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I( c I According to a press release m from EOU, studies show the cancer mortality rate to be significantly greater for La Grande residents compared to the state as a whole. The program, called the Get Outside — After School Activity Program,isdesigned toget youth physically active to Tim Mustoe/TheObserver avoid certain cancers linked La G r ande Middle School coach Melinda Becker-Besenius coaches her seventh and to obesity. eighth grade physical education class during a tournament of speedball, a game which ''We found we have a encompasses rules from basketball, soccer, and football combined. higher incidence, and more on ine P al l y, there's prevalent, cancerratesin a risk of the county," said Kelly Rice, one of the organizers of the breast canprogram.

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SALEM — Legislators are struggling to find a way to solve some of the biggest issues concerning businesses, employees and the state's ability to pay for services as groups are moving forward with ballot measures that threaten to undo work done in Salem in February.

Come November 2016, voters may be asked to approve a tax increase on big businesses to bring in around $2.5 billion annually, increase the minimum

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WALLOWA LAKE — A long-awaited plan to sell Wallowa Lake water downstream from Wallowa County to pay for rebuilding the nearly centuryold Wallowa Lake Dam has hit a snag.

Associated Ditch Companies, which owns the dam, has withdrawn its water right application to the state that would have allowed the rehabilitation so as to raise the lake water level, now

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— Kelly Rice, co-organizer of Eastem Oregon University program

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The Union County Citizens for Good Government is more than halfwaytoitsgoalof627 signaturestogettheir measure on the primary ballot in May. At last week's meeting, the group, which is advocating for limiting commissioners' terms to two terms, or eight years, reportedbeing on track for the Feb. 17, 2016, deadline of 627 Union County voters' signatures. The group See UCCGG / Page 5A

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DAILY PLANNER TODAY Today is Monday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2015.

There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 11:48 p.m. Eastern time.

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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT On Dec. 21, 1945, U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, 60, died in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.

ON THIS DATE In 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at presentday Plymouth,Massachusetts.

In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded their "March to the Sea" as they captured Savannah, Georgia.

In1958, Charles de Gaulle was elected to a seven-year term as the first president of the Fifth Republic of France.

In 1968, Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.

In 1988, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a PamAm Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, sending wreckage crashing to the ground.

In 1995, the city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.

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• Outside Oregon: 503-588-2941.

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Multiple accidents last week leave two dead

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

Last week's bout of snow had the local emergency services working overtime with multiple accidents on Interstate 84, including two fatalities.

OregonStatePolicetroopers respondedtoafatalcrash near milepost 330 east of Durkee in Baker County at approximately 9:25 a.m.

Thursday, according to a press release from OSP. One 12-year-old and a 39-year-old were deceased at the scene.

Upon arrival, emergency crews found that two vehicles had collided head-on and a third vehicle had also been struck.

According to the release, Billie Jo Aguilar, 39, of Wendell, Idaho, was drivinga 2003 Chevy Suburban with two juvenile passengers, one 12 years old and the other 14 years old, in the westbound lane of I-84 when Aguilar lost control on the icy roadway and slid across the grassy median into the eastbound lane.

A 2014 Peterbilt commercial motor vehicle driven by Kendell Lee Lenderman, 42, of Dublin, Georgia, was traveling in the eastbound lane and had attempted to slow down but was unable to miss Aguilar's car and hit it head-on.

Both vehicles continued to slide off the right shoulder of the eastbound lane and struck a 2014 Volvo commercial motor vehicle that was parked and occupied by John Patrick Henry, 40,ofN ampa, Idaho.Shortly

whall 35 of Nampar Idaho was driv ing a 2011 Kenworth truck in the left lane and was allegedly traveling too fast for the conditions. Newhall had to brake suddenly when the vehicle in front of him had either slowed or stoppedinthelane,Hove said.

The trailer jackknifed and plowed into the chain-up area. In total, Newhall's trailer took out at least four semis before it finally stopped in the left lane, Hove said.

Rickie Berg, 61, of Colorado, was driving a Jeep westbound and didn't see the accident until the last minute, Hove said. Berg tried to avoid the crash and struck a semi.

Oregon State Police photo Hove said atthe area ofthiscrash, A multiple-vehicle accident left only one man with minor injuries Thurs- the officers had just cleared an accident involving two other semi trucks. day, adding to a long list of accident on lnterstate 84.

'There's been so many crashes after impact, the Suburban and "I got a call of a multiple-vehicle ioverthe lastweek),"said Hove.

Peterbilt caught fire and became crash," Hove said."I didn't know how "Essentially it was just people driving many people were involved." quickly engulfed. toofastfortheconditions."

W itnesses were able to getthe The multiple-car crash happened Hove said the accident involv14-year-old out of the Suburban near milepost 282 outside North Pow- ing Newhall and Berg closed the while it was on fire, according to the der, thesite ofa log truck accident the interstateforseveralhours,butthose release. The juvenile was transported day before that left a North Powder weren't the only accidents that day. woman with serious injuries. cWe had multiple other crashes, to St. Alphonsus in Baker City and then Life-Flighted to St. Alphonsus Thursday's accident spanned a multiple events that whole day," Hove Regional Medical Center in Boise, two-mile section of the interstate. sard.

'The chain started at milepost 282 Idaho. Lenderman and Henry were Berg was treated at the scene with not injured. minor injuries. and went until milepost 280," Hove The Peterbilt was hauling a flatbed sald.

Newhall was cited for careless trailer with lumber, and the Volvo The semi trucks and other vehicles drlvmg. was hauling a tanker trailer contain- were using the chain-up areas and ing oil additive. partially blocking the right lane Contact CheriseKaechele at 541-786Later in the day, OSP Sgt. Kyle of travel because of the number of 4234 or ckaechele C lagrandeobserver. trucks stopped, Hove said. com.Follow Cherise on Twitter Hove was busy responding to A semi-truck driver, Jeffrey ¹ C'IgoKaeche/e. accidents all along the interstate.

Coun ponders new position

By Cherise Kaechele

communication specialist w ould be responsiblefor At last Wednesday's Union "generatingpositiveand fair County Commissioners media coverage of county meeting, the possibility of issues." He said that makes adding a communication it seem like the person would "spin" an issue to make the specialist to help the county administrators provide county look good.

"This job needs to be information to the public was entertained, but was tabled informational," McClure said, "responsible for bringing until January's meeting.

"Union County hasn't kept both sides of the issue. If it up with communication," said becomes a public relations Commissioner Steve Mcposition that spins the issue, Clure."Our job is to get the then I don't want that. I want information out to the public." the public to know what we're doing."

Administrator Shelley Burgess said this position is According to county docuthe directresult of comments ments, the position would be made at commissioner meet37.5 hour per week, ranging ings about the lack of informa- from $3,045 to $3,940 per tion on the county's website. month, plus benefits.

McClure stressed the specialist would be a neutral conduit of information between the community and the commissioners. cWe don't want to turn this into anything political," McClure said."I won't support it if it does."

Commissioner Jack Howard said he's not confident the official description of the positionisready yet.

"I'm not sure we're there yet," Howard said. During the budget process, Howard said, he had suggested • Women and Heart Disease this position involve grant • Dysautonomia (Postural Orthostatic writing, but that was not Tachycardia Syndrome — POTS) included in the draft that was presented to the com• Heart Disease in Oncology Patients missioners.

• Pacemaker Implantation and Management cWe need to have more dialogue with the public," • Preventionist specializing in: Howard said."If they're feelo Dysrhythmia control ing distrust, then we should hear from them." o Hypertension Howard alluded to the o Metabolic Syndrome language in the current job o Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease descriptionstatingthatthe The Observer

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LOCAL BRIEFING From stag reports

Library hosts LEGO

Play every Saturday Cook Memorial Library in La Grande hosts a LEGO Play every Saturday. Kids are invited to stop by between 10 a.m. and noon. Bring your own LEGOs or use those supplied by the library. This activity runs year-round.

Committees to look at board nominees The board of directors for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperativehave appointed the director nominating committees for Baker and Union counties.

Appointed to serve were: Position 7 iUnion County) currently held by incumbent

Greg Howard: Donna Beverage, 786-1492; Dale DeLong, 786-4343; Mike McLean, 786-1412 or 786-5735 Position 8 iUnion County) currently held by incumbent Dave Baum: Donna Beverage, 786-1492; Dale DeLong, 786-4343; Mike McLean, 786-1412 or 786-5735 Position 9 iBaker County) currently held by incumbent Charlene Chase: Martin Arritola, 910-9019; Diane Brown, 523-3679; DeeDee Clarke, 524-1999 The nominating committeesareresponsibleforinterviewing and recommending qualified candidates for the 2016 OTEC Board of Director elections. Members of the co-

In addition, there must be a request that the candidate's name be placed on the ballot.

More information is available online at www.otecc.com/ about/annual-meetings.

operative who areinterested in running are asked to contact the committee members in their county on or by Jan. 25 for Position 7 or 8 iUnion County) and Jan. 22 for Position 9 iBaker County).

Committees must submit their nominations to the boardsecretary no laterthan Jan. 30.

Potential nominees should contact Joan Macy at 541524-2831orLara PetitclercStokes at 541-524-2858 for the petition and conflict of interests forms. Nominations by petition must be filed no later than March 1 and must be signed by the candidate and at least 50 OTEC members qualified to vote.

Wallowa County Rotary meets Wednesday ENTERPRISE — Rotary Club of Wallowa County will meet atnoon Wednesday at St. Katherine's Catholic Church, 301 E. Garfi eld, Enterprise.

Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders interested in providing peace, humanitarian services and community enhancements to the areas in which they live.

Transportation available to lunch

nity Foundation in Richland, Washington. Money fiom that UNION — Every Tuesgrantwillbeusedtosupport wildlife rehabilitation and day the United Methodist Church in Union hosts a education programs in the senior meal at noon at the Tri-Cities, Washington, area. church. This week's meal will Serving Eastern Oregon be a ham dinner. Anyone who and southeastern Washington, Blue Mountain needsassistance in getting theremay call541-562-5848 Wildlife's primary center is a day in advance to arrange located five miles south of transportation.

Pendleton. The organization'smission isto preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife wildlife and the habitats in eyes grant awards which they live, which is acA recent grant received by complished through wildlife Blue Mountain Wildlife will rehabilitation and public assist in evaluating eye inju- education ries in for animals rehabbing For more information, conat the center. tact 541-278-0215, rapto& The $2,000 grant fiom wtechlink.us or visit www. the Three Rivers Commubluemountainwildlife.org.

OIIITUARIES Norbert J. McGee

Dec.22 atOurLady of the Valley Catholic Church.

La Grande 1937-2015

Norbert John McGee, 78, of La Grande, died Dec. 18 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A viewing will be heldfi 'om 4 p.m .to 5p.m .today at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A Recitation of the Rosary will follow at 6 p.m. at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10 a.m.

his wife, Stephanie, of Mt. Angel, Patrick of Portland and Michael of Maui, Hawaii; and one grandchild.

Online condolences may be made to the family atwwwlovelandfuneral chapel.com.

served his country while in the United States Marine Corps.

McGee operated McGee concrete, ') I Know n as "McGee," was a journeyman carpenter and workedforUnited Van Lines and he was born Sept.

Thomason AutoGroup. He enjoyed McGee 2 8 , 1937, in Portland hunting elk and deer, fishing and to Norbert E. and Elizabeth iMcElligottl playing cards. He was a member of the American Legion and Knights McGee. Raised in Portland, he attended of Columbus.

Blessed Sacrament and Survivors include his wife, KathColumbia Prep High School. McGee leen Palermo-McGee; sons, Jim and

Diana Frye La Grande

Diana Frye, 62, of La Grande, died Dec. 20 at her residence. An obituary will be published at a later

time. Loveland Funeral Home & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Richard L Grieves La Grande

Richard L. Grieves, 84, of La Grande, died Dec.21ata local care facility. An obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

U F: Wewillneed8$ gercentofexistingWWNFroads

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BAKER CITY — WallowaWhitman National Forest officials think they will need access to about 86 percent oftheforest'sapproximately 9,120miles ofroadsfor projects in the future.

That's the central condusion in a report the Wallowa-Whitman released Wednesday.

The road-related issue that has generated considerable controversy in the region over the past several years, however — how many roads will remain open to the public form otorvehicleuse — is a decision the agency has neither made nor set a timeline for.

The 2.4-million-acre Wallowa-Whitman, based in Baker City, joined the 16 othernational forestsin Oregon and Washington to simultaneously unveil their "Travel Analysis Reports."

The report lists 7,854 miles of roads on the WallowaWhitman that forest officials believe are "likely to be needed" in the future.

The report shows 1,266 miles ofroad that,according to officials, "are not likely needed for future management or access."

In a press release announcing theroad reports,Forest

The Wallowa-Whitman's road report, released Wednesday, is available online at http:I/wvww.fs.usda. gov/detail/wallowa-whitman/landmanagementl projects/?cid=fsbdev7 008909

vehicles unless specifically designated as open.

The opposite situation prevails on much of the Wallowa-Whitman.

That's precisely the way Wanda Ballard of Baker City likes it.

Ballard is a longtime critic of the travel management planning process.

Ballard, who with her husband, Tork, likes to ride four-wheelerson forestroads, saidshe expectssome people will be optimistic when they see that Wallowa-Whitman

Service officials emphasized thattheseroad reports are not"decision documents"the agency is neither closing roadstomotor vehiclesnor opening any roads that are closed now.

The reports are partofthe national travel management planning process, which started on the Wallowa-Whitman in 2007.

That year more than 6,000 people signed a petition calling for the Wallowa-Whitman to not ban motor vehicles on any more forest roads.

In March 2012 the Wallowa-Whitman released a Travel Management Plan that called for banning motor vehicles on about half of the forest's roads.

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have focused on making sure road maps are accurate, and on what's known as "Subpart A" of the travel management planning process.

The purpose of Subpart A is for officials on each national forest to study theirforest'sroad inventory officials predict theQ need and decide which roads the agency is likely to need in to maintainaccess to 86perthe future for timber sales, centoftheforest'sroads. firefi ghting and otherwork.

But Ballard is withholding But it's Subpart B — for judgment. which the Wallowa-Whitman In parti cular shedistrusts has not established a schedthe maps on which the ule — that will actually affect Wallowa-Whitman's 86-perthe public's access, by motor- cent figure is based.

"I have no clear impression izedvehicle,toforestroads and trails. of what their baseline is," Subpart B will designate Ballard said. which roads and trails are According to the Forest open tomotor vehicles.

Service, thereportsforeach The 2012 plan that was national forest include: •"roadsthatareopen to the withdrawn would have done jected, as did U.S. Rep.Greg Walden, whose congressional that. public for motor vehicle use" • "roads that are closed district includes the WallowaMany national forests have Whitman. already finished the Subpart to the general public but Monica Schwalbach, at the B process, including the Uma- areused foradministrative timethe forest'ssupervisor, tilla, the Wallowa-Whitman's purposes" • "roads in storage iclosed withdrew the travel plan less neighbor to the west. than a month later.

On the Umatilla, roads and for more than a year, to be Since then, forest officials trails are closed to motorized openedforspecifi cprojects,

and then returned to storage)" Forest Service officials acknowledge that roads on the "likely to be needed" list won't necessarily remain open topublicmo torvehicle use after Subpart B is finished.

That's one of the possibilitiesthat tempers Ballard's enthusiasm.

The 7,854 miles of Wallowa-Whitman roads on the "likely to be needed" list are described in thereportas "having a moderate to high priorit y forretention due to public and administrative needs and should be considered for continuing routine maintenance, additional maintenance to mitigate

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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Arrested:Warren Thomas Fine,53, La Grande, was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor warrant charging failure to appear connected to original charges of driving uninsured and driving while suspended (misdemeanorj.

Arrested: Kassie Reynolds,33, unknown address, was arrested Friday on a Union County statewide misdemeanor warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of third-degree theft.

agreement connected to original charges of unlawful sexual penetration and sexual abuse.

Arrested: Daylen Verbout, 25, transient, was arrested Friday on a charge of first-degree theft. Verbout was additionally charged with third-degree theft.

Arrested: Angela Thamert, 38, Elgin, was arrested Friday on

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Arrested: Alfred Justin Odaol, 47, Eugene, was arrested Saturday on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxieants.

Cited: Irma May Freels, 76, Summerville, was cited Dec. 16 on a charge of hit and run.

Arrested: Gerald Orlan Dudek, 72, North Powder, was

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE Crews responded to 10 medical calls,two false alarms and a mutual aid request Friday. Crews responded to three medical calls Saturday and 11 Sunday.

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Arrested: Tyson Arthur Hancock,41, Union, was arrested Friday on a Union Countywarrant charging violation of a release

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That is why the news Friday that a massive$1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through the next year secured Congressional approval is so welcome. The spending bill keeps the doors of the federal government open and it extends nearly $600 billion in tax credits for individuals and businesses.

The president signed the legislation Friday.

The spending bill does a lot of things but most notably it prolongs a number of business tax credits, chief among them the research and development credit and a deduction for small business purchases of new equipment. The bill also extends permanently recent modifications to the$1,000child tax credit and also permanently a $2,500 college tuition tax credit. The spending legislation also throws more than $600 billion to defense. There are other items in the spending bill of note — including a repeal on the four-decade export oil ban of U.S. crude — but the main item here is that lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle appeared able to work together to fashion a plan that could be implemented as legislation. Surely, no one received what they wanted. Yet that is the nature of democracy. Democracy isn't constructed so that everyone can get what they want, despite what some may believe to be so.

Democracy is a messy business, but when it functions good things can get done; spending bills can be fashioned and implemented. When it does not work well, lawmakers appear to be squabbling children unable — or unwilling — to do the work of the people.

For far too long the voters of this nation have gained a reluctantly front-row seat to such behavior and confidence in the hallowed institutions such as the House and the Senate eroded. That erosion of confidence isn't a problem for the body politic to solve. It is up to the elected leaders of this great nation to satisfy the great honor bestowed upon them by voters to represent their constituents in Congress.

The spending bill is surely, a pretty run-of-the-mill piece oflegislation. Yet its significance is not so much in the details but in the larger implications that exist because of its passage. In short, it sends the right kind of signal to the American people that, yes, its elected leaders can sit down and actually work out a deal — in the traditions of democracy — to keep the government running.

That may be the most important take-away from the passage of the legislation.

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Your views Burns: America's leaders will not protect us from ISIS To the Editor: As Christmas nears I cannot help but diead the possibility of another ISIS attack somewhere in the country. Hopefully, I am wmng. It seems, however, that the radical Islamic terrorists would love nothing more than to spread their evil tentades during our mostreveied holiday season.

The radical left wing, through their favorite allies — the major news media — are having screaming fits concerning the comments by Donald Trump.

However, the more they attack him, the more his poll numbers increase.

I believe his popularity stems fiom the fact that he is not one of the mainstream politicians. Personally, I am really weary of politicians as they grind out the boring and tired old political adjectives. The only one that I feel will actually do something to destroy ISIS is Donald Trump.

His message is resonating with both the vocal and silent majority.

ISIS has stated openly that they plan to embedtheir operativesinto those who are seeking entry to this country and anyone that pays attention realizes that they want to kill us. Especially the Jews in and out of Israel and especially the United States. Many Americans seem to have the unrealistic position thatourleaderswillprotectus.Good luck. Dream on.

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or use a sword just as effectively. Then thereare poisons and bacteriological agents and on and on. If a diseased or malevolent mind has decided to inflict mayhem on innocents, he or she will find a way to do so.

To reduce the number of mass murders, we need to focus on the mind that pulls the trigger, not on the gun itself.

Perhaps we need to change our laws so thatitiseasierto secure treatment for the seriously mentally ill. We do need Stormy Burns,USN (Retired) to find a way to identify and then deal Joseph with those who think that it is the will of Allah that they kill off a bunch of us infidels. By the way, it is not antiSundin: Guns or not,som e Muslim to point out that all too many people are just dangerous mass murders are accompanied by cries of"Allahu Akhbar."

