LA GRANDE OBSERVER_08-27-12 by NorthEast Oregon News

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DAtLY PLANNER TODAY Today is Monday, Aug. 27, the 240th day of 2012. There are 126 days left in the year. In history: On Aug. 27, 1962, the United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe, which flew past Venus in December 1962.

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Students experience new kind of curriculum this year Students in some Eastern Oregon schools will soon be thinking outside of the box when it comes to science, tech nology, engineering and math. Beginning this academic year in the Wallowa and Ontario school districts, students in grades three through eight will experience a new kind of curriculum that connects each of these subjects to the natural world and its resources. Making it all possible is the EasternOregon STEM Learning Environments partnership — a grant co written by Karen Patton, su perintendent of the Wallowa County ESD, and Donna Rainboth, assistant professor of education at EOU. The grant supports the goal of increasing knowl edge of STEM iscience, technology, engineering and math) among teachers and students, and is one of just

four Math/Science Partner ship grants to be funded by the Oregon Department of Education this year. Working together, the Wallowa ESD and EOU will develop and facilitate STEM professional development over the life of the two-year grant. Up to 30 teachers in the Wallowa and Ontario districts have an opportunity to be involved in a series of workshops showing them how to implement hands-on study units in their class rooms. The first workshop will be held at EOU this fall. The belief that a bet tergrasp oftheconcepts of STEM can be achieved when observing practical applications led to additional collaborations with Anderson Perry and Associates, Oregon Forest Resources Institute, Oregon Department of Envi ronmental Quality, Regional Solutions Center, and the

International Society for Technology in Education. "Not only will students understand STEM, they will also learn about career pathsinallofthese areas," Rainboth said. Rainboth ex plained how students would see engineering in action with a unit focused on waste waterthat alsointegrates science, math and technology. 'Teachers could invite an engineer to talk with their students about building a water treatment plant, fol lowed by a field trip to a local facility and culminating in the class actually designing their own water filtration system," Rainboth said. Other sections may include weather, irrigation and soil, pollination and farming, timber and fisheries or other economic drivers. ''We want teachers and kids to understand the natural resources that are

available to them in their own communities," Rainboth

scorestheleadership role that our College of Education said. 'We' ll help develop occupies in educating teach interdisciplinary units that ers and providing students arerelevant to localneeds rich opportunities for STEM and ultimately have more education in K-20 across meaning for students." the rural regions of Oregon. Assisting with develop The work that Donna and ing different areas ofthe Karen are doing is a model of curriculum are EOU faculty collaboration between school Miriam Munck, professor of districts and universities." education; Anna Cavinato, This isn't the first time EOU has partnered with the professor of chemistry; Amy Yielding, assistant professor Wallowa ESD on a successful of mathematics; and Michael Math/Science Partnership Jaeger, professorofeducation Grant. Two previous proj and coordinator of the Teach ects, GO Math and Science er Standards and Practices Discoveries, provided similar Commission certification. professi onaldevelopment "STEM education is one of opportunities for teachers in the our state' shighestpriori several rural school districts. ties in terms of shaping uni Another award Rainboth versity graduates to meet the helped secure this year is a current and emerging needs University/School Partner of Oregon's employers across ship grant that will fund Em the state," said Stephen Adki bedding Engineering Design son, EOU provost and senior in Standards and involve vicepresident forAcademic teachers from La Grande and Affairs. "This grant under other districts.

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Jim Holloway (right) gives five-year-old Danny Davis and hjs grandmother, Rosella Groff of Cove, a front-seat ride in a vintage La Grande fire engine Thursday. The antique fire engine was driving riders around Pioneer Park and on short trips around parts of La Grande during the Sk8 and Swim competition in the park.

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Dances at Zuber Hall were a particularly big deal during World War II when a Continued from Page1A U.S. Army Air Corps training after a Halloween prank. The program was in operation at LHS students had just put a EOU ithen known as Eastern Model A Ford on the top of La Oregon College of Education). Grande's Postal Service build Many of the hundreds of ing, now city hall. cadets receiving their training The students were caught here attended the dances. right after completing their Combs said that a number heavy lifbng trick and of talented musicians were orderedtogetthe caroffthe broughtin to perform at the roof, which Bicket and his dances because of the cadets classmates did. based in La Grande. "Everyone who had not The dances at Zuber Hall already run away got the car were memorable, but they down," the LHS Class of 1946 were no match for a street member said. dance conducted in May 1945 Bicket was one of about 15 after the allies accepted the unconditional surrender of class members who remi nisced about what it was like Germany. "It was a complete attending LHS in the early and mid-1940s during the celebration." reunion at Flying J Travel The war touched the lives Plaza. of all members of the Class The LHS grads talked of 1946, especially at least about more than hijinks. They one dozen members who left before the end of their junior alsodiscussed the greatfun they had during dances at year to enlist in the military Zuber Hall, a building once for the final year of WWII. These students included John located in downtown La Grande but now gone. Turner who now lives in 'Those dances were dandie. La Grande. Turner was shipped It iZuber Hall l was the place to be on Saturday night," said overseas and arrived back in the United States in New Nancy Combs of La Grande, a member of the Class of Orleans in May 1946. He was 1946 and an organizer of the then issuedtravelordersthat reunion. sent him to Bremerton, Wash.

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people around us. The closure of County Road 209 iSnake River Drivel by Asotin County SherifFs Department remainsin place,asdo theforestclosures by the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. A map and description oftheforestclosure can be found at httpi/ www fs.usda.gov/ wallowa-whitman or wwwinciweb.org/inci dent/3202. Road guards are staffmg road blocks limiting public access into the fire area for bothfi refi ghterand public safety. With opening of ar chery hunting season in Oregon over the weekend, all hunters and recreati onists are cautioned to watch for the increased amount of firefighting traffic. In addition, all visitors are asked to be very conscientious of the extreme fire danger.

— Nancy Combs, LHS Class of 1946

"there were no outlaws in the bunch," Carpenter said. Sometimes for entertain ment, students would slide down the Eighth Street hill on cardboard boxes. This is afarcry from the electronic games, Ipods and other digital devices teenagers of today use to entertain themselves. "It was a different world then, let me tell you," Combs said.cWe had to make our own entertainment." Combs speaks like she misses the days when digital age was still science fiction. "Lifewas betterforus. It wasn't so fast. We were connected only to the people around us." Conversation flowed easily at the class's reunion as if the classmates were picking up on recent meetings with one another. cWe never stop talking iwith each other) because we are not Facebook people. W e are face-to-face people," Combs said.

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Members of the La Grande High School class of 1946 pose for a photo at the conclusion of their reunion. He had 36 days to get there. On his way to Bremer ton, Turner stopped in La Grande. While here he looked into seeing if he could gradu ate with his high school class during its commencement. Turner received the green

union of the Class of 1946 wore pants, something they were never allowed to do while attending LHS, even during the winter. Maryann Davie Hiatt of Vancouver, Wash., said this made walk ing to school in the winter not only uncomfortable but dangerous. Hiatt said once she sustained frostbite on one of her legs while walking to school in a dress. The LHS Class of 1946 has been meeting regularly for years, reflecting an uncom mon bond its members share with one another. "This was the most cohe sive class," said Clayton Car penter of Lebanon. "Everyone liked each other." Students occasionally got into trouble for mischief but

light. "I felt so lucky," Turner said. He did not have a cap and gown but was able to wear a set meant for Bruce Pierson, who had left not long before commencement to enlist in the Navy. By 1954, Pierson was on the cutting edge of technology in the Navy. He was an operator on the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine. A number of the women attending the 66th re

OarrUAmEs ingson, 87, of Mesa, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande, died Union Aug. 20, 2012, at her home on Smoke Rise Ranch near Lena Bovard, 86, of Union Glouster, Ohio. Born March 27, 1925 in died Sunday. Arrangements will be announced later by Estevan, Saskatchewan, Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Canada, she was the daugh Cremation & Life Celebra ter of the late John "Jack" tion Center. and Margaret Burner Elliott. A 1942 graduate of Este van High School, she was re La Grande quired to take Latin, French and chemistry; but, her first Rocky Hardwick, 66, La love was music and dancing. Grande, died at his hunting A tapdance performer atage camp in Grant County, of 13, she went on to win "jit natural causes, Friday, Aug. terbug" contestsand loved all the moves of ballroom 24, 2012. A full obituary will dancing. Her first job was as be published at a later date. Loveland Funeral Chapel a bank teller with the local and Crematory is in charge bank in Estevan. of his care and arrange Helen moved "across the ments. border" to Crosby, No.D., in 1944 when she married S. Walter Semingson, a second La Grande generation farmer/rancher. From then on she was a fulltime mother raising four Virgil W. Lewis, 81, La Grande, died Aug. 24, 2012, children and partnering with her husband in their many at a local care facility. A full obituary will be published at ventures. She was the matri arch who held together the a later time. Loveland Fu neral Chapel & Crematory family team that expanded will be handling the arrange the ranch hold ments. ings to Oregon, Nebraska and Idaho, built Palmas del Sol, La Grande an adult living Gary W. Peterman, 53, La Semingson commumty Grande, died Aug. 25, 2012, in Mesa, and at his home. A full obituary developed Smoke Rise Ranch will be published at a later Resort in Ohio. time. Loveland Funeral Family and friends were Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

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Lenora R. Wagner Enterprise Lenora R. Wagner, 92, En terprise, died Sunday, August 26,2012 at alocalLa Grande care facility. A full obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be assisting Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia, Idaho, with the arrangements.

Helen Irene Elliott Semingson Formerly of La Grande 1925-201 2

her focus. Many people in North Dakota knew her as "Pinky", originating from the color of an early gown she wore. In La Grande, she was often called "Miss Sunshine" forhercheerfuldisposition and quick wit. She volun teered with the American Cancer Society in North Dakota and Oregon, served as anadvocate fortroubled youth with the Juvenile Justice Agency in La Grande, and enjoyed the Stuart Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio. She was proud ofthe Walt and Helen Semingson Travel Scholarships pre sented to nearly 40 Divide County North Dakota High Schoolstudents fortravelto Philadelphia over the last nine years. Helen is survived by a daughter, Dianne Semingson

iCraig Lewis) of Philadel phia, Pa.; three sons- Brent Semingson of Glouster, Lynn Semingson of Crosby, N.D. and Mark Semingson of Glouster; two grandsons; two step-grandchildren; one step-greatgrandchild,three sisters, Laurie Pawluk and Dorothy i Andy) Johnson of Edmonton, Alberta and Jackie i Jiml Stewart of Regina, Sask. Canada, and eight nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Walt, who died on Feb. 26, 2012. They had been married for nearly 68 years.

Laura K Zweif el. Formerly of La Grande 191 6-201 2 Laura K. Zweifel, 95, died Aug. 24, 2012, at her home in Baker City surrounded by family. At her request, the family has planned a private service. Laura was born Sept. 23, 1916 in Hood River to Ray mond and Ima iCarnesl As dell. Her father worked for the railroad and they lived in various locations following his work. The family settled in North Powder on a ranch where she graduated from North Powder High School. She continued her education at Eastern Oregon Normal School, now Eastern Oregon University.

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Pinocle games with friends and family, and never cared about the score, as long as everyone was having a good time. She enjoyed reading, doing crossword puzzles, and working outside in her garden. She was especially proud of her roses. Laura was a lively conversational ist and spent many family gatherings chatting up every one who came by- she was always interested in what her friends and family were doing, and forged a special bond with each of them. Laura will be remem bered as a loving parent who greatly loved hergrandchil dren and great grandchil dren. She was a strong and independent woman who embraced life with joy and love, and lived simply, finding joy in the small things. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Su zen and Jack Fors, of Baker City; two grandchildren; and four great grandchildren, Austin and Brenden Weber and Wyatt and Ruby Fors. She was preceded in death by her parents and her hus band, Robert. Memorial contributions in her memory may be directed to the Shrine Transporta tion Fund or to the charity of your choice. This may be done through Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place Street, Baker City, OR 97814.

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After taking her Civil Service test, she went to work at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. where she met her future husband, Robert Zweifel, who was in the Air Force. They were married on June 12, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas, on the Air Force base. In 1945, they moved back to La Grande, where she worked as a secretary for Albertsons and State Farm Insurance Agency. Laura had many interests and actively participated in several organizations. She started the first PTA at Willow Grade School in LaGrande in 1953. She was also a 75-year member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, and was active in Eastern Star for over 66 years. She was a 55-year member of Daugh ters of the Nile, a member of the Rebecca's Lodge in La Grande, and the White Shrine. In 2003, she moved to Baker City to be close to family. She Zweifel pu r s ued her activities in the Eastern Star and traveled to the Oregon coast each year for her birthday, where she rented a house with an ocean view and invited family to join her. She loved baking and cooking for family and friends, especially at Christ mas. She looked forward to

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As school starts again in Northeast Oregon, there are important lessons to remember about education — not just for students but for adults as well. First, a family component is key to students' success in school. Parents need to get involved. They need to make sure the students show up for school on time and do their homework. Don't just lay everything on the teacher, and then blame them when things don't work out. Don't blame school systems and teachers for your child' s every failure. Start by looking in the mirror. Not all teachers wear halos. But many of them do, and they play an important role in identifying a child's talent and encouraging them to pursue their dreams. Caring teachers go a long way toward making school work. Each youth can make a difference in the future, each teacher can make a difference today. Mentoring is important. We need to encourage more youth-mentoring projects. Adults should teach older and more advanced students. Older and more advanced stu dents should teach younger and less advanced ones. Challenging, competitive public schools will prepare stu dents for careers in a world economy and deserve a strong investment. An education investment now saves higher costs later. If we' re going to invest in something, we should choose education over prisons. We should make education a priority and be willing to pay taxes to support it. Common-sense solutions, however, don't always hinge on dollars and cents. A commitment to excellence learned in school or in extracurriculars goes a long way in giving children a blueprint for life. Extracurriculars teach teamwork and accountability. Sports, band, cheerleading and all the other extracurriculars — all are important in the overall devel opment of our youth. General problem-solving skills learned during school can pay dividends for a lifetime. The ability to work in teams with people of different backgrounds should be a school goal. One of the great assets, and challenges, of public schools is that they put people of different backgrounds together and helping them learn how to work things out. School is the great melting pot. A quality education can lead to economic opportunity later, not just for the individual but for the community. Part of quality is offering rigorous, challenging high schoolcourses.Thesecoursespredictcollege success,and it is important to seek out challenges, not hide from them. School is just the start of lifelong education. Instilling a love of learning, no matter what the subject, can lead to some pretty impressive intellectual fireworks, now and later. Instilling a love of learning is about the most impor tant thing a school can accomplish.

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exceptions position held by Akin. In addition, Romney's positions on abortion have ranged from an early pro choice posture to the current promises to defund Planned Parenthood and ban abor tions. President Barack Obama clearlystated the difference this week. For him, a rape is a rape. And in a welcome addition, he said it's wrong for predominantly male lawmakers to make these kinds of health care decisions for women. Amen. While the anti-govern ment, free-the-individual GOP often argues against governmentinterference, they are all in for govern ment control and limited accesson abortion and birth

control. McCaskill's seat is con sidered critical to continued control of the Senate by Democrats, which is why Republicans piled on Akin after his false and offensive comments. She also repre sents a strong women's voice in the male-dominated halls of power. The real heat of the campaign is still ahead. We expect pro-McCaskill ads will continue to remind voters of Akin's foray into false and inflammatory comments on the mythical biological pow ers of raped women. What's no myth is the power of the women's vote. Women's health issues are abouttogetbumped up on the national agenda. It' s time.

Your views Taking inventory To the Editor: Regarding the article about the Klam ath Network and their study of Lassen Volcanic National Park and the 43 sq. mile fire. Here is some information for their "inventory": • Trees — Dead • Vegetation — Burnt Hope this saves them some time and money. Rebecca Wolfe

To the Editor: Kudos to Stephanie Messersmith in her letter to the editor Wednesday the 22, concerning global warming, or climate change, as some would say. I couldn't agree with her more. For years I have been increasingly alarmed at what was happening to our planet, our earth, our home. The march of the oil companies to control and abuse fossil fuels continues in spite of calls for more emphasis on clean energy by scientists and others educated in these fields. If we can't stop this mindless rush that ignores all reason, we will face cli mate catastrophe, as Ms. Messersmith says. And I profoundly agree with her statement, "Nothing less than the sur vival of all life on earth is at stake once theaverageglobaltemperature increase reachesatipping point." It seems to me that of all the chal lenges we have to face as a nation, and

there are many, climate change should be on top of the list. After all, if we as inhabitants of our earth, our home, de stroy the planet we live on and/or make it inhabitable, all the other problems will be moot. Ms. Messersmith mentioned some goodsourcestogotoforinformation. I would also like to suggest 350.org, it is a global movement that's inspiring the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis. And if course I also agree with her that we should continue to let our representatives know that we as citizens, and voters, urge them to make this issue a top priority. Another concerned citizen, Mary Helen Garoutte

Not all ofuscan afford to travel100 or more miles and take hours from our schedule to meet someone with a pre planned agenda and canned rhetoric. I know because I was a public servant with the agency for 21 years until they determined the Unity office needed clos ing and the public could travel another 50-100miles and hope for any service when they got there. Betty E. Duncan Unity

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To the Editor: I'm not a Democrat; I'm not a Repub lican either. But the refusal of our country commissioners through its La Grande stonewalling of the question regarding having non-partisan county commis sion positions further cements my Canned rhetoric feeling of those living in other repres sive regimes throughout the world and To the Editor: In the old days, when they cared, the history. Forest Service new guy came out to meet If you don't carry the right card all the folks that already lived amund iRepublican Party voter registration, in the forest. That's who he had to rely on to this instance), you don't participate in help him manage his vast forest or to get government. afew permitdollarsfrom forthegood of Come on, guys. What are you afraid of? Having a non-partisan panel will the public coffers — back in the day of a little more trust placed in our public by probably change nothing given the thenpublicservants orviceversa! overwhelming Republican conservative Mr. Martin is the only one getting free constituency that is Union County. At gas "paid for" by us taxpayers, seems leastgive me theopportunityto vote. like he should be the one taking time to Pat Blanchard travel out and visit with us on our time and in our neighborhoods all around on La Grande the fiinges of the forest.

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Local school districts learn about Professional Learning Communities By Dick Mason

best," said Smith, who gave presentations to La Grande The story Rich Smith, a School District teachers California educator,sharesis Wednesday about how to an inspiring one. best use PLCs to promote Eight years ago, his school student growth. district just outside Fresno The La Grande School District began a PLC pro was among the worst in the statein terms ofassessment gram a year ago. Smith said test scores. The Sangar Uni he is impressed with the fied School District then took district's commitment to the a road less traveled, begin program and the direction ning a Professional Learn it is going. He praised the ing Communities program. support the school district is Through it teachers began givingthe program and how m eeting regularly todevise well its teachers are working test data-driven instructional together. 'You ithe La Grande strategies tohelp theirstu dents succeed. School District) have got all The result was eye pop the piecestogether tomake it ping. Today, the Sangar work," Smith said. district's overall test scores Smith retired earlier this put it in the upper echelon of year as deputy superinten California's pubic schools. dent of theSangar Unified aWe went from being one of School District and is now is an educational consul the worst school districts in the state to being one of the tant. Smith and Kim Bailey, The Observer

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director ofinstruction atthe Capistrano Unified School District in California, were the speakers at the PLC training session. Bailey, like Smith, said she was struck by the La Grande School District's commitment

to the program. "I don't find a lot of dis tricts this committed, where everyone is on the same page," said Bailey, who also works for Solution Tree, a provider of educational tools and strat egies designed to

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improve stafF and student performance. Bailey said that in many school districts with PLCs thereisless supportfrom the district and an incon sistent messages about the program. Smith said in the San gar Unified School District improvement in test scores became evident notlong after PLCs were installed. aWe saw huge growth in the first three years," he said. "After the first year it really accelerated." Improvementhas been highest in the Sangar School District among students from families with lower socioeco nomic status and minority students. The Sanger district is continuing to maintain its commitment to PLCs despite changes in leadership. Smith

"You(the La Grande School District) have got all the pieces together to make it work." — Rich Smith

believes this will continue to be trueforyearsto come. "It is an internalized part of what we do. Itis not a program. It is part of how we do business." Smith said a major reason for the success of PLCs at Sangar to how they draw teachers together. "Instead of working in isolati on,teachers support each other." The PLC training session was also attended by educa tors from EOU, the Elgin and Pendleton school districts and the InterMountain Edu cation Service District.

Ashland hospital takes loss, plans to join system ASHLAND iAPl — The Ashland Community Hos pital says it lost $2.5 million in the last fiscal year. 0$cials say the loss shows why the hospital board is negotiating to join the San Francisco hospital system Dignity Health. The Ashland hospital's developmentdirector,Janet

ANSWERS Continued ~om Page1A four fatalities and 75 non fatalaccidents occurred on this stretch of I-84.

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Nine-year-old Josiah Whitesell of La Grande pounds on a heated metal bar on an anvil Saturday, with help from his father, Michael, in a Blacksmithing class at the Union County Fairgrounds during the annual Celtic Festival. The class project was building coat hooks and was instructed by Peter Clark of La Grande.

When did La Grande experienceitsbiggestjump in population? La Grande grew most dramaticall y from 1880 to 1900. La Grande had

Troy, attributed most of the loss to unreimbursed costs associatedwith treating M edicare and Medicaid pa tients, other unpaid medical bills and charity care. The Ashland Daily Tidings reported that the Ashland hospital would be Dignity Health's first afFili ate in Oregon.

636 residents in 1880 and 20 years later had 6,578 residents, according to an Aug. 15, 1985,edition of The Observer. La Grande's population more than tripled between 1880 and 1890 when it grew by 1,820 residents to 2,456. Much of this growth took place after July 1884 when the railroad arrived in La Grande.

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Theft: A citizen in the 700 block of K Avenue requested officer contact Friday regarding a theft from a vehicle. Found property: The La Grande Parks Department requested officer contact Friday regarding a found bicycle. Arrested: Gerritt James Johnson, 18, address unavail able, was arrested Friday on a Wallowa County warrant charging parole/probation viola tion. The original charges were criminal mischief and supplying contraband. Larceny: A woman from the 3000 block of Birch Street requested officer contact Friday regarding a stolen bicycle. An officer made contact and took a report. Disturbance: Officers re sponded to a report of a distur bance early Saturday in the 1800 block of 26th Street. The officers were unable to locate anything. Agency assist: Officers as sisted a medical crew with a call Saturday at an address in the 2000 block of Gekeler Lane. Larceny: A woman in the 1300 block of Z Avenue requested of ficer contact Saturday regarding a stolen bike. An officer made contact and took a report. Disturbance: A woman at an address in the 2000 block of Gekeler Lane requested officer contact Saturday regarding a disturbance. A juvenile was re

turned to a parent and all parties were counseled. Agency assist: An officer assisted a medical crew with a call Sunday in the 1600 block of 21st Street. Trespass: A woman at an address in the 2000 block of 0 Avenue requested officer contact Sunday regarding a trespass situation. An officer made contact. Suspicious circumstances: A man at an address in the 300 block of Polk Avenue requested officer contact Sunday regard ing hearing possible gunshots in the area. An officer made contact and the situation was

resolved. Disturbance: An officer responded to a report of a domestic disturbance Sunday at an address in the 1100 block of WashingtonAvenue. One juve nile was taken into custody. Disturbance: An officer responded to a report of a possible domestic disturbance Sunday at Morgan Lake. The situation was resolved.

