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A special good dayto Herald subscriberRodger Petrik of BakerCity.

Local, 3ANo one was injured in

a truck fire that closedInterstate 84 in LaddCanyon for much of theafternoon Monday.

The fire was reportedabout 12:10 p.m. in thewestbound lanes ofInterstate 84 just east ofLadd Creek.

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to tackle the high num­ber of students usingnonmedical waivers toopt out of vaccinations,Oregon state senatorsapproved a measureTuesday requiring allschools to publish theirimmunization rates andto break out the rates bydisease.

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Volunteersneeded forFriends ofLibrary sale

County Library arelooking for volunteersto help sort books onThursday, July 16, towork as cashiers duringthe first weekend of theMiners Jubilee BookSale, July17-19, and topack up books on July27.

Beginning this Friday,July 3, volunteers cansign up at the circula­tion desk at the library,2400 Resort St., or bycalling 541-523-6419.

City has moneyavailable forsidewalks

City grant moneyis available to helpproperty owners payfor the cost of replacingsidewalks.

Applications are avail­able at the Baker CityPublic Works Depart­ment in City Hall at1655 First St. or can befound online at www.bakercity.com.

There is about$17000 available. Appli­cations will be accepteduntil available fundinghas been expended.

More informationis available by calling541-524-2063 or stop byCity Hall.

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By Jayson Jacobyllacoby©bakercstyherald.com

He was Baker City's own blues­man, but Jimmy Lloyd Rea's musicalreputation went far beyond the townwhere he was born, a reputationforged in dark dingy bars and on bril­liantly lit stages where he performedwith blues legends like B.B. King andJohn Lee Hooker.

Rea, who had endured a series ofhealth problems, including a kidneytransplant in 2003, died Tuesdayat St. Alphonsus Medical Center inNampa, Idaho.

He was 63.Rea is survived by his wife,

Marydee, and four children: GeorgeneRea, Marianne Stone, FrancineOConnell and Lloyd Rea III.

"Jimmy was a legend — not justin Baker City, but everywhere," saidWayne Dyke, a Baker City drummerwho was a back-up member of Rea'slongtime band, the Switchmasters,for almost a decade before becoming

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a permanent member in April 2014.''What an awesome man," Dyke

said Tuesday morning."I'm abso­lutely heartbroken and crushed rightnow."

James Lloyd Rea Jr. was born onOct. 6, 1951, at Baker.

His father, Lloyd Rea, served asBaker County judge ia positionknown today as chairman of thecounty board of commissioners) for 30

In a 2003 interview with the BakerCity Herald, Jimmy said he was just5 when he started performing withhis dad, who was a guitarist.

In a biography on Rea's website­wwwjimmylloydrea.com — he wrotethat he started playing bass at age 9

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That's about the time Mike Mal­lory of La Grande met Rea.

Mallory, a guitarist who hasplayed in several Eastern Oregonbands, including the Mike MalloryBand and, currently, the WastelandKings, graduated from La GrandeHigh School in 1971, one year afterRea earned his diploma at BakerHigh School.

As members of the "small pool"oflocal musicians it was perhapsinevitable, Mallory said, that he andRea would become acquainted.

''We started playing together onand ofE" Mallory said."I got to watchhim progress into a legendary blues­man."

Mallory said he and Rea hadtalked during the 1970s about form­ing a band together, but the timingwas never right.

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By Joshua Dillenldsllen©bakercstyherald.com

Baker County commis­sioners have sent a letter ofprotest to the BLM over theagency's plan to protect sagegrouse habitat in Oregon.

On May 28 the BLMreleased the Final Environ­mental Impact StatementiFEISl for the sage grouseplan.

Baker County has about2 percent of what biologistsbelieve is Oregon's most

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vital sage grouse habitat,known as preliminary prior­ity habitat, according to the1,000-page document.

The plan addresses issuesidentified by the U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service in a2010 study that found thesage grouse was deserving ofprotection under the federalEndangered Species Act dueto the inadequacy of regula­tory protections to preventfurther sagebrush habitatfragmentation, placing the

ommissionersnrotest SEM glanchicken-size bird in dangerof extinction. Federal protec­tion was deferred because ofhigher priorities; however,the Service is required tomake a final decision onwhether to list the sagegrouse by Sept. 30, 2015.

BLM allows a 30-day pe­riod to protest the document''We had hardly any time

to respond," CommissionerMark Bennett said.

One basis for the com­m issioners' protest is their

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concerns thatthe BLM isviolating the1976 FederalLand Policyand Manage­ment Act. The Ben n ettcommission­ers' 22-page protest statesthat BLM is required underthat federal law to managepublic lands under the prin­ciples of multiple use.

Correction: A storyon page1 of Monday'sedition incorrectlyidentified the address ofM ike and Lynn Borisoff.It is 2809 Baker St.

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By Jayson Jacobyllacoby©bakercstyherald.com

It wasn't the hottest Juneever in Baker City.

But good luck convincingsomebody whose air condi­tioner was busted for the lastweek or so.

This June did, however,mount the most serious chal­lenge to the monthly tem­perature record in more than40 years.

The hottest June at theairport, where statistics dateto 1943, was 1961.

The average high tem­perature that June was 84.1degrees.

This June's average of 83.2degrees ties for the runner­up spot with 1974.

No other June comes close— third place is 1977, whenthe average high was 81.6degrees.

The overall average for allJunes, 1943 to the present, is74.2 degrees.

Although this June didn'testablish a new monthlyrecord, several daily tem­perature records were set orequalled.

• 8-month-old girlsuA'ered severehead injuries in2014 incident

By Chris CollinsOf the Baker City Herald

A 25-year-old Baker Citywoman was arraigned Mon­dayin Baker County CircuitCourt on charges that sheassaulted an 8-month-oldbaby girl in her care last year,causing injuries that willresult in permanent impair­ment to the child.

Kira Vansickle of 2492Carter St. is ac­cused of causing"abusive headtrauma, whichcan includeshaken babysyndrome," said VansickleDistrict Attor­ney Matt ShirtclifK

Vansickle was arraignedon charges of first-degreeassault and first-degreecriminal mistreatment.

The baby, who is Vansick­le's niece, had been living atthe Vansickle home, Shirtcliffsaid. Kira Vansickle was car­ing for the baby temporarilyin place of the child's motherwhen the alleged assaulttook place on Sept. 20, 2014,Shirtcliff said.

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BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR irl dittendydogneeds5 stitchesWEDNESDAY, JULY 1• Baker City Farmers Market: 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,

Fairgrounds, 2600 East St.THURSDAY, JULY 2• Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District Board:

7 p.m. at the Pondosa Station.FRIDAY, JULY 3• 2015 Kiddies Parade: line up for judging at 9:30 a.m. on

the sidewalk across the street from the Baker City Heraldin the 1900 block of First Street between Court Street andWashington Avenue; open to all ages. Free ice cream andgames and prizes sponsored bythe Baker Elks Lodgeafterward at Geiser-Pollman Park.

• The Adler House Museum, in the house that was LeoAdler's home for 94 years: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 2305 MainSt.; 541-523-9308; open at the same time on Saturdaysthrough September. $6 adults, free for children.

• Haines Fourth of July Celebration: Begins with Art inthe Park; the Haines Stampede Rodeo gets under way at 5p.m.; the celebration continues Saturday at Haines.

• First Friday art shows: Baker City art galleries are openlate to showcase the month's new artwork; opening timesvary between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

A teenage girl was bittenby a pit bull Saturday eveningabout 9 o'dock at a Baker Cityhome she was visiting.

The girl was taken to theemergencyroom at St. Alpho­

PROTEST "People's livelihoods,rights and opportunitiesdepend on the outcomehere. You can't takeactions that affect thecustoms and culturesof Baker County. Theyhaven't take thatintoconsideration."— Mark Bennett, BakerCounty commissionerwho helped write a 22­page protest letter to theBLM over the agency'smanagement plan for sage

nus Medical Center-BakerCity and required 50 stitchesfor the bite wound, PoliceChief Wyn Lohner said.

Lohner said the dog waslocked in a room but got out

and attacked the girl.Lohner said the case has

been submitted to the BakerCounty District Attorney's0$ce for possible criminalcharges.

The First Interstate Bank of Oregon will present a$50,000 donation Tuesday for the Oregon Trail InterpretiveCenter.

The donation comes at a time when First Interstate iscelebrating its 125th anniversary. The presentation will beat the Baker branch.

According to Baker Fire Chief Babe Transue, efforts arebeing made to contact local merchants in order to limit thesale of cracker balls, tiny balls which can explode if bitten.

"Local retailers have been cooperative in this move­ment to protect Baker children. Several merchants uponreceiving shipments of the dangerous fireworks havereturned them," said ChiefTransue."

"Parents should be on the lookout for the balls, never­theless," he stressed.

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season.

Continaed~om Page 1ABennett, who owns a ranch

in southern Baker Countynear Unity, said the BLM'ssage grouse plan could have aprofound effect locally.

"People's livelihoods, rightsand opportunities dependon the outcome here," hesaid.'You can't take actionsthat affect the customs andcultures of Baker County.They haven't taken that intoconsideration."

Bennett noted that theBLM's plan doesn't allowthe disturbance ofleksisage grouse breeding sites),requiring a four-mile bufferzone with no human activityaround the leks, includinglimiting the noise to less than10 decibels above the ambientlevels. These requirementswould only be in effect twohours before to two hoursafter sunrise and sunset dur­ing the bird's spring breeding

"This could affect the gir­tue Flat) off-highway vehiclepark, the rifle range and eventhe iOregon Trail Interpre­tive) visitors center," Bennettsald.

The protest letter pointsout that miners would haveto work in the heat of theday and not be able to takeadvantage of the hours thatare within the disturbanceperlod.

"Even with a pick and shov­el you're going to be makingtoo much noise," Bennett said.

