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• La Grande police believe teensresponsiblefor18 burglaries in late 2014 Inside

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Sgt. Matt Henneke, La Grande, a communications specialist assigned to Eastern Oregon's Oregon Army Guard unit, the 3rd Battalion,116th Cavalry Regiment, tests a radio in a Humvee lastyear at the Orchard CombatTraining Center south of Boise, Idaho.

• Organizations want stronger ties to enhance availability of existing services for vets

By Pat Caldwell ForThe Observer

W hat do you think?

Two renowned regional organizations want to build a stronger bond for the future to assis tthosewho served the nation in the armed forces.

The La Grande American Legion Post No. 43 and key leaders of Eastern Oregon's Army Guardoutfi t,the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment,aim to create stronger ties in an effort to enhance the availability of existing services for veterans and draw the two organizationscloser.

The effort is key for the 3rd Battalion's commander, Lt.

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Col. Brian Dean.

Dean, who stepped into the unit's top spotlastyear,said one primary goal during his tenureistofoster stronger

bonds with area towns and key community organizations.

Guard units, he said, hold a unique place in the American military apparatus. Each unit is very much a representation of a town or a region, and Eastern Oregon is no exception.

"It is the communities that build the units," he said."Our units are in and of the communities."

Dean was born and raised in La Grande and though he lives in Salem now, he said he still considers Eastern Oregon his home. Dean said finding a way to enhance the already

strong bond between individual citizen-soldier units in the 3rd Battalion and individual communities is a priority. '%hat I'd really like to do is encourage communities to embrace their National Guard units," he said."I want to strengthen our relationships in our communities. It isimportant tome tofoster those relationships, build new relationships and create synergy between us all."

Since he took the helm of the battalion lastyear, Dean said he has perceived real progressregarding strongerties SeeBonds / Page 5A

An 18-year-old was arraigned Tuesday after he and a 17-year-old male juvenile were arrested Monday.

Police believe the two La Grandeteens areresponsible for 18 commercial break-ins around La Grande late last year.

Justin Villastrigo, the older of the two, was arraigned of 18 counts of second-degree burglary and one count of first-degree theft.

Police have notreleased information on the juvenile allegedly involved. The Observer does nottypically publish names of minors accused of crimes.

La Grande Police Chief Brian Harvey said Sgt. Dusty SeeArrests / Page 5A

La Grande businessman Greg Barreto is getting a crash course in state government ahead of this year's legislative session.

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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY

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Philip Sebastiani, EOU student body president, speaks at a meeting of the student senate in November.

FakecurrencYfoundEOU student atdowntowndank seeking vote LA GRANDE

• U.S. Bank finds tr100 counterfeit bill Observer staff

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Money is run through a machine at U.S. Bank in La Grande that detects counterfeit bills. The La Grande branch of U.S. Bank received a $100 counterfeit bill on Monday.

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Ittakesmere seconds,costs justa few dollars and could save a business money and some headachestoavoid having a counterfeit bill cross the counter threshold.

Local business owners may look into ways to identify fake bills after the La Grande branch of U.S. Bank received a counterfeit $100 bill on Monday. It was part of a

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Fromwiller said it is unusual for the bank to receive a bogus $100

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we receive is $10 and $20 bills," Fromwiller said.'%e receive a couple dozen a year."

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Eastern Oregon University students may soon have an opportunity to offtcially expresstheirfeelingsabout the job performance of student body president Philip Sebastiani.

EOU student Matt Chatham started circulating a petition Tuesday calling for a vote of no confidence against Sebastiani. If the required See Vote /Page 5A

Ano confidence vote would not force Philip Sebastiani to step down as president or require the student senate to take action against him.

By Dick Mason

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• Union County businessman sworn in as stat erepresentative

By Kelly Ducote The Observer

TODAY INHISTORY On Jan. 14, 1963, George C.Wallace was sworn in as governor ofAlabama with the pledge, "Segregation forever!" — a view Wallace later repudiated.

ONTHIS DATE In1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the RevolutionaryWar; Britain followed suit in April 1784.

In 1914, Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assemblyline operation by employing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its Highland Park plant.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.

In 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married at San Francisco City Hall.

(The marriage lasted about nine months.)

In1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, setting off a fire and additional explosions.

In 1975, the House Internal Security Committee (formerly the House Un-American Activities Committee) was disbanded.

In 1989, President Ronald Reagan delivered his 331 st and final weeklyWhite House radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. I'll miss you.

In 1994, President Bill Clinton and Russian President BorisYeltsin signed an accord to stop aiming missiles at any nation; the leaders joined Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk in signing an accord to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.

La Grande businessman Greg Barreto isgetting a crash coursein state government ahead of this year's legislative session.

Barreto was sworn in Monday as representative ofDistrict58in the Oregon House of Representatives.

After the ceremony was over, the Chris Barresa/rorTheObserver representatives launched into hours of Greg Barreto sits at his desk after being sworn in as the new District 58 orientation meetings and a message representative Monday. from Gov. John Kitzhaber.

'You need a little bit of tutoring at "It was kind of a full day. It was of your priorities if you let it," he said.

'You haveto manage it.W hateveryou pretty busy," Barreto said."Then of first," Barreto said.

The legislators have formally course the Oregon game was on iMongive, it will take."

Barreto's wife, Chris, will help as a day) night." convened, but the work doesn't Barreto will spend much of this legislative assistant, he said. start until next month. Barreto said week familiarizing himself with the representati ves did hearhundreds of Barretosaid he feelsencouraged bills already introduced read aloud, a and honored to be serving as a repcapitol and settling into his Salem office. formalityforthe startofthe session. resentative, the first from east of the "It's kind of a big, confusing place," In the time leading up to the actual Blues in more than a decade, but that he said."It takes a little while to know start of the session — and policymak- he is not"excited."

"I think it's a great privilege. It's gothe direction and floors to be on." ing — Barreto said he plans to meet The freshman representative said with veteran legislators. He's also ing to be challenging and I'm looking he has hired a chief of stafF who was working to make sure he strikes a forward to it, but I wouldn't use the balance between work and personal previously a legislative aide and can word excited," he said."It's something help him navigate in his first few life. completely new to me. There's a lot of "This job can consume you and all learn." weeks.

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per year to $58,200.

Previous City Administrator Laird Allen compiled a wage study of La Grande, Union, Enterprise, Cove and Baker City that listed the amounts paid to the administrator. The study

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stated $58,200 annually

The Elgin City Council approved a raise for new City Administrator Brock Eckstein during Tuesday's meeting.

During the meeting, the council voted to increase

was on par with the similar towns.

Eckstein told the city council he's been clocking in about 10 to 12 hours a day on averagesince starting pro-tem in the position with some assistance from Allen.

theposition from $36,000

"He's doing a great job," City Councilwoman Michelle Miles said.

"Everything I've asked, he's been right on," said City Councilman Brent Linville."He is out there and definitely filling in the blanks for us."

In addition to the salary increase, Eckstein was officially sworn in as the city administrator and city recorder, along with new Mayor Allan DufFy and Brent Linville, who will now serve as a city councilman.

Linville previously served as the mayor of Elgin.

Newcomers Teresa Shaffer and Rocky Burgess were also sworn in to the city council at the meeting.

Dick Miller and Chris Boylen stepped down from their city council positions and were thanked for their service.

ContactCherise Kaechele at 541-786-4234or ckaecheleC lagrandeobserver.com.

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• New city councilors also sworn in Monday

By Dick Mason The Observer

ISLAND CITY — A changing of the guard took place during the Island City City Council meeting on Monday.

A new mayor, Delmer Hanson, and two new city councilors, Stan Terry and Don Starr, were sworn in.

'This is a new group with fresh ideas," Hanson said.

Hanson succeeds Dale De Long, who did not run for re-elect ion in 2014 after serving as mayor for 24 years.

Hanson, a retired Union Pacific Railroad employee, previously served on the city council for about 10 years.

The city council later tentatively set Hanson's wages as mayor at $2,000 a month, the same amount De Long was paid as mayor.

Hanson may ask that his wages be altered following his first month in office after determining how many hours he will have to work as mayor.

He said he also needs to make sure that the amount he is paid will not exceed what he is allowed to earn and still receive his retirement pension from Union Pacific Railroad.

City councilor Sharon Vermillion told Hanson he will deserve what he earns as mayor.

'You will be responsible for so many things. You will be blamedforeverything no matter what," Vermillion sald.

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By Chris Collins WesCom News Service

BAKER CITY — A woman accused ofhiring a hit man to kill her former boyfriend was arraignedon additional charges Tuesday in Baker County Circuit Court.

An indictment issued by a Baker County grand jury charges Emily Munsell, 24, of 1356 Dewey Ave., with two counts of solicitation to commit murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of attempted

aggravated murder, District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff statedin a pressrelease.

Attempted aggravated murder, an unclassified felony under Oregon law, carries a mandatory minimum 10-year prison term upon conviction.

In one definition of attemptedaggravated murder, a person is charged with the crimeforattempting tohire another to commit murder and pays or agrees to pay the person money or other things of value for committing the

murder.

The crime of solicitation to commit murder, a Class A felony, is charged when a person is accusedofcausing another to engage in specific conduct, in this case the murder of Munsell's former boyfiiend. And the conspiracy charge, also a Class A felony, alleges that she actedwith oneormorepeople to commit murder.

Judge Greg Baxter set bail

at $500,000, with full bail required for release. A pretrial hearing is scheduled on Jan.

22, Shirtcliff said.

Baker City Police arrested Munsell Dec. 26 on a charge of onecount ofsolicitation to commit murder. She has been held at the Baker County Jail since.

The arrest came after a cousin of Munsell's called the dispatchcenter to reportthat Munsell had asked him to help make her ex-boyfriend and the father ofher son "disappear," according to Jay Lohner, a Baker City Police detective.

The cousin told police he refused to help Munsell.

Lohner called her later that day pretending to be a fiiend ofher cousin's and said he could help her with her ex-boyfriend.

Police said Munsell offered

to make an $80 down payment andthen to pay Lohner

$1,000 after she received her income tax refund.

After the phone call, Lohner and Lt. Kirk McCormick went to Munsell's home and arrestedher,police said.

Munsell had filed a restrainingorder against the ex-boyfriend in the spring. It was approved by Judge Baxter on May 30. As part of the order, Baxter restricted the man from coming within 150 feet of Munsell. She canceled the order on Sept. 29.

Munsell returned to court on Dec. 23 asking Baxter not to allow the man to spend time with their child. She said she believed he posed an"immediate danger" to the boy.

Baxter refused the request.

Former Uni gas station owner faces 8,194 DE fine

By Jayson Jacoby WesCom News Service

UNITY — A Unity man who used to run the town's only gas station plans to appeal an $8,194 fine from a state agency related to underground fuel tanks at his formerstation.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality wants Larry Dean Stratton to decide what to do with the tanks.

Stratton closed the Stratton's Store, at 107 Main St. in Unity, more than 10 years ago once he could no longer run it himself.

Unity is in southern Baker Coun-

ty,along Highway 26 between John Day and Vale, and has a population of about 75.

Stratton said he installed the three tanks — one for unleaded gas, two fordiesel— in 1999.

The larger tank holds 6,000 gallons, the two other tanks 3,000 gallons each.

Stratton said none of the tanks has held fuel since he closed the station.

"I can't understand why they can fine me when they don't own the tanks, and they're not holding any fuel," Stratton said Tuesday.

levied by the DEQ. Stratton has until Jan. 20 to either appeal the fine, or pay it.

There is a discrepancy between DEQ records and Stratton's recollection about when he stopped using the tanks.

According to the DEQ, he did so

in 2006.

The next year the agency issued Stratton a temporary closure certificate, which gave him one year to decide what to do with the tanks, said Susan Elworth, an environmental law specialist for the DEQ in Portland.

He said he can't afford the $8,194 He failed to take action after the

DEQ mailed him several letters over the past several years.

Elworth said Stratton has three options: • Remove the tanks, which wouldcostan estimated $24,000 to

$30,000 • Resume using the tanks, which Stratton said is not an option because he can't run the business alone • Pay for a site assessment, which would include taking samples of dirt and groundwater near the tanks to determine whether any fuel has leaked Were Stratton to pay for the site

assessment — DEQ estimates it

would cost $8,000 — the agency would allow him to leave the tanks in place for another 10 years, Elworth said.

After that period he would have toeither remove the tanks,start using them, or sell them to someone who would pay to have the tanks recertified for use.

Although Stratton said his tanks have not contained fuel since he closed the station, Elworth said that's no guarantee that the tanks containedresidualtracesoffuel that could leak, polluting soil and groundwater.

LOCAL BRIEFING From stag reports

Walden is coming to La Grande, Enterprise U.S. Rep, GregWalden will hold town hall meetings in Wallowa and Union counties Sunday. The representative will take questions from the public and provide an update on his effortstoreduceregulation on small business and to create jobs in Eastern Oregon.

Walden will be at the Wallowa County Senior Center, 702 NW First St., Enterprise, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Union County meeting runsfrom 4 p.m. to 5 p.m .at the Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.

Partici pants are advised to arrive early.

Chicken dinner served at basketball game IMBLER — The Imbler FFA Alumni will host their annual Kona chicken dinner from 4p.m.to 7 p.m .Friday.

The dinner will be held at Imbler High School during the home basketball game with Cove. Contact Stacey

M errigan at 541-786-1210 for more information.

Public Transit Council holds public meeting UNION — The Union County Public Transit Advisory Council begins its 2015 meeting schedule in Union at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the conference room at the Union Family Health Clinic. The public isencouraged to attend.

Free transportation to the meeting is available from La Grande; call Peggy at 541963-BUSS to arrange a ride.

The council next meets Feb. 18 in La Grande.

Pesticide applicator training offered Free training sessions are planned for those needing to take the 2015 OSU Extension NE or Private Pesticide Applicator exam. The session is designed to cover the key principles and knowledge needed to take either the private pesticide applicator exam or the Laws & Safety

exam needed for a public or commercial license. Currently licensed private, public or commercial applicators may also attend and earn four hours of recertification credit.

The Union County session will take place Feb. 11 at the Extension Service office at 10507 N. McAlister, Island City. To reserve space in the class, call541-963-1010,fax 541-963-1036 or contact Darrin L. Walenta at darrin. walenta@oregonstate.edu.

The Wallowa County session will take place Feb. 12 at Cloverleaf Hall, 668 NW First St., Enterprise. To reserve space in the class, call 541426-3143, fax 541-426-0243 or contact John Williams at john. williams.1@oregonstate.edu.

Apply now for 2015 grant program The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has opened the 2015 Local Government Grant Pmgram grant cycle for funding public parks and recr eation projects.Large,

small and planning grants are available for cities, counties, metropolitan service districts, park andrecreation districts, and portdistricts looking to fund the following types of projects: planning, development, rehabilitation, arquisition, and acquisition and development.

The Local Government Grant Program is designed to help government agencies acquire property for park purposes and fund outdoor park and recreation areas.

The grants are funded from voter-approvedlottery money.

Applications, a grant manual, application deadlines and other information are online at www.oprdgrants.org.

Chamber now taking nominations The Union County Chamber of Commerce isaccepting nominations for the man, woman, educator and business of the year. The winners will be announced at the annual Chamber Banquet and Awards Dinner. The event will

OBITUARIES Gmen Johnson La Grande

care and arrangements.

Life Celebration Center.

Jerry Clark

Rex G. McBride

La Grande

Formerly of La Grande

Gwen Johnson, 81, of La Grande, died ata localcare Jerry Clark, 73, of La facility Saturday. A full obituGrande, died Tuesday at his ary will be published later. home. Arrangements will be Loveland Funeral Chapel and announced later by DanielsCrematory is in charge ofher Knopp Funeral, Cremation &

Rex G. McBride, 73, of Baker City, died Dec. 27, 2014, in Boise, Idaho.

Rex was born in Nampa, Idaho, Nov. 24, 1941, to Loren

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At Rex's desire no service will be held. Rex would tell his friends, "I'll miss you 'til I see ya again," family members said.

Obituary and condolences may be viewed at http J/www. cremationsociety-idaho.com.

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT LA GRANDE POLICE Cited:Graham R.Thompson, 18, Idaho, was cited Monday on a charge of offensive littering.

Arrested: Chrissy Lynn Bracken,33, unknown address, was arrested Monday on three Umatilla County warrants, all charging failure to appear. The warrants are connected to original charges of attempt to elude, DUII, assault and negotiating a bad check.

Arrested: David Wiborg, 53, La Grande, was arrested Monday on a parole and probation detainer and on a charge of improper use of 911.

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Arrested: Jake Denning, 36, unknown address, was arrested Tuesday on a parole and probation detainer.

Cited: Karl R. Andres, 24, La Grande,was cited earlyWednesday on charges of interfering with making a police report and harassment.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Angela Lee Stellings,25, La Grande, was arrested Monday on a Union

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be held at the Blue Mountain Conference Center on Feb. 20.

To pick up a nomination form, stop by the office at 207 Depot St., La Grande, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or go to www. unioncountychamber.org.

Pass the class, don't takethe test A sign-up meeting for a Driver Education class sponsored by Malheur ESD of Vale will take place at 6

p.m. Feb. 23 at the ODOT building, 3012 Island Ave., La Grande. Cost for the course is $250. Any student completing and passing the Driver Education Program will not be requiredto dothedrive portion of the test when applying for a driver's license.

For more information, contact Topper Schlupe at 541473-4834 or topper.schlupe@ malesd.k12.or.us, or Allison Nunez at 541-473-4833 or allison.nunez@malesd.k12.or.us.

