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House Dist rict58 candidate Greg Barreto is bothered by the fact that thousands of union dollars are being funneled into John Turner's campaign. A Political Action Committee, Oregonians for Rural Jobs,

2014 ELECTIONS was filed April 21 and has since donated $15,700 to Turner's caulpalgn. Rep. Bob Jenson, who isn't seeking re-election, is the director of the PAC, according to the Oregon Secretary of State website. Jenson, the longest-serving member of the Oregon House, has endorsed Turner for his seat. Barreto has criticized Turner fortaking union money butnow

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cWe have never made any kind of attempttohide the fact that we've accepted donations Tumer f r o m unions," Turner said.oWe have a very broad base of support." Turner, the Distrct 58 candidate from Pendleton, said he did not consult with Jenson prior to the filing of the Rural Jobs PAC. "He and I didn't discuss it SeePAC / Page7A

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"It's the way it was funneled through," he said. Another PAC, Citizens for Political Education, donated

$15,000 to Rural Jobs, according to the Secretary of State website. SEIU's website shows that PAC is associated with the SEIU.

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The La Grande Budget Committee approved public works and other enterprise budgets without much discussion Wednesday night. Before taking a look at those budgets, committee member Ken Bruce brought up concerns that Tuesday night's motion to pass the general fund budget included Strope th ewrong figure. In the quick math done at that meeting, the figure for the general fund was

The budgets will go before the La Grande City Council and Urban Renewal Agency June 18 for final approval and adoption.

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Declining enrollment numbers are having a dramatic impact on Eastern Oregon University's budget since funding at Oregon University System institutions is directly tied to enrollment. Prospective EOU students from Four Rivers Community School in Ontario tour EOUThursday, led by EOU Admissions CounselorTrisha Harshberger.

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Manager Robert Strope that would be corrected during council adoption June 18. Bruce and others also expressed concern as to whetherthe unappropriated ending fund balance should be included in the total budget figure, which was named SeeBudgets / Page7A

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• La Grandecollegehasplentyofsupportatstatelevel,according to schoolleaders the Legislature is providing the Oregon University System is the same now as it was about 15 years ago even though costs have risen and the OUS has 34,000 additional students. Still, to blame the state and assume EOU is off its radar is misguided, according to Jay Kenton, vice chancellor of finance and administration for the OUS and Eastern's future interim president. uiFaulting the state) is not the thing I would focus on," said Kenton, who will become interim president of EOU on June 16 after Davies steps down to become president of Murray State University in Kentucky. Kenton said that when it comes to funding, the Oregon Legislature is not favoring one state university over another. 'There is no difference in how the other universities are funded," Kenton said. SeeEastern / Page7A

By Dick Mason The Observer

Students and faculty at Eastern Oregon University have heard the refrain before — "Hopefully, this may bethe fi naltim ein many years EOU may have to make major budget reductions." The message has been shared by officials dating back almost six and a half years. Nevertheless, Eastern has had to make budgetreductions ranging from $1.8 million to $4.1 million four times since 2008. The latest cuts were announced two weeks ago by outgoing EOU President Bob Davies, who released the draft of a sustainability plan calling for $4 million in budget cuts that would take effect over the next two years. About 25 faculty and seven administrative staff positions would be cut under the draft plan. Students and faculty are understandably upset with the continuing need for budget cuts and are asking why? A number blame the state for lack of support, claiming that Eastern has been forsaken by the Legislature. They have a point, since the funding

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One of the biggest engines in the regional economic machine is operating mills at less than full capacity even thoughdemand forthe products it generates continues to remen steady. Boise Cascade — a publicly-traded firm with facilities in the U.Su Canada, Britain and Taiwan — operates four mills in Eastern Oregon but thoseplants areoperating with fewer personnel because of a low overall timber harvestrate,notbecause the wood products market issoft. The missing link in this See Logs / Page7A

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The La Grande Farmers' Market kicks off its 2014 season Saturday in Max Square in downtown La Grande. The market runs from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays and from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 18.

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• Chef at the Market returns for second season

the Market, a time for local volunteer "chefs" to showcase recipes using fresh market foods. The event is organized by Oregon Rural Action. "I think it worked well ilast year)," Wasley said."It's kind of a nice, extra

By Kelly Ducote The Observer

The La Grande Farmers' Market kicks off the season at 9 a.m. Saturday, complete with kettle corn and musical performancesby localkids. The market runs from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdaysand from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m . Tuesdays through Oct. 18. It will also host live music each weekend. awe have a full lineup ofmusic, and people can gotoourwebsite forourschedule," said Beth Wasley, market manager. For the second year in a row, the Saturday market will host Chef at

added thing." While the number of vendors is about the same, Wasley said she is excited for some new faces, including a Polynesian food vendor. She is also excitedto have atleasttw omore seasonal vendors for the Tuesday market. Breanna's Bread and a Baker City woman who provides fresh greens will be at this year's Tuesday markets.

"It'l lbe niceto havebaked goods on Tuesday," she said. If anyone is interested in providing live music on Tuesdays, Wasley said to contact her at the market. "It would be lovely to have music there," she said. On tap for Saturday are fresh veggies, strawberries, donuts, Polynesian food and PND Knives, which will offer knife and tool sharpening while you shop. For more information on the market, visit www.lagrandefarmersmarket.org or fin d them on Facebook. Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kducote 0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

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• Ninth Circuit agrees with plaintift not enough protect ion forelk By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

SNOW BASIN LOGGING PROJECT travel and key roads within Snow Basin addressed the plaintiffs concerns. With the plan on hold, those protectionsarenotin place. 'The Travel Management Planclosed certain roads in theprojectarea forelk habitat," Parry Brown said. "Those protections are no longer in place, so the court is requiring a supplemental environmental impact statement. Our concern isadequate protection for wildlife and old growth." In March 2012, the forest released its decision on road closures that was met with local and congressional representative pushback. The plan was put on hold the following month for further review, leaving elk at risk from vehicular travel, according to the plaintiffs. awe certainly support local

An appeals court decision is forcing the WallowaWhitman National Forest to createmore protection forelk within the 29,000-acre Snow Basin logging project area. A lawsuit filed in 2012 sought protection for not only elk, but also endangered bull tmut. The appeals court upheld the Forest Service and the US. Fish and Wildlife's decision thatthereissufficient data proving bull trout were extirpated fiom the streams within the project area decades ago and further protection measures were unnecessary. However, the court didordertheforestto provide supplemental information that would ensure protection jobs," Parry Brown said."But for elk fiom vehicular travel. they have to get it right. Our Darilyn Parry Brown, forestisheavily roaded,one Hells Canyon Preservation of the most roaded in the nation, with roads in certain Council's executive director,said under theforest's areas in critical elk habitat." Travel Management Plan, Parry Brown said the the closure of cross country plaintiffs would like to see

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"discussion was insuffrcientlyclear,and therefore the analysisoftheproject's effects on elk failed to satisfy National Environmental Policy Act requirements." Thejudges remanded, with instnxtions,"for the district court to enter a prelirrrinary injunction sufficient to pmtect the status quo while the United States Forest Service completed a supplemental envimnmentalimpact statement." "Going forward, we are committed to working with the Forest Service to make the Snow Basin project betterand todevelop othersuccessful projectsthatbalance the need to support localjobs with the protection of wildlife habitat and the small amount of old growth forests remaining in Northeast Oregon," Parry Brown said.

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City of La Grande officials areassuringresidents that the water is safe to drink. The city's public works departmentreleased a public service announcement Wednesday afternoon after receiving calls about reports of E. coli in the city's water system. The PSA said the reports were fals e and thatthere are no indications of E. coli in the water. "There are no concerns," said Public Works Director Norm Paullus. Paullus said Paullus t h ey had gotten about half a dozen calls from concerned citizensand decided to send a notice out. The city is required to notify users immediately if there is a problem with the water, he said. 'The City does and will continue to do frequent testing and monitoring of the water system to assure the users get the highest quality of water possible," the PSA sard. Mardi Ford, spokesperson for Grande Ronde Hospital, said the hospital did not have any reports of patients with E. coli. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, E. coli bacteria normally live in the intestines of people and animals and are harmless. Some E. coli are pathogenic and can cause illness. The types of E. coli transmitted through contaminated water can cause diarrhea. According to the CDC, most people who contract illness from E. coli recover on their own in about a week.

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have released separate bills to updatethe2006 reauthorizaWASHINGTON — Thena- tion. tion's chief fisheries law was The dueling drafts have split fishing factions by coastenacted in 1976 in a climate of aiarm: the oceans were los- lines. Bering Sea crabbers ing fish faster than they could and West Coast commercial reproduce, and most of the groundfish harvesters, for diminishing harvests were be- instance, want the law's ing scooped up by an armada conservationmeasures left largely intact. of Soviet and Japanese factory trawlers. But some of their counIn response, Congress terparts in New England and the Gulf of Mexico are passed the legislation now commonly called the Magnu- demanding key changes. The son-StevensAct.Itasserted collapse or overexploitation of exclusive American fishing such iconic stocks as cod and rights out to 200 miles kom red snapper have battered shore. It also entrusted the their livelihoods and curfederalgovernment toprotect tailed sport fishing, and the Alaska pollock, Atlantic hadfishermen want more elastic m andates on overfishing and dock and hundreds of other stocks kom overfishing and to on rebuilding depleted fish guard the water's bounty for populations. perpetuity. Anglers fight for rights Today, the fight to ensure Meanwhile, recreational sustainable fisheries has turned entirely domestic. anglers, a sizable economic The Magnuson-Stevens force, are pressing harder Act expiredlastSeptember. than ever to amend the law to Republicans in the House secure longer, predictable fishing seasons and permission to Natural Resources Commithook bigger trophy fish. tee and Democrats in the The schism has hardened Senate Commerce Committee

shellfish in 2012, the latest economic data available. That in turn generated another $34 billion in income for processors, wholesalers and all who touch the seafood on its journey to the table. In Washington state, the seafood industry supports 61,000jobs,fourth-highest behind California, Massachusetts and Florida, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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The current fisheries law in the United States was enacted in 1976 and is "not perfect, but it's largely working," according to Mark Gleason, executive director of Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers. despite — orbecause of— the fact that U.S. fisheries on the whole are rebounding kom catastrophic overfishing that pushed some species to possible extinction. In 2006,"overfishing was so endemic everyone realized we needed to take measurable steps," said George Geiger, former chairman of the South

Atlantic Fishery Management Council, one of eight regional councils responsible foroverseeing thelaw. "There is much more acrimony associated with this reauthorization." The heightened tension reflects high stakes. Commercial fishermen hauled in $5.1 billion worth of fin fish and

population has plunged so low as to stir fears the fish may no longer support commercial harvests. Asforrecreational anglers, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council earlier thisyearsetthe2014 federal red snapper season, which begins June 1, at 40 days. Then last month, it reduced that to 11 days. That movefollowed a federal judge's March ruling that the fishery council violated the Magnuson-Stevens Act by aliNOAAl. Seattle is home to major seafood processors and lowingcharter-boatoperators and anglers to consistently most of the Alaska crabbing break their catch quotas. fleet. The Gulf of Mexico fishery W ealth versus health council on Wednesday further But some of the fisheries reduced the federal red snapthat underpin that wealth are per season to nine days, the in precarious health. In Mas- shortest ever. Unchecked overfishing sachusetts, forinstance,local cod has become so scarce that is less of anissue off the Washington, Alaska, Oregon restaurants in its namesake town of Cape Cod are servand California coasts. Still, ing imports kom Iceland. In in thepast decade theregion 2012,thefederalgovernment has coped with the near-shutformallydeclared disasterfor down of salmon fisheries after the entire Northeastern com- water was diverted for irrigamercial groundfish fishery. tion kom Oregon's Klamath Off the southern AtlanBasin, warming the river and killing thousands of fish. ticCoast,thered snapper

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LHS prepares for Baccalaureate The La Grande High School Baccalaureate will be at 7p.m.Wednesday, in the LH S auditorium. Baccalaureate is a non-denominational farewell ceremony for graduating seniors. This year's message will be given by David Tierce, pastor, Missionary Baptist. The A Cappella Choir will also perform. Families and kiends are invited to attend. Graduating seniors should wear their cap and gown and line up at 6:30 p.m. in the hall by the AV Auditorium. LHS will have an awards ceremony for graduating seniors at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the LHS auditorium. Awards presented will include scholarships, outstanding senior awards and National Honor Society tassels and cords. All families and kiends of graduating seniors are invited.

Voters urged to use drop boxes Voters in Union and Wallowa counties are encouraged to deposit their ballots in drop boxes instead of mailing them forTuesday'selection. This will guarantee voters that their ballots will be counted. Ballots mailed now may not get to the Union or Wallowa county clerks offices by Tuesday. Ballots received after Tuesday will not be counted regardless of when they were postmarked. Drop boxes are located in Union County at the Union County clerk's office and at city halls in La Grande, Cove, Imbler, North Powder and Union. Drop boxes are located in Wallowa County at the Wallowa County courthouse in Enterprise, which has indoor and outdoor drop boxes, and

city halls in Joseph and Wallowa.

Ukulele Strum Circle meets Monday Union County Ukulele Strum Circle will meet at Bear Mountain Pizza at 7 p.m. Monday. New members are welcome.

Registration discount offered at academy Enrollment for the 2014-15 school year is open at Marian Academy, a non-denominational Christian school located at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande. Applicati ons submitted and paid for by June 1 will receive a20percent discount offthe registration fee. Enrollment applications can be downloaded online at www.themarianacademycom or picked up in the school office at 1002 L Ave. For more information, call

541-963-0861.

DHS schedules community meeting The Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities will hold a community meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Union County Senior Center, 1504Albany St., to discuss the long-term service and supports need of seniors and people with disabilities in the La Grande area. The meeting is especially important because EmpRes Healthcare intends to close Vista Specialty Care Nursing Facility. The state will partner with the nursing facility to meet with families and residents in orderto providelong-term care placement options for individuals needing to transition due to this closure. The DHS is required by statelaw toconductregional

meetings when local nursing facilities are intending to closeto promote the dignity and safety of residents in the closing facility. The department is also required to consult with local communities regarding the need for more community-based settings for older adults and people with disabilities and to assess the opportunity for more residential and supported housing capacity in the region.

terprise. The event is being hosted by the Community Connection Advisory Council. People are welcome to enjoy a variety of free pie slices.

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Tickets ayailable for Soroptimist breakfast

UNION — The South County Health District will conductitsregularboard meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the conference room of the Union Family Health Center. The public is welcome to attend.

Tickets are available for the SoroptimistAnnual June Breakfast at the Union County Chamber of Commerce, 207 Depot St. The chamber's hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for children younger than 12. The Soroptimists will hold their annual June Breakfast at the Riverside Park Pavilion kom 7 a.m. to noon June 1.

Page Turners club reading 'Still Life' Cook Memorial Library's Page Turners Book Club is reading "Still Life With Bread Crumbs" by Anna Quindlen for its June 10 meeting. Meetings are held at 1 p.m. in the Archives Room of the library. New members are always welcome.

Final school tour of season set Grande Ronde Academyis havingits final school tour of the season at 12:30 p.m. Monday. The academyis located in the Valley Fellowship building at 507 Palmer Ave. For more information and to RSVP, call 541-975-1147.

Older Americans Pie Social unfolds ENTERPRISE — The Older Americans Pie Social will take place kom 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Community Connection in En-

Auxiliary sets annual luncheon Monday The annual Grande Ronde HospitalAuxiliary Luncheon will be held Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, 902 Fourth St. A short meeting at 11:30 a.m. will precede the luncheon.

Barbecue bash unfolds May 24 A neighborhood barbecue bashwilltake place from noon to 3 p.m. May 24 at Zion Lutheran Church, 902 Fourth St. The event will include kee food, two bounce houses, games and face painting.

Town hall meeting set onODFW budget The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting a series of town hall meetings around the state this month to gather public input on the agency's proposed 2015-2017

and comment at the town hall meetingkom 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue Mountain Conference Center, 404 12th St. Additional ODFW budget information can be found on the ODFW website, www.dfw. state.or.us/agency/budget/pro cess.asp.

Yard sale benefits teenmissions,camps The La Grande Nazarene Church, 10918th St., will host ayard salekom 8a.m.to 1p.m. Saturday. Treasures indude couches, tables, a swing set, dothes and much more. All funds raised will go to teen nllsslons and camps.

Classtargets staying healthywith diabetes Encompass Home Health invites the public to attend a class on staying healthy with diabetes at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Grande Ronde Retirement. The presenter is Victoria Maupin, R.N.

Red Light Runners perform tonight ISLAND CITY — TheRed Light Runners are playing music at 6:30 p.m. tonight. at Beeman Parkin Island City leading up to the Ag-Timber Parade. The band will perform old rock'n'roll, blues and country. Admission is kee. Activities at Beeman Park begin at 6 p.m. The parade will begin at 8 p.m.

Painters head for marsh Saturday For the fourth year in a row,ArtsEast iscollaborating with Oregon Department

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get, which is being crafted by ODFW and anexternal budget advisory committee, will be presented for review

promoteand celebrate birds, birding and the natural beautyofthe Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area during the

ninth annual Ladd Marsh Bird Festival. ArtsEast's role is to enlist local artists to do Plein Air painting at each of the designated sites kom 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Last year, visitors enjoyed the company of 12 artists.

TraNc over Hells Canyon Dam limited HALFWAY — Traffic over Hells Canyon Dam will be limited to one lane Monday through Thursday, kom 9:30 a.m. to noon and kom 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MDT while work continues on the dam's spill gates. A traKc flagger will be stationedon theIdahosideof the dam. A message board will be placed across the Oxbow Bridge on the Idaho side to provide changes or updates to the road status. Spillgate maintenance requires a crane to lower workers on a platform down the face of the dam to do the work. The presence of the crane means the lane will be too narrow to allow boats, trailers or oversized vehides to pass. Vehicles pulling trailers will have to cross the bridge outside of work hours. Work will be suspended aroundtheMemorial Day holiday to accommodate increased traKc. However, the road over the dam will completely dose kom 9:30 a.m. to noon and kom 12:30 p.m. to 4:30p.m. June 2-6while workers remove stop-logsbarriers that keep water kom the spill gates — while the maintenance is done. Hells Canyon Dam is owned and maintained by Idaho Power. Completed in 1968, the Hells Canyon hydroelectric project generatesup to391 megawatts of electricity.

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Abbey Lee Knudsen, 32, unknown address, was arrested Wednesday by the Hood River County Sheriff's Office on a Union County secret indictment warrant charging tampering with physical evidence. Arrested: William Donald Bales, 20, unknown address, was arrested Wednesday on a

Union County warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge ef driving under the influence ef intoxicants. Accident: No one was injured in an accident near milepost 26 on Highway 237 in North Powder Wednesday afternoon.

LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested: Zachary Joshua

Parker, 48, unknown address, was arrestedWednesday on an Ada County warrant charging failure to appear on original charges ef driving under the influence ef intoxicants and driving without privileges. Arrested: Connie Ann Ferstner,58, unknown address, was arrestedWednesday on a Union County warrant charg-

ing failure to appear on original charges ef manufacture/delivery ef a Schedule 3 controlled substance. Arrested: Arthur Eugene Pehrson,53, La Grande,was arrested Thursday on a Union County secret indictment warrant charging second-degree assault. Arrested: Kegan Michael French, 29, unknown address,

was arrestedThursday on a charge ef disorderly conduct. Arrested: Rex Wayne Allen Jr.,50, unknown address, was arrestedThursday on charges ef violation a non-contact order and possessionef meth.

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1 eBS Sometimes in little chance encounters big things happen. Such was the case when in a parent-teacher conference in Elgin, Brock Eckstein, the parent, met with Angie Hallgarth, the first-grade teacher. Hallgarth happened to mention the need for iPads for her students. That serendipitous moment sparked Eckstein into action, and thanks to a lot of generous support from community members and businesses, and good connections on Eckstein's part, the result is 20 more iPads for next year's kindergarten class at Stella Mayfield Elementary School. Eventually, the project could amount to much more. Eckstein hopes to start by providing iPads to all kindergarten and first-grade students and eventually make it so all students fiom kindergarten through fifth grade have iPads. Times are changing. To keep up with today's world requires more than just books, chalkboards and good old-fashioned elbow grease. Students from throughout Northeast Oregon need to take advantage of the latest technological innovations to beprepared tosurviving and thriving in the 21st century. And students can't start too soon. It's an amazing world opening up for today's youth. According to the Science of Learning Blog, iPads are useful in many ways. iPads are more portable and useful than traditional computers, and make it so students don't have to carry a big backpack of books. iPads are compatible with online learning and teaching platforms. Students learn to solve problems, not only educational but those related to information technology. iPads help eliminate paperwork and contribute to a better environment. iPads also give students greater portability and connectivity and ultimately save the school computer costs. Through iPads, a wide world of knowledge is at students' fingertips, not only at school but at home and wherever they travel. Libraries, of course, are still important, but each student now can carry in their hands an incredibly portable library of information and resources that make learning more fun and productive. Here's a shout out to the people and businesses who have helped launch this e6ort, and the ones who will help in the future to make sure the project comes to &uition. And here's to similar projects going on in other towns throughout Northeast Oregon. Our students deserve to have a first-rate education, whether they are in the nation's big cities, or in small town Oregon, and keeping up with technological innovation can make that happen. Ideas are born one conversation at a time, such as that between Eckstein and Hallgarth. It's important to keep our eyes and ears open to big ideas that may spring up in the most humble of settings.

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eer m e ous awnmowers lans to fill the car with gas Monday were stymied when upon reaching my favorite station it looked more like thefreneti cgaslinesoftheearly 1970s than noon in sleepy 2014 La Grande. '%hat's going on?" I asked the harried clerk, once I reached the front of a snaking line of customers. "People buying gas for their lawnmowers," she said, rolling her eyes. Enthusiasm for mowing runs at fever pitch early in the growing season, especially if the mower starts right up after its winter hibernation. Enthusiasm, though, quickly wanes. By the middle of May, some of us are ready to replace the grass with rocks. If my lawn is any indication, the grass in the Grande Ronde Valley is growing about 9 inches a day. And it gets worse. The only month betterthan May for growing grass is June. A little known fact is that May in the valley is wetter on average than April, and June on average is wetter than May — and all three months are ideal for grass growing. Then, on July 4, Independence Day celebrated by mowers everywhere, Ma Nature turns off the spigot and we enter four months of drought. Mowers, finally, are liberated. Many celebrate with a glass oflemonade and fireworks. Knowing the propensity for lawns to grow with reckless abandon, I deliberately refused to add fertilizer this spring. Sure, weed and feed discourages dandelions. It also helps grass to survive

I'm beginning to think the property owns me. Some friends have suggested a soluJEFF PETERSEN tion to my annual problem — a rock garden. Petersens are big on rocks, the annual drought — and makes it less and not just in the head. Check out likely in late August to spontaneously the tourist attraction near Redmond, combust. the Petersen Rock Garden, if you have I thought I had outsmarted the grass. doubts. Some people call replacing lawn Fat chance. I came home one day and with rocks hardscaping. I call it found the resident deer herd up to its smartscaping. bellies in new growth. A couple of little I told my pals I was depending on the ones were hopping high so they could deer herd to keep the lawn trimmed. see where they were going. They laughed. I explained that the deer Don't get me wrong. I love to mow as trim my petunias down to the nubs. much as the next guy studying condoSeems only fair they'd do the same with minium brochures for a place where the out-of-controlgrass. lawn care is contracted. And being fruThe deer herd, though, seems as gal, I push my own lawn mower, which overwhelmed as I am by the speed of weighs about the same as a bathtub grass growth. There's a reason the ad for with a fat man in it, and invariably end a popular garden tractor goes "Runs like the day a bundle of wet rags. a Deere" and not"Eats like a Deere." The problem is, I have a half acre to Maybe my herd is on a diet. Seems mow. I am land rich and house poor. reasonable. They want to remain slim so My yard is way bigger than my modest when they turn straight on to a hunter double-wide single-tall home. they are nearly invisible — and hope What's more, when I start mowing, the hunter is a bad shot and doesn't want"skinny steak." strange things happen. It seems my property expands until the place feels as Next time your favorite gas station ifitcoverstheentire 97824 zip code. looks like it has the gas lines of the N ote to boss:IfIfailto show up for 1970s,don'tpanic.It'sprobably just work, it's because I've fallen into the property"owners" trying to take back gapingmaw of the yard and can'tfind control of their lawns. my way out. Makes me wonder about property Contact JeffPetersen at 541-963-3161 or "ownership." If I really owned the propjpetersen0 lagrandeobserver.com. Follow erty, it wouldn't make me work so hard. Jeff on Twitter SgoNEoregon.

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OPINION

Your views Hildebrandt: Barreto will

bring new ideas to Salem To the Editor: Ihave decided to support Greg Barreto for HD58. I have gotten to know Greg over the course of the last few years. I know him to be a good and honest man. Greg is agood family man and a good businessman. He is a fiscal conservative. The main reason I support Greg is because I think he will bring new ideas to the legislative sessions in Salem. I think Greg will fight against any further tax increases. I also think Greg will fight to reduce annoying regulationsthatpenalize business owners. Oregon state tax rates are too high. I am a certified public accountant. I prepare tax returns. Over the last decade I have watched as physicians, business owners and PERS retirees move out of our state to states with little or no income tax. One reason they move is because of the high Oregon income tax rates. I think Greg will fight to rein in governmentspending. Oregon state legislat ors and bureaucrats spend too much. As Oregon government spending has increased over the last decade, have we seen a comparable improvement in government services? The problem is not that there isn't enough money to fund government services, it's that Salem politi cians refusetoputthemselves on a tight budget like taxpayers must frequently do. A recent example of wasteful government spending is the Cover Oregon failure. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times,"although the statehas spent an estimated $248 million to get the operation up and running, it never enrolled a single private insurance customer online." We have to ask ourselves, what did we get for that $248 million? As taxpayers we are stuck paying the bill. It's time to send an independent business owner to Salem. We need a fresh approach. Greg Barreto knows how to encourage private sector job growth. He has practical experience in creating jobs, growing a business and dealing with government red-tape. Greg Barreto will work to establish policies that will get Oregonians back to work in the private sector. Please join me in voting for Greg Barreto.

on a personal level. I have watched him grow his business and raise his family. Igreatly admire and respect him. So please join myself, my wife, our family and fiiends in voting to electGreg Barreto for staterepresentative HD58. Tim Phelps Summerville

Boe: Sterling story is the giR that keeps on giving To the Editor: The Donald Sterling story has it all — sex, money, divorce, pro sports, Los Angeles, an old white guy — albeit with prostate cancer and possibly dementia — and racism. A media outlet dream come true. The gift that keeps on giving. What Donald Sterling saidand the thinking behind it — was wrong. An acknowledgment of that, and a sincere public apology should be sufftcient. Many others have made similar public statements, and elicited nary a peep from the media or the public. We have a serious hypocrisy problem. Justice, swift and sure, for thee. For me, a generous helping of mercy, thank you. And could you sprinkle in just a dash of understanding?

