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Students walk out one of the many outer doorways of La Grande High School on Friday. Even though the school has many points of entry, Principal Brett Baxter said the school was locked down within five to 10 minutes.

• Caution, calm prevail during recent lockout at La Grande School District buildings By Dick Mason The Observer

La Grande High School Principal Brett Baxter did not fear the worst while reaching for his ringing cellphone, but he suspected that an urgent message awaited him. Baxter was right. The Jan. 8 cellphone call was from Cody Bowen, a Union County SherifFs 0$ce Deputy and the La Grande School District's resource ofFrcer. The deputy told Baxter a potentially violent situation was brewing at Second Street and H Avenue across from the student parking lot. Bowen told Baxter that there was no imminent threat to the school but he might consider putting LHS in a lockout. That was all Baxter needed to hear. owe went into a lockout right away. It was too close," said Baxter, who received the call around 11:30 a.m. Moments later, nearby Central Elementary School and La Grande Middle School

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Resource Officer Cody Bowen patrols the hallways of La Grande High School onTuesday as art teacher Mike Schireman walks past. Bowen talks with teachers and students along the way about the importance of safety issues while making sure the school is secured. were also put into a lockout mode after Baxter called school district Superintendent Larry Glaze and told him of the situation. owe always want to err on the sideofsafety forkids.In this day, it is the wise thing, the right approach," said Glaze, who was at Central at the time.

Nobody was allowed to enter or leave LHS, LMS or Central during the lockout, which ended in 20 minutes after law enforcement officers peacefull y resolved the situation. It had involved parole and probation officers who were attempting to take one of their clients into custody at a home on the corner of Sec-

ond Street and H Avenue. Rumors ew fl during the lockout, Bowen said, but the emotions of students and stafF at the three schools remained grounded,according totheir principals. LMS Principal Kyle McKinney said the key to keeping people calm was not saying anything alarming. "I told our stafF that this was a precautionary step to keep the kids safe," McKinney said."I didn't want the kids to get pumped up about it." Baxter shared similar words with his stafF while focusing on remaining calm. "If I panic, everyone may panic," Baxter said. Central Elementary School Principal Suzy Mayes, like Baxter and McKinney, also focused on trying to have a reassuringattitude. "I kept telling them they were not in any danger. It was just a precaution," Mayes said. The announcement of the lockout at LHS came over its intercom system. The timing could not have been more SeeDistrict / Page5A

fusing to bend to the new Republican Congress, President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday night an ambitious State of the Union agenda steeped in Democratic priorities,including taxincreases on the wealthy, education and child care help for the m iddle classand a torrent of veto threats for the GOPs own plans. In a shift from tradition, Obama'saddresstoajoint session of Congress was less a laundry list of new proposals and more an attempt to sell a story of a national economy emerging from the "shadow of crisis." He appealed for "better politics" in Washington and pledged to SeeSpeech / Page5A

the plan? The president's tax plan would also require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they're inherited andslapa fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion.

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Region shows modest gains By Pat Caldwell For The Observer

Oregon's population is growing and the stateisnow the No. 1 destination for people moving from one state to another, but exactly where are all the new people going? Probably not Eastern Oregon, judging by population estimates. According to a report from United Van Lines, Oregon is the top moving destination in the nation. The report,"United Van Lines' 38th Annual National Movers Study," showed that Oregon was the top migration objective during 2014, with 66 percent of moves to and from the state labeled as incoming, a 5 SeePopulation / Page5A

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Jerry Keagle sustained facial injuries Saturday night in what could have been an assault outside Bud Jackson's.

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Union County law enforcement agencies want their community to know a predatory sex offender is in the county, per ORS 181.585. Keith Bryan Musgrove, 51,currently lives at61020 Waltz Loop in Cove. He is described as a white male who is 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has blond or strawberry colored hair and blue eyes. Musgrove may operate a red 1970 Chevy pickup or a red Musgrove 2007 Dodge Caliber. The state has reported that Musgrove's method of offending is by utilizing friendships with an adult to gainaccesstofemal e children between the ages of 6 and 12. According to a joint release from the La Grande Police and Union County SherifFs Office, Musgrove may not knowingly communicate in any manner with a person under 18 years old with the intent to commit a crime or forthe purpose ofarousing or satisfying the sexual desires ofhimself or someone else. He may not knowingly enter or remain in premises where people under 18 regularly congregate, like schools, child care centers and playgrounds. Oregon statute defines a predatory sex offender as a personexhibitingcharacteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others and has been convicted of any degree of rape, sodomy, unlawful sexual penetration or sex abuse, has been convicted of attempting to commit one of those crimes or has been found guilty except for insanity of one of those crimes. A bulletin from the state can be found on the Oregon State Police Predatory website at http%/exoffenders. oregon.gov.

TODAY INHISTORY On Jan. 21, 1954, the first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Connecticut (however, the Nautilus did not make its first nuclearpowered run until nearly a year later).

ONTHIS DATE In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine. In 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners whose states had seceded from the Union resigned from the U.S. Senate. In 1908, New York City's Board ofAldermen passed an ordinance prohibiting women from smoking in public establishments (the measure was vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr., but not before one woman, Kati e Mulcahey, was jailed overnight for refusing to pay a fine). In 1977, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders. In 1994, a jury in Manassas, Virginia, found Lorena Bobbitt not guilty by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.

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Dale Mammen, left, chair of the LibertyTheatre Foundation, and La Grande Community and Economic Development Director Charlie Mitchell look around inside the old theater. Mitchell is set to take a new job next month but hopes to be back for the first show at the Liberty.

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• Economic development director takesjob with Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments By Kelly Ducote

Street was launched with the city's help under his watch. A prominent Charlie Mitchell arrived in intersection downtown underwent La Grande in October 2008 after the a major makeover with the Big H city council decided to hire someone to project. work on economic development. Though often controversial, MitchA Great Recession, many projects ell says the Urban Renewal District and millions of dollars in investment has leverageditsown dollarsto see later, Mitchell is about to say goodbye. millions invested in the private sector, Mitchell has been named the new even in the midst of a recession. When community and economic developthe city first sent out a call for projment director for the Oregon Cascades ects, in the "depths of the recession," West Council of Governments, based in Mitchell said they didn't expect to get Albany. He is set to start the job in late much of a response. Instead, they got February. The OCWCOG is avoluntary applicat ions for 13 projects. ''We were blown away," he said. associat ion of20cities,three counties, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz City Manager Robert Strope said he Indians and a port district that helps estimates more than $7 million in imcommunities collaborate, according to a provementshave been made through release from OCWCOG. There Mitchell thosepublic-privatepartnerships. ''Which is pretty astounding," Strope will lead OCWCOG's community and economic development program. said."I think Charlie did an excellent Mitchell wasn't looking to leave job for us." La Grande. He said he was about to Mitchell says he looks forward to repurchase a home here when he was turning to see more progress and some contactedby a recruiter. of the bigger projects fully realized. ''We will come back as visitors," "Leaving La Grande is very bittersweet," he said."I love La Grande. It's Mitchell said."I'd like to be here for the been very good to me and my family." grand opening of the Liberty Theatre As La Grande's community and eco- and Market Place Family Foods gronomic development director, Mitchell cery store." oversaw much of the development that Those who have worked with has shaped the city's current Urban Mitchell said he will be missed for his Renewal Program. La Grande Main knowledge and ability to share ideas. The Observer

"I have always found Charlie very easy to talk to," said Lisa Dawson, executive director of the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District. "One of the things I like about Charlie is he is always knowledgeable." Jill Miles, a business recruiter with Business Oregon who hails from La Grande, echoed that sentiment. "He's very diligent. He does his homework. He meets deadlines," she said."Everything about him is professional." Strope said he's not yet sure how the city will proceed with the vacancy when Mitchell leaves. The La Grande City Council will hold its annual retreat next week and will discuss the matter then. Mitchell says he is excited to be moving back west — both his and his wife's family are located on the I-5 corridor — but will miss the small-town living of La Grande. "I feel like an assistant coach leaving a great team after winning a championship game," he said."I'm certainly not the head coach, nor am I the quarterback. I played a part, a supporting role." ContactKelly Ducote at 541-786-4230or kducote0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow KellyonTwitter C'IgoDucote.

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startofthe proceedings because they were sick, weren't — More people reported to residents ofArapahoe County or didn't speak English. court Wednesday to fill out questionnaires as the long However, in a sign ofhow difficult it might be to get slog toward picking a jury in the Colorado theater shooting excused, a summons for a case resumed for a second day. woman who reported being violently ill was only delayed. Judge Carlos Samour excused seven people at the It could take until June to

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death penalty. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Defense attorneys acknowledge Holmes was the gunman but say he was in the grip of a psychotic episodeatthe tim e. In initial court appearances after the shooting, Holmes' hair was dyed a comic-book

seatjurorsand alternatesfor the trial of James Holmes, who is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the July 2012 attack that killed 12 people and injured 70at a suburban Denver movie theater. Prosecutors are seeking the

shade of orange and he wore a jail jumpsuit and a dazed look. He appeared more conventional Tuesday in khaki slacks, a dressshirtand blue blazer. His hair, now dark brown, was neatly trimmed, and hewore acurly,mediumlength beard. No restraints

were visible, though the judge had ordered him to be tethered to the floor in a way the public could not see. Court officials summoned 9,000prospectivejurors,but that figure fell to about 7,000 after some summonses could not bedelivered and some people were excused.

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Fishtrap presents the movie "Under the Same Moon" in both Wallowa and Joseph at 7 p.m. Thursday. The sites are the Wallowa City Hall and the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture. Admission is free. It's all part of The Big Read celebration of Luis

Alberto Urrea's novel,"Into the Beautiful North." "Under the Same Moon" iLa Misma Luna) tells the parallel stories of 9-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother caresforCarlitosback in

Mexico. Mother and son face challengesand obstaclesbut never lose hope that they will one day be together again. The film is a heartwarming family story that also offers subtle commentary on the much-debated issue of illegal immigration. Over the coming weeks The Big Read will continue.

Events include a performance by Portland's Milagro Theater, a specialguest lecture on U.S.-Mexican border history by professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain and a Big Finale Feb. 8 with author Urrea. For a full schedule of events and to learn more about"Into the Beautiful

North," go to www.Fishtrap. org. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts. It's designed to revitalize the role ofliterature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. Fishtrap is one of 77 not-for-profit organizations

toreceivea grantto hosta Big Read project between September 2014 and June 2015. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. For more information, or to make a donation to The Big Read, contact Fishtrap Program Manager Mike Midlo at mike@fishtrap.org.

membership in the association is included with the $100 class fee. This class has limited seating and is available on a first come,fi rstserved basis.It will be the only class scheduledfor2015 in thisarea. Registration and payment can be done at www.oregonfiretraining.com. For more information, contact either Laurel Goodrich at 541-403-0907 or laurelgoodrich@msn.com, or Jeff Sherman at 541-519-6213 or shermanrental@gmail.com.

ite "Frozen" character. For more information, call Carrie at 541-962-1339.

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Elgin chip seal assessment bills paid ELGIN — The outstanding chip seal accounts in Elgin have all been collected and the property owners have paid their dues. Approximately 30 past due accounts on a chip seal assessment from as far back as 1997 were brought to the Elgin City Council's attention in July. The council voted to send out letters warning of the past due accounts and at one point discussed putting liens on the homes of those who had not paid.

An estimated $35,000 was due from these past due accounts. The council gave homeowners 30 days to respond. At last week's city council meeting, Brock Eckstein said the homeowners have paid their bills.

Class earns seniors insurance discount There will be another updated, improved"Smart Driver" Driver Safety Class from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Jan. 30 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Cost

is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. For registration and more information, call Fred Moore at 541-910-9797. Completion oftheclassentitlesdrivers

older than 55 to a discount in their auto insurance in most cases.

end-of-the-month dance from 6:30p.m.to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Union County Senior Center. The dance will include a finger food potluck and drawings. Admission is

communications in the event of adisastertocounty civic leadersand leaders ofcommunity organizations. Museums can apply The Ontario Region for heritage grants Program is sponsored by the The Oregon Heritage Com- $3, $5 for couples, and free Church of Jesus Christ of mission is offering grants for those 12 and younger. Latter-day Saints and covers for qualified museums to the communities of Nyssa, Parma, Vale, Fruitland, New support museum collections, College women: Apply for scholarship Plymouth, Ontario, Payette, education and heritage tourism. Applications for the P.E.O. Weiser, Council, Cambridge, Awards typically range Chapter DK Memorial Schol- McCall, Riggins, Baker City, Pine Valley, Elgin, Enterbetween $1,000 and $8,000. arship are now available. Qualifying museums can Eligible applicants must be prise, John Day, La Grande applyfor avariety ofprojects women who have graduated and Union. including archival boxes, from aUnion County high An informational open records documentation, school, will have sophomore house will run from 1 p.m. to exhibits, brochures, school or higher college standing 4 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Payprograms and more. by the fall of 2015 and have ette LDS Chapel. The event The online grant apa GPA of 3.0 or higher. The will explain the Emergency plication is simple and the $1,000scholarship istobe Response Communications commissionprovides support. used for educational exProgram and Amateur Radio The Oregon Heritage grant pensesatthecollege ofthe Emergency Services. program staff is available to recipient's choice. Wildland fire class discussprojectsand review To request a scholarship scheduled Feb. 28 applications in advance. A applicati on,contactTeresa two-hour grant workshop on Gustafson at tkgustafson@ Eastern Oregon Training project planning and grant outlook.com. ScholarGroup has scheduled a Wildwriting will be held in Salem ship applications must be land Fire Refresher class, RT-130, beginning at Feb. 3, and a one-hour webipostmarked by April 1 to be nar will be available Feb. 5. acceptedforconsideration. 8 a.m. Feb. 28. To learn more about the P.E.O. is a philanthropic This is a required class for grants, visit www.oregonher organizationdedicated to the most firefighters and contracitage.org or contact Kuri Gill education of women. tors planning on working at Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov or forany federalor stateagenLearn about 503-986-0685. cies in the upcoming fire emergency response season. BlueMountaineers PAYETTE, Idaho — The A qualified instructor from play for dance Owyhee Countyand Payette National Firefighter's TrainThe BlueMountaineers County Amateur Radio Oping and Carding Association will provide live music for an eratorsorganizations provide will teach the class, and

Watch 'Frozen' with Elsa and Anna The Cook Memorial Library invites children of allages to a"Frozen"party Tuesday. Meet and greet Elsa and Anna at 3:30 p.m., then watch the movie and eat free popcorn at 4 p.m. Kids can come dressedas theirfavor-

La Grande A celebration oflife for Claude William "Bill"Alexander will take place from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m .Saturday at the Mavericks, which is by the fairgrounds in La Grande.

Justin W Durflinger . La Grande Justin W. Durflinger, 35, La Grande, died Sunday at his home. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory will be in charge ofhis care and arrangements.

