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By Katy Nesbitt ENTERPRISE — Enterprise Chief of Police Wes Kilgore tendered his resignation to the city council Monday.

A special meeting of the city council was called Tuesday.

Mayor Steve Lear is out of town, so Jenni Word filled in as mayor pro tem. The council members in attendance voted unanimously to

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Mayor Steve Lear said Kilgore was put on administrative leave March 2 by the council and the mayor. In the public meeting Tuesday night, The Observer questioned the council about the process forputting Kilgoreon

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leave and what negotiations had occurred with the council's police committee since March 2. The council had no reply, nor did they answer why Kilgore was placed on administrative leave or what prompted his resignation.

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• Island City students first in county to take new assessment, the Smarter Balanced Test • Competition focus is economic revitalization in small towns and rural areas

By Kelly Ducote The Observer

Fill in the blank: If only La Grande had a , it would be the perfect place to live.

A commercial airport. A mall. A brewpub.

High-speed rail. More sustainable jobs.

Those were some of the suggestions tossed out by the La Grande Rotary Club Tuesday.

For agroup ofcommunity members hoping to see La Grande named one of America's Best Communities, though, the answer isn't simple— but the reward could begreat. oThe goal out there, the award, is a$3 million grant," said Dale Mammen, who on Tuesday presented with Michael Jaeger some of the work the Regional Transformation Team hasdone tohelp La Grande win the ABC Prize.

The prizeispartofa com petition sponsored by Frontier Communications and DISH Network that focuses on economic revitalization in small towns and rural communities within the Frontier Communications service area. The ABC Prize competition is open to municipalities with populations between 9,500 and 80,000, and there are a number of prizes available to commuSeeABC / Page5A Tim Mustoe/TheObserver

Fifth-graders, from right, Anna Kreutz, Rilyn Kirkland and Braden Henry, use computers to practice for the Smarter Balanced assessment test Monday morning at Island City Elementary. The school is the first in the county to administer the new assessment.

By Dick Mason

"It wasn'tintimidatingfor

the Smarter Balanced test on Tuesday. (students). They had agoodpositive He noted that one girl even finished the Eighty-three Island City Elementary test on Tuesday. attitude toward it."

School students made history Tuesday, The remainder of the Island City stu— Island Elementary School Principal and alleviated a little anxiety among lodents who started the test Tuesday will John Tolan, on the new standardized caleducatorsin the process. finish it during exam sessions this week. assessment,the Smarter Balanced test The 83 students became the first in Elementary school students in third Union County to take a portion of the grade and higher must take the Smarter new and highly publicized Smarter Baling used as the assessment tool for public Balanced reading, math, reading perancedassessment test. schoolsin allofthe 43 statesthathave formance and math performance tests "It went pretty smoothly," said Debbie adoptedCommon Core State Standards, this academic year. Tolan has allocated a W aite, theco-coordinator oftesting at including Oregon. total of 2-V2 hours per student for each Island City Elementary along with the All other public schools in Union Coun- test. This means that most Island City school's principal, John Tolan. ty will start taking the test sometime students in grades 3-5 will spend a total Students will not learn how they did after spring break, which ends March of 10 hours taking the Smarter Balanced on the test until several months after the 29. Students in the Enterprise School exam during the testing window. entire exam series is taken. Tolan has no District started taking the Smarter BalTolan said Island City students did not idea how well his students did on their anced test last week. seem to be frustrated by the test and that portion of the test Tuesday, but he did see Tolan had Island City start Smarter some said they liked it because of the reasonstobeoptimistic.

Balanced testing this week because he variety of question types it had. Previous "It wasn't intimidating for istudentsl. wanted to see how long it would take assessment tests the students have taken They had a good positive attitude toward studentstocomplete portions ofit. have often been only multiple choice. it," Tolan said.

"I wanted to know if I needed to change "It gets monotonous just doing multiple All students in grades 3-8 and 11 in how much time I had scheduled for testchoice," Tolan said. ing," Tolan said.

Oregon public schools must take the The questions on the Smarter BalSmarter Balanced test starting this Based on how students did on TuesancedTestby contrast appear tobe academicyear.The testisregarded as far day, the principal believes he will not quite varied. In the reading segment, more diKcult than the state's previous have to make any schedule adjustments. for example, there are multiple choice assessment test. It has received much na- Tolan was impressed with the progress questions, questions in which students tional publicity because it is the test bestudents made on the reading portion of SeeTesting / Page5A The Observer

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BEND — Following the framework of a deal made last year between the Harney Soil and Water Conservation District and federal wildlife managers, five more agreements aimed at restoring and protecting habitatfor sagegrouseareexpected to besigned today in a small Oregon town in the heart of sagebrush country.

Soil and water conservation districts covering all or parts of seven Oregon counties, including Deschutes and Crook counties, plan to sign agreements today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said Anna Harris, a spokeswoman with the agency in Portland.

"HarneyCounty kind ofled thewa y, "she sald.

A signing ceremony is scheduled for this afternoonin Juntura,an unincorporated Malheur County community along U.S. Highway 20 about an hour-and-a-halfdrive east of Burns. The ceremony is set to include SeeGrouse / Page5A

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TODAY INHISTORY On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov went outside his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether. Farouk I, the former king of Egypt, died in exile in Rome.

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La Grande local Glenda O'Connorwalks her three dogs through La Grande's neighborhoods Thursday morning. She walks the animals three to four times a day. Her cat, Tigerlilly, does not require a leash and usually leads the pack.

ONTHIS DATE In 1766, Britain repealed the Stamp Act of 1765.

In 1937, some 300 people, mostly children, were killed in a gas explosion at a school in New London, Texas.

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill.

In 1974, most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their 5-month-old embargo against the United States that had been sparked by American support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War.

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Cleanup day planned May 9

By Dick Mason

The cleanup day will fill an important void, said Carol Summers of La Grande, coorganizerofthe event along with Doyle Slater of La Grande.

"Many of the small towns in the area have cleanup days. La Grande needed one," Summers said.

The La Grande and Island City Neighborhood Cleanup Day was first conducted in 2011.Itran in 2012 before it was temporarily discontinued.

This year's cleanup day will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. People will be able to

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A popular La Grande and Island City spring cleanup program is being revived.

The La Grande and Island City Neighborhood Cleanup Day is returning after a two-yearhiatus.Itissetto be conducted May 9.

The cleanup day will providearea residents with a golden opportunity to rid themselves of old refrigerators, cars, lawn mowers, computers and printers, many types of metal objects and more.

bring unwanted items to a number of collection sites — the La Grande High School parking lot, North Ash and L Street, and Fred Beeman Park in Island City.

"It is really a service to the community," Summers said.

She noted that the cleanup will help make area neighborhoods look more presentableforpeople considering moving here.

"Our neighborhoods need to look like they are loved, like we take pride in them," Summers said.

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Elgin School Board makes plans to repair Stella Mayfield gym

By Dick Mason

Repair work will not start until later in the spring or summer because the gym's roofwillhave to beopened up inthe processofreplacing the trusses, Herron said. Starting work before therearelong stretches of dry weather would expose the gym's floor to damaging rain.

The part oftheproject involving the replacement of damagedrooftrusseswill be covered by the school district's insurance, Herron sard.

The Stella Mayfield project will take two to three weeks, said Herron, who discussed plans for the work with the Elgin School Board on

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be open again by the start of the 2015-16 school year.

The school district plans to repair the school's gym, which was closed last summ er because ofdamaged roof trusses, within the next four or fi ve months.

"The work will be started this spring or summer," said Elgin School District SuperintendentWayne Herron.

All the roof trusses will be replaced, not only the ones that are damaged, Herron said. It will be more efficient to replace all the trusses at once, Herron said.

Stella Mayfield School serves students in kindergartenthrough eighth grade.

The school's gym was built many decades ago.

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breaks in the urban interface and restore fire under controlled conditions as a disturbancefactor in these landscapes.

Fire history studies have shown that fire was a dominant natural process in the Blue Mountains, maintaining a more open and parklike condition throughout the low to mid-elevation forests. Low-intensity surfacefi resburned throughoutthesedrierforestsand grasslandsperpetuating open, park-like stands of ire-tolerant tree species f such as ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and larch.

Hazardous fuel reduction is not without impacts.

Smoke associated with prescribed burning is a major concern and the hardest to forecast in the implementation planning process.

Prescribed fire managers work closely with the Oregon State Smoke Forecast Center in accordance with the Oregon Smoke Management Plan to determine when, where and how much is burned on a daily basis. Smoke dispersion models looking at volume of smoke,direction of spread and mixing heights are determinedprior to each burn.Smoke thatmay prove a significant impact to asensitive area orcommunity is rescheduled until the time ofa m ore favorable forecast.

Wallowa-Whitman forest managers have been successfully conducting prescribedburning operations for fuel reduction for more than 20 years and plan to continue into the foreseeable future. The forest completes between 5,000 and 10,000 acres of prescribed burning each year.

Actual acres within a project area may vary dependent upon fuel conditions, smoke dispersion, wind patterns and other variables. Acres may be higher or lower in some project areas than listed.

Weather patterns, fuel conditions and smoke dispersion will determine exactly where and when units are ignited within the project areas.

F rom the family of Ralph Wi l so n We would like to thank all of our family, friends 8t community who encouraged, prayed, loved and held us up during this difficult year. We would like to extend a special thank you to Grande Ronde Hospital Home Health/Hospice 8t the Oncology Department for all of their assistance during Ralph's illness. God bless Kellie Cline for stepping in and organizing so many details. I can't expess in words what it meant to our family to have the time to prepare the service and spend that busy time with one another. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to New Life Center Church — Secretary Kathleen Underhill 8t Imbler Christian Church — Secretary Jody Combe for making sure everything at the dinner was well organized after the service.We would also like to thank Kevin Rainy at Youth for Christ for acquiring the donation/purchase of the beautiful pine trees that were from Donivan's t farm andwere used atthe service.Thank you Search 8t Rescue for setting the trees up and removingthem afterwards. Loveland Funeral Chapel for helping us with the final arrangements.

Your kindness will not be forgotten.

QUOTE OFTHE DAY "It's easy to be independent when you've got money.Butto be independent when you haven't got a thing — that's the Lord's test."

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The closure of the gym meant that Stella Mayfield students have had to use the high school gym for indoor physical education classes and some sportsteam practices. The school's fourth- and fifth-grade basketball program, Herron said, could not be held this winter because of lack of gym space.

BAKER CITY — With early dry conditions, fire managers on the WallowaWhitman National Forest started their spring burning last week with good results.

The forest has an ambitious list of sites to burn, but time, conditions and soon migratory bird paths will dictate how many acres the zones will be able to manage this season with prescribed fire.

Mapped outfor burning this spring on the Whitman RangerDistrictare:250 acresthree mileswest of Baker City; 800 acres in the Sumpter Valley; 800 acres in the Pine Valley near Halfway; 450 acres 12 miles south of Baker City; 1,200 acres six miles northwest of Sparta; 1,400 acres in the Mill, Cornet and Pine Creek drainages 16 miles south of Baker City; and 500 acres seven miles northwest of Halfway.

The Wallowa Mountain 0$ce mapped out 900 acres on Harl Butte, 750 acres in the Muddy Sledregion 20 miles north of Enterprise, and 500 acres near Summit Ridge 24 miles northeast of Enterprise forspring burning.

The La Grande District identified 300 acres southwest of La Grande, 400 acres18 milessoutheast of La Grande and 1,000 acres along the Grande Ronde River 11 miles west of La Grande.

Active burns are posted on the Forest website at wwwfs.usda.gov/wallowawhitman/and on Twitter@ WallowaWhitman.

Prescribed fire is a major component of the Cohesive Wildfire Strategy, a nationwide interagency plan to restore and maintain resilient landscapes and create fire-adapted communities. Prescribed burning is done to reduce dead and down fuels, selectively thin understory trees in dense forestedstands, stimulate fire-resistant plant species, enhance forage and browse, reduce the risk of largestand replacement ires,create strategicfuels f

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Besidentstesti onfederal grotectionofsagegrouse

By Joshua Dillen

Bentz's goal is to show officials from the U.S. Fish BAKER CITY — The and Wildlife Service, who Oregon Legislature's House will decide later this year Committee on Agriculture whether to list the sage and Natural Resources heard grouse as threatened or from Baker County residents endangered, that Oregon is working to protect the bird Tuesday morning about the and thatfederalprotection is possible effectsoffederal not necessary. protectionforthesage Kathy Reedy, owner of The grouse.

The residents testified via Depot Inn motel in Sumpter, video conference about House appealedtothecommittee.

Bill 3334, sponsored by Rep. "As a business owner in a Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario. small community, I'm conThe bill would require the cerned that the sage grouse Oregon Watershed Enhance- will result in closing public ment Board to spend $2 milaccess," Reedy said."It'll be lion per year from the lottery devastating to small busibudgetto protectand restore nesses like my own. I would ask that you consider all sage grouse habitat.

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optionsbeforemaking a decision that would ruin many small community businesses such as my own and others in my community."

Reedy said 75 percent of her customers are ATV or snowmobile ridersor hunters.

Christina Witham, who owns the Oregon Sign Co. in Baker City, addressed the committee about the economic effect a listing of the sage grouse would have on local businesses. She said it would directly limit access to mining, ranching, hunting and recreation "The cumulative effect of the listing will spiral through

our community from those directl y affected toeach of the local businesses that depend on them for income," she said. Within those groupsdirectly affected are businesses who I rely on for income as well.... The more economically restrained those shops are, the more this listing will affect me as a local business owner."

Witham said this "trickle down effect of the listing will be devastatingtoourcommunity, our history and our future."

Jacob Bingham, a local rancher and volunteer president of the Baker County Livestock Association, told

lawmakers that beef cattle productionisthelargest agricultural commodity in the county.

He said it would be a huge economic blow to his and others'ranches if the sage grouse were listed as an endangered species.

"Listing the bird would increase our business expenses — I feel — in many ways — specifically in increased pasture grazing fees," Bingham said."Ahigher demand forgrazing land on private land would be created if the numbers of cattle permitted on public lands is reduced tryingtosave some ofthese core areas iof sage grouse

habitat.)"

Bingham said it would cost him at least an additional

$20,000 per year to his business expenses.

"As a young husband and father and provider of five

children — $20,000 goesa very long way," he said."Ask yourself,'Are you willing to give up that much of your bottomlineforthe sage grouse listing?' " Bingham urgedthe comm ittee to exploreotherkinds of wise management and all alternatives and toconsider the devastating effect a listing would have on him, his fellow ranchers and communities in the area.

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Recreation Department has announced that yoga, ELGIN — Elgin FBLA gymnastics and self-defense will host donkey basketball classes will begin soon.

Yoga for Kids runs March at 7 p.m. March 31. Advancedticketsarebeing sold. 30 to May 20 and will be held Contact any Elgin FBLA at Yoga Dawn Studio, 105 member for tickets.

Depot. Call Kitia at 503-7054379 for more information.

Save money for Gymnastic classes for kids home purchase ages 3 and older will be held Community Connection of at the La Grande School of Northeast Oregon is holding Ballet, 1207 Hall St., on Fridays &om April 3 to May two &ee informational sessions Tuesday in the Misener 22.

Room ofthe Union County Lotus Self-Defense will Courthouse Annex, 1007 be taught to ages 6 to adult Fourth St., La Grande. The in the aerobics room on the first session runs from Eastern Oregon University 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and campus &om March 31 to covers the Individual DeJune 11. velopment account program Registration for La Grande through which qualifying Parks and Recreation Defirst-time homebuyers can partment programs is now earn up to $12,000 in down available online. To register payment assistance. and for more information, A budget-building workgo to www.lagrandeparks. shop follows at 3:30 p.m. and org; contact Minnie Tucker concludes at 4:45 p.m. Space at 541-962-1352, ext. 201, is limited and registration by or mtucke&cityoflagrande.

Friday is required. org; or stop by Parks and For more information or Rec, 2402 Cedar St., between to RSVP, call Debbie Votaw, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday Community Connection through Thursday. housing manager, at 541-963-

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Translator district forms due by April 15 Blue Mountain Translator District's fiscal year is coming to a close May 31.

Members have until April 15 to return their forms for the current fiscal year. Members who have misplaced their June 2014 billing and opt-out form may contact the district in ordertoreceive a replacement. Billings for the new fiscal year will be mailed June 1.

day with activities including crafts, sports,games, science experiments, swimming, rock climbing; lunch and snacks provided; ages 6 and older; register at www.lagrandeparks.org or stop by Parks and Rec, 2402 Cedar St., between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Monday through Thursday; for more information call Register now for First 541-962-1352, ext. 201, or Aid/CPR/AED class email mtucke&cityoflaNew Day Enterprises, Inc, grande.org. is offering American Heart Spring Splash Blast is Association Heartsaver First coming to Veterans MemoAid/CPR/AED classes for rial Pool at Pioneer Park, La Grande. The event runs &om adult, child and infant. The next scheduled class will run 1:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. March 23-26 and costs $40 for four from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 8 at 1502 Washington Ave, days. It will include dry land La Grande. and water games and acClass size is limited; call tiviti es.Snacks areprovided.