Alma Lois Murchison, 87 April 19, 1927 — January 4, 2015 Alma Lois Murchison passed away January 4, 2015 at Pocahontas, Arkansas at age 87.

Alma was born on April 19, 1927 in Duncannon, Pennsylvania to Virginia R. (Blackl and Claude W. Wingard. Alma and her family moved to La Grande when she was a young child.

She grew up and met the love of herlife,herhusband Roy, there.

Together they had five children in La Grande and moved to Cle Elum, Washington for four years before moving back to La Grande, where they lived for many years until Roy got sick and they moved to Tenino, WA to be closer to their children and grandchildren. They always considered La G randetheirhome. They were married for56 years before Roy passed away in 1999.

Alma attended college in Ellensburg, WA where she received her nursing degree. Later in life at the age of 62 shereceived an accounting degree from Blue Mountain Community College.

Alma workedas a nurse formany years atGrande Ronde Hospital and for doctors in the private sector as well.

Alma devoted her life to her children and grandchildren. She loved spending time with her family and having family reunions and get togethers. She also loved animals, especially horses. She loved attending rodeos and watching them on TV in her later years. She had a love of music, old country was her favorite.

Alma was a very active member of the La Grande chapter of The American Legion, she was also a member of the Elgin Stampeders, and The Mavericks Riding Club. While she lived in Cle Elem she was a member of The Roslyn Riders.

Alma is survived by her son, George (Darlal Murchison, Yelm, WA, daughters Lois (Garyl Pierce, Othello, WA, Linda Marek, Creswell, OR, and Laura (Dennyl Tucker, Pocahontas, AR. Grandchildren: Tony, Daniel, Tina, Gary Jr., Marlinda, LaDonna, Michael, Bill, Jon, Sara, Kelly, and Amanda. 36 Great-Grandchildren.11 Great-Great Grandchildren, and numerous Nieces and Nephews Alma was preceded in death by her husband Roy Murchison, daughter Marietta Aylward Murchison, son-in-law Daryl Marek, her parents Claude and Virginia Wingard, brother Claude Wingard Jr., and sister Betty Cloward.

The family will be having a Memorial Service in the spring. For information regarding the service please contact Amanda King at (360l 359-1556. Her grandson, Pastor Gary Pierce Jr. will be Officiating the service.

The family requests memorial donations (in lieu of flowersl to be made to The Alzheimer's Foundation in Alma's name.

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If the Umatilla Chemical Depot is no longer a hazardous but necessary cache of chemical weapons employing hundreds of well-paid Oregonians, then we think it should be a place where the greater Hermiston area can do what it has been doing well for decades now: creating good jobs in the transportation, agriculture and technology sectors. Creating tax dollars. Creating added-value goods that feed our nation. Helping families in rural Oregon flourish.

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There were already plans in the works. Infrastructure upgrades to highway ramps and roads going throughthe property were on the way. A nd a number of businesses in diferent industries had expressed interest in locating and building on the prime real estate. Screeeeeeeeech!

That is the sound of the needle scratching over a record, the music fading suddenly and the bright lights coming up. Everything has come to a stop.

A surprise to the local development authority, the muddled voice from the Pentagon now states that they may want to hold on to the property after all and do the job of selling it oA'themselves. Spokesman Dave Foster said the Army has made no decisions on the "most appropriate way to convey the property."

This tentative, indecisive stance is a step backward at a most inopportune time. When businesses are considering long-term, expensive capital outlays, theyrequirestability and an absence ofunknowns.

They don't want surprises, nor to be saddled with any additional risk than is absolutely necessary.

The neighbors in Hermiston, Umatilla and Morrow County were burdened with that chemical depot for more than 50 years. It was also buoyed by it-

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Adecade ago, Republicans in Congress were renaming French fiies'freedom fiies" and Frenchtoast'freedom toast"because of thatcountry's refusal to support the Iraq war. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld belittled the"old Europe" French, President George W. Bush mocked anAmerican reporter for speaking French to the French president, and conservative critics called the French"weasels,""appeasers" and worse. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, was ridiculed by the Bush administration for being"too French" and looking French, and his fluencyin French was a liabilityin the campaign.

And now, that very same Monsieur Kerry, the secretary of state, and his boss, President Obama, are being condemned by conservatives for ... not being nice enough to the French.

Quelle horreur!

The cause celebre this time is the failure of the Obama administration to send anybodyofhigher rank than the U.S. ambassador to attend Sunday's march in Paris showing solidarity against theterrorists.

"Our president should have been there, because we must never hesitate to stand with our allies," proclaimed Sen. Ted Cruz, the Republican agent provocateur from Texas.

Fox News's Greta van Susteren said the absence was "embarrassing" and that "Obama should not have snubbed Paris."

Sen. Marco Rubio iR-Fla.l — like Cruz a would-be presidential contender — declared it"a mistake not to send someone." iFor the record, neither Cruz nor Rubio attended the march.)

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A former Pentagonofficial in the Bush administration, Dov Zakheim, wrote an article complaining that Obama and otherofficials "opted out of what may have been the most important demonstration for decency since the fall of the Berlin Wall."

Media outlets joined the cri de coeur: Politico called it"Barack Obama's French kiss-ofE" and the New York Daily News said Obama and his lieutenants "let the world down."

Sacre bleu!

Largely absent from this condemnation of the American government's slight of the French were the French themselves. French President Franqois Hollandesaid Obama had been"very present" in the response to last week's attackson the satiricalnewspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish market.

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke in French to address the people of France after gunmen killed 12 people in a newspaper office in Paris. iAPl This is because the failure to send a high-ranking official to the march was in the category of faux pas. Sending the president across the ocean on 36 hours' notice to an open-air rally ofhundreds of thousands of people was never a possibility, for security and logistical reasons. But Vice President Biden could have gone; instead,the closesthe gotto Paris was dining at the French restaurant Le Diplomate in Washington on the eve of the attack. At least Attorney General Eric Holder, already in Paris, might have dropped by. Offrcials I spoke

to said it was a simple screw-up: They didn't understand how significant the event would be, with leaders of some 40 countries in attendance.

But the notion that Kerry, of all people, was slighting the French is a bit incroyable. The son of a diplomat, Kerry has close family in France and learned the language at a Swiss boarding school.

After the initial massacre in Paris last week, he addressed the shooting at an appearance with the Polish foreign minister, in both English and in French.

French TV channel TF1 said that Kerry's "poignant statement in French" would "go down in history."

Not too long ago, Kerry's Francophilia earned him ridicule. Tom DeLay, a House Republican leader, would greet crowds by saying,"Hi. Or, as John Kerry would say,'Bonjour.'"

But now Kerryis being called insufficiently pro-French, snubbing them because he had the nerve to be in meetings in India on Sunday. It didn't matter that he had signed a condolence book at the French Embassy ias did Obamal or that he11 be in Paris on Thursday and Friday, at the end ofhis current trip. Neither did Obama get credit for his call to Hollande on theday oftheattack,thevariousstatements he has made about the attack or, of most importance, all the counterterrorism help the U.S. government is giving France.

The conservati ves are guilty ofabitof inconsistency, if not hypocrisy, in criticizing the Obama administration for snubbing apeoplethey notlong agocalled cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

But, qa ne fait rien. It's tres bien that Francophobiahas waned on theAmerican right, and that the land of Lafayette, socialist government and all, is again in conservatives' good graces.

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Perry was following up on another, unrelated case Monday when a connection was m ade to the burglaries. ''While doing that case, he sawapiece ofpotential evidence connecting it to this case," Harvey said.

After questioning one suspect, police identified the second suspect, who was subsequently arrested.

More than a dozen businesses were broken into in late October in the span of a week, with nine occurring in one night. Several more businessesreported burglariesin December. Most businesses reported broken windows in a"smash and grab" style, where the culprits sought money but not merchandise. eWe are confident ithese teens)are responsiblefor all the commercial burglaries with the exception of the marijuana dispensary," Harvey said.'This includes a couple businesses in the county."

Harvey declined to say whether any stolen property had been recovered.

Business owners and employeesexpressed reliefthat police had made arrests.

'You kind of feel safe in your own little world and then you're basically violated," said Rob Miller, manager at AC Powersports, which was hit in the second rash of burglaries in October.

Miller and others in the area are making some changes to the way they do busi-

commercial burglaries

VOTE Continued from Page1A number of valid student signatures is collected, the no confidence vote could be conducted later during the winter term, Chatham said.

The petition Chatham is circulating lists about a dozen complaints against Sebastiani. The major complaints areconnectedto hissupport of Interim President Jay Kenton's move to increase tuition for online students.

The increase, which took effect lastweek,boosted the costofonlineclassesby $15 a credit hour.

Chatham believes that Sebastiani should have tried harder to find alternatives for the online tuition increase Kenton put in place.

"Itisthejobofa student leader to look for alternatives to atuition increase,"he said.

Chatham noted that the new increase means a student taking 10 credit hours a term will pay an additional

$450 a year, fall through spring term, in tuition.

'That would pay for a lot of gas and textbooks," he said.

Kenton pushed for the online tuition increase to give online students an incentive to take classes on campus.

Kenton has said he believes that boosting EOU's oncampus enrollment would improve the financial health of the school.

Following a November meeting of the student senate, Sebastiani said he supportedKenton'seffortsto boost on-campus enrollment.

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ness, including putting signs in their windows that let people know no cash is left on the premises after hours. eWe're making more frequent deposits and not keeping cash on hand," Miller said.

Bear Mountain Pizza co-owner Max Zollman said it's frustrating to learn teens were allegedly responsible because he employs many teenagers and supports the community's youth through variousactivitiesand fundraisers.

"It hurts when they do stufflike that," he said.

Though break-ins at businesses may not be as personalas home burglaries, they hurt local families, Zollman sald.

"It's still our livelihood," he said.eWe work hard, put in a lot ofhours."

According to court documents, Villastrigo was also arrested Monday and arraigned Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, second-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief. A plea hearing for the misdemeanor case is scheduled for Feb. 3. At that time, a plea hearing for the feloniesmay also take place.

He said students taking classesatEOU do better academically. Sebastiani also saidthe school' satmosphere would improve with the addition of on-campus students.

Chatham began his drive to getSebastiani to step down as president in November when he began circulating a petition calling for the student body president's resignation or impeachment.

He said that 130 students signed the petition.

A no confidence vote later this year would not force Sebastiani to step down as president or require the student senate to take action against the president, Chatham said he has been told by student government representatives.

Chatham said, though, thatifatleast50 percent of those voting express "no confidence" in Sebastiani, the vote would be significant.

"It would be a strong symbolic sign," Chatham said.

Chatham said he needs to collect nine valid student signatures— 5percentof the number of students that participated in the last student body election — before the no confidence vote can go forward.

Chatham knows that a no confidence vote would not necessarily result in Sebastiani's resignation, but he believes it could have an impact on student government at EOU. "If nothing else, I'm hoping thatitboostsgreatertransparency, accountability and more concern about the will and interest of the students," Chatham said.

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A tank from the 3rd Battalion runs through drills at the Orchard CombatTraining Center south of Boise, Idaho. La Grande American Legion Post No. 43 Commander John Craig said his organization is very interested in fostering strong ties with the 3rd Battalion.

BONDS Continued ~om Page1A with Eastern Oregon towns, and he said he hopes to continue that effort into the future.

"I couldn't be happier about the support our unit is receiving from the community. Throughout the battalion we see varying levelsofcoordination between ourselves, veterans groups, police and other entities," he said.

A good case in point, he said, is the effortto create closer tiesbetween the La GrandeGuard unitand theAmerican Legion.

La Grande American Legion Post N o. 43 Commander John Craig said his organization is very interested in fostering strong ties with the 3rd Battalion.

BILL Continued ~om Page1A bank received is the first it has gotten in more than a year, Fromwiller said.

U.S. bank runs all of its large deposits ofbills through a counterfeit currency detection machine.

This machine first detected the counterfeit $100 bill found on Monday.

Fake $100 bills can be detectedby thegeneralpublic in two ways.

One is by examining the lower right hand corner of the front of the bill where

thereis a $100 fi gure. ''When you tilt it, the

numeric $100 figure will change color if the bill is valid," Fromwiller said.

A second technique involves the use of a counterfeit detection pen.

"If you mark any part of a counterfeit bill with the pen the ink will not change color.

If the bill is valid the ink will change color," Fromwiller sard.

Business owners can easily detect the fake bills from the real ones by buying one of the pens.

Jenny Bartell, owner of Community Merchants, had a counterfeit bill come across her counter last year, she said. After that, she purchased a counterfeit

Myers said.

Dean said the La Grande Guard unit held its annual Christmas banquet at the Legion hall.

The event included a children's Christmas party.

"The La Grande American Legion worked with our family program to provide a holiday dinner and Christm as event forour soldiersand their families. The La Grande VFW and the American Legion Post have gone the extra mile to commit to support our unit," Dean said.

Myers said the union between the two organizations makes sense and can be a fairly easy challenge to overcome.

"It just takes a little communication, invite each other to things. And we are always looking for new members," Myers said.

detection pen.

"Any bill over $10 gets checked," she said."The customer wasn't aware that she had a counterfeit bill.

She was a regular."

The pen just cost Bartell a few dollars.

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A link between the local Guard outfit and oneofthe area'sbiggestveterans' organizationsseems to be an obvious one, especially since a sizeable number of serving Guardsmen are veterans of the globalwar on terror.

"I think it's important to recognize their contribution," Craig said.

Former post commander Lonnie MyersofLa Grande said thereis already a good working connection between the post and the Guard unitbutitis important to focus on strengthening that bond.

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LOSTINE — A Wallowa Countyfi xturehasreturned — Norton's Welding emerged from the ashes and business is mostly back to usual.

A fire destroyed the welding shop last February.

Almost a year later, phone, Internet, electricity and heat have been restored to the new shop on Highway 82 across Wallowa Street from M.Crow and Company.

The fire broke out on a Saturday morning last winter with more than a foot of snow on the ground.

It spread to the Southfork Grange Hall next door.

Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading any farther, but in its wake, the shop and the grange hall burned to the ground.

Neighbors quickly jumped on backhoes and dragged what they could out of the fire, salvaging tools, parts and equipment.

Though the back shop w asn't destroyed,itsinterior and contents were damaged by the smoke and water.

While the rubble was still smoldering, the Nortons had calls from owners of shops

all over the county offering space to continue the work they doon farm and logging equipment.

Krag Norton said they used shop space at Ray Cameron's in Lostine and Jesse Micka's and the Zacharias shops in Joseph.

Today, a new shop sits where the old one was and the Nortons recently bought some crucial equipmentgrinders, drill presses and a lathe — some locally and some from a shop in Spray, Norton said.

Now it's on to rehabbing inventory that was smoke and water damaged during the firefight and replacing thousands of parts that were lost.

"All of the inventory that needs to be cleaned was in the back shop — the part of the structure that didn't hit the ground," Norton said.

He, his wife Kim, and younger son Klint were in Baker City for a wrestling meet when the fire started; his father and business partner, Clarence Norton, was traveling to Mexico.

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Krag Norton looks over smoke and water damaged inventory that survived a fire that destroyed most of Norton Welding's shop and equipment last winter.

Solar panels, ordered long before the fire, are new additions to the shop.

An investment of $60,000, Norton said the business can write off30 percent ofthe cost.

It was bit nip and tuck getting the structure far enough along to install them by the deadline, but Norton said they got them in on time.

Despite working in less than desirable conditions the lastyear,businessisgood, Norton said.

He was waiting for his

CANYON NOTES KATY NESBITT unfold, I continued to cook with my new view of the flat-screen in the next room.

Athalf time I sat to eat, nervously. As my dad called my brother on a business issue I heard a text come in.''Why is Dad calling me right now?

I don't want to talk about it."

Obviously Dad wasn't as tied to the great crash as Sean and I. The second half devolved into a nightmare. My mother suggested I sit, but I found solace clearing the dishes, loading the dishwasher and washing up the pots. I clung to the butcher block to steady myself. I absent-mindedly took a couple swigs of the beer I opened to use in the chili. Not drinking beer or eating meat felt like being a recovering smoker around smokers.

One more heart-breaking Ducks loss is in the books.

My parentswent home. The Scout and I settled in for some horror comedy movie which seemed fitting.

Pictures of Oregon's Heisman Trophy winning quarterback broke my heart.

Stoic to the end, the kid, bound for the pros, was let down by the defense, a couple kids suspended from the game and most poignantly, a hungry Buckeye team went

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nuts on the Ducks.

Tuesday morning I awoke early for a field trip in Baker County. I dragged myself out ofbed. It was snowing and foggyas Ipointed the car northwest for a slow drive out of the county. The morning OPB host goes to work at 4 a.m.When he mentioned the game I turned off the radio. Like my brother, I didn't want to talk aboutit and I didn't want to hear about it.

When I got to Baker County, the snow sparkled in the bright sunlight. It was a beautiful day. On the drive home, I turned off the radio when an hour-long talk show promisinga dissection ofthe game started.

It is time to think about the remaining 352 days of 2015 and the 230 days until nextfootballseason.After all, in Oregon, there is more to life than football. Obviously not the case in Ohio — 89 fires were startedafterthegame.

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wife to bring a part from La Grande that afternoon so he could work on a skidder on an active logging sale in the north part of Wallowa County.

As for sales,Norton said they have been"pretty rampant lately," especially at the end of the year and even into January.

Sales ofharrow carts, flatbeds for pickups and Branson utility vehicles are brisk.

The community showed their support for the family

who not only lost their shop, but Kurt Norton was in a vehicle crash a few months later. A pie auction, a longstanding Lostine tradition, was held last summer, bringing a record number of donations through the sale

of$300 pies,sw eetrollsand cakes.