Kenneth Halsey passed away at home on December 8th while attended to by his loving family. Ken was born October 10, 1921 in Joseph, Oregon to Virgie and Bill Halsey and took full advantage of the Eagle Cap Wilderness as a young man often sharing stories about his many hikes into the high lakes to fish. During the recession the Halsey's moved from a ranch in the valley to the Cat's a ridge high above the Snake River Canyon where they leased land and kept cattle. Despite the hardship of moving to a remote location his fondest memories of a young boy were his time spent on Cat's Back with its rugged wilderness and uninterrupted view of Idaho's Seven Devils mountains to the east. Ken joined the Navy in 1941 after being advised by a ranch hand who served in the infantry during WWI that there was too much marching required in the Army. He served on the USS Kaskaskia and the USS Navarro supporting the landing of troops at Okinawa and other key engagements. Ken left the service in 1944 and married Joyce Bechtel in 1948 after she caught his eye as she led her royal court into the arena on horseback as queen of the Elgin Stampede. They had two kids and moved to the Tri-Cities in 1955. Ken was a mechanic by trade and worked for International Harvester, Chevron and General Telephone iVerizonl. The family took up water skiing and as the boat captain Ken patiently taught many friends and relatives how to ski. Later he took up golfing and took great pleasure in tweaking his clubs in his never ending effort to shave a few strokes off his game. Ken will be remembered for his great sense of humor, love of reading, ingenuity and wide ranging knowledge on many subjects. In fact, he was used as the arbiter to settle many a debate long before the internet was available to "fact check". Ken is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Joyce daughter Shanna Halsey Corson and son-in-law Rick Corson, son Lynn Halsey and daughter-in-law Marsha, granddaughters Joyce Halsey Wilder and partner Ramon Menchaca, Jennifer Halsey Gollehon and husband Jeremy, grandson Noel Halsey and wife Clarissa and great grandchildren Wyatt Gollehon and Malia Halsey. A celebration of life will be in the early Spring of 2015 in Eastern Oregon. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to a charity of your choice in Ken's name. The family invites you to sign their on-line guest book at www.muellersfuneralhomes.com.

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who visited during the year receiveda caseofvarigated jams. Mary's home was open to all; family friends were her extended family, and they included many hunter friends. She is survived by her sister, Catherine Jensen of Garibaldi; daughters, Grace iRandyl Cherry of Lostine, Carol Champlin of Yuma, Ariz., Sue iDwaynel Cooper of Toutle, Wash.; son, Neil iPatl Bundy of St. Helens; 11 grandchildren; 28 greatgrandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Lee; son, Jim Bundy; and granddaughter, Brenda Champlin.

spent69-1/2yearstogether. In 1943, Mary and her family moved to Portland, Lostine where their family grew to 1923-2014 five children. She was multi-talented, Mary Genevieve Bundy, starting out working in the 91, of Lostine died Jan. 15. Oregon Shipyards, MontGraveside services will gomery Wards and then as begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at a seamstress at Columbia the Lostine Cemetery. Sportswear when it was a Mary was born May 16, small business. 1923, in Osakis, Minn., to Mary retired from Jantzen Theodore and Lucille Hedin Knitting Mills in 1974, and and was raised there through they moved up the Lostine her school years. Canyon, where they built Mary enjoyed playing first their home. chair violin in the band and Mary was a homemaker, singing in the chorus. She enjoying gardening and her also played accordion and flowers. plano. In late summer, she Mary met her husband, canned berries from her Lee Bundy, there, and they many bushes. Everyone

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Community Connection of Northeast Oregon is sponsoring"Powerful Tools for Caregivers," a six-week course that teaches family caregiverstheimportance of takingcare ofthemselves so theycan care fortheir loved ones. The class will be held at CCNOs administration office in the Union County Senior Center on Cove Avenue. The first class will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Feb. 3. If a family caregiver needs respitecarefor hisorher lovedone in orderto attend, contact Kathy of Community Connection at 541-963-7532. For more information, call Rochelle or Maegan at

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Gov. John Kitzhaber took his oath of ofIice last week to begin his unprecedented fourth term. In the speech that followed the oath, he struck an interesting note that might suggest one ofhis priorities for his final four years in oKce. On some level, it was the speech of a man still restless to cement his legacy — and, if possible, to transform Oregon in some fundamental ways. We're midstream with some of the reforms the governor launched in his third term regarding education and health care. We won't truly know the results of those efforts until long aker Kitzhaber, now 67, has

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lek ofIice. In his speech, Kitzhaber talked about how he had been influenced by the life and times of Robert Kennedy:"I grew up in an era when people still believed in government as the vehicle with which they could do amazing things they couldn't do on their own. I still believe that." Kitzhaber said Kennedy's 1968 campaign for president focused on disparities and inequalities in America.'We're still asking these same questions today," the governor said. Kitzhaber also talked about how growth in gross domestic product (better known as GDP) fails to capture economic disparities. The governor has made a pitch for a different measurement, the Genuine Progress Indicator, which takes into account additional social and environmental factors. But you don't really need either of those measurements to understand one of the critical disparities taking shape across Oregon: The gap between the state's urban areas and its rural areas. Economic recovery has not liked all boats equally in Oregon: While our cities and urban areas enjoy the recovery, our rural areas languish. We've written before about how Kitzhaber should focus in his fourth term on consolidating the work he's done on health care and education. But ifhe wants to add items to his "to-do" list — and is genuinely concerned about disparity and inequity — may we suggest that he crak specific plans designed to help rural Oregonians achieve their fair share of economic recovery. •

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to support funding. Approximately $2 million from an inmate retribution fund are granted to Union County to build a new courthouse. Commissioners did a feasibility study and came up with a plan that entailed demolishing the community's DV/SA center. The commissioners disregarded the original intent that the building would be a permanent home for Shelter From the Storm. They offered practically nothing to compensate the community for the destruction of a resource built with federal tax dollars. Options to demolition were rejected and even the federal and state agencies responsible for the funding of SFS declined to intervene. Commissioners and judges recommended that SFS simply apply again for federal funding fora new building.Taxpayers can pay for it again. The Oregon Judicial Department was unmoved by scores of pleas from community members. They misled those who wrote to them to believe their pleas w ere being considered but according to local judges, OJD was rubber stamping thejudges'desired plan. Despite massive outpouring ofobjections, the commissioners and judges heldsteadfasttotheirdecision.The w ants of afew peoplewere given preference to the needs of many. They want what they want — the hallowed ground

Sharon Evoy is a retired La Grande resident who is a leader in the ad hoc group Save Our Shelter. My Voice columns should be 500 to 700 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. Send columnsto La Grande Observer, 1406 5th St., La Grande, Ore., 97850, or email them to acutler@lagrandeobserver.com.

Work was done through the holidays to meet the county's eviction deadline. The outpouring of goodwill and effort made a functional space. The bus line was extended and the sheriff assured quick response from Island City. Domestic violence and sexual services continue for Union County residents in need.

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of the previous courthouse. Had anyone realized 20 years ago the strength of the romantic attachment to this location, SFS would have never been built there.

The Right After much searching of the community, a privately owned rental was found with ADA access and ample parking. Many in the community including those in the building trades helped to renovate the new facility. Donations of m aterials and labor poured in.

Domestic violence and sexual assault exist in our community. It may not be a part of your personal world, but it affects people on yourstreet,people you see while shopping, people in your church. Many of us are not comfortable with it, but it can't be ignored. SFS is housed in private property. The loss of the federally funded building means additional costs to the SFS. The county provided $75,000 of your tax money, which could provide rent for a few years or go toward a new building. Legally, like the courthouse, SFS must meet certain regulations and have specific features in its building. In order for SFS to have its own building, the capital campaign must raise a million dollars because of these requirements. This is our community. We take care of our members. I believe that most in our community believe that SFS should exist. It's time to think of what we must do to ensure that SFS continues to exist and has a permanent home.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

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How are wedoing? President Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. By the numbers, the actual state of our union over the course of his presidency.

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address."And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these Continued from Page1A things, I will veto it." The president sought out more work with Republicans, but he common ground on foreign policy, showed few signs of curtailing or pledging to work with Congress on tweaking his own plans to meet the a new authorization for military GOPs platform. action against the Islamic State Instead,thepresident vowed to group in Iraq and Syria, as well as use his veto pen to strike down the legislation to guard against cyberatRepublican leadership's efforts to tacks. In a rare move away &om dismantle his signature accomplish- his own party, Obama also renewed ments, including his health care hiscallforfast-tracking &ee trade and financial reform laws. agreements with Asia and Europe, ''We can't put the security of generatingmore applause &om profamilies at risk by taking away trade Republicans than skeptical their health insurance or unravelDemocrats. ing the new rules on Wall Street or Obama's address marked the refighting past battles on immigra- first time in his presidency that tion when we've got a system to he stood before a Republican-confix," Obama said in his hour-long trolled Congress. Yet the shift in the

political landscape has also been accompanied by a burst of economic growth and hiring, as well as a slight increase in Obama's oncesagging approval ratings — leaving the White House to see little incentive in acquiescing to Republicans. After ticking through signs of the rising economy, the president turned toward Republicans sitting in the chamber and said with a wink,"This is good news, people." The centerpiece of Obama's economic proposals marked a shift away from the focus on austerity and deficit reduction that has dominated his fiscal fights with Republicans. In a direct challenge to GOP economic ideology, Obama called for increasing the capital gains rate on couples making more than

$500,000annually,to 28 percent. The president's tax plan would alsorequire estatesto pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they're inherited and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion. Much of the $320 billion in new taxes and fees would be used for measures aimed at helping the middle class, including a $500 tax credit for some families with two spouses working, expansion of the child care taxcreditand a $60 billion program to make community college free. He also has called for expanding paid leave for workers and moved on his own to lower a mortgage insurance premium rate that could attract new homebuyers. eWill we accept an economy

According to 8 report from United Van lines, Oregon is the top moving destination in the nation.

Continued from Page1A percent boost of inbound moves compared to 2013. South Carolina was second, with 61 percentofallm oves listed asinbound. Data &om the Portland State University's Population Research Center supports the broad outlines of the United Van Lines report. Preliminary population estimates released in November show Oregon's population increased by more than 43,000people in 2014.A sizeable share oftheincrease was because ofpeople moving into the state. Yet that population boost for Oregon appearsto be concentrated in afew areas, and Eastern Oregon isn't one of them. According to a Portland State University Population Research Center report, the counties with the biggest population gains — Washington and Multnomah — alsoalready boastthe largest populations. In 2014, cities in Oregon demonstrated60 percent ofOregon's total population increase, according to the PSU report. Portland, Bend, Salem, Beaverton, Eugene and Corvallis each recordedpopulation increases ofm ore than 1,000 people in 2014. Still, portions of Eastern Oregon are showing slight increases in population. Between July 1, 2013, and July 1,

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2014, Eastern Oregon added 255 people, according to data &om the PSU population Research Center. Five Eastern Oregon counties — Harney, Malheur, Baker, Union and Wallowa — all showed boosts in overall population, though in some cases the numbers are modest. Harney County, forexample,added just five people between 2013 and 2014 while Union County tallied 160 new people. Wal lowa County added 25 new people while 45 new residents arrived in Baker County. Malheur County added 30 new people.

Slow population growth in Eastern Oregon is not an anomaly, Andrew Crollard, aregional economist forthe Oregon Employment Department said. "Generally the population of Eastern Oregon is a lot smaller than what we seeinotherpartsofOregon,especially the Portland area," he said. A variety of factors play into the modest population growth of the region and it is difficult to pin down any one trigger forthe slow increase. "I'm not sure what may factor into that," Crollard said.

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lent intentions who was atm odulars about 100 feetwest temptingtogetinto a school, of the main school building, Continued from Page1A said La Grande Police Chief were in the cafeteria having Brian Harvey. Law enforcelunch, when she learned of ironic for Kevin Cahill's crement officers were worried, the lockout. "My first question was ative writing class. His class though, about students who had just listened to arecord- might walk by the situation where were these students?" ing of the 1938 radiodrama during the noon hour and Mayes said."It was a relief put on by Orson Wells,eWar put themselves at risk. ito learn they were in the "Our concern was that of the Worlds." The broadcast, cafeteria)." an adaptation of H.G. Welles' with lunch release students The modular issue will not 1898 novel of the same name, would be approaching the be a concern in several years caused some Americans to area," Bowen said. if there is another lockout panic and think that the At Central, students were because Central Elementary United States was being outdoorsatrecessatthe tim e will be replaced by a new invaded by Martians almost and all were called inside. building in 2017, which will 77 years ago. They finished their recess pe- have addit ionalclassrooms, ''We hadjustfinished riod inside their classrooms, eliminating the need for listening to it a minute earplaying games for about modular classrooms. lier. Our first question was, five minutes before classes The new school will be 'Is this real or is it a drill?"' resumed, Mayes said. built with funds from a Cahill said. The elementary principal $31.85 million bond voters Cahill and his students saidshewas relieved to learn approved in November. Bond-funded projects are quickly determined that it that the Central students, was not a drill, but nobody whose classrooms are in alsosettoim prove security panicked. Cahill said that within five minutes, one student had determined the exactaddress oftheincident provoking the lockout. Their teacher tried to keep the situation calm by urging WAulo W Home his students not to send any text messages until they knew something for certain. g Lite Insurance "I did not want people panicking for no reason," he said. Cahill said his students remained calm. In retrospect, everyone at An Independent P' ASS O C I A T E S Insurance Agency the three schools was secure 10106 N. 'C' • Island City because the incident at Sec5 4 1-9 F 5 - 13 6 4 ond Street and H Avenue did Toll Free 1-S66-2S2-1925 www.reed-insurance.net not involve anyone with vio-

in other manners, that would make any future lockouts easier to conduct, including the installation of new doorlocking mechanisms. The new equipment will make it possible to lock all the doors in schools much faster. The upgrades will be a big help at LHS, which has numerous exterior doors, said Scott Carpenter, the school's assistant principal. "I'm excited about the iupcoming) upgrades," Carpenter said.

where only a few of us do spectacularly well?" Obama asked."Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes theeffort?" The president' sproposalsseemed more about giving his party a platform in the 2016 election than outlining a realistic legislative agenda. Even before the president's address, Republicans were balking at his proposalsand painting a far less rosy picture of the economy. ''We see our neighbors agonize overstagnant wages and lostjobs. We see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills," said Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who delivered the Republican response.

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like they may have come &om brass knuckles or &om Continued ~om Page1A someone kicking him in the face. La Grande Pohce Lt. assault had occurred or if Jerry, 24, had fallen Derick Reddington said outside. at this point, the police do Accordingto the police not have enough evidence report, Jerry told police to show Jerry Keagle was he didn't know what had assaulted. "If somebody saw somehappened but at another point said a "huge guy thing or knows something, punched me in the face." they should certainly call," OIftcers reviewed video Reddington said. footage from Bud Jackson's Joanna Keagle said her but still could not deterhusband is doing OK and is mine whether he had been recovering. assaulted. She said even if she Jerry had fallen in the just comes to find out her smoking area and was husband fell outside the asked to leave the bar establishment and hurt becauseofhisintoxicahimself, that would be OK if tion level, the police report it's the truth. "The only thing I want says. Joanna Keagle said the out of this whole thing is to next morning her husband know what happened to my startedtalking about three husband," she said. people outside the bar who Anyone with information hit him. on the incident should call Also that morning, the La Grande Police at 541-963-1017. Keagle said she took her husband to the hospital. "He broke his cheekbone Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230or kducoteCl and fractured some ofhis ribs," she said. lagrandeobserver.com. Keagle said doctors Follow Kelly on Twitter indicated his injuries looked @IgoDucote.

