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SIX YEARS LATER:Since the 2008Woodburnbankbombing, Doug Turnidge, brother and uncle to those on death row for the incident, has found a number of holes in the case

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Doug Turnidge flips through one of several binders full of information regarding the 2008Woodburn bank bombing investgation. Doug's brother, Bruce, and nephew, Joshua, are on Oregon's death row in the case, but Doug has a number of concerns surrounding their convictions.

Twist of fate Less than two years before the Woodburn bank bombing, Bruce Turnidge returned to the area he and his brothers grew up in, near where the Santiam and Williamette rivers converge.

Bruce Turnidge and his son, Joshua, are now on death row for their involvement in the deadly bombing.

Doug Turnidge, Bruce's brother, said Bruce returned to establish his biodiesel business after working in Nevada.

"It was kind of a dream because we had always talked about what if we could go back," Doug sald.

Doug recalled summers andholidays on the land where they grew up, just miles away from where his brother was arrested.

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Doug Turnidge believes in the death penalty, even with a brother and nephew on Oregon's death row.

He isn't convinced, however, that his brother had anything to do with a Woodburn bank explosion in 2008.

W hen Doug Turrndge fi rstheard from his daughter that the FBI was investigating his nephew, Joshua, he didn't know what to think.

Turrndge admits Josh was once the black sheep of the family with a troubled history.

"I thought, That's strange,' not knowing that for six years our lives would be completely altered," Doug Turmdge says."But it never dawned on me Bruce would have ever been pinned for something like this.

"I have believed from Day 1 Bruce wouldn't have ever have had anything to do with building a device or anything like that," Turrndge says.

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By Dick Mason The search for Eastern Oregon University's next president is gaining momentum.

Eastern is seeking a successor for interim president Jay Kenton, who will step down on July 1, after one year. Kenton was appointed interim president for one year in 2014 to fill a void cre-

ated when Bob Davies resigned to take aposition aspresident of Murray State University in Kentucky. Davies served as EOU's president for five years.

"I amvery pleased to report that we are on track, making great progress and have a strong poolof35 candidates and expect to see that number increase," said David Nelson of Pendleton,

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chair of Eastern's presidential search committee, in a recent lettertoEastern'sfaculty,stafF and alumni."Something I believe is a wonderful comment on Eastern itself."

Eastern is conducting its presidential search with the assistance of Witt/Keiffer, an executive search firm with 17 offices across the United States.

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The SALEM — Facingthe Inde p endent biggest crisis ofhis decades P a rty of l ong political career, Gov. Oreg o n John Kitzhaber finds himself l ast month increasingly rece i ved isolated. enough Few of members to I E Kitzhaber's felbecome the low Democrats newest major are sticking up party in the Kitzhaber for him as he country, confronts a bar- joining rage of criticism, calls for his Oregon's resignation and, potentially, a Republican recall petition. and After simmering for Democratic months, influence-peddling parties that allegations boiled over on receive Kitzhaber last week, when state-funded an editorial by The Oregoprimaries. nian newspaper calling for Page 8A his resignation shined a national spotlight on the controversy. On Friday, another newspaper, the Yamhill Valley News-Register in SeeKitzhaber / Page5A

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All applications are being sent to Witt/Keiffer, which is processing and later sending them to the search committee. Applicants for Eastern's presidential position are still being accepted and no deadline has been set.

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A grievance has been filed against the Cove School Board and the school district's administrators.

The grievance, which chargesthat the schoolboard violatedtheteachers'contract when handling a parent complaintagainst a teacher, was filed in late January by the Cove Education Association, which is the Cove School District's teachers union.

The grievance states that the schoolboard violated the teachers' collectivebargaining agreement at a Dec. 18 board meeting. The board met with a parent in executivesession atthe me etingto discussacomplaint against a Cove School District teacher.

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TODAY Today is Monday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2015. There are 325 days left in the year.

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Following a hiring process thatinvolvedboaTd members, administrators, teachers and classified s~ La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glazewill Tecommend Carol Byron for the special education duector, Suzy Mayes for the Central Elementary School principal and RyanWestenskow as the Greenwood Elementary School principal.

The recommendationsare expected atthe upcoming school board meeting Wednesday, with each of new administratorsexpected to offi cially start their new jobs on July 1.

'They aTe joining a strong group of administrators and together we will continue to provide the students of La Grande School District an outstanding education," Glaze said.

Bymn has served as a special education teacher in Eastern Oregon for 31 years— thelast12forthe La Grande School District and for the Union Baker ESD for 11years prior to that. For the 2014-15 school year, she has served as interim special education duector. Mayes has served as a substitute principal at Central Elementary School since October. For five years priorto thatsheservedas an alternative education teacher and principal for the Intermountain ESD, and served 13 years workingin Eastern Oregon as a teacher.

Westenskow, a La Grande native, has served as assistant principal in CottageGrove.Priorto that he was a social studies and math teacher, earning teacher of the year awards.

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT On Feb. 9,1964,The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," broadcast from NewYork by CBS.

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ON THIS DATE In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Virginia.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected provisional president of the Confederate States of America at a congress held in Montgomery, Alabama.

In 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. In1960,Adolph Coors Co. chairmanAdolph Coors III, 44, was shot to death in suburban Denver during a botched kidnapping attempt.

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A large fir fell across Highway 82 at Lake Street on the south end of Joseph. The city of Joseph got the brunt of the storm. Power was knocked out throughout most of the city Friday, and for some, not restored until Saturday, one resident said.

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ENTERPRISE — A freak mid-winter wind storm ripped through the Wallowa Valley Thursday night and Friday morning leaving extensive damage to homes and trees in its wake.

Joseph Weather reported a high wind speed Friday morning of 69 miles per hour, buttherewere reportsof gustsup to 85 and 100 miles per hour.

A large fir fell at the entrance to the village of Wallowa Lake, falling across the Wallowa Lake Highway into the corner edge of the Wallowa Lodge property.

The city of Joseph got the brunt of the storm. Power was knocked out throughout most of the city on Friday and,for some, notrestored until Saturday, one resident sald.

Sheriff Steve Rogers said where power lines were down on city streets and Highway 82,deputies stood by to keep drivers from crossing them.

A power pole was down across Lake at Pine Street and atree thatfellacross Highway 82 at Lake Street took power and phone lines down with it.

Two fires were reported earlyFriday morning. A fluefi re reported around midnight was extinguished by the homeowner, and Tom Clevenger of the Joseph Fire Department said another call came inaround 3 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the house was full of smoke and power lines down on a chain link fence.

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A large fir fell across theWallowa Lake Highway at the entrance to the entrance toWallowa Lake.

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page. aWe waited until Pacific Power arrived to turn off the power before firefighters entered the house," Clevenger sald.

He said nothing caught fire and believed that electricity may have arced in the roof and at the fence, causing smoke, but no other damage was reported to the home just a block from where the fir fell across the highway.

Windows were blown out at the Joseph School. Bits

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A house on Enterprise's River Street had a large fir fall across it. of metal roofing were found on the grounds. One panel folded around a handrail, and bleachers were blown over on the football field.

At the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo Grounds, panels of sheetmetalwere ripped off

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LOCAL BRIEFING From stag reports

M issing boy found safein north county A missing 13-year-old boy was found safe after the group he was shed hunting with Sunday afternoon reported him missing.

The boy, who was not named by authorities, was reported missing mid-afternoon Sunday, said Union County SherifFs Capt. Craig Ward.

Union County Search and Rescue was fully activated with a command center set up on Bowman Loop north of Elgin and a communications team back at the sherifFs office.

Ward said Sunday while the boy was missing that the boy did not have a known medical condition but was not equipped to be out overnight.

The boy was found around 6:10p.m.,severalhours after law enforcement had been

tests of the sanitary sewer system, weather permitting, on Thursday. Smoke will be used to help locate damaged pipeand other locations where clear water is entering the city's sanitary sewers. For more information, contact the City of La Grande Public Works Department at 541962-1325.

Enhanced patrols plannedthis m onth

The Union County SherifFs Office, law enforcement partnersstatewide and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges drivers to properly use safety restraints, adhereto speed laws and not use cellphones while driving. The sherifFs office will have enhanced patrols beginning today through Fed. 22 to encourage adherence to these important called. safety laws, and ask citizens to help keep roads safer.

Island City's council The sherifFs office also has meetstonight information regarding child ISLAND CITY — The safetyseatlaws and is availIsland City City Council will ableto inspectsafety seatsfor meet at 7 p.m. tonight at proper fit. Call the sherifFs Island City's city hall. The offic e at541-963-1017 and city's water project will be one ask for Shari with questions subject discussed. or toschedule achild safety seatinspecti on.

La Grande to test sewer system

The City of La Grande will be conducting leakage

Free workshops to focuson contracting PENDLETON — The

OregonGovernment Contract Assistance Program is hosting a series of free workshops across Eastern Oregon to educate private landowners about contracting with federal public land agencies. Every year, public land agencies spend millions of dollars purchasing goods and services from the private sector. GCAP workshops will focus on who these agencies are, what they do and how they work with small businesses.

The first workshop is set forApril13 at72510 Coyote Road in Pendleton. Additional sessions will be held April 1417 in Baker City, Vale, Burns and John Day. All workshops will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For registration information, contact Sue LaCroix with

GCAP at 541-786-7344.

Beautification program seeks donations As part of the ongoing beautification and revitalization effort, La Grande Main Street Downtown provides flower baskets to adorn poles throughout the downtown area. Flowers will be in place from June through Labor Day. Last year, thanks to generous community donations, the organization was ableto purchase, hang and care for 30 baskets.

The current program,

funded entirely through private contributions, costs about $5,000 to implement.

LGMSD is seeking donations from local businesses and individuals to support this year's program. For more information, contact LGMSD at director@lagrandemainstreet.org.

Public invited to

submitquestions The Fish and Wildlife Commission has selected three finalists for the ODFW's director position: Edward Bowles, Fish Division administrator, ODFW; Curtis Melcher, interim director, ODFW; and Krystyna Wolniakowski, formerdirector,W estern Partnership OIIIce, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

The public is invited to attend or submit questions for a Q&A event to take place from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at ODFW Headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive S.E. in Salem. Questions for the candidates may be submitted in person from 9 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. at ODFW Headquarters on Thursday; mailed to ODFW Director's Office, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive S.E., Salem, 97302-1142, by Wednesday; or emailed to odfw.commission@state.or.us no later than 3 p.m. Wednesday. A repre-

sentative sampling of the questions will be selected by the Department ofAdministrative Services. Background information about the final candidates is available on the ODFW website at http J/ www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/ directorrecruitment.asp.

Valentine's Day art, musiccamp planned A Valentine art and music camp at the Art Center at the Old Library will run from 6 p.m.to9 p.m .Saturday,for kids in preschool through fifth grade. Parents can have a date night while the kids enjoy music and art enrichment. Activities include pizza, cookiedecorating,musi c instrument playing, dancing, singing and an art project.

Cost is $15 per child. Register at emersonmusicarts.com or 541-605-0425.

Maridell Youth Club

offers 2-for-1 skating The Maridell Youth Club ishaving a"2 fortheprice of 1" Skate Date fundraiser on Valentine's Day, Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m. The Maridell Youth Club is a nonprofit that promotes leadership, teamwork and job training opportunitiesforkidsages 13-19.The

costofskatingw illbe $7for quads or $8 for Inhnes. The

Youth Club members will sell Valentine cupcakes and rosesaspartofthefundraising event, which will be held at The Maridell Center, 1124 Washington Ave., La Grande.

For more information, call 541-963-2023.

Baker police chief: Ban marijuana BAKER CITY — Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner recommends the City Council ban commercial marijuana businesses, even though passing such an ordinance could put the city at risk of a lawsuit.

Councilors will consider Lohner's proposal when they meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

'The choice we need to make is whether or not that potential risk of a lawsuit isgreaterthan theoverall safety risk that allowing commercial marijuana operations in our city clearly has," Lohner wrote in a report to the City Council.

The situation regarding the city's ability to restrict marijuana stores has become m ore complicated since last spring, when the Baker City Council joined officials in many other Oregon cities in banning medical marijuana dispensaries.

All of those bans expire May 1.

OIIITUARIES Linda Darlene Good(Lyons) Haines 1948-201 5 Linda Darlene Good

iLyonsl, 66, of Haines, died Feb. 2. A family memorial service will be held later this summer.

Linda was born on Aug. 27, 1948, in Pasco, Washington, to John Lyons and Irene iSmithl Lyons. Linda and her family moved to Weston, where she attended Weston Grade School and graduated from Weston High School. She later attended Blue Mountain Community College and Eastern Oregon University.

After raising her two children, Linda continued

her education sons, Michael Good of La in psychology Grande and Randy Good and successfully of Salem; brother, Wayne completed her iShellyl Lyons of Baker City; master's degree and sister, Carlotta Piete of from Walla Haines.

Good Wal l a UniverShe was preceded in death sity. She worked by her parents, John and for the Department of VeterIrene Lyons; son, Brian Good; ans Affairs in Walla Walla, and brother-in-law, Mike Washington. She then moved Piete.

Online condolences to the to work for the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. family may be made at www.

Linda enjoyed her time lovelandfuneralchapel.com. playing softball, volleyball, biking, practicing yoga and meditation, going to yard sales, watching movies and Union reading.She also loved to 1948-201 5 pick huckleberries with her family and friends. Each Susan Kay Peterson, 66, of Union died Jan. 29 at her year, she enjoyed knitting slippersfor everyone at home. A gathering to celChristmas. ebrate her life will be held at Linda is survived by her herfavorite place,the Oregon

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coast, later this spring.

Susan was born Sept.

15, 1948, in Baker City to Vernon Wellington and Lenora Thorton. Throughout her life, Susan lived in Milton-Freewater; Portland; Metaline, Washington; Spokane, Washington; and Union.

She graduated from Union High School and later attendedSpokane Community College.

Susan worked as the office manager for Dr. Fuchs, Dr. Hanks and Dr. Mckeown. Susan had a love for painting, antiques, animals iespecially shelter animals), the ocean, camping, the mountains, Betty Boop and cooking.

Susan always made others smile and had a great sense ofhumor.

Susan is survived by son,

Vincent Barton; mother, Lenora Rainsberry; sisters, Beverly Gray and husband, Brian, Pamela Pedro, Janice Keller and husband, Richard, and April Leithner and husband, John; brother, Chuck Wellington; three grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; nine nieces and nephews; and numerous grand nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Vernon Wellington; stepfather, Allan Rainsberry; and infant son, Brandon.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Blue Mountain Humane Association in care of Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Accident: Nobody was injured in a traffic accident on H Avenue late Friday night.

Arrested: Joma Ceasar, 22, unknown address, was arrested Saturday on charges of second-degree disorderly conduct, first-degree attempted criminal mischief and attempted reckless burning.

Arrested: Chat Jose Delgado, 34, Lewiston, Idaho, was arrested Saturday on charges of first-degree burglary and second-degree theft.

Arrested: Bryanna Richelle Eickstaedt,29, unknown address, was arrested Sunday on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear in court on a charge of unlawful entry into a motor vehicle.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Bryan Alexander McDonald,34, unknown address, was arrested bythe Coos County

Sheriff's Office Saturday on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear in court. It was connected to original charges of attempting to elude police, reckless driving and giving false information to a police officer.

Cited: Candace Louise Johnson, 18, La Grande, was served a juvenile court citation Saturday for an alleged probation violation.

Arrested: Abel Carlos Mendoza,34, unknown address, was arrested Sunday on charges of second-degree disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Robbery: A robbery was reported in Cove on Jasper Street Saturday night.

Arrested: Douglas Charles Haggard,36, unknown address, was arrested Sunday on charges of second-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal trespassing. Haggard was also arrested on charges of unauthorized use of a motor

vehicle and second-degree criminal trespassing.

Arrested: Amanda K. Tallent,32, unknown address, was arrested Sunday by the Sherman County Sheriff's Office on a Union County statewide misdemeanor warrant charging failure to appear in court on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, meth.

OREGON STATE POLICE Arrested: Mathew Ray Hylton, 19, unknown address, was arrested by Oregon State PoliceLa Grande Friday on a Union County Northwest States Felony Warrant that charged a probation violation. The alleged probation violation was connected to origi-

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE Ambulance crews responded to seven calls for medical assistance on Friday, seven on Saturday and five on Sunday.

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Suzie Peterson was an awesome woman, I will never forget all the times we shared,the fun we had and most importantly laughing together, Like the time we spent making the pond in her backyard or the time we shared building her deck, Suzie's most important quality that I respect her for the most was always being real and telling it like it is, she never pulled any punches or held back from anyone, Rest in peace Suzie, you will be missed by more than just me and my family, we will always love you, Until we meet again in ( heaven may God bless your ~/ soul, Love always Nick Rohrman

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North Powder Callie E. Taylor, 87, of North Powder, died Friday at a local care facility. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Helen JaJIice Warnock La Grande Helen Janice Warnock, 83, of LaGrande died Saturday at a local care facility. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling arrangements.

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Arrested: Christina Coronado, 29, was arrested on a Union County warrant Sunday charging failure to appear in court. This was connected to an original charges of driving while suspended-misdemeanor.

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Gov. John Kitzhaber has been in the news even more than usual oflate, and not in a good way. New revelations continue to emerge about the role ofhis fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, in the governor's administration and the connections between her consulting work and state energy policy.

Last week, Kitzhaber faced questions about a fellowship with the Washington, D.C.-based Clean Economy Development Center that paid Hayes a total of $118,000 during Kitzhaber's last term, while she wasserving as an unpaid energy adviser to the governor. The Oregonian also has reported that Hayes may not have paid income tax on that money, according to tax forms she provided to the newspaper.

Then, new reports surfaced that one of Kitzhaber's 2010 campaignadvisershelped line up the funding for that fellowship aker the governor was elected, and shortly thereafter joined the administration.

A secondcampaign adviserhelped getHayes a job with Rural Development Initiatives, working with the nonprofit to raise funds for a clean energy project — work that required the governor's support. That adviser also now works in Kitzhaber's administration.

All this, combined with earlier revelations that Hayes may have used her unoKcial title as first lady of Oregon to advance her consulting career in the clean energy field while advising the governor on energy policy, has convinced The Oregonian's editorial board to call for Kitzhaber's resignation. While a time may come when the governor must step down, that time is not yet.