Case Power and Equipment of Portland kicked in dozens of service manuals.

"They weren't of any value to them anymore, but we will use them," Norton sard.

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ou know the holidays are over when — the last of the New Year's Day leftovers are thrown out. When the tree is finally undecorated and the lights and ornaments put away? Or when you suffer through another crashofthe state'ssem i-pro football team?

Life is almost back to normal now that January is almost half over. The Scout had a really good idea a long time ago tomove hisextra-large flat screened TV from a stand to mounting it on the wall.

Finding studs with a new stud finder took a couple evenings; one must be sure that a mount holding the link to ESPN, "The Simpsons" and Comedy Central is secure.

The TV crashing off the wall would be almost as detrimental to viewing a football game as ESPN streaming dying in the second quarter of the Rose Bowl.

When there's a game on network television and one on ESPN streaming, I joke, "It's like a sports bar." This Saturday the Scout's cottage was more like a nerd sports bar with NCAA basketball on television and NPR's ''Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" on the radio. I must admit, it's one of the best hours of the week for a news junkie.

Moving the television to the center wall not only makes sports and movie viewing more intimate, but solvesone ofthebiggest dilemmas — how to cook and watch the game at the same time? Alas, that is solved. I can watch my Sunday night cooking shows while making dinner. I can prep the wings/ pizza/chili while watching the game. I think I will survive the winter.

Monday night we called my parents over to watch the slaughter with us; one wants loved ones close in times of trial. We had Buffalo-style wings, barbecue wings and black bean and Zumwalt elk chili as well as battered cauliflower doused in wing sauce in compliance with my 8-week Complete Health Improvementdietsponsored by the hospital that also denies me a crucial element of game-night, beer.

As we watched the Hindenburg-style disaster

entire time trying to line up what help he could.

His older son, Kurt Norton, was home when the shop caught fire and was a crucial partoftheteam ofemployees and volunteers who helped drag what was salvageable out of the building.

Surprisingly, customer records were scorched, but many are still readable, Norton said.

For the past 11 months Norton's Welding has continued to stay in business, even working out of the back shop through the remainder oflast winter and into this one.

One of the major employers of Lostine, a town of a little more than 200 people in the city limits, farms and ranches in the surrounding area depend on their service fornotonly heavy equipment, but passenger vehicles at their shop five doors down the street that Tim HuSnan rrms.

While the welding shop was being built, Norton moved his coffee pot and the phone number down the street and continued working on vehicles large and small while trying to put his business back together.

The Wallowa County Gamblers Snowmobile Club Poker Run will be Saturday in the Wallowa Mountains.

Poker hands are available Friday night at the Stubborn Mule in Joseph and Saturday morning at The Cheyenne Cafe in

Joseph.

Hands are $5 apiece and $25 for six hands.

The poker run starts at 9 a.m. at Salt Creek Summit — each snowmobiler makes four stops on a 35+ mile route.

The fifth stop is at the Outlaw Restaurant in Joseph where a chicken-fried steak dinner awaits the finishers.

Dinner starts at 5 p.m. as doesthe raffle.N onriders are welcome.

Back in the valley the chili cook off is at 10 a.m. at Embers Brewhouse fol-

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For more information, call Outlaw Motor Sports in Enterpriseat541-4263491.

Dollars for Scholars dinner 3an. 21 Beef and homemade pies are what's for dinner at the Dollars for Scholars dinner Wed. Jan. 21 at the Wallowa Fairgrounds' Cloverleaf Hall.

The Wallowa County Stockgrowers will award this year's scholarships — a bred heifer and two heifer calves to young ranchers.

The Stockgrowers donate heifers each year

to encourage FFA and 4-H m embers to start their own herds.

This year Stockgrowers President Alan Klages said they are challenging local beef ranchers to donate 50 heifers.

The sale of the cattle will go into a fund to pay for scholarships for the next two decades.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., tri-tipbeef dinner at 6 p.m., presentation of heifer project awards at 6:45 p.m. and alivedessert auction is at 7 p.m.

Bring your appetite and checkbook for a fun night supporting the next generation of Wallowa County cattle ranchers.

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Education secretary supports annual tests

Addingdecorative designtowood • New laser printer expanding the capability of students at Imbler High School

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goalisto keep thebestportions of the original law and WASHINGTON — Fore- restore to states and communities the responsibility for shadowing what could be a contentious battle with Con- deciding whether teachers gress, Education Secretary and schools are succeeding or Arne Duncan said Monday failing," he said. that rolling back federal Duncan acknowledged that testing requirements in math thereare placeswhere tests and reading would deprive — and test preparationstudents, parents and their take up an excessive amount schools of critical information of time. He urged Congress to needed to measure educaprovide money to states to imtional progress. prove the quality of their tests Duncan chose the 50th and to have states set limits anniversary of President on time spent on standardLyndon Johnson's introducized testing. tion of a landmark educaAs helaid outa casefor tion equity bill to make the equity in education, Duncan Obama administration's case said he's "deeply concerned for continued testing. Civil about where some Republirights groups and state educans are headed."

No Child Left Behind cationchiefsalso have voiced requires schools to show supportforit.

"I believe parents and annual growth in student achievement or face conseteachers and students have both the right and the quences. It has been credited with putting a focus on how absolute need to know how much progress all students schools handle minority, loware making each year toward income, English learners and college and career readiness," special needs students, but Duncan said. also has led to complaints He said that too many 16- that teachers were teaching and 17-year-olds find out too to standardizedtestsand that mandates were unreallatethey aren'tprepared for college, and "those days must istic and penalties ineffective.

Beyond the federal requirebe over."

The No Child Left Behind ments, many districts and states require other staneducation law, signed into law by President George dardized tests.

Since 2012, President W. Bush in 2002, requires children to be tested in read- Barack Obama has allowed ing and math in grades three statesto geta waiverfrom through eight and once in some of the more stringent high school. requirements of the law, but With Republicans newly they had to agree to requirein charge ofboth houses of ments such as implementing Congress, Senate Education teacher evaluation systems ChairmanLamar Alexander, with teeth.

R-Tenn., has said his top There's been widespread priorityis fixing the law, which agreement that the compreexpired in 2007. His first hear- hensive law needs to be fixed, ingis expected next week with but disagreement over how a focus on testing. Both he and to do it.

The National Education House education Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., have said Association, a teachers union, the federal government needs wants Congress to adopt a federal requirement that stuto get out of the business of dents be tested just once in deciding what to do about low-performing schools, educa- elementary, middle and high tion standards and teacher school."Parents and educators know that the one size evaluations.

Alexander said in a statefits all annual federal testing ment that the committee structure has not worked," NEA President Lily Eskelsen expects to send a bill to the Garcia said in a statement.

Senate early this year."My The Associated Press

SCHOOE School board public hearing is tonight The La Grande School Board will meet for a public hearing and a regular board meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the Willow Elementary

School conference room.

The purpose of the public hearing will be to take input on a district plan that would give the school district more options for hiring a general contractor, which will be responsible for the maintenance and capital construction projects that will be

funded by the $31.85 million bond school districtvoters

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Imbler School District students NickArnoldus, Sadie Royes, SydneyTreat and BrandonWyland examine a product onThursday made with lmbler High School's new Computer Numerical Control laser printing machine.

By Dick Mason FIRST BlANKfT

IMBLER — Imbler High School's vocational technical building is about the past and the future — a state of the art future.

The building's hallway contains a photo gallery of Imbler's top FFA students dating back to the 1930s.

Lending historic balance to the building is a new $30,000 Computer Numerical Control laser printing machine in the agriculture

vided a $20,000 grant for its purchase. The Imbler Education Foundation applied for the grant for IHS.

The remaining $10,000

shop.

The CNC printer, which arrived early in the school year, is primarily used by students to engrave wood products they have created withdecorativedesigns, names and more.

"It is a like a regular printer except it is done on wood," said Brandon Wyland, a student in a junior high wood shop class.

The printer is used primarily for wood objects but can also be used to decorate and add letters to materials like plastic and leather. It operates by taking a design created by someone via computer sofbvare and then engraving it on to an object.

passed in November.

Meatball feed set in North Powder

A meatball feed will be conducted from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Jan. 23 in Powder Valley High School's gym building. The feed will be held in conjunction with the school's boys and girls basketball games against Wallowa High School.

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Imbler School District student Brandon Wyland examines Imbler High School's CNC laser printer.

The CNC printer is used by students in wood shop and agriculture construction and manufacturing classes taught by IHS agriculture teacher J.D. Cant. The award winning teacher is delighted with how quickly his students have learned how to operate the printer. cwith almost anything that involves technology, they adopt and learn quickly," Cant said.

Late last year students in Cant's classes were busy using the CNC machine

Cove School Board meets on Tuesday The Cove School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the math room of the high school.

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VALLEY, Ala.— An Alabama middle school principal wants to stockpile cans of corn and peas in classroomsforstudentsto hurl at possible intruders as a lastresortdefense.

In a letter Friday, W.F. Burns Middle School Principal Priscella Holley asked parents to have each student bring an 8-ounce canned item. cwe realize at first this may seem odd; however, it is a practice that would catch an intruder off guard," she wrote in the letter, published by TV station WHNT in Huntsville.

"The canned food item could stun the intruder or even knock him out until the police arrive," Holley wrote.'The canned food item will give the students a sense of empowerment to protect themselves and will make them feel secure in case an intruder enters theirclassroom."

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La Grande High School's robotics club will meet at 3:15 p.m. Jan. 21 at LHS.

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needed for the purchase of the printerwas provided by the Forest Scientific Corporation of Tionesta, Pennsylvania.

Cant said that the CNC printer in a sense has limitless potential. If a student can imagine a design for an object he or she can soon make it a reality.

"It is interesting to watch students go from concept to design," Cant said.'They can create something ofhigh quality quickly, it is exciting for them."

Principal: Let The Associated Press

La Grande High School students Sandy Hatten, left, and BeeckTherman practice ballroom dancing in the high school commons after school Friday. Students in the group explore different styles and dance moves, such as the gravity dip.

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to create Christmas gifts.

Items made by students included cookbook stands for their moms that had their names ornately etched in by the CNC machine.

Items crafted from leather and plastic are also being customized with the aid of the laserprinter.

Students have to take into accountthe typeofm aterial the printer will be working on when creating a design for it.

"Understanding how the material interacts with the

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laser is important," Cant sald.

He explained that those who are not careful can destroy the material they aretrying to decorate.

IHS obtained the printer with major assistance from the Wildhorse Foundation, which pro-

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The school is in Valley, Alabama, part of the Chambers County school system.

Chambers County Schools Superintendent Kelli Hodge told The Associated Press on Tuesday that school stafFhad been working with Auburn University's Department of Public Safety on training to respond to such emergencies.

However, Chance Corbett, Auburn's associate director of public safety, said he had actually referred the school to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency foractive shootertraining after learning Monday that school officials wanted the training.

The food cans would be storedin classrooms and students wouldn't be carrying them around school, Hodge told the AP. Using cans or other items as weapons would be a last resortfor students unable to evacuate, she said.

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COLLEG E FOOTBALL

ON DECIC THURSDAY • Prep girls basketball: Pendleton at La Grande,7 p.m.

FRIDAY • Women's coll ege basketball: Eastern Oregon University at Northwest Christian University, 5:30 p.m.

• Men's college basketball: Eastern Oregon University at Northwest Christian University, 7:30 p.m.

• Prep girls basketball: Powder Valley at Echo, 6 p.m.

• Cove at Imbler,6 p.m.

• Joseph at Pine Eagle, 6 p.m.

• Enterprise at Burns, 6 p.m.

• Grant Union at Union, 6 p.m.

• Prep boys basketball: Powder Valley at Echo, 7:30 p.m.

• Cove at Imbler, 7:30 p.m.

• Joseph at Pine Eagle, 7:30 p.m.

• Enterprise at Burns, 7:30 p.m.

• Grant Union at Union, 7:30 p.m.

• Prep wrestling: Imbler at Baker, 10 a.m.

• Elgin, Union/Cove, Joseph, Enterprise, Wallowa at Orofino, Idaho, Tournament, TBD • La Grande at Oregon Classic, Redmond,TBD

AT A GLANCE

3ets tab Cards' DC as coach Completing a franchise overhaul in one day, the Newyork Jets landed former Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles as their new head coach Tuesday night — less than four hours after they announced the hiring of Mike Maccagnan as general manager.

Six-year wait for fans over?

The fight the world has wanted to see for the better part of six years — a long-awaited summit meeting between welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the two top boxers in the world — isnot done, but it has cleared a major hurdle.

Pacquiao andTop Rank, his promoter, have agreed to terms for a May 2 bout, although Mayweather has not yet agreed to terms and it remains to be seen if he will.

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DeForest Buckner, left, walks off the field after Oregon's loss in the College Football Playoff National Championship atAT&T Stadium on Monday in Arlington,Texas.

ncea ain na ona eeu es uc • Ohio St. rumbles to 42-20 win in first ever college playoff national championship game

By Mark Morical VVesCom News Service

ARLINGTON, Texas — They came because they were all a part of this.

Rich Brooks, Mike Bellotti and Chip Kelly were all here, hoping to witness Oregon win its first national championship.

To watch the Ducks go from a national brand to a national power — and beat another national power in doing so.

But this was about more than just those three legendary former

coaches for Oregon. This was about all those long-suffering Oregon fans, who remember the darker days of Ducks football.

Unfortunately for them, the suffering will continue.

The Ducks were denied a national title yet again, falling to Ohio State 42-20 on Monday night in front of a crowd of 85,689 at glitzy AT&T Stadium in the inaugural College Football Playoff championship.

Kelly, Oregon's head coach from 2009 to 2012, walked the sidelines before the game, a huge smile on his face, as he weaved through photographers and other celebrities. Bellotti, Hall of Fame Duck coach from 1995 to 2008, was an honorary captain for the game and was on the field for the coin toss.

And although they were far fewer

in number than red-clad Buckeyes fans, devoted Ducks fans came as well, hoping to be a part of the biggest win in school history, especially after Oregon lost the 2011 BCS National Championship to Auburn.

Quarterback Marcus Mariota and the Ducks wanted to finish what Brooks, Bellotti and Kelly started by claiming that elusive championship, but Ohio State — a team already boasting seven national titleswould not let them, and just simply ran through the Ducks.

After the game, as Buckeyes running back Ezekiel Elliott and Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones were all jokes and smiles in the press conference, the Oregon locker room was asomber place asplayers hugged and consoled one another.

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Area swim

teams perform well at meets

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the Tigers fell 62-58 at home Tuesday.

But following back-to-back wins over Idaho's Skyview and Homedale, Carollo

By Josh Benham gained confidence from the The Observer past week of games.

"Over the last three or four Four points separated La Grande and Pendleton games, we've taken a step in the right direction," he said.

Tuesday, making it the closest Tigers' game this season. "Itold them, We've got 14 And despite the Buckaroos out of our 23 regular season coming out on top, La Grande games done. We're over halfway through the season, head coach Mark Carollo believes it will prepare his and it's time that every day team for the stretch run. we step on the floor, we're 5A Pendleton used two big getting better'. iTuesdayl second-quarter runs to take was a good learning lesson.

Brady Cutler/TheObserver the lead, and La Grande was This is the first close game Andrew Peasley finishes at the rim durneverabletogetoverthe that we've been in that's been ing a fastbreak opportunity in the first hump in the second half, as See TigerslPage9A quarter against Pendleton.

Down by four points late in a Wapiti League contest between Cove and Enterprise in Cove Saturday, the Leopards' sliced the lead to 32-30 on a pair of Reagan Carreiro free throws with half a minute remaining. After Enterprise missed at the free throw line, Cove's Kindra Moore found KaylaJohnson inthew aning moments, who banked in a 3-pointer to win, 33-32, at the buzzer.

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The La Grande High School teams enjoyed a pair of third-place finishes Saturday at The Dalles High School Invitational Swim Meet.

'There were many best times swum at the meet by our kids, with 19 out of 52 swims, and 31 out of 52 if you count the kids swimming events for the first time," head coach Darren Dutto said."This makes it a great mid-season meet. Most of the kids are right on track for districts. I am particularly proud of the progress being made by the new swimmers to the team."

The girls team finished with 304 points, and had two relay wins that sparked the Tigers. Hannah Roberts, Abbey Felley, Shelby Baker and Abbey Tweten teamed up to take first in the 200-meter medley relay race with a time of 2 minutes, 5.75 seconds, and See SwimmingIPage9A

TOMORROW'S PICIC

WHO'S HOT

Tigers hope to slow Buckaroos

MOWiLLiAMS: The Minnesota Timberwolves' guard scored a career and franchise record 52 points during a 110-101 victory over the Indiana Pacers Tuesday, which put an end to the TWolves'15game losing skid.

Following a five-point loss on the road to Vale Tuesday, La Grande aims to get back to its winning ways when it hosts 5A Pendleton.

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La Grande fell on the road Tuesday, as 3A Vale defeated the Tigers 59-54.

Avery Albrecht had a big night offensively, leading the team with 27 points. Kylin Collman added nine points, and Lacey Miles scored five points. Albrecht and Kali Avila both grabbed six rebounds.

'They are a tough team, have won three of the last four i3Al state championships. It was a really tough battle," head coach Doug Girdner said."But we can't allowteam's to score 16 pointsthe last three quarters of the game, and that's what happened."

The story of the game was the Tigers' defense letting them down, as Girdner was pleased with the overall offensive performance.

"Itwas a pretty good offensive game, from both sides," he said.

"Both teams had just eight turnoversand shot 71 percent from the ifree-throwl line. We definitely played well. The difference is we weren't closing out on their shooters, and we gave up too many offensive putbacks. That was the difference in the game."

