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Fire retardant ruling issued • Chemical slurry used to douse wildfires can't be dropped within 300 feet of waterways

By Katy Nesbitt TI1e Observer

The use offire retardant, one of the U.S. Forest Service's most effective fi.refighting tools, is now limited due to a court battle that lasted more than eight years.

Concerns with waterways and

La Grande schools

threatened and endangered species prompted Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics to file a lawsuit against the agency, claiming it was in violation of two federal environmental laws.

A ruling by Judge Donald Malloy, signed in December 2011, prohibits

retardant use within 300 feet of all waterways unless there is a direct risk of wildfire to human life. The new rule also requires avoidance of areas around threatened and endangered plants.

The Forest Service has been See Retardant I Page 3A

Joseph

Octopus thrills

Four days likely to be added back

By Katy Nesbitt The Observer

• Budget committee endorses $23.6 million budget for 2012-13

By Dick Mason The Observer

The La Grande School District is poised to add back four school

days and cut 3.24 teaching and non teaching positions without laying any employees off The district's budget committee voted Wednesday to recommend a tota12012-13 budget of$23.6 million to the school board. The budget includes funding for the addition offour school days which were cut a year ago. The days would be added back at a total cost of about $250,000.

The proposed budget does not indude funding for 3.24 teaching and non teaching positions which will become open because of retirements this month. These positions would be cut by not replacing the employees who are retiring.

Proposed to be cut are a full time kindergarten teaching position, one half of a La Grande High School social studies position, .25 of a La Grande Middle School music teacher position, .3 of a LMS food service support position and .94 of an LHS special education para professional position.

The kindergarten teacher position would be cut because enrollment projections indicate that the district will be able to operate its kindergarten program with three instead offour teachers in 2012-13.

Should kindergarten enrollment be higher than anticipated and create a need for another teacher, the district would be quickly add one.

Funding needed to hire an additional kindergarten teacher would be kept in reserve.

The budget also contains funding which would allow for: • teachers and classified staff to continue receiving pay increases when they take a step up their salary schedules. Teachers advance up their salary schedule based on experience and education. Classified staff members advance based on experience.

• the pay for extra duty contracts for staff; which was cut 10 percent for 2011-12, to be restored to

• • Chris Baxter !The Obsev er

Clouds and cool w eather didn't dampen spirits or the fun at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show carnival. Sisters Jenna, left, and Madi Jaquith of La Grande enjoy the spinning highs and lows of the Octopus ride over the w eekend.

More livestock show photos on Page BA

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• Greg Franklin ends 31-year career at LHS

By Dick Mason The Observer

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A much welcomed amenity is coming to Wallowa County.

The Oregon Department ofTransportation has proposed an $8 million bike lane between Joseph and Wallowa Lake and it has received the support of the county, Joseph city, and local economic development organizations.

The expansion of the two-lane Highway 351 between Joseph and Wallowa Lake, commonly known as the Wallowa Lake Highway, has top priority from the state, Joseph Mayor Dennis Sands said Aletter of support had signatures from the Joseph Chamber of Commerce, Wallowa County, Wallowa Lake Homeowners Association, the Wallowa Lake State Park, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District and the Wallowa County Chamber ofCommerce.

Phase one of the project would be widening the road between Joseph and the Wallowa Lake County Park and stage two would start at the county park and continue south to the Wallowa Lake State Park.

Sands said if the grant is awarded the city would be notified in either January or February 2013 and the project would be completed in 2015 or 2016.

"It would have impact for Joseph and the whole county. Almost every RV that goes to the lake has a bike on it. It would be nice to have a safe route from the lake to Joseph," said Sands.

In the June 7 meeting, The Joseph City Council also voted unanimously to approve a resolution for a letter of intent to be sent to the Department of Transportation for additional funding to improve Wallowa Avenue from Main Street.

In another move to improve the city's infrastructure, Sands presented See Joseph I Page 3A

Retiring teacher made subjects 'come alive'

Science teacher Greg Franklin examines a structure made for one of his science classes

by La Grande High School students Kelsey DeJong, shown on the left, and Demi Schlaht.

The structure is made of toothpick-type wood and marshmallows.

Fra nklin and the students later determined how much weight the structure could hold.

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Retiring La Grande High School science teacher Greg Franklin is facing a dilemma, one which brings a secret of his successful career - one long in plain sight - into sharp focus.

Franklin's problem concerns a large understated display in the back ofhis classroom, a collection of im-

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ages that are timeless and timeworn.

They are images, some tattered and slightly yellowed, ofyoung people hiking, riding boats down Hells Canyon, floating down the Wallowa looking for fossils in the John Day area and more. Young people who are having the time of their lives but also absorbing knowledge for they were in a favorite classroom of Franklin's, one where school bells are not heard but the cries of eagles are.

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QUOTE OFTHE DAY '}!\/ways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

- Oscar Wilde

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012

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Union, Wallowa county school employees retire La Grande High School science teacher Greg Franklin is one of 14 employees of public school districts in Union and Wallowa counties who is retiring. Following is summary of the 13 other Union and Wallowa county educators who will be joining Franklin in retirement.

who will retire at the end of this month, is completing his 43rd year as an educator. He earlier seiVed as an administrator in the Enterprise School District for 24 years.

• Elgin School District

• Beccy Kramer, a fifth grade teacher. Kramer worked in the school district for at least two decades and as an educator for 36 years.

• Jeff Halsey, the school district's technology coordinator. Halsey worked in the school district for 18 years.

• Larry Christman, the school district's superintendent, who has been the district's superintendent since July of2008. Christman also seiVed as the district's superintendent in 2000-01 and 2002-03. Christman,

• Imbler School District

• Joseph School

District • Betty Belcher, a Title program 1reading teacher.

Belcher has worked for the school district for 26 years.

• Sherry Strickland, an instmctional aide for the school district's special education resource room. Strickland worked for the school district for 20 years.

• La Grande School District • Dee Brogdon, a reading teacher at Greenwood Elementaiy School. Brogdon worked for the school district for 33 years.

• Ellen Blackman, a secre-

tacy at Island City Elementaiy School. Blackman was with the La Grande School District 31 years.

• Keith Van Vickie, a mm;ic teacher at La Grande Middle School. Van Vickie taught in the school district 13 years.

• Jakki Boelme, a kindergarten teacher at Willow Elementaiy School Boehne taught in the school district 32 yean;.

• Bud Duncan, a journalism and language arts teacher at La Grande High School. Duncan taught in the school distort for 20 years, all atLHS. • Sharon Partlow, a custodian at La Grande Middle School. Partlow worked 11 years for the school district.

• Jo Woodward, a para-

FRANKLIN Continued fi·om Page 1A They are the fortunate students who went on some of the many science field trips Franklin led during his teaching career. ''We had a lot offun even in the worst of weather," Franklin said.

He will never forget one three-day field trip in the Wallowas maned by a tenible stonn the first day.

Some students were hanging their heads until Franklin said they could return to La Grande and be back in school in class on Monday. The students suddenly perked up and begged their teacher not to cut the field trip, scheduled to run through a Monday, short.

Franklin, who is retiring after a 31-year career at LHS, is worried that he will lose his photographic record ofhis field trips because of the enormity of the collage.

He doubts he will be able to move it but still wants to retain its images.

"It means a lot to me," Franklin said.

He is considering having segments of the 8- by 4-foot collage photographed in six segments and then using them as rotating screensavers for his computer.

The collage symbolizes the extra effort Franklin made throughout his career to reach out to students and get them to embrace science.

Fellow LHS science teacher Pat Desjardin appreciates how skillfully Franklin has been able to do this.

"Greg makes subjects come alive."

Desjardin adds that Franklin is a master of the art of teaching students as much content as possible without ove1whelming them.

"He has the right touch."

Franklin said one of the things he likes about teaching is the flexibility educators are afforded.

"As long as you do a good job you can do whatever you want," Franklin said.

He explained that teachers must follow a curriculum but have the freedom to use whatever strategy they want.

The str-ategies he used were successful. This was evident on May 16 when Franklin was presented a Crystal Apple award for educational excellence by the InterMountain Education Se:rvice District.

Franklin was described as one of the most popular teachers at LHS at the Crystal Apple awards ceremony.

It is an apt description, according to Tom Kenny, an

educator (teaching assistant) at La Grande High School.

Woodward worked for the school district for nine years.

• North Powder School District • Glenda Cutright, a kindergarten teacher. Cutright taught in the school district for 21 years.

• Union School District • Susan Hawkins, a special education teacher.

Hawkins taught in the school district for eight years. able to take students on trips later.

Franklin said his years as a high school teacher have passed quickly. ''It (teaching) keeps you young. Being around young people is fun," Franklin said.

"Everyday is different."

Do not look for Franklin, who sta1ied his high school teaching career in a leap year and is ending it in one, to leap into a easy chai.t Franklin, an avid outdoorsman, plans to go on many hunting and fishing trips and may teach at Blue Mountain Community College. Should Franklin teach at BMCC, his new students no doubt will find themselves smiling frequently while tackling challenging subject matter.

"They (Franklin's students) have fun but he is still able to get work out of them," Kenny said. "It is a sweet blend."

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Greg Franklin, who is retiring as a science teacher at La Grande High School, stands in front of a collage of photos of field trips he took many of his classes on.

LHS math teacher.

"He is definitely a student favorite," Kenny said.

A gift for being able to spin tales the likes of which are never found in textbooks is one reason.

"He is good storyteller. He keeps students entertained," said Kenny.

education teacher for the old Union-Baker Education Service District. Franklin earlier taught driver education at LHS before the program was cut because oflack of funding.

Franklin spent many hours on the road with students as a driver education teacher. He received a close Whirlwind of energy call about 15 years ago when Whether teaching outdoors a student hit the acceleraor in the classroom, Franktor instead ofthe brake and lin is always a whirlwind of jumped a curb and crashed energy. Desjardin said this into a pole. Fortunately, nobody was injured. reflects how much he cares "It really shook us up. It about his students.

The CrystalAppleAward happened so fast we didn't know what happened," the Franklin received in May is one of several honors he has educator said.

A love of skiing helped received.

In 2005 he was state teach- put the education career of er of the year by the Oregon Franklin in motion 40 years Traffic Education Associaago. tion. The award recognized Franklin, who had just Franklin's work as a driver graduated from EOU, started

his career as a science teacher at Lakeview High School in 1972. He was dra~n to Lakeview becau.se it is 10 miles from the Warner Canyon Ski Area.

Three years late1; Franklin took a science teaching position at Union High Schoo,l where he worked for six years before taking his position at LHS. At LHS, the classes he taught included earth science, earth dynamics and computer programing.

Most of the field trips Franklin took students on were earlier in his career.

Lack of school funding prevented him from being

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City offers trees for right of ways The City of La Grande has shade trees available fur planting in the city right ofway.

Trees are $30 each Those interested should call the Parks & Recreation Department at 541-962-1352, ext. 204.

Union Chamber of Commerce meets The City of Union Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting begins at noon Thursday at Papa's Steakhouse in Union. Agenda items for decision are street garbage cans, insurance coverage and the welcome bag design. The finalization of Grassroots venue items will also be a topic on the progran1. Members and the community are invited to attend.

Contra dance is free Tuesday at art center Traditional-Live/Northeast Oregon Folklore Society sponsor'S contra dancing Tuesday from 7 to 8:30p.m. at Ali Center at the Old library, 1006 Penn Ave. Mark Lewis leads traditional and modern dances done in lines ofcouples. No experience, partner or special clothes are required. There is no charge to participate. For more infOrmation, call Mark at 541-962-9355.

Program on divorce, separation is free Parents can learn how divorce or separation impacts their children and what can be done to help them at a free progran1 JlUle 20 at Misener Conference Room, 1001 Foulih St. in La Grande.

The class will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The mediatorai educators are Meg Valentine, MAT., Eric Valentine, J.D. The sponsor is Family Law Advisory Committee.

For more information, call541-962-9500, ext.

2228.Attendees should not bring their children. Child care ¥~ill not be provided.

For information, see www.

UnionCountyKids.org, VI'WW. UpToParents.org or http:// court.oregon.gov/OJD/.

Grassroots Festival raffles off beef, rifle The Grassroots Festival is ra:fHing offa beefquarter from Bar MD Cattle Company in Union (cut and wrapped

by Union Market) and a Weatherby Vanguard rifle from Spoiled Mule Trading Company in Union (winner has choice ofcaliber). Tickets are $5 at Sights & Sounds or Union Library. The drawing is set for Aug. 11 at the festival.

For more information, call Donna at 541-786-1492, send an email to unioncllamber@ eoni.com or find "Grassroots Fest Union, Oregon'' on Facebook

Planning Commission meets Tuesday The City of La Grande Planning Commission meeting begins at 5:30p.m.

Tuesday at La Grande City Hall in council chambers.

Friends of the NRA seeks new members The Friends of the NRA is a non-profit group whose goal is fundraising for the future of shooting sports. The Grande Ronde committee is lookingfor members.

Call Amie Breshears or Brent Lewis at 541-963-4191 to get involved.

Bank parking lot wall. The applicant is the City of La Grande represented by Jeremy Morris. Eric Laurence's application on a fa~ade renovation project on the FoleyBouvy building is also on the program as is a discussion by Matt Scarfo on the design on a covered parking structure.

Public comment will be accepted.

Damaged flags to be disposed of properly Lone Pine Tree Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and American Legion Post No. 43 of La Grande is planning for its annual flag retirement ceremony Thursday at the American Legion at 301 Fir in La Grande at 10 a.m.

Those who have damaged flags may leave them at the Post or call them at 541-9615141 or call Joan Smith at 541-963-4861.

Blue Mountaineers perform Tuesday The Blue Mountaineers will perform from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Union County Senior Center.

Union County Timber Cruisers meet The monthly meeting of the Union CountyTinlber Cruisers Car Club will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Flying J. For more information, call Steve at 541-805-9257 or Jolm at 541-963-2295.

City begins fire hydrant tests today The City of La Grande Public Works Department will begin its annual fire hydrant testing and maintenance program today.

The program helps the city identify the quantity of water available for firefightint purposes. The process also helps the system get rid of sediment deposits. Testing will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays until all hydrants are tested.

Citizens who experience unusual water clarity are encouraged to tum on a cold water faucet outside of the house and let it run for five to 10 minutes. Normally, this clears up the agitated water from the service line to the home. Other problems may be refen·ed to the La Grande Public Works Department at 541-962-1325.

Farmers Market is open twice a week The La Grande Farmers Market at Max Square is open Tuesdays from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Find out more about the market at www. lagrandefarmersmarket.org.

School board meets Wednesday evening The La Grande School Board '<vill meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the conference room ofWillow Elementary School. District policies will be discussed.

Elgin School Board meets Tuesday The Elgin School Board will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the board room of the district's office building. The meeting will follow a budget hearing which starts in the board room at 6:30 p.m.

People will have a chance to comment the district's proposed 2012-13 budget and ask questions about it at the hearing.

RETARDENT Continued from. Page JA using fire retardant chemicals since the 1950s. In recent decades, the focus has been on improving the chemical mix to minimize the potential of adverse impacts while maintaining or improving their effectiveness.

Andy Stahl, director of the Forest Service Employees for Enviromnental Ethics, said that in the 1990s, 20,000 fish were killed in an en·ant r-etardant drop near a fish hatchery outside of Sisters.

In 2000, the Forest Service conducted its own review. The outcome was that tanker pilots were required to avoid using retardant within 300 feet of any body of water except when life or propeity were threatened, where it was impossible to build fire line, or when the potential damage to natural resources outweighed the possible loss of aquatic life, said Forest Service spokeswoman Jennifer Jones.

In 2003, Stahl's environmental group filed a lawsuit against the Forest Service maintaining that theN ationa}Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act required the Forest Service to analyze the effects from fire retardant.

On Sept. 30, 2005, a federal court in Montana held that the Forest Service violated both.

The Forest Service issued an Enviromnental Assessment in October 2007 and in February 2008 it released a decision that said retardant caused no significant impact.

JOSEPH Continued from Page lA an inexpensive option to fix the city's paved streets many of which are riddled with potholes.

The city is considering the purchase of an "asphalt zippel~" which would improve streets at the lowest price possible, said Sands. The machine chews up old asphalt, lays it down, compacts it, and water is sprayed on it to seal.

Sands said La Grande uses one and they have been satisfied with it. The asphalt zipper would cost $100,000 with payments over seven years.

"In two or three years we could have a lot of these streets done," said Sands.

Ryan Hook, city public works manager, said the repairs should be good for 15 years.

"If it works consistently, it's woith the money," said Hook.

There is also a consideration to split the cost and

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Rugged and remote In rugged or remote areas, like the Hells Canyon Recreation Area, it is extremely difficult and dangerous to solely use ground crews.

Suppression oflast swnmer's Cactus Mountain Fire was largely due to the use of single engine air tankers, small planes that navigate well in canyon country.

Jones said the agency doesn't use tankers to directly suppress fires, but in conjunction with engines, helicopters, and crews.

"It is impoitant to under~ stand retardant was used on only 8.5 percent of fires managed over the last 10 years," said Jones.

Fire retardant is used, on average, on 4, 700 of the 193 million acres managed by the Forest Service each year and only one out of5,000 drops impacted waterways, said Jones. use of the zipper with the City of Enterprise, reducing the payments to half the cost. The cities m·e discussing the possibility of entering into a memorandwn of understanding, said Sands.

During the fire department's repo1t, ChiefTom Clevenger said the causes of fires at The Little Store last month and one at a trailer house 100 feet away were suspicious.

Yet after thorough investigations from Oregon State Police and the state fire marshal, no causes were determined.

Alpenfest, a Bavarian festival set for late September, was approved to have street musicians, an exemption to the sandwich board restriction for three days, and one block of Pine Street off Main blocked off for vendors during the festival.

Jason Crenshaw ofthe Joseph Charter School requested and was granted permission for a trailer to be parked at the recycling center off the Imnaha Highway

UO picks president PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon University System said Monday that Michael Gottfredson is the choice to be the next president of the University of Oregon.

Gottfredson is vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Irvine.

The state Board of

Higher Education meets Friday to vote on the appointment. Gottfredson succeeds interim president Robert Berdahl on Aug. 1.

Board members appointed Berdahl in December after firing Richard Lariviere, who had lobbied for more independence.

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Landmarks hears about projects The La Grande Landmarks Commission will meet at 5:30p.m. Thursday at city hall in the council chambers annex, 1000 Adams Ave. New business includes a fa~ade restoration project on Sommer Block. The applicant is Bob Coulter:Also on the agenda is the Big H/Sterling

A year later, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethic.<; filed another lawsuit.

This time, the group sued not only the Forest Service, but also the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, agencies that the Forest Service had consulted for their assessment.

In December, the Forest Service's answer to the suit was approved and the agency will be allowed to use retardant during this year's fire season.

Jones said, "The main purpose of retardant use is to reduce a fire's intensity and slow its spread to make it safer for ground troops.

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Jones said the forests are now required to map waterways and habitat for threatened and endangered species. ''We've str·engtltened our monitoring to better determine if retardant is entering avoidance areas," said Jones.

The agency will also review 5 percent offires less than 300 acres in size to determine if the fires are being fought in compliance with the new rule.

Stahl said he isn't sure if the new rule goes far enough. ''The key issue that continues to concern us is, is retardant even an effective firefighting tool? We think the Forest Service should have answered that threshold question first," said Stahl.

Jones said extensive research has proven that after retardant is dropped it retains its effectiveness for several days to a week, while water evaporates quickly. Most of the research has been conducted in labs in a controlled enviromnent, but has been coupled with anecdotal evidence from incident commanders on the ground.

Stahl said he believes ground crews are more effective than retardant and having four fu·efighters on an engine is better than three, though most fire trucks only seat three crew members.

Smoke jwnpers, helirapellers and elite ground crews called ''hot shots" are sometimes deployed in steep rugged country, but it is not always safe to do so.

Jones said, ''We believe retardant is an impoitant

tool to ensure firefighter and public safety. When we get a fire in some of those remote areas they are going to get hotter and bigger and cause even more damage to the habitats and watersheds we are trying to protect."

Forest fire season has erupted in the Southwest and by July fires will be a concern in the Northwest and Intennountain regions.

Bret Ruby, WallowaWhitman National Forest fire staff officer, said the reality is there won't be much change in fu-e suppression tactics.

Ruby said in the past retardant planes sometimes used waterways to anchor a fire line if there wasn't another good alternativethat is no longer allowed.

The other major difference, he said, is protection of property or resource damage is no longer an exemption to the 300-foot buffer rule.

However, Ruby said getting retardant into water is extremely rare.

"In my 33 years of experience I have never knowingly run retardant into live water;" said Ruby.

Many of the drainages in Hells Canyon have water only during storm runoff; but in areas with the potential of risking habitat for salmon, steelhead, and bull trout, those areas will be avoided. Ruby said there only about 250 stream miles across Oregon and Washington that fit that category.

As for threatened and endangered plants, there are just a few sites on the Wallowa-Whitman and those areas average a half acre or smaller, said Ruby.

fur can donations.

The school has scheduled a trip for students and chaperones to Washington, D.C., next swnmer and can donations ¥~ill help defray the $2,000 per person cost.

The trailer will be locked and have a small hole to

easily deposit cans but reduce the risk oflitter around the trailer.

The collection will end in March of2013 when the deposits for the trip are due, said Sands.

James Andrew Smith, 66, died from kidney cancer at

horne with wife Susan at his side on May 27,201 2.

No service will be held at this time.

James Andrew Smith (Jim) was born on September 23, 1945 in San Diego, California to Mary Lee (Kissinger) and Eldred Payton Smith. Jim was raised in Leucadia, California a couple of blocks from the ....__ _ Pacific Ocean and later in San Marcos, Calif. He was a surfer from 7 years old until he and wife Susan (Reed) moved from Cardiff by the Sea, California to Union, Oregon in 1999. Little did he know he'd be spending his time raising vegetables and chickens in Oregon.

Jim retired at 53 after working more than 35 years for the public utility company SDG&E. He often said gypsies sold him to the SDG&E. Jim's humor will be well remembered by many. His stories, real and imagined always brought smiles and good feelings to those around him. Jim was notorious for meandering through a plausible story leaving the listener stumped as to how they got tricked once more by an obvious tall tale and joke. He had a gentlemanly nature when around women, young and old . His beard got many gentle tugs even though at first sight you might not know if he was a gnarled mountain man, a motley biker, or a missing ZZ top band member.

When Jim was 27 he became the youngest Master of the Oceanside, California Masonic Lodge. He transferred to the Union Lodge and was treasurer for almost 5 years and coached a few new members.

He'll be missed as the dishwasher for their many community breakfasts and dinners. Jim volunteered to help maintain the Pioneer Cemetery at the Park for several years. He respected the history of this beautiful valley.

With his expertise as a welder Jim began making model T type toy trucks & cars for his 3 children and eventually gave many a'•.ray. Over the years he also made miniature trains, battleships and diorama structures.

Jim is survived by his wife of 34 years, Susan (Reed) of Union; their son Kirkpatrick and his wife Sarah and their infant daughter Amelia Smith of Coos Bay, Oregon; from his first marriage, daughter Patricia and her children Kaley and Keaton Clutter of Oceanside, Calif.; and son James P. Smith of Salton City, Calif.; his sister Cara Wimer of Oceano, Calif.; and brother Jeff Smith of Borrego, Calif.

Jim was preceded in death by his father, Eldred in 1991; his mother, Mary in 2008.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Heart 'n Home Foundation (hospice) at 1100 N. W. 12 St., Fruitland, Idaho 83619.

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State must do more to create jobs The Oregonian: The news that Oregon had the second-best economic growth rate in the nation last year may have come as a bit of a surprise to the more than 160,000 Oregonians looking for a job.

Unfortunately, increasing a state's output, or gross domestic product, is an entirely different thing from increasing the number ofjobs.

One really strong employer- Intel in Oregon's case - can do a lot ofthe heavy lifting necessary to boost economic output. But we can't expect Intel to employ 160,000 people.

More than anything else, the 2011 economic growth report shows the urgency for Oregon to attract and grow more anchor companies like Intel, including ones that pay family wages to workers with a two-year degree or less.

Intel's huge Oregon footprint is a product of one of Oregon's most ambitious economic development efforts. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, facing the decline in the state's timber industry, the state tackled several structural tax and business climate issues. A landmark legislative accomplishment was the Strategic Investment Program, providing property tax breaks to help encourage growth in the state's high-tech industry.

WE APPlAUD THE EMPHASIS that Gov. John Kitzhaber has put on job growth since returning to office in January 2011. Conversation about job creation certainly has increased, and there have been some small victories. But the focus has been on tying economic growth to broader policy mandates, such as improving the state's education and health care systems.

But placing so much emphasis on adapting 1950s systems to the 21st century has two significant risks.

Most obviously, it is a long-term strategy that will not produce jobs immediately. Just as important, it is a more difficult task than finding a way to adapt the tax system to encourage companies to grow.

In the short term, the task of finding and creating jobs falls to Business Oregon, which functions as the state's economic development agency, and business retention and recruitment groups in communities around the state.

Business Oregon spokesman Marc Zolton said the agency is close to announcing the first result from a new Business Expansion & Retention Program targeted at businesses that can produce above-average jobs and wages. The agency also has a variety ofloan, grant and site development programs to help businesses with everything from expansion to finding trade partners. Notably, a number of those programs helped businesses in rural areas, last year.

But that's barely a down payment on what needs to happen.

If nothing else, Oregon finally seems to have cast aside the notion that the state's livability alone is enough to attract businesses.

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U.S., Russia key to Syria's future My recent trip to Lebanon and Qatar made clear a dismal truth about Syria's future: The regime's brutality, along with Russian blindness and U.S. hesitation, is pushing Syria toward a disaster no one wantc:;.

Syria is sinking into a sectarian war that will produce a regime controlled by Islamists. It didn't have to be that way, and that ending could still be avoided.

But unless Moscow wakes up, and Washington takes a more active role, that outcome looks all too likely, with dangerous repercussions for the entire Middle East.

To understand why, one must look at opportunities missed in the past and still not seized today.

"What went wrong?" asks Wissam Tari:f; a well-known Lebanese human-rights activist who is also a prominent supporter of the Syrian opposition. "At first, the resistance was peaceful," Tarif told me in Beirut. "But after seven months ofkilling, torturing . . . by August 2011 things changed."

Indeed, even recently, many Syrian resisters --- middle-class bureaucrats, professionals, and students --- tried to retain the nonviolent approach that characterized the early resistance.

One of my most poignant conversations in Lebanon was with Omm· Shake1; a Syrian student. He is now on the run because he helped document his governmenfs destruction of an entire quarter of the Syrian city ofHoms, called BabaAmr, in February He uses an alias and changes houses eve1y night lest Syrian agents nab him and send him back to Syria to probable death.

Shaker described how young people trapped under Syrian shelling in Baba Amr gradually banded together to tweet and Skype details of the regime's mass mmder of civilians; they managed to smuggle in a satellite dish to expand their reporting.

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This young man, in T-shirt and jeans, looking like an average American college student, told me quietly, "My job was to document people who died of torture."

Shaker's message: The revolt in Horns (and elsewhere in Syria) turned violent only after the SJiian military attacked massive, peaceful demonstrations; this ultimately provoked defections from the Syrian army and the formation of the so-called Free Syrian Army to defend civilians under attack.

HOWEVER, ONCE ARMED RESISTANCE began, Shaker and others say, the main sources of outside funds were Islamists. The Muslim Brotherhood, banned in Syria in 1982, had many wealthy exiles living abroad who could contribute. Adds Tari~ ''The Gulf states opened the mosques to collect funds for the Brotherhood and the [hard-line Islamist] salafis."

As popular anger at the killing of civilians grows within Syria, Islamists can find fertile ground for their message - combined with the fact that they have money. ''Now many people grow bemds because they want the money [for weapons and survival]," says Shaker. ''In Syria people are moderate, but they want to end this regime, and they would take money from the devil."

The longer the fight goes on, and the longer Islamist groups are the main source offunds, the stronger the growth ofthese movements inside Syria. And the greater the danger that Syrian rebels may feel compelled to welcome Arab jihadis to join the battle. Even members of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

If the West remains indecisive, warns Tari~ "it gives space fur Islamists to take

part. If [there is going to bel militarization of the opposition, you can't allow Islmnists to take all."

I heard this wmning echoed repeatedly by Syrian activists and expertq during my trip.

However, the Obama administration has been understandably reluctant to get involved in another Middle East military struggle.

Washington has left it to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey to funnel a (so far) limited amount of weapons to the Syrian opposition. All three of these countries support Salafi or Brotherhood groups.

Of course, an alternative to all-out Syrian war would be a diplomatic solution that forced President Bashar al-Assad to step down in favor of a transitional government, leading to elections.