The too-cozy relationships between clean-energy advocates, Hayes and the governor's oKce are certainly cause for concern. They may have violated ethics laws, although it certainly doesn't appear that anything Hayes or her various employers did caused Kitzhaber to change his views on clean energy issues; he has been a champion of those causes since long before he met Hayes.

At the very least, the mess raises questions about Kitzhaber's judgment regarding Hayes and the appearanceofconflicts ofinterest.

What's important here is to let the formal investigations already under way run their course. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is investigating Hayes' role in the governor's administration.

Willamette Week last month cited sources saying the FBI had begun an investigation, although the agency has not confirmed that. On Thursday, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said the allegations involving Kitzhaber and Hayes were"very seriousand troubling," and said her oKce was looking into launching its own investigation.

If it turns out Kitzhaber knowingly violated ethics laws, he should resign. But until that is determined, he is still the elected governor of the state, and he has a job to do, too.

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Bruce Turnidge addresses the court in 2011. Bruce and Joshua Turnidge were sentenced to death in a Marion County courtroom for a deadly 2008Woodburn bank bombing.

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a hearing for Josh will take place or when they will hear back on the January hearing.

Continued from Page1A Real People isa weekly story When asked what is next, Doug says, highlighting the people that make "Prayer. Literally.

Bruce, now 63, was arrested after this area special. If you know "I'm at my wit's end to be honest with Josh, 38, on Dec. 14, 2008, two days after someone whoshouldbe featured, Oregon State Police bomb technician you," he says. email acutler@lagrandeobserver.

Doug and his brothers grew up in the and senior trooper William Hakim and com. church. The Oregonian reported in 2008 Woodburn Police Capt. Tom Tennant were killed in the bank explosion.

'You take a little piece and track it that the Turrndge family helped found Salem Academy Christian Schools.

Woodburn Police Chief Scott Russell down," he said."Then you add it up."

The problem is, the pieces don't add Doug andhiswife,Linda,havebeen and a bank employee were injured. Josh and Bruce have since been convicted involved locally with Grande Ronde up, at least not in the way the prosecution has said they do, Doug Turrndge and sentenced to death in the incident, Academy, a private Christian school in with prosecutors saying they built the La Grande, and work with youth camps, says. cWe got done, and there are more explosive. cookingmeals forlarge groups.

Both Bruce and Josh Turnidge have questions than when we were totally Linda Turrndge said the couple have maintained their innocence since their ignorant," he says. prayedforthe truth toberevealed since arrests.

Doug has major concerns over how the beginning of the case. Though they don't believe that has happened in the Doug Turnidge, after poring over the incident was investigated and how documents and trial transcripts, won't the device was handled in the first place. legal realm thus far, they have handed refer to what blew up Dec. 12, 2008, as Hakim, the bomb tech who died in the theirfearsover to God. cWecould become really bitter, but we a bomb.No evidence ofa receiverora explosion, took the suspicious device detonator was ever found, he says. inside the West Coast Bank before it know God is in control," she said.

"It was a device," Turnidge says. exploded. A video shown during the trial SincetheWoodburn bank bombing, That is just one piece of a number of shows Hakim banging on the device Doug Turnidge hasn't slept like he used concerns Turmdge has regarding the case. with a hammer, Doug says. to.

"For six years, I wake up two or three Immediately following the arrest He also has questions about evidence of Josh and Bruce Turnidge, Doug left out during trial — the tracphone hours every night," he says."It doesn't Turnidge, who lives in La Grande, was used to call the bank, for instance, was go away." largely left in the dark as to the particu- used throughout the night after the As Doug continues to look for a way to larsofthecase.Hewasn'table tovisit explosion. bring the whole story to light, he carries ''Why wasn't the jury given that infor- with him a concern raised by Bruce that his brother for more than a year and was barred from attending the trial in mation?a Doug Turrndge asks. reflects the cynicism that has grown on late 2010. A year later, he obtained trial Turnidge also points to missteps dur- family members through the years.

"He says it can happen to anyone," he transcripts. About a year after that, he ing the investigation and trial, many of obtaineddiscovery from the case. which are being raised — or have been sald.

Turrndge says he has read through raised — before the Oregon Supreme discovery three times at this point. Each Court. The court last month heard an Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or time, he finds something new to look appeal from Bruce's attorneys. Doug kducote0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow into.

Turrndge says they aren't yet sure when Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

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KITZHABER Continued from Page1A McMinnville, followed suit, saying Kitzhaber has "ardently resisted coming straight." ''Whileyou have enjoyed many successes, your onceadmirable legacy has become soiled by your refusal to recognize and rectify wrong turns," the newspaper's editorial team wrote in a letter to Kitzhaber.

UnlikeThe Oregonian, which endorsed Kitzhaber's re-elect ion bid lastyear,the McMinnville paper had endorsed Kitzhaber's Republican rival, Dennis Richardson.

A series of newspaper reportssince October have revealed that Kitzhaber's fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, did paid consulting work for organizations with an interest in Oregon public policy. During the same period, she worked as an unpaid adviser in the governor's office on some of the same issues. Kitzhaber has said repeatedlythat he and Hayes took care to avoid conflicts, and the state

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Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber answers questions during a news conference last month. ethics commission will decide whether conflict-of-interest laws were broken.

Kitzhaber's troubles overshadowed the first week of the legislative session as Democrats moved aggressivelyto advance some of their top priorities, including a measure to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that Kitzhaber and Hayes strongly support.

In response to questions about the growing contro-

versy surrounding Kitzhaber, legislative leaders demurred.

"This session is off to a productivestart,"House Speaker Tina Kotek, DPortland, said in a statement.

"As the Oregon Government Ethics Commission does its job, we must remain focused on our job as legislators, which is to serve Oregonians by advancing policies that improve people's lives and strengthen our state."

Senate President Peter

Courtney, D-Salem, offered his compassion, but he also said he's focused on his own job. Spokespeople for Courtney and Kotek declined to say whether the leaders believed Kitzhaber could effectively govern after The Oregonian editorial said he could not do so.

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat, called the allegations "very serious" and "troubling" and said she's exploring her legal options. A spokesman for Secretary of State Kate Brown, also a Democrat, declined to make her available for an interview.

Kitzhaber did getpraise from oneformer rival,former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, a Democrat who lost to Kitzhaber in the 2010 primary for governor. Bradbury told The Associated Press that the controversy has been"really quite overblown."

"He'sgoing tobe ableto m ove forward effectively,and it's just going to take a while to get over these humps," Bradbury said."He's a hell of a good governor, and he's going to continue to perform."

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Should a president not Continued ~om Page1A be named before July 1, Eastern's institutional EOU's search committee board will be responsible will later evaluate the appli- for final approval of hiring, cations and narrow them to Nelson said. a list of semifinalists, which This transition timeline will be interviewed by is giving the search comsearch committee members. mittee incentive to have a The finalists will visit new president named by Eastern and meet with fac- late spring. cWewant to have our ulty, staf, students and the community. The search business wrapped up before committee will later recom- July 1" said Nelson who mend a finalist to Cathy will be a member of Eastern's institutional board.

Dyck, chancellor of the Oregon University System.

The names of the Dyck will then submit a candidates have not been recommendation to the released to the search State Board of Higher Edu- committee, but Nelson is cation. The state board will confident that the field of then vote on the chancelapplicants will be strong. lor's recommendation.

He said that people want This scenario will unfold to cometoa schoollike only if the search commitEasternbecause itisa tee has its top candidate regional university located selected before July 1. On in an area highly rated for that date the State Board its livability.

"Many people are drawn of Higher Education ceases to exist. The State Board of to this," Nelson said.

Higher Education will be dissolved and all OUS inContact Dick Mason at 541-786-5386 or dmason C stitutions will be governed by their own institutional lagrandeobserver.com. boards. Eastern's instituFollow Dick on Twitter tionalboard takes control C IgoMason.

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first meet with the teacher they have an issue with is Continued ~om Page1A the best policy to follow.

"In my experience, 99 Executive sessions are not percent of the time this works," Neil said. open to the public.

The board met with the The superintendent said parent even though the the board and the district's individual had not first administrators are working hard to address the discussed their complaint with the teacher or school concerns expressed in the district administrators, said grievance.

'The board and adminisEric Gustavson, president of the Cove Education Astration have taken correcsociation. tive actions to remedy the The board's Dec. 18 action areasofconcern,"N eilsaid. violates the teachers' collecOne of the steps being tive bargaining agreement, taken is arranging to have which states that the board an Oregon School Boards will not discuss a complaint Association trainer conduct about a teacher unless the a workshop with the school proper procedure has been board and administrators. taken, Gustavson said.

The session was set to be "Our whole purpose in conducted this week but had filing the grievance is to get to be rescheduled. The new the complaint procedure date will be announced later to be followed," Gustavson in The Observer. The session said."Thecontract states will be open to the public. that if there is a complaint, The OSBA trainer will proper channels have to be talk about the roles and refollowed before it gets to sponsibilities of the board. the schoolboard.Itisnot Information on properly thejob ofthe schoolboard handling formal complaints to handle these complaints will also be presented. unless a complaint goes Neil said information unresolved after going provided by the OSBA will through proper channels." be valuable to everyone.

"Itis agood opportunity The teachers' contract states that an individual to educate the board, adwith a complaint about a ministrators, our stafFand teacher first must discuss the entire community on those concerns with the proper protocol," Neil said. teacher. If the situation Gustavsonfeelsgood remains unresolved, the about the steps the school individual must next meet district is taking to address with a school administrator the grievance the Cove and later the superintenEducation Association dentiftheproblem persists. filed. He said that what The issue can go to the school district is doing the school board only if it will help with the healing remainsunresolved aftergo- process.

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Cove School District hopeful that we will soon Superintendent Bruce Neil be ready to move forward," agrees that having a parent Gustavson said.

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Professor shares roots of recent photography work • Sell documented the fictional town of Pressley, Mont., appears at colloquium Thursday

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years ago, Sell began taking his camera around La Grande Michael Sell often starts and capturing what he saw. with fictional ideas as an "It was a very different way inspiration for creating work. of working, for me to not have The associ ate professorof an ideabeforegetting behind media arts/art at Eastern the camera," Sell said."But I Oregon University will share had some color 4x5 film and his newest photographic work I wanted to shoot, so I went for it." documenting the fictional As he started to weed town of Pressley, Montana, for the next colloquium Thursday. through the images, he began Sell will discuss his work to think about the familiar and its conceptual roots. and the unfamiliar, the comHe will also talk about his monplace and the uncommon. recent exhibition in Tallin, He began connecting those Estonia. ideas to the distance he felt Sell's presentation,'The kom his home in Michigan.

"I moved here in 2009, and Homunculus and Pressley, Montana," begins at 4 p.m. in La Grandeisverymuch my Ackerman Hall, Room 210 at home, but I've had to grapple with'letting go' of my other EOU.A reception will follow.

"It dates back to when I was home place, so to speak," Sell much younger," Sell said."I SRld. Thatidea led Sell to thinklovethe ideathatphotography can depict somethingreal ing about the images kom La — the photographed subject Grande and how they'd look — butit can alsorepresent similar to images kom other an idea that is completely places. imaginary. This dichotomy is "So I used the notion of presentin most photography, fictionalizing a new place in whether the artist intends it orderto beableto expand the or not." work — shoot in Pendleton, John Day and so on — and Stuck for ideas a couple of The Observer

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Michael Sell, associate professor of media arts/art at Eastern Oregon University, will share his newest photographic work documenting the fictional town of Pressley, Montana, for the next colloquium Thursday.

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The Grande Ronde Academy held its annual fundraiser Friday and raised 30 percent of its total budget in just a few hours.

The annual Hoop-a-thon fundraiser brings together the students at the academy and the Eastern Oregon University football team to raise money for the children and have fun doing it.

Every student gets to shoot, said Donna Tsiatsos, GRA administrator. The students go out and get pledges, who pay per basket or a flat price, and the students shoot the basketball for five minutes.

The school has held this eventforthelastseven years, she said.Lastyear,itraised

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make a comment on that sense of familiarity, of distance and of the standardization oflives in cities 4ig or small) throughout the U.S.," he said.

The project began in 2013 and is ongoing. The work exhibited overseas was done over several months in early 2014.

The exhibition in Estonia was hugely successful and outrageously well-attended, he said.

'The small gallery district, where the work was exhibited, is very close-knit and fiiendly," Sell said."Everyone was very welcoming and interested in the work. Imagine 40 to 50 European strangers just showing up to hear you talk about your work. What interest could anyone possibly have in this art kom America? But they did, and the show went very well, and I managed to m eet several reallyfascinating artists."

Sell lists his biggest influences as photographers Jeff Wall, Paul Shambroom, RichardAvedon, GarryWinogrand, Martha Rosler and

Mary Kellyand non-photographers Andy Warhol, Christian Boltanski and On Kawara.

Sell's work is also influenced by the Internet, online discussion forums, the news, spam ads and Pandora stations.

Sell hopes to continue the project as long as he can keep getting decent results with color film.

"I develop it myself; and it's sometimes very inconsistent," he said."I wish there were a film lab in town or close by thatcould processlarger ilm — medium and large f format."

Sell said he hopes to leave an impact on viewers ofhis work.

"I want this work to make viewers ask questions," he said"Do I know this place?

Is this something I've seen before? Is it familiar to me?

What makes it significant enough to be in a photograph if it's familiar?

To tune in to the colloquium online, go to https// new.livestream.com/eou/ events/3747597.

EOU student brings classic country sound to 'America's Got Talent' audition • Holly will audition for the talent show on Tuesday in Boise

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The Eastern Oregon University football team helped rebound for the students including Natasha Lane at the Grande Ronde Academy on Friday.

Students gathered pledges who would pay per-shot to raise money for the school.

program to help with the students. He said his play$27,000. ers enjoyed it, and so did the 'The money goes toward students.

'To see the smiles on their operating funds. 30 percent of the money comes kom the faces — our kids like to do fundraiser. We get the other something that's athletic, they 70 percent kom the tuition." can put on the jersey and The EOU football team has they're representing the good come out to help everyyear things that happen in athletsince it began because head ics and football. This is their coach Tim Camp had children chance to lead the campus at the academy, but also beand lead the community," causehe feltthiswasa great Camp said. opportunity for his team.

Tsiatsos said students can "It's really awesome," Camp earn a number of different said.'We do it every year. We prizes during the day. The helped rebounding one year class that makes the most and all of a sudden we kept money will earn hot fudge doing it."

Sundays, the two students Camp said when he got the who make the most baskets head coaching position, he per class get a gift card, the startedbringing some ofhis student who puts in the most team to the reading buddies effort or improves overall get

something too, she said.

'The student who makes the mostbasketsoverallgets lunch with the EOU football team and coaches,"Tsiatsos said.'They really enjoy that."

"It's a big deal for me," Camp said of participating in the event."The Grande Ronde Academy is an awesome place. It helped my boys to become the young men they are today. And (the academy) keeps inviting us back, and we keep accepting it."

Camp said 14 ofhis playersparticipated plusthree coaches.

"It's something we look forward to each year," he said. ''We're so excited they keep inviting us."

A lifelong desire has been reignited for Shane Holly to perform using the instrument he was born withhis voice.

Soon, he will try out for NBC's "America's Holly Got Talent," one of thebiggestreality series currently on television.

The show is in the middle ofcoast-to-coastauditions and will be in Boise, Idaho, at the Taco Bell Arena Tuesday.

Holly's mother Lila Smith clued him in on the opportunity. She and Holly's daughter Kaylee are planning to go with him to the audition.

"Mom is really the one who encouraged me to sign up andmade me think 'maybe I can do this,"' Holly SRld.

Lila said her son's voice sounds a lot like contemporary country singer Josh Turner, even Elvis Presley.

"I really like classic country and enjoy going back to its original roots," Holly said.

The open call auditions for season 10 are with the producers of the show.

If Holly is selected to advance to the second round, he will have the opportunity to perform forthe celebrity judges. Judges for season 9

were Heidi Klum, Howard Stern, Howie Mandel and Mel B. Nick Cannon is the show's host.

Holly knows first-hand how tough the industry can

be.

He has participated in vocalcompetitions before, operated his own karaoke business and even moved to "Music City" for a while to pursue his dream.

"I lived and sang in Nashville for awhile and it's very difficult to break into the market," he said.

In recent years though, he began channeling his creative energy into carpentry and built up a reputation in the Ontario and Caldwell, Idaho, area.

This helped him get a job with facility operations at Eastern Oregon University when he transferred kom Treasure Valley Community College last year.

With the anticipation of a potentially life-changing opportunity ahead, Holly remains grounded in his desireto complete abachelor's degree in business from EOU in the fall.

He is double majoring in leadership, organization and management and marketing. Becoming a medical administrator specializing in geriatric care is his goal.

"I want to represent EOU

and La Grande," he said.

"My professors have been so supporhve, especially Dr. Shari Carpenter. She has been agreat infl uence on me in earning this double concentration."

Carpenter is Holly's adviser and an associate professor ofbusiness.

"Shane is one of the most focusedstudents Ihaveever had," Carpenter said."He is determined to succeed and willing to do the hard work needed. I know he will be successful on whatever path he chooses, be it music or a career in business, he will be all that he is destined to be."

Holly's resilience stems in part from his experience growing up on a cattle ranch in Adrian, a small town in Malheur County.

His ancestors helped found the town in 1913 and the Holly name is still wellknown in the area.

Much like the pioneers who came before him, Holly's spirit has also been

shaped by hardship.

He is a single parent, raising his daughter, now 11, since she was 2.

Holly said he expects to know in April whether or not he will advance to the next phase of the competition.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime shot and I have to take it."

Wonder introduces a sixth love language — sleeping in hat light you see is not the end

T of the tunnel. It's the oncoming train called Valentine's Day. The day makes men's knees knock. Not from overwhelming passion, mind you.

It's kom the pressure of finding the pitch-perfectway to celebrate the holiday that keeps the special woman in their life from becoming a fir e-breathing dragon.

Wonder is no exception. The woman I was engaged to five years ago on Valentine's Day, also Oregon's birthday, loves me unconditionallyaslong asIgreetheratthe door with a big smile, sit and stay on command anddon'tgeton the couch with muddy feet.

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Notso.He isseveral JEFF PETERSEN years younger than the lovebirds, to whom hegave a majorreading not just popcorn. assignment.

Any food I pick up has a tendency The book focused on the five love to jump and find its way onto shirt languages: affirmations, quality konts and furniture. I am making time, gifts, acts of service and physigreateffortsto become neater. cal touch.