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Medical assist: On Saturday at about 6:31 a.m. a crew re sponded to assist Medic III. Unattended burn: On Satur day at about 9:55 p.m. a crew responded to a fire that was ac cidentally started in a back yard. The fire was extinguished and no damage was done.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Cody Allen Sand ers, 23, address unavailable, was arrested Friday on a Union County warrant for order to show cause why release agree ment should not be revoked. Original Charges were assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree, and assault in the fourth degree. Disturbance: A woman in the 400 block of C Street in North Powder Friday reported possible gun shots in the alley behind her house. A deputy was advised. Agency assist: A deputy as sisted Parole and Probation with a call Friday at Island Avenue and Interstate 84. Larceny: A report was taken

arrested Friday on two Union County warrants charging viola tion of a release agreement. Original charges on one war rant were assault in the fourth degree andharassment. On the other, the original charges were possession of a controlled sub stance/Schedule III, contempt, and possessionof lessthan an ounce of marijuana. Arrested: Michael John El lensohn,48,Washington, was arrested Friday on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. In the same incident, Zachary Colin Borge, 20,Washington, was cited on a charge of being a minor in pos session of alcohol. Disturbance: A woman at

an address on Alicel Lane near Imbler requested deputy contact early Saturday regarding an ear lier disturbance. A deputy made contact and gave options. Crash: A man on Saturday reported a non-injury motor vehicle crash at Buchanan Lane and WaltonRoad.A deputy made contact and will follow up. Arrested: Becki Dawn Smith, 45, address unavailable, was arrested Saturday on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. Arrested: Byron Truman Tate, 50, address unavailable, was ar rested Sunday by the Pendleton Police Department on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear. The original charges

were unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, and criminal mischief in the second degree. Assault: A deputy and Oregon State Police Sunday responded to a report of a domestic distur bance at an address in the 500 block ofThird Street in North Powder. One person was taken into custody on charges of as sault and harassment.

WALLOWA COUNTY SHERIFF No incidents to report.

ENTERPRISE POLICE No incidents to report.

OREGON STATE POLICE No report available.

Friday for theft at Wa lm art.

Between 7:30 a.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday, La Grande Fire and Ambulance responded to five medical calls. Saturday the department responded to eight medical calls, and Sunday it responded to five.

Arrested: Todd Kevin McCoy, 51, address unavailable, was ar rested Friday on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear. The original charge was theft in the third degree. Arrested: Rowdy JohnWise, 47, address unavailable, was

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Leuis A baby boy was born to Esther Iolani Lewis and Steven Daniel Lewis, of Union, on Aug. 19. He was born at 4:54 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces.

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Valerie Shelton will marry Christopher Harris on Sept. 1 in La Grande. Shelton, of Salem, is an in home caregiver. She gradu ated from La Grande High School in 2004, and from Eastern Oregon University in 2009. She is the daugh ter of Ken and Rhonda Shelton,ofLa Grande. Harris, of Salem, is a civil engineer. He graduated from Cumberland Valley High School in 2001 and receivedhisbachelors from Virginia Tech in 2005 and his masters in 2007. He is the son of Patricia M. Harris, of Camp Hill, Pa., and the late Col. Richard H. Harris, Jr. The wedding will be of ficiatedby JeffShanebaugh and the reception will be held at Buffy Martin's at 1412 Gildcrest Drive.A shuttle will run from 3-4 p.m. Sept. 1 starting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints on Gekel er to and from the wedding site. There is no parking at the site. For their honeymoon, the coupleplans to travel to New Zealand and will live in Salem following the wedding where they just purchased a house.

Lois Moorecelebrated her 90th birthday Aug. 11. Her family hosted an ice cream socialatthe senior center and many friends and relati ves attended, both locally and from out of state.

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Rohan Dominic Stavenger was born to Hayley Powell and Caleb Stavenger, of La Grande, on Aug. 18. He was born at 8:12 a.m. and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. His grandparents are Brenda Atwood, of La Grande, and Susan and Doug Powell, of The Dalles.

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Phillip Isaac Cornford was born to Steven and Roszanne Cornford, of La Grande, on Aug. 17. He was born at 5:41 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. His grandparents are

Smith Stepheni Anne Marie Smith was born to Kelcey Clark and Joseph Smith, of Elgin, on Aug. 15. She was born at 11:41 p.m. and weighed 6 pounds 15

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ounces. Her grandparents are Lori Smith, of Elgin, Janet and Bo Bryant, ofElgin, Rob Clark, of New Mead ows, Idaho, and Steven Smith, of Oak Harbor, Wash.

Forms: The Observer front desk has wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth forms. Wedding: Item must run within six months of the ceremony. Anniversary:25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 50th or more.

Morgan-Hudson Amelia Grace Morgan Hudson was born to Katie Hess and Chris Hudson, of Joseph, on Aug. 13. She was born at 7:56 a.m. and weighed 5 pounds 12 ounces. Her grandparents are Jim Lewis, Becky Morgan, Michelle Morgan, Randy Morgan, Dawn Scott and Greg Scott.

Birthday: Know of a Union or Wallowa county resident turning 75 or older? Let us know the date, time and place of the celebration and send a recent, good quality photo. Where Are They Now? Know someone who has moved away and what he or she is doing? Word limit: 200. Include a good-quality photo.

SCHOOL LUNCHES Enterprise School District Lunch: Chicken sand rito, fiuit, milk wiches, fries, fiuit, veggies Lunch: Ham and cheese Wednesday Breakfast: Pancake sticks, Thursday sandwiches, vegetable soup, fruit, milk Breakfast: Breakfast bur fruit, veggies

Fire restrictions continue onnational forest The continuing dry weather and extreme fire danger has caused the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest to implement Phase B of the Public Use Restrictions and IFPL 4. Under Phase B of the Public Use Restrictions, the following restric tions apply to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest except within the Eagle Cap Wilderness and in that portion of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area located on the sections of the Nez Perce National Forests in Idaho, administered by the Wallowa Whitman National Forest, greater than '/4 mile from the Snake River between Hells Canyon Dam, River Mile 247.5, downstream to the Oregon-Washington border at Snake River Mile 176.0: • Visitors are not allowed to have an open campfire or charcoal grill except in specific designated recreation sites —ifyou arein a designated recreation

site, please make sure your fire is dead out prior to leaving. • Liquid gas stoves and heaters are allowed. • The use of internal combustion engines is prohibited, including chain saws. • Generatorsm ay be operatedunder the following conditions: lal inthe centerofan area atleast 10 feet in diameter thatisbarren or cleared of flammable material, or lbl when fully contained within a pickup truck bed that is devoid of all flammable material, or lcl if factory installed in a recre ational vehicle and the generator ex haust discharge is located in the center of anarea atleast 10 feetin diameter thatisbarren orcleared ofallflam mable materials. • Smoking is not permitted while traveling through timber,

brush or grass. • Smoking is only permitted in an enclosed vehicle, building, or within specifi cdeveloped recreation sites. Smoking is also allowed while stopped in anareathat is atleastthree feetin diameter and is cleared of all flam mable material. • Travel restrictions under public use restrictions prohibit motor vehicles travelingoffofdesignated forestroads and trai ls.Except forthepurposes of going to and from campsites when such campsitesarelocated within 300feetof an open national forest system road. Under IFPL 4 all commercial opera tionsare prohibited. Visitors are reminded that exploding targetsare considered fi reworks and arenot allowed on theforest. For more information about fire restrictions call Wallowa-Whitman NationalForest,541-523-6391.

Community scrapbook: The Observer can't get to every event in Union and Wallowa counties. But we can make space available for those groups that take photos of their events and gatherings. Reach us: • Mail:1406 Fifth St., La Grande, OR 97850 • Email: news@ lagrandeobserver.corn • Fax: 541-963-7804 Questions? Call 541-963-3161.

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the option to turn on tracking of check out history. One catalog, SageCat, http J%age. of the most greatly missed eou.edu now looks quite dif features lost when Sage ferent. switched to Evergreen from A couple of weeks ago, the Millennium sofbvare in the Sage Library System 2011, we' re all happy to see the return of this feature. upgradedthe library'scata log sofbvare to Evergreen To start building a list of version 2.2. More than just what you check out, go to: My an improvement of the look Account> Account Prefer and feel ,thisversion brings ences > Search & History Preferences. Click on the box several highly-anticipated functions. on the row labeled "Keep his Enhanced Account Prefer tory of checked out items?" Hold History loptionall ences: Check Out History loption — Like the checkout history all — Once again, users have feature, users can now choose

to build a list of items they have placed on hold in the past. Start your list in the same was as described for Check Out History above. My Lists — This feature replacesthe Bookbag feature. Itenables userstocreate temporary or permanent lists; create and edit notes for items in lists; place holds on items in lists; and share lists via RSS feeds and CSV files. Book Clubs can use this featureto create and share the club's reading schedule. Instructors might create reading lists to share with

classes. You can use it to keep a list of "Books I Want Read" or createand share a listof "Books You Need To Read" with a friend. SMS Text Messaging This feature enables users to receivetextmessages from thecatalogofhold notices and call numbers. One can opt-in to set hold notification as a default setting for all holds, orreceive specifi c hold notifications via text message. Text messages of call num ber and copy location can be sent from an item's detailed

record on the catalog. Auto-suggest — This featureofferssuggestions to completesearch terms as one is entering a query. Scroll through suggestions with your mouse, or use the arrow keys to scroll through the suggestions. Selecta sugges tiontoview records thatare linked to this suggestion. What we' re working on: Payment of library fines & bills with credit card through the catalog — Ev ergreen 2.2 supports this functionality now, but before we can launch it, Sage must

first determine how to effi ciently receive and distribute funds to our diverse 75 plus library membership, which includes public libraries, schools, special libraries and colleges. A challenge, yes, but we' re librarians! We' ll do our re search and figure it out. Please let us know If you have any questions, com ments, or experience any bugs we need to report. Article courtesy of Perry Stokes, library director, Baker County Library

Hospital clinic chosen fornationalinitiatiue State parkoffers numerous programs

Grande Ronde Hospi tal— selected asone of70 leaders in Oregon — will participate in a new Medi care initiative designed to reduce costs, improve qual ity and increase patient satisfaction. The GRH Regional Medical Clinic was chosen as one of 500 primary care practices in the nation through a competitive ap plication process. The clinic is one of only two primary carepracticeschosen from Eastern Oregon. This select participatory group represents approxi mately 2,000 primary care doctors and nurse practi tioners in seven regions across the country. The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative lCPCIl is beingpiloted outofthe Centers for Medicare and

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The goal of the CPCI is to: • Reduce costs • Improve quality • Increasedpatient satisfaction Tins 1s an out standing opportunity and we are excited Shorb about the potential," said Paul Shorb, senior di rector of Physician Services at GRH. Shorb said the initia tive will foster collabora tion between public and privatehealth care payers to strengthen primary care, as Medicare works with both commercial and state health insurance plans to bettercoordinate primary carefor theirpatients. 'This program will also allow the RMC to more

hanced health care services this fall. Created by the Afford able Care Act, the CMS Innovation Center was in chargeoftheselections process to find industry leaders to test innova tive payment and service delivery models with the potential to reduce pro gram expenditures while preserving or enhancing the quality of care. To learn more about the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative and view the participating primary practices, payers, and mar ket, visit: http: //innovation. cms.gov/initiatives/Com prehensive-Primary-Care Initiative. To learn more about Grande Ronde Hospital and the Regional Medical Clinic, please visit www. grh.org.

quickly adapt to meet the challenges of healthcare reform," he added. Under the Initiative, CMS will pay primary care practices a care man agementfeeto support enhanced, coordinated ser viceson behalfofM edicare fee-for -service beneficiaries. Simultaneously, participat ing commercial, state, and other federal insurance plans are also offering enhanced payment to primarycarepracticesthat are designed to support them in providing high quality primary care on behalf of their members. This four-year, public privatepartnership is designedtotestam odelof improved access to quality healthcare atlowercosts. Now that the 500 practices have been selected, they will start delivering en

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Wallowa Lake State Park has numerous programs scheduled for this week. All Junior Ranger Programs meet at tables in the Play ground Area. Ages 6-12. Every day at 10 a.m. New Junior Rangers come with parents at 9:45 a.m. for registrati on. All Teepee programs are heldacrossfrom registration booth. All evening programs are held in the program area lun less listed otherwise) every day after Junior Ranger Awards. All Walleyball events meet in playground area. Ages 13+. THURSDAY, AUG. 30 10 a.m.— Jr. Ranger Program Nez Perce Legends- MeetWal

Iowa Lake's Monster 1 p.m. — Family Nature Walk to Wallowa Falls (two miles on road, easy, meet at playground) 5 p.m. — Walleyball 7 p.m. — Jr. Ranger Awards 7:20 p.m. — Program: Oregon Trail, From the Blue Mountains to the Willamette Valley. Part 4 of Video FRIDAY, AUG. 31 10 a.m.— Jr. Ranger Program: Nez Perce Legends- Coyote and the Seven Giants 7 p.m. — Jr. RangerAwards 7:20 p.m.— Program: Wallowa County History- Maxville Heri tage Center, Gwen Trice Programs, which are all free, may be canceled due to weather. Public parking is available in the day-use area.

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Taylor Neustel of La Grande flies over a corner during a Sk8 &. Swim competition Thursday in the Pioneer Park skate park.

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rrin ancy at the bank says she likes my col umns, even though she doesn't agree with them all, because I stir things up. Let's see. Whom shall I rile up this week? The anti-im migrant brigade who forgot wholesale that their ances tors weren't invited here? The pack of anti-wolf fanatics who keep mak ing the point that "intro duced" wolves are not even American wolves? iAre there wolves with little passports saying, "I am Canadian" ?) Maybe those people who are tilting at the windmills of the wind energy variety, trying to convince us those m ajestic turbines are worse for the environment than oil wells somehow? Maybe later. Actually, I do like stir ring things up, and I miss the days when newspapers ran fei sty house editorials instead of the modern "on the one hand and then on the

lier this month, members of the Senate Natural Resources Committee took advantage of the August recess to hold a field hearing on the relationship between climate change and cata strophic wildfires in New Mexico, and experts say that Oregon is facing many of the same issues. The hearing, convened by outgoing committee chairman Sen. Jeff Binga man, D-N.M., focused on the connection between climate change and drought, wild fire frequency and sever ity, and ecosystems in the Intermountain West. Witness testimony focused on New Mexico, but experts say that climate change poses many ofthe same challenges in the Pacific Northwest. Craig Allen, a research ecologist with the US. Geological Survey, told the committee members there is a high level of scientific confidence that as a result of drierconditionsand warmer temperatures caused by climate change, forests in the Southwest face increasing risk of severe wildfire and tree mortality. "Similar patterns of recent climate-amplified tree mortality and fire activityalso are occurring more broadly in western North America," he said. "As climate continues to warm we can expect more treedie-offevents like those we have recently observed. Changes in climate and human land uses also are driving increasingly severe fire activity in many regions around the world." Nathan McDowell, director of the Los Alamos National Environmental

to chase the poor animals down? And Bonnie wrote to me, MIICERSHEARER "How can it be a sport when they use the big guns?" other hand" opinions that in My column about the trag sult no one and put everyone edy of America's health care system got responses from to sleep. Yes, I would rather dis people like Linda Densmore who shared both professional agree with someone than still not know what he or she and personal reasons why we really thought. need a single-payer health care plan: "Those of us in the I used to amuse myself by saying perpetually, 'You have people. health care industry see that But I can't see Arden Lind this is the only humane route to do what you do best," and Iadmit Iam pretty good at to go to make sure everyone sley, who wrote to me sadly riling people up. about still missing her pooch has health care." But my favorite part of Taz after three years, settling My column "I Went to writing this column has for an alligator. Woods" on preserving been, to tell the truth, the Last week's column about plentyofroadlessforests comments I' ve received from huntingprobably would have on public lands drew praise from someone who had one readers, and most, believeit gotten more negative com or not, have written to say ments if I hadn't run it as the little quibble with what he nice things. hunters were busy getting thought was my endorsing ready for the start of hunting the cutting of firewood on No column got as many responses as the one about season. Pat Blanchard wrote, public lands when I had only been trying to say fighting putting my dog Sally to sleep, ''What's wrong with people who think they cannot oth thatseemed a lostcause. and several people shared their stories of loss. erwiseafford protein butuse Also, author Mark High their $45K trucks and ATVs berger wrote me, "This began Juanette wrote, "Until we bid adieu to our familydog who lived with us for 13 years, I had no realization of the deepsenseoflossand grief when a pet moves on." The several emails on that column made me wonder why we don't choose pets that live longer. Elephants, box turtles, parrots, and al ligators live about as long as

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The time of year we' ve all been wait ing for has finally arrived. Our homegrown tomatoes are ripen ing. And as long as the warm weather holds out — this weekend was as closetoreally cold asIhope togetfor at least another month — we tomato growers should have a full supply to eat fresh or to can, dry and cook up in special sauces that will make the long w inter more bearable.(Preservation tipsare available aton theWeb at extension.oregonstate.edul. For advice on how to hasten the ripeningprocess in casewe don'tget the long Indian summer we enjoyed last year, I turned to Ann MehafFy. She spoke on the topic of tomatoes during the Extension Service's Master Gar dener training this spring. As she has done in recent years, Ann planted 25 tomato plants on Memorial Day weekend. And as usual they have thrived in the rich soil of her container-gardening system, which she covers in mulch and waters consistently throughout the summer. By mid-August, she says it's time to start cutting back those blossoms that have run out of time to turn to fruit. Ann also prunes the nonproducing branches from the bottom up to help increase the plant's access to sunlight and air circulation. And she starts to cut back on the water her plants receive daily. ''When the tomatoes are fully formed, they don't need water to turn ripe," she says. "They need sunlight and time." MehafFy jokingly compares the plant pruning and water rationing to placing a hatchet by the hen house to signal to the chickens that they'd better step up egg production or face the hatchet's

sharp edge. "Me walkingaround and snapping my shears does the same thing for tomatoes," she says."It's a signalfor them to start ripening." And as her crop ripens, Ann will set herself to drying them for reconstituted use until next summer. I' ve waited all summer to write about my love of homegrown tomatoes. Like MehafFy, I' ll dry some (it's amaz ing how sweet they taste in the middle of winter when the store-bought variet ies have no appeal whatsoever). And I' ll cook up and can my favorite salsa and pizza sauce recipes. Another reason I' ve looked forward to writingabout tomatoes istopoint to a song by Guy Clark that expresses how I feel about the summertime delicacy. What I thought was an obscure tune that I'd been lucky enough to run on to actually made it to No. 42 on the coun try music charts in 1983. It seems that anyone who writes about tomatoes, including the Oregon State University stafF, includes a line or two from Clark's song. Here's a sampling: "Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes. What'd life be without home grown tomatoes? "Only two things that money can' t buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes!" Yeah, man. Chris Collins is a Baker City Herald reporter.

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You don't have to be a baking expert to enjoy making yeast raisedbreads and pastries.A fool proof dough with plenty of room forcreativity and afew basicsare allthat' sneeded to getstarted. If you' ve shied away fiom yeast baking, this is the perfect dough for getting started. It's easy to make and use. Combine it with sa vory fillings for spectacular results that even the corner bakery can' t match. The fat and eggs in this recipe create a dough that's tender yet sturdy enough to handle the fill ing. They' re also in a proportion that makes the dough manage able. A dough heavy in eggs and fat, while tender and flavorful, becomes unmanageable with ex tended handling. The sugar in this recipeadds a hintofsweetness that'saperfectfoilforthe savory fillings. "Having success with yeast raisedbreads and pastriesis all about controlling the tem perature," according to Vinnie K44gelo, owner of Bella Luna in Merced, Calif. "Activate dry yeast in water at about85-90 degrees.Letsitabout three to five minutes.... This will ensure that your yeast is working. For beginners, it's a must." The yeast will activate and take on a creamy saucelike consistency. Cream the wet ingredients and stir in the fermented yeast and then the flour until the dough just comes together. Let the warmth of summer do the rest. As the yeast ferments, itfeedsofFsugarand produces alcohol and carbon di oxide. During baking, these gases are released and baked goods rise. If you find that the dough is ready and you' re not, punch it down and put it back in the refrigerator. The dough will hold in the refiigerator for a day or two or even three. This recipe will accommodate a sweet filling, though it tastes best paired with a savory partner. Roll out the dough and spread heavily with apricot jam or marmalade, or mix 2 tablespoons jam with 1 cup ricotta, '/4cup sugar,1egg,1tea

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Pastries don't have to hold a sweet filling, savory works as well as in this spinach, edamame and cheese version. over medium heat and saute the onion and garlic until translucent. Add the edamame, spinach and tomatoes and cook for 8 to 10 min utes. Let cool. Add theeggs and DOUGH cheese and stir well. Dough with filling makes enough Punch down the dough and give to feed 8to10 it a quick knead. Place parchment paper on counter. Recipe adapted from "Lard: The Divide the dough in half and 2 "/4 teaspoons active dry yeast Lost Art of Cooking With Your place half on parchment paper 1 /2 cups warm water Grandmother's Secret Ingredient," and roll into an 11-by-17 rectangle "/4 cup lard, softened, plus that's about "/4-inch thick. With the from the editors of Grit Magazine more for greasing pans (Andrew McMeel, $24.99). rectangle placed horizontally, score "/4 cup sugar the dough into thirds. The filling 1 "/~ teaspoons salt will go in the middle third. Mark the 2 eggs EDAMAME AND outside edges in 1-inch intervals (or 4 cups all-purpose flour deeper) and cut the dough in strips SPINACH FILLING up to the scored filling lines. Pull Makes enough for 2 pastries In a small bowl, soak the yeast the parchment with the prepared in "/4cup of warm water. In a large dough ontoa baking sheet.Place "/4 cup olive oil bowl, cream the lard with the filling in center of dough. sugar, salt and eggs. Add the yeast 1 onion chopped Alternately fold the dough strips to the remaining 1 cup of warm 3 cloves garlic, chopped over the filling and to the other water and then to the large bowl. 8 ouncesedamame, shelled edge, crisscrossing each strip as Mix in 2 cups of flour. Add the 8 ounces frozen chopped spinach, you go along. Cover dough with remaining flour gradually and stir thawed and squeezed dry a soft, clean cloth and let rise until until the dough comes together. 4 tomatoes, chopped dough doubles in size, about an Ideally, you want to use 3 "/2cups of 2 large eggs, beaten hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. flour for the dough and the remain 4 ounces whole milk Brush pastry with beatenegg. ing "/2 cup for rolling. Place dough mozzarella, shredded Sprinkle with sesame seeds or in a clean bowl and cover with 1 recipe dough kalonji, if desired, and bake 20 to plastic wrap. Set in a warm place 1 egg beaten with 1 25 minutes, or until golden on top. to rise until doubled 1 "/2 to 2 hours. tablespoon water Refrigerate dough overnight. Recipe adaptedfrom "The Divide dough into 12 3-ounce Pull the dough out of the re Hamptons: Food, Family ,and balls and roll out flat to "/4-inch frigerator once the filling is nearly History," by Ricky Lauren (Wiley, thickness. Place "/2cup of filling in cooked. $40). the center of each; pull the corners Heat the oil in a large saute pan spoon vanilla and 2 tablespoons flour. Roll up and bake as directed on the dough.

of the dough over the filling and pinch tightly to seal. Place seam side down 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Cover loosely with plastic wrap or clean towel to rise. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown.