After five of its last six games on the road, and with two more away games on the horizon starting Saturday, La Grande i8-4 overall) gets a welcome sight Thursday, when it hosts 5A Pendleton.

"This is always a hard week to travel, with finals week," Girdner said."Kids are staying up later than they normally do, and it's a hard week to be playing. It seems like we play too many games every year during this week, so we'll get them rested up for Thursday."

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DUKE: The Blue Devils lost their

second straight game, and had their 41-game home winning streak snapped, when the Miami Hurri-

canes went to Cameron Indoor Stadium and won 90-74Tuesday.

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SPORTS

SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL NFL Playoff Glance All Times PST Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 New England 35, Baltimore 31 Seattle 31, Carolina 17 Sunday, Jan. 11 Green Bay 26, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 24, Denver 13 ConferenceChampionships Sunday, Jan. 18 Green Bay at Seattle, 12:05 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at New England, 3:40

p.m. (CBS)

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

Team lrvin vs. Team Carter, 5 p.m.

(ESPN)

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz.

AFC champion vs. NFC champion,

3:30 p.m. (NBC)

HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Tampa Bay 45 27 14 4 5 8 146 122 Montreal 41 2 6 12 3 5 5 111 95 Detroit 43 23 1 1 9 5 5 120 107 Boston 44 23 1 5 6 5 2 117 114 Florida 41 20 1 2 9 4 9 102 113 Toronto 43 2 2 1 8 3 4 7 137 132 Ottawa 42 17 1 7 8 4 2 114 118 Bulfalo 44 14 2 7 3 31 8 2 150 Metropolitan Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA N.Y. Islanders 43 29 13 1 5 9 134 116 Pittsburgh 4 2 2 6 10 6 5 8 129 100 Washington 42 23 11 8 5 4 125 106 N.Y. Rangers 40 24 12 4 5 2 124 98 Philadelphia 43 17 19 7 4 1 119 129 Columbus 4 0 1 8 19 3 3 9 104 131 NewJersey 44 15 21 8 3 8 9 6 124 Carolina 43 1 4 2 4 5 3 3 9 1 114 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOT Pts GFGA Nashville 42 2 9 9 4 62 130 94 Chicago 43 2 8 1 3 2 5 8 134 95 St.Louis 43 2 7 1 3 3 5 7 140 107 Winnipeg 44 2 2 14 8 5 2 121 111 Dallas 42 19 16 7 4 5 131 139 Colorado 44 1 8 17 9 4 5 115 127 Minnesota 4 2 1 8 19 5 4 1 113 128 Pacific Division

Anaheim San Jose LosAngeles Vancouver Calgary Arizona Edmonton

GP W L OT Pls GF GA 43 27 10 6 6 0 121 118 44 23 16 5 5 1 119 120 43 20 13 10 50 121 112 41 23 15 3 4 9 114 109 43 22 18 3 4 7 123 114 42 16 22 4 3 6 9 9 139 44 10 25 9 2 9 9 9 149 All Times PST

Tuesday's Games Carolina 3, Colorado 2, SO Boston 4, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 3, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Pittsburgh 7, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4, Edmonton 2 Nashville 5, Vancouver 1 Winnipeg 8, Florida 2 Dallas 5, Ottawa 4 San Jose 3, Arizona 2

Wednesday's Games Montreal at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

Toronto atAnaheim, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

EdmontonatTampa Bay,4:30 p.m.

Colorado at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary atArizona, 6 p.m.

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

BASKETBALL NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 25 12 . 6 76 Brooklyn 16 22 .4 2 1 9 ' / 2 Boston 13 2 3 . 3 6 1 11'/2 Philadelphia 7 30 . 189 1 8 New York 5 3 5 ,1 2 521'/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 3 0 8 .78 9 Washington 26 1 2 . 684 4 Miami 1 7 21 . 447 1 3 Charlotte 15 2 4 ,3 8 5 15'/2 Orlando 14 2 7 ,3 4 1 17'/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 26 13 . 6 67 Milwaukee 20 1 9 . 513 6 Cleveland 19 20 . 487 7 Indiana 15 2 5 ,3 7 511'/2 Detroit 14 24 . 3 6 8 11'/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Houston 27 11 . 7 11 Memphis 2 6 1 1 ,7 0 3 '/2 Dallas 27 12 . 6 9 2 '/2 San Antonio 23 16 .5 9 0 4 ' / 2 N ew Orleans 18 19 .486 8 ' / 2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 3 0 8 .78 9 Oklahoma City 18 19 .48 6 11'/2 Denver 17 2 0 ,4 5 9 12'/2 Utah 13 26 . 3 3 3 17'/2 Minnesota 6 31 .1 6 2 23'/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 30 5 .857 L .A. Clippers 25 13 .65 8 6 ' / 2 Phoenix 2 3 18 . 561 1 0 Sacramento 16 22 . 4 2 1 15'/2 L.A. Lakers 1 2 27 . 3 0 8 2 0 All Times PST

Tuesday's Games Atlanta 105, Philadelphia 87 Washington 101, San Antonio 93 Minnesota 110, Indiana 101 Phoenix 107, Cleveland 100 Golden State 116, Utah 105 Dallas 108, Sacramento 104, OT Miami 78, L.A. Lakers 75

Wednesday's Games Houston at Orlando, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

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

Memphis at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 6 p.m.

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

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Kimberly, Western Australia $2,882; 11.

Kash Wilson,Gooding, Idaho $2,503; 12. Trenten Montero, Winnemucca, Nev. $2,495; 13. Evan Jayne, Marseille, France $2,439; 14. Justin Miller, Billings, Mont. $2,421; 15. Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D. $2,330; 16. TeddyAthan, Livermore, Calif. $2,319; 17. George Gillespie IV, Placerville, Calif. $2,106; 18. Joe Gunderson, Gettysburg, S.D. $2,040; 19.

Chase Erickson, Helena, Mont. $1,868; 20. Scotty NeSmith, Morristown, Tenn. $1,731.

Steer Wrestling 1. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. $5,780; 2. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas $4,850; 3. Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan. $4,672; 4. Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala. $4,420; 5. Jason Lahr, Stephenville, Texas $3,969; 6. Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif. $3,761; 7. Clay Mindemann, Salina, Okla. $3,560; 8. Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D. $3,499; 9. Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta $3,490; 10. Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii $3,474; 11. Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo. $3,448; 12. Adam Strahan, McKinney, Texas $3,390; 13. Darrell Petry, Cheek, Texas $3,183; 14. Brett Gumb, Burwell, Neb. $3,026; 15. Austin Courmier, Oakwood, Texas $2,908; 16.

Tait Kvistad, Keenesburg, Colo. $2,742; 17. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas $2,720; 17. BrayArmes, Ponder, Texas $2,720; 19. Forest Sainsbury, Camp Crook, S.D. $2,681; 20. Blaine Jones, Templeton, Calif. $2,353.

Team Roping (header)

Thursday's Games New York vs. Milwaukee at London, England, Noon.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 5 p.m.

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

RODEO Pro Rodeo Leaders Through Jan. 11 All-around 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $14,464.

Bareback Riding 1. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. $7,868; 2. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. $4,420; 3. R.C. Landingham, Pendleton, Ore. $3,894; 4. Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho $3,659;5.Wi llLowe, Canyon, Texas $3,641; 6. Kyle Brennecke, Grain Valley, Mo. $3,412; 7. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. $3,373; 8. Tim O'Connell, Zwingle, lowa $3,230; 9. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas $2,908; 10. Anthony Thomas,

1. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. $7,614; 2. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. $7,561; 3. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. $6,727; 4. Doyle Hoskins, Chualar, Calif. $4,636; 5. Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas $4,512; 6. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. $4,420; 7. Dylan Gordon, Comanche, Okla. $3,776; 8. Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla.$3,652; 9.Ethan Fox, Bonham, Texas $3,629; 10. Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz. $3,535; 11. David Key, Stephenville, Texas $3,418; 12. Quisto Lopez, Beeville, Texas $3,202; 13. Robert Pixley, Livingston, Texas $3,117; 14. Bull Austin, East Bernard, Texas $2,998; 15. Jesse Stipes, Salina, Okla. $2,943; 16. Justin Van Davis,Madisonville,Texas $2,936; 17. Clint Summers, Lake City, Fla. $2,846; 18. Ty Blasingame, Sugar City, Colo. $2,814; 19. Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn. $2,292; 20. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. $2,210.

Team Roping (heeler)

1. Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan. $7,614; 2. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. $7,561; 3. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. $6,727; 4.

Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas $4,512; 5. Paul Eaves, Lonedell,Mo .$4,420;6.

Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb. $3,879; 7. Gage Williams, Foster, Okla. $3,776; 8. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas $3,652; 9.Boogie Ray, Mabank, Texas $3,629; 10. Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah $3,535; 11. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas $3,418; 12.

Justin Ambriz, Jourdanton, Texas $3,202; 13. Corey Hendrick, Huntsville, Texas $2,998; 14. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas $2,936; 15. Brad Culpepper, Sylvester, Ga. $2,846; 16. J.W. Borrego, Weston, Colo. $2,814; 17. Jade Nelson, Midland, S.D. $2,345; 18. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. $2,292; 19. Shay Carroll, La Junta, Colo. $2,210; 20. Twister Cain, Gonzales, Texas $2,199.

Saddle Bronc Riding 1. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. $8,154; 2. Jake Wright, Milford, Utah $6,013; 3.

Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah $5,549; 4. SpencerWright, Milford, Utah $5,465; 5. Justin Caylor, Sulphur Springs, Texas $3,170; 6. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. $3,002; 7. Bradley Harter, Loranger, La. $2,896; 8. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. $2,685; 9. Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas $2,612; 10. Cole Bilbro, Pelahatchie, Miss. $2,504; 11. Nick Laduke, Livermore, Calif. $2,490; 12.

Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. $2,470; 13. Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla. $2,446; 14. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah $2,243; 15. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. $2,058; 16. Kobyn Williams, De Berry, Texas $1,985; 17.

Tyrell Smith, Cascade, Mont. $1,805; 18.

Ty Kirkland, Lufkin, Texas $1,737; 19.

Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $1,690; 20.

Joe Harper, Paradise Valley, Nev. $1,596.

Decatur, Texas $7,952; 4. Jason Evans, Huntsville, Texas $7,301; 5. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas $6,805; 6.

Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla. $4,764; 7.

Walter Priestly, Robstown, Texas $3,920; 8. Roger Branch, Perkins, Okla. $3,888; 9. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. $3,846; 10. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Anz. $3,356; 11. Randy Wells, Cisco, Texas $3,257; 12. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas $2,912; 13. Marty Jones, Hobbs, N.M. $2,363; 14. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas $2,112; 15. J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla. $2,049; 16. Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas $1,974; 16. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas $1,974; 18. Joe O'Rourke, Pawhuska, Okla. $1,921; 19. Joe Wells, Cisco, Texas $1,678; 20. J.B. Whatley, Gardendale, Texas $1,649.

Bull Riding 1. Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont. $17,460; 2. Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla. $9,691; 3. Tim Bingham, Honeyville, Utah $8,008; 4. Nile Lebaron, Weatherford, Texas $6,127; 5. Casey Huckabee, Grand Saline, Texas $5,933; 6. Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho $5,750; 7. Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. $5,695; 8.

Kenny Westrope Jr., Hazlehurst, Miss. $4,420; 9. Dylan Vick Hice, Escalon, Calif. $4,376; 10. Dalton Votaw, Liberty, Texas $4,251; 11. Caleb Sanderson, Kissimmee, Fla. $3,926; 12. Dustin Bowen, Waller, Texas $3,435; 13. Bart Miller, Pleasanton, Neb. $3,230; 14. Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas $3,079; 15. Walker Greynolds, Bakersfield, Calif. $2,842; 16. Jay Turner, Aurora, Colo. $2,455; 17. A.J. Hamre, Los Molinos, Calif. $2,317; 18. Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas $2,300; 19.TyW allace, Collbran, Colo. $2,210; 20. Elliot Jacoby, Fredericksburg, Texas $2,205.

Tie-down Roping 1. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho $8,468; 2. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. $6,395; 3. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas $5,503; 4. Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif. $4,826; 5. Bart Brunson, Terry, Miss. $4,553; 6. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $4,420; 7. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas $4,177; 8. Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas $3,938; 9. Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. $3,753; 10. Joe Keating, Sour Lake, Texas $3,695; 11. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla. $3,373; 12. Justin Maass,Giddings,Texas $3,320; 13.

Jeremy Kempker, Eugene, Mo. $3,316; 13. Jesse Clark, Portales, N.M. $3,316; 15. Clif Cooper, Decatur, Texas $3,244; 16. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas $3,230; 17. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas $3,153; 18. Bryson Sechrist, Apache, Okla. $2,777; 19. Dustin Entzel, Killdeer, N.D. $2,746; 20. Blake Huckabee, De Berry, Texas $2,442.

Barrel Racing 1. Kelly Tovar, Rockdale, Texas $12,714; 2. Alexa Lake, Richmond, Texas $11,788; 3. Layna Kight, Ocala, Fla. $9,695; 4. Victoria Williams, Kiln, Miss. $9,377; 5. Callie Duperier, Boerne, Texas $7,946; 6. Andrea Cline, Stringtown, Texas $7,373; 7. Fallon Taylor, Collinsville, Texas $7,155; 9. Megan Swint, Lithia, Fla. $7,126; 8. Taylor Langdon, Colhnsville, Texas $6,413; 10. Bnttany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas $5,472; 11. Katelyn McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas $5,154; 12.

Dillon McPherson, Wolf Point, Mont. $5,116; 13. Rachel Primm, Washoe Valley, Nev. $4,747; 14. Tana Poppino, Wolf Point, Mont. $4,556; 15. Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas $4,384; 16. Chloe Hoovestal, Helena, Mont. $3,921; 17. Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas $3,805; 18. Jana Riley, Paige, Texas $3,629; 19. Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo. $3,542; 20. Kelley Carrington-French, Boston, Ga. $3,396.

Steer Roping 1. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas $10,989; 2. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas $9,194; 3. Trevor Brazile,

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SeniOrS Jake POWell Bnd BrandOn Dall each scored 18pointsto pacethe TigerS, Bnd AndreW PeaSley ChiPPed in 13 points.

After a strong start,however, La Grande faltered in the pivotal second quarter.

Midway through the first quarter, Powell broke a 6-all tie with a trey, Bnd PeaSley' SfaStbreak reVerSelayuP pushed the lead to 14-8 heading into the second quarter.

A pair of Dall free throws extended the lead tO 19-11 early in the &Bme, but Pendleton responded.

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Sure, &uStrating La Grande'S OffenSe. Pendleton'S SCO rerS, meanWhile, gOt hOt. Sonny Green's 3-point play put his team in &Ont by a POint, BndWBSPerSinger'S putback capped o(I'a 12-0 ntn to give Pendleton a 23-19 advantage with less than five minutes remaining in the half. '%e came out a little flat, but the effort was better in the second quarter," Pendleton head coach Brian Broaddus Said.'%e Started tobOXOuta little better, get a few rebounds and the defense PiCked uP. We finally gOt a PulSe Bnd startedplaying."

La Grande retook the lead with five consecutive points &om Dall, but the BuCkarOOS ended the half On Bn 8-0 ntn, including five points by Caden Smith.

"Give Pendleton credit. They did a good job of really locking down that second quarter," Carollo said."It was just kind of a catchup from there."

Leading 31-24 going into the third quarter, PendletOn StretChed the lead to 10 points after Kai Quinn's 3-point play Off Of BnOffenSiVe rebOund, Bnd Smith'S

pull-up jumper made it 39-28. The Tigers cut the lead to four in the latter half of the quarter following Peasley's

SWIMMING Continued ~om Page 8A RObertS, Felley, Baker Bnd Erin Bodfish won the 200 &eestyle relay with a time of 1:49.94.

Felley Bnd RObertS alSO secured first-place finishes in individual races, with Felley winning the 500 freestyle With a time Of 5:35.22, Bnd Roberts beating out the other swimmers in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:05.28.

Felley Bnd RObertS bOth finished second also in the 200 &eeStyle Bnd 50 &eeStyle, reSPeCtiVely, Bnd Baker had two nmner-up finishes in the 200 individual medley Bnd the 100 &eeStyle.

The boys, meanwhile, SCOred300 team POintS,Bnd

had two first-place swimmers. Josh Ebel won the 200 individual medley with a time Of 2:11.28, Bnd BryCe Ebel placed first in the 100

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La Grande's Kurt Boyd attacks the Pendleton defense during the Buckaroos' 62-58 defeat of the Tigers Tuesday. trey Bnd Dall'S nifty uP-Bnd-tmder buCket, but Quinn'S driVe Bnd SCOregaVe Pendleton a 47-38 lead at the end of the third.

Midway through the fourth, two Green &ee throws put La Grande in a nine-point hole, before Powell's 3-pointer sliced the lead to six with 1:40 remaining. Trailing 58-52, La Grande'S Kurt Boyd nailed a corner trey after Powell forced a steal with about a minute left.

After two Buckaroo &ee throws, Powell hit another 3-pointer to trim the lead dOWn to 60-58 With 41 SeCOndSOn the

clock.

"I thought we came out in the second half and never gave up," Carollo said.

'They COntinued tO fight, Bnd there'S a lotto be said for that."

Following a timeout, Smith made one of two free throws, but La Grande missed a tying trey. Smith was fouled

butterfly with a time of 54.47. Both swimmers were alsoa partoftheTigers' foursome, along with Tony Clay Bnd NOlan ClementS, who placed second in the 200 medley relay.