At my age, it's important to beIt was major because neither come more fanatical, not less, about W onder nor Iarefastreaders.Iam neatness. It's a time in life, late m ore cont a emplative reader.Orso 50s and older, when it's easy to say, I say when pressed byintellectual ''Who gives a flying antelope?" types.

Wonder and I are not geezers, yet.

Igetsidetracked by bigw ords, We're not grumpy old people. Still, not to mention big concepts. My the biological clock keeps ticking. mind likes to wander more than We got married 3-V2 years ago, naturalist John Muir — and, like after some intensive pre-marital Muir, often finds itself 99 feet up a counseling given by our minister, pine tree, blowing in the wind.

Wonder's cousin, Delbert.

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Even if the best relationship we could afford was a double-wide on a 3/4-acre ranch.

Even so, we are both creative types. It wasn't long into our marriagebeforeWonder introduced a sixth love language — sleeping in. I can't blame her.

Due to our living arrangement, with extremely modest homes 90 miles apart, Monday mornings mean rising at the ungodly hour of 4:30 a.m. Other work days the alarm goesoffat5:30 a.m.

On weekends, naturally,W onder likes to catch up on her beauty sleep, not that she needs to improve in the beauty department.

Delbert, in his counseling, let us

know that each of us specialize in different love languages.

We just need to know what we do best. And what the other person prefers. Of course, if money were no object, and it always is, we'd all like gifts.

Cruise-ship loads ofthem.

But there are other ways to show love.

Being of Scotch heritage, among a patchwork quilt of other heritages, I feel it's quite OK to tiptoe around for a couple hours on a Saturday morning to express my love.

That won't drain an already paltry bank account. Yet it still leaves me with the question of what to do about Valentine's Day. Maybe I'll buy her high-quality red ear plugs.

And asilencerforthecoffee grinder.

Romantic? No. Relationship building? Yes.

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Elgin City dignitaries and representatives of about30 localorganizations were present at a public speaking forum sponsored by the Elgin Economic Development and Growth Endeavor organization at the Elgin Community Center.

The information exchange meeting was conducted by Scott Abernethy, chair of Elgin EDGE organization. Among the dignitaries present were Mayor Alan Duffy, City Councilor Brent Linville, City AdministratorRecorder Brock Eckstein and Union County Commissioner Jack Howard.

Speaking for the Elgin Health District was board Vice President Cheryl Coe, who updated the group on the development of the Elgin Family Health Clinic and Dental Clinic on 1400 Division St. "Next month, Dr. Eli Mayes will be accepting Oregon Health Plan patients in the dental clinic," Coe said."Two Fridays each month, starting in March, OHP patients will be seen at the clinic. We have two dentists workingthere now from Monday through Thursday each week."

The Health District is in the very early stages of investigating what it would take to build a new clinic. cwe've purchased the land ion Albany Street) near 0 & M Gas station in Elgin, and we're looking into grants and fundraising ideas," Coe said.cwe need a new clinic becausethe present clinicisovercrowded, and there's no place to expand there. We'd like the new clinic to have services for medical and dental care, physical therapy, X-rays, labs and a pharmacy with a drivethrough pick up lane. We'd like to build for the future."

They are at the threshold of fundraising and will accept offers of in-kind donations to match whatever grants they decide to apply for. cwe need community support and interest in this project — that's what grant donors look for when we apply for a grant," Coe said.

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

It's a bit of a funny combination, but the Union Bagel Shop, which doubles as a DVDrental bynight, is a popular go-to for the small town of Union.

Charma Vaage opened her business in 2006 but had her daughter run the business, which was just a DVD rental at the time, until Vaage moved to Unionin 2010.

Born and raised in Portland, Vaage had been workingin McMinnville for 35 years prior to the move. She worked as a nutrition consultant for a number ofyears — helping peopleto usefood,more specificallynutrition, to help them with their ailments, she said.

"People with colon problems, cancer, heart problems — every healthissue can be helped byeatingproperly," she said.

When she moved to Union, she knew she wanted to expand her business to include some kind of food-mlatedbusiness. "f've gottheschoolrightacmss the street," she said.'Them's nothingon this end of town. It's a lmder niche to fitinto."

She decided on bagels because "they're the easiest things to make and theykeep nutritionally sound," she said.

She was tbinkmg aboutconverting the business to the bagel shop alone, but people still wanted to rent DVDs, she said.

Besides bagels, she makes a numberofdifferentbreads, sandwiches and pastries for the breakfast and lunch crowd. She offers 14varieties ofbagels, including seasonaland they'reallused

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CharmaVaage makes14varieties of bagels at the Union Bagel Shop. with as many organicingredients as possible.

"I didn'twantjunky food," she said."I make breads, but I use good ingredients."

Vaage also sells her bagels to the North Pbwder School District and sells at the Union High School concession stand during games, shesaid.

It was quite a process to get the North Powder School District to sellherproductsbecause ofthe nutritional information she had to provide, but she's hoping that she11 be able to sell to the Union School District, and Eastern Oregon University has expressed interest, too,shesaid.

Shannon Gray, Farm to School coordinator for the North Powder School District, said the school looks for Oregon-grown or Oregon-made products that are nutritionally healthy for the students.

cwe can work with local farmersand producersto gettheir productsforthekids,"Graysaid.

The nutritional value of Vaage's products was a perfect fit for the Farm to School program, she sald.

Vaage would like to sell her productsto m oreschools,but she finds it diKcult to get the information out there.

'The hardest thing when you're a business owner and baker is you don't have time to market your product," she said.

Vaage is really the only employee who works at the shop and she makes her bagels from scratch daily, she said.

She said she begins baking at 5:30 a.m. on the days her business is open and makes nearly 100

bagels daily.

Additionally, Community Merchants in La Grande sells her bagels to customers, Vaage said.

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Each has a school, a store and a story; none has a stoplight, but all have abundant courtesyforpedestrians.

W e wave at otherdrivers, even when we do not know them.

We take care of our seniors, encourage our little ones and share our talents and treasures with anyone willing to ask.

Within Cove's city limits are about 550 residents and six churches.

In the "school district," our numbers grow to about 1,200 residents.

Under the hood, Cove is buzzing with energy, and Covians/Covites arenotapt to sit still for long.

We are farmers, ranchers, artisans, doctors,nurses,lawyers, publicservants,waiters and waitresses, designers, parents, grandparents, students, retirees, and...well, you get the idea.

Most of us fill multiple roles that we call our work, and many of us spend a good deal of time giving back to the community.

In this new column, we will reveal how we thrive at the foot of the big mountain, and why you would want to pay us a visit to say'hi u now and then.

Find us each month to learn about our senior programs, the Cove School FFA garden and the local artist scene.

As the days warm up, watch for updates on Warm Springs Pool, and new developments at the Ascension School Camp & Conference Center.

We will also bring you more news about cultural interest items unique to Cove, such as local history and cherry growing.

Currently, the Cove Community Association is getting plans under way for the Cherry Fair, always on the third Saturday in August. Watch the website ihttp%/oveoregon.orglfor more frequent updates about Cove and the Cherry Fair, and see you right here next month.

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Boy, 4, accidentally shoots his finger PORTLAND — Gresham Police are investigating after a 4-yearold boy accidentally shot himself in the hand Saturday night.

Police say the boy discharged the gun, striking his finger. He was recovering at a local hospital with injuries that weren't life-threatening.

Ofllcer John Rasmussen tells the Oregonian that the boy's family is cooperating with the investigation.

Bills address tax issue blamed for delays SALEM, — An Oregon Senate committee on Monday is hearing two bills that try to settle tax uncertainty that some blame for delaying two high-tech Oregon projects.

Last week, an official with the online giant Amazon told lawmakers that the company could build many more data centers in Oregon if they addressthe property tax issue.

Amazon official Eileen Sullivanencouraged the state to exempt data centers.

The Oregonian says state lawmakers have made the issue a priority this session.

Last fall, the state Supreme Courtruled in favorofOregon counties who were fighting to hold onto $17 million in taxes paid by Comcast. Some said that ruling caused uncertainty about taxes on technology companies.

One bill before the Committee on Finance and Revenue would cap the tax and the other would exempt data centers.

Health Division says it has found no violations in relation to a construction worker's death at McCullough Bridge in North Bend last fall.

The World newspaper reports the man's death was also unrelated to a wind storm that damaged a work enclosure on the same bridge a few hours before 52-year-old Mark Fortune of Florence died.

OSHA says Fortune, a mechanic, died after backing his pickup truckoff a work platform below the bridge into the Coos Bay.At the time of the accident, he was putting an"oil diaper"on a crane to keep oil fiom drippinginto the bay.

OSHA investigators concludedFortune tried toavoid hitting a spool of electrical cable on the platform and went over a bull rail.

By Taylor W. Anderson VVesCom News Service

SALEM — The Independent Party of Oregon last month received enough members to become the newest major party in the country, joining Oregon's Republican and Democratic parties thatreceive statefunded primaries.

It was a well-documented and long-expected achievement as voters left the two main parties to become either unailiated with any party or register with a m inorgroup,and the Independent Party membership steadily grew.

So party officials and a former secretary of state wonder why Secretary of State Kate Brown hasn't certified the party as Oregon's first new major political group in decades. The longer Brown waits to certify the partyshe has until mid-August — the less time the party has to getready foritsfi rstelectioncomparable to the other major parties, so the party's officials hope Brown moves quickly as they prepare for 2016. ''What's really driving the membership growth is that more than half the country doesn't feelwell-represented by either two of the major parties, "party secretary Sal Peralta said.

A minor party hits the major threshold when its total membership is more than 5 percent of the number of registeredvotersforthe 2014 general election. Independentspassed thatthreshold by five members this month, with the largest concentration of members residing in Deschutes County.

Former Secretary of State Phil Keisling said he was surprised to hear Brown's office didn't have a decision ready when the party hit the number, considering the party's rapid growth has been well-known since its 2007 founding.

"I think it would be reasonableto expecta declaration by thesecretary ofstate of this status along with the notification of the party official that ilndependentsl are now" a major party, Keisling said.

Brown's office said declaring a new major party isn't cut and dry because it's not every day a minor party becomes major.

State law gives Brown a mid-August deadline for recognizing a new major party, but the statute doesn't say she needs to do it immediately.

Deer carcassnear park entrance is cougar kill WARRENTON — 0$cials

say a deer carcass found this week near the entrance to Fort Stevens State Park was confirmed to be a cougar kill.

Warrenton Police Chief Matt Workman said the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed the deer was killed by a cougar after rangers reported the kill.

0$cials are keeping the public informed, because the area is close to residential neighborhoods.

The Daily Astorian reports W arrenton policereceive several reports per year of cougar sightings — often from the park area.

The state tracks cougar activity and decides whether Towing co. owner to take any action. pleads not guilty Last week, state wildlife SALEM — The owner of a officials killed a cougar in company called Whoops Tow- Bend after tranquilizing ing whowas arrested earlier and removed it fiom a tree. this year as he tried to haul Officials said they killed the off an undercover vehicle has animal because it was found in pleadednotguilty tooperata dense city neighborhood. ing an illegal towing business Body found in floodand several other charges. swollen creek The Statesman Journal reports Michael Alan Selmer GRANTS PASS—The of Falls City also pleaded not storms pummeling Oregonin guilty to unauthorized use of Tecentdays apparently daimed a vehicle, theft and driving a life in Southern Oregon. with a suspended license.

Josephine County sherif's The 36-year-old Selmer deputies reportthebody of 65-year-old Dorvin"Dwight" was arrested in July during an Oregon State Police Russell was found Saturday investigation into allegations snagged in tree branches of illegal towing activity in along Grave Creek in the Salem andMarion County.

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The polic esaid they'd gotThe Grants Pass Daily ten reports of a towing busiCourier reports Russell's home ness operating without a cer- had been cutoffbyfloodwaters, tificate, postingimpoundment and he appaTentlyleft Friday warning signs in business around noon bycrossing the parking lots and employing a creek on a tree that had been spotterto generate tows. felledacrossit.Hewassupposed to return that night.

OSHA: no violations Ittookseveralhoursfor in death of worker a swik-water rescue team, NORTH BEND — The Or- diversand a ropesteam to egon Occupational Safety and recover the body.

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"One way to do itis to that more than half the country doesn'fteet wellhave the open primary represented byeither of the major parties." just for nonaffiliated and — Sal Peralta, Oregon Independent Party secretary Independent Party members that'spaid forby the state Brown has asked for for long-established major like in Democratic and Rean opinion from Attorney parties, which have stables publican primaries," Buehler General Ellen Rosenblum on of potential candidates, it said. The groups could pick will be a large barrier to par- between the winners of the how to proceed. ''We are looking into ticipation by political novices Republican and Democratic when is the correct time to who are not likely to plan to primaries for the districts, conduct a formal recognition run more than eight months Buehler said.

'That way the parties in advance of the primary process," said Tony Green, Brown's spokesman. Brown don't have to feel like they're election," Meek wrote in declined through Green to testimony to the Legislature being influenced by those be interviewedfor thisstory. this week. voters, they can have the Until this point, the party August may be too late purity of their party but still for anyone interested in has largely functioned as the Independent Party is running as an Independent a kind of endorsement for being heard," he said. in 2016 to know whether the majorparty candidates A ballot measure that party will be major or minor, through the state's fusion would have created primasaid Dan Meek, the party's voting process, which allows riesopen to allvoterswhere co-chair. candidates to appear on a the toptwo vote-gettersad"As long as our major ballot with multiple party vancetothe generalelection party status has not been endorsements. failed handily in November determined by the secretary It has run its own after the two main parties of state, then anyone who Internet-basedprimaries opposed it. is considering a candidacy open to all members, but Less than 10 percent in an Independent Party participation is low, with of districts in Oregon are primary is sort of in limbo," winners in some legislative still considered toss-ups in Meek said. racesgetting a few dozen elections. Peralta believes Meek also said remaining votes each. adding another option would a minor party until August Meek is proposing to attractvotersand candiwould hurt the party's change the eight-month dates who would otherwise ability to attract serious requirement this year and choose the Republican or candidatesbecause state he has an interested ear Democratic parties.

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As the New Year moves on through February, Ihavebegun taking inventory of my Dory's Diary column subjects and wonderingifthey have about run their course.

Have I about run out of subjects to write about, I ask myself.

Take the first 110 columns that have appeared in The Observer since 2009 and in the Baker City Herald beginning in 2012.

The question came to mind when I had been retyping those first submissions into something called 'Word,a one of those unfathomable intricacy depths of the computer.

It was when I came to Number 71 thatIrealized itwasthe same subject as the one I had just written about and sent in to appear in the Monday, Dec. 29, Observer and Herald.

The subject was the bell in the tower above the old La Grande Fire Department now turned into a fire engine museum.

While I was in the post office parking lot I had looked up and noticed the bell again as is my usual habit, so I decided to write about it. This I had done and sent it in to be published the Monday before New Year's, just prior to that occasion but after Christmas, both still being within the holiday season.

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By Karen Kain Forvvescom News service

The root of the dandelion is often used for medicinal purposes. The flowers can be harvested for wine. It is true the greens have bitterness, but are eaten for their nutritional properties.

Dandelions are packed with iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin K and calcium. They have been referred to as the most nutritious leafy vegetable that you can eat.

Dandelions support digestion, reduce swelling and inflammation; treat viruses, jaundice, edema, gout, eczema and acne. Recent studies suggest that they also combat cancer.

For these reasons dandelions have come to our dining room table. I fully admit that they can be, and are, quite frankly, bitter.

I am sharing a few recipes that I think you will enjoy and are my favorites. You can substitute kale, spinach or chard in all of these recipes. If you are going forward slowly I suggest you combine any of these with the dandelions to cut the bitterness.

Nextweekwill be all about sweets ... I will be sharing with you my Valentine's Day Karen Kain photo recipes. I would like to invite you to come Lime zest and jalapeno are combined to make Spicy Dandelion Pineapple Juice. visit me at The Whimsical on Feb. 11 where I pineapple and jalapeno. Garnish with lime zest dandelions and saute until they are al dente. will be sharing my favorite chocolate fondue and serve immediately, poured over ice cubes Remove the dandelions from the pan and set recipe from 1p.m. to 4p.m, I hope to see you or at room temperature. aside.

Chop the parsley.Add the sausage, there and look forward to hearing what you garlic, parsley, salt and hot pepper to the skilare cooking. let.

Break up the sausage and add the water, Dandelion Saute with Sausa e Cheers! stirring frequently. Cook on medium heat 1 Bunch Dandelions, chopped until the sausage is fully cooked. Serve with 2-3TablespoonsWater S ic Dandelion Pinea le uice a salad and crusty bread. This is a fabulous 2-3Tablespoons Olive Oil dish when served with red or white sauce over 3 Cloves Garlic, minced 1 Cup Dandelion Greens pasta noodles.

1/2 Bunch Parsley, finely chopped 11/2 Cups Fresh Pineapple Salt and Pepper to taste 1 Jalapeno, seeded Dandelion Greens Pesto Pinch Hot Pepper Flakes, optional Lime, cut into lime zest strips 2 Pounds Sausage Pesto is an adaptable treat with many different ways to make it and equally many different Cut the stem off the jalapeno and remove ways to serve. This is one version of Dandelion the seeds. Chop the pineapple. Thinly slice the Heat up the olive oil in a large skillet; add Pesto. zest off the lime. Juice the dandelion greens, the garlic and saute for a few minutes. Add the 3/4 Cup Pumpkin seeds 4 Cloves Garlic, minced 1/2 Cup Parmesan, freshly grated 1 Bunch Dandelion Greens, about 2 cups loosely packed 1Tablespoon Lemon Juice 1/2 Cup Olive Oil 1/2Teaspoon Salt 1/4Teaspoon Hot Pepper Flakes Pepper, to taste

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Preheat the oven to 350'F. Roast the pumpkin seeds until just fragrant, about 5 minutes.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Chop the dandelion greens. Put the pumpkin seeds and garlic in a food processor. Pulse the garlic and pumpkin seeds together until very finely chopped. Add the greens to the food processor. Add Parmesan cheese, hot peppers, salt, oil, and lemon juice, then process continuously until combined. Stopping the processor when needed to scrape the sides, adding more oil if needed. Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Reach into cupboards for quick mole sauce

By Joe Gray After we left the big cattle ranch in Colorado where my father had been the foreman, and moved to a tiny town in Wyoming 24 miles away, money was a little more scarce.

