or hailed or blizzarded into submission. Here in tlte Mild, Mild West we have it better. We have no fear of hurricanes, flash floods are rare and straight-line winds even more uncommon. Enjoy the drought.

Reach the author at jpetersen@ lagrandeobserve1:com.

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Medical pot edibles face high hurdles in Medford By Damian Mann MaiiTribune, Medford

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Cooking cannabisinfused candy and other treats for medical marijuana patients is a dream of the owner of MaryJane's Treats, but Medford officials say it's more like a pipe dream. "I think the real issue is this is a violation of federal law," Medford police ChiefTim Gem·ge said. "Strike two is that it's a violation of 01·egon medical m arijuana laws." Medford police r ecommended denying the business license application, a recommenda tion that was followed by city Finance Director Allison Chan. Richard Nuckols, owner of newly formed nonprofit Canafoods Inc., doing business as MaryJane's Treats, then filed an appeal at noon Thursday before the City Council in City

Hall. In a Jetter sent to the council on June 6, Nuckols wrote, "We have not (nor do we have any intention to be) engaged in unlawful activity." Nuckols wants to set up a commercial kitchen in an industrial park at 201 Bateman St. in north Medford, wher e he said he would prepare carefully dosed treats using marijuana provided by patients with Oregon medical cards. Nuckols said h e would not provide marijuana to patients but rath er use their marijuana in his products. George said products that contain marijuana can be distributed only by a caregiver t o authorized patients, and a caregiver ca n r ecover only the costs ofmaking the product and not generate a profit. "Is h e doing this for free?" he said.

After discussions with Nuckols, George said, h e is concerned that MaryJane's sweets would be sold at various business. That means, George said, Nuckols wouldn't know who is buying the products, which would violate the caregiver and patient rules described in Oregon 's marijuana laws.

MaryJane's Nuckols said the patients would provide the marijuana through various patient sm'Vice centers in the valley. MaryJ ane's would then prepare the t1·eats r equested by the patients along with the dosage required, and the product would be then be dropped off at the medical marijuana centers for the patient. MaryJane's would produce all-natural candies, gummy bears, cookies, brownies, granola bar s,

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A man was taken t o a Portland hospit al after an illegal firework exploded in his hand Sunday night, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Shortly before 9:45 p.m. , firefighters responded to th e 19000 block of Northwest Maha m a Place to treat the man, who was taken by ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, according to the fire district. The ma11, who has not been identified, may lose a part ofhis h and or fingers, TVF&R said. Officials confiscated remaining illegal fireworks at the scene, the fire district said, and they will be destroyed. The Washington County Sh eriff's Office is investigating. TVF&R reminds r esidents that state law prohibits the u se of fireworks th at "fly, explode, or move across the ground more than six feet or up in t he air m ore than 12 inches." Such firework s include Roman candles, M80s, bottle r ock ets and firecrackers. Residents, th e fire district said , should purchase all fireworks at a licensed stand or outlet to ensure they are buy-

ing legal products. TVF&R firefighters will be driving through n eighborh oods to cr ack down on those using illegal fireworks. Deputy fire marshals will also be riding with local law enforcement agencies. Anyone who needs to r eport a fire or medical em ergency sh ould call 9-1-1, the district said. People who want to repod illegal fireworks use should call th e Washington County non-emergen cy line at 503-629-0111. TVF&R offer s the following fireworks safety tips: • Stor e fireworks, matches, and lighter s out of the reach of children. • Supervise children at aU times only adults should light or handle fireworks. • U se fi1·eworks outdoors on a paved surface, away from buildings, vehicles, and veget ation. • Never pick up or try to re-light a "dud." • Never alter :fire. works or make your own • Keep a hose nearby in case of fire and place "spent" fireworks in a bucket ofwater. One of the most common fires that TVF&R responds to involves "spent" fireworks placed in a bucket or grocery sack that rekindle.

fudge and other treats for patients who don't want to smoke their medical marijuana, Nuckols said. "When you have ca n cer a n d other debilitating diseases, s moking doesn't give you the full effect, n or d o you want to be s moking it," h e said. "It is safer and hea lthier than smoking." MaryJane's will n ot be the provider of the marijuana, Nuckols said. Patients with Oregon medical marijuana cards will bring in their own supply ofmarijuana, he said. Mary Jane is a slang word for marijuana. The cann abis provided by patients will then be tested to determine its potency and the treats will be cooked to provide consistent dosing depending on a patient's needs. "I look at this as a

value-added service," Nuckols said. "It's not like your mom's pot brownies." Since he is not providing the marijuana to patients, Nuckols said, he thinks he is not in violation of medical marijuana laws in Oregon. Nuckols said h e believes he's on solid ground legally. "If the patien ts bring you the medication and you it in turn into concentrate, and give it back to them - that's OK," h e said. Nuckols, who h as a medical marijuana card, h as invested several thousand dollars into his business. He said h e would ask for donations from patients based on their ability to pay. Nuckols has offered to let police officials tour his facility so they can better undm·stand th e process.

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LOCAUNATION

Lostine tound Local author releases new book ((There are so many interesting stories Tlris weekend local author about Lostine, and an Irene Barklow will release her new book, "Lostine, Heart unbelievable number of the Wallowas." ofpeople came forward Acompendium of infonnation from numerous individu- and were happy to share them." als and historical sources, By Jennifer Hobbs

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the tome navigates the mid-valley area ofWallowa County, featuring chapters on the town of Lostine, the Lostine Canyon and High Lakes, Leap and Evans as well as covering its surrounding communities and homesteads from the late 1800s to the present. With more than 400 pages and 600-plus pictures and illustrations, the book weighs in at three pounds and represents the culmination of a decade of extensive research and a lifetime ofinfonnation collecting.

- Irene Barklow

This is Barklow's sixth historical work on the region since 1982. Barklow's other works, which draw upon 25 years working at the Lostine Post Office among other experiences, include "The Old and the New,""Trails to Rails," "School Days," ''The Forgotten Grist and Flour Mills" and "Gateway to the Wallowas." "I'm just a collector and distiller ofinfonnation," Barklow said. "There are so many interesting stories

about Lostine, and an unbelievable number of people came fmward and were happy to share them. This was truly a collaborative ef-. fort, with so much help from so many people--too many to mention." Barklow did give a special nod to Linda Bauck, who spenthundredsofhours designing and laying out the book, editors Katie (Boyd) Moss and Anna Knecht, and contributors Melvin and Joan Lathrop, Duke and Rhee Lathrop, and Myrla Zollman Clark. Barklow will be signing copies of the book in front of M. Crow and Co. on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in conjunction with the to~n's annual flea market. For the holiday, books are priced at $35.95 and come with a free copy ofher

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Author Irene Barklow up the South Fork in Lostine.

"Forgotten Grist" book while supplies last. After this weekend, books will be available at Goebel's Store in Wallowa, M. Craw's in Lostine, The Bookloft in Enterprise, and Mad Mary's or the History Center & Museum in Joseph for$39.95. For more infonnation, contact lupineannies@yahoo. com.

Other upcoming landmarks for the author this month include her 66th anniversary with husband Kenneth on July 14 and her 86th birthday on July 28. The Barklows intend to move pennanently to Walla Walla, Wash., in the near future, after spending the last several years wintering in

Yuma, Arizona and spending summers in Wallowa County. In addition to the books and years of work as the Postmaster and as an entrepreneur, Barklow and her husband's legacy to Wallowa County includes planting more than 10,000 trees on the Promise area property where they lived for many years.

Wallowa Into the Wallowas outings start this weekend Lake State Parkoners activities This week's programs at Wallowa Lake State Park are as follows. All Junior Ranger Programs meet at the Tables in the Playground. All Tepee programs will be across from Registration Bootl1. All Evening Programs are held in the Program Area (unless listed otherwise). The Evening Program Area Pathway is located between Site B-24 and B-25

Wednesday, July 4 7 p.m. - Jr. Ranger Awards Program- How Washington WontheWar

Thursday, July 5 10 a.m. - Jr. Ranger Program 7 p.m.- Jr. Ranger Awards Program- American Revolution

Into The Wallowa outings are half-day guided tours with the Wallowa Land Trust of significant lands throughout the Wallowa Country. All outings are led by local experts and open to the public. Outings are free of charge although donations are appreciated. They are Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon (except for the Aug. 25 excursion to Joseph Canyon) and commence at Wallowa Land Trust's Office, 116 S. River St., across from the county courthouse. Bring water, snacks and sturdy shoes. Dress appropriately. You never know when there might be a wind or rain stonn. You also may want to bring a pen and notepad and your camera. • July 7- East Moraine ofWallowa Lake: Iconic Landscape Led by the Wallowa Land Trust stafi; this hike will highlight the cultmal and

ecological value of the moraines. The staff will focus on ways in which the protection of the privately o~ned moraines symbolically and practically can help to maintain the rural nature of Wallowa County. Moderate to strenuous hike. • July 14 - Confluence of Lostine and Wallowa Rivers Conservation Easement Wallowa Join Land Tmst staff and landowner Woody Wolfe to learn about the importance ofWallowa Land Trusfs conservation easement on the Wolfe Ranch. This outing will include a rare opportunity to explore the confluence of the two major rivers in the Wallowa Valley which was a traditional Nez Perce summer camp. Moderate hike. • Aug. 4- Boulder Fields: Birds, Plants and Journaling Local biologist and artist Janet Hohmann will guide through this dramatic landscape dotted with glacial

eiTatics (glacier-deposited boulders). Find and identifY birds and flora along the Wallowa River. Additionally, Hohmann will be offering drawing and fieldjournaling tips to all participants. Easy walking; bring a pen and notebook. • Aug. 11- West Moraine ofWallowa Lake: Vital Wildlife Corridor Hike the beautiful West Moraine ofWallowa Lake with naturalist Kendrick Moholt, who will lead you to the crest for stunning views. Learn about the natural history and ecological functions of the West Moraine as well as the development pressures it now faces. Moderate hike. • August 25------.Joseph Canyon: Exploring the North End's Canyon Country

Head to the untrammelled north end ofWallowa County with naturalist David Mildrexler. Here, participants will delve into

Joseph Canyon for stunning vistas and a conversation about the protection of this precious landscape. Moderate to strenuous hike. Meet at WLT office at 8a.m. • Sept. 1- East Moraine ofWallowa Lake: Geologic Treasure Experience the Wallowa Lake Moraines with geologist Dr. Ellen Morris Bishop. This hike will emphasize the geology, natural history, and cultural significance of the moraines, as well as local efforts to protect this iconic landscape from development. Moderate to strenuous hike. EVENING PRESENTATIONS Fridays, 7 p.m. at Stage One, 117 1/2 E. Main St. in Enterprise • Aug. 10- Introduction to the Wal'wama: The People of the Wallowas During this evening

lectme, Tim Nitz, Oregon/ Washington Unit Manager of Nez Perce National Historical Park, will provide an overview of the culture of the Wal'wama (Wallowa Band Nez Perce). Relying upon native objects and stories, Nitz will discuss the roles of men, women, youth and the elderly, and how they interacted with the land, flora, and fauna of the Wallowa Country from time immemorial. Expert geologist Dr. Ellen Morris Bishop will captivate you with the geologic history of the Wallowa Mountains and Wallowa Lake's exceptional moraines. This lecture will mark the release ofWallowa Land Trust's book "Moraines of Wallowa Lake." For this book, Bishop collaborated with local photographer David Jensen to capture the stunning beauty and explain the geology, ecology and cultural significance ofthe moraines.

Friday, July 6 10 a.m. - Jr. Ranger Program 7 p.m. -Jr. Ranger Awards Program- Geology ofWallowa Lake

Couple tries for year of daily Disneyland visits

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flighty as Tinkerbell and as quirky as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Yet a Southern California couple have passed the halfway mark in their quest to visit Disneyland every day this year. 'We joke around that we're here more than the cast members 31·e," Jeff Reitz said Tuesday. Reitz, 39, of Huntington Beach, and Tanya Mickesh, 45, of Lake Forest were both unemployed when she came up witl1 the idea ofbecoming Magic Kingdom marathoners, Reitz said. As annual passholders, they could go to the Anaheim theme park and its adjoining Califonria Adven-

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Sunday, July 8 10 a.m. - Jr. Ranger Program Afternoon Tepee- Please check board at Tepee for the Nez Perce program schedule 7 p.m. -Jr. Ranger Awards Program - Nez Perce National Historic Park - Nez Perce and theWallowas

Driver arrested COOKEVILLE, Tenn. Police in Cookeville, Tenn., say a driver tipped his hat to authorities at an intersection and then ran a stop sign. According to the Cookeville Herald-Citizen, 32-year-old Perry Bridges Haile of Cookeville was charged with drunken driving and evading arrest. Officers said they pursued his Lexus after the encounter at the intersection. CAP) -

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ture as often as they wished. So they decided to go all 366 days in the leap year, beginning on New Year's Day. The idea was to "put a smile on om faces instead of sitting at home and being bummed out about being out of work," Reitz said. A Disneyland pass that would grant a visitor access every day of the year costs $649, according to the park's website. Mickesh now has a full-time job but Reitz said she still joins him in the evenings. They celebrated her birthday tl1ere this past weekend and on Sunday passed day 183 - the halfway mark. Time again, the couple have strolled down Main Street, goggled at the

fireworks and laughed at quips on the Jungle Cruise. They often meet up \vith park-loving friends and have even given directions to lost tourists, Reitz said in a telephone interview. "I still get a charge," he said. "I've been going in the afternoon and evening," Reitz said. "Last night I was just going to go for tln'e€ or four hours and I ended up shutting the park down." His favorite ride is the Matterhorn Bobsleds, although he said new cars are a tighter squeeze for Iris 6-foot-2 frame. "I joke around that I basically have to fold my knees over my ears," he said. Reitz said he still finds out new things about the

Suicide hv poison suspected PHOENIX (AP) - As the word "guilty" filled the silence of a Phoenix courtroom, defendant Michael Marin closed his eyes, put his head in his hands and appeared to put something in his mouth. He then took a swig from a sports bottle. Minutes later, the 53-year-old Marin was dead. Now investigators are trying to confirm their

suspicion that Marin popped a poison pill after the jury found him guilty of arson, a bizarre ending to a case that began in 2009 when he emerged from his burning mansion in scuba gear. Prosecutors said he torched his home when he couldn't keep up with the payments. Marin, an attorney and father of four, faced seven to 21 years in prison.