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ose r in o ixci s oc-mar e srees By Katy Nesbitt

Sands said. The council put a measure JOSEPH — Joseph city on the ballot to fund a $2.4 leaders are back to the draw- million bond that would be ing board trying to figure out added to property taxes. That alternative paved how to fix the cities pockmarked streets. some ofthebusieststreets With $60,000 as the city's and used chip seal on the allocation from stategastax, easttwest streets. The mea$11,000 goessimply to dust sure was defeated 57 percent abatement on the gravel to 43. streets. Sands said he knows how Mayor Dennis Sands sensitive people are with their taxes, so this time the said, "Some suggest we turn streetsback to gravel;then council asked for public we'd have to do dust abateinput on an alternative that ment that would cost $50,000 would cost the city $1.2 million. a year." The city hired Anderson The council will decide Perry and Associates of La at its February meeting Grande to conduct a study whether or not to put the and recommend alternatives lowercostalternative on to fixing the streets. the May ballot or not, once One plan called for again asking the voters re-doing streets with a twoif they want to fix their inch overlay. streets. The poorer streets would Ifthe ballotpasses,the have new base. That procity would take out a 20posal was for over $4 million, year loan. The cost to each The Observer

household would be roughly $13 a month and listed as a separate line item on the city's water and sewer bill. Brad Baird of Anderson Perry said the streets would be under intensive repair the first few years. After 10 years, the city w ould be ableto scale back

to spending $50,000 a year to maintain them, well within the annual gas tax allotment. Baird said,"The dollars include doing the fixes and maintaining the roads as you go. All fixes would be done in a year or two and maintenance would be reduced because roads would be fixed sooner." Sands said regular crack sealing and chip sealing would extend the street's lives. Council Member Teresa Sajoniasaid the streetsare in such disrepair, "There is

nothing to maintain at this point." Sands said of the 143 blocksofpaved streetshe'd like to "bring them up to shape," then chip seal them every five years, which

would cost $48,000 a year, well within the city's budget. The city does receive grants from time to time to supplement their maintenance budget, but Sands said one grant managed to repair only two blocks. The city chose the two blocks by the city hall, library and where the Joseph Farmers Market is in the summer for repairs from the Oregon Department of Transportation grant. Evelyn Swart attended the meeting and said a lot of people she has talked to say they want better streets. ''We need to know if there is a consensus. If there isn't thenforgetabout it;ifthere

is then we go about asking what kind of streets do we want and how we're going to pay for them." Casey Tippett of Joseph asked how the streets got to be in such shape. Baird said a lot of cities have struggled because there are limited funding sources for streets. "A one time infusion of cash can maintain them better over time — like you would a water or sewer system." Answering why the city has a"sudden urge" to fix the streets, Sajonia said it's been a long time coming. "This is not a sudden urge, it's been going on for years," Sajonia said. She said one of the reasons she's been such a big proponent is because she hears people ask on a daily basis, "Why aren't the streetsbetter?" "I tell them, you can only

put scrabblein a pothole so long," Sajonia said. "We can sit there and rehash this at public meetings every month, but now it's down to the nuts and bolts of it." A couple people at Thursday's public meeting at the Joseph Community Center said the city's businesses were pushing for the street repairsfor tourists. One woman said, "I don't like the tourists, I leave town when they are here." Harlan Menton said photographs of the city 70 yearsago show dirtstreets and surmised everyone got along just fine. Sajonia said since she has lived in Joseph she's seen a lot of changes. "I lived here when the timber industry is what drove Joseph and tourism crept in. We do need to think about the responsibility to our economy that is driven by tourism."

Soroptimist offering $2,000 grant New mayor in Enterprise By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Soroptimist Club offers the Fellowship Award for a woman to pursue a master's degree or PhD. Applicants must reside in the Northwestern Region of Soroptimist International of the Americas,be established in business or a profession, holda bachelor' sorm aster's degree &om an accredited college or university, and present a plan of worthwhile

post graduate study at an accredited college or university leading to an advanced degree or to enhance standing or competence in her business or profession. The Soroptimist club will provide a cash grant of $2,000toitsaward recipient. The Fellowship Award will be paid in its entirety to the college or university the recipientattends. The Fellowship Award is presented to a woman who is continuing her education with a post graduate

program. Applications are available at the Thrift Shop or by contacting Carolyn Pfeaster,

541-886-9395. Completed applications must be returned by Feb. 15. Mail applications to Soroptimist, P.O. Box 127, Enterprise 97828 or return them to the Thrift Shop. For more information about how Soroptimist improves the lives of women and girls, call Dolores Bridges at 541-432-0467.

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River, stopped into Enterpriseforoneofhistw iceyearly visits to the county Sunday afternoon. This visit from Walden landed a half-hour into the Seattle Seahawks "do or die" game to make it into the Super Bowl. Iapologized to ourcongressman for the low attendance. "I'm sorry, Congressman, but the Seahawks are playing." He said he understood and had partaken into what he called a"national day of mourning," the day after the Ducks lost in the championship game. Like Walden, I care a lot more about the Ducks than any pro football team, but playofF games are entertaining. During the meeting, I was shown the score a few times &om a fiiend's smartphone. Walden's town hall ended at 2 p.m. after the third quarter started. Despite Green Bay's lead, I shoved my computer into my bag, thanked Walden for coming, shook his hand and scuttled out the door to watch the rest of the game. The Scout's birthday is this week and when it lands on the unfortunate Tuesday, it lendstocelebrating before and atter. I thought Sunday would be a good time to start the celebrating and made another batch of elk chili to take to a fiiend's house. With the new TV location, I can cook and watch football at the same time. The Scout was out working on a project while I keptone eye on the game and one on the chili pot. The Seahawks seemed to wake up and started putting points on the board in the fourth quarter. Green Bay seemed to nod oIE thinking the game was already in the record books. Answering a text message, I started to dial a college

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Cowboys/Green Bay game. I've always thought the extreme seriousness NFL KATY NESBITT football fans carry around is ridiculous. In those days, fiiend when I realized what I while my roommates were was doing. Her birthday was gluedtothe sofa for 14 hours the 11th when Green Bay on a Sunday, I was skiing, was battling the Cowboys. hiking or off on some Molly is a Packers fan and adventure. I knew better than to call I could hang out for the her during the game. As I Redskins game, but any listened to the phone ring I more than that made my thought, "Shoot, I am doing eyeballs dry to dust. it again." She answered, I All of the hoopla going on apologized, and I said I'd call around me did eventually atter the game. burn into my subconscious to It all goes back to the winbe released about 3:30 p.m. ter of 1996 when Molly and Sunday afternoon. I were at her parents' house When the Seahawks took in Alexandria, Va., waiting their first lead late in the to pick up a friend from the game I stopped multi-tasking airport. Green Bay was play- and stood in the doorway of ing and Molly's father and I the living room. Aaron Rodggot into a discussion about ers threw two terrible incomthe do-nothing Congress plete passes. Their kicker and the federal government was forced to kick a very long shutdown. field goal, which he made. When it got close to time to According to a witness I got go to the airport, Molly was quite vocal and animated. unphased and unconcerned The Scout said,'You don't about leaving Ginger in the care about this game! You cold outside of National Airsaid you didn't care! What port; the game wasn't over. came over you?" I don't know what came On the way to the airport, Iwas raked over thecoalsfor over me. I must have been Talking During the Game. channeling Molly's green This is the same woman and yellow fandom for a who, when introduced to one few minutes. Realizing the of our roommate's friends, a severity of Green Bay's loss, Cowboys fan, laid into him Ipostponed the birthday call about a bad call during a indefinitely.

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strong mayor system. "There are advantages to ENTERPRISE — Steve both — there is an advanLear was sworn in as mayor tage to having somebody at the January Enterprise in place on a day-to-day City Council meeting, rebasis that has a sign on gaining the seat he lost two their desk, 'the buck stops years ago. here.' In both cases, Lear Lear served as mayor said he would proceed with &om 2010 to 2012 and was the council on how best to unseated by challenger change the city's manageMargie Shaw. This fall, Lear ment. campaigned on a platform As for managing the city's staIE Lear said he is to reform the city council and administration and to not concerned about their keep employees accountable salaries so much as the through personnel reviews council supplying employand tracking hours per ees with enough informaresponsibilities. tion for them to adequately Along with Lear, two do their jobs.He said havcouncil members were ing standards and goals sworn in — incumbents in place would help with Jenni Word and new memperformance reviews. "Good personnel reviews ber Dave Elliott. At Lear's first council are critical as long as they meeting ofhis new term he are done in a healthy way addressed the stafpresent so everyone feels good and council with his vision about what they do. The for his term. council has to be accountHe said he wants to able as well as the people change the term of the who do the work," Lear mayor fiom two years to sard. four years."Two years is not As for city ordinances he long enough to get gripped said he's heard complaints and evolved." that the city has a tendenHe said he realized chang- cy to be inconsistent in its ing the mayor's term would ordinance execution. "Some require an arduous process we enforce vigorously. 0thand a change to the city ers we are lackadaisical. If that's the case we should charter. He said he wants to see amend it or abolish it," some type of reform in the Lear said. system that evolves into T.J. Miller was sworn in either a city manager or a as the Enterprise Police The Observer

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Maynard's family Woman struck and pushing right-to-die bill killed by tow truck SACRAMENTO, Calif. -

Three California lawmakers arepromotingright-to-die legislation with the family of a terminally ill woman who moved to Oregon to legally end her life. Brittany Maynard's mother and husband will be at the state Capitol on Wednesday to support a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives in California. The 29-year-old Northern California woman had brain cancer. She argued in online videos that patients facing imminent death should be able to die on their own terms. Maynard's family has been speaking publicly for the first time since her November death as lawmakers nationwide consider whether to allowdoctorsto prescribe life-ending drugs. The California proposal would require patients to take the fatal medication themselves. Previous efforts have failed after facing opposition &om religious and medical groups.

TIGARD — Police say a woman was killed early Wednesday when she stepped into the path of a tow truck on Pacific Highwayin Tigard. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Witnesses told police it appears the woman stepped into the northbound lane as the tow truck approached.

Man 'guilty except for insanity' in murder

PORTLAND — Portland police say a 21-year-old man has been found guilty except for insanity for the March 2012 murder of his father. On Tuesday, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Edward Jones sentenced Jacob James Simon to lifetime supervision by the Psychiatric Security Review Board. He'll be transferred &om jail to Oregon State Hospital in Salem. Sgt. Pete Simpson says oScers who responded on March 27,2012,toa stabbingreport at ahome in the Fox Run mobile home park in northeast Portland found 61-yearWife of professor old Peter Simon dead. Jacob sentencedin stabbing Simon's mother, 58-year-old EUGENE — The wife of a Sheryl Simon, was wounded. University of Oregon physics Jacob Simon was arrested professor has been sentenced at the scene. He was 18 at to nearly four years in prison the time. for stabbing him. Prosecutors say the A Lane County Grcuit younger man ate dinner with Courtjudge sentenced 57-year- his parents, then attacked old Regina Grace Ciaypoolthem with swords and a gun Frey after finding her guilty as they slept. Friday of attempted assault. The Register-Guard reports Avian flu found in 2 spots in SW Idaho she had been indicted on an attempted murder charge but BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho itwas reduced to attempted state Agriculture Departassault aftersheagreed notto ment official says highly disputetheevidence. contagious avian flu has been Raymond Frey was stabbed found in two spots in southin the head in September and west Idaho's Canyon County. treated at a hospital. He filed The Idaho Statesman fordivorcein October. reports Bill Barton, a state veterinarian, saysthree priCub that fell from tree vatelyowned falcons tested getschance to live positive for avian flu after MEDFORD — A scrawny interacting with wild, migratbearcub that felloutofa tree ing waterfowl. A flock of in southern Oregon will have chickens kept in a residential a chance to return to the wild. back yard in the county also The Oregon Fish and tested positive. Wildlife Department is sendBarton says the avian flu ing the bear to the Snowdon strains in question are not Wildlife Sanctuary near Mcharmful to humans. Call, Idaho. He says the flu is more of The Mail Tribune reports athreatto domesticbirds it will be kept &om human than to Idaho's agriculture contact this winter so it can sector. In Barton's words,'We don't have much of a poultry be released next spring back in a remote area of Jackson industry at all, but there's a County. That's where it was fair number of people with found Jan. 6 after falling &om backyard chicken flocks." a tree into blackberry bushes. Avian fl u hasbeen found The female cub appeared in four counties in Washingto be an orphan and was un- ton state. derweight at only 13 pounds. A wild duck shot by a Wildlife officials had to hunter in Oregon's Willadecide whether it should be mette Valley has also tested rehabilitated, sent to a zoo positive for it. or killed to prevent it from A December avian flu becoming a nuisance. outbreak in southwest British Columbia led to nearly Inmate dies in 250,000 chickens and turSpringfield jail keys being destroyed. SPRINGFIELD — A 23-year-old inmate died in the 2nd Wash. measles case linked to outbreak Springfield Municipal Jail. Police say he was alone in SEATTLE — Health oShis cell when he was found cials have confirmed a second Monday afternoon and could m easles case affecting a not be revived by officersor Washington state resident in medics. an outbreak linked to Disney The Register-Guard reports theme parks in California. he had been booked into jail The Seattle Times reports Thursday on a theft charge. state health officials said Tuesday that an unvaccinated teen Hermiston woman boyin Grays Harbor County accusedofshopliRing has beenconfirmed as having KENNEWICK, Wash. the contagious illness. He's the Police say a Hermiston, Orbrother of an unvaccinated egon, woman with a history of teen girl who contracted the shoplifiing tried to walk out ailment after visiting a Disney of Macy's store in Kennewick parkin Orange County, Caliwith $2,000 worth of clothes. fornia, in December. A security officer stopped Several dozen measles 31-year-old Jessica M. Ridcases have emerged in Calidick on Monday night at the fornia, Washington, Utah, Columbia Center mall. Colorado and Mexico in the The Tri-City Herald reports outbreak linked to December she was jailed on suspicion of visits totheparks. theft and burglary and also On Tuesday, Oregon behad four arrest warrants recame thelateststate affected lated to theft and shopli5ng. when state officials conRiddick pleaded not guilty firmedthata Eugene man Tuesday in Benton County in his 40s had contracted Superior Court in two sepathe disease after visiting a ratetheftcases. Disney park.