My mother, Alda Lowe Jons, had always been a person who could make the best of any situation she was in, so rather thanwhine about the one she found herself in she simply set out to make the best home possible for her family.

She did this by beautifying our house inside and outside. Her passion was flowers and she literally turned the yard into a placepeople would driveby justto see.

She didn't have money to run to a greenhouse iif there had been any) to get the plants she wanted. She simply gatheredseeds and starts from willing friends and in return shared with them what she had.

Roses were something she longed to have,even though the harsh Wyoming winters could be hard on them. Finally she gota startofa hardy yellow rose from someone and grew it into a huge flowering bush that gave the yard a summer splash of yellow.

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Most of us have kitchen cupboardsstocked with obscurejars or cans of this and that, items thatspeed preparation ofour particular favorite dishes. For me, one constant isajarofm olepaste.

Though I've enjoyed many delicious, complex from-scratch versions of this Mexican sauce in restaurants, I've been content to let accomplished chefs grind the peppers and mix the spices. I'm not saying I will never attempt an authentic, homemade version.

Just that when I want a quick version at home, I reach for that jar.

It takes just chicken broth and peanut butter to turn that thick paste into a sauce iand the extra keeps forever in the f'ridgel.

I like to stir in more broth than the package directions suggest, fora sauce thatgildspiecesof roast shredded chicken instead of merely resting atop.

In a nonauthentic twist, instead of serving the chicken mole with tortillas, I spoon it over

corn in another form: polentainstant, in this case, another vital item in the pantry.

TIPS Pick up a rotisserie chicken to shredforthe recipe.Savetherest forother meals and thecarcass for broth.

For the peanut butter, choose a natural brand that is all peanuts, with maybe a little salt, but no added sugar. Use creamy for a smoother sauce.

and salt. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook, stirring, 5 minutes. Cover saucepan and keep warm.

2. Heat the broth to a simmer in a separate saucepan; add the mole paste, breaking it up with a wooden spoon and stirring it into the broth until it is dissolved to form a sauce. Stir in the peanut butter until it dissolves. The sauce

should thicken but still be pretty liquid. Taste for flavor; the sauce should not taste bitter. Add more peanut butter if you like.

3. Stir in the chicken to coat the pieces; simmer on low so the sauce permeates the meat, 10 minutes. Serve the chicken and sauce over the polenta, garnished with chopped cilantro.

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In my freezer I always have somesortoffrozen juice in cube or muKn-size portions.

It'sthere because I try not to waste anything. So when I notice that the juice in my fridge is nearing its expiration date or happen upon a great markdown at the store,it'sheaded for the freezer.

The best way to freeze juice in ice cube trays or muffin tins. Most ice cube trays hold about 2 tablespoons in individual cubes and standard muSn tin cups hold about '/2 cup. These sizes are perfect for pulling out only what you need.

Pour the juice into the ice cube tray or mu5n tin and freeze. Once frozen, pop them out and place in a plastic freezerbag and return to the freezer.

Having these juice portions on hand means you can whip up a sauce or marinade in no time and finish dinner in a flash.

Orange juice was the inspiration for this pork dish and was used in the marinade and sauce. In the sauce, the juice pairs well with the mustard. In the marinade, it makes up the acidic ingredient neededtohelp tenderize the meat.

The leftover pork tenderloin slices are ideal for a sandwich. Here's an idea: Mix a bit of Dijon mustard ior your favorite mustard) with mayonnaise, and spread on a roll or Ciabatta bread.

Top withpork slices,provolone cheese and avocado slices.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ORANGE MUSTARD GLAZE Serves: 4/ Preparation time:

By Sara Moulton Associated Press

Deviled eggs for Oscars night? Sure they're a staple at picnics and backyard barbecues, but when it comes to a special occasion, they are so Cinderella before the ball.

But let's say you want to play fairy godmother and dress them up for an Oscar night viewing party. You can do it in two simple strokes. First, take care to boil the eggs properly iwhich can be a revelation for anyone who's nevertasted a properly boiled egg).Second,sparkleup the usual filling with some creme fraiche, Parmesan and

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Mustard-glazed porktenderloin with sauteed Brussels sprouts.

15 minutes (plus marinating time) /Total time: 1 hour MARINADE '/4 cup orange juice "/4 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon sesame oil, optional 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce "/4 cup favorite sweetstyle mustard PORK 1"/4 pounds pork tenderloin, trimmed of any fat SAUCE 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 small clove garlic, minced 1 small shallot, minced /2 cup orange juice "/4cupfat-free half-and-half or regular half-and-half "/4 cup sweet-style mustard Salt and pepper to taste In a plastic sealable bag, combine all the marinade ingredients. Remove and reserve half of the marinade.

Add the pork tenderloin and marinate 3 hours or longer in

the refrigerator.

Preheat the grill to mediumhigh. Remove the pork and discard the marinade in the bag. Place the pork on the grill, and grill about 5 minutes on all sides. Baste with the reserved marinade, and grill until the center of the pork reaches about140-145 degrees. Remove from the grill, place on a plate, and tent with foil. Allow to rest while making the sauce.

In a small skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the garlic and saute 1 minute. Add the shallot and cook saute until tender. Deglaze the pan with the orange juice and reduce heat. Stir in the half-and-half and mustard. Continue to cook until heated through. If the sauce is too thick, thin with more orange juice. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.

Slice the porktenderloin on the diagonal, and arrange on serving plates with Brussels sprouts (see cook's note), drizzling with a little sauce. Serve extra sauce on the side.

Cook's note: For the Brussels sprouts, trim about "/2 pound Brussels sprouts and remove any leaves that have blemishes; rinse under cool water.

Cut the Brussels sprouts in half. In a large skillet, warm about1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add the Brussels sprouts, cut side down and cook about 4 minutes. Add about 1/3 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts and saute until the nuts become fragrant. Deglaze the pan with 1/3 to "/2 cup orange juice, and cook until the Brussels sprouts are glazed with the pan juices and tender.

Fromand tested by Susan Selasky for theFree Press Test Kitchen.

364 calories (43 percent from fat), 18 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 20 g carbohydrates, 30 g protein,384 mg sodium, 79 mg cholesterol,47 mg calcium,1 g fiber.

Newsafetystandardsfsr fireplaces,stsves ByAlan J. Heavens The Philadelphia Inquirer

To protect children and others fiom serious burns, newly manufactured glass-fiont gas fireplaces and stoves now must include installed protective barriers if their glasssurfacetemperatures exceed 172 degrees, the Hearth Patio & Barbecue Association says.

This new safety standard, which took effect Jan. 1, requires that the barriers be in place when the products are installed.

The requirement was approved by the American National Standards Institute

in 2012 and is focused on reducing the potential hazard posedby directcontactwith hotglasssurfacestoat-risk people, especially children.

Products manufactured before Jan. 1stillm ay besold even if they do not meet the new standard, asretailers clear out the older inventory, the association said.

The trade group recommends that consumers ask retailers whether the units they are thinhng about buying meet the new standard and, if they do not, to ask whichtypesofbarrieroptions may be available.

DORY Continued from Page 1B I thought it might be of interest to my readers.

The subject ofbells had come about with my friend Sharon, who is President of the Union County Museum Society, and knowing the historical value as well as thebeauty ofbells.

In the course of the conversation, I mentioned my up-coming column.

It was almost as though she had alreadyread it,so Idid a double-take.

How could she have read it when I had just written it and it wouldn't be published until the following Monday?

That's when coincidence took over.

In reaching Number 71 of my old columns as I was retyping, I found that the

GARDEN Continued from Page 1B After she died suddenly in 1972 at age 61, my dad, Ralph Jons, took a start of her yellow rose and planted it by her grave in the country cemetery he had personally, with no compensation, turned into an oasis among the sagebrush.

When we visited the cemetery in 1994 the yellow rose had spread into a HUGE bush and was very much a

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Now you know. I pass this along, courtesy of Hydrex Pest Control, just because I thoughtit was interesting: A cockroach can live a week without its head. It dies only because, without a mouth, it cannot drink water and dies ofthirst.

Cockroaches also can go without food for an entire month. No wonder theyII be here when we're gone.

Getting organized. Global Garage Flooring and Design offers afew suggestionsfor putting your car's house in order: Consider freestanding

subject ofthe tower bellhad appeared fouryears earlierin 2010,going over almost the same information as I had now given out for the 2014 edition.

Maybe being so close to history at the museum, perhaps Sharon would have just known about this particular bell, but the thought came to me that I was the old woman beginning to repeat the same stories to the boredom ofthelisteners. Or, if repeating the information servesas areminder ofour pasthistory or reaches some newcomer, it will have serveditspurpose in repetition.

But, maybe it was time to take inventory of the first subjects about which I had already written between 2009 and 2011.

This is some of the things in the general category of topics of which I

welcome sight in the mostly flowerless cemetery. When we returned in 1998 after another family reunion, my siblings and I were horrified to see "Mama's rose" was gone.

It was one that was prone to spreading and must have become a nuisance for the caretaker. As we got closer to our parents' grave we discovereddozens oflittle rose starts pushing their way up among the grass. We all dug one and took them back to

shelving units. They're efficient when you're organizing your garage good for storing hardware and gardening tools.

Rubbertotesareperfectfor storing anything, whether it's Halloween and Christmas decorations you use once a year or items you can't fit inside your closets, basement or attic. Extremely convenient when organizing your garage.

Lightingis often overlooked, but one reason garages becomedisorganized isthere is not enough ofit. With the right lighting, you will easily be able tofind whatyou are looking for.

have covered early on: Newspapers and my relationship to them, my family and relatives, friends, readers, towns, buildings, businesses, movies, toys, games, patriot ism, organizations,weather, holidays, special occasions, weddings, anniversaries ,birthdays,cemeteries, cooking, canning, housekeeping schools, animals, employment, religion, education, transportation, electronics, vehicles, hobbies, fowl, health, dairies, diaries, medical, war, music, gardening, government.

Well, there are more, but now I need to do the same thing between 2011 and 2014. Could I be running out of things about which to write? Not for me but for others.

Have I stayed too long at the fair? I wonder.

our various homes in Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Alaska, in smallstyrofoam cups.

Our mother might begone and her rose bush might be gone, but every time I see the large flowering yellow bush in ourOregon backyard I'm reminded of the values my mother taught us and how they all grow in each ofher children and grandchildren today many years after she left this earthly existence.

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life through hard work and determination. We all have grown and flourished by following her example of making things happen. Just the same as her yellow rose is blooming year after year in our yard we are blooming with the principles and truths she and our father taught us, and we have passed them on to our children and grandchildren, just as we pass on the extra starts of"Mama's yellow rose."

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Shazam! You're looking at a truly dazzling appetizer.

And it couldn't be easier to prepare. And despite the name, they don't need to be deviled imeaning spicy). For my Oscars treat, I went with indulgent over spicy.

But let's start with the boiling. It's only because most of us havenever tasted a properly boiled egg thatwe believe the whites should be chewy. The problem is that protein always becomes tough when it is boiled. My solution is to boil an egg by not boiling it. Really.

The trick is to start the eggs in cold water, then pull them off the heat just as soon as the water reaches the boiling point, cover the pot and let them cook in the residual heat of the water. You'll be amazed at the wonderful tenderness of the finished product.

And by the way, I "cook" the eggs for just 10 minutes, which leaves the centers of the yolks translucent. If you'd prefera more solid center,lettheeggsstay in thehot water for 12 minutes.

How do you avoid one of those famously ugly green lines between the yolk and the white? By chilling the egg in a bowl of ice water as soon as it is finished cooking.

Once it is cooled completely, peel and cut the egg in half, then marvel at a flawless yellow yolk, tender white and no green line.

And by the way, this is one of those recipes for which an olderegg isbetter.Eggsthataretoofresh arejustabout impossible to peel.

Now just dress up the eggs with those designer ingredientsand it'sready forthered carpet.

STUFFED EGGS WITH TRUFFLEOIL Want to make these even fancier? Use a pastry bag fitted with a star tip instead of a plastic bag to pipe the yolk filling into the egg whites.

Start to finish: 35 minutes, plus chilling Servings: 12 6 large eggs 2tablespoonsmayonnaise 2 tablespoons creme fraiche 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese 2 teaspoons truffle oil Salt and ground black pepper Fresh chives, finely chopped Fill a medium bowl with ice and water.

Placetheeggs ina sm allsaucepan and add enough cold water to cover by1 inch. Set the pan over high heat and bring the water to a boil. As soon as the water boils, remove the pan from the heat, cover the pan and set aside for exactly 10 minutes (use a timer). Use a slotted spoon to transfer the eggs to the ice water and let them cool completely.

When the eggs are cool, crack them all over and, starting at the wide end of each egg and making sure to get under the membrane (which makes it easier to get the shell off), peel the eggs while holding them under cold running water.

Cut each egg in half lengthwise. Gently remove the yolks and set aside the whites.

Place the egg yolks in a mesh strainer and use a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon to press the yolks through and into a medium bowl. Add the mayonnaise, creme fraiche, mustard, cheese and truffle oil. Mix well, then taste and season with salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture into a zip-close plastic bag.

Cut off one of the lower corners of the bag, then gently squeeze the bag to pipe the yolk mixture evenly into the hollow of each egg white until nicely mounded. Arrange the filled eggs on a platter, then garnish each with chives.

Nutrition information per serving: 70 calories; 50 calories from fat (71 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 115 mg cholesterol;1 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 3 g protein; 110 mg sodium.

Californiafoie Irasdanincourt LOS ANGELES iAP) — California filed an appeal Wednesday of a federal judge's ruling that blocked the state's ban on the sale offoiegras— a delicacy thatgourmets consider heaven and animal rights groups call hell.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris gave notice that she will appeal last month's ruling, which barred California from enforcing its ban on selling fatty goose or duck liverproduced out ofstate.The ban took effectin 2012.

A Hermosa Beach restaurant called Hot's Kitchen, and foie gras producers in New York and Canada challenged the ban.

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541-51 9-3439 M EDICAL B I L L I N G House calls, drop off, TOP QUALITY 25 ton TRAINEES NEEDED! and remote services. grass hay for sale.

Train at home to procWeekdays: 7am-7pm Small bales. No rain, ess Medical Billing (!t Dale Bogardus undercover.

Insurance Claims! NO 541-297-5831 541-263-1591 EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online trainPOE CARPENTRY ing at B ryan U niver• New Homes sity! HS Diploma/GED • Remodeling/Additions (!t Computer/Internet • Shops, Garages needed • Siding (!t Decks 1-877-259-3880.

• Windows (!t F ine finish work QUALITY ROUGHCUT Fast, Quality Work! l umber, Cut t o y o u r Wade, 541-523-4947 s pecs. 1 / 8 " o n u p . 705 - Roommate or 541-403-0483 A lso, h a l f ro u n d s , Wanted CCB¹176389 s tays , w e d ge s , slabs/firewood. Tama- HOME TO sh are, Call m e I et s t a Ik . J o rack, Fir, Pine, Juniper, 541-523-0596 Lodgepole, C o t t o nw ood. Your l ogs o r 710 - Rooms for SCARLETT MARY ij!IT mine. 541-971-9657 Specializing in: PC-Tune

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N OTICE: O R E G O N w/conn. Ne w $ 229, Landscape Contractors u sed o n c e br i e f l y Law (ORS 671) re$175. quires all businesses that advertise and per- ATV THH Helmet Ig w/ GREAT WEEKLY form landscape conScott goggles, great 8E MONTHLY RATES: tracting services be lishape $45.

Baker City Motel. Wi-Fi, - • e censed with the Landcolor TV, microwave, • e- . s cape C o n t r a c t o r s All items OBO, consider fndge. 541-523-6381 B oard. T h i s 4 - d i g i t trade antiques or guns. number allows a con- 541-91 0-4044 720 - Apartment II • . sumer to ensure that Rentals Baker Co. t he b u siness i s a c - STAMINA EXERCISE tively licensed and has bike, low impact. Al- 1-BDRM., W/S/G/ pcI. a bond insurance and a most new. Best offer. $ 400/mo. 1 s t. , l a s t q ualifie d i n d i v i d u a l 541-523-2351 p lus s e curity. 1 6 2 1 contractor who has ful380 - Baker County Va IIey Ave., B a ker filled the testing and C ity.

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HOME SWEET HOME Great references.

Persons doing l andCute (!t Warm 1-bdrm apt CCB¹ 60701 scape maintenance do 1356 Dewey ¹1, $400 not require a landscapNo Smoking, no pets. ing license.

RUSSO'S YARD Call Ann Mehaffy 8E HOME DETAIL (541 ) 519-0698 Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 Aesthetically Done Ornamental Tree 505 - Free to a goo Nelson Real Estate (!t Shrub Pruning 503-668-7881 home Has Rentals Available!

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720 - Apartment 725 - Apartment 725 - Apartment Rentals Baker Co. Rentals Union Co. Rentals Union Co. LARGE, U P S T A IRS CLOSE TO EOU, small HIGHLAND VIEW 1-BDRM., W/S/G/ pcI. $ 450/mo. 1 s t. , l a s t plus secunty. 1621 1/2 Va IIey Ave., B a ker

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725 - Apartment Rentals Union Co. LA GRANDE, OR

Senior a n d Di s a b l ed THUNDERBIRD Housing. A c c e pting $395 mo, $300 dep.

800 N 15th Ave APARTMENTS applications for those 541-91 0-3696.

Elgin, OR 97827 307 20th Street aged 62 years or older C ity.

No s mok i n g as well as those dis541-497-0955 Now accepting applica- COVE APARTMENTS abled or handicapped FAMILY HOUSING tions f o r fed e r a l ly 1906 Cove Avenue of any age. Income re- 725 - Apartment funded housing. 1, 2, strictions apply. Call Rentals Union Co. and 3 bedroom units Pinehurst Apartments UNITS AVAILABLE Candi: 541-523-6578 1502 21st St. with rent based on inNOW! ACCEPTING come when available.

La Grande APPLICATIONS NOW APPLY today to qualify BLUE SPRINGS A ttractive one and tw o Proiect phone number: for subsidized rents at CROSSING 541-437-0452 bedroom units. Rent these quiet and New Family Housing based on income. InTTY: 1(800)735-2900 FAMILY HOUSING centrally located Complex come restrictions apWe offer clean, attractive multifamily housing 10801 Walton Road ply. Now accepting ap- "This institute is an equal two b edroom a partproperties.