To the Editor: Paris, San Bernardino, with each Focusing on gun control is worse than new atrocity, President Obama and the useless; it prevents us from taking steps Democrats sing their sad song about that might actually do some good. The the need for more gun control. But they gun lobby is fond of saying,"Guns don't are barking up the wrong tree. Virtukill people; people kill people." But that ally all mass shootings have one of two is true. We will reduce the number of things in common: either the shooter is horrific atrocities only when we reduce a person with a serious but untreated the number of those who commit them. mental illness, or else the shooter is a radical Islamist.

Pete Sundin Suppose every firearm in the world Baker City were to suddenly disappear. Would we Gustafson: First-time offenders then be safer? Not particularly. There hurt by harsh sentences are lots of ways to kill lots of people.

We then could become subject to a rash To the Editor: of suicide bombers, such as have been Measure 11 has not only had a negataking place in Israel and Iraq for years. tive effect on the prison system, but Someone withmurder on the mind and also on families, communities and the a crossbow could kill a lot of people in a citizensofour state. crowded shopping mall or school room, More than 25 percent of Oregon's

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currentinmates i14,689 asofOctober 2015l are under a first-time offense with no other criminal background. I am one of the 3,876. From personal experience, I know how this measure has been abused, misused and skewed to penalize convicted parties with horrendously unjust sentences.

Measure 11's purpose was to imprison violent and repeat offenders. I do not fit this category, nor am I guiltyof the accusations attributed to me. However, byusing Measure 11, a sentence of over 30 years was able to be construed fiom my charges.

Now, at age 50, I begin my second year of incarceration.Isearch for opportunities to right this wrong. I lost my business, my occupation, my retirement, the world I once knew. I am astonished, dumbfounded and feel quite helpless, and I have found that I am not alone.

For many of us, this is a situation that had never crossed our minds. Cost? My incarcerationaloneisin excessof$1 million dollars, and who is paying? You are.

I have spent my adult life building a business, being a supportive and integral part of a community, and I never dreamed my life would take such a tragic turn. I pray I will win my appeal and be able to watch my now 12-yearold son graduate from high school. As for now, my personal devastation of not being an integral part ofhis growing years is dwarfed by realizing that he is suffering even more than I am since he does not have his dad in his daily life.

So who is winning? The families who have been torn apart, the communities who continue to feel a need to become ever-increasingly politically correct to the point of witch hunting, the citizens of our state who are picking up the tab or is it those ithe judges and the DAsl who havefound a way toplay God? So much for the government's true interest in the well-being of its citizens.

Our justice system is showing signs of breakingdown and isin due need ofrepair before noonehasafairtrial.Theproper and intended use of Measure 11could be the first step in this rehabilitation process.

Rich Gustafson Umatitta Editor's note: Gustafson, a former gymnastics coach in Bend, was found guilty of 11 counts of first-degree sex abuse and 20 counts of encouraging child sex abuse.

He was sentenced in 2014 to 33 years in prison. He is currently serving his sentence atTwo Rivers Correctional Institution.

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Language becomes barrier in pursuit

By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

One man was taken to the Union County Jail on Thursday after a 17-mile pursuit on eastbound Interstate 84.

Yan Chen, 44, of Stayton, was charged with attempting to elude after ignoring the police lights. According to Oregon State Police Sgt. Kyle Hove, Chen was initially beingstopped forgoing too fast in icy conditions, but he disregardedthe lights.

OSP Trooper Robert Routt pursued Chen for 17 miles until spike strips were deployednear milepost 258, accordingto the policereport.

When Chen's vehicle came to acontrolled stop,the offi cers had a difficult time communication with him because he spoke only Chinese.

Hove said when there is a language barrier, the officers are able to call in an interpreter, even in traffi cstops.

However, at the location of where Chen was stopped, it was difficult because of where he was pulled over to get information out to get a translator.

Hove said the officers tried using Google translator at the scene, but Chen was "uncooperative" so they transported him to the Union County Jail.

"It was ianl odd icasel because we couldn't communicate with him at all," Hove said."He was very upset. He couldn't speak English, we couldn't speak Chinese, and he wasn't cooperative with the translator iat the jail)."

Hove said it took longer for Chen to be processed than usual because of the languagebarrier,despite having a translator available.

Hove said the Union County District Attorney's office has to decide what to do with this unusual case.

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aregathering signaturesfor the measure. They have said that many of the signees have Continued from Page1A commented"It's about time." hopestoobtain 10 percent "Some are saying it's 10 more signatures than needed years too late," said Ray Ranin case some of the signadall, who has been gathering tures are invalid. signatures. eWe're halfway there," Mollerstrom said if this said Jim Mollerstrom, who measure passes, it would go startedthe grassrootsgroup. into effect in January 2017.

"The closer we get to the Feb. The Union County Citi17 deadline, the more we can zens for Good Government is accurately gauge whether the same group that successwe'll hit the goal." fully passed a measure makThe other possibility for ing the commissioners' seats the group would be to forgo nonpartisan in 2014. the May primaries, and Mollerstrom commented insteadgather signatures for that some say that limiting the November2016 ballot. a commissioner's term will Union County Commisdiscouragepeople from runsioner Jack Howard is one ning for the position because of the members of the group. it's only eight years.

He said if 800 or 900 signaThere are, so far, four tureswere gathered for this people vying to be commismeasure, that would send a sioner, he said. That's more clearsign thatresidents sup- than there has been in years. port term limits.

The deadline to file is in Several people in the group March.

RIGHTS Continued from Page1A by sell ing 4,200 acre-feetof the extra 12,000 acre-feet of water to farmers downstream. Wallowa River water flows into the Grande Ronde River, then to the Snake River and finally into the Columbia River.

ADC said it plans to reapply to Water Resources in 2016 witharevised plan"that will support fish life."Yanking the original application will delay the process by six to eight months, ADC said.

Nez Perce Fisheries and others have long wanted to restore coho and sockeye salmon to the Wallowa River and the lake. Currently, the dam blocks spawning, and the only salmon in the lake are kokanee, a landlocked type of sockeye descended from fish in the lake before the dam was built.

Oregon law also requires a fish passage when a dam undergoes a major modification.

Some local farmers and

residentsorganized as the Wallowas Future Foundation have opposed the water-sale proposal due to fearsthat availability of water now used by county farmers would be jeopardized.

Because of the dam, the lake provides "the lifeblood of the Wallowa Valley's agricultural community," the ADC said in a news release. The lake also supplies Joseph's drinking water and is the location of many of the county's recreational opportunities.

ADC President Tom Butterfi eld,a Joseph area rancher, said he is "disappointed" in the opposition. cWater from Wallowa Dam isneeded for agriculture and recreation," he said."The dam must be rebuilt to provide critical benefits to our community."

ADC, formed in 1919 to own and operate the dam, represents five ditch-owning companiesthat irrigate 16,000 acres of ranch and farmland. ADC has been trying since early this century to gainapprovalfortherenovation.

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The prospectofa ballotcrowded with measures that could divide businesses and lawmakers has also raised concerns in Salem that Oregon could see a collective fight a top lawmaker likened to the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War. That's got some lawmakers hoping for compromise, but there's no clear way forward.

In the runup to the legislative session, some Republicans and Democrats say they aren't able to find a clear path to stave off the divisive measures.

"The thing to me is, the measure will obviously pass or fail, but there's goingtobeloserson both sides,"said Sen. Mark Hass, a Beaverton Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee, referring to the proposed excise tax on businesses' sales above $25 million that would add about $5 billion to the state's two-year budget as it heads into a money shortage with huge looming bills to pay.

Senate President Peter Courtney put itmore dramatically in a speech before a group ofbusiness and political leaders in Portland last week.

"Oregon is on the verge of its own civil war. The war of the ballot," Courtney, D-Salem, said.'While we may not physically kill one another, the consequences of next Nov. 8 could be our own version of Antietam: potentially the bloodiest political day in Oregon's history."

In a state in which outside groups can put up the money to collect signatures and get a concept on the general election ballot to shape public policy, legislators often try to play the role of mediators who look for compromise between dueling sides of a policy issue.

That can be a tall order, as lawmakers have just 35 days to mediate in their session beginning Feb. 1.

Democrats are trying to play that role in the debate on raising the minimum wage statewide in Oregon, an effort that has the support of Gov. Kate

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Continued ~om Page1A eWe have hiking, the lack of physical activity that causes cancer, necessarily. In availability of trails and ithe some cases, physical activity Mount Emily Recreation Areal — people aren't using reduces the risk of cancers what's available," Rice said. including colon cancer and "It's so unfortunate because breast cancer.

"Physical activity cuts we're in such an incredible area, and it's not being thoserisks iofgettingcertain kinds of cancer) by 40 used."

The age group in which percent," Bronstein said.

Colon cancer, breast physical activity drops is right around middle school, cancer and lung cancer are Rice said. the top threecancerspeople ''What we're doing here is get, the most common being lung cancer. we want to target these chil"I'll get on my own person- drenfordeveloping riskier al soap box," Bronstein said. behavior. They're really at "It's like putting on a seat this crucial time where they can form good habits belt. You can't say you're and realize healthy habits," goingtoputon a seatbelt after you had the accident.

Pfaffenbachsaid."It'seither People need to be preventathat or they continue on this sedentary track. Oftentimes, tive. Exercising does more for a person than getting the way we approach cancer surgery or chemo. The time is reactionary — after the to interveneisbeforegetting cancer has been diagnosed, diagnosed with cancer." after they've been overRice and Pfaffenbach weight for years. Whereas want to do just that — inter- there's enough information vene before cancer strikes. that shows the habits and The physical activity decisions children make in and health department at theiradolescent years afEOU are spearheading the fects them as adults."

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a coalition of unions and civil rights groups pushing to gradually raise the minimum hourly wage to $13.50 in Oregon and remove a law that bans cities from setting their own hourly rates.

But a second minimum wage proposal, to raisethe rateto $15 an hour by 2019 and index it to inflation thereafter, faces a higher bar.

"The state Legislature would have to come I think a lot farther for us than

they would for the i$13.50l campaign for us to withdraw," said Justin Kertson, organizer for 15 Now Oregon.

The six weeks before the Legislature convenes will determine whether lawmakers will put forward an all-out effort to quell concerns from businesses worried about higher taxes and labor costs and the union-backed groups looking for extra revenue for public services.

Hass would likely carry the torch for any effort in the Senate to compromise on a tax measure that would potentially affect around 1,000 businesses in Oregon, according to the most recent figures from the nonpartisan Legislative Revenue Office, from 2012.

Members of Hass' finance committee last session looked at a tax that would be six times smaller than the one proposed by a collection of unions and other groups pushing for all businesses with sales within Oregon over $25 milliontopay 2.5 percent.

the 20-week, twice a week, afterschool program toget outsideand be active.

"I believe the first thing we're going to do is snowshoeing and cross country skiing," Rice said. "We'll go up to MERA in January.

We want to do things in and around town and be active."

Ricesaid the program will also include a weekend trip.

"If we get it early and stress the nutritional decision to lead an active lifestyle, it will have a positive impact ion these children)," Pfeafenbach said.

higherrate ofcancerdeaths in Union County than the statewide rate.

Bronstein said that statistic isn't necessarily true.

"Oregon, compared to the other states, we're actually doing pretty well," Bronstein said.cWe don't have a higher rate of cancer. The problem is icomparingl county by county. We don't have a lot of people in this county."

Bronstein said the comparisons of counties with largepopulations arebeing compared to the counties with small populations.

"By statistics, you can't say we're any different," Bronstein said.

Rice and Pfaffenbach will lead 20 students from La Grande Middle School on

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Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland, is working on a bill that could divide Oregon into three regions with different minimum wages and likely with different timelines for implementing those raises.

Under the Dembrow proposal, which hasn't been finalized, the Portland metro area would have the highest minimum hourlywage.Bend,Eugene and other smaller metro areas would have a middle tier hourly wage, and Oregon's rural areas would have the lowest rate.

"I think there's a lot of interest in our doing something, I think, because thereare ballotm easures outthere," Dembrow said."There is the sense that we can do something better."

But as the number of politically challenging issues piles up, Republicans are waryofgiving ground and taking difficult votes in an election year on an issue that might head to the ballot anyway.

"I would certainly look at iregional hourly rates), but I'm not confident five weeks is enough time even under the invitation of the government unions saying We swear in blood we'll pull the ballot measures"'if the Legislature raises the minimum wage first, said House Republican Leader Mike McLane, of Powell Butte.

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SrainerdcomnletesCareerSchool at Modern Woodmenheadauarters • Fivedayprogram focused on helping families plan for life and reach goals

By Tiish Yerges

The class was comprised of 10 men and 7 women beModern Woodmen of tween the ages of 23 and 57.

Americarepresentative The training was thorough, Kemberlea Brainerd comeight hours each day, and pleted a five-day educational there were many opportunitiesforthe class members to class at the Modern participate in role playing, Woodmen presentations and exchanging ideas, Brainerd said. headquarters "I can tell you that the No. in Rock Is1 thing I walked away with land, Illinois.

B rainerd Brai n e r d from this career school was that I made the right choice attended the 281st Career School with 16 to choose this career, and otherrepresentatives across that Modern Woodmen went the country. way beyond my expectaThey listened to 26 diftions as a great company," ferent program speakers Brainerd said."They treated discussaspects oftechnology, the reps so well, and we're fraternalism, underwriting going to treat our members and a number of other areas like gold." vitalfor success.

Brainerd was enthusias"The program focused on ticabout the coverage on helping families plan for life fraternalism, where repreand reach their financial sentatives take the initiagoals with Modern Woodtive to hold public events men," Brainerd said."This throughout the year to work with the community. school is held only twice a "That's the area where year — once in the summer and once in the winter." we do events for members, Brainerd and the other member families and for attendeesmet criteria setby the community as well," Modern Woodmen thatqual- Brainerdsaid."Igetto do 12 ified them for the training. events a year, and Modern ForThe Observer

Woodmen gives me the funds to put these things together."

Modern Woodmen works hard to givetheirrepresentativestools,resources and product knowledge to help their members and grow their businesses.

"Every time we get a new member, it puts dollars back into the community," she sald.

When Modern Woodmen selects representatives, Brainerd said, they are lookingforpeopleofgood character.

Many ofthem have had a wide varietyofoccupational experiencesbeforejoining Modern Woodmen, which helps them relate to and understand their members' lives.

For Brainerd, she feels her previous insurance background has been an advantage for her.

She had also been a very active community volunteer prior to joining Modern Woodmen in July, so the fraternalismaspectofMo dern Woodmen comes second nature to her.

The Career School spent a day and a half on the topic of fraternalism, talking about

events that other regions aredoingto support their members. Some of those events may include putting on afundraiser fora local individual or organization in need or it may be simply putting on entertainment for the members.

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I will receive $2,500 (with matching funds) annually to help with events that I want to put on," Brainerd said.

"For example, once a year, we'll put on a Hometown Hero event which honors that person. This year, I'll kick off the Hometown Hero event at the Elgin Chamber Banquet. Besides honoring Courtesy photo that person, we give him The Modern Woodmen educational class had 26 different speaers who discussed important areas vital for $100 togive to an organization of his choice. success.

Another part of the Career School program covered m en gives us a lotofco-op solvent. If we had to pay all technology, including how dollarsto advertise events, our members out in their life therepresentatives can and that's a great help." in annuity benefits, we'd still successfully use Facebook, The class also considered have 12 cents on the dollar.

LinkedInand Modern Wood- the topic of underwriting A.M. Best rates Modern men's website, how to set it criteriaand processes,w hich Woodmen at up and what to post. begins with the gathering of A+ superior, the highest "They definitely recoma person's medical history. ratingpossible,and we've "Underwriting is the mend we use Facebook," heldthatrating forover30 she said. "I think it would number one process of years," she said.

Modern Woodmen. They Brainerd represents Modput us in touch with the community, and it helps us are very thorough in their ern Woodmen throughout advertise our events. What's underwriting which enables NortheastOregon and may really nice is Modern Wood- Modern Woodmen to be be reached at 541-910-7466.

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Bob and Bev Moody were married in Bend in 1955. Bev was on leave from the Air Force and Bob, who had been honorably discharged from the Navy three months earlier, was working at the Bend Bulletin.

The couplehave two sons,CurtMoody and Ken Moody, both of La Grande and a daughter,Barbara Moody ofPortland as well as six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.as six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Cecil and Becky Churchill of Elgin will mark their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 27.

They were married in 1965 in Elgin.

A reception to celebrate their anniversary will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Dec. 26 at the Elgin Community Center, hosted

by Lisa Garcia of Pendleton, Debra Stack of Milton-Freewater and Richard Churchill of Elgin. No gifts please.

EOU closed for holidays Emma Logsdon100th birtTiday

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Eastern Oregon University's campus andofficeswill close during the holidays beginning today and will reopen Dec. 28.

The closure falls during winter break for enrolled students. Only those em-

Emma Logsdon of La Grande celebrated her 100thbirthday earlier this month.

She was born Dec. 12, 1915. She thanks all who attended her birthday party.

ployees who provide essential services will be required to work, such as campus security and facilities staff in the event of inclement weather. EOU will also close on New Year's Day. Winter term begins and classes resume Jan.4.

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The November event had to be canceled because ofroad conditions.

There is a limited time afterblood isdrawn forit to be processed, and there was no guarantee that the crew could make it back in time.

Organizers are grateful for all the people who have given blood.

The need for blood donations is great and ongoing, and theyremain hopeful that they will meet their goals in 2016.

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This postcard picture shows some of the houses at Perry in the early days. Perry was a sawmill town and houses for the employees were owned and furnished by the Grande Ronde Lumber Company. Perry was a thriving little town until the company moved its mill to Pondosa. The town is still there and quite a few people live there. It's quiet and out of the way if you overlook the fact that the railroad and 1-84 pass by the side of it. The postcard picture was taken in 1908.

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The scene at Summervile Stables was rather picturesque for the families who participated in the Christmas with Horses event on Saturday.

The snow just began to fall on the Summerville property when the event began, with groups of families coming.

This was the first time Tracy Reed, who owns the stables, had the event. She said she's had Summerville

"There'salso a lotofkitStables for three years now, and she wanted to offer a tens around and some ducks family event. from the pond," Reed said.

"I love horses and kids," Reed said before her Reed said."This is my gift to familymoved, herdaughter them at Christmas time." had to haul their horse to an Swarms of people came arena when they lived near to show their interest in the La Grande. event, which offered sleigh Reed said her and her rides, a petting zoo,horse family tried to come up with rides and cookie and ornaa justifiable way to owning ment decorating. the much larger property on Reed said there are 35 Hunter Road. horses and miniature horses They now offer full care on the property. The petting horse boarding, horse camps, 4-H events, all kinds ofleszooalsooffered bunnies, goats and pigs. sons including colt training

and birthday party events to anyone interested.

"I believe horses are expensive," Reed said."Some people can't do lessons, that's why we offered this event (todayl.a She said she'd like to do the Christmas with Horses event every year. She didn't

know what to expect on Saturday since she didn't really advertise theevent except for on their Facebook page.

For more information about Summerville Stables, go to www.summervillestables.com or look up their Facebook page at"Summerville Stables."

The Union Fire Department will be wrapping and delivering the donated gifts tofamiliestoday aspartof Toys for Tots.

'The fire and (emergency medical personnel) are all volunteers and put boxes out (in the community) for peopleto donatetoys,"said Laura Dodds, offlce manager for the City of Union and a volunteerEMS."Some people donate money, toys, coats, hats and other things."

Dodds said the local schoolsgive thefi re department the names of children who should be included in the event, and the volunteers separate the information about the age and gender so peoplecan shop forthechild. aWe go through the donations and then separate them into age groups," Dodds said. "Usually, depending on how many children there are, each one getsfour gifts."

Dodds said one of the firemen dress up like Santa Clausand delivers the gifts once they're wrapped.

She estimates there are usually between 15 and 20 families receiving gifts.

When someone donates money, the volunteers look to seewhat gifts are needed and will use the money to go toward that, she said.