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state representative House District 58. are our future and we need to find a way to bring them back and help John and Betty Sprenger them, not let them waste away. La Grande Dorthea Sutor Rosenbaum: County Union

leaders a little misguided

To the Editor: The Union County commissioners'joint instructions to us to vote Steve Boe for Mr. Barreto printed in the May La Grande 12 edition of The Observer exemplifies why we need Measure 31-84, Grove: Linthicum has skill, nonpartisan elections for county will to inform and inspire commissioners. To the Editor: Of course this measure will not Republicans, you have an oppass. One party rule is enjoyed by the majority in the county, not portunity to send"one of us" as an advocate for our values to the U.S. totally unlike single-party voting in China or the late Soviet Union. House of Representatives. Dennis Linthicum would like to replace I do not know if "delusion" or'illusion" is the correct term to use here, Greg Waldenand he should. We are fiiends of Dennis and his but if these three believe that Mr. wife, Diane, which means we have Barreto, with his Tea Party stances seen them unscripted, unedited and and out-of-left field attacks on his unstaged. He braids Diane's hair. compatriot across the mountains, He prays like he knows who he's could have garnered enough respect talking with. He gets really worked from his fellow legislators and had up aboutthe devaluing ofwomen enough political"pull" to influence and the unborn. He laughs a lot. He the siting of the Oregon State Police listens without interrupting, even Lab, well ... you pick the right word. when he knows far more on the This letter is not in support of subject than the speaker. He puts eitherofthe tw ocandidates.I'd like his own dirty dishes in the sink. to see a head-on collision, but a local He cites enough facts and figures business owner from La Grande on federal land ownership and the who thinks that"compromise" national debt to make a person should have a "won't" in front of ask, 'What are you, some kind of it, will not bring home the bacon, economist?" Oh. Yes, actually. He is. maybe just a little rind. Combine a bachelor's and a master's degree with real-life experience Michael Rosenbaum Lanny Hildebrandt as a husband, father, home-builder, La Grande La Grande rancher, sofbvare developer and small business owner, then top it off Sutor: Find a way to Phelps: Barreto an with a stint as county commissioner help troubled youth excellent role model and, folks, you've got yourself someTo the Editor: "Call me old fashioned" is what To the Editor: one who knows us and can speak I have worked for Greg Barreto for us in Washington, D.C. my mom always says, but what I don't understand is we are always since1994.Ittroublesme to hear After experiencing how federal negativity toward Greg from Mr. rules stifle individual and collective talking about bullying in the world. Turner, who among other things, innovation and creativity, the fight Do we look into the school system has questioned Greg's support for for local control of forests, water to our rules and regulations on how the military. Several years ago, and wildlife is a very big deal to our children should be handled while traveling with Greg to a him. Dennis says,"If we don't'bind when there is a problem, and how it trade show, we were in an airport the legislators with the chains of is handled? and there was a group of military the Constitution,' as Jefferson said, To me it starts at the top in some we'vegota tough game ahead ofus." places, like teachers, superintenm embers gett ing ready to board a plane. Greg was reading a book Dennis calls himself a"constitudents, coaches and peers of our at the time, but when he noticed tional conservative" and he quotes community. People, open your eyes them, he immediately went over the Constitution — a lot. He can tell and see what these kids are asking and shook hands with each of them you that"The powers not delegated for. Yes, I know there are a lot of while thanking them for their to the United States by the Constikids that are trouble, but why? The service. After Greg came back to his tution, nor prohibited by it to the answer I get is that I don't have seat, he quietly went back to readstates, arereserved to the states the time to find out why this kid is ing his book. Is there a question in respectively ,ortothepeople." the way they are. When did we stop my mind that Greg Barreto doesn't Dennis has the skill and the will having time for the kids? appreciate, value and supportour to inform and inspire. Let's send him One kid protects himself against military? No! Greg is very proud to the U.S. House of Representatives a bully and they punish both. What ofhis freedom and knows that is to do just that. Pass over that first is up with that? Because the one comes from the service that our name on your ballot and ink in that that got bullied has been in trouble military provides. oval next to"Dennis Linthicum." before. Well,m aybe thereisa reaGreg Barreto will not ask you to son, don't you think? do anything that he wouldn't do Stan and Vicki Grove When they get in tmuble itis an himself. He is not only a wonderLa Grande automatic target on them. To me, this ful employer, but an excellent role is bullying by the system. The kids Sprenger: Barreto does model. Greg has a very successful get kicked out of school and then they notpublish untruths business that has been filled with are on the streets, which we complain many challenges over the years, To the Editor: about, but what else is there for which have required making tough We arevery upsetthatJohn Turn- them? Then to go all summer and get decisions along the way. Greg has er has sunk to publishing untrue excited to go to school only to be told, ''Well, you got kicked out a certain always handled these decisions information about Greg Barreto in in a calculated, methodical way, order to win the HD58 election. This month, so you have to wait to come resulting in a very successful and letter is to clarify the latest untruth. back"What kind of message are we healthy business and also providGreg Barreto does not know and sendingto thesekids? ing a healthy and enjoyable work has never met Loren Parks and Now they don't want to go back environment. Greg is a very humble therefore has not associated with him so they will be on the street for the man who will always give credit as John Turner has accused him of. community to complain about, and so to hisemployees for alotofthe John Turner failed to mention that here we go — a kid with no education. business success, but the employees Gregreturned all of the money that Come on, people, let's figure have all learned what they know Loren Parks donated to his election. something out for them. A room for from him and by the examples of Greg Barreto does not publish just them, so they can go to school hard work and dedication he puts untruths about John Turner and and not be on the street doing drugs into everything he does. Even today, will never do that. He has run a and drinking at the park near the Greg wouldn't hesitate to throw clean campaign and has asked all of little kids. Because that is all they on a pair of coveralls and jump in his supporters to do the same. Greg have to do.Their parents are at wherever he is needed. Barreto is the kind of representawork and they are too old for a sitOver the past 20 years, I have tive we need in Salem, an honest ter. It is time to think and work at gotten to know Greg very well not man with integrity. this.Some are great artists,basketonly on a professional level, but also Please voteforGregBarretofor ball players, football players. They

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MacLeod: Payattention to what seems like a logical fix To the Editor: The clouded issue of nonpartisan elections coming up on the ballot needs a bitofperspective. First of all, party afftliation is a very personal choice. If you don't want to be a Republican or a Democrat, do not complain because you have chosen to be an alternate party. Do the work to create your own prnnary and your own can(hdates. Why would either party want someone who disagrees with their fundamental issues voting for another party's choice in an election? Thereareseparatepartiesfor a very definite reasons. It provides an arenafor opposing views tobe discussed. Granted, those views often become loud, argumentative and misleading, but politics has always been a messy business and that passion defines the reason for different political associations. The Democrats' drive for this measure has admitted in print that they rarely have winning candidates in the commission races, or candidates willing to step up to the political plate. That is not cause for changing the rules for everyone. Union County is a small, connected community with a population that is surprisingly aware of the political leanings of their neighbors. Making the commissioners race nonpartisan is a shallow way of trying to cloak political leanings in an effort to sell a candidate as neutral, in what has become, overtheyears,a vital player in state and national issues. More importantly, having spent 12 years as a commissioner, I can personally assure you that the job has changed from much more than road maintenance, weed control or an arbitr atorofland use decisions. Commissioners carry a great deal of influence in the marble halls of Salem and Washington, D.C. With the increasedattempts by state and federal branches of government asserting more and more control over local issues, you want to make sure the person filling the seat of county commissioner has your political convictions in mind when they have the earofother branches ofrule makers. Be aware and pay closer attention to what seems like a logical fix. Itisa problem thatdoesn'texist. Make your choice for county commissioner as important as your vote forstate and federalofftces.Please vote no on Ballot Measure 31-84.

them no problem. Councilman Lillard and Bozarth made comments, we havebeen a do-nothing community for too long. Here's an idea:let'sgetrid ofthe director ofeconomic development.So far he hasn't brought any new business into our community, but he can be a yes man for these schemers and dole out our tax dollars with ease. Remember, if this scheme fails, our city government may change — starting at the top and coming down the chain. Michael Brasure La Grande

Simpson: Time for real world leadership To the Editor: We should all be proud of Turner'smilitary record and leadership, but military leadership is altogether different than the real world. Military leadership says "you do it my way or you're in big trouble." There is an adage about the military that says, "There are three ways to do things — the right way, the wrong way and the military way." Let's get to the real world. Barreto understands business, farmers, ranchers and the forest. We needthattypeofleadership.Let's allvotefor Greg Barreto— he'sreal. Dale Simpson Union

Hibbert: Protect your right to vote

To the Editor: When your ballot arrives for the May 20 primary election, you will see Ballot Measure 31-84. This ballot measure will allow the local county commissioner position to become nonpartisan. In other words, you will not be denied the opportunity of casting a vote for county commissioner because you may not belong to the partyofthe candidate on the ballot. Many of you will recall several years ago, when there were only two candidates running for county commissioner, both were Republican, I being one of those candidates. We were both Republican. Because Oregon has a closed primary, which means if you are a Republican, you receive a ballot only for Republican and nonpartisan candidates and if you are registered a Democrat, you receiveaballotonly forDemocrat and nonpartisan candidates. Thus, thoseregistered asDemocrat or nonpartisan were not permitted to vote for a very important county candidate. It is also noteworthy to mention that the county commissioners in Union County are the onlyelected positionsthatare partisan. All of the other county elected positions were changed to nonpartisan a number of years ago. Because of our closed primary and because at the time I was running for county commissioner, I wrote a letter suggesting that anyone registeredaseither Democrat or nonpartisan change their party to Republican. This letter was written forthe sole purposeofallow ing every registered voter to have a voice in ourlocalelection forthatspecific primary. To say the least, this caused quite a stir, to the point that I was accused ofbeing un-American. To avoid theabove scenario,I encourageyou to vote forthisballot measure. I have heard, more than once, from commissioners"potholes, roads and law enforcement issues" do not have labels of either Republican or Democrat. They are county issues and issues that are important and dealt with on aregularbasisatthe county level. My approach is that we Colleen MacLeod are all working for the betterment La Grande of Union Countyregardless of party. After I was elected county commisBrasure: If scheme fails, sioner, I never once checked the registime to make changes tration to verify the party afftliation To the Editor: of an individual. There were many Once again the Urban Renewal issues that came before me, but as a Agency isn't following the guideline county commissioner, I never labeled the agency setup in 1999 by moving them either"Republican" nor"Democrat"issues. They were countyissues. forward with the Market Place Family Foods. By voting for this ballot measure, At least three council members I do not believe you will be jeoparcan see that this is a scheme. dizing the strength of either party. Mayor Pbkorneyhas stated about It will only make our county stronthe marijuanadispensarygoinginon ger by eliminating opportunity for Jefferson as a"majormistake"anditis. suchdivisive and needless attacks. What's goingIn stoppeoplewith amediAgain, I say, protect your right to cal md fiom buyingmarijuana then vote for local county commissioners turnirgaround and selling it? And then during the primary election. no pollce enfr)Kement to stop it. Vote yes on Ballot Measure 31-84. Are these people going to next come to Urban Renewal for money? R. Nellie Bogue Hibbert Why not, the agency will give it to Former Union County commissioner

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Church debt free after prayer MCT

NORMAN, Okla. — It's not unusual for a pastor to pray for the

financial health of his church, and that is exactly what Alan Danielson, senior pastor of New Life

Bible Church, did. He prayed foran exact amount, right down to the last penny. Danielson said New Life was having an identity crisis because its financial reality simply did not match up with the church's values and vrsron. ''We knew something had to happen in order to reduce our

debtload so we could better help our community," Danielson said.

"Simply put, we were spending too much money on a building and not enough money on our mission."

Danielson prayed every day for the hundreds of thousands

of dollars that the church of 300 members needed to help it obtain a refinance loan for their location. The miracle came in August

2013 when God answered the prayer with much more than what

Danielson prayed for — making the church debt free. "I got a strange phone call from a benefactor interested in our

building," said Danielson of the purchaser who has requested to remain anonymous. Now with a buyer and a new

debt-free title, Danielson said he began praying for the perfect new church home — and that prayer was answered too.

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

HIGHLIGHTS Church observes fiRh Sunday of Easter St. Peter's Episcopal Church will observe the Mh Sundayof Easter with Holy Eucharist at 9 a,m. The Rev. Kathryn Macekwill preside and preach. The springingathering for United~ Off e ring will take place at the offertory. The vestrywill meet atter the service. The bookclub meets at 6 p.m. Sundayin the parish

'The Gift,"takenkom Romans 12. Sunday school for all ages is at 9 a,m. A lunch will be served atnoon to recognize the foundingof the church A new outdoor church sign also will be dedicated.All activities are held at the Cove Seventh-dayAdventist Church.

Lamb speaks at FiRh Sunday of Easter service

COVE — Mike Lamb will speak for the Mh Sunday of Easter serMorning Prayer will be olfered vice in Cove, and John Shukle will Thursdayonlynextweek, at serve at the North Powder United Methodist Church. 8:30 a.m. in the chapel.Amidweek Eucharistwill be otfered at 12:15 p.m. The Cove service will start at 9 Wednesday, also in the chapel. The a.m., with a coffee fellowship attero5ce will be closed Tuesdaywhile ward. Bible Study for Wednesdayis the rector attends a dergymeetingin on hold until the fall. Pendleton. The church is located at 1708 Jasper St.

hall.

'Painting the Stars' forum 'Room for All' is sermon continues at K-House topic at Enterprise Zion Lutheran Church will

CHURCH OF CHRIST 2107 Gekeler Lane, La Grande 805-5070 P.O. Box 260 Website; www.lgcofc.org

sunday school sunday worship sunday Evening

9:30 am 10:30 am 6:00 pm No meeting on 3rd sun. night of month Wednesday Night Small GrouP: 7:00Pm Call for I xntIon Preacher: Doug Edmonds

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JOIN US... Catch the S iritt Worship: 9:00 a.m. Cove Worship: 1 1:00a.m. Union

Coye: 541-212-5S95 (Johnj Union: 541-562-5748 Sue

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 901 Penn Avenue 963-2623 web: firstchristianlagrande.orI.

Worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 8:45

Zion Lutheran Church (an ELCA church) 902 Fourth Street, La Grande, OR 7a/Qg hR4N (541) 963-5998 Ul GIINIOE

9:30 am - Worship 10:30 am - Fellowship & Refreshments 11:00am - Classes Pastor: Rev. Colleen Nelson

-Join us at The Lord's Table-

IvIve.ziontagrande.org

First Baptist Church Crossroads SIXTH 8c SPRING • 963-3911 Community Church

Kingdom Kids - Youth in Action

"...where you can begin again"

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Sun. 8:45 AM — Bible Classes Sun. 10:00 AM — Worship Wed. 6:15 PM — AWANA

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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES La Grande-Our Ladyofthe Valley -1002 LAvenue Saturday 5:00 pmMass Sunday 7:00 am &9:30 amMass WeekdayIc:00 amMass

Union - SacavdHeart - 340 South 10th Avenue Sunday 8:00 amMass Wednesday6:00 pmMass

Elgin -Saint Mary's- 12th andAlder sunday I coo am Mass

Thursday 6:00 pmMass

North Powder - Saint Anthony's- 500 EStreet Sunday 6:00 pmMass Tuesday 6:00 pmMass

"Where you canfind TRUTH according Io the scriptures" www,lagrandemissionarybaptist,com

Visit us atsummervilebaptistchuzh.org

Meetingevery Saturday 9:30 a.m.- B>ble Study/Fellowsh>p 10:45 a.m. - Worsh>p Serv>ce

2702Adams Avenue, La Grande • 963-4018 Learningfor Today and Eternily Little Friends Christian Preschool/Childcare 963-6390 La Crande Adventist School Christian Education K-8th Grade 963-6203

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Baptist Church 1531 S, Main St,, Union• 562-5531 Pastor Dave 805-9445

Come and share in a ti me of worship, prayer and the study of God's word with us. Worship inc l u d e s communion on Sunday.

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Faith Center Foursquare Church

Solus Chnstus,SofaScrrptura, SofaGraua, Sofa Fide,SoiDeoGlona

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Seventh Day Adventist Church

2702 Adams Ave, La Grande PO Box 3373

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

2705 Gekeler Lane, La Grande Roger Cochran, Pastor

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 5 02 Main Street In C o ve

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

Exalting God Edifying Believers Evangelizing Unbelievers

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

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Sunday Services: SundaySchoolk Adult BibleClasses 9:45AM Children'sChuzh k WorshipService 11:00AM Family Worship Service 6:00PM Wednesday: PrayerMtg,Chilchen'sBible Club,Youth Group7:00PM

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Sunday Worship 10:00 am Wednesday Night 6:15 pm

EVERYONE WELCOME Pastor Dave Tierce• 541-605-0215

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When people complete the seminar, theywill understand the Bookof Revelation. The semirmis kee. Seatingand materials are limited.

A potluck at the Church of Christ Sunday will follow the worship service. Doug Edmonds' lesson will be 'The Kingdom of Christ," coming kom the passage Colossians 1:15-20. Communion is taken every Sunday. Sunday morning classes are kom 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., and worshipservicefollowsat 10:30 a.m. A Children's Church is held during the sermon for the little ones. Wednesday small groups are at 7 p.m.atvarioushome locations. For more information, call Edmonds at 541-805-5070.

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

Word of God.

Potluck follows Sunday service at Church of Christ

UNION — Rev. SteveWo16;lead pastor of North East Oregon CooperENTERPRISE — 'Room forAllin 'Opening ClosedDoors' observethe Mh Sunday ofEaster atrve Mrmstry(Colloquyl,is b~ with worship service at 9:30 a.m. the IAm Way"withreference to John is theme of message the message''SixWord Story" at "Opening Closed Doors"is the Fellowship time follows at 14:1-14is the sermon topic at Enter11 a,m. Sunday, at the United Meththeme of Pastor Don Dunn's mes10:30a.m. and classesat11a.m . prise Community Congregational odist Churchin Union. Fellowship and apotluckdinner The Quilters meet at 9 a.m. Tues- Church Sunday. Bible study starts at sage at First Christian Church (Disday. The Evening Bible Study meets 9:30 a.m. and worship at11 a,m. ciples of Christ), 901 Penn Ave., at will follow the service.Anumber of the 10 a.m. worship service Sunday. the church's members will then travel at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Carolyn I Am series continues at Pierce's home, 707 Main St., He will preach kom John 14:1-14. to North Pbwder for agmup meeting First Presbyterian Church "Sing of the Lord's Goodness"is the of the Colloquy. Summerville. The"Painting the Stars' film The Mh Sunday of Easter will anthem the Chancel Choir will This week, the church plays host to and discussion forum continues at Slilg. the Fresh FoodAlliancekom be celebrated as will communion 12:30p.m. to 1p.m. M onday,and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the K-House, during the 9:30 a.m. worship service Sermon at Methodist Sixth Street and I Avenue. The Senior Lunch atnoon Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Church is titled 'You Rock' features home-style cooking.Also on series is kee to the public. For more The I Am series continues with information, call Zion Lutheran Livingin Easter will continue to be Tuesday, a new"14 Step"pmgmn the sermon,"IAm the Man."The Church at 541-963-5998. Scripture for the day is kom John celebrated at the La Grande United titled Emotions Anonymous begins 9:1-41. Fellowship will follow the Methodist Church. Sunday. NEO at 2p.m. Thoseattendingwillexplore Lutheran Churchmarks service. Grcuit Lay Pastor Sue Peeples will emotionalreactions to various situa3-year anniversary share her thoughts in a sermon titled tions. For more information, call Mary Favorite Bible promises is 'You Rock'" COVE — Grace Community at 541-805-4826. focus ofSaturday sermon Lutheran Church celebrates its threeThe service begins at 10 a.m. FelWednesday, the churchcontinues year anniversary Sundaywith a Pastor MichaelArmayoris beginlowship and coffee will follow. its prayer meetingkom 5 p.m. to worship service startirg at 10 a.m. ninga new series titled'My Favorite While child care is available, all are 6p.m.Forprayerrequests,callthe Pastor Carl Seelhott's sermon title is Bible Pmmises" thathe said will be welcomein the service. church at 541-562-5848.

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power packed with a new appreciationforGodandrealhopefordeep positive change in people's lives. Armayor will speakfirst at the Cove Seventh-dayAdventistchurch at9:30am.,then attheLaGrande SDAchurch at11a.m. Saturday. The World Events In Bible Pmphesy, Revelation Seminar continues nightlyexceptThursday and Sunday at the New Town Square Market Place, 1101WashingtonAve. This semirmpmmises to satisfy people' scuriosityaboutthefuture and give specifi cand dramaticrevelations ofthings to come —notkom the psychics butkom the unfailing

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

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rience working with unions. "I've dealt with unions for Continued ~om Page1A the past decade, and it hasn't always been on a friendly when it was set up. I've been basis. But I'm at least used grateful forBob'ssupport," to talking to them," he said. "They're going to support he said. Turner, who had an extenthe candidatethat' satleast willing to hear their point of sive career with the Marine Corps and formerly served as view." Barreto contends that it's president of Blue Mountain Community College, said he not true that he refused to has union support because meet with the unions and Barreto refused to meet with that he isn't anti-union. "I think unions came about them. Turner said La Grande has SEIU employees at the early on for a good purpose. Oregon Youth Authority's People have a right to join RiverBend location and classi- a union if they want to," Barretosaid,stressing that fied staff at Eastern Oregon University. He also points to having a choice is important. "I'm a right to work guy." Wallowa County nurses and correctional facility employees The La Grande business who are AFSCME members. owner said he did meet with "These are just everyday firefighter, police and electrifiiends and family memcal unions. He said SEIU bers who have conservative sent a questionnaire to him values. They don't want to be but that he offered to do an interview instead. He said he told that their state repredid not hear back from SEIU. sentative will not discuss an AFSCME also sent a quesissue with them," he said. Turner also cites his expe- tionnaire right after Barreto

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entered the race. Barreto said he didn't respond "out of neglect." "It wasn't anything intentional," he said. Barreto's wife, Chris, said she finds it curious that Turner is so interested in where the Barreto camp money comes from but isn't concerned about his own contributions. A recent mailer targetsBarreto foraccepting a $30,000 donation from Loren Parks, which was later returned by Barreto. "I just think if you're going to have a standard, it should be the same for everybody," Chris Barreto said. Oregonians for Rural Jobs has also donated to the campaigns of Vic Gilliam of Silverton and Jim Thompson of Dallas, both incumbent Republicans. Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kducote 0 lagrandeobserver oom. Follow Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

ing locally in diferent cities has passed. And, while Insko said his firm has no plans to invest in Baker County even iflarge tracts of timberland are opened up, he did concede that jobs added in La Grande or even as far away as Pilot Rock make an impact locally. Mills in Union or Umatilla counties create an economicripple acrosstheregion. ewe have a lot of support businesses that areimpacted by our activities,"hesaid. "Marvin Wood Products iin Baker City) is obviously a big customer of ours." The economic cataclysm that began in 2007 battered the wood products industry in Oregon. The timber harvest flat lined in 2007 as the nation began a long skid into recession. Housing starts reached a peak in 2005 but three years later, with the nation firmly gripped in a recession, home construction flat lined. That, in turn, hammered the wood products industry. The recession produced a widespread job-losscatastrophe forthew ood products industry in the state. According to a report from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, by 2012 there were 14,000 fewer jobs connected to the Oregon forest industry than in 2007. The report also showed Oregon timber harvests took a nosedive in 2009 in the wake of the housing crisis. The 2009 harvest, the report said, was the lowest since the Great Depression.

Continued ~om Page1A area economic chain is a lack of accessibility to logs, a fact that is probably not much of a surprise to longtime residents who watched the timber industry implode decades ago. Yet if the logs were accessible it could trigger a sizeable number of new jobs locally. "The driver behind our operation rate is the log supply," Boise Cascade Inland Region Manager Tom Insko said."If we had access to logs that we could buy on an economical basis, in other words from this local wood basket, we could add jobs immediately." Insko, a La Grande resident, said the regional facilities are geared to operate at a much higher capacity than they are now. ewe are running mills at less than full capacity. We could add a whole shift in La Grande — another 70 jobs if we had adequate,long-term accesstologsto support that," Insko said. Unlocking the vastreservoiroftim ber across the region, though, isn't an easy proposition and the issue evolved into a key point during the Baker County commissioner race as candidates delivered varied views on the future of the timber industry locally. The day of the multimill complex operat-

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attributes the difference to a limited number of senators Continued ~om Page1A in the region EOU serves. The Ashland representaHe added this would not be tive noted that legislators are a goodtime togetconfronconcerned about the finantational with the Legislacial difficulties Eastern and ture. Kenton said now the Southern Oregon University economy is recovering and are experiencing. SOU is the Legislature has addibeing forced to make $6 miltionalmoney toprovide state lion in budget cuts this year universities as a result. because of falling enrollment. "I don't want to bite the The two schools could face hand that feeds us," Kenton dire consequences if such said."I want to bea partner problems continue. "They are worried that in a good relationship." Kenton, who is based in they may become branch Corvallis, does not believe campusesoflarger universithat Eastern is being ties," Buckley said. overlooked. Still, he believes Legislators view this as that Eastern needs to work the worstcase scenario for harderto boostitspresence schools like Eastern. in the eyes of the Legislature. Melody Rose, chancellor of "It is a little out of sight, the Oregon University Sysout of mind.We need to bang tem, said Eastern is anything the drum a little louder and but forsaken by the state. "I see many signs that the become a more omnipresent advocate," Kenton said. state is committed to EOU," "Eastern's future is clearly Rose said. tiedtothe state.Iwantto be She said the state is strivthe squeaky wheel which will ing to take steps which would hopefully get some grease." boost EOU financially. Rose State Rep. Peter Buckley, said the Higher Education D-Ashland, believes EastCoordinating Council is develern has solid support in the oping a program that would Legislature. provide additional funding "They recognize how to univers itiesthatserve valuable Eastern is. The one students from low-income concern is demographics," families and rural areas. "HEC is advocating for Buckley said, explaining that some state legislatorswonder a budget model that would ifthe population baseofthe provideeducation forthe Eastern Oregon region is big most vulnerable Oregonians," enough to support Eastern. Rose said. Buckley believes Eastern Such a budget model has more advocates in the would give EOU a boost since House than the Senate. He the bulk of Eastern's stu-

dents are from low-income and rural families. The programs HEC is developing would provide universities with additional funding for each degree awarded to a student from a low-income family or a rural area, Kenton said. The proposals HEC is consideringarepartofan effort to make higher education available to all socioeconomic levels. Kenton said the present system is "reinforcing inequality." He believes the HEC proposals would be a "great leveler" in terms of making higher education available to more people. Critics ofhigher education in Oregon are upset total state funding for higher education is the same today as it was about 15 years ago. Di Saunders, director of communications for the OUS, said it is unrealistic to expect the state will someday providethe levelofsupport to higher education that it once did. She said the state has more programs it must fund today than it did years ago, including an expanded prisonsystem necessitated by the passage of mandatory sentencing guidelines and social serviceprograms. ewe are not going to return to the golden days," Saunders sald.

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JOSEPH — Joseph Charter School received a $73,000 grant this month to develop green education opportunities forits students. Superintendent Rhonda Shirley said the Oregon DepartmentofEnergy grant will help increase the school's offerings. ewe want to expand our vo-ag, technical and business classes," Shirley said. Part of the funding, which must be spent by June 2015, will be used to build a new greenhouse with running waterand electricity to be used in conjunction with the school's Magic Garden, said Shirley. ew e are going to getsom e starts going so we can plant them with community partners Alder Slope and Wallowa County Nursery," the superintendent said. The Magic Garden teaches kids about growing food and during harvest suppliesfresh produce for the studentcafeteria. Shirley said in the fall the Josephy Center will display the school's green architecture designs. Freshmen students will study green architecture with Liza Butts' technology class. "Itisso coolbecause we already have a iscience,

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The Joseph Charter School recently received a grant to build a new greenhouse with running water and electricity to be used in conjunction with the school's Magic Garden. technology, engineering and m ath) based classforthe eighth grade students this year," Butts said."They are learning 3D sofbvare and are building and programming robots. So it will be a naturalprogression forthe students to learn the architectural software that we will be using in the Green Architecture class. Plus, they get to work on actual designs for the greenhouse. It is going to be a lot of fun and real, hands-on learning for the students." The school is also partnering with the Grande Ronde Model Watershed, which will come to the school and sharepresentations ofits projects. The kids, in turn, will getto go outand see their projects on the ground. Most of the grant pays for hands-on learning. An afterschool science club will begin in the fall, Shirley said, and

BUDGETS Continued ~om Page1A in the motions while passing the Urban Renewal District and general fund budgets. Committee members said the ending fund balance was included in the URD budget motion but not the general fund. Strope said he would consult state budget law to see if that would be a problem, but said it could likely be addressed during council and Urban Renewal Agency adoption. The only changes made to the budgets

Wednesday night was to add about $40,000 to the 911 emergency fund. That figure was added to complement moneys allocated to the La Grande Police Department for software upgrades. Police Chief Brian Harvey said that 911 couldpay fora portion ofthe sofbvare since

students will design landscaping at the entrance of the school next to the tennis courts. Students will work on local habitat restoration, planting native plants in crucial areas in the county. Starting this summer, two students will be hired to work at the Imnaha Magic Garden, Shirley said. Laurie Altringer, a Joseph School staffmember, will be leading the gardening efforts and takingkids to the county's farmers market to promote local business in general. In Marla Dotson's Family and Consumer Science dasses students will learn to can fruits and vegetables. Shirley said the grant will fund Dotson to attend the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America national convention this summer and Altringer to take environmental science professional development.

they would be using it, too. The software, which has not been completely decided on, is intended to help the department streamline their workload and eliminate the need forduplications.Itisexpected tocostabout

$104,000. Enterprise budgets remained relatively unchanged from the current year's budget, although water users can expect a $6 increase on their water bills to help fund operations and future capital improvement projects. The city has delayed an increase in sewerratesto help m itigatethewaterrate increase. The budgets will go before the La Grande City Council and Urban Renewal Agency June 18forfi nalapproval and adoption.

Contact Kelly Ducote at 541-786-4230 or kduoote@lagrandeobserver oom. Follow Kelly on Twitter @IgoDucote.

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SATURDAY FRIDAY • Ag-Timber Parade & Festivities:food for sale, activities for children are beginning at 6 p.m.; parade at 8 p.m.; Fred Beeman Park, Island City Elementary. • SpringAlive Public Concert & Dance: David Kaynor, Sue Songer and Lanny Martin perform music; free; 6:308:30 p.m.; Riverside Park pavilion, North Spruce Street and Fruitdale Lane. • Indian Arts Festival Spring Powwow: free; grand entry 7 p.m.; Quinn Coliseum, EOU. • Chair Exercise Class:9:30 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, La Grande. • Cove Senior Picnic Dinner:live music by Blue Mountaineers; noon; Cove Baptist Church, 707 Main St. • EOU Student Exhibition Opening Reception:free; 6-8 p.m.; Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, EOU. • Fishtrap Spring Arts & Lecture Series:"Breaking Chains: Slavery and Jim Crow in Oregon" by R. Gregory Nokes; suggested $5 donation; 7 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. • FUNraising Auction & Ice Cream Sundae Bar:"Time, Talent BiTreasure"; 6:30-9:30 p.m.; La Grande First Christian Church, 901 Penn Ave. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. • Live Music by Fine Tunes:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • LMS Plant Sale: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; La Grande Middle School, 1108Fourth St. • '13' Live Musical Theater:$6-$15 with some discounts; 7:30 p.m.; Elgin Opera House,104 N. Eighth St. • Pinochle Social Club:18 and older; 6 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St.

• 12 Aces Pinochle: 1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • ABCs of Home Buying Workshop: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Community Connection Enterprise Center, 702 N.W. First St. • Chamber Concert: Lisa Robertson and James Cook; $10 donation at door (or $35 for two-person season membership); 7:30 p.m.; Paul residence, 60751 Wood Road. • Delta Epsilon Yard Sale:8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Island City Market Bi. Deli, Island Avenue and C Street. • Elgin Clean-up Day: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Elgin Stampede Grounds, Highway 82. • Boat Inspection: free; offered by Union County Sheriff's Office; 9 a.m.-noon;

County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • SpringAlive Festival:dance workshops, 12:304:45 p.m.; community potluck dinner, 5:307 p.m., contra dance 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Ait Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave. • Nazarene Yard Sale:benefits teen missions Bi.camps; 8 a.m.-1 p.m.; La Grande Church of the Nazarene, 109 18th St. • iCraft: free craft for tweens and teens; 3-4 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Indian Arts Festival Spring Powwow & Friendship Feast: powwow free, grand entries 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Quinn Coliseum; feast begins at5 p.m. in Gilbert Center, EOU. • Ladd Marsh Bird Festival Kid Activities:free; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Birds of Prey presentation 1 p.m.; Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area.