"This is one of the strangest cases I've seen in a long time," said Jeff Sprong, a spokesman with the Maricopa County sheriffs office. ''We're hoping to find out exactly what he was thinking and exactly what he took." Detectives will get the liquid from the sports drink tested for poisons. An autopsy was being conducted.

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would be working at Disneyland. But for now, he's happy being a constant visitor. "We are fortunate to have such ardent fans and happy to be such an important part ofTonya and Jeffs lives," Disneyland Resort spokeswoman Suzi Brown said in an email to The Associated Press.

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Roy wants to make comeback CLEVELAND (AP) - Brandon Roy wants to make a comeback, and the Cavaliers may give him a chance to do it with them. The Cavs are interested in the former PortlandTrail Blazers star, who abruptly retired before last season because of chronic knee pain. A person familiar with Cleveland's interest told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the Cavaliers have not spoken to the 27-year-old or set up a visit with him. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the sides are only in preliminary discussions. Athree-time All-Star, Roy spent five seasons with the Trail Blazers and blossomed into one of the NBA's rising young stars. He announced his retirement in December, surprising his teammates and Portland's front office.

Babe Ruth all-stars set tor district tournev The District 3 Babe Ruth all-star baseball tournament will take over Pioneer Park this weekend as teams from all over the area come to La Grande. The tournament is for ages 13-15 and kicks off Friday, with the championship games to be played on Sunday. Union County, the Baker Nationals, Baker Americans and Snake River Valley make up the 15-year-old division. Union County and Harney/

Grant County are the only two teams playing at the 14-year-old level, while Union, Baker and Snake River Valley comprise the 13-year-old division. The Baker Nationals and Snake River Valley will start the action on Friday at 11 a.m. in the 15-year-old bracket. Union County's 15-year-old squad follows against the Baker Americans at 2 p.m., before Union County and

Harney/Grant County play back-to-back games in the 14-year-old division. The top thl'ee teams at the 15-year-old level advance to the state tournament in Baker City; the top hvo teams in the 14-year-old division advance to state in Bend; and the top three teams at the 13-year-old level advance to state in La Grande. For the full weekend schedule, see the Scoreboard on9A.

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Gordon agrees to Suns' offer PHOENIX (AP) Restricted free agent guard Eric Gordon agreed to a fouryear deal with the Phoenix Suns worth about $58 million, a person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press. The New Orleans Hornets have the right to match the deal and keep Gordon. Gordon was in Phoenix meeting with the Suns' front office. The agreement to the offer sheet was confirmed by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because free agent acquisitions can't be revealed until July 11.

Lin to visit with Rockets NEWYORK (AP) Jeremy Lin will visit the Houston Rockets today, two people with knowledge of the plans said, and the NewYork Knicks' restricted free agent is expected to get a contract offer. The Rockets waived Lin last December and he was claimed by the Knicks, turning into a breakout star when he landed the starting point guard job. With Goran Dragic not expected to return, Houston may want Lin back. Knicks guard Landry Fields could also be on his way out of NewYork after agreeing to sign an offer sheet with the Toronto Raptors. The Octagon agency confirmed the deal, reported by ESPN.com to be for three years and about $20 million. The Knicks will have a chance to match the offer.

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Anton Evans of La Grande putts his ball on the ninth hole Tuesday at La Grande Country Club. Evans shot a 103 in his first action this year.

Junior golfers tee it up at country club

Casey Kellasfrhe Observer

La Grande's Carrie Wallace hits a chip shot on Hole No.1 at La Grande Country ClubTuesday. LGCC hosted the third tournament ofthe Northeast Oregon Junior Golf Association's summer schedule.

The Northeast Oregon Junior Golf Association had its third tournament of the season Tuesday. It was held at La Grande Country Club. La Grande had eight golfers compete in the tournament. Carrie Wallace posted the third lowest round on the girls side, finishing with an 83. Kayli Miles finished ·with a 95. Grace Simanton, competing in the pee wee girls (8-11) division, shot a 74, the lowest ofthe group. On the boys side, Steve Payne posted a 91 in the juniors (16-18) division. In the boys 14-15 age group, Craig Wallace shot a 93 and Harris Lackey fired a 117.

La Grande 9-10 all-stars combine for no-hitter ATHENA- The La Grande 9-10 all-star baseball tean1 tossed a no-hitter Tuesday at the District 3 tournament. Jameson Halsey, Austin McDowell, Zahki Warren and Brody Kincade combined to no-hit Pilot Rock. La Grande jumped on the visitors early and never looked back, cruising to an 11-0 victory. Gannon Carriero, Justin Frederick and Chance Goodman added two lilts each. La Grande will take on Baker City in a semifinal match-up today at 11:30. The winner will advance to Thursday's title game at 11:30a.m. La Grande's 10-11 team got eliminated from play on Tuesday. La Grande fell7-2 to Baker City in a loser out game. Baker City will play

Pendleton for the championship today at 2 p.m. La Grande's 11-12 all-star team regrouped after suffering a tough loss Monday night. La Grande knocked off Baker City, 11-1. Logan Atkinson picked up the win, tossing a two-hitter and striking out seven batters. "Logan was in the zone tonight. He set up our pitching rotation for us for Wednesday night," manager Greg Blackman said. La Grande was led by G.T. Blackman and Andrew Peasley offensively, adding two hits each. Chance Frederick scored three runs for the team. La Grande will now take on Milton-Freewater at 4:30 today in the first semifinal game. Pendleton will play Union County at 7 in the other match-up.

Cade Gorham }XlSted his best round of the summer, shooting a 93 in the intermediate boys (12-13) group. Anton Evans, competing for the first time this year, shot a 103 in the pee wee boys (8-11) age group. The NEOJGA has stopped at Wildhorse Golf Course and the Pendleton Country Club, and v.ill hold its next tournament in Heppner Friday. The NEOJGA tournaments are open to youth ages 8-18. Cost ofjoining the association is $10. Tournaments are $10 for nine holes and $15 for 18 holes. Ages 8-11 play nine holes and all others play 18. Registration and other information is available on the website at WV\Tw.neojga.com.

Seattle's rally falls short, 5-4

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SEATTLE (AP) - Struggling to get a base runner for 6 1-3 innings, the Seattle Mariners fought back and tied the gan1e against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. One pitch ended the chance at a win. Baltimore starter Wei-Yin Chen didn't allow any Seattle runners until the seventh, and Robert Andino homered in the top of the ninth off Charlie Furbush to give the Orioles a 5-4 win over the Mariners. Fw:bush I"eceived the call with closer Tom Wilhelmsen not an option after pitching the prior three nights. Left-handed Furbush (4-2) was a viable replacement in the crucial inning after the Mariners tied the game with three runs in the eighth. He had not allowed a run in 22 2-3 innings, the third-longest streak in Seattle history. With two outs, Andino hit his fourth homer of the year and first since May7.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2012

THE OBSERVER - 9A

SPORTS

Williams chooses Nets over going to Dallas NEW YORK (AP) - Deron Williams is moving to Brooklyn with theNets, instead ofback home to Dallas. The All-Star point guard said on his Twitter page Tuesday night that he "made a very tough decision today'' and posted a picture of the Nets' new team logo that accompanies their move from New Jersey to Brooklyn. A person with knowledge of the decision said Williams told the team he was accepting their five-year contract worth $98 million. The person confirmed the agreement on condition of anonymity because contracts can't be signed until July 11. Williams, the top free agent available, chose to stay with the Nets over signingVIrith the Mavericks, who hoped they could convince him to come back to the area where he grew up.

Brad MosherfThe Observer

La Grande Swim Club member Dan Felley swims a length at the club's annual Swimathon June 28 at Veteran's Memorial swimming pool.

LGSC holds annual Swimathon The La Grande Swim Club held its annual Swimathon June 28 at Veteran's Memorial swimming pool. This year's turnout had 47 swimmers, nearly double the amount the club had last year, according to club vice president Dave Felley. The swimmers combined to swim 6,563lengths. Felley was unsure about how much money was raised, but

added that "given some of the pledges I saw, the number of lengths swum and the number of pledge sheets I didn't see, I'd say we're going to do really well." According to the USA Swimming Swimathon rules, swimmers officially aren't allowed to complete more than 200 lengths as part ofthe swimathon. LGSC swimmers completing 200 lengths (5000 yards) included: Trevor Hoffman, Nolan

Clements, T.J. Clay, Dan Felley, Dean Ricker, Tony Clay, Garren Dutto, Keegan Dutto, Abbey Felley, Amber Mullarkey, Leann Neeley, Georgia Cook, Moriah Brovvn, Bryce Ebel, Josh Ebe~ Matt Cook, and Becca Haynes (17 swimmers). Unofficially, Dean Ricker completed 2061engths according to Felley, though several of the senior swimmers kept swimming after their 200 lengths.

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WHITE SOX 19, RANGERS 2 CHICAGO (AP) - Kevin Youkilis, Adam Dunn and Alex Rios homered in the first inning off Roy Oswalt and All-Star Chris Sale won his lOth game and the White Sox routed the Rangers. Playing in his first home game vvith the White Sox since his trade from Boston on June 24, Youkilis had three hits and drove in four runs in a meeting of division leaders. A.J. Pierzynski, not chosen for the AL All-Star team managed by Texas' skipper Ron Washington, hit a three-run homer off reliever Yoshinori Tateyama- his 15th ofthe season - to cap a nine-run fifth inning and make it 16-0.

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Marshal makes life ot service By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

He said he's taken care of the stats longer than there's been girls' basketball at the school, starting in 1957. He began his stint as a Wallowa volunteer fire fighter at the tender age of 16. He also served on the Wallowa City Council for 30 years. "I've been doing civic activities all my life," said Duckworth. Duckworth seems to have stayed with a lot of things he started as a youth. He was fiTst hired by the Oregon Depmiment of Forestry as a student conservation aid clearing roads and fighting forest fires as a teenager. Upon high school graduation, he was hired as the Wallowa Unit assistant manager.

If you were to look up "parade grand marshal" on Wikipedia, you might get a description that sounds a lot like John Duckworth, the city ofWallowa's choice to lead its Fourth ofJuly parade this year. On the Saturday morning before Independence Day, Duckworth and Bob Lewis were at the Southfork Grange in Lostine re-wiring the furnace room after the installation of a new propane furnace. In the main hall, propane griddles were staged for the grange's four days of pancake breakfasts that vrill be served July 4 through 7 during the Lostine Flea Market. Lets no moss grow Duckworth hoped they could figrn·e out the re-wiring In 1997,just 38 short years job quickly, so he could get on after he was first hired, he with the day's next project. retired from the departHe's been a member of South- ment and went to work for fork since it merged with the Henderson Oil. The man lets Wallowa Grange 20 years no moss grow; after 10 years ago, and of course, he was a with Henderson he now member there before that. works fur Prince Construction, just to keep busy and Avolunteer for numerous organizations over the past off the mean streets of the 50 years, he said he is disap- Lower Valley. pointed at the dwindling Though he says he doesn't numbers. feel retired, each sununer he "People are not joining. joins other forestry departThere is a decline in memment retirees from around bership in all the groups I'm the state for a week-long camping trip. This year, they in," said Duckwmih. After a hiatus from serving will gather near Gilchrist For as its treasurer for many the past 17 yeai·s the gmup years, this year he is the has gone everywhere from president ofthe Wallowa the Oregon coast to the north Lions Club. The club runs a Cascades ofWashington, to park, a basketball tournathe Alvord Desert. In his limited spare time, ment at Christmas, and food booths at various events he might be found at the Walincluding ChiefJoseph Days. lowa Rod and Gun Club. Each fall, Duckworth Once in a while, Duckworth helps plan the annual Ducks has a chance to sneak off and Unlimited banquet held at go deer or elk hunting. He used to fish like it was his job the Elks Club - a prime rib dinner affair with games and before he started working, but dozens of prizes from rifles to he was just a kid then. handguns to jewelry. Though he was oom in Baker During the winter, he City, Duckworth is Wallowa compiles the statistics for the County, through and thmugl:t Wallowa High School bas"I found a hole here and ketball team, a job he's had never got out," said Duckworth. since he was in high school.

for my brown thumb, but red berries for me to pick it is a fact. At gatherand before long we had a good-sized plastic conings where conversations about gardening abound, tainer full. As any 6-yearI tend to slink old worth his salt, he then buffet table CANYON wanted to to graze NOTES help me in order to make MarKATY NESBITT avoid the garitas ... so we made question, "How's your garden?" some for him and some for I was picking peas the adults, with slightly shortly after I could read. different ingredients. My parents always had a Suffice it to say, my vegetable garden, or two. nephew imbibed in more We were even members of than a few lemonade/raspberry smoothies - coma community garden 40 years before it was trendy. pletely forgetting that he When I asked my doesn't like raspberries. nephew to help me pick berries this weekend his Removing the jungle But back to MY garden. mother said, "He doesn't I have a wonderful spot like them," to which I for a garden and the first said, "He doesn't have to eat them, just help me." year, not having a rotoMy mother's raspbertiller, I started turning the ries were an accidental ground by hand. I got a 20th of the space cleared Mother's Day gift a few and gave up. The following years ago. She asked for a rhubarb summer I didn't even try. plant, Portland Nursery This year, with the help didn't have any, raspberof a friend, we burned ries start with the letter the garden to remove the "R," so I bought a raspjungle that had grown in beny bush instead. She the absence of subordigot her rhubarb plant later nation. Sans rototiller, I and meanwhile the raspberry bush has grown up and out and the fruit turns dark red before your eyes. My nephew will be a good supervisor - he

tree-planting tool, from a friend, and got busy turning the dirt. It worked surprisingly well and the soil was suppler than I had expected. The other major impediment to growing a garden is that I have no working water spigot, so how am I to water? Apparently like a hillbilly. The best solution was to attach a hose to my laundry sink and run it out the back door to the garden. A bit ghetto, but hey, plants need water. I had a few packages of seeds lying around and started sticking them in the ground. After several weeks, only the spinach and dill had the nerve to emerge. I have since replanted, hoping that something will pop up. A friend showed up one day with 16 tomato plants. They are in various stages of survival after being planted and a couple even have fruit. Unfortunately the hand-me-down basil is struggling ...

rhubarb that grows in the corner of the garden and has been there for centuries. I was told that when the previous owners got too old to make their own rhubarb pie, a friend in Lostine would harvest it and make it for them. I have bagged and frozen and given away most of it, but continue to cut it as it regrows and before it turns to seed. Battling the weeds seems to be the largest part of gardening, teasing out the unwanted plants that grow around the desirable ones. Each time it rain, the weeds seem to get the upper hand. So far, I've eaten what spinach the bugs haven't, and find that it fits into almost every meal I make - eggs, sandwiches, salads, burritos ... If the garden fails, I know I can always go down to June's Local Market and buy the fruits of my neighbors' labors. Reach the author at knesbitt@ lagrandRobsel1Jer.com.