To make a donation, contact the fire department at 541-562-6226.

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Both work at the Elgin Medical Clinic. Lezlie is the offlce coordinator while Lori is the receptionist. Both Lezlie and Lori stated that Steve Oliver, Jared Rogers and Daryl Hawes were the Lions who occasionally stopped into the offlce to encourage them to join the organization. Both Lezlie and Lori enjoy working with students and listed this as a primaryreason to join the Lions.

Lezlie noted,"I like projects

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Lori has two children: Veronica Both Lezlie and Lori are and Jack. fiom California. Lezlie was Lezlie said,aMy husband born in Eureka and moved to retired fiom being a carpenter San Jose and Redding before and wanted to get into farmgraduating fiom Santa Rosa ing. We got on the Internet High School. and foundafarm on Highway Lori was born at the Hamil- 82 so he could grow grass hay. ton Air Force Base, where her But he is also working for WC fatherserved asan aircraft Construction." mechanic and later for the Lori met her husband at United Airlines. She attended Blue Mountain Community Petaluma High School before College."Steve was in logging moving to Oregon, where she and drovelog trucks.He later graduated fiom Weston McE- was a driverforW al-Mart," wen High School. she said. Like Lezlie and Lezlie and Lori both enjoy her husband, Lori and her the outdoors and sports. Lezlie husband chose to move to listed gardening, camping and Elgin because of what the area making quilts as favorite hob- offers.aWe liked this area, so bies, as well as participatingin (wel settled here." service groups. Lori likes being Gerald Hopkins is a freelance outdoors and practices phowriterwho livesin Elgin.

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The Atlanta Postal Credit Union now owns the building by default.

The auction came after a foreclosureprocess thatwas temporarilystopped by a faulty bankruptcy filing.

U.S. Postal Service spokesman John Friess has said the agency wishes to renew its lease in the space if the new owner addresses the maintenance issues in the building.

Construction workers stand on a scaffold outside one of the buildings under construction at the Oregon State University-Cascades campusThursday in Bend.

Sendcamsusconstruction isa soggyundertaking well asacoffeeshop,conveniencestoreorotheryet-to-bedeterminedbusinessesprimarily serving the campus.

Condon said the university will build a pull-out on Century Drive adjacent to the dorm, where Cascades East Transit buses will be able to parkofFthe road to load and unload passengers. The campus has been designed with approximately 300 parking spaces, and the university is pushing students and stafFto bike, walk, or use transit.

Crews are expected to begin excavation for the dining hall in about two weeks. The twostory building, near the center of the 10-acre plot, will also featuresome classroom space.

In the primary academic building connete slab floors have been poured, and news are working to install heating equipment and a metalkamework that will anchor the exterior walls. The mofis expected to be completed in January, Condon said, putting an end to the rain and snowmelt that are preventinginterior knish work

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crews have held off on backfilling the trenches, a necessary BEND — Wintry weather stepbeforethe concretefl oor ispresenting a challenge for slab can be pomed.

Even before the weather crews constructing the OSUCascades campus, six months turned wet, construction of aftertheprojectbroke ground the dorm was lagging, Conin southeast Bend. don said. Because ofland use Three buildings are challenges from opponents of plannedforthe 10-acre site: the campus site, the univerthe three-story academic sity delayed groundbreaking building currently rising near on the building, he said, and therearofthe property,a is not currently on track to residence hall edging Century be ready to house students Drive and a dining hall near on campus by the start of the 2016-17 school year. the center of the property.

The university is moving Condon said it's not esforthefloor slab to be toward purchasing an adjoin- sential ing 46-acre property for poured for work to proceed. future expansion but has not Forms are being built for yet inked a deal. the concrete stem wall around John Condon, OSU-Casthe exterior of the dorm, he cades facilities and operations said, and once that has been manager, led The Bulletin on a poured, crews can begin erecttour of the property Thursday. ing the building's steel frame Condon said recent snow and pour the floor when drier and rain have slowed construc- conditions return. tion of the L-shaped residence Once complete, the four-story hall. Trenches for utilities dorm will pmvide housing for havebeen dug and fi lled with more than 300 students. The plumbing pipe and conduit for gmund floor will be dedicated electrical cables, but with the primarily to a student fitness soil saturated, Condon said center and student lounge, as WesCom News Service

bank employees were held hostage for a short time when PORTLAND — Portland a man showed an employee what looked like explosives police have released the names of the man killed and and demanded money. two injured in a shooting at KTVZ reported a 72-yeara Portland motorcycle club old La Pine man placed this weekend. what appeared to be dynaThey say the shooting mite Friday afternoon. left 40-year-old Demarcus Police negotiators arrived and the suspectemerged kom Spencer dead and 41-yearold Dwayne Bates and the bank about 30 minutes 35-year-old Jason Burk inlater to surrender — shirtless jured. Bates and Burk were and with his hands up. taken to a hospital but their The Oregon State Police injuries were not believed to bomb squadlater deterbe life-threatening. mined the possible dynaInvestigators said witmite and other items were nesses reported hearing more hoax devices. than two dozen gunshots Capt. Paul Kansky said early Saturday at the DaThomas A, Henderson was arhuru Motorcycle Club. They rested and booked on charges ofrobbery, kidnapping, postold police that two suspects fled in a vehicle. Police on sessionofhoaxdestruction Sunday said they had no devices and coercion. further updates on the case.

Several businesses were evacuated during the incident Grants Pass to expand and Bend and Marshall high historic district schools wentinto lockdown.

GRANTS PASS —The City of Grants Pass is planning to expand its downtown historic district.

The Mail Tribune reported that the plan calls for expanding the districtfrom two blocks to about 15. Offtcials want to standardize the historic look and streamline exterior remodel approvals.

The city has already filed an amendment to the law, which the Urban Area Planning Commission will review on Jan. 13 before it goes in kont of the City Council in February. However, a couple ofbuilding and business owners in the expansion zone expressed concern about the changes, saying restrictions on exteriors could turn out to be expensive or decrease property value.

Landslide prompts evacuations OREGON CITY —Police in Oregon say a slow-moving landslide has prompted evacuationorders fortwo apartment buildings south of Portland.

Residents of10apartments at the Berryhill Townhouses and Apartments in Oregon City, about 13 miles south of Portland, have been told to evacuate by 5 p.m.

Monday. The order comes as city officials have been monitoring slide activity on a hill there since Dec. 14.

In addition, residents of the lower section of the Forest Edge Apartments nearby have been asked to leave voluntarily and go stay with friends or relatives. Police said a mandatoryevacuation order is possible there as well.

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The Herald and News reported that Thomas Hevener and Danielle Hevener were sentenced Friday to 86 months in prison after being convicted of child neglect.

As part of a plea agreement, charges of manslaughter were dropped.

Lawyers for the couple had asked for probation, claiming the Heveners had no malicious intent and are in need of ongoing mental health treatment.

The body of Jeflrey Hevener was found in February 2014. The cause of death was determined to be accidental strangulation.

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what'rich' really means Many of my memories that I cherish have to do with when my husband George and I made the most ofholiday decor during the"lean"years.

One Christmas that comes to me this morning is when we were living in Salem and our three little boys were very young.

Our home was the first that we had owned, buying that is, as George was settling-in to find permanent employment. It was a very old house that we were remodeling as we had funds, even changing room use like a bedroom into a living room across the front of the house.

In other words, we lacked cash to spend on many gifts or decorations and we had agreed early on not to go into debt in order to make it a"big" Christmas, a decision that followed us all through our financial married life and brought us out on top when aged.

But, that was then and we were young, so we had to find a way around one problem — most of the houses on our street had been constructed with a fireplace in the living room and ours had never been so well-built. The reason that it was a problem was that Christmas was coming and our sons were aware that our house was not like any of our neighbors'.

"Where are we going to hang our stockings if we don't have a fireplace?" they asked.

Thismay have been the same year thatGeorge had brought home a large tumbleweed from one ofhis business trips to use as our Christmas tree, I'm not sure, but it fits the scene in my memory. Certainly, placed on the round coffee table in the middle of the room, there was no way to hang their Christmas stockings, even small ones from the stickery outcroppings as a substitute hanging site.

W e had to fi nd away around this important dilemma since the children in the homes in our block were already hanging their stockings from the shelf thatstretched acrossthefrontoftheir brick or wooden-faced fireplace to await Santa's arrival.

All we had was a bare wall across one side of our living room waiting for a new coat of paint or wallpaper when we got to that point in our remodeling.

A fireplace was out of the question. Still, we had to find an acceptable solution since our boys frowned at pinning their stockingsto abarewall.

At the time, storessold falsefi replace fronts in varying amounts of cost, but eventhecardboard fold-outfi replaces were too rich for our budget.

One morning I found George standing in front of the wall studying the bareness ofit, then gave me a kiss with a glint in his eyes and left for work as see what I can find," he asusual. a111 suredme.That evening when he came home from town a little late he carried a bigsack with colored paper foldssticking out the top and tucked it away in the closet.

After the boys were asleep in their three little beds, he drew forth the sack and Icould seetherollsofpaperwere crepepaper bearing the brick design. aWe're going to build them a fireplace," he said with a smile.

Together, while the boys slept, we measured and cut the paper rolls and pasted them to the wall in the shape of a full-sized brick fireplace with a piece of black paper to suggest the firebox where Santa could come down the chimneyless fireplace and a strip of white paper across the entire thing to represent the facing of a wood beam.

'They11 have to use a lot of imagination," I said while standing back to look at the finished project,"but they have plenty of it."

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I love making simple treats to hand out this time of year. I know there is plenty ofbaking that goes on, so I wanted to experiment with something a little different. I searched for recipesthat called foringredientsthatwere easy to find and simple enough to make. I enjoyed making each treat and hope that this gives you some fun and inexpensive alternativesto thisseason'sgiving.

I came across this peppermint hot chocolate recipe fully appreciating how cute these were, but was very skeptical as to if they actually worked and how they tasted. This is my favorite of the three: it totally works and is simply delicious. There is nothing better than sitting with a friend enjoying a bit ofhot cocoa.

Thank you to Chris from Dot & Rosie for the macaroon inspiration. Making macaroons is just child's play. You can get your hands messy and make something that is pretty healthy to snack on. Feel free to add in your favorite flavors or fruits.

For the final treat, you might look at this and think that it is totally off the mark, but I encourage you to tryit and warn you thatthey are a bitaddicting. These chocolate chip treats are easy to make and strangelydelicious,perfect for game night or that afterdinner snack.

I hope you are all enjoying your holiday time and keeping in mind that the most important gift of all is being present with your loved ones. Cheers!

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crystall ized or turned into St. Louis Post-Dispatch a jaml. The nutmeg seed is Easy does it. A light hand also surrounded by a red is vital when you're cooking sheath that is ground up to with nutmeg. make the spice mace.

That's three different food Nutmeg is usually a items made from one fruit supporting character that makes the lead actor look and seed. If nothing else, nutmeg is efftcient. good; it is the makeup rather than the face. It has In this country, nutmeg is most frequently found such a strong, dominating flavor that it is best used already ground. But you can sparingly. also buy it still in the seed You may not even notice it form and grind it yourself when you taste it in somewhen needed. This method is much more fragrant and thing, but you'll sure notice flavorful, and it's also easy. If its absence when it is left out. you have a microplane, just It'sthe secretingredient run the nut over the grate. in fettuccine Alfredo or any Few entrees make use of cream sauce, and itgives nutmeg, so I decided to use it in a snack, a vegetable that extra nip that makes your egg nog taste nice. dish, a starch and a dessert.

If you use it at all, you are The snack is probably likely to use it now, with the the most fun. How can you holidays at hand. Otherwise, go wrong with something it may stay in your drawer called Spiced Popcorn with until next year — or until Pecans and Raisins? the next time you make fetAs usual, the nutmeg flavor is subtle, part of the tuccine Alfredo.

But what is nutmeg? It blend. Here it is mixed isthe seed ofa tree,and with cinnamon, turmeric, the fruit in which it is gingerand maple syrup for found can also be eaten (in a sweet-and-spicy mixture Malaysia and Indonesia, it that is stirred into melted is sometimes sweetened and butter and then poured over

popped popcorn. Toasted pecans add nuttiness and crunch, and golden raisins provide a dash of sweet color.

Perhaps the most enjoyablepart ofthisdish form e was making the popcorn. I used a pot with a glass lid, which I had never used before for popcorn. All my previous lids were solid metal. I watched it the whole time it was popping, fascinated. Perhaps I'm just easy to please, but it's almost worth buying a glass lid for.

The most savory of the disheswas also the fastest and easiest to prepare.Wi lted Spinach with Nutmeg and Garlic contains almost nothing more than the name indicates; it is a simple presentation that makes the most of the natural affmity of spinach for nutmeg and also of spinach for garlic.

Put them all together in a bit of olive oil and you have a dish that takes almost no time to make but is elegant enough to grace the menu of a fine restaurant.

The starch dish is a variation on one of everyone's

favorite foods. The nutmeg in Nutmeg and Black Pepper Popovers adds a depth that is missing in ordinary, nutmeg-less popovers, and

Popovers with nutmeg. Nutmeg, which is the seed of a tree, is a versatile spice but its strong flavor means you need to be sparing when using it in recipes.

the black pepper adds a bite that contrasts nicely with the richness.

The rest of the dish, of course, is entirely rich and light and airy and delicious.

It has a little bit of parsley in it, too, so you can tell yourself it's healthy.

For dessert, Im ade a dish in which the nutmeg is the star of the show. Nutmeg Cake is a wonderfully light and airy Armenian dish with all sorts of goodies in it: cinnamon, sour cream, brown sugar and walnuts among them.

But it's the nutmeg that really stands out as the predominantfl avor,and that turns out to be a good thing. With its exotic, nutty appeal, nutmeg is a vital spice in many desserts.

When you eat the cake, you wonder why nutmeg is still a supporting actor and not a star.

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Sweet potato pie stole the show before ~ giv i ng — all thanks to a viral video review of Patli LaBelle-brand sweet potato pie sold at Walmart.

James Wright Chanel's glorious review, which is interspersed with him singing snippets of LaBelle's songs and a few this-is-the-bestthing-I've-tasted curse words, was viewed more than 4.1 million times on YouTube. After that video went viral, a spokesperson said the country's largest retailer sold one pie a second for 72 hours.

Even if you didn't see the video or run to Walmart to buy a pie, you likely got sucked into debates about which is better: sweet potato pie or Pumpkin Chiffon Pie. pumpkin pie. Or you participated in the larger perennial holiday Then I made a sweet potato verdebate: which is the best piesion.Itwaseven better. pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan or Chanel's viral video earned him apple.

I definitely fall into the pumpkin/ a phone call fiom LaBelle and sweet potato camp, but I don't have later an invitation to her house for ~g ivi n g dinner. a strong view on one versus the other. I love them both. (I know Ifyou missed the chance to buy that is sacrilege to some.) Those a Patli LaBelle pie at Walmart, conversations led me to whip up a a company spokesperson said family favorite this Thanksgiving they will be back in stores later that I had almost forgotten: pump- this month for the end of the year kin chiffon pie. holidays. Or you could try making My grandmother and mom used this version. to make this pie, and my sister, Kathryn, made one last year for PUMPKIN CHIFFONPIE our Thanksgiving feast.

WITH GINGERSNAP I love this pie's lighter texture.

The recipe calls for folding mePECAN CRUST ringue into the custard to create a To convert this recipe for sweet luffy,betterversion ofthe dassic. f potato pie, substitute mashed sweet After servingit this year, it was so potatoes for the pumpkin and omit popular between dinner and takethe ginger. Puree the custard ingredihome leflovers that we only had ents in a food processor before one slice left. placing in a saucepan and bringing So I made another one, improvto a boil. Stir often while coming to ing on the graham cracker crust a boil, then proceed as directed. Be with gingersnap cookies and sure to use pasteurized egg whites pecans.

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NUTMEG AND BLACKPEPPER POPOVERS Yield: about 18 servings 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 3 large eggs 1 teaspoon freshly grated or ground nutmeg 2"/2 cups whole milk 6 tablespoons melted butter, divided Note:The battermay be made up to one day ahead of time and kept covered in the refrigerator.

milk until well blended. Gently whisk in flour mixture, followed by 3 tablespoons of the melted butter. Do not overmix.

3. Divide the remaining 3 tablespoons of melted butter among 18 standard muffin cups, placing "/2 teaspoon of butter in each one. Pour batter into the muffin tins, filling cups '/4 full and dividing equally. Bake popovers until puffed, golden brown and crispy around the edges, 30 to 35 minutes. Using a thin knife or offset spatula, remove popovers from pan and serve immediately.

Per serving: 118 calories; 6 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 45 mg cholesterol; 4 g protein; 13 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; no fiber; 348 mg sodium; 48 mg calcium.

— Adaptedfrom Bon Appetit

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Whisk together flour, parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, whisk eggs and

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Coconut Macaroons '/4 Cup finely ground almond flour 1"/2 Cups dried shredded unsweetened coconut 2Tablespoons raw honey 2Tablespoons maple syrup "/4 Cup coconut manna or coconut oil

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Seed catal ogs have been arriving in my mailboxes — electronic and USPS-approved— since mid-November. We've barely closed one gardening season, and now we're amassing notes for our 2016 gardens.

The 2016 All-America Selections of flowers and vegetables has been released. Nine new plants were in trial by horticulture experts throughout North America during the 2015 growing season. The results are always encouraging to Eastern Oregon gardeners, with the possibility we can add something new to our limited growing season. All-America Selections is a nonprofit organization that has existed since 1932. None of the AAS winners are bred or produced using genetic engineering.

With catalogs arriving, the list will give you a heads up to look for the victorious varieties, which are usually marked NEW or 2016 AAS winner.

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or whites from pasteurized eggs since the meringue is not cooked.

Adapted from GoldieWeigl and Epicurious.com.

For crust: 14 (2-inch) gingersnaps (about 4 ounces) 1 cup pecans "/4 cup granulated sugar /2stick ("/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled For pie: 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 2/3 cup brown sugar /2teaspoon salt /2teaspoon cinnamon /2teaspoon nutmeg /2teaspoon ginger 1"/4 cups mashed, cooked pumpkin 3 egg yolks "/2cup milk

3 egg whites, at room temperature /2cup powdered sugar Whipped cream, optional Make crust: In a food processor

5 cups popped popcorn 2 cups pecans 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or virgin coconut oil 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon ground turmeric /2teaspoon cayenne pepper /2teaspoon ground ginger /2teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup 1 cup golden raisins 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

2. Toss popcorn with pecans. Set aside. Melt butter in a small skillet over low heat.

Add cinnamon, salt, paprika, turmeric, cayenne, ginger and nutmeg and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Stir in maple syrup.

Pour over popcorn mixture and mix to coat.

3. Spread out on the prepared baking sheet and bake, tossing every 10 minutes, until dry and nuts are toasted, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool. Stir in raisins.

you like and mix everything together and form small balls.

You can dehydrate them for about 6 hours at135 degrees, you want them dried on the outside and chewy on the inside.You can also bake at 200 In a small bowl combine the degrees for 34-50 minutes. flour and coconut together.

In a different bowl add the honey, syrup, coconut butter Into Chocolate or oil, vanilla and salt, mix 1 Bag of ruffled potato chips together to fully combine.

2 Dolic Frutta -8 ounce hard You can use your hands if

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grind gingersnaps, pecans and sugar fine and add butter, blending until combined well. Press mixture onto bottom and side of a 9-inch (1-quart) glass pie plate. Bake crust in middle of oven 15 minutes, or until crisp and golden around edge, and cool on rack.

Combine gelatin, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cooked pumpkin, yolks and milk in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Once boiling, remove fromheatand placesaucepan in a sink or roasting pan filled with ice water to cool down. The filling is cool enough when it mounds on a spoon.

Make the meringue: place egg whites in a mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed for about a minute or until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar,1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high for 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Fold into pumpkin filling and fill cooled pie crust. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

Yield: 8-10 slices.