541-963-2348 for questions or The event is for those ages 8 to reserve a space. A prepaid and older. Register at www. feeof$50m ustbepaid 48 lagrandeparks.org or stop by hours before class.

Parks and Rec, 2402 Cedar St., between 9 a.m. and 6 Spring break p.m. Monday through Thursactivities on tap day. For more information, Several spring break call 541-962-1367. activities are available for Other activities for kids local kids. include the following: • Veterans Memorial Pool: They include the Holiday Fun Camp at Grace Bible recreational swim, 1 p.m. to Church, 1114 YAve., La 4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 Grande: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March p.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 2323-27; $90ifregistered by 27; Family Night, 7 p.m. to

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As of Jan. 1, Oregon law refor more information. quires all new riders to take • Dances: Back to the an approved safety course.

Future Dance, for middleAnyone younger than 21 is required to complete Basic schoolers, &ee, 7 p.m. to Rider Training to earn a mo9 p.m.Saturday,Riveria Activity Center; Extreme torcycle endorsement. Riders Just Dance Party, for all ages, 21 and older can take BRT or &ee, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Intermediate Rider Training Riveria Activity Center. to meet state requirements.

• Rock climbing: for sixth BRT is a 15-hour course to 12thgrades,first50 free, that combines classroom 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 24, learning with on-cycle EOU climbing wall. instruction and practice on a • Free movie trilogy: closed course. for teens, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Training motorcycles and March 24-26, one part shown helmets are provided. IRT each night, Cook Memorial is an eight-hour course deLibrary. signedforriderswho are self• Pajama story hour: 6:30 taught or who haven't ridden p.m. March 25, Elgin Public in some time and are getting Library. back into motorcycling.

• Neon skate party: 6 p.m.

Riders of any age who sucto 9 p.m. March 25, $2 entry, cessfully complete BRT have &ee skate rentals, Maridell their motorcycle knowledge Center. and skill tests waived by • Giant kickball game: Driver and Motor Vehicles. all ages, 3 p.m. March 28, DMV waives the skill Pioneer Park. testforriderswho complete IRT. Riders are required to Motorcycle safety follow up at a DMV office to training coming have the motorcycle endorseMotorcycle safety courses m ent added totheirdriver's begin this month. Courses license. are sponsored by TEAM ORCourses run &om March EGON, the state's approved to October in La Grande. For motorcycle safety program, m ore information ortoregisand provided at ODOT ter, go to http://team-oregon.

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Patricia D. Peterson, 81, of La Grande, died March 13 at Grande Ronde Hospital.

A viewing will be held at Loveland Funeral Chapel from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, and the funeral service will begin at 2 p.m.

Patricia was born Feb. 12, 1934, in Ripley, Oklahoma, to Roy P. and Catherine iKaupl Jordan. At a young

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father began working for the Union Pacific Railroad. She grew up inLa Grande going to Riveria School then switching to Greenwood Elementary. She attended La Grande Junior High and then graduatedfrom La Grande High School, where she was a cheerleader and student body secretary.

Patricia attended Eastern Oregon College for a couple of years.

She then became a dental assistant for Dr. Bonawitz in La Grande. She worked for the Oregon State Library for a few years and then worked with the Oregon State Employment division in La Grande for 32 years, retiring in 1993.

On Nov. 25, 1954, she married the love ofher life, Eugene iGenel C. Peterson, at the First Methodist Church in La Grande. Their only child, Kurt, was born

in 1956. She was preceded in death by Gene in 1983 after a two-year battle with cancer.

She loved and enjoyed family and friends and was an avid shopper. She always loved to go and shop in the big cities near La Grande with her husband, Gene, taking her wherever she wanted to go.

After retirement, she discovered she loved the Southwest for its winter weather and purchased a place in Arizona. She never flew, so Kurt would drive her down

LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested: Matthew C. Grisham,36, unknown address, was arrested Friday while lodged in the Union County Jail on a Union County Northwest States FelonyWarrant. The warrant was for an alleged probation violation connected to original charges of possession of a controlled substance, meth, supplying contraband and a probation violation.

Arrested: James Arnold Dawes,48, unknown address, was arrested on a Baker County warrantTuesday charging failure to perform duties of a driver to an injured person, fourth-degree assault, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person. Dawes on Monday was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Arrested: Kyler Layne Hess, 25, La Grande, was arrested on a Union County warrant Mon-

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT day for an alleged probation violation connected to original charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving.

Arrested: Michael Joseph Brecht,47, La Grande, was arrested Monday on charges of fourth-degree assault, domestic, and interfering with making a report.

Accident: Nobody was injured in a traffic accident at Cove Avenue and Pine Street on Tuesday around 1 p.m.

Arrested: Tyson James Burningham, 31, Baker City, was arrested Monday on two felony warrants. One warrant was for an alleged probation violation connected to an original charge of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine.

A second warrant was for an alleged probation violation connected to an original charge of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine.

and fly home, and when she would call in the spring, he would yfl back and bring her home. Those were some greattimes for her,traveling with her son and her dog, Max, talking about family and &iends.

Patricia was a member of Soroptimist International, the Eagles Auxiliary and American Legion. She was on several boards in herlife,

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UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Alonso Nunez Chavez, 31, unknown address, was arrested by the Umatilla Oregon State Police on a Union County warrant Sunday. The warrant was for a charge of failure to appear in court on original charges of distribution of a controlled substance, cocaine, conspiring to deliver a controlled substance, cocaine, and possession of a controlled

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Accident: Nobody was injured in an accident at Gekeler Lane and 20th Street onTuesday around 7 p.m.

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Patricia is survived by her son, Kurt, and his partner, Trudy Lovins; four adopted granddaughters; three greatgrandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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David Frohnmayer never was Oregon's governor, though he wanted to be. Yet in more than 40 years in

largely public life, he leR as big an imprint on life in this state as many governors have. Frohnmayer died M onday night in Eugene at age 74.

H e was by party a Republican and moderate to liberal on social issues. It was a positioning that cost him the governor's race against Barbara Roberts, the Democrat, in 1990. Conservative Republicans backed Al Mobley, a social conservative, who took 13 percent of the vote.

It's Frohnmayer Oregonians have to thank every time they turn to the "Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual" to make sense of what records and meetings should be open to the public.

He published the first one while he was attorney general in the 1980s, a post he held for 11 years.

Also during that time he fought the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the Indian cult leader whose followers purchased the Big Muddy Ranch and then tried to take over the government ofWasco County.

It was then he issued an attorney general's opinion that said the community of Rajheeshpuram, on the ranch, was not a legitimate city but rather the "equivalent of a religious commune" and thus not eligible for state tax dollars.

The list of Frohnmayer's accomplishments is long.

He was a Rhodes Scholar. He argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning six of them.

He was dean of the University of Oregon School of Law and, for 15 years, the president of the university.

He helped the school raise more than $1 billion.

He continued to practice law with a Eugene firm until the end, taking cases that sometimes led to raised eyebrows because, he said, that's what lawyers do. Locally, he represented Deschutes County early in then-District Attorney Patrick Flaherty's tenure.

Yet even the best and the brightest must sometimes live with tragedy, in Frohnmayer's case the loss of two ofhis five children to a rare genetic disorder. Busy as he was serving Oregonians, he and his wife, Lynn, worked hard to raise money for research intothe disease.

Frohnmayerwas a man who cared deeply about Oregon and the people who live here. He spent his adult life proving that, over and over.

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Powerline:Ba route, a money epreferredroute for theproposed Idaho Power 500-kilovolt line, immediately adjacent to Morgan Lake and visi blefrom justabout everywhere around it, is unacceptable. The sightlines are so poor that they beg the question of whether a view-shed analysis was ever done. Such an analysis is part of every project with this potential impact. Terrain maps can identify what the towers will look like from all points of view.

I hope that everyone who considers themselves a friend of that wonderful city park will take the time to comment.

When you do, please tell Idaho Power that, if the line is ever built, it should be m oved off ofthatroute.

But the company has bigger questions to answer about that high-voltage line.

David Crane, the CEOof NRG, the largest power generator in the country, believes thatthepower grid wehaveisobsolete, and thathigh-tension lines aie no longer needed. He's not the onlyone. Investment analysts have bluntly told their dients, indudingretiiement funds, to getout of commercial utilities. Those utilities need new business models, not stranded assets.

They're"stranded"because they're no longer of anyuse, but the customer base will still be paying for them far into the future.

New business models are needed becausethat customer base has started to shrink. That process will only accelerate in the years to come. That's because we're on the cusp of a revolution, one that will turn the grid upside down.

Power will flow from the bottom up. It will come from communities, hospitals, schools, businesses and individuals all

About the author Norm Cimon, a34-yearLaGrande resident, is a systems analyst who's worked for the EPA, the U.S. Forest Service and for private industry.

He currently has his own business, is on the board of directors of Oregon Rural Action and is involved in the SolWest Fair.

My Voice columns should be 500 to 700 words. Submissions should include a portrait-type photograph of the author. Authors also should include their full name, age, occupation and relevant organizational memberships.

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generating their own electricity from sources such as micro-turbines and solar.

It will be stored locally, distributed using digitally controlled"microgrids," and the excess sold back to a utility. If the individual generator wants to do that, the power will be fed onto a larger grid, but one that is much more local in scale.

Government has helped incubate what is being called distributed generation, and the storage and microgrid technologies that make it possible. But the next stage in this rocket engine is being driven by we the people. One of the reasons why Oregon RuralAction adopted the SolWest

Fair and moved it here, to La Grande, is because of the money and jobs distributed generation will create, and the homegrown prosperity that will produce.

Right now, in 11 states, the cheapest way to power new construction is solar. In three years, that number will be 25 states.

A few years after that, developers will want to do that in just about the entire country. That, incidentally, is one reason why a well thought-out design for the new county courthouse is essential. It won't be long before the public will want solar and storageforthatbuilding,sothatit'scostefflcient to maintain and to run.

As a bonus, the small campus-scale digital grids that will allow for distributed generation, will give us a much more robust electric system, one that can't be brought down across an entire region when a tree touches a power line in the middle of nowhere.

For many of us, it will mean a one-time investment that will resultin evaporating power bills and an opportunity to partner with our local utilities. We are fortunate in that OTECC has already acknowledged those changes and has started that dialog.

Werner Buehler, the manager, has pointed outthatoneofthegreatadvantages of the co-op model is that, first and foremost, OTECC answers to its customers.

For the large commercial utilities, however,i t'sgoingto bringasea-changein the waytheydo business. Is it time to kill that high-tensionline and stop the flow ofmoney into whatincreasinglylooks like abad bet? I believeitis, butinvestors willwant to take a haid lookat thatquestion. Theyllwant to do thatbefore this goes much further.

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Species Act. The agreements lay out the kind of on-theground work landowners can do now to avoid regulations later if the Fish and Wildlife Serviceliststhesagegrouse.

"These agreements identify best management practices," said Peter Gutowsky, aplanningmanager for Deschutes County.

Such work could include clearing juniper and tackling invasive grasses, he said. Juniper and invasive grasses have encroached on sagebrush,

Continued from Page1A Richard Hannan, deputy regional directorofthe Fish and Wildlife Service for the Pacific Region, soil and water conservation district leaders, private landowners and other stakeholders.

A chicken-sized bird found in Central and Eastern Oregon, the sage grouse is a candidateforprotection under the federal Endangered

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LOCAL where sage gmuse are found.

Along with Deschutes County, the soil and water conservation districts entering into agreements today are Crook, Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur and southern Union counties, Harris said.

Harney County, a trailblazer for conservation agreements in Oregon, has helped the state be ahead of others amund the Westin terms ofimproving conditi onsforsagegmuse. oWe are calling Oregon a model for sage grouse success

and amodel iforlother states across the range," Harris said. Sage grouse roam in partsof11 states.Along with Oregon, those statesare California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The Public Lands Foundation, a national nonprofit group, gave the Harney Soil and Water Conservation District the 2014 Landscape Stewardship Award. oWorking closely with pri-

vate landowners and other partners, the Conservation District was able to develop a model process and document that is vital for the protection of sage grouse in Harney County and southeastern Oregon," Edward Shepard, president for Public Lands Foundation, said.

Because of a lawsuit brought by WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity, the Fish and Wildlife Service is under a Sept. 30 deadline

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Fifth-graders Jarom Huntsman, right, and Emilyyoung prepare for the Smarter Balanced assessment test on computers in the media center at Island City Elementary Monday morning.

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time this year helping their students develop the keyboarding skills they need to take the Smarter Balanced test.

"The teachers prepared them well," Waite said.

Tolan and Waite are making sure that students get plenty ofbreaks during test sessions so that they will notfeeltired orstressed.They are also watching the emotional state of students to make sure they are taking the test at times when they are in a good state of mind. Should a child be having personal diKculties, Tolan said he or she may only take the exam for 10 or

Continued from Page1A are asked to complete the ending of a story, and ones in which they must clickon an appropriate block oftext and drop it into an answer box, Tolan sard.

All portions of the Smarter Balanced test are taken on computer, which poses a challenge to younger students who have not developed the necessary keyboarding skills. Educators at many grade schools, including Island City, have spent a considerable amount of

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nities that don't make it to the finals.

The road to the ABC Prize has already proven to be a long one.

Jaeger and Mammen said the Regional Transformation Team has held meetings over the past six months fleshing out an economic development model for Northeast Oregon.

As they pointed out Tuesday, the model involves a number of stakeholders,from educational institutions to economic development agencies, government and private job creators.

Jaeger told fellow Rotarians that the economic forecast through 2040 shows flatgrowth in La Grande,

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has createda model that integratesallofLa Grande's currentassetsto create an innovation and entrepreneurial center. This center, Jaeger said, would enable the area"to work on who we have" rather than letting youth leave the region as many do now.

It would be "something that augments K-12, some-

thing that augments what we do at EOU," Jaeger said.

The model folds together education and economic development in a way that would give youth opportunities to learn skills and trades, and provide an entrepreneurial education, with the ultimate goal of youth creating their own jobs and businesses,Jaeger said. The Regional Transformation Team, in a written overview handed out Tuesday, aims for five ultimate goals: an educated/t rained workforce, industry retention/relocation strategies, entrepreneurial incubation and support, financial and policy incentives, and community livability and attracti veness.

Jaeger said an example of this type of integration could include a single, multi-story

building with parts of the building serving diferent functions — a restaurant and brewpub, a museum, a classroom/meeting hall, retail space and an innovation center. oYou can see this sort of hub of activity," he said.

Jaegersaid agriculture, the railroad and many other

What's next?

The Enterprise City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow its city

administrator to pursue hiring an interim police chief through the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police.

"If this happens andwe do this, itis my hope we have an evaluation

of the runningfothe department...."

— Councilor Stacy Karvoski

guidelines," Young said.

Councilor Stacy Karvoski asked if there would be an evaluation of the entire police departmentaspartofhiring an interim chief.

"If this happens and we do this,itis myhope we have an evaluation of the running of the department and determine if we should continue forward with it or not...or make other arrangements," she said.

Christman responded, "That would be my line of thinking."

The council voted unanimously to allow Young to pursue hiring an interim chief through the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police.

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existing industries have served La Grande well in the past but that the region has to shift its focus for the future.

"All those things have helped us maintain — even through the recession," he said."But if we look forward 25 years, we need to do something a little different."

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Words of encouragement from educatorsare an important partofthis environment. Tolan delivered some of them Tuesday, speaking to students beforethey started theirtest.

"It was almost a pep talk,"Waite said."He made them feel comfortable."

"It was totally Mr. Kilgore's decision," said Councilor Larry Christman.

In Kilgore's letter, he wrote, "IregretthatIm ustleave my position at the Enterprise Police Department due to personal reasons."

Following the acceptance of Kilgore's resignation, City Administrator Michele Young asked the council for permission to contact the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police to find an interim police chief for at least six months.

Councilor Dave Elliott questioned the need for an interim chief.

"There's been minimal chief activity for quite some time. We don't need to get in a real big hurry," he said.

"Shouldn't we make sure we are makingthe correctcall?"

Christman, a member of the police department committee, said one officer was going on medical leave in the spring and another was going to training in the fall so havinga chiefin placefor six months would alleviate the strain on the department that typically has four fulltime officers.

Christman said the police chiefs association has a list of qualified candidates for the chiefs position who are willing to come out and assist small towns. oWe will set the salary and

to decide whether the sage grouseshould be listed.

Notwithstanding that deadline, the agency is banned from adding the bird to the Endangered Species listfora year under a riderto the $1.1 trillion federal funding bill passed in December.

Under the moratorium, the Fish and Wildlife Service may still work with landowners on sage grouse conservation projects, Harris said.

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Moraines Partnershiythankssenator for hissuyyort • Wyden recognizedfor support of conservati on,particularly backing of effort stoprotectW allowa Lake moraines

By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

It's not just any day a senator comes to town — or the region. During Sen. Ron Wyden's visit to La Grande Friday, two women traveled to bring him a gift in appreciation for his support to protect the Wallowa Lake moraines.