Commissioners contend theBLM plan contains invalidand incomplete information

grouse

and does not comply withapplicable laws. They alsostate that the differences inthe draft document and thefinal version are substantialenough that a supplementalenvironmental impact state­ment iSEISl is required asprovided by the federal codeofregulations as well as theNational EnvironmentalPolicy Act iNEPAl.

Only those who submittedsubstantive comments to theBLM's draft plan were al­lowed to protest the final planreleased May 28.

But Bennett said peoplewho might not have beenaffected by the drak versionmight not have felt the needto submit comments.

"Because of the substantialchanges in the final docu­ment, those people who didn'tcomment may now be affected4y the FEISl," he said,"Butbecause they didn't commentbefore, they weren't allowed toprotest the final document."

Commissioners are askingthe BLM to write a supple­mental study and extend thecomment and protest periodfor the FEIS for at least 60more days.The protest letter cites a

court case, California v. Block,in which an SEIS is requiredwhen the proposed actiondiffers "dramatically fromthe alternatives described inthe DEIS so that meaningfulpublic comment is precluded.

The commissioners alsoare challenging the BLM'sconclusions about areas thatare listed in the plan as pre­liminary primary habitat forsage grouse — in particularhigher-elevation sites suchas Mormon Basin south ofDurkee.

The FEIS states"Based oncurrent climate models overthe long term ii.e. 30 years),changing climate conditionsare expected to generallylimit the area in which isagegrouse) could survive to above5,000 feet in Eastern Oregon."

Mormon Basin is animportant mining area, thecommissioners point out.Their protest letter notes thata BLM-approved biologistfound no sign of sage grousein the area.The protest letter asks that

the BLM use only on-the­ground wildlife surveys todetermine habitat and notcomputer models. It statesthat Mormon Basin and otherhigh-elevation sites withno confirmed sage grousepopulations should be left asgeneral or non-habitat.

The commissioners alsonote that the BLM plan

According to Lohner, thedog bit another person at theentrance to the residence afew weeks ago. No other infor­mation was available becausean investigation is pending.

doesn't address predation ofsage grouse by other animalssuch as ravens, coyotes andbadgers.

The BLM claims in theFEIS that addressing preda­tion is "outside the scope ofthis amendment."

The commissioners' otherconcerns include the possibil­ity that people affected by theBLM plan might not have ac­cess to the Internet to down­load or view the documentand that the informationpresented wasn't understand­able for the average person.

'You send everyone to thedictionary to understandthese terms," Bennett said,"Itbecomes mind-boggling. It'ssupposed to be a simplisticprocess."

He said it's prohibitivefor the average person to gothrough the document.Bennett commended Jan

Alexander from the EasternOregon Mining Associationfor her work in helping toprovide information for theprotest letter. He said CountyPlanner Holly Kerns andNatural Resources Commit­tee members worked on it aswell.

Bennett said TheodoraDowling was instrumental insupplying the technical back­ground, including citationsto federal regulations, courtcases and other information.

Dowling is an independentconsultant for the county.

The BLM plan can beviewed at http J/www.blm.gov/or/energy/opportunity/finaleis.php.

Mickey Cowan and Bonnie Rux strained and toiled andsweated for an hour Sunday afternoon to reel in a fishthey knew they couldn't keep.

Which is just as well, because they never could havehefted the estimated 900-pound white sturgeon into theboat even if they had wanted to.

And anyway there wasn't room in the 16-foot-long boatfor the 12-foot-long fish, nor sufficient payload capacity,unless Cowan or Rux was willing to jump into the Colum­bia River near Irrigon and swim to shore.

ONE YEAR AGOfrom the Baker City Herald

ments.Stephen 'Steve' Sheridan:

67,0f Halfway, died June 30,2015, at La Grande Post AcuteRehab. Arrangements are underthe direction ofTami's Pine ValleyFuneral Home Bc Cremation Ser­vices. Online condolences maybe made at www.tamispine

July 2, 2014

MEGABUCKS, June 292 — 5 — 28 — 30 — 40 — 41Next jackpot: $2.8 million

plcK 4, June 30• 1 p.m.: 0 — 7 — 4 — 3• 4 p.m.: 6 — 6 — 5 — 1• 7 p.m.: 8 — 2 — 2 — 8• 10 p.m.: 9 — 7 — 6 — 1

City residents will see a modest boost in water fees thismonth, and the trigger to the hikes can be traced to botha slightly vague measurement of the cost of consumergoods, and the 2013 cryptosporidium crisis.

The Residential Utility Fee — which includes water,sewer and sidewalks fees and is billed every other monthby the city — will jump from the current base rate of$99.44, to $104.02.The increase of $4.58 became effective Tuesday.

OREGON LOTTERY

• THURSDAY: Pork filet mignon, parslied red potatoes,broccoli-blend vegetables, cottage cheese with fruit, roll,cake

• FRIDAY: Closed for the Fourth of July holiday.

Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $3.50 donation (60 and older), $5.75 forthose under 60.

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WIN FOR LIFE, June 2913 — 37 — 48 — 71

LUGKY LINEs, June 303-7-9-13-18-23-25-31Next jackpot: $23,000

DEATHSJimmy Lloyd Rea Jr.: 63, of

Baker City, died June 30, 2015, atSt. Alphonsus Medical Center­Nampa, Idaho. His funeral willbe Monday,Julyeat2 p.m. atthe Baker City Christian Church,675 Highway 7. Coles TributeCenter is in charge of arrange­

Juanita Helen HermanJanuary 16, 1922 — June 22, 2015

2/Iefamily of Cat6art'ne Ott would li(eWo say t/Mn(t/ou,

contributions tuere vert/much appreciated,

'Xhe many eg ressions of fove and support, given to us durinr/tkis time ofgreat loss, were an immeasurabte comfort,

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POLICE LOGBaker City PoliceCONTEMPT OF COURT

(Baker County Circuit Court war­rant): Taylor Michael Morris, 18,of 2850 Seventh St., 4:18 a.m.Tuesday, at the sheriff's office;jailed.UNION COUNTYWARRANT:

Mary Jane Gray, 66, of BakerCity, 12:57 p.m. Tuesday, in the2200 block of 10th Street; jailedand later granted a conditionalrelease.

INITIATING A FALSE POLICEREPORT (Baker County CircuitCourt warrant): Randi AnnHester, 29, of 2847 Sixth St., 1:28p.m. Tuesday, at the sheriff's of­fice; cited and released.

Accident reportAt Main Street and Auburn

Avenue, 8:32 a.m. Tuesday;police said a vehicle operated byKimberly Kay Suitter, 46, of 321514th St., left the street and droveonto the curb; Suitter told theofficer that her coffee cup hadbecome caught in the steeringwheel while she was attempt­ing to light a cigarette whilednving and she lost control ofthe vehicle; Suitter was citedon a charge of careless driving.She refused medical care at thescene, police said.

Baker County Sheriff'sOffice

Arrests, citationsFORGERYI andTHEFTI: Ryan

William Ray, 21, of Huntington,3:22 p.m. Wednesday, at Hun­tington; jailed; SheriffTravis Ashsaid Ray and others took checksbelonging to Susan Adams, 75,of Huntington, while working forher. Checks totaling $2,700 werecashed on her account, Ashsaid; other charges are pendingin Idaho.

MINOR IN POSSESSION OFALCOHOL: Brandon L. Norland,20,of Pendleton; and BradleyWade Cates, 20, of lsland City,11:06 p.m. Saturday, at PhillipsLake; both were cited and re­leased; Cates also was cited ona charge of furnishing alcohol toa minor. SheriffTravis Ash saidthe citations were issued after aSheriff's Office deputy respond­ed to a noise complaint.

MINOR IN POSSESSION OFALCOHOL: Chances Brister,20,of La Grande,12:45 a.m. Sunday,at Phillips Lake; cited andreleased; SheriffTravis Ash saidBrister also was arrested aftera separate noise complaint atPhillips Lake.PAROLE AND PROBATION

DETAINERS: Eric Lee Cavyell,24, 10:01 a.m. Tuesday, at theBaker County Jail where he isbeing held on other charges.

Oregon State PoliceArrests, citationsFAILINGTO PROPERLY

SECURE A CHILD PASSENGER(Baker Justice Court warrant):Bobby A. Sickler, 32, of BakerCity, 4:46 p.m. Saturday; citedand released.

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Juanita Helen Herman, 93, of LaGrande, formally of Baker City, passedaway at home with her family by her sideon Monday, June 22, 2015. At her request,there will be no service.

Helen was born January 16, 1922 inJasonville, Indiana to Curtis and Lily (Har­ris) Michael. She attended Christ HospitalSchool of Nursing, in Cincinnati, Ohio.She met and married Robert Kingman,later on she married Herschel Kelly, andfinally Don Herman.

Helen was a wonderful and dedicated nurse and a devout Chris­uan. She loved to study the scriptures whenever she had free ume.

Helen is survived by five children, Louis Kingman and hiswife Pat of Wilsonville, Oregon, Margaret Kingman of La Grande,Oregon, John Kingman of Portland, Oregon, Mary Karl and herhusband Mark of La Grande, Oregon and Nancy Simonis and herhusband Dusun of North Powder, Oregon; grandchildren; Kate &Mark, Camille, Spencer & Hannah, Ashley, Josh & Amy, Nick &Krisu, Marie & Garrett, Nate, Jayme & Joe, Dusun & Brittany;great-grandchildren; Levi, Finley, Quinn, Sidera, Theda, Cabe, Mia,Cecily, Tanner, and Shaun.

She was preceded in death by her husband Don Herman and herparents Curtis and Lily Michael.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.love­landfuneralchapel.com

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The family of Lois Colton woulrI. lilze toexpress their sincere appreciation to

those who offererI. Prayers, lzinrI.ness,support anrI. messages of sympathy

turing their loss of a wonrIerful wife,mother, grandmother antI fr iend.

Ron Colton and I'ami 1g'

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LOCAL BRIEFING

WesCom News Service

Chandler II Fund and the

Crossmads Carnegie ArtCenter in Baker City hasreceived a gfant to help seniorcitizens experience art.