Per serving: 312 calories; 23 gfat;4 g saturated fat; 8 mg cholest erol;4 g protein; 28 g carbohydrate; 17 g sugar; 5 g fiber; 245 mg sodium; 41 mg calcium.

— Recipe by Bon Appetit

NUTMEG CAKE Yield: 12 servings 12 tablespoons (1"/2sticks) unsalted butter, cubed, plus more for pan 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan 4"/2 teaspoons (1"/2 tablespoons) freshly grated or ground nutmeg 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2/4 teaspoon baking soda /2teaspoon kosher salt 2 cups light brown sugar, packed 1/2cups sour cream 1 cup milk 2 eggs, beaten /2cup finely chopped walnuts Powdered sugar, for dusting

Vegetative winners Two geraniums received the AAS 2016 ornamentalvegetativeaward.

Geranium brocadefi re hasunique, bi-color bright green with bronze foliage and orange flowers. The plant height is listed as 10 to 24 inches with a bloom sizeof5inches.

The second geranium is geranium brocade cherry night. Cherry night also has a striking foliage ofbronze leaves with green margins and large double blooms of cherry pink.

See Winners/Page 9B

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-by13-inch baking pan. Set aside.

2. In a food processor, combine flour, nutmeg, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; pulse to combine.

Add buttercubesand pulse until pea-size crumbs form.

3. Add brown sugar, sour cream, milk and eggs; process until smooth. Add walnuts; stir in with a rubber spatula.

4. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer to a rack; let cool. To serve, unmold cake and dust top with powdered sugar.

Per serving: 464 calories; 21 gfat;11g saturatedfat;76 mg cholesterol; 7 g protein; 63 g carbohydrate; 38 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 293 mg sodium; 145 mg calcium.

WILTED SPINACH WITHNUTMEGAND GARLIC Yield: 4 servings 1"/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large garlic clove, chopped 1 pound baby spinach 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated, or"/2 teaspoon ground 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt 1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

2.Add the spinach in big handfuls, putting more in the pan as it wilts. Stir in the nutmeg and salt. Serve while hot.

Per serving: 97 calories; 5 g fat;1gsaturatedfat;nocholesterol; 3 gprotein;12 gcarbohydrate; no sugar; 5 g fiber; 240 mg sodium; 82 mg calcium.

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JOB OPENING NOTICE OREGON TRAIL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE NORTHERN DIVISION DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative lOTEC) with headquarters in Baker City, Oregon, has an opening for Northern Division District Superintendent. This position is based in the La Grande District Office and supervises operations employees in the La Grande and Baker City offices.

High school diploma or equivalent required. A minimum of five years' experience managing the engineering and/or operations activities of a rural electric cooperative is preferred. Experience in other business settings will be evaluated for relevance. Ten years of increasingly responsible experience in electric utility construction and maintenance; demonstrated knowledge of electric line crew operations, electrical principles and safety codes; and the ability to supervise others and work effectively with associates and consumers is required.

Must be able to take appropriate action on one's own initiative. Strong management skills in areas of communication, motivation, delegation, evaluation as well as employee development and planning.

Responsible for all construction, maintenance and operations in both district service areas including safety, fleet maintenance and assistance in budgeting. This position requires that the employee have no restrictions on hours of work and/or travel.

OTEC has 83 employees in four district offices serving over 30,000 members located in eastern Oregon, known for its excellent hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation. Excellent health and retirement benefit package.

Please submit a resume and application lwhich can be found on our website — www.otecc.com) and any other applicable documents to the attention of the H.R. Dept., OTEC, 4005 23rd Street, Baker City, OR 97814.

For questions or more information, please contact Debby Ray, Director of Human Resources at dray@ otecc.com or l541) 524-2832. Applications and resumes must be received no later than December 31, 2015.

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725 - Apartment Rentals Union Co. HIGHLAND VIEW Apartments

745 - Duplex Rentals Union Co.

752 - Houses for Rent Union Co. PRIME LOCATION, 2 DRC'S PROPERTY master bdrms, 1/2 ba, MANAGEMENT, INC.

h eated garage, w / d 215 Fir Str hookups, w/s included.

La Grande OR Between EOU I!t hos$600/mo. 541-388-8382 Houses: pital. $850/mo + $900 dep. 5 4 1 -805-9181 4 bd, 21/5 ba, on south The Elms Apartments Now accepting applica630 - Feeds tions f o r fed e r a l ly side $1,200 2920 Elm Street funded housing. 1, 2, REMODELED 2 bd, 1 ba, 3 bd, 2 ba, close to Baker City, OR 97814 150 TON 1st crop $615/mo, $500 dep.. and 3 bedroom units college $850 Alfalfa-alfalfa grass. no pets, no smoking, with rent based on in3 bd, 1 ba, close to 3x4 bales. No rain, test. w/s paid. Avail. Jan 1st come when available.

Rivena $695 125 TON 2nd crop ridia 541-786-0069.

Alfalfa -alfalfa grass All Units are Prolect phone number: 30 TON 3rd Crop 750 - Houses For 541-437-0452 Non Smoking Currently accepting appliSm. bales.(100 lb. avg.)

TTY: 1(800)735-2900 Rent Baker Co. cations. 2 bdrm apartNo reasonable offer 760 - Commercial ment w/F R IG, DW, 2-BDRM, 1-BATH Small will be refused.

"This institute is an equal Rentals STV, onsite laundry, home, unfurnished, 541-51 9-0693 playground. I n c o me opportunity provider." off-street parking 2428 MADISON St. and occupancy guidefenced yard. W/D, gas Baker City.Commercial lines apply, Section 8 building (previously a heat, utilities not inaccepted. Rent is $455 cluded Non smoking church) Great for clubs, to $490, tenant pays $525./m + $475./dep bible studies, ect. electnc. No smoking, 541-893-6341 $600/mo. No deposit except in d e signated LARGE BASEMENT stuwith one year lease. smoking area and no dio, in pnvate home. 2625 MADISON. 2-bdrm 541-523-9057 p ets. A ppl i c a t i o n s K itchenette, p r i v at e one bath w/RV parking, a vailable onsite o u t BEARCO BUSINESS e ntry, close to E O U garbag paid. $525/mo + Park, 1,600 sq. ft. 2 710 - Rooms for side of manager's ofand shopping. On bus- $525 dep. 541-523-9057 Office's, 12x11 1/2 roll fice located at Apt. 1. line, All utilities incl., Rent O ff i c e Ph. 2295 Ash St. up door, restrooms, plus internet I!t Direct NOTICE 541-523-5908; E ma il: 541-963-7711. LG. T V. No s m o k ing o r 1-bdrm, 1 bath. Fenced All real estate advertised theelms©vindianmgt.comyard, attached garage. pets. $450 1st., last, + h ere-in is s u blect t o FOR LEASE or Sale: website: $500/mo + dep. dep. 541-962-2953 for 60'x120' w a rehouse the Federal Fair Housvindianmgt.com/propapplication. w/ office, avail. early ing Act, which makes ert ies/e lm s-a pa rtMolly Ragsdale it illegal to a dvertise ments.

0 Ja n. 2016, 6 0 ' x 9 0' Property Management any preference, limitarent, l o c ated down- Call: 541-519-8444 p ad, l o ading d o c k , tions or discnmination t own, w a l k in g d i s - "Pick u A iic a tions" 2-16' rollup doors, 20' c eiling, n a t ural g a s , based on race, color, tance to l o cal b usi- 2710 1/2 First St iinfo Boxf religion, sex, handicap, nesses, nice and spa 440 power, located on f amilial status or n ac ious, u t i l i t ie s i n c l . HOME SWEET HOME 6 acres, heavy indus725 - Apartment 509-592-81 79.

Clean I!t Cozy t rial zoned l and 1 / 4 tional origin, or inten1704 East • $600/mo mi., outside Island city, tion to make any such Rentals Union Co. UNION COUNTY 2-bdrm, 1 bath p references, l i m i t a - 2 ROOM do r mer, a l l Info. caII 541-910-8744 Senior Living tions or discrimination.

2528 VaIIey •$650/mo utilities p a id, p l u s SHOP 8t OFFICE Space 2-bdrm, 1.5 bath We will not knowingly internet and laundry, w/s pd. $395/mo plus Mallard Heights 1550 6th • $600/mo accept any advertising no smoking, no pets, 870 N 15th Ave $ 30 0 d e p o s it for real estate which is 2 + bdrm, 1 bath $275 month $250 dep 541-91 0-3696 Elgin, OR 97827 in violation of this law.

No smoking/Sm pet neg 541-91 0-3696.

Ed Moses:(541)519-1814 All persons are hereby 780 - Storage Units informed that all dwell- AVAIL NOW. 1 bdrm, 1 Now accepting applications f o r fed e r a l ly Nelson Real Estate i ngs a d ve rtised a r e ba. $550/mo. W/d, wa- f unded ho using f o r available on an equal Rentals Available! ter included. Dep. req. t hos e t hat a re Has541-523-6485 opportunity basis.

No smoking or pets. sixty-two years of age EQUAL HOUSING (541 ) 963-0984 OPPORTUNITY or older, and h andijh • MlitI-Wtiaitottss capped or disabled of • I) tttslde Irsmei PatMttg CENTURY 21 any age. 1 and 2 bed- SUNFIRE REAL Estate • Rtiittttireiils Aitts> PROPERTY room units w it h r e nt LLC. has Houses, DuMANAGEMENT b ased o n i nco m e For Irifttrrttaliori stN: plexes I!t Apartments when available. for rent. Call Cheryl R8~ 8 i lays La randeRentalsicom 720 - Apartment Guzman fo r l i s t ings, $94MIeve!IIIIgs Prolect phone ¹: 541-523-7727.

Rentals Baker Co. (541)963-1210 541-437-0452 378510th Rreet CLEAN, QUIET 1 bdrm TTY: 1(800)735-2900 752 - Houses for apartment in updated CIMMARON MANOR Rent Union Co. b uilding. $ 3 9 5 / m o .

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"This instituteis an 1450 SQ FT 2 bdrm, 2 $350 sec. dep. 2332 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century equal opportunity bath, detached single 9 th St . A v a il. N O W 21, Eagle Cap Realty. provider" garage, 300 sq ft deck, B a ke r C ity. ( 5 4 1 ) 541-963-1210 off s t r e e t p a r k i n g, 786-2888. sprinklered lawn, w/d CLOSE TO EOU 2bdrm I!t small freezer incl.

1-BDRM, 1 bath, basement a p t . , a ll $800. 541-910-0354 Laundry on site. utilities paid, coin-op e Stcuttty !Ranced Tenant Pays Electnc. No laundry, No smoking, 2 BD, 1 ba, dw, fridge, e Coded Erttty smoking/pets.$490/mo No pets. $ 5 5 0/mo, 740 - Duplex Rentals range, gas heat, de541-51 9-6654 p lus $ 5 0 0 d e p o s it t ached g a rage, n o e LlgittetileryOttr prO!es(leii Baker Co. 541-91 0-3696 pets, $650/mo, dep. e 6 dltierent slaeunils Beautiful ground floor 3-BDRM, 1 bath 1300sf $400, 705 B St. LG, e LOteefRV StOrage 1-Bdrm Apartment DRC'S PROPERTY Gas heat, W/D, Dish541-568-4567 w/private e n t r a nce. MANAGEMENT, INC. washer I!t yard maint.

41298Chioti IRd,Baker CI(y Custom kitchen. Laun215 Fir Str included $650/mo. No 2BDRM, 1BA. New gadry on site. W/S/G I!t pets.

541-760-3795 La Grande OR rage, Very clean, 1yr lawn care p r ovided. lease. $800/mo.

Tenant pays electric.

745 Duplex Rentals APARTMENTS: 2504 N Depot St. LG Close to park I!t downA PLUS RENTALS Studio $350 to $400 541-963-751 7 Union Co. t own. Se e a t 2 1 3 4 has storage units 1bd, $385 to $395, G rove St. $ 5 0 0/mo 1 bdrm, la rge fenced 3 B D RM, 1 b t h . 5 7 8 availab!e.

2bd, $440 to $585 plus de p.

No back yard, w/s pd, no 5x12 $30 per mo.

West Fulton, U nion, pets/smoking. Availdogs, $395 mo, plus All Units are OR. $650/mo, 1st and 8x8 $25-$35 per mo. a ble J anuary 1 5 t h . dep. Av a i l . now $30 per mo.

Non Smoking last month rent p lus 8x10 'plus deposit' 541-519-576 2 or (541 ) 962-6057. $400 refundable clean541-51 9-5852 1433 Madison Ave., deposit upon signWelcome Home! 1 BDRM, 1 ba, w/d hook- ing or 402 Elm St. La i ng. Available n o w .

2335 BAKER ST. Grande. ups, $425/mo + $425 541-562-5280 for appliC8II 1-Bdrm $400./mo Ca II 541-910-3696 dep. No pets/smoking. cation.

Most utilities paid.

(541) 963-7476 (541 ) 963-4907 No pets/smoking.

ACCEPTING APPLICA541-51 9-2907 American West GREEN TREE 2 BDRM 1 Ba Duplex, TIONS 3 bd , 1 b a , Storage $ 795 + $ 5 0 0 d e p .

Single Ca r G a rage, APARTMENTS 7 days/24 houraccess 2533 10TH St. 1-bdrm Clean, $700/mo lease, 541-91 0-4444 2310 East Q Avenue 541-523-4564 apartment. All utilities L a Grande, Val l e y La Grande,OR 97B50 COMPETITIVE RATES paid including internet Realty 541-963-4174. B EAUTIFUL L A R G E Behind I Armory on East $550/mo plus $550 dep. f arm house 4 + b d , 9I 541-523-9057 $1,300 plus dep. Mt. and H Streets. Baker City mily Property M g t .

Affordasble Studios, NEWER 3 b drm, 2 ba, E ELKHORN VILLAGE 541-962-1074 1 I!t 2 bedrooms. $1,100/mo, plus dep.

APARTMENTS (Income Restnctions Apply) Some e x t r a s . No SECURESTORAGE Senior a n d Di s a b l ed Professionally Managed CATHERINE CREEK smoking. Pets on apHousing. A c c e pting PROPERTY MGMT by: GSL Properties p rova I. Mt . Em i l y Surveillance La Grande, OR applications for those Located Behind Prope rt y M gt .

Cameras aged 62 years or older La Grande Town Center 541-605-0430 541-962-1074 Computenzed Entry as well as those diswww caihennecieek m com Covered Storage abled or handicapped NEWLY REMODELED NEWER HOME central Super size 16'x50' of any age. Income reT riplex, 3 b r d m , 2 air, 3 bd, 2 ba, storage, strictions apply. Call fenced yard, single ga541-523-2128 bath, all utilities pd, Candi: 541-523-6578 no smoking, no pets, ra ge. Ava il Ja n. 1 st.

3100 15th St. www.La rande Baker City $1,000 month, $900 $1295/mo + $600 dep.

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B E A CHCRAFT Magnum 192 Cuddy, 200 hp, Coast Guard 2000 CHEVY BLAZER radio, de pt h f i n d e r, w/ snow tires on nms s wim/ski p l a t f o r m , and snow chains. New very good c o ndition, stereo system, hands canopy, boat c o ver, free calling I!t xm radio and e-z trailer included. capability. 2nd owner. $5,500 firm Have all repair history.

541-663-6403 Good condition! $4000/OBO 930 - Recreational 541-403-4255

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brakes and new front and back seats. Runs great! Must hear it to appreciate. Ready for body and paint. Asking $6,500 OBO. 541-963-9226 '72 CHEVY Pick-Up, 4 wheel dnve, long wide box, 541-562-5966

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1001 - Baker County Legal Notices NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE WALLOWA-WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST

1001 - Baker County 1001 - Baker County 1001 - Baker County Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices TIMBER FOR SA L E Garden Avenue Baker performance required UNITED STATES DEunder the obligation or City, OR 97814 Both PARTMENT OF THE trust deed, and in addithe beneficiary and the I NTE R I0 R, B U R EAU trustee have elected t ion t o p a y i n g s a i d OF LAND MANAGE- to sell the real propsums or tendenng the MENT. SEALED BIDS erty to satisfy the obliperformance necesFOLLOWED BY ORAL gations secured by the s ary to cure the d e -

AUCTION as hereinafter designated will be received by the Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Managem ent, 3 10 0 H St . , B aker City, O r e g o n The Cornet Hazard Sal97814, at 10:00 a.m. vage Sale is l ocated PST, o n T u e s day, I within T.11S, R.39E, January 5, 2016, for all ) I S ections 13, 14, 1 5 , timber marked or des23, 24, 25, 26, 34, and i gnated f o r c u t t i n g .

35; T.11S., R.40E, SecBefore bids are subtions 16, 17, 18, 19, mitted, full information 20, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, concerning the timber, 33, and 3 5 ; T 1 1 S, the conditions of sale .L R .41E, Sections 1 9 , and submission of bids 2 0, 21, 29, and 3 0 ; should b e o b t a i ned T.12S, R.39E, Sections from the above Field 1,2,3, 1 1, 12, and13; Office Manager. The T.12S, R.40E, Sections r ight i s h e r e b y r e I 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1 0, served to waive tech11, 17,and 18; W.M. nical defects in this adSurveye d Bak e r vertisement and to reCounty, Oregon. The I ect any o r a l l b i d s .

Forest Service will reThe United States resr ceive sealed and oral s erves t h e r i g h t t o bids in public at Walwaive any informality • 0 • l owa-Whitma n N a in bids received tional Forest H e a d- whenever such waiver is quarters, 1550 Dewey i n the interest of t h e Avenue, Baker City, United States. The acO regon, 978 1 4 . a t tion is categoncally ex10:00 AM l ocal time cluded under US Deon 01/07/2016 for an partment o f I n t e r ior estimated volume of manual 11.9, C. For2944 CCF of estry (8) and in conforDouglas-fir and Westmance with the Baker ern Larch sawtimber, Resource M a n a ge7763 CCF of Ponderment Plan Record of osa Pine sawt imber, Decision (1989). These a nd 2 5 1 1 C C F o f documents are availW hite Fir an d O t h e r able for inspection as sawtimber marked or b ackground fo r t h i s otherwise designated sale at the above offor cutting. In addition, fice, or they may be there is within the sale v iewe d on - l i n e at area an u nestimated htt s://e lannin .blm.

by Stella Wilder volume of Softwood l -f t ~ Other grn bio cv that office e lannin ne a TUESDAY, DECEMBER22, 2015 be able to escape adifficult situation through you down a path that is fraught with personal the bidder may agree t .d . T h YOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder sheer willpower. Your sense of humor will dangers, but he or she certainly didn't know to remove at a f ixed sale notice, first pubrate. The Forest Servlished on D e cember Born today, you haveevery reason to think also help see you through. this when you started out. ice reserves the nght 21, 2015, constitutes that life, in all its wonder and mystery, will PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - - Someone is VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Take care to relect any and all the decision document work out to your liking. You have been waiting for you to deliver on a promise made not to let yourself feel superior simply bids. Interested parties for purposes of proendowed with tremendous talent, and you some timeago.There isno cause forfurther becauseyou were the beneficiary of some may obtain a prospectests, under 43 CFR are likely to be granted numerous opportuni- delay; today's the day! astoundingly good luck. t us f ro m t h e o f f i c e subpart 5003 — Adminl isted below. A p r o ties to explore and develop that talent to the ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You may LIBRA (Sept. 23-oct. 22) --You may not i strative R e m e d i e s . spectus, bid form, and P rotests of t h e s a l e fullest. You know what is most important in discover that a recent invitation wasn't al) it get al) the information you need from somecomplete information listed below must be life — at least for yourself. What you must do, seemed to be, and the situation you are now one who seems to be holding al) the cards. concerning the timber, filed within 15 days aftherefore, is liveyourlife in a straightforward, in requiressom ecarefulmanaging.