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%ild'maydoostPacific restTrail By Beth J. Harpaz

San Diego at the Mexican border, and stretches 2,650 More hikers are expected miles through California, on the Pacific Crest Trail Oregon and Washington. It this year thanks to the ends in Washington's remote movie'Wild," according to Pasayten Wilderness at the the Pacific Crest Trail Asso- Canadian border. ciation, which preserves and Since the 1950s, only 3,346 promotesthe trail. peoplehave reportedhiking The book'Wild,"which the entire length of the trail, has been a best-sellerfor but that number has been risnearly two years, led to a small ing each year — even before increase ininquiries about the the book and movie came out. trail,"but the movie seems When Haskel throughhiked the PCT in 2006, 300 to have had a much bigger e%ct," said Jack Haskel, trail people set off to walk the information speciaSt for the entire route, and about 120 Pacific CrestTrailAssociation. completedit.In 2014,m ore 'This past December, comthan 1,000 hikers attempted a through-hike, and about paredto lastyear,ourwebsite traffic wentup 300 percent." half made it. Cheryl Strayed, author Requests have also increasedforpermits for long- of'Wild," hiked 1,100 miles ofthetrailas she recovered distance hikes on the trail. The PCT starts near &om drug abuse, divorce and her mother's death. ReCampo, California, outside The Associated Press

eseWitherspoon received an Oscar nomination for best actressforherportrayal of Strayed. Laura Dern was nominated for best supportingactress as Strayed's loving, free-spirit mother. "'Wild' is the largest media event ever for the PCT and millions are hearing about it now and are being inspired," Haskel said. Both the book and fiim offer arealistic look at the challenges and rewards of the ttek. Stnyed ran out ofdrinking water, slogged through snow andrain, and bloodied her feetin hiking boots a size too small. She had a few fiightening encounters with people she met along the way, but alsoexperienced kinship and kindness. Ultimately the trail's serenity and natural beauty helped heal her damaged soul.

There are no comprehensive statistics on female PCT hikers, but anecdotal observations suggest more women are hitting the trail, too, &om fewer than 10 percent ofhikers in past years to 30 percent now, Haskel said. "I hear from women who are inspired by Wild.'And who knows what this season will bring," Haskel said. Hikers hoping to do the whole trail typically start inApril or May and end in September, walkingmore than 20 miles a day, with a day offnow and then to ~uperate and re-supply. ~ is critical: Start too earlyin the spring andyou face flooded creeks and snowin the Sierra Nevada mountains. End too late in the season and you11hit snow in the Northern Cascade mountains.

Blueberry growers wage dispute settled SALEM — The federal government and two Oregon blueberry producers have settled a dispute over allegations farm workers were paid less than the minimum wage. The dispute dates to 2012, when the U.S. Department of Labor threatened to block the shipment of perishable berries as unlawfully harvested"hot goods" unless the growers agreed to pay $220,000 in back wages and penalties. The farmers did so, but then turned to thefederalcourts.A judge blocked the Labor Department, ruling the growers were acting under duress to save their crops. The agency then said it would appeal and sought additional

charges. Under the agreements signed Friday, the farm workers get to keep $73,500 that was distributed as underpayments, the government said. But the farms will get payments nearly equal to what the workers were paid and will

support the industry has given them," Bernasek said. Labor Department spokeswoman Tania Mejia issued a statement noting that the workers were allowed to keep their compensation. Neither the settlements nor the also get $30,000 each. department's statement addressed Neither side admitted liability. The the use of the "hot goods" provisions in enforcing wage and hour provisions in settlements noted that the blueberry growershad to beartheirown legalfees. agriculture. The growers are Pan-American But the statement said the agency Berry Growers and B&G Ditchen. would continue to use"strong enforceTheir lawyer, Tim Bernasek, told the ment, using all enforcement tools that agriculture publication Capital Press Congress has provided tothedepartthey are relieved the dispute has ended ment to improve compliance, as well and they're satisfied with the settlement. as significant outreach to both the 'They are very appreciative of the employer and employee communities."

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scHool MAKING THE TRANSITION TO FULL DAY LHS band concert set Thursday night La Grande High School's band will give a concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the LHS auditorium.

LHS to hold math lab

Monday evening A math lab for La Grande High School students will start at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the high school. Students will receive tutoring at the lab.

La Grande School Board to meet The La Grande School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Willow Elementary School conference room.

Nacho feed set in North Powder

A nacho feed will be conducted in the Powder Valley

High School gym building from 1p.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 7. The feed is in conjunction with high school basketball games to be played between PVHS and Echo.

GO-STEM Hub hosts

upcoming events Eastern Oregon University's GO-STEM Hub is hosting severalevents foreducators and the community in January and February. Beaverton-based Vernier Software & Technology Co. will be on campus offering training for teachers Friday in Badgley Hall and Saturday in Zabel Hall. Later this month, middleschoolers and their families are invited to the Historyof Science STEM NightatLaGrande Middle School fiom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 29. Students in EOU's master of arts in teachingprogram are coordinating the activity stations An opportunity to meet Jo Oshiro, state educational specialist and STEM Hub facilitator, is also coming up during her visit to EOU's GO-STEM Hub Jan. 29-30. On Feb. 2, middle school students will participate in an "Edison to Lasers" event at Blue Mountain Community

College led by Michael Jaeger, EOU professor emeritus. For more information about theseand otheractivities organized by the GO-STEM Hub, contact Katie Butterfield at kbutterfield@eou.edu.

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more behavioral skills," Droke said. "It is hard to get children into a routine ofbehavioral skills if they do not practice them all day." These include the routines of sitting quietly and following instructions, Droke said. The switch to full-day kindergarten will reduce the number of students for which each teacher is responsible. Presently, all full-time La Grande kindergarten teachers have twoclassesof24to 25 children for morning and afternoon sessions. The switch to full day will mean teachers will teach one group of 2425 students each day instead of two. The reduced student load will trim the paperwork teachers must do, freeing them up to focus more time on instruction, said La Grande kindergarten teacher Sarah Swanson. She said this means teachers will have more time to develop strategies to help studentsmeet standards. Glaze believes that the full-day program will allow children to be better prepared forfi rstgrade and increase the probability that they will be strongreaderstwo yearslater. 'This will help them develop the reading skills they need to be reading at gradelevelin third grade.Thatis the ultimate goal," Glaze said. Educators in La Grande and throughout the country strive to have as many students reading at gradelevelby third grade aspossible. The reason is that studies have repeatedly shown that children who arereading atgrade levelby third have afargreaterchance ofbecoming successful students, Glaze said.

By Dick Mason The Observer

School buses transporting La Grande School District kindergarten students may be running less frequentlyin 2015-16. Do not let this fool you: The school distri ct'skindergarten program is about to shift into a higher gearthe highest in its history. The La Grande School District is revving up to offer full-day kindergarten for the first time ever in 2015-16. It will be able to do so because the state will provide funding school districts need to operate fullday kindergarten beginning next school year. The funding for full-day kindergarten will be available to all school districts. cwe're excited about the possibilities," said La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze. La Grandekindergarten teacher Elizabeth Gregory echoes this sentiment. "I can't wait to see what we can do," Gregory said. The switch from half-day to fullday kindergarten means the La Grande School District will have to make some major steps. It will boost its number of kindergarten teacher positions from three and a halfto eight,add classroom space, purchase more equipment and supplies and much more. The school bus schedule for kindergarten students will also be changed. One reason is that the bus now taking morning session students home each day just before 11 a.m.willno longerbe needed when a

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Willow Elementary School kindergarten students, from left, Alexis Davison, Chloe Chambers andTullia Robertson work on a project Thursday. The students are part of the afternoon kindergarten session taught by Elizabeth Gregory. full-day program is in place. A school district kindergarten planning committee is now preparing recommendations for the transition to full day. The committee is expectedto present itsrecommendations to the La Grande School Board by late March, Glaze said. Committee members will make their decisions after examining how successful full-day kindergarten programs are run. cwe are looking at some of the best in the state," Glaze said. These include the one run by the David Douglas School District in Portland. Committee members and La Grande School District officials will be visiting David Douglas in the near future. "David Douglas has a well respected full-day kindergarten

program," Glaze said. The transition to a full-day kindergarten program in La Grande will involve a lot of work for its teachers, but they speak like they cannot wait to make the switch because of the opportunities it will provide students. "I think that the biggest thing is that we will have more time to teach reading and math skills," said kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Gregory.cwe will have more time to help them reach Common Core standards." Gregory said that the additional time students will be in kindergarten will also give teachers time to teach them behavior skills. cwe will be giving them socialization pieces during structured play," Gregory said.'They will have a

Elgin senior wins $2,000 bank scholarship By Tiish Yerges ForThe Observer

Elgin High School senior Hannah Kimbel, daughter of Mark and Lori Kimbel of Elgin, has been awarded

a $2,000 scholarship through the Oregon Bankers'Association Education Foundation's first annual scholarship program. Kimbel is one of three Oregon high school seniors to win the scholarship. Each scholarship recipient participated in a bank-hosted visit or a bank speaking event at their high school

Professor talks tribes in EOU colloquium Linda Jerofke, Ph.D., professor ofanthropology, will address a complex shift in identity and sovereignty in Oregon during a colloquium at EOU Thursday. Jerofke's presentation,"Assimilation: A Story of the Early Tribal Reservation Period of Oregon,"begins at 4p.m. in Ackerman Hall, Room 210.A reception will follow. The early reservation period of Oregon was a time of dramatic culture change due to the intersection of the United States government, settlers and Native American tribes. Using information gained from primary documents dating from 1850 to 1925, Jerofke asks what really happened to the Oregon tribes during this time and how did they cope with the changes, including the adventofreservations and boarding schools. A list of related resources providedby Pierce Library is available for more in-depth information at http J/libraryeou. edu/colloquium. To be added to the colloquium mailing list call 541-962-3316.

chance to practice social skills." Kindergarten teacher Justinn Droke concurs. cwe will be able to teach a lot

attendance to congratulate Kimbel. "The )udgingl committee was inspired by Hannah's essay, recognizing that she had gained a new perspective on community banking and the value they provide to the communities they serve," said Bonney."Hannah is a shining star at Elgin High School and in our community. She is committed to her educationand strivesforexcellence." Kimbel said she plans to attend Washington State University to pursue a degree in neuroscience.

duringCommunity Bank Week in Oregon. Afterward, each student wrote an essay describing the most interesting aspect of the community bank they visited or something they learned about careers in the banking industry. At an awards presentation Jan. 13 in PeggyAnthony's Personal Finance class at EHS, Kimbel was honored with a plaque by Elgin's Community Bank Manager Kathy Bonney. Leah Johnson, marketing director for Community Bankin Joseph, was also in

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ON DECIC THURSDAY • Prep wrestling: Ontario at La Grande Dual, 5 p.m. FRIDAY • Prep wrestling: Elgin, Enterprise, Joseph, Wallowa at Grant Union Tournament, TBD • College women's basketball: Oregon Techat Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. • Prep girls basketball: Wallowa at Powder Valley, 6 p.m. • Cove at Burns, 6 p.m. • Nixyaawii at Joseph, 6 p.m. • Grant Union at Elgin, 6 p.m . • Imbler at Union, 6 p.m. • Baker at La Grande, 6 p.m. • College men's basketball: Oregon Techat Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. • Prep boys basketball: Wallowa at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m. • Cove at Burns, 7:30 p.m. • Nixyaawii at Joseph, 7:30 p.m. • Imbler at Union, 7:30 p.m. • Grant Union at Elgin, 7:30 p.m. • Baker at La Grande, 7:30 p.m.

AT A GLANCE

'Deflategate' may have legs ESPN reported late Tuesday that the NFL found that 11 of12ofthe New England game balls were not inflated to the level required by the NFL. ESPN reported that the footballs were underinflated by 2 pounds per square inch during the Patriots' 45-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The NFL declined to comment. The Patriots could face penalties if the findings are true, but no one is saying what those penalties would be.

W ildcats stay undefeated Kentucky twin guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison combined for 11 points down the stretch that were key in helping the topranked Wildcats hold off pesky Vanderbilt 65-57 on Tuesday night. Dakari Johnson added 10 points for the Wildcats.

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Karen Ramstead, longtime Eagle Cap Extreme veteran of Alberta, Canada, returns with her team of Siberian Huskies for the 11th running of the sled dog race at Ferguson Ridge outside of Joseph.

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noon, an hour earlier than years past. Organizers ask thatspectatorsarrive early to the parking lot on Tucker Down Road to catch a shuttle to the By Katy Nesbitt start. Shuttlesstartat9:45 a.m. The Observer The 200-mile race has an extremely ENTERPRISE — The 11th runcompetitive field, said Troy Nave, Eagle ning of the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Cap Extreme race media relations Dog Race, beginning Thursday, has an coordinator. Thiscourse is an Iditarod all-star lineup and more mushers than and Yukon Quest qualifier. ever before. Returning to the Eagle Cap Extreme After several years with the same in the 200-mile race is Roy Etnire, of start and finish course, race organizSeeley Lake, Mont. A friend of another ersmoved itto a lesssteep beginning Eagle Cap favorite, Steve Riggs, he and end to keep mushers and dogs safe started mushing six years ago. In 2012 from potential icy conditions. he won the 100-mile race. This year, the races start at high Brett Bruggeman of Great Falls,

Mont., brings his team of Alaskan Huskies. He's been racing just two years and said his son, Spencer, made him start. Josi Thyr of Cataldo, Idaho, is an Eagle Cap favorite, returning with her team torace the 200-mile course. Karen Ramstead of Perryvale, Alberta, Canada, returns to the Wallowas with her team of Siberian Huskies. Ramstead runs a kennel in Canada and is an 18-year mushing veteran. Clayton Perry, of Power, Mont., said he started mushing in 1998, with hounds to hunt mountain lions and check trap line in the wilderness. He SeeRacelPage 10A

Justin Wagar was announced by the school Monday to take the reins of the soccer program. "Me and my wife are both veryexcited,"Wagar said. ''We've been away from home formost of15 years." Itwas perfecttim ing for the Kennewick, Wash., native, who was weighing an offer to coach in the middle of the country when the Mountaineer position beckoned. "My wifeand Ihad discussedhow ifthere'sjobs that come available in the Northwest, we'd want to be closer to family and friends," he said."Eastern called me two hours after a school in Oklahoma offered me the coaching position." Wagar has 12 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and II SeeCoachIPage 10A

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PREP BOYS BASICETBALL

La Grande trounced McLoughlin 63-41 on the road Tuesdayin the Tigers' opening Greater Oregon League game. Senior Derek Yohannan led the team in scoring with 18 points, while fellow senior Brandon Dall scored 14 points in the first quarter en route to a 16-point game. ''We had a really good first quarter, and a decent second," head coach Mark Carollo said."In the third and fourth quarters, it was nice to get some of the backups in. We rebound-

ed well out of our zone, and everyone that got in played well."