The slim prospect for such a solution does not rest '\vith former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is still trying to revive a peace plan that is dead.

The sole chance for such an outcome lies with Moscow, Assad's main backer.

But, despite some rhetorical feints, the Kremlin refuses to recognize that Assad is a goner.

"Moscow won't push for regime change," I was told by Vitaly Naumkin, director ofthe prestigious Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Kremlin officials, who fear losing their sole Mideast ally, are convinced the Assad regime will survive.

The Kremlin is mistaken. The longer the Kremlin sustains the Syrian regime, the more it ensures that what comes next will be Islamist and anti-Moscow.

And nthe Obama team wants to see a broad, non-Islamist government emerge after the fall of Assad, it needs to find a way to help fund and organize the secular resistance - now:

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BUDGET Continued from Page lA previous levels. Coaches and advisors for programs like FFA and Future Business Leaders ofAmerica are among those who receive extra duty contracts. Presently, the approximate range of extra duty contracts is $1,000 to $4,000.

• stipends to be added for teachers leading the district's new Professional Learning Communities program.

The stipends would be close to what department heads in schools receive, which is about $400 a year.

The budget committee voted 10-1 to recommend the proposed budget to the school board. Mike Berglund was the lone committee member who voted in opposition.

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put the district in a vulnerable situation if the economy takes another downturn, which state economists believe is quite possible, Berglund said.

TheEmDOillyhas a majorinfiuEtJre on public school di<rtrict :funding sinre districts nreive most of theirfun:tingfrom the state.

The ending fund balance Berglund referred to is the money the district has at the end of the school year. The ending fund balance was $1.2 million a year ago but is now $1.4million. It has doubled in the past three years, said La Grande School District Superintendent Larry Glaze.

He credits this to conservative budgeting and steps taken to reduce spending.

The proposed spending plan contains an adjustment which would boost funding for the district's Talented and Gifted program by $2,000 to $2,500. The additional money for TAG would be obtained by transferring money from a substitute teacher fund.

The additional $2,000 would be used to pay fur tutors at elementazy schools to help children who are high achievers in math. The addition to TAG was made after several community members expressed concern about the district's lmv TAG budget at the committee's May 30 meeting.

Glaze: Budget misleading Glaze said that the TAG budget is misleading because it reflects only a small portion of the services available for high achieving students.

The superintendent noted that in 2012-13, for example, four teachers at LHS will be instructing EOU courses after receiving training through the new Eastern Promise program.

This Vlrill add to programs already in place at LHS which offer student-; a chance to earn college credit. Glaze noted that five Advanced Placement classes offering college credit are taught at LHS- biology, composition,

calculus, literature and U.S. history. In addition, career technology courses offering a total of 46 college credits are also available at LHS. The superintendent also noted that high aclrieving math student-; at La Grande Middle School have the chance to take take geometry courses for which they receive high school credit.

Several community memhers who are the parents ofTAG students said they would like the district to do more to assist high achieving students. One parent said she was concerned because it seemed that most of the district's program's for TAG students help only high school juniors and seniors.

She said there needs to be more services to help TAG students before they reach their junior year.

Randy Tweten, a former member of the La Grande School Board, said he would like to see the district appoint a coordinator for TAG , one

who would be paid a stipend.

He said the appointment of a coordinator would make it easier for everyone who is a part of the progrant to "be on the san1e page."

Another concern expressed at the meeting concerned payto-play fees. Middle school and high school students must pay them before they can participate in a sport or an activity program like FFA or Future Business Leaders ofAmerica. High school students are charged $150 a sport and $60 per activity.

Budget committee member Sam Wiseman, noting that LHS's pay-to-play fee is higher than most in the region, said he would like to see the fee reduced to $100 per spmt. He said the current fee structure creates a financial hardship for many families.

Bill Burns, LHS's athletic director, who had been asked to look into this issue after the committee's May 30 meeting, oonfirmed that the school district's pay-to-play fee is higher

than most in the region ineluding all members ofLHS's class 4A conference, the Old Oregon League.Among GOL members, the fee is $75 per sport at Baker High School, $50 per sport at McLoughlin High School and at Ontario High School there is no fee.

Class 4A schools with pay-toplay fees at least as high as La Grande's include Crook County Hight School, which has a $150 per sport fee.

La Grande would lose $26,000 a year from its athletic and activity program budget ifit cut its pay to play to $100 a sport, Bums said.

Such a loss offunding, he said, would require athletic contest schedules to be reduced and could force some sports or activity programs to be cut.

The budget committee did not make any recommendations regarding changing pay-to-play fees. The school board Vlrill vote on adoption of the committee's recommend budget when it meets June 20.

--------------------- 0BITUA0Es --------------------Mildred 'Millie' Bryant Elgin 1930-2012

Mildred "Millie" Ruth (Bicket) B1yant, 81, of Elgin, died June 8 at her home.

A fimeral will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Harvesters Church of theNazarene in Elgin. Burial ¥~ill follow at the Elgin Cemetery. DanielsKnapp Funeral, Cremation and Life Celebration Center is in charge of the arrangement-;.

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Millie was born Oct. 27, 1930, at Conway Springs, Kan. She was one of five children born to Henry How-

ard and Alice Gray (Marks) Bicket. During her childhood, her family lived in Kansas, Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, McMinnville, La Grande and Beavercreek.

Millie graduBryant ated from La Grande High School in 1948.

She manied George Leon Bryant ofBeavercreek on May 29, 1953.

Millie and George had four children. They owned and operated the only Grade A goat dai1y in Oregon for 12 years, while lVlillie worked full-time as a bookkeeper at Small Parts Manufacturing in Portland. In 1975, Millie

and George bought their rancll on Clark Creek. Millie worked alongside George on the ranch while managing the Elgin Medical Center for 10 years. She did much of the baling, all of the record.keeping and cared for her grandchildren. She was active in her church and Union County Cattlewomen for many years.

Millie was chosen Agiiculture Woman ofthe Year in 2003 and was Cattlewoman ofthe Year. She was a co-recipient, V~-ith George, of the Outstanding Cooperator of the Year from the Union Soil and Water Conservation District in 2001.

Millie is survived by her husband of 59 years, George

Bryant of Elgin; her children

as a community service. Obituaries are

and their spouses, Michael and Vicki Bryant of Beavercreek, Joni and Mark Simmons of Salem, Melanie and Todd McClure of Elgin and Lori and Brian Herron of Elgin; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-lmv, Margaret and Bob Hoffinan of Beavercreek; brother and sisterin-law, Howard and Shirley Bicket of Beavercreek; and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents; and sisters, Evelyn Woolery and Hazel Rush.

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PORTLAND (AP) The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Oregon is $4.12.

That's down 12 cents in a week and a penny lower than a month ago. It's 58 cents higher than the national average_ Some metro prices for Monday: Portland $4.10, Salem $4.06, Eugene-Sp1·ingfield $4.07.

Local funerals and visitations June 16- Jimmy Stone, memorial service, 1 p.m., First Baptist Church, La Grande June 30 - Rod and Jeanne Gilstrap, celebration of life ceremony, 1 to 4 p.m.; family presentation, 2 p.m., 69789 Antles Lane, Cove

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Vandalism: A man in the 600 block of 16th Street requested offi cer contact Friday regarding vandalism. An officer responded and took a report.

Larceny: A citizen in the 2200 block ofTerra Lea Court requested officer contact Friday regarding a theft. An officer made contact and took a report.

Disturbance: Dispatch received a report Friday about a disturbance in the 1600 block of Adam s Avenue. Officers responded and th e situation w as resolved.

Arrested: Troy Daniel McDonald, 34, La Grande, was arrest ed Friday on a Union County w arrant charging failure t o appea r. The original charge was drivi ng under the influence of i ntoxi cants.

Arrested: Larson Lim Maisar, 27, address unavailable, was arrested Friday on a charge of disorderly conduct.

Larceny: Dispatch received a report early saturday about a male subject wh o took something of the porch of a residence in th e 900 block of C Avenue. An officer responded but was unable to locate anything.

Unauthorized entry: A citizen in the 2500 block of Fourth St reet req uested officer contact Saturday regarding a theft from a vehicle. An officer responded and t ook a report.

Larceny: Dispatch received a report Saturday regarding a theft at an address in th e 900 block of C venue. An officer responded and took a report .

Disturbance: An officer

responded t o a report of a verbal disturbance Saturday at an address in t he 1300 block of Cherry Street.

Trespass: An officer responded to a report of a trespass situation Saturday on Rapid Run Loop. Follow up will be done.

Agency assist: An offi cer assisted th e fire department with a report of a f ire Sunday at an address in the 1000 block of 14th Street. The situation was resolved.

LA GRANDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE La Grande Fore and Ambul an ce responded to 10 medical ca lls Friday and seven m edica l ca lls Saturday .

Sunday the department respo nded to four medi ca l ca ll s and a sm oke corn p lai nt at an address in th e 1000 block of 14th Street .

LA GRANDE RURAL FIRE No report available.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFF Arrested: Arn os D. Hot, 33, address unavailable, w as arrested in Union Friday on a charge of disorderly conduct .

Arrested: MacKenzie Way,

20, address unavailable, was arrested in Lincoln County Friday on two Union County misdem eanor w arrants and two Northwest Stat es w arra nts charging failure to appear.

The origi nal charges included driving under the influence of intoxica nts, open container, min or in possession of alco hol, driving while suspended/violation, and reckless driving. Way w as arrested while already lodged in the Linco ln County jail.

Vandalism: A citizen from the 700 block of East Delta Street in Union requested deputy contact Friday regarding vandalism.

A deputy responded and will follow up.

Arrested: David RoyWiborg, 50, La Grande, was arrested Friday on a charge of driving under the influence of intox ica nts.

Crash: A deputy and Oregon State Police responded to a report of a non-injury motor vehicle crash at Highway 30 and Gekeler Lane.

Hit and run: A deputy responded to a report of a hit and run Saturday in th e 300 block of East Bryan Street in Union. A report w as taken.

Trespass: A m an at an address o n Palmer J unction Road near Elgin requested deputy contact

Sunday regarding a trespass situation. A deputy responded and took report.

False alarm: Elg in High School Sunday reported an alarm going off. A deputy responded and determi ned the alarm was activated by an employee error.

Arrested: Clifton Dwight Carlson, 47, address unavailable, was arrested in Elg in Sunday on a charge of vi olating a no contact release agreem ent.

Disturbance: A deputy responded to a repo rt of a disturbance Su nday at an address on Foothill Road. One male subject was det ained.

Crash: A deputy assisted with a non-injury m otor vehicle crash Sunday on Valley View Road in Elgin. Drivers exchanged information.

Disturbance: Deputies and Oregon State Police responded Sunday to a report of a disturbance at North Bellwood Street and Delta Street in Union.The disturbance w as determ ined to be verbal only.

Animal complaint: A man on Valley View Road requested deputy co ntact Sunday regarding his dog being killed by dogs at large. A deputy responded and the matter was

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Agency assist: A deputy and Oregon State Pol ice assisted with a fire Sunday at 63276 Highway30.

WALLOWA COUNTY SHERIFF No incidents to report.

ENTERPRISE POLICE Arrested: Chris Lynn Daugherty, 55, Enterprise, w as arrested

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If you are taking advantage of this nice weather and spending long aftemoons and evenings working in the yard and garden, picking up a Blue Plate Special to-go makes dinner a lot ea.1ier. Of course everything on our menu can he packed for take-out.

Northwest and Alaskan salmon are in season right now and seem to be abundant. At Ten Depot we have both Copper River Salmon from Alaska again this week, as well as King Salmon from the Pacific

Coast. If you like salmon, now is a good time to enjoy it.

For music this Thursday we have another performance by a young band with an surprisingly sophisticated sound, the Bushman llrothers from Helix, Oregon.

They play alternative country, folk, rock., and Americana. Consisting of three actual brothers, Tylor, Jason, and Thomas, these guys are amazing musicians and are sure to please our Thursday night audiences. The music starts at &:00.

Thacher Carter and J<'riends play again this Tue.1day. Thacher, who has been a fixture on the Ten Depot music scene for Lhe pasl twenty years, has taken a job at Whitman College in Walla Walla and will soon be moving. We have enjoyed Thacher's music and will miss him, but wish him luck in his new adventure.

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Communi -------MILESTONEs------Harris -Karrels Sadie Kathryn Hanis and Jason Otto Karrels have announced their engagement and approaching wedding.

The bride-to-be is a 2011 graduate ofWillow Canyon High School at Surprise, Ariz. She attended Glenndale Community College. She is the daughter of Bradford and Elizabeth Harris.

A 2006 graduate of La Grande High School, the prospective groom is currently attending the

Marriott School of Business at BYU in Provo, Utah, and plans to graduate in December with a degree in business management. He is the son of Alex and Nancy Karrels.

The marriage will take place June 15 at Mt. Tinpanogos Temple in American Fork, Utah. The couple plan a honeymoon cruise to Montego Bay and ¥:ill live in Orem, Utah.

A reception will be held at the Karrels Home from 6:30 to 8 p.m.July6.

Word misspelled on high school's diplomas UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - Diplomas at a Maryland high school are being reprinted because they contain a spelling error.

All of the diplomas distributed last week in Prince George's County outside Washington misspelled the word "program." County officials say they noticed the mistake after commencements were under way.

The vendor that printed the nearly 8,000 diplomas, National Quality Products, has apologized to the Class of 2012 for the mistake.

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Micaela Pierce, a 2012 graduate of La Grande High School, has been awarded the Union C-ounty Tri-Chapter P.E.O. Scholarship to Eastern Oregon University. The $3,000 scholarship is sponsored by La Grande P.E.O. chapters I, CO and DK, and is awarded annually to a Union County high school senior female.

P.E.O. is an international women's organization that supports education for women world wide.

Robert McCarthy of La Grande graduated with a bachelor of science in Mechanical Engineering.

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SPOKANE, Wash. - The following Gonzaga University students from the area participated in graduation exercises during the university's Commencement Ceremony that was held on May 13 in Spokane's Veterans Memorial Arena.

Lacy Ward of La Grande graduated with a bachelor of

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CORVALLIS- First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at Oregon State University's 2012 commencement ceremony Sunday in Reser Stadium on the OSU cam pus.

Adding to the in-person audience will be those viewing on television via Oregon Public Broadcasting, and online, where the ceremony will be streamed.

More information on commencement is available at http://oregonstate.edu/events/ commencemen1J. Local graduates follow: Cove: Kara S. Mann, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Katy G. Puckett, Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Management,

Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Marketing.

Island City: Rheanna K. Stott, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Sciences.

La Grande: Micah D. Anderson, Honors Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Biology; Ronald C. Byrum, Bachelor of Science, Crop and Soil Science; Nicole D. Eberly, Bachelor of Science, Crop and Soil Science, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management; Kimberly L. Gleeson, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Nutrition; KC M. Harris, Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Matthew K. Hutchinson, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Business Management; Sarah M. Kellom, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Business Management; Monique B. McKenzie, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management; Matthew K. McWilliams, Bachelor of Science,

Agricultural Sciences; Derek A Moore, Master of Science, Civil Engineering; Bradley J. Nelson, Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Caitlin M. O'Brien, Bachelor of Science, Exercise and Sport Science; Mason L. Peebles, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management; James A Ramos II, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management; Kelsi M. Sandoz, Doctor of Philosophy, Molecular and Cellular Biology; Laura J. Siltanen, Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Public Health; Lynne E. Tilley, Master of Education, Adult Education; Donald J. Wasteney, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management; Dylan C. Whitelock-Wolf!; Bachelor of Science, Political Science; Melissa V. Wickam, Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Merchandising Management; Kelby S.

Witherspoon, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management; Joseph M. Witty, Bachelor of Science, Rangeland Ecology and Management.

North Powder: Tara L. Fuluman, Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Sciences; Cody I. Taylor, Bachelor of Science, Forest Management.

Union: Tyler J. Ballard, Bachelor of Science, Forest Management; Courtney R. Skeen, Master of Science, Agricultural Education.

Enterprise: Marcus R. Anderson, Bachelor of Science, Fisheries and Wildlife; Bret D. McCleary, Bachelor of Science, Finance.

Joseph: Margaret L. McClaran, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Business Management.

Wallowa: Jacob H. Goebel, Master of Science, Civil Engineering.

- - - - - - - - - - BIRTHs - - - - - - - - - GRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL Callender: Christina Thurston and Zackary Callender of La Grande, a daug hter, Sophi a Danie lle, 7 pounds 10 ounces, May 30 at 8 :29a.m . Grandparents are Stephen and Joann Callender of La Grande and Mike and Cindy Klorig of Glassboro, N.J .

Hove: Angela J. and Kyle L. of La Grande, a daug hter, Sarah Grace, 8 pounds 9 o unces, June

4 at 12:42 a.m. Grandparents are Lawrence and Lind a Widm an of Fremont, Ohi o, and Lyl e and Ilene Hove of Louisville, Ky. McQueen: Wendy and Michael of La Grande, a so n, Chri st opher Collin, 8 pounds 13 ounces, M ay 30 at 10:36 p.m.

Grandparents are Candace Henderson of Ch erokee, Texas, and Lila and Dean M cQueen of Sweet Home.

Richards: Kaylee F. and Je remy S. of Summerville, a daug hter, M aci e Lynn, 6 po unds

10 ounces, M ay 31 at 7:11 p.m .

Grandparents are Dena Ri der of Oregon City, Gary Smith of Ontari o, Bev erly Sanders of La Grande and Michael Richards of Waitsburg, W ash.

WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Clary:To ni andTyrel of Enterpri se, a daughter,Ta ilynn Kathleen, 7 po unds 6 o unces, May 25 at 9:39 a.m . Grandparents are Patrici a Witherrite, Sheldo n W eav er and Kathleen

and George Clary.

Grover: Kalah and Zackery of Enterprise, a daughter, Paizly Doris, 8 pounds 3 ounces, May 24 at 4:51 p.m. Grandparents are Mari Lynn Andrade and Lon Andrade and Shelly Grover and Michael Grover.

Hambelton: Taj and James of Enterprise, a daughter, Sarah Rachel, 7 pounds 7.5 ounces, May 23 at8:24 a.m. Grandparents are Margie and Timothy Woodiwiss and Sharon Holland and Rick Hambelton.

Local nonprofit human service organizations often need donations of specific items or volunteers.Wish List items are updated every month. Anyone who would like to volunteer or make donations should contact the agency directly.

IC TOPS: The Island City TOPS chapter meets every Tuesday at the IC City Hall. The weig ht-loss support group w eighs in at 8 a.m. and meets from 9 to 10 a.m. This is a fragrance-free chapter, so plan accordi ngly. For information, call Christine at 541 -963-4996.

Elgin TOPS: The Elgin TOPS chapter meets every Tuesday at the Harvesters Church, 11th and Birch.

The weig ht-loss suppo rt group weighs in at 5:1 5p.m. and meets from 6 to 7 p.m.

LG Rotary: La Grande Rotary will meet at noon every Tuesday at the Northeast Oregon Transit center. For mo re informati on, call Charlotte at 541 -962-6144.

LG Optimist Club: La Grande Optimist Club meets at noon every Tuesday at Bear Mountain Pizza.

The clu b, with the motto , "Friends of Youth ;' supports activities fo r Union County's youth . For more information, call Shawn Daggett at 541·571 -7679.

LG Sunrise Rotary: La Grande Sunrise Rotary w ill meet at 7 a.m. every Tuesday at The Dusty Spur Cafe, 1502 SAve. in La Grande. Fo r more informatio n, call Peter Fallow at 541-963·6377.

Union County Timbe r Cruisers C a r Club: The monthly meeting of the Union County Timber Cruisers Car Clu b w ill begin at 5:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month at Flying J. For m ore inf ormation, call Steve at 541-805-9257 or John at 541963-2295. Visi tors are welcome.

Friends of Union Carnegie Public Libra ry: The Friends of Union Carnegie Public Library meets at 7 p.m. the seco nd Tuesday of each month in the basement of the Carnegie Library in Union.

EOLS: The Eastern Orego n Livestock Show boa rd will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the clubhouse in Union.

WEDNESDAY'S MEETINGS Union TOPS: TOPS 573 meets

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Eastern Star, Grande Ronde Valley Chapter: The Grande Ro nde Valley Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will meet at 7:30p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Lodge in Union.

Elgin Masons: The Elgin Masons will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Lodge.

American Legion: The La Grande post of the American Legion and auxiliary w ill meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the legion hall, 301 Fir St. NARVE: The National Associati on of Retired and Veteran Ra ilroad Employees will meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the community room at Cook Memorial Library.

Union Lions: The Union Lions meets at noon every second Wednesday of the month at Papa's Steak House in Union. The public is invited to attend.

Eastern Star, Hope Chapte r : The Hope Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star w ill meet at 7:30p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Lodge, 1303 1/2 Adams Ave., i n La Grande.

THURSDAY'S MEETINGS UFO Sewing Circl e: The Unfinished Objects Sewing Circle meets from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday i n the basement of United Methodist Church in La Grande. Anyo ne with new or unfinished quilting, knitting, crochet, scrapbooking or other projects is welcome to attend.

Soroptimists : The La Grande chapter of Soropti mist International w ill meet at noon Thursday at the Northeast Oregon Public Tra nspo rtation building, 2204 E.

Penn Ave. in La Grande. For more info rmation, e-mail silagrande@ soroptimist.net.

SUNDAY'S MEETINGS Pleasant Grove Grange: The Pleasant Grove Grange in Summerville will have a potluck and meeting beginning at 5 p.m.

Sunday at the Grange on Hunter Road. For information, call 541-5345411.

MONDAY'S MEETINGS LG Lions: The La Grande Lio ns meet at noo n Monday at th e Northeast Orego n Transit Center adjacent to the Unio n County Seni o r Center. For inform atio n call Cheryl at 541 -5684447.

LG TOPS: TOPS 98 meets every Monday in La Grande. The weightloss support group weighs in at 5 p.m. and meets from 6 to 7 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church at 12th and Gekeler. For informatio n call 541-963-4028.

Boy Scouts of America Troop 511 : Boy Scouts of America Troop 511 meets Monday nights from 7 to 8:30p.m. at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Fifth Street and K entrance. All boys age 11 -18 are welcome. For more info rmation, call Jan at 541-963-6183.

Rockwa ll Grange : Rockwall Grange will meet at 6 p.m. every third Monday at the grange on Middle Road. The meetings are open to the public. For more information, call Shirley Keating at 541-805-9526.

JUNE 19 MEETINGS IC TOPS: The Island City TOPS chapter meets every Tu esday at the IC City Hall. The w eight-loss support gro up w eighs in at 8 a.m. and meets fro m 9 to 10 a.m. This i s a fragrance-free chapter, so pl an accordingly. Fo r i nf ormatio n call Christin e at 541 -963-4996.

Elgin TOPS: The Elgi n TOPS

LG Rotary: La Grande Rotary w ill meet at noo n every Tuesday at th e Northeast Oregon Transit center. Fo r mo re information , ca ll Cha rl o tte at 54 1-962-61 44.

LG Optimist Club: La Grande Optimist Club meets at noon every Tuesday at Bear Mountain Pizza.

The club, with the motto, " Friends ofYouth;' supports activities fo r Union County's youth. For more information, call Shawn Daggett at 541-571-7679.

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Community scrapbook: The Observer can't get to every event in Union and Wallowa counties.

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Rainbow Girls: The International Order of Rainbow Girls, a service and leadership organization for girls and young women 11 to 20 years old, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Union Masonic Lodge. Fori nfor· matio n call Donna Patterson at 541-562-5550.

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The w eight-loss support group weighs in at 5:15p.m. and meets from 6 to 7 p.m.

Ore gon Hunte rs A ssociation: Orego n Hunters Associati o n meets eve ry third Tuesday at 6:30p.m. at th e Anderson -Perry Ann ex bldg . on Fir Street . Fo r mo re i nf ormation , call David at 541 910-1270.

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Trying to be Council to OK budget more like Will Rogers The largest picture in my Kansas hometown was that ofWill Rogers. It was a huge portrai~ maybe 12 feet high, hanging in the lobby of the Royal Theater.

Will Rogers was enormously popu1ar. You cou1d say he was well-liked. He seemed to poke fun at the well-to-do and particularly politicians, endearing himself to Depression-era America as few others did. But his poking was never with anything sharper than an elbow.

He was famous for saying that he had never met a man he didn't like.

I have. Also a couple of women and half a dozen kids.

I honestly wish I were more like Rogers. The whole country loved him. No one loved him more than Oklahomans though. Lots of nice people are from Rogers' home state of Oklal10ma. How could you not like Patti Page or Woody Guthrie? Mickey Mantle or Jim Thorpe? Or Reba McEntire? What kind of a nincompoop misanthrope wou1d it take to dislike Reba?

What do you suppose Rogers would have thought of Timothy McVeigh?

McVeigh, of course, wasn't from Oklahoma, but his name will always be associated with it because ofthe bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. If Rogers had met McVeigh, wou1d he have had to amend his fan1ous quote or find some salient quality in MeVeigh that would keep him on his likeable list?

I can dislike people for a lot less than that. I have an irritable gene. I think I got it frum my mother rather tl1an my father. When I asked her once why she disliked some woman so intensely, she narrowed her eyes and stmted with, "Well, 20 years ago... " The grievance was petty, but my mother held a grudge longer than anyone I knew.

People who can let things go are more popular, get better invitations, have more fun.

And sometimes get more votes.

I've been thinking about the '1ikability factor" in politics as this year's races heat up. Personality and charm and all of the other things that go into what constitutes likability are very persuasive,

MIKE SHEARER but they have very little to do with depth of character.

In retrospect, one of my best teachers, and by that I mean one I actually learned something from, was my junior high geography teacher, Miss Fortescue. She scared some people speechless with her fierce bu1ldog scowl. She was a fr·ee-tlrinking Quaker who hated injustice, but she looked like Cany Nation and was just as volatile. I learned geography and still remember where Ceylon is. It's not Miss Fortescue's fau1t they renamed it Sri Lanka later.

My science teacher, on the other hand, was a handsome young wise-cracker the students either adored or envied or both. All I remember from his class though is how popu1ar he was, nothing much about science.

The most successful politicians used to be the glad handers who cou1d make fue most rounds and remember fue most names. We liked it when we'd meet politicians who remembered our names.

We imagined they were our friends.

All it really meant was that that they'd learned Dale Carnegie's rule No. 6 from "How to Win Friends and Influence People": "Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language."

It doesn't mean that politician necessarily has your interest at heart or respects your values or will se1ve honorably.

It means he or she has attached a name to an image of your face, a carnival barker's trick at best.

Nawadays, the glad handing is done mostly via the mass media, more through their own commercials than anything else, but it's still the same principle: make people like you no matter what it takes. Sincerity can wait until after the election.

I wonder if Will Rogers wou1d have liked Bernie Madoff. I'm pretty sure my motller and Miss Fortescue wou1dn't have.

By Bill Rautenstrauch The Observer

The La Grande City Council plans to formally adopt budgets for the 2012-13 fiscal year when it meets in regular session at City Hall Wednesday.

Mter the budget committee approves minutes from May's budget hearings, the council will consider budget recommendations that tally $40.5 million across all funds.

The general fund contains about $10 million, and the Urban Renewal budget $3.5 million. There are no recommendations in tlris year's budget for significant cuts in services or layoffs.

In other business during Wednesday's meeting, the council will consider award-

ing a bid for the design and manufacture of the fire department's new aerial fire apparatus. Four bids were submitted, including the lowest from General Fire Apparatus, Inc. for $699,400.

The city manager is recommending that General Fire be awarded the contract.

Others submitting bids included U.S. Fire Equipment, LLC, H&W Pacific and KlVIA Northwest.

In other business during Wednesday's regular session, the council will consider a proposed franclrise agreement with Eastern Oregon Net Inc. Jeff Crews ofEONI is requesting the agreement so his company can place telecommunications facilities in the city's rights of way.

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and also the award of a bid for blight abatement in the IOOF/State Theater Building at 1106 Adams Avenue.

MIEC Environmental Services, consu1tant on the project, solicited bids for abatement of asbestos, lead based paint and other enviromnental hazards. IRS Enviromnental is the apparent low bidder, at $168,450.

According to city staff reports, AMEC originally intended to contract for the abatement services, and submitted a proposal to increase its own fee based on what they saw as an expanded role. But to avoid the increased costs, city staff is recommending the Urban Renewal District contract directly with the winner.

Conditional use permit decision delayed

By Bill Rautenstrauch The Observer

The Union County Board of Commissioners put off making a decision last week on the appeal of a conditional use permit for a controversial home-based business on West Road near La Grande.

The board heard lengthy testimony during its regular meeting on the appeal for a permit for Ariel and Benjanrin Bean, who are operating an automotive and motorcycle repair business in a shop on their West Road prope1ty. Neighborhood residents raised concerns about impacts including noise, dust and increased traffic.

