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• Funding cuts necessitate a new route for Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra, its director

• Local educators not happy about proposed state education budget picture By Dick Mason The Observer

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Leandro Espinosa conducts the Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra in McKenzieTheatre at Eastern Oregon University in November of last year. Espinosa has conducted the orchestra for 13 years. "Both Espinosa and Fetz have played a leading role in Shock and surprise. That was Leancommunity music ensembles," dro Espinosa's initial reaction when he Witte said. learned last June he was among two music The Grande Ronde Symprofessors whose positions had been cutat phonyAssociation is currently Eastern Oregon University. Espinosa coordinating aseatch fora "My position had not been announced as new conductor for the 2015one of the targeted positions," the Grande 16 academic year to replace Espinosa, and Ronde Symphony Orchestraconductor ArtsEastis also working with the Community said."The cut was sudden and unexpected." Symphonic Band to hire a conductor to replace Two full-time positions were cut, which Fetz. Both of these ensembles,in addition essentially takes away 40 percent of the totheGrande Ronde Community Chorus, EOU music department, according to Espi- which has moved toArtsEast, will continue to nosa, who started asan assistant professor rehearse and perform on campus, Witte said. "Thetargetedpositionswere allinstruof music in 2002. He has been an associate professoritenuredl since 2006. mental iorchestral and band), creating EOU will continue to offer a bachelor of a new direction, which they expect to be music degree, said Sarah Witte, interim very popular in vocal and musical theater," provostand vice president for academic Espinosa said. affairs. The music and art departments are The cuts were necessary, university reducing two full-time faculty positions, officials said, to balance the budget and and there will be one full-time equivalent keep the university sustainable for years faculty reduction in the theater departto come. ment, Witte said. Espinosa and Teun Fetz But Espinosa disagrees with the larger will finish the current academic year at business emphasis the universityis pursuing. "It is understandable that a university EOU and then move on to other employment opportunities, she said. needs numbers of students, enrolling, By Jeff Petersen

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graduating, being attracted to a program, a place and a university," Espinosa said.'Yet treating universities as businesses may distort universities' very function. By all means universities should fulfill a crucial role in our society, and that is way beyond the common accepted notion of a technical preparation to fulfill a job. There is a deeper and very important role that universities must fulfill, which is crucial in a democracy, for a true democracy is only possible when peoplearenotpuppets,arewellinformed and well prepared. People at a university or coming out of a university should be independent, strong and not blind followers of any popular trend. On that depends the health of a country." Among other accomplishments, Espinosa, during his time at EOU, gave a presentation at the Oxford Union in England concerning the future of the arts and the sciences. He also participated in the exhibit The Splendor of Truth, the Beauty of Charity,attheVatican aspartofthe celebration of Pope Benedict XVI's 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination. A symphonic-choral mass composed by Espinosa was commisSeeMusic / Page 5A

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ENTERPRISE — With just eight weeks in the Oregon House of Representatives under his belt, Greg Barreto, R-Cove, has had a baptism by fire. Barreto sits on three committees including Business and La-

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appearances— eitherby protest- thing to have a concealed carry," ing outside or attending hearBarreto said. ings inside. During a hearing on Two pieces oflegislation that pesticide aerial spraying, Barreto Barreto and Sen. Bill Hansell, said someone in attendance was R-Athena, are watching affect yelling at the committee. Secuwolves and cattle. One bill would rity was summoned to remove providetax creditsto ranchthe person from the room. ers who lose an above normal "It makes you think it's a good SeeBarreto / Page 5A

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Local educators are not excited about the $7.255 billion education budget the Legislature's Ways and Means Committee approved Thursday for the 2015-17 biennium. "I haven't talked to a superintendent yet that felt $7.25 billion is adequate," said La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze during Friday's town hall meeting with State Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, and Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena. The proposed budget, which will soon be voted on by the full House and Senate, would likely not force local schools to make personnel or major program cuts. However, it would make it much harder for school districts to add full-day kindergarten and impossible to continue restoring positions and programs cut seven years ago when the recession hit. Imbler School District Superintendent Beth Burton said the proposed budget would provideher district$77 lessper student in 2015-16than itcurrentl y isreceiving,costSeeBudget / Page 5A

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— Sens. Ron Wyden, WASHINGTON, D.C. D-ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, moved another step forward in providing a bipartisan wildfire funding solution that will ensure vital resources in the fight against catastrophic wildfires across the West. The senators attached a provision to the Senatebudgetthatsetsthestageforpassing the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, which Wyden and Crapo reintroduced on Jan. 22. The bill ends the cycle of underfunding fire suppression. Instead, Wyden and Crapo's bill will end this so-called fire borrowing by funding the largest wildfires from a similar disaster account used to fund other natural disasters. The Interior Department and the Forest Service estimate these fires — about 1 percentconsume 30 percent of firefighting budgets. SeeWildfire / Page 5A

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Island City teenagerTaylor Hunt works as a math tutor for the Oregon Connections Academy, where she goes to school. She tutors students in online programs across the country. By Dick Mason

always has the same textbook her students have andsometimes reinterprets passages Taylor Hunt enjoys reaching out to her for those she is helping. community. "I tweak it so that all students can underHunt, 18, also enjoys reaching across the standit, "she said. United States and sometimes into Europe The process of tutoring online is compato help others master mathematics. rableto face-to-facecommunication. "It is not much different than teaching The Island City resident is a Oregon Connections Academy student and one of its one-on-one in person," Hunt said. Hunt feels as if some of the students she peer math tutors. She leads ORCA clean-up projects atparks and provides onlinemath tutors are her friends even though she has not met them in person. tutoring. Hunt spends four hours a week 'You develop personal relationships with tutoring students, helping them with geometry, pre-algebra and algebra. them," she said. "I enjoy it. It is not that stressful," said Hunt noted that in some ways she feels Hunt, who is not paid but does receive class closer to students she tutors online than if credit for her work for ORCA, a free public she worked with them in person. She said charter school that serves students in kinpeople are more open about things they are dergarten through 12th grade. struggling with because they are far away. "They open up a little more. They talk a Hunt tutors ORCA students and those in other states enrolled in online programs, little more," Hunt said. that, like ORCA, are part of the national The ORCA senior brings a glass is halfConnections Education organization. Hunt fullperspectiveto each tutoring session. 'You don't focus on the fact they are strugspends much ofher time guiding students fiom Oregon to California and Florida. Some- gling. You focus on the fact they are trying to times the students she assists are traveling. understand it," Hunt said. "I've had students log on from Europe," Math has always come naturally for Hunt. "Math just clicked with me," she said. said Hunt, who became a tutor after being approved by ORCA. Hunt believes everyone can become profiHunt cannot see the students she tutors cient at math. eWith good training it is something that but does talk with them through instant messaging in ORCA's live lesson room, anyone at any age can learn and underessentially a secure online chat room. Hunt stand," she said. The Observer

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A groupofcitizensexercised their Second Amendment right this weekend and took the first steps toward getting a concealed handgun permit. The Union County Sherilf's Offtce offers the full-day class about three or four times a year, according to Capt.Craig Ward, who helped teach the class along with Sherilf's Deputy J.B. Brock. Though the mood was generally light with some"war stories" fium Ward about what he's experiencedasan offtcer, the message was very dearthis is something that can help savelives,butitmust bedone with competence. "I strongly believe in this program,"Wardsaidatthe beginning of the class."I am passionate about this subject. This is about triumphing over good versus evil." Ward and Brock often referredto the threat asthe "bad guy" in the scenarios and explained what people can and cannot do when defending themselves. They took the students in the mom fiom start to finish through a situation where they have a right to defend using a gun. ''What are you prepared to do?"Ward posed the question to the class."Can you shoot someone? If you're not serious about doing that, then it's

a bad idea." Both Brock and Ward said if someonedoesnotfeelcomfortable holding a weapon in the first place butis attacked, then adding a firearm to the situation makes everythirg worse. "If you haven't decided what action you're going to take, the criminal will make that decision for you," Bmck said.'Why add a gun to the situation?" A recurring message of the day was,"a fightis a

very poor place to learn new skills,"Ward said. While it may be a smart ideatogetaconcealed weapons permit, that's not the end of the story. A person needs to be smart enough and accurate enough to use it with precision, Ward said. The law was also a large partofthe class.W ard and Brock described the times when someone has a right to shoot and the impending criminal investigation and lawsuit that follows. 'You can shoot to prevent death or serious injury to yourselfor a thud party,"Wauf said. "Physicalinjuryis permanent impairmentofan organ." Ward said caution really needs to be taken when the thirdpartyisa stranger. "It's rarely a good idea to defenda third party when you don't know the entire situation,"Ward said."How do you know they're innocent? How do you know they're not an undercover or off-duty police offtcer?" The situation can be a misunderstanding with deadly consequences, they said. "Everyone is filming now," Ward said."Look at how much flak police officers are getting fiom killing unarmed men... surviving the fight is only slightly better than not surviving. You're in for a real hassle." Laura Bean, a student in Saturday's class, said she was consulted a number of times because she's a constitutional lawyer. Ward and Brock asked her to clarify the law in certain cases. Bean said the class is importantbecause the rightto beararms isprotected in the Constitution and she wants to protect herfamily. "I wanted to take the class from a sheriff's office because I wanted relevant and accurate information," Bean said.

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vacation, the county will ofIf you go fer15 parking spaces to Our The La Grande City Lady of the Valley Catholic WHAT: Council will once again take Church for church and MarRegular session of the up a request from Union ian Academy staff. An agreeLa Grande Clty Council County to vacate portions ment between the church WHEN: of streets on the county and county is in place. 6 p.m. Wednesday campus this week. County officials have WHERE: The council is expected saidthe vacated portions of La Grande City Hall, to make a decision on the streets will continue to func1000 Adams Ave. right-of-way vacation this tion for through trafftc. week after it has a second La Grande city councilors incentives, according to a reading of the ordinance will also take up changes to citystaffreport. Wednesday night. The coun- theGrande Ronde Enterprise cil last month held a public Zone. The cityis seeking to hearing on the matter. amend the zone's boundary Union County seeks a to incorporate a recently vacation of Fifth Street becompleted Urban Growth tween K and L avenues and Boundary expansion area. of KAvenue between Fourth The enterprise zone and Fifth streets. The council providestax incentive oplast year approved a vacaportunities to attract new tion of KAvenue between business investment, but Fifth Street and Sixth Street. the city's current UGB land As part ofthis second are not eligible for those The Observer

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HAINES — An Eastern Oregon legislator was busy last week speaking and listening to his constituents. District 60 Rep. Cliff Bentz held nine town hall meetings over two days Friday and Saturday. At Haines, Bentz addressed a crowd ofabout35 peopleat the Frontier Restaurant on Front Street Friday at noon. "At the end of the day, I want to know what you guys arethinkmg and what you want me to do," he said."This is your chance to tell me what you're thinking." Bentz said he has told his constituents that if they wanted him to submit a bill for them, he would even ifhe did not agree with it. Bentz had 73 bills drafted out of more than 2,000 in the Legislature. He said 34 of those were introduced to the floor of the Oregon House and of those 22 were scheduled for committee or public hearing. One of the main topics of discussion at the meeting was the low carbon fuel mandate recently signed in to law by Gov. Kate Brown. The law requires that gasoline be blended with 10 percent ethanol. Bentz explained that sugar cane ethanol has less carbon in it than corn ethanol. The carbon mandate will make the imports of sugar cane ethanol increase kom Brazil. "How many of you raise sugar cane? Not many," he said to a chuckling audience. Bentz also said that those

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with vehicles that can't run on the blended fuels would have to buy carbon credits. "The company that is distributing fuel to you will raise the price of your fuel, take the money and buy credits kom thosethat areselling sugar cane ethanol," he said. Bentz explained that ownersofelectriccars(thatproduce one-third of the carbon as gasoline or diesel power vehicles) would sell their carbon credit sto thepeoplewho are selling fuel. "How do we make sure that works? Well, we don't. What we do is pass a law like this and we sit here with our fingers crossed and hope it works," he said."And that is the absolute truth." Bentz brought up the fact that the low carbon law does not bring any moneyin at all for Oregon roads and bridges. He also said that he was not going to work with other legislators to raise gas taxes becausethe carbon legislation is already going to raise gas prices enough. ''What is now happening is you'll start seeing articles in the newspapers saying how badly we need bridges," Bentz said. Those darn Republicans won't come back to the table (to work on a tax for roads

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age driver. Bentz answered 4 to 19 centsper gallon ofgasaccord-

kom lottery dollars to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. He explained if that was also mandated by a bill, how it would help Eastern Oregon. ''We can drive down the chanceofa listingofthesage grouse if we can show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (Department) that we have a dedicated funding mechanism for sage grouse habitat recovery," Bentz said. Bentz also talked about education funding. He said there needs to be another

ing to a DEQ study. "How well-publicized is that?" asked Middleton. ''Well enough that the Oregonian and almost every editorial board came out against this law. And yet the Democrats still put it through," Bentz replied."I don't know of any newspaper that came out in favor of the low carbon fuel bill and it still got passed." Bentz said when the bill was being discussed in the legisl ature,he argued that other state dollars could be utilized to study the carbon dioxide issue instead of passing the low carbon bill. 'There's a program at OSU that for $3 million, they can figure out how to reduce the amount of vehicle emissions," Bentz said."It's an incredible technology." Chuck Chase said the carbon mandate was a farce and man does not produce nearly as much carbon dioxide as volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. Bentz asked the audience ifhe should remain firm in a stance to not work with Democrats in raising the gas tax unless the carbon mandate was repealed. The consensus was yes.

$300 million added to the $7.2 billion budget for the next two years. After listing several places in Oregon's budget that the money could come kom, he asked the audience what they thought of using the tax kicker money of $320 million to use on education. "I am a big 'no' on sending (the kicker) back. I want you to tell me if I have this right or wrong ... That $320 million that's going back to taxpayers isabout$200 pertaxpayer.If we could keep it, that adds up to $320 million for the kids," Bentz said. A few audience members seemed to agree with him. Bentz also explained his stance on a bill that would raise the minimum wage to

He asked the audience ifhe was doing the right thing and that he plans on standing his Sage grouse funding Bentz also addressed ground. Most in the audience seemed to express that he another issue important should stand his ground. to Eastern Oregon: fundBob Middleton asked Bentz ing topreserve thegreater if there had been an economic sage grouse. He said there study to determine how much is already $2 million dollars the law would cost the averearmarked for that each year

$15 per hour.'The challenge here is trying to express to people how damaging that would be," he said. He asked why would a business situated in Ontario or Vale when the could open their business just across the border in Idaho where there is a laborpoolforhalfthe price.

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BAKER CITY — A Baker City native is sailing the high seas on one of the Navy's most advanced amphibious ships. A 2011 Baker High School graduate, Seaman Kasey Knaus is a boatswain's mate serving aboard the USS New Orleans, according to a pressreleasefrom the Navy 0$ce of Community Outreach. The 21-year-old Knaus said it is an exciting time to be in the Navy, and serving aboard a ship has truly made him a better person. H e stated that hisservice has "helped me become a better leader and it improved my social skills." The San Diego, California-based vessel is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The ship is longer than two footballfi eldsat684feet,105 feet wide and weighs more than 24,000 tons. Four diesel engines can push the ship through the water at more than 24 mph. It's one of the Navy's newest and most advanced amphibious ships, designed to deliver Marines and their equipment to and kom war zones. Knaus also said he is proud of the work he is doing as part of the New Orleans' 427-member crew, protecting and defending America on the world's oceans.

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Library hosts free Teen Movie Night The next Teen Movie Night will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Cook Memorial Library. Teen Movie Nights are offered year-round and are free and open to anyone in grades 6-12. The library will provide kee popcorn and soda. Teens may bring comfortablechairsand snacks. Call 541-962-1339, visit the library or view its Web and Facebook pages for current movie information and upcoming teen events.

Help kids cope with divorce, separation "Helping Children Cope with Divorce and Separation" will take place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday

in the Misener Conference Room ofthe Union County Courthouse Annex, 1001 Fourth St., La Grande. The class will be facilitated by Mary Lu Pierce and is sponsored by the Family Law Advisory Committee.

Costto attend is$30 per person (cash or check

only). The fee may be waived by priororder ofthe court,orif attendanceoccurs prior to or within 45 days of filing for custody, dissolution,separation or modification. Support persons and community members may attend kee of charge. The class is for adults only. Child care will not be provided. For more information call 541-962-9500, ext. 2228.