Glorious gazpacho refreshes palate and soul By Erica Marcus Newsday

It's the ultimate summer soup: cool, refreshing and laden with theseason's bestvegeta bles.It'sthe ultimate party food: easy tomake ahead oftime and beautifulto serve. It'sgazpacho, the glory of Spain's Andalusia region and no strangertoAmerican tables. Although commonly thought of asa cold tomato soup, gazpa cho'sorigins predate the arrival of the tomato in Spain in the 16th century. (The explorers brought it back from the New World.) According to culinary historian ClifFord Wright, it probably originated during the Middle Ages as a dish in which gar lic, almonds, bread, olive oil, vinegar and salt were pounded together to form a thick soup. True Spanish gazpachos still rely on bread (and sometimes almonds) for body, but in the U nitedStates,chefsfeelfree to eliminatebread — or tomatoes forthat matter. Here are variations on the theme:

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This recipe, by Slate's L.V. Ander son, hews to Spanish tradition with its use of dried bread and almonds as thickeners as well as STONE FRUIT sherry vinegar and extra-virgin olive oil. GAZPACHO WITH 2 pounds tomatoes, chopped SCALLOPS 1 medium red bell Seamus Mullen made his name pepper, chopped as a chef bringing authentic /2 medium cucumber, Spanish food to New Yorkers. In peeled and chopped this recipe from his book "Hero /2 red onion, chopped Food" (Andrews McMeel, $35), 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil he swaps out tomatoes for other 1/3 cup almonds late-summer fruits — peaches, 1 ("/z-inch) slice white bread, plums and watermelon — and tom into 1-inch pieces tops the soup with seared scal 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar lops. 1 medium fresh jalapeno, 1 pound white peaches, pitted seeded and chopped 1 pound sour plums, pitted 2 cloves garlic (see note below) Salt and black pepper 2 cups cubed yellow (or red) 1 avocado, thinly sliced seedless watermelon 1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped 1. Put the tomatoes, bell 1 shallot, coarsely chopped pepper, cucumber, onion, olive 1 tablespoon Champagne vinegar oil, almonds, bread, vinegar, (or red or white vinegar) jalapeno and garlic in a blender; 1 cup plus 3 to 4 tablespoons season with salt and pepper. Pro fruity olive oil, divided cess until smooth, adding up to Salt "/2 cup water if necessary. (Work Freshly ground black pepper in batches if all the ingredients 4 jumbo scallops don't fit in your blender.) Espelette pepper (or hot 2.Taste and adjust seasoning. Spanish paprika)

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A few sprigs thyme 1.Combine peaches, plums, watermelon, garlic, shallot and vinegar in a blender or food pro cessor and process on high until smooth andcreamy, then reduce speed and drizzle in 1 cup olive oil until completely incorporat ed. (Work in batches if all ingredi ents won't fit in blender.) Season with salt and pepper; refrigerate, along with soup bowls. 2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in oven proof skillet over medium-high. Season scallops generously with salt and pepper. Once oil slips easily across pan, add scallops and sear until golden brown. Af ter 2 minutes, put skillet in oven, without flipping scallops; they need 2 to 3 minutes in the oven. 3. Fill each chilled soup bowl with a generous portion of gazpa cho and nestle 1 scallop in each bowl, seared side up. A sprin kling of Espelette pepper, thyme sprigs and a drizzle of fruity olive oil is all you need. Makes 4 serv ings. NOTE: if you can't find sour, substitute sweetplums, plus the juice of 2 lemons.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

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

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673e www.bakerci tyhera Id.corn • cl assifiedsO bakercityheraId.corn • Fax:541-523-64 The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.lagrandeobserver.corn • classifiedsOlagrandeobserver.corn • Fax: 541-963-3674 105 - Announce ments CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION We make every effort

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS:

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETING:

145 - Yard, Garage Sales-Union Co. ESTATE SALE

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Willing To Go To Any Fn. 8/31 & Sat. 9/01 URE, silver pie server Monday, Thursday, & Length Group 740 3rd St. — 9AM w/ detailed work, acci Fnday at8pm. Episcopal Tues.; 7 PM — 8 PM North Powder. Lots of d ently sold a t Y a r d Church 2177 First St., Sat.; 8 PM -9 PM mid century & misc. Sa le yea rs b a c k. t o a v o i d err o r s . Baker City. St. Francis de Sales Would love to have it However mistakes IT'S THE Sale you' ve Catholic Church returned, please con d o s l i p thr o u g h . 105 - Announce b een w a i t ing f o r ! tact 541-786-4136 if NARCOTICS 2335 1st St. Check your ads the T he 6 t h an nu a l ments ANONYMOUS (in the basement) you have any informa first day of publica Street-Closure Yard HELP Open tion. tion & call us imme Sale. Sat . o nly Nonsmoking LINE-1-800-766-3724 diately if you find an 8am-2pm, NO EARLY Meetings: e rror. No r t h e a s t 8:OOPM: ~• II BIRDS, PLEASE. First Sun day,M on AA MEETING: Oregon Classifieds St. between Spnng & MISSING YOUR PET? day, Tuesday, Wednes Been There Done That, Check the Baker City will cheerfully make M ain. Lots of stuff Open Meeting day, Thursday, Fnday Animal Clinic, y our correction & f urniture , cl o t h i n g , Noon: Thursday Sunday; 5:30 — 6:30 541-523-3611. e xtend your a d 1 books, guy stuff, kids 6:OOPM: Monday,Tues Grove St Apts day. toys, k n i c k -knacks, day, Wednesday, Thurs Corner of Grove & D Sts AMERICAN L E GION e tc. S o m e t hing f o r Nonsmoking day (Women' s) PUBLIC BINGO: Mon. POST & Aux., Unit 41: everyone! 7:OOPM: Saturday Wheel Chair Accessible doors open, 6:30 p.m.; Meeting 1st Thurs. of early bird game, 7 p.m. MULTI-FAMILY SALE: the mo. Post, 7p.m.; 120 - Community followed by r e g ular Rear Basement En Baby items, c l othing, Aux., 6:30 p.m. 2129 trance at 1501 0 Ave. Calendar games. C o m m u n ity Bowflex, scrapbooking 2nd St . Bak e r Connection, 2810 Ce 541-523-2141 s upplies, f u r n i t u r e . dar St., Baker. All ages 2202 Cove Ave. Sat welcome. urday only7am — noon. OVEREATERS 541-523-6591 BAKER COUNTY Health ~• 1 ANONYMOUS 210 - Help Wanted YOU TOO can use this Department offers a l • Tues., Noon, Welcome VETERANS OF a ttention getter. As k Baker Co. variety of a f f o rdable FOREIGN WARS POST Inn Conference Rm., how you can get your birth control. Some in ' HELP WANTED to care l l • . •. 3048 MONTHLY 175 C a m p b el l St a d to s t and ou t l i k e dividuals may qualify for elderly man. MUST B aker. S upport f o r MEETING 2nd Thurs. of for a program to get this! be an excellent cook! p eople who want t o birth control at little or the month. Post & Auxil D o l a u ndry, c l e a n iary meet at 6:30 p.m. stop eating c o mpul 140 Yard, Garage no cost. We also offer VFW Hall, 2005 Valley h ouse, s h opping & sively. For i n fo . c a ll Sales-Baker Co. STI testing. Please call o ther d u t ies a s a s 541-403-0451 . Ave., Baker if you have question or signed. 3 to 4 hrs per 1448 4TH St. Fn., 8/31 & 541-523-4988 to make an appoint YARD/MOVING SALE. day, 5 — 6 days per Sat., 9/01. 8 AM — 4 OVEREATERS ment, 541-523-8211. 3309 N Union St. La 110 - Self-Help week. $10/hr, DOE. PM. Shop & sporting ANONYMOUS: G rande. Fri. & S a t . Please submit resume Group Meetings Fn., 8:45 a.m. goods, household & 8am-2pm. Something to Blind Box ¹ 171, c/o Xmas. No early sales. Presbyterian Church AA MEETING: BINGO: TU ES., 1 p.m., for everyone! Baker City Herald, P.O. 1995 Fourth St. Survior Group. Senior Center, Box 807, Baker City, Use alley entrance to 24672 SUMPTER Stage 150 Bazaars, Fund Wed. & Thurs. 2810 Cedar St. OR, 97814. Noah Room upstairs. Hwy. Fri., 8/31 & Sat., 12:05pm-1:05pm. raisers 9 /1; 9 A M — 4 PM . Is food a problem for Presbytenan Church, you? Call 541-523-5128 C hina h u t c h , ro c k 1995 4th St. (4th & CANS FOR KIDS S OCIAL W O R K E R KIWANIS CLUB www.oa.org/podcast/ climbing equip., sew Court Sts.) Baker City. Want cans, bottles w/ needed for the top of Baker City i ng m a c hine, h o r s e Open, Nonsmoking. deposits for church 100 best places to Tuesday at 12:00 PM, tack, garden t r actor AA MEETING: c lub . For work in healthcare Noon implements, patio fur Pine Eagle Sobriety p ick-up/drop o f f , i n the n a t i on . F T Sunndge Inn Restaurant, niture, b a b y/toddler Group AL-ANON-HELP FOR (541)523-2019. w/great b e n e f its. 1 Sunndge Ln. clothes & other unique — 8 p.m. families & fnends of al Tues.; 7 p.m. $20 — $24 per hr, For more information call items. Presbyterian Church c oho l i c s . U n i on DOE. For more info (541)523-6027 Halfway, Oregon County. 568 — 4856 or 160 - Lost & Found or to apply got to: Open ALL ADS fo r G A 562-5772 www. ohos ice.com RAGE SALES, MOV FOUND: CAMPBELL & No Smoking Come learn to feel tern ING SALES, YARD Wheel Chair Accessible 20th. F-Heeler/Hound? fic, look younger, lose AlcoholicsAnonymous SALES, must be PRE Merle colored. Baker. NE Oregon 24 Hour weight and be ener AA MEETING: PAID at The Baker City Hotline 541-51 9-73 87. getic b y i m p r o v i ng Powder River Group Herald Office, 1 9 15 1-866-285-061 7. HELP your nutrition. Sept. Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM First Street, Baker City FOUND: H U F FY, 1 8 ATTRACT 6th, 6:30pm, Island CELEBRATE RECOVERY or The Observer Of Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM speed bike at R iver City Hall, 10605 Island A C h rist-centered 1 2 ATTENTION Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM fice, 1406 Fifth Street, side. Call t o i d e ntify Ave. Grove St. Apts. LaGrande. 541-963-6096 TG '(GUR ADI step program. A place where you can heal. Corner of Grove & D Sts. DON'T FORGETto take FOUND: OXBOW area. Open Baker City Nazarene Add bolding M, B/VV,Border Collie. Nonsmoking your signs down after Church, every Tues. at or a BORDER! 541-523-4223. Ba ker your garage sale. Wheel Chair Accessible 6 :15 PM. Fo r m o r e Northeast Oregon It's a little extra i nfo . caII FOUND: SM. black poo 888-370-7725 Classifieds that gets 541-523-9845. TLC (THOSE Who Have dle near Broadway & Lost Children), a Chns East St. 541-519-7387 BIG results. t ian-based s u p p o r t MAKE ME AN OFFER! NORTHEAST OREGON Baker CLASSIFIEDS of fers group, Mon. 7 p . m ., Sat. Only; 8am —Noon. Have your ad Self Help & Support NELSON STORAGE, PLEASE CHECKthe Ani PAY FOR 18 Valley Fellowship, 3rd STAND OUT in month of August G roup An n o u n c e & M Av e n u es , L a UN IT 27. " D" St. be mal Shelter website in for as little as La Grande if you have & enter to win a ments at n o c h arge. Grande. More info. is hind Adler b a seball $1 extra. PI ea se ca I I field. 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$275/month includes m ent d ru g t e s t r e most everything. Call quired. EOE. Apply at Julie at 541-786-0196. Employment Office by Aug. 30th at 5:00 p.m. CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC in La Grande seeking l icensed m as s a g e BAKER COUNTY t herapist f o r part Sheriff's Office Reserve time/full time position. program is accepting Must be friendly, car applications. ing, passionate about The application their work, and pos deadline for this years s ess a g r e a t w o r k academy is ethic. Must be detailed September 30, 2012. o riented a n d ha v e great communication Applicant must be 21 to skills. Will provide cur apply and pass an ex tensive b a c k ground rent patients massage treatment and must be check. able to create own pa t ient b a se . I f i n t e r Application and addi ested please drop by tional information may resume and fill out ap b e ob tained a t t h e p lication at 2008 3 r d Baker County Shenff's St. Suite B. Office located at 3410 IC Street, Baker City, OR 97814 or on EXTENSION FAMILY & line at: C ommunity H e a l t h www.bakershenff.or Education Program As (541) 523-6415 sistant (EPA) Oregon State University, Union County Exten

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Treatment Center. 40 hr/wk with benefits af ter successful comple tion of Introductory Pe nod. Bona Fide Occu BAKER SCHOOL DIS pational Qualification TRICT 5J is currently Female only. Valid Ore accepting applications gon Driver's License. for a .6 FTE 260 day, Contact Sharon Ever Youth Transition Spe son at 2100 Main St. cialist (YPT) position or o n l i ne at : for Union County. For a complete descnption o f th e p o s i t ion a n d q ualifications g o t o : LOCAL VETERINARY www.baker.k12.or.us Clinic is looking for a or contact the employ qualified receptionist m ent d i v i s i on . Y o u to work PT; Fridays, m ay a I s o ca I I Saturdays with some 541-524-2261 or email additional days to fill in nnemec©baker.k12.or.us as needed. Must have computer experience, c ustomer service e x perience , pr ope r phone etiquette and be able to m u lti-task CABLE INSTALLER and follow d irection. Baker City. Basic in Please submit resume s tallations, d i s c o n & letters o f r e c o m nects, service changes m endation t o B l i n d for residential & busi Box ¹ 170, c/o Baker ness customers. Train City Herald, P.O. Box in high speed internet 807, Baker City, OR, services, perform ba 97814. sic t r o u b leshooting. Full lob descnption and to apply, go online: MOUNTAIN VALLEY www.charter.corn/careers Mental Health Charter C o m m u n ica Programs, Inc. tions offers an excel lent c o m p e n s at ion Position Title: package and diverse Developmental career opportunities. Disabilities We are proud to be a Service Coordinator drug free EqualOppor tunity/Affirmative Ac MVMHP has an opening t io n E m p lo y e r for a Developmental M/F/D/V.