Take your turn, and trust your instincts! the conditions of sale, ter first publication of organic fashion, without trying to be some- TAURUS (April 20-May 20)--You're sur- scoRpI0 (oct. 23-Nov. 21) — someone and submission of bids this notice. thing you are not; do that, and the world can roundedbyallyou need to make a go of with whom you areworking very closely on a is available to the public from the Whitman absolutely be your oyster! You may discover something new and exciting, but you may project fraught with uncertainty may come IN WALLOWA COUNTY Ranger Distnct or Walthat it is sometimes difficult to balance your have to battle a hidden fear before starting up with an idea that sounds perfect to you!

OREGON: PD: ORAL l owa-Whitma n N a - AUCTION: All timber emotional needs with your professional aspi- out.

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the City of Baker City, Baker County, Oregon, described as follows: Beginning at a point 90 f eet W e s t of the Northwest corner of the ICastner property, as described in deed recorded N ovember 13, 1875, in Book "C", P age 7 0 0 , Bak e r County Deed Records, said point being on the Southerly nght of way line of Spring Garden Avenue; thence West, along said Southerly right of way l ine, 70 feet; thence South, at nght angles to Spring G arden Avenue, 7 5 feet; thence East, parallel to Spnng Garden Avenue, 7 0 f eet; thence North, at nght angles to Spring Garden Avenue, 75 feet to the Point of Beginning.

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trust deed and a notice of default has been rec orded p u rsuant t o Oregon Revised Statutes 86.752(3); the def ault fo r w h i c h t h e foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due the followi ng s u ms : m o n t h ly payments of $474.45 beginning 0 4 / 0 1/15; and monthly payments of $472.34 beginning

05/01/15; plus pnor accrued late charges of $52.80; plus advances of $48.75; t o gether

w ith t i t l e e x p e n s e , costs, trustee's fees and attorney's fees incurred herein by reason of s ai d d e f ault;

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 : $70,623.55 with interest thereon at the rate of 4.25 percent per ann um b e g i n ni ng 03/01/15; plus pnor accrued late charges of $52.80; plus advances of $48.75; t o gether w ith t i t l e e x p e n s e , costs, trustee's fees and attorneys fees incurred herein by reason of s ai d d e f ault; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection ofthe above descnbed real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if a p plicable.

WH EREFORE, notice hereby is g i ven t h at the undersigned trustee will on M arch 8, 2 016 at th e h our o f 10:00 o'clock, A.M. in accord with the standard of t i m e e s t ablishe d by O RS 187.110, at the following place: outside the m ain entrance to t h e Baker County Courthouse, 1 9 9 5 3 rd Street, in the City of Baker City, County of BAICER, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bid-

f ault, b y p a y ing a l l costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation a nd trust d e ed , t o gether with t rustee's a nd attorney's f e e s n ot e x c e e ding t h e amounts provided by said ORS 86.778. Requests from persons named in ORS 86.778 f or rei n s t a t e m e n t quotes received less than six days prior to t he date set f o r t h e trustee's sale will be h onored only at t h e discretion of the beneficiary or if required by the terms of the loan d ocuments. I n c o n struing this notice, the

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

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

may have been used in ma nu f a c t u r i n g methamphetamines, the chemical compon ents o f w h i c h a r e k nown t o b e t o x i c .

Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger b efore d e c i ding t o p lace a bi d f o r t h i s property at th e t r ustee's sale. The t rustee's rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also acc ess sale s t atus a t www.northwesttrust ee. c o m and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. For further i nformation, p l e a s e c ontact: Nanci L a m bert Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 586-1900 File No.7367.22832/Reedy, C he r y l L 1002.283928-File No.

der for cash the interest in t h e d e s cribed r eal property w h i c h Legal No. 00043701 the grantor had or had Published: D e c e mber p ower t o c o nvey a t 7,14,21,528th 2015 the time of the execution by grantor of the trust deed, t o gether w it h

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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 8 6 and 86.789 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 pot ential conflicts w i t h

federal law, persons having no record legal or equitable interest in the sublect property will only receive information concerning the lender's estimated or actual bid. Lender bid i nformation i s al s o available at the t r ust ee' s w e b sit e , www.northwesttrustee.com. Notice is furt her given t ha t a n y person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, a t any t im e p r io r t o five days before the d ate last set fo r t h e sale, to have this foreclosure p r o c e e ding dismissed a n d t he trust deed reinstated b y payment t o th e beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due h ad no d e f ault o c curred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that i s capable o f b e i n g cured by tendering the

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sure that high a yield would apply to Central Oregon. Peppers are a warm weather crop and should be planted in full sun.

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With heavy thumbtacks they lined their individual stocking on the look-alike beam across thefrontof their fireplace and awaited the man in the red suit's visit while they slept. That Santahad found away into our house without a chimney was never under question.

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turns office party into a chore DEAR ABBY: I am an administrative must end by mutual agreement? Please, assistant. Part ofmyjob isto m ake thearAbby, give us your permission to "cut off the rangementsfor our department Christmas crazies."

— SICKOF IT INMICHIGAN party. Every year wego outinagroup of DEAR SICK OF IT: I do not think it is about 15 people. I no longer wish to attend these events. Group settirgs make me nerconstructive to slam the phone down. If a vous. In addition, we all have to buy gender- caller becomes abusive, you could say, "I neutral gifts to exchange. can't listen to this," or, 'We'll talk later when I have ttv'ed to talk with my boss about it, you're not upset," before putting the phone but he doesn'tseem to underdown. However, if these ugly stand. Wehave bi-monthly conversations happen often, DEA R you m ight be wise to consider stafj"meetirgs, and after everyoneisdonewith business, ABB Y scre ening your calls before we always have discussion answering. time for things other than DEARABBY: I'm a 14-year-old girl and work.

Ihavea boy bestfriend who isalso 14.I M ost of ushavelunch together every day and talk then.Wealso have group birthday liked him the moment I met him, which was celebrations four times a year. exactly ayear cgo. He says it's the samefor Iget a sick feeling every time I think about him. goirg to this party, and then the headache of Weestablished that we both liked each tryirg to choose a gift that won't be made fun other months ago, but we're still onlyfiiends.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton moved past the rancor over a breach of her campaign's valuable voter data, shiNng Saturday night's debateinto apointed but polite discussion of national security, Americans' heightenedterrorism fears and the economy.

Clinton, the Democratic tront-runner, kept much ofher focus on the general election, sharply criticizing Donald Trump's plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States. She called the leader of the GOP race the Islamic State's "best recruiter."

"Mr. Trump has a great capacity to use bluster and bigotry to inflame people," said Clinton, the former secretaryofstate.

Clinton and Sanders, her closestchallenger,entered the debate in the midst of one of their fiercest fights — about the campaign itself rather than a national or international issue. Clinton's campaign accused Sanders' team of stealing information used to targetvotersand anticipate what issues might motivate them. In response to the breach, the Democratic National Committee temporarily cut otF Sanders' team'saccessto itsown data, a move the Vermont senator said Saturday was an"egregious act."

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Bobcats roll to title athome tourney

PREPGIRLS BASKETBALL: • Wallowa, Elgin, Imbler, Union, Powder Valley, Cove at La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic, Eastern Oregon University, TBD • lone at Joseph, 3 p.m.

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL • Wallowa, Elgin, Imbler, Union, Powder Valley, Cove at La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic, Eastern Oregon University, TBD • lone at Joseph, 4:30 p.m.

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Wednesday PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: • Wallowa, Elgin, Imbler, Union, Powder Valley, Cove at La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic, Eastern Oregon University, TBD PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: • Wallowa, Elgin, Imbler, Union, Powder Valley, Cove at La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic, Eastern Oregon University, TBD

AT A GLANCE

Mounties picked sixth The Eastern Oregon University softball team earned 45 points and was picked to finish sixth in the 2015-16 Cascade Collegiate Conference preseason coaches poll,the league announced last week.

Oregon Tech, the reigning regular season champion of the CCC, was chosen to win the 2016 conference crown.

Corban took one first-place vote and was picked to finish second, while College of Idaho, Great Falls, and Southern Oregon were picked ahead of EOU. With the expansion to 11 teams, the CCC format also changes with a West and East Division. Teams will play a double round robin within their division and a single round robin "cross over" with the opposite division. The west division champion will host the six-team postseason tournament. Eastern opens the 2016 season on Feb. 12 at the Simpson Tournament in Redding, California.

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La Grande's Abbey Felley, shown here winning the 500-yard freestyle race, also won the 200 freestyle and helped the Tiger girls to a team victory Saturday at the La Grande High School lnvitational.

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who won two individual events and helped the Tigers win two relays, La Grande finished the meet with five victories and three runner-up at first home meet placings to tally 79 points for the

By Ronald Bond team crown. Hood River Valley The Observer scored69 pointstocome in second, What a difference a week can make. with Pendleton i66l finishing third.

Felley posted wins in the 200-yard Just seven days after the Pendleton girls swim team ran away from freestyle i2 minutes, 6.52 seconds) La Grande at the Baker Invitaand the 500 freestyle i5:37.27l while tional, the Tigers returned the favor leading off for the relay teams in the200freestyle i1:51.38land 400 to collect a team victory Saturday freestyle i4:29.61l. at the La Grande High School "I think some people dropped Invitational.

"I think we had a lot of girls who some other times from last week, so moved up into scoring positions this that was good," Felley said.

La Grande's fifth victory was reweek," head coach Darren Dutto saidofthedifference from lastweek. corded by Hannah Roberts, who won "Some of our middle-tier girls were the 100 backstroke i1:03.36l The senior also swam on the winning 200 abletoscorepointsforthe team. We had relays that scored and won two, freestyle relay team, took second in the100freestyle i58.00land helped and so that makes a big differencekids really swimming up." the 200 medley relay team i2:16.84l Paced by senior Abbey Felley, also claim second.

River Valley i32l placed third.

"On the boys side we have a lot of depth, and that really helps with the overall team score,butwe alsohave quite a few fast guys on our team as well," freshman Garren Dutto said after winning two races.

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Union's Chase Houck scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Bobcats to a 63-43 win over Elgin in the title game of the Union Christmas Classic.

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Imbler boys basketball head coach Tony Haddock summed up his team's nonleague contest against Heppner properly.

"The ebband fl ow ofa high school basketball game," he said with a chuckle.

Indeed it was, as Friday's matchup featured a little bit of everything. There was a

Mustangs' team that seemed to control the game most of the time. There was a spirited comeback by the Panthers, aided greatly by contributions from start ersandreserves, w iththelatterplayersstepping up when they got their chance to shine.

Most importantly for Imbler, there was a clutch victory that went down to the wire.

The Panthers nailed huge free throws in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, with Trayse Riggle SeePanthers/Fbge5C

Rada drops seven 3s in EOUwin On Friday, Eastern Oregon University's Case Rada proved that when pure shooters get rolling, there'snotm uch an opposing defense can do about it. The Mountaineers routed Corban University, 102-75, in a Cascade Collegiate Conferencegame and theseniorscored ateam-high 30 points, going 9-for-15 from the field and 7-for-10 from the 3-point line.

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La Grande topped the nine-team field for a team tournament title with 126.5 points at the fourth-annual John Rysdam Memorial Wrestling Classic Friday and Saturday in Elgin. Elgin placed second with 95, Enterprise

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Imbler's Brandon McGilvray draws a charge during Friday's nonleague game against Heppner.The Panthers stormed back after trailing most of the game for a 47-45 victory.

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"Overall, I think it went really well, especially the new swimmers," Roberts said."I'm just super impressed that every single year, they always drop a bunch of time early in the season, which is great."

Sophomore Abigail Tweten took secondin the 100breaststroke i1:22.03l, while swimming on both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams.

The Tiger boys dominated for the second week in a row, winning eight eventsand scoring 146 pointstorun away with the team title. Pendleton i84 points) came in second and Hood

A big second quarter run broke open a tight game and sent the Union boys basketball team to the title of their home tournament.

Chase Houck scored 20 points, Dawson Kennon added 13 and the Bobcats ended the second quarter on a 16-2 run to pull away from Elgin, 63-43, Saturday night in the championship game of the Union Christmas Classic.

"I saw spurts of the team that we can be, we just have to maintain that," Union head coach Brett Dunten said."It's great to win your own home tournament in front of your own crowd."

A Gage Little free throw pulled the Huskies to within 17-16 with 5:43 to go in the second quarter before Union took off. Houck's basketstarted the run, and a free throw by Quinn Evans pushed the lead to double digits at 26-16.

Evans added two more free throws laterin the quarterbeforefeeding SeeUnion/Fbge 5C

Cove i73.5l rounded out the top five. Vale and Grant Union were not able to make it due to weather.

La Grande had eight wrestlers place in the topfourin theirrespectiveweight classes, with four Tigers taking home gold medals with first-place finishes. Hakan Strommer won perhaps the best match of the weekend, as he topped Wallowa's Gus Ramsden in the SeeRysdam/Page 5C

WHO'S HOT

Hoops galore at Quinn Coliseum

ARIZONA: Cardinals run-

Day 2 of the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic kicks off at 8 a.m. Imbler, Wallowa, Union, Cove, Elgin and Powder Valley are all in action Tuesday.

Johnson gashed Philadelphia for 187 yards and three scores, leading

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Powder Valley started Old Oregon League action with two decisive victories, running away from Pine Eagle, 70-27, Friday in Halfway

and dropping Joseph, 57-32, Saturday at home.

Dawson Smith scored 17 points, Hunter Davis 12 and 10 diferent Badgers scored Friday as Powder Valley ran away from the Spartans.

"Defensively we came out really strong and that was they key for us, and iwel continued that the entire game," Powder Valley head coach Michael Lieuallen said.

Using mainly a full-court press and scoring several points in transition, the Badgers ran out to a 33-16 halftime advantage before backingoffthepressure and cruising to the win.

Saturday, the Badgers blew open a tight game in the second and third quarters.

Afterbeing tied at 13-all, Powder Valley used a 31-8 run over the next two quarters for a commanding 44-21 lead. awe were just trying to make shots difficult,a Lieuallen said."Lotsofpressure everywhere.

We played with a lotoffocusagainst against Joseph knowing they're a challenge. It was closer in the first half then that final score would indicate."

Isaac Colton led the way with 13 points and four steals for Powder Valley, while Seth Dixon scored 11 and Tanner Eubanks added nine.

Aaron Borgerding led the Eagles with 12 points while Cayden DeLury scored seven.

"Powder Valley wanted it more — they wanted to win," Joseph head coach Olan Fulfer said."Powder's having fun, getting after every loose ball, they're doing everything right. It's just about wanting to win. We just have to get that hunger and just don't have it right now."

Powder Valley i4-1 overall, 2-0 OOLl faces Union today at the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic, while

Joseph i3-4 overall, 0-1 OOLl hosts Ione Tuesday.

Wallowa gets OOLsplit The Cougars bounced back from arough outing Friday at Nixyaawii to get their first win of the season as Wallowa beat Griswold, 41-29, Saturday at home.

The Cougars were blown out by Nixyaawii, falling behind 41-11 at halfbme and losing, 77-31.

'They're fast and they shoot the ball extremely well,"Wallowa head coach Greg Oveson said of Nixyaawii."They had 13 3s the other night. We couldn't figure out a way to slow them down. They're good. They put a lot of pressure on you on defense and they move the ball really good on offense."

Christopher Nobles led Wallowa with 13 points in the loss while Koby Frye

added eight.

Saturday, Frye scored 15 points as Wallowa built a 21-13 halftime lead against Griswold then held off the Grizzlies in the fourth quarter.

"It's nice to get a win," Oveson said.awe were up in the fourth and we let them right back in there."

Travis Haga added eight points in the win for Wallowa

i1-6 overall, 1-1 OOLl which faces Imbler today in the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic.

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La Grande drops Final two TimberLion games GIRLS BASICETBALL • Tigers allow 140 points, 20 3-po intersin lossesto struggled to defend through their Minico and Rocky Mtn. screens and their cuts."

The Spartans hit 10 3-pointers Friday and jumped to a 35-30 The La Grande girls basketball halfbme lead. La Grande kept team concluded play at the Timberclose behind 22 points &om Avery Lion Tournament in Boise, Idaho, 1-2 Albrecht, including eight in the third after losing to Minico, Idaho, 71-60, quarter, and trailedjust51-49 after Friday and to Rocky Mountain, three before Minico pulled away.

Idaho, 69-58, Saturday.

Lacey Miles added 16 points on "Minico is a very good team and five 3-pointers and Kylin Collman they have a lot ofball movement," scored 12 for the Tigers.

La Grande head coach Justin MacKSaturday, the Tigers overcame ay said."They move well without the a 19-point first-quarter deficit and ball and they set a lot of screens. We held a one-point lead early in the Observer staff

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fourth quarter, but Rocky Mountain, which also hit 10 3-pointers, put the game out of reach in the closing minutes.

Rocky Mountain hit six 3s and had a31-12 lead afterone quarter before La Grande staged a rally Collman scored 21 ofher game-high 24 points during the second and third quarters as La Grande chipped

away at the big deficit and actually took a43-40 third-quarter lead.

"For our girls to bounce back and continue to fight, I was really happy with that," MacKay said."It was tough."

Madi Wilcox added 21 points and both Wilcox and Collman pulled down nine rebounds for the Tigers, who were without Albrecht — who is still battling an arm injury — for a largepartofthesecond half.

La Grande i4-3 overall) has a week offbefore traveling to the Sisters Tournament Dec. 28-30, where the Tigers will first meet defending state runner-up Henley.

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Imbler's Lexee Robertson spins toward the basket during a nonconference game against Heppner Friday in Imbler. The Panthers routed the Mustangs, 54-21, to improve to 5-0 on the season. junior Jacobi Rudd said.awe were hoping that iFriday's game) wasn't In its first year in Class 2A last canceled, and we were thankful that season, the Imbler girls basketball it wasn't." team was admittedly intimidated by The Mustangs, however,may not certain teams. Heppner, which beat have been as thankful after Imbler's the Panthers, 42-33, in 2014-2015, was performance. Smith and Rudd both one of them. reached double figures with 11 and awe had a pretty bad experience 10 points, respectively. Amanda Feik with them last year, being our first added seven points and both Whitney year in 2A," Imbler's Kailey Smith Wilber and Hannah Kilpatrick scored said.awe didn't have any seniors, five points.

"In every game so far we've had 10 which was hard, and we didn't play well at all. or 11people scoreeach game, and I'm "But this year, I think we got a feel justreall y proud ofour team effort," for everything from last year, so we head coach Darci Sweet said.awe knew what we were up against." have alotofkidsscoringbaskets,a lot The proof was in the pudding, as the of people working hard, and the team Panthers thoroughly dominated the aspect has been unreal."

Mustangs in every facet Friday night, After Heppner took a very early 4-3 routing Heppner, 54-21, in a Friday lead in the first quarter, the Panthers night nonleague matchup in Imbler. pulledahead 12-7 aftertheperiod Behind solid production up and behind an aggressive press defense down the lineup and a tenacious thatmade life miserable forHeppner's defensive effort, Imbler shook off a ballhandlers.

"Our hands were active in an somewhat slow start and controlled the second quarter to remain perfect effective way, instead ofcreating fouls," on the season after having a ThursSweet said.'What was even better day game against Weston-McEwen was we were finishing our layups canceled due to weather. after creating the turnovers, which awe wanted to start out fast and doesn't always come hand in hand." keep the momentum on our side," AfterRudd scored inside fora 14-9

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lead early in the second quarter, Wilberscored offa stealby teammate Katie Barry, and Feik's putback stretched the advantage to 18-9. Following a Panther free throw, Rudd converted a basketin close fora 12-pointlead with about three minutes left in the half.

Feik countered a Heppner &ee throw with a bucket off a pretty pickand-roll pass from Kilpatrick. After a Mustangs' bucket, Kilpatrick and W ilber both forced stealson separate possessions, each converting a 3-point playtostretch the lead to 29-12 with 40 seconds in the period.

'That's a key to messing up iopponents'l offense, and it works a lot," Smith said of the pressure."I think it scares the other teams a little bit."