Benjamin Bean, also testifying Wednesday, said he is operating witlrin the conditions spelled out in his permit by the Union County Planning Commission March 26, and that his business doesn't create any more impact than other small homebased or commercial-level businesses in the area.

The planning commission approved the Beans' application for the permit fullowing a contentious hearing March 26. Bean told the planning commission that he needed to run the business at the home location because he is caring for his father who is elderly and ill.

An10ng conditions imposed by the planning commission was one that requires Bean to relocate the business within 12 months of the death of his father. Other conditions include operating hours between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., no major repairs done outside the shop building, delivery vehicles limited to one ton or Mike SheaM can be reached at smaller and no parking on abqmikes3@aol.com. the roadway adjacent to the property. Bean can only use 1,200 square feetofhis large shop building for business purposes.

Dming Wednesday's appeal hearing, Riddle Road resident Carol Kroll read from a letter from Portland year. lawyer Edward Sullivan, who "It is a pleasure to work is representing 22 appellants with our letter caniers each in the case. year to plan this complex The letter made the claim food drive with its many that the home occupation working parts," Gentry said. use granted to the Beans is not supported by the county's Close to 4,000 urban and rural letter earners through- land use code on several out Oregon and in Clark points. Sullivan said the most County Wash.,joined earners important reason to uphold throughout the nation in the the appeal is the impact the one-day event. business will have on the Rachel Bristol, CEO of the neighborhood. ''This area is a quiet, Oregon Food Bank, said she is grateful to the carriers, the residential neighborhood just customers and the sponsors outside La Grande," Sullivan for their work in making the wrote."The residents value drive an outstanding success. the peace, quiet and safety The drive is was sponsored of their homes. This noisy,

by Wells Fargo, the U.S. Post- dusty and dirty automotive al Service, and many unions business threatens those and community organizaqualities they value most." tions including the NACL, Several other residents of OregonAFCSME Council75, the neighborhood testified OregonAFL-CIO, National for the appeal, saying they are noticing increased traffic Postal Handlers Union, SEIU Local503, UFCW 555 and noise related the Beans' and the Nmthwest Oregon business. Those included Labor Council.

Ken Wallace, who is the chief

petitioner in the appeal.

"This is just not a good fit for our pad of tl1e world," Wallace said.

Benjamin Bean said that although some people have complained, none have shown ''hard evidence" about the impacts.

On the traffic issue, he compared his business to others in the area including a tile business, a resident that deals in firearms and all-terrain vehicles, an adu1t foster home and a fruit and vegetable stand.

"So for my home-based business to bring traffic out, there isn't an exception by any means," Bean said.

Family member David Bean testified in support of the business.

"There's a lot of traffic on Riddle Road and a lot ofit ends up on West Road and not much ends up at Ben's

place," he said.

David Bean also said he doesn't tlrink noise is a significant issue.

"I can't tell if anybody's in the shop unless I get up close to fue door and the radio's going," he said.

Benjamin Bean said he and his family spend fur more time in the home than in the shop, and that noise from power equipment in the shop isn't any worse than noise from equipment other people in the neighborhood use in their own shops or in their yards.

At the end ofWednesday's hearing, the board decided to continue fue matter and keep tl1e record open for additional written testimony.

Both parties can submit additional written comment until June 15, then appellants have until June 21 to submit written rebuttal.

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In a special session 11 a.m. June 26, the board will convene to render a tentative decision.

The planning commission will draft findings of fact, and the final decision will be adopted during the Ju1y 18 regu1ar session.

At the start ofWednesday's hearing, Commissioner Mark Davidson recused lrimself because Iris engine repair business does business wifu fue Benjamin Bean.

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Postal carriers collect donations Postal carriers in Union, Wallowa ,Baker and Grant counties picked up 26,000 pounds of donated food and their colleagues statewide gathered in 1.3 million pounds during May 12's annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive.

That day, tlle carriers on their rounds collected non-perishable food left at mailboxes by postal patrons.

The donated goods were in turn delivered to community food banks.

Carmen Gentry, food bank manager for Community Connection ofNortheast Oregon, said the drive represents a big lift for food pantiies in the agency's fourcounty service area.

She said she continues to be amazed and humbled at the dedication and comnritment of the letter carriers to make tile largest food diive in the nation happen every

EONI plans an initial fiber optic cable project that will run from EONI's main facility at Adams Avenue and Third Street back to Washington Avenue, and fuen along Washington to a point just beyond Fir Street. The proposed telecommunications agreement is identical to one the city entered into earlier with Lightspeed Networks, Inc. Another item on Wednesday's city council meeting a proposed ordinance vacating of an alley right of way in Williamson's Addition on Island Avenue.

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Animals iudged atEOS Chris Baxter /The Observe r

Deirdre Schreiber of Enterprise, above, and her Hereford cow Cleo come away with a blu e ribbon. At right, Houdini the goat figures sin ce he earned the awards, he should be fre e to eat his award s.

Chris Baxter /The Observe r

After earlier winning a grand champion award for her market lamb, Ke lsey Walenta of Un ion settles for a second place award as she wears a patient sm ile for the JUdges while trying to deal with her slightly uncooperative spring ewe duri ng 4-H. FFA animal competiton Thursday.

Muddv vollevballtournament will raise monev tor tood banks

By Bill Rautenstrauch The Observer

Community-minded volleyball players looking for new ~ist on the game have their chance to romp, dive and splash through mud pits while serving a good cause Aug. 11, as the first ever Muddy With a Mission Volleyball Tournament unfolds at the Stampede Grounds in Elgin.

Carmen Gentry, food bank manager for Community Connection ofNortheast Oregon said team registration is now open for the event, which is hosted by Community Connection and benefits area food banks. Deadline is June29.

"Spots are filling quickly, so act fast;' Gentry said.

Tournament organizers hope to sign up 16, tenperson co-ed teams who will compete in round robin play, with the top five moving to the championship bracket.

First through third places will receive a trophy and medals, with the winner getting bragging rights and free admission to next year's tournament.

"This will be a family fun community event. Spectators will have just as much fun watching as teams will have playing," Gentry said.

All-day admission to the toumament is $5, with kids under five getting in free.

The event will feature a beer garden, silent auction, 50-50 raffle and more.

Gentry said she is al<Jo looking for volunteers to help make the tournament a success. Teams wanting register or people willing to volunteer should call her at 41-963-7532, ext. 12, or email carmen@ccno.org.

Tournament sponsors include the Elgin Stampede, Oregon Food Bank, Oregon

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The art of French

Kicking off the grilling

baking

season

By Lauren Chattman

By Elizabeth Karmel

Newsday

For The Associated Press

I learned to bake by following the recipes in "Joy of Cooking." So I'm in my comfort zone ·with blondies, gingersnaps and apple crisp. But what kind ofbaker would I have become if I had grown up in Paris instead of New Jersey, and my first cookbooks had been "I Know How to Cook" and "I Know How to Make Pastries," both by Ginette Mathiot?

Recently, I had a chance to find out, when a copy of"The Art of French Baking," a compilation of recipes from both of Mathiot's classic books, landed on my kitchen counter. Mathiot, then a 25-year-old home economics teacher, published "I Know How to Cook" in 1932 (the first edition of"Joy of Cooking" debuted in 1931).1t went on to sell 5 million copies, becoming the French housewife's kitchen bible. Dipping into the new book, I was curious to see what kinds of after-school treats and simple desserts the real housewives of Paris have been routinely whipping up for the past 80 years.

In the summer, I'm always looking for dessert recipes nice enough to serve to company but quick enough to throw together if I want to spend most of my time at the beach. Strawberry season is upon us, so with my very first box oflocal berries I decided to audition Mathiot's Strawberry Frangipane for a place in my summer dessert rotation.

If your mother isn't French and you didn't go to culinary school, you probably have never heard offrangipane.

This is a real shame. Frangipane is a deliciously rich and flavorful batter made from egg yolks, sugar and ground almonds. When scraped into a tart pan and dotted with strawberries, it bakes into a cakelike tart that is easy to make but a little more elegant in presentation than the strawberry cobbler I have relied on it in the past.

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Memorial Day may be the official start of summer, but I've always thought of Father's Day as the kickoff of serious grilling season.

But this year, maybe give Dad a break. Ladies, if you don't already grill, this is your opportunity to take the tongs and give it a try with a recipe that every man loves - hot wings!

Wings rarely are made at home because they are associated with deep frying, something most home cooks don't want to bother with. But truth is, they are so much better griHed. When you grill them, the meat is tender and juicy and the burnished skin is crisp, not flabby.

I have long grilled wings and have a recipe that was dubbed the "world's best" by my many students who enjoyed them and started making them at home. The best part is that the recipe is so simple, you hardly need a "recipe."

Over the years I've played with different barbecue sauces, but recently was won over by a molassesbased barbecue sauce from Weber. As a Southern girl, I love molasses and think it's a smart change from corn syrup-based sauces.

In traditional deep-fry chicken wing recipes, the meat is cooked, then tossed with sauce. My recipe keeps that basic approach, but substitutes the grill for the fryer. I also use the hot sauce to marinate the chicken before it is cooked.

I use indirect heat to griH the wings slowly. This cooks the dark meat nice and slowly, and renders the fat in the skin, leaving a nice crisp wing. When they are almost done, I take them off the grill and toss them with a mixture of honey and barbecue sauce and put them back on the grill to set the glaze and caramelize.

The end result is a crispy yet slightly sticky wing with an addictively sweet heat that can't be beat.

Eric Boyd/Los Angeles Times

Fish can be tough to get right on a barbecue, but a new grilling basket helps.

Tipping the scales • A grilling basket can overcome the challenge of cooking fish

By Noelle Carter Los Angeles T1mes

Cacti can take cold, too

By Dean Fosdick For the Associated Press

Landscaping with cactus has been an acquired taste for many gardeners, but it appears the appetite for the robust plants is growing.

Lingering drought, watering bans and low-maintenance requirements are making cacti more popular.

Their striking flowers, unusual shapes and longevity add to the appeal."There's a high reward ratio with cactus," said Scott Calhoun, author of "The Gardener's Guide to Cactus" (Timber Press, 2012). "Take the aesthetics alone.

They're extraordinarily beautiful.

Even when they're out of flower, they have graceful patterns on them."Calhoun, who lives in Tucson, Ariz., said he has encountered enthusiasm for cacti even in areas where people can't easily grow them, such as Japan, Thailand and the Czech Republic. "They simply put them in pots and haul them in and out," he said.Cacti can live for decades, a real value, Calhoun said.

"Some of these plants you can pass down to your kids and your kids can pass them down to their kids."They also are durable, surviving in temperatures ranging from 100 degrees above zero to 40 below.

"They're known to grow above the 14,000-foot level on mountains in Colorado and as far north as Canada's Northwest Territories," Calhoun said. "There's a great diversity of cold-hardy cactus to be had."

Cacti are succulents, native to the New World. Approximately 250 of the recognized 3,000 species are found in North America.

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Fish can be finicky on the barbecue, what with its delicate meat and sticky skin that stubbornly refuses to release from the rack once it's cooking. A grilling basket simplifies everything. Nestle the fish in the basket depending on its size and shape, a basket can hold up to several fish, as well as fillets and steaks - and throw the basket on the grill, then flip the fish as desired. Because the fish is in the basket, it won't stick to the grill, and you11 still get all the benefits of cooking over an open flame.

And while the name might make it sound

like this is a single-use tool, a basket can be handy for a variety of grilling needs. Depending on its size and shape, baskets can also hold burgers and chicken, as weH as vegetables and mushrooms, even fruit. (Do keep in mind that you1l want to clean the basket between uses so flavors don't carry from one food to another.)

Fish grilling baskets are available at cooking supply stores as well as online, and a basic one should set you back no more than $10 to $20.

If you have any kitchen tips or questions you'd like me to explore, email me at noelle. carter@latimes.com.

Sweet and StickyHoney Hot Wings No grill handy?These wings also can be cooked on a rimmed baking sheet fitted with a metal rack. Roast them for 30 minutes at 400 F, then toss them with the barbecue-honey sauce and roast for another 20 to 25 minutes.

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Prenv plant noses ugiJ threat to wetlands • Yellow flag iris, a designated noxious weed in Oregon, can quickly spread from gardens to wetlands Tara Bohnsack ForThe Observer & Baker City Herald

Yellow flag iris, Iris pseudacorus, is an invasive plant of European and African origin officially designated as a noxious weed in six states, including the state of Oregon.

Seemingly harmless and eyecatching at first glance, this plant poses a significant threat to surrounding ecosystems. Cmrently only small populations have established in Eastern Oregon, making it the ideal scenario for successful eradication.

Horticultural trade has spread yellow flag iris tln·oughout tl1e United States.

As a result, it shows up occasionally in flower gardens around the northwest. Locally, yellow flag iris appears to be moving from horticultural sites to areas along streams, lakes and rivers.

In its invasive state, yellow flag is found in wetlands, along the

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The yellow flag iris is an invasive species that can damage wetlands and cause other problems.

edges of ponds, lakes, reservoirs or slow moving streams or rivers and can easily become an aggressive wetland bully.

When it blooms in late spring to early summer it is Uillllistakable with its showy yellow iris flowers. The flowers look very

TO DAY'S • Strawberry frangipane, 28 RECIPES

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similar to a garden iris but they are often streaked with brown to purple lines. Each stem may have several flowers that each has three large downward-facing yellow sepals and three upward facing yellow petals.

Its leaves are usually longer in • Savory tomato galette, 28

the center and are folded around the stem in a fan-like fashion.

The leaves will stay green until harsh ·winter weather begins.

Large plant clumps, sometimes attaining 20 feet in width, are formed from the growth of stout rhizomes (a root-like stem that produces roots below and shoots from the upper surface).

When not flowering, it can be confused witl1 cattail (Typha latifolia), which is round at the base and taller than yellow flag iris.

The best way to distinguish this plant when flowers are not out is to look for the large fruit pod in the summer or tl1e fanshaped plant-base other times of the year.

Yellmv flag iris is a problem for several reasons. It colonizes quickly forming dense patches that displace native plants, alter ~ildlife habitat and decrease biodiversity.

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MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012

HOME & LIVING

Celebrating summer with a free-form pie floured sheet of parchment.

Roll the dough into a rough circle about 15 inches in diameter and a generous oneeighth-inch thick. Transfer the dough (still on the parchment) to a baking sheet.

3. Gently stir in the sliced almonds and raspberries with the apricots. Spoon the apricots into the center of the dough. Fold the outer 3 inches of the dough circle toward the center to make a packet, leaving the inner 4 or 5 inches of apricots uncovered (the assembled galette will be about 9 inches in diameter). Lightly brush the pastry with the beaten egg, then scatter the coarse sugar over the apricots and pastry.

4. Bake until the crust is golden-brown and the apricots are softened, about 45 minutes. Start checking the galette after 30 minutes, and loosely cover the fruit with a sheet of foil if they color too quickly. Cool the galette 15 to 20 minutes before slicing.

By Noelle Carter Los Angeles Times

Nothing celebrates summer quite like a fresh pie.

It's as if we're taking the best the season has to offer -vibrantly colored produce practically bursting with flavor and nurtured to ripeness under a hot sun- and wrapping that bounty in a tender, flaky crust. Like a gift.

It's hard not to get excited at the sight of a great pie, whether piled high in a deep-dish plate or beautifully arranged in a shallow tart pan. Though I have to say, lately fve been leaving out the plates and pans entirely and opting for something a bit more casual with a galette. Because sometimes, or maybe always, simple is best.

Think of a galette as pie's free-fonn cousin. Roll the dough out, pile in the filling and gently fold up the outer edges of the dough to hold it all together. Some recipes use a type of tart dough - a sweeter, more cookie-like short crust - for the pastry.

Me? I stick with a flaky pie dough- rich, buttery and not so sweet - worked a little more to give it the strength to hold the filling without the support of a dish.

Rustic yet beautiful, a galette is perfection simplified. Nothing fussy about it.

Almost any summer produce works in a galette: sweet berries and stone fruit, or go savory, riffing with tomatoes or zu~hini, so long as the produce has the right balance of flavors and depth of personality.

The trick is to keep it simple. Let the fruits and vegetables speak for themselves by not disguising them with a bunch of other flavors.

Stone fruits are just coming into season, and apricots are downright wonderfhl about now.Toss sliced apricots with a little sugar and a touch of almond extract, which brings out the flavors of stone fruit. Add some sliced almonds to give the filling a subtle crunch, as well as a handful of fresh raspberries to lend a splash of vibrant red. As the fruit cooks, the flavors will evolve and soften with a natural sweetness.

Fresh out of the oven, give the galette a little time to cool slightly and all those fragrant juices a chanre to settle before digging in.

For a savory take on the galette, toss sliced ripe toma-

FRENCH Continued from Page IE I love this book, but I'm glad I came upon it after I'd baked my way through Fannie Farmer and Betty Crocker. Mathiot's style is to streamline rather than overexplain. Her Madeleines recipe, for example, doesn't tell you how to smooth the r ather stiff batter into the molds or how many cakes you'll wind up with (I got 24). The Frangipane recipe doesn't specifY the size of the pan you'll need found a 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom to be just right).

But if you have mastered simple American recipes and want to produce cakes and cookies with a little more savoir faire, "The Art of French Baking" may be the book for you.

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STRAWBERRY FRANGIPANE (Adapted from "The Art of French Baking" by Ginette Mathiot) I added a dash of vanilla and a pinch of salt to Mathiot's recipe. If you don't have superfine sugar, use granulated sugar and give it a whirl (about 1 minute) in a food processor

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from about 10 whole 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper Prepared galette dough 1 egg, beaten 4 to 6 basil leaves, julienned 1. Cut each tomato into 4 to 6 slices. In a large bowl, com-

bine the sliced tomatoes with the oil, oregano, garlic, olives, salt and several grinds of black pepper, tossing well to mix.

2. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Remove the dough from the refrigerator to a flat surface lined with a lightly floured sheet of parchment.

Roll the dough into a rough Kirk McKoy/Los AngelesT1 mes circle about 15 inches in Galettes are free-form pies that are easy and all-purpose. This apricot galette consists diameter and a generous oneof a rolled edge crust with raspberries and shaved almonds. eighth-inch thick. Transfer the pea-sized pieces. Sprinkle the dough (still on the parchment) vinegar and water over the to a baking sheet. mixture, and stir together until 3. Gently spoon the tomato the ingredients are combined mixture into the center of the to form a dough. Remove dough. Fold the outer 3 inches the dough to a lightly floured of the dough circle toward the surface and knead a few center to make a packet leavtimes until it comes together NUTRITION INFORMATION: ing the inner 4 or 5 inches of in a single mass. Mold the Each of 8 servings: 374 dough into a disk roughly 6 tomatoes uncovered (the ascalories; 6 grams protein; to 8 inches in diameter. Cover sembled galette will be about 43 grams carbohydrates; 3 the disk tightly with plastic grams fiber; 20 grams fat; 9 9 inches in diameter). Lightly wrap and refrigerate at least 2 grams saturated fat; 54 mg brush the outer edge of the hours, preferably overnight. cholesterol; 15 grams sugar; pastry with the beaten egg.

Kirk McKoyllos AngelesTimes 4. Bake until the crust is 303 mg sodium.

NUTRITION INFORMATION: Adding fruit to the dough. golden-brown and the tomaEach of 8 servings: 289 toes are softened, about 45 SAVORY 1VMA1V calories; 4 grams protein; V4 cup cold shortening toes with a little garlic, fresh minutes. Start checking the 28 grams carbohydrates; 1 GALETTE Y• cup (1 stick) cold butter, oregano and a few diced gram fiber; 18 grams fat; 9 galette after 30 minutes, and cut into "h-inch cubes Total time: 1 hour, plus cooling olives to brighten the mix. grams saturated fat; 31 mg loosely cover the tomatoes 2% teaspoons cider vinegar time Bake the galette (using the cholesterol; 2 grams sugar; 4 to 6 tablespoons ice with a sheet of foil if they color Servings: 6 to 8 sarne pie crust) until golden293 mg sodium. water, more if needed too quickly. Cool the galette 15 Note: If desired, serve the brown, then serve, slightly to 20 minutes before slicing, galette topped with a spooncooled, with a sp1inkling 1. To make the dough using fu I of burrata or fresh ricotta and scatter a little fresh basil ofchopped basil. Top the APRICOTALMOND a food processor, pulse tocheese. slices 'vvith a dollop offresh over each slice before serving. gether the flour, salt and sugar GALETTE cheese, say, creamy burrata until thoroughly combined.

Total time: 1 hour, plus cooling 1% pounds small or ricotta. It makes a perfect NUTRITION time afternoon snack, even a light Add the shortening and pulse tomatoes (6 to 8) INFORMATION: until incorporated (the dough Servings: 6 to 8 1 tablespoon extra meal.

Each of 8 servings: 340 calories; 5 grams protein; Because something as good will look like moist sand). Add virgin olive oil the butter and pulse just until 31 grams carbohydrates; as pie shouldn't be reserved 1% pounds apricots (6 to 8) 1Y2teaspoons minced the butter is reduced to small, 2 grams fiber; 22 grams only for dessert.

2 to 4 tablespoons granulated fresh oregano pea-sized pieces. Sprinkle the fat; 10 grams saturated sugar, depending on the 1 teaspoon minced garlic vinegar and water over the fat; 54 mg cholesterol; sweetness of the apricots 3 tablespoons pitted and GALETTE DOUGH mixture, and pulse a few times 1 teaspoon almond 4 grams sugar; 673 mg chopped kalamata olives, Total time: 20 minutes, plus to form the dough. Remove sodium. extract or 2 tablespoons chilling time the dough to a lightly floured almond liqueur Servings: This makes enough surface and knead a few Prepared galette dough for 1 {9- to 10-inch) galette times until it comes together 3 tablespoons sliced almonds Note:This is a basic pie crust in a single mass. Mold the 1/3 cup raspberries, if desired recipe, with the dough worked dough into a disk roughly 6 1 egg, beaten a bit more to strengthen it. The to 8 inches in diameter. Cover 1 tablespoon coarse sugar cider vinegar is used to help the disk tightly with plastic "shorten" the crust, improving wrap and refrigerate at least 2 1. Cut each apricot into 6 to the texture. Though you might hours, preferably overnight.

8 wedges, discarding the pits. smell the vinegar as you roll 2.To make the dough by Combine the apricots with the out the crust, you should not hand, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar and almond taste or smell it in the finished salt and sugar in a large bowl. extract in a work bowl and galette.

Add the shortening and incor- toss well to mix. porate using a pastry cutter or 2. Heat the oven to 400 21/4cups (9.6 ounces) flour fork (the dough will look like degrees. Remove the dough Generous 1 teaspoon salt moist sand). Cut in the butter from the refrigerator to a flat Kirk McKoy/Lo s An geles Times 1 tablespoon sugar just until it is reduced to small, surface lined with a lightly Folding outer edges of the galette. fitted with a metal blade.

Serve slices (the tart gets a bit messy when sliced, because of its crisp top crust and moist interior) with whipped cream.

Butter, for greasing the baking dish 5 large egg yolks 1 cup superfine sugar 1% cups whole or slivered almonds, finely ground in a food processor Y. teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 pound small strawberries, washed, dried and hulled Confectioners' sugar for dusting (optional) 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9-inch tart pan and place on a baking sheet.

2. In the bottom of a double boiler or in a medium-size saucepan, bring 2 inches of water to a bare simmer. In the top of the boiler, or in

a stainless-steel bowl big enough to rest on top of the saucepan, whisk together the yolks and sugar. If using saucepan, set bowl over the pan without letting it touch the water. Whisk constantly until mixture is pale, tripled in volume, and just warm.

Fold in almonds, vanilla and salt.

3. Smooth frangipane into prepared pan. Arrange strawberries, pressing them into frangipane so they are mostly submerged in batter.

Bake until crust is golden brown and batter is set about 30 minutes.Transfer to a wire rack and let cool to warm room temperature.

Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired, and serve warm, or let cool completely before serving.

CACTUS Continued from Page IE If you're going to plant cacti, put temperature-tested plants, cuttings or seeds - preferably those native to your area - in places with Southem exposures, if possible. Give them at least six hours of sun per day.

Provide a bed of 8 to 12 inches of sandy soil, supplemented by granite or gravel mulch. Be stingy about

watering, particular·ly in autumn when the plants are evaporating away any surplus moisture.

Calhoun also recommends integrating cacti 'vvith other plants. "That's tl1e way they grow in nature," he said.

Cacti may be stuck with a prickly reputation, but there are spineless, scented and edible varieties, he said: "The hardy Beehive has fragrant flowers fol-

lowed by edible fruit that tastes like strawberries."

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HOME & LIVING

1940 Census atreasure trove of data

Dirty fingernails, and proud of them

• The recent release of previously confidential information helps researchers

By LometTumbull The Seattle Times

proudly anived for I work last Monday

SEATTLE - In tracing the blood line of her maternal grandmother, Martha Collins has gone six generations deep- back to 1870.

In that year)s census- the first after the abolition of slavery - the Seattle woman found her greatgreat-great-grandmother, a mixedrace woman named Violet Yeats, living with her husband and their four children on a plantation in rural Mississippi.

Widowed in the late 1800s, Violet shows up in every subsequent 10year survey tllrough 1930, when she lived with a granddaughter and great-grandclrildren in Mississippi - the year before she died.

The Census Bureau last month released original data that its enumerators collected from 132 million Americans in April1940 - opening another portal for Collins and the nation's growing number of family researchers to peer down their ancestral past.

The survey was conducted at a time when the nation was still feeling the effects of the Great Depression and at the dawn ofWorld War II. In the records from that year, Collins found Violet's granddaughter- Elnora White -living with her husband and seven children as sharecroppers on a fann in a small Missouri town.

Elnora had a second-grade education; her husband had attended school through third grade. None of their children - ages 1 to 18 - was enrolled in school at the time.

"It feels like I'm connecting with these ancestors, pulling their lives together," said Collins, 53, whose Seattle home has become a family repository of sorts, with photos of ancestors adorning the walls. "It gives you a glimpse into what their lives were like."

Every 10 years, the Census Bureau releases original records from 72 years earlier - previously confidential demographic data from individual survey fonns.

CHRIS COLLINS

with dirt under my fingernails.

It was the kind of dirt that isn't easily scrubbed away by a fingernail brush or washed away under a hot morning shower.

It was the dirt that embeds itself deeply after a day of garden planting.

That's what had occupied my time over the weekend. And though I make my best effort to keep my hands protected by gloves, there are always a few moments when I'm required to get my bare hands in the dirt to press, pat and perfectly position young plants.

I was considering why I had taken such pride in seeing that stubborn black dirt under my nails as I drove to La Grande Monday morning.

(Part of the Herald's move to a new design had required my editor and me to travel the 42 miles to the office of The Observer, our sister newspaper, that day.)

The drive gave me time to think about why I took such delight in the thin dark line against my otherwise pinkish nails and pale skin.

As I drove along, I decided that the dirt was a badge of honor passed down to me by my farming grandparents and parents.

The first photographs taken of my brother, sister and me as tiny babies were always posed in front of our Grandma Alta's lush flower beds or in the potato fields with our Granddad Ben. And as we grew, we spent our time playing in those gardens and running through the fields of their small farm.

Later, we were drawn to the fertile fields of Southern Oregon that surrounded our hometown and where our parents spent a part of their working lives. And where they'd sometimes return from a long day of planting or digging potatoes looking like vaudevillian actors in blackface, with just the whites of their eyes and their mouths peering out from a coating of the rich, black soil that produces the delicious Netted Gem and other potato varieties grown in the Klamath Basin.

My dirty fingernails were just a small reminder of my family's ties to the land, but I have to believe that it's those ties that stir my desire each spring to plant a garden. Even if it's only a small backyard container garden.

I participated in tl1e Oregon State University Extension Service's Master Gardener classes this spring, and I'm looking forward to putting what I learned into action this summer. Already I'm reaping benefits as I harvest the spinach I planted in a layered '1asagna" garden during one of the classes.

On Mother's Day, a strawberry patch was planted. And as of June 3, the garden includes zucchini, tomato, cucumber and basil plants. And pole bean seeds that I hope to see germinating and reaching for the sky in the coming weeks are in the ground.

I'm happy the garden was planted in time to benefit from last week's heavy rains, but I regret not taking advantage of the earlier warm weather.

I'm also monitoring a crop of garlic planted last fall and the perennial crops of oregano and thyme that have returned.

And my flowers, though not as lush as my grandma's, include the row of peonies the bloomed just in time to be knocked down by the rain. Red petunias were added to the blue flax and white daisies and yarrow to create a red-white-and-blue display for the Fourth of July.