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• Annual tour sheds light on noxious plants By Devan Schwartz Baker City Herald

Elgin Liquor purchased by Foodtown Scott Ludwig, a partner of Elgin Foodtown, announced that the Elgin Liquor Store was purchased by Foodtown and will be operated from 84 N. Eighth Ave., Suite B. "The store opens for business on July 2 in the Ludwig late afternoon. Normal store hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and closed on Sundays," said Ludwig. To contact the store, call541-437-0188.

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Budd Landon, a stone mason who specializes in historic preservation, shows off work he and his crew did on the parapet of the LibertyTheater Building in downtown La Grande.

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Arnie Grammon knows his weeds. Grammon also knows his herbicides - and in this game, that's one in the same. On June 28, Grammon, who's Baker County's weed supervisor, led a group of15 local landowners and government employees on a noxious weeds tour. S. John Collins I Baker Qty The tour was Herald the lOth anBaker County nual event put Weed Supervisor on by the Baker Arnie Grammon Country Weed led weed tour. Control Distlict and the Baker Valley Soil and Water Conservation District. At each of the three stops, Grammon pointed out plots dedicated to fighting invasive weeds found in the Baker, Durkee and Bowen Valleys.

Whitetop and Scotch Thistle Concrete pouring, patching continues in Big H project Concrete removal, ooncrete pouring and some patching will occur over the next two weeks as construction crews continue with the Big H streetscape project in downtown La Grande. According to a update fmm the City of La Grande, most of the work this week and next will be on Depot Street. Paving will occur on the west side of Depot between Adams and Washington Avenues, and concrete removal will be done on the east side of Depot in the same section. Also, new concrete will be poured on the west side of Depot between Adams and Jefferson, as well as in sections ofEhn Street. In addition, the pedestrian ramps on Adams should near completion in time for the Crazy Days event July 13-14, and concrete removal will takes place in sections ofEhn betweenAdan1s and Washington. The city is advising that concrete removal areas will experience dust and noise. Where new concrete is poured there will be periods when access is limited, and parking lanes ¥rill be closed in certain areas. There also will be periods when alley access is closed, especially when new catch h basins are being installed. Most of the street lights in the project area are now off. Except for completing the pedestrian ramps, no work on Adams will occur until after Crazy Days. The Big H project includes a rebuild of sidewalks, alleys and alley approaches on Ehn and Depot Streets between Washington Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. It also takes in the section of Adams Avenue between Ehn and Depot, the north side of Washington behveen Ehn and Depot, and the two alleys that run between Elm and Depot on either side ofAdams. Project contacts are City of La Grande Public Works Director Norm Paullus, 541-963-1325; Community and Economic Development Director Charlie Mitchell, 541-962-1307; and Jeremy Morris, project engineer from Anderson-Perry, 541-9635321.

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• Noted mason and his crew repaint bricks at Liberty Theater in La Grande By Bill Rautenstrauch The Observer

Friends of La Grande Main Street's Liberty Theater Division had something to celebrate last week, as a mason known for his work on historical buildings did repairs on the walls and parapet of the historically significant theater building at 1010 Adams Avenue.

The theater division, an offshoot of the La Grande Main Street program, recently purchased the historic Liberty with the goal of renovating it and making it into a center for the perlonning arts. The mason, Budd Landon of Kuna, Idaho, headed a crew this month that did repairs people can see as they walk by. Dale Mammen, the man

leading the effort to restore the Liberty, said he is pleased with the attention Landon and his assistants showed to historical detail. "Before he ever started, he made five trips to La Grande to examine the building. Getting the colors to match isn't easy, and he put a lot of effort into it," Mammen said. The Liberty Theater opened as the Orpheum Theater in 1910, was renamed the Arcade in 1911 and became the See Liberty I Page 2B

New owners plan to return Union Hotel to stately status By Mike Shearer Observer Corresppondent

UNION- Historic Union Hotel, a centerpiece in the city and closed since December, is slated to open again this week. Its new owners, Charlie Morden and Ruth Rush, have readied 15 rooms for hotel guests. The hotel was built in 1920 and opened in 1921. "We fell in love with the building," said Rush Thursday. "We are slowly going through the building and the plan is evolving." Morden said they plan to spruce up the hotel and return it to its fanner grand status in the community. "The old girl is a little sad, and having been the center of the community for so many years, it should be again," he said. He said he envisions the hotel hosting, as it once did, wedding and birthday parties. ''It cries out to be fully alive," he said. He said they are licensing its restaurant though they haven't yet decided whether it will just serve guests or the public at large. Morden owned and operated the Riverside Inn on the McKenzie River in Western Oregon for 25 years, where he was also the chef and specialized in Northwest cuisine,

"Whitetop is a plant we all know and love," Grammon said, his anns sweeping amund an open field near the North Baker City interchange on Interstate 84. "That's Baker's town flower," one attendant said with a chuckle. But whitetop is no laughing matter. It's a hearty perennial that can choke out desirable plants with its extensive root system and create a monoculture. Using different mixtures and concentrations ofherbicides, Grammon had treated whitetop along with Scotch thistle. Prickly Scotch thistle is an equivalent scourge, native to Europe and eastern Asia. "What we want is perennial grasses without whitetop and Scotch thistle," Grammon said. "Grass allows you to spray broadleaf..focused herbicide." Ross Shumway, who ranches near Bridgeport, looked pleased. "I've got patches ofjust Scotch thistle, so this might help," he said. The herbicides Granunon mentioned included Milestone, Plateau, Open Site, Telar and Escort. He also advocated for balancing the use of chemical products with the safety of grazing animals and fish.

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New owners of the Union Hotel are Ruth Rush and Charlie Morden, with their "ever-vigilant" sheepdog Rosie.

menu items such as sahnon and prime rib. "This was a big jump for us," Morden said. But not as big a jump as it was for Rosie, their sheepdog used to a huge yard and now impatiently waiting to serve as greeter at the hotel front door. Sheepdogs, Morden noted, were bred and used to protect sheep, and "she is ever-vigilant to protect us and other lost lambs from the

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wolves." Rush has strong Union County ties. Although she has been teaching Gennan in Ehnira, she lived in this area from 1972 to 1974 and again from 1976 to 1990. Two of her three degrees are from Eastern Oregon University. One ofher daughters is a Union resident. Another lives in Walla Walla. See Hotel ! Page 2B

Under a hot midday sun, the group stood on one of Gary Bloomer's 7,000 acres in Durkee Valley. They checked out plots dedicated to mitigating tl1e growth ofobstinate medusahead. Shumway bent down and picked up one of the grassy stalks. "This one's tough on a cow's teeth," he said "The silica can break them down three years faster." Grammon said medusahead is the worst annual weed in the area, and it's also the toughest to deal with. Fmm his four-wheeler, Grammon had distributed herbicides using a modified grass seed spreader which goes subsurface - below the thatch layer. Heads nodded in approval of the diminished medusahead, meaning better gmwing conditions for perennial grasses. An adjacent landowner even pointed to his property and offered it up for similar test plots. Stil~ medusahead remains a fonnidable rangeland foe. "I'm convinced it spreads in the hooves of critters, shoelaces, the See Weeds I Page 9B

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Mackie Landon of Kuna, Idaho, works on removing, repairing and replacing some of the bricks on the side of the Liberty Theater.

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Liberty in 1930. After the theater closed in 1959, the building was remodeled to accommodate retail businesses. The projection room, balcony; stage, some light fixtures and tiers for seats remain. Acouple of years ago, Mammen launched the effort to bring the old show house back to life. His all-volunteer Liberty Theater Division, which bought the building with help from the City of La Grande's Urban Renewal Agency, plans to pay for full restoration through grants, donations and support from the city. Late last year, the State Historic Preservation Office approved the group's grant application for $20,000 for b1ick and mortar work. Landon, who has worked on numerous historic buildings in the Pacific Northwest, including the Pete French round barn nem· Burns in Harney County and the Morrow County Courthouse, was the first choice for the Liberty Theater. Landon and a couple ofhelpers came to La Grande June 18 and worked through last Friday; armed with a brick-and-mortar restoration plan worked out by John Kvapil

ofDKAArchitecture and Design. They repainted brick along the top and bottom of the building, removing old mortar and replacing it with new. They also patched rough spots and holes. Where brick needed to be replaced, they used bricks from a pile of originals found on the roof Landon's crew spent considerable time renovating the buildin~s parapet. The work involved long hours of sanding, sealing and coating. "With restoration wo:rk, we generally start at the top and work down," Landon said. "Most ofthe work here was on the pm·apet walls and the coping along the top. We covered that with a material that will preserve it for another hundred years." Since taking over the theater building, Mammen's group has filled two retail spaces on the ground flom; and constructed and opened the Stage Door Theater, a 50-seat entertainment venue at the back of the building. Mammen said the Liberty Theater Division is currently planning some Stage Door Theater events in conjunction with the upcoming Crazy Days celebration in downtown La Grande. Meanwhile, the fundraising efforts continue. ''We're in the process of developing local opportunities for financial support,"

Mammen said. Landon began his masonry career in 1963 and started his own company in 1971. He retired in 2009 and today works only on preservation projects. He said he enjoys the pace of his life these days. "Before I retired I built several schools and jails, and I decided to just slow down and do restoration work. This is more rewarding for me," he said. He said technological advances in the construction industry have changed work methods and reduced the number of people who know biick and rnodar work. Historic preservation is a niche that needs filling. "Masonry is getting to be a lost art. There's not too many young people taking it up," Landon said.

DETROIT, Mich. (AP) - From mini cars to monster pickups, sales of new cars and trucks surged in June and eased concerns that Americans would be turned off by slower hiring and other scary headlines. Automakers sold neai1y 1.3 million cms and trucks in June, up 22 percent from the same month last year. Chrysler posted its best June in five years. Sales soared at Volkswagen, which is on track for its best year in the U.S. since 1973. The results allayed fem-s that the cm· market's momentum had stalled. U.S. sales were on track to reach 14.5 million after the first four months of the year. But the 3lllual pace dropped to 13.8 million in May, as the stock mm·ket plunged and hiring slowed. June brought more worrisome news about jobs growth and consumer confidence. But buyers didn't go away last month. In fact, June's sales pace rose to 14.1 million, according to Autodata Corp. And if sales stay at that level for all of 2012, it will be the industry's best year since 2007. Falling gas prices, cheaper loans and new models like the Ford Escape and Dodge Dart drew buyers. Arevived housing market lifted sales of pickups. And there was still plenty of demand from people who bought cars in the middle of the last decade and needed to replace them. Annual sales hit a high of 17 million in 2005, and those cars and trucks are now seven years old.

And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. Lee Greenwood

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Guests of the hotel will find rooms decorated with antique furniture and fixtures.

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Morden, a Stanford graduate, is a "fifth generation Oregonian," whose greatgrandmother had a fountain lunch and boarding house on the waterfront in Portland at about the same time the Union Hotel was built." He added, "So the hotel business is in my blood." He said the hotel building is "all in all in very good condition, particularly the plumbing and electrical" The third flom; which hasn't been used recently; "needs to be completely

rebuilt," Rush said, but that will come a little later. Since they also are living in the hotel, they are planning to renovate the owners' living quarters. Tentatively they are considering the possibility of creating a few apartments to rent and will consider renting space on the bottom floor to small businesses that are compatible with the hotel. The RV parking in back ·will continue as always. The second floor rooms are ready for guests. Each room has been individually decorated and has a theme. The Clark Gable Room is where the famous actor

once stayed when he came to fish in Catherine Creek. The Annie Oakley Room is actually where the actress who played Oakley stayed. The rooms have authentic antiques and fixtures, such as original claw-footed tubs. Rush is doing research with the hope of eventually offering walking tours of the famous downtown buildings. Morden emphasized he and Rush want to be a part of the Union community. He said he understands Union residents feel the hotel belongs to the whole community. "So we want it to be what the people want it to be," he said.

ZACK FREIWALD SINGER 6' SONGWRITER 2:30 Bring your Lunch and Lawn chait·s to the park and enjoy the music. Suggested donation $3 per person Powder River Music Review concert series is presented to mise funds to build a bandstand pavilion in the center of Geiser· PoLLman Pat·k. Thanks to the musicians for donating their tim e and talent to raise funds to build the bawhtand. Brochure and brick order forms will be available at weekly conce rts or

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for an yone interested in purchasing an engraved brick to be placed in the stage/foundation of the new bandstand pavilion . Put your nr~ me down in history with r~n engTr~ved brick - mr~kes grer~t birthday, anniversary and h oliday gifts or memorial tributes.

Barbara Jeans Store Closing Sale

begins July 5 2034 Main Street, Baker City Store will be closed July 2,3,4 to prepare for sale.

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KIDS SCOOP

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Vol. 28, No. 29

Utensil Charades Here's a great game to play at your next birthday party.