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• Game Night:free; 5-9 p.m.; Hobby Habit,409 Fir St. • Halibut Dinner: proceeds benefit school sports and clubs; seatings at 2 p.m.,4 p.m. and 6p.m.;$18,$5hot dog kids plate; Union High School, 540 S. Main St. • Hurricane Creek Grange Bunco Party:open to all; $10 for games Bi. baked potato bar lunch; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; 63081 Hurricane Creek Road, Joseph. • La Grande Farmers' Market: entertainment by La Grande School District Music Program; 9 a.m.noon; Max Square, Fourth Street and Adams Avenue. • Lego Play:free; 9 a.m.-noon; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St.. • Meet Author & Outdoorsman Kirby Records:free; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Looking Glass Books, 1118 AdamsAve. • MERA Spring Clean-up Day:meet at OwsleyTrailhead; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Mount Emily Recreation Area. • '13' Live Musical Theater:$6-$15; 2:30 p.m. Bi7:30 . p.m.; Elgin Opera House, 104 N. Eighth St. • Old-Time Community Dance: live string band and caller; free; 7-10:30 p.m.; South Fork Grange Hall, Lostine. • Spaghetti Feed & Blue Mountain OldTime Fiddlers Show:food at 5 p.m., music at 6; $5; Union

SUNDAY • Adventist School Meet & Greet: 6 p.m.; Adventist School Bi. Little Friends Preschool, 2702 Adams Ave. • Pleasant Grove Grange Potluck & Meeting:potluck at 5 p.m., meeting follows; 67218 Hunter Road, Summerville. • Supper & Study: free food, coffee and Wi-Fi; 7-10 p.m.; La Grande Church of Christ, 16th Street and Gekeler Lane. • Union Masonic Lodge Breakfast: proceeds benefit scholarship fund; $5 adults, $3 kids; 7-10 a.m.; Union Masonic Lodge. • Windy Keys Trio & NEO Bones Benefit Concert:benefits Wallowa Lake music camps; donations appreciated; 7 p.m.; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St.

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. • CUCU Strum Circle:7-8:30 p.m.;

Bear Mountain Pizza, 2104 Island Ave. • Elgin School District Kindergarten Registration: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Stella Mayfield School. : • Fresh Food Alliance:12:301 p.m.; Union United Methodist Church. • Grande Ronde Academy Tour: 12:30 p.m.; 507B Palmer Ave. (Valley Fellowship building) • Grande Ronde Hospital Auxiliary Luncheon: 11:30 a.m.; Zion Lutheran Church,902 Fourth St. • Indoor Park: 9 a.m.-noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. • LHS Class of 1955: : 11:30 a.m.; Dusty Spur Cafe, 1502 S Ave. • Live Music by Dennis Winn:free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Music with Mr. Mark:9-9:45 a.m. 3 months-walking, 10-10:45 a.m. toddlers, 1111:45 a.m. pre-K; ArtsEast, corner of Sixth Street and L Avenue. • Run Girl Run:4-H after-school program for girls in fourth and fifth grade; 2:303:30 p.m.; Central Elementary School, 402 KAve. • TOPS OR 98:Take OffPounds Sensibly; weigh-in at 5:30 p.m., meeting at 6; Faith Lutheran Church,12th Street and Gekeler Lane. • Union County Chess Club: 3-7 p.m.; Sub Shop, 111 Depot St. • Union Food Bank: 9-11 a.m.; Union United Methodist Church. ' ,:

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Main St., Joseph. • Elgin School District Kindergarten Registration: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Stella Mayfield School. • Emotions

Anonymous: 2 p.m.; Union United Methodist Church. 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, Pioneer Park. Indoor Park: 9 a.m.-noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St. International Order of Rainbow for Girls:above post office, enter on Center Street side; 7 p.m.; Union Masonic Hall, 125W. Center St. Island City Lions: 7 p.m.; Denny's, 2604 Island Ave. La Grande Farmers' Market:3:306 p.m.; Max Square, Fourth Street and Adams Ave. • LHS Senior Awards Ceremony:7 p.m.; LHS auditorium, 708 KAve. 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. ODFW 2015-17 BudgetTown Hall Meeting:7-8:30 p.m.; Blue Mountain Conference Center, 404 12th St. Painting the Stars: Science, Religion and an Evolving Faith: sandwich supper, film viewing and discussion; 5:30-7 p.m.; K-House, Sixth Street and I Avenue. Pinochle:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. South County Health District Board:7 p.m.; Union Family Health Clinic. Union Senior Lunch:noon; Union United Methodist Church. Wallowa City Council:7p m Wallowa City Hall, 211 E. Second St.. Wallowa Dulcimer Club:7 p.m.; Woodshed, 705 S. River St., Enterprise. Wallowa Elementary School K-6 Band & Choir Concert:"Let's Get America Singing"; 6:30 p.m.; Wallowa High School gym. •

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Albany St. • DHS Community Meeting on Local Long-Term Services & Support for Seniors & People with Disabilities: 6 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Conscious Discipline Series: free; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Child Care Resource Bi. Referral, 1901 Adams, suite 3. • Dementia/ Alzheimer's Support Group: free, lunch included; noon; Wildflower Lodge Assisted Living Bi. Memory Care, 508 16th St. • EOU Spring Symposium: showcases students' scholarly activities; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Pierce Library and Badgley, Loso and Zabel halls, EOU. • Indoor Park: 9 a.m.-noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St. • Indoor Walking: 8 a.m.; Union LDS Church. • LHS Baccalaureate: 7 p.m.; LHS auditorium, 708 K Ave. • 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. • Older Americans Pie Social:free; 1-3 p.m.; Community Connection Enterprise Center, 702 N.W. First. • Rotary Club of Wallowa County: noon; St. Katherine's Parish Hall, 301 E. Garfield St., Enterprise. • Roundhouse Third Wednesday Reading Series: featuring Rob Schlegel; free, donations welcome; 7 p.m.; Joe Beans, 1009 Adams Ave.

THURSDAY • 'Follow My Tracks,' EOU Colloquium: presented by Brian Sather, 4 p.m.; Ackerman Hall, room 210, EOU. • 'God's Country' Screening:$5; 7 p.m.; Stage Door Theater, 1010Adams Ave. • AARP Potluck & Meeting: 5:30p.m.; Union County Senior Center. • Bingo: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 MS Self-Help Group: 1 p.m.; Denny's, 2604 Island Ave. • 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; Maridell Center, 1124 Washington Ave. • Indoor Park: 9 a.m.-noon; La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 Fourth St. • Literacy Center: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 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 N. Albany St. • Recreation Trails Program Grant Application Workshop: workshop 10 a.m.noon, technical advice session noon-1 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library 2006 Fourth St. • Run Girl Run:4-H after-school program for girls in fourth and fifth grade; 2:303:30 p.m.; Central Elementary School, 402 KAve. • Storytime:free; 11:15 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Wallowa County Chess Club:4-8 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts Bi.Culture, 403 N. Main St., Joseph.

FRIDAY • Chair Exercise

Class:9:30 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Community Flea Market: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Log House RV Park, 66258 Lewiston Highway, 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. • Pinochle Social Club:18 and older; 6 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St. • Vali's Alpine Restaurant 40th Anniversary Open House:3-7 p.m.; 59811 Wallowa Lake Highway, Joseph.

SENIOR MENUS Union County Senior Center lunch menus MAY 19-23 Monday:almond-ginger chicken, rice or noodles, steamed winter blend vegetables, tomato and cucumber salad, bread sticks, fruit.

Tuesday: Reuben sandwiches on marble rye with kraut, potato salad, fresh fruit, sliced carrots, cookies.

Wednesday: chicken fried steak,mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed vegetables, spinach salad, rolls, cake. Thursday: toasted ravioli with fresh tomato-basil salsa, spinach salad, Italian bread, fresh fruit, sherbet. Friday: clam chowder in a bread bowl, layered salad, apple Waldorf salad, sliced oranges, cobbler.

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Growers: Herbicide driR damaging crops SALEM — Oregon grape growers say herbicide drift is damaging vineyards The Capital Press reported grapegrowers are calling for the state to ban 2,4-D use during the April to October growing season. Joel Meyers, one of Oregon's most experienced vineyard managers, estim ates herbi cidedriftcaused

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including that of one dead person, to file the returns, which claimed fictitious wages and inflated withholding amounts. The U.S. attorney's office said Thursday the refunds

ranged up to $8,400 and were deposited on debitcards that were sent to her. She pleaded guilty to wire traud, making false claims against the government and identity theft. She agreed to make restitution. Sentencing is setAug. 27.

vineyardsover the lastthree years. Meyers is calling for Panel says no to other farmers to stop using arming teachers,staff 2,4-D to kill broad-leaf weeds. EAGLE POINT — A He says there are alternacitizensadvisory panelhas tives and timing could be better. advised a Southern Oregon schoolboard against arming Veteran House teachers. chief clerk resigns The Eagle Point board set PORTLAND — The 30up the committee last sumyear veteran chief clerk of the mer when Board Chairman Oregon House has resigned ScottGrissom proposed orfollowing her lobbying for a ganizing teachers and other stafFmembersto protect 2007 bill amendment that m ay have benefited her students trom violence. financially. The district would provide The Oregonian reported training, pay and insurance Thursday that House Speak- forapproved employees to er Tina Kotek alerted reprecarry arms during school hours, at events and at board sentatives that66-year-old Ramona Kenady Line's last meetings. dayis Friday. She worked at The Medford Mail Tribune the Legisl ature for 42years, reportedthe 20-member with 30 as chief clerk. panel was overwhelmingly Kotektold representatives againstthat idea. But the members split on that she'd been advised by allowing teachers who have attorneys that any lobbying by a non-partisan legislative permits to carry weapons employee violates House at school. School policy now rules. She noted that as prohibits that. chief parliamentarian, Line Albany killing: Police advises other House members on how to adhere to the check burglary links chamber's rules. ALBANY — Police are trying to determine whether Divers find body the killing of a 36-year-old of bridge jumper recent arrival in Albany was PORTLAND — Divers linked to a string ofbreakhavefound the body ofam an ins, including two the night who jumped trom Portland's of the shooting. Ross Island bridge early Angela Stephenson was Thursday. A fiiend told police killed early Tuesday. Her 8-year-old son called 911 the young man took offhis shoes and shirt to swim the to report that his mother Willamette River below. was bleeding on the kitchen At its center,the bridge floor and the back door was is 123feetabove thewa ter. unlocked. Police said he jumped trom Police say they haven't the east end. established a motive. They Police said they don't say Stephenson moved into suspect criminal activity or a town trom nearby Jefferson a suicide attempt, but alcohol few months ago. may have been a factor in his Acbvistsannounce decision. Police learned he'd jumped GMO labelingcampaign when they went to the bridge PORTLAND — Activists about 3 a.m. to look into a in Oregon have announced a report that two men were on signature-gathering camit, one shirtless and leaning paigntoplace am easure over the rail. requiring the labeling of The body was identigenetically modified foods fied as that of 22-year-old on the statewide ballot in Tyler Fisher. It was found November. late Thursday morning. An If adopted, the initiative autopsy is planned. by Oregon GMO Right to Know would require food Woman pleads guilty manufacturers, retailers and in $400K tax scheme suppliers to label raw and PORTLAND — Prosecupackaged foods produced tors say a former Portland entirely or partially by gewoman pleaded guilty to netic engineering. It would be stealing identities to get effective January 2016. more than $400,000 in fedMore than 87,000 signaeral income tax refunds from tures are needed to qualify phony tax returns. it for the ballot. The group The returns, more than 50 has until July 3 to collect of them, were filed in a twosignatures. week burst in January 2012. Signature-gathering is also Latisha Simmons was underway in Colorado and accused of obtaining names in Arizona to put up similar and Social Security numbers, labeling measures.

Restored ship going on display in Astoria ASTORIA — After five yearsofpainstaking restoration work, two cannons from a 19th century American ship that surveyed the region are now ready to be displayed at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Museum staff used a forklift to hoist the 1,300-pound iron cannons and carefully place them in replica wooden carriages and original mounting pieces. Although the ship was broken apart on the Columbia River bar 168 years ago, the cannons still technically belong to the U.S. Navy. The museum partnered with the Navy and the state of Oregon to restore and display them.

Firefighters rescue Wilsonville bull WILSONVILLE — Patrick the bull was grazing at a Wilsonville property Wednesday when he wandered too close to asteep slopeand tumbled down about 20 feet to the bank of the Willamette River. The owners called Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue to help retrieve the 600-pound bull. KPTV reported technical and water rescue teams were dispatchedbecause ofthe terrain. One fi refi ghter swam to the bull while others cleared a path through the blackberries and other brush and attacheda line.

Murderers testify in death penalty case EUGENE — Three murderersand arapisttestified Wednesday in the sentencing phase of the murder trialfor convicted killer David Ray Taylor. They said they never knew Taylor to cause problems when they were behind bars with him at the Oregon State Penitentiary. The 58-year-old Eugene man was convicted last week of aggravatedmurder in the 2012 death of Celestino Gutierrez. Taylor previously spent 27 years in prison for murdering a Eugene gas station attendant in 1977. Lane County prosecutorsare seeking thedeath penalty. Taylor's lawyers are asking the jury to sentence him to life in prison.

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Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the state's wildlife department has for years incorrectly interpreted its rules concerning the needs of migratory fish through dams. ers only need to allow fish passage when water was between 5 percent and 95 percentofitstotalcapacity. The Supreme Court dismissed that idea, saying the stateLegislature designed laws to mean that fish need access through dams at all times. The decision reverses a ruling by the Oregon Court ofAppeals and sends the case back to the wildlife department. There are two main questions: Are the dams suKcient to allow salmon to migrate, and aredams responsiblefor maintaining that access year-round? Migrating fish, like salmon and cutthroat trout, requirespace totravel upstream to spawning grounds, and dams that block fish migration have

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TODAY • Prep track and field:La Grande at 4A-7 GOL District Champioship, Baker City,3 p.m. • Prep track and field:Union, Elgin, Enterprise at 2A-4 Blue Mountain Conference Championship, Union, 11 a.m. • Prep track and field:Cove, Imbler, Joseph, Powder Valley, at 1A-SD4 Special District 4 Championships, Baker City,11 a.m. • Prep baseball:La Grande at Baker/ Powder Valley (2), 2 p.m. • Prep baseball: Wallowa at Grant Union, noon • Prep softball:La Grande at Baker/ Powder Valley (2), 2 p.m. • Prep softball: Echo/Stanfield at Enterprise/Joseph/ Wallowa (2), Enterprise, 1 p.m. • Prep softball: Elgin/Imbler at Umatilla (2), 1 p.m. SATURDAY • Prep track and field:La Grande at 4A-7 GOL District Championship, Baker City, noon • Prep baseball: Elgin/Imbler at Union/Cove, Union, 10 a.m. • Prep baseball: Prairie City at Enterprise/Joseph, Enterprise, noon • Prep softball: Heppner/lone at Union/Cove (2), Union, 11 a.m. • Prep softball: Umatilla at Enterprise/Joseph/ Wallowa (2)), Enterprise, 1 p.m.

AT A GLANCE

Kerr takes job with Warriors TNT announcer Steve Kerr has turned down his mentor Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks and accepted the head coaching position with the Golden State Warriors, agreeing to a five-year, $25 million dollar deal. The Knicks had identified Kerr from the start of their coaching search to take over from the oustedMike Woodson. But Kerr, who resides in the San Diego area, wanted to be closer to his two of his children who attend college in California, and said the Knicks Iob "just didn't feel right."

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Eastern's Hans Roelle runs a cool-down lap at a track and field practiceVVednesday. Roelle qualified for the NAIA national championships meet in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter races, but chose to focus exclusively on the 800.

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earning him qualification for the NAIA national championships in Gulf Shores, Ala., on Thursday, May 22. Welch said he believes Roelle could have ran faster if there were no heavywinds attheme et,and was surprised at Roelle's finish because he also had a sore calf. Roelle also qualified for the 1,500 meters with a third-place finish, though he said it was an easy decision to pull out of that race to focus on the 800. "I always want to improve upon my 800-meter time every little bit that I can and move out to the 1,500 a bit more," Roelle said."I want to keep trying to compete for national titles. That is the ultimate goal. It wasn't a tough decision to pull out of the

To both Eastern Oregon middle-distance runner Hans Roelle and track and field head coach Ben Welch, running 800 meters in under one minute, 50 seconds has been a landmark that would put Roelle in elite company and serve as his ultimate goal. On Saturday, the redshirt junior broke what Welch calls a"magic barrier" and ran the 800 meters in 1:49.76, breaking both the EOU and Cascade Conference meet records. His run was also the fastest time in the 1,500." As an Anchorage, Alaska naNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics this season, easily tive, Roell e graduated from West

the mindset that people are going to For Eastern Oregon sprinter have to run reKadie Booth, her senior campaign ally well to beat her," has been a culmination ofhard Eastern Oregon work and growth on and off the Booth tr ac k and field head track. According to her coaches, coach Ben Welch the athletic talent was always said."In the past she hoped she there, but the real challenge for could do well, now she knows she her has been adopting the right will do well." After qualifying for nationals in attitude. "This year, she's come in with the 4-by-400 relay in her sophoBy Eric Avissar

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peopleover fourorfive years instead of pushing them too hard that first year and just hanging on." Although Roelle has enjoyed an injury-fi'ee season, the path to becoming physically durable was a challenging one. Throughout his See Roelle/Page 12A

La Grande junior golfer Kayli Miles battled nerves for the duration of the district golf meet on Monday andTuesday in Pendleton, but left having met her goal: reaching the state championship golf meet for the first time. Miles finished third in district with scores of 85 and 89 to earn a combinedscoreof174.Coach Jayne Baremore said Miles wants a top-10 finish at the state meet.

more and junior seasons, Booth reached uncharted territory in m ore ways than one during the Cascade Conference Championship meet. On May 9, Booth won the 400-meter race, and helped EOU win the 4 by 100 relay. Saturday was an even more successful one for Booth, as she won the 200-meter race breaking the EOU SeeBooth / Page12A

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High School, where he won the state title in the 800 meters as a senior with a time of 1:55.10. His high school track coach, Joe Alward, is a friend and former high school track rival of Welch, who played a major role in getting Roelle to choose EOU. ''When his coach called me up, I jumped all over the chance to get him,"Welch said.awe were able to pick him up late in the recruiting process, and we sold him on the opportunity to come stateside from Alaska to Oregon. He knew

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CORVALLIS — Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey is going to keep Washington guessing about his starting rotation. Casey hasn't announced whether ace Ben Wetzler will get his usual Friday start at 4 p.m. today when the second-ranked Beavers beginathree-game series against No. 5 Washington at Goss Stadium. Wetzler, who is 9-1 and leads the Pac-12 with a 0.94 ERA, was arrested early last Saturday morning on charges of seconddegree criminal mischief and first-degree criminal trespassing. "Upon full review of the whole situation, with our department, athletic director and myself, we will inform you of Ben's status," Casey said after Tuesday's 8-4 win over Portland. Casey said some disciplinary action will be taken against Wetzler, but Kendall Rogers of Perfect Game USAreported Thursday that Casey told him Wetzler will pitch this weekend. Oregon State's weekly press release usually lists its starting pitchers but had TBA for all three games, leaving the option for Casey to start Wetzler any day or pitch him in relief. Wetzler has anchored the conference's best pitching staff with a team ERA of 2.17. Andrew Moore and Jace Fry normally follow Wetzler, but OSU's rotation for this weekend might not be known until game time.

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PORTLAND — Damian Lillard provided the emblematic moment for the Trail Blazers' resurgence, a buzzer-beating 3-pointerthat propelled Portland into the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons. Following the 3 against the Houston Rockets, which gave the Blazers a 4-2 series victory in the first round of the Western Conferenceseries,Lillard grabbed the public addressmicrophone atcourtside and screamed

"Riiiipppp Ciiiittttyyyy!" The Blazers were considered an iffy pick to evengetto the playoffs,letalonemake itpast the first round. But a couple of key acquisitions and maturation in its star players made Portland one of the most promising teams in the NBA. "A lot of people had us ninth or 10th in the West, they didn't think we would be able to compete the way that we did. We worked hard, we believed in ourselves," Lillard said. The Blazers returned to the playoffs this season for the first time since 2011. After getting bounced in the first round their previous six tries, the series against Houston advanced the Blazers to the second round for the first time since 2000 before losing in five games to the San Antonio Spurs in the next round.

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TROYTULOWITZKI:The Colorado Rockie

DOC RIVERS: After saying his team was "robbed" by the continues to sparkle. The shortstop is officials at the end of their hitting .391, has scored Game 5 loss to the Okla37 runs and smashed 11 homa CityThunder, the homers, both tops in the Los Angeles Clippers head National League, while his coach was fined $25,000 33 RBI ranks second. by the NBA.

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Wednesday's Games

Detroit 7, Baltimore 5 L.A. Angels 3, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 ChicagoWhite Sox 4,Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 2, Seattle 0 Cleveland 15, Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Boston 9, Minnesota 4 Houston 5, Texas 4

Thursday's Games Minnesota 4, Boston 3, 10 innings Toronto 4, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1 L.A. Angels 6, Tampa Bay 5

Friday's Games Oakland (Gray 4-1) at Cleveland (McAllister 3-3), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 5-1) at Boston (Lester 4-4), 7:7 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 1-3) at Texas (Darvish 3-1), 5:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 3-2) at Kansas City (Guthrie 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-3) at Houston (McHugh 2-1), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 3-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-2), 7:05 p.m. Saturday's Games Pittsburgh (Morton 0-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-3), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-3) at Houston (Cosart 2-3), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 5-1) at Cleveland (Tomlin 2-0), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 2-3) at Kansas City (Duffy 1-3), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Ray 1-0) at Boston (Lackey 5-2), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Elias 3-2) at Minnesota (Deduno 0-2), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 7-1) at Texas (Lewis 3-2), 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (C.Ramos 1-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 4-3), 6:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Oakland (J.Chavez 3-1) at Cleveland (Masterson 2-2), 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1), 10:05 a.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-4) at Kansas City (Shields 5-3), 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 3-3) at Houston (Peacock0-4), 11:10 a.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-1) at Minnesota (Nolasco 2-3), 11:10 a.m. Toronto (Dickey 4-3) at Texas (Undecided), 12:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 1-1), 12:35 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 6-1) at Boston (Peavy 1-1), 5:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wednesday's Games L.A. Angels 3, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Washington 5, Arizona 1 San Francisco 10, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, N.Y. Mets 0 San Diego atCincinnati, ppd., rain Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 1 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, ppd., rain Miami13, L.A. Dodgers 3

Thursday's Games

Cincinnati 5, San Diego 0, 1st game Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 6, Cincinnati 1, 2nd game N.Y. Yankees 1, N.Y. Mets 0 San Francisco 6, Miami 4

Friday's Games Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-3), 11:20 a.m. Cincinnati (Simon 4-2) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-3), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-2) at Washington (Roark 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (E.Santana 4-0) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-2), 5:15 p.m. San Diego (Stults 2-3) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 4-3), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 6-1) atArizona (Miley 3-3), 6:40 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 2-3) at San Francisco (Petit 2-1), 7:15 p.m. Saturday's Games Atlanta (Harang 4-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 5-2), 11:15 a.m. Milwaukee (Garza 2-3) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 2-3), 11:20 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Colon 2-5) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-3), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-3), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 3-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-2), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-0) at Arizona (C.Anderson 1-0), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Erlin 2-4) at Colorado (Lyles 5-0), 5:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 3-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-2), 6:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Pittsburgh (Cole 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1), 10:05 a.m. Cincinnati (Leake 2-3) at Philadelphia (CI.Lee 3-4), 10:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 2-1), 10:35 a.m. Atlanta (Floyd 0-1) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 0-0), 11:15 a.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (T Wood 3-4), 11:20 a.m. Miami (Ja.Turner 0-1) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-2), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 5-1) atArizona (Collmenter 1-2), 1:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 2-5) at Colorado (Nicasio 4-2), 1:10 p.m.

MLB Baseball Calendar May 14-15 — Owners meetings, New York. June 5 — Amateur draft. July 15 — All-Star game, Minneapolis. July 18 — Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign. July 27 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players. Sept. 30 — Postseason begins. Oct. 22 — World Series begins. November TBA — Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents, fifth day after World Series. November TBA — Deadline for free agents to accept qualifying offers, 12th day after World Series. Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer 2015 contracts to unsigned players. Dec. 8-11 — Winter meetings, San

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American League Baltimore New York Toronto Boston Tampa Bay

THE OBSERVER —11A

SPORTS

L10 St r Home Away 5-5 W-1 14-10 1 2 -5 6-4 W-2 9-6 1 2 - 14 5 -5 L- 1 1 1-10 7 - 11 5-5 L- 1 1 2-11 5 - 12 2 -8 L- 2 7- 1 1 6 - 1 5 L10 St r Home Away 6 -4 W-2 1 3 - 6 1 4 - 9 4-6 L- 3 1 3 - 5 1 0-14 4 -6 L- 1 9 -13 1 3-7 6-4 W-1 12-11 8 - 11 5-5 L- 1 4 - 1 712-10

Diego. Dec. 8 — Hall of Fame golden era (1947-72) vote announced, San Diego. 2015 Jan. 13 — Salary arbitration filing. Jan. 16 — Salary arbitration figures exchanged. Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings. July 14 — All-Star game, Cincinnati. July 17 — Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players. Dec. 7-10 — Winter meetings, Nashville, Tenn.

