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• Protesters say they will go home when they get what they want from government

t,~ttii.. in a decades-long fight over public lands in the West. "Itisourgoaltogetthe BURNS — A leader of the small, armed group ofpeople logger back to logging,the occupying a remote national r a n cher back to ranching," wildlif epreserve in Oregon said the son ofNevada said Tuesday they will go rancher Cliven Bundy, who home when a plan is in place was involved in a high-profile b I ,;Q"',-. arbitrary ttse of to turn over management of 2 0 14 standoff with the govS r" narsrer pr (,ptttrpf 3'"c' OP F resuoc tb b o n e federal lands to locals. ernment over grazing rights. Ammon Bundytold report- The younger Bundy's antiers at the Malheur National g o vernment group is critical Wildlife Refuge that rancho ff ederal land stewardship, Rick Bowmer/TtteAssoctatedPress ers, loggers and farmers but e n v ironmentalists and Jon Ritzheimer, of Arizona, a member of the group occupying should have control of federal others say U.S. officials the Malheur NationalWildlife Refuge headquarters, adjusts a land — a common refrain SeeStandoff / Page 5A sign Tuesday near Burns.

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BURNS — Before taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, Ammon Bundy and other militants were drawn to Burns by an arson case involving a Harney County ranching family. Butit was not the convictions of Dwight Hammond, 73, and his son, Steven, 46, that became the flashpoint. Rather, it was the Hammonds being sentenced to prison a second time in October. As rumbling about the case grew last month, Billy Williams, the acting US.Attorney in Oregon, sent a statement to the Burns Times-Herald, addressing the residents of Harney County. SeeArson / Page5A

argues moves into new kindergcaten complex against limits By Dick Mason, The Observer

The La Grande School District's new full day kinderga-rten program is gaining momentum. The program took a leap forward Monday when the new kindergarten complex at Greenwood Elementary School opened for its first day ofclasses Some of Gree.nwood's kindergarten students reacted almost with Christmas Day excitement.

• Cove legislator doesn't favor term limits for county commissioners

"Oh my gosh, it was fun for the them.They were pretty pumped," said Megan Sherer, one of Greenwood's two kindergarten teachers. Greenwood's 43 kindergartners walked into a new complex that featurestwo spacious classrooms with expansive windows, cozy reading nooks, restrooms designed forkindergartners,low-standing

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By Cherise Kaechele drinking fountains, a hallway with wall mirrors perfectly sized and situated for children, and Internet connections. The reading nooks next to windows and the drinking fountains are among the complex's most popular features among kindergartners, said Greenwood kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Gregory.

The kindergarten complex was constructed with money from the $31.85 million bond for maintenance and capital construction La Grande School District voters approved in 2014. The Greenwood project isthe fi rstbuilding structure completed with money from the bond. The school's kindergartners

previously were based in two classroomson theeastsideofthe school. Students had been taught there since the start of the school year. The La Grande School Districtis in its firstyear of offering full-day kindergarten. It had offered halfday kindergarten since 1989. This SeeSchool / Page5A

While the Union County Citizens for Good Government is nearly haifway to its goal of collecting 627 Union County voter signatures, one signature likely not to be collectedisthatofOregon state Rep. Greg Barreto. The group is hoping to get a ballotmeasure in the May primaries to Barreto limit a county commissioner's term to eight years, or two terms. Barreto has two arguments against this measure: It doesn't take into account the learning curve, and votersalready have theoption of voting commissioners out if they are unhappy with their performance. "A few years ago, I would ihave been) right on board with term limits," Barreto said, but his opinion has changed since stepping into his position as state representative for House District 58. Now he knows that"four years isn't long enough to learn." Ifhe had to put a limit on terms, he said 12 years would be enough. "I think that's long enough, especially when it's a citizen legislature. That's enough time to give back to the state and let someone else have a turn — fresh eyeballs," he said."But ask me again in four to six years, and I may have a different opinion." SeeLimits / Page5A

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016

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PLANNER TODAY Today is Wednesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2016. There are 360 days left in the year.

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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms": Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.

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ON THIS DATE In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Virginia. In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state. In 1919, the 26th president ofthe United States,Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, NewYork, at age 60. In 1950, Britain recognized the Communist government of China. In 1974, year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo. In1987, the U.S. Senate voted 88-4 to establish an 11-member panel to hold public hearings on the IranContra affair. In 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit's Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding denied knowing about plans for the attack.) In 2001, with Vice PresidentAI Gore presiding (in his capacity as president of the Senate), Congress formally certified George W. Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.

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The second La Grande railroad depot was built in 1901. The building was used as La Grande's railroad depot through 1930 when its current one was constructed. The second depot was bigger than the first one at 22 feet long and 118 feet wide, and featured at least six offices, a waiting room and a freight room.

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integral i n La Grande's history By Dick Mason The Observer

They are long forgotten and lost remnants of La Grande's railroad history, structures that were integral partsofthe city'srailstory. La Grande had two railroad depots before the present one was built in 1930. The first was constructed in 1884,the same year therailroad came to La Grande, according to a story in the Dec. 27, 1930, edition of The Observer. The first depot was built at a time when La Grande had just 300 residents, served by two generalstores, a candy store, several saloons and a dry goods store. Two years earlier, D.H. Stearns, a reporter for the Evening Telegraph of Portland, wrote that the most prominent buildings in La Grande were Blue Mountain University, located near wherethe La Grande Middle School is today, a Masonic hall, an Odd Fellows temple and its churches, according to a story in the July 12, 1934, Observer. The structure was much smaller than today'sdepot and appears in photostohave been made from wood. It had a slightly pitched roof and a moderatelydecorativedesign. "For that dayit was quite a magnificent structure," The Observer stated in a Dec. 27, 1930, article. The depot was completed two months after the first passenger train arrivedin La Grande on July 4,1884. The excitement La Grande residents experienced that day was almost incomparable, a woman identified as Mrs. Margaret Wallsinger Oliver told The Observer in a July 12, 1934, article. "The children went wild and the older folks were not far behind in the

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La Grande's first railroad depot was built in 1884. The depot was destroyed by fire in 1900. La Grande's first depot was a popular gathering place anytime a train came into town.

Editor's Note This is the third in a three-part series looking at the history of the La Grande depot. matter of thrills," Oliver said. La Grande's first depot was long a popular gathering place anytime a train came into town. "It was an event in the affairs of the day whenthetrain came and everyone who could spare time from his work strolleddown tothedepottosee who was coming to town," The Observer reported. A hardscrabble mentality existed in La Grande during this time. "It was a pretty tough town in those days," a man described as an"oldtimer" told The Observer in its Dec. 27, 1930, article. Nevertheless a violent environment did not prevail. "There was plenty of drinking but I don't know as there were many mur-

ders or bad men here then, just men who had been hardened by pioneering in a new country," the "old-timer" said. The 1930Observer articlereported that La Grande's first depot met a fiery end, burning down on Aug. 4, 1900. The fire that claimed it started in a nearby warehouse and then was blown to the depot. An old warehouse next served as a temporarydepot before areplacement was constructed in 1901. The depot was considered one of the finest in the region at the time it was built, accordingto the caption ofa photo of the second depot in the Dec. 27, 1930, Observer. The second depot, built in 1901, was bigger than the first one, at 22 feet long and 118 feetwide.Ithad at least six offices, a waiting room and a freight room. ContactDick Mason at 541-786-5386or dmasonC lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Dickon Twitter C IgoMason.

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ROAD REPORT Numbers to call: • Inside Oregon: 800-977-6368. • Outside Oregon: 503-588-294'r.

GRAIN REPORT Soft white wheatJanuary, $5.26; February, $5.29; March, $5.32 Hard red winterJanuary, $5.58; February, $5.58; March, $5.60 Dark northern springJanuary, $6.'r3; February, $6.'r8; March, $6.23 — Bids provided by Island City Grain Co.

QUOTE OFTHE DAY "A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal." — William Allen White, American newspaper editor

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Oregon's No.1 scam of 2015 hasn't relented into the New Year — at least not in La Grande. At the end of December, the Better Business Bureau releasedalistofthe top fi ve scams of 2015. No. 1 was an IRS scam in which consumers receive online threatening telephone calls from someone claiming to be with the IRS. OPiniOn~ The caller tells the consumer he owes taxes to the government and will be put in jail unless he pays. At the La Grande Police Department, callersreporting the scam haven't slowed since the calendar turned. '%e've gotten six calls this morning," La Grande Police Chief Brian Harvey said at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Harvey said his department has no authority to issueawarrant related to the IRS. '%e don't have anything to do with the IRS at all," he sald. The calls regarding the scam have been steady for about the past month, said Ronda GriSn, communications supervisor with LGPD. Front desk personnel have advisedher they aregetting at least half a dozen calls every day. "I personally even got one on my cellphone," GriSn sald. The first thing Griffin asks when someone reports a scam like the IRS scam, is if they have given out any personal information. "Most of them know they made the right decision by not giving out information," she said. Customers are then referred to the Oregon Department of Justice Because no crime is actually committed when no information is given out and because the scams oftencrossstate or even international lines, the localpolicedepartment does not have the resources to investigate. The DOJ spells out six signsforidentifying a scam: • Scammers contact you "out of the blue." • Scammers claim there is an"emergency." • Scammers ask for your personal information. • Scammers want to wire you money. • Scammers tell you to keep it"secret." • Scammers make it sound too good to be true. For more information on scams or to file a complaint, contact the Oregon DOJ online atwww.oregonconsumer.gov or

Pendleton CitVCouncil aggroves 3001grantforIllLSrangemanager ByAntonio Sierra

tiontotestand two applications approved by the FAA. PENDLETON — CourOn a quarterly basis, the tesy of SOAR Oregon, the range mustfacilitate 10test Pendleton Unmanned Aerial flights, host 10 test days for Systems Range now has the customers and meet a cermoney to hire a full-time, tain number of test hours. on-site range manager, a SOAR Oregon does give position that's been vacant the UAS range some leeway for several months. in meeting those benchAt a Tuesday meeting, marks. If the city doesn't the Pendleton City Council meet them, officials can unanimously approved a either provide an explana$300,000 grant does not tion for the shortfall and a come without strings. recovery plan or request the The money is dispersed benchmarks be revised to a evenly over two years, and lower expectation. to access the second year of W ith operati ons previfunds, the city must meet a ously hindered by the FAA's series ofbenchmarks. slowness in creating and Within the first six administering rules for months of the grant, the the drone industry, Counrange must sign three cilor Tom Young expressed customers to testing conconcern over how the range tracts, have two customer would meet the benchmarks. '%e haven't been hitting applicat ions in the processof obtaining Federal Aviation promises that we've had for Administration authorizathe past 18 months, so what East Oregonian

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has changed that now all of a sudden we can hit these metrics?" he said. Steve Chrisman, airport manager and economic developmentdirector,said the FAA is starting to grant the test ranges more authorities in testing drones and the path toward testing has "rounded a corner." "Ifwe can't putpeoplein the air, it's all for naught,"he said. One way the range could meet SOAR Oregon's

benchmarks is through a signed agreement with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to do UAS training at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. Chrisman said the US. Department of Energy has granted funding for the training, with actual operationsexpected to startover the next couple of months as thelaboratory waitsfor various authorizations from the FAA.

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be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Cook Memorial Library in Acrash course in herbal use will help a citizens' ad hoc La Grande. Teen Movie will be held fiom 6:30 p.m. to Nights are offered yeargroup working to replace round and are always free 7:30 p.m. Thursday at ¹ playgroundequipment and ture's Pantry, 1907 Fourth St., perform other park upgrades. and open to anyone in grades La Grande. Herbs 101, a fiee Additionally, commissioners 6-12. The library provides free popcorn and soda. class, will teach the basics of 12 agreed tochip in $2,992 fiom Call 541-962-1339, visit the popular herbs and the health county transientroom tax benefits associated with them. revenues to upgrade broadlibraryorviewits Web and band communication between Facebookpages for current Lottery funds help countyoffices in the courthouse movie title and other upooming 4-H program and those of the health depart- teen events. Teen Movie Nights ENTERPRISE — Banare funded with a grantfiom ment, emergency services and quet tables, a playground Cloverleaf Hall sixblocks north. the LaGrande Community and broadbandreception all In other action, the board Library Foundation. have gotten a boost from the discussed possible realignment Wallowa County Board of ofrural Mallory Road near the RSVP for Cove senior Commissioners. Washington border requested meal by Monday The board Monday byresident John Mallory. COVE — The next Cove seCommissioners also made nior dinner will begin at noon granted $700 to the county's 4-H programtobuy foldofficial the retirements ofAllen Jan. 15, a Friday, at the Cove ing tablestobe used atthe Schnetsky, longtime county Baptist Church. The menu county-owned Cloverleaf vegetation management direc- will be meatloat; mashed poHall. The grant came from tor, and Dwight Fleming of the tatoes and gravy, green salad and applecrisp.Coffee and the county's share of Oregon public works department. Video Lottery proceeds. tea are served at noon, with Library shows free Also funded by video lunch served at 12:30 p.m. movie to teens There is a $5 charge per lottery revenues will be a shareofthe costofrenovatTeen Movie Night will meal. To reserve your space,

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Hospital Welcomes New Year baby Sawyer Allen Jones is Union County's first babyof 2016. Sawyer made his grand entrance into the New Year at Grande Ronde Hospital's Family Birthing Center at 11:15 a.m. Jan.2. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 19 inches long. He was born to Brittney Herber and Collin Jones. Brittney was originally due Jan.7. The parents were appreciative ofthe generous gifts they received from the Hospital Auxiliary. Ruth Mitch, Auxiliary president, and Diane Higley, A~ mem b er;"showered" Sawyer with gifts on Sunday to honor his special arrival, induding a white stocking, Courtesy photo handmade by theAuxiliary's Sawyer Allen Jones was born Jan. 2, the first baby of sewing committee and a gik 2016 born at Grande Ronde Hospital, to parents Brittney Herber and Collin Jones. basket to send with his family.

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Clayton Forrest Colpitts, 43, of Union, died Dec. 29, 2015. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Island City Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. Clayton was born Jan. 29, 1972,

born Sept. 9, 1975, in Red Bluff, California, to Robert D. Hughes and Patty Jo Collier. She lived in Union and attended school and adopted by in LaGrande.She married William and Doug Johnston and they Loretta Colpitts. laterdivorced.In March 2015 Colpitts He lived in she married Clayton Colpitts. Imnaha and Penny was a child care graduatedfrom Joseph High provider. She enjoyed makSchool, where he was on the ing bread,creating artand wrestling team. He married spending time with her two Penny Johnston in March children. Penny also enjoyed 2015. her dog, Joey, and raising Clayton was a logger, chickens from eggs. Her rancher and fence contractor. family says she was always He also worked at a shiphelpfuland fun to be around, yard in Seattle, Washington. and that she was happy with According to his family, Clay- her life with Clayton and ton was busy all the time. He reconnecting with her son, enjoyed building things and James. spending time with his famShe was preceded in death ily. He also enjoyed raising by her son, James Austin chickens with Penny and her Johnston, and grandfather, dog, Joey. Cyrus Alexander Thompson. He was preceded in death Survivors include her by his mother, Loretta parents, Robert Hughes and Colpitts, and stepson, James Penny Collier; daughter, BritJohnston. nye Jo Johnston; grandmothSurvivors include his er, Nellie Almeda Thompson; father, William Colpitts of two nieces; and aunt and Wallowa; children, William uncles, Carol Butesbaugh, Colpitts and Jacob Colpitts; Eddy Horn, and Clifford and and numerous aunts, uncles, Kathy Hughes. nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to contributions can be made to help with funeral expenses help with funeral expenses in care of Loveland Funeral in care of Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande 97850. La Grande 97850. Online condolences may be Online condolences may be made to the family at www. made to the family at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com. lovelandfuneralchapel.com.

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James Austin Johnston, 20, of Union and Wallowa counties, died Dec. 29, 2015. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Island

Penny Jo Hughes-Colpitts, 40, of Union, died Dec. 29, 2015. A funeral service will

City Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. Arrangements are entrusted to Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory.

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

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James "Jim" H. DeMoss, 80, of La Grande, died Jan. 4 at his residence. At his request, there will be no service. Arrangements are entrusted to Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory. Known as Jim, he was born Feb. 16, 1935, in Bend to Homer B. and Elizabeth (PitchDeMoss er l DeMoss. He graduated from Eugene High School and then moved to La Grande. He was married to Lorene DeMoss for 63 years. Jim was an auto mechanic, salesmanand service station owner. He enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, traveling, working on cars and spending time with his family. He was a member of the Barber

Richard "Dick" Gasser, 77, formerlyofEnterprise,died Dec. 28, 2015, at his home in Huntington. Services will be held in Enterprise with Bollman Funeral Home officiating. Details will be announced at a later time. Known a Dick, he was born July 13, 1938, in Oregon City to Sylvester"Sid" and

Dorothy (Shepherdl Gasser.

He spent his childhood in the Molalla area, where he worked for his father in his various businesses. The family moved to the Bend area when Dick was in his teens. A few years later, Dick enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served as a dog handler in the military police until 1959. At this time he was dischargedfrom activeduty and moved to the Enterprise area, where he met Claudia Fisher. Dick married Claudia Shop Quartet, Elks, J.C.'s and on April 27, 1961, in Asotin, the Eugene Jr. Symphony. Washington, and they were He was preceded in death married for 54 years. by his parents, Homer and Dick and Claudia had Elizabeth DeMoss, and three children, Ricky, Brenda brother, Kenneth DeMoss. and Sandra. Dick's work Survivors include his tookthem tovarious partsof wife, Lorene; children and Oregon over the years. Most theirpartners,Carolof of their children's childhood La Grande, David and Linda was spent in the Molalla of La Grande, Terri and Jerry area, where Dick was active of Pendleton, and Kathy in the community. and Don of North Powder; Dick was a longtime memsisters and brothers-in-law, ber of the Molalla Volunteer Evelyn and Lyle Fisher of Fire Department and AmbuForest Grove, Virginia and lance Service, where he was Herb Stem of Sugar Land, an EMT andfi re training Texas, and Dorthy Ziegler of officer. He also was a member Dayton, Kentucky; brother of the Mulino Lions Club and sister-in-law, Larry and and served as Scout Master Sue DeMoss of Hattiesburg, forTroop 161 and as a Little Mississippi; five grandchilLeague coach. dren and seven great-grandIn 1980, Dick and Clauchildren; and many nieces dia moved to Baker County and nephews. to operatetheEagleCap

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested:Randy Michael Hoyle, 49, La Grande, was arrestedTuesday on a charge of second-degree trespass.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Derek A. Benadum, 36, unknown address, was arrested Monday by Baker County on a Union County statewide misdemeanor warrant charging violation of a release agreement connected to original

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Josephine Case Joseph

Josephine Case, 90, of Joseph, died Dec. 19, 2015. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at the Joseph Cemetery with vault interment to follow. Arrangements are entrusted to Bollman Funeral Home.

Laurence A. I.oftus Lostine

Laurence A. Loftus, 84, of Lostine, died Dec. 30, 2015. A celebration oflife will begin at 2 p.m. Jan. 10 at the First Presbyterian Church in La Grande. A fellowship gathering will follow at the Presbyterian Friendship Center. Arrangements are in the care of Bollman Funeral Home of Enterprise.

Barbara McClure Weaver Baxter October 11, 1944 — December 31, 2015

Barbara McClure Weaver Baxter, 71,

passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on December 31, 2015. Barbara Mary McClure was born in La Grande, Oregon to James McClure and Margaret Ragsdale October 11, 1944. She grew up on the family ranch on Indian Creek near Elgin with her six siblings Robert, Patricia, Steve, Virginia, Bill and Kathleen. She was a skilled horse rider and was elected queen of the Elgin Stampede in 1963. She manied Wendell Weaver later that same year and moved to Wallowa. Together they had three sons Dirk, David and Darren. They divorced in 1980 and Barbara supported her boys by working at Boise Cascade mill in Elgin until she retired in 2004 after 28 years. She marriedher second husband, David Baxter,in 2008. David retired soon after and they enjoyed traveling and spending time with their family. He supported and cared for her during her long battle with cancer. She loved camping on the Snake River with her family, she loved the water, swimming and soaking in hot springs, riding horses and spending time outdoors. Above all else, she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren Stephanie, Samantha, Aleck, Danielle and Bryce. Besides her own children and grandchildren, she was a mother to many others who she cared for and loved as if they were her own. Barbara was well known for her beauty, and especially for the kindness and love that she shared with so many. And although she was not religious, she was a very spiritual person. She had a special quality of non-judgment and acceptancethatmade anyone who was around her feelcomfortable and loved.She was the centerofherfamily and her home was always open. She is survived by her husband David, her brothers and sisters, her sons and her grandchildren Samantha, Aleck, D anielle and Bryce Weaver. She was preceded in death by her deargranddaughter Stephanie Weaver. Her absence will be deeply felt by many. A celebration of Barbara's life will be held at the Elgin Community center on January 9, at 1:00. Donations in her name may be made to Grande Ronde Hospital Home Care and Hospice Services. Online condolences may be made to the family at www. lovelandfuneral. com.

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Harney County ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, are victims of an overzealous federal prosecution. But their unnecessarily harsh punishment for lighting fires that burned public property in no way justifies the actions of people who, ostensibly acting in defense of the Hammonds, have broken into and occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge southeast of Burns. The people who took over the refuge building on Saturday — none of them, apparently, are local residents — are not helping the Hammonds. Nor are these protesters, who have called for others to join them in preventing federal employees from entering the refuge headquarters, benefiting Harney County residents or their reputation. Instead the conspirators have obscured the legitimate protest of a heavy-handed prosecution by trespassingand making exaggerated claims about the federal government's lack of legal authority to manage public land. That the Hammonds committed arson is not in question. The legal debate has to do with a federal law regarding terrorism that is the basis for their prison terms, and whether that law conKcts with the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments." When U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan originally sentenced the Hammonds in 2012, he argued, and quite persuasively, that the men should not be labeledas terrorists and sentenced to five-year prison terms under that law. "It would be a sentence which would shock the conscience," Hogan said. He sentenced Dwight Hammond to three months in prison, and Steven Hammond to one year. That's reasonable. But Amanda Marshall, at the time the U.S. attorney for Oregon, challenged Hogan's decision and argued that the Hammonds should serve the full five years as outlined in the federal statute. A Justice Department oKcial agreed with Marshall and authorized an appeal of Hogan's sentence. An appeals court ruled in Marshall's favor and ordered the Hammonds to be resentenced this October. U.S. Chief District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced both Hammonds to serve the remainder of five-year sentences, that started Monday. Hogan came to the logical and reasonable conclusion that the Hammonds did not deserve to be punished as terrorists. We support the protesters who gathered in Burns on Saturday to participate in a rally backing the Hammonds. But apeaceful protesthas little in common with taking over a public building and vowing, as one of the occupiers has done, to stayhere"for years, absolutely." Their action is likely to accomplish nothing except to besmirch the reputation of Harney County residents.

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s the popularity of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other race-baiting antidemocratic politicians attest, a significant portion of the American public is hostile to Washington, whether with respect to expansion of civil liberties and human rights, taxation, immigration policy or diplomacy. This part of the public wants a strong, no-nonsense leader who will take them out of the cultural and political wilderness, and restore to them lmainly meaning to white male America) the respect and power it once supposedly had. A subset of this public consists of gun lovers lagain, all white males) who live by conspiracy theories, a distorted notion of the Constitution and the Bible, and acraving forviolentaction against authority. They are our terrorists. We inAmerica thus must deal with the unfortunate factthatdomesticterrorism is becoming a serious national security threat, greatlyhelped bytheprovocative rhetoric of the leading Republican presidential candidates. Since 9/11,"non-Islamic extiemists" actually account for more lives lost than"Islamic extiemists,"by 48 to 45. Yet, this predominantlywhite, male, Christian terrorism invariably escapes being labeledassuch.Instead,them assme dia uses more polite language, such as"militia men" and armed activists" — words that probablywould notbe applied if the termrists wereAmerican Indians,AfricanAmericans, Jews, or ofcourse Muslims.As Janell Ross writes in the Washington Post,'The descript ionsofeventsin Oregon appearto reflect the usual shape of our collective as-

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sumptions about the relationship between race and guilt — orreligion and violent exlremism — in the United States." Which brings me to the current situation in rural Oregon's Malheur National Forest Refuge. A small group of selfstyled "militia" seems to think that an armed occupation is the only alternative when complaints against government arenot satisfactorily addressed. But that is nonsense: peaceful protest, passive resistance, elections, petitions and recalls are all available. Four years ago, when the Occupy movement was in thrall, peaceful sit-ins were the norm, not armed invasion, seizure ofbuildingsand declarations ofself-rule.The current Oregon situation in fact was precededby a peacefulprotestagainst federal regulation of ranch land, only to have the "militia" preempt it to serve its own needs.Itsleadersnever bothered to ask the Hammond family, on whose behalf the extremists says they are acting, if it wanted their support. The extremists' action is reminiscent of various U.S. interventions abroad that have occurred without a request for it by local authorities or indigenous groups claiming oppression. The so-called militia in Oregon is armed and dangerous. These people have been spoiling for a fight and, while

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SCHOOL Continued from Page1A is the first school year school districts providing full-day kindergarten have received additional funding from the state. Previously the state fundedonlyhalf-day kindergarten. The new Greenwood kindergartenclassroom complex was formally opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony

attended by 50-75 people. Those attending included Mike Gregory, who served as Greenwood's principal from 2002 to 2013 and in 201415 as the school's interim principal. "I am so proud and excited, "Gregory said. Gregory said the complex is modeled after ones built for kindergartners in the Reynolds School District, which serves David Douglas School District in Portland. Gregory, who helped come up with the basic idea for the Greenwood complex, envisioned it looking similar to the one now in place. 'This is the picture we had. That picture has been fulfilled," Gregory said. The many features Gregory likes about the complex include its LED lightingwhich is not too harsh — and the way its two classrooms are connected by a hallway and a meeting room, which will enhance the educational environment by making it easierforteachersto collaborate. Teacher collaboration is a key element of the La Grande School District's professional learning

LIMITS Continued from Page1A For Jim Mollerstrom, who is the organizer of UCCGG, he argues private sectors give CEOs ofbig businesses a one-year contract to learn their job — why should it be any different for politicians? "Nonprofit organizations, too, have one to two year term limits," Mollerstrom said."They're rotating in new people with new ideas. In today's world, technology can keep you up to date with information." Mollerstrom used the Boardman to Hemingway project, the multi-million dollar electrical transmission line proposed to go through Union County, as an example. He said if someone wanted to learn an extensive amount aboutthatproject,it'd take them thebetterpartofeight hours to go on the project's website and research it, but by theend ofthatday,and w itha"good cup ofcoffee," someone could learn a lot. Barretodoesn'tbelieve thereisa need forterm limits in local government. If people aren't happy about who is representing them, he said, then they wouldn't continue to vote for them. "Local politics are a lot different than state orfederal," he noted."It's closer to the community. The voters have a bigger impact locally whether they retain their leadership." Barreto said voters are betterinformed about their

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communities program, one Greenwood has been a district leader in. The PLC program getsteachersatthesame gradeleveltogethersothey can usedata to develop strategies for helping students. Construction of the kindergarten complex started last summer and was completed in December by CM Company ofBoise, Idaho,thegeneral contractor forthe school district'sbond construction work. Construction work was completed on schedule, said La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze. Furniture and other classroommaterialswere moved into the complex in late December by the school district's custodial staff and Greenwood staff members. "The staff really chipped in," Greenwood Principal Ryan Westenskow said. The principal said that it was obvious on Monday that the new classrooms were hit a hit with the students and Greenwood's staK ''When I walked in, there were smiles on the faces of everyone," said Westenskow, who is in his first year as Greenwood's principal. He is the son of Ray Westenskow of La Grande, who served as Greenwood's principal from 1991 to 1997 and attended Monday's ribbon cutting. La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze said Greenwood's kindergarten complex will be a fixture for decades to come. "This is the kind of thing which will serve La Grande fordecades,"hesaid."Itis very exciting."

political figures when it is a small town. 'You're more in touch locally, whether it's from reading the newspaper or talking with others in the communities," Barreto said. "I really do think at a local level term limits for city council, mayor or commissioners are unnecessary." Mollerstrom said 85 to 90 percent of incumbents remain in their position becausethe long-term politicians "can stifle civic involvement." Someone who has been in the political position they are in for many years can intimidate someone else interested in running, according to Mollerstrom. Whether because of financial reasons or simply because they've heldthe position for so long, it discourages people from running. "There are term limits for the president — the leader of the free world," Mollerstrom said.'That's apretty steep learning curve too." Mollerstrom said the group has beencreated to givevoters another option. Should UCCGG getenough signatures to put the measure on the ballot,voterscan decide whether they want their local commissioners to be limited to two terms. "It's their decision," Mollerstrom said. Contact Cherise Kaechele at 541-786-4234 or ckaechele0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Cherise on Twitter @/goKaeche/e.

ARSON Continued ~om Page1A "I understand that there are some individuals and organizations who object to the Hammonds returning to prisonto serve theremainder of their sentences mandated by statute," Williams wrote."I respect their right to peacefully disagree with the prison termsimposed. "However, any criminal behavior contemplated by those who may object to the court's mandate that harms someone will not be tolerated and will result in serious consequences." The Hammonds, allowed to begin serving their sentence after the holidays, returned to prison Monday. As of Tuesday they were listed as inmates at Terminal Island, a low-security correctional institution in San Pedro, California, according totheFederal Bureau of Prisons. In June 2012, the Hammonds were both convicted of use of fire to damage and destroy property of the United States, following an eight-day trial in Pendleton. At sentencing, federalprosecutors argued both should receive the fiveyear minimum prison term required under federal law. But U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan sentenced Dwight Hammond to three months in prison and Steven Hammond to a year and a day, according to court records. The government appealed, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, ordering the Hammonds in February 2014 to be resentenced. The Hammonds asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the issue, but the court

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8-to-10-foot flames. Bureau of Land Management firefighters testified that while fighting lightning-caused blazes in 2006, they had tomove to asaferlocation after Steven Hammond lit fires nearby. Hammond started the fires to save winter feed forhiscattlebutdid so during a burn ban, at night and without warning anyone about the fires, the acting U.S. Attorney wrote in his statement. ''When confrontedby a fi refighter the next day, Steven Hammond admitted setting the fires, and made no apology for doing so,"Williams wrote. Dwight and Steven Hammond faced nearly 20 counts, some individually and some together. The counts included arson and conspiracy to commit arson,threatening to assaulta federal officer and tampering with a witness, according to courtrecords. 'The evidence at trial convinced the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the Hammonds were guilty of the federal crime of arson, that is, maliciously damaging United States property by fire," according to Williams' statement. The jurors included a La Grande floral designer, a guitar instructor from Pendleton, a master electrician from Milton-Freewater who worked for the state Department of Corrections and a service writer for a mechanic's shop in Prineville, according to coverage of the trial by the East Oregonian newspaper. The case was not the first for the Hammonds, who own and operate Hammond Ranches Inc., according to state records. The family has been ranching on private and public land in Harney County for more than 50 years, according to courtrecords.

denied the request in March 2015. In October, Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken resentenced the father and son to five-year terms, with credit for time served. Such a change in sentence on appeal is not unheard of, but is pretty rare, said Tung Yin, a law professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland. Critics of the resentencing argue thatitrepresents double jeopardy for the Hammonds. But Yin said it is not. ''What double jeopardy means is that we are making people run through the trial more than once," he said."... Here they haven't had to go through a trial again." Insteadfederal prosecutors appealed because the original sentences did not follow federal law. "There are some rulings that the government can appeal, and sentencing happens to be one of them," Yin SRld.

In the case, filed in 2010, federal prosecutors accused the Hammonds of lighting seven fires on federally managed land between 1982 and 2006, the largestofw hich burned 46,000 acres, according to court records. The government accused the Hammonds of using matches to spark the fires near their ranch. During the trial, hunters testified that a 2001 fire may have been set to scare them out of a hunting area and destroy evidence of poaching by the Hammonds, according to court records.Anotherwitness —who is Dwight Hammonds' grandson and Steven Hammonds' nephew and who was 13 years old in 2001 — testified that he was ordered to ignite fires with matches. He nearly became trapped by

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States owns that land.... We manage it the best we can foritsowners,thepeople, Continued ~om Page1A and whether it's for recreatshould keep control for the ing, for grazing, for energy and mineral development." broadestpossiblebenefitto business, recreation and the Bundy said the group felt I N ati o n a environment. ithad the support ofthelocal e. The armed group seized community. But the county the refuge's headquarters sheriffhas told the group to Saturday night. Roughly 20 go home, and many locals BUpns don't want the group around, people bundled in camoufearingthey may bring flage, earmuffs and cowboy trouble. A community meethatsseem tobecentered Malheur National around a complex ofbuilding was scheduled for today. Wildlife Refuge IDAHO ings on the 300-square-mile So far, law enforcement has not taken action against preserve in the High Desert. Steen Moun in As the takeover entered its the group whose rallying Cooperative Man gement third day, authorities had not cry is the imprisonment of and Protection rea or land * father-and-son ranchers moved in and had not shut Salem off power to the refuge, Ariwho set fire to federal land. OREGON 'These guys are outin the zona rancher LaVoy Finicum k NEVADA middle ofnowhem, and they said. On Tuesday evening, 50 miles Finicum said he believes haven't threatened anybody Source: Department of the Intenor, Department of Justice, TNS contnbutors Graphic: Tnbune News Serwce federaloffi cialshaveissued that I know of'said Jim Glenwarrants for the arrest of five sale transfer of ownership Randy Eardley, a Bureau of non, a longtime police comLand Management spokesmander who now owns the group members — including extremely difficult and himself and Ammon Bundy expensive. For example, it Illinois-based law enforcement man, said the group's call for — butoffered no details. the transfer ofland ownertraining organization Calibre owns 53 percent of Oregon, The FBI in Portland Press.'There's no hurry." 85 percent of Nevada and 66 ship didn't make sense. "It is frustrating when I referredcallsto theH arney Some observers have percentofUtah,according to complained, suggesting County Joint Information the Congressional Research hearthe demand thatwe Service. Takingoverfederal return the land to the the government's response Center, which said in a would have been swifter statement it had no inforpublic lands in Idaho could people, because it is in m ationon arrestsor arrest and more severe had the cost the state $111 million a the people's hand — the warrants and that authoriyear, according to a Univerpeople own it," Eardley said. occupants been Muslim or "Everybody in the United other minorities. ties were "still working on a sity of Idaho study. peaceful resolution." Finicum, holding a rifle I -e and a backpack, told reporters he would stay at the entrance to the refuge overnight so authorities could find him. Bundy said they would take a defensive position anticipating a possible raid. Earlier, Bundy offered few specifics about the group's plan to get the land turned overtolocalcontrol.But Finicum said the group would examine the underlying land ownership transactions to begin to "unwind it." The federal government controls about half of all land in the West, which would make the wholeArmed militia members have occupied a building in a wildlife refuge in Oregon, in response to the resentencing of ranchers who were convicted of arson at the Steen Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and other federal lands in 2006.

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Lodge event LOSTINE — Lake Wallowa Lodge LLC will host a Save the Lodge event at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lostine Tavern. The evening will include a presentation, hostedbeverages and light hors d'oeuvres. To RSVP, call 541-398-0305oremail info@ lakewallowalodge.com. e

WVO rehearsals begin next week ENTERPRISE — Preparation for the next Wallowa Valley Orchestra concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Enterprise High School band room. Tuesday rehearsals will continue on Jan. 19 and 26, and Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23. A concertisscheduled for Feb. 28 in Elgin. The WVO is open to Wallowa and Union county student and adult musicians interested in participating in an orchestral setting. Anyone who plays violin, viola, cello or string bass or a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument is welcome to join. Musicians must provide their own instruments and be able to read music. For more information, contact the Inland Northwest Musicians at 541-2894696 or associate conductor Randy Morgan 541-4263593. More information about the WVO and INWM can be found on Facebook or at www.inlandnorthwestmusicians.com.

TunesmithNight held Saturday at 7 p.m. Tunesmith Night will feature three musicians on Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. Edmund Wayne, Mike Cramer and Brent Wydrinksi perform at Tunesmith Night in a round-robin format with each musician playing a song, then the next taking a turn. Wayne is the disguise of musician/organic farmer Curt Krause. His intimate vocals and dynamic song structure keep your full attention, according to a press release from Lear's Main Street. "Edmund Wayne regards the listener with great compassion and reverence — as though his songs are incomplete without you," according to Gregory Rawlins, a fellow artist. cYou help rustle the leaves, sway the pines, and litter the streets with painful memories and a brighter tomorrow." Krause resides in Snohomish, Washington with hiswifeand threelegged cat. Years ago in a world almost forgotten, Cramer began his professional music careeras a"singleentertainer," traveling the northwest on the Red Lion and Sandpipercircuits.He gave up the music for a time to raise his family. Forty years later, his family raised, he returned to his passion and is making every effort he can to write songs, perform them and generally make up for lost time. Enterprise resident Brent Wydrinski is pleased to share the Tunesmith stage again after nearly five years, playing a mix of ukulele, loop pedal and guitar. The stylings ranging from love songs, to hip-hop, to folk. Brent's nonmusic life includes working with the youth at Building Healthy Families, getting engaged and loving snow. Admission to Tunesmith

Night is $10 atthe door or by season pass. Doors open at 6 p.m., music at 7 p.m. All ages welcome.

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This grainy old photograph shows the first grange organized in Wallowa County. It was organized Nov. 20, 1909 at the store in Troy by William R. Gekeler, shown third from left. The Master of the Grange was J. H. Moore, shown second from left. The Grange had 29 charter members, which included, Lecturer Leslie Harding and Secretary J.A. Moore. This photograph is probably one-of-a kind as it came directly from the collection ofW. R. Gekeler.

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WallowaValley ommuni Ice Rinkoyens By Katherine Stickroth ForThe Observer

Cabin fever may strike if you do not find a reason to enjoy the winterland activities of Wallowa County. Snowshoeing, skiing and snow hikes give locals a reason to play outside, even on the coldest of days. Locatedatthe corner ofW est Greenwood Streetand S.W. Second Avenue in Enterprise, the Wallowa Valley Community Ice Rink offers another outdoor sport for winter enjoyment. Passersbys may see skaters of all ages swirling upon the frozen water. There is no fee to use the rink, and a skate rental is located inside R's Consignment store, at the corner of River Street and West Main Street. According to Bill Oliver, one of the organizers,"Kidsofages 2to 14 can rentskatesfor$20for the season, which usually lasts until March, weather permitting." This "Kids on Ice Are Cool" program deflects the need to purchase skates every year for children's growing feet. For years, the ice rink was located at the lower side of the Enterprise City Park, next to the creek. "It was forever uneven," which led to precarious skating conditions, Oliver said. When the city pool was closed, ferventeffortsbegan to transform that higher, more level ground into a safer ice rink. 'The new location is more accessible in that we don't have to descenda hilltogettoit,and m ore visible, easily seen from downtown," Oliver added.

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The Wallowa Valley Community Ice Rink is supported by the Greater Enterprise Main Street group, a 501c3 nonprofit that funds activit iesand eventstopromote the Enterprise experience. Shoppers can enjoy browsing the downtown stores while their children skate practically within sight. Other countywide businesses contributeto the success oftheice rink, and funds are derived from the City of Enterprise and the hoteV motel tax grant. Another fun activity is the competitive Baja Canada Hockey League. The co-ed teams of the Ruby Peaks and the Ehs? play throughout the week and occasionally invite out-of-town teams to compete, such as a hockey team from Moscow, Idaho, coming Jan. 22-23. The league isopen to skaters 14 years and older. Their schedule is listed on their Facebook page: www. facebook.com/BahaCanadaLeague. Youth are an integral part of WVCIR activities. On"no school" Fridays, free skating instruction is given from 10:30 a.m. to noon. "Skaters are taught how to handle and skate with a puck. There are drills and then a pick-up game," According to Andie Lueders, WVCIR

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Above: Caleah Minarich teaches her niece Elodie Bartlett how to ice skate at theWallowa Valley Community Ice Rink in Enterprise. Below: The ice rink is open to all ages. manager. Lueders finds her job rewarding. ''When I go to check on the rink, it's good to see 25 kids having fun outside in the crisp winter air, getting exercise, away from their electronic devices," she said. For more information, go to www. wallowavalleyice rink.com

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e you&ful properties of (cooking) withbacon grease M y grandmother's sister, Aunt Carrie, isthe epitome ofa Southern genteel lady. She is 101 years old now, an intellectually sharp woman apprised of current events. Think the leading actress in"Driving Miss Daisy," and you'll get the picture. Aunt Carrie was relentless during my growing up years to transform me into a Southern Belle. More often, however, I returned home with muddy jeans and brambles in my hair. To me, it was futile to plaster my face with makeup and douse my hair with spray. The moment I stepped outside, 100 percent humidity would melt me into a chemical mess. I tried, I really tried. She moved in with me at 98 years

A WALLOWA t GAL KAT STICICRQTH old,and Ibecame her caregiver. Frequent doctor visits amused me, for they consistently remarked on how young Aunt Carrie looked, like in her late 60s — slender, upright, with smooth tanned skin. Her youthful appearance was the opening topic at a confab ofher girlfiiends who met for coffee one afternoon. She glowed at their greetings, "Carolyn, you look so young! How do you do it?" I summarily answered, "Bacon grease!" I believed it. She used bacon

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grease to season her turnip greens, her green beans, her squash. You name it, her food was cooked with bacon grease. While my education abounded with the lessons of the harmfulness of too much fat in the diet, I couldn't dismiss the fact she was healthier than I was, though 30 years older. She insisted I butt out of the conversation, so Ileftto run errands as a sound similar to cackling hens diminished behind me. Most of the ladies were gone by the time I returned. Aunt Carrie had enjoyed the stimulating conversation. The next morning, she received a phone call in her room. I was putzing about in the kitchen and heard this: 'Yes, I use bacon grease a lot."

"How much? Oh, about a tablespoon." ''What?n Then she burst out laughing. "No, I cook with it." The call ended and through her giggles she recounted that one ofher iiendswanted to know how thebacon f greasewas applied to herface,'With your fingers?" Every time I helped cook afterward, Aunt Carrie and I laughed when she reached for her special flavoring. For me, 111 cast my chance for any youthful looks to the fresh air, real food and mountain hikes I find in Wallowa County. Kat Stickroth is a freelance writer. She may be reached at awallowagal 0 gmail.com.

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ON DECIC FRIDAY • Prep wrestling: Wallowa, Union/ Cove at Maniac Tournament, Orofino, Idaho, 9 a.m. • Elgin,lmbler at Riverside Duals, 4 p.m. • La Grande at Rollie Lane Invitational, Nampa, Idaho, TBD • Prep girls basketball: Wallowa at Pine Eagle, 6 p.m. • Echo at Joseph, 6 p.m. • Elgin at Burns, 6 p.m. • Grant Union at Union, 6 p.m. • Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. • Imbler at Enterprise, 6 p.m. • Prep boys basketball: Wallowa at Pine Eagle, 7:30 p.m. • Elgin at Burns, 7:30 p.m. • Echo at Joseph, 7:30 p.m. • Grant Union at Union, 7:30 p.m. • Imbler at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m. • Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. • College women's basketball: Eastern Oregon University at Warner Pacific College, Portland, 5:30 p.m. • College men's basketball: Eastern Oregon University at Warner Pacific College, Portland, 7:30 p.m.

nternrise roars ac • Outlaws outscore Elgin 3923 in final two quarters for road Wapiti League victory By Josh Benham The Observer

Despite a halftime break to regroup, Enterprise's play was still lackluster in the opening minute of the second half. A quick timeout changed all that. The Outlaws came roaring out of that timeout and proceeded to overtake Elgin with a dominant third quarter and continued that trend in the fourth quarter for a 52-43 victory over the Huskies in a Wapiti League game

PREP GIRLS BASICETBALL Tuesday in Elgin. The Outlaws scored 21 points in the third quarter and 18 in the fourth after compiling just 13 points in the first half. awe weren't playing anything like our expectation in the first half. We were playing a lit tle scared,"Enterprise head coach Mike Crawford said."That second half showed the power of the team." After scoring just 13 points in the first half and trailing by seven at the start of the third, Enterprise fell down 22-13 after Elgin's Hannah McClure sunk a jumper. Two uninspired SeeComebackl Page 9A

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Enterprise's Eliza Irish shoots in transition on a fast break over the outstretched arms of Elgin's Katelyn Harris during the Outlaws' 52-43 victory Tuesday.

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Elgin's Gavin Christenson, left, blocks Enterprise'sWade Isley's shot attempt at the rim Tuesday in Elgin. The Huskies won, 56-41, in a Wapiti League matchup.

AT A GLANCE

Moss tabbed for CCC honor After a superb twogame stretch, Eastern Oregon University guard Maloree Moss was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Red Lion Player of the Week honors, the CCC announced Monday. The senior earned a triple double — 10 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists — in a 79-64 win over Northwest University Dec. 30. The following night, Moss scored nine of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Mounties beat The Evergreen State College, 70-55.

• Elgin explodesoutof the gates with a 21-point first quarter lead, cruises to win over Enterprise By Josh Benham The Observer

Elgin head coach Kevin Johnson got aglimpseofw hat histeam iscapable of Tuesday night. The Huskies dominated every facet throughout most of the night against Enterprise, generating a 31-pointlead after the third quarter, before the Outlaws madethe scorerespectablein the

The Indianapolis Colts and head coach Chuck Pagano reached an agreement for a four-year contract extension, despite the Colts (8-8) missing the playoffs.

The La Grande boys basketball team was knocked off at home by Hermiston, 62-39, Tuesday in a nonleague game. Zack Jacobs led the Tigers with 12 points in the defeat. Elias Siltanen chipped in nine points, and Andrew Peasley scored five points. But La Grande couldn't dig itself out of the early hole Hermiston put it in.

The Bulldogs started hot, with 23 points in the first quarter. With 16 more in the second quarter,they grabbed a 39-23halftime advantage over the Tigers. The teams eachscored 13 pointsin the third quarter, but the Tigers only mustered three points in the final period. Hermiston was led by Tre Neal's 17 points, and Chance Fores added 13 points.

The Enterprise girls basketball team pulled off a big comebackTuesday night, rallying from a thirdquarter deficit for a 52-43Wapiti League win over Elgin. Darby Gassett broke out in the second half with all 13 of her points coming in the final two quarters. The junior nailed three 3-pointers during a 24-8 run that stretched from the beginning of the third quarter to the start of the fourth quarter.

La Grande i2-3 overall) host Kuna, Idaho, Saturday.

The La Grande girls basketball v team wasdefeated,56-42,by Il,s Hermiston on the road Tuesday in a nonleague game. AveryAlbrecht scored a teamhigh 15 points, while Kylin Collman Cherise Kaechele/The Observer added 11 fortheTigersi7-4overall), La Grande'sG.T.Blackman goes up for the who host Pendleton Tuesday. blockTuesday against Hermiston.

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Gage Little paced Elgin with 16 points. John Brown added 15 points, Gavin Christenson tallied 10 points and Brandon Howes nailed a trio of 3-pointers for nine pointsfor the Huskies, which built leads of 21 and 30 after the first two quarters, in addition to the 50-19 lead after the third quarter. awe were talking iandl playing our game," Brown said.awe were not let-

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fourth, during Elgin's 56-41 victory in a Wapiti League game in Elgin. Behind Elgin's frenzied attack on both sides of the ball, the Outlaws couldn't slow the Huskies' attacking offense down while struggling to break through their aggressive defense. "That's the team that I know we can be," Johnson said."On defense, everybody was communicating. They knew where they needed to be on the halfcourt press and they knew the rotations. On the offensive end, we've just been pushing them to run the ball, swing the ball side to side iandl run through the offense. They did that, and they got layups from it."

Oklahoma's Buddy Hield was still wringing wet after a three-overtime thriller against Kansas, the longest game ever played in the long, storied history of Allen Fieldhouse, when he flashed a brilliant smile and said, "I can't wait for the rematch." Neither can anybody else. The first 1-2 matchup in their league since the Sooners and Jayhawks met 26 years ago in the Big Eight tournament not only lived up toexpectation,itexceeded every one of them. Hield hit eight 3-pointers and scored 46 points in one of the finest performances in school history, one that earned him a standing ovation from Kansas fans. Jordan Woodard and Ryan Spangler hit critical shots that kept the Sooners going against the nation's topranked team, which was on theropesseveraltimes in an epic clash. On the other side, Perry Ellis was piling up 27 points and 13 rebounds in a virtuoso performance ofhis own against the second-ranked Sooners. Wayne Selden Jr. and DevonteGraham hitkey shots, and Frank Mason III — limping through a bruised See Classic/Page 9A

WHO'S HOT

DRAYMOND GREEN: The Golden State forward notched his third straight triple-double (13 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists) in the

WHO'S NOT

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years as the head coach of the New York Giants in which he compiled a 110-93 overall record, which included a Warriors' 111-101 victory pair of Super Bowl titles, over the Charlotte Hornets Coughlin announced Monday. Monday he is resigning.

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SPORTS

SCOREBOARD PREP STANDINGS Boys Basketball 4A-7 Greater Oregon League GOL AII PF PA RK 0-0 5-6 584 637 28 Baker McLoughlin 0 - 04-10 557 648 30 0-0 3-7 553 655 16 Ontario La Grande 0 - 0 2 - 3 260 256 29 2A-6 Wapiti League W ap All P F P A RK Burns 2 -0 8-3 600 490 1 1 Union 1 -0 11-2 771 556 6 Imbler 1 -0 9-0 464 280 1 1-1 8-7 729 745 18 Elgln G rant Union 1 - 1 6 - 5 718 535 2 6 E nterprise 0 2- 4 6 4 6 2 506 3 6 0-2 1-9 341 641 42 Cove

1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL AII PF PA RK P owder Valley 2-0 8-2 558 379 6 Echo 2 -0 4-8 534 548 4 4 N ixyaawii 1-0 1 1-1 888 606 2 W allowa 1-1 2 4 I 3 1 0 49 5 3 5 0 -1 46 408 49 1 2 4 Joseph G riswold 0-2 2 - 10 366 552 6 6 P ine Eagle 0 -2 1 - 8 3 1 7 513 5 2

Girls Basketball 4A-7 Greater Oregon League GOL AII PF PA RK M cLoughlin 0 - 0 8 - 5 512 537 1 4 L a Grande 0 - 0 7 - 4 644 525 7 Baker 0 -0 6-6 521 534 1 6 O ntario 0-0 1-7 2 3 4 38 7 2 9 2A-6 Wapiti League W ap All P F P A R K 2 -0 11-1 637 426 4 Burns 1 -0 8-1 444 220 1 2 Imbler Union 1 -0 84 435 418 1 3 G rant Union 1 - 1 8 - 3 662 393 1 0 E nterprise 1 - 1 6 - 5 443 383 2 3 Elgln 0 -2 5-10 485 546 3 8 Cove 0 -2 34I 353 514 2 5

1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL AII PF PA RK G riswold 2-0 9- 3 5 1 5 41 6 1 0 P owder Valley 2-0 6-5 517 379 2 5 N ixyaawii 1-0 1 1-1 636 362 1 5 Echo 1 -1 66 456 411 2 3 Joseph 0 -1 46 448 417 3 7 W allowa 0-2 1 -10 171 536 4 5 P ine Eagle 0 - 2 0 - 9 15 9 490 5 0

EOU STANDINGS Men's Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC AII Southern Oregon Northwest Christian Wamer Pacific College ofldaho Corban

Eastern Oregon Northwest Oregon Tech Evergreen Multnomah Walla Walla

6 -1 5 -1 5-1 4-2 3-3 3-3 3-4 3 -4 2-5 1-5 0-6

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Women's Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC AII Southern Oregon Wamer Pacific

Eastern Oregon Oregon Tech Northwest Christian Northwest Corban College ofldaho Multnomah Evergreen Walla Walla

7 -0 5 -1 5-1 5 -2 4-2 3-4 2-4 2-4 1 -5 1 -6 0-6

14- 0 10- 2 96 11- 5 8-6 7-9 7-8 3-9 3-1 1 1-1 1 0-1 3

Tuesday's Game Women's Basketball Southern Oregon 61, Oregon Tech 48 Men's Basketball Oregon Tech 67, Southern Oregon 51

FOOTBALL NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENC East W L T Pc t PF PA y -New England 12 4 0 . 7 5 0465 315 N .Y. Jets 10 6 0 .62 5 387 314 Bulfalo 8 8 0 50 0 379 359 Miami 6 10 0 . 375310 389 South W L T Pc t PF PA 9 7 0 56 3 339 313 8 8 0 50 0 333 408 5 11 0 . 313376 448 3 13 0 . 188299 423 North W L T Pc t PF PA y-Cincinnati 1 2 4 0 . 7 50419 279 x-Pittsburgh 1 0 6 0 . 6 25423 319 Baltimore 5 11 0 . 313328 401 Cleveland 3 13 0 . 188278 432 West W L T Pc t PF PA y -Denver 12 4 0 .75 0 355 296 x -Kansas City 11 5 0 .6 8 8405 287 Oakland 7 9 0 . 4 3 8359 399 S an Diego 4 12 0 .2 5 0320 398 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pc t PF PA 9 7 0 56 3 388 379 7 9 0 43 8 377 430 6 10 0 . 375420 442 4 12 0 . 250275 374 South W L T Pc t PF PA y-Carolina 1 5 1 0 . 9 38500 308 Atlanta 8 8 0 50 0 339 345 New Orleans 7 9 0 43 8 408 476 Tampa Bay 6 10 0 . 375342 417 North W L T Pc t PF PA y-Minnesota 1 1 5 0 . 6 88365 302 x-Green Bay 1 0 6 0 . 6 25368 323 Detroit 7 9 0 43 8 358 400 Chicago 6 10 0 . 375335 397 West W L T Pc t PF PA y -Arizona 13 3 0 .81 3 489 313 x -Seattle 10 6 0 .62 5 423 277 St. Louis 7 9 0 . 4 3 8280 330 S an Francisco 5 1 1 0 . 3 13238 387

x-cllnched playoff spot y-cllnched division

NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 Kansas City (11-5) at Houston 9-7) ( 1:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (10-6) at Cincinnati (12-4), 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle (10-6) at Minnesota (11-6), 10 a.m. Green Bay (10-6) at Washington (9-7), 1 p.m.

NCAA Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (13-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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St. 79 Stephen F. Austin 89, SE Louisiana 69 Virginia Tech 70, Virginia 68 MIDWEST Detroit 88, Cleveland St. 80 Green Bay 76, Wright St. 68 Kansas 109, Oklahoma 106, 3OT Milwaukee 76, N. Kentucky 67 YoungstownSt.100,Oakland 98 SOUTHWEST New Orleans 68, Lamar 64 Prairie View 71, Southern U. 65 Texas Southern 74, Alcorn St. 58 West Virginia 95, TCU 87 FAR WEST Boise St. 76, Utah St. 61

Monday's Games

EAST Bryant 85, Fairleigh Dickinson 80 NBA Standings Fairfield 97, Dartmouth 85 EASTERN CONFERENCE lona 65, Niagara 52 Atlantic Division LIU Brooklyn 76, CCSU 67 W L Pct GB Manhattan 92, Siena 87,3OT Toronto 21 15 . 5 83 Monmouth (NJ) 81, Canisius 66 Boston 19 15 . 559 1 Mount St. Mary's 44, St. Francis New York 17 19 . 472 4 Brooklyn 40, OT Brooklyn 1 0 24 . 2 9 4 1 0 Old Westbury 75, Sarah Lawrence 66 Philadelphia 4 3 3 ,1 0 8 1 7'/2 Quinnipiac 64, Rider 60 Southeast Division St. Francis (Pa.) 84, Sacred Heart 80 W L Pct GB St. Peter's 68, Marist 60 Miami 21 13 . 6 18 Wagner 72, Robert Morris 69 Atlanta 21 1 5 . 583 1 SOUTH Orlando 19 16 .5 4 3 2 ' / 2 Augusta 75, Francis Marion 74 Charlotte 17 17 . 500 4 Bethel (Tenn.) 95, Faulkner 73 Washington 15 17 . 469 5 Bowie St. 83, Johnson C. Smith 75 Central Division Chowan 74, Shaw 58 W L Pct GB Christian Brothers 87, West Florida 56 Cleveland 2 3 9 .71 9 Clayton St. 72, Montevallo 67 Chicago 21 12 .6 3 6 2 ' / 2 Delaware St. 93, Baptist Bible (Pa.) 44 Indiana 19 15 . 559 5 ETSU 72, NC Central 68 Detroit 19 16 .5 4 3 5 ' / 2 Grambling St. 82, Alabama St. 81, OT Milwaukee 14 2 3 . 3 7 8 11'/2 Jackson St. 67, AlabamaASM 66 WESTERN CONFERENCE Kennesaw St. 103, Reinhardt 71 Southwest Division Lincoln (Pa.) 67, Winston-Salem 60 W L Pct GB MVSU 66, Ark.-Pine Bluff 60 San Antonio 3 0 6 .83 3 Martin Methodist 77, Auburn-MontDallas 20 15 .5 7 1 9 ' / 2 gomery 60 Memphis 1 9 17 . 5 2 8 1 1 Middle Georgia St. 87, Loyola NO 80 Houston 1 7 19 . 4 7 2 1 3 North Carolina 106, Florida St. 90 New Orleans 11 22 .33 3 1 7'/2 Sam Houston St. 94, Northwestern Northwest Division St. 79 W L Pct GB Spring Hill 72, Paine 69 O klahoma City 24 11 .68 6 St. Andrews 73, Truett McConnell 65 Utah 15 18 . 455 8 Stephen F. Austin 89, SE Louisiana 69 Portland 1 5 22 . 4 0 5 1 0 Virginia Tech 70, Virginia 68 Denver 1 2 23 . 3 4 3 1 2 Virginia Union 85, St. Augustine's 53 Minnesota 1 2 23 . 3 4 3 1 2 MIDWEST Pacific Division Detroit 88, Cleveland St. 80 W L Pct GB Green Bay 76, Wright St. 68 Golden State 33 2 .943 Kansas 109, Oklahoma 106, 3OT L.A. Clippers 22 13 .629 11 Milwaukee 76, N. Kentucky 67 Sacramento 1 4 21 . 4 0 0 1 9 YoungstownSt.100,Oakland 98 Phoenix 1 2 25 . 3 2 4 2 2 SOUTHWEST L.A.Lakers 8 28 .2 2 2 25'/2 New Orleans 68, Lamar 64 All Times PST Prairie View 71, Southern U. 65 Monday's Games Texas Southern 74, Alcorn St. 58 Cleveland 122, Toronto 100 West Virginia 95, TCU 87 Philadelphia 109, Minnesota 99 Miami 103, Indiana 100, OT Major College Standings Boston 103, Brooklyn 94 American Athletic Conference Detroit 115, Orlando 89 Conference All Games San Antonio 123, Milwaukee 98 W L W L Sacramento 116, Oklahoma City 104 Houston 3 0 13 2 Houston 93, Utah 91 z-SMU 2 0 13 0 Memphis 91, Portland 78 Memphis 1 0 10 4 Golden State 111, Charlotte 101 UCF 1 0 7 5 Tuesday's Games Temple 2 1 7 6 Chicago 117, Milwaukee 106 Cincinnati 1 1 11 4 New York 107, Atlanta 101 UConn 1 1 10 4 Dallas 117, Sacramento 116,2OT Tulsa 1 2 9 6 Golden State 109, L.A. Lakers 88. E ast Carolina 0 2 8 7 Wednesday's Games S outh Florida 0 2 3 12 New York at Miami, 4 p.m. Tulane 0 3 7 9 Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m. z-ineligible for automatic bid Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m. Atlantic 10 Conference Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Conference All Games Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m. W L W L Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Rhode Island 2 0 10 5 Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. VCU 2 0 10 5 Utah at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. George Wash. 1 0 12 2 Charlotte at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Dayton 1 0 11 2 Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. St. Bonaventure 1 0 9 3 L.A. Clippers at Portland, 7 p.m. UMass 1 0 8 5 Thursday's Games Saint Joseph's 1 1 11 3 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Fordham 0 1 9 3 BostonatChicago,5 p.m. Duquesne 0 1 10 4 Utah at Houston, 5 p.m. Davidson 0 1 8 4 L.A.Lakers atSacramento, 7:30 p.m. George Mason 0 1 6 8 Saint Louis 0 1 5 8 NCAA Men LaSalle 0 1 4 7 AP Top 25 Poll Richmond 0 2 8 6 Through Jan. 3 Atlantic Coast Conference Record P t s Pv Conference All Games 1. Kansas (44) 12-1 1, 59 8 2 W L W L 2. Oklahoma (21) 1 2 - 0 1 , 574 3 North Carolina 3 0 14 2 3. Maryland 13-1 1,459 4 Virginia Tech 2 0 10 5 4. Virginia 12-1 1,409 5 Miami 1 0 12 1 5. Michigan St. 14-1 1, 4 0 0 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 12 1 6. North Carolina 13 - 2 1 , 27 5 7 Duke 1 0 12 2 7. Arizona 13-1 1,126 8 1 0 12 2 8. Providence 1 4-1 1,108 1 2 Louisville 2 1 9 6 9. Kentucky 1 1-2 1,039 1 0 Clemson Virginia 1 1 12 2 10. Xavier 13-1 1,001 6 G eorgia Tech 0 1 10 4 12-2 9 7 9 16 11. Villanova NC State 0 1 10 4 12-1 9 2 1 13 12. Miami Notre Dame 0 1 9 4 11-2 8 4 4 11 13. Iowa St. Wake Forest 0 1 9 4 12-2 8 3 0 15 14. Duke Boston College 0 1 7 7 15. SMU 13-0 7 3 1 17 Florida St. 0 2 10 4 16. Louisville 12-2 5 6 8 18 Syracuse 0 3 10 6 17. West Virginia 12 - 1 558 19 Blg 12 Conference 18. Butler 11-3 5 1 6 9 Conference All Games 19. Iowa 1 1-3 4 5 6 W L W L 20. Purdue 13-2 4 5 0 14 Kansas 2 0 13 1 21. Texas ASM 11-2 420 20 WestVirginia 2 0 13 1 22. South Carolina 1 3- 0 286 24 23. UConn 1 0-3 1 0 7 Texas Tech 1 0 11 1 24. Pittsburgh 1 2-1 1 0 3 Oklahoma 1 1 2 1 25. Dayton 1 1-2 1 0 0 Baylor 1 1 11 3 Others receiving votes:Gonzaga Oklahoma St 1 1 9 5 61, California 54, Texas Tech 40, George Texas 1 1 9 5 Washington 38, Saint Mary's (Cal) 23, Icxjva St 0 1 11 2 Baylor 22, Colorado 4, Oregon St. 4, KansasSt 0 2 10 4 Seton Hall 4, Saint Joseph's 3, Utah 3, TCU 0 2 8 6 Wichita St. 3, Cincinnati 2, Indiana 2, Blg East Conference Michigan 2, Akron 1, Oregon 1. Conference All Games Tuesday's Games W L W L EAST Seton Hall 2 0 12 2 Bryant 85, Fairleigh Dickinson 80 Villanova 2 0 12 2 Fairfield 97, Dartmouth 85 Providence 2 1 14 2 lona 65, Niagara 52 Creighton 2 1 11 5 LIU Brooklyn 76, CCSU 67 Georgetown 2 1 9 6 M anhattan 92,Siena 87,3OT Xavier 1 1 13 1 Monmouth (NJ) 81, Canisius 66 Butler 1 2 12 3 Mount St. Mary's 44, St. Francis Marquette 1 2 11 4 Brooklyn 40, OT St. John's 0 2 7 8 Quinnipiac 64, Rider 60 DePaul 0 3 6 9 St. Francis (Pa.) 84, Sacred Heart 80 Blg Sky Conference St. Peter's 68, Marist 60 Conference All Games Wagner 72, Robert Morris 69 W L W L SOUTH Idaho 2 0 10 5 Delaware St. 93, Baptist Bible (Pa.) 44 Montana 2 0 7 6 ETSU 72, NC Central 68 Weber St. 1 0 8 5 Grambling St. 84, Alabama St. 81, OT Portland St. 1 0 5 7 Jackson St. 67, Alabama ASM 66 North Dakota 1 1 6 7 Kennesaw St. 103, Reinhardt 71 Montana St. 1 1 6 8 MVSU 66, Ark.-Pine Blulf 60 N. Colorado 1 1 4 10 North Carolina 106, Florida St. 90 S. Utah 1 1 3 9 Sam Houston St. 94, Northwestern

Sacramento St. 0 1 Idaho St. 0 1 E. Washington 0 2 N. Arizona 0 2

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DePaul 86, Seton Hall 74 Georgetown 63, Providence 53 St. John's 81, Marquette 77, OT SOUTH Memphis74, Houston 57 South Florida 108, UCF 63 Tulane 66, East Carolina 51 MIDWEST SIU-Edwardsville 73, Belmont 60 Xavier 73, Butler 63 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 66, Texas ASM-CC 55 SMU 69, Temple 67

Blg Ten Conference Conference All Games W Indiana 3 lowa 3 Maryland 2 Michigan 2 OhioSt 2 Michigan St 1 Norlhweslem 1 Purdue 1 Penn St 1 Wisconsin 1 lllinois 0 Rutgers 0 Nebraska 0 Minnesota 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3

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Blg West Conference Conference All Games W L Hawaii 0 0 UC Irvine 0 0 Cal St.-Fullerton 0 0 U C Riverside 0 0 Cal Poly 0 0 UCSanta Barb. 0 0 Long Beach St. 0 0 UC Davis 0 0 C S Northridge 0 0

W L 10 2 11 5 7 6 8 7 6 7 6 7 6 9 5 8 5 9

Missouri Valley Conference Conference All Games W L Evansville 2 0 S. Illinois 2 0 Wichita St. 2 0 lllinois St. 2 0 N. Iowa 1 1 Indiana St. 1 1 Loyola of Chicago 0 2 Drake 0 2 Missouri St. 0 2 Bradley 0 2

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Mountain West Conference Conference All Games W Boise St. 2 New Mexico 2 S an Diego St. 2 Air Force 1 Fresno St. 1 Nevada 1 Utah St. 1 UNLV 0 Colorado St. 0 Wyoming 0 San Jose St. 0

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Pac-12 Conference Conference All Games W L Califomia 2 0 Washington 2 0 Arizona 1 0 Oregon St. 1 0 Colorado 1 1 Southern Cal 1 1 Washington St. 1 1 Stanford 1 1 Oregon 0 1 Arizona St. 0 1 Utah 0 2 UCLA 0 2

W L 12 3 10 4 13 1 10 2 12 3 12 3 9 5 8 5 11 3 10 4 11 4 9 6

Southeastern Conference Conference All Games W L LSU 2 0 South Carolina 1 0 Texas ASM 1 0 Florida 1 0 Kentucky 1 1 Auburn 1 1 Arkansas 1 1 Alabama 0 0 M ississippi St. 0 0 Missouri 0 0 Mississippi 0 1 Georgia 0 1 Tennessee 0 1 Vanderbilt 0 2

W L 9 5 14 0 11 2 9 4 11 3 7 6 7 7 9 3 7 5 7 6 10 3 7 4 7 6 8 6

West CoastConference Conference All Games W L W L 13 1 Gonzaga 4 0 12 3 BYU 1 1 10 5 San Francisco 2 2 8 6 Portland 2 2 8 9 Pacific 2 2 3 10 Pepperdine 1 2 8 6 Santa Clara 1 3 5 11 San Diego 0 2 5 8 L oyola Mary. 0 3 7 7 Western Athletic Conference Conference All Games W L W L z-Grand Canyon 0 0 13 2 CS Bakersfield 0 0 10 5 NewMexicoSt. 0 0 8 7 UMKC 0 0 7 8 Seattle 0 0 6 8 Utah Valley 0 0 6 9 Tex. RioGr. Val. 0 0 4 11 Chicago St. 0 0 4 12 z-ineligible for automatic bid

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NCAA Women AP Top 25 Poll Through Jan. 3 Record P t s Pv 1. UConn (32) 11-0 800 1 2. South Carolina 1 3 - 0 765 2 3. Notre Dame 13-1 735 3 4. Texas 13-0 70 5 5 5. Ohio St. 10-3 63 0 9 6. Baylor 14-1 62 7 4 7. Mississippi St. 14 -1 616 8 8. Maryland 12-2 58 0 6 9. Stanford 11-2 5 2 1 11 10. Kentucky 11-1 50 2 7 11. Oregon St. 10-2 4 9 5 10 12. Tennessee 9-3 4 6 0 13 13. Texas ASM 11-3 416 16 14. Arizona St. 9-3 3 5 6 17 15. UCLA 10-3 2 4 3 21 16. Northwestern 1 2 - 2 235 14 17. Oklahoma 10-3 2 2 9 18 18. Duke 11-4 2 1 5 12 19. Florida St. 9-4 2 0 2 15 20. Missouri 13-0 1 9 8 23 21. California 9-3 1 8 3 19 22. South Florida 8-3 168 20 23. Michigan St. 10-3 109 24 24. DePaul 10-5 94 25 25. Seton Hall 13-1 78 Others receiving votes:Syracuse 52, Virginia Tech 45, Miami 43, lowa 20, Oklahoma St. 14, Georgia 12, Oregon 11, Southern Cal 9, TCU 5, Louisville 4, S. Dakota St. 4, UTEP 4, Florida 3, lowa St. 3, Duquesne 2, Green Bay 2, Purdue 2, Rutgers 2, Washington 1. Tuesday's Games EAST Creighton 65, Villanova 62

EAST Brown 74, N JI T49 Bryant 70, Fairleigh Dickinson 41 lona 65, St. Peter's 51 LIU Brooklyn 59, CCSU 45 Mount St. Mary's 66, St. Francis Brooklyn 56 Niagara 56, Fairfield 55 Philadelphia 76, Washington Adventist 45 Robert Morris 64, Wagner 44 Sacred Heart 81, St. Francis (Pa.) 77 Siena 58, Canisius 52 SOUTH Auburn-Montgomery 57, Martin Methodist 43 Bethel (Tenn.) 75, Faulkner 51 Bowie St. 52, Johnson C. Smith 50 Charleston Southern 64, High Point 62 Chattanooga 62, Harvard 58 Clayton St. 65, Montevallo 51 Coppin St. 69, Norfolk St. 44 Cumberlands 78, Coll. of the Ozarks 63 Fayetteville St. 75, Apprentice 59 Francis Marion 86, Augusta 69 Gardner-Webb 70, Campbell 35 Grambling St. 89, Alabama St. 69 Jackson St. 59, Alabama ASM 58 Liberty 71, UNCAsheville 53 Longwood 56, Coastal Carolina 48 Loyola NO 73, Middle Georgia St. 54 MVSU 62, Ark.-Pine Bluff 60 Mercer 54, Florida ASM 50 NC Central 66, Furman 61 Northwestern St. 69, Sam Houston St. 49 Radford 64, Presbyterian 53 SE Louisiana 65, Stephen F. Austin 56 Savannah St. 72, Allen 46 Shaw 67, Chowan 64 Spring Hill 70, Paine 62 W. Carolina 106, Warren Wilson 52 West Florida 58, Christian Brothers 55 MIDWEST Bethel (Minn.) 66, Northwestern (Minn.) 59 Detroit 82, Cleveland St. 68 lowa 69, Rutgers 65 Tennessee 71, Missouri 55 SOUTHWEST Lamar 79, New Orleans 52 McNeese St. 71, Houston Baptist 64 Southern U. 65, Prairie View 55 Texas Southern 68, Alcorn St. 39 FAR WEST Arizona 57, California 52 Arizona St. 49, Stanford 31 Grand Canyon 87, Arizona Christian 54 New Mexico St. 68, W. New Mexico 39 Southern Cal 74, Oregon 67 UCLA 71, Oregon St. 51 Utah88,Washington 83 Washington St. 74, Colorado 66

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday

contracts BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Milwaukee G O.J. Mayo $25,000 for aggressively pursuing a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner upon his ejection during a Jan.2 game againstMinnesota. Fined Detroit F Marcus Morris $15,000, and Indiana F Paul George $10,000, for their parts in an altercation during a Jan. 2 game. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Agreed to terms with F Elton Brand. Waived F Christian Wood. FOOTBALL National Football League INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed coach Chuck Pagano to a four-year contract extension and general manager Ryan Grigson to a three-year contract extension. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Chris Grier general manager. NEW YORK GIANTS — Announced the resignation of coach Tom Coughlin. TENNESSEE TITANS — Fired general manager Ruston Webster. Named Steve Underwood president and chief executive officer. Signed RB David Fluellen, TE Kevin Greene, WR Nick Harwell, G Josue Matias and OT Will Poehls to reserve/ futures contracts. HOCKEY

National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Craig Cunningham to Springfield (AHL). NEWYORK RANGERS — RecalledF Jayson Megna from Hartford (AHL). SOCCER U.S.SOCCER — Named Brad Friedel coach of the Under-19 men's national team and Omid Namazi coach of the Under-18 men's national team. COLLEGE ARIZONA — Announced defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich will not return next season. ARKANSAS — Announced TE Hunter Henry will enter the NFL draft. MISSISSIPPI — Announced WR Laquon Treadwell and OT Laremy Tunsil will enter the NFL draft. OHIO STATE — CB Eli Apple will enter the NFL draft. OREGON — Announced WR Bralon Addison will enter the NFL draft. Announced defensive coordinator Don Pellum will move to linebackers coach. Announced the resignation of outside linebackers coach Erik Chinander to become defensive coordinator for another program. SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Kurt Roper co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. STANFORD — Announced TE Austin Hooper will enter the NFL draft. SYRACUSE — Named Tom Kaufman special teams coordinator and linebackers coach,Sean Lewis co-off ensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Mike Lynch co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Kim McCloud assistant head coach and receivers coach, Nick Monroe secondary coach and Brian Ward defensive coordinator. UTAH — Announced the retirement of defensive coordinator John Pease. Promoted Morgan Scalley to defensive coordinator.

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American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with 1B Mike Napoli on a one-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed Cs TaylorBoggs and Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, LB Mike Reilly and S Tyrequek Zimmerman to reserve/future contracts. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Jayson DiManche to the practice squad and PK Zach Hocker, LB Dezmond Johnson and S Floyd Raven Sr. to reserve/ future contracts. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DT William Campbell to the practice squad. Placed DE B.J. McBryde on the practice squad injured list. Signed QB Ryan Williams to reserve/future contracts. HOUSTON TEXANS — SignedOT Andrew McDonald from the San Diego practicesquad.Placed OT Duane Brown on injured reserve. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Fired defensive coordinator Bob Babich. NEW YORK JETS - Signed G Jarvis Harrison, DT Deon Simon, WR Joe Anderson, LB Deion Barnes, TE Brandon Bostick, LB Julian Howsare, TE Wes Saxton, CB Kevin Short and LB Julian Stanford to reserve/future contracts. HOCKEY

National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Claimed DAndrew Bodnarchuk olf waivers from Columbus. DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned C Tomas Nosek to Grand Rapids (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Fredrick Gaudreau to a two-year, entrylevel contract. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Assigned F Brandon Alderson from Lehigh Valley

(AHL) to Reading (ECHL).

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Florida 40 24 1 2 4 5 2 111 86 Detroit 40 20 1 3 7 4 7101 106 Montreal 41 2 2 16 3 4 7 119 103 Boston 38 20 1 4 4 4 4 118 105 Ottawa 40 19 1 5 6 4 4 114 120 TampaBay 4 0 1917 4 4 2 1 0 1 98 Toronto 37 1 51 5 7 3 7 9 9 1 03 Bulfalo 40 15 2 1 4 3 4 9 2 110 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Washington 39 29 7 3 6 1124 85 N.Y. Islanders 40 22 13 5 4 9 113 99 N.Y. Rangers 40 22 14 4 4 8 118 105 N ewJersey 40 2015 5 4 5 9 3 9 5 P ittsburgh 3 9 1 9 15 5 4 3 9 3 9 6 Philadelphia 38 16 15 7 3 9 8 3 105 Carolina 40 1 6 1 7 7 3 9 9 2 111 Columbus 4 1 15 23 3 3 3 105 131 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Dallas 42 28 10 4 6 0 146 113 Chicago 41 24 13 4 5 2 114 99 St. Louis 42 23 14 5 5 1 103103 Minnesota 39 21 11 7 4 9 105 92 Nashville 40 19 14 7 4 5 104 106 Colorado 40 19 18 3 4 1 113 111 Winnipeg 40 19 19 2 4 0 108 115 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA LosAngeles 39 25 12 2 5 2 105 87 Arizona 39 1 91 6 4 4 2 110 124 Calgary 39 1 91 8 2 4 0 104 122 A naheim 38 1 6 15 7 3 9 7 3 9 0 Vancouver 4 0 15 16 9 3 9 9 7 113 San Jose 3 7 1 8 17 2 3 8 101 106 Edmonton 4 1 17 21 3 3 7 102 122 All Times PST

Monday's Games

SOCCER

Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Signed DAaron Guillen. SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Named Brian Bliss director of player personnel. COLLEGE BYU — Named Ty Detmer offensive coordinator, llaisa Tuiaki defensive coordinatorand Ed Lamb assistanthead coach. FLORIDASTATE — CB Jalen Ramsey announced he will enter the NFL draft. GEORGIA — Named Shane Beamer special teams coordinator and tight ends coach. HOUSTON — Announced QB Kyle Allen is transferring from Texas ASM. IOWASTATE — Named Jon Heacock defensive coordinator. TEXAS ASM — Announced the resignation of athletic director Eric Hyman.

Detroit 1, New Jersey 0 Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2, OT Colorado 4, LosAngeles 1 Edmonton 1, Carolina 0, OT Arizona 3, Vancouver2

Tuesday's Games W ashington 3,Boston2 Florida 5, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 6, Dallas 2 Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Minnesota4,Columbus 2 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 3 Winnipeg 4, Nashville 1 Calgary 3, Tampa Bay 1

Wednesday's Games New Jersey at Montreal, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 7 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Toronto atAnaheim, 7 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Monday BASEBALL

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreedto terms with LHP Jim Fuller, LHP Kelvin Marte, C Ed Easley, INF Juan Diaz and OF Antoan Richardson on minor league

Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 6 p.m. TorontoatLosAngeles, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

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UCLA has played a tough schedule the last two seasons, and the BruinS neVer had a ViCtOry OVer a

ranked team to show for it. Until nOW.

Jordt'n Canada scored 24 points and the 15th-ranked Bruins defeatedND. 11 Oregon State 71-51 Monday night for their first win over a ranked opponent in over two years. '%e've been talking all year about earn what you want," UCLA coach Cori Close said."These players really bought into the game plan." Canada hit all four Dfher 3-point attempts — a career high — in helping the Bruins (11-3, 3-0 Pac-12) end their21-game skid againstranked opponents. The Bruins had lost their last 10 games against ranked teams at Pauley Pavilion. Their previous win at home came on Nov. 24, 2013,

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players in the country," Close said. '%e had to disrupt vision and it When they knOCkedOlI'ND. 10 Oklawas having an attack mentality on homa, 82-76. offense." Kari Korver added 12 points,inThe Bruins led 35-27 at halfcluding three 3-pointers, and Nirra time and pulled away in the third Fields had 10 for the Bruins. quarter. That's when they outscored "It's really fun to play as hard as the BeaVerS 24-16, helPed by tWO 3-pointers &om Canada. we did and get the result we did," Korver said. She could see the Beavers were Jamie Weisner was the only Bea- frustrated. 'You can tell by their body ver in double figures with 19 while in foul trouble. Oregon State (10-3, language, the way they're dribbling 1-1) had a SeaSOn-high 26 tLIrnOVerS the ball," Canada said."It feeds into that led to 23 POintS by the BruinS. wanting to get another stop after "Their pressure was really efstop." fective," OSU coach Scott Rueck UCLA got an 8-0 run early in the said.'They forced us into a lot Df fOurth to eXtend itS lead to 67-45. mistakes. We didn't get comfortable Canada hit a pair Df &ee throws to offensively." launch it and Kelli Hayes added UCLA held Ruth Hamblin to consecutive baskets. '%hen Dur guards commit to seven points on just four shots and fiVe reboundS after She PiCked uP really pressuring and help with the two fouls in the first half. traps,we create greatoffenseby Dur

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Tip-ins Oregon State: The Beavers' three-game winning streak against the Bruins ended. They dropped &Dm 10th to 11in the TOP 25 PO11 released Monday. The Beavers have been ranked in the top 11 Df the AP poll every week since Dec. 29, 2014.

before beating crosstown rival USC in the teams' Pac-12 opener.

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Guard Sydney Wiese missed her fourth straight game for the Beavers because Df an injury to her right hand. She is averaging 12.9points,7.6rebotmds and 5.3 assists. Katie McWilliams started in They SWePt the LOSAngeleS SChOO1S Wiese's place and had seven points, last year and were trying to do it in one assist and a team-high seven consecutive years for the first time turnovers."Katie learned alot," in school history. Rueck said.'%ith Syd on the floor, UCLA: Koryer haS made at leaSt she'sseen that stufFforthree years." one 3-pointer in 25 straight games. McWilliams was offered a scholarCanada has had five Dr more assists ship by UCLA, but she chose the in 13 Df 14 games this season. Beavers.

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UCLA played its fourth game in eight days, having won all Df them. The BruinS haVe Won eight Df their last nine. They beat UC Riverside in their last non-conference game

Oregon State: Hosts Oregon on Friday. UCLA: Visits Southern California on Sunday to play the Trojans for the second time in 11 days.

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PellumdemotedtoOregon'smcoach The Associated Press

Don Pellum was talking about the future of Trevone Boykin last week in San Antonio. Oregon's disparaged defensive coordinator seemed more concerned about the suspended TCU quarterback, who had been arrested in the wee hours Thursdayafter a barfighton theRiver Walk, than the possible benefits of not having to face the fallen star in the Alamo Bowl. "Social media will love you when you do something great," Pellum noted. ''When you do something bad,oh boy. You need to get around the people that love and trust you and that you love and trust." Disgruntled Ducks fans have been loudly calling for Pellum's job in cyberspacesincehisdefense gave up 42points and 549 yards of total yards to Eastern Washington on opening night with Vernon Adams Jr. on the Ducks' side. They11have to settlefora demotion. Two days atter Oregon's disintegration in the second half of its 47-41 triple-overtime loss to TCU at the Alamodome, coach Mark Helfiich announced that he has moved Pellum back to linebackers coach and will begin a national search to replace him at defensive coordinator. "Don is a great man who has helped shape the culture and growth of Oregon Football in several diferent capacities for nearly 30 years," Helfiich said in a release."He's committed, as w e all are,tobeing partofthe solution to improve the end results on the field."

COLLEG E FOOTBALL Erik Chinander will ascend to defensivecoordinator— atCentralFlorida. Oregon's second-year outside linebackers coach will reportedly rejoin Scott Frost in Orlando. "I want to thank Coach Chinander for his hard work these past two seasons," Helfiich said.'This is a natural progression for him as he's an outstanding young coach." The results for the Ducks improved as the 2015 season wore on. The team rallied &om a 3-3 start to win its last six regular season games atter Adams recovered from an injury. But Oregon's defense, which featured a senior-dominated &ont seven and an inexperienced secondary, saved its worstforlast. Pellum's unit allowed Oregon State, which was averaging 16.9 points per game,toscore35 pointsin the second half of the Civil War. The Ducks held on for a 52-42 win. Atter taking a 31-0 lead into the intermission at the Alamo Bowl, Oregon was outscored 31-0 in the second half without Adams, center Matt Hegarty and other inured players. The Horned Frogs were able to complete the largest comeback in FBS bowl history with senior walk-on quarterback Bram Kohlausen leading them to nine consecutive scoring drives in his only career start. "To end it this way is tough," Helfiich said."But we will forge ahead, build in every phase, go back to school and

move on." Leading into Pellum's final game as defensive coordinator, players tried to take the blame for a historically bad season. Oregon allowed a program record 488 points. "He's a great coach. We wouldn't be the men we are today without him. I know I wouldn't," said senior linebacker Rodney Hardrick, who led the Ducks with nine tackles in the Alamo Bowl. "He has helped us out a lot. You can make the defense, you can give us the calls, give us the game plan, but he's not out there making tackles for us. "If we miss tackles or blow an assignm ent and leave a guy wide open for a touchdown, that's not his fault, that's our fault." Atter Pellum's defense proved good enough to help Oregon make it to the national championship game last year, he signed a guaranteed three-year contract extension with an annual base salaryof$410,000.The dealexpireson Jan. 31, 2018. Pellum, a former Oregon player who justcompleted his23rd season as a full-time assistant in the program, was promotedtodefensivecoordinator by Helfrich following Nick Aliotti's retirement after the 2013 Alamo Bowl win over Texas. During a press conference on Friday, Helfrich announced that Matt Lubick would be Oregon's next offensive coordinator. "As a group our continuity as an offensive staff is a big strength," Helfiich sald.

COMEBACK Continued from Page7A offensive possessions forced Crawford to call time and huddle. "Basically that we need to get it together and play Outlaw basketball," Tifanie George said of Crawford's message."Because that is not what we were doing at the beginning. It all came together in the second half with communication." Reece Christman nailed a jumper after the break, and George scored insideto slice thelead to 22-17.For the entire first half, Elgin's youthful squad handledEnterprise'spressdefense well. But from that timeout on, the Outlaws' pressure began to wear on the Huskies, and the miscues followed. Following two Elgin turnovers, Enterprise' sDarby Gassett drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Outlaws ahead, 23-22. Still up one, Reagan Bedard stole the ball and raced in for a fastbreak layup, giving Enterprise a 27-24 advantage midway through the third. The Outlaws pushed the lead to six twice in the period, the final time afterRiley Gray's strip and score for a 32-26 lead. Enterprise ended the third up 34-30. Gassett started the fourth quarter otf with her third trey of the night, putting Enterprise up seven. Christman scored insideand Gassett scored otfGeorge's stealfora 41-32 lead before McClure stemmed the tide with a baseline jumper with 4:15 remaining. Elgin trimmed the lead to four when M aggieLedbetterscored in thepaint otf Katelyn Harris' dish, but Gassett

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Atter a do-it-all junior season at Oregon, Bralon Addison is heading to the NFL. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound wide receiver announced on Monday that he will skip his senior season and declare for the NFL draft. "I came here as a kid who wanted nothing more than to play football at a high level," Addison said in a statement. "In the process, so much more has happened. I think I have become more mature, a betterperson and a better Christian and most importantly a better man. "I just wanted nothing more than to thank everyone that has been a positive influence in my life academically and athletically during my time here at Oregon: my professors, thisentire staf, the fans and everyone else involved. With that being said, today I am happy to announce that I will be forgoing my senior year to enter the 2016 NFL draft. This is a decision I have prayed about and I feel as though God has given me the understanding, confidence and assurance to move forward." CBS Sports lists Addison as the No. 17 wide receiver and 122ndoverallprospectin the draft. ''We'reappreciative of Bralon's contributions and commitment over the last four years, and wish him continued success at the next

level," Oregon coach Mark Helfiich said in a statement. Addison missed all of the 2014 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament sufferedin spring practice.He returned to score touchdowns on catches and runs as well as a punt return while also throwing a touchdown pass this season. Addison led Oregon with 63 catches for 804 yards and 10 touchdowns to earn secondteam all-Pac-12 Conference honors this year. He finished his three-year career with 146 catches for 1,937 yards and 20 touchdowns in 39 games. He ranks eighth in school history in receptions and seventh in touchdown catches. Oregon redshirt sophomore wide receiver Darren Carrington is also eligible to declare for the NFL draft, but has indicated that he will likely return for his junior season. Players with atleast threeyears ofcollegeexperience can apply for the draft until Jan. 15. Carrington ranked second to Addison this year with 32 catches for 609 yards and six touchdowns in seven games atter sitting out the first games due to a failed drugtestbefore lastyear's College Football Playoff championship game. Oregon will return juniors Dwayne Stanford and Devon Allen at receiver along with sophomores Jalen Brown and Kirk Merritt.

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answered with a fastbreak lay-in otf a steal. Up by five, George put the game away with 1:30 left with a bank shot atter a crisp offensive possession, giving Enterprise a 46-39 advantage. Elgin wouldn't get any closer the rest of the way. 'This gym has been our nemesis," Crawford said."It's not an easy place for us to come and play, so I'm real happy with the result." Gassett scored ateam-best 13 points, George added 12 points and Christman scored nine points for the Outlaws. Elgin was led by Cheyanne Wilhelm, who scored 11 points in the first half and finished with 16 points and nine

rebounds. Isabelle Sauers added nine points, and McClure finished with eight points. "It's the inexperience of the girls," Elgin head coach Kirk McClure said of the second half.'We're getting two quarters, now we just need to get three and four. I just hope we keep going forward.Itwasa greatlearning experience for us." Both teams have two league games this weekend. Enterprise i6-5 overall, 1-1Wapiti) plays Imbler at home Friday, then headstoUnion Saturday.The Huskies i5-10, 0-21, which have lost six straight, travel to Burns and Grant Union Friday and Saturday, respectively.

'They deserved to keep goingif they Hield played 54 of apossible 55 minutes. His 46 points matched the could, and they wanted to for sure," OklaContinued from Page7A second-most by a Kansas opponent, homa coach Lon Kruger said ofhis startand trumped Oklahoma State's Randy ing lineup."It would have been tough to shin — picked Hield's pocket twice to Rutherford for most by an opposing step in there and getin the flow." help seal the win. player in the fieldhouse. It tied for the The Jayhawks' top five did the bulk Kansas 109, Oklahoma 106. sixth-most in school history, and the of the work, too, but Kansas got crucial Round 1 to the Jayhawks. most since Brent Price scored 56 in minutes fiom just about everyone on "I'd say about the 2-minute mark in 1990, the same year as that Big Eight the bench. Svi Mykhailiuk and Brannen regulation, I looked down there at the tilt when No. 1 Oklahoma beat No. 2 Greene hit 3-pointers at important juncbench, and they're smiling, and I said, Kansas 95-77 in the Big Eight tournatures, and Landen Lucas and Jamari There's a bunch of kids playing their ment semifinals. Traylor provided help on Spangler in tails otE making play atter play,"'Kansas Hield was so good that he churned the paint. In the end, they seemed to be coach Bill Self said."If we'd have lost through three different defenders, the &esher team. "I can play an extra two or three the game, I would have walked into the getting Selden and Graham into foul locker room and said, You'll never forget trouble and forcing Mason onto him for overtimes right now," Mason said, this one."' the balance of the game. stone-faced and serious."No matter how "He's as good as there's been in this At least, until they play Round 2. much time you put on the clock, I can The brutal benefit of the Big 12 is building for a long time," Self said."And keep playing." that everyone plays each other twice, he made hard shots, good gosh. That As soon as the final buzzer sounded, which means the Jayhawks head to one there at the end, what were we up, the comparisonsto some ofthecollege Norman on Feb. 13.And who knows? four? And we got the loose ball, got two basketball' sbestgames began.Selfsaid Maybe a third matchup awaits in the rebounds that go through our hands he thought it trumped the six-overtime — and that' sa greattim eto shoot3sis Big 12 tournament. game between Syracuse and ConnectiGood luck living up to this one, otf offensive rebounds. The ball just hap- cut in the 2009 Big East tournament though. pens to bounce to him and contest and because of the shot-makinginvolved, Start with Hield, who played on some he made that one. That was ridiculous." and compared it to the Jayhawks' angst-filled overtime defeat of Missouri of the same summer teams as Ellis and Ultimately, Hield's brilliance was at a prep school not far fiom Lawrence. outmatched by the Jayhawks' balance. four years ago in the final edition of the "Border War." Kansas recruited him but he ultimately Sure, he got plenty ofhelp &om went to Oklahoma, and he certainly Woodard i27 points) and Spangler i14 The big difference between that game m ade Self wonderwhat might have points, 18 boards). But Isaiah Cousins and this one? 'Thiswas arespectgame,"Selfsaid."I been when he was pouring in shots on a struggled with his shot, and the Sooners' bench only contributed five points. night that seemed to never end. think that's how both teams handled it."

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Elgin's Hannah McClure slices through the lane for a basket in the fourth quarterTuesday against Enterprise. McClure finished with eight points.

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Enterprise's Brycen Locke hangs in the lane for a short jumperTuesday in a Wapiti League game at Elgin. Locke scored seven points in defeat.

CONTROL Continued ~om Page7A in the lane, they rattled otf the first 15 points of the game, with Brown capping the surge with a putback. The Outlaws wouldn't get on the board until 2:30 remained in the first quarter, when Brett Greenshields made a free throw. Howes and Enterprise's Trent Walker traded 3-pointers, and Brown extended the lead to 20-4 on his steal of an errant pass and layup. He followed that with a trey, and Little ended the period with a strong drive to the rim, giving Elgin a 25-4 advantage. "I expect Gage and Gavin to be leaders," Johnson said. "I expect John to be a leader too,because they'rethe older people. They all performed really well." The lead was 32-7 a couple minutes into the second quarter after Howes' triple and Christenson's putback, and Caleb Lath-

rop stretched the Huskies' advantage to 28 points with his trey midway through the quarter. The Huskies went into halftime leading 43-13. Facing a 50-19 deficit entering the fourth, the Outlaws chipped away at the lead with a more fluid offense, but it was too little, too late. The closest Enterprise got was the final margin atter &ee throws by Jimmy Wells, who led the team with 13 points. Walker and Brycen Locke scored seven points apiece, and Chris Bathke chipped in six points. "The second half was night and day from the first half," Enterprise head coach Ron Lathrop said."The kids have to trust in the offense. They felt good about the second half. It's something to build on." Elgin i8-7 overall, 1-1 Wapiti) travel to Burns and Grant Unionon Friday and Saturday, respectively.

The Outlaws i4-6, 0-21 host Imbler Friday and travel to Union Saturday. All four games areleague contests.

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STATE BRtEHNG Erom wire reports

Brown replaces department head PORTLAND — Gov. Kate Brown has replaced the director of the state's Employment Department days after a state audit detailing security lapses and tax tmubles involving the department's aging computer systems. The Oregonian reported that Brown announced Tuesday that Lisa Nisenfeld isbeing replaced by the state's budget manager, Kay Erickson, while Brown's office looks for a permanent hire. A report by the Oregon Secretary of State's 0$ce releasedin December identified similar security concerns mentioned in audits in 2003 and 2012, before Nisenfeld became the director. The audit also said stafers had stopped using a computer report that kept officials from noticing tax overpayments

worth $850,000 in 2014 and potential underpayments

close to $3 million.

State now taking appsforpot licenses PORTLAND — Oregon residents looking to enter the recreational marijuana business can now apply for a license. The license paperwork became available Monday m orning at6 a.m. Atnoon, 70 people had submitted the forms, the Oregonian reported. Of those,36 applicationsarefrom producers, 18 for retail locations and eightforprocessors and eight for wholesalers. Oregon has no limit to the number of grower orretailer licenses it will issue. A report by the liquor control commission estimates the state will issue 850 recreational marijuana licenses by the end of 2017.

Oregon is top relocation destination SALEM — For the third year in a row, more people are moving to Oregon than anywhere else in the nation. The Statesman Journal reported that a study by United Van Lines found that 69 percentofm oves to and from Oregon in 2015 were inbound. The state has increased inbound migration by 10 percentover the pastsix years. According to the study, 19 percentofpeople moving to Oregon say they did so for retirement. Another 19 percent say they came for the lifestyle. Otherpopular statesfor those looking to move were South Carolina, Vermont, Idaho, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Texas, Washington and Washington, D.C.

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When the 2016 Legislative session begins next month, lawmakers say they'll raise the minimum wage, create a carbon "cap-and-invest" system to drastically curb greenhouse gas emissions, resolve a growing affordable housing crisis and fix an upcoming budget crunch caused by rising costs from the state Public Employees Retirement System.

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thatthoselevelscould impactbusinessesin ruralOregon,lawmakers areconsidering passWesCom News Service ing a bill in February that would create ttuee SALEM — When it comes to crafbng leg- minimum wages — the highest near Portland, islation that will govern the lives of Oregon's the lowestin rural Oregon and in between in 4 million residents, there's a big difference Bend and other midsize metm areas. between what lawmakers say thegl do and Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, said she hopes to see lawmakwhat they can actually accomplish in the five-week firestorm session that starts the ers compromise on that issue this session. first day in February. "I would hope we could get there on the Lawmakers say thegl raise the miniminimum wage," Burdick said."It would be mum wage, create a carbon"cap-and-invest" greatto have a m orefinely tuned measure toreplacetheballotm easures that are out system to drastically curb greenhouse gas emissions, resolve a growing affordable there. Citizens'initiative is not the best way housing crisis and fix an upcoming budget to adoptcomplex policy." crunch caused by rising costs from the state Less likely to find compromise is a proPublic Employees Retirement System. posal headed to the ballot brought by Our But they're likely to accomplish just a Oregon, a politically active group funded fraction of what they say they will when the largely by unions that seeks to raise around 35-day session convenes next month, given $2.5billion peryearforthe state'sbudget that lawmakers are often leery of arming through a 2.5 percent tax on business sales potential challengers with election season in Oregon above $25 million. ammo or upsetting voters by passing controBurdick said while some like Sen. Mark versial laws in an election year. Hass, D-Beaverton, have been looking to "There are different levels ofbills in the broker a compromise around the major tax short session from what I see and what I've increase measure, her caucus has set a goal of "starting a conversation" amund tax reform beentold,"Rep.Knute Buehler,R-Bend, said."iTherearelonesthatare purepolitics instead of actuallyreforming the tax system. "Itwould be greatto getan alternative bills, then there are legitimate bills to fix emergencies. Then there's some bills to try to the ballot measure, which is just going to to brokerdealsw ith regard to proposed bal- be Armageddon if that thing stays on the lot measures." ballot," Burdick said."But at least we want Therearetwo separate proposalsmakto start theconversation."

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Gary Tate joins Century 21 Eagle Cap Realty staff LA GRANDE — Century 21 Eagle Cap Realty welcomed Gary Tate to its team at the first of the year. Tate previously worked as a licensedrealestate broker and in May 2014 became a principal broker at Mt. Emily Realty. Tate was born in Kansas and raised in California Tate but moved to Baker City in 1968. He moved to North Powder in 1976. He is a member of the La Grande Masonic Lodge, Union County Shrine Club and is currently the general team manager of the Oregon East-West Shrine All-Star Football Game. He is also a member of the La Grande Lions Club. He and his wife, Carol, served on the Union County Commission for Children and Families for eight years. Together they have five children, 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Business tax tips for2016 seminarsetfor3an.14 BAKER CITY — Baker County Economic Development is hosting a free seminar, "Top 10 Business Tax Tips for 2016," on Thursday, Jan. 14, in Baker City. The seminar will be led by Sarah Hutchinson, a CPA at Garchar & Colton in Baker City. The event will run from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the Baker County Chamber of Commerce, 490 Campbell St. Pre-registration is required. To register call Baker County EDC at 541-523-5460 or by email at bakercountyedc@gmail.com

EOU professor to discuss connection between work, play LA GRANDE — Kelly Rice, an assistant professorofphysicalactivity and health at Eastern Oregon University, will give a free multimedia presentation, 'Work Hard, Play Hard — Connecting Passions with Personal Pursuits," Thursday, Jan. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Zabel Hall auditorium. Rice will talk about the intersection between work and play, and how to connect your passions with a career. EOU's Outdoor Adventure Program is sponsoring the presentation, which will last about 45 minutes. More information is available by calling Michael Hatch, Outdoor Adventure Program coordinator, at541-962-3621 or by email at mhatch@eou.edu

Thomas AngusRanch among top 100 bull sellers in U.S. BAKER CITY — Thomas Angus Ranch near Baker City is among the top 100 bull sellers in the U.S., according to BEEF magazine. The magazine recently published its 2016 BEEF Seedstock 100, a list of the country's top bull-selling operations. Thomas Angus Ranch, owned by Rob Thomas, ranks eighth on that list, with 1,007 bulls sold last year. "Last year, the response to our Seedstock 100 list was tremendous," said Burt Rutherford, senior editor of BEEF magazine.'We heard from cattle producers throughout the country about how valuable the list was to them. Cow-calf producers are spending more money on genetics to increase thevalueofthecalves and we want to provide more information as they make cutting edge decisions." Thomas Angus Ranch is the top-ranked Oregon operation and one of three in the state on the list. The two others are Flying U Angus Ranch of Powell Butte iNo. 62l and Lorenzen Ranches of Pendleton iNo.

65l. Thomas Angus Ranch has sales scheduled this year on March 8 and 17, Oct. 20 and Nov. 21.

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• K.C. Kunkle makes sure your wedding or party has the right tunes By Tiish Yerges ForWesCom News Service

Working with party hosts and selecting music that they prefer is what mobile disc jockey K.C. Kunlde guarantees when he is hired to emcee and DJ an event. Kunkle founded DJ Your Way in 2013, and with his wife, Vicki, he travels across Oregon, Washington and Idaho to perform at proms,weddings,grad parties, reunions, open houses and city or merchant festivals — whatever venues need a M "I wanted to build my business on giving people a DJ that does things their way and really focuses on what their needs are," Kunkle said. He always has had an interest in music, and while attending Eastern Oregon University Kunkle joined a couple ofbands. They were always short on equipment, so over the years he acquired equipment that would

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fun for me when I'm emotionally involved, and I really like that part, so when I get tomeetwith a couple two or three times and then we go to rehearsal and then the wedding, boy there's nothing else like it for me. It's a lot of fun." A typical wedding for Kunkle involves participation the day beforeatrehearsalfor tw otofour hours. The next day, with setup, can easily be an eight- to 13-hour day for the Kunkles. ''We're not there just for music but as emcees to make sure things are flowing," Kunkle said. 'You need to meet with the photographer and just make sure everything is going as planned. We're there to make the wedding or event is a success. That being said, we don't charge hourly, but we charge a flatrate.You haveus

"I do sit down with the couple ahead of time and gothrough the "Finally in 2013, after working Bride Guide," Kunkle said.'What at it for threeyears,Idecided to songs do you want played when buy some music and promote yourbridalparty walksdown, myself as a DJ and do weddings," your flower girl, and for the he said."I see that there's a huge bride?We also have a selection of need for a local DJ in this county. genreslisted,about 20 ofthem, That's how I got started." forthe coupleto choosefrom. I Vicki, known as "M Jazzy V," is also have a'must play' song list skilled at getting the music going if the couple likes something and the crowds dancing. Between special to beplayed and a'never play' song list for the wedding." the two of them, they have a system that works, and when it Sorry, Midwesterners, but works, you don't try to fix it. some couples here just aren't For pre-planning a wedding into the chicken dance or "Sweet party, Kunkle uses a Bride Guide, Home Alabama." a step-by-step planner packet he "I like to meet with brides all day." designed for the ceremony and aboutthreetimes before rehearsal," Kunkle said."It's a lot more reception. SeeDJYour Way lPage 2B

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DEAR PAUL: What I am getting from your message is that you are ashamed of your behavior and what you said at a company event. As far as you know, those attendingthe party arrived home safely but you do not know what, if any, behaviors and words were said at a company event that could have longer lasting morale, legal and other implications for you, your employees or your company. My first piece of advice is that you immediately ias in, you should have done this the morning after the event) bring in a seasoned employment attorney to provide you with legal counsel on this mattergoing forward. This attorney will need to work with you to craft an apology to your employees on your behalf. How it is to be delivered will need to be determined. The attorney is likely going to recommend an investigationto seeifany sortof unwanted harassment took placebefore,during or after the event. Once this is completed, you will be advised ofliabilities that surfaced and be provided a course of action to follow. The ideaofhaving some sortofcelebration atthe end of the workyear is not abad idea in and of itself. SeeKeller IPage 2B

If IRSiswatching,chancesarlyouIl gay • Studies show that if someone's keeping tabs on your income, you're less likely to cheat on taxes By Patricia Cohen New YorkTimes News Service

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DEAR KEN: My company has beenclosed foralmost two weeks and we start back up on Monday, Jan.4. After the last day ofbusiness we had our company holiday party. Unfortunately, some of the employees, including myself, had too much to drink. People did, and said, some pretty stupid things. No one got physically hurt and everyonemade ithome safely. Ineed tofacethe musi con Monday morning over my behavior and some of the words I said at the party. There may be a need to address other things done and said that were inappropriate by others. How do you suggest I deal with this; it has been eating at me since the morning after the party. — PAUL M.

What would be more likely to get you to report the whole truth and nothing but the truth on your tax returns? A notice that says "Don't cheat" or one that says"Don't be a cheater"? As it turns out, the personalized injunction works better than the more generalized abstract principle — though neither works as well as the plain, old-fashioned threat of an audit. With April 15 looming in the not-so-distant future, that is just one of the lessons that has emerged from the recent explosion of research into tax cheating. Inspired by a new availability of data sets and technological tools, economists and social scientists are trying to figure out what will blunt the ever-present temptation to cheat on one's taxes.

Although categorized under the rather unglamorous heading of tax compliance, the studies are really about what motivates human behavior. Our brains are allsubjectto astew ofgreed, shame and honesty, not to mention gut-level notions of fairness and calculated assessments ofrisk. According to the most recent estimates from the Internal Revenue Service, about 83 percent of the taxes that individuals and businesses owed in 2006 were paid upfront. The rest — stashed out of the government's reach, intentionally or not — amounted to a huge $450 billion in unpaid taxes. The IRS recouped about $65 billion of that through audits and other enforcement activities, but that still left another $385 billion in lost revenue — enough to eliminate a hefty

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chunk of the most recent budget deficit. Figuring out low-cost ways to get more people to pay more of what they owe is animating the latest wave of research and spurring the tax collectors themselves to participate. And what study after study reveals is the tendency to cheat increases significantly when no one is checking. Just ask yourself whether you are as likely to report the $100 won at a poker game as you are your weekly paycheck.

Third-party reporting cuts down on cheating Underreporting is estimated to be as low as 1percent forwages thatarereported by employers to the government and taxes that are automatically withheld from workers' paychecks. SeeTaxesIIbge 2B

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riumg antreturno t e win ie • Three years after the Hostess bankruptcy, the iconic treats are widely available By Diane Stafford Three years ago, iconic products like Wonder Bread and Twinkies were dead, killed in a bankruptcy that shut down the once-thriving Hostess bakeries of a Kansas City-based company. Today, at bakeries in Lenexa, Kansas, and Emporia, Kansas,and other spots around the country, the brands are reborn. Phalanxes ofloaves, buns and snack cakes are baked, packaged and shipped, bound for consumers who never lost appetite for them. At the newly reopened Flowers Baking Co. plant in Lenexa, 9,000 loaves an hour, two shifts a day, five days a week slide into an oven the size of a tennis court. The Wonder and Home Pride breads, along with bun production, line retail shelves the next day. Ninety-eight miles southwest of the Lenexa bakery, staggering daily totals — 1.8 million mini-doughnuts, 1.4 million chocolate cupcakes,

1.5 million Twinkies — shoot through production lines 24 hours a day, six days a week in the new Hostess Brands LLC snack cake plant in Emporia. Within minutes, they're out of the oven and snuggling into plastic sleeves, bags and boxes. There's scant sign that low-carb,low -sugar dietsare winning the American palate. Even as the new Hostess company makes a foray into producing a healthier whole grain mu5n elsewhere in its system, the sugary old favorites still rule. The paths to resurrection of the old Hostess Brands Inc. brands may be as convoluted as the conveyors winding through the big bakeries. But the results are not hard to follow. Some of America's most recognizable brands are back in business after labor turmoil, debt burdens and asecond failed attempt at bankruptcy restructuring ledtoshuttering 36 bakeries and firing 18,500 workers in November 2012. The renaissance was

gradualand partial.Itfi rst requiredasset salesofHostess Brands Inc., a successor to Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corp. Interstate had slid downhill from a mid-1990s peak when it was the largest wholesale baker ofbread and snack cakes in the United States. In fact, national brandrecognition prompted the company to rename itself in 2009 as Hostess Brands Inc. But by 2012, the company had failed, union contracts were severed, and its brands disappeared. Fast forward to 2013. Flowers Foods, a publicly owned baking company based in

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budget cuts have damaged the agency and cost the government at least $20 billion over the last five years. Americans acknowledge as much. While people surveyed overwhelmingly say they believe everyone has a responsibility to pay their fair share, a majority admit it is fear of an auditorthird-party reporting that ultimately spurs them to hand over the money. Still, there is some striking evidencetherich aredifferent: They are more tempted to push back against the government. In a classic study, Joel Slemrod, a tax expert at the University of Michigan, found the amount of reported income increased among lowand middle-income individuals after they were told their returns would be"closely examined." Higher-income individuals had the opposite reaction— theirreported income went down. The results, Slemrod suggested, may be explained by theresourcesavailableto the wealthy. Backed by an array oflegal and accounting experts, the rich view the early warning of an audit as just an opening gambit by the IRS. 'They talk to their accountant, and he says,'Calm down; it's a negotiation,"'Slemrod said. And so theyrespond in turn with a lowball offer of payment.

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Continued ~om Page 1B If there is only"some" third-party reporting, the evasion rates climb to 11 percent. When there is no outside reporting, like the selfemployed cafe owner or house painter, it can reach as high as 56 percent, according to IRS estimates. In some instances, cheating is even more rampant. A 2008 investigation by a Senatesubcommitteedisclosed that out of the 20,000 bank accounts held by U.S. citizens and managed by the banking giant UBS in Switzerland, 95 percent were hidden fiom the

fewer employeesdoing compliance work, you end up leaving tax revenue on the table." — John Koskinen, IRS commissioner

much you can lie about it," Weisbach said."If you want privacy, that means changing the system, not changing how you comply with it."

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Appeals to conscience and civic duty or a reminder of the public good that taxes IRS. make possible are not nearly There are costs fiom as eff ectiveasthethreatof more burdensome reportdetection and punishmentin ing requirements and more reducing evasion. intrusive enforcement, even Poor enforcement encourfor honest taxpayers. agespeopletocheat."Ifpeople But given the effectivethink they're not going to get nessofreporting,said David caughtif they cheat, or they're W eisbach, a law professorat just fed up because they the University of Chicago Law can't get the help they need School, greater use of modfiom us to file their taxes, the ern information technology, system will be put at risk, and includingreports fiom credit voluntary compliance is likely card companies, makes sense. to suffer," the IRS commisPeople who complain that sioner John Koskinen told a such reporting intrudes on in- conference of accountants last dividual privacy are basically month. ' When you have fewer protecting cheats,he argued. 'The fact that they find it employees doing compliance out fiom a third partyrather work, you end up leaving tax than you doesn't change your revenue on the table," Koskiprivacy; it just changes how nen added, explaining how

KELLER Continued from Page 1B Here are some key takeaways that you should consider in planning events like this in the future: Lunchtime events are always more appropriate for a business than an after work celebration, because an event held after work hours insinuates a party. You should always inviteoutside gueststoyour company events; your accountant, your key vendors, some key clients and always, legal counsel. These folks will show up in business attire to support you and your company and their presence will send the message that this is a truly a business event. Alcohol should never be served at a company event, for the reasons you learned and forthe additional reasons your new employment attorney will be sharing with you. You should speak only from prepared remarks and never wing it in front of your employees and key stakeholders. Know that everyone takes their cues from how the leaderacts;actionsdo speak

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much louder than words and remember that everyone is watching the boss even when you do not think they are. Everyone will remember the 2015holiday celebration you just had. It will forever be seared into the memories

Georgia, paid $355 million in court-ordered proceedings to acquire 20 closed Hostess bread and bun bakeries. To date, Flowers has returned threeformer Hostess sites to production — in Lenexa, Knoxville, Tennessse, and Henderson, Nevada. Separately, a private investorpartnership of Metropoulos and Co. and Apollo Global Management

LLC paid about $410 million to buy five of the former Hostess snack cake bakeries. It re-opened four. But after amping up production in Emporia, it closed one, leaving bakeries in Columbus, Georgia, and Indianapolis in operation.

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Freshly baked and filledTwinkies move down the conveyer belt to the packaging area at the Hostess plant in Emporia, Missouri.

LOAVES AND BUNS Paul Frankum, president of Flowers Baking Co. of Lenexa, walks the 137,000-square-foot bakery loorlike a proud papa,pointf ing out gizmos and people who makethe placehum. Metal stairs and catwalks navigate conveyor lines transportingriversofdough to pans before proceeding through the baking, cooling, slicing and packaging chain. "I grew up on a chicken farm. This smells much better, "beamed the 30-year veteran in the Flowers company, who came from Georgia to reopen the plant. Pulling a just-sliced loaf off the line to offer a taste, he touts the former Hostess brands as well as Flowers

bakery in Emporia to the other, partly because the 290,000-square-f ootplantis bigand partly because it's filled with floor-to-ceiling equipment that snakes up, down and around the plant. After $10 million in updatKevin Sandefur, senior ofoperations strating, the bakery's two produc- director tionlines— one forbread, egy, points out more than one for buns — cycle through $40 million in upgrades to the plant. That includes 525,000 pounds of flour a week, 58,000 pounds of yeast, work on the six production lines, which usually run two 65,000 pounds of sugar. Nearly a million pounds of 12-hour shifts a day. The infinished product are trucked jection of filling in Twinkies, weeldy from the plant. the application oflittle white frosting squiggles atop CREME-FILLED CAKES chocolate cupcakes,and the It's not possible to see insertion of cakes in plastic from one end of the Hostess sleeves happen in a blink. products. A"fantastic reintroduction of Wonder Bread," he said, has vaulted it to a best-sel ler status among the Nature's Own, Home Pride and Sunbeam breads and buns made at the plant.

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dance lights," said Kunkle."They're just fantastic, and they fill a room. The kids love Continued ~om Page 1B it. We DJ'd La Grande High School's Fall Brides want to know if Kunkle travels, Ball, and we do a lot ofhomecomings. The and he said he's happy to travel to events. dancelightslook sogood and feels so good, "Right now we have two main M sysit gets me every time." Kunkle creates his dance atmosphere tems," Kunkle said.'We run two 18-inch subwoofers and two 15-inch passive speak- using a series of dancing, blinking, swirlers.It'saboutsix and ahalffeetofspeaking colored lights in sync with the music. ers. It's loud, clear and just wonderful. The He also uses red and blue laser lights that subwoofers give you that club feel when resemble fireflies. He likes to project those it's time to dance and the 15-inch speakers swirling lights onto a white ceiling. ''We want itto look good because people give you the clarity and all the volume you need when you're giving toasts or if there's listen with their eyes," he said. announcements to be made." Check out"M Your Way" on Facebook or All the music is digital, stored on a laptop. write to Kunkle at djyourway2013@gmail. "The pride and joy of our DJ work is our com. Call him at 541-263-1507.

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AA MEETING: Survior Group. Mon., Wed. (!t Thurs. 12:05 pm-1:05 pm. Presbytenan Church, 1995 4th St. (4th (!t Court Sts.) Baker City. Open, No smoking.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Bible Study; 10:30 AM Public Bingo; 1:30 PM ( .25 cents per card)

Up to 17 1/2 inches wide any length

$1.00 per foot lThe Observer i s not responsible for flaws in material or machine error) THE OBSERVER 1406 Fifth • 541-963-3161

EVERY MORNING (M onday —nday) F Exercise Class;

9:30AM (FREE)

AA MEETINGS 2620 Bearco Loop La Grande

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3048 MONTHLY MEETING 2nd Thurs. of the month.

LATCH Baker County's breastfeeding support group. Meets every 2nd (!t 4th Thursday of the month 11 a.m. —Noon St. Luke's EOMA, 3950 17th St. 541-523-3681

1st (!t 3rd Wednesday

Evenings ©6:00 pm Elgin Methodist Church 7th and Birch

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BINGO: TUESDAYS at Settler's Park.

in Elgin. Meeting times

AL-ANON Concerned about someone else's drinking? Sat., 9 a.m. Northeast OR Compassion Center, 1250 Hughes Ln. Baker City (541 ) 519-7920

FULL editions of The Baker City Herald

PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-partum. 541-786-9755

BAKER CITY LIONS CLUB Thurs., 12:00 noon Sunndge Inn 1 Sunndge Ln. Everyone welcome!

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AL-ANON MEETING

6:30 p.m. VFW Hall, 2005 Valley Ave., Baker 541-523-4988

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS can help! 24 HOUR HOTLINE (541 ) 624-51 1 7 Setvtng Baker, Union, and Wallowa Counties

ALZHEIMERSDEMENTIA Support Group meeting 2nd Friday of every mo 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. 1250 Hughes Lane Baker City Church of the Nazarene (In the Fellowship Hall) 541-523-9845

Contact: 541-523-4242

IPT Wellness Connection 541-523-9664

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SAFE HAVEN Alzheimer/Dementia Caregivers Support Group

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THE BAKER City Public Works Department is seeking qualified applicants for the position o f Utility W o r k e r C loses J a n uary 8 , 2016 at 4:00 p.m. For more information and h ow to a pply g o t o www.bakercity.com. The Ci ty of Baker Ci ty i s an EEO employer.

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Circulation Duties: • Delivers bundles to independent contractors homes

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AlcoholicsAnonymous Monday, Wednesday, Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday noon. Women only AA meeting Wednesday 11a.m., 113 1/2 E Main St., Enterpnse, across from Courthouse Gazebo Hotline 541-624-5117

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9 a.m. P r esbyterian Church social hall, 4th MEET S I NGLES right now! No paid operaSt. (!t Washington Ave. tors, Iust real people Weight loss (!t maintel ike y o u . Bro ws e n ance f o r m en (! t greetings, ex change women. More info. is m essages and c o na vail. by c al li n g n ect live. Try it f r e e . 541-523-703 6 or CaII n ow : 541-523-5669.

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CHRONIC PAIN Support Group N T O PS No. Meet Fndays — 12:15 pm OREGO 599: Fri., weigh-in at 1207 Dewey Ave. Baker 8:45 a.m., meeting at 180 - Personals

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS ACCEPTANCE GROUP (For spouses w/spouses who have long term of Overeaters Anonymous meets terminaI illnesses) TRAP CLUB: Thurs., 7 Meets 1st Monday of Tuesdays at 7pm. p.m. T r a p Cl ub United Methodist Church every month at St. Grounds, Imnaha Rd., on 1612 4th St. in the Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM west of Baker City. For library room in the $5.00 Catered Lunch info, ca I I Ed at Must RSVP for lunch basement. 541-523-6077. 541-523-4242 541-786-5535

PINOCHLE Fndays at 6:30 p.m. Senior Center 2810 Cedar St. Public is welcome

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

NO DECEMBER BAKER COUNTY MEETING Cancer Support Group PARKINSON'S Support Meets 3rd Thursday of Group, open to those

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CLASSIFIEDS of fers Self Help (!t Support G roup An n o u n c e ments at n o c h arge. For Baker City call: ALL YARD SALE ADS J uli e — 541-523-3673 MUST BE PREPAID For LaGrande call: E n ca — 541-963-31 61 You can drop off your payment at: The Observer NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 1406 5th St. Monday, Thursday, (!t La Grande Fnday at8pm. Episcopal OR Church 2177 First St., Baker City. +Visa or Mastercard, are accepted.+ NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Yard Sales are $12.50 for HELP 5 lines, and $1.00 for LINE-1-800-766-3724 each additional line. Meetings: Callfor more info: 8:OOPM:Sunday, Mon541-963-3161. day, Tuesday, WednesMust have a minimum of day, Thursday, Fnday 10Yard Sale ad's to Noon: Thursday pnnt the map. 6:OOPM: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Women's) 2701 7:OOPM: Saturday Bearco Lp, LG, has used tire chains $15 Rear Basement Enea, chest of drawers trance at 1501 0 Ave. $ 20 t o $ 1 2 5 , a n d many other bargains.

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THE CITY of La Grande is accepting applicaWhen responding to tions for the following Blind Box Ads:Please posltlon: be sure when you adCommunications dress your resumes that Tech I the address is complete Required City application with all information remay be obtained from quired, including the the City of La Grande Blind Box Number. This website at: is the only way we have www.cit ofla rande.or of making sure your reor Heather Ra!kovich sume gets to the proper in the Finance Departplace. ment, City Hall, 1000 Adams Ave., PO Box 670, La Grande, OR 97850, 541-962-1 31 6, TRAINING A N D E m - hbur ess©ctt ofla rande.or Closing date: Open unployment Consortium (TEC) is looking for an t il filled w it h f i rst r e view o f a p p l ications energetic and enthusithat are received by astic individual to com5:00 p.m., January 11, plete our Career Specialist team c overing 2016 AA/EEO Baker, Union and Wall owa Counties. O u r mission is to c o ntrib- CUSTODIAN FOR ute to the economic vi- U nion Count S e n i o r Center: Ge n e ral intality of the region by door maintenance and being a v aluable reo ccasional e x t e r i o r source for education, maintenance. Starts at vocational training and $9.71 per hour; up to employment. This Iob 1 9 hours pe r w e e k is for you if yo u a re with occasional weekh ighly m o t ivated t o ends. Pr e - e mploymake a positive impact ment drug screen and on young adults ages criminal history back16-24 and w e l come ground check. C o mnew challenges. Startplete Iob d e scription ing pay rate is $15.11 and application availper hour and is a full able at O regon Emt ime b e n efite d o si ployment Department tion . High school dio n- l i n e at ploma or e q u ivalent o r www.ccno.org. Posiwith one year of expetion closes January 14, nence in the employ2016 at 5pm. EOE. ment or training field is required. Associate's degree in human services or a related field is FISCAL MANAGER for multi-purpose preferred. If selected, non-profit organization applicants must pass a h eadquartered in L a criminal and driving reGrande. C o m m unity c ord check p r ior t o Connection's employment. Applicalong-time fiscal mant ion packet c a n b e p icked u p a t T E C , ager is retinng and the agency seeks a knowl1575 Dewey Avenue, edgeable, expenenced Baker City O R 1901 professional to overAdams Avenue, Ste. 3, see complex financial La Grande, M o nday operations f o r it s through Friday, 8 am $7,000,000 b u d get. to noon and 1pm to 5 p m or m a y b e r e - Supervises three staff. q uested b y c a l l i n g Experience with fund a ccounting, G A A P , 541-963-7942. Position f ederal a n d s tat e closes January 19th at grants, and c u stom5 :00 PM. TEC is an ized accounting softEqual Opportunity Emware is h i ghly desirployer. A uxiliary aids able. Salary $3851 and services are avail$5605 per month; full able upon request to benefit package. Full i ndividuals w i t h d i s Iob descnption and apabilities. TTY dial 711. plications available at the Oregon Employment Department or FULL TIME B artender . ApplDays and Nights, must c ations must b e r e have or be able to obturned to the Oregon Employment Departtain an OLCC server's permit. Apply in perment. EOE. P osition son at The Hideout Sacloses Ja nua ry 21, loon at 219 Fir Street. 2016 at 5:00 pm.

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices Ca se N o. 1 5-939 TRUSTEE FOR THE DEFINED BENEFIT NOTICE IS H E REBY PLAN FOR WALT GIVEN that Jerry Coal- REUBER AND ALSO w ell ha s b e e n a p - ALL OTHER PERSONS pointed and has quali- OR PARTIES fied as th e P e rsonal UNKNOWN CLAIMING Representative of the ANY RIGHT, TITLE, e state. A l l p e r s o ns LIEN, OR INTEREST IN having claims against THE PROPERTY the estate are hereby DESCRIBED IN THE required to present the COMPLAINT,

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF L ESTER L BE A N ; MARY BEAN; STATE OF OREGON; OCCUPANTS O F THE PREMISES; AND THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 280 WEST ADAMS S T R E ET, HUNTINGTON, OREGON 97907,

Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. C A L L Defendants. 1-800-401-4106 Case No. 15447 (PNDC)

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION GOT AN older car, boat or RV? Do the humane TO THE DEFENDANTS: thing. Donate it to the MARY BEAN: Humane Society. Call In the name of the State 1-800-205-0599 o f Oregon, you a r e hereby required to ap(PNDC) pear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entitled Court and cause on or before the expiration of 30 days from t he date o f t h e f i r s t publication o f t hi s summons. The date

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ing of native and desirable non-native grass species, construction of temporary fences, repair of management fences, b i t t e r b rush planting, and monitoring for effectiveness of these treatments.

or they may be barred. A ll p e rsons w h o s e nghts may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information

REUBER AND ALSO ALL O T HER P E R- For more information or SONS OR PARTIES questions concerning UNICNOWN CLAIMthe Dry Gulch and the ING ANY RIGHT, TIdocuments associated TLE, LIEN, OR INTER- with the ESR, please EST IN THE PROPcontact the Baker Field ERTY DESCRIBED IN O ff i c e at THE COMPLAINT 541-523-1256.

from the r ecords of t he Court, t h e P e r sonal Representative or the attorney for the IN THE NAME OF THE Personal RepresentaSTATE OF OREGON: Y ou are h e reby r e tive. Dated and f i r st published this 6 day of quired to appear and January, 2016. answe r t he F irst Amended Co mplaint filed against you in the Jerry Coalwell, a bove e n t i t le d s u i t Personal Representative, 677West Main St., ¹17, within thirty (30) days J o hn Day, 0 R 97845. of the date of first publ icatio n s p e c if i e d herein along with the

LegaI No. 00044063 P ublished: January 6 , 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF BAKER IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

J. David Coughlin, OSB¹700272, required filing fee. If VANESSA ANN LAY, Attorney for Personal you fail to so answer, Representative, for want thereof, Plain- Deceased. t iff w ill apply t o t h e PO Box 1026, of first p u blication in 1705 Main Street, Court for the relief de- Case No. 15-651 this matter is Decem- Ste. 400, manded in P laintiff's b er 16, 2015. I f y o u Baker City, OR 97814 First Amended ComNOTICE TO fail timely t o a p pear plaint. INTERESTED PERSONS and answer, plaintiff LegaI No. 00044046 1001 - Baker County w ill a p p l y to the Published: January 6, 13, Plaintiff is seeking relief NOTICE IS H E REBY Legal Notices a bove-entitled c o u r t t o b e d e c lared t h e GIVEN that Hillery A. 20, 2016 for the relief prayed for owner in fee simple of BAKER CITY, OR: On L ay ha s b e e n a p Wednesday, January i n its complaint. T h i s PUBLIC NOTICE the real property depointed Personal RepIntegrated Invasive 20th, 2016 at 7:00PM is a ludicial foreclosure s cribed i n t h e F i r s t r esentative. A l l p e r of a deed of t rust in Plant Management Amended Co mplaint sons h aving c l a i ms the Baker City Planwhich the plaintiff reand to be e ntitled to Environmental against the estate are ning Commission will hold a public hearing Assessment required t o p r e s e nt quests that the plainpossession t h e r eof, to consider a C o nditiff be allowed to foreDOI-BLM-OR-V000free of any estate, tithem, with v o uchers 2011-0047-EA close your interest in attached, to the Pertle, claim, lien, or intertional Use Permit ret he f o l l o w i n g deest of Defendants or sonal Representative quest and hold a work session to consider rescnbed real property: T he Bureau o f L a n d those claiming under c a re of S i lv e n , Management (BLM), Schmeits 5 Vaughan, visions t o D e v e l o p- THE WEST HALF OF Defendants and quietLOT 4 AND ALL OF V ale District O f f i c e, ing title in th e p r e mAttorneys at Law, P.O. ment Code Chapter LOTS 5 A N D 6, ises in Plaintiff. Box 965, Baker City, has prepared an Envi3.5, Signs. BLOCIC 23, HUNTING- r onmental A s s e s s Oregon, 97814, within Ryan and ICaylin Chaves TON TOWNSITE, ACment (EA) NOTICE TO four (4) months after CORDING TO THE OF- (DOI-BLM-OR-V000DEFENDANTS the date of first publihave requested a ConF IC IAL P LA T cation of this notice, or d itional Us e P e r m i t 2011-0047-EA) and un- READ THESE PAPERS C AREFULLY! Y O U (CU-15-088) to estabT HEREOF, IN T H E s igned Finding of N o t he c laims m a y b e S ignifican t I mp a c t MUST "APPEAR" IN barred. lish a + 5 050 s quare CITY OF HUNTING(FONSI) for public reTHIS CASE OR THE A ll p e rsons w h o s e foot m i c r o -distillery T ON, COUNTY O F BAICER AND STATE v iew and input. T h e OTHE R SIDE WILL nghts may be affected (classified b y t he Baker City DevelopOF OREGON. EA analyzes the potenWIN AU T O M A T I- by th e p r o c eedings ment Code as manutial effects of expandCALLY. TO "APPEAR" may obtain additional Commonly known as: ing the Distnct's inteY OU M U S T F I L E i nformation from t h e facturing and producWITH THE COURT A records of the court, grated weed managetion) and tasting room 280 West Adams Street, Huntington, Oregon L EGA L PA PE R the Personal Reprein a building located at ment program to make an additional ten herbisentative, or the attor1 901 Main St reet i n 97907. CALLED A "MOTION" the Central CommerNOTICE TO c ides a v a i lable f o r OR "ANSWER" OR neys for the Personal "REPLY." THE "MODEFENDANTS: treatments and allowRepresentative. cial Zone. The property TION" OR "ANis identified as Tax Lot READ THESE i ng herbicides t o b e Dated and first p ub5600 in Section 17dd PAPERS CAREFULLY! used on all non-native SWER" (OR "REPLY") lished January 6, 2016. A lawsuit ha s b e e n invasive plants across MUST BE GIVEN TO of Township 9 South, started against you in t he District. T h e E A THE COURT CLERIC Range 40 East, W.M. t he a b o v e - e n t i t l e d also analyzes ot her OR ADMINISTRATOR PERSONAL (Ref. 2937). WITHIN THIRTY (30) REPRESENTATIVE: complementary invacourt by Federal NaThe public is invited t o tional Mortgage Assosive and noxious weed DAYS OF THE DATE Hillery A. Lay ciation ("FNMA"), plaint reatment m e t h o d s OF FIRST PUBLICA- 3790 Baker Street attend this heanng and to submit comments. tiff. P l aintiff's claims w hich may b e u s e d TION S P E C I FIEDBaker City, OR 97814 HEREIN ALONG WITH Testimony and r e le- are stated in the wnts eparately o r a s a ten complaint, a copy component of an inteTHE REQUIRED FIL- ATTORNEY FOR vant evidence, either o f w h ic h w a s f i l e d g rated program w i t h ING FEE. IT MUST BE ESTATE: in support of or in opIN PROPER FORM Charlie Vaughan the added herbicides. p osition t o t h e p r o - with the above-entitled AND HAVE PROOF OS B ¹7841 67 These additional methposal, must be based Court. on the applicable reYou must "appear" in o ds i n c l u de : pr e OF SERVICE ON THE P.O. Box 965 this case or the other scribed fire; seeding, PETITIONER OR HIS 1950 Third Street view critena and submitted to the Planning side will win automatiplanting and a s s oci- ATTORNEY TO SHOW Baker City, OR 97814 THAT THE O T HER (541) 523-4444 D epartment by 5 : 0 0 cally. To "appear" you ated seed bed preparamust f i l e w i t h t he tion; and targeted grazS IDE H A S BE E N p.m., on the heanng ing. A l l t r e a t ments GIVEN A COPY OF IT. Lega I N o. 00044048 date, W e d n e s day, court a legal document called a "motion" or IF YOU HAVE QUES- Published: January 6, 13, January 20th, 2016, or considered in this EA "answer." T h e " m o- a re designed t o i n - TIONS, YOU SHOULD 20,27,2016 i n person during t h e hearing. The Planning tion" or "answer" (or crease the success of SEE AN ATTORNEY "reply") must be given C ommission w i l l r e weed treatments and I MMEDIATELY! I F TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF to improve restoration T .S . No . : view t h e a p p l ication to the court clerk or Y OU N EE D H E L P SALE administrator within 30 FINDING AN ATTOR- OR-15-585573-AJ using the cntena in the efforts. d ays of th e d ate o f Baker City DevelopNEY, YOU MAY CALL Reference is made to ment Code, Section first publication speci- These documents may THE OREGON STATE t hat c e r t a i n deed fied herein along with b e viewed f ro m t h e BAR LAWYER REFER- made by, KATHLEEN 2.3- Commercial Disthe required filing fee. RAL SERVICE AT (503) R HICKMAN SINGLE Vale Distnct ePlanning tricts, a s w e l l a s i n 6864-3763 OR TOLL WOMAN as G rantor Section 4.4.400 —ConIt must be i n p roper website, listed under ditionaf Use Permitsform and have proof of Documents in the left FREE IN OREGON AT to ELICHORN TITLE, as column, at: t rustee, i n f a v o r o f Criteria, Standards and service on th e p l ain(800) 452-7636. MORTGAG E ELECtiff's attorney or, if the Conditions o f ApTRONIC REGISTRAprovaf. plaintiff does not have http://1.usa.gov/1mwy1HW MERRILL O'SULLIVAN an attorney, proof of LLP T ION SY S T E M S , service on the plaintiff. If you would like to comINC., AS NOMINEE The staff report will be FOR NORTHWEST If you have any quesm ent o n t h i s d o c u - /s/ WILLIAM A. available for inspection MORTGAGE GROUP, on or before January tions, you should see ment, address y o ur VAN VACTOR, an attorney i m m e dicomments to the Dis- OSB ¹075595 INC., AN O REGON 13, 2016 at the County t rict M a n ager, V a l e Mernll O'Sullivan, LLP CORPORATION , as C ourthouse at 1 9 9 5 ately. If you need help B eneficiary, da t e d T hird S t reet , B a k e r in finding an attorney, Distnct BLM, 100 Ore- Attorneys for Petitioner 7/25/2012, re corded you may contact the gon Street, Vale, OR 805 SW IndustnaI Way C ity; copies ca n b e O regon St at e B a r ' s 97918. To be consid- Suite 5 7/31/2012 , in o fficial provided for a reasonrecords o f B A ICER Lawyer Referral Servered, your comments Bend, OR 97702 able charge, digital verC ounty, O r e go n i n ice online at www.oremust postmarked by Phone: 541-389-1770 sions can be e-mailed for free. gonstatebar.org or by F ebruary 5 , 20 1 6 . Fax: 541-389-1777 book/reel/volume No. and/or as f ee/filehncalling (503) 684-3763 E mail c om m e n t s will@mernll-osullivan.com s hould b e s e n t t o : strument/ microfilm / The heanng will be held (in the Portland metroLegaI No. 00043941 r eceptio n n umb e r blm or invain Council Chambers politan area) or toll-free Published: December 23 12300177B covering sive plant ea coma t Baker C it y H a l l , elsewhere in Oregon 30, 2015, January 6 1 655 F i r s t S t r e e t , at (800) 452-7636. ments©blm.gov, Subt he f o l l o w i n g described real property Baker City, OR. T his summons i s i s Iect: V a l e I n v a s ive 16, 2016 s ituate d in sa id sued p u r s u an t t o Plant Management EA ORCP 7. PUBLIC NOTICE —Dry C ounty, a n d S t a t e , If you have questions re(OR 932). Gulch Fire — Bureau of to-wit: APN: 501 940 garding the application RCO LEGAL, P.C. If you need further inforLand M a n a g ement 9DB 500 ¹282 LOT 2, for C U P- 1 5 - 0 8 8 , Randall Szabo, CEDAR ACRES ADDImation or would like to (BLM), Vale D i strict please contact Planner OSB ¹115304 Post-Fire Rehabilitation TION, IN BAICER CITY, receive a hard copy of ICara H ar r is at rszabo©rcolegal.com t hese doc u m e n t s , Plan and Decision ReCOUNTY OF BAICER (541)-523-8219 o r Attorneys for Plaintiff cord for ImplementaAND STATE OF OREkharns©bakercounty.o 511 SW 10th Ave., p lease c o n t act t h e GON. A.P.N.: 501 940 Vale District office at tion. rg, or at the Planning Ste. 400 9DB 600 ¹282) ComDepartment, located in Portland, OR 97205 541-473-3144. The Vale District BLM, monly known as: 1150 t he basement of t h e P: (503) 977-7840 LegaI No. 00044064 Baker Field Office, has PARIC STREET, BAICER courthouse. I f y ou F: (503) 977-7963 Published: January 6 completed a DetermiCITY, OR 97814 The have questions about undersigned h e reby nation of NEPA Ade2016 the work session for LegaI No. 00043849 the sign chapter of the Published: December 16, quacy (DNA) and Final c ertifies t h a t b a s e d IN THE CIRCUIT Decision Record to imupon business records Development C o de, 23, 30, 2015, January COURT OF THE STATE t here are n o k n o w n 6, 2016 plement e m e rgency please contact PlanOF OREGON FOR THE stabi l i z a t i o n a nd written a s s ignments n ing D i rector H o l l y IN THE CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BAKER burned area rehabilitaof the trust deed by ICerns at (54 1) 5 23 - 8 2 1 9 o r COURT OF THE STATE tion (ESR) actions on the trustee or by the beneficiary and no aphkerns©bakercounty.o OF OREGON, FOR THE JOHN REUBER, the Dry Gulch Fire loc ated west o f H a l f- pointments of a s u crg, or in the Planning COUNTY OF BAKER: cessor trustee h ave Department office. Plaintiff, way, Oregon. StabiliIn the Matter of the zation and rehabilitabeen made, except as Estate of V. r ecorded i n t h e r e LegaI No. 00044057 t ion a c t ions w i l l i n Betty Jane Morns, clude treatments of incords of the county or P ublished: January 6 , counties in which the Deceased. ANY SUCCESSOR vasive species, seed2016

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These documents have been posted to the following location:

s ame, w i t h pr o p e r vouchers, to the Per- Defendants, sonal Representative Vale: at the law of fices of Case No. 15-800 http//1.usa.gov/1OOC C oughlin 5 Le u e n BqO b erger, P . C., 1 7 0 5 SUMMONS Main Street, P.O. Box The name of the prolect i s: D r y G u l c h F i r e 1026, Baker City, Ore- TO: ANY SUCCESSOR (J3JN) Emergency Stag on, 9 7 8 14 , w i t h i n TRUSTEE FOR THE four months from the DEFINED BENEFIT bilization and Rehabilidate of the first publiP LAN FO R W A L T tation. cation of t his N o tice,

above described real property i s s i t u ated. Further, no action has

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ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell th e s aid r eal property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and not ice h a s b e e n r e c orded pursuant to Section 86.752 (3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is s ecured by the trust deed, or by the successor in intere st, w it h r e s pect t o p rovision s t her e i n which authonze sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due t he following s u m s : Delinquent Payments: Payment Information From Through Total Payments 2 / 1 / 2015

12/4/2015 $12,283.34 Late Charges F r om T hrough Total L a t e C harges 2 / 1 / 2 0 1 5 12/4/2015 $0.00 Beneficiary's A d v a n c es, Costs, And Expenses MIP $467.49 Escrow Advances $3,129.76 T ota l Ad v an c e s : $ 3,597.25 T O T A L FORECLOSURE COST: $1,476.00 TOTAL REQUIRED TO R EN I STATE: $1 4,347. 34 TOTAL R EQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $165,989.86 By reason of the default, the b eneficiary ha s d e clared all sums owing on the obligation sec ured b y t h e t r u s t deed immediately due

a nd payable, t h o se sums being the following, to- w it: T h e i n stallments of princip al a n d in t e r e s t which became due on 2/1/2015, and all subsequent installments of p r i ncipal and interest through the date of this Notice, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, advances made on seni or li e n s , t ax e s and/or i n s u r ance, t rustee's fees, a n d a ny a t t o rney f e e s and court costs arising from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which m ust be paid a s a c ondition o f r e i n statement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off. Nothing in this not ice shall b e c o n strued as a waiver of a ny fees ow ing t o the Beneficiary under t he Deed o f T r u st pursuant t o t he t erms of t h e l o a n documents.Whereof, notice hereby is given that Quality Loan Servi ce C o r p o ratio n o f W ashington, the u n dersigned trustee will on 3/ 2 4 /2015at the hour of 10:00 A M , Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, Inside the main lobby of the County Courthouse 1 995 3 r d St re e t Baker, Oregon 97814 County of B AK E R, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said

descnbed real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the e xecution by h i m o f the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, includi ng a reas o n a b l e charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the nght to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the e ntire a m o un t t h e n due (other than such portion of said princi-

pal as would not then be due had no default occurred), t o g e t her with the c o sts, t r ustee's and a t t orney's

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices fees and c uring any ANT IN ORDER TO O BTAIN TH E A F o ther d e f ault c o m FORDED PROTECplained of in the Notice of Default by tenTION, AS REQUIRED dering th e p e r f ormance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time pnor to five days before the date last set for sale. Other than as shown of record, neither the b eneficiary n o r t h e trustee has any actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or i nterest i n t h e r e a l property hereinabove described subsequent t o the interest of t h e t rustee i n t h e t r u s t deed, or of any succ essor in i n terest t o grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last ICnown Address and Nature of Right, Lien or Interest ICATHLEEN

UNDER ORS 85.771 . Q UALITY MAY B E CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR A TTEMPTING T O COLLECT A D E BT AND ANY INFORMAT ION O B T A INED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TS No: OR-15-585573-AJ D ated: 1 1 / 5 / 2 0 1 5 Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, as T r ustee Signature By: Alma Clark, Assistant Secretary Tr u s t ee's Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. o f Washington C/ 0 Quality Loan Service C orporation 41 1 I v y Street San Diego, CA 92101 Trustee's Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll

HICICMAN 1150 PARIC STREET BAICER CITY, OR 9 7 81 4 O r i g i nal Free: (866) 925-0241 I DSPUb ¹ 0 0 9 5 2 8 6 Borrower ICATHLEEN R H ICICMAN 1 1 5 0 1/6/2016 1 / 13/2016 PARIC STREET BAICER 1/20/2016 1/27/2016 CITY, OR 97814 Original Borrower For Sale LegaI No. 00043566 I nformatio n Ca l l : Published: January 6, 13, 8 88-988-573 5 or 20,27, 2016 L ogi n to: Salestrack.tdsf.com 1010 - Union Co. In construing this notice, th e s i n gular i n- Legal Notices

cludes the plural, the NOTICE TO w ord " g r a ntor " i n - INTERESTED PERSONS cludes any successor in interest to this gran- Nanette F o r dice has t or as w e l l a s a n y been appointed Perother person owing an sonal Representative o bligation, t h e p e r (hereafter PR) of the formance of which is Estate of Irene Odess secured by the t r ust McKenzie, Deceased, deed, and the words Pro b a t e No. "trustee" and "benefi1 5-12-8578, U n i o n ciary" include their reCounty Circuit Court, spective successors in State of Oregon. All interest, if any. Pursupersons whose rights ant to O r egon Law, may be affected by t his sale w il l no t b e the proceeding may deemed final until the obtain additional inforT rustee's d ee d h a s mation from the court been issued by Quality records, the PR, or the Loan Service Corporaattorney for the PR. All tion of Washington . If persons having claims any irregularities are a gainst t h e est a t e d iscovered within 10 must present them to days of the date of this the PR at: sale, the trustee will Mammen 5 Null, rescind the sale, return Lawyers, LLC the buyer's money and J. Glenn Null, take further action as Attorney for PR necessary. If the sale 1602 Sixth Streeti s set a s ide f o r a n y P.O. Box 477 reason, including if the La Grande, OR 97850 Trustee is u nable to (541) 963-5259 convey title, the Pur- within four months after chaser at the sale shall the f i rs t p u b l ication be entitled only to a redate of this notice or t urn o f t h e mo n i e s they may be barred. paid to th e T r ustee. This shall be the Pur- Published: January 6, 13 chaser's sole and exand 20,2016 clusive remedy. The purchaser shall have Legal No.00044065 no further r e c ourse against th e T r u s t o r, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, th e

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a ry's Agent, o r t h e Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously b een d is c h a r g e d through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise

t he n o t e ho ld e r s nght's against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting o n y our credit record may be submitted to a c r edit r eport agency if y o u fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Without limiting the trustee's disclaimer of representations o r w a r r a nties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in t his notice that some residential p roperty sold a t a trustee's sale may h ave been used i n manufacturing methamphetamines, the c hemical com p o nents of w hich are known to be t o xic. Prospective purchasers o f r e s i d ential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee's sale.

N OTICE T O T E N ANTS: TENANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL P ROPERTY H A V E CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AFFFORDED TO THEM U N D ER O RS 8 5 .782 A N D POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATT ACHED TO T H I S NOTICE OF S ALE, A ND INC O R P O RATED HEREIN, IS A N OTICE T O T E N ANTS THAT S ETS F ORTH SOM E O F THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE S U BJECT REAL P R O PERTY AND WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIRMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TEN-

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Woman still angry at family for ignoring childhood trauma

'Itgetsmemad' —OlIama actsaloneonguncontrol

DEAR ABBY At the age of 15 I was raped long time. She was my best friend in high by my ftrst boyfriend. It's how I lost my virschool and my maid ofhonor when Igot married. She and her husband have an open ginity. Shortly afterward, I became severely depressed and bulimic. I blocked my trauma rela6onship and invite other women into until 11 years later, when I had a flashback. their bedroom. Several years ago, when my Isoughtouta therapistand have been seehusband and I were struggling they asked me ing him for the past six months. ifI wanted tojoin them. I declined in favor of I feel so much resentment and anger toward working on my marriage. After that, tuliaand my family for not having helped me through I drifted apart and we spoke only rarely. Our children go to the this difftcult time. They didn't know about the rape, but they same school now, so we have DEAR reconnectedand Irealizehow knew about my eating disorder, and I'msurethey must have ABBY much I have missed having her as a close friend. Recently, noticed my depressed mood. They simply looked the other however, tulia's husband, "Jerry," has started making suggestive way, and I was offered no help whatsoever. Iam angry with my mother especiaHy, remarkswhen he'stheonepicking their because shehas always been detached and critidaughter up from school. It makes me really uncomfortable. Ho w do Iask this man to cal ofme. I'm afraid to tell her what happened for fear ofbeing blamed. She has now been stop without losing tulias friendship again? diqymed with cancer, and I'm afruid she7l die Iseethem every day now,and I'd hatefor before Iget the courage to tell her. Whatcan Ido? there to be bitterness between us. — ANGRYIN CALIFORNIA — NOT INTERESTED THAT WAY DEARANGRY: It might be helpful to DEAR NOT INTERESTED: Tell Jerry look more carefully at the reasons why you that his comments are making you uncomare angry with your family. It's unfair to fortable and to cut it out. Point out that while blame them for not recognizing something you andyour husband are notjudgmental they were never told. It is not uncommon about their lifestyle, you are not interested in for teenagers to withdraw to some extent in being more than good platonic friends. order to establish their own identities, apart from their parents. Your parents may have DEARABBY:My daughterin-law, "Eden,"is thought that was what you were doing. married to my daughter. Eden is now pregnant As to your eating disorder, I remember a via art717cial, insemi nation. I will never meet the time in the not-too-distant past when little donorand know almost nothing about him. was known about anorexia and bulimia. It Could this be why I don't have the enthusiasm wasn't until after the death of recording art- for this pregnaruy that Ishould have, since the ist Karen Carpenter that media attention baby will be my ftrstgrandchild? focused on how serious and life-threatening I feel guilty that I'm not excited. I'm wondering ifit's because there is no blood an eatingdisorder could be. This is not to excuse your mother for connection, but neither would there befi the her inability to be the parent you needed baby were adopted. Eden is due in a month. while growing up. It's important that you We live close by, and I need to generate some work with your therapist on how to talk to enthusiasm. Any suggestions? her about all of your feelings. It shouldn't — GRANDMA-IN-WAITING DEAR GRANDMA: Yes. Start by doing be done in an accusatory manner, and you should have no fear ofbeing blamed for your all the things you would if you were excited rape. It wasn't your fault that you were aboutthisgrandchild.Be asparticipatory as your daughter and daughter-in-law will assaulted, and no one should be able to make you feel guilty for having been a allow. If you do, while I can't guarantee that victim — not even your mother — who, I am you will feel a bond with the baby, your chances of forming one will be greater. And sure, will be shocked by your revelation. please stop feeling guilty. Relationships take DEARABBY: I have known "tulia" for a time to build, and this is no exception.

By Josh Lederman WASHINGTON — Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push Tuesday to tighten sales of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of tougher gun restric tions thatCongress has refused to pass. The president struck a combative tone as he came out with plans for expanded background checks and other modest measures that have drawn consternation from gun rights groups, which Obama accused of making Congress their hostage. Palpable,too,was Obama's extreme frustration at having made such littl e progress on gun control since the killing of 20 firstgraders in Connecticut confronted the nation more than three years ago. "First-graders," Obama said woefully, resting his chin on his hand and wiping away tearsas herecalled the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School."Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad." Obama's 10-point plan to keep guns from those who shouldn't have them marked a concession by the president: He'll leave office without securing the new gun control laws he's repeatedly and desperatelyimplored Congress to pass. Although Obama, acting alone, can take action around the margins, only Congress can enact more sweeping

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that even those who sell just a few weapons at gun shows, flea markets or online can be deemed dealers and required to conduct checks on prospective buyers. Whether that step can make a significant dent in unregulated gun sales is an open question, and one not easily answered. Millions of guns are sold annually in informal settings outside of gun shops, including many through private sales arranged online. But the Obama administration acknowledged it couldn't quantify how many gun sales would be newly subjected to background checks, nor how many currently unregistered gun sellers would have to obtain a license. Easily reversible by a future president, the government's guidance to gun sellers lacks the legal oomph of a new law, such as the one Obama and likeminded lawmakers tried but failed to pass in 2013. The Justice Department said online the guidance "has no regulatory effectand isnotintended to create or confer any rights, privileges, or benefits in any m atter, case,orproceeding." What's more, none of the steps would have probably prevented any of the recent mass shootings that Obama invoked in the East Room: Aurora, Oak Creek, Charleston, Newtown, to name some. But Obama defiantly rejected that critique, dismissing it asthe tired tropeofgun lobbyists who question"why bother trying?"

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