The Observer 01-08-16

INSPORIS

Delanie Kohr paces the Union girls basketball team.

Inside

Studying mule deer habits, I( Young users taking to ads, tIC J

SER~

SN ANO WAE,

IICOUNTIES SINCE 16$6 I I I

I r

I

I

r

I

I

I

I

r

r

I

oint work session finalized

ion topics signed by

List of

r

r

• City, county to meet to tackle library funding

By Dick Mason

comes under fire from other councilors

The Observer

The La Grande City Council wants Union County to provideincreased fundingfor the operation of Cook Memorial Library and is ofFering what may be a painless solution.

The city council is suggesting that Union County provideadditional money for the operationofthe library via an underlevy involving the La Grande Urban Renewal District. If there were an underlevy, a portion of the property tax revenue the Urban Renewal District normally would receive would bedivided among a number of taxing districts, including the City of La Grande, Union County, the La Grande School District and the La Grande Cemetery District. The money would be split based upon property tax ratesofthetaxing entities.

See Session / Page5A

By Kelly Ducote The Observer

Members of the La Grande City Council are defending a document penned and signed by five of the seven councilors after Mayor Steve Clements raisedconcerns that itcould violate state law.

The council had a fairly light agenda at itsregularsession Wednesday night, with the majority of the agenda housekeeping items for the first of the year: the council set its committee assignments and appointed community memberstoadvisory committees.

At the end of the meeting, during council comments, though, Clements brought up the document signed by councilors John Bozarth, Wayne Brown, John Lackey, Troy Pointer and Justin Rock.

"I'm feeling compelled to comment to the council the imperativetorespond to iCity Manager Robert Strope'sl requestforretreattopicsindividually," he said."It's come to my attention that a list of interests and concerns has been put together, agreed tom ore orless in written fashion, by five of the seven councilors."

Clements said he was concerned the document may be a violation of state law and would be in touch with the Department of Justice.

The document, obtained by The Observer Thursday, lists nine topics, ranging from job descripti ons forcity em ployees to looking at a library district and thecity'sauditprocedure, that the councilors would like to discuss at their council retreat, now scheduled for Feb. 1.

At the beginning of each calendar year, Strope sends a request for councilors and stafF to share topics they want to

Le G<rrlnde City Ceuneil rsc ont eu ' es

'

i

A document signed by five of La Grande's seven city councilors looks at nine topics for discussion at the council's retreat, coming up Feb. 1, during which time the council will set its priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.

Councilors who signed the document have said the contents within are simply ideas for discussion by the entire council. Below are excerpts of the document.

I

JOBS "Our performance level of employees could be improved with job descriptions that represent current needs in our transitioning technological environment. Accessing the current skill levels relative to performance will give a better evaluation of performance level and would positively impact advancement.

This drill would convey to the employees the requirements for advancement and stimulate the need to stay current in their job and field of endeavor. This would be most helpful in the finance, library and building departments."

MOTTO FOR PUBLIC NEEDS "It would be helpful to encourage staff to take the approach of r Yes, we can,' rather than 'no we can't.' Even though we have the responsibility to enforce regulations, our more positive approach may lessen the impact of a decisionwhen conveyed to the public."

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT "We have hired a skilled and positive minded person for this job.

Giving her a free hand to work within the general outlines of her responsibility will create a more creative and effective approach to development."

AUDIT REPORT PROCEDURE "The correct procedure for the audit report from the Auditing Firm would be, first, for the auditing firm to make a direct report to the Audit Committee and/or the City Council, then the City Manager and on to the appropriate departments as needed to correct discrepancies.

It would be helpful to have a work session to discuss accounting to include personnel, software, internal controls, and the preparation for documents for audit. It makes no sense to hire an auditor to prepare the work that they audit. It defeats the whole intent of the audit process..."

NEW LOAN PROGRAM (URA) "It would be helpful to have a work session to outline the new program requirements to determine if they will accomplish the original intent of the program.

We need to be sure we are all on the same page in regard to this program."

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT "We need to review our HR directives.

Specifically, we need to have a compulsory retirement age. We need to see that all personnel in each department have access to continued education to maintain a high level of performance. We need to rewrite job descriptions to keep up with technology and the ever changing requirements of an employer. We need to question the promotion to a higher wage based upon performance and not just time on the job.

We will not attain a high level of performance, across the board without having improved skills."

See Council / Page5A s o u rce: city of La Grande

LIBRARY "It would be helpful to determine if there are Library Districts formed throughout the State. A combined City/County effort to support a separate district would take the burden off the City and positively improve our City budget deficit. We still need to look at alternatives to resolve the disproportionate funding of the library."

Candidates dip into campaign season • Commissioner hopefuls share with Union County Republicans

By Kelly Ducote

BUDGET "The budget process and audit would be better served and easier to track if the City and urban Renewal District funds were not co-mingled...."

The Observer

County commissioner candidatesare already on the campaign trail ahead of the May primary.

On Wednesday, several spoke briefly to the Union CountyRepubGillis lic a ns, offering a glimpse into debates to come.

Ca didates Charlie Gillis and Troy Pointer and

Dorothy Kautz/Tfie Observer

WII.III.IFEREFIGEOCCIIPIEII NHLRBIRNS

Jerry Mayes helping Bums-area students stay calm • Former La Grande educatorprincipalat Hines Middle School

By Dick Mason The Observer

BURNS — The undercurrent of tension and concern is undeniable.

Still, Burns-area educator Jerry Mayes believes that a return

to a sense of normalcy on the education front will be possible Monday.

Mayes, who worked as an educator in Union County for 31 years through 2014, is the principal of Hines Middle School in Hines, two miles southwest of Burns. HMS and all other schools in the Harney County School District have been closed this week because of security

INDEX Calendar........7A Classified.......1B Comics........... 5B Crossword.....2B Dear Abby .....6B

WE A T H E R Health ............6C Outdoors .......1C

Horoscope.....za Record ...........3A Lottery............2A Spiritual Life..6A Obituaries......3A Sports ............SA Opinion..........4A Television ......3C

ON Y •000

0

comfortable and prevent them concerns caused by the militia from becoming anxious. standofF at the Malheur Na''We will not be doing anytional Wildlife Refuge, 25 miles thing difFerent. Middle school southeast of Burns.

Classes in the Harney County students have wild imaginaSchool District are set to resume tions. We want to keep their feet Monday even though it does firmlyplanted on the ground," not appear the standofF will end Mayes said. anytime soon.

The principal said there Mayes plans to have his will be a police presence at his school operating in routine fash- school, with officers either in ion to help students feel more See Mayes / Page 5A

Mostlycloudy

i~'~~

Sa t urday >i>i<

Sunday

~

35 / 2 3 ~

36/16

Partly sunny

Partly sunny

A FAVORITERIBEYESTEAK RECIPE •000

in c u mbent

Mark Davidson each had just a few minutes at the meeting to share his platform.

Pointer Gilli s said he wants to "pay Union County back for all its blessings."

"I've lived here 35 years, See Season / Page5A

The ongoing occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters shows no signs of ending anytime soon.

Page 2A

CONTACT US

F ull forecast onthe backof B section

Friday 19 rorN

Davidson

Inside

541-963-3161 Issue 4 3 sections, 24 pages La Grande, Oregon

Email story ideas to newsC~lagrande observer.com.

More contact info on Page 4A.

•

•

ft

I

•

51 1 53 0 0 1 00

I

•000

6

2A — THE OBSERVER

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

LOCAL

Oregon ranks low in education

DArLY PLANNER TODAY Today is Friday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2016.

There are 358 days left in the year.

• Flattestscores, low funding, growing disparities to blame for poor showing

iI I

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT On Jan. 8,1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition.

ON THIS DATE In 1790, President George Washington delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress in New York.

In 1863, America's First Transcontinental Railroad had its beginnings as California Gov. Leland Stanford broke ground for the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento. (The transcontinental railroad was completed in Promontory, Utah, in May 1869.)

In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an "unconditional war on poverty inAmerica."

In1975, Judge John J. Sirica ordered the early release from prison of Watergate figures John W. Dean III, Herbert W. Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder.

Democrat Ella Grasso was sworn in as Connecticut's first female governor.

In 1982, American Telephone andTelegraph settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell Systemcompanies.

LOTTERY Megabucks: $5.5 million

7-28-30-31-34-37 Mega Millions: $'r65 million

1-4-36-48-57-13-x5 Powerball: $700 million

2-11-47-62-63-17-x3 W in for Life: Jan. 6

1-18-58-74 Pick 4: Jan. 7 • 'r p. m.: 6-7-8-0 • 4 p. m.: 9-8-'r-4 • 7 p. m.: 6-4-3-2 • 'rop.m .: 8-9-9-5 Pick4: Jan. 6 • 'r p.m.: 3-6-'r-'r • 4 p.m.: 9-4-6-0 • 7 p.m.: 6-3-3-7 • 'rop.m.: 0-3-0-7

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

GRAIN REPORT Soft white wheatJanuary, $5.39; February, $5.42; March, $5.45 Hard red winterJanuary, $5.70; February, $5.70; March, $5.72 Dark northern springJanuary, $6.22; February, $6.27; March, $6.32 — Bids provided hy Island City Grain Co.

QUOTE OFTHE DAY "Anxiety never yet successfully bridged over any chasm."

— Giovanni Ruffini, Italianwriter

By Betsy Hammond The Oregonian .I '?"'.

Beth NakamurarTheOregonian

Harney County Sheriff DaveWard meets withAmmon Bundy at a remote location outside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday near Burns. Three Oregon sheriffs metThursday with the leader of an armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge and asked them to leave, after residents made it clear they wanted them to go home. Ward said via Twitter that he asked Bundy to respect the wishes of residents. Ward said the two sides planned to talk again today.

continues in Harne

un

• Despite meeting with sheriA; governor's request, militants remain at refuge

By Dylan J. Darling

Occupation in Oregon wildlife refuge

accountable."

Throughout the day, the militants, many of whom are BURNS — The ongoing armed, shrugged off quesoccupation of the Malheur tions about Harney County National Wildlife Refuge residents wanting them to headquarters shows no signs of ending anytime soon. leave.

M • r Va t i o nar Ammon Bundy, a leader During a meeting e. of the occupation, briefly left Wednesday night in Burns, the headquarters Thursday many of the 30 county resiafternoon to meet with HarBurrrs dents who spoke said they ney County Sheriff David would like to see Bundy, who hails from Nevada, and his Ward. The two talked at a Malheur National bunch go. The group calls country crossroads about Wildlife Refuge 13 miles from the federal itself"Citizens for ConstituIDAHO refuge buildings that Bundy tional Freedom."

Steen Moun in Ryan Bundy, Ammon's and a band of militants Cooperative Man gement seized Saturday. brother, isalso leading theocand Protection rea or and Bundy addressed a horde cupation. He said he did not Salem I of national and international go to the meeting in Burns, F OREGON m ediaaround awarming fi re but he heard reports about the two-hour town hall. He at the entrance to the refuge NEVADA 50 miles shortly after his encounter said the reports indicated Source Department of the Intenor, Department of Justice, TNS contnbutore Graphic Tnbune News Service with Ward. He said the goal there was not a clear sentiof the occupation is to have tomorrow," tweeted the Har- occupation. ment for them to leave and "To members of the Burns for the occupation to end. thefederalgovernment pass ney County SherifFs 0$ce "I took it as a split deciPaiutetribe and residents of oversight of the lands it man- shortly after the meeting sion" Ryan Bundy said. ages in Harney County to Thursday."Sherif fW ard Harney County who seek a calledon them for a peaceful return to normal life: I hear Earlier Thursday, he the county.

"They need to be returned resolution." you, and I agree that what granted an interview reAlso Thursday the office back to the people,"hesaid. startedas apeacefuland quest to perhaps the youngest member of the media It was the first time Ward tweeted: "Sheriff Ward asks legalprotesthasbecome and Bundy, whose father, Ammon Bundy to please unlawful," Brown said in covering the occupation.

ClivenBundy,earned fame Monte Kingen, a sixth-gradleaveand respectthewishes a preparedstatement."It through a standoff with of Harney County resiwas insti gated by outsiders er,took notesfora story set the federal government in dents." whose tactics we Oregonians to appearin theFields Like Ward's meeting and don't agree with. Those Elementary School paper, Nevada in 2014 over grazing individuals illegally occupy- the Desert Rat. Kingen, issues, had met face-to-face socialmedia message, a during the occupation. They request from Gov. Kate ing the Malheur Wildlife 11, goes to school in Fields, may meet again today.

Brown on Thursday did roughly 90 miles south of Refuge need to decamp "Plans to talk again not trigger the end to the immediately and be held the refuge headquarters.

VVesCom News Service

Armed 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.

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

EOIlgradtotakeoverIlmatilla Co.Fair • Don Slone served 25 years as Harney County Fair director

By Jade McDowell East Oregoninan

HERMISTON — The Umatilla County Fair has a new director.

Don Slone, director of the Harney County Fair for the past25 years,willtakeover management of the Umatilla County Fair starting Feb. 1.

Slone is also the president ofthe Oregon Fairs Association, which county

commissioner Larry Givens said made him an ideal candidate.

"He's got a vast amount of experience not only with the Harney County Fair but with fairs around the state," Givens said.

He said Slone has visited the Umatilla County Fairgrounds and worked with local fair staff in his capacity as president before.

Slone is replacing Peggy Anderson, who announced her resignation in August in ordertotake ajob asfair director in Josephine County, where she grew up.

At the time, the fair board

announced that the position would likely be reduced from full-time to part-time in light of the planned move to the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, where business manager Heather Cannell could take on some duties previously associated with the fair director.

On Thursday Givens saidthe decision touse the current fairgrounds for an additional year means Slone's position will be fulltime for 2016. After that, Givens said, it is undecided exactly what the position will look like while Slone helps the fair transition to

the EOTEC grounds.

Slone is a graduate of Eastern Oregon University.

According to a news release, during his tenure at the Harney County Fair he helped attract 34,000 volunteerhours atthefair.

Givens said Slone is a respectedleader in the county fair world and the county commission and fair board are confident he has the experience necessary to take on the challenges associated with moving the Umatilla County Fair to a new venue in 2017. awe're just excited to have Don with us," he said.

PORTLAND — A new study ranks Oregon No. 38 in public education, based on student achievement, school funding and a broad mix of other factors such as parental employment and the availability of affordable preschool.

The strongest findings, based on rankings by the education news organization Education Week: • Oregon is making little progress or heading in the wrong direction when it comes to raising elementary and middle school reading and math achievement.

Progress for high achievers in math is at a standstill.

• Oregon is allowing low-income students to fall further behind their betteroffcounterparts fasterthan 48 otherstates.Compared to 2003, in 2015 Oregon's lowincome fourth- and eighthgraders were 9 percentage points further behind their more-prosperous peers. Only Washington had a worse increase in the achievement gap separatingthe tw o groups.

• School funding, or rather the lack of it, helps put Oregon in the educational basement. Given each state's grossdomesticproduct, only four states had a lower effectiv etax ratefor K-12 education: Arizona, North Carolina, and North and South Dakota.

• Partly as a result of low taxes for education, Oregon had very few students attending schools that were funded at or above thenational perpupil average. Just 13 percent of Oregon students enjoyed that level of funding, versus 42 percent of students nationally.

Each year, Education Week gradesstatesforthequality of their public schools in a report it calls Quality Counts.

Although the grading methodology has "evolved" from year to year, this year's grades were calculated almostthe same as last year's, said Holly Yettick, director of the Education Week Research Center.

Oregon's overall grade this year was a C-, based on its student achievement (Dl, school finance (C-l and conditionsforsuccess(C l.

As has been the case for many years, Massachusetts was the top-ranking state for education. Nevada ranked lastthisyear.

Washington ranked No. 20.

The Quality Counts rankings closely follow the findings of an in-depth look at school performance by The Oregonian/OregonLive last year.

That investigation also concluded that Oregon ranks No. 38 among states, partly because Oregon lags far behind the national average in classroom spending.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST AULSKA, WASHINGTON,OREGON, IDAHO, MONTANA, UTAH

Mom hasalways been so patient,butnow when I ask her questions she gets angry.

REACH 3 million Pacific Northwesterners withjust One Call!

• PNDC CLASSIFIED - Daily Newspapers 29 newspapers - 1,187,980 circulation Number of words: 25 • Extra word cost: $10 Cost: $540 (Runs 3 consecutive days includingwkds.)

Hssrrrwnsibb

ABRC Resource coene«tion ofOREGON

1-855-ORE-ADRG HalpForAIZ.org

OREGON DEPARTMENT OFHUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM

• 0

•

• PNDN 2x2 DISPLAY - Daily Newspapers

~E}r rm

27 newspapers - 1,016864 circulation Size: 2x2 (3.25"x2") Cost: 1x 2x2: $1,050

541/963-7557 • 800/22H521

Pa

Th

t r a t t o n Agency

la Grande/Elgin• stratton-insuranre.r.om

• 0

•

Nationwide' Is oll pwr slde

More info: CeceliaOcnpa com or call (916) 288-6011

• 0

•

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

BMCC tohost

LOCAL BRIEFING

safetvsummit East Oregonian

Dozens of governmententities and community organizations fmm acmss Eastern Oregon have been invited to the Pendleton Convention Center by Blue Mountain Community College to discuss security.

According to a press release, the upcomingregional safety summit was spurred by the Oct. 1Umpqua Community College shootingin Roseburg.

'That tragedyhit verydose to home for us since UCC is another Oregon community college and many of our staff have colleagues who work them," BMCC President Cam Preus said in a statement. ''We've learned fmm that incident that there is a bigreliance on the community to step forward to pmvide assistance and resources, so BMCC wants to make sure we have those parlnerships in placeahead of time thmughout our district."

BMCC has invited school districts, law enforcement

THE OBSERVER —3A

LOCAL

agencres, emergency personnel, city and county governments, hospitals and health districts, prison personnel and otherinterested partiesfm m across Umatilla, Morrow and Baker counties to the event.

Attendees will hear a speech from Mary Schoenfeldt, a Marysville, Washington, specialist in school system emergency management and crisis response.

At a more local level, Umatilla County Emergency Manager Jack Remillard and Oregon State Police Sgt. Mark Banks will hold a discussion on the 2013 tour bus crash on Cabbage Hill.

After those talks, attendees will break into regionally based groups where officials can identify resources and draftformal safety partnership agreements.

The safety summit be held at from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Pendleton Convention Center.

From stag reports

Catskills hosts farewell show Local band Catskills will play a farewell show at 10 p.m. tonight at the Hideout Saloon, 209 Fir St. An incorrect time was printed in Go! magazine. This is the last show before band member Gregory Rawlins moves to Mexico. There is no cover charge, but donations will be accepted for the ¹FreeAshley legal fund.

Classes offered for drivers old and new There will be an AARP Smart Driver course taught Jan. 23 at Grande Ronde

Hospital. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. The course runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an hour lunch break.

Participants may be eligible for auto insurance discounts.

CallFred Moore at541-9109797forinformation or to Slgrl up.

A Driver Education Class, sponsored by Malheur ESD,

will be offered next month to new drivers in Union County. A sign-up meeting will run from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at Celebration Community Church, 10200 N. McAlister, Island City.

Costfor the courseis$225.

Any student completing and passing the Driver Education Program will not be required to take the driving portion of the test when applying for a driver's license.

For more information contact Topper Schlupe at 541473-4834 or topper.schlupe@ malesd.k12.or.us, or Allison Nunez at 541-473-4833 or allison.nunez@malesd.k12. or.us.

Chamber seeks nominations The Union County Chamber of Commerce is seeking 2015 nominations for the following awards: business of the year, man of the year, woman of the year and educator of the year.

Nominations may be

droppedoffat207 Depot St., La Grande. Winners will be announced at the 82nd annual Chamber Awards Banquet Feb. 25.

Exchange student speaks to group Union County Retired Educators Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday a.m.atBear Mountain Pizza. Guest speaker Selena Edvalson will present"My Exchange Year in Italy."

IC City Council meets Monday night ISLAND CITY — Island City's city council will gather fora regular meeting at 7p.m.Monday, atthe Island City City Hall on

pastor at the Lostine Presbyterian Church for 11-V2 years. He and Kate built Laurence A. Loftus, 84, of Lostine, died their dream log home on Dec. 30, 2015. A celebration oflife will befive acres along the Lostine Loftus River.2008, In Larry began gin at 2 p.m. Jan. 10 at the First Presbyterian Church in La Grande. A fellowship a two-year interim ministry gathering will follow at the Presbyterian at the La Grande First Presbyterian Friendship Center. Arrangements are in Church, commuting three days a week.

Larry loved the Northwest and the care of Bollman Funeral Home.

Known as Larry, he was born April enjoyed hiking, camping and bicycling.

He climbed most of the peaks in Oregon 10, 1931, to Victor and Lulu (Althiser) Loftus in Washington, D.C. When he and Washington and participated in was eight months old, the family moved Century rides and charity rides for the to Mexico City where Victor served in MS Society. He especially loved riding the American Embassy.

Wallowa County roads on his mountain Larry attended the American School bike. Larry also loved flying, fast cars until 1943 when his parents divorced. and motorcycles, traveling and reading.

He and his mother returned to SauLarry was preceded in death by his gerties, New York, where he finished parents, Victor and Lulu. his schooling. Larry graduated with a Survivors include his wife of more bachelor' sdegreefrom Brothers College than 29 years, Kate; children and their in 1953 and started theological school at partners, Jim and Star, Dan and Susan, Drew University.

Laurianne and Keith, Sharon and Vern, Larry married Ruth Bollman in 1954. Kate and Nick, and Robert; former wife, Together they had three children: Jim, Ruth TenEyck; cousins, Harry Loftus Dan and Laurianne. and Russell Teetsell; and seven grandFrom 1956 to 1991 Larry served childrenand one great-granddaughter.

United Methodist churches in western Oregon.He took a sabbaticalfrom 1977 Arthur D. Cheatham to 1981 to open a bicycle shop in SW Union Portland. In 1982 he returned to active 1936-2016 ministry after he and Ruth divorced.

Arthur Duane Cheatham, 79, of He met Katherine"Kate" Oien and they Union and formerly of Elgin, died Jan. married on Aug. 29, 1987.

2 in Portland after a long illness. A Beginning in 1994 Larry served as memorial service will begin at 1 p.m.

Jan. 16 at the First Christian Church in La Grande.

Arthur was born April 9, 1936, to Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Louise Cheatham in his grandparents' home in Castle Rock, Colorado. He attended school in Colorado and Baker City.

After high schoolArthur served in the US.Army National Guard and thenjoined the US.Air Force. After being honorably discharged, he worked for the railroad and then in logging for a fewyears.

In 1961, Arthur married Annette M. Pearce and together they raised two daughters. He worked at the Boise Cascade Plywood Plantin Elgin for 37 years before retiring and moving to Union.

Arthur loved to fish, hunt and travel.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Janith Austin; brother, Michael Cheatham; and nephew, Randy Austin.

Survivors include his wife, Annette; daughters, Julia Musk and Cindi Stawicki; brother, Earl Cheatham, and family; and four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

The Union County SherifFs Office will be offering a Concealed Handgun Class Jan. 23, a Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. at the sherifFS office, 1109 KAve.,

La Grande. Cost is $50 and pre-regis tration isrequired.

For information or to register,call541-963-1017,option 2 anrl 3.

SH O I N T I M E S 5 4 1 -963-3666

lagrandemoviea.com

REVENANT(R) Fri, Mon-Thur: 4:10, 7:30 Sat tr Sun: 1:00, 4:10, 7:30

THE BIG SHORT(R)

www.lagrandeautorepair.com

MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE ACDelcoTSS

I

/

SF5-2888 Joe Horst

Lostine 1931-2015

Pre-registration required for gun class

La GRANDE AUTOREPAIR

OBITUARIES Laurence A. Loftus

Island Avenue. The meeting will include a Union County Sheriff report on the month of December and an update on the progress of the new well project by Dave Wildman of Anderson Perry.

The next council meeting is scheduled for Feb. 8.

Fri, Mon-Thur: 6:50 ONLY Sat tr Sun: 6:50 ONLY

DADDY'S HOME (PG-13) Fri, Mon-Thur: 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 Sat tr Sun: 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20

STAR WARS:THEFORCEIA KEHS(PG-13) Fri, Mon-Thur: 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 Sat tr Sun: 12:45, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25

Make it full of fire!

J.TABOR J EW E L E R S

1913 Main Street

B a L er City

524-1999 M OnJay — SaturJay 9:30 — 5:30 o

Harlan P. Crawford Richard Dick' Gasser

October 14, 1928 — January 1, 2016

Formerly of Enterprise

Richard"Dick" Gasser, 77, formerly of Enterprise, died Dec.28,2015,at his home in Huntington. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Enterprise Cemetery with Bollman Funeral Home officiating.

In my Father's House are many mansions, I go there to prepare a place for you, so that where I am you will be also

(John 14).

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested: Angella Farrell Thamert,38, Elgin, was arrested Wednesday by the La Grande Police on a Union County warrant charging order to show cause connected to original charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree theft, second-degree criminal mischief, second-degree criminal trespass, first-degree burglary and unlawful possession of meth.

Arrested: Shannon Marie Burke, 29, unknown address, was arrestedWednesday on three Umatilla county warrants charging: 1) failure to appear on original charges of possession of schedule 2 substance; 2) failure to appear on an original charge of harassment and 3) failure to appear on an original charge of possessionofa schedule 3 substance. Burke was additionally charged with second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree theft and giving false information to a police officer.

Arrested: Terry Allen Higgins,39,La Grande,was arrestedThursday on charges of first-degree trespass, resisting a rrest, seco nd-deg ree di so rderly conduct, third-degree disorderly conduct, third-degree attempted escape, first-degree burglary and second-degree theft.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Chad James Luttrell,44, unknown address, was arrestedWednesday by Malheur County on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of driving while suspended (misdemeanor).

Arrested: Matthew Allen Christensen,35, unknown address, was arrested Wednesday while lodged in the Powder River Correctional Facility in Baker City on a Union County warrant charging supplying contraband and unlawful possession of meth.

Arrested: Chad Robert Payant,

BroC(eR |ttaSSl I

ggLL gODAV'

www.thunderrv.com Dan & Moneta Owners

888-532-3422 541-962-2975 10401 S. Walton Rd. La Grande

• 0

•

S erving Union,BakerI W alowaCounties

GlasSmith 877-963-0474 • 541-963-0474

36, unknown address, was arrestedWednesday bythePendleton Police Department on two Union Countywarrants charging: 1) failure to appear on original charges of felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm and 2) failure to appear on an original charge of driving while suspended (misdemeanor).

Arrested: CodyThomas Hendren, 24, unknown address, was a rrested Wednesday by Mo rrow County on a Union County warrant charging criminal possession of leased personal property.

Arrested: Amber Darlene Garcia, 33, unknown address, was arrestedThursday on a

Union County Parole and Probation warrant charging probation violation on an original charge of possession of meth.

Disturbance: A report of possible gunshots in the are of N. 15th Avenue in Elgin was determined to be fireworks.

Cited: Matthew Peter Stiles, 31, unknown address, was cited Thursday on lieu of lodging on charge of third-degree theft.

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE Crews responded to eight medicalcallsWednesday and eight medical calls Thursday.

Cynthia "Cyndy" Louise Fox January 8, 1971 — December 30, 2015 Cynthia"Cyndy" Louise Fox, 44 of La Grande, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at her residence.

Cyndy was born January 8, 1971 in Heidelberg Germany to Scott and Marda (Petersen) Fox. She resided in La Grande and graduated from La Grande High School. She later attended Eastern Oregon University.

Cyndy enjoyed spending time with her son and daughter, her grandchildren and nieces and nephews and many friends. She also enjoyed reading and watching movies.

Cyndy is survived by her children; Kody Fox and Katy Fox (Roman) both of La Grande; sister, Charlotte (Charlil Fox Lewis and her husband David of Dassel MN; 2 grandchildren, Dimitri, and Jace; 10 nieces and nephews, Kelsey, Samantha, Kindra, Nona, Myles, Trever, Kyle, Deven, Ardell and Everett; aunts and uncles, Debra and Steve Price of Florence, OR, Candice and Dan Cole of Portland, OR, Dorothy and Rick Ambert of La Grande, OR; cousins, Sara, Thomas, Lynea, Victor, Christian, Emmit, Alli and Charlie. She was preceded in death by her father Skip Fox and grandparents, Charles and Kathy Fox. Online condolences may be made to the family at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com.

Harlan P. Crawford, 87 of Ontario passed peacefullyto heaven on Friday, January I, 2016.

He was at home with his family by his side. Harlan was born on October 14, 1928. Harlan was the youngest of 8 children born to W ate and Mabel Crawford of fone, Oregon. He was raised on a dry land wheat and cattle ranch that his Mother and Father homesteaded 12 miles north of fone. His father farmed with teams of horses. As long as anyone can remember - Harlan was always farming. He attended and graduated from fone High School in 1947. All of his life Harlan enjoyed sports, playing baseball on the city league as a teenager and on a semi-pro team in Pendleton, Oregon. He often worked the chain for high school football games. Harlan manied Ingrid Luise Hermann of fone, Oregon on May 10, 1953. To that union, five children were born. Harlan served in the Army, honorablydischarged on May 20, 1955.He and his wife farmed in Morrow county, Union county, Harney county (including the Malheur wildlife refuge) and finally in Malheur county where they raised wheat, cattle and hay for 39 years.

His family continues the farming and ranching business.

Extended Crawford family history is in the book Malheur Country Historical Society Book Volume I. He loved the cattle he raised and was the happiest behind the wheel of a tractor or on the seat of a combine. He realized his lifelong dream -watching what Mother Nature made so pure and simple. He was a member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church, in Ontario, Oregon. He also served on the Annex School board for 8 years. Harlan is preceded in death by brothers; Vern Crawford, Arthur "Sam" Crawford, Rollo Crawford, sisters; M argaret Morgan and Ruth Voorhees. He is survived by his sister Melba Miller (Pendletonl and brother Delmer Crawford (Hermistonl, his wife Ingrid, daughter Tara (San Francisco), son Craig (Ontariol, daughter Tammi (Caldwelll, son Kyle (Nampa), and son Kevin (Spokanel, five grand children and a great granddaughter. We love him and will miss him until we meet again.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all for; the prayers, help and professional and compassionate care given to him.

Memorial services will be a Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.Haren-Wood.com

W ~ Thank YouFor Your Susiness~

• 0

•

• 0

•

THE FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

SERVING UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES SINCE I666

The Observer

OUR VIEW

Q ,&SP~

&RSATHy®W'TyAPgt

r aisi ea

A Tgg~PA95R> GEYT'LN' FyoTLE-FWNT4 A.L.L <VsiE

nnAV C F~vaTIf

eserves su or

4'6 .

In terms of scope, the idea to build a pedestrian and bike trail along more than 60 miles of railroad between Joseph and Elgin is as ambitious as it is prudent. In short, it is one of those local ideas that not only deserves more than a passing glance by area taxpayers but it's also a very good idea.

During the past few years the concept secured attention — not to mention support from this newspaper — and thankfully the idea has not faded away into virtual white noise of daily life in our little piece of the heartland.

At its core, the idea is to meet two crucial goals at once. On one hand, the existing rail line will remain active while on the other hand it will boast a bikepedestrian trail nearby. The rail line and the nearby land is owned by the Wallowa Union Rail Authority.

Whether this visionary project moves forward is now the purview of the Wallowa Union Rail Authority Board.

As always, critical concerns revolve around costs for the project. At least one estimate indicates that more than $15 million will be required to make the project a reality, a price tag the Wallowa Union Rail Authority Board is naturally hesitant to assume.

Equally compelling is the fact that a few individuals with land near the proposed project voiced concern about the project.

The concerns of landowners near the proposed project should not, and cannot, be ignored. However, proactive, viable discussions between the landowners and supporters of the project can, if conducted in a prudent way, most likely alleviate relevant concerns.

The cost of the project can't be ignored either. This project, however, rests on a summit where fundingin the form of grants — can be obtained and utilized to oAset costs. Then there are the economic benefits from such a project. For one, construction of the trail system could— and should — draw upon localfirms, thus pumping money back into the area economy.

The real prize, though, with this concept is the future. Imagine the potential of being able to leverage such a trail system, not only across the state but the West, to attract tourism dollars. Like it or not, tourism and recreation possibilities remain two viable platforms for our area to secure economic prosperity.

Tourism and recreation can never sustain Eastern Oregon's whole economy, but it can, and will, become an economic multiplier for the towns scattered across our piece of the heartland.

What makes this concept stand out is its potential.

Managed correctly, the trail system could become a linchpin in the tourism/recreation arm of the local economy. The vision is there, now all we need to do is find a way to execute the plan.

This idea is a good one and deserves the support of not only this newspaper, but of the larger Eastern Oregon community.

II

P ee

A

fter an armed group drew attention to an Oregon land-use dispute by seizing a building in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, the government's reaction seemed almost low-key. The White House called theprotest"alocallaw enforcement matter" and said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was merely"monitoring the situation and offering support."Although the police haven't revealed much about their plans, it looks as though they're willing to wait out the occupiers rather than charge in with guns blazing.

If so, that's good news for anyone who hopesthissituation can beresolved peacefully. Sadly, not everyone seems to share that hope.

The Internet has been overflowing w ithdemands fortheprotesters'blood.

Search Twitter for"Oregon" and"drone strike" and you11 find tons of people proposing to give the Malheur activists the Anwar al-Awlaki treatment. TV host Montel Williams tweeted that the authorities should"put this down using National Guard with shoot to kill orders."

"I hope they pull a M.O.V.E. on those terrorists in Oregon,"wrote the author Jess Nevins, alluding to a black militant group whose Philadelphia headquarters were bombed by the police in 1985, killing 11 peopleand destroyingdozens ofhomes.

Nevins wasn't the only one to use the word"terrorists."

"Heavilyarmed domesticterrorists have occupied a wildlife preserve in Oregon," military historian Tom Mockaitis wrote in the Hutfington Post. In the Daily Beast, columnist Sally Kohn complainedabout"the federalgovernment's hyper-passive response to such flagrant acts of menacing and threats of domestic terrorism." Former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem, now the hostofapodcastcalled Security Mom, declared on CNN's website that the occupation in Oregon is terrorism "by any definition."

Really? By"any" definition?

The question of what qualifies as terrorism is hotly contested, but the most compelling definitions hinge on whether the perpetratorstargetcivilians.The political philosopher Tony Coady, for example, says terrorism involves "intentionally targeting noncombatants with lethal or severe violence for political purposes," while Peter Simpson, another academic, refers to "acts of indiscriminate violence directed at civilians or

JESSE WALKER SYNDICATEDCQLUMNIST nonhostile personnel."

That &amework would certainly include the Islamic State's slaughter of 130people in Parisin November. It would also include the racist massacre of nine worshipers at a Charleston, S.C., church last summer. But breaking into an unoccupied building?

The occupiers do have guns, and they have said they're willing to use them if the cops come storming in. Yet they have no hostages, they haven't fired at anyone, and if they do fire they will almost certainly not aim at a civilian but at someone professionally charged with removing them from the premises.

You can call that a lot of things, but it's absurd to call it terrorism.

Not everyoneinvoking theT-word has called for a quick assault. Kayyem, for example, noted that time is on the feds' side and that it would be dumb to send in a SWAT team now.

Nonetheless, the word's general effect is to inflame emotions. There's a reason it has beenapplied to everyone fiom hackers to non-violent environmentalists.

Ifthere'salegitim atefiustration beneath the boiling rhetoric, it's that a double standard is at work. Countless commentators have contrasted the government's cautious response to the Oregon occupation with the quick-draw cop in Cleveland who shot Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who had been playing with a toy gun in a city park. And indeed, Tamir suffered an abominable injustice, as have many other victims of excessive police force, fiom Eric Garner to Walter Scott. When the point of the comparison is to wish the police would use care and caution more often, the tweeters are absolutely right. But when the point is to complain that the government isn't moving more swiflly in Oregon, they're absolutely wrong. The killing of Tamir Rice shouldn't be a model for anyone.

Conflicts like this are haunted by the 1990s sieges in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, where the feds' con&ontational tactics had lethal consequences.

After those disasters, the government changed its strategy. In 1996, for instance, Attorney General Janet Reno was more restrained against a Montana group called the Freemen, announcing the FBI

HE BSERVER541-963-3161 Phone:

NEWSSTAND PRICE: $1.00 Youcansave upto 34% offthe single-copy pnce with home delivery.

Call 541-963-3161 to subscnbe.

Stopped account balances less than $5 w>ll be refunded upon request. $8.50 $9.50 ..$14 ..$14 ..$15

A division of

Western Communications Inc.

•

.iAv.

6~

.

Write to us LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR The Observer welcomes letters to the editor. Letters are limited to 350words and must be signed and carry the author's address and phone number (for verification purposes only).

We edit letters for brevity, grammar, taste and legal reasons.

We will not publish poetry, consumer complaints against businesses or personal attacks against private individuals. Thankyou letters are discouraged.

Letter writers are limited to one letter every two weeks.

Email your letters to news@ lagrandeobserver.com or mail them to La Grande Observer,1406 5th St., La Grande, Ore., 97850.

MY VOICE M y Voice columns should be 500 words. Submissions should include a portrait-type photograph of the author. Authors also should include their full name, age, occupation and relevant organizational memberships.

We edit submissions for brevity, grammar, taste and legal reasons.

We reject those published elsewhere.

Send columnstoLaGrande Observer, 1406 5th St., La Grande, Ore., 97850, fax them to 541-9637804 or email them to acutler@ lagrandeobserver.com. wanted"no armed confiontation, no siege, no armed perimeter and no use of military assault-type tactics or equipment." iThere's a good chance she didn't just have the Freemen's potential for violence on her mind: Militia leaders around the country had declared that they'd intervene if theyfeltthefedsstepped overthe line, turning a local conflict into a larger one.) The incident ended peacefully.

If the authorities are looking to their Freemen playbook now, it's a sign they remember some of the lessons of the 1990s. Not everyone can say the same.

Jesse Walker, the books editor at Reason magazine, is the author of"The United States of Paranoia," a history ofAmerican conspiracy theories. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

STAFF

SUBSCRIBE ANDSAVE

• 0

aw

OW

Are the Oregon occupiers 'terrorists'?

SUBSCRIPTIONINFORMATION

Subscription rates per month: By carner By motor carner By ma>l, Un>onCounty By ma>l,Wallowa County By ma>l, all other U.S

~/ $

~~>~ ~e. ~ ~

An independent newspaperfoundedin 1896

(USPS 299-260) The Observer reserves the nght to adIust subscnPt>on rates by g>v>ngprepa>dand ma>lsubscnbers 30 days not>ce. Penod>calspostage pa>dat La Grande, Oregon 97850. Publ>shed Mondays, Wednesdays and Fr>days (except Dec. 25) byWestern Commun>cat>ons lnc., 1406 F>fth St., La Grande, OR97850 (USPS299-260)

Toll free (Oregon): 1-800-422-3110 Fax: 541-963-7804 Email: news©lagrandeobserver.com Website: www.lagrandeobserver.com Streetaddress: 1406 F>fth St., La Grande

POSTMASTER COPYRIGHT ©2015 THE OBSERVER The Observer retains ownership and copynght protection of all staff-prepared news copy, advertising copy, photos and news or ad illustrations. They may not be reproduced without explicit pnor approval.

Sendaddresschangesto: The Observer, 1406 F>fthSt. La Grande, OR97850 Periodicalspostagepaid at La Grande, Oregon 97850

• 0

•

Regional publisher........................... Kari Borgen Circulation district manager...... ZaqMendenhall Publisher/editor............................Andrew Cutler Customerservice rep .................Cindie Crumley General manager/ Multimedia advertising rep...... BrantMcWiliams Regional operations director.......Frank Everidge Advertising representative...................Kelli Craft Circulation director................Carolyn Thompson Advertising representative..................KarenFye Regional advertising director.... Karrine Brogoitti Graphic designersupervisor........ Dorothy Kautz Office manager.........................Tracy Robertson Graphic designer.......................Cheryl Christian Assistant editor............................... Kelly Ducote Lead pressman....................................... TCHull Sports editor................................. JoshBenham Pressman......................................... Chris Dunn Sports writer/outdoor editor ........... RonaldBond Special sections editor...................... EmilyAdair Pressman.......................................Dino Herrera Reporter........................................... Dick Mason Distribution centersupervisor............. JonSilver Reporter/photographer...........Cherise Kaechele Distribution center........................Terry Everidge Multimedia editor............................. TimMustoe Distribution center............................ LarraCutler Classifieds .........................................Erica Perin Distribution center.......................... Sally Neaves Circulation acct. rep......................oavid Barcala Distribution center.......................Jen Gentleman Circulation Assistant............... Desiree Kaufman Distribution center.....

• 0

•

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

SEASON

fight to preserve the Second Amendment to bear arms.

"Protecting the Second Continued from Page1A Amendment is my passion, and I've been lucky every sec- preservingthe laws ourforeond I've been here," said Gilfathers knew would be vital lis, who came to La Grande to our existence as humans and worked as a waiter and as a nation," he said. before becoming a nurse and Incumbent Davidson was latera nurse practitioner.He the last to speak and emphalater went to law school, and sized his experience working has run his law firm for the on forest collaborativesand on past six years. economic development issues.

As someone who worked in Under his tenure, he said, public health, he said health the county has completed business expansion and care will be a priority.

He noted projects such as retention surveys and is workRails with Trails, BufFalo ing on business recruitment.

Peak Golf Course and the Citing Boise Cascade as an Liberty Theatre as important example, he noted that the things moving the county county has secured a $1 milforward. lion appropriation for infraGillis said that although he structure improvements at has never served as a county Baum Industrial Park, where commissioner, he looks forDavidson hopes to locate new businesses that complement ward to the challenge.

"I love a learning curve," Boise Cascade. eWe've been actively workhe said.

Pointer, who co-owns an ing with them to recruit their A/C and heating business, customers," he said.

Davidson also pointed to serves as a reserve deputy for the Union County SherifFs his work on the Umatilla and Office and sits on the Wallowa-Whitman forest La Grande City Council, said collaboratives, for which decihis focus is on transparency. sions on projects such as the He said he will also fight for East Face and Lower Joseph Creek are expected soon. access to federally controlled land and for states'rights to In the works, he said, is a grant that would fund a determine who has access to local roads and land use. water resources assessment Pointer critiqued the of the Grande Ronde River.

Natural resources, Davidcounty's exploration of a new son said, are the "foundation public relations position in terms of fiscal responsibility. of our economy here."

"PR is an essential part Fred Hawkins, of the Union County Republicans, said canof a commissioner's job," he didateGeorge Mead — and said."And all the commissionersshould becomfortable any others who file — will be talking to the press." featured at the Republicans' Pointer also said he would meeting next month.

COUNCIL

Clements declined to comment further on the matter Thursday, and Strope was Continued from Page 5A unavailable for comment by discuss at the retreat, which press time. is the council's time to set Lillard said Thursday he its priorities for the coming will be relieved if there is no fiscal year. violation found, as that was his primary concern.

At Wednesday night's "It is incumbent upon all meeting, Clements said that Strope reminds them city councilors not only to follow the letter of the law, but not to hit"reply all" and instead to respond individuto be cognizant ofhow our ally"because there are some actionscould beperceived by rules to public discussions for the public," he said.eWedo not need a return to backcouncilors, even in email." room politics where decisions Councilor Gary Lillard called the document"diviand proposals are made by sive"and voiced frustration aselectfew in private,or to in few words. have citizens believing that is "I am furious," he said at what is happening." the meeting.

In other news, Strope on Lackey and Bozarth, who Wednesday told the council gotintoa sortofback-andthat the city has entered the forth with Clements Wednessemifinal stages for the hirday night, said Thursday they ing of a new fire chief. Chief stand by the list of retreat top- Bruce Weimer retired in the ics and don't believe it violated fall. Strope said interview any public meeting laws. panels were taking place "I personally went to each Thursday and Friday.

The council also decided to councilor one-on-one," Bozarth said, noting that there shift the timeline for its retreat were never more than two and Fiscal Committee back councilors present. to accommodate a joint work Lackey said the topics out- session with Union County lined in the document do not Commissioners, which will representpoliciesbutrather take place Jan. 19. The Fiscal Committee is slated to recontopicsfordiscussion forthe entire council. vene Jan. 20in preparation for 'These are some of our a Jan. 27 town hall meeting, to opinions. It's not a direcbe held at La Grande Middle tive," he said, adding that School. The committee will they felt that the document meet again Jan. 28 to formuwould show more emphasis if late arecommendation for signed by multiple councilors. the city council, ahead of the A request for comment sent retreat, now scheduled for Feb. 1 and, if needed, Feb.2.A to the Department of Justice regular session of the council is was not returned Thursday. City officials, who said scheduled Feb.3. they would handle the DOJ inquiry, had not heard back from the DOJ by press time.

Make your financial future a priority.

Gary FAnger,AAMS® Financial Advisor

Edwardjones' MAKING SENSE OFINVESTING Member SIPC

•

'4-

Continued ~om Page1A the building or patrolling outside.

Mayes and his stafF are now determining whether students will be permitted to go outdoors during recess next week.

Hines Middle School has 192 students in grades six through eight.

The Burns area has changed dramatically since Saturday when the militia began its standofF at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In a short periodoftime ,many federaland state law enforcement officials moved into the Harney County School District's office building. According to Mayes, the building about the size of three-story Union High School is now packed with law enforcement officials. Marilyn McBride, superintendent of the Harney County School District, is one of the only school district employees allowed to enter the building, Mayes said.

A cyclone fence has been placed around the perimeter of the school district office building. Standing outside the fence on constant alert are members of the media, including those with television news crews.

'They are camping out there," said Mayes.

The militia members are protesting the federal government's treatment of Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven Hammond, of the Burns area. The two were convicted in 2012 of arson. Steven served one year in prison and Dwight served three months.

A court recently ruled that the Hammonds did not serve long enough in prisonand both reportedto afederal prison in California on Monday. Dwight could be in prison up to almost five years, and Steven could be incarceratedfor almost fouryears.

"Many people think they got a raw deal," Mayes said.

He stressed, though, that none of the ranchers he has heard speak about the issue condone the standofF.

I

-'P%04J

'

1

Observer file photo

Jerry Mayes, a former educator in La Grande, is in his second year as the principal of Hines Middle School. He worked in the La Grande School District for 20 years as a middle and high school science teacher and administrator. Schools in the Harney County School District have been closed this week because of security concerns caused by the militia standoff at the Malheur NationalWildlife Refuge, 25 miles southeast of Burns.

"They want it to be addressed peacefully and legally," Mayes said.'They do not think people should go beyond the law."

Mayes is in his second year as the principal of Hines Middle School. He worked in the La Grande School Districtfor 20yearsasa m iddle and high school science teacher and administrator and taught at Union High School for 11yearsbeforejoining the La Grande School District.

Today, Mayes lives in a rental in Hines, but he and his wife, Suzy, the principal of Central Elementary School in La Grande, still have a home here.

Jerry Mayes returns to La Grande abouttwo weekends a month during the school year and stays here during school breaks.

Mayes applauds the decision made

by Superintendent McBride to close school this week in the Harney County School District because of the militia standofF. "Under the circumstances, it is better to be on the side of caution than to assume everything is fine. It is better to be safe than sorry," Mayes said.

Mayes plans to do everything he can next week to allay any fears students may have.

"I want them to know that they are safe. The whole purpose of school is to provide students with a safe environment for learning," Mayes said.

Contact Dick Mason at 541-786-5386 or dmason C lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Dick on Twitter C IgoMason.

What isan underlevy?

To understand how an underlevy involving the La Grande Urban Renewal District would work, one first must understand how the district is funded.

The La Grande Urban Renewal District is funded based on how much the assessed value of the property in the district has increased since 1999.

Local property owners pay taxes on the assessed value. This assessed value is now $80.3 million, which will generate $1.394 million in tax revenue in the 2015-16 fiscal year.

If there is an underlevy, the Urban Renewal District would receive tax revenue as if it had a lower assessed

SESSION

value, which would mean that the URD would receive less than $1.394 million.

The difference — the amount lower than the full amount of tax revenue the URD would have received — would go to Union County taxing districts including the City of La Grande, Union County, the La Grande School District and the La Grande Cemetery District.

The revenue would be distributed based on the levy rates of the taxing districts.

La Grande City Manager Robert Strope noted if there is an underlevy, local property owners will continue to paythesame amount.The diff erence

Cook Memorial Library," Clements wrote.

Union County CommisContinued ~om Pcge1A sioner Steve McClure said The underlevy proposal he looks forward to hearing will be discussed at a the LaGrande City Council's proposal.

Jan. 19 work session at"It is a perfectly legitimate tended by the La Grande City Council and the Union request. We will look at it," County Board of CommisMcClure said. sioners. The work session, Clements said the city open to the public, will start currently receives $20,000 at 6 p.m. in the Misener ayearfrom Union County.

Room of the Chaplin BuildIn his letter, he wrote this amount is appreciated but ing, 1001 Fourth St. La Grande Mayor Steve more money from the county Clements sent a letter to w ould be very helpful. the Union County Board of The mayor said although Commissioners on Tuesday the city does not have the explaining the reason for the ability to track how many meeting.

Union County residents use "The purpose of the joint the li brary compared to city work session is to discuss residents, city officials are the possibility of the County confident that at least 20 providingincreased fundpercentofthelibrary users ing for the operation of the are not La Grande residents.

F. Maxine and Thomas W. It stands to reason, then,

is that fewer of their tax dollars would go to the Urban Renewal District and more of these dollars would go to the City of La Grande, Union County and other taxing districts.

The La Grande City Council, at its Jan. 19 work session with the Union County Board of Commissioners, will discuss the possibility of dedicating a portion of the extra dollars it would receive via an underlevy to help pay for the operation of Cook Memorial Library, according to Mayor Steve Clements.

— Dick Mason, The Observer

that the county should contribute more funds to the library.

According to Clements, the library's average operatingbudgetis about

$500,000, and he suggests that the county should contribute $100,000 a year, about20 percent ofthe

the county did agree to contribute this amountit would be"ideal and wonderful."

Plans have been made to have Union County Assessor Linda Hill give a presentation at the work session to explain what an underlevy 1s.

eWe wanted to get budget. everyone on the same page Clements said on Thursso everyone knows how an day that the 20 percent figure underlevy works," Clements is not a request, but he said if sald.

Quilt Therapy closing business sale.

I have a lot of items for sale in the classroom too.

Those are priced as marked.

Everything goes! Shelves, rulers, select sewing machines, Q@g~ i t ems I used for decorating... everything!

74cf tpp

1107 Washington Ave 541-663-1817

Deanna (Durbin) Frye • 10 . 31.1952 — 12.20.2015 Alfred Sr. and Family would like to thank all the relatives and friends who gathered with us, or were with us in spirit, to celebrate the life of Deanna Frye on January 2nd, 2016.

Deanna was a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother and a friend that touched many lives throughout her life which was evident in the personal memories that were shared by those attending the service and those who called or wrote to express their personal condolences. It was wonderful to hear those precious moments and we will treasure them forever.

We want to express our gratitude to our neighbors and all of those who have called, sent cards, flowers, gifts and food. Your love and support have meant a lot to us during this difficult time.

We would like to extend a sincere heartfelt special thanks to the employees and management teams at Bi-Mart, the doctors and nurses at the Grande Ronde Hospital, the doctors and nurses at the Fourth Street Clinic, the nurses and supervisors at the Post-Acute Medical Rehab Center, La Grande Home and Health Hospice care team, Loveland Funeral Home and Pastor Dave Selinsky — We are tremendously grateful for the extra care, attention and overall support you all showed her and are extremely appreciative for the kindness these specific people and organizations displayed towards Deanna and her Family.

If we missed anyone, please accept this as our personal thankyou and an acknowledgement of gratitude on behalf of the Frye and Durbin Families.

i> i

Fresh BakedGoods — Coffee — SandwichesSoup — Meats — Cheeses —Produce — Dry Goods

NEXT WEEK'5 SPECIALS: Pepperoni '5"" Mozzarella Chees Homemade noodles GraybiII Country canned meat Large varietyof bulk beans and all the spices you need!

www.edwardjsnes.csm

• 0

MAYES

Shep-Mre-+or your oup ingredients!

1910 AdamsAve P0 BoxBBO La Grande, OR 97B50 541-963-0519

THE OBSERVER — 5A

LOCAL

Mon — Fri, 9 to 5 Sat, 9 to 2

l

10214 Hwy. 82 Next to Pioneer West

541-663-8404

• 0

•

• 0

•

•

•

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

The Observer

HIGHLIGHTS Union senior meal offers food, fellowship

Lutheran Church this Sunist Church's 11 a.m. service. day will expound on Luke His sermon, "Epiphany3. In these verses John the Christ's First Appearance UNION — Pastor Sue Peeples will present the Baptist pointspeople to the to the Gentiles," is based on "beloved Son" Jesus Christ Matthew 2:1-12. All are welmessage at the Union United Methodist Church during the and baptizes Jesus. Later come to the potluck following 11 a.m. service. Fellowship and in His ministry, Christ did the service. A board meeting refieshments follow the service. institute baptism to give will follow the meal.

Weekly programs for com- peoplea"newness oflife" munity participation include with the "forgiveness of sins." First Presbyterian hosts Epiphanycelebration W orship servicesare at Tuesday's senior lunch at noon. This week's meal fea10 a.m. in La Grande and An ecumenical celebration of the Epiphany/Baptures hot turkey sandwiches. 2 p.m. in Enterprise.

Organizers say: Come for tism of the turd will be held Pastor expounds Linda's good cooking, fun at the First Presbyterian on righteousness and fellowship. Anyone who Church, 1308Washington, in La Grande beginrmg at needsassistance getting Saturday during the thereshould call541-56211 a.m. service atthe 10 a.m. The celebration will La Grande Seventh-day indude worship, Scripture, mu5848 a day in advance.

The Wednesday Prayer Adventist Church, Pastor sic fiom the Alleluia Bells and Meeting is weekly from Mike will examine righteous- a community-wide ecumenical choir, plus hymns, piano and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Prayer ness. According to him, it is one of the most important organ. Holy Communion will requests may be called in to the church if you are unable words and qualities ever and be also be served. The comshouldaffectourlivesevery- munityis welcome to comejoin to attend.

Thursday at 1 p.m. a Bible day in every way. this joyful praise of God's light cominginto the world. study meets at the home of Potluck, board Marguerite Pike.

meeting follow service SWAT group meets Tuesday night ELGIN — Pastor Gerald

Faith Lutheran

looks at baptism

Hopkins will give the sermon at the Elgin United Method-

The sermon at Faith

The Zion Lutheran Church congregation will join pastors

and musicians from across the community in an ecumenical Epiphany service at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in celebration of the Three Kings, Jesus' baptism and the Wedding Feast at Cana. There will not be a service at Zion that day.

SWAT will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

St. Peter's book club meets Sunday night This Sunday St. Peter's Episcopal Church will join the other Fourth Street churches in an ecumenical service celebratingthefeastofthe Epiphany at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church.

The book club will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the parish

hall.

Bell choir joins ecumenical service ThisSunday,members of the La Grande United Methodist Church will gather with other Christians to worship at 10 a.m. at the First Pres-

byterian Church. Communion will be celebrated. The joint choirs, under the direction of Danny Bailey, will sing and the Alleluia Bells will play as we celebrate the

Submissions Churches and faithbased groups are encouraged to submit Highlights for the Spiritual Life page by 4 p.m.Tuesday for publication Friday. Submit by email to news@ lagrandeobserver.com (with Highlights in the subject line), by fax to 541-963-7804, or by hand to the office.

glory of God.

Faith Explosion Conference set New Hope Christian Church, 2630 Bearco Iuop, La Grande, is hosting a team fiom Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry led by Levi Hug at aseriesofmeetingsto be held Jan. 15-17. The free conference will meet Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday at 10 a.m. All are invited to come and receive an upgrade of faith and learn to live a lifestyle ofhope and fieedom.

For more information, go to www.newhopelagrande.com/ conference, email newhope@ eoni.comorcall541-786-0348.

ing a monthly open space for students, members of congregations and members of the community to come togetherto discusscurrent issues that matter. For the first session, Pastor Steve Wolff and faculty member Dr. Rosemary Powers will introduce a discussion format called World Cafe. The topic Jan. 11 will be"How do we disagree?"

Coffee and cookies will be provided.

K House Third Space Cafe opens 3an. 11 K House is sponsor-

Epiphanyceledratedin Srthodox Christian, Catholic nations

By Suzan Fraser

chilrtren and members of the country's navy special forces also took part.

The main ceremony was held at the ANKARA, Turkey — Wednesday was Epiphany, a major holiday in country' slargestportofPiraeus,near much of Orthodox Christianity Athens, butIdt-wing Prime Minister Tsiprasattended asmallercercelebratingthebirth and baptism of Alexis Jesus.Religious servicesareheld as emonyin the Greek capital following a well as Blessing of Water ceremospatwith traditionalists in the Orthonies at lakes, rivers and seafronts. dox Church who vehementlyopposed Butin Russia, Serbia, Ukraine a~entlaw sanctioning same sex-civil and other Orthodox countries that partnerships.

Bishop Serapheim of Piraeus observe a differentreligious calendar, it is Christmas Eve. Roman Catholics described the law an"insult to and Protestants, meanwhile, celhuman identity" and"psychiatric ebrate the story of the Wise Men who deviation from healthy sexuality." followeda startoJesus'cradle.

Here's a look atcelebrations that Cyprus took place on Wednesday: More than 1,000 Orthodox Christian faithful attended the Greece annual Epiphany Day blessing of Ceremonies were held across the the waters in Famagusta in Cyprus' breakaway Turkish Cypriot north. It country, with divers jumpingfiom piers, bridgesand tugboats.School was the first time the ceremony has The Associated Press

taken place since 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup aiming at union with Greece divided the island.

In keeping with tradition, Archimandrite Avgoustinos Karras hurled a silver cross into the cold watersoftheeastern Mediterranean as about 20 daring swimmers dashed into the sea to retrieve it.

The ritual is called the Blessing of the Water and symbolizes Jesus' baptism in River Jordan.

Organizer Pavlos Iacovou told The Associated Press that several Turkish Cypriots also attended Wednesday's ceremony.

Acting as the backdrop to the ceremony was the Turkish militarycontrolled suburb of Varosha that has remained a virtual ghost town for 42 years, ensconced in a chainlink fence that keeps everyone out.

The ceremony was the latest in a

I CHURCH OF CHRIST

(A descriplron not a lillej 2107 Gekeler Lane, La Grande 805-5070 P.O. Box 260 Website; www.lgcofc.org

Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Sunday Evening 6:00 pm No meeting on 3rd Sun. night of month Wednesday Night Small GrouP: 7:00Pm Call for I xntIon Preacher: Doug Edmonds

CovE UNITED METHoDIsT CHURcH 1708 Jasper SI., Cove, OR

NoRTH PowDER UNITED

METHoDIsT CHURcH 390 E. SI., North Powder, OR

JOIN US... Catch the Spirit!

Worship: 9:00 a.m. Cove orship: 10:00 a.m. N. Powder La Grande Seventh-day

Adventist Church

A place where hopersfound rn Jesus Join us in Fellowship 8c Worship Every Saturday 9:30 a.m.- B>ble Study/Fellowsh>p 10:45 a.m.- Worsh>p Serv>ce

2702 Adams Avenue, La Grande • 96S-4018

Pastor: Mike Armayor www. lagrande22adventistchurchconnect. org Learningfor Today and Eternily Little Friends Christian Preschool/Childcare 963-6390 La Crande Adventist Cbristian School Christian Education K-8th Grade 963-6203

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES La Grande -our Ladyofthevalley -1002L Avenue Saturday 5:30 pmMass Sunday lo:00 amMass Weekday 8:00 amMass

Union-Sacred Heart-340 South 10thAvenue Sunday 8:00 pmMass No Weekdays

Elgin -Saint Mary's- 12th andAlder Sunday I I:30 amMass No Weekdays

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 901 Penn Avenue 963-2623 web: firstchristianlagrande.orl.

Worship 10:00 a.m.

Zion Lutheran Church (an ELCA church) 902 Fourth Street, La Grande, oR hRAN (541) 963-5998 LA GIIANDE

7~/Qg

9:30 am - Worship 10:30 am - Fellowship & Refreshments 11:00 am - Classes

eee.zionlagrande.org

First Baptist Church Crossroads SIXTH 8c SPRING • 963-3911 Community Church 601 Jefferson Ave., La Grande

Kingdom Kids - Youth in Action

"...where you can begin again"

SonRise

ELGIN UNITED Community Church METHODIST Holding Services ac CHURCH Seventh Day Adventist Church

"Small Church with Big Hearb"

2702 Adams Ave, La Grande

Corner of 7th and Birch

Po Box 3373

(541) 663-1735 Regular services 9:00 am Sunday School Classes 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service

CHUKCH OF THE

109 1SthStreet • 963-3402 Quildi~ TagetherQn ChristAlone

Sun. 8:45 AM — Bible Classes Sun. 10:00 AM — Worship Wed. 6:00 PM — AWANA

FIRST LANDMARK V AL L E Y MISSIONARY BAPTIST F E L L O W SH I P CHURCH 2707 Bearco Loop Pastor Dave Tierce• 541-605-0215

Members of Istanbul's tiny Greek Orthodox community, visitors fiom neighboring Greece and other faithful attended an Epiphany service led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians in Istanbul, where the Patriarchate is based.

Vatican A group of faithful leaped into the frigid waters of the Golden Horn Pope Francis says restless hearts these days are seeking sure answers inletto retrieve aw ooden cross to life's questions but don't find them. thrown by Bartholomew. Nicolaos Francis has voiced this reflection Silos, a 28-year-old visitor from during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Greece, was the first to reach it.

A ceremony to bless the waters Wednesday to mark Epiphany, which recalls the Gospel account of the was also held in Izmir, Turkey's Three Kings, or Magi, who followed a third-largest city. It was the first star to find baby Jesus in Bethlehem. "official" Epiphany ceremony there The pontiff said:"Like the Magi, since the end of a Greek-Turkey war nearly a century ago that countless people in our day have a 'restless heart'which continues to triggered a population exchange search without finding sure answers." between Greece and Turkey.

NA Z A R E N E

(541) 963-4342 Sunday Worship 10:00 am Wednesday Night 6:15 pm

9 63 - 0 3 4 0

507 P a l m e r A v e ousl easl of c lry p o o l )

SundaySchool 9 '.15 a.m.

SundayWorship 10'.30 a.m.

Union

Baptist Church 1531 S. Main St., Union 541-562-5531

S unda y % ' o r s h i p 1 0 : 0 2 a m

Sunday School — 10:00 am Worship I I:00 am sundayEvening Biblestudy —5:00pm wednesday Evening — 6:30 pm

Come and share in a ti me of worship, prayer and the study of God's word with us. Worship inc l u d e s communion on Sunday.

S unday School 9:4 5 a m Morning Worship 11 am Sunday Night 6 pm Wednesday Night 6:30 pm Thursday AWANA 6 : 3 0 pm

" WhereyoucanJind TRUTHaccording to the scriptures"

www.valleyfel.org Email: church Q valleyfel.org

Come Celebrate the Lord with us!

GRACE BIBLE ® SUMMERVILLE CHURCH BAPTISTCHURCH 1114 Y Avenue, La Grande (Corner of 'Y" Avenue and N Birch Street)

(541) 663-0610 9 am Sunday School 11 am Worship

Exalting God Edifying Believers Evangelizing Unbelievers

Sunday Services: SundaySchoolk Adult BibleClasses 9:45AM Children'sChuzh k WorshipService 11:00AM Family WorshipService 6:00PM Wednesday: PrayerMtg, Children'sBible Club,Youth Group7:00PM A churchforyourwholefamily Visit us atsummervillebaptistchurch.org

Solus Chnstus,SofaScrrp<ura, Sofa Graua, Sofa FiN, SoADeoGlona

•000

Street, Elgin Pastors Gerald Hopkins 8c Myma Davis

Worship Service at 11:00 a.m.

BAPTIST CHURCH • 9:45AM Sunday BibleStudy • 11 AM Sunday Worship • IPM Wednesday PrayerService You are invited to join us aswesearch Scripture for answers to Life Questions—come, enjoy warmfellowship.

A Southern Baptist Church.

2705 Gekeler Lane, La Grande Roger Cochran, Pastor

541-910-5787 541-963-7202 www.rrinitybaprisrlagrande.com

Weuse the King JamesVersion Bible

www,flmbclagrande,com

Turkey

I

Pastor: Rev. Colleen Nelson

-Join us at The Lord's Table-

number of recent, faith-oriented acts of rapprochement between the island's majority Orthodox Christian, Greek-speaking and the Muslim, Turkish speaking populations. They aim to underscore that religion doesn't drive a wedge between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

IMBLER CHRISTIAN CHURCH 440 RUCKMAN, IMBLER 534-2201

Sunday Services 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Sunday School Worship Service

GRACE COMMUNITY LA GRANDE UNITED CHURCH METHODISTCHURCH LUTHERAN LCMC

"OPEN HEARTS, OPENMINDS,OPENDOORS"

1612 4th Street — 963-2498

5 02 Main Street In C o ve on the seventh DayAdvent>st church bu>ld>ng)

Pastor Steve Wolff "We are called to Serve" lgumcC eoni.com www.lgumchurch.org Sunday Schoolforallages -9:00 am Office Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-Noon Sunday Worship 10:00 am Pastor Carl Aeelho ff Fellowship Coffee Hour 11:00 am Phone: 541-805-0764

Worship 10:00am - Nurseryprovided-

grace.lutherancove@gmail.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

The Observer

JANUARY

La Grande.

• Open Community Dancing:age 12 Bc older;7:30p.m.;ArtCenter East,1006Penn Ave., La Grande.

• Page Turners Book Club:1 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.

• Pinochle:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Preschool Indoor Park:free indoor play space open to preschool children 5.their caregivers; 9-11:30 a.m.; United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St., La Grande.

• TOPS (TakeOffPounds Sensibly): fragrance-free venue; 8 a.m.; Island City City Hall, 10605 Island Ave. • Union Senior Lunch:noon; United Methodist Church.

• Wallowa Valley Orchestra Rehearsal: 6:30 p.m.; Enterprise High School, music room, 201 SEFourth St.

classic race; Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, outside North Powder.

• Open Mic at the Josephy Center:all ages; 4 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts and Culture,403 N. Main St., Joseph.

8FRIDIIV • BabyTot Bop:age 3 Bcyounger;10:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006Fourth St., La Grande.

• Bingo:6:30 p.m.; Rockwall Grange, 71562 Middle Rd., Elgin.

• Catskills Farewell Show:10 p.m.; donations accepted for ¹FreeAshley legal fund; Hideout Saloon, 219 Fir St., LaGrande.

• Chair Exercise Class:all ages;10 a.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N.Albany St., La Grande.

• DAR Lone Pine Tree Chapter:"DNATesting andYour Ancestry"; noon; Sunridge Inn, Baker City.

• Fishtrap Fireside:7 p.m.; Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St., Enterprise.

• Free Children's Clinic:free health care for children without medical insurance; 9 a.m.-noon; Grande RondeHospital Children's Clinic, 612 Sunset Dr., LaGrande.

• Nika Blasser Exhibit Opening Reception: 6 p.m.; Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, EOU, La Grande.

• Pinochle Social Club:7 p.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N.Albany St., La Grande.

• Teen Movie Night:free movie, popcorn Bc soda for grades 6-12; 6p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.

9SIITDRDIIV • African Music & Dance Party:with live music by Kupenga Marimba and the CommunityAfrican Drumming Ensemble; 6:30 p.m.; $5 suggested donation; Art Center East, 1006 PennAve., La Grande.

• Community Dance:with live music byTerry LaMont;6:30 p.m.;$3,$5 couples,younger than12 no charge; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• LEGO Play:10a.m.-noon; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.

• SethKinzie in Concert:7 p.m.,doorsopen at 6:30; $12, kids free; Odd Fellows Hall, 105 NE First St., Enterprise.

• TunesmithNight:7 p.m.;$10,season passes $65; Lear's Main Street Pub Bc Grill, 111W. Main St., Enterprise.

WSDIIDaV • 5th & 6th Grade Sundays at Anthony Lakes:free lift ticket, rental Bc lesson for 5th and 6th graders; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.;Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, outside North Powder.

• An Afternoon with the Mayor of Enterprise:3 p.m.;Tomas Conference Center, 309 S. River St., Enterprise.

• Bob Fergison Exhibit Opening:2 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts and Culture,403 N. Main St., Joseph.

• Elkhorn Classic Nordic Race:30 km

11MDIIDaV • 4-H Archery Club:7 p.m.; Alpine Archery, 117 Elm St., La Grande.

• After School Cool Down:3:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10th Ave. • Bridge:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Chair Exercise Class:all ages;10 a.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• CommunitySymphonic Band Rehearsal: age148colder;7 p.m.;Loso Hall, Room126, EOU, La Grande.

• Lions Club:noon; Union County Senior Center,1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Live Music by Dennis Winn:11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Preschool Indoor Park:free indoor play space open to preschool children 5. their caregivers; 9-11:30 a.m.; United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St., La Grande.

• Union County Children's Choir Rehearsal:2nd-6th grade; 4:30 p.m.; Loso Hall, Room123, EOU, LaGrande.

• YoungLifeClub:7p.m .;AscensionSchool Camp 5. Conference Center,1104 Church St., Cove.

American Legion Post 43,301 Fir St. • Blue Mountain Peggers Cribbage Club: 5:30 p.m.; $7; Denny's, 2604 Island Ave., La Grande.

• Country Swing Thursday:7:30 p.m.; $3 before 8 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.; Maridell Center, 1124Washington, La Grande.

• LHS Class of 1954:11:30 a.m.; Flying J Travel Plaza,63276Highway 203,LaGrande.

• Live Music atTen Depot Street:8 p.m.; 10 Depot St., La Grande.

• Preschool Indoor Park:free indoor play space open to preschool children Bc their caregivers; 9-11:30 a.m.; United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St., La Grande.

• Skate for Your School:$1 per person is donated to area schools; 5-7 p.m.; $5 to skate, skate rentals free; Maridell Center, 1124Washington Ave., La Grande.

• Story & Crafts:11:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.

• Toddler Time:age 18 months-3 years; 9:30 a.m.; $5; Art Center East, 1006PennAve., La Grande.

]3WEDIIESDAV • After School Cool Down:3:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N.10thAve. • Awana Club:kindergarten-6th grade;6 p.m.; First Baptist Church,1702 Sixth St., La Grande.

• Bingo:6 p m.;VFW High Valley Post4060,518 N. Main St., Union.

• Bingo:6:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10thAve. • Chair Exercise Class:all ages;10 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Cookie Walk:11:15a.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N.Albany St., La Grande.

• La Grande Gun Club Annual Meeting: 6 p.m.; La GrandeRifle BcPistol Club, Highway 244, La Grande.

• Live Music by Blue Mountaineers: 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Mamas & Papas Parenting Group: 9:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006Fourth St., La Grande.

• Mountaineer Athletic Association: 7 a.m.; Flying JTravel Plaza,63276Highway 203, La Grande.

• National Association of Retired & Veteran Railway Employees:10:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006Fourth St., La Grande.

• Preschool Indoor Park:free indoor play space open to preschool children S.their caregivers; 9-11:30a.m.; United Methodist Church, 1612Fourth St., La Grande.

• Rotary Club of Wallowa County:noon; St. Katherine's Parish Hall,301 E.Garfield, Enterprise.

• Union County Retired Educators: 11:30 a.m.; Bear Mountain Pizza,2104 Island Ave., La Grande.

12TDES DaV • After School Cool Down:3:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10th Ave. • Bingo:6:30 p.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Brown Bag Lunch:noon; Josephy Center for Arts and Culture,403 N. Main St., Joseph.

• Centering Prayer Group:8:30 a.m.; St. Peter's Episcopal Church chapel, Fourth Bc OAvenue, La Grande.

• Country Dance Orchestra Rehearsal:age 10 Bc older; 6:30 p.m.; Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande.

• Cove Fresh Food Alliance:10 a.m.; United Methodist Church.

• GrandeRonde Student SymphonyNouth Orchestra Rehearsal:4:30 p.m.; Groth Recital Hall, Loso Hall, EOU, LaGrande.

• Imbler Parent Action Committee/ Booster Meeting:6:30 p.m.; Imbler Charter School, Room 1, Sixth and Esther Avenue.

• La Grande Planning Commission:regular session followed by work session; 6 p.m.; La Grande City Hall,1000Adams Ave. • Live Music atTen Depot Street:8 p.m.; 10 Depot St., La Grande.

• Live Music by Blue Mountaineers: 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• Men's Basketball League Organizational Meeting:7 p.m.; $300 team registration fee; Parks Bc Recreation Department, 2402 Cedar St. (in Pioneer Park behind Valley Fellowship),

]$ FRIDA V • BabyTot Bop:age38cyounger;10:30a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006Fourth St., La Grande.

• Bingo:6:30 p.m.; Rockwall Grange, 71562 Middle Rd., Elgin.

• Chair Exercise Class:all ages;10 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

• CoveSeniorLunch:cof feeandteaatnoon, lunch at12:30 p.m.; $5;Calvary Baptist Church, 707 Main St. • Free Children's Clinic:free health care for children without medical insurance; 9 a.m.-noon; Grande RondeHospital Children's Clinic, 612 Sunset Dr., LaGrande.

• iCRAFT:age 11Bcolder; 4 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library,2006 Fourth St., La Grande.

• Oregon Food Pantry:10 a.m.; Union Baptist Church,1531 S. Main St. • PFLAG Board Game Night:6 p.m.; Bear Mountain Pizza,2104 Island Ave., LaGrande.

• Pinochle Social Club:7 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N.Albany St., La Grande.

MENUS UNION COUNTY SENIOR CENTER 1504 N. ALBANY ST., LA GRANDE LUNCH MENU JAN. 11-15 MONDAY: turkey sandwiches, deli salads, fresh fruit, cookies.

TUESDAY: baked potato bar, salad greens, fresh fruit.

WEDNESDAY: fried chicken, potato salad, bake beans, Jell-O, rolls, dessert.

THURSDAY: pepper steak, red potatoes with mushroom gravy, steamed vegetables, salad greens, olive breads, cookies.

FRIDAY: almond chicken, rice pilaf or noodles, steamed vegetables, broccoli salad, rolls,

g THDRSDA V • After School Cool Down:;3:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10th Ave., Elgin, 541-437-5931 • Bingo:cash only; 6:30 p.m.; La Grande

fruit.

BHS StudentS takeS Part in art PrOgrmTI fOr yOuth arOund the WOrld

By Lisa Britton

vvescom News serwce

BAKER CITY — Mikaylah Treanor dabs paint on the canvas, gently mixing shades ofbrown until she createstheperfecthue.

She glances at the photo beside her, then back at the canvas where a child's face is taking shape.

"It's exciting, but I'm nervous what they11 think of it," says Treanor, 15.

"It's frustrating, trying to get the color right."

Treanor and her fellow students in advanced art at Baker High School are painting porlraits of children from Ethiopia, who will receive these paintings as a gikin the next month.

The program, said teacher Kristen Anderson, is called the Memory Project.

According to the website, the Memory Project is a nonprofit organization that"invites art teachers and their students to create portraits for youthamund the worldwho have faced substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse,lossofparents,and extreme poverty."

Since2004,theprojecthascreated more than 80,000 portraits for children in 35 countries.

Information on the website goes on to explain that the porlraits"help children feel valued and important" and give art students"an opportunity to creatively practicekindness and global awareness."

W hen Anderson found outabout the program, she asked her advanced art students if anyone wanted to participate.

'These kids all said'I want to do it,"'she said.

This project fits into the porlraitpainting sessionAnderson includes in her advanced art class everyyear. tucal artistAmyVanGaasbeckis the guest artist who helps lead the students through the steps of oil painting.

After expressinginterestin the Memory Project, Anderson received two photos of the children — one to useforthepainting,andoneto send back along with a photo of the student artist.

She said the portraits could be completed in any medlum, but couldn't be on a typical woodenframed canvas.

Instead, the students aze using sheets of canvas, which the children

can tape to their walls.

Andersonsaidtheorganizersof the Memory Projectrecord the child's reaction when he or she receives the portrait.

Each photo came with the child's name,age and favorite color.

'That's how they chose the background color,"Anderson said.

The five-week project will be fmished in time to mail the portraits in early February.

"I'll probably work with these folks again — it's a cool concept,"Anderson

Shesai d afee of$15perportrait supports the work of the Memory Project.

The art department appliesfor grants and holds several fundraisers eachyeartopay guestartistsand

e

•

r

r

•

r

•

•

•

S. John Collins/BakerCity Herald

Chloe Deputy creates a portrait of 10-year-old Michael of Ethiopia.

SRld.

•

•

•

•

extra projects, such as this one.

To learn more about the Memory Project, visit www.memoryproject.org.

e

r

r

•

•

•

Two clinic locations in La Grande.

Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Steven Fonken, MD

• 0

•

Charles Rasmussen, MD

r

G RAN D E R ON D E H OSP I T A L

HEART CARE

• 0

•

• 0

•

Friday, January 8, 2016 The Observer

ON DECIC

COLLEGE WRESTLING

Saturday PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: • Elgin at Grant Union, 4 p.m.

• Wallowa at Joseph, 4 p.m.

• Enterprise at Union, 4 p.m.

• Powder Valley at Griswold, 4 p.m.

• Cove at Imbler, 4 p.m.

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: • Wallowa at Joseph, 5:30 p.m.

• Elgin at Grant Union, 5:30 p.m.

• Powder Valley at Griswold, 5:30 p.m.

• Enterprise at Union, 5:30 p.m.

• Cove at Imbler, 5:30 p.m.

• Kuna, Idaho, at La Grande, 6 p.m.

PREP WRESTLING: • Wallowa, Union/ Cove at Maniac Tournament, Orofino, Idaho, 9 a.m.

• La Grande at Rollie Lane Invitational, Nampa, Idaho, TBA PREP SWIMMING: La Grande atThe Dalles, 10 a.m.

COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: • Eastern Oregon University at Multnomah University, Portland, 5:30 p.m.

COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL: • Eastern Oregon University at Multnomah University, Portland, 7:30 p.m.

• Formal announcement M ondaywillend36-year hiatus of EOU wrestling

By Ronald Bond The Observer

Eastern Oregon University is bringing back wrestling.

The university will formally announce the reinstatement of the program in a Monday press conference, bringing an end to a 36-year hiatus. awe are planning on announcing it on Monday," said Tim Seydel, vice president for university advancement at EOU.awe'll unveil all the information there. We're ironing out some

final details."

It will be the second sports program added by the school in as many years as the men's soccer team recently completed its first season of action, and givestheschool12varsity programs.

A big portion of the funding needed to bring the program back

was a $300,000 allocation from the Oregon Legislature, pushed for by Rep.GregSmith.

The program saw a run of success during the 1960s and '70s under NAIA Hall of Fame coach Erling Odegaard, who guided 18 All-American wrestlers, including national See Return/Page 10A

MLB

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL

Griffey's election sets Hall record

HUSKIES

"~

ls

~

~

14

rrri N N I A se A ' , t ~ •

13

• Junior garners 99.3 percent of vote; Piazza also gets voted into HOF

tZ

The Associated Press a rrol» 4rSrrrus

F ~

~

-:-)

r

Jash Benham/Tbe Observer

Union's Delanie Kohr, left, pulls down a rebound in a game last weekend against Joseph. The junior, who finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the win, is a three-sport standout for the Bobcats, and has taken on a greater leadership role on the basketball court this season.

AT A GLANCE

Beavers name Clune DC

Kevin Clune, the linebackers and defensive coordinator for Utah State, has been named the new defensive coordinator for Oregon State.

The move reunites Clune, who has 24 years of coaching experience, with Beavers head coach Gary Andersen, who worked with him on prior stops at Southern Utah, Utah State and Utah. Clune will also serve as inside linebackers coach at Oregon State.

Meeting for men's league Teams participating in the La Grande men's basketball league are asked to send a representative with a completed roster to an organizational meeting at 7 p.m.,Tuesday at the La Grande Parks and Recreation conference room. Registration is $300. Call 541-9621352 for more details.

• Delanie Kohr's evenkeel approach has brought stabil itytotheteam

By Josh Benham The Observer

Union's Delanie Kohr represents afairl y stark contrasttothe typical high school player. While many prep athletes ride emotional roller coasters, Kohr is exactly the opposite.

"She doesn't have the highs and lows," Rhondie Rickman-Johansen, Union's head basketball coach and Kohr's mother, said."Her presence on the court brings a lot of security and calmness to the other girls. She gives an aura of confidence."

As one of the upperclassmen now for the Bobcats, Kohr said it's a motto she's played with her entire prep career.

"Stay calm, don't get flustered," Kohr said of her mindset.

But don't mistake the junior's serene nature for a lack of passion.

"Delanie is very competitive," Rickman-Johansen said."She grew up in competitive home, and she loves to compete. She'll challenge you to anything at home."

That burning desire underneath the tranquil facade has helped Kohr become aversatile,three-sportstandout, and she's known nothing but success as an integral part of the Bobcats. In softball, Kohr was a part of a Class 2A/1A state title team as a freshman, with

The Associated Press

NFL PLAYOFFS

The questions and concerns that dogged the Seattle Seahawks' vaunteddefense in September and October were silenced by the end of the season.

That's because the Seahawks accomplished something that hadn't been done since the 1950s.

Seattle heads into Sunday's wildcard game at Minnesota on a roll defensively. The pinnacle of their lateseason success was holding Arizona to six points in the regular-season

finale to end up leading the NFL in scoring defense for the fourth straight season. According to STATS, Seattle is the first team since the Cleveland Browns i1953-57l to lead the league in scoring defense in four or more consecutive seasons.

Over the final five games of the season, the Seahawks allowed only 55 total points. And two of the touchdowns scored during that time were special teams and defensive scoresby

The Elgin boys basketball team got back on track, racing out to a 31-point lead and coasting to a 56-41 victory over Enterprise Tuesday in Wapiti League play. The victory ended a fourgame losing streak for the Huskies and improved their record to 8-7. Three players reached doublefigured in the win, but Gage Little led the way as the senior finished with a game-high 16 points.

theiropponents.

However long this postseason run lasts for Seattle, it will be a new, but somewhat easier task for the Seahawks defense. After playing all their NFC playofFgames at home the past two seasons, the Seahawks will be exclusively on the road this time around where it's far easier for Seattle to communicate on the defensive side.

"Maybe we focus better on the road, I don't know what it is. I just think we're a better road team than

TOMORROW'S PICIC

Little leads way as Huskies end slide

•

365 i83 percent).

See HOF/Page 10A

ea aw senternaVo son eensivero

OBSERVERATHLETE OF THE DAY

• 0

the Bobcats reaching the semifinals in the playoffs last season. As a volleyball player, Kohr was on a team that made it to the 2A playoffs as a freshman, and placed sixth at the state tournament in 2014.

The Bobcats' basketball team finished fourth at the state tournament in Kohr's freshman season, following it up with a third-place finish last year. She earned a first team all-Wapiti League nod and 2A all-state honorable mention honors after averaging six points, five rebounds and two steals a game.

"I've played all three as long as I can remember," Kohr said."It's always been one of the biggest things in my life. I grew up with my mom and dad See Kohr/Fbge 10A

Ken Griffey Jr. was considered Mr. Clean during 22 years in the major leagues, untainted by accusations of drug use as he climbed the home-run list during the height of the Steroids Era. He nearly made a clean sweep in Hall of Fame voting.

Griffey received 437 of 440 votesin hisfi rstappearance on the Baseball Writers'Association of America ballot, a record 99.3 percent.

"It's real simple," he explainedafterWednesday's announcement. "I've always said that I've got to look my kids in the eyes and you want to play fair."

Mike Piazza, the top offensivecatcher in baseball history, was elected, too, and will be inducted along with Griffey in Cooperstown on July24.Among the many muscled sluggers whose accomplishments were questioned during a time when chemists preyed on clubhouses, Piazza was made to wait until his fourth appearanceon theballot.

After falling 28 votes shy last year, he was selected on

Little

Red-hot Chiefs meet Texans The NFLWildcard round begins with the Kansas City Chiefs, winners of 10 games in a row, hitting the road to meet the AFC

South champion Texans.

1:35 p.m., Saturday, ABC

• 0

•

we are a home team this year," Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin said.

Seattle also led the league in rush defense at 81.5 yards per game, giving up the exact same amount of yards it did a season ago when the Seahawks were third-best in the league at stopping the run. Their first task in the playoffs could be their most difficult, trying to slow down Adrian Peterson, who led the NFL with 1,485 yards rushing this season.

But Seattl e'salready stopped SeePlayoffs/Page 10A

WHO'S HOT

WHO'S NOT

L.A. CLIPPERS: Los Angeles won its seasonbest seventh consecutive game with its

LOVIE SMITH: The Tampa Bay head coach was fired Wednesday after just two seasons 109-98 victory at Portland leading the Buccaneers.

Wednesday. The Clippers Tampa Bay went 8-24 in are now10 games over histwo seasons,and im.500 and in fourth place in proved from 2-14 in 2014 the Western Conference. to 6-10 this season.

• 0

•

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

THE OBSERVER —9A

SPORTS

SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T P c t P F PA y-New England 12 4 0 . 7 50 465315 N.Y. Jets 10 6 0 .62 5 387314 Bulfalo 8 8 0 . 5 00 379359 Miami 6 10 0 . 375 310389 South W L T P c t P F PA 9 7 0 . 5 63 339313 8 8 0 . 5 00 333408 5 11 0 . 313 376448 3 13 0 . 188 299423 North W L T P c t P F PA y-Cincinnati 12 4 0 . 7 50 419279 x-Pittsburgh 10 6 0 . 6 25 423319 Baltimore 5 11 0 . 313 328401 Cleveland 3 13 0 . 188 278432 West W L T P c t P F PA y-Denver 12 4 0 .75 0 355296 x-Kansas City 11 5 0 .6 8 8 405287 Oakland 7 9 0 . 4 38 359399 San Diego 4 12 0 .2 5 0 320398 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T P c t P F PA 9 7 0 . 5 63 388379 7 9 0 . 4 38 377430 6 10 0 . 375 420442 4 12 0 . 250 275374 South W L T P c t P F PA y-Carolina 15 1 0 . 9 38 500308 Atlanta 8 8 0 . 5 00 339345 New Orleans 7 9 0 . 4 38 408476 Tampa Bay 6 10 0 . 375 342417 North W L T P c t P F PA y-Minnesota 11 5 0 . 6 88 365302 x-Green Bay 10 6 0 . 6 25 368323 Detroit 7 9 0 . 4 38 358400 Chicago 6 10 0 . 375 335397 West W L T P c t P F PA y-Arizona 13 3 0 .81 3 489313 x-Seattle 10 6 0 .62 5 423277 St. Louis 7 9 0 . 4 38 280330 San Francisco 5 1 1 0 . 3 13 238387

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched 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)

PREP STANDINGS Boys Basketball 4A-7 Greater Oregon League GOL AII PF PA RK 0-0 6-7 634 694 29 Baker La Grande 0 - 0 2 - 3 260 256 30 Ontario 0-0 4-7 627 701 23 McLoughlin 0 - 04-10 557 648 28 2A-6 Wapiti League W ap All P F P A RK 2 -0 8-3 600 490 1 1 Burns 1 -0 9-0 464 280 1 Imbler 1 -0 11-2 771 556 6 Union 1-1 8-7 729 745 19 Elgin G rant Union 1 - 1 6 - 5 718 535 2 6 E nterprise 0 2- 4 6 4 6 2 506 3 5 Cove 0-2 1-9 341 641 41

1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL AII PF PA RK P owder Valley 2-0 8-2 558 379 5 2 -0 4-8 534 548 4 4 Echo N ixyaawii 1-0 1 1-1 888 606 2 W allowa 1-1 2 4 ) 3 1 0 49 5 3 6 Joseph 0 -1 46 408 49 1 2 4 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 L a Grande 0 - 0 7 - 4 644 525 9 M cLoughlin 0 - 0 8 - 5 512 537 1 5 Baker 0 -0 6-6 521 534 1 8 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 Burns 2 -0 11-1 637 426 3 1 -0 8-1 444 220 1 2 Imbler Union 1 -0 84 435 418 1 4 G rant Union 1 - 1 8 - 3 662 393 1 0 E nterprise 1 - 1 6 - 5 443 383 2 4 0 -2 5-10 532 553 3 9 Elgin 0 -2 34) 353 514 2 7 Cove 1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL AII PF PA RK Griswold 2-0 9- 3 5 1 5 41 6 9 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 2 Joseph 0 -1 46 448 417 3 7 W allowa 0-2 1 -10 171 536 4 3 P ine Eagle 0 - 2 0 - 9 15 9 490 5 0 Thursday's Games Prep Boys Basketball Baker61, Emmett, Idaho 40 Franklin 60, Cleveland 53 Jefferson PDX106, Madison 58 Junction City 52, Stayton 44 Lincoln 79, Benson 38 North Medford 87, Willamette 57 Ontario 74, Vale 46

Valley Catholic 66, Corbett 39 Riverside 44, Umatilla 39 Riverdale 70, Portland Christian 47 Catlin Gabel 70, Portland Adventist 44 North Lake 45,Rogue Valley Adventist 39 Adrian 62, Burnt River 31 Perrydale 51, Southwest Christian 48 Prep Girls Basketball Aloha 47, Beaverton 43 Canby 66, Newberg 53 Grant 77, Roosevelt 25 Lincoln 45, Benson 38 Madison 63, Jefferson PDX51 Silverton 49, Lebanon 42 Stayton 57, Junction City 45 Summit 36, The Dalles 34 Vale 44, Ontario 23 Valley Catholic 59, Corbett 47 Umatilla 28, Riverside 12 Portland Christian 74, Riverdale 48 Portland Adventist 51, Catlin Gabel 44 Faith Bible 26, Columbia Christian 14 Lowell 61, Alsea 27 North Lake 25, Rogue ValleyAdventist 24 Adrian 47, Burnt River 16 Perrydale 45, Southwest Christian 24

Wednesday's Games Prep Boys Basketball Central Catholic 74, Centennial 40 Clackamas 79, Gresham 41 Coquille 50, North Bend 43 David Douglas 56, Barlow 54 Elmira 63, Toledo 48 La Salle 64, Hillsboro 55 Mountain View 79, Madras 40 Oregon City 70, Reynolds 55 Philomath 55,Banks 47 Tillamook 66, St. Helens 51 Waldport 52, Siuslaw 43 Catlin Gabel 46, Portland Christian 37 Riverdale 76, Clatskanie 65 Lakeview JV 42, Paisley 41 Myrtle Point 56, Crow 52 Canyonville Christian 63, MiloAdventist 31 Siletz Valley 66, Mapleton 28 South Wasco County 55, Willamette Valley Christian 39 Prep Girls Basketball Banks56,Philomath 26 Barlow 55, David Douglas 31 Central Catholic 55, Centennial 24 Clackamas 70, Gresham 27 Cleveland 61, Franklin 41 Hood River 26, McKay 21 La Salle 58, Hillsboro 34 Madras 47, Mountain View 45 North Bend 49, Coquille 41 Oregon City 92, Reynolds 28 Siuslaw 46, Waldport 15 Portland Christian 56, Catlin Gabel 49 Riverdale 49, Clatskanie 37 Paisley 46, Lakeview JV 39 Nyssa 41, Nampa Christian, Idaho, 11 Myrtle Point 61, Crow 23 Canyonville Christian 42, MiloAdventist 21 Siletz Valley 62, Mapleton 14

EOU STANDINGS Men's Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC AII Southem Oregon Northwest Christian Warner Pacific College of Idaho 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

13- 4 11- 4 9-5 9-6 9-5 7-9 7-1 0 12- 4 5-1 0 4-1 0 2-1 2

Women's Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC AII Southem Oregon 7 -0 14- 0 Warner Pacific 5 -1 10- 2 Eastern Oregon 5-1 96 Oregon Tech 5 -2 11- 5 4-2 8-6 Northwest Christian Northwest 3-4 7-9 Corban 2-4 7-8 College of Idaho 2-4 3-9 1 -5 3-1 1 Multnomah 1 -6 1-1 1 Evergreen Walla Walla 0 -6 0-1 3 Friday's Games Women's Basketball College of Idaho at Multnomah, 5:30 p.m.

Corban at Evergreen, 5:30 p.m.

Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacific, 5:30 p.m.

Northwest Christian at Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Men's Basketball College of Idaho at Multnomah, 7:30 p.m.

Corban at Evergreen, 7:30 p.m.

Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacific, 7:30 p.m.

Northwest Christian at Northwest, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Women's Basketball College of ldaho at Warner Pacific, 5:30 p.m.

Eastern Oregon at Multnomah, 5:30 p.m.

Northwest Christian at Evergreen, 5:30 p.m.

Corban at Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Oregon Tech at Walla Walla, 6 p.m.

Men's Basketball College of ldaho at Warner Pacific, 7:30 p.m.

Eastern Oregon at Multnomah, 7:30 p.m.

Northwest Christian at Evergreen, 7:30 p.m.

Corban at Northwest, 7:30 p.m.

Oregon Tech at Walla Walla, 8 p.m.

Sunday's Games Women's Basketball Southern Oregon at Walla Walla, noon Men's Basketball Southern Oregon at Walla Walla, 2 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Florida 41 25 1 2 4 5 4 114 88 Detroit 41 21 1 3 7 4 9103 107 Montreal 42 2 3 16 3 4 9 121 104 Boston 38 20 1 4 4 4 4 118 105 Ottawa 41 19 1 6 6 4 4 116 123 TampaBay 4 0 1917 4 4 2 1 0 1 98 Toronto 39 16 1 6 7 3 9 104 105 Bulfalo 40 15 2 1 4 3 4 9 2 110 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Washington 40 30 7 3 6 3128 86 N.Y. Islanders 41 22 14 5 4 9 114 103 N.Y. Rangers 40 22 14 4 4 8 118 105 N ewJersey 41 2016 5 4 5 9 4 9 7 P ittsburgh 4 0 1 9 1 6 5 4 3 9 4 9 9 Philadelphia 39 17 15 7 4 1 8 7 108 Carolina 41 1 6 1 8 7 3 9 9 4 114 Columbus 4 1 1 5 23 3 3 3 105 131 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Dallas 43 29 10 4 6 2 148 114 Chicago 42 2513 4 5 4 117100 St. Louis 43 23 14 6 5 2 106 107 Minnesota 40 21 11 8 5 0 108 96 Nashville 40 19 14 7 4 5 104 106 Colorado 41 20 18 3 4 3 117 114 Winnipeg 41 19 19 3 4 1 109 117 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA LosAngeles 40 26 12 2 5 4 107 88 Arizona 40 2 0 1 6 4 4 4 112 125 Vancouver 4 1 16 16 9 4 1 100 115 Calgary 40 1 91 9 2 4 0 105 124 A naheim 39 1 6 16 7 3 9 7 3 9 4 San Jose 3 8 1 8 18 2 3 8 102 108 Edmonton 4 1 17 21 3 3 7 102 122 All Times PST

Wednesday's Games Montreal 2, New Jersey 1 Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 1 Colorado 4, St. Louis 3, OT Vancouver 3, Carolina 2 Toronto 4, Anaheim 0

Thursday's Games

re-signed Hisashi Iwakuma, rhp, to a $12 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (2) — Re-signed Marco Estrada, rhp, to a $26 million, two-year contract; signed J.A. Happ, Ihp, Pittsburgh, to a $36 million, three-year contract.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA (1) — Signed Zack Greinke, rhp, LosAngeles Dodgers, to a $206.5 million, six-year contract.

ATLANTA (3) — Re-signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, to a $3 million, two-year contract; signed Bud Norris, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signedGordon Beckham, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (4) — Signed John Lackey, rhp, St. Louis, to a $32 million, two-year contract; signed Ben Zobrist, inf, Kansas City, to a $56 million, four-year contract; re-signed Trevor Cahill, rhp, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Heyward, of, St. Louis, to a $184 million, eight-year contract.

COLORADO (3) — Signed Jason Motte, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $10 million, two-year contract; signed Chad Qualls, rhp, Houston, to a $6 million, two-year contract. Signed Mark Reynolds, 1b-3b, St. Louis, to a $2.6 million, oneyear contract.

LOS ANGELES (3) — BrettAnderson, Ihp, accepted $15.8 million qualifying olfer; re-signed Chase Utley, 2b, to a $7 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Kazmir, Ihp, Houston, to a $48 million, three-year contract.

MIAMI (1) — Re-signed Jeff Mathis, c, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (4) — Signed Asdrubal Cabrera, ss, Tampa Bay, to an $18.5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jerry Blevins, Ihp, to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Bartolo Colon, rhp, to a $7.25 million, one-year contract; signed Alejandro De Aza, of, San Francisco, to a $5.75 million, one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA(2) — Signed David Hernandez, rhp, Arizona, to a $3.9 million, one-year contract; signed Edward Mujica, rhp, Oakland, to a minor league contract

L.A. Clippers 109, Portland 98

Thursday's Games Atlanta 126, Philadelphia 98 Chicago 101, Boston 92 Houston 103, Utah 94 Sacramento 118, L.A. Lakers 115

Friday's Games Toronto at Washington, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New York at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Phoenix, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.

Chicago atAtlanta, 2 p.m.

Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Miami at Utah, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

NCAA Men Thursday's Scores EAST Fairleigh Dickinson 80, Sacred Heart 68 lona 67, Rider 58 Manhattan 94, Canisius 86 Mount St. Mary's 73, CCSU 62 Niagara 63, St. Peter's 61 Northeastern 88, Delaware 56 Notre Dame 82, Boston College 54 Robert Morris 70, LIU Brooklyn 60 Siena 91, Fairfield 76 St. Francis Brooklyn 73, St. Francis

(Pa.) 56

Towson 76, UNC Wilmington 60 Wagner 65, Bryant 56 William 8 Mary 72, Drexel 63 SOUTH Austin Peay 73, Jacksonville St. 54 Charlotte 82, Southern Miss. 76 Coll. of Charleston 72, Hofstra 61 Elon79,James Madison 73 FIU 75, W. Kentucky 72 Georgia St. 72, Troy 68 Louisville 77, NC State 72 Marshall 90, FAU 67 Middle Tennessee 78, UTEP 72 Mississippi 74, Alabama 66 Morehead St. 96, SE Missouri 69 Old Dominion 56, Louisiana Tech 53 South Alabama 64, Georgia Southern 58 Tennessee Tech 71, Murray St. 65 Texas-Arlington 71, Appalachian St. 67 UAB 104, UTSA 82 UT Martin 78, E. Kentucky 70 MIDWEST Green Bay 87, Cleveland St. 67 IUPUI 74, S. Dakota St. 67 Michigan St. 79, lllinois 54 Milwaukee 81, Youngstown St. 65 Nebraska-Omaha 91, N. Dakota St. 82 Purdue 87, Michigan 70 UMKC 84, Seattle 69 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 68, Louisiana-Monroe 65, OT SMU 59, Cincinnati 57 UALR 77, Louisiana-Lafayette 57 FAR WEST BYU 97, Santa Clara 61 Cal St.-Fullerton 79, UC Riverside 73 Grand Canyon 83, Texas Rio Grande Valley 63 Idaho St. 83, N. Colorado 78 Montana 79, Portland St. 66 Montana St. 71, Sacramento St. 64 New Mexico St. 78, Utah Valley 66 Pepperdine 81, Pacific 76 Saint Mary's (Cal) 73, Loyola Marymount 48 San Francisco 73, San Diego 65 Southern Cal 75, Arizona St. 65 UC Irvine 76, UC Davis 55 UCLA 87, Arizona 84 Weber St. 74, North Dakota 62

($2.5 million).

PITTSBURGH (3) — Re-signed Sean

Dallas 2, Winnipeg 1, SO Washington 4, N.Y. Islanders1 Florida 3, Ottawa 2 Philadelphia 4, Minnesota 3, OT Arizona 2, Calgary 1 LosAngeles 2, Toronto1 Detroit 2, San Jose 1

BASEBALL

Rodriguez, inf-of, to a $2.5 million, oneyearcontract; signed Ryan Vogelsong, rhp, San Francisco, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed John Jaso, 1b-c, Tampa Bay, to a $8 million, two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3) — Signed Brayan Pena, c, Cincinnati, to a $5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract; signedMike Leake, rhp,San Francisco, to an $80 million, five-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Signed Jeff Samardzija, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $90 million, five-year contract; signed Johnny Cueto, rhp, Kansas City, to a $130 million, six-year contract.

WASHINGTON (4) — Signed Shawn Kelley, rhp, San Diego, to a $15 million, three-year contract; signed Oliver Perez, Ihp, Houston, to a $7 million, two-year contract; signed Daniel Murphy, 2b, New York Mets, to a $37.5 million, three-year contract; signed Stephen Drew, 2nd-ss, New York Yankees, to a $3 million, oneyear contract.

Free Agent Signings

BASKETBALL

Friday's Games

Boston at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Tampa BayatEdmonton, 6 p.m.

St. Louis atAnaheim, 7 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Boston at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Toronto at San Jose, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Nashville atArizona, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

St.Louis atLosAngeles, 7:30 p.m.

Through Wednesday AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (2) — Matt Wieters, c, accepted $15.8 million qualifying olfer; re-signed Darren O'Day, rhp, to a $31 million, four-year contract.

BOSTON (2) — Signed Chris Young, of, to a $13 million, two-year contract; signed David Price, Ihp, Toronto, to a $217 million, seven-year contract.

CHICAGO (2) — Signed Alex Avila, c, Detroit, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Dioner Navarro, c, Toronto, to a $4 million, one-year contract.

CLEVELAND (5) — Signed Rajai Davis, of, Detroit, to a $5.25 million, oneyear contract; signed Tom Gorzelanny, Ihp, Detroit, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Joe Thatcher, Ihp, Houston, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Ross Detwiler, Ihp, Atlanta, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Mike Napoli, 1b, Texas, to a $7 million, one-year contract.

DETROIT (5) — Signed Jordan Zimmermann, rhp, Washington, to a $110 million, five-year contract; signed Mike Pelfrey, rhp, Minnesota, to a $16 million, two-year contract; signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c, Arizona, to a $507,500, one-year contract; signed Mark Lowe, rhp, Toronto, to an $11 million, two-year contract; signed MikeAviles, inf-of, Cleveland, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

HOUSTON (2) — Colby Ramus, of, accepted $15.8 million qualifying olfer; resigned Tony Sipp, Ihp, to an $18 million, three-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (3) — Re-signed Chris Young, rhp, to an $11.5 million, two-year contract; signed Joakim Soria, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $25 million, three-year contract; re-signed Alex Gordon, of, to a $72 million, four-year contract.

LOSANGELES (2) — Signed Cliff Pennington, ss, Toronto, to a $3.75 million, two-year contract; signed Geovany Soto, c, Chicago White Sox, to a $2.8 million, one-year contract.

OAKLAND (2) — Signed Rich Hill, rhp, Boston, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signedRyan Madson, rhp,Kansas City,to a $22 million, three-year contract.

SEATTLE (4) — Re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Chris lanetta, c, Los Angeles, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Nori Aoki, of, San Francisco, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract;

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 22 15 . 5 95 Boston 19 17 .5 2 8 2 ' / 2 New York 18 19 . 486 4 Brooklyn 10 25 . 286 1 1 Philadelphia 4 34 .1 0 5 18'/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 21 14 . 6 00 Atlanta 22 15 . 5 95 Orlando 19 17 .5 2 8 2 ' / 2 Charlotte 17 18 . 486 4 Washington 15 18 . 455 5 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 2 4 9 .72 7 Chicago 22 12 .6 4 7 2 ' / 2 Indiana 20 1 5 . 571 5 Detroit 20 16 .5 5 6 5 ' / 2 Milwaukee 1 4 23 . 3 7 8 1 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 3 1 6 .83 8 Dallas 21 15 ,5 8 3 9 ' / 2 Memphis 1 9 18 . 5 1 4 1 2 Houston 1 8 19 . 4 8 6 1 3 New Orleans 11 23 . 3 2 4 18'/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB O klahoma City 25 11 .69 4 Utah 15 20 .4 2 9 9 ' / 2 Portland 1 5 23 . 3 9 5 1 1 Denver 1 3 23 . 3 6 1 1 2 Minnesota 1 2 24 . 3 3 3 1 3 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 33 2 .943 L.A. Clippers 23 13 .63 9 10'/2 Sacramento 15 2 1 . 4 1 7 18'/2 Phoenix 13 25 . 3 4 2 21'/2 L.A. Lakers 8 29 . 216 2 6 All Times PST

Wednesday's Scores EAST Albany (NY) 73, UMBC59 Bucknell 72, American U. 54 Columbia 81, Md.-Eastern Shore 75 Fordham 66, La Salle 61 Holy Cross 65, Colgate 63 Lafayette 76, Army 73 Loyola (Md.) 51, Lehigh 50 Mass.-Lowell 80, Harfford 76 Navy 83, Boston U. 67 Pittsburgh 89, Georgia Tech 84 StonyBrook 62,Binghamton 52 Vermont 90, Maine 72 Villanova 72, Seton Hall 63 Xavier 74, St. John's 66 Yale 83, NJIT 65 SOUTH Cornell 84, Howard 81 Davidson 77, Duquesne 66 Duke 91, Wake Forest 75 Gardner-Webb 71, Campbell 68 Georgia 77, Missouri 59 Grambling St. 80, Jarvis Christian 58 Hampton 83, Morgan St. 80, OT Liberty 62, Coastal Caroi na 61 Maryland 88, Rutgers 63 NC Central 78, Johnson 8 Wales (NC) 70 North Florida 97, Stetson 79 Presbyterian 78, Longwood 65 Radford 80, Charleston Southern 73 St. Bonaventure 77,George Mason 58 Tennessee 83, Florida 69 TexasAKM 61, Mississippi St. 60 UCF 75, South Florida 64 UNC Asheville 85, Winthrop 84 MIDWEST Ball St. 87, Toledo 69 Belmont 85, SIU-Edwardsville 77 Bowling Green 73, Miami (Ohio) 62 Dayton 93, UMass 63 E. Michigan 99, Cent. Michigan 80 IPFW 85,SouthDakota 65 lllinois St. 54, Loyola of Chicago 52 Indiana St. 79, Drake 69 lowa St. 76, Texas Tech 69 Missouri St. 59, N. Iowa 58 N. Illinois 80, Ohio 69 Ohio St. 65, Northwestern 56 S. Illinois 65, Bradley 44 Saint Louis 65, George Washington 62

Wednesday's Games New York 98, Miami 90 Indiana 95, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Washington 115 Toronto 91, Brooklyn 74 Detroit 99, Boston 94 Denver 78, Minnesota 74 Dallas 100, New Orleans 91 San Antonio 123, Utah 98 Phoenix 111, Charlotte 102 Oklahoma City 112, Memphis 94

Tennessee St. 66, E. Illinois 61 Wichita St. 67, Evansville 64 FAR WEST Colorado St. 66, UNLV 65 Denver 78, Oral Roberts 75 Fresno St. 85, Nevada 63 Hawaii 86, Cal Poly 73 Long Beach St. 94, CS Northridge 79 Oregon 68, California 65 San Diego St. 77, San Jose St. 62 Stanford 78, Oregon St. 72 Wyoming 64, Air Force 52

NCAA Women Thursday's Scores EAST lona 69, Marist 49 Michigan St. 71, Penn St. 55 Navy 67, Boston U. 56 Rutgers 61, Wisconsin 41 St. Bonaventure 55, Fordham 41 SOUTH Austin Peay 61, Jacksonville St. 59 Charlotte 80, Southern Miss. 59 Chattanooga 53, Wolford 40 Duke 95, Wake Forest 68 Duquesne 72, George Mason 56 E. Kentucky 70, UT Martin 61 East Carolina 71, UCF 56 FAU 84, Marshall 73 Florida 74, Tennessee 66 Florida St. 75, Boston College 42 Furman 81, ETSU 77 Georgia Southern 57, South Alabama 43 Kentucky 73, Alabama 48 LSU 76, Mississippi 57 Louisiana Tech 69, Old Dominion 51 Louisville 56, Virginia Tech 45 Maryland 89, Nebraska 50 Mercer 86, UNC-Greensboro 78, OT Miami 79, Pittsburgh 55 Mississippi St. 60, Auburn 45 Missouri 54, Georgia 48 Murray St. 56, Tennessee Tech 50 NC State 65, Georgia Tech 57 New Orleans 55, Incarnate Word 49 North Carolina 77, Syracuse 73 Notre Dame 74, Virginia 46 SE Missouri 89, Morehead St. 79 Saint Louis 77, VCU 72 Samford 59, W. Carolina 42 South Carolina 71, Vanderbilt 61 South Florida 83, SMU 56 Texas-Arlington 76, Appalachian St. 45 Troy 97, Georgia St. 90 W. Kentucky 71, FIU 69 MIDWEST Detroit 72, Valparaiso 66 Green Bay 66, Cleveland St. 45 Memphis 64, Cincinnati 47 Michigan 82, lowa 75 Minnesota 106, lllinois 75 Oakland 78, III.-Chicago 76 Ohio St. 97, Indiana 70 Purdue 85, Northwestern 71 S. Dakota St. 68, Nebraska-Omaha 58 W. Illinois 78, IPFW 74 Weber St. 62, North Dakota 56 Wis.-Parkside 62, Missouri St. 53 Youngstown St. 69, Milwaukee 67 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 67, Northwestern St. 46 Arkansas 67, Texas AKM 61 Arkansas St. 66, Louisiana-Monroe 43 Cent.

Arkansas 55,Stephen F.Austin 53 Houston Baptist 80, Nicholls St. 71 Lamar 75, Texas AKM-CC 70 Louisiana-Lafayette 65, UALR 58 Sam Houston St. 80, SE Louisiana 56 Texas Rio Grande Valley 52, Grand Canyon 28 FAR WEST BYU 68, Santa Clara 63 CS Bakersfield 76, Chicago St. 43 Denver64, N. Dakota St. 53 Hawaii 67, Long Beach St. 55 Montana 79, Portland St. 58 Montana St. 80, Sacramento St. 79 N. Colorado 48, Idaho St. 47 New Mexico St. 73, Utah Valley 68 Pacific 65, Pepperdine 62 Saint Mary's (Cal) 72, Loyola Marymount 57 San Diego 67, San Francisco 58, OT Seattle 69, UMKC 63 UC Davis 75, CS Northridge 52 UC Riverside 93, UC Irvine 69 UC Santa Barbara 78, Cal Poly 67

Wednesday's Scores EAST Albany (NY) 77, UMBC 42 Army 78, Lafayette 45 Brown 90, Rhode lsland Coll. 35 Bucknell 66, American U. 60 Buffalo 67, Cent. Michigan 61 Columbia 87, Fairleigh Dickinson 83, OT Cornell 71, Delaware St. 62 Davidson 66, La Salle 58 GeorgeWashington 68,Rhode Island 52 Harfford 72, Mass.-Lowell 59 Holy Cross 80, Colgate 71 Lehigh 66, Loyola (Md.) 48 Maine 62, Vermont 41 Quinnipiac 64 Rider 51 Saint Joseph's 62, UMass 58 St. Peter's 67, Monmouth (NJ) 62 StonyBrook 64, Binghamton 58 UConn 95, Tulsa 35 SOUTH Dayton 60, Richmond 48 MIDWEST Akron68,E.Michigan 65,OT Baylor 58, Kansas 40 Miami (Ohio) 66, N. Illinois 60 Ohio 73, Ball St. 48 Tennessee St. 62, E. Illinois 53 Toledo 73, Kent St. 67 W. Michigan 74, Bowling Green 45 West Virginia 72, Kansas St. 53 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 78, TCU 65 Oklahoma St. 69,Texas Tech 46 Oral Roberts 60, South Dakota 56 Texas 75, lowa St. 54 FAR WEST Boise St. 84, Utah St. 78, OT Colorado St. 64, UNLV 56 Fresno St. 67, Nevada 59 San Jose St. 78, San Diego St. 73 Wyoming 67, Air Force 45

COLLEG EFOOTBALL

Title gametests ties inAlahamahometownofSwinney The Associated Press

little bit awkward for some.

"Everybody talks about it being ClemSon COaCh Dabo SWinney hang CraZy, me Pulling fOr ClemSon, but On a Wall abOVe the uSed StOVeS Bnd it'S not fOr me. ThiS iS family," Said plumbing hoses in Jason Miller's Miller, whose M&M Hardware in hardWare StOre, eVen though thiS neighboring Alabaster was once iStheheart OfAlabama fOOtball owned by Swinney's late father. He country. considers Swinney more a brother Miller iS Pulling fOr the toPthan a fOOtball riVal, teXting Bnd talkranked Tigers against Alabama in ingregularly with the guy everyone Monday'S title game eVen though amund here CallS"Dabo," nOtCOaC h. he calls himself a"huge" Crimson For manyAlabamafans,Swinney Tide fan. istheirsecond-favorite coach behind Miller is definitely in the minority Saban, who's after his fourth national among Tide fans in rooting for Clem- title atAlabama. Area FBCebook Son to beat COaCh NiCk Saban'S team, feeds, coffeeshopsand storeaislesare but he's hardly alone around here in full Of'Bama fanS WhO Say they'd be beinga big fan OfSWinney,Wh o atrOOting fOr GemSon if Only SWinney'S tended high SChOO 1in Birmingham'S team wasn't playing the Tide.

"I'm Pretty red-Bnd-White Bnd SOuthern SuburbS befOre gOing On to Play atAlabama Bnd then COaCh. I WantAlabama toWin, but I 1OVe The matChuP betWeen ClemSon Dabo Bnd Want him to do Well," Said Bnd No. 2 Alabama in the natiOnal Alabama fan Herman WattS, Who championship game is testing ties has known Swinney for decades.

Bnd allegianCeS in a Way that'S juSt a "But both Can't Win, Can they? So

We'Ve gotOurSelVeS a SituatiOn." SWinney knOWS he'S got SOme

absolutely loves Pelham."

BS Bn aSSiStant atAlabama tm-

der StallingS Bnd Mike DuBOSe, secret fans. That's just fine with him. reCruiting WattS' Son Tyler WattS to 'There'S a lot OfC1O Set ClemSon Alabama as a quarterback. fans atAlabama. They don't want W hen BOWden WBS hired aShead to admit it, but there'S a bunChOf COaCh at ClemSon Bnd needed a rethem," he Said."I think We'Ve kind Of ceiver coach he called Swinney, then become a team in that state where working for a commercial real estate company in Birmingham. Swinney PeOPle Pull fOr. Kind Of giVeSthem another team." aCCePted Bnd later rePlaCed BOWden Swinney, 46,grew up in Pelham in 2008.

Bnd Played fOOtball at Pelham In Pelham, a Birmingham bedHigh School before enrolling at the rOom COmmunity Of abOut 23,000 UniVerSity Of Alabama Bnd jOinPeOPle at the SOuthern end Of the ing the football team as a walk-on Appalachian foothills, Swinney under then-Alabama coach Bill has a reputation as a faithful, Curry. SWinney made Bn imPreSSiOn determined guy Who married hiS

TWO autograPhed PhOtOSOf

"I greW uP aCrOSS the Street &Om

him Bnd he'S juSt the greateSt guy," said Angie Kimbrel.'%e're the biggeSt Alabama fanS you COuld eVer meet. NiCk Saban iS aWeSOme.But We 1OVe Dabo. If We Were gOing to haVe to 1OSe, it WOuld be niCe to 1OSe

to him."

And Pelham 1OVeS Dabo.

DaVe Smith, Who PubliSheS Pelham'S City neWS magaZine, Put SWinney Onthe COVer aS a hOme-

town hero after the 2012 season, but he iSn't rOOting fOr ClemSon againSt'Bama.

Yet like other Crimson Tide fans, On Curry aSSiStant TOmmy BOWden high SChOO1 SWeetheart Bnd haSn't Smith sees a time when Alabama Bnd eVentually earned a SChOlarShiP forgotten the folks back home. When might consider Swinney for its as a receiver under Alabama coach Tom CauSey WBS hired aS Pejham'S COaChing job ShOuld Saban Call it Gene Stallings. fOOtball COaCh a year ago, SWinney quits.

"I'd Say if he COntinueS On that SWinney WBS Part OfAlabama'S got in tOuCh. "He Called Bnd WiShed me Well," 1992 national championship team traCk, he'd be a 1OgiCalChOiCeto SteP that defeated Miami 34-13 in the said Causey, whose brother played in and continue the winning tf'adiSugar BOW1 Bnd, afterWard, WOrked at Alabama with Swinney."He tion at the CaPStOne," Said Smith.

•

•

•

'I

•

I

' I

I 'I

I

'

I

I

'

I

I

I

I •

•

-

• II '

•

INSURANCE

www.valleyinsurance.com

• 0

•

i

•

4•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

.

• •

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

• 0

•

• 0

•

10A — THE OBSERVER

PLAYOFFS Continued from Page 8A Peterson once this season, holding him to 18 yards on eight carries in Week 13.

'You can't expect a guy like that to get eight touches again.

They'regoing to fi nd different ways, whether

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

SPORTS

NFL postseason:Roadto Super Bowl50 Wild card Jan. 9

Divisional Ionad

Conference

championships Jan.24 1. Broncos

Conference Divisional championships Ionnd Jan.24 1. Panthers

Wild card Jan. IO

O

4.Texans 4:35

Asc/EspN

Jan. 17 4:30

Jan. 17 1:05

cos

Lower seed

Fpli

4. Redskins

Lower seed

4:30 FOX 5. Packers

5. Chiefs

handing the ball ofE or getting him screens or checking it down to him," Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said."I definitely feel like he's going to try to have a bigger presence in this game."

Getting the scoring defensetitle wa sparticularly important, but seemed unlikely going into the final week. With Cincinnati having allowed 16 to Baltimore in its finale earlier in the day, the Seahawks could give up only eight points to Arizona to at leastshare the scoringtitle.

Enter DeShawn Shead with the Seahawks holding a 36-6 lead in the closing minutes and Arizona deep in Seattle's end.

The Seahawks had alreadygotten one breakwhen Chandler Catanzaro's field goal attempt at the end of the first halfhit the upright and ricocheted back onto the field. On fourth-and-10 from the Seattle 12 with 5:25 left, the Cardinah optedto goforitratherthan kick a meaningless field goal.

Drew Stanton's forced pass was intercepted by Shead, igniting a huge celebration on the Seahawks sideline.

"I was not aware at all. I heard them talking on the sideline in the fourth quarter about it but I didn't really pay no mind to it until I got the interception and I came back to the sideline and

Earl (Thomasl and (Richard Sherman)came up to me and were like, Thank you, you saved the record,"' Shead said."I didn't realize until then how significant the

2. Patriots

Jan. 16 3.Ben als 8:35

cos

4:30

2. Cardinals

Feb. 7 5:30

Jan. 16

cos

8:15

CBS

NBC

Higher seed

Higher seed

6. Steelers

interception was. For my first interceptionatthelastpossible defensive drive in the regularseason itcould not havecome at abettertim e.

It's a great feeling to know that I have legitimately been partofhistory."

Chiefs, Texans open playofls Saturday The previous time the Kansas City Chiefs won a playoff game Bill Clinton was President and Tonya Harding's ex-husband had just been arrestedforhiring someone to attack figure skatingrival Nancy Kerrigan.

Kansas City (11-5l has losteight postseason games since that win over the Oilers in Houston on Jan. 16, 1994, and will return to the city to face the ~ o nSaturdayin the wild-card round, looking to snap this lengthy skid.

The Chiefs, who have won afranchiserecord 10 straight games, insist they won't be thinking about their years of playoffs woes when they line up to meet the AFC South champion Texans.

"I don't think this team's carrying that weight, to be honest," quarterback Alex

Home teams on top Alll times are Eastern Source: National Football League Graphic: Tribune Nsws Service

Smith said.'Those were the other 22 years and 22 teams.

Tlns is us.

So instead of thinkmg aboutplayofFfailuresthat include Lin Elliott's three field-goal misses against Indianapolis in 1995 and the 28-point lead they blew against the Colts two years ago, they're simply focusing on the challenge of dealing with Houston.

Bitter rivals Steelers,

Bengals meet The Ohio River rivals have such a deep dislike for each other that they traded nasty words and tweets before they met at Paul Brown Stadium on Dec. 13, and then

scumed on the field during pregame warmups. There were so many personal fouls during the game that the league handed out more than

$100,000 in fines.

Four weeks later, the only difference is that the stakes are higher.

The Bengals (12-4l are putting their 25-year streak of playofFfutility on the line against the Steelers (10-6l on Saturday night, trying to do a betterjobofkeepingtheir

3.Vikin s

>:05 NBC 6. Seahawks

cool. They got caught up in the emotion and suffered a meltdown four weeks ago, a 33-20defeatthatbasically cost them a playoffbye and their starting quarterback.

Andy Dalton was leading theleaguein passerrating when he broke his thumb while making a tackle during an interception return.A.J. McCarron took over and threw apairofinterceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.

Packers hoping to rely on defense Well, this is different for the Green Bay Packers.

The defense is playing better than the offense headed into the playoffs. Coach Mike McCarthy's team is ranked 15thintotaldefense and 23rd in total offense after the regular season.

It's an unexpected scenario for a team led by the offensive-minded McCarthy and two-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. ''We feelwe're abalanced football team that can play well in all three areas. That's what we're focusing on for this week," McCarthy said.

HOF Continued ~om Page8A He wouldn't say whether he was upset about being sullied by suspicions.

"That's the freedom we have," Piazza maintained.

'You can say these things, and that's the country we live in."

Griffey topped the previoushigh percentage of 98.84, set when Tom Seaver appeared on 425 of 430 ballots in 1992. The identities of the three writers who did not vote for Griffey was not immediately known.

"I can't be upset," he said."It's just an honor to beelected,and to have the highest percentage is definitely a shock."

A player needs to appear on 75percent ofballotsto gain election. Jeff Bagwell missed by 15 votes and Tim Raines by 23. Trevor Hoffman, second on the career saveslistand appearing on the ballot for the first time, was 34 short.

Totalballotsdropped by 109 from last year after writers who have not been active for 10 years were eliminated under a rules change by the Hall's boardofdirectors.W ith a younger average electorate, Roger Clemens rose to 45 percent and Barry Bonds to 44 percent, both up from about37 percent lastyear.

Clemens has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, and Bonds said he never knowingly took any banned substances.

"They were Hall of Famersbeforeallthis stufF started," Griffey said.

Mark McGwire, who admitted using steroids, received12 percent in his10th and final ballot appearance.

H alf of baseball's top 10 home run hitters are not

in the Hall: Bonds (762l,

RETURN

constraintsled to the program being droppedfollowing the 1975-76 season.

Continued from Page 8A Wrestling was briefly reinstated at Eastern a couple years later, but was cut again following the 1979-80 season. champion and hall of fame wrestler Rollin Schimmel. EOU was nationally "Eastern Oregon is home to many ranked annually between 1965 and 1973. wrestling champions both on individual But poor health forced Odegaard to and team levels," Smith said in a press retire in May of 1976 season. Financial release."EOU is (currentlyl unable to

attract these athleteswho desireto continue wrestling in college. I believe wrestling will give EOU another tool for recruitment and help keep our youth in Eastern Oregon."

School officials declined to comment further on the program's return.

The press conference is set for 1 p.m.

Monday at Quinn Coliseum.

• 0

•

Sosa (609l and McGwire (583l. Rodriguez, who served a yearlong drug suspension in 2014, remains active. Thome's first appearance on the ballot will be in 2018.

Griffey believes drug-

people."

Griffey and Piazza had contrastingtreks to stardom. Griffey was selected first in the 1987 amateur draft and became the first No. 1 to make the Hall. Piazza was taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 1,390th pick on the 62nd round in 1988; since the draft started in 1965, the lowest draft pick elected to the Hall had been John Smoltz, taken with selection 574 on the 22nd round in 1985.

"It crystalizes how special this game is," Piazza said."It separates it from other sports. Athletic talent definitely helps but it's not the only thing that can make you successful."

Griffey was known simply as "Junior" by many as a contrast to hisfather,threetime All-Star outfielder Ken Griffey, who played alongside him in Seattle during 1990 and '91. The younger Griffey became a 13-time All-Star outfielder and finished with 630 homers, sixth on the career list. After reaching the major leagues in 1989, he was selected for 11 consecutive All-Star Games starting in 1990.

Phone and Internet Discounts Available to CenturyLink Customers

KOHR

est girl (5-foot-8l that excelled scoring and rebounding in the paint, Rickman-Johansen Continued from Page 8A has slid Kohr out to the as a coach, and (sportsi are perimeter more this season m y favorite hobby." due to the team's needs. It's a While she enjoys each move she knew her daughter sport, one does stand above could handle.

"There's nights where the rest.

"Basketball," she said."I she plays the post or small forward, then there's nights just love the game. It's more fast-paced and aggressive." she starts at (small forward) Her mom said Kohr is and then goes to (shooting constantly studying the game guard), or she'll bring the ball and going to camps in the up," Rickman-Johansen said.

"She's the type of athlete offseason, and her statsare just a fraction of what Kohr that when I ask her to do does on the court. something, she accepts it as "I rely on her a lot," Ricka challenge. Her versatility is man-Johansen said."Things comforting for us." flow really smoothly with her Kohr said the switch was on the court. I call her my tricky at first, but as the trafic director. She knows season has gone on, her where people are supposed confidence level has grown to bewhen itgetschaotic.It's from the outside. Rickmannicetohave thatleadership Johansen said she's seen the on the floor, because there's biggest growth this season only so many timeouts." in her shooting and her Kohr has started since she ramped up leadership, and was a freshman. That experi- that was evident Saturday. ence has especially been vital Kohr racked up 16 points, this winter, as Union lost nine rebounds and seven assistsin a 54-26 win over five seniors from last year's Joseph, with Kohr taking squad. Kohr credits those the mostpridein the assists. past Bobcats as having a Through 12 games, Kohr great influence, both on her game and her role as a lead- has upped her averages to er. And while she probably nine points, eight boards and won't employ the in-your-face two assists pergame.

Of course, Rickmantactics of a Keesha Sarman, one of those seniors, Kohr is Johansen had a good idea Kohr would adapt well. adapting this season.

"I'vealways tried to be It's what happens after the leader that I feel I would a mother first started need on the court," Kohr said. coaching her daughter in "This year, I knew I would elementary school.

"There's ups and downs," have to bemore vocal.It's been a challenge, but I'm get- Rickman-Johansen said.

"It's not always easy, espetingbetteratit."

Another shift on the court cially for her, because she livesand breathes baskethas come in her team role.

Primarily an inside presence ball. But my relationship as her first two years as the tall- a mom is most important.

Alex Rodriguez (654l, Jim Thome (612l, Sammy

testing, which began in baseball in 2003, should eliminate the possibility of stigma for the current generationofplayers.

"There won't be any questions and you'll know from here on out," he said.

Some players who admitted using steroids claimed they chose the needle because of pressure to compete. Griffey said he never was tempted.

"I also had a dad that said you're never going to be the biggest, you're never goingtobe the strongest and you're never going to be thefastest,"he said.

'There's always going to be someone in each of thosecategories,butthe one tlnng they can't do is outwork you."

"I never really worried about what somebody elsewas doing,because it was out of my control," he added."I was already popular. It wasn't that I needed to jump out and surprise

The Oregon Public Utility Commission designated Centurytink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. Centurytink's basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $14.48-$16.55 per month and business services are $20.31$27.25 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request.

Centurytink participates in a government benefit program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone service more affordable to eligible low-income individuals and families. Eligible customers are those that meet eligibility standards as defined by the FCC and state commissions. Residents who live on federally recognized Tribal Lands may qualify for additional Tribal benefits if they participate in certain additional federal eligibility programs. The Lifeline discount is available for only one telephone per household, which can be either a wireline or wireless telephone. A household is defined for the purposes of the Lifeline program as any individual or group of individuals who live together at the same addressand share income and expenses. Lifeline service is not transferable, and only eligible consumers may enroll in the program. Consumers who willfully make false statements in order to obtain Lifeline telephone service can be punished by fine or imprisonment and can be barred from the program.

Lifeline eligible subscribers may also qualify for reliable home high-speed lnternet service up to1.5Mbps for $9.95' per month for the first 12 months of service. Please call 1-800-257-3212 or visit centurylink.com/internetbasics for more information.

Observer file photo

Delanie Kohr, left, is a versatile weapon for Union, capable of playing any position on the floor.

After games, we try to be brief and be a normal mother and daughter."

But Kohr still can't resist trying to strategize with mom after games.

"I always try to put in my two cents," she said with a laugh."It's cool to bounce ideas off each other at home.

Sometimes you don't want to take basketball home because you had a bad day.

It can be hard, but we have a great relationship. We know when to leave it at the gym.

• 0

That's really important."

Now, as Kohr tries to lead Union to the playoffs again this season, her mother marvels at just how far she's come in front of her eyes.

"I feel really blessed to be apartofher athletics and watch her progress," Rickman-Johansen said.

"As a mom, she makes me extremely proud, and as a coach,Iadmire herdedicationtogetbetter.Ittakesa lot of commitment to do the things she's done."

•

If you live in a Centurytink service area, please call 1-855954-6546 or visit centurylink.com/lifeline with questions or to request an application for the Lifeline program. +CenturyLink Internet Basics Program — Residential customers only who qualify based on meeting income level or program partinpation eligibility requirements, and requ>res rema>n>ngel>g>ble for the ent>re offer per>od arst b>ll w>ll >nI:lude charges for the Xf>rst full month of serv>I:e b>lled >nadvance, prorated charges for serv>I:e from the date of >nstallat>on to b>ll date, and one t>mecharges and fees desI:r>bed above Qual>fy>ngcustomers may keep th>s program for a max>mum of 60 months after ser v>I:e aI:Ivat>on prov>dedcustomer st>ll qual>f>esdur>ng that Ime hsted H>gh Speed Internet rate of $9 95/mo appl>es for frst 1Z months of serv>I:e (after wh>I:h the rate reverts to $1495/mo for the next 48 months of serv>I:e), and requ>res a 1Z month term agreement Customer must e>ther lease a modem/router from Centuryhnk for an add>t>onal monthly charge or >ndependently purchase a modem/router, and a one Ime H>gh Speed lnternet aI:Ivat>on fee appl>es A one t>meprofess>onal >nstallat>on charge (>f selected by customer) and a one t>mesh>pp>ngand handl>ng fee appl>es to customer's modem/router General —Serv>I:es not ava>lable everywhere Have not have subsI:r>bed to Centuryhnk lnternet serv>I:e w>th>nthe last 90 days and are not a current Centuryhnk customer Centuryhnk may change or cancel serv>I:es or subst>tute s>m>lar serv>I:es at >ts sole d>sI:ret>onw>thout not>I:e Offer, plans, and stated rates are sub]eI:t to change and may vary by serv>I:e area Depos>tmay be requ>red Add>t>onal restr>I:t>onsapply Terms and Conditions —All products and serv>I:es l>sted are gov erned by tar>ffs, terms of serv>I:e, or terms and I:ond>t>onsposted at I:enturyl>nk I:om Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges — Appl>I:able taxes, fees, and surcharges >nI:lude a I:arr>er Umversal Serv>I:e charge, I:arr>er cost recovery surI:harges, state and local fees that vary by area and I:erta>n >nstate surI:harges Cost recovery fees are not taxes or government requ>red charges for use Taxes, fees, and surcharges apply based on standardmonthly, not promot>onal, rates

+1rw'

< ~ CenturyLink

• 0

•

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

THE OBSERVER —11A

STATE

OREGON IN BRIEF Erom wire reports

Sex offender arrested after police sting PORTLAND — A 76-yearold man has been arrested after arranging to meet with someone he thought was a 14-year-ol d girlforsex.

The Oregonian reported that the Kelso, Washington, man set the meetup after communicating with a Cowlitz County detective.

According to the sherifFs offtce, the man was told he was talking to a teen and set up a meeting anyway. The man was booked without bail into the Cowlitz County Jail.

The man is a registered sex offender and was convicted of child molestation in

1998.

Officer gets probation formisconduct PORTLAND — A Washington County SherifFs sergeant who resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct has been sentenced to two yearsofprobation.

Sled dogs rarin' to go

letter stating that he and other deputies had sex while on duty, sexually harassed femalecolleagues and engaged in other misconduct.

Cardinal and two other deputies were placed on adminisfrative leave during the investigation.

w

ets t~c'fa •

.i'V,"

g .p"4f

'

".

County considers development r

p( Andy Tullisyyyescom News Service

OregonTrail of Dreams musher Justin Harris, standing at right, takes George Spinas and his wife, Liz Black, of Bend, and Ukiah, California, on a dog sled ride near Sunrise Lodge at Mt. Bachelor on Wednesday. The dog sled ride was a first for the couple. "We love animals and nature, and these dogs really want to go, so it's exciting," Spinas said.

The Oregonian reported that Sgt. Bob Ray says 40-year-old Daniel Cardinal pleadedno contest tooffi cial m isconduct as partofa plea deal and was sentenced

Thursday. The agreement also calls for Cardinal's law enforcement certification to be revoked.

Cardinal was never arrestedin thecase and faced

no charge until Thursday's hearing, which wasn't listed on the public court docket.

Cardinal resigned in May after the sherifFs office received an anonymous

BEND — Deschutes County commissioners are working to determine whether part of a former mining site near Terrebonne should be used for a residential development.

The Bend Bulletin reportedcommissioners held a public hearing Wednesday fora development proposal of 19 residential lots on the easternside oftheformer mining area. The county has until July to decide whether theprojectbrought forward by real estateinvestcompany, Lower Bridge Road LLC, of Vancouver, Washington,

can move forward.

Salem neighborhood evacuated due to leak SALEM — Offtcials say a liquid oxygen leak has forced some Salem residents to evacuate their homes.

Salem firefighters responded to a report of a hazardous materials situation Thursday night. KGW-TV reported the leak was contained at 8:40 p.m. but evacuations were continuing due to a high combustion risk.

The evacuation of about six blocks around the 4600 block of Windsor Way Northeast was expected to lastabout 12 hours.

Displaced residents were staying warm on a city bus and others headed to a shelter opened by the American Red Cross at the McKay

High School gym.

Offtcials are asking people to avoid the area.

— The Associated Press

k ®Q>©gn ® anv 0 j4®g>~Q<©A ® a~0 4 ®Q>~Q<4 A ® <~ 0 gt ® Q>® k n

4 ®

~i'l ~~ Z7

4 ®

1 +>8 •

Soroptimist International of La Grande Thanks You ~ 5 4c E

Community Purchasers , Sponsors, and Decorators John Coote, Auchoneer Kevin Loveland, Emcee Aaron's Furniture Ace Hardware Alegre Travel Alpine Meadows Golf Course

Angie Miller, LMT Anna Cavinato

4 A

n t hony Lakes Ski Resort Apple Eyecare Arrow Stores Arts East Bear Mt. Pizza Benchwarmers Bar & Grill Bi-Mart Bill & Linda Whittemore Blue Mt. Auto Blue Mountain Outfitters Bogart's — Marcene & Fran Buffalo Peak Golf Course CAM Credits Carter's Custom Cleaning-

rh 4

D & B S u pply Dana Londin Dashia Jones — On Stage Beauty Salon Domino's Earth & Vine Wine Bar & Art

Gallery

Elgin Stampede Expressions — Kimberly Rose

Spenger Fashion Floors/Carpet One Gianni's Fine Foods- John Granada Theater Grande Ronde Hospital Dietehcs Dept.

Grande Ronde Hospital

Orchestra Grandescapes Nursery &

Landscaping Gust & Karin Tsiatsos Hickory Farms

Copy Club

Island City Market & Deli Island Express Car Wash & Lube

JC Penney Joe and Sugars

Northwest Furniture Oregon Wireless — John Cavin

U rban Logging Tree Service Veteran's Memorial Pool

OTEC

Waldrop Oil Company

Pampered Chef —Sharon

WalMart — Island City Waste Pro Wild Tree — Jessie Huxoll Wildhorse Resort & Casino Steve Anthony

Cheney

Joe Beans Coffee

Eastern Oregon AudiologyKelly Skovlin — Massage Dr. Robin Maxon Kitchens by Terrie Eastern Oregon Fire Museum Kneads Bakery Eastern Oregon Landscaping La Grande Amusement Eastern Oregon Livestock Show La Grande Country Club Eastern Oregon Rental La Grande Gold & Silver Ed & Dixie Lund La Grande Grocery Outlet

Employees & Family Sh annon Carteoyrtdmarth Members Grande Ronde Med Spa Ch a rles Booth Grande RondeSymphony Chief Joseph Days Rodeo Associahon Cindy Harden Copies Plus

Hobby Habit

La Grande Paint and Glass La Grande Pizza Hut

Legacy of Hope Legacy Auto Group Liv Fit LLC Mamacita's Magnificent Looks — Laurie Sweet Maid to Order Maridell Center — Jeri Mackley Marlene Perkins Massage Now Millers Home Center & Lumber Mountain West Moving & Storage Next Step Carpet-Brent & Maria Moulton

Patchwork Janes Pendleton Country Club Pendleton Roundup Praise Photography — Eric Valentine

Quail Ridge — Baker City Riverside Greens — Connie Voelz Roaring Springs Waterpark Rob & Carrie Lane Robert's Business Service Safeway — La Grande Schwan's Foods —Mark Sorbenot's Coffee Starbucks — Island Avenue Swire Coca Cola — LaGrande Ten Depot Teri Champlin — Sweet Stay The Short Stop

The Sub Shop The Window Store - Sue Archuleta Tom Dimond Union County Chamber of Commerce Uniquely Hooten

Bri e l s

Edward Jones — Mary Horn Edward Jones — Shawn Mangum

© A

Fenn's Towing & Repair Guyer & Associates, CPAs

®

H & RBlock

Hall's Handyman ServiceShawn Hall ISU Insurance Services — The Peter Fallow Stratton Agency Doug Henderson John J. Howard & Associates Jeff Puckett Real Estate Jesse Roberts Joseph D. Marhnez Tim Seydel Orthodonhcs Paul Willmarth Kruse & Kilpatrick Dental Mark Jensen La Grande Family Eyecare - Dr. Don McAndie Sam Kimball Bill Rosholt Laurence's Auto Body & Paint Lynn Halliday Lewis, Poe, Moeller, Gunderson Dona Duncan and Roberts Audrey Smith, Harpist Linda Schreiner, Insurance Beckie Thompson Dancers Agent Prevailing Wind Recorders Mammen & Null, Attorneys at Union County Children's Choir Law Judy Washbond Melinda J. Walker — Insurance Alyssa D. Slater, Attorney at & Investment Advisor Law Mike Becker, General Blue Mountain Bottled WaterContractor Scott & Karen Winburn Miller Chiroprachc Bruce Anderson Law Office Robert Brooks Painting Compass Real Estate- Amy Steven Rasmussen Construction

Danny Bell

— To all who made our Festival of Trees a great success 0

LAR G E TREES

E

c

5 c

n n 1 "Santa's Workshop" Donated by: R o sewood Cottage Decorated by: Sarah Barker, Julie Brown Purchased by: Next Step Carlyet n 2 "Warm Winter Nights" Donated by: G . L . Lequerica General Contractor Decoratedby: Penny Hampton & Shar Lequerica Purchased by: Hancock Forest Management 3 "Punk the Halls" Donated by: G r a nde Ronde Hospital Decorated by: Grande Ronde Hospital Employees Purchased by: Eastern Oregon Audiology n 4 "Gold Forest" Donated by: E a stern Oregon University Decorated by: Emily & Melia Insko Purchased by: Banner Bank n 5 n"Owl Be Home for Christmas" Donated by: H a l ey Hines, Principal BrokerRE/MAX Real Estate Team Decorated by: Haley Hines, Katie Morrison, & Sam Alvarado Purchased by: Team Country Insurance 6 "A Grand Duchess Tree"

Donated by: Baby Cupcake Clothing Decorated by: Sara Fenn, Cindy Harden, Pam Konschu, & Kinda Cable Purchasedby: Northwest Furniture 7 "Victorian Breast Cancer Awareness Tree"

Donatedby: Legacy Auto Group — Legacy ofHope Decorated by: Dennie Rankin & Angela Grover Purchased by: Shawn Mangum m n 8 "Let it Snow — Man!" Donated by: E l k horn Media Group Decorated by: Edna Henderson, Meghan Fairchild, &

9 "Sparkling Serenity" Donated by: W e stern Automahc Sprinkler Decorated by: Julie Bodfish & Friends Purchased by: ValleyInsurance 10 "Home(Made) for the Holidays" Donated by: I c on Credit Union Decorated by: Kahe, Diana, Kymee, & Tiffanie Purchased by: RE/MAX Real Estate Team 11 "Lending a Hand to End World Hunger" Donated by: R e d Cross Drug Store Decorated by: Deana Travis, Darcy Blackman, & Amy

Johnson Purchased by: Legacy Dodge 12 "Floral Fantasy" Donated by: F i t zgerald Flowers Decorated by: Julie Bodfish & Friends Purchased by: Hancock Forest Management 13 "The Christmas Sparkle" Donated by: L e s Schwab Tire Center Decorated by: April Tessey Purchased by: Mountain Ualley Therafyy 14 "Celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas" Donated by: N e l ls-N-Out Decorated by: Sandi Larison Purchased by: RuddFarms 15 "Christmas Memories" Donated by: H e art N Home Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC Decorated by: Sara Waliser Purchased by: Les Schryyab Tire Center 16 "Classic Car Christmas" Donated by: I S U — The Stratton Agency Decorated by: Joni Neustel, Virginia Lackey, &

Mellisa Konopacky Purchasedby: Eastern Oregon Rental& Sales 17 "Frolicking with Frosty" Donated by: G a ry Anderson Construchon &

Purchasedby: Eastern Oregon Rental& Sales 18 "We Wish You a Mardi Christmas" Donated by: B o ise Cascade Decorated by: Jennifer Feaster & Brie Zier Purchased by: Stme & Erin Creech

MINI- TREES 1 "Winter World of Dreams" Sponsored by: Girl Scout Service Unit 23 Purchased by: Les Schwab Tire Center 2 "A ll American Country Christmas" Sponsored by: Bi-Mart Purchased by: Legacy Ford 3 "May Your Holidays Be Balanced and Bright" Sponsored by: Britney Garcia — Diet Doc & Janet Pryce — doTerra Essential Oils Purchased by: Next Step Carlyet 4 " W i l dlife Christmas"

h

®

Sponsored by: Life Flight Network Purchased by: Legacy Ford 5 "His Promise" Sponsored by: Grande Ronde Academy Purchased by: ValleyInsurance

Raffle Winners: Gas Card Package: Jamie Barnhart

Wildhorse Package: Jerry Mayes Walla Walla Spa Package: Jessie Huxoll OTEC Gift Certificate: Linda Huck

Favorite Tree: Kids — tie, "We Wish You a Mardi Christmas" & "Classic Car" Adults — "Frolicking with Frosty"

® w®44® k 0 4 0 e ®4®®k®ke~~A®k®®~~®Ae~ek®k ®4 Nyla Rhoton

Purchased by: Western Automatic SIyrinkler

Eberhard Logging

Decorated by: Keri Eberhard & Ernie Humphry &

• 0

•

• 0

•

• 0

•

12A — THE OBSERVER

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

NATION 8 WORLD

OBAMA-GUNS

WIRE BRIEFING Nation & World News

Some isa reewi Stu 0 a m a use

By Chuck Raasch

Feds offer new nutritional guidelines WASHINGTON — Better cut down on sugar, especially those 16-ounce drinks, and limit your salt. But you might not need to worry quite as much about eggs.

The Obama administration's latest dietary guidelines, released Thursday, seek to help Americans reduce their likelihood of disease and obesity through a more healthful diet. The newest guidance comes down hard on sugar that's added to food and drinks but says lean meat is a healthy protein and more

Attitudes on gun control

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made a reference to a Missouri gun study in his emotional White House speech this week. But emblematic of the highly charged debate, not everyone agrees with the study author's methods and conclusions.

"Since Missouri repealed a law requiring comprehensive background checks and purchase permits, gun deaths have increased to an almost 50 percent higher iratel than the national average," Obama said Tuesday evening."Onestudy found, unsurprisingly, that criminals in Missouri now have easier access to guns."

The first reference was to a 2007repealofa M issouri law that required a sherifFs permitbeforethepurchase of a concealed firearm.

The second was to a study released in 2014 by Daniel Webster, a Johns Hopkins University researcher, in the Journal of Urban Health.

He has updated the study since, and concluded that the repealofthe2007 law contributed to "an additional 49 to 68 murders per year in Missouri between 2008 and 2012," the 2014 report says, adding that"the repeal of Missouri's ... law was associatedwith a 25 percent

Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control latvsg

• All Americans

• Oppose

Fa v or

Gp ~

37%

Gun owning households

42%

3%

Not in gun owning

h

h id ~

24%

~

23%

R p hi g owning households

74

Republicans not in gun owning households

42%

7p

Democrats in gun

gh

h id ~

30%

Democrats not in gun o wning households ~ 8 %

g1% *Don'tknow/Refused not shown

Source: Public Religion Research lnstitute Graphic: Staff, Tnbune News Serwce

increase in firearm homicide rates."

Webster told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch last month: "Missouri went from being just slightly above the national average with gun homicide rates to be quite substantially over it. It went from 13.8 percent higher than the national average to 47 percent higher than the national average. You put more guns out there. It's clear they are getting into risky situations."

Webster was also quoted in a New York Times article last month citing the same statistics. When asked to substantiatethe president's"almost 50 percent higher" reference to Missouri, a White House spokesman referred to the

Times story.

But Gary Kleck, a criminologyprofessoratFlorida State University, said he believes that the study is "nothing more than guesswork" and is too narrowly focused, and that its conclusions relied on cherry-picked statistics. Kleck pointed out that in Webster's data, neighboring Nebraska had a higher surge in gun crimes in the year after Missouri repealed the law than Missourt (Itd.

Kleck also said that Webster's data showed that the incidence of gun homicides fell in Missouri in 2009 from 2008, and in 2010 from 2009, although both years were higher than 2007, before the law was repealed.

with Insulated

Snow -'. - Boots

surviveglohalturmoilP The Associated Press

to keep spending and to support US. economic growthevenifforeigneconomies struggle.

Still, stumbling growth in countries like China, the world's second-largest economy, and financial market turmoil could pose long-term challenges for the U.S. economy. A strongdollarand faltering globalgrowth have cutintoexportsoffactory goods.

The dollar has climbed about 10 percent in value in the past year compared with overseas currencies. That has made U.S. goods more expensive globally while lowering the price of imported products.

In November, exports fell to their lowest level in nearly four years. That trend contributed to a 5 percent increase in the nation's trade gap in the first 11 months last year.

The wider trade deficit shaved about 0.6 percentage point from the economy's growth in 2015, according to Goldman Sachs. Most analysts estimate that the economy expanded at amodest pace 2.5 percent lastyear.

WASHINGTON — For months, U.S. employers have steadily added jobs even as global growth has flagged and financial markets have sunk. Friday's jobs report for December may provide some hints of whether that trend can endure.

M ost economists areoptimisti c about last month: They have forecast that employers added a healthy 200,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate remained at a low 5 percentfora third straight month, according to data firm FactSet. What's behind the positive outlook? Most analysts expect solid U.S. consumer spending to offset weakness overseas. Stronger customer demand has given most businesses confidence to hire even though some sectors — notably manufacturing and oil and gas drilling — are struggling.

If employers continue to hire steadily and to raisewages consistently,consumers areexpected

P

We are confronting the president with the hard, honesttruth," said Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

"Obamacare doesn't work."

Philadelphia officer ambushed in cruiser

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia police officer was ambushed by a man while sitting in his marked cruiser, and was in stable condition Friday after being Congress sends shot three times in his left health law repeal to arm, officials said.

Obama for first time Police Commissioner WASHINGTON — The Richard Ross said the susGOP-led Congress sent leg- pect fired 13 shots that hit islation to President Barack 0$cer Jessie Hartnett and his car late Thursday. He eggs may be OK, despite Obama Wednesday repealing his signature health yearsofadvice tothe said the officer returned fire, contrary. hitting his assailant at least law, fulfilling a promise to Released every five Republican voters in a presi- three times.

"This is absolutely one of years, the guidelines inform dential election year but inviting a certain veto. everything from food packthe scariestthings I'veever The nearly party-line age labels to subsidized seen," Ross said at a news school lunches to your docvote in the House was 240- conference early Friday. tor's advice. And the main 181. The legislation already 'This guy tried to execute the police officer. The police message hasn't changed passedthe Senate last much over time: Eat your office r had no idea hew as year under special rules fruits and vegetables. Whole protecting it from Democoming."

The suspect ran away but grains and seafood, too. And cratic obstruction, so it keep sugar, fats and salt in goes straight to the White was quickly apprehended moderation.

House. by other officers, authorities Republicans boasted ofa sald.

US seeks strong signal achievement, saying Ross, who was sworn in finish on sign-ups they were forcing Obama to as commissioner Tuesday, WASHINGTON — Seek- faceup to the failuresofhis said there was no apparent ing a strong showing in law while illustrating the m otive for the attack.

President Barack Obama's stark political choices voters — The Associated Press last year in office, the face. administration said Thursday 11.3 million people have enrolled for health s s < i s s law coverage with three weeks still left in the signup season.

"KEEP YOUR TOES WARM THIS WINTER"

USiohsreSort:Willhiring

But a major independent survey out simultaneously showed that progress reducing the number of uninsured Americans stalled last year. The GallupHealthways Well-Being Index found the uninsured rate among adults essentially unchanged in 2015, raising concerns about the lasting impact of Obama's signature legislation.

gM~X

Mowers

MQ,R,KIXI5

Sales & Service Commercial & Residential

out frggnt matrtrtng

Small Engines Kohler & Kawasaki Dealer Servicing All Brands

All Outdoor Power

Q~

FooirNear tor rhe Femlly 5 4 t - 9 6a-S898 2 700 $

oL

p L G

d

OR. 97 8SO •

•

•

I

'

-

'

•

.

•

-

•

'

'

.

I XIR QX04 DCZI7 XK'E04II WO If ss, working d e p e nden and being out on the road, this might b a g ood fit for

BL

%F

D ETAILS AB OU T •

•

I a

I'

•

I

'

I I

d

d

d l

'

a

a

I

i

' 'Il

I

'

I

i

I

' I

i i I

i•

•

'

d

i•

I'

i

i '

I

ss

Is 'e

'rg

II

ee e .

,

•

-

II

Routes aredelivered to the Summerville,lmbler and La Grande areas.

Delivery days are Monday,Wednesday and Friday afternoons by 5:30 pm carrier, 6pm motor.

Validdrivers license and insurance needed. A contract issigned between the contractor andThe Observer.

If this is something you would like more information on, please come into The Observer office at l406 5th Street,La Grande OR 97850 and fillou t a brief route information sheet or call Zaq at 54 I -963-3 I 6 I

r•

I e .

'r

e

e

THE ROUTE:

e

.

-

•

•

•

•

•

•

LA GRANDE ROV T ES AVAILABLE IMM EDIATELY

•

' •

•000

•

•

-

.

•

•

•

•

•

-

•

-

•

.

•000

•000

I

FRIDAIY, JANUARY 8, 2016

THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — 1B

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

DKADLINES: Monday:

LINEADS: noon Friday

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

2 days prior to publication date

4© El

BakerCityHerald: 541-523-3673 • www.bakercityherald.com• classifiedsObakercityherald.com• Fax: 541-523-6426 The Observer: 541-963-3161 ® www.Ia randeobserver.com • classifiedsOlagrandeobserver.com• Fax:541-963-3674 105 - Announcements BINGO Sunday — 2 pm -4pm Catholic Church Baker City

LAMINATION

105 - Announcements THE DEADLINE for placing a Classified Ad is prior to 12:00 p.m.

ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE PUBLICATION. Publication Days: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Up to 17 1/2 inches wide any length

$1.00 per foot (The Observeris not responsible for flaws in material or machine error) THE OBSERVER 1406 Fifth • 541-963-3161

PHILLIPS PARK is taking reservations for summer weddings, reunHave a s p e c ial s k i ll> Let p eo p l e k n ow i n t h e ions and events. Call Service Directo ry (541 ) 523-4344.

FOR SALE

105 - Announcements PINOCHLE Fndays at 6:30 p.m.

Senior Center 2810 Cedar St. Public is welcome CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION We make every effort t o a v o i d e rr o r s .

However mistakes d o s l i p t hr o u g h .

Check your ads the first day of publication (!t please call us immediately if you find an error. Northeast Oregon Classifieds will cheerfully make your correction (!t extend your ad 1 day.

PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-partum.

541-786-9755 PUBLIC BINGO Community Connection,

II m

2810 Cedar St., Baker.

Every Monday Doors open, 6:00 p.m.

Early bird game, 6:30 pm followed by reg. games.

All ages welcome!

541-523-6591

h

I

SETTLER'S PARK ACTIVITIES

Newly remodeled 3 bd 2 ba, double wide, new park of Sundowner Mobile Park Sp. 94, price reduced $5,000, will carry some contract.

541-910-3513 Zz/Xrzli"l

1st (!t 3rd FRIDAY (every month) Ceramics with Donna 9:00 AM — Noon.

(Pnces from $3- $5)

MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE) TUESDAY NIGHTS Craft Time 6:00 PM (Sm.charge for matenals) EVERY WEDNESDAY Bible Study; 10:30 AM Public Bingo; 1:30 PM ( .25 cents per card) EVERY MORNING (M onday —nday) F

x d' 6 r r '

Exercise Class;

9:30AM (FREE)

SUSSCRISNS!

2958 Campbell Street Baker City

$179,900

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AL-ANON

"As Bill Sees It" Satd 10AM — 11AM 2533 Church St Baker Valley Church of Chnst Baker City

Concerned about someone else's drinking?

Sat., 9 a.m.

Northeast OR Compassion Center, 1250 Hughes Ln. Baker City (541 ) 519-7920

AA MEETING: Been There Done That Open Meeting AL-ANON-HELP FOR families (!t fnends of alSunday; 5:30 — 6:30 c oho l i c s .

U ni o n Grove St Apts Corner of Grove (!t D Sts County. 568 — 4856 or Baker City/Nonsmoking 963-5772 Wheel Chair Accessible AL-ANON. At t i tude o f Gratitude. W e d n e sAA MEETING days, 12:15 — 1:30pm.

Been There, Faith Lutheran Church.

Done That Group 1 2th (!t Gekeler, L a Sun. — 5:30 — 6:30 PM Grande.

Grove Street Apts (Corner of Grove St D Sts)

Baker City Open, Non-Smoking Wheelchair accessible

AA MEETINGS 2620 Bearco Loop La Grande

AL-ANON. COVE ICeep C oming Back. M o n days, 7-8pm. Calvary B aptist Church. 7 0 7 Main, Cove.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS can help!

24 HOUR HOTLINE (541 ) 624-51 1 7

MON, I/I/ED, FRI NOON-1 PM TUESDA Y 7AM-8AM TUE, I/I/ED, THU 7PM-8PM SAT, SUN 10AM-11AM

www oregonaadrstrrct29 org

Servtng Baker, Union, and Wallowa Counties

ALZHEIMERSDEMENTIA

ACCEPTANCE GROUP Support Group meeting of Overeaters 2nd Friday of every mo Anonymous meets 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Tuesdays at 7pm.

1250 Hughes Lane Baker City Church of the Nazarene (In the Fellowship Hall) 541-523-9845

United Methodist Church on 1612 4th St. in the library room in the basement.

541-786-5535

AL-ANON MEETING in Elgin.

Meeting times

1st (!t 3rd Wednesday

Evenings ©6:00 pm

BAKER COUNTY Cancer Support Group Meets 3rd Thursday of every month at St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM Contact: 541-523-4242

Corner of Washington St 4th

Baker City 541-523-5851

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETING:

CLASSIFIEDS of fers Powder River Group Self Help (!t Support Mond 7 PM -8 PM G roup A nn o u n c e Wedd 7 PM -8 PM ments at n o c h arge.

Fnd 7 PM -8 PM For Baker City call: Grove St. Apts.

J uli e — 541-523-3673 Corner of Grove (!t D Sts For LaGrande call: Baker City, Open E n ca — 541-963-31 61 Nonsmoking Wheel Chair Accessible NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: SAFE HAVEN Monday, Thursday, (!t Alzheimer/Dementia Fnday at8pm. Episcopal Caregivers Church 2177 First St., Support Group Baker City.

2nd Friday of every month NARCOTICS 11:45 AM in Fellowship ANONYMOUS Hall (Right wing) of HELP Nazarene Church LINE-1-800-766-3724 1250 Hughes Lane Meetings: Baker City 8:OOPM:S unday, M onday, Tuesday, WednesWALLOWA COUNTY day, Thursday, Fnday AA Meeting List Noon: Thursday 6:OOPM: Monday,TuesAnonymous day, Wednesday, Thurs- Alcoholics Monday, Wednesday, day (Women's) Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m.

7:OOPM:Saturday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday noon.

Rear Basement EnWomen only trance at 1501 0 Ave. AA meeting Wednesday 11a.m., 113 1/2 E Main St., Enterpnse, across from NARCOTICS Courthouse Gazebo ANONYMOUS Hotline 541-624-5117 Goin' Straight Group M

t m t,

WALLOWA 606 W Hwy 82 PH: 541-263-0208 Sunday 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Tues.

Mon. —

Thurs. (!t Fri. — 8 PM

Episcopal Church Basement 2177 1st Street Baker City

120 - Community Calendar

NO DECEMBER MEETING PARKINSON'S Support Group, open to those

You too can use this Attention Getter .

Ask howyou can get your ad to stand out

with Parkinson's/Caregtver's. 3rd Mon. each month. 4:30-5-:30pm at GRH, Solanum.

OVERCOMERS OUTREACH CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Chnst based (For spouses w/spouses 12 step group who have long term Sundays; 2:45 — 3:45 PM terminaI illnesses) 2533 Church St Meets 1st Monday of 541-523-7317

Elgin Methodist Church 7th and Birch

Someone's drinking a problem?

AL-ANON Monday at Noon Presbyterian Church

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings NORTHEAST OREGON

like this!

140 - Yard, Garage Sales-Baker Co. HU G E INDOOR FABRIC SALE 970 F St. January 7-9; 9am-5pm Fabnc, crafts,

every month at St.

Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM $5.00 Catered Lunch Must RSVP for lunch 541-523-4242

UNION COUNTY AA Meeting

Info.

541-663-41 1 2

clothing (!t more!

140 - Yard, Garage Sales-Baker Co. ALL ADS FOR: GARAGE SALES, MOVING SALES, YARD SALES, must be PREPAID at The Baker City Herald Office, 1915 First St., Baker City or

The Observer Office, 1406 Fifth Street, LaGrande.

145 - Yard, Garage Sales-Union Co.

ALL YARD SALE ADS MUST BE PREPAID You can drop off your payment at: The Observer 1406 5th St. La Grande

OR +Visa or Mastercard, are accepted.+ Yard Sales are $12.50 for 5 lines, and $1.00 for each additional line.

Callfor more info: 541-963-3161.

Must have a minimum of 10Yard Sale ad's to pnnt the map.

2701 Bearco Lp, LG, has used tire chains $15 ea, chest of drawers $ 20 t o $ 1 2 5 , a n d many other bargains.

160- Lost & Found 1 BROWN black Tabby, healthy, S undowner area 541-963-0593.

LOST DOG: Male, 1 yr old liver colored Spnnger near golf course.

541-51 8-71 1 2

MISSING YOUR PET? Check the Baker City Animal Clinic 541-523-3611

TAKE US ON YOUR PHONE! LEAVE YOUR PAPER AT HOME

FULL editions of The Baker City Herald are now available online.

3 EASY STEPS

Residential/Commercial spacious2,565 sq. ft.home.

3 bedrOOm, 2 bath, VVet bar,

wheelchair accessible and plenty of parking!

(541 } 403-1899 100 - AnnOunCementS 105 - Announcements 110- Self Help Groups 120 - Community Calendar 130 - Auction Sales 140 - Yard, Garage Sales, Baker Co 143 - Wallowa Co 145- Union Co 150 - Bazaars, Fundraisers 160- Lost 8 Found 170 - Love Lines 180 - Personals

200 -Employment 210- Help Wanted, Baker Co 220 - Union Co 230 - Out of Area 280 - Situations Wanted

300 - Financial/Service 310- Mortgages, Contracts, Loans 320 - Business Investments 330 - Business Opportunities 340 - Adult Care Baker Co 345 - Adult Care Union Co 350 - Day Care Baker Co 355 - Day Care Union Co 360 - Schools 8 Instruction 380 - Service Directory

400 - General Merchandise 405 - Antiques 410- Arts 8 Crafts 415 - Building Materials 420 - Christmas Trees 425 - Computers/Electronics 430- For Sale or Trade 435 - Fuel Supplies 440 - Household Items 445 - Lawns 8 Gardens 450 - Miscellaneous 460 - Musical Column 465 - Sporting Goods 470 - Tools 475 - Wanted to Buy 480 - FREEItems

500 - Pets 8 Supplies 505 - Free to a Good Home 510- Lost 8 Found 520 - Pet Grooming 525 - Pet Boarding/Training 530- Pet Schools, Instruction 550 - Pets, General

1. Register your account before you leave 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r pnnt paper 3. Log in wherever you are at and enloy

DM AM~XEB Whirlpool' and KitchenAid'

- Free Delivery-

ELGIN ELECTRIC 43 N. 8th Elgin 541 437 2054

Call Now to Subscribe!

541-523-3673

600 - FarmerS Market 605 - Market Basket 610 - Boarding/Training 620 - Farm Equipment 8 Supplies 630 - Feeds 640 - Horse, Stock Trailers 650- Horses, Mules, Tack 660 - Livestock 670 - Poultry 675 - Rabbits, Small Animals 680 - Irrigation 690 - Pasture

700 - Rentals 701 - Wanted to Rent 705 - Roommate Wanted 710- Rooms for Rent 720 - Apartment Rentals 730 - Furnished Apartments 740- Duplex Rentals Baker Co 745 - Duplex Rentals Union Co 750 - Houses for Rent 760 - Commercial Rentals 770 - Vacation Rentals 780 - Storage Units 790 - Property Management 795 -Mobile Home Spaces

800 - Real Estate 801 - Wanted to Buy 810- Condos, Townhouses, Baker Co 815 - Condos,Townhouses,Union Co 820 - Houses for Sale, Baker Co 825 - Houses for Sale, Union Co 840- Mobile Homes, Baker Co 845 - Mobile Homes, Union Co 850- Lots 8 Property, Baker Co 855 - Lots 8 Property, Union Co 860 - Ranches, Farms 870 - Investment Property 880 - Commercial Property

900 - TranSPOrtatiOn 902 - Aviation 910 - ATVs,Motorcycles,Snowmobiles 915 - Boats 8 Motors 920 - Campers 925 - Motor Homes 930 - Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels 940 - Utility Trailers 950- Heavy Equipment 960 - Auto Parts 970 - Autos for Sale 990 - Four-Wheel Drive

• BAKER (ITY • Outstanding Computer Repair

APPLIANCES

QÃINRXHK

Paradise Truck S RV Wash We WashAnything on Wheels!

Exit 30d off(-8d• 2d)0 Plum St. Baker City, OR978)d

541-523-5070• 541-519-8687 Auto DetailingeRVDump Station wtvtv. paradisetruckwash.com

$40 flat rate/any issue Specializingin: PGTuneup, popcps, adware,spyware andvirus removal. Also, training,newcomputer setup anddata transfer,printerinstall andWifi issues.

House calls, dropoff, andremoteservices Weekdays:7am-7pm

Embroidery by...

All Around Geeks

Blue Mountain Design

PC Repair NewComputers

(l.aptops Apc's)

Qa Site Susiness A Residential Computer Classes

rrrsc!ting ftRtcycling QualityUsedPars New(IUsedritm BuyingFtrrousand Non-Ferrotts Metals Wealso etty Cars

JIM STANDLEY 541.786.5505

54I6234433 Mon-Sat 8 am to 5 pm

QmamSuik<~

wwtvIaddsauto))cueeoni.com

CONTRACTING

Bpeciaizing nA Phases Qf Construction and Garage Door nsta ation

USEDBOOKS

Residential/Commercial, Deep Clean, Movein/out cleans, Living room,Beds, Stain Removal, PetOdor Control, Air Freshener. FreeEstimates and ReferencesAvailable.

CLIFLIN

CQNTRIGTING, LLC Baker City, ORCCB¹208043 Home Repairs• Fences& Decks Sheds Painting WindowReplacement• LandscapeMaintenance Licensed &Bonded Quality,Professionalworkmanship

CILL PETER

54I-SI9-0466

Mon-Sun 24 Hrs (936) 676-4720 Baker City, OR 97814

%GÃKEQ Cfje EOPdI GOtfjtere

Kaleidoscope Child 8c Family Therapy 1705 Main Street Suite 100 P.O. Box 470 Baker City, OR 97814 5fl 5235fzf .fax5fl523 5516

Fine Quality ConsignmentClothing

HYPNOSISik WELLCOACHING • • • •

Shed Those Extra Pounds Stop Smoking Forever Improve Your Performance Dtssolve StressAnd Anxtety

Call Mita at 541-786-7229 207 Fir Street• La Grande www.best2yourlife.com

RILEY

STATE FARM

GRLGG HII4RICHSLI4 INS • RANCEAGENCYINC. GREGG Hl RICHSEN,Agent •

1722 Campbell Street Baker City, OR 97814-2148

10201 W.1stStreet Suite 2, La Grande,OR

REAL ESTATEAND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

541-963-4174 www.Valleyrealty.net

Featuring: • Roofing• Stroage Sheds • Decks• Much More!

Andy Wolfer CCB¹186113

541-910-6609

Bus (54 I) 523-7778 4%RDt XX

Mowing -N- More SetricirtgLaGrande,Cove,Imbler&Union

LEGACY FORD Paul Soward Sales Consultant 541-786-5751 541-963-2161

24 Hour Towing Saturday Service • Rental Cars 2906Island Ave.,La Grande,OR

EXCAVATION INC Lawns 8 Odd Jobs 29 Years Experience Excavator, Backhoe, Mini-Excavator, Dozer, Grader, Dump Truck & Trater

971-241-7069 Marcus Wolfer

541-805-9777 nteyexcavatron@gmat.com CCBtt t68468

Home Lending

THE DOOR GUY RAYNOR GARAGE DOORS

SALES• SERVICE • INSTALLATION

Bob Fager • 963-3701 • cca23272

MG>KEA

Thatcher's Ace Hardware S La Grande Ace Hardware 2200 Resort St. Baker

541-523-3371 541-605-0152

Paint-Plumbing-Tools & More!

M%@XM~~

Kevin Spencer Mortgage Loan Officer NMIS¹3401Ce 208-484-0085 kevinspence r@ ttmpqttabankcom wwworeidahomeoanscom visit yourcoses(Umpqta Bank

5XlREW

MISSIGE THERIPIST

I/I/hen Experiencematters — Bowen Practitioner —Raindrop Therapy OR ¹ 21533 Baker City

THE SEWING LADY Sewing:Atenation Mending Zippers Custom Made C othing 1609Tenth Bt. Baker City

541 523 5327

OIEGOiti S>Glti COIIIPANY CNC plasma Itttetal cuttrne Graphic Design Large Format eleital prlntine vehiole Lettering a Graphies

SIGNSOFALL ttlttOSCHECK OUR tNEBSITE

oregonsigncompsny.comII

541-523-9322

sherri chapple

541-213-3114

Carter'sCustomCleaning

X0~gg bBlXZH

ServingUnionCountysince2006 Licensed and lnsured ShannonCarter, Owner

Lifestyle photography

Sturdy Rose

Natural — Personal —Meaningful

541-519-1150 (541) 910-0092 http://sturdyrosephotography.com

JANUAR YSALES Huge Discounts Bestpricesin Northeastern Oregon 1431 Adams Ave., La Grande 5 41-663 - 0 7 2 4

VILLEY REILTY

AW CONSTRUCTION, LLC

mxmmzz>ove WOI,FEB,'5

Tammie Clausel Licensed Clinical Social Worker ResidentialR ,ental&CommercialCleaning

ALL OFFSET COMMERCIAL PRINTING TABS, BROADSHEET, FULL COLOR

MICHAEL 541-786-8463 CCB¹ 183649 PN- 7077A

A Certified Arborist

ExEGUTIvE TREE CARE, ING.

20 yrs of full service tree care Free estimates hazardous removals pruning 8 stumpgrinding Brian 8 JackWalker Arborlsts CCB¹202271

541-432-S733

Camera ready orwe can set up for you.

Contact The Observer 963-3161

1000 - Legals

•000

541-523-7163 541-663-0933

22)2 Island Ave. LaGrande

CCWIRAI),IIXQ

Nicolas Luna, Owner/Operator

Lgcho Carpet Clean Compang

1920 Courl Ave Baker City, OR 97814 stitches@bmdMtcom

ccbr1scaos

TURN THEPAGE

K XWRO~ N X

140517thSI. BakerCity www.kanyid.ccm 541-663-0933

C@EPW'PXO

infotfoallaroundgeeks.com

IGdsBooksBuyonebag$5.00 get secondbagFREE! 2009 1stst. !)akerCity 435-901-3290 Mon It Tues.10:30-5 Wed-Sat.9:00-5 ClosedSun.

541-523-60SO

tXE' %2KDOD

541-786-4763 • 541-786-2250

NewOwner,Barqain basement pricesagain!

50 cents,51.00 It $3.00Books

All Breeds•No Tranquilizers Dog & Cat Boarding

Dale Bogardus 541-291-5$31

II I R XQ@IR 1609 Adams Ave., La Grande LADD'S AUTO LU:

8 David Eccles Rd. Baker City

DQNNA'sGRQQ MI BQARD,LTD.

•000

•000

2B —THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: no o n Thursday DISPLAYADS:

2 days prior to publication date

Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifiedslbakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifiedsllagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 210 - Help WantedBaker Co.

220 - Help Wanted 220 - Help Wanted 220 - Help Wanted Union Co. Union Co. Union Co. FREE RENT! 3-bdrm apt. IT IS UNLAWFUL (Sub- TRAINING A N D E m -

160 - Lost & Found PLEASE CHECK

sectio n 3, O RS 6 59.040) for an e m ployer (domestic help excepted) or employment agency to print or circulate or cause to be pnnted or circulated any statement, advertisement o r p u b l icat ion, o r t o u s e a n y form of application for employment o r to m ake any i n q uiry i n c onnection w it h p r ospective employment which expresses directly or indirectly any

includes most utilities

Blue Mountain Humane Association

in trade for caretaker (includes light maintenance.) 20 hours per w eek. Must b e m a ture, r e t ired c o u p le preferred. Call Dennis to apply. 541-519-5889

Facebook Page, if you have a lost or found pet.

180 - Personals

SUMMER EVENT MEET S I NGLES right COORDINATOR now! No paid operators, Iust real people l ike y o u . Bro ws e The Baker City Herald is looking for an greetings, ex change event coordinator who m essages and c o nwill be responsible n ect Iive. Try it f r e e . for managing CaII n ow : 2016 Miners Jubilee, 877-955-5505. (PNDC)

limitation, specification or discrimination as to

and assisting with

other sponsored events and marketing.

race, religion, color, sex, age o r n a t ional ongin or any intent to make any such limita-

DETAILS The position can be structured as a Summer Internship, Full-Time; June-August

t ion, specification o r discrimination, unless

b ased upon a

ployment Consortium (TEC) is looking for an energetic and enthusi-

plete our Career Specialist team c overing Baker, Union and Wall owa Counties. O u r

Circulation Assistant-PT

Monday, Wednesday, Fnday 1pm to 6pm-

mission is to c o ntribCirculation ute to the economic vitality of the region by General description of being a v aluable reduties:

source for education, vocational training and employment. This Iob is for you if yo u a re h ighly m o t ivated t o make a positive impact on young adults ages 16-24 and w e lcome new challenges. Starting pay rate is $15.11 per hour and is a full

t ime b e n efite d o si tion . High school di-

220 - Help Wanted 330 - Business Op385 - Union Co. SerUnion Co. vice Directory portunities PREADMISSION INVESTIGATE BEFORE PARKER TREE Service SCREENING S PE- YOU INVEST! Always Local & E s tablished CIALIST ( T ransition Coordinator)-

astic individual to com-

Circulation Duties: • Delivers bundles to independent contractors homes

• Collects money from the news stands • Delivers down routes to subscnbers homes

bona

R E l '

La Grande, OR The Oregon Department of H u ma n S e r vices (DHS) is seeking two e xceptiona l can d i dates for a f u l l-time, Preadmission Screening Specialist position.

$3,501 - $5,102 monthly salary. This is

a good policy, especially for business opp ortunities & f ran chises. Call OR Dept. o f J u stice a t ( 5 0 3 ) 378-4320 or the Federal Trade Commission at (877) FTC-HELP for f ree i nformation. O r

Since 1937. All your tree needs including; t rimming, s t um p r e moval, and p r u ning.

CCB¹ 172620. FREE ESTIMATES! Contact Grant Parker 541-975-3234

v isit our We b s it e a t

www.ftc.gov/bizop.

an opportunity to)oin a 345 - Adult Care t eam c o m m i t te d t o Union Co. providing e x c e l l ent A PLACE FOR MOM. services and to follow The nation's l argest y our i n t e rest s i n a senior Iiving r e f erral large, diverse organizas ervice. Contact o u r 430- For Saleor tion. Benefits include a trusted, local experts Trade competitive salary and today! Our service is family health benefits.

FREE/no o b l igation. 4 STUDDED Snow tires, You can find this Iob l ike n ew , o n r im s , CALL 1-800-940-2081. p osting by g o ing t o P 215-75R15, $ 3 0 0 .

(PNDC) www.ore on obs.or CaI I eveni ngs

ploma or e q u ivalent • Delivers special publi- click "Look for Jobs" 350 - Day Care Baker 541-963-9144 with one year of expe(Io b post i ng c ations t h r ough o u t Co. -ORfication. nence in the employDHS15-1494). DHS is Union an d W a l lowa FOR SALE snow tires, 210 - Help Wantedment or training field is Pa rt-Tim e; Ap nl/M ay an AA/EEO. EXPERIENCED 23 YR Counties like new on rims, off Baker Co. Full-Time; June/July required. Associate's OLD. SEEKING CHILD Chrysler. 2 3 565R17 When responding to degree in human servCARE EMPLOYMENT Customer Service Rep • Clean and paint news $300. 541-963-2641 Blind Box Ads: Please Most work weeks will ices or a related field is Aprox. 20 + hrs/wk.

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS Monday — Friday. Eistands be sure when you adbe Monday — Fnday, preferred. If selected, NEEDED t her y ou r h o m e o r 435 - Fuel Supplies Must have excellent dress your resumes that but requires working applicants must pass a • Assists circulation di- LOCATIONS: La Grande, Mine. Em ilie P rivett, customer service skills, the address is complete criminal and driving reweekends for 541-51 9-3446. able to multi-task and r ector w i t h p r o m o - Union, & North Powder with all information rePRICES REDUCED sponsored events. c ord check p r io r t o flexible with scheduling.

PAID CDL tions, reports, records quired, including the employment.

Applica380 Baker County $140 in the rounds 4" TRAINING! (Must be f 8 or over to apply) and complaints.

Blind Box Number. This to 12" in DIA, $170 t ion packet c a n b e ' No experience neces- Service Directory REQUIREMENTS Submit resume in erson is the only way we have split Fir $205 split 1820 First St., Baker The ideal candidate p icked u p a t T E C , • Makes outbound reten sary '401 IC retirement of making sure your reBaker City Vape/ Delivered in the valwill be organized and 1575 Dewey Avenue, ' Paid t r a i ning ' P a r t CEDAR 8r CHAIN link tion calls t o c u r rent sume gets to the proper fences.

New construcTheresa's Treasures ley. (541)786-0407 detail onented, with Baker City O R 1901 t ime w or k ' M o d e r n past and non-subscrib place. t ion, R e m o d el s & excellent customer Adams Avenue, Ste. 3, equipment 'Perfect ers, including calls to handyman services.

La Grande, M onday sermce and 445- Lawns & Garfor extra income Kip Carter Construction interpersonal skills. through Friday, 8 am subscribers in g r ace 'Bonus for current SBDL dens 541-519-5273 TRI-COUNTY EQUIP- to noon and 1pm to 5 Expenence with & CDL period, stopped subGreat references.

LOTS OF leaf cleanup?

MENT (John Deere) in 'Must have current Oreorganizing events, p m or m a y b e r e - scnbers.

CCB¹ 60701 W alker Mowers w i l l La Grande has a full sales, or customer q uested b y c a l l i n g gon DL do the Iob. Call for a t ime o p e n ing f o r a service preferred.

541-963-7942. Position • Participates in circula- 'Must pass Background free demo. Inland Ag qualified parts person. closes January 19th at Check, Drug Screention promotions, tracks Repair 541-963-4985.

Applicants should have For more information, 5 :00 PM. TEC is an ing, and Finger Pnnts.

D S. H Roofing 5. results.

Add BOLDING a mechanical aptitude Equal Opportunity Emor to submit your "More Than Just A Construction, Inc or a BORDER! a n d a n a g r i c u I t u raI resume for ployer. A uxiliary aids • Performs other duties Ride To School" CCB¹192854. New roofs 450 - Miscellaneous background would be consideration, and services are availFor more i n f o rmation, as assigned. & reroofs. Shingles, It's a little extra helpful.

Those hired able upon request to email ICan Borgen, please call ICathaleen metal. All phases of that gets kbor en@bakera herald com should have a willing%METAL RECYCLING i ndividuals w i t h d i s - Qualifications: at; construction. Pole BIG results. ness to learn, particiabilities. TTY dial 711.

We buy all scrap Mid Columbia Bus Co. buildings a specialty. metals, vehicles BAKER SCHOOL DIS- pate in on-going train1901 Jefferson High school diploma or Respond within 24 hrs.

FULL TIME B artender TRICT 5J is currently & battenes. Site clean Have your ad ing, have exceptional La Grande, OR 97850 equivalent.

R e l iable 541-524-9594 Days and Nights, must accepting applications customer relation skills ups & drop off bins of STAND OUT 541-963-611 9 transportation a must. have or be able to oball sizes. Pick up for as little as for an Assistant Track and a positive, team kmaley©midcobus.com Valid Oregon dnvers liFRANCES ANNE tain an OLCC server's service available. $1 extra.

Coach at Baker High minded attitude. Percense, valid auto insurYAGGIE INTERIOR 8E permit. Apply in perS chool. Fo r a c o m- son hired must be able WE HAVE MOVED! ance, and pre-employEXTERIOR PAINTING, son at The Hideout Sato work weekends and Our new location is p lete d e s cription o f ment drug test. loon at 219 Fir Street.

Commercial & the position and an apbe on call one week a 3370 17th St T raveling ca n b e f u n Residential.

Neat & Sam Haines month. A pp l y at plicat io n go to when you're driving a PhysicaI requirements: efficient.

CCB¹137675. www.baker.k12.or.us Tri-County Equipment Eager buyers read the Enterpnses dependable car. See the 541-524-0359 or contact the employ11201 Island Avenue Classified ads every day. S ittin g a nd d riv i n g , 541-51 9-8600 wide variety of models ment d i v ision .

Yo u La Grande, OR. 97850. If you have something w orking i n t h e e l e featured in the classified JACKET 8r Coverall Re- ARE YOU in BIG trouble may also call Norma at ( 541) 9 63-7151 o r for sale, reach them fast m ents, s n ow , s u n , section today. and inexpensively. pair. Zippers replaced, 541-524-2261. t)stebbins©wcgg.biz w ith th e I R S ? S t o p wind & rain. In and out p atching an d o t h e r wage & b ank levies, of a vehicle. heavy d ut y r e p a irs. liens & audits, unfiled 320 - Business Reasonable rates, fast tax returns, payroll isInvestments Must be able to lift up to service. 541-523-4087

by Stella Wilder s ues, & r e s olve t ax 75 pounds.

DID YOU ICNOW 7 IN 10 or 541-805-9576 BIC debt F A S T . Ca I I Americans or 158 milFRIDAY, JANUARYS,20)6 be force d to make a game-changing move. LEO (July 23-AUS. 22) - - You will want to 844-229-3096(PNDC) Send Resume to: lion U.S. Adults read N OTICE: O R E G O N YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder Others are eager to follow in your footsteps apply a certain lesson from the past to a curcthompson©lagrande content from newspaLandscape Contractors Born today, you are, in a word, unique. for a while, so expect somecompany. rent problem. What you realize gives you the observer.com per media each week?

Law (ORS 671) reThis is likely to be clear to everyone even PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- What ability to make achange.

Discover the Power of quires all businesses while you are very young, but as you mature comesyour way may cause you to take a VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)--You're in no the Pacific Northwest that advertise and per- Attention: VIAGRA and THE CITY of La Grande Newspaper Advertisand come into your own, it will be self-evi- defensiv e posture for a while. Indeed,pro- mood to stay put. If travel is an option, form landscape conis accepting applicaC I ALIS U S ER S! A i ng. For a f r e e b r o - tracting services be lident that no one is anything like you and no tecting yourselfand others is key. choose your destination with care, as you tions for the following cheaper alternative to c h u r e c a I I censed with the Landone is likely to match your successes in any ARIES (March 21-Aprll 19) — Youmay be may be able to attain two key goals. posltlon: high drugstore prices!

916-288-6011 or email s cape C o n t r a c t o r s 50 Pill Special — $99 sort of competitive field. It is not so much unableto takeadvantage ofsomeone' sweak- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)- You should be Communications cecelia©cnpa.com B oard.

T h i s 4 d i g i t Tech I FREE Shipping! 100 that you are striving for greatness; rather, you ness in the manner you had anticipated, but able to convert an idea into action that pays (PNDC) number allows a conRequired City application Percent Guaranteed. simply strive at all times to do your best and another opportunity should open up. off.

In any event,you cannotafford to stand sumer to ensure that may be obtained from CAL L NO W : improve bit by bit. This kind of improvement TAURUS (Aprll 20-May 20) - You can still. the City of La Grande DID YOU ICNOW News- t he b u siness i s a c 1-800-729-1056 is sure to lead to remarkable achievements have what you want by day'send, but the real scoRPI0 (oct. 23-Nov.21) -- You know tively licensed and has website at: (PNDC) paper-generated cona bond insurance and a that win you all manner of accolades and work begins when you try to hang on to it. something that someoneelseknows, and this www.cit ofla rande.or tent is so valuable it's q ualifie d i n d i v i d u a l rewards. Ultimately, you will be able to look Youhaveaformidablechallenger. is likely to result in some competition. Do or Heather Ra)kovich AVAILABLE AT taken and r e peated, contractor who has fulin the Finance Departback on what you have done and be quite GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You must you think you have the advantagef THE OBSERVER condensed, broadcast, filled the testing and ment, City Hall, 1000 satisfied with a life that waswell-lived. remain nimble throughout the day, able to SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec 21) —You tweeted, d i scussed, NEWSPAPER experience r e q u ireAdams Ave., PO Box posted, copied, edited, SATURDAY,JANUARY9 make adj ustments asneeded when circum- can make marginal gains even though you BUNDLES ments fo r l i censure.

670, La Grande, OR and emailed countless Burning or packing?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) stances change. You don't want to get stuck! may not be able to work up a full head of For your protection call 97850, 541-962-1 31 6, times throughout the $1.00 each 503-967-6291 or visit Planning ahead may prove more difficult CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You can steam. Someoneyou know has an answer. hbur ess©cit ofla rande.or day by ot hers? Disour w ebs i t e : than usual, as there areseveral variables that come to the rescue ofsomeone who hasgotClosing date: Open unc over the P ower o f fEDIIQRS F dt d q u pl » « t n Ry P a « «C www.lcb.state.or.us to NEWSPRINT cannot be accurately tracked just yet. ten into a difficult situation entirely by accit il filled w it h f i rst r e Newspaper AdvertisCOPYRIGHT2tll6 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC c heck t h e lic e n s e ROLL ENDS view o f a p p l ications AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You may dent. A cooperative effort pays off.

DISIRIBUIED BYUNIVERSAL UCLICK FORUFS ing i n S I X S T A TES status before contractArt pro)ects & more! lllOWd tSt K » Q t y M Oall0a Mtl25567l4 that are received by with Iust one p hone ing with the business.

Super for young artists!

5:00 p.m., January 11, call. For free Pacific Persons doing l and$2.00 8r up 2016 AA/EEO Northwest Newspaper scape maintenance do Stop in today!

A ssociation N e t w o r k not require a landscap1406 Fifth Street b roc h u r e s c a II ing license.

CUSTODIAN FOR 541-963-31 61 916-288-6011 or email U nion Count S e n i o r cecelia©cnpa.com Center: Ge n e ral inOREGON STATE law refide occupational quali-

%LP ATNACT ATTNTION TO YOURAP!

CRDSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROS S

38 Bec om e l i q u id 3 9 Gra n d m a s t e r F lash's m u s ic 41 Misrepresent 43 Au ro ra, to Plato 4 4 R oo m a t the top 46 Sha p iro of NPR 4 7 Blond s h a d e 4 8 Ti b e t's c a p i t a l 49 Media mogul — Turne r 5 0 Pre p a r e s oneself 5 2 Tak e i n t o custody 54 Dreaded assignment 55 Jazz y — Vaughan

1 Soup base 6 Developed ability 11 Took on ca rgo 1 3 Baha m a s resort 14 Say "please" 15 He played Phileas Fogg 17 Historical period 1 8 — v ou s p l a i t 1 9 Not ta u t 20 Com m and to Rover 2 1 B r i s tle w i t h 2 3 C am e t o t h e suet 24 White-hat wearer 2 5 Meg o r N o l a n 27 Suit coat feature 2 9 Kernel ho ld e r

2

3

18

19

22 25

39

43

44

47

48

• 0

B A C O N

S T E W S

F U L O R A R E Y

9 Ra t h s k e ller orders

1 0 Hasta — ,

amigo!

1 2 Pickle cho ic e 1 3 Drink of t h e

9

ro

1 6 Ski me c c a 2 2 Rain f o r e s t

parrot

17

24 27

28

34

35 40

36 41

49 52

53

37 42

46

45

55

•

8

so

38

54

QB s t a t Many layers W en t u n d e r Su nflowe r st .

N o v e list — Allende

20

33

E V T A E T

2 4 Puts t h e

23

29

R U M M A G I N G

© 2016 U FS , D i st. by U n iv . U c l ick for U F S

13 16

26

51

G I NS L O L A K E N CO O N VVH A A P R E F L A I T D E LT S E V ES S N E D S I M E M A L B A L E A R I BS N K I C K T

gods

7

4

15

50

4 5 6 7 8

Annie

14

32

1-8-16

promising 3 Deadeye

12

21

J I B E O L E O B L A C E S A U N ER N E VV I T E S A RE I G N O C O T T AV E DA D

1 Su d d e n g u s t of wind 2 More

3 2 Did ro a d w o r k 3 5 Ge n u i n e nuisance 1

A n s w e r t o P r e v i o u s P uz z l e

DOWN

31 Tyrannosaurus

(PNDC)

whammy on 2 6 Drows e o f f 28 Cheerleader's need 3 0 To u r n a m e n t slots 3 2 Ha u n t i n g figures 33 Allergic reactions 3 4 It may b e r a w 3 6 Lutz pe rfo r m e r 37 Pop singer — Brew e r 38 Nee dle or rib 4 0 Lea n ing T o w e r town 4 2 AAA o r E E E 44 Foe opp osite 4 5 Le m on s a n d clunkers 51 Apiece 5 3 Nile sun g o d

• 0

CPAP/BIPAP SUPPLIES

door maintenance and q uires a nyone w h o at little or no cost from contracts for construco ccasional e x t e r i o r Allied Medical Supply maintenance. Starts at t ion w o r k t o be Networki Fresh sup YOU ICNOW that censed with the Con$9.71 per hour; up to DID plies delivered right to not only does newspastruction Contractors 1 9 hours pe r w e e k your door. Insurance p er m e dia r e ac h a Board.

An a c t ive with occasional weekmay cover all costs.

Audience, they ends.

Pr e - e mploy- aHUGE cense means the con800-492-6449. (PNDC) lso reach a n E N ment drug screen and is bonded & inGAGED AUDIENCE. tractor sured. Venfy the con- DIRECTV STARTING at criminal history backDiscover the Power of tractor's CCB license ground check. Com$19.99/mo. FREE InNewspaper Advertisthrough the CCB Cons tallation. F REE 3 plete Iob d e scription ing in six states — AIC, and application avails ume r W eb s i t e months of HBO ID, MT, OR, UT, WA. www.hirealicensedable at Oregon EmSHOWTIME C I N EFor a free rate brocontractor.com. ployment Department MAX, STARZ. F REE c hur e caII or o n- l i n e at HD/DVR U p g r a de !

916-288-6011 or email www.ccno.org. Posi2015 N F L S u n d ay cecelia©cnpa.com POE CARPENTRY tion closes January 14, Ticket Included (Select • New Homes (PNDC) 2016 at 5pm. EOE. Packages) New Cus• Remodeling/Additions t omers O n ly. C A L L • Shops, Garages 330 - Business Op1-800-41 0-2572 • Siding & Decks FISCAL MANAGER for portunities (PNDC) • Windows & Fine multi-purpose finish work non-profit organization DISH NETWORK —Get Fast, Quality Work! h eadquartered in L a MORE for LESS! StartWade, 541-523-4947 Grande. C o m m unity ing $19.99/month (for or 541-403-0483 Connection's 1 2 m o nt hs). P L U S CCB¹176389 long-time fiscal manBundle & SAVE (FAst ager is retinng and the Internet f or $15 DELIVER IN THE RUSSO'S YARD agency seeks a knowlmore/month). CA LL TOWN OF 8E HOME DETAIL edgeable, expenenced Now 1-800-308-1563 BAKER CITY Aesthetically Done professional to over(PNDC) Ornamental Tree see complex financial INDEPENDENT & Shrub Pruning operations f o r it s DO YOU need papers to CONTRACTORS 541-855-3445 $7,000,000 b u d get. start your fire with? Or wanted to deliver the 503-407-1524 Supervises three staff. a re yo u m o v i n g & Baker City Herald Serving Baker City Experience with fund need papers to wrap Monday, Wednesday, & surrounding areas a ccounting, G A A P , those special items? and Fnday's, within f ederal a n d s tat e The Baker City Herald Baker City. grants, and c u stomat 1915 F i rst S t r eet Ca II 541-523-3673 ized accounting softsells tied bundles of ware is h i ghly desirpapers. Bundles, $1.00 SCARLETT MARY NIT able. Salary $3851 each.

INDEPENDENT 3 massages/$100 $5605 per month; full CONTRACTORS Ca II 541-523-4578 benefit package. Full EVERY BUSINESS has wanted to deliver Baker City, OR Iob descnption and apa story t o t e l l ! G e t The Observer Gift Certificates Avai l a bl e ! plications available at your message out with Monday, Wednesday, the Oregon EmployCalifornia's P RMedia and Fnday's, to the ment Department or Release — the only 385 - Union Co. Serfollowing area's . ApplPress Release Service vice Directory c ations must b e r e operated by the press + La Grande turned to the Oregon ANYTHING FOR to get press! For more Employment DepartA BUCK info contact Cecelia © CaII 541-963-3161 Same owner for 21 yrs 9 16-288-601 1 or ment. EOE. P osition or come fill out an closes Ja nua ry 21, 541-910-6013 htt : rm e d iarelease.c Information sheet 2016 at 5:00 pm.

CCB¹1 01 51 8 om/california (PNDC)

LOOK

•

• 0

•

4B —THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

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

2 days prior to publication date

Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifiedslbakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifiedsllagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 855 - Lots & Property Union Co. $214,000 READY FOR YOUR NEW HOME? Total interior remodel and lt comes with all stainless steel appllances. Don't miss an opportunlty to own this worry free home!

15054444 Century 21 Eagle Cap Realty, ' ,541-9634511.

970 - Autos For Sale DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCIC OR BOAT TO HE R ITAG E FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible,

Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. CAL L 1-800-401-4106

(PNDC)

GOT AN older car, boat or RV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1-800-205-0599

(PNDC) ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdivision, Cove, OR. City: Sewer/Water available.

Regular price: 1 acre m/I $69,900-$74,900.

We also provide property management. C heck out our rental link on our w ebs i t e www.ranchnhome.co m or c aII Ranch-N-Home Realty, 1001 - Baker County In c 541-963-5450.

I

Legal Notices NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

I

On February 09, 2016, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at the Baker County C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 T hird S t reet , B a k e r City, Oregon, the defendant's interest will be sold, sublect to redemption, in the real property c o m m o nly known as: 2928 Madi915- Boats & Motors son Street, Baker City, O regon 97814. T h e court case number is 15175, where BANIC OF AMERICA, N.A. is plaintiff, and ESTATE OF TIMOTHY F. CARROLL; T H E UNICNOWN HEIRS AND AS S I G N5 0 F T I M 0THY F. C A RROLL; THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF TIMOTHY F. CARROLL; AND ALL 1985 B E A CHCRAFT OTHER PERSONS OR Magnum 192 Cuddy, PARTIES UNKNOWN 200 hp, Coast Guard C LAIM I N G A N Y radio, de pt h f i n d e r, RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, s wim/ski p l a t f o r m , OR INTEREST IN THE very good c o ndition, REAL P R O PERTY canopy, boat c over, COMMONLY ICNOWN and e-z trailer included.

AS 2928 MAD ISON $5,500 firm STREET, BAICER CITY, 541-663-6403 OR 97814 is d e f end ant. T h e s al e i s a p ublic auction to t h e 930 - Recreational highest bidder for cash Vehicles or cashier's check, in h and, mad e o u t t o THE SALE of RVs not Baker County Shenff's beanng an Oregon inOffice. For more inforsignia of compliance is illegal: call B u i lding mation on this sale go to: w w w . ore onsherCodes (503) 373-1257.

•

•

•

•

•

2000 NEW VISION ULTRA 5TH WHEEL

LegaI No. 00044067 Published: January 8, 15, 22,29, 2016

• g

Stevenson Storage 3785 10th Baker City, OR 97814 541-523-6316 Acc ¹ 213034

$16,000 Fully loaded!

Descnption of Property: C owboy b o o t s , a i r n ailer, f i s h in g p o l e , tennis shoes, f l ashlight, McCulloch chain saw, C raftsma n 5 ga Ilon air tank, 6" power station, bag of clothes.

PUBLIC SALE

• 35 foot • 3 Slide Outs

• W/D Combo • Kitchen Island • 4-dr Fridge/Freezer For more info. call:

(541) 519-0026 970 - Autos For Sal

Property Owner: Bert D. Zeitler Amount Due: $330.00 as of 01/01/16 Time & Date of Sale: Stevenson Storage 3785 Tenth Street Baker City, OR 97814 Unit ¹C10 Ja nua ry 14, 2016

10 A.M.

2000 CHEVY BLAZER w/ snow tires on nms and snow chains. New stereo system, hands free calling & xm radio capability. 2nd owner.

Have all repair history.

Good condition! $4000/OBO 541-403-4255

Name of Person Foreclosing: Philip D. Stevenson LegaI No: 00044070 Published: January 8, 11, 13, 2016

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE T . S . N o .: OR-14-625975-NH

69 CHEVY Impala, custom 2 door with rebuilt tranny and turbo 350 motor. New front disc

brakes and new front and back seats. Runs great! Must hear it to appreciate. Ready for body and paint. Asking $6,500 OBO. 541-963-9226

Reference is made to t hat c e r t a i n deed

made by, DARREL C CAMP AND MARTHA L CAMP, AS T E NANTS BY THE ENTIRETY as Grantor to E LICHORN T I T L E COMPANY, as t r ustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, I N C . , A S NOMINE E FO R HOME123 CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, dated 9/22/2006, recorded 9/28/2006, in o fficial r e c o rd s o f BAICER County, Oregon in book/reel/volu me No. a n d/or a s

Vis I I

I

for our most current offers and to browse our complete inventory.

MOtOrCo. M.J.GOSS 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161

• 0

•

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices fee/file/instrument/ mic rofilm / rec e p t i o n number 0 6 400006B covenng the following descnbed real property s ituate d

in

sa id

C ounty, a n d S t a t e , to-wit: APN: 501 940 9DC 9 00 ¹ 34 8 0 954009DC 90 0 A

PARCEL OF LAND IN THE S O UTHWEST Q UARTER OF T H E SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 40 EAST OF THE W I L LAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN BAICER CITY, COUNTY OF BAICER AND STATE OF OREGON, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS F O LLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SECTION 9, WHI C H POI NT I S 213.93 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTH QUARTER SECTION CORNER OF SAID SECT ION 9 ; T HE N C E W EST 2 5 FEE T ; THENCE NORTH 210 FEET; THENCE EAST 135 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21 0 F E ET; THENCE WEST 110 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 1100 H STREET, BAICER CITY, OR 97814 The undersigned h e reby c ertifies t h a t b a s e d upon business records t here are n o k n o w n written a s s ignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary and no appointments of a s u ccessor trustee h ave

been made, except as r ecorded i n t h e r e cords of the county or counties in which the above described real property i s s i t u ated.

Further, no action has b een instituted to r e -

cover the debt, or any part thereof, now rem aining secured b y the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action

has been d i smissed except as permitted by

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 1 / 1 / 2011

8/13/2015 $76,822.90 Late Charges F r om T hrough Total L a t e C harges 1 / 1 / 2 0 1 1 8/13/2015 $0.00 Beneficiary's A d v a n c es, Costs, And Expenses E scrow A dv a n c e s $13,131.89 Total Advances: $ 1 3 ,131.89 TOTAL F O RECLOSUR E CO ST : $4,413.00 TOTAL R EQUIRED TO REINSTATE: $86,240.71 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $216,729.37 By reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligat ion secured by t h e t rust d e e d

i m m ediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to- wit: The installments of principal and interest which became d ue on 1/1/2011, and all subsequent installments of pnncipal and interest through the date of t his Not i c e , plu s amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, a dvances m ad e o n s enior l i e ns , t a x e s and/or insurance, trustee's fees, and any attorney fees and court c osts arising from o r a ssociated w i t h t h e beneficianes efforts to protect and preserve its s e c u r ity , a l l of which must be paid as a condition o f r e i n statement, i n c luding

all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off. Nothing in this notice shall

b e c o nstrued a s a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary u nder th e D e e d o f Trust pursuant to the t erms o f the loa n documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices that Quality Loan Servi ce C o r p o ratio n o f W ashington, the u n dersigned trustee will o n 12/8/2015 at t h e hour of 10:00 AM Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, Inside the main lobby of the County C o u r t h ouse 1995 3rd Street Baker, Oregon 97814 County of BAICE R , State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described 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 fees and c uring any o ther d e f a ult c o m plained of in the Notice of Default by tendering 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 MARTHA CAMP 110 0 H STREET BAICER CITY, OR 9 7 81 4 O r i g i nal Borrower D A R R EL CAMP 110 0 H STREET BAICER CITY, OR 9 7 81 4 O r i g i nal Borrower For Sale Inf orm a t i o n C al l : 888-988-6736 or Login to: Salestrack.tdsf.com In construing this notice, th e

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices r eport agency if y o u fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obliga-

R E l '

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices P URPOSE. TS N o : NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OR-14-625975-NH

D ated: 7/ 2 3 / 2 0 1 5 Quality Loan Service On February 4, 2016 at t he t r u s t e e ' s d is Corporation of Washthe hour of 10:00 a.m. claimer of representaat the Union County ington, as Trustee Sigtions o r w a r r a nties, nature By: Sheriff's Office, 1109 Oregon law r e quires Alma Clark, Assistant IC Ave, La Grande, Orethe trustee to state in Secretary T r u stee's gon, the defendant's this notice that some Mailing Address: Qualinterest will b e s o ld, residential p r o p erty ity Loan Service Corp. sublect to redemption, sold at a trustee's sale o f Washington C/ 0 in the r ea l p r operty may have been used Quality Loan Service commonly known as: in ma nu f a c t u r i n g C orporation 41 1 I v y 1600 Division Street, methamphetamines, Elgin OR 97827. The Street San Diego, CA the chemical compo92101 Trustee's Physicourt case number is n ents o f w h i c h a r e cal Address: Quality 1 5-05-49840 w h e r e k nown t o b e t o x i c . Loan Service Corp. of Wells Fargo Bank, NaProspective purchasWashington 108 1 st tional Association as ers of residential propAve South, Suite 202, T rustee f o r O p t i o n erty should be aware Seattle, WA 98104 Toll One Mortgage Loan of this potential danger Free: (866) 925-0241 T rus t 2007-5, b efore d e c i d ing t o I DSPUb ¹ 0 0 8 8 1 2 0 Asset-Backed Certifip lace a b i d f o r t h i s 1 2/1 8/20 1 5, cates, Series 2007-5, is the plaintiff, and The property at th e t r us12/25/2015, tee's sale. NOTICE TO 01/01/201 6, Estate of Jerry R. PeTENANTS: TENANTS ters, Deceased; Shir01/08/2016 OF THE S U BJECT ley J. Peters; and PerREAL P R O PERTYLegaI No.00043897 sons or P arties U nHAVE CERTAIN PROknown Claiming any TECTIONS A FF Right, Title, Lien, or lnFORDED TO THEM terest in the Property PUBLIC NOTICE UNDER ORS 86.782 Pursuant Described in the Comto O RS AND POSSIBLY UN294.250, a schedule of plaint Herein, is defenDER FEDERAL LAW. d ant. T h e s ale i s a Bake r Co u nty ' s ATTACHED TO THIS p ublic auction to t h e Monthly Expenditures NOTICE OF S A LE, Exceeding $ 5 0 0 .00 highest bidder for cash AND INCORPORATED (Newspaper Report) or cashier's check, in HEREIN, IS A NOTICE for the month of Nohand, made out to UnTO TENANTS THAT v ember, 2 0 1 5 h a s ion County S heriff's SETS FORTH SOME Office. For more inforbeen prepared. This OF TH E P ROTECmation on this sale go schedule, along with T IONS THAT A R E minutes of the Board to: A VAILABLE T O A of County C o m m is- www.ore onshenffs TENANT OF THE SUB- sioners' proceedings JECT REAL PROPf or N o vember, h a s ERTY AND W HICH b een posted a t t h e Published: January 1, 8, SETS FORTH CER15,and 22, 2015 C ourthouse, and t h e TAIN REQUIRMENTS Baker County Library THAT MUST BE COM- for public review. Cop- Legal No. 00044027 PLIED WITH BY ANY ies of the Newspaper TENANT IN ORDER Report for November, TO OBTAIN THE AF2015, may be obtained Give your budget a FORDED PROTECfrom Baker County's b oost. Sell t h o s e TION, AS REQUIRED A dministrative S e r v - s till-good bu t n o UNDER ORS 86.771 ices Department at a longer used items Q UALITY MA Y B E cost of $2.00 CONSIDERED A DEBT i n your h om e f o r C OLLECTOR A T - Bill Harvey, cash. Call the classiTEMPTING TO COLCommission Chair LECT A DEBT AND f ied d e p a r t m e n t ANY INFORMATION Legal No. 00044079 today to place your OBTAINED WILL BE P ublished: January 8 , ad.

U SED FO R T H A T 2016 tions. Without limiting

s i n gular i n-

cludes the plural, the w ord " g r a n tor " i n cludes any successor in interest to this gran-

t or as w e l l a s a n y other person owing an o bligation, t h e p e r formance of which is secured by the t r ust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to O r e gon Law , t his sale w il l no t b e deemed final until the T rustee's d ee d h a s been issued by Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington . If any irregularities are d iscovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer's money and take further action as necessary. If the sale i s set a s ide f o r a n y reason, including if the Trustee is u nable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a ret urn o f t h e mo n i e s paid to t h e T r ustee.

This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further r e c ourse against th e T r u s t o r, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, th e

B e n e f ici-

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

• 0

•

• 0

•

PUZZLES 8 COMICS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

y

SUDOKU

By DAVID OUELLE T

®

THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — 5B

HOW TO P L A Y : All the words listed below appear in the puzzle — horizontally, vertically, diagonally and even backward. Find them, circle each letter of the word and strike it off the list. The leftover letters spell the W ONDERWORD .

D ICK VAN P AT I EN ( 1 9 2 8 - 2 0 1 5 ) Solution: 10 l e t t er s

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

WEDNESDAY'SSOLUTION

H E J 0 S E P H I A G S V R I C H A P A

U

N

P Y D A Y S I E R R A S

C E P 0 0 L E D U A M Y

0 I N 0 B N A C L 0 E P E Y J S

T S E B A I C I R T A P

I

N

I

T

N

F

A

0 H I A M A M

A B N N K L M

0 M A E R D I

M A N L 0 A J

N N

N E R 0 R D W S R I P A 0 B E V L D I C C S U G A K A S T C H M

T

I

L Y E W T D

H A L E H V

B 0

T A N U E N G I

A C S Y U A

S R 0 0 K I E S QD QA QD I W 0 C N G 0 A S T I R I N P E G 0 R E H 0 C A T

E F I L F 0 S T C A F I L M E

© 2016 Universal Uclick www.wonderword.com Download the Wonderword Game App!

O

al ol

dr

IO

O

ml

Oo

DIFFIGULTY RATING: +'Ir + +'4 +

OTHERCOAST THEt'PUL LEDSLEDGES

THIMKA BOUTTHE OH,FO R, DOGS IIIHOPULLED IdHINE GOO Dl4ESS' r2ESFOP'THE1910 4IHIIIIE SAKE S,GUIT SLED EXPENlON tIHIMP ER YNNIIIHIING. BPITISH TOPlA ECHTAESOIIIH POLE...

ALLTHpfHADT QDOIAIAS CROS STRACKLESSIL)ASIES. IWETOGOTOTHEVETFOR WSHOT S.

LQADE DIt)% SUPPLIES

0%RHU I4IIEDSOF

I/IILESO FICE,YEl YOU DIDIItTHE ARTHElvI

0

COM PLINING.

FLOAND FRIENDS

1/6

A ce, Advocate, A rnie, Aut hor, B a lsam, B a n y on , B e st , C a n n o n , C are, D ad , D i c k , D o g , E i g h t I s E n o u g h , F a c t s o f L i f e , F i l m , F ish, G r o w i n g P a i n s , G u s , H a p p y D a y s , H o t e l , I D r e a m o f

guYHIEI. YouIZ 'DI&HE5 ARe. REALI Y 'P!l INCs UP! PO You tdBEp ~ )j 5OMe HBLP~

OH,tdc7! X ~

'T THE7'THE 17tmES I tAcrr +ET'

QISIY ADT,

H S POT IMD

QNPLe OF Y>YthYS!

(

Jeannie, Insight,Jimmy, Josephine Rose, Love Boat, Mama,

X AEET7 TO I/OAIT! Idte. I.L GBT .YIR.eP

OF ~ l s

Maude, Nancy, N e ls, Ne w Y o r k , P a t r icia, Pet , P o o le , R i c hard, R obin, Rookies, Sierra, Stage, Talia, Tim, Tuck, Vincent, W IO U e

Wednesday's Answer: Neutral Treasury13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 can be purchased online at

www.WonderWordBooks.com. (Contain 130 puzzles.)

PEANUTS

B.C. I( FLEMING PEGG AND I USEPTO 5KATE TOG ETHER GIIITE OFTEN...

I. ACCOMPLISHED AI.L CIF IVIY RESOLLITIONS THIS YEAR,

„.BEFORE I BECAME BIG- TIME!

YEAHro f READ Yy!ORE., WHAT P GAVE A TOAI TO CHARITY AND EVEP4 KE.PT OFF TEAl Pc>UNDS.

WAIT. WHATP

I S UDDENLY FEAR FOR THE 5PACF — TIME COAITINUUM.

E OE

JohoHarlalgd oscom

PICKLES

Cst byCeators

BOUNDS.GAGGED K'? !AIHAf lo K+

NELSOth/IQo UtNSH

AAf CHOCDLATE oFF 44'oUR FACE,

q//

SPEAK W Q)hAPLETE SElKEkICE6OR No MOKE CHOCOLAfE

!AIHATS

5'p

If42 5AORf

Ar e,g'At "e

Ao* r LLC

CttIP COOK!ES!

FDKOKAV.

MOTHERGOOSE5. GRIMM

THE WIZARD OFID

spewws

R6Al%NTS "AND KSA MATSAReNOT ARE NOT A6004 A85D LOOK L00K FOR FOR IVIE. MOU

AS KOR

NEISHBORHOOD IIIIATCHPOS,84 D

I -tt& I-IR& F L & ~ P I~ ' ~ ~ ~ HOuJ WO ~~O7F'.

tf sS 5AOKTFOIIE

LUELL •

rI I

Cst byC eatos

YCIUR NE4' JOlJSTIN& G A h l WE. PARTNER. P TKADE '?

THEREYOLI&CI,

5UDDY

!III!Il'

Y// I aj

~

~ ~~ I , +

/h~

6 zardolld com

GARFIELD

I slfboIde Harl v, • Joh Harl rtll qhrs eserved

TUNDRA

LIZ, LIFE IS LIKE A GIANT PAN OF LASAGNA...

ANP GARFIELP GOT TO THE 'TABLE BEFORE WE PIP

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, JON?

WE'l l H A VE To EAT OUT

1-B

WHAT 5TARTEP OUT A5 A HARMLE55 LITTLE PARTY TRICK, QUICKLY TURIdEP TO TRA&ECyY

BURP!

'O 0

E

Ih 0 E

RUBES

87 :

©Tuadra 2016 I

ctAssic DOONESBURY !1985)

CLOSE TOHOME 2904o/tl/zr4t FAIav

aa

ahaaCbVrddaaRa 98mss4-.

S.M07Avrs J.s

IJN aIft'rs

:.: .:.:84'.c'elz.:.'

"

.

à /CA I/8

:

'

:

'

4ELL, SOYYOUR LIFOS QXIR55 HA5 TAKEN A NNC7EROI/5, HAIRPIN TURNI.LIKOITORAOT, YO U NOWHAYO 70AN5/4JER70 AN AW85OI/IGNNILHIA57ER-MOVEY!

/I 'll .:. :7::

BY G.B. TRUDEAU

NO WAY UNOLO NB'HBV, 7HI/I'K L0KO. JI/ONOY TORA /o/OWBVT. L055NTCAI/Lo WHY/5/T YUU ATHINC7 .7/IICON- WANTEPTOBS TINUINO 70 57UDY A PX70R r TOOOA ~~~~

DOC!OW I

Ae

~

IIIFL/, TO /t/A/O..

2ONKFR,DONV /75 ARRAIO70 A5KIVR HELD IN THS IIAY5 AHSAL?I

$ (

( j'8

• o'

v

MALLARD FILLMORE

"ot

gLm5s

'e

$gy gPQOE 5 CWP@KIVa.

e d-

e

8c&~~

Cb

e

"Well, doc, now that you mention it, I am tender there, too, but then again, I'm

supposed to be."

e e

c

WAr tr. 04/JSFrty/yyrIP1EC'I/ad

42y

0

Barry shows off his new woodchuck farm

ulaa

Does your carrier never miss a cIay? Are they always on time, no matter what kind of weather? Do they bring your paper to your front door? If so we want to hear from you.

The Observer and Baker City Herald wants to recognize all of our outstanding carriers and the service they provide to ensure your paper gets to you. Let us know about their service by sending your comments to cthom son@la randeobseroercom or send them to

14065t StreetLa Grande OR97850

!IfhteaGIQ I I I I f@y(gtt/tfi gdJT 9

• 0

•

• 0

•

• 0

•

6B —THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

COFFEE BREAK

Helicopter mom turns girls' squabbles into adult irritation

What siahydrogenbomb?

North Korea claims to have successfully tested a thermonuclear weapon, commonly referred to as a hydrogen bomb. Thermonuclear weapons, which make upmost nuclear weapons in use today, use nuclear fusion to produce explosions larger than those created by nuclear weapons that use fission.

DEAR ABBY: Do you think parents consequences. Ifhis retirement plan was should intervene in arguments between gambling that you and your siblings would 10-year-olds? My daughter, 'Amy," was play- supporthim forhispoorchoices,itappears ing at a neighbor's house with two other girls he has lost that bet, too. As a kindness, and they had an argument over something direct your brother toresources thathelp low-income seniors. stupid. The neighbor's daughter, 'Kathy," started to cry, so her mother asked my DEARABBY My husbandand Idecided daughter and the other girl to leave because they had upset Kathy. Afterward, she called to go our separate ways and have Pled for and wanted me to punish my divorce. Although I moved daughter forupsetting hers. out, we agreed to keep prior DEAR I didn't do it because I engagements. One ofthemis think 10-year-olds are old ABBY a ritp t o Europe to visit family enough to make amends with and friends.

When we talked about traveach other. When Amy explained the situation, I concluded that Kathy elirg together, my understandirg was that started to cry because she didn't get what she it meant sittirg next to each otherin the car and on the plane. Now he is making the hotel wanted. The girls were playing with each other again two days later. arrangements and has asked meifhe should This isn't the ftrst time this has happened, book a room with two beds or two separate rooms. This is confusing and it's makirg me but it's annoyirg because they make a big deal out ofit. Kathy is an only child and feel awkward. How should Ianswer?

— THE EX-MRS. INMICHIGAN we have three children. What do you think DEAR EX-MRS.: Be honest. If the idea about this?

— AMVS MOM IN of sharing a room with your almost-ex-husANTWERP, BELGIUM band makes you uncomfortable, tell him you DEARAMYS MOM: Hang onto your wouldpreferseparate accommodations. sense of humor and take "Helicopter Mom's" DEARABBY: My husband, an avid soccer suggestions regarding parenting your child with a grain of salt. Kathy's mother means player, injured himself twice last year, which well, but she should stop trying to fight her left him unable to work for months at a time. daughter's battlesforher.

He refuses to harg up his cleats because he says it's his "one true passion."I think he's DEARABBY:I have two brothers and two beirg selftsh because his soccer inj uries have sisters. We all earned a modest but comfortcaused a ftnancial, emotional and physical able living and made plans for our retirestrain on our family.

Ican't be the only wifelmom who doesn't ment — exceptfor one. He blew his money on want the additional risk. Any advice on how cars, vacations and gamblirg. He retired as early as possible, and because ofit he doesn't to get through to him?

— SPORTS WIFEIN CLEVELAND get much Social Security. Now he's broke.

He thinks one of us should take himin and DEAR SPORTS WIFE: I don't know how complains that we are a "bad family"because old your husband is, but two serious injuries no one has offered to let him live with us. in one year may be a hint &om Father Time None of our retirement plans were made with that his reflexes aren't as acute as they once provisions for him. Heis selftsh, irritatirg were, and he should channel his passion in and untrustworthy. I don't want to spend my another direction. iCoaching, perhaps?) retirement being miserable. What do I do?

Assuming you have insurance, contact — RETIRED IN CHICAGO your agent and ask if there is additional DEAR RETIRED: If taking your irrespon- coverage your husband can take out in case sible brother in would ensure that your rehe is seriously injured again. Of course, it won't guarantee that he won't hurt himself, tirement would be miserable, you shouldn't do it. Your brother has lived his life the way but it might give you some peace of mind in he wanted, without consideration for the case he does.

Par t ly s u n n y

Thermonuclear weapons create an explosion by fusing atoms together, which creates a large amount of energy. Since hydrogen isotopes are used as fusion fuel, these weapons are often called hydrogen bombs.

Gun-type fission bomb One way of causing a chain reaction is to use a conventional explosion to propel one piece of uranium into another.

Both pieces are too small to create an explosive reaction, but combined they reach critical mass.

The Associated Press

SEOUL, South KoreaAs world leaders debated how to punish North Korea's claim of a fourth nuclear test, South Korea retaliated by broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rivals' tense border Friday on what was believed to be Kim Jong Un's birthday.

North Korea considers such broadcasts to be an actofpsychologicalwarfare and likely will have a furious response. Pyongyang is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of the authoritarian leadership of Kim, the third member ofhis family to rule the country. When South Korea briefl y resumed propaganda broadcasts in August after an 11-year break, Seoul says the

Some sun

0

31 18 2

31 20

0

33 25

0

3 6 16 (3 )

3 3 16 (>)

35 26 (2)

32 16 (3)

3 2 10 (3 )

3 1 14 (2)

3 4 21 ( 3)

gLllgk

.

Shown is S turday's weather weather. Temperatures are Friday night's'Iows and Saturday's highs.

'I

' "

gi i ~~f eti

r

Ili51s u

, ;

: 35I>4, •

Pendleto~- + t:

r

u

portlan

'

" .

•

,'~~"<

rs/3

6~ 4 , ~ < •

=®~" :.:.""~.;. P~'~ .. . Thgeatles " Py~iq.. .rrr„': ,I

'.0,

.

•

)'

' ' i' Salem "

41I

®

'

• 3 6/47 .

Redrndnd

23I3g • ) Cprya i

~

,.

, g9/g5

'

~

"

.

•

,

t 37v48

';Ontario •

J

20/33~A>

Eu'geee,. gg/47

•'

'i

r ; 4L"Pg

urns

'kk .II Extremes .". M

' r,

ord,,

• Thursday for the 48 contigttous states

Nation '

•

• Klamath Fatls

~,®~ ~/3$

<

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016

+,,'g+ 'gr

Low: -3 ' W ettest: 1.72" ............ regon: High: 55 Low: 12 Wettest: 0.05" ...

1Info.

Hay Information Saturday Lowest relative humidity ................ 60% Afternoon wind ............. S at 4 to 8 mph Hours of sunshine .............................. 2.6 Evapotranspiration .......................... 0.02 Reservoir Storage through midnight Thursday Phillips Reservoir 5% of capacity Unity Reservoir 27% of capacity Owyhee Reservoir 10% of capacity McKay Reservoir 23% of capacity Wallowa Lake 18% of capacity Thief Valley Reservoir 48% of capacity Stream Flows through midnight Thursday Grande Ronde at Troy .......... 1310 cfs Thief Vly. Res. near N. Powder ... 4 cfs Burnt River near Unity .............. 5 cfs Lostine River at Lostine .............. N.A. Minam River at Minam ............... N.A. Powder River near Richland .... 63 cfs

B~ r Gity~ • " ' 22/3'1

,

.=

r icultu

L'a Grand

r'

~.

.. North Bend ........... Burns ....... Florence

loyalty to the leader. The North's state media has yet to mention Kim's birthday or South Korea's loudspeaker campalgn.

The broadcasts came as world powers sought to find other ways to punish the North for conducting what it said was its first hydrogen bomb test Wednesday.

US. Secretary of State John Kerry urged China, the North's only major ally and its biggest aidprovider,toend"business as usual"with North Korea.

Diplomats at a U.N. Security Council emergency session pledged to swiftly pursue new sanctions. For current sanctions and any new penalties to work, better cooperation and stronger implementation from China is seen as key.

two Koreas exchanged artillery fire, followed by threats ofwar.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that fiontline troops, near 11 sites where loudspeakersstarted blaring propaganda at noon, were on highest alert. Yonhap said Seoul had deployed missiles, artillery and other weapons systems near the border to swikly deal with any possible North Korean provocation. South Korea's Defense Ministry did not immediately confirm the reports.

The North Korean response could be harsh because of the high emotions surrounding the likely birthday of Kim, who is believed to be in his early 30s.

North Korean military forces often compete to show their

Baker City High Thursday ..............

36 Low Thursday ...............

22 Precipitation Thursday ....................... .... 0.00" Month to date ................ ... Trace Normal month to date .. .... 0.21" Year to date ................... ... Trace Normal year to date ...... .... 0.21" La Grande High Thursday ..............

39 Low Thursday ...............

27 Precipitation 0.00" Thursday .......................

0.00" Month to date ................

0.39" Normal month to date ..

Year to date ...................

0.00" 0.39" Normal year to date ......

Elgin High Thursday ............................ 39 Low Thursday ............................. 32 Precipitation Thursday ................................. Trace Month to date ........................... 0.14" Normal month to date ............. 0.72" Year to date .............................. 0.14" Normal year to date ................. 0.72"

Tuesday

The AccuWeather Comfort Index is an indication of how it feels based on humidity and temperature where 0 is least comfortable and 10 is most comfortable for this time of year.

1

A fission bombcalled the primary, is used to create enough pressure and high temperature to create a fusion reaction in the secondary, a combination of hydrogen fusion fuel and fission material to aid in the fusion reaction, which creates the weapon's explosive force.

out orearesumes nrona an a roa casts

Enterprise Temperatures

s

Implosion assembly Another method is to use a piece of plutonium that is not dense enough to cause a chain reaction and set off explosions around it, compressing it until it is dense enough to create an explosive reaction.

•

Graphic: TNS Sources: Los Alamos National Lahratory Federation of Amencan Scientists Union of Concerned Scientists, Atomic Hentage Foundation

Fog

Partly sunny

35 23 (2)

15 (3)

Ivy Mike First hydrogen bomb test

Thermonuclear weapons

La Grande Temperatures

19 (4)

21 kilotons

Fission-based nuclear weapons create explosive energy by causing atoms to split, or fission. When certain isotopes of uranium and plutonium split, they release enough neutrons to split nearby atoms. If there is enough nearby material, this will cause a chain reaction that produces a large explosion.

High I lsw(comfort index)

31 19

Fat Man Nagasaki

•

Monday

Baker City Temperatures 22 (3

Equiv a l ent to 15ki l o tons of TIIT

1mana Sunday

Saturday

M ostly cloud y

Little boy Hiroshima

Fission weapons

• ACCuWeather.cOm Forecas Tonight

How powerful are they?

un

Oon

Sunset tonight ........ ................ 4:27 p.m.

Sunrise Saturday ...

7:31 a.m.

New

Fir st

•

'

•000

•

•

•

.

•

eather HiStor A deadlytornado ripped through Reading, Pa., on Jan. 9, 1889, killing dozens and injuringhundreds of people. It was the first of two twisters to hit Reading in 1889.

e in

1 i ies Saturday Hi L o

Corvallis Eugene Hermiston Imnaha Joseph Lewiston Meacham Medford Newport Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla

• • •

46 47 36 38 32 37 49 49 36 34 44 36 47 32 39

W

35 r 34 r 28 c 24 pc 14 pc 28 c 21 pc 32 r 38 r 19 pc 26 c 26 c 37 r 19 sn 36 r 21 c 31 c 17 c 27 c

Recreation F OreCaSt Anthony Lakes Mt. Emily Rec.

Eagle Cap Wild.

Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Res. Phillips Lake Brownlee Res. Emigrant St. Park McKay Reservoir Red Bridge St. Park

21 1 1 30 1 7 22 8 32 1 4 31 1 9 28 1 6 34 2 1 31 21 35 2 4 35 2 3

c c pc pc pc c pc c c pc

Weather iwi: s-sunny, pr -partly cloudy, r-cluudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, l-ice.

•

•

Last

• O II O

il'sfree and awailadle al •

Full

•

e

Friday, January 8, 2016 The Observer & Baker City Herald

WEEKLY FISHING REPORT GRANDE RONDE RIVER • Last week's cold snap caused the Grande Ronde to freeze up, and the river was unfishable as of Tuesday. When the river can be fished, all methods have been successful, from fly-fishing to shrimp. Don't be afraid to change tactics when fishing is slow.

IMNAHA RIVER • Icy conditions will make angling difficult until warmer weather arrives.

Fishing will pick up as winter progresses into spring.

WALLOWA RIVER • Icy conditions will make angling difficult or impossible on the Wallowa. Look for warming weather to improve fishing conditions. Anglers are picking up a few fish. Winter fishing between Minam and the mouth at Rondowa can be good for anglers willing to walk.

• The Wallowa is also a whitefish factory and can produce some large fish. Whitefish are native to Oregon and are a respected sportfish across the West. Whitefish can be great in the smoker and are a great way to keep kids interested while steelhead fishing.

WALLOWA LAKE • Some holdover trout wilI still be available for the hardy trout fishermen willing to brave the cold weather. Kokanee can also be caught by jigging deep during the winter months. The lake does not reliably freeze every year.

However, when the lake does freeze, ice fishing can produce good catch rates for trout and kokanee.

JOHN DAY RIVER • Steelhead fishing has slowed due to cold temperatures and the river icing over. River flows are now near 500 cubic feet per second at Service Creek. Steelhead have dispersed throughout the system and numbers are increasing above Service Creek in the upper John Day. Source: ODRN

Donald Pedersen photo

A female deer with a GPS collar is shown along the Crooked River near Post in Crook County. The deer is one of about 500 adult female mule deer that were fitted with the tracking collars in March of 2015 as part of a multi-year study of the animals' migration patterns. The project is continuing this week with the capture of 144 mule deer in Baker, Union, Wallowa and Umatilla counties.

These deer also are being fitted with the GPS collars.

By Jayson Jacoby,Wescom News Service

rian Ratliffis ready to follow 144 mule deer across the Blue Mountains, summer and winter, throughforests,overpeaksandpossiblyintothestomach of a cougar or wolf And he won't have to leave his offtce.

Ratliff, the district wildlife biologist at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Baker City office, is among the state biologists working on a major multi-year mule deer study in Northeastern Oregon that includes Baker, Union, Wallowa and Umatilla counties.

The key to this research is a GPS collar.

Actually, 144 GPS collars.

The devices, each fitted to an adult female deer, relay their location every 13 hours, Ratliff said.

The data are uploaded to ODFW computers, allowing Ratliff and other biologists to track

the movements of each deer.

If the collar is stationary for a certain period of time it emits what's known as the "mortality signal" — an indication that a fatal fate, perhaps the aforementioned cougar or wolf, has befal len the deer.

In that case, biologists can home in on the collar's signal, find the deer and try to figure out the cause of death, Ratliff said.

The batteries in the collars typically last for aboutthreeyears,so the projectshould yield quite a lot of information about where mule

Tigs an tricksfor thefirst-time snowshoer F

requently, I have to throw out a disclaimer at the first of an article and say that I don't claim to be an expert on what we're talking about that day. Once again, I'm going to have to make that disclaimer. In fact, I'm not sure what I'm an expert at. I like all things outdoors and don't just specialize in any one field. That would get boring, wouldn't it? So with that said, let's getintotoday'stopic:snowshoeing.

If you've never snowshoed you ought to try it. It's not an expensive hobby. In fact, after you buy a pair of snowshoes and hiking poles, that's it. If you're nervous

BASE CAMP TOM CLAYCOMB about buying a pair you can even rent one first to see if you like it.

If nothing else, snowshoeing will be a good excuse to get out this winter and get alittle exercise and see Oregon's Winter Wonderland. Other options are to go do some extreme winter camping, pull a sled across a lake to ice fish or get into the back country to varmint hunt. Extreme winter camping can be tough duty, though, so don't do that on your first snowshoeing trip.

To know which model to buy we need to first ask what you're going to be doing. If you live in Minnesota, where you'll be hiking across flat prairies, you'd want to buy some trail shoes which are long and thin, but here in the Northwest, I'd recommend you buy some bear claw style shoes.

They're shorter and fat and easier to maneuver around Tom Clayoomb photo brush and up mountains.

Although lighter, the smaller aluminum snowshoes are To get what you want more designed for walking on semi-groomed trails. The though,you may want to wider bear claw rawhide shoes are great in deep drifts. renta couple ofdifferent models first before you make In the old days, they were bindings used on cross country skis inot that I'm a cross your purchase. That way you all constructed with wood frames and weaved with raw- country skier). can test two styles and then compare notes as to which hide. The bindings were made Nowadays, all the ones one you want to buy. out of rubber comparable to SeeClaycomblPage2C

TO-DO LIST

SICI REPORT

AnthonyLakes Mountain Resort Snow Report LAST 24 HOURS: 0 Inches LAST 48 HOURS: 0 Inches TOTAL AT BASE: 45 Inches SEASONTOTAL: 125 Inches

Source:anlhonylakes.com

•000

deer travel and when, and how the animals die, said Pat Mathews, district wildlife biologist at ODFWs Enterprise office.

"This will really give us a better understanding of the mule deer migration patterns between summer range and winter range," Mathews said."And it will give us a really good understanding of the mortality factors."

ODFW's overriding goal is to figure out why mule deer populations have been declining, a problem Ratliff said is not confined to Eastern SeeTrackingIPage2C

'rII., kll RochelleAdams photo

Sign up for the 2016 Polar Bear Plunge Registration is open for the 2016 Polar Bear Plunge, which is set for March 5 at Morgan Lake. Cost for the event is $5, and hot drinks, w arm snacks, games and entertainment will be available. Sign up online at www.lagrandeparks.org and click on the "Activities" tab or call 541-962-1352. The deadline to register is Feb. 20.

•000

FLY-TYING CORNER

Blue-winged-olive givesmayfly look We lump a lot of different mayflies into the category "blue-wingedolives" and look for the hatches in the fall, winter and early spring.

The fish don't care — they're just looking for protein. Tie this pattern with olive thread on a No. 18-20 dry fly hook. For the tail, , use pheasant fibers. For the abdomen, use pheasant ribbed with fine copper. Tie in a post of gun metalWings-n-Flash, and wrap the dark dun hackle parachute style. Use an imitation peacock dubbing for the thorax.

Source:GaryLewis, ForWesComNewsService

•000

2C — THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD

TRACKING

four counties: Baker, Union, Wallowa and Umatilla.

Continued from Page1C Collaring crews captured about 53 deer on WednesOregon or even to this state. day and Thursday in Baker "It's an issue throughout County, after fog in the Pendthe West," he said. letonarea forced them to Leonard Erickson, Ratlilf's postpone flights in that area. counterpart in La Grande, Mathews said about 48 agrees. deer were collared in Wallowa Erickson said he's spent County's six wildlife units, much ofhis career focusing and he hopes to have seven more on elk populations than more deer collared soon. on mule deer.

In Baker County there are "It's time to shine the spot24 coll ared deer in the Keatlight on mule deer because our ing Unit, 18 in the Lookout deer numbers aren't where Mountain Unit and 11 in the they should be," he said.

Pine Creek Unit.

W ith dozens ofcollared The smaller number in the deer roaming the region, latter unit, Ratliff said, is due and the mortality signal to an Idaho Power Company enabling biologists to examstudy of mule deer in that ine deer carcasses and take unit several years ago that bone marrow and possibly ODFW can use to suppleblood samples, Erickson ment its database. said ODFW will learn more ODFW actually started the about what's killing deer — a mule deer monitoring project prerequisite to designing in March 2015, when about strategies to savemore ofthe 500 does were netted in the animals.

Ochoco and southern Blue To cite arepresentative mountains and fitted with example ofregional populaGPS collars. tion trends, Ratlilf said the That effort included collarestimated winter population ing 48 deer in the Sumpter of deer in the Keating Unit, unit, which covers parts of which is northeast of Baker Baker County, as well as 18 City on the southern fiinges deerinpartsofErickson's of the Wallowa Mountains, district thatarew estand has declined from about southofInterstate 84.

3,500animals in 1985 to This week Erickson hopes about 2,460 now. to have 22 deer collared in In addition, the average Union County north and east number of fawns birthed per ofInterstate 84. doe each year has declined Ratlilf said biologists have from about1.8 to 1.2overthe already gleaned valuable past few decades, Ratlilf said. insight into mule deer migraThat might seem like a tions in the Sumpter unit minor decline, he said, but it kom deer fitted with GPS represents, on average, each collars last year. female producing one less Among ODFWs objectives fawn over a two-year period is to figure out if the agency's compared to previous reprotraditional system for setduction rates. ting hunting tag numbers "It adds up," Ratliff said. accurately reflects the deer populations in each unit durHow the deer are collared, ing the fall hunting season, and where Ratlilf said.

Here's how that system ODFW hired a contractor to capture the deer. Workers works, again using the riding in a helicopter use Sumpter Unit as an example: special guns that fire nets Toward the end of each to corral the deer, which are year, ODFW biologists do then blindfolded and fitted aerial counts of deer on the with the GPS collar. animals' winter range.

The process usually takes Biologists rely on those five to 10 minutes per deer, censuses to decide how many deer-hunting tags the state according to ODFW. The current collaring cam- should sell for each unit for paign started about a week the early fall hunting season. ago in Wallowa County.

The decision about tag The 144 collars will be dis- numbers is ultimately made tributed among deer in the by the Fish and Wildlife

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

OUTDOORS 8 REC Commission, which rarely departs significantly kom biologis ts'recommendations.

A potential flaw in that system, Ratliff said, has to do with deer migrations.

The concern is that a significant percentage of the deer that ODFW counts on the winter range in, say, the Sumpter Unit might actually be living in a different unit during the hunting season, Ratliff said.

The state would still base the number of hunting tags it sells based on the winter population, however.

But if there were fewer deer in the unit during the hunting season than ODFW thought there were, hunters might end up killing more deer than the herd in that unit could sustain and still maintain a healthy population, Ratlilf said.

He said biologists were acutely interested in finding out whether their long-held assumptions about deer in the Sumpter Unit were accurate.

Specifically, ODFW's annual winter counts have typically turned up a large number of deer in the area north of Bridgeport and Hereford, a prime winter range that's part of the Sumpter Unit.

Biologists have always included those deer in the Sumpter Unit's population, Ratliff said, but they couldn't say with certainty how many of those deer were living in the Sumpter Unit during the hunting season.

Although data kom the first year of the collar campaign aren't conclusive, Ratliff said the movements ofthe48 deer collared in the Sumpter Unit last year suggestthat about 95 percent of the unit's winter deer population are also in that unit during the hunting season.

That's a relief for biologists, Ratliff said, alleviating their concern that the state had been selling too many hunting tags for that unit based on an inaccurate population estimate.

Money for the collaring project comes kom thesaleof hunting licenses and kom the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, federal money kom an excise tax on the sale ofhunting equipment.

FROM THE READER

Your turn: photo of the week

Eric Valentine photo

This week's winner is La Grande's EricValentine, who submitted this photo of Meg Valentinesnowshoeing at Anthony Lakes. Do you have a photo to submit7 Send your shot, along with your name, city of residence, location of the photo and a description to rbondC lagrandeobservercom. Photos need to be received by 5 p.m.

Wednesday to be considered for that Friday's edition.

CLAYCOMB

his rail fence. Then I found a guy in Montana that said he'd repair them, but it was going to cost twice as much as the new models so I just bought a new pair.

You'll want to buy a size that fits your height and weight.

OK, so now you've decided on a model and bought them. To get kicked off I'd recommend going on a short 2-3 hour hike. Make it a fun trip. Throw a coffee pot and cups into your backpack.

When you reach a nice spot buildafireand heatup a cup of coffee. You won't have to packa lotofwaterfor the coffee though, just melt snow with a little water iif there's not enough snow

Continued ~om Page1C that I see are made with aluminum frames, plastic webs and plastic bindings.

Maybe Fm nostalgic, but I still favor the old rawhide ones. But mine finally tooted out. A group of us were on a snowshoeing excursion and had just made it back to our trucks and the rawhide on mine broke loose literally right at the truck.

Ifound an old retired Forest Serviceguy thatsaid he'd repair them. After six months I took them back. He had countless excuses such as the coyotes ate the rawhide strips he had drying on

)

W/ 'w BrandonLeather

VALE — The Bureau of Land Management's Vale District is asking for public comments on two environmental documents related to managing noxious weeds.

The first is an Environmental Assessment that analyzes the potential effects of expanding the Vale District's integratedweed manage-

BrandonLeather

Rocking Reclining I.oveseat Reg ia9sms

1 44 9

Rec lining Sofa Re gi 589sms 1 3 9 9

g ojj 0"

BRIEFLY BLM seeks comment on noxious weeds

then you're not going to be snowshoeing). Make it a fun, kicked back trip.

Then after you get comfortable, do something a little more adventurous. Get back away from people and try a little varmint hunting.

Or something else that is fun is to load up a backpack and sled and pull it across a lake and spend the night ice fishing. I think as you do more extreme adventures it builds up your confidence that you can survive when hard times hit.

Or, snowshoeing may become an obsession and you may decide to run away to the mountains, build a snow cave, quit paying taxes and live on pine cone soup.

ment program to make an this EA — a Finding of No additional 10 herbicides Significant Impact. available for use on nonBoth documents are availnative invasive plants. able for viewing at the Vale The analysis also address- District ePlanning website at es otherinvasivespecies http J/1.usa.gov/1mwy1HW and noxious weed treatment under the"Documents" link. methods which could be used Comments can be mailed eitherseparately orasa com - to District Manager, Vale Disponent of programs, includtrict BLM, 100 Oregon St., ingtheproposed herbicides. Vale, OR 97918 or emailed to The second document is blm or invasive plant ea adraftofthe conclusions of comments@blm.gov.

The 12'" Annual

t IQ~' Q~ ff

t0 eat Xit

Jull'o

Juio

Power Reclining Leather (onsole Loveseat

Power Reclining Leather Sofa Reg'2059 .95$4lE

Re '2249SAlE' 1 999

ng,5 Ul

~,p -

1 F9 9

.O

gg

5 Pc Dining Set

'359

g

3 Pc Tile Top Dining Set

'199

Cattleman's Workshop

"Opportunities in a Changing Beef Cattle Industry"

Wedge Table 3 Colors

Snack Table 2 Colors

FREE!

'i55

No Pre-Registration Required Lunch Included!

'99

Q~® !

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16™ 2016

25% OFF

Blue Mountain Conference Center 40412th Street, La Grande, OR Seminar 9:00 ANI-4: 15PNI

ANF ONEACCHSORF with this coupon

THERA P E D 1C " 1 f l T E l li A T I o N A L ~

9:00- 9:15 Workshop Introductions & Overview 9:15 - 10:15Opportunities for a Cow/Calf Operation in a Changing Industry Nevil Speer; VP, U.S. Operations, AgriClear, Bowling Green, Kentucky 10:15-10:45 Break (provided by sponsors) 10:45 - 11:45Current and Future Economic Outlook for the US Beef Industry David Anderson; Texas A&M Livestock and Food Products Marketing Economist, College Station, Texas

Furniture %'arehouse

AntAyirehnsd HOME

2216 Adams Ave. La Grande DR 97850

(541) 963-5851

11:45 - 1:00 Lunch (provided by sponsors)

Mon - Fri 9am - 6pm • Sat loam - 5pm

1:00- 2:00Sustainable Rangeland Grazing for Western Rangelands Chad Boyd; Rangeland Ecologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, EOARC Burns Station, Burns, Oregon

$599 8799 $999

2:00- 3:00 Opportunities for More Efficient Cow/Calf Production; Padlock Ranch Perspective Cody Peck; Op erationsAnalyst,Padlock Ranch Company, Ranchester,W yoming

Queen Sze Set Queen Sze Set Queen Sze Set TwfnSzeSet .....,..$499 1WlnSlzeSet ........$699 iivinSizeSet ........$699 FullSzeSel ........8569 FullSlzsSst ........$769 FullSlzeSel ........$959 IGngSlzeSet........ 8899 IGngSzeSet...... 81099 KlngSizeSet...... $12W

3:00 — 3:15 Break (provided by sponsors)

Home Furnis ings 2170 Main St. Baker City, OR 97814

3:15- 4:15 Ranchingin the Presence of Wolves Casey Anderson; Ranch Manager, OX Ranch, Bear, Idaho

(541) 523-7701 • ,

•

4

Note: For more information, please contact Kim McKague or Tim DelCurto at (541) 562-5129

•

Tim-Fri9am-6pm+ Sat10am-5pm • •

•

:

http:I/oregonstate.edu/dept/eoarcunion

•000

•000

•000

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

STUDY

harmful and should be avoided can't be answered with a simple yes or no. The evidence Continued ~om Page6C That question bedevils on harm is hotly disputed in public health advocates who the scientific literature. And are wrestling with the issue of that evidence is minuscule, how todealwith e-cigarettes. compared with the copious evidence about the harm from 'No better'? tobacco.

In a statement that made If vaping is harn&1, headlines around the world, but less so than smoking cigarettes, then smokers who Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, another study author, said eswitch to e-cigarettes are cigarettes "arenobetterthan making a healthy choice. But smokingregularcigarettes." nonsmokers who take up the That statement was made habit would be harming their in a news release picked up health. by reporters who didn't cite W hile cigaretteswere from the study itself — which invented in the 19th century, e-cigaret tesbecame popular was strongly criticized by other researchers. only about 10 years ago. Pro'To declare that smoking is totypeswere developed in the no more hazardous than us1960s, but Hon Lik, a Chinese inge-cigarettes,anontobacco- pharmacist, is credited with containingproduct,isa false developing the first modern and irresponsible claim," ee-cigaret te,in 2003. cigarett eresearcher Michael So long-term data on the Siegel of Boston University risks or benefits of vaping simply doesn't exist. And told the Daily Caller. Siegel the implications of using supportsusing e-cigarettesto e-cigarettes depend on who get smokers to quit. is vaping, and one's personal Crotty Alexander said the evidence simplyisn't definivalues. tive, in any direction.

All shapes, sizes and 'The problem is that we liquids really cannot say that the e-cigaret tesare saferin huE-cigarettes come in inmans," Crotty Alexander said. numerable configurations, "I feel uncomfortable saying including single-use models and more expensive reusable thate-cigarettesare equally bad or worse than convention- kindswithrechargeablebatal combustible cigarettes." teries and refillable reservoirs.

They can be bought in liquor The science stores or specialty vapeshops The paper itself notes that dedicatedtovastarray of cigarette smoke extract kills hardware used by aficionados. cells at a lower concentration They all contain a reservoir than doese-cigarettevapor, for the flavored juices, an atomizerthat vaporizesthe CrottyAlexander said. And it kills more rapidly. liquid, a battery that powers "Because of the high toxicthe atomizer, and a mouthityofcigarette smoke extract, pieceforinhaling thevapors. cigarett e-treated samples of Some of the criticism takes each cell line could only be aim at the vast and lightly treated for 24 hioursl," the regulatedmarket forthe study stated. liquids, which are made with Cells were exposed to exnicotine in varying levels tractscontaining 1percent e- and no nicotine at all. They cigarett evapors in a number contain various flavoring of tests, one of which is called agents which are not well a"neutral comet assay" that understood.

"The specific substances in measures DNA damage.

The e-ci garette extract e-cig liquids are still under inwas testedforeightweeks vestigation, as many formulaon a cell line representing tionsareproprietary informanormal epithelial tissue, and tion. However, our findings for one week on two cell lines are consistent with previous representing cancers. The assessmentsofe-cig effects extract-containing liquid was on pulmonary tissue and cell replaced every three days. lines, which implicated flavorResults showed a statistimg compounds as prnnary cally significant increase of toxicants within e-cigs," the up to 1.5-fold in DNA strand study stated. breaks, as compared with an untreated control cell culture. How it may help you quit People who have quit A matter of perspective smoking within the last year W hether e-cigarettesare are four times more likely to

RUNNING Continued ~om Page6C For Hugo Rodriguez, a U.S. Foreign Serviceofficer serving in Mexico City, timed runsarean essentialpartof training."My favorite timed run is 9 minutes hard, 1 minute easy, then 8 hard, 1 easy, 7 hard, 1 easy, etc., down to1hardand1easy. The9,8, and 7 are at marathon pace; 6, 5, and 4 minutes are at my half marathon pace; and 3, 2, and 1are allata sprintpace," he said.

'Timed runs are brutal, and whenIseethem on my schedule, I know it's going to hurt," said Rodriguez, who's been running marathons and ultras for 25 years."But Ilove the variability and feel great after the workout." Rodriguez recently finished the NYC Marathon, his third marathon this year.

Horowitz likes to incorporate timed runs, especially repeats, into his runners' schedules, because they give you a sense of what it feels liketorun atdifferentspeeds. ''When you're driving a car, you don't always stare at your speedometer, but since you have experience driving at different speeds, you use cues, such as how fast the trees are going by, to know how fast you're going," Horowitz said.

In running, you can use your breathing or your sense ofburn as cues to know how fast you're going.

•000

THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — SC

HEALTH 8 FITNESS

If you're doing 800-meter repeats at an 8-minute-mile pace, you get a sense of what an 8-minute pace feels like and canbegin todevelop different gears as you run. Elite runners use these "gears" to calibrate their runs, Horowitz said.

From yourtimed runs,you will have built up a library of speed sensation. For example, as you run, you can tell yourself, "In my experience this is probably a 7-minute

use e-cigarettes daily than current smokers to use ecigarettes daily, according to a study led by Rutgers Universityresearchersreleased in November. The researchers say this is evidence e-cigarettes help smokers quit.

And a study by Public Health England released in Augustfound e-cigarettesare 95 percent less harmful than smoking and can help smokers quit.

However, a study released in August 2014 found the number of middle and high school student nonsmokers who used an electronic cigarett e in theprevious year tripled in two years. The number rose from 79,000 in 2011 to 263,000 in 2013, accordingto areportfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Why so confusing?

Sometimes, the same study can be characterized in opposite ways about e-cigarette risks or benefits. That's the case with the National Institute of Health's 2015 Monitoring the Future survey, released Dec. 16.

Michael Siegel, the Boston Universit y researcher,said the MTF study refuted the CDC's claims that vaping leads to smoking.

"First, the MTF survey revealedthat despitethe huge numberofyouth using electronic cigarettesand the dramatic increase in use of e-cigarettes by youth over the pastfour years,therate of youth smoking has declined dramatically during the same time period.Mo reover,the decline in smoking continued from 2014 to 2015," Siegel wrote on his blog.

Meanwhile, vaping supporters responded on Twitter to the VA-led study, saying it's actually a benefit that ecigarette liquids preferentially kills cancer cells.

They also pointed to the sentence in the study about the difficulty of comparing the effect of vaping liquids to that ofcigarettesmoke because of the latter's high toxicity.

Later research Another limitation of the study, which Wang-Rodriguez said she plans to address in futureresearch,isittested lab-grown cells, which may not give the same results as cells living inside a person.

Crotty Alexander said a new study on whole animals is underway.

mile pace."

There are multiple ways to do repeats — running a certaindistance in repeat sets. A beginner runner can doeight 400-meter repeatsata 2:15 pace with a two-minute recovery period between them. The idea is that repeated high-intensity sessions of training with shortrecovery periods trigger an adaptation response to train the body to run at higher speeds.

Thatcher's iim Hardware I La SrandeiimHardware

FSll

hnt

bus y ..„

HEALTH NOTIFICATION

A major name brand hearing aid provider wishes to field test a remarkable new digital hearing instrument in the area. This offer is free of charge and you are under no obligation.

These revolutionary 100% Digital instruments use the latest technology to comfortably and almost invisibly help you hear more clearly. This technology solves the "stopped up ears" and "head in a barrel" sensation some people experience.

If you wish to participate, you will be required to have your hearing test in our office FREE OF CHARGE to determine candidacy and review your results with the hearing instruments with our hearing care specialist.

At the end of this evaluation, you may keep your instrument, if you so desire, at a tremendous saving for participating in this field test. Special testing will be done to determine the increased benefits of this technology.

Benefits of hearing aids vary by type and degree of hearing loss, noise environment, accuracy of hearing test, and proper fit. This is a wonderful opportunity to determine if hearing help is available for your hearing loss and get hearing help at a very affordable price.

CALL NOW I FYOU Wl S H TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS FIELD TEST

THIS WEEK ONLY! NOW through 1/15/16 LA GRANDE

Call today to mal<e your reservation for the Hearing Aid

2021 Washington Ave. Baker City, OR 97814

Field Test

541-239-3782

asseai.eira F

111 Elm Street La Grande, OR 97850

541-605-2109 BAKER CITY

ENTERPRISE 603 Medical Parkway Enterprise, OR 97828

Squlnel-hHaone III BlalFeeder

541-239-3877

WdsSLofssed, 8$N07 SirdseslsNsepsahly.

•

Thatcher's Ace Hardware 2200 Resort St, Baker City • 541-523-3371 La Grande Ace Hardware 2212 Island Ave, La Grande • 541-605-0152 Monday-Friday 7-6 • Saturday 8-6 • Sunday 9-5 photosfor illustration only

LucasDuberow Miracle-Ear Consultant, Hearing InstrumentSpecialist

•000

n ~

The Miracle-Ear Foundation P+ o S ince1990 the Mira~ r F oundatian'" has been providing hearingaids, follow-up care,

/J

an d educstional resources ta people whh hearing loss whodemonstrate persanal inabiliay m finandallyprovide far their

hearing health needs. We dothfs because we believe eve~ne in our cammunity deserves quality hearing instruments.

•000

Friday, January 8, 2016 The Observer & Baker City Herald

E-CIGARETTES AND CHILDREN

ADVICE FOR RUNNERS

"The sameadvertising tactics the tobaccoindustry usedyears ago toget kids addicted to nicotine are nowbeing used toentice a newgeneration ofyoungpeople to use eciga-rettes — Dr. Tom Frieden, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fast start can lead to premature

6nish, injury

By Carolee Belkin Walker Special to The Washington Post

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced runner, after you've been trainingfor arace forw eeks oreven months, and the day is finally here, you are pumped.

But if you start your race even a minute faster than your training runs, you may be setting "It' SeaSy tO lOSe yourself up

By Karen Kaplan Los Angeles Times

Nearly seven in 10 middle and high school students are exposed toe-cigarette ads,and thatmight help explain why the electronic devices are now the most popular tobaccoproduct among these children, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

Results &om the National Youth Tobacco Survey reveal that66 percent ofm iddle school students and 71 percent of high school students saw at least one e-cigarette advertisement in 2014. That suggests that 18.3 million students across the country viewed promotional materials in stores, online, in newspapers or magazines, or on TV or at the m ovies, according to anew report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Money spent on e-cigarette ads rose &om $6.4 million in 2011 to $115 million in 2014, researchersestimate. Over thatperiod, the proportion of middle school students who said they used ecigarettes in the previous 30 days increasedfrom 0.6 percent to 3.9 percent. For high school students, recente-cigarette usejumped from 1.5percent to 13.4 percent between 2011 and 2014.

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said the fact that ad spendingand e-cigarette use rose in tandem is probably not a coincidence.

'The same advertising tactics the tobacco industry used years ago togetkidsaddicted to nicotine are now being used to entice a new generation of young people to usee-cigarettes,"Frieden said in a statement.

The authors of the new study, published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, were more circumspect about making a connection. The fact that so many children have seen ads fore-cigarettes"might be contributing to increasing youth experimentation with and use of e-cigarettes in recent years," they wrote.

The survey results are based on responses &om 22,007 children in grades 6 through 12 who attendpublicorprivateschools.

Overall, 55percent ofsurvey respondentssaw e-cigarettes advertised in retail stores, 40 percent saw ads for them on the Internet, 37 percent encountered them while watching movies or televisi on,and 30 percent noticed

«r di»» r, according to

JefFHorowitz,

Rich Pedroncelli/Assoaated Press

The CDC says the pervasiveness of e-cigarette marketing messages threatened to undermine progress in getting youths to shun tobacco products.

Study: E-cigarette vapor can damage DNA

By Bradley J. Fikes The San Diego Union-Tnbune

Heavy exposure toelectroniccigarettevapor damages DNA in cell cultures, causing genetic instability that could lead to cancer. Moreover, even nicotine-fiee vapor induces this damage, indicating other substances in e-cigarettes can damage cells.

That's according to a study by VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of California, San Diego, researchers.

The study won't come close to scientifically settling whether e-cigarettes represent a great new danger, a harmless diversion or something in between.Itdoesprovidemore grounds for suspicion that e-cigarettes are not entirely benign and carry health risks of an unknown magnitude.

Worldwide attention has been focused on ecigarettes as a possible means of weaning smokers off tobacco, or alternatively as a new public health menace. But since e-cigarettes became

them in magazines and newspapers.

Most of these children saw multiple ads in multiple places.

Only 22 percent of the students surveyed saw ads in just one of these four venues, according to the report. However, 17 percent said they saw them in two places, 14 percent saw them in three places and 15 percent saw them in all four places.

The true extent of advertising exposure might be higher, since

MARIt', ON YOUR CALENDAR

Self-defenseclass at Baker YMCA BAKER CITY — The Baker County YMCA is offering a "Fight Like a Girl!" class on self-defense at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21 and 11 a.m.

Jan. 23 at the fitness center, 3715 Pocahontas Road, Baker City. The topics discussed are geared toward ages 16 and older.

Content will cover awareness, intuition, improvised weapons, the "power of the purse" and soft spots. The cost is free. For information, call 541-523-9622.

Vaccination Exclusion Day Nears The statewide "Exclusion Day" is scheduled for Feb. 17 — on that day, any student who is not up-to-date on immunizations will have to leave school until he or she receives the vaccines.

Notices will be mailed beforehand. For information about immunizations, contact the local county health department.

•000

popularscarcely a decade ago,therehasn'tbeen time to collect long-term evidence, such as the population studies that linked smoking to lung cancer.

The new research, published in the journal Oral Oncology, doesn't prove the damage takes place in people, because it was performed only in cell cultures, said Laura Crotty Alexander, one of the research team study authors. But it strongly suggests such an effect takes place. Plus, she has previously conducted e-cig research indicating thevapor makes the"superbug" MRSA harder to kill.

Further work is needed to confirm the cell damage and at what levels of exposure to ecigarette vapor the damage kicks in.

An even bigger question, whether e-cigarettes are asbad forone'shealth asregularcigarettes, also isn't answered in the study, Crotty Alexander said.

SeeStudy IPage 5C

students who took the survey weren't asked about exposure to e-cigarette ads on billboards, at sportingeventsorin otherplaces, the study authors wrote.

Although the study didn't make a direct link between ad exposure and vaping, the authorssaid the pervasiveness of e-cigarett e marketing messages threatened to undermine progress in getting children to shun tobacco products. A 2015 study in the American Journal of Preven-

tive Medicine found that teens w ho sawadsfore-cigaretteson TV were 43 percent more likely to say they would try the devices in the next year than were teens who didn't see the ads, they noted.

"Implementation of comprehensive efforts to reduce youth exposuretoe-cigarette advertising and promotion is critical to reducee-cigarette experimentation and use among youths," the study authors concluded.

Brain scan studies reveal damage caused by chronic heavy drinking Something to mull over: New technology reveals how excessive drinking causes lasting damage to your brain.

Multiple studies using brain scans show chronic heavy drinking causes shrinking of the brain's frontal cortex — the home of higher-order thinking skills. Brain scans also reveal reduced white rnttte, which controls inhibitions, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

The upshot: The longer and more a person drinks, the worse his or her ability to make

judgments and control impulses.

The NIAAA notes that some of the damage can be reversed with sobriety, but other changes appear to be permanent.

How much is too much alcohol? The risk Fotolia of developing serious health issues related to drinking is low for men who consume no more than 14 drinks a week or four on a single day, the NIAAA says. For women, the danger is low if you have no more than seven drinks a week or three on a given day.

— Allle Shah Minneapolis StarTribune

•000

track ojhow jast '

t

tt

yOuregOing.

— Jeff Horowitz, a Washingrunning coach ton running cycling and triathlon coach.

By starting out too fast, you risk burning through your fuel stores too rapidly, leading to bonking, or hitting a wall, later on, said Horowitz, who has finished more than 175 marathons and ultramarathons.

This is most obvious in a marathon, where energy conservation is crucial, but applies even in a shorterrace.

When you start out too fast, you may also risk injury if you're not already warmed up sufficiently, he said."It's easy to lose track ofhow fast you're going."

So how do you know how fast you're running?

You incorporate timed runs into your training. In a timed run, you try to cover a certain distance in a given amount of time rather than simply running the distancewithout regard to speed.

Even if most of your training is focused on adding mileage to your runs, timed runs are an important way to optimize your conditioning, Horowitz said.

In a distance run, the goal is to hit a certain number of miles, and it doesn't matter how long it takes you to get there.

Timed runs can be mentally easier than distance runs because you know how long you're going to be out there and can relax and settle in, Horowitz said."For athletes who tend to get injured, timed runs are great because you're not beating yourself up more than you have to."

They're also good for first-time marathoners who want to get acclimated to running four or more hours.

But timed runs are also critical in helping you improve as a runner overall by incorporating speed work and heightening your sense of speed so that you are better able to monitor your speed during your race.

"Time is crucial in speed work," Horowitz said. "People who have a timed goalnaturally getfaster,and as you get more conditioned you become more efficient in how you process oxygen, and your muscles get stronger."

Basically, you improve as a runner, making running all the more enjoyable.

SeeRunningIPage 5C

Crust for skinless chicken Toss chicken with thyme, salt, pepper and one of these coatings, then bake, to make a loltlr-fat, crusty dish.

Soft bread crumbs Dry bread crumbs Crushed matzoh Crushed crackers Crushed potato chips Crushed dry cereal tp

Panko

(Japanese bread crumbsj.~,.

Source: Joyof Baking, Joy of Cooking TNS Photo Service

•000

rI 3<jetaRj ' <Simker;a,g Cable subscriber channel numbers follow call names. Times may vary for satellite viewers SUNDAY DAYTIME LQ BQ ~

3

QO 6

g+

13

6 8

8

12 12

~up v4 13 A&E 52 28 AMC 60 20 ANP 24 24 DISN 26 37 ESPN 33 17 FAM 32 22 FX 65 15 HALL 87 35 LIFE 29 33 NICK 27 26 ROOT 37 18 SPIKE 42 29 TDC 51 32 T LC 49 39 TNT 57 27 TRAV 53 14

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

g ggl

SUNDAY EVEN ING

3

13

®

6

6

g+

8

8

12 12

A&E 52 28 AMC 60 20 ANP 24 24 DISN 26 37 ESPN 33 17 FAM 32 22 FX 65 15 HALL 87 35 LIFE 29 33 NICK 27 26 ROOT 37 18 SPIKE 42 29 TDC 51 32 T LC 49 39 TNT 57 27

1/10/16

l mI g g ggl [ggjg gggglm I g g g

l mI g gg

l mI g gg

l ggjg gggl ggjg gggl g gg

KATU News This Morning - Sun (N) Your Full Mea- This Week With Paid Pro- Larry Wil d Pa i d Pro Paid Pro- Rockthe Born to Sports Playoff Playoff Paid Pro- This Old KATU World KATU News at 6 cc Voice sure G e orge... gram K ing Sp. America gram gram P ar k Exp l ore Center gram House News News (N) n cc NOVA "Secret Tun- In Performance at Great Performances at the Met "The Tempest Mister Clifford- Thomas/ Bob the Steves' Travels Nature "Saving Religion Tothe News Charlie News- Oregon Field Rogers Dog Fri ends Builder Europeto Edge Otter 501" n nel Warfare" the White House Production of Thomas Ades' opera. n cc & Ethics Contrary Rose Hour Wk Art Beat Guide CBS NewsSunday Morning FacetheNation To Be Announced College Basketball Ohio State at lndiana. (N) To Be Announced Sport Science cc FacelNa-KOIN 6 KOIN 6 Evening tion News News News (N) n cc (N) n cc (Live) cc (6:00) KGW News Meet the Press Football Night in NFL Football NFC Wildcard Game — Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Paid Pro- BestPan! Grant Earth to LazyGolden Globe Ar The 73rd Annual Golden Globe at Sunrise (N) (N) cc America Vikings. (N) n (Live) cc gram Getaway Luna! Town rivals Special Awards (N) n (Live)cc Good Day Oregon Sunday (N) CIZE A v oid a * * *4AShotin the Dark(1964,Com- UFC Embedded NFL NFL F ootball NFC Wildcard Game- Green Bay Packers at The OT Paid Pro- Next Engage- EngageDance Facelift edy) Peter Sellers.'PG' (N) n Sunday Washington Redskins. (N) n (Live) g ram S t op m ent m e nt (N) Xplor. A nimal Paid Pro- Portable J. Van ** Fame(2009) Asher Book, Kristy Flores. High-school actors, Paid Pro- ***4 Master and Commander(2003) ** Paranormal Activity4 (2012, Horror) 2 Broke 2 Broke Mike & Mike & Planet Rescue gram C o oktopImpe d ancers and singers chase their dreams. gram R ussell Crowe, Paul Bettany.

Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively.

Girls n Girls n Molly n Molly n Criminal Mindsn Criminal Minds n Criminal Minds n Criminal Minds n **4Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides BornThisW ayn Born ThisW ayn BornThisWay n BornThisWay n Born This Way n Count- ** * Lrve Free or Dre Hard (2007, Act>on)Bruce Willis, Justin **r;Armageddon(1998, Sc>enceF>ct>on) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thorn ***4 TheKarate Kid(1984) Ralph Macchio. A Japanese **4 TheKarate Kid Part II (1986, Cristo Lo ng. America's computers fall under attack. cc ton. A hero tries to save Earth from an asteroid. cc handyman teaches a teenager to defend himself.

Drama) Ralph Macchio. cc To BeAnnounced To BeAnnounced North WoodsLaw To Be Announced Lion Guard: Mick e y S o fiathe ***Cloudy Witha Chance Dog Liv and Austin & ** Teen Beach2(2015, Musical Com A ustin & Dog I D i dn't J essie cc Girl Bun k ' d K.C. L i v and (5:55) DescenReturn of Roar Mo u se F i rst of M eatballs (2009) Maddie Ally n e dy) Ross Lynch. n cc Ally n Doltn M eets c c Under. Maddie dants(2015) 'NR' NFL Insiders Post season NFL Countdown (N) (Live) PBABowling CrossFit Games CrossFit Games CrossFitGames CrossFitGames CrossFit Games ESPNU Film Room NFLPrimeTime SportsCenter (N) * Furry Vengeance (201 0,Comedy) **r; Pocahontas(1995) *** Casper(1995) Christina Ricci. *** Hercules(1997)Josh Keaton *** Tarzan(1999) Glenn Close (:15) *** Despicable Me(2010) M ike M i k e Mother Mother Mother Mother ** A Good Day to DieHard (2013) * * r ; Knightand Day(2010) Tom Cruise **4 Men in Black 3(201 2)Will Smith **4 Fast &Funous 6 (201 3) L ucy L u cy Middle Middle Golden Golden Golden Golden Lovein Paradise(2016) Luke Perry A Ring by Spring(2014) cc Love's Complicated(2015) cc Loveby theBook(2014)Leah Renee.

In Touch AmazingJere Osteen Feel Bring It! cc The Rap Game The Rap Game Flowers in the Attic(2014) cc Petals on the IVind(2014) cc If There Be Thorns(2015) cc AISponge- Sponge- Power AISponge Sponge- Sponge- Teenage Rabbids Ladybug AlAlAlAlNicky , Thunder- Thunder- Henry Game Sponge- SpongeBob Squarepants Bob Bob Rangers vinnn!!! vinnn!!! Bob Bob Bob Mut. I n v asion & Cat v i nnn!!!vinnn!!! vinnn!!! vinnn!!! Ricky mans mans D a nger Shakers Bob n cc Best PiYo! Paid Man College Basketball Women's College Basketball Women's College Basketball Tai Chi! Nu Women's College Basketball Ship B a sket CIZE Body Total CIZE! O ff Eng i ne Truck Muscle **4 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time(2010) n **4 Iron Man 2(2010, Action) Robert Downey Jr *** StarTrek(2009) Chris Pine Paid Pro- Amazing Joel I nTouchKilling Fields n cc Moonshiners n cc Moonshiners "Six Gold Rush GoldRush "Captain Gold Rush "Crew Alaska: The Last Alaska:The Last Alaska:The Last Alaska:The Last War" n cc gram F acts Osteen n Feet Undercover" "Parker's 21st" cc Monica" n Frontier n cc Fro n t ier n cc Fron t ier n cc Fron t ier n cc P aid P a i d N utri S e x y Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes SayYes Swipe Love; My 600-Lb.Li fe My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life Law & Order "Cha Law & Order "Lost Law & Order "Fall- Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order **4 Think LikeaMan (2012, Romance-Comedy) (:45) *4 Our Family IVedding (201 0) (:45) ** Tyier Perry's MaBoys" n ing" n lenged" n "Knock Off" n "Sweetie" n "Zero" n Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara. cc America Ferrera. cc dea's Big Happy Family Mysteries at the Legends- Lewis & Expedition Un- B i zarre Foods Bizarre Foods Bizarre Foods Food Paradise cc Food Paradise F o od Paradise cc Food Paradise Mystenes at the Buckrngham "Garlic Paradise" "London" cc Museum cc Clark known cc America cc America cc America cc Castle cc Palace CIZE! J ere P. Chns Osteen Colony **4 The Proposal(2009) Sandra Bullock.

Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order:SVU Law & Order: SVU L & 0 d S V U Law & Order:SVU Law &Order: SVU Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends Friend s ** Road Tnp(2000, Comedy) cc *4 YourHighness (2011) cc *** Role Models( 2008) «(DVS) **4Due Date(2010) cc (DVS) * * * Ho t Tub Time * The Avengers (:15) ** Eragon(2006)Ed Speleers. ** TheLongest Ride(2015)n (:15)***r; A.l.: Artrfrcral Intelhgence n (:45) **4A Knight's Tale(2001)n cc *** Ghost Town(2008) U nb r o

USA 58 16 WTBS 59 23 HBO 518 551 SHOW 578 575 I Am Giant LG BC

ggg] gggl ggjg gggl gll] gllgl ~

Inside the NFL n Shameless cc

Sh a meless cc Sha meless cc

LG - La Grande BC - Baker Clty g ii g

• Qggi Qgg gggg i ml I gggi

Sha meless cc

Sha m eless cc

Shameless cc

Shameless cc

Sh a meless cc

1/1 0/1 6

Sha m eless cc

Shameless cc

Shameless cc

Shameless cc

Sh a meless cc

Talk to the actors on "Galavant" and one gets the idea dcat nobody can keep a straight face during shooting.

After all, with all dce singing, dancing and Monty Pythonesque bits on ABC's Sunday medieval comedy, it appears dcat laughter is the order of the day every day on set. Cast members Timothy Omundson, Vfnnfe Jones, Joshua Sasse and Mallory Jansen all echo those sentiments. And blooper reels on YouTube

i g iig ggjg gggg

America's Funniest Galavant (N) n cc (:01) Quantico "Cover; Kill" The recruits KATU (:35) Home Videos (N) learn the art of profiling. n cc News C a stle WPC 56 Gina risks Masterpiece Classic Downton Masterpiece Classic Masterpiece Mystery! "Sherher career. cc Abbey is threatened. n cc (N) n cc lock: The Abominable Bride" 60 Minutes (N) n cc Madam Secretary The Good Wife CSI: Cyber A plane News Game "Unity Node" (N) "lowa" (N) cc is cyber-hijacked.

On! Golden Globe The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards Celebrating the best in KGW Grant Awards TV and film. n cc News Getaway Family Family Simp- Cooper Family Border- 10 O'Clock News (N)Oregon LoveGuy n Guy n sorts Barrett's Guy (N) town (N) Sports Raymond Big Bang Big Bang Rookie Blue "Stung" Blue Bloods "Leap Blue Bloods "The Oregon Benscc Job" n cc Theory Theory of Faith n cc Sports inger Hoarders n cc Hoarders "Judy Hoarders (N) cc (:01) Hoarders (N) (:02) Nightwatch n Karate * * * 4 TheKarateKid (1984) Ralph Macchio. A Japanese handy- **4 TheKarate Kid Part II Kid II ma n teaches a teenager to defend himself. cc (1986) Ralph Macchio. cc Finding Bigfoot (N) North Woods Law Finding Bigfoot n To Be Announced To Be Announced (5:55)Descendants Austin & Austin & Liv and Bunk'd B est J ess i e Au s t in & Austin & (2015) n 'NR' cc A l ly (N) Ally n M a ddie n c c Fri e nds n c c All yn All y n (6:00) SportsCenter SportsCenter (N) (Live) cc N F L PrimeTime S p ortsCenter cc **** Cinderella(1950, Fantasy) Despica ***r;Finding Nemo(2003) Ellen DeGeneres Fast& Furious 6 ** * Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Chris Pine, Karl Urban Star Trek-Dark Allof My Heart(2015) Lacey Chabert.

Lov e , Again(2015) Teri Polo. cc Golden Golden Seeds of Yesterday(2015) cc My Sweet Audrina(2016) India Eisley Seeds of Yesterday **4 Diary ofa IVimpyKidr Rodrick Rules Full Full Full Full Friends Friends (2011) Zachary Gordon. n cc House House House H o use cc n cc College Basketball College Basketball College Basketball (5:00)Star Trekn **4 Ender's Game (2013) Harrison Ford. **4 Iron Man 2(2010)n Alaska: The Last Alaska: The Last Alaska: The Last Alaskan BushPeople: (:01) Killing Fields Frontier n cc Frontier Exposed Frontier (N) cc O ff the Grid (N) n cc Skin Tight cc Island Medium I s l and Medium Ma r ried by Island Medium Madea'sBig Happy **4 Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All ByMyself(2009) **4 Tyler Perry's IVhy Did IGe Family Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson. cc(DVS) Married Too?(2010) Mysteries at the Mysteries at the Mysteries at Buck- Mysteries at the Mysteries at the Museum cc Museum cc ingham Palace M u s eum cc Museum cc Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang BigBang BigBang Big Bang Big Bang **4 Due Date (6:40) **4Unbroken (201 4) n cc ***4 Mad MaxrFury Road (201 5) Unfinished Bsn

TRAV 53 14 USA 58 16 WTBS 59 23 HBO 518 551 SHOW 578 575 Shameless cc

Sha meless cc

confirm it.

Jones, who plays Gareth, King Richard's (Omundson) bodyguard and confidante, will

I

I

I I

cop to losing it a few dmes on camera.

"We had one last year," the 50-year-old English actor and former footballer explains, "where we had to get dce shot but the tide was going out, so we literally had the giggles. It was the last shot of dce series but we spent an hour

backing upand backing up and we kept going

out to sea because we needed the sea right behind us. But we had the giggles so much we couldn't do it. ... It was getting dark and dce I I I tide was going out, but it was hilarious. And then Chris Koch, the director, was shouting, 'Come on, I need to get dcfs shot.' And it made us worse."

But he's not the biggest offender when it comes to breaking down. That honor, Jones says, goes to Sasse, aka Galavant. And when he does, he'll try to pull odcers in wfdc him.

"When you're on camera," Jones says, "you'll feel the sword on the back of your neck or on the back of your thigh or something like dcat, where he'll give you a little nudge while you're on closc-up on camera."

"He breaks me all dce time," he condnues. "Yeah, me and him get a Rcnny dcfng going and Tim Omundson holds it together pretty well but he does crack up. But then Tim wants to get it done so he gets serious before anybody else. He's dce first one to say, 'Oh, come on, guys.' When he says, 'Shut up,' it makes us worse."

And in dce event anyone tries to get too serious, Jones indicates there is a mantra on set.

"If anybody sort of goes against grain," he says, "we say, 'We're doing a comedy here.'

I

•

•

"

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

WEEKDAY DAYTIME I G BC

ii j g ii gi gggjggggi [ggjg ~ Qgjg ~ i Qgjg ggg gggg ggg K Good Morning America

i gggjg ggg Qgjg ~ i ggjg ggg Qgjg ggg Qgjg ~

©

The View

Live! With Kelly

The Chew

i

Qgjg ~

i

General Hospital The Meredith Steve Harvey KATU NewsFirst KATU World KATU News at 6 2 2 and Michael Vieira Show at Four News News Curious Curious Daniel Daniel Sesame Peg PlusDinosaur DinosaurSuper Thomas/ Varied Programs Charlie Rose Sesame Bobthe Cat in Arthur Martha WordGirlOdd Wild Varied Busi3 13 George George Tiger Tiger Street Cat Why! Friends Street Builder the Hat Speaks Squad Kratts ness Let's Make aDeal The Price Is Right The Youngandthe News Bold The Talk CBS This Morning The Doctors Dr. Phil KOIN 6 Newsat 4 News News News Evening OO 6 6 Restless News Today Today Today The Dr. OzShow KGW Paid Pro Days of our Lives FABLife The Ellen DeGe- KGW News at4 KGW Nightly KGW News at6 glL 8 8 News gram neres Show News News Good DayOregon MOREGoodDay The 700 Club Varied Paid Pro Rachael Ray The WendyWil- The Real TMZ Live Judge Judge 5 O'Clock News 60'Clock News (MI 12 12 Oregon gram liams Show Judy Judy Judge Judge Justice Judge Divorce PaternityH ot H o t Judge Mathis Judge Judge The People's Court ThePeople's Court Cops Family Engage-Engage- 2Broke 2Broke Mike& Mike& ~Up I4 13 Mablean Ross for All Faith Court Court Bench Bench Judy Judy Rel. F e ud ment ment G i rl s G i r l s M o ll y M o lly Th e First 48 Vaned Programs A&E 52 28 Parking Parking Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds The First 48 Paid Pro- Paid ProPaid Pro- Paid Pro(:15) Varied Programs M Varied Movie Varied Programs AMC 60 20 gram gram gram gram Movie Anima!CoPs Pit Bulls-Parole Pit Bulls-Parole To Be Announced Varied Programs ANP 24 24 Animal Cops Mickey Mickey Tomor- Mickey Mickey Goldie &Sofiathe Doc Wil. M i ckeyMickey Mickey Sofia the Sofia theVaried Programs DISN 26 37 Mouse Mouse rowland Mouse Mouse Bear First M cSt. West Mouse Mouse Mouse First F i r st SportsCenter SportsCenter SportCtr Outside Football Insiders Varied Live V a ried Ques Around Pardon SportsCenter Varied Programs ESPN 33 17 SportsCenter Gi rls 70 0 The 700 Club Varied Programs Middle Varied Programs FAM 32 22 Daddy Gilmore Girls G i l more Varied Movie Varied Programs Mother Mother Mother Mother Mother T wo T w o Mike Mi ke Movie Varied Programs FX 65 15 Movie Home &Family Little House Little House Little House L ittle House La s t Las t HALL 87 35 Lucy Lucy Golden Golden Golden Golden Home &Family LIFE 29 33 Paid Balance Unsolved Mystery Unsolved Mystery Unsolved Mystery Frasier Frasier Mother Mother Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Varied Programs Sponge-Sponge-Sponge- Blaze, PAW PAW Mutt & Team Bubble ShimmerPAW PAW PAW Blaze, AIOdd Sponge- Sponge-Sponge- Sponge-AlAlHen r y T h underNICK 27 26 Bob Bob Bob M onster Patrol Patrol Stuff Umiz. G uppies Patrol Patrol Patrol Monster vinnn!!! Parents B ob B o b B ob B o b vinnn!!! vinnn!!! Danger mans Varied Programs The Rich EisenShow Paid Cook The DanPatrick Show Varied Programs Basket Varied ROOT 37 18 Varied EX • • SPIKE 42 29 Paid Varied Paid Paid Varied Programs Paid Pro- Paid ProJoyce Paid ProVaried Programs TDC 51 32 gram gram Meyer gram TLC 49 39 Our Little Family Quints Quints Couple Varied Hard Evidence Hard Evidence Hard Evidence Dateline: Real Life Dateline: Real Life Dateline: Real Life Dateline: Real LifeDateline:Real Life Varied Programs Charmed C ll d Supernatural Supernatural Supernatural Supernatural Bones Bones Bones Castle Varied Programs AM Northwest

TNT 57 27

Anthony Bourdain Varied Programs TRAV 53 14 No Reservations USA 58 16 Varied Programs WTBS 59 23 Married Married Married Married King HBO 518 551 Movie Varied Programs Varied Programs SHOW 578 575Movie

Weekday Movies A Air Force One *** (1997) Harrison Ford. A terrorist and his gang hiiackthe U.S. president's plane. « (3:00) AMC Tue. 2:30 p.m.

American Gangster *** (2007) Denzel Washington. A chauffeurbecomes Harlem's most-powerful crime boss. «(3:30) AMC Wed. 1 p.m.

August: Osage County *** (2013) Meryl Streep. A funeral reunites three sisters with their venomous mother. A «(2:15) SHOW Fri. 11 a.m.

Black Hawk Down ***X (2001) Josh Hartnett. U.S. soldiers meet with disaster in 1993 Mogadishu, Somalia. (3:00) FX Fri. 5 p.m.

D Dawn of the Dead *** (2004) Sarah Polley. Milwaukee residents fight zombies in a mall. «(2:30) AMC Mon. 2:30 p.m.

E Elysium *** (2013) Matt Damon.

In 2159, the wealthy live aboard a luxurious space station. (2:30) FX Tue. 5:30 p.m., Wed. 7 a.m.

Emma *** (1 996) Gwyneth Paltrow. In the 1800s, a matchmaker's machinations prove disastrous.A « (2:05) HBO Fri. 4:10 p.m.

Far From the Madding Crowd ** * (2015) Carey Mulligan. A headstrong woman attracts three different suitors.A «(2:00) HBO Wed. 6 p.m.

The Fugitive ***X (1 993) Harrison Ford. An innocent man must evade the law as he pursues a killer. «(3:00) AMC Thu. 2 p.m.

Man v. Man v. Varied Programs Food Food King K in g

G Ghost Town *** (2008) Ricky Gervais. A dentist sees spirits after having a near-death experience.A «(1:50) HBO Fri. 12:50 p.m.

Good Morning, Vietnam *** (1987) Robin Williams. Airman Adrian Cronauer, DJ in 1965 Saigon.A «(2:00) SHOW Tue. 10:30 a.m.

Good Will Hunting *** X (1 997) Matt Damon. A young Boston man must deal with his genius and emotions.A «(2:15) SHOW Fri. 1:15

p.m.

H Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix *** (2 007) Daniel Radcliffe. Harry prepares a group of students to fight Voldemort. (3:00) FAM Fri. 4:30 p.m.

J John Grisham's TheRainmaker ** * (1 997) Matt Damon. A rookie lawyer goes up against a big insurance company.A «(2:15) HBO Tue. 1:45 p.m.

Ki n g

Cl ev e C leve A mer Amer. Amer. Amer.

Mission: Impossible III *** (2006) Tom Cruise. Agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest villain of his career.A «(2:15) SHOW Mon. 3:45 p.m., Fri. 3:30 p.m.

0 Out of Sight *** (1 998) George Clooney. A U.S. marshal falls for an escaped con she must capture.A « (2:15) SHOW Mon. 1:30 p.m.

P The Painted Veil *** (2 006) Naomi Watts. An adulterous woman accompanies her scientist husband to 1920s China.A «(2:10) HBO Wed. 3:50 p.m.

R Rampart *** (2011) Woody Harrelson. A veteran cop asserts his own code of justice on the streets.A «(2:00) SHOW Thu. 5:55 p.m.

Rocky **** (1 976) Sylvester Stallone. A heavyweight champ gives a club fighter a title shot. «(2:30) AMC Fri. 12 p.m.

S Kate & Leopold *** (2001) Meg Ryan. A time-traveling nobleman finds love in the 21 st century.A « (2:00) SHOW Mon. 7 a.m., Thu. 12 p.m.

L Listen to Me Marion ***X (2015) Actor Marion Brando reveals his personal thoughts on audio tape.A « (1:55) SHOW Tue. 4:05 p.m.

The Matrix ***X (1999) Keanu Reeves. A computer hacker learns his world is a computer simulation. «(3:00) AMC Mon. 5 p.m., Tue. 11:30 a.m.

The Matrix Reloaded *** (2 003) Keanu Reeves. Freedom fighters revolt against machines. «(3:00) AMC Thu. 11 a.m.

Snowpiercer***X (2013) Chris Evans. Survivors of a second ice age live aboard a supeitrain.A «(2:05) SHOW Wed. 6:55 p.m.

Something's Gotta Give *** (2003) Jack Nicholson. A music exec falls for the mother of his young girlfriend. «(3:00) LIFE Mon. 5 p.m.

Tombstone *** (1993) Kurt Russell. Doc Holliday joins Wyatt Earp for the OK Corral showdown. « (3:00) AMC Fri. 5 p.m.

W White Men Can't Jump *** (1992) Wesley Snipes. Two basketball hustlers form an unlikely partnership.A (2:30) SPIKE Thu. 1:30 p.m.

Family Family New Girl New Girl Friends Friends Friends Friends Seinfeld Seinfeld Movie Varied Movie Varied Movie

MONDAY EVENING LQ BC /gjg

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

~ I KIIjiII ~

I ggg ~

Jeop- Wheel of The Bachelor Star-studdedone-on-one

1/11/16

I gll'g gllgl gggjg gggl

(:01) Bachelor Live KATU Jimmy (N Same-dayTape) News Kimmel PBS NewsHour Antiques RoadshowOregon ExperienceAntiques RoadshowIndependent Lens 3 13 (N)n « "Spokane" "Reed" "Pittsburgh" 'Autism inLove" Extra (N) Ent. Big BangBig BangScorpion "Satellite of(9:59) NCIS:Los News LateO O 6 6 n cc Tonight Theory Theory Love" n cc Angeles n Colbert Live at 7 Inside Super- Telenove The Biggest Loser Atrivia challengeabout KGW Tonight glL 8 8 (N) Edition store (N) la (N) unhealthyfood. (N)n CC News Show Family Family MasterChef Completingthemostdeviled 100'Clock News(N) News LoveFeud n Feud n eggs.n ~c (DVS) Raymond Big BangBig BangFOX 12's 8 O'Clock FOX 12's 9 O'Clock Law & Order: Spe- Law & Order: Spe~Up I4 13 Theory Theory News on PDX-TV News on PDX-TV cial Victims Unit n cial Victims Unit n The First 48 ~c T h e First 48 ~c A&E 52 28 The First 48 ~c (:01) TheFirst 48 (:02) TheFirst 48 (5:00)***i The *i Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000, Action) Nicolas * * * Air Force One(1887, AMC 60 20 Matrix (1999) Cage, AngelinaJolie, GiovanniRibisi. ~c Suspense)HarrisonFord. ~c Alaskan Bush To Be Announced ANP 24 24 To Be Announced Austin & Austin & Bunk'd n Girl Liv and Best Austin & Livand Girl Best DISN 26 37 Ally n Ally n Meets Maddie Friends Ally n Maddie Meets Friends ESPN 33 17 Football Playoff National Championship (:10) SportsCenter SportsCenter (N)(Live) ~c ** Mean Girls 2 (2011)Maiara Walsh The 700 Club n FAM 32 22 *** MeanGirls(2004)LindsayLohan Avatar FX 65 15 Captain Phillips ***(Avatar(2009) SamWorlhington, Voice ofZoeSaldana HALL 87 35 LastMan LastMan Last Man Last Man Middle Middle Middle Middle Golden Golden ** Maid in Manhattan (2002) « The RapGame The RapGame LIFE 29 33 Somefhing's Make It Thunder- Henry Nicky, F ull Fu l l Full Full Friends Friends NICK 27 26 Pop (N) mans Danger Ricky House House House House n cc n cc Icon College Ba sketball ROOT 37 18 Mariners Mondays(N • • SPIKE 42 29 Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Fast N' Loud nc~ Fast N' Loud: Fast N' Loud(N)n (:01) Diesel Broth- (:02) Fast N' Loudc~ TDC 51 32 Revved Up(N)n (Parl 2 of 2)cc ers (N) ncc Hard Evidence Hard Evidence Hard Evidence Hard Evidence TLC 49 39 Hard Evidence Action) JamesMcAvoy, Morgan ** Bad B oys II (2003)Martin (5:00) ** Bad Boys *** Wanted (2008, TNT 57 27 II (2003) Freeman,Angelina Jolie. ~c (DVS) Lawrence.«(DVS) Bizarre FoodsWith Bizarre Foods B i zarre Foods: Deli- Bizarre FoodsWith Bizarre Foods TRAV 53 14 Andrew Zimmern Americacc cious Destinations Andrew Zimmern Americacc Colony Rep/a USA 58 16 NCIS "Twilight"n WWEMondayNight RAW"TheBeast" BrockLesnar returns!

WTBS 59 23 FamGuy FamGuyFamGuy FamGuy American American Big Bang Big BangConan (N)cc *** Far From the Madding Crowdn * *i The Water Diviner(2014) n HBO 518551 Going Clear *** Spring Breakers n SHOW 578 575(6:00) Last Vegas Shamelessc~ (:45) Shameless nc~

©

2

2 ardy! (N) Fortune date. (N) ncc

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

TUESDAY EVENING LQ BC ~

©

~

I

II j l!I ~

I IX ««I

1/1 2/1 6 WEDNESDAY EVENING LQ BC ~gjg ~

~ I gll'g gllgl gggjg gggl

State/ Wheel of Fresh Off The Mup G old- Paid

Pa i d

Jeo p -

KATU Jimmy

2 2 Union Fortune the Boat pets bergs Program Program ardy!(N) News Kimmel (6:00) State ofthe Finding Your Roots Death and theCivil War: American Expe- The Gettysburg 3 i 3 Union 2016(N) "The lrish Factor" rience The Civil Wardeath toll. n Story(2013)n NCIS "PersonalDay" Mike & TBA State/ Ent. Paid E x tra (N) News LateO O 6 6 Union Tonight «(DVS) Molly n Program n cc Colbert (6:00) State ofthe Hollywood Game Inside Your Datehne NBC nc~ KGW Tonight glL 8 8 Union 2016(N) Night (N) nc~ Edition Heroes News Show State/ Family New Girl Grandfa- To Be Announced 10 O'Clock News(N) News Lovei2 i 2 Union Feud n (N) n thered Raymond Big BangBig BangFOX12's 80'Clock FOX12's 90'Clock The Walking Dead The Walking Dead "Secrets"n ~UP t4 13 Theory Theory News on PDX-TV News on PDX-TV "Chupacabra"n Married-Sight Married-Sight (:01) Born ThisWay (:02) Born ThisWay A&E 52 28 Married-Sight (5:30) *sGonein **s Armageddon(1998,Science Fiction) Bruce Wilis, Billy BobThornton, Liv **Sniper AMC 60 20 Sixty Seconds Tyler. A herotries to save Earlhfroman asteroid. ~c River Monsters n The Great Barrier Reef ncc River Monsters n ANP 24 24 Great Barrier Bunk'd K.C. Un- How fo Builda Better Boy Austin & Liv and G irl Be s t (:45) Jes DISN 26 37 n ~c d e rcover (2014) China AnneMcClain. sie n Ally n Maddie Meets Friends ESPN 33 17 College Basketball SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) FAM 32 22 Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars Shadowhunters n Pretty Little Liars Shadowhunters n *** Mission: lmpossible — Ghost Profoco l (2011, Action) Mission-Ghost FX 65 15 (5:30)Elysium HALL 87 35 LastMan LastMan LastMan LastMan Middle Middle Middle Middle Golden Golden Dance Moms(N) Dance Moms(N) (:02) Pitch Slapped (:02) Pitch Slapped LIFE 29 33 Dance Moms~c Make It Thunder- Henry Nicky, F ull Fu l l Younger Younger Younger Younger NICK 27 26 Pop (N) mans Danger Ricky House House ncc n cc ncc n cc sketball Mark P review Crashed Ice ROOT 37 18 College Basketball Women's College Ba ** Walking Tall(2004) TheRock. n **s Snitchn SPIKE 42 29 (6:30)**s Snitch (2013)n Moonshiners n c~ Moonshiners: Out Moonshiners"Out (:01) Killing Fields (:02) Moonshiners TDC 51 32 law Cuts (N)cc on a Limb"(N)n "Buried Secrets" "Out on aLimb"n The Little Couple The Little Couple Kate Plus 8 (N)n The Little Couple TLC 49 39 Kate Plus 8 ~c Castle "Deep

Castle "Dressedto *s Rush Hour 3(2007, Action) Jackie Castle "Smells Like Kill" cc(DVS) Chan, ChrisTucker. ~c (DVS) Teen Spirit"n Booze Traveler Ma- Booze Traveler BizarreFoods: Booze Traveler Ma- Booze Traveler TRAV 53 14 haraja moonshine. "HawaiianCrush" DeliciousDestinations haraja moonshine. "HawaiianCrush" USA 58 16 Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam WTBS 59 23 Seinfeld Seinfeld Big Bang Big BangBig Bang Big BangBig Bang Big BangConan (N)cc *** Wonder Boys(2000) ~c ** Horrible Bosses2 (2014) n « HBO 518 551 Exodus: Gods Inside the NFL(N) Shamelessc~ Insidethe NFL n SHOW 578 575Black SnakeMoan Shamelessc~

TNT 57 27 Cover"n

THURSDAY EVENING LQ BC ~gjg ~

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

I II j iII ~

I KK««I

2

Modern (:31) American Crime KATU Jimmy Family blackish (N)n « News Kimmel PBS NewsHour Nature Animalsout NOVA "Life's Rocky Earthflight, A NatureOmaha Beach: wit predators. (N) Starl"(N)n Special Honor andSacrifice (N)n « Extra (N) Ent. 2 Broke Mike & Criminal Minds Code Black "The News Laten cc Tonight Girls (N) Molly (N)"Entropy"(N)n Fog ofWar"(N)n Colbert Live at7 Inside The Mysteries of Law & Order: Spe- Chicago PD (N) n KGW Tonight Edition Laura (N) nc~ cial Victims Unit (N)«(DVS) News Show (N) Family Family American Idol "AudiSecond Chance A 100'Clock News(N) News LoveFeud n Feud n tions No. 3"(N) man is resurrected.

Raymond Big BangBig BangFOX12's 8 O'Clock FOX12's 9 O'Clock The Closer Squad The Closer "Ruby" n cc Theory Theory News on PDX-TV News on PDX-TV finds a body.c~ DuckD DuckD Duck Dynasty n Duck D. Duck D T BA T B A T BA T B A Marshals(1998)TommyLeeJones,WesleySnipes.Sam ***s The Fugitive (4:30)**s Armaged ** U.S. Gerard getscaught upin anotherfugitive case. ~c don(1998) (1993)cc Jeop- Wheel of The Mid- Gold-

OO 6

6

glL 8

8

i2 i2 ~UP t4 13

A&E 52 28 AMC 60 20

Tanked ncc Tanked ncc Tanked ncc Tanked ncc ANP 24 24 Tanked ncc Bunk'd K.C. Un- Austin & Austin & Best L i v and Austin & Liv and G irl Be s t DISN 26 37 n cc d e r c over Ally n Ally n F r iends MaddieAlly n Maddie Meets Friends SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) ESPN 33 17 Basket NBA Basketball: Heat atClippers Shadowhunters n The 700Club n FAM 32 22 (:15) **National Treasure: Book of Secrets(2007,Action) American Horror American Horror FX 65 15 **s The Wolverine(2013)HughJackman. Premiere HALL 87 35 LastMan LastMan LastMan LastMan Middle Middle Middle Middle Golden Golden Celeb.-Swap Celeb.-Swap Child Genius LIFE 29 33 (6:00)TheSwitch Celeb.-Swap Make It Thunder- Henry Nicky, F ull Fu l l Younger ncc (:02) (:31) NICK 27 26 Pop (N) mans Danger Ricky House House Teachers Friends Mark Hawks Sea Hawks ROOT 37 18 College Basketball Women's College Basketball (1995 Comedy) Chris Farley. n * * *l Am hris C Farley(2015)n Tommy SPIKE 42 29 ** Tommy Boy Dual Survival "Na Dual Survival "The Dual Survival "Fire (:01) Survivorman: (:01) DualSurvival TDC 51 32 mibian Nightmare" Beginning"(N)n and Ice"(N)~c Wild Instincts n "Fire andIce" n TLC 49 39 My 600-Lb. Life n My 600-Lb. Life n My 600-Lb. Life (N) Skin Tight (N) n My 600-Lb. Life n

Castle "TheGreater Castle "That '70s Castle "Law& Castle "Veritas" nc~ Castle "ForBetteror Show"n Boarder"n Worse"n (DVS) Rev Runs RevRuns Bizarre FoodsWith Expedition UnRev Runs RevRuns Bizarre FoodsWith TRAV 53 14 Andrew Zimmern known cc Andrew Zimmern ** 2 Fast2 Furious (2003) ~c Colony USA 58 16 **s The Fast and the Furious(2001) ~c WTBS 59 23 Seinfeld Seinfeld Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan(N) ~c *** Wild(2014) ReeseWitherspoon. *** 1 1:14 (2003) « Tropic T HBO 518 551 Far FromMad c ~ Sha meless Sin City: ADamefo KillFor Je rmaine SHOW 578 575(655) ***sSnowpiercer(2013) n

TNT 57 27 Good"n

1/14/16 FRIDAY EVENING LQ BC ~gjg ~

Jeop- Wheel of Beyond the Tank My Diet Is Better ThanYours Thecontes- KATU Jimmy 2 2 ardy! (N) Fortune (N)n « tants settle into their plans.(N) ~c News Kimmel PBS NewsHour Oregon Field Midsomer Murders Midsomer (:34)Masterpiece Mystery!

3 i 3 (N)n « Art Beat Guide CC Mur. M urder hunt game. n Extra (N) Ent. Big Bang(:31) Life (:01) MomAngel Elementary "ABur- News Late0 ® 6 6 ncc Tonight Theory in Pieces (N) Frm Hell den of Blood"(N) Colbert Live at7 Inside Heroes Reborn The Blacklist (N) n Shades of Blue KGW Tonight "Original Sin"(N) glL 8 8 (N) Edition "CompanyWoman" (Patt2of2)« News Show Family Family American Idol "AuditionsNo.4" Theaudi- 10 O'Clock News(N) News LoveFeud n Feud n tions continue.(N) n ~c Raymond Big BangBig BangFOX12's 80'Clock FOX12's 90'Clock The Mentalist n c~ The Mentalist "Re~UP t4 13 Theory Theory News on PDX-TV News on PDX-TV dacted" n cc The First 48 ~c The First 48 (N) n (:01) Nightwatch(N) (:02) TheFirst 48 A&E 52 28 The First 48 ~c (5:00) ** U.S.Mar- **s Transporter2 (2005) JasonStatham ** Transporter 3 (2008) JasonStatham,

AMC 60 20 shals(1998) Amber Valletta. Premiere.c~ Natalya Rudakova.Premiere. cc ANP 24 24 To Be Announced Wild West Alaska Alaska Alaska To Be Announced Wild West Alaska Bunk'd K.C. Un- **s Cars 2 (2011,Comedy) Voices ofOwenAustin & Liv and G irl Be s t d e rcover Wilson.n 'G' cc Ally n Maddie Meets Friends ESPN 33 17 College Basketball SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) *** Harry Potter and the Order of the Pho enix(2007) The 700Club n FAM 32 22 Naf'l Treasure Cloudy Witha Chanceof Meatballs2 FX 65 15 Hotel Transylvania Cloudy Witha Chanceof Meatballs 2 HALL 87 35 LastMan LastMan Last Man Last Man Middle Middle Middle Middle Golden Golden Child Genius Runway: Junior Child Genius Runway: Junior LIFE 29 33 Child Genius Make It Thunder- ** Scooby-Doo2: Monsters Unleashed F ull Fu l l Friends Friends NICK 27 26 Pop (N) mans (2004) FreddiePrinzeJr. n n cc House House ncc Women's College Basketball College Basketball ROOT 37 18 College Basketball LipSync LipSync LipSync LipSync Lip SyncFriday SPIKE 42 29 The ComedyCentral Roast n ~c Alaskan BushPeo- AlaskanBush People Alaskan BushPeople AlaskanBushPeople Alaskan Bush TDC 51 32 ple "Blindsided"n "Fight orFlight" "The WildLife" "BreakingFree" People ncc Extreme Weight Loss"Tony" nc~ Skin Tight ~c TLC 49 39 My 600-Lb. Life n My 600-Lb. Life Basket- NBA Basketball LosAngeles Lakersat GoldenState Inside the NBA (N) NBA Basketball: TNT 57 27 ball W a rriors. From Oracle Arenain Oakland, Calif.

Cavaliers atSpurs n (Live)cc Mysteries at the Mysteries at the Mysteries at the Mysteries at the Mysteries at the TRAV 53 14 Monumentcc Monument c~ Monumentc~ Monumentcc Monumentcc Colony "Pilot" Law & Order: SVU USA 58 16 2 Fast2 Furious WWESmackDown! (N) n ~c WTBS 59 23 Seinfeld Seinfeld Broke Broke Big Bang Big BangBroke Broke Conan (N)cc Thisis Wherel Leaveyou n J. Cole HBO 518 551 * The Avengers ***s Mad Max:Fury Road(2015) Shamelessc~ Gigolos Shame SHOW 578 575(5:55)Rampartn (7:55) **sShooter(2007)n cc

1/13/16

2 ardy! (N) Fortune dle (N) bergs

3 i3

~ I gll'g gllgl gggjg gggl

©

DISN 26 37 n ~c

©

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

I gggjg ~ I IX ««I ~ I gll'g gllgl gggjg gggl

© 0®

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

I

Jeop- Wheel o Last Man (:31) D Shark Tank()N n c~ (:01) 20)20n cc 2 ardy! (N) Fortune Standing Ken (N) PBS NewsHour Washing Idols Scott & Bailey n c~ Luther Luthermust 3 i 3 (N)n « ton outsmart a sniper.

Extra (N) Ent. Undercover Boss Hawaii Five-0 (N) Blue Bloods 6 6 ncc n cc "Cursed"(N)« Tonight "YESCO"(N) cc

2

glL 8

Live at7 Inside

1/15/16

l gll'g gllgl ggjg gggl KIIjiII gggl KK««I ggg

Undate- Super- Dateline NBCn cc

KATU J >mmy News Kimmel Luther n cc

News KGW

LateColbert Tonight Show LoveRaymond

8 (N) Edition able n store n News Family Family MasterChef (N) nc~ Hell's Kitchen "18 100'Clock News(N) News Feud n Feud n (DVS) Chefs Compete" Big BangBig BangFOX12's 8 O'Clock FOX12's 9 O'Clock Bones "TheBabein Bones ncc ~UP t4 13 Theory Theory News on PDX-TV News on PDX-TV the Bar" cc A&E 52 28 Criminal Minds n Criminal Minds n Criminal Minds n Unforgettable (N) (:02) Criminal Minds (5:00) *** Tomb *** Enemy of the State (1998) Will Smith. Rogue agentshunta *** Bad Boys AMC 60 20 stone(1993) lawyer whohasan incriminating tape. ~c (1995, Action)c~ Treehouse ANP 24 24 TreehouseMasters Alaska Alaska Treehouse Masters Treehouse Liv and Austin & ***s Wreck-It Ralph(2012)Voices ofJohn Phineas LEGO K.C. Un- Girl

DISN 26 37 Maddie Ally n C. Reilly.n 'PG'~c and Ferb Marvel dercover Meets ESPN 33 17 NBA Basketball: Cavaliers atRockets SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) 2: Royai Engagement Shadowhunters n The 700Club n FAM 32 22 Harry P ** The Princess Diaries (2013, Action) Channing Tatum,Jamie Foxx White FX 65 15 Black HawkDown ** White House Down HALL 87 35 LastMan LastMan Home Home Middle Middle Middle Middle Golden Golden Bring It! (N)c~ Bring It! (N)c~ The RapGame(N) The RapGame LIFE 29 33 Bring It! cc Make It Odd Harvey Pig Goat F ull Fu l l Full Full Friends Friends NICK 27 26 Pop (N) Parents Beaks Ban. n cc House House House House n cc Football Hawks Sea UFC ROOT 37 18 College Basketball College Basketball SPIKE 42 29 Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Gold Rush "Crew Gold Rush - TheDirt (:01) Gold Rush (:02) Killing Fields (:05) Gold Rush TDC 51 32 War" n cc "Episode9"(N) Crews are atodds Unloaded (N)c~ Crews are atodds TLC 49 39 Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Love; Swipe Say Yes Say Yes Bones ncc Bones"The Mast **s Red (201 0, Action )BruceWilis, Morgan**s S.lfyA.T.(2003, TNT 57 27 odon in theRoom Freeman.c~(DVS) Action)cc Mysteries at the

Mysteries at the

Mysteries at the

Mysteries at the

Mysteries at the

TRAV 53 14 Museum cc Museum cc Castle cc Museum cc Museum cc USA 58 16 Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam Mod Fam ModFam WTBS 59 23 Seinfeld Seinfeld Broke Broke Broke Broke *** Role Models(2008) cc(DVS) Real Time, Bill R e al Time, Bill HBO 518 551 (6:15) **The Longest Ride Boraf: Cultural Learnings *** Sf. Vincent(2014) Bill Murray. n S h a meless ~c SHOW 578 575(5:45)Shootern Shameless ~c

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

SATURDAY DAYTIME I G BC

ii ] g ii gi gggjggggi [ggjg ~ Qgjg ~ i Qgjg ggg gggg ggg K

1/16/16

i gggjg ggg Qgjg ~ i ggjg ggg Qgjg ggg Qgjg ~

i

Qgjg ~

i

KATU NewsThis Morning - Sat (N) n is Jack Ocean Sea Wildlife Rockthe Born to Wild Paid ProWorld ofX Games 30 for 30 FormerColorado football coach Paid Pro Home- KATU World KATU Paid Pro2 2 Hanna Mys. Rescue Docs Park Explore America gram (N)cc Bill McCarlney.(N) gram owner News News News gram Cat in Sesame Space Dragon- The War of 1812n Victory Garden Sewing/ It's Sew Love of Quilting Cook's Test A Chef's Motor- Wood- Wood- Home- This OldThis Old News- Last of Last of 3 13 the Hat Street Racers FlyTV «(DVS) Garden Home Nancy Easy n Quilting Arts n Country Kitchen Life n Week w right smith time (N) House House Hour WkWine Wine Lucky Dr. Chris Innova- The In- Bull Riding College Basketball Villanovaat Georgetown.From The NFLToday (N) NFL Football AFCDivisional Playoff —TBA at NewEngland Patriots. NCIS: Los AngelesLimitless n is O O 6 6 Dog (N) tion Nat spectors Verizon Center inWashington, D.C.(N) (Live) is From Gilette Stadium inFoxboro, Mass.(N) (Live) is «(DVS) KGW RufAstro- ClangersNina's English P remier LeagueSoccer Aston Together WeMake FIS Alpine Skiing W orld Cup: To BeAnnounced Nightly TBA F ootball KGWNewsat 5(N) Nightly Straight Men's Downhill. is g @ 8 8 News Tweet blast(El) (EI) World Villa FCvs LeicesterCity FC.(N) Football (N) News Night News Talk (6:00) GoodDayOregon Saturday(N) Paid ProGreat Eco Co. Outer Young Amer. Missing Paid Pro Paid Pro** Fame (2009)Asher Book. High-schoolactors ***r The Usual Suspects (1995, Sus- ** Vantage Point (MI 12 12 gram Big Wrld Space Icons Athlete (N) gram gram dancers andsingers chasetheir dreams. pense) StephenBaldwin.'R' (2008) Live Life- Career Holly- Pets.

Paid ProPaid Pro Paid Pro- Paid ProPaid Pro ID Pro- Paid Pro Paid ProThe In- Green Next T r out TV Joy of Paid Pro The Closer "Death 2Broke 2Broke Mrke & Mrke & ~Up H 13 W in D a y wood TV is gram gram gram gram gram tection gram gram gredient Stop Fishing gram Warrant" is Girls n Girls n Molly n Molly n Th F' t48n Tin To Be Announced Duck D. Duck D. Duck D. Duck D. Born This Wa A&E 52 28 Tiny HouseNation Tiny HouseNation T'llly y n Born This Wa y n Born This Wa y n The First 48 n Th F' t48n *** Tombstone(1993,Western) Kurl Russell. DocHoll>day *** Bad Boys (1995, Achon) MarhnLawrence, W> *** Enemyof the State(1998)Wil T he T h e T he T h e *** Appaloosa(2008)EdHarns. Twolawmen AMC 60 20 Rifleman RiflemanRifleman Riflemancontend with amalevolent rancher. is Smith, Tea Leoni. is Smith, GeneHackman.is joins WyattEarpfor the OKCorral showdown.is Bad Dog!« ToBe Announced Treehouse Mstr TreehouseMstr Treehouse Mstr ANP 24 24 Cats 101 is Tomor- PJ Mickey The Lion Phineas and Ferb Bunk'd K.C. G i r l Aus t in & K.C. Undercover is K.C. K.C . Bu n k'd Jessie is Austin & K.C. G ir l Aus t in & (:10) K.C. Under- (:10) ***'i Wreck-It DISN 26 37 rowland Masks Mouse Guard n cc is Und er . Meets A lly n Under. Under.

Ally n Under. Meets Ally n c over n is Ra lp hn CollegeBasketball College Basketball High SchoolBasketball Spo rtCtr30 for 30is 30 for ESPN 33 17 PostseasonNFLCountdown (N)(Live) CollegeBasketball ' ' ht(2008) Kristen Stewarl, RoberlPattinson.

Shadowhunters Another Cmderella Story (2008) The Pnncess Dranes 2: RoyaiEngagement * * i T wrhg Shadowhunters JohnT FAM 32 22 **i StepUp 2 the Streets (2008) ***'i Black HawkDown (2001, War)Josh Hartnett. ***X-Men: First Class (2011,Action) JamesMcAvoy FX 65 15 Anger Anger Two Two ***'i ZeroDark Thirty (2012)Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke.

Ju st the UVayYouAre(2015) Harvest Moon (2015) JessySchram HALL 87 35 Lucy Lucy Middle Middle Golden Golden Golden Golden Cloudy Witha Chanceof Love(2014) Junein January(2014) WesBrown MolleeGray.

So l eCustody(2014) JulieBenz.is Don ' tWake LIFE 29 33 Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid TheRapGame Ar eYouMyDaughter?(2015) is D o u b leDaddy(2015) Sponge-Sponge-AIAISponge-Sponge-Sponge-Odd Harvey Pig Goat Power AlAlAlSpo n ge- Sponge Sponge- Sponge-**i Scooby-Doo (2002,Comedy)Fred- Thunder- ThunderNICK 27 26 Bob Bob vinnn!!! vinnn!!! Bob Bob Bob Parents Beaks Ban. R angers vinnn!!! v innn!!! vinnn!!! Bob B o b Bob B o b die Prinze nis Jr. mans mans College Basketball College Basketball College Basketball BYUat Porlland. College Basketball ROOT 37 18 PiYo! CIZE! Paid Best College Basketball Bar Rescuen Bar Rescuen Bar Rescuen Bar Rescuen Bar Rescuen Bar Rescuen Cops n Cops n Cops n Jail n Cops n Cops n • • SPIKE 42 29 Paid Paid Paid Paid Bar Rescuen Paid Pro- Paid ProPaid Pro- Paid Pro Diesel Brothers Diesel Brothers Fast N' Loud n Fast N' Loud n Moonshiners n is Moonshiners "Six Moonshiners "Out To Be Announced TDC 51 32 gram gram gram gram "Free Willy's"n n cc Feet Undercover" on a Limb" is (Part I of2) is (Parl2of2) is Paid P a id Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say YesSay Yes Say Yes ExtremeWeight Loss "Jacqui"is E x t r eme WeightLoss "Tony" is 20i20on TLC n 20i20 on TLC n 20i20on TLC n TLC 49 39 Paid P a id **'(,Red (2010)«o Law & Order "II- Law & Order Law & Order Law & OrderExtor Law & Order"Take Law & Order"An- *** The Town(2010, CnmeDrama) BenAffleck, **i S.IV.A .T.(2003, Action) SamuelL.Jackson r TNT 57 27 legitimate"n 'Crimebusters"n "Rapture"n Out"n tion plot.n chors Away" n RebeccaHall, JonHamm.is (DVS) Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez. is (DVS) Mysteries at the Expedition Un- Delicious Destina- R ev R e v Food Paradise is Food Paradise Food Paradise is Food Paradise is Ghost AdvenGhost Adven- Ghost AdvenGhost Adventures TRAV 53 14 Museumis "Steak Paradise" known is tions Runs Runs tures is tures is tures is (N)cc NCIS: LA NCIS: LA Colony "Pilot" Colony "Pilot" C o lony "Pilot Colony "Pilot" C o lony "Pilot" C o lony "Pilot" Colony "Pilot" USA 58 16 English PremierLeagueSoccer (N) NCIS: LA *** Role Models(2008) r«o(DVS) *** l Love You, Man(2009) r«o Friends Friends Friends Friends Broke Broke Broke Broke WTBS 59 23 Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld ** Duplex(2003)BenStiler. r«o Sesame Sesame**(Rio2(2014)n Nrght at the Museum-Tomb Second BestExotrc ***(AI.: Artrfrcralintelhgence(2001)n ShallowHal(2001) HBO 518 551 Second MuppetChristmasCarol *** St. Vincent (2014) ** Delivery Man(2013) n r«o (:45)** i The Hundred-Foot Journey (201 4) * * The Giver (201 4) Jeff Bridges SHOW 578 575** Into the Blue Inside the NFL n***i Listen to Me Marlonn

©

Weekday Sports

Baylor. From the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. (N Same-day

MONDAY

9:00 SHOW Inside the NFL (N) A

9:00 ROOT The Rich Eisen Show

(N) (Live)

9:40 HBO REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbet n cc 11(80 ESPN Face to Face With

Hannah Storm (N) (Live) 1:00 ESPN College GameDay (N) (Live) cc 4:00 ROOT High School Football Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl: East vs. West.

5(80 ESPN College Football Playoff National Championship Alabama vs. Clemson. Coach Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tideface Dabo Swinney and the top ranked Clemson Tigers. (N)

(Live)

8:00 USA WWE Monday Night RAW "The Beast" Brock Lesnar returns! (N Same-day Tape) A CC

TUESDAY 9:00 ROOT The Rich Eisen Show

(N) (Live)

2:00 ESPN Around the Horn (N) cc

Tape) CC

WEDNESDAY 9:00 ROOT The Rich Eisen Show

(N) (Live)

2:00 ESPN Around the Horn (N) cc

2(80 ESPN Pardon the tnterrup-

tion (N) A ~~ 4:00 ROOT College Basketball Boston College at Syracuse.

From the Carrier Dome in Syra-

cuse, N.Y. (N) (Live) 5:00 ESPN NBA Basketball lndiana Pacers at Boston Celtics.

From TD Garden in Boston. (N)

(Live) 6:00 ROOT College Basketball Wake Forest at Virginia Tech.

From Cassell Coliseum in

Blacksburg, Va. (N) (Live) 7(80 ESPN NBA Basketball Miami

Heat at Los Angeles Clippers.

From Staples Center in Los An-

geles. (N) (Live) 8:00 ROOT Women's College Basketball Western Washington at Saint Martin's. (N) (Live)

THURSDAY

2(80 ESPN Pardon the tnterrup-

tion (N) A ~~ 4:00 ESPN College Basketball Mississippi State at Kentucky.

From Rupp Arena in Lexington,

Ky. (N) (Live) 5(80 ROOT Mark Few Show (N) 6:00 ESPN College Basketball Maryland at Michigan. From Crisler Center in Ann Arbor,

9:00 ROOT The Rich Eisen Show

(N) (Live)

2:00 ESPN Around the Horn (N) cc

2(80 ESPN Pardon the tnterrup-

tion (N) A ~~ 4:00 ESPN College Basketball lowa at Michigan State. From Breslin Center in East Lansing,

Mich. (N) (Live)

Mich. (N) (Live)

ROOT College Basketball Air Force at Utah State. From Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan,

ROOT Women's College Basketbatt North Carolina State at Duke. From Cameron Indoor Sta-

Utah. (N) (Live) 8:00 ROOT Women's College Basketball West Virginia at

dium in Durham, N.C. (N) (Live) 5:00 TNT NBA BasketballCleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio

Spurs. From the AT&T Center in San Antonio. (N) (Live) « 6:00 ESPN College Basketball Pittsburgh at Louisville. From the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville,

Ky. (N) (Live) HBO The Fight Game With Jim Lamptey A ~~ 7:00 ROOT College Basketball San Diego at Portland. From Chiles Center in Portland, Ore.

(N) (Live) 7(80 TNT NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State

Warriors. From Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. (N) (Live) « 8:00 USA WWE SmackDown! (N) cc

9:00 ROOT Women's College Basketball Florida Atlantic at Southern Mississippi. From Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg,

Miss. (N Same-day Tape)

FRIDAY 9:00 ROOT The Rich Eisen Show

(N) (Live)

2:00 ESPN Around the Horn (N) cc

2(80 ESPN Pardon the tnterrup-

tion (N) A ~~ 4:00 ESPN NBA Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City Thunder. From

Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. (N) (Live) ROOT College Basketball Washington at Arizona. From McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz.

6:00 ROOT College Basketball California at Stanford. From Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif.

6(80 ESPN NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets. From the Toyota Center

in Houston. (N) (Live) 8:00 ROOT College Basketball San Diego at Portland. From Chiles Center in Portland, Ore.

SATURDAY EVENING

LG - La Grande BC - Baker City

1/16/16

o ~ j gg g g g gj o g eg gjj'g gjjgi gg aag gggj LG BC ~ • Jeop- Wheel of ***i The Social Network(2010,Drama)Jesse Eisen- Fresh Off KATU (:35) 2 2 ardy! n Fortune berg, AndrewGarfield. n the Boat News Castle Travels Steves' Globe Trekker D o c Martin "It's N ew Tricks n (Parl2 The Ambassador 3 13 to Edge Europe "Poland"n n cc G oodtoTalk"n o f 2)is 48 Hours n is To Be Announced News (:35) Up OO 6 6 Late NW Inside Grant NFL Football NFCDivisional Playoff —TBA at Arizona Cardinals. From KGW g @ 8 8 Edition Getaway University of PhoenixStadiumin Glendale, Ariz. (N) n (Live) is News (6:00)** Vantage Hell's Kitchen "18 Second ChanceA 100'Clock News(N) Animation Domina(MN 12 12 Point (2008)'PG-13' Chefs Compete" man is resurrected tion High-Def is Big Bang Big BangRizzoli & Isles "CutsThe Good Wife "Net The GoodWife West Coast Wres~Up H 13 Theory Theory Like a Knife" Worth" cc "Silver Bullet"n tling Connection The First 48 is The First 48 The First 48 The First 48 A&E 52 28 The First 48 is (5:00)*** Enemy of *** Top Gun(1986,Action) TomCruise, KellyMcGil- **(RedDawn (1 984, Action) AMC 60 20 the State lis, AnthonyEdwards. is Patrick Swa yze, cc TreehouseMasters TreehouseMasters ANP 24 24 Pit Bulls-Parole TreehouseMasters Pit Bulls-Parole (6:10)***' i Wreck-It ***i The lncredibles (2004)Voices of Lab Rats Lab Rats Best K . C. UnDISN 26 37 Ralph'PG' Craig T. Nelson.n 'PG'is Friends dercover SportsCenter (N) NFL PrimeTime(N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) ESPN 33 17 (6:30) 30for 30 **i f?Again FAM 32 22 (6:30)John Tucker Must Die *** Pitch Perfect (2012)AnnaKendrick M ike M i ke FX 65 15 Cloudy Witha Chanceof Meatballs 2 Cloudy With a Chanceof Meatballs 2 Lo ve on the Sidelines (2016)Premiere Golden Golden HALL 87 35 Love's Complicated (2015)BenBass Movie LIFE 29 33 Don'tUVake (:02)The Stepchild (2015,Drama)is Henry Henry Game Nicky, 10 0 Thun der-Full Fu l l Fri e nds Friends NICK 27 26 Danger Danger Shakers Ricky Things mans House House CC College Basketball ROOT 37 18 Game Bensin College Basketball • • SPIKE 42 29 Jail n Cops n Cops(N) Copsn Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Cops n Dual Survival "Fire MythBusters To Be Announced TDC 51 32 and Ice"nis "TankerCrush"(N) Stories of the ER TLC 49 39 20i20on TLC n Stories of the ER Stories of the ER Sex Sent Me **i Red2(2013)Bruce Willis. Premiere.Retired **i Red2(2013Action) Bruce (6:00)**i Red TNT 57 27 (2010) BruceWilis operatives return toretrieve a lethaldevice.

Willis. is(DVS) Ghost Adventures The Dead Files is Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures The Dead Files is

e'g g

©

TRAV 53 14

CC

CC

CC

Colony "Pilot" Colony "Pilot" Colony "Pilot" Colony "Pilot" USA 58 16 Colony "Pilot" WTBS 59 23 Broke Broke Broke Big BangBig Bang Big BangBig Bang Big Bang TalladegaNights: *** Knocked Up(2007) SethRogen.

Un f riend HBO 518551 (6:00)Shallow Hal **i Unfriended (2014) Sh ameless is The lmitation Game(2014)n SHOW 578 575Boxing DeontayWildervs. Arlur Szpilka. (N) is