COLLEGE BasebaII America Top 25 through May11 1. Virginia

2. Oregon State 3. Louisiana-Lafayette 4. Florida State 5. Washington 6. Cal Poly 7. Miami 8. Florida 9. Indiana 10. Louisville 11. Mississippi 12. Oklahoma State 13. Texas Christian 14. Rice 15. Louisiana State 16. Houston 17. South Carolina 18. Vanderbilt 19. Alabama 20. Mississippi State 21. Liberty 22. Kansas 23. Pepperdine 24. UC Irvine 25. Texas

Record Pvs 41-9 1 38-8 2 46-7 3 39-12 4 36-11 6 41-10 7 38-14 8 34-18 4 35-12 9 40-12 10 37-15 11 35-13 13 36-14 12 34-16 14 36-14 15 39-13 16 39-13 17 38-14 18 32-19 19 33-19 21 38-11 22 33-21 NR 34-14 NR 34-16 23 34-15 25

EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana vs. Miami Sunday, May 18: Miami at lndiana, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20: Miami at lndiana, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 26: Indiana at Miami, 5:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 28: Miami at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 30: Indiana at Miami, 5:30 p.m. x-Sunday, June1: Miami at lndiana, 5:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio Monday, May 19: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 21: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 25: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, May 29: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. x-Saturday, May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. x-Monday,June 2:Oklahoma Cityat San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Early NBA draft entries Players who have applied for early entry into the 2014 NBA Draft: Draft: June 26, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Jordan Adams, sophomore, G, UCLA William Alston CC, freshman, F, of Baltimore County Dundalk MychalAmmons, junior, F, South Alabama Kyle Anderson, sophomore, G, UCLA IsaiahAustin, sophomore, C, Baylor Chane Behanan, junior, F, Louisville Sim Bhullar, sophomore, C, New Mexico State Khem Birch, junior, F, UNLV Jabari Brown, junior, G, Missouri Jahii Carson, sophomore, G, Arizona State Semaj Christon, sophomore, G, Xavier Jordan Clarkson, junior, G, Missouri DeAndre Daniels, junior, F, Connecticut Spencer Dinwiddie, junior, G, ColoIado

Joel Embiid, freshman, C, Kansas Tyler Ennis, freshman, G, Syracuse Aaron Gordon, freshman, F, Arizona Jerami Grant, sophomore, F, Syracuse P.J. Hairston, G, North Carolina/Texas

(NBADL)

Gary Harris, sophomore, G, Michigan State Rodney Hood,sophomore, F, Duke Nick Johnson, junior, G, Arizona Alex Kirk, junior, C, New Mexico Zach LaVine, freshman, G, UCLA James Michael McAdoo, junior, F, North Carolina K.J. McDaniels, junior, F, Clemson Mitch McGary, sophomore, F, Michigan Eric Moreland, junior, F, Oregon State Johnny O'Bryant III, junior, F, LSU Jabari Parker, freshman, F, Duke Elfrid Payton, junior, G, LouisianaLafayette Julius Randle, freshman, F, Kentucky Glenn Robinson III, sophomore, F, Michigan LaQuinton Ross, junior, F, Ohio State Antonio Rucker, sophomore, G,

Clinton JC (SC) JaKarr Sampson, sophomore, F, St. John's Marcus Smart, junior, G, Oklahoma State Roscoe Smith, junior, F, UNLV Nik Stauskas, sophomore, G, Michigan Jarnell Stokes, junior, F, Tennessee Noah Vonleh, freshman, C-F, Indiana T.J. Warren, sophomore, F, NC State Andrew Wiggins, freshman, F, Kansas James Young, freshman, G, Kentucky Ta'Quan Zimmerman, junior, G,

BASKETBALL

Thompson Rivers (Canada) International Players Eleftherios Bochoridis, Aris (Greece)/ Greece Matias Bortolin, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)/Argentina Nedim Buza, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)/ Bosnia 8 Herzegovina Bruno Caboclo, Pinheiros (Brazil)/ Brazil Berkay Candan, TED Kolejliler (Turkey)/Turkey Clint Capela, Chalon (France)/ Switzerland Joonas Caven, Joventut (Spain) / Finland Nemanja Dangubic, Mega Vizura (Serbia)/Serbia Moussa Diagne, Fuenlabrada (Spain)/ Senegal Tomas Dimsa, Zalgiris (Lithuania)/ Lithuania Marcus Eriksson, Manresa (Spain) / Sweden Dante Exum, Australia llja Gromovs, Ventspils (Latvia)/Latvia Damien lnglis, Roanne (France) / France Nikola Jokic, Mega Vizura (Serbia)/ Serbia Michalis Kamperidis, Filathlitikos (Greece)/Greece Artem Klimenko, Avtodor (Russia)/ Russia Rasmus Larsen, Manresa (Spain) / Denmark Lucas Mariano, Vivo Franca (Brazil)/ Brazil Vasilije Micic, Mega Vizura (Serbia)/ Serbia Jusuf Nurkic, Cedevita (Croatia)/Bosnia 8 Herzegovina Mateusz Ponitka, Oostende (Belgium)/ Poland Kristaps Porzingis, Cajasol (Spain)/ Latvia Marko Ramljak, Zadar (Croatia)/ Croatia Dario Saric, Cibona (Croatia)/Croatia Ojars Silins, Reggio Emilia (Italy)/ Latvia Alejandro Suarez, Joventut (Spain)/ Spain Devon Van Oostrum, Vitoria (Spain)/ Holland Guillem Vives, Joventut (Spain)/Spain Adin Vrabac, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)/ Bosnia 8 Herzegovina

NBA Playoff Glance

HOCKEY

PREP Baseball Greater Oregon League Baker/PV La Grande McLoughlin Ontario

GOL All RSRA RkRPI 9 - 1 1 6-6 158 89 5 624 9-1 15-9 15910514 562 1-9 8-11 98 142 31 450 1-9 5- 1 7 101 188 35 422

Eastern Oregon League EOL All RSRA RkRPI Stan/Echo 10-2 18-4 197 81 7 601 Burns 8-2 13-10 157 159 16 506 Vale 7-3 16-6 170 94 13 529 Nyssa 7-3 1 2 -12 188 164 21 453 Elgin/Imbler 4-8 4-12 68 152 30 372 Riverside 2 - 8 7 - 13 82 124 29 380 Umatilla 0- 1 2 0 -17 20 116 35 293 Special District 7 EOL All RSRA RkRPI Grant Union 9-0 15-6 21810611 588 Union/Cove 8-3 10-9 160 129 16 512 Joseph/Ent 5-6 7-1213915333407 Wallowa 3-6 4 - 12 11217047309 Prairie City 0-10 0-15 35 342 50 230

SoftbaII Greater Oregon League GOL All RS RA Rk RPI McLoughlin 10-0 16-3 143 43 5 687 Ontario 4-6 8- 1 0 130 110 32 421 Baker/PV 3 - 7 7 - 15 132 236 31 442 La Grande 3-7 6-1310113827477

Eastern Oregon League EOL All RSRA RkRPI Ent/Joe/W 10-0 14-4 216 107 12 550 Vale 10-2 17-5 220 82 9 591 Elgin/Imbler 7-5 9-7 129 113 16 512 Nyssa 7-5 8- 1 6 219 290 22 437 Echo/Stan 5 - 7 9 -12 137 146 23 436 Burns 4-8 4-16 128 240 26 362 Riverside 3 - 9 8 - 14 161 204 25 376 Umatilla 0- 1 0 0 -13 32 277 33 253 Special District 5 SD5 Al l RSRA RkRPI W/Mc-Gris 12-1 20-1 237 58 2 690 Union/Cove 11-2 19-2 217 65 1 698 Pilot R/Nlx 7 - 6 1 4-8 151 61 10 569 GrantUnion 5-8 12-9 14713619475 Irrigon 2-11 5 - 15 111 172 25 406 Hepp/lone 2-11 2-16 70 203 30 363

All Times PDT CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Brooklyn 1 Tuesday, May 6: Miami 107, Brooklyn 86 Thursday, May 8: Miami 94, Brooklyn 82 Saturday, May 10: Brooklyn 104, Miami 90 Monday, May 12: Miami 102, Brooklyn 96 Wednesday, May 14: Miami 96, Brooklyn 94 Indiana 4, Washington 2 Monday,May 5:Washington 102, Indiana 96 Wednesday,May 7: Indiana 86, Washington 82 Friday, May 9: Indiana 85, Washington 63 Sunday,May 11:Indiana 95, Washington 92 Tuesday,May 13:Washington 102, Indiana 79 Thursday,May 15:Indiana 93,Washington 80 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 4, Portland 1 Tuesday, May 6: San Antonio 116, Portland 92 Thursday, May 8: San Antonio 114, Portland 97 Saturday, May 10: San Antonio 118, Portland 103 Monday, May 12: Portland 103, San Antonio 92 W ednesday, May 14:San Antonio 104 Portland 82 Oklahoma City4, L.A. Clippers 2 Monday, May 5: L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105 Wednesday, May 7: Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 101 Friday, May 9: Oklahoma City 118, L.A. Clippers 112 Sunday, May11: L.A. Clippers101, Oklahoma City 99 Tuesday, May 13: Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Clippers 104 Thursday, May 15: Oklahoma City

NHL Playoff Glance All Times PDT SECOND ROUND

Angeles 2 Saturday, May 10:Anaheim 2,Los Angeles 0 Monday, May 12: Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 3 Wednesday, May 14: LosAngeles 2, Anaheim 1 Friday, May16: LosAngelesatAnah e im, 6 p.m. CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE

N.Y. Rangers vs. Montreal Saturday, May 17: N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 10 a.m.

TRAN SACTION S Thursday BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Preston Guilmet to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Kevin Gausman from Norfolk. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent LHP Chris Sale and OF Adam Eaton to Charlotte (IL) for rehab assignments. HOUSTON ASTROS — PlacedRHP Anthony Bass on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Josh Fields from Oklahoma City (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OF Oswaldo Arcia to Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent RHP Bruce Billings to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired OF/1B Klye Banks from San Diego for OF Jake Goebbert and a playerto be named and/or cash considerations. Designated 1B Daric Barton for assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Joe Saunders and 2B Donnie Murphy to Round Rock (PCL) for rehab assignments.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Placed LHP Zac Rosscup on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Reinstated RHP Jose Veras from the 15-day DL. CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Nick Christiani to Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Jeff Francis from Louisville. Transferred RHP Mat Latos to the 60-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS — Selected the contract of RHP Anthony DeSclafani from Jacksonville (SL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent LHP Tom Gorzelanny to Brevard County (FSL) for a rehab assignment. NEW YORK METS — Transferred RHP Bobby Parnell to the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Kyle Farnsworth outright to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled LHP Josh Edgin from Las Vegas. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez to Clearwater (FSL) for a rehab assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned OF Jaff Decker to lndianapolis (IL). Reinstated LHP Wandy Rodriguez from the 15-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated RHP Dale Thayerfrom paternity leave. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP Ross Ohlendorf to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined L.A. Clippers coach Doc Rivers $25,000 for public criticism of officiating. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Ross Cockrell, LB Randell Johnson and OL Seantrel Henderson. CHICAGO BEARS — Agreedto terms with DT Will Sutton on a four-year contract. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OT Ulrick John. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Jon Robinson director of player personnel and Andy Speyer national scout. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with DL DaQuan Jones and DB Marqueston Huff. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed TE Kevin Perry, RB Silas Redd, QB Tommy Rees, DB Bryan Shepherd, NTs Chris Davenport and Robert Thomas and WRs Lee Doss, Cody Hoffman, Kofi Hughes and Rashad Lawrence.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Activated QB Bernard Morris. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERSSigned LB/DL Willie Moseley, OL Dale Stevenson and LB/LS Sean Blake. HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL — Suspended Buffalo F Zenon Konopka 20 games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA performance-enhancing substances program. SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MLS — Suspended D Victor Bernardez an undisclosed amount for misconduct during Saturday's game. COLLEGE CASTLETON — Named Eric Ramey softballcoach. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN — Announced the resignation of men's assistant basketball coach Brad Dobbels. DELAWARE — Named Ted Perlak strength and conditioning coach. ETSU — Named Mike O'Cain offensive coordinator.

SOCCER MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W D L GF G A Pts Sporting KC 5 3 2 17 15 8 New England 5 3 2 17 14 1 0 D.C. 4 3 2 14 13 1 1 Houston 4 5 2 14 15 1 9 New York 3 3 5 14 18 17 Columbus 3 4 3 12 10 11 Philadelphia 2 5 5 11 12 15 Toronto FC 3 4 0 9 7 9 Chicago 1 2 6 9 17 18 Montreal 1 5 3 6 7 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE W D L GF G A Pts Seattle 7 3 1 22 22 1 9 Real Salt Lake 5 0 5 20 21 1 2 FC Dallas 5 5 1 16 20 1 9 Vancouver 4 2 4 16 16 1 2 Colorado 4 3 3 15 11 1 2 San Jose 2 3 4 10 10 1 1 LosAngeles 2 2 3 9 8 6 Chivas USA 2 5 3 9 12 19 Pordand 1 3 6 9 13 16

All Times PDT Wednesday's Games Philadelphia 2, Sporting Kansas City 1

Saturday's Games

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 4, Boston 3 Thursday, May 1: Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Saturday, May 3: Boston 5, Montreal 3 Tuesday, May 6: Montreal4,Boston 2 Thursday, May 8: Boston 1, Montreal 0, OT Saturday, May10: Boston 4, Montreal 2 Monday, May 12: Montreal 4, Boston 0 Wednesday, May 14: Montreal 3, Boston 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3 Friday, May 2: N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Sunday, May 4: Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Monday, May 5: Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 W ednesday, May 7: Pittsburgh 4,N.Y. Rangers 2 Friday, May 9: N.Y. Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 1 Sunday, May 11: N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1 Tuesday, May 13: N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 4, Minnesota 2 Friday, May 2: Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Sunday,May 4: Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Tuesday,May 6: Minnesota 4, Chicago 0 Friday, May 9: Minnesota 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, May 11: Chicago 2, Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 13:Chicago 2, Minnesota 1, OT Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 3 Saturday, May 3: LosAngeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT Monday, May 5: Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1 Thursday, May 8: Anaheim 3, Los

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Sunday's Games Sporting Kansas City at Chicago, noon

GOLF PGA World Golf Rankings Through May 11 1. Tiger Woods 2. Adam Scott 3. Henrik Stenson 4. Bubba Watson 5. Matt Kuchar 6.Jason Day 7. Sergio Garcia 8. Jordan Spieth 9. Justin Rose 10. Rory Mcllroy 11. Phil Mickelson 12. Jim Furyk 13. Zach Johnson 14. Dustin Johnson 15. Steve Stricker 16. Graeme McDowell 17. Jimmy Walker 18. Charl Schwartzel 19. Luke Donald 20. Jason Dufner 21. Keegan Bradley 22. Ian Poulter 23. Victor Dubuisson 24. Patrick Reed 25. Hideki Matsuyama 26. Lee Westwood 27. Brandt Snedeker 28. Martin Kaymer

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USA AUS SWE USA USA AUS ESP USA ENG NIR USA USA USA USA USA NIR USA SAF ENG USA USA ENG FRA USA JPN ENG USA GER

8.05 7.95 7.83 7.12 7.08 6.69 6.36 6.26 6.11 5.89 5.75 5.55 5.41 4.99 4.35 4.26 4.24 4.18 4.09 4.02 3.98 3.96 3.93 3.81 3.78 3.76 3.72 3.66

29. Jamie Donaldson WAL 30. Webb Simpson USA 31. Thomas Bjorn D EN 32. Graham DeLaet CAN 33. Bill Haas USA 34. MiguelAngel Jimenez ESP 35. Jonas Blixt SWE 36. Hunter Mahan USA 37. Rickie Fowler USA 38. Ryan Moore USA 39. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 40. Stephen Gallacher S CO 41. Harris English USA 42. Francesco Molinari ITA 43. Matt Jones AUS 44. Russell Henley USA 45. Gary Woodland USA 46. Matt Every USA 47. Chris Kirk USA 48. Ernie Els SAF 49. Joost Luiten N ED 50. Gonzalo Fern.-Cast. ESP

3 . 63 3 . 60 357 3 . 36 3 . 29 3 . 23 3 . 06 3 . 05 3 . 03 2 . 96 2 . 86 277 2 . 75 2 . 73 2 . 69 2 . 63 2 . 60 2 . 57 2 . 52 2 . 52 2 .51 2 . 47

FS1 — ARCA, Menards 200, at Toledo, Ohio 6 p.m. — ESPN2 — NHRA, Southern Nationals, at Commerce, Ga. (same-day

tape) COLLEGE BASEBALL 1:30 p.m.— FS1 — Texas at Kansas St.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL 11:30 a.m.— ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 7, teams TBD, at Tallahassee, Fla. (if necessary) 1:30 p.m.— ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 6, teams TBD, at Tucson, Ariz. 4 p.m. — ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffsr,egionals,game 7,teams TBD, at Tuscon, Ariz. (if necessary) CYCLING 10 a.m.— NBC — Tour of California, final stage, at Thousand Oaks, Calif. GOLF 4 a.m.— TGC — European PG

TELEVISION Sports on TV Friday, May 16 All Times PDT AUTO RACING 8 a.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Truck Series, final practice for North Carolina Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C. 9 a.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Sprint Cu p, final practice for Showdown, at Concord, N.C. 10: 45 a.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Sprint Cup,"Happy Hour Series," final practice for All-Star Race, at Concord, N.C. 1 p.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Showdown, at Concord, N.C. 2:30 p.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for North Carolina Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C. 4 p.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Showdown, at Concord, N.C. 5:30 p.m.— FS1, NASCAR, Truck Series, North Carolina Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C. BOXING 6 p.m.— ESPN2 — Junior middleweights, Delvin Rodriguez (28-7-3) vs. Joachim Alcine (35-7-1), at Montreal 7 p.m.— SHO — Junior middleweights, Frank Galarza (13-0-2) vs. Sebastien Bouchard (9-0-0); super featherweights, Joel Diaz Jr. (15-0-0) vs. Tyler Asselstine (14-1-0), at Mashantucket, Conn. COLLEGE BASEBALL 5 p.m.— ESPNU — Mississippi at Texas ASM COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1:30 p.m.— ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 1, South Carolina vs. South Florida, at Tallahassee, Fla. 4 p.m.— ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 2, Fordham at Florida State CYCLING 2 p.m.— NBCSN — Tour of California, stage 6, Santa Clarita to Wrightwood, Calif. GOLF 2:30 a.m.— TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de Espana, second round, part I, at Sevilla, Spain 6:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de Espana, second round, part II, at Sevilla, Spain 9:30 a.m.— TGC — Champions Tour, The Tradition, secondround, at Birmingham, Ala. noon — TGC — PGA Tour, Byron NelsonChampionship,second round, at Irving, Texas 3:30 p.m.— TGC — Web.com Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, second round, at Greerand Greenville, S.C. (same-day

NASCAR

tape) 5:30 p.m.— TGC — LPGA, Kingsmill Championship, second round, at Williamsburg, Va. (same-day tape) HOCKEY 6:30 a.m.— NBCSN — IIHF, World Championship, Kazakhstan vs.United States, at Minsk, Belarus HORSE RACING 1 p.m.— NBCSN — Thoroughbreds, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, at Baltimore MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11:15 a.m.— WGN — Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs 4 p.m.— MLB — Regional coverage, Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees or Detroit at Boston NHL HOCKEY 6 p.m.— NBCSN — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 7, Los Angeles at Anaheim (if necessary)

Saturday, May 17 ARENA FOOTBALL 7 p.m.— ESPN2 — Portland at San Jose AUTO RACING 1 p.m.— ABC — IndyCar, qualifying for lndianapolis 500 (Day 1) 3 p.m.— ESPN2 — NHRA, qualifying for Southern Nationals, at Commerce, Ga. (same-day tape) 4 p.m.— FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying forAll-Star Race, at Concord, N.C. 5:30 p.m.— FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, All-Star Race, at Concord, N.C. BOXING 7:15 p.m.— HBO — Welterweights, Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1) vs. Mike Alvarado (34-2-0), at lnglewood, Calif. COLLEGE BASEBALL 9 a.m.— ESPNU — North Carolina at Miami COLLEGE SOFTBALL 9 a.m.— ESP N — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 3, South Carolina-South Florida winner vs. Fordham-Florida State winner, at Tallahassee, Fla. 11:30 a.m.— ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 4, South Carolina-South Florida loser vs. FordhamFlorida State loser, at Tallahassee, Fla. 2 p.m.— ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffsr,egionals,game 5,teams TBD, at Tallahassee, Fla. 4 p.m.— ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, regionals, game 4, LouisvilleLSU loser vs. Boston U.-Arizona loser, at Tucson, Ariz. 6:30 p.m.— ESPN — NCAADivision I playoffsr,egionals,game 5,teams TBD, at Tucson, Ariz. CYCLING 1:30 p.m.— NBCSN — Tourof California, stage 7, Santa Clarita to Pasadena, Calif. GOLF 4:30 a.m.— TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de Espana, third round, at Sevilla, Spain 10 a.m. — TGC — PGATour, Byron Nelson Championship, third round, at Irving, Texas noon — CBS — PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Championship, third round, at Irving, Texas TGC — ChampionsTour,The Tradition, third round, at Birmingham, Ala. 2 p.m.— TGC — LPGA, Kingsmill Championship, third round, at Williamsburg, Va. 4 p.m.— TGC — Web.com Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, third round, at Greer and Greenville, S.C. (same-daytape) HORSE RACING 10 a.m.— NBCSN — Thoroughbreds, Preakness Stakes undercard, at Baltimore 1:30 p.m.— NBC — Thoroughbreds, Preakness Stakes, at Baltimore MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m.— FS1 — Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees WGN — Chicago White Sox at Houston 4 p.m.— MLB — Regional coverage, Detroit at Boston or Baltimore at Kansas City MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE 9 a.m.— ESP N2 — NCAA, Division I playoffs, quarterfinal, Maryland vs. Bryant, at Hempstead, N.Y. 11:30 a.m.— ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, quarterfinal, Albany (NY) vs. Notre Dame, at Hempstead, N.Y. SOCCER 9 a.m.— FOX — FACup, final, Arsenal vs. Hull City, at Wembley Stadium WNBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m.— ESPN2 — Chicago at New York

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Tigers gear up for district Observer staff

also earn a trip to Eugene. The La Grande girls have a number ofrunners,jumpers and throwers that can capitaliz e on greatregular season performances with a berth in the state meet. The Tigers will be counting on Ally Tsiatsos, Cassandra Brownell and Jasmine Smith to continue their success in the 4-by-400 meter relay race. The senior Smith had the top mark in the 800-meter race at 2 minutes, 47 seconds and in the triple jump at 34 feet, 7.5 inches. Amanda Welch's won the 1,500 meters by 11 seconds with a time of 5:08.07. During the regular season, Welch and

La Grande's track and field team is gearing up for the home stretch of the season, heading to Baker City for the first day of the 4A-7 Greater Oregon League district championships today. The Tigers will look to place a substantial amount of their athletes in next weekend's Oregon School Activities Association state championship meet in Eugene, following a superb season. The top two finishers of each event in Baker City automatically qualify for the state meet, while additional marks that meet the qualifying standard will

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Heather Keniry were the top two girls in the 3,000 meters. Haley White and Alora Brown had the second and third-best times in the 100-meter hurdles, with W hite alsoclocking thefastest300 hurdle time at47.15 seconds. For the boys, Todd Keniry heads into district with the top time in the 3,000 meters at 9 minutes, 37 seconds. Blaine Kreutz, Caleb Woodworth and Micah Fuller finished the season with the three best throws in the javelin, respectively, and Kreutz also earned the best mark in 4A in the long jump withhisleap of21feet,3 inches.

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BOOTH Continued ~om Page10A school record with a time of 24.59 seconds. She also anchored the 4-by-100 meter relay team with a time of 3:54.11 seconds and finished second in the 100-meter

dash. Welch said he was incredibly proud of Booth's performance at the meet, and while she's not boastfui about her performances on the track, she has continued to build her competitive fire through her four years at EOU. "She showed up this year and competed consistently week after week,"Welch

said."She's shyly aggressive.Kadie keeps toherself and doesn't like the limelight. When they called her women's athlete of the meet, she actually blushed." Booth, a graduate of Post Falls High School in Idaho, said her brother and former EOU track star, Ryan, has playeda pivotalpartofher track career. During his career at EOU, Ryan Booth broke the school record in the 800 meters, which Hans

Roelle broke during the con- nationals in an individual ference meet. event, running under 25 "My brother has had a seconds in the 200 meters major impact on my running and under 57 seconds in the career, especially in col400.Booth said thelastgoal lege," she said."He's the one ofhercollegiate track career who drew me to EOU and is to finish in the top eight of he's just been an inspiring the 400 meters at the NAIA figure to look up to. He really national championships held worked his way up to the top, on May 22-24 in Gulf Shores, and seeing his success and Ala., which would make her enjoyment was something I an all-American. wanted as well." After qualifying for nationBooth got a late start to als in the 200 and 400 races, her high school track career, Welch decided to have Moore playing softball until she focus exclusively on the 400 electedtoswitch to track her because he feels that is the junior year. She said that her race in which she has the favorite partofsoftballw as best chance to win. Moore the baserunning, and her saidshe seesitasonelastopbrother's success on the track portunity to break one more convinced her that track was school record. Booth has the sport for her. neversuffered a seriousinMajoring in elementary jury in her track career, and education, Booth is set to addedthatshefeelsgreatas graduate in the spring and her running career enters its said she hopes to teach the home stretch. ''When I'm about to race, third grade. She has also worked in with first and fifth the difference now is that graders, and said she enjoys instead of thinking of all the working with kids at all negatives and what could elementarygrade levels. go wrong, I've decided to As her college career winds stay positive and think of down, Booth takes pride in how everything could go my way," Booth said."I feel a lot having accomplished all of her major goals on the track strongertoo,and that'sreally including qualifying for boosted my confidence."

During the winter of his sophomore year, Roelle suffered a torn right fibula. While Roelle and the EOU coaching staff decidedthe bestmove was for him toredshirt, Roelle used his time away from the track to work on his strength more than ever, which has paid major dividends ever since then. "My freshman year dealing with the nagging injuries was really tough," Roelle said. "My stress fracture during my sophomore year definitely tested me mentally. It made me see how hard I wanted to get back out there and compete again." According to Welch, Roelle has always been an extremely fierce competitor, and that competitiveness nearly backfired on him at last year's national meet. During the 800-meter race, Roelle was what his coaches called "boxed in," as he was jammed between other runners and the inside pole of the track. Shoving and pushing his way through, Roelle risked getting disqualified to have a shot at winning the

winning a championship."

— Hans Roelle, Eastem Oregon redshirt junior on being boxed in thr 800-meter race at last year's NAIA National Championship meet

race before ultimately finishing third. "I felt I was in good position until the 500-meter mark, then the pack came up on me to box me in," Roelle said."It was worth it to me to risk disqualification to have a shot at winning a championship." Since then, Roelle has never been boxed in, and continues to solidify himself as one of the best middle-distance runners in EOU history. "I love competing and I always want to compete at the highest level I possibly can," Roelle said."I just enjoy getting faster and racing tougher and tougher guys." Contact EricAvissar at 541-963-3161,or e-mail at eavissarC lagrandeobserver.com. Follow him on Twitter CIgoAvissar

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The La Grande boys and girls golf teams both failed to qualify for state during theirdistrictm eetthattook place Monday and Tuesday in Redmond, but both teams saw their top player qualify for state individually. On the boys side, Jake Girard finished with a score of 86 Monday and a 79 Tuesday fora combined scoreof165. He finished in fifth place by a one stroke margin, earning him the final spot in the state meet by the absolute slimmest of margins. Tigers head coach Ron Evans said he was proud of how Girard made the best of a difficult situation. "Jake's putter broke in the middle of the second day while he was playing," Evans said."He showed great determination in resolve in spite of the unexpected challenges he faced." Evans added that he was

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La Grande's Kayli Miles drives a shot during a regular season meet. amazed at how well Girard putted with a putter he had never previously used. La Grande's Kayli Miles finished third overall among the girls in her meet, shooting 85 and 89 with a combined score of 174.

"I am so proud of Kayli because she played absolutley great on both days," coach Jayne Baremore said."She got nervous at the end, and hung on which was great to see. She missed out on states last year, so she was very motivated to make sure she didn't miss out again." The boys team finished fifth out of six schools, with Ridgeview winning the meet and Baker finishing second. The girls finished one spot shortofqualifying forstates as a team, finishing third with a combined score of 803, behind Ontario with 756 and Heppner's 733. Girard will be back in actionatthe statemeet for La Grande on Monday and Tuesday at the Eagle Crest in Redmond. Miles will be aiming to finish in the top ten atthegirlsstate meet at Trysting Tree in Corvallis. Both meets will be held on Monday and Tuesday.

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problems," Murray said. Lawmakers from both parties were equally blunt. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said the VA is "suffering from an absence of public leadership and is foundering as a result." Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the Obama administration"has failed to respond in an effective manner" to reports about the Phoenix VA and other facil itiesacrossthe country. "This has created in our veterans community a crisis

of confidence toward the VA," McCain said. Ryan Gallucci, deputy director for national legislative serviceoftheVeterans of Foreign Wars, told the committee that VFW members areoutraged and frustrated that nearly a month after the allegations surfaced,"w e still do not know who the veterans are who may have diedwaitingfor care." The VA operates the largest single health care system in the country, serving some 9 million veterans a year.

10,000-gallon crude-oil spill in Los Angeles early Thursday was expected to take 24 hours to fully clean up, officials said. Firefighters responding to the spill shortly after 1 a.m. the Atwater Village section of the city were able to hem in much of the oil by using loads of sand from a nearby cement company to build a dam-like berm, creating a sort of"lagoon" that tanker trucks were able to sip from using their vacuum lines. The burstpipe had sent a geyser20to50feetin theair, blasting the adjacent Gentlemen's Club, which had to evacuate 4e Angeles &e Department Capt. Jamie Moore said, The pipeline transports oil fiom Bakersfield, Calif, to Texas. It was not immediately dear what caused the rupture.

Surveys show that patients are mostly satisfied with theircare butthataccess to it is becoming more of a problem as Vietnam veterans age and increasing numbersofveterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seek treatment for physical and mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder. "If the system is failing, it is their duty to fix it," Gallucci said of Shinseki and his top aides. Udall said Shinseki's experience as a senior military leader makes him ideally suited to resolve many of the challenges facing the VA. "Unfortunately, given evidence of mismanagement on multiple fronts in Colorado and across the nation, it appears that you have either been shielded from the realities on the ground or have decided to keep your distancefrom criticalissues and delegate site visits to others," Udall told Shinseki in a letter.

DENVER — Police unions across the U.S. are pushing for officers to be abletocollectworkers'compensation benefits if they suffer post-traumatic stressdisorder,whether they gotit from thegeneral stressofpolice work or fromresponding toa deadly shooting rampage. "I can't imagine a department in the United States without officers who have symptoms of PTSD and are still working," said Ron Clark, chairman oftheBadge ofLife,a group ofactive and reti red officersw orking to raise

awarenessofpolice stressand suicide prevention. 4 We're beginning to see more and more states talking about this," he sald. But some police chiefs and municipal leadersoppose lawmakers' efforts,even in states such as Connecticut and Colorado,the scenes ofsome ofthedeadliest massacres in recent years. They say they are concerned the benefits would strain budgets and lead to fiivolous claims. 4 We support and appreciate the efforts of our police and firefighters,

Sentencing delayed in Iraqi wife's death EL CAJON, Calif.— Sentencing has been delayed by more than a month for an Iraqi immigrant convicted of the beating death ofhis wife in what police initially believed was a hate crime. A San Diego Superior Court judge rescheduled sentencing Thursday for Kassim Alhimidi until June 23. Alhimidi was convicted last month ofbludgeoning Shaima Alawadi to death at their home in 2012. He could get life in prison. Prosecutors said he killed her because she planned to divorce him. The couple's eldest daughter found her in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor. She died two days later.

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stashed inside and returned the money to the 91-year-old upstate New York widow who had hidden it there. WABC-TV in New York City reported that a State University of New York at New Paltz student and his two roommates found the money stuffed in envelopes hidden in the couch they bought from the Salvation Army in early March. Third-year New Phltz student ReeseWerkhoven of New York City says he found the first batch ofcash. They seamhed the couch and found other envelopes stuffed with money. One envelope had a woman's name on it. After debating what to do, the

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but there's a concern when you expand benefits," said Betsy Gara, executive director of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns. Legislation has been emotional in that state, still haunted by the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Newtown police officer Thomas Bean told lawmakers his depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts left him unable to work."I'm always being re-traumatized because I don't know what my future is," Bean testified in March.

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Mountaineer Market helps expand Eastern Oregon University's presence in downtown La Grande. Checking out the Adams Avenue store Thursday is Donna Wilson of La Grande.