Ared dahlia that I moved inside for the winter also has reappeared and will be blooming soon. And two red ivy geraniums will add to the July holiday color.

And though I've never claimed to have a green thumb, I've experienced some gardening success over the years. And that has led to the need to learn the art and science of preserving the harvest, just as my mother and grandmother have done in the past.

I'm eager for the weather to warm up and for the garden to get gro~ing, just as I image the other farmers in my family have done in years past.

Continued from Page lB Start to finish : 1 hour 15 minutes (15 minutes active), plus marinating Servings: 6 1 cup molasses-based barbecue sauce 1 cup honey 12-ounce bottle Frank's Red Hot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce 2 gallon-size heavy-duty zip-close plastic bags 4 pounds chicken wings

and/or drummettes 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided Fine-grain sea salt

In a medium bowl mix together the barbecue sauce and honey. Refrigerate until needed.

Divide the bottle of Frank's hot sauce evenly between the 2 plastic bags. Add half of the chicken to each bag, then seal the bag and turn to coat evenly. Refrigerate to marinate for at least 2 hours,

Celebrate Dad& Your Grad!

These once-a-decade purges are highly anticipated by growing numbers of Americans looking to trace their family lines deep into the past. Genealogy's growing appeal is evidenced by the popularity of such TV shows as ''Who Do You Think You Are?" The 1940 census data were the first to be released digitally, rather than on microfilm, putting this kind of research literally at people's fingertips.

"The release is a big deal when it comes out," said Jolm LaMont, a genealogy librarian at Seattle Public Library.

The 1940 census data from some states have not been indexed fully to allow searches by name. But family researchers with some idea about where their relatives lived in 1940 can trace them.

While U.S. census data won't help you find Aunt Charlotte's home in Germany or Japan or Liberia or anywhere else overseas, the records are among the many tools researchers use to build a family mosaic.

They also rely on family stories, diaries and a host of public and private records, such as birth and death, church, school, property and military documents, and, increas-

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Chris Collins is a reporter for the Baker City Herald.

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The walls of Martha Collins' Seattle home are lined with photographs of her ancestors. Collins says researching her family roots with U.S. census data and other tools "feels like I'm connecting with these ancestors, pulling their lives together:'

down flow and blocks access to strean1s.

Continued from Page lB Once established, it It reduces habitat and reproduces by seed and vegetatively through the resources available for wildlife since very few rhizomes. It is very easily native wildlife species spread downstream by can use this plant for floating seeds and broken food or habitat. In the off pieces ofrhizomes.

It can cause gastroeneastern United States, reduction of native sedges teritis in cattle, pigs and and rushes that support humans, and can also waterfowl is associated cause skin initation in with yellow flag iris inva- humans. sion.

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or up to overnight.

When ready to cook, heat one side of the grill to medium, the other to low.

Remove the barbecue-honey sauce from the refrigerator to warm to room temperature.

Open each bag just at the corner and tip it over the sink to drain the marinade. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a pinch of salt to each bag, then reseal the bags and shake gently to coat. Using tongs, transfer the chicken to

the cooler side of the grill.

Cover the grill and cook for 40 minutes, or until starting to brown. Remove the chicken from the grill and place in a large bowl. Pour the barbecue-honey sauce over the wings, then use tongs to toss them to coat well.

Place wings back on the grill for another 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the grill and let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

ingly, DNA - which can link distant relatives who have made their DNA profiles publicly available for matching in any number of databanks.

Still, try as she might, Collins has been unable to trace Violet Yeats her great-great-great-grandmother - beyond 1870.

One obstacle has been trying to determine who Violet's parents were.

Censuses before 1870 did not name slaves - if that's what Violet was - and noted their existence only by age and gender on a slave owner's plantation.

That year's census records show Violet's family with the surname Yeats -the name of the plantation owner they were linked to, which was common.

Sections of her death certificate that would contain the name ofher mother and father - and could prove useful - list the response ofthe person reporting the death as "don't know." And the birth and death certificates ofher children would list her maiden name and also could prove of value, but vital records are not public documents in some states, including Mississippi, where the family lived.

So, "Violet's case has simply gone cold," said Collins, a member of the Black Genealogy Research Group in Seattle. area or along water, it is "It's been quite fmstrateven more important to ing." carefully remove every Part of the frustraroot and rhizome, since tion is because Collins the water will help move believes Violet holds the any remaining rhizome key to understanding connections she has made bits to a new location.

One small fragment through DNA matches can start a new mass of ~ith relatives from other plants. When hand pullracial backgrounds in ing or digging, make sure the U.S. and around the to wear gloves because of world- including a Jewthe irritating resin. ish woman in Australia To use herbicides on and another woman from yellow flag an aquatic lithe Dominican Republic. cense is required because A volunteer at the Nmthwest African Amerof its proximity to water.

Anyone suspecting ican Musemn, where she helps others with their they have yellow flag iris on their property can research, Collins also is get further information pursuing genealogy certion identification and fication at the University management by calling ofWashington. Her interTri-County Cooperative est in family research Weed Management Area dates to 1991, when her at 541-523-2740. mother took ill and Collins worried that she and her siblings would lose Tara Bohnsack is weed specialist for the Th-County their last connections to their past.

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Ta eguesswork out ot hvdroponics • 'Personal gardening assistant' keeps growing operation working well and plants healthy by knowing them better than we do

By Matt Hickman McClatchy News Service

You could employ the help of a Plant Nanny or recruit a green-thumbed fuend to tend to your houseplants, vegetables and herbs while you're away, but how well do they really know your greens?

How intimate are they with your plants' innermost thoughts and desires precise watering needs, light requirements, and pH levels?

For that matter, how fan1iliar are you ¥.-ith the vital signs ofthat struggling tomato plant?

Amit Kumar and Michael Doherty, the developers of a clever, cloud-based "personal gardening assistant" for hydroponic growing operations called Bitponics, are banking on the fact that we don't know our plants nearly as well as we think we do.

Described as a "shortcut for a green thumb" and geared towards tech-savvy urbanites prone to accidentally committing horticulture-related murder, the aim of Bitponics is to take the guesswork out of indoor

growing and to render the somewhat mystifYing art ofhydroponic gardening an easy, breezy affair.

The plug-and-play Bitponics system is composed of two mains components: a base station that, via several simple sensors placed throughout the garden, reads and analyzes humidity, pH, air temperature, water and brightness levels.An electrical conductivity (EC) sensor that measures the conoentration of nutrients in the growing solution-- keep in mind that hydroponics is a soil-less gardening system and that plants are fed through nutrient-packed liquids --- will be available for an additional charge.

When the system is set up, the device generates a "personalized growing plan" based on initial readings and other info that you manually provide, such as what kind of plants you're growing and details about your hydroponic setup.

The data collected from the sensors is then sent from the base station to the second

component of Bitponics, the user's online Bitponics account complete with dashboard. From the dashboard, users can tweak settings based on "friendly'' alerts/ recommendations generated by the readings.

For example, the system has tl1e ability to tell the user exactly how much light is needed for each plant per day and what balance of nutrients to use.

Are those tomatoes getting too much water? Are the nutrient levels off with the lettuce? Bitponics will aleli you to this and help set you on the right path.

Also, the base station comes equipped with two power outlets allowing users to remotely adjust various aspects ofthe garden including water pumps and lights, making it ideal for gardeners who travel frequently.

Ofcourse, Bitponics can't do it all when you're away as you1l need someone to actually refill the reservoirs when water levels are running low.

It's a shame that Bitponics can't b1ing the mail in, too.

The system revolves around an online Bitponics community where users can interact with other hyclroponic gardeners and share their own trials and tribulations while picking up tip. Bitponies isn't just about easy automation, it's also about sharing and collaborating.

What's more, the Bitponics hardware will be open-source so that tech tinkerers can pitch in and help develop it if so inclined.

Kumar, who in addition to co-founding the Brooklynbased startup serves as its head software engineer, explains the crucial role that community plays in BitponlCS:

'We created this project for everyone that loves plants.

For people just starting their first garden and for old pros with experiences to share.

In addition to helping people manage tl1eir own garden, we want to create that sense of community that gardens have always offered.

A place for people to learn from each other, but with the knowledge stmctured in a

smali way so it's super-easy for people to model their garden on proven successes.

As the community grows, everyone's knowledge grows.

And we all help each other make our world a little more green."

The Bitponics team has taken to Kickstarter in an effoli to crowdsource funds in order to manufacture the system now that the prototype device and the software has been developed. The goal is to raise $20,000 by June 11.

Kumar, Doherty and Co. appear to be almost halfWay there.

The team anticipates that if the ftmdraising goal is met, the device will retailer for a little under $400.

However, those who contribute $250 or more now will receive the device plus a slew of other perks including free membership to the Bitponics website and early access to the beta software.

Those who donate less than $250 won't receive the device when released, but will be in line for various perks such as an invite to a

hydroponics work'Jhop and a beginner-fiiendly hydroponic growing system (the device itself doesn't come with one).

In addition to getting to kicking off the ftmdraising campaign, Kumar and Doherty are in the process of developing partnerships witl1 Brooklyn-based urban farming organizationss such as Boswyck Farms and the Dekalb IV1arket Farm and are exploring the many educational possibilities of the platform.

"Growing hydroponically is more than just about providing free food to your home it is also about the educational expe1ience that allows us to reconnect with what we eat, empowering us to eat healthy and protect our environment," Doherty says. ''It is also a great way for students in the classroom to use hydroponics as an applied method of understanding sciences such as biology and cllemistry. They can see in real time the changes in the plants environment and how this correlates to plant growth."

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(Temporary) tion, or to use any employment working on t heir indiPick up app at 21 00 Main Oxbow, OR Job posting# 15260 vid ua l goa ls . M in form of appli cation f or Th e Erw imnrnental Tech Stree t or onlin e at w ww .ndninc.org employ ment or to qualifications: a valid I or II conducts on-s1te make any inqui ry 1n driver' s license, passWe will be accept ing recreation use surveys appli cati ons until posi' • co nnecti on w ith proin g bac k groun d at I PC' s hydroelect ric checks, and completspective employm ent tion is frlled. fa cilrt1es located on th e w hich expre sses diing paid trainings . Call New Directions Snake River an d 1ts Northwest is an Equal rectly or indirectly any 541-663-0906 f or more tri butaries. Frequent inf ormati on, o r visrt Opportunity Employer limitation, specification wee kend and holrday NIGHT SHIFT Producor discri mination as to and app ly o nlin e at : & Treatment Provider. work are requi red. tion Workers Needed: race, religron, color, w w w .nseservrcesrnc. o Qu alif ied ca ndida t es Must be able to stand sex, age or national rg. EOE must be at least 18 f or lo ng pe riods of origin or any rntent to yea rs of age, have a time. Must be able to high school diploma or make any such limitaw ork any day of t he tio n, spe cification or GED an d d emo nweek . Shift runs 10 HELP ATTRACT discrimi nati on, unle ss strated outdoor 'Nork TELLER • Icon Credit p.m . · 6 a.m . Pre em- ATT ENT~ON TO based upon a b ona ex pe rre nce rn a ll Union . 20 hr/w k. Cash ployment drug screenYOU R A D! handl 1ng expenence, fide occupational qualiw eather conditions. A ing required. Pleas e high Ieve Is of integ nty, ficat ion. va lid driver' s l1ce nse apply at t he employAdd symbols & boldenthusiasm, respect, w ith an acceptable ment offi ce. ing! drive and leadership drivi ng rec o rd reDRIVERS: REDDAWAY $10.23-1 1 .49 DOE. Inquired Deadline to apis currently seekin g apBAKER SCHOOL DIS· It's a I ittle extra t hat get s structions t o apply at: ply is 06/22/201 2 plica nts f or a Loca l TRICT 5J 1s c urrent ly BIG results.

For a com plete JOb de- w w w .iconcreditu nion.

City Driver position at accepting applicat ions org. scripti on and to apply, our Pasco/La Grande f or a 9-1 2 Int egrat ed Have y our ad STAND visit us at :www.idahoTerminal. Must have a Sc ience position. For a OUT power. co rn/ca reers, 01 - - - - - - - - va lid Class A license complete descriptio n con tact our employ· w rth hazmat and douof th e positi on and for as little as $1 extra . ment office at (208) VISTA SPECIALTY Care bles endorsements qualifi ca ti o ns please is seekin g a pa rt-t ime 388-2965 and a good driving rego to: Certifi ed M edica ti on Idaho Power is an cord. Must have a min . wvvvv .baker.k12 .or.us Ass istant. Compet itive Equal Opportunity of 1 yr. exp. See job or contact the employwages, come apply at Employer and apply PRODUCTION ASSEMdescription me nt d iv isron. Yo u 103 A dams Ave. For BLER/TWO-CYCLE onlrne at m ay a lso ca ll more informat ion ca ll www .yrcw .com under 541-524-2261 or email ENGINE TECHNICIAN Di rect or of Nu rsing NEEDED Reddaway Ca reers. nnemec@baker.k12.or.

FULL TIME CNA's f or (541) 963-4184.

A ssemb le f ire resc ue Reddaway is an equal us evening & noc shifts at sa w s. T roub les hoot opportunityemployer.

Post Ac ute Rehab. ApHELP WANTED: Coun· and repair fire rescue ply at 91 A ries Lane, t ry Cottage Cafe. For saw s to in clude w ntLa Grande or call Rob VISTA SPECIALTY Care more info come by ten r e pa r r at 5 4 1-96 3 -8 67 8 . see k1n g 1s ~BSER¥.ER est imates/wo rk orders 2915 1Oth St. and frll EEO/AAP f ull/part-ti me Certified out an appl1 cat ron and contact w ith cusNursing A ssistant s f or tomers. Ass ist w ith THE OBSERVER is all shrft s. Compet rt rve BAKER SCHOOL District prepa rat ron of domes· curre ntly looking f or wages, come apply at 5J is currently acceptt1c and international or2 pa rt ti me, t empo103 Ada ms Ave. For ing appli cat ions fo r a ders. Organize invenrary circu lati on assismore info rmat ion call B HS Head Cross to ry part s. Pe rf orm ta nts to deliver The Director of Nursing at Country Coach f or th e general ware house duObserver in W allowa THE OBSERVER 1541 )963-4184.

20 12 -20 13 s choo l ti es . Two yea rs of County . Hours are AND yea r. For a complete two-cyc le eng in e reM on. Wed . and Fri. BAKER CITY HERALD description of t he posipair ex peri ence de1 p m -6p m . Ca ndiNew spape r De live ry 230- Help Wanted ti o n s go to srred. Full trm e pos rdates mu st have a routes, both carri er out of area WV\/\>V.baker.k12 .or.us tion . Applicati ons are va lid OR d rivers liand motor, w ill be ador contact t he employava ilable at the Emcense, clea n driv ing verti sed in t he Busi· DRIVERS: GREAT pay, me nt d iv isron Yo u ploy ment Offi ce. quarterly safety bonus. record, reliabl e vehine ss O pp o rtun ity may a ls o c a ll Ho m et 1m e c ho ices. cle, and m ust pa ss section.

Please see 541-524-2261.

Steady fre1ght, fu ll or 220- Help Wanted drug t est. Th e Obclassificati on #330 for part-ti me Safe, clea n, server is an equal opany available routes BABYSITTER NEEDED Union Co. modern trucks . COL-A, port unity employer. in my home 2 - 3 days at this t ime.

3 months current OTR NOTICE TO Please send resume per wk. $5/hr. Call Jes· to cgrbson@lagrande PROSPECTIVE exp erience SICa at 541-403-2991 EMPLOYEES WH O ob se rv er. co m or call 800-414-9569.

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RESPOND TO Ca r o ly n G i b s o n Milieu Aide-Academic: TR ICT 5J 1s c urrent ly HS diploma, FT, beneBLIN D BOX ADS 541-963-3161. f its accepting applications PLEASE be s u re f or a BHS Assistant w hen y ou address your VISTA SPECIAL TV Care Child Treatment Foot ba ll Coach a nd res um es t hat th e adis seekin g a full-ti me Specialist: BA orBS de- DRIVERS : INEXPERI· Reg ist ered Nurse fo r ENCED/EXPERI· gree in re lated f ield. two Bus Drivers fo r dress is complete w ith t he 2012-2013 school all information req ui red, ENCED, unbeatab le Ft, benefits. posit ion as Reside nt Care M anager. Com- Open until filled. Call career oppo rtu nit ies. year. For a complet e such as the BLIND BOX T ra inee, co m pa ny description of the posi- NUMBER. This is th e (541)963-8666 Grande pet itive w ages, f lexible t ions go t o: o nly way we have of hours, come join t eam driver, lease operat or, Ronde Child Center lea se train ers . Ask www .baker.k 12 .or.us m akin g sure your rep rov ide s int en si ve Vista. Apply at 103 Adams Ave . For more inor contact t he employ- some gets to t he proper mental health services about o ur new pay sca ler 877-369-7104, to children ages 3-12. fo rmation call Direct or me nt d iv isron. Yo u place. w ww .centra It ruck may a ls o ca ll Northeast Oregon of Nur s in g at P ri v ate agen c y. w ww grcckrds.org. dnvrngjobs.com .

541·524·2261 Classified Staff (541)963-4 184.

230- Help Wanted out of area DRIVERS: NEW fre ight la nes 1n your area. Annual sala ry $45K t o $60K. Flexible hometime, modern fleet of tr uc ks . CO L-A , 3 months cu rrent OTR experi en ce. 800-4 149569, www .driv eknrght.com .

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INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU INVEST ! A lw ays a good policy, especially for business oppo rt unit ies & franchises . Ca ll OR Dept. of J ustrce at (503) 378-4320 or t he Federal Trade Com mission at (877) FTC-HELP for f ree inf ormati on . Or vi sit o ur W eb sit e at www.ftc.gov/bizop.

BAKER CITY DENTURE CENTER 10% off all services through July 4th

MOTOR ROUTE Driver Needed: 35 · 40 miles per day, 3 days a wk . f or approx imately 2 hours pe r day . Income ab ou t $375/m o .

M ust have reliable vehicle & insurance.

Pick up Route Request Form at 1915 Fi rst Street , Ba ker City .

BOONE'S WEED & Pest 340 -Adult Care Control, LLC. Trees, Baker Co. O rn ame nt a l & Turf-H erbic ide, Insect LICENSED OREGON & Fungus. Str uctural Stat e A dult Fos t er Insect s, in cluding TerHome. Desrres one feBare grou nd m it es male res ident . Lov ely w eed co nt rol: noxious co unt ry home spec ia lw ee d s , aqu at i c iz in ~ in t otal care res iw eeds. Ag ric ulture & de n-ce. Co mpet ent & Rig ht of Way . Call quality care serv ed Do u g B oo n e, w ith kin d ness. Ca ll 541-403-1439. BK (54 1 )8 56 -37 57 fo r mo re details.

CEDAR/Chain Link fences, r1ew construc345 -Adult Care t ion , r e m ode l i n g, Union Co. ha ndyma n se rvic e.

ADULT FOSTER hom e Great ref eren c es . in La Grande has imCCB# 60701 Kip Carmediate open ing f or te r Con s tru ct ion , ma le o r fe male resi541-519-6273, BK de nt , p rivate room.

Call 541-910-7557.

CINDERELLA' S HOUSE Cleaning Serv ice WALTER ELDERLY References available .

CARE has one privat e 541-403-1004 BK room available now, f o r f ema le. Ni ce, D & H Roofing & frie nd ly, homeli ke at- Construction, Inc mosphere, w rt h qua lity CCB#192854. New roof s care . 541-963-7998. & reroofs. Shingles, metal. Al l phases of 355 - Day Care Union const ruct ron. Pole build· Co. ings a specialty.

CHILDCARE AVAIL. rn Respond w it hin 24 hrs.

Union, registered. Ca ll 541·524-9594 B K 541-562-5113.

DIVORCE $135. Co m360 - Schools & plete prepa ration . Includes chil dre n, cusInstruction tody, support , property ACCREDITED, PRIVATE and bills div is io n. No C h ris t i a n Sc h o o l, court appearances. Digrades 1-8. Now ac· vorced 1n 1-5 vveeks ce pt rng app lr ca tio ns possible f or 2012-2013 school 503-772-5295. year. A ll den o mina· w ww.pa ralegalalternat io ns accepte d Ca ll t ives.com., 523-4165 or 519-17 15 divorce@ usa .com .

380 - Service DirecDO YOU NEED tory Affordable Dentu re Service?

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LOOMIX(RI FEED supplements is seekin g dea lers. M ot ivat ed individ ua Is w it h catt le know ledge and comll l Lmity t ies . Contact Be th a n y @ 800-870-035 6 I becomea dealer@ad m.co REPAIR m to f 1nd out if there is a dealershi p oppor·t u- Custom Woodworking Call Max (541)523-2480 nity in your a rea .

~Looking for ~anewjob? call to 523·3673 to start your new subscription and read new listings f:!Very day!

" I Care About Your Smile " M olly Eekhoff, L. D. 2021 Court, Ba ker City 541-523-9677

ANYTHING FOR A BUCK Same owner fo r 21 yrs.

541-91 0-60 13 CCB#101518, LG MOW JOES Garden & other ti lling, f ield m owing, gravel/ dirt spreading, shrub drgout and more. Joe Sandoz, La Gra nde: 541-963-7595

Troy Stewa rt, LD BLUE MOUNTAIN DENTURE CENTER 2194 Court St. Ba ker City, Or 97814 (541) 519-4696 o r (541)523-4752 FRANCES ANNE YAGGIE INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING, Commercial & Resident ial. Neat & efficient . CCB#137675.

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

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Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673 • www.bakercityherald.com • classifieds@bakercityherald.com • Fax: 541-523-6426 The Observer: 541-963-3161 • www.lagrandeobserver.com • classifieds@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674 380 - Service Directory

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440 - Household Items

450- Miscellaneous

720 - Apartment Rentals Baker Co. QUIET EDGE of town.

A ll utilit ies included.

2 bd rm, 2 bath; $550/mo 1 bdrm, 1 bath; $400/mo plus deposit. Reference checked . 541-519-0712

550- Pets

750 - Houses For Rent Baker Co.

REFRIGERATOR FOR ALL TYPES scrap iron, GREAT FATHER'S Day sale. W orks greatr car batteries, appliGift! Reg ist ered AKC ances, old cars & elecYe llow Lab s. Ready $50. 541-523-5528 HELP ATTRACT 4th of July . Pa rents on tronics. Free drop-off ATTENITION TO 445 - Lawns & Garsite. 5 males, 3 l eanytim e. 40359 Old YOUR AD! males. 541-523-3782 .

Hwy . 30, (off th e 306 dens exit, 2nd drrve way) La Grande YARD A MESS? 725 - Apartment Add symbols & bold· M oy es p la ce, We ca n Help ing l SHIH TZU puppres f or Rentals Union Co. 541-519-4120.

JIM'S COMPUTERS Law ns- Weed spray sale: 7 wks old . O nly On site service & repair Fertil rze- Renovations two males left. Have DORM ROOM $200. It' s a little extra t hat get s NORTHEAST OREGON W ireless & wrred netEconom ical off-street Spnnkler System s CLASSIFIED$ rehad 1st shots. $250 ea BIG results works office spaces, Al l Tony's Tree Service serves th e ng ht to re541-215-9243 . BK. Virus & Spam Remova l 600 Elm - 541 -523-3708 paid ut ilites Nor·theast ject ads that do not Have your ad STAND Jim T. Eidson P rope rt y Mg mt CCB# 63504 comply w rth state and OUT 541-519-7342 541-910-0354. f ederal regulations or for as little as $1 extra.

VICKIE'S CLEANING www.jimeidson.com that are off e nsive, 450 - Miscellaneous SERVICE CENTURY21 false, m isleading, de* House Cleanmg PROPERTY ceptive or otherw ise YOU TOO ca n use AVAILABLE AT * Bu srness Cleanrn g LAWN CARE MANAGEMENT 752- Houses for unacceptable. attentron gett hi s Vickie Schaber Baker City THE OBSERVER Rent Union Co. ter. Ask a classified 54 1-51 9-6086, BK 541-403-4467 NEWSPAPER Lagra ndeRentals.co rep how you ca n Excellent References!

1 BDRM, $500, w /s paid, Call Hank for 470- Tools BUNDLES m get your ad to stand p l us dep .

Free Estimates (Burning or packrng) lrke this ! out 541-963-4125 SAWMILLS FROM only $1.00 each (541)963-1210 $3997.00. Make/save 2 BDRM in Unron. $450 NEWSPRINT money w ith your own plus dep. Mt. Emily CIMMARON MANOR ROLL ENDS LAWN SERVICE, f lower ba ndmill . Cut lumber Kingsview Apts .

Pr o per ty Mgt !Art projects & more) beds, tree t nmm ing, any dim ension In 2 bd, 1 ba. Ca ll Cent ury 541-962-1074 $2 .00& up rototilling. Baker City, stoc k ready to ship.

21, Eagle Cap Realty. 2 BDRM mobile on 40 Super fo r you ng arti sts I 541-523-1 677 Free in fo/DVD : General Merchandise 541-963-1210 St op in today I acres. in Surnrne rv rlle. vvww.NorwoodSaw3 m il es from Elgrn. No OREGON STATE law re1406 Fifth Street mills.com, CLOSE TO EOU , 2 quires a nyone w ho 41 0 - Arts & Crafts 541-963-3 161 Smo ki ng, no pet s.

800-578 -1 363 ex t . bd rm, 3rd f loor, most contracts for construc$650/rn o, f irst , last , 300N. utilities paid, co in-op deposrt . New krtc hen, t ion work to be li- "LATHER UP SOAPS" CEMETERY PLOTS laundry, no smo krng, 660- Livestock new bath . Avail. June censed wit h t he Con- Handmade rn Baker City, w rll t ake an rnno pet s, $450/mont h.

475- Wanted to Buy structi on Con tract ors Oregonlwww.OLAcom/ 1 509-680-8614 crease as of July 1, 400 d e p . $ GRASS FAT lambs & 6 Board . An active li20 12. I have two 2 BDRM, mobile home.

541-91 0-3696 . st ore/latherupsoap breed ing ewes. Richcense mea ns t he conside-by-side lots f or ANTLERS, BUYING $5 60/mo nt h, w/s/g 928-234-5851 54 1-519-7194 land. brown, w hit e, chalk. t ract or is bonded & insa le t hat also inpa rd, HUD okay Honest fair prices . Ca ll sured . Verify t he con- 430 - For Sale or c l ude perpet ua l 541-910-3166 WE BUY all classes of "WELCOME HOME" 541 -786-4982 .

LG tractor' s CCB license ca re at a good Trade horses, 541 -523- 6119; 3 BDRM, 1 ba t h, no t hrough the CCB Conprice. 541-523-7523 J .A . Bennett LiveBUYING JUNIPER logs Call sm oki ng, $750 plu s Web s i te 2 YOUTH Genesis Coms ume r stock, Baker City, OR . by the truckload Best dep. Mt. Emily pound Bows, both DELUXE PATIO canopy.

(541)963-7476 www .hrrealicerlsedrat e fo r dry logs, w ill equ ipped w/ w hisker Pr ope rt y Mgt. co ntractor.com .

10x 10. Li kene'N. co ns ide r green as 690 - Pasture 541-962-1 074 bisc uit, quive r & pin $79.99 541-523-9409 GREEN TREE well.

541 -403-2727 BK sights . One needs to POE CARPENTRY APARTMENTS 3 BDRM, 2 bat h, manuf be rest rung . $250.00 DO YOU need papers to PASTURE FOR rent, 3 • New Home home. Ve ry nice, cen23 10 East 0 Avenue for both .

Call 562-1188 1 /2 acre s, 480 FREE Items start your fire w it h I Or Construction t ra l a/c, $900 plus dep, La Grande, OR. 97850 54 1-663 -04 79, La 9am -1 2 :30a m or are yo u nn ov ing & • Remodeling HUD OK. W/S pa id. gtmanager@gslcommunities.c 5:30pm-8pm. LG .

Gra nde. need pape rs to w rap FREE RHUBARB stocks. om • Add it ions 910-0122 Hen & ch ickens f lowt hose specia l ite m s I • Shops, Garages HARLEY DAVIDSON, e rs, pu rp le irises . WANTED: SPRING or Income Restrict ions Ap- 5 BDRM, 2 bath house, The Baker City Herald • Tile & Interior Finish 2008, FXD L, Dyna sum mer pa sture for 25 in Union . $900/m onth . p ly 541-963-2282, LG at 1915 First Street • Decks & Fences Lowrider, black & or- 200 p lu s cows. Professiona lly Managed No pets, no sm oki ng. sells t ied bund les of Fast Response ange, $3, 000 after 54 1-889 - 5853 or Va ll ey Rea lt y by papers. Bund les, $1.00 & Quality Work market parts. 1584 cc 208-741-0800. KW 541-963-4174.