Armed with a 29-13 halftime advantage, Imbler stamped the seal on the win with an 11-0 third-quarter surge. Smith scored back-to-back layups stemming from steals, and scores inside by Feik and Rudd helped to push the score to an insurmountable 40-16 lead with 2:25 remaining in the third.

Imbler i5-0 overall) begins the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic at Eastern Oregon University today against Wallowa.

Outlawboys1-1, girls 0-2 at Pilot Rock Observer staff

The Enterprise boys basketball team split its two games at the Rocket Invite in Pilot Rock over the weekend, falling to Pilot Rock, 52-40, Friday before rebounding for a 63-53 victory over Condon/Wheeler Saturday.

In the loss the first day, Jimmy Wells was a perfect 7-for-7 at the &ee throw line en route to a 20-point performance. Brett Greenshields added nine points and Justin Exon chipped in sevenpointsin defeat,as Pilot Rock earned a little revenge after Enterprise won the teams' first meeting 53-40 Dec. 12.

"It was about the identical score of the first game, they just returned the favor," Enterprise head

PREP BASICETBALL coach Ron Lathrop said. aiThe game) got out ofhand early, and we didn't execute very well."

Rylie Hayward helped the Outlaws leave on a positive note Saturday as he paced the team with 20 points, including six 3-pointers, in the victory.

Greenshields contributed 14 points and Wells drilled a pairoftreysto add 12 points. awe got down by about 12

the inside for us."

The Outlaws i3-3 overall) begin the Oregon Trail Classic Dec. 28 in Pendleton.

Enterprise girls swept

The Outlaws dropped both their games at the Rocket Invite, losing to host Pilot Rock, 38-34, Friday and to Condon/Wheeler, 40-32, Saturday.

But Enterprise showed marked improvement against Pilot Rock, a team that beat the Outlaws by 28 points a week prior. awe just concentrated points early," Lathrop said. awe made a few defensive on playing good defense adjustments in the second all night long," head coach half and finished strong.

Mike Crawford said.

"Our defense was much We didn't turn the ball over and the outside game improved.We came close." started working really well.

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Darby Gassett hit four 3-pointers and lead Enterprise with 15 points.

The Outlaws held a 1513 halftime lead against Condon/Wheeler, but got in foul trouble in the second half. Enterprise was done in by Emma Logan, who had 21 points for Condon/ Wheeler.

'They just a did a really nice job of working together and were patient enough to wait until the opportunity presenteditself,"Crawford said of the Knights.

Reagan Bedard led the Outlaws with 10 points while Gassett added nine.

Enterprise i4-3 overall) is off until Dec. 28 when it meets Ione at the Oregon Trail Classic in Pendleton.

Samantha Kerns scored 14 points and Feik Megan Hufford added 12 against the Spartans Friday as the Badgers ran out to a 25-9 halftime lead and never looked back.

"Pine Eagle is having a tough start to the season," Powder Valley head coach Allen Bingham said.awe talked about staying mentally tough and making sure we don't let our intensity

drop and we did a good job of that."

Saturday, Hallie Feik led all scorers with 21 points while Kerns added 13 as the Badgers jumped out to a 32-25 halftime lead, then held on every time Joseph made a run.

"Itwas just avery good ball game," Bingham said. "I was really proud of them for withstanding those runs that Joseph put on us. They'd get close and then we'd get a stop."

Ally Cooney Coo n ey led the Eagles with 20 points while Alexis Sykora added 10 points, 16 rebounds and four assists.

"It seemed like every time we'd come back, they'd get a boost and go ahead," Joseph head coach Travis Hufman said."At the end, we just couldn't catch up."

Powder Valley i3-3 overall, 2-0 OOLl continues play today against Union in the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic while Joseph

i3-4 overall, 0-1 OOLl hosts Ione Tuesday in a nonleague matchup.

Wallowa starts 0-2 in OOL The Wallowa girls basketball team opened up Old Oregon League action with a pair of tough losses, falling at Nixyaawii, 67-10, Friday nightand dropping a home game to Griswold, 42-14, Saturday.

No individual stats were available.

The Cougars i1-7 overall, 0-2 OOLl are in action again today against Imbler at the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic at Eastern Oregon University.

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SeaconsstunMounties withduuer-deating trigle NCU defense stifjes Eastern • NCU's Kentrell Blackwell hits game-winner to halt Eastern comeback Saturday Observer staff

With the Eastern Oregon University men's basketball team leading 67-65 with six seconds left, Northwest Christian University raced down the floor, and the Beacons' Kentrell Blackwell hit a 30foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to down the Mountaineers, 68-67, in Cascade Collegiate Conference action Saturday in Eugene, ruining a potential perfect weekend for the Mounties. ''We took them out of the play they wanted to run," Eastern head coach Jared Barrett said. Their big fella handed otf to the point guard, and he threw it up and it went in. We played great defense, and we contestedthe shot.W e'velostalotofclose games in nonconference. We're going to get one of those iclosegames) one ofthese days."

Itallappeared to begoing Eastern'sway in the final moments, as it battled back from a 15-point deficit in the second half to m ake it aone-possession game. Itstopped NCU with about 30 seconds left, and guard Case Rada drilled a 3-pointer otf a doublestaggerscreen to give Eastern a 66-65 lead.

Blackwell attempted a drive on the ensuing possession, but the Mounties'Trell Washington rejected the shot and was fouled.

Washington made one of two tree throws for the two-point advantage before Blackwell's desperation shot went in.

"Northwest Christian is big and talented," Barrett said."I think they're the most talented team in the conference. We did everything right down the stretch, it just didn't go our way."

One night after having his 12-game streak of double-doubles snapped, Washingtonscored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Senior Kalvin Johanson scored 16 points on 7-of-7 shooting, and Rada added 15points and four assistsforthe

MEN'S COLLEGE BASICETBALL Mounties, who outrebounded NCU, which entered as the top rebounding team in the conference, 43-34.

In Friday night's game, the result was much less dramatic Johanson but morepositive forEastern, as it blitzed Corban University fora 102-75 conference rout in Salem.

"Corban is a solid, well-coached team, and we were able to take them out of everything they wanted to do," Barrett said.'We were aggressive on both ends of the court, and it made iCorbanl really uncomfortable."

Rada was on fire trom the field in the win, scoring a game-high 30 points while nailing 7-of-10 from beyond the arc. Washington scored 20 points and added nine boards and five assists, while Christian Parrott scored a careerhigh 16 pointsotfthe bench. Brandon Hoston added 12 points and six assists, and Easternoutrebounded Corban Panott 47-30and nailed 14 3-pointers as a team.

In the first half, a 19-9 Eastern surge over a seven-minute stretch helped the Mounties to a 44-29 halNme lead. A Hoston trey in the second half pushed the Mounties' advantageto49-29 early before theWarri ors trimmed the lead to 15 about eight minutes into the second half.

But Eastern countered every Corban run with scores. Eight straight made buckets stretched the lead back to 20, and Rada and Washington cashed consecutive triples made it 87-62, and the Mounties never

looked back.

"I think iRadal is the best shooter in the conference,"Barrettsaid."Ifhe getsit rolling, those are the kind of games he can have."

The Mounties i6-8 overall, 2-2 CCCl are back in action Dec. 30 against Northwest %ashingtonl University at home.

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One night after shutting K lebaum Pams h down the Corban University offense en route to a doublesubpar shooting ultimately digit Cascade Collegiate did them in.

Conference win, the Eastern A 15-7 first quarter run, Oregon University women's highlighted by seven points trom Klebaum, helped Eastbasketball team had its own struggles on the offensive ern gain a 17-15 lead in the end, as the Mountaineers fell opening trame. In the second to Northwest Christian Uniquarter, however,the Mountversity, 60-50, Saturday in a ies only converted one field CCC contest in Eugene. goal, a Madeline Laan layup, Eastern was only able to as the Beacons pulled ahead 34-27athalftime. muster a 32 percent shooting percentage from the Klebaum scored inside to field, making just 16 of 50 cut the deficit to 40-36 about midway through the third attempts from the field, includinga 2-for-20 perforquarter, but it was the closmance trom the 3-point line. est Eastern would come the "Our shots weren't falling rest of the way. ''We just couldn't quite get and our execution on offense was just a little otE" Eastern over the hump," Weissenfluh head coach Anji Weissenfluh said. 'We'd get within striking distance, then we'd have said."I give all the credit to Northwest Christian. Their a letdown defensively. We defense is one of the best in just didn't play well enough to win on the road." the conference. They forced us to have more difficult It wasa different story shots than we would've liked, the previous night in Salem, and they just really came out as Eastern clamped down defensively and held Corban and beat us and created our misfortune." to just 30 percent shooting trom the field in a 63-47 Guard Jordan Klebaum triumph Friday. Klebaum paced the team with 16 points, going 5-for-12 from scored a team-high 19 points the field and knocking with five triples, guard Payton Parrish contributed 16 Eastern's only two 3-pointers, and forward Nikki points in 21 minutes otf the Osborne notched a doublebench and Laan chipped in double with 10 points and 14 points. Eastern enjoyed a 50-32 rebounding advantage 12 rebounds. The Mounties outrebounded NCU 33-27 against theWarriors, with and were 16-for-18 from Osborne collecting a teamthe tree-throw line, but the best 10 boards.

well in the first half. She didn't score as many in the second halfbecause she drew the double team, and that freed up Jordan and Payton to get more open shots. They knocked them down."

Imbally, Corban was chcking on offense and led 38-30 at halftime. But a 13-2 run to start the third quarter gave the Mounties a 43-40 advantage, and Klebaum's treytoclose outthe period put Eastern up 48-45.

In the fourth quarter, the Eastern defense came alive and limited Corban to just two points, asEastern scored 15 points in the final frame to pull away for the victory. ''We forced them into a lot of contested shots, and Corban only scored nine points in the second half," Weissenfluh said."I was really proud of ourdefensiveeffort.

We came out with a mindset to play a lot harder. In the fourth quarter we got a lot of different people involved, offensively and defensively.

Bailey Schroeder didn't get in the game in the first half.

But in the second half she was called on to defend the second-leadingscorerin the conference, Jade Lowery iwho finished with just six points), and she shut her down.

Eastern i7-6 overall, 3-1 CCCl hits the court Dec. 30 against Northwest%ashingtonl University at home.

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Bobcats place third, Huskies fourth at Christmas Classic Observer staff

The Bobcats girlsbasketball team finished in third place at the Union Christmas Classic as Union dropped its semifinal game to eventual champion Council, Idaho, 57-27, Friday beforerebounding to defeat MonumentJDayville, 45-27, Saturday.

Delanie Kohr scored 13 points and had seven rebounds against Council, and helped the Bobcats hang around in the first half, as Union trailed 30-18 at the break before the Lumberjacks pulled away. ''We kind of ran out of gas in the second half. It kind of seemed like Council got the momentum in the third quarter and ran with it and we had a hard time matching that," Union head coach Rhondie Rickman-Johansen said.

Union i4-3 overall) is in action again today when it faces Powder Valley at the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic.

Elgin finishes with two wins The Elgin girls basketball team rebounded from a tight loss Thursday to take fourth at the Union

Christmas Classic, collecting a 47-9 blowout win over the La Grande JV Friday and routing Prairie City, 45-24, Saturday.

"I talked to them about defenseselling out, hustling and gambling," head coach Kirt McClure said. We clamped down on the defensive end. I want defense to be our No. 1 thing."

Against La Grande, Cheyanne Wilhelm led the Huskies with 12 points and Maggie Ledbetter added 11 as Elgin dominated 6om start to finish, leading 37-1 at the end of the third quarter.

Wilhelm also led Elgin Saturday against Prairie City with 17 points while Hannah McClure scored 12.

The Huskies again played lockdown defense, holding Prairie City to just seven first-half points and leading 32-14 after three.

But though Wilhelm led the team all three days, Kirt McClure said the team-first mentality is catching on and leading to the success.

Elgin i4-4 overall) continues play today when it faces MonumentJDayville in the first round of the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic.

PREP WRESTLING

Tigers square off atTri-State tourney • Corey Isaacson, wrestling against tough competition. At any given Grayson Jensen weight class there might be 30 placers," head coach secure three wins Klel Carson said."Corey apiece in Idaho and Grayson had great Observer staff

Corey Isaacson and Grayson Jensen each picked up three victories at 120 pounds to place La Grande to 21 points and a 43rd-place finish at the Tri-State Tournament in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Friday and Saturday.

"Tri-State' sa great tournament just to kind of see where kids are at

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weekends. They were both one match from placing at the tournament."

Jensen and Isaacson each won opening-round matches, then bounced back trom losses to pick up two wins in theconsolation bracket.

Elijah Livingston i152 pounds) also earned a consolation win for the Tigers, who are in action next Dec. 30 at the Pendleton Tournament.

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Union's Katie Good, left, dribbles in the post against a Council, Idaho, defender Friday at the Union Christmas Classic. Council beat the Bobcats, 57-27, and went on to win the tournament title.

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COLLEG E FOOTBALL

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.— Coming back a year later — on the same field against the same opponent — to win the NAIA football championship was very special for Marian of Indiana. The way the Knights did it, with a dominating defensive effortagainsta team that had scored55 pointsagainstthem lastyear, made it even sweeter. ''We just knew 55 points, that's not acceptable forourdefense,"linebacker Dewayne Beckord said after Marian's 31-14 victory over Southern Oregon on Saturday night.'We were really looking for the goose egg today. That's been the mind set all week, but they got the 14."

Maurice Woodard and Krishawn Hogan each scored two touchdowns and Marian i12-2l won its second championship in four years.

"Our players worked extremely hard, literally for 365 days, in order to make this happen," coach Mark Menninger said."For them to be able to experi-

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19-yard touchdown run. After forcing a quick punt, Marian drove 44 yards on ence this and play the way they did.... I sevenplaysto take a 14-0 lead. couldn't be prouder."

Hogan took direct snaps on the last two Marian's first championship came in plays, running 10 yards for a first down at 2012 with a 30-27 win over Morningside. the Southern Oregon 2 and then diving Southern Oregon i11-3l averaged into the end zone for his 30th touchdown 499.9 yards in its first 13 games, but of the season to put the Knights up 14-0. gained only 208 against Marian — most The Raiders, who won last year's game 55-31, never got any closer. of it in the fourth quarter.

"One of the things I told them at halfHogan caught 11 passes for 147 yards and scored his 30th and 31st touchtime was to go out there and have some downs of the season, one on a 2-yard run fun," said Southern Oregon coach Craig and another on a 55-yard catch in the Howard."I don't think we were having fourth quarter when he dragged Raider fun in the first half. We came out in the defenders into the end zone for the final second half and had a little more fun, 10 yards. but it's never fun to lose."

It was Hogan's fumble — Marian's SouthernOregon gained only 44 only turnover — that got the Knights yards on 22 rushing attempts against rolling midway through the first quarter. a defense that had been yielding just Marian drove 77 yards on 13 plays 76 yards per game on the ground. The to break a 0-0 tie with 4:55 left in the Knights held their last seven opponents first half. Woodard, who finished with 77 tojust55 pointsand theirlastfour rushing yards, got his first seven carries victories all came against teams ranked of the game on that drive, including the among the top 11 in NAIA.

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4C —THE OBSERVER

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2015

SPORTS

SCOREBOARD PREP STANDINGS Boys Basketball 4A-7 Greater Oregon League GOL AII PF PA RK Baker 0-0 4-4 447 457 18 M cLoughlin 0 0- 4 - 5 392 395 3 1 La Grande 0 - 0 2 - 2 221 194 30 Ontario 0-0 2-6 426 538 15 2A-6 Wapiti League W ap All P F P A RK Union 0 -0 7-1 492 379 2 Elgin 0 -0 6-2 419 392 11 Imbler 0 -0 5-0 253 144 3 Burns 0-0 4-2 302 283 23 G rant Union 0 - 0 3 - 2 299 223 1 4 Enterprise 0 0- 3 - 3 291 283 38 Cove 0 -0 14 170 305 24

1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL AII PF PA RK P owder Valley 2-0 4-1 289 189 7 Echo 2 -0 34 312 300 3 8 Nixyaawii 1-0 7 - 1 5 9 6 38 1 3 W allowa 1-1 16 1 9 0 3 3 6 3 7 Joseph 0 -1 34 297 342 1 7 P ine Eagle 0 -2 1 - 6 25 2 417 4 7 G riswold 0-2 0- 7 1 7 7 37 1 6 6

Girls Basketball 4A-7 Greater Oregon League GOL AII PF PA RK M cLoughlin 0 - 0 5 - 4 343 378 1 1 L aGrande 0 - 0 4 - 3 426 352 8 Baker 0 -0 2-4 258 300 1 6 O ntario 0-0 1-6 2 1 7 33 7 2 6 2A-6 Wapiti League W ap All P F P A R K Burns 0 -0 6-1 337 245 8 Imbler 0 -0 5-0 264 115 1 2 Grant Union 0 - 0 4 - 1 320 17 7 6 Union 0 -0 44 24 7 278 1 5 E nterprise 0 - 0 4 4 2 8 1 21 1 2 6 Elgin 0 -0 44 33 0 281 3 2 Cove 0 -0 24 22 1 280 2 0

1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL AII PF PA RK Griswold 2-0 6- 1 2 8 0 23 3 6 P owder Valley 2-0 34 306 255 2 9 N ixyaawii 1-0 7 - 1 4 2 5 22 1 1 2 Echo 1 -1 34 259 237 2 6 Joseph 0 -1 34 349 306 3 8 W allowa 0-2 1 - 7 1 1 9 37 3 3 7 P ine Eagle 0 - 2 0 - 7 1 15 377 5 5

Saturday's Scores BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Barlow 70, Sandy 56 Corvallis 66, Bend 65 Lebanon 67, Redmond 39 Mountain View 90, Crescent Valley 77 South Salem 67, Springfield 51 Woodburn 55, North Salem 29 Anderson, Calif. Tournament West Valley-Cottonwood, Calif. 57, Klamath 41 Century/Hillsboro Tournament Century 45, Cleveland 44 Hermiston 65, Gresham 46

City of Palms Tournament West Linn 73, Lehigh, Fla. 52

Dallas Tournament Dallas 55, Grants Pass 53 North Eugene 68, Hood River 54 Doc Larson Roundball Classic Lincoln 73, WestAnchorage, Alaska 68 Elite 8 Tournament in Nampa, Idaho Ontario 72, Columbia, Idaho 63 Les Schwab South Coast Tournament Gladstone 59, Coquille 45 Junction City 51, North Valley 40 Marshfield 48, Scappoose 36 Sutherlin 59, Rogue River 39 North Marion Tournament Crook County 66, Regis 65 North Marion 66, Molalla 44 Yamhill-Carlton 66, Seton Catholic, Wash. 57 Pilot Rock Tournament Pilot Rock 30, McLoughlin 25

Red Bluff Tournament(Daily News Holiday Classic) Nevada Union, Calif. 44, Oregon City 42 South Medford 54, Pleasant Valley, Calif. 51, OT

Seaside Tournament Madras68,Elma, Wash. 55 Tarkanian Classic Lake Oswego77,C.l.Gibson, Bahamas, 53 Northridge, Utah 59, Putnam 51 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Barlow 40, Sandy 30 Central 57, Lakeridge 39 Corvallis 58, Bend 20 Crescent Valley 68, Mountain View 52 Lebanon 79, Redmond 25 McNary 75, Sheldon 57 Pendleton 45, Willamette 39 Silverton 61, Thurston 22 South Albany 44, Jefferson PDX 27 South Medford 70, St. Mary's-Berkeley, Calif. 59 Vale 53, Weiser, Idaho 50 Warrenton 38, Naselle, Wash. 29

Dayton Tournament Blanchet Catholic 64, Yamhill-Carlton 26 Dayton 49, Kennedy 42 Doc Larson Roundball Classic Wasilla, Alaska 56, Lincoln 51

Elite 8 Tournament in Nampa Ontario 42, Spring Creek, Nev. 41

Les SchwabHoli day Tournament Coquille 48, Tillamook 33 Junction City 45, Myrtle Point 29 North Bend 50, North Valley 27 Sutherlin 44, Marshfield 25