Before your guests arrive: STUFF YOU'LL NEED: • Sheets of paper • Pen or pencil • A large bowl

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cooking utensils and write the name of a different utensil on each piece of paper. Some suggestions:

"Happy Birthday To You" is the most recognized song in the English language, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was written back in 1893 by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill.

1. In a small bowl, combine basil, oregano, garlic, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Place the buttermilk and spice mix into two plastic bags, one inside the other. Add chicken and massage bag until well coated. Refrigerate 6 hours.

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"My birthday is near Christmas, so I thought it was a good idea for my friends to donate, instead of buying me presents," she said.

Words like POP, BOOM, BUZZ and THUD all sound like the sound they describe. Read through the newspaper for words that help you to "hear" a story. Clip the words and draw a picture to go with each one.

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ACCREDITED, PRIVATE COMMUNITY CON- WANTED: FFT I and/ or DRIVE THRU Espre sso/ NECTION is accepting FFT II W 1ldland FireC h r i s tia n fa st f oo d . Ap prox. Sc h o ol , applications f or a Profi ghters t o wo rk on a 10x2 5 se lf contai ned grades 1-8 . Now acgram Assistant II. Genco nt ract or Wil dland on w he el s . Doub le cepti ng app li cat ions eral office support in Eng111 e f or the 20 12 wi nd ows air co ndif or 2012-2013 school year . A ll de nominaFire Season. For more tioner. $20,000 . obo La Grande, 40 hours MOTOR ROUTE informati on an d appliper w eek, $1 0 .91 per t io ns accept ed Call Drive r Needed: 35 523-4165 or 519-1 7 15 hour, w 1th benefits . ca ti o ns p lease ca ll A lso available conces40 m iles per day, 3 sion eq ui p ment- EsGood English, mathe(541) 910-6561. days a wk. f or apATTEND COLLEGE ONpresso machine- co ld matical and computer prox imately 2 hours LI N E fr o m Ho m e. skills including spread- 230- Help Wanted t ab le- s t ea m t abl epe r day . I nco me *Med ical, *B usiness, sheets an d w ord proc- out of area double coole r- granita ab ou t $3 75/m o . * Cr i m i na l Ju s ti c e. essing required Must mac hine- snow coneM us t have reliable *Hos p it a l ity Job co tton can dy - i ce pass pre-employment AIRLINES ARE HI RING vehicle & insurance. Train f or hands on placem ent assistance. cream freeze r -n ew 4 drug test an d cnrn inal P1ck up Route ReCo mputer· available . FiAv iation Ma intenan ce history check. Applicabumer st ain less steal quest Form at 191 5 nancial A1d 1f q ualif ie d. Career. FAA approved ti on an d job descriptable. Fi rst Street , Ba ker prog ram . Financ ial aid SCHEV ce rtif ie d. Ca ll ti on available at t he C1tv. if qualified - Housing A lso ava 1lable stain less 866-688-7078 Employm ent Departava ilable. Call Aviation W\NW . Centura O nline. c st ea l, p ropane, p ush ment . Pos1tion closes om (PNDC) lns t 1tute of M ainte5 00 PM, July 5, 20 12. and tow hot d og cart 340 -Adult Care narlCe . EOE. w ith ice co mpartment, PIANO LESSONS 1-877-804-5293. steam co m part m ent Baker Co. Ages4&Up (PNDC) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and dry co mpartment. LICENSED OREGON Joyful Sounds Studio W ildflower Lodge A s541-910-0508 LG Sta t e Ad u It Fo ster Where students develop a sisted Living Com mu- EXPANDING Home . De sires one felove of rnusic & ROCK INVESTIGATE BEFORE enjoy learn;ng to p la y nity in LaGraJlde, OR. male res ident . Lov ely c ru s h in g com pa ny YOU INVEST! A lways is looking for an ex p oiano! co unt ry horne specialseeking career minded a good policy, espeED to be respon sible Call Joyce t oday/reizin g in t otal care res ipersons f or a ll posifor business opcially fo r t he ove rall operaceive 2 f ree lessons . de nce. Co mpet en t & ti ons . D e m an d in g po rt unit ies & fran 541 -91 0-3992 t ions of t he com m uquality care se rve d physical labor w / lo ng Ca ll OR Dept. chises. joyful so unds88.com nity. Successf ul cand iw 1th kind nes s. Ca ll hou rs. W illing to t ravel of J ust ice at (503 ) dat e w 1ll have a cu r(541 )8 56 -37 5 7 f or t hroughout th e North378-4320 or t he Fedrent OR License and a 380 - Service Direcmore details. w est. Competit ive saleral Trade Com mission two-year A s soc iat e ary & be nefits pkg. intory at (877) FTC-HELP for Degree and a m1n of 2 cluding M edical/d enf 1ee in f orma ti on O r A CLASSIFIED ad is an yrs working 1n genat345 -Adult Care tal/v isio n, 40 1 K/ret irevi sit our Web site at EA SY W AY TO rics or 3 y rs in a manUnion Co. me nt plan, pd holiwww.ftc.gov/bizop. REACH over 3 m illion age m ent pos iti o n . days/vacation ApplicaADULT FOSTER hom e Pacif ic Nort hwest ernM ust have experience t ions available at in La Gran de has imers . $525/ 25-wo rd w 1th bud get s, st aff w ww.d eatleyc rushing.c mediate ope ning f or classified ad in 30 da ily developm ent, t raining om Se nd resumes to ma le o r fema le res inewspa p e r s fo r and sched uli ng . PresPO Box 759 Lew iston, de nt, p rivat e room . 3-days . Call t he Pacif ic tige offers com pet iID 83501 or f ax to Ca ll 54 1-910-7557. Nort hw est Daily Cont ive salary, benefits, (208) 743-6474. EOE nection (916) 288-6019 inc lud ing m e di cal, o r e m a iI dental and 401 (k) To elizabet h@cnpa com apply please v1sit: WALTER ELDERLY for more 1nfo IPNDC) www .prestigeca re .com CARE has one privat e Ctleck d aily for new EEO/AA ANYTHING FOR room avai lable now, listings in t tle A BUCK f o r f ema le . Ni c e, Bak er City Herald! f rie nd ly , hom eli ke at- Same owner for 21 y rs . 541-910-6013 mosphere, w 1t h qua lity 523-3 6 73 care. 541 -963-7998. CCB#l 0151 8, LG

MULTIFAMILY YARD SALE. 62 123 Gunnels COUNSELOR I Drug/Alcohol Counselor at ElkRd. Sat, July 7, starts horn A dolescent Treatat Ba m. m ent Cente r. W ag es depending on experiTHE DEADLINE tor Ya rd ence. Criminal backSale Ads 1s noon, t he ground check & dru g da before publicat ion . test 1equired Wor k $ 12 .00 t or a 3-day ad am 1ably and cooperaIM. W, F! plus s1gns tiv ely w ith co -w orkers and a spot on the and conta cts. M ust be map I Ca II Katelyn to abl e to obtain CADC I place yours today! Certification w ithin 24 54 1-963-3161 months of h1re. App licatio ns may be obtain YARD SALE. 30 5 0 Ave. at 2100 M ain Street or Fri & Sat , 8am-2p m . on line at: Jew e lry, anti q ues , book s, c lothing, toys, w w w .new directionsnw.org and mu ch more l Ne w Directions NW is an YARD SALE. 9am-3p m, equal opportunity July 5t h & 6t h, 3107 N employer & treatment 4th St provider. BAKER SCHOOL DIS- ~~~~:;:;=::::;:::::;:::::: TRICT 5J is currently 220- Help Wanted 160 - Lost & Found accept1ng applications Union Co. LOST IN th e upper Ben for a 5 FT E p E./H ealt h Teac her IT IS UNLAW FUL (SubDier Ln . Large ne usec t i o n 3, OR S te red ma le g ray comb1ned w it h a .5 659 .040 ) f or an emFTE A thlet ic Director stri ped tabby, bobtail. posit ion. For a complaye r (domest ic help Rewa rd o ffe r ed. p lat e descri pti on of exc epted ) or em p loy54 1-523-6198 . Ba ker. ment agency t o pri nt the position and quailor circu late or ca use to f1 cat ions p lease go t o MISSING YOUR PET? be printed or circulated Check the Baker City w w w. b aker.k 12 ·or.us any stat ement, adverAn1mal Clinic, t isem ent or pub li caor contact t he employm en! d iv ision . Y ou 54 1-523-361 1. may a l so ca ll t ion, or t o use any FULL TIME Bookkeeper Helpful to know Quickform of applicat ion for PLEASE CHECK th e Ani541_524 _2261 or email books, payro ll, report s nnem ec@baker. k12.or. e m p loy me nt or t o mal Shelter w ebs1te 111 us make any inqui ry 1n qua rterly, PUC, stat e La Grande if you hav e co nnecti on w ith pmcomp, yea r end, recona lost or found pet. sp ect ive emp loym ent cile, et c. M offit Brothwww.bmhumane.org BAKER SCHOOL DISw h ich exp resses die rs . L os t m e, Or. TRICT 5J is currently rectly or indirectly any accepting applications 541-569-2284 180 - Personals limitat ion, specif icat ion for a Secretary II posior discri m inat ion as to IMBLER SCHOOL Disti on at Baker M idd le MEET SINGLES right t ri ct is accepting applirace, religion, co lor, School. For a complet e now ! No paid operacat ions f or Jr. High sex, age or nat io na l description of t he posit ors. JUSt rea l people origin or any Int ent t o Football Coach. Appliti o n s go to li ke y o u B rowse cants m ust be w illi ng make any such li m itawww .baker.k12 .or. us greet ings, exc hange to obtain first aid card t ion, spec 1f 1ca t 1on or or contact t he employmessage s and co nand complete cr1rninal discrim ination, unless m ent d iv ision . You nect live. T ry it f ree. ba sed upon a b ona hi sto ry b ac kgrou nd m ay a l so ca ll f ide occupationa l qualiCa ll n ow : check. For applicati on 541-524-2261 877-955-5505. (PNDC) informat 10 11 , co ntact f icat ion. STEP FORWARD Activit he Imbler School Dist ies ha s im m ed iat e t rict (54 1)534 -533 1. NOTICE TO open1ngs f or part t1m e Open until f illed PROSPECTIVE respite staff. This posiEMPLOYEES W HO tion ca n lead t o f ull LEGAL SECRETARY RESPOND TO time work . Full-t 1me Send cover letter and BLI ND BOX ADS : pos it ions ca rry b enePL EAS E be s u re resume to W asley Law Employment fits; med ica l, life insur- w hen yo u add res s your Office, PC, 105 Fir ance, reti rement plan, res um es th at th e ad- Street, Suite 204, La pd. holidays, vacation, dress 1s complete 'N ith Grande, Oreg on 97850 . 210 - Help Wantedsic k leave . St art in g all Information req u1 red, Sa lary dependent on Baker Co. wage is $ 1 1 4 2/ h r . such as t he BLIND BOX experience. O ual1f1 ed app li ca nts NUMBER. Th1s 1s th e OREGON m ust b e 18 y rs . of only way w e have of PART TIME po siti on DEPARTMENT OF ava ilable w 1th Eastern age, pass a crim inal m aking sure you r reTRANSPORTATION O regon Head St art : history c heck, & hav e sume get s to t he proper Highway Maintenance Teacher Ass1stant. Fm a va lid Oregon driver's place. Specialist more inform at ion and license. Apply at 3720 (Tran sportation MainNortheast Oregon applica tion mat erials, 1Ot h St ., Baker City. tenance Specialist 2) Classified Staff please ref er to: Ea stDo you like working in OLD WEST Federal ern Oregon Unive rsity th e grea t outdoors7 Cred it Un ion is look1ng CENTER FOR Human Hum a n P.e so urces ODOT has a TransporDevelopment for a Full-t im e M ember Current Open111 gs ont at io n Ma int ena nce 1) Part time nurs e Service Repre senta1 i n e a t : Sp ec 1a l1 st p os 1ti o n working with t he tive w ho can con tribhttp:UwvVI.v.eou .edu/h ava ilable in Baker City . Public Health and Beute to t he success of dstart/ Indiv iduals w it h roadhavior a l H e alth For add itional info rmath e Cred it Uni on by way/highw ay maint eteam s: Clinic Nurse prov idin g exceptional tion co ntact nance and/or const ruc10 hours per week : M ember Service . Canti on skills sought f or Nu rs ing f o r f amily Eastern Oregon Head St art didat es must be prothe cu rrent as w ell as p lan n ing , immun izafessional, responsible Direct or future openings in va rit ion s, general clinics Eastern Oregon University and f ri endly . Mu st ous loca t ions stat eand com m un icab le dis- One University Blvd. have th e abil it y to w ide. A Val1d CDL A ease assessment and La Grande, OR 97850. problem solve, mu ltiPh. 54 1-962-3506 or License is requi red treatm ent . task and comm unicate Ph. 54 1-962-3409 Highway maintenance well. A cc uracy and at- Nurse Ca se M a nager Fax 54 1-962-3794 crews operate lig ht 10 ho urs per w eek : Jgoodnc@eou.edu tentio n t o deta il are esand heavy equipment, Dispensing psychiat ric senti al. O ngo1ng eduperform ma nual labor medica t ions by fillin g East ern O re gon Univercati ona I and advanceand help maintain, repill m inders, delivering m ent opportunit ies exsity is an AA/EO E empa ir a nd recon st ruct med icat ions t o SPM I ist for people w ith th e ployer, comm itted t o roadways, highw ays, o r c r1s 1s cl i e nts . atti tud e and aptitud e excellence t hrough difreeway s, brid ges, W orks c lose ly w 1t h for M embe r Serv ice ve rsity. signs, and landscape . prescribers and clinica l and w ho are w illing t o $26 24S a I a ry staff t o monit or client grovv and accept new $3783/mont h + excelconditions. Current RN PART-TIM E FOR ENSIC chall enges w ith th e lent benef1t s. For delicense required In t erv i ewe r at M t . Cred it Un ion . Yo u t ails p l eas e v i s it may pi ck up an appli- 21 Skills Trainer : T he Emil y Safe Cent er. w w w odotJobs.com or Enhanced Care ServNeed a BA or BS decat ion at ou r Baker ca ll 866 -0 DOT -JOB ices facility is looking City office or go t o th e gree in field relat ed to (TTY 503-986-3854 f or to fill 40 hours of skill we b s ite at · social sc Je11ce, educat he hearing impa ired) t raining. The ECS is a WVV\N .oldwestfcu.org ti on. cri mi nal just ice, f o r A nno un c eme nt 15-bed gero-psy chiatfor an on-line applicanu rsing, psyc hology, #ODOT12-01350Ca nd rl c inpat ient rehabilitation You may deliver or other r·elat ed fi eld appli cati on. Opportu t ion program . Bacheyour application by fax an d have d emo nnity closes 11:59 PM, lor's degree 1n Behavto 541-575-1157, by st rat ed p ro fessio nal 07/11 / 20 12. ODOT is Science or related ioral email to: expe ri ence w ith chilan AA/EEO Employer, f ield. hr@oldwest fcu. org, or dre n . If int erest ed committed to buildin g by mail or in person to: please ema1l resume workforce divers ity O ld W es t Fede ral Pro-rat ed benef it packto age f or posit ion less ksewe ll@mtemily org or Credit Union, At t n: RN NEEDED FT in our than 40 hours . M ust Huma n Re so urces , call 54 1-963-0602. Can new Baker City office . pass cri m ina l histo ry l1v e 1n Baker or Un1 on 650 W Ma111. Rewa rding career w ith ba c kgro und check John Day, O R 97845 . County . Hea rt 'n Home HosOpen unt il filled . Send Pos itio n ope n unt il p ice . $ 28 - $32/ hr ., cove r letter and appli- QUALIFIED WILDLAND filled. EOE sig n-o n bo n u s o f cation located on our f iref ighte r II wa nt ed. ge ner o u s $ 2,5 00, Starti ng pay $15 hr. website PTO, f ull benefit s. www .chdind .org t o 541-963-3000 . www.gohospice.co m CHD, Inc. Att n· Susie for more 1nfo. & to apSTORE ASSOCIATE 230 1 Cov e Aven ue ., ply. La Grande, OR 97850 Dut1 es: T1nt pa1nt, stock shelves, provide exor e - ma i l to ST. LUKE'S hr@chdinc.org EOE pert advice on paint Eastern Oregon products. cut glass. reM ed1cal Associat es pair screen, assemble in Baker City pict ure frames, cut has an exc1t ing matt ing, enter invenopportun ity for a f ull time tory and customer THE OBSERVER Physician Clinic sales on computer. AsAND Business A ssociat e sist w ith vinul w indow BAKER CIT Y HERALD Plea se apply at and glass Installat ions. New spap er D e li v ery www.stlukesonline orq/ Th1s pos1t1on 1s f or routes, both ea rn er em ployment long term minded indiand motor, w ill be adJob post ing# 15260 viduals . Drop off revertised in t he Busisume t o La Grande nes s Op po rtun ity Paint & Glass, 60 1 A dsecti on . Please see ams Ave., La Grande. classif icat ion #330 for Those receiving an inany ava ilab le routes tervi ew w ill be conat th is time. tacted.