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Wade, 541-523-4947 tw in cam, 6 speed Located Behind La or 541-403-0483 FULLY FURNISHED 3 crurse d nve, lot s of Grande CCB#176389 bdrm, 2 bath. f rre chrome & extras. 1500 FOR SALE. 2yr old BigCente r Town hom electro nic lock place, fam ily room, hot m il es, stored in gaHave a special skill ? Let safe .

6 drgrt combrnatub, 3 blocks from hosrage, excellen t condrpeop le k now rn t he ti on. 24 cf. Sells new p rta l , ava rl a b l e t ion .

M ust sal e at D&B fo r $947, ask2 0 12 m id -A u gust Service Directory.

SMALL STUDIO apt . $12,500 . ing $500. 505 - Free to a good t h roug h mi d-June So uths ide loca ti on, 541-910-5200, Cove.

541-403-2984, BK. 20 1 3.

Co m p lete ly close to Univeristy. No home hand icapped access ipets , no smokin g.

435 - Fuel Supplies 2 YR, F, spayed black & 710- Rooms for ble. $1100, Northeast GREAT PRICES $195/mo. vvh ite cat Shots cur- Rent SCARLETT MARY LMT P r op .

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We buy all scrap 541-963-4907 .

FIREWOOD $185 & rent. 541 -523-385 1 3 massages/$ 100. metals, vehicles & (54 1)91 0-0354 NOTICE $200 in t he ro unds; Call 541-523-4578 batteries . Srte A ll rea l est ate adver- www.LagrandeR- LA GRANDE, 403 Harri$210 & $225 split, sea6 MITTEN-TOED kitGift Certif icates cleanups & drop off son, 2 bdrm, w/ stort rse d here-rn rs subject entals.com t e ns. Need good soned, delivered in t he Baker City, OR bins of all sizes. age shed, $600/rn o, to the Fede ral Fair homes ! Ready t o go! va ll ey. La Grande, Prck up service $600 dep . No smokers Ho usin g Act , w hi ch 730 - Furnished (541)786-0407.

Call 541-963-8179 SEWING ALTERA· available. or pets, 541 -562-5807. makes it il lega l to adApartments Baker TIONS & REPAIRS. Sa m Haines Entervertise any preference, FIRE Hem s, pockets, zippers, SEASONED prises 1 BDRM, all ut rlrt res pard. LARGE, UNIQUE older WOOD, de li vered limitati ons or discrirniany item. Leave msg : home, fenc ed yard, 541 -519-8600 $585/mo plus dep . No $150 a co rd, La natron based on race, Free to good home ads 541-963- 4379, or ce ll $800 p l us dep. pets. 541 -523-9414 54 1-403-2897 colo r, re ligi on, sex, are FREE! Grande, 541-786-2112.

541-786-551 2. LG 541 -963-51 25. ha ndicap, fam rlr al 740 - Duplex Rentals 3 lines for 3 days TAMARACK & Red Fir. MOREL BUYER in QUIET COUNTRY setstatus or nationa l oriSPRING CLEANING. No $170/cord.

Baker ting in Unio n f or a gin , or inten ti o n t o Baker Co. job too big or sma ll. 8 541 -523-3069 541 -403-0925 quiet couple. 3 bdrm, make any such pref er- 3 BDRM, 1 bat h. Fenced yrs expenence & exnew ti led bath Lrg. ences, li mitations or yard, no smoking/pets.

KITTENS: TAMED and ce ll e n t refe re nces. 440 - House hold krt chen gas insert rn ************* $550/ mo Avai lable Trained w/love . Ready discrimination. We w ill 541-519-5120, BK f irep lace & sta nding Items now. 541 -755-5003 not knowrn gly accept CASH FOR JUNKERS 6/01. 541 -5 19-2878 gas stov e in krt chen. any advertising fo r rea l Unwanted cars & CLEAN, WORKING TREE PROBLEMS? Wid , stove & f rrdge I llestat e w hich is in vio- 745- Duplex Rentals trucks & scrap metals MINIATURE, LONG APPLIANCES We ca n help eluded . Larg e priva t e haired dachshu nd. Call too I CaII today for lation of t hrs law. A ll Union Co. Insect & Disease Contro l Side-by-side Ke nmore 25 yard w it h new sing le 541 -962-5664. Baker more info, persons are hereby in- 1 BDRM, w/d included, cubic ft. refrigerator Full Service Tree Care car garage . No smokBAKER CITY w/r ce & vva ter in door; Fertilirn g - Eva luat ions all utilities paid, no ing, or pet s. Ava rl im$300 . Ama na range, AUTO SALVAGE 550 - Pets Tony' s Tree Service s mok rng, no p et s, medrately . $675 m o. coi l t op $150 . Ken600 Elm - 541 -523-3708 $675/m o, $600 dep.

Open Saturdays Leave message slowly fo rmed t hat all dvvellmore b urlt-rn d rs hAKC YELLOW Lab PupCCB # 63504 541-910-3696 541 -523-7500 and dist inct ly and I' ll ing s advertised are washer; $90. All prices for s a l e. p i es 3210 H St. rl able on an equal ava ca l l b ac k.

Cal l negotiable. Please ca ll 54 1-534- 244 4 or W E DO lot \Need 2 BDRM, w/s paid, $550 ************* 541-944-0850. opportunity basis. mow ing . 541-523-3708 541-523-7320. BK 541-263-1426. LG dep plu s Mt. Emily EQ UA L HO USING OPPO RTU · Proper t y Mgt . 760 - Commerc ia l NllY 541-962-1074.

Re ntals GR EA T W EE KLY 24X40 SHOP, w alk-in & RATES: Baker City AVAIL 6/4. Very nice overhead doors, sma ll quret 2 bdrm 1 bat h M ot el. W i-Fi, col or TV,

by Stella Wilder office area . $350 m o.

1/2 garage. Su it able m rc rowave , frid ge . $ 3 00 dep. f or two . W/ d, fri dge, MONDAY, )CNE 11, 2012 CANCER (june 21-july 22) -- All you've -- by a third party.

541-523-6381 541-910-3696. stove.

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Lawn been doing to save your money may not be CAPRICORN (Dec, 22-jan, 19) -YOUR BIRTHDAY by Stella Wilder care provided . Not 25X40 SHOP, gas heat, ROOM FOR Rent f or Born today, you know how to do things for qmte enough right now, and a friend has the Someone you know well may be trying to HU D app roved. No Summer, in 2 bdrm roll up & w alk-in doors, others the way you like to have them done for key to economizing on many fronts. take advantage of a situation that cannot be apt. Private bath, parpet s , non-smo kin g. $375, 963-407 1, LG. yourself -- which is your own special way of LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Honest talk with adequately controlled. $550 mo . $400 de- APPROX. 1300 sq . ft. t ially f urnis hed, all AQUARIUS (Jan, 20-Feb, 18) -- You may implementing the Colden Rule, of course. someone who does not always agree with you posrt. 306 First St La utilites pai d $375/m o. commerc ial bu siness Grande. 541-910-5200 Ava ilable June-August.

Indeed, in almost every aspect of your life, can result in a deeper understanding of a key find yourself in over your head in some downtown, prime loca541 -910-3018. LG. you try to keep the proper and fair treatment issue. Share what you know. regard today, but it's never too late to minit io n. Att ractive sto re750- Houses For oi others -- and their ultimate good fortune front M t . Em ily PropVIRGO {Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You may feel mize danger by altering your course.

ROOM FOR rent, $320. Re nt Baker Co, erty Ma nagemen t .

PISCES (Feh. 19-March 20) -- What -- ' quarely in mrnd; you're nnl the kind to as though thendd~ are agai nst you today, but Uti lities included, par541-910-0345, LG. pursue your own agenda without a thought you are in an advantageous position. Don't begins as a casual interest is likely to develop ti ally f urnis hed, plus BEARCO BUSINESS for others, which may be considered rare in make a hasty decision. quickly into something that you certainly cab le . 541 -962-7708.

HOM E SWEET HOM E Park 3600-1200 sq LG I his day and age! You have a way of bringing LIBRA {Sept. 23-0 ct. 22) -- You don't want to explore as fully as possible.

Cute clea n 2 & 3 bdrms . ft. units available . For ARIES (March 21-April19) -- A situation about change-- change that is widely desired want to be looking over your shoulder all day 1 sm . pet considered. mo r e in fo ca ll GR EENWELL MOTEL and sought after, but wh!Ch may not be prac- long, so now is a good time to come clean and that 1s sprung on you today needn't prove No smokrng.

541-963-7711. LG. 541-963-4134 ext. 101 Ed M oses tical in the mmds of others. You, however, deal with the repercussions. difficult You are able to assess thmgs quKkly Rent $475/mo .

PRIM E OFFICE & retail (541 )519-1814 seem to know just what must be done to SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You can and adjust accordingly.

Fu rni shed room w/microspace avail. f or rent at wave, sma ll fridge, co lor introduce a friend or loved one to something 'l'AUHLS (April 20-May 20) -- Sec if you make it all happen.

1405 Campbell St. Call TV w/HB O, phone & all 541-523-4434 TUESDAY, JUNE 12 new today -- and he or she will make you can't adopt a more positive outlook regarding utilities included. 305 AdGEMINI (May 21-)une 20) -- You11 want proud when the time comes. a recent endeavor that hasn't panned out the EXCELLENT CONDIams Ave. La Grande.

780- St o rage Units to take all necessary precautions today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 22-Dec. 21) -- war.~u had anticipated.

TION You're waiting for someone else to make the rn~t!'rUJ. ~ ~fQ) editQrial ~"ti({ll, pl<~ J:dlie We trh$ (( hwe-~triDg@ 3 bdrm, 2 bath w/fa mily Dangers may not announce themselves 720 - Apartme nt room . Lg . sing le ca r 12X35 STORAGE unit. first move when in fact ifs already heenmade ~:;;~~~~~~~ :~!,~~i~~;l!~~~7·nK hefnre you encounter them.

Rent als Baker Co. $10 0 mo ll}J Klllliili a Lf,MO NlOt, garage w/a ttached bo541-963-41 25.

1300 SO FT, 2 bdrm, in nus room . View of city hou se W i-fr W/S/G lights & mountains. 10 pa rd $6 2 5/ mo . m il es from Ba ker (541)388-8382 14853 Good rich Creek

by Stella Wilder Ln . $875/m o. 1st, last 2 BDRM. W/S/G pa rd plus depos rt s. IPossr$470/ mo plu s $300 ers require a good deal oi teamwork and know exactly what needs to be done.

TCESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 ble ace rage & ba rn dep. 541 -980-5553 s pa ce ava il ab le) YOUR BIRTHDAY by Stella Wilder cooperation to accomplish, you may be able CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-jan. 19) - You can + Security Fenced 541 -519-8128 Born today, you enJOYexploring all manner to get done on your own today -- if the timing avoid the red tape and get something done 2 -BDRM ., 1 bath Re+ Coded Entry cently updat ed. Quiet of things, and even those that take you far is right. with minimal fuss today. Someone in charge location .

No OREGON TRAIL PLAZA + Lighted for your protection from the beaten path are to be appreciated for LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Slow and steady will be impressed by your ingenu1ty.

Trai ler/RV spaces sm o king/pet s Pool, the adventure they bring into your life and wins the race today; doing things in a hasty or AQAUIUUS (Jan 20-Geb. 18) -- You are for rent . + 4 different size units spa and laundry on sit e careless fashion can only set you back -and perhaps the only one who can con-ectly interthe lessons they can teach. Anything different $1 85 per mont h. $425/m o. + Lots of RV storage Includes W/S/G. can provide adventure if you have the proper perhaps cause you to lose recent gains. pret the dues that are set before you and 541 -523-4824 Nice quiet 41298 Chico Rd, Baker City mind,et, and ' imilarly, those unusual path' VIRGO {Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Good man- otl1e" today. downtown location off Pocahontas A DULT LIVING. Ouret 1 con leoch much lo lhe open-minded -- like ners con work wonders fin you loday, espePISCES (Feb. 19-Manh 20) -- Yi.nlf cer· 541 -523-2777 bdrm, 1 bath apart54 1- 523 - 905 0 you. You are, indeed, one of the most accept- cially when you are asking favors oi those tainty may be the very thing that makes you ment. Laundry on sit e. vulnerable today. Don't make the mistake of ing and open -mmded individuals born under who are not usually eager to offer them.

N OW Bea uti f ul bu il d in g . SUMPTER: Newly re- AVA IL A BLE your sign; not for you the kind of prejudicial LIBRA {Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -- You may not thinking that you can't be wrong! m odeled 2 bdrm, 1 20x2 5 unit w rth roll up W/S/G included. Close bath . Sew er, ga rbage behavior that characterizes so many other -- be fully prepared for what is in store today, ARIES (March 21-Aprlil9) -- You're trying door $ 75 t o park & downtown. paid Wood st ove, (54 1)963-4071, LG. even in small ways. You are not the kind to but you may also be able to "learn by doing" to keep up with someone or something, but Grove St .

2 1 34 propan e, private river $600/m o p lu s dep . make up your mind about a thing until you've better than most. you may not be cut out for the kind of chase 7 X11 UNIT, $30 mo. srde park. Sma ller pet 54 1-52 330 35 o r de p . $ 25 OK that wo -You're seeking a new way of studied both sides of the issue. that is in store. Rethink your position. plus consid. $450/mo 509-366-1993 (541)910-3696 .

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Others may doing something that must be done each and WEIJNESUAY, JUNE 13 dep (54 1)894-2263 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You're in every day. What you're after is actually in not understand what drives you, but you are CLEAN, QUI ET 1 bdrm A2ZSTORAGE need of more assistance than is immediately plain sight. followmg rules that only apply to you at this apart ment in updat ed SUNFIRE REAL Estate *New buil di ng $375/ m o .

LLC. has Houses, Duavailable, but you needn't be in a hurry or you SAGITTARICS (Nov. 22-Dec. 2I) -- It's time. T1y to stay out oi trouble! * Secure (:ltl10R$ Fol •ditcri:l! pl<:W llol!• We!ttin£ :1: hweltr!ng@ & Apa plexes rtment s $350 sec. dep 2332 :mun:v;ml.wm) time to take charge of a situation that has may make a few careless mistakes. * 10x15 COPY RIGTI201ZlJHIT£) ?E.".TURE s-m DIOI':'E,INC 9th St . Avai l. aprrox . for rent Ca ll Che ry l CANCER (June 21-july 22) -- What nth- gone from bad to worse in recent days. You mm mrrmR1 1N I\'ERSAI.Hr:t.JrKR"lRIJI:; 541·523·5500 Guzman f or list ings, 06/0 1/ 12.

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820 - Houses For Sale Bak er Co. 12 ACR ES ON THE POWDER RIVER Manufact ured Home.

1782 sq. ft . Newly rem odeled w rth 24 x 30 shop and t hree bay mach ine shed. J ust 9 miles outside of Baker City $ 180,000,00 .

541-403-1138 .

3 BDRM, 2 bat h ranc h in qui et nerghborhood, near th e High School.

Fi re p lac e, f e nce d, pat io, 2 car garage. $159,000 . Ag ents we lcom e. 541 -519-5 132 FSBO . 3000+ sq . ft 3 bdrm, 2 ba th. High-end co mp lete re m ode l. $18 5, 000 . rm ls .com ML#1 2590961 Ca ll 54 1-519-2625 FSB O : REMOD ELED 3-bdrm., 2-bath, 1400+ sq. ft . $87,500 . 2405 Baker St. Pictu res 0 11 craigslist. org Call 54 1-519-2625

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MONDAY JUNE 11 2012

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

DEADLINES: LINE ADS: Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: noon Thursday DISPLAY ADS : 2 days prior to publication date

··"· iwsAi ill 820 - Houses For Sale Baker Co. NEED CASH BUYERS Greatly discou nted propertie s in Baker County. www.upwestpropertydeals.com 541-403-0773

910- ATV, Motorcy825 - Houses for cles , Snowmobiles Sale Union Co. 2007 HARLEY Davidson Sportster. 1200 CC's, 3 BDRM, 2 1/2 bath. dbl bla ck cherry & silver, car garage, 1908 sq. ft .. in Sunny Hills . very low miles, pra cti$225,000. cally new, $8000 obo.

541-91 0-3560 541-910-7797, LG. BEAUTIFUL 4 bdrm, 3 925 - Motor Homes bath home in Island Crty Very large garage MOTOR HOME 1987, 38 ft . 37,000 miles. w/ office, sits on larQe Good shape, everylot, plus irrigatron w ell.

Newly remodeled , thing works. $2500. must see !

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YOU ARE HERBY SUMMONED and requested to appear and def end in the above entitled action w rth TWENTY (20) DAYS, exc lusive of the date of service, if served w 1thin th e State of Arizo n a, or w ithin THIRTY (30) DAYS, exc lusive of the date of service if service is made w ith out the State of Arizona. Service by publication is complete 30 days after the date of first publication. Direct se rvice rs co m p le t e w hen made. Rules of Crvrl Proced ure 4, 5, and 10 idl. A.R. S. s12-311

person may appear at the meetmg and discuss the proposed progra ms w ith the Budget Committee.

Legal No . 00025351 Published : June 8, 11 , 2012 NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING

A public meetrng of th e Budget Commrttee of th e City of Unity , Baker County, State of Oregon, to discuss th e budget for the f iscal year Ju ly 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, w ill be held at Baker County Cou rtho u se Baker City, O r·ego n T he meeting w ill take pla ce In order to appear and on June 13, 2012 at defend. you must frl e a 10 00AM proper reponse in vvrrting w ith the Clerk of The p urpose of the this Court accompameetin g is to receive nied by t he requ ired filth e budget messa ge ing fee. Failure t o apand to rece ive com ment from the publrc pear and defend w ill resu lt in a Judgement on t he budget. A copy

by Default aga in st you of the budget docufor th e relief requested ment may be rnspected of obtained on in the Pet ition . or after Ju ne 13, 2012 You are required by law to serve a copy of any at 2550 Broadway St. upo n r es pon se Baker Crty, O R, betwee n the hours of Petioner, w hose name and add ress is: 9 00 AM and 4: 00PM .

930- Recreational LOCATED IN Cove, OR. Two story home burlt Vehicles in 1890s, possi ble 4 THE SALE of RVs not beari1lg an Oregon inbdrms, 2 bath s, one signia of compliance is fully remodeled. New ca rpet in lrvrng, dining, illega l: ca ll Bu il din g and one bdrm . New v iCodes (503) 373-1 257. nyl in kitchen and ut rlity room, new elect ric BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 23 ft . range and ref rigerator.

Ult ra-Lrt e T hor w/ new natural gas heatpu ll -out, full y con ing st oves in kitchen ta in e d, s leeps 6, and li v in g ro o m. new er rubb er ro of , Fres hl y pa int ed smoke free . $12k. throughout, new back 541 -437-9190. LG deck, front porch and ba lcony. Separate 864 sq . ft . building w/ full 940- Utlity Trailers Serena M . Campbell Th rs rs a publrc meet rng bath and gas f rreplace.

C/0 PO Box A L w he re de lrberation of Larg e ove rsr zed de- COVERED, LIGHT utility the Budget Committee Bisbee, Az 85603 tached two ca r garage, trail e r. New tires, w ill take place. Any w heels, w iring, axel & Pursuant to RCP 4 .1 and w ith fini shed heat ed person may appear at loft A ll 011 large lot hub s. $495, Baker, th e meetmg and dis42(e). a copy of th e with frurt trees and 541-5 19-5808 cuss the proposed prob e in g p lea ding( s l prop erty has wate r served m ay be obgram s w ith the Budget rig h t s . $ 1 75.500 ta rn e d th roug h Committee 960 - Auto Parts 541 -568-4674 . Ca n be Petroner. Petitroner's seen at 607 Hibb ler. attorn ey or th e P.e- Legal No . 00025275 BAKER CITY Can v 1ew \Nww.rea lco rd s Departm ent at Pub lished Ju lle 6, 11 , estate t he Co chi se Co unty 2012 easternoregon.com Superi or Court in Bis#1 837.

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Legal Notices SIGNED AND SEALED BUDGET HEARING: A NEAR GREENWOOD this day: 10/31/11 schoo l. recently remeetin g of t he Central AUTO SALVAGE mod led fo ur bdrm and East ern Oregon REQUESTS FOR REAho rn e, vv ith bo nu s Juven ile Justice ConUse d Parts SONABLE ACCOMro o m Sma ll renta l sortium (CEOJJC) w ill Parts Locater MODATION FOR home and large s hop be held at 2 :00 pm Service PERSONS WITH DISon p roperty. $205, (PDT) on Jun e 2 1, Unwanted ca rs & ABILITIES MUST BE 000. 541 -786-0426; 2012, at t he CEOJJC tru cks towed away MADE TO THE 541 -428-211 2.

Office, 62910 OB Riley COURT BY PARTIES Rd, #208. Bend, OR Save $$ today !

AT LEAST 3 WORK97701. The purpose of NEWLY REMODELED, 541-523·7500 ING DAYS IN AD· T ri-lev el. 3 bdrm. 3 the meeti1lg is to hear 3210 H Street VANCE OF A SCHEDbath . Dinin g area, lg and adopt th e budget , Open Saturdays ULED COURT PROas app roved by t he livin g room w/fire CEEDING. budget com mittee, for plac e, lg . great room, LOOKING FOR do ub le ca r ga rage, th e fiscal yea r begrn1966 Clerk of t he Superi or new deck . 2 bdrm ning July 1. 20 12. This Mercury M ont c lair or Court is a pub lrc meeting rental unrt. on .83 Monte rey for pa rts . By: Rebecca Orn elas w here any person may acres . 1006 21 st St .

503-254-3199 Call 541-963-5996 appea r fo r or aga inst Legal No 00025371 any it em in th e budget Pub lished: June 11 , 18, docu m ent, w hi ch is FIVE STAR TOWING PRIME SOUTHSIDE 3 25, July 2, 201 2 at the ava i lab l e Your community bdrm , 1 bath, stucco CEOJJC office, phon e house . Large co rn er 541-388-6408. Chair of NOTICE OF lot w/ f ence d ya rd , th e governing body rs BUDGET COMMITTEE fir e p l a ce, ope n Stac i Enckson, ph one MEETING living/d 1nin g room .

541-523-8215 .

A public meeting of th e 1328 sq. ft. f or ma in, Budget Committee of 482 sq . ft. unfinished towing company th e City of Granite, Publish: June 11 , 201 2 b s mt . $132,000 .

Reasonable rates Grant Cou nty, State of Legal no. 25389 541-805-0005 541-523-1555 Oregon, on the budget for th e f iscal yea r July PERSONAL PROPERTY SEE ALL known as a 1970 1, 2012, t o J un e 30, LISTINGS AT: Ta mara ck m anu f ac 201 3, w ill be held at 970 - Autos For Sale www. valleyrea lty. net tured ho m e, DCB S 1378 M ain St . The Horn e 15 1072, Xplat e meetin g w ill take place 1999 SILVER VW Bug, No X062265. loca ted on June 12, 2012 at 7 grea t s hape, auto, at Space #1 2 in t he Elp.m . The pu rpose of 129,000 mi les, $3,900 gin Mobile Hom e Park, th e meet ing 1s t o reOBO. Good on gas l 1601 Ca rolyn Terrace, ceive th e budget mes541-963-4174 541-786-2873 . LG. Elgin, Oregon is abansage. doned . Cody Hjelm rs A copy of th e budget t he form er owner. The docum ent may be inpersonal property w ill spect ed or obtained on 845- Mobile Homes be sold by private bidor aft er June 22, 2012 ding w ith sea led bid s.

Union Co. at City Offi ce - 1378 The last date a bid vvi II Main St., between th e LAST 2 lot s available in be accepted is June hours of 10 a.m . and 55+ pa rk, M ou ntain J.i: Legals 2 1, 201 2 . Th e bids 3 p.m .

Thi s is a public Park Estat es. Double must arrive by mail at meetr ng w here delrbw ide o nly .

The Foster Group, Inc. 1001 Baker County erati on of th e Budget or 541 - 9 10 - 35 13 4820 NE Simpson St , Comm ittee w ill take Legal Notices 541-786-5648 .

Portland , O R 972 18, place. Lr sted below rs BUDGET HEARING : A by the dead li ne . You t he ti me and place of 855 - Lots & Propm eetrng of the Central may arra nge an inan additiona l Budget and East ern Oregon erty Union Co. specti on by ca llin g Co mmitt ee m eetin g Juve nile Justi ce ConMi n d y at (5 4 11 81X113, 1818 Z Ave. th at w ill b e held t o sorti um (CEOJJC) w ill 437-1491 take public comment .

Utilities available. $45k be held at 2:00 pm OBO . 541 -963-2668 Any person may ap(PDT) on Jun e 2 1, pea r at th e m eetin g Publish June 4, 11 , 20 12 201 2. at th e CEO JJC and discuss t he pro- Legal no. 25266 BEAUTIFUL COVE lot Office, 62910 OB Riley posed program s w ith TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF f or sale, spe ctacu lar Rd, #208 . Bend, OR t he Budget Commit360 degree v iews, SAL E Ref e rence is 977 01 . The purpose of tee.

3.56 ac res, $39,000 . made t o that ce rtain th e meeting is to hear Date 6-26-2012 208-761-4843.

Trust Deed made by and adopt th e budget, Time 7 p rn DAVID D BE NN ETT, as approved by th e Location 1378 M ain St. UNM A RR IED PER budget committee. f or FLAG LOT for sale near SON, as grantor!s). t o th e f isca I year be gin- Legal No. 00025356 Greenwood school.

FIRST AMER ICAN T Ining Ju ly 1, 20 12. This 11 Ox83. plus drivew ay Publrshed: June 11 . 2012 TLE I N S UR A N CE is a p ublic m eetin g 111 x20. 1706 V Ave. COM PANY, as Trusw here any person may $36,000. 541-786-0426; tee, in favor of BANK NOTICE OF BUDGET appea r f or or against 541-428-211 2.

COMMITTEE OF AM ERICA, NA, as any rtem rn th e budget M EETING Ben ef ic iary , dat ed doc ument, w hrch is ROSE RIDGE 2 Subdiv i07/2 1/ 2005, recorded th e A public meeting of th e ava ilab l e at sion, Cove, O R. City : 07/ 25/2 00 5, in th e Budget Committee of CEOJJC office, phone Sewer/Water available. th e Greate r Bowe n mortgage records of 541-388-6408 . Charr of Reg ular pri ce: 1 acre Union County, Oregon.

Vall ey RFP D, Baker, th e governin g body is m/1$69,900-$74.900. as Reco r der ' s Sta ci Eric kson, phone Stat e of O regon, t o We also provrde property fee/f ile/ instr"urnent/mi541 -523-82 15 discuss th e budget f or managem ent . Check the fi scal year July 1, crofi lm/reception Numout our rental lin k on Legal No . 00025403 20 12 t o June 3 0, ber 20053872, and w e b s it e Published : June 11 2012 o ur subsequently assigned 2013, w ill be held at wvvvv .ranchnhome.co t o W ELL S FA RGO Great er Bowen Va lley ill or c a ll IN THE SUPERIOR Fire Station. The meetBANK, NA. AS TRUSCOURT OF THE STATE ing w ill take place on TEE FO R TH E CEROF ARIZONA IN AND TIFICATEHOLDE RS Jun e 13, 201 2 at 7 FOR THE COUNTY OF BANC OF AMERp.m . The purpose of OF GRAHAM ICA A LTER NAT IVE th e meeting 1s t o reIn Re the M arriage of: cerve th e budget mesLOAN TRU ST 2005-9, Ranch-N-H orne Rea lty, Serena Campbell, M ORTGAGE sa ge and t o rece ive Inc. 541-963-5450 .

Petitioner, PASS-THROUGH CERco mme nt fro m th e and T IFICA TES, SERIES public on th e budget.

880 - Commercial Casey J . Campbell 2005-9 BY ITS ATTORA copy of t he budget Property Respondent NEY IN FACT BANK docum ent may be inOF AM ERI CA, NA by 1200 PLUS sq ft. prospect ed or obtarn ed on Assi gnment record ed or after June 15, 2012 fessional office space, DO 20100096 my ma rl request on ly .