Eastern Oregon University is not the only small regional state university experiencing major budget problems in Oregon. Southern Oregon University in Ashland is also having to make cutbacks. SOU announced earlier this spring that it would have to trim $6 million from its budget, resulting in about two dozen positions being eliminated. Like Eastern, SOU is experiencing a budget shortfall because of falling enrollment, said Jay Kenton, vice chancellor for finance and administration for the Oregon University System. "Enrollment is directly correlated to funding," said Kenton, who will become Eastern's interim president on June 16. Southern's head count was down 5.3 percent and its full-time equivalent enrollmentwas off4.9 percent,according to fourth-week fall term figures from the Oregon University System. The drop came after enrollment went up at Southern during the recession beginning in late 2008. University enrollment traditionally goes up during recessions because peoplearegoing back to school to get the skills they need to return to the workforce. Enrollment often drops at universities when the economy picks up because people leave school to return to work. "Enrollment and the economy are countercyclical," Kenton said. SOU's enrollment picture took a hit after the economy started improving. State Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, said that the improving economy hit Southern with extra impact because Ashland is just 15 miles north of California. Buckley noted that during the recession many of California's state universities instituted enrollment caps, and Southern began drawing more

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While those on the Eastern Oregon University campus brace for $4 million in cuts, people off campus have concerns oftheir own. 'The university has always had an impact on the valley," said Robert Bates, a 2006 EOU alumni who now works at Legacy Dodge."It's a huge amount of money. That's not easytocutoutofa budget.It's going to have a big impact." Easternisthe third-largest employer in the county behind Boise Cascade and Grande Ronde Hospital, according to the Union County Chamber of Commerce. Bates, who grew up in La Grande and stayed here after graduatingfiom EOU said he observes im portantparlnerships — especiallywith athletics — inhis position as general sales manager at Legacy. cWe havea greatrelationship with a lot of the staff up there," he said.'They grasp that small-town thing." The situation was brought up at City of La Grande budget hearings this week by members of the public who saidthe city needs to becare-

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students from California as a result. California has since removed its enrollment caps and Southern has seen a decline in California students as a result, said Buckley, co-chair of the Oregon Legislature's Ways and Means Committee. The budget issues aren't the only recent issues on the SOU campus. Dr. Mary Cullinan, SOU president, was among three administrators to receive a vote of"no confidence" from faculty members in March. The others who received thenegativevote were Provost James Klein and Vice President of Finance Craig Morris. According to minutes from a March 10 SOU Faculty Senate meeting, Cullinan received 136 votes of no confidence, which was 63 percent. Seventeen percent did not vote, and

ful to protect itself and EOU amid big cuts. cWe'vegotto stand up for Eastern," said Eddie Garcia, who spoke at the hearings. "This is a pillar of the community." Jason Yohannan, a regional economist with WorkSource Oregon, said it's important to watch how the cuts affect enrollment numbers, which in turn affect the housing market and spending. "I think that's kind of a key number to watch," he said. As a major employer, payroll cuts will affect buying power and will be felt as if any large employer made cuts, said La Grande Community and Economic Development Director Charlie Mitchell. "Clearly the university is a major economic engine for the city and surrounding area," he said."It's a tragic thing to see." Still, Mitchell said he thinks the university is acting in its best interest and that there may be some hard times before the community sees improvement. ''What we have to be cautious of is not getting in a downward spiral," he said.

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ONTHE TRAIL

Brush Beat RTP workshop set for next week

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A workshop to explain the Recreation Trails Program grant cyde and application process and to provideaforum for applicants to ask questions is set for Thursday at Cook Memorial Libraryin La Grande. The workshop runs 10 a.m. until noon and is followed by atechnicaladvicesession from noon to 1 p.m. The program is designed to help fund motorized and non-motorizedrecreational trail projects including new trail construction, trail restorati on,development and rehabilitation of trailhead facilities and acquisitions. Qualifie d nonprofitorganizations, municipal, state and federal agencies,tribal governments and other governmentgroups areeligible

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e put away the fishing pole and the pheasant wing after a few sessions in the sagebrush. The goal was to find out if the pup had "prey drive," and if she did, could we promote the idea of the point and the chase? She is 20 weeks old and has been apartofthefamily for 10 weeks now. We call her Liesl, which, on a good day rhymes with lethal and on other days rhymes with weasel. So far, every major stride she has made has involved eithera bird or adogbiscuit. She is a pudelpointer, bred for intelligence, love of water, retrieving instinct and willingness to please. Her lineage can be traced back 135 years to seven German hunting pudels and 20 English pointers. The breed was brought to the United States in 1956. Sixyearsago,m yfiiend Steve Waller showed me how adept the breed was at finding deer and elk antlers. Later, we hunted pheasants. Waller introducedme to fellow breeder Rod Rist, and this year we got our first pudelpointer. Prey drive, both Rist and Waller told me, is the most important quality at this stage. At 16 weeks old, she hunted for the first time with a French Brittany named Beau and a black Lab named Max. Over the course of the afternoon, she watched Beau point chukar, saw the birds flush, saw the hunters shoot and the dogs retrieve. Next, I hid sausage in the yard then watched as she began to hunt with her nose instead ofher eyes. This was a trick I learned from Scott Linden. Two days of this and we had to leash her up to get her out of the yard. On her second hunt, while on a lead, Liesl pointed two chukar then trailed them, m ade both retrieves and brought the birds to hand. Since then we have trained with &ozen chukar and with mule deer antlers. This dog, we hope, will be an antler dog as well as a bird hunter. Waller, who lives in Oakland, was the first one to teach me about pudelpointer shed antler hunting. "Anydog can do it, but some breedsarebetterthan others," Waller said."I believe itis a genetic thing; it comes down

thmugh the ipudelpointerl gene pool. I believe the pudelpointers do so goodbecause they are trained onfur and hair and antlerin the old country." Every week or so, I talk to Rist, who owns High Life Pudelpointers, in Terrebonne. "Let her be a puppy," he tells me, which I'm content to do, but our play centers around her future careers as bird hunter and antler finder.

to apply. For RTP notifications or questions, email Laura Underhill at laura.underhill@ oregon.gov. The applic ation process is entirely online. Applicants must first request an account, then log on to the online application site to apply. To request an account and access the grant manual, application instructions, pre-application worksheet and full program schedule, go to: www.oregon.gov/OPRD/ GRANTS/trails.shtml. A mandatory letter of intent is due June 12, and thegrant applications are due July 25. Both should be submitted online.

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A rufous hummingbird enjoys a sweet drink. Although the birds will drink from feeders filled with commercial nectar, some have suggested the red dye in the mix may be harmful. A simple home recipe — four parts water with one part sugar — can be warmed a bit to melt the sugar. Don't let the feeder run dry as the birds may not return. Many casual observations have revealed that some hummers will feed at night — especially when feeding young or during cooler weather.

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other meetings slated for Tillamook, Portland and Central Point. 'This process was initiated by boaters through their input to our Strategic WesCom News Serwce staff Plan in 2011," Brewen said.'The commonissue fiom motorized and nonBoaters are invited to join the Oregon State Marine Board agency stafF motorized boaters alike was how to inteand non-motorized advisory commitgratenon-motorized boaters'needs and tee members foran evening ofdialog participation into agency operations." As a first step in 2012, the marine about boating interests and what residents might need tobettersupport board convened a non-motorized water activities. advisorycommittee comprised ofin"Now is the time that we need to dividuals representing non-motorized bring paddlers to the table and talk user groups. The committee produced about the services they need and a set of key topics about what is importanttonon-motorized boaters want," OSMB Director Scott Brewen said.aWe hope that together we will and potential ways the marine board set a new course forward that will could engage and support them into help us manage, support and encourthe future. Based on their recommenagediversenon-motorized activities dations, the marine board will hold a on Oregon's waterways that promote series of interactive "public listening safer and more &equent boating sessions" to further engage the casual recreation for all boaters." user and more organized non-motorTo find out what boaters want, a ized boaters with agency staf. meeting is scheduled &om 6 p.m. to The listening sessions will serve 8:30 p.m. June 9 at the Cook Memotwo purposes — informing the boating rial Library in La Grande. The meetpublic about the board's new mising is one of four the board is hosting sion and strategic goals, and to listen around the state in June, with the closely &om non-motorized boaters

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to learn about localneeds related to access, safety and education. Theinputmxived at the listenirg sessions combined withcomments fiom an online surveywill serve as abaseline for a preliminaryreport thatwill be presented to the non-motoriM advisorycommittee and marine boarctThe public dialogue will continuein thefall, beginningin September, whenmore meetingswill be scheduledin 10 additional communities statewide. From these meetings, a comprehensivereportwill be compiled withrecommendations to pment to the marine boardin July 2015.A11 documentationwillbe posted on the marine board's website.Additionally, the online survey and other outreach will be onyeg. "This is a ground-truthing mission and it's important to connect with people who recreate on Oregon's waterways. Understanding what we do and how we deliver services is only one part of the conversation," Brewen said."But how do boaters want us to serve them? We want to find balance, equitability and a way to meet all boaters' needs.We want boatersto tell us how to achieve it."

WHATTHEY'RE SAYING

Ladd Marsh hosting annual bird festival

Competition handgun shooters often strengthen their hands and wrists by squeezing a rubber ball. Do this while watching television or for 10-minute stretches throughout the day, and the steadiness of your handgun aim will improve considerably.

Mark your calendar for the ninth annual Ladd Marsh Bird Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday. The festival opens Friday night with music by the Odd Strings followed by"The State of the Birds" byTerrell D. Rich of Partners in Flight.

Anglers have reported catching 20-fish limits of kokanee and large holdover rainbows atWallowa Lake.

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SALEM — The Oregon Hatchery Research Center Advisory Board will meet &om 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. May 27 at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center in Alsea. The agenda includes an overview of the ODFW Hatchery and Ocean Energy Programs, and future research planning. The meeting is open to the public, and an opportunity for public comment is scheduled.

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JOHN DAY — The upper John Day River will open to spring Chinook fishing Saturday, under temporary rules announced by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The river will be open &om the Longview Ranch's Johnson Creek Division bridge, locatedapproximately 200 feet upstream from the mouth of the North Fork John Day River, upstream 19-V2 miles to the mouth of Rattlesnake Creek near the south end of Picture Gorge &om Saturday through June 1. The bag limit will be two adult Chinook salmon and five jack salmon per day; it is unlawful to continue fishing for jacks after taking a daily bag limit of two adult Chinook salmon. A fishing license including a Columbia River Basin Endorsement and a combined angling tag are required for this fishery.

Ghostly figures appeared in the sagebrush on the desert plateau along the road to Jordan Craters in Southeast Oregon. One second the pale brown and white pronghorns were staring at the truck. The next they were dashing across the gray-green landscape and making a beeline for a ridge.

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

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05/23/1 4. LA GRANDE Post Acute R ehab located at 9 1 A ries L an e h a s a n opening fora F/T RN . Please apply at 91 A ries L an e o r ca l l 541-963-8678 for more information. Eeo/aap employer. Deadline to

ing! Mid Columbia Bus Company has a Iob for y ou! J o i n o ur La date: May 16th, 2014. Grande maintenance Please mail application team as a School Bus t o S o u t h Coun t y Mechanic. W e are H ealth D i s t r ict , P O looking for a "High Energy" individual with: B ox 605, Union. N o phone calls please. Basic hand tools Expenence on light to med ium duty b u ses o r FULL-TIME REFERRAL trucks (diesel experience preferred) A valid Specialist. At least one CDL or is able to obyear experience wit h r eferrals a n d p r i o r t ain one. 2 - 3 y e a rs work experience or reauthonzations preferred. L o c ation: lated education. Union Family Health Mid Columbia offers a good starting wage, a Center. Closing date: Benefit package that M ay 1 6 t h , 201 4 . includes Medical and a Please mail application 401(IC) R e t i r e m e nt t o S o u t h Coun t y Plan. Plus, two weeks H ealth D i s t r ict , P O vacation beginning the B ox 605, Union. N o 1st year! If interested phone calls please. please pick up an app lication at: M i d C o lumbia Bus Company 1901 Jefferson Ave. HEART 'N Home Hos- La Grande, OR 97850 541-963-6119 pice (Id Palliative Care is looking for an RN, M edical A s s i s t a n t . Medical office experience required. Closing

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TABLE SAW Rockwell /Delta 10" tilting Arbor contractors $500; SilALLIS CHALMERS 1951 veys C h ai n g r i n der Model CA Tractor with $125; Honda f ront l o a d er , r u n s w/stand, 5 HP s no w b l o w e r great, perfect for small HS55, $450; Craftsacreage. $3,200OBO, man 60 gal. upnght air S Valley Ave., Island City c ompressor, $ 4 5 0 ; 541-91 0-4044 Powermatic dnll press on stand, $200; Honda BAKER BOTANICALS Harmony g e n e rator 3797 10th St EN2500, $100; parts Hydroponics, herbs, washer 20 gal. recyhouseplants and cler, $75; Acetylene (!t Non-GMO seeds Oxygen tanks/gauges, 541-403-1969 $200; 4 drawer metal file cabinet, $35; oak 450 - Miscellaneous desk 30x60 w/6 drawers, $100; Life Styler 5 25 duel a c t ion e r %METAL RECYCLING gome t e r , $2 0 . We buy all scrap 541-523-71 85 metals, vehicles (!t battenes. Site clean NORTHEAST OREGON ups (!t drop off bins of CLASSIFIEDS reall sizes. Pick up serves the nght to reservice available. I ect ads that d o n o t WE HAVE MOVED! comply with state and Our new location is federal regulations or 3370 17th St that a r e o f f e n s ive, Sam Haines false, misleading, deEnterpnses ceptive or o t herwise 541-51 9-8600 unacceptable.

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Apartments Clover Glen Apartments, 2212 Cove 800 N 15th Ave 2-bdrm, 2 bath, Avenue, Elgin, OR 97827 1600 sq. ft. 2nd floor La Grande w/balcony and views! Clean at well appointed 1 Now accepting applicaSecure building. Very at 2 bedroom units in a tions f o r fed e r a l ly clean. $950/mo plus funded housing. 1, 2, quiet location. Housing secuity. Lease option. for those of 62 years and 3 bedroom units No smoking, no pets. or older, as well as with rent based on in541-519-0280 those disabled or come when available. handicapped of any NEWLY REMODELED age. Rent based on inPro)ect phone number: 2-BDRM, 2 BATH come. HUD vouchers 541-437-0452 All utilities included accepted. Call Joni at TTY: 1(800)735-2900 $600/mo. $600 dep. 541-963-0906 Ref.checked. "This institute is an TDD 1-800-735-2900 Blue Ridge Apts. / Baker equaI opportunity 720-376-1919 This institute is an equal provider." NICE 1 bdrm apartment in Baker City. Elderly or Disabled. S u bsidized Low Rent. Beauopportunity provider. tiful River Setting. All La Grande Retirement u tilities p a i d e x c e p t Apartments p hone a n d cab l e . 767Z 7th Street, La E qual O p p o r t u n i t y Grande, Oregon 97850 DRC'S PROPERTY housing. Call T a ylor MANAGEMENT, INC. RE a t M g mt at Senior and Disabled 215 Fir Str 503-581-1813. Complex La Grande OR TTY-711 Downtown Baker City

on the 7th floor of The Baker Tower. Abundant natural light with limitations or discnmiv iews t o t h e s o u t h , nation based on race, east and west. Stain541-910-0354 c olor, r e l igion, s e x , less steel kitchen ap6YR OLD HAFLINGER h andicap , f a mi l i a l pliances: Dishwasher, Commercial Rentals mare, purebred, status or national onOven, Refngerator, Mi1200 plus sq. ft. professteady, ndeable but WHEELCHAIR RAMP. crowave. Tile kitchen g in, o r i n t e n t io n t o sional office space. 4 Custom made, v e ry needs training. make any such prefercountertops. Tile floors offices, reception sturdy. 303-910-8478 $750/OBO. e nces, limitations o r in kitchen and b at h541-805-911 5 area, Ig. conference/ or 541-523-2869 discnmination. We will r ooms. St a c k a b l e break area, handicap not knowingly accept washer and dryer loaccess. Pnce negotiaany advertising for real c ated in u n it . 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R e n t i s r ental home w i t h a t ing call Caleb or Jeff HOUSING OPPORTU$735.00/ Month, Seculeast 2 bedrooms, 2 EQUAL Smith, (541)962-5416 NlTY nty Deposit of $550.00 bathrooms a n d a i s required a t l e a s e F OR SA L E b ull s . fenced yard. Ideally, 720 - Apartment execution. Angus/salers/optiw alkable location i n Rentals Baker Co. mizers. 2 y r o l ds at town. 703- 376-7997 For more information APARTMENTS: 1-BDRM, UTILITIES paid call 541-728-0603 or UPSTAIRS S T U DIO. y earlings. bl a t r e d . S eaman a n d tr ic k 710 - Rooms for $475/mo + $300/dep visit: www.bakerW/S/G at heat paid. Studio- $350.00-$375.00 541-403-0070 tower.com tested Ca n d e l i ver. Rent L audry o n - s ite . N o 1 BD-$350.00-$475.00 R easonable p r i c e s . GREENWELL MOTEL s moking, n o pet s . 2 B D- $450. 00-$495. 00 541-372-530 3 o r 541-953-4134 ext. 101 1-BDRM. W/S/G paid. CLEAN, QUIET 2-bdrm. $350/mo at $350 dep. 505 - Free to a good HOUSES: 208-741-6850. $350/m o, $300 se c u- S tove, f r i dge, d i s h- 541-51 9-6654 home Rent $450/mo. nty dep. 541-403-0070 w asher. $ 4 0 0 / m o . 2,3,at4 BD FREE PLANTS: Hens at WE BUY all classes of Furnished room w/microContact Nelson Real 725 - Apartment wave, small fridge, color 2 BDRM $5 00./mo + Chickens, Rhubarb, BleEstate. 541-523-6485 Ad may not be current. Rentals Union Co. horses, 541-523 — 6119; TV, phone at all utilities $375./dep nders. (541)963-2282 Please stop in for a list J.A. Bennett L i ve- i ncluded. 30 5 A d a m s 1 BDRM $4 25./mo + ELKHORN VILLAGE or ca II541-663-1066. CENTURY 21 stock, Baker City, OR. Ave. La Grande. $320./dep w/s/g paid. APARTMENTS M-F 9-11:30, 1-5 PROPERTY No Smoking, No Pets. Senior a n d Di s a b l ed MANAGEMENT 541-523-5756 Housing. A c c e pt ing FIISlbFfI4 LIPE FAMILY HOUSING applications for those La randeRentals.com 3-BDRM, 1 bath. $625 aged 62 years or older Free to good home Pinehurst Apartments W/S paid. Completely as well as those dis(541)963-1210 1502 21st St. ads are FREE! remodeled.Downtown abled or handicapped La Grande (4 lines for 3 days) location. 541-523-4435 of any age. Income re- CIMMARON MANOR strictions apply. Call ICingsview Apts. A ttractive one and tw o UPSTAIRS STUDIO. Candi: 541-523-6578 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century bedroom units. Rent ONE UNIT AVAIL. 21, Eagle Cap Realty. based on income. InRemodeled, New Win541-963-1210 come restrictions apdows, Ne w E x t e rior ply. Now accepting apPaint. All utilities paid, CLOSE TO down town plications. Call Lone at i ncluding D i s h n e t and EOLL Studio al l (541 ) 963-9292. work. 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NICE CLEAN 2 bdrm, LOVELY SPACIOUS 2 CLASSIC STORAGE 1 ba. w / d , st ov e , 541-524-1534 bdrm, 2 ba t h , no fridgew, 1 1/2 garage, pets/smoking/HUD, 2805 L Street THUNDERBIRD $725. 541-963-9226 NEW FACILITY!! I I I I w/s pd, suitable for 1 APARTMENTS ACCEPTING APPLICAor 2 adults, no pets, no Vanety of Sizes Available 307 20th Street TIONS for a 3bdrm, I SMALL 2BDRM, trailer Secunty Access Entry smoking, not HUD (!t bth, garge, $899/mo A vailbable June 1 s t . approved. $575/mo. RV Storage COVE APARTMENTS $445/m o. w/ s p a i d. a nd $ 65 0 de p . $400 dep. 310 1st St. 1906 Cove Avenue 479-283-6372 DRC'S PROPERTY 541-91 0-4444 • I I LG. (541)910-5200 Place your ad by calling MANAGEMENT, INC. 541-963-3161 or 541-523UNITS AVAILABLE D STREET side of 307 SMALL 2 bdrm, 1 bath, UNION, 3 BD, 2B T H, I I I I I 215 Fir Str 3673. NOW! d ouble w i de, $ 8 5 0 . 2 nd. N ic e 2 br d m , stove, fridge, storage, La Grande OR 3 BD, 1 B T H $ 7 5 0 . $750 rent, $750 dep. 541-663-1066 g arbage service. No I • I I I APPLY today to qualify 2 B D $ 6 5 0 . No smoking, see info smoking/pets. $500, for subsidized rents 541-91 0-0811 i n window t h e n c a l l f irst an d l a st , $ 3 0 0 Storage units I I • at these quiet and 541-663-8683. dep. A v ai l 5 1 4-14. LaGrande and Union 755 - Rent, MiscelI • I centrally located mul541-963-0805. laneous ON THE ROAD. tifamily housing EXCELLENT 3 bdrm du1 month FREE with 6 plex, storage, South 750 - Houses For properties. SHARE 4 0 X 8 0 t r u c k month Rental Side La Grande loca- Rent Baker Co. shop in E l gin, 2-16' (New Rentals Only) tion, close to EOU No 1, 2 8t 3 bedroom auto rollup doors, loft, y• smoking o r pet s . units with rent • +® Come see our new adlacent concrete pad. based on income $ 725/ m o . C a II *LIVEIII PAIIABISE m o. office * $175 541-963-4907. when available. M-F 9-11:30, 1-5 Beautiful Home. 541-805-9115. 2-bdrm,1-bath NICE 2 br d m u p s tairs Prolect phone ¹: in Sumpter. 760 - Commercial unit, w/d included, no (541)963-3785 W/S/G paid. Wood pets/smoking/HUD, TTY: 1(800)735-2900 Rentals SECURESTORAGE stove (!t propane. $525. 541-963-9226. 20 X40 shop, gas heat, Pnvate nverside park roll-up a nd w a l k -in Surveillance QUIET SOUTHSIDE, 3 $450/mo. + dep. Cameras bed, 2 bath, dw, patio, doors, restroom, small 541-894-2263 Computenzed Entry w /d h o o k u ps , no o ffice s p ace, $ 3 5 0 Covered Storage smoking and no pets. OREGON TRAIL PLAZA month, $300 deposit. 541-91 0-3696. Super size 16'x50' $760. 541-963-9430. 1-2 bdrm mobile homes starting at $400/mo. BEARCO 541-523-2128 Includes W/S/G BUSINESS PARK 3100 15th St. RV spaces avail. Nice Has 6000, 3000, 2000 sq by Stella Wilder Baker City quiet downtown location ft units, all have over541-523-2777 heard doors and man SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014 learn givesyou aleg up whenthings get really may be asupporting player and not one of the SHOP FOR RENT, 2,200 doors. Call HOME SWEET HOME sq. ft, concrete floor, YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder competitive. principals, but your contribution will never541-963-7711 Cute (!tClean garage door, side Born today, youare agood-humored, posiCANCER (June 21-July 22) — It's impor- theless be invaluable. 2 (!t 3-Bdrm Homes BEAUTY SALON/ entry, electncity and tive individual with a bright outlook and the tant to get everyone on the samewavelength, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You've No Smoking/1 small Office space perfect water. $285.00 mo ability to see sofar into the future that, to you, but first you have to get those around you to got just the right temperament for what the for one or two operaCaII 541-975-3800 or pet considered. virtually nothing seems impossible — even relax. 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SHOP w/office, Rent Now & Get 2000 sq ft, 2 overhead yourdescendants.You know a greatdeal,yet after another tells you that you're on the right PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) —Your reac541-523-2621 3rd Month doors, large f e nced a great deal of what you know comes from track, but that won't necessarily ease your tion to the unexpected is likely to win your FREE! 2645 WALNUT. Av ail. outside storage area, experience. You are not likely to be highly nerves. Stay focused. respectfrom those who have been in your June 1st. Sm 2-bdrm heat, a/c, will rent part educated in the conventional sense, but you LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.22) — Takecarethat shoes previously. RacK Mini Storage $550/mo. 1st, last, (!t or all. 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FSBQ $245,000 QBQ. Ha rdwa re floors, certified wood stove, natural gas furnace, dw, well septic, attached garage, fruit cellar, underground bomb shelt er, quiet d ea d e n d street. Organic growing practices only for 20 years. Peaches, apples, english walnut, garden space galore, deluxe new c h i cken house, small a nimal barns, pasture w/good fence. 541-952-4854. ' $129,900 CUTE 3 BEDROOM HOME READY FOR YOU! Open kitchen with tile counters that lead into the dining area and liv-

FOR SALE, like new, 3bdrm, 2 bath double wide mobile home in new addition at Sundowner Mobile Park, sp ¹94. 541-910-3513.

up door, $70 mth, $60 deposit 541-910-3696

3 BDRM, 2 ba, Cove, Ig • 8 J dbl wide MH. Fenced yd, underground sprinkler s y s t e m , w / d hookup, no cats, no + Security R.nced s mok i ng . $ 75 0 + Coded Entry 541-91 0-4938 + Lighted for your protection 3 BDR. 1 BA, South LG + 4 different size units © 90 Oak, No pets, smokers, or rent asst. + Lots of RV storage prgms. $700.00/Mo. 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City w/ $350.00 Sec. Dep. Off iaeuahOnraS References required. Call Steve Anderson at (541) 786-2480 7X11 UNIT, $30 mo. $25 dep. 3BDRM, 2BA, Mobile in (541 ) 910-3696. LG, w/s paid, a/c, HUD approved, $950 + dep. A PLUS RENTALS 541-91 0-01 22 has storage units availab!e. 3BRDM, 1BA, fe nced 5x12 $30 per mo. yard, clean, 1 yr lease, 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. 1106 F St. LG $900/mo 8x10 $30 per mo. 541-963-7517 'plus deposit' 1433 Madison Ave., AVAILABLE MAY 1st, or 402 Elm St. La 2bdrm, 1ba, f e nced Grande. yard and basement. Ca II 541-910-3696 Close to Greenwood S chool. No P et s o r HUD. $700 mo (!t $450 American West dep. 541-910-1807 Storage 7 days/24 houraccess CLOSE TO PARK and 541-523-4564 pool, 2 plus bdrm, 2 COMPETITIVE RATES b ath, f a m il y r o o m , Behind Armory on East wood heat, all appli- and H Streets. Baker City a nces i n c luded, n o s moking, n o pet s , $700 mo, $650 dep. 541-91 0-3696.

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Union Co.

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$800/mo. W/S pd. (541 ) 910-0354

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counters $79,000. 280 S College, Union. (541) 805-8074

OFFICE SPACE, approx Spaces ing room. Covered back, 1300sq ft, r e ception LAST LOT available, nicpatio for summertime a nd waiting room. 3 est park in La Grande! enjoyment, and plenty offices, restrooms, all Mt Park Estates, 55+. utilities paid . $9 0 0 D ouble w i d e o n l y . of off-sireei parking. This home has a new month, $800 deposit. 541-91 0-351 3 or 541-91 0-3696. roof, and is ready for 541-786-5648. your unique touch. SHARE 4 0 X 8 0 t r u c k SPACES AVAILABLE, 14396917 shop in E l gin, 2-16' one block from SafeCentury 21 auto rollup doors, loft, way, trailer/RV spaces. , Eagle Cap Realty, adlacent concrete pad. W ater, s e w er , g a r - i 541-9634511. $175 m o. bage. $200. Jeri, man541-805-91 1 5. a ger. La Gra n d e 541-962-6246 845 -Mobile Homes

SUNFIRE REAL Estate LLC. has Houses, Duplexes (!t Apartments for rent. Call Cheryl Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 780 - Storage Units 541-523-7727.

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4-BDRM, 2 1/2 ba th in COMM E RCIAL SPACE for details: for lease i n h i s t o ric North Baker. 3000 sq. 541-963-5450 Sommer Helm Buildft. Avail. May 3, Double Garage, S h o p, ing, 1215 Washington Sx10 - 10x10 - 10x20 Ave across from post Fenced yard. Beautiful lnstde Storagefor office. 1000 plus s.f. historic h o m e . No snowmobties, bours, tT. great location $750 per Smoking. $ 1250/mo small R Vs month includes heat, p lu s d epos it . Secure - Fencing541-403-11 88 air, electric, gas, waCameras 8t Lighting! ter, sewer, g arbage CLEAN 1 bdrm, 1 bath, and recycle. Available w/ basement, all appliJune 1st please call ances. Great location. 541-786-1133 for more •Mini W-arehouse $550/mo plus dep. (!t information and viewlast m o . re n t . No Ing. • Outside Fenced Parking p ets/smoking. 2 2 4 3 • Reasonabl e Rat e s DRC'S PROPERTY 3rd. 541-519-0621. MANAGEMENT, INC. For informationcall: 215 Fir Str KEATING AREA 528-N18days 3 -bdrm, 2 b a th . 2 0 00 La Grande OR 5234807evellings 541-663-1066 plus sq. ft. Oversized attached garage, barn 378510th Street 1000 Sq FT (!t storage buildings. All STOREFRONT QN on 3 i r rigated acres.