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best swim of the meet for La Grande. Bryce Ebel also placed second in the 100 breaststroke.

The LaGrande Swim Club alsohad a fi neweekend at the January Storm swim meet in Walla Walla, Wash., Friday to Sunday, With numerOuS toP finiSheS.

Riana WBSthe high POint Winner Bnd beSt OVerall swimmer for the 11-12 girls age group, taking first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:04.04, 100 breaststroke, withtime of1:15.17,100 &eestyle, with time of 58.83 Bnd 50 breaStStrOke, With time of34.18.

again, and missed both free throws this time, but the Tigers' were again ofF the mark on an attempt to knot it at 61-all, and Persinger's free throw with three seconds left sealed the Pendleton win. '%e did just enough," Broaddus said.

"That's a great team, athletic and wellcoached.Ilook forthem to gorealfarin 4A. I eXPeCt them tO gO toState, make some noise and get a trophy."

La Grande (10-4 OVerall) 1OOkS to reboundSaturday atParma, Idaho.

"It gOeS baCk to the little thingS of every ball game," Carollo said. '%e Cut SOme Of thOSe Out, Bnd We're

maybe ahead of that game. So there are definitely SOme thingS to WOrk On, but that's why you play preseason games. It WOuld'Ve been really niCe to beat them here, but at the end of the day we've got to take the positives."

Grace Knutsen won first placein the 1650 freestyle in thegirls 13-14 agegroup with a meet record time of 17:57.20, BndalSOWOnthe 200 breaststroke (2:38.45), 100 freeStyle (55.48) Bnd 100

backstroke (1:03.15).

Romayne Ricker won second in the 50 &eestyle Bnd 200 indiVidual medley, Bnd third in the 200 baCkStrOkeBnd 100 freeStyle,Bnd Kennedy Kruse placed third in the 1650 &eestyle, in the 13-14 girls age group.

Reagan Kruse placed first in the 100 breaststroke, Bnd tOOk SeCOndin the 200

indiVidual medley Bnd 100 &eestyle, in thegirls9-10 age gTOUP.

In the girlS 8 Bnd under group, Sarah Koza had 10 nmner-up races, taking second in the 25 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 25 backstroke, 50 freest yle,100freestyle, 100 individual medley, 25 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 25

&eeStyle Bnd 50 baCkStrOke, in the girlS 8 Bnd under group. McKinley Kntse placed third in the 25 backStrOke Bnd 50 freeStyle, Bnd Koza, Kntse, Rebecca Koza Bnd ShilOh LynCh WOnbOth the 100medley relay Bnd 100 &eestyle relay.

Keegan DuttOtOOkthird in the 1650 &eestyle, 200 individual medley, 200 backstrokeand 500 freestyle in the bOyS15 Bnd OVer age gTOUP.

In the boys 13-14 age group, Garren Dutto won the 50 freestyle with a time Of 24.40Bnd the500freeStyle with a time of 5:13.28, took second in the 200 &eestyle Bnd third in the 100 butterHy, 200 breaststroke, 100 backStrOkeBnd 200 baCkStrOke. Lance Denny placed first in the 100 breaststroke with a time Of 1:12.23, BndSeCOndin the 200 breaststroke. Justin Miller finished second in the 1650 freestyle.

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Some made promises to each other for next season, while some seniors said

goodbye.

"I'm taking the time to appreciate everything I've been through these last five years, especially this year," said Keanon Lowe, a senior receiver who had three CatCheS fOr 55 yardS Bnda touchdown.'Yhis has been the best year of my life. This team has been constantly kicked down, and we've done nothing but respond. There's a whole bunch of fighters on this team, and they're all my brOtherS, Bnd I 1OVe them

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"Ofcourse we're disappointed. It's the only time this gmup is going to be together and We Wanted to gOOut the rightway.And we didn't go out how we wanted to."

Ducksoffensivecoordinator SCOttFrOStSaid he thinks Oregon overachieved this season after suffering so many injurieS to key PlayerS. 'These guys battled, they The DuCkS failed to make any effective adjustments battled through injuries," Frost said.'%e have some to StOP ElliOtt, WhO6niShed With 246 yardS Bnd fOur special players and we're missing a bunch of them. touChdOWnS ruShing, and he continued to pound the I think if a few things go Oregon defense in the second another way, this game could half and bTBak taCkle after have been doser." tackle. Everybodyin the Oregon has created a stadium knew he was getting national brand, built a sucthe ball — over and over and cessful progt'am kom sct'atch over the past two decades. over again.

The Buckeyes were just The Ducks already have too stmng, too powerful in the Pac-12 titles and Rose Bowl ttenches for the Ducks. victories.

Many WBTB PrediCting the They wanted — neededgame to be an inStant ClaSSiC, a national title. with late-game heroics kom After falling to the Buckeyes, they still have both sides. But that never nOt reaChed the toP Of the came to 6uition, as the Pac12 and Rose Bowl champions mountain.

ThOSefOrmer COaCheS Bnd were beaten soundlyby a longtime fans who came to physical Big Ten team that ran the ball down their North Texas were treated to throats. heartaChe inStead OfhiStory.

But the Ducks would not Sound familiar? have had this opportunity Now Oregon will have to answer those same questions if not for those who came aboutbeingphysical enough before.

And in that grim locker and tough enough to beat a team like Ohio State. room after the game, sever"Some players, you know al Ducks players promised mySelt; WBTB maybe trythis: They will get back to ing to do too much," said the national championship Oregon defensive lineman game.

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Arrest in freight train fuel tank, diesel spill BEND — Police in Bend, Oregon, say a 47-year-old transienthas been arrested, accused of puncturing a moving freight train's fuel tank by placing a metal rail on railroad tracks.

About2,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in the Dec. 23 incident.

KTVZ reports that Lt. Nick Parker says George William Myers was arrested Tuesday and booked into jail for investigation of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

Wandering wolf arrives in SW Oregon GRANTS PASS — Another wandering wolfhas found its way to the Cascades of southwestern Oregon, where OR-7 has established his pack after trekking thousands of miles in search of a mate.

An automatic trail camera snapped a photo of the new wolf in timberlands west of the Klamath County community of Keno, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist John Stephenson said Tuesday. The camera was set out by an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist after he spotted a track in the snow in December.

The arrival of another wandering wolf confirms that the animal continues to spread widely across the region after beingreintmduced in the Northern Rockies in the 1990s.

The area was actually frequented by OR-7 before he settled down farther north, Stephenson said.

25 years for southern Oregon bar stabbing GRANTS PASS — Aman convicted of killing a Grants Pass bar patron he didn't even know has told the victim's family he didn't know why he did it.

Britt Bonesread a statement Mondayin Josephine County Grcuit Court saying he was deeply sorry, but had no memoryof stabbing 25-year-old Mike McCoylast Mamh in the Red Rock Lounge.

Bones was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder.

Bar bouncer Jason Griffith told The Grants Pass Daily Courier there were about 150 people in the bar when Bones suddenly turned and attacked McCoy, who was standing behind him.

Bones was arrested the next day at his home in Selma, where there was a large marijuana gmwing operation.

Gresham man pleads guilty to killing cat PORTLAND — A Gresham man has pleaded guilty to accusations he responded to

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being kicked out of the house by killing his mother's cat.

The Oregonian reports 27-year-old Jonathan F. W agner faces up to fiveyears for animal abuse, up to 20 for burglary.

Authorities say Wagner's behavior was threatening, so his mother boxed up some of his possessions in July.

While she was at work, police say,W agner vandalized the house and slit the throat of the cat, Tom, putting the body on his mother's bed.

At the time, Wagner said he was offmedicat ionsfordepressionand psychoti cepisodes.

His mother said he hadn'tbeen diagnosed with mentalillness.

He entered the pleas Tuesday. Other charges were dismissed. Sentencingis March 9, after a psychological exam.

Ontario's golf course sees its last round ONTARIO — After years ofsubsidizing a golfcourse and debating what to do about it, the city of Ontario is out of the greens and fairways business.

Its18-holecoursedates to 1964 but has lost money for years — in July, the most recent annual cost was put at

more than $300,000.

At the same time, memberships and dubhouse sales were bothreporled offby 17percent.

Critics of subsidizing the course said the city of more than 11,000 has more pressing priorities, such as finding money for seven firefighters and police officers that a study has identified as a need.

Advocates, however, said the course is an amenity that makes the city more attractiveforeconomic development. They note the city has also closed its public pool, a similar blow to the city.

In August, the City Council m ade the decision to stop subsidizingthegolfcourse, the Ontario Argus Observer reported.

Pastor will take $750k to drop plan EUGENE — The pastor of a Eugene church is offering a deal to neighbors who opposehisplan to leasepart ofthe property fora 75-foot cellphone tower.

H e'll drop plans forthe tower in return for $750,000.

Pastor Aaron Taylor of Crossfire World Outreach Ministries says that's half of what Crossfire would receive overalong-term lease.He also says opponents could buy the entire 2-acre church site for $2 million, so the church could relocate.

One opponent, William Collinge, tells The Register-

By Taylor W. Anderson WesCom News Service

SALEM — After a long and stubborn recession, Oregonians are finding work.

Now they need to get paid fairly for it.

That's what John Kitzhaber told the House and Senate after he was sworn in as Oregon's governor for a record fourth time Monday.

"Indeed, I must admit to feeling a bit disingenuous when I say economic recovery, because I am certain that this term does not have much meaningfor hundreds of thousands of people in our state," Kitzhaber said.

In his inaugural address, Kitzhaber stuck to themes that have gmwn familiar over the campaign and months since he was re-elected. Businesses have rebounded, but many people now working are in low-payingjobs.

"I think we can all agree that this situation is not only unfair, but that it serves to widen the disparities that divide us and makes it more diKcult for us to come together as a community," Kitzhaber said.

Kitzhaber took the oath of office in his familiar blue jeansand suitcoatalongside his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes.

The day saw a new crop of legislators sworn in, including Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend. Central Oregon Republicans Mike McLane, the House Republican Leader, Rep. Gene Whisnant, of Sunriver, and Rep. John HuSnan, of The Dalles, were also sworn in.

Democratic leaders in the House and Senate focused their speeches, which were made short in part to account for the University of Oregon football game, on inequality.

They called for statewide and regional focus on issues that persist, such as near doubledigit unemployment rates and sluggish economies in rural communities.

Democrats will contml both chambers of the legislatme when the full session convenes Feb.2. The leaders walked similar paths in theirremarks, calling for unity acmss partylines to provide economic equality for all Oregonians.

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, gave Republicans each a toy elephant and Democrats

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one in five Oregon children still livingin poverty? Why do over 30 percent of Oregon childrenfacefood insecurity on a daily basis? Whyis poverly among Latinos 27 percent and poverty among African Americans, Native Americans, Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and people with disabilities over 30 percent?"

"And most importantly, why is that acceptable to us?" Kitzhaber asked.

Gov. John Kitzhaber's office on Tuesday released a statement saying the governor and fiancee Cylvia Hayes are unaware of any law enforcement investigation into Hayes' consulting contracts.

The two have retained two Portland attorneys that specialize in government affairs and government contracts.

"Basedon recentnews accountsthe Governor and First Lady want to clarify that neither they, nor the governor's office has had any contact or communication from any law enforcement agencies regarding the First Lady's activities and are unaware of any investigation," the statement read.

Willamette Week reported that the FBI was investigating Hayes. The FBI doesn't confirm or deny whether it is investigating anyone.

The two retained attorneys from Ball Janik in early November who will prepare both for an Oregon Government Ethics Commission review.

The governor in October asked the commission for a decision on whether Hayes was really considered a public official and bound by the same rules governing public officials.

The commission will announce its decision in March on whether to proceed with a full investigation into several of Hayes' consulting contracts and her work out of Kitzhaber's office.

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Guard thegl discuss the offer but he doesn't know if it's ridiculous or people will think it's extortion.

Raising the minimum wage, creating a statewide paid sick leave policy and creating a retirement account accessibl e to allworkershave emerged on the list of Democratic priorities likely to arise during the session.

The inauguration ceremoniesserve as abridgefrom a bruising campaign season to the inevitable battles over how the Legislature will work together on those and other issues, and Kitzhaber's speech helped pave the way.

each a toy donkey, marking the symbolsoftherespective parties. But he told them he was thinkmg twice about the gift because he' d preferthey forgetpartiesduring thesession and work together.

"Atleast for today, maybe not be an elephant. Maybe not be a donkey, but an Oregonian," Courtney said.'When youlookatyourelephant and your donkey this session, let us not think abouthow they are different, letus think about how they are alike."

House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, who was sworn in unanimously to her position for the second consecutive term,focused on thoseissues during a brief speech in the House chambers.

"Rep. Mike McLane from Powell Butte is inspired to find ways to help families in poverty. And he brings those concerns to the Capitol every day," Kotek said, before saying Rep. Brian Clem, D-Salem, works to protect farmers and others focus on their constituents.

The remarks were a taste of what's to come during the 2015 session.

The biggest portion of Kitzhaber's proposed budget, taking up more than half of

He said Robert F. Kennedy's presidential run and later assassination moved him to enter state politics 36 years ago as a young emergency room doctor fmm Roseburg.

Kennedy asked tough questions, Kitzhaber said, and even when the answers were elusi ve,thedebate alone was enough to create progress. He asked why the statewould settleforthe current economy.

Employee productivity and wages in the U.S. grew nearly in tandem after World War II through 1973, Kitzhaber said. Since then, productivity has jumped 80 percent, but wages have increased just 10 percent, he said.

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SWCD offers water sample bottles for residents BAKER CITY — The Baker County Soil and Water Conservation Districts have water sample bottles that residents can fill and sendtoan Idaho lab to be tested for bacteria and other contaminants.

Although the bottle is free, there is a chargefor the various tests.

Pricesheets,and bottles,areavailableat the SWCD office at 3990 Midway Drive in Baker City.

Residents can mail bottles to Magic Valley Labs in Twin Falls, Idaho — 210 Addison Ave., Twin Falls, ID 83301 — or drop the sample at the Baker City Public Works warehouse, 2551 Place St., on a Wednesday morning.

Samplesneed tobereceived atthe lab within 24 hours to ensure the most accurate results.

Samplescan be tested forbacteria as well as calcium, pH, lead, nitrates, iron and much more.

More information is available by calling the SWCD at 541-523-7121.

The Vapor Place opens on Adams Avenue in La Grande The Vapor Place recently opened its doors at 607 Adams Ave. Owner Mandy Travis and Manager Kristina Kissinger opened the store Jan. 3.

The VaporPlace sellse-cigarettes,vapor, e-liquids, mechanical mods and kits. aWe want to help people move away from more harmful tobacco products and save them money at the same time," Kissinger said.

The store offers alargevariety ofproducts, low prices and knowledgeable staff.

The liquids are from a company from of Nampa, Idaho.

"So it's fresh and helps keep prices extremely low," Kissinger said.

La Grandewomen's fitness facility under new ownership Curves of La Grande is under new ownership.

New owner Linda Warner-Mola purchased the business from Andrea Pelascini.

The fitness center is a facility specially designed for women, featuring a complete 30-minute workout that is fun, fast and safe, Warner-Mola said.

A prior member of Curves herself, Warner-Mola was a certified coach at the Cleveland Clinic in nutrition, exercise and embracing life.

"I'm excited to help people achieve their fitness and health goals and take away the winter blues,"Warner-Mola said.

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Permittotals The following is the most recent permit figures available for La Grande and Union County for December: CITY OF LA GRANDE PERMITS DECEMBER 2014 Building permit fees (total) $ 5 ,914 Building permits valuation $910,352 Manufactured home permit fees $300 Mechanical permits $950 Plumbing permits $754.50 Electrical permits $2,343.04 Demolition permits $0 Total permits issued 49 UNION COUNTY PERMITS DECEMBER 2014 Building permit fees (total) $ 3 ,195 Building permits valuation $495,865 Manufactured home permits fees $0 Mechanical permits $1,2 9 750 Plumbing permits $354 Electrical permits $3,469.20 Demolition permits $0 Farm exempt permits $0 Total permits issued 47 Source: Union County Chamber of Commerce

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Papa Murphy's Operations ManagerTara Morrel helps her employees, lan Anderson and Madi Elliott, with completing some orders. Morrel was part of the original Papa Murphy's in La Grande when it was located nearWalmart in 1993.

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By Cherise Kaechele The Observer

La Grande's Papa Murphy's store underwent a major renovation — to the point that owner Bob Hulden said it's like having a completely new store.

The store is family owned and operated. Hulden, and his wife, Ann, are co-owners of the La Grande, Pendleton and Hermiston Papa Murphy's locations.

Daughter and son-in-law Tara Morrel and Peter Morrel work as operations managers at the La Grande store.

The La Grande location shut down for eight days just before the Christmas holiday, said Tara Morrel.

"Itwas a fastand furious project," Morrel said.aWe took it to the studs. Pretty much the front half of the store is completely new."

Morrel said she didn't want the business to be impeded with the closure and wanted to make sure the storewasn'tclosed soclose to Christmas. The entire process was completed Dec. 13 through Dec. 21.Despitethefactthe store wasn't due for a remodel for another two years, according to Bob Hulden, his two other stores also received the new design.

The La Grande location went withthe"create"store design, which Morrel and Hulden felt

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The Papa Murphy's store went through a major renovation in December. was the"newer" design — it'd be more modern, they said.

"This idesignl will take us 10 to 15 years down the road. It has a clean feeling," Morrel said.

The new design is allowing them to be faster and more efficient with taking orders, including the ability to take orders over the phone in the back so employees are not getting in the way of the in-store customers. cWe aren't stopping the flow with the new order system," Morrelsaid."Ithelpsusspeed up and improve. The customer may not realize the change with that, but we do.