Island City opportunity provider." plications. Call Lone at ments located in quiet (541 ) 963-9292. and wel l m a i ntained Affordable housing1, 2 8t 3 bedroom settings. Income re- Rent based on income units with rent based This institute is an equal strictions apply. on income when 1, 2 and 3-bedrooms opportunity provider.

•The Elms, 2920 Elm ava ila ble.

OPEN SOON! TDD 1-800-735-2900 S t., Baker City. C u rre n t ly a v a i I a b I e E ach e ui e d w i t h LA GRANDE Proiect phone ¹: 2-bdrm a p a rtments.

Retirement (541)963-3785 • Washer/Dryer Most utilities paid. On TTY: 1(800)735-2900 Apartments • Dishwasher site laundry f a c ilities 767Z 7th Street, • Off-Street Parking and playground. Ac• Community Room La Grande, OR 97850 Welcome Home! cepts HUD vouchers.

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750 - Houses For Rent Baker Co. 2810 7TH St., 3 bdrm, 1 bath, w/ garage Ltt gas heat, $550/mo.

Day: 5 4 1-523-4464, Evening: 541-523-1077 3-bdrm, 1 bath, attached garage on large lot.

$725/mo + dep.

Molly Ragsdale Property Management Call: 541-519-8444 3-BDRM, 2 bath, Mfg. home. Carport, storage, fenced yard. $650/mo, plus deposit. NO smoking, NO pets. References.541-523-5563

HOME SWEET HOME Cute Ltt Warm!

2 Ltt 2+ Bdrm Homes No Smoking/1 small pet

Call Ann Mehaffy (541 ) 519-0698 Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 SUNFIRE REAL Estate LLC. has Houses, Duplexes Ltt Apartments for rent. Call Cheryl Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 541-523-7727.

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Apartments, 2 BDM m o b i le h o m e 2212 Cove Avenue, small, located in trailer La Grande This institute is an park in U n i on. R e nt MINI STORAGE Clean Ltt well appointed 1 equal opportunity I Beautifully updated $475.00 w/s/g paid. • Secure Ltt 2 bedroom units in a provider. ft:ntry 9I Community Room, No cleaning deposit re- •• Keypad quiet location. Housing TDD 1-800-545-1833 Auto-Lock Gate featunng a theater room, quired.

541-562-5411 for those of 62 years • Security Litptting Affordasble Studios, a pool table, full kitchen o r older, as w ell a s 2BD, 1BA house for rent • Security Gatrteras 1 Ltt 2 bedrooms. and island, and an CENTURY 21 • Outside RV Storage t hose d i s a b le d or (Income Restnctions Apply) in La Grande. Please • Fenced Area PROPERTY electnc fireplace. h andicapped of a n y Professionally Managed call owner, Available (6-foot barb) MANAGEMENT Renovated units! age.

Rent based on inby: GSL Properties now! 541-328-6258 NEW clean units come.

HUD vouchers FURNISHED STUDIO Located Behind La randeRentais.com Please call All sizes available accepted. Please call 3 BDRM. 2 bath $750, 8E 1 TO 2-BDRM APTS. La Grande Town Center (541) 963-7015 (Bxlo up to 14x26) 541-963-0906 w/s/g. No smoking/toUtilites paid, includes (541)963-1210 for more information.

TDD 1-800-735-2900 bacco no pets, 8 41-83 3 - 1 6 8 8 internet/cable. Starting at www.virdianmgt.com 541-962-0398.

3 3l 3 l 4 t h $575. 541-388-8382 TTY 1-800-735-2900 CIMMARON MANOR This institute is an equal 4 BDRM, 2 bath, 2 story, ICtngsvtew Apts. opportunity provider fenced yard, no smokThisinstituteis an Equal LARGE, BEAUTIFUL 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century ing, no pets, $950/mo QUIET, 1-bdrm, 1 bath 21, Eagle Cap Realty. SMALL S T UDIO apt. plus deposit and last CLASSIC STORAGE upstairs apt. $550/mo.

541-963-1210 Southside La Grande. m ont h r ent .

541-524-1534 Location close to EOU. D iscounts a v a il . N o 208-739-2874 2805 L Street s moking, n o pet s .

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Opportunity Provider www.La rande UNION COUNTY 541-523-303 5 or NEW FACILITY!! $1 95/m o ca I I 5 BD, 2b a $ 9 0 0 / m o Rentals.com Senior Living 541-51 9-5762.

541-963-4907 w ood hea t , c al l Vanety of Sizes Available Secunty Access Entry 541-963-41 25 Mallard Heights RV Storage 870 N 15th Ave CUTE COTTAGE style

by Stella Wilder Elgin, OR 97827 2bd house, southside La Grande location, no TUESDAY, FEBRUARY)0, 20)5 PISCES (Feb. I9-March 20) — An acci- VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Now accepting applicasmoking o r pet s, YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder dentalencounter can become something Understanding is something that is very tions f o r fed e r a l ly $ 595 / m o SECURESTORAGE ca II Born today, you may seem to come from worth developing ifyou are willing to let an much worth pursuing. The more you underf unded ho using f o r 541-963-4907 Surveillance t hos e t hat a re nowhere in some respects, taking the estab- unintentional offense bequickly forgotten. stand those around you, the more you can Cameras sixty-two years of age UNION 2b d, 1 ba s g c lishment by surprise whenyou appear on the ARIES(March 2f-April f9) — You maybe accomplish.

Computenzed Entry $695, senior discount, or older, and h andiscene and shake things up with your unusual trying to hide the truth in a way that is actu- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Youwill want pets ok. 541-910-0811 Covered Storage capped or disabled of demeanor, unexpected talents,and remark- ally far more likely to bring it out into the to paykeen attention to everydetail. Even the any age. 1 and 2 bedSuper size 16'x50' 760 Commercial able ability to attract the right kind of atten- open. slightest lapse canget you into hot water. room units w it h r e nt 541-523-2128 tion and do things that are praiseworthy right TAURUS (Apr!I 20-May 20) - You can SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 2i) — You're able b ased o n i nco m e Rentals 3100 15th St. when available. from the very beginning. Indeed, it may not expect a few surprises to comeyour way, and to getagreatdealdone ahead ofschedule,but BEAUTY SALON/ Baker City Office space perfect take you any time at all to score victory after the question you must ask is this: Are you one endeavorin particularmay causeyou to Proiect phone ¹: for one or two operavictory, and others are sure to be talking ready to maneuver in any way requiredf slow down significantly.

541-437-0452 ters 15x18, icludeds about you almost immediately, recognizing in GEMINI (May 2i-June 20) — Someone SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 2i) — You TTY: 1(800)735-2900 restroom a n d off you the kind of charisma, ability and poise else is waiting for you to fulfill a certain areready to step in and do foranotherwhat street parking. %ABC STORESALL% that only the true greats have, as well as a responsibility, but you may not be able to he or she cannot do alone. You must expect "This Instituteis an $500 mo Ltt $250 dep MOVF INSPFCIAl! equal opportunity knack for turning opportunity into accom- tend to it in a timely manner. little or nothing in return.

541-91 0-3696 • Rest of Ja nua ry '15 provider" CANCER (June 2i-July 22) — You must CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. I9) — Your plishment and reward. You may, in fact, be FREE RENT COMMERCIAL OR retail able to do the impossible more than once in be ready to follow instructions to the letter. own experience will give you insight into space for lease in his- • Rent a unit for 6 mo Doingacertainthingyourownwaymayonly what another is going through, and you'll get 7th mo. FREE your lifetime. t oric Sommer H e l m (Units 5x10 up to 10x30) WEDNESDAY,FEHRUARY ii make a mess ofit! know whether or not you can help.

Building, 1215 Wash541-523-9050 i ngton A v e ac r o s s AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. I8) - You are LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)-- You may not be rEDIIQRr r dl a q u pl »« t n r y p a « « c from post office. 1000 12 X 20 storage with roll fartoo concerned with whathashappened in ableto stay on courseallday longbecauseof CQPYRIGHT2tllr UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC plus s.f. great location the past. You should focus on what is fast certain personal issues that stand between DrrIRIBrrIED BYUNIVERSALUCLICKFQRUrr 745 - Duplex Rentals up door, $70 mth, $60 llloet t a K » o t yMQrae errrrrrlr $700 per month with 5 deposit 541-910-3696 approaching in the future. you and your destination.

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1589 sq. ft. home, 2-car garage in front and 2-car garage off alley. Gas forced heat.

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12 ACRES Zoned for 2 potential home sites.

25'x40' Pavilion with 2 vaulted facilities on property, fenced Ltt gated. Timber, Pine Creek runs though, well. 12 miles from Baker City. $169,000 Travis Bloomer The Whitney Land Company

541-519-3260

75'X120' LOT. 825 G St. $49,000.

541-51 9-6528 FSBO - 1929 Grove St. Tear down and build your new home, fantastic lot! $32,500 (405) 255-7097

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TRAILER SPACE in Uni on, avail. M a r c h 1 855 - Lots & PropW /s/g . $ 22 5 . erty Union Co. (541)562-5411 BEAUTIFUL VIEW lot in Cove, Oregon. Build y our d r ea m h o m e .

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3.02 acres, $62,000 OFFICE SPACE approx 208-761-4843 700 sq ft, 2 offices, recept area, break room, ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdtvtcommon r e strooms, sion, Cove, OR. City: a ll utilitie s pa i d , 805 - Real Estate Sewer/Vvater available. $500/mo + $450 dep.

2 + bd , m a u f a ctored Regular price: 1 acre 541-91 0-3696 m/I $69,900-$74,900. home on private lot, PRIME COMMERCIAL mountain view, fenced We also provide property space for Rent. 1000 management. C h eck back yard, will sacrosq. ft. plus 250 sq. ft. out our rental link on fice whats owning on loft, office and bathour w ebs i t e mortgage room, w/s i n cluded, 208-859-1862 www.ranchnhome.co paved parking, located m or c aII in Island City. MUST Ranch-N-Home Realty, SE E! Ca II 541-963-3496 820 - Houses For In c 541-963-5450. after 10am.

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kitchen, all u tillities Commercial Rentals paid, no smoking, no 1200 plus sq. ft. profespets, $800/mo Ltt $700 sional office space. 4 dep. 541-910-3696 offices, reception area, Ig. conference/ Beautiful B r and New break area, handicap 3bd, 2b a a l l a p p l i- access. Pnce negotiaances, fenced yard, ble per length of garage, Ltt yard care. lease. $1,100mo + dep. Mt.

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N ewer 3 b d rm , 2 . 5 b ath, l a rg e f e n c e d

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NEWER 4 BD, 2 ba, gas, A/C, energy efficient, dw, garage, no smoking/pets, $895/mo.

541-963-9430

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices STORAGE UNIT AUCTION Descnption of Property: Fan, vacuum, TV, mic rowave, l a mp , T V s tand, b ab y i t e m s , s uitcase, c h ai r a n d miscellaneous boxes of items

The Baker School Distnct 5J will receive sealed statements of qualifications until March 4 th, 2015 for Environmental C o n s u l t ing, Cleanup Services 5 Education O u t r each Property Owner: ICelly for the real property Rodnguez also known as T h e Ostwald Brownfield Amount Due: $315.00 as Site Project. of February 1, 2015

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices the undersigned trus-

tee, CLEAR RECON C ORP., w hose a d dress is 621 SW Mornson Street, Suite 425,

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices URBAN RENEWAL Program Accepting Project Funding Applications

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE On March 5, 2015 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at t he U n i o n Co u n t y Sheriff's Office, 1109 ICAve, La Grande, Oregon, the defendant's interest will b e s o ld, sublect to redemption, in the r ea l p r operty commonly known as: 3 012 Cove Ave, L a Grande, Or 97850.The court case number is 13-05-48425 w h e re Nationstar Mortgage, L LC is p l aintiff, a n d Carolina Len P orter; Clinton G. Porter; Union Lumber Company, I nc., d b a Br o n s o n L umber co m p a n y ; Wilspier rentals, LLC, Other Persons or Parties including O c c upants , U n k no w n Claiming any Right, Ti-

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1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices erty to satisfy the obligations secured by the trust deed and a notice

of default has been rec orded p u rsuant t o Oregon Revised Statutes 86.752(3); the def ault fo r w h i c h t h e foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due the following sums: $18,859.48 with interest thereon at the rate of 10 percent per annum beginning 10/03/07;plus advances of $500.00; tog ether w it h t i t l e e x pense, costs, trustee's fees an d a t t o rney's fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection ofthe above descnbed real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable.

By reason of said default th e b e neficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligat ion secured by t h e t rust d e e d i m m e d i ately due and payable, s aid sums being t h e f ollowing , t o w it : $18,859.48 with interest thereon at the rate of 10 percent per ann um b e g i n ni ng 1 0/03/07; p l u s a d vances of $500.00; tog ether w it h t i t l e e x pense, costs, trustee's fees an d a t t o r neys fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection ofthe above descnbed real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable.

WH EREFORE, notice hereby is g i ven t h at the undersigned trustee will on A p ril 20, 2 015 at th e h our o f 10:00 o'clock, A.M. in accord with the standard of t i m e e s t ablishe d by O RS 187.110, at the following place: outside the main entrance of the Daniel Chaplin Building, 1001 4th Avenue Street, in the City of La Grande, County of Union, State of O r egon, sell at public auc-

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federal law, persons having no record legal or equitable interest in the sublect property will only receive information concerning the lender's estimated or actual bid. Lender bid i nformation i s al s o available at the t r ust ee' s w e b sit e , www.northwesttrustee.com. Notice is furt her given t ha t a n y person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, a t any t im e p r io r t o five days before the d ate last set fo r t h e sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e e ding dismissed a n d t he trust deed reinstated b y payment t o th e beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due h ad no d e f ault o c curred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that i s capable o f b e i n g cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addit ion t o p a y i n g s a i d sums or tendenng the performance necess ary to cure the d e f ault, b y p a y ing a l l costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation a nd trust d e ed , t o gether with t rustee's a nd attorney's f e e s n ot e x c e e ding t h e amounts provided by said ORS 86.778. Requests from persons named in ORS 86.778 f or rei n s t a t e m e n t quotes received less than six days prior to t he date set f o r t h e trustee's sale will be h onored only at t h e discretion of the beneficiary or if required by the terms of the loan d ocuments. I n c o n -

Portland, OR 97205, Each fiscal year, the La G rande U r ba n R e will on 5/21/2015, at the hour of 10:00 AM, newal Agency (URA) standard time, as eshas a limited amount tablished b y ORS of funding to allocate 187.110, A T TH E toward public/ private FRONT ENTRANCE development prolects TO T H E BA I CER with the D i strict. For COUNTY C O U RT- the 2015-16 fiscal year H OUSE, 1995 3 R D beginning J u l y 1, S T., B A ICE R, O R 2015, the Agency will Project Description: Auction to take place on 97814, sell at p u blic be accepting applicaThe Ostwald M a c hine Tuesday, F e b r u ary auction to the highest tions for prolect fundS hop is a . 3 4 a c r e 17th at 10:00 AM at bidder for cash the ining assistance ONLY 910 - ATV, MotorcyS YS Storage ¹19 o n terest in the above-deb etween F e b . 1 7 , property with 5 buildcles, Snowmobiles ings on it located beDavid Eccles Road in scribed real property 2015 and March 31, tween residential and Baker City, Oregon. which the grantor had 2015. Applications will 2005 POLARIS 800 EFI. c ommercial areas i n or had power to connot be accepted after Hand warmers, winch, plow. S u pe r c l e a n. Baker City, O r egon. Name of Person Forevey at the time it exe5 p.m. on March 31.

After 80 years in opclosing: Serve Yourself c uted th e D e e d o f $4500. 541-524-9673 eration, arsenic, lead, Storage Units are manT rust, t o gether w i t h Application forms and in930 - Recreational chromium, and polynu- aged by Nelson Real any interest which the formation packets will clear aromatic hydroEstate, Inc. 845 Campbe available at the City Vehicles grantor or his succescarbons (PAHs) have s ors i n i n t e rest a c of La Grande Planning bell, Baker City, Oree. been found throughout Office on the second gon, 5411-523-6485 quired after the executle, Lien, Or interest in the site. A "Phase 1 t ion of t h e D e e d o f f loor of C it y H al l a t t he P r o p e rt y Deil Environmental Site As- Legal No. 00039863 1000 Adams Ave. bes cribed in t h e C o m T rust, t o s a t isfy t h e 4 sessment" a n d an Published: February 4, 6, foregoing obligations ginning Monday, Febplaint Herein is defen" Analysis of B r o w nthereby secured and ruary 9, 2015, or packd ant. T h e s ale i s a 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 field Cleanup Alternat he c o st s a n d e x ets can be requested p ublic auction to t h e 2007 NUWA HitchHiker t ives" ( A B CA ) h a s TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF to be emailed to applihighest bidder for cash penses of sale, includChampagne 37CKRD SALE T S No . : been performed and i ng a reas o n a b l e cants by s ending an or cashier's check, in $39,999 the scope of work has 022091-OR Loan No.: charge by the trustee. email to Igplanning©cihand, made out to Un" ' " ' 8066 Tnple axles, Bigfoot Iack b een selected. T h e ReferNotice is further given tyoflagrande.org. ion County S heriff's leveling system, 2 new Ostwald site is owned ence is made to t hat Office. For more inforthat any person named 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, certain trust deed (the by the Baker School in ORS 86.778 has the In order to be considered mation on this sale go Rear Dining/ICitchen, "Deed of Trust") exeD istrict 5J a n d t h u s nght to have the forefor U rban R e newal to: large pantry, double t his prolect has t w o cuted by P H I LIP J closure p r o c e e ding funding, potential prowww.ore onshenffs. fndge/freezer. Mid living TAYLOR AND MARY goals: to restore the dismissed a n d t he Iects must be located com/sales.htm room w/fireplace and M HENNESSY TAYD eed of T r us t r e i n- within the Urban Reproperty to a useable surround sound. Awning and sellable condition LOR, HUSBAND AND stated by payment to newal Distnct, apply to Published: February 2, 16', water 100 gal, tanks and to educate particiWIFE AN D E L IZA- the beneficiary of the p hysical b u ilding o r 50/50/50, 2 new PowerBETH DALTON ENGe ntire a m o un t t h e n s ite i m p r o v e m e n t s 9, 16, and 23, 2015 pating high school stuhouse 2100 generators. dents and community L ISH, A SING L E d ue (other t han t h e ( generally limited t o Leqal No. 00039817 Blue Book Value 50IC!!