Julia Lakes and Kathleen Ackleyrepresented the Wallowa Lake Moraine Partnership when they presented Wyden withaframed and signed David Jensen photograph of Wallowa Lake and its moraines in the foreground and background. Lakes is the conservatio n directorand Ackley the executive director of Wallowa Land Trust. ''We publicly thanked the senatorforhissupportofconservation in Wallowa County, particularly our efforts to protect the iconic Wallowa Lake moraines,"Ackley said.

Wallowa County is set to receive $3 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund toward the purchase of alargetractofthe east moraine, Ackley said.

"Senator Wyden has been a strong advocate oftheLand and Water Conservation Fund, an important toolfor

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"Senator Wyden has been astrongadvocate ofthe Land and Water Conservation Fund, an important tool forconserving specialplaces throughout Oregon and a champion of the reauthorization and full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund,"Ackley said.

Since 1965, this successful federal grant program has used revenue from offshore oil and gas drilling to protect important land and water resources across the U.S. In Oregon, the Land and Water

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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., receives a framed, signed photograph ofWallowa Lake from the Wallowa LandTrust's director, Kathleen Ackley.

Conservation Fund has invested $304 million to create parks and recreation areas and protect landscapes.

The fund is set to expire in September, Ackley said.

"I'm pulling out all the stops with colleagues from bothpartiesto reauthorize the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund,"Wyden sald.

The Wallowa Lake Moraine Partnership is composed of Wallowa County, Wallowa Land Trust, Wallowa Resources, Oregon State Parks and The Trust for Public Lands.

The partnership intends to purchase more than 1,500 acres ofland in Wallowa County that will be managedfortim ber,grazing and recreation.

sorogtimistsawardscholarshigsto3women Outdoor gear

By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

Three women were recognized this past week with educational scholarships from the Wallowa County Soroptimist Club.

Club member Carolyn Gilbert saidthe Soroptimists presented the "Live Your Dream" awards to Autumn Rose, Kristy Athens and Jennifer Gibbs Thursday.

Rosereceived $2,000 from the Wallowa County club and an additional$3,000 from the region.

Gilbert said Rose is the first regional winner from the county. Rose is in line for a national award where only three winners are given $10,000 scholarships.

The fellowship awards went to Jennifer Gibbs and Kristy Athens, who are completing master's degrees.Gibbs ispursuing a master's of science in education

at Eastern Oregon University, Gilbert said, with a specialty in curriculum and instruction.

Gibbs wants to be a mentor to student teachers and is considering teaching at the college level.

She is the fifth-grade teacher at Wallowa and participates in the Science Technology Engineering and Math symposium at EOU. Athens is finishing her master's in science in food systems and society from Marylhurst University.

"One of my goals with this degreeisto begin toeffectchange in policy and education so that women are brought to the table and feel empowered toengage with the food system,"Athens said. "This grant will enable me to contribute to the cause of educatingand empowering women first by my presence as a leader in the food system and second by

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In the market for a good deal on outdoor gear? Have some skis or a bike taking up room in the garage? The EnterpriseJoseph Lions Club hosts its Outdoor Recreation Gear Swap from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 18.

All recreation gear from horse tack, cycling, camping, boating, skiing, climbing, fishing and backpacking will be for sale at the Winding Waters Boathouse, 2014 E. Wallowa Ave. in Joseph.

Sellers can drop offgearfrom 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. April 15, from 10 a.m. to noon April 16 and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. April 17.

Half of the proceeds will benefit the Enterprise-Joseph Lions Club. For more information, call Nick Lunde at 541-2631530 regarding motorized equipment and high dollar items or Paul Arentsen at 541-263-1326.

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Kristy Athens received one of three scholarships from theWallowa County Soroptimist Club. my work in the field."

The author of"Get Your Pitchfork On,"Athens said she is hoping to work with the food

system in Wallowa County and contributeon a largerscale,by working on Oregon agriculture policy or writing a new book.

Wallowa Coun music puts its stamp on entire state S

hortly after arriving in Minam, where I lived as a neighborless motel manager, a coll ege friend came out to Cove for a wedding and found his way to Wallowa County.

He brought me pad thai and Stumptown Coffee, two things I missed living in my canyon hide-away.

That pad thai was something, and before last fall it was on the short list of things for which I occasionally pine.

Both Stumptown Coffee and pad thai are readily available in the county as is the one other thing on that list — a theater venue for live music.

Wallowa County bars, pubs, gazebos and nonprofit headquarters are home to talented local musicians as well as acts from out of the area. Opening the OKTheatreblew thedoorsw ide open on the possibilities for live entertainment in downtown Enterprise.

A couple weeks ago, my Scoutand I tooka fast trip to the Willamette Valley to see a Wallowa County favorite, "The Infamous Stringdusters." They played the OK Theatre twice and showed what a spectacular music venue it is.

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He said he was headed to Imnaha the following week.

The next morning I was not in the mood for hotel Corn Flakes so we Googled our way to a bakery for breakfast. A poster in the window said a performer who goes by the name "American Forrest" played the previous night. Forrest just happens to be a musician currently headquartered in Wallowa County.

It seemed a good omen.

The Axe and Fiddle, as the joint is called, was hosting another band that night — a mix of electric and acoustic stringed instruments and drums. The band out of northern California described itself as"slamgrass" andwas a whole lot of fun.

Everyfew months Ifind myself on a tour of someone else's mountains. Compared to the Wallowas, the Coast Range is more ofa collection

ofhills. On a backroute from CottageGrove to Eugene, there are wineries growing grapes and making wine. The vineyards are surrounded by regeneratingDouglas fi r clearcut patches and mossencrusteddeciduous treesof unknown species.

We crossed Siuslaw Road and I craned my neck looking for the river that snakes through the range and to Mapleton where I once roamed the brushy hillsides.

My childhood memory of Eugene includes the home of my first bagel, Humble Bagels. When I travel, I often look for a real, honest-to-God chewy bagel made with love, not some stupid bread donut.

Humble Bagels is quintessential Eugene. With a couple sandwiches and a baker's dozen we headed east.

Sometimes a good thing makes one crave more. A couple nights of string music whetted my appetite for an amazing late winter treat, Fruition at the OK Theatre, the following weekend.

Fruition played twice at Juniper Jam, Terminal Gravity, Lears, a wedding and recorded an EP in Lostine, but they hadn't been through in 2-V2 years. They've been

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busy touring from coast to coastand a lotofstopsin between. Since their last gig in Wallowa County they released an album and an EP, got a new van, opened for some big names in the newgrass genre and headlined their own shows. This time they weren't playing a festivalorsome abbreviated opening act gig. They were playing a full-on concert just

County fashion, local musicians hopped up on stage, sat down at the piano, picked up a percussion instrument and jammed. My music pangs were quelled.

When we got home hours later than my bedtime, still dancing a little with Fruition's music playing in my m ind, Itoasted oneofthelast of the Humble bagels before drifbng off to sleep.

forus,oratleastthat'show it felt when Mimi Naja, vocalist and mandolin aficionado,

said,'Why did we book a show for tomorrow night?

I want to stay here a week!"

After the show, some of the revelers didn't want the fun to end so the theater's manager, Bart Budwig, invited the band to stay and play ... for fun. In true Wallowa

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High School. It will be for the Cove School Board and Cove School District administratorsand isopen to thepublic.

Leonardo da Vinci LHS Robotics Club celebrated Thursday to meet April 1 Leonardo da Vinci will be celebrated at Central Elementary School on Thursday during its annual Leonardo da Vinci Faire. Students will display projects they have completedthat arerelated to Leonardo da Vinci, the legendary Italian inventor, artist and engineer.

The fair will start at 5:30 p.m. in the Central gym.

La Grande School Board to meet April 8 The La Grande School Board will meet April 8. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the board room of Willow Elementary School.

OSBA training session setinCove tonight A trainer for the Oregon School Boards Association will give a training session in Cove at 6 p.m. tonight. The session will be conducted in the math room at Cove

The La Grande High School Robotics Club will meet at 3:15 p.m. April 1 at LHS.

Parent teacher conferences in Imbler Parent teacher conferences will be conducted April 2 and April 3 in the Imbler School District. The conferences will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. onApril 2 and from 8 a.m. to noon on April 3.

Union Booster Club to conduct garage sale The Union Booster Club will conduct a garage sale fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The sale will be conducted at the Union High School athletic complex.

Items areneeded forthesale.

People who want to donate items can bring them to the UHS athletic complex Thursday afternoon after 3 p.m.

Choir students belt it out

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La Grande Middle School choir singers perform a number during a concert at LMS earlier this month. The two singers in front are seventh-graders Brittany Robles, left, and Lillian Parker-Halstead.

Central Elementary food drive a success

By Dick Mason The Observer

Central Elementary School students have reached out to their community in a big way.

The school's students recently completed a noteworthy food drive. The students collected640 pounds offood during a two-week period.

A total687items were collectedduring thefood drive.

All of the food was donated to the Union County Food Bank.

The food drive brought out the best in Megan Francy's second-grade class at Central. The class collected 94 food items, the most of any classatCentral.

Francy's students were treatedto arootbeerfl oat party on Thursday as a reward for winning the class competitio n in thefood drive.

Francy was delighted with the work her students did.

"I was very proud of their participation and enthusiasm," Francy said.

The food drive was coordinated by Eastern Oregon University student Chrystal Zaplishny. She coordinated the fooddrive aspartofa project for aclasstaught

by EOU sociology professor Bill Grigsby. Zaplishny was assisted by EOU classmates Suzanne Hoffman and Sheryl Dyer in coordinating the Centralfood drive.

Central Elementary Principal Suzy Mayes said the fooddrivewas a valuable experience for her school's students.

"It is important at an early age to learn the importance of giving to the community, that there is value in giving," Mayes said.

EastemOregon University career center opening Up Observer staff

Justin Chin is working toward connecting students with potential employers with a new career center at Eastern Oregon University.

Union Countyis the only ACT Certifi ed W ork Ready Communityin Oregon, which is compelling motivation to turn EOU into a valued source forcompanies and organizations looking to hire, according to a press release from EOU 'This region is an untapped resourceripeforem ployersand

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we're building a presence in the community for career services," Chin said."B~ work sourceopportunitiestocam pus and connecting students with stateand federalprograms will make the area stmnger.

Combiningresourcesis also importantforcustomizedrecnutment, and we want to turn EOUinto that talent pool."

Chin envisions the center as a welcoming place where people will want to come to.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

TING DAY ATIMBLER ELEMENTARY BRINGS OUT

By Dick Mason The Observer

IMBLER — The atmosphere in the Imbler ElementarySchoolgym popped and even rocked Friday morning thanks to the 'The Popcorn Rocking Girls" and their classmates in Larry Bennett's fifth-grade class.

The 28 fifth-graders all operated booths at which theysoldgoods they created and advertised during Fifth Grade Marketing Day at Imbler Elementary. Items sold included popcorn and cotton candy at the"The Popcorn Rocking Girls" stand, run

by Jasmine Reed and Emily Schwabauer, milkshakes at "Shakes Supreme," bracelets at"Bracelets Galore!," pizza at"Pizza Palace," cold treats at"GroovySmoothie,"and a number of other booths selling tasty treats.

Imbler School District students visited the marketing fair as customers during a 2-V2 hour period,

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Cousins Joelle Treat, left, and Audree Treat, prepare an elephant ear at their "Elephant Queens" station during Fifth Grade Marketing Day at lmbler Elementary School.

'Three Stooges Nachos" said the most valuable things he learned about included customer service and the importanceofrespecting customers.

Bryce Sullivan, also part of the nacho station, liked purchasing between $700 the wayMarketing Day brought students together. and $800 in products.

"I am seeing people that I The students created their don't see that often," he said productsand booths after receiving extensive instrucFriday morning. tion on marketing and the Imbler fifth-grader Krager freeenterprise system from Muilenburg enjoyed using members of Imbler High her skills ofpersuasion during School's Future Business Marketing Day. She said when Leaders of America chapter. customersappeared reluctant Excitement about market- to buy something she would 'try to tell them something ing day had been growing sincestudents started preinteresting aboutit." paring for it two months ago.

For example, she enjoyed The sense of anticipation telling students some of the reached a crescendo pitch at brownies she sold had Oreo 9 a.m.Friday morning when cookies in them. thedoorsto Im bler ElThe instruction provided ementary's gym opened for was led by IHS junior Gavin Marketing Day customers.

Eddy, who oversaw the "It (the level of exciteMarketing Day program for ment) was off the charts...It his FBLA chapter's Ameriwas like Christmas morncan Enterprise Project. Eddy ing," Bennett said. was delighted with how the Fifth-grader Les Trick of fifth graders did.

"Three Stooges Nachos" said "They had some small thebestpartoftheexperitroubles now and then, but ence was being introduced they overcame them real to thebasicsofoperating a well," the IHS student said. business.

Eddy said one of the most "I liked learning how to importantconcepts hetried run a business and properly to convey to the students handle food," the Imbler was the sense of ownership student said. theyhad.

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Imbler Elementary School fifth-grader Jasmine Reed gets popcorn Friday, which she sold at her "Popcorn Rocking Girls" table during Fifth Grade Marketing Day. was their business," he said.

The junior said parents and teachers helped them, but in the end the students always had the last word on how their business operated.

"It's their decision," Eddy said during Marketing Day. Bennett said one of the many valuable things students learned from their involvement in the project was how to work on teams.

"They learned about working with partners and making decisions thatare good

for the group. They learned about compromise and give and take," Bennett said.

Marketing Day has been conducted by Imbler fifthgrade students in conjunction with the IHS FBLA chapter for more than a decade.

It has become a well known and ingrained tradition since then. Bennett said a parent of one his students told him that she had been excited about Marketing Day since she enrolled her child in kindergarten six years ago.

SAE FRATERNITY VIDEO

Oklahoma incident spotlights race problems

By Kimberly Hefling and Jesse J. Holland The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Their reputations sullied by race-tainted incidents, many colleges are clamping down on campus fraternities. Despite some swift and tough actions by schools — and in some cases, public humiliationepisodes such as the racist chants by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma keep surfacing.

In recent years, numerous other fraternities have been suspended and students expelled from school for racially tinged parties or behavior, such as hanging nooses or shouting racial profanities.

"All too often the outcry has been, 'Look at those bad apples we need to root out,"' said Nolan L. Cabrera, a professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona. 'When in fact the conversation we need to have is, Why is this occurring on such a widespread level throughout the country?"'

Many incidents come to light after the students themselves post pictures or videos online, drawing public attention;othersarereported by onlookers or whistleblowers.

Either way, "it's hard to ignore a current on many, many campuses of behaviorsthat arejustoffensive and disgusting at the far end and may be just lack of common sense at the other end," said Kevin Kruger, president of NASPA: Student Affairs Administra-

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tors in Higher Education, a professional organization.

For example, Sigma Alpha Epsilon suspended all activity at Clemson University in South Carolina in December after white students dressed as gang members at a"Cripmas" party. That same month Phi Delta Theta halted its chapter at the University of Pennsylvania for issuing a holiday card with members posing with what it called a Beyonce sex doll.

Other examples: — Arizona State University banned Tau Kappa Epsilon last year after its Martin Luther King Jr. Day party had guests flashing gang signs and holding watermelon-shaped cups.

— Kappa Sigma suspended its Duke University chapter in 2013 after students held an international-themed party that mocked Asians.

Mi gma Phi Epsilon shut its doors last year at the University of Mississippiafterthree ofitsm embers draped a Confederate banner and placed a noose around the statue of the school's first black student.

— Lehigh University suspended Sigma Chi in April 2014 and expelled members afte rracialslurswere spraypainted and eggs thrown at a multicultural residence hall.

Sororities have had similar problems. In 2014, Chi Omega closed its Penn State chapter in connection with a photo appearing on the Internet showing members wearing sombreros and fake mustaches and holding offensivesigns — one read,cWill mow

lawn for weed + beer." The University of Alabama announced in fall 2013 that more than 20 minority women were being offered membership in historically all-white sororities after accusations surfaced ofblack women being denied membership.

At Oklahoma, the university quickly expelled two students and banned Sigma Alpha Epsilon last week after fraternity members were filmed engaging in a racist chant that referenced lynching and indicated that black students never would be admitted to that university's chapter. Two students identified in the video have apologized

publicly.

The national fraternity condemned the incident and started investigating racism allegations at universities in Louisiana and Texas after hearing that young men at two schools sang or knew of the same racist chant.

But the damage was done. The school's president, former Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., said the fraternity "won't be back — at least not as long as I'm president of the university."

Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Monday said that he was "troubled" by the incident but believed the university was handling it well. He said he wants to know whether the Oklahoma incident involved a couple individuals or whetheritwaspartofa broader systemic problem.

"Isthispartofaculture ofthat fraternityforyears?Isittrue atother fraternities, at other universities?"

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ON DECIC THURSDAY • Prep track and field:La Grande, Union at BuckTrack Classic, Pendleton, noon • Prep softball: Union/Cove at Echo/ Stanfield, 3 p.m.

• Prep baseball: Joseph/Enterprise at Heppner/lone, (2), 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

• Prep baseball: Weston-McEwen/ Griswold at Union/ Cove,5 p.m.