02/ 1 1/ 2 008 rn 4 offi ce s, recepti o n AM ENDED ALIAS Please mail request to Book/ReeiN olume No. a r ea , l rg SUMMONS at Page No . as RePO Box 6 13, Baker conference/b reak area, (Domestic Relations) corder's fee/fil e/inst ruCity, OR 97814. handicap accessible. ment/ microfi lm/ recepPrrce negot iable p er THE STATE OF This is a public meeti ng tion No 20080575, w here deliberation of length of lease. North- ARIZONA TO THE covering th e f ollowing ea st Property Manage- ABOVE NAMED the Budget Commrttee RESPONDENT: described real property ment (541)910-0354 . w ill t ake place. Any

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situated ill sa1d co unty or had powe r to co ll nance District Budget Committee. A copy of and state, to w it: THE vey at th e ti me of th e execution b y grantor NORTH 50 FEET OF t he budget may be obOU T LOT 158 OF of th e Tru st Deed, t otained at 300 N 7t h gether w it h any interCHAPLINS SUPP LEAve, Elg in. OR beMENTAL ADDITI O N t wee n 10:00 am and est wh ich t he grantor or gra nt or' s s uccesTO THE TOWN OF LA 3 00 prn Th e bu dget sors in interest acGRANDE B, UNI ON w as prepare d using COUNTY. OR EGO N, quired after t he execu t he sa rn e basis of actron of th e Trust Deed, countrng as t he curACCORDING TO THE t o satisfy the foregoRECORDED PLAT OF rent year. FINANCIAL rng obligatrons thereby SA ID ADDITI O N .

SUMMARY Ad opted PROPERTY ADbudget y ear 20 11-1 2: secured and t he cost s Tota l Personnel ServDRESS 27 12 N AS H an d expenses of sale, ST LA GRAN DE, OR ices 10675, total Materncluding a reasonable cha rge by the Trustee.

97850-2733 Both th e rial & Serv ices 2187 5, Beneficiary an d th e Notice is f urther given t ota l Cap ital Out lay t hat any person named 68300, t otal ContrnTrustee have elected gency 2000. Total ret o sell the real proprn ORS 86.753 has th e erty to sati sfy the obliright, at any time t hat quir emen ts 102850 . gation s that the Tru st rs not later t han f iv e T ot al Recourses Deed secu res and a 102850. Ap p roved days bef ore t he dat e bud get Fiscal year notice of default has last set f or t he sale, to been recorded pursuhave t his f oreclosure 20 12-13: total Personant to Oregon Revised proceeding dismissed nel Services 10675, toStatutes 86 735(3); th e and th e Trust Deed reta l Mat erials & Se rvInstated by paying t o ices 40400, t otal Capidefault for w hich th e the Beneficiary the enforeclosure is made is ta l Outlay 39825, total grantor's failure to pay Cont ingency 2000. Unt ire am ount t hen due (other t han such porappropriated 7000. Tow hen due th e f ollowrng sum s: month ly tal tion of the principal as r equ ire m ents payments of $552 .86 wou ld not t hen be due 99900. Total resources beg inning 07/01/2008; had no defa ult ocexcept property taxes plus late charges of curred) and by curing 85900 . Tota l property $20 .54 each month any oth er defau lt com tax estimated t o replained of notice of debeg 1nnin g w it h th e ce ive 14000. Tota l tax fault that rs capable of 07/0 1/2008 payme nt levy perrna r1er1t rat e plus prior accrued lat e being cu red by te nderli m it o f 0. 1233 per charges of $-369.72, rn g the perf orm a nee $1 000 property va lue.

The Elgin Ce metery plu s advan ces o f required under the ob$632.00; together w ith ligat ion that t he Tru st Mainte nance Dist rict is tr t le expense, cost s, Deed secures, and in in charge of caretakaddrtr on t o pay rn g sa rd t rustee 's fees and atIng, sellrng burra l plot s sums or t endering the openi ng and closin g t o rn ey f ees incurred performance necesherein by rea son of and record keeping of sa rd default; and any sary to c ure the dethe ded rcated cem ef urther sums advanced t eries located in t he f ault by pay ing all by th e Beneficiary for taxing dist ri ct . Oth er cost s a nd expe nses actually in curred in enth e protection of th e tha n property taxes, above described real res ources inc lude the forcing t he obligat ion property and its intersa le of lots, ope nrng that t he Trust Deed and c los ing charge, secures, together w ith est there rn. By reason t he Tru stee 's and atof sa id def ault th e and int erest earned .

Be nefic ia ry has det orney f ee s not exThe only maJor change f ro m t he current year clared all sums owing ceeding the amou nts on the obl1gation that pr ov ided by ORS is t he repair and re-lev86.753. In co nstru ing the Tru st Deed seeling of headstones rn thi s noti ce, t he singucures are immediately fou r of our cemeterr es. due and payable. said Cap ital out lay is relar includes th e plural, t he wo rd "gra ntor' insums being t he followserved for land eq uipclud es any successo r ing t o w it $65, 167.13 me nt purchases or rn rnte rest to t he gran w ith interest th ereon maJor improvement s. at the rate of 6 .1 3 pert or as we ll as any cent per· ann urn beg inother person owing an Pub lish : June 4, 11, 2012 obi igat io n, t hat th e Lega l no. 25184 ning 06/01/2008 unt il Tru st Deed secu res, paid, plu s all accru ed late c harg es th ereon and th e wo rds 'Tru s- IN THE CIRCU IT COURT OF THE STATE OF t ee' and "Benef ic iary' together w ith t it le exO REGON pen se, costs, trustee 's rnclude their res pecfees and attorney fees t rve successo rs rn rn- FOR THE COUNTY OF UN ION incurred herein by reat erest if any . Dat ed: son of sa id defa ult ; Aprrl 19, 201 2 RECONand any further s ums T RU ST CO M PANY, W ELL S FARGO BANK, NA. it s successors 111 NA For furth er inforadva nced by t he BeneInt e rest a nd/or asfi ciary for t he protecmation , please cons1gns, ta ct RECO NTRUST ti on of th e above dePlaintiff, scribed rea l property COM PANY, NA 1800 Tapo Ca ny on Rd ., a nd it s inte res t s t herein. WHEREFORE, CA6-9 14-01-94 SIM I v. not ice hereby is g iven VALLEY, CA . 93063 (800) 28 1-82 19 iTS# UNKN OWN HEIRS O F t hat , RECO NTRU ST M ICHALEJ . SLE IGHT; 12-0029926) COMPANY, N A, th e CA RO LY N G I LE S; 1006 .157823-File No. unde rsign ed T rust ee OR EGO N DEPARTo n M onday, w ill M EI\JT OF HUMAN August 27, 2012 at th e Publish June 4, 11 , 18, SE RVICES; and OCCUhour of 10 00 AM , in 25. 2012 PA NT S O F T HE accord w ith t he stan- Legal no. 25 134 PREMISES. dard of time establi s h ed by ORS Defenda nts.

187. 11 0, at the f ollow- BUDGET HEARING of t he Elgi n Ce me t ery ing place: outside th e M aintenance Distri ct Case No. 11 04 47025 ma 1n entrance of th e w i II be he ld on Ju ne Da niel Chaplin Build19, 2012 at 1:30pm at NOTICE OF SHERIFF 'S Ing, 1001 4th Stre et, SALE Executi on in 300 N 7th Ave, Elgin, La Gra nde, Uni on DR Purpos e of th e Foreclos ure Real PropCo unty , O R, sell at erty meeting is to discuss public auct1on t o th e and adopt th e budget highest brd der fo r cash for t he fiscal year be- By virt ue of a W rit of t he interest in t he deginning Ju ly 1, 201 2 as Executio n issued out scn bed rea l property of the Circuit Court of approved by th e Elgin w hr ch the grantor had t he State of Oregon Cem et ery Mai nt e -

for t he County of Union, in th e case of W ELLS FARGO BANK, NA. rts successors rn interest and/or assigns. Plaintiff, VS .

UNKNOWN HEI RS OF M ICHAEL J SLEIG HT; CAROLYN GILE S; OREGON DEPARTM ENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; and OCCUPANTS OF TH E PREM ISES, Defendants, Cas No. 11 -04-47025, together w ith writte n Instruct ions. to me directed, comma nding me to sell all of t he right, t it le interest and claim of t he above named defendants in and to ce rta in real property , on t he 1st day of , June, 2012, I levied on the defendants right, title, interest and claim in and to t he following escribed real property .

The west 80 feet of Lot 16 in Block 6 of GRANDY' S ADD ITION to La Gra nde, Union County, Oregon. accordrng t o t he recorded plat of sard ad drt ron. Also know n as 2101 2nd St, La Grande, Or. Notr ce rs hereby given t hat I w ill, on t he 9th day of July, 2012, at 10 o'clock a.m ., at t he f ro nt door of th e Union Co unty Sheriff's Off ice, 1109 K Av e, La Gra nde Or, sell th e right, tit le, in terest and claim of t he defendants in t he above-descri bed rea l property subject to redemption as provided by la w, to the highest bidder for U.S. Currency and/or certif ied cashie r's check, in hand, at public oral aucti on SALE WILL BE SUB· JECT TO ANY AND ALL PRIOR LIENS. Before bidding at the sale, a prospective bidder should inde· pendently investi· gate: (a) The priority of the lien or interest of the judgment creditor; (b) Land use laws and regulations applicable to the property; (c) Approved uses for the property; (d) Limits on farming or forest practices on the property; (e) Rights of neigh· boring property own· ers; and (f) Environmental laws and regulations that affect the prop· erty .

DATED : June 1, 20 12 BOYD RASMUSSEN, Sheriff Unron County, Oregon By: Shelley Kennedy Civil Clerk First Publication: J un e 4, 20 12 Last Publicati on June 25, 201 2 Conditions of Sale: Only

1001 - Baker County Legal Notices NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

FORM ED-1

A public meeting of the Board of Educ:Htion will be held on June 26th, 2012 at 6:00 pm al 2090 Fourth Street, Baker Ci ty, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is tc discuss the budget for the liscal year beginning July 1, 2012 as approvecl by the Baker School Oistr1ct 5J Buclget Committee. A summary of the budget is presentec:l below. A copy of the b udget may be inspecled or obtained at 2090 Fourth Street. Baker City, Oregon between the OOurs of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., This Budget Is for an annual budget per1od. This budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is the same as the basis or accounting used during the preceding year.

Email: ddatton@baker.k12.or.us

Contact: Doug Dalton. CFO

FINANCIAL SUMMARY • RESOURCES

$2.265 .9 14 3,8 10.873

Approved Budget Next Year 201 2-13 $3.044.522 3.910.207

1 856 767 56<.381 11 .054.651 1.8 14.921 315,465 547,701 $22,230,673

1.641 063 548.381 10,920,307 2,239,108 265,465 0 $22,769,073

FINANCIAL SUMMARY · REQUIREMENTS BY OI!JECT CLASSIFICATION $8,229,532 59,121,067 Selaric$ 5,156,208 4,494,635 Other Associated PavroU Costs 3.615.01 ~ 3,049,708 Purch!lsed Services 2,053,295 1,421,283 Supplies 8. Material:s.

87,692 24~.683 Ca ilal Oullav 229.307 220,762 Other Ob"ects exceot debt service & interfund transfers 1.140,266 507.565 Debt Servir;e· 315,465 525.465 lnterfund Transfers• 1,246 ,9 03 Ooeratina Continoencv 0 2,774 ,263 Unappropriated Ending Fund Balance & Reserves $22,262,440 $22,230,673 Total Requi rements

$8,733,005 4,902,177 3.892,055 2,104,g67 305,141 228 }43 600,124 265.465 1 737,396 0 $22,769,073

TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS

Actual A mount

Last Year 2010 11 $1.927.073 3.981.582 4

Beginning Fund Balance Cu rrent Year Property Taxes, other than Local Opt1on Taxes Cu rrent Year Local Option Property Taxes Other R evenue from Local Sources Revenue from lnlermediare Sources Revenue from State Sources Revenue from Federal Sourcei lnterlund Transfers All Other Budge t Resources Total Resources

I

Adepted Budget This Year 2011 -12

0 2:230,364 607,319

10.513.409 2.477.228 525,465 0 $22 202,440

FINANCIAL SUMMARY· REQUIREMENTS BY FU NCTION $ 11 113,489 188.97

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S1 1,1 29,602 174.32 7,855,218 68.73 540.796

$11 .704 ,526 183.38 7,951 ,879 69.11 509,683 8.'16 0 0

9 0 0 5000 Ottler uses 5100 Debe service· 5200 lnterfund Transfers•

600.124 507 565 1.1 40 266 265 465 317 888 525.465 1,335,896 1,162,003 0 6000 Contingency 401 500 64.900 2.774.253 TOOO Un<a!Jpropria.ted Ending Fund Balance $22.769 073 $22,230,673 522,262,440 Total Requirements 260,95 252.05 271.88 Total FTE 1t not included in total5000 Other Uses. To be app ropriated separately hom other 5000 expenditures.

STATEMEI'IT OF CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES and SOURCES OF FII'IANCING •• Sound nscal decision making combined with a strategic long·term focus. has created a stable environment tor the School District in time5 of unstable funding et EJ II levels caused by econaml~ uncertainty. Our fiscal health is strong and our encting fund balaoce is being restored to appropriate levels. The 2012·13 budget reflects our stability witl'1 a level number of emplOyees from the priOr year and a full school year for students We ha~ve also been ab le to mai ntain all other progrems such as athletics, fine arts, and clubs, w hile making cntical investments such as technology and professional development for staff.

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Legal No. 25-64873c Published: June l l , 201 2

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MONDAY JUNE 11 2012

THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD - 9B

DEADLINES:

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

LINE ADS: Monday: noon Friday Wednesday: noon Tuesday Friday: noon Thursday

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:;.w r:ll Baker City Herald: 541-523-3673 • www.bakercityherald.com • classifieds@bakercityherald.com • Fax: 541-523-6426 ~ The Observer: 541-963-3161 • www.lagrandeobserver.com • classifieds@lagrandeobserver.com • Fax: 541-963-3674

101 0 - Union Co. Legal Notices

101 0 - Union Co. Legal Notices US_ currency and/or certified cashier's checks made payable to Union County Sheriff's Office will be accepted_ Payment must be made in full immedi-

1010- Union Co. Legal Notices

the follo w ing described real property situated rn said County and State. to-wit APN. 12471 LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK "C" OF GRAN DE RHONDE ESTATE S, IN THE CITY OF ELGIN, UNION COUNTY, OREGON , ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Commonly known as: 71 0 N 8TH AVENUE, ELGIN , OR 97827 Both the beneficiary and the tru stee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notree has been recorded pursuant t o Section 86 735(3) of Oregon Revi sed Statutes : the def ault fo r w hich th e fore closure is made is the grantors: The Installments of principal and interest which beca me due on 8/1/20 11 , and all subsequent insta llme nts of prin cipa l and interest t hrough the date of this Noti ce, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delrnquent property taxes, insurance premium s, advances

ately upon dose of the sale.

Publish ed June 4, 11, 18 25,2012 Legal no_ 25244

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE T_S_ No OR-12-497800-SH Reference is made to that certain deed made by JASON JAEGER , as Grantor to EASTERN OREGON TITL E, INC , as t rustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONI C REGI ST RATION SYSTEMS, INC, ("MERS') AS NOMINEE FOR M ORTGAGEIT, IN C ., as Beneficiary, dated 4/17/2007, recorded 4/20/2007, rn official records of UN ION Co unty, Oregon rn book I ree l I volume number fee I file I instrument I microfile I reception nu mber 20072063, cove rrng

1010- Union Co. Legal Notices

made on senior liens, taxes and/or rnsurance, t ruste e 's fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising from or assocrated w rth the benefrcraries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of w hrch must be paid as a condition of reinstat ement, including all sum s that shall acc rue through reinstatement or pay-off.

Nothing in this notice shall be construed as a wa iver of any fee s owing to t he Beneficrary under the Deed of Trust pursuant to the terms o f the loa n docume nts. Monthly Payment $644.77 Monthly Late Charge By this reason of said defa ult th e beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, sa id sums being th e following, to-wit: The sum of $86,265 _3 7 together w ith interest thereon at the rate of 7 .7500 per an num from 7/1/20 11 until paid; plus all accrued late charg es thereon; and all tru stee' s fees,

1010- Union Co. Legal Notices

foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by th e benefi ciary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trus t_ Whereof , notice hereby is grven that Quality Loan Service Corporatior1 of Washrngto n, the u ndersigned tru stee w rll on 10/ 1/2012 at the hour of 10:00 00 AM , Standard of Time, as establish ed by sec t ron 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, At the front entrance of th e Union Courthouse, 1001 4th Street, in the City of La Grande, County of Union, OR 97850 County of UNION, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to th e highest bidder for cash the rnterest in th e said desc ribed real prope rty w hi ch th e grantor had or had power to conv ey at th e tim e of the executi on by him of the sa id tru st deed t oge th er with any interest w hich the grantor or hrs successors 111 rnt erest acqurred after th e execution of said trust deed, to satr sfy t he fo regoing ob li gations

Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING A public meeting of the Union County Commissioners will be held on June 27, 2012 at 9:00 am at 1106 K Avenue, La Grande, Oregon_ The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beg inning July 1, 2012 as approved by Uni on County Budget Committee_ A summary of the budget is presented below. A copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained at Union County Administrative Office, 1106 K Avenue, La Grande, Oregon, between the hours of 9:00 a .m . and 4:00pm. This budget is for an annual budget period. T his budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is the same as used the preceding yea r. [c~ ~~~r -~-~ r~: <S.C1l953-Uot £rna: I

thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sal e, including a rea s onable charge by the t rustee _ Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revrsed Statutes has the rrght to have the fo reclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the benefic rary of th e entire amount the n due (oth er than such port ron of said prrn crpal as would not t hen be due had no default occ urred), to ge th e r with the costs, t ruste e 's and attorney 's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by t enderi rlg t he pe rformance req ui red under the obi igatron or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before th e date last set for sa le_ For Sa le lnf ormatron Call : 71 4-73 0-2727 or to L og in www Ipsa sap com In construrn g this notice,

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Publish: June 11 , 201 2 Legal no_ 4750

Public Notice FORM ED·1

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARIN G

A put>lic meeting o f the La G rande School Di51ric:t will be held on June 20. 201 2 at 7:00pm at 1305 N. W illow. La G ra nde, Oregon. T he purpo:se ofthis meeting

is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year

be·~ inning

July 1, 2012 as approved by the La Grande School Dis:rict Budget Committee. A :summary of the budget is presented below. A c opy of the budge t may be inspected or obtained at 130S N . Willow between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m ., This Budget is for an annual budget period. This budget was prepared on a b as1s of accounting that is the same as the basis o f accountin!;: used dunng the preceding year.

Contact: Chris Fanike

Telephone: (541) GG3·320G

Email: chris.panike@laqrandesd .orq

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RESOURCES Actunl Amount Last Year 2010 11 Be innin Fund Balance $2,584,228) Current Year Property Ta>1cs, other than Local Option Taxes (4,536,502) Current Yeor Local Option Property Ta x.es (1,822.448 Other Revenue from Local Sourc es Re\'enue from lntermedtme SOurces (1/Kr rt) Re\'enue from Ste1 te Sources (10.BS.694) (2.

569_763) ~e\·enue from Ferleral Snurr:es (320.600) lnterfund Transfers All ()lh~r Burl P.l Resourr.es ($22, 348,007) Total Resources

Adopted Budget This Year 2011 12 ($2,631,532 4,567 350

Approved Budget Next Year 2012 13

$2,9J 1,550 (4 .61 9,300) 1,858,416

1, 753,664 (ro.UOO) (11_292,007) (2.007 758) ( 272 175) (10,000) ($22,609,486)

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(1.858.859) (302.736) (1 ,l' lU,OOU) ($23,5 68,551)

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION Sill::uies $9.821,714 $9.866.605 4_714,915 5,666_740 Associ<tll:d P<.t VIUII Cu~L~ 1,894,097 2,235,927 Purchased Services Supplies & Materials 1.961.827 1.458.302 Caoiti'l l Outlav 58,402 217 ,107 Other Ob"ects except debt se.vice & interfund transfers) 194 ,549 Debt Ser•tice• 1,069,923 1, 118,739 lnterfund Tmnsfers· 320,600 272,175 Qpcratinq Continqcncv 366,757 Unappro riutcd Endi119 Fund B<J inncc & Rc~·:!fVCJ 700,000 Total Requirements $19,G02,4D3 $22, 609,486

59.725,706 5,432,106 2.103,996 2.100.563

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202,070 1.177.711 302,736 356,575 704,170 $23,!JG8,551

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES and SOURCES OF FINANCING " The 20 12-13 fisr<'ll yet~r buligP.t hi'IS been buill hflsf!(j on a S!YYo split o f thP. statP.'.vidf! nllocmi on for thP. 2011 ·13 bi~nn iu m. resulting in i'lllproximMely P.flWll fu1rlin g from the 5tme as the prelJious fiscal year. T he LGSD budget is balanced \"'ithour making significant reductions and with a few add backs placed in the 201 2-13 budget We were able to add back four school days cut in the l: 011·12 school year. We were also able to cover steps for employees. retJrn exua duty contracts to 100% of salary schedule end add 39 PLC stiperds. In addition. new social studies textbooks will be purchased. replacing books that are up to 20 }'ears old This budget also includes a federal OZAB loan for $ 1.2 million that wUI be used to replace/repair roofs at the High School. Greenwood Elementary and Willow Elementary. Budget reductions are being proposed with persorr1el posilions which have been vacated from reliremems or Employees leaving lhe District.

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NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING A meeting of the Elgin RFPD (governing body) will be held on June 21, 2012, at 5:30 pm at The Eme rgency Services Building @ 155 N 1Oth_ The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, as approved by the Elgin RFPD Budget Committee_ A summary of the budget is presented below_A copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained at 815 Hemlock (WC Construction) between the hours of 8:00 a _m _ and 5:00 p.m . This budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is consistent with the basis of accounting used during the preceding year. Major changes, if any and their effect on the budget, are explained below. This budget is for Annual Pe riod.

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STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS Estimated Debt Outstanding 1.

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108- THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD

Man who is reluctant to move resists combining households DEAR ABBY: I'm a middle-aged, divorced man in a onc-ycarrclationship with a wonderful woman. "Alexis" is bright, pretty, fun, responsible, affectionate, and yes, I do love her. She also in~ists that I move in with her. She wants us to start our life together under one roof- hers.

1' m having a hard time with all of this -selling my home, selling most of my belongings, changing my work-from-home routine and giving up the indepemlence of living alone with my mutts. Alexis still has a minor child at home, which is an issue because I feel I have ''been there, done that."

I don't think the timing is right, and I have told her as much several times. But she's soon back in "sell your house and move in" mode. Alexis is beginning to think I will never make the move. (She may be right.)

I'll probably lose her ifl don't give in. Any suggestions?

- STAYING PUT IN OKLAHOMA DEAR STAYING PUT: Before selling your home and most of your possessions, consider putting the things you want to keep in storage and renting out your home for a year. That way, if things don't work with Alexis - and they might not -- you won't have given up everything. Another plus: By then your house may have risen in value and you'll get a better price tor it. But do nothing in haste or because you feel you are being pressured.

your food-bearing neighbor and say, "Thank you. We keep a kosher home and want to know if you do, too." If the answer is no, explain that while it looks delicious and you appreciate the gesture, you can't accept the food tecause of your strict observance of your religion.

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DEAR ABBY: On Jan. 23 you printed a column "Recognizing the Signs of a Stroke Can Help DEAR Save a Life." Well, in our fanlily it sure did. After my husband and 1read it, we had our three children (19, 16 and 14) also read it. Then we hung it on the wall in the kitchen.

Our 16-year-old son, Charlie, was taking his 87-year-old grandfather out shopping not long afterward, and not a mile from the house our son noticed rapid changes in his grandfather.

Grandpa said, 'Til be fine, just take me home."

Of course our son, for the first time, did not listen to him. He pulled the car over and proceeded to call911. A couple of weeks of physical and occupational therapy, and they say Grandpa will be good to come home. Thank you so much for putting that in your column.

-CATHERINE IN GARDINER, N.Y. DEAR CXI'HERINE: You're welcome. I'm pleased to know- as I'm sure the writer of the letter I printed will be - that it turned out to be so helpful to you. Your son is a hero, not only because he saved his grandfather, but also because he calmly took control of the situation in an emergency.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I recently moved to a new area and are becoming friendly with the people in the neighborhood. My husband works as an education director tor the local synagogue and, because he is in this field, we have agreed to keep our new home akosher home and follow the strict rules of kashrut. We will allow no food in the house that has not been prepared in a kosher kitchen using food approved by the Orthodox Union.

My question is, if people decide to stop to introduce themselves and bring something homemade as a welcoming gesture, how do I politely and tactfully decline their gift if they do not keep a kosher kitchen?

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- - - - NEWS OF THE WEIRD - - - Police: Drunk man sleeps in wrong house NEWSTEAD, N.Y. (AP)Authorities in western New York say a 20-year-old man thought he was sleeping on his friend's couch when state troopers woke him up over the weekend.

It twns out he was off by about 20 miles.

State police say a homeowner in rural Erie Cmmty town ofNewstead woke up ai'OWld 4:30a.m. Saturday and foWld a stranger sleeping on his couch. He was Wlable to wake up the stranger, so his wife called 911. When troopers anived, they found the very intoxicated man still sleeping on the couch.

Troopers say the man told him he thought he was at a friend's house on Grand Island, 20 miles west of Newstead.

The man was charged with criminal trespass and issued an appearance ticket for Newstead Town Court.

Word misspelled on high school diploma SPRING CREEK, Nev. (AP) - Students at a northeastem Nevada high school were surp1ised when they received their diplomas: the word "graduation" was misspelled as "graduataion."

Spring Creek High Principal Keith Walz told the Elko Daily Free Press (http://bit.ly/KHySBs ) that the misspelling on about 200 diplomas ordered from the Salt Lake City company Jostens was an "inadvertent mistake."

Jostens spokesman Bryan Durfey acknowledges the company was responsible for the mistake, and says corrected diplomas already have been sent by priority mail directly

to graduates.

He says the company realizes it isn't going to be perfect, and its policy is to fix errors immediately.

The school will not be charged for the extra diplomas.

In a similai· incident, diplomas at a Maryland high school are being reprinted because they contained a misspelling of the word "program."

Leg lost at sea returned to owner LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)-A fisherman was surprised when he hauled up a prosthetic leg from the Gulf of Mexico, and even more surprised when he was able to find its owner.

The leg is emblazoned with the logo from the University of Kentucky and the school's wildcat mascot. Fisherman Matt Willingham says he contacted the manufacturer about findillg the leg's owner.

WKYT-TV (http://bit.ly/ LHUOHZ) in Lexington reports that it belonged to Fred Robinson, who played on the school's football team in the 1980s and had lost his leg in a work accident five years ago.

Robinson says he was shocked to find out someone foWld his $30,000 prosthetic leg.

Robinson, who now lives in Florida, says he lost the prosthetic while swimming over the Memorial Day weekend.

Police: Thief stole 400,000 toothpicks ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Who says toothpicks are not valuable?

Police in Georgia are trying to figure out who stole about 400,000 toothpicks worth

nearly $3,000 from a manufacturer in Athens.

Police tell the Athens Banner-Herald (http://bit.ly/ KGnzJJ ) someone took six cases from Annond's Manufacturing Company Inc. about two weeks ago, and another seven cases disappeai·ed last weekend.

Each case contains 288 packages oflOO toothpicks.

Police say there were no signs afforced entry. The owner believes a cunent or former employee might be responsible.

Two employees told the owner they saw a man selling containers of Annond's toothpicks at a flea market last weekend.

Thief steals flag from man in chicken suit MANCHESTER, Conn.

CAP) - Manchester, Conn., police are investigating the theft of an American flag from a man in a chicken suit.

The Hartford Courant reports that Eric Didio was waving the flag and dancing outside a newly renovated Boston Market restaurant Wednesday as part of his job, when a man jumped from a car, grabbed the flag and took off.

A customer who witnessed the theft called police.

The newspaper reports that the dispatcher had a hard time relaying the call to officers, breaking into laughter while trying to say "chicken suit."

Nathan Atwood, the restaurant's general manager, says he stood beside the 23-year-old Didio for the rest of his shift to provide secm'ity.

No arrests have been made.

- From wire reports

BAKER COUNTY FORECAST TONIGHT

TUE

47

75/46

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Isolated thunderstorms

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THU

FRI

69/40

67/44

Tu esday's weather

REGIONAL TEMPS Sunday's high/Monday's low Baker County: 68/36 Union County: 72/43 Wallowa County: 65/38

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THU

FRI

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MOON PHASE Waning, 49 percent visible

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June 11, 2012 The Observer

RODEO AT A GLANCE

UHS set for hoops clinic The Union High School boys basketball team will host its second annual Live, Learn and Hoop clinic Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UHS gymnasium.

The clinic is for kids in grades second through eight and is $30 per participant.

All participants will receive a clinicT-shirt, basketball and lunch.

It is encouraged to register early so the clinic can order the correct amount of shirts, basketballs and lunches.