Hulden said the renovation was a major investment but something they thought was necessary. cWe believe in the business,

though, our customers and the community," he said.

This family-owned business goes back further than most realize. According to Hulden, he was going to college in Corvallis and would go to the local take and bake pizza, Papa Aldo's.

"It was the only thing I could afford," he said.

Morrel got to know Papa Aldo's owners and eventually helped them open the first Papa Murphy's store, where the Papa Aldo's ownersconverged to laterbecome Papa Murphy's.

Hulden opened the Pendleton storein 1989,followed by the La Grande location in 1993which was originally located near Walmart, before moving to the current location in 1998 — and SeeRemodel / Page 2B

arly on in my career I had the pleasure of working in a fast growing corporationthat doubled its revenue to a billion dollars in six years.

From that experience in the trenches I earned my stripes. Since business growthappears tobein style once again, let me share four key takeaways that might make your business growth easier.

The first is that growing a businesstakes capitaland financial savvy. Setting aside theincreasedpayrollcosts when new people are hired, spending to satisfy new clientsand delivering products and services takes additional cash.

Without the financial ability to invest in the future, all the plans in the world won't help.What makes a huge difference is having top internal finance people, smart management and connections to lenders who are open to hearinga story ofpastand future success.

The company and all the managers at my employer became extremely financially literate during this time.

Decisions were made with profitability, not volume, in mind. Investment decisions were openly debated before being made. Financial reporting was enhanced to the point where the books were closed within just a couple of days after month end.

The second is that not everyemployee isgoing tobe abletohandle theincreased responsibilities and output required to successfully handle what growth comes in the door.

In my situation, the company had chugged along in slow motion for decades and many long-term employees, some of them managers, did notrecognize that their leaders were doing more than just talking about more rapid growth. The process has moved along to planning and building infrastructure to handle a growth spurt.

In the run-up to what was planned, key professionals were brought in that had "been there and done that" SeeKeller / Page 2B

HEALTH CARE COSTS

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By George Rede The Oregonian

PORTLAND — Health insurancecostsare growing faster than income in all 50 states, a new study says, and workers are feeling the pinch in rising out-ofpocket costs.

Workers who receive health insurance through their employer are spending more of their income on premiums and deductibles buttheirwages are not keeping up with the increases,according to a reportreleased Thursdayby The Commonwealth

Fund, a private foundation that supportsindependentresearch on health policy reform.

Oregon is among 12 states that have seen a slowdown in the growth of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums from 2010 to2013,following passage oftheAffordable Care Act,according to the New York Citybased foundation.

However, that small measure of reliefhas been more than offset by the larger trend of insurance costs claiming a steadily growing share of workers'

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The new study, assessing stateby-state trends in premium and deductible growth, comes just 30 days after a similar study analyzing national trends in the cost of health insurance coverage. Both reports cover the years 2003 to 2013 and look only at employerprovided coverage.

"Growth in employer premiums and deductibles slowed in m any states afterpassage of theAffordableCare Act, "said Sara Collins, a vice president at The Commonwealth Fund and

a coauthor of the Jan. 8 report.

"However, slow wage growth means working families in every state are being squeezed by health care costs."

Dr. David Blumenthal, president of The Commonwealth Fund, said in a statement accompanying the Dec. 9 report, "As employers struggle to keep health insurance premium costs manageable, they are asking theirworkers to pay alarger share of their insurance costs.

The recent slowdowns in overall See Costs / Page 2B

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real disconnect."

One in four people who work in occuPORTLAND — Public assistance to pations that pay $12 an hour or less, or working Oregonians costs an estimated an annual median of $25,000. Of those $1.7 billion annually, according to a new 412,000jobs,threein fourarelocated reporton theim pactoflow-paying jobs. in five industries: retail, food service, Nearly 197,000 workers don't earn personal care, cleaning and mainteenough to cover their basic needs and nance, and health care support. rely in some part on public support, The low-paying work is performed shows the study released last week by disproportionately by women and peothe University of Oregon Labor Educa- ple of color. One in three female-headed tion and Research Center. households earns less than $25,000 a "It's not even an issue of getting year, and a similar share lives below ahead," said Ellen Scott, a UO sociology the poverty line. Half of Oregon's black and gender studies professor and coor African American workforce is emauthor of the report.'They can't even ployed in a low-wage industries, as are 45 percent of Latino workers. gettheir heads above water."

"It's not just about low wages, but it's "The High Cost of Low Wages in Oregon" contrasts stagnating pay with also about the stability and ability for growing employer profits amid the these working adults to rely on work," economic recovery. The report, based Reddy said. on federal and state labor and public According to the report, one in four assistance statistics, was funded by the Oregon workers work part time, and of university as well as six labor groups. those people, one-quarter would work "Oregon is a state with one of the more hours if their employer offered highest number of folks needing asmore. Nearly 7 percent of Oregon workers juggle more than one job. sistance, "said Raahi Reddy,areport co-author and faculty member of the Forty percent of adults who received help paying for food from the SuppleUO Labor Education and Research mental Nutrition Assistance Program Center."And also a state with one of the lowestcorporate tax rates.That'sa in January 2014 earned wages in 2013.

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The report shows that roughly one in five of those workers were employed in the accommodation and food service industry. About 13,100 worked in fastfoodrestaurants,and another 11,900 in full service restaurants. The average

wageforfast-food cookswas$13,960 in 2013.

Yet employer profits in Oregon have rebounded from the recession and continue to climb, the report notes. It points to industry-level data on gross operatingsurplus,aproxy forcorporate profits, that shows Oregon industries earned $99.5 billion in 2012. Restaurantsand motelsearned a collective $1.2billion,according tothereport.

But comparing company profits and worker pay may be misleading, said Steve McCoid, president of the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association.

Although McCoid had not read the new UO report, he noted that restaurant outlets are often franchised by local entrepreneurs who do not earn large profits.

'They get painted with the brush of the national franchisor," McCoid said."In reality those folks are small businessman just like the folks down the street."

DIGITAL ESTATES

Laws vary on accessing digital assets of deceased

By Tim Grant Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PITTSBURGH — In an age when social media websites record so many lifeexperiences and so much personal information is stored online, financial advisersand estate lawyers are increasingly advising clients on handling their digital estates as well as their financial legacies.

Laws on the books addressthe transferof financial assets, such as real estate, bank accounts, stocks and even physical items like furniture and silverware. But federal and stateregulations are — for the most part — in catch-

up mode when it comes to digital assets.

Some states have passed laws that give executors of estates the authority to handlethe decedent'sdigital assets — including online accounts such as Facebook, LinkedIn and email — as they would any other assets.

But Pennsylvania is not one of them, said David Walters, a financial adviser at Palisades Hudson Financial Group and author of the chapter on planning a digital estate in Palisade Hudson's new book,"Looking Ahead: Life, Family, Wealth and Business After 55."

"Because there are not laws in many states now

KELLER Continued from Page 1B elsewhere to manage expansion. This was not hidden from anyone; however, some employees never thought it was any more than just wishful hiring.

Once leadership hitthe gaspedal,it became clear who was pining for the "good old days" of a 9 to 5, long lunches lifestyle and those who understood they would be"driving home in the dark" defined as long days, weekends and plenty of nights away from home.

The third was that everyone was expected to take new responsibilities and an increased workload. Great pride was taken annually calculating revenue per employee as a productivity measurement. It was not a surprise to hear, year after year, that my privately held employer was considerably more efficient than all companies on the Fortune 500 list.

To pull that ofE experienced managers and high potential employees were given opportunities to take on assignments where their talents and strengths could be fully utilized and their capabilities expanded. People

addressing digital assets, executors often do not have legal authority over these assets,"Walters said."In most cases, that means the original agreement between the online vendor and the person dictates what happens when that person dies.

"Usually what the online vendor will do is shut down the account."

For that reason, as part of estate planning documents, Walters recommends including a list of all online accounts and passwords.

The individual can stipulate what should be done with email and other online accounts upon death.

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were not thrown at problems; intelligent people were told to "make it happen with what you have" and they were required to use creativity to achieve goals.

This provided opportunities to learn and grow. Mistakes were made, some costly, and it was a confusing and disorganizedplace to beem ployed because change was constant.

I soon recognized that if I did not like my boss, all I had to do was to wait six months because I would be working for someone else. But everyone had a sense of belonging and more importantly, purpose.

The fourth takeaway was that the company could only have one dominant focus. In many companies today, all decisions made are based on financial metrics. In others, the legal department has the final say. In some companies, all departments have input and the strongest one, the one with the compelling argument, wins.

My employer was driven by sales and the rest of the departments and employeeswere allconsidered"sales support.

That did not mean that sales could make promises that could not be kept;

happen if you were to die unexpectedly or become disabled," he said."If your spouse or other loved one doesn't have your user names and passwords, he or she may find it awkward at bestand impossible atworst to manage your affairs."

Pittsburgh lawyer E. David Margolis said he makes a point to discuss the issue of digital assets with clients. He asks them to fill out an"important information inventory," which is a road map into the client's personalaffairssuch asa list of financial accounts with account numbers and information about all online accounts.

it did not mean that sales could sell below cost so that commissions could be paid to everyone while every box that was shipped out was sold at a loss.

It meant that the company was focused on profitable revenue growth and that selling, delivering and taking care of the client was the highest priority of every employee. If you did not accept that, the company was not a good placeforyou to work.You did nothave to love the product, but you needed to take care of the clients better than any competitor could.

Growth is exciting and challenging.

At the heart of it is having a compelling story to be sold both internally and externally, challenging the right people to do things they didn't know they were capable of doing, not being afraid to address under-performers and to keep the "main thing" clearly in sight at all times.

Ken Kelleris a syndicated business columnist based in Valencia, Calif.

He owns a leadership advisory firm specializing in small and midsize companies. He can be reached at KenKeller@SBCglobal.net.

"We believe in this commumty, in La Grande. Weenjoy our customers. It's about enjoying their experience. It's notjust aboutpizza."

From left, Randa Swindlehur, Madi Elliott and lan Anderson wait for customers to order their pizza at Papa Murphy's.

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Adding one more local, artisanoffering toJoseph's Main Street, Local Loaf opened just before Christmas after much anticipation.

Owners Chad and Nicole Wilcox leased the restaurant space on the corner of Main and WestFirststreets,transforming it into an elegant, European-style bakery with a rural, Western feel. The walls are lined with corrugated metal and decorated with works by local artists. Some of the exquisite furniture has been refinished and reupholstered by Nicole Wilcox.

What wasn't repurposed was built by Chad Wilcox.

If the ambiance draws in the passerby, the rustic breads, homemade soups and delicate pastries will make them want to bring a book, chess board or tea-drinking mate for something hot to drink and a bite to eat.

All of the breads, pastries and fl atbread pizzas are m ade in a wood-fired oven Chad Wilcox built using books to guide him.

Nicole Wilcox said to expect a little char on the bread and pizza crust, a featureofbreads baked in a masonry oven."The crust of our bread is a hard crust and it's brittle."

But the inside is soft and slightly chewy, the perfect complement to a bowl of

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with 50 or fewer employees, and that's had a moderating effect on costs,Calisaid.

Continued ~om Page 1B 'There'sstillm oretodo healthcare costsarepromis- and alotofthingsin progress ing, but clearly they have that will help us," Cali said, not translated into relief for "but the increased transparworkers, who are spending ency and competition that's more of their incomes on happenedin the lastseveral health coverage." years is having a positive Laura Cali ,the Oregon effect for consumers."

The two Commonwealth state insurance commissioner, Fund reports cite severalm easaid Wednesday that while she has not yet seen a statesures pointing to the growing by-state analysis, the national burden on workers, even as trends are consistent with the cost ofhealth insurance what she has seen in Oregon. premiums has begun to slow ''We have seen a slowing somewhat since passage of the in the growth of premiums Affordable Care Act. in the last couple of years," Premiums grew more slowly in 31 states and the she said.'We also have seen District of Columbia between a tendency toward higher 2010 and2013,following pasdeductibles and more costsharing being pushed to em- sageofthefederalhealth law, than between 2003 and 2010. ployees as a way of keeping Premiums grew 4.1 percent premiums in check."

Cali said it's hard to say annually between 2010 and definitively what has caused 2013, compared to 5.1 percent a year fiom 2003 to 2010, premium rate increases to slow down, but that it's likely before the law was passed.

In Oregon, the annual a combination of the new federal health care law and premium growth rate for increasing competition in the individual coverage fell from marketplace.

6.4 percent between 2003 The Affordable Care Act and 2010 to 1.7 percent requires insurers to spend after the act was passed. For family coverage, the annual at least 80 percent oftheir premium revenue on actual growthratedipped from 6.5 health care, leaving the repercent before the ACA to 4.8 maining 20 percent or less percentafteritspassage. for overhead and profits, she Average familypremiums, said. Previously, there was no includingboth the employer requirement. and employee contributions, In additi on,dozens of amounted to 20 percentor more insurance companies in of the medianincomein all but Oregon are competing for 13 states and the Districtof market share among the Columbiain 2013, compam1 to state's small employers, those justtwo statesin 2003.

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nity, in La Grande," Morrel said.'We enjoy our customers.It's aboutenjoying their experience. It's not just about pizza."

vegetable and bean soup. The liege waffle is hot and crispy on the outside and melts in your mouth.

"I go to bed thinking about baking," she said."It's fun.It's science."

Nicole Wilcox said she learnedthe secretstobread baking in Italy. Her menus will follow the seasons using potatoes, leeksand onions for winter soups and later spring and summer vegetables. The plan is to eventually offer weekend brunches and Italian, family-style dinners.

She said the family, including four children, moved to Wallowa County from Aurora three years ago, where they had businesses in Portland and restored a house built in the 1890s. ''We took our time to find something that we need in Wallowa County. I'm excited to see what's going to happenhow the business will grow."

The Wilcoxes employed the help of Catherine Matthias of the Wallowa County Business Facilitation, free business counseling for would-be entrepreneurs.

"Without her, it wouldn't have happened," said Nicole Wilcox.

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The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Whitman Ranger Distnct, is currently analyzing watershed improvement SETTLER'S PARK p rolects t h a t f o c u s ACTIVITIES o n-in s t r ea m w o r k n eeded t o i m p r o v e 1st (!t 3rd FRIDAY a nd m a i ntain w a t e r (every month) quality, f is h h a b itat, and fish passage in the Ceramics with Donna 9:00 AM — Noon.

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MONDAY NIGHT Nail Care 6:00 PM (FREE)

105 - Announcements VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3048 MONTHLY MEETING 2nd Thurs. of the month.

Post (!t Auxiliary meet at

6:30 p.m. VFW Hall, 2005 Valley Ave., Baker 541-523-4988

110 - Self-Help Group Meetings AA MEETING LIST WALLOWA COUNTY

105 - Announcements 110- Self Help Groups 120 - Community Calendar 130 - Auction Sales 140 - Yard, Garage Sales, Baker Co 143 - Wallowa Co 145- Union Co 150 - Bazaars, Fundraisers 160- Lost 8 Found 170 - Love Lines 180 - Personals

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FULL editions of The Baker City Herald are now available online.

St. Lukes/EOMA © 7 PM ENTERPRISE 113 1/2 E Main St. PH: 541-398-1327 Sunday's 10am-noon.

Wednesday (women only) 11 a.m.— noon

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

AA MEETING: Survior Group.

Mon., Wed. (!t Thurs.

12:05 pm-1:05 pm.

Presbytenan Church, 1995 4th St. (4th (!t Court Sts.) Baker City. Open, No smoking.

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Contact: 541-523-4242

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (For spouses w/spouses who have long term terminaI illnesses) Meets 1st Monday of every month at St. Lukes/EOMA©11:30 AM $5.00 Catered Lunch Must RSVP for lunch 541-523-4242

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NORTHEAST OREGON 541-523-3673 CLASSIFIEDS of fers Self Help (!t Support 145 - Yard, Garage G roup An n o u n c e - Sales-Union Co. ments at n o c h arge.

For Baker City call: J uli e — 541-523-3673 For LaGrande call: E n ca — 541-963-31 61

210 - Help Wanted220 - Help Wanted 320 - Business Baker Co. Union Co. Investments BAKER SCHOOL DIS- APPLICATIONS PRO- DID YOU ICNOW 7 IN 10 TRICT 5J is currently accepting applications for an assistant tennis coach at Baker High S chool. F o r a c o m p lete d e s cription o f t he p o s i t io n g o t o www.baker.k12.or.us or contact the employment dtvtston.

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Treatment Facilitator Graveyard shift At our 24 hr Residential Programs for adults and the women (!t children HS diploma required.

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You can drop off your khendrickstN ndninc.org Safe Harbors payment at: Faith Lutheran Church, 541-523-7400 for app. conference room The Observer 12th (!t Gekeler, LG. 541-605-01 50 401 NE 1st St, Suite B 1406 5th St. ENTRY LEVEL Position: PH: 541-426-4004 La Grande Ash Grove Cement ComMonday 10am — 11am pany, located in DurOR NARACOTICS kee, Oregon, seeks an AL-ANON MEETING ANONYMOUS e xperienced w o r k e r in Elgin.

Goin' Straight Group 'Visa, Mastercard, and Meeting times

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Evenings ©6:00 pm Elgin Methodist Church 7th and Birch

regarding Bull Run Sub Watershed R e storaAL-ANON TUESDAY NIGHTS tion Prolect Phase Do you wish the Craft Time 6:00 PM and the Granite Culvert Replacement pro- (Sm.charge for matenals) drinking would stop?

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First Lutheran Church Sat., 9 a.m.