NikeTournament of Champions Hermiston 51, Lynwood, Calif. 41 J.K. Mullen, Colo. 37, Milwaukie 24

NikeTournament of Champions La Salle 67, Marist, III. 50

NikeTournament of Champions Mesa Red Mountain, Ariz. 60, Wilson 30

NikeTournament of Champions Springfield 77, Indio, Calif. 12 North Marion Tournament Banks 48, Regis 32 Cleveland 52, Crook County 47 Pilot Rock Tournament Condon/Wheeler 40, Enterprise 32 McLoughlin 53, Pilot Rock 51

Seaside Tournament Corbett 36, Sisters 12 Madras 65, Astoria 58 Seaside 63, Newport 25 TimberLion Tournament Rocky Mountain, Idaho 69, La Grande 58

Friday's Scores BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Beaverton 61, Clackamas 52 Bend 76, Crescent Valley 66 Cascade 60, Sweet Home 44 Centennial 74, The Dalles 36 Central Catholic 62, Westview 52 Cottage Grove 59, Siuslaw 30 David Douglas 72, Sunset 61 Franklin 69, Canby 59 Grant 72, Reynolds 64 Henley 56, Eagle Point 53 Hidden Valley 45, Brookings-Harbor 20 Jefferson PDX 83, Roosevelt 60 Jesuit 74, South Eugene 44 Liberty 95, St. Helens 54 Mazama 63, Crater 47 McMinnville 42, WestAlbany 30 McNary 76, Forest Grove 62 Milwaukie 67, Sandy 65 Mountain View 71, Corvallis 60 Newberg 59, Roseburg 51 Pendleton 49, Redmond 36 Phoenix 46, South Umpqua 40 Sheldon 58, Tigard 52 Sherwood 55, Benson 40 South Salem 88, McKay 70 Southridge 61, Wilson 45 Stayton 34, Estacada 26 Summit 51, Churchill 43 Willamette 53, Madison 44 Wilsonville 52, La Salle 31

Anderson Tournament Klamath 59, University Prep-Redding, Calif. 30

Century/Hillsboro Tournament Century 72, Gresham 25 Cleveland 70, Hermiston 53

Dallas Tournament Dallas 64, North Eugene 29 Grants Pass 62, Hood River 51 Doc Larson Roundball Classic Lincoln 76, Ambridge, Pa. 57 Les Schwab South Coast Tournament Gladstone 42, Sutherlin 34 Marshfield 51, Junction City 43 Scappoose 64, North Valley 61 North Marion Tournament Baker65, Seton Catholic, Wash. 41 Crook County 62, North Marion 55, OT Hudson's Bay, Wash. 56, YamhillCarlton 36 Regis 47, Molalla 41 Pilot Rock Tournament McLoughlin 57, Condon/Wheeler 39

Red Bluff Tournament(Daily News Holiday Classic)

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Oregon City 52, Shasta, Calif. 45 South Medford 81, Red Blulf, Calif. 28

Seaside Tournament

Astoria 54, Newport 38 Castle Rock,Wash. 41,Madras 37 Corbett 52, Elma, Wash. 49 Seaside 51, Sisters 32 Tarkanian Classic Carver-Montgomery, Ala. 57, Lake Oswego 47 Phoenix Desert Vista, Ariz. 81, Putnam 49

Union Tournament Elgin 69, Dayville/Monument 62 Union 63, Council, Idaho 59 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Aloha 56, Franklin 28 Beaverton 44, Barlow 43 Benson 57, Pendleton 37 Brookings-Harbor 70, Hidden Valley 38 Caldwell, Idaho 40, Baker23 Cascade 57, Sweet Home 17 Churchill 45, South Eugene 42 Clackamas 58, Grant 51 Corvallis 68, Mountain View 21 Cottage Grove 47, Siuslaw 44 Crescent Valley 66, Bend 51 Grants Pass 37, South Albany 31 Henley 56, Eagle Point 44 Jefferson PDX 42, Roosevelt 38 Jesuit 57, Central Catholic 44 La Pine 48, Klamath 42 Liberty 73, St. Helens 42 McMinnville 36, WestAlbany 33 McNary 49, Forest Grove 24 North Eugene 65, Woodburn 43 Oregon City 67, Prairie, Wash. 59 Phoenix 38, South Umpqua 36 Reynolds 43, Hood River 39 Roseburg 63, Glencoe 44 Sherwood 44, Canby 40 South Salem 74, McKay 21 Southridge 61, Gresham 21 Sprague 45, David Douglas 34 Stayton 59, Estacada 41 Summit 55, Philomath 34 The Dalles 47, Centennial 29 Tigard 44, Sheldon 39 Tualati n 54,Lake Oswego 53 West Linn 64, Newberg 60 W estview 66,Madison 35

Dayton Tournament

Blanchet Catholic 59, Kennedy 54 Dayton 70, Yamhill-Carlton 28 Doc Larson Roundball Classic Lincoln 42, Barrow, Alaska 32

Les SchwabHoliday Tournament

North Bend 65, Junction City 48 North Valley 45, Myrtle Point 38 Sutherlin 55, Tillamook 22

NikeTournament of Champions La Salle 55,Punahou, Hawaii 38 Perry, Ariz. 39, Milwaukie 33 Pine Creek, Colo. 35, Springfield 26 Scottsdale Chaparral, Ariz. 52, Hermiston 42 St. Francis-Sacramento, Calif. 63, Wilson 24 North Marion Tournament Banks 60, Cleveland 23 Gladstone63, Hudson'sBay,Wash. 23 Molalla 60, North Marion 51 Regis 46, Crook County 18 Pilot Rock Tournament Condon/Wheeler 39, McLoughlin 35

Seaside Tournament

Astoria 61, Corbett 37 Elma, Wash. 51, Newport 47 Lost River 30, Seaside 28 Madras 49, Sisters 13 TimberLion Tournament Minico, Idaho 71, La Grande 60

EOU STANDINGS Men's Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC AII 4-0 8-4 Warner Pacific Southem Oregon 4 -0 11- 3 3-1 9-4 Northwest Christian 2-2 6-4 Corban 2-2 7-6 College of Idaho Eastern Oregon 2-2 64I 2-3 6-9 Northwest 2-3 5-8 Evergreen 1-3 8-3 Oregon Tech 1-3 4-7 Multnomah 0 -4 2-1 0 Walla Walla

Women's Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC AII Warner Pacific 4 -0 11- 0 4-0 8-1 Southem Oregon 4 -0 10- 3 Oregon Tech Eastern Oregon 3-1 76 2-2 6-5 Northwest Christian 2-3 6-8 Northwest 1-3 5-7 Corban 1-3 3-9 Multnomah 1-3 2-8 College of Idaho 1-4 1-9 Evergreen 0-4 0-9 Walla Walla

FOOTBALL

San Jose State 27, Georgia State 16 New Orleans Bowl LouisianaTech 47,Arkansas State 28

Monday, Dec. 21 Miami Beach Bowl South Florida (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (11-2), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Akron (7-5) vs. Utah State (6-6), 12:30

p.m. (ESPN) Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego Northern lllinois (8-5) vs. Boise State

(8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)

GoDaddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Georgia Southern (8-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs. Western Michigan (7-5), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Cincinnati (7-5) vs. San Diego State

(10-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 8 a.m.

(ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Miami (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 11 a.m. (CBS) Heart of Dallas Bowl Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 12:20 p.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport,La. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 2:45 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif.

Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 6:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (TBA) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 9 a.m.

(ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville (7-5) vs. TexasASM (8-4), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (12-1) vs. Florida State (10-2), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (121), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

NAIA Playoffs All Times PST Championship Friday Daytona Beach, Fla. Marian (Ind.) 31, Southern Oregon 14

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T P c t P F PA y-New England 12 2 0 . 8 57 435269 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 . 6 43 344272 Bulfalo 6 8 0 . 4 29 341336 Miami 5 9 0 . 3 57 278361 South W L T P c t P F PA 7 7 0 . 5 00 275301 6 8 0 . 4 29 285372 5 9 0 . 3 57 343380 3 11 0 . 214 269359 North W L T P c t P F PA x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 . 7 86 378243 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 . 6 43 378287 Baltimore 4 10 0 . 286 292360 Cleveland 3 11 0 . 214 253387 West W L T P c t P F PA Denver 10 4 0 . 7 14 308259 KansasCity 9 5 0 .64 3 365257 Oakland 6 8 0 . 4 29 319356 San Diego 4 10 0 .2 8 6 280348 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T P c t P F PA Washington 7 7 0 . 5 00 316332 Philadelphia 6 8 0 . 4 29 318362 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 . 4 29 373358 Dallas 4 10 0 . 286 246324 South W L T P c t P F PA y-Carolina 14 0 01 .000 449278 Atlanta 7 7 0 . 5 00 302312 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 . 4 29 311353 New Orleans 5 8 0 . 3 85 323397 North W L T P c t P F PA x-Green Bay 10 4 0 . 7 14 347265 Minnesota 9 5 0 . 6 43 296272 Chicago 5 9 0 . 3 57 289352 Detroit 4 9 0 . 3 08 267336 West W L T P c t P F PA y-Arizona 12 2 0 .85 7 445269 x-Seattle 9 5 0 . 6 43 370248 St. Louis 6 8 0 . 4 29 241294 San Francisco 4 1 0 0 . 2 86 202339

x-clinched playoif spot y-clinched division All Times PST Saturday's Game N.Y. Jets 19, Dallas 16

Sunday's Games Minnesota 38, Chicago 17 Atlanta 23, Jacksonville 17 Houston 16, Indianapolis 10 Carolina 38, N.Y. Giants 35 New England 33, Tennessee 16 W ashington 35, Buff alo 25 Kansas City 34, Baltimore 14 Seattle 30, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 30, Oakland 20 San Diego 30, Miami 14 Cincinnati 24, San Francisco 14 Pittsburgh 34, Denver 27 Arizona 40, Philadelphia 17

Monday's Game Detroit at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday's Game San Diego at Oakland, 5:25 p.m.

NCAA Bowls Saturday's Games Celebration Bowl Atlanta NC AST 41, Alcorn State 34 New Mexico Bowl

Albuquerque Arizona 45, New Mexico 37

Las Vegas Bowl Utah 35, BYU 28 Camellia Bowl

Montgomery, Ala. Appalachian State 31, Ohio 29 Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla.

BASKETBALL NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 1 7 12 . 5 86 Boston 14 13 . 519 2 New York 14 14 .5 0 0 2 ' / 2 Brooklyn 7 20 . 259 9 Philadelphia 1 28 . 034 1 6 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 1 6 10 . 6 15 Atlanta 1 7 12 . 5 8 6 '/2 Charlotte 15 11 . 577 1 Orlando 15 12 .5 5 6 1 ' / 2 Washington 11 14 . 440 4 '/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 18 7 .72 0 Indiana 16 10 .6 1 5 2 ' / 2 Chicago 15 10 . 600 3 Detroit 16 12 .5 7 1 3 ' / 2 Milwaukee 11 18 . 379 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 2 3 5 .82 1 Dallas 15 12 .5 5 6 7 ' / 2 Memphis 15 14 .5 1 7 8 ' / 2 Houston 14 14 . 500 9 New Orleans 8 19 .2 9 6 14'/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 18 9 .667 Utah 11 14 . 440 6 Denver 11 16 . 407 7 Minnesota 11 16 . 407 7 Portland 11 18 . 379 8 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 26 1 .963 L.A. Clippers 16 12 . 5 7 1 10'/2 Phoenix 1 2 17 . 4 1 4 1 5 Sacramento 1 1 16 . 4 0 7 1 5 L.A. Lakers 4 23 . 148 2 2 All Times PST

Saturday's Games Oklahoma City 118, L.A. Lakers 78 Washington 109, Charlotte 101 New York 107, Chicago 91 Memphis96, Indiana 84 Houston 107, L.A. Clippers 97

Sunday's Games Miami 116, Portland 109 Minnesota 100, Brooklyn 85 Cleveland 108, Philadelphia 86 Milwaukee 101, Phoenix 95 Sacramento 104, Toronto 94 Atlanta 103, Orlando 100 New Orleans 130, Denver 125

Monday's Games Sacramento at Washington, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

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

Brooklyn at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 5 p.m.

Portland atAtlanta, 5 p.m.

Indiana at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 7:30

p.m.

Tuesday's Games

Memphis at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 6 p.m.

Men's College Scores Sunday EAST Assumption 83, Philadelphia 73 Chestnut Hill 75, St. Michael's 63 Goldey Beacom 80, Wilmington (Del.) 74 Marist 89, Army 83 Md.-Eastern Shore 79, American U. 64 Monmouth (NJ) 73, Rutgers 67

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NJIT 83, St. John's 74 Pittsburgh 94, Davidson 69 Post (Conn.) 73, New Haven 67 St. Francis Brooklyn 64, Liberty 55 Stockton 73, Hood 64, OT Stony Brook 71, Hofstra 68 Towson 88, Rio Grande 47 UConn 88, Mass.-Lowell 79 SOUTH AustinPeay 92,Lipscomb 84 Coastal Carolina 68, Alabama St. 65 E. Connecticut 66, Berry 60, OT Hampden-Sydney69,Albright53 James Madison 67, East Carolina 61 Manhattan 78, Morgan St. 66 Morehead St. 60, W. Carolina 52 Shaw 80, Fort Valley St. 79 MIDWEST Samford 69, Nebraska 58 Wright St. 83, Bowling Green 47 SOUTHWEST TCU 80, Abilene Christian 69 Texas ASM-CC 80, Cal Poly 74 UALR 84, N. Arizona 57 FAR WEST Boise St. 90, Bradley 70 CS Northridge 79, Bethesda 49 E. Washington 74, Denver 58 Evansville 85, Fresno St. 77 Seattle 67, San Jose St. 64

Saturday EAST

Albany (NY) 65, St. Francis (Pa.) 58

Boston College 69, Delaware 61 Buffalo 80, Montana St. 73 Canisius 84, Boston U. 68 Duquesne 72, Robert Morris 65 Fordham 70, Maine 53 George Washington 87, St. Peter's 74 Lehigh 76, MountSt. Mary's 73 Maryland 82, Princeton 61 Michigan St. 78, Northeastern 58 New Hampshire 76, Dartmouth 56 North Carolina 89, UCLA 76 Nyack 62, Felician 53 Ohio St. 74, Kentucky 67 Penn 73, Ursinus 66 Penn St. 63, Drexel 57 Philadelphia 72, St. Rose 69 Providence 73, Rider 65 Rhode lsl and 79, lona 74, OT Saint Joseph's 79, lllinois St. 65 Seton Hall 80, Wichita St. 76, OT St. Bonaventure 64, SC State 45 Stockton 68, Gettysburg 57 Syracuse 67, Cornell 46 Temple 78, Delaware St. 63 UNC Asheville 79, Georgetown 73 Utah 77, Duke 75, OT Vermont 84, Fisher 37 William Paterson 73, RutgersCamden 57 SOUTH Campbell 101, The Citadel 82 Carson-Newman 94, Lenoir-Rhyne 89 Charlotte 82, Appalachian St. 66 Cincinnati 69, VCU 63 Claflin 66, Limestone 56 Clark Atlanta 74, Shaw 71 Clayton St. 81, Francis Marion 70 E. Mennonite 61, Messiah 58 Elon 79, UNC Greensboro 69 Fairmont St. 88, Winston-Salem 78 Florida 72, Oklahoma St. 70 Florida St. 64, FAU 59 George Mason 75, Longwood 70 Georgia 75, Georgia Tech 61 Georgia St. 66, Southern Miss. 46 Hampden-Sydney 95, Immaculata 61 Howard 103, UMBC 93 Johnson C. Smith 85, Virginia Union 71 LSU 100, Oral Roberts 77 Louisville 78, W. Kentucky 56 MacMurray 79, Rhodes 71 Maryville (Tenn.) 103, Aurora 94 Miami 85, Coll. of Charleston 63 Mississippi St. 69, Tulane 59 N. Kentucky 79, SE Missouri 69 North Florida 87, Florida ASM 70 Northwestern St. 105, Missouri Valley 79 Presbyterian 69, Piedmont 65 Radford 69, UNC Wilmington 67 S. Dakota St. 56, Florida Gulf Coast 52 Tennessee St. 81, Alcorn St. 76 Thomas More89,Franklin 84,OT UAB 79, South Florida 68 Vanderbilt 80, Wofford 56 Virginia 86, Villanova 75 Virginia Tech 87, Grambling St. 52 Winthrop 88, Georgia Southern 81 MIDWEST Aquinas 77, Madonna 69

Augustana (SD) 107, Wayne (Neb.) 62 Benedictine (III.) 83, Marian (Wis.) 61 Butler 74, Purdue 68 Cardinal Stritch 70, St. Francis (III.) 67 Carroll (Wis.) 83, Loras 78, OT Chicago 69, Albion 65 Chicago St. 77, W. Illinois 70 Cleveland St. 67, Belmont 65 Concordia (III.) 84, Edgewood 79 Dayton 70, Furman 50 Detroit 95, UCF 89 Hillsdale 99, Lawrence 57 IPFW 95, Stetson 89 IUPUI 82, S. Utah 68 lllinois 91, South Dakota 79 Indiana 80, Notre Dame 73 Indiana St. 76, Saint Louis 68 Indiana-East 70, Carlow 67 lowa 70, Drake 64 Kansas 88, Montana 46 Kansas St. 61, Colorado St. 56 Lake Superior St. 93, Silver Lake 66 Loyola of Chicago 64, III.-Chicago 47 Michigan 105, Youngstown St. 46 Minn. Duluth 100, St. Cloud St. 92 Minn. St.-Mankato 86, Concordia

(St.p.) 59

Minn. St.-Moorhead 82, Northern St.