Must see listing! New floonng, paint, and

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850 - Lots & Property Baker Co. 5 .78 A CRES, 3 6 x 4 8 shop, full bath, well 8t septic installed. 7 mi. from town. Price reduced to $166,600. 503-385-8577

Custom-built 3190 sq ft solid cedar log home on 23 view acres bor-

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1/2 TO 2 1/2 acre lots, denng USFS. South 12th, starting at MAGNIFICENT views of $45, 0 0 0 . Ca II snow-capped moun541-91 0-3568. tains, Joseph valley, and 7 Devils of Idaho. Just 4 miles from Joseph. $395,000 VIE W (negotiable) f l e x ible B EAUTIFUL LOTS f or sa l e b y terms, ow ner w i l ling t o c a r r y c on t r a c t o wner i n C ov e O R . 6 2326 Hurricane C r 3.02 acres, $55,000 4 ac r e s Rd, J o s e ph , O R . a nd 541-432-7870, $79,000. Please caII 541-593-2135, cell 208-761-4843. 541-263-0419

820 - Houses For Sale Baker Co. 3-BDRM, 2 bath Mfg home on 120'x150' lot. Room for RV parking, several outbuildings, garden area with fruit trees and grape arbor. Home has a large basement, ishandicap accessible (!t has many

CORNER LOT. Crooked C reek S u b d i v i s i o n . 1 1005 Kristen W a y .

101 ft. x 102 ft. Island City. $70,000. A rmand o Rob l e s , 541-963-3474, 541-975-4014

other amenities.

$110,000 541-523-5967 3-BDRM, 2 bath, with fireplace on 12 acres. Excellent view of Wallowa Mtns and great fishing access. Located on Hwy 86, Keating Valley.

$159,900. (541) 523-5871 Andrew Bryan Pnncipal Broker

MT. VIEW estates subdivision, Cove, OR. 2.73 acres for sale. Electnc ava il. $49,9 00 . 208-761-4843.

RESIDENTIAL LOTS on q uiet c u l -de-sac, i n

Sunny Hills, South LG. 541-786-5674. Owner licensed real e s t ate agent.

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t he f o l l o w i n g described real property situated in said county and state, to wit: Lots 1 through 3, inclusive, Block 40, revised plan of McCrary's Addition, in Baker City, County of Baker and State of O regon. E x c e p t i n g t herefrom th e N o r t h 15 feet of said lot 3.

PROPERTY A DDRESS: 2610 MYRTLE ST BAICER CITY, OR

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices the trustee's "Urgent Request Desk" either by personal delivery to the trustee's physical o ffices (call fo r a d dress) or by first class, certified mail, r e turn receipt requested, addressed to t h e t r u stee's post office box a ddress set f o rt h i n this notice. Due to pot ential conflicts w i t h

1001 - Baker County 1001 - Baker County 1001 - Baker County 1001 - Baker County Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices IN THE CIRCUIT certified mail, r e turn INVITATION TO BID ciary, dated 10/21/08, COURT FOR THE receipt requested, adCusick Creek recorded 11/12/08, in STATE OF OREGON IN the mortgage records dressed to th e t r u sRestoration Project tee's post office box AND FOR THE of BAICER County, COUNTY OF BAKER O reg o n , as a ddress set f o rt h i n Request for Contracting JPMORGAN CHASE BANIC, NATIONAL ASSOC IATION, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff,

federal law, persons V. having no record legal or equitable interest in REX TRAVIS 97814 Both the benefithe sublect p roperty ICIRIC)ArOOD AICA ciary and the trustee h ave elected to s e l l will only receive infor- TRAVIS ICIRIC)ArOOD; t he real p roperty t o mation concerning the NANCY KAY lender's estimated or ICIRIC)ArOOD; AND satisfy the obligations actual bid. Lender bid OCCUPANTS OF secured by the t r ust deed and a notice of i nformation i s al s o PREMISES, Its fast, easy available at the t r usdefault has been ret ee' s w e b s i t e , Defendants. and FREE! c orded p u r suant t o www.northwesttrusOregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the detee.com. Notice is fur- Case No. 14064 To receive our f ault fo r w h i c h t h e t her given t ha t a n y foreclosure is made is person named in ORS SUMMONS BY SNEEK PEEK 86.753 has the right, P U BLICATION grantor's failure to pay e-mails,just when due the followa t any t im e p r io r t o i ng s u ms : m o n t h l y five days before the TO THE DEFENDANTS: e-mail us at: d ate last set fo r t h e REX TRAVIS payments of $541.58 circ©lagrande beginning 1 0 / 0 1 / 13 sale, to have this fore- ICIRIC)ArOOD AICA closure p r o c e e ding TRAVIS ICIRIC)ArOOD: and $541.41 beginning 3/1/1 4; p I u s I a t e dismissed a n d t he In the name of the State o f Oregon, yo u a r e c harges o f $ 2 1 . 6 6 trust deed reinstated 2 u Iv I each month beginning b y payment t o th e hereby required to apsion, Cove, OR. City: beneficiary of the en10/16/13; plus pnor acpear and answer the Sewer/VVater available. crued late charges of tire amount then due complaint filed against Regular price: 1 acre you in the above-enti$ 176.68; p l u s a d - (other than such porm/I $69,900-$74,900. tion of the principal as vances of $311.00 that tled Court and cause )Are also provide property would not then be due represent HUD claim on or before the expimanagement. C heck advance and property h ad no d e f ault o c ration of 30 days from out our rental link on curred) and by curing t he date o f t h e f i r st inspections; plus exour w ebs i t e any other default comcepting t herefrom a publication o f t hi s www.ranchnhome.co credit of ($336.35); toplained of herein that summons. The date m or c aII i s capable o f b e i n g of first p u blication in g ether w it h t i t l e e x Ranch-N-Home Realty, cured by tendering the this matter is May 9, pense, costs, trustee's In c 541-963-5450. fees an d a t t o rney's performance required 2014. If you fail timely under the obligation or fees incurred herein by to appear and answer, I reason of said default; trust deed, and in addiplaintiff will apply to I any further sums adt ion t o p a y i n g s a i d t he a b o v e - e n t i t l e d sums or tendenng the c ourt fo r t h e r e l i e f vanced by the benefi880 - Commercial ciary for the protection performance necesprayed for in its coms ary to cure the d e ofthe above descnbed Property plaint. This is a Iudicial real property and its inf ault, b y p a y ing a l l foreclosure of a deed BEST CORNER location costs and expenses o f trust in w h ich t he terest therein; and prefor lease on A dams actually incurred in enpayment penalties/preplaintiff requests that Ave. LG. 1100 sq. ft. forcing the obligation miums, if a p plicable. the plaintiff be allowed Lg. pnvate parking. ReBy reason of said dea nd trust d e ed , t o to foreclose your interm odel or us e a s i s . fault th e b e n eficiary gether with t rustee's est in the following de541-805-91 23 has declared all sums a nd attorney's f e e s scnbed real property: n ot e x c e e ding t h e owing on the obligaTHE NORTH 34 FEET t ion secured by t h e amounts provided by OF LOT 2, AND ALL OF LOT 3, BLOCIC "G" t rust d e e d i m m e d i - said ORS 86.753. Reately due and payable, quests from persons OF FATHE R DE ROOS named in ORS 86.753 s aid sums b eing t h e ADDITION TO BAICER f ollowing , t o w it : f or rei n s t a t e m e n t CITY, IN BAICER CITY, COUNTY OF BAICER quotes received less $70,575.13 with interest thereon at the rate than six days prior to AND STATE OF OREt he date set f o r t h e of 3.875 percent per GON 910 - ATV, Motorcya nnu m be gi n n i n g trustee's sale will be Commonly known as: h onored only at t h e 261 5 1 st Street, Ba ke r 09/01/1 3; plu s Iate cles, Snowmobiles c harges o f $ 2 1 . 6 6 discretion of the beneCity, Oregon 97814. 2003 ARTICAT 4x4 400. each month beginning ficiary or if required by NOTICE TO E xcellent c o n d i t i o n 1 0/16/13 u n ti l p a i d ; the terms of the loan DEFENDANTS: w/winch an d r a cks. plus pnor accrued late d ocuments. I n c o n - READ THESE PAPERS $3000. 541-419-8523 charges of $ 176.68; struing this notice, the CAREFULLY! singular includes the A lawsuit ha s b e e n p lus a d v a n ce s o f 930 - Recreational $311.00 that represent plural, the word "granstarted against you in Vehicles HUD claim a d vance tor" includes any suct he a b o v e - e n t i t l e d c essor in i n terest t o court b y J P M o rgan and property inspecTHE SALE of RVs not the grantor as well as beanng an Oregon intions; plus excepting Chase Bank, National any other person owsignia of compliance is therefrom a credit of Association, p laintiff. ing an obligation, the P laintiff's c laims a r e illegal: call B u i lding ($336.35); t o g e t her Codes (503) 373-1257. w ith t i t l e e x p e n s e , performance of which s tated in t h e w r i t t e n i s secured b y s a i d complaint, a copy of costs, trustee's fees t rust deed, an d t h e PRESIDENT GOLF Cart. and attorneys fees inw hich was f iled w it h Good cond. Repriced curred herein by reawords "trustee" and t he a b o v e - e n t i t l e d at $2999. Contact Lisa Court. son of s ai d d e f ault; "beneficiary" i n c lude their respective suc(541 ) 963-21 61 any further sums adYou must "appear" in cessors in interest, if vanced by the benefithis case or the other 980 - Trucks, Pickciary for the protection a ny. T h e tr u s t e e ' s side will win automatiups ofthe above descnbed rules of auction may cally. To "appear" you be ac c e s s e d at must f i l e w i t h t he 1991 F O R D F -1 5 0 . real property and its inwww.northwesttrusterest therein; and precourt a legal document 2-)ArD, 5-speed Stantee.com and are incorcalled a "motion" or payment penalties/predard V8, Cruise con"answer." T h e " m omiums, if a p plicable. porated by this refertrol, $1600. 519-4510. WH EREFORE, notice ence. You may also action" or "answer" (or c ess sale s t a tus a t "reply") must be given 2012 GMC Canyon 5cly, h ereby is g i ven t h at extended cab, Silver the undersigned truswww.northwesttrusto the court clerk or Metallic Pick-up. Like tee will on August 12, t ee. c o m and administrator within 30 www.USA-Foreclod ays of th e d ate o f New! 2wd, all power, 2 014 at th e h ou r o f sure.com. For further 10:00 o'clock, A.M. in first publication speciair conditioning, autom atic t r a n s m i s s i o n accord with the stani nformation, p l e a s e fied herein along with dard of t i m e e s t ab- contact: ICathy Taggart the required filing fee. Only 4,000 miles and N orthwest T r u s t e e It must be i n p r oper s till unde r Fa c t o r y lishe d by O RS Services, Inc. P.O. Box Warranty. $19,000 obo 187.110, at the followform and have proof of 997 B e l levue, ) ArA service on th e p l ain541-962-0895 ing place: outside the tiff's attorney or, if the m ain entrance to t h e 98009-0997 425-586-1 900 F RANBaker County Courtplaintiff does not have house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd CIS, ICELLYANNE (TS¹ an attorney, proof of Street, in the City of 7883.20074) service on the plaintiff. Baker City, County of 1002.267308-File No. If you have any questions, you should see BAICER, State of Orean attorney i m m edigon, sell at public auc- LegaI No. 00035841 tion to the highest bid- Published: May 16, 23, ately. If you need help der for cash the inter30,June 6, 2014 in finding an attorney, est in t h e d e s cribed you may contact the 1001 - Baker County r eal property w h i c h O regon St at e B a r ' s Legal Notices the grantor had or had Lawyer Referral Service online at www.orep ower t o c o nvey a t NOTICE OF BUDGET TRUSTEE'S NOTICE gonstatebar.org or by OF SALE the time of the execu- COMMITTEE MEETING tion by grantor of the calling (503) 684-3763 File No. 7883.20074 trust deed, t o gether A public meeting of the (in the Portland metroR eference is m ade t o Budget Committee of w it h a ny i nt e r e s t politan area) or toll-free that certain trust deed the Unity Community elsewhere in Oregon made by ICellyanne which the grantor or Hall, Baker C ounty, at (800) 452-7636. Francis, a s i ng le grantor's successors S tate of O r e gon, t o in interest acquired afT his summons i s i s woman, as grantor, to discuss the budget for ter the e x ecution of sued p u r s u an t t o Amentitle, as trustee, the fiscal year July 1, the trust deed, to satORCP 7. in favor of M o rtgage 2014 t o J u n e 30, isfy the foregoing obliElectronic Registration 2015, will be held at RCO LEGAL, P.C. g ations t h e reby s e Systems, Inc. as nomiUnity Community Hall, Alex Gund, nee f o r R A N L IFE, cured and th e c o sts Unity, OR. The meet- OSB ¹114067 and expenses of sale, INC., it successors and ing will take place on agund©rcolegal.com including a reasonable assigns, as b e n eficiMay 29, 2014 at 10:00 Attorneys for Plaintiff charge by the trustee. ary, dated 01/11/12, AM. Notice is further given S)Ar 10th Ave., recorded 01/12/12, in T he purpose of t h e 511 that for reinstatement Ste. 400 the mortgage records meeting is to r e ceive Portland, OR 97205 or payoff quotes reof BAICER County, the budget message P: (503) 977-7840 q uested pursuant t o O reg o n , as and to receive comORS 8 6 . 7 5 7 and B12020004 and subsement from the public F: (503) 977-7963 86.759 must be timely q uently assigned t o on the budget. This is c ommunicated i n a Branch Banking and a p u b l i c m eet i n g LegaI No. 00035950 w ritten r e quest t h a t Trust Company by Aswhere deliberation of Pubished: May 9, 16, 23, c omplies w i t h t h a t the Budget Committee 30, 2014 signment recorded as statute addressed to B14100032, covering will take place. Any person may appear at TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE the meeting and disFile No. 7699.20676 cuss the proposed programs with the Budget R eference is m ad e t o that certain trust deed Committee. A copy of the budget made by David E Aydocument may be in- delotte, and ICelly Ayspected or obtained on delotte, as tenants by or after May 29, 2014 the entirety, as granat 255 0 B r o adway, tor, to Fidelity National for our most curr ent offers and to B aker City, OR, b e Title Insurance Co., as browse our complete inventory. t ween th e h o ur s o f t rustee, i n f a v o r o f 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Mortgage E lectronic Registration Systems, Legal No. 00036136 I nc. as n o m inee f o r Published: May 16, 23 C ountrywid e B a n k , 2014 FSB, its s u c cessors • 541-963-4161 1415 Adams Ave and assigns, as benefi-

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08460195B and subse- this notice. Due to pot ential conflicts w i t h q uently assigned t o federal law, persons Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC by A s s ign- having no record legal m ent r e c o r de d a s or equitable interest in 13400100B, covering the sublect property will only receive infort he f o l l o w i n g described real property mation concerning the situated in said county lender's estimated or actual bid. Lender bid a nd state, t o w i t : A i nformation i s al s o portion of Lots 9 and available at the t r us10, Block "Q" of FATHER DeROO'S ADDI- t ee' s w e b sit e , TION TO BAICER CITY, www.northwesttrustee.com. Notice is furin Baker City, County t her given t ha t a n y of Baker and State of Oregon, more particuperson named in ORS 86.753 has the right, larly described as fola t any t im e p r io r t o lows: Commencing at five days before the the Southwest corner o f sa id B l oc k " Q " ; d ate last set fo r t h e thence running East sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e e ding 42 2/3 f e et; t h ence r unning N o r t h 1 0 0 dismissed a n d t he trust deed reinstated feet; thence running W est 4 2 2 / 3 fe e t ; b y payment t o th e beneficiary of the enthence running South tire amount then due 100 feet to the place of beginning. PROP(other than such porERTY ADDRESS: 2190 tion of the principal as would not then be due Campbell Street Baker h ad no d e f ault o c City, OR 97814 Both the beneficiary and the curred) and by curing trustee have elected any other default complained of herein that to sell the real propi s capable o f b e i n g erty to satisfy the oblicured by tendering the gations secured by the trust deed and a notice performance required under the obligation or of default has been retrust deed, and in addic orded p u r suant t o Oregon Revised Statt ion t o p a y i n g s a i d utes 86.735(3); the desums or tendenng the performance necesf ault fo r w h i c h t h e s ary to cure the d e foreclosure is made is f ault, b y p a y ing a l l grantor's failure to pay when due the followcosts and expenses i ng s u ms : m o n t h l y actually incurred in enforcing the obligation of p ay m e n t s a nd trust d e ed , t o $1,089.58 beginning 0 3/0 1/ 1 3 and gether with t rustee's a nd attorney's f e e s $1,084.92 beginning n ot e x c e e ding t h e 11/1/2013; plus late c harges o f $ 4 3 . 5 8 amounts provided by each month beginning said ORS 86.753. Re03/16/13; plus pnor acquests from persons named in ORS 86.753 crued late charges of f or rei n s t a t e m e n t $0.00; plus advances of $91.55; t o gether quotes received less w ith t i t l e e x p e n s e , than six days prior to t he date set f o r t h e costs, trustee's fees trustee's sale will be and attorney's fees incurred herein by reah onored only at t h e son of s ai d d e f ault; discretion of the beneficiary or if required by any further sums advanced by the benefithe terms of the loan d ocuments. I n c o n ciary for the protection ofthe above descnbed struing this notice, the singular includes the real property and its interest therein; and preplural, the word "grantor" includes any sucpayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable. c essor in i n terest t o the grantor as well as By reason of said default th e b e n eficiary any other person owing an obligation, the has declared all sums owing on the obligaperformance of which i s secured b y s a i d t ion secured by t h e t rust d e e d i m m e d i - t rust deed, an d t h e words "trustee" and ately due and payable, s aid sums being t h e "beneficiary" i n c lude f ollowing , t o w it : their respective successors in interest, if $130,402.49 with i na ny. T h e tr u s t e e ' s t erest thereon at t h e rate of 6 .25 p e rcent rules of auction may be ac c e s s e d at per annum beginning 0 2/01/13; p lu s l a t e www.northwesttrusc harges o f $ 4 3 . 5 8 tee.com and are incoreach month beginning porated by this refer0 3/16/13 u n ti l p a i d ; ence. You may also acc ess sale s t atus a t plus pnor accrued late www.northwesttruscharges of $0.00; plus t ee. c o m and advances of $ 9 1.55; together with title exwww.USA-Foreclosure.com. For further pense, costs, trustee's fees an d a t t o r neys i nformation, p l e a s e contact: ICathy Taggart fees incurred herein by reason of said default; N orthwest T r u s t e e any further sums adServices, Inc. P.O. Box 997 B e l levue, ) ArA vanced by the benefi98009-0997 ciary for the protection ofthe above descnbed 425-586-1 900 Ayd elotte, ICelly and David real property and its inE. (TS¹ 7699.20676) terest therein; and pre1002.267309-File No. payment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable. WH EREFORE, notice Legal No. 00035834 hereby is g i ven t h at Published: May 16, 23 the undersigned trus30,June 6, 2014 tee will on August 13, 2 014 at th e h ou r o f 10:00 o'clock, A.M. in NOTICE OF accord with the stanSHERIFF'S SALE dard of t i m e e s t ablishe d by O RS 187.110, at the follow- On June 17, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at ing place: outside the t he B a k e r C o u n t y m ain entrance to t h e C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 Baker County CourtT hird S t reet , B a k e r house, 1 9 9 5 3 rd City, Oregon, the deStreet, in the City of fendant's interest will Baker City, County of be sold, sublect to reBAICER, State of Oredemption, in the real gon, sell at public aucproperty c o m m o nly tion to the highest bidknown as: 1311 )Aralder for cash the interest in t h e d e s cribed nut Street, Baker City, O regon. T h e c o u r t r eal property w h i c h case number is 13041, the grantor had or had where J P M ORGAN p ower t o c o nvey a t CHASE BANIC, NAthe time of the execuTIONAL A S SOCIAtion by grantor of the TION, its successors trust deed, t o gether in interest and/or asw it h a ny i nt e r e s t signs is plaintiff, and which the grantor or PAUL A. BLAIR; AND grantor's successors OCCUPANTS OF THE in interest acquired afPREMISES is defenter the e x ecution of d ant. T h e s ale i s a the trust deed, to satp ublic auction to t h e isfy the foregoing oblihighest bidder for cash g ations t h e reby s e or cashier's check, in cured and th e c o sts h and, made o u t t o and expenses of sale, Baker County Shenff's including a reasonable Office. For more inforcharge by the trustee. mation on this sale go Notice is further given to: ww w . o re onsherthat for reinstatement or payoff quotes req uested pursuant t o ORS 8 6 . 7 5 7 and Legal No. 00036085 86.759 must be timely Published:May 16, 23, 30,June 6, 2014 c ommunicated i n a w ritten r e quest t h a t c omplies w i t h t h a t LOOIC BEFORE statute addressed to YOU LEAP the trustee's "Urgent Checking the classiRequest Desk" either fied ads before by personal delivery to the trustee's physical y ou s h o p c a n o ffices (call fo r a d s ave t im e a n d dress) or by first class,

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Bids for the Implementation and C o nstruct ion o f t he Cu s i c k Creek Restoration ProIect will b e r e ceived from qualified vendors by the ICeating Soil and Water C o n servation Distnct, until 4:00 pm

May 29, 2014 at the Distnct Office, located at 3990 Midway Dnve, Baker City, OR. P r oposals received will be opened the same day and evaluated in May 2014. A mandatory pre-bid s ite visit of t h e w o r k

area will be conducted on May 20, 2014. All prospective bidders in-

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the Distnct Office (address above) in Baker City, OR at 10:30 a.m. Request for Bid packages are available at t he District Office. I f you have any q uestions o r c o m m e n t s, p lease c o n t act t h e D ISTRICT office a t 541-523-7121 x 111 or email: a n l alina.lohnston©or.nacdnet.net.

This projectis fundedin part by funds from the Oregon Lottery. LegaI No. 00035988 P ublished: May 9 , 1 2 , 14,16, 19, 2014

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE On July 15, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at t he B a k e r C o u n t y C ourt H o use, 1 9 9 5 T hird S t reet , B a k e r City, Oregon, the defendant's interest will be sold, sublect to redemption, in the real property c o m m o nly known as: 2860 Cedar S treet, B a ke r C i t y , O regon 97814. T h e court case number is 13-293 , w he r e JPMORGAN CHASE BANIC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION is plaintiff, a nd V A L E RI E A . M ILLER; RO G E R R.MILLER; O C CUPANTS OF THE PROPERTY is d e f e ndant. The sale is a p u b lic auction to the highest b idder f o r c a s h o r c ashier's c h e c k , i n h and, made o u t t o Baker County Shenff's Office. For more information on this sale go to: ww w . o re onsherLegal No. 00036020 Published: May 16, 23, 30,June 6, 2014

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE On May 27, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at t he B a k e r C o u n t y C ourthouse, 199 5 T hird S t reet, B a k e r City, Oregon, the defendant's interest will be sold, sublect to redemption, in the real property c o m m o nly known as: 43732 Pocahontas Road, Baker City, Oregon 97814. The court case number is 13 218, where JPMORGAN CHASE BANIC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, its succ essors i n in t e r e s t and/or assigns is plaintiff, and TERRY LEE MOSER; S H E R RY STRONG MOSER; and OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES is defend ant. T h e s ale i s a p ublic auction to t h e highest bidder for cash or cashier's check, in h and, made o u t t o Baker County Shenff's Office. For more information on this sale go to: w w w . ore onsherLegal No. 00035692 Published:April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 2014

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE P ursuant t o O.R. S . 8 6 705 et s e q . a n d O . R.S. 79.5010, e t seq. Trustee's Safe N o. 09-C)Ar-1 31 748

N OTICE TO B O R ROWER : YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE UNDERSIGNED IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBT AINED W I L L B E U SED FO R T H A T PURPOSE. Reference

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices 2/22/2010, under Instrument No. B10 08 0058, r e c o r d s of BAICER County, OREGON. The beneficial i nterest u n d e r s a i d Trust Deed and the obl igation s s ec ur e d thereby are presently held by UNITED SECURITY FINANCIAL. Said Trust Deed encumbers the following descnbed real property situated in said county and state, to-wit: THE EAST 100 FEET OF THE NORTH 25 FEET OF LOT 4, AND THE EAST 100 FEET OF LOT 5, ALL IN BLOCIC 26, REVISED PLAN OF MCCRARY'S ADDITION ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, IN BAICER CITY, COUNTY OF BAICER AND STATE O F OREGON. T h e street address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described above i s purported t o b e : 2915 PLACE STREET B AICER CITY, O R 9 7814 T h e u n d e r s igned T r ustee d i s claims any liability for any incorrectness of the above street address or ot her co mmon designation. Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell th e s aid r eal property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due, the following sums: Amount due as of April 18, 2014 Delinquent Payments from March 01, 2017 11 p a y m e n t s at $ 672 .4 3 e a ch $7,396.73 7 payments at $ 6 7 1 , 3 1 eac h $4,699.17 8 payments at $ 8 7 3 . 7 4 eac h $6,989.92 (03-01-12 through 04-18-14) Late C harges: $ 3 6 3 . 4 2 BENEF ICIARY ADVANCES OTHER FEES $500.00 S u s p e n se Credit: $0.00 TOTAL: $19,949.24 ALSO, if you have failed to pay taxes on the property, provide insurance on t he property o r p a y o ther senior liens o r encumbrances as required in the note and d eed o f tr u s t , t h e beneficiary may insist that you do so in order to reinstate your account in good standing. The b e n e f iciary may require as a condition to reinstatement that you provide reliable written evidence that you have paid all senior liens or encum-

b rances, p ro p e r t y taxes, and hazard ins urance p r e m i u m s . These r e quirements f or rei n s t a t e m e n t should be confirmed by contacting the undersigned Trustee. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation sec ured by s a i d t r u s t deed immediately due a nd p a y able , s a i d sums being the follow-

ing: UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF $84,920.18, PLUS interest thereon at 5.5% per a n n u m f ro m 02/01/12, until paid, together w it h e s c r ow advances, foreclosure costs, trustee fees, attorney fees, sums required for the protection of t h e p r o perty a nd additional s u m s

secured by the Deed of T r u st . W H E R EFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee, will on August 20, 2 0 14, at the hour of 11:00 AM, i n accord w i t h t h e s tandard of t ime e stablished b y ORS 187.110, at ON THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF T H E BA I CER COUNTY C O U RTH OUSE, 1995 3 R D STREET, BAICER CITY, County o f B A ICER, State of OREGON, sell at public auction to the h ighest b i d d e r f o r c ash, the i n terest i n the s a i d d e s c r i b ed p roperty w h i c h t h e grantor had, or had the power to c o nvey, at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, t o gether w it h

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which the grantor or Deed of Trust made his successors in interby, ADAM F Z I N IC est acquired after the AND MALHIA ZINIC AS execution of said trust TENANTS BY THE EN- d eed, to s a t isfy t h e TIRETY, as grantor, to foregoing obligations D lRECT TITLE, a s thereby secured and T rustee, in f a vo r o f t he c o st s a n d e x UNITED SECURITY FI- penses of sale, includNAN C IAL, A UTAH i ng a reas o n a b l e charge by the trustee. CORPORATION, a s b eneficiary , da t e d Notice is further given 12/11/2009, recorded is made to that certain

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Baker City HeraId: 541-523-3673e www.bakercityheraId.com • classifiedslbakercityheraId.com• Fax: 541-523-6426' The Observer: 541-963-3161e www.la randeobserver.com • classifiedsllagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 1001 - Baker County Legal Notices that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the nght, at any time pnor to five days before the d ate last set fo r t h e sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e e ding dismissed a n d t he trust deed reinstated b y payment t o th e beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due h ad no d e f ault o c curred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that i s capable o f b e i n g cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addit ion t o p a y i n g s a i d sums or tendenng the performance necess ary to cure the d e f ault, b y p a y ing a l l costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation a nd trust d e ed , t o gether with t r ustee's a nd attorney's f e e s n ot e x c e e ding t h e amounts provided by said ORS 86.753. In