FREE KID'S CLUB THE OREGON State Northeast OR F RIDAYS Police hereby solicits Compassion Center, 1:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. bids for Ianitonal setvtces 1250 Hughes Ln. 1st-6th grades at its Baker City office, Baker City 1734 3rd St. ITB¹ 257-1 746-1 5.

(541)523-3431 Use Valley St. entrance Contact Robert Johnson under Kid's Club sign robert. ohnson©state.or.us AL-ANON-HELP FOR families (!t fnends of alo r 503-378-4065 c oho l i c s .

U n i on for a copy of the LAMINATION Invitation to Bid, County. 568 — 4856 or Up to or view the ITB at 963-5772 17 1/2 inches wide htt s: or in.ore on. ov any length AL-ANON. At t i tude o f Bids must be received $1.00 per foot Gratitude. W e d n e sby Jan. 23 by 3 PM lThe Observeri s not days, 12:15 — 1:30pm. responsible for flaws Faith Lutheran Church. in material or 1 2th (!t Gekeler, L a TRAP CLUB: Thurs., 7 machine error) Grande. p.m.

T r a p Cl ub THE Grounds, Imnaha Rd., UNION COUNTY OBSERVER west of Baker City. For AA Meeting 1406 Fifth info, ca I I Ed at Info.

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110 - Self-Help Group Meetings ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

M ~ t Mon. — Tues. — Thurs.

Fn. (!t Sat. -8 PM Episcopal Church Basement 2177 1st Street Baker City

First Saturday of every month at 4 PM Pot Luck —Speaker Meeting

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

Callfor more info: 541-963-3161.

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

160 - Lost & Found NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Monday, Thursday, (!t Fnday at8pm. Episcopal

MISSING YOUR PET? Check the Baker City Animal Clinic 541-523-3611

Church 2177 First St., Baker City.

PLEASE CHECK Blue Mountain Humane Association

Facebook Page, NARCOTICS if you have a lost or ANONYMOUS found pet.

HELP LINE-1-800-766-3724 Meetings: 8:OOPM:Sunday, M on- 180 - Personals day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fnday MEET S I NGLES right now! No paid operaNoon: Thursday tors, Iust real people 6:OOPM: Monday,Tuesl ike y o u . Bro ws e day, Wednesday, Thursgreetings, e x change day (Women's) m essages and c o n7:OOPM: Saturday

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LA GRANDE School Dis670 - Poultry OREGO N T O PS No. tnct is accepting appli675 - Rabbits, Small Animals 599: Fri., weigh-in at EASTERN O R EGON cations for: Career (!t 8:45 a.m., meeting at 680 - Irrigation University is h i ring a Technical Ed Coordina9 a.m.

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THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD — 5B

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

DEADLINES : LINE ADS:

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385 - Union Co. Ser435 - Fuel Supplies vice Directory POE CARPENTRY N OTICE: O R E G O N FIREWOOD Landscape Contractors • New Homes PRICES REDUCED

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ARE YOU in BIG trouble DISH TV Retailer. Start- REDUCE YOUR Past ANTLER BUYER Elk, w ith t h e I R S ? S t o p ing at $ 1 9.99/month Tax Bill by as much as deer, moose, buying Odd's & End's Law (ORS 671) rewage & b ank levies, (for 12 mos.) & High 75 percent. Stop Levall grades. Fair honest • Remodeling/Additions $140 in the rounds 4" 1220 Court Ave. liens & audits, unfiled Speed Internet starting quires all businesses to 12" in DIA, $170 ies, Liens and Wage p rices. Call N ate a t • Shops, Garages Baker City, OR that advertise and pertax returns, payroll isat $ 14 . 9 5 / m o n t h Garnishments. Call the 541-786-4982. split. Red Fir & Hard• Siding & Decks Closed Sun. & Mon. form landscape cons ues, & r e s olve t a x (where a v a i l a b le.) Tax Dr Now to see if wood $205 split. De• Wi ndows & Fine Tues. — Fn.; 10am - 5pm tracting services be lidebt FAST. Seen on S AVE! A s k A b o u t y o u Q ual if y Iivered in the valley. finish work 1-800-791-2099.

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

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720 - Apartment Rentals Baker Co. FAMILY HOUSING

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All real estate advertised We offer clean, attractive h ere-in is s u blect t o two b e droom a partCall the Federal Fair Housments located in quiet (541) 963-7476 ing Act, which makes and wel l m a i ntained it illegal to a dvertise settings. Income r eGREEN TREE any preference, limitastnctions apply.

• The Elms, 2920 Elm tions or discnmination APARTMENTS 630 - Feeds based on race, color, S t., Baker City. C u r- 2310 East Q Avenue religion, sex, handicap, re n t ly a v a i I a b I e La Grande,OR 97850 3rd CROP BEAUTIFUL 2-bdrm a p a rtments. f amilial status or n aI

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SUPREME QUALITY grass hay. Exec. quality alfalfa grass. More info: 541-51 9-3439

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701 - Wanted to Rent 541-523-9414 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century Baker Co. 21, Eagle Cap Realty.

ELKHORN VILLAGE 541-963-1210 RESPONSIBLE FEMALE APARTMENTS Seeking room for rent or Senior a n d Di s a b l ed studio/1-bdrm. Must be FAMILY HOUSING Housing. A c c e pt ing NON-SMOICER. applications for those Pinehurst Apartments 541-390-0725 aged 62 years or older 1502 21st St. as well as those disLa Grande abled or handicapped 705 - Roommate of any age. Income reWanted strictions apply. Call A ttractive one and tw o bedroom units. Rent HOME TO sh are, Call Candi: 541-523-6578 based on income. Inm e I et s t a Ik . J o come restrictions ap541-523-0596 ply. Now accepting applications. Call Lone at 710 - Rooms for (541 ) 963-9292.

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541-51 9-7063 3-BDRM, 2 bath, Mfg. home. Carport, storage fenced yard. $650/mo, plus deposit. NO smok ing, NO pets. References.541-523-5563 SUNFIRE REAL Estate LLC. has Houses, Duplexes Ltt Apartments for rent. Call Cheryl Guzman fo r l i s t ings, 541-523-7727.

TAKING APPLICATIONS

Apartments, for a small 2-bdrm, 2212 Cove Avenue, 1 bath in Haines.

La Grande Electnc heat, appliances Clean Ltt well appointed 1 included,W/D hook ups, Ltt 2 bedroom units in a fenced yard. $600/mo + quiet location. Housing deposits Ltt cleaning fee for those of 62 years 541-519-5494 or o r older, as w ell a s 541-856-3756 for app. t hose d i s a b le d or h andicapped of a n y 752 - Houses for age. Rent based on in- Rent Union Co. come. HUD vouchers m o b i le h o m e accepted. Please call 2 BDM small, located in trailer 541-963-0906 park in U n i on. R e nt TDD 1-800-735-2900 $475.00 w/s/g paid.

No cleaning deposit reThis institute is an equal quired. 541-562-5411 opportuni ty provider 2 BDRM s i n g le w i d e trailer on p rivate lot .

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Rent $475, S ecurity Dep $475. No smoking UNION COUNTY LG. Call Lyle Johnson Senior Living 541-963-3080 Mallard Heights 2BD, 1BA house for rent 870 N 15th Ave in La Grande. Please Elgin, OR 97827 call owner, Available now! 541-328-6258 Now accepting applications f o r fed e r a l ly 3 BDRM, 2 bath house f unded ho using f o r w /full b a sement, i n t hos e t hat a re good shape. No smoksixty-two years of age ing, pets w/approval or older, and h andi1 511 J a ckson A v e capped or disabled of $870. 541-786-1 480 any age. 1 and 2 bedAvail Feb 1st. room units w it h r e nt b ased o n i nco m e 3 BDRM, 2 bath in LG. 2 car garage, large yard, when available. $ 1000 pe r m o , n o pets. 541-963-4174.

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Commercial Rentals 1200 plus sq. ft. profes- 2.94 COUNTRY ACRES w/ 2001 Manufactured sional office space. 4 3 bdrm Home $69,000 offices, reception w / $ 1 5,000. d o w n . area, Ig. conference/ 541-519-9846 Durkee break area, handicap access. Pnce negotiable per length of lease.

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DOUBLE OPEN HOUSE 541-91 0-3696 Bowman Glaze Group PRIME COMMERCIAL space for Rent. 1000 sq. ft. plus 250 sq. ft. loft, office and bathroom, w/s i n cluded, 1000 22nd St. La Grande paved parking, located $179,000 in Island City. MUST

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CUTE 2BD, 1ba house w/ covered back deck, ABC STORESALL HAS EXPANDED La Grande, $750/mo, Units sizes from 541-805-8659 ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdivn Dist. by univ. Ucnck for UFs Sx10 up to 10x30 2 BD, 1ba, newly reno- CUTE COTTAGE style sion, Cove, OR. City: 541-523-9050 vated, w/d hoop-ups, 2bd house, southside Sewer/VVater available.

11 Pantyhose hardwood floors, off La Grande location, no Regular price: 1 acre American West shade s treet p a r k i ng , n o smoking o r pet s, Storage m/I $69,900-$74,900.

17 Wedding-cake smoking, cats o k ay. $ 595 / m o ca II 7 days/24 houraccess We also provide property part W/S paid. First Ltt last, management. C h eck 541-963-4907 541-523-4564 19 Anderson $400 dep. $750mo refCOMPETITIVE RATES out our rental link on Cooper's erences required,leave FOR RENT: 3 bd, 2 ba Behind Armory on East our w ebs i t e channel 1 512 sq.ft. home i n msq. 541-805-7768 www.ranchnhome.co and H Streets. Baker City 22 Ms. Zellweger Union with large Iiving m or c aII of "Chicago" 2 BDRM, 1 ba, w/s/g pd. room and den. Large Ranch-N-Home Realty, 23 Woody's son $650. N E P r o perty y ard a n d ga rd e n In c 541-963-5450.

24 Stir-fry pans Mgt. 541-910-0354 area with water nghts, 25 Vinyl records quiet neighborhood.

MINI STORAGE 26 Construction I A FFORDABLE S T U I $875/month rental fee • Secure toy DENT HOUSING. 5 with first, last, $ 5 00 • Keypad Zntry 27 Drop bd, 5 ba, plus shared cleaning deposit, and • Auto-Lock Gate 2 8 Devotee's suffi x kitchen, all u tillities pet deposit required.

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36 Left, to a horse 3bd, 2b a a l l a p p l i- house. All appliances, All sizes available 39 Made Lg. pnvate parking. Reances, fenced yard, (Gxlo up to 14x26) plus w/d. $625mo, + mention of m odel or us e a s i s . garage, Ltt yard care. dep.

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Disabled Complex w/11' celing Ltt 10 x 10 Covered Storage Roll-up door. $200/mo Super size 16'x50' NICE DUPLEX, 3b/1.5b, Affordable Housing! +fees. 541-519-6273 s ingle garage, W / D Rent based on income.

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BEARCO 3100 15th St. cluded, $775/mo. Call Call now to apply!

BUSINESS PARK Baker City Affordasble Studios, 541-963-1210.

Has 3,000 sq ft. also 1 Ltt 2 bedrooms.

Beautifully updated 16x30 storage units (Income Restnctions Apply) 750 - Houses For Community Room, Availible Now! Professionally Managed Rent Baker Co. featunng a theater room, CaII 541-963-7711 by: GSL Properties a pool table, full kitchen OREGON TRAIL PLAZA Located Behind and island, and an + (4/e accept HUD + •Mini W-arehouse La Grande Town Center BEAUTY SALON/ electnc fireplace.

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970 - Autos For Sale DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCIC OR BOAT TO HE R ITAG E FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible,

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices ton, Oregon, 97005 within four months aft er the d at e o f f i r s t publication of this notice, as stated below, or such claims may be barred. A l l p e r sons whose rights may be affected by th e p roceedings in this estate may obtain additional i nformation from t h e records of the Court, the personal representative or the attorney for the personal repre-

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices 20091062 covenng the following d e s c r ibed real property situated i n said C o u nt y a n d S tate, t o - w it : A P N : 14536 0654125C-600-0-2502

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices to satisfy the o b ligations secured by said trust deed and notice

has bee n r e c o rded p ursuant t o S e c t i o n 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes The default for which the foreclosure is made is t he g r a ntors : T H E PROPERTY CEASED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF THE BOR ROWE R(S) F OR A REA S O N OTHER THAN DEATH AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF AT L E A S T ONE OTHER BORROWER AND, AS A RESULT, ALL SUMS DUE UNDER THE NOTE HAVE BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE. This default can be resolved if at l east on e b o r r o w e r takes possession of the property as his or h er p r i n c i pa l r e s i dence. In order to cure the default in this manner you must contact Quality, th e c u r rent trustee, w hose c o n-

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1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices IN THE CIRCUIT be entitled only to a reCOURT FOR THE t urn o f t h e mo n i e s STATE OF OREGON paid to th e T r ustee.

This shall be the PurFOR THE COUNTY OF UNION chaser's sole and ex-

1010 - Union Co. Legal Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO APPOINT GUARDIANS TO: MYCHAEL CRAIG

CLACK clusive remedy. The purchaser shall have In The Matter of Adpo- NOTICE IS H E REBY 2007 NUWA HitchHiker GIVEN that on S epno further r e c ourse tion(s) of: BEG INNING AT A Champagne 37CKRD POINT ON THE EAST tember 26, 2014, a peagainst th e T r u s t o r, $39,999 (PNDC) RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE tition was filed for the the Trustee, the Bene- JUSTICE ANN Tnple axles, Bigfoot Iack OF H IG HWAY 203 ficiary, th e B e n e f ici- NEUPAUER, a ppointment o f J e f f leveling system, 2 new Lathrop an d N a n cy WHICH IS SOUTH a ry's Agent, o r t h e 6-volt battenes, 4 Slides, 89'49' EAST 426 FEET Lathrop as the guardiBeneficiary's Attorney. Minor Child.

Rear Dining/ICitchen, F ROM THE COMER ans of Brooklynn MiIf you have previously large pantry, double COMMON TO SECchelle Lathrop, b een d is c h a r g e d Case No. 14-12-4498 fndge/freezer. Mid living a minor child. The petithrough bankruptcy, T IONS 2 5 , 2 6 , 3 5 room w/fireplace and tioners are the matersentative.

AND 36, TOWNSHIP you may have been re- SUMMONS surround sound. Awning 6 SOUTH, RANGE 41 nal grandparents of Dated and first p ubleased of personal li16', water 100 gal, tanks lished January 7, 2015.

EAST, OF THE WILability for this loan in T O: J ESSICA L EE the respondent. Jonel 50/50/50, 2 new PowerIC. Ricker, LAMETTE MERIDIAN, which case this letter MILLS AND JASON house 2100 generators.

Attorney at Law, UNION COU N TY, is intended to exercise DANIEL NEUPAUER Blue Book Value 50IC!! 1001 - Baker County C. THOMAS DAVIS OREGON; THENCE, PO Box 3230, Personal t he n o t e hol d e r ' s 541-519-1488 Legal Notices SOUTH 89'49' EAST, La Grande, OR 97850, Representative nghts against the real IN THE NAME OF THE ESTATE: 125 FEET; THENCE, 12220 SW First Street property only. As reSTATE OF OREGON: 5 41-963-4901, is t h e Mary Ellen Rick attorney for the Beaverton, OR 97005 N ORTH 27 ' E A S T, Y ou are h e reby r e quired by law, you are THE SALE of RVs not 184 FEET; THENCE, Petitioners. hereby notified that a quired to appear and beanng an Oregon in- Notice to Interested NORTH 60' WEST, 46 negative credit report defend the Adoption Oblections must be filed signia of compliance is Persons (No. 141004) C. THOMAS DAVIS of Minor Child — Petiin th e g u a r d ianship Attorney for Personal F EET, M O R E O R reflecting o n y our illegal: call B u i lding credit record may be tion for Adoption and proceeding i n t he LESS, TO THE EAST Codes (503) 373-1257. I n the Circuit Court of Representative 12220 SW First Street RIG HT-OF-WAY LINE Change of Name filed above court on or besubmitted to a c r edit the State of O r egon Beaverton, OR 97005 OF SAID HIGHWAY; in the above-entitled fore r eport agency if y o u f or t h e C o u nt y o f THENCE, S O U THcause within thirty (30) 30 days from the date of fail to fulfill the terms PRESIDENT GOLF Cart.

Baker, Probate Depart- Legal No. 00039527 first publication speciERLY ALONG SAID of your credit obligadays from the date of Good cond. Repriced ment. In the Matter of Published: January 7, 14, EAST RIGHT OF WAY s ervice of t h i s S u m fied hereafter. Written tions. Without limiting at $2999. Contact Lisa the Estate of M a r y L INE, 2 4 4 FE E T , t he t r u s t e e ' s d is mons upon you (said oblections m a y be 21, 2015 (541 ) 963-21 61 Ellen Rick, Deceased.

MORE OR LESS, TO date being the date of made by mailing or declaimer of representaNotice is hereby given 1010 - Union Co. Iivering the oblection THE POINT OF7 BEtact information is set tions o r w a r r a nties, f irst p u b l i catio n o f that C. Thomas Davis G INNING. A L S O , f orth herein. By t h i s Summons).

If you fail to Circuit Court for UnOregon law r e quires 970 - Autos For Sale has been appointed as Legal Notices COMMENCING ON reason of said default to appear and defend, i on County, 1 008 IC the trustee to state in the personal represen- TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF THE SOUTH LINE OF the beneficiary has dethe Petitioner will apAvenue, La G rande, this notice that some '03 CHEV S10 with Cantative of the above esSALE T . S . N o .: OR 97850.