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — 5B

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

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A MIXED SPLIT, $175. NEEDED TO rent — 4 or 3 Control, LLC. Trees, Red fir in round $175, bdrm home w/ family Excel, Word, customer Orna m e n t a l & grades 1-8. Now ac split $200. 541-910-4661 room, in La Grande or LG. service, various duties cepting a p p l ications Turf-Herbicide, Insect I sland City, fo r n e w supporting the opera for 2012-2013 school & Fungus. Structural p astor w i t h 2 ca t s . t ion o f a b u s y a n d First Chnstian Church year. A l l d e n o mina Insects, including Ter F IREWOOD $ 1 8 5 8 E tions accepted. Call mites. B a r e g r o u nd 541-963-2623. growing local heating $200 in t h e r o u nds; 505 - Free to a good and air c o n ditioning 523-4165 or 519-1715 weed control: noxious $210 & $225 split, sea home 710 - Rooms for company. Experience w ee ds , a q uat i c soned, delivered in the preferred, pay DOE. weeds. Agriculture & LAWN SERVICE, flower valley. L a G r a n d e, 3 MALE kittens, 2 o r Rent beds, tree t r i m ming, ange, 1 cream colored, Deliver h a nd-written R ight of W a y . C a l l MONTESSORI (541 ) 786-0407. DRIVERS HANEY Truck W EEKL Y rototilling. Baker City, 8 wks old, litter box G REAT letter of interest with PRESCHOOL D ou g Bo o n e , L ine pays al l m i l es ! RATES: Ba k er C ity 541-523-1677 t rained & cudd l y . r esume a n d r e f e r P aid d oc k b u m p s , is now enrolling 3 541-403-1439. B IC FIREWOOD TAMARAK, Motel. Wi-Fi, color TV, 541-963-4559. ences to 2701 Bearco and 4-year olds for ed Fi r m i x , $ 1 6 5 m icrowave , f ri d g e . 401k (with match), bo C EDAR/Chain Li n k OREGON STATE law re R Loop, La Grande or Tuesday, W ednes c ord. $2 0 0 s pl i t . 541-523-6381 nus programs, paid va day, and Thursda fences, new construc q uires a nyone w h o FREE KITTENS. 4 wks mail to 69272 Ruckle 541-805-1 971 . L G contracts for construc cation. CDL-A, hazmat, t ion , re m od e l i n g , old. Ready to go soon! Road, S u m m e rville, morning classes in doubles required. Call h andyman s e r v i c e . t ion w o r k t o be 541-755-5003. G ra nite ROOM FOR rent, $320. OR 97876. t he Fal l . Ope n censed with the Con S EASONED Utilities included, par FI R E now, 1-888-414-4467, G reat refe r e n c e s . H ouses a t 16 12 struction Contractors www. Go Ha ney. corn. WOOD, deli v e r e d. tially furnished, plus CCB¹ 60701 Ihip Car F ourth St. w i l l b e EOU S G RA Y Board. An a c t ive Mixed $150, Tamarack G ORG cable. 541-962-7708. t er Cons t r u c t i o n , m ale k i t t e n , po t t y Monday, Aug. 13th, THE COVE School Dis cense means the con $180. Union LG 541-519-6273, BIC. t rained & ke nne l t rict i s c u r rently a c DRIVERS: ANNUAL sal 6:00-8:OOPM, Thurs tractor is bonded & in 541-786-21 1 2. ary $45IC to $ 6 0IC. d ay, A u g . 23r d , trained. Needs a very cepting a p p l ications sured. Venfy the con 720 - Apartment COLTON $ 0.01 i n c rease p e r 11:OOAM-1:OOPM g oo d ho m e ! for a paid Head Boys tractor's CCB license 440 - Household COMPUTERS Rentals Baker Co. 541-605-0265 mile after 6 m o nths. and 6:00-8:OOPM, V a rs ity B a s k e t b a l l through the CCB Con Items offers affordable, Quarterly b o n u ses. and W e d nesday, ADULT LIVING. Quiet 1 Coach and paid Head s ume r W eb s i t e reliable computer bdrm, 1 b at h a part CERTIFIED Boys a nd G iris Track CDL-A, 3 months cur A ug. 2 9 t h , f ro m www.hirealicensed services. Call rent OTR expenence. 11:OOAM-1:OOPM ment. Laundry on site. QUADRA-FIRE 31 00 Coach. Position closes contractor.corn. 1-541-406-0380 800-41 4-9569, and 6:00-8:OOPM. Wood Stove. $ 6 5 0. B eautifu l b ui l d i n g . September 12, with in or visit us at: www.dnveknight.corn. P lease bring y o u r W/S/G included. Close 541-437-2222, terviews and final se POE CARPENTRY Free to good home ads c hild fo r a vis i t . www.coltonre eir.corn • New Home to park & downtown. 541-910-5718 lection in the week of are FREE! Phone 963-6908 for CT LAWN Service: Mow 2134 G r o v e St . September 17-20. Ap W ANTED 3 lines for 3 days. Construction EX P E R I more information. $ 600/mo p lu s d e p . plications can be a c • Remodeling weed eat & f l o w e r FOR SALE: 2 refreigera ENCEDwoods proces 541-523-303 5 or cessed at the Distnct's beds 541-519-5113 or • Additions tors, 1 upright freezer. sor operator and log 541-51 9-5762 2012-2013 website under District $ 100/ea. 1 k i t c h e n 541-523-9006. Ba ker • Shops, Garages l oader operator, w i l l 8eckie's Studio of Dence i nformation. P l e a s e pay to relocate. Must • Tile & Intenor Finish range, $50. All in good N UETERED LON G CLEAN, QUIET 1 bdrm 211 Fir, La Grande. mail applications to: w orkin g order. haired, B/VV, cat. Very have an insurable dnv Offers: Tumble ballet, D 5. H Roofing 5. • Decks & Fences apartment in updated Cove School Distnct Fast Response 541-524-1 637 fnendly. 541-523-5975. ing record and able to b allet, p o i n te , t a p , Construction, inc b uilding. $ 3 7 5 / m o . PO Box 68 & Quality Work Baker City pass a drug test. Dur Iazz/hip-hop, modern. CCB¹192854. New roofs $350 sec. dep. 2332 Cove, OR 97824 445Lawns & Gar Wade, 541-523-4947 ing winter layoff some & reroofs. Shingles, All skill levels ages 3 9th St. Avail. aprrox. or 541-403-0483 shop work is available. dens metal. All phases of 550 - Pets 1/2 to adult. 09/10/12. Baker City. CCB¹176389 Call (541) 488-2880, Reigstration: construction. Pole build Thurs. (541 ) 786-2888 4X12 G R AY Te r r ace THE FOLLOWING posi 8:00am to 8:00pm. ings a specialty. Aug 23, Fri. Aug 24, bncks. 200 plus. $1/ea. GERMAN SHEPHERD. tion is available for the Respond within 24 hrs. and Mon, Aug 27. 541-523-9021 Pure black. Paid $400, CLEAN, QUIET 2-bdrm.: Wallowa School Dis 280 - Situation 541-524-9594 B IC will sell for $200/OBO. S tove, f r i dge, d i s h 9am-10am 8r tiict. Wanted w asher, $ 4 0 0 / m o . 5:30pm-6:30pm. 541-523-4918. Baker Custodial Position DIVORCE $135. Com 450 - Miscellaneous 541-962-0800, Contact Nelson Real NEED HELP with weed Part-Time Position plete preparation. In 541-805-831 7 Estate, 541-523-6485 JON HOLMES the big ing. Pl e a s e c al l Applications and Iob de cludes children, cus 50" PHILLLIPS TV, very e ven i n g s dog m an . D e s i gner 0 I 541-51 9-32 51 scriptions may be ob good condition, $250. 541-856-3932. DANCE ARTS Inc. Reg tody, support, property SCARLETT MARY LMT pups, 12 weeks old, tained by calling the and bills division. No Pool table, full sized oak istration 2012-2013 3 massages/$100. Anatolian d istric t of f i ce at court appearance. Di wine color, all access. Season. Classes begin Call 541-523-4578 S h ep herd/Py re nee s/Al IN BAKER: Studio, $300 886-2061. vorced in 1-5 w e eks Like new, $1000. rent. Most utilities pd. September 10th: Crea askin H u s k y mix . Gift Certificates Please send resume and possible. 541-805-0985 No pets. $ 300/dep. tive dance, m o dern, W or k i n g dogs . Baker City, OR /, application to: 503-772-5295. 541-853-231 3 ballet, Iazz, hip hop, $200/each. Wallowa School Distnct www. pa ra ega I l a It e rna traveling competition SPRING CLEANING. No AVAILABLE AT 541-437-0196, leave II ¹12, PO Box 425, Wal tives.corn, Iob too big or small. 8 teams. Ages 3 and up. THE OBSERVER msg. 680 N 12th, El RENTALS AVAILABLE lowa, OR 97885. Or starting at $ 3 90/mo. yrs experience & ex Classes taught by Pa divorce©usa.corn gin. NEWSPAPER drop off at the District P artial u t i l ities p a i d . tricia Sandlin, over 35 cellent r e f e r e nces. BUNDLES DO YOU NEED office between 7 : 00 References & security 541-519-5120, BIC years of teaching ex Burning or packing? Affordable Denture a.m. and 3:30 p .m., 330 - Business Op d eposit s req u i r e d . penence. Visit the new Service? $1.00 each Monday through Fri portunities 385 - Union Co. Ser 541-403-2220 website for more infor day. Deadline for com NEWSPRINT vice Directory m at i o n at Troy Stewart, LD pleted application and INVESTIGATE BEFORE ROLL ENDS d anceartsinc.net. O r YOU TOO can use TAKING A p plications ANYTHING FOR YOU INVEST! Always BLUE MOUNTAIN resume i s M o n d ay, Art prolects & more! f or t w o , 2-bd r m , call 541-910-2205 or t his attention g e t A BUCK a good policy, espe DENTURE CENTER September 10, 2012. Super for young artists! 1 bath a p a rtments. 541-963-7383. ter. Ask a classified Same owner for 21 yrs. cially for business op 21 94 Co urt St. $2.00 8r up $600/mo. & 1 3-bdrm, r ep how yo u c a n 541-910-6013 p ortunities & f ran Baker City, Or 97814 Stop in today! 1 b a t h ap a r t m e n t get your ad to stand CCB¹101518, LG (541) 519-4696 or UNION S CHOOL Dis chises. Call OR Dept. $700/mo. Quiet, com La Grande School of 1406 Fifth Street out like this! o f J u stice a t ( 5 0 3 ) (541)523-4752 t rict is h i r ing a H i g h 541-963-31 61 pletely remodeled. No Ballet SEWING ALTERA S chool Lan g u a g e 378-4320 or the Fed Ballet, Tap, Tumble, pets. Downtown loca TIONS 8E REPAIRS. FRANCES ANNE eral Trade Commission Arts/English Teacher. tion. Please call be Ages 3 1/2 to Adult CEMETERY PLOTS YAGGIE INTERIOR 8E Hems, pockets, zippers, at (877) FTC-HELP for Please contact Super tween 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. w ill t a k e a n i n EXTERIOR PAINTING, suits & gowns, any 541-523-4435 intendent Jon St. Ger f ree i nformation. O r Swanee Herrmann crease as of July 1, item. Leave msg: Commercial @ v isit our We b s it e a t maine at 541-562-5278 541-963-9247 541-786-5512. LG 2 012. I have t w o Residential. Neat & www.ftc.gov/bizop. 725 - Apartment o r v i s i t t h e Un i o n 1207 Hall Street side-by-side lots for efficient. CCB¹137675. S chool District w e b Rentals Union Co. s ale that a ls o i n 541-524-0369 345 - Adult Care s I te: c lude p e r p e t u a l DORM R OOM $2 0 0 . www.union.k12.or.us/ Union Co. OAK HAVEN ICindergar JACKET 8r Coverall Re care a t a good Economical off-street t f ten registration open pair. Zippers replaced, pnce. 541-523-7523 ADULT FOSTER home office spaces, . All information. for Fall, Mon — Thurs. p atching an d o t h e r 605 - Market Basket in La Grande has im utilites paid. Northeast 12-3, M. Ruth Daven m ediate opening f o r heavy d ut y r e p a irs. DO YOU need papers to Propert y M g mt port, 5 4 1-663-1528, Reasonable rates, fast TACO TUESDAYS male or female resi start your fire with? Or 541-91 0-03 54. 541-805-4972. service. 541-523-4087 UNION S CHOOL Dis d ent, p r i vat e r o o m . Tacos — $1.50 a re yo u m o v i n g & tnct is seeking applica or 541-805-9576 BIC Ca II 541-91 0-7557. need papers to wrap Golf 1/2 pnce after 2 PM CENTURY 21 tions for a 5 FTE Edu 405 - Antiques PIANO LESSONS those special items? www.quailndqeqreens.corn PROPERTY JIM'S COMPUTERS c ational A s s istant i n 355 - Day Care Union Ages 48r Up The Baker City Herald MANAGEMENT the Special Education Co. Jo ul Sounds Studio On site service & repair VINTAGE 8E Old Stuff. at 1915 F i rst S t r eet 620 - Farm Equip c lassroom. P l e a s e Where students develop a Wireless & wired 9 25 2nd S t . , N o r t h sells tied bundles of ment & Supplies La randeRentals.co love of music & send a cover letter and HAVE OPENINGS for 2 networks Powder, OR., lust of papers. Bundles, $1.00 ALFALFA 8r grass seed. enjoy learning to play children. Grandma at Virus & Spam Removal resume t o U nion 1-84. Open 8/30 thru each. L ow prices, w e d e piano! mosphere, r e a d ing, School District, P .O. Jim T. Eidson 9/03. 9AM -6 PM. An liver. Ray O d e rmott (541)963-1210 541-91 0-3992 B ox IC, U n ion, O R playtime. 541-519-7342 t iques & m o re . B u r l GREAT PRICES 800-91 0-41 01, joyfulsounds88.corn 97883. 541-786-8960. www.jimeidson.corn wood available. We buy all scrap CIMMARON MANOR 208-465-5280 metals, vehicles & ICingsview Apts. batteries. Site FORKS, HEAVY duty 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century cleanups & drop off 21, Eagle Cap Realty. 59"x 6", $1500. Snow bins of all sizes. P low, 10'x 3' , g o o d 541-963-1210 Pick up service c ondition , $ 1500 . EO U, 1 available. L oader bucket 9 3 " x CLOSE T O Sam Haines Enter bdrm, most u t i lites 1 1/8 yd., fair condi pi ises pd. No smoking/ pets, tion, $4 00 . O p t ional 541-51 9-8600 c oin-o p l au nd r y , coupler system for all 541-403-2897 $375/month $300 dep, 3. Pictures available 541-91 0-3696. email kkh711©q.corn. 541-523-449 9 or LADD'S AUTO LLC E O U2 , 541-519-1670. Baker CLOSE T O bdrm, 3rd floor, most utilities paid, coin-op UNDER NEW 630 - Feeds -: ~7t-Pl' ] ' -dk(lk', 'I(':' laundry, no smoking, I'J.r, 4 ~r'.ill)ri(' L~ ~r' P:: —.'1 MANAGEMENT no pets, $450/month. 1st Crop A lfalfa-Grass, $400 dep. Whirlpool' and KltchenAld' JOYFlll S'OllNOS LEGACY FORD Embroidery by... Need Cash???? $150/ton, small bales. 541-91 0-3696. Piano Studio APPLIANCES Paul Soward Sales Consultant Blue Mountain Design Final Expense for"SENIORS We are buying Cars, 2nd crop Alfalfa-Grass - Free Delivery 541-res-5751 541-963-2161 GradyRawls 1920 Court Ave. Truck Battenes, Farm $180/ton. P r e-order CLOSE TO EOU, studio, all ELGIN ELECTRIC 24 Hour Towing f41-F1P-887f Baker City, OR 97814 Equipment and w heat s t r aw , s m a l l u tilities p d . $425 . 541-398-1 825 43 N. 8th Elgin Saturday Service • Rental Cars stitches5bmdrrcom rrrrrrj oyfulousndseacorn Household Appliances bales. (541)519-0693, 91 0-0811 GRawls2I gmail.corn 541 437 2054 2906Island Ave.,La Grande,OR Baker. 541-523-7163 We also have CLOSE TO park & pool, ',LI "c,'J(33i' ~ 1INIJ 541-663-0933 ;;Lj'i|jj '(.'3",' ~ L' I ll" I : Ik:K'(!I(l)IIP„';:I:%I Tire Service Available. 2 bdrm , no Open Tues. thru Sat. Oa H aven C.B.'S ,LLC Septic TankCleaning CERTIFIED WEED free smoking/pets,coin op Laurence's Auto C> "]MCU Cr'8P 8AM -5 PM & Portable Restrooms Alfalfa an d o r c hard laundry, $405/month, School & Kindergarten Body & Paint Serving Northeast Oregon Licensed a Insured g rass, $ 1 0/bale o r $300 dep. 910-3696. C1OVer HdVen Montessori-based Preschool 1208 North Willow St. for over 40years! 8 David Ecles Rd. Commercial a Residential $180/ton. Therapeutic Riding La Grande, OR and Kindergarten—M orning 541-523-4433 Call Angie I 963-MAID 541-523-5081 "WELCOME HOME" 541-963-52 31 Programs for Youth DEQ t35186 and Afternoon Programs Island City 541-963-3427 Equine-facilitated R3'W; P,%~ V.~ ALL TYPES scrap iron, Caii 541-663-1528 Psychotherapy car batteries, a p p li 650 - Horses, Mules (541) 963-7476 cloverhaven.org 541-663-1528 BLUE MOUNTAINSOLAR, INC. ances, old cars & elec Q,l i ( Ii,~~ MULES AND horse sale: Get yourelectricity fromSunlight! tronics. Free drop-off KEN'S YARD H e I I s C a nyo n M u I e GREEN TREE State andFederalTaxCredits ALL OFFSET a nytime. 4 0359 O l d Days, Saturday, Sept. CARE COMMERCIALPRINTING APARTMENTS Hwy. 30, (off the 306 541-568-4 882 exit, 2nd d rive w ay) 8th at 6:00pm, Enter 2310 East Q Avenue 92 Since 1982 TABS,BROADSHEET, FULLCOLOR ccei1780 BACK ToSCHOOL RILEY EXCAVATIONINC Camera ready or rre can setup for pnse. Managed by In La Grande, OR. 97B50 Mow, trim, edge, fertilize, leaf M oye s p l ac e , 29 years Experience DESIGNER CLOTHING you.Cori!ac!TheObserver963.3767 Sir V.C--ZZV)~=a termountain Livestock. tmana er@ slcommun>t>es.c removal, tree & shrub trimming 541-51 9-41 20. Excavator, Ba:khoe, Mini-Excavator, More info/consigning, 1431 Adams Ave., Dozer, Grader, Dump Truck & Trailer i..l(..777r'" it;, 'L; I'I L call IML 541-963-2158 La Grande NORTHEAST OREGON 541-805-9777 License ¹163912 or 800-824-5298. 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Bennett L i v e 54l-9l0-4489 or 2 08-573 - 6 5 8 5 ('%here the Green GrassGrows!") P Z L ife S y s t e m stock, Baker City, OR. NEW 6-PLEX, all utilites 465 - Sporting 54I-562-5005 ZEAL FOR LIFE paid, $2100. Northeast Licensed — Bonded —Insured Goods A ll In One , Al l N a tu ral A d va n ce d 690 Pasture w. 1st street suite 2,LaGrande,OR P ro p . Mgt . GCB¹183563 Martin Financial 70207 WellnessFormula! REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY WWW. TAGGEDOUT (541 ) 910-03 54. Serving EO Since 1969 THE DOOR GUY MANAGEMENT Services FeelGoo dandHaveMoreEnergy! TAXIDERMY.US WANTED: SPRING or RAYNOR GARAGE summer pasture for 25 CONFIDENTIAL-COURTEOUS 541-963-4174 www p.zun/i pj ta.biz or call r)tr=,*", ] c,',* 1 DOORS 2 00 p l u s c o w s . utilites i n c l u ded, Se Hable Espano/ www.Vameyrealty.net SALES• SERVICE • INSTALLATION 480 FREE Items HBO cable, wifi, air. 541-S05-0502 541-889-585 3 or Small loans to $5,000 ozer or Bob Fager • 963-3701 • CCB 232 72 $550. 541-963-2724, 208-741-0800. 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1 1/2 BDRM, up stairs. CLEAN 8 r r o o m y, 3 FOR LEASE/RENT: Avail 2 B D RM, $50 0 / m o , 3 BDRM, 2 bath, mobile American West 963-41 25. w/sm. fridge , m i cro bdrm, 2 bath, garage, immediately. 3-bdrm, home. W o o d / elect. Storage wave & private bath. dishwasher, laundry 2 bath. L ike ne w i n heat. $750/mo, $500 7 days/24 hour access 2 B D RM, 1 b a t h L a new subdivision. Two dep. Avail. Sept 1st, 541-523-4564 $400/m o p I u s d e p. room, $800/mo, plus Grande mobile home. Some ut il i t i e s i n car garage & fenced ref. req. No smoking, COMPETITIVE RATES dep. W/s included. No Quiet park. $525 plus cluded. No smoking, smoking, or HUD. 1 yr back yard. No smoking p ets o k , n o HU D . Behind Armory on East $725 security w / s/g no pets. References & lease. 2706 N Depot. Sm. pet c o nsidered. 541-786-3047 and H Streets. pd. No pets/smoking. background check. Call 541-91 0-42 62. $1400/mo. plus dep. 541-91 0-0056. 5 BDRM, 3 bath house in 541-51 9-0552 541-51 9-3704 EXCELLENT 2 bdrm du Elgin, $850. No pets. 2 BDRM, 1 bath, small plex, garage, storage, 534-4545, 91 0-4546. FOR RENT: Sm. 2-bdrm 740 - Duplex Rentals yard, house for rent-for quiet l o c a t i on , no house in c o u ntry. 8 MINI STOIULGE Baker Co. sa I e. $ 4 5 0/m o n t h. SECLUDED COUNTRY pets/smoking, miles f r o m t ow n . 541-963-2343. living in Summerville, $ 650/month . Cal l • Secure 1 BDRM, all u t ilities 541-523-3011 1 bdrm upstairs, pas paid. No smoking, no 541-963-4907. • Keypad Entry do uble-wide ture & barn avail, extra NEW LARGE 3-bdrm, 2 2 BDRM, pets. $ 6 7 5 m o n t h, • Auto-Lock Gate manufactured home. TAKING A P P L ICA b ath. F e nced b a c k Country living. Animals cost. Pets on approval. $ 60 0 depos it . • Security Lighting TIONS f or ren t a l , yard. No smoking, no Taking a p p l i cations 541-91 0-3696. welcome. A t t a c h ed now. $ 6 5 0 / m o nt h, • Fenced Area S outhside Du p l e x : pets. $1100 per mo. (6-foot barb) double garage. Ready Nice 2 bdrm, carport, 541-51 9-6528 u tilit ie s i nc l u d e d . Sept 1. $650 mo. Call storage, w/d hooksup. 541-805-8904. NEW I lx25 units 541-963-8381. N o s m o k ing/ p e t s , SUNFIRE REAL Estate for "Big Boy Toys" CLOSE T O EO U. 1 $600/mo, $700 dep. LLC. has Houses, Du 2 BDRM, MH in Union STUDIO HOUSE, large bdrm, new vinyl, new fenced yard, storage Ca I I 541-91 0-61 84 plexes & Apartments 823-1688 paint, no smoking, no s enio r d is c o un t unit, 8 0 3 X Av e . for rent. Call Cheryl pets. $ 4 0 0 m o n t h, (Scott) 2312 14th 541-91 0-0811. $575/mo, pl us $500 Guzman fo r l i s t ings, $ 30 0 d e p o s i t . TAKING A P P L ICA deposit. 541-91 0-3696. 541-523-7727. 2 BR/1BA house, 302 S. TIONS for Southside (541 ) 963-331 3, CLASSIC STORAGE R iver, E nt e r p r i s e . Duplex: Nice 3 bdrm, 2 (541 ) 786-0424, 541-524-1534 Lawn care & watenng 745 - Duplex Rentals up, 1 down, garage, (541 ) 938-2021 . 2805 L Street included. No pets, no Union Co. l arge storage, d e c k NEW FACILITY!! HELP ATTRACT smoking. $650/mo, VERY NICE 3 bdrm, 2 w /d h o o k u ps , no 2 BD R M , 1 bat h, Vanety of Sizes Available p lus utilities & d e p . smoking/pets, ATTENT(IQ(M TQ bath, w/ tip out, dish $450/mo, $450 dep., 541-398-21 51. Secunty Access Entry w asher, Bl a z e k i n g YQUR ADI w/d hookup, w/s/gin $795/mo, pl us $800 RV Storage dep. Call 541-910-6184 3 BDRM duplex, on 2nd wood stove, new ice c lud e d , no Add symbols & bold St. Q u ie t n e i g h bor m aker f r i dge, A / C , HUD/pets/smoking, TRI PLEX 5 b d r m , 5 washer/dryer. Not for ing! hood, $800/mo. Dep. 541-963-4907. bath, no smoking, no rent. Best buy price: req. Hdwd floors, big pets. All utilities pd. It's a little extra that gets SECURESTORAGE $ 798 4 0 BO . backyard, dishwasher. $800 mo., $700 dep 541-786-241 4 o r 2 BDRM, 1 bath, newly BIG results. 541-91 0-9523 541-91 0-3696. Surveillance 541-786-0624 remodeled, w/d hook Cameras ups, quiet location, Ig. 750 - Houses For 3 BDRM, 2 bath home Have your adSTAND Computenzed Entry 753 Wallowa with updated intenor, y ard, s t o r a ge , no Rent Baker Co. OUT Covered Storage very clean well mani County Rentals pets/smoking. $600 a for as little as $1 extra. Super size 16'x50' month. 541-786-6058 3 BDRM, 2 bath. All ap cured yard in I sland HOME F O R re n t, 4 pliances included Lg. City. No p e ts . A v ail. bdrm, 2 bath, carport, 541-523-2128 garage. Lg. yard. No Sept. 1st. $900 mo, stg shed, maintained 3100 15th St. 2 BR, fireplace, deck, at s moking. P e t ne g . 752 - Houses for first, last & c l e aning rd, in Wa IIowa. Baker City tached garage, $675, $795/mo. plus deposit. Rent Union Co. C a I I ya de p. 541-886-4305. plus elect. First & last 541-788-5433. Ba ker 503-347-1 076. 2 BDRM house in Union, m onths r e n t , pl u s H UD approved, n o CUTE, CLEAN 2 bdrm, 1 760 - Commercial d amage dep. i n a d HOME SWEET HOME gets w / s pr o v i d ed, b ath, appliances i n Rentals vance. No smoking/no Cute clean 2 & 3 bdrms. 1 sm. pet considered. cluded, w/d hookup, 1200 PLUS sq. ft. pro pets. Contact Anita at $600/month. • Mini-Warehouse 541-562-579 0 or No smoking. $575/mo. plussecunty V a I I ey Re a I ty fessional office space, • Outside FencedParking 503-630-7098 541-963-41 74. Ed Moses:541-519-1814 dep. 541-963-5736 4 o f f ices, r e c e ption • ReasonableRates a re a , Irg For informationcall: conference/break area, handicap accessible. 523-8318days by Stella Wilder Price negotiable per 528-4SD7evenings length of lease. North MONDAY, AUGUST27, 20)2 just what you want, and you know just where ARIES (March 21-Apru 19) -You may 3785 10th Street east Property Manage Born today, you are almost always able to it is — but getting from here to there may run into someone who has plans for you ment (541)910-0354.

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AVAILIABLE in Union, W /s/g . $ 20 0 . HOUSE FOR SALE BY (541)562-5411 OWNER. $1 6 0 ,000. ONE BLOCK from Safe 3004 N 3rd St. LG. 2.5 way, trailer/RV spaces. bdrms, 1 bath, Ig cor W ater, s e w er , g a r ner lot, spacious front bage. $200. Jeri, man & back yards. Recent entire remodel done. ager. 541-962-6246 LG Call for more info & details: 541-786-1938, 541-910-8410. Please leave msg.

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made to t hat c e rtain Trust Deed made by D ARREL C C A M P A ND M A R TH A L CAMP, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY, as grantor(s), t o E L IC HORN TITLE COM PANY, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REG IS TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, dated 09/22/2006, re corded 09/28/2006, in the mortgage records of Baker County, Ore gon, a s R e c o rder's fee/file/instrument/mi crofilm/reception Num ber 06400006B, cover ing the following de scribed real property situated in said county and state, to w it: LE GAL DESCRIPTION: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE S O UTHWEST QUARTER OF T H E SOUTHEAST QUAR TER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 40 EAST OF THE W I L LAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN BAICER CITY, COUNTY OF BAICER AND STATE OF OREGON, MORE PARTICULARLY DE SCRIBED AS F O L LOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SECTION 9, SAID TOWNSHIP A ND R ANGE, W HIC H POINT IS 213.93 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTH QUARTER SECTION C ORNER OF S A ID SECTION 9; THENCE W EST 2 5 FEE T ; THENCE NORTH 210 FEET; THENCE EAST 135 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21 0 F E ET; THENCE WEST 110 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO THE NORTH 20 FEET OF "H" STREET AD J OIN IN G TH E ABOVE-DESCRIBED LAND ON THE SOUTH, AS VACATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 3262, A CERTIFIED C OPY O F W H I C H WAS R E C O RDED MARCH 20, 2008, AS DEED NO. 0813 0013, B AIZE R C O U N T Y DEED R E C O RDS. PROPERTY A D DRESS: 1 1 0 0 H STREET BAICER CITY, O R 97814 Both t h e

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD —7B

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

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityherald.corn • classifiedsObakercityherald.corn • Fax: 541-523-6426 The Observer: 541-963-3161e www. l agrandeobserver. corn•cl assifiedsOlagrandeobserver.corn•Fax:541-963-3674 1001 - Baker County Legal Notices B eneficiary an d t h e Trustee have elected to sell the real prop erty to satisfy the obli gations that the Trust Deed secures and a notice of default has been recorded pursu ant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due the follow i ng s u ms : m o n t h ly of p ay m e n t s $1,396.78 beginning 01/01/2011; plus late

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices fees and attorney fees incurred herein by rea son of s ai d d e f ault; and any further sums advanced by the Bene ficiary for the protec tion of the above de scribed real property

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1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices COMPANY, N.A. 1800 T IF I CATE 5, 5 E R I ES and the Trust Deed re E OU HOK E U N I O N crued late charges of

last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure T apo Canyon R d . , CA6-914-01-94 SIMI proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed re VALLEY, CA 9 3 063 instated by paying the (800)-281-8219 (TS¹ Beneficiary the entire 11-011 9528) amount t h e n due 1006.147315-FEI (other than such por tion of the principal as Lega I No. 00026732 would not then be due P ublished: August 20, h ad no d e f ault o c 27, September 3, 10, 2012 curred) and by curing any other default com plained of notice of de 1010 - Union Co. fault that is capable of Legal Notices being cured by tender NOTICE OF ing the p e rformance TRUSTEE'S S ALE Reference i s required under the ob made to t hat c e rtain ligation that the Trust Trust Deed made by Deed secures, and in WILLIAM M. WOLFE, addition to paying said A MARRIED MAN AS sums or tendenng the HIS SOLE AND SEPA performance neces RATE PROPERTY, as sary to cure the d e grantor(s), to F I RST fault b y p a y ing all AMERICAN TITLE, as costs and expenses actually incurred in en T rustee, i n f a vo r o f MORTGAGE ELEC forcing the obligation TRONIC REGISTRA t hat the T r ust D e ed TION SYSTEMS, INC., secures, together with as Beneficiary, dated the Trustee's and at t orney fees no t e x 11/09/2006, recorded 1 1/15/2006, i n th e ceeding the amounts mortgage records of provided b y ORS Union County, Oregon, 86.753. In construing as Re c o r d e r ' s this notice, the singu fee/file/instrument/mi lar includes the plural, crofilm/reception Num the word "grantor" in b er 20066032, a n d cludes any successor subsequently assigned in interest to the gran t or as w e l l a s a n y to U.S. BANIC, NA TIONAL A S SOC IA other person owing an TION, SUCCESSOR obligation t h a t t he TRUSTEE TO BANIC Trust Deed secures, OF AME RICA, N.A., and the words "Trus AS S UC C E SSOR tee" and "Beneficiary" T RUSTEE T O L A include their respec SALLE BANIC, N.A., twe successors in in AS TRUSTEE FOR terest, if any. Dated:

$-297. 71, p lu s a d 2007-FF1 by Assign instated by paying the BUILDING PHASE 2 Beneficiary the entire Extenor Renovation vances of $240.00; to m en t r ec o r de d 0 6/2 6 / 2 0 1 2 in amount t h e n due Eastern Oregon Unwer g ether w it h t i t l e e x Book/Reel/Volume No. (other than such por sity, La Grande, Ore pense, costs, trustee's fees and attorney fees a t Page No . a s r e tion of the principal as gon incurred herein by rea corder's fee/file/instru would not then be due Bid Date: September 7, son of s ai d d e f ault; h ad no d e f ault o c 2012 2:00 p.m. ment/microfilm/recep a nd i ts i nt e re s t s tion No . 2 0 1 2 1990, curred) and by curing There will be a Non-Man and any further sums therein. WHEREFORE, covenng the following any other default com d atory Job W alk o n advanced by the Bene notice hereby is gwen ficiary for the protec descnbed real property plained of notice of de Thursday, August 30, tion of the above de situated in said county fault that is capable of that, R ECONTRUST 2 012, 11:00 a.m. at COMPANY, N.A., the and state, to wit: BE being cured by tender Eastern Oregon Uni scribed real property undersigned Trustee GINNING AT A POINT ing the p e rformance versity — Hoke Union a nd i ts in t e re s t will on Fnday, Novem required under the ob B uilding, E O U ad therein. By reason of WHICH IS EAST 900 said default the Bene b er 09, 2012 at t h e FEET AND NORTH 66 ligation that the Trust dress: One Unwersity hour of 10:00 AM, in DEGREES EAST 121 Deed secures, and in Blvd., La Grande, Ore ficiary has declared all accord with the stan F EET F ROM T H E addition to paying said sums owing on the ob c harges o f $ 4 8 . 7 0 dard of t i m e e s t ab sums or tendenng the ligation that the Trust QUARTER-SECTION Pg~ FORT I S lishe d by O RS Deed secures are im each month beginning CORNER BETWEEN performance neces CO 5 R• C | I O N IN C with th e 0 1 /01/2011 187.110, at the follow S ECTIONS 34 A N D sary to cure the d e m ediately d u e a n d gon 97850. payment plus pnor ac ing place: outside the 35, IN TOWNSHIP 2 fault b y p a y ing all 1705 payable, said sums be SW Taylor Street, crued late charges of m ain entrance to t h e costs and expenses i ng the f o l lowing t o SOUTH, RANGE 37 Suite 200 $-48.70; plus advances Baker County Court EAST OF THE WIL actually incurred in en wit: $159,455.19 with Portland, OR97205 of $180.00; together house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd LAMETTE MERIDIAN, forcing the obligation Q uestions ca n b e d i interest thereon at the w ith t i t l e e x p e n s e , S treet, B a ke r C i t y , UNION C O U N TY, that the T rust D e ed rate of 4 .10 p ercent rected to Geoff Miller costs, trustee's fees Baker County, OR, sell secures, together with OREGON; THENCE, per annum beginning Geoff.miller©fortiscon and attorney fees in at public auction to the 12/01/2011 until paid, SOUTH 77 DEGREES the Trustee's and at struction.corn curred herein by rea highest bidder for cash t orney fees no t e x Phone: 503-459-4477 plus all accrued late EAST, 101.3 FEET; son of s ai d d e f ault; the interest in the de THENCE, NORTH 11 ceeding the amounts Fax: 503-459-4478 c harges thereon t o and any further sums scribed real property provided b y ORS g ether w it h t i t l e e x DEGREES EAST, 68 advanced by the Bene which the grantor had FEET TO THE SOUTH 86.753. In construing pense, costs, trustee's fees and attorney fees ficiary for the protec or had power to con EAST CORNER OF this notice, the singu OR CCB¹155766 tion of the above de vey at the time of the LAND CONVEYED TO lar includes the plural, Bid documents are avail incurred herein by rea scribed real property execution by g rantor son of s ai d d e f ault; MARTIN U. GIRRARD the word "grantor" in able for review at the a nd i ts in t e re s t of the Trust Deed, to and any further sums AND W IF E ( D EED cludes any successor Fortis office and at lo therein. By reason of BOOING 117, PAGE 8, in interest to the gran advanced by the Bene gether with any inter plan centers. ficiary for the protec said default the Bene est which the grantor RECORDS OF UNION t or as w e l l a s a n y Wecal are an equal opportu ficiary has declared all or grantor's s ucces COUNTY, OREGON), other person owing an tion of the above de nity employer and re sums owing on the ob s ors i n i n t e r est a c obligation t h a t t he scribed real property THENCE, NORTH 77 quest sub bids f rom and i ts i nt e r e s t s ligation that the Trust D EGREES W E S T Trust Deed secures, quired after the execu minonty, women, dis therein. WHEREFORE, Deed secures are im tion of the Trust Deed, ALONG THE SOUTH and the words "Trus a dvantaged , a nd m ediately d u e a n d to satisfy the forego ERLY LINE OF SAID tee" and "Beneficiary" notice hereby is gwen emerging small busi payable, said sums be ing obligations thereby GIRRARD PROPERTY, include their respec that, R ECONTRUST ness enterpnses. i ng the f o l l ow ing t o secured and the costs 101.3 FEET; THENCE, twe successors in in COMPANY, N.A., the undersigned Trustee wit: $145,110.87 with and expenses of sale, SOUTH 11 DEGREES terest, if any. Dated: Publish: August 27, 29, interest thereon at the including a reasonable W EST 7 0 FEE T , J une 27, 2 0 1 2 R E will on Monday, No 31, 2012; September rate of 7 .50 p ercent charge by the Trustee. C ONTRUST C O M v ember 05, 2 012 at MORE OR LESS, TO 5, 2012 Notice is further given the hour of 10:00 AM, per annum beginning PANY, N.A. For further Lega THE MERRILL LYNCH THE POINT OF BE I no. 26963 i n accord w i t h t h e 12/01/2010 until paid, that any person named J uly 05, 201 2 R ECON FIRST F RANICL IN GINNING. PROPERTY i nformation, p l e a s e in ORS 86.753 has the TRUST COMPANY, A DDRESS: 6 2 1 4 5 c ontact : REC O N s tandard of t ime e s plus all accrued late M ORTGAG E L O A N c harges thereon t o N.A. For further infor TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF tablished b y ORS nght, at any time that LOWER PERRY LOOP TRUST, MORTGAGE L A G RANDE, O R N.A. 1800 Tapo Can S ALE Reference i s g ether w it h t i t l e e x is not later than f we mation, please c o n 187.110, at the follow LOAN made to t hat c e rtain ing place: outside the days before the date tact: R E CONTRUST 97850 Both the Bene y o n Rd. pense, costs, trustee's ASS ET-BAC ICED C ER ficiary Trust Deed made by and the Trustee CA6-914-01-94 SIMI main entrance of the WILLIAM M. WOLFE, VALLEY, CA 9 3 063 Daniel Chaplin Build h ave elected to s e l l A MARRIED MAN AS t he real p roperty t o (800)-281-8219 (TS¹ ing, 1001 4th Street, HIS SOLE AND SEPA by Stella Wilder L a G r a nde , U n i o n 12-0056231) satisfy the obligations RATE PROPERTY, as t hat the T r ust D e ed 1 006.1 62574-F E I C ounty, OR, s ell a t TUESDAY,AUGUST 28, 20) 2 ing before making the attempt. must stay the course until you have tied up grantor(s), to F I RST p ublic auction to t h e secures and a notice AMERICAN TITLE, as of default has been re Publish: August 13, 20, highest bidder for cash Born today, you do not always feel as scoRPI0 (oct. 23-Nov.21) - symbolism one significant loose end. T rustee, in f a vo r o f the interest in the de c orded p u r suant t o 27, 2012; September though you truly belong; you often have the of all kinds will be significant to you through TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Facts and MORTGAGE ELEC scribed real property Oregon Revised Stat 3, 2012 sensethatyou hailfrom somewhere faraway, out the day. Certain number and letter com figuresrequire some study;you are notquite TRONIC REG ISTRA which the grantor had utes 86.735(3); the de Lega I no. 26597 and that you have been striving throughout binations attract your attention. up to speed, but once you are, there will be TION SYSTEMS, INC., or had power to con f ault fo r w h i c h t h e T HE CIRC U I T as Beneficiary, dated your lifetime to get back home. This is, per SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) few who can really keep upwith you. vey at the time of the foreclosure is made is I NCOURT OF THE 11/09/2006, recorded execution by g rantor haps, overly dramatic — but it touches on Lovedones arefeeling the need forincreased GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You must be grantor's failure to pay STATE OF OREGON 1 1/15/2006, i n th e when due the follow of the Trust Deed, to something that is profoundly true for you: communication at this time; you can do them ready to support whatever position you claim FOR UNION COUNTY mortgage records of i ng s u ms : m o n t h l y gether with any inter You want nothing more than to feel like you one better bydroppin in )y! a s your own. You can' t expect ot her s t o ac ce pt gunex pected Union County, Oregon, est which the grantor of p ay m e n t s - You your views without question. arehome, no ma tterwhereyou are.You are CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) In the Matter of Estate a s Re c o r d e r ' s or grantor's s ucces $1,161.53 beginning quick to settle in as best you can, no matter can't afford to let a minor conflict go untend CANCER (June 21-July 22) —A combina of M I C HAE L RAY fee/file/instrument/mi s ors i n i n t e rest a c 01/01/2012; plus late De where you go; you are not the kind to leave ed today, or it will almost surely develop into tion of influences will have you trying to go crofilm/reception Num c harges o f $ 4 2 . 5 3 DESPAROIS, quired after the execu ceased. b er 20066032, a n d things in a suitcase when you travel, if you something significant. in two directions at once - and for a while, tion of the Trust Deed, each month beginning Case No. 12-04-8386 subsequently assigned to satisfy the forego - You' ve you candothiswith some success. with th e 0 1 /01/2012 can help it. You are a natural nester; comfort AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) to U.S. BANIC, NA ing obligations thereby payment plus pnor ac NOT IC E TO IN TE R is essential to you. been evolving at a steady pace of late, but LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)-You may realize ESTED PERSONS TIONAL A S SOC IA secured and the costs crued late charges of WEDNESDAY,AUGUST 29 today you may have reason to put a stop to a thatyou areresponsible formorethancan be TION, SUCCESSOR and expenses of sale, $-297. 71; p lu s a d - The instruc certain kind ofpersonal growth — VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) for a while. outlined or annotated. Trust your instincts vances of $240.00; to NOTICE I S H E REBY TRUSTEE TO BANIC including a reasonable GIVEN that the under tions you receive may not be quite what you PISCES (Feb.19-March 20) - Progress is and don't settle for easyanswers. OF AME RICA, N.A., charge by the Trustee. g ether w it h t i t l e e x signed has been ap AS S UC C E SSOR Notice is further given expected; you can beglad thatyourprepara all but guaranteed today; what can make the pense, costs, trustee's fEDIIORSF Ch d q u pl » t n Hdb w t g t h t gC pointed successor per T RUSTEE T O L A that any person named tions were so thorough! difference is your unwillingness to come to fees and attorney fees COPYRIGHT 2tll2 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE INC sonal representatwe of SALLE BANIC, N.A., in ORS 86.753 has the incurred herein by rea LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 22) -You have set what may seem asilly agreement. DISIRIBUIED BYUNIVERSALUCLICK FORUFS lllOWd tSt K » Q t y l AOall0a Mtl25567l4 AS TRUSTEE FOR son of s ai d d e f ault; the above-titled estate. nght, at any time that your sights quite high, and you can reachall ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You are All p e r sons h a v i ng THE MERRILL LYNCH and any further sums is not later than f we that way ifyou are careful to find stable foot eager to set off in a new direction, but you claims against the es FIRST F RANICL IN days before the date advanced by the Bene t ate are r e q uired t o M ORTGAG E L O A N last set for the sale, to ficiary for the protec p resent them t o t h e TRUST, MORTGAGE have this foreclosure tion of the above de successor p e r sonal LOAN scribed real property proceeding dismissed representatwe, care of ASS ET-BAC ICED C ER and the Trust Deed re a nd i ts in t e re s t Wasley Law O f f i ce, TI F I CATE 5, 5 E R I ES instated by paying the therein. By reason of PC, 105 F i r S t r e et, 2007-FF1 by Assign Beneficiary the entire said default the Bene Suite 204, La Grande, m en t r ec o r de d ficiary has declared all amount t h e n due 0 6/2 6 / 2 0 1 2 in sums owing on the ob Oregon 97850, within (other than such por four months after the Book/Reel/Volume No. tion of the principal as ligation that the Trust date of first publication a t Page No . a s r e would not then be due Deed secures are im stock ACROSS o f this notice o r t h e corder's fee/file/instru m ediately d u e a n d h ad no d e f ault o c la im smay be ba r red. 39 Nat's daughter ment/microfilm/recep curred) and by curing payable, said sums be Allcpersons whose rights tion No . 2 0 1 2 1990, any other default com 42 Puppy bite Answer to Previous Puzzle i ng the f o l lowing t o 1 Put down turf may be affected by covenng the following wit: $159,455.19 with plained of notice of de 4 "The Naked 44 Suffix for forfeit this proceeding may descnbed real property interest thereon at the fault that is capable of J O L T A C E B L T Maja" artist 45 Tumbler, e.g. obtain additional infor situated in said county being cured by tender rate of 4 .10 p ercent 8 "She — a 49 VCR function m ation from t h e r e and state, to wit: BE F I L C H M RT B O A ing the p e rformance per annum beginning cords of the court, the GINNING AT A POINT required under the ob 53 McEntire of Yellow Ribbon" 12/01/2011 until paid, AB I D E B EA R C U B successor p e r sonal WHICH IS EAST 900 ligation that the Trust country music plus all accrued late 12 Chiang representatwe, or the FEET AND NORTH 66 Deed secures, and in RED NE E D L E c harges thereon t o — -shek 54 Trance attorney for the suc DEGREES EAST 121 addition to paying said g ether w it h t i t l e e x 56 French state 13 Leaves M DS E B RO C RU E cessor personal repre F EET F ROM T H E sums or tendenng the pense, costs, trustee's sentative, Philip Wa 57 Imitated QUARTER-SECTION breathless fees and attorney fees performance neces A L B S S E A MS sley. CORNER BETWEEN s ary to cure the d e 14 Poet's black 58 Printer' s incurred herein by rea Dated and first published MA N T I S AK I T A S S ECTIONS 34 A N D fault b y p a y ing all son of s ai d d e f ault; 15 Drawings measures August 13, 2012. Suc 35, IN TOWNSHIP 2 and any further sums costs and expenses E R E C T QT I P 59 Advisable on glass actually incurred in en advanced by the Bene cessor Personal Rep SOUTH, RANGE 37 60 Gets lots of resentative: T i m othy 17 Garden hopper EAST OF THE WIL forcing the obligation A MO R H UE T H AW ficiary for the protec Desparois LAMETTE MERIDIAN, that the T rust D e ed applause 18 Bread tion of the above de OC E AN S A D A UNION C O U N TY, secures, together with scribed real property 61 Birthday count ingredient OREGON; THENCE, the Trustee's and at B EOW U L F EQUA L and i ts i nt e r e s t s Publish: August 13, 20, 19 Tongue 27, 2012 SOUTH 77 DEGREES t orney fees no t e x therein. WHEREFORE, DOWN AW L EL F wag gers L UN G E EAST, 101.3 FEET; ceeding the amounts notice hereby is gwen Lega I no. 26678 THENCE, NORTH 11 21 Zoo staffer provided b y ORS S F E T E that, R ECONTRUST GEE S O DEGREES EAST, 68 86.753. In construing 1 Misrepresent COMPANY, N.A., the 23 Stadium cry 8-27-12 ©2012 UFS, Dist. by Univ. Uclick for UFS FEET TO THE SOUTH undersigned Trustee this notice, the singu 2 Solemn 24 Reduced EAST CORNER OF lar includes the plural, will on Monday, No 28 Vestige promise LAND CONVEYED TO the word "grantor" in v ember 05, 2 012 a t 3 Gambler' s 32 Onetime analysis 10 Thunder MARTIN U. GIRRARD cludes any successor the hour of 10:00 AM, need AND W IF E ( D EED in interest to the gran LAX client i n accord w i t h t h e 8 Deluxe hotel 11 Finales BOOING 117, PAGE 8, t or as w e l l a s a n y s tandard of t im e e s 33 Preschooler 4 Spat suite feature 16 Possess RECORDS OF UNION other person owing an tablished b y ORS 5 Purchase 35 Steely, (2 wds.) 20 Make a wager COUNTY, OREGON); obligation t h a t t he 187.110, at the follow 6 Safecracker as nerves 9 Reed 22 New Year THENCE, NORTH 77 ing place: outside the Trust Deed secures, 7 Mineral D EGREES W E S T and the words "Trus 36 Levi Strauss instrument in Hanoi main entrance of the ALONG THE SOUTH tee" and "Beneficiary" Daniel Chaplin Build 24 Soho co. ERLY LINE OF SAID include their respec ing, 1001 4th Street, 25 Part of IOU 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 GIRRARD PROPERTY, twe successors in in L a G r a n de , U n i o n 26 Not at all ruddy 101.3 FEET; THENCE, terest, if any. Dated: C ounty, OR, s ell a t 27 — Quixote SOUTH 11 DEGREES J une 27, 2 0 1 2 R E 12 14 p ublic auction to t h e W EST 7 0 FEE T , C ONTRUST C O M highest bidder for cash 29 Feel poorly MORE OR LESS, TO the interest in the de PANY, N.A. For further 30 201, to 15 16 17 THE POINT OF BE scribed real property i nformation, p l e a s e Claudius GINNING. PROPERTY c ontact : REC O N which the grantor had 31 Gaze at A DDRESS: 6 2 1 4 5 TRUST COMPANY, or had power to con 18 19 20 LOWER PERRY LOOP N.A. 1800 Tapo Can 34 Frat letter vey at the time of the L A G RANDE, O R y o n execution by g rantor Rd. 37 Inborn 2I 22 23 97850 Both the Bene CA6-914-01-94 SIMI of the Trust Deed, to 38 — Hamm ficiary and the Trustee VALLEY, CA 9 3 063 gether with any inter of soccer h ave elected to s e l l est which the grantor (800)-281-8219 (TS¹ 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 40 Stock trading t he real property t o or grantor's s ucces 12-0056231) satisfy the obligations 1006.162574-F E I concerns s ors i n i n t e rest a c 32 34 35 that the T rust D e ed quired after the execu 41 Prefix for secures and a notice Publish: August 13, 20, tion of the Trust Deed, dynamic of default has been re 27, 2012; September to satisfy the forego 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 Bah! c orded p u rsuant t o ing obligations thereby 3, 2012 Oregon Revised Stat Lega I no. 26597 45 Waxed secured and the costs utes 86.735(3); the de 42 43 44 and expenses of sale, 46 Sherpa's f ault fo r w h i c h t h e LOOICING FOR including a reasonable sighting? foreclosure is made is charge by the Trustee. 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 47 Execs' A GOOD grantor's failure to pay Notice is further given when due the follow degrees that any person named RETURN? 53 54 55 i ng s u ms : m o n t h ly in ORS 86.753 has the 48 Spelling error Why not use of p ay m e n t s nght, at any time that 50 Aboard ship $1,161.53 beginning is not later than f we 56 57 58 51 Chirp 01/01/2012; plus late thiS direCtOry to days before the date 52 Latin I verb c harges o f $ 4 2 . 5 3 infOrm PeOPle Of last set for the sale, to each month beginning 59 60 61 55 Seat in church have this foreclosure with th e 0 1 /01/2012 your business? proceeding dismissed payment plus pnor ac ,

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Tending to his Hock is devoted pastor's calling DEAR ABBY: I am apastor andjust received word that aparishioner died yester day."Harold"hadbeenhospital ized for a week in another city, and I wasn't notified. A member of his family said, "We didn't know if we should bother you or not." The saddestpart is, I was in that city the night before hedied, seeing another parishioner. It would have beeneasy to visit Harold. Abby, permit me to share three reasonswhy I WANT to be "both ered" in the future:

First: The onewho is ill is entitled to the care andsupport of his or her faith community. I havesat attheside of per sons who appearnonresponsive, taken their hands andtold them who I am. Their hand frequently tightens around mine. When I say familiar prayers, their lips move in concert with mine. Spiri tual leaders of other faiths report similar experiences. Second: My presencemay be physically and spiritually helpful to the family and friends of the patient. Many rovide networks of contacts for social agencies, additional medical specialists, andevenrespite

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Third: The ill person mayhave confide dhisorherwishesregarding maintenance of life, burial and funeral arrangements to his or herspiritual leader. W henpeoplecometometo discuss their wishes, I file that informa tion in a secure place. fI also encourage them to sharetheir desires with family and formalize them with anattorney or funeral director.) In at leastone instance, the family purchased aburial plot through the funeral home, unaware thatonehadalreadybeenpurchasedin another cemeteryoftheperson'sown choosing. I urge adult children andothers in charge of another's afairs: PLEASE contact the faith community of the dy

ing person — for the sake of thepatient, the faith community and yourself. —A PASTOR IN WISCONSIN

DEAR PASTOR: Thank you for your informative andcaring letter. I hope it will convince readerswhose lovedonesarehavingmedicalproblems to notify their faith community leader immediately. DEAR ABBY: I hope you print this becausemoviegoers worldwide will appreciate it. Attention, all

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their babies to the movies — PLEASE DON' T! I just spent $11 to listen to ababy cry and fuss for two hours. It made it impossible to enjoy "Spider Man." Thank you. — SILENT MOVIE FAN IN SACRAMENTO DEAR SILENT: I understand that baby sitters areexpensive and not always reliable — and that parents want

NEWS OF THE WEIRD Md. city fails to break bikini parade record OCEAN CITY, Md. 1AP1 —A city in China still holds the bikini paraderecord after a failed attempt in Maryland. Organizers of Saturday's effort in Ocean City to take the title from Huludao City in China fell short. Only about 325 woman turned out under rainy skies. Brad Hoflman, who organized the parade for the North Ocean City Business Alli ance, blamed the rain for the poor turnout. Organizers were trying to attract more than 1,085 to break the record set in China earlier this month. The 25-block parade included women of all ages. The $10registration feeforthe event benefited charities includ ing the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

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of the county fair on New York' s Staten Island are making a dogged effort to prevent the spread ofswine flu. The Staten Island Advance

ihttp J/bit.ly/NuYjBZ1 says this year's Richmond County Fair is for going pig races in response to a new swine flu strain. Instead, the Labor Day weekend fair will feature dogs runningdown an elevated plank and diving into the water. Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox owns Ultimate Air Dogs, which is hosting the canine caper. He'sencouraging fairgoersto bring their dogs if they like to swim. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said the new swine flu strain is relatively mild. Some cases have been linked to fairs, so the health organization has encouragedpeople nottopetpigs.

Charges say man reneged on golf hole-in-one prizes SEATTLE 1AP1—A man who specializes in insuring golf tourna

ment hole-in-one prizes has been charged in Washington state with refusing to pay up. Kevin Kolenda, of Norwalk, Conn., was charged this week in King County Superior Court with five felony counts of selling insur ance without a license. He is set to be arraigned Sept. 5. The Seattle Times reports that charging documents accuse the 54-year-old Kolenda of failing to pass out prize money when several Seattlearea golfersconnected on an elusive ace. In some cases, chari ties or tournament hosts had to come up with the cash, according a state insurance commissioner's investigation. The documents also say Kolenda ignored a cease-and-desist order and a $125,000 insurance commis sion fine in 2004. The Times also reports that he was charged with similar crimes in Montana last month. Attempts to reach Kolenda were unsuccessful.

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British police deploy in force after lion sighting

film without distraction.

P.S. DVDs are just what the doctor ordered fornew parents— notonlycan they be paused,but they are cheaper, too.

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LONDON 1AP1 — Outside the idyllic English village of St. Osyth, police are hunting a lion. A small army of officers and tranquilizer-toting zoo experts, along with a pair of heat-seeking helicopters, are spending their Monday combing the woods, ponds,and farmland around the coastal community after a resident spottedwhat was believed to be a lion lounging in a field of grass. Where such a beast may have come from is anyone's guess; the local zoo says its animals are ac countedfor,and policehave said a local circus isn't missing any either. As of early afternoon, the force hadn't found any paw prints or droppings, butoffi cers said they were treating the sighting seriously, and so too are St. Osyth's 4,000-odd residents.

"I wouldn't expect to see a lion walking up the high street, but it seems to be very quiet in the village," said Jason Amos, who owns St. Osyth's timber-6'amed Red Lion pub. "People are taking it very seriously." The sighting has prompted a Irenzy in Britain, with the Daily Mail tabloid splashing a picture of alion acrossitsfrontpage and cameracrews racingto thehistoric village, which is built around me dieval priory only a couple of miles Irom England's south coast. Amos said he'd just seen jour nalists from Britain's Sky News television broadcasting Irom outside the pub. Improbablesightings ofdanger ous animals are a familiar part of the British news cycle, particularly at the height of summer when

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journalists struggle to fill papers and news bulletins. Last year, police in northern Eng land scrambled a helicopter and passengers were stopped fiom leav ing a train after a motorist reported seeing a lion ia hunt turned up nothing). During the riots that hit London in 2011, there were rumors — quickly disproven — that a tiger was on the loose in the capital after escaping Irom the city zoo. In 2007, the British media went wild over a man who claimed to have photographedagreatwhite shark off the coast of Cornwall, in southwestern England. He later admitted that the pictures were actually taken while on vacation in South Alrica, adding that he couldn't believe anyone had been foolish enough to take the hoax seriously.

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Seahawks trade 3ackson BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have tentatively agreed to acquire quarterbackTarvaris Jackson in a trade with the Seattle Se ahawks on Sunday. A person familiar with discussions toldThe Associated Press that a deal is close. The deal won' t go through until the Bills complete negotiations with Jackson's agent to restructure the final year of the player's contract, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because neither team has an nounced the trade. Jackson is sched uled to make $4 million this season, which the Bills deem to be too expensive for a player to fill a backup job. It's unclear what the Seahawks will get in return, though it's expected to be a mid- to late-round draft pick from Buffalo. Jackson's future was in question with the Seahawks after the team acquired Matt Flynn in free agencythisoffsea son, and after using a third-round pick to draft Russell Wilson in April.