For more information call coach Brett Dunten at 541-910-3993.

Enterprise to host Hafer race The Amy Hafer Race for Awareness returns to Enterprise June 23.

Races start and finish in front ofthe Wallowa Memorial Hospital and begin at 9a.m.

The races are open to all ages and abilities, and everyone is encouraged to participate. There will be three events - a one-mile run/walk, a 5k run/walk and a 10k run. Healthy refreshments, door prizes, and educational information on reducing risk of cancer will be provided.

Registration is $25 with aT-shirt and $1 5 without if people register before June 20. After that participants can register the day of the race, for $30 with t-shirt, $20 without.

PRCA takes over Union tor 105th livestock Show • More than $45,000 is handed out to rodeo's best cowboys, cowgirls

By Casey Kellas The Observer

UNION- The first leg of the Harley Tucker Rodeo Smies made its stop in Union this weekend for the 105th Eastern Oregon Livestock Show.

The show featured 270 of the Profussional Rodeo Cowboys Association's best talent, with $45,737 in prize money being handed out.

Chris Roundy of Spanish Fork, Utah, took first place in the bull riding.

Roundy rode Hot Chocolate for 83 points and eamed $1,473.45 for his efforts.

Roundy was the only cowboy to go for more than 80 points.

Blaine Skaggs of Hubbard rode for 79 points on Sand and Grit for second place. Skaggs won $1,116.25 for tlm finish.

Trenton Montero ofWinnemecca, Nev., and Beau Schroeder of China Texas, tied for third with 78-point rides.

Both Montero and Schroeder pocketed $669.75 for their eight seconds of work.

Summerville's own Cody Campbell finished in a tie for fifth with a 76-point ride, earning himself

$267.90 in front of :friends and family.

Molalla's Lee Lantz came out on top in the bareback riding.

Lantz had a two-head total of156 points.

Lantz started out with an 80-point ride before going for 76 points on the back of Moments Dare to walk away with a total earning of$1,090.29.

Pendleton's R.C. Landingham and Haines' Jared Bain tied for second along with George Gillespie of Placerville, Calif Each cowboy posted 147 points on two head.

In the saddle bronc 1iding it was Eagle Point's Mert Bradshaw who finished with an aggregate score of 151 points to take the title.

He made a total of$1,052.65 for his weekend of work.

Bradshaw finished second in the first go-round with a 74-point ride on Dad's Velvet. He came back with a 77-point ride on Faded Winds in the second go-rmmd.

Bradshaw's total was one point better than Roy Johnson ofEtna, Calif, who finished with a two-head total of 150points.

Johnson won the first go-round with 78 points on the back of Echo Valley; but finished fourth in the second go-round with a 72-point ride on Major F.W Brad Rudolph ofWinnemucca, Nev., won the second go-round with an 84-point ride on Devil Lady.

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HIGH VALLEY HALF MARATHON

Sixteen runners brave cold, wind in race to Union UNION- Elliot McKinnon made his victory in the inaugural High Valley Half Marathon look easy Saturday; in spite of gusting winds and temperatures in the low 40s.

He took the lead from the start and lost his toughest challenger by the four-mile mark on his way to a 1:24.27 time that will stand as the course record - at least for a year.

The 27-year old from La Grande broke away from challenger Tim Vandervlugt at the crest of the biggest hill on the route south from Cove on High Valley Road.

Vandervlugt, a 47-year old runner from La Grande, finished the slightly longer than 13.1-mile course six minutes after McKinnon with a time of 1:30.31. For Vandervlugt, it was just part of a Saturday workout, which included riding a bicycle both to and from the competition.

Barry Dew of Baker City finished third in the race, with a time of 1:31.16, He was the first of two runners from Baker City in the event.

Zachary Freiwald placed sixth with a time of 1:58.23 in the run that started in front of Cove High School with temperatures in the low 40s.

Nineteen-year old Tom Sheehy was the first hometowner to complete the course. The Union High School graduate finished in front of his alma mater with a time of 1:36.29 for fourth place. Thomas Moon of Portland took fifth in 1:45.32.

La Grande's Tim Seydel rounded out the seven runners competing in the men's division of the race with a time of2:03.39.

Kevin Millwood pitched six innings in the Mariners' win over L.A.

M's no-hitter Seattle uses six pitchers to no-hit Dodgers in 1-0 victory Friday, 5C

Dwayne Wade scored 23 points in the Heat's 101-88 win over Boston.

Heat back in finals Miami defeats Boston to advance to second straight NBA finals, 2C

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Molly Powell of Stephenville, Texas, took first place in the barrel racing with a time of 19.03 at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show in Union this weekend. She made $1 ,160.09 for her ride.

Jill Pedro of North Powder (above) hangs on to a race volunteer for support after finishing fourth in the inaugural High Valley Half Marathon Saturday in front of Union High School.

There were 16 runners at the start in front of Cove High.

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Cove pair lead women Two Cove runners were the first women to finish the race, with Cynthia Morris beating Amy Hegidus to the finish line by a three-and-a-half-minute margin. Morris was clocked at 1:53.58 when she crossed the line, while Hegidus hit the finish at 1:57.08.

Angie Miller of La Grande was third in 2:03.39, while Powder Valley's Jill Pedro finished fourth in 2:05.56.

Lisa Miles and Danelle Wilson, both from La Grande, placed fifth and sixth in the race.

Miles was clocked at the line in 2:08.03, while Wilson had a time of 2:12.03 for the race.

Audra Waite of Greybull, Wyo., was timed in 2:18:02 as she took seventh place.

Union's Jody Pany came in eighth with a time of2:18.13, while La Grande's Christine Isaacson came in ninth with a 2:25:55 time.

The course was marked with a long uphill in the first five miles and the rest of the route being downlrill all the way into Union.

According to race director Steve Sheehy, the race was a success.

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2C -THE OBSERVER

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012

Oregon struggles with Golden Flashes in super regional • Kent State starts off with narrow 7-6 victory over Ducks in opener EUGENE (AP)- Kent State center fielder Evan Campbell said it could have gone either way.

The Golden Flashes were clinging to a narrow lead in the bottom of the ninth in the opening game of their NCAA super regional against Oregon on Saturday night. With the bases loaded and two outs, J.J. Altobelli of the Ducks hit the ball to deep center.

"As I was running, it kept going and kept carrying," Campbell said. "It was close."

But Campbell made the diving catch and Kent State extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games with a 7-6 victory.

"I hit it as good as I could," Altobelli said."(Campbell) just made a good play on it."

Left-hander David Starn scattered four runs and five hits over 6 1-3 innings for the Golden Flashes (45-17), who are making their first-ever appearance in a super regional.

Oregon, the No.5 national seed, rallied with two runs in the bottom of the ninth but couldn't overcome earlier mistakes. They had three costly errors and stranded 12 runners on base.

Senior Alex Keudell allowed two earned runs and nine hits over 7 1-3 innings for the Ducks (45-18).

The winner of the best-of-three series advances to the College World Series starting Friday in Omaha, Neb. "I was hoping that we'd have Monday off on a positive note, but we don't," Oregon coach George Horton said.

Oregon is making its second trip to the postseason since it reinstated baseball in 2009 after a 26-year hiatus.

The Ducks advanced out of their doubleelimination regional for the first time since 1954, when the tean1 made its lone trip to the College World Series.

The Golden Flashes went up 2-0 in the third inning. Campbe11 doubled with two outs and scored on Jimmy Rider's single to left. Rider scored when Keudell misplayed David Lyon's bunt.

Rider's RBI single was his 100th hit this season, breaking the Kent State season record of99 held by John VanBenschoten (2001) and Anthony Gallas (2010).

The Ducks narrowed it in the bottom half when Altobelli scored on Ryon Healey's grounder.

Kent State added a run in the fourth when Sawyer Polen's one-out single scored T.J. Sutton, who led off the inning with a double.

Starn walked three to load the bases with two outs in the fourth, and it appeared that he hit Aaron Payne to b1ing in an Oregon run. But the home plate umpire ruled that Payne didn't get out of the way; and Starn struck him out to end the threat.

The Golden Flashes padded their

lead in the fifth on Rider's RBI double and Sutton's sacrifice fly, before Kyle Garlick's sacrifice fly in the bottom half for Oregon narrowed it to 5-2.

Altobelli's RBI double in the sixth got the Ducks closer and Brett Thomas added a run-scoring single to left to make it 5-4 in the seventh.

The Golden Flashes added two runs in the eighth when Alex Miklos' shot to right was misplayed by outfielder Aaron Jones, scoring Polen and Sutton.

Trailing 7-4, Oregon nearly pulled off the comeback in the bottom of the ninth.

Kent State's Brian Clark loaded the bases with no outs before he was pulled in favor ofJosh Pierce, who struck out Garlick. Ryan Hambright's sacrifice fly to left scored Jones and Pierce walked Brett Hambright to re-load the bases.

Pinch-hitter Andre Mendenhall walked to narrow it to 7-6, but Altobelli's fly ball to center was snagged by a diving Campbell to end it.

"It was a sloppy game, I think both sides would agree to that," Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said. "But to win 21 straight you must be doing something right."

The Golden Flashes, winners of the Mid-American Conference title for the past four years, have advanced to the postseason 12 times, but never past the regionals.

In 1954, Oregon hosted the NCAA Western Regionals at Howe Field and faced Seattle and Fresno State twice to move on to the College World Series.

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)Kanner Wade tossed a sixhitter and Arizona earned its first trip to the College World Se1ies since 2004 by beating St. John's 7-4 on Saturday to complete a twogame sweep.

A three-time national champion, Arizona (43-17) earned a share of the Pac12 championship for the first time since 1993 and is headed back to Omaha for the 16th time.

The Wildcats rallied from five runs down to win the first game of the super regional on Friday and jumped on St. John's (40-24) early in Game 2, with three runs in the first inning.

Wade (9-3) allowed four runs, and Bobby Brown had bvo RBis to set off a celebration at Hi Corbett Field.

Arizona had a dramatic ·win in the series opener Friday; fighting back from tl1e big deficit to win 7-6 on Trent Gilberfs game-ending RBI single.

UCLA 41 TCU 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) -

Nick Vander Tuig allowed one run in six innings to lift UClA over TCU to win the NCAA Super Regional and advance to the College World Series.

VanderTuig (10-3) gave way to David Berg after walking the leadoff hitter in the seventh. Berg retired the side in order and finished off the Homed Frogs in the eighth and ninth to earn his first save. Preston Morrison (9-2) took the loss for the Homed Frogs (40-22).

The Bruins (47-14) advanced to the CWS for the fourth time in school history and first time since 2010.

STONY BROOK 3, LSU 1 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Tyler Johnson tlrrew a three-hitter and allowed an unearned run, and Stony Brook defeated L.SU to even the super regional series.

LSU (47-17) could not muster the late-inning magic of the series opener, when the Tigers hit three game-tying homers before winning a rain-postponed game in the 12th inning.

Celtics' loss may end an era in Boston

Ex-Sanies face Miami in NBAFinals MIAMI (AP) - Several weeks before tl1is season even started, LeBron James and Kevin Durant were competing against each other.

Hell Week, they called it, a fom-day series of grueling workouts.

Starting Tuesday; they'll meet again.

They'll call that the NBA finals.

Neither was playing at the level they are now when James invited Durant to work out with him during the NBA lockout in his hometown ofAkron, Ohio. Now as James tries to win his first ring, fittingly; it's Durant in his way.

"It's only right. It's only right," James said.

"We look forward to the challenge. It's going to be a big test for us."

James played at a rarely seen level in the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics. According to STATS LLC, James became the first player since Shaquille O'Neal in the 2000 finals to have six 30-point games in a playoff series. In the one contest where James didn't score 30, he finished with 29 in Game 4, fouling out in overtime.

His seiies averages against the Celtics: 33.6 points and 11 rebounds per game on 53 percent shooting. He had five games with at least 30 points and 10 rebounds in the entire regular season - then did it five times in the seiies against Boston alone.

"He was absolutely biilliant tl1is seiies, and we all know it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "He's playing at an historic level during the playoffs, driving us with his will. We do not take his talent or his will or his competitiveness for granted. And we need every single bit ofit. He is pushing himself beyond his limits, and he's pushing the rest of the team as well."

Said Heat guard Dwyane Wade:"He's amazing."

There were many moments for the Heat to celebrate on Saturday night, when they punched their ticket back to the NBA finals by ousting Boston 101-88 in Game 7.

Heat owner Micky Arison couldn't have gotten his hands off the East trophy fast enough, since that isn't the one he wants anyway. James felt the same way. The Heat star left the floor in a cap and T-shirt, one arm raised in joy.

Behind him, the celebration continued. By then, he was already thinking about what's next.

"I really thought he in particular played a very smart, aggressive game," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "He kind oflet the game come to him, and then down the stretch he took the game over. That's what great players do."

They don't do it alone, though.

Criticized last season for deferring too often in cmcial situations, James went into tl1e offSeason driven by the pain of failing in the NBA finals. And even during the lockout, he did anything he could to improve - two-aday workouts, studying with Hakeem Olajuwon, yoga, boxing, beach sprints, even asking Durant to come to Akron for a few days for some training.

• Arizona, UCLA win super regionals, earn berths in College World Series

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Miami Heat's DwyaneWade (3) attempts a shot over the Boston Celtics' Ray Allen (20) in Game 7 ofthe Eastern Conference Finals at American Airlines Arena in Miami. Miami w on, 110-88.

NBA FINALS SCHEDULE Tuesday's game winner at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Thursday's game M iam~Boston winner at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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Tuesday, June 19 Oklahoma Oty at Miami-Boston winner. 6 p.m.

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Sunday, June 24 x-Miami-Boston ·winner at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, June 26 x-Miami-Boston vvinner at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. (x - means if needed)

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BOSTON (AP) - Ever since the 1960s, when the Boston Celtics emerged as the most decorated franchise in the NBA, nothing less than a championship has satisfied the team or its fans.

This year's team may have changed that.

Overcoming age and injuries to make it to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals against the moreheralded Miami Heat, the Celtics bowed out of the playoffs on Saturday night with a 101-88loss that likely ended the new Big Three era in Boston.

"I don't know if I've ever had a group like this," coach Doc Rivers said. "They did everything I asked them to do. They came up short. ...

Our guys, I love them. They were phenomenal."

The Celtics won their 17th NBA championship in 2008 - the first season together for Kevin Gamett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

They returned to the finals two years later and, playing without injured center Kendrick Perkins, came within 6 minutes ofbeating tl1e Los Angeles Lakers again.

Perkins was traded the next year as general manager Danny Ainge attempted to stock up for another title run. But his roster began to fall apait even before the season started when Jeff Green was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm; center Jermaine O'Neal was lost during the season and guard Ave1y Bradley went out in the playoffS, costing Boston one of its best defenders.

"I wish we could have had healthy runs," Rivers said.

"This team won a title. Got to another one, a Game 7, where they had a shot to win.

Got to the Eastern Conference finals and one game away on the road. Banged up.

"But you don't get doovers."

With Garnett and Allen eligible for free agency; Ainge considered breaking the team apart at the trading deadline to build for the future. Rivers campaigned to keep the group togetl1e1; and when a deal for Allen fell through at the last minute, the coach got his wish.

"It was a great opportunity;" Pierce said. "You couldn't ask for anything more.We're very thankful for these last

five years."

For his decision this year, Ainge was rewarded with another long playoff run.

But now he might have no choice.

'1 think we're going to wait and see what happens with free agency and all that stu:ft;" Rivers said. "I just want to stick with this group ifit's a couple more days, a couple more weeks, or whatever. I just want to stick with them."

The postseason began ·with promise, as guard Rajon Rondo and the Celtics, without home-court advantage on Atlanta, outlasted the Hawks in six games, setting up a Round 2 matchup with rival Philadelphia.

An upstart who knocked offthe No. l-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round, the 76ers pushed the Celtics to the brink, before Boston finally disposed of them in Gaine 7 at TD Ga1den.

And then, ofcourse, in the Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics held a 3-2 series lead on Miami before finally wilting. Rondo finished the postseason with averages of 17.3 points and 12 assists per game.

"Nope," Rondo said Saturday night when asked if Boston was just too tired to advance. ''We missed shots.

We just caine up shmt."

Allen averaged 10.7 points and 4.1 rebounds across the three rounds.

"Under the circumstances, we are proud of what we accomplished and by no means, do we think this was a fluke.

Our young guys, played hard for us," Allen said. "I don't know what Kevin (Garnett's) situation is, but there's still a lot ofbasketballleft in my legs, I feel. So, it's hard to say what will happen. But the four of us (Garnett, Pierce, Rondo and Allen) know how to play basketball ... and win games."

Rivers concurred.

"Ifwe could have gotten this group to the finals, it would have been fantastic for us. They deserved it with their \Vill," he said. "I hear so often that the NBA is an individual league. That theory is gone. We had a terrific team effort from everybody."

The players feed off Rivers' enthusiasm and respect for the gan1e.lt shows on and off the floor.

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MONDAY, JUNE 11,2012

THE OBSERVER - 3C

NHL FINALS

LSUwomen, Florida men win NCAA track crowns

MCTPhoto

Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, left, makes a save on the New Jersey Devils' Travis Zajac in the second period in Game 5 ofthe NHL Stanley Cup Finals.The Devils won the game, 2-1, moving the battle with the Kings to a sixth game.

Devils' victory forces sixth game for Stanley Cup NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Forget the Stanley Cup coronation for the Los Angeles Kings.

The New Jersey Devils suddenly have made things a lot more uncertain.

How uncertain?

While the Kings are still a victmy away from the first Cup in the club's 45-year history, the Devils are only two ¥.ins short of pulling off a feat in the finals that no team has managed for 70 years, rebounding from an 0-3 deficit.

The Devils moved halfway to matching that greatest finals comeback as Bryce Salvador scored on a deflection off a defenseman to give New Jersey a 2-1 victory over the Kings in GameS. It was simple hard work by New Jersey The first goal came on a smart play by Zach Pmise, the second on a deflection and the club got yet another clutch perlormance from Martin Brodeur.

Parise ended a five-game goal drought on a rare mistake by goalie Jonathan Quick, and Brodeur stopped 25 shots to

help the Devils end the Kings' 10-game postseason winning streak on the road and 12-game run over the past two years, both NHL records. ''We survived out there," Brodeur said. "I don't think we played our greatest gan1e, but we found a way to win. These are in1portant games to win, especially at home knowing these guys play really well on the road.

Parise said the 40-year-old Brodeur was the cl:i:ffurence.

"That's how a goalie wins the game for you," Parise said about Brodeur.

Justin Williams scored for the Kings, whose once seemingly insurmountable 3-0 series lead has been cut to 3-2. Game 6 is Monday night in Los Angeles.

More importantly, the Devils have the Kings wondering what's going on for the first time in the postseason. This marks the first time they have lost consecutive games in this year's playoffs.

The Devils, meanwhile, have ah·eady made some finals history and now have the chance for more.

Only the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs came back in a best-of-seven finals and won. Three years later, the Detroit Red Wings rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie the series, but they lost Game 7 to Toronto. Those were the only other two temns to come back from 0-3 to force a Game 6 until the Devils.

"It's a difficult thing to get yourselfreadyfor games like that," Brodeur said. ''Now it's been two (must-,vin) in a row.

It takes a lot out ofyou but it is worth it. I think that's what the guys have been concentrating on all day, leaving nothing out there. "... Now we are going to LA again to try to ruin the pmty again," the 40-year-old, threetime Cup V~.inner said. "They are so close to winning the Stanley Cup that I am sure it is getting to them a little bit, having all these chances and not being able to capitalize a little bit. We're looking just to stay alive."

The Kings haven't played terribly in losing the last two games, but the Devils have made the plays when it counted

or gotten the breaks when they needed them.

Take Salvador's 'vinner, his first goal in seven games.

His shot from the left point was deflected right in front of Quick, hit off the chest of Kings defenseman Slava Voynov and rebounded into the net at 9:05 of the second period. It was the second time in this series that a point shot by a Devils defenseman hit offVoynov and caromed past his goaltende1: This one turned out to be a winner because Brodeur stood tall the rest of the way and had one shot hit off the goalpost and had a goal by Jarret Stoll on a second-period power play waved offbecause he hit the rebound with his stick too high.

Brodeur's biggest save might have been with 7.6 seconds to go in regulation when he stopped a slap shot by Mike Richards from the 1ight circle.

The Kings, overtinle winners in the first two games in the series in New Jersey, never got another shot and Brodeur took a patented victory SV~-ig of the Gatorade bottle on top of his net.

Los Angeles Kings now piling up unwanted firsts NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings are suddenly doing things for the first time in these playoffs, and none of them are good.

Yes, the Kings are hoping to claim the Stanley Cup for the first time, but they have gone 0-for-2 in that department. The latest setback on Saturday night, a 2-1loss to the

New Jersey Devils, cut Los Angeles' lead to 3-2 and left the Kings with only two chances to claim the championship.

For the first time in this postseason, the Kings have lost two straight, have lost mice in the smne series, and m·e dealing with a road defeat. Los Angeles had won a record 10 in a row away from home in these play-

offs, and 12 consecutively on the road, dating to last year's playoffs - also an NHL mark.

They still have a share of the record with 10 road wins overall in a single playoff year, but for the Kings to own that mark themselves, they will have to retum to New Jersey for Game 7 and more negative history staring them in the face.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)- The LSU women are back on top after watching Texas A&M overtake them for the national title in each of the last three years.

The Flmida men finally joined them on Saturday, ending years offrustration at the NCAA outdoor meet.

The Gators finally took home their first outdoor national title after four second-place finishes since 2004, while the LSU women won their 15th in 31 years on Saturday in Des Moines.

The Southeastem Conference sweep snapped a three-year title run by the women and men of Texas A&M - and the Aggies join the league next fall.

The men's team title came down to the final race, the 1,600 relay, between Florida, LSU and Texas A&M. Anchor Tony McQuay gave the Gators the lead on the backstretch and the win in 3 minutes, 0.02 seconds.

Florida finished with 50 points, followed by the Tigers (48) andTexasA&M (40).

"Unbelievable. It's an absolute blessing. I can't tell you how proud I am of this group of young men. We had a lot of adversity, not just this week, but throughout the year," Florida coach Mike Holloway said.

In three thrilling minutes, Florida snapped three years of outdoor frustration.

The Gators, who'd won the last three indoor titles without matching it in outdoors, started the bell lap for the 1,600 in second behind USC and with LSU right behind them. If that would have held the Gators and Tigers would have split the national title, but McQuay put moved past USC's Bryshon Nellmn while Tigers anchor Riker Hylton stayed in third. ''We knew what the team standings were and we came together like a family, as a team. I trusted my first, second and third to get us here.We have a young team and to have them step up really means a lot to the program," McQuay said.

What made Florida's title run all the more remarkable was that the Gators did it without star sprinter Jeff Demps, who skipped the NCAA meet to rest an injured hamstring.

"You think about things, the people that weren't here, the people that didn't want to give you a chance but our guys never bought into it. I'm extremely proud of them," Holloway said.

Florida State's Maurice Mitchell gave the Seminoles their sixth national champion in the men's 200 in seven years and a brieflead.

But that was Florida State's last shot, and the Seminoles finished fomt h with 38 points.

The L.SU and Oregon women entered Saturday tied at 40, but the Tigers jumped out to a big lead after Kimberlyn Duncan won the 200 meters.

LSU hung on from there, leaving Oregon as the runners-up for the fourth year in a row.

"It's a tremendous team effort from everybody that allowed us to score a bundle of points. It took a lot of points to win this year, and I have to commend the University of Oregon. What a great job of competing they did, trying to win here too," LSU coach Dennis Shaver said.

The LSU women opened up a five-point edge after the opening event, as the Tigers won the 400 relay in 42.75 behind a strong anchor leg by Duncan.

Union Rags wins Belmont with photo finish NEW YORK (AP) the first Triple Cmwn sweep Union Rags picked up right since 1978 and only the 12th where I11 Have Another left ever. off; coming from behind to His absence opened up catch a Bob Baffert-trained the race for Union Rags, who horse at the finish in a Triple finished a troubled seventh Crown race. in the Derby after a bumpy In Saturday's Belmont start.

Stakes, it was another photo Union Rags skipped the finish decided by a neck. Just Preakness and because of like the Preakness. the Derby problems switched The 3-year-old bay colt bar- jockeys for the Behnont reled through a slim opening from Julien Leparoux to on the rail to edge Paynter, John Velazquez, who picked dealing Baffert,jockey Mike up his second Belmont vicSmith and owner Ahmed tory; he won in 2007 with Zayat a third loss in this filly Rags to Riches. year's Triple Crown series.

"I have to give it to the "We needed every bit of horse. He did it all for me. the mile and a hair winning He just worked so unbelievtrainer Michael Matz said. able and I was just hoping I1l Have Another won he could put that work into the Kentucky Derby and today's race and he did," said Preakness with stirTing Velazquez, who will enter stretch drives over Bafracing's Hall of Fame in fert's Bodemeister. But the August. "I was very proud of champion stunned the racing hiIll."' world Friday when he was A crowd of85,811, cheered scratched from the Behnont as Paynter and Union Rags and retired due to a tendon fmiously battled down the injury, relinquishing a shot at stretch, with Union Rags

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barely catching the frontrunner in the second straight photo finish to decide a Triple Crown race this year.

"Is there a Tiiple Crown for seconds?" Baffert said. "I really felt like I was going to win the Behnont. It was snatched away again."

Zayat was just as bummed, calling it "a heartbreaking defeat."

"He ran his guts out," he said, referring to Paynter, who was making just his fourth career start. "I'm very disappointed we opened the rail for (Union Rags)."

Jockey Mike Smith took the blame.

"I'm an old veteran, you know," he said. "They're not supposed to get through on the fence on me, and he did. I dropped the ball. My fault."

Union Rags was along the inside in the middle of the pack until it was time to make a move for the lead, and that's when Velazquez guided him to the

inside of the front-running Paynter. Turning for home, Union Rags was full ofrun, but needed an opening.

Velazquez had no room to swing outside, so he focused on finding a hole along the rail. Suddenly, a sliver appeared when Paynter slid over just enough to let Union Rags through in the final sixteenth of a mile.

And then it was a charge to the finish line.

They raced head-to-head, with both jockeys furiously whipping their horses in the shadow of the wire.

Union Rags stuck a neck in front at the end and gave fans a thrilling finish that was certainly reminiscent of the sidelined 111 Have Anothe1: "He jumped right in there and before I could do anything about it, it was too late to stop him," said Smith, the 46-year-old Hall of Farner who was abom·d Bodemeister in the two earlier defeats.

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4C -THE OBSERVER

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012

Golfers take advantage of quiet day before U.S. Open

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)Rod Pampling actually used the words "every enjoyable" and "U.S. Open" in the same sentence.

Then again, it was Sunday before the toughest test in golf gets Wlder way at The Olympic Club.

Pampiing was among a few dozen players who took advantage of abundant SWlshine and little stress at Olympic on the final day before the gates open to the second major championship oftheyear. ''At this stage, on a calm day, it is enjoyable," Pampling said.

Behind him on the course were Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley, who played a match that went to the 18th hole. Donald is No. 1 in the world and trying to \Vin his first major; while Bradley has won 50 percent of the majors he has played - this is only the third major for the PGA champion.

Donald finally pulled away by blasting out of a bunker to 4 feet fur birdie on the 17th, then getting up-and-down from a far more difficult spot in the bunkerrightofthe 18th green. Bradley had a chance to halve the match, but missed an 8-foot birdie.

CYCLING

Brit's win makes him a Tour de France favorite

While Elliot McKinnon of La Grande was pulling away to win the inaugural High Valley Half Marathon Saturday (top), the rest of the field got more of a chance to take in the scenery during the more than 13.1-mile course between Cove and Union. Cathy Morris of Cove led two other runners (DannelleWilson of La Grande and Zachary Freiwald of Baker City) onto High Valley Road. Later, Tim Vandervlugt of La Grande (near left) crosses one of the streams, while Christine Isaacson (far left) jumps off the sidewalk to cross the finish line.

BRAD MOSHER IThe Observer

CHATEL, France (AP) Britain's Bradley Wiggins cemented his status as a Tour de France favorite Sunday, winning the Criterium du Dauphine race in the French Alps for the second straight year.

The thl'ee-time Olympic gold medalist successfully defended his title in the moWltainous weeklong race, finishing 1 minute, 17 seconds ahead of Sky teammate Michael Rogers ofAustralia.

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans was third, 1:26 behind Wiggins.

Wiggins said he was "not the favorite, but one of the favorites" for the Tour de France, which begins JW1e 30 in Liege, Belgium.

"It's a big win," he said. ''Everyone talks a lot about the Tour de France, but

winning Paris-Nice and the Criterium du Dauphine in the same year; that's huge.