According to a press releasefmm the center, it has received$6,000 fmm the Robert W.

W ard Family Fund of theOregon Community Founda­tion iOCFl.

By Kelly Ducote

No one was injured in atruck fire that closed Inter­state 84in Ladd Canyonfor much of the afternoonMonday.The fire wa s reported about

12:10 p.m. in the westboundlanes of Interstate 84just eastof Ladd Creek.

The truck was carrying hay,which is known to spontane­ously combust, but officialsare not sure what caused thefire, said La Grande RuralFire Chief Larry Wooldrige.

"It's going to go down as un­determined,"Wooldridge said.'There's just so many factorsas to what it could have been."

The Oregon State Po­lice, Oregon Departmentof Transportation, OregonDepartment of Forestry andfire departments of the LaGrande Rural Fire District,La Grande, Imbler, Cove and

pfogfarlls.

The purpose of the grantisto revitalize the dormant Se­nior Progfam b~ se n iorcitizens to Crossroads for fieemonthlyprogfams highlight­ing featured artists and gallery

'This pmgram will bringindividuals over 60 to specialprogrammingmonthly at theart center which will bring

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A hay truck on fire Monday afternoon closed Interstate84 in Ladd Canyon for several hours.

North Powder responded.According to police, the

truck was a 1996 Interna­tional truck tractor regis­tered to Frederickson Farm­ing, LLC out of Boardman.

Westbound lanes of I-84closed and backed up forhours after the fire was re­

Crossroads Art Centerreceives granttorevitaliieitssenior srograms

the art in our gallery to life,"Ginger Savage, Crossroadsexecutive director, said in apress release."Monthly pro­grams may feature the localartists in our community butit also could be lectures aboutlocal history, senior topics, orconversations aboutregionalor national issues. The goal isto increase the participation

ported. All lanes, except thewestbound slow lane, werereopened by midnight.

The slow lane did notre-open until early Tuesdaymorning, according to ODOTmedia releases.

Wooldridge said firefight­ers left the scene about 5

month also were abnor­mally mild for Baker City,where cool nights are typi­cal even during heat waves.

The low temperature onJune 29 was 62 degrees­16 degrees above averagefor that day.That tied the record for

the "highest low" for June29, set in 2013.It was also the second

warmest June night on re­cord, behind only June 26,1970, when the tempera­ture went no lower than 65.

Photo by Kristin Jones

p.m. Monday but returnedat 7 p.m. and stayed until 9a.m. Tuesday watching forhot spots.

"For us, the fire was likeany other hay truck fire, butthis time of year, our fearwas it spreading over on theside of the road and hav­ing another incident to dealwith," he said.

Wooldridge said a coupleof sparks made their wayto the interstate median asfirefighters were suppressingthe fire.

Several spots continued tosmoke throughout the night.

"There was no emergency,but just the possibility of itgoing somewhere deemed itnecessary to have someoneup there,"Wooldridge said.

Fortunately, no additionalfires were started, he said.

"No fires, just unhappyfolks on the freeway," he said.

individuals over 60 who liveindependently or those wholive in care or assisted environ­ments by b~ th em to theart center."Crossroads'mission is to cre­

ate opporhmties for the entirecommunity to be engaged,inspired, and transformed bythe arts through participationin classes, workshops, exhibits,mentorships, and partnerships.

OCF awards nearly $70million annuallyin grants andscholarships.3UNE

HEATAverage hightemperature,Baker City Airport

84.1' <1961)

83 2o (1974)

Continued from Page 1AThe high of 93 on June 8

broke the old record of 89,set in 1973.

The high temperaturesof 99 on both June 27 and28 were also new dailyrecords.

But scorching afternoontemperatures weren't theonly notable weather sta­tistics during June.

Nighttime temperaturesduring the last week of the

BMCC announces honor roll studentsPENDLETON — Blue Mountain Community College

has announced its 2015 spring term honor rolls.Recognition went to these full-time students:

President's List, 4.00 grade-point average:Derrick Coates, Meaghan Coval, Nicol Crowson, Jessica

Hatfield, Emma McClinton, Deborah Riley, Brent Rowan,Eliza Rushton, Morgan Scilacci, Malcolm Zoon

Dean's List, 3.40 to 3.84 grade-point averageM akenna Bachman, Terri Clark, Megan Curry, Koby

Hansen, Trent Law, Kimberly Nelson, Taylor Nelson, Bi­anca Parish, John Teixeira, April Williamson, Molly Wynn

Honor Roll: 3.0 to 3.39 grade-point averageCarol Brown, Melissa Foltz, Sarah Harrington, Patrick

Heck, Deanna Johnson, Mackenzie Patterson, DaniellePierce, Cole Preuit, Savannah Wirth

TraNc delays at Hells Canyon Dam 3uly 6-9BOISE — Travelers planning to drive over Hells Can­

yon Dam should prepare for significant delays July 6-9while crews perform repairs and maintenance requiringheavy equipment on the dam.

The closures will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon­day through Thursday, with briefbreaks to allow trafrc topass scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Drivers shouldplan accordingly.

Local students on dean's list at EOULA GRANDE — Several Baker County students

were named to the dean's list for spring term at EasternOregon University.

Qualifying students achieve and maintain a grade­point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 scale whilecompleting a minimum of 12 hours of graded courseworkfor the duration of the term.

Baker CityLydia Andersen, Amanda Bailey, Michelle Birkmaier,

Kyle Boudreau, Riley Carter, Desiree Christensen,Meranda Christensen, Michelle Coley, Rikki DiNardi,Alison Dixon, Erin Elms, Allisyn Ferdig, Chelsea Krohn,Codie Lagao, Joel Rohner, Raven Shipsey, Brian StaeblerSiewell

HainesKathryn Hamann, Katherine Moultrie

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The Depart­mentis askingthe public forhelp in find­ing Parkay.Baker Countyresidents should Par kaynot attemptto apprehend her, however,said Will Benson, Parole andProbation supervisor.

Parkay has blonde hairand blue eyes. She is 5 feet,5 inches tall and weighs 145pounds.

Anyone with informationabout Parkay is asked to callPamle and Probation at 541­523-8217; the nearest policedepartment; or the BakerCounty Consolidated DispatchCenter's business number,541-523-6415; or send the in­formation via email to parole@bakercountyorg.

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Patty Hunter is survived by her son Clark Hunter (Eve), grandsonLucas Hunter (Chantelle), and great grandson Travis, all fromToronto, Canada and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Tommy, brother F.B.Clarke, sister-in-law Zona Clarke, brother John A. Clark and sister­in-Iaw Ella Mae Clark.

The family would l ike to thank the staff at Meadowbrook Place fortheir loving care and support.

Patty E. (Gelo) Hunter, 94, of Baker City passed away on Sunday,June 21, 2015 at Meadowbrook Place. Her service was held atMeadowbrook Place Sunday, June 28th at 2:00 in the afternoon. Agraveside service will take place in Benton, Illinois at a later date.

Patty was born February 28, 1921 in Illinois, the daughter of Ila(Stauffer) Gelo and Anthony Gelo. She was raised with her brotherF.B. Clarke in Benton, Illinois. Patty married Thomas C. Hunter onDecember 24, 1940. They celebrated nearly 68 years of marriage andhad one son, Francis Clark Hunter. Patty worked as a secretary andstenographer in the mayor's office and also for many years at theBenton School District.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Benton.

After her husband's death, she remained in Benton for several years,later moving to Baker City 2012 to be closer to her extended familyin Oregon. She was a kind and generous spirit, and we are grateful

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Naturalists couldn't be happier about the

growing number of wolves in Oregon. For them,the return of wolves restores a missing piece ofthe ecosystem. But almost in inverse proportion,

ranchers are not so pleased.We don't want to make light of the serious

issues that divide naturalists and ranchers, butthere are great mystery stories in the state's wolfkill investigations.

The reports are how the state determines ifa wolf is guilty of killing livestock. They helpmeasure the impact of wolves in Oregon and canearn ranchers compensation for losses.

The reports aren't great literature. But for abureaucratic report, there is fascinating intriguein the evidence, sleuthing and suspects.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlifetries to get an investigator on site within 24

hours of a report of a possible wolf kill. There ismeasurement of bite marks and location. Deter­

minations are made about what wounds werekilling strikes and what was postmortem feed­ing. There's analysis of tracks. There's compari­

son of tracking locations of collared wolves. Thefinal reports are published online at www.dfw.

state.or.us/Wolves/depredation investigations.

Sometimes, wolves are blamed. Sometimes, it'sa mountain lion. Sometimes, ODFW investiga­tors are just not sure.

Ranchers complain about these investigations.Todd Nash, a Wallowa County rancher and chair­

man of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association wolfcommittee, doesn't feel ODFW is willing enough

to confirm a wolf kill. He told the East Oregonianit would be easier to find O.J. Simpson guilty

than a wolf.He pointed to an incident in Wallowa County

this year of the death of a calf. There was evi­

dence the calf had been attacked by a wolf and acoyote. The investigation decision was "probablewolf" instead of "confirmed wolf."

Nash's frustration is understandable. But

ODFW's decision in that case seemed reasonable

given the evidence presented in the report.The state does have a responsibility to get rid

of wolves that are chronically preying on live­stock. But if the paw doesn't fit, the state must

acquit.

The long-expected decision of the U.S.Supreme Court imposing same-sex mar­riage on the country has been issued.The obvious next question is whetherthis settles the matter, and there's a one­word answer: "Hardly."

If anything, the court's decision islikely to roil the nation and pave a pathtoward more cultural conflict, not less.

I have been engaged with the Ameri­can people in a robust debate on thenature of marriage and how it should betreated in the law ever since I managedthe successful Proposition 8 campaignin California. I've been involved in leg­islative and electoral contests in morethan a dozen states and in every regionof the country.I realize that many people disagree

with the view that marriage is theunion of one man and one woman.That's what makes a debate, and whywe have elections. My side prevailed infour public votes and lost in four others.That is how closely divided the nation ison same-sex marriage.

The 5-4 majority on the SupremeCourt has illegitimately truncated thatdebate. In his dissent, Chief JusticeJohn Roberts wrote The majority'sdecision is an act of will, not legal judg­ment. The right it announces has nobasis in the Constitution or this Court'sprecedent."

The court's narrow majority hassubstituted its views for those of count­less elected officials and more than 50million voters who decided that tradi­tional marriage should be preserved intheir respective states. In his dissent,Justice Antonin Scalia called it exercis­ing "super legislative" authority.

In legislating &om the bench, thecourt has deprived both sides of the

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satisfaction of potentially winning thepublic debate, while cheating the losingside of any solace that might come &ombeing defeated in a fair fight.

This decision joins other infamousrulings that lacked constitutionallegitimacy, including the Dred Scottcase declaring that Atrican-Americanswere not citizens but property, and Roev. Wade mandating abortion in everystate. Just as Roe did not settle the issueof abortion, Obergefell v. Hodges won'tsettle the marriage debate.

The inevitable result of this rulingwill be to ensure that marriage remainscontroversial. The most immediatepolitical conflict concerns what ac­tions governments might take to forceacceptance of the ruling. In states withgay marriage, bakers, florists, photog­raphers and innkeepers have beenpunished for refusing to participate insame-sex ceremonies. Religious groupshave been forced to close ministries suchas adoption agencies to avoid violatingtheir beliefs. President Barack Obama'stop litigator has already hinted thatChristian colleges could lose their taxexemptions if they do not allow gaycouples to live together on campus.

Chief Justice Roberts noted the courtmajority"ominously" gives lip service toreligious liberty by saying that religiouspeople and groups can"teach" and "ad­vocate" for traditional marriage, but theconstitution guarantees the right to theexercise of religion.

There will be a pitched legislativebattle in Congress to enact the First

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Amendment Defense Act to prevent anyfederal agency from taking adverse ac­tion against anyone based on their beliefthat marriage is between a man and a

The court's decision will also power­fully inject marriage into the 2016presidential contest. The most directcourse to reverse this ruling lies in thenext president appointing new justicesto the Supreme Court. Social conser­vatives will do everything possible toensure that the Republican nominee is astrong pro-marriage champion, makingthis a litmus test throughout the GOPprimaries and caucuses.

There will also be a strong push toamend the U.S. constitution, not onlyto reverse this ruling, but to hold theSupreme Court more accountable. Isamending the constitution easy? No, butneither is recalling a governor or remov­ing state Supreme Court justices, yetthese things have been accomplished.

Liberals will bemoan these conflictsas a continuation of the"culture wars,"but they are responsible for advancingthem. As long as important values areunder fire, especially when they involvegiving government the power to subvertunalienable rights granted by our cre­ator, conservatives must either engagethe debate, or surrender. I don't see anywhite flags on the horizon.

Frank Schubert is fourrder of MissionPublic Affairs, a Sacramento, Calif.,political consultirg firm. He ran the

Yes-on Proposition 8 campaign in 2008,arrd several other campaigns around thecountry supporting traditiorud ~rriage.

He wrote this for The Sacrrrmento Bee.

Your viewsPope Francis' inspiring call toaction on climate change

'%e need to strengthen the conviction thatwe are one single human family."There are many profound teachings in

Pope Francis' newly-issued, wide-rangingEncyclical on climate change, inequality, andjustice. It is a truly majestic document. It'slengthy, but I urge everyone to read it in itsentirety with both mind and heart, and to gowell beyond the words to the spiritual mean­ing they convey. lA link may be found here:http J/www.papalencyclicals.net/Franc/index.htm)

Reflective reading can evoke a deeply-feltlove and respect for the world and every liv­ing creature. It offers an eloquent invitationand an urgent appeal to "a new and universalsolidarity."

'The climate is a common good, belongingto all and meant for all." It is essential thatwe heed Pope Francis' call to regain"thatsense of responsibility for our fellow menand women upon which all civil society isfounded."

Pope Francis assures us that we are "OneNation under God, indivisible." Therefore,the time has come for us to boldly overcomebarriers and distractions and join together in

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moderating carbon dioxide lCO') emissionsand in providing justice for all.

The Pope encourages calm wisdom andgenerous, open dialogue. In addition to m eet­ing technological and economic obstacles, wemust therefore overcome delay and confu­sion produced by the many divisive and falseclaims of global-warming deniers here athome.

For example: the assertion that volcanoesare responsible for the historic increase inCO' in our atmosphere lLetters, June 19) isgrossly erroneous and easily disproved. Eventhe most casual Internet search reveals thatvolcanoes, both above ground and beneaththe oceans, contribute less than one percent ofthe CO' increase, with most of the rest beingman-made. http J/volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/climate.php

Climate-change deniers say they deal withfacts, not fairy tales, and yet simple Internetsearches send their so-called"facts" scatteringin the wind. Their dangerous deceptions mustbe firmly rejected in favor of decisive andpersistent action.

Pope Francis shows the clear path andoffers powerful inspiration. Let us follow himand accept our full responsibility to the planetand to future generations.

Local control imperative toprotecting public landCarbon dioxide is necessary for life. Per­

haps there is an overabundance. I want folksto remember that trees, grass and all vegeta­tion thrive on carbon dioxide. BUT, all of thisflora needs to be growing.That big, old, over-ripe pine tree has

already used up its allocation of CO' and hassequestered some carbon in the soil whiledomg so.

The young upstarts around it are doingtheir best to suck up their share of nutrientsand light. However, being too crowded withthe old ripe trees shading out the sunshinefor photosynthesis has slowed their progress.Grass is even more important for absorbing

carbon dioxide. It has a much faster turn­around time ifharvested properly. As a grassplant ripens and repeats the process overtime, while not being harvested, will eventu­ally shade itself to death.The abundance of old growth prevents any

new shoot &om receiving enough sunlight.The Federal Conservation Reserve Programthat rents millions of acres of private farm­

Marshall McCombBaker City

land for nonuse is a very sad example. Awindshield inspection of one of these fieldslooks like lots of vegetation.

Stop the car and walk into the field, lookingdown, to see all is dead. The supposed intentwas set aside for erosion control and benefitof wildlife. The birds and game animalsonly used it a few years until it matured andbecame moribund.

All land requires management for any kindof sustainable production. Renewable naturalresources are the only basic wealth. Stupidexcuses, such as a spotted owl or sage grouseto stop food and fiber production only addsto our country's problems of excessive debt,unemployment and too much carbon dioxide.

In addition, this government style of man­agement increases risk of fire to all set-asidelands. Fire leaves bare soil. All soil needscover with viable, living organisms. Use it orlose it.

Our problems will never be solved by topdown Washington, D.C., bureaucrats, goadedby misguided tree huggers and animal rightsactivists. W e have to get public land manage­ment decision making closer to home. Localcontrol is imperative.

Dan WarnockBaker City

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BAKER CITY HERALD — 5AWEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015

OREGON LEGISLATURE STATE BRIEFING

enate s i reauirin sc oosto gu is immuniiationratesAssociated PressBy Sheila V Kumar

SALEM — In an effort totackle the high number ofstudents using nonmedicalw aivers to opt out of vaccina­tions, Oregon state senatorsapproved a measure Tuesdayrequiring all schools to pub­lish their immunization ratesand to break out the rates bydisease.

Data show 5.8 percentof the state's kindergartenstudents have opted out ofone or more vaccines, andstate health officials have ex­pressed worries some schoolswon't be able to achieve"herdimmunity," which protectschildren who aren't vaccinat­ed by surrounding them withpeople who are immune.

Legislation introducedearlier this year would have

EUGENE iAPl — A spectacularfire destroyed Eugene's historic CivicStadium on Monday evening andprompted the temporary evacuationof a two-block area, the fire chiefsatd.

Fire crews found flames shoot­ing twice the height of the struc­ture when they were called to thestadium at about 5:30 p.m., policespokesman John Hankemeier said.Smoke was visible throughout thecity, which is about 100 miles southof Portland.

The stadium's dry, seasonedlumber caused the blaze to spread

eliminated all nonmedicalexemptions to vaccines. Butit died in committee afterencountering vehementopposition from parents whosaid it usurped their parentalrights.

So Beaverton DemocratSen. Elizabeth SteinerHayward introduced a newmeasure making publiceach school's vaccinationrates, a m ove that she saidis designed to help parentsknow which schools havelow immunization rates andwhether their school hasachieved herd immunity. Theinformation would have to beposted on the school's websiteand in the main offIce.

"This bill is about parentalrights. Parents have the rightnow to exempt their childrenfrom immunizations for any

Fire destrovs Fugene's Civic Stadiumquickly, Eugene-Springfield FireChief Randy Groves said after thefire was controlled at about 7 p.m.

He said the cause is under investi­gation. No one was hurt.

The stadium was approved by vot­ers in 1938 during the Great Depres­sion and opened that same year.Labor was provided by the WorksProgress Administration, and mate­rials were donated by lumbermen inthe area. The Eugene Emeralds, aminor league team, had been a long­time tenant, but vacated in 2009.A nonprofit group of community

activists bought it in April, with

reason they so choose. Butparents who can't immunizetheir children have no rightto know what the immuniza­tion rates are in their child'sschool," Steiner Haywardsald.

The Oregon HealthAuthority publishes thestate's vaccination rates, butit doesn't break out the im­munizations by disease andis difFIcult to find, SteinerHayward said.

The bill's opponentsargued it would only giveparents partial informationabout the school's vaccinationrates because it doesn't trackwhich teachers and stafFm embers have been fullyimmunized. Others have alsoargued it could lead to bul­lying and shaming parentswho opt out of some vaccines.

"The problem is, you're notgoing to get all the informa­tion. You're probably going toget about 80 percent of theinformation, and if you don'tuse that correctly it can bemisleading," said Sen. TimKnopp, a Bend Republican.

Other legislative efforts toincrease the immunizationrate appear to be working. Adrop in the number of kin­dergarten students who filedfor nonmedical exemptionsfor this school year is likelytied to a 2013 law requiringparents seeking an exemp­tion to talk to a doctor orwatch an online video aboutthe benefits of vaccines. Thatlaw went into effect lastMarch.

The bill, Senate Bill895,passed the Senate 19-10.It now heads to the House.

company.

Knight to step down as Nike chairmanNEW YORK iAPl — Nike Chairman Phil Knight plans

to step down, and says he wants President and CEOMark Parker to succeed him.

Nike Inc. says it expects to name a newchairman in 2016, but no specific datewas set for Knight's departure. Knight,76, says he plans to stay involved with the

Phil Knight co-founded Nike and hasbeen a director of the footwear and athletic Knightapparel and equipment maker since 1968.Parker has been Nike's president and CEO since 2006.

Knight also says he will transfer most ofhis Nike stockto a limited liability company called Swoosh LLC. The di­rectors of the company will be Knight himself, Parker, andNike directors Alan Graf and John Donahoe. On TuesdayKnight said he had transferred 128.5 million shares, orabout 15 percent of Nike's total outstanding shares, toSwoosh. Because Knight owns a large amount of Nike'sClass A shares, which aren't publicly traded, Swoosh nowhas the power to elect three-quarters of Nike's board.

Knight says the move will help keep Nike's corporategovernance strong.

As of a year ago, Knight owned about 75 percent ofNike's Class A shares and a fraction of a percent of itsClass B shares. The Class B shares are currently tradingaround all-time highs and closed at $108.02 on Tuesday.

On Thursday Nike said its annual profit grew 22percent to $3.27 billion and its revenue rose 10 percent to$30.6 billion.The Beaverton, Oregon-based company also named

Knight's son Travis to a spot on the board Tuesday.

Suspect shoots self aRer police pursuitHOOD RIVER iAPl — A sherifFsays a St. Helens, Or­

egon, man has shot and seriously wounded himself aftera police pursuit on Interstate 84 in the Columbia RiverGorge.

Hood River County Sheriff Matt English said lateMonday night in a statement that law enforcement of­ficers were looking for Jerome Matilton after a reporteddomestic violence incident in The Dalles, Oregon. ThesherifFsays the man was armed and reportedly had madethreats toward law enforcement if they tried to stop him.

A short, high-speed chase on I-84 followed an OregonState Police officer's attempt to stop the car. Then the carpulled over. The sherifFsays a gunshot was heard andofficers found Matilton with an apparently self-inflictedgunshot wound.

The man was flown to a Portland trauma hospital,where English reported he was in"grave condition."

plans to eventually build a soccerfield and a park on the property.

"We're really heartbroken," said

Derek Johnson, co-founder of theEugene Civic Alliance, which workedfor years to secure the stadium fromthe city of Eugene. "It's a hard day.

"When I first heard, I was desper­ately hoping that something couldbe saved of the stadium," he told TheRegister-Guard newspaper ihttp://is.gd/MxoQm Tl. "It's a magnificentstructure but it was wood, and thatwas one of the parts of it that wasreally beautiful. But that wood ...that's an impermanent structure."

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RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGAL STARTING TODAY IN OREGON, BUT RETAIL SALES MUST WAIT

a in mone iommaniianaCalifomia govemorsigns bill making ittougher for kids to• It's unclear how legalizing recreational use will aA'ect Oregon's pot farmers

Associated PressBy Jeff Bamard

WILLIAMS — On thethird Thursday of eachmonth, veteran medicalmarijuana growers and hope­ful newbies gather in theold Williams Grange hall ina small rural Oregon valleylong known for growing someof the best cannabis on theplanet.

Since voters last fall madethe state the fourth to legal­ize recreational marijuana,people have been flocking tothe hall to get the latest up­date on lawmakers' progresson crafting rules for the newindustry.

The entrepreneurs alsoshare tips on how to producehappy and healthy mari­juana plants.

''Why not come to thesource to learn about grow­ing?" says Gina Erdmann,director of the Oregon Sun­Grown Growers' Guild, asshe lays out materials on thesign-in table outside the hall,now a community center.

While the pot law wentinto effect today, it m ay passwithout much fanfare in thestate, which was the first todecriminalize small amountsof marijuana in 1973. Smok­ing it in public is illegal, butPortland police are discour­aging residents from calling911 to report smokers.

Adults will be allowed topossess and grow limitedamounts of marijuana, butnot to buy or sell it yet. Itwill be a few months to morethan a year before it is legalto sell, and then only with astate permit.

In the old WilliamsGrange, expectations of potprosperity drew about 75

into a donation box.

people to the most recentgrowers' guild meeting, fillingthe hall. Many dropped $10

Attorney Paul Loney toldthe gathering that if the Leg­islature authorizes medicalmarijuana growers to sell todispensaries for retail salesstarting Oct. 1, growers needto be sure they get a transferform signed by the patientthey grow for.

"There will be cops trollingCraigslist looking to set uppeople," Loney warned.

The Williams Valley wassettled in the 1850s goldrush, and has seen eras ofhomesteading, timbering anddairy farming. Farms todaygrow herbs, vegetables, winegrapes, hay and cattle. Thevalley is home to about 2,000people.

An analysis by The Associ­ated Press in 2011 found thatabout 20 percent of residentsheld medical marijuanacards, the highest concen­tration of any zip code inOregon.

The climate is ideal forgrowing cannabis, with longwarm summers with little orno rain. The region is remoteand rural, which attractedhippies looking for a littleland in the 1970s who grewmarijuana in secret gardensin the nearby hills.

After medical marijuanabecame legal in 1999, peoplebrought their gardens home.

For years, medical mari­juana laws did not allowgrowers to be paid for theirlabor. But the limits onplants and the amount a pa­tient could possess left largesurpluses, which some soldillegally. Police logs notedpeople from other states ar­

rested with large amounts ofpot in their trunks.

Just what the regulatedretail cannabis industry inOregon will look like contin­ues to be a m oving target.A bill would allow medicalmarijuana dispensaries tostart selling small amountsto retail customers startingOct. 1, with supplies comingfrom medical growers.

The Oregon Liquor ControlCommission, which willoversee retail sales and pro­duction, plans to start takingapplications from growers inJanuary, so permits can beawarded in time for springplanting.Permits for processors,

wholesalers and retailerswould roll out in succession,allowing retail sales to startlate in 2016.

"It's really a hostile busi­ness environment. But thingsare improving," said CedarGrey, the growers' guildpresident and a local home­builder who along with hiswife grow medical marijuanaon a clearing in the pine andfir woods.

In Washington state,where recreational mari­juana has been legal for twoyears, cashing in has provedmore difficult than many ex­pected, said Seattle attorneyChristine Masse, who workswith marijuana businessesand regulators.

"Some people thought thiswould be the next gold rush,"she said."On the whole, thathas not been the case uphere."

They face major economicobstacles, she said. Becausemarijuana is still prohibitedfederally, growers can't getbank loans, deposit their

money, or claim tax deduc­tions.

Seth Crawford, whoteaches marijuana policyat Oregon State University,does not expect any surgein demand, which has beenserved comfortably by theblack market for some 40years, and medical mari­juana since 1999.

Unless they can find someniche market, he expectsmany small growers, whotypically sold about $7,500worth of cannabis a year in2012, to be eaten up by big­ger organizations with morecapital.

''We are moving froman era of small, backyardproducers ... to a sm allnumber of enormous produc­tion farms," he wrote in anemail."There will be a lot of'newcomers,' ranging from in­experienced to expert. Almostall of them will fail."Despite the obstacles,

the Legislature is trying toencourage the industry, bothto strangle the black mar­ket and to help the state's

State Rep. Carl Wilson,R-Grants Pass, campaignedagainst legalization last fall,but since serving on a legisla­tive committee creating thelaws to regulate it, has beenconverted to the idea thatcannabis can be an effectivemedicinal.

He hopes a legal canna­bis industry will help ruralOregon, which has struggledto find a replacement for thedefunct timber industry.

"It is a legitimate productnow," he said."It is my inter­est to see it prosper, alongwith the medicinal."

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immunization powerfully

community."California joins Missis­

sippi and West Virginia as the only states with such strictrequirements.

Democratic Sens. Richard Pan of Sacramento and BenAllen of Santa Monica introduced the measure after theoutbreak at the theme park in December infected over 100people in the U.S. and Mexico.

Bill supporters, including doctors, hospital representa­tives and health advocates, celebrated at an elementaryschool Tuesday. Lawmakers held babies, declaring thepublic would be better protected as a result of the bill.

'The science is clear," Pan said."Californians havespoken. The governor and the Legislature have spoken. Nomore preventable contagions. No more outbreaks. No morehospitalizations. No more deaths. And no more fear."

Opponents of the requirement have vowed to pursuelegal options to block the mandate.

Kimberly McCauley, a Sacramento resident with a23-month-old daughter, was among a small group ofparents holding vigil at the Capitol when they learned ofBrown's signing Tuesday morning.

McCauley's eyes filled with tears."She will go to school. And then, when she is denied at

kindergarten, I will sue," she said.Allen said he is confident the new law would withstand a

legal challenge."Similar laws have passed muster over and over again in

other states," he said.

By Julia HoroMvitz

SACRAMENTO, Calif — Gov. Jerry Brown wasted no timeTuesdayin signing a contentious California bill to impose oneof the strictest school vaccination laws in the country followingan outbreakofmeasles at Disneyland late lastyear.

Brown, a Democrat, issued a signing statementjust oneday after lawmakers sent him the bill to strike California'spersonal belief exemption forimmunizations, a move thatrequues nearly all public schoolchildren to be vaccinated. Thebill takes effect nextyear.'The science is clear that vaccines dramatically pro­

tect children against anumber ofinfectious "The science is clear thatand dangerous diseases," vaccines dramatically

tn e that no mWcA 'n PrOteCt Children againStaterventionis withoutrisk, number ofinfectious andthe evidence shows that dangerous diseases."

benefits and protects the — Cal'fom'a Gov.Jerry Brown

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The park, which now offersfamily-fiiendly fireworks andlaser light shows, is readyingits"Fantastic Fourth Cel­

ebration"Thursday throughSunday, and multiple Confed­erate flag varieties are stilldisplayed at the mountain'sbase.

The displayincludes the"battle flag" of the Confed­eracy, said Bill Stephens,chief executive officer of theStone Mountain MemorialAssociation. That banner hascome under renewed criticismnationwide after the June 17church massacre in Charles­ton, South Carolina. The manaccused in the case posed forphotos with the Confederatesymbol.

'Tm from Stone Mountain,and I've never liked that itwas a place so synonymouswith the Klan," said ShannonByrne, a 1993 graduate ofStone Mountain High Schoolwho regularly hikes up themountain.

"I feel ashamed that thepark would fly the flag," Byrnesald.

Stephens said the park'sleaders are listening to argu­ments pro and con in consider­ing their next steps.'There are a lot of strong

feelings on both sides, as youmight expect," Stephens said.''We're listening to those com­

ments."Sons of Confederate Vet­

erans spokesman Ben Jones,who played Cooter on the"Dukes of Hazzard"TV showand later represented Georgiain Congress, said Confederateflags honor millions of Con­federate veterans. He calledattacks on the flags a form of"cultural cleansing" reminis­cent of efforts by the formerSoviet Union to"destroy allvestiges of your enemy."

Jones also questioned howfar efforts to rem ove Confed­erate imagery will go, notingthat the carving on StoneMountain depicts Confederatemilitary and political leaders.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER WORLD CUP SEATTLE MARINERS

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• Americans will face either England or Japan in the title match Sunday in Vancouver

ByAnne M. PetersonAP Sports Wgter

MONTREAL — JulieJohnston thought she hadblown it.

Handed a yellow card for afoul in the box on AlexandraPopp, Johnston's heart sankwhen German striker CeliaSasic stepped up to take thepenalty kick.

It missed.The United States went

on to beat Germany 2-0 ona penalty kick from CarliLloyd and a late goal fromKelley O'Hara, erasingJohnston's fear that she hadcost her team the game andsending the Americans to thetitle match of the Women'sWorld Cup.

"The team definitely liftedme up after that happenedand finished the chances.Definitely an emotionalroller coaster," Johnston said."But it's a team sport and theteam today really stepped upfor me. I really can't thankthem enough and I'm sureI'll thank them all the way tothe final."

Goalkeeper Hope Soloposted her fifth straightshutout, continuing a domi­nant run for the Americandefense. The second-rankedU.S. women have gone 513minutes without concedinga goal.

The United States isseeking its third World Cuptitle, but first since 1999. TheAmericans went to the finalin Germany four years agobut fell in the end on penaltykicks to Japan.

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Alex Morgan (13) of the United States tries to fend off Germany's Annike Krahn ofGermany in the semifinals of the 2015 FIFAWomen'sWorld Cup in Montreal, Canada,on Tuesday. The U.S. advanced, 2-0.

the final: Defending cham­pion Japan, ranked fourth inthe world, faces sixth-rankedEngland in the other semifi­nal on Wednesday night.

The title match is set forSunday at BC Place in Van­couver. Germany will playthe loser of the second semi­final in the third-place gamein Edmonton on Saturday.

"In a way maybe it's goodfor us," German coach SilviaNeid said through a transla­tor about the consolation

game.awe can have anothermatch and maybe we canwin one more."

Tuesday night's matchwas billed as the biggestof the tournament so far,a clash between the twohighest-ranked teams inthe world. More than 51,000mostly pro-American fansfilled cavernous OlympicStadium.

Germany was coming offa hard-fought quarterfinalvictory over No. 3 France,

prevailing on penalty kicksafter a 1-1 draw.

The United States, whichhad struggled to find its of­fense earlier in the tourna­ment, had found success in a1-0 quarterfinal victory overChina by moving Lloyd tothe top and allowing her toplay more freely.

The tactic worked againagainst Germany; the UnitedStates kept its opponenton its heels for much of thematch.

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SAN DIEGO — Rookieleft-hander Mike Montgom­ery never threw a shutoutin 168 starts during eightminor league seasons.

Now he's got two straightafter just six big leaguestarts, putting him in someelite company.

Montgomery took ano-hit bid into the seventhinning and finished witha one-hitter for his secondconsecutive shutout asthe Seattle Mariners beatthe San Diego Padres 5-0Tuesday night.

It was the seventh timea Mariners pitcher threwconsecutive shutouts­Randy Johnson did it threetimes, including threestraight in 1994, and MarkLangston did it twice.Montgomery is the 12thm ajor league rookie, andsecond Mariners pitcher, todo it since 1980. Langstonpitched consecutive shut­outs for Seattle on June 26and July 1, 1984.

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26 on Wednesday, wascoming offhis first careershutout, a five-hitteragainst Kansas City. Hislatest feat came in front ofabout 40 family membersand friends who camedown from the Los Ange­les area.

"It's an honor, but Idon't think about that toomuch," he said. "I'm justtrying to get on top of mygame and control what Ican control. It's pretty cool,and I'll acknowledge thatin between starts a littlebit because baseball's got agreat tradition and historyto it.... Having those team­mates back there makingplays and putting up runs,it's just fun for the wholeteam."

Montgomery opened theseventh by getting Jus­tin Upton on a fly to left.Yangervis Solarte hit thenext pitch into the left-fieldcorner for a double.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Auburn and Oregon willopen the 2019 season at the home of the Dallas Cowboys,nine seasons after meeting in the BCS national champi­onship game.

The matchup on Aug. 31, 2019, was announced Tues­day. It is part of a series of Labor Day weekend seasonopeners at the home of the NFL's Cowboys.

Auburn beat Oregon 22-19 in the BCS title game inGlendale, Arizona, to end the 2010 season. Alabama playsthis year's opener against Wisconsin, and takes on South­ern California there in 2016. Florida meets Michigan inthe 2017 opener, and LSU plays Miami in 2018.

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BRAINFOODHAPPENINGS ICEN ICELLER

Union County family to behonored at state fair

SALEM — Families from across thestate will be recognized for operating cen­tury or sesquicentennial farms or ranches,including one Union County family.Gregory Bingaman of Bingaman En­

terprises in Union County will be among11 farms and ranches trom nine differentcounties that will be honored during theOregon State Fair in August. The publicrecognition ceremony and awards celebra­tion will be held in the Garden Tent onthe west side of the fairgrounds at 11 a.m.Aug. 29.

Award winners receive a certificatesigned by the governor and director ofthe Oregon Department of Agriculture.Historic roadside signs are imprinted withthe founder's name and the year the ranchor farm was established.

The Oregon Century Farm and RanchProgram is administered by the OregonFarm Bureau Foundation for Education. Itis supported by a partnership among theOregon Farm Bureau, the State His­toric Preservation 0$ce, OSU UniversityArchives, and by generous donations ofOregonians. For information about theOregon Century Farm & Ranch Program,contact Andrea Kuenzi, program coordina­tor, at 503-400-7884 or cfi@ oregonfb.org.The application deadline for 2016 is May 1.

OSU Extension Service hiresnew extension agent

BAKER CITY — The Oregon State Uni­versity Extension Service has hired LeticiaVerlas as the livestock extension agent forBaker and Union counties.

Verlas, whose office will be in BakerCity, will start the job in mid-August.

She replaces Cory Parsons.Verlas grew up on a cattle and sheep

ranch in southeastern New Mexico. Sheearned a bachelor of science and a mastersof science degree in agricultural economicsat New Mexico State University.

Tri-County wool pool schedulesproduct delivery date

LA GRANDE — The tri-county woolpool has scheduled the delivery date forwool for 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 8 at theUnion County Fairgrounds.

Ranchers who have delivered woolin the past few years should receive aletter and sign-up form that needs to bereturned to the nearest Oregon State Uni­versity Extension Service office.

The wool buyer will pay white face priceif the fleece is finer than 24 microns iabove58 spinning count).

Other reminders from the buyer:• Wool trom Dorsey, Romney, South­

down and some Corridale breeds will nothave wool fine enough to sell as white faceand will be sold as black face.• Wool will not be accepted from Dorper

or Dorper-cross sheep.• Black fibers found in any white face

fleece will disqualify it to be sold as whiteface

• Do not tie fleeces• Do not use poly twine to tie any part of

the bags, fleece or anything else to do withwool — there will be a 10 percent deduc­tion if any poly twine is found.

• Tags — if tags are too heavy they willnot be accepted iif manure is more than 50percent of weight it will be rejected)• Bellies only need to be kept separate

on white face• Lamb wool is at least 1-V2 inches longPrices for 2015:• W hite face — $1.20• Black face — 78 cents• Tags — 35 cents• Bellies — 45 cents• Black — 15 cents• Lambs — 50 cents

The Observer

• H Avenue StorageoA'ers high securityand a lot of roomBy Cherise Kaechele

During the summer, manypeople are taking their big toysout and enjoying the water or theroads. Storing the RVs and boats,though, may pose a problem forsome who do not have amplestorage space.

A new storage business hascome to town with just theanswer for those who need morespace. H Avenue Storage has theroom for toys, both big and small.

Just on the border of LaGrande city limits is a four-acreparcel ofland that owner Ron

By Cherise Kaechele

Typically, a bicycle and asmoothie don't go well together.However, three local teenscombined the two to make fora retreshing drink — and someentertainment while preparing it.

Fourteen-year-old La GrandeHigh School students AaronCorsini, Joey Goodman-Gray andArthur Williams, all incomingtreshmen next year, have puttheir heads together to createa bicycle contraption to makesmoothies at the La GrandeFarmers' Market.

Williams and Corsini had theidea last year, Williams said.

Through some family fiiendswho knew just how to build thecontraptions, the teens cametogether to make a bicycle thatblends smoothies.

The three teens can be seen onSaturdays at the farmers' marketand community members canorder a smoothie, or gather withthe rest of the group who come towatch them make their orders.

"People stand there and watchus,"Williams said."It does drawa crowd."They also created the recipes

for their smoothies, getting thefiuit, milk and other ingredients

Three La Grande teenagers created the idea to make smoothies with a bicycle. Aaron Corsini, onbike, Joey Goodman-Gray and ArthurWilliams (not pictured) sell the smoothies at the La GrandeFarmers' Market.

• Teenage entrepreneurs create bicycle-generated smoothies at market

Arritola knew was a great buy,but didn't know what he wantedto use it for.

"I bought the property. I didn'tknow what to do with it, but Iknew it was good property,"Ar­ritola said.

Some ofhis fiiends were talk­ing about storing their RVs butnot having many secure options inthe La Grande area, he said. Hedecided that was a good idea andalso had the idea to build his ownhome on the property as well toadd more security to the business.

"I wanted to develop it, livehere and manage it," he said."Mywife, Stacy, has an in-home office.She can co-manage it with me."Arritola said the storage busi­

ness gives him something to doand requires some maintenance

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trom local grocery stores.While they're not making a lot of

money with the idea — they mostlyare working to pay their parentsback for the products — they're cer­tainly having a good time doingit.

They heckle each other whilethey work, saying the day at thefarmers' market when Williamswasn't there went a lot moresmoothly than the days he ispresent, but the three teens saythey all share the jobs and re­sponsibilities of the business.

Corsini said they're consider­

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Three teenagers made up smoothie recipes to create in theirbicycle blender. They sell the smoothies at the farmers' market.

ing doing this again next year,but admitted they hadn't thoughtthat far in the future yet.

Goodman-Gray said they'relearning about how to run a busi­ness, and they're the only ones atthe market selling smoothies sothere's no competition.

They said their smoothies are$5 each and they're delicious.

aWe have good taste in smooth­ies," Corsini said.'They're allhealthy ingredients. We tried touse whatever gets icustomersladdicted."

ora ISOuiOnO ere Or i OSbut not a lot.

He has been a licensed homebuilding contractor in La Grandesince 1988 and has been workingon building his new home justoutside the business' gates sincemid-May.

The mini and RV storage offers10-by-20 foot enclosed storageunits, good for apartments andmaybe vintage cars, 12-by-25units for large homes and boatstorage, plus 12-by-30 and 13­by-40 units for big, drive-thruRV storage and room to buildeven more storage ifhis businessis successful, Arritola said. Heis also planning to build larger,enclosed storage units for largerboats and RVs for people whowant the added security.

However, he has installed a

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About this columnSmall Business Happenings covers North­

east Oregon's small-business community.The column carries news about businessevents, startups and owners and employeeswho earn awards and recognition or makesignificant gains in their careers.

There is no charge for inclusion in thecolumn, which is editorial in nature and is notad space or a marketing tool. Products and ser­vices will be discussed only in general terms.

Email items to biz@lagrandeobserver.comor call them in to 541-963-3161.

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security fence all around theperimeter and is located next tosome bigger industrial busi­nesses with secure areas as well.He has video surveillance, LEDlighting trom dusk to dawn, aunique-to-each-customer keycode for the main, and only, gate,and he will be living right outsidethe only entrance into and out ofthe business. If someone wantedto steal something big, they'dhave a big challenge ahead ofthem, Arritola said.

H Avenue Storage was arecipient of La Grande's UrbanRenewal discretionary projectfunds, which matches eligiblefunding trom business owners.Arritola received $50,000 from

the Urban Renewal program toSee Storage / Page 3B

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I've owned a restaurantfora long time. I thought thingswould get easier, but the busi­ness is getting more difficult.

Summer is the worst.Once school lets out, everyoneheads out for vacation, andthey don't come back untilAugust.

The city is also approv­ing more restaurants; manyof these are franchises orchains. The city needs the taxrevenue. When a new placeopens, people flock to it untilthe "newness"wears ofi"andthen folks drift back to us.

Due to the drought, thecost of the food we buy hasgone through the roof. I don'texpect those prices to dropanytime soon.

I am feeling pressuredby all of these arrows beingslungatmeby forcesoutofmy control.

I've always loved thisbusiness and I hate that ithas come down to a constantstruggle.

My wife is tired of mycomplaining. What do yourecommend? — DOUGA.

DEAR DOUG: The firstplace to start is in yourown mind. You must beable to separate what youcan control trom what youcan't control. Your attitude,altitude and approach issomething that only you canalter but only if you chose.The question is: do you reallywant to quit complaining orhas it become your defaultposition?

I am assuming you have adesire to change because youwrote me. Let me addresshow you"go to war" to getpeople to visit and spendmoney at your restaurant.

You start by deciding whois your ideal customer andlearning why they choose tobe your guest.Find people who fit your

description and ask them tocome over to your place andgive you their candid opinionof your "offering." You don'tneed to hear "everything isgreat." You need to hear theunvarnished truth.

You might need new

HowdoItumthisbusinessBIUun(f?

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2B — THE OBSERVER a BAKER CITY HERALD BUSINESS 8 AG LIFE WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015

SCHOOL LUNCHES TECH

Lattice Semiconductorbrings Oregon's chipindustry domTttown

The Associated Press

Rebekah Webb, left, shares a family-style meal with Zoe Turner during lunch with other 5-year-olds at the OlatheFamilyYMCA in Olathe, Kansas. As early childhood teachers lament toddlers too large to fit in playground swings,officials are mulling changes designed to make meals served to millions of kids in day care healthier.

cookies and cakes, would no longer bereimbursable, and children youngerthan 1 would no longer be offered juice.Facilities wouldn't be reimbursed whenfood is deep-fried on site, althoughprepackaged fiied foods, such as chickennuggets, could still be served, thoughrecommendations urge that they be of­fered inirequently.

About one in eight low-incomepreschoolers is obese, according to aCenters for Disease Control and Preven­tion survey of 12.1 million childrenenrolled in federally funded nutritionprograms from 2008 to 2011, the latestdata available.

The changes to the Child and AdultCare Food Program, which started in1968, were called for by the HealthyHunger-Free Kids Act, passed in 2010at the urging of First Lady MichelleObama. The act's more well-knownrequirement boosted the quantity offiuits, vegetables and whole grains inschool meals.The program has an annual budget of

about $3 billion, and the USDA focusedon proposed requirements that wouldn'tboost costs because providers won't bepaid more.

"The USDA should get tremendous

er UnCcredit for attempting to make thechanges cost-neutral," said Kati Wagner,the president of the Wildwood Child andAdult Care Food Program Inc., whichhelps home-based child care providersin Colorado receive reimbursements.

The school meals changes have beenmet with mixed results, with someschool officials complaining kids arethrowing away &uits and vegetables.The solution, some experts say, isstarting earlier, when children aremore willing to try new things. MaryBeth Testa, a lobbyist for the Salt LakeCity-based National Association forFamily Child Care, said food choicespeople make in early childhood are "thebuilding blocks for the healthy habits oftheir lifetime."

The obesity numbers worry GeriHenchy, director of nutrition policy forthe Washington-based Food Researchand Action Center nonprofit. Researchshows obese children are more likely tobecome obese adults, she said.

"Something has got to happen," shesaid, citing teachers who tell her aboutchildren who are too chubby for swings."That is bad from a predictive point ofview, but it's also not good &om a gettingaround point of view."

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By Mike RogowayThe Oregonian

PORTLAND — No com­pany better embodies thelast generation of Oregontechnology than LatticeSemiconductor.

Founded in 1983 byemployees &om Intel andTektronix, Lattice literallytrademarked the phrase"Silicon Forest." It survivedbankruptcy, an investorrevolt over a prior CEO'slavish spending habits,and nearly a full decade ofunprofitability following thedot-com bust.

A throwback to anothertime, Lattice wants desper­ately to be more than a relic.It moved its headquartersthis year from Hillsboro todowntown Portland andpaid $600 million to buyanother chip business, em­blematic ofbroader shiksas Lattice seeks to updateitself for a new era.

Still a small company­Lattice forecasts revenueunder a half-billion dollars2015 — its fortunes areimproving. Those would beits best results in 15 years,coming amid renewedinterest in the kind of pro­grammable computer chipLattice produces.

While investmentanalysts wonder if Latticewill eventually be acquired,chief executive Darin Bill­erbeck said he's building anew future for the businessto stand alone in Portland.

aWe're not just a 30-year­old semiconductor compa­

To the heroes still among us­We enjoy freedom everyday

because of the pathyou walked.

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providing things people canuse."

Lattice's move down­town reflects a seismicshift in Oregon technology,from sprawling factoriesin Washington County todowntown software start­ups packed with codersand kegs. Lattice wants tostraddle that divide.

On the seventh floor ofthe U.S. Bancorp ToweriaBig Pink") downtown, Lat­tice's employees rub elbowswith SurveyMonkey andNew Relic's workers in theelevator and technologistsfrom startups Jama Soft­ware and Puppet Labs atthe food carts outside. Bikeshang in the office next toa ping pong table, evokingthe atmosphere of muchyounger companies.

aWe want that culture.We want that vibe, thatvibrancy of technology," saidGloria Zabel, Lattice's chiefof staff.

Lattice makes program­mable computer chips,known as field program­mable gate arrays. Theyboost the performance ofindustrial and telecommu­nications equipment and— increasingly — con­sumer electronics includingsmartphones, tablets, TVsand digital cameras.

To grow the business,Billerbeck said, Latticeneeds to be more responsiveto its clients and build capa­bilities for specific functionsinto its chips.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— As teacherslament seeing toddlers too large to fitin playground swings, a federal pro­gram that feeds millions oflow-incomechildren may be overhauled for the firsttime in almost 50 years, aiming to makethe meals at day cares healthier andreduce obesity.

About 3.8 million young children arefed daily through the Child and AdultCare Food Program, which primarilyreimburses day-care providers, and alsoprovides food for children in emergencyshelters and pays for after-school mealsor snacks in areas where at least halfthe students qualify for free- or reduced­price lunches.

Millions of more afIIuent children alsoare affected because at least 30 states— including North Carolina, Michigan,Oregon, and Virginia — require daycares to use the program's nutritionguidelines to receive licenses. Andbeyond children, about 120,000 elderlyor disabled adults are fed each day inprograms designed to spell caregivers.M ore vegetables and less sugar lead

the U.S. Department of Agriculture'sproposals, developed with guidance &omexperts. Grain-based desserts, such as

Pear growers take steps to keep huit coolThe Associated Press

MEDFORD — SouthernOregon farmers might besuffering as temperaturessoar, but they're not the onlyones — several orchards aretaking steps to protect thefruit they're growing.

Pear growers like Talentorchardist Ron Meyer havedeveloped measures to keeptheir crops cool in threaten­ing triple-digit temperatures,the Medford Mail Tribunereported.

"Generally speaking, pearsquit growing when it getsover 100 degrees," explainedMeyer."So far, that hasn'thappened. We've put sunblocker on the varieties thatare the most susceptible andthe orchards that have over­head sprinklers and wateravailable have been turningthem on in the afternoon tokeep them cool. If you don'thave that option, then youhave to get in the rotation towait for irrigation."Sunblock made from mi­

cronized calcium carbonatedoesn't work for all varieties,but it can minimize sunburnand heat stress for tw o ofJackson County's mainstaycommercial crops, Red An­jous and Comice.

Orchardists caught abreak Sunday after a succes­sion of 100-degree days, butforecasts show more triple­digit highs with a peak of 111degrees on Thursday.

Until this point, growingconditions have been nearlyperfect. Meyer said he evenpushed harvest dates two

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weeks ahead of normal andanticipates Bartlett pickingto begin Aug.10 to 15. Nor­mally it is Aug. 20 to Sept. 1.

aWe have one of the nicestpear crops we've ever had,"Meyer said."It's nice andclean with no russeting."

Meyer remembers scorch­ing temperatures harmingfamily crops in the 1950s, but

says modern-day orchardshave better protection.

'Tve seenitreach as highas 114heTe, and actuallyburnpears on the trees,ahe said.'That was 60years ago or more.We didn'thave the sunblockerorirrigationwe have now."

Orchards used to keep theground bare beneath trees,but that reflected heat and

SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES NOWTHROUGH AUGUST 30AT GEISER POLLMAN PARK BAKER CITY OREGON

$UNDAY IN THE PARK

JULY 5TH CONCERT 2:00 4:00PMFour man band from Idaho- a little bit of eeerything

Lod in S onsor:

Sunridge Inn ,!,':,

All funds raised benefit local non-Profit.

at the Lion's Shelter in the Park.

Music S onsor:

Blue Yesterdays

SoroPtimist International of Baker County

from the classics to modern.

Next week ul 1 2t h

This reeek's concert reill suPPort Baker City Eeents raising funds for localeeents. Adeance tickets aeailable at Betty's Books. Suggested donation $5 Per

adult/children under 16 free. Donation may also be made at the concert.

Bring your larem chairs or blankets to the Park. Music reill be staged

Traeeling Musician Motel stay comgliments of

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caused problems. Now, Meyersaid, there is grass betweenthe rows of trees.

Despite the lowestsnowpack on record, Meyerthinks there will be plentyof irrigation water for m ostgrowers to make it throughthe summer, though farmersdependent on smaller streamflows might stuffer.

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INaher KIIItt 38emlhfor the enjoyment of community and eisitors.

And is a fundraiser for local charities.

For information call 541-523-3673

Fuel &. Meal S onsors:

Event S onsor:Powder Rieer Music Reeie~ is supported and organized by

Traeeling Musician meals comgliments of SumPter Junction Restaurant andOregon Trail Restaurant. Fuel comgliments of Black Distributing Inc.

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WORLD

Boyfriend's teen escapadeshould be regarded as past 2Eiealiaftermansetsself

onfireonjananese trainDEARABBY:I have been with my boy­

friend for a little over two years. He recentlymentioned that when he was younger (19),he had a threesome (two guys, one girl).We are both over 85, so I realize this hap­

pened many years ago, but the fact thatit wastwo guysis hard for me. Ican't seem togetitout of my head. I keep seeing theimages.

I try to tell myself myboyfriend is a different mantoday than the teen he was.I don't understand why it'sbothering me so much. Howcan I ftnd a way to get pastthis? Please give me some direction.

DEAR CANT: I respect your boyfriend'shonesty and openness. Because you can't getthis out of your head, talk further with himabouthis youthfulescapade.Ifyourconcernis that your boyfriend is interested in havingsex with other men, ask him that question.It occurs to me that when two horny teenageboys found one willing girl, that they may nothave been as interested in having sex witheach other as they were with her.

DEARABBY: I am a tattooed femaleinmy late 20s. When I started aj ob as a cook inan assisted-living facility ayear ago, Iwasrequired to go through an orientation andthe dress code was explained. When I askedabout visible tattoos, the lady who ran theorientation was unsure if they were allowedto show and told me to ask my manager. Mymanager said she didn't know, but suggestedI cover them anyway j 'ust to be safe."Since then, I have worn long-sleeved polo

shirts with the sleeves rolled up. No one hascommented about the sleeves. Since I wentthrough that orientation, two girls have beenhired who have ink on their arms. They wearshort sleeves every day.

I'm wondering ifIshouldj ust show upin short sleeves and risk someone sayingsomething email corporate and ask what thepolicy is, or ask our new executive director?Any thoughts?

DEART.C.O.N.T.C.: While displaying yourtats may not be a problem considering thattwo other employees are showing theirs, your

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untiljust now. Should I tell him?

new executive director should be able to giveyou a definite answer to your question. Andwhile you're at it, suggest that because thereare now three employees with tattoos, thepolicy should be clearly stated in the employeehandbook, which may be due for an update.

DEARABBY: My husband, "Brett," mis­takenly used the dog's tooth­brush from the bathroom

DEAR cabinet. I had itin there withABBY a bowl ofhomemade doggie

toothpaste that I was tryingon the dog. I didn't realize it

— QUIET SO FAR IN VERMONTDEAR QUIET SO FAR: If I were you, I'd

open my mouth and "SPEAK!" before yourhusband does it again. Ifhe's grossed out, itwill be no more so than the rest of us whoread your letter. From now on, keep Rover'stoothbrush in a different location.

DEARABBY: I recently received a Face­book message from a 47-year-old mother offour who believes she is my daughter. While Ido not remember her mother and have com­municated this to the woman, the picturesshe sent ofher children somewhat resemblemy family.

I'm happily married with two sons, andmy wife is aware of this and will supportany decision I make. I'm conflicted about thechoices before me and the impact they mayhave on her family and mine. Whatis theright thing to do?

DEAR CONFLICTED: Try to get a littlemore background from the woman abouther mother. For instance, WHY does shethink you are her father? Were you and hermother ever in the same place at the sametime? If there is a possibility that you couldbe her dad, the ethical thing to do would beto let her know that your attorney will becontacting her to arrange a DNA test.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail VanBuren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, andwas founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.comor PO. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Saturday Sunday

The Associated Press

• Man's motiveremains unknown

By Ken Aragakiand Mari Yamaguchi

ODAWARA, Japan — Aman set himself on fire ona high-speed bullet train inJapan on Tuesday, killinghimself and another passen­ger as the coach filled withsmoke, a fire official said.At least 26 other people

were injured, three seriously,mostly from smoke inhala­tion, Odawara Fire Depart­ment official Ikutaro Toriisald.

The man's motive wasn'tclear.

The passenger poured anoil-like substance over hishead before setting himselfon fire, authorities said.Kyodo News service re­ported that he used a lighter.0$cials said the fire was atthe front of the first car ofthe train, which was head­ing from Tokyo to Osaka.

"I said to myself,'This isbad!"' said Takeo Inariyama,a 54-year-old businessmantraveling in the second car."I saw everyone running to­ward me and smoke coming.Also the smell iof smoke)filled the car. So I felt my lifewas in danger."

The train stopped onthe outskirts of Odawaracity, about 80 kilometersi50 miles) west of Tokyo,when a passenger pressedan emergency button afterfinding someone collapsedon the floor near a restroomat the back of the first car,a transport ministry official

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The passenger on thefloor, a woman, was laterpronounced dead, reportedlyfrom inhaling smoke.

Crew members rushed toextinguish the fire, said Ken­go Sasaoka, a spokesman forCentral Japan Railway Co.,which operates the bullettrain between Tokyo andOsaka.

TBS television broadcast avideo of passengers evacuat­ing the smoke-filled coach,some coughing, others cover­ing their faces with towelsand handkerchiefs.Witnesses provided some­

what varying accounts toJapanese networks.

One passenger, in a tele­phone interview with TBS,said the man approachedhim when he was standingoutside the driver's compart­ment and told him to stayaway because it would bedangerous, then poured anorange-colored liquid over

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himself.Public broadcaster

NHK quoted a 58-year-oldbusinessman as saying theman walked up and downthe aisle a few times beforereturning with a plasticcontainer that splashed aliquid on the businessman'sshoulder as he walked by.

The man then starteddumping the liquid on thefloor, and the businessmanquickly left as he smelledgasoline, he said.

Bringing hazardousmaterials on public trans­portation is prohibited, butthere is no way of checking,railway analyst Ryozo Ka­washima told NHK. He saidhe does not recall any otherincident like this in the bul­let train's 50-year history.Japan's suicide rate is

among the world's highest,and a number of peoplejump off station platforms infront of approaching trains

Self-immolation, though,is relatively rare. Two oc­curred last year, one fatal,but both were politicalprotests.

Bullet train service be­tween Tokyo and Osaka wassuspended for about two anda halfhours Tuesday whilerescue workers helped someof the injured off the train.The train then moved slowlyto Odawara station, whereabout 1,000 passengers gotoff.

The 16-car bullet train,called Shinkansen in Japa­nese, travels the 553 kilo­meters i343 miles) betweenTokyo and Osaka in 2 hoursand 33 minutes.

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