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ADVERTISE VACATION D & H Roofing & JACKET & Coverall ReSPECIALS to 3 mi llion pair. Zippers replaced , Construction, Inc Pacific Northwesternpatchin g and other CCB#192854. New roofs ers I 30 da1ly newspaheavy duty repairs. & reroofs. Shingles, per s, s1x states. Rea sonable rates, fast metal. A ll phases of service. 541-523-4087 25-word class ified or 541-805-9576 BK $525 f or a 3-day ad. co nstr·uction. Pole buildings a specialty. Cal l (916) 288-6019 or Respond within 24 hrs . JIM'S COMPUTERS visit 541-524-9594 BK www.pnna.com/adverOn site service & repair tising_pndc.cfm for Wireless & wired DO YOU NEED networks the Pacific No rthwest Affordable Denture Virus & Spam Removal Da ily Connection Service? Jim T. Eidson (PNDC) 541-519-7342- Baker Troy Stewart. LD ANTIQUE FURNITURE www.jimeidson.com BLUE MOUNTAIN REPAIR DENTURE CENTER Call Max (541)523-2480 2194 Court St BOONE'S WEED & Pest Baker Crty, Or 97814 Control, LLC. Trees, (541 ) 519-4696 or (541 )523-4752 Ornamental & Turf-Herbicide, Insect & Fungus. Structural EXTREME VALUE AdInsect s, 1n clud1ng Tervertising! 30 Daily mites . Ba reg ro und newspapers LAWN SERVICE, flower weed control : noxious $525/25-word c lass ibeds, tree tnmm rn g, weeds, aquatrc fi ed, 3-days. Reach 3 rot otilli ng . Baker City, weeds. Agriculture & million Pa cifi c North541-523-1677 Ri ght of Way Ca ll weste rners. For more Doug Bo on e, info rmation ca ll (916) MOW JOES Garden & 541-403-1439. BK 288 -60 19 or emai l: other tilling, field mowelizabeth@cnpa.com ing, gravel/di rt spreadCEDAR/Chain Link for the Pacific Northing, shrub digout and fences, new construcwest Daily Connecmore. Joe Sandoz, La tio n, r e m ode lin g, tiOn . !PNDC) Grande: 541-963-7595 han dy ma11 se rvr ce Gre at ref e re nces. OREGON STATE law reCCB# 6070 1 Kip Car- GET FREE OF CREDIT qu rres anyone w ho CARD DEBT NOW ! ter Co nstr u c ti o n, contracts for constru cCut payments by up t o 541-519-6273, BK. t ion work to be lihalf Stop cred itors censed w ith the Confrom ca llin g CERAMIC TILE: struction Co ntractors . (PNDC) 866-775-9621 Showers, Floors & Board . An act ive liReparrs. cense mea ns the con(541 )403-0925 K.C_ Home Repair tractor is bonded & inccb# 144354 No Job too small sured. Verify th e COilFences, decks tracto r' s CCB licen se FRANCES ANNE & total remodel through t he CCB ConVAGGIE INTERIOR & Interior/Exterior s Lrrll e r W e b s it e EXTERIOR PAINTING, Painting www. hi rea lice nsedCommercral & 541-519-8875 contractor.com. Residential. Neat & CCB#1 71312 effrcrent . CCB#137675. WE DO lot weed Baker City mowing 541-523-3708 541-524-0369

H ROSCOPES THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012 YOCRBIRTHDAYbyStella Wilder Born today, you are not always one to play by the rules, but you do your own thing in such a way that you're not likely to get caught doing an}thing unacceptable or unlawful. It's usually a matter of degrees to you, or of living within the spirit of the law! By doing thmgs in this way, you are always sure to maximize your own rewards, of course -- but you also are more than willing to help others. Ultimately, your freedom is more imlx-Jrtant to you tl1an anything else, and you cannot abide being restricted or held back in any way. FRIDAY, JULY 6 CANCER (June 21 -July 22) --You know what you're up against today, but you're not sure just how much of it you'll have to take. It's best to prepare for the worst! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You can impress those around you with your ingenuity and your ability to take traditional ideas and turn

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POE CARPENTRY SOCIAL SECURITY DIS• New Home Construction • Remodeling • Additions • Shops, Garages • Tile & Interior Finish • Decks & Fences Fast Response & Quality Work Wade, 541-523-4947 or 541-403-0483 CCB#176389

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ABILITY BENEFITS. WIN or Pa y Nothing ! Start Your Application In Under 60 Seconds . Call Today! Contact Disability Group, Inc . Licen sed Attorneys & BBB Accred it ed. Call 888-782-4075. (PNDC)

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THE OBSERVER NEWSPAPER BUNDLES (Burning or packing) $1.00 each NEWSPRINT ROLL ENDS (Art projects & more) $2.00& up Super for young arti sts! Stop in todayl 1406 Fifth Street 541-963-316 1

CANADA DRUG Center TREE PROBLEMS? rs you r choice f or safe We can help and affordable medica Insect & Disease Control tions. Our licensed CaFull Service Tree Ca renadian mail order pharFertilirng- Eva luat io ns macy wil l provide you T any's Tree Service with savings of up to 600 Elm - 541-523-3708 90 percent on all your CCB # 63504 med ication needs . Call Today 888 -419-5190 TWILIGHT for $10 00 off you r SEWER & DRAINS f 1rst prescri ption and Time to clea11 out the free shipping (PNDC! ROOTS! Call f or Appt. to be worry free f or anCEMETERY PLOTS other yea r I w ill take an incr·ease as of July 1, 541-519-0409 20 12 . I have two All work guaranteed srd e-by-side lots f or (IN WRITING) sa le that also inc lud e pe rp et ua l care at a good pr·ice 54 1-523-7523 ~ VICKIE'S CLEANING SERVICE ~ House Cleaning ~ Busi11ess Clean ing Vickie Schaber 541-519-6086, BK Excellent References!

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DO YOU need papers to start yo ur fi re w ith/ Or WALISER are you mov ing & FRUIT STAND need papers to w rap those special items 1 Opening Thu rs., July 5t h Cherries, The Ba ker City Herald Peaches, at 1915 First Street Walla Walla se lls t ied bundles of Sweet Onions papers . Bundles, $1 .00 and more! each. N. Broadway & 8th Sts, Baker City GREAT PRICES 509-540-08 74 We buy all scrap m etals, vehicles & 630- Feeds batteries. Site cleanups & drop off HAY FOR Sa le: 1st Crop bins of all sizes . 410- Arts & Crafts Alfal fa & A lfalfa -Gra ss, Pick up service $150/ton. Sma ll bales. available. "LATHER UP SOAPS" No chem ica ls. Some Sam Haines EnterHandmade in Baker City, lower qua lity hay avail. prises Oregon lwww OLA com/ (54 1)519-0693, Baker. 541 -519-8600 st ore/lath erupsoap 541 -403-2897 928-234-5851 HAY: OAT. About 2 ton s 430 - For Sale or f or $ 75 . 2 yrs old. ************* 541-519-6990 Trade 2 YOUTH Genesis Compo und B ows, bo th equipped w/ wh isker biscuit, qu ive r & pin sights . One needs to be restru ng . $250 .00 for both . Call 562-1188 9am - 12 30am or 5:30pm-8pm LG.

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BAKER CITY AUTO SALVAGE Open Saturdays 541-523-7500 3210 H St.

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1300 sa FT, 2 bdrm, Ill house . W i-fi W/S/G pa id $62 5/ mo . (541 )388-8382 BDRM : Rent $460/ m o. p i us sec. dep. $350. W/S/G paid No pet s or smoking. Lorac Prope rt ies LLC. (541)523-5756

2-BDRM., 1 bath : Recently updated. Quiet location. No sm ok ing/pet s . Poo l, spa and laundry on site $425/mo. 541 -523-4824 ADULT LIVING. Quret 1 bdrm, 1 bath apartment. Laundry on site. Bea uti fu l bu ild rng . W/S/G in cluded. Close t o park & downt own. 2134 Grove St. $600/m o plu s dep. or 541 -5 23 - 30 35 509-366-1993 NICE 1 bdrm apartment in Baker City Elderly or Disa bled . Subsidized Low Rent . Beaut ifu l Rrver Setti ng A ll utiliti es pai d except phon e a11d cab le. Eq u al Op port uni ty hous i ng . Ca ll 54 1-523-3240 (off-site ma nager) or Taylo r RE & Mgm t at 503-58 1-181 3. TIY-711 PET FRIENDLV All utilities included . 2 bdrm, 2 bath; $550/mo 1 bdrm, 1 bath; $400/mo plus deposit. References checked. 541 -519-0712 TAKING Applications for two 2-bdrm, 1 bath ap artments . Qu iet, completely remodeled. No pets Dovvntown loca ti on $695/mo . Pl ease ca ll between 8 a .m . - 5 p .m . 541-52 3-4435 725 -Apartment Rentals Union Co.

WE BUY all classes of 1 BD, hdwd , b ig w indows, $495, heat/d ish horses, 541-523- 611 9; TV p d. 541 -569-5189. J.A. Bennett Livestock, Bake r City, OR. DORM ROOM $200. Econom ica l off-street 690 - Pasture office spaces, A ll utili tes paid Northeast WANTED: SPRING or Mgm t P r op er ty summer pasture for 25 541 -910-0354. - 200 plus cows . 5 41 -88 9- 58 53 o r 3 BDRM, $630/m onth. 208-741 -0800. includes uti lities, 1 yr lease, no pet s/s moking 541-910-5359