WOMAN, as Grantor, stakeholders about the exterior improvements portion of pnncipal that 541-519-1488 brownfield p r o c ess, t o F I DE LITY N A would not then be due only) and be ready to PUBLIC NOTICE impacts and solutions.

T IONAL TITLE I NS h ad no d e f ault o c b e constructed a n d THE SALE of RVs not c ompleted b e t w e e n CO, as Trustee, in facurred), together with Information required to beanng an Oregon in- Requirements: vor of WELLS FARGO the costs, t r u stee's July 1, 2015 and June be published by Union signia of compliance is Baker School District 5J BANIC, N.A., as Benefiand attorneys' f e es, 30, 2016. Funding is C ounty u n de r O R S illegal: call B u i lding is looking for Environlimited to the amount ciary, dated 9/22/2008, and curing any other 2 94.250 i s p os t e d Codes (503) 373-1257. mental C o n s ultants recorded 10/1/2008, as budgeted by the URA. default complained of monthly and available Inst r u m e n t No. i n the Notice of D e T his will l i kely b e a qualified to p e rform: for review at the DanPRESIDENT GOLF Cart.

Hazardous B u i l d i ng 08400374B, in the Offault by tendering the competitive round of iel Chaplin B u ilding, Good cond. Repriced Material (HBM) surficial Records of Baker f unding; there i s n o performance required 1001 4th Street and at $2999. Contact Lisa C ounty , Or ego n , vey, a Quality Assuru nder th e D e e d o f guarantee all qualified the La Grande Public (541 ) 963-21 61 a nce P r olect P l a n , which covers the folTrust at any time not applicants will receive Library .

Gros s lowing descnbed real (QAPP), a Sampling later than five days befunding. monthly salanes of all 970 - Autos For Sale a n d A n a Iy s i s P I a n, fore the date last set p roperty s i t uated i n r egular off icers a n d Baker County, Oregon: (SAP), a Health and for sale. Without limit- The maximum f u nding employees occupying LOT 4 AND LOT "C", Safety Plan, (HASP), ing the trustee's disavailable for any one struing this notice, the budgeted positions is IRON HORSE VILdemolish/deconstruct claimer of representaprolect is 50% of total singular includes the posted once annually the five existing buildLAGE, ACCORDING tions o r w a r r a nties, p rolect c o st , u p t o plural, the word "granon December 31 for a TO THE O F FICIAL ings, d e c o m m ission Oregon law r e quires $75,000. Funding is on tor" includes any sucperiod of one month. the well, remove and PLAT THEREOF, IN the trustee to state in a reimbursement basis c essor in i n terest t o Copies of all or part of d ispose of s o i l a n d THE CITY OF SUMPthis notice that some only and will require an the grantor as well as the posted information backfill with local maresidential p r o p erty a greement b e t w e e n any other person owT ER, COUNTY O F may be obtained from BAICER AND STATE sold at a trustee's sale the applicant and the ing an obligation, the 1984 CHEVY H ea v y teriaIs. the county upon payOF OREGON. APN: Half-ton. Would make may have been used URA prior to p r olect performance of which ment of a fee not ex0953732D / 905 a great wood hauling Submittal: in ma nu f a c t u r i n g s tart. Funding is e x i s secured b y s a i d c eeding t h e a c t u a l methamphetamines, t rust deed, an d t h e /16696 and 09S3732D pected to be available truck. Straight body, To access the full Recosts incurred by the the chemical compoafter July 1, 2015. Protion to the highest bidwords "trustee" and 16" tires, tool box on quest f o r Q u a l ifica- / 920 / 1 6696 Comcounty in making the tions (RFQ) and rem only known as : 4 n ents o f w h i c h a r e Iects that are only for der for cash the inter"beneficiary" i n c lude back, 5 clean interior, coples.

IRON HORSE LOOP est in t h e d e s cribed their respective suck nown t o b e t o x i c . d owntow n his t o r i c Asking $2,500obo. Call quirements for submitt ing S t a t e m e n t of b uilding f a gade i m - Published: Februay 9, r eal property w h i c h cessors in interest, if SUMPTER, OREGON Prospective purchasfor more info or quesQualifications (SOQ) 97877 Th e c u r r e nt ers of residential propthe grantor had or had a ny. T h e tr u s t e e ' s provements or t hose tions 541-910-9339.

2015 b eneficiary is: W e l l s with total prolect valp lease visit th e O s t erty should be aware p ower t o c o nvey a t rules of auction may 2003 BUICK Century. wald Site Prolect webthe time of the execuFa rgo Ba nk, N.A. Both of this potential danger u es o f le s s t ha n Legal No. 00039901 be ac c e s s e d at 4-dr, PW, power door sIte: the beneficiary and the b efore d e c i d ing t o tion by grantor of the www.northwesttrus$15,000 should conlocks 5 seat. O N L Y http://www. edlin e. n et/pa TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF trustee have elected tact the URA first betrust deed, t o gether tee.com and are incorp lace a b i d f o r t h i s SALE Fi l e No .

39,000 original miles! ges/Eagle Cap/Ostto sell the above-dew it h a ny i nt e r e s t property at th e t r us- fore submitting; there porated by this refer9195.20001 Reference which the grantor or Maroon in color. Call scribed real property wald Site Prolect tee's sale. In construmay be other more apence. You may also acto satisfy the o b ligais made to that certain John, 208-413-2339 i ng t hi s n o t i ce , t h e c ess sale s t atus a t propnate funding prograntor's successors trust deed made by Mandatory Conference: tions secured by t he masculine gender inin interest acquired afwww.northwesttrusgrams for these types 2014 TRAILS West 2 Charles S. ICoch and February 19th, 2015; Deed of Trust and not er the e x ecution of cludes th e f e m i n ine of prolects. t ee. c o m and horse slant trailer. Like ICathleen D. ICoch, hus- the trust deed, to sattice has been recorded 1 2:00-1:30pm at t h e a nd the n e uter, t h e www.USA-Foreclonew used four times. b and an d w i f e , a s isfy the foregoing obliO stwald S it e ( 2 4 3 0 pursuant t o ORS singular includes plu- Questions should be sure.com. For further $7,400. 208-859-1 862. g rantor, t o D . R a h n g ations t h ereby s e Balm St. Baker City, 86.752(3). The default t o Robe r t i nformation, p l e a s e ral, the word "grantor" d irecte d H ostetter, P . C. , a n Oregon) for which the forecloincludes any succesStrope, Distnct cured and the c o sts contact: Amy Rigsby Oregon professional and expenses of sale, Submittal D e a d line: s ure is m ad e i s t h e s or in interest to t h e Manager; 541-962-1309; N orthwest T r u s t e e c orporation, as t r u s including a reasonable M arch 4 t h , 20 1 5 ; grantor's failure to pay rstrope©cityof Services, Inc. P.O. Box grantor as well as any t ee, in fav or of 5:00pm (PST) when due, the followother persons owing lagrande.org. charge by the trustee.

997 B e II ev u e, WA Henderson Fuel Coming sums: an obligation, the perNotice is further given 98009-0997 pany, an Oregon corthat for reinstatement to: Baker School formance of which is Published: February 6, 9, (425)586-1 900 ICoch, Delinquent Payments: poration, as beneficior payoff quotes reDistnct 5J secured by the Deed and 11,2015 Charles S. and ICathary, dated 10/03/07, Attention: Date: o f Trust, t h e w o r d s lee n D. (T S¹ quested pursuant t o recorded 10/17/07, in "trustee" and 'benef- Legal No.00039890 Megan Alameda 09/01/1 3 thru 05/01/14 ORS 8 6 . 7 8 6 and 9195.20001) the mortgage records 2090 4th St. No.: 9 86.789 must be timely iciary" include their re1002.276001-File No. 1001 - Baker County Amount: of Union County, Orec ommunicated i n a Baker City, OR 97814 spective successors in Legal Notices gon, a s 2 0 0 7 5869, megan.alameda©gmail.com $842.50 interest, if any. Dated: NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S w ritten r e quest t h a t Published: January 19, covenng the following STORAGE UNIT Total: SALE c omplies w i t h t h a t 1/9/2015 CLEAR RE26, 2015 and February descnbed real property AUCTION Each envelope s hould $7,582.50 statute addressed to CON CORP 621 SW 2, 9, 2015 Descnption of Property: situated in said county the trustee's "Urgent be p l ainly m a r ked Mornson Street, Suite On March 12,2015 at the "Ostwald Brownfield and state, to wit: Lots Suitcase, c o m p uter, 4 25 Por t l and, O R hour of 10:00 a.m. at Request Desk" either LegaI No. 00039628 5 and 6, in Block 20 of c omputer s c r e e n s , Site Prolect" and bear Date: t he U n i o n Co u n t y 97205 858-750-7600 by personal delivery to Hindman's Addition to dresser, mirrors, bed the name of the pro- 06/01/1 4 thru 07/01/14 Sheriff's Office, 1109 the trustee's physical Elgin, Union County, f rame , mat t re s s , No.: 2 o ffices (call fo r a d LegaI No. 00039668 IC Ave, La Grande, Oreposing party.

FIND IT INTHE Oregon, according to c lothes, l a mp , u m The School District re- Amount: Published: January 26 dress) or by first class, gon, the defendant's brella, table, coffee taserves the nght to re- $993.55 February 2 , 9 , 16 interest will b e s o ld, the recorded plat of certified mail, r eturn CLASSIFIED ADS said addition. PROPble, paint ball gun, life receipt requested, adIect any or all state- Total: sublect to redemption, 2015 Iackets, boat c o v e r, ments o f qu a l i f ica- $1987.10 dressed to th e t r u s- Whatever you're in the r ea l p r operty ERTY ADDRESS: Land Elgin, OR 97827 Both tee's post office box craft stuff, i ron, f iret ions, in its sole d i s 1010 - Union Co. commonly known as: looking for, classithe beneficiary and the works, and boxes of 109 North 2nd St, Uncretion, and to w a ive a ddress set f o rt h i n Legal Notices m iscellaneous i t e m s informalities.

Date: i on, Or 97883. T h e trustee have elected this notice. Due to po- fied ads can help.

I, N IC H O L A S L e e court case number is to sell the real propunable to inventory.

07/02/1 4 thru 01/01/15 Smith, will no longer LegaI No. 00039884 No.: 6 14-04-49057, w h e re be responsible after Property Owner: Ambro- Published: February 6, 9, Amount: J ames B . N u t t e r 5 Feb. 1, 2015 for any sia Russell Company, its succes11, 2015 $1,092.78 What's the numberone causeof death and injury for Oregon's kids? debt occurred by wife Total: sors in interest and/or STORAGE UNIT Meredith Ann Smith.

Amount Due: $252.00 as $6,556.68 assigns is plaintiff, and AUCTION Published: February 6, 9, of February 1, 2015 Vernon T. Jones aka Descnption of Property: Late Charges: and 11,2015 Vernon Thomas Jones; C hairs, m i c r o w a v e , Legal No.00039887 Auction to take place on $42.13 United States of Amersuitcases, lamp, rug, Tuesday, February 17, ica; State of Oregon; books, dishes, t oys, Beneficiary Advances: 2015 at 10:35 AM at and Occupants of the movies, clothes and LIEN FORECLOSURE J a-Lu M i n i S t o r a g e Premises is defendant. $0.00 SALE boxes of m i scellane¹ 11 l o c ated o n D The sale is a p u b lic ous items unable to in- Foreclosure Fees and Street, in Baker City, auction to the highest Pursuant to ORS 87.689 vetory Oregon. b idder f o r c a s h o r Expenses: 5 ORS 87.691. c ashier's c h e c k , i n $735.00 Name of Person Fore- Property Owner: Linda hand, made out to UnN otice i s h e rb y g i v e n Gayhart c losing: J a -L u M i n i Total Required to ion County S heriff's that the following deReinstate: Storage Units are manOffice. For more inforscribed property perAmount Due: $252.00 as aged by Nelson Real mation on this sale go $16,903.41 sonal/household items of February 1, 2015 Estate, Inc. 845 CampTOTAL REQUIRED TO to: will be sold at A Plus bell, Baker City, OrePA YOFF: www.ore onshenffs.

Rentals LLC, at 1433 Auction to take place on $108,197.71 gon, 5411-523-6485 com sales.htm M adison S t reet , L a Tuesday, F e b r u ary Grande OR 97850 on 17th at 10:30 AM at Legal No. 00039864 By reason of the default, February 13, 2015 at Published: February 9, Ja-Lu Storage ¹77 loPublished: February 4, 6, the beneficiary has de10:00 am t o s a t i sfy 1 6, 23 , 2 0 1 5 a n d cated on D Street, in clared all obligations 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 March 2, 2015 liens claimed by A Plus Baker City, Oregon. secured by the Deed Rentals LLC. Trust i m m ediately LegaI No. 00039907 P lacing a n a d i n Name of Person Fore- of due and payable, in- P roperty O w n er : E v a It'S nOt gunS. It'8 nOt drugS. lt'8 not CanCer. c losing: J a -L u M i n i classified is a very cluding: the p rincipal Shells Storage Units are mans imple p r o c e s s . aged sum of $94,086.09 to- U nit M -5 le in f or Looking for someIt's motor vehicle crashes.

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M1 7 le in f or at the rate of But there are somesimple things you can do to keep kids safer on the road: f ied d e p a r t m e n t bell, Baker City, Ore- thereon 6 .5 % p e r a n n u m , $455.00 Then you need the and we'll help you gon, 5411-523-6485 Unit M2 6 le in f or f rom 8/ 1/2013 u n t il • Don't drink and drive, especially with your • Buckle up everybody in the car, including Classified Ads! This w ord your a d f o r $605.00 paid, plus all accrued yourself —kids learn fram watching yau. kids in the car.

Legal No. 00039859 M ega n B rown unit M-15 is the simplest, most m a x i m u m Published: February 4, 6, late charges, and all lien for $980.00 trustee's fees, foreclo• Put kids in the correct carseats for their size. • Drive safely. Nobody wins with road rage, response. inexpensive way for 9, 11, 13, 16, 2015 sure costs, and any Jon Quintana unit M-19 speedingor reckless driving — least of all lien a mo u n t fo r you to reach people • Always put children under 12 in the back sums advanced by the your kids. $872.00 seat, away from air bags. beneficiary pursuant to in this area with any the terms and condiPublish: February 6, 9, message you might tions of the Deed of and 11,2015 Trust Whereof, notice want to deliver.

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EMPLOYMENT

Woman still nursing wound of breakup nine years ago DEARABBY:I recently found out my ex-boyfr iend marfv'ed thegirlhecheated on me with, and they have had a baby. I didn't think it would affect me because it has been nineyears sinceourbreakup,butIfeeldevastated and sad all over again. I constantly wonder whyhe was blessed with the happy ending I was wishing for. I ask myself why I haven't met anyone worthwhile.

I am scared to go through the hurt and pain again, so Iput on a smiling face for everyone. I want toforget this miserable relationship and be happy. What can I do to move on with my life?

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

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that what may be driving your mother are things she sees at work every day, the reality is that illness and tragedy can strike peopleofallagesatany tim e.

It's important that family members hear what a person wants — or doesn't want — should a situation arise in which that person is unable to speak for him- or herself.

And it's equally important for you and your brother to hear what your mother's wishes are if you DEAR don't already know.

Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — With strong employment gains in January, the economy has created more than 1 million new jobs in a three-month stretch for the first time in nearly two decades — and the hiring surge has spurred the best wage gains in more than six years.

The 257,000 net new jobs thatemployers added last month were spread across high- and low-paying industries, the Labor Department said Friday in a report that economists described asoverwhelmingly positive.

The upbeat data increased the likelihood that the Federal Reserve would startraising interest rates as early as June, be~ a s l ow pullback on its remaining effort to stimulate the economy and put the Great Recession far behind it.

Even the biggest negative in the report, a tick up in the unemployment rate to 5.7 percent, was a plus.

Economists said it happened because 703,000 more people jumped into the civilian labor force last month.

'The labor marketis gainingmomentum," said Sophia Koropeckyj, senior economist at Moody's Analytics.''Employers have strongenough demand fortheirpmducts and services that theyreallyhave to start rampingup their hiring."

During a town hall forum in Indianapolis, President Barack Obama touted the gaininjobsand broader signs of an improving economy.

"And in the single most hopeful sign for middle-class

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DEARABBY:Iam a 70-year-old senior who is sexually dysfunctional. I am so lonely. I have — LOST INNEW JERSEY outlived two of my brf'des. Do you think I DEAR LOST: That's a good question, and could ftnd someonewho wouldjust appreciI'm glad you asked because it means you ate holding hands and whispering sweet may finally be ready to do it. words without the physical contact?

— YOUNGAT HEART IN TEXAS One way to move forward would be to DEAR YOUNG: Not only do I think you keep busy so you won't brood. Make an effort to meet new people, because the saycan, I suspect you may need police protecing"norisk, no reward"is true. Ifyou have tiontocontrolthecrowd ofapplicants.Years saved any mementos of your relationship ago, my aunt, the late Ann Landers, polled withyour ex-boyfriend, box them up and her female readers asking if they would preput them away — or get rid of them entirely fer "holding and cuddling" to actually doing because this chapter of your life is finished. "the deed." The majority of them answered I can't guarantee this will bring you in the affirmative. another romance, but it will be a step in the right direction.

DEAR ABBY: I am 18, and like most of myfriends,I havegoneaway tocollege.

DEARABBY: My mother is a certifted Wehavea friend whose life wentofftrack nursing assistant for hospice and loves her duringour senioryearbecauseofdrinking, work. She has been assisting the terminally drugs and other misbehavior.She'snow ill for 16years. I'm writing because lately she without a place to live or any support system.

She calls us from time to time, and we aren't has become insistent that my brother and I sure what to believe or how to help her since we complete our wills, medical directives, poware all in a different place in our lives, and far ers of attorney, etc.

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new jobs over the previous 12 months, the best since 1998, governmentemployment rose just 80,000 in that time.

Lower-paying private jobs had the biggestincrease last month, with retailers adding about 46,000 positions and hotels and restaurants combining for 37,000 new jobs. But good-payingindustries such as construction, manufacturing and business servicesalso showed strong gains.

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November's 423,000 figure was the best since the spring of 2010, when temporary federal government hiring to conduct the census gave the jobs market a one-month boost.