FRIDAY • Prep boys and girls golf: Enterprise, Wallowa at Heppner Invitational, Echo, 10 a.m.

• Prep boys golf: La Grande atThe Dalles dual, 10 a.m.

• Prep track and field:Cove, Imbler, Joseph, Powder Valley at DianaThurmond Invitational, Harper, 11 a.m.

• Prep baseball: La Grande vs.

Scappoose, Treasure Valley Classic, Ontario, 12:45 p.m.

• College softball: Concordia University at Eastern Oregon University, (2), 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

• Prep boys and girls tennis:La Grande at Ontario dual, 2:30 p.m.

AT A GLANCE

'Cats get shut out in opener Union/Cove suffered a tough defeat in its season opener, falling 12-0 in five innings on the road to Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Tuesdayin boys baseball. No other stats were available.

Union/Cove hosts Weston-McEwen/ Griswold in Union Thursday.

Boeheim set to V8tll8 IA 3 $8BIS Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim will retire in three years and athletic director Daryl Gross has resigned to take another position at the school in the wake of harsh NCAA sanctions levied against the university earlier this month.

The school also announced that it will appeal certain portions of the NCAA's penalties. Syracuse chancellor Kent Syverud issued a statement to the university community notifying it of the news Wednesday.

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Observer file photo

Joseph sophomore Isabelle Tingelstad is one of the top returning track and field athletes for the Eagles.

PREP GOLF

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By Josh Benham The Observer

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La Grande's Grayson Livingston wrestles during the Oregon Middle School StateWrestling Championship in Woodburn Saturday. Livingston finished third in the 102-pound weight class.

• La Grande Middle School dominates field to earnteam statetitle

perspective, LeCreole Middle School in Dallas, finished right behind in third place with 69 points. The fourth-place team, Marshfield Middle School in Coos Bay, had 68.5 points. ''What's unique is that we are the

By Josh Benham The Observer best team in the state," head coach With no classifications or divisions Matt Wolcott said."It's the entire state based on school-size, the La Grande of Oregon.Itw asgreatto see thelook Middle School wrestling team went toe- on the kids' faces after it was all said to-toe with the top teams in the state. and done. It's nice to see the hard work When the dust settled, the Wildcats pay off and for the families that have were the undisputed kings. made so many sacrifices. It was a really After12wres tlersearned berthsat enjoyablegroup,justa good group of the regional state qualifying tourstudents. That's what makes it all the nament in Boardman March 7, La better."

Grande pummeled the field for a team La Grande had four wrestlers out of state title at the Oregon Middle School the 12 qualifiers, which were the most State Wrestling Championship Saturin the state, earn top-six finishes or betday in Woodburn. ter. Seventh-graders Parker Robinson, The Wildcats scored a totalof in the 132-pound weight class, and 91 points, besting the second-place Nathan Reed at 140 both placed secfinisher, Cheldelin Middle School in ond, winning their first three matches Corvallis, by 21 points. To put that in before falling in the championship.

Robinson's first-place match went right down to the wire before falling 10-8 by sudden victory to James Ellis of Neil Armstrong Middle School in Forest Grove. Wolcott said Robinson was ahead by a point with seconds left when the referee, after a long deliberation, awarded Ellisa pointforan escapethatsentitto overtime.

"His match was awesome to watch," Wolcott said."Parker lost to (Ellis) 7-0 earlier in the year. He made such an improvement against an extremely tough opponent. There was nothing for (Parker) to be ashamed of. He left it all out on the mat."

Robinson and Reed earned spots on an Oregon national dual team, in which they will compete against other states' bestw restlersata national gathering in May. Eighth-grader Grayson Livingston placedthird at 102 and sixth-grader SeeChamps/Page10A

Badgers focused on getting to Eugene

By Josh Benham The Observer

Powder Valley track and field head coach Blake Jones saidtheobjectiveremains the same asitiseveryyear — to qualify as many athletes for the 1A state meet.

'That's always the ultimate goal," Jones said."We're hoping to get as manykids as we can over to Eugene."

The Badgers have had nearlytwo weeks ofpractice as they get set to begin the

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Jones is hopeful Stanford Luis Balderas will runin the can make the next step and middle and longdistances, and season Friday at the Diana finish on the podium. alsoonrelays,asBalderasalso "It's always hml to tell until Thurmond Invitationalin qualified as an alternate in the Harper. Jones said there are theygeton the ~ but Sean 4-by-100 team. eight total kids out this year. has kept~ in g r eatshape The three girls for the Leadingthefi veboys and works very hml thmugh- Badgers all will compete athletes is Sean Stanford. The out theyear," Jones said. in hurdles. Junior Annalia junior was a state qualifier in Senior M McElligottwill Jimenez also is running 2013 in the 4-by-400-meter compete in the discus and in the 100, 200 and relays. relay and made the state javelin this season after taking Junior Sami Sexton will meet lastyear in the 100-me- third at the district meetin be on the relay teams, and ter race, the 200 and on the the javelin and qualifying for sophomore Mariah Paul is 4-by-100 team, which placed the state relay team as an settocompete in the 100, seventhatstate. alternate last season. Junior 200 and relays.

La Grande's Miles takes fifth place The La Grande girls golf team kicked off its 2015 season Tuesday when it traveled to the The Dalles Invitational. In a six-team field with four 5A schools, the Tigers finished third. Kayli Miles was the top performer for La Grande, firing a 100 to earn fifth place overall. The Tigers now have more than two weeks off until their next competition

when they head to McLoughlin April 3.

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season, though. Many athletes m ay get moved around as he looks for what will give them the best opportunity to excel.

"It's something kids don't want to do, but they want to get to that next level," he said."For the younger ones you still evaluate them and get them in events they can compete in."

Junior Raymond Seal and sophomore Ben Lopez are the only returning boys, and are joined by SeeYouth IPage9A

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Youth will be served for the Joseph track team in 2015.

Among the 16 athletes out for the Eagles, 13 areeitherfreshmen or sophomores, and only two seniors, Karianne Zollman and Sarah Thiel, are on the team.

But the underclassmen return with a great deal of talent. Veteran head coach John Roberts is liking what he sees, especially out of Isabelle Tingelstad. The sophomore

placed second at the 1A state championship in the 3,000-meter race last spring and fourth in the 1,500.

Roberts is also looking to returners Johnelle Suto, Ally Cooney and Oriana Wandschneider to pace the girls team, and expects Cooney to possibly take part in three or four events. Newcomer Bailee Wilcox figures to fill a spot as a jumper, while Maddie Bailey and Thiel will try their hand at pole vault.

Roberts said nothing is certain on the events this early in the

TONIGHT'S PICIC

WHO'S HOT

NBA's best duel in Oakland

REGGIE JACKSON:The Detroit Pistons' point guard scored 23 points and put on a passing clinic with a careerhigh 20 assists as Detriot came back from 15 points down at halftime to defeat Memphis 105-95Tuesday.

The top two teams in the

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Enterprise head coach Mike Crawford hopes the experienceatlastyear's state championship comes in handyforapairofhisgolfers.

The Outlaws' boys golf team returns seniors Cody Irish and Christian Ruckdashel from the 2014 squad thatplaced 11th as ateam at the 3A/2A/1A state championship. Irish tied for 54th individually with a two-round score of 188, and Ruckdashel shot a 211 at the Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis.

Besides the returning seniors, Crawford said he has eight other boys out for the team.

Enterprise is in a newly formed league this spring that combined two leagues from last year. Special District 3 now contains 12 teams, which will cut down on the number of golfers who qualify for the state championship.

The top four teams at the district meet punch tickets to state. Individually, the top five finishers qualify for state, but if any of the individuals are on teams that qualified, the spot is eliminated. For instance, iftwo golfersplace in the top five individually but are already on teams that made the state championship, then only three individuals from SD 3 will go.

On the girls side, Enterprise has a few returners as it enters the 4A/3A/2A/1A season.

"I did lose some good players, butIhave fourgirls back that played tournament rounds last year," Crawford said."One of my top girls, (senior) Carsen Sajonia, finished sixth in the district tournament last year."

Crawfordsaid thegirls league, Special District 3, which has the same state qualifications as the boys, should be competitive, with Ontario and La Grande seen as top contenders.

The Outlaws begin the season Friday at the Heppner Invitational in Echo.

WHO'S NOT

BYU:The Cougars wasted a 17-point haIftime

lead in their "first four" matchup against Ole Miss Tuesday night, giving up 62 points in the second half as they were eliminated from the NCAA tournament with a 94-90 loss.

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The La Grande girls golf team placed third at The Dalles Invitational Tuesday in its first competition of the season in a six-team field, with four 5A squads.

Kayli Miles had the lowest score for the Tigers with a round of 100, medaling at fifth-place overall, with Trinity McCarthy's 104 the next best score for La Grande.

Anna Seymour shot a 107 and Cassidee Miller turned in a 126 to round out the four top golfersfor theTigers.

Pendleton finished first as a team, and Hermiston was the runner-up.

"They are a very motivated bunch and are ready to go back to practice," La Grande head coach Cally Goss said.

The Tigers next compete at McLoughlin April 3.

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New for Tiger tennis

By Ronald Bond The Observer

The La Grande tennis team is taking to the courts this spring with a new coach.

Fresh off the basketball season, Mark Carollo is stepping in as the head tennis coach, taking over after longtime head man Mike Schireman stepped down.

"I actually played tennis in high school," Carollo said.

"iMikel stepped away this year and I said I'd definitely fill in. I thought it would be a fun experience."

The Tigers have 22 players out this spring, including four returning seniors in Anna Grigsby and Jerika and Jayden Christman on the girls side, and senior Derek Yohannan on the boys side.

The girls also have juniors Leora Hancock, Hannah Roberts and Clara Gandy as returning upperclassmen. For the boys, juniors Joshua Ebel and Wyatt Schlaht headline the younger returners.

'There's a few returning players and hopefully they can build offlast year," Carollo said."I think we have some really good athletes who are going to work hard."

La Grande opens the season Friday at Ontario.

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'The three freshmen I had in junior high," Roberts said.

"They're all throwers. They're young iandl a smaller bunch.

It'll be a tough field event, but it's like I tell them, I want 100 percentoftheir ability."

Roberts anticipates narrowing down the events his athletes will compete in by mid-April, giving them the chance to perhaps learnand excel — at something new.

"It's justa process.Have to go through it from A to Z," he said."I just figure the kids will do what we ask of them and by the time we get to districts we'll be ready."

The Eagles hit the track Friday at the Diana Thurmond Invitational in Harper.

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Wellens vies for fourth state berth Observer staff

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The Wallowa/Joseph golf team kicks off its season Friday at the Heppner Invite in Echo, with a pair of golfers with state championship experience starting their hunt to get back.

Senior Karl Wellens placed 40th at last year's 3A/2A/1A state championship with a two-day combined score of 178.

Afterthreestraight years making it to state, head coach Marvin Gibbs is looking to have Wellens finish his career with another trip.

"He's working hard at practice every day, "Gibbs said."The goal is to get him to state one more time and keep that momentum going."

Also back after making state last season is sophomore Kai Oliver, who finished 65th overall. Juniors Alex Coutant and Thomas Jamerson and sophomore

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Bryce Melville are other returners.

Wallowa/Joseph is in the newly formed Special District 3 that contains 12 teams, including Vale, Nyssa, Enterprise and Grant Union.

The golfers on the top four teams atthedistricttournament earn trips to state. The top five individuals qualify for state, but if any of the individuals are on teams that qualify, the spot is eliminated. For instance, if three golfers are in the top five individually but are on teams that qualify for the state championship, then only two individuals &om SD 3 will go to state.

"It's going to be tough," Gibbssaid.'We're going to have to play really well."

Sophomore Claire Wellens is the lone girls golfer.

SCOREBOARD L .A. Clippers 43 25 Phoenix 3 5 33 Sacramento 2 2 44 L.A. Lakers 1 7 49 x-clinched playolf spot All Times PDT

BASKETBALL NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 4 0 27 . 5 97 Boston 30 36 . 4 55 9 '/2 Brooklyn 2 7 38 . 4 1 5 1 2 Philadelphia 1 5 52 . 2 2 4 2 5 New York 1 4 53 . 2 0 9 2 6 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 5 3 14 . 7 9 1 Washington 3 9 28 . 5 8 2 1 4 Miami 30 3 6 ,4 5 5 22'I2 Charlotte 29 3 7 . 4 39 23'/2 Orlando 2 1 48 . 3 0 4 3 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 4 3 26 . 6 23 Chicago 40 28 . 5 88 2 '/2 Milwaukee 34 33 . 507 8 Indiana 30 3 6 . 4 5 5 11'/2 Detroit 2 4 43 . 3 5 8 1 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 47 21 . 6 91 Houston 45 22 . 6 72 1 '/2 Dallas 43 25 . 632 4 San Antonio 41 25 . 6 2 1 5 N ewOrleans 37 30 .55 2 9 ' / 2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 4 4 2 1 . 6 77 O klahoma City 37 3 0 .552 8 Utah 30 3 6 . 4 5 5 14'/2 Denver 26 4 2 . 3 8 2 19'/2 Minnesota 14 52 . 2 12 30'/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB x -Golden State 53 13 .80 3

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Tuesday's Games Detroit 105, Memphis 95 New York 104, San Antonio 100, OT New Orleans 85, Milwaukee 84 Houston 107, Orlando 94 L.A. Clippers 99, Charlotte 92

Miami 75, NC Central 71 Rhode Island 88, lona 75 Louisiana Tech 89, Central Michigan 79 Tulsa 70, William 8 Mary 67 Alabama 79, lllinois 58 Murray State 81, UTEP 66 TexasASM 81, Montana 64 Stanford 77, UC Davis 64

Wednesday's Games

Arizona St. at UConn, 4 p.m.

Bucknell atTemple, 4 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Old Dominion, 4:15 p.m.

St. Francis (NY) at Richmond, 4:30 p.m.

Green Bay at lllinois State, 5 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Saint Mary's (Cal), 6 p.m.

South Dakota St. at Colorado St., 7 p.m.

Wednesday's Games Detroit at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Boston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Utah, 7:30 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL Standings

Thursday's Games Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Denver at Houston, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

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

NCAA NCAA Tournament All Times PDT First Round Tuesday's Games Hampton74,Manhattan 64 Mississippi 94, BYU 90 Wednesday's Games North Florida vs. Robert Morris, 3:40 p.m.

Boise St. vs. Dayton, 6:10 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament First Round Tuesday's Games George Washington 60, Pittsburgh 54

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Montreal 71 4 4 20 7 9 5 187 159 Tampa Bay 71 43 21 7 9 3 230 184 Detroit 68 38 1 9 11 87 200 183 Boston 70 3 62 3 11 83 185 177 Ottawa 69 3 424 11 79 196 181 Florida 70 31 2 5 14 76 172 195 Toronto 71 2 7 3 8 6 6 0 188 226 Bulfalo 70 20 4 3 7 4 7 134 235 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Rangers 68 44 17 7 95 207 158 N.Y. Islanders 72 43 25 4 90 222 203 Pittsburgh 7 0 39 21 10 88 196 175 Washington 71 38 23 10 86 209 175 Philadelphia 72 29 28 15 73 187 206 New Jersey 70 30 29 11 71 160 179 Columbus 6 9 30 35 4 6 4 180 218 Carolina 69 2 6 34 9 6 1 162 189 WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Rs GF GA St. Louis 70 45 20 5 95 218 170 Nashville 72 43 21 8 94 205 176 Chicago 69 42 21 6 90 202 158 Minnesota 70 39 24 7 85 199 175 Winnipeg 70 35 23 12 82 196 188 Colorado 69 32 26 11 75 184 193 Dallas 70 32 28 10 74 218 229 Pacific Division GP W L OT Rs GF GA Anaheim 71 4 4 20 7 9 5 208 195 Vancouver 6 9 40 25 4 8 4 197 185 LosAngeles 69 34 22 13 81 186172 Calgary 70 3 8 2 7 5 8 1 205 185 San Jose 7 03 4 28 8 7 6 195 198 Arizona 70 2 1 4 1 8 5 0 145 231 Edmonton 7 0 19 39 12 50 164 239 All Times PDT Tuesday's Games Bulfalo 2, Boston 1, SO New Jersey 2, Pittsburgh 0 Ottawa 2, Carolina 1, OT Montreal 3, Florida 2 Minnesota 3, Nashville 2, OT Winnipeg 5, San Jose 2 Chicago 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 St. Louis 4, Calgary 0 Vancouver 4, Philadelphia 1 Wednesday's Games Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

LosAngelesatAnaheim, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games San Jose at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Carolina at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Boston at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Colorado atArizona 7 p.m.

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La Grande's Parker Robinson, in blue, finished second in the 132-pound weight class to help La Grande Middle School to a state championship.

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Continued from Page 8A Wolcott and Hancock were impressedby theirdedicaAlex Kehr finished sixth tion and continuous work to at 80. While the rest of the achieve a state title. Their team didn't place individudevotion to the team was ally, many enjoyed a solid evident as the state tournatournament. ment wound down.