SAID SECTION 25 AT clared all obligations residential p r o p erty ply to the court for the o py 5 s peed 4 c y l . tate. All persons havOR-14-637572-NH OrA POINT WHICH IS secured by said deed sold at a trustee's sale relief demanded in the NOTICE: If you wish to Good condition. Must ing claims against the dei No.: 8 9'49' E A ST , 5 5 1 of trust i m m e diately may have been used Petition. r eceive copies of f uSell! $2,900 obo. Call estate are required to 1401 87700-0 R-M SO F EET F ROM T H E due and payable, said ture filings in this case, in ma nu f a c t u r i n g 541-91 0-4227 p resent them t o t h e Reference is made to CORNER COMMON sums being the followmethamphetamines, NOTICE TO you must inform the undersigned personal t hat c e r t a i n deed TO SAID SECTION 25, the chemical compo- RESPONDENT: READ Iudge and the persons ing, to wit: The sum of representative in care made by, THOMAS E. THESE PAPERS named as petitioner in 26, 3 5 AN D 36; $80,950.43 together n ents o f w h i c h a r e ' 99 C A DILLAC S T S . of the undersigned atHARICLEROAD THENCE, NORTH 27' with interest thereon CAREFULLY! this notice. You must k nown t o b e t o x i c .

Good condition.$3000 torney at: 12220 SW T RUSTEE OF T H E E AST, 1 8 4 FE E T ; at the rate of 2.6520 inform the ludge by filProspective purchas541-523-2797 First Street, B eaverTHOMAS E. HARICLE- THENCE, SOUTH 60' ing a request for noers of residential prop- You must "appear" in p er annum; plus a l l ROAD REVOCABLE E AST, 3 5 0 FE E T , trustee's fees, forecloerty should be aware this case or the other tice and paying any apTRUST, DATED JULY MORE OR LESS, TO s ure costs an d a n y side will win automatiof this potential danger plicable fee. The re6,2001 as Grantor to THE SOUTH LINE OF cally. To "appear" you sums advanced by the b efore d e c i ding t o quest for notice must NORTHWEST TRUSSECTIO N 25; beneficiary pursuant to must file with the be in wnting, must p lace a bi d f o r t h i s TEE SERVICES, INC, T HENCE, N O R T H the terms of said deed Court a legal paper c learly i n dicate t h a t property at th e t r usas trustee, in favor of 89'49' WEST ALONG of trust. Whereof, notee's sale. QUALITY called a "Motion" or you wish to receive fuBANIC OF AMERICA, SAID SECTION LINE, t ice hereby i s g i v e n MAY B E C O NSID- "Answer." The "Moture filings in the proN.A., A N A T IONAL 390 FEET, MORE OR that Quality Loan Servtion" or "Answer" c eedings, and m u s t ERED A DEBT COLBANICING ASSOC IA- LESS, TO THE POINT i ce C o r p o ratio n o f LECTOR ATTEMPTmust be given to the contain your name, adfor our most curr ent offers and to TION, as Beneficiary, OF B E G INNING. W ashington, the u n Court Clerk or Admindress, and telephone ING TO COLLECT A dated 3/20/2009, reCommonly known as: dersigned trustee will istrator within thirty number. You must noDEBT AND ANY INbrowse our complete inventory. corded 3/26/2009, in 50181 HIGHWAY 203, F ORMATION O B - (30) days along with t ify t he p ers o n s o n 4/24/2015 at t h e official records of UNB AICER CITY, O R h our of 1 : 0 0 P M named as petitioner by T AINED W I L L B E the required filing fee.

ION County, Oregon, 97814 Both the beneStandard of Time, as mailing a copy of the U SED FO R T H A T It must be in proper in book / reel / volume ficiary and the trustee established by section request to the attorney P URPOSE. TS N o : form and have proof No. fee / file / instrufor the petitioners. Unh ave elected to s e l l 187.110, Oregon ReOR-14-637572-NH and service on the Pement / microfilm / reless you t ake t h e se Dated: 12/10/14 Qualthe said real property v ised Statutes, at A t titioner's lawyer or, if 1415 Adams Ave • 541-963-4161 c eptio n n u m be r t he front door of t h e the Petitioner does not ity Loan Service Corsteps, you will receive Daniel Chaplin Buildhave a lawyer, proof of no further copies of poration of Washingservice on the Petithe filings in the case. ing, 1001 4th Street, ton, as Trustee SignaNOTICE: READ La Grande, OR 97850 ture By: Nina Hernantioner.

by Stella Wilder C ounty o f U N I O N , dez, Assistant SecreCAREFULLY! State of Oregon, sell You must "appear" in this tary Trustee's Mailing If you have any quesTHURSDAY,JANUARY )5,20)5 let others know that you might be doing object to what another is doing, but not for case or the other side at public auction to the Address: Quality Loan tions, you should see a will win automatically.

Sermce Corp. of WashYOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder things in an unorthodox way. any reason other than your own personal highest bidder for cash lawyer immediately. If the interest in the said To "appear" you must i ngton C/ 0 Qu a l i t y you need help in findBorn today, you are not the kind to let PISCES(Feb. 19-March 20) - - You maybe distaste. descnbed real property ing a lawyer, you may file with the court a legal Loan Service Corporabygones be bygones, especially when more seeing things in a way that allows you more VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)--As tempting which the grantor had tion 411 Ivy Street San call the Oregon State paper called a "motion" areaffected by the offense than justyourself freedom — within, if not without. This per- as it may be to do so, you'll want to avoid or "answer." The "moor had power to conBar's Lawyer Referral Diego, CA 92101 Trus-- whether intentionally or unintentionally. spective may last quite a while. insinuating yourself into a situation that was vey at the time of exet ee's P h y s ical A d Service at tion" or "answer" must You see things clearly in black or white -- no ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You don't not ofyour making. Steer clear! c ution by him o f t h e be given to the court d ress: Quality L o a n (503) 684-3763 or tolls aid trust d e ed , t o clerk or administrator shades of gray for you! A thing is either this want to let yourself fall behind, soyou should LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 22) - A personal Sermce Corp. of Wash- free in Oregon at w ithin 30 d ays f r o m i ngton 108 1 s t A v e gether with any inter(800) 452-7636 or that, never both at once. You are quick to take advantage of anunexpected opportunity preference is likely to set you apart in some est which the grantor the date of first publiSouth, Suite 202, Seatassess ifanother'sactionsaregood,bad,right, to surge ahead. way. What happensnext may be asurprise to or his successors in inDATED: DECEMBER 24, cation specified herein t le, WA 9 8 104 T o l l wrong, positive or negative, and you will TAURUS(April 20-May20) —Asmuch as everyone - yourself most ofall. terest acquired after Free: (866) 925-0241 2014 a long w i t h t h e r e respond accordingly. You take things very you would like to, you won't be able to haveit scoRpI0 (oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You the execution of said P1125220 1/7, 1/14, q uired f i l ing f e e . I t seriously, and though you have a vivid sense both ways. The decision you have to make should be able to get things rolling earlier trust deed, to satisfy J. Glenn Null m ust b e i n pr o p e r 1/21, 01/28/2015 the foregoing obligaOSB ¹040961 form and have proof of of humor, you're not the kind to laugh when may be a tough one. than expected. Doesthis meanyou cancall it tions thereby secured Attorney for Petitioner service on petitioners' a seri ousissue hangs in the balance.You are GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —Your eager- quits earlier, toof Not likely!

Published: January 7, 14, attorney or, if the petiand the costs and exP.O. Box 477always eager to work forthebetterment ofall. ness is catching, and others will want to join SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —You 21,and 28, 2015 tioners do not have an 1602 Sixth Street penses of sale, includFRIDAY, JANUARY )6 forces with you to see just what is possible may have to endure some discomfort as you i ng a reas o n a b l e La Grande, OR 97850 attorney, proof of servLegal No. 00039464 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)--You're through renewed cooperation. try to ease quickly a developing situation that charge by the trustee.

(541) 963-5259 ice upon the petitionlooking ahead to something exciting, but CANCER (June21-July 22) —What used threatens those around you. ers. If you have any Notice is further given (541) 963-2500 (fax) that any person named questions, you should something is telling you that you should to beyour favoritemaynotquitedoit foryou PUBLIC HEARING fEDIIQRS F dt d q u pl » « t n Ry P a « «C in section 86.778 of NOTICE Date of First Publication: see an attorney immeavoid putting all your eggs into one basket. anymore.

You now have the chance to pick COPYRIGHT2tll5 UNITED FEATURESYNDICATE, INC Oregon Revised StatDecember 29 2014 d iately. If y o u n e e d AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Youmay somethingnew and different.

DISIRIBUIED BYUNIVERSAL UCLICK FORUFS help in finding an attorlllOWd tSt K » Q t y M Oall0a Mtl25567l4 utes has the nght to The City of North Pow You're likely to have one of your funny feelings, so besure to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) have the foreclosure der is c o m p l eting a Published: December 31, ney, you may contact W ater S y s te m I m 2014 a nd Ja nuary 7, the Oregon State Bar's proceeding dismissed and the trust deed rep rovement P r o l e c t 14,21, 2015 Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oreinstated by payment to funded with Commuthe beneficiary of the gonstatebar.org or by n ity Dev e l o p m e n t Legal No. 00039467 e ntire a m o un t t h e n B lock G r an t f u n d s calling (503) 684-3763 due (other than such from the Oregon Busi- NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S (in the Portland metroSALE portion of said principolitan area) or toll-free ness Development Deelsewhere in Oregon pal as would not then partment. The location 33 Battery size ACROS S be due had no default o f the prolect is t h e On January 26, 2015 at at (800) 452-7636.

34 Kan. neighbor the hour of 10:00 a.m. occurred), t o g e t her City of North Powder, 36 Turkish 1 Be b o l d A nswer to P r e v i ou s P u z z l e with the c o sts, t r usat the Union County DATE OF FIRST 635 Third Street, North enough potentate tee's and a t t orney's Sheriff's Office, 1109 PUBLICATION: January 38 Prairie st.

Powder, OR 97867. It 5 Unexplained V I C E D O C D U E T fees and c uring any is estimated the proIC Ave, La Grande, Ore39 Good for cacti 14, 2015. sighting A L A S A H A A S E A 41 o ther d e f a ult c o m - I ect w i l l b e n e fi t a t gon, the defendant's -de-sac 8 Chow me in N E A T N O R T H E R N interest will b e s o ld, Published: January 14, 43 "Ninotchka" plained of in the Noadditive least 445 persons of sublect to redemption, name S N A C K A I L tice of Default by tenwhom 64.2% are low 21,28, 2015 and 11 Mountalneer's 45 Oklahoma town dering th e p e r f orm- or moderate income in the r ea l p r operty February 4, 2015 tool (2 wds.)

N E R V E A VV L 47 Tattered cloth commonly known as: 13 Golfer's ance required under (based on 2011 HUD LO I N E A R D R O P 49 Mr. Perot the obligation or trust 501 Grandy Ave, La LegaI No. 00039657 benchmark Low and Moderate In50 Comrade H E M S I N N I L K S Grande , O re g on 14 Dlnny's rider deed, at any time pnor come Data).

52 Wall Street PUBLIC MEETING 15 Coke rival to five days before the 97850. The court case A G I T A T E H M O S NOTICE UNION dread 16 Salon offerings date last set for sale.

A public hearing will be n um b e r Is H O T G E E N A COUNTY MT. EMILY 54 Tots 14-02-48917, w h e re (2 wds.)

For Sale Information h eld by t h e C i t y o f 57 Sidestep 0 A R O VV I N G RECREATION AREA 18 Ancient Nationstar Mortgage, Call: 714-573-1965 or North Powder at 7:00 MOTORIZED tk 60 Lemon cooler Phoenician Login to: ww w . pnoriLLC, its successors in PO R T R A I T B A L D p m on F e b ruary 2 , NON-MOTORIZED 61 Kllt-wearer's port interest and/or assigns typosting.com.

In con2 015 a t t h e W ol f I N I T T A E E V E N refusal ADVISORY 20 Well output struing this notice, the Creek Grange, 215 E. is plaintiff, and Gerald COMMITTEES 62 Operatic voice N EM O E N D X E N A 21 Eight bits Scott Chrusoskie aka masculine gender inStreet, North Powder, 63 So-so mark 23 ACLU 1-15-15 D c2 0 1 5 U F S , D ist. by Univ. Uclick for UFS cludes th e f e m i n ine OR 97867.

Gerald S. Chrusoskie; 64 Install a lawn IS H E REBY concerns a nd the n e uter, t h e Elysa M. H o e kman; NOTICE G IVEN, t h e Uni o n 65 Turn down 25 Rum-soaked singular includes pluOccupants of P remThe purpose of the hear 3 Esteem 7 Layered cake i ses; an d t h e R e a l County Mt. Emily Recral, the word "grantor" i ng is f o r t h e N o r t h 4 Oriental cookie DOWN reation Area Advisory 28 Wanton looks P roperty Located at includes any succesPowder City Council to 5 Latest news 8 Dough Committees will hold a 30 Summer ln 501 Grandy Avenue, s or in interest to t h e obtain citizens view s 6 Wray of 9 Kind of story 1 Short swim I oint m eeti n g on Cannes about the prolect and La Grande, O r egon grantor as well as any "King Kong" 10 Family docs 2 Make a hole Wednesday, January 32 Checkroom other persons owing 97850 are the defento take c o m ments 12 Noon, on a in one 21, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., item dants. Th e sale is a an obligation, the perabout the local governsundial Joseph Building Anformance of which is ment's performance. p ublic auction to t h e 17 Derrick arm nex, Large Conference 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 secured by said trust highest bidder for cash Written comments are 19 Black-ink entry Room, 1106 IC Aveor cashier's check, in deed, the words "trusa lso w e l c om e a n d 21 Leaf of grass nue, La Grande, Ore12 13 14 tee" and "beneficiary" hand, made out to Unmust be received by 22 Pine for gon. The public is inion County S heriff's 24 Depot (abbr.) include their respecFebruary 2, 2015 at v ited t o a t t e n d a n d 15 16 tive successors in inCity of North Powder, Office. For more infor26 Fishing lures may participate dunng terest, if any. Pursuant mation on this sale go 27 Map collection 635 Third Street, P.O. a designated p u blic 18 19 20 to: 29 Wine category t o Oregon Law, t h i s Box 309, North Powc ommen t age n d a 31 Quiche base sale w i l l not be www.ore onshenffs. item. der, OR 97867. Both 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 35 Prickly plant deemed final until the com/sales.htm oral and written comT rustee's d ee d h a s ments w i l l b e repart 37 Checked in 28 29 30 been issued by Quality viewed by the North Published: December 24 Sean Chambers 40 Hurrah!

5 31, 2014, January 7 Union County Parks Loan Service CorporaPowder City Council.

42 Expired Coordinator tion of Washington. If 5 14, 2015 33 34 35 36 37 38 44 Time of the there are any irregulan- The location of the hearmammals Published: January 14, ties discovered within ing is accessible to the LegaI No. 39425 39 40 41 42 43 44 46 Skip stones 2015 10 days of the date of d isabled. Please l e t 48 Okefenokee IN THE CIRCUIT this sale, that the trusBeth Wendt, City Re45 46 47 48 49 loc.

Legal No.00039683 t ee w il l r e s cind t h e corder, 541-898-2185, COURT OF THE 51 Camera's eye STATE OF OREGON sale, return the buyknow if you need any 50 51 52 53 53 "Mona Llsa" er's money and take FOR THE COUNTY P lacin g a n a d in special accommodacrooner OF UNION further action as nections to attend or parClassified is a very easy, 54 55 56 57 58 59 54 Big burger essary. If the sale is ticipate in the heanng. I n the M a t t e r o f t h e simple process. Just call 55 Keats opus Guardianship of: set aside for any reat he Class if ied 60 6t 62 56 Lao-Tzu's BROOKLYNN s on, including if t h e Published: "way" MICHELLE LATHROP, D epartment and w e ' l l Trustee is u nable to January 14, 2015 63 64 65 help you word your ad 58 L. — Hubbard convey title, the PurRespondent.

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No. 14-09-8506 chaser at the sale shall Legal No. 00039677 Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. CAL L 1-800-401-4106

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I'm worried my explosive temper will ajject DEARABBY: In many advice columns my relationships, myjob it is often suggested to "seek and the people I see socially. profess ionalhelp,"such asa DEAR psych ologist orpsychiatrist.

I heard you have a booklet about this issue. Where can I ABBY Thisi sapractical solution, but get one, and do you have any most often quite expensive, to advice for me? the point ofbeing prohibitive.

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PARIS — In an emotional act of defiance, CharlieHebdo resurrected its irreverentand often provocative newspaper Tuesday, featuringacaricature ofthe ProphetMuhammad on the cover that drew immediate criti cism and threats ofm ore violence.

The newspaper unapologetically skewered other religions as well, and bragged that Sunday's turnout of a million people at a march in Paris to condemn terrorism was larger"than for Mass."

"For the past week, Charlie, an atheist newspaper, has achieved more miracles than all the saints and prophets combined," it said in the edition's lead editorial."The one we are most proud of is that you have in your hands the newspaper that we always made."

Working out ofborrowed offices, surviving sta6' published an unprecedented print run of 3 million copies — more than 50 times the usual circulation.

It was to appear on newsstands Wednesday, one week to the day after the assault by two masked gunmen that killed 12 people, including much of the weekly's editorial stafF and two police officers. It was the beginning ofthreedays ofterrorthat saw 17 people killed before the three Islamic extremist attackers were gunned down by security forces.

Before the new edition was even released, one of Egypt's top Islamic authorities had warned Charlie Hebdo

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