Steelers guard DeCastro hurt ORCHARD PARK, N.Y: (AP) — Steelers rookie right guard David DeCastro may be out for an extended period of time after sustaining a potentially serious right knee injury ear ly into Pittsburgh's 38-7 preseason win over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night. Coach Mike Tomlin said DeCastro's injury is "potentially severe," before add ing that the team will know more about the injury after DeCastro has an MRI on the knee. DeCastro was hurt while pass block ing as Pittsburgh faced third-and-8 at its 6-yard line on its second possession. DeCastro's right leg twisted beneath him after being bowled over by defensive tackle Marcell Da reus. DeCastro, the 24th overall selection out of Stanford, started Saturday's game over Ramon Foster.

ounties acec an eson ri ironin ing allthreeofhispassesfor 81 yards and a score. Tyler The 2012 season will wel Pine, a junior transfer from Feather River Junior College, come a lot of changes for the also figures to be in on the Eastern Oregon University football team, which begins quarterback competition. The 6-foot, 190-pound the season ranked No. 16 in the NAIA's preseason top-25 product threw for 1,946 poll. yards and 17 touchdowns in eightgames lastyearforthe New faces and a new-look Frontier Conference are just Golden Eagles. Freshmen the beginning for a team that Trent Brown and Campbell Summerfield are also on the went 8-3 overall and 8-2 in league play. roster. The biggest change facing But whoever gets the nod under center, the guy calling head coach Tim Camp is re placing one of the most potent the plays will also be new to backfields in school history. the program. Both quarterback Chris Ware Gone is offensive coordina and running back Kevin tor Zach Tinker, who had been Sampson were lost to gradu Camp's top assistant since he ation after record-setting took over the EOU program, and in is Tyler PaoPao to run careers. the offense. But as Camp was quick to "I think Tyler is a very good point out at EOU's media day football coach. I interviewed last week, those two weren' t alone in contributing to the nine guys, and I always go success the program has seen with my gut. And at the end of the day, would I want coach over the past four seasons. eYou can't replace a Kevin PauPau, would I want Coach Tinker, Coach Suiaunoa, Sampson, you can't replace a Chris Ware. The thing would I let them coach my two boys and now my daugh aboutitis,theydidn't play by themselves. They were ter? And at the end of the day the answer was, without a great teammates and we' re gonna miss them, but the one doubt, yes. "Coach PauPau is a very thing we were committed to doing was continuing to build good, energetic young coach. W e were ableto create a depth," Camp said. eWe have a stable of quar dynamic offense with Zach Tinker, and we' ll be able to do terbacksand a stable ofrun ning backs that I think are it with Tyler PauPau," Camp goingtobesome ofthebestin said. the Frontier Conference or at At running back, EOU returns Matt Orthmann (161 the upper edge." Camp saidhe won'tname yards) and Sean Hurlbut (140 a starting quarterback until yards), but it might be an other junior college transfer a few days before the season opener against Montana Tech — Chris McGinnis-Parker who lines up in the backfield. on Sept. 1 in Butte, Mont. EOU has five quarterbacks McGinnis-Parker ran for on the roster, including two 624 yards and eight touch who have minimal game downs in 10 games for San experience with the Moun Joaquin Delta College (Cali taineers. Junior Ray Walser fornia) lastyear.Heaveraged saw action in four games last 7.34 yards per carry. But with all of the changes season, completing five of 10 on the offensive side of the passes for 47 yards with an interception. He also ran ball, it seems like the defen for 23 yards, including a sive side is as stable as it has been in recent seasons. touchdown. Junior Jason Simonis The Mountaineers will played in two games, complet missthelossesoflinebacker By Casey Kellas

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Mark-Avery Airhart, defen sive back Max Hannah and lineman Jordan Spence, but for a team that finished sec ond in the conference in total

defense (361.7 YPG) ayear ago, the expectations haven' t changed. "Right now we' re just working, that's all we can do as a defense," linebacker Howard McDonald said.eWe pride ourselves on working. Last year we finished 17th nationally, one spot out of the playoffs. This year we' re focused on being in the top 16 and bringing this school its first-ever national tourna ment (appearance) in football.

Dakota). The Mountaineers will travel to Dickinson Oct. 27 and will have a crack at its in-state rivals twice this year — once in Ashland on Oct. 6, and another shot on senior day at Community Stadium on Nov. 3. Coach Camp said he is ex

cited about the new members and what they bring to the conference. "I think I'm enthusiastic to get on the bus and go to Dickinson State. I think that' s the one I'm looking forward to the most," Camp said. "But I think it makes what I' ve been sayingforthepastfour years a reality: That this is the toughest conference in the country. "I think it gives the Frontier Conference respect nationwide." EOU kicks off the 2012 season at 6 p.m. MT Saturday in Butte. The home opener is

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Benson wins Werst, sets course record

MORGAN LAKE — For the third straight year, a runner was the first person to cross the finish line at the sixth edition of the Werst Race Saturday. La Grande's Doug Benson not only won the race, but he setaWerst record with a tim e of 19:51. 7 on the2.35-mile course. The previous record was 19:54 set in 2009. Ryan Booth of La Grande was second with a time of 20:34.4, while fellow La Grande runner Timothy Vand erulugt was third at 20:49.5 Jacob Puzey of Hermiston crossed fourth (21:04.1), Da mian Garcia of Gardena, Calif.,

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"But our defense is going to be as good as how hard we work." The changes EOU faces this year go far beyond its rosterand coaching staff, however, as the Frontier Con ference welcomes two new members in Southern Oregon and Dickinson State (North

Jason Simonis (above) is one quarterback vying for the starting job to replace Chris Ware under center for the Mountaineers this season. Head coachTim Camp (left) said he won' t name a starter until a couple of days before the season starts. EOU kicks off 2012 against Montana Tech Saturday at 6 p.m. MT.

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Brian Sather of Summerville was the first biker to cross the finish line Saturday.

merville's Brian Sather was the first biker to cross with a time of21:12.5for sixth place.

The race is the brainchild of the recently fallen warrior of La Grande running and cycling, Jason Werst. It matches runners vs. cyclists on the insanely steep gravel road up to Morgan Lake. Werst Race Resuits Name Gg Time 1 Doug Benson l a Grande 19 517 2 Ryan Booth l a Grande 20344 3 TimothyVanderulugt l a Grande 2049 5 4 Jacob Puzey Hermiston 21 04 1 5 Damian Garoa Gardens 21 069 6 Bran sather Summervfle21 12 5 7 Kody Shr ver Kala ma, vvA 21 366 8 Lucas Updike l a Grande 21 528 9 Carlos Hernandez l a Grande 21 529 10 Hans Roelle l a Grande 22232 11 Isaac Updike l a Grande 22 264 12 Eh Conchola l a grande 22 273 13 Calvin Edward l a Grande 23134 14 Seth Lougee l a Grande 23167 15 John Twa Boise, ID 25289 16 Bill Gerst l a Grande 25 372 17 Salome Castflo l a Grande 25484 18 Tafssa Baldsvino l a Grande 27 069 19 Laura Hansen l a Grande 27475 20 Tim Seydel l a Grande 27 57 21 Jill Adelsteo Boise, ID 2814 3 22 Derek Brown Aloha 43472 23Tyson Pratt Aloha 43 47

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La Grande'sDoug Benson setaWerst Race record with a time of 19:51.7.

Eastern Oregon drops season opener to Great Falls in OT, 2-1 EOU Athletics

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The Mountaineers took nine shots, GREAT FALLS, Mont.— The East two more than UGF. EOU had four ern Oregon women's soccer team fell corner kicks, again two more than the in its season opener at the University Argos. Great Fallswa sassessed 10 of Great Falls in overtime, 2-1. fouls, while Eastern had seven. In the season opener for both Erika Whitehurst opened the scoring in the 38th minute, putting programs, it was the Argos (1-0) that begin the season with a win. Ashley the Mountaineers up 1-0. Less than a minute before halftime, Todd was Todd beganher collegiate careerwith an unforgettable start. The freshman credited with an unassisted goal. Todd found the back of the net twice. scored the clincher four minutes into

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Todd. Jocelyn Morris made four saves for UGF. Eastern's Kailey Moss saved three shots. This was a rematch of last season's meeting Great Falls that the Mountaineers won 6-2. The teams will meet again in the Red Lion Cascade/ Frontier Conference Challenge on

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EOU falls to RMC, 4-0 The Rocky Mountain College women's soccer team handed Eastern Oregon University a 4-0 loss in non conference play Sunday. The Mountaineers will return to the pitch Thursday when they face off with Northwest Nazarene University at 4 p.m. MT in Nampa, Idaho. EOU doesn't play at home until Oct. 5 against the College of Idaho.

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SPOKANE, Wash.— The No. 21 Carroll College volleyball team ended Eastern Oregon University's six-match winning streak with a ive-setvictory i17-25,25-15,25-22, f 8-25, 16-14l at the Red Lion Cas cade/Frontier Challenge Saturday.

The Saints i6-2l also snapped EOU's run for an undefeated record during the challenge. Carroll, Eastern, MSU-Northern, and Great Falls all ended the challenge with four wins and one loss. After dropping a five-set match to Northwest just hours before, Carroll bounced back with a five-set win over the Mountaineers. EOU snapped its six-match neutral court losing streak this season, but has lost nine straight five-set matches dating back to Sept. 11, 2010. Eastern had a .224 to .186 hitting percentage advantage over the Saints. But, it was Carroll that took advantage of the Mountaineers' 28 attack errors, while it only com mitted 19. EOU finished with 69 kills, while Carroll had 51. Eastern totaled64 assists,and the Saints had 48. The Mountaineers also held a 93-78 dig advantage. Carroll's Kathleen Mulligan finished with a match-high 16 kills. Natalie Stewart had 26 as sists, while Emily Burk added 13. Rebecca Sweeney had 19 digs, and Stewart, Burk and Catie Hanser combinedfor40 more digs. In a back-and-forth match, the Mountaineers won the first set after jumping out to a 4-1 lead. EOU led by as many as eight in the opening set and only trailed at 1-0. Eastern won the set 25-17. After hitting .262 in the first set, EOU hit .062 in the second frame. Carroll eased outto a 5-0 lead. The Saints led 11-3 before Eastern

made a 5-0 run to close the margin to three points. Carroll answered with a 6-0 run stretching the mar gin to nine points. The Saints had their largest lead at 21-10. Carroll won the set, 25-15. The third set featured seven ties and four lead changes. Carroll led 8-3 early in the set, but Eastern evened the score at 11. The score would then be tied at 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. The Saints spread the margin leading 20-16, but EOU m ade a laterun closing the scoreto 23-22. But, the Mountaineers would not score again, and Carroll took the set, 25-22. Eastern Oregon dominated a fourth set, that was never tied nor had any lead changes. The Moun taineersjumped outto a 13-4 lead and had its largest lead as the final margin of 25-8. EOU had a.364 hitting percentage in the set, while Carroll was at —.111. In the fifth and final set, the Saints rebounded from the fourth set with an early 4-1 lead. Eastern tiedthe setatseven,and Carrollled 8-7 at the switch. The Saints added two more points taking a 10-7 lead, but the Mountaineers scored three straight points tying the frame at 10. It would tie again at 11. Trailing 12-11, EOU scored three unanswered points to have match point. But, the Saints had the final answer with four consecutive points to win the match. Four Mountaineers i6-2l finished in double-digit in kills, led by Taylor Stewart's 14. Stefani Sorensen added 13, while Alisha Crane and Irene Walters had 11 and 10. Jes sica Perron had a match-high 27 assists, Karly Stack had 18 assists, and Bobbi Sumpter had 13 assists. Kaitlyn Duncan finished with a match-high 27 digs, while Rebecca

Haight had 22 digs, and Stewart chipped in 17. Crane had four as sisted blocks. Eastern begins the Cascade Col legiate Conference schedule Friday at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. The match is sched uled for 7 p.m. with live video and stats on EOUSports.corn.

Mounties down MSU-Northern EOU picked up a four-set victory over Montana State-Northern earlier on Saturday. The Mountaineers i6-1l had their 15-set win streak snapped after dropping the opening set to MSU Northern. But, EOU responded by winning the next three sets. After beginning last season with only one win in its first seven matches, East ern begins this season losing only one of its first seven matches. "I'm very proud of how we battled in that match," EOU head coach Kaki Morehead said. 'That was a tough one. Northern is a very good team, and they will win a lot of games this season.Itwasgreatto see our girls bounce back like they (hd. Three Mountaineers finished with double figure kills led by Stefani Sorensen's 12. Casey Loper and Alisha Crane added 11 and 10 respectively. Karly Stack had a team-high 21 assists, while Jessica Perron chipped in 15 and Bobbi Sumpter had 10. Kaitlyn Duncan matched a match-high 27 digs, and Rebecca Haight had 11. Duncan and Haight also com binedforfi ve serviceaces.Irene Walters and Casey Loper combined fornineofEastern's 14 totalblocks. Eastern also recorded sweeps of Observer file photo EOU's RebeccaHaight had 22 digs in the Mounties' five-set loss to Great Falls University and Mon tana Tech on Friday. Carrol College Saturday at the Red Lion Cascade/Frontier Challenge.

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La Grande's Amanda Welch returns for her sophomore season after placing eighth at the state meet as a freshman last year.

A year ago, the La Grande girls cross country team dominated the Greater Or egon League. Unfortunately for the Tigers, it was an individual — not a team — that ripped through the league. In her freshman season, Amanda Welch went from a 20th-place finish in the season opener to eighth in the 4A state championship race just two months later. Welch, the daughter of Eastern Oregon Univer sity cross country coach Ben Welch, will have a familiar face at the helm for the Tigers this season. Her mother, Talia Welch, has taken over as the head cross country coach. Welch started her first high school5-kilometer raceat Hermiston's Brooks Soul Fest and placed 20th with a time of 23:05overa flatcourse that looped around a middle school campus. A week later, Welch ran 21:38 over a much tougher course at the Catherine Creek Scamper invitational near Union. That was good enough to take fifth place. Welch took fifth again in the Enterprise Invitational with a 22:27. That would be the last time she would be that far back until she ran in the state title

race against the best 4A run ners in the state. Running in her first "home meet" at Eastern Oregon Uni versity, Welch won the Dry Side Shootout race by more than 90 seconds, beating another freshman, McLough lin's Josie Lonai. Lonai got a measure of revenge over Welch in the Gutbuster Invitational in Milton-Freewater, beating the La Grande ace by 40 seconds. Welch came back in mid October to easily win the Baker Invitational, breaking 21-minutes for the second time during the season. In the Greater Oregon League title meet, Welch easily qualified for the state meet, beating Lonai by more than a minute and also broke 20 minutes for the first time — hitting 19:48 — while win ning the league title. She went on to finish eighth at the state meet. Welch kept improving during her freshman track season to where she placed second in the 3,000 meters i10:37.22l and fourth in the

had Jackie Wanta, Hailey Crews and Grace Ridder starting the season with Welch. That was one short ofthefi ve scorersneeded for teams to count. That short-handed squad got shorter when Wanta competed in just four races in her sophomore season. Her season ended with a ninth place finish in the Enterprise Invitational. As a freshman in 2010, Wanta had won the Gut buster Invitational, placed second in the league meet and took 55th at the state meet. Running in the junior var sity division at the GOL title meet, Crews won the race in 25:09, while Ridder was fourth in 26:05. Crews' time would have put her among the top dozen varsity runners in the championship meet. Crews had her best finish last season when she placed ninth in the EOU, while Ridder took 12th in the same race. If all four girls return this season, the squad will still need another runner to start 1,500metersi4:51.58l. Now, Welch is returning for scoring as a team and three her sophomore season. One more to have a full team. big change she is hoping for is Coach Welch said she has having a team to score in the eightgirlsoutfortheteam so far and thinks the girls squad meets. In 2011, the Lady Tigers could win district with the

right combination of runners The team's first meet is Friday in Vale.

Tiger Boys look for numbers boost La Grande had a number problem last season on the boys team. When the Tigers' boys cross country team opened their season last year at the Vale Halftime Invitational, they weren't even that. La Grandehad justfour runners and would not score as a team. That was a scene repeated most of the season. In Hermiston, freshmen Eliott Jonasson and Spencer Perry made up one-half of the Tiger quartet competition in the Brooks Runners Soul Cross Country Fest meet. That would be the only race of the season for Perry, leaving Jonasson as the only underclassman running for the Tigers. For Jonasson, he finished 70th in Hermiston and kept improving throughout the season until he grabbed sixth in the Greater Oregon League finals at Prineville. Talia Welch said she had interest from four boys, but was hoping a couple more might turn out before the season opener Saturday.

Owens' comeback attempt ends as Seahawks cut former all-pro RENTON, Wash. iAPl — Terrell Owens' NFL return lasted less than three weeks. Owens was released by the Se attle Seahawks on Sunday, part of the league-mandated rosterreduc tionsfrom 90 to 75 players. The 38-year-old posted a mes sage on his Twitter account shortly before 11 a.m. PDT that he had been released and the Seahawks made the move official later in the afternoon. "I'mno longer a Seahawk. I THANK the organization 4 the op portunity, I'm truly blessed beyond belief. My FAITH is intact & will NOT waiver." Owens wasn't the only veteran to get cut by the Seahawks. Of fensive linemen Deuce Lutui and Alex Barron both had their veteran

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contracts terminated, while Seattle waived/injured defensive back Roy Lewis kneel, tight end Cameron Morrah itoel, defensive tackle Pep Levingston kneel and linebacker Jamison Konz ishoulderl. Owens signed a one-year deal with Seattle iNo. 22 in APPro32l on Aug. 7, following a sterling workout that had coaches and Seahawks staff raving about how good he lookedforhavingnotplayed an NFL game in more than 18 months He signed justbefore Seattle's first preseason game and made his debut in the second week against Denver. But his preseason performance was more notable for the passes he dropped than anything he caught. Owens dropped a potential46 yard touchdown against Denver on

a perfect throw from Matt Flynn. He failed to make a catch in any of his five targets against the Broncos and thenhad another glaring drop against Kansas City on Friday night. He finished the preseason with justtwo receptions — a40-yard catch from Russell Wilson where Owens had to slow down and lean back to haul in the pass and a 1-yard reception on a screen. For as impressive ashislong catch was in Seattle's 44-14 win over the Chiefs, it served as Owens' only highlight in a Seahawks uniform. Owens was trying to make a comeback after not playing since Week 15 of the 2010 season while with Cincinnati. He sat out the en tire2011 season following surgery

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on his left knee and failed to receive His total receptions are sixth on the any offers. NFL career list. Owens spent eight seasons with Owens got the rust off this spring San Francisco, two with Philadel playing for the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League. He had phia, and three with Dallas before a 35 catches for 420 yards and 10 pair of one-year stints with Buffalo and Cincinnati. touchdowns while playing eight of "I' ve been rehabbing and working 11 games, but was released and lost an ownership stake in the team in out for the past year since the in May. jury and that's all I' ve ever wanted since I' ve been out is another op Owens, a third-round draft choice by San Francisco in 1996, portunity," Owens said following his first practice on Aug. 8. has started 201 ofthe 219regular 'That has been given to me by season NFL games he has played in his career. the Seattle Seahawks and again I He has 1,078 receptions for am very grateful for that." Among Seattle's other cuts to 15,934 yards and 153 touchdowns — the second most in league his reach the 75-man limit were wide tory. receiver Phil Bates, running back His nine seasons with at least Tyrell Sutton, cornerbacks Ron Parker and Donny Lisowski and of 1,000 yards receiving and 13 years with at least 50 catches rank third. fensive lineman Edawn Coughman.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. iAPl — Ro meo Crennel was anything but the jolly head coach he so often seemed during training camp, stepping to the podium and tritely dissecting a dismal performance by his Chiefs. Just down the hallway, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll couldn't have been happier. Both of them had just watched rookie quarterback Russell Wilson trash the Kansas City defense for the betterpartofthreequarters, throwing for 185 yards and two scores while leading Seattle to a 44-14 rout of Kansas City in a pre season game Friday night. "It wasn't a good showing. I thought we'd do better than we did," said Crennel, who was elevated to head coach after serving on an interim basis late last season. ''We need to figure out what we do well with this team," he said. "The regular season is just right around the corner. We need to see what we can do." That was precisely the reason Wilson got the start Friday night. Carroll wanted to see what the third-round draft pick could do with the No. 1 offense. He's been competing with Matt Flynn, the former Green Bay backup who signed in the offseason, and had been impressive in the second half of wins over Tennessee and Denver. When he wasn't hooking up with one of his wide receivers or handing off to Robert Turbin, who started in place of the injured Marshawn Lynch, the savvy Wilson was goug ing the Chiefs for big gains on the ground. He scrambled twice for58 yards, both times helping to set up scores. ''We got everything we wanted to getdone tonight,"Carrollsaid. ''We were able to work in all phases. You' re fortunate when you get that opportunity." The Chiefs looked much like the Seahawks in their first preseason game against Arizona, but they struggled last week at St. Louis, and new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll's attack simply fizzled against Seattle, going three-and-out on three of its first four possessions. M att Cassel was 19 of34 for 168 yards and a touchdown, but also was intercepted by Seattle safety Earl Thomas, who returned it 75 yardsfora third-quarter score. Even the special teams were a disaster for Kansas City, which watched Golden Tate zigzag 95 yards on a punt return with 2:12

Redskins i2-1, No. 25l. COWBOYS 20, RAMS 19 ARLINGTON, Texas iAPl Tony Rorno threw for 198 yards with two long touchdowns to Dwayne Harris while playing only the first quarter, and Dallas beat St. Louis. In what was supposed to be

Rorno's m ostextensive action ofthe preseason, he showed more than enough to coach Jason Garrett in three offensive drives, even with his top three pass-catchers hurt and not playing.

in helping the Steelers iNo. 7 in the AP Pro32l improve to 2-1. Fred Jackson scored on a 1-yard plunge, and high-priced defensive end Mario Williams had two sacks

for the Bills iNo.9l, who dropped to 0-3. The Bills' starting offense sput tered in producing just one score despitefi ve ofseven drivesinto Steelers territory.