"All the kids stuck around At 132, seventh-grader Logan Paulston won a pair of right to the very end, like matches, as did sixth-grader they did most of the year," Anthony Fitzgerald at 80.

Hancock said.'There'd be Seventh-graders Tristan a kid of ours wrestling, and Hanson i140l, Chris Woodsix guys would be next to worth i125l and Cole Isaathe mat cheering for them. cson i85l, and sixth-grader They really banded together Ryan Stubblefield i80l all and showed teamwork and won one match apiece. respectforone another.I "The biggest thing is how couldn't be happier as a hard it is to win a state coach." tournament at any level, but Hancock also credited the especially at middle school La Grande Mat Club with level. It's truly a state cham- aiding the development pionship," assistant coach of agreat portion ofthe Miles Hancock said."The wrestlers.

"I would say the junior kids feel really good about it and have a sense of accomhigh being successful is plishment." directl y related tothe mat The championship journey club," he said.'We wouldn't began at the startofthe be where we're at without season after placing seventh the club." at state last season.

It will still be a few sea''We had a goal going into sons until the middle school this year,"Wolcott said.'We kids wrestle at the high felt like if we got seventh last school level, but La Grande year and have everybody High School head coach Klel back, we should be able to Carson is excited about the improveand compete for future crop.

"I think we're a couple the title. We had really good numbers. We started out years away from hitting the with 34 wrestlers, and usucore group of kids that have ally by the end of the season come through the mat club, you losea lotofkidsbecause but we have a really solid it's a tough sport. But we had foundation," Carson said.

"Programs are built from 28 kidsby thelastpractice.

We had by far the biggest foundations. These kids are middle school program, by the future of La Grande numbers, in the state." wrestling at the high school Two tournaments during level." the season showed the coachWolcott is hoping to es what the Wildcats were continue the tradition of excapableofwith the progres- cellence at the middle school sion they were making. and becoming a pipeline for "At the Baker Brawl tourthe high school team.

"Hopefully younger kids nament, there were 14 teams and we ended up being the in the program, theQ see team champions," Hancock this and think, 'I want to do that'," he said."The ultimate said."Then we went to an event in Hermiston, the goal is we would like to see Eastern Oregon Dual Meet this eventually feed the high with Pasco, Hermiston and school, keep it going and win Pendleton, and we won some state championships against all three teams. The there."

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BAKER CITY — The Baker County Courthouse, 1995 Third St., has expanded its hours and will now remain open during lunch for those who need to conduct their business during that time.

The courthouse hours will be from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m .Monday through Friday.

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Wells Fargo promotes Abdel Halim to branch manager LA GRANDE — Wells Fargo has promoted Mohamed Abdel Halim to manager of its bank branch at 1320 Adams Ave. in La Grande. He previously served as assistant manager of a Wells Fargo branch in Spokane, Washington.

In his new position, Abdel Halim is responsible for the customerservice,sales,professional development and community involvement efAbdel for t s of seven team members.

Halim The L a Grande resident joined Wells Fargo in 2009 as a teller in Gig Harbor, Washington.

He later served asa personal banker in Tacoma before being promoted to assistant branch manager in Spokane in 2011.

Abdel Halim has won multiple performance awards at Wells Fargo, including being named one of Wells Fargo's top bankers regionally and nationally.

A native of Egypt, Abdel Halim earned bachelor's degrees in international business and political science at the University of Washington. He also graduated from Eastern Washington University with master's degrees in business management and public administration.

Soroptimist International taking Ruby Award nominations Soroptimist International of La Grande is accepting nominations for the Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women. The Ruby Award is designed to honor women who have worked to improve the lives of women and girls, who have made an impact on the lives of women and girls and who would inspire and encourage other women.

Soroptimist International of La Grande is offering $500 to the local woman selected to be the 2015 Ruby Award recipient.

The deadline for submitting nominations is March 31. Get the nomination form online at http//bit.ly/1Cp19ar.

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The Union County Chamber of CommerceWoman of theYear BethWasley, right, and Man of the Year Dale De Long enjoy a view of Mount Emily from Island City property. The pair was honored at the chamber banquet last month for their myriad contributions to the community.

By Cherise Kaechele Wescom News Service

Former Island City Mayor Dale De Long has always been involved in the Grande Ronde Valley.

It's that long tradition of service that contributed to De Long's nomination and, ultimately, his winning the Union County Chamber of Commerce man of the year award last month during the chamber's annual banquet.

"Over the years, I figured insteadofdelegating someone to join a group or organization, I would do it myself," De Long said.

"I was able to get involved. I like to work with the kids so I helped with the Fair Board and Safe Communities Coalition."

This was the first time he's won the award, he said.

"I think it's a really great honor," De Long said."I appreciate it."

De Iong, who was honored along with woman of the year Beth Wasley, has always been involved

Free workshop provides training on how to avoid elder fraud BAKER CITY — A free workshop designed to help people avoid elder fraud is plannedfor2:30 p.m. April13 atSettler's Park, 2895 17th St. in Baker City.

Oregon Farm Bureau seeks photos for 2016 calendar The Oregon Farm Bureau invites the publictosubmit photosforits2016 Oregon's Bounty calendar. The awardwinning calendar celebrates all aspects of Oregon agriculture.

"Springisa greattim etostartlooking at Oregon agriculture for photo opportunities," said OFB Communications Director Anne Marie Moss.

Horizontal-format, high-resolution imagesareneeded ofalltypesofagriculture in all seasons.

Photographers with images selected for month pages in Oregon's Bounty will receivea photocreditin the 2016 calendar, copies of the calendar and a year of Farm Bureau membership.

The deadline for entries is Sept. 15.

Photo specifications and contest rules are also available at oregonfb.org/calendar.

Photographers do not need to be Farm Bureau members to participate, and there is no limit to the number of photos that can be submitted.

with a number of organizations besides the Island City municipality. He has worked with the Safe Kids Northeast organization and has coached little league baseball and softball, and been an umpire for"everything from little league to college," he said. He later decided to step back"and let the younger generation take over," he said about being an umpire.

De Long, who began his longstandingcareer astheIsland City mayor in 1990, served as mayor for 24 years. He worked for Legacy Auto Group as a driver and worked for Boise Cascade for 30 years, he said.

"I went from one retirement to another," De Long said.oiStepping down frombeing mayor) freed up time to do other things. I'm not sit-downretired."

He added once someone retires and there's nothing to do on a dayto-daybasis, theydon't last long. De Iong, who turned 80in December, is

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Bird Hu strain has farmers scrambling

By Steve Karbowski The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Animal health experts and poultry growersare scrambling to determine how a dangerous new strain of bird flu infected poultry flocks in fourstates— and to stop itfrom spreading.

Avian influenza is common in wild migratory waterfowl but doesn't usually harm them.

But the H5N2 strain is deadly when it spreads to commercial poultry. It can wipe out a flock of tens of thousands ofbirds in a few days,asitdid atafarm last month in Minnesota, the nation's top turkey-producing state. The

same strain soon turned up on two farms in Missouri and one in Arkansas.

The vast majority of turkeys and chickens in the U.S. spend their lives confined indoors to protect against disease.Yet,as the infections show, viruses can still reach them — tracked in by humans or rodents; carried on trucks, equipment, crates and egg flats; passed from waterfowl to shore birds that find their way into a barn.

'This new guy is a bad actor," said Dr. Carol Cardona, an avian influenza specialist at the University of Minnesota.

Minnesota confirmed its

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outbreak March 4, the first H5N2 found in the Mississippi flyway, a majorbird migration route.

The Missouri and Arkansas cases were confirmed this week.

The only known commonality among those states is the flyway.

Meanwhile, samples from a Kansas backyard flock of chickens and duckstested positive forthe strain late this week; the affected flock is in a county just west of the Mississippi flyway.

Why it showed up at these locations simultaneously is a mystery, though Cardona and other expertssuspectwaterfowl or other wild birds. Meanwhile, ofliSeeBird flu / Page 2B

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McBonald'sworkersdetail durns,iodhazards

By Candice Chol

and began more than two years ago. Already, it has included NEW YORK — McDonald's protests around the country and workers in 19 cities have filed lawsuits alleging workers weren't complaints over burns from pop- given their rightful pay. pinggrease,a lack ofprotective The burns and other hazards equipment and other workplace were detailed in complaints anhazards, according to labor nouncedMonday and fi led with organizers.

U.S. Occupational Safety and The complaints are the latest Health Administration in recent move in an ongoing campaign weeks.

Workers citea persistent to win pay of $15 an hour lack of gloves for handling hot and unionization for fast-food equipmentand say they'vebeen workers by publicly pressurburned while cleaning grills that ing McDonald's to come to the have to be kept on. One worker bargaining table. The push is says he was told by a manager being spearheaded by the Service to, "put mayonnaise on it, you'll Employees International Union be good."

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active in the communityin not only organizati onsbuthe enjoysrecreational activities too, like golfing.

Union County Commissioner Steve McClure was one of many in the community who endorsed De Long for the award. oiDe Long) has always been professi onal and courteous towork with while still representing the interest ofhis community and its citizens," McClure said in his nomination letter."Dale is one of thoseleaders who isableto seethe common good in the many things we do as local elected officials.o Robin Wortman, Union County Safe Communities Coalition coordinator, wrote in her nomination that De Long easily handles anything he's involved with.

"I have beenimpressed athow he is able to juggle all ofhis commitments, and still have everyone feel like they are top priority," she wrote.

Wasley has been equally comSeeChamber / Page 2B

t's a difficult thing when a loyal, dedicated employee walks into your office and tells you that they are resigning because they have taken a job someplace else.

It's a punch in the gut, hard and unexpected.

Hearing those words, probably the last thing you expected, leaves you feeling like you are dying on the inside. On the outside you smile and wish the person thebestin theircareer.

Resignations have always taken place but lately the pace seems to be picking up as the economy improves.

Retaining good employees is starting to be a serious problem.

You'll find out sometime after the initial announcement that the person wasn't actively looking for a job; they seemed quite content to be working for you.

Then one day they receiveda phone calloutof the blue with an opportunity they couldn't refuse to discuss further.

Conversations ensued, meetings took place and before you know it, one of your better employees, one you had invested in, and had designs on to take on additional responsibility, walks into your office and tells you that theQ be gone forever in a couple of weeks.

There are three things that every owner should know about being punched and then learning your employees are being poached out of your company.

First, there is now, and always has been, a severe shortageofgood employees.

And there always will be.

I believe there are people working today who really don't want a job. These are people who regularly show up late, leaveearly and do their best not to do anything while on the clock.

Why people are this way is not important; the fact is, in many companies, the employee population is dominated by people who aren't interested in anything more than getting a paycheck.

So when an executive recruiter or a company recruiter who has been scouring Linked In calls your company and speaks to a SeeKeller / Page 2B

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The complaints also detail a lack of training for handling hot fryers and slipping on wet floors.

A representativeforthe Labor Department, Laura McGinnis, confirmed the complaints were received by OSHA but said the agency does not discuss ongoing investigations.

In a statement, McDonald's Corp. said the company and its independent franchisees are committed to providing safe working conditions for employees, and will review the allegations."It is important to note that these complaintsarepartofa larger strategyorchestrated by activists

targeting our brand and designed to generatemedia coverage," Heidi Barker Sa Shekhem, a McDonald's spokeswoman, said in the statement.

The complaints extend a central theme of the "Fight for $15o campaign, which has been to hold McDonald's accountable for working conditions at its franchised locations. That would ease the way for worker negotiations and unionization across the company's more than 14,000 U.S. restaurants, the vast majority of which are run by franchisees.

McDonald's and other fast-food SeeHazards / Page 2B

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artisans in the city. Instead, she and Rideout looked for SEATTLE — When Terra hashtags such as "handmade Link and Jacob Rideout in Seattle" on Instagram, arrivedin Seattle from and scoured Etsy and larger California in October, they regional craft markets for lookedfora craftsfestivalto Seattle-based makers. After sell their handmade wares cold-contacting vendors, they for the Savvy Heart, their collected enough to fill a "lifestyle brand" of jewmarket.

As for finding customers? elry, furniture and scented oils. But they couldn't find They went the comparatively anything that seemed quite old-fashioned route: directright. mail advertising via the Post "One of the only things Office. The duo mailed 1,500 fliers, concentrating mostly that we could find was mostly farmer's markets," on Capitol Hill, sending a few Link said. hundred to other neighborAnd since most farmer's hoods. m arkets don'tfeature a lotof Darya Assadi, 23, who just crafts, they did what any self- moved to Seattle from PhoerespectingDo-It-Yourselfart- nix, said she found out about the marketplace through one ists would do: They founded their own pop-up shop. ofthose fliers. She brought The Savvy Marketplace, two friends, also newcomers now in its fourth, features to the city.

12 to 17 local vendors every One, Massoud Torabi, 24, month in Sole Repair, an left with a soy wax candle from Capitol Hill Candle Co., eventspace on Seattle's Capitol Hill. They've added a made by Jeremie Berg just five blocks away. food truck iSunday's vendor Before he left,Torabialso was the Grilled Cheese Experiencel and craft cocktails checked out Radley Raven's and feature live local musibow ties. One, with a matchcians. ing pocket square, was made True to their name, the with 1970s wool houndstooth fabric from England."I've duo proved to be savvy themselves. Though Link is always been a fan of that oldfrom the region ishe studied school look, that Gatsby style, interior design at the Art Inand wanted to bring a piece of that back," Raven said. stitute of Seattle), she didn't have a network of fellow Of course, he'd tried to The Seattle Times

our brand." It was like an Etsystorecome to life.

Another vendor, Felicia Williams, had turned her passion for fashion, found objects and traveling into a side business, Black Hound.

She was selling an absurdist oil painting featuring a pug in military clothing by a New York City street artist, and a vintage leather caravan bag from Morocco.

"I like to be able to pick up an object and tell a story," she said."If one of my customers buys it, I want them to feel like they traveled to Morocco with me."

Upstairs, Kristina Cullen sold necklaces with apothecary tubes filled with tiny shark teeth and bird talons. Other necklaces Bettina Hanse/SeattleTimes were crafted out ofcoyote Felicia Williams poses with her display for her shop of carefully curated items, Black jawbones and antler bones, Hound, atThe Savvy Marketplace, a monthly pop-up of local artisans selling fashion encrusted with gunmetal and home goods on March 8 in Seattle. Williams' collection comes from her travels to resin crystals.

"I like taking something Spain, Portugal, Oklahoma, Brooklyn and Marrakech. not very pretty and giving it a whole new life," she said. send a bow tie or two to Seatpursue making cards full "It's just as you would tle's most famous bow-tie fan, time. The Savvy Marketplace As the crowd perused the Seattle Seahawk Richard speak with your friends, was her first-ever market. wares, they sipped drinks, Sherman, via'his people." without the filter," Evans That morningshe'd made such as the Wake Up Call Marquita Evans, of her first sale for Silver+Salt.

— made with coffee, vodka, sard.

"The people that you are Tacoma, Wash., and a For Witchey, who is a fullFrangelico and vanilla syrup. friend giggled at Kimberly time graphic designer, the Shopping While Drunk? going to find here are probaWe like to get some drinks W itchey's off-colorcardsfor cards were a part-time hobby. ably in a transition spot," Phenix Stationery, featuring Another vendor, Christine Rideout said.aWe are people in people and get them shopunprintable slogans. iOne fit Heidel, had just taken a that can't afford a brick-and- ping and let them have a for print: "I love you because leaveofabsence from a tech m ortar but alsoneed toget good time," Link said. into the public eye to expand you are awesome just like job at a consulting firm to How savvy.

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mitted to the La Grande Farmers' Market. Wasley took over as market manager in 2010.

According to Charles Jones, Wasley has turned the market into a real community asset.

'The farmers' market used to be a few tables for a few weeks alongside Sunflower Bookstore with a smatter of produce and eggs," Jones wrote in his nomination letter."Now it is the pride and joy of the valley."

Many of the nomination letters for Wasley listed the early 2000s playground project at Riverside Park, for which Was-

chains, including Burger King and Wendy's, have said they'renotresponsiblefor employment decisions at franchised restaurants.

The matter has reached the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, which said late last year that McDonald's could be named as a joint employer in complaints by workers.

Those complaints have yet to be heard, but whichever side loses is expected to appeal the decision.

Kendall Fells, organizing director for Fightfor $15,said the injuries at franchised and company-owned restaurants mostly came about because understaffmg and employees being told to work too quickly — both of which he said were the result of a computer system thattracks salesand staffmgmetrics.

The computer system was also cited in lawsuits lastyear thatallege"w age theft" by McDonald's and its franchisees for the denial ofbreaks and overtime pay.

That system has been key in the argument by labor groups that McDonald's exerts enough control over franchisedrestaurantsto be consideredajointemployer.

Fells noted that workers are looking at every way they can hold McDonald's accountable, and that work-

leyhelped toraise $120,000.

Wasley, who declined an interview, said in her speech at the Union County Chamber of Commerce banquet that there were many others who deserved the award.