FOR SALE: ATV loading ************* ramps alum inu m : 8 2" x 12", fo lding, arched ALL TYPES scrap iron, $100; 68" X 13" $35. car batt eri es, app liATV snowplow, spring ances, old cars & elecloaded . break-ove r t ronics . Free drop-off $250 . Craftsman 4 2" anyti me 40359 Old p ull - b e h1nd ya rd Hwy 30, [off t he 306 sweeper $150. Couc h, ex it, 2nd drive way) li ght brown cashmere Moye s p l ac e, m rcrof rber. rec lrners 54 1-519-41 20 . bot h e nds $300. Hide-a-bed cou ch, in- NORTHEAST OREGON flatable mattress, storreCLASSIFIEDS age drawer, soft serves th e right t o re702 - Wanted to Rent mauve/c ream prin t Ject ads that do not $1 75. Computer desk, comply with state and Union Co. 59" LX48" H X 30" D, f ederal regu lati ons or EOU PROFESSOR & keyboa rd slrder, f rl e that are offe ns rv e, farn ily re locatin g f rom drawer, prr nter com false, m isl eading, deMT to La Grande . pa rtm e nt, credenza ceptive o r oth erw ise Need long-term rental, w/disc ra ck & shelves, unacceptable. 4 plus bdrm, 1 .5 plus lot s of storage $80. bath, yard f or 8 1/2 yr Lapt op des k, 43" L x old spayed. female bu ll 27" H x 20" D, key- 470 - Tools dog c ross . Plea se call boa rd sli der, printer Mi c ha e l/ T e res a at compart ment, storag e MANTIS DELUXE Tiller. 406-777-73 17. shelf $40. All items exNEW I Fas t Start en grn e Shi ps FR EE 705 - Roommate cellent co nditi on ! OfOne-Yea r Mo ney-Back Wanted fer s con s ide red . 541-519-0367, Baker. Gua ran tee w hen you buy DIRECT. Ca ll f or ROOMMATE WANTED in priva t e hom e. A ll t he DVD and FR EE 435 - Fuel Supplies util iti es in c lu ded . Good Soil b ook ! $350/mo. 877-357-5647 . (PNDC) FIREWOOD $185 & 541-523-4060 $200 rn the rounds ; $210 & $225 split , sea- 480 - FREE Items ROOMMATE WANTED, soned, delivered in th e Fully furni shdH ouva ll ey . La Gran de, FREE: BRICKS, wet bar .h~ th (541)786-0407 s aw. & t ab le Ill 541 -403-4003 Q . $ 00/mo inS EASON ED FIREcludes all utiliti es and WOOD, de live red cable . 541-786-3788. $ 150 a cord , La FREE: HORSE manure. You haul. in t own . Grande, 541 -786-211 2 . 71 0- Rooms for 541 -52 3-92 89 Rent TAMARACK & Red Fir. $170/cord Baker City, NOTICE 541 -523-3069 A ll real estate advert ised here-in rs subject 445 - Lawns & Gart o t h e Federal Fair de ns Hou srng Act , wh rc h makes it illega l t o ad2 WALK-BEHIND lawn vertise any preference, mowers, one olde r lrmitat ron s or drscrim iSnap pe r, o ne ne w nat io n based on race, Craftsma11. $1 DO/each. 505 - Free to a good co lo r, re ligi on. sex, 541 -963-0285. home handica p, famili al YARD A M ESS? status o r nati onal oriFIVE LAVING hens, one We ca n Help gin, or inte ntion to ni ce roost er . Leav e Lawns - Weed spray make any such pref erm sg . Unio n , en ces, limitat 1or1 s or Fertilize - Renovations 541-805-8626 Sprrn kler Systems discrimination. We w ill Tony 's Tree Service not knowing ly ac cept 600 Elm - 541-523-3708 any advert ising fo r real estate w hich 1s in vioCCB# 63504 Free t o good home ads latio n of t his law. A ll are FREE! person s are hereby in450 - Mis cellaneous 3 lrnes f or 3 days . ATTENTION DIAB ETICS vvi th Medicare . Get a FRE E talki ng meter and diabe ti c testing supplies at f'-J O COST, plu s FR EE home delivery! Best of all, thr s met er eliminat es painful fin ge r pr rck rn g l Ca l l 888-739-7199. IPNDCJ

720 -Apartment Rentals Baker Co. 1 BDRM, 1 bath apartment . $500/mo plus dep. All uti lities including W iFi and cable TV. 541 -403-2220

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{541 )963-1210 CIMMARON MANOR Kingsview Apts . 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century 21 , Eagle Cap Realty. 541-963-1210 CLOSE TO EOU. 2 bdrm, 3rd f loor, most utilities paid, coin-op laund ry, no sm oking, no pet s, $450/m ont h. $40 0 d ep. 541-91 0-3696. CLOSE TO EOU, st udio &

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740 - Duplex Rentals @ Bak er Co_ formed that all dwellLOVING, BLACK, M , in gs advertised are 3 BDRM, 1 bath . Fenced Cocker Spa nie l m ix . yard, no smoking/pets. avai la ble on an eq ual Hea l thy . BK , $550/ m o . Ava i lab le opportunity ba sis. 541 -523-3326 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTU6/01 541-519-2878 1-JtTY 745 - Duplex Rentals 550 - Pet s GREAT WEEKLY Union Co. RATES: Ba ke r City AKC YELLOW Labs . Motel. Wi-Fi, color TV, 1 BDRM, $395.00 . W/s/g 5-M, 3-F. Ava ilabl e pa id 541-963-41 25 m rc rowave , fridg e . novv. Parents on sit e. 541 -523-6381 541-519-65 15 2 BDRM duplex, southROOM FOR rent, $320. side locati on cl ose to Un ive rsi ty. Covered Utiliti es included, parAKC YORKSHIRE Terrier tia lly f urnis hed, plu s pa tio, no sm oking or puppies. 3-F, 1-M . W ill cable . 541-9 62-7708. pets . $595 pe r rn o. be very sma ll . Please Call 541-963-4907. LG call 916-275-9782, CA

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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@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 745- Duplex Rentals 752 - Houses for Union Co. Rent Union Co. 2 BDRM, w / s paid, $550 3 BDRM. 2 bath $750, $600 dep. No tobacco, plu s dep Mt. Emily Pr o pe r ty M g t. no pet s, no HUD. 541-962-1 07 4. 541-962-03 98. 5 , 2 at 1 lOUSe, 750 - Houses For in Union. $900/month. Rent Baker Co_ No pets, no smokin g. 2135 FAILING. 2 bdrm. Valley Realt 1 bath. Larg e fully 54196341 74 . fenced yard. $500/ mo. FOR RENT, 2 br, 1 ba Call 541-51 9-5539 house, detac hed garage.1 302 Cedar St. 3-BDRM., 2-BATH: Stove, refrig, w /d, taNew ly rem od e led ble inclu ded. $700/mo . ranch house, barn, b1g & la s t. F 1rs t yard . BK. $750/mo ., 541-568-4024 or $500/dep. References requ1red . Ava il. Aug . johnscott@coveoregon.com. 1st . Call f o r appoint- FULLY FURNISHED 3 m e nt & sh ow in g. bdrm, 2 ba t h, fire541-51 9-7658, Ken. place, fam ily room, hot tub, 3 blocks f rom hos4 BDRM, 2 bat h. A ll apa v aila b l e p it a l , plian ces included Lg mid-A u g u st 20 12 garage . Close to park. thr o ug h m id -Jun e No smoking. Pet neg. Co m p lete ly 2 0 13 $850/mo . plus deposit hand 1capped accessi541 -788-5433. Baker ble . $11 00, Northeast Mgmt . P rop . EXCELLENT CONDI(54 1)9 10-0354 TION 3 bdrm, 2 bath w/fam ily IN COVE, clean and sparoom. Lg. single ca r cio us 2 b drm row ga rage w/atta ched bohouse. A ll app liances nus room . View of city plus w/d. $600 plus lig hts & mountains . 10 dep !541 )568-4722 m il es from Ba k er . 14853 Goodrich Creek 760- Commercial Ln . $875/mo. 1st. last Rentals plus d eposits. (Possible ac erage & barn 24X40 SHOP, wa lk-in & ove rh ead doo rs, small sp a c e a va i la b le) off ice area . $350 mo . 541-519-8128 dep . $ 3 00 541 -9 10-3696 . FOR LEASE/RENT: Ava il immediately. 3-bdrm, 2 bath . Like new in APPROX. 1300 sq. ft. comm ercial bu s iness new subd ivision. Tw o dow ntown, prime locaca r garage & fence d tion. Attractive st oreback yard . No sm okin g front . Mt. Emily PropSm. pet considered. e rt y M a nage m e nt. $1400/mo. plus dep 541-9 10-0345, LG. 541-5 19-3704 HOME SWEET HOME Cute cl ean 2 & 3 bdrrn.

BEAR CO BUSINESS Park 3600-1200 sq . ft. units available . For m o re in f o ca ll 541-963-77 11 . LG.

2640 7th St./3-bdrm . 1550 6th St./3-bdrm. 2631 1st./ 3-bdrm. 1425 Court St./2-bdrm. PRIME OFFICE & reta il 1 sm . pet co nsidered. space avail. for rent at No sm oking 1405 Campbell St. Call Call Ed Moses 541-52 3-4434 541 -519-18 14 RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE: NEWLY REMODELED 201 3 First St., BK. Ap2-bdrm, 1 bath horne. prox 1200 sq ft . A ll app lia nces and $450/ mo . 1 yr. min ya rd •t~o r k Inc l ude d . lease. Ava il . 7/1/12. W/S pa1d. No pets, no Call 54 1-519-2016. sm okin g . $80 0/mo . 541 -406-4206 OFFICE SUITE fo r lease, 700 sq. ft, all uti lit res OREGON TRAIL PLAZA provided, 1502 N Pine. Trailer/RV spaces Good location, lot s of for rent. pa rking. Ava ilab le July $1 85 per month . 1st. 541 -963-3450 Incl udes W/S/G . N1ce quiet 780 - Storage Units dow ntown locat ion 541-523-2777 12X35 STORAG E unit. $10 0 m o SINGLE WIDE, In Coun541-963-4125. t ry : 1 horse, steer or pet ok ou t s id e Wat er/sewer included . $450/mo. 54 1-523 - 1077, evenings or 541-523-4464, days. SUNFIRE REAL Estat e LLC. has Houses, Duplexes & Apa rt m ent s f or rent . Ca ll Cheryl Guzman fo r l1 st1ngs, 541-523-7727.

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825 - Houses for Sale Union Co. HOME & Shop For Sale By Owner In Cove 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, plus office . 1614sq. ft . Built in 1994. V1ew interior & extenor pictures: Google www.trulia.com Add ress: 1506 Jasper St. Only senous and pre-qualified buyers. Can vievv by appt. only 541-910-4 11 4 NEWLY REMODELED, T ri-l evel , 3 bdrm, 3 bat h. Dining area, lg. liv in g room w/fireplace, lg great room, do uble car ga rag e, new deck, 2 bd rm ren t al un 1t, on .83 acres . 1006 21st St. Ca II 541-963-5996 SEE ALL RMLS LISTINGS AT: www.valleyrealty.net

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2 BED mob ile o n 40 acres, ir1 Sum merv il le. 3 miles from Elg1n. No sm oki ng, no p et s . $650/rn o, f irst, las t, dep . Nevv kit c he n, n ew bat h. 509-680-86 14

3 BDRM, 2 bat h home w ith updated interior, log siding, very clea n well ma n1cured ya rd in Island City . No pet s. Ava il. J uly 1st . $900 mo, first, last & cleanin g dep . Ca ll 503-347-1076. 3 BDRM, 2 bath manuf actur ed ho m e f or re nt . $650/m o. W/s/g included. Call fo r details 541 -910-5159. 3 BDRM, 2 bath, manuf home. Ve ry nice, cent ral a/c, $900 plus dep, HU D OK . W/S pa id 910-0122 3 BDRM, bam, roorn for horses, pet s ok, fi rst, last , & cleaning dep . ref req. Outside of Elgin. 541-962-5063

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NOTICE OF Foreclosure sale at C's Storage 3 107 Cove Ave. La Gra nde OP. 541-910-443 8. Unit #C34 am ount due $775.00. The ow ner of property to be sold is V1cki Graves . C's Storage is fo reclosing th e lein. Property w ill be so ld on August 2, 2012 at 1Oam by aucti on.