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thew Stafford threw for 68 yards until leaving with an injury to his non-throwing hand in Detroit's loss Rornocompleted 9-of-13 passes, to Oakland. including a 61-yard TD after Harris Defensive end Dave Tollefson got behind the Rams defense. On drove Stafford to the ground after the next possession, Harris split an incomplete pass in the second two defenders after making the quarter. Team trainers wrapped Stafford's catch for a 38-yard score. Dallas i2-1, No. 15 in the AP left hand in heavy bandages and a Pro32l wraps up itspreseason at brace on the sideline. Shaun Hill home against Miami on Wednesday, took over on Detroit's next posses sion. a week before opening the regular Oakland i1-2l sidelined several season at the New York Giants. The more Detroit i1-2l players. Rams i1-2, No. 28l play Baltimore on Thursday. Cornerback Bill Bentley departed with a shoulder injury and Chris SAINTS 34, TEXANS 27 Houston with a left ankle injury in the first half for the Lions itied for NEW ORLEANS iAPl — Matt No. 11 in the AP Pro32l. Schaub and Drew Brees looked sharp in a high-scoring first half, Running back Kevin Smith also and Joe Morgan's touchdown catch left with a right ankle injury and late in the fourth quarter lifted New trainers wrapped bandages around Orleans over Houston. Mikel Leshoure's midsection after Schaubcompleted 15-of-18pass his final run. es for 194 yards and a touchdown, 49ERS 29, BRONCOS 24 but three turnovers by Houston DENVER iAPl — Peyton Man i2-1, No. 4 in the AP Pro 32l helped ning was magnificent in his final the Saints i2-2, No. 9l stay close regular-season tuneup Sunday, despite two fumbles of their own. MCT photo Brees was 17 of 25 for 179 yards, throwing his first two touchdown including TD tosses to Lance Moore passes for the Denver Broncos in Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Charly Martin (14) hauls in a and Jimmy Graham. a 29-24 loss to the San Francisco touchdown pass in front of Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Stan Texans rookie receiver Keshawn 49ers. ford Routt (26) in the second quarter in NFL preseason action at Martin scored his first pro touch Manning completed 10 of 12 Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. down, but then fumbled twice. passes for 122 yards, including TD left in the third quarter. The touch were both impressive Saturday Houston's Ben Tate and Arian tossesof10 and 5 yardstoEric Decker, and was nearly perfect. The down gaveSeattle a 44-7lead and as the Washington Redskins beat Foster each had short touchdown runs. New Orleans' Junior Galette two misses were a dropped pass by sent the sparse crowd at Arrowhead the Indianapolis Colts 30-17 in a matchup of the top two picks in the scored on kick returner Trindon Joel Dreessen and an errant pass to Stadium streaming for the exits. "Obviously we have to play better NFL draft. Holliday's fumble. Brandon Stokley, who was held on all around. the play but didn't draw the flag. No. 1 selection Luck completed "It's disappointing to come out 14 of 23 passes for 151 yards and a STEELERS 38, BILLS 7 After managing one TD to go here and play like we did," Cassell 31-yard touchdown to fellow rookie with four turnovers in his first ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. iAPl T.Y. Hilton for the Colts i1-2, No. 32 Receiver Antonio Brown scored two seven possessions this preseason, said. "I'm glad it'sthepreseason right now." AP Pro32l Manning drove the Broncos i1-2l touchdowns in leading Pittsburgh The Seahawks iNo. 22 in the No. 2 pick Griffin went 11 for 17 to apreseason rout ofBuffalo. to scoreson allthree ofhisposses AP Pro 32l are unbeaten in the for 74 yards and a 4-yard scoring Ben Roethlisberger shook off a sions, then put on his visor with 46 throw to Santana Moss. preseason, and looked downright slow start by engineering an 11 seconds left in the first quarter after unbeatable against a Chiefs defense Both played one series into the staking Denver to a 17-0 lead. play, 98-yard touchdown drivefor that was among the best in the third quarter in the teams' dress the go-ahead score with a 6-yard Alex Smith threw a 49-yard TD NFL at the end of last year. rehearsal for theregularseason, pass to Brown at the end of the first pass and David Akers kicked five with the Redskins ahead 14-7 when half. field goals for the Niners i2-1l, who REDSKINS 30, COLTS 17 Brown then opened the second the subs took over. outscored the Broncos' backups Rex Grossman threw two second half with a 39-yard touchdown 19-0 in the second half but lost wide LANDOVER, Md. iAPl — An drew Luck and Robert Griffin III half touchdown passes for the receiver Ted Ginn Jr. to an injury. catch from backup Byron Lefbvich k'

Boise State's winning ways 'nge on young players BOISE, Idaho iAPl When Boise State coach Chris Petersen pauses dur ing practice and takes a pri vate moment to look closely at the2012 version ofhis football team, he sees young, fresh and inexperienced faces all around. Gone are familiar and reliable names like Kellen Moore, Doug Martin and Shea McClellin, the kind of savvy veterans who were not only instrumental in Boise State's rise to national promi nence but known commodi tiesin biggames and leaders on and off the field. This year, the youth move ment for No. 24 Boise State will be evident in every phase of the game. There are just seven starters returning on offense and defense from a team that finished 12-1 a year ago. Three weeks into fall camp, Petersen has yet to anointa successorforM oore, who during his career won more games than any other quarterback in the history of college football. For the second straight year, Petersen and his staff are adjusting to a new offen sive coordinator. ''We have so many guys playing, or competing to play, that we' ve never seen play in game situations before," said Petersen, who signed a new five-year, $11.7 million contract during the offseason and brings a 73-6 record into his seventh season at

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Boise State. "In the past, we' ve gone through fall camp, and guys you know might not look great one day, but you' ve seen them play for extended periods in the past and you don't really worry about much with them," he said. "Now there are so many new guys you worry about how they are practicing every single day. And really, you don't know what anything is going to look like until you go for real." The first big test for the Broncos comes Aug. 31 in the season opener against No. 12 Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich. After that, Boise State plays at home against Miami iOhiol and BYU before traveling to New Mexico State and Southern Mississippi before league play kicks in. Even with the questions at quarterback and uncertainty in other key areas, Boise State is favored to win the Mountain West Conference in the school's final year in the league. Next year, Boise State will begin playing the Big East Conference, one of several newcomers league officials hope will reinforce a league struggling to deal with defections of schools like Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia. "I think we' ve got a pretty hard schedule, and it's going to beatough testfor this team all season long," Pe tersen said. "Michigan State,

even at No. 12, I think is totally underrated. And we' ve gotsome tough placesto play away from home." Much of the team's success this season undoubtedly depends on who wins the job at quarterback. Going into fall camp, Petersen made clear it was an open competition with no clear favorite. Redshirt junior Joe Southwick got all the first-team snaps at the team's final scrimmage a week ago, and his experience and knowledge of the offense appearsto give him the edge heading into next week' s opener. Southwick, a 6-foot-1, 187-pounder from Danville, Calif., was Moore's backup a year ago, mostly seeing action in fourth-quarter mop-up duty. In eight games, he was 23 of 30 for 198 yards and one TD and one intercep tion. But the coaching staff is also gauging the develop ment of sophomore Grant Hedrick, redshirt freshman Jimmy Laughreaand true freshman Nick Patti. "Things are becoming more clear on who will be our starter," Petersen said. "But it's still very much a work in progress. I could make a case for every single guy. Whoever it is, they' re going to have to produce." They will also have to adjust to a new offensive play caller. Brent Pease, who engineered an offense that

averaged 44.2 points and 481 yards per game a year ago, left in January to become theoffensive coordinator at Florida. Petersen immedi ately filled the vacancy with Robert Prince, who served as wide receivers coach and passingcoordinator lastyear. With a new quarterback and playcaller,Petersen said he expects subtle changes in the offense, especially early in the season. But don' t expect a fundamental shift from thefastpaced,wide open passing game that has come to signify the Boise State offense for more than a

decade. "Especially since we' re prettysolid atreceiver,"he said. Returning wideouts include Matt Miller, Kirby Moore and Mitch Burroughs, a group that combined for 123 catches and 11 TDs a year ago. Miller, a sophomore who tied for a team-high 62 catches lastyear,isa preseason all-conference favorite. The offensive line suffered a blow this summer when senior center Cory Yriarte suffered a career-ending knee injury. The job now falls on junior Matt Paradis, a former walk-on who came to Boise hoping to play defense. Paradis joins returning start ers Joe Kellogg and Charles Leno on the front line. The Broncos' offense also gets another year from senior running back D.J. Harper,

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Boise State's Chris Petersen talks with the media after he announced Joe Southwick as the starting quarterback in Boise on Sunday. who is entering his sixth year after getting medical redshirtsdue to consecutive

be the strong suit this year, with cornerbacks Jarrell Gavins and Jamar Taylor seasons with tom ACLs. Last returning and Lee Hight ower emerging as the leader year, Harper had 568 yards rushing and nine touch among the group of safeties. 'The challenge for us on downs. But the biggest mystery defense is figuring out how for the Broncos is the front not to overload theguys, seven on defense. All four paralyzing them with too starterson thedefensiveline much information and not are gone, as are the three letting them play fast," bestlinebackers from a year Petersensaid.'We've got ago. guys we think can get the job The secondary, a weakness done, but the key is for us to due to injury a year ago,m ay stay healthy."

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

SPORTS

Fielder powers Tigers past Angels, Twins top Rangers DETROIT iAPl — Prince Fielder and Delmon Young homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth in ning to support Max Scherzer and help the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Sunday. Scherzer i14-6l gave up one run and struck out nine over seven innings. Joaquin Benoit struck out two more in a perfect eighth, and Jose Valverde struck out another batter while closing it out. Angels right-hander Ervin Santa na i7-11l allowed four runs and five hits over seven innings. Detroit and Los Angeles, each vy ing for an AL wild card with 30-plus games left in the regular season, bothrestedone oftheir starshead ing into an off day on Monday. Tigersslugger Miguel Cabrera was out of the lineup for the first time this year, nursing his sore right ankle with the expectation he will be able to play third base Tuesday at Kansas City. Albert Pujols missed his fourth straight game with an injured right calf and the Angels also are targeting Tues day for his return at home against Boston.

RED SOX 8, ROYALS 6 BOSTON iAPl — James Loney hit a tying single in his Boston debut and Jacoby Ellsbury drove in the go-ahead run as the revamped Red Sox bounced back from a nine player trade and a 12-inning loss. A day after he was the only major

leaguer coming to Boston in a deal that sent Josh Beckett, Adrian Gon zalez, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto and more than $250 million in salary to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Loney went 1 for 5. Pedro Ciriaco had three hits for the Red Sox, who won for just the fourth time in 12 games. Pedro Beato i1-Ol allowed two runs in two-plus innings but got the win on the same day he was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket. Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his first save. Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run homer for the Royals. Will Smith

i4-6l got the loss. YANKEES 4, INDIANS 2 CLEVELAND iAPl — Curtis Granderson hit his 200th career homer to help the Yankees get the The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the second inning off Ubaldo Jimenez i9-13l. Granderson's 33rd homer in the sixth made it 4-2 and gave New York a record eight current players with 200 or more career homers. The Yankees took two of three in the series following a three-game losing streak, opening a four-game lead in the AL East over idle Tampa Bay. Jason Kipnis had three hits and threestolen basesfor Cleveland, which has lost nine of 10 and is 5-23 since July 26.

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DetroitTigers' Max Scherzer pitches against the Los Angeles Angels during fourth-inning action Sunday.

Boone Logan i5-2l pitched 1 2-3

Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak. The Twins avoided getting swept in the four-game series. They finished a 10-game road trip with a TWINS 6, RANGERS 5 2-8 record. ARLINGTON, Texas iAPl — Ben Josh Hamilton hit his 35th Revere had four hits, Cole De Vries homer for Texas and drove in four won for the first time in nearly two runs, giving him a major league months and the Minnesota Twins leading 111 RBIs. held off the Texas Rangers 6-5 De Vries i3-5lwa s0-4in 10 starts innings of relief for the win. Rafael Soriano got four outs for his 33rd save in 35 chances.

since beating Kansas City on June 30. The right-hander gave up two runs and struck out five in five innings. He allowed three hits, none after the opening inning, and retired his final 12 batters. De Vries threw five pitches in the first before the umpires stopped the game because of steady rain. After a delay of 1 hour, 26 min utes, Texas jumped on De Vries. The AL West leaders got three straight singles after play resumed, capped by Hamilton's two-run hit that put Texas on top 2-1. De Vries, who threw seven score less innings against Texas on July 8,retired 15 ofthe next16hefaced. The only batter to reach was Geo vany Soto, who struck out but got to first on a passed ball. Minnesota's starting pitching had been battered in the first three games of the series,giving up 18 earned runs and 24 hits in 9 2-3 innings. Relievers Casey Fien and Jared Burton each pitched a scoreless inning and Glen Perkins worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save in 10 chances. Scott Feldman i6-10l lost his fourth straight start. He gave up six runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. Revere lined an RBI triple in the sixth that gave the Twins a 6-2 lead. The speedy right fielder reached base five times and scored three runs.

Philadelphia completes sweep of Washington with 4-1 victory PHILADELPHIA iAPl — Cliff Lee tossed seven sharp innings to earn his first home win in nearly a year and the Philadelphia Phillies completedathree-game sweep against the major league-leading Washington Nationals with a 4-1 victory on Sunday. The Nationals have lost four straight for the first time since June 15-19. Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer and Laynce Nix had a solo

shot to back Lee i3-7l. The 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner hadn't won at Citizens Bank Park since Sept. 5, MCT photo going0-6in hisprevious 12 starts. Phillies Michael Martinez dives for a fly by Nationals Roger Bernadina in the eighth inning at Citizens Lee outpitched Jordan Zimmer Bank Park on Sunday. mann i9-8l by allowing one run and PADRES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4 rookie Shawn Tolleson in the top of seven hits, striking out five. Jeremy i10-9l gave up five runs in six Horst got an out in the eighth and innings while falling to 1-3 with a the inning. PHOENIX iAPl — Edinson Josh Lindblom got the last five outs 6.04 ERA in five August starts. Aaron Harang i9-8l allowed three Volquez pitched seven effective for his first career save. Jonathan runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings. innings and the San Diego Padres Papelbon had the day off after clos MARLINS 6, DODGERS 2 extended their winning streak to a BREWERS 7, PIRATES 0 ing three straight games. LOS ANGELES iAPl — Rob season-high seven games by beat Brantly gave Miami the lead for ing Arizona. PITTSBURGH iAPl — Carlos CARDINALS 8, REDS 2 Gomez and Aramis Ramirez hom The Padres roughed up Trevor good with his first major league CINCINNATI iAPl — Matt Hol home run, and the Marlins also got ered off Erik Bedard, leading Mark Cahill i9-11l and had at least 10 liday had four hits and four RBIs, long balls from Giancarlo Stanton, hits for the sixth time in eight Rogers and the Milwaukee Brew Adam Wainwright won his fifth Jose Reyes and Carlos Lee to beat ers over the wobbling Pittsburgh games tocomplete their second the revamped Los Angeles Dodgers Pirates. consecutive start and the St. Louis sweep in the desert this season. Cardinals beat Cincinnati. in the finale of an 11-game road Bedardi7-14llasted only 4 2-3 Volquez i9-9l recovered after a Allen Craig homered and drove trip. innings and leads the majors in shaky first inning and San Diego's in three runs as St. Louis handed Mark Buehrle i12-11l won his bullpen escaped some sketchy losses. third straight start, allowing a run The Pirates have lost five of six. moments of its own to win its sixth the Reds just their second series loss in 13 sets since the All-Star and six hits in 5 2-3 innings. He They trail St. Louis by two games straightoverArizona. break. The Cardinals have won five escapeda bases-loaded jam in the for the second NL wild-card spot, Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer of six to move within six games of fikh by retiring Hanley Ramirez with the Cardinals coming to PNC off Brad Brach in the eighth to the NL Central-leading Reds. Parkfora three-game seriesstart on a popup and Andre Ethier on a pull Arizona within one, but Luke ing Monday night. Gregerson escaped a jam to finish St. Louis' 17 hits were the most grounder with the Marlins holding allowed by Cincinnati in a game a 3-1 lead. Rogers i2-1l allowed three lnts rn off the inning and pitched a perfect this season. ninth for his first save since 2010. Steve Cishek retired new Dodg five innings, helping the Brewers Wainwright i13-10l gave up two ers slugger Adrian Gonzalez with win for the fikh time in six games. runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings the bases loaded to end the eighth, Rogers won six days after picking CUBS 5, ROCKIES 0, while improving to 6-0 with a 1.80 then pitched a hitless ninth for up his first victory in the majors. He 8 INNINGS ERA in his last seven starts overall. his 11th save after Reyes and Lee walked three and struck out five, CHICAGO iAPl — Chris Volstad throwing 101 pitches. Reds right-hander Homer Bailey homered back-to-back against ended a24-startwinlessstreak,

allowing three hits in 6 2-3 strong innings as the Chicago Cubs beat Colorado in a game shortened to eight innings by rain. Volstad i1-9l, acquired from Miami for Carlos Zambrano, earned his first win since he beat Houston while pitching for the Marlins on July 10, 2011. He was 0-14 during his skid. The majorleague record forcon secutive winless starts is 28, shared by Jo-Jo Reyes, Matt Keough and Cliff Curtis. Shawn Camp got his second save, completing a four-hitter. The start of the game was de layed 2 hours, 23 minutes by rain. With Chicago leading 5-0, there was another delay after the eighth and the game was called 30 minutes later.

Jhoulys Chacin i1-4l gave up a run and five hits in five innings.

METS 2, ASTROS 1 NEW YORK iAPl — Ike Davis hit his second homer of the day with one out in the ninth inning soon after new left fielder Lucas Duda cut a runner down at the plate, lifting the New York Mets over Houston for their first series win at home since early July. Mets rookie Jeremy Hefner took a shutout into the ninth before giving up a tying double to Marwin Gonzalez. Gonzalez then tried to score on Ben Francisco's single off Bobby Parnell i3-3l and Duda, recalled from Triple-A Buffalo earlier in the day,made a strong throw home. Davis' drive ofFWilton Lopez i5-2l just cleared the top of the right-field wall for the second game-winning hitofhiscareer.

Watney rallies 6'om two shots down to win Barclays cha1Ttpionship difficult. I'm kind of still on a high right now." a year that didn't come close to his expecta U.S. captain Davis Love III has a lot more tions, Nick Watney wasn't about to give up on choices for his four wild-card selections next his season. week. Amazinghow one week changed hisout Watney won by three shots over Brandt look in so many ways. Snedeker, who already was part of the discus sion as a potential pick. He beat one of the strongest fields of the year at The Barclays, on the tough track of Snedeker, a winner in San Diego and a Bethpage Black. contender in the British Open, battled to the Winning the opening playofF event for the end and made big putts on the last two holes FedEx Cup guarantees him a good shot at the for a 1-under 70 to finish alone in second. Dustin Johnson, also under consideration $10 million prize. And suddenly, playing in the Ryder Cup becomes a lot more realistic. as a pick, shot 68 and tied for third with That all came into play Sunday when Garcia, whose bogey on the final hole gave him a 75. Watney didn't miss a green until the 16th hole, turned a two-shot deficit against Sergio Not even Watney thought he was worthy Garciainto a three-shot lead,overcame a of being picked for the Ryder Cup going into trio of three-putt bogeys with clutch birdies, the week. "I'm thinking much more now than I was and closed with a 2-under 69 for a three-shot coming in," he said."Coming in here, I didn' t victory. "It's been not quite the year I wanted," deservetobein the conversation because I had not played my way in. Watney said. "But this really makes it all forgotten. "Someone told me that Davis said he want Winning a tournament is hard, but winning ed a hot player, and we still have a week to go But like I said, I'd love to be on the team. But out here and against this field was very, very

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I'm not really concerned with it just because it's out of my control." Love will announce his picks after the second playoff event, the Deutsche Bank Championship, which ends on Labor Day. Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk are likely to be two of those picks, and the other two sud denly are wide open. "Ryder Cup is definitely on my mind," Snedeker said. "But I'm not letting it affect the way I play. Try to win every golf tournament. It gives me more motivation to do it, and if I do that, I know I will make the decision easy for them. "Davis has an extremely difficult choice with a bunch of guys who did not play well enough over the last two years to be on the team. 'You can't go wrong with any of them. I think that it's certainly helped everybody who played well this week." Watney, who won for the fikh time in his career, finished on 10-under 278. In what amounted to a duel with Garcia

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for so much of the day, Watney fell two shots behind after he three-putted for bogey on the fifth hole and Garcia made a 40-footer for birdie on the next hole. Garcia, going for his second straight PGA Tour win, never had much of a chance after that. "I hit a couple bad shots at the wrong mo ments," Garcia said. "And unfortunately, I just wasn't feeling comfortable." Watney two-putted for birdie on the sev enth. On the par-3 eighth, Garcia scrambled for bogey from the bunker, while Watney holeda bending,30-footbirdie puttto takehis first lead of the day. Another two-shot swing followed on the 10th, when Garcia three-putted and Watney hita beautifulapproach to 4 feetfor birdie. Both were sloppy on the back nine, but Watney hit all the right shots and seized controlforgood with a 10-footbirdieputton the 14th. "I made more putts than I made all year," Watney said.

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finals," said 12-year-old Rintaro iAPl — Arms outstretched in the Hirano, who homered in the fourth air with a smile from ear-to-ear, to make it 10-1. Noriatsu Osaka couldn't contain A day after pounding out a 24-16 his glee. win over California in the U.S. title Neither could his teammates game, the Goodlettsville, Tenn., from Tokyo after Osaka's third sluggers could only muster two hits home run of the game put an excla — solo shots by Brock Myers and mation point on Japan's 12-2 vic Lorenzo Butler. tory over Tennessee in five innings It was a bittersweet final game in the Little League World Series fortwo teams that grew close title game Sunday. during their two weeks in South The 12-year-old Osaka added Williamsport. They exchanged atripl eforgood measure, too,to customary postgame handshakes at top off his 4-for-4 afternoon. In a the plate beforeJapan received the symbolic gesture, Japan's players World Series championship banner joggedthe traditional postgame vic and took their warning-track run. 'Tennessee was our best friends tory lap carrying the flags for both their home country and the United in the U.S. division," Kiyomiya said. Japan's jog finally stopped in States. ''We had such a great time in front of the team's giddy cheering Pennsylvania and we really played section as proud family members a good game today. It was kind of a, and fiiends stood shoulder-to-shoul Thanks,"' Osaka said through an der to take pictures through the interpreter. infield fence. There were so many highlights, Starter Kotaro Kiyomiya struck out eight in four innings and added including five home runs ofFTen an RBI single for Japan. The game nessee pitching. That was more than enough of ended in the fifth after Osaka's third homer made it a 10-run game. fense for 13-year-old ace Kiyomiya, ''We thought we played the best who had a fastball clocked in the in the tournament so far, especially high-70s, The right-hander with the to win by the 10-run rule in the hitch in mid-delivery pitched like a

"It feels really good and it was really great," Butler said simply about his hitting exploits. He said his three homers Saturday were the longest he had hit all season. Its pitching depth sapped, Ten nessee turned to right-hander Justin Smith to start against Japan — the first time the 12-year-old had pitched in the World Series or in Southeastregionaltournament. "Everybody knew our pitching was depleted and we were bound for a letdown," Hale said. "I'm not saying we were going to beat Japan. I think they were the best team here at everything by far, pitching, hitting. But I think last night is how we want to be remembered." Leadoff hitter Osaka, 12, didn' t waste any time with a first-pitch triple to the right-field corner in the first. Kiyomiya delivered his RBI singletwo batterslaterto getthe scoring started. Osaka then homered in the second to left-center, just in front of the "Little League" sign above the fence,beforeleading offthe fourth with his second homer, this time to center, for a 6-1 lead. The Kitasuna league all-star team fromTokyo won Japan's

big-league ace in allowing just one hit. Regardless, this is still a ban ner year for Goodlettsville after its exhausting victory Saturday over Petaluma, Calif., for the U.S. cham pionship. That game set a record for most combined runs in the World Series. The thrilling victory kept the Ten nessee players and their families up late into the night. "iThe parents) must have partied harder than the kids did," manager Joey Hale said. "I knew we'd be flat today." Tennessee lost a 10-run lead in the bottom of the sixth of that game before scoring nine times the next inning to finally put away Petaluma in a Little League classic. Even more impressively, Butler had three homers and a record nine RBIs a feat so unique the 12-year-old's name became a trending topic on Twitter. Butler went deep again off re liever Osaka in the fikh — Butler' s fourth homer in two days — to cut the leadto 10-2 and giveGoodletts vile some home hope. Tennessee's mini-mashers have proven they can break out any time at the plate.