La Grande i11-4 overall, 1-0 GOLl hosts Baker Friday. "It was nice starting league off with a victory," Carollo said.'We'll hopefully use this as momentum heading into the Baker game. You can throw the records out the window against them, because like any rivalry game, we'll need to show up ready to play. W e'll have a coupledays ofpractice and get ready to roll."

Second straight win for Eagles Joseph got its second Old Oregon League win in a row, defeating Griswold, 57-26, at home Tuesday. ''We took the game seriously, and we got a big win," Joseph head coach Olan Fulfer said."I hope it brings some confidence to the team." The Eagles came out of the gates hot, opening up an 11-point lead after the first quarter. By haifbme, Joseph was in control with a 33-14 advantage, which helped the reserves get some minutes on the floor in the second half. 'The bench got a lot of playing

time," Fulfer said."I was subbing out a lotofstartersto getthebench some good playing time." Noah DeLury led the Eagles with 17 points, and went 5-for-5 fiom 3-pointrange.Cayden DeLury finished with 16 points, and one 3-pointer. Jake Chrisman and Sam Beckman both added six points apiece, with Beckman scoring all six ofhis points in the first quarter off of a pair of 3-pointers.

Joseph i6-7 overall, 2-3 OOLl faces the No. 5 team in the state, Nixyaawii, Friday at home.

PREP GIRLS BASICETBALL

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La Grande opened its Greater Oregon League campaign with an easy 73-22 road victory over McLoughlin Tuesday. "I really feel like this group of girls have come together," Tigers head coach Doug Girdner said."The girls did an amazing job tonight, and I was really pleased with that. We played with intensity and passion, and I love that." Avery Albrecht led the Tigers with

26 points and one 3-pointer. Kylin Collman finished the game with 14 points and two 3-pointers. Both Madison Wilcox and Lacey Miles finished with 10 points to help the Tigers get the victory. La Grande put the game away early, carrying an 11-point firstquarter lead into a 32-12 halftime advantage. ''We did a good job defensively in the second half, and we never did a full-court press," Girdner said.'We had agood rotation going,andwe

OBSERVERATHLETE OF THE DAY

Eastern Oregon University senior Hans Roelle was namedtheRed Lion Men's IndoorTrackAthlete of the Week, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced. Roelle, the defending I K national champion, ran a time of 2:26.81, to hit the NAIA"A" standard to qualify for nationals, at the University of Washington Preview last weekend. It was the fastest NAIA time at the event.

spread the minutes evenly, which was games." good for us." Satori Albee finished with 12 La Grande i9-5 overall, 1-0 GOLl points. Alexis Sykora also chipped in will play Baker on Friday at home. with 12 points and Lindsay Kemp finished 10 points for the Eagles. 3osephfalls by three "In the second half they made a Joseph dropped a closeOld Oregon little run, and we didn't respond," Hul5nan said."During practice I'm goLeague game, losing 44-41 at the hands of Griswold Tuesday at home. ing to try and make these girls believe ''We need to believe in ourselves in themselves, because I know they can. They are a great group of girls." more," Eagles head coach Travis HuSnan said."If we can believe in Joseph i4-9 overall, 1-4 OOLl plays Nixyaawii at home Friday. ourselves, we can win these close

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CALAIS CAMPBELL: The ProBowl defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals donated $'I.6 million to his alma mater, the University of Miami, to establish an endowed scholarship for defensive linemen in perpetuity.

JERMAIN TAYLOR: The embattled middleweight boxing championpleaded not guilty to charges that he pointeda gun ata man' s head and threatened to shoot three small children at a parade.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

SPORTS

SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL NFL Playoff Glance All Times PST ConferenceChampionships Sunday, Jan. 18 Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT New England 45, Indianapolis 7 Pro Bowl

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HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Tampa Bay 48 30 14 4 6 4 156 127 Detroit 47 27 1 1 9 6 3 139 119 Montreal 45 2 9 13 3 6 1 123 106 Boston 47 25 1 6 6 5 6 124 118 Florida 44 20 1 4 10 50 107 122 Toronto 47 2 22 2 3 4 7 139 146 Ottawa 45 18 1 8 9 4 5 122 125 Bulfalo 47 14 3 0 3 31 8 9 167 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Islanders 46 31 14 1 6 3 151 129 Pittsburgh 4 5 2 6 12 7 5 9 136 114

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his caTeer highlight was when Eagle Cap Exlreme veterirmians told him his team looked the beSt at the 6niSh Df the 200-mile race Jillian Lawton Df Rocky Mountain House,Alberta, said SheranherlTTSt150-mil eraCe in 2007 with six dogs and has been"nmfling mad distance since." Her highlight was muShing tWO nightS under the Northern Lights during the 2014 Canadian Challenge. SteVe TaylOr, OfROCkyMotmtain House, Alberta, is the sec-

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team to itS firSt-eVer WeSt COaSt title, and a third-place finish at the ODP national tournament in 2005. While his experience has been vast and varied, hissoccer philosophy has traveled wherever Wagar has gone. He intends to bring it to the MOuntieS. "My teams are very attacking-oriented," he said."I fyou're afootballfan,Itry to be a team like the Oregon Ducks. I want to wear down teams." Wagar iS WaSting no time getting started, asheheld hisfi rstpractice at EaStern TueSday. He'll be Dut reCruiting in the near future, with his eyes on instantimPaCt PlayerS aS Well aS Soon-to-be high school seniors. "I'mtOld there'S 13 Or 14 PlayerSthat are planning on coming back next year, so we've got to add some numbers," he said. "I'll be looking for some &eshman recruits, but I'm especially going after some transfers. I'd like a well-balanced team, with eXPerienCe and yOuth to build OTL" After a 3-8-4 season from the Mounties lastseason,Wagar isfocused on getting the team to the uPPer eChelOn Df the CBScade Collegi ateConference. "I have realistic expectations, but I'm COnfident in Our ability," he Said.'%e ShOuld be a tOP-three, fOur team neXt year in the conference. My goal is making the COnferenCePlayoffS."

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OSU Extension Service offers pesticide applicator training Oregon State University Extension offices in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties are offering pre-exam training for those taking the private pesticide applicator exam or the laws and safety exam needed for a public or commercial license. The OSU training session is not considered a comprehensive review, and self-study review of material is encouraged. Those seeking an Oregon pesticide applicator recertifi cation creditcan earn four hours for the entire OSU training session. One session will be offered in Baker County Feb. 10 at 2600 East St., Baker City. Contact Janice Cowan at 541-5236418 or janice.cowan@oregonstate.edu. Another will be held Feb. 11 in Union County at 10507 N. McAllister Road, Island City. Contact Darrin Walenta at 541-963-1010 or darrin.walenta@oregonstate.edu. In Wallowa County, the session is Feb. 12 at 668 N.W. First St., Enterprise. Contact John Williams at 541-426-3143 or john. williams.1@oregonstate.edu. The trainings are 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a one-hour break for lunch. Participants are responsible for their own lunch.

Union County Chamber acceptingaward nominations The UnionCounty Chamber ofCommerce is now accepting nominations for businessesand individualstoberecognized at this year's Chamber banquet Feb. 20. The chamber is seeking nominations for Business of the Year, Man of the Year, Woman of the Year and Educator of the Year. Nominees should be noted for their contributions to the community. Nominations forms, available at the chamber office, 207 Depot St. in La Grande, are due back Feb.4. Award recipients will be honored at a ceremony at 6 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Blue Mountain Conference Center.

Business Foundations Workshops free to public ENTERPRISE — Northeast Oregon Economic Development District offers a free, six-week workshop series to help entrepreneurs and small-business owners buildthe basisfora successfulenterprise. Register by Friday toreserve a seatin Enterprise, Baker City or La Grande. Workshops in Enterprise are Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 27 through March 10 at Fishtrap's Coflm House, 400 E. Grant St.; in Baker City Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 28 through March 11 and in La Grande on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 29 to March 12 at Eastern Oregon University's Small Business Development Center, 1607 Gekeler Lane, Room 147. To register, call NEOEDD by Friday at 541-426-3598 or 800-645-9454, or email kristyathens@neoedd.org. Classesare free for participants. Class size is limited.

Community Bank holding sweepstakes for anniversary JOSEPH — CommunityBank isgearing up for its 60th anniversary with a year-longsilversweepstakes. Each month, 60 ounces of silver bullion will be given away. Drawings will be held on the last full business day of each month at each branch with the first drawing to be

held Jan. 30. With 14 branches, there will be 14 names advanced to the prize drawings. A random drawing of six names will determine the lucky winners for the month. Enter up to once every business day at a local Community Bank branch. There is no purchase necessary and a full disclosure is available at your local Community Bank or online at www.communitybanknet.com.

About thiscolumn Small Business Happenings covers Northeast Oregon's small-business community. The column carries news about business events, staitupsand owners and employees who earn awards and recognition or make significant gains in their careers. There is no charge for inclusion in the column, which is editorial in nature and is not ad space or a marketing tool. Products and services will be discussed only in general terms. Email items to biz@lagrandeobserver.com or call them in to 541-963-3161. Baker County residents can submit items to news@bakercityherald.com or call them in to 541-523-3673.

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Marijuana is on its way to legalization in Oregon, but what changes are in store? For businesses, their drug policy may see a change on the horizon. For the business owners who perform random drug tests, their policies may or may not be changing. Depending on the industry, an impaired employee can be a danger to his or her coworkers. Bronson Lumber, for instance, has a zero tolerance policy for any drugs, including marijuana, and random drugtests are performed on a monthly basis, said employee Wyatt Williams. "The owner was tested last month,"Williams said."This job requires heavy lifting, forklift operation — any kind of drug will inhibit their safety." Williams said as far as he knows, there's never been a problem with employees taking drugs of any kind. However, if an employeewere to testpositive, they would be fired immediately, he said. "The situation hasn't arisen, yet undoubtedly it will," he said. Additionally, he said medical marijuana cardholders wouldn't be able to handle the strenuous activity required of the position. Dan Stark, the president of the Union County Economic Development Corporation, said the pos-

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sible changes in drug policies for local businesses is a new concept that he hasn't heard a lot about. "This is new to all of us," Stark said."I wouldn't know. I don't know how legislation shakes out the relationship with imarijuanal use and hiring restrictions. I can't answer that." Brent Cadwell, who also works at Bronson Lumber but is also in the National Guard, said he has a double whammy with the National Guard testing for drugs once a month. "I don't partake," Cadwell said. oYou can't come to work drunk, why would you come stoned? You'd kill somebody." Cadwell said in the National Guard, if you're caught"doing anything" then you're out. If someonecarried a me dicalmarijuana card and tried to get into the Guard, they wouldn't be able to enlist, he said. Smokehouse Restaurant owners Jack and Tammy Chess are a

bit more lax in their drug policy. oWe don't drug test new hires," Tammy Chess said.oWe don't do random tests." However, Jack Chess said, if the employee is calling in sick all the time or their behavior is affectingtheirjob performance, that's when a drug test would be administered. "If they're smoking over the weekend, and not just before their shift, it just depends on the circumstance," Tammy Chess said. "As long asitdoesn'taffecttheir job, just like alcohol, then we'll see how it goes." In the past, the owners have threatened to administer drug tests to employees who the Chessesbelieved were acting oddly. Usually the employee quit beforetaking the testto avoid the "humiliation" of testing positive, the Chesses said. Jack Chess said the drug tests do break down the substances the employee tested positive for. They are able to see whether they have marijuana in their system, just as easily as if they have methamphetamine. Jack and Tammy Chess both said, though, if an employee tests positiv eform arijuana thatdoesnot necessarily mean they will be fired. Contact Cherise Kaechele at 541-786-4234 or ckaechele C lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Cherise on TwitterC'IgoKaechele.

uccess in 2015 will be determined by how effectively the leader of any organization executes against their plan. At the end of the year, the only question that will matter is oWere the goals achieved?" Most owners, CEOs and top executives I know are already overwhelmed with daily work, despite the fact that most started the year with goals, a plan and the intentto startmo ving forward. Yet, the day-to-day management of the business, what I call firefighting, has already taken the initiative away from some owners who should be focusing on more strategic items. So, here we are, not even four weeks into the new year, and already the agreed upon priorit iesofthe business are being pushed to the back burner. What can be done about this? How can the initiative tofocuson the strategicbe regained? The answer starts with a question, perhaps the most important question of the year: What are your real priorities? Many years ago, an executive I had worked for at two companies shared advice that I thought was useful. He told me that the priority of his work each day was first, clients; second, ownership; third, fellow employees; and last,businesspartners,includingvendors and strategic alliances. This is easy to accept and execute if you happen to be working in the same office every day, and your workload is steady. But this was also in the days prior to the advent of email. Emails iand texts) no longer allow a person to set the priorities of their day. Work is now being controlled by someone else who sends a request for information or demands time in a meeting. Instead of having some sort ofhierarchy of requests, anyone can iand frequently SeeKeller / Page 2B

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market too high? Are interest ratesgoing up orgoing to stay down? Where is the best place to put my money? These are all questions I hear on a regular basis. There is no simple answer. An excellent startingplaceifyou are investing for growth is by taking a look at what is currently doing well and perhaps more importantly, what isn't doing so well. Begin by looking at different components of the markets. The major market indexes are made of companies in different industries. The nine major sectors or industries are consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, materials, technology and utilities. Accordingto arecentarticle in The Economist,"The key to stock market success is avoiding

INVEST-IVISION MARCY HAINES the worst sectors." They point out that"global energy stocks were down 8.7 percent on the year

ithrough Dec.2,2014l,lagging nearly31 percentage points behind returns in the best-performing sector of the year, health care." That seems like an awfully large difference. Interestingly enough, the difference is fairly mild by historical standards. In 2013, the difference between the bestperforming sector and the worst was 39 percent. The Economist has a hypothetical investor, named Felicity Foresight. According to their research, Felicity would have earned a return of 66 percent sincethe startof2007,had she simplysteered clearoftheworst-

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performing sector each year. The MSCI World index over the same periodreturned 32 percent,less than half the return. The examples continue with one of the most dramatic being in the late 1990s, during the dotcom bubble. At this time, the value of equity markets grew exponentially, with the technology-dominated Nasdaq index rising from under 1,000 to 5,000 between 1995 and 2000. After the bubble burst, technology stocks became one of the worst performers. The gap between the best and worst performers was over 100 percentage points — quite a difference.

How to follow sectors You can rely on economics. Back to The Economist article, "Get your economic calls right and thesectorstend to select themselves." For example, defensivesectors such ashealth care and consumer staples — things

people buy in good and bad times — have beenthe bestperformers sincethe startof2007. If your economic skills need brushing up, you can simply start paying attention to your favorite financial website or financial periodical. M osthave asection on sectors. Google Finance, for example, includes a sector summary on the front page. Be aware of what is trending up and trending down. Another idea is to pick a few companies in various sectors and chart or watch their prices overperiods oftime ,say the 200day moving average. If the prices dropbelow the moving average,it may indicate an extended decline of that company and sector. Stay tuned for more info on the bestperforming sectorsin 2015. I will be commenting on them throughout the year. With knowledge comes confidence; having sectors on your investment radar can beavery valuabletool.