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families, wages are starting to go up again," Obama said.

"So Americaispoised for another good year."

Average private hourly earnings rose 12 cents to $24.75 in January after a dtsappomhng drop of 5 cents the previous month. The 0.5 percent gain in January was the bestsincelate 2008 as the Great Recession was nearing its depths. eWe have been expecting both stronger wage growth and stronger labor force growth," said Gus Faucher, senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group."Certainly this is a good start, but let's see if it continues."

The report showed that the privatesectorisdriving the economy. It added 267,000 new jobs last month while governments cut back by 10,000positions,thew orst performance in a year.

Federal, state and local governments have struggled to addworkers aftertherecession amid budget deficits, stunted tax revenue growth and, until recently, a sluggish economy. While private employers added 3.1 million

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COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASICETBALL

TUESDAY • Prep girls basketball: Wallowa at Joseph, 5 p.m.

• Prep girls basketball: McLoughlin at La Grande, 6 p.m.

• Prep boys basketball: Wallowa at Joseph, 6:30 p.m.

• Prep boys basketball: McLoughlin at La Grande, 7:30 p.m.

Eastern

stays perfect at uinn

By Josh Benham The Observer

A dominating surge helped keep No. 23 Eastern Oregon University's home mark umblemished.

After the College of Idaho rallied to make it a four-point game late in the first half, the conference-leading Mountaineers stormed back with 10 answered points heading into halfbme, then stormed out to open the second half with a 14-2 run to pull away during an 82-51 Cascade Collegiate Conference win over the Coyotes Friday at Quinn Coliseum. ''We've been having those ilullsl, but tonight we got out of it quickly," head coach Anji Weissenfluh said.'When they went on their run, we responded, and were able to pull away a little in that first half and keep it going into the second half."

The win improved the Mounties home record to 10-

AT A GLANCE

Sign up for fall bike trip Cycle Oregon, the weeklong annual bicycle ride, will start in Baker City on Sept.

13 and finish in La Grande Sept. 19.

About 2,000 riders will pedal 382 miles to 478 miles, depending on whether they take optional side trips. Daily routes include: Halfway toWallowa Lake, a Wallowa Valley loop, Wallowa Lake to La Grande and La Grande to Baker City.

For more information and to sign up, go to www.cycleoregon.com.

Coaching icon dies at 83 Dean Smith did everything to bring the best out of his North Carolina players.

Sometimes that meant a handwritten note of encouragement. Other times, that meant facing what former star guard Phil Ford called "the wrath of Dean."

Smith, who led theTar Heels to two national titles and 11 Final Fours, died Saturday night at 83.

Both Ford and Michael Jordan likened the Hall of Famecoachtoa "second father."

"Not many people are willing to share everything about themselves with another person that will make the other person better, and he was willing to do that," Ford said Sunday. "Not only with me, but with everyone that played for him, and basically everyone he came in contact with."

Along this college town's main Franklin Street drag, there was a sign outside Sutton's Drug Store bearing one of Smith's quotes on leadership: "A leader's job is to develop committed followers.

Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment."

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Union/Cove wrestler Chad Witty has won the past two 2A/1A Special District 4 tournaments, advancing to the state tournament the past two seasons. The junior is looking to make it three years in a row this season.

• Union/Cove wrestler wants to follow in brother' sfootstepswith state championship

By Josh Benham The Observer

His brother paved a path to glory before him. Now, Union/Cove's Chad Witty hopes to join his brother as a state wrestling champion.

The junior is on his way to another superb season on the mats. Witty was 20-5 through January, head coach Wayne Sturm said, mixing back and forth between the 170- and 182-pound divisions. Witty is fresh off a first-place

finish at the Heppner BEO Invitational Saturday. He also took first at the John Rysdam Invitational and the EnterpriseKickoff,and placed second atthe Jo-Hi Invitational.

"He's had a great season so far," Sturm said."As an individual wrestler, he's amazing. He found his niche, and he's dialed in and knows what he needs to be a champion."

In Sturm's eyes, there's a specific reason Witty excels on the mat.

"His willingness and wanting to kick somebody's butt," Sturm said."That's wrestling. You want to physically dominate a guy, and Chad does that.

He wants to let his opponents know they've been wrestled."

Witty gets that mindset from his

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La Grande utilized an early lead to distance itself in the first half against Baker, and heldon late fora 60-47 Greater Oregon League win Friday in Baker, earning a season sweep over the rival Bulldogs.

The Tigers were up 15-9 after the first quarter, and stretchedthe lead to 10 at halfbme.

"Itwas a good way to start the game," La Grande head coach Mark Carollo said.

"Our defense was definitely very good in the first halC' See Sweep/Page 2C

• Tigers secure GOL regular season crown with 17-point win at Baker Tim Mustae/TheObserver

Eastern Oregon University's Kalvin Johanson goes up for a shot in the lane Friday against No. 5 College of Idaho.

Upset bid falls short • Mounties can't totally erase 20-point second half deficit despite spiri ted comeback

By Josh Benham The Observer

Eastern Oregon University's De'Sean Mattox was oh so close to extending the game with No. 5 College of Idaho to overtime.

But his potential-tying 3-pointer rimmed out, and the second-half comeback from the Mountaineers came up just short, as the Coyotes

COLLEGE MEN'S BAS ICETBALL escaped with an 86-83 Cascade Collegiate Conference victory Friday at Quinn Coliseum.

Eastern, which trailed by as many as 20 in the second half, was down 81-73 with 49 seconds left. Mattox finished a drive with a left-handed layup, and after two Demetrius Perkins free throws for the Coyotes, Eastern's Bryan McGrif hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 83-78 with 30 seconds left.

On the ensuing College of Idaho See Short/Page 8C

TONIGHT'S PICIC

Badgers' senior plays big role Powder Valley snapped a three-game losing skid and improved to 5-6 in 1A Old Oregon League play with a pair of wins over the weekend. The Badgers won big at Griswold, 74-36, Friday, and turned around for a 64-54 home win over Echo Saturday. Lee McElligott started the weekend off right, scoring a team-high 21 points in the Badgers' Friday win over Griswold.

''We know the other top teams in our conference aren't going to lose at home, so we can't lose at home, either, "guard Maloree Moss said."That's been one of our goals from the beginningto protect our home court."

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older brother, Kyle, who was a star wrestler for La Grande. Kyle lost the only match of his junior season in the state championship match, and followed it up with an undefeated senior season, leading to a 2007 state title in the 215-pound division. Chad said he draws inspiration from Kyle's career, as well as another brother, Jared, who won a state track and field title in the javelin.

"I'm trying to follow in his footsteps," Witty said."That's one of the main reasons why I wanted to wrestle in the first place. I saw my brothers get all their fame, and I knew my best chance of getting anything was in wrestling.

I'm just trying to get my part."

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After a slow start, La Grande responded and pulled away from its rival Baker for a 54-37 win Friday in Baker City.

With the road win, the Tigers clinched the regular-season Greater Oregon League title, and swept the season series with the Bulldogs.

"It was a good game for us," La Grande head coach Doug Girdner said.eWe knew Baker wasn't going to give us a win.

They're going to play as good as they can play. So, it was really nice to be challenged, because you don't want to go through league without any challenges."

A trio of Tigers reached double-figure scoring, with Kylin Collman leading the way with 18 points. Avery Albrecht added 16 points and seven assists, and Kali Avila earned a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

"Averydid agreatjob ofdistributing the ball, especially in the first half when we See GOL/Fbge 2C

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It's the home finales for the La Grande boys and girls basketball teams Tuesday when they host Greater Oregon League foe McLoughlin on Senior Night.

ARIZONA ST.:Bo Barnes scored 18 points to lead the Sun Devils to an upset win over No. 6 Arizona, 81-78, Saturday. It was the Sun Devils' second win at home in as many years

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

SPORTS

SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 3 5 17 . 6 73 Brooklyn 2 1 29 . 420 1 3 Boston 1 9 31 . 3 8 0 1 5 Philadelphia 1 2 40 . 2 3 1 2 3 New York 10 4 1 . 1 9 6 24'/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 4 2 10 . 8 08 Washington 3 2 20 . 615 1 0 Charlotte 22 2 9 . 4 3 1 19'/2 Miami 2 1 29 . 420 2 0 Orlando 1 6 38 . 2 9 6 2 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 3 2 20 . 6 15 Cleveland 32 21 ,6 0 4 '/2 Milwaukee 28 23 ,5 4 9 3 ' / 2 Detroit 2 0 32 . 385 1 2 Indiana 2 0 32 . 385 1 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 3 8 13 . 7 45 Houston 35 16 . 686 3 Dallas 35 18 . 660 4 San Antonio 32 19 . 627 6 New Orleans 27 24 .529 11 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 3 5 17 . 6 73 O klahoma City 26 25 .51 0 8 ' / 2 Denver 19 3 2 ,3 7 3 15'/2 Utah 18 3 3 ,3 5 3 16'/2 Minnesota 11 40 . 2 1 6 23'/2

Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 40 9 .816 L .A. Clippers 33 19 .63 5 8 ' / 2 Phoenix 2 9 24 . 547 1 3 Sacramento 18 3 2 . 3 6 0 22'/2 L.A. Lakers 1 3 38 . 2 5 5 2 8 All Times PST Saturday's Games Chicago 107, New Orleans 72 Washington 114, Brooklyn 77 Philadelphia 89, Charlotte 81 Golden State 106, New York 92 Dallas 111, Portland 101, OT M ilwaukee 96,Boston 93 Utah 102, Sacramento 90 Sunday's Games Oklahoma City 131, L.A. Clippers 108 Cleveland120, L.A. Lakers105 Memphis 94, Atlanta 88 Chicago 98, Orlando 97 Minnesota 112, Detroit 101 Indiana 103, Charlotte 102 Portland 109, Houston 98 Toronto 87, San Antonio 82 Sacramento 85, Phoenix 83 Monday's Games Golden State at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at lndiana, 4 p.m.

New York at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 6 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Detroit at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

HoustonatPhoenix,5 p.m .

Sacramento at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA Men Top 25 Week 1. Kentucky (23-0) beat Georgia 6958; beat Florida 68-61.

2. Gonzaga (24-1) beat Santa Clara 77-63; beat San Francisco 81-70.

3. Virginia (21-1) beat No. 12 North Carolina 75-64; beat No. 9 Louisville 52-47.

4. Duke (20-3) beat Georgia Tech 7266; beat No. 10 Notre Dame 90-60.

5. Wisconsin (21-2) beat lndiana 92-78; beat Northwestern 65-50.

6. Arizona (20-3) lost to Arizona State 81-78.

7. Villanova (21-2) beat Marquette 70-52; beat No. 24 Georgetown 69-53.

8. Kansas (19-4) beat No. 11 lowa State 89-76; lost to Oklahoma State 67-62.

9. Louisville (19-4) beat Miami 63-55; lost to No. 3 Virginia 52-47.

10. Notre Dame (21-4) beat Boston College 71-63; lost to No. 4 Duke 90-60.

11. Iowa State (17-5) lost to No. 8 Kansas 89-76; beat Texas Tech 75-38.

12. North Carolina (18-6) lost to No. 3 Virginia 75-64; beat Boston College 79-68.

13. Utah (18-4) beat Colorado 79-51.

14. Northern lowa (22-2) beat lndiana State 61-51; beat Drake 69-53.

15. West Virginia (18-5) lost to No. 21 Oklahoma 71-52; lost to No. 19 Baylor 87-69.

16. Wichita State (21-3) beat Bradley 62-59; beat Missouri State 78-35.

17. Maryland (19-5) beat Penn State 64-58; lost to lowa 71-55.

18. VCU (18-5) beat George Mason 72-60; lost to St. Bonaventure 73-71.

19. Baylor (18-5) beatTCU 77-57; beat No. 15 West Virginia 87-69.

20. Ohio State (18-6) lost to Purdue 60-58; beat Rutgers 79-60.

21. Oklahoma (16-7) beat No. 15 West Virginia 71-52; beat Texas Christian 68-56.

22. Butler (18-6) beat St. John's 8562; beat DePaul 83-73.

23. SMU (19-5) lost to Cincinnati 6254; beat Tulsa 68-57.

24. Georgetown (15-8) lost to Providence 74-71; lost to No. 7 Villanova 69-53.

25. Texas (16-7) lost to Oklahoma State 65-63, OT; beat Kansas State 61-57.

Major scores Sunday EAST Bucknell 70, Holy Cross 57 lona 89, Marist 67 Monmouth (NJ) 44, Canisius 40 Ohio St. 79, Rutgers 60 Quinnipiac 91, Niagara 69 Rider 85, Manhattan 77, OT UMass 66, La Salle 59 SOUTH Miami 56, Clemson 45 Rhode Isl and 79, Richmond 74 MIDWEST III.-Chicago 83, Detroit 73 Indiana 70, Michigan 67 lowa 71, Maryland 55 Valparaiso 82, Oakland 76 SOUTHWEST No majorteam scores reported FAR WEST Boise St. 61, San Diego St. 46 Oregon 95, Washington St. 72 Oregon St. 64, Washington 50 Stanford 70, Southern Cal 62

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The Portland Trail Blazers Were not abOut to let the same thing happen to them tWO nightS in a rOW.

A night after leading by 11 With tWO minuteS left befOre falling in overtime at Dallas, they had another doubledigitlead evaporatebefore taking charge late and holding OnfOr a 109-98ViCtOry OVer the HOuStOn ROCketS On

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Aldridge scored 24 and Damian Lillard added 23.

James Harden tied a season high with 45 points for the Rockets, who are playing without star center Dwight Howard because Df knee swelling and fell behind early. '%e can't put ourselves in that situation," Harden said. '%e played really well in the second half and we played much harder. Against a good team like Portland we've got to do that for all four quarters."

The Trail Blazers led by 17

third quarter helped Houston to a slim lead early in the fourth.Portland scored seven straight points to break a tie and takea 92-85 lead midway through the period, with five points kom Meyers Leonard in that stretch. '%e had great effort kom eVerybOdytOP tobOttOm that came into the game and that was a huge part Df why we were able to win," Lillard, Who WaSadded to the All-Star rOSter On Sunday in PlaCeDf Clippers forward Blake Grifin,Who WillhaVe SurgeryfOr f a staph infection in his right elbow, said.

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'That was a really good sign for us. Kurt Boyd had eight Continued ~om Page1C points, and he was just really solid offensively and Brandon Dall went defensively. Kurt was very 8-for-10 &Om the &ee-thrOW under control and managed line to finiSh With 19 POintS things well. Andrew Kevan to PaCe the TigerS. DreW SCOredSiXPOintS COming OfI' Hively added 11 points, and the bench. With a game like Derek Yohannan chipped that on the road, especially in with 10 points, including a rivalry, you need guys a pair Df treys in the fourth COming OfI'the benCh and stepping up." quarter.

"DreW had tWO big La Grande improved 3-pointers in the first half to 15-5 On the SeaSOn,but for us and another one in more importantly, 4-0 in the fourth quarter," Carollo GOL play. However, Carollo said."He was big for us. wants his team to approach Brandon wasn't making a the remaining two games Df lot Df the shots he normally the regular season the same does, but he stillhad a way they've approached reallygood second halffor games all season. '%e're juSt fOCuSed On One uS. Derek juSt COntinueS to really shoot the ball well, game at a time," he said.

"Ifwe take careDfthose and his confidence is really high." games, hopefully we'il have Carollo pointed to ana home playofFgame."

Other grOuP Df PlayerS that The Tigers host impacted La Grande's win.

MCLOughlin TueSday fOr "It WBS Jake POWell'S firSt Senior Night. '%e'd 1OVe toSend the game back ofI'his injury, and he was a spark for us SeniOrS Dut the right Way," ofI'the bench," Carollo said. CarDllo said.

four points twice in the last 2 r/2minutes but portland answered both times, and a 3-pointer by Nicolas Batum that made it 103-96 with 96 seconds left sent fans heading for the exits.

It was the fifth 40-point game and 23rd with at least 30 this season for Harden, Who leadS the NBA in SCOring.

He had 44 points in a win over the Trail Blazers earlier this season in a game Aldridge missed with an illness.

Harden, who finished with nine rebofmdS and eight aSSiStS, SCOred 16 in HouSton'S

32-point third quarter that Cut the lead to One entering the fourth.

GOL Continued ~om Page1C were struggling for points," Girdner said."She found Who We needed to get the ball to."

The BulldogS Put the Tigers in a 12-3 hole in the first quarter, but La Grande rallied for eight unanSWered POintS to

C1OSeDut the PeriOd and Cut the defiCit to One. "We Came Dut Pretty sluggish in the first quarter," Girdner said. "We just didn't have the energy we should have had. But we mixed up the lineups and Changed Our defenSe, and away we went."

La Grande would outscore Baker by nine points in the second quarter, giving it an eight-point halftime lead.

The Tigers kept extending the lead in the second half, thanks in large part to imPrOVeddefenSe On Baker's scoring threat, Michelle Freese.

Baker's senior scored 17

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Union/Cove wrestler Chad Witty, right, grapples with Joseph's Ben Lopez during a dual between teams from Wallowa and Union countiesThursday at Union High. Witty won the match in the 182-pound division by fall with 41 seconds left in the first round.

wim( Continued ff om Page1C Witty said both brothers remain a driving force during wrestling season. Along With hiS mom and dad, the pair push him to have an even better career than they

had.

"They motivate me and try to getme tobe thebestIcan be,"Witty said."They want me to be better than them."

In Order tojoin hiS brOthers asa statechampion, Witty must take the next StePafter being SD C1OSe the PaSt tWO SeaSOnS. He WBS

the 2A/1A Special District 4 champion the past two seasons, finishing fourth as a freshman and sophomore at the state tournament.

W itty Said in Orderto be better prepared forthis season's state tournament, he's taking a more technical approach into matches.

"I think this year, I'm trying to work Dn my takedOWnS, trying to keeP guyS down and find the best ways to get my points," he said. " BeCauSe When you go to State, there'Sa lotDfreally gOOd guyS, SD you haVe to be

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StLtrm said he's seen a shift in Witty's approach as he matured through his high school career.

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"He works hard. He's got great technique and kffowledge Df wrestling," Sturm said.

"I wish every kid could be like that. But it's also his talent, thOugh. He'S juSt got it."

Witty Said he Will draW On an experience from earlier in the season as the team makes its final push to state.