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1001 - Baker County 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. 1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices h ave bee n u s e d i n UNKNOWN CLAIMING Loan Servicing, LLC by r eal property w h i c h the terms of the loan NOTICE OF manufacturing methANY RIGHT, TITLE, Assignment recorded d ocuments. I n c o n SHERIFF'S SALE the grantor had or had a mphetamines, t h e LIEN, OR INTEREST IN as 20133554, covering struing this notice, the p ower t o c o nvey a t chemical components THE REAL PROPERTY t he f o l l o w i n g dethe time of the execusingular includes the On June 16, 2014 at the of which are known to COMMONLY ICNOWN scribed real property tion by grantor of the hour of 10:00 a.m., at plural, the word "gran-

t he b o r r ower , a n d whose rental agreement: Is the result of an arm's-length transa ction; Requires t h e be toxic Prospective AS 2650 MAIN, payment of rent that is not substantially less purchasers of residen- BAICER CITY, OR 97814: tial property should be IN THE NAME OF THE than fair market rent for the property, unaware of this potential STATE OF OREGON: danger before deciding l ess th e r e n t i s r e duced or s u bsidized to place a bid for this You are hereby required due to a federal, state property at th e t r us- to appear and defend or local subsidy; and tee's sale, y DATED: the action filed against Was entered into pnor 4/18/2014 REGIONAL you in the above-entiTRUSTEE SERVICES t led cause w it hin 30 to the date of the foreCORPORATION Trusclosure sale. ABOUT days from the date of YOUR TENANCY BE- tee By: LISA HACIC- s ervice of t h i s S u m T WEEN NOW A N D mons upon you; and if NEY, AUTHORIZED THE FORECLOSURE AGENT 616 1st Aveyou fail to appear and S ALE: RENT Y O U nue, Suite 500, Seatdefend, f or w ant SHOULD CONTINUE tle, WA 98104 Phone: thereof, th e P l aintiff T O PAY RENT T O will apply to the court (206) 340-2950 YOUR L A N DLORD Sale Information: f or t h e rel i e f de UNTIL THE P ROP- http://www.rtrustee.com manded therein. ERTY IS SOLD OR A-4454704 05/02/2014, Dated: M a y13, 2014 U NTIL A COU R T 05/09/2014, 05/16/2014, PITE DUNCAN, LLP TELLS YOU OTHER- 05/23/2014 W ISE. IF YO U D O NOT PAY RENT, YOU LegaI No. 00035656 /~/K t R cm CAN BE EVICTED. BE Published: May 2, 9, 16 ICatie Riggs, OSB ¹095861 S URE T O IC E E P 23, 2014 PROOF OF ANY PAY- NOTICE OF BUDGET (858) 750-7600 MENTS YOU MAICE. 621 SW Morrison Street, SECURITY DEPOSIT COMMITTEE MEETING Suite 425 You may apply your A public meeting of the Portland, OR 97205 Budget Committee of Of Attorneys for Plaintiff s ecurity deposit a n d the Hereford Recreaa ny rent yo u p aid i n NOTICE TO DEFENt ion D i s t r i ct , B a k e r a dvance against t h e DANT/DEFENDANTS County, State of Oreconstruing this notice, READ THESE PAPERS current rent you owe g on, to d i s cuss t h e the masculine gender your landlord as proCAREFULLY budget for the f i scal includes the feminine vided in ORS 90.367. year July 1, 2014 to a nd the n e uter, t h e To do this, you must Y ou must " a ppear" i n June 30, 2015, will be singular includes the notify your landlord in this case or the other held at Hereford Complural, the word "granwriting that you want side will win automatim unity H a ll , 2 3 2 1 3 tor" includes any sucto subtract the amount cally. To "appear" you HWY 245, Hereford. c essor in i n terest t o of your s ecurity demust f i l e w i t h t he The meeting will take the grantor as well as court a l e ga l p aper posit or p repaid rent place on May 29, 2014 any other person owf rom yo u r en t p a y - at called a "motion" or 7:30 p.m. ing an obligation, the ment. You may do this "answer". Th e " m oT he purpose of t h e tion" or "answer" only for the rent you performance of which meeting is to r e ceive i s secured b y s a i d owe your current landmust be given to the the budget message t rust deed, an d t h e court clerk or adminislord. If you do this, you and to receive comwords "trustee" and must do so before the trator within 30 days ment from the public "beneficiary" i n c lude foreclosure sale. The (or 60 days for Defenon the budget. This is their respective sucbusiness or individual dant United States or a p u b l i c m eet i n g cessors in interest, if State of Oregon Dewho buys this property where deliberation of any. Anyone having at the foreclosure sale partment of Revenue) the Budget Committee a ny oblection t o t h e is not responsible to a long w i t h t h e r e will take place. Any sale on any grounds you for any deposit or quired filing f ee . It person may appear at whatsoever will be afm ust b e i n pr o p e r prepaid rent you paid the meeting and disforded an opportunity t o y o u r lan d l o r d . form and have proof of cuss the proposed prot o b e h e a r d a s to ABOUT YOUR TENservice on th e p l aingrams with the Budget t hose o b l e c t ion s i f ANCY AFTER THE tiff's attorney or, if the Committee. they bnng a lawsuit to plaintiff does not have FORECLOSURE SALE A copy of the budget restrain the same. NOThe new ow ner t hat an attorney, proof of document may be in- service on the plaintiff. TICE TO RESIDENbuys this property at spected or obtained on TIAL TENANTS: The the foreclosure sale If you have questions, or after May 29, 2014 may be willing to allow property in which you you should see an atat Hereford Commuare living is in foreclotorney immediately. If you to stay as a tenant sure. A f o r e closure instead o f r e q u i ring nity Hall, between the you need help in findhours of 7:30 a.m. and sale is scheduled for ing an attorney, you you to move out after 8:30 p.m. August 20, 2014. The 90 days or at the end may contact the Oredate of this sale may o f y ou r f i x e d t e r m gon State Bar's LawLegal No. 00036101 be postponed. Unless lease. After the sale, yer Referral Service Published: May 16, 23, the lender who is foreyou should receive a online at www.oregon2014 closing on this propwritten notice informstatebar.org or by callerty is paid before the PUBLIC NOTICE ing (503) 684-3763 (in ing you that the sale sale date, the foreclotook place and giving the Portland metropolisure will go t h rough tan area) or toll-free you the new owner's The Baker County Board of Commissioners will and someone new will name and contact inelsewhere in Oregon be meeting for Comown this property. Afformation. You should at (800) 452-7636. m ission S e ssion o n ter the sale, the new contact the new owner is r e quired to o wner if y o u w o u l d Wednesday, May 21, Legal No. 00036105 2014, beginning at Publlished: May 16, 23, like to stay. If the new provide you with con9:00 a.m. at the Baker t act information a n d o wner accepts r e n t 30,June 6, 2014 County Courthouse lon otice that t h e s a l e from you, signs a new cated at 1 99 5 T h ird took place. The followresident ia l r ent al 1010 - Union Co. S treet, B a ke r C i t y , ing information applies agreement with you or Legal Notices O regon 97814. T h e to you only if you are a does not notify you in C ommissioners w i l l NOTICE OF BUDGET bona fide tenant occuwnting within 30 days award the construction COMMITTEE pying and renting this a fter the date of t h e bid for Frontage Road MEETING foreclosure sale that property as a residenand take under considtial dwelling under a leyou must move out, eration the adoption of gitimate rental agreet he new o w n e r b e the Oregon Regional A public meeting of the ment. The information comes your new landNatural Hazards MitiBudget Committee of does not apply to you lord and must maintain g ation Plan. A c o m - the Union County Vecif you own this propthe property. Otherplete agenda will be tor C o ntro l D i s t r ict, erty or if you are not a wise: You do not owe a va i I a b I e o n t he Union County, State of bona fide r e sidential rent; The new owner C ounty w e b s i t e a t Oregon, to discuss the tenant If the f oreclois not y ou r l a ndlord www.bakercount .or . budget for the f i scal s ure s al e g oe s and is not responsible Baker County operates year July 1, 2014 to t hrough, t h e new f or m a i n t a ining t h e under an EEO policy June 30, 2015 will be o wner will have t h e property on your bea nd c o m p l ie s w i t h held in the Joseph Annght to require you to h alf; and Yo u m u s t Section 504 of the Renex Mini-Conference move out. Before the move out by the date habilitation Act of 1973 n ew ow ne r c a n r e the new owner speciand th e A m e r i cans Room, 1106 IC Avenue, La Grande. The quire you to move, the w ith D i s abilities A c t . fies in a notice to you. meeting will take place new owner must proThe new owner may Assistance is available o n the 2 8t h da y o f vide you w it h w r itten offer to pay your movfor individuals with disa bilities b y ca l l i n g M ay, 2014 a t 5 : 1 5 notice t hat s p e c ifies ing expenses and any 5 41-523-8200 ( T T Y: p.m. The purpose of the date by which you othe r c o st s or t he meeting is to r e 541-523-8201). must move out. If you amounts you and the ceive the budget mesdo not leave before new owner agree on sage and t o r e c eive the move-out date, the in exchange for your Legal No. 00036165 c omment f r o m th e new owner can have a greement t o l e a v e Published: May 16, 2014 public on the budget. the shenff remove you t he premises in l e ss THIS IS an action for JuA copy of the budget from the property after than 90 days or before dicial Foreclosure of document may be ina court hearing. You your fixed term lease r eaI property c o m spected or obtained on will receive notice of expires. You s h o uld monly known as 2650 or after May 21st, at t he c o u r t h e a r i n g . speak with a lawyer to Main, Baker City, OR the Union County AdPROTECTION F ROM fully understand your 97814. A motion or anm inistrativ e O f f i c e , EVICTION IF YOU ARE rights before making swer must be given to 1106 IC Avenue, La A BONA FIDE TENany decisions regardthe court clerk or adGrande, between the ANT O C C U PYING ing your tenancy. IT IS m inistrator w i t hin 3 0 hours of 9:00 AM and AND RENTING THIS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY days of the date of the 4 :00 PM . T h i s i s a P ROPERTY A S A PERSON TO TRY TO first publication specipublic meeting where RESIDENTIAL FORCE Y O U TO fied herein along with deliberation o f t he D WELLING, Y O U LEAVE YOUR DWELL- the required filing fee. B udget C o m m i t t e e HAVE THE RIGHT TO ING UNIT WITHOUT w ill take place. A n y CONTINUE LIVING IN FIRST G IVING YOU IN THE CIRCUIT person may appear at THIS PROPERTY AF- WRITTEN N O T ICE COURT OF THE STATE the meeting and disTER THE FORECLO- A ND G O I N G TO OF OREGON FOR THE cuss the proposed proSURE SALE FOR: THE COURT TO E V I CT COUNTY OF BAKER grams with the Budget REMAINDER OF YOU FOR MORE INCommittee. YOUR FIXED TERM FORMATION ABOUT BAYVIEW LOAN LEASE, IF YOU HAVE YOU R R IGHTS, YOU SERVICING, LLC, A FI X E D TER M MAY WISH TO CON- A DELAWARE LIMITED Published: May 16 and May 23, 2014 LEASE; AT LEAST 90 SULT A LAWYER ' If LIABILITY COMPANY, D AYS F ROM T H E you believe you need Legal No. 00036125 DATE Y O U A RE Plaintiff, legal assistance, conGIVEN A WRITTEN tact the Oregon State V. TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF TE RMINATION NOBar at 800-452-7636 SALE Fi l e No . T ICE. I f t he new and ask for the lawyer 7699.20664 Reference owner wants to move referral service. If you PATRICIA G. LANG; and in and use this propdo not have enough ALL OTHER PERSONS is made to that certain trust deed made by erty as a primary resimoney to pay a lawyer OR PARTIES Jeffrey J. Helten and dence, the new owner and are otherwise eli- UNKNOWN CLAIMING can give you w r i t t en Paula M. Helten, Husgible you may be able ANY RIGHT, TITLE, notice and require you b and an d W i f e , a s to receive legal assis- LIEN, OR INTEREST IN g rantor, t o E a s t e r n to move out after 90 tance for free. Infor- THE REAL P ROPERTY Oregon Title, Inc., as mation about whom to COMMONLY ICNOWN days, even though you t rustee, i n f a v o r o f h ave a f i x e d t e r m contact for free legal AS 2650 MAIN, lease with more than assistance may be ob- BAICER CITY, OR 97814, Mortgage E lectronic Registration Systems, 90 days left. You must tained through Safenet I nc. as n o m inee f o r b e provided w i t h a t at 8 00 - S A F ENET. Defendants. least 90 days' written Golf Savings Bank, its W ithout l i m i t ing t h e notice after the f o res uccessors and a s trustee's disclaimer of Case No. 13571 closure sale b e f o re representation s signs, as beneficiary, or d ated 05/06/08, r e w arranties, O r e g o n SUMMONS BY you can be required to c orded 05/12/08, i n move. A bona fide tenPUBLICATION law requires the trusant is a residential tentee to state in this nothe mortgage records ant who is not the borTO DEFENDANTS of U N IO N C o u nty, tice that some residenOregon, as 20082054 r owe r (p ro pe r t y tial property sold at a PATRICIA G. LANG and o wner) o r a chi l d , t rustee's s a l e m a y ALL OTHER PERSONS and subsequently asspouse or parent of OR PARTIES signed t o L a k e v iew

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which the grantor or grantor's successors in interest acquired after the e x ecution of the trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing oblig ations t h ereby s e cured and the c o sts and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that for reinstatement or payoff quotes requested pursuant t o ORS 8 6 . 7 5 7 and 86.759 must be timely c ommunicated i n a w ritten r e quest t h a t c omplies w i t h t h a t statute addressed to the trustee's "Urgent Request Desk" either by personal delivery to the trustee's physical o ffices (call fo r a d dress) or by first class, certified mail, r e turn receipt requested, addressed to th e t r u stee's post office box a ddress set f o rt h i n this notice. Due to po-

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City of La Grande, Union County, Oregon.

PROPERTY A DDRESS: 2511 Starlight Drive La Grande, OR 97850 Both the beneficiary and the trustee h ave elected to s e l l t he real p roperty t o satisfy the obligations secured by the t r ust deed and a notice of default has been rec orded p u r suant t o Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the def ault fo r w h i c h t h e foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due the followi ng s u ms : m o n t h l y of p ay m e n t s $1,834.87 beginning 0 1/01/13; p lu s l a t e

c harges o f $ 7 3 . 3 9 each month beginning 0 1/16/13; p lu s a d vances of $591.99; tog ether w it h t i t l e e x pense, costs, trustee's fees an d a t t o rney's fees incurred herein by reason of said default;

any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection ofthe above descnbed real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable. By reason of said default th e b e n eficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligat ion secured by t h e t rust d e e d i m m e d i ately due and payable, s aid sums being t h e f ollowing , t o w it : $242,254.49 with i nt erest thereon at t h e rate of 5.875 percent per annum beginning 1 2/01/12; p lu s l a t e c harges o f $ 7 3 . 3 9 each month beginning 0 1/16/13 u n ti l p a i d ; p lus a d v a n ce s o f $591.99; together with title expense, costs, trustee's fees and attorneys fees incurred h erein by r e ason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for t he protection of t h e above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable. WH EREFORE, notice hereby is g i ven t h at the undersigned trustee will on J une 17, 2 014 at th e h ou r o f 10:00 o'clock, A.M. in accord with the standard of t i m e e s t ablishe d by O RS 187.110, at the following place: outside the main entrance of the Daniel Chaplin Building, 1001 4th Avenue Street, in the City of La Grande, County of UNION, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bid-

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tor" includes any succ essor in i n terest t o the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which i s secured b y s a i d t rust deed, an d t h e words "trustee" and "beneficiary" i n c lude their respective successors in interest, if

a ny. T h e tr u s t e e ' s rules of auction may be ac c e s s e d at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also acc ess sale s t atus a t www.northwesttrust ee. c o m and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. For further i nformation, p l e a s e contact: ICathy Taggart N orthwest T r u s t e e Services, Inc. P.O. Box 997 B e II ev u e, WA 98009-0997 425-586-1900 Helten,

t he U n i o n Co u n t y Sheriff's Office, 1109 ICAve, La Grande, Oregon, th e d e f e ndant's interest will be sold, sublect to r edemption, in the real property c o m m o nly known as: 1306 Cedar S treet, L a G r a n d e, O regon 97850. T h e court case number is 12-12-48081, w h e re

JPMORGAN CHASE BANIC NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, its succ essors i n in t e r e s t a nd/or a s s i g ns , i s plaintiff, and MISTY L.

CARREIRO; ICELLEY ALAN C A R REIRO; AND OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES, is defendant. The sale is a p ublic auction to t h e highest bidder for cash or cashier's check, in hand, made out to Union County S heriff's Office. For more information on this sale go

Jeffrey J. a nd Pa ula M. to: (TS¹ 7 6 9 9 . 2 0 664) www.ore onshenffs. 1002.262355-File No. com sales.htm

Published: May 16, 23, federal law, persons 30, 2014 and June 6, Published: May 16, 23, having no record legal 2014 30, 2014 and June 6, 2014 or equitable interest in the sublect property Legal No.00036123 will only receive inforLeqal No.00036067 mation concerning the NOTICE OF lender's estimated or INTERESTED PERSONS actual bid. Lender bid i nformation i s al s o NOTICE OF R i m bey h a s available at the t r us- FORECLOSURE SALE Phyllis been appointed Pert ee' s w e b sit e , sonal Representative www.northwesttrusMiscellaneous house(hereafter PR) of the tee.com. Notice is furhold furnishings, etc., Estate of Adrion Rimt her given t ha t a n y will be sold at A-1 Mini bey, Deceased, Properson named in ORS S torage, 1 51 3 2 1 s t bate No. 14-04-8491, 86.753 has the right, S treet o n M a y 2 8 , Union County Circuit a t any t im e p r io r t o 2014 at 10:00am. C ourt, State of O r e five days before the g on. A l l pers o n s d ate last set fo r t h e ¹ 560 the ow ner or r ewhose rights may be sale, to have this foreaffected by th e p roclosure p r o c e e ding p uted ow ner o f t h e property to be sold is c eeding ma y o b t a i n dismissed a n d t he Wynonia B. Shaffer. additional information trust deed reinstated the amount due on the f rom t h e c o u r t r e b y payment t o th e lien is $640.00 and A-1 cords, the PR, or the beneficiary of the enMini Storage is f o reattorney for the PR. All tire amount then due closing the lien. persons having claims (other than such pora gainst t h e est a t e tion of the principal as must present them to would not then be due ¹566 The owner of rep uted ow ner o f t h e the PR at: h ad no d e f ault o c property to be sold is Mammen 5 Null, curred) and by curing Pam R. Furgason. The Lawyers LLC any other default coma mount du e o n t h e J. Glenn Null, plained of herein that lien is $597.00 and A-1 Attorney for PR i s capable o f b e i n g Mini Storage is f o re- 1602 Sixth Street. cured by tendering the closing the lien. P.O. Box 477 performance required La Grande, OR 97850 under the obligation or Published: May 16 and within four months trust deed, and in addi23, 2014 after the first publicat ion t o p a y i n g s a i d tion date of this notice sums or tendenng the Legal No. 00036052 or they may be barred. performance necess ary to cure the d e Published: May 2, 9, and f ault, b y p a y ing a l l costs and expenses Buyer meets seller in the classified 16, 2014 actually incurred in en- ... time after time after time! Read LegaI No. 00035799 forcing the obligation and usethe classified regularly. a nd trust d e ed , t o gether with t rustee's a nd attorney's f e e s n ot e x c e e ding t h e amounts provided by said ORS 86.753. Requests from persons named in ORS 86.753 f or rei n s t a t e m e n t quotes received less than six days prior to t he date set f o r t h e trustee's sale will be h onored only at t h e discretion of the beneficiary or if required by t ential conflicts w i t h

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Public Notice THIS IS To NOTIFY YOU THAT THE CITY OF UNION HAS PROPOSED A LAND USE REGULATION THAT MAY AFFECT THE PERMISSIBLE USES OF YOUR PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPERTIES The City of Union has contracted with a private consultant to perform the following actions: 1) Upda t e the City of Unlon's Transportation System Plan; 2) Upda t e Comprehensive Plan Goal 12 Transportation; and, 3) Amen d m ent to Unlon's zoning regulations. The purpose of this work ls to update the existing 20 plan and projects which were selected by community members while providing alternatives for safe and convent ways of transportation. The TSP ls a balanced plan which addresses all modes of travel including motor vehicles, transit, bicycles and pedestrlans. The plan suggests convenient ways for people to walk, bicycle, transit, and drive less to meet their dally needs. A fundamental issue ln local and regional transportation system plans ls a strategy to reduce reliance on the automobile. The Union Planning Commission and the Union City Council will each hold a public hearing regarding the adoption of Ordinance Number 536, the new material on the following date: June 5th, 2014 starting at 6 pm. The Planning Commission will start their hearing followed by the City Council. The hearing will be held at Union City Hall, 342 S Main Street, Union, Oregon 97883. Public testimony and recommendatlons are encouraged. THIS IS To NOTIFY YOU THAT THE CITY OF UNION HAS PROPOSED A LAND USE REGULATION THAT MAY AFFECT THE PERMISSIBLE USES OF YOUR PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPERTIES The City of Union has contracted with a private consultant to perform the following actions: 1) Update Comprehensive Plan Goal 9 Economics; 2) Update Comprehensive Plan Goal 10 Housing; 3) Amendment to Unlon's zoning regulations; and, 4) Amendment to Unlon's zoning map. The purpose of this work ls to update the existing 20 year plans, zoning map and zoning regulations to betterserve Unlon's future economic and housing needs. The proposed changes have been selected by local community members, with final decision to be made by Union City Council. The City Council will hold a public hearing regarding the adoption of Ordinance Number 534 on the new material June 9, 2014 starting at 7 pm or shortly after. The hearing will be held at Union City Hall, 342 S Main Street, Union, Oregon 97883. Public testimony and recommendations are encouraged. The City of Union has determined ln keeping with the above explanation, that the adoption of this Ordinance may affect the permissible uses and value of your property, and other properties ln the area affected by the regulatory changes. Ordinance Number 534 and 536 ls available for inspection at Union City Hall, 342 S Main Street, Union, Oregon 97883. A copy of Ordinance 534 and 536, staff report and all documents and evidence submitted are available for inspection no less than seven (7) days prior to the public hearing at Union City Hall during normal business hours (10 AM — 5:00 PM, Mon thru Thurs). Copies will be provided upon request, at reasonable cost, and mailed lf requested. Testimony may be presented orally at all hearings or by written statement presented at or before the hearings. Testimony presented by email must be submitted prior to 5 pm on the date of the hearings ln order to allow City staff time to prepare for the hearing. Testimony and evidence must be directed toward the applicable criteria or to other criteria ln the Zoning Ordinance or Land Use Plan that are believed to apply. Failure to raise any issue with sufficient specificity to afford the Planning Commission, Council, or other parties an opportunity to respond to the issue will preclude appeal based on that issue. If you have questions or need additional information, contact City Administrator/Recorder Sandra Patterson at City Hall 541-562-5197. If you have a disability requiring any special materials, services, or assistance, please contact City Hall at least 48 hours before the hearing. The Council Chambers are handicapped accessible. Publish: May 16, 2014 Legal no. 4863

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acquistion of new equipment After a recent meeting of the Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation Board, five acquisition projects have been approved for the fiscal year 2015 iMay

14 — April 15l. Those projects include: a Verithon bladder scanner for the ICU; two w ireless transducers for antepartum fetal monitoring in the Family Birthing Center; a ligasure device forone oftheoperating rooms; a mobile C-arm for Radiology; and a Triology Ventilator forRespiratory Therapy. ''We'll be fundraising throughout the year to helpsupportthese projects," said Will Simons, foundationmanager. Proceeds raised from the next benefit golf tournament will go toward the acquisition of the ventilator, and the wireless transducers will be part of the foundation's year-end giving strategy. The C-arm is expected to be GRH's first purchase sometime in June. All the projects are examples of GRH's vision of enhanced patientcare and experience.

three decades show that there has been a slight decline in the consumptionofsugar-sweetened beverage Snacking among children and snacks and an increase in fruit drinks adolescents has become increasingly common in recent decades, but not and sports drinks. Don't be fooled, though. Fruit drinks all snacking is necessarily bad. In arenot the same as 100 percent fruit fact, some snackingis beneficial and needed. juice. Fruit drinks and sports drinks "Inthe 1970s,about 74percent of are still sweetened and not a healthy children ages 2 to 18 years snacked choice for a snack. Whenever possible, kids should learn to drink water as it daily," said Nancy Findholt, Ph.D. and is pH balanced and every organ in the associateprofessor atOregon Health and Science University School of Nurs- human body requires it to stay healthy. ing at EOU in La Grande. "By 2003-06, Though high-fat dessert snacks 98 percent of children were consuming like donuts, cakes and cookies have daily snacks." declinedover thepast30 years,they The number of snacking occasions still make up the main snacking calories for kids. The next popular snack per day has also increased during the same period from one snack a day to categoryisjustasbad. "Interestingly, kids are choosing an average of nearly three snacks per day and almost 200 additional calories more salty foods as snacks," said Findper day. holt, "and salt is not good for you." "Almost27 percent ofthe calories Instead of the sweetened, high-fat children consume in a day are comor salty food snacks, choose healthy ing from the snacks they eat," said snack foods like fruit muffins and Findholt. fresh fruit like grapes and bananas. Active and growing children need Offer kids raisins,carrots,toasted torefuelto keep from getting too whole grain English muffms, boiled tired and hungry. Their stomachs are eggs,lowfat yogurt,cheese sticks,rice smaller than those of adults, and they crackers, plain popcorn,plain breakcan't eat as much in one sitting, so fre- fast cereals with reduced-fat milk and quent refueling is needed to give them topped with fresh fruit. energy and nutrition. "Snacksbased on fruits,vegetables, "However, it's important that the whole grains and reduced-fat dairy snacks be healthy," said Findholt, "and productsare thehealthiestchoices," not emptycaloriesfrom solid fats and said Findholt."These foods should be added sugars." encouraged." Trends in snacking over the past Findholt is not advocating total By Tiish Yerges

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abstinencefrom specialtreats,but she wants to distinguish them from "healthy snacks." Less healthy treats should only be eaten on occasion, not

daily. "Treats and snacks are different," said Findholt."A treat might be your high-fat foods like desserts,buta snack should be a healthy choice." The best way to promote healthy snacking is to buy healthy foods and have them washed up, cut up and ready to eat. Make healthy snacks accessible to your child. ''When offering children a snack, let them choose between two or more healthy options as opposed to a healthy versus unhealthy option," Findholt said. If your child takes a home-packed lunch to school, make sure to include healthy snacks in there. For example, a low-fat yogurt and a cheese stick or cut carrots and sweet grapes would be healthy selections along with a sandwich and low-fat milk. eWork with your school to set guidelinesfor schoolparties and celebrations," Findholt suggested. "Healthy foods can be fun. Make these the focusofparties.Better yet,celebrate with an outdoor adventure or longer recess." Changing the psychology of eating for children and adolescents will require a partnership between teachers and parents, but the health benefits will be worth the effort.

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Matulaitis holds out his arms so the Parkinson's specialist can check his tremors. But this is no doctor's offtce: Matulaitis sits in his rural Maryland home as a neurologist a few hundred miles away examines him via the camera in his laptop. Welcome to the virtual house call, the latest twist on telemedicine. It's increasingly getting attention as a way to conveniently diagnose simple maladies, such as whether that runny nose and cough is a cold or the flu. One company even offers a smartphone app that lets techsavvy consumers connect to a doctorfor$49 a visit. Now patient groups and technology advocates are pushing to expand the digital care to people with complex chronic diseases that make a doctor' strip m ore than just an inconvenience. ''Why can't we provide care to people wherever they are?" asks Dr. Ray Dorsey, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center who is leading a national study of video visits for Parkinson's patients and sees broader appeal. 'Thinkoftaking your mom with Alzheimer's to a big urban medical center. Just getting through the parking lot they're disoriented," he adds."That's the standard of care but is it what we should

be doing?" Among the hurdles: While Medicarecovers some forms of telehealth, it doesn't typically pay for in-home video exams. Plus, doctors who practice by video-chat must be licensed in whatever states their long-distance patients live. Some states restrict thekind ofcare and prescribing available via telemedicine. About 40 percent of Parkinson's patients don't see a special ist,in partbecause they live too far away, even though research suggests thosewho do fare better, according to the Parkinson's Action Network. When Matulaitis first was diagnosed in 2011, his wife SeeVirtual / Page 2C

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cally ill? 'There's an evidence gap that needs to be filled," said Romana Hasnain-Wynia of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, an agency created under the new health care law to study which medical treatmentsand procedures work best.

With a $1.7 million grant from PCORI, Dorsey's study is randomly assigning about 200 Parkinson's patients from around the country to receive either their usual care or added virtual checkups from a specialist. His pilot studies have suggested telemedicine allows needed care such as medication adjustments while saving patients time. As for people seeking even a seemingly simple diagnosis, thereareother questions such as how to avoidoverprescribing antibioti cs.Yes,a sm artphone camera may spot signs of strep throat. But national guidelines urge a streptestbefore giving antibiotics, to be sure a virus isn't to blame. 'You have to be a touch more thoughtful when you're talking about new patient relationships," said Dr. Joseph Kvedar of the Center for Connected Health, a division of Boston's Partners Healthcare.