'The Navy is capable to place forces anywhere in the world. We assist the Marines to accomplish their mission and we provide a forwardoperatingforce to keepthefi ghtaway kom home," Knaus explained. "New Orleans is truly a fine warship and it is our duty to bring her to life," Capt. Doug Verissimo, the ship's commanding officer, statedin thepressrelease. "Our Sailors have been working very hard bringing her from a post-deployment repairperiod to ourupcoming tactical integration with our Marine teammates. I feel an unparalleled sense of pride working alongside our nation's finest." Collectively, the San Antonio-class ships will functionally replace more than 41 ships providing the Navy and Marine Corps with modern sea-based platforms. Amphibious transport dock ships are warships that embark, transportand land elements of a landing force for a variety of expeditionary warfare missions. These ships support amphibious assault, special operationsorexpeditionary warfare missions and can serve as secondary aviation platforms for amphibious ready groups. Because of their inherent capabilities, these ships will continue to be called upon to also support humanitarian and other contingency missions on short notice.

Fashion show raises Human Services committee meets funds for library ENTERPRISE — A fashion show featuring clothing from the Soroptimist Thrift Storewillbe presented at the OK Theatre Thursday. Proceeds from the event will go toward the Joseph Public Library expansion project. The Ok Theatre is located at 208 W. Main St., Enterprise. A social hour begins at 6 p.m., followed by the fashion show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available only in advance at Old Town Cafe, Joseph Public Library, Soroptimist Thrift Store and M Crow in Lostine. For more information, call541-432-0141.

The Union County Health and Human Services Advisory Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Joseph Annex Large Conference Room.

Live well despite a chronic condition Community Connection and Grande Ronde Hospital are sponsoring a six-week "Living Well with Chronic Conditions" class April 1-May 6. Each Wednesday evening session will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Mt. Harris room at Grande Ronde Hospital. Call Nora at 541-963-1486 or Rochelle at 541-963-3186 for more information.

LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested: Kylle Page Gannon, 19, La Grande, was arrested Friday on charges of second-degree burglary, first-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief. Arrested: Robert LaFollette Breeze Jr.,47, a transient, was arrested Friday on a Union County Northwest Felony StatesWarrant. The warrant was for charges of first-degree theft and seconddegree criminal trespassing. Accident: Nobody was injured in a traffic accident Saturday on the 1500block ofA dams Avenue. The accident was reported at 5:48 p.m.

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE Ambulance crews responded to seven calls for medical assistance on Fnday, four on Saturday and five on Sunday. House fire: Nobody was injured in a house fire on the 2000 block of Spruce Street early Sunday morning. The fire was reported at about 2:30 a.m. The La Grande Fire Department

assisted bythe La Grande Rural Fire Department in combatting the blaze.

OREGON STATE POLICE Arrested: Crystal Ann McKaig, 34, unknown address, was arrested Friday on a Union County Northwest FelonyWarrant. The warrant was for an alleged probation violation connected to an original charge of first-degree forgery.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Rebecca L. Berry, 30, La Grande, was arrested Saturday on a charge of theft of services. Arrested: David Monte Craig, 43, was arrested Saturday on a charge of harassment.

LA GRANDE RURAL FIRE Accident: Nobody was injured in a traffic accident on Interstate 84 near Ladd Creek late Friday night. The accident was reported at 9:35 p.m.

OarrUAmzs Rhonda Lynne Hack Formerly of Union 1960-201 5 Rhonda Lynne Hack, 54, of Pendleton and formerly of Union died March 26, 2015. A memorial service and celebration of Rhonda's Life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Baker City Christian Church on Highway 7. Friends are invited to join the family immediately following for a potluck receptionalso atthe church. Rhonda is the daughter of Donna and Larry Hack of North Powder. Rhonda was born on Oct. 5, 1960, in Baker City at the old Saint

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Hermiston; and many nieces and nephews. She was preHack ced ed in death by her grandmotherand grandfather Davis, grandfather Hack, grandmother Garland, Aunt Pat and Uncle Paul and baby niece Tracy Hack. Memorial donations may be made to the Pendleton Roundup Happy Canyon Hall of Fame or Meadowood Springs Speech and Hearing Camp through Tami's

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resi ens Developing and maintaining a presence on the Internet sounds easy. Teenagers seem to have it nailed down, so it must not be too hard, right? For local governments already tapped for resources, though, maintaining websites isn't so simple. Websites, unlike Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, take quite a bit of work to get up and running —and tokeep them up and running. This is why we believe Union County and the City of La Grande deserve recognition for the steps they have taken recently to enhance their websites to make them a little more constituent friendly. In La Grande, city councilors were recently assigned their own city emails. Residents can find those on the city's website. Though it may not seem like much, it's one more way for constituents to reach their elected oKcials. Union County, too, just took a step to increase the amount of information it provides online. No longer will citizens be in the dark on the county's advisory boards and committees, which are now listed with information including what each group does. Both entities — and surely other local governments, too — can do better. For example, the county is now listing its boards and committees (of which there are many), but not listed are the names of those who sit on those boards. Certainly, the county will provide this information to citizens who request it. Unfortunately, most of us work 9-5 schedules, leaving little room to stop by a government oKce to request and obtain information on, say, upcoming meetings with agendas or lists of those sitting on advisory boards. To be sure, website maintenance takes time and eA'ort (read: money). It is no surprise that local governments do not have extraneous resources to address a ton of website issues. This is a feat for even private businesses. Instead, problems on government websites are addressed as they can be and when the need arises. In the county's case, they responded to a constituent who raised concerns during a public meeting. In La Grande's case, a city council member made the request. One day, we hope to find all one could imagine from our local governments online: budgets, agendas, meetingdates forevery advisory board and maybe some other public documents — copies of agreements, plans and letters oken discussed during meetings. But now, in 2015, we are all still trying to find our places on the Web. There are some places that have moved forward technologically at a much faster pace than we have in Eastern Oregon, and that's OK. Recent changes indicate our governments are moving in the right direction. We can hope that one day funding will permit government staf to dedicate more time and eA'ort to this newer platform. For now, we should commend our governments when they take steps to keep their constituents informed — and continue to push them when more work is needed.

Your views Chase: Clearing the smoke on Travel Management Plan To the Editor: On March 19, a press release was put out by the US. Forest Service on"Focus turns to Forest Plan Revision public engagementasTravelManagement [Subpart Bj paused in the Blue Mountains." This press release was nothing new and bordering on an open attempt to confuseand give afalsesetofhope to the public on Travel Management. 1l Travel Management has been on the "back burner" ofboth the WallowaWhitman and Malheur national forests since 2012. This article states nothing new and is a disservice to pretend they have done something new. 2l This release gives the false impression that the supervisors and regional forester are giving some sort of relief to the people of Eastern Oregon, when no such relief is being given. 3l Subpart A of Travel Management on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is still being developed and the article fails to state that or how Sub A willbe used asa springboard to Subpart B and the closure of the mountains. Most importantly, this is not the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision. Restricting motorized use fullyis in the forest plan revision through the designation of routes, and you are still fully looking at a closure of our mountains if it goes through as written with designation ofroutes. The message is the same: No designation of routes, no obliteration of roads and no reduction of road densities in the Blues, period. End of discussion. I cannot stiess enough that this is a nonstoryand givespeoplethefalseim pression this is some sort ofvictory. Itis not. Your access is stillinjeopardy, and your vigilance is needed and iecIuiied to keep your mountains open. Do not get sucked into the hype because it's all smoke and mirmrs.

minister actually said, a much different pictureemerges.He did notforeclose a two-state solution, just said current conditions do not allow for it. With Hamas lobbingrockets on a regular basis kom Gaza, Hezbollah and the Iranians isoon to be a nuclear power, no than4 to the U.S.l on their northern border, ISIS lurkingin several locations, and the PalestinianAuthorityrefusing to acknowledge Israel's right to exist, Israel would be foolish to shrink its borders now. As the prime minister said, current conditions must change. Milbank cites thedemographicmyth to assertIsrael cannot be both Jewish and a democracy without a Palestinian state. Caroline Glick in her book'The Israeli Solution," demolishes that myth with real and reliable numbers. Glick presents an alternative to the chimera of the two-state solution that has been a decades-long failure. Herproposaldeserves serious consideration. An important theme in her book is that the Palestinian people, as opposedtothe autocratickleptocracy thatposesastheirleadership,desire nothing more than to live and raise their families in peace with their neighbors.

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Additionally, she served as a circuitminister for the Episcopal Church and many times when we were at meetings together in places like John Day or Burns, she would plan to drive on6om there to meet the needs of someone in her chumh. She is an honest, haidworking, decent person. She is not atraid to voice her opinion, and is usuallyvery articulate and knowledgeable in doing so, butwill always sit back and listen as others express differences and then look for ways to reach consensus. I am voting for Aletha Bonebrake because she is a person of integrity who will work hard to know the issues and then vote for what is best for her constituents. Her calm, triendly manner and her depth of knowledge and experience make her an ideal candidate to keep in her position on the OTEC board. I encourage you to vote for Aletha Bonebrake, a 30-year resident of Eastern Oregon.

To the Editor: This past week I have been visiting with Steve Boe merchants, medical dinics and other estabLa Grande lishmentsin Union County asking for permission to place a poster about a national Harris: Support Bonebrake campaignto promote health caredecisions for OTEC Board Position 5 in their window or on their bulletin board. To the Editor: Everywhere I go the answeris'Yes!" Some I am writing in favor of Aletha Bonepeople even offerto shaietheinformation brake, the incumbent running for Oregon with their networkvia email. Trail Electric Co-op Board Position 5. Why has there been such support? I I have known Aletha for about seven believe itis because ofhow people feel oreightyearsaswehave served together about this national campaign — Your Deon both the Northeast Oregon Heritage cisions Matter. People want to know more Fund Board forthe Oregon Commuabout"How to make sure your wishes are nity Foundation, as well as the Eastern followed ifyou can't speak for yourself..." Oregon Ieadership Council. A resident of and"How to speak for someone who can't Baker City, Aletha brings manyyears of speakforthemselves astheirpower of strong leadership to the OTEC board. attorney for health care..."As we chatted, She has taken the time to become people have been saying thatthesetopics Chuck Chase acredentialedcooperativedirector,a are at the heart of many family discusBaker City ddficult task but one that has greatly sions — and they can be challenging. strengthened her leadership skills and People want to know how to make this Boe: Milbank misses mark knowledge of the region. She served easier forthosethey careabout. on Israel, Netanyahu as the director of the Baker County Check out the bright yellow poster To the Editor: Library District &om 1985 until 2007. in storefronts in Cove, Union and Dana Milbank's recent column i"Can She was also a founding member of the La Grande for information about how Israel Remain a Democracy?") used a lot Libraries of Eastern Oregon and was you can participate. Don't wait. Make of ink and paper but contained little of a member of the Baker City Council sure your wishes are known. substance. His accusation of Prime Min- for four years. These are just a few of ister Benjamin Netanyahu was false. the many boards and organizations to Clvryt Simpson When youexamine what theprime which Aletha gives her time and energy. La Grande

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In La Grande, Rep. Greg Barreto and Sen. Bill Hansell said one project they're working on is the multi-million dollar Elgin Medical Clinic. The city is pushing to expand the clinic to a fully functioning building with several labs that will house doctors, nurses, dentists and mental health specialists under one roof. "It looks really positive we'll be getting the funding Elgin needs to build their clinic," Hansell said. —Cherise Kaechele

percentage oflivestock to wolves and for their non-lethal deterrent work. The other bill asks the Legislature to remove wolves in Eastern Oregon from the state's endangeredspecieslist. Barreto said though the state's wildlife commission will be asked to consider delisting wolves this year, passing a law to remove them fmm thestate listisa good strategy. "A lawsuit will slow down the w holeprocess soit'sa better method to delist legislatively," Barreto said. Barreto said he worked on the bill's language with Todd Nash, the Oregon Cattlemen's Association wolf committee chair, and Wallowa County Commissioner Susan Roberts. Nash asked Barreto to impress upon the other representatives in Salem that the livestock industryisabig partofthe state's economy. "Cattle are the No. 1 commodity in the state of Oregon. We are a big driving force of the economy in Oregon and in rural counties

in Eastern Oregon. It's a huge part of what we are," Nash said. John Williams, the Wallowa County OSU Extension agent, saidcattle are 50 percent ofthe county's agricultural economy. Kathleen Ackley, director of Wallowa Land Trust, attended Saturday mo~ s t own hall at Community Connection. She asked Barreto for support finding state matching funds that would leveragefederalfundingsetaside to protect working lands. Acldey said the county has an opportunity to acquire a large properly on Wallowa Lake's east moraine and is waiting to hear about a grant that Wallowa Lake Moraine Partnership applied for through the Forest Legacy program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. "There are places in Oregon

that the value of the land is m uch more related to development than farming and timber harvest," said Mike Hayward, Wallowa County Board of Commissioners chairman."To keep those lands in productive use, you need money to offset what the person could make subdividing for ranchettes." Hayward said the county has been working with the land trust for 10 years on the concept of managing 1,500 acresoftheeastm oraine and puttingitin county ownership, preventing development and maintainingpublic access. Barreto said he wanted tovisit with Hayward more on that topic. "Oftentimes the push to keep working lands working is on the west side ofthe state around urban areas,"Ackley said.

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vice from running out of money budgeted for forest fires, as it has in seven of the last 10 years. "It then dips into other funds that were intended Continued ~om Page1A for other important projects like fuel reduction and The language in the Senate budget adjusts a funding efforts tostop futurefi res,im prove foresthealth and create jobs,"Crapo said."This cycleofborrowcap thathasprevented agencies fmm treating wildlires ing must end and, with it, the uncertainty for those as natural disasters under the federal budget. "Oregonians andAmericans acmss the West whose living and working on our forest lands. We should be homes and lives are threatened by massive wildfires ev- better stewards of our public lands and make more eryyear will tellyou — wildfires are no less destructive efficient use of our budgeted dollars to fully address the needs ofourforests." or devasta ting than hurricanes,tornadoesandfloods," The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act would move Wyden said.'Yet no other agencies are required to pay fornaturaldisastersoutoftheirregularbudgets.This any fire suppression spending above 70 percent of bill ends the cyde of underfunding the work that can the 10-year average to a disaster funding account prevent fires fiom starlingin the first place." thatisseparatefrom Forest Service and Interior Crapo said the change would keep the Forest Ser- budgets. The bill now has 11 bipartisan cosponsors.

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points of musical interpretation, and I personally have Continued from Page1A enjoyedimproving my musicianship under his baton," sioned for the event. Herrmann said. Espinosa 'These large projects were has worked well with the possible with the gracious sup- boardand has been fi nancialport of EOU" Espinosa said. ly conservative,in contrastto The associate professor certain GRSO conductors of said he is leaving the Grande the past, Herrmann said. Ronde SymphonyOrchestra Herrmann also mentioned in good shape. cuts in funding at EOU hurt ''Wehave trained anumthe orchestra two years ago ber of very good musicians as well, with the elimination that do well now, professionof Lisa Robertson's faculty ally, academically and as position. "Lisa was our concertteachers," Espinosa said. master, and she was a major New direction recruiter ofstring players," Tom Herrmann, president Herrmann said. of the GRSO board, said the Espinosa is also the conGRSO conductor has always ductor of the youth orchestra been an EOU music faculty and notes good results on member since it was started that front. ''We have provided techniin thelate 1940s. Now the GRSO will have cal assistance to young to fund its own conductor. students with excellent re'This is a major change sults," Espinosa said."As an in the relationship between example of students coming EOU and the GRSO," Herfrom that training are Dale rmann said."Leandro came Tovar, Sam Stone and Luis here with a firm long-term Gomez, to name a few." commitment, and he has Tovar is completing a bachelor's of music this spring been a stabilizing influence on the GRSO." and is currently writing a Espinosa's time as music music theory thesis under directorhas been thelongest Espinosa's advisement. "Leandro is extremely since Bob Groth, who stepped down in the early '80s. knowledgeableand ambi"Leandro is very good tious," Tovar said. Whatever at communicating the fine I am interested in, whether

music theory or guitar, even if it's something he's not very familiar with, he knows enough to set me on the right path of which authors I should know and what research I should be looking at. Leandro has the very highest standards. Whatever work I do, he expects the verybestand getsthe best out ofhis students."

Mentor helps students Over his years at EOU, Espinosa has been a mentor to many musicians and teachers in training. An example is Jesse Jones, who has a doctor of musical arts from Cornell, a master of music from the University of Oregon and a bachelor of music fiom EOU, graduating in 2005. He is now an assis tant professoratthe University of South Carolina and aGuggenheim fellow. Espinosa was Jones'conductingmentor when Jones was an undergraduate at EOU 'The lessons I learned from him have remained with me throughout my career," Jones said."I attribute many of the successes of my life and work totheadoption ofhisideas, to the following ofhis advice. He provided me with so much knowledge and was devoted and invested in my success to a degree far beyond what most teachers are willing

On the plus side, the La Grande School District will benefit enorContinued ~om Page1A mously from the $31.85 million bond votersapproved in November for ing Imbler $24,486 if its enrollment maintenance and capital construccomes inasprojected at318 students. tion. Money from the bond will fund Burton does not anticipate that the construction of additional classher school district would have to rooms needed for full-day kindermake any personnel cuts despite the garten. Glaze said that had the bond reduction in funding and increasing not passed, theschooldistrictm ight expenses. Burton said money the not havebeen be ableto afford to school district has in its reserve fund add full -day kindergarten in 2015-16 and steps it will take to streamline since it would have had to purchase and consolidate its operations will modulars, something Glaze is not helpovercome the potentialshortfall. sure that the school district would Burton noted that even though have beenable to afford. thestate' sbudget for2015-16 would The La Grande superintendent is be up slightly, many school districts disturbed by the trend in state fundwould receive less money per student ing for education in Oregon. Glaze because enrollment at public schools noted that 10 years ago money prohasjumped. videdby the stateforeducation was The Imbler superintendent does 45 percentofthestate'stotalbudget. not think the Legislature will boost Today, this figure is about 39 percent itsproposed funding foreducation ofthe state' sbudget. significantly before a final budget is Glaze noted that the state is less adopted. committed to boosting funding for "It seems that it is always a fight to education despite the additional manget money for education. I'm not sure dates it is heaping on public schools. why this is the case since everyone These include the state's 40-40-20 agreesthat itisoneofthe mostim por- plan, put in place by Senate Bill 253, tant items in the budget," Burton said. passedin2011. Itcallsfor 40percent Glaze also said his district would of Oregoniansto have atleasta not have to make any personnel or degreefrom afour-year college,that program cuts in 2015-16 ifthe $7.235 another 40 percent have an associbillion budget is approved. The budates degree or a certificate in a skilled get, however, will make it harder for occupation and that the remaining the school district to follow through 20 percent without a postsecondary on its commitment to boost kindercredential have atleasta high school garten from half day to full day. diploma. The bill sets 2025 as the "It will be very, very tight for us," deadlineforme eting these objectives. Glaze said. Glaze said school districts need The 2015-16 school year will be the additional funding if they are to prefirstin which the state will provide parestudents to meet the40-40-20 school districts funding for full-day kin- objective. "It is a great thing, but it is empty dergarten. Presently, the state provides fundingforhalf-day kindergarten. unless there is funding behind it," Glaze said the pmposed budget would Glaze said."It is an unfunded mannotpmvide La Grande with the funding date." it needs to cover the costofmaking the transition to full-daykindergarten, Contact Dick Masonat 541-786-5386 including the costof additional supplies, or dmason C lagrandeobserver.com. books, furnitme and space. Follow Dick on Twitter C IgoMason.

or able to offer. I count him among thegreatestteachers I have ever had, and that includes many at nationallyrespected institutions." Jones calls Espinosa a brilliant musician.

"iHel openly eschews all forms of disingenuous creation, "Jones said."I believe this particular trait is especially meaningful when applied to the guidance and encouragement of young music students."

'Tremendous loss' Lorna Spain served as president of the Grande Ronde Symphony Board for seven years. In 2012, the Board of Directors honored Spain with the first and only award given in the 64-year history of this organization as honorary lifetime president.She stillservesasa member of the board and on many committees. "The departure of Dr. Leandro Espinosa from EOU, the Grande Ronde Symphony, the Grande Ronde StudentSymphony,the communities of La Grande, as well as all the rural communities in the counties of Union, Baker and Wallowa, where he is well loved, will be a tremendous loss for the classical music lovers and

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to find community help. Espinosa said he expects the orchestra to do well in coming years. 'The orchestrais now in a position to becomeindependent and itis in very good shape at this point,"he said.'SiKcult times always come and go, but whatwill happen with the orchestra later will depend on theconviction ofthepeople." Espinosatypically doesnot takethecredit. 'This is a hannonious combined work between the music direction of the orchestra and its members — comprising conductor, concertmaster and the full membership — and the board ofdirectors workingin tandem with the community."

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students of all ages living in Northeast Oregon." Espinosa's talentfor composition, conducting and as musical director is well known, Spain said. ''What is unknown to most of us is his ability to connect with students, to sense their inner dreams of musical performance and, in his own quiet way, give ofhis time and expertise to teach, mentor and guide them to reach into their own spirituality to become more than they ever visualized for themselves. All of this he achieves with much humility, always giving credit to the student." Spain said Espinosa listensto students and gives hours of his own personal time to help them through many crisis situations in their educational life. These might include being the professor who is aware a music student is living in their car because oflack of funds and getting them help. Spain also mentioned Espinosa finding help for another music student, who was five weeks into the term and because she had not yet received financial aid funds was not able to buy her books. Espinosa also helped another student with serious medical issues by going the extra step

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What happenedto Ma rch? Here I we are at the end already and it l seemed like it just started. Beautiful l weather though, can't complain. For music this week, local musiI cian colt Haney is doing a solo act that he callsElwood. Haney, who I usually performs with his band l Bitterroot,is one of our most popuI lar and talented musicians. He also I leads our oPen Mic on the first I Tuesday of the month, which haPpens a week fiom tomorrow. Thursday, March 2, Ghostwind I is performing at Ten Depot. This I popular Baker city group starring l Peggy Dyal and Larry Haney, forI merly known as Star Nation, plays folk, rock and Americana. Dyal and Haney bothattended La Grande l High School in the 70's. They got l together a few years ago and haven't I stopped creating amazing music I since. Both nights the performance

I starts at 8:00. You may have noticed that we l have stopped posting the regular I nightly specials in the column. (Thel Blue Plate special however, is still I in bold at the bottom.) We did this toI save a little money. The sPecials will I still be the same, Cajun Barbecued Ribs on Monday, Prime Rib on Tuesday, Beef and seafood on I Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I and New York Steaks on Saturday. I whenever weare offering some- l thing different, it will be in the col- I Unm.

so this week,8esh Halibut is back in season. If all goes well, l Friday we should get in a new shipment. Fresh halibut, although a littleI on the expensive side, is so good. I We are also running local Sexton I Ranch Lamb chopsthis week as l well. I

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The La Grande American Legion Auxiliary presented American flags and wall brackets for each of the nine classrooms at the Lighthouse School in Island City on Feb. 11. Back row from left are auxiliary members Joan Smith, Joday Craig, Beverly Bristol. Students from left are JosiahWebb, SylviaTommy, Nina Leckenby, Shanelle Meadetds, Landon Miller, Jeramon Latak, Jessalyn Lauror. Each student received a small flag and information on the flag, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States.

Electrified la1ATt mower is cut above the rest hen I was growing up, back in the roaring '70s, s "grass" meant something entirely different. Marijuana. Sure, potin those days had about the same potency as rekied beans, and no one with more ambition than a slug — Bill Clinton, where aie you now? — admitted to inhaling. Today,recr eationaluseof marijuanais soon to become legal in Oregon, exceptin cities eastof the hippie-cowboyline. Maybe, if we're lucky, recreational lawn mowing will also become illegal. It's spring. Buylawn mower stock I would, except I still have posttraumatic stressdisorderover kied nerves experienced in the'70s. Notkom marijuana. From using an electric lawn mower. Gmwing up on the Crooked Creekranch, I was'landrich, money poor." My familyhad lots of elbowroom,lawninduded. Like manyWestern Oregon lawns, ours was so bigitpractically hadits own zipcode. Thelawn was really a partially tamed swamp, onlywith no skunk cabbage, and fenced to keep cows out. Our cows, however, were mischievous. They took the fence as a challenge. Theybelieved the grass is always greener on the other side ofthefence,even iftheothersideof the fence is a swamp. Only problem was, when they did invade the lawn, theywould

ENGAGEMENT Graffunder — Evans Kylie Gratfunder and Brian Evans, both of Elgin, have announced their engagement to be married. The bride-to-be is a 2007 Elgin High School graduate. She earned a degree from Eastern Oregon University in 2011 and currently works as a scholarship coordinator at EOU. Kylie is the daughter of Angie and Chad Hallgarth of Elgin and Ralph andJenniferGraffunder of Cove. The prospective groom isa 1998 graduate of Elgin High School. He is a contractor for Evans Construction. Brian is the son of Kyle and Sheree Evans of Elgin. The couple plans to wed May 30 at the Elgin Stampede Hall. Wayne Herron will officiate the ceremony. The couple will honeymoon on the Oregon Coastand make theirhome in Elgin.

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Carla Sorweide scoops ice cream for customers at Hought's 24 Flavors in La GrandeWednesday afternoon. Because of the retro atmosphere inside Hought's, she dresses up in a 1950s poodle skirt and a silk scarf tied in her hair occasionally.

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grass — did I mention it was always about torain,rainingor getting done raining? — rather than cut the JEFF PETERSEN grass down to size. "Chores build character,"mydad sinkin muckup to their knees. We'd would say, if I complained about chase them back out again. When uncooperative grass. the footprints dried, however, the Dad beli eved in workingyour lawnturnedinto ahumpy-bumpy fingers to the bone. Any skeleton motocmss track part showingthmugh at the end of a Then, come spring, which was workdaywas a badge of courage. "Complaints are for city folks," early Februaryin those parts, the grass would gmw about seveninch- he would say, if I questioned the es a day. Dad, the Korean War-era health bene6ts of gettingkequently drill sergeant, with a little too much shocked. enthusiasm ifyou asked me, would The good thing was, springin assign me lawn-mowingduties. Western Oregonran only for six Beingmoney poor, my folks got months. In the raie moment sun the cheapest lawn mower availburst thmugh, the grass would gmw able — electric. We'd open a window nineinches a day.You could almost to the utilitymom and plugin an hear the mirade of photosynthesis. extension coid. Thatcord would be Every time I gotdone with one attached to nine other conts in order mund ofmowing, the lawn was to reach the lawn's back 40. The already sporting the hippie look, so coids would drag through the wet popular in the'70s.At church, the grass. Whenever I turned the lawn fiie and brimstone minister would mower to goin a ditferent dnection, reinforce Dad's notion thatwork I would grab the cord and throwit was good for kids. out of the way. All fd think of in these welcome That's when the fun started. breaks kom trimming the swamp, Ifone of the coids was slightly was that I had gotten myselfinto a kayed, kom a kid accidentallyruncourse of eternal mowing. And my ningitover, and that seemed to be reward was a domestic form of the a givenin our operation, the person electric chair. grabbing the cord — me —would Now,40 years later, I have mostly get a charge ofelectricity. recovered kom the post traumatic The other problem was size. Our stress disorder of electrified lawn lawn mower was only about as wide mowing. Still, every time the lawn as a child's lunch box.And about begins to grow, I cringe. Maybe it's as etfective at mowing. Often, the timetoreplacethegrasswith a mower would justpush over the wet rock garden.

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Sue & Bill Thomas - 40th anniversary Susan Marie Simonis and William Berry Thomas were married in 1975 in La Grande.On March 22 they marked their40th wedding anniversary. Sue and Bill have lived in La Grande most of their married life. For a period of time they lived in Idaho, before moving back to the Grande Ronde Valley. They own a small farm near Union. Sue's sisters are Jeanne Simonis of Walla Walla, Washington, and Janet Stowell of La Grande. She has three nieces, six nephews and numerous grandmeces and grandnephews. Bill's sisters, Kathy Thomas and Marie Agnew, both live in Dallas, Texas. He has one niece. The couple plans to celebrate their anniversary with a"honeymoon trip" to Idaho.

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A number of responses came from this Flashback photo printed on March 16. John Rysdam III was killed Feb. 28, 2012. Pictured is Rysdam's memorial. This marker rock was bought and placed near the Lower Igo section of the Mt. Emily Recreational Area. Rysdam worked at the Union County Road Department for more than 25 years. The last project he worked on was this new trailhead on Mt. Emily. In the picture left to right are Keeta Rysdam, Dena,Billand Maggie Ledbetter and John's widow, Voteny. Responses came fromToni RysdamShorre, Maggie Ledbetter, Dena R. Rysdam-Ledbetter, Kasey Nash and Pam Kirktand Hoikka.

B>RTHS GRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL CHRUSOSKIE:To Kathy Chrusoskie and Scott Chrusoskie of La Grande, a daughter, Hannah M-K, 6 pounds 4.6 ounces, Feb. 19 at 11:51 p.m. Grandparents are Ken and Shirley Chrusoskie, the late Clarence Abram Sr., Johnnie Abram and the late Maggie Abram. CONTRERAS:To Melinda J. Contreras and Jared L. Contreras of La Grande, ason, Leonidas Maximus, 7 pounds 8 ounces, Feb. 25 at 8:17 a.m. FERRY:To Megan Redwine and Steve Ferry of La Grande, a daughter, Bailey,7 pounds 8 ounces, Feb.18 at 10:19 a.m. Grandparents are Sandy White, ChrisWhite and Nelson Ferry. HALL: To Kasey Jo Hall and Matthew John Hall of La Grande, a son, lsaiah Andrew, 7 pounds 9 ounces, March 13 at 3:23 a.m. Grandparents are Steven andTrisha Soldavini and John and Andrea Hall. HOLMQUIST: To Loree Kathleen Holmquist and Andrew Dean Hol-

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mquist of La Grande, a son, Cooper Seager, 5 pounds 10 ounces, March 11 at 4:08 p.m. Grandparents are Dennis and Leslie Holmquist and Stan and Vicki Grove. JANOVICH:To Larrissa Janovich and ColeJanovich of La Grande, a daughter, Ashtyn, 7 pounds 1 ounce, March 11 at 1:59 p.m. KAUSLER:To Emily Megan Kausler and Brian Raymond Kausler of La Grande, ason, Liam Gray, 6 pounds 14.5 ounces, March 12 at 11 p.m. Grandparents are Robert and Cherie Kausler and Stan and BelindaWildung. KELLY:To Kayla Kellyand Dylan Kelly of La Grande, a son, Oakley HuckDaniel,8 pounds 14 ounces, Feb. 23 at 8:09 p.m. Grandparents are Shelly and Justin Bartlett andAlan and Becky Sturm. KERLEY:To Kimberly Kerley and Kyle RayPickens of La Grande, a son, Carson Ray,7 pounds 11 ounces, Feb. 25 at 6:35 a.m. Grandparents are Kim-

berly Kerley St., Michael Kerley, Sharon Mccollum and Kirk Pickens. KOCHIS:To Page Baley and Damian Kochis ofLa Grande, a son, Blake,6 pounds 12.2 ounces, Feb. 19 at 2:31 p.m. LEWIS:To Esther lolani Lewis and Steven Daniel Lewis of La Grande, a son, Kalani Christopher, 8 pounds 4 ounces, Feb. 25 at 2:07 p.m. Grandmother is Glenna Stultz. McCARTY:To Kelly Michelle Addleman and Ben Cody Mccaity of Baker City, a son, Baron,7 pounds 6.2 ounces, March 14 at 12:17 p.m. Grandparents areThomas and Michelle Addleman, David Mccarty and Dyann Brosnan. NEUSTEL:To Laura Rachelle Neustel and Kenrick Earl Neustel of La Grande, a son, Korbyn Dean,8 pounds 3 ounces, Feb. 24 at 10:27 p.m. Grandparents are Jody and Lisa VanArsdale and Sherry and the late Kurt Neustel. NIX: To Sage Nix and Mario Ramirez

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of LaGrande, a son, Liam, 9 pounds 3 ounces, March9 at 2:31 p.m. Grandmother is Karen Nix. SAUER: To Kacie Catherine Sauer and James Sterling Sauer of Summerville, a son, James William, 6 pounds 12 ounces, March 15 at 10:04 a.m. SMITH:To Katelyn Rose Davison and Christian Roy Smith of La Grande, a daughter, Hallie Rose, 6 pounds .06 ounces, Feb. 17 at 9:28 a.m. WELLS:To Nichole Lynn Greenlee and JesseRaywells of La Grande, a daughter, Makenzie Rae,a pounds 10 ounces, March 3 at 11:05 a.m. Grandparents are Jana and Howard Greenlee and Mark and Angi Wells. WILLIAMS:To Jenni Marie Williams and Jordan Keith Williams of La Grande, a son,Archer Donald,5 pounds 7 ounces, Feb. 20 at 4:25 p.m. Grandparents are Keith and Stephanie Williams and Dave and Judy Browning.

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McCLEARY:To Kodi Mccleary and Jacob Mccleary of Joseph, a daughter, Samantha Lee, 6 pounds 15 ounces, March 20at 8:22 p.m. Grandparents are Leslie and Vince Leviner and Cheryl and Dennis Mccleary. HANSON: To Katherine Sullivan Hanson and Russell John Hanson of Enterprise, a son, Daniel John, 8 pounds 8 ounces, Feb. 17 at 3:40 a.m. Grandparents are Brenda and John Sullivan andwanda and Chris Hanson. SMITH: To Sara Smith and Brady Smith of Lostine, a daughter, Alison Vonna, 7 pounds 10 ounces, Feb. 8 at 10:02 a.m. Grandparents are Lora and Alan Hawksley and Lani and Don Smith. POLUMSKY: To Brittney Polumsky and Andrew Polumsky of Enterprise, a son, Trey Andrew, 7 pounds 4 ounces, March 12 at 6:15 p.m. Grandparents are Becky and Scott Rushton and Susie andTim Polumsky.

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Despite Cove's small size, there's not much it's lacking thanks in large part to Cove's Dollars Corner — a store with four facets rolled into one. Jordan Hackwith and his wife, Kelly Hackwith, have owned the all-inclusive store for more than six years. The store isa gasstation, convenience store, laundromat and car wash. It's a lot for two people who had no retail experience before buying the business. aWe have a little of everything," Jordan said. aWe're the only store in town." The pair grew up in the

he said. "It was a challenge," Jordan said.aWe had never been in retail before. It's also not asingle-faceted business, which also posed a challenge." Jordan said the managerofthe store stayed with them for three years after they took over and taught them what they needed to know about each portion of the business. Jordansaidthe biggest money maker is the convenience store. "There's not a big margin with gasoline," Jordan said. Since there's not a big price difference in the area, the gasolinestation'spricesare

area. Jordan was born and raised in Baker City, and Kelly moved to the Grande Ronde Valley in the seventh grade. They moved to California for19years aftergraduating trom college and had been looking for an excuse to come back. Jordan was working at Georgia Pacific Packaging in California, and Kelly was working as an architectural draftsman. Both were affected by the economic downturn and wanted to come back to Eastern Oregon, Jordan said. They decided to purchase the business and didn't change much about it,

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It's beginning to look a little more like spring every

day. As the days get longer and the temperatures get warmer, the events in Union County start coming in droves. One of the events to look forward to in April is Elgin's annual auction. The Friends of the Elgin Community Center are preparing for the annual auction to benefit Elgin's pool, center and park. The event will take place on April 18 at the Elgin Community Center, with John Coote as auctioneer. Auction items come from donations of new merchandiseand certificatesforgoods and services from Elgin, the Grande Ronde Valley and

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This photo was taken in Elgin on the Fourth of July. The crowd was waiting for a fire hose demonstration. The precise date of the photo is unknown. Two photos were found of the same event with the date 1939 and 1940. Handling historical photos proves difficult when there are multiple photos and the dates are hard to come by, according to historian Bob Bull. Dating archival photos proves a difficult task because a lot of the information isn't readily available. This photo is part of the Hug Collection.

'Recreational Trails as Neighbors' discussions set April 8, 9 By Tiish Yerges EerThe Observer

Two"Recreational Trails as Neighbors" panel discussions will be held, one from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 8 at the Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10th Ave., and the second trom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 9 at Hurricane Creek Grange No. 608, 63081 Hurricane Creek Road in Joseph. The events are sponsored by Eastern Oregon University with support trom Cycle Oregon. The public is invited to learn more about the "Rails-with-Trails" project, which proposes a recreational trail originating trom Elgin to Lookingglass and on through other segments to Minam, Wallowa, Lostine, Enterprise and Joseph. At the panel discussions, the public will be introduced to the panelists by event moderator Marc Stauffer. Brief presentations will be given by representati ves trom the Weiser River National Recreation Trail iincluding adjacent landowners), the OC&E Woods Line State Trail and the Oregon Parks and Recreational Department about their experiences

in developing, managing and maintaining trails similar to the proposed Joseph Branch Trail. Following the presentations, the panelists will answer questions trom the public. Historically, the Elgin community has been at the epicenter of the"Rails-with-Trails" initiative in terms of its conception and as a principalsite ofone oftheproposed trail segments. "Inthespring of2013,we started discussions about it at the Elgin Community Center," recalled Terry Edvalson, secretary of the Joseph Branch Trail Consortium."Then the board was formed in January 2014." Since then, great strides have been made as the Joseph Branch Trail Consortium along with EOU appliedforand received agrant trom Cycle Oregon in the amount of $10,475 toward a trail feasibility study. "The study scope will involve a survey of area residents and will seek public opinion about the trail," Edvalson said."The survey is cur-

rentlybeing drafted by theboard for discussion with Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and Eastern Oregon University project staf. Survey details will be announced in early April." Background information on the proposedtrailhasalready been gatheredby the board,in part, through past public workshops. The resulting body of information includesexpectations and factsabout the trail, key stakeholders' concerns and answers to trequently asked questions. The upcoming "Recreational Trails as Neighbors" panel discussions will facilitate continued public dialogue, share known facts and address citizenconcerns,especially thoseof adjacent landowners, who may have concerns about safety, traffic and other management issues. 'The information gathered from the panel discussions will be used by Oregon Parks and Recreation Departmentand Eastern Oregon University staff members in formulating a report to the Wallowa Union Railroad Authority board of direc-

tors," Edvalson said. The consortium board of directorsinvitespublicattendance and participation at the panel discussion events in Elgin and Joseph. "Elgin is happy to have the opportunity to host the Recreational Tails as Neighbors panel discussion on April 8," said Kem Brainerd, member of the Elgin Chamber of Commerce.aWe'd like to invite the public and especially those who may have questions or concerns about the proposedtrailstocome and learn aboutit." Brainerd, who is a long-time bicyclist and athlete, believes the "Rails-with-Trails" project will bring many benefits to the community. "I know it will play a huge role in bringing economic benefits to the community," Brainerd said."It will offer people a safe trail to walk, run or ride on. The excursion train can be apartofthistoo." For more information, visit the project websiteatwww.eou.edu/railswith-trails or the Joseph Branch Trail Consortium website at www. josephbranchtrail .org.

Scott Ludwig, one of the organizers for the event who has been involved with it for more than 30 years, said items like health and beauty items, dog food, gift certificatesfrom localrestaurants and oil changes trom car dealershipsarejustsome of the items that are auctioned. However, they're still gathering a number of the items for this year's auction. Many items are from local merchants, and there are new or good used items The viewing for the items begins at 10 a.m., and the auction begins at 11 a.m. and lasts five or six hours, Ludwig said. Food and concessions will be available and served all

day. Previous year's proceeds have gone toward lawn mowers for the park, new curtains and dishes in the center, resurfacing the pool and other pro~ects thataregenerally outside the Elgin Parks and RecreationDistrict'sbudget, Ludwig said. The community is invited to attend and get a bidder's number. Ludwig said they're still trying to get auction items. For anyone wanting to donate, Ludwig said they would be happy to pick up the items. For anyone interested in donating to the auction or for more information about what's available,contactthe Elgin Parks and Recreation District offi ce at541-4375931, Scutt Ludwig 541-7862316 or Elma Jean Wilhelm at 541-437-4405 or 541-7862981.

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Police kill cougar above popular trail BEND — An Oregon police offIcer shot and killed a cougar afte ritwasspotted just above a popular hiking trail. KTVZ-TV reported that the animal was seen Saturday evening near the summit of Pilot Butte, a 500-foottall,extinctcinder cone volcano, in Bend. It was a largemale,just15 yards from a paved road and hiking trail used by hundreds of

people daily. Police Lt. Nick Parker says offIcers evacuated visitors over safety concerns. The departmentconsidered tranquilizing the cougar, but darts can take up to 15 minutes to work. It was the second cougar killed in Bend in just overtwo months. On Jan. 30, state Fish and Wildlife agents killed a cougar in a tree above a home. They said it would have been too risky totrytorelocate the animal.

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a hammer haspleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges. KTVZ-TV reported that Trevor Trollope smiled and waved as he appeared by videoFriday in Crook County Circuit Court. Police say the 25-year-old attacked Prineville Police Sgt. Jimmy ODaniel during a jewelry store burglary last weekend. He allegedly hit the offIcer on the head at least12 times. A citizen on a-ride-along with ODaniel was able to help stop the attack and

SPRINGFIELDSpringfield police say Springfield police arrested 26-year-old David Garrison a man accused ofhitting his initially refused to surrengirlfriend in the face with a der, but walked outside after gun and then forcing her at a dog was brought to the gunpoint to drive him to a scene. friend's home. He faces charges of kidThe Register-Guard renapping and assault. ported the incident happened Man pleads not guilty Thursday when witnesses to officer attack called police to report a PRINEVILLE — A Prinevdisturbance at an apartment complex. illeman accused ofrepeatedPolice found the 21-yearly hitting a police offIcer with

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Body of missing woman found in river KLAMATH FALLSOregon State Police say a woman reported missing in the Klamath Falls area earlier this year has been found dead in the Klamath River. The Oregonian reported

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The Aubrieta will bloom in the spring and again in the fall. I have to tell you about a cute little perennial my fiiend Kay Heitz showed me in the Walmart Garden Center. She saidshe lovesit,because it blooms for a long time and even after it wanes for awhile, it will bloom again in the fall. She mentioned seeing it in a rock garden and hanging down quite a ways. It is called Aubrieta. I couldn't resist and thought others might enjoy it too. I am a sucker for little flowers. I also got a regular prim rose and then Kay showed me the adorable small bloom prim roses. I didn't know they existed, but were marked down so how could I resist? On them it says they are an annual, but I have some prim roses that have come back for quite a few years. I keep wanting to push planting, but then look at the calendar and realize we might get some winter yet. For now I just put plants in the greenhouse (unheatedl or my bay window. Just doing that helped scratch my planting itch for a bit. Be sure to enjoy all the beautiful trees and bushes in bloom as well as the many daffodils. What a wonderful time of year.

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Trends are a peculiar thing, especially when you live in a city that doesn't exactly shape the zeitgeist. Somebody somewhere decides something is the Next Big Thing, and even though you might have previously been totally clueless, suddenly you've alsogot tohave it,do it,seeit. Call it the lemming effect. It's especially weird when it comes to food. Each new year, thefoodiepowers-that-be come up with a list ofhot culinary treats all the cool kids have discovered. Last year,forexample, kale ruled supreme. No matter thatthe cruciferous vegetable (in my and many others' opinion) doesn't taste allthatgreat— in 2014, you couldn't escape it. Kale salad. Kale chips. Even kale smoothies, chocolatechip cookies and ice cream. Even McDonald's has jumped on board: Earlier this month, the fast-food giant announced plans to add kale as an ingredient in a to-be-named productatsome restaurants laterthisyear. Cool cats, though, are fickle. Cauliflower has stolen the spotlight from kale as the hot new food of 2015. If you're thinking, "God, no! Not that brain-like cabbage my Nana used to stink up the house with!," you might be in for a surprise. Turns out that like last year's leafy cousin, cauliflower is incredibly versatile. No longer relegated raw to the relish tray, the creamy-white veggie— part ofthe Brassica oleraceafamily — can be grated into a dough for pizza (you bind it with cheese and eggl, be mashed like potatoes and be diced and fried with onion as hash.I've also seen recipes for cauliflower mac 'n' cheese, cauliflower fritters and — maybe my fave — cauliflower buffalo "chicken" sandwiches. It'salso a heck ofa lotprettier than kale. Thought to date back to the sixth century B.C., cauliflower now comes in colors other than white, such as purple, orange and green. What also makes it worth your consideration: It's chock full of vitamins and minerals, making it a nutritionalrock star. Low in both fat and carbs (one cup has just 27 calories), cauliflower is high in dietary fiber, folate, water and vitamin C. It's alsoa good source ofcholine,a B vitamin known for its role in brain development. Depending on the season and vendor, cauliflower sells for anywhere from $2.99 a head to as much as $7. But even at the higher price, it's cheaper than a pound ofquality ground beef, and can stretch just as far in a recipe, asdemonstrated in the incredibly tasty Cauliflower Parmesan that follows.

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CAULIFLOWER PARMESAN Post-Gazette tested Even if cauliflower wasn't 2015's "it" vegetable, I'd want to make this recipe. It's comfort food at its best. /2cup all-purpose flour 4 large eggs, lightly beaten 3 cups panko or plain unseasoned bread crumbs Kosher salt, as needed Black pepper, as needed 1 medium head cauliflower, trimmed and cut into 2-inch florets Olive oil, for frying 5 cups Simple Tomato Sauce (recipe follows) 1 cup finely grated Parmesan, preferably Parmigiano-Reggiano /2pound fresh mozzarella,

torn into bite-size pieces Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Place flour, eggs and panko into 3 wide,shallow bowls.Season each generously with salt and pepper. Dip a cauliflower piece first in flour, then eggs, then coat with panko. Repeat with remaining cauliflower. Fill a large skillet with "/2-inch oil. Place over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, fry cauliflower in batches, turning halfway through, until golden brown. Transfer fried cauliflower pieces to a paper towel-lined plate. Spoon a thin layer of sauce over the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Sprinkle 1/3 of the Parmesan over sauce. Scatter half cauliflower mixture over the Parmesan and top with half the mozzarella pieces. Top with half the remaining sauce, sprinkle with another third of the Parmesan

and repeat layering, ending with a final layer of sauce and Parmesan. Transfer pan to oven and bake until cheese is golden and casserole is bubbling, about 40 minutes. Let cool a few minutes before serving. Serves6. Melissa Clark, New YorkTimes

SIMPLE TOMATO SAUCE "/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced "/4 teaspoon red chile flakes (optional) 2 28-ounce cans whole or diced plum tomatoes 2 sprigs basil or 1 bay leaf /2teaspoon kosher salt, orto taste "/4 teaspoon black pepper SeeCauliflower I Page 2B

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Tostada can mean many things to many people. In Mexico, the tostada translates to a fiied tortilla and the actual dish. In Spanish it translates to toasted. But I think of tostada as a flat taco and an easy dinner option. Packagesofalready fiied tostada shellsaresold atm ost grocery stores and Hispanic markets. They're useful in so many ways. You can top them with layers of cooked and shreddedbeef,pork,chicken orseafood.Most tostada recipes I come acrosshave a layerofrefried beans.I'd skip the beans if using seafood. The two just don't seem to go well together. You can even make a non-meat option and use just vegetables. Also, think of tostadas as a way to use up leftover ingredients. Today'srecipe usesboiled and mashed redskin potatoes as the main ingredient.

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can becost-prohibitive,lessexpensive mandolines have always been available Ifit'swinter,oven-roasted, even at Asian markets, and popular brands slightlycharred Brusselssprouts are such as Oxo and Kuhn Rikon are availmy jam. But as we transition to warmer able in housewares stores. Brussels sprouts are high in vitaweather, my thoughts turn to spring mins A and C and are a fair source of and summer slaws. Although slaw is most typically made iron. Walnuts are high in good fats and from cabbage, just about any sturdy veg- antioxidants. Pomegranates are rich in etablethat can betorn,shaved orsliced potassium. into a culinary confetti will work. • Cooking tip: Toasting walnuts intenThe key to Brussels Sprouts Slaw sifies their flavor. To toast the walnuts, With Walnuts and Pomegranate is to spread in a single layer on a baking shave the finest shreds possible. A cusheet.Bake at350 degrees for5 to7 linary mandoline is a cutting tool often minutes or until lightly toasted. • Substitution: Omit pomegranate used by chefs to produce uniformly thin slices fora potato gratin or an apple seedsand replace with dried cranberrjes tart. The mandoline is a hand-operated BRUSSELSSPROUTSSLAW cutting device with an inset metal blade. WITH WALNUTS AND A guide holds the item to be sliced and helps keep fingers and thumbs out of POMEGRANATE the way. Although professional versions The ICansas City Star

CAULIFLOWER Continued from Page 1B In a large, straight-sided skillet over medium heat, warm the oil. Add garlic and cook until just

lightly golden. Add chile flakes if desired and cook 30 seconds. Stir in tomatoes and juices, basil or bayleafand saltand pepper. Bring sauce to a simmer and cook until sauce is thick and tomatoeshave mostly fallen apart,about 30 to 40 minutes. Adjust heat as needed to keep at a steady simmer. If using whole plum tomatoes, mash them up with the back of a wooden spoon or a potato masher to help them break down. Remove saucefrom heat and discard basil or bay leaf.

KATE MIDDLETON'S PASTA ALFREDO Post-Gazette tested Don't eat meat or dairy? This pasta dish was surprisingly yummy. And absent the heavy cream and butter used in a traditionalAlfredo sauce, it won't weigh you down. The original recipe called for a vegan "Parmesan" topping, but I used the real thing. 12 ounces fresh cauliflower florets (not frozen)

5 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole 1 onion, sliced "/4 cup olive oil 1 "/2teaspoons sea salt, divided 1 pound brown rice penne or fusilli 2 cups almond milk 2 tablespoons lemon juice Freshly ground black pepper Chopped fresh Italian parsley Parmesan cheese for garnish Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spread cauliflower, garlic and onion on a large rimmed baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Season with 1 teaspoon of the salt, then roast for about 30 minutes, or until veggies are fork tender, turning frequently with a spatula. Add more oil as needed. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook according to package direction. Drain and return to pot. Transfer roasted vegetables to blender and add almond milk, lemon juice and remaining "/2 teaspoon salt. Blend until very smooth. Adjust seasoning to taste, remove from blender and toss with hot pasta. Season with pepper and top with parsley and Parmesan. Serve immediately. Serves 4 to6. — Adapted from "Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen" by Chloe Coscarelli

TOSTADAS Continued from Page 1B Top your tostada with shredded lettuce or finely shredded cabbage, chopped tomatoes or onionsorslicesofavocado.

TIPS: You can make your own tostadas by fiying corn tortillas in oil. Use 6-inch tortillas and fiy them individually about 40 second on each sjde.

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ings and adjust if necessary. Remove bay leaf and using an immersion blender, blend to a smooth consisPost-Gazette tested tency. (You also can work in small So easy, and so delicious. And surbatches with a countertop blender.) prisingly silky for a soup that doesn't If the soup is too thick, add some of include milk or cream. the remaining stock. Taste again for 8 tablespoons butter seasoning and adjust if necessary. 1 medium onion, roughly chopped Finish with black pepper and a 1 shallot, roughly chopped pinch of grated nutmeg when serv2 cloves garlic, halved ing. 1 teaspoon kosher salt, Serves 12. "Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef plus more to taste 1 medium head cauliflower, washed, Cooks Through the Seasons" by trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces Steven Satterfield (Harper Collins) 2 to 3 medium purple-topped turnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces CAULIFLOWER CRUST 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves PIZZA 1 bay leaf Post-Gazette tested 6 to 8 cups chicken stock This gluten-free pizza is easy as pie, (homemade or boxed), divided and just as tasty (though my crust Freshly ground black pepper didn't get as crisp as I would have Whole nutmeg for grating liked in the middle, even when In large saucepan or Dutch oven baked on a pizza stone). My son over medium heat, melt butter and his girlfriend had to guess at until foamy. Add onion, shallot and the ingredients — a clever way to garlic; season with salt. Cook until sneak in some nutritional goodies translucent, about 5 minutes. Add without them knowing it. cauliflower, turnips, thyme, bay leaf 2 "/2cups cauliflower, grated and 6 cups chicken stock, and stir to combine. (about"/2 a large head) 1 large egg, lightly beaten Bring to a simmer and cook until 1 "/4 cups shredded part-skim cauliflower and turnips are tender, mozzarella cheese, divided about 20 minutes. Taste for season-

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Look for Mexican sour cream, labeled crema at Hispanic markets. It's thinner than traditional sour cream. Dilute regular sour cream with a bit of milk if using.

POTATO TOSTADAS Makes: 12/ Preparation time: 15 minutes (plus marinating time) Total time: 1 hour Ingredients 8 red potatoes cut into"/2-inchsquares 1 cup pineapple vinegar (available at some Hispanic markets) or mild cider vinegar /2cup olive oil

The potential fordirt and road soil washout was Continued from Page 1B there, though, and needed "I should have dug it out to be dealt with just as city last summer," I moaned in folk and farmers alike were guilt, knowing that the task struggling with their own had been neglected in the problems. face of so many other things The county farm fields for which I had become were full of water from responsible. nearby streams and the My feeble efforts at digseemingly unending daily ging had met with defeat, rain. Crop plantings were and I was hoping the ditch destroyedordelayed to the w ould be adequate foryet point where a short growing another year oflimited seasonmeant disasterforall. rainfall. In town the clogged It wasn't to be,foritw as manhole drains had to be a winter of moisture coming frantically swept clean of down from the skies in the debris as it washed down form of snow, then a spring the city streets and flowed of rain and snow-melting into basements or low-level temperatures that came tohomes near the streams. gether all at once, not only in My problems were so my backyard but our county very minor in comparison, as well. but it seemed huge as I The rivers, creeks and tramped my soggy ground drainage ditches were filled and tried to dig in the ditch with the water coming down with a broken-handled from the mountains. hoe, and then surveyed the My problem was minor collapsed brick wall by my when the overflow washed oil tank where the draining under a shed and out the muddy water had washed other side without entering just into the house under the the building, and then travoutside door. Cleanup would eled through the garage with be no problem inside but minimal damage. This was costly for a new wall. It's when you feel so fortunate in that I had no flood insurance nor would it much on your own and have have been covered because of neither the strength nor the deducti ble. knowledge of what to do to

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Makes 4 servings 14 fresh Brussels sprouts "/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted 3 tablespoons crumbled pecorino Romano cheese 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice Pinch of salt Dash of coarsely ground pepper 1 to 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds Trim away the bottom of each sprout and discard any loose or discolored leaves. Use a very sharp knife and carefully slice each sprout into thin slices.You want the sprouts to be shaved. Place sprouts in a medium bowl and use your fingers to separate sprouts into smaller shreds. Add walnuts, cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Toss gently to coat evenly. Place in serving bowl and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds. Serve at room temperature.

answer an emergency that it becomes overwhelming. No, I wasn't having fun anymore as my frantic efforts produced such minor results, and I remembered how strong my arms had once been as I had shared in the work of keeping the place going. Seeing the water slowly draining away from the shed after my feeble efforts thatday,Ihad afair senseofsatisfaction — if only the rain would stop. But, it didn't. It was with a feeling of dread that I approached the drainage ditch after the next big storm, for I knew there w as trouble ahead after

2 teaspoons crushed Mexican oregano 1 medium red onion, sliced paper thin Kosher salt 2 medium allspice berries 1 large package of sturdy tostadas (at least12 in the package) 1 cup refried beans, either pinto or black, warmed 2 large ripe tomatoes, sliced into medium slices 1 ripe avocado, halved, pitted, sliced thin 1 cup Mexican sour cream, or regular sour cream slightly diluted with milk 1 small can of pickled jalapeno or serrano peppers Directions: Place the potatoes in a large pot and add water

measuring two inches of rain overnight. The culvert under the dirtroad was clogged midway with very little seepage out, and the water had cut a wider swathe beneath the shed and through the garage and barn. My guardian angel had arrived, dropping to his knees in the mud and water, reaching up into the culvert trying to break the mud and rock barrier. After the next big rainfall, he arrived without being called to see if Ihad a problem. My 20-year flood had come home to roost. You become complacent in that length of time, thinking it won't happen

2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Nonstick spray "/4 cup tomato sauce 1 cup grape tomatoes, sliced in half 2 cloves garlic, sliced "/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes Fresh basil leaves, optional Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper, and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grate the cauliflower using a box grater until you have 2 cups of cauliflower crumbles. Place in a large bowl and microwave for 7 to 8 minutes or until soft. Remove from the microwave and let cool. Mix in the egg, 1 cup mozzarella, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper. Once combined, pat into a 10-inch round on the prepared pizza pan. Spray lightly with nonstick spray and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden. Top the pizza with the sauce, "/4 cup mozzarella, grape tomatoes, garlic and red pepper flakes. Bake in the oven until melted and bubbly, another 10 minutes. Top with basil before serving. Makes 1pizza. — pauladeen.com

to cover. Bring to a boil and boil until tender. Drain the potatoes and place in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, oregano, onion, salt and allspice berries. Pour the mixture over the potatoes and toss to coat. Let set for about 2 hours. To assemble: Remove the potatoes from the vinaigrette and be sure to remove and discard the allspice berries. Spread the tostadas with a thin layer of warm beans, then drained potatoes, tomato slices, avocado slices, sour cream and a sprinkle of salt. Top with pickled jalapenos. From Maria Elana Rodriguez, Allen Park. Tested by Susan M. Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.

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Baker City close to EOU, all utiliPersons doing l andeach. 541-376-5575 POE CARPENTRY ties paid 541-910-0811 (541 ) 523-4433 scape maintenance do • New Homes not require a landscap- ELECTRIC TREADMILL, CEDAR fk CHAIN link • Remodeling/Additions CENTURY 21 ing license. exercise bench, violinfences. New construc- • Shops, Garages PROPERTY (3/4 size w / e x tras), t ion, R e m o d e l s • Siding (I4 Decks MANAGEMENT 330 - Business Opheadboard for dbl bed, handyman services. • Wi ndows (I4 Fine Black (I4 Decker Skillportunities Kip Carter Construction La randeRentals.com finish work II saw ¹83, bed irons for 541-519-6273 Fast, Quality Work! 3 s i z e s , t ri - w h e e l Great references. (541)963-1210 Wade, 541-523-4947 walker. 541-523-2638 CCB¹ 60701 or 541-403-0483 CCB¹176389 CIMMARON MANOR LOWREY SPINET Piano 701 - Wanted to Rent ICingsview Apts. Baker Co. w/ bench. Estimated 2 bd, 1 ba. 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TheyCan't read yaur mind! may be taking out your aggressions in the familial status or n amisleading, deceptive or sign -- it certainly doesn't have to imply any- C A NCER (June 21-July 22) — You should wrong way — and at the wrong person. Irs tional origin, or intenotherwise unacceptable. Affordasble Studios, thing sinister at all! You are quirky, idiosyn- be able to prevent 8 conflict between two par- time to focus on what's really bothering you. tion to make any such 1 (I4 2 bedrooms. cratic and, above all, highly independent. You ties who are working toward the same goal CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A p references, l i m i t a- (Income Restnctions Apply) 475 Wanted to Buy tions or discrimination. Professionally Managed Will gO tO great lengthS tO set yOurSelf apart fram tWO different angleS. reversal of sorts brings you closer to yourself We will not knowingly fromthecrowd,andyouarenottobedenied! 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UNION COUNTY Senior Living Mallard Heights 870 N 15th Ave Elgin, OR 97827 Now accepting applications f o r fed e r a l ly f unded h o using f o r t hos e t hat a re sixty-two years of age or older, and h andicapped or disabled of any age. 1 and 2 bedroom units w it h r e nt b ased o n i nco m e when available.

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This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for select3 BD 2ba house. New BEAUTIFUL VIEW lot in ing a qualified Grant sun room, hardwood Cove, Oregon. Build floors, u n derground y our d r ea m h o m e . Administrator to p r ovide professional servspnnkler system, finSeptic approved, eleci ces t o t h e C i t y o f i shed b a s e ment , i n tnc within feet, stream Huntington for assisf loor circulating h o t r unning through l o t . tance in t h e a d m i n iwater heat, attic storA mazing v i e w s of a ge, s t orage s h e d, mountains & v a l l ey. stration of a Commun ity Dev e l o p m e n t much m o r e ! 204 3.02 acres, $62,000 Block Grant. This grant Spnng Ave La Grande. 208-761-4843 is for funding, design, Open House 03/22/15 a nd construction f o r & 03/29/1 5, 1pm-4pm. ROSE RIDGE 2 SubdiviHuntington Wastewa$167,900. For viewing sion, Cove, OR. City: caII 541-910-7478 Sewer/Water available. ter Treatment Facility Plant. Regular price: 1 acre m/I $69,900-$74,900. We also provide property Work under this contract w ill be f u nded i n i t s management. C heck entirety w it h f e d e ral out our rental link on grant funds from the our w ebs i t e Oregon C o m m u nity www.ranchnhome.co D evelopment B l o c k m or c aII NEWER 3 bd, 2 ba home Grant program adminRanch-N-Home Realty, w /open f l oo r p l a n, In c 541-963-5450. istered by the Oregon vaulted ceiling, central B usiness D e v e l o p m ent D e p a r t m e n t . air, Jacuzzi bath tub, walk-in closet, fenced The City of Huntington yard w/auto sparklers. r equests t h a t i n t e r Exceptional Eagle Cap 880 - Commercial ested Grant Administrators submit a ProEstates neighborhood. R eady t o m o v e i n ! Property p osal directly to t h e City of Huntington. $ 192,5 00 . Ca l l BEST CORNER location 541-437-0626 for lease on A dams Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. P arties interested i n a Request for Proposal Lg. pnvate parking. Repacket please contact, m odel or us e a s i s . City of Huntington, 50 541-805-91 23 East Adams, PO Box GREAT retail location 369, Huntington, OR in the Heart of 97907, 541-869-2202. Baker City! Off i c e ho urs : SINGLE RESIDENCE, Monday-Thursday, f our-level home, f o r 1937 MAIN ST. 9:00am-4:00pm PST. sa I e b y ow n e r. 1550 sq. ft. building. 2014/15 Real Market $900/mo. The City of Huntington is Value is assessed at an Equal Employment 541-403-1139 $252,319.00 w/ taxes Opportunity employer. at $3,800.47. Actual SHOP FOR SALE For further i n formasale pnce is $239,000. tion, p lease c o n tact Located at 1403 Cris 2.8 acres. Water, sewer, and electnc located on t he C it y at Ct. La Grande, OR. property on Oregon St. 541-869-2202. Close to Hospital and close to Hwy 7„ e dge Central School. It feaof town. Heavy industures new roof, new tnal property. For more Legal No. 00040351 exterior paint, f e nced info caII, 541-523-5351 Published: March 18, 30, back yard, & move in or 541-403-2050 2015 ready. 2,879 sq ft includes 4 Irg. bdrm, 2 I rg l i v i n g spa c e s , kitchen, office, loft, 2 STORAGE UNIT fire places, fully f i nAUCTION ished basement, & 2 Descnption of Property: full baths. 2 ca r gaDrum set, guitars, 2 rage with adioining RV f ans, f i s h i n g r e e l , g arage/shop. F l o o d chair, 2mattresses, enzone AO. All reasont ertainment c e n t e r , able offers considered. end table, speakers, Please, no Saturday 915- Boats & Motors symbols, 2 couches, phone calls or showfolding chair, m i c roBOAT: ALUMACRAFT ing. 541-215-0300 wave, tennis rackets, 12ft on trailer. 6 horse p laystation g a m e s , power Evinrude outvacuum, dishes, and board motor, Minkota boxes of m i scellanee lectric m o t o r w i t h ous items unable to inbattery, anchors, rope a nd oars. Ready t o ventory. fish. $1,200 cash firm. TAKE ADVANTAGE P roperty O w n e r : J R 541-426-4302 of this 2 year old home! Chnstensen 930 - Recreational 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath, 1850sqft large fenced Vehicles Amount Due: $270.50 as of March 1, 2015 yard. $209,000. 2905 N Depot St., LG 541-805-9676 Auction to take place on Wednesday, April 1, 845 -Mobile Homes 2 015 at 9 :00 A M a t Jalu Storage ¹66, on D Union Co. Street, Baker City, OR BRAND N E W 2 0 1 4 , 2007 NUWA HitchHiker 97814 F leetwood De l u x e Champagne 37CKRD double wide home for $39,999 Name of Person Fores ale St o ne w o o d Tnple axles, Bigfoot Iack closing: Jalu Storage comm. over 1,500 sq. leveling system, 2 new Units are managed by f t. 3 BD , 2 b a , w i t h 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, Nelson Real E state family room 9 ft c eilRear Dining/ICitchen, Agency, 845 Campings and more! Selling large pantry, double bell, Baker City, OR f or $ 7 4 , 0 0 0 cal l fndge/freezer. Mid living 97814, 541-523-6485 541-910-5059 for room w/fireplace and details. surround sound. Awning Legal No. 00040352 16', water 100 gal, tanks Published: March 18, 20, 50/50/50, 2 new Power23, 25, 27, 30 2015 house 2100 generators. Blue Book Value 50IC!! 541-519-1488 PUBLIC NOTICE THE SALE of RVs not beanng an Oregon in- The Baker County Board signia of compliance is of Commissioners will illegal: cal l B u i lding be meeting for ComCodes (503) 373-1257. m ission S e ssion o n Wednesday, April 1, 2015, beginning at 970 - Autos For Sale 9:00 a.m. at the Baker County Courthouse loFOR SALE, 1917 Model cated at 1 99 5 T h ird "T" Roadster. Restored S treet, B a ke r C i t y , in 1980. Still looking O regon 97814. T h e good and runs in the C ommissioners w i l l parades every year. hold a public hearing Pnced to sell at $5,500. on the revisions made Contact Claude Baker to the Nuisance Ordi541-932-4472 Email nance and there w i ll clb©ortelco.net, address be a review of the Fizz 26595 Laycock Crk Rd, Springs Logging ProJohn Day, OR 97845 p osal. A c om p l e t e agenda will be available on t h e C o unty website at ww w . bakt. . B k ~ County operates under a n EEO p o licy a n d complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and t he A m e ricans w i t h •

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SUNFIRE REAL Estate PROPERTY LLC. has Houses, DuMANAGEMENT plexes & Apartments 541-910-0354 for rent. Call Cheryl Guzman fo r l i s t ings, Commercial Rentals 541-523-7727. 1200 plus sq. ft. professional office space. 4 752 - Houses for offices, reception Rent Union Co. area, Ig. conference/ 1 BD, New h ouse, off break area, handicap street parking, quiet, access. Pnce negotiano smoking, no pets. ble per length of $600/mo utilites incl. lease. A va il. A pr il 1s t . 541-963-738 3 or 541-91 0-2205 OFFICE SPACE approx 700 sq ft, 2 offices, re2BD, 1BA house for rent cept area, break room, in La Grande. Please r e strooms, call owner, Available acommon ll utilitie s pa i d , now! 541-328-6258 $500/mo + $450 dep. 541-91 0-3696 3 BD, 2 ba, pellet stove, auxiliary heat, large living area, possible ma- PRIME COMMERCIAL ture single dog, $900, space for Rent. 1000 ( 541)910-0354 N E sq. ft. plus 250 sq. ft. Property Mgt. loft, office and bathroom, w/s i n cluded, 3 BDRM. 2 bath $750, paved parking, located w/s/g. No smoking/toin Island City. MUST bacco no pets, SE E! Ca II 541-963-3496 541-962-0398. after 10am. 3BD, 1BA, large yard, s hed, $850/mo. N o 780 - Storage Units smoking or pets. 541-663-6673

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1001 - Baker Count 1001 - Baker County Le al Notices Le al Notices TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF will only receive inforSALE Fi l e No . 7023.111644 Reference is made to t hat c ertain t r u s t dee d made by Melvin J. C ox, as g r a ntor, t o Amentitle, as trustee, in favor of Wells Fargo Financial Oregon, Inc., as beneficiary, dated 07/05/05, r e c o rded 07/13/05, in the mortgage records of Baker C ounty, Oregon, a s 05280255 and subseq uently assigned t o Wells Fargo Financial Oregon, Inc. by A ssignment recorded as B14 52 0001, covering t he f o l l o w i n g described real property situated in said county and state, to w it : Lot 3 , B l oc k 1 0 , J H . P arker's A d d ition t o Baker City, according t o t h e o f f i c ia l p l a t thereof, in Baker City, County of Baker and S tate of Orego n . PROPERTY A DDRESS: 2 2 1 9 8t h Street Baker City, OR 97914 Both the beneficiary and the trustee h ave elected to s e l l t he real p roperty t o satisfy the obligations secured by the t r ust deed and a notice of default has been rec orded p u rsuant t o Oregon Revised Statutes 86.752(3); the default for which foreclosure is made is grant ors' f a i lure t o p a y when due the followi ng s u ms : m o n t h ly payments of $480.65 beginning 0 2 / 0 9 / 12 and $480.79 beginning 8/1/14; plus advances of $2,279.87 that repr esent de li n q u e n t p roperty t a x es ; t o g ether w it h t i t l e e x pense, costs, trustee's fees an d a t t o rney's fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above descnbed real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable. By reason of said default the b e n eficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligat ion secured by t h e t rust d e e d i m m e d i ately due and payable, s aid sums being t h e f ollowing , t o w it : $38,619.59 with interest thereon at the rate of 6 percent per ann um b e g i n ni ng 0 1/09/12; p lu s a d vances of $ 2,279.87 that represent delinquent property taxes; together with title expense, costs, trustee's fees an d a t t o r neys fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection ofthe above descnbed real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable. WH EREFORE, notice hereby is g i ven t h at the undersigned trustee will on J une 24, 2 015 at th e h our o f 10:00 o'clock, A.M. in accord with the standard of t i m e e s t ablishe d by O RS 187.110, at the following place: outside the m ain entrance to t h e Baker County Courthouse, 1 9 9 5 3 rd Street, in the City of Baker City, County of Baker, State of Oregon, sell at public auc-

mation concerning the lender's estimated or actual bid. Lender bid i nformation i s al s o available at the t r ust ee' s w e b sit e , www.northwesttrustee.com. Notice is furt her given t ha t a n y person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, a t any t im e p r io r t o five days before the d ate last set fo r t h e sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e e ding dismissed a n d t he trust deed reinstated b y payment t o th e beneficiary of the entire amount then due

(other than such portion of the principal as

would not then be due h ad no d e f ault o c curred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that i s capable o f b e i n g cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addit ion t o p a y i n g s a i d sums or tendenng the performance necess ary to cure the d e f ault, b y p a y ing a l l costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation a nd trust d e ed , t o gether with t rustee's a nd attorney's f e e s n ot e x c e e ding t h e amounts provided by said ORS 86.778. Requests from persons named in ORS 86.778 f or rei n s t a t e m e n t quotes received less than six days prior to t he date set f o r t h e trustee's sale will be h onored only at t h e discretion of the beneficiary or if required by the terms of the loan d ocuments. I n c o n struing this notice, the

singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes any succ essor in i n terest t o the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which i s secured b y s a i d t rust deed, an d t h e words "trustee" and "beneficiary" i n c lude their respective successors in interest, if any. Without l i m iting t he t r u s t e e ' s d is -

claimer of representation o r w ar r a n t ies, Oregon law r e quires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential p r o p erty sold at a trustee's sale

may have been used in ma nu f a c t u r i n g methamphetamines, the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e k nown t o b e t o x i c . Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger b efore d e c i ding t o p lace a bi d f o r t h i s property at th e t r ustee's sale. The t rustee's rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also acc ess sale s t atus a t www.northwesttrust ee. c o m and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. For further i nformation, p l e a s e contact: ICathy Taggart N orthwest T r u s t e e Services, Inc. P.O. Box 997 B e II ev u e, WA 98009-0997 4 25-586-1900 C o x , M elvi n J. (T S¹ 7023.111644) 1002.278194-File No.

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Wife who doesn't enjoy sex got bad wedding day advice

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DEARABBY: I've been married more Anne never sent a reply. She said, "Oh, Mom, I than 20 years and have three children. What don't know what to write. Canyou help?" I haven't had is a real desire for sex — nor Frankly, IthinkA nne prefersthelackof have I ever had, as far as I know, an orgasm. contact with her sister, and that even though they are sisters there is no bond between Before my wedding, my mother warned me them. What doyou suggest? The silenceis thatsex was overblown, uncom fortable and messy, butshesaidI had toput up withitif unbearable. I want to hear the "noise"again. I wanted kids and a good marrmge. — DISAPPOINTED MOM INRENO DEAR DISAPPOINTED MOM: ¹ Movies, TV shows and ED ads all suggest that "normal"women arejust where in your letter did you mention how Mary Beth looking for the next opportuniDEAR feelsabout thefactthather ty tojump into bed with their man. Am I a freak? Are there ABB Y lett e r may have caused an others like me? What do I tell estrangement. As an adult, MY girls as they grow up? Anne should have responded — WAITING IN WICHITA to that letter. It isn't unusual in families DEAR WAITING: Your mother did you no that are geographically separated for sibling favor by saying what she did about sex. Sex bonds to loosen. Work, marriage and children can be profoundly distracting. can be"messy, "butitis also supposed tobe I'm advising you to continue to see both pleasurable, and both parties should be able to enjoy it. If sex is painful, then something daughters, but not involve yourself in their is wrong. relationship. I'm not sure what kind of I would never label you a freak. However, "noise" you're looking for, but if you poke into this, it could be an explosion. you may be asexual, because some people are. If you have never experienced an orgasm, you may have married a man who DEARABBY About a year ago, I loaned was also sexually inexperienced. a small amount of money to a close friend I It's a mistake to judge what sex is suphave known since childhood. She promised to posedtobe likefrom media and/or adverpay me back, but has yet to do so. I wasn't too tising. People pitching products can be concerned because it was a mi nimal amount, notoriously unreliable, and some television but a few months agosheasked to borrow shows and movies strive for shock value. a larger amount. Again, I didn't hesitate to Your gynecologist would be a far more relihelp her out because she has been there for me able information resource. several times in the past in important waysAs to what to tell your daughters, there although they weren't ftnancial,. are many books on the subject, and your Because the recent loan was a large one, gynecologist may be able to recommend I would like to be repaid. How do I tactfully some literature. But please do not give your ask her for the money without seeming petty daughters the same message your mother or like I'm nagging? (I don't like confrontagave to you, because it was wrong. tion.) And is it too late to ask that the previous smaller amount be included as well? DEAR ABBY: I have two daughters, "Mary — FRIEND, NOTANATM DEAR FRIEND: You don't have to be Beth,"48, and'Anne,"50, who do not talk to each other. The last time we were all together confrontational, and I wouldn't advise it was a family vacation in 2010. They live in anyway. In light of the fact that your fiiend has made no effort to repay the first loan for different states, and I travel to visit them for the holidays. They have similar lifestylesan entire year, it would be neither pushy nor marrT'ed, children, work outside the homenagging to ask when she intends to start. If but they don't reach out to each other. she can't come up with the entire amount, W hen Mary Beth wroteherfeelingsto perhaps she can repay a little each month. Anne, they were viewed as hurtful and vindic- However, if she can't/won't start paying you tive. I received a copy of the letter, but I didn't back, you may have to accept that you won't think they were. That was two years ago, and be getting any of your money.

By Jasmine Rockow WesCom News Service

BEND — Mark Silliman's housemaid in training is 6 feettall,weighs about 250 pounds and faces a steep learning curve. Abbe doesn't yet recognize a cup and saucer.

The $32,000 humanoid robot that Silliman recently purchased has many potential uses in manufacturing, butrobot enthusiast Silliman plans to turnAbbe into a domestic servant that can do household chores, such as cooking, washing dishes and laundry. The technology for this doesn't exist yet, but Silliman is trying to change that. Rethink Robotics, the robot's manufacturer, calls this model Baxter, but Silliman's daughters renamed his robot Abbe. Silliman's office kitchen in Bend will serve as Abbe's training grounds, where Silliman expects to encounter many challenges turning Abbe into a housemaid. First, he has to program the robottoTecognizecommon household items, such as a cup. ThenAbbe needs to know what to do with the cup, which part ofitrests on the counter, how much liquid can it hold and how to washit. Implanting the cup with a near field communication chip, a small device that enables radio communication between two objects, maybe one solution, he said.

The $32,000 price tag is hefty, but robots like Abbe are still made one at a time. The costwilldecrease asm ore robots are produced in larger quantities, said Silliman, who is CEO of Smartwaiver, a

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ON DECIC MONDAY • Prep boys golf:Enterprise at Oregon 2A Invitational, Pumpkin Ridge, North Plains, noon • Prep baseball: Wallowa at WestonMcEwen/Griswold junior varsity, Athena, 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY • College softball: The College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon University, (2), Peg gyAnderson Field,3 p.m. and 5 p.m. • Prep baseball: La Grande at Pendleton, 4 p.m. • Prep baseball: Union/Cove at Heppner/lone, Heppner, 4 p.m. • Prep softball: Pendleton at La Grande, Pioneer Park, 4 p.m.

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• Pilot Rock/ Nixyaawii emerges with extra-inriing win in tourney finale By Ronald Bond Cherise Kaechere/TheObserver

Union/Cove's Ashten Wright rounds second base during a game against Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Saturday.

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Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii and Union/Cove were both

undefeated going into their matchup Saturday, so the expectation was that their showdown could be a hotly contestedbattle. The gameindeed lived up to its billing. When the dust settled, the Rockets came away with a 6-3, eight-inning victory in each team's third game ofthe Union Spring

Break Bash. "That right there is two of the best teams in the state," Rockets head coach Darin Fitzpatrick said."That very well could have been the state title game. Both teams are well-coached. The girls work hard and (the teams have) got alotofathletes.One play SeeThriller IPage 4C

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• Enterpri se/Joseph/ Wallowa must replace eightseniors &om last season

3oseph/ At the Les Schwab IcebreakerTournament in John Day, the Joseph/Enterprise baseball team lost, 8-3, to Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Friday, and fell,14-4, to Culver on Saturday. No other stats were available. Joseph/Enterprise (1-4 overall) hosts the Baker/Powder Valley junior varsity team for a doubleheader Saturday in Enterprise.

Union/Cove loses by five In the final game of a tournament in Stanfield, Union/ Cove was defeated by Sheridan/ Sheridan Japanese Charter, 9-4, Friday in boys high school baseball. No other stats were available. Union/Cove (1-4 overall) next plays at Heppner Tuesday.

Barnes out as Texas coach Texas men's basketbaII coach Rick Barnes and the Longhorns have mutually agreed to part ways, the school announced Sunday. Barnes was told by Texas Athletic Director Steve Patterson that he would have to replace his staff if he wanted to remain in his position. Barnes is the winningest coach in Texas basketball history and led the Longhorns to the Final Four in 2003.

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Imbler girls basketball head coach Barry Bowers talks to his team during a timeout this past season. Bowers was one of three head coaches for the Panthers who recently resigned.

ani n • Imbler football, boys and girls basketball head coaches step down By Ronald Bond The Observer

There will be a changing of the guard at Imbler High School next year. Three of them, in fact. Football coach Lee Lowe, boys basketball coach Mike Mills and girls basketball coach Barry Bowers are all retiring from their current head coaching posts. The official announcement took place at an Imbler School Board meeting March 17. Lowe, the longest tenured of the trio, has spent the last 35 years on the Imbler sideline and has been coaching for

a total of 38 years. He steps away having guided the Panthers to the playoffs 13 times, including seven times in the last nine years. Under his tutelage, Imblerreached the statetitlegame four times, winning it all in 2008 and 2013, with the most recent one a memorable 88-76 shootout against Lowell. Lowe said the decision to retire is one he has been weighing for several years. He was never able to settle on when to make the move until this season. "It's been a long time, and I just felt like now was the right time to step down," he said."I've been putting it off. (I've)been retired outoftheclassroom for six, eight years." Once this season ended, though, things sat differently for the coach. ''Afier the last ball game that we had

this year," Conrad said."It's going to be an uphill battle." What makes it such a difficult task is what is missing from this year's edition. Enterprise/Joseph/Wallowa graduatedeight seniorsoff last year's squad, which went 14-0 in 3A's Eastern Oregon League and made it to the second round of the state playoffs. Both main pitchers, including ace Sidney Cooney, are gone. Conrad expects Natalie Williams and Madison Plew to pick up the slack on the mound. Making matters worse is one oflast year'sstarters, infielder Taylor Harshfield, isn't going to be able to play SeeCubs/Page 4C

this year was the first time I had that feeling that it had been long enough," he explained."I had a stronger feeling this year than I ever had before. I don't know if there is ever a comfortable time to do it." Bowers, who led the Panthers for 12 yearsand has coached for a totalof21 years, also guided Imbler to the PromisedLand ofthe sport.Im blerearned a runner-up finish in 2009 before returning and capping an undefeated 2010 season with the school's second girls state title. He said several things factored into his decision, one of which is the opportunity to spend more time with his family. "I (also) took on a district testing SeeCoaches/Fbge 4C

Eastern's Updike clocks fastest 5,000 in NAIA • Mountaineer senior breaks 5,000-meter race outdoor school record

vitational in Salem Saturday. Running in the fastest heat, the senior surged to the front of the pack in the final 1,000 meters to finish second behind University of Oregon athlete Cole Watson, who was Observer staff running unattached. Updike's Eastern Oregon Univertime of 14 minutes, 17.28 secsity track and field athlete onds was less than a second IsaacUpdike ran the fastest behind Watson's time, and men's 5,000-meter race in the broke Damion Flores' school NAIA for the outdoor season record by just over one second. "That's a pretty good and set a new program record at the Willamette Inrecord to break, too," head

COLLEG ETRACICAND FIELD coach Ben Welch said."Going into the race he was looking at running around a 14:40, but I thought he was probably ready to run a little faster than that. As the race unfolded, he really started cranking it up the last 2-r/2 laps. His time actually ranks as the 19th-best time in all college divisions presently."

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of 4 minutes, 52.30 seconds. The senior also took seventh in the 400, placed ninth in the decathlon and finished10th in the 110-meter hurdle race.

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Updike was one of three Mountaineers to reach an'A' national automatic qualifying mark on the day. Ryan Rosenau placed third in the men's 400 hurdles to hit the 'A' standard. The junior clocked a time of 53.65 seconds in the race, which put him second on the all-time list for Eastern. His time is thesecond fastest time in the Cascade Collegiate Conference this year. Rosenau also placed fourth in

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the 110 hurdles and fikh in the long jump. "Ryan had a really good day,"Welch said."His 400 hurdle mark was his best performance of the day, by far. It was almost a second improvement on his previous best." Harley McBride was the third Eastern athlete to reach the automatic qualifying mark. The sophomore won the women's high jump by clearing 5 feet, 6-r/2 inches, SeeMounties/Page 2C

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DONNIETYNDALL:The University ofTennessee firedTyndall following one season as the men's basketball head coach after details of un-

career high in points in the Sweet 16, Wisconsin's forward set a new career-best with 27 points, including five second-half 3-pointers, ethical activities at Southin the Badgers' 85-78 Elite 8 ern Miss were revealed in win over Arizona Saturday. an NCAA investigation.

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Hgersonenwitnmreellins • La Grande looks sharp in first action of season at tourney

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we accomplished everything we set out for," Griffin said. ''We gottoseesome good 10 runs in the first and four more in the second and never competition and we played looking back. The Tigers took some good games. Now we'll Observer staff advantage of six walks in the get into league play and fix The La Grande softbig first inning, with the big the bugs we need to." ball team went 3-1 at the Elgin/Imbler had its best blow a three-run triple by McLoughlin tournament Britney Bertrand. game in the opener with the during the weekend, scoring Avila and Blackman each eight-run victory over Stayton. The Ravens combined a lot of runs and giving head reachedbase four times again for La Grande, while for 12 hits and committed coach Lin Casciato an opClara Gambill chipped in portunity to get a good look just one error defensively. at his team. with two doubles. Miah Slater picked up the The veteran coach defiThe offense generated win as starting pitcher, going nitely liked what he saw. another big inning against four innings, with Karigan ''Wegottosee alotof Wilhelm closing out the fifth. Pasco. Already up 2-0 in the third, the first six Tigers Wilhelm was 3-for-4 with people play a lot of innings, and I was really happy with reached base on their way to three RBI. Slater, Whitney what I saw this weekend," posting 11 runs in the frame. Wilber, Savanna Mullarkey he said."I felt like we had a Bertrand had another and Christy Flippo all had huge game, reaching base RBI singles, with Darcie great weekend." The Tigers defeated Elgin/ five times and scoring each Kanoho adding a run-scoring Imbler22-3,Stayton 20-5 time, while Blackman again double. and Pasco, Washington, 20-1 went 4-for-5 and Avila colFollowing the Friday for their three wins, with the lectedthree more hitsto add afternoon loss to La Grande, lone loss coming to Scapto her big weekend. Elgin/Imbler next fell to Inside the pitcher's circle, poose, 3-1. Scappoose Saturday morning In their opener Friday, the Casciato mixed up his pitch- by four runs. 'They're a top-ranked Tigers fell behind the Ravens ers — Marissa Carson, 3-1 after a two-run home Breann Givens and Madyson team in 4A," Gri5n said run by Elgin/Imbler's Darcie Bell — to give them all the of Scappoose." Iwasreally Kanoho. La Grande stormed opportunity to see action, pleased with how we comback and grabbed the lead both starting and relievpetedatthatlevel.W e'reprobwith a four-run third before ing. He also rotated a lot of ably not going to see anything exploding for 13 runs in the like thatin our league." players around in the field, fourth inning. mixing up rotations and posiThe Ravens had six hits ''We went crazy. It was just tions to see who fit the best in the game, but committed in each role. three crucial errors and left prettycontagious,"Casciato "I did try kids all over said."The scorekeepers had a the bases loaded once and hard time keeping up. It was the place this weekend, runners on second and third and that's what preseason's just like a feast." base twice. ''We just couldn't capitalAt one point in the fourth about," he explained. inning, 12 batters in a row He is hoping that the ize," Gri5n said.'We hit the reached base for the Tigers. Tigers can take that momen- ball but we didn't hit it in the gaps." Brandy Blackman hit two tum into their home opener doubles and two singles to Tuesday against Pendleton. W ilber was 2-for-4 atthe "I really like the group of pace the La Grande offense plate, and Wilhelm and Jorwhile Kali Avila also had kids I'm working with. We dyn Anderson each had RBI two doubles and reached have a lot of youth and some base hits. basefour times astheTigers really good leadership," he In the finale, the Ravens pounded out 21 hits. said."I'm just seeing some re- ran out of gas, getting shutThe Ravens, meanwhile, ally good things happen this out by Baker/Powder Valley. finished with five hits but week with leadership and Elgin/Imbler could only made nine errors. people stepping up." muster one hit as a team, 'That wasn't going to work and committed six errors as Ravens go 1-3 at tourney Baker/Powder Valley scored against anybody," Elgin/Imbler head coach Dick GriSn As the only 3A team at nine runs on seven hits. said."La Grande, give them the McLoughlin tournament The gamegotaway from credit. They played well. I filled with 4A teams, Elgin/ the Ravens in the second was still pleased with how Imbler head coach Dick Grif- inning when their opponent we played over the first fin liked what he saw from scored sixruns. "Six errors is too many. couple innings. We played histeam despite a 1-3record. some quality innings early." The Ravens defeated Stay- You're not going to beat good In the lossto Scappoose ton, 11-3, in the first game teams with six errors," Gri5n Friday night, Avila and Addie Friday before falling to La SRld. Hagerman had the key hits Grande. On Saturday, Elgin/ Elgin/Imbler i1-5 overall) that led to the lone Tiger run. Imbler fell to Scappoose, 7-3, hits the field Friday for a La Grande's offense roared and Baker/Powder Valley, doubleheader in John Day 9-0. back to life Saturday mornagainst Grant Union/Day"It's like I told the girlsing against Stayton, scoring ville/Prairie City.

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Eastern suffers two sweeps on road in conference play Observer staff

The offense for Eastern Oregon University hit a pair of roadblocks over the weekend. The Mountaineers lost four games to Cascade Collegiate Conference opponents Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon University Friday and Saturday. Eastern fell Saturday to Southern 4-0 in the first game and 5-1 in the second game in Ashland, after losing to Tech 5-1 in the first game, and 7-5 in the second gameFridayin Salem. In the first game Saturday, the Raiders' starting pitcher Brianne Craig held the Mountie bats to just three hits in the shutout defeat. Eastern starting pitcher Lindsey Walchli held Southern's offense scoreless through the first two innings before surrendering an RBI double to Alexa Gonzalez in the third inning. The Raiders pulled away in the sixth inning, scoring three runs on five hits for the final runs of the game. Eastern's offense seemed to get going early in the second game, as Samantha Scott reached on a walk and Marisa Gonzalez singled to put two runners on base. But Southern starting pitcher Cheyenne Bricker was able

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Flyg and knotted the score at l-all. Tech used the long ball to takethe lead,getting a solo dinger in the second inning Baertsch Flyg and a two-run shot in the sixth inning off Walchli, who to escape the inning without sufferedthedefeat. giving up a run. The Mounties had their The game remained score- best offensive showing in the less until the bottom of the second game Friday with five third inning, when Southern runs on nine hits. Baertsch put two runs on the board went 2-for-4 with a two-run against Eastern starter Ash- homer and three RBI, and ley Driscoll on RBI hits. Flyg and Gonzalez each had After Southern plated two two hits. more in the fourth inning, The Owls took an early 2-0 Eastern scored its first run of lead before Baertsch's home the game in the sixth inning. run knottedthe score at2-all With one out, Shelby Baerin the fourth inning. Tech's tsch doubled and Gracie Flyg McKenzie Shrum hit a twofollowed with a two-bagger run shot in the fikh inning, ofher own, bringing pinchand Kayla Prock added a runner McKenna Michelsen three-run dinger in the sixth home to slice the lead to inning to take a 7-2 lead. 4-1. But Southern would Easterntried to stage a respond with two more runs comeback in the seventh inin the sixth inning to put the ning. With two outs and the game away. Eastern finished bases juiced, Baertsch hit an with seven hits in the game. RBI single, and Scott scored Andrea Roeder collected a off a Tech error to cut the team-high two singles. deficit down to three runs. The previous day, Eastern Flyg added an RBI single, equaled Tech in total hits but CeCe Pratt was retired to with six in the first game but end the attack. still lost by four runs. Flyg Easterni12-17 overall,3-9 went 2-for-3 with a double CCCl tries to break a sevenand Maryssa Santi added the game losing streak Tuesday only RBI base hit, a single in at home against The College the second inning that scored of Idaho in a doubleheader.

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ina ourset: ree o. see s ea inlto n • Gonzaga falls one step short of first Final Four The Associated Press

Gonzaga's offense stalled against Duke, and it cost the Bulldogs a trip to the Final Four. Kyle Wiltjer scored 16 points, but Gonzaga was held without a field goal for the fi nal6:37 ofSunday's 66-52lossto the top-seeded Blue Devils in the South Regional final. 'That was a tough way to end it with those empty possessions," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said."But by and large,those are the possessions that we've converted all year." Przemek Karnowski, who scored18 pointsand dominated inside in a win over UCLA in the regional semifinal, got into foul trouble and never really got into a rhythm, finishing with four points and five rebounds. ''We have all the confidence in the world that we belong in that Final Four," said Wiltjer, a transfer from Kentucky.'We just weren't able to get there. That's the tough thing about sports, somebody'sgotto lose.Hopefully we all learn from this." Justise Winslow and Matt Jones scored 16 points apieceforDuke i33-4l, which led 31-26 at halftime. Tyus Jones scored 15 points, and Jahlil Okafor had nine points and eight rebounds. The Blue Devils led by seven with about 7 V2 minutes left when Gonzaga i35-3l scored the next five points to close to 53-51 with under six to play. Wiltjer had a wide-open layup a few seconds later that would have tied the game, but he missed it. 'There were a lot of missed shots in that game and I missed it,"Wiltjer said of the shot. Winslow took over after that, scoring the next seven points to push Duke's lead to 60-51, all but wrapping up the victory for the Blue Devils. It was a difficult finish to Gonzaga's 17th straight appearance in the NCAATournament, its second trip to the Elite Eight and the first since 1999, which was the year before Few moved from an assistant to head coach. While stung by the loss, the Bulldogs were encouraged by their accomplishments this season. 'This is definitely not how we planned it to go," senior Byron Wesley said. "iButl we have so much to be proud of and no reason to hang our head. There's only been one other team to make it this far in Gonzaga history; tobe a partofhis-

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Duke and Gonzaga players go after a loose ball in their Elite 8 matchup in the South Regional final Sunday. tory at such a prestigious school is really something special." It was the final game for Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell Jr., who had both played at least135 games for Gonzaga. They were a combined 4-of-14 shooting for nine points. ''We accomplished a lot and obviously wanted to make it to the Final Four, but we can look back and be pretty happy with what we've been able to do," Pangos said.'We just fell a little short."

Spartans down Cards Senior guard Travis Trice scored 17 points and the seventh-seeded Spartans clamped down on defense to advance to their ninth Final Four, seven under coach Tom Izzo.

The Spartans i28-11l, who were nearly counted out of the tournament conversation in February, won for the 12th time in 15 games. It'sa run that included them knocking off second-seededVirginialast weekend and third-seeded Oklahoma in the regional semifinal on Friday. Michigan State advances to face Duke, the South Regional champion. Wayne Blackshear had 28 points for the Cardinals

i27-9l. The Spartans rallied from a 40-32 halfbme deficit to eventually build a 61-59 lead with 3:57 left, when Trice hit two free throws. The Cardinals rallied and had a chance to pull out the victory in regulation. Down 65-64, Mangok Mathiang hit one of two free throws with 4.9 seconds left. Michigan State took control in overtime, starting with Bryn Forbes hitting a 3-pointer 26 seconds in. After hitting 17 of32 attempts in the first half, Louisville managed to make six of its final 32.

Wildcats remain perfect Andrew Harrison made two free throws with 6 seconds remaining, and

a personal best in outdoors. It was a banner all-around Continued ~om Page1C day for the senior Simpson, who won the triple jump after entering the event at with laeap of45-9 '/4feet 5-2 '/2 feet. Her jump was and placed second in the the fourth-best in the NAIA long jump with a mark of 22-0 '/4 feet. this season. "He's a very focused "Between her indoor and outdoor season she's having young man right now," an excellent year,"Welch Welch said of Simpson. said of McBride."She's makIn all, 24 men and 13 ing good progressions.I'm women reached conferencevery pleased with that." qualifying marks for EastTwo Eastern athletes ern. On the women's side, reached the 'B' national Megan Sullivan finished provisional standard in the second in the 200 and 400, NAIA. Lucas Updike won and Kendall Current placed the second heat in the 5,000 fifth in the 100 and sixth with a time of 14:59.00. in the 200. Laura Dauz Travis Simpson moved finished fourth in the high into fourth on the outdoor jump with a personal-best high jump all-time list for mark of 5-4 '/2 feet. Eastern with a provisional In the 5,000 B heat, qualifying mark of 6-8 '/4 Rachel Roelle placed fourth, feet to win the event with with teammate Hailee

top-ranked Kentucky kept its unbeaten season and national title hopes intact with a 68-66 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night in the Midwest Regional final.

The Wildcats i38-0l advanced to the Final Four in Indianapolis next week, where they will meet topseeded Wisconsin, the West Regional champion. The third-seeded Fighting Irish i32-6l came within seconds of shocking the tournament's overwhelming favorite. Notre Dame wasn't done until Jerian Grant's double-clutch 3-pointer from the left corner was long. Kentucky, which had one other two-point game this season, is two wins from becoming the first undefeated champion since Indiana in

1976. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 25 points for Kentucky, which trailed for most of the second half. Zach Auguste scored 20 points, Steve Vasturia added 16 and Grant had 15 for the Fighting Irish, who were playing in their first regional final in 36 years.

Badgers overwhelm Cats Frank Kaminsky scored 29 points and Sam Dekker added a career-high 27 as the Badgers reached consecutive Final Fours for the first time in school history. The top-seeded Badgers

i35-3l denied the secondseeded Wildcats i34-4l a Final Four berth for the second straight year, having beaten them by one point in overtime in Anaheim a year ago when their seeds were reversed. Wisconsin heads to Indianapolis next week for another shot at Kentucky, which beat the Badgers by one point in the national semifinals last year. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Brandon Ashley scored 17 points each for the Wildcats, who once again failed to deliver a first-time Final Four appearance for coach Sean Miller. T J. McConnell added 14 points in his last college game.

Hollingsworth finishing in seventh place. Emma Kost placed eighth in the 400 hurdles and ninth in the 100 hurdles. Marta Stangel finished seventh in the shot put, and Liz Ayers placed 10th in the javelin. On the men's side, Gus Titus earned a fikh-place showing in the 3,000 steeplechase, and Jason Hendricks placed fifth in the hammer toss and sixth in the shot put. Tanner Yarbrough finished fifth in the discus while Logan Reardon placed sixth in the javelin. D.J. Pope finished eighth in the 100, and Philip Gravatt placed ninth in the 400. Next up for Eastern is the Washington vs. Oregon meet in Spokane, Washington, April 11.

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SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL NBA Standings

Duke 66, Gonzaga 52 MIDWEST REGIONAL

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Notre Dame 81, Wichita State 70 W L Pct GB Kentucky 78, West Virginia 39 y-Toronto 4 3 30 . 5 89 Regional Championship Brooklyn 32 4 0 . 4 4 4 10'/2 Saturday, March 28 Boston 3 2 41 . 438 1 1 Kentucky 68, Notre Dame 66 Philadelphia 18 5 6 . 2 4 3 25'/2 WEST REGIONAL New York 14 6 0 . 1 8 9 29'/2 At The Staples Center Southeast Division Los Angeles W L Pct GB Regional Semifinals z-Atlanta 5 5 18 . 7 53 Thursday, March 26 Washington 41 3 3 . 5 5 4 14'/2 Wisconsin 79, North Carolina 72 Miami 3 4 39 . 466 2 1 Arizona 68, Xavier 60 Charlotte 31 4 1 ,4 3 1 23'/2 Regional Championship Orlando 22 5 2 . 2 9 7 33'/2 Saturday, March 28 Central Division Wisconsin 85, Arizona 78 W L Pct GB FINAL FOUR x-Cleveland 4 8 27 . 6 40 At Lucas Oil Stadium x-Chicago 45 29 ,6 0 8 2 ' / 2 Indianapolis Milwaukee 3 6 37 . 493 1 1 National Semifinals Indiana 3 2 41 . 438 1 5 Saturday, April 4 Detroit 2 8 45 . 384 1 9 Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke (33-4), WESTERN CONFERENCE 3:09 p.m. Southwest Division Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (35-3), W L Pct GB 5:49 p.m. x-Houston 5 0 23 . 6 85 National Championship x-Memphis 5 0 24 . 6 7 6 '/2 Monday, April 6 San Antonio 47 26 . 644 3 Semifinal winners Dallas 45 29 .6 0 8 5 ' / 2 New Orleans 39 34 .534 11 NCAA Women's Northwest Division W L Pct GB Tournament Portland 4 7 25 . 6 53 All Times PDT O klahomaCity 42 3 2 .568 6 ALBANY REGIONAL Utah 32 4 1 ,4 3 8 15'/2 Regional Semifinals Denver 2 8 46 . 378 2 0 At Albany, N.Y. Minnesota 16 5 7 . 2 1 9 31'/2 Saturday, March 28 Pacific Division IJConn 105, Texas 54 W L Pct GB Dayton 82, Louisville 66 z -Golden State 60 13 .82 2 Regional Championship x-L.A. Clippers 49 25 .66 2 11'/2 Monday, March 30 Phoenix 38 3 6 . 5 1 4 22'/2 IJConn (35-1) vs. Dayton (28-6), 4 p.m. Sacramento 26 4 6 . 3 6 1 33'/2 SPOKANE REGIONAL L.A. Lakers 19 5 3 . 2 6 4 40'/2 Regional Semifinals x-clinched playolf spot At Spokane, Wash. y-clinched division Saturday, March 28 z-clinched conference Maryland 65, Duke 55 All Times PDT Tennessee 73, Gonzaga 69, OT

Saturday's Games

Charlotte 115, Atlanta 100 Chicago 111, New York 80 Golden State 108, Milwaukee 95 Utah 94, Oklahoma City 89 Portland 120, Denver 114

Sunday's Games Houston 99, Washington 91 Brooklyn 107, L.A. Lakers 99 New Orleans 110, Minnesota 88 Cleveland 87, Philadelphia 86 Miami 109, Detroit 102 L.A. Clippers 119, Boston 106 San Antonio 103, Memphis 89 Indiana 104, Dallas 99 Oklahoma City 109, Phoenix 97

Monday's Games L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Milwaukee atAtlanta, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 7 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Atlanta at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Miami, 5 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 7:30

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NCAA Men's Tournament All Times PDT EAST REGIONAL At The Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. Regional Semifinals Friday, March 27 Louisville 75, N.C. State 65 Michigan State 62, Oklahoma 58 Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Michigan State 76, Louisville 70, OT SOUTH REGIONAL At NRG Stadium Houston Regional Semifinals Friday, March 27 Gonzaga 74, IJCLA62 Duke 63, Utah 57 Regional Championship Sunday, March 29

Regional Championship Monday, March 30 Maryland (33-2) vs. Tennessee (30-5), 6 p.m. OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Oklahoma City Friday, March 27 Baylor 81, lowa 66 Notre Dame 81, Stanford 60

Regional Championship

Sunday, March 29 Notre Dame 77, Baylor 68 GREENSBORO REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Greensboro, N.C. Friday, March 27 South Carolina 67, North Carolina 65 Florida State 66, Arizona State 65

Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 South Carolina 80, Florida State 74 FINAL FOUR At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals

Sunday, April 5 Albany Champion vs. Spokane champion, TBA Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Carolina

(34-2), TBA National Championship Tuesday, April 7 Semifinal winners

HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pls GF GA x-Montreal 7 6 47 21 8 102 200 169 Tampa Bay 76 46 23 7 9 9 244 198 Detroit 75 40 2 3 12 92 220 206 Boston 76 38 2 5 13 89 201 196 Ottawa 75 37 2 6 12 86 218 203 Florida 76 35 2 6 15 85 190 207 Toronto 76 2 84 2 6 6 2 198 244 Bulfalo 75 20 4 7 8 4 8144 254 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pls GF GA x-N.Y.Rangers 75 47 21 7 101 228 177 Pittsburgh 7 6 4 2 23 11 95 210 190 N.Y. Islanders 77 45 27 5 9 5 235 215

Washington 76 41 25 10 92 223 188 Philadelphia 76 30 29 17 77 198 219 Columbus 7 5 3 6 35 4 7 6 207 232 New Jersey 76 31 33 12 74 168 194 Carolina 75 2 8 36 11 67 174 204 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA x-Nashville 7 7 47 22 8 102 220 188 St.Louis 75 4 6 2 2 7 9 9 228 186 Chicago 75 4 5 2 4 6 9 6 213 175 Minnesota 7 6 4 4 25 7 9 5 219 186 Winnipeg 76 3 9 25 12 90 215 201 Dallas 76 37 29 10 84 236 243 Colorado 75 3 5 28 12 82 205 209 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA x-Anaheim 7 8 49 22 7 105 227 216 Vancouver 7 5 43 27 5 9 1 215 203 Calgary 76 41 2 8 7 8 9 224 201 LosAngeles 75 37 24 14 88 200 188 San Jose 7 6 3 7 30 9 8 3 212 215 Edmonton 7 5 2 2 40 13 57 181 254 Arizona 76 2 34 5 8 5 4 160 252 x-clinched playolf spot All Times PDT

Saturday's Games

San Jose 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Nashville 4, Washington 3 Boston 4, N.Y. Rangers2 Anaheim 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2 Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 0 Toronto 4, Ottawa 3, OT Montreal 3, Florida 2, OT Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 Columbus 4, St. Louis 2 Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 1 Colorado 5, Bulfalo 3 Dallas 4, Vancouver3, OT

Saturday's Games Minnesota 7, Philadelphia 1 Miami 1, Houston 1, tie Pittsburgh 8, Toronto (ss) 3 Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 Boston 9, Tampa Bay 6 Baltimore 10, N.Y. Yankees 2 Atlanta 5, Toronto (ss) 3 N.Y. Mets 10, Washington 2 Chicago Cubs (ss) 18, Colorado 4 Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs (ss) 5 Cleveland 3, Milwaukee 2 Oakland 10, Chicago White Sox 4 San Diego 3, Texas 2 San Francisco 9, Seattle 8 Kansas City 10, Arizona 5 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 4

Sunday's Games Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 4, tie N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Minnesota 6, Baltimore (ss) 5 Washington 11, Miami 7 Boston3,Tampa Bay 2,10 innings N.Y. Yankees 7, Houston 0 Baltimore (ss) 4, Toronto 2 Cincinnati 8, L.A. Angels 6 L.A. Dodgers (ss) 10, Texas 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Kansas City 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 1 Oakland7, Milwaukee 0 San Francisco 11, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 9 San Diego 8, Seattle 5 Colorado 11, Arizona 10, 10 innings Colorado 2, Arizona 1

Monday's Games

Sunday's Games Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2, SO Washington 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4, Ottawa 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Detroit 4 Boston 2, Carolina 1, OT Calgary 5, Nashville 2 Anaheim 2, New Jersey 1 Chicago 4, Winnipeg 3

Monday's Games Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 5 p.m. LosAngelesatChicago,5:30 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 6 p.m. Buffalo atArizona, 7 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

Florida at Boston, 4 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 4 p.m. Tampa BayatToronto,4:30 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Oakland 18 9 .66 7 Kansas City 1 6 10 . 6 15 Boston 1 3 10 . 5 65 New York 1 5 12 . 5 56 Toronto 1 5 12 . 5 56 LosAngeles 1 3 11 . 5 42 Houston 10 9 .52 6 Tampa Bay 1 1 11 . 5 00 Minnesota 1 1 13 . 4 58 Cleveland 1 1 15 . 4 23 Baltimore 1 1 16 . 4 07 Seattle 1 0 15 . 4 00 Chicago 9 14 . 391 Texas 9 14 . 391 Detroit 1 0 16 . 3 85 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct LosAngeles 15 8 .65 2 New York 1 6 11 . 5 93 Cincinnati 1 3 10 . 5 65 Pittsburgh 1 3 10 . 5 65 San Diego 1 4 11 . 5 60 Colorado 1 5 12 . 5 56 St. Louis 1 1 10 . 5 24 Miami 1 2 11 . 5 22 Arizona 1 4 13 . 5 19 Atlanta 1 2 14 . 4 62 Milwaukee 1 1 13 . 4 58 Washington 1 0 12 . 4 55 Chicago 1 2 15 . 4 44 Philadelphia 1 1 14 . 4 40 San Francisco 9 19 .321 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. All Times PDT

Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Atlanta vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10:10 a.m. Colorado vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Toronto vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Boston vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Charlotte, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:07 a.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Colorado vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Seattle vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m. Texas (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Oaklandvs.L.A.Angels atTempe, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Houston vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

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144.6 rating, 0 points, $51,336. 2. (13) MattCrafton, Toyota, 258, 130.2, 43, $31,542. 3. (4) Erik Jones, Toyota, 258, 119.6, 42, $25,488. 4. (9) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 258, 107.6, 40, $19,518. 5. (7) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 258, 91.2, 39, $18,458. 6. (11) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 258, 97.7, 0, $16,574. 7. (15) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 258, 75.7, 37, $14,158. 8. (5) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 258, 83.4, 36, $16,352. 9. (19) Matt Tifft, Toyota, 258, 84.1, 35, $16,297. 10. (21) Justin Boston, Toyota, 258, 72.4, 34, $17,191. 11. (3) Cameron Hayley, Toyota, 258, 101.2, 33, $16,186. 12. (14) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 258, 64.9, 32, $16,046. 13. (26) Ray Black Jr., Chevrolet, 258, 58.2, 31, $15,990. 14. (18) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 258, 65.6, 30, $15,935. 15. (6) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 258, 91.6, 29, $16,252. 16. (2) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 258, 90.1, 29, $15,769. 17. (12) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 257, 59.7, 27, $13,663. 18. (17) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 257, 67.7, 26, $15,658. 19. (22) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, 257, 52.5, 25, $15,602. 20. (10) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 257, 63.1, 24, $16,019. 21. (23) Caleb Holman, Chevrolet, 257, 47.1, 23, $13,241. 22. (20) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet,

TRAN SACTION S Sunday BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reassigned OF Dariel Alvarez, INF Chris Parmelee and RHP Chaz Roe to their minor league camp. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Josh Tomlin to Columbus (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS — OptionedRHP Jake Buchanan, C Max Stassi and 3B Matt Dominguez to minor league camp. Reassigned RHP James Hoyt, INF Gregono Petit, SS Carlos Correa, LHP Dann Downs and C Tyler Heineman to minor league camp. NEW YORK YANKEES — Released RHP Scott Baker. Optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell and OF Ramon Flores to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reassigned RHPs Kyle Davies and Nick Rumbelow, Cs FranciscoArcia and Kyle Higashioka, INFs Cole Figueroa and Jonathan Galvez, OF SladeHeathcottand LHP Jacob Lindgren to their minor league camp. Agreed to terms with RHP Jared Burton on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Chris Bassitt and OFAlex Hassan to Nashville (PCL). Reassigned C Luke Carlin and INFs Max Muncy and Andy Parrino to their minor league camp. SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned LHP Roenis Elias and RHP Carson Smith to Tacoma (PCL). Reassigned LHP Joe Saunders, C John Baker, OF Endy Chavez, INFs Shawn O'Malley and Carlos Rivero and RHPs Mark Lowe, Jordan Pries and Kevin Correia to their minor league camp. TEXAS RANGERS — Released RHP Mitch Atkins and OF Ryan Ludwick. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed 1B Andy Wilkins off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to

Buffalo (IL).

Kroger250 Saturday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length:.526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 258 laps,

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256, 49.7, 23, $13,213. 23. (27) Korbin Forrister, Chevrolet, 255, 36.5, 21, $15,436. 24. (31) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 250, 29.8, 20, $14,130. 25. (30) Tommy Regan, Chevrolet, 248, 29.1, 19, $14,197.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES — Released LHP James Russell. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHPs Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez and Hector Neris to Lehigh Valley (IL). Reassigned C Koyie Hill, INF Chris McGuiness and Chris Nelson and RHP Paul Clemens to their minor league camp. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Reassigned RHP Curtis Partch to their minor league camp. ST. LOUIS CARDIANLS — Optioned C Ed Easley, INF Dean Anna and 1B Xavier Scruggs to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned INF Jacob Wilson to their minor league camp. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEWYORK KNICKS — SignedG Ricky Ledo to a second 10-day contract. HOCKEY

National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F Carter Sandlak from Florida (ECHL) to Charlotte (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with F Kyle Rau on an entry-level contract and assigned him to San Antonio

(AHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Wheeling RW Patrick McGrath two games and CincinnatiF David Pacan one game. MISSOURI MAVERICKS — AddedG Brandon Jaeger as emergency backup. Signed F Brett Stovin. SOCCER

Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS — Loaned M Nick Besler, G Jake Gleeson, Ds Taylor Peay and Andy Thoma and F Schillo Tshuma to T2 (IJSL). COLLEGE DEPAIJL — Named Dave Leitao men's basketballcoach. TEXAS — Fired men's basketball coach Rick Barnes.

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Gamecocks, Irish advance The Associated Press

NASCAR

Ridgeway, Va. Lap length:.526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500 laps, 134.7 rating, 47 points. 2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 114.8, 43. 3. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 121.8, 42. 4. (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 112.9, 41. 5. (20) David Ragan, Toyota, 500, 96.2, 39. 6. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 96.1, 39. 7. (16) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 500, 86.8, 37. 8. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 128.9, 38. 9. (4) JeffGordon, Chevrolet, 500, 104, 36. 10. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 97.3, 34. 11. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500, 96.4, 34. 12. (18) AricAlmirola, Ford, 500, 82.5, 32. 13. (30) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 86.4, 31. 14. (26) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 84.2, 31. 15. (24) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 500, 77.8, 29. 16. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 500, 73.6, 0. 17. (11) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 500, 98.8, 28. 18. (36) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 500, 63.5, 26. 19. (25) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 71.8, 25. 20. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 500, 82.1, 25. 21. (34) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 500, 57.3, 0. 22. (37) Cole Whitt, Ford, 499, 52.6, 22. 23. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 499, 66.5, 21. 24. (35) Chris Buescher, Ford, 499, 48.6, 0. 25. (29) David Gilliland, Ford, 499, 58.2, 19.

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GREENSBORO, N.C.— Tiffany Mitchell scored seven ofher 21 points in the final 2 minutes and South Carolina beat Florida State 80-74 Dn Sunday in the GreenSbOrO Regional final for its first Final Four berth in program history. South Carolina will face Notre Dame Dn April 5 in Tampa, Florida. Alaina CoateS finiShed With 14 POintS, A'ja Wilson added 10 and Asia Dozier hit four free throws in the final 20 seconds for the tDP-Seeded GameCDCks(34-2). Playing frOm behind fOrmOStOfthe day, they shot 61 percent while rallying to win

Notre Dame 77, Baylor 68 LindSay Allen SCOred 23 POintS to helP top-seeded Notre Dame beat Baylor in the regional final for a spot in its fifth consecutive Final Four. Allen, who scored a career-high 28 points in the regional semifinal victory over Stanford Dn Friday, followed that by making 10 of 16 shots and adding seven assists. Michaela Mabrey scored 14 points and Jewell Loyd added 13 points for the Fighting Irish (35-2). They have won 21 straight.

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The Portland Trail Blazers are beginning to regain their health, and the results are showing as they inch closer to their firSt diViSiOn title in six years. LaMarcus Aldridge had 32 pointsand 11 rebotmds, and Portland beat the Denver NuggetS 120-114 Dn Saturday night for its third consecutive victory. The Blazers increased their

PaSt four dayS. Any anxiety about blowing a big lead in the standings to Oklahoma City seems all but gone as the Blazers' magic number to clinch the division title is four. Now it is Portland playing with confidence during an important part of the season. "These things are important, playing forplayofF seeding and playing well in general," Blazers guard Ar-

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6V2 games over second-place Oklahoma City, which lost to Utah 94-89. The Blazers have 10 games remaining in the regular season, and the Thunder have nine. Less than a week ago, Portland briefly lost Aldridge, Nicolas Batum and Chris Kaman to injuries, adding to

"Every win is a confidence booster and a momentum gainer for us. We all want to be Playing Our beSt baSketball here in a few weeks." Alfhlo scored 21 Points, Batum added 15 and Kaman 14 for the Blazers. Portland ShOt56 PerCent (48 Of85)

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the plate," he said."They've got some history behind them that they've got to keep upwith.W e'rehoping our hitting comes around and we play some good defense. That's what we'll have to rely on." Kendal Kreutzer and Mackenzie Gray join Williams as juniors who expect to start ,and sophomores Darby Gassett and Becca Bateman will play big roles. Enterprise/Joseph/Wallowa begins league play Friday at Nyssa.

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Imbler boys basketball head coach Mike Mills, in black, is stepping down after five years at the helm of the program. During his tenure, the Panthers reached the state playoffs four times. 'The players, parents and community have been really goodforme. It'sbeen a positive relationship," he said. The people involved is what also, Lowe said, led to a lotofthesuccess. "A bigpart ofthatis being surrounded by goodkids,good athletes, great coaches and a great

either way could have changed the outcome." In the decisive inning, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii's Tehya Ostrom led ofFwith a single to right field ofFof Union/ Cove pitcher Jenna Monson. Rebecca Roe then reached on an error, and Bailey Weinke dropped down a bunt and reached first, loading the bases with no outs. Monson knocked down a line drive from Sara Weinke and tossedtheballtocatcher Carsyn Roberts to get the first out at home, but Staci Fitzpatrick came through with the clutch hit on the ensuing at-bat, roping an 0-2 pitch into the right-center field gap to plate two runs and give the Rockets a 5-3 lead. Madison Dave followed with an RBI single to stretch the lead to three before Monson got out of the inning. The Lady Cats immediately put themselves in position to get back in the game. Ashten Wright opened the inning with a walk, and after Roberts cracked a double, the Rockets chose to intentionally walk Keesha Sarman, loading the bases with no one out. But Ostrom, who pitched a complete game for Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii, shut down any comeback hopes as she proceededto strikeoutTaylor Baremore, Kindra Moore and Delanie Kohr in succession to seal the win. 'That was a great ball game. Bottom line is we failed to execute right at the end," Union/Cove head coach Paul Phillips said.aWe went up to the bat and we just didn't get itdone.That' sagood ballclub. Itwas a greatballgame." Ostrom also wiggled out of a bases-loaded, nobodyout jam in the bottom of the seventh to send the game to extra innings tied at 3-all. Moore walked, Kohr reached

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