"I feel like I am surrounded by women who on a daily basis do wonderful things that make our community a better place," she said in her speech."I can't name all the women who have been and who remain inspiring examples to me. Women who work hard and who enrich all of us by their contributions. As they say,'A good man is hard to find.'To that I might add,'But there are good women everywhere you look in Union County.'

KELLER Continued from Page 1B hard working, loyal, dedicated employee who shows a progressive track recordofincreasing levelsofresponsibility, the employee is going to listen.

Why? Because the caller acknowledges that your employee is growing, learning and contributing and with that mindset and work ethic, the employee is flattered that someone outside the company who doesn't know them at all would recognize and acknowledge their accomplishments.

The flattery continues when your employee is asked,"Are you open to hearing about other opportunities not

BIRD FLU Continued from Page 1B cials are keeping an eye on the workers who had contact with the infected flocks, and producers are tightening theirstandard biosecurity measures, which include putting on sanitary clothing and showering on their way in and out ofbarns.

The new strain — along with other recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic strains in commercial turkey and chicken farms, backyard flocks and wild birds in Oregon, Washington state, Idaho and other states in the Northwest's Pacific flyway — also affects the industry's bottom line in the affectedstates.Dozens of countries have banned poultryimports from affected states, a common practice done mainly to protect their

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Dale De Long, right, served as mayor of Island City for 24 years while Beth Wasley has organized the La Grande Farmers' Market since 2010.

Iam happy and proud and gratefulto counted among them."

Contact Cherise Kaechele at 541-786-4234 or ckaechele@ lagrandeobserver com. Follow Cherise on Twitter @IgoKaechele.

just to make more money but to be recognized for what you have accomplished in your career?" what do you think they will say?

Second, it would be nice to say none of your 'high potential" employees arenotactively looking for another job but that isn't always true. How many years will your best employees go without a reasonable raise? How long can you hold off paying some type of bonus? How many more additional assignments and responsibilities can you hand them without a title change commiserate with the level of work they are doing?

Your best employees know when thereare good times and bad times.

The+ weather the storms for only so long beforethey startto feelasifthe

own flocks.

The World Health Organization says avian influenza viruses can survive in contaminated raw poultry, so it' spossible to spread them via fresh or frozen products. But government and industry officials say the danger to humans is very low, and people can't catchitfrom properly cooked poultry or eggs. Cardona said the likelihood of bird flu entering a country through imported products is "very, very low."

Some countries also use thosebans to protecttheir markets from cheaper foreignproducts,according to Dr. Donna Carver, extension veterinarian at North Carolina State University.

'There's not always a scientific reason," she said.

Minnesota, Missouri and Arkansas followed rapid responseprotocolsfrom the

company is never going to recover.

If you fail to take care of them, they have no choice but to take care of themselves.

If you fail to recognize them and appreciate them for their hard work and results, they will remember.

If you don't offer them a better future, they will move to someplace that will.

Third, as always, it's a simple choice forthe owner: to decide to take action and retain the best employees or suffer the consequences when they depart.

Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist focused on the leadership needs of small and midsizeclosely held companies. Contact him at KenKeller@ SBCglobal.net.

federal government and poultry industry. Once H5N2 was confirmed at the farms, surviving turkeys were killed and kept out of the food supply. Officials quarantined the facilities and declared sixmile-radius restricted zones.

They tested nearby farms but found no signs of other infected flocks.

"At least right now we're breathing a little easier," Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Richard Fordyce said.

To infect a commercial flock, the virus still needs to getinto a barn.Itspreads throughbird-to-bird contact or via bird feces,soeithera person, a bird or a rodent has to physically bring it inside.

Modern biosecurity makes that difficult, so outbreaks in North America are rare.

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Arkansas last year edged North Carolina as the No. 2 turkey producer in the U.S. North Carolina, which like Arkansas is among the top chicken producers, isn't in an affected flyway. But Carver said producers there are on high alert.

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Although the OSHA complaint system doesn't let workers name joint employers, Randy Rabinowitz, a health and safety legal expert who was hired by the

Fight for $15 campaign, said there have been other cases where multiple employers areissued citations forthe same violations. She said she's not aware of any such casesinvolving fast-food restaurants, however.

She said the first onsite OSHA visits triggered by the complaints took place in the past week or so, and that the agency has six months to issue citations.

Mary Vogel, executive directorofthe National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, said in a conferencecallorganized by labor groups that the burns and otherhazards detailed in the complaints are "pretty universal" in the fast-food industry.

McDonald's, which saw customer visits at established U.S. locations decline in each of the past two years, has been trying to reinvigorate its image. Earlier this month, the company's chief administrative officer, Pete Bensen, said a big part of the U.S. turnaround will be what the company is doing around "the employment image and our employee-employer relationships."

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CIRCLE OF FRIENDS oi visit are now available (For spouses w/spouses www.ore onaadistnct29 online. who have long term .com terminaI illnesses) 3 EASY STEPS Meets 1st Monday of every month at St. T O P S N o . 1. Register your Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM OREGO N 599: Fri., weigh-in at account before you $5.00 Catered Lunch 8:45 a.m., meeting at leave Must RSVP for lunch 9 a.m. P r esbyterian 2 . Call to s t o p y o u r 541-523-4242 Church social hall, 4th pnnt paper St. (!t Washington Ave. 3. Log in wherever you NORTHEAST OREGON are at and enloy CLASSIFIEDS of fers Weight loss (!t mainten ance f o r m en (! t Self Help (!t Support More info. is G roup An n o u n c e - women. a vail. by c al li n g ments at n o c h arge. 541-523-703 6 or For Baker City call: 541-523-5669.

J uli e — 541-523-3673

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Check your ads the first day of publication (!t please call us immediately if you find an error. Northeast Oregon Classi- ACCEPTANCE GROUP fieds will cheerfully of Overeaters make your correcAnonymous meets tion (!t extend your Tuesdays at 7pm. ad 1 day.

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

Pre-pregnancy, 541-786-5535 pregnancy, post-partum AL-ANON MEETING 541-786-9755 Are you troubled by someone else's dnnkROOM FOR RENT ing? Al-anon can help.

ENTERPRISE $300/mo + 1/2 utilities.

Safe Harbors For more info call 541-523-6246 before 9p conference room 401 NE 1st St, Suite B PH: 541-426-4004 SETTLER'S PARK Monday noon.

ACTIVITIES AL-ANON MEETING 1st (!t 3rd FRIDAY in Elgin. (every month) Meeting times Ceramics with Donna 1st (!t 3rd Wednesday 9:00 AM — Noon.

Evenings ©6:00 pm (Pnces from $3- $5) Elgin Methodist Church 7th and Birch MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care AL-ANON 6:00 PM (FREE) Concerned about someone else's TUESDAY NIGHTS drinking?

Craft Time 6:00 PM Sat., 9 a.m.

(Sm.charge for matenals) Northeast OR Compassion Center, EVERY WEDNESDAY 1250 Hughes Ln. Bible Study; 10:30 AM Baker City Public Bingo; 1:30 PM (541)523-3431 ( .25 cents per card) AL-ANON-HELP FOR families (!t fnends of alEVERY MORNING c oho l i c s .

U n i on (M onday —nday) F County. 568 — 4856 or Exercise Class; 963-5772 9:30AM (FREE)

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Presbyterian Church 1995 Fourth St. (use alley entrance) Calk 541-523-5128 www.oa.org/podcast/

AA MEETING: Powder River Group Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM Grove St. Apts.

Corner of Grove (!t D Sts. Baker City, Open Nonsmoking Wheel Chair Accessible WALLOWA COUNTY AA Meeting List

541-523-3673 145 - Yard, Garage Sales-Union Co.

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

OR 'Visa, Mastercard, and Discover are accepted.'

AlcoholicsAnonymous Monday, Wednesday, Fnday, Saturday 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday noon.

Women only AA meeting Wednesday 11a.m., 113 1/2 E Main St., Enterpnse, across from Courthouse Gazebo Hotline 541-624-5117

ESTATE SALE 91 Cedar La Grande, Fri (!t Sat, 8am-2pm.

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

Placing your classified ad is so simple — )ust give us a call today!

Yard Sales are $12.50 for 5 lines, and $1.00 for each additional line.

Callfor more info: 541-963-3161.

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

FARMEQ UIPMENT RETIREM ENTAUCTIO N SATURDA Y MARGH21, 2015 OWNERS: LARRY& MARSHA PERRY

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Sale starts11 AM/MT. Lunch Served.

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TRACTORS NewHollandTS110MF)l)(D16spd shuttle trans, 4hydremotes 12.4 X 46rubber&NH7312 Ir ont loaderw/bucket, 1600hrs, exc cond., JD4440FWAquadIrans, 2hydremotes,18.4X 38 rubber,7200hrsexccond., JD4020 sycrotrans, sideconsole, cab 18.4 X34 rubber, 6300hrs TRACKHOE & LOADER Caterpillar 307 trackhoeside angle boom,dozer blade 32" bucket8200hrs, exccond., JDPacerTeleloader 31' mast7KIb w/material bucket hyd level2300 hrs exccond., BaleHandler hyd balefork w/spearfits pacer, Caterpillar 06electric startwl cable dozer HAVEIAUIPMENT N H 2450swatherw/14' 2300 series haybinehead, 1426hrs, exc cond., VemeerR23hydtwin rake GRASS SEEDER Brillion SSP 12' seeder,4 box,double roller, likenew EIIUIPMENT JD 4200 3bottomspinner plow, slatted, JDRW A12' tandem disc, Murray 5shank3pt ripper, Brillion!2' roller harrow,Ace 12' 3pt groundhog,smyzerIront, pipe rear, Wilbeck 8' offset disc, CaseIH4500 14' vibra shank, JD1158' 3pt hydblade, Eversman12' landplane,Meyers 3pt ditcher wlhyddeepditch, Meyerspull typeditcher, Chattinpull typeditcher, Danuser3pt PTO postholeauger, 5 row Valley Moundcorrugator w/hyd markers, 2- 5 rowValleyMoundcorrugators, 5rowsled corrugator, 12'hydscraper, pull type, Gannon 3pt6' boxscraper wl hyd scarafier, 6section of 6' harrow w/leadbar,JD407gyromower, Ace 150gal 3pt SSsprayer w/booms,Pull Tankpull type 400gal sprayerw/36' booms TRUCKS & TRAILERS 1972 FordF-700V-8 5spdw/16' bed & hoist, 1955White Super power 6 cyl 5spd, 1985Ford 5yd dumptruck V-8 5spd dual flatbedtrailer 2spd, 2- insulageendgates, 24' tandem IRRIGATION& FUEL TANKS approx 3000siphontubes from'/4 to 2", 35- joints of 8" alum gated pipe,lots of pVC&alum irrigation pipefittings FIREARMS Ithaca model37feather weighI w/2 barrels 12ga,Remington model 870L)l)f mag200ga 2 barrels, Remingtonmodel1100 special 12ga, Winchestermodel 97 12ga, Winchestermodel 12 12ga, Remingtonpump22 field masterw/scope, Mossbergmodel46 22w/scope,Mossbergmodel46 MB22, Ruger 10/22 22 cal w/scope,Ruger mini 14 223 cal, Winchester model1212ga,Remingtonmodel 1100 LT 20, Savage30099, Berette Pintail 3", custombuilI 30-06 w/scope,Benelli Nova 12ga pump 3Y2",300 rounds Federal 22 longrifle lightning shells

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — 5B

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: no o n Thursday

I Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifiedsObakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifiedsOlagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 145 - Yard, Garage Sales-Union Co.

210 - Help WantedBaker Co. INSIDE GARAGE Sale. MEET S I NGLES right JOB DEVELOPER Sat. March 21st. 8-12, Nursing scrubs s i ze sm, and lots of other goods stuff! 10805 S "D" St. Island City.

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These little ads r e ally w ork! J o i n t h e t h o u sands of other people in this area who are regular Baker Co. users of the classified.

S ee how s i m p l e a n d PARA-LEGAL/ e ffective they can b e .

SECRETARY 160 - Lost & Found B ~ k Ft We're open from 7:30 FOUND - EOU campus Must have good writing a.m. to 5 p.m. for your c oncert, a r ing. C a l l and c o m m u n ication convenience.

541-910-1860 to idenskills. Salary DOE. Exceptional candidates tify.

Saint Alphonsus do not need prior legal e xperience. S u b m i t Resume, references I!t SAMC - BAKER CITY has career opportunities w riting s a m p l e t o : MISSING YOUR PET? in the following positions Blind Box ¹ 1 76, c/o Check the Baker City Herald, PO • Nursing Baker City Animal Clinic Box 807, Baker City, • OT/PT 541-523-3611 OR 97814

PLEASE CHECK Blue Mountain Humane Association Facebook Page, if you have a lost or found pet.

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DMV check and drug s creen may b e r e - Must have a neat apAdd BOLDING pearance and people or a BORDER! quired. skills. Salary is based Baker Countyis an equal on experience. Conopportunity employer.

It's a little extra tact City Hall at 240 N. that gets Mill St, in Sumpter for BIG results.

T raveling ca n b e f u n an application and a when you're d r iving a complete Iob descripHave your ad dependable car. See the tion or call 894-2314.

STAND OUT wide variety of models A pplication m us t b e for as little as featured in the classified r eceived by t h e c i t y $1 extra. noon March 24th. section today.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015

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

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BROOKSIDE MANOR APARTMENTS Brookside Manor, Senior and Disabled Housing 1 bedroom, all utilities paid, community room, on-site laundry, clean, quiet (!t on the river.

Rent based on income.

HUD housing units.

Please contact manager's office at t p ~541 523-5908 by the office at 2920 Elm Street, Baker City for an application.

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TOP QUALITY 25 ton grass hay for sale.

Small bales. No rain, undercover.

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690 - Pasture

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THE ELMS APARTMENTS The Elms Apartments is currently accepting applications. We have available 2 bedroom apartments in a clean,

attractive, quiet, well-maintained setting.

NEED SUMMER pasture Most utilities are paid, for 100-200 pair. June with onsite laundry 15 - O ctober 1 5 . facilities and a

PASTURE WANTED! Summer range, for 150 pair.

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701 - Wanted to Rent Baker Co. WANTED: 3+ BDRM

Affordasble Studios, 1 (!t 2 bedrooms.

740 - Duplex Rentals Baker Co.

2 BDRM, 1 bath duplex with carport; carpet, (!t appliances to include Professionally Managed w asher a n d d r y e r ; by: GSL Properties Quiet area near river; Located Behind Sewer, water, garbage La Grande Town Center paid, and yard mainten ance included. N o Pets/Smoking. $5 20 per mo. plus deposit.

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LA GRANDE Retirement Apartments 767Z 7th Street, La Grande, OR 97850

Senior and Disabled Complex Affordable Housing!

Rent based on income.

Income rcstnctions apply.

Call now to apply!

Rentals Union Co.

Richland, Halfway, Baker 1 BD, 1 BA, (lower portion of l a rge h o use) City area. Ranch style, or one level home, to small, attractive, very r un an a d ul t f o s t e r clean. Near GRH (!t c are. Willing t o p a y E OU. Partially f u r nished. Includes: w/d, $800 — $1000/mo.

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541- 962-7200 days.

ROOM FOR RENT $300/mo + 1/2 utilities.

2 APTS —$360.00 For more info call Studio — $245.00 541-523-6246 before 9p Ranch-N-Home 710 - Rooms for Rentals, Inc 541-963-5450 Rent

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All real estate advertised 2 BDRM, 1 bath, stove, refngerator, W/S/G inh ere-in is s u blect t o c I u d e d, W/D, $4 65 the Federal Fair Housmo. 640 S 6th St, Eling Act, which makes gin. 541-398-1602. it illegal to a dvertise any preference, limita-

LA GRANDE, OR THUNDERBIRD APARTMENTS 307 20th Street (!t

COVE APARTMENTS 1906 Cove Avenue UNITS AVAILABLE NOW! APPLY today to qualify for subsidized rents at these quiet and centrally located multifamily housing properties.

1, 2 8t 3 bedroom units with rent based on income when ava ila ble.

Prolect phone ¹: (541)963-3785 TTY: 1(800)735-2900

tions or discnmination 2 STUDIOS $380-$450,

based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or n a-

Union Co. 1 BD, 1 BA, (lower portion of l a rge h o use) small, attractive, very clean. Near GRH (!t E OU. Partially f u r nished. Includes: w/d, w/s/g, electnc (!t heat paid. Good neighborhood. Many upgrades.

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2 BEDROOM, 1 bath duplex, w/ d h o o kups, duel heat, corner lot, o ff-street p a r k i n g . $650/month, $675 deposit. No pets/smoking. 541-786-6058

A FFORDABLE S T U DENT HOUSING. 5 bd, 5 ba, plus shared kitchen, all u tillities paid, no smoking, no pets, $800/mo (!t $700 dep. 541-910-3696

STUDIO APARTMENTS

SENIOR AND DISABLED HOUSING Clover Glen Apartments, 2212 Cove Avenue, La Grande Clean (!t well appointed 1 (!t 2 bedroom units in a quiet location. Housing for those of 62 years o r older, as w ell a s t hose d i s a b le d or h andicapped of a n y age. Rent based on income. HUD vouchers accepted. Please call 541-963-0906 TDD 1-800-735-2900

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NEWER D U PLEX for r ent. 3bd, 2 ba, g a s fireplace, A/C, large fenced yard and more! $925 a m o n th . Call 541-91 0-5059.