SCOREBOARD MLB W 74 New York Tampa Bay 70 Baltimore 69 Boston 61 Toronto 56

Chicago Detroit

Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota

Indianapolis adds

MLS AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct

W 71 69 56 55 52

W Texas 75 Oakland 69 Los Angeles 66 Seattle 61

53 57 57 67 70

583 551 548 477 444

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West Division L 52 57 62 67

Pct 591 548 516 477

Texas 9, Minnesota 3 Detroit 5, L A Angels 3 Cleveland 3, N Y Yankees 1 Baltimore 8, Toronto 2 Kansas City 10, Boston 9, 12 innings Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 4

Sunday's Games Detroit 5, L A Angels 2 N Y Yankees 4, Cleveland 2 Boston 8, Kansas City 6 Toronto at Baltimore, ppd, rain Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 3, 7 innings

Minnesota 6, Texas 5

Monday's Games Kansas City (Hochevar 7 11I at Boston (Matsuzaka 0-3), 1 35 p m chicagowhite sox (unano 5-10I at Baltimore iWChen 12 7I, 7 05 p m Oakland (B Anderson 1 OI at Cleveland (Ro Hernandez 0-2I, 7 05 p m

W Pct 563 543 444 433 409

AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday's Games Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 2

Washington 77 4 Atla nt a 73 4'/z P h iladelphia 61 13'/z New York 59

Central Division L 55 58 70 72 75

RESULTS/SCHEDULE All times EDT

C i n a nnati St Louis 2'/z P i t tsburgh 15 Mil w aukee 16'/z Chicago 19'/z Houston

77 70 68 59 49 40

W S a n Franasco 71 Los Angeles 69 5'/z A n zon a 64 9'/z S a n Diego 59 14'/z Colorado 51

Toronto (H Alvarez 7 11I at N Y Yankees (Phelps 34, 7 05 p m Tampa Bay (Pnce 164I at Texas (D Holland 8-6I, 8 05 p m Seattle (F Hernandez 12 5I at Minne sota (Hendnks 0-6I, 8 10 p m Tuesday's Games Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 7 05 pm Oakland at Cleveland, 7 05 p m Toronto at N Y Yankees, 7 05 p m Tampa Bay at Texas, 8 05 p m Detroit at Kansas City, 8 10 p m Seattle at Minnesota, 8 10 p m

Boston at L A Angels, 10 05 p m

NAllONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct 50 55 67 69 71 Central Division

L 52 57 59 67 77 88 West Division

L 57 59 64 70 75

606 570 477 461 450

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T P st GF GB 4 1f2 16'/z 18'/z 20

Pct 597 551 535 468 389 313

Pct 555 539 500 457 405

Cinannati 8, St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 0 Philadelphia 4, Washington 2 San Diego 9, Anzona 3 L A Dodgers 8, Miami 2

Sunday's Games N Y Mets 2, Houston 1

26'/z 36'/z

2'/z 7'/z

13 19'/z

St Louis 8, Cinannati 2 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 4, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado 0, 8 innings Miami 6, L A Dodgers 2 San Diego 5, Anzona 4 Braves 7, Giants 1

Monday's Games St Louis (Lohse 13-2I at Pittsburgh

IAJ Burnett 154, 705 pm

Milwaukee (Estrada 1 5I at Chicago Cubs (Germano 2 3), 8 05 p m L A Dodgers (Beckett 0-OI at Colorado (Franas 44I, 8 40 p m Cinannati Arroyo 10-7I at Anzona

Sunday'sSportsTransactions

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX Added 1B James Loney to the active roster Optioned OF Che Hsuan un to pawtucket (IL) Recalled RHp Kdro Beato from Pawtucket TEXAS RANGERS ReinstatedRHP Kop Ue hara from the 15-day DL Optioned RHPTanner Scheppers to Round Rock (PCL) National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Traded LHP Joe Saunders to Baltimore for RHP Matt undstrom and cash considerations or a player to be named PITTSBURGH PIRATES Added LHP Hisanon Takahashi to the active roster Placed RHP Chad Quails on the 15-day DL Amencan Assoaation ST PAUL SAINTS ReleasedC Jay Sl ick

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS Traded RHP Bobby Blevins to Long Island for a player to be named Released INF Jose Reyes, INF Gabe Martinez and RHP Julio Santana

BASKETBALL Women's National Basketball Assoaation WASHINGTON MYSTICS Signed F Iziane Castro Marques FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS Waived K Billy Cundiff BUFFALO BILLS Released LB Danny Batten, WR David Clowney, DE Sean Ferguson, CB Pnnce Mil ler,TE FendsOnobun,DT JayRoss, W R Derek Session, DB NickSukay andG Jake Vermiglio PlacedTE Mike Caussin on the physi cally unable to perform hst Released DB Josh Nesbitt from in~ured reserve after reaching an injury settlement

CHICAGO BEARS Waived DEThaddeus Gibson, LB K C Asiodu, QB Matt Blanchard, S Trevor Coston, WRTernun Crump, WR Chns Summers, DE Derek Walker Wavedhn~ured LB Adnen Cole and G Nick Pieschel Terminated the contract of DT John McCargo Placed WR Johnny Knox the physically unable to perform list and S Brandon Harden on the in~ured reserve list

CLEVELAND BROWNS Waived OL Jake Anderson, OL Matt Cleveland, DB Emanuel Da vis, LB Jalo Dickson, P Spencer Lanning, WR Carlton Mitchell, WR Bert Reed, WR Jermaine Saffol dandWR Owen Spencer INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Acquired CBVontae Davis from Miami for a 2013 second round pick and a conditional 2013 late round pick NEWYORK JETS Waived GTerrence Camp bell, LS Derek Chard, DT Matt Hardison, WR Dexter Jackson, CB LeQuan Lewis, S Marcus LottandWR Raymond Webber SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Waved/In~ured LB Jameson Konz, DE %p Levingston,DB Roy Lewis and TE Cameron Morrah Waved WR Phil Bates, OT Edawn Coughman, CB Donny osowski, cB Ron parker and RBTyrell sutton Terminated Contract of OT Alex Barron, G Deuce Lutui and WR Terrell Owens TENNESSEETITANS Waived PKWillBatson, G GeorgeBias,WR Chase Deadder,RB Herb Donaldson, WR LaQuinton Evans, WR Marcus Hams,TE JoeyHaynos,OTJonathan Palmer, S Chnstian Scott, QB Nick Stephens and C Wilham Vlachos COLLEGE NOTRE DAME SuspendedseniorRB Ci erre Wood two games for violating team rules

Atlanta (Maholm 11 BI at San Diego

(C Kelly O-OI, 10 05 p m Tuesday's Games N Y Mets at Philadelphia, 7 05 p m St Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 05 p m Washington at Miami, 7 10 p m Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8 05 p m San Franasco at Houston, 8 05 p m L A Dodgers at Colorado, 8 40 p m Cinannati at Anzona, 9 40 p m Atlanta at San Diego, 10 05 p m

Saturday's Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX Traded RHP Josh Beck ett, 1B Adnan Gonzalez, OF Carl Crawford, INF NickPuntoandcash to the LosAngeles Dodg ers for 1B James Loney, INF Ivan DeJesus, Jr, RHPAllen Webster and two players to be named Actuated LHP Felix Doubront from the 15-day DL Placed OF Daniel Nava on the 15-day DL Recalled SS Jose Iglesias, OF Che Hsuan un and RHp Junichi Tazawa from pawtucket (IL) Suspended RHPAlfredoAceves for three games for conduct detnmental to the team TORONTO BLUE JAYS Placed OF Jose Bautista on the 15-day DL National League ATLANTA BRAVES Placed RHP Ben Sheets on the 15 day DL Recalled RHP Miguel Batista from Gwinnett (IL) MILWAUKEE BREWERS Recalled INF Jeff B>anch> from Nashv>lie (PCL) Sent RHP M>ke McClendon to Nashv>lie AmericanAssociation FARGOMOORHEAD REDHAWKS Signed INF Max Casper and RHP E ncMassingham LAREDO LEMURS Signed RHPChns Chavez and OF Philip lncavigha SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS Signed LHP James Fnsbee SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS Signed INF Andy Juday ST PAUL SAINTS SignedC Jay Slickand RHP Bret Severtson WINNIPEG GOLDEYES Signed RHP Denver 5/ynn Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES ReleasedC Ate LaForest ROCKLAND BOULDERS Signed LHPRobert Savarese

FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Waved CB Ashton Youboty, WR ChastenWest, QB Nathan Enderle, LB Nate Bussey, RB DuJuan Hams, CB Mike Holmes,OT Dan Hoch and LB Donovan Richard MINNESOTAVIKINGS Waved G Bndger Buche, RB Dernck Coleman, G GrantCook,LB Solomon Ehmimian, DB Corey Gatewood, OT Levi Horn, DE Anthony Jacobs, WR Kamar Jor den, WR A J Love, LBTyler Nielsen, DE Ernest Owusu, DTTydreke Powell, CB Chns Stroud, WR Kerry Taylor and WR Bryan Walters Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS Released DL Claude Wroten WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Fired coach Paul LaPolice Named Tim Burke intenm coach

COLLEGE KANSAS Suspended football LS Justin Carnes three games for a violation of team rules

Ri day'sTransactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE Suspended Detroit OF Darren Dnggers, Chicago White Sox SS Carlos Gonzalez and Seattle RHP David Pauley 50 games each for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention andTreatment Program MLB S uspended MinnesotaTwins RHP ScottDiamond sw,games and an undisclosed fine for throwing a pitch in the head area of Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers on Thursday

S porting Kansas City 14 NewYork 13 Houston 11 Chicago 12 DC 12 Montreal 12 Columbus 10 Philadelphia 7 New England 6 Toronto FC 5

7 7 6 8 9 13 8 12 14 15

5 6 9 5 4 3 6 4 5 6

47 45 42 41 40 39 36 25 23 21

32 44 38 32 41 42 29 24 30 29

GA 23 37 30 30 35 44 28 28 35 46

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eighth Little League title and sec ond in three seasons. While his players danced around in delight after the game, skipper Yoichi Kubo teared up. He kept his composure after managing a team that won the World Series in 2001, "but I was crying this time when we won this game as world champion," he said. Smith pitched admirably in a tough spot, allowing five runs and seven hits over three innings while striking out three. His team was trying to make history as the first squad from Tennessee to win youth baseball's biggest prize. Goodlettsville also was the first Tennessee team to advance to South Williamsport since Mor ristown in 1987. The suburban Nashville crew counts among its fans Rays ace David Price, who is from Murfreesboro. They might be done with baseball for now, but the celebration is just beginningback home. On Tennes see's social calendar is a visit to the Vanderbilt season opener Thursday night against South Carolina. ''When we get home, it's going to be a carnival," Hale said.

San Jose 15 6 Real Salt Lake 13 10 Seattle 12 6 Los Angeles 12 11 Vancouver 10 10 FC Dallas 8 12 Chivas USA 7 10 Colorado 8 16 Portland 6 13 Wednesday's Games Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1 DC United 4, Chicago 2 Friday's Games Philadelphia 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie Saturday's Games Montreal 3, DC United 0 Columbus 4, New England 3

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American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES RecalledLHP Bnan Matusz from Norfolk (IU Reinstated INF Ryan Flaherty from the 15 day DL Optioned RHP Tommy Hunter to Bowie(EU Designated LHP J C Romero for assignment BOSTON RED SOX Actuated DH David Ortiz from the 15-day DL Optioned RHP Junichi Tazawa to Pawtucket (IL) CLEVELAND INDIANS Optioned RHP Frank Herrmann to Columbus (IL) Recalled 1B Matt LaPorta from Columbus DETROITTIGERS Recalled LHP Drew Smyly from Toledo (IL) Optioned RHP Luke Putkonen to Toledo MINNESOTATN/INS Optioned OF Matt Carson to Rochester (IL) Recalled RHP Kyle Waldrop from Rochester NEWYORKYANKEES ReinstatedLHPCC Sabathia from the 15 day DL OAKLAND ATHLETICS Optioned RHPTyson Ross to Sacramento (PCL) Recalled RHP Jim Miller from Sacramento TEXAS RANGERS Placed INF MichaelYoung on the paternity hst Selected the contract of INF Luis Hernandez from Round Rock (PCL) TORONTO BLUE JAYS Traded RHP Jesse Chavez to Oakland for cash considerations OptionedRHP Chad Beck to LasVegas (PCL) Reinstated OF Jose Bautista from the 15-day DL

NASCAR Saturday At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn. Lap length: .533 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1 (BI Denny Hamhn, Toyota, 500 laps, 136 2 rating, 47 points, $329,441 2 (37I Jimmy Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 103 1, 43, $250,051 3 (11I Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 1139,41, $205,026 4 (22I Bnanvickers, Toyota, 500, 98 5,41, $139,215 5 (9I Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 500, 102 6,40, $153,398 6 (10I Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 103 4, 38, $161,998 7 (23I Client Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 101 9, 37, $141,554 8 (4I Joey Logano, Toyota, 500, 119 5, 38, $130,440 9 (12I Kasey Kahne, chevrolet, 500, 86 z 36, $117515 10 (7I Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 82 8, 34, $117640 11 (15I Martin Tiuex Jr, Toyota, 500, 104 9, 34, $134,119 12 (16I Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 500, 838, 33, $112,780 13 (28I Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 500, 84 4, 31, $133,921 14 (36I Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 500,64 5, 30, $130,388 15 (13) Kevin Harvick, chevrolet, 500, 9z 29, $149,741 16 (14I Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 500, 70 4, 28, $125,813 17 (26I Jambe McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 674,

27, $13z038 18 (41I Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 500, 60 2, 26, $122,488 19 (3) Greg Baffle, Ford, 500, 83, 26, $108,%5 20 (18I David Gilhland, Ford, 500, 62 9, 24, $111,963 21 (1I Casey Mears, Ford, 499, 64 5, 24, $113,477 22 (27I Carl Edwards, Ford,496, 769, 23,

Thursday,Aug.30 Atlanta at Jacksonville, 6 30 p m N Y Jets at Philadelphia, 6 35 p m Minnesota at Houston, 7 p m Baltimore at St Louis, 7 p m Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p m New OrleansatTennessee, 7p m Cinannati at lndianapohs, 7 p m Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p m Chicago at Cleveland, 7 30 p m Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 30 p m Oakland at Seattle, 10 p m San Diego at San Franasco, 10 05 p m Denver atAnzona, 11 p m

$141,246 23 (30I Michael McDowell, Ford, 496, 48 9, 21, $93,805 24 (33I Landon Cassill, Toyota, 490, 48 3, 20, $122,850 25 (17I Matt Kenseth, Ford,486,841,20, $142,(A1 26 (25I Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, acadent, 476, 572, 18, $94,780 27 (21I Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 471, 65 7, 18, $144,%5 28 (20I Kurt Busch, Chevrolet,440, 613, 16, $101,525 29 (43I Danica Patnck, Chevrolet, acadent, 434, 46 3, 0, $90,640 30 (2I Brad Keselowski, Dodge,434,875, 14, $130,025 31 (39I Jason Leffler, Toyota, 417, 38 7, 0 32 (24I David Ragan, Ford,409,403, 12 33 (6I Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 360, 86 2, 11 34 (29I Sam Homish Jr,Dodge,343,43 7,0 35 (5I AncAlmirola, Ford, acadent, 235, 63 6, 9 36 (19I Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, acadent, 189, 47, 8 37 (31I David Stremme, Toyota, rear gear, 159, 34 5, 7 38 (32I Josh wise, Ford, brakes, 150, 3z 6 39 (40I Joe Nemechek, Toyota,electncal, 130, 31, 0 40 (38I Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, fuel pres sure, 56, 30 6, 4 41 (35I Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, brakes, 20, 298,3 42 (42I Ken Schrader, Ford, acadent, 9, 28 9, 2 43 (34I Mike Bhss, Toyota, power steenng, 6, 284,0

CYCLING USA Pro Tour Sunday At Denver Stage 7 A 9.5-mile individual time trial 1 Taylor Phinney (BMC), United States, 17 minutes, 25 seconds 2 Chnstian Vandevelde (Garmin Sharp), United States, 17 38

3 Tray vanGarderen (BMC),United States, 17 44 4 %ter Velits (Omega PharmaQuickstepI, Slovakia, 17 46 5 Thomas Danielson (Garmin Sharp), United States, 17 54 6 Tom Zirbel (Team Optum Kelly BenefitI, United States, 17 56 7 vincenzo Nibali (uquigas cannondaleI, Italy, 18 02 8 Tanel Kangert IAstanaI, Estonia, 18 05 9 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma Quickstep), United States, 18 08 10 David Zabnskie (Garmin Sharp), United States, 18 10

Overall Standings (ARer 7 Stages) 1 I 1 Chnstian Vandevelde (Garmin Sharp), United States, 25 hours, 57 minutes, 34 seconds 2 Te]ay van Garderen (BMC), United States, 21 seconds behind 3 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma Quickstep), United States, 24 seconds behind 4 Andreas Kloden (RadioShack Nissan), Ger many, 1 minute,8 seconds behind 5 Janez Bra~kovic IAstanaI, Sloven', 1 14 behind 6 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack Nissan), Denmark, 1 24 7 Tom Danielson (Garmin Sharp) United States, 1 28 8 Matthew Busche (RadioShack Nissan), United States, 1 32

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CB Davis in trade INDIANAPOLIS iAPl

standpoint," Pagano said. 'You'dlove to have them all playing together just help Sunday. from a communication Four days after team standpoint and a trust owner Jim Irsay ignited standpoint and all those speculationabout a possible typesofthings.Soit's trade with a series of Twit been a challenge for Greg terposts,the Colts acquired Manusky and our defensive former first-round draft coaches... .Itseems like pick Vontae Davis to solidify every time we come out of their secondary. a preseason game or what Miami will get Indy's not, we' re adding somebody new to the mix." second-round pick and a conditional, undisclosed Davis is the newest addi late-round pick in the 2013 tion and will fill a huge void. draft — a steep price for Jerraud Powers has been asolid starteratone a veteran cornerback who recently lost his starting cornerback spot each of the job, but one the Colts found past three seasons and was expectedto dothe same reasonable. "I think if Vontae were again this year. coming out in the 2013 But with no clear winner draft, there's no way he'd be in the competition for the there. A guy of this caliber other spot, new general and with this talent level manager Ryan Grigson and skill set, he wouldn't be began talking with the there in the second iroundl," Dolphins about Davis. The No. 25 overall pick in Colts coach Chuck Pagano the 2009 draft was a starter said. 'You don't find guys like this in the second." since his rookie season, but The addition of Davis his effort and conditioning came hours after the Colts were questioned during this summer's training camp took another big defensive hit when an MRI confirmed and he lost his starting defensive tackle Brandon job to newcomer Richard McKinney injured the Marshall. anterior cruciate ligament Sean Smith is the other in his left knee. Pagano said cornerback for the Dol McKinney would likely go phins iNo. 27 in the AP on injured reserve soon, Pro32l, who have endured ending his season. three consecutive losing McKinney, one of several seasons and are rebuilding ex-Ravens now in Indianap under first-year coach Joe Philbin. That made Davis olis iNo. 32 in AP Pro32l, expendable, and the Colts was signed as a free agent in April to add size and approached Miami general manager Jeff Ireland about depth to the defensive line. With his knowledge of the a deal. "My jobistotry to estab Ravens' defensive system, Pagano and the new Colts lish a strong foundation of success, and build on that coaches expected him to help Indy make a smooth moving forward," Ireland transition from their tradi said.'Wewant to be a good tional 4-3 defensive front team not only this year but in coming years. This helps to Pagano's preferred 3-4 hybrid. us achieve that objective. We' re in a stronger position It's been that kind of preseason for the Colts, who todaytoreach ourgoalof have lost two backup line building a team that will backers with season-ending continue to perform at a knee injuries and will be high level over a sustained without starting inside periodoftim e." linebacker Pat Angerer Ireland said he agreed to thetrade in partbe ifracturedfoot)forseveral more weeks. cause he's pleased with The Colts also played the development ofseveral Saturday without new youngsters in the secondary, defensive end Cory Redding the biggest question mark regarding the Dolphins' kneel or linebacker Robert Mathis ishoulderl and have defense. "I have a lot of confidence now lost the 345-pound McKinney in the middle of in our defensive backs," he SRld. the defensive line. "Losing the couple of Apparently, Davis ap linebackers that we' ve lost preciates thechance to start and now Brandon and the over in the Midwest, only a injuries that have kept two to three-hour drive from his alma mater — Illinois. some guys out for a couple 'Thank GOD for keeping weeks here and there, it' s tough from a continuity me in the right direction!!!!!" — Indianapolis' bruised defense finally got some

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6C —THE OBSERVER

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

SPORTS

Mariners fall to White Sox 4-3 inrain-shortened contest CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Flowers hit a go-ahead homer just before the final downpour and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mari ners 4-3 in a rain-shortened game Sunday for their sixth straight victory. Immediately following a 6-min ute rain delay in the seventh inning, Flowers launched a two-run shot ofF Kevin Millwood to lead first-place Chicago to its second consecutive series sweep. Rain continued to pour until the tarp was put on to stay two batters later, and the game was called after a wait of nearly 2 hours. The start was delayed for 1 hour, 51 minutes due to showers that per sisted throughout the game before it was finally stopped. The White Sox retained their 2'/2-game lead in the AL Central over the Tigers, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2. Chicago starter Gavin Floyd, however, left after two innings with rightelbow discomfort.

Capser Wells hit a two-run homer forSeattle.

Nate Jones (7-0) escaped a seventh-inning jam after inherit ing runners on first and third with nobody out. He earned his second win in two

days. The youngfl amethrower struck out Trayvon Robinson looking after inducing a pair of soft popups. The Mariners had won 10 of 11 before being swept by Chicago. All three games were decided by one run. Floyd allowed a pair of singles to start the game, and Dustin Ackley scored on Jesus Montero's infield single. Floyd limited the first-inning damage to one run despite giving up three hits and a walk. He pitched a 1-2-3second,butdid not return for the third. The team announced right elbow discomfort for the 29-year-old, who was relieved by Hector Santiago. Santiago was flawless through

his first two innings, but ran into trouble in the fikh. Wells sent a 3-2 pitch into the left-center seats following Justin Smoak's leadofF single. It was his eighth home run of the year. Millwood (4-11) allowed four runs — three earned — over 6 2-3 innings. He has just one win in his last 16 starts. Alex Rios reached 20 homers and 20 steals in the second inning when he stole second base. Helaterscored on Jordan Danks' sacrifice fly. Rios joined Ray Durham and Magglio Ordonez, who both accom plished the feat in 2001, as the only White Sox players to have at least 30 doubles, 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in a season. Rios also went 20-20 in 2010 with Chicago, finishing with 29 doubles. Kevin Youkilis tripled home a run in the third inning. Seattle right fielder Eric Thames misplayed the shallow liner that bounced all the way to the wall as Ray Olmedo scored from first.

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Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez (10) is tagged out while trying to steal second base by Seattle Mariners second baseman Dustin Ackley (13) in the second inning at U.S. Cellular Field on Sunday. The White Sox won the game 4-3 after the game was called in the seventh inning due to rain.

Ducks name redshirt freshman Mariota starting quarterback EUGENE (AP) — Redshirt fresh workouts on Saturday, the school man Marcus Mariota has won the job as starting quarterback for No. 5 Oregon. Oregon coach Chip Kelly an nounced Friday that Mariota earnedtheposition oversophomore Bryan Bennett, who was Dar ron Thomas' backup last season. Thomas left school early to declare his eligibility for the NFL draft. Oregon went 12-2 last season and defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. The Ducks open this season at home against Arkansas State on

Sept. 1. Mariota is the first freshman to start in an opener for Oregon since Danny ONeil in 1991. Kelly, Mariota and Bennett were not available for comment until

saId. Bennett was the more experi enced of the two, having completed 25 of 46 passes for 369 yards and six touchdowns last season as Thomas' backup. Bennett started in a victory over Colorado when Thom as was out with a sprained knee. M ariota, a 6-foot-4 nativeof Hawaii, emerged as competition for Bennett during the annual spring game, when he completed 18 of 26 passes for 202 yards and a touch down. He also rushed for 99 yards and two scores — including an 82-yard scoringrun — to lead histeam to a 41-14 victory. The status of the competition in fall camp was difficult to deci

pher because Oregon closes practices. Kelly often said that last season had no bearing on the cur rent competition. Part of what made Mariota's emergence so intriguing was that the spring game was the first time thatmost fans gota closelook at him. Last season he was part of the practice squad. Bennett completed 19 of 32 passes for 209 yards and a TD in

the spring game. Oregon's decision Friday was met with enthusiasm by former Ducks running back LaMichael James, who now plays for the San Fran cisco 49ers. "He will possibly be the best qb to ever play at Oregon!" James posted to Twitter. "He's the real deal." The Ducks also released their two-deep depth chart for the opener against Arkansas State. There were few surprises on defense, buton offense seniorguard Carson York was absent, indicating thatperhaps he is stillrecovering from an injury to his right knee that he sustained in the Rose Bowl. Oregondoes notreleasedetails aboutinjuries.

The two-deep also lists four options at tight end, including Ter rence Daniel, Koa Ka'ai, freshman Pharaoh Brown and presumed starter Colt Lyerla. Versatile playmaker De'Anthony Thomas, who set an Oregon fresh man record last season with 18 touchdowns (seven rushing, nine receptions and two on kickofF returns), was listed at running back behind senior Kenjon Barner. Thomas, who also plays at wide receiverbut was notlisted there, has been mentioned as a possible Heisman candidate. Thomas was atop the special teams two-deep, returning kickoffs and punts. Senior Rob Beard was listed ahead of Alejandro Maldo nado at placekicker.

Timbers edge rival PORTLAND (AP) Franck Songo'o scored the go-ahead goal and the Port land Timbers snapped an eight-match Major League Soccer winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Pacific Northwest rival Vancouver on Saturday night. Songo'o's goal, his first with the Timbers, came on a free kick in the 55th minute thatbeatWhitecaps goal keeper Joe Cannon. Portland had not won since a 2-1 victory over San Jose on July 3. The Timbers also lost on penalty kicks to English Premier League side Aston Villa in a friendly on July 24. ''We' re all happy now because it's been a long, long, long time since we' ve had a win," Songo'o said. The Timbers were 0-6-2 in MLS play going into the sold-out Cascadia Cup match against the Whitecaps. The Cascadia Cup is the annual head-to-head compe tition between Major League Soccer's three northwest teams: the Timbers, White caps and the Seattle Sound ers. Vancouver has yet to win a Cascadia match since joining MLS last season.

The Whitecaps (10-10-7) are fighting for a playofF spot but they' ve dropped three straight, including a 2-0 loss to the Sounders last week end. Vancouver has lost five straight on the road. Vancouver's last visit to Portland was a 1-1 draw on May 26, a match that was marked by a delay when a severethunderstorm rolled through the city.

The Timbers (6-13-6) are in last place in the league's Western Conference and fired coach John Spencer back on July 9. General manager Gavin Wilkinson took over as the team'scoach for the restof the season.

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