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Roger Nipp, left, and Dale Case pose for a photo at their "Pies for Peace" booth at the Forest Grove Farmers Market in Forest Grove last year. Founded by fourWashington County women, the Pies for Peace project began in 2003 as way to make a tangible — even if small — difference in the Middle East.

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dredsofpiesand about$40,000 later, Pies for Peace is ending its long-running bake sale fundraiser for Mercy Corps. Foundedby fourW ashington County women, the Pies for Peace project began in 2003 as way to make a tangible — even if small — difference in the Middle East. "It's been 12 years, and most of us are elderly folks, pushing 70, and we have these health issues," said founder Lark Brandt, 69, as she listed off the hand pains, knee surgeries and bad backs among the members. cwe're just too old. It just happens.

by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. After a few long, ranting photo calls, they decided they needed to do something positive with their energy. Brandt had some experience with

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salesas partofan efforttosaveWashington County's Imbrie Farm from demolition. iin the end, McMenamins bought the area and turned it into Cornelius Pass Roadhouse.) Coming off that success, Brandt suggested making pies. Woodford suggested giving to Mercy Corps. Monteleone, whose husband was the assistant pastor at Forest Grove's United Church So wedecided that itwastim etogive of Christ, suggested baking in the it upbeforewe forgottoputthesugar church's commercial kitchen. in a rhubarb pie again or something." Pies for Peace was born. "I think wejust feltreallycommitted Pies for Peace was the brainchild of founding members Brandt, Carol Wood- to the concept," said Woodfonf.''What ford, Patricia Keeney and Kim Montecanyou do when the world seems to be leone. The women, who had memories determined to be at war most of the time? from the Vietnam War, were distressed What small thingcanyou do? Weweren't

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changing the world, but at least we felt like we were doing whatwe could." When the Forest Grove Farmers Market began, it became the group's preferredselling spot.From about 9 a.m.tonoon on Wednesdays, volunteerswould bake piesto sellatthe market later that afternoon. They'd make between 25 and 30 pies per market, and often sold out. cwe cannot thank Forest Grove enough," Brandt said."They are a wonderful lotand greatpieeaters." Both Mercy Corps and Pies for Peace would love for a new volunteer, or group of volunteers, to continue making pies. Brandt is willing to share recipes and tips with anyone who wants to continue the project. She's also considering creating a cookbookofpie recipesthatcould be published as a Mercy Corps fundraiser and also as a blueprint for anyone looking to hold a bake sale.

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

LATCH Baker County's breastfeeding support group. Meets every 2nd (It 4th Thursday of the month 11 a.m. —Noon St. Luke's EOMA, 3950 17th St. 541-523-3681

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 err o r s . However mistakes d o s l i p thr o u g h .

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PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-partum. 541-786-9755 SETTLER'S PARK ACTIVITIES 1st (It 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 Exercise Class;

9:30AM (FREE) VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3048 MONTHLY MEETING 2nd Thurs. of the month Post (It Auxiliary meet at

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110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETING LIST WALLOWA COUNTY ENTERPRISE 113 1/2 E Main St. PH: 541-398-1327 Sunday's 10am-noon. Wednesday (women only) 11 a.m.— noon

WALLOWA 606 W Hwy 82 PH: 541-263-0208 Sunday 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m. AA MEETING: Survior Group. Mon., Wed. (It Thurs. 12:05 pm-1:05 pm. Presbytenan Church, 1995 4th St. (4th (It Court Sts.) Baker City. Open, No smoking.

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We are seeklimitation, specification enthusiastic individuals BAKER COUNTY conference room NEED TO TALKto an or discrimination as to to be Direct Support ing motivated person Museum Manager 401 NE 1st St, Suite B AA member one on race, religion, color, Professionals available for full time, M-F, with PH: 541-426-4004 one? Call our sex, age o r n a t ional t o w or k d ay , s w i n g additional information benefits. If you enloy Baker County is acceptMonday 10am — 11am ongin or any intent to and a n ap p l i c at ion 24 HOUR HOTLINE w orking w i t h n u m and graveyards shifts. ing applications for a 541-624-5117 make any such limitabers, this is the Iob for $ 10.25/hr a n d u p . f orm by co ntac t p art-tim e M use u m AL-ANON MEETING oi visit G eorge M urdock at t ion, specification o r Must be able to work M anager t hro u g h you! Send your in Elgin. www.ore onaadistnct29 discrimination, unless murdockcattle resume and wage ref lexible hours; be at January 30, 2015. 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Wednesday at 6:00 PM Attention Getter . TRICT 5J is currently smooth and e f f icient Community of Chnst Ask howyou can get accepting applications OREGON TRAIL operation of our ComAVON - Ea rn extra in- m unity H ealth C e n2428 Madison St. your ad to stand out for an assistant tennis ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE come with a new calike this! Baker City coach at Baker High ters. This position proreer! Sell from home, 541-523-5851 S chool. Fo r a c o m vides direct and i ndiw ork, o n l i ne . $ 1 5 rect oversight of day p lete d e s cription o f 140 Yard, Garage AL-ANON startup. For informat he p o s i t io n g o t o Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative to day operations of Concerned about Sales-Baker Co. t io n , c a I I: t he o r g anization a s www.baker.k12.or.us someone else's 877-751-0285 (PNDC) or contact the employ- (OTEC) with headquarters in Baker well as responsibility ESTATE SALE. drinking? ment division . Yo u for financial performSat.1/24 ONLY. 8a-6p Sat., 9 a.m. i m mediate BEEKEEPER HIRING in ance. The COO also may al s o c a II City, Oregon, has a n 1505 Valley Ave. Northeast OR 541-524-2261 or email baker city . Requires provides leadership in Moving, downsizing, Compassion Center, fOr M ana g e r Of nnemec©baker.k12.or. OPening good driving r e cord mentonng and develT.V/s, SanteFe Enter1250 Hughes Ln. us oping d i rect r e p o rts and travel . Call ICeith tainment Ctr w/matching Communications and G overnment Baker City a nd employees in a end/coffee tables (It CD at 541-519-8222 (541)523-3431 manner with emphasis rack, kitchen, gadgets, AffairS in itS Baker City OffiCe. ThiS on the importance of ew Direclions' pictures, etc AL-ANON-HELP FOR orthwest Inc teamwork, collaborasalaried position requires superior families (It fnends of altion and upholding the CUSTODIAN NEEDED 5 c oho l i c s . 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R espond b y health, life and disabilleave and Wallowa Counties 1/23/201 5. e xperience in m e di a w o r k a n d F/T positions include: ity insurances. 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r For additional informaExcellent Benefits pnnt paper BAKER COUNTY government relations. K n o wledge DR. MARTINEZ D.M.D tion, contact Colleen Package, Free Health Cancer Support Group 3. Log in wherever you Our office is creating a 8t Life Ins., Vacation, Hazel, HR Generalist are at and enloy Meets 3rd Thursday of and experience with rural electric new position for a CerSick, Retirement 8t a t 5 0 9.764.6105 o r every month at tified Dental Assistant chazel©mlchc.org. Educational Training St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM COOPeratiVeS iS Preferred. POSition C.D.A. with EF DA and V isit o u r w e b s i t e : www.newdirectionsnw.org Contact: 541-523-4242 radiology. 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Just call ier expenence and be t ient, p h y s i c ian , o r Thursday night, Freeeach additional line. able to pass a back- Ray, DireCtOr Of Human ReSOurCeS us today to place your clinic for approval of dom G roup, 6-7pm. Callfor more info: a d and get r e ady t o ground check. Please medically necessary 541-963-3161. Faith Lutheran Church, at dray@otecc.com Or (541) 524pick up application at s tart c o u n t in g y o u r resources. $15.00+hr 12th (It Gekeler, LG. Must have a minimum of the Oregon Trail Gift DOE. Send Resume to cash. The Observer 541541-605-01 50 2832. This position will remain open 10Yard Sale ad's to Shop located i n side PO Box 605, Union OR 963-3161 or Baker City pnnt the map. the NHOTIC, Wed 97883. Closing Date: NARACOTICS until filled. Hera Id 541-523-3673. Sun; 9am — 3pm January 30, 2015. ANONYMOUS Goin' Straight Group 160 - Lost & Found 380-Service Directory M t ct , Tues. — Thurs. Mon. — LOST: Border Collie mix, Fn. 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AA MEETING: Powder River Group Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM 180 - Personals Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM MEET S I NGLES right Grove St. Apts. now! No paid operaCorner of Grove (It D Sts. tors, Iust real people Baker City, Open l ike y o u . Bro ws e Nonsmoking greetings, e x change Wheel Chair Accessible m essages and c o nn ect live. Try it f r e e . UNION COUNTY CaII n ow : AA Meeting 877-955-5505. (PNDC) Info. 541-663-41 1 2 PREGNANT? CONSIDERING AD OPTION? Call us first. Living exp enses , h ous i n g , ppp Less ons medical, and c o ntinginning1IRRI15 u ed s u pport a f t e r Oyw()m wards. Choose adopt ive fa mily o f y o u r c h o i c e. C a I I 24/7. 855-970-21 06 (P NDC)

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m e I et s t a Ik . J o We offer clean, attractive Senior Living 1 512 sq.ft. home i n 541-523-0596 two b e droom a part- Pinehurst Apartments Union with large Iiving ments located in quiet 1502 21st St. Mallard Heights room and den. Large and wel l m a i ntained La Grande 870 N 15th Ave y ard a n d ga rd e n 710 - Rooms for settings. Income r eElgin, OR 97827 area with water nghts, Rent strictions apply. A ttractive one and tw o quiet neighborhood. •The Elms, 2920 Elm bedroom units. Rent Now accepting applica$875/month rental fee NOTICE S t., Baker City. C u r- based on income. Intions f o r fed e r a l ly with first, last, $ 5 00 All real estate advertised re n t ly a v a i I a b I e come restrictions apf unded h o using f o r cleaning deposit, and h ere-in is s u blect t o 2-bdrm a p a rtments. ply. Now accepting apt hos e t hat a re pet deposit required. the Federal Fair Houssixty-two years of age Most utilities paid. On plications. Call Lone at No Smoking. Please ing Act, which makes site laundry f a cilities (541 ) 963-9292. or older, and h andicaII 541-620-8845. it illegal to a dvertise and playground. Accapped or disabled of any preference, limitacepts HUD vouchers. This institute is an equal any age. 1 and 2 bed- LARGE 2 BDRM, 1 ba, tions or discnmination in Cove $700mo. NE Call M ic h e l l e at opportunity provider. room units w it h r e nt based on race, color, TDD 1-800-735-2900 Prope rt y M gt . (541)523-5908. b ased o n i nco m e religion, sex, handicap, when available. 541-91 0-0354 f amilial status or n a-

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' $285,000 LOCATED IN KEATING AREA .12 X 20 storage with roll BEAUTIFUL COVE 3-bdrm, 2 b ath. 2000 307 20th Street up door, $70 mth, $60 OREGON This remcdplus sq. ft. Oversized I!t deposit 541-910-3696 eled home has 1888 attached garage, barn COVE APARTMENTS I!t storage buildings. All sq. ft. with 4-bd. and 1906 Cove Avenue on 3 i r rigated acres. , lba. Newer F/G/A fur$950/mo plus dep. nace, vinyl windows, UNITS AVAILABLE 2-bdrm, 1 bath. Gas wiring, plumbing and NOW! • 8 J heat I!t garage. $525/mo roof . FS- gas stove, Molly Ragsdale APPLY today to qualify Property bamboo flooring in the Management for subsidized rents at dining room and living Call: 541-519-8444 + Security Fenced these quiet and room. Twc lots for sale, centrally located SUNFIRE REAL Estate + Coded Entry home is located cn1.23 multifamily housing LLC. has Houses, Du- + Lighted for your protection ac. And the second properties. plexes I!t Apartments building lct is 2.10 ac. + 6 different size urits for rent. Call Cheryl City water and sewer 1, 2 8r 3 bedroom Guzman fo r l i s t ings, + Lots of RV storage stubbed tc the lct line. units with rent based 541-523-7727. 14051442 on income when 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City Century 21 ava ila ble. off Pbcahontas TAKING APPLICATIONS Eagle Cap Realty, for a small 2-bdrm, 541-9634511. Prolect phone ¹: 1 bath in Haines. (541)963-3785 Electnc heat, appliances 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. TTY: 1(800)735-2900 included,W/D hook ups, $25 d e p . ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdiva fenced yard. $600/mo + (541 ) 910-3696. deposits I!t cleaning fee sion, Cove, OR. City: 541-519-5494 or Sewer/VVater available. A PLUS RENTALS 541-856-3756 for app. Regular price: 1 acre has storage units m/I $69,900-$74,900. SENIOR AND 752 - Houses for availabie. We also provide property DISABLED HOUSING 5x12 $30 per mo. Rent Union Co. management. C h eck Clover Glen 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. out our rental link on Apartments, 2 BDM m o b i le h o m e 8x10 $30 per mo. our w ebs i t e 2212 Cove Avenue, small, located in trailer 'plus deposit' www.ranchnhome.co La Grande park in U n i on. R e nt 1433 Madison Ave., m or c aII Clean I!t well appointed 1 $475.00 w/s/g paid. or 402 Elm St. La Ranch-N-Home Realty, I!t 2 bedroom units in a No cleaning deposit reGrande. In c 541-963-5450. quiet location. Housing quired. 541-562-5411 Ca II 541-910-3696 for those of 62 years o r older, as w ell a s 2BD, 1BA house for rent I I in La Grande. Please t hose d i s a b le d or American West call owner, Available h andicapped of a n y Storage 880 - Commercial age. Rent based on innow! 541-328-6258 7 days/24 houraccess come. HUD vouchers Property 541-523-4564 accepted. Please call 3 BDRM, 2 bath in LG. 2 COMPETITIVE BEST CORNER location RATES car garage, large yard, 541-963-0906 for lease on A dams $ 1000 pe r m o , n o Behind Armory on East TDD 1-800-735-2900 Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. and H Streets. Baker City pets. 541-963-4174. Lg. pnvate parking. ReThis institute is an equal 5BD, 2BA, 2 bed main m odel or us e a s i s . CLASSIC STORAGE opportuni ty provider 541-805-91 23 floor I!t 3 down. $785 541-524-1534 479-283-6372 2805 L Street NEW FACILITY!! AVAIL. E A RLY Fe b . Vanety of Sizes Available Tell someone H a p py Cute 2 bd large fenced Secunty Access Entry Birthday in our classified yard. $625/mo. section today! RV Storage One Of the n i C- 541-963-51 25

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD —7B 1001 - Baker County Legal Notices M ormon B a si n a n d Clarks Creek Roads, 25 miles southeast of Baker City, Oregon. The legal description of the prolect area is as follows: T. 13 S. R. 42 E., Sections 2, 3,