750 - Houses For Rent Baker Co. OREGON TRAIL PLAZA + (4/e accept HUD + 1- bdrm mobile home starting at $400/mo.

Includes W/S/G RV spaces avail. Nice quiet downtown location 541-523-2777

1 AND 2 - bdrm single family dwellings. Partially furnished. W/D hookups. No animals.

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541-523-2922 2-BDRM w/detached garage. $575/mo + dep.

Molly Ragsdale Property Management Call: 541-519-8444

2-BDRM., 1-BATH No pets/waterbeds McElroy Properties 541-523-2621

close to EOU, all utilities paid 541-910-0811

All persons are hereby CIMMARON MANOR ICingsview Apts. informed that all dwelli ngs a d vertised a r e 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century available on an equal 21, Eagle Cap Realty.

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N o Smoking (!t N o by the office at 2920 P ets. $12 0 0 / m o .

Elm Street, Baker City Please call $ 1 00 0 d ep . for an application.

(541) 963-7015 541-91 0-3696 for more information.

This is an equal www.virdianmgt.com TOWNHOUSE DUPLEX opportunity provider TTY 1-800-735-2900 for rent in La Grande.

N ewer 3 b d rm , 2 . 5 This institute is an Equal b ath, l a rg e f e n c e d yard, garage, AC, and more. $995 mo, plus TDD 1-800-545-1833 dep. Call 541-910-5059 for details.

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apartment in updated Senior Living b uilding. $ 3 9 5 / m o . Pinehurst Apartments $350 sec. dep. 2332 1502 21st St. Mallard Heights 9 th St . A v a il. N O W La Grande 870 N 15th Ave B aker C i t y . (5 4 1 ) Elgin, OR 97827 786-2888.

A ttractive one and tw o bedroom units. Rent Now accepting applicabased on income. Intions f o r fed e r a l ly 2-BDRM, BATH (!t 1/4. f unded h o using f o r W/G pd. Built-in D / VV come restrictions ap$590.+dep No pets ply. Now accepting apt hos e t hat a re sixty-two years of age 541-523-9414 plications. Call Lone at or older, and h andi(541 ) 963-9292. capped or disabled of 2-BDRM., 2-BATH: Inany age. 1 and 2 bedcludes space rent (!t This institute is an equal some u t i l i t i es . No opportunity provider. room units w it h r e nt TDD 1-800-735-2900 b ased o n i nco m e smoking/pets. Swimwhen available. ming pool, spa (!t laundry on-site. Rental refe rences re q u i r e d .

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(!t 100 ton 3rd cutting ELKHORN VILLAGE Now accepting applicaAlfa lfa ta rped, a nd APARTMENTS tions f o r fed e r a l ly loaded on truck. Been Senior a n d Di s a b l ed funded housing. 1, 2, tested for quality. In Housing. A c c e pting and 3 bedroom units Grande Ronde Valley. applications for those with rent based on inCa II 541-428-2131 aged 62 years or older come when available. as well as those dis2ND CROP Alfa Ifa abled or handicapped Prolect phone number: $220/ton. Small bales, of any age. Income re541-437-0452 Baker City strictions apply. Call TTY: 1(800)735-2900 541-51 9-0693 Candi: 541-523-6578 "This institute is an equal 2 BDRM, 701 1/2 F Ave. ALFALFA 4TH Cutting. opportunity provider."

W /D h o o k- u p Small bales, No weeds $550/mo. 1st, last, (!t or Rain. Tarped. We $200 cleaning deposit load 185./ton, here FURNISHED 2-BDRM 541-663-8410, leave Delivery avail. 15 ton APARTMENT msg. No pets. min. 541-805-5047

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015

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

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825 - Houses for Sale Union Co.

SUNFIRE REAL Estate A PLUS RENTALS LLC. has Houses, Duhas storage units plexes & Apartments available. for rent. Call Cheryl Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 5x12 $30 per mo.

8x8 $25-$35 per mo.

541-523-7727.

8x10 $30 per mo.

752 - Houses for 'plus deposit' 1433 Madison Ave., Rent Union Co. or 402 Elm St. La 1 BD, New h ouse, off Grande. street parking, quiet, Ca II 541-910-3696 no smoking, no pets.

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices ROSE RIDGE 2 SubdiviNOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE sion, Cove, OR. City:

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Descnption of Property: tember 16, 2010, as A s o f N o v e mber 1 5 , Regular price: 1 acre On March 31, 2015, at Drum set, guitars, 2 Instr u m e n t No. 2013, unpaid pnncipal the hour of 9:00 a.m. in t h e amo u n t of m/I $69,900-$74,900. f ans, f i s h i n g r e e l , 10380035B, Records We also provide property at the Baker County chair, 2mattresses, enof Baker County, Ore$59,665.97, accrued management. C heck C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 t ertainment c e n t e r , gon, covenng the folinterest in the amount 3 BD 2ba house. New lowing descnbed real sun room, hardwood out our rental link on T hird S t reet , B a k e r end table, speakers, of $3,814.12, subsidy our w ebs i t e symbols, 2 couches, recaptur e in t he floors, u n derground City, Oregon, the dep roperty s i t uated i n www.ranchnhome.co fendant's interest will folding chair, m i c roBaker County, Oregon, amount of $ 7 7 2.60, spnnkler system, finto-wit: m or c aII be sold, sublect to rewave, tennis rackets, assessed fees in the i shed b a s e ment , i n Ranch-N-Home Realty, demption, in the real amount of $1,400.84, f loor circulating h o t p laystation g a m e s , In c 541-963-5450. and interest on fees in $600/mo utilites incl. property c o m m o nly vacuum, dishes, and A parcel in Lots 6 and water heat, attic storA va il. A pr il 1s t . known as: In Townboxes of m i scellanethe amount of $23.10, 7, Block 11, JOHN a ge, s t orage s h e d, American West 541-963-738 3 or ship 8 South, Range ous items unable to inSTEWART'S ADDIfor a total amount of much m o r e ! 204 Storage 541-91 0-2205 T ION T O BA K E R $65,676.63, plus interSpnng Ave La Grande.

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7 days/24 houraccess l amette M e r i dian, i n est continuing to acOpen House 03/22/15 CITY, in Baker City, 2BD, 1BA house for rent 541-523-4564 the County of Baker P roperty O w n e r : J R County of Baker and c rue at t h e r a t e o f in La Grande. Please COMPETITIVE RATES & 03/29/1 5, 1pm-4pm. 880 - Commercial and State of Oregon: Chnstensen S tate o f Ore g o n , $6.9474 per day, incall owner, Available Behind Armory on East $167,900. For viewing Pro ert more particularly deS ection 18: A l l t h a t cluding daily interest ca II 541-910-7478 now! 541-328-6258 and H Streets. Baker City BEST CORNER location scribed as follows: on fees at the rate of portion of Lot 4, lying Amount Due: $270.50 as for lease on A dams 4 BR 3 Bath, 10 acres Easterly of the Medical of March 1, 2015 $ 0.1631, u n ti l p a i d, Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. near Elgin $1,200.00.

Spnngs Highway right Beginning at a p o i nt plus any unpaid propLg. pnvate parking.

ReRanch-N-Home Rentals, 71.5 feet West of the o f way; Section 1 9 : Auction to take place on erty taxes, plus attorm odel or us e a s i s .

MINI STORAGE In c. 541-963-5450 L ots 1 and 2 . TO - Wednesday, April 1, East line of said Lot neys fees, foreclosure 541-805-91 23 • Secure GETHER WITH a nght 2 015 at 9 :00 A M a t costs, and sums ad6, where the North ACCEPTING APPLICA- • Keypad Zntry of way for a roadway Jalu Storage ¹66, on D right of way line of vanced by the benefiTIONS on new 3bdrm, • Auto-Lock Gate GREAT retail location Street, Baker City, OR Washington Avenue 16 1/2 feet wide folciary pursuant to t he 2ba w/ carport. All ap- • Security Ligl t t ng in the Heart of lowing the line of t he 97814 intersects the West terms of said Deed of • Security Gameras Baker City! pliances with w/d, un- • Outside RV Storage old B a k e r - M e dical line of the alley adjaTrust.

NEWER 3 bd, 2 ba home der ground sprinklers, • Fenced Area Springs road a c ross Name of Person Forecent to said Block 11 w /open f l oo r p l a n, No smoking or pets.

1937 MAIN ST. the Northwest corner closing: Jalu Storage on the East; (6-foot barb) vaulted ceiling, central WHEREFORE, notice is $1,100/mo plus $750 1550 sq. ft. building. t hence No rt h 7 0 . 5 hereby given that the of the Northwest quarUnits are managed by air, Jacuzzi bath tub, NEW clean units deposit. 541-786-2364, $900/mo. ter of the Northwest Nelson Real E state undersigned Trustee walk-in closet, fenced feet; All sizes available 541-963-5320 541-403-1139 yard w/auto sparklers. quarter of Section 19, Agency, 845 Campt hence West 1 0 . 2 5 will on May 5, 2015, at (Gxlo up to 14x26) T ownship 8 S o u t h , bell, Baker City, OR ADORABLE 2 bd, 1 ba, Exceptional Eagle Cap feet; t he h ou r o f 11 : 0 0 8 41-83 3 - 1 6 8 8 t hence S o ut h 5 . 5 garage fenced yard in Range 40 E. W.M., as 97814, 541-523-6485 oclock, A.M., in accord Estates neighborhood.

La Grande, $800/mo 3 3la l 4 t h with the standard of R eady t o m o v e i n ! g ranted i n d ee d r e feet; 541-805-8659 corded June 18, 1929 Legal No. 00040352 thence West 50 feet; t ime e s t ablished b y $ 192,5 00 .

Ca l l i n Deed B o o k 1 1 2 , Published: March 18, 20, thence South 65 feet; 541-437-0626 ORS 187.110, on the CUTE COTTAGE style CLASSIC STORAGE thence East 60 feet, Page 426. E X CEPT 23, 25, 27, 30 2015 f ront s t e p s o f the 2bd house, southside 541-524-1534 the coal and other minmore or less, to the Baker County CourtLa Grande location, no 2805 L Street PUBLIC NOTICE e rals underlying t h e point of beginning. house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd smoking o r pet s, NEW FACILITY!! surface of said land, Street, in the City of $ 595 / m o ca II Vanety of Sizes Available The Federal CommunicaCommonly referred to r eserved i n Uni t e d Baker City, County of 541-963-4907 Secunty Access Entry 910 - ATV, Motorcyt ion s C o m m i s s i o n as 2804 Washington States Patent d a t ed Baker, State of OreRV Storage cles, Snowmobiles September 9, 1 9 27, (FCC) has increased Avenue, Baker City gon, sell at public aucLARGE 4 bd, 1ba wood, the prescribed Federal recorded May 1, 1962 OR 97814. g as, e l e c t ri c h e a t , tion to the highest bid2005 POLARIS 800 EFI. U niversa l Se r v i c e i n Deed B o o k 1 7 2 , der for cash the inter$850mo 541-963-4125 Hand warmers, winch, SINGLE RESIDENCE, C harge ( F USC) t o Alan N. Stewartof Hurley e st i n t h e s a i d d e f our-level home, f o r plow. S u pe r c l e a n. page 921. PARCEL II SECURESTORAGE 17.4%. T h i s change NEAT 8r CLEAN Studio In Township 8 South, Re, P.C., 747 SW Mill scribed real property sa I e b y ow n e r. $4500. 541-524-9673 w ill be e f f e ctive o n Range 40 East of the View Way, Bend, OR house, w/s paid, $300 which the Grantor has Surveillance 2014/15 Real Market your April 1, 2015 bill Willamette M e r idian, 97702, was appointed + dep. One year lease. or had power to conCameras Value is assessed at 920 - Campers f rom O r e gon T e l e in the County of Baker Successor Trustee by vey at the time of the 541-963-61 89 Computenzed Entry $252,319.00 w/ taxes phone Corp .

The and State of Oregon: the Beneficiary on Noexecution by Grantor at $3,800.47. Actual SHORT BOX, bathroom.

Covered Storage FUSC amount is calcuUNION 2b d, 1 ba s g c S ection 24: A l l t h a t ve mbe r 1 8, 2014. of the said Deed of Super size 16'x50' sale pnce is $239,000.

A ll s y s t em s w o r k . lated by m u l t iplying $695, senior discount, portion of the NorthT rust, t o gether w i t h Located at 1403 Cris $3900/OBO. pets ok. 541-910-0811 the FCC's u n iversal Both the Beneficiary and e ast quarter o f t h e any interest which the 541-523-2128 Ct. La Grande, OR. 541-523-1056 service c o n t r i b ut ion Trustee have elected Northeast quarter lying obligations thereby seClose to Hospital and 3100 15th St. 760 - Commercial factor times your interN orth o f t h e S o u t h to sell th e s aid r eal cured and the c o sts 930 Recreational Baker City Central School.

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Rentals nght-of-way line of the property to satisfy the and expenses of sale, tures new roof, new Vehicles O ld Bak e r - M e d i - The federal universal obligations secured by including a reasonable 1 OFFICE SPACEon 2nd extenor paint, f e nced cal Spnn g s Road. service fund program said Deed of Trust and charge by the Trustee. floor of Historic West back yard, & move in i s designed t o h e l p a Notice of Default has %ABC STORESALL% The court case numNotice is further given Jacobson Bldg. Downready. 2,879 sq ft inkeep local telephone ber is 14-227, where been recorded pursuthat any person named MOVF INSPFCIAl! '4 town La Grande at 115 cludes 4 Irg. bdrm, 2 s• service rates affordant to Oregon Revised EDWIN I. HOOD, Sucin ORS 86.778 has the Elm St. All utilities in- • Rent a unit for 6 mo I rg l i v i n g spa c e s , able for all customers, cessor Trustee of the Statutes 86.735(3); the nght, at any time pnor cluded. $150 month. get 7th mo. FREE kitchen, office, loft, 2 E dwin an d M i l d r e d i n all a r eas o f th e default for which the to five (5) days before 541-962-7828 (Units 5x10 up to 10x30) fire places, fully f i nUnited States.

Oregon Hood T r u st , UA D foreclosure is made is t he date last set f o r 541-523-9050 ished basement, & 2 2007 NUWA HitchHiker Telephone Corporation 8-14-2008 is plaintiff, Grantor's failure to pay the sale, to have this BEAUTY SALON/ full baths. 2 ca r ga- Champagne 37CKRD and MICHAEL P. DEwhen due the followforeclosure proceeding Office space perfect rage with adloining RV $39,999 Legal No. 00040341 VANEY is defendant. ing sums: dismissed a n d t he for one or two opera- Te I I s o m e o n e H a p py g arage/shop. F l o o d Tnple axles, Bigfoot Iack Published: March 18, 20, The sale is a p u b lic Deed of T r us t r e i nters 15x18, icludeds Birthday in our classified zone AO. All reason- leveling system, 2 new 2015 A s o f N o v e m ber 1 5 , auction to the highest stated by payment to restroom a n d off section today! able offers considered. 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, street parking. b idder f o r c a s h o r TRUSTEES NOTICE 2013, pursuant to the the Beneficiary of the Please, no Saturday Rear Dining/ICitchen, c ashier's c h e c k , i n e ntire a m o un t t h e n $500 mo & $250 dep promissory note effecphone calls or showlarge pantry, double OF SALE 795 -Mobile Home tive date of September 541-91 0-3696 h and, mad e o u t t o due (other than such ing.

541-215-0300 fndge/freezer.

Mid living Spaces Baker County Shenff's R eference is m ade t o 15, 2010, the amount portion of the principal room w/fireplace and INDUSTRIAL P ROPOffice. For more inforand interest as would of $5,702.37, plus late surround sound. Awning that certain Deed of ERTY. 2 bay shop with SPACES AVAILABLE, ' $48,500 BUILD YOUR mation on this sale go charges in the amount not then be due had one block from Safe16', water 100 gal, tanks Trust made by M ioffice. 541-910-1442 to: w w w . ore onsherof $96.59, plus fees no default occurred) way, trailer/RV spaces.

DREAM HOME ON 50/50/50, 2 new Powerchael L. F r aijo, as due in the amount of a nd b y c u r in g a n y NEED OFFICE space in W ater, s e w er , g a r THIS 3/4 ACRE LOT. house 2100 generators.

Grantor, to State Di$27.09, for a total deo ther d e f ault c o m La Grande for one embage. $200. Jeri, manBlue Book Value 50IC!!