(SD) 71 Monmouth (III.) 84, Beloit 80 N. Illinois 78, FIU 75, 2OT N. Iowa 81, lowa St. 79 N. Michigan 78, Grace Bible 59 NC State 73, Missouri 59 Northwestern 78, DePaul 70, OT Rockford 88, Wis. Lutheran 62 SW Minnesota St. 62, Sioux Falls 60 Siena Heights 101, Great Lakes Christian 69 Toledo 102, Bethune-Cookman 68 UMKC 71, Rockhurst 60 Valparaiso 74, Missouri St. 45 Winona St. 81, Upper lowa 65 Wis.-Parkside70, Michigan Tech 64 Wis.-River Falls 89, Viterbo 82 Xavier 85, Auburn 61 SOUTHWEST Houston 81, E. Illinois 65 Mercer 69, Arkansas 66, OT New Mexico St. 73, UTEP 53 Oklahoma 87, Creighton 74 St. Edward's 90, Oklahoma Christian 77 Stephen F. Austin 95, Our Lady of the Lake 56 Texas ASM 80, Baylor 61 Texas Tech 94, Ark.-Pine Bluff 54 Utah Valley 83, UTSA78 FAR WEST Air Force 67, UC Davis 60 Arizona 82, UNLV 70 Arizona St. 98, Houston Baptist 79 CS Bakersfield 82, Menlo 50 California 84, Coppin St. 51 Colorado 95, Hampton 53 Corban 93, Coll. of ldaho 88 Gonzaga 86, Tennessee 79 NW Christian 60, E. Oregon 50 Oakland97,Washington 83 Oregon St. 76, Tulsa 71 Portland 65, Cal St.-Fullerton 60 Rice 90, New Mexico 89 S. Oregon 91, Evergreen St. 79 Texas 75, Stanford 73 Warner Pacific 73, Walla Walla 53 Wyoming 76, Nebraska-Omaha 75 EXHIBITION Minot St. 101, Crossroads 66 Northwest U. 91, Oregon Tech 79 St. Xavier 82, Calumet 69

Wom en's College Scores Sunday EAST American U. 52, Manhattan 48 Auburn 74, Towson 52 BostonCollege 66, Mass.-Lowell 55 Bryant 55, New Hampshire 42 Bucknell 80, Delaware 51 Caldwell 97, Washington Adventist 51 Fairfield 74, IPFW 62 Fairleigh Dickinson 81, Monmouth

(NJ) 75 Fordham 63, CCSU 48 Franklin Pierce 75, Molloy 71 George Washington 70, lona 65 Goldey Beacom 85, Wilmington

(Del.) 72

Hofstra 71, Marist 67 Penn St. 83, Sacred Heart 46

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Championship

Montana 86, Utah St. 70 Third Place FAU 69, Tennessee St. 64 Tulane Classic First Round Saint Louis 76, Cleveland St. 65 Tulane 74, UNC-Greensboro 53

Women of Troy Classic Championship Florida ASM 61, UC Davis 58 Third Place Southern Cal 68, Albany (NY) 67

Saturday EAST Auburn 69, Coppin St. 54 Bryn Athyn 67, NJ City 36 Duquesne 76, St. John's 57 Franklin Pierce 73, Chestnut Hill 49 Nyack 67, Felician 62 Old Westbury 87, St. Elizabeth 74 Penn 72, Drexel 67 Rutgers 69, LSU 57 St. Bonaventure 62, Colgate 38 St. Rose 59, Molloy 57 Temple 100, Delaware St. 59 UMass 73, Boston U. 56 Washington (Md.) 55, St. Mary's

HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Montreal 34 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 103 82 Boston 32 19 9 4 42 104 83 D etroit 33 17 9 7 41 8 6 8 5 F lorida 34 18 1 2 4 4 0 9 3 8 0 Ottawa 34 17 1 2 5 3 9 104 102 T ampa Bay 34 17 14 3 3 7 8 6 8 0 B ufialo 34 14 1 6 4 3 2 7 9 8 9 T oronto 31 11 1 3 7 2 9 7 7 8 6 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Washington 32 24 6 2 5 0103 70 N.Y. Rangers 35 19 12 4 4 2 101 91 N .Y. Islanders 34 18 11 5 4 1 9 1 8 0 N ewJersey 34 1613 5 3 7 7 9 8 4 P hiladelphia 33 14 12 7 3 5 7 0 8 9 P ittsburgh 3 2 1 5 14 3 3 3 7 1 8 2 C arolina 33 1 3 1 5 5 3 1 7 9 9 9 Columbus 3 5 1 3 19 3 2 9 8 6 107 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Dallas 33 24 7 2 5 0 1 14 85 St. Louis 3 4 20 10 4 4 4 8 7 8 1 Chicago 3 5 20 11 4 4 4 9 6 8 3 Minnesota 3 1 17 8 6 4 0 8 6 7 3 Nashville 3 3 16 11 6 3 8 8 5 8 5 Colorado 3 4 17 16 1 3 5 9 5 9 0 Winnipeg 3 2 15 15 2 3 2 9 0 9 7 Pacific Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA L osAngeles 32 20 10 2 4 2 8 1 7 1 S an Jose 3 3 1 6 15 2 3 4 8 8 9 1 Vancouver 3 5 12 14 9 3 3 8 9 102 Arizona 32 1 51 5 2 3 2 8 7 102 Calgary 33 1 51 6 2 3 2 8 7 112 Edmonton 3 4 1 4 18 2 3 0 8 8 105 A naheim 31 1 2 14 5 2 9 5 8 7 7 All Times PST

Saturday's Games Chicago 3, Buffalo 2, SO Columbus 3, Philadelphia 2, SO St. Louis 3, Calgary 2 Toronto 5, LosAngeles 0 Anaheim 2, New Jersey 1 Carolina 2, Pittsburgh 1 Dallas 6, Montreal 2 Nashville 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 Colorado 5, Edmonton 1

Sunday's Games Florida 5, Vancouver 4, SO Boston 2, New Jersey 1, SO Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2 Detroit 4, Calgary 2 Washington 7, N.Y. Rangers 3 Chicago 4, San Jose 3, OT

Monday's Games Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

St. Louis at Boston, 4 p.m.

Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Montreal at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Toronto atArizona, 6 p.m.

San Jose at LosAngeles, 7:30 p.m.

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SOUTH Akron 77, N. Kentucky 75, OT Alabama St. 71, Mobile 56 Baylor 88, Miami 81 Bellarmine 76, Ferris St. 52 BelmontAbbey 70, Mount Olive 63 Carson-Newman 68, Lenoir-Rhyne 48 Cent.Arkansas 57, Campbell 34 Chattanooga 61, UNC Wilmington 33 Clayton St. 73, Francis Marion 61 E. Mennonite 81, Hood 44 Elon 80, High Point 69 Fayetteville St. 64, Elizabeth City St. 50 Florida St. 101, Murray St. 59 George Mason 69, Air Force 52 Hanover 82, Centre 80 Hartwick 61, Randolph-Macon 57 Johnson C. Smith 77, Virginia Union 75 Kentucky St. 75, Trevecca Nazarene 53 KentuckyWesleyan 77,McKendree 51 Liberty 69, Shepherd 57 LouisianaTech 79, LouisianaLafayette 62 Louisiana-Monroe73,LSU-Alexandria 42 Memphis 81, lllinois 75 Mississippi 96, McNeese St. 56 Mississippi St. 65, Florida Gulf Coast 60 Morehead St. 83, Kennesaw St. 77 Northwestern St. 59, Jackson St. 54 Rhodes 73, Rust 54 S. Illinois 55, Mercer 52 SC State 53, North Florida 48 SC-Upstate 68, NC Central 46 SMU 58, Arizona 46 St. Xavier 79, Davenport 71 VCU 74, Old Dominion 54 Virginia Tech 59, Mount St. Mary's 42 W. Michigan 71, Gardner-Webb 44 MIDWEST Albion 88, Michigan-Dearborn 47 Alma 76, Lawrence 30

Augustana (SD) 59, Wayne (Neb.) 58 Beloit 91, Monmouth (III.) 68 DePaul 77, Northwestern 64 Green Bay 58, S. Dakota St. 57 Hope 95, Lake Forest 57 Indiana-East 90, Carlow 70 lowa 60, Bradley 53 Kansas St. 78, Sam Houston St. 50 Michigan 97, Miami (Ohio) 55 Michigan Tech 96, Finlandia 34 N. Dakota St. 79, Prairie View 58 N. Illinois 87, Drake 73 Nebraska 90, N. Arizona 67 Northern St. (SD) 60, Minn. St.

(Moorhead) 59 Northwestern (Minn.) 64, St. Catherine 58 Oakland 74, Chicago St. 51 Ohio 64, East Carolina 61 Sioux Falls 88, SW Minnesota St. 72 South Dakota 73, North Dakota 70 Spring Arbor 60, Rochester (Mich.) 44 St. Cloud St. 55, Minn. Duluth 47 Thomas More85,Calvin 69 UMKC 64, Bethany (Kan.) 51 Valparaiso 69, SIU-Edwardsville 56 Wartburg 57, Edgewood 41 Wichita St. 55, NCAST 53 Winona St. 69, Upper lowa 31 Wis. Lutheran 55, Lakeland 46 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 68, St. Mary's

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Xavier 70, Howard 47 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma Christian 83, St. Edward's 76 Stephen F. Austin 59, Rice 45 Texas Southern 51, Texas ASM-CC 43 Texas-Arlington 64, Houston Baptist 40 UTSA 88, Texas ASM-Kingsville 51 FAR WEST Arizona St. 90, Marquette 80 Boise St. 84, Seattle 66 CS Bakersfield 57 Cal Poly 52 Colorado 72, Presbyterian 60 Loyola Marymount 83, Bristol 32 San Diego St. 54, Cal St.-Fullerton 43 San Francisco 73, San Francisco St. 45 South Alabama 59, Grand Canyon 56 Stanford 93, Cornell 38 Tennessee 53, Oregon St. 50 UTEP 60, UNLV 52 Utah 78, Fresno St. 63 Wyoming 75, Montana St. 69, OT TOURNAMENT Lady Griz Classic First Round Montana 83, FAU 69 Utah St. 63, Tennessee St. 46 EXHIBITION Minn. St. (Mankato) 92, Concordia

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UNION Continued from Page1C Houck for a layup, and Brooke Scantling's steal and layup capped the half and put Union up 33-18 at the break.

"I think our defensive intensity picked up a lot," said Evans, who finished with 10 points."tWithl Brooke out runningin fiont and then us trappingin the corners, I think it really helped pick up the intensit y ofthedefenseand the intensity of the game."

Kennon's 3-pointer early in the third pushed the lead to 20 and Elgin never drew closer than 13 the rest of the way.

The Huskies found a spark early in the fourth quarter, as Caleb Lathrop and Gavin Christenson hit back-to-back 3-pointers to pull Elgin to 5037, but Union answered with an 11-2 run to seal the win.

Little led the Huskies with 13 points and Christenson and Lathrop each scored 12, but Elgin couldn't keep up the rhythm after a good first quarter. aWe just have to continue to learntodealwith adversity and keep our heads in the game," Elgin head coach Kevin Johnson said.

John Brown's layup in the first quarter capped an early 7-0 run for a threepoint Husky lead. Lathrop's 3-pointer put Elgin up 13-9 with 45 seconds to play in the

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Elgin's Caleb Lathrop, front right, tries to work between Union defenders Landon Houck, left, and Quinn Evans during Saturday's game. first quarter. Kennon scored all the points of an 8-0 Union run, starting with a 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer, that ended with Union up 17-13 in the second quarter.

Both teams reached the championship game with a hard-foughtwin Friday.

Chase Houck scored a gamehigh 26 points and Landon Houck added 13 as the Bobcats held off Council, Idaho, 63-59. aWe knew they were going to be fast and we didn't want to get in a track meet with them for sure," Dunten said. aWe knew our strength was

RYSDAM

pounding it inside."

Chase Houck scored on fourstraight possessions during a key 10-0 third-quarter run and Evans, who added 12 points, iced the game with four free throws in the final 26.9 seconds.

"Our main goal was to come out with intensity and

play good basketball and it paid offa Chase Houck said.

Elgin built up a double digit lead, then held on to edge Monument/Dayville, 69-62.

Little scored 27 points, including the go-ahead basket with under a minute to play,

The Huskies placed seven in the top four, with two individual winners. JayContinued from Page1C don McKay took first at 170 with a win by fall over Pine Eagle's Haden Kuta, first-place match with an ultimate and Calvin Shaffer, who missed all of tiebreaker victory in the 152-pound last season with a knee injury, bested division.

Joseph's Ben Lopez with an 11-0 major The match was tied at 5-all at the decision at 195.

"I wanted to get up on him from the end of three rounds, and the pair went through four overtimes until Strommer get-go, "Shaffer said."Ilostthelastfew was awarded the win. yearshere,soitfeelsgood.It'sgreatto 'The first overtime is neutral where do well before we go offon a break." you're both up, and whoever gets the takeTy Hook placed second after losing a first-place match at 113 to Baker/Powdown wins," Strommer said."Neither of us did, so it went to the second overtime. der Valley's Alejandro Duran-Puente by He was on the bottom ito start the round), a 14-10 decision, and Dohnovan Tate and nobody got points there. In the third, lost in the title match at 182 by fall to I was on bottom and nobody got points, Union/Cove's Chad Witty.

"Every time iTate'sl wrestled Chad so it went to the fourth overtime. It's once he's gotten better," Elgin head coach again top and bottom, and if I could ride him for 15 seconds then I win. So I kept Jason Lathrop said."Jaydon has looked him fiom getting up for the win." phenomenal all season. He's at another Strommer said it was the longest level right now. For Calvin, ifhe had match he's been in, and he was feeling wrestled last year, I'd be very confident he'd be where Jaydon's at right now, the effects of the marathon bout. aWe pride ourselves on being in shape, because he's working just as hard as and I love to be able to feel good when I anyone else." wrestle," he said."But I was exhausted."

Besides Miller's second-place finish, At 138, La Grande's Skylar Jones won the Outlaws had five other wrestlers first with a 12-1 major decision over finish in the top four. Shane Lund Pine Eagle's Moroni Jensen. Teammate won his title match at 106 by fall over Tanner Jones took first at 285 with a Joseph's Steven Beckman. At 120, Cole win by fall over Elgin's Riley Baker, Farwell won by technical fall over teamand Parker Berry defeated Enterprise's mate Evan Johnson for first.

"It was a smaller tournament with the Clayne Miller in the first-place match at 126 with a win by fall. weather, and I didn't learn as much if it "Parker had a good second day, had been a bigger tournament," Farwell because iMillerl had beaten Parker in a said."I feel like I learn more from losing pool match," La Grande assistant coach a tough match than I do winning an Walt Anderson said."I think Parker and easier match, but it's still a good confiHakan, those are the ones that really denceboosterfortherestoftheseason."

With Lopez and Beckman's secondstood out."

PANTHERS Continued from Page1C sinkirg one for a two-point lead with 11.3 seconds, and the Mustangs'C.J. Kindle was off on his long-distance attempt before the buzzer, as the Panthers completed the comeback for a 47-45 victoryin Imbler.

"It was a very fun game to play with my team, definitely," Imbler's Hunter VanLeuven said."Our bench was huge — just the whole team.

Itwas an overallgreateffort from the Panthers."

VanLeuven led the Panthers with 11 points.

Brandon McGilvrayadded 10 points while playing solid defense, and Trace VanCleave chipped in eight second-half pointsasIm bler receivedscoring from up and down the roster.

"I think that's something we can get used to every night," VanCleave said."It's not just a one-night thing, because we're really deep this year."

But the Panthers were forcedtorebound from a

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rough first half in which they trailed the entire two quarters.

"That's probably the best term you can give themthey completely and totally gutteditout,"H addock said ofhis team."Heppner is good for a reason. They're very well coached, and they've got kids that know what to do with the ball. They're big and they're strong and physical, and they know it.

I was proud of our kids and the mettle they showed. They didn't back down, and they stayed tough."

The Mustangs got out in fiont in the first halfbehind 6-foot-4 Patrick Collins, who scored 18 of Heppner's first 20 points to give his team a 20-12 lead midway through the second quarter beforerolling his ankle. Collins played in the second half, but was limited by the injury and the ramped up Panther defense.

Trailing 24-18 atthestart of the third quarter, Imbler cut the lead to one behind VanLeuven's 3-point play and McGilvray's putback. But Heppner countered with a

and Lathrop, who scored 17, iced the game with a 3-pointer and two free throws in the closing seconds.

"At one point we were up 52-41 and I was expecting us to take off with it," Johnson said.'Things took a turn and we had to battle back."

Christenson also scored 17 points for the Huskies.

Both teams are in action again today at the La Grande Optimist Christmas Classic.

The Bobcats i7-1 overall) begin play against Powder Valley, while Elgin i6-2 overalll sees Monument/Dayville.

place showings, Joseph had six wrestlers in all place in the top four. Raymond Seal took first at 160 with a 10-1 major decision over Union/Cove's Riley Bruce, his first title at the Rysdam in his career.

"Raymond's a senior, so that's good for him," Joseph head coach Tim Kiesecker said."I thought we did pretty good.

There were some matches that we won iin Friday's pool matches) that we didn't iSaturdayl, so we've got to work on twoday tournaments a little bit."

Witty and Bruce led five Bobcats in the top four in their weight classes, with Bruce happy with his performance, all things considered. aiSeall was my only loss, and yesterday I wrestled a kid that had been beating me last year," Bruce said."I came out yesterday and I destroyed him. I didn't do what I was hoping to do in the finals, but there's always half a season left to finish."

Pine Eagle i72 points) came in sixth, with Imbler i52l placing seventh. Taylor Tandy claimed his first Rysdam title with a pin over La Grande's Trent Shafer at 220, and Logan Butcher was third at 126.

"Iwant togetfirstor atleastplace at tournaments," Tandy said. "The only bad thing is it was a lot smaller than last year, so it wasn't as difficult. But this tournament's still important. I had a prettygood weekend. Iknow Ihave to improve my conditioning. I've been working on it a lot, but it's not at the point where it's district or state quality."

Baker/Powder Valley i37l was eighth, and Wallowa i35l finished ninth. In addition to Ramsden placing second, Austin Brockamp finished third at 138.

7-0 to run to extend the lead to 31-24, and led 37-31in the final seconds of the third. But Imbler's Tyler Bales drilled a corner3-pointerastim e expired, igniting the Panthers' bench heading into the fourth quarter.

'Tyler's three was gigantic," Haddock said."It was a great momentum builder for us.

We had grinded and grinded through that third quarter, and still had not made up

to 44-43 with less than two minutes left.

On Imbler's next possession, VanLeuven collected two offensive rebounds, getting fouled on his second attempt in the paint. He calmly drained two free throws for Imbler's threepoint advantage, and both teams missed shots on their ensuing trips down the floor.

With 20 seconds remaining, Heppner's Kevin any ground. iBalesl goes pop Murray hit two free throws from the corner, and all of a after being fouled, cutting sudden ithe lead) is three. the deficit to 46-45. After Tyler is a guy that doesn't get Imbler ran some time off a lot ofburn, but he doesn't the clock, Riggle was fouled complain and it doesn't stop and made one of two free him from working." throws. With 1.8 seconds VanLeuven started left, Kindle's shot bounced an 8-0 run in the fourth off the rim and hit the top quarter with a bucket and of the backboard, giving the VanCleave scored consecuball to Imbler. The Panthers tivebaskets,the latter offa inbounded to about halfsteal, to give Imbler its first court,and despite a scramlead, 42-41, halfway into the ble for the ball, the time period. VanLeuven capped ticked off the clock to give the surge with a score inside the Panthers the victory. aftergetting great postposiThe Panthers i5-0 overall) tion, but after a few empty start the La Grande Optipossessions by both teams, mist Christmas Classic today Collins muscled his way to a at Eastern Oregon Universcoreinside totrim the lead sity against Wallowa.

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Not until Pete Carroll pulled everyone together after a fifth straight victory did the Seattle Seahawks ind outtheywere bound for f the postseason.

And the reaction was as expected. No overwhelming celebration. No special significant, even if Seattle bucked history by overcoming a miserable start to the season and reached the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

It's simply become Seattle' sstandard. aWe're resilient," Seattle's Doug Baldwin said.aYou can count us out. You can say what you want to about all of our players, but we're going to be consistently efficient at what we do."

Once again led by the duo of Baldwin and Russell Wilson, the Seahawks rolled past the Cleveland Browns 30-13 on Sunday to wrap up a berth in the NFC playoffs as theSeattleoffensecontinues to be difficult to slow down, let alone stop.

Wilson put together another elite performance in a week where Cleveland coach Mike Pettine stirred debate by saying Wilson

wasn't in the top tier of NFL quarterbacks. Wilson completed21 of30passes for 249 yards and found Baldwin for two ofhis three touchdown passes.

When Sunday ended, Baldwin's name was sitting next to Jerry Rice's as the only wide receivers in NFL history with 10 TDs over a four-game span in a single season. Rice had 10 TD catches from a combo of Joe Montana and Steve Young during the 1987 season.

Baldwin has grabbed all 10 fiom Wilson, and he became thethirdwide receiversince 1960 with four straight games with multiple TD catches, joining Calvin Johnson in 2011 and Cris Carter in 1995.

And Wilson? He's the only quarterback with five straight games with three or more TD passes and zero interceptions, although he was nearly picked offatthegoal line by Tramon Williams in the closing minutes.

They are marks with huge historical significance that were both downplayed by the involved participants.

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Lance Denny took first in the boys 100-yard breaststroke. The Tiger boys won eight races and ran away with the team title Saturday.

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Bryce Ebel, Josh Ebel and Keegan Dutto each came away with a victory and a second-place showing on the day.

"At this point it's not aboutteam scores,it'snot about individual scores, it's about improving yourself," Bryce Ebel said.

Bryce Ebel won the 200

aWe've been training hard in practice and when you have the mentality to finish at practice, you have the mentality to do work at the meet," Josh Ebel said.

Lance Denny collected the Tigers' other victory by takingthe 100 breaststroke

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