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ton, Oregon, 97005 Baker City, OR 97814 within four months aft er the d at e o f f i r s t You are being sued by publication of this noWESTconsin Credit tice, as stated below, Union in Small Claims Court. A h earing will or such claims may be barred. A l l p e r sons be held at the Du n n whose rights may be County Judicial Cenaffected by th e p roter, 615 Stokke Parkway, Menomonie, Wl ceedings in this estate may obtain additional 54751 on February 4, i nformation from t h e 2015 at 9i90 a.m. or records of the Court, thereafter. the personal representative or the attorney If you do not appear, a for the personal repreI udgment may b e sentative. given to the person suing you. A copy of the Dated and first p ubclaim has been mailed lished January 7, 2015. to you at the address C. THOMAS DAVIS above. Personal LegaI No. 00039568 Representative 12220 SW First Street Published: January 21, Beaverton, OR 97005 2015

5-30; T. 12 S. R. 42 E., Sections 28-33, 35; T. 12 S. R. 41 E., Sections 22-28, 35, 36; T. $1.50. 13 S. R. 41 E., SecTouch Tone Service: tions 1, 2, 12; and T. Touch Tone service is 13 S. R. 43 E., Secprovided as a part of tions 16, 19, 30. The local service rate. purpose of the prolect Toll Blocking: A v a il- is to reduce hazardous able at n o c h a r ge; fuels, r e s tore p l a nt Emergency 911 Servc ommunities and i m ices: S u rcharges for prove wildlife habitat 911 services are asdiversity . T he EA sessed according to document is available government policy. f or inspection at t h e Low-income i ndividuB aker F i el d O f f i c e , als may be eligible for 3100 H Street, Baker PETITION FOR Federal and State LifeCity, O r e g o n and C. THOMAS DAVIS ADMINISTRATION OF line telephone assiswww.blm. ov or disAttorney for Personal INTESTATE ESTATE t~ t I . T b d Representative tance programs that AND APPOINTMENT include discounts from in final decision mak- 12220 SW First Street OF CO-PERSONAL the above basic and loing, written comments Beaverton, OR 97005 REPRESENTATIVES cal service charges. must be postmarked IN THE MATTER OF Basic services are ofby February 20, 2015, Legal No. 00039527 THE ESTATE OF fered to all consumers a nd a d d ressed t o : Published: January 7, 14, THOMAS G. in the O regon TeleField Manager, Bureau 21, 2015 VAUGHAN, phone C o r p o r at ion of Land Management, Deceased. s ervice t e r ritories a t P.O. Box 947, Baker OREGON TELEPHONE State of Oregon the rates, terms and City, OR 97814 or sent Corporation is an equal County of Baker conditions specified in by email to : opportunity p r ovider Clicult Couit the Company's tariffs. BLM OR BIC Mail©bl and employer.lf you In Probate If you have any quesm.clov. Please include w ish t o f i l e a Ci v i l Case No. 15-026 "Comments on M o rt ions r e g a rding t h e Rights Program DisCompany's services, m on Basin / P e d r o crimination Complaint NOTICE TO please c a l l us at Mountain Fuels ManForm, found online at INTERESTED PERSONS (541)932-4411 or (800) a gement Prolect" i n http://www.ascr.usda. 848-7969, or visit our the sublect line of your gov/complaint filbusiness o f f i c e in email. If you have any ing cust.html or at any NOTICE I S H E REBY GIVEN that the underMount Vernon. questions, please conUSDA office, or call signed has been aptact Enc Ott, Forester (866) 632-9992 to repointed personal repLegaI No. 00039735 or Lori W o od, F i eld q uest the form. Y o u r esentative. Al l p e r Published: January 21, M anager, a t (5 4 1 ) may also write a letter sons h aving c l a i ms 2015 523-1256. containing all of the in-

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices THENCE, NORTH 27' E AST, 1 8 4 FE E T ; THENCE, SOUTH 60' E AST, 3 5 0 FE E T , MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTIO N 25; T HENCE, N O R T H 89'49' WEST ALONG SAID SECTION LINE, 390 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF B E G INNING. Commonly known as: 50181 HIGHWAY 203, B AICER CITY, O R 97814 Both the bene-

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices s on, including if t h e 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 th 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 Bene-

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices DATED: DECEMBER 24, 2014 J. Glenn Null OSB ¹040961 Attorney for Petitioner

P.O. Box 4771602 Sixth Street La Grande, OR 97850 (541) 963-5259 (541) 963-2500 (fax) Date of First Publication:

December 29 2014 a ry's Agent, o r t h e Beneficiary's Attorney. Published: December 31, 2014 a nd Ja nuary 7, ficiary and the trustee If you have previously 14,21, 2015 b een d is c h a r g e d h ave elected to s e l l through bankruptcy, the said real property you may have been re- Legal No.00039467 to satisfy the o b ligaRear Dining/ICitchen, tions secured by said leased of personal liIN THE CIRCUIT ability for this loan in large pantry, double trust deed and notice COURT OF THE fndge/freezer. Mid living has bee n r e c o rded which case this letter STATE OF OREGON is intended to exercise p ursuant t o S e c t i o n room w/fireplace and FOR THE COUNTY surround sound. Awning 86.752(3) of Oregon t he n o t e hol d e r ' s OF UNION Revised Statutes The nghts against the real 16', water 100 gal, tanks I n the M a t t e r o f t h e property only. As redefault for which the 50/50/50, 2 new PowerGuardianship of: quired by law, you are BROOKLYNN house 2100 generators. foreclosure is made is Blue Book Value 50IC!! t he g r a ntors : T H E hereby notified that a MICHELLE LATHROP, PROPERTY CEASED negative credit report Respondent. 541-519-1488 reflecting o n y our No. 14-09-8506 TO BE THE PRINCITHE SALE of RVs not credit record may be NOTICE OF PETITION PAL RESIDENCE OF beanng an Oregon inTHE BOR ROWE R(S) submitted to a c r edit TO signia of compliance is F OR A REA S O N r eport agency if y o u APPOINT GUARDIANS illegal: call B u i lding OTHER THAN DEATH fail to fulfill the terms Codes (503) 373-1257. AND THE PROPERTY of your credit obliga- TO: MYCHAEL CRAIG IS NOT THE PRINCI- tions. Without limiting CLACK PRESIDENT GOLF Cart. PAL RESIDENCE OF t he t r u s t e e ' s d is - NOTICE IS H E REBY Good cond. Repriced claimer of representaAT L E A S T ONE GIVEN that on S epat $2999. Contact Lisa OTHER BORROWER tions o r w a r r a nties, tember 26, 2014, a pe(541 ) 963-21 61 AND, AS A RESULT, Oregon law r e quires tition was filed for the ALL SUMS DUE UNthe trustee to state in a ppointment o f J e f f this notice that some 970 - Autos For Sale DER THE NOTE HAVE Lathrop an d N a n cy residential p r o p erty BECOME DUE AND Lathrop as the guardisold at a trustee's sale PAYABLE. This default 2014 TRAILS West 2 ans of Brooklynn Mican be resolved if at may have been used horse slant trailer. Like chelle Lathrop, ma nu f a c t u r i n g a minor child. The petinew used for t i mes. l east on e b o r r ow e r i n methamphetamines, takes possession of $7,400. 208-859-1 862. tioners are the materthe chemical compothe property as his or nal grandparents of DONATE YOUR CAR, h er p r i n c i pa l r e s i - n ents o f w h i c h a r e the respondent. Jonel TRUCIC OR BOAT TO dence. In order to cure k nown t o b e t o x i c . IC. Ricker, against the estate are HE R ITAG E FOR THE Prospective purchasthe default in this manformation requested in Attorney at Law, required t o p r e s e nt ner you must contact ers of residential propBLIND. Free 3 Day VaLegaI No. 00039741 the form. S end your ENVIRONMENTAL PO Box 3230, them, with v o uchers cation, Tax Deductible, Published: January 21, Quality, th e c u r rent erty should be aware completed complaint ASSESSMENT La Grande, OR 97850, attached, to the Free Towing, All Pa- ORVOOO-2009-004-EA. trustee, w hose c o nof this potential danger 2015 form or letter to us by 5 41-963-4901, is t h e undersigned Personal perwork Taken Care b efore d e c i d ing t o tact information is set mail at U .S. DepartUNITED STATES attorney for the Representative at p lace a b i d f o r t h i s Of. C A L L DEPARTMENT OF THE f orth herein. By t h i s ment of A g r iculture, ESTATE: Petitioners. S ilven, S c h m e it s 5 1-800-401-4106 reason of said default property at th e t r us- Oblections must be filed Director, Office of AdINTERIOR, BUREAU OF Mary Ellen Rick Vaughan, Attorneys at tee's sale. QUALITY (PNDC) the beneficiary has deLAND MANAGEMENT. Iudication, 1400 Indein th e g u a r d ianship P.O. Box 965, MAY B E C O NSID- proceeding i n t he clared all obligations p endence A v e n u e , Law, The Baker City Field OfNotice to Interested Baker City, O r egon, ERED A DEBT COLsecured by said deed S.W., W a s h i n g t o n, fice of the Bureau of Persons (No. 141004) above court on or be97814, within four (4) of trust i m m e diately LECTOR ATTEMPTD.C. 20250-9410, by Land Management has fore months after the date due and payable, said ING TO COLLECT A 30 days from the date of fax (202) 690-7442 or released the Mormon I n the Circuit Court of of first publication of DEBT AND ANY INsums being the followBasin / Pedro Mounthe State of O r egon email at p r o gram.in- t his notice, or t he first publication speciF ORMATION O B - fied hereafter. Written ing, to wit: The sum of take©usda.gov tain Fuels M a n age- f or t h e C o u nt y o f claims may be barred. $80,950.43 together T AINED W I L L B E oblections m a y be ment Prolect EnvironBaker, Probate DepartA ll p e rsons w h o s e with interest thereon U SED FO R T H A T made by mailing or demental A s s essment ment. In the Matter of Legal No. 00039734 nghts may be affected P URPOSE. TS N o : Iivering the oblection at the rate of 2.6520 (EA) on January 21, the Estate of M a r y Published: January 21, by th e p r o c eedings OR-14-637572-NH p er annum; plus a l l 2015 2 015, fo r p u b lic r e Ellen Rick, Deceased. 1001 - Baker County to Circuit Court for Unmay obtain additional Dated: 12/1 0/14 Qualtrustee's fees, forecloview. The EA analyzes Notice is hereby given i on County, 1 008 IC Legal Notices i nformation from t h e s ure costs an d a n y ity Loan Service Corthe effects of reducing that C. Thomas Davis STATE OF Avenue, La G rande, records of the court, poration of Washingsums advanced by the BASIC SERVICE WISCONSIN fuels an d r e s t o r ing has been appointed as OR 97850. the Personal Repreton, as Trustee Signa- NOTICE: If you wish to beneficiary pursuant to Annual Ad CIRCUIT COURT h abitat o f app r o x i - the personal represensentative, or the attorture By: Nina Hernanthe terms of said deed mately 15,289 acres tative of the above esDUNN COUNTY r eceive copies of f uneys for the Personal of trust. Whereof, nodez, Assistant SecreOregon Telephone Corw ithi n t he Clar k s tate. All persons havture filings in this case, Representative. t ice hereby i s g i v e n tary Trustee's Mailing poration is a q u a l ity Creek and Dixie Creek PUBLISHED NOTICE ing claims against the you must inform the Dated and first p ubAddress: Quality Loan that Quality Loan Servtelecommunications W atersheds . T he estate are required to Iudge and the persons l ished J a nuary 2 1 , Service Corp. of Washi ce C o r p o ratio n o f services provider that p lanning area is a p p resent them t o t h e Case No. 14 SC 777 named as petitioner in 2015. W ashington, the u n i ngton C/ 0 Qu a l i t y this notice. You must provides basic and enp roximately 3 m i l e s undersigned personal dersigned trustee will Loan Service Corporahanced services at reawest of Rye Valley enrepresentative in care Defendant inform the ludge by filCo-Personal tion 411 Ivy Street San o n 4/24/2015 at t h e s onable rates w i t h i n c ompassing p u b l i c of the undersigned ating a request for noRepresentatives: Diego, CA 92101 Trus- tice and paying any aph our of 1 : 0 0 P M its s e rv ice t e r r i t ory. lands on Pedro Mountorney at: 12220 SW Alexandria L. Ganong P. William Vaughan t ee's P h y s ical A d Standard of Time, as Basic services are oft ain an d a l o n g t h e First Street, B eaver2801 Jackson Street 24252 Hwy 245 plicable fee. The reestablished by section d ress: Quality L o a n quest for notice must Hereford, OR 97837 Service Corp. of Wash187.110, Oregon Rebe in wnting, must i ngton 10 8 1 s t A v e v ised Statutes, at A t c learly i n dicate t h a t by Stella Wilder Michael J. Vaughan t he front door of t he South, Suite 202, Seatyou wish to receive fu24254 Hwy 245 Daniel Chaplin Buildt Ie, WA 9 8 1 04 To II ture filings in the proTHURSDAY,JANUARY22, 20)5 PISCES(Feb. 19-March 20) - - You haven't VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You must Hereford, OR 97837 Free: (866) 925-0241 ing, 1001 4th Street, c eedings, and m u s t YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder received a notice that you've beenwaiting for, consider what it will do to your schedule if P1125220 1/7, 1/14, La Grande, OR 97850 contain your name, adAttorney for Estate Born today, you like to live large, like so perhaps, but you can still move ahead with you accept a last-minute —and wholly unexC ounty o f U N I O N , 1/21, 01/28/201 5 dress, and telephone Floyd C. Vaughan State of Oregon, sell many Aquarius natives, and you will do your your plans as ifyou had. pected — invitation. Can you juggle your number. You must noOSB ¹784167 at public auction to the Published: January 7, 14, best to experience the world in all its glory. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - A cautious timef t ify t he p ers o n s P.O. Box 965 highest bidder for cash You neverfear any encounter, whether it approach to the unknown is required. Don't LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - Today should 21,and 28,2015 named as petitioner by 1950 Third Street the interest in the said mailing a copy of the seems like it will be good or bad. You are make the mistake of thinking mere experi- prove a luckyday, though youknowas well as Baker City, OR 97814 descnbed real property Legal No. 00039464 request to the attorney keenly interested in many things that set you ence givesyou all you need. anyone that mere luck only has so much to do (541) 523-4444 which the grantor had for the petitioners. UnYou're used apart, and in the pursuit ofthose interests you TAURUS(Aprll 20-May20) with your success. or had power to conIN THE CIRCUIT less you t ake t h e se LegaI No. 00039725 vey at the time of exeCOURT FOR THE are likely to define yourself as one who is to seeing things in a certain light, but today SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Youmay steps, you will receive Published: January 21, c ution by him o f t h e STATE OF OREGON willing to do what is needed to maximize the view may be quite different, indeed. feel as though someone is trying to keep you no further copies of 28, February 4, 2015 s aid trust d e ed , t o FOR THE COUNTY the filings in the case. bothexperiences and rewards in life.Never Friends help you sort things out. from something that you feel is yours by gether with any interOF UNION NOTICE: READ 1010 - Union Co. one to shy awayfrom danger nor one to shirk GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — There are rights - but something else is going on. est which the grantor CAREFULLY! responsibilities, you will exposeyourselfto all changes on the horizon, but nothing concrete SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - An Legal Notices or his successors in in- In The Matter of Adpo- You must "appear" in this manner of opportunities as you travel just yet. Your job, then, is to prepare for what issuethathasbeen brewingslowly maycome terest acquired after tion(s) of: TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF case or the other side through the years. Though you may expose comes asbestyou can. to a boil today, requiring you to put certain the execution of said SALE T . S . N o .: will win automatically. trust deed, to satisfy JUSTICE ANN OR-14-637572-NH Oryoursel fto certain dangersnow andthen,you CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You may other things on hold while you deal with it. To "appear" you must the foregoing obliga- NEUPAUER, dei No.: file with the court a legal have a way of escaping relatively unharmed want to economize more than usual when it CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You tions thereby secured 1401 87700-0 R-M SO paper called a "motion" and makingthem ostoftheexperience. comes to communication and your choice of may not hear from someoneall day long until and the costs and ex- Minor Child. Reference is made to or "answer." The "moFRIDAY, JANUARY23 words as you convey key messages. you are needed to step in at the last minute penses of sale, includt hat c e r t a i n deed tion" or "answer" must You'll want to and fix what has been broken. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Youmay LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) i ng a reas o n a b l e Case No. 14-12-4498 made by, THOMAS E. be given to the court charge by the trustee. require a little boost of sorts. What goes on have a specific timeline in place -- if not on HARICLEROAD clerk or administrator fEDIIQRS F dt d q u pl » « t n Ry P a « «C behind the scenes is likely to require some paper, then squarely in your mind. Don't let T RUSTEE OF T H E Notice is further given SUMMONS w ithin 30 d ays f r o m COPYRIGHT2tll5 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC THOMAS E. HARICLE- that any person named interpretation and discussion. anyone knock you off track! DISIRIBUIED BYUNIVERSAL UCLICK FORUFS the date of first publilllOWd tSt K » Q t y M Oall0a Mtl25567l4 in section 86.778 of T O: J ESSICA L EE cation specified herein ROAD REVOCABLE Oregon Revised StatMILLS AND JASON TRUST, DATED JULY a long w i t h t h e r e utes has the nght to DANIEL NEUPAUER 6,2001 as Grantor to q uired f i l ing f e e . I t have the foreclosure NORTHWEST TRUSm ust b e i n pr o p e r proceeding dismissed IN THE NAME OF THE TEE SERVICES, INC, form and have proof of and the trust deed reSTATE OF OREGON: as trustee, in favor of service on petitioners' instated by payment to Y ou are h e reby r e BANIC OF AMERICA, attorney or, if the petithe beneficiary of the quired to appear and N.A., A N A T IONAL tioners do not have an defend the Adoption BANICING ASSOC IA- e ntire a m o un t t h e n attorney, proof of serv38 40-cup brewer ACROS S due (other than such of Minor Child — PetiTION, as Beneficiary, ice upon the petition39 Stockholm portion of said princition for Adoption and dated 3/20/2009, reers. If you have any carrier 1 Bivouac A nswer to P r e v i ou s P u z z l e pal as would not then Change of Name filed corded 3/26/2009, in questions, you should 5 "Waterloo" pop 40 Pipe unclogger be due had no default in the above-entitled official records of UNsee an attorney immeB A T T Y F L E C K 43 Throats groUp occurred), t o g e t her cause within thirty (30) ION County, Oregon, d iately. If y o u n e e d 9 I knew it! 4 7 Woo e d SA L A M I E O C E N E with the c o sts, t r usdays from the date of in book / reel / volume help in finding an attor12 "La Traviata" 4 9 QED pa rt tee's and a t t orney's s ervice of t h i s S u m T H I N N E A T O No. fee / file / instruE L ney, you may contact 50 Type of poem highlight fees and c uring any mons upon you (said ment / microfilm / rethe Oregon State Bar's R A E Y R S S A VV 5 1 Smo k e 13 Total o ther d e f ault c o m date being the date of c eptio n n u m be r Lawyer Referral Servdetector output OM N I D RS 14 Congeal S O D A plained of in the Nof irst p u b l i catio n o f 20091062 covenng the ice online at www.ore15 "Faint heart 52 Jane Austen P A S T D U E B O S S Y Summons). If you fail following d e s c r ibed tice of Default by tengonstatebar.org or by novel — won ..." dering th e p e r f ormto appear and defend, A U G J u G real property situated calling (503) 684-3763 16 Brought up 53 Perma ne nt ance required under the Petitioner will api n said C o u nt y a n d (in the Portland metroY I E L D P U D G I E R 18 Halter cousin marker the obligation or trust ply to the court for the S tate, t o - w it : A P N : politan area) or toll-free 54 Cosm etics (2 wds.) A B L Y D IS Y O D A deed, at any time pnor relief demanded in the 14536 elsewhere in Oregon 20 Furry brand R E F J A N D I T to five days before the Petition. 0654125C-600-0-2502 at (800) 452-7636. tree-dweller 55 History date last set for sale. D A H A I Ku D I C E BEG INNING AT A 21 Oxygen source NOTICE TO POINT ON THE EAST For Sale Information DATE OF FIRST DOWN S M E A R S G I A N T S 22 Chips go-with Call: 714-573-1965 or RESPONDENT: READ PUBLICATION: January RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 23 Humb le S A S S Y H I D E S Login to: ww w . pnoriTHESE PAPERS OF H IG HWAY 203 14, 2015. 1 Pessimist's 26 Deprive of typosting.com. In conCAREFULLY! 1 -22-15 C ~32015 U FS, Dist. by Univ. Uclick fo r U F S WHICH IS SOUTH worcI confidence 89'49' EAST 426 FEET struing this notice, the Published: January 14, 2 Zone 30 Boastful knight masculine gender in- You must "appear" in F ROM THE COMER 21,28, 2015 and 31 Stiff 3 Bearing 11 TV's Hawkeye 7 Sci. class cludes th e f e m i n ine this case or the other COMMON TO SECFebruary 4, 2015 board 4 Goose-down 8 Darth Vade r's 17 Deal with it side will win automatiT IONS 2 5 , 2 6 , 3 5 a nd the n e uter, t h e 32 Give alms items real name 19 Cravat singular includes plucally. To "appear" you LegaI No. 00039657 AND 36, TOWNSHIP 33 "Sweet" girl of 5 Shady nook 9 — Khan 22 Forensic ral, the word "grantor" must file with the 6 SOUTH, RANGE 41 6 Dinner-table song 10 Comm and to science tool includes any succesCourt a legal paper EAST, OF THE WILfaux pas 36 Carefree Fido 23 Rap-sheet s or in interest to t h e called a "Motion" or LAMETTE MERIDIAN, letters "Answer." The "Mograntor as well as any UNION CO U N TY, 24 Terrible 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 other persons owing tion" or "Answer" OREGON; THENCE, 25 Yes, to must be given to the SOUTH 89'49' EAST, an obligation, the perRob Roy 12 13 14 formance of which is Court Clerk or Admin125 FEET; THENCE, 26 Not waste istrator within thirty N ORTH 27 ' E A S T, secured by said trust 27 Talk to a be at 15 16 17 deed, the words "trus(30) days along with 184 FEET; THENCE, 28 Limo the required filing fee. NORTH 60' WEST, 46 tee" and "beneficiary" passenger 18 19 20 It must be in proper F EET, M O R E O R include their respec29 Ben 8 J e rry form and have proof LESS, TO THE EAST tive successors in inrival 21 22 and service on the PeRIG HT-OF-WAY LINE terest, if any. Pursuant 31 Abby's sister titioner's lawyer or, if OF SAID HIGHWAY; t o Oregon Law, t h is 34 Moon goddess 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 sale w i l l not be the Petitioner does not THENCE, S O U TH35 Wry deemed final until the have a lawyer, proof of ERLY ALONG SAID 36 Holbrook or 30 31 EAST RIGHT OF WAY T rustee's d ee d h a s service on the PetiRoach tioner. 37 Dreaming, L INE, 2 4 4 FE E T , been issued by Quality 33 34 35 36 37 Loan Service CorporaMORE OR LESS, TO maybe tion of Washington. If If you have any ques39 Frothy THE POINT OF7 BE38 39 tions, you should see a 4 0 Lem o n G INNING. A L S O , there are any irregulanties discovered within lawyer immediately. If 4 1 Took t h e COMMENCING ON 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 10 days of the date of you need help in findtrolley THE SOUTH LINE OF ing a lawyer, you may 42 Revival shout SAID SECTION 25 AT this sale, that the trus47 48 49 t ee w il l r e s cind t h e call the Oregon State 43 Polite chap A POINT WHICH IS Bar's Lawyer Referral 44 Funny 8 9'49' E A ST , 5 5 1 sale, return the buy50 51 52 Service at Bombeck F EET F ROM T H E er's money and take further action as nec(503) 684-3763 or toll45 Berets CORNER COMMON essary. If the sale is free in Oregon at 53 54 55 4 6 MD's A S A P TO SAID SECTION 25, set aside for any rea48 Dove's cry (800) 452-7636 26, 3 5 AN D 36;

