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By Kelly Ducote

The Observer

La Grande City Though a presentation Coun c ilor for a proposed downtown La K e lly McGee Grandegrocerystoreseemed will soon well-received, there is much a t t end her to bedone beforetheproject last meeting isapproved forfunding. as a local The Urban Renewal elected Agency heard a presentation o ff icial. from developer Al Adels- P a ge 2A berger Monday night. He is

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requesting $500,000 to help establish La Grande Family Foods with grocer Troy Berglund, owner and operator of Mt. Joseph Family Foods in Wallowa County. While public comments at the work session indicated there is support for funding the project, Urban Renewal SeeDetails / Page5A

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A sign is already up warning drivers that the westbound Interstate-84 on-ramp at exit 259 will close April 21 for the construction season. The closure is needed for Oregon Department ofTransportation to continue work on a three-year project to improve 1-84 from La Grande to the Kamela interchange at exit 246.

• Bicyclists prohibite d from ridingon interstate during construction By Kelly Ducote

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The westernmost on-ramp for Interstate 84 in La Grande will soon close for the construction season. Oregon Department of Transportation officials say the westbound on-ramp at exit259 isexpected toclose April 21 through the fall. The closure is due to the ongoing, multi-year freeway improvement project between the Second Street undercrossing inLa Grande and the Kamela interchange at exit

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Crews work on a median barrierThursday afternoon. Median work is one of several things being addressed in a $43 million, multi-year project along 1-84. 246.The projectbegan last year and includes resurfacing the left lane with new asphalt, placing concrete in the right lane, replacing median

barriers, repairing bridges, improving chain-up areas and constructing a westbound truck climbing lane along the Spring Creek grade.

"Because the freeways will be reducedto a single lane of travelto accommodate improvements to the westbound truck chain-up area near the Union County Fairgrounds, there won't be enough room for trafllc to safely merge from the exit 259 westbound on-ramp," said Ken Patterson, ODOT project leader.aWe'll need to close this on-ramp during the 2014 and 2015 construction seasons." Because of the construction, bicyclists will not be permitted on the freeway between milepost 252, near Hilgard State Park, and exit 261. Cyclists should ride an alternate route via Highway 204 or Highway 82, or ridethe freetransitshuttle SeeODOT / Page 5A

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WASHINGTON — Here's more fallout from the health care law: Until now, customers could walk into an insurance office or go online to buy standard health care coverage any time of year. Not anymore. Many people who didn't sign up duringthe government'sopen enrollment period that ended Monday will soon find it difficult or impossibletogetinsured thisyear, even if they go directly to a private

company and money is no object. For someit'salready toolate. With limited exceptions, insurers are refusing to sell to individualsaftertheenrollment period for HealthCare.gov and the state marketplaces. They will lock out the young and healthy as well as the sick or injured. Those who want to switch plans also are affected. The next wide-open chance to enroll

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EOU graduate nominated for top acting honor • Emily Nash is a finalist for the Irene Ryan Award By Dick Mason The Observer

Emily Nash, an actress with deep La Grande roots, is six minutes from an acting pinnacle. A graduate student at the University of Idaho, Nash is one of 16 finalists for the Irene Ryan Award, named for the actress who portrayed "Granny" on the CBS TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies." Few if any collegiate See Nash / Page5A

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014

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TODAY Today is Friday, April 4, the 94th day of 2014. There are 271 days left in the year.

TODAY HIGHLIGHT

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• EOU enters agreement with state parks By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

IN HISTORY On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. (James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming he'd been the victim of a setup.)

TODAY INHISTORY In 1818, Congress decided the flag of the United States would consist of13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state of the Union. In 1841, President William Henry Harrison succumbed topneumonia one month after his inaugural, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office. In 1864, in a letter to Kentucky newspaper editor Albert G. Hodges, President Abraham Lincoln wrote, "I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me." In 1949, 12 nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" in Nashville for RCA Victor. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roared into orbit on its maiden voyage. (It was destroyed in the disaster of Jan. 1986.)

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Eastern Oregon University u, and Oregon State Parks and Recreation are bringing kids and nature together for a unique learning experience. Representativesfrom the university and parks signed an agreement Wednesday toprovidenaturalresource learning opportunities for Oregon high school students. The Cottonwood Crossing Summer Institute will pair students and high school teachers, serving as advisers, with college students and faculty for an experience to not only bring kids to the park, but to introduce them to college-style learning, said Eastern senior Michelle Mudder. By 2015, Mudder said, the university intends to have a pilot program in place. "It's a greatopportunity for high school students who aren't geared toward college," she said."It will be a classroom without walls." University faculty will Caurtesy phato be on hand at the institute Cottonwood Crossing State Park on the John Day River will provide natural resource along with college interns to learning opportunities after representatives of Eastern Oregon University signed an help teach in the field, MudagreementWednesday with the state parks department. der said. Cottonwood Crossing is the other. This memorandum of long lasting and assures the will go to building and fundsecondlargeststate park and understanding opens those organizations are commiting an Experience Center the newest, opening last Sep- gates," he said. ted to a worthwhile project," where students and instructember. It is a former ranch Through natural resources outgoing EOU President Bob tors will live in the summer. located on the John Day River and education, Jones said the Davies said. The facility will also serve among wheat fields between agencies can find common Engaging high school stuas avisitorsand education Condon and John Day, said groun(l. dents about the possibilities center and grange hall for "It leads to appreciation, Chris Havel of the communiof acollegedegree isanother the community of Condon. cationsand research division better management and goaloftheagreement,Davies Hoffnagle said the idea is of state parks. stewardship of the land," said, which can help with the togetthe programs and posRandy Jones of the Jones said. college' srecruitment. sibilities out in front of the Eastern Oregon Regional Jones said the Regional John Hoffnagle of the Orpublic first. ''We want to have the conSolutions Center said the Solutions Centers around egon Parks Foundation was agreement strengthens the state are strategically a signer of the MOU along gregation before the church," relationships between higher placedon collegecampuses to with Havel and Davies. The he said. education and a state agency. encourage economic decisions Foundation is a fundrais"One of the things the that can be supported by the ing arm for the state parks ContactKaty Nesbitt at 541-786-4235or knesbittC centerdoes isgetagencies state. system. To get to where the "The MOU makes the to collaborate. The public exuniversity wants to go with lagrandeobserver.com.Follow pectsagencies totalk to each relationship systemic and the institute, money raised Katyon Twitter 0 IgoNesbitt.

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• City councilor will attend final council meeting on April 16 By Kelly Ducote The Observer

La Grande City Councilor Kelly McGee will soon attend her last meeting as a local elected offIcial. She submitted a letterofresignation to the city Monday. "I have decided to take a job offer outsidethe area,itis a great opporMcGee tun i ty," the letter says. "It has been an incredible experience serving with you. I have Strope lea rned so much, which will enrich my life forever." McGee has served on the city council since 2008. Because the primary filing deadline has passed, officials are unsure how the vacancy will be filled. "I'm not sure about the timing in terms of getting the position on the ballot in November," said City Manager Robert Strope. ''We'll figure that out by the April meeting." McGee's final meeting will be April 16.At that time, Strope said, the staff will lay out options. He noted that there are variousprovisions for replacing a councilor. The vacancy could createa problem asthe city looks to make a decision on whether it will help fund a downtown grocery store. With only six councilors, a tie vote could be possible.

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MARKETS Wall Street at noon: • Dow Jones averageDown 50 points at I6,523 Broader stock indicators: • SBtP 5001ndex — Down I'I points at I,878 • Tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index — Down 84 points at 4,'I53 • NYSE — Down 44 points at 'I 0,555 • Russell — Down 27 points at I,'I54 Gold and silver:

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GRAIN REPORT Soft white wheat — April $7.58; May, $7.58; June, $7.5'I Hard red winter — April, $8.65; May, $8.60; June, $8.64 Dark northern springApril, $8.84; May, $8.79; June, $8.73 Barley — April, I7'I — Bids prtsnded hy Island City Grain Co.

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BAKER CITY — A Baker City couple, who have traveled the world and thought they'dfi gured outhow to keepthemselvessafe,are still shaken by a scheme they narrowly escaped when they landed at the Lima, Peru, airport in January. Wayne and Linda Wall had planneda month-long vacation that included visits to Lima, Peru's capital and largest city, with a population of nearly 10 million people; Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire; the Sacred Valley of the Inca; and Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Inca, which was rediscovered in 1911. The Walls flew to Lima on Jan. 28,the beginning of a South American tour that also included visits to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands. It was 10:30 p.m. when they arrived in Lima. And what happened next still makes them shudder. The Walls said that immediately upon leaving airportcustoms, they spotted a young man dressed in a suit and tie holding a printerproducedsign bearing their names. Little did they know this man was an imposter and who, working with others, had planned to take them by taxi to asecluded area,rob them and themdump them outon

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the streets — with no identification, passports or moneytofendforthemselves. ''We were tired and in a strange city," Linda said.'We were lambs being taken to the slaughter." The well-dressed young man who greeted them imm ediately asked to see their passports, which in retrospect, Linda believes,wa sa ploy to discover where they were keeping the documents. Theirescortcalled to another man standing nearby with a luggage cart, and instructed the Walls to pile theirbags ontoit. The two men then led the couple toward an exit where they were told they would board a green taxi to be taken to their hotel. Just before leaving the airport, Linda happened to

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look over and saw a young man with a sign bearing the name of the tour company they would be spending the next five days with. She acknowledged the casually dressed young man, who was wearing a shirt with the name of the tour company embroidered on it. And he immediately flipped hissign overtorevealthe Walls' names again. When they told him that they were the people named on his sign, he immediately ducked under the rope holding the crowd back and began running after the man leading them out of the airport. Wayne, who speaks Spanish, said their legitimate tour guide was yelling, 'Who are you? What are you doing? These are my people." The suited man immediately backed ofFand explained that he had made a mistake. In the meantime, the Walls were yelling at the man in the lead who was pulling the cartcarrying theirluggageand identification papers and

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"Thank God he stopped," she added.'We were creating a ruckus at this point, it was all happening like a blur." The Walls hate to think what would have happened if the second young man waiting for them hadn't caught Linda's eye about 30 seconds before she and her husband were to have stepped out the door and into the waiting taxi cab. ''We feel compelled to let people know this," Linda said."It was a scheme — a slick scheme — and we are not novice travelers." The couple are haunted by the many unknowns of why they were targeted and how the two men got their names to devise their plan. "Don't be naive," Linda advises others.

ContactKelly Ducote at 541-786-4230or kducote C lagrandeobserver.com. Follow KellyonTwitter @IgoDucote.

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O iCim SOCOnSi ermmriuana ax ByVickieAldous Ashland DailyTidings

Ashland will consider taxing both medical marijuana and — if it becomes legalrecreational marijuana. Earlier this week, an Ashland City Council majority voted to ask city staff to develop a proposal to tax medical and recreational marijuana kom retail grow sites through sales locations. Staffwill develop options forcouncilconsideration and potential adoption.

"I'm very interested in learning more about this concept," said Councilor Rich Rosenthal, noting that the council may not necessarily vote to approve a marijuana tax. Councilor Dennis Slattery was the lone councilor voting againstthemove to ask staff to research the issue and develop a proposal. "I have a reaction to taxing somethingwe'velabeled asbeing a medical supply," he said. Slattery also noted that

recreational marijuana is not yet legal in Oregon. Recreational marijuana legalization advocates are gatheringsignatures statewide and may qualify several legaliz ation measures forthe November ballot in Oregon. Ashland already has a 5 percent sales tax on prepared food and beverages, known as the meals tax, which helps fund its sewage treatment and parks systems. Mike Welch, owner of Puff's Smoke Shop on Ashland

of medical marijuana alone, Welch estimated, based on his current sales volume. Ifrecreational marijuana is legalized, Welch estimated his shop could generate another $35,000 in sales taxrevenue for Ashland. He said he doesn't know if all potential dispensary owners would support a tax. He said he also can only comment kom his retail sales perspective, not kom the perspective of a grower. In speaking with custom-

ers, Welch said they generally supporta salestax aslong as they know it would go to the city and be spent locally. Meanwhile, the City Council has imposed a limited moratorium on medical m arijuana dispensariesthat temporarily blocks dispensaries kom opening in the downtown business district and in employment zones within 100 feetofresidentialareas. The council allowed dispensaries in employment zones on arterial streets.

date and discussion will take Register online at artcenterlagrande.org, by calling place about the laws that help.org. govern livestock districts. The 541-624-2800 or in person 'This program will help lo- meeting is open to the public. kom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. cal homeowners stay in their Tuesday through Saturday LHS Class of 1957 homes so they can focus on at the Art Center at the Old meets for lunch Library, 1006 Penn Ave. recovering from the diffIcult The La Grande High School economic times we have been Class teaches how experiencing," said Debbie Class of1957 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the to dress for success Votaw, housing manager of Community Connection of Flying JTravel Plaza. Dressingfor Success Northeast Oregon Inc."There presented byAnne Manlove Two classes coming and Fiona Nevin kom Oregon are no plans to further extend this program or other soon to Art Center State University and hosted Wheel Throwing Basics for by the Union County 4-HAmassistancefunds available at this time, so it is important Adults and Painting for Fun bassadors, will take place kom 10 a.m. to noonApril 12 at the to apply during one of these classesare attheArtCenter remaining cycles." Union County Extension Ofat the Old Library soon. For more information In Wheel Throwing, stufice, 10507 McAlister Road. The class isforolderyouths about how to apply, see dents will learn the basics for the program page at www. throwing a pot. All supplies and adults. Those attending oregonhomeownerhelp.org or are included. will learn to utilize elements of call Votaw at541-963-3186. One class will be held line and design to compliment Homeowners without Interon Tuesdays, one class on body shape and color. They will also learn which colors net access can visit ComWednesdays. munity Connection of Union The Tuesday class takes are most flattering for them County at the La Grande place on seven Tuesdays, personall y towear.Costis$10. offIce, 2802Adams Ave. starting April 8, and runs To RSVP, call 541-963-1010 kom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. School presents The Wednesday class takes Colloquium features spring program storytelling projects place on seven Wednesdays, COVE — The Grande starting April 9, and runs Aaron Thornburg, assiskom 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. tantprofessorofanthropolRonde Mennonite School will presentits spring program at Cost is $100 for Art Center ogy, will share his experi7 p.m. Tuesday. Refieshments members and $110 for nonence incorporating digital will be served following the members. storytelling in the classroom In Painting for Fun, for the next colloquium program. Everyone is welcome. Find the school at 69371 visiting artist Whitney Freya Thursday. "Digital Storytelling in the Lantz Lane in Cove. will connect life and art for Anthropology Classroom: students with her no-fail Union County acrylic painting workshops. Potential Problems and Cattlemen meet All supplies are included. Pedagogical Promise,"begins at 4 p.m. in Ackerman Hall, ISLAND CITY — Union One session of the class Room 210 at Eastern Oregon County Cattlemen will meet takes place kom 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 10. University. A reception with at 7p.m. Monday attheAg Service Center in Island City. The other session of the time for questions and anJennifer Isley from the Farm classtakes place kom swers will follow. Services Agency will attend 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 17. Examples of digital story to give an update on the new Costforeach classis$50 projects produced by stuFarm Bill and how it impacts for Art Center members and dents in Thornburg's class on livestock producers. An upMedia, Self and Society will $55 for non-members.

be screened. He will discuss problems faced and what he viewstobe pedagogical benefits, as the practice of using digital media production sofbvareto createvideo projects is increasingly utilized in colleges and universities around the country. A list ofrelated resources providedby Pierce Library is available for more in-depth information on this topic. Visit libraryeou.edu/col loquium. To be added to the colloquium mailing list, call

Street and theoperatorof the Siskiyou Medical Supply marijuana dispensary inside the shop, said he supports the idea of a medical marijuana sales tax. 'Tm absolutelyin favor of it," said W elch ashe paused brieflyin between rushing to help customers. He said a 5 to 10 percent salestax could generate revenueforcity coffers. A 10 percent tax would generate about $40,000 annually fiom his shop's sales

LOCAL BRIEFING From stag reports

Union County Nile Clubmeets Monday Union County Nile Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Golden Harvest Restaurant. Officers will be installed.

event includes kee admission and lightrekeshments. There will be displays only, and no vendors or awards. For more information, call Julie

Quebbeman at 541-910-8171 or Karen Kevan at 541-962-

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Retirement residence Parent Night set for sets rummage sale incoming freshmen Grande Ronde Retirement Residence is having a rummage sale kom 1 p.m. to 4p.m.Sunday atthe Friendship Room. Find the sale at 1809 Gekeler Lane.

Review of language arts material set A public review of K-12 languageartsproposedmaterials will take place kom 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Willow Elementary gym, 1305 N. Willow St.

La Grande High School will host a Parent Night for next year's incomingkeshmen at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdayin the LHS Commons. The eventis open to all eighth-grade students and their parents. Coaches and club advisers will be present to answer questions about exlracurricular activities kom 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. A general, informational meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

Apply soon for Home Rummage, bake sale Rescue Program set April 11-12

WALLOWA — A rummage and bake sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 11 and kom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 12 at the Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center in Wallowa. Fry bread, Indian tacos, chili and pie will be served each day. The sale is a fundraiser for the 24th annual Tamkaliks powwow that will happen July 18-20. To donate items, call 541-886-3101.

Quilt show unfolds

April 12 in Island City ISLAND CITY — A quilt show will take place kom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 12 at the Island City Latter-day Saints church, corner of McAlister Lane and Cove Avenue. The

Homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments may be eligible for up to $20,000in assistance and

up to $10,000 to bring their mortgages current. There are only two cycles left to apply for the Home Rescue Program iApril 16 and April 30l. This program is designed to help Oregon homeowners avoid foreclosure by making their monthly mortgage payments for up to one year. To qualify, homeowners must be able to show at least a 10 percent reduction in current income compared to 2012 or 2013. An eligibility questionnaire, a complete list of qualification requirements and an application cycle schedule can be found on the

Home Rescue Program page at www.oregonhomeowner

541-962-3555.

Kindergarten round-up unfolds JOSEPH — Joseph Charter School will host a kindergartenround-up kom 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 16. It's a chance to learn about the all-day kindergarten program sponsored by the Joseph School District. Parents are invited to bring their children to meet the teachers, Alyse Shetler and Courtney Lyman. Immunization reconfs and a copy of the birth certificate are required to complete registration for kindergarten students.

Kids art show openingreception set A kids art show has an opening reception kom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave. Poverty Flats will play music. The show runs through April 24. The art center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Find the center on the Web at artcen terlagrande.org.

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Cited: Tyler Michael McDowell, 20, La Grande, was cited March 28 on a charge of minor in possession of alcohol. Arrested: Joshua Alan Johnson, 29, La Grande, was arrested Wednesday on a parole and probation detainer. He was addi-

tionally arrested, while lodged in the Union County Correctional Facility, on a Union County warrant charging failure to appear on original charges of driving under the influence and failure to register as a sex offender. Arrested: Rocky Ray Parson, 30, La Grande,was arrested Wednesday on a Union County

warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of telephonic harassment.

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE La Grande Fire and Ambulance crews responded to five calls for medical assistance

and one call for an illegal burn Wednesday. Crews responded to 10 call for medical assistance Thursday.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: JacobAltherr,30, unknown address, was arrested

Wednesday on a Union County Circuit Court warrant charging violation of a release agreement on an original charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. Arrested: Crystal Ann McKaig, 33, unknown address, was arrested Wednesday on a Union County warrant charging first-

degree forgery. Arrested: Charles Joseph-Ray Bilton, 18, La Grande, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct Wednesday. Gun shots:Gun shots were reported in the area of Gekeler Lane and Red Pepper Road Thursday night. Deputies were unable to locate them.

grandchildren and 23 nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Wilhelm; his brothers, Ray and Robert Wilhelm; and his parents, Clarence and Bernice Wilhelm.

Memorial contributions can be made to a charity of choice in care of Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande 97850. Online condolences may be made to the family at www. lovelandfuneralchapel.com.

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Annabel Carlsen, 93, of La Grande, died Tuesday at her home. Arrangements will be announced later by Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center.

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Janice Dale Dyer, 73, of Elgin, died Wednesday in Elgin. A full obituary will be published later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Jacqueline Grant La Grande

Nettie Downs, 93, of Union, died Thursday at Grande A celebration oflife for Ronde Hospital. A full obituJacqueline Grant will take ary will be published later. placeat3 p.m .April11 at Loveland Funeral Chapel & McKenzie Theater at EastCrematory will be handling ern Oregon University.

Roy Lewis Wilhelm, 82, of Elgin, died April 1 at his residence. A graveside service will be held at Summerville Cemetery at 2 p.m. Monday. Casual dress is requested. Mr. Wilhelm was born Nov. 17, 1931, in Mitchell, S.D., to Clarence and Bernice iMars-

National Guard. Retirement gave Roy plenty of time to enjoy life. Some of Wilhelm Ro y's hobbies included horses 4e was a member of the Appaloosa Horse Club) and hunting. He particularly en~oyed spending time with his grandkids. He is survived by his sons, Leo Wilhelm of Umatilla

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1vl e Much has been made of the east-west divide in Oregon politics. The battle of philosophies, to paintwith a broad brush,pitseastside conservative ranchers versus westside liberal cosmopolitans, and since the ranchers are outnumbered, they lose clout in Salem, the reasoning goes. Little has been said about the east-west divide in District 58. The district includes most of Umatilla County and all of Union and Wallowa counties. A large geographical barrier — the Blue Mountains — separates Umatilla County on the west from Union and Wallowa counties on the east. The Oregon House primary race to fill the seat being vacated by longtime representative Bob Jenson matches Cove businessman Greg Barreto and former Blue Mountain Community College President John Turner of Pendleton. Drive through Union County and you'll see a forest of signs for Barreto. Drive through Umatilla County and you'll see a forest of signs for Turner. An observer not knowing a political race was under way would come away aftr driving through the west side or the east side thinking it is a one-horse race. Not hardly. The candidates are running a spirited race, at least near their homes. Barreto, a Cove resident and headoftheUnion County-based Barreto Manufacturing, will face Turner in the Republican primary May 20. Democrat HeidiVan Schoonhoven,a La Grande business owner and Cove resident, has alsofi led torun fortheseat. Barreto said in a recent report in The Observer that he's hitting all the counties hard, not just focusing on the hometown vote, and here's hoping Turner is doing the same, especially now that the election is nearing. You might call it the Balkanization of Northeast Oregon. It's enough to give voters the ballot boxblues.Candidatesneed tobeaccountable to their whole districts, not just to the parts of which they are most familiar. They need to get out regularly, travel and meet the voters. In the coming month, let's hope the candidatesredoubletheireffortstopracticepeanut butter-and-jelly sandwich politics and get aroundtoallareasofthedistricttospread the w ord face tofaceon theirpoliticalviews .Let's hope more signs spring up in Umatilla County for Barreto and in Union and Wallowa counties for Turner. Voters who are hiring someone torepresentthedistrictdeservea chanceto seethatitisatwo-horseraceandtointerview them face to face and hear in person their views on the issues.

Support separation of church and hate he faxes poured in to the newspaper

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after year in a toxic stream: God hates fags. America lovesfags.God hates Americans. The hateful faxes came from the Rev. Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. It's the same Kansas church thatprotestsatsoldiers'funerals and once protested an Eastern Oregon University theater production, 'The Laramie Project," about the 1998 murder of a gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Now Phelps, 84, has died. An Internet reportthat therewould bea m assprotest at Phelps' funeral went viral. The report was bogus. There will be no funeral. But don't think that Phelps will go quietly into the after-life. Upon news of Phelps' death across all social media platforms, a new toxicstream emerged. Normally mild-mannered people — and a few screamers typing in all capsspewed venom toward Phelps and his ragtagband ofextremists.

And he lived them. He didn'tworry about political correctness or the rights ofevery subgmup under global warming. He didn't JEFF PETERSEN tiptoe on eggshells.Hegotoutasledgehammer and smashed that sucker flat. It'snotcertain ifthe toxicstream Perhaps these mean-spirited diatribeswere perpetrated byfolkswho of faxes to the newspaper will subside will watch all the epic Biblical-oriented now that Phelps is in the delicate situmovies coming out this year on the big ation of meeting his maker. I hope so. screen — "Noah,""Moses" and"Mary News is the Westboro Baptist Church Mother of Christ" among them — but crowd already has plans for its next hadn't bothered to read the book on protest. With time, though, maybe coolwhich these movies are based. After er heads will prevail and the church all, it's a big book. And it contains some information arm will realize that faxes heavy reading. as a means of communication esOne passage in that book, the bestsentially went out with film cameras, seller of all time, the"Bible," refers to landline phones and disco balls. Jesus asking people done wrong to turn IftheWestboro folksdo move ahead the other cheek. And that doesn't mean into social media, however, they're likely the one normally covered by pants. to find that planting toxic seeds will No ifs, ands or buts, Phelps was a result only in a large crop of rocks flying nasty man. He said a lot of mean stuf. their way. But ifhis opponents are mean and People are people, after all, and cooler nasty back, doesn't that mean they are heads are a rare commodity. stooping to his level, where you have to As Jesus would say, though, whoever roll down your socks to see? is without sin can go ahead and cast the Give Phelps credit. He had stmngbeliefs. first stone.

Your views Grigsby: Barreto campaign pledges vague, unworkable

get him "off message" and into the real world, in which Barreto Manufacturing To the Editor: represents a rare, long-term commitW ould-be staterepresentative Greg ment where business is a struggle and Barreto' scampaign received $30,000 everybreak ahedge against failure. from the enigmatic — to his supportMr. Barreto should be commended for ers —and notorious — to hisdetractors his business successes, but I suspect he — Loren Parks, according to uncurious realizes farm subsidies pay some bills. reporting in the Observer. Pending auHowever, hiscampaign pledges appear tumn formalities, registered Republicans vague, unworkable and hence insincere will soon choose our new representative. or naive. Itwon'tbejustregistered ReChoose carefully, if you want reprepublicans who endure the consequences sentation that recognizes distinctions of sending political inexperience and between business, economics and govideology to Salem, where extreme views ernment. Mr. Barreto promises growth wrapped in"common sense" rhetoric viarelieffrom the oppressiveburdens make more headlines than legislation. of taxes and regulation on businesses. Personal successdoesn'teasily translate Create jobs.Thelastverseofthistired into political effectiveness. song chronicled heroic efforts that made As fiscal conservatives say, the devil's the rich richer, the poor poorer, the stock in the details. Flush with a war chest, market riskier and unemployment hopefully Mr. Barreto can move beyond self-righteous symbolism. Who's not for higher. Mr. Barreto doesn't mention raising minimum wages. But he's taken families, small businesses and America? a bold stand on the Pledge of Allegiance Unfortunately, simplistic partisan in schools. He calls for 'free market" talking points don't solve complex choice to make overworked public school problems. Rookie politicians can't alter staffs work even harder for their — and arealit ywhere ruralresidents and thus your — shrinking dime. Does he their economies depend on government grasp the complex roles and untapped support. But there is evidence that Mr. potential of EOU as an economic engine Barreto is a quick study. From his webfor the region? Ask him. See if you can site: "Any federally mandated program

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Boe: Have we forgotten about 3eremiah Denton? To the Editor: Jeremiah Denton, a retired Navy rear admiral and former senator fiom Alabama, died on March 28. In 1965, his plane was shot down over North Vietnam. Denton was captured and spent the next 7-V2 years as a prisoner of war, including four years in solitary confinement. He was frequently tortured, sometimes to the point of unconsciousness. He displayed breathtaking courage and devotion to country and to his fellow prisoners that never wavered. He is truly an American hero who should never be forgotten. But have we already forgotten? Will his story be told in school classroomsorto ourchildren? Have they ever heard of Jeremiah Denton? If not, shame on us. Shame on us. Steve Boe La Grande

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Median barrier work is just one aspect of a multi-year Interstate 84 project slated to pick back up April 21. The project will close the westbound on-ramp at exit 259, the westernmost freeway on-ramp from La Grande.

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Emily Nash, front right, appears in a production of "Steel Magnolias" in Bellingham, Wash. Nash, 33, will represent a 10-state region in the lrene Ryan competition April 14-18 at the American CollegeTheater Festival at the Kennedy Center inWashington, D.C.

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La Grande. Nash was nominated for the Irene Ryan Award because ofher performance in a production of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night" at the University ofIdahoin 2013. Nash, 33, has been performing in plays since she Nash,33, will represent was about 8 and auditioning a 10-state for parts even longer. Nash region in the was 4 when she made her Irene Ryan first audition, one for a part competition as a munchkin in aaWizard Nash Ap r i l 14-18 at of Oz" production at EOU. the American She did not get the part. "I was disappointed, but it College Theater Festival at the Kennedy Center in did not stop me from pursuWashington, D.C. ing my love of theater," Nash All finalists will be judged sald. solely on how they perform Nash credits the theater two acting scenes with a part- experience she gained while ner and a monologue, all in gmwing upin LaGrande and a period of six minutes. The her time at Eastern with playperformances are ones Ryan ing an importantrole in her and the other finalists have success. Faculty who influbeen rehearsing for months. enced her at EOU indude theThe American College ater professor Ken Bush, who Theater Festival is a magitaught Nash the Constantin cal event, Nash said, one Stanislavski method of acting. thatbrings performers She also learned from Bush togetherwith a competitive that actingis not about putyet supportive environment. ting on a character. "It is a huge celebration "It is about staying as of college theater. It is a closetoyourselfasposcelebration of our work as sible by revealing parts of acting awards are more prestigious. "It is huge honor to be chosen (as finalist)," said Nash, who grew up in La Grande and is a 2003 Eastern Oregon University graduate.

help people. Somepeople in entertainment have large egos, but I never saw that in her," Curtis said. Nash has used what she has learned via her studies

Continued from Pcge1A Agency members were not clear on what they thought. aWe haven't really finalized whether we will put something for the council on the April meeting to see if they really want to proceed," said Charlie Mitchell, La Grande's community and economic development director."I think it would be a good idea to know if the council wants us to proceed." At issue is the fact that Urban Renewal funding assistance for projects is

will be disbursed upon completion of the project, City Manager Robert Strope said. At the meeting Monday night, Adelsberger said he wants to open the Market Place the right way. He said the upstairsportion ofthat project — which includes a restaurant, baker and wellness center — is set to open this summer.

Strope has said that this $500,000

request, ifapproved by the Urban Renewal Agency, would be disbursed in the form of a loan, which could convert to agrant ifcertain economic development cri teria are met. Before that decision is made, though, typically capped at $75,000. Opponents city staff will be working with the have also noted thatAdelsberger was developer to work out issues with the granted funds by the agency for his project. 'There are still lots of details to be Market Place project, which is yet unopened. In April 2011, he was awarded determined," Mitchell said.aWe really $65,000fortheproject.Ofthat,$39,862 don't know until we get a site plan. has beendisbursed fortheproject,acNothing he presented is flat-out imposcording to city documents. The balance sible, but there are certainly some

Continued from Page1A Bobiak of Frackville, Pa., said.aWe're a free country. You should be able to buy anything anytime you want." Those who act now may still be able to get in, depending on where they live. Following the lead of the government marketplaces, some companies are extending off-marketplace salesfor a week ora mo nth to help people who hit snags trying to enroll by this week's deadline. Rules vary from state to state. After those extensions, eligibility for coverage during 2014 is guaranteed only for people who experience certain qualifying life events, such as losing a job that

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in more than theater. She recently made three 30-second television commercials for Washington Trust Bank. "(Making a television commerciall requires a diferent skill set. It is a smaller, more intimate setting," Nash said. The time pressure is greater in commercial making than in theater. 'You have to respond to direction more quickly because your director and everybody is working on the clock," she said."I loved doing the work, but it is hard to watch myself on TV. It is a surreal experience." Nash, a single mom, is earning a master of fine arts degree at Idaho, while raising two children, performing in a production each semester and working as a theater instructor at the university. Nash does not know where her career will take her, but she is fairly certain she will stay in the Northwest. "I am a huge Pacific Northwest fan. I don't want to go anywhere," Nash said.

yourself in diferent circumstances," Nash said. Nash said she was also influenced significantly at Eastern by theater professors April Curtis and Mark Kuntz, who has since left EOU. Curtis, now a communications professor at Eastern, first worked with Nash when she was a high school student. "She was just amazing. Even then she was luminous on stage," Curtis said. Curtis remembers what it was like having Nash in an Acting I class. "She was probably the most creative person in the class. She had an ability to transform herself into just about anything," Curtis said. Curtis added that Nash is a remarkable makeup artist. "She can transform a face the way she can transform herself into a character on stage," Curtissaid. Curtis describes Nash as adelightfulperson tobe around and work with. "She is always looking to

will help alleviate some of these issues and keep traffic Continued ~om Page1A moving." The new and extended between the Arrowhead chain-up areas that are Truck Stop east of Pendleton part of the project will be and the La Grande Transit located near milepost 253.3 Center near exit 261. Bicycle and milepost 249. If funding detour information will be allows, illumination will be posted on the ODOT website added toseveralofthechainat www.tinyurl.com/odotup areas, according to ODOT. region5. The three-year project At the end of this construc- also includes adjustments tion season, drivers can exto the rock cut near milepect newly paved lanes and post259 to help reduce the upgraded median barriers. amount of debris falling ''What they11 be working on the freeway. Completed on this year is the paving upin 2013, the rock fall work grades," said ODOT spokeswas intended to widen an person Tom Strandberg."My existing bench part-way up understanding is thegl have the walland added a berm those completed this year." to catch falling materials. Concrete in the slow lane The changes also provide and asphalt in the fast lane more space for maintenance is what Strandberg called a crews toaccess the sitefor "black and white" highway. debris removal. "It's much more durable Travelers should expect than just the asphalt," he said. reduced speeds and lane reConstruction of a third strictions when construction westbound lane is also part begins later this month. of the $43 million project. The project is funded Completion of the third lane through several sources, will likely not occur until the according to ODOT. The Jobs end of the next construction and Transportation Act funds season. passed by the 2009 Oregon "The 6-percent Spring Legislature along with FedCreek grade is a historical eral Interstate Maintenance bottleneck on the freeway funds and transportation due to the slow speeds of safety and operation money commercial vehicles climbis being utilized by ODOT to ing the hill," Patterson said. completetheproject. "During winter weather, frequent spinouts have resulted Contact Kelly Oucote at 541-786-4230 or kducote C in freeway closures that can take severalhours to clear lagrandeobserver.com. Follow up. The new third travel lane Kelly on Twitter @IgoOucote.

provided insurance, moving to a new state, getting married, having a baby or losing coverage under a parent's health plan. The federal law doesn't prevent companies from selling policies to everyone all year. But insurers consider it too risky now that the law prohibits them from reject ing people in poor health. "If you didn't have an open enrollment period, you would have people who would potentially enroll when they get sick and dis-enroll when they get better," said Chris Stenrud, spokesman for insurer Kaiser Permanente."The only insured people would be sick people, which would make insurance unafordable for everyone."

things that we aren't sure if thegl be allowed, and he knows that." Adelsberger noted at the meeting that in the proposal, he laid out angled parking on Fourth Street and is hoping foracovered bus stop atthegrocery store, which would be located at the corner of Fourth and Adams Avenue in the building formerly occupied by Blockbuster. 'Those details are common" in a proposal, Mitchell said."I don't think there's anything there that's really a dealbreaker." Mitchell also noted that the Urban Renewal Agency would not be making a decision as to whether the city will help fund the project this month, only to say whether or not they would like to continue down that path.

Cyclists who ride on Interstate 84 will soon need to find other routes as the freeway will be closed to bicyclists during construction. "It's just going to be narrowed down to a foot shoulder and we can't allow bicyclists to try to chance getting in there," ODOT spokespersonTom Strandberg said. Bicyclists will be prohibited between milepost 252, near Hilgard State Park, and exit 261. Riders are encouraged to use Highway 204 or Highway 82 as alternate routes, or use the free transit shuttle between the ArrowheadTruck Stop, near exit 216, and the La Grande Transit Center, near exit 261. Bike riders can contact the transit center at 541-4297519 for shuttle and bike storage information. ODOT will post information about the 1-84 closure at rest areas, local transit centers and bike shops, Strandberg said. Bicycle detour information will also be available online at www.tinyurl.com/odot-region5. — Kelly Oucote, The Observer

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HIGHLIGHTS Speaker talks on science vs. Darwinism Guest Speaker Russ Miller of Creation, Evolution, and Science Ministries is coming to La Grande. Miller will speak at the following locations on the topics ofscience and itssupportof a young earth and the Bible account of creation: 6:30p.m. Monday atImbler

High School; 6:30 p.m. April 11 at Huber Auditorium, Badgley Hall, Eastern Oregon University; and 6:30 p.m. April 12 at the Elgin Opera House.

Church serves up men's breakfast COVE — The Cove United Methodist Church men's breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. Admission is &ee. For more information, call Dave Wade at 541-568-4374.

St. Peter's hosts K House dinner

at 541-963-3623. St. Ann's Guild will hold its regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Fridayin the parish hall. Donna Ross will host.

Give up excess is message

COVE — The Cove United Methodist Church service starts at 9 a.m. Sunday, with a co%e fellowship aflerwauI. Lenten theme On the fitth Sunday during is 'Change of Life' Lent, the focus is two-fold: 1l Zion Lutheran Church give up excess and give it to will observe the fifth Sunday thosewho arelessfortunate; of Lent with Pastor Colleen and 2l go into the community and share the Gospel message, Nelson. The Lenten theme for the 9:30 a.m. Holy Comas a disciple. It's an action munion service is "Change of word, a verb, not a person. Life." The worship service will The Sunday's sermonis be followed by fellowship time "Rise up Dry Bones,"talking at 10:30 a.m. Classes begin at about how God raised Israel up 11 a.m. with the Adult Forum and restored his people to their continuing with the"Unbind- land. The congregation will ing theGospel" series. learn the similarities between The Zion women's annual the Old Testament and the Lenten Brunch is scheduled New Testament Scriptures for 10 a.m. Saturday. and how they apply to ChrisMembers of St. Peter's tians today. Episcopal Church will join The Scriptures for Sunday members of Zion Lutheran aIe Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm fora festivalPassover Seder 130; Romans 8:6-11; and John meal at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday 11:1-45. at Zion. Bible study startsat Zion is an Evangelical 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in Lutheran Church of America the fellowship hall.All are congregation. welcome. This Wednesday, the focus will be on the Beatitudes Potluck follows in Matthew.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church will observe the fitth Sundayof Lent with Holy Eucharist at 9 a.m. The Rev. Kathryn Macek will preside and preach. worship Sunday The regular"1st Sunday ENTERPRISE — 'Though Forum"will follow the service. Jesus Loved" and John M orningprayer isoffered at 11:1-45challenge Enterprise 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thurs- Community Congregational days in the chapel. A midweek Church in worship at Eucharistis offered at12:15 11 a.m. Sunday. A potluck p.m. Wednesdays, also in the will follow worship."Ascenchapel. sion Into Heaven" will be St. Peter's is hosting the K explored in Bible study at House Thursdaydinner at 9:30 a.m. Men's Fellowship 6 p.m. April 10. Salads and des- Breakfast meets at the serts are needed. People who Red Rooster at 8 a.m. can help should call the otfice Saturday.

of tongues and how itrelates to spiritualism. The Cove Seventh-dayAdventist Church meets at 9:30 a.m., and the La Grande SDA church meets at11a.m.

'Toad in the Hole' is sermon title The La Grande United Methodist Church will continue its journey through the season of Lent with a service of ministry and celebration at 10 a.m. Sunday. Rev. Steve Wolfl's sermonis titled'Toad in the Hole." Communion will be served. The church celebrates aninclusive communion. All who hear this invitation and desire to experience God and Christin the bread and the fiuit of the vine are welcome. Unfermented grape juice is used in the place of wine. Gluten-fiee bread is available. Following the service, co%e will be available in fellowship hall. Child care is available.

Resurrection is sermon focus

COVE — Grace Community Lutheran Church Identify Satan's celebrates the fifth week of counterfets i Lent with a worship service If there is a devil, an arch de- starting at 10 a.m. Sunday. ceiver named Satan, the father Pastor Carl Seelhofl"s sermon oflies as the Bible reports, and title is,"I Am the Resurrecmany are deceived and lost tion and the Life," taken &om because ofhis lies, how can one John 11. know who or what they are Sunday school for all ages followingis good or evil, true begins at 9 a.m. Fellowship or false? Saturdaymorning, follows the service. Men's Pastor MichaelArmayor will Bible study and breakfast identify another one of Satan's meet at 7:30 a.m. Thursdays. counterfeits — the false gik All activities are held at the

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Christ goes to cross for mankind The sermon at Faith Lutheran Church will be on John 11:47-53. Due to people believing in Jesus Christ, some Jewish leaders felt political uncertainty and selfis h desiresand plotted the death of Jesus. Yet Christ went to the cross for mankind and rose victoriously to bringtogether"the scattered children of God. Divine service is at 10 a.m., with Sunday school at 8:45 a.m. A First Sunday potluck will follow the service. The Midweek Lenten Service at 7 p.m. Wednesday will be on Psalm 130. This psalm asks Christians to call on the

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

IMBLER CHRISTIAN CHURCH 440 RUGKMAN, IMBLER534-2201

Sunday Services 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School Worship Service

GRACE COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH (m the Seventh Day Advennst Church bu>ldmg)

"We are called to Serve" Brst Service 9:00AM — 10:30AM Sunday Schoolfor allages-9:00 am SecondServiceII:00 A M — 12:30 PM Sunday Worship 10:00 am sanctuary 6:00 pM — 7:30 pM www.lg4square.com Pastor Carl Aeelho ff I0300South"D" Street - Island City OR97850 Phone: 541-805-0764 (54I) 963-8063 grace.lutherancove@gmail.com

Solus Chnstus,SofaScrrp<ura,Sofa Graua, Sofa Fide, SoltDeo Glona

PO Box 3373

You are invited to join us aswesearch Scripture for answers to Life Questions — come, enjoy warmfellowship. A Southern Baptist Church.

LCMC

Exalting God Edifying Believers Evangelizing Unbelievers

2702 Adams Ave, La Grande

BAPTIST CHURCH • 9:45AM sunday Biblestudy • 11 AM sunday worship • IpM Wednesday prayerService

5 02 Main Street In C o v e

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

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Doug Edmonds' lesson Sunday at the Church of Christ will be"My Grace is SutfIcient" coming from the passage 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. Communion is taken every Sunday. Sunday morning classes are fiom 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., and worship service follows at 10:30 a.m. Children's church will be held during the sermon for the little ones. Wednesday small groups are at 7 p.m. at various home locations.

A Place where ho(e6foundin jesm

1114 Y Avenue, La Grande

Holding Services at:

'My Grace is SuNcient' is lesson

La Grande Seventh-day Adventist Church

(Corner of 'Y" Avenue and N Birch Street)

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GRACE BIBLE CHURCH

SUMMERVILLE

Sunday Services: SundaySchool k Adult BibleClasses 9:45AM Children'sChurchk WorshipService 11:00AM Family WorshipService 6:00PM Wednesday: PrayerMtg, Children'sBibleClub,YouthGroup7:00PM

UNION — Pastor Sue Peeples'messageforthe 11a.m . Sunday service at the United Methodist Churchin Unionis themed"Jesus Wept." Sarah Maxwell, Union School District elementary choir director, will bring studentsto presentmusicselections at the service. Fellowship and re&eshments follow the service. Sunday also is the usualAdministrative Council meeting. During the week, the church will host the Fresh Food Alliance at 12:30 p.m. Monday. At noon Tuesday, senior lunch featInescorn-bacon-potato chowder and homemade fiench bread. The church welcomes the community for prayer service and study fiom 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday.

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LA GRANDE V AL L E Y CELEBRATION MISSIONARY BAPTIST F E L L O W S H I P COMMUNITY CHURCH 2707 Bearco Loop EVERYONE WELCOME Pastor Dave Tierce• 541-605-0215

On this fikh Sunday of Lent, Pastor Don Dunn will speak on"The Prayer of Someone Who is Desperate" at the First Christian

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(541) 963-4342

Kingdom Kids - Youth in Action

Messagetheme is '3esus Wept'

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9:30 am- worship 10:30 am - Fellowship & Refreshments

First Baptist Church Crossroads SIXTH 8c SPRING • 963-3911 Community Church Sunday Worship 10:00 am Wednesday Night 6:15 pm

Spring Friendship Luncheon set

Come join with us io Worsbip and Fellowsbip (an ELCA church) Meetingevery Saturday 902 Fourth Street, 9:30 a.m.- B>ble Study/Fellowsh>p La Grande, oR 7s/QN 10:45 a.m. - Worsh>p Serv>ce • R4I4 (541) 963-5998 2702 Adams Avenue, La Grande • 963-4018

UNIoN UNITED METHoDIsT CHURcH 601 Jefferson Ave., La Grande Hwy. 237• Union, OR

Lord, because with him is forgiveness.

Pastor in Residence: Rev. Colleen Nelson

-Join us at The Lord's Table-

Cove Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Elgin Baptist Church 800 N. 13th Ave. Pastor Bradford Richmond

Bible Study 9:30 am Worship R praise 1 0 :45 am

(541) 663-1735

541-437-8625

Regular services 9:00 am Sunday School Classes 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service

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LA GRANDE UNITED METHODIFT CHURCH "OPEN HEARTS,OPENMINDS,OPEN DOORS"

1612 4th Street — 963-249S Pastor Steve Wolff IgumcC eoni.com www.lgumchurch.

org Office Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-Noon

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BSERVER FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014

APRIL

FRIDAY • Bingo:food available for purchase; $1 per card; 6:30 p.m.; Rockwall Grange Hall, 71562 Middle Road, Elgin. • Chair Exercise Class:9:30 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Cove Senior Dinner:noon; Kimsey Commons. • EOU Senior Art Show Opening Reception:free; 6-8 p.m.; Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, EOU. • First Friday Art Walk:free; 5-8 p.m.; Mitre's Touch, 1414 Adams Ave. • Free Children's Health Clinic:8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Grande Ronde Hospital Children's Clinic, 612 Sunset Drive. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. • International Dinner & Silent Auction:benefits teen mission trips; $8, $15 couple, $5 ages 5-12, $25 family; 5-7 p.m.; La Grande Church of the Nazarene, 10918th St. • Live DJ at Bud Jackson's:9 p.m.2 a.m.; 2209 Adams Ave. • Live DJ at Jefferson Street Depot:9 p.m.-1 a.m.; 1118 Jefferson St. • Live Music by Fine Tunes:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Pinochle Social Club:18 and older; 6 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Terminal Gravity Open Mic Night: 7 p.m.; 803 School St., Enterprise.

SATURDAY • 'Miniatures to Murals' Exhibit Opening

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Reception:7-9 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts Br Culture, 403 N. Main St., Joseph. • Men's Breakfast:8 a.m.; Cove United Methodist Church. • Dayspring Ladies Tea:free; 2-4 p.m.; Union Baptist Church, 1531 S. Main St. • Forest Access for All Business Meeting:3 p.m.; Sunridge Inn, Baker City. • Game Night:free; 5-9 p.m.; Hobby Habit,409 Fir St. • Golf Swap & Sale:benefits Front Entry Project Fund; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Alpine Meadows Golf Course, 66098 Golf Course Road, Enterprise. • Lego Play:free; 9 a.m.-noon; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Live DJ at Bud Jackson's:9 p.m.2 a.m.; 2209Adams Ave. • Live DJ & Open Mic at Jefferson Street Depot:open mic6-9p.m.,deejay 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; 1118 Jefferson St. • Irish Music: 6-9 p.m.; Lear's Main Street Pub BrGrill, 111W. Main St., Enterprise. • Rummage Sale: 1-4 p.m.; Grande Ronde Retirement Residence, 1809 Gekeler Lane.

SUNDAY • PFLAG Meeting: 2 p.m.; Shelter From the Storm, 1111Fifth St. • Supper 'n' Study: free food, coffee and Wi-Fi; 7-10 p.m.; La Grande Church of Christ, 16th Street and Gekeler.

MONDAY • Bridge:1:15 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.

• Chair Exercise Class:9:30 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Driver Education Class:6-9 p.m.; ODOT BrDMV Region 5 Headquarters, 3012 Island Ave. • Eastern Oregon Children's Choir Festival:all-day event;; McKenzie Theatre, Loso Hall, EOU. • EOU Community Symphonic Band Rehearsal:ages 14+; 7-9 p.m.; Loso Hall, Room 126, EOU. • Fresh Food Alliance:12:301 p.m.; Union United Methodist Church. • Indoor Park:free play space; 9 a.m.noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. • LHS Class of 19zLlr: 11:30 a.m.; Cock ar Bull Restaurant. • Live Music by Dennis Winn: 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Music with Mr. Mark:9-9:45 a.m. 3 months-walking,1010:45 a.m. toddlers, 11-11:45 a.m. pre-K; ArtsEast, Sixth Street and L Avenue. • Musical:"We Are Monsters" performed by the Union County Children's Choir; free, donations welcome; 5:15 p.m.; McKenzie Theatre, Loso Hall, EOU. • Run Girl Run:4-H after-school program for girls in 4th Br5th grade; 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Central Elementary School, 402 K Ave. • TOPS OR 98:Take Off Pounds Sensibly; weigh-in at 5:30 p.m., meeting at 6; Faith Lutheran Church,12th Street and Gekeler. • Union County Chess Club:3-7 p.m.; Sub Shop, 111 Depot St. • Union County Nile Club:11:30 a.m.; Golden Harvest, 214 Greenwood St. • Wallowa County Commissioners Meeting:9-10 a.m.; Wallowa County Courthouse, 101 S. River St., Enterprise.

TUESDAY • BabyTot Bop Story Circle:ages 0-3; free; 11:15 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Bingo:6:30 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • BookArt Workshop:for adults; free; 3 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande. • Brown Bag Lunch at the Josephy Library:free; noon; Josephy Center for Arts Br Culture, 403 N. Main St., Joseph. • Community Spelling Bee Fundraiser:6-8 p.m.; Odd Fellows Hall, 105 N.E. First St., Enterprise. • EOLS Directors Meeting: 7:30 p.m.; Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Clubhouse, Delta Street, Union. • EOU Community African Drumming: 6-7 p.m.; Loso Hall, Room 123, EOU. • Family Fun Swim: $2; 7-8:30 p.m.; Veterans Memorial Pool, 401 Palmer Ave., La Grande. • Friends of the Union Carnegie Library:7 p.m.; 182 N. Main St. • Indoor Park:free play space; 9 a.m.noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St.. • La Grande Planning Commission & Landmarks Commission:6 p.m.; La Grande City Hall, 1000 Adams Ave. • Literacy Center: 2:30-4:30 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Live Music by Matt Cooper & Sharon Porter:free; 8-10 p.m.; Ten Depot Street, La Grande. • Live Music by Blue Mountaineers:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers): 6-8 p.m.; Valley Fellowship Church, 507 Palmer Ave. • Northeast Oregon Housing

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Authority Board of Commissioners: 10 a.m.; NEOHA office, 2608 May Lane. Page Turners Book Club:1 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. South County Health District Board:6:30 p.m.; Union Family Health Clinic. Union County Timber Cruisers Car Club:5:30 p.m.; Flying JTravel Plaza, 63276 Highway 203. Union Senior Lunch:noon; Union United Methodist Church. Walk with Ease Fitness Program: 10 a.m.;Wallowa Senior Center, 204 Second St.

Materials: 5-6:30 p.m.; Willow Elementary School gym. • Rotary Club of Wallowa County: noon; St. Katherine's Parish Hall, 301 E. Garfield St., Enterprise. • The Future of Worksource Strategy Session: 9-11:30 a.m. employers and business groups, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. service providers and Workforce partners; Blue Mountain Conference Center, 404 12th St.

N. Albany St. • Run Girl Run:4-H after-school program for girls in 4th Br5th grade; 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Central Elementary School, 402 KAve. • Storytime:free; 11:15 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Successful Small Farm Management Workshop:5-8:30 p.m.; OSU Extension Office, 10507 N. McAlister Road, Island City. • Walk with Ease Fitness Program: 10 a.m.;Wallowa Senior Center, 204 Second St. • Wallowa County Chess Club:4-8 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts Br Culture, 403 N. Main St., Joseph.

THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY :

American Red Cross Volunteer Recruitment:3-6 p.m.; La Grande Fire Dept., 1806 CoveAve. Bingo:doors open at 5 p.m., early bird games at 6, regular games at 7;VFW High Valley Post 4060, 518 N. Main St., Union. Chair Exercise Class:9:30 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. Indoor Park:free play space; 9 a.m.noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 161 2 Fourth St. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. Literacy Center: 2:30-4:30 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Live Music by Blue Mountaineers:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. NARVRE ¹89: 10:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Nez Perce History Class:9:30-11 a.m.; Wallowa Resources Stewardship Center, 401 N.E. First St., Enterprise. Public Review of La Grande School District K-12 Language Arts Proposed •

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• AARP Potluck & Meeting: 5:30p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • American Red Cross Open House &Volunteer Recruitment: 3-6 p.m.;Wallowa Memorial Hospital, Winding Waters Clinic, 601 Medical Parkway, Enterpnse. • Bmgo:1 p.m., Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Bingo:cash only; 6:30-9 p.m.; La Grande American Legion Post 43, 301 Fir St. • Blue Mountain Peggers Cribbage Club:$7;5 p.m.; Denny's, 2604 Island Ave. • Country Swing Thursday: $3 before 8 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.; Maridell Center, 1124 Washington Ave. • Growing Through Grief Support Group:7-8:30 p.m.; La Grande First Presbyterian Church, 1308Washington St. • Indoor Park:free play space; 9 a.m.noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St. • Literacy Center: 1 a.m.-1 p.m. Sr 2:30-4:30 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Live 'Section Ate' Music by Terry LaMont:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504

FRIDAY • Bingo:food available for purchase; $1 per card; 6:30 p.m.; Rockwall Grange Hall, 71562 Middle Road, Elgin. • Chair Exercise Class:9:30 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • DAR Lone Pine Tree Chapter:11:30 a.m.; Flying JTravel Plaza, 63276 Highway 203. • Fishtrap Fireside: 7-9 p.m.; Fishtrap House,400 E. Grant St., Enterprise. • Free Children's Health Clinic: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Grande Ronde Hospital Children's Clinic, 612 Sunset Drive. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. • Live 'Section Ate' Music by Terry LaMont:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Pinochle Social Club:18 and older; 6 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Rummage & Bake Sale:fry bread, Indian tacos, chili Br pie served; fundraiser for 24th annual Tamkaliks powwow; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail lnterpretive Center, Wallowa.

Driver of electric Iesla calls as stations ' inosaurs' By Jayson Jacoby

vvescom News service

BAKER CITY — The loudestpart about driving Richard Haynes' car is latching theseatbelt. When Haynes mashes the gas pedal to the floor, the vehicle scarcely whispers, yet it accelerates at a rate normally associated with jet fighters (And projectile vomiting, ifyou'renotprepared for the

pace.) Your vision blurs slightly. And your ears, well, they're even more confused because your brain insists that no car amasses speed so rapidly without making an awful racket. Haynes drives a Tesla

Model S. And when you drive a Tesla, such references as that "mashes the gas pedal" line a couple paragraphs back become problematic.

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The Tesla, strictly speaking, has no gas pedal. Because it doesn't burn

gas. It burns electrons. Or, rather, it uses electrons, since no actual combustion takesplaceastheTesla's electric motor hurtles the 4,650-pound four-door sedan along with an alacrity that rivals that of a gas-gulping two-seatCorvette. "It's pretty amazing," Haynes, 65, says as he pilots the Tesla along Interstate 84 near Baker City. Pretty expensive, too. Haynes, who bought his Tesla in Portland in Decem-

ber, paid $97,000. But he points out that Tesla founder Elon Musk hopestooffer a sm aller sedan within a few years with a

price range of $30,000 to $4O,OOO . Although Haynes' primary

home is in Portland, he's been spending more time recently in Baker City, helping to careforhism other,M arjorie Haynes. His father, the longtime Baker City businessman Dick Haynes, died in December 2012. Richard Haynes said he bought the Tesla without eventakingitfora testdrive. "I knew I wanted one," he SRld.

Haynes speaks with passion about the benefits of renewable energy and other technologies that reduce the world's consumption of fossil fuels. The Tesla, which is perhaps the most noteworthy electric car in the past several decades, naturally piqued his curiosity when it was unveiledabout threeyearsago. Although the Tesla looks futuristic — in place of a

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conventional center stack of instruments there's a single high-definition touch screen that resembles an iPad, only bigger — the technology, Haynes emphasizes, is almost as old as the automobile itself. "In 1898 in New York City, there were about 3,000 cars registered, "he said."1,980 of thosewere electric." Indeed, in the first couple decadesofthe automotive era,electriccarschallenged internal combustion models — as well assteam-powered cars, which never really caught on — for market supremacy.

most of which tried to find a niche for conventional gaspowered cars. Haynes' car has the largestcapacity battery pack Tesla offers. The 85-kilowatt-hour 4wH) battery boasts a range of as much as 306 miles on a singlecharge,according to Tesla. (Yhe company also sells a 60-kwH model that has a maximum range of 244 miles

and starts at about $70,000.)

Teslahas competition

Haynes, who has put 2,400 miles on his Tesla, including multiple round trips between Baker City and Portland, said he can go about 275 miles beforestopping for arecharge.

The Tesla isn't the only electric car available in U.S. showrooms — Nissan sells the Leaf, for instance — but Musk has managed a level of success that eluded many other start-up companies,

is hidden behind the driver's side rear taillight.) That means he can't make it kom Baker City to Portland on one charge. He said he usually stays overnight

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at a motel in Boardman that lets him charge the Tesla. 'The cost of the motel room is still less than I would pay for gas," Haynes said. Speaking of which, he gets a minor thrill kom driving by every gas station now that he doesn't have to worry about finding one that's open. "It's kind of interesting driving past gas stations," Haynes said."They look like dinosaurs." The overnight stops won't be necessary for much longer, though. Tesla, which has installed more than 80"Supercharger" stations around the U.S., plans to add stations later this year in Baker City and in Boardman, as well as near Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho. These stations, which are &ee for Tesla owners, can add 170milesofrange in 30 minutes.

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Friday, April 4, 2014 The Observer

LOCAL BEAT

PREP TRACIC AND FIELD

THE HARD FACTS

EOU shifts

soRball games

PAULHARDER

Forthe second straight weekend, weather has forced a change to the Eastern Oregon University softball. Friday and Saturday's Cascade Collegiate Conference games have been pushed back one day. The Mountaineers will now host Concordia at 2 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday, Eastern Oregon will host Northwest Christian starting at 11 a.m. The scheduled game between Walla Walla University and EOU will be rescheduled but a date has not been determined.

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loored.That isthebest way to describe the feeling of opening the Class 2A girls basketball all-state team email. Honestly, I thought the coaches would get it wrong. But, in the end I think the voting for the Player of the Year went down the way it should have. Keesha Sarman, a junior, was lights out for Union all season long. Her ball handling, ability to score inside and rebounding helped the Bobcats finish the season 264. Three of the early season losses were against Pilot Rock — with one coming in a non-league game. But, Union got over the hump against the Rockets in the postseason tournament to clinch the No. 1 seed out of the Blue Mountain Conference. It'sapretty im pressive thing when you sit back and think about it. Teams are trying to stop Sarman. The players around her are good. But think LeBron back in the Cleveland days. There wasn't another go-to guy on that Cavaliers team. You knew the ball was going to be in his hands when the game was on the line, just like when Union needs a shot, Sarman will be the one to shoot it. But, LeBron was still able to make a run to the NBA finals. Sarman did the equivalent last year — falling to Regis in the state title game. Their talent can overcome a lotofthings. Sarman's big negative game came late in the season. In the opening round of the state tournament, the Bobcats fell to Western Mennonite. On that team, sophomore Emma Gibb, the other part of the Player of the Year award. To most people around the state that just see Sarman's SeeHarder/ Page9A

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SPORTS BAG

Lefty leading early in Texas HUMBLE, Texas (AP) — Phil Mickelson was among the leaders after shooting a bogey-free 4-under par 68 in his opening round of the Houston Open, showing no effects of the muscle pull that forced him to withdraw from last week's Texas Open. The five-time major winner, who practiced at Augusta National for two days this week in advance of the Masters, was three shots back of leaders Bill Haas and Charley Hoffman — who both shot 7-under 65. Keegan Bradley and Matt Kuchar lead a group of five golfers at 6 under, while 10 golfers were at 5 under.

Marshall grabs award ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall is growing accustomed to being center stage at the Final Four. He just wishes his team was with him this time around. After leading the Shockers to the national semifinals a year ago, Marshall deftly guided them through a perfect regular season, earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. While they were done in by Kentucky in the third round, by then the votes had already been tabulated. Marshall was the runaway winner of the AP coach of the year award.

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Union's McKenzie Evans was named one of the athletes to watch during the track and field season.

• Union runner earns state wide honor that helps put her on the map By Paul Harder The Observer

Most young kids don't grasp the idea of investing. It doesn't compute in the information now age. Money and time are something spent immediatelynot left to grow and mature with time. Union's McKenzie Evans is the exception to the norm. The high school runner has invested countless hours into something many people see as torture — running for fun. But, it's

paid ofK Evans was listed in the Who's Who in Oregon Track for 2014. "It's such a huge honor," Evans said. "It was a surprise, and it's something that I'll always remember. "It will help with looking for schools to go to, and will look good on an application." Who's Who has been published since 1965, and profiles the athletes to watch around the state in each classification along with records from past years. Evans beat out Grant Union's Mary Roy to be named the Women's Athlete of the Year. She won the 3,000-meter in during the track and field season last

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PREP SOFTBALL

PENDLETON — The La Grande softball team didn't fare well in its return to the diamond after five days ofE falling 14-0 to Pendleton Thursday in Pendleton. La Grande's showing was a little rough on the field and at the plate. The Tigers commited six errors in five innings, allowing the Buckaroos to get on

theboard in every inning.La Grande was only able to get two hits in the game, but put the ball in play with just two strikeouts. Kali Avila took the loss in her first start of the season. The sophomore lasted two innings, allowing seven runs but just three were earned. Avila

risShan s eattlefirstlossoftheseason • Mariners threegame winning streak snapped The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif.— Coco Crisp altered his batting approach and tried to muscle up in his last at-bat. It couldn't have worked out any better for the Athletics' leadoffhitter.

Crisp homered leading off the bottom of the 12th inning to lift Oakland to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night. "I was just going up there to swing as hard as I could," saidCrispofhis sixth career game-ending hit."Probably nine times out of 10 I ended up with a strike out with that approach. Tonight was that one time that it ended

up working out. I'm not going to have that as my every day approach but I'm just grateful that it worked out tonight." Crisp, who scored the tying run with two outs in the eighth inning on Yoenis Cespedes' triple, hit a towering home run off Seattle reliever Hector Noesi i0-1) on an 0-1 pitch. The ball landed just above the out-of-town

TONIGHT'S PICIC

EOU's Fagen earns trip to nationals Thunder tries to Talitha Fagen was the first Eastern Oregon track ground Rockets and field athlete to qualify for outdoor nationals. The 2014 NAIA Indoor National Champion hit the NAIA"A" standard and claimed the victory in the women's pole vault, clearing 11 feet 8 inches to take first place at the EOUTeam Challenge in Hermiston. The Mountaineers return to the track

in Caldwell, Idaho, April 11.

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allowed five hits while striking out two and walking one. Kendall Kirkland and Shania Holpuch had the only hits for La Grande. Kiersten Murphy picked up the win for Pendleton, striking out two without a walk. The Tigers i2-5 overall) return to the field against Enterprise/Joseph/Wallowa at 2 p.m Saturday.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

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year in a meet record of 10 minutes, 28.57 seconds — beating the record by five seconds. Her time is also fikh all-time at Class 2A. This fall, Evans setanother 2A record atthestate cross country meet with a time of 18 minutes, 42 seconds. Union head coach Steve Sheehy could write a book about what it's like to coach a runner ofher talent, but thankfully gave an abridged version. "First of all, it has been really fun. A blast actually," Sheehy said."Getting to be a part of what she has accomplished has been very rewarding. She has a great attitude and sense ofhumor. She SeeEvans / Page 9A

Oklahoma will travel to Houston for a showdown with the Rockets. The Fagen

Thunder trail San Antonio by three games for the top seed. 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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scoreboard in right field. Umpires met briefly to review the play before confirming Oakland's victory. It was a welcomed win for the A's after dropping two of three to Cleveland in their season-openingseriesafter closer Jim Johnson had two late meltdowns. Johnson wasn't available against the Mariners but four other Oakland relievers

WHO'S HOT

KEVIN DURANT:The Oklahoma forward helped his team snap San Antonio's 19game winning streak with a 106-94 win Thursday. Durant finished with 28

points in the game and added seven rebounds.

combined for six shutout inningstopreserve thevictory. Drew Pomeranz i1-0), the fifth A's pitcher, worked one scoreless inning for the win. ewe played a day-nighter

iWednesdayl and it felt like almosta doubleheader today,"A's manager Bob Melvin said."It was nice to squeak that one out, especially the way the game was going SeeMariners / Page9A

WHO'S NOT

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: Arizona is off to a slow start after

falling to division rival San Francisco 8-5Thursday. The Diamondbacks dropped to 1-5 this season, with every game at home.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014

NFL

SCOREBOARD BASEBALL MLB

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Seattle head coach Pete Carroll is close to signing a contract extension with the team he guided to a Super Bowl this past season.

Carroll, Seahawks close to extension The Associated Press

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deCade OfWinning With the TrojanS Bnd haVing that control, it was something Carroll demanded ifhe was gOing to get baCk intO the

RENTON, Wash.— The Seattle Seahawks have called a news conference forFriday morning amid a report they have reached PrOfeSSiOnal rankS Bnd the a contract extension with Seahawks were willing. coach Pete Carroll. Seattle also let Carroll NFL Network reported imPrint hiS attitude Dn the Thursday night, citing a locker room. He wanted a "SOurCe," that CarrO11Bnd fun atmosphere filled with the Seahawks had reached accountability. Competition agreement Dn a COntraCt WBSat the CruX Of eVeryeXtenSiOn. Carroll'S Original thing CarrO11dT'dfrOm the five-year deal with Seattle day he inherited a 5-11 WBSSet to eXPire after the team. CarrO11 took Seattle 2014 season. to the PlayoffS in hiS firSt The Seahawks announce- season despite a 7-9 regular ment did not SPeCify the na- season record. The SeahaWks Plateaued ture Of the neWS COnferenCe Bnd team DSCialS WOuld in 2011 going 7-9 again not COnfirm the rePOrt Of Bn but took a jumP in 2012 extension for Carroll. after drafting Wilson. The CarrO11reaChed the tDP Seahawks went 11-5 in Of the NFL laSt SeaSOn, the regular SeaSOnBnd leading the SeahaWkS to reached the divisional their first Super Bowl title. rOund Of the PlayoffS. The Lured aWay &Dm USC in roster turnover had been 2010 with the chance at COmPleted Bnd there Were completecontroloverthe m assive expectations going football operations, Carroll into 2013. tore down then rebuilt the Seattle matChed Bnd Seahawks roster into one surpassed those expecOf the beStin the NFL. He'S tationS. CarrO11 guided 38-26 in four regular seaSeattle to 13 WinS in the sons with Seattle and 5-2 in regular season, the NFC the PlayoffS. West title and home-field CarrO11haS made ComadVantage in the PlayoffS. PetitiOn the benChmark Of Seattle knOCked Dff NBW his time in Seattle. It's why Orleans in the divisional quarterback Russell Wilson round, then edged San Bnd COrnerbaCk RiChard Francisco in the NFC title Sherman have become game toreaCh itS SeCOnd stars — because they were Super Bowl. given opportunities in CarAt the Super Bowl, roll'S SyStem. CarrO11 gotto Celebrate Carroll, 62,isthesecond the way he did watching USC'S ntn Of dOminanCe oldest coach in the NFL, but rarely appears his age. in the mid-2000s. Seattle's He Came to Seattle beCauSe defense stifled the highest Of the ChanCe he didn't haVe scoring offense in NFL hisin hiS tWD PreViOuS StOPSaS tory, humbling Denver in a Bn NFL head COaCh: COntrO1. 43-8beating togiVe Seattle Seattle gave him the reins its first title. After the to the franChiSe, Bnd hired season Carroll sounded as him before adding general if he WBS1OCked in to a 1Ong m anagerJOhn SChneider to future with the Seahawks. nWe're trying to do the mix, a relationship that has been marked by stabilSOmething really good fOr ity Bnd SuCCeSS. a really long time and we Carroll lacked control Want to See hDW far We Can in his previous positions go andSOmeday,We 1OOk with New England and the baCk Bnd See What We aCNew York Jets. But after a ComPliShed,n CarrO11Said.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 2 1 .66 7 Tampa Bay 2 2 ,500 '/2 Toronto 2 2 ,500 '/2 Baltimore 1 2 .3 3 3 1 New York 1 2 .3 3 3 1 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 2 0 1. 0 00 Chicago 2 1 ,667 '/2 Cleveland 2 1 ,667 '/2 Minnesota 1 2 ,333 1' / 2 Kansas City 0 2 .00 0 2 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 3 1 .75 0 Houston 2 1 ,667 '/2 Texas 2 1 ,667 '/2 Oakland 2 2 .50 0 1 LosAngeles 0 3 .000 2 ' / 2 All Times PST

Thursday's Games Kansas City at Detroit, ppd., rain Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 9 Boston 4, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 4, Houston 2 Oakland 3, Seattle 2, 12 innings

Friday's Games Baltimore at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 11:05 a.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games Minnesota (Gibson 0-0) atCleveland (Carrasco 0-0), 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 0-0) at Toronto (Dickey 0-1), 10:07 a.m. Baltimore (Norris 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 0-0), 10:08 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0) at Kansas City (Chen 0-0), 11:10 a.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-0) at Oakland

(Milone 0-0), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Skaggs 0-0) at Houston (Keuchel 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-0) at Boston (Buchholz 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Texas (N.Martinez 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Baltimore at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 10:40 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Seattle at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 11:10 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. San DiegoatCleveland,4:05 p.m. Texas at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Tampa BayatKansas City,5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 3 0 1. 0 00 Miami 3 1 .75 0 '/2 Atlanta 2 1 .6 6 7 1 Philadelphia 1 2 .3 3 3 2 New York 0 3 .00 0 3 Central Division W L Pct GB 2 1 .66 7 2 1 .66 7 1 2 .3 3 3 1 1 2 .3 3 3 1 1 2 .3 3 3 1 West Division W L Pct GB LosAngeles 4 1 .80 0 San Francisco 3 1 .75 0 '/2 San Diego 1 2 .3 3 3 2 Colorado 1 3 ,250 2' / 2 Arizona 1 5 ,167 3' / 2 All Times PST

(Gee 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Philadelphia (Lee 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-0), 11:20 a.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 0-1) at Washington (Jordan 0-0), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Kelly 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-0) at Boston (Buchholz 0-0), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 0-0) at Miami (Fernandez 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 0-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. San Diego at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Atlanta at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 10:35 a.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Arizona at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 5:05 p.m.

Monday's Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m. San DiegoatCleveland, 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

College Baseball Wednesday's Scores EAST Bentley 7, Merrimack 3 CCNY 6, Staten Island 5 CCSU 3, Rhode Island1 Hofstra 3, NYIT 2 Pace 7, St. ThomasAquinas 4 S. Connecticut1, New Haven 0, 10 innings St. Rose 10, American Intl. 8 Stonehill 6-, Assumption 5, 10 innings Wilmington (Del.) 6-14, Chesnut Hill 0-0 SOUTH Apprentice 7, Eastern Mennonite 3 Bellarmine 5, Oakland City 4 Belmont 12, Evansville 7 BostonColl ege 7,UMass 6 Campbellsville 10, Union (Ky.) 0 Centre 4, Thomas More 1 Clemson 4, Winthrop 2 E. Kentucky 4, Marshall 1 Georgia Tech 7, Georgia St. 3 Greensboro 10, Emory tt Henry 7 KennesawSt. 3, Georgia Southern 0 Kentucky St. 5, Asbury 4 King (Tenn.) 15, Carson-Newman 5 Maryland 8, Liberty 3 Memphis 8,Middle Tennessee 4 Miami 10, Bethune-Cookman 1 Morehead St. 9, St. Catharine 3 NC State 3, East Carolina 2 N. Kentucky 4, Ball St. 3 Old Dominion 20, William tt Mary 5 Pikeville 9, Berea 6 Randolph-Macon 4, HampdenSydney 3 Tenn. Wesleyan 12, Hiwassee 1 Trevecca Nazarene 16, Ala.Huntsville 8 Virginia 10, George Washington 0 Virginia Tech 8, Radford 5 W. Kentucky3,Lipscomb 2 Wake Forest10, High Point6 Wingate 12, Limestone 3 MIDWEST Youngstown St. 7, Pittsburgh 6 SOUTHWEST New Mexico 17, New Mexico St. 7 Texas AttM-Corpus Christi 15, TexasPan American 7

Thursday's Games EAST Adelphi 10-8, American Intl. 3-7, Allegheny 7, Thiel 5, 7 innings Assumption 16, Merrimack 12, 10 innings Franklin Pierce 7, St. Michael's 1 Johnson tt Wales 7, Wentworth 3 New Haven 3, Bloomfield 1 Old Westbury 10, Drew 0 Pace 4, Kean 3 St. Rose 6, Le Moyne 1 S. New Hampshire 8, St. Anselm 2 SOUTH Bridgewater (Va.) 6, Mary Washington 0 Le Moyne-Owen atChristian Brothers,

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Thursday's Games Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 6 Miami 8, Colorado 5 Washington 8, N.Y. Mets 2 San Francisco 8, Arizona 5

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Friday's Games Atlanta at Washington, 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 11:05 a.m. Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Arizona at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 4:10 p.m.

Saturday's Games Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1) at N.Y. Mets

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EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB y-Miami 52 22 . 703 y-Indiana 53 23 . 697 x-Toronto 4 3 3 2 . 573 9 ' /2 x-Chicago 4 3 3 2 . 573 9 ' /2 x-Brooklyn 4 0 34 . 541 1 2 x-Washington 39 3 6 , 5 2 0 13'/2 Charlotte 37 3 8 , 4 9 3 15'/2 New York 3 3 43 . 434 2 0 Atlanta 3 2 42 . 432 2 0 Cleveland 3 1 45 . 408 2 2 Detroit 27 4 8 , 3 6 0 25'/2 Boston 23 52 . 307 29'/2 Orlando 21 5 4 . 280 31'/2

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After scoring 28 runs in the three games against the Angels, Seattle's offense managed just six hits against Oakland Bnd Stranded SeVen tWD runS dOWn fOr itS firSt base runners. '%e Played Well (Bnd) Walkoff Win Of the SeaSOn. Abraham Almonte had tWD we pitched well," Mariners hitS Bnd Bn RBI fOr Seattle. CatCher Mike Ztmino.'%e dT'd The Mariners were coming everything. We don't want Dff a SerieS SWeePOfAnaheim to 1OSethat Way but We dT'd early Dn." YoeniS CBSPedeS Bnd Sam Fuld also drove in runs for Oakland, WhiCh rallied &Om

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Philadelphia 16 59 . 213 36'/2 Milwaukee 14 61 . 187 38'/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB y -San Antonio 59 17 .7 7 6 y-Oklahoma City 5 5 19 . 7 4 3 3 y -L.A. Clippers 54 23 .7 0 1 5 ' / 2 Houston 49 25 . 66 2 9 Portland 4 9 27 . 645 1 0 Golden State 46 29 .61 3 1 2'/2 Dallas 4 5 31 . 592 1 4 Memphis 44 3 1 , 5 8 7 14'/2 Phoenix 44 3 1 , 5 8 7 14'/2 Minnesota 3 7 37 . 500 2 1 Denver 33 4 2 , 4 4 0 25'/2 New Orleans 32 43 .42 7 2 6'/2 Sacramento 27 4 8 . 360 31'/2 L.A. Lakers 25 5 0 3 3 3 33'/2 Utah 23 5 2 . 307 35'/2 x-clinched playolf spot y-clinched division All Times PST

Thursday's Games Oklahoma City 106, San Antonio 94 Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 107

Friday's Games Denver at Memphis, 4 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 4 p.m. Orlando at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Detroit at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland atAtlanta, 4:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Minnesota at Orlando, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games New York at Miami, 10 a.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 3 p.m. Atlanta at lndiana, 3 p.m. Denver at Houston, 4 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 6 p.m.

NCAA Men's Tournament All Times PDT EAST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Friday, March 28 UConn 81, lowa State 76 Michigan State 61, Virginia 59 Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 UConn 60, Michigan State 54 SOUTH REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At FedExForum Memphis, Tenn. Thursday, March 27 Dayton 82, Stanford 72 Florida 79, UCLA68 Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Florida 62, Dayton 52 MIDWEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Friday, March 28 Michigan 73, Tennessee 71 Kentucky 74, Louisville 69 Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 Kentucky75, Michigan 72 WEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Thursday, March 27 Wisconsin 69, Baylor 52 Arizona 70, San Diego State 64 Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Wisconsin 64, Arizona 63, OT FINAL FOUR At AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas National Semifinals Saturday, April 5 UConn (30-8) vs. Florida (36-2), 3:09 p.m. Kentucky (28-10) vs. Wisconsin (30-7), 5:49 p.m. National Championship Monday, April 7 Semifinal winners, 6:10 p.m.

TV WATCH Friday AUTO RACING

9 a.m. NBCSN — Formula One, practice for

some great things." The Mariners scored in the first without the benefit Of a hit. Ajmonte hit a grOunder that went through the legs Of Oakland infielder Alberto CallaSPD, WhoWBSmaking

his first career start at first base. Second baseman Nick Ptmto ChaSed dOWnthe ball in right field but threw wildly baCk to the bag fOr anOther errOr, allOWing Almonte to

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gOal, &Dm the beginning, The U.S. DePartment Of has been affecting change EduCation'S OSCe OfCiVil that will make women RightS haS OPened Bn inVBS- at F1Orida State SaferDn tigation intO F1Orida State'S CRB1PUS. handling Of SeXual aSSault The accuser, a Florida allegations against quarter- State student, said she was baCkJameiS WinStOn Bnd raped by Winston in Depotential Title IX violations Cember 2012. DeadSPin.CDm by the university. reported Thursday that USA Today Sports first SChOO1 DSCialS met With reportedtheinvestigation WinStOn in January 2013 to ThurSday. It StemS &Dm a discuss the matter. But the complaint filed with the Of- school might have violated fice for Civil Rights by the federal law by delaying its aCCuSerin theWinSton CaSe. inVeStigatiOn Bnd meeting "Our client is particuwith Winston, alone, despite larly gratified by the OCR's legaladViCeto the COntrary. deCiSiOn to inVeStigate Bnd NO ChargeS Were filed 1OOk fOrdiSCriminatiOn Bnd by State Attorney Willie find remedieS to it," the aC- Meggs against Winston, the CuSer'S laWyer, Baine Kerr, reigning HeiSman TrOPhy said, "because her primary winner.

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Statline Of20 POintSPer,Bnd stop her. See that She'S 5-foot-6 aSSume Gibb,Dn theOther hand, that thOSe POintS COme &Dm had no One in the Paint Who the outside. However, 90 COuldStOP her On the DffenPerCent Of Sarman'S SCOring SiVe end. She had Bn eSCient 7-Df-10ShOOtingnight, Bnd is done in the paint. That's why the matchup against finished the game with 17 Western Mennonite was a points. perfect storm. But, Sarman WBS right Another media outlet baCk to fOrm in the fO11O Wclaimed it was the player ing tWD gameS. That helPed guarding Sarman man-toUnion bring home the fourthman Who held her to SiX place trophy — scoring 31 POintS Dn 1-Df-12 ShOOting.

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But, that's someone that doesn't see her play night in and night Out. Sure, WeStern Mennonite has talented guard play, but it was the ability to thrOW uP a bDX-Bndone that most other teams in the state can't that slowed Sarman dOWn. Gibb iS a 6-foot-2 POSt.Emily Loyd, Standing at 6-foot-2

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like too muCh Dr too little. Fortunately for me I have SeVeral runnerS On my

team like this. But, she is Pretty muCh the ePitOme Of What Bn athlete ShOuld be. She iS humble, Bnd friendly, but When that gun gOeSDff you had better be ready beCauSeShe iSgOing todo What She Can to beat you." It'S not juSt her Competitive nature that helps Evans succeed. Sheehy also said running is built into her DNA. "For starters, McKenzie has been blessed with SOme Prettygood genetiCS," Sheehy Said."Her mom was a volleyball player for the UniVerSity Of OregOn. McKenzie has a really eScientstride and a great aerobic engine. Those things alone give her the

Bahrain Grand Prix, at Sakhir, Bahrain

1 p.m.

FS1 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for O'ReillyAuto Parts 300, at Forth Worth, Texas

3 p.m.

FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Duck Commander 500, at Forth Worth, Texas

5:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, O'ReillyAuto Parts 300, at Forth Worth, Texas BOXING

7 p.m.

NBCSN — Middleweights, Curtis Stevens (26-4-0) vs. Tureano Johnson (14-00); champion Amir Mansour (20-0-0) vs. Steve Cunningham (26-6-0), for USBA heavyweight title, at Philadelphia GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, second round, part I, at Rancho Mirage, Calif. Noon TGC — PGATour, Houston Open, second round, at Humble, Texas

3 p.m.

TGC — LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, second round, part II, at Rancho Mirage, Calif. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Milwaukee at Boston or Philadelphia at Chicago

Cubs (2:15 p.m.) 11:15 a.m.

WGN — Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs

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MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at Toronto or St. Louis at Pittsburgh NBA BASKETBALL

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ESPN — Denver at Memphis

6:30 p.m. ESPN — Oklahoma City at Houston NHL HOCKEY

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NBCSN — Washington at New Jersey PREP BASKETBALL

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ESPN2 — Dick's Sporting Goods National Tournament, boys' semifinal, teams TBD, at New York

4:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Dick's Sporting Goods National Tournament, boys' semifinal, teams TBD, at New York TENNIS

1 p.m.

ESPN2 — WTA, Family Circle Cup, quarterfrnal, at Charleston, S.C.

Saturday

AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Duck Commander 500, at Forth Worth, Texas

12:30 p.m. NBCSN — Formula One, qualifying for Bahrain Grand Prix, at Sakhir, Bahrain COLLEGE BASEBALL

7:30 p.m.

ESPNU — Mississippi St. at LSU COLLEGE SOFTBALL

4 p.m.

FSN — FIU at FAU GOLF

1 p.m.

TGC — PGATour, Houston Open, third round, at Humble, Texas

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NBC — PGATour, Houston Open, third round, at Humble, Texas

5 p.m.

TGC — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship, third round, at Rancho Mirage, Calif. HORSE RACING

5:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita Derby, atArcadia, Calif. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m.

FS1 — Minnesota at Cleveland

2 p.m.

WGN — Chicago White Sox at Kansas City

4 p.m.

FS1 — San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers

7 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, St. Louis at Pittsburgh or Atlanta at Washington MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

6:09 p.m.

TBS — NCAA Division I tournament, Final Four, Florida vs. UConn, atArlington, Texas

8:49 p.m.

TBS — NCAA Division I tournament, Final Four, Wisconsin vs. Kentucky, at Arlington, Texas MOTORSPORTS

8:30 p.m. FS1 — AMA Supercross, at Houston NBA

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WGN — Chicago at Washington

take second. TWD batterS later, Cano'S grOtmdout SCOred Ajmonte. Almonte'S RBI Single DfFOakland Starter JeSSe Chavez in the fikh drove in LOgan MOrriSOn Bnd made it 2-0. That put Seattle starter RoeniS EliaS in ShaPe to become the first Cuban-born PitCher to Win a game fOr Seattlebefore the Mari ners' bullpen gave up the lead.

basic foundation for being Pretty good. "But I think what sets her apart is her willingness to Put in the mileS, not Only during the cross country and track seasons but in the summer and winter too. I belieVe that iS What really sets her apart. One other really important ingredientiS thatShe getSto nTn and train With a Pretty eXCePtiOnal grOuP Of yOung

ladies." While the recognition iS fOrtraCk Bndfield Bnd cross country, Evans said She likeS the Dff-traCk nTnning Of CrOSSCOuntry.

"Ilike theteam aspect Of CrOSSCOuntry," EVanS

said.'You're competing as a team, while still trying to finiSh firSt. On the traCk it'S all abOut hDW faSt you are by yourself. Plus, I just like running in the terrain." EVanS returnS to the traCk at the CarniVal Of Speed at noon today in Milton-FreeWater.

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Grand jury: ONcers OK inshooting MEDFORD — A Southern Oregon grand jury took less than five minutes to decide that four officers were justified in wounding two Idaho fugitives after a pursuit in Medford. The Jackson County grand jury also returned indictments Thursday against Wayne Pearson and Shavon Willard. Pearson was charged with assault and related counts, including being a felon in possession of a firearm; Willard was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and methamphetamine possession.

No-show grand juror jailed for 24 hours SALEM — A Marion County sherifFs spokesman says a Salem man who failed to show up for grand jury duty after saying he could serve was found in contempt ofcourtandjailed for24 hours. Sgt. Chris Baldridge says 48-year-old James McCalmon II had agreed to serve on a grand jury after he was initially summoned. The man reported he had no conflicts that would prevent him from appearing. Baldridge says that when McCalmon failed to appear Tuesday, deputies were sent to fi nd him. They gotno answer at his residence. On Wednesday they returned, found him and brought him before the court.

Police use beanbag on unruly man PORTLAND — Police used a beanbag shotgun on a man who had been reported walking in and out of traffic and banging on cars in southwest Portland. Sgt. Pete Simpson says the 31-year-old man told respondingoffi cershehad a gun Thursday afternoon and motioned to his waistband. When he refused to obey police commands, one officer fireda beanbag shotgun at him. The man eventually lay down on the ground and was taken into custody. 0$cers found no gun but did locate an item fashioned to resemble a handgun.

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committee has amassed to defeat the measures on the May ballot in Josephine and Jackson counties. Syngenta leases land in the two counties involved in producing seed for sugar beets genetically modified to withstand herbicides.

Injured skier sues Mount Hood Skibowl PORTLAND — A skier injured when an allegedly drunken snowboarder collided with her has filed a $900,000 lawsuit against the snowboarder and Skibowl. The suit from Maria Magdalena Stanila alleges the Mount Hood ski resort has apermissive attitude toward alcohol, creating an environment in which sober and intoxicated people ski and snowboard next to each other. The lawsuit filed in Multnomah County states Stanila lostthe use ofa kidney after the snowboarder slammed into her two years ago.

OSU says site of Bend campus is settled BEND — Oregon State University President Ed Ray says neighborhood opposition will not alter OSU's plan to put its Central Oregon campus on the west side of Bend. The university's decision to place a proposed new campus there has met opposition from peopleconcerned about increasedtraffic and changes to thecharacterofresidential neighborhoods. Ray says there will be no more than 3,000 to 5,000 students on the 56-acre site, and the school will work with the community to accommodate the growth.

Cover Oregonenrollments top 200,000 people

PORTLAND — A congressional committee is looking into whether Oregon's troubled health-insurance exchange had done enough to protect sensitive personal information before trying to launch the Cover Oregon portal in October. In a letter to Gov. John Kitzhaber, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform outlined data-security concernsat state-built exchanges that connected to thefederaldata hub before full review and security approval. Oregonand fi ve other states were questioned by the committee at a hearing Thursday. According to The Oregonian, Cover Oregon says it still has not received final federalapproval ofitsdata safeguards. But exchange officials say they received preliminary approvals in September. "Cover Oregon takes the security of our customer's personal information very

SALEM — Oregon's troubled health insurance exchangesaysmore than 200,000 people have now signed up for health coverage through Cover Oregon. Numbers releasedThursday show that just under 59,000 people have signed up for coverage from a private insurance company. The rest enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan, the state's version of Medicaid, a publicly funded health plan for people with low income. Oregon is the only state where the general public still can't enroll online in health coverage in one sitting. The state is using a hybrid enrollment process that allows people to perform some functions online but still requires Cover Oregon staff to process part of the application. Another 131,000 people have signed up for the Oregon Health Plan through a separate process that bypasses Cover Oregon. — The Associated Press

seriously and has met or exceeded all applicable industry standards," Cover Oregon communications director Amy Fauver said. Documents previously providedtotheAssociated Press by the House committee showed that more than two-thirds of state systems thatwere supposed totap intofederalcomputers to

verify personal information for coverage were initially rated as 'high risk" for securityproblems. Despite this, the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services allowed the states to connect to the hub by October 1. A security contractor also warned federal officials that allowing states to connect

without the appropriate review"introduces an unknown amountofrisk" that could put the personal information of"potentially millions of users at risk of identity theft." The Obama administration said the security problems cited were either resolved or are being addressed through specific actions. No successful cyber -attacks have taken place, officials say. In Oregon, a security assessment in September by Cover Oregon's quality-assurance contractor showed that part of the exchange's required security testing remainedunfinished. Cover Oregon says the sitehas also had no electronic security breaches. The full exchange portal has never launched to the general

public. Oregon is the only state where the general public still can't enroll online in health coverage in one sitting. The state is using a hybrid manual-online enrollment process.

Gas blast threw metal pieces 300 yards The Associated Press

Vandals damage Oregon City school OREGON CITY — Oregon City police are investigating an act of vandalism at North Clackamas Christian School. Police say it happened late Wednesday or early Thursday when three young m en entered a gated area of the school courtyard. They smashed windows, ransacked lockers and spilled paint on playgroundequipment. Police estimate the damage to be thousands of dollars, making the crime a felony.

PLYMOUTH, Wash.— Authorities said Wednesday the explosion that hit a liquefied natural gas storage facility in Eastern Washington earlier this week threw 250-pound pieces of steel up to 300 yards through the air. Benton County sherifFs Deputy Joe Lusignan said Wednesday that it was "a little bit of a miracle" that no one was killed. "It was an extremely powerful explosion, the initial explosion," he said."Fortunately we didn't have any subsequent ones after that." The Monday blast inside a processing plant at the Williams Northwest Pipeline LNG storage facility outside Plymouth, Wash., injured five people, and left a big gash in the side of an LNG storage tank. But a detailed assessment of the

damage inside the processing plant will have to wait for a structural engineer to assure the building is safe to enter, Williams spokeswoman Michele Swaner said. State and federal inspectors looking into the cause of the blast have interviewed injured workers. Some of the debris flew more than 100 yardsand damaged the tracks of the main rail line on the Washington side of the Columbia River. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas said more than 40 trains were delayed until the repairs were completed Tuesday afternoon and normal trafli cwa srestored, LNG leaking out of the bottom of the tank through a pipe ofless than one inch in diameter was stopped Tuesday afternoon when crews were able to shut off a valve, Benton County

District Fire Chief Rolland Watts said. Vaporized gas was still leaking from a gash in the outer wall of the 1.2 billion cubic foot storage tank, and blowing away on the wind, presenting little danger. Major piping is all underground and was not damaged. Swaner said the facility remains offline, and workers have not determined yet whether the stainless steel inner wall of the LNG tank was breached. The facility supplies gas during times ofhigh demand in winter to a pipelinethat serves Cascade Natural Gas customers in Washington and Oregon. Swaner said there have been no interrupti ons togasdeliveries. Meanwhile, sherifFs deputies, firefighters and an incident command team have all left the area, and the evacuation order imposed Monday was lifted Tuesday.

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ROSEBURG — Police arrested a 52-year-old Oregon man accused of sexually abusing a girl during 2011 and 2012. A Douglas County sherifFs spokesman says Richard Brannen of Drain was taken into custody Wednesday, a day after deputiesinvestigated areportofabuseinvolving a 13-year-old girl who was known to the suspect. Brannen was booked into the county jail.

farms, NASCAR tracks and filmmakerswould keep their treasured tax breaks

as part of an $85 billion package of temporary tax cuts passed by a key Senate committee Thursday. Some U.S. firms with foreign income would be winners too after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., backed off plans to significantly trim the package. Congress routinely passes thepackage ofmore than 50 temporary tax breaks for businesses and individuals, but they were allowed to expireatthe startofthe year. The Senate Finance

more quickly. The biggest tax break for individuals allows people who live in states without an income tax to deduct state and local salestaxeson their federal returns. Another protects struggling homeowners who get their mortgages reduced from paying income taxes on the amount of debt that was forgiven. Wyden acknowledged that periodically extending

temporary tax breaks makes it diKcult for businesses and families to plan. He said he hopes to work on a comprehensive overhaul of the tax system, making some of the tax breaks permanent while eliminating others. "Many of these extenders are well-intentioned and ought to be permanent," Wyden said.'Their stop-andgo nature obviously contributes to the lack of certainty."

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With all the conflicting research out there, fish oil is one of those things that's hard togeta straight answer on — until now. That is, if you take the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy's word for it. A new report from the college contains definitive languageon theeffectiveness of omega-3fatty acidsin reducingcardiovascular events, such as heart attacks or strokes, controlling abnormal heartbeats, preventing cancer or dementia or benefiting cognitive function. In short, they don't, says

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Profile of residents living in assisted living and memory care facilities • The majority of residents living in residential care facilities in 2010 were non-Hispanic white and female. More than one-half of all residents were age 85 and older and their average length of stay was 22 months. • Nearly 2 in 10 residents were Medicaid beneficiaries and almost 6 in10 residents under age 65 had Medicaid. • Almost 4 in 10 residents received assistance with three or more activities of daily living of which bathing and dressing were the most common. • More than three-fourths of residents have had at least 2 of the 10 most common chronic conditions. High blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease and other dementias were the most prevalent. Source: 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Faalities published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

response to a sudden health crisis, family members may be met with resistanceby theiraged loved one. Sometimes a person may feel anger or resentment over their change of circumstances and vent on their family members. In turn, the family may feel guilty, but Kaylena Townsend, expressions coordinator at Wildflower Lodge, an assisted living and memory care facility in La Grande, said that any anger shown by the senior is a momentary response. ''We seea different side ofthe person than the family members

do," said Townsend.'They may show frustration and anger toward the family, but we see their relief. They no longer have to cook for themselves or mow their lawn. Everything is taken care ofhere for them. They may even gain some needed weight because they are now eating healthier than they did at home, and they become more content." One in every three seniors who die each year has Alzheimer's or some other dementia, and the total estimatedcostsofcaring forthem

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The report summarized the top research findings from thepast decade — 81 studies in all — to arrive at its conclusion. The idea was to go beyond the countless fish oil headlines and truly study the evidence behind such products, said Roger Citron, pharmacy program manager for OSU's Drug Use Research and Management division. 'That's the rub between a well-designed, good trial versus peopletrying to promote something for sales: whether or notthere'sa lotofevidence to support the outcomes," he sard. While findings like this tend to float in and out of the public consciousness, this particular report will have a lasting impact. In about a month, it will make it more difficult for low-income Oregonians to get fish oil. The Oregon Health Authority tasked OSU with performing such analyses to help decide which drugs to coverunder itsMe dicaid program, known as the Oregon Health Plan. After reading the report's conclusions and resulting recommendations SeeOmega-8 / Page 2B

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measure the amount of fatty acids in the blood or found no changein blood levelsofthe Continued from 1B omega-3fatty acid orblood from a committee of experts, levels of triglycerides, Jump the agency' sactingdirector sard. The best way to tell if omeapproved changes to fish oil's ga-3fatty acidsareworking coverage status under OHP. is if a fasting patient's blood Now, doctors who want to triglycerides are lowered, he prescribe a Food and Drug Administration-approved sard. fish oil medication for OHP Blood levels with less than beneficiaries will have to go 4 percentofomega-3 fatty through an additional authoacids do not offer much prorization process. tection — it's basically what The changes also officially people pick up normally through their diets — while prevent OHP beneficiaries from getting over-the-counter an index around 8 percent fish oil supplements covered would provide more signifiunder their insurance. Before cant benefits, he said. the changes, there were not Jump noted that this only clear rules around coverage appliestoprimary prevenfor such products. tion, which refers to preventing adisease from presentCombing through ing before symptoms occur. research Phil Bullock/WesComNews Service Secondary prevention, by For the cardiovascular The Oregon State University College of Pharmacy's report notes that fish oil supplecontrast, referstotaking acments, which are not regulated by the FDA, contain varying concentrations of EPA and tionagainstfurther adverse portion of the report, its author, BingBing Liang, a DHA, the long-chain fatty acids in fish oil, of between 20 and 80 percent. events once symptoms have clinical pharmacist at OSU, materialized. reviewed four meta-analyses The OSU report concludes resultsforthetreatment of tion, contains such fatty Overall, Jump still recthereismoderate evidence bipolar disorder and depres- acids at a very high purity. ommends everyone, even to determine whether fish oil consumption protected sion. healthy people, take between thatomega-3 fatty acidsdo Not all agree againstheart failure,irregu- not prevent cancer. She also notes that prob250 and 500 milligrams of larheartbeats,stroke and For her review of fish oil's lems with the latter bipolar Donald Jump, a professor combined EPA and DHA per hypertension. A meta-analy- impact on cognitive function disorder analysis weakened in OSU's College of Public day to preventcardiovascuthe evidence. Health and Human Sciences, lar disease. However, he said, siscompares resultstrom a and dementia, Liang relied "Due to major concern number of different studies on two different analyses. said the only conclusion people should talk to their on the same subject. One foundno benefitam ong of internal validity of the he agrees with in the new doctorsfi rst. healthy elderly subjects, review studies, specifically reportisthatfish oilissafe. Some of the analyses Tougher road reportedmodest improveand the other found small small sample size and high Aside from that, he's not to fish oil ments, such as a reduction in benefits to immediate recall, level of attrition rate, the buying it. For one, he said, strokes among women, while processing speed and attenconclusion should be interthereport'sfocuswas too After OSU completed its othersreported no statistition among patients with report, itwentto the state's preted with caution," Liang broad, and he's skeptical cally significant outcomes. cognitive impairment but no wrote. anyone could come up with Pharmacy and Therapeutics Megan Herink, a clinidefinitive answers on fish Committee, a group of pharLiang, who did not respond dementia. oil's effect on each condition. The report concludes there cal coordinator with OSU's m acists and doctorsthat to a request seeking com"Each one of these things is low evidence that omega-3 Drug Use Research and makes coverage recommenment, concluded there is m oderate evidence that Management, said they use is a heroic effort," he said, fattyacidsdonotprevent dations to the Oregon Health omega-3fatty acidsdonot dementia in elderly patients, highstandards to assessthe "and they did itfor a lotof Authority. moderate evidence that they different conditions — canOn March 4, Tina Edlund, prevent cardiovascular quality of the studies they don't benefit cognitive funcinclude in drug reviews. the OHA's acting director, events, and they don't affect cer, cognitive function, heart "Anything that is poorirregularheartbeats. tion in healthy, older patients disease — It's like, holy cats, approvedthe committee's She also reported finding with Alzheimer's disease and quality evidence or not a ran- are you for real?" recommendations, which a small benefit for those with domized control trial or isn't Jump participated in a low evidence that the prodtakeeffect60 daysfrom that cognitive impairment. looking at outcomes that similar broad review of fish ucts lower blood pressure date. we're interested in, we will and improve cardiac funcThe three meta-analyses oilresearch over a number of Under the changes, Lovation in patients with chronic used to measure fish oil's excludethose trialsorstudza will be added to the OHA's years, and the results draw heart failure. effecton depression reported ies," she said."But otherwise, sharp contrast to the new preferred drug list, which Liang used three large slight overall benefits among it's pretty comprehensive." report. Jump's study, pubincludes drugs deemed efreviews to determine fish oil's research participants. Two The OSU report also notes lished in 2012 in the Journal fective and covered under impact on cancer. One review meta-analyses into bipolar that fish oil supplements, of Lipid Research, found that the Oregon Health Plan. It's found no benefit with respect disorder also reported benwhich are not regulated by being added, however, under consumption of omega-3 the FDA, contain varying a so-called "non-preferred" to cancer prevention, another efits, but one noted that half fatty acids may prevent concluded fish oil reduced ofthe participants dropped concentrations of EPA and cardiovascular disease. status, meaning doctors mortality among prostate When studies on the out of two of the seven studDHA, the long-chain fatty acmust go through a few more ies analyzed. ids in fish oil, ofbetween 20 effecti veness ofomega-3 cancer patients by 63 perhoops to prescribe the drug. 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fall down? Is the health of the person with dementia or the healthasa caregiveratrisk? Are we both able to maintain our optimum health with the present arrangement we have going on now? Are the person's care needs beyond my physical abilities? Can I lik my loved one all throughout the day without putting myself at risk? cWe have to answer these questions honestly, and they will be hard questions to answer," said Townsend."But the answers will help you to determine the probable success of a senior living alone, with a family member or in a long-term care facility." One common barrier to choosing a long-term care facilityis the care giving spouse's own emotions. Guiltis a huge issue because mates have vowed to marry"forbetteror for worse" and now theyhave a situation thatis getting worse. Recallingone's promises"to be

thereforever"mayplague a spouse's conscience. However, askingforassistancetocarefor one's mate isn't abandonment, butit's helpingyour loved one as their healthis d~ Having a planA and a plan B

is responsible and lovingcare glvmg. When a person is moved into assisted care, where their activities of daily living are performedby caring staf employees, then family mem-

bers can focus on nurturmg their relationship with their resident senior rather than performing the necessary duties of daily living. This allows spouses and family members to bond their relationships.

also offers links to relaxation techniques to calm the patient while waiting for help. Continued from 1B cWe've been told that makes a big difference," said sober smartphone app for eight months plus usual David Gustafson, the lead follow-up treatment — typiauthor and director of the cally referral to a self-help Center for Health Enhancegroup — or usual follow-up ment Systems Studies at the alone. University of Wisconsin in The app includes a feature Madison. He's among develasking periodic questions by opers of the app, nicknamed A-CHESS after the center. text or voicemail about how patients are doing. If enough Gustafson said it is being y developed and answers seem worrisome, the commerciall system automatically notifies is not yet available. Differences in abstinence a counselor who can then offer help. trom drinking between the The panic button can be two groups didn't show up until late in the study. At programmed tonotifypeers who are nearest to the patient eight months, 78 percent when the button is pushed. It of the smartphone users

reported no drinking within the previous 30 days, versus 67 percentoftheother patients. At 12 months, those numbers increased slightly in the smartphone group and decreased slightly in the others. Smartphone patients also had fewer"risky" drinking days per month than the others. The study average was almost I l/2 days for the smartphone group versus almost three days for the others. Risky drinking was definedashaving more than four drinks over two hours for men and more than three drinksforwomen. One drink w as a12-ounce bottleofbeer, 5-ounce glass of wine, or

1.5-ounce shot ofliquor. The results for smartphone users were comparable to what has been seen with standard follow-up counseling or anti-addiction medication, said Daniel Falk a scientist-administrator at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which helped pay for the study. He noted that alcohol abuse affects about 18 million Americans and that only about 25 percent who get treatmentare able toremain abstinentfor atleastayear afterward. Scientists are looking at new ways to try to improve those statistics. 'There is increasing excite-

ment regarding technologybasedtoolsin substance use treatment, prevention and education," said Dr. Gail Basch, director of the addictionmedicine program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Basch, who wasn't involved in the study said proven methods for helping preventrelapse include patient monitoring and support trom family and peers. "A stand-alone mobile app may not be the answer, but one can see how it could fit in nicely," she said."A real-time tool, as well as reminders throughout the day, could be veryhelpfulfor arecovering brain."

Continued from 1B If your loved one is still in the home and exhibiting a needforassistance toperform daily living activities such as brushing teeth, bathing, going to the toilet, eating, dressing and personal hygiene, then it may be time to transition to an assisted living facility, memory care unit or a nursinghome. Townsend recommended askingthefollowing assessment questions to determine if a transition out of the home is necessary. Is the person with dementia becoming unsafe in their home? Are they atrisk for falls? Istheirbathroom and bedroom upstairs, and they have to walk upstairs? Are they at risk of falling down the stairs? When they go outside, are there a lot of uneven surfaces where theymight

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014

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

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BINGO Sunday — 2 pm -4pm Catholic Church LAMINATION UP to 17 1/2 inches wide any length $1.00 per foot (The Observer is not responsible for flaws in matenal or machine er-

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CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION We make every effort t o a v o i d err o r s . However mistakes d o s l i p thr o u g h .

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PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-partum. 541-786-9755 PUBLIC BINGO: Mon. doors open, 6:30 p.m.; early bird game, 7 p.m. followed by r e g ular games. C o m m u nity Connection, 2810 Cedar St., Baker. All ages welcome. 541-523-6591

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETING: Been There Done That, Open Meeting Sunday; 5:30 — 6:30 Grove St Apts Corner of Grove (k D Sts Nonsmoking Wheel Chair Accessible

AA MEETING: Survior Group. Mon., Wed. (k Thurs. 12:05 pm-1:05 pm. Presbytenan Church, 1995 4th St. (4th (k Court Sts.) Baker City. Open, No smoking. AA MEETINGS 2614 N. 3rd Street La Grande MON, WED,FRI NOON-1 PM MONDAY 6PM-7PM TUESDAY 7AM-8AM TUE, WED,THU 7PM-8PM SAT, SUN 10AM-11AM AL-ANON MEETING in Elgin Wednesday Warnors Meeting times

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Monday, Thursday, (k Fnday at8pm. Episcopal Church 2177 First St., Baker City.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS HELP LINE-1-800-766-3724 Meetings: 8:OOPM:Sunday, M onday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fnday Noon: Thursday 6:OOPM: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Women's) 7:OOPM: Saturday Rear Basement Entrance at 1501 0 Ave.

AA MEETING: Powder River Group Mon.; 7 PM -8 PM Wed.; 7 PM -8 PM Fn.; 7 PM -8 PM Grove St. Apts. Corner of Grove (k D Sts. Open Nonsmoking Wheel Chair Accessible UNION COUNTY AA Meeting

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All week handling, a n sw ering w ritte n r e p a i r e s t i tisement o r p u b l ica- check. tor. Must be a self-mou ntil g o ne . R a i n o r phones, cus t o m er m ates/work o r d e r s t ion, o r t o u s e a n y Must be able to perform tivated,team player. Shine. North Powder interaction, long hours and contact with cusform of application for bookkeeping functions Must be proficient in exit 285, signs across of standing and other t omers. A s s ist w i t h employment o r to m anually as w el l a s g eneral c om p u t e r from North P o w der duties as a s s igned. m ake any i n q uiry i n computer entry. f unctionality , ha v e preparation of domesC afe. T o y s , ba b y Please apply in person, tic an d i n t e rnational c onnection w it h p r o- Please send resume and strong interpersonal things, tools, antiques, Mon — Fn; 7 am — 3 pm, orders. Organize invenspective employment r eferences to : B l i nd communication skills c ollect i b l e s , t i re a sk for Dawn. 2 0 0 1 tory parts. P e rform which expresses diBox ¹2420 c/o The both wntten and verchanger with e lectric 2nd Street, Baker City. rectly or indirectly any Observer 1406 5th St., general w ar e house bal, and be service and balancer, iron wheels, duties. Two years of limitation, specification La Grande, OR, 97850 detail oriented. ICnowltoo much to mention. two-cycle engine or discrimination as to edge of wholesale/reBAKER SCHOOL DIS- repair expenence tail sales and college race, religion, color, R UMMAG E SAL E , TRICT 5J is currently desired. Full time posidegree is preferred. sex, age o r n a t ional Grande Ronde Retireaccepting applications tion. Applications are ongin or any intent to Good growth potential m ent , Fr ie n d s h i p for substitute bus drivavailable at the make any such limitaposition. A p p l i cants Room, 1PM-4PM April ers. For a c o mplete Employment Office. are asked to provide a t ion, specification o r The Observer Distri6, 2014, 1809 Gekeler descnption of the posidiscrimination, unless r esume a n d r e f e r bution Center has Ln., Everything Must tion and qualifications 220 - Help Wanted b ased upon a b o n a an opening for entry ences. Northwood is a Go I I p Iea se go t o Union Co. fide occupational qualigreat place to work: level position. www.baker.k12.or.us fication. Apply in person at Monday through FriWE LIKE to it keep INor contact the employ- NEED SOMEONE to do day, hrs. will vary. 59948 Downs Road TERESTING. Large vam ent d i v i s i on . Y o u lawn mowing and tnm(Airport Industnal Park). Must be able to lift riety of stuff. Lots of ming for the summer. may al s o c a II or the Employment When responding to 50 lbs., help assist m etal b u c k et s a n d 541-524-2261 or email R easonable p ri c e , Blind Box Ads:Please Department in inserts, prepare stuff to plant in, 2701 nnemec©baker.k12.or. s mal l h o m e . be sure when you ad1901 Adams, La Grande, papers for US mail Bear Co. Loop 10am 541-963-2497 us dress your resumes that and other duties as Oregon. We are an to 4pm. the address is complete Equal Opportunity required. Starts at Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC), with with all information reYARD SALE, 10910 ICns- headquarters in Baker City, Oregon, has an imm inimu m w age . Employer. quired, including the Pre-employment tin Way., Island City. ELGIN PARKSAND drug test required. Sat. (k Sun. 9am-5pm. mediate opening for the position of Manager of Blind Box Number. This RECREATION DISTRICT is the only way we have Pick up an applica- is now accepting applicaC ouch, l ov e - s e at , Purchasing. Requirements and experience inof making sure your ret ion a t T h e O bk itchen items, h o m e tions Apnl 1st through server, 1406 Fifth d ecor, y ar d d e c o r , clude a two-ycar degree or equivalent education sume gets to the proper 18th for part time Lifeand experience. This management position ne- place. Street, La Grande, women's, men's, chilguards fo r S u m m er dren's clothes varied OR 97850. The Obcessitates having five years of warehousing skills 2014. Applications can of s i z es . T o y s (k preferably in the electric utility field and previous server is an Equal be picked up at the ElO pportunity E m antquict nick nacks. gin Community Censupervisoryexperience. A working knowledge C 6r M Country Store is ployer. t er, 2 6 0 N 10t h 150 - Bazaars, Fundseeking an a s sistant of facility and equipment maintenance as well 8 am-3:30pm M - T H m anager. Fl e x i b l e NEEDED: A full time ofraisers and 10:30am-3:30pm as fleet management is preferred. Familiarity hours required. Benefit fice assistant for busy Fri. Elgin Parks and ANNUAL with hazardous waste storage and disposal. Appackage a v a i l able. medical office. 1 year R ecreation Distnct i s SPRING BAZAAR Please send cover letmedical office experiplicants shall demonstrate strong organizational an EOE. Saturday, April 5th ter and resume: PO ence required. Must skills in the areas of supervision, communication, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Box 3298, La Grande, be a se If-sta rted a nd RISE, INC. is looking for 2810 Cedar motivation, delegation, and planning. An ability individuals to provide OR 97850. have strong customer (Community Connection/ life and s ocial skills to converse, both orally and in writing, with the service skills. Health 25+ tables of gifts, training to i ndividuals insurance billing expepublic and with our members is desired. Must crafts, food (k EASTERN O R EGON with D e v elopmental nence a plus. Must be collectables. possess the capacity to problem solve effectively University is looking to Disabilities. Being a Dia ble to w o r k s o m e Lunch served hire a CORE Facilitarect Support Profesand make timely decisions. e venings. T hi s i s a Noon to 1:00 pm tor/Tutor Coordinator. sional involves helping fully benefitted posiSalary is based on qualifications and includes an for a minimal charge For more information with d a il y a c t i v i t ies, t ion. S t a r t i n g pay excellent NRECA benefit package. OTEC has 87 please go to: g oing o n out i n g s , $11.00+ depending on employees and serves 23,500 members in four htt s: eou. eo leadmin. e xperience. P l e a s e working on t heir indi160 - Lost & Found com/ ostins/552 v idual g o a ls . M in . submit resume' in perdistricts. Resumes may be sent to the attention qualifications: a v alid son at 1101 I Ave, La driver's license, passFOUND: SMALL Brown of the Director of Human Resources, 4005 23rd Grande. i ng b ac k gr o u n d dog near Leo A d ler Street, Baker City, OR 97814. For more informa- SUMMER IS co ming (k Flying J Restaurant is READ Y field. Best Friends of checks, and completFO R A tion contact Debby Ray at 541-524-2832 or email, h iring for c o o k a n d CHANGE? Don't Iust sit ing paid trainings. Call Baker. 541-519-7387. humanresources@otecc.com. A full job descripserver. Offering com- there, let the classified 541-663-0906 for more LOST: 12' chain (k set of tion is available on our website at www.otecc. petet iv e w ag es . help wanted column find information, email a renew and challenging rachet tie downs. Car- com. Position is open until filled. Please apply in person. a sume to nselobs©nseIob for you. ter/11th. 541-519-3472 63276 Hwy 203. servicesinc.org EOE

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

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

2 days prior to publication date

Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifieds@bakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifieds@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 xg w 220 - Help Wanted Union Co.

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330 - Business Op360 - Schools & Instruction portunities TRUCK DRIVER with a HELP WANTED in west- INVESTIGATE BEFORE OAK HAVEN class A CDL. Must be e rn N o r t h D a k o t a . c urrent an d h av e a Great Northern Ag is a good driving record. p ulse p r o cessing / Duties include stops in seed facility in need of t he t r i -county a r e a , staff. Full d etails at loading and unloading www.greatnorthernag. materia ls . Dr iv e r com or c a II needs to be able to lift 701-497-3082. (PNDC) 30 — 35 lbs. Work part or full time, 3 to 5 days 280 - Situation a w e ek . P O . B o x Wanted 1219, La Grande Or SPRING HAS SPRUNG! 97850 , or c a II Maryanne's H o u se541-963-6377. cleaning. $15/hr. Call 541-794-8620

YOU INVEST! Always Summer Programs a good policy, especially for business op- Preschool Montesson-based p ortunities & f ran chises. Call OR Dept. program for 2 1/2 — 5 o f J u stice a t ( 5 0 3 ) year olds, with nature 378-4320 or the Fedfocus. eral Trade Commission at (877) FTC-HELP for Literacy Camps Week-long immersion f ree i nformation. O r v isit our We b s it e a t expenences in reading www.ftc.gov/bizop. a nd w r i t in g f o r 6 - 9 year olds — Limited to 4 students, with gardening focus.

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DISH TV Retailer. Start- S TRUGGLING W I T H ANTLER BUYER Elk, 3rd CROP ALFALFA, ing at $ 1 9.99/month Y OUR M O R T G A G E deer, moose, buying $220/ton. Small bales. (for 12 mos.) 5 High a nd w o r r ie d a b o u t all grades. Fair honest Green, dust free. ExSpeed Internet starting foreclosure? Reduce p rices. Call N ate a t c ellent h o rs e h a y ! at $ 14 . 9 5 / m o n t h your mortgage 5 save 541-786-4982. 541-519-0693, Baker. (where a v a i l a b le.) m oney. L e ga l l o a n TRITICALE, 30 tons, big S AVE! A s k A b o u t modification services. bales, approx 60 bales. SAME DAY InstallaFree consultation. Call $150 ton. G r ass 30 t ion! C A L L Now ! Prefe r r e d Law ton, big bale, approx 1-800-308-1 563 1-800-335-6592. 6 0 bales, $150 t o n . (PNDC) (PNDC) 541-91 0-0628. DO YOU need papers to start your fire with? Or 650 - Horses, Mules a re yo u m o v i n g 5 NORTHEAST OREGON CLASSIFIEDS re- 505 - Free to a good WESTERN S A DDLE, need papers to wrap serves the nght to rethose special items? h eavy leather, 15 i n The Baker City Herald I ect ads that d o n o t home seat, genuine sheepat 1915 F i rst S t r eet comply with state and skin underside, Saddle federal regulations or sells tied bundles of ICing of Texas. $550. A~-oe~-oe papers. Bundles, $1.00 that a r e o f f e n s ive, 541-786-11 38. 0 0 0 each. false, misleading, deFree to good home ceptive or o t h erwise 660 - Livestock unacceptable. ads are FREE! DONATE YOUR CAR3 lines for 3 days. FAST FREE TOWING. 2 yr. old Polled Hereford 24 hrresponse-Tax deBulls, $2250. ea. Will d uction . U N IT E D b e semen t e sted 5 WHEELCHAIR RAMP. B REAST C A N C ER ready to go to w ork. Custom made, v e ry FOUNDATION. Provid550 - Pets CaII Jay Sly , sturdy. 303-910-8478 i ng F r e e M a m m o (541 ) 742-2229. or 541-523-2869 grams and Breast CanFEMALE YORKSHIRE cer info. 888-592-7581 Terrier puppy. $400 ADOLESCENT ASS, An(PNDC) tiquated owner. Need FI RM. 541-403-3444 465 - Sporting •

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NORTHEAST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 541-910-0354 Commercial Rentals 1200 plus sq. ft. professional office space. 4 offices, reception area, Ig. conference/ break area, handicap access. Pnce negotiable per length of lease.

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YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder you had better try to get everything done feel an emotional sting from someone who Born today, you are the possessor of many completely the first time. has spoken without thinking. Try not to take talentsand a manner thatexudesconfidence GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Someone is things this personally, as a rule. without running the risk of rubbing anyone waiting for you to deliver the goods, but you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) the wrong way. How you accomplish this is may not have received complete instructions. Preparat ionisthekeyto success.Youmay not quite simple: You strive to be yourself at all Now is no time for silence! haveallthe answers, but you can surely times— honest,secure,and unruffl ed by cir- CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may maneuver deftly if you're ready. cumstances. You seem able to weather all make an error that means more to you than it CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan. 19) - You're kinds of developments without letting your- does to anyone else. Those around you are going to want to stick to someone else'sgame self be negatively affected. Your public and willing to let you off the hook right away! plan faithfully. Otherwise, you must be preprivate personae are almost identical; you're LEO (Iuly 23-Aug. 22)--You may not be pared to go it alone. not the kind to behave differently simply very good at making predictions, ) etyou have AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Others becauseyou are surrounded by more or fewer a feeling that something big is right around may be wondering whosesideyou're on, since people. You have the ability to shape situa- the corner. Could it bef you don't seem to be contributing to either tions to suit your needs and tastes, without VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — A decision side in the usual ways. letting them changeyou significantly. recently made is likely to affect you adversely PISCES(Feb. 19-March 20) -- You've been SUNDAY, APRIL 6 when you try to behave as if it had not been making all kinds of promises lately — too ARIES (March 21-Aprli 19) -- You've made in the first place. many, perhaps — and the result may be that made a pledge to someone,but you may find LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - You're being a you can't avoid disappointing someone. yourself in a position that doesn't bode well bit too controlling, but it may make senseto fEDIlURS F dt d q 0 » pl » t n Ry P« I « «C when it comes to honoring it. you as you strive to level the playing field in CQPYRIGHT2tll4 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC You may TAURUS (Aprli 20-May 20) some ways. DISIRIBUIED BY UNIVERSALUCLICK FQRUFS lllOWd eSt K »

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Apartments 307 20th Street a nd E O U , st u d i o , 5 w/s/g pd, no smoking, COVE APARTMENTS 800 N 15th Ave no pets, $450 month, Elgin, OR 97827 1906 Cove Avenue $40 0 depos it . 541-91 0-3696. Now accepting applicaUNITS AVAILABLE tions f o r fed e r a l ly NOW! CLOSE TO EOU,sm 1 funded housing. 1, 2, bdrm, coin-op laundry, and 3 bedroom units APPLY today to qualify no smoking/no pets, with rent based on infor subsidized rents $350 mo, $300 dep. at these quiet and come when available. 541-91 0-3696. centrally located mulPro)ect phone number: tifamily housing 541-437-0452 SENIOR AND DISproperties.

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Pinehurst Apartments 1502 21st St. La Grande

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La Grande Retirement Apartments 15127th Street, La Grande, Oregon 97850

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725 - Apartment Rentals Union Co.

215 Fir Str La Grande OR

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745 - Duplex Rentals 760 - Commercial Union Co. Rentals CHARMING, SPA BEARCO CIOUS u pst a i rs 2 BUSINESS PARK bdrm, 1 bath duplex Has 6000, 3000, 2000 sq ft units, all have overheard doors and man washer/dryer, walk-in doors. Call c losets, of f - s t r e e t 541-963-7711 parking. New carpeting and bamboo floor- BIG!!! SHOP w/office, ing. Large yard, stor2000 sq ft, 2 overhead age, water/sewer paid. doors, large f e nced No pets. $600/month. outside storage area, heat, a/c, will rent part 541-786-6058 or all. Call for details 541-963-51 25. with lots of windows, laundry r o o m w it h

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices

FOR SALE. view lot i n BEST CORNER location Monument, OR. 423 for lease on A dams W ilso n St . Ov er Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. 30,000 sq. ft. walk to Lg. pnvate parking. ReNorth Fort of John Day m odel or us e a s i s . 541-805-91 23 River, surveyed, South Exposure, deep soil, shallow well for irngation, City Water, and sewer available, great g rowin g c l i mat e , h ome - s i t e or fishing/hunting camp, $38,000.00. Possible T erms w i t h s i z a b le down. Call Philip at 910 - ATV, Motorcy541-934-2010/ 541-934-2250 cles, Snowmobiles

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices

PROBATE NO. 14-182

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON For the County of Baker The Estate of

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY DOUG DECKER, STATE FORESTER Legal No. 00035237 P ublished: M a rch 2 8 , Apnl 4, 2014

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices

in the administration of comments on the ordia Community Developnance. Copies of the ment Block Grant. This draft ordinance may be grant is to fund develobtained from the o pment o f Or e g o n Union County Health Authority and Commissioners Office at Oregon Business De1106 IC Avenue, La v elopment D e p a r t - Grande. ment approved f inal design, c o n struction Published: Apnl 4, 2014 s pecifications , an d construction bid docu- LegaI No. 00035371 m ents f o r a w at e r compliance improveI N T HE CIRC U I T ment prolect.

NOTICE OF Open Comment Period COUNTY OF BAKER COURT O F THE Mason Dam STATE OF OREGON 750 - Houses For DRC'S PROPERTY Deceased. Hydroelectric Project Work under this contract MANAGEMENT, INC. w ill be f u nded i n i t s Rent Baker Co. 215 Fir Str Notice is hereby given entirety w it h f e d e ral FOR THE COUNTY OF HARLEY DAVIDSON Public Hearing OREGON TRAIL PLAZA UNION La Grande OR that Susan E. Peters grant funds from the 2008 FXDL Low nder, April 7, 2014, 1:00 p.m. 1-2 bdrm mobile homes In the Matter of the Es815 - Condos, Town541-663-1066 has been a p pointed Oregon C o m m u nity black 5 orange. Lots Baker County starting at $400/mo. Personal RepresentaD evelopment B l o c k tate of ROSE MARY homes Baker Co. Courthouse of Chrome! R u bber tive. Includes W/S/G DAVIDSON, 1000 Sq FT All persons havGrant program admin1995 Third Street, m ounte d 1584 c c , RV spaces avail. Nice ST. ELIZABETH Deceased. istered by the Oregon STOREFRONT ON ing claims against the twincam, 6 sp c r uise quiet downtown location Baker City, OR Towers Condo ISLAND AVE IN IC. Estate must p resent B usiness D e v e l o p drive, braided b rake 541-523-2777 Retirement-Seasonalwith v o uchers ment Department. The No. 14-03-8482 l ines, a f t e r m a r k e t them, Co-Owners-Rent income OFFICE / RETAIL LEASE attached, within f o ur C ity o f Ha i n e s r e 1-BDRM, 1 bath duplex. pipes 5 IC + N intake Comments on this appli2-bdrm, 2 bath, months after the date 3000 sq/ft, G r eat 1600 sq. ft. 2nd floor quests that interested NOTICE TO INTER$350/mo + dep. 2532 system. 2 Harley Helc ation for a new h y ESTED PERSONS Parking, Modern Conof first publication of Grant Administrators 9th. St. m ets, s t o red i n g a droelectric prolect are w/balcony. New struct i on . T er m s this notice, as stated submit a Request for 2-BDRM, 1 bath duplex. requested from interrage, excellent condi5 blinds. below, to the Personal Proposal directly to the NOTICE IS H E REBY b ased on l e ngth o f appliances $450./m o + d ep. 1230 ested citizens, organition! Only 1500 miles. GIVEN that the underlease an d i m p r ove- Very clean. $115,000 Representat iv e at City of H a i nes. T he Valley Ave. $11,500. 541-519-0280 zations, governmental signed has been ment r e q u ired . La Yturri Ro s e LLP, RFP shall include the 1-BDRM, 1 bath House. 541-91 0-5200 entities, and other parappointed personal repGra nd e C a l l 820 - Houses For 89 SW 3rd A v e n ue, $450./mo + dep. 3002 ties. C o m m e nts are following: r esentative. Al l p e r 541-786-4792 PO Box "S", Ontario, grant a d mini930 - Recreational Campbell St. Sale Baker Co. requested on whether Previous sons having c l a ims Oregon 97914. Claims stration experience on SHOP / WAREHOUSE t he i m pacts o f t h i s against the estate are SPACE — 2000 sq/ft 5 3350 ESTES St. 3-bdrm, Vehicles not presented w it hin CDBG prolects within Molly Ragsdale prolect are such that 1 bath with attached 1 THE SALE of RVs not required t o p r e s e nt 700 sq/ft. Truck Parkthe four months may the state of Oregon inProperty Management they might be cumula1/2 garage on a corner them, with v o uchers beanng an Oregon inbe barred. cluding past performing, Restroom, Heat, Call: 541-519-8444 t ive w it h o t h e r p r o attached, to the underlot. $112,500. Please signia of compliance is La G r a n de , Ca ll ance history adhering p osed or exis t i n g signed personal reprecall: 541-403-0958 HOME SWEET HOME illegal: cal l B u i lding to CDBG Grant ManA ll p e rsons w h o s e 541-786-4792 prolects in the Powder sentative a t B au m Cute KClean Codes (503) 373-1257. nghts may be affected agement H a n dbook River basin. Requests Smith, LLC, P.O.Box 2 5 3-Bdrm Homes by th e p r o c eedings for additional studies guidelines. OFFICE SPACE, approx 967, La Grande, 1704 East St 1976 CLASSIC G M C may obtain additional Method of approach prorelated to prolect im1300sq ft, r e ception Oregon 97850, within 1425 Court Ave Motor Home. Sleeps posed to be used on i nformation from t h e pacts may also be suba nd waiting room. 3 four months after the ST. ELIZABETH No Smoking/1 small 4, Runs great! Sacrirecords of the Court, t he p r olect b y the mitted. offices, restrooms, all Towers Condo date of first publication pet considered. f ice f o r $6, 25 0 . the Personal Repre- The application and supGrant Administrator utilities paid . $9 0 0 Retirement-Seasonalo f this notice, or t he 541-263-01 09 Call Ann Mehaffy sentative, or the lawAvailability and e x perip orting d o c u m e n t s month, $800 deposit. Co-Owners-Rent lncome c la im s may be ba rred. 541-51 9-0698 ence of proposed staff yers for the Personal may be viewed at the 541-91 0-3696. 2-bdrm, 2 bath, Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 Representative. and their prolected asWater Resou r ces 1600 sq. ft. 2nd floor All persons whose rights signed tasks Department, 725 Sum- A list w/balcony and 2-BDRM., 1-BATH: No 780 - Storage Units may be affected by of references inmer Street NE, Salem, pets/waterbeds. beautiful views! New the proceedings may Attorne s for Personal cluding addresses and O regon 97301. T h e McElroy P r operties. 12 X 20 storage with roll appliances 5 blinds. obtain additional inforl t numbers of ~R p rolect i s a l s o f i l e d telephone 541-523-2621 Very clean. $115,000 m ation from t h e r e Ryan H. Holden, the contact person up door, $70 mth, $60 w ith t he Fed e r al 541-519-0280 cords of the court, the OSB 130044 Must carry one million deposit 541-910-3696 3-BDRM, 1 1/ 2 b a th. Energy R e g u l atory personal representaYturn Rose LLP dollars in liability insurGas heat. $825/mo. P RICE RE D U C E D ! Commission (FERC) as tive, or the lawyers for PO Box "S" ance coverage 2-bdrm, 1 bath home (541) 523-4435 docket p-12686, and the personal represen89 SW 3rd Avenue on 75x120 ft. corner a n application fo r a tative, Brent H. Smith. 4-BDRM, 2 1/2 ba th in Ontano, OR 97914 lot on paved streets. S ection 4 0 1 W a t e r Inquiries regarding this Telephone: RFP or requests for a North Baker. 3000 sq. • 8 J All utilities are on propQuality C e r t i f ication ft. Avail. May 3, Doufull copy of the RFP Dated and first Published $2,499.00. Call Curt (541) 889-5368 erty. $42,500. Call for has been filed with the on March 21, 2014 Facsimile: b le Garage, S h o p, packet may be made an ap p oi nt m en t 541-962-1020 Oregon Department of (541) 889-2432 to the City of Haines, Fenced yard. Beautiful 541-524-106 3 or Environmental Quality. rholden©yturnrose.com C omments and/or r e 819 Front Street, Post John MichaelDavidson historic h o m e . No e Security R.nced 99 RK29 541-51 9-1 31 7 Offic e Box 208, Personal Representative Smoking. $ 1250/mo e Coded Entry RIVIERA ALPENLITE quests fo r a d ditional 825 - Houses for DATED and first p u bH aines O R 9783 3 PO Box 291 p lu s d epos it . This 5th wheel is information or studies e Lighted for your protection Sale Union Co. 541-403-11 88 lished: March 28, 2014 (541) 856-3366, Office E Ig in, 0 R 97827 Ioaded. Hitch inmay be submitted at hours are : M o n d ay PHONE: (253) 820-5973 cluded. High book e 4 different size units the public heanng or in COMPLETELY REMODthrough Thursday 8 LegaI No. 00035249 $15,750, asking writing to the Oregon ELED energy efficient e Lots of RV storage LAWYER FOR P ublished: M arch 2 8 , Water $12,999. Resou r ces AM to 4 PM , closed 1-bdrm, 1 bath. Central PERSONAL Apnl 4, 11, 2014 f rom 1 t o 2 P M f o r 541-963-2922. Chico Rd, Baker City Department, 725 Sumair, gas furnace,fenced 41298off REPRESENTATIVE: lunch. Pocahontas mer Street NE, Salem, IN THE CIRCUIT yard, o pe n g a r age. PRESIDENT GOLF Cart. COURT OF THE STATE Oregon 97301 by May $575 per month. Call E ight (8) copies of t h e Brent H. Smith Good cond. Repriced OF OREGON, FOR THE 19, 2014. 541-523-6776 for more RFP shall be submit- Baum Smith LLC at $2999. Contact Lisa COUNTY OF BAKER: Application for a M alor information, a p p lica7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. t ed t o t h e Ci t y o f OSB No. 065971 (541 ) 963-21 61 Hydroelectric Prolect tion 5 appointment. $25 dep. H aines, and b e r e - 1902 Fourth Str. Ste 1 in Baker County. In the Matter of the (541 ) 910-3696. c eived by 4 :00 p . m . PO Box 967 Must see listing! New HOUSE FOR RENT: 960 - Auto Parts Estate of ICathryn Lorena M onday A p r i l 2 1, La Grande, OR 97850 2-bdrm duplex. Range, floonng, paint, and Application ¹: Rose aka ICathryn Lorena A PLUS RENTALS 2014, to be eligible for PHONE: (541)963-3104 fridge, garage. Good co unte rs $79,000. HE 605 Hernng, has storage units consideration. The City FAX: (541) 963-9254 280 S College, Union. FIVE STAR TOWING location, garbage paid. Applicant: availab!e. of Haines will review EMAIL: ~541 805-8074 Your community No smoking, no pets. County of Baker Deceased. 5x12 $30 per mo. all RFPs and reserves office©baumsmith.com 541-523-4701 towing company Address: 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. the nght to relect any 1995 Third Street, 840,000 THIS 2AC. Case No. 14-154 or all RFPs. Final selec- Published: March 21, 28, SUNFIRE REAL Estate 8x10 $30 per mo. Baker City, OR 97814 2014 and Apnl 4, 2014 BUILDING LOT ls loLLC. has Houses, Du- 'plus deposit' tion will be based on NOTICE I S H E REBYAmount of water: cated ln Starkey. Prlplexes 5 Apartments 1433 Madison Ave., the a d m i n i s t rator' s GIVEN that Mary Jane 300 Cubic Feet per or 402 Elm St. La vate, lots of wildlife and, qualifications, experi- Legal No. 00035169 for rent. Call Cheryl Guyer h as been Second Grande. ence, proposed perGuzman fo r l i s t ings, very nice views of the a ppointed a n d ha s Source of water: Reasonable rates Ca II 541-910-3696 sonnel, method of ap- NOTICE T O IN T E R541-523-7727. surrounding area. Has Powder River and qualified as th e Pe r541-523-1555 proach and d e m onESTED PERSONS DEQ approval for stanPhillips Reservoir at 752 - Houses for sonal Representative strated past perform- Melvin E. P ointer h as dard septic system. Mason Dam of the estate. All ance on s i m ilar proRent Union Co. American West been appointed 13531007 persons having claims Location: Storage Iects. T h e C i t y of Personal Representative SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Section 1 BDRM 550 month w/s 7 days/24 Century 21 against the estate are houraccess Haines is an Equal Em(hereafter PR) paid 541-963-4125 Eagle Cap Realty, hereby required to pre- 24, Township 10 South, 541-523-4564 ployment Opportunity of the Estate of Robert Range 38 East, W.M. 541-9634511. s ent the s a me, w i t h employer. For further AVAILABLE APRIL 1, COMPETITIVE RATES Earl Pointer, proper vouchers, t o Purpose: i nformatio n p l e a s e Deceased, Probate No. large 4 bdrm, south- Behind Armory on East Hydroelectnc power the Personal Reprec ontact t h e C i t y a t side, $1200 plus dep. and H Streets. Baker City 14-03-8483, OUR LISTINGS ARE s entative at t h e l a w production at existing 541-856-3366. Union C o u nt y C i r c u it Mt E m i l y P r o p e rty SELLING! reservoir owned by the offices of Coughlin 5 CLASSIC STORAGE Mgmt. 541-962-1074. Court, State of INVENTORY LOW. L euenberger, 1 7 0 5 U.S. Bureau of 1001 - Baker County Legal No. 0003537 541-524-1534 O regon. A l l p e r s o n s CAN WE SELL Reclamation for irngation Main Street, P. O. Box BRAND NEW 1 BDRM 2805 L Street Published: Apnl 4, 2014 whose nghts may Legal Notices YOURS? 1026, Baker City, Ore- purposes. quiet, N O s m o k i n g, NEW FACILITY!! be affected by the proPlant Capacity: 1010 Union Co. NOTICE OF g on, 9 7 8 14 , w i t h i n NO pets. All utilities in- Vanety of Sizes Available ceeding may SHERIFF'S SALE four months from the 3.4 MW Legal Notices cluded Available April Secunty Access Entry obtain additional informadate of the first publi541-963-7383 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S tion from the RV Storage cation of t his N o tice, For Further Information On May 13, 2014, at the SALE court records, the PR, or Contact: Mary Grainey CLEAN 4 Bdrm house, hour of 9:00 a.m. at or t h e y may be DRC'S PROPERTY the attorney for 503-986-0833. Call Us Today: a ppliances , ne ar MANAGEMENT, INC. t he B a k e r C o u n t y barred. A l l p e r sons On April 16, 2014, at the the PR. All persons havGreenwood school, no 541-9634174 C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 whose rights may be hour of 10:00 a.m. at 215 Fir Str ing claims Application for a 401 T hird S t reet , B a k e r affected by th e p ropets/smoking. Deposit See all RMLS t he U n i o n Co u n t y against the estate must La Grande OR Water Quality a nd r e f . re q u i r e d . City, Oregon, the deceedings in this estate Sheriff's Office, 1109 Listings: 541-663-1066 present them to $900/mo, first and last fendant's interest will may obtain additional Certification from the ICAve, in the City of La the PR at: www.valleyrealty.net Oregon Department of month's rent, no HUD. be sold, sublect to rei nformation from t h e Grande, Oregon, the Storage units Mammen 5 N ull, Lawrecords of the Court, Environmental Quality. 541-786-042 6 o r LaGrande and Union demption, in the real 845 -Mobile Homes defendant's i n t e rest yers, LLC 541-910-811 2 or property c o m m o nly the Personal Reprewill be sold, sublect to Union Co. J. Glenn Null, Attorney 541-428-21 1 2. k nown a s: 13 00 sentative or the attor- DEQ ha s c o m p l eted redemption, in the real 1 month FREE with 6 MANUFACTURE HOME for PR draft 401 water quality Auburn Avenue, Baker ney for the Personal property c o m m o nly 1602 Sixth Street — P.O. month Rental in 55 and over park. certification conditions FOR RENT Representative. Dated City, Oregon 97814. known as: 435 N Birch Box 477 (New Rentals Only) Elgin: 4-bdrm, 3 bath 2 bdrm, 2 bth, carport, for the proposed hyThe court case numand first published this Place, Union, Oregon. La Grande, OR 97850 droelectric prolect to house, 10 acres w/shop and storage shed. ber is 12959, w here 2 1 da y o f M ar c h , The court case Come see our new ensure that the prolect (541) 963-5259 207 18th St. 5 barn $1200. JPMORGAN CHASE 2014. n umb e r I s within four months after office La Grande. $48,000. will not c a use v i olaBANIC, NATIONAL AS13-08-48545, w h e re M-F 9-11:30, 1-5 the first 541-786-5648 tions of water quality La Grande-Island City: SOCIATION, AS SUC- Mary Jane Guyer, J PMorga n Chas e p ublication date of t h i s standards. Comments 855 - Lots & PropCESSOR IN INTEREST Personal Representative, Bank, National Assonotice or they regarding the draft wa(1) -1 BR Apt. TO W A S HINGTON 20234 Medical Spnngs ciation, is plaintiff, and may be barred erty Union Co. ter quality certification Hwy., Baker City, OR MUTUAL BANIC, FICA Andrew M . B e nnett, SECljRESTORAGE Ranch-N-Home m ay be given at t h e BUILD Y OUR dr e am WASHINGTON MU- 97814. Other Persons or Publish: April 4, 11, 18, Rentals, Inc home on q uiet p ublic hearing o r i n TUAL BANIC, its sucParties, including Surveillance 2014 writing to the Depart541-963-5450 cul-de-sac S t . , in c essors i n in t e r e s t Martin Leuenberger, Occupants, unknown Cameras Sunny Hills, South LG. ment of Environmental and/or assigns is plainOS B¹752247, claiming any right, Computenzed Entry Legal¹ 35323 541-786-5674. Owner Quality, 800 SE Emitiff, and U NKNOWN Attorney for Personal title, lein, or interest in FOR RENT very clean Covered Storage licensed real e s t ate grant, S u i t e 330, NOTICE OF HE I RS O F LO R I Representative, the property descnbed 1 BRDM house. A B Super size 16'x50' agent. Pendleton, OR 97801 PUBLIC HEARING LAR ICIN, AICA LOR I PO Box 1026, i n t h e c om pl a i n t SOLUTELY NO Pets by April 15, 2014. ICAY LARKIN; COLBY 1705 Main Street, 1/2 TO 2 1/2 acre lots, herein, are ca II 541-963-071 3 541-523-2128 to O RS DONNELLY; CHRIS- Ste. 400, South 12th, starting at defendants. The sale Pursuant 3100 15th St. For Further information 4 77.250, n o t i c e i s TOPHER DONNELLY; Baker City, OR 97814 IN COUNTRY, ou tside $45, 0 0 0 . Ca II is a public auction to Baker City contact:John Dadoly at h ereby given t hat a COMMUNITY CONof North Powder: 541-91 0-3568. the highest bidder for 541-278-461 6 public hearing will be 2 -bdrm, 1 bath. N o NECTION OF NORTH- Legal No. 00035159 c ash o r cas h i e r ' s B EAUTIFUL V I E W E AST held at the Northeast Published: March 21, 28, O RE G O N ; pets/smoking, FI RM! SHOP FOR RENT, 2,200 c heck, I N HA N D , LOTS f or sa l e b y Note: The services, proOregon Forest Protecsq. ft, concrete floor, STATE OF OREGON; Apnl 4, 2014 $650/mo. Please call m ade ou t t o Un i o n o wner i n C ov e O R . grams and activities of tion (NEO) Distnct Ofgarage door, side OCCUPANTS OF THE (541 ) 898-281 2. County Shenff's 3.02 acres, $55,000 NOTICE OF the Water Resources fice, 611 20th Street, PREMISES; AND THE entry, electncity and Office. For more infora nd 4 ac r e s PUBLIC HEARING Department and DeNICE 2 b r dm h o u s e , water. $285.00 mo LaGrande, Oregon, on REAL PROPERTY LOmation on this sale go $79,000. Please caII south side La Grande partment of E nvironApril 21, 2014, at 9:00 CaII 541-975-3800 or C ATE D A T 1 3 0 0 to: 208-761-4843. to O RS mental Quality are covlocation. No smoking am, to r e ceive f rom 541-663-6673 AUBURN AVENUE, Pursuan t www.ore onshenffs 477.250, n o t i c e i s ered by the Amencans any interested persons or pets. $595 per mo BAICER CITY, OREROSE RIDGE 2 Subdivi.com sales.htm h ereby given t hat a w ith D i s a b ilities A c t caII 541-963-4907 suggestions, a dvice, sion, Cove, OR. 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Romantic night out comes Fort Hood gun m anhad at a cost for relationship 'unstaiIle'mental condition

DEARABBY: My boyfriend and I have On the off chance that she can't, she tells me been together for two years. We recently spent my brotherin-law will watch them. While I a romantic night at a hotel, complete with appreciate her gesture oftrying to "cover her dinner, drinks — the wholeshebang — that shift,"my brother-in-law isirresponsible, sufhe organized. fers from severe depression and smokes pot. I don't want to be rude, but I don't like her I know he was a little stressed about money because he ment ioned it.H easked ifI leaving my kids with him. Is there an OK could shell out some money, which I did, and way to tell her that, or do I need to stop being woverprotective"and suck it when the bill came, he asked meifI could shell out some up? 0EAR more. —MOMMYOF FOUR I was a little upset because ABBY DEAR M O MMY: It would I wasn't planning on spendnot be rude to tell your mother-in-law that while you ing that much. He says he is appreciate her watching your children, if for going to pay me back some ofit, and now I any reason she cannot do it, you would prejust feel bad. I told him I didn't enjoy being fer to make your own arrangements for who putin that situation and things got awkwill supervise them. If she asks you why, ward quickly. then be frank with her about your concerns Now I am the one apologizing and I feel — all of which are valid. That is not being like I ruined our night. Am I being a brat? — NEW YORKREADER overprotect ive;itisbeing conscientious. DEAR N.Y. READER: I don't think so. If DEARABBY: What do you call additions your boyfriend couldn't afford to pay for the romantic evening, he should have discussed to your family that result from second or it with you beforehand so you wouldn't be third marriages? Our daughter died several put on the spot. yearsago.Irefertoherwidower as my sonin-law, but what term should I use when I DEARABBY: I work at an elementary introduce his new wife? She has two daughschool, and I help out during lunch, keeping ters from a previous marriage — sweet girls orderand making sure the kidsarenottoo who call me "Granddad."Technically, they loud. Two of their moms work here. The kids are not my granddaughters — but what are are bullies and have no respect for adults they? These arejust two examples of modern whatsoever. When I try to discipline them or give them relationships that seem to require a new voa time out, they go to their moms and accuse cabulary. I have trv'ed searching the Internet me of targeting them because they areblack. for answers without luck. Any suggestions? Then the moms come to me and complain — FAMILY MAN IN TEXAS DEAR FAMILY MAN: When introducing and ask me why I'm wtargeting" them. Thisis causing me a lot ofstress. Ican't al- your late daughter's husband and his wife, low them to bully other kids, but at the same try this:"This is my son-in-law 'Sam' and his time I don't want trouble with the parents. wife, Virginia."' If you're asked for clarificaHow can I approach this situation without it tion, which I doubt will happen, give more details. As to the woman's daughters who getting more complicated? — SCHOOLYARD MOM INFLORIDA are not blood related to you, because they DEAR SCHOOLYARD MOM: Because call you "Granddad," refer to them as your these women are preventing you trom efgranddaughters and leave it at that. fectively supervising the children, which is Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van your job, you should address this problem with the principal of the school. Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. DEARABBY: My mother-in-law watches Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or my fourkids soIcan work outsidethehome. PO. Box 69440, Los Angeles,CA 90069.

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FORT HOOD, TexasUnstable mental health may be a"fundamental, underlying cause" of a soldier's shooting rampage at Fort H ood that leftfourpeople dead, though an argument with another service member likely preceded the attack, accordingto investigators. Spc. Ivan Lopez turned his gun on himself after killing three people and wounding 16 others Wednesday at the sprawling Texas military base, where more than a dozen people were fatally shot by a soldier in 2009. An Army truckdriver from Puerto Rico, Lopez was undergoing treatmentfor depression and anxiety while being evaluatedforpost-traumatic stress disorder, baseofficialssaid. Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, senior officer at the nation's largestArmy base,said there was a"strong indication" that Lopez was involved in a verbal altercation shortly before the shooting, though itdoesn'tappear he targeted specific soldiers during the attack. But investigators also are focusing on his mental health. eWe have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition," Milley said.'We believe that to be a fundamental, underlying cause." Lopez had reported to medical personnel that he'd suffered a traumatic brain injury. The 34-year-old served four months in Iraq but saw no combat, and he previously had demonstrated no appar-

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A popular four-wheel drive road in the Elkhorn Mountains northwest of Baker City will remain open to motor vehicles even if Congress designates a new wilderness there, a ForestServiceoffi cialsaid this week. Jodi Kramer, public affairs officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, said the ForestService's goal is to exclude the North Powder River Road trom any new wilderness. Congress has the final say in designating wilderness areas, and there are no bills pending to do so in the Elkhorns. The news about the North Powder River Road is welcome, said Christina Witham of Baker City. She and her husband, Russell, are members of Locked and Loaded OIF-Road, alocalgroup offourwheeling enthusiasts who drive their modified Jeeps on the North Powder River Road. iThe group's name refers to the locking differentials installed on their vehicles, devices that help them negotiate big rocks and other obstacles, and thattheirrigs are usually loaded with their kids and other passengers, Christina Witham said.) "For us it's one of the more challenging runs," she said of the North Powder River Road. Although there is no pending wilderness bill, some alternatives in the draftversion oftherevised Forest Plans for the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla and Malheur — including theForestService' spreferred alternative — recommend Congress add acreage to the North Fork John Day Wilderness. The preferred alternative— it's Alternative E in the draft environmental impact statement the Forest Service released March 14 — would add 9,530acres tothewilderness area. The addition would include Twin Mountain and the Dutch Flat Creek valley, north of the North Powder River and south of the Anthony Lakes Highway. That area is east of the Elkhorn

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challengingruns." — Christina Witham of Baker City, a member of the Locked and Loaded Off-Road group, talking about the North Powder River Road

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The North Powder River RoadForest Road 7301 — is an exceedingly rough route, with plentiful crest. The existing North Fork John graniteboulders,stream fordsand Day Wilderness is west of the crest. deeprutsthatmake itim passableto Motor vehicles, as well as bicycles, passenger cars. areprohibited in w ilderness areas. But it's long been a popular route Kramer said ForestService offorfour-wheel driverigs,motorcycles ficials understand that the North andATVs. Powder River Road is a popular The road, which follows the North route in the Elkhorns. Powder River trom Bulger Flat She pointed out that the agency west for about seven miles into the has lef topen otherroads thatare Elkhorns, leads to three trailheads, bordered on one, or in some cases including ones for two of the more both sides, by wilderness. scenic lakes in the range: Red MounAn example is the Lostine River tain and Summit.

Witham said the Locked and Loaded group, which includes the owners of about 20 vehicles, sometimes invites members of other offroad groups, including ones in Union County and in Idaho, to take trips in Baker County. The North Powder River Road is a favorite route, Witham said, not only because it's challenging but because the scenery in the Elkhorns is spectacular. Another attraction is that the trip isn't a one-way route, Witham said. Drivers can follow the North Powder River Road to Cracker Saddle, then descend along Cracker Creek to the ghost town of Bourne and trom there to Sumpter and back to Baker Photo by Christina Witham City along Highway 7. A Jeep navigates granite boulders along the North Powder SeeOpen Road IPage 2C River Road.

SpringTurKeyHunting SeasonStartsApril 15

Turkey hunting has really grown in popularitythelast20years out West. Its success is due to hard work by the National Wild Turkey Federation and Fish & Game. If you'vehunted them down south you'll find it's tougher in the Northwest due to the terrain and fewer birds. Regardless of where I've hunted, though, I've always had the highest regard for them. An old tom can be every bit as wary as a whitetail buck. Turkeys can disappear into thin air and their eyesight is unbelievable. They're masters of deceit.

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One time I saw an albino and went hauling down to intercept it. I had it dead to rights. Iran overthe rise and hurriedly scanned the surroundmgs. No way. It couldn't have disappeared. The grass was only 10 inches tall. It couldn't ofgotten away.Suddenly I saw it stretched out not 25 feet away. How did it hide in grass that was only ankle

deepnot25feetfrom me? It was pure white. I've had a ton of them that I had the drop on and that took out using every rise and small mound to duck behind as they made their getaway. It's best if you can find some traveling in a certain direction and set up and ambush them. Set up a decoy and call them in. Another good way is to know where they roost but don't shoot them off the roost because if you scatter them at night they11 be easy pickings forpredators.Ifyou seethem roosting let them be. Come back the next morning before

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Wild turkeys are among the more elusive quarry hunters can stalk in Oregon.

daylight. Set up your decoys 100 to200 yards offand start calling right at daylight. When they come down you want them to come your way. Used to be all we had were box calls. Now there are pushboxes, slate plates,gobblers, reeds and locators. I use mostly Quaker Boy products. My favorite call is the Hur-

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ricane Supreme Box call. If you've never seen one strutting it is something to see. The first time I took Katy with me I called one in and he started strutting. Katy started laughing and said what the heck is he doing? I could barely keep her quiet. Many people blow an owl, crow or a peacock call to

locate them. I use a Johnny Stewart coyote howler. If there's a gobbler around, 99 percent of the time he11 gobble after I hit the howler. What kind of gun should you shoot? I recommend shooting the largest gauge you can handle. See Turkeys/Page2C

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Kim Hilton leads her horse, Marvin, over poles during a March 29 class on using trail obstacles to build horse and rider confidence taught by Elaine Case andTracie Wick at Case Farms in La Grande.

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Sierraarrivedon~giving eve fmm a ranchin Keating. Aretired reining horse, Sierra had been doingranch work. She came to me loaded with experience, wisdom and ticks. Standing calmly at libertyin the aisle of the 10-stall barn, Sierra was ~ by t h e commotion her arrival caused the other occupants. Impressed with her sweet personality and steady nature, I knew this horse had a lot to teachme. But with MorganArabian bloodlines, this horse can move — her motto is,'Why walk when you can canter?" After spending the winter months ridingin an arena, I'm anxious to get Sierra out on the trails and to other events. tucal riding dubs and organizations have a great lineup of springevents that will de6nitely temptme to hook up the horse trailer and head out with Sierra.

OPEN ROAD Continued ~om Rge 1C Antique maps show the route as a wagon mad that connected Bourne and Haines. In 2009 the Baker County Board of Commissioners passedaresolution at6rming the North Powder River Road as a public right-of-way under the federal law known as R.S. 2477. The basic idea behind RS. 2477is that aroute that was used by the public before the Forest Servicewa screated in 1905 — and the North Powder River Road quali6es, based on historic maps — mustremain open to the public reganlless oflater governmentdecisions, includingdesignating wilderness areas. The law doesn't, though, speci6callyguarantee the public access to such roads on motorized vehicles. Both Witham and Jeff Smith, Baker County's roadm aster, said ForestServiceof6cials have not acknowledged the county's resolution on the North Powder River Road. Commissioners asserted R.S. 2477 status for the road in 2009in part due to the Wallowa-Whitman's pending Travel Management Plan

(TMPl. In March 2012, then-Forest Supervisor Monica Schwalbach approved a TMP that would have blocked motor vehides kom about 3,500 milesofroads. Although the North Powder River Road would haveremained open to m otor vehides, the section between the Summit Lake trailhead and Cracker Saddle would have been open only to ATVs,

TURKEYS Continued ~om Page1C Ifyou're a 90-pound girl, shoot what you're comfortable with. What size shot? In the old days we used No. 2. Now most people recommend No. 4-6 shot. The reasoning is that there is more shot and you getabetterpattern.I've tested nearly all the major turkey loads and by far and away the best is Hevi-shot. It is devastating. Aim at his neck right below his head. That way you'll hit his head and neck. If you've never hunted turkeys iQI seem weird. Here you are hunting a bird with a shotgun but you have to aim at a body part just like you would at a deer. They're super tough birds. To check your pattern, draw a turkey on a piece of cardboard. Count how many BBs hit in the head and neck area. Compare a Hevi-shot turkey load to your favorite shell. You'll be amazed. Invest in a decoy or two. If you can only afford one, get a

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Modified Jeeps and other fourwheel drive rigs can get through this section of the North Powder River Road. She said that although many visitors either don't have a vehicle capable ofdriving and Loadedgmupopposed the entire route, or they're not thatidea. interested in doing so, the road is valuable because it leads to Schwalbach withdtew the TMP about a month later, and three trailheads. the matter is still in limbo. The road also is a convenient Witham said that during access point for mountain bikers riding the Elkhorn Crest the summer of 2012 she and her husband took a couple of Trail, Witham said. ForestServiceem ployeeson The southern 14miles of that 24-mile National Recrea Jeep ride the length of the North Powder River Road to ation Trail, between Cracker Saddle and Marble Creek show that the route is accessible to full-size rigs. Pass, are open to bicycles and She said the gmup also has motorcycles (the northern 10 volunteered to help rehabilimiles, kom Cracker Saddle to Anthony Lakes, are closed to tatesectionsoftheroad,but the ForestServicedeclined the bothbecausethetrailpasses offerbecause thegmup does through parts of the North not have liabilityinsurance. Fork John DayWilderness). Witham said the gmup's Witham said she's talked m ain targetis thesection bewith mountain bikers who tween the Red Mountain Lake rode the Crest Trail kom and Summit Lake trailheads, Marble Creek Pass north to where a tributary stream flows Cracker Saddle, then descendon themadbed forseveral ed the North Powder River hundted yards. Road to a campsite along the Even if the volunteers aren't river. She also believes it's imporable to workon the road, Witham said she wants to tantto keeptheroad openfor ensure thatitremains open to 6te6ghters should a blaze start motor vehides. in the densely forested valley. but not to larger vehides such as Jeeps. Witham said the Locked

TURKEY HUNTING • Season dates: April 15 through May 31 • Open area: Statewide • Daily bag limit: One male turkey or a turkey with a visible beard. • Season limit: Two legal turkeys • Tag sale deadline: Hunters may purchase tags through the end of the season.

bird? Back East I guess they can carry a 10-pound bulky decoy but out here we can't. I use Montana decoys but if you can't find one of them buy the lightweight fold-up foam ones. If you find them in the day, try to intercept the way that they're moving and set up in kont of them. Throw out acoupleofdecoysand call away. If they're just fighting and messing around watch them until you can sneak in and ambush them. If you're after a tom that's already with a group ofhens it's going tobe hard toget him away kom them. He's

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The North Powder River is a major drainage on the east side of the Elkhorn Mountains.

'Celebrate the Horse' "Celebrate the Horse Expo"onApril 12 is akee event hosted by T&T Horsemanship in Haines. The clinic, whichruns kom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is packed with presentations byregional experts on topicslikeproperboot6t and homeopathic alternatives to horse health. Alice Trindle, ofT&T Horsemanship, will discuss and demonstrate balance and relaxation positions and techniques that will help ridersand horsesaccomplish avarietyofjobs kom trail riding to workingcows to dassical dtessage. "I have a stmngbeliefin developing a partnership with the horse," said Trindle. Trindle will also teach a''Work-in-Handa dinic on developing self carriage atT&T Horsemanship on May 3-7.

Back Country Riders Trail Work The Blue Mountain Back Country Riders will soon kick offa season of6xing tread and dearing trail. The gmup heads up Bear Creek to 6x trail April 25-27. The riders assist government agencies in maintaining backcountry trails and other resources. Itis a mix of a whole lot ofbeautiful backcountry, some play and hanI work. "If there is a washout we will either divert amund itor replace the tread," said Dick W alker, boardpresident.

Plowing Bee eM Smtt Memorial Plowing Bee"on May 3-4, weather permitting, will atlract teams of draft horses and mules in the region to plow and drive at Larry & JuanitaWaters in Joseph. The teams an. usuallyoutin the 6eld by 10 a.m. both days, and the weekend includes a potluckdinner at Liberty Grange on Satmday. 'Theywill probably tryhookingup a four up or sixup," said JuanitaWaters.

Working With Cows "Cows and Moreadinic on May 3-4with Mary Jane Brown at Eastern Slope Ranchis an opportunity to learn about working with cows. Participants will learn the basics ofranch riding and get to practice things like sorting and cuttingin a fun and safe environment. "Itis for people who want to intmduce their horse to cattle," said Leslie Maiwald, of Eastern Slope Ranch.

'Play Day'

The La Grande Maverick will hostits 6rst "Play Day" on May 15 starling at 6:30 p.m. The family fun eventindudes barrel racing, pole bending and a stake race.An egg spoon race will putriders to the test. 'Bunny Hop' 'Theyhold the spoon and try to ride at dif"Bunny Hop"onApril 19is aride on the ferent speeds and keep the eggin their spoon," Mount Emily RecreationArea hosted by the said Al Peterson, catetaker of the Maverick. Blue Mountain Saddle Sisters. On May 3, the Registration is at 6 p.m., there is a $5 sisters will head up Spring Creek for a"Derby participation fee. Visitors canride once before Day at the Puddle"potluck and playride. joining the dub. 'These are easyrides to getyour horse The Maverick's Schooling Show on May 17 legged up and youin shape," said Martha Bu- is anopen show forallagesand levelsofrid~ Que en of the Blue Mountain Saddle ers, including special classes for green riders and horses. The show indudes Western and Sisters. English disciplines. No fancy show clothes Oregon Dressage Society required. "Itis a great day to get out and play with The Northeast Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Dressage Societywill host afarm horses," said Sandy Henry, chairwoman for the show. tour to Jackass Mountain Ranch onApril 26. The ranch has imported Andalusians to build For more information on these events or to learn aboutjoining the clubs please contact: bloodlines with exceptional movement and excellent dispositions. The tour will get to see • T&T Horsemanship: 541-856-3356 or thisyear' sfoalcmp aswellasolderhorses. www.tnthorsemanship.com "Itis a chance to look at Bamque type • Blue Mountain Saddle Sisters: Martha horses," said Elaine Case, a member of the Buchanan at 541-910-5225 or wwwfacebook. com/40Some~ w gi r l sBlueMtnSaddleS dtessage dub. The dressage club also pmmotes two diniisters cians, Jillian Santi and Caml McAnlle, who • Northeast Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Dressage Society: Karen Hasel: 541-963-9654 travel monthlyinto the atea to give weekend dinics withindividual lessons. or Elaine Case: 541-963-7966 Santi has ridden and trained a Haflinger Blue Mountain Back Country Riders: Dick Walker at 541-805-4852 gelding to Grand Prixearning USDF Gold, Silver and Bmnze medals. McAnHe studies in • The La Grande Mavericks: 541-963-3991 the French Classical system, competed Grand • Eastern Slope Ranch: 541-523-9155 or Prixin Europe, and was short-listed for the wwweasternsloperanch.com World Games and the Olympics. • Plowing Bee: LarryWater at 541-263There is no charge for auditing and auditors 0583 or 541-432-7055

already got the real thing so whatyou want to dois to work on the lead hen. Where she goes, the group will go. Later in the season it gets toughertogetone.Thedumb ones have been whacked and the olderones are smarter .

As the hens lay eggs thegl be setting them so you won't see as many hens running around, that will be good news. But before you pick up the habit, let me forewarn you. Turkey hunting can be addictive and almost as much fun as trying to call in a bull.

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Still looking for World Cup tickets? Get on the ball now MCT News Service

Dec. 8-Jan. 30, and fans of specific teams had until Feb. you're chasing tickets for the 8 torequest seatsfrom apool World Cup competition begin- ofticketsreserved foreach ning June 12 in Brazil, your team, with results of their time is running short. electronic-draw ticket lottery FIFA, the World Cup's to be known by March 11. organizing body, started with The next step was a period of first-come, first-served about 3 million tickets to sell for 64 matches in 12 cities. ticket sales that began March But most of those seats are 12 and ends April 1. The spoken for. final step is the "last minute" The best chance at this phase from April 15 through pont may be a hosprtahty the day of the final, July 13. package that combines match But there may not be much tickets with a hotel room or available. Before February other amenities. FIFA has was over, FIFA officials were authorized Match Hospitality saying they'd tallied "close to as sales agentforthosepack- 10 million"ticketrequests. The competition begins with ages. Match Hospitality has authorized SportsMark as its the June 12 opener in Sao American sales agent. And Paulo and ends with the July 13 final in Rio de Janeiro. SportsMark has authorized sub-agents, including Beck Ticketsforforeignerscome & Score iwww.beckandscore. in three price categories, with individual matches priced at com, based in Culver City), Cartan iwww.cartanglobal. $90 to $990 a person, excludingticket delivery charges. com, based in Manhattan Beach) and Jet Set Sports iThere'sa more affordable iwwwjetsetsports.com, based fourthcategory reserved for in Far Hills, N.J.l. Brazilian residents). PackPrices vary widely, but age deals allow fans to follow their chosen team through $7,000 to $9,000 a person, multiple matches or to attend double occupancy, for two matches and seven hotel only matches at a single nights, is common. The sales venue. If you do get your hands agentsare expected tooffer hospital ity packages aslong on tic kets,beadvised that Brazil hassetup a separate as their inventory lasts. For those seeking tickets visa category for World Cup visitors, presumably simplionly, FIFA began taking fying the red tape that has requests ialso known as apsometimes complicated travel plicationsl on Aug. 12, 2013. between the U.S. and Brazil. A second phase followed

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Paradise Pier offers a casualatmosphere, delightful interiors and lighthearted decor of our boardwalk-inspired rooms for visitors to Disneyland.

he past 10 months have held two milestone celebrations for Dale and me. Our 50th wedding anniversary was spent in Nashville being awestruck by the Opryland Hotel and by the gracious southern hospitality as we ventured farther south into Jack Daniels country. Last week was another milestone celebration — Dale's birthday. Where w ould be thebestplace fora party? How about Disneyland. On Saturday, we, including our daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters, drovetoPortland fora bit of shopping before traveling on to Southern California the next day. While planning our trip, Cindy at Alegre Travel recommended we fly Jet Blue, which allowed one free checked bag for each of us. The flight at 7 a.m. was nonstop to Long Beach, Calif., and took a little over two hours. When we arrivedatthehotel,Dale received a "Celebrating a Birthday" button with his name on it and the party began. Our room wasn't ready but we w ere, so ourbaggage was leftatthe check stand and off we went to explore Downtown Disney. Our first stop was at the Rain Forest Cafe for lunch. Here Dale realized this was going to be one constant celebration in the Magic Kingdom. After our lunch the waiter broughtDale adessertcalled the Sparkling Volcano islabs of chocolate brownie filled with vanilla ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauces with a topping of whipped cream) which was more than enough for the six of us. A sugar high kicked in as we headed for the Monorail and our passage into Disneyland's Tomorrowland. Something magical happens when one enters Disneyland— allcaresare forgotten and the inner child takes over. Having fun is ultimate. It was spring vacation and thecrowds ofpeoplewere likegiant amoebas flowing toward a destination. One had to be careful not to get sucked into a mass going the opposite direction. The closest ride, Autopia, beckoned Papa, Dad and the two girls, with the young ones doing the driving, of

enjoyed the '50s, this was a trip down memory lane with the teepee motel GINNY MAMMEN rooms and the drive-in soda shop. Being there in the evening when they turned on the neon advertising lights was a real treat. course. As soon as that ride was over When we visited Disneyland five our daughter and her husband wanted to go on Space Mountain, but the girls years ago our granddaughters were on the constant lookout for princesses in vetoed that and went with Dale and me to Fantasyland for a flight with ordertogetpicturesand autographs. Peter Pan and a trip on the canal This time the rides were the ultimate boatsthrough Storybook Land. My goal with the Grizzly River Run, a whitewater raft adventure with the love of miniatures make this one of m y favorites because Iso appreciate goodchance ofgetting soaked,being a the craftsmanship of the small houses favorite. One granddaughter took this ride five times during the three days that are enhanced by landscaping of bonsaitreesover 50yearsold.Nextwe we were there. I was quite content to people watch and hold the others' watched a colorful parade of Disney charactersfollowed by a trip on the belongings so they didn't get wet. Disneyland Railroad to New Orleans Disneyland is truly"The Happiest Square for dinner at the Cafe Orleans. Place on Earth." There were hoards of We were then ready for a tour through people of all ages, nationalities and sizthe Haunted Mansion and the favorite es and they all were having fun. I can honestly say that I never heard a negaride, Pirates of the Caribbean. All day, Disney employees and total strangers tive word spoken even when everyone had been wishing Dale birthday greet- in a party was tired or hungry. People ings. As our "sugar high" had worn ofE were courteous even when standing in line for up to two hours just to take we headed back to the hotel only to findaparty setup in ourroom. Our a four or five minute ride. No one son and his family had arranged for threw trash on the ground or pushed a birthdaycake plus a giftbasketfor or shoved. Disney takes specialcare Dale to greet us upon arrival. While we to make sure that everything is kept stoked up on sugar energy for the next clean and well maintained, and flower day we enjoyed the nightly fireworks beds never show wilted or dead flowers. display over Disneyland. There is a pride in their product and it The next day started early as we had carries over to the visitors. We could all an early entry pass and that meant take a lesson from this. beingready to enterthepark by 8 a.m . Threedays ofpurefun ended with This was our day to spend in California the new World of Color show at the Adventure just across from Disneyland Paradise Pier. It is a beautiful comand thelocation ofmy favorite ridebination of dancing waters and film Soarin' Over California. It is a 4 minute featuring various Disney beloved 52 second simulated hang glider tour charactersprojected onto a watermist. overseveralCalifornialandmarks Thousands of visitors watched in awe complete with scents of pine and citrus, as this 30-minute presentation ended when appropriate, via afilm on a their activity-packed day. mammoth concave projection screen. Dale had experienced thrills, birthWe were there during a slack time so day greeti ngs,laughter and lovefor were able to do the ride twice without three days and it was time for us to having to stand in line. That made my returntoLa Grande exhausted and yet day! Next we headed for the newest revitalized. attraction, Cars Land. This is a 12As you walk downtown La Grande acreattraction with a mai n streetset greet those you meet with a smile and in downtown Radiator Springs of the see if it doesn't make something 2006 film "Cars". For those of us who magical happen. Enjoy!

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SPARKS, Nev.— I am not so much a fan of Elvis Presley — sorry, not my generation — as I am an admirer of Elvis ephemera. All the over-the-top glitz and wretched excess, all the sequined white-leather jump suits and gaudy jewelry, I find at once fascinating and lurid. So when I heard that a truck stop-slash-casino outside Reno was in possession of the by-gawd gun that Elvis used to famously

— perhaps apocryphallyshoot up his TV set in some Las Vegas hotel suite, I had to veeroffInterstate 80 to check it out. How in the world such an iconic cultural treasure such as that ended up at Sierra Sid's casino and Travel Center Plaza in the low-rise 'burb of Sparks had to have a greatstory attached to it. Did Sierra Sid win it in a high-stakes poker game? Did Elvis enjoy the bacon cheeseburgers at the truck stop so much he gave it to

Sid as a gift? The anticipation built as

I crested the Donner Pass and rambled into town one recent morning. After gassing up the company car and buying a Slim Jim from the convenience store, I went looking for this supposed shrine to The King. And there it was in a back-lit, laminated display case on a wall halfway between the coffee shop and the convenience store. Amid a small but impressive collection of Elvis memorabilia — rings, and watches and pens, all gold- and diamond-encrusted — there sat three gleaming pistols propped upformaximum exposure. The first was a Ruger Blackhawk .44, the second a Smith and Wesson .38, the third a Colt.38 WCF, nextto a handsome, monogrammed i"EP"l holster. Proof that these firearms belonged to Elvis came in the form of photos of Elvis grasping the guns, plus a notarized legal document from the executrix of the estate of Vernon Presley, Elvis' dad.

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Expert suggests learning more about birds at home MCT News Service

DALLAS — The 18th Annual Great Texas Birding Classic begins April 15 and continues through May 15. According to GTBC Director Shelly Plante, also the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's nature tourism director, participants need not be experts. There are 42 categories that offer something for everyone, regardless of birdwatching experience, age or ability, Plante said. The deadline for GTBC entries isTuesday.Detailsare at BirdingClassic.org. "Lastyear'seventparticipation was the highestin the past decade," said Plante. 'The Classi cisaperfect itfornaturalists,birders, f communities, nature centers, bird clubs and school groups. It's a fun way to spend the day outside with family and fiiends." M ore than 300 participantsrecorded 398 different bird species last year. Cullen Hanks, a wild bird authority with TP&W, advises beginners to study birds that are common in their neighborhoods. 'The more you know

about your common birds, the easier it will be to detect more rare species," he said. "Paying attention to local birds will give you insight into how your local habitats change with the seasons." There are numerous birding websites, but Hanks recommends ebird.org, a cooperative between the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology and Audubon. Hanks calls eBird an invaluableresourceforlearning what birds can be found in a particular area. Bird fans can likewise play an active role in the process by submitting complete checklists to eBird. "Not only is the data valuable, making a complete checklist helps you become m ore aware ofbirds,"said Hanks."It challenges you to identify everything you encounter. It is not always possible to focus exclusively on birds when you're out. If you take the time the do a complete checklist some of the time, you will become a better birderallofthe tim e."

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A good bird book. There are many available. Smithsonian Handbooks' Birds of Texas is a good one that includes photos. Along withdescriptions of each bird species are listings of similar birds. You often don't seethebird perfectly lit in full sunlight.

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Many anglers prefer bamboo rods for fly fishing, like this one sold at Backwater Angler shop inMonkton, Md.

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daypack. Binoculars, which allow you to see the bird almost as clearly as the bird sees you. Full-sized binoculars work best, something like 8x42 or 10x42. The first number represents the magnification factor and the second number represents the diameterofthe objective lenses. Bigger objective lenses mean more light gathering ability, up to a point.

Pay at least$150for binoculars. More if you can afford it.

• Bamboo rods help fishermen reconnect with natural world MCT News Service

ON THE GUNPOWDER RIVER, Md.— Midway through winter, a chilly fog surrounded Theaux Le Gardeur's shop. Hardly anyone would be out on the GunpowderRiverthat day, he said. But he didn't need the river or sunlight. He stood behind his fly-fishing store clutching three rods: graphite, glass and bamboo. One by one, he tossed them back with his forearm and flicked them forward, eliciting the characteristic swish of fly line cutting through air. Each rod carried the line, bounced back quickly and delivered the fly far ahead of Le Gardeur, depositing the insect imitations onto the slick grass next to Backwater Angler. To the drivers in the passing cars on York Road in Monkton, Md., the rods were likely indistinguishable. For Le Gardeur, though, the differences were many. And every time he picked up and swung the bamboo rod, he'd sigh softly and smile: "Listen to that sound. Just perfect."

In the sport and this state, he'spart ofa revivalofinterest in the natural, sometimes strangeworld ofcreating, selling and fishing with bamboo rods. Fly fishermen want to feel in tune with the natural world around them, Le Gardeur said, even to the point of feeling the trout's heartbeat through vibrations m the rod. "It's very tactile," he said, explaining the differences between minimalistic bamboo and the more mainstream optionsofglassand graphite rods.'When folks are buying a bamboo rod,they'rereally buying into a mindset." Fly fishermen are excessively specific about their gear, said Michael Watriss, owner of the Great Feathers fly shop in Sparks, just down the road from Le Gardeur. Some swear by glass or graphite, which has seen remarkable advancements in recent years because of technologies developed by the aeronautics industry. Those trends run counter to the mentality of connecting

with nature, Watriss said. "Graphite has spoiled the modern fisherman," he said. "They all work the same. ... It's not about banging as many fish as you possibly can in one day." While bamboo has a certain romance, Watriss said itappealsto a demographic with plenty of disposable income and free time. "Bamboo is the singlemalt scotch of fly-fishing," he said. Whether from Monkton, Baltimore, northern Virginia, Pennsylvania or farther afield, many fly fishermen with bamboo rods end up in this state, along the Gunpowder River's cold waters and its abundant trout populations. "This area is one of the strongholds of brook trout in the Mid-Atlantic," Le Gardeur said. In his retail and environmental advocacy efforts, he focuses on the H ereford area ofthe state park. "The stream is wild. That's a really important distinction."

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This August 2013 photo provided by Google is a frame from a moving time-lapse sequence of images of rafters on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park., Ariz.

Group trips for at-risk kids The Associated Press

creation. "Our stafI's made up of SPOKANE, Wash. Whitewater guides-in-trainChristians, but we're not ing were on the Spokane Bible thumpers with the Riverin the first two weeks people we work with," Loran of March, longbeforepleassaid.'We're not trying to ant weather would greet convert anyone." ''We're non-denominationrafterssoaking themselves through ragingrapids. al," Ryan said.'The emphaThey were on a missionsis is offering experiences that give meaning to life." or two. "Safetyis Mission No. He grew up in Ecuador 1," said Loran Kerrigan, and Kenya, one of five sons born to a nurse and military spokeswoman for Peak 7 Adventures, a Spokanesurgeon who devoted much of their lives to mission medibased nonprofit group. ''We're taking young people cal work in impoverished into outdoor experiences that settings. "Dad got things done can be life-changing. But it's with what he had," he said. safety first." The second objectiveis "As a boy I can remember being asked to hold back the treating underprivileged clamps during a surgery." and at-risk youths to a thrill they've never had. The cliAt the same time, Kerrientele ranges fiom youths of gan was nurtLumg an innate low-income families to street longing for the outdoors."I kids and drug and alcohol was climbing mountains at addicts completingrehabilithe age of 11 and 12," he said, noting that he advanced to tation. Like the leaders Peak 7 become a certified instructor trains for climbing, backfor raft and kayak guides, among his other outdoor packing and snowshoeing excursions, the whitewater accomplishments."I love the adrenaline rush of outdoor guides are led by certified instructors and drilled in sports. It's a powerful tool." skills, first aid and people When the sofbvare management. The skills will company Ryan was working be employed on the Spokane, for in 2005 relocated fiom Spokane to Seattle, the KerWenatchee and Grande rigan's decided to follow their Ronde Rivers. "Ourguidesalsoenjoy see- dreams. "I had a $35,000 ayear job ing others have a good time," said Ryan Kerrigan, Loran's and that gave Ryan enough freedom to work for no salhusband and the executive director and co-founder of ary for two years to help get Peak 7."It's a prerequisite." Peak 7 going," Loran said. "A lot of people jumped in to The Kerrigans both have Clemson University degrees help." in Parks, Recreation and After serving 137 kids in Tourism Management, but 2006, the annual number of the organization is equally kids introduced to outdoor built on their faith-based adventures has steadily approach. Peak 7 refers to grown to 3,091 in 2013 and the great outdoors as God's a grand total of more than -

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about $40,000 amonth, and little ofit comes fiom the clients. Since most of the targeted youth population can't afford the cost, Peak 7 relies on individual donations, corporate contributions and fundraising events to subsidize the trips. The local community has had seven years to see what the group is about and it apparently likes what it sees.

' We raised $80,000 in

our first-ever fundraising banquet ion March 6l," said Loran, the group's fundraising coordinator."It was an incredible show of support." She also generates money fiom big events such as the Dirty Dash, Color Me Rad and the Ski to Sea race near Bellingham by organizing her large pool ofhelpers to volunteer their services to the events. Peak 7 has worked with about 50 groups that work with youths at various levels, such as the Teen Challenge arm of the Spokane Men's Center and the Tamarack Center adolescent psychiatric treatment facility. ''We've had snowshoeing trips in winter and we11 be rafling well into June," Ryan said.'The summer backpacking and climbing trips make an especially bigimpact, getting kids into another environment, say to Mount Baker, in a credited course. We work in a Wilderness First Responder and Rescue course."

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