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La Gra n d e 541-519-1488 Housing Service or to town. This lot ls Published: February 25 $5,826.05. i s capable o f b e i n g lic foot traffic. Willing 541-962-6246 its successor agency, ready for construction, March 4, 11, 18, 2015 cured by tendering the THE SALE of RVs not to lease. Require comas Trustee, in favor of and can be purchased By reason of the default, beanng an Oregon inperformance required fortable, secure, safe TRAILER SPACE in UnU nited S t a t e s o f ln conjunction with the the Beneficiary has deunder the obligation or ion, avail. March 8th, signia of compliance is office space that can A meric a a ct i ng PEOPLE READ all sums owing Deed of Trust, and in W /s/g. $2 50 / m o . , 3/4 acre lot to the illegal: cal l B u i lding accommodate installat hrough th e R u r a l clared THE CLASSIFIEDs on the obligation seNorth, for a total of 1.5 addition to paying said (541)562-5411 Codes (503) 373-1257. tion of phone/fax line Housing Service or You ve Iust proved it to cured by the Deed of acres. 14522173 sums or tendenng the and internet se rvice. successor a g e ncy, yourself! Remember us Trust immediately due performance necesPlease contact Alice Century 21 970 - Autos For Sale when you need effi U nited S t ates D e cient, a nd payable, t h o se s ary to cure the d e Massey, Eastern OreEagle Cap Realty, partment of Agriculeconomical advertising. sums being the followf ault, b y p a y ing a l l gon Regional Program 541-9634511.

DONATE YOUR CAR, ture, as B e n e ficiary, at 541-278-8668 or TRUCIC OR BOAT TO alice.masse ©mccfl.or HE R ITAG E FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day VaNORTHEAST cation, Tax Deductible, PROPERTY Free Towing, All Pa820 - Houses For MANAGEMENT perwork Taken Care 541-910-0354 Sale Baker Co. Of. CAL L TAKE ADVANTAGE 1-800-401-4106 2.94 COUNTRY ACRES Commercial Rentals year old home!

(PNDC) w/ 2001 Manufactured of this3 2Bed, 1200 plus sq. ft. profes2.5 Bath, 3 bdrm Home $69,000 sional office space. 4 1850sqft large fenced FOR SALE, 1917 Model w / $ 1 5,000. d o w n .

"T" Roadster. Restored offices, reception yard. $209,000.

541-519-9846 Durkee in 1980. Still looking area, Ig. conference/ 2905 N Depot St., LG break area, handicap 541-805-9676 good and runs in the COUNTRY PROPNTY access. Pnce negotiaparades every year.

845 -Mobile Homes ble per length of Pnced to sell at $5,500. lease.

Union Co. Contact Claude Baker BRAND N E W 2 0 1 4 , 541-932-4472 Email OFFICE SPACE approx F leetwood De l u x e clb©ortelco.net, address g• 700 sq ft, 2 offices, redouble wide home for 26595 Laycock Crk Rd, cept area, break room, s ale St o ne w o o d John Day, OR 97845 common r e strooms, comm. over 1,500 sq. WANTED! I buy old Pora ll utilitie s p ai d , INCNPISlF VIFWS! f t. 3 BD , 2 b a , w i t h sches 91 1 , 356 . $500/mo + $450 dep. family room 9 ft c eil1948-1973 only. Any t235.0000 541-91 0-3696 ings and more!

Selling condition. Top $$ paid.

3 bedroom, 2 bath on f or $ 7 4 , 0 0 0 cal l F inders F e e . Ca l l acres PRIME COMMERCIAL Wood 4.78 541-910-5059 for 707-965-9546 or email & Pellet stoves, space for Rent. 1000 details. porscheclassics©yaradiant ceiling heat. sq. ft. plus 250 sq. ft. hoo.com (PNDC) Large shop, stalls, hay 850 Lots & Proploft, office and bathbarn and outbuildings erty Baker Co. room, w/s i n cluded, Fenced & cross fenced paved parking, located 75'X120' LOT. Call 541-403-0165 in Island City. MUST 825 G St. $49,000. leave message SE E! Ca II 541-963-3496 541-51 9-6528 More pictures & info after 10am. on Craig's List: 1. Full color Real E st ate pi ct ur e ad

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1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LA GRANDE, OREGON

A PUBLIC meeting of A PUBLIC meeting of the Budget Committee the Budget Committee the hours of 9:00 a.m. of the City of I s land of the La Grande Rural and 4:30 p.m.

1 974 GMC ? to n 4 w d Fire Protection Distnct, City, U n io n C o u nty, Deceased.

Pick-up. Minimum bid S tate of O r e gon, t o Union County, State of 2015 CITY WIDE State of Oregon Publish: M a rch 18 and discuss the budget for Oregon, to discuss the VOLUNTARY $3750.00 County of Baker the fiscal year July 1, budget for the f i scal SIDEWALK 25, 2015 Clicult Couit The truck has 2 1 ,400 2015 t o J u n e 30, year July 1, 2015 to LID ¹15-050 In Probate LegaI No. 00040284 original miles. It will be June 30, 2016, will be AND CONCRETE 2016, will be held at Case No. 15-138 sold with the original Island City City Hall, held at 10202 S. McAlREPAIR PROJECTS m inimally u se d b o x 10605 Island Avenue, ister Road, Island City.

NOTICE TO NOTICE TO and a utility bed. There Island City. The meetThe meeting will take They City of La Grande P ractices Act, t h i s i s tance in t h e a d m i n i- INTERESTED PERSONS INTERESTED PERSONS is no pickup box tailing will take place on i nvite s c o m p e t i t i v e place on Apnl 14, 2015 James Kelly Warnock an attempt to collect a stration of a CommuApril 13, 2015 at 5:30 at 6:00 p.m. The purbids for the 2015 City gate. The front end, n ity Dev e l o p m e n t NOTICE I S H E REBY has been a p pointed rear end, and brakes Wide Voluntary Sidedebt, and any informap.m. The purpose of pose of the meeting is Personal Representat ion obtained w ill b e Block Grant. This grant GIVEN that the underhave been r e cently t he meeting is to r e to receive the budget walk Local Improvetive (hereafter PR) of used for that purpose. is for funding, design, signed has been apserviced. ceive the budget mesm essage and t o r e - ment Distnct Number the Estate of Helen This communication is a nd construction f o r sage and t o r e c eive ceive comment from 15-060 and Concrete pointed personal repfrom a debt collector.

Huntington Wastewar esentative. Al l p e r - Janice Warnock, De- This item is being sold c omment f r o m th e t he p u b li c o n the Repair Prolects. The ter Treatment Facility sons h aving c l a i ms ceased, Probate No.

by SEALED BID, on an budget. This is a pubpublic on the budget. prolect will be to fur1 5-03-8529, U n i o n In construing this Notice, Plant. against the estate are as is and where is baThis is a public meetlic meeting where denish all matenals, labor County Circuit Court, the singular includes required t o p r e s e nt sI s. ing where deliberation liberatio n of t he and equipment to conState of Oregon.

All t he plural, the w o rd Work under this contract Cash and money orders of the Budget CommitB udget C o m m i t t e e struct and complete all them, with v o uchers Grantor includes any persons whose rights w ill be f u nded i n i t s attached, to the underonly. tee w il l t a k e p l ace. w ill take place. A n y necessary items for remay be affected by successor in i nterest entirety w it h f e d e ral signed Personal RepAny person may apperson may appear at pair and replacement the proceeding may to the Grantor as well resentative at Silven, Bids must b e r e ceived pear at t h e m e e t i ng the meeting and disand/or new construcgrant funds from the obtain additional inforas any other person Oregon C o m m u nity Schmeits 5 Vaughan,

by March 31st, 2015, and discuss the procuss the proposed pro- tion of sidewalk, curb, mation from the court owing an o b l igation, D evelopment B l o c k Attorneys at Law, P.O. a t City H a ll, 34 2 S . curb and gutter, dnveposed programs with grams with the Budget records, the PR, or the the performance of Grant program adminBox 965, Baker City, the Budget CommitCommittee. A copy of way approaches and Main, Union, by or beattorney for the PR. All which is s ecured by istered by the Oregon Oregon, 97814, within fore 5:00pm t ee. A c o p y o f t h e the budget document other m i scellaneous said Deed o f T r u st, B usiness D e v e l o p - four (4) months after persons having claims budget document may may be inspected or concrete repairs and a gainst t h e est a t e Award will be made by and the words Trustee m ent D e p a r t m e n t . the date of first publib e inspected o r o b o btained on o r a f t e r construction a s di must present them to a nd B e n e f iciary i n The City of Huntington cation of this notice, or the Union City Council, tained on or after April Apnl 14, 2015 at lsland rected by the City. the PR at: clude it s r e s p e ctive r equests t h a t i n t e r - t he c laims m a y b e Apnl 13th, 2015, in the City City Hall, 10605 13, 2015 at Island City Mammen 5 Null, successors in interest, ested Grant Adminisbarred. course of the regular City Hall, between the Island Avenue, Island Sealed bids for the deif any. trators submit a P roA ll p e rsons w h o s e Lawyers, L LC City Council meeting hours of 9:00 a.m. and scnbed prolects will be City, b e t w e e n t he J. Glenn Null, nghts may be affected s cheduled f o r t h a t 4:30 p.m. hours of 9:00 a.m. and received b y Nor m p osal directly to t h e City of Huntington. by th e p r o c eedings Attorney for PR date at 7:00pm, at City 4:30 p.m.

Paullus, or his desig1602 Sixth StreetDATED: December 15, may obtain additional H all. No need to b e nee at the City of La P.O. Box 477 2014 P arties interested i n a i nformation from t h e Publish: M a rch 18 and Grande at the Public presen t to be La Grande, OR 97850 Request for Proposal records of the court, a warded. T h e C i t y P ublished: M ar c h 1 8 Works D e p a rtment, 25, 2015 8 00 'X' A v e nue, La the Personal Repre- (541) 963-5259 Council reserves the and 25,2015 /s/Alan N. Stewart, packet please contact, Successor Trustee City of Huntington, 50 sentative, or the attor- within four months after nght to relect any and Legal No. 00040285 Grande, Oregon until the f i rs t p u b l ication all bids upon a finding Legal No. 00040282 Hurley Re, P.C. East Adams, PO Box neys for the Personal 10:00 a.m. Iocal time, date of this notice or LA GRANDE SCHOOL on Thursday, March 747 SW Mill View Way Representative. by the Council that to 369, Huntington, OR they may be barred.

DISTRICT. REQUEST 2 6, 2015, and t h e n 97907, 541-869-2202.

Dated and first p ubdo so is in the best inBend, OR 97702 A PUBLIC meeting of FOR INTEREST (RFI). publicly opened and Telephone: Off i c e ho urs : lished March 4, 2015. terest of the City. the Budget Committee D ue 2:00 P M A p r i l read aloud the same Published: March 11, 18, 541-317-5505 Monday-Thursday, of the Island City Area and 25,2015 10th, 2015. La Grande 9:00am-4:00pm PST. Personal Representative The vehicle is l o cated day, at 10:05 a.m. in Sanitation District, UnSchool Distnct, School Legal No. 00040045 Floyd C. Vaughan across the alley behind the Public Works Conion County, State of D istrict No . 1 , U n i o n Legal No.00040254 Published: February 25, The City of Huntington is P. O. Box 965 city hall on Main Street f erence Room. T h e Oregon, to discuss the County, Oregon seeks March 4, 11, 18, 2015 an Equal Employment Baker City,OR 97814 and Dearborn. An apcontract shall end Debudget for the f i scal responses from qualiOpportunity employer. cember 31, 2015. pointment is required NOTICE OF PUBLIC f ied f i rms t o b e i n For further i n f orma- Attorney for Estate t o i n s p ec t v e h i c l e , year July 1, 2015 to PUBLIC NOTICE HEARING June 30, 2016, will be cluded in a consultant The City of La Grande tion, p lease c o n tact Floyd C. Vaughan please call City Hall at held at lsland City City pool for future direct t he C it y at OS B ¹7841 67 The Baker County Trans(541) 562-5197 dunng may relect any bid not appointment or inforPursuan t to O RS Hall, 10605 Island Ave541-869-2202.

P.O. Box 965 business hours, 10am in compliance with all portation/Traffic Safety mal selection of Mate477.250, n o t i c e i s nue, Island City.

T he 1950 Third Street C ommission w i l l b e 5 pm, M on d a y meeting will take place prescribed r e q u i renals testing/Special inh ereby given t hat a accepting applications Baker City,OR 97814 through Thursday. If m ents l i sted i n t h e s pections, C o m m i s o n April 1 , 2 0 1 5 a t public hearing will be for the 2015-2017 Spe- LegaI No. 00040351 (541) 523-4444 you have q u e stions 1:00 p.m. The purpose sioning, H a z a rdous Contract Documents, held at the Northeast a nd may r e l ect f o r please call City Hall or c ial T r a n s p o rt at i o n Published: March 18, 30, materials testing, and Oregon Forest Protecof the meeting is to re2015 Legal No. 00040120 Fund Formula Program good cause any and all ~ l h IIO t Geotechnical/ environtion (NEO) Distnct Ofceive the budget mesPublished: March 4, 11, funion.com bids upon finding that grant dollars. A f i n al fice, 611 20th Street, sage and t o r e c eive m ental se rvices r e it is in the public interdecision to d i s tribute 18, 2015 lated to the 2014 La c omment f r o m th e LaGrande, Oregon, on The City of Union is an est to do so. f unds will b e m a d e Looking for someGrande School District April 13, 2015, at 9:00 public on the budget.

1010 - Union Co. equal opportunity proApril 1, 2015 at 10:00 Bond Program. Expenam, to r e ceive f rom This is a public meeta.m. in the regular ses- thing in particular? Legal Notices vider. enced firms are invited Copies of the Contract any interested persons ing where deliberation documents may be obs ion o f the Bak e r Then you need the A PUBLIC meeting of to submit a R e quest of the Budget Commitsuggestions, a dvice, P ublished: M arch 1 7 , tained at the City of La for Interest for considCounty Commission at the Budget Committee oblections or remontee w il l t a k e p l ace. eration by the Distnct.

2015 Grande, Public Works 1 995 T h ir d S t r e e t , Classified Ads! This o f th e I s l and C i t y strance's to th e p roAny person may apThe Request for InterD epartment, 800 ' X ' Baker City. A p p l icaC emetery M ai n t e posed budget for the pear at t h e m e e t i ng Legal No.00040261 est documents may be Avenue, or by phoning t ion Deadline will b e is the simplest, most nance District, Union and discuss the proforest protection disobtained from Jon Ny(541) 962-1325. The 5:00 p.m. March 23, inexpensive way for County, State of Oret rict. A c o p y o f t h e posed programs with one, DAY CPM, Owncontractor shall pro2015. For further ing on, to d i s cuss t h e t entative b u dget f o r A yard sale is a great the Budget Commiter's Representative at formation please call you to reach people v ide hi s m a i l ing a d budget for the f i scal the Forest Protection way to get people to t ee. A c o p y o f t h e n one©da c m.com . dress, phone and fax 523-8209. budget document may Sealed submissions,4 July 1, 2015 to District m a y b e in- pay you to move all numbers when docuin this area with any year June 30, 2016, will be b e inspected o r o b spected dunng normal the items you no loncopies, in an envelope ments are requested.

LegaI No. 00040332 held at lsland City City working hours.

To entained on or after April c learly l i s t i n g f i r m Published: March 18, 20, message you might Hall, 10605 Island Aves ure t h e bro a d e st ger need. And an ad in 1, 2015 at Island City name and title, and (1) The City of La Grande is 2015 want to deliver. n ue, Island City. T h e range of services to in- The Observer classiCity Hall, between the one electronic copy, an equal opportunity meeting will take place hours of 9:00 a.m. and dividuals with disabili- fieds is a great way to w ill b e r e c eived b y employer. o n April 8 , 2 0 1 5 a t ties, persons with dis- get yard sale shop4:30 p.m.

Chns Panike, Director 10:00 a.m. The purabilities requiring spe- pers to your address. of Business and OpJ. Paullus, Jr. c ial a r r a n g e m e n t s Call us today at 541- Published: M a r c h 18, erations, at La Grande Norman pose of the meeting is Public Works Director to receive the budget and 25,2015 should contact M i l lie 963-3161 or 541-523School Distnct 1305 N m essage and t o r e M i I I e r, at 3673!

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"Roy"hasadmitted heknows severalofthe — HELPFUL DAUGHTER INNEW HAMPSHIRE girls on the site. When I told him it makes me DEAR DAUGHTER: It's a feel insecure, he lied and said he hadn't been onit. Even shame your mother reneged DEAR though I showed him the hison her offer, but she wasn't the tory, he still denied it.

ABBY perso n who was driving that I don't know what to do. I day. I sincerely hope you won't feel uncomfortable with him let $20 cause a rikin your now. I feel like I'm not satisfyirg him or that relationship because it would be childish.

In the future, look more carefully to see he wants someone else.

— INSECURE IN MASSACHUSETTS how the parking is posted — and now that DEAR INSECURE: While Roy may have you know your mother can manage, be less solicitous when you're choosing a spot. (If been embarrassed to have been caught, I am still troubled by the fact that he wasn't she really isn't able to walk far, then her honest with you. Whether you're not satisfy- doctor will give her a handicapped parking ing him is beside the point. tag for you to hang on your rearview mirror That he lied to you in the face of evidence when you're driving her.) to the contrary should be a wake-up call.

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