So whatever happens on the Tour, I can already be satisfied."

Spain's Daniel Moreno won the 77-mile seventh stage from Morzine to Chatel after making a late attack on the final climb. Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain and Evans were next.

Wiggins captured the race leader's yellow jersey in the fii"st stage on JW1e 4 and never relinquished it. He also won one stage along the way - the 33-mile time trial in the fourth stage.

Wiggins crashed out of the 2011 Tour de France. He has won three of this year's hardest stage races- Paris-Nice, Tour de Romandie and the Dauphine.

16. 11.34. 2, Megan Goethals, \Nashrngton, 16 1137 2, JessK:aTebo, Colorado, 16 14 32 4, Emily Ssson. Providence, 16 1824 5, Aliphrne Tuiamuk, Wrmita State, 16 18.81 6, ~latosha Flogers, Texas A&M . 1020 04 7. Kathy KroeJer, Stanford, 16:22HJ. 8, l'.lex Knsrnski, Oregon, 162 442 9, Chesea 1-1erlly, Calrtorn01, 1630 31 10, Sheila neid,liillarova, 16:31.40 11. [ " in Kbet, Ar~ona, 16·:i.'J7? 17, Fmrna Rates, Rorse State, 16 ~ 3&1 B , Anison \!Voodl'vad, Oregon, 16:43.92. 14, McKenz<J Me.,nder, I<M"a, 1644 7815, Sara Su1herla11d.Texas. 164894 16, Cor"'f Conner, Marne, "16 5192 17, Bogdana Mrmrc,'v11bncua, 16:53.66. 18, Kaylegh Tyerrnan, Florida State, 16 55 40 19, Jessica O'Connell, West Wgrnia, 17: 10.43. 20, Charlotte Ffronch O'Carroll, Providcnoo, 17 19 04 2 1, Kathleen Stevens, Virginia. 17:24.29. 22, I auren R>.nney, Syracuse, 17 :'\8 8.1 Madeine Chambers, Georget<Min, DNF Chelsea Ley, 'v1rgrn"', DNI'

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N Y Met s otTnmpo Bay, 7 10 p m N.Y'I'arrkoos at Atlanta, 7: 10 p.rrr.

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Milwaukee at Kansas City 810 p m Philadelph<l at Minnesota. 8 10 p m ChrC<Jgo W hrte Sox at St Lours, 8 15p m Oakland at Colorado, 8:40p.m.

L A Angels at LA Dodgers, 1010 p m San Dego at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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1UU Hurdles - ·1, Chrstrna Manrng , Ohro State, 12.88. 2, Bnanna Rollrns, Cemson, 12.01 3, Bri:lgette ONens, Clernslllr, 13 10 4, Jackie Cow ard, UCF, '13 ·16. 5, Jasrnrn StCMoers, LSU, 1320 6, Donique' Flemings,Texas A&M, 1324 7, Chekea Carr.,>Eades,West \!irgrnra, 13.31.8, Kaite ~Jelms, Stanford, 13.97 4x100 nelay - 1, LSU CTakera Prnckney, SemC>Y Halcerr. Rebocc.a .ll,lexander, Kimherlyn IJuncanl, ~2./ b. 2,Texas A&M , ~ 2.82. 3, Clemson, 43.52. 4, Oregon, 43.58. 5, Oho State, 43.33. 6 Houslon, 44 11 7, Soulhern Cal, 44.24 8,Texas Tech, 44.76.

4x400 Relay - 1, Oreg011 (Englrsh Gardner, Chizc:t-.a Ol<orlogbe, Laura Roesler, Pl-'{llis f-ranas), 324 54 (meet record, dd record, 3252 6. LSU, 20()41. 2, LSU, 3:24.59. 3,Texas A&M , :'\ 78 58 4. Arkansm, .1 79 !16 5,Texas, 3.30.31. 6, Arrzona, 3:3l bb. I, Flor<ia, 3:32.:36 Kansas DO

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Tnple Jump - 1, Ganna DemydCNa, Soulhern M iss , 4&711. (meet record, o~J record, 46-2, Carldrce Baud1arn, UCLA 20051. 2, Shanrel<a Thomas, San Diego State. 45-93!. _3, Andrea Gell:e lle. Konsns, 4&-5 4, Cr<nn Brewer, Flunda, 44-9Yz. 5. lvlrdrelle JerriJE>, Florrda State, 44-6 6, April Sinkler, Clemson, 44-4 7. Samantha W rllrams, lvlramr, 43 9K 8, r<adra Eke, Colunilia, 434 \'; 9, Arantxa Kin-J. Stanford, 43-2% 10. lvlalaikah Lrue, Southern lllrnos . ~ 2- 11. 11 , Lauryn NEMISon, Or&Jon. •12-914. 12, Tori Frankln, MichiQan State, 42-8 13, Julrenne McKee, GeorgraTedr, 42-6\4 . 14, ,ll,lex Evans, San Diego State, 42-5 V. . '1 5, M ara Griva, Nebrasl<a, 42-4. 16, Krmsue Gront, M <Jsourr State, 42-01:1 17, Jasrnirre Manuel, Lw'->iana-Lafayette.

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HALF MARATHON High Valley Inaugural Half Marathon Cove to Union Saturday M en: LdGrande 27 12 4 27 1 Eliol lv1cKinnon 2 Tim Va~d ervlugt LaGrande 47 1 3031 47 1:31:1 6 3.Borrl De-v Boker Crt{ 4 Torn Sheehy 19 1 3829 Union 28 145:32 5.Thomas rv1oon R:lrtJand 6 Lachary h erwald l:loker Crr, 34 1 582 3 45 2 0039 7Tim Seydel La Grande Women: 1 Cynthra Moms 2 Arny Hegidu> 3 Ang"' M~ler 4 . Jrll Pedro 5 L'->a M ilos 6. Dare lle Wrlson 7 AudraWaite 8 Jody Parry 9.Chnstrne lsaocson

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1 53:58 1 57 08 203 39 2 05:56 2 08 03 2'12:03 2 1802 2 18 13 225:55

TRACK NCAA Outdoor l-ack and Field Championships Results Saturday At Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa tAll rCK::e distances in met ers;

all events are frnals) M en 200 - ·1. llilaunce lvlitchell, Fbrda State, 2040 seronds. 2,AmeerWebb, TexosA&M , 20.65.

3, Horatio W rllianrs, Florida State, 20 78 4, lsrah

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Young, Miss'->sippi, 2089 5,Aaron Ernest LSU, 2100. 6, Keenan Brod<, Aubum, 2l CI2. 7, Aaron Br<M"n, Sou them Cal. 21.13 8, Harry Adams, Auburn, 2G.!J1 1,500- 1, Andrew l:loyer, lndrana, 343 82 2, Mrles [latty, [)YU, 3 43.e:J. 3, f1yan llrll.

N C State, :'\ 44 74 4, MK:~ Hammond, Vrgrn01 Tech. 3 ~~ •I I b, Rob Frnnerty, 'IVrseonsin, 3:44.53. 6, Rich f'eters, Boston Uni·1ersity 3 44 66 7. Duncan Phillips, Arkansas 3 44 77 8, Erik van lngen, Binghamton, 3 45.00. 9, Sam McEntoo, Villanwa, 3 4641 10, Gorman Fernandez, Oklahoma State, 3 40.02. 11, L""Vl Lalang, Arizona, 3:46.82. 12. Chris O'Hare.li.rlsa, 3 5164 110 Hurdles - 1, AndrP..N Riley, lllm s, 1:'\ 5:'\ 7, Wayne Davs II,Texas A&M. 13.00. 3, spencer Adams, Clemson, 13.73. 4, Barrett Nugent, LSU. 1300 5, E<kle Lovell, Florida, 13 82 6, Jarrett Eaton, syracuse, '13.83. 7, Shane Brothwoite,TexosTech, 1303 8, Keiron Stewart, Texas, 14.C6.

Stccplcm asc 1, Donn Cit>ral, Princeton, 8:3G.44. 2, Crarg Forys, lv1KJ1gan, 8:40.00 3, Cory Leslie, Ohio State, 8 40 98 4, Henry Lelei, lexas 1\&M, 8:42.07 5, lravrs Mahoney, lemp.,, 843 29. 6, Anthony notich, lJT[P, 04 6.01 7 De' SeanTurner, Indiana. 8 46 04 8. Carl Stones, Tulsa, 8:46 67 9, Adrren Dannemrlkor, lndma, 84700 10, AricVonHolen, Cobrooo, 8 5064 11 , Ben]iltrrllr Johnson, Stanford, 8:52.96. 12.

Jim Walmsley, Air Force, 8 5799. '13, Tom Wade, Lamar, 90359 14, Andrew Poore, Indiana, 9:2G.95.

2, Flor<la State, 38 57 3, Auburrr, 38 89 4, Texas ,1'\&M, 39.08. 5, Baybr, 39.37 6, Arkansas, 39 73 7,Tcnncsscc, 4021. Illinois DI~F 4x400 Relav - 1, Flnrrda {Dedrrc Clukee. Hugh Graham, Leonado Seymore, lony McQuay), 3:00.CI2. 2, Southern Cai 3:C0.64. 3, LSU, :'\ 01/1 4, I'Hln State, :'\ 01 58 5. Texm A&M, 3:01.66. 6, Arkansas, 3:0'3 W . ' George Mason, 3:03.93. 8, tvlrsss sw State, 3 05.85.

Shot Put - ·1, Jordan Clarke, Arrzona Stale, 66 feet, 11 \4 indlos 2, Stephen Saenz, Auburn.

04-10%. 3. Luke Ankelrn " ' · Nebraska, G4-8Y2. 4, Joe KCNacs. R>.nn State, 64-3. 5, Man lleChant, Ohro State, 64-2Y2 6, lloZJdar t ,ntuncm:, l'.nzona, 64-0~; . 7, JacobThormaeh<ln,Texas, 0."1-9% R, Mason Fnley, Kansm , 6:1-7 9, Hayden Barll ro,Texas, 63-2 \4. 10, Dennrs 1\lrotta, East Carolina, 62-1 11, RK:hard Garrett,Texas-San l'.rilOiliO, 61-9'.4 12, Robert Golabek, Buffalo, 6'1-0 \\ '13, Abert Fornette, Loursrana-Lafayette, 61-0 14,Terron Armst€00, Arkonsus-Ane Bluff, 00.11 14 15, Caleb Whrtere1, Georg<l, 00.10¥2.

'16, Ryan CrOLrser,Texas, 00.8V.. '17, Man Babicz, DePaul, 60 1lio. 18, Matthew Hotv,Tennessee, 59-2%. 19. Justin Romero, North~m Iowa, 59-0 20,Trav'-> Smith, UC Riverside, 58-10 21, Lam Hrll, tvlrmrgan S1ate, 58-8. 22, Mchael Futrnan, llor<la State, 58-3lio. 23, Vincent Elardo, Monrnoulh, 57-11 \4 24, Mrd1""l Bari:JdS, Duke, 57-71\.

Tearn Scorutg - 1, FI01Kia 50. 2, LSU 48. 3, Texas .l i&M 40. 4, Florida State 38. 5, Virginia Tech 33 6, Auburn ~J 7, Arizona 27 8, Arkansas 20. 9 (trei. Texas and Oreg01122. 11 (trer, lndi'lna Southern Utah, ~Jebrask.3, Southern Cal ard

4x100 l-1elay - 1, LSU (l:larrett l~ugent, flaron [rnest, Keyth Talley, Shermund Allsop), ::Jil38

lllrnors 20. 16, /l rrzona State 18. 17, IJCU1 17 18 (tie),Texas Tech and Stanford 16 20, Oral

Roberts 15 21 (tiel. BYU and Penn State 13 23 ltrei, Kansas State, Iowa, Ka1Sas a~d Ohro State 12 27 rticl, MinnC"oOta and Princeton 1l 29 (tic), Boise State, lllrnors State and UC Irvine 10. 32.

W rsoonsrn 9. 33 (tel, Mimrgan,Texas-Arlrngton NeM.' Mexrco, South f-brrda and UNC-Greensboro 0. 30, Mrssissippr7Y, 39. George Mason 7 40 (tie), Oklahoma, Clemson anrl N C State 6. ~3 (t<3), Kentucky, Mrssrssppr State, Harvard, UC Santa Barbara, Western Kentucky and TexasSan .1\nlonio 5 49 {Lei, McNeese Slale Temple, lc:wa State, Washinglon Slate an:l Baylcr 4. 54 (tioi, Liberty and Air Foroo 3Y2 56 (tici, Virginia, lndK! na State, llliissoun,Tennessee, Syracuse, UTEP and Boston University 3. f'3 (tie), PennS'{" varrra, ICU and Georgra 2 66 (tre). lulsa, Wrllram & Mary, [ astern Kenlucky, Caifornra, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Villanova and Ringhamton 1 Women 200 - 1, Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU, 22 ffi 2. Kar Selvon, Auburn, 23.'19. 3, Domrnique Duncan, Texos A&lvl, 23 1D 4, Octovious Freeman. UCF. 23.25. 5. Sernuy Halcett, LSU. 23.31. 6, Chnsty Udoh, Texas, 23.45. 7, Ashley Colier TexasA&M , 23 54 8. Paris Daniels, Kansas, 23 73 1,500 - I , Katie Flood, Washington, 4 137 9 2, l:mrt{ lnteld, Georgetc:wn, 4:14.02. 3, Jordan llasay, Ore<,:JOn, 414.03. 4, Lucy Van Dalen, Slony Brook, 41 4 40 5, Grela Feldman, Prrnooton, 414.76. 6, Cory McGee, Flcr<ia, 4 14 05 7 Amondo Winsk:w, Fk>rldo Stote, 4:14.96. 8, VkJiah La;Jal, Florrda State, 415.77 9, Becca Friday, Oregon, 4 '16.38. '10, ~latalja Piliusina, Oklahoma State, 4 18 74 11, Morgane Gay,'v1rgrnia, 4:19.44. 12, Rebecca Tracy, Notre Dame, 4 2192 5,000 - 1 Abbey DAgostino, Dartmouth

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19. Charachosrcra Lockhart, Loursvrll c, 42 0 20. Penn1aAcayo, Keot State, 42-0 21, Jessica Uhart,~ionwu. Baylor, 41-10%. Alrtta E'oo<yl, Southern Cal; Jordan Helgren, Wrsconsrn. and Angelia ~lugen~ Georgia State, r<lvl Team Scoring - 1, LSU / 6 2, Oregon 62 3, Texas A&M 38. 4 itrel, Kansas and Clemson 28.

6. Sldlrfocd 25 7, Oklahoma 24 8, WashirtQIOCl 23 9 (tie), Sal Diego State andTemessee 2'1 11,Texns 20. 12 (tie), Southern lvlrss. and Fbndo 18 14 (tie), Illinois State. Florida State. CJorado, Southern lllim s and Dartmouth 16. 19 (tre), i\r~ona a~d UCf- 15 21 ltre), UCLI\, Ohro State and GeorgO. 14 24 (tiel. Arkansas. Ar~ona State, Actun a~d Sourhem Cal B 78, W ichrra State 1:! :!9, R>.nn State 11. 30 (tie),TCU, BYU and ll rnois 10. 33, Ceometown 9. 34 {be), UC Santa Barbara. We>l liirginia. Soulh Dakola and Lous ranaTech 8 38 i!Je), Miami and lcwa State 7 40 (!Je), lllirssoun, Eost Olrolina, Alabama, CalifonrK!, U~ILV Wrscorrsnr and UC Davis 6 47 it.,), PrCNI:Ience, lvlrmqan State and Stony Brook 5 50 (tiel, Montana State, Princeton, lndrana State, Loursvrlle and Okllhorna State 4. 55 (tre), Crncrnnatr, Houston, New ~Jle.xJoo, M urray State and lexas lech 3 60 (t el, M "'m' (Ohro), [)aybr and Mrssrsswr State 2 63 (tre), Maryllnd-Fastern Shore. Roston Cdlege, Colurmra, Duke, Nebraska and Rrce 1

TRANSACTIONS Sunday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League

BOSTON RED SOX - Plaood LHP Rm Hill on the 15<Jay DL n ecalled ni iP Mark Mellncon from PaNnJCket (II I KMJSAS CIT'! ROYALS - Traded OF DAndre Toney to Houston to canplete an earlier trade.

Teheran from G\vinnett

MIAMI MARliNS- Rec,alled 1R Ciaby Sanc.heJ from I~E>N Orleans IK:U. Desg nated ltJF Donnie Murphy for assi9nment

ST LOUIS C.t>,RDINALS - Sek led lhe contract of RHP Joe Kelly from Memph'-> IPCU Optroned C Steven Hrll to Memph<J. Trnnsferred RHP Chris Capentcr to the OO.day DL SAI\1 DIEGO PADRES - Selected the contract of RHP Brad Boxberger from Tucson (PCU. Optioned RHP AndreN Cashner to San Antonio (TU. Transferred RHPTrm Stauffer to the f:lJ<:Iay DL. American Association EL Rl\:30 DIABLOS - Relea;ed INF Brydn Frrchter and INF Bnan Ramirez KANSl>.S CIT'IT:SONES - Srgned RHP Errc Schaler Released INFAricWeirrl:J€rg LARECO LEMURS - Signed INFJavker Bnto and OF Phirp lncavrglra. Rcleasod OF Jeff Vincent and OF Lurs Urbe LINCOLN SALTD:::GS - Ciarmed LHP.Justrn Hoelle ottw a1vers trom f..-iary_ FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS - SiJn&:J UL Adam Ro~wrs .

HOCKEY National Hockey League SAl~ JOSE SHARKS- Trocled F .1\ndrEO'Ii Murray and a wnditiond 2014 draft pick to Deirort forD Brad Stuart.

CYCLING Criterium du Dauphine Results Sunday At Chatel, France Seventh (Final) Stage 77 mil~ from M orzine to Chate l

l Daniel Moreno, Spain, Katusha, 2 hours, 59 minutAs, 37 Sfn)nds

2 Lurs Leon Sanchez, Sparn, f'<bobank, same time

:l Cadel Fvms, Ausrralio, RMC, same nme ~ . Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norw ay, Sky Procyclin~, same tin--le.

5 Rinallo t"ocerrlini. ILaly. AG2R La M orrJ<~Ie,

same tme 6. AeterWeenrrg , ~Jetherlands , OnCil Greenedge, sarne tirne

7 Jurgen Van c.en Brood<, Belgrum, Lotto Helsol, same tm e 8. Dries Devenyns, llelgrum, Omega PharmaOlJid<sTep, same rime 9 Richie Porte, Australia, Sky Procvclrng, same t1me 10 Md1ael Rogers, Aus lralia. Sky Prcx;ycll 1g, 7 seconds behrnd.

Also 19 Bradley W iggins, Britain. Sky ~ocydirrg . 10 35.TeJilYVal Garderen, Unrted States, BMC,

1 08 71. Geor·Je Hrncapie, Unrted States, BMC, G:1l 143. Danny Pate, United States, Sky Procycling, 13 45 Final Standings 1 Brad<JyWggirrs, Brilain, Sky Procyding, 26:·1 0~6.

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MONDAY, JUNE 11,2012

THE OBSERVER - 5C

Bradley wins suprise decision over Pacquiao

Casey Kellas /The Obse1ver

Ryan Fornstrom (above} of Eagle, Idaho, jumps from his horse during Sunday's tie-down roping at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show in Union. Pendleton's R.C. Landingham (below} tied for second in the bareback riding with a two-head total of 147 points.

EOLS Continued from 1C Jake Echevania of Nampa, Idaho, had the fastest time of the weekend in the tie-down roping.

Echevania finished with a time of 11.1 seconds to take home $1,391.27.

He was just a tick faster than Echo's Jeff Coelho who posted a time of 11.5 seconds for second place.

Coelho made $1,151.40 for his work.

Mt. Vernon's Ty Holly finished in third at 12.8, while Joe Hoffman of Chehalis, Wash., (12.9) and Will Casey of Mesa, Wash., (13.2) rounded out the top five.

In the steer wrestling, Chance Gmtner of Pasco, Wash., was the fasted bull dogger of the weekend.

Gartner dropped his steer in 5.1 seconds to earn a check worth $1,535.91.

Bend's Alex Robertson was just one-tenth of a second slowerwith a time of5.2 seconds for second place. He took home $1,271.10.

Carl Seiders ofAdrian was right behind at 5.5 seconds, making $1,006.29 for his thirdplace finish.

Things were tight in the te8lll roping as well.

Justin Yost ofHico, Texas, partnered up with Bucky C8lllpbell of Benton City, Wash., to take first place in a time of

6.5 seconds.

The two earned $1,377.50 each for the victory.

They were just quicker than Milton-Freewater's B:ryce Palmer and Admns' Gan·ett Rogers who finished in 6.8 seconds to make $1,140 each.

Pace Freed of Pocatello, Idaho, and Jesse Sheffield of Delta, Colo., finished in third place with a time of 7 seconds.

A muddy arena made things difficult for the barrel racers the first two days, but sunny skies on Sunday allowed for some faster times.

Molly Powell of Stephenville, Texas, took advantage of the dry arena to post a time of 19.03 to take first place.

The Texas cowgirl earned

$1,160.09 for under 20 seoonds of work.

Adrian's Abby 1\llichaels finished second in 19.12 and received $994.36.

Jody Sheffield of Ogden, Utah, and Kym LaRoche of Arlington, Wash., tied fur third in 19.19 and made $773.39.

The EOLS is just one stop on the Harley Tucker Rodeo Series, along with future stops at the Elgin St8lllpede, St. Paul Rodeo and ChiefJoseph Days.

On the final night of competition in Joseph, the cowboy or cowgirl scoring the most combined points at the four stops will be honored with the Harley Tucker Rodeo Series Award with a hand-crafted belt buckle and $3,000.

LAS VEGAS (AP)- Timothy Bradley promised to shock, though the biggest shock in his fight with Manny Pacquiao c8llle from the judges' scorecards.

In a fight Pacquiao seemed to have in hand, two judges decided otherwise, giving Bradley a split decision Saturday night and ending the Filipino fighter's remarkable seven-year unbeaten run.

Promoter Bob Arum fumed, the crowd at the MGM Grand arena booed, and Pacquiao seemed stunned when the decision was announced. Arum said there would be a November rematch, though he blasted the way the decision went down.

"I've never been as ash8llled of the sport ofboxing as I 8lll tonight," said Arum, who handles both fighters.

Bradley came on strong in the later rounds, winning five of the last six rounds on two scorecm·ds and four on the third. He won 115-113 on two scorecards, while losing on the third by the s8llle margin. The Associated Press had Pacquiao winning 117-111.

"I did my best," Pacquiao said. "I guess my best wasn't good enough."

Pacquiao tried to turn the fight into a brawl, using his power to hurt Bradley in the early rounds. But Bradley changed tactics in the middle rounds and used his boxing skills to win enough rounds to take the narrow decision for the welterweight title.

It ended a 15-fight winning streak

by Pacquiao dating to 2005 that turned him into a boxing superstm· and made him a national hero in the Philippines.

"I thought I won the fight," Bradley said. ''I didn't think he was as good as evmyone says he was.

"I didn't feel his power."

Ringside punching statistics showed Pacquiao landing 253 punches to 159 for Bradley, who vowed before the fight to take the 147-pound title from Pacquiao. The Compubox statistics showed Pacquiao landing more punches in 10 of the 12 rounds.

Bradley was so confident that he had oversized tickets printed up for a Nov.10 rematch that will now likely happen.

Bradley seemed hurt in the fourth and fifth rounds, but Pacquiao had trouble landing big punches after that.

Still, he seemed in control of the fight everywhere but on the judge's scorecards.

"Can you believe that? Unbelievable," Arum said. "I went over to Bradley before the decision and he said, 'I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy."'

Bradley said he hurt his ankle in the second round, and that trainer Joel Diaz said he could either quit or try to take the fight to Pacquiao.

"I got my second wind in the sixth round," Bradley said. "I worked the angles, sticking and moving."

Pacquiao said he studied Bradley on tape before the fight and wasn't surprised by anything he did. He said he thought he was in control of the fight and was shocked when the decision went against him.

"He never hurt me with his punches, most of them landed on my anns," Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao tried to brawl with Bradley and seemed to hurt him in both the fourth and fifth rounds. But Bradley started moving and counter punching, though he never seemed to land any shots that hmt Pacquiao.

Three dead in Auburn shooting AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Investigators were searching Sunday for a gunman who killed three people - including two former Auburn University football players - and wounded three others at a pool party near c8lllpus after several men got in a fight over a woman, authorities and witnesses said.

One of the wounded was shot in the head and critically hurt. Another was a current playe1~

Eric Mack.

Desmonte Leonard opened fire at the Saturday night pmty at an apartment complex near the university, Aubum Police Chief Tommy Dawson said.

Federal marshals and police were sem·ching for Leonard, who faces three counts ofcapital murder.

Slain were Edward Christian, who had not been playing because of a back injury, and Ladarious Phillips, who

had previously quit playing football. The other person killed was 20-year-old Demario Pitts.

Officials also said Xavier Moss and John Robertson were wounded. Robertson had been shot in the head and was in critical condition; Police said the shootings didn't appear to have anything to do \vith some of the victims being former or current players.

Mariners combine to use six pitchers in no-hitter win against the Dodgers SEATTLE (AP) - Kevin Millwood and five relievers oombined on the third no-hitter in Seattle Mminers history, a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

The no-hitter was the fourth in the majors this season, joining gems pitched by the Angels' Jered Weaver, the Mets' Johan Santana and White Sox right-hander Philip Humber, who threw a perfect game at Seattle in April.

But this one was the least conventional, tying the record for most pitchers in a no-hitter.

'That was unbelievable.

I've never been a part of anything like that with that many guys coming in and keeping the no-hitter intact," said Kyle Seager, who drove in Ichiro Suzuki ·with a two-

out single in the seventh.

Millwood cruised through six innings, giving up only a walk.

But after throwing his first warmup pitch for the seventh he felt a twinge in his groin and was pulled.

Seattle's bullpen finished the no-hitter when Tom Wilhelmsen retired Andre Ethier on no-hitter fur the Mariners a routine grounder to second since Chris Bosio against base that ended a 1-2-3 ninth Boston on April22, 1993. inning.

Seattle's first no-hitter was The Dodgers nearly got a thrown by Randy Johnson hit when speedy Dee Gordon against Detroit on June 2, led off the ninth with a slow 1990. roller to shortstop.

It was the lOth combined Brendan Ryan, who had no-hitter in big league histo:ry and the first since six just entered as a defensive replacement, charged in and Astros accomplished the feat fired to first, where umpire at Yankee Stadium on June Ted Bmrett called G01don 11, 2003. Roy Oswalt stmted that g8llle for Houston but out on a bang-bang play. left two pitches into the secElian Herrera then lined out to Ryan before Ethier's ond inning with a strained right groin. ground out ended the first

LoganotakestitleatPocono WNG POND, Pa. (AP) - Joey Logano stood on top of the No. 20 high-fiving everyone he could reach in Victory Lane. Beverages were sprayed, fists were pumped and throaty shouts of celebration could be heard well down the 2%-mile track.

It's what winning a Sprint Cup race is all about.

It's what Logano has waited years to truly experience.

Not rain or Mark Martin would deny him this feeling.

Logano gave a crafty Martin a well-timed nudge out of the way in the closing laps

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Sunday at Pocono Raceway to clinch his first victory since 2009 and become the first Sprint Cup driver this season to win fium the pole.

The one-time prodigy and the grizzled veteran pushing hard down the stretch was a duel to remember at Pocono.

"I didn't stop scre8llling until I got to Victo1y Lane," Logano said.

This one felt like the first time for Logano after his only other career win in 125 Sprint Cup starts was a rainshortened victo1y at New H8lllpshire.

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DODGERS 8, MARINERS 2 SEATTLE (AP) - Andre Ethier awakened from a

recent slump with his fourth career grand slam to cap a six-run second inning and Chad Billingsley pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past Seattle.

Shut down by six pitchers in a Mariners' no-hitter Friday night, the Dodgers rebounded to win the final two g8llles of the interleague series.

Billingsley (4-4) struck out eight in seven innings.

Ethier was in a 1-for-27 rut when he hit his slmn in the seoond against Blake Beavan (3-6).

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Hairston had three of the Dodgers' 14 hits, putting Los Angeles ahead with a three-run homer in the first against Jason Vargas (7-5).

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Millwood came out to warm up before the seventh when the game took an odd turn. He threw one warmup pitch and stopped himself from throwing a second as he felt something wrong. Millwood was visited by manager Eric Wedge and trainer Rick Griffin and left the game, replaced by Charlie Furbush.

It was later announced that Millwood had a mild Iight groin strain.

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