"I think my best was at the John Rysdam in Elgin against a kid &om Vale (Garrett DBVDS),"Witty said."He beat me at the Muilenburg Tournament, so I wanted some revenge. I came back and beat him when we were doing round robin for what your spot is at 182. We wrestled again in the finals,

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For the sake of confidence and keeping alive postseason possibilities, Oregon State needed to turn around the momentum that vanquished in losses at the Arizona schools a week earlier.

Coach Wayne Tinkle gave his playerssome extra time offand structured practices in attempt to getthem out of the"funk" they were in on the road trip.

Whatever it was, the Beavers got the push going in the other direction while back at Gill Coliseum.

OSU started it off with Thursday's 55-50 win against Washington State and then on Sunday literally ran away from Washington for a 64-50 victory, and theBeavers gotto 14-0 athome for the first time in school history.

"In the locker room right now we just said 'OK, now, let's learn how to take this on the road,'" Tinkle said of his team, which is 2-7 away from home.

"So hopefully we can do some things differently this time out as we head to Southern California."

It's a quick turnaround for the

Beavers i16-7, 7-4l, who play at UCLA on Wednesday then travel to USC on Saturday.

Gary Payton II had 17 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals for the Beavers, who saw an 11-point first-halflead reduced to three, then pulled away to lead by as many as 18 in the closing minutes of the game.

Malcolm Duvivier added 14 points, Jarmal Reid 13 and Langston MorrisWalker 11 for Oregon State in front of a season-high 9,114.

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Oregon State's Gary Payton II caps a record-setting 14th home win with a monster dunk during a 64-50 win overWashington Sunday.

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"I felt like they were running a 100-yard dash and we were running a mile, and those two just don't match up together."

Dwayne Benjamin added 25 points for the Ducks i17-7, 7-4 Pac-12l, who built a 52-28 halftime lead on the way to their fifth win in six games.

Benjamin finished 10 of 11 from the field and was perfect on three 3-point attempts.

He started in place ofleading rebounder Jordan Bell, who served his one-game suspension due to an incident that took place on campus earlier this week.

Dexter Kernick-Drew led the Cougarsi10-13,4-7lwith 18 pointsoffthe bench. Josh Hawkinson added 14 and DaVonte Lacy had 13.

Oregon welcomed former coach Ernie Kent to Matthew KnightArena on Sunday by treating him to something better suited for nearby Hayward Field.

When it was over, Joseph Young had droppedcloseto a triple-double on Kent's Washington State team with 29 points, 10rebounds and eight assists as the Ducks raced away to a 95-72 victory.

Kent, who coached his alma mater to five NCAA Tournaments and two Elite Eights during 13 seasons toiling in old McArthur Court, had barely settled onto his sideline stool before Oregon had his Cougars down by double-digits.

"They gotoffto a greatstartand it became a track meet," the first-year

PERFECT Continued from Page1C winning streak to six games, and gave the Mounties an 8-1 record in 2015. Eastern played sound basketball on both ends, showcasing how the team is rounding into the form it needs for the late-season push.

"I feel like we are definitely hitting our peak," guard Airashay Rogers said."But we have to continue to go from there and continue to play together."

Jordan Klebaum paced the Mounties with 20 points, going6-for-12 from the 3-point line. Madeline Laan scored 15 points and had a team-high nine rebounds, and Maya AhYou hitfour 3-pointers to chip in 12 points off the bench.

Eastern entered with the top rebounding margin in the NAIA, and had 47 rebounds to just 31 for CollegeofIdaho.Moss had a team-high 10 assists, as the Mounties had 26 total assists on 32 made field goals. cWe talk a lot about how good passes lead to great shots,"Weissenfluh said."I think we're playing really unselfish. We just have to keep working each day to getbetter,and they are.I like their attitude and their work ethic right now."

Eastern started the game with 16 of the first 18 points, including a 10-0 run. Klebaum nailed backto-back3-pointersto put the Mounties up 10-2, and Nikki Osborne's long jumper stretchedthe lead to 16-2.

College of Idaho clawed back, scoring nine unansweredpointsto cutthelead down to 18-13 with eight minutes left in the half. Ah You stopped the run with a

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Eastern Oregon University's Jordan Klebaum finishes on a fastbreak during the Mountaineers'82-51 Cascade Collegiate Conference victory over College of Idaho Friday. Klebaum scored a team-high 20 points. trey, but a few minutes later, the Coyotes'Aleah Lowber made it a 22-19 game with a 3-point play.

With the Mountie lead at 29-25, Eastern created a cushion with a 10-0 run.

Laan scored on a fastbreak following Ah You's steal and full court pass with 2:45 remaining in the first. Klebaum hit her third 3-pointer of the half, and Rogers scored five consecutive points, including a trey with less than 15 seconds left to send the Mounties to the locker room ahead 39-25.

"Jordan has a nice, quick

release, and her ability to step off the 3-point line, a good fi veto six feet,stretches the defense,"Weissenfluh said. "So not only is her ability to step up and knock those down phenomenal, but she also stretches the defensetoallow other people to be open."

Afterthe teams traded baskets to open the second, Easternrattled off12points in a row. Klebaum started it with a trey, and Osborne followed with a 3-point play offa Laan offensiverebound. On the next Mountie possession, Laan scored off

her own offensive rebound.

Following an Eastern free throw, Osborne nailed a second chance 3-pointer, putting Eastern in front 5327 with 14 minutes left. The Coyotes would get no closer than 23 points the rest of the way. cWe're moving the ball really well and getting that one extra pass in," Moss said.cWe're working really well together right now, and ball movement is where it begins."

Eastern i20-5 overall, 12-2 CCCl hosts Corban University Friday.

Ashanna Hodge broke two school records for Eastern Oregon University Saturday at Boise St. University's Jackson's Invitational in Nampa, Idaho.

Hodge broke Kasie Gillespie's mark set in 2008 in the 60-meter hurdle race with atime of9.36 seconds Saturday. In the triple jump, the junior also etched her name in the program's record books, breaking the school record with laeap of34feet,10-'/2 inches.

Hodge was also apartofthe 4-by-400 relay team that hit the NAIA"B" standard with their finish. Megan Sullivan, Emma Kost, Kendal Current and Hodge ended with a time of 4 minutes, 3.38 seconds.

Travis Simpson continued his stellar season, dearing 6-11 to win the high jump, improving the"A" standard he's alreadyreached. Simpson is currently tied with Indiana Wesleyan's Michael Moffitt

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On Friday, Sullivan also set a school record and hit the "B" standard in the 200-meterrace with atim eof25.42, and finished sixth overall.

Tanner Yarbrough took second at the invitational in the weight throw, hitting the "B" standard with a heave of 55-6 '/4. Yarbrough's finish is the sixth best all-time at Eastern.

The distance medley relay team of Calvin Edward, Philip Gravatt, Tyler Zyph and Isaac Updike reached the "A" standard with a time of 10:16.09, which is the fourth fastest in the NAIA this season.

Edwards to Austin Strock cut the lead to 15, and Mattox's treya few possessions later trimmed the Coyotes' lead to

Continued ~om Page1C possession, Eastern's Case Rada stole a crosscourt pass, which led to McGrifI"s transitionbucket toslicethelead to three points with 17 seconds left. After the Coyotes' Joey Nebeker made one of two free throws, McGriff drilled a 35-foot trey under duress with 3.6 seconds remaining.

Perkins was fouled and made both ofhis free throws. Mattox took the inbounds pass, racedup the leftside ofthe court and got off a shot a few feet behind the 3-point line that was just off the mark, ending the comeback run.

"In practice the past month or so, I've put the guys in situations where we're down and Ioffi ciate,"head coach Jared Barrett said."I put calls against them, so everything's going against them, and theyhave to fi nd away tobe mentally strong in practice, and stay positive with each other. They did that tonight.

They kept fighting. This is a different team than we were a month ago."

Rada scored a team-high 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field, making all five ofhis free throws. Mattox and McGrif both scored 16 points, with Mattox leading the Mounties with eight reboundsfrom hisguard position. Deonta Edwards added 10 points.

'The team showed great fight and great effort in the second half," Rada said.cWe really played smart in the second half and made a great comeback."

The Coyotes had a 40-25 lead at halftime, helped out by a full court pressure defense that caused numerous issues for the Mounties. But as the second half played out, Eastern became more and more comfortable with the pressure.

At the 16-minute mark, College of Idaho rattled off six straight points to go up 55-35.

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With less than seven minutes remaining, Perkins' dunk stretched the Coyotes' lead to 14, and two Marko Kovacevik free throws for College of Idaho made it a 7560 game with just over three minutes left.

Seemingly put away again, the resilience of the Mounties shone through, as the team went on a 10-2 run to slice the lead to 77-70 with just over a minute left. That set the stage for the finish.

With Eastern trailing by five, Rada's steal with 25 seconds left came on an over-the-shoulder snag off a CollegeofIdaho crosscourt pass. With the offense stalling for a moment, Barrett wanted McGrif to take the ball to the hole.

"I actually wanted iBryanl to get a little bit closer and gettothebasket,because I don't think we necessarily needed a three right there," Barrett said."It'sone ofthose ones where you look at him, and you're ticked, and it goes in and you say, what a great shot."

But McGriff raised up and effortlessly drilled a ridiculously deep trey to make it a one-point game with 3.6 seconds. Perkins, who scored a game-high 30 points, was fouled and sunk both free throws. With no timeouts, Mattox had no choice but to hoist a contested trey that nearly went in. But the shot was slightly ofE and the miss cut the upset bid short.

Disappointed as the players were with the defeat, however, the Mounties hope they can build from the nearupset.

'They are the No. 5 team in the country, and we played them tough," Rada said."It just shows we can play with anyone if we play smart and play with great effort like we did tonight."

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Fuller, Tandy, Wi win championships at BEO Observer staff

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Three local wrestlers won their weight classes at the Heppner BEO Invitational Saturday.

Wallowa's Micah Fuller won the 195-pound division, Chad Witty of Union/Cove placed first at 182 and Imbler's Taylor Tandy took first at 220.

Tandy trailed McLoughlin's Jacob Podolski 8-3 heading into the third round, before rallying for a pin to earn the victory in the championship match.

"He had his hands full," Imbler head coach Doug Hislop said.'Taylor

wrestled really tentatively in the first two rounds. During the third round, iPodolskil gota nosebleed,sothere was a little break. I went over to Taylor and told him,'Hey, you better start wrestling the way you do at practice.'

He seemed to listen to that, and just did a great job after that."

Cole Farwell of Enterprise had the next-best finish, placing second at

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Overall, Hislop said Elgin had the best showing oflocal teams, with a sixth-place finish.

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"It was a good tournament for us," Elgin head coach Jason Lathrop said."Allofourguysgottoface tough tests. Teams like Riverside and Culver, who both have several state champions on the team, and MacHi has several top-level wrestlers.

Overall, even though we've finished higher at other tournaments, I felt this was the best we've wrestled as a team."

The Huskies'Ty Hook moved up from 106 to 113, where he took third in Heppner.

Jaydon McKay defeated Joseph's Jared Wilcox to take third at 160 for Elgin, and Jordan Vermillion

placed third at 170.

'That was the best I've seen him performthisseason,"Lathrop said of Vermillion.

Elgin's Damian Hernandez placed fourthat 126,and LeviCarper placed

fifth at 195.

Union/Cove finished eighth, aided greatly by Witty's finish. Taran Hardwick had another strong performance for Union/Cove, defeating Hernandez for a third-place finish at 126.

Imbler placed 11th. Tyler Tandy finished in fifth place at 160, winning three out of four matches on the weekend.

Powder Valley picked up a 67-45home Old Oregon League victory over Echo Saturday.

"I worried when we started because we turned the ball over a lot," Badgers head coach Allen Bingham said."But our defense is really stepping up."

Samantha Kerns finished with 20 points, 11rebounds and three steals. Amanda Feik finished with 15 points.

Savanah Stephens and Hallie Feik both had 10 points.

The previous night, the Badgers earned a 46-26 win over Griswold on the road.

Stephens led the Badgers with 14 points, and two 3-pointers. Hallie Feik chipped in 10 points. Taylor Martin had 11rebounds. aw e played really aggressive all night long," Bingham said.

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all, 8-3 OOLl will be back in action Saturday in Wallowa.

3oseph edges Pine Eagle Friday night in Joseph, the Eagles picked up a 44-31 Old OregonLeague win over Pine Eagle.

"I felt like down the stretchitwa sa close game," Eagles head coach Travis Huf5nan said."They held their composure and didn't panic."

Lindsay Kemp and Satori Albee finished with 12 points apiece, with Albee nailing a 3-pointer. The Eagles finished 3-for-7 from the free-throw line.

Joseph i5-12 overall, 2-7 OOLl hosts Wallowa Tuesday.

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"I played the bench a lot in the fourth quarter," Eagles head coach Olan Fulfer said. awe took the pressure off in the fourth."

Noah DeLury finished with 18 points to pace the Eagles.

Cayden DeLury ended with 13 points, and N. D eLury Aaron Borgerding added 11 points.

"It ended up being a big win for us," Fulfer said."It would be big if we could finish second in the league."

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Imbler'sWhitneyWilber, left, and Cove's Kyndat Murchison, right, battle for a loose ball during aWapiti League game between the Panthers and Leopards in Cove Saturday. Imbler won 30-25.

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On Saturday night in Cove, Imbler defeated theLeopards,30-25,in W apiti League action. awe played greatdefense allnight long," Mpards head coach Brendan May said.'We justcouldn't find the basket."

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Jacobi Rudd had adouble-double with 11points and 11rebounds for the Panthers. WhitneyWilber had 10 points and two 3-pointers.

Kindra Moore led the Leopards with seven points, and one 3-pointer. Kellie Nostrant chipped in with five points. awe started off pretty slow," Imbler head coach Barry Bowers said."Both teams cameoutbetterin the secondhalf' The previous night in Elgin, Imbler picked up a 34-28 win over the Huskies.

"I thought we played tough defense all night long," Bowers said.awe worked very hard all game."

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Imbler i9-11 overall, 4-6 Wapiti) hosts Burns Friday.

Outlaws split pair Enterprise fell, 63-38, to Wapiti League foe and No. 1 Burns at home in a Wapiti League game Saturday.

"There's a reason Burns is No. 1," Outlaws head coach Mike Crawford said."Burns is legit. They are a tough team."

Tiffanie George led the Outlaws with eight points. Darby Gassett had seven points and one 3-pointer.

The previous night in Enterprise, the Outlaws earned a Wapiti League win, defeating Cove, 46-41.

awe came out with energy," Crawford said."It was a must win for us to get into districts."

Kayla Johnson led the Leopards with nine points, all coming on threepointers. Kyndal Murchison and Kellie Nostrant both finished with eight points.

"It was one of the best games I have everbeen a partof,"M ay said ofthe Enterprise game."It was a great game by both teams."

Enterprise i9-11 overall, 4-7 Wapiti) faces Grant Union at home Friday.

Cove i7-12 overall, 3-7 Wapiti) travels to Elgin Friday.

Bobcatslose two close games Union suffered just its second and thirdWapiti League lossesofthe season, when the Bobcats fell at Burns, 64-60, Friday, and lost 46-39 at Grant Union Saturday.

Union i18-3 overall, 8-3 Wapiti) hosts Baker in a nonleague game Thursday.

Badgers win pair On Saturday,the Badgers

pickedup a 64-54 Old Oregon League win over Echo.

"Echo had a good run in the third," Badgers head coach Kyle Dixon said.'We have been focusing on putting fourquartersofbasketball together."

Tanner Eubanks led the Badgers with 16 points, and three 3-pomters. Isaac Colton finished Eub anks with 12 points. awe need to work on our press break," Dixon said.

The previous night, the Badgers picked up a 74-36 win over Griswold in Old Oregon League action in Helix. awe started offby playing some solid defense," Dixon sald.

Lee McElligott led the Badgers with 21 points. Eubanks added 10 points. awe hustled all night long, and that helped us out a lot," Dixon said.

Powder Valley i9-11 overall, 5-6 OOLl closes out its regular season Saturday at Wallowa.

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Unionrebounded from adefl ating defeat on the road to Burns Friday, prevailing at Grant Union, 65-62, Saturday.

The Bobcats held a 13-point lead in the third quarter. But Grant Union nailed six 3-pointers in the second half to cut Union's lead to one in the final minute, before the Bobcats came through fiom the free throw line to preserve the win.

J.D. Graves scored a team-high 20 points for Union. Chase Houck added 19 points, and Quinn Evans went 8-for-11 from the free throw line and finished with 16 points. Brooke Scantling had seven steals.

"Our trio produced very well," Union head coach Brett Dunten said.

'Those three did an amazing job."

The Bobcats enjoyed an enormous difference at the charity stripe. Union made 18 of their 30 free throws, while Grant Union didn't attempt one, Dunten said.

"Some people will say that's surprising, but they hit 10 3-pointers, and Idon'tknow how many they shot," Dunten said.'They stayed on

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The Bobcats were coming off a 60-55losstothe Hilanders.

"It was a great game," Dunten said.awe had a 12-3 run and tied it up at 42 late,buttheirbestplayer had 15 points in the fourth quarter.

He was clutch for them."

Chase Houck scored 15 points, Graves chipped in 12 points, Dawson Kennon scored 11 points and Landon Houck added six points and seven rebounds in the loss.

Union i14-7 overall, 9-2 Wapiti) plays at Imbler Saturday.

"Imbler really stepped up their

game play in the second half" Cove head coach TedRoy McBride said. awe tried to drive past them and they shut us down."

The previous night at home, the Panthers picked up a Wapiti win over Elgin,45-32.

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VanCleave led the Panthers with 23 points, and McGilvray chipped in eight points. Elgin's Gavin Christenson led the Huskies with 11 points and one 3-pointer. Jake Burgess finished with 10 points for Elgin. awe showed a lot more awareness," Imbhr beatsCove, Elgin Huskies head coach Kevin Johnson Imblercapped offa 2-0 weekend said."Our defense is talking a lot with 46-28 a win overCovein Wa more." piti League action Saturday in Cove.

Imbler i16-4overall, 7-3 Wapiti) 'The boys came out at halflike hosts Burns Friday. Elgin i7-15 overa team I haven't seen," Panthers all, 3-7 Wapiti) plays at home against head coach Mike Mills said."But Cove Friday. we still need to learn to play all four On Friday night, Cove picked up a 51-42 win at Enterprise. quarters."

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