CU-12-003: Th e applicant and prope rty owner, Jerem iah Sprague, has su bm itted a Co nditi onal Use request. CU-1 2-003, for a home occu pation t o utilize t he existing single-family dwelling locat ed on Tax Lot 2900 1n Sect1on 29 of T ovvnship 7 South, Range 46 East , W M , Baker County, Oregon, as a TRUSTEE'S NOTICE va cat io n re ntal. Ta x OF SALE Lot 2900 is located i11 t he Exc lus1ve Fa rm A defa ult has occurred under t he t erms of a Use IEFU) Zon e nort h tr ust deed m ade by of Halfwa y, Oreg on, Chri st ine Harwoo d, on Boulder Flat Lane. Victor Harwood, w if e Th e vacat io n rent al and husband, as gra nw ould be operated on tor t o Abstract & Title a part t ime basis and Company, as Trustee, w oul d host no m ore 1n favor of JP M organ than f ou r w ed d 1n g Chase Bank, N. A ., as events per year, two Ben e fi ciar·y , dat ed m us1c events per yea r April 5, 2007, recorded and t wo c hildre n's April 11, 2007, 111 t he camp s . Th e Co ndimort gage reco rds of tiona l Use request w ill Un1on County, Oregon, be rev1ewed 1n accoras I nst ru m ent N o. danc e w it h Sect ion 2007 1832, as covering 301 and Artic le 6 of th e f o ll ow rn g det he Ba ker Cou nty Zon scribed real property: In g O rd ina nce, th e Lot 9 in Block 1 of Ba ker County CompreGRANDY'S ADD ITION hen s ive La nd Use t o La Gran de, Union O RS Pla n , a nd Count y, Oregon, ac215.448. co rd ing t o t he reco rd ed plat of said adHB-12-001 & dit ion . COMM ONLY MjP-12-001: A request KNOWN AS: 1803 f or a Condit ional Use 3rd St reet, La Grande, and a Major Part it io11 OR 97850. Both t he to allow t he creation of be neficiary and th e tvvo 40-acre non-fam1 t rustee have elect ed parce ls, each t o cont o se ll t he sa id real tain a non-farm dwellprope rty to sat isfy t he Ing in t h e Exc lus ive obligat ions secured by Farm Use Zo ne. T he said t rust deed and a requ es t w ill be renotice of default ha s viewed in acco rdance been rec ord ed pursuw 1th A rt 1cles 3, 6 and ant t o Oregon Revised 10 o f t he Ba ke r Statutes 86 735(3); t he Co unty Zon ing O rdi defau lt fo r w hich th e na n ce , th e Ba ke r foreclosure is made is Co unty Com p re hen grant or' s fa1l ure to pay SIVe Plan, t he Baker w hen due th e f ollowCounty T ransportation Ing su ms: Sy ste ms Plan, Sect io ns 2 15 263 15 lla ), M onthly pay ments 1n th e sum of $ 1,508.90, 215.780, 215 284(7) as from October 1, 20 11, am ended by House and mont hly payments B i ll 3326 and in the su m of 215.236(2) of t he Ore$1 ,403 .99, f rom Februgon Revised Statutes, ary 1, 2012, toget her and w it h a ll cost s, d is660-033-0130(4)(c)(A) bu rsemen t s, and/or and fees incurre d or pa 1d 660-033-130(4)(a)(D) of by t he b ene fi cia ry t he Ore go n A dmi nisand/o r t ru st ee, t heir t rat ive Rules. The parem ployees, ag ent s or ce l is located south of assig ns . By rea son of Ba k e r C ity a lo ng said defau lt th e benefiBr idgep ort La ne in ciary has dec lared all Brid gepo rt, O rego n. sums owing on t he obThe subject parce l is ligatio n that th e t ru st 27 19 26+/- acres and deed secures irm n ed i1s identified as Tax Lot ately d ue and payable, 1001 in Tow ns hrp 12 said sum being the fo lSouth, Range 40 East, l ow i n g, t o - w it : W .M , Ba ker County, $171,185.80, toget her O regon {1 2S40 TL w 1th int erest t he reon 1001 , Ref . 173 17). at t h e rat e of 6 .25% Kimberly W irth is th e per annum from Sepappl1 cant and A ub urn t em be r 1, 20 11, t oCreek Ranch, LLC, is get her w it h all cost s, t he property owner disbursements, and/or f ees incurred or pa 1d You are required by by t he bene f icia ry law to be notified of and/or t ru st ee, t heir these land use reem ployees, agent s or quests, and you are as s 1g n s . W HERE eligible to offer releFORE, not ice hereby is vant testimony in give n that the undersupport of or against signed trustee w ill on the proposals during Octobe r 18, 20 12, at the hea ring. If you do t he hour of 10:00 AM not appear in person, PT, in accord w it h th e yo u m ay req uest a stan dard ti me est abconti nuance o r th at lish e d by O RS t he rec ord be held 187 .110, at t he front open The failure to ent ra nce of t he Da 1iel raise an issue, or failChaplin Building, loure to provide statecat ed at 1001 - 4t h ments or evidence Street, in t he City of sufficient to afford La Gra nde, Cou nty of the decision-makers Union, State of Orean opportunity to regon, sell at public aucspond to the issue, t ion to th e highest bidmeans that an apder for cash t he Interpeal on that issue est in t he sa 1d decannot be filed with scribed real property the State Land Use wh ic h the grantor has Board of Appeals. or had powe r to convey at t he time of th e The st aff repo rts t he executio n of said tru st Pia nning Co mm ission deed, t oget her w1 t h w ill use in its decision any interest w h1ch th e mak in g proc es s f or grantor or his succest hese request s w ill be so rs 1n mt erest acavailable f or rev rew qu ired after t he execuf ro m t he Ba ker County Planning Depart ment on Th ursday, July 19, 20 12. 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1001 - Baker County 3 BDRM, 2 bath ranch in Legal Notices qu 1et neighborhood, off Pocahontas near the High School. INVITATION TO BID Fi rep lace , f en ce d, Clear Creek 541 -52 3 - 90 50 patio, 2 car gara ge. 925 - Motor Homes Restoration Project $159,000 . Agents wel2 STORAG E unit s, come. 541-519-5132 12x24, $40/mo, 1808 1982 32' Jaco 5th w heel: Request for Engi neering Bids f or a f1nal design 3rd St , La Gran de, Fully self cont a1ned . 4-BDRM., 2-BATH: On 2 111clud1ng st rea m ba nk $3500. 541-523-3110 (541)398-1602 ac re s . 1 m r. o ut . and c hannel rest ora7X 11 UNI T, $30 mo . Go t o $ 2 4 9,000. ti on, as well construc$ 2 5 d e p . 2acres1mileout.blogt ion oversight. Project 1999 GULFSTREAM, (541)910-3696. bids w ill be rece ived sp ot .co m f or details. Class A moto r home. Call 541 -403 -0398 for frorn qualif1ed vendors One lg sl1 de, f ull wa rA PLUS Rentals has a shm.ving. Baker. by th e Eagle Va ll ey ranty on coac h an d storage units Soil and Water Conserchass is, unt il Feb available. va t ron D1st r1ct , unt 1l N EED CASH BUYERS 20 14 . V-10 gas w/ 5x 12 $30 per mo 4 :00 p m Fri day July Greatly d isco unted ba nk powe r, new 8x8 $25-$35 per mo 27th 20 12 at t he Disprop erti es in Ba ker brakes, loa ded w/ op8x 10 $30 perm o t rict Office, loca t ed at County. www.upwestti ons . As kin g price * plus deposit * 3990 M idway Drive, propertydeals com $2 4 ,95 0 . Ca ll 1433 Mad ison Ave .. Baker C1ty, OR . Pro541-403-0773 541 -57 1-5403 f or deor 402 Elm St. La posals received w ill be tails. Grande. opened on July 27t h OWN E R CARRY , Call 541-403-1524 201 2. 2-bdrm, 1 bat h manu- 930 - Recreational A mandatory pre-b id site factu red home on lg. v isit of the vvork area do uble lot w/ce dar Vehicles w ill be con ducted on fe nce A/C , st o rage THE SALE of RVs not A2Z STORAGE T hursday J uly 13th bearin g an Oregon inshed, wo od stov e, * New 201 2. A ll prospect ive signia of compliance is metal roof . 1345 1st *Secure bi dd ers int erest ed in St . Haines . $65, 000 illega l : ca ll Building *1 0x 15 th e site v isit shou ld Codes (503) 373-1257 . dow n . 1 0% 541-523-5500 m eet at t he Distri ct 520-904-5166 3365 17th St . Baker Off ice (address ab ove) in Baker C1ty, O R at 825 - Houses for Am erican West BEAUTIFULLY MAIN8:30a .m . Storage 23 ft . Req uest f or Bid packTAINED Sale Union Co _ 7 days/24 hour access Ultra-Lit e Thor w/ ages are ava ilab le at 3 BDRM, 1 .5 bath , 541-523-4564 pull -out , f ull y co n$135,000, 460 7t h St , t he Distr·ict Off ice If If you have questions reCOMPETITIVE RATES t ai ned , s lee p s 6, ga rding these applica you have any quesImbler. 541 -534-4124 . Behind Armory on East newe r rubb er roo f, t ions or th e proposed ti ons or co mmen t s, View at www .rea lan d H Streets. sm oke f ree . $ 12 k. zo nin g o rd inan c e, plea se contact th e estateea stern oregorl .c 541 -437-9190 . LG plea se conta ct t he om . Listing #1840. D IST RICT office at Planning Depart ment 541-523-712 1 x 111 or at (541) 523-8219, or email : 3 BDRM, 2 1/2 bath, db I LIGHT WEIGHT 19' f ully v isit us in t he baseNico le.su II rvan@or.nac ca r garage, 1908 sq . MINI STORAGE equipped 2004 trailer. ment of t h e Bake r dnet .net ft. , in Sunny H 1lls . Sleep s 3 l1 ke new Th1s project 1s funded 1n County Courthous e, • Secure $225,000. $6,900, 541 963-5674. 1995 Th 1rd Stree t. part by f unds from t he • Keypad Entry 541-910-3560 Suit e 131, Baker City, Oregon Lottery . • Auto-Lock Gate Oregon, 97814. • Security Lighting 5 ACRES, 10 w rde, 2 SOM EBODY'S GOING Legal No. 00025785 • Fenced Area bd rm m ob 1l e hom e . TO GET A GREAT Published July 2, 4, 6, 9, Lega l No. 00025866 (6-foot barb) Snow roof, attache d Published July 4 , 2012 DEALI 2008 Nati onal 11 ' 20 12 shed, 1 room cabin. NEW llx25 units Surf Sid e 29A, 11 K Wat er, elect . generamiles . Doub le sli de- NOTICE OF PLANNING for "Big Boy Toys" tor. Main Eag le Creek, double air- awning- di- COMMISSION $50,000. nette sleeps two- sofa HEARING 523-1688 509-946-6852 . s leeps t wo - •t~ a l k 2312 14th around queen- extra The Baker County Planning Comm ission w ill BEAUTIFUL 4 bdrm, 3 large showe r- corner hold a public meeting kitc hen- f ull basem entCLASSIC STORAGE bat h home in Island City . Very large garage 541 -524-1534 at 7 :00P.M ., on Thursf ull paint - loa ded2805 L Street day, J uly 26, 201 2, at BEA UT IFU L. Pa id w/ off ice, sits on large t he Bake r Cou nty NEW FACILITY I I $ 11 9,000 . Priced t o lot, plus irrigat ion w ell. Co urth ou se , 199 5 Va riety of S1zes Available New ly remode le d, sell $65,000. must see I T hird Str eet , Ba ke r Secur ity Access Entry (trade-in possible) City, Oregon, t o conRV Storage Contact 541-963-53 15. 541-910-0508 LG 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City

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1010- Union Co_ Legal Notices t ion of said t rust deed, t o sati sfy t he fo reg o~ ing obligati ons thereby secured and t he cost s and expenses of sa le, includ ing a reasonable charge by t he trust ee. Notice rs furt her given t o any person na med in ORS 86.753 that th e rig ht ex 1st s, at any t ime t hat is not later t han f ive days bef ore t he date last set for t he sale, t o have th is foreclosure proceed ing dismi ssed an d the t rust dee d reinstated by pay lllg t o th e ben ef ic iary of th e entire am oun t due (o t her t han such p orti on of t he princ pal as w ould not t hen be due had no defa ult o cc urred) an d by c uri n g any ot he r defa ult co mplained of here111 that is capable of b eing cured by tendering th e perf ormance req uired under th e obligations or t rust deed, and 1n addit ion to pay ing said sums or tendering th e pe rf ormance necessary t o cu re t he def ault, by payi ng all cost s and expe nses actually 1ncLmed in enf orcing the obligation and tru st de ed , together w it h trust ee's f ees an d attorn ey 's fees not excee ding th e am ount s p rovided by said OP.S 86 .753. In constru ing th1s not ice, t he mascu line ge nder includes t he feminin e and th e n e u te ~ t he singular 111cludes t he plura l, the w ord ' grantor' includes any successo r rn mterest t o the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligat ion, t he performance of wh ich IS sec ure d by sa 1d t rust deed, and t he wo rds ' trustee " and "be nefi ciary ' inc lu de t he ir respect iv e successors in int e res t, if any . Also, p lease be adv ised t hat pursuant to t he t erm s stated on the Deed of Trust and Not e, th e beneficia ry is allowed to condu ct property in spections w hrle propel'ty is ir1 defa ult. This shall serve as notice that the benefi ciary shall be co ndu ct in g prop erty inspect ions on the said referenced property. Th e Fair Debt Co llect ion Pract ice Act req uires that we state t he following: This is an attem pt t o collect a debt , an d any inf ormation obta in ed w ill be used fo r th at purpose . If a d1scharge has been obtained by any part y t hrough ban kru ptcy proceedings: Th rs shall not be co nstrued to b e an att em pt t o col lect t he outstand ing indebtedness or hold yo u p ersona lly liable f or t he debt . Dated: 06-15-2012 By: Is/Kelly D. Suth erland KELLY D. SUTHERLAND Successo r Trustee SH A PIRO & SUTH ERLAND, LLC 1499 SE Te ch Cen t er Place, Su1te 255 Va ncouver, W A 98683 vwJw.shapiroattorneys.c om/wa Te l ep h o n e: 13 6 0 ) 260-2253 Toll-free 1-800-970-5647 S&S 12-108771 Pub lish: Ju ly 4 , 11, 18, 25, 2012 Legal no. 25560 Have a special skill ? Let p eo pl e kn ow i n t h e Service Drrectory.

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THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD - 9B

S . John Collins I Baker City Herald

Baker County Weed Supervisor Arnie Grammon talks to tour participants about various controlled weed plots he tests with different chemicals. Weeds in foreground include whitetop and thistle. The tour was the 10th annual event put on by the Baker Country Weed Control District and the Baker Valley Soil and Water Conservation District.

WEEDS Continued from JB

wind, whatever;" Grammon said.

Juniper Whether you use a chainsaw or a slashbuster for grinding them up, or even fire to suppress their growth, the water-hungry western juniper, or Juniperus occidentalis, is tough to deal with. Arecent article in the journal Rangeland Ecology & Management pointed out that in the past 110 to 160 years, "the total land area occupied by juniper throughout its range is believed to have increased by about 10 times." The mticle offers three main reasons for this: • Reduced competition by grasses facilitated by livestock grazing. • Reduced fire mortality resulting fi·om lower amounts of surface fuels and active fire suppression. • Reproductive momentum initiated by favorable climate conditions in the late 1800s. Whatever the case, Gramman recognized the great difficulty of the task. Rather than slashing or burning, or even spraying, he advocated the usage of herbicides in the fmm of pellets. He had spread them near the base of each juniper, and waited. One such herbicide is Spike 20P, which contains tebuthiuron. The other is Pronone Power Pellets, which contains hexazinone. These pellets' effects were slow to show, but Grammon seemed heartened by the yellowed juniper limbs.

Road Warriors Rick Badgley scanned the highway from the bus. He is a retired employee with the Baker County Road Department, who now works with Grammon. "Weeds can penetrate underneath roads and break pavement," Badgley said. He focuses on spraying shoulders and right-of-ways from the highway, using a one-ton truck with a 500-gallon tank. "Besides the surface, the seedbank in the soil is a longterm management issue," he said. "Some can last there for 20 to 30 years before seeding."

The Bottom Line In Baker County, weeds aiB part oflife, and they probably always will be.

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"Somewhere dmvn the line, all ofthis is gonna frustrate you and make you look dumb," Grammon said. ''Weeds keep you humble. It's expensive to fight them and a lot of people just give up. The more you learn, the less you know."

BAKER COUNTY NOXIOUS WEEDS LIST "!\' List Weeds are Eligible for Cost-Share WATCH LIST

Few Known Sites; Controlled by Weed Supervisor Countywide 1. Musk Thistle 2. Mediterranean sage 3. Dyers Woad 4. Common bugloss "P:' DESIGNATED WEEDS MANDATORY CONTROL COUNTYWIDE

Tansy ragwort Leafy spurge Rush skeletonweed Spotted knapweed Diffuse Knapweed Dalmatian toadflax Yellow starthistle Perennial pepperweed Purple loosestrife Black henbane Jointed goatgrass Buffalobur Japanese knobweed Scotch Thistle Yellow flag iris Salt Cedar Whitetop* *Whitetop is listed as an "!\' weed in designated areas ofthe county. Pine Valley and West Baker Valley and Bowen Valley/Sun1pter areas are mandatory control. Contact Baker County Weed Control for specific information at 541-523-0618. "B" DESIGNATED WEEDS WIDESPREAD AND/OR OF HIGH CONCERN

Whitetop* *Whitetop is a "B" weed in all other areas of the County not listed in the above section. Russian knapweed Canada thistle Venice mallow Yellow toadfl.ax Dodder Chickory Teasel Common Tansy

Klamathweed Puncturevine Myrtle spurge Sulfur cinquefoil "C" DESIGNATED WEEDS WIDESPREAD AND/OR OF MODERATE CONCERN

Poison hemlock Morningglory Russian thistle Medusahead wildrye Kochia Common mullein Moth mullein Bur buttercup Water hemlock Phone 541-523-0618 Fax: 541-524-1908 Email: agrammon@bakercounty.org Mail: Baker County Weed Dept., 1995 Third, Baker City, OR97814

Morning glory Horsetail rush Russian thistle Cereal rye Union County Weed Control 10513 North McAlister Road, P. 0. Box 1103, Island City, OR, 97850 Bob Kelly, Vegetation Supervisor Phone: 541-963-1016 Fax: 541-963-7822 email: bkelly@unioncountyorg

WALLOWA COUNTY NOXIOUS WEEDS LIST "P:' DESIGNATED WEEDS

Common Bugloss Common Tansy False Hoary Alyssum Orange Hawkweed Italian Thistle Iberian/Purple Star Thistle Meadow Knapweed Russian Knapweed Spotted Knapweed Bohemian Knobweed Garlic Mustard Giant Knobweed Japanese Knobweed Leafy Spurge Mediterranean Sage Musk Thistle Myrtle Spurge Oregano Perennial Pepperweed Plumeless Thistle Puncture Vine Purple Loosesb.ife Rose Campion Scotch broom Tansy Ragwort White Bryony Whitetop Yellow Flag Iris Yellow Starthistle

UNION COUNTY NOXIOUS WEEDS LIST "P{'

DESIGNATED WEEDS

Velvetleaf Rush skeletonweed Common bugloss Whitetop, north of Catherine Creek drainage Musk thistle Spotted knapweed Meadow knapweed Russian knapweed Scotch broom Leafy spurge Dyer's woad Perennial pepperweed Dalmatian toadfl.ax Purple loosestrife Tansy ragwmt Buffalo burr "B" DESIGNATED WEEDS

Jointed goatgrass Horse Weed/Mares Tail Whitetop (South of Catherine Creek drainage) Diffuse knapweed Yellow starthistle Canada thistle (If within 1,000 feet of production agricultural land) Catchweed bedstraw Kochia Sulphur Cinquefoil Puncturevine Scotch thistle

"B" DESIGNATED WEEDS

Annual Bugloss Absinth Wonnwood Bachelor Button Blooclrop/Pheasant Eye Canada Thistle Chicory Common Burdock Common Crupina Common Teasel Dalmatian Toadfl.ax Field Bindweed Himalayan Blackberry Hounds Tongue

"C" DESIGNATED WEEDS

Quackgrass Wild oat Diffuse knapweed (North of Willow Creek drainage) Water hemlock Poison hemlock

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Jointed Goatgrass Diffuse Knapweed Long spine Sandbur Kochia Meadow Hawkweed Medusahead Rye Reed Canary Grass Oxeye Daisy Poison Hemlock White Campion St. Johnswort Scotch Thistle Sulfur C'inquefoil Ventenata Sweet Briar Rose Rush Skeletonweed Tall Buttercup Bur Buttercup Yellow Toadfl.ax WALLOWA COUNTY "WATCH" LIST WEEDS

Weeds that are known or are likely to occur in Wallowa County that have economic or ecological importance but, for whatever reason have not been given the emphasis of rating as an A or B noxious weed Black Henbane Bouncing Bette Buffalo Bur Common Reed Grass Bur Chervil Clary Sage Common Cockle Bur Dyers Woad Foxtail Lambsquarter Marsh Elder Perennial Peavine Russian Olive Russian Thistle Spotted Cats Ear Silver Leaf Nightshade Sow Thistle Salt Cedar Scotch broom Tree of Heaven

WALLOWA COUNTY "TARGET" LIST WEED

A priority noxious weed designated by the Wallowa County Weed Board as a p1iority for which the county vegetation department will develop and implement a county wide management plan. "Target'' designated noxious weeds are species selected from either the ''!\' or "B" or ''Watch" lists Common Bugloss Dyers Woad False Hoary Alyssum Garlic Mustard Orange Hawkweed Italian Thistle Iberian/Purple Star Thistle Jointed Goatgrass Meadow Knapweed Medusahead Rye Russian Knapweed Leafy Spurge Knotweed Complex Meadow Hawkweed Mediterranean Sage Musk Thistle Myrtle Spurge Oregano Perennial Pepperweed Plumeless Thistle Rush Skeletonweed Scotch broom Spotted Cats Ear Spotted Knapweed Scotch Thistle Sulfur Cinquefoil Tansy Ragwmi; Whitetop Yellow Flag Iris Wallowa County Weed Control Program Allen Schnetzky, Vegetation Manager 619 Marr Pond Lane. Enterprise, OR 97828 541-426-3332

To the heroes still among us We enjoy freedom everyday because of the path you walked.

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Alcoholic feels he doesn't deserve love of his life DEAR ABBY: I am a 39-year-old gay man in a tlrree-year relationship with a wonderful man. We had both come out of very long and abusive relationships when we met. He works hard, and I stay home and take care of the house, the animals and the yard. There is no kind of abuse in our relationship. The problem is that I am an alcoholic. He keeps telling me he can handle it as long as there is no abuse. I feel I'm taking advantage of him and that he deserves better than this, and I have told him so. I have been in rehab several times and triedAA. Nothing worked. I always go back to drinking. Where do I go from here? I don't want to lose the love of my life, but it's killing me inside that he has to put up with my drinking problem. -NEEDS HELP IN FLORIDA DEAR NEEDS HELP: There IS abuse going on in your relationship - substance abuse. Until you finally decide that there is something more important than a drink, you will remain stuck in your addiction. And as long as your partner continues to accept and "handle it," he will be your enabler. Where you go from here is up to you, but getting counseling for your low self-esteem and going back to AA would be giant steps in the right direction. DEAR ABBY: It seems that every other letter you print concerns a demanding relative (a parent, in-law, sibling, etc.). The writer always wants to know how to avoid unreasonable demands without causing "unpleasantness." May I say a word to these folks? Be honest and admit that the relationship is ALREADY unpleasant. Demanding people are impossible to please. They know their control over you depends on temper tantrums and/ or fits of sulking and tears. They'll pitch these fits regularly no matter how hard you try to please them.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2012

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- - - - - NEWS OF TI-IE WEIRD - - - - Police: Ice cream used as excuse in crash

When faced with an unreasonable demand, just say "no." Don't waste time giving reasons or trying to work out a compromise. You already know it won't do any good. Then hunker down and wait for the explosion, keeping in mind that the longer you have been a doormat, the more violent and bitter the reaction will be. Above all, do not be drawn into DEAR a fight~ Contr·olling people love ABBY to fight, and they are good at it. Your weapon should be polite withdrawal. Refuse meetings. Screen your calls. Ignore letters and emails unless they contain an apology and indicate a sincere desire for change. It may shock your domineering relatives into more reasonable behavior. If not, you haven't lost a thing. You may even find that your life is less complicated without them. Draw the line and let your family know that future relationships will be based on love AND respect, or there will be no future relations. You won't regret it. - BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, KNOXVILLE, TENN. DEAR BEEN THERE: People who have spent a lifetime trying to please others may find your recommendations difficult to put into practice. Habits can become so entrenched that they are hard to break without coaching and positive reinforcement. That is why I advise those who feel constantly put upon to consider taking classes in assertiveness training. CONFIDENTIAL TO MY READERS: Have a happy, healthy and safe Fourth of July, everyone! Dem· Abby is vvritten by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her motltei; Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at 'vww.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP)-A woman accused ofleaving the scene of a minor traffic crash in western Arkansas told police she did it because she didn't want her ice cream to melt. Van Buren police say one vehicle rear-ended another on Arkansas Highway 59 on Sunday evening, but that the driver of the second car didn't stop to check on the vehicle she had hit. The other driver called police and set off in pursuit. Fort Smith television station KHBS reports that Flora Burkhmi told police she didn't think there was enough damage to merit stopping- and that she didn't want her ice cream to melt. Burkhart was cited for following too closely and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police: Pa. in mate tried to hail cab from hospital BEAVER, Pa. (AP)- Sheriff's deputies say a western Pennsylvania county jail inmate wearing an orange-and-white striped unifonn tried to hail a taxi to escape from a hospital where he was taken for medical treatment. The Beaver County Times reports Tuesday that 23-yearold Holden Wooley was taken to Hm'itage Valley Beaver Hospital on Saturday night after a reported seizure. Deputies say at one point during his four-hour hospital visit, Wooley went outside to hail a cab but the driver refused to pick him up. When hospital security officers tried to grab him, Wooley ran into the woods. Police say he was arrested a couple hours later when officers used a dog and a stun gun to subdue him. He was treated for a dog bite at the hospital and returned to jail. Online court records don't list

an attorney for Wooley.

Plump pig sculpture pilfered from suburb GARDEN CITY, Mich. (AP) - Police are on the lookout for a plun1p pig sculpture that was pilfered from a Detroit suburb. The Detroit Free Press reports the shiny, red sculpture known as "Willie" was stolen Friday from Garden City: The $6,000-plus sculpture titled "Cochon Rouge" by artist Sophie Mm'ie has been leased to the Garden City Downtown Development Authority for two years. Police tell The Associated Press on Tuesday morning that there was no update on the search. The pig also referred to as ''Willy'' may have been taken as a prank. The Downtown Development Authority says it will take the pig back "no questions asked."

RI man hits jackpot day after son wins CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Perhaps there's luck in their genes. A man from East Providence has claimed more than $180,000 in lottery winnings, a day after his son won $1,000 in a different game. Rhode Island Lottery officials say tlte man on Monday claimed the $180,599jackpot from the Wild Money gan1e's Saturday night drawing. He was acoompanied to lottery headquarters in Cranston by his wife and son, who had just won $1,000 ofhis own on an instant ticket on Friday. Lottery officials didn't release the winner's name. The winner says he wants to take his wife of 35 yem·s on a vacation, but he's not sure how else hell spend tlte money. He bought the ticket at an East Providence convenience store.

Miami rapper Pitbull may head to Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -Miami rapper Pitbull might soon be chilling out in Alaska. In a marketing deal, Walmart will send Pitbull, aka Annando Christian Perez, to the store tltat gets tlte most ''likes" on its Facebook page. Right now, the leading candidate is Kodiak, Alaska. And there might be a reason. A writer for The Boston Phoenix newspaper thought it'd be funny to send Pitbull to the most remote Walmart possible, and is encouraging people to ''like" the Walmart in Kodiak. It seems to be working. The Kodiak Walmart had more than 35,000 ''likes" Monday, more than five times the town's population. Kodiak has a significant lead in the contest to land Pitbull, but actual numbers weren't immediately available, Walmart spokeswoman Sarah Spencer said. She says other Walmart shoppers have until July 16 to like their local stores and pull ahead of Kodiak.

Olympic medals placed for safekeeping LONDON (AP)- There's safe, and then there's Tower of London safe. To avoid 1'isking an ounce of precious Olympic metal, London's organizers handed over their cache of gold, silver and bronze medals to the Tower of London for safekeeping on Monday. A fanfare of Royal Marine trumpets sounded as the 4,700 medals arrived. But there's a larger wish at hand: Britain has been eager to promote its tomist attr·actions as part ofthe games taking place from July 27-Aug. 12. - From wire reports

BAKER COUNTY FORECAST TONIGHT

RATE THE DAY: 10

THU

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86/50

89/52

92/56

94/53

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Thursday's weather

REGIONAL TEMPS Tuesday's high/Wednesday's low Baker County: 74/37 Union County: 72/37 Wallowa County: 67/36

PRECIPITATION La Grande

Clear

UNION COUNTY FORECAST TONIGHT

24 hours ending 4 a.m.: 0.00 Month to date/Normal: 0.00/ 0.13 Year to date/Normal: 8.17/9.47

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

82/46

86/54

90/55

93/57 Across the region

Baker City 24 hours ending 4 a.m.: 0.00 Month to date/Normal: 0.01 /0 .10 Year to date/Normal: 5.65/5.81

Enterprise

24 hours ending 4 a.m.: 0.00 Month to date/Normal: 0.18/ 0.14 Year to date/Normal: 9.51/10.00 State's wettest: 0.05" at Tillamook

Clear

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WALLOWA COUNTY FORECAST TONIGHT

THU

FRI

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80/50

83/53

87/53

SUN

Sunset: 8:43 p.m. Sunrise: 5:12a.m. Clear

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July 26

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Weather History

Nation: 111 in Bullhead City, Ariz. Oregon: 87 in Ontraio

On July 5 in 2009, College Station, Texas set a new record high temperature with a reading of 104 degrees. This was the 15th time this summer the city has reached or exceeded 100 degrees.

Coldest today Nation: 24 in St anley, ld. Oregon: 31 in Meacham

Temperatures indicate previous day's high and overnight low to 5 a.m. Pacific time. Hi lo Pre Sky Atlanta 99 70 0 pc Billings 103 59 0 s Des Moines 99 78 0 s Detroit 85 71 0 pc Indianapolis 98 75 0 pc Kansas City 100 77 0 s Minneapolis 97 81 0 pc New Orleans 96 77 0 pc Anchorage 57 48 0.1 4 r Boise 84 52 0 s

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