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PITTSBURGH — Her foot pain began 15 years ago, leadingtoa 2002 diagnosisof osteoarthri tis,w hich lefther limping and unable to walk forextended periods oftim e. And it progressively worsened. In time, Deborah Cole Thomas, 60, of Plum, Pa., would undergo surgeries to fuse joints in both feet along with a left-ankle replacement, all from the wear-andtear form of arthritis. She endured shoulder pain and more recent problems with right-knee pain, which she likens to a knife stab. Round-the-clock pain medications are a must. "I try not to let it affect me," Thomas said, noting that her husband, Llewellyn, 82, has had both arthritic kneesreplaced."Itdrivesme to keep moving. I watched my mom give up, and her hands became so crippled she

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had to be fed." Thomas, now retired, worked as a Westinghouse computer engineer, spending hours at a desk that made her "feel like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz."' She'd stand and struggle to flex stiffened joints. In coming years, she faces further surgeries, including knee-replacement surgery. But she's still walking, with the goalof10,000 stepsa day and an average of about

7,000. "I wouldn't go to climb Mount Washington — or Kilimanjaro," she said, adding thatosteoarthritiscan be immobilizing if you let it. She also can't run and isn't allowed to jump. Doctor's orders. But she works around those limitations. "There's always something I can do just to keep moving." While people with osteoarthritis struggle to move, there's plenty of movement in research as scientists work through the biological puzzleofosteoarthritisto come up with potential treatments. A University of Pittsburgh research team, led by Rocky S. Tuan — professor and executive vice chairman of the department of orthopedicsurgery and directorof the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering — is making headway in understanding the complex stew of enzymes ihistonesl, proteins and genes that cause osteoarthritis while identifying a potential treatment to slow the rateofcartilage destruction. There's further breaking news from the Tuan camp that sounds like science fiction: His team is using a 3-D printer, which makes structures one layer at a time, to make new joints. Using a solution containing the patient's stem cells, along with growthfactors and scaffolding material, the 3-D printer constructs actual cartilage in theright shape to replace damaged cart ilage. The stem-cell solution extrudedthrough acatheter alsocould be used tocreate new cartilage, as guided by a 3-D printer, directly onto the joint bone. The team's tissue-engineered joints already have shown success in large animals, raising the promise of creating replacement joints for people now dependent on plastic and metal ones. The processcould beparticularly useful in repairing battlefield injuries. Tuan announced the successApril27 atthe

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Deborah Cole Thomas' arthritis has led to an ankle replacement and two mid-foot fusions. She works out at a gym to help her joints remain flexible. Experimental Biology 2014 scientific sessions and meeting in San Diego. ''We essentially speed up the development process by giving the cells everything they need, while creating a scaffold to give the tissue the exact shape and structure that we want," Tuan said, adding that his team continues working to develop cartilagemore closely resembling human cartilage. "Total joint replacements involving plastic and metal joints work well, but they don't last long enough," Tuan said."For someone who is 60, that's OK. But if you are in your 30s, that's not good because you may need revision after revision. ''We are not in position to say that it will last a lifetime. Time is the true test," Tuan saidofthe tissue-engineered jointshisteam has created."I can only say it's very promising and is looking good." Joints, the business end of bones, include a covering made of flexible and protective cartilage to prevent damage from friction. But chronic wear and tear from overuse, traumatic injury or bone misalignment, among otherfactorssuch asobesity, promotesa biologicalprocess, not yet fully understood, that degrades cartilage. Osteoarthri tisrepresents 80 percentofallcasesofarthritis, whose various forms plague 27 million Americans, making arthritis the nation's major form of physical disability. The disease burden is particularly acute in the aged population, with one out of two individuals older than 65 having at least one joint affected. In other promising University of Pittsburgh research,

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Tuan and Dr. Veronica Ulici, an Arthritis Foundation-supported post-doctoral fellow at the university and medical doctor, are focusing on a method to prevent destruction of the cartilage, which would do away with the need to replace joints. 'The joint is a very interesting organ," Tuan said. "There is no blood flow there, or nerves." The immune response in the joint that occurs from chronic wear and tear or injury increases the level of unhealthy inflammation, which eventually causes cartilagedegradation.Tuan said, "It tries to repair itself, but in the end it fails." Tuan, a doctor of biochemistry and cell biology, and Ulici have investigated the process, which focused attention on the histone deactetylase enzymes, or HDAC. Injury to the joint activates certain genes to produce known inflammatory factors, which increase the activity of degradative enzymes. Genes activated by injury can be bad ones, initiating a vicious cycleofenzyme degradation that causes fibrillation on the cartilage surface while chewing up cartilage. The studies involving cow tissues show that injured cartilageappears to generate increased levels of HDAC enzymes, raising the specter that they play a key role in activating thechanges leading to cartilage damage. But a pharmaceutical agent that inhibits HDAC, already being testedas a treatment for lymphoma, slows down the degradationofcartilage,the Pitt team has found. As such, it holds promise as a treatment, with the advantageofalready being

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tested for safety in human clinical trials as a lymphoma treatment. It would take five or more years before any treatment is available, if all goes well with the research. "Once we know the effects, we can stop them with treatment," said Ulici, a key figure in theseriesofstudies."Ifwe can do that, we can prevent osteoarthritis and its changes in the tissue." While the pharmaceutical agentdoesn'tstop cartilage degradation, "we do see good improvement," Ulici said. 'The inflammatory molecules are going down." "Obviously, the goal is to preventdegradation from happening in the first place," Tuan said."Based on Veronica's findings, if someone gets banged up one way or another, there's a way to make sure HDAC activity is involved, then use inhibitors thatareinjected to avoid degradation"ofthecartilage. There's even more news that could advance treatm ents forosteoarthritis. The Pitt team also is using tissueengineering to develop human tissue and cartilage in a laboratory dish that can beused to testtheeffect of drugs. The live model of human joint tissue is being heraldedas thecreation of "the first example ofliving human cartilage grown on a laboratory chip." For now, the engineered cartil age tissueon a computer chip will serve "as a test-bedforresearchers to learn about how osteoarthritis develops" and to develop new drugs. ''We hope that the methods we're developing will really make a difference, both in the study of the disease and, ultimately, in treatments for peoplewith cartilage degeneration or joint injuries," said Mr. Tuan, who also serves as director of the McGowan Institut e forRegenerative M edicine and director ofthe Center for Military Medicine Research at the Pitt School of Medicine. Osteoarthritis, the Arthritis Foundation website states, "leadsto 632,000 joint replacements per year, with a total cost of $128 billion in 2012formedical care and indirect expenses, including lostwages and productivity. One in two people will developa form ofarthritisin their lifetime." It is distinct from rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation in flexible joints, with potential to lead to severe disability ifleft untreated. But it affects less than 1 percent of Americans. The foundation said trends suggestthat"halfofall adults will develop symptomatic osteoarthritisofthe knee at some point in their lives and the riskincreases with obesityto tw oofevery three obese adults." Women older than 50 are more commonly affected by osteoarthritis than men, with it typically beginning after

age 40. But arthritis is a tough opponent. Ms. Thomas, as board member of the foundation's regional chapter,says peoplemust work to staveoff immobility by walking and exercising. She's trying to avoid another round of foot surgery. That's why the Pitt research is stirring optimism for her and the Arthritis Foundation. "Replacing cartilage with extragood stufFwould be fantastic," she said."Oh, Lord, it's exciting. I can't wait." Arthritis Foundation website: www.arthritis.org.

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People who took statins to lower their cholesterol levels ate more calories and fat in 2009-10 than did those who took them a decade earlier, raising the question of whether the drug provides a false sense of dietary security. Researchers who used data from a national health survey found that in 1999-2000, people who tookstatins atefewer calories, by an average of 179a day,and lessfat than people who didn't take them. The differences began to shrink, and by 2005-06, the difference was insignificant. And by 2009-10, statin users had increased their daily calories by 9.6 percent and their fat intake by 14.4 percent over the decade. Those not taking statins did not have a significant change, the researchers said. The increase ofbody mass index — a measure of obesity calculated by comparing weight and height — also was greater for people who took statins than those who did not. Diet modifications and m edications are used to lower cholesterol levels as ways to prevent heart disease and other conditions. "Statins are used by about one-sixth of adults. We may need to re-emphasize the importance of dietary modification for those who are taking these medications, now thatobesity and diabetes areimportant problems in society," Takehiro Sugiyama, who led the research while a visiting scholar at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said in a statement. The study was presented last week at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine and is being published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. For this study, the researchers used data from nearly28,000 participants ages 20 and older m the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. What they ate was measured with a 24hour dietary recall, taken by trained interviewers. The reasons for the changes are not certain, said Dr. Martin Shapiro, one of the authors.

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Marijuana plants grow in the flowering room at Compassionate Care Foundation, the only medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey.

Medicalmarijuanaseentohave dramaticemectonsymptsmrelief By Jan Hefler

"I was addicted to Vicodin," said else, it's something else. It's pot. ... But this is not Colorado," he Gary Carnevale Sr., a multiple EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, sclerosis patient from Bayville, said. His staff wear white medical N.J.— Before buying cannabis N.J., shortly after he picked up jackets, and only patients who an ounce of"Red Cherry Berry" have a doctor's approval may buy at southern New Jersey's only medical-marijuana dispensary, marijuana from an employee the drug. behind a glass window at the Those afflicted with seizures, patients must circle one of six animatedfacesthat stare out dispensary. Carnevale, 57, a formultiple sclerosis, Crohn's disfrom aclipboard. mer licensed practical nurse, said ease,irritable bowel syndrome, The row of smiling, wincing, increasing amounts of prescribed and glaucoma are reporting the frowning, and sobbing cartoon Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, and greatest benefit, Thomas said. othernarcoticsdid notrelieve the One patient who had Crohn's faces is being used to rank the throbbing pain shooting up his diseaseexperienced a"totalredegreeofpain that patients experience due to cancer, multiple back and legs, and he then had versal" and was able to return to sclerosis, epilepsy, and several to behospitalized fortw oweeks work, he said. other conditions the state deems early last year. Because there is a dearth of Carnevale was among the first scientific studies, anecdotal evitreatable by cannabis. When the patients return to dence is practically the only proof patients to come to CCF, which available at this time, Thomas the Compassionate Care Founda- opened six months ago inside a tion dispensary in Egg Harbor cavernous warehouse just outside said. Marijuana's status as a fedTownship, N.J., for a refill, they Atlantic City. Marijuana plants erally prohibited Schedule I drug, again are handed the Wong-Bak- are alsogrown at that location ranking it more dangerous than er FACES Pain Rating Scale so under special purple,red,blue, opium, has blocked studies on its and yellow lights. medicinal value, he said. that the effect of the marijuana "I took three or four hits. I laid Though the federal governcan be assessed. The results so far are "absoin bed, and I could not believe the ment still considers marijuana lutely dramatic," said Suzanne illegal, the Obama administrapain slipping away," Carnevale Miller, a researcher with a Ph.D. tion recently announced it will said, recalling the first day he who sits on the dispensary's smoked it using a vaporizer."My not enforce the ban in states that have legalized it for medical and board of trustees. Miller is also pain was like 10.... But when a professorand the director of I smoke marijuana, I swear it's forrecreational use except in behavioral medicine at Fox Chase zero," he said. While he previously egregious trafficking cases and spent most of his days in bed, he when it is being marketed to Cancer Center/Temple Health in Philadelphia. About 80 percent of said he now is able to function minors. the 145 CCF patients who comand even took a recent vacation New Jersey is one of 22 states pleted the rankings at least twice with his family, including his two that have legalized medical m arijuana, and many others are over the last two months have grandchildren. charted significant improvement, Jacqueline Angotti, a nurseweighing it. Its strictly regulated program calls for doctorsto write she said. practitioner from Robbinsville, "recommendations" — not preStill being collected and N.J., began sobbing when asked analyzed, the data show that on the effect the marijuana had on scriptions — authorizing patients to obtain cannabis. But they are average,most patients are report- her 9-year-old son, Miles, who ing their pain levels decreased had suffered multiple, daily seinot requiredto provide dosing zures since he was 2."He's been information, leaving patients to by 30to 50 percent,Miller said. 'You usually see smaller results, seizure-free; he's had none for the use marijuana on a trial-andabout 10 percent, or 20 percent," past 31 days and has had no side error basis. effects, "she said."And he's better Thomas said he looks forward she said. An author of four books and cognitively." to having an analysis of the paIn the past, Miles was forced tient surveys completed and hava contributor to more than 100 to wear a mask to protect his ing a more detailed questionnaire academic articles, Miller will be the lead researcher on a report face and teeth from frequent falls forpatientsdeveloped so that she plans to submit to medical caused by the violent seizures, CCF can determine what doses she said. And, for the same reaand strains are most helpful for journals for publication possibly this fall. The dispensary has 600 its patients."This is the drug that son, he had to eat meals from a registeredpatients and expects to tray while sitting on the floor. An- needs to be studied,"he said. have more data by that time. One in five patients initially gotti turned the marijuana buds On a gloomy, wet morning last into a tincture, which she gives toldstaffthatthey did notget to Miles in tiny doses three times relief by taking the cannabis they week, several patients walked into the dispensary to purchase a day, and he no longer needs his had purchased, Thomas said. But cannabis, which is packaged in when the strain and dose were mask, she said."He eats dinner at the table now," she added. modified, he said, half of those plastic bottlesand sold at$428 an ounce. Two patients who Bill Thomas, the dispensary patientsreported theirpain had agreedtobe interviewed afterCEO, said the frequent hugs that lessened. Marijuana contains 60 chemicals, he said, and the variward said the marijuana they grateful patients bestow on staff and the tears he has witnessed in ous strainshave different ratios bought had changed their lives. Three other patients who were the waiting room convince him of of the ingredients. CCF sells six reached by phone said it markmarijuana's medical worth."To strains and is planning an expansion next month. edlyeased their pain. us, this is medicine. To everyone The Philadelphia Inquirer

three deployments to Iraq and three to Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Dennis Swols is agitated, prone to bouts of anger and unable to really talk about his time on the battlefield. But as Swols sits in a small office in the Robinson Health Clinic at Fort Bragg, his hand drops to the furry head beside him and his mood brightens. Settled at his feet, Lexy, a 5-year-old German shepherd, gives Swols a few moments of dist raction. It's her job. And, according to Swols, she's good at it. "I have a hard time talking to people about my deployments and everything," says Swols, who is with the 82nd Airborne's 4th Brigade Combat Team. After taking part in the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the march into Baghdad in 2003, he's been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress."But having her here, I just pet Lexy. Or I'm just sitting here and we won't talk about deployments, we'll just (talkl about the dog.... My day is better every time I come in." For 82nd Airborne psychiatrist Maj. Christine Rumayor, Lexy is a partner,a conversation starter and a living, breathing medical tool that can calm a patient and make atherapy appointment a little more enjoyable. A slowly evolving form of treatment, animal therapy is used in only a few other Army installations, including Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. A small number of dogs like Lexy are being usedalmost as co-therapists. Others routinely work as service animals and are often used for animal-assisted therapy, including in visits to patients in the hospitals. Lexy's move into therapy was unexpected. Rumayor decided to put her new puppy through the training when she realized Lexy was less of a guard dog and more of a calm cuddler. So, Lexy went through about 2'/2 years of training before she was able to pin on her rank — she's a lieutenant colonel — and become certified as Fort Bragg's only therapy dog. As the Army struggles to addressthe broad swath ofstress disorders and mental health problems brought on by more than a decade of war, one of the biggest hurdles is getting soldiers to putaside thebravado and seek treatment. Lexy, it turns out, is particularly good atthat. Van Woodruff, who was a sergeant first class, went to his scheduled appointment just a few days before he was setto gethis medical retirement and move out of the Army after 13 years in the service. "It'shard forme tocome to these appointments. I can't really sit in the waiting room," said Woodruff, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. "I don't look forward to this whole process ofbeing here.... The whole process of being here is something that'sagitative tomy diagnosis."

But on a sunny Wednesday morning, the Alabama native is sitting in Rumayer's office. "This is the only one I look forward to going to because of Lexy. I love dogs." Rumayor, who wrote the Fort Bragg policy that allows her to use Lexy in her practice, said there was resistance at first. 'You don't want everybody to think they can just bring their dog to work," she said. Rumayor also has seen what an asset the dog can be in getting soldiers to seek out therapy and consistently attend their appointments. Walking around the base, she uses Lexy as a lightning rod to attract soldiers, then draws them into conversation. On any given day, she and Lexy will wander over to the motor pool or anywhere troops might gather, to see who might be interested in having a chat. "Stigma is one of the huge things the military is trying super hard toovercome — behavioral health stigma being the biggest one, I think. And Lexy is probably the biggestassetIhavein overcoming that stigma," Rumayor said. "There's nothing better than coming to an appointment where you get to have a warm fuzzy thing that you get to pet all the time. People don't want to come in the door. When they see her coming in, it makes them want to come in the door." And often the soldiers reward her. On her vest, Lexy sports an Army Ranger tab and a spray of otherbadges and patches that she got from patients. The special forcestab came from a soldierwho had been injured in a roadside bomb blast, and Lexy and Rumayor visited him in the hospital. Navy Capt. Robert KoSnan, the senior consultant for behavioral health at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, has a therapy dog of his own, named Ron. And he's seen the broad impact the dogs can have. Ron, a 3-year-old golden retriever/labrador mix, holds the rank of a one-star general and his designated military occupation is a "psych tech." He's even trained to bringtissues to distressed patients and put his head on a person's lap ifhe orshe is stressed. Lt. Col. Matthew St. Laurent, who is the occupational therapy chief at Walter Reed, said the use of dogsto aid therapy has been endorsed by U.S. Army MedicalCommand and appears to be gettingmore support acrossthe military. Both he and KoSnan saidadditionalresearch isneeded to determine how and when it is best to use the animals. "It's tough for anybody to go to their mental health provider," said St. Laurent, who also runs the Therapeutic Service Dog Training Program."But they need to see mental health providers and if you're introduced to the mental health community by a flufFy, loving canine, you'd be more inclined to come to the clinic and pet the dog. And one thing leads to another, and you're in the clinic."

Study s ows doctors' ties, lab coats can transmitbugs By Markian Hawryluk WesCom News Service

Surveys have shown that patientsprefer doctorsto dress professionally. But a recent analysis may soon change what that means. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, a groupthatstrivestoreduce the number of infections in hospitals and other health caresettings, reviewed the evidence that physician clothing may play a part in transmitting nasty bugs to patients. While there was little direct evidence that anyone was infected by a

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doctor's tieor white coat, doctors continue to wear the group did come up with white coats, but hang them on a hook when conducting a set of recommendations based primarily on where patient exams. they found microbes on Ties:Three studies found physician attire. that upto a third ofdoctors' The white coat: A neck ties grew Staphylococuniversal symbol of clinical cus aureus, and one study found significantly more authority, the white coat clearly identifies the doctor bacteria on ties than physiwhen he enters your room. cians' front shirt pockets. Yet five studies found that Two surveys found that up 5to29 percent ofwhite to 70 percent of physicians coatscarried Staphylococcus admit to never cleaning their ties. The group recomaureus, and less frequently much more concerning bugs. m ended doctors justforgo wearing ties. Sleeves were particularly vulnerable to infection. The Laundry: The group recommended frequentwashgrouprecommended that

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ing of white coats and other physician attire at least once a week. While free laundering of white coats by hospitalshelped toincrease the frequency of cleaning, institutional laundry was not found to be any better in killing microbes than home laundry with tumble drying or ironing. Stethoscopes:While not included in the review of att ire,a separate Swiss study found that doctors' stethoscopes frequently carried twice the amount of contamination as their hands. Many doctors use an

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alcohol swab to clean the diaphragm, the flat part of thestethoscope that is placed on a patient's skin, before each use. Short sleeves:Studies have found little difference in bacterial contamination when doctors wore short sleeves rather than long sleeves. However, atleast one study found that doctors did abetterjob ofwashing their wrists,when their sleevesdidn'tgetin the way. The National Health Services in the U.K. has adopted a bare-below-theelbowspolicy foritsdoctors

that includes no watches or jewelry, as well as short sleeves. Footwear: The research suggested that wearing shoes with closed toes, low heels and nonskid soles can decrease the risk of exposure to blood or other infectious material, slipping and accidental stick injuries from needlesor scalpels. One study found that doctors in Japan, where it is common practice to remove outdoor shoes and replace them with open-toe sandals, had a higher incidence of needle injuries to the foot.

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Antihisticresistant infectisnPVes,yon By Linda Weiford WSU News/University Communications Office

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Consumers are often not aware of what is allowed in organic foods, according to a recent report.

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zens group, the Organic Consumers Association," he said.'They stopped the meeting for a half-hour or so while procedure was being debated. Somebody was arrested and pulled out of the By Tara Bannow room." WesCom News Service The ruckus wasn't totally unexIn the three decades Debbie Sloan pected. Seven months before last week's meeting, the U.S. Department has owned the health foods store of Agriculture changed the way the Nature's in Bend, her customers have relied on her for organic food, which NOSB regulates substances, including making it more difficult to ban they believe is better for their bodies and for the environment. synthetic substances once they're given "I think the whole organic movethe temporary OK to be used. Critics ment now has snowballed into,'Leave argue the U.S. Department of Agriculour food alone, let us eat natural,"'she ture doesn't have the authority to strip said."Let us be healthy, let the earth be the NOSB of its powers, which were healthy, and let our children be healthy." delegated by Congress in 1990. In Fantle's opinion, the move by the But even Sloan, whose entire proUSDA was a"power grab" that hapduce section is organic, wasn't aware of the long list of synthetic substances pened because the NOSB has granted fewersubstance approvalsasoflate, thatareallowed in organicfood proand large producers who wanted to use duction, including herbicides, which can be used in organic farm maintesaidsubstances were gettingfrustrated. "The organic sector is a $30 billionnance and on ornamental crops. "Herbicides should never be used in plusfood sector,"he said."There'sa organics, in my opinion," she said."I'm lot of moneyin it, and a lotof the big shocked." companies involved in it are typically A March Consumer Reports survey interested in and driven by growth." highlighted the dichotomy between Natalie Reitman-White, director what consumers believe and expect ofsustainability and trade advocacy of organic food and what's actually for Organically Grown Co., a Eugenethe case. According to the survey, 81 based wholesale organic distributor, percentofAmericans believe notoxic said she understands both sides of pesticides were used in the production the argument. The simple fact that so of organic produce, and 91 percent much open debate goes into regulatbelieve they shouldn't be. Another 66 ing organics should instill trust in the organic label, she said. percentbelieveno antibioticswere "Consumers, when they go to the used in organic food production, and 86 percent say they shouldn't be. Antibiot- grocery store, can say,'I'm picking up ics are allowed, although they're being this product and I know there's been rigorous conversation about what is phased out this year. About 200 synthetic and nonorganic and isn't allowed in this product and substances can be used in organic food that it's under constant review,"' she production, including Butorphanol, a said. synthetic opioid that'sused on liveNo more antibiotics stockas a sedative,sodium carbonate peroxyhydrateas a herbicide,boric For more than a decade, organic acid as an insecticide ino direct contact apple and pear growers have been w ithcrops,however),and parasiticides allowed to use antibiotics on their trees to kill parasites that threaten dairy or to control fire blight, a contagious bacterialdisease spread by beesand rain breeding animals, among others. "I would say the general public, thatcan devastate orchards. they're probably unaware of many of This is the last season farmers will thesematerialsthatare allowed,"said be able touse antibiotics,however, as Will Fantle, co-founder of the Cornuthe two permitted varieties,streptocopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based mycin and tetracycline, will be banned organic watchdog group. afterOctober. Another 84 percent of people who The NOSB at its meeting last week denied requests to extend streptomytook Consumer Reports' survey said cin's use to 2017. Producers argued althe use of artificial ingredients in organic foods should be discontinued, if ternativeshaven'tyetbeen developed, not reviewed, after five years. but opponents say the use of antibiotics In reality, that's much easier said could enhance antibiotic resistance in than done. The synthetic substances humans, a point the scientific community is divided on. used in organic production are approvedbecause no organic alternatives Urvashi Rangan, executive director exist that would perform the same of Consumer Reports' Food Safety and function. To get substances approved, Sustainability Center, said organic industryleaders have disregarded advocatesmust prove theirnecessity and thatthey won'tharm human the potential for increased antibiotic health or the environment. resistance in humans. "The blight itself that they're trying USDA steps in to treat is becoming resistant to it," she Regulating which substances can said. Antibiotics are a common and effecand cannot be used to make organic tive method for controlling fire blight, foods has long highlighted the tension between balancing agricultural which has been known to hit Oregon orchards hard, Reitman-White said. operations with consumers' demand forall-naturalproducts. "It can be a really challenging The issue came to a head last week problem in the Northwest if it is a wet when the board that governs those spring," she said. Oregon State University and Washsubstances — the National Organic ington State University researchers Standards Board, comprised of farmers, environmentalists, consumer adarestudyingpotentialalternatives to vocates and others — held its biannual antibiotics and have found a yeastmeeting in Texas. Fantle said it was basedproduct and water-soluble copthe most contentious standards board perproductsto beeffective in protectmeeting he's ever seen. ing trees against fire blight. 'There was a protest at the very OSU plant pathologist Ken Johnson beginning of the meeting by a citisaid in a news release that growers

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should try the alternatives this year so they're better prepared when antibiotics aren't available next year. Johnson didn't return a request for comment. Chris Schreiner, executive director of Oregon Tilth, a nonprofit that's responsible forcertifyingproducers as organic, said time will tell what the impact will be of removing antibiotics from orchards. "I think that particular disease is very devastating," he said."It won't just wipe out a particular season'scrop,but it can wipe out a whole orchard if it goes untreated or unaddressed."

Substancesscrutinized Some have grown disillusioned with how organics are regulated in the U.S. Rangan, who's studied the process for 15 years, said the NOSB doesn't always perform thorough scientific reviewsofthe substances itallow s in organic food production. Often the board members simply make a few phone calls or assumptions about their health impact, she said. Some of the products approved have come under scrutiny from consumer advocacy groups. The Cornucopia Institute has targeted carrageenans, polysaccharides made from seaweed used for their thickening properties. They're commonly found in organic chocolate milk and liquid baby formula. Fantle said not only are they unnecessary ipeople could just shake the products to mix them), but carrageenans also are known to cause inflammation in the intestinal tract, which can be especially hard on infants. Fantle's group also has concerns about docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid commonly added to milk and baby formula that's believed to improve cognitive function. Fantle said although he believes DHA can be obtained from natural sourceslike eggs,it'sharvested from algae that's likely fed genetically modified corn and extracted using solvents prohibitedin organicfood production. Until September, the NOSB reviewed the substances it allowed every five years and a two-thirds majority vote was required to keep the substance in use. Under the changes the USDA made, however, a two-thirds vote is now required to ban the substance, thereby making it more difficult to ban substances.

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-vt., and Congressman Peter DeFazio, DSpringfield, protested the change in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. They argued the change was made without going through the proper public channels and it conflicts with the 1990 law they authored creating the NOSB. eWe are extremely concerned by this significant and unwarranted policy change," Leahy and DeFazio wrote. "It is counter to the key principals of public involvement and oversight in the organiccertification processasw ell as adhering to the highest standards possible fororganicfood production." The purpose of the five-year window is togiveresearchers time to develop organic alternatives to the synthetic substances. Ifit'sharderto ban substances once they've been allowed temporarily, Rangan said those alternatives will be slower coming. "It's the whole system that's not working," she said."Things stay on in perpetuity so that natural alternatives don'tgetdeveloped.That' s aproblem."

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PULLMAN — Let's say you're m a locker room after completing a workout. You grab a towel on the bench before realizing it belongs to someone else. Unknown to you, the person who just used the towel left behind some lingering Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly known as "staph." The organism was spread to that person's hands after rubbing an infected hair follicle on his inner thigh. Now, imagine that one or two ofthose staph bacteria on the towel enter an open paper cut on your finger. Inside your body, they multiply. A few days later, what began as a simple paper cut is now pufFy and seeping pus. Your finger is red and swollen. You visit an urgent care clinic. Ideally, you'd be prescribed an antibiotic that would kill the staph cells. But maybe some of those cellsare abletoresistthat drug. They keep replicating, rapidly, in the face of treatment. All the while, the infection disperses throughout your body. You have contracted a"community acquired" antibiotic-resistant infection, caused by certain geneswapping bacteria flourishing beyond hospital walls, said Guy Palmer, regents professor and director of Washington State University's Paul G. Allen Center for Global Animal Health. Whether you're in Kansas, Costa Rica or Congo, "a series of seemingly innocuous events can lead to a potentially lifethreatening situation where an infection defies the very drug designed to destroy it," said Palmer, who serves on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Global Health. "Resistantbacteria don't recognize borders," he said. "They're no longer confined to hospital sand other clinical settings. They're in the environment, replicating and spreading among diversepopulations."

Sounding the alarm Palmer's comments come on the heels of a recently issued stark warning by the World Health Organization iWHOl. Common bacteria are becomingresistant to antibiotics in "every region of the world," concluded authors of the new report. And though scientists and public health officials have been sounding alarm bells for more than a decade, this is the first time hard data have replaced global guesswork. The world is entering a"post-antibi oticera," the reportconcludes isee http://apps.who.intjiris/ bitstream/10665/112647/V WHO HSE PED AIP 2014.2 eng.pdPua=ll

A hard sell It's well-documented that without efFective antibioticspeople getsicker,stay sick longer, require more costly treatments and are more likely to die. Even so,antibioticresistance is a tough topic to sell, said Palmer, whose work with the National Academy of Sciences involves advising the Institute of Medicine on health issues transcending continental boundaries — of which antibiotic resistance ranks high. A clearer picture is neededifthe problem isto be addressed on a globalor even national — scale, he said: "It's one thing for the problem to be known; it's another for it to be widely

understood." For example, a public misconception persists that resistance only impacts people who have taken too many antibiotics or have misused them, he said. "Even if you've never had antibiotics in your life, resistant bacteria can still be passed on through food, through water and soil, through contact with humans," Palmer said; for example, through swallowing a mouthful of water downriver from a city or farm; eating undercooked poultry or meat; breathing in germs from a person's cough. "This is not an individual's problem; it's a societal problem," he said. And it's exacerbated by modern air travel, where an antibiotic resistantstrain ofbacteria can beon the opposite side oftheworld one day and in the United States the next. "It's said that any pathogen can move around the globe within 24 hours, but the same can be said of antibiotic resistance," he said.

Raise awareness, limit use Although resistance is a natural consequence of bacteria's evolution — they change in order to survive — "we'vefueledtherise of these pathogens with the inappropriateuseofantibiotics in humans and animals alike," Palmer said. Heightened awareness among the public, clinicians, policymakers and food-animal producers is crucial in ordertoreverse,or atleast slow, the steady march of drug resistance, he said. On the human side, antibiotics have been overprescribed; on the animal side, they've been harnessed to spur growth. "The more antibiotics that people take and the more antibiotics we give our livestock and poultry, the more chances we provide for bacteriato develop resistance to them," he said."That's why animals, like humans, should only be given these drugs in an appropriate treatmentregimen forbacterial infections." Palmer's view is supported by scientific studies and backed by a growing list ofleading health organizations, including WHO, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's announcement late last year requesting voluntary phasing out of the non-medical use of antibiotics in farm animals is agood start,said Palmer. There are also signs of market-driven change. A growing number of U.S. companies, including Chipotle, Panera and Applegate Farms, now sell antibioticfree meat and poultry. And in February, the popular fast-food restaurant Chickfil-A announced plans to serve chicken not raised on antibiotics.

Here, there, everywhere Now that we've reached the tipping point of antibiotic resistance — worldwide and nationally — it will require a fundamental shift in how these drugs are viewed, what they're used for and how they're developed, said Palmer. Today, new antibiotics on the market are rare whilebacteriaresistant to antibiotics are abundant, he said. "For too long, antibiotic resistance has been regarded asa problem afFecting someone else, some other country," he said."But it's here. Today."

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