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Swinging parents undermine values taught to their kids

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DEARABBY: A short time ago, I discovthat people should stand to allow others to ered my parents are "swingers."I had picked get by? I don't want to step on toes or spill up my mother's phone to take a picture and drinkson anyone. What should Idoin these an incoming text caught my attention. When situations? I read it and investigated further I learned — SQUEEZED OUT INHOUSTON the truth. DEAR SQUEEZED OUT: Emily Post I don't mind what they do with their mar- doeshave a ruleregarding crossing in front ofpeoplein theaters and atsporting events. riage, and I respect their choices. However, According to her, you should say, "Excuse my siblings and I were raised in a strict me" or "Pardon me" on your Christian home. My parents taught us the opposite of way to your seat and "pass DEAR with your back to those what they are doing. Now I feel they are hypocrites. ABB Y alre a dy seated." iPersonally, I would rather that someone How can they tell me to face my navel than my posteact a certain way when they don't practice what they preach? I'm not sure rior at eye level, but I didn't write the rule.) ifI should talk to them aboutit or drop this entirely. Help. DEARABBY: I came out of the closet — DISILLUSIONED DAUGHTER when my son was 4.IthoughtI had taught DEAR DAUGHTER: What exactly do you him nottojudge because ofa label.H e'snow mean when you"investigated further"? Ifit 80, with a wife and two adorable children means you searched the historyin your moth- who own my heart. er's phone, you crossed the same line children When my granddaughter was born, my do when they search through the drawers and partner and I were at the hospital and have closetsofa parent'sbedroom lookingforthings visited with them often and they with us. that ate none of their business. However, after my grandson was born last Before labeling your parents as hypoyear, my son quitspeaking to me. crites, pleaseremember thatthey raised I haveasked him numerous times what you with basic values that are shared by the issue is. His response is: "I have to protect the majority of people. If they have "strayed my children from people who are gay. I don't from the path," it's their choice — and it want them to know anyone who is gay."His m ay have happened afterthey taught you wifeand her family are very religious,and I your good Christian values. feel this is the real reason. What can I do? I think you should talk to your mother — HEARTBROEEN GAY GRANNY DEAR HEARTBROKEN: If your son is aboutwhat you did and what you found.If under the mistaken impression that he is you do, she may have a few more lessons to impart. going to somehow "protect" his children by isolating them from gay people, he must be DEARABBY: My husband and I are avid living in an alternate reality. Does he also sports fans and have season tickets to several plan to emigrate to the moon? I suspect you have put your finger sporting events. Our seats are in the middle squarely on the reason why your son is now of a row. Before we go to our seats, we check to see which way has fewer people seated so ostracizing you. His wife appears to wield the power in that family, and could benefit we disturb the fewest possible. We also try by learning more about homosexuality and to leave our seats only during halftime or her religion, which I assume preaches love between innings and always apologize for and tolerance for one's fellow man rather disturbing anyone. However, I am bothered that we areforced than judgment and exclusion. You can't force your son and his wife to to climb over certain individuals who don't have contact with you if they don't want to. stand up to let us by. Sometimes Ifeel I'm Leave open the possibility that they may, almost bumping into the folks in the row over time, reconcile their love for you with ahead of us. Is there a rule of etiquette that states their faith.

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WASHINGTON — For the as California experiencing record heat. third time in a decade, the globesizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA calculated that in 2014 the world had itshottestyearin 135 years ofrecord-keeping.Earlier,the Japanese weather agency R ecord M u c h Coo l e r Near War m e r Mu c h Rec o r d and anindependentgroup c oldest cooler than than av e r ag e t h a n war m e r waimest average average average than average out of University of California Berkeley also measured Temperature anomalies Difference of global average temperature 2014 asthe hotteston record. from the 20th-century average NOAA said 2014 averaged Warmer +1' than averag 58.24 degrees Fahrenheit, +0. 1.24 degrees above the 20th1880 1900 1920 0 century average. 1940 196 1980 2000 But NASA, which calcu-0.5 lates temperatures slightly differently ,put2014'saverSource: NOAA Graphic: TNS agetemperature at58.42 human activities are at fault degrees Fahrenheit i14.68 aspectofrecord high temperaare now gone with the wind." degrees Celsius) which is tures" in 2014, said Tom Karl, 1.22 degrees i0.68 degrees Texas A&M University didirector of NOAA's National Celsius) above the average of mate scientistAndrew Dessler Climatic Data Center. Nine of the 10 hottest years the years 1951-1980. and other expertssaid thelatEarth broke NOAA est statistics should end claims in NOAA global records have records set in 2010 and 2005. by non-scientists that wannoccurred since 2000. The odds The last time the Earth set ing has stopped. It didn't, as of this happening at random an annual NOAA record for dimate denial sites still touted are about 650 million to 1, acdaims that the world has not cording to University of South cold was in 1911. NOAA also said last month wanned in 18 years. Carolina statistician John 2014's heat was driven by was the hottest December on Grego. Two other statisticians record. Six months in 2014 record warmth in the world's confirmed his calculations. Climate scientists say one set marks for heat. The last oceans that didn't just break time Earth set a monthly cold oldmarks:Itshattered of the most significant parts record was in December 1916. them. Record warmth spread of 2014' srecord isthatithap'The globe is wanner now acrossfareastern Russia,the pened during a year where than it has been in the last western part of the U.S. inte- there was no El Nino weather 100 years and more likelyin at rior South America, much of oscillation. During an El Nino, when a specific area of the least 5,000 years," said climate Europe, northern Africa and scientist Jennifer Francis parts of Australia. One of the central Pacific warms unusually and influences weather of Rutgers University, who few cooler spots was in the wasn't partofeitherresearch central and eastern U.S. worldwide, global tempera"Every continent had some tures tend to spike. team."